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There is a reason if Paddy Power, is quickly become one of the choosen bookmakers for many punters: it is, indeed, one of the best, the most innovative, with high shares (often, not always, higher than William Hill Sports – see review, opens in new window).
Subscribing to Paddy Power
It is almost identical to all other bookmaker, this step is adjusted by a rigid legislation. Personal data and sending within 30 days of double-sided copy of an identity document (a scanned jpeg via email is fine, we are accredited in this way). Enabling the account is fast enough, but it also depends when someone is asking it (faster on weekdays slower on weekends, but this is also true if you buy a BMX on Ebay).
Bonus Paddy Power input
Planned and offered, with some limitation, a bonus of € 50.00 at the time of registration. But, as we shall see, is not the only bonus that Paddy Power offers to its members. Unlike other bookies, facilities, bonuses, discounts are also offered after enrollment, in the form of "Power Bonus", which will be discussed later.
GUI, ease of use, speed of page download
We are not at the levels of Bwin (see review – for us remains the state of the graphical art user interfaces), but it is clear, professional and easy to understand. Then, of course, everything is very subjective and also linked to matters of habit. Whatever your current bookmaker of choice is, a minimum initial confusion is physiological when dealing with the design of a new website.
But, at least in our own experience, it is fast enough to take confidence and get some feelings for the interface of Paddy Power.
We are therefore far from the minimalism of Betclic and the amateur look of the site Eurobet, for instance.
Perhaps the box (which opens on the right side of the screen) contains details of the bet that is closing is too small and unsympathetic, making the bookmaker Paddy Power may not be ideal for those approaching for the first time in the world of sports betting.
Paddy Power allows the option to bet on sporting events while also taking place. The so-called "live", in fact. But it is clear that at the time of writing, this feature is still immature and we are far from William Hill and, above all, Bwin.
Variety of bets offered
The best, actually. Even offers betting on politics (at the time of the U.S. you could bet on the winner )On sporting events, however, offers the possibility to bet that in the worst case scenario are aligned to the competition.
Very high.
If the plays at par, often winning with William Hill. We believe the odds offered by Paddy Power the main reason to have an active account with this bookmaker.
Support mobile devices: Android, Iphone, Ipad …
The site is "responsive", connecting via tablet or smartphone, you can access the mobile version of the site, which offers all the standard features of the site, including live.
It also offers the dedicated app (free, via Google or Apple Store Play) for those who want to always have on the desktop or tablet possibility to bet on Paddy Power.
Deposit and Withdrawal
Almost all of the options are offered at the time required by the bettors. In addition to Moneybookers / Skrill (which alone would be enough, and bettors know why!), You can charge your account and withdraw money via Paypal, Postepay, Neteller, bank transfer, credit card (Visa / Visa Electron / Master Card) , ucash etc..
Power Bonus
The novelty of Paddy Power. A genius of marketing on one hand, helps to other punters. Many events are marked with the flag "Power Bonus", ie specific conditions that allow you to re-enter the lost bet if certain conditions are met during the event.
For example, in a football event, a power bonus which we have already seen more than once is like: "We will refund losing bets on 'Correct Score' if a goal is scored in the last 5 minutes of the meeting." Or: "We will refund losing bets on Half Time / Full if during the match is awarded a penalty."
Power Bonus can be used by all members, limited to events that Paddy Power has given a particular Power Bonus.
Summary Paddy Power and our opinions
Odds: very high, no doubt about it!
GUI: professional and fast, but not really suitable for beginners.
Bonus: one bonus entry for new entrants and power bonus to all, there is really nothing to complain about.
Mobile Support: Native.
Method of payment and withdrawal methods: Paypal and Moneybookers offered to us is enough.


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This PJ suit is a one piece, so it's especially good for keeping baby's lower back covered and warm. Features convenient snap domes part the way down from the neck and around the legs to facilitate easy nappy changes. Loose fitting and roomy for a comfy nights sleep.
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DriveShaft GM9R-4 9'' Independent Rear Conversion Kit 04-06 Pontiac GTO
This kit is fully built to withstand the most punishing setups and keep going without a whimper. In addition to the 9" housing, brackets and hardware, we are also including our signature 1400HP Pro-Level axles with the uber-strong 30 spline center bars. These axles are without a doubt the strongest on the market, with 300M Races and full billet 4340 CV cages. The billet axle stubs going into the differential are also included and are 31 spline to fit many of the popular center sections. We have been asked why we don't use a larger spline into the differential, and to be quite honest, anything larger than the axle center bar is not going to make it any stronger (we use a 30 spline center bar, unlike the standard 28 spline that most 108mm CV's use). This design is the same as can be found on Lingenfelter's 2010 Camaro 6 speed manual running 8.99′s at 4200lbs along with Mark Carlyle's ZO6 vetter (8.15) it is a testament to how strong they really are (not to mention Travis/Tbones killer GTO running 8.90's with a trans brake).
The kit will come with a choice of a 4″ Aluminum shaft or, for a nominal upgrade fee, the new 3-3/4" Carbon Fiber shaft (using our new bonding technology). The shaft will also have a Strange billet transmission yoke of your choice and solid 1350 series u-joints. It will be balanced on our new true to speed 9500RPM balancer.


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The Costa Mesa Aquatics Club are aiming for gold at the 2013 Junior Olympics in July.
This will be the first year that the new water polo club has participated in the highest tournament in the water polo club scene.
CMAC will be sending three of its teams to compete against the best teams in the country.
The 12-and-under girls are competing in the championship bracket, while both the 10U mixed and 12U boys will compete in the classic division.
The 12U girls and boys are coached by twin brothers Cody and Dustin Serrano, both former Costa Mesa High players. The 10U coed team is coached by Mitchell Grandia and Kimmy Morrison.
Club director Jose De La Jara is very proud that three of his teams qualified to go to the next level.
"We are still a new club, less than three years old, so having three teams compete at this level is extraordinary," he said. "We have six weeks to work hard and prepare the kids. The kids are focused and determined."
The Junior Olympics will be held in Orange County from July 27 through Aug. 4.
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- Poster presentation
- Open Access
Reproducibility of aortic pulse wave velocity measurements obtained with Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance (PCMR) and applanation tonometry
© Suever et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009
- Published: 28 January 2009
- Pulse Wave Velocity
- Applanation Tonometry
- Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity
- Phase Contrast Magnetic Resonance
- Aortic Compliance
To compare reproducibility of aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements obtained from phase contrast magnetic resonance (PCMR) and cross-correlation analysis to applanation tonometry.
Increased pulse wave velocity (PWV) results from arterial stiffening and is commonly seen with ageing and in patients with atherosclerosis and/or hypertension [1]. Currently, applanation tonometry is the clinically accepted method to quantify aortic PWV and determine aortic compliance. A direct comparison of PWV values and reproducibility between PCMR and tonometry has not been done.
PWV was measured in ten healthy volunteers (age: 32.9 ± 8.3 years) two times with each modality. To obtain PCMR measurements, subjects were scanned in a 1.5 T Philips Intera CV scanner (Philips Medical Systems, Best, The Netherlands). Oblique sagittal images in the plane of the aorta were acquired and velocity was encoded in the foot-head direction. After the first PCMR scan, subjects were removed from the scanner, repositioned, and the scan was repeated. After two PCMR scans, subjects remained in the supine position and underwent two measurements of the aortic (carotid-to-femoral) PWV by applanation tonometry using a Sphygmocor device (AtCor Medical, Sydney, Australia) in an adjacent room.
PCMR data were analyzed by examining the velocity waveforms at multiple points along the length of the thoracic and abdominal aorta throughout the cardiac cycle. Cross correlation between flow waveforms was then used to determine the transit time between two adjacent locations along the aorta [2]. A robust bisquare-weighted linear regression algorithm was used to fit a line to the arrival time/location plot, which was then used to compute PWV. Applanation tonometry data were analyzed automatically by the Sphygmocor software using a standard transfer formula.
Agreement and repeatability of PCMR and tonometry measurements were assessed by Bland-Altman statistics [3]. Inter-scan variability for each modality was evaluated with the Coefficient of Variation (CV). P-values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
PWV was successfully measured by PCMR combined with cross-correlation analysis and by applanation tonometry. There was no significant difference in the PWV values; however, PCMR has a statistically significant lower inter-test CV compared to tonometry. It can be concluded that PCMR and cross-correlation analysis can be combined to accurately assess PWV as an estimate of aortic compliance.
Authors' Affiliations
- Farrar DJ, et al: Circulation. 1991, 83 (5): 1754-63.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
- Fielden SW, et al: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2008, 27 (6): 1382-7. 10.1002/jmri.21387.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
- Bland JM, Altman DG: Lancet. 1986, 1: 307-10.View ArticlePubMedGoogle Scholar
This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd.


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"WhatsApp Messenger instant messaging application with more users around the world can also be downloaded on the iPad. Download WhatsApp for iPad and communicate with all your friends."
In this site we explain how you can download free Whatsapp on your iPad. Meet some of the tricks WhatsApp, and make WhatsApp calls for free, along with other functions of instant messaging app. Compare the new features in this application and discover the advantages and differences Line for iPad.
WhatsApp can download both the iPad and in the Mini iPad. WhatsApp can download both the iPad and the iPad Mini. Besides all the information you can find on this site it is valid for future versions of the tablet of the Apple brand.
There are two ways to download and install Whatsapp for iPad, and we will explain both easy and understandable.
To download Whatsapp for iPad we can make it through Whatspad and also directly from the PC.
Do not hesitate and download Whatsapp for iPad as soon as possible to enjoy this application and chat and send messages to your contacts and groups of friends. Besides enjoy this app on the mobile device that allows us to use the new features on the big screen, and the convenience of a keyboard large.
From now on, when you download WhatsApp for iPad, you can also send and receive voice messages.
WhatsApp for iPad How to Download through Whastpad
In order to download Whatsapp for iPad through Whatspad, before all, we have to install the Jailbreakapplication on the device. This Jailbreak App is necessary for us to install applications that are not available in the App Store.
Later we download Whatsapp from the software installer V-Share.
Once already installed Whatsapp for iPad, we have that installed the Whatsapp application, which we find in the Big Boss Cydia repo.
When both applications are already installed, Whatsapp and Whatspad, we will restart our iPad. And after restarting the iPad we have to open Whatsapp.
When you open the Whatsapp, this app we request a valid phone number that must be different from that we use in our iPhone or Smartphone.
After that, we will receive an SMS message to the valid phone number that have us supplied Whatsapp, where will indicate the code that we will put to work Whatsapp application on our iPad.
From now Whatsapp on a iPad is ready and prepared to use it and chat with whoever we want. You are part of the 300 million users around the world that have this application, whether on iPad devices, such as iPhone, Android, Tablet, Blackberry, Nokia or PC.
As you see, the entire download and installation process is very easy. Download this app on the iPad and send messages to your friends.
As already mentioned, there is another way to download Whatsapp iPad and this is through the PC. Click on the link Whatsapp for iPad PC and you will see on the next page the steps you have to follow to download and install this application via computer.
Whatsapp incorporates new features such as the ability to send voice messages, and also incorporates a video editor
Download Whatsapp on a iPad without Jailbreak
To download and install Whatsapp on iPad without Jailbreak, we need the official version of WhatsApp for iOS and a tool that allows us to backup our devices such as iTunes or iTools.
Then we download and install WhatsApp on iPhone and we checked the phone number you will use on the iPad. We made a copy of the iPhone application on the PC, which has to have the number registered in the application.
The next step is to connect your iPad to PC and move the backup we have done before in the iPad where we want to install Whatsapp.
We carry out the installation process and then tried the app on the iPad to see if it works correctly. In case you want to register a different phone number, we can delete the application from the iPhone.
Download Whatsapp on a iPod Touch without Jailbreak
First of all, we know that the iPod must support Whatsapp application to be installed.
To download and install Whatsapp on an iPod Touch without Jailbreak we perform the same steps as we did in the iPad. Namely, we download Whatsapp from the App Store and install it on the iPhone.
Subsequently, we registered a phone number that we will use in our iPod.
We performed a backup of the application from iPhone to PC via iTunes. We connect the iPod to the PC and pass the backup we have done above.
We tested the application on the iPod Touch to see if it works. Now we can delete the Whatsapp application on the iPhone if the phone isn't ours or if we want to register a different number.
Install Whatsapp for iPad with iOS 7
To install the Whatsapp application on an iPad with the new iOS 7 operating system need to have iTunes, iFunbox or iTools or any other program that allows the installation of applications, and also have Jailbreak.
First, connect the iPad to the PC and enter in Cydia where we select the Big Boss repository.
We search WhatsPad tweak and proceed with the installation. This tweak allows us we can use Whatsapp on a device with Wi-Fi.
Then we connect to iTunes with our account and downloaded Whatsapp.


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PHIL 225 Introduction to Aesthetics • 5 Cr.
Explores the nature of art and aesthetic experience. Students analyze the artistic theories and aesthetic principles underlying Eastern and Western art. Format includes several field trips. Same as ART 225. Either PHIL 225 or ART 225 may be taken for credit, not both.
After completing this class, students should be able to:
- Explain and assess why some philosophers believe it is impossible to define 'art'.
- Explain and assess Representational, Expressionist, Formalist, and contemporary theories of art.
- Apply theories of art in analyzing the quality of art works.
- Assess positions addressing the morality of art works.
- Assess positions addressing state support or censorship of art works.
- Explain and assess theories regarding the nature of aesthetic experience.


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OBAMA WATCH CENTRALWorldNetDaily Exclusive
L.A. Times still conceals Obama terror video
Includes glowing testimonial for prof who excuses violence
Rashid Khalidi
JERUSALEM – The Los Angeles Times has no plan to ever release a video it stated it obtained of President Obama attending an anti-Israel event in which he delivered a glowing testimonial for Rashid Khalidi, a pro-Palestinian professor who excuses terrorism.
At the 2003 event, poetry reportedly was read comparing Israelis to Osama bin Laden and accusing the Jewish state of terrorism.
"The story ran in 2008 and we pretty much said everything we are going to say about that event," Peter Wallsten, the Times reporter who claimed to have obtained the video, told WND yesterday.
Asked for details of the footage captured in the video, Wallsten replied, "I wrote an extensive article that described the event."
Wallsten referred to a previous statement from the newspaper's editor, Russ Stanton, explaining, "The Los Angeles Times did not publish the videotape because it was provided to us by a confidential source who did so on the condition that we not release it."
"The Times keeps its promises to sources," Stanton said.
But that explanation did not stop the camp of then–Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain from demanding the release of the video.
Get "The Audacity of Deceit," and learn about the looming hostile attack on Judeo-Christian values and freedoms Americans hold dear
McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb accused the Times of "intentionally suppressing information that could provide a clearer link between Barack Obama and Rashid Khalidi."
"The election is one week away, and it's unfortunate that the press so obviously favors Barack Obama that this campaign must publicly request that the Los Angeles Times do its job – make information public," Goldfarb said at the time.
During the campaign, the blogosphere was abuzz with accusations alleging the Times was holding the video back because it contains embarrassing moments that would be damaging for Obama.
Andrew C. McCarthy, chairman of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies' Center for Law & Counterterrorism, claimed in an October 2008 piece in National Review Online the Times would have jumped at the chance of making such images public if McCain had been involved.
"Let's try a thought experiment," begins McCarthy. "Say John McCain attended a party at which known racists and terror mongers were in attendance. Say testimonials were given, including a glowing one by McCain for the benefit of the guest of honor … who happened to be a top apologist for terrorists. Say McCain not only gave a speech but stood by, in tacit approval and solidarity, while other racists and terror mongers gave speeches that reeked of hatred for an American ally and rationalizations of terror attacks.
"Now let's say the Los Angeles Times obtained a videotape of the party.
"Question: Is there any chance – any chance – the Times would not release the tape and publish front-page story after story about the gory details, with the usual accompanying chorus of sanctimony from the oped commentariat? Is there any chance, if the Times was the least bit reluctant about publishing (remember, we're pretending here), that the rest of the mainstream media (y'know, the guys who drove Trent Lott out of his leadership position over a birthday-party toast) would not be screaming for the release of the tape?" McCarthy asked.
The video the Times said it obtained reportedly captures Obama delivering an in-person testimonial for Khalidi, who at the time was departing the University of Chicago for a new teaching position at Columbia University in New York.
In a piece in April 2008, Wallsten reported that while praising Khalidi, Obama reminisced about conversations over meals prepared by the professor's wife, Mona Khalidi.
Unreported by Wallsten was that the event was sponsored by Mona Khalidi's anti-Israel Arab American Action Network, which, as WND first reported, received large sums of money from the Woods Fund, an ultra-liberal Chicago nonprofit for which Obama served as a board member alongside Weather Underground radical William Ayers.
According to Wallsten's account of the farewell dinner, Obama said his talks with the Khalidis served as "consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases. … It's for that reason that I'm hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation – a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid's dinner table," but around "this entire world."
Khalidi's farewell dinner was replete with anti-Israel speakers.
One, a young Palestinian American, recited a poem in Obama's presence that accused the Israeli government of terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticized U.S. support of Israel, the Times reported.
Another speaker, who reportedly talked while Obama was present, compared "Zionist settlers on the West Bank" to Osama bin Laden.
In the kicker, Wallsten wrote, "The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times."
But that detail went largely unnoticed until October 2008, when the Gateway Pundit blog made an issue of the tape.
Khalidi is a harsh critic of Israel. He has made statements supportive of Palestinian terror and reportedly has worked on behalf of the Palestine Liberation Organization while it was involved in anti-Western terrorism and was labeled by the State Department as a terror group.
During documented speeches and public events, Khalidi has called Israel an "apartheid system in creation" and a destructive "racist" state. He has multiple times expressed support for Palestinian terror, calling suicide bombings a response to "Israeli aggression."
He dedicated his 1986 book, "Under Siege," to "those who gave their lives … in defense of the cause of Palestine and independence of Lebanon." Critics assailed the book as excusing Palestinian terrorism.
Obama, Khalidi closely tied
According to a professor at the University of Chicago who said he has known Obama for 12 years, Obama first befriended Khalidi when the two worked together at the university. The professor spoke on condition of anonymity. Khalidi lectured at the University of Chicago until 2003, while Obama taught law there from 1993 until his election to the Senate in 2004.
Khalidi in 2000 held what was described as a successful fundraiser for Obama's failed bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, a fact not denied by Khalidi.
Speaking in a joint interview with WND and the John Batchelor radio show, Khalidi was asked about his 2000 fundraiser for Obama.
"I was just doing my duties as a Chicago resident to help my local politician," Khalidi stated.
Khalidi said he supports Obama for president "because he is the only candidate who has expressed sympathy for the Palestinian cause."
Khalidi also lauded Obama for "saying he supports talks with Iran. If the U.S. can talk with the Soviet Union during the Cold War, there is no reason it can't talk with the Iranians."
In 2001, the Woods Fund, which describes itself as a group helping the disadvantaged, provided a $40,000 grant to Mona Khalidi's Arab American Action Network, or AAAN. The fund provided a second grant to the AAAN for $35,000 in 2002.
Speakers at AAAN dinners and events routinely have taken an anti-Israel line. The group co-sponsored a Palestinian art exhibit titled "The Subject of Palestine" that featured works related to what some Palestinians call the "Nakba," or "catastrophe" of Israel's founding in 1948.
Obama borrowed phrase from Khalidi?
In May 2008, WND noted Obama termed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a "constant sore" in an interview just five days after Khalidi wrote an opinion piece in the Nation magazine in which he called the "Palestinian question" a "running sore."
In his piece, "Palestine: Liberation Deferred," Khalidi suggested Israel carried out "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians and Western powers backed Israel's establishment due to guilt of the Holocaust. He lamented the Palestinian Authority's stated acceptance of a Palestinian state "only" in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and eastern sections of Jerusalem, and he argued Israel should be dissolved and instead a bi-national, cantonal system should be set up in which Jews and Arabs reside.


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Fighting the Pregnancy Blahs
by Lee-Anne Robert
Every pregnant woman has experienced the pregnancy blahs. I can remember feeling so big and unattractive throughout my two pregnancies, and secretly wishing for the pregnancy to be over so that I could have my body back and fit into my normal clothes. It's sad to say, really, because pregnancy is such a beautiful experience and the fact that you created this little human being that is developing in your body should make you feel wonderful through every step of the way.
Oh, but those pregnancy blahs kick in! Your stomach is growing, you cannot fit into your normal clothes, you can't see your feet, you waddle when you walk, your feet and legs are swollen, and other additional physical changes make you feel, well, blah! Sometime during your pregnancy, you may even start to feel bored with the pregnancy and/or feel depressed. Yes, those raging hormones kick in too.
Here are some tips in helping to beat those pregnancy blahs:
- Eat healthy and get plenty of rest. Choose healthy foods and ensure that your intake is nutritious.
- Exercise. Even a short walk in the outdoors will uplift your spirits.
- Make yourself feel attractive by taking the time to groom yourself. Do your hair and put on makeup. We all feel so confident and alive when we look good.
- Buy maternity outfits that will make you feel good. Don't buy just because they fit you.
- Ensure to include pretty accessories in your daily wardrobe such as nice earrings or a pretty scarf. Most of us raid our spouse's closet for clothes that we can wear throughout our pregnancy. Lovely accessories even dress up your spouse's wardrobe.
- If you start to feel bored with your pregnancy, choose an activity that you will enjoy to help you through the boredom. Many woman will prepare for the baby by going shopping or decorating the nursery. Other woman choose a hobby such as gardening, preparing a scrapbook, writing in a pregnancy journal, etc.
- Roughly 10 percent of women experience mild or moderate depression during pregnancy. If you feel persistent depression or anxiety, seek professional help.
- Spend quality time with your spouse. Go for a romantic dinner or out to a movie. Enjoy this time because it's hard to find time after the baby is born.
- Take time out for yourself. Motherhood is just around the corner so take this time to enjoy your independence.
Although it may seem like 9 months is taking forever, really, it goes very quickly. Enjoy the wonderful experience of pregnancy each step of the way. There will be a time in our lives when our children have grown up and we wish to live the pregnancy experience all over again.
You can beat the pregnancy blahs! Feel good about being a woman and feel good about bringing a wonderful new baby into the world.
About The Author
Written by Lee-Anne Robert, a mother of two young children and owner of Cuddles 'n Gifts, email@example.com
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Combine onion and cucumber slices in a clean spring-top jar.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a non-reactive saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer for 4 full minutes to wake up the flavors of the spices.
Slowly pour the hot pickling liquid over the onion and cucumber slice, completely filling the jar. Allow the pickles to cool to room temperature before topping off with any remaining pickling liquid. Refrigerate.
Refrigerate the pickles for a week to ripen. They will keep for about 2 months in the refrigerator.


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Renovation of Historic Pool and Gyms
Army Letterman Pool, Letterman Gym and Main Post Gymnasium were originally built for use by men only.
The project converted these historic structures into fully-accessible facilities for men, women and families.
As project liaison, Hilliard Architects coordinated activities with the Presidio National Trust, ensuring compliance with The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation.
Waste management was a high priority: the successful bidder was required to submit an economically feasible plan for reusing, salvaging or recycling waste.
Materials included cardboard, land-clearing debris, clean dimensional wood, concrete, bricks, asphalt, drywall, carpet, plastics and metals.


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Barcelona set for spending splurge after FIFA reject transfer ban appeal
BARCELONA have announced they will challenge their transfer ban by taking their case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
In April, the Spanish giants were found guilty by FIFA of breaching rules on the transfer of player under the age of 18 and were handed a ban covering this summer and the January window.
However, their appeal freed them to sign players this summer and they have already moved for Luis Suarez, Thomas Vermaelen, Claudio Bravo, Jeremy Mathieu, Ivan Rakitic and Marc-Andre the Stegen.
Their first appeal was turned down by FIFA and they are now due to be unable to sign any new blood from the end of this summer's transfer window until January 1, 2016 unless the Court of Arbitration for Sport agrees with their case.
Coach Luis Enrique was hoping to make further signings including Manchester United target Juan Cuadrado so he will be expected to go on a spending spree before September 1.
FIFA confirmed Barcelona's appeal had failed in a statement: "Barcelona is to serve a transfer ban which will see the club prevented from registering any players at both national and international level for two complete and consecutive transfer periods, starting with the next registration period [January 2015] given that the appeal of the club had been granted suspensive effect by the chairman of the FIFA appeal committee.
"FC Barcelona has also been ordered to pay a fine of CHF 450,000 [£295,000] and been given a period of 90 days from today in which to regularise the situation of all minor players concerned."


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One dark, wild night a mysterious stranger seduced Kim Wight, changing her forever. He did wicked things to her, things she'd never dared dream of. He even bit her! And by doing so, he transformed Kim from an inexperienced mouse to a sinfully sexy woman.
A woman who craved more of what only Stephen could give her.
Now, a year later, Kim has finally found Stephen again. And she still wants him, desperately. But Stephen's not like the other men. He can't get attached to any one woman. Still, he can't resist sinking his teeth into Kim just one more time.
Too bad Kim's not going to let Stephen get away that easily...
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Just after midnight, Kimberly Wight spotted the vampire.
She absolutely knew, without a doubt, what he was. First of all, a burst of severe blood loss cases had been reported this past month by young women who'd frequented this nightclub, Mystique, which was located in the Marrakech Casino just off the Strip. Kim didn't have to put two and two together to reason that someone.something?was sucking blood down at this place.
And second of all? Even though vampires were said to expertly blend into the populace-that's how they survived-she recognized this one. Recognized him good and well because her life hadn't been the same since he'd bitten her last year.
For a moment, Kim couldn't move as she watched her nameless fantasy disappear into the crowd on the dance floor, which was pulsing with colored lights that beat in time to the techno music. It was him-she knew it. Same shoulder-length, honey-hued hair tied back from the face of a dark angel. Same tall, muscle-lithe body dressed in a sharp, black, richly tailored suit and long coat.
Her body seized with heat and slight remembrance, just as it did every night when she clung to the erotic flashes of what he'd done to her. Or, at least, what she could recall of what he'd done; it was as if her brain had been made fuzzy, made unsure of what had gone on.
His whispers, summoning her to the shadows; his kisses, trailing over her forehead in tender invitation; his mouth, skimming down to her own lips as silent words stroked her mind, calming her and inviting her. And then the bite.
The Bite.
Heartbeat flickering in wild counterpoint to the throbbing music, Kim used her elbow to nudge the man who sat next to her at the bar-her coworker. She rose from her seat, her breathing getting heavier as she continued to track the vampire's progress across the dance floor. Without losing focus, she jerked her head in the direction of a raised platform that boasted a line of white-veiled lounging beds. Patrons-dressed in cleavage-baring tops with European labels, young and drunk and careless-lounged over the silk pillows with fifteen-dollar cocktails in hand. Oblivious.
The veins in Kim's neck strummed with the twangs of her gathering excitement. For the past year, The Bite had consumed her. It'd been the sexiest, freakiest, most wonderful thing that'd ever happened in all her twenty-nine years. It'd shown her what she was really all about, what had been lurking under the skin of a girl who'd been all too willing to settle.
It'd also given her the courage to ask questions about what she'd always believed to be true in this world-questions that had reared up after her sister was ripped from her life just before The Bite.
Kim reached back to grab her partner's hand, pulling him through the dance floor's throng of undulating bodies, parting the thick cologne of their sweat.
Have to catch up.
By now, her co-investigator from the League was yelling in her ear to battle the music. "What? You see something? What?"
Too intent on tracking, Kim avoided answering.
They jammed through the dancers, then climbed up the stairs leading to the platform that held the beds. The belled white veils, lit from above, created a frothy maze. Kim guided her partner down the puzzle of shrouded mattresses one by one.
The vampire's breath on her neck, the ache between her legs banging with slick need, his fangs piercing, entering.
"Hey!" Her partner tugged her hand, halting her. They would have to shout to communicate. "What's got you on fire?"
She turned around to face him, a slim guy in his young twenties who worked as a computer network specialist by day. They called him Powder, but it wasn't because his skin was pale; it was because he loved skiing. The sport took up just as much of his passion as graphic-novel reading and vampire research.
"I saw one!" Kim said, her breathing thin. "We're going after him!"
"Saw one? Him? Who?" Powder's brown eyes were wide. Unlike her, he'd never encountered a vampire before. None of her partners at the League had. They had no idea what awaited them.
She'd never told anyone everything about The Bite. Somehow, the thought of sharing every detail, every treasured personal emotion, devalued the experience. In this age of instant communication and Jerry Springer tell-all, keeping something so intimate to herself made the encounter much more powerful. Of course, Kim had initially shared a PG-version of her vampire meeting with the League-that's how she'd gotten in-but anything beyond that seemed.profane.
It might take away the magic of that night, and she couldn't deal with the loss.
"How do you know it's a vampire?" Powder added, still pulling on her hand.
She pulled Powder right back, urging him to come with her already. "He's the one I met. The one. Come on."
Powder no doubt recalled her tamed-down story: how this anonymous vamp had "almost bitten her" before he'd heard a sound, taken off and left her alone in the dark alley. Not quite the truth, but close enough for her comfort.
Furiously, Kim began flipping back the bed veils as they passed each one. Not here. Not there. Just a bunch of privileged kids making out and passing out from too much drink and drugs.
Where is he? Where could he have gone?
Powder's grip tightened in hers, and Kim knew he was about to chicken out. Even though every person who volunteered their night hours to www.vanhelsingleague.com took turns patrolling the city, hoping to catch sight of a vamp one night, he was downright afraid. None of them had ever really believed they'd ever find one, had they? But the notion of earning major Geek Points had given each one of the five members incentive enough to patrol, whether they truly believed or not; a sighting would qualify them to post about their encounter on the Internet and gain their fifteen minutes of fame in the paranormal community.
And Kim knew about that kind of notoriety well enough since her own sighting had given her enough credibility to write a bi-weekly column. "The one who escaped"-that was what everybody who posted on the message boards called her, and they read her work with adoring glee.
The League's main goal was to bring vamps into the mainstream, to prove the existence of the species. When Kim had joined them nine months ago, it'd made sense to associate with these people who wouldn't laugh at what she'd experienced, people who would help her make sense of it all.
A support group who might be able to help her find him again.
But sometimes she wondered just how far the League's dedication went. Was this just another odd club they belonged to, a fanboy pursuit as fun as their comic book conventions or the latest X-Men movie? If they truly knew what was out there, would they be brave enough to air their pirate radio broadcasts or maintain the Web site?
Or was it the fantasy that kept them going in life?
She didn't know the answer, because sometimes she thought that's what drove her: the fantasy of The Bite. The dream of reliving it. Ever since, she'd found nothing even close in her dating endeavors. No man matched up to The Bite; none could satisfy what the vampire had brought out in her. And she couldn't help wondering if anyone ever would.
Frustrated now, she led Powder to the last bed, inspected the two kissing girls on it, then cursed. But when she moved past the last mattress, she stopped cold at what she saw in front of her. Her belly toppled, heartbeat slamming to a halt.
Next to her, Powder flinched, sucked in a breath. Then he laughed, pointing to the mirror where they were both gaping at their images.
"Oh, scary. Boo! Is this your vampire, Kim?"
Disbelief from one of her own. Great, that's all she needed.
The only thing that stopped her from engaging in a verbal slapdown was the sight of her own face reflected back at her.
Sometimes she still didn't recognize herself: from everyday average Kim, neighborhood bookstore clerk to this-a vamp. But not a blood-sucking creature of the night-The Bite hadn't turned her in that way. Yet.she was certainly different. More confident, willing to try anything.
The luster of heightened self-esteem had come out in her physical appearance: her hair, fringed by bangs and worn long and straight down her back, was now a deep flame. It was almost as if the strands were screaming, calling out for the attention she'd never gotten before, and loving it. Her skin had always been redhead pale, but after The Bite, the freckles had disappeared, giving her a smooth, ivory polish. And her eyes, always a sheer blue, seemed more cat-like. Five years ago, back when she lived near her parents in Tennessee , they'd always called her their "elf" because of her delicate features. But now Kim thought she was more wicked creature than Santa's helper.
All because of what'd happened.
How? she wondered again. And what am I now exactly?
At the questions, she urged Powder along, toward a light over a door that said "EXIT." It was tucked in a corner, hidden and out-of-the-way. Perfect for a vampire's departure.
"Hold up!" Her partner yanked her to a stop.
"What is it? Let's go, Powder!"
Her co-investigator fumbled in a pocket, plucked out a small crucifix, then took out his cell phone, too. "I'm not going out there with just the two of us, even if you do have vamp experience. Haven't you learned anything from horror movies? The audience would be screaming at you right now to wait for backup!"
"Come on! It's not like we're out to do some slaying-we just want a peek of him on video, or his voice on tape, if either of them will even record a vamp. We won't piss him off enough to fight, honest!" Kim's research into vampire lore indicated that the camera might not capture an image, but how did they know? It was worth a try. "That's all we're gonna do, Powder, stealth work."
She kept her other agenda hidden. The search for another Bite.
By this time, her breasts had beaded, clearly outlined under her red tank top. Her clit had gone stiff, too, so she shifted. It rubbed against her jeans, giving her some measure of relief while exacerbating it. Slower, she shifted again, reveling in the sensation, wanting more and wondering if she'd get it.
Powder was already dialing the phone and aiming his slight body toward the restroom area, probably for some quiet. "Wait here, okay, Kim? Just wait."
As he left, she merely smiled. The League rules demanded that, on patrol, they always stick with their wingman unless going in the restroom. "Just like in Top Gun," their resident movie guru, Darlene, always said. "Maverick learned the hard way about leaving his partner."
But this wasn't some Hollywood flick. It was real, and if she didn't start tracking again, her fantasy would disappear.
If he already hadn't.
As Powder walked into the crowds, Kim tapped her booted foot, pretending to wait for him. But when he disappeared, she took off toward the "EXIT," reaching into her pocket for the crucifix, just for insurance. She had no illusions about the danger of vampires-six recent severe blood loss cases at Mystique in the past month didn't lie. Yet she also knew she had to do this. No doubts.
She slipped out the marked door, finding herself outside, enveloped in the June desert-night warmth. An empty painted white plaza spread out before her; on weekends, Mystique held concerts here, so there were folding chairs and bleachers facing a stage with no performer. The sight was somewhat eerie, like a rock-and-roll ghost town.
Why weren't there any kids here making out in privacy? Hell, did anyone need privacy anymore, what, with those beds in the club and all?
Or had any takers just felt a niggling presence and left this area, shuddering, returning to the club's safety?
Steadily, Kim walked forward, one hand still in her back pocket to touch the crucifix. With her other, she reached into her large bag, the strap slung across her chest. Her fingers brushed a Camcorder as she searched for her miniature tape recorder, then turned it on to capture any weird sounds.
Her heartbeat played tag with the muted thuds from the club music as she controlled her breathing. Sweat broke over her skin, tightening it just as evocatively as the lust riding her.
"Come out, come out, wherever you are," she said under her breath. "Where did you go?"
In answer, the air rippled. Kim froze, heart in her throat.
A hushed whisper, strung along on a wordless stream, flowed over the warm breeze. Untranslatable except for the feeling of anticipation heating around her.
Kim slowly turned around to where she thought the sound had originated. All that faced her was the empty stage. Darkness lit only by the faint light of the moon.
Her heart kicked at her chest. Fear. But adrenalized stimulation was making her damp, too. Damp and ready from all those nights of wanting him to come back.
Come on over to me. Sink into me again. Persuade me that my sister Lori never suffered and that death is beautiful..
She took a step toward the stage, but another rippling sound caught her. The vibrations dug past her skin, making the hair on her arms stand up, sending shivers all over.
"Here." A sound, low and compelling, a British accent lacing a word that seeped into her and drew her toward the bleachers. "Come here."
And she did, approaching him with liquid willingness. No fear, none at all.well, maybe a little.but only enough to make the air sharpen in her lungs, the blood quicken in her veins.
Another Bite.?
The shadows of the metal bleachers fell over her in slatted darkness as she came to him, obeying because she wanted to.
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From the book: The Ultimate Bite
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Publication Date: 07/07
Copyright C: 2007
By: Chris Marie Green
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This project is bad for the surrounding neighborhood
A huge warehouse does not belong alongside a residential community.
- The proposed 4 story building would be 18 feet taller than our zoning allows.
- The 125,000 square foot building is 72,000 square feet larger than our zoning allows.
- There will be only 7 feet between the storage warehouse and the neighboring homes. Click here to see the project plan.
The project hurts efforts by Allston/Brighton residents to plan the future of our community
This project contradicts the years of community involvement that created the North Allston Strategic Framework, which established goals of lower density development, a more cohesive neighborhood, and expanded opportunities for neighborhood jobs. Different types of development could do much more to help us meet those goals.
The project is bad for Allston�s history and built environment
The project will demolish a piece of history � a 110 year old building from the Sewell & Day factory complex. Its replacement will be a bland, boring, windowless �big box�.
This project is bad for the Boston and Allston/Brighton economies
- The 1.2 acre site could be home to hundreds of jobs. This project will create 5 permanent jobs.
- A diversity of business is good for the economy. Instead, this area is becoming a magnet for self-storage businesses such as:
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|Storage City 155 N Beacon St
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|Ask City Hall to improve our community�s future by opposing this wasteful project
Wednesday, June 28
Jackson Mann Community Center, 500 Cambridge St
6:30 p.m.
Jay Rourke
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Here at iPhone Appstorm, we've reviewed a lot of apps that would fall under the category of "Personal Finance," but what about the finances that aren't strictly personal? Out of convenience and necessity, we don't all always pay our fair share of purchases and expenses at exactly the same time: sometimes a friend pays for drinks to spare you the ATM fee, sometimes an Internet bill can only be connected to one credit card. There are an increasing number of apps out there that combine the financial and the social, helping you to keep track of IOUs and split expenses between friends, families, or roommates and hopefully preventing arguments and forgotten favours.
Lets take a look at some of the best apps in this "social finance" category after the jump!
It's Productivity Week here at iPhone.AppStorm, and all week we're going to have app reviews and how-tos, all based on getting things done. Plus, we'll even pull some classic reviews out of the archives. Stay tuned all week!
There's no doubt that going paperless increases productivity: paperless communication is instant, hassle-free, cheap and less wasteful. Much of the world, however, still relies on paper documents to relay important information. How can you, the forward-thinking iPhone user, integrate all this paper into your digital records? Many developers have created apps to help digitize paper documents into PDF files by scanning them with your iPhone's built-in camera, without requiring you to take a perfect picture from a straight angle.
In this round-up, we're putting five popular iPhone scanning applications to the test, comparing their features and how they all handle processing the same image. Find out which apps come out on top after the jump!
In my never ending search for the ideal GTD system, I've tried out dozens of apps for both the Mac and iPhone. Early in my search, I came across The Hit List, and found myself very impressed with its stylish but casual interface and its complete, customizable feature set. Like many other users, I patiently waited for the promised iPhone companion app, only to realize that development on the whole project had apparently come to a halt. Now, over two years later, developer Andy Kim has finally released version 1.0 of The Hit List for Mac, and the much anticipated iPhone app. Was it worth the wait? Read on to find out!
When you first get an iPhone, typing on a touchscreen feels very novel and new, but after a dozen or so text messages, the novelty wears off. Typing on the iphone can quickly become a frustrating experience, and until (if ever) the iPhone integrates an alternative typing system (like Swype for Android), we're stuck trying to make the best of a bad situation.
The default writing environments, such as Notes or Mail, don't make matters easier with their cluttered interfaces and small writing spaces. WriteRoom by Hog Bay Software is an attempt to make writing on your iphone into a less painful experience, adding features such as full screen writing and cloud sync. Read on to find out if WriteRoom can make writing on your iphone less of a chore!
When it comes to keeping track of my finances digitally, I feel like I've really tried it all. On my Mac, I've tried iBank, iFinance, Koku, Money and Moneywell; on my iPhone I've tried Expenditure, MoneyBook and Saver, not to mention Mint.com on the web and iPhone. I've been pretty displeased with all of them, nothing really seemed to fit with my lifestyle and habits.
Budget with Back in Black (referred to as Back in Black from here on out) is the latest in the crowded market of finance apps, and with its quick climb to the top of the App Store charts and the rave user reviews I read, I was cautiously hopeful that Back in Black would impress. Find out the results after the jump.
The iPhone's Clock app is a great tool for quickly timing things like cooking an egg, chess turns, or steeping tea. When you want to keep track of longer periods of time, or save commonly used timers, however, Clock can't help you. Cosmos Timer was developed to fill this gap, allowing you to quickly create timers for any length of time and save them for later use. Find out if Cosmos Timer can make keeping time easier after the jump!
We all know we could be doing more to maintain a healthy diet, and there's no shortage of diet advice in all forms of media. Whether you make a conscious effort to educate yourself about nutrition or not, many of you have probably absorbed a lot of information, and more or less know the basics of eating healthy. So if we know how to eat well, what's stopping us? People often blame lack of discipline or motivation for unhealthy eating habits, but the developers of Foodish suggest that simply being more aware of your eating habits will help you improve them. Foodish is the modern version of a food journal, letting you keep track of what you eat visually with the iPhone you already take with you everywhere. Read on to find out if this simple approach to eating well can really keep you on track!
Some of us are responsible enough to look at our calendars and to-do lists without prompting, some of us need a bit of gentle prodding to get things done, and some of us need to literally be yelled at. If you live alone, however, or your housemates are unwilling to remind you of every appointment or due date, perhaps it would be best to have your iPhone yell at you. Phones also tend to be more reliable than roommates, spouses, parents or children.
There are a number of iPhone apps on the market to help you remember appointments, due dates, tasks and the like, Cleversome perceived a gap to be filled in ease of use and pure convenience, and recently released their own notification app, 3do. But does 3do really offer anything new? Is it worth the $4.99 price tag? Let's take a look after the jump!
I've never been a huge Gowalla user, none of my friends use it (they're more into Facebook Check-in) and it hasn't really caught on in my city. Nonetheless, I like the idea of apps like Gowalla and FourSquare, which allow you to assert your fondness for locations and businesses simply by pressing a button. Though I'm not compelled to use Gowalla socially, I sometimes check for nearby spots when I'm in an unfamiliar neighbourhood, only to find a list of churches, bus stops and chain restaurants. The developers of Goodfoot attempt to harness the power of Gowalla and make it more useful to all types of iPhone users, even those that aren't social network superstars.
Goodfoot lists local Spots in order of their "awesomeness", a metric they've developed which ranks based on how often spots are re-visited by locals, and claims to be able to filter through the uninteresting spots that fill the Gowalla nearby list and show you where the locals actually hang out. So, is it successful? Can an algorithm separate the local hotspots from the tourist traps? Find out after the jump!


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The story is set in ancient Japan, where a young boy named Kubo cares for his mother in a village. A spirit from the past turns Kubo's life upside down by re-igniting an age-old vendetta. This causes all sorts of havoc as gods and monsters chase Kubo who, in order to survive, must locate a magical suit of armor once worn by his late father, a legendary Samurai warrior. Director: Travis Knight Writers: Marc Haimes (screenplay), Chris Butler (screenplay) Stars: Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara


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Bonn, 19 May—Delegates
to the twenty-sixth sessions of the Subsidiary
Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC), which convened in Bonn, Germany,
from 7-18 May 2007, have adopted 27 conclusions and
six draft decisions to forward to the climate change
meetings to take place in December 2007 in Bali,
Indonesia. Also taking place in Bonn were the third
session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the
Kyoto Protocol (AWG) and the third workshop under
the Dialogue on long-term cooperative action to
address climate change by enhancing implementation
of the Convention.
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SBI Coordinator Vitaly Matsarski; and SBI
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the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)
UN headquarters, New York, 12 May—Delegates
at the fifteenth session of the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development (CSD-15), which convened
from 30 April-11 May 2007, at UN headquarters in New
York, US, attempted to negotiate an agreement on
policy options in the areas of energy for
sustainable development, industrial development, air
pollution/atmosphere and climate change. However, as
the scheduled close of the meeting approached,
numerous unresolved issues remained in the energy
for sustainable development and climate change
sections of the document. Chair Abdullah bin Hamad
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on a "take it or leave it" basis, but the EU and
Switzerland rejected it so a "Chair's Summary" of
CSD-15 will be issued.
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"take it or leave it" basis.
Port Moresby, 13 May—The
forty-second session of the International Tropical
Timber Council (ITTC-42), which took place from 7-12
May 2007 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, selected
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Director of the International Tropical Timber
Organization (ITTO), after much heated debate.
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from 30 April-4 May 2007, in Dakar, Senegal, adopted
22 decisions on, inter alia: a revised
process for the review of entries in the register of
specific exemptions; DDT; measures to reduce or
eliminate releases from wastes; guidelines on the
standardized toolkit for identification and
quantification of releases; and guidelines on best
available techniques (BAT) and draft guidance on
best environmental practices (BEP).
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Isn't it the truth? I go on vacation for a week and spend twice as long getting myself back on regular time. Our Colorado camping trip was wonderful, the dogs are great campers and Ouray is a fun place to hang out for a while. The wildflowers were spectacular. I want to go back for aspencade in the fall.
So we went, came back and went again, to SLC for another Red Butte Garden concert and a big shop. We have relied heavily on friends to house sit and otherwise care for the barnyard creatures. All of R's work to get the garden watering automated paid off handsomely.
Husbandry and gardening: We are having a hell of a time with the turkeys this year. They rejected their coop in a rainstorm and we moved them into the orchard, only to discover that one had escaped the covered pen and been attacked, probably by a hawk. Since then we've lost two more to predators. Probably skunks, as raccoons would have killed wantonly, and the big hawks around here won't stoop in the trees. So now we are down to nine, with more than three months to go before they are ready for harvest. It's enough to drive us back to raising chickens. Jersey Giants would be in the freezer already.
We have a skunk trap set right now because R saw them eating our bees. He went out with was out with a flashlight looking for turkeys and saw the skunk shaking the hive to get the bees to come out. No bueno. Then Carson got skunked again (twice since we've been back). And there are more skunks at the Bluebird orchard, probably doing the same thing to those hives. Getting rid of them is going to be a project. Until then, I'm laying in more hydrogen peroxide for deskunking, and marshmallows because a friend who knows stuff told me to use them to bait the trap.
Before the end of July, I started seedlings for fall transplanting, and they are doing well. The garden plan for the hoophouse this winter is less than ambitious, but I do want to do some greens under low cover outside, so I started three trays, or about 150 plants.
Now that the garden is in the "growing to make up for lost time" mode, the main task is tying up tomatoes and trellising cucumbers and squash. We have had rain almost every day since mid-July, with cooler daytime temperatures, slowing down tomato ripening but making luxuriant growing conditions. Tomatoes will happen in plenty of time.
R has been mowing for a week in the orchards. It's like painting the Golden Gate bridge, once he finishes it's about time to start over, especially with all the rain. This year the trees we planted in 2014 are really putting on the growth. They say that apple trees sleep the first year, creep the second and leap the third. We usually get more than one year of creep before they take off though, more "sleep, creep, weep, leap" because by the third summer, we start to worry. And then they take off in the fourth year.
Food, harvest and preserving: Garlic is our first big crop of the year, and the Red Toch variety I planted last fall finished earlier than any I've tried before. I need to weigh it and set aside the seed garlic for fall planting, now that the garlic has dried and been braided up, but we have plenty and I'm thinking of making some pickled garlic.
Until last week, we mostly have been eating zucchinis (Costata Romanesco and Golden Arrow, a really nice yellow summer squash). Now we are getting cucumbers, the kale has rebounded and the green beans are almost ready to pick. R dug up some new potatoes that were nearly full-size. I couldn't get the red seed potatoes I usually buy along with the Kennebecs that are our staple, so we are trying a new yellow potato, the Daisy Gold. The first ones were delicious. We had them last week with some salmon from the freezer.
I am easing into the food preserving. I started with refrigerator zucchini pickles a couple weeks ago. Yesterday I put a batch of mixed zukes and cukes into a fermenting jar and salted down about a gallon of pickle spears to can up today in a vinegar solution. R is the pickle fiend, we'll see which ones he likes best.
Energy and conservation: When we moved the turkey poults, we finally unplugged the last heating device of the season. I hate blowing electricity on heat, but baby chicks need a heat lamp. I'm planning to consolidate watering basins for the winter so we can cut down on deicers. Last year we ran four, which is more than I want to pay for. On the other hand, the water bill savings with the new irrigation control has been substantial: the Rachio will pay for itself this summer. That's a win.
Other projects: With R here now full-time, we have had the time to work through some of the backlog of infrastructure upgrades we've wanted to do, and just catch up on things. I stacked firewood, he's been reorganizing the "warehouse" of spare parts in garage and hoophouse and clearing out so we can upgrade our hoop-sheds. Tools are getting cleaned and put away.
Community: I helped out with the "Take the Stage" youth music workshop the Entrada Institute sponsored, which meant I got to spend two days with Samba Fogo instructors banging on drums.
Creativity and recreation: loads of mandolin practice, especially on my 5-string electric. Camping gear is sorted and ready to go as soon as it stops raining for a few days. Can't complain about rain.
Next week: more same days. The duck pen needs to be cleaned out and composted. Nothing exciting, just enjoying the end of summer.
Seasonal observations: We are seeing the first signs of the changing season, now that we've passed the cross-quarter day of Lammas. The rabbitbrush has started to bloom, dotting the roadsides in brilliant hues of chartreuse changing to marigold as the flowers open up. Even more certain signs are the sparrows, flocking up now that they aren't defending nests. The goldfinches arrived last week to nibble on sunflowers and grass seedheads. Spring brings us the insectivorous warblers hunting the hatches in the succulent soft green leaves; sparrows and finches are birds of the harvest season, gleaning ripeness from the fields and margins. The first flocks, even more than the shorter evenings, is a reminder to savor every chance we have to be outside in the sunshine.


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The opening weekend of March 2013 saw British Cycling's annual Go-Ride Conferences kick off in Dartford on Saturday 1st, before moving to Leicester on Sunday 2nd. Each event saw over 100 club coaches, volunteers and welfare officers join British Cycling staff for a day of discussion using the Go-Ride programme as the template for club development.
Volunteers participated in a busy programme of bespoke workshops for the majority of the day, with topics addressing areas of child development, safeguarding, club marketing and management. The final session then saw delegates congregate for the Go-Ride Awards, which recognise an individual volunteers continuing dedication to the sport of cycling.
Three more Go-Ride Conference dates are planned for this month, and although a further 300 volunteers are already signed up for events in Manchester, Bridgwater and Reading, places are still available for interested club volunteers. Details of which can be found here.
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- "The Conference has given me confidence in the role and clear points of contact at British Cycling. I have made contact and exchanged contact details with other local club welfare officers.
- "Thank you for a stimulating and enjoyable day. Professionally organised and run with a friendly smile."
- "Excellent delivery and presentation from very knowledgeable tutors."
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Resident Evil 6 Review
The first thing I noticed about Resident Evil 6 was that the spider web design of the new logo was creepy and could mean nothing good. The second was how girly Leon looked.
Still the potential for creepy zombie-spiders and overly androgynous protagonists aside I was reasonably impressed with RE6.
RE6 put me in mind of Resident Evil 2, Leon is back in the game and the zombies are much more like the traditional walking corpses that we all love to shoot in the head.
Plenty of Leon's his old friends make an appearance. His campaign takes place in lots of poorly lit urban settings, laboratories, sewers and underground tunnels, just like old times. I'm just thankful that Leon didn't stumble across a croc in the sewers, this time around.
RE6 has continued the trend of downplaying the survival horror elements in favour of increased gun-play and more traditional 3rd person shooter elements.
I didn't find Resident Evil 6 (or RE5 for that matter) all that scary. Perhaps I'm not as jumpy as my 12-year-old self was, back when I played RE2.
RE6 features lots of quick time events, I mean a lot! I have never really found QTEs all that exciting; they essentially take the action out of your hands, but don't allow for the film fun of a cinematic. They should be used sparingly, but RE6 lays them on a bit thick.
The game-play is much the same as RE5 including the partner/ co-op functionality. Capcom have included a few nifty extras, for example the cover mechanism has been upgraded to allow jump out shots (although because of the camera, you may find yourself staring at the back of Leon's head when you line up a shot). The HUD is in the guise of the characters smartphone/PDA, which is a nice touch.
One of the more fun features added for Leon is the ability to duel-wield his pistols. This can be quite useful in a tight spot. However you rarely have enough ammo to justify going Matrix on the zombies. Also the recoil makes it hard to aim.
The graphics are amazing, hair moves pretty much as hair should, head shots that don't kill, still blow off a chunk of zombie skull. Leon's leather jacket has been loving rendered, so has rather a lot of the female characters cleavage, not surprising given the target audience of most survival horror games.
However my biggest issue with RE6 is the skill points system. Essentially you collect points from dead enemies and certain locations and spend these on increasing your characters stats. This has replaced the weapon upgrade option from RE5.
The annoying thing is that these points are in every crate and container you smash. Meaning you won't be finding much in the way of ammo and recovery items in these places. Including during boss battles, when an extra 500 points is useless but a herb or ammo drop would be a life saver, quite literally.
That said there are some genuine standout moments, shooting a liquid nitrogen canister out of a zombie's hand then calmly putting a bullet to them and watching the pieces fly is one of my favourite moments.
The melee and close combat has been amped up allowing powerful, and satisfying, attacks that will floor or finish zombies. Just like RE5 you can combine attacks with your partner for massive damage. If you are like me you will find yourself relying on your knife a lot. This lets you conserve ammo and decapitate hostiles, bonus.
Resident Evil has evolved from the days of old; the survival horror elements that made the series a success just aren't there any more, but the plot and zombie-wasting action does help increase the joy of playing RE6.
The 6th offering of the series has done a tribute to the history of the series and the zombie genre in general, although jumping zombies are rapidly becoming my least favourite type of reanimated corpse.
RE6 isn't perfect, but the story is engaging, and killing zombies never gets old. The boss battles are cool, if a little clichéd. Resident Evil 6 is enjoyable but not the powerhouse that I was hoping for.


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Highway Equipment Co., the manufacturer of New Leader crop nutrient applicators, invites you to their 75th anniversary celebration in booth #203 at the Midwest Ag Industries Exposition (MAGIE), August 20, 2014, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Stop by for cupcakes, refreshments, and to meet an end-user that has been using New Leader products for 46 years.
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My name is Sam, and I'm a quote-a-holic.
You know that feeling when someone seems to have put words to your thoughts? I love it. I mean I really love it. I also love when you get the whoa-I-never-thought-of-it-that-way or the oh-I-need-to-remember-this feelings.
Chalk it up to the fact that I like being provoked; I like to feel and man do I like to think.
So, in the same way that music and song lyrics have helped me cope with my loss, reading the thoughts of those who have also experienced the death of a loved one has helped as well.
You know the old adage that says it's wise to surround yourself with good people? It holds true in both the real world and digital world. And when you're grieving – even years later – it's refreshing to surround yourself with people who get it, even if its through virtual means.
There are countless inspirational Pinterest and Instagram accounts you can follow to fill your social media world with a healthy dose of hope and positivity. There are groups you can join and pages you can 'like' on Facebook to help you cope too. But for me, there are few things more comforting than the sporadic, daily reminder – in the form of 140 characters – that I'm not alone.
Amidst news updates, friends' musings and your regular, everyday social media clutter, I've mixed in accounts that help me to remember my dad and remind me to grieve well (remember: an all-grief timeline would get exhausting).
You can view or subscribe to my ever-expanding list here, but here are a few of my favorite accounts to get you started.
- @HelloGrief: Grief is an uninvited visitor that never leaves. We address grief head-on, with real people providing real-life opinions, and sharing real-life stories at www.hellogrief.com
- @SecondFirsts: Passionately changing the way we live life after loss. Bestselling Author of Second Firsts: Live Laugh and Love again (Hay House, 2013). www.secondfirsts.com
- @WhatsYourGrief: What's Your Grief is dedicated to promoting grief education, exploration, and expression in both practical and creative ways at www.whatsyourgrief.com.
- @DinnerPartiers: Changing the way we approach #lifeafterloss, through candid conversation & breaking bread. www.thedinnerparty.org
- @modernloss: Candid content, community and resources on #lifeafterloss and #grief at www.modernloss.com. Beginners welcome. Run by @rebeccasoffer & @gabibirkner.
- @ChelseaHanson: Grief Educator & Author | Owner of With Sympathy Gifts | Holistic & Spiritual Grief Help | FREE Grief Relief 101 Kit at http://www.withsympathygifts.com
- @ModernWidowClub: We mentor, inspire and empower modern day, heroic widows to find joy and believe in possibility. Find Your Mentor, Find Your Way™. Founder @mooralive. www.modernwidowsclub.com
- @GriefHealing: Nationally certified #hospice #grief counselor blogging at http://j.mp/flN3Js; Moderator, online Grief Healing Discussion Groups at http://j.mp/1fy9e0K
- @OneFitWidow: Life and loss has brought me here today. I lost my husband, then I lost 80 pounds and found that living through loss can change you, dare I say for the better. www.onefitwidow.com
- @FindHopeAfter: Building community service experiences in memory of extraordinary people who have died to help their loved ones find hope at www.hopeafterproject.com. See @HopeAdvocate as well.
- @Beingtweets: Public radio's conversation on religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas at www.onbeing.org. Tweets by head of content @TrentGilliss + show producers. Follow our host @KristaTippett.
- @LaurelLLewis: Poet, Lover, Dancer, Death and Dying Enthusiast, Coach, Consultant & All Around Awesome Secret Keeper! www.laurelllewis.com
- @guru_em: Compassionate, holistic care empowering your wellbeing during stress, illness, grief and loss through #yoga, #meditation and #mindfulness at www.guruem.com.
- @GriefCompass: When you're feeling grief after a death, we guide you to the path toward joy, health, and productivity.
- @DoyleDiana: The gift of grief after death of my sister, mom and 4 year old daughter over 3 years..all to different causes. Writer for opentohope.com & hellogrief.org
- @MoyerFoundation: Provide comfort, hope and healing to children affected by loss and family addiction at www.moyerfoundation.org. Created and support Camp Erin and Camp Mariposa with locations nationwide.
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Ptolemy 3 Euergetes conquered Babylon and Susa in 245 B.C. He had defeated the ruler of the Seleucid dynasty in the Third Syrian War (245-241) Meanwhile, Parthians under Tirdad were regaining strength and defeated Ptolemy's forces east of Susa. Parthians were causing heavy damages on Seleucids in Northwest Iran. Because of heavy taxes Ptolemy 3 imposed on locals, revolts began in Egypt and he decided to retreat from Susa. Ptolemy 3 gained respect back in Egypt after he returned artifacts taken by Cambyses to the Egyptian temples.
Ptolemy 3 to XV were Macedonian kings of the Ptolemy dynasty in Egypt that ruled between 323-30 BC:
Ptolemy IV allowed Egypt to decline under his debauched rule.
Ptolemy IX ruled with his mother until she expelled him and installed his brother Ptolemy X whose unpopularity resulted in his expulsion, and he died at sea in 88. Ptolemy XI was the last fully legitimate Ptolemy king of Egypt. Ptolemy XIV shared power (47-44) with his sister Cleopatra who had him assassinated and make way for her son by Julius Caesar in 44. he was killed by Octavian after Cleopatra's suicide in 30 whose death marked the Roman conquest of Egypt and the end of the Ptolemy dynasty.


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BelgiQue, LLC was created out of our passion for sharing our experiences obtained over many years of travel in Europe. The Belgian Waffle is a fine example of one of these experiences. A waffle in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other as we strolled through the streets of Brussels Belgium gave rise to the desire to share this one experience.
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This waffle shop is a great place to grab a snack or light lunch. These waffles are not just for breakfast. We had the liege waffles which have bits of Caramelized sugar in them. Yumm! You can also get them with many toppings. This is not a sit down restaurant but more if a food cart atmosphere, perfect for snacking...
Belgique Belgian Waffles is located at 189 Liberty St NE Ste B8, Salem, OR. This business specializes in Restaurants and Beverage & Drinks.
Specializing in Liege Style Belgian Waffles, just like the street waffles sold in Europe. Gluten free options including GF Brussels waffles and a gluten free, sugar free waffle/baking mix. They are the best GF waffles available.


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Problem Identification
There are many methods to handle bad news dissemination (e.g., Blackwell, 1988; Dougherty, 1992; Marconi, 1992). They range from calling press conferences and having a senior person from within the organization disseminate the bad news to holding the information and waiting for a media or public inquiry. Other methods include downplaying the incident and/or diverting attention elsewhere. The problem identified in this paper focuses on the lack of a management strategy in the tactical handling of bad news that routinely occurs within the military at the local base or installation level. This problem is not unique to military organizations, as there are numerous examples of the failure to acknowledge unpopular incidents in all types of organizations.
The hypothesis of this paper is that the disclosure of bad news in a timely manner will result in an unexpected increase in the level of credibility of the organization in the eyes of the local public. It is not necessarily that the disclosure of bad news in itself has value, but that release of bad news will be necessary as the military installation decides what needs to be communicated to the local community to achieve genuine understanding (Martinson, 1996). There can be no genuine understanding when one side of the dyad withholds information.
The nature of this problem focuses primarily on the tactical handling of routine bad news at the micro level of military operations. At the smallest practical level, public affairs officers deal with bad news issues pertinent to the military installation. The scope of the problem addresses a military installation's relationship with its local community. The scope of the problem involves local media outlets and civilian citizens who view the installation as a key member of the community having shared responsibilities for the community's well-being.
Though this problem is defined within military parameters, the problem is not limited to military organizations. Because organizations around the country are often plagued with similar concerns, many can learn from the military in how it strategically chooses to handle bad news reporting. Conclusions drawn in this paper can be applied in civilian public relations strategies as well.
Case studies: Eddie Bauer and Texaco
As earlier stated, the timeliness of bad news reporting greatly affects how much attention an incident receives and the type of attention received (e.g., Blackwell, 1988; Dougherty, 1992; Marconi, 1992). It often affects whether an issue remains local in scope or goes national. While timeliness alone cannot be attributed to how the message will be received, it does play a significant role in communication management process. Certain cases within the business community support this claim.
A series of articles that ran in the Washington Post discussed a situation that involved a local Eddie Bauer store and a young teenager (Milloy, 1995). Apparently, store security guards apprehended the teenager while he was wearing a shirt that he purchased the day before. The teenager did not have the receipt in his possession. The guards confiscated the shirt, and the teenager later returned with the receipt. Although the teenager produced the receipt, Eddie Bauer was slow to apologize and acknowledge the significance of the incident, which had racial overtones. After a local reporter discovered this situation, Eddie Bauer was forced to hire a local public relations firm to keep the situation from expanding and gaining national attention.
After reading the article in the newspaper, the president of Eddie Bauer flew to the area to meet with local officials and got personally involved it the situation. The president used elements of information manipulation theory and diffusion theory to get the company's messages out to the local public. One of the methods used by Eddie Bauer to regain community goodwill was the delivery of truckloads of new merchandise to shelters throughout the county. The president attempted to bypass opinion leaders in this process by putting Eddie Bauer product directly into the hands of the public, thereby influencing their reaction to the situation.
In this situation Eddie Bauer took several steps to protect their image. While the articles failed to discuss any real attempt at restitution on the part of Eddie Bauer, the focus of the company's attention appeared to be aimed at repairing its image through information manipulation. Because situations such as this one are so unpredictable, organizations must respond quickly and are often better off over-responding (Pressler, 1995).
The Texaco Corporation provided another example of a public relations nightmare when it attempted to deny racial discrimination practices (Frank, 1996). Texaco found itself involved in what it thought was just a routine lawsuit, until attorneys for the plaintiffs produced audiotapes that included comments from senior executives. The audiotapes contained comments from senior Texaco executives using racial slurs and discussing the destruction of documents related to the case.
According to Frank (1996), although this situation was a public relations nightmare for the company, the president of Texaco was praised for reacting quickly and efficiently to the matter once it became public. The president immediately suspended the executives involved and took steps to review company practices. The actions by the president attempted to diffuse emerging negative public opinions on the company's character and goodwill. This case is another example of how quick reaction to bad news restored public confidence.
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