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Kamloops Walmart managers were forced to usher hundreds of customers and staff out of the store on Tuesday when excavation workers outside the store struck a gas line.
Shortly before noon, construction crews working outside on the store's property informed Walmart manager Tim Labermeyer that natural gas was filling the air after a line was severed.
Labermeyer immediately evacuated 300 customers and staff and alerted the Michaels store next door, whose manager also evacuated those inside.
"We just wanted to err on the side of caution and get everybody out," said Labermeyer.
Two Kamloops Fire Rescue units responded to the emergency call along with B.C. Ambulance paramedics and RCMP cruisers, which quickly blocked off every entrance to the parking lot servicing Walmart and several other businesses.
A strong odour of natural gas hung in the air while Fortis crews assisted by Fire Rescue shut off the gas.
Prolonged or intense exposure to natural gas could lead to symptoms of poisoning, but the threat was minimized since the leak was in the open air and dissipated quickly, said Fire Rescue Asst. Chief Mike Adams.
Adams said his crews appreciated the store managers' response nonetheless.
"All credit goes to them for being pro-active," said Adams.
The situation was under control and emergency personnel were gone within an hour.
It's not yet clear why crews weren't aware the line was buried there. The contractor behind the excavation followed proper protocol by getting plans for underground utilities, according to Adams. Fortis is investigating, he said.
Labermeyer said the incident did slightly impact business, but that wasn't a concern.
"It's minor when you put it in the big picture of things."


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A tip of the cap goes to Tiffin University track and field coaches Ray Robinson and Jeremy Croy for again organizing a fun fundraiser at the TU Nature Preserve on CR 26. They and their student athletes are taking the time and effort to offer Harry's Haunted Trail as a way to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The trail operates 8 p.m.-midnight Fridays and Saturdays for the rest of the month.
A haunted attraction is appropriate. The mission of Make-A-Wish Foundation is to enrich the lives of children who face a scary situation - life-threatening medical conditions. This is a way to help brighten the lives of kids who cannot walk away from what can be a frightening experience.


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achieved nationwide fame through her weekly appearances on Fox's
Melrose Place
in 1994; despite her comparative unfamiliarity, she was certainly no overnight success. The daughter of a Guatemalan-born philosophy professor, Zuniga attended U.C.L.A. while her dad was teaching at California State. Stardom beckoned when she was cast as
John Cusack
's recalcitrant traveling companion in
The Sure Thing
(1985). For reasons that defy explanation, this engaging performance did not immediately elevate her to the top ranks, and Zuniga would have to mark time in unmemorable films like
Last Rites
(1988) and
Prey of the Chameleon
(1991) before
Melrose Place
secured her popularity. After that show ended she continued to work regularly on both the small and big screen in projects such as Pandora's Clark, Enemies of Laughter, Christmas Do-Over, and the short-lived Spaceballs animated series. In 2007 she co-directed the documentary The Future We Will Create: Inside the World of TED. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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When the demands of Christmas become too much to handle, one suburban mother responds by going on strike, and inspires the other overburdened mothers in her small community to follow suit. Joy Robertson (Daphne Zuniga) is the kind of mom who likes to make the Christmas season special. But this year, something is different. Joy has started to feel as if her family simply expects her to drop everything to cook, buy presents, and decorate the house. When Joy responds by calling a halt to the familiar Christmas traditions, she is quickly joined by the rest of the mothers in her neighborhood. Now the more steam Joy's movement gains, the faster her once quiet town spirals into complete chaos. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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A career-driven attorney (Daphne Zuniga) gets a peek at a different path her life could take after she's magically transformed into a wife and mother by a mystical stranger (Faye Dunaway). Stripped of the career that dominates her life, she learns the importance of family and has big decisions to make when she returns to her old life. ~ Brie Hearn, Rovi
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Daphne Zuniga, Paola Turbay, Ashley Williams, and Jolie Jenkins star in this web series about the four members of a close-knit book club and their ongoing efforts to overcome the many obstacles in their everyday lives. With each new book, single mother Laura, entertainment attorney Joanna, newly married Lizzie, and bakery owner Amy are exposed to exciting new worlds, and begin creating their own unique storylines. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Daphne Zuniga stars as Diana McQueen, a con woman attempting to escape her past, in this Hallmark Channel drama. In order to leave her old life behind, she'll have to pull one last hustle: stealing her dead best friend's identity, and shipping out to the Wild West as a bride ordered by a lonely rancher. ~ Carly Wray, Rovi
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Every year, the greatest minds in the world converge for a single event known as Technology Entertainment Design or simply "TED." In this documentary directed by actress Daphne Zuniga, viewers get a rare look inside the one-of-a-kind convention. Speakers include Vice President Al Gore and Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
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A ne'er do well father and ex-husband who always raced his way through the holidays is forced to relive Christmas Day time and again until he gets it right in this family oriented fantasy comedy starring Jay Mohr. It's Christmas time once again, and as usual Kevin (Moore) is scrambling to get his son Ben a last minute gift before stopping by his ex-wife Jill's house for a quick swig of eggnog. Ben can't stand Jill's impossibly perfect new boyfriend, and the prospect of spending the entire evening with his former inlaws is nearly too painful to ponder. But this Christmas things are going to be different, because this Christmas might just last forever. At first Kevin resists the curious development by simply reverting to his childish ways, though he is about to find out that sometimes in order to build a better future one must finally make amends with the past. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Art professor Jill Thompson (Daphne Zuniga) receives the shock of her life when the police inform her that her husband has just been murdered. You see, up to that moment, Jill had been convinced that her hubby had died ten years earlier! Investigating this phenomenon on her own, our heroine diligently digs into her husband's past and uncovers a virtual labyrinth of lies, infidelity, embezzlement and worse! A few interesting Hitchcockian touches, plus an occasional exhibit of artwork created by the film's costar Duncan Regehr), adds a bit of zing to this overly familiar "Had she but known" yarn. Produced for cable's Lifetime channel, Secret Lives originally aired on July 18, 2005. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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When a police dog is killed in the line of duty and his grieving human partner seeks answers from a local medium, the canine-loving cop soon discovers just how helpful his fallen partner was in this supernatural comedy starring Jack Wagner and Daphne Zuniga. Kyle's partner Hunter was killed in a high profile stakeout, but a series of strange events lead the officer to suspect that his four-legged friend isn't as dead as it may seem. Convinced that Hunter's ghost is trying to reach out from beyond the grave, Kyle implores local medium Madame Wanda and her gifted son Howie to help him find out if Hunter really is still around. As the séance gets under way, Howie soon begins to show signs that he is possessed by the spirit of the deceased police dog. Later, when Howie begins to display a variety of traits more suited to man's best friend than man himself, Kyle gets one last chance to avenge Hunter's death and finally allow his loyal partner to rest in peace. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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Two former stars of Melrose Place reunite for this story that trades in soap opera glamour for the grittier thrills of a psychological crime thriller. Karen (Daphne Zuniga) was born to a wealthy family and has never quite found her way out from under the wings of her overprotective parents. Karen is seeing an analyst, but she's also having an affair with him -- which does not make her unusual among his female patients. When her psychiatrist/lover is killed after one of her appointments, Karen becomes the police's prime suspect; she decides to play with the truth and tells the police that she can no longer remember what happened that day. On the advice of her lawyer, Karen begins working with another psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Rexler (Jack Wagner), in hope that he can help her recover her memories of her last meeting with the doctor. But Karen's forgetful act works all too well when Peter, unable to get to the bottom of her repressed memories, has her institutionalized. Artificial Lies also stars Stewart Bick, Maxim Roy, and Claudia Ferri. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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How does a man convince the woman he loves that attempting to make him the toast of Broadway could be a really bad idea? Paul Halpern (David Paymer) is a cynical, middle-aged comedy writer who primarily works in television. Paul once had dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but after a passionate, short-lived relationship with a beautiful woman, he wrote a stage drama that became a notorious flop when it was presented for the first (and only) time by a Los Angeles theater company. Paul has come to believe that his play is cursed, and he has spent years trying to distance himself from the ill-fated project. Paul is more single than he'd like to be these days, and he's encouraged when he's approached by Carla (Rosalind Chao), an attractive, intelligent woman who seems quite fond of him. However, while Carla is attracted to Paul personally, she also has a professional interest in him. Carla is a director who wants to stage Paul's play in New York, and while he'd like to make her happy, he thinks it would be inviting disaster to put his drama back on the boards. Enemies of Laugher also features Judge Reinhold as a filmmaker directing a documentary about Paul, Peter Falk and Bea Arthur as Paul's parents, and cameos from Marilu Henner and Kathy Griffin. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Burned-out, boozing crime novelist Bruce Simon Barker (John Ritter) emerges from his doldrums long enough to involve himself in a bizarre missing-persons case. At the urging of his police inspector sister (Samantha Eggar), Bruce investigates the disappearance of a baby. There have been no ransom demands, the baby's parents are (to put it mildly) dysfunctional, and the father of the child is cheating on his wife with her sister. At first, Barker figures that these sordid real-life intrigues might serve as inspiration for another of his crime novels, but the deeper he becomes enmeshed in the situation, the more he realizes that there is much, much more to the case than meets the eye. Meanwhuile, Barker must wrestle with the disintegration of his own marriage and the alienation of his daughter. Daphne Zuniga, Michelle Scarabelli and Roddy McDowell deliver standout performances as the sister-in-law, the baby's mother, and the family's shady attorney. Produced for Canadian TV under the title Loss of Faith, this film has since been shown on America's Lifetime network as The Truth About Lying. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The actress Peg Entwistle (aka Lillian Millicent Entwistle) appeared as Hazel in David O. Selznick's Thirteen Women (1932), and tragically, on September 18, 1932, she leaped from the letter "H" of the Hollywood sign. An opening re-creation of Peg Entwistle's fatal plunge establishes the mood for this dark Hollywood drama, and then the action moves to a bar, operated by Jack (Costas Mandylor). The bar is the haven for a group of aspiring actresses who came in search of the Hollywood dream but instead serve as stand-ins for well-known screen stars. After three days on pills and alcohol, Garbo stand-in Shirley (Daphne Zuniga) has a run-in with mean-spirited Bette Davis-double Monica (Jordan Ladd). The stand-ins assemble at Jack's bar to stage a bitchy birthday party for Jean Harlow-look-alike Martha Anne (Sammi Davis), dysfunctional at age 30. Mae West-stand-in Peggy (Charlotte Chatton) and Dietrich-double Rhonda (Missy Crider) are also on hand for the festivities. The screenplay by Ed Kelleher and director Harvey Keith expands and embellishes Kelleher's one-act play. Shown at the 1997 Hamptons Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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Pandora's Clock
In this suspenseful drama, a commercial jet filled with passengers becomes a potential agent for widespread death after it is discovered that terrorists have loaded it with a deadly virus. While government officials wrestle with ways of handling the situation and try to avoid the most logical solution -- destroying the plane to save more lives -- the pilot contends with a dangerously low fuel supply. No airport in Europe will allow him to land, and he is too far from the U.S. to return home. At the same time, the passengers grow increasingly restless. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Popular mystery writer Richard North Patterson found two of his potboilers, Eyes of a Child and Degree of Guilt, turned into a four-part miniseries for NBC with this star-studded opus. Degree of Guilt stars Daphne Zuniga as Terri, a young wife and mother trapped in an abusive marriage to Ritchie (Vincent Ventresca) in the San Francisco Bay area. With Ritchie sleeping around on her and burning through the family's savings, Terri turns to the sheltering arms of Patterson's recurring attorney-hero Christopher Paget (David James Elliott), much to her mother Rosa's (Tricia O'Neil) dismay. Torn between two men, Terri moves back in, child in tow, with the scolding Rosa. But when Ritchie turns up dead, it's up to Christopher to get his love off the hook. Degree of Guilt also stars Sharon Lawrence as an icy femme fatale whom Christopher is called upon to represent. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
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One of the definitive, landmark shows of the 1990s, "90210" quickly became an important fixture on the FOX and in the popular discourse of adolescents and young adults. The third season's main characters, Dylan, Kelly, Donna, Steve, David, Andrea and twins Brandon and Brenda all attended West Beverly Hills High School. Brandon and Brenda Walsh and their parents, transplants from Minneapolis were the stable nuclear family with strong values; their home was a safe haven for the whole gang and the center of much of the drama. The show dealt with a steady stream of love triangles and other romantic entanglements and occasionally touched on more serious issues as well.
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In this jungle adventure, based on a Jules Verne novel, Spunky Minha, was born and raised in the Amazon jungle on her father's hemp plantation. After she agrees to marry Dr. Manuel Valdez, they decide to hold the wedding in Brazil so his sickly mother can be there. Unfortunately, the girl's father hestitates to make the long, dangerous journey downstream because years before he was convicted for a crime and was sentenced to die. Though innocent, he does not want to face Brazilian justice and so changed his name and created his own jungle world on the plantation. Despite all this, he decides he will be there at the wedding. They set off on a great raft and during the journey face many dangers including deadly natives, snakes, piranhas, gators, fierce storms and a greedy bounty hunter who wants to blackmail Juan. The extortionist knows that Juan is innocent and carries with him proof, but this does not stop him from demanding that Juan pay him a fortune and hand over his lovely daughter. When Juan refuses, the bounty hunter makes good his threat, leaving his daughter and the doctor to somehow prove her father's innocence. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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There's a lot happening during the 31-episode 1993-94 season of Melrose Place, the sexy, steamy, outrageous, and slightly-more-grown-up spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210. Heather Locklear (as Amanda Woodward) -- a late-first-season, ratings-boosting addition to the cast -- fully becomes the show's star this season as she purchases the titular apartment complex, takes over the D&D advertising agency, and sets her sights on Jake Hanson (Grant Show). Philandering doctor Michael Mancini (Thomas Calabro) has an affair with Dr. Kimberly Shaw (Marcia Cross, later of Desperate Housewives), divorces Jane Andrews (Josie Bissett), and then takes up with Sydney (Laura Leighton). Billy Campbell (Andrew Shue) still pines for Alison Parker (Courtney Thorne-Smith), whom he jilted for a fling with Amanda -- their boss -- in Season 1. But, this being Melrose Place, that's just the start of it: Jake breaks up with Jo Reynolds (Daphne Zuniga); Michael becomes paralyzed; Kimberly slips into a coma; Sydney becomes a prostitute; and the other soapy twists that were to be the show's trademark come fast and frisky. Features on this set include select audio commentaries by series creator Darren Star and featurettes such as: "Melrose Place - Meet the Neighbors," in which viewers get the inside scoop on favorite characters; a highlight- and lowlight-filled "Melrose Place - The Best of the Worst"; and an overview of the characters' tangled webs, "Melrose Place: Complex Relationships."
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Director Martin Donovan (real name Carlos Enrique Varela y Peralta-Ramos) directed this beautifully photographed western/horror amalgam. The story takes places in the American West in 1892. Jenny Hill (Mary Stuart Masterson) longs for the love of the local rough-and-tumble outlaw James Miller (Stephen Blake), who is also in love with her. But Jenny's mother (Fionnula Flanagan) doesn't approve, and instead marries Jenny off to James's half-brother Miller Brown (Hart Bochner), a polite and inarticulate farmer. Miller is in love with Jenny, but she can't stand his touch. Jenny begins to lapse into boredom until the full moon rises and she discovers Miller is a werewolf who spends his nights growling and baying at the moon, while Jenny remains locked inside their cabin. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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In this grim and violent made-for-cable television thriller, a murderous female escapes from a mental hospital and begins a killing spree that baffles the FBI because she is a mistress of disguises and is able to take on the identities of each of her victims. Fortunately, a female cop has the right stuff to stop her. She had better hurry because her FBI-agent boyfriend may be next on the killer's list. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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This film first debuted as an episode of the television anthology Shelley Duvall's Nightmare Classics. Based on a story by Ambrose Bierce, it tells of how the spirit of a wild panther continually plagues a young woman (Daphne Zuniga). ~ Brian Gusse, Rovi
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Gross Anatomy is to medical school what The Paper Chase was to law school, with perhaps a little less sobriety. Matthew Modine plays the blue-collar Joe Slovak, who's attending a posh school of medicine where everyone -- teacher and student alike -- seems to be well above his social stratum. Perhaps as a reaction to the snobbery all around him, he behaves as irreverently as possible. Neither his teacher Dr. Rachel Woodruff (Christine Lahti) nor his lab partner, Laurie Rorbach (Daphne Zuniga), finds Joe's what-the-hell act appealing, but both are fully aware that he is a talented young man with a brilliant future. The climax of the film lays it on pretty thick in defining Joe as an all-around good fellow despite his cheekiness (he even delivers a baby just before taking his finals!), but Gross Anatomy strives successfully to be a "feel-good" movie -- albeit brought ever so slightly down to earth by the death of one of the principal characters. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Countryside Council for Wales Enjoying the country Please note - A new body, Natural Resources Wales has taken over all functions and services previously carried out by Countryside Council for Wales. While the Natural Resources Wales website continues to be developed, some online services will continue to be provided on this web site.
From 01 April 2013, Natural Resources Wales will take over the functions currently carried out by the Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales, the devolved functions of Environment Agency Wales and some functions that are currently carried out within the Welsh Government.
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Whatever, you decide to do - enjoying the countryside can improve your fitness and physical health. Walking, cycling and riding whilst enjoying nature and wildlife is good for both body and mind.
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Open access land - areas of mountain, moor, heath, down land and registered common land (mapped under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) open to people to walk, run, explore, climb and watch wildlife, without having to stay on paths.
Public Rights of Way are the subject of new plans in Wales known as Rights of Way Improvement Plans (ROWIPs).
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The Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey measures participation in outdoor recreation among residents in Wales and has been commissioned jointly by Countryside Council for Wales and Forestry Commission Wales.
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Includes information on the mapping review 2012. The Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act was passed in 2000.
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Music Education: M.A.
The Master of Arts program in Music Education leads to professional certification for teachers who possess initial certification for teaching music, all grades. It provides advanced study in the curriculum, pedagogy, and content of music. This program supports and reflects the National Standards for Art Education and the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts.
Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 38
The major in music education consists of a minimum of 33 semester hours of course work, including each of the following:
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- Electives Supporting Music Education – 3-9 Semester Hours
- Capstone Activity – 3 Semester Hours
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Autodesk Customization Conversion tools help you with migration from previous versions of AutoCAD-based products to AutoCAD 2004 and later versions.
Note: Autodesk Customization Conversion Tools are available in English only.
The following four tools are included in the Autodesk Customization Conversion Tools download:
1. AutoLISP Compatibility Analyzer details any AutoCAD® 2004 and later compatibility issues found in AutoLISP and Menu LISP files. AutoLISP Compatibility Analyzer searches for known AutoCAD 2004 and later compatibility issues. When an issue is found, an explanation of the compatibility issue and suggestions on how to correct it are provided.
2. Command Alias (PGP) Porter was designed to help you bring your custom command aliases from previous versions of AutoCAD into AutoCAD 2004 and later versions. You can also use this tool to add, replace, or remove command aliases from any AutoCAD PGP file.
3. ScriptPro takes AutoCAD scripting to a new level with an easy-to-use interface, logging, reusable project files, enhanced scripting with new keywords and utilities, and robust error recovery. Using ScriptPro, you can apply a set of commands to multiple drawings by simply specifying a script file and the list of drawings that you would like to apply the script to.
4. Layer State Converter allows you to convert between the layer states created by LMAN (one of the AutoCAD® Express Tools) and the saved layer states introduced in AutoCAD® 2000i software. To use Layer State Converter, you must load the AcLSConvert.arx file in the program. Once you have loaded AcLSConvert.arx, type one of the following commands on the AutoCAD command line:
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Testing Antipattern: Release Testing
In many organisations, an agile product team will contain co-located developers and testers in accordance with the first principle of the Agile Manifesto, which states that "our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software", supported by Lisa Crispin affirming "a team commitment to quality, a team responsible for testing" and Kevlin Henney arguing that "if defects are a source of waste, and testing is one way of uncovering them, then having a phase at the end of the development lifecycle labeled testing is a sure way of ensuring poor quality". By continuously testing new product features mid-development we can explore assumptions and challenge business value in addition to finding defects, leading us to Elizabeth Hendrick's commonly-held view:
Testing is an activity, not a phase
However, while many product teams boast co-located developers and testers, it is not uncommon for an organisational antipattern to emerge - Release Testing, in which detailed functional and/or integration testing scenarios are executed post-commit and pre-production by a siloed release testing team, and then fed back to the product team. This approach has a number of fatal flaws:
- Increased lead times due to slower rate of feedback
- Increased lead times due to testing occurring on the critical path to release
- Product team abstracted away from the consequences of defects
- Release testing team abstracted away from contributing to the product
While it is important to note Dr. Deming's argument that no team or individual is to blame for such deficiencies, and that we can improve lead times by reducing batch sizes, it is the separation of authority from responsibility that is especially worrying in this instance – our product team is not incentivised to care about quality, while our release testing team is not incentivised to care about product features. By dissolving our release testing team into our product team, we can improve our product lead times and reap the benefits of our entire testing team being involved in the product development process.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)


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Periodic Table Song
Short 1 1/2 minute video is an animated professor singing all of the elements on the periodic table. Elements are written at the bottom of the screen as he sings them. However, they are not in order. Still a cute, catchy song.
Advanced Algebra - Lecture 7 - Graphs (series)
College Algebra with Professor Richard Delaware - UMKC VSI - Lecture 7 - Graphs. In this lecture we learn about the graphs of equations, intercepts, symmetry, and slopes. Great for Algebra 2 students or for parents who would like a College Algebra refresher.
Severe Storms - by StudyJams
Severe storms can really wreak some havoc on the Earth. Thunderstorms bring lightning and strong winds, but tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards can cause even greater destruction. Learn more about severe storms with this slide show from StudyJams. Vibrant images are set to music while information is written under each photo. A short, self-checking quiz is also included with this link.
The History of Computing
This 48 minute video is a fast moving lecture that requires a sophistication about computing. This lecture provides an overview of the history of computing and is well worth showing to a beginning computer class that has some background.
Differences Between Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives are used to describe nouns and pronouns, while adverbs are used to describe verbs and other adverbs. Discover the difference between the two in this video. The teacher shares examples from her computer screen. (1:29)
What are the parts of speech?
This video teaches that parts of speech include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions and more. Find out how conjunctions bring two thoughts together with help from a certified tutor . The video is in lecture format with the instructor pointing to and explaining examples that are on her computer screen. (1:50)
Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night Animation
This is a very short video showing a little girl in her pajamas jumping into Vincent Van Gogh's painting Starry Night. The little girl flies through the painting. There is no commentary but there is a printed comment at end by Van Gogh "Art is the window of an artist's heart". This is a great teaching resource for elementary students to introduce famous artists such as Van Gogh (0:45)
Tribute in Pictures-Vincent van Gogh
This is an excellent teaching resource for middle/high school students to introduce the life and works of Vincent Willem van Gogh.He was born March 30, 1853 and died July 29, 1890). Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist artist. His paintings and drawings include some of the world's best known and most expensive. Various paintings and works are shown in slideshow format while music is played. This video will certainly help to build background knowledge of this famous artist and his variou
Salvador Dali
A video slide show containing the some of the works of Salvador Dali. His style was superrealism. No explanation of his art-just the photos. (1:31)
How To Play Ping-Pong
This video shows a ping-pong game and has a narrator explaining the rules and strategies of the game. ( 2:03)
Division With Remainder Using Repeated Subtraction Strategy
A clear demonstration of repeated subtraction division strategy with single digit divisor and 4-digit dividend. Narration is clear. Student sees process on whiteboard. Place value columns focus student on meaning of the numerals. (1:13)
The Elephant's Lullaby by Tom Knight
Moving Box Studios and Tom Knight Productions team up to bring you a music video titled The Elephant's Lullaby. Very cute tune and well-made video. The jungle animals try to convince Ellie, the baby elephant, that she needs to go to bed. Young children will enjoy this video. It is a fun teaching resource for a variety of subjects: music class, thematic unit on jungle animals, etc. (04:35)
WordWorld:V is for Vacation
WordWorld:V is for Vacation. This is an excerpt from the popular PBS kids show Word World. In this video, the word world animals create "v" words and turn the words into actual things. This is a good teaching resource for the early childhood classroom. It helps with learning to blend words and builds phonic skills. (10:56)
WordWorld: Pig's Big Moonlight Feast
In this animated video, Pig is supposed to make a delicious meal for all of his friends by the light of the moon. However, Pig is sick and his friends have to help out. Some of the highlighted word families include ake, ie, orn. WordWorld is an adventure series that makes words tangible by introducing preschoolers to a world of words that come alive right before their eyes. This is a wonderful teaching resource for the early childhood classroom. (10:59)
Canine Companions for Independence
Eight-year old, Katelyn, learns about the importance of service dogs
for people with disabilities and meets a pet owner who is raising a
puppy for Canine Companions for Independence.
Red Blood Cells
In this video, the instructor demonstrates and discusses oxygen uptake by hemoglobin in red blood cells. The instructor uses computer software (and different colors for clarification) for demonstration.
Earth's Crust - Music Video
Bill Nye's music video titled "crust" uses quick lyrics and catchy music to briefly address the layers of the Earth - crust, mantle and core. Also quickly addresses plate techtonics. Run time 1:18
How Do Magnets Attract & Repel?
Magnets can attract and repel by creating fields in which
there will always be movement to reduce the field. Discover how
repelling magnets will force movement towards the center with
information from a science teacher in this video.
Democracy in Ancient Athens
Unrest in Athens against the Spartans leads to a new form of government: democracy. Cleisthenes returns after the Athenians rise up and forms the first democratic form of government.
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Online Store
The Official Online RBS 6 Nations Store is open. The store has everything you need to get behind your team during the RBS 6 Nations, plus the store is now fully stocked with a much wider range of rugby merchandise.
For over 11 years, RBS has supported rugby from community clubs to the RBS 6 Nations. RugbyForce is the RBS programme that offers guidance and support to improve your club's facilities.
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Wales hooker Richard Hibbard scored the only try of the match in a contest dominated by the right boots of Greig Laidlaw and Halfpenny - the pintsized duo notched a total of 13 penalties between them for a new RBS 6 Nations record.
Leading 13-12 at the break, Halfpenny's accuracy steered his side home and took Wales level on points with leaders England, who host Italy on Sunday with a mouth-watering clash between the top two looming in Cardiff next Saturday.
Wales took the lead after just four minutes when Scotland were penalised at the scrum, Halfpenny making no mistake from the tee.
The hosts levelled however after their first foray into the Welsh half three minutes later when Ryan Jones was called up for coming into the side and Laidlaw bisected the posts.
Halfpenny and Stuart Hogg, rivals for the British & Irish Lions full-back position, were involved early on - both fielding high kicks which were a feature of the half.
But it was Laidlaw who continued to keep Scotland ticking over and he doubled his tally on 13 minutes after the hosts capitalised on a fine kick to the corner by centre Matt Scott.
Dan Biggar's big boots forward were ensuring that Wales were enjoying the majority of the territory but his drop goal effort was wayward on 14 minutes.
Soon after however, Halfpenny was given the chance to level the scores after Euan Murray was accidentally offside when Laidlaw attempted a box kick but the Welsh full-back dragged his effort wide.
Sean Lamont was the next to be pinged by referee Craig Joubert but again, Halfpenny was wayward, pushing his effort to the right.
And he missed a third in succession, striking the upright before Wales struck with the first try of the game - George North scything through the Scotland defence before Hibbard burrowed his way over after numerous attempts from the visiting forwards.
Halfpenny found his accuracy to notch the conversion but Scotland, just as they did against Ireland, took their chances when they came and Laidlaw trimmed the score to 10-9 when Wales were penalised at a 27th-minute scrum.
Scotland then lost Richie Gray to a hamstring injury but they retook the lead when Laidlaw again struck a fine penalty from distance but an indiscretion from Jim Hamilton in the final minute of the first half gave Halfpenny the chance to take Wales into the break in front, one he duly accepted.
Laidlaw finally found his limit after the break and his penalty effort fell short when Toby Faletau infringed before Scotland indiscipline crept in again and Halfpenny made them pay from in front of the posts, extending Wales' lead to 16-12 on 47 minutes.
Scotland refused to lie down however and the deficit was just one again when Wales were penalised for collapsing the maul and Laidlaw got his kicking back on track.
But again Scotland's scrum let them down, Joubert again awarding Wales the penalty for the hosts' engaging too early, Halfpenny slotting the kick from in front of the post.
Wales skipper Jones then went off with a shoulder injury but Sam Warburton continued his impressive performance and forced another Wales penalty - this time Kelly Brown was the culprit.
Halfpenny nervously watched his kick over on 59 minutes but just a minute later the gap was back to four when Laidlaw kicked his sixth penalty of the match after replacement Justin Tipuric came in off his feet.
Warburton was the next to concede a penalty after trying to steal the ball while off his feet but Laidlaw crucially missed to the left as Wales remained 22-18 to the good.
And Halfpenny made him pay on 68 minutes, notching his sixth penalty of the afternoon to restore Wales' seven-point lead after Lamont was deemed to be offside.
With eight minutes remaining Halfpenny then handed Wales a seemingly unassailable lead - the Scotland front row penalised again - knocking over penalty number seven.
That stirred Scotland into action however and they began threatening the Wales try-line for the first time in the match as Tim Visser attempted to wriggle his way through the middle.
Wales' defence was desperate and Paul James was sent to the sin bin with less than two minutes to go but Scotland could find no way through as Wales chalked up a sixth straight RBS 6 Nations victory over Scotland and will be relishing a return to Cardiff next week.
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Name | Tries | Conv | Pen | Drop | Pts |
Greig Laidlaw | 6 | 18 | |||
Total | 6 | 18 |
Wales Score Card | |||||
Name | Tries | Conv | Pen | Drop | Pts |
Richard Hibbard | 1 | 5 | |||
Leigh Halfpenny | 1 | 7 | 23 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 7 | 28 |


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Bluefusion has a new myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bluefusionband
Including That One Song!
Bluefusion has a new myspace: http://www.myspace.com/bluefusionband
Including That One Song!
Impressive list of bands for me to check out. Wonder when we'll be able to see who made it through peer process and who didn't. (if this posts twice, sorry! I clicked quickreplay and browser crashed)
I just checked out 500 Miles To Memphis because of this thread. I'm a big fan of both country and punk, so I wanted to see what they were about. Besides, they were compared to Lucero and the Drive-By Truckers, who happen to be two of my favorite bands.
Wow. I'm blown away.
The singer reminds me a mix between Mike Ness from Social Distortion and Billy Joe Armstrong from Green Day, and the band is a wonderful mix of rockabilly, punk, and country.
Check these guys out if you're into rockabilly and alt-country. I put their MySpace link above, which has a bunch of their songs. I know that "All My Friends Are Crazy" is the song that's rumored for RBN, but I cannot stop listening to "The Regret". As a drummer, this song would quickly shoot to the top of my favorites, particularly around the 3:45 mark.
More like this in the RBN, and I'll be a very, very happy customer.
Needs Tarot or Beatallica (or both )
I should try e-mailing one (or both ) of them about it. Not sure how Tarot would feel about it, but Beatallica would probably think it was a great publicity opportunity.
I just started listening through all the songs listed in this thread
My goodness, do I ever love modern alternative. I love Rock Band Network
I'm almost certainly buying almost every one dollar song
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Face it bro, my divinity is unassailable
=) Bluefusion's guitarist, bassist and songwriter here. Thanks for the kind comments, guys! And yes, I'm a VERY huge Buckethead fan. The drummer isn't, really, but that doesn't matter, as he's got his own set of awesome influences and such. One of the new undisclosed songs (whups) we're working on is incredibly Buckethead'ish. Perhaps I'll add it to the poll on the official Bluefusion site (www.bluefusion.neosouthisland.com) for which song we should send through Rhythm Authors next, if it's finished soon.
^^ Rockband Network has really brought a lot of excitement and attention towards our little basement project, I'm so honored.
EDIT: Fun Fact, "Fighting Spirit" is titled so after "Kamina" from the show "Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann". The Lyrics being written for it are also callbacks to that show. Aren't we nerdy?
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Robert Pattinson has been wanting to shoot an Iraq War film Mission Blacklist about a soldier on the trail of Saddam Husseinfor two years and will hopefully be filming in Iraq by end of year.
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"Rob's camp was was surprised to hear Kristen had signed onto another War on Terror movie Camp X-Ray about a female soldier stationed in Guantanamo Bay which she will film late summer," a source said.
"Rob is convinced Kristen is now trying to duplicate his film choices with Camp X-Ray which is being directed by Peter Sattler, an obscure first-time director."


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To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare
While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits.
- By Doug Stewart
- Smithsonian magazine, September 2006, Subscribe
Even if you're a regular visitor to London, it's probably never occurred to you to stop in to see William Shakespeare's original manuscripts at the British Museum or Library. That's just as well. There are no original manuscripts. Not so much as a couplet written in Shakespeare's own hand has been proven to exist. In fact, there's no hard evidence that Will Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon (1564-1616), revered as the greatest author in the English language, could even write a complete sentence.
Is it any wonder that controversy swirls around the authorship of the 154 sonnets and some 37 plays credited to him? Skeptics have long belittled the notion of a barely educated small-town boy who moves to London to work as an actor and is suddenly writing masterpieces of unrivaled beauty and sophistication. Henry James wrote to a friend in 1903 that he was "haunted by the conviction that the divine William is the biggest and most successful fraud ever practised on a patient world." Other doubters have included Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, Sigmund Freud, Orson Welles and Sir John Gielgud.
At heart, the Shakespeare debate is about more than missing records. It's driven by an unquenchable need to slip past Shakespeare's verses and locate the real-life artist behind them, whoever he or she might be. Little is known about Dante or Chaucer either, but somehow that isn't as nettlesome. "If Shakespeare hadn't been metamorphosed into a god, nobody would think it was worth having an authorship controversy about him," says Jonathan Bate, a Shakespeare expert at the University of Warwick, not far from Stratford.
It's certainly curious that the creator of such vivid, recognizably human characters as Falstaff, Lear and Hamlet should himself remain as insubstantial as stage smoke. The most detailed description of the man left to us by someone who actually knew him, it seems, is a less-than-incisive sentence from his friend and rival, the playwright Ben Jonson: "He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature." That covers a lot of ground. As for Shakespeare's appearance, none of his contemporaries bothered to describe it. Tall or short? Thin or chubby? It's anyone's guess.
An exhibition about the visual side of this quest—the desire to see William Shakespeare's face, literally—is on view through September 17 at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut. "Searching for Shakespeare" brings together eight images of the Bard (six paintings, one engraving and one sculpted bust)—only one of which was likely done from life—along with rare theatrical artifacts and documents. Rendered by long-forgotten artists, each of the six painted portraits surfaced after the playwright's death, in some cases centuries later. "There's something about Shakespeare that connects with those big human issues—who we are, why we feel the way we do, love, jealousy, passion," says Tarnya Cooper, who curated the exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery, where the portraits exhibit opened last March. "In looking for a portrait of Shakespeare, we want to see traces of those passions in the portrait's face."
Unfortunately, as a flesh-and-blood human being Will Shakespeare of Stratford remains stubbornly out of reach. He was born to an apparently illiterate glove maker and his wife early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. At 18, he married the pregnant Anne Hathaway, who was eight years his senior. By 21, he had fathered three children. He turns up in the documentary record next at age 28 in London—apparently without his family—working as an actor. He's later listed as a member of a prominent acting troupe, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, and later, the King's Men. His name appears on the title pages of plays printed for popular consumption beginning in his mid-30s. Records show he retired around 1613 and moved back to Stratford, where he died in relative obscurity three years later at 52. And that's about it.
The sketchy paper trail from Shakespeare's life hasn't stopped the publishing industry from issuing a stream of biographies filled with phrases like "may have" and "could have." Last year in the New York Times Book Review, editor Rachel Donadio mused whether Stephen Greenblatt's 2005 biography of the Bard, Will in the World, should be on the fiction or the nonfiction bestseller list.
"There are documents from William Shakespeare's life that concern his career as an actor and theater manager and so on, but there's nothing that suggests a literary life," says Mark Anderson, author of "Shakespeare" by Another Name, an examination of the plays' authorship. "That's what's so damning about the documentary record. The greatest manhunt in literary history has turned up no manuscripts, no letters, no diaries." The only definitive examples of Shakespeare's handwriting are six signatures, all on legal documents. Of course, few letters or diaries of commoners from that time have survived.
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haha, I read the first sentence and was like, THERE IS NO ORIGNAL MANUSCRIPT! Then...I read the second sentence.
Posted by lys on May 12,2013 | 01:48 AM
Giving Shakespeare the benefit of the doubt, I must point out that in the early 1600s no one was incredibly meticulous at keeping records and it is not beyond the bounds of imagination to believe that Shakespeare learned how to read and write. Or, perhaps he had all of these stories within himself and asked a companion to be a scribe. Many of his stories consist of elements that were prominent throughout his literary era such as the ghost of Hamlet's father. Thus it is not a stretch to believe that Shakespeare had so many "distinct" literary ideas, because in reality his ideas are not novel, although his delivery is unbeknownst. Of course we want "Shakespeare" to be one man that wrote many great things, rather than many men that each wrote one wonderful thing. It gives each of us hope that we too are capable of many marvelous things, if Shakespeare, a man that existed centuries ago is still a vivid part of our zeitgeist. Yes, the author of a piece of work does change our connotation of it (from a biographical perspective). But what we fail to understand is that regardless of who wrote Hamlet: Prince of Denmark, Romeo and Juliet, or The Merchant of Venice, the words on the page do not change. The same words that intricately developed these stories centuries ago are the same words we revere today. I feel that we are spending too much time searching for an answer to a question that does not matter. If one day we find out for certain that Shakespeare was many men, or even a woman, would we somehow look at these stories any differently?
Posted by Simonne K. on February 11,2013 | 07:40 PM
If someone had posted a negative commet from my computer under the name white power, I am sorry that everyone had to read it. Some people just have no common sense.
Posted by on December 11,2012 | 10:51 AM
This is nuts. Of course, Shakespeare wrote the plays. Based on the documentary record alone, Shakespeare's life is one of the best attested among Elizabethan commoners. Your fragmentary quotation from Ben Jonson, for example, leaves out much, such as his comments on his feelings for WS (loved him just short of idolatry) and his writing (he didn't revise enough). And your description of Oxford leaves out his manic, undisciplined behavior, lousy poetry and the fact that he died before many of Shakespeare's plays were written. The fact remains that Shakespeare's sonnets were published under his name during his lifetime, that he was mentioned by contemporary critics as the Elizabeth equivalent of Ovid, Plautus and Seneca, that his works were printed by his boyhood friend from Stratford, Richard Field, and that no one questioned his authorship until 250 years after his death. Add to that the absolute lack of any evidence linking Oxford to the works attributed to Shakespeare ("probably an open secret"!! That's the best you can do?) -- one that Nashe, Beaumont, Fletcher, Middleton, Marlowe, Jonson, Hemmings, Condell, Sly, et al, all managed to take to the grave! Really now. I know controversy sells, but keeping the Oxfordian fantasies on life support does humanity a disservice.
Posted by Abg on February 15,2012 | 06:41 PM
Would Shakespeare not have proved himself a fraud when he helped translate the The Bible? If he was illiterate would it not have been obvious? I am convince Shakespeare was Shakespeare.
Posted by Katie Sue on February 15,2012 | 10:29 AM
i like to know how can i find the book to be or no to be in spanish?
Posted by ciadellys vilaro on April 10,2011 | 04:54 AM
I was born in Stratford myself and grew up in the Warwickshire countryside. I have recently used the internet to conduct my own new investigation into Shakespeares life. Many of us can use our inelligence to guess what might have happened but the facts are few and far between.
For me, Shakespeare was the writer and creator of the Plays but that doesnt mean he wrote them conclusively. These are my opinions only:
1. William left Stratford early 1585 and headed for Rome where he would meet this old school tutor and now jesuit priest Simon Hunt
2. Probably attended with Richard Burbage the Kenilworth pageant of July 1575, remember Richards Father James Burbage helped organize it
3. While in Rome/Italy, William would have been informed by Richard Field/Richard Burbage and Michael Drayton (among others) of execution of Mary Queen of Scots, failure of Spanish Armada and death of Lord Leicester
4. The Shakespeare family and Sir Thomas Lucy were certainly at odds with each other and we can suspect that William was caught 'poaching' at Charlcote park by Lucys henchmen
5. 1575 pageant would have inspired Midsummers Nights Dream
6. William possessed extraordinary powers of memory and great knowledge of history but was probably a lazy writer at heart
7. William returned to England in 1588 and settled in a room organied for him by Richard Field and became an actor working around the various Theatres (not just James Burbages Theatre)
8. Shakespeare collaborated with creative writers to turn the material into plays, with Francis Bacon for merchant of venice and with John Fletcher/Francis Beaumont for Hamlet and Cardenio/Henry VIII.
9. Some Plays such as Merry Wives of Windsor, Twelfth Night, Othello, macbeth and King Lear written for royalty
Posted by paul david on July 16,2009 | 12:51 PM
Were people jealous of Skespeare and that is why the claim he is a fraud? I believe he isn't a fraud.
Posted by Kayy on March 30,2009 | 02:43 PM
You question the authenticity of William Shakespeare but I question why. Why as to how many persons have read these great literary works and have not in some shape or form been influenced by them. Why go against history and everything we have learned from his pieces. Why are so many willing to believe that such an extrodinary man could never have existed. If that be true that such a man never have, then who wrote the plays if not William? If they were wrote by another person for say why would they not take recognition for such masterpieces? Or maby they didn't want to be found, maby they wanted to remain anounomous and allow the minds of millions to ponder what could have been. But I find it obsurd to not know all the facts and make such terrible accusations.
Posted by Chelsea Hoffman on December 16,2008 | 04:57 PM
It is not quite even-handed to give the Stratfordians the last word, but since we have all been raised on the inherited diet of Stratford-man-as-Shakespeare, it is almost a customary courtesy to offer readers a plate of intellectual comfort food after unsettling them with the escargot and frog's legs of Oxfordian tales. It appeases the appetite for stable landmarks on the historical plain and the sweet and certain knowledge that our good professors have everything completely sorted out. On the other hand, as Orson Welles put it, "If you don't agree, there are some awfully funny coincidences to explain away…" The more that is known about Oxford, the more coincidences there are. Read Mark Anderson's book, "Shakespeare by Another Name" (or go to his website by the same name) and you will get a sense of how autobiographical the plays are, or may be. Merely to entertain the possibility is exciting and enlightening.
Posted by Daniel Batchelar on August 18,2008 | 06:00 AM
I find your article very interesting and after reading it I agree with you, I never had the tought that Shakespeare could be made up. I was just wondering how much research you did on this before wrighting the article and where did you go to get back up on the subject.
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Bronchitis is inflammation of the bronchi, which are the tubes that carry air deep into the lungs. As the lining of the bronchi becomes inflamed, the airways narrow. The inflammation also tends to produce a lot of mucus, which results in a persistent cough as the lungs try to clear it.
Emphysema is long-term damage to the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs). The delicate membranes become damaged and replaced with scar tissue. This has two key effects: gas exchange is less efficient and the lung tissue loses its natural elasticity, so that breathing out takes more of an effort than normal.
COPD has several other names:
Chronic obstructive respiratory disease (CORD)
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD)
Chronic airflow limitation (CAL)
Chronic obstructive airway disease (COAD).
In the UK, close to one million people have been diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. It is the fourth most common cause of death after heart disease, cancer and stroke. It is thought that another two million have a mild form of COPD but have yet to seek medical help.
Mild COPD may produce few symptoms beyond occasional breathlessness and coughing in the morning ('smoker's cough'), after exercise or following an infection. More severe COPD can result in a persistent, productive cough (one that produces phlegm) and breathlessness/wheezing even following mild activity. At its most serious, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is disabling, with those affected not able to walk more than a few steps without gasping for breath. Some people with COPD eventually need to breathe extra oxygen most of the time.
It is common for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to experience an exacerbation (a flare-up) of symptoms due to bacterial and viral infections in the lungs, which are more common in the winter months.
Asthma may also make the situation worse. Allergens and various other environmental factors can trigger a reaction that causes airways to become narrower. Fortunately, the same medications can be used to relieve both asthma and COPD.
Smoking/tobacco exposure: this is by far the most common cause of COPD. People who have never smoked rarely develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Air pollutants and industrial irritants. Working conditions in the UK have improved dramatically over the last few decades, but dust particles inhaled by miners or textile workers can cause COPD, or make it worse if the individual is also a smoker. Exposure to smoke during a fire and breathing in hazardous gases as a result of war can also result in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Genetic factors. It is known that some people have a genetic predisposition to develop COPD, but the exact link is not known. It has been observed that about 2% of COPD cases are linked to an alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency.
AAT is a helpful enzyme that prevents lung damage caused by damaging enzymes such as elastase and trypsin. These are produced in the lungs as a result of the inflammatory response to cigarette smoke.
Spirometry is usually used to diagnose COPD and assess how severe it is. This involves breathing out as hard as you can into a spirometer, which measures the air pressure you create. The same test is carried out to diagnose asthma.
However, unlike asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease cannot be completely relieved by medication because there is permanent damage to lung tissue.
Two measurements commonly taken when assessing COPD are:
FEV1: forced expiratory volume. This is the amount of air exhaled in one second
FVC: forced vital capacity. This is the total amount that can be exhaled in one breath. Results are compared to the average value for someone of the same age, height, weight and sex who does not have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
These two values are used to calculate the FEV1/FVC ratio. This gives a measure of how easily the air in the lungs can be expelled. The lower the value, the more severe is the narrowing of the airways.
People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are given a diagnosis based on the difference in their exhalation capability compared to someone with healthy lungs:
Mild COPD: an FEV1/FVC ratio at least 80% of predicted value
Moderate COPD: an FEV1/FVC ratio between 50% and 79% of predicted value
Severe COPD: an FEV1/FVC ratio between 30% and 49% of predicted value
Very severe COPD: an FEV1/FVC ratio less than 30% of predicted value.
COPD cannot be cured but some lifestyle changes and a variety of treatments can help to ease symptoms.
Stop smoking. If the source of the irritation is removed, the inflammation will die down and the damage to the air sacs will stop. Initially the cough may get worse due to the lining of the airways becoming re-activated and becoming more efficient at removing mucus. This should not be taken as a sign to start smoking again
Bronchodilator inhalers will relax the muscle in the walls of the smaller air tubes, making them larger. They give instant relief from asthma but also help in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Steroid inhalers dampen down the inflammatory response and so help to open up the airways and reduce mucus production
Antibiotics will be prescribed if you have an infection. It is important that infections are treated early so watch out for a cough that starts producing deep yellow or green mucus, and for symptoms such as aching and a fever
Flu vaccinations are a worthwhile preventative measure. Viral infections can often be followed by bacterial infections.
People who are very breathless may not be able to use inhalers effectively, so a nebuliser might help. This device allows drugs to disperse in an aerosol inside a wide tube. The aerosol can be inhaled by breathing in and out through the end of the tube via a mouthpiece.
Severe cases of COPD may require hospitalisation, so that the person affected can be more closely monitored. Blood tests are used to measure the levels of dissolved oxygen and oxygen is then given as necessary. Chest X-rays and other imaging techniques can be used to assess lung damage.
Severe cases of COPD may respond to oxygen given around the clock, delivered from a cylinder via a mask or nasal cannula (soft tube inserted into the nostrils). Studies have shown that people with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease survive longer when they take extra oxygen throughout the day as well as during the night.
Surgery is not normally recommended for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, though it can be of use in certain circumstances. Three main forms of surgery may be considered:
Bullectomy: a bulla is a large space in the lung filled with air. It forms after severe, long-term lung damage. The pressure of this air space can compress the healthy lung tissue around it. A bullectomy can be carried out to remove the bulla so that the air sacs in the lung tissue that is left can inflate and deflate normally
Lung volume reduction surgery: this involves removing regions of damaged lung tissue. Although a drastic treatment for emphysema, surgery gives the remaining healthy parts of the lung the space to inflate and deflate, which can ease breathing
Lung transplantation: this is sometimes performed as a curative treatment in people with severe COPD, particularly those who are relatively young when they develop the disease.
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This is a great week for planetary observers. Mercury is in its best position as a "morning star" for observers in the Northern Hemisphere while Jupiter is at its biggest and brightest for nighttime observers all over the world.
First let's take a look at Mercury's dawn sky performance. Because Mercury never strays far from the sun, it is usually a challenging object to observe.
Only rarely does Mercury reach maximum elongation when the ecliptic is at a steep angle to the horizon, so that it can be spotted against a fairly dark sky. Each year this happens once in the evening and once in the morning, and this is the week to look for Mercury in the morning sky for northern observers. As a bonus, the brighter planets Saturn and Venus point the way to find Mercury's tiny disk against the glow of dawn.
Even when well placed, Mercury can be a challenge unless you have a clear sky on your eastern horizon. Sweeping with binoculars will often help to first locate Mercury. Once located in binoculars, it is usually quite easy to see with the unaided eye. A telescope will show it as a tiny "half-moon." [Amazing Night Sky Photos by Stargazers]
Jupiter in the night sky
Jupiter, on the other hand, dominates the sky all night. It reaches opposition, a point exactly opposite the sun in our sky, on Dec. 2, and moves from the morning sky to the night sky.
On the nights around opposition, it is in the sky all night long, rising in the east as the sun sets in the west, and setting in the west as the sun rises in the east. When opposition happens this close to the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, Jupiter is above the horizon for a full 15 hours.
If you have a telescope good enough to show you the details of Jupiter's cloud belts, you can watch a full rotation of the planet, which takes a little under 10 hours. You should be able to see the Great Red Spot at some point during any night, and might even see it twice in one night.
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is the longest-lived atmospheric feature in the entire solar system. Its position has been tracked by astronomers since 1894, and there are observations of it going back more than a century earlier than that. At times the Great Red Spot has been a large brick-red object, three times lager than the entire planet Earth. Currently it is a pale remnant of its former self, so that observing it can be a challenge.
Jupiter's big (red) spot explained
What do you need to spot Jupiter's Great Red Spot?
First of all, a good quality telescope with at least 6 inches (150 mm) aperture. Secondly, a night with very stable atmospheric conditions on Earth. Finally, your timing needs to be right, because the planet Jupiter rotates faster than any other planet.
Half the time, the Red Spot is on the side of the planet you can't see. Even when it's on the side facing Earth, it's often lost in the haze on Jupiter's limb. It is really only at its best within an hour on either side of its time of central meridian transit.
As already mentioned, the Red Spot's position has been tracked for over a century. The problem is that it is not an object fixed to the planet itself, but is a huge storm system, mostly confined to a constant latitude, but drifting over time in longitude.
If you have a computer program which shows the position of Jupiter's Red Spot, it is probably wrong. That's because, unlike most things depicted in planetarium software, the Red Spot does not move in a uniform predictable manner. You have to tell your software the current position of the Great Red Spot.


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This hostel served its purpose well for me, I arrived as a one semester exchange student and needed a base while I searched for accommodation in the town. Very clean, well situated and well priced!
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Stayed here while looking for a house for Erasmus. The hostel was fine but not as good as many my friends told me about in the centre. It's quite far away from the city centre up another hill, really annoying. Also the staff are rarely there, so when I wanted to check out a day early, as I had found an apartment, there was nobody to give me back my key deposit and I had to wait around for an hour. There is little atmosphere and no social events as far as I could tell.
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Was nothing to do. No one in the hostel and nothing going on in town, although I believe that may have had something to do with the fact I was there during the uni summer break. Clean hostel, but felt very lonely
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dream on is a very accurate name for this hostel, lovely, love for the Detail, breakfast could be better
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Lovely and relaxing place to stay, I must recommend you write down the street number though, I walked past this place 10 times before realising it was the right place, so it's a little discreet on it's street. But the staff were helpful and accomodating and it was one of the cleanest hostels I've stayed in.
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THE search is on for Malvern and Ledbury people to take part in an epic relay race as part of this year's Sport Relief campaign.
Sport Relief and the BBC's The One Show this week called for members of the public aged 16 or over to run a mile each in the event, which covers 1,000 miles from the Isle of Mull to the Mall in London.
The One Show 1000 comes to this area on Friday, March 23, when participants will be covering a route from Birmingham to South Wales.
The route takes in Malvern and Ledbury, before heading off towards Ross on the way to Cardiff. The One Show presenter Matt Baker said: "Viewers have shown themselves to be incredibly generous donors to Sport Relief in the past.
"This epic relay gives them the chance to be the heroes of their own challenge.
"I know from experience how uplifting it feels to take on something like this and raise money for such a great cause, and I urge all our viewers to give it a go and apply for their place right now.
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My husband @VenPixel and I went to Fan Expo Canada this weekend, and we had a really nice time! I'm obviously not a reporter, so I won't attempt to do an objective review of the event, but I'd like to share some highlights. Be careful, there are some spoilers below for the DCnU!
We started by finding the DC table and I got to meet James Robinson, writer of Justice League of America. I told him I enjoyed his run on JLA, and specifically that he made me interested in non-Bat characters such as Supergirl, who recently had sort of an identity crisis and became a very dark version of herself. He thanked me and and started to talk about women in comics, which has been a real hotbed of conversation lately (there was a lot of discussion about women creators at the San Diego ComicCon DC panel, check out DC Women Kicking Ass for details). Robinson said that there are actually a lot of women in JLA, which I agreed with, and then said that I should come to the DC New 52 Panel (which I'd already planned to attend) because they'd be announcing something and it also involved women characters. I considered saying that I think the larger concern is women on the creative side, since in my opinion women aren't under-represented within the comics themselves (though how they're represented is questionable), but instead I just told him I'd see him at the panel and that was that! It was very exciting have met him.
Then we went and got seated for the New 52 panel. Remember, if you want real reporting it's not here, these are just the bits I cared enough about to write down.
Dan DiDio asked who likes Justice League, then picked a kid out of the audience and let him read the new Justice League 1 and Flashpoint 5, which as we know won't be released until Wednesday. I was so jealous! We can only hope that the kid understood the huge significance of the moment
Tony Daniel talked about how Dick Grayson is a totally different Batman than Bruce Wayne, and how excited he is to be writing Bruce (now that he'll be working on Detective Comics instead of on Batman). That book is high on my list in the DCnU. Daniel said that Detective Comics will be very focused on Batman and his solo detective work, we might see Jim and Alfred but not much. Batman will have a love interest, and it's not Catwoman! That's exciting, I can enjoy the Bats/Cats relationship but it's nice to give Bruce some variety. Daniel also told us that we'll see short plot arcs but big concepts, and it leads into something big next year. Francis Manapul said that the ending of Detective Comics 1 is a cliffhanger that will "blow our faces away". Can't wait to find out what he means by that!
On the topic of characters in the relaunched DC universe, Eddie Berganza (the editor) said that they're being cautious about how they reintroduce characters, and they don't want to do it all at once. It has to feel fresh and new, and they're waiting to have the right tone and people involved in each comic. He was asked specifically about Wally West and Donna Troy, and said "just wait". What about the events of Hush, does Catwoman still know who Batman really is? Eddie said Catwoman 1 will have a scene about identities that answers those questions, I'm looking forward to seeing where they go with that since it will have a pretty big effect on how the different characters interact.
Finally, we have news about Stephanie Brown!! She was Batgirl, but as we know Barbara Gordon will be returning to that cape, and everyone's been wondering what Steph will be doing in the DCnU. So, we don't have to wonder anymore. Spoiler alert! Dan DiDio said that Steph will return to costumed crimefighting as 'Spoiler', her original alter-identity. That's amazing! I am so glad to know that she'll be getting action in the comics, and really look forward to reading about her adventures.
After the New 52 panel I got to say hi to Brian Azzarello and Yanick Paquette. I told Brian how much I loved the Flashpoint Batman mini-series, his take on Thomas and Martha Wayne was amazing, and his Joker comic was super cool. I thanked Yanick for the Batman Inc art, and told him that specifically in issue 2 I loved how he drew Bruce and Selina together, they looked exactly like themselves. He seemed pleased with that, and it was really exciting to get to meet them!
We went to the Drawing Batman panel, where Marcus To and Tony Daniel both took turns drawing, and it was projected for us to watch. I'm still amazed at their skill and talent, being able to draw like that would be so great – I can do all sorts of handiwork but drawing is definitely beyond me. While they drew they answered questions about their work, comics, etc. I asked them to talk about drawing Joker, and their answers were very interesting! Daniel said that when he was working with Grant Morrison, their Joker was influenced by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, but modern and cool. To said that his Joker was inspired by Batman: The Animated Series, and the dark eye makeup was very important. He also liked Jim Lee and Frank Quitely's takes on Joker, which I definitely agree with. That panel was great, they're both such excellent but different artists. I hoped to get one of the drawings they did but wasn't so lucky. After the panel I introduced myself to Marcus To, he's been nice enough to answer me on Twitter so it was cool to connect in real life.
We walked around on the main floor, I bought Batman 247 which is on my list of Matches Malone issues but discovered when I got home that Matches isn't actually in the comic! So it seems that I do have all his Batman and Detective Comics appearances! The rest will be harder to find, they're less common and some are worth less so they'll be in 50 cent bins, which means they're not as well organized.
I also bought a beautiful print of the Batman Inc 1 variant cover by Yanick Paquette (which you can see above), and he signed it for me! I'll get it framed, such an excellent piece of artwork.
And then we were done with Fan Expo! There were people in all sorts of amazing outfits, I was so impressed with how creative and high-quality some were! We had a good time, and it definitely helped convince me that going to San Diego ComicCon next year is a good idea. Now it's time to start planning my costumes! If you went to Fan Expo I'd love to hear about your experiences and see photos, so leave a comment!


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No big surprise who number one is. They note that David Holmberg would have ranked as #7 on the list.
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Dbacks can still negotiate contract with him, which I have no doubt they will.
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Leads off with the surprising revelation that Archie Bradley is something special. High on the system in general even though Skaggs is over the MLB innings limit to be considered.
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An occasional problem on this vehicle is the failure of the Timing Belt (2.4L engine only). This failure can cause the engine to stall and will prevent the engine from starting. When the timing belt fails it may also damage the Crankshaft Position (CKP) Sensor. The damaged CKP can prevent the engine from starting, and may cause the Check Engine Light to illuminate. In extreme cases, if the Timing Belt breaks while driving it is possible to damage the Engine Valves.
The cost to repair the Timing Belt is estimated at $106.90 for parts and $195.00 for labor. The cost to replace the CKP sensor is estimated at $108.35 and $136.50 for labor, or can be replaced at the same time as the timing belt for no additional labor. The cost to repair the Engine Valves is estimated at $325.00 for parts and $715.00 for labor. All prices are estimates based on $65.00 per flat rate hour and do not include diagnostic time or any applicable sales tax. |
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