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Toronto Raptors Technically Aren't The Worst Team In The NBA, Even If Andrea Bargnani Thinks They Are
Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors could miss up to two months thanks to a torn ligament in his right elbow. This would be a bad thing, on most teams, except Bargnani began the season in one of the worst slumps of his career and the Raptors are near the bottom of the entire NBA. Not to mention that he's largely been a disappoint since being the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 draft. But that the Toronto Raptors are so bad, even with additions of Landry Fields, Kyle Lowry (granted he's been injured), Terrence Ross and Jonas Valanciunas, is somewhat of a shock to the league.
Suffice to say that a team with DeMar DeRozan, Amir Johnson, Ed Davis and Jose Calderon shouldn't be losing this much. Making the playoffs might be a stretch, but surely not worst team in the league. Bargnani has been the focal point of the blame, mostly because he's an easy target as a high pick draft bust, but it hasn't only been him. Bargnani, for his part, is aware of this, and is not holding back his frustration in an effort to save face.
"Nothing has worked from the beginning of the season. We are pretty much the worst team in the NBA. This summer's moves in the [trade and free-agent] market were made to build a winning team, but we are not winning. We are below all of the expectations. No one is used to playing with anyone. We have won four games: it's a tragic thing. Whatever way you look at it, it is a desperate situation. Since four years ago, we have kept losing. To improve, the only thing we can do is to win, and for now, we have not."
Technically, just barely technically, the Washington Wizards are the worst team in the NBA with a record of 3-16 and a .158 winning percentage. Toronto, at 4-19, has a winning percentage of .174. Still: the Toronto Raptors suck, and it's not often you see a player concede defeat so flatly. Even in Kobe Bryant's recent interviews with Stephen A. Smith, he did not totally throw in the white flag. Then again, he does have Dwight Howard and Steve Nash and Pau Gasol to help him wade through his troubles. Bargnani, well he only has this, it seems.
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Show you some more pictures of blade 2 with different weapons. Hot Toys blade 2 action figure comes with lot of weapons such as machine gun, head guns, UV bombs, stakes, and sword.
Show you the details of blade 2 head sculpt. It is better than what I expected, and much better than the one it shows in Hot Toy webpage.

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text: Our testimony is never a statement about us but always about Jesus. It should never define us, control us or eliminate grace from our lives. When our past "testimony" controls our ability to be honest and makes our Christian walk a façade, then we are no longer walking by faith but by fear and the approval of others.


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Main entrance gopura of the Nageshvara Temple, Kumbakonam
Photographer: Rea, Alexander
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1892
Photograph of the main entrance gopura or tower of the Nageshwara temple at Kumbakonam, taken by Alexander Rea in c.1892, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. Kumbakonam, in Tamil Nadu, was an important centre during the 9th to 13th centuries under the Chola dynasty. There are fifteen temples in the town dedicated both to Shiva and Vishnu. The Nageshwara Temple was erected in AD 886 during the Chola period, with later additions. The temple is situated in a courtyard entered through gopuras, or pyramidal towers, covered in sculptures, typical of the late Chola style.


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Part I: Gastrointestinal
Section A: Gastric Function
- Indigestion, food repeats on you after you eat
- Excessive burping, belching and/or bloating following meals
- Stomach spasms and cramping during or after eating
- A sensation that food just sits in your stomach creating uncomfortable fullness, pressure and bloating during or after a meal.
- Bad taste in your mouth
- Small amounts of food fill you up immediately
- Skip meals or eat erratically because you have no appetite
Section B: GI Inflammation
- Strong emotions, or the thought or smell of food aggravates your stomach or make it hurt
- Feel hungry an hour or two after eating a good-sized meal
- Stomach pain, burning and/or aching over a period of 1-4 hours after eating
- Stomach pain, burning and/or aching relieved by eating food; drinking carbonated beverages, cream or milk; or taking antacids
- Burning sensation in the lower part of your chest, especially when lying down or bending forward
- Digestive problems that subside with rest and relaxation
- Eating spicy and fatty (fried) foods, chocolate, coffee, alcohol, citrus or hot peppers causes your stomach to burn or ache
- Feel a sense of nausea when you eat
- Difficulty or pain when swallowing food or beverage
Section C: Small Intestine & Pancreas
- Whenmassaging under your rib cage on your left side, there is pain, tenderness or soreness
- Indigestion, fullness or tension in your abdomen is delayed, occurring 2-4 hours after eating a meal
- Lower abdominal discomfort is relieved with the passage of gas or with a bowel movement
- Specific foods/beverages aggravate indigestion
- The consistency or form of your stool changes (e.g., from narrow to loose) within the course of a day
- Stool odor is embarrassing
- Undigested food in your stool
- Three or more large bowel movements daily
- Diarrhea (frequent loose, watery stool)
- Bowel movements shortly after eating (within 1 hour)
Section D: Colon
- Discomfort, pain or cramps in your colon (lower abdominal area)
- Emotional stress and/or eating raw fruits and vegetables cause abdominal bloating, pain, cramps or gas
- Generally constipated (or straining during bowel movements)
- Stool is small, hard and dry
- Pass mucus in your stool
- Alternate between constipation and diarrhea
- Rectal pain, itching or cramping
- No urge to have a bowel movement
- An almost continual need to have a bowel movement
Part II: Liver/Gal Bladder - Hepatobiliary Function
- When massaging under your rib cage on your right side, there is pain, tenderness or soreness
- Abdominal pain worsens with deep breathing
- Pain at night that may move to your back or right shoulder
- Bitter fluid repeats after eating
- Feel abdominal discomfort or nausea when eating rich, fatty or fried foods
- Throbbing temples and/or dull pain in forehead associated with overeating
- Unexplained itchy skin that's worse at night
- Stool color alternates from clay colored to normal brown
- General feeling of poor health
- Aching muscles not due to exercise
- Retain fluid and feel swollen around the abdominal area
- Reddened skin, especially palms
- Very strong body odor
- Are you embarrassed by your breath?
- Bruise easily
- Yellowish cast to eyes
PART III: Endocrine
Section A: Thyroid
- Feel cold or chilled--hands, feet or all over-- for no apparent reason
- Your upper eyelids look swollen
- Muscles are weak, cramp and/or tremble
- Are you forgetful?
- Do you feel like your heart beats slowly?
- Reaction time seems slowed down
- In general, are you disinterested in sex because your desire is low?
- Feel sluggish
- Constipation
- Dryness, discoloration of skin and/or hair
- Have you noticed recently that your voice is deepening?
- Thick, brittle nails
- Weight gain for no apparent reason
- Outer third of your eyebrow is thinning or disappearing
- Swelling of the neck
Section B: Adrenal
- Lingering mild fatigue after exertion or stress
- Do you find that you get tired and exhaust easily?
- Craving for salty foods
- Sensitive to minor changes in weather and surroundings
- Dizzy when rising or standing up from a kneeling position
- Dark bluish or black circles under your eyes
- Have bouts of nausea with or without vomiting
- Catch colds or infections easily
- Wounds heal slowly
- Your body or parts of your body feel tender, sore, sensitive to the touch, hot and/or painful
- Feel puffy and swollen all over your body
- Skin is gradually tanning without exposure to the sun or the ingestion of high levels of carotene-rich foods or supplements
PART IV: Glucose Regulation
Section A: Dysglycemia-L
When you miss meals or go without food for extended periods of time, do you experience any of the following symptoms?
- A sense of weakness
- A sudden sense of anxiety when you get hungry
- Tingling sensation in your hands
- A sensation of your heart beating too quickly or forcefully
- Shaky, jittery, trembling hands
- Sudden profuse sweating and/or your skin feels clammy
- Nightmares possibly associated with going to be on an empty stomach
- Wake up at night feeling restless
- Agitation, easily upset, nervous
- Poor memory, forgetful
- Confused or disoriented
- Dizzy, faint
- Cold or numb
- Mild headaches or head pounding
- Blurred vision or double vision
- Feel clumsy and uncoordinated
Section B: Dysglycemia-E
- Frequent urination during the day and night
- Unusual thirst -- feeling like you can't drink enough water
- Unusual hunger -- eating all the time
- Vision blurs
- Feel itchy all over
- Tingling or numbness in your feet
- Sense of drowsiness, lethargy during the day not associated with missing meals or not sleeping
- Eating starchy foods, even if they are healthy and unprocessed (like rice, corn, beans, whole wheat or oats), causes you to gain weight or prevents you from losing weight
- Sores heal slowly
- Loss of hair on your legs
PART V: Cardiovascular
Section A: Heart
- Feel jittery
- First effort of the day causes pain, pressure, tightness or heaviness around the chest
- Exhaustion with minor exertion
- Heavy sweating (no exertion, no hot flashes)
- Difficulty catching breath, especially during exercise
- Heart pounding, sensation of heart beating too quickly, too slowly or irregularly
- Swelling in feet, ankles and/or legs comes and goes for no apparent reason
Section B: Circulation
- Muscle pain at rest
- Cramp-like pains in your ankles, calves or legs
- Numbness, tingling and prickling sensation in hands and feet
- Cold feet and/or toes appear blue
- Brief moments of hearing loss
- Nausea comes and goes quickly (unrelated to eating)
- Feel worse standing: legs get heavy and fatigued
- Fingers and toes get numb in cold weather even when protected
PART VI: Mood
Section A: Depression
- Family, friends, work, hobbies or activities you hold dear are no longer of interest
- Do you cry?
- Does life look entirely hopeless?
- Would you describe yourself as feeling miserable and sad, unhappy or blue?
- Do you find it hard to make the best of difficult situations?
- Sleep problems -- too much or too little?
- Changes in your appetite and weight
- Lately you've noticed an inability to think clearly or concentrate
- Difficulty making decisions and/or clarifying and achieving your goals
Section B: Anxiety
- Does worrying get you down?
- Does every little thing get on your nerves and wear you out?
- Would you consider yourself a nervous person?
- Do you feel easily agitated?
- Do you shake and tremble?
- Are you keyed up and jittery?
- Do you tremble or feel weak when someone shouts at you?
- Do you become scared at sudden movements or noises at night?
- Do you find yourself sighing a lot?
- Are you awakened out of your sleep by frightening dreams?
- Do frightening thoughts keep coming back in your mind?
- Do you become suddenly scared for no reason?
- Do you break out in a cold sweat?
- "Butterflies in your stomach," nausea and/or diarrhea
Section C: Anger
- Do you feel pent up and ready to explode?
- Are you prone to noisy and emotional outbursts?
- Do you do things on impulse?
- Are you easily upset or irritated?
- Do you go to pieces if you don't control yourself?
- Do little annoyances get on your nerves and make you angry?
- Does it make you angry to have anyone tell you what to do?
- Do you flare up in anger if you can't have what you want right away?
PART VII: Immune System - Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat & Lungs
- Eyes water or tear
- Mucus discharge from the eyes
- Ears ache, itch, feel congested or sore
- Discharge from the ears
- Is your nose continually congested?
- Are you prone to loud snoring?
- Does your nose run?
- Nosebleeds
- Hoarse voice
- Do you have to clear your throat?
- Do you feel a choking lump in your throat?
- Do you suffer from severe colds?
- Do frequent colds keep you miserable all winter?
- Flu symptoms last longer than 5 days?
- Do infections settle in your lungs?
- Chest discomfort or pain
- Do you experience sudden breathing difficulties?
- Do you struggle with shortness of breath?
- Difficulty exhaling (breathing out)
- Breathlessness followed by coughing during exertion, no matter how slight
- Inability to breath comfortably while lying down
- Do you cough up lots of phlegm?
- Can you hear noisy rattling sounds when breathing in and out?
- Are you troubled with coughing?
- Do you wheeze?
- Do you have severe soaking sweats at night?
- Do your lips and/or nails have a bluish hue?
- Are you sleepy during the day?
- Do you have difficulty concentrating?
- Eyes, ears, nose, throat and lung symptoms seem associated with specific foods like dairy or wheat products
- Eyes, ears, nose, throat and lung symptoms are associated with seasonal changes
PART VIII: Urological - Kidney & Bladder
- Involuntary loss of urine when you cough, lift something or strain during an activity
- Mild lower back ache or pain
- Abdominal achiness or pain
- Pain or burning when urinating
- Rarely feel the urge to urinate
- Feel the need to urinate less than every two hours during the day or night
- Strong smelling urine
- Back or leg pains are associated with dripping after urination
- Sore or painful genitals
- Urine is a rose color
- Sudden urge to void causes involuntary loss of urine
- Generalized sense of water retention throughout your body
PART IX: Musculoskeletal
Section A: Bone Integrity
- Bones throughout your entire body ache, feel tender or sore
- Localized bone pain
- Hands, feet or throat get tight, spasm or feel numb
- Difficulty sitting straight
- Upper back pain
- Lower back pain
- Pain when sitting down or walking
- Find yourself limping or favoring one leg
- Shins hurt during or after exercise
Section B: Connective Tissue
- Are you stiff in the morning when you wake up?
- Difficulty bending down and picking up clothing or anything form the floor?
- Joint swelling, pain or stiffness involving one or more areas (fingers, hands, wrists, elbows, shoulders, toes, arches, feet, ankles, knees or ankles)
- Joints hurt when moving or when carrying weight
- A routine exercise program, like daily walking, causes your knees to swell or hurt
- Difficulty opening jars that were previously easy to open
- Discomfort, numbness, prickling or tingling sensation, or pain in neck, shoulder or arm
- Intermittent pain or ache on one side of head spreading to cheek, temple, lower jaw, ear, neck and shoulder
- Difficulty chewing good or opening mouth
- Difficulty standing up from a sitting position
- Shooting, aching, tingling pain down the back of leg
- Is it difficult to reach up and get a 5-pound object like a bag of flout from just above your head?
- Injure, strain or sprain easily
Section C: Muscle & Nerves
- Muscles stiff, sore, tense and/or achy
- Burning, throbbing, shooting or stabbing muscle pain
- Muscle cramps or spasms (involuntary or after exertion/exercise)
- Is muscle pain or stiffness greater in the morning than other times of the day?
- Specific points on body feel sore when pressed
- Feel unrefreshed upon awakening
- Headaches
- Pain at the sides of your head or in your face especially when awakening
- Your jaw clicks or pops
- Muscle twitch or tremor -- eyelids, thumb, calf muscle
- Irresistible urge to move legs
- Legs move during sleep
- Unpleasant crawling sensation inside calves when lying down
- Hand and wrist numbness or pain (e.g. , interferes with writing or with buttoning or unbuttoning your clothes)
- Feeling of "pins and needles? In your thumb and first three fingers
- Pain in forearm and sometimes in shoulder
PART X: CNS & Brain
Section A: Central Nervous Sytem
- Head feels heavy
- Dizziness
- Difficulty bending over, standing up from sitting, rolling over in bed and/or turning your head from side to side
- Your hands tremble, ever so slightly, for no apparent reason
- You feel like you're wearing heavy weights on your feet when walking
- Bump into things, trip, stumble and feel clumsy
- Difficulty breathing
- Difficulty swallowing
- People tell you to speak up because they have trouble hearing you
- Speaking and forming words does not feel automatic
- Need 10-12 hours of sleep to feel rested
- Lack of strength (your grip is weak, holding your head or picking your arms up takes effort)
- Hands get tired when you write and your handwriting is less legible and smaller than it used to be
- Muscles in arms and legs seem softer and smaller
- Is your eyesight, sense of smell and taste or ability to hear not as sharp as it used to be?
- Do you find yourself moving slower than you used to?
Section B: Cognition
- Difficulty absorbing new information
- Tend to forget things
- Trouble thinking or concentrating
- Easily distracted
- Do you have a tendency to become frustrated quickly?
- Inability to sit still for any length of time, even at mealtime
- Finishing tasks is easier said than done
- Do you have more trouble solving problems or managing your time than usual?
- Low tolerance for stress and otherwise ordinary problems
- Sensation of not emptying your bladder completely
- Need to urinate less than 2 hours after you have finished urinating
- Find yourself needing to stop and start again several times while urinating
- Find it difficult to postpone urination
- Have a weak urinary stream
- Need to push or strain to begin urinating
- Dripping after urination
- Urge to urinate several times at night


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Each weekend we are out and about sketching anything that moves, or doesn't move.
Mike and partner were up from Wanganui for a days excursion.
He tells me the sketch is now with his bike memorabilia in his man-cave
One of our sketchers was delighted to draw this former Kaponga church as he had grown up next door to it. It had been relocated to New Plymouth and is now used for weddings. All the flowers throughout the extensive garden were white. The owner claims it is an expensive garden ornament.
This is Denise at the stone-carving club - carving a seat. She also paints. Diamond grinders are needed on this tough Taranaki Andesite
This rough rendering was of the wild chooks that fend for themselves under the stone-carvers hut.
The rooster was rich with colours once you started looking
A pile of hei tikis at the Puke Ariki museum. The white one was made of pumice, presumed to be apprentice work.
I've slipped one of my non-age-narian mum's sketches. She was with me in the museum.
Tomorrow we are all down at the Lee Breakwater. Cheers


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The reputation of Jane Austen in the twentieth century with an annotated enumerative bibliography of Austen criticism from 1811 to June, 1957
Date Issued1958
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The major portion of Part One of the dissertation is a study of the reputation of Jane Austen in the twentieth century. The study is based on an analysis of the books and articles on the subject which appeared between 1913 and June of 1957, and is prefaced by an introduction and a chapter discussing investigations of the novelist's reputation in the nineteenth century (1811-1913). Chapter Two studies the period from 1913 to 1932; Chapter Three, the gradual development of modern criticism of the novels (1933-1948); and Chapter Four, the most recent contributions to the tradition (1949-1957). The final chapter of Part One is a summary. The initial reception of Miss Austen's novels was favorable, but her reputation seems to have declined after her death: many prominent literary figures of succeeding decades expressed their high opinion of her work, but very few critical or biographical articles, and relatively few editions and reprints of the novels, appeared before 1870. The publication of J. E. Austen-Leigh's Memoir in that year, and of Lord Brabourne's edition of the letters in 1882, were both causes and results of a gradual revival of interest; a revival which led to Miss Austen's being acclaimed as the finest domestic novelist and realist among English novelists, and culminated in the "official" biography of 1913. The years from 1913 to 1932 saw the publication of Robert W. Chapman's editions of the novels, juvenilia, and letters; the bibliographies of Geoffrey Keynes (1929) and others; and numerous books and articles combining a nineteenth-century type of criticism with biography drawn largely from previously published sources. With a few notable exceptions, the criticism may be subsumed under two headings--reviews of and comments on books, articles, and editions; and generally "appreciative" studies of plot, characterization, realism, and humor. One nevertheless discerns in scattered discussions the beginnings of a more thorough and penetrating evaluation of Miss Austen's achievement: the increasing interest in the ontology of art and in the methodology of literary criticism, together with the rising status of the novel, seem in part responsible. In the next period (1933-1948), the conventional criticism of the novels continues (in more modern dress), but is overshadowed by a gradual revaluation of the tradition. Studies of Miss Austen's themes, style, techniques, and artistic development appear with some frequency, and present the interested reader with a body of criticism which substantially contributes to his understanding both of the artistic significance of the novels and of the novel as an art form. Recent criticism (1949-1957) has been increasingly concentrated into academic environments: most of the important studies are dissertations or books and articles based on dissertations. The revaluation continues, and there are signs of an interpretation of Miss Austen's work which balances the virtues of the older criticism with the best insights of the new. At the extremes are the conventional Janeite sentimentalities and the radical, often socio-economic, interpretations of recent years. Part Two of the dissertation lists and annotates, subject to stated limitations, the critical and biographical studies of Jane Austen and her works which have appeared from 1811 through June of 1957. The work was done in an attempt to supplement the inadequate listings in the bibliographies of Keynes (1929) and Chapman (1953), and to provide the scholar with a substantial critical bibliography for further research. The entries are arranged alphabetically by year; the annotation evaluates all items according to their critical or historical importance, and summarizes the significant contributions to the tradition.
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A Guide to Cycling in Peru
This article was written by Anibal Paredes, of Ciclo Turismo Peru, which is a good first stop for people interested in cycling in Peru. Ciclo Turismo rents equipment and offers tons of good information. Besides that, they also run a not-for-profit touring group that takes a lot of day-long or weekend trips close to Lima. They have been known to organize extraordinary rides, such as a recent one to Lake Titicaca.
There are some crossing along the city.
- Arequipa Ave. (Lima, Lince, San Isidro, Miraflores)
- Salaverry Ave. (Jesús María, Lince, San Isidro)
- the long malecón on top of the cliffs from Barranco through Miraflores until San Isidro
- San Borja Norte Ave. (San Borja)
- Campo de Marte (Jesús María)
- Mariategui Ave. (Jesús María)
- Huaylas Ave. (Chorrillos)
- Ferrero Ave. (La Molina)
- Colonial Ave. (Lima, Callao)
- Universitaria Ave. (San Miguel, Pueblo Libre, Lima, San Martín de Porres, Los Olivos)
- Always wear helmet.
- Always beware of car drivers.
- Wear bright colour clothing.
- Parking your bike is not reliable at any open parking lot of the supermarkets or shopping centres (Wong, Metro, Plaza Vea, etc.) unless it is securely parked and supervised by the guards.
- Never leave your bike alone locked in the street, thieves use heavy duty chain cutters to break any type of lock.
- Always ask someone to look after your bike, offer some tip if necessary.
- Enclosed public and private parking lots allow bikes parking the fee is the same as cars. Always ask for an eye on your bike.
- Heavy traffic streets are not safe, ride by low traffic and tranquil ways instead.
- Is legal and safe to ride by sidewalks but sometimes pedestrians don't like to share their way with bikes.
- Highways like Panamericana have a side emergency help track, wide enough and safe for cycling, but sometimes narrows. Beware of big trucks and buses when they overcome you the wind displaced might blow you out. The Central highway has not the side emergency track.
Shopping: bikes, parts, service
Options to buy a bicycle, buy parts or get repair service in Lima are varied ranging from fancy stores in exclusive shopping centers to modest boots in the downtown bike market. Both extremes are good, it depends on your budget and your taste.
- Saga falabella
- Ripley
- Play bike store just front of Jockey Plaza
- Best International, Miraflores, Santa Cruz Ave. 5th block
- Cycling on Tomas Marsano Ave. 1 block from Plaza Vea Higuereta
- Emancipación Ave. 8th block, bike market, 2 blocks from Plaza Unión, best for custom tailored bikes, reasonable prices. Prices vary according with quality from top to basic.
- Rally bike center. La Molina. La Fontana Ave. 11th block
- Mountain bike mavil. Surco. Aviación Ave. 40th block


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The first time I had ground turkey meat, I was a freshman at the University of Florida. My friends decided to make spaghetti sauce with ground turkey and let's just say it was edible. A while back I started cutting out magazine recipes and saving them. One of the first Christmas presents I received from my mother in law was this 3-ring binder "cookbook". I can honestly say I loved it from day one.
Looking at the recipes in this book brings back a lot of memories. It's like looking at a time capsule. There are overnight marinade recipes, and recipes with 60 minute cooking times; neither which will be happening at my house between the months of October and April. Some of the recipes have been tried and perfected while others continue to wait or haunt me… After my first attempt with ground turkey, it took a while to try it again.
One of the recipes in my cookbook is for Ground Turkey Burgers*. This recipe has become one of my "tried and true" recipes. I call it festive turkey burgers because it has shredded bits of zucchini and carrots mixed with ground turkey. Grate one carrot and one zucchini. Mix it with 1 pound of ground turkey meat, 1 egg, 1 or 2 minced garlic cloves, sprinkle some salt and there you have it! I saute them with olive oil for about 4 to 5 minutes per side on medium heat.
The best part: you don't have to make a veggie side if you are too busy. Add a quick salad and our family favorite: baked sweet potato fries.
Do you have any "tried and true" recipes? Do you "sneak" veggies into your meals?
*Recipe adapted from Real Simple June 2007.


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After recent arrests, authorities re-examining 1992 mob hit
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – State and federal investigators are re-examining an unsolved 1992 gangland killing in Providence following the recent arrests of two major players in the New England Mafia.
WPRI-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2bhHSxf ) authorities are looking into what ex-mobsters Robert DeLuca and Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme know about the September 1992 slaying of enforcer Kevin Hanrahan.
Hanrahan was gunned down by two men after walking out of a Providence restaurant. Two FBI informants claimed in 2010 that Salemme ordered the hit while he was acting as boss of the Patriarca crime family.
Both Salemme and DeLuca have resurfaced after being implicated in the 1993 murder of a witness.
Attorney Steven Boozang says Salemme had nothing to do with either crime. DeLuca's court-appointed attorney didn't return a request seeking comment.
Information from: WPRI-TV, http://www.wpri.com


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From The Observer: http://observer.com/2016/02/the-totalitarian-doctrine-of-social-justice-warriors/
Much of SJW's passion goes into speech and culture policing directed at victimless crimes that violate their moral taboos
By Cathy Young
The modern social justice movement, or the new "political correctness," vaulted into the spotlight last year. Student protests swept across campuses with demands often focused on purging thoughtcrime—leading to heated debates on whether this movement is a dangerous pseudo-progressive authoritarianism or a long-overdue effort to achieve justice for all. A year-in-review piece in The Daily Dot in late December proclaimed 2015 "the year of the social justice warrior."
The Daily Dot author, graduate student and political columnist Michael Rosa, hailed this trend and urged liberals to "embrace the term." Yet the accomplishments he invoked are, as the social justice crowd likes to say, problematic. His Exhibit A, the legalization of same-sex marriage, actually had very little to do with the current social justice movement; it was the result of two decades of very different, pragmatic activism that focused on a clear goal—the legal right to marry—and stressed equality, not gay identity. And #BlackLivesMatter, also a movement with a specific focus—police violence toward African-Americans—has been arguably hurt, not helped, by PC dogma that suppresses discussion of thorny issues such as black-on-black crime and attacks "insensitive" dissenting speech (Amherst protesters demanded disciplinary action against students who had put up "All Lives Matter" posters).
Unfortunately, Mr. Rosa's other examples of "social justice" in action—the feminist revival, the new visibility of transgender issues and opposition to "Islamophobia"—are squarely in train-wreck territory. Not that there's anything wrong with the principles: Most Americans support gender equality, believe transgender people should be able to live as they wish and reject anti-Muslim hate. But social justice warriors have turned these causes into malignant self-parody. Their feminism frets over men sitting with their legs apart on public transit, seeks dissent-free "safe spaces" and cries oppression at concern about obesity's health risks. Their transgender advocacy demands respect for customized gender identities with personal pronouns that may change on a whim and crucifies a devoutly progressive filmmaker for a "transphobic" joke that presumes that female characters are anatomically female. Their anti-Islamophobia trashes feminist critics of conservative Islamism and victim-blames journalists murdered for publishing Mohammed cartoons.
Have the social justice warriors of 2015 supported some worthy causes? Sure. But much of their passion goes into speech and culture policing directed at victimless crimes that violate their moral taboos.
Consider last year's protest against a Boston Museum of Fine Arts exhibit that allowed visitors to try on a kimono: Activists assailed this as "cultural appropriation" and racist imperialism, much to the bafflement of local Japanese-Americans and Japanese consulate staffers. Or consider the outcry over a T-shirt worn in promotional photos by stars of the film Suffragette, using a slogan from suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst, "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave." This was blasted for "co-opting" the black experience of slavery and racism and ignoring the Civil War connotations of "rebel"—even though the quote had nothing to do with American slavery or Confederate rebellion and used both words in the universal sense.
Behind these outbreaks of self-righteous wrath is a distinct if somewhat amorphous ideology we could dub "SocJus." (The callback to "IngSoc" from George Orwell's 1984 is not quite coincidental.) At the center of this worldview is the evil of oppression, the virtue of "marginalized" identities—based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion or disability—and the perfectionist quest to eliminate anything the marginalized may perceive as oppressive or "invalidating." Such perceptions are given a near-absolute presumption of validity, even if shared by a fraction of the "oppressed group." Meanwhile, the viewpoints of the "privileged"—a category that includes economically disadvantaged whites, especially men—are radically devalued.
Because SocJus is so focused on changing bad attitudes and ferreting out subtle biases and insensitivities, its hostility to free speech and thought is not an unfortunate byproduct of the movement but its very essence. You can be welcoming and respectful toward transgender people yet still be branded a bigot if you don't quite believe that transwomen who identify as female but have an intact male anatomy are "real women"—and even if you keep that opinion to yourself, you can be challenged to prove your loyalty to the party line.
Continue reading at: http://observer.com/2016/02/the-totalitarian-doctrine-of-social-justice-warriors/


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How close were Arsenal to landing Sami Khedira from Real Madrid this summer and finally laying to rest the topic of the defensive midfield role? Not very, according to Arsene Wenger. Contact and even interest from the Gunners was apparently pure fabrication.
So it's back to the drawing board, and if we're to believe that Wenger is interested in Paris Saint-Germain's Adrien Rabiot – the Ligue 1 side are willing to let him leave due to his expiring contract – Arsenal may yet go another window without buying an established specialist at holding midfield.
Should there be worry? Well yes, but only if you subscribe to the rigid theory that all defences need to be protected by an axe-wielding behemoth standing seven feet tall. Obviously I don't. If Arsenal are to secure the signing of Rabiot, who has been on the radar for many months, it will act as a means to make up the numbers. The French midfielder could eventually be moulded into the team's first-choice defensive midfielder, but his signing would indicate that Wenger has found his solution in house.
There is sure to be frustration among the Arsenal support. Wenger has the financial means so why not flex that muscle in the transfer market? The question, though, is where does he take aim?
Khedira's wage demands make him an undesirable option; Lars Bender won't be released by Bayer Leverkusen; and Javi Martinez, even if Bayern Munich were willing to negotiate, is now injured until sometime after the winter break. Beyond them there are no obvious candidates. Morgan Schneiderlin? Alex Song? William Carvalho? It doesn't need much explanation as to why Wenger would be put off by those deals.
So if the players aren't there, why spend just for the sake of spending? I have absolutely no doubt that Arsenal need another option in midfield. Rabiot would be a good addition who won't carry too much pressure to perform immediately; he's 19 and would quite clearly be marked as one for the future.
So what are the options?
It may very well be that Wenger has identified Jack Wilshere to take up that role. Now obviously that won't strike confidence in most, but the Arsenal manager must like what he's seen from Wilshere in pre-season training to be convinced that he's an option. If not, Aaron Ramsey; and it shouldn't be written off that both Ramsey and Wilshere could partner one another in the centre of midfield. Mikel Arteta may hold the captain's armband, but he doesn't have the legs to be a mainstay in the team for the entire season.
But the chapter isn't closed on bringing in an established player. Sami Khedira's agents are still reportedly trying to conclude a deal that would see the German international leave Real Madrid – and the Spanish side are very much keen to see him off this summer rather than for free in a year. If that is to be the case, Rabiot's prospective signing could simply amount to Wenger gambling on a low-risk but high-reward talent.
Above all, Arsenal need numbers. The style of play employed by Wenger doesn't necessarily force the need for a destroyer in the midfield, just players intelligent enough to break up opposition play. Silverware can be attained without clubs acquiring a stereotypical defensive midfielder.
If Rabiot signs and blossoms into a good player, then Wenger will have completed another good piece of business. But the Arsenal manager isn't known for loading the decks. If Rabiot arrives, he more than likely will be the only central midfield addition. Such a scenario would suggest the manager has his 'defensive midfield' option already at the club.


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How Americans fare on the ignorance index
Guess how many U.S. girls aged 15-19 give birth each year. Go ahead, guess. If you calculated the number at 3 percent you're correct; if you guessed 24 percent, you're American.
The idea that nearly a quarter of high school teens are walking around pregnant at any given time is one of a number of topics about which Americans are woefully misinformed, according to Ipsos MORI polling results released Wednesday. In a comparison of 14 industrialized countries, the United States trailed only Italy in the pollsters' index of ignorance about the realities of modern life.
As this Reuters graphic shows, people in the U.S. significantly miss the mark on the proportion of the population that is comprised of immigrants, guessing 32 percent against the true number of 13 percent. Americans also overestimate the number of Muslims in the population, 15 percent versus only 1 percent in reality, and underestimate the number of Christians, 56 percent to 78 percent.
Reuters's Ben Hirschler quotes Bobby Duffy of the Ipsos Social Research Institute that succinctly describes the problem: "People are just not very good at math and they find it particularly hard to make estimates about very large numbers or very small numbers."
Do you think you're better informed than your fellow countrypeople? Take the perils of perception quiz and find out how you stack up across a range of issues.
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The teaser paragraph itself is wrong: "In a comparison of 14 industrialized countries, the United States trailed only Italy in the pollsters' questions about modern life." The most obvious interpretation of this is exactly the opposite of what the article says.
It's because Americans get their information about the world from television–a notoriously poor source of information.
Dear Mike Corones and Ipsos Mori Company, please learn what a ratio is. The US did better than all but three countries when guessing teen pregnancy, and better than all but six when guessing for immigration (and we have a far greater percentage of illegal immigrants than other countries because other countries deport illegal aliens).
You need to compare the guesses to actual figures in each country, not guesses to guesses between countries. Guesses to guesses is meaningless.
The answers reflect the amount of news coverage devoted to the issues/groups involved in the survey. Pick your "special interest group" – active voters, the elderly, immigrants, Muslims, the unemployed, gay rights groups, sexually-active teens, however you want to 'lump' citizens together to foster division, but alike those listed occupy a resulting niche in the respective nations' psyche larger than their smaller-than-perceived populations would suggest (for good or for ill). Perhaps it's because portraying themes involving "white, straight, Christian, employed, 40-something males" (i.e. the core of Reuters.com's US user base/3.8 million monthly visitors per Quantcast) over and over again must seem so horribly passé in the US. 😉
It is a bit silly to say someone is "ignorant" for choosing a current length-of-life estimate off by a mere two years, though. Silly too to think that much less-religiously and ethnically diverse countries (e.g. Japan) would have a hard time scoring better on some of the requisite questions. Still, an eye-opening piece and worth the read.
If you think that is all to American ignorance, you haven't seen anything yet. Ask them randomly who is Nelson Mandela or where is Singapore. Other than wild guesses, you might get a reply such as "why would I need to know these stuff?"
Why do you think americans get a particular reputation as a stereotype?
Most of the information in the West comes from media in particular television/cable. In US one can go to Fox and other TV station who continue to spit venom day in day out against Government and Muslims. So the data is not surprising.
Also note the general trend, the more religious the country the wider the gap between fact and fiction.
"People are just not very good at math and they find it particularly hard to make estimates about very large numbers or very small numbers." – perhaps consider that the writer of this article is in this boat as well. The NUMBER of girls who are pregnant cannot be 3% as that is a percentage, not a number of girls. 24% of girls (first paragraph)is not equal to 1/4 of all teens (second paragraph) unless Americans predominantly believe that 50% of teen girls are pregnant or alternately, a proportion of teen boys are getting knocked up. Editors and science writers, where are you?
Titling the subject, "Teenage Pregnancy", then asking how many girls aged 15-19 give birth every year is, pardon me, ignorant! Being pregnant and giving birth are two different things. Why don't you ask the question that relates to the subject heading? Seems to me this whole "survey" was designed to come up with an intended outcome. What a waste of time!
Your immigration question can easily be misinterpreted, and should have been more detailed. By asking what percentage of the "population" are immigrants, many could easily, while looking as a whole consider themselves and their families "immigrants" on the grander scale. My grandfather came to America, so we're "immigrants" in that context. The question is much too broad, but then again this whole survey seems to be flawed with predetermined designs.
Wow. Maybe the problem is not the answers, but the questions.
For example, "what percentage of girls aged between 15 and 19 give birth each year" must be WAAAY below 3%. I in fact have never a met girl that gives birth every year.
"and underestimate the number of Christians, 56 percent to 78 percent"
Actually – this may be different for some. There are many fundamentalist "Christians" who do not consider other christian religions (Catholics in particular) to be truly Christian. Therefore – they believe that "true Christians" comprise 56% – the "majority of real Americans" But they are wrong here as well as I do not believe the fundamentalists have that large a proportion.
Americans are woefully ignorant. We seem to like it that way, and so do those who now run our country, the wealthy plutocrats. Much of it can be blamed on FOX News, a rightwing propaganda broadcast that sells itself as a news source. For example, Obama faked his birth certificate; Obama had "In God We Trust" removed from some of our money; Obama traveled around the world apologizing for America; Obama is a socialist; Obama is a Muslim; Obama is to blame for the government's poor response to Katrina; Obama might be the anti-Christ. US survey results would probably be even lower if the questions had to do with politics. This is why it's so easy for politicians who have no business serving in our government to get elected to those positions. They just tell us what we want to hear and make up lies about their opponents. And we're so easily impressed. Conservatives will vote for someone just because they like guns. Only in America.
Amazing. Our school system spends more money on security, busing and athletics and we're ignorant. I don't understand.
The political propagandists are really, really successful at fear mongering as shown by the results of this poll. I note in the small print that the poll cut off at 64. The results would have been even more bizarre if the those 65 and up had been included.
And this all explains how the far Left in this admistration
got, " elected", and twice.
In regard to U.S. teen girls giving birth vs. those are pregnant you need to add abortion to the list. It should be obvious the amount of teen girls giving birth is going to be much less than those who become pregnant.
Well, we know the illiterate segment of the USA gets the misinformation from FOX News. Does Italy have a version of Fox News? If so, then we know why these statistics hold.
Actually, a great deal of the blame for the American lack of "common" knowledge is the news media. It spits facts and figures that could have only emerged from the dark orifices of political hacks and Issue driven activists hoping to skew the demographics of a given situation to their favor. Some would have us believe we are drowning in illegals, about to die massive deaths from Ebola, HIV, Polio (just pick something you've read about in the news). Their sincere faces of trust jar the nerves and dull any desire to care. Which might be their point. But are the facts we are fed solid? No. Sadly, the reporters don't seem to do much more than carefully repeat what they read. No fact finding, no confirmation of the data received. Which of course leads us all down the merry path of Ignorance. Sometimes I have to wonder if something is being put in the water.
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YES! I have been waiting for this movie to come out since I saw it in theaters! This movie is perfect in all ways. I'm talking about Wreck-It Ralph!
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This movie is close to my heart in many ways. Yeah I'm going to get all cheesy and blahblah. I can't help it! This is the movie I saw on my first date with my boyfriend. Yeah that's the main reason it's close to my heart. Also that it's about video games. But! It's still a fantastic movie! Lets start with the art and animation. First off that picture up there explains it. Ah brings back memories.
Disney did a fantastic job on the 3D animation! I love the characters as well. A lot we all can recognize. As we can see Sonic and a Pac-Man ghost are right there.. with others of course! You know what I'm saying.
They did a good job making you understand what it's like to be a video game character. The story really tug at the heart strings as well. I have to warn you…you might cry. Yeah so don't bring your girlfriend if you don't want her to see you cry. The creativity with this movie is off the charts! I love how they have the Game Central Station. It's a power pack! That's amazing! Every little thing in this movie adds more to it and makes it even more original. This is up there in my favorite movies department. This is great for everyone at any age. It has the classic and modern feel to it. It has just..EVERYTHING. I seriously can't get enough of it!
Look all I'm saying is you have to buy this movie. I mean they have little popcorn people! How f***ing cute is that? Also if you want to know more about how they did this movie or just more information all around about it then you should check out The art of Wreck-It Ralph book. They tell you about so much stuff it's awesome! They did a lot of clever stuff to help make the movie!
Hey! You should play Wreck-It Ralph! That's right! You can actually play the game! It's a lot of fun and makes me want to actually own it. Along with Hero's Duty and Sugar Rush! Check it out!
Wreck-It Ralph comes out on DVD March 5th. Be sure to get it!
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The show is centered on five people living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.
Over time, supporting characters have been promoted to starring roles: Leslie Winkle, a physicist colleague at Caltech and, at different times, a lover of both Leonard and Howard; Bernadette Rostenkowski, Howard's girlfriend (later his wife), a microbiologist and former part-time waitress alongside Penny; neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, who joins the group after being matched to Sheldon on a dating website (and later becomes Sheldon's girlfriend), and Stuart Bloom, the cash-strapped owner of the comic book store the characters often visit.
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There is more pressure than ever before on pharmaceutical and biotech companies to maximise the potential of their asset throughout the entire medicine lifecycle and provide patient access to medicines outside the clinical and commercial environments. These demands raise multiple challenges at each point of access, spanning the lifecycle from early access to market exit.
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Spring is a time for new life! Birds singing, trees budding, flowers blooming...babies on the way! It's truly an exciting season! So, what if you receive a call from your best friend, and you find out she's got a little bun in the oven? I know! Take her a plate of cupcakes! Trust me! No pregnant woman will pass up a plate of cupcakes! Here are a few cute ideas to bring a smile to her face!
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This week in the Voice, Our Man Sietsema meets with the Organ Meat Society at Flushing's Northeast Taste Chinese Food for the Dongbei take on kidneys, pig heart, and sweet and sour lamb liver; while Sarah DiGregorio explores the "most underappreciated of cooking methods" at Golden Steamer, and the art of the gua bao at Baohaus.
Sam Sifton finds Maialino praiseworthy, awarding it two stars for, among other things, its pig, which comes "roasted, braised, fried" and is "at the heart of the menu."
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Meanwhile, Steve Cuozzo notes that Maialino "hits its high ground with meat entrees, which at my tables were stripped to the last morsel like buffalo by army ants."
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Sifton also has time to file on Xi'an Famous Foods' new Chinatown outpost, where the food is "really good," and the new Upper East Side Mexican MXco, which he deems "not quite uninspired. It isn't dazzling."
Jay Cheshes is quite taken with the "procession of animal fat" at The Breslin, which "breaks new gluttonous ground."
Alan Richman falls for Brooklyn Kitchen, where "the chef is there, cooking front and center, at the same oversized table where you sit."
Gael Greene also hits up Maialino, with Gail Simmons in tow, where she finds hits and misses, although the kitchen is "definitely sharper" than when it first opened.
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I am a Mac fanboy. For almost 2 years, I've been happily pinching and swiping away on my iPad and iPhone, with no interest for the tidal wave of Android-powered smartphones and tablets flooding the market. Then 2 weeks ago, the Verizon XOOM and Thunderbolt landed on my desk for review. I wondered, could I muster up enough interest to do this? My relationship with the Apple IOS fulfilled all my gadgety desires. But, my geeky curiosity won out. I charged up the shiny new toys, swiped the familiar Guerilla Glass, and began plugging in my Google credentials to discover what the 'other side' had been up to these past 2 years.
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Google was doing their homework. The Motorola XOOM mimics most of the endearing features of the iPad, and even adds a few twists.
Standart tablet features include:
- Exchange ActiveSync for enterprise users.
- Front and rear side cameras.
- Voice recognition for searching.
- Virtual keyboard.
- Runs the Android "Honeycomb" operating system.
Some things I like:
- Setup is fast, simple and you don't need to connect it to a computer. With 3G, you don't even need a Wi-Fi connection. Plug in your Google username and password – or create an account on the fly – and it starts configuring and syncing your e-mail, contacts, calendar and more.
- Easy on the eyes. The 10.1" HD widescreen display is colorful and crisp.
- Snappy response. Tapping and swiping is nearly instantaneous.
- Marketplace. It comes close to the Apple App Store in providing a large selection of free and commercial apps.
- Respectable battery-life. Twice, I left it on standby for 24 hours, and there was no noticeable drain. Standby is rated at 14 days. I didn't test that claim, but I believe it.
- The voice-activated search feature is ubiquitous and a nice touch.
- The GMail client is slick, and I hope Apple is taking notes. The iPad Mail app is serviceable, but on the XOOM, it's colorful and feature-laden.
Things I don't like:
- It's noticeably heavier than my iPad. So, it's probably much heavier than the iPad2. At first, it's not bothersome, but after holding it for 30-60 minutes, it's distracting, and I found myself re-positioning it often.
- Buttons. All of them. The rear-side power button is unintuitive. The up and down volume buttons are too small. The onscreen navigation buttons in the lower-left corner are cryptic. I kept wondering, should I press the back button or the home button?
- Display Rendering. Like I said, it's speedy, but you can perceive the device snapping graphical elements to a grid.
- Distractions. Often, when installing or updating apps, there are popups about CAB files extracting and other "computerese".
- Overly busy and complex UI. Apps and configuration options are tucked away most everywhere. The Apple IOS – simple and intuitive – is way ahead of Android in this category.
- Marketplace. The inconsistent pricing structure is tacky. Prices like $3.22, $2.11, $5.18 are just odd.
I'm impressed how far along the Google Android tablet OS is. It doesn't deliver groundbreaking features, but it's not far behind the iPad in overall usability.
HTC Thunderbolt
Another impressive offering that falls just short of the iPhone.
What I like:
- Beautiful and large 4.3″ screen. Watching videos on this is a treat – it even has a kickstand. While not as sharp as the iPhone4 Retina, the sheer size of it is gorgeous.
- 4G data network. In my side-by-side tests, it loaded web pages 30% faster than my iPhone4 on the AT&T 3G network.
- Voice search. As with the XOOM, voice-enabled features abound.
- Blazing fast swiping. A hair faster than the iPhone4.
- Tight integration with Google Gmail, Contacts and Calendar.
What I don't like:
- Standby battery use. After a full charge, and set to standby, the battery drained 50% within 24 hours. Perhaps a defective battery?
- Camera. My 5MP iPhone camera runs circles around the 8MP Thunderbolt camera – clarity and color are underwhelming.
- Body width. For people with small or medium sized hands, it's a little too wide for comfortable one-handed operation.
- Confusing UI. Just like the XOOM, the Google Android suffers from offering too many options and a confusing interface. Google needs to reduce the number of areas that contain phone and app settings, and make them easier to reach. Overall, general navigation feels awkward.
- Hardware buttons. Too small. Between Motorola and HTC, I'm beginning to think the design engineers dislike buttons – or perhaps they think customers dislike them.
It's got all the features a cutting-edge smartphone should have, and on paper some of the specs beat out the iPhone4 – especially the 4G network – but, it's the overall attention to detail where the Google Android falls behind the iPhone4.
The Bottom Line
Google is now a legit player in the mobile market. Their smartphones are maturing nicely, and now they've proven they can deliver a compelling tablet.
Is it enough to convert this Mac fanboy? No. If I had the spare dough, I'd still plunk it down for an iPad2, or save it for the upcoming iPhone5. But non-Mac users have a respectable selection of mobile tools, and can drop any Mac-envy they may have been harboring.
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Courts order that ISPs must block The Pirate Bay
The precedent has now been set in the UK. I do not condone illegal file sharing, but the Internet is supposed to be free of regulations of this type. Any information should be available. Argue what you like, but if we want the government telling us what we can and can not do, this is a significant step in that direction. If I was in the UK I would be furious. I'm in Canada and I'm pretty choked. How long before we follow suit?
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Investigating the Earth is important, not only for those who hope to practise it as a profession, but for all who wish to be educated in the natural sciences and understand that this is a vast and essentially indivisible subject. Essential knowledge in today's changing world, you will emerge at the end of your first year with an appreciation of the science behind climate change, a broad understanding of the history of life, a feel for all the major events that have gone on over the past four-and-a-half billion years, and a basic knowledge of the Earth as a system: a series of interlinked biogeochemical cycles and physical phenomena. The course also features a week-long field trip to Arran.
Earth Sciences teaching reference collection
Photographs and descriptions of the specimens found in the first year Reference Series at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge. A collection of rocks, minerals and fossils used to aid the first year Geology students in their practical revision.
Part IA Earth Sciences is taught within the Natural Sciences Tripos. We assume that students have a good background in science, but do not assume any specific prior knowledge of either geology or geography. See the requirements page for more information.
Introductory Mineralogy and Petrology
To interpret the Earth, you need to know what it's made of. Properties of rocks such as mean density, mechanical strength and thermal conductivity depend on the properties of constituent minerals, and these in turn depend on the atomic forces and arrangement on a scale of only nanometres. This course looks at igneous rocks - those crystallised from molten magma - and metamorphic rocks - those formed in the solid state from the action of heat and pressure. These sorts of rock are made of grains of minerals just millimetres across, so by using rocks cut thin enough to see through under the microscope, we'll learn how to identify the minerals and uncover the rock's history. We'll study volcanoes and the deep Earth processes that cause them, and look at how solid rocks recrystallise in the depths of mountain belts. A substantial introduction to the fields of Petrology, Mineralogy and Volcanology, the course is fundamental to a basic understanding of many others.
Plate Tectonics
Split over a number of lecture series, this course provides an introduction to the incredibly important field of Geophysics, and one of it's most important achievements of the last century: the theory of Plate Tectonics. While notions of "continental drift" have been around for hundreds of year a full theoretical framework for understanding the movement of the bulk of the Earth's surface has been established only since the 1970s.
The evidence that changed our mind came only with the undersea exploration and nuclear testing of the Cold War. Magnetic anomalies in oceans were noticed, and observations of earthquakes were made that together led us to believe that the Earth's surface is composed of rigid areas - plates.
Quantifying the full effects of plate tectonics and understanding its implications, particularly for the study of the past, is making rapid progress. The theory affects virtually every branch of the Earth Sciences, from the study of igneous and metamorphic rocks to the formation of sedimentary basins, the generation of oil and gas, global changes in sea level and the evolution of past life.
Earth's surface has supported life for at least half of its long history. The fossil record raises many questions. How did life begin? How fast could a dinosaur run, and why are they extinct? How did trilobites see, and why are there llamas in the Andes? How and when did humans evolve? These are just some of the questions to which you'll learn the answer in this course, effectively fossils and the evolution of life.
A broad introduction to Palaeobiology, the course encompasses the formation of the Solar System, an overview of Earth's extraordinary biosphere and its four billion year history. Although the content is quite biological, this is a multi-disciplinary course and no pre-requisites are necessary.
A carefully integrated series of practicals involving specimens and microscope work complement the lectures, reinforcing and extending your knowledge.
We are a product of evolution, our ancestry goes back to the dawn of life, and we share a rich biosphere that stands on the shoulders of innumerable vanished worlds. Welcome to one of the great scientific journeys.
Sedimentary Processes and Products
Water - in rivers and streams - is responsible for moving the vast majority of material over the planet. As such, if we can understand in full how water picks up, moves and deposits this material, we can interpret the majority of the sedimentary rocks, allowing us to reconstruct many landscapes and environments that have existed over the planet's surface in times gone by. This course leads on to many others in the field of Earth Surface Processes and Sedimentology.
The Earth's Climate System
An introduction to Climate Science and Oceanography, we start from first principles, looking at the Earth's energy budget, before considering the specific magnitude of the effect of greenhouse gases. We are able to reconstruct the carbon cycle, looking at the past variation of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and the variability of past climate before looking towards the future.
In today's media-driven world, an understanding of the facts behind climate change is absolutely essential. You will be taught by people undertaking cutting-edge research into climate science, and will be able to appreciate exactly what we do know, what we don't, and what we can expect to learn.
Britain's Geology: Solving the Jigsaw
The land which now forms Britain and Ireland has had one of the most tumultuous histories of all areas on the planet. Subduction zones, volcanic arcs, mountain belts, various oceans and continental rifts have all played their part in shaping this fascinating region. At different times Britain was part of a vast desert, a series of islands and reefs, in the middle of an ocean or a tropical swampy quagmire. Interpreting the clues in the rock record and piecing together this history has been the challenge of geologists for over a century, and unanswered questions still remain. The embedded video shows the movements of the continents over the last 450 Million Years. Britain is shaded in red.
Dinosaurs and Fossil Vertebrates
Vertebrate palaeontology, a branch of Palaeobiology, studies the evolution, ecology and biology of all the animals best-known to us: the vertebrates, of the phylumChordata. Containing the stories of the largest animals to have ever lived, as well as ourselves, the history of these magnificent creatures is one of the greatest to have been played out on the planet. This course focusses mainly on the dinosaurs, perhaps the best known extinct class of vertebrates, although later years' courses also look at many, many other fantastic animals of the last 500 million years.
Planet Earth: the bigger picture
To round off the Earth Sciences course, we look at some of the bigger topical issues that affect us. The problems we regard as hazards and disasters are all experiments that the Earth has carried out before, several times. Learning how to read the evidence helps us to make decisions about how better to prepare to survive them.
As global population soars, and natural resources are strained, we must confront important issues such as our vulnerability to catastrophic natural hazards from earthquakes and volcanoes, what to do about the disposal of nuclear waste, the geologist's role in energy resources and their responsible management, and how to assess the threat of climate change.
These are real concerns that are becoming urgent and need to be addressed by politicians, public servants, by society - and by scientists. You will be able to use the knowledge of our planet works to follow, evaluate and contribute to the current debates.
...and beyond
In second year the Department of Earth Sciences runs two courses: IB Earth Sciences A, and IB Earth Sciences B, both drawing on different areas from the Earth Sciences IA course. Follow the links to find out more.


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Running for the church
Run for L.I.F.E. all set for Sunday, May 7
By Andrew Wagstaff
Maritime Runner
May 4, 2017
TRYON, P.E.I. – Raising funds for the local church can be easier when you have runners in your congregation.
The South Shore United Church in Crapaud, P.E.I. has runners, including its minister, Rev. Karen MacLeod-Wilkie, and her friend, Deborah Walsh, race director of the Run for L.I.F.E.
"We spend a lot of time training together and we have both entered several race events," said Walsh. "We wanted to host an event to let the people in our congregation and community share the fun and excitement of being in a race and crossing the finish line. For me, there is no better feeling."
Participants of all ages take part in the annual Run for L.I.F.E. in Tryon, P.E.I., including these finishers from last year's event. This year's run will take place on Sunday, May 7.
Photo courtesy of Deborah Walsh
"The South Shore United Church hosts the run and the amazing bunch of volunteers step up and help prepare the wonderful food and help out with registration, traffic control and water tables," said Walsh.
The course will take participants along the beautiful, scenic, unpaved road along the Tryon River in Crapaud.
For the past two years, the event has been sanctioned by the PEI Roadrunners Club.
"We are planning for 100 participants and hoping the weather cooperates," she said.
For more information on the Run for L.I.F.E., visit
Hence, the Run for L.I.F.E., with the acronym derived from the following motto:
"For Love of Feeling Your Body in Motion;
For the Inspiration Running Brings;
For Fitness Benefits;
For Everyone You Meet Along the Way."
This will be the third year for the event, which features a 10K run, and 5K and 2K walk/runs. It will take place on Sunday, May 7, with all money raised going to the building fund for the church.


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Friday, May 18, 2012
Nobumasa Fukuda
He's 23 years old, and was drafted in the third round as a catching prospect in 2006. He attended Yokohama High School and had 49 HR's during his career there. He was also the clean-up hitter for Yokohama HS when they won the 2006 Spring Koshien Championship.
Fukuda started his ni-gun career as a catcher, but Hiromitsu Ochiai was impressed by his offensive skill and had him switch to the infield, hoping this would provide him with more opportunities to play. Since then he has played mainly corner infield and been a consistantly solid performer at ni-gun. He is the current record holder for most doubles in a game in the Western league with 4 in one game. Fukuda was also an alternate on last year's fresh all-star team, but didn't play because of injury.
This year Fukuda has been asked to return to catching in order to take the place of Keiji Oyama who was traded to Rakuten. He's now the third-string catcher behind Tanishige and Oda, but has also seen some innings at 1B, 2B and 3B so far this year. Fukuda has hit .300 with a HR this year in 20 ichi-gun at-bats. Hopefully he can keep it up, Chunichi could use a useful catcher under the age of 35 and a potential successor to Tanishige at some point.
Fun fact: Fukuda became the 49th player to hit a home run in his first pro NPB at-bat against the Swallows on July 8, 2009.
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This flag was flown in lunar orbit abaord the Apollo 16 Command Module "Casper" as part of astronaut Charlie Dukes PPK (Personal Preference Kit). Astronauts were permitted to carry a small number of items during their missions, as described in the accompanying letter. He also kindly signed some photos to go with the flag for when I get it framed. I obtained these items directly from Charlie himself.
This checklist page spent 3 days on the lunar surface during the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, was part of a malfunction checklist that was stored in the lunar module for the duration of the mission. It is signed in pencil by Apollo 17 Commander, Gene Cernan who kept it as part of his personal collection after the mission. It is archivally framed with a custom signed composite photo made from 3 mission images, and brass etched plaque and an original beta cloth mission patch.


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Oliver Wendell Holmes once said, "Most people go to their graves with their music still inside them."
Guided through the journey by Richard Pimentel's (Ron Livingston) acerbic sense of humor, we see a world that through other eyes would appear devastatingly tragic. Instead, Richard uses it to fuel his plight for the underdog. After realizing his gift as a public speaker, he tries out for his idol, founder of the College Bowl, Dr. Padrow (Hector Elizondo), only to have him say that Richard's "full of shit," and to come back when he's got "something to say." Unable to pursue his dream of studying public speaking in college, Richard enrolls in the government's 'guaranteed education program' called 'military service' in Vietnam.
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Joy just came out with this new Pun in the Sun stamp set and this week she asked us to make something with it. She didn't need to ask me, I couldn't wait to put this baby to use. I made this card with my new Life is a Beach cricut cartridge - that I bought for Ellie because she wanted to be able to cut out a lizard. So far that is all I have used this cartridge for - cutting LOTS of lizards. Well, they are geckos really, but close enough to her green anole that it made Ellie happy.
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A Business Card (And Life) Lesson: Don't Self Deprecate
I am trying to figure out the best way to write this without self deprecating myself (which is what I'm advising we should all avoid) so realize this as you read this post. The business card you see below is the business card which I'm currently using. I have had them for a bunch of years as when I ordered them I got 1,000 and really didn't need to hand them out much until the past year. Even then, I often had business cards from other places for which I was working.
I had these cards made by Staples and they are, as I mentioned basic. However, the contact information is all still completely valid even while the title and stated raison d'etre of the cards aren't.
However, the thing that I have realized more and more as I hand these cards out is not to belittle them as I hand them out. I used to go places with these cards in hand and when someone asked, "Do you have a card?" I would pull out one of these and start excusing their basic appearance. People have said to me when I did that, "Oh, is the contact information valid?" to which I obviously replied the affirmative. They then would shrug and say that it was fine because that's all they care about.
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Having shown that bacteria – such as the intestinal Escherichia coli – respond to the temperature of their environment, researchers studied the mechanisms that enable the bacteria to cope with increased temperature. Their findings led to understanding the molecular mechanisms regulating this response as well as the effect of temperature on pathogenic bacteria and enable the development of sensors that detect temperature changes. Results of this study are highly important in view of global warming, and may contribute to the development of genetically enhanced survivability at high temperatures for bacteria, plants and animals.


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Choosing the best Foot Care Specialist
Your feet are important. You're on every one of them day every single day. However, despite the fact that we rely on them usually, many people take foot take care of granted. As a result, in terms of care a lot of people take a reactive as opposed to proactive approach to tending to them. And, the reality is that failure to effectively care for your feet can also result in a large number of other difficulties together with your body including back, spine, and neck issues.
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text: Today we had a call from Maxwell Park in Glasgow, reporting 5 ducklings walking along the road with mum.There is nothing too unusual about that, but on this occasion mum was determinedly walking her brood away from the park and the pond. As the family was in danger, we asked if the ducklings could be put into a box, and we arranged to collect them within the hour. The next surprise was that the ducklings were not mallards, as we'd expected, but dark, fluffy tufted ducklings. They have settled in well and are feeding themselves.Social tagging: Aythya fuligula > Ducklings > Ducks > Hessilhead > Maxwell Park > Rescue > Tufted duck > Wildlife


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Games are a key class of apps in the Windows Store. If you're looking to build a Windows Store game, we'd like to help you with this virtual game building event. The event is free and open to both new game developers and professionals.
We'll be using GameMaker: Studio from YoYo Games, to show you how to create and publish high-quality games in less time. GameMaker:Studio has a lot of great built-in design options and drag-and-drop tools that make it easy to get started even if you don't have a game idea or development experience just yet. However, if you're a more experienced game developer, the advanced tools help you to create a one-of-a-kind game experience.
The online event begins on Saturday, June 15th, 10 am PDT, with a launch session and live chat. You'll learn about different game types and how to add graphics, levels and sound to base games, while exploring ways to make the game your own. Support continues throughout the week with one-on-one assistance through the GameMaker forums.
Whether you're a student, first-time developer, or seasoned pro, this event can get you started creating, uploading, and publishing games to the Windows Store. Learn more, sign up, and check out the free tools and resources at http://msdnevents.com/gameon/.
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