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It had been a season of mostly unfulfilled expectations for Winnipeg Blue Bombers slotback Cory Watson. Until, that is, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats rolled into town last Thursday.
Watson had a breakout game against the Tabbies in a 32-25 Winnipeg victory, leading all Bombers receivers in catches with 10 and finishing second only to wide receiver Chris Matthews in receiving yardage with 105.
It was exactly the kind of performance the Bombers were expecting this season from the third-year Watson, who had a big sophomore season in 2011 and was rewarded by Bombers management in the off-season with a contract extension.
And it was also long overdue. After catching 69 passes for 783 yards in 2011, Watson was expected to figure prominently in the new Bombers offence being installed this season under first-year offensive co-ordinator Gary Crowton.
But a hamstring injury during the pre-season relegated Watson to the sidelines for over a month, causing him to miss the first four games of the season. Those four games, as Bombers fans know too well, were all losses and it is perhaps not entirely coincidental the Bombers have gone 2-1 since Watson returned to the lineup late last month in time for the club's home opener against Edmonton.
Watson had seven catches for 66 yards in a Bombers win over Edmonton and followed up with a touchdown catch the following game in a loss to Montreal.
But it wasn't until the game against Hamilton that Watson appeared to finally shed all the rust and put in the kind of performance his team believes he is capable of night in and night out.
It earned him effusive praise from his head coach.
"He's tough as nails," Bombers head coach Paul LaPolice said last Friday. "And the thing people don't understand is he'll get a crossing route on second-and-eight or second-and-nine and he'll get you all the way to a third-and-one. He's done that the last two weeks. He gets you extra yardage... so that we can call a wedge on third and one and quarterback sneak.
"His blocking is tremendous. And he had the nice catch (for 29 yards against Hamilton) down the seam. Right after he caught the seam ball, he carried (a Hamilton defender) the rest of the night, so it opened up the underneath stuff...
"And he started on punt team. So think about that -- he runs downfield on a corner route, he runs a crossing route and then he has to go down and cover a guy on the punt team. So, you know, he's a good pro."
Watson says he's just happy to finally be able to contribute to a team that is 2-5 and in need of all the help they can get. "It's gratifying to really get on a roll. Being injured for four weeks, it's obviously frustrating. And being in the (situation) we're in right now, even more so. So it's good to get a few wins in -- and also get a few games in for me as well."
Watson appeared to have instant chemistry on Thursday with newly installed starting quarterback Joey Elliott. But the 28-year-old Quebec native noted his relationship with Elliott is actually nothing new, dating back to the 2010 season when both men were Bombers rookies. "We have a good rapport. He got me my first touchdown in the first year as well. We have a good relationship...
"Joey's really confident," Watson continued. "As a starter or as a third-string backup, he's really confident in his abilities. So when he got a chance to go out there and play, that confidence was still there."
Watson said he had no idea heading into the Hamilton game that he was about to have a career night with 10 catches, the most he's ever had during a CFL game. It was just the third time in his career he's had a 100-yards-plus night.
"I had no idea I would have the kind of game I did. It's more just working hard and being in a position to make plays. And that's what happened."
Still fresh off the hamstring injury, Watson was asked if he had any hesitation in also taking on a role this season in the meat grinder that is the punt return team.
"Not at all," Watson said. "I love playing special teams. It's one of those things I pride myself in. Hitting is a part of the game, so you can't shy away from that."
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Cory Watson
Born: March 27, 1984, Dollard des Ormeaux, Que.
College: Concordia
Acquired: Second round (ninth overall) in 2010 CFL entry draft
CFL Season: Third
2010: 15 games played, 17 catches, 277 yards, 1 TD
2011: 18 games played, 69 catches, 793 yards, 1 TD
2012: 3 games played, 19 catches, 187 yards, 1 TD


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HARRIS COUNTY - A trucker was questioned Tuesday by Harris County deputies after he confronted two men breaking into his big rig in northeast Harris County and one died.
Deputies said the trucker was parked in the 8500 block of C. E. King Parkway and Tidwell Road late Monday to drop off his load. When he returned to his big rig, he found two men with a bunch of tools trying to get inside, investigators said.
Deputies said the suspects grabbed a crowbar and took a swing at the trucker. A fight broke out and the trucker managed to get a hold of the crowbar and threw it at one of the suspects, according to investigators. The bar hit the suspect in the back and knocked him down, officials said.
The two men fought in the median. When emergency crews arrived, the suspect was dead. The second suspect got away.
Deputies said the suspect's name was not released. They said he was in his 60s and only had a bus ID in his possession. An autopsy will determine his cause of death.
An investigation is under way.
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Does no one on the coaching staff see how terrible we are running up the middle? We are so much better running off the edge it's not even funny yet we are insistent on taking it up the middle for no gain 2-3 times each drive. That is another coaching failure against Caldwell and his staff.


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Gresham named Outstanding Career Development Professional
March 2nd, 2012 |
Leader. Innovator. Educator. These three words are repeatedly used to describe Susan Gresham, recently named the Outstanding Career Development Professional by Indiana INTERNnet, the statewide resource for internship opportunities from the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. The organization honored excellence among interns, employers and career development professionals at its sixth annual IMPACT Awards luncheon in Indianapolis, Ind., on Feb. 21, 2012.
"It is a tremendous honor to receive this prestigious award. As a career professional it is a top priority to engage students in experiential learning opportunities. These experiences play a key role in fostering the personal and professional development of college students, which enhances their professional readiness. In today's economy, career services play a critical role in preparing students for their future careers."~Susan Gresham, Career Development Center Director, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College (SMWC)
An alumna of SMWC, Gresham designs, develops and leads the implementation of career development strategies. She directs a staff that thrives on student success. The department assists and guides students in their career quests by partnering with employers to facilitate career exploration in the public, private, government and corporate sectors.
Initiatives under Gresham's leadership include:
- development of a virtual social media marketing internship involving campus, distance and international student completing a project for a nonprofit agency a learning contract completed by both the student and intern employer,
- site visits to every internship location within the state with site supervisors,
- through an evaluation assigning a letter grade that accounts for 40 percent of the intern's grade,
- actively recruiting employers to campus for class presentations, panel discussions and special events and
- the establishment of a student orientation program.
"Preparing students for success is what we do every day," said Dottie King, Ph.D., president of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. "We are very fortunate to have Susan at The Woods to assist our students and graduates in developing specific career goals and charting a course on how to best reach them."
From matching students with the right employers to creating new partnerships, Gresham's singular focus is to secure diverse opportunities for students.
Teresa Dwyer, assistant director of the career development center shared why Gresham deserved the special recognition, saying, "Susan routinely formulates creative ideas from something she read or from a casual conversation and consistently leverages those ideas to develop connections for students and alums."
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - For the second afternoon in a row, the hazardous materials team and bomb squad has responded to a suspicious substance found in a mail item at a U.S. senator's Jacksonville office.
About 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jacksonville Fire-Rescue was called to the duPont Center on Prudential Drive -- less than one-half mile from Monday's incident on the 20th floor of the Riverplace Tower.
A spokesman for Sen. Marco Rubio says the regional director and a staff assistant were in the office when a letter was opened containing a white powdery substance. The two, along with all other employees of the building, were evacuated as a precaution while firefighters and the U.S. Capitol Police investigated.
No one reported any ill effects. Rubio was not in Jacksonville on Tuesday.
On Tuesday evening, Rubio's office received an update from the U.S. Capitol Police. The FBI on the ground confirmed that field screening was conducted by Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Hazmat, and all field tests results were negative. The white powder sent to Rubio's office was deemed harmless.
Tuesday night, U.S. Capitol Police could not confirm exactly what the susbtance is, only that it is not hazardous.
On Monday afternoon, what was described as a threat letter opened at Sen. Bill Nelson's office in Jacksonville contained a white powder. As a precaution, the 20th floor was cleared and the elevators and air conditioning to the building were shut down while a Hazmat team and the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office bomb squad responded.
Nelson's office in Washington announced two hours later that the substance turned out to be cornstarch. The FBI is investigating both incidents, telling Channel 4 that the bureau is "proceeding on the presumption they?re connected."
An FBI spokesman said any evidence gathered will be presented for possible criminal charges.
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The Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health
"Addressing Our Pediatric Obesity Epidemic: Research to Health Policy"
Childhood obesity is a major national and international public health problem with serious implications for the future wellness of our population. Affected children will become adults with a greatly increased risk for diabetes, heart disease and other chronic diseases associated with significant morbidity and mortality that will severely burden our health care system. Obesity is especially prevalent in children in the Mid-South and Tennessee. A new collaborative initiative is under way in Memphis to address this critical problem through cutting-edge translational research supported by the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the University of Memphis, and the Memphis Research Consortium, a state-funded initiative to foster collaboration across our local academic institutions and community. This meeting, made possible by the Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health Fund for the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, will allow obesity researchers, pediatric health care providers and stakeholders to interact with leading experts in pediatric obesity.
To register for the 24th Frank M. Norflett Forum, please visit: http://www.methodistmd.org
Guest Faculty
Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.
John W. Barton, Sr. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Nutrition
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Carey Lumeng, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
and Molecular and Integrative Physiology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
Robert Lustig, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
President, Galileo Food Project
San Francisco, CA
Virginia Stallings, M.D.
UTHSC Department of Preventive Medicine Reeves Distinguished Visiting Professor in Nutrition
Professor of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Leonardo Trasande, M.D., M.P.P.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Environmental Medicine and Health Policy
New York University
New York, NY
Denise E. Wilfley, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics and Psychology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO
Friday, April 5, 2013
7:00 a.m. Registration / Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Welcome, Opening Remarks and Disclosures
Jonathan McCullers, M.D.
Dunavant Professor and Chair
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Pediatrician-in-Chief, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN
8:15 a.m. The Human Genome: One of the Drivers of the Obesity Epidemic
Claude Bouchard, Ph.D.
9:00 a.m. Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition and Health Policy
Virginia Stallings, M.D.
UTHSC Department of Preventive Medicine Distinguished Visiting Professor
9:45 a.m. Break
10:00 a.m. Darwin, Diet, Disease and Dollars
Robert Lustig, M.D.
10:45 a.m. Panel Discussion
Drs. Lustig, Lumeng, Stallings, Bouchard, Trusande, and Wilfley
11:30 am Lunch
12:30 p.m. Inflammation, Obesity and Disease
Carey Lumeng, M.D., Ph.D.
1:15 p.m. Behavioral Interventions in the Treatment of Pediatric Obesity
Denise E. Wilfley, Ph.D.
2:00 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. Economic Impact of Pediatric Obesity and Health Policy
Leonardo Trasande, M.D., M.P.P.
3:00 p.m. Breakouts
-Treatment of Pediatric Obesity From the Clinic to the Community
-Conducting and Translating Genomic and Metabolic Research in Pediatric Obesity
-Impacting Local and State Government Public Policy on Pediatric Obesity
-A Public Health Approach to Overcoming Pediatric Obesity
3:45 p.m. Wrap up and Evaluations
4:00 p.m. Adjourn
- Describe the metabolic abnormalities and morbidities associated with obesity in children and their relationship to nutrition, including excessive sugar intake, genetics and inflammation in the setting of the metabolic syndrome.
- Identify evidence-based treatment strategies for childhood obesity, including behavioral and community-based interventions.
- Outline the economic consequences of pediatric obesity and the impact on health policy.
- Identify strategies to modify health policy to address the obesity epidemic with a focus on prevention and intervention in children.
- Provide opportunity for local researchers, clinicians and community stakeholders in pediatric obesity to interact with national experts in the field in structured panel and small group settings.
Target Audience
This course is designed for pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment and prevention of obesity and its complications in children, as well as basic and translational researchers, community partners and other stakeholders.
The Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health, and this year's topic, Pediatric Obesity, are made possible by the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis's Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health Fund. This endowed fund was created in 1979 with a gift from Dunbar Abston, Sr., in honor of Frank M. Norfleet. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is proud to collaborate with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and Methodist Healthcare to present this year's 24th Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health.
Course Director:
Dennis D. Black, M.D.
J. D. Buckman Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Physiology
Director, Children's Foundation Research Institute
Vice President for Research, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.
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Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
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Registration fee is $50 for physicians, which includes CME cost, and $25.00 for all other healthcare professionals. The registration fee includes course material, breakfast, lunch, breaks, and parking.
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THOUSANDS of packets of cigarettes have washed up on Chesil Beach.
Police and Coastguard officers arrived at the scene on Tuesday morning, along with representatives from HM Revenue and Custom.
The cigarettes are part of the cargo of cigarettes from a beached shipping container which washed up at Axmouth, Devon.
The Maritime Coastguard Agency was informed containers were lost from the ship as it crossed the Bay of Biscay in stormy conditions.
HMRC spokesman Bob Gaiger said they would be working with Dorset Police, the Coastguard, and local authorities to collect and secure the cigarettes.
Members of the public are being advised not to attend the coast in the hope of picking up some free cigarettes.
Mr Gaiger said: "There was a consignment of legitimate cigarettes being shipped from Rotterdam to Sri Lanka.
"They were washed overboard and what you have at Chesil Beach are cigarettes from this shipment that was washed overboard."
Mr Gaiger confirmed the packets would be taken to a secure warehouse and eventually destroyed.
The owners of the consignment contacted HMRC, asking them to dispose of the cigarettes.
Mr Gaiger said: "From what I can gather they're saturated cigarettes. You'll hardly be able to smoke them.
"Common sense dictates really that the cigarettes are not going to be worth smoking, even if you managed to dry them out."
Mr Gaiger advised people to leave the cigarettes where they were, but warned more could wash up in the coming days.
"That is a possibility because I think there was something like 11 million cigarettes in the shipment.
"It will be a case of whenever there's a tide just checking the beach and recovering as many of the cigarettes as we can."
Dorset Police's Incident Commander Chief Inspector Dean O'Conner said: "The councils and emergency services of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole are united in their plea to the public to think carefully about visiting the shoreline.
"The recent influx of cigarettes washed up onto the beaches may tempt some people to venture out in search of free tobacco but they will be disappointed because the cargo – lost overboard during storms earlier this month – has been badly damaged and is beyond use.
"Our main fear is for the safety of the public – landslips over the past few weeks remain a real risk and people should not put themselves at increased risk.
"Furthermore, the washed up cargo remains the property of the cargo owners. Local councils and beach owners are working together with the HMRC and Border Force to arrange for the cigarettes to be cleared up, collected and accounted for."
Onlookers Louise and Mark Excell, from Weymouth, said they were surprised by the number of packets that had washed up.
Mrs Excell said: "It's a bit strange to see all the cigarette packets all along the beach."
Describing the clean-up operation, she added: "It is going to be a mammoth task especially without anybody coming to pinch them."
The Maritime Coastguard Agency's aerial surveillance aircraft scanned the coastline on Tuesday morning off Portland as a precaution in case other containers were in the area.
Thousands of packets have already been recovered from beaches in Devon.
Ships passing through the English Channel have been warned to report any sightings of loose containers.
Members of the public who spot any beached containers are asked to call the coastguard – although most are believed to be empty and have sunk 75 miles off Land's End.
Simon Porter, MCA counter pollution and salvage officer, said: "We have been carrying out extensive searches over the last four days and spotted three containers, one of which has since come ashore and the other two are mid-Channel.
"We are working with Maersk to ensure they recover their containers."
The Beer Coastguard Rescue Team, police and council officials spent yesterday at Axmouth beach and the container has been cordoned off.


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Enter Masterpiece Bluestreak! One of the most highly anticipated Masterpiece figures to date, figure includes his fold-out shoulder-mounted cannons, rifle and minty fresh Datsun/Fairlady Z car alt mode we all know and love! Picture is of a final prototype, actual production product may vary.
Another masterpiece that has met my expectations with excellent detailing, tight joints and a decent size like Sideswipe.
The main issue I have is the gun not pegging into his hands properly due to a lack of clearance.
"My first Transformer from '84 is now my first Masterpiece!"
First of all, both Nissan Fairlady and robot modes look great! Took a picture of both; the original and Masterpiece Bluestreaks. Wish Customer Reviews had upload photo option like Amazon. May have to post it on TFSource's FB page.
My issues are extending the legs out and reverting them back are the most complicated due to obstruction from other parts. Still no success reverting the legs back in place. Putting the gun in his hand doesn't fit securely. Have to close tighten grip his hands to secure it.
"great buy"
this guy is great. all joints are super tight (more so than my MP Prowl lol), so please be carful when you pick him up. that being said, he feels solid and secure. the transformation is a bit tricky, but a quick stop to youtube will help with that. worth every cent. in fact, spend a few bucks more and get the alpha launchers too. the decals alone complete him.
A mint box generally has no noticeable flaws. This doesn't mean it is a C10 box, but that it doesn't have any significant damage to the box. It still may have wear to the window, and a small amount of wear to the box that is noticeable upon close inspection.
A C9 box is still considered very displayable and may have a kink, ding, minor fray to an edge, etc. The box is still case fresh and unopened with factory sealed tape on both sides.
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When I think of self-exploration, I imagine Christopher Columbus and some cheesy quote about the next horizon. However, self-assessment and self-exploration aren't superficial. They're at the root of professional development and drive career success.
Self-exploration seeks to answer questions about personal strengths and values. By answering these questions through various personality assessments, you can enhance your career by building upon your strengths and improving your weaknesses.
Personality tests are an intriguing method of self-exploration. Paul Kirbach, pre-commercial corn supply planner at Monsanto, analyzes the results from these assessments to adapt his communication style and better understand his fellow employees and their work styles.
Self-exploration is a lifelong process as we continue to grow as individuals and expand our breadth of experience. As Kirbach will attest to, personal strengths evolve with experience. He took the Clifton Strengths Finder early in his career with Monsanto and then again a year later. His three core strengths stayed the same, but as Kirbach matured in his career, his other strengths shifted slightly.
Along with continuing to assess your strengths, Kirbach advises young professionals to always "be open to feedback and be inquisitive." This means not only asking for feedback on the job, but also being able to take that information and put it to use. Feedback, even if unsolicited, can be an additional self-exploration tool. He said to embrace feedback, "whether you ask for it or not."
Self-exploration also includes seeking out professional development opportunities through various organizations. Many of the professional organizations available at the collegiate level, such as Agriculture Future of America, Collegiate Farm Bureau and Student NAMA, offer continued involvement opportunities beyond the college experience. Kirbach said he has personally benefited from his involvement in the AFA Alliance, which helped him maintain the network he built in college. His involvement helped him connect with fellow young professionals active in other professional organizations, which lead to him joining Farm Bureau.
Self-exploration assessments Kirbach recommends include the DISC assessment, which focuses on personality traits and using them to work with others, and the Peak Performance Series from Peak Solutions.
I also recommend taking the Myers & Briggs personality type quiz, which uses preferences to create 16 four letter code personality types, and the VisualDNA personality test, which is a fun resource for visual learners using pictures associated with values.
Which personality assessments have you found beneficial for professional development?


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- Additional information: Anthony Henn selects the plants to suit each individual border
- Care instructions: Dead-head as flowers fade and trim to shape if required. See care leaflet and instructional DVD for further details.
- Feeding instructions: Feed new border with fertiliser provided and water daily for a couple of weeks to help plants take root. As the plants mature they will need less watering.
- Includes: Biodegradable paper plan, pegs, fertiliser, instructional DVD, pair of gloves and a hand trowel. Plants selected from following range depending on seasonality - Aucuba, Bay, Escallonia, Hebe, Viburnum, Anemone, Heuchera, Gem, Scabious, Carex and Phormium. They may vary but will be the best available selection to create the desired border style. includes 31x 1L pot plants.
- Border length: 700cm
- Border width: 90cm
- Special delivery information: After placing your order a Garden on a Roll colleague will contact you to finalize your border requirements and delivery date. Delivery is made within 7 days from order confirmation.
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Help & advice:
Q: How long will the border-in-a-box-kit take to arrive after ordering?
A: You can expect delivery within 10 to 14 days.
Q: How long does it take to plant a border-in-a-box-kit?
A: Depending on the quality of your soil, a 10 meter border with soil preparation and planting should take around a day.
Q: Should I remove the pots?
A: Yes. We hope to produce biodegradable pots in the coming year, but for now remove pots and re-use them if possible.
Q: Are the plants a good size when they arrive?
A: We supply top quality, well rooted, plants in 1 litre pots which we find establish really well.
Q: How quickly does the paper biodegrade?
A: The paper bio-degrades in 2-3 months and helps to suppress weeds in the mean time.
Q: How often do I water the plants once they are planted?
A: In the spring and summer 3 times a week minimum – once a day would be even better. Especially in sunny, breezy weather.
Q: Do I get exactly what I have seen on the website?
A: The picture is a representation of the plants you may receive but substitutes may be given due to seasonality that give the same 'look'.
Q: What if I want a curvy front edge to my border?
A: Shape the edge to suit by using a hosepipe to get the perfect curve and fill gap with plants.
How to plant your garden border:
- When your garden plants arrive, ensure they are removed from the box ASAP, placed outside and watered thoroughly.
- Follow instructions for planting but please soak each plant in bucket of water for 5 mins before planting so it goes in ground nice and wet.
- In spring and summer water every other day for maybe a month or so after planting depending on weather. After that three times a week should do and after three months or so one good soaking a week should suffice. It's always best to push a finger into the soil around a plant to check moisture and observe how the plant is looking – this will give indication of whether the plant needs water. You'll get a feel for it soon enough.
- There should not be too much pruning to do the first year but always remove faded flowers throughout summer to encourage more flowers.
- In autumn leave old flowers on the plants as it's good for wildlife and looks great on frosty mornings.
- Silvery and Mediterranean shrubs are best pruned in March to keep bushy.
- When the mulch paper has rotted down and you start seeing your old soil at the surface keep adding a layer (2-3 cm or so) of compost or organic matter as it's great for the soil, looks good and keeps moisture in the ground.
- A handful of fertiliser every square meter or so, sprinkled lightly around your plants a couple of times in the summer will help them grow too.


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There are so many things about this hoodie that I love I don't even know where to start! The piano keys design are definitely a big winner for me. I love the color and I'm also a fan of the thumbhole design. I love this hoodie.


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She Turned Me Into a Newton!Mystery teasers are little stories where you need to figure out what happened based on the given clues.
After identifying a suspicious fellow Yankee at the local pub, Nora Shekrie decided to take a holiday at the market in Blyth. She was escorted by her not-too-distant relatives, Sir Loine of Boef and Lady Rose Boef. Nora wanted to take home some memento of her visit, something more than the prepaid travel vouchers Sir Harold had supplied.
After a morning of making nice with the locals, receiving thanks, admiration, and not a few jibes about being from "the Colonies", Nora was quite enjoying herself. The morning tea and late lunch were taking up a serene position in her abdomen, the sun was shining, and the studied quaintness of the market enchanted her more with each passing hour.
She politely examined each stall of wares, commented astutely on some aspect of almost every shop, and generally impressed the vendors as something rather better than the stereotypical American tourist. Finally, at half-past two o'clock, she found the item to take home. An youngish gentleman selling out-of-print books had an item that intrigued her.
"It's the manuscript of an early draft of the speech," he explained as she bent over to examine the fine penmanship. "One of my ancestors was an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton. He served in Parliament, you know." Nora nodded. "Dodgy times, what with the Glorious Revolution and all, but my many-greats grandfather found a stable position with Sir Isaac, right after the knighthood gave him enough money to hire someone permanent-like. Sir Isaac asked G-g-g-grandfather, Thomas Hanscomb was his name, to write some for his first speech in the House of Lords. Oh, Newton supplied the ideas sure enough, but Hanscomb did the first bit of writing, not what many could write back then.
"Newton took Hanscomb's draft, did it up his own way, no surprise to either of them I warrant, and gave back the first. That's it, there in the frame and protective glass and all, and I keep it out of the sun like you see here." The three of them noted the shade over the one item, giving it further protection from the light. "Sir Isaac made his grand speech, both houses passed whatever bill, and Thomas Hanscomb stuffed this copy into his things. It come down to me after all this time."
Nora nodded, seeming to have reached some decision. "And it's certainly dear enough," she held up a hand to stop him, "but fairly, given its history. Across the pond, a representative's first speech in Congress is considered a great event." She considered her bank balance, held a mental argument with herself, and pulled out her billfold.
"I take traveler's cheques, VISA, and cash," he smiled. Nora smiled in return, pulling out a small plastic card.
She felt a polite tug at her sleeve: Rose. " For a purchase this significant, I usually like to get my mind well settled before I sign the papers, just to be sure. Shall we have a cuppa, and you talk to me about this?"
There was a note in Rose's voice; Nora had learned to respect that tone over her ten days with the family. She turned to the stall-keeper. "Would a fiver hold it for an hour?"
"M'lady, at this price, a scone would hold it for the day."
Nora grinned. "A scone, it is. With jam?" He nodded. They had a deal.
They chose their table and allowed Harold to seat them with their food. He trundled back to the stalls with the extra scone, leaving his wife and guest to discuss the matter.
"Rose, it sounds like I got off cheaply. You certainly know your business. Care to let me in on the secret? I'm usually the one who spots these things."
How did Rose know that Nora shouldn't buy the manuscript?
HintLook up Isaac Newton's record in Parliament.
AnswerFirst of all, "Sir" Isaac Newton never served in Parliament. He served in 1698 and in 1701-02, but he wasn't knighted until 1705. If the knighthood gave him the wherewithal to hire an assistant, that helper could not have written a Parliamentary speech with him.
Second, Newton never argued before the House of Lords: he represented his university, Cambridge, in the House of Commons.
Third, Newton's only recorded words in Parliament were a point of order, a request to close a drafty window. He never made a "maiden speech", nor argued for any bill.
To top it all off, his service and knighthood had nothing to do with his scientific work. James II tried to turn the universities into Catholic institutions; Newton (and Cambridge itself) staunchly opposed the idea. Newton simply voted that way at every opportunity. The Queen so appreciated his efforts in support of this and other of her political causes that she knighted him.
After explaining the problems to the embarrassed vendor, Nora bought the document for £13, just as a reminder that she doesn't know it all. She eventually got it identified: a portion of an unfinished play by a minor author, circa 1870.
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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Charlotte Bobcats had a grand total of 28 wins over the two seasons before landing center Al Jefferson last summer.
So what lured Jefferson to play in such a small market? Was it the lucrative contract or being the sole reason for a Charlotte renaissance?
Jefferson opted for the savior route and has made the difference for a Bobcats team on the verge of its second postseason appearance in franchise history. Not many would have thought the Bobcats would be in this position with the season winding down. All they have to do is turn to Jefferson, a small-town guy with rather large expectations.
Much like a healthy relationship between a loving couple, Jefferson was overwhelmed by the admiration Charlotte showed toward him in the offseason.
"The Charlotte Bobcats did a great job coming at me (in free agency) and made me feel like they were a team that really respected my game and made me feel like a part of the family," Jefferson said in July.
Jefferson has given the Bobcats a low-post presence they haven't had in years, if at all, and has made one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference the past few seasons a playoff contender. A typical back-to-the-basket player, Jefferson was just named Eastern Conference Player of the Month for March, compiling 24.7 points on 55.5 percent shooting and 10.6 rebounds over 16 games. He also was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played March 10-16.
The 6-foot-10, 290-pound Jefferson is posting an average of 22.3 points and 10.9 rebounds in his last seven games with five double-doubles in that span. A snub for this year's All-Star team, Jefferson has 34 double-doubles this season and is the only player in the East averaging at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. Jefferson and Minnesota's Kevin Love are the only two players in the NBA averaging at least 25 points and 10 rebounds since Jan. 11.
That's why the Bobcats have been trending in a positive direction.
All stats aside, Jefferson has made his teammates that much better, especially guard Kemba Walker, who said he almost shed a tear when Jefferson signed on the dotted line. Walker has scored 20 or more points in five straight and seven of eight games.
Walker, Gerald Henderson, Chris Douglas-Roberts and Cody Zeller are just a handful of players who benefit when opposing teams target Jefferson, but he still puts up impressive numbers on his own.
Jefferson is the top center in the East for what he has done for Charlotte, which has improved dramatically on defense, allowing 97.5 points per game. The Bobcats were second-to-last in that category last season (102.7 ppg). Jefferson is pulling down 8.4 defensive rebounds -- good enough for sixth in the league.
"When we dedicate ourselves and get our mind together and focus on the right stuff, and that's the defense, we're a great team," Jefferson said. "We've got a long way to go, but we can be one of the elite teams in the East."
Charlotte has scored 100-plus points four times in the last five games and is 23-5 this season when scoring that many points. The Bobcats will be in a world of hurt should Jefferson sustain a serious injury over the remaining few games in the regular season.
They are seventh in the East and looking at a first-round matchup with either Indiana or Miami, so it's appropriate to believe the Bobcats have zero chance of making it to the second round.
But Jefferson gives them hope. He said as long as everyone committed to coach Steve Clifford's philosophy, the Bobcats would have a chance. And step one was earning a playoff spot. That will come in due time for Charlotte, which made its only postseason appearance back in 2009-10, when it was swept in four games by the Orlando Magic.
Clifford feels Charlotte has a long way to go before being patted on the back for its success. He saw it first-hand when the Bobcats appeared too confident and needed a late rally to defeat Washington Monday night.
"I feel a sense of achievement within our team that shouldn't be there," Clifford said. "I wouldn't say there is complacency, but we have played with good effort all year and I think right now everyone is telling them what a good job they have done and their minds weren't in the right place."
The Bobcats went 28-120 over the last two seasons before making a push for Jefferson, and are talented enough to avoid a sweep in this year's first-round playoff series. Jefferson spoke like his coach when he said the Bobcats would be well above .500 had they put more of a cohesive effort into the season.
"We can be even better than what we are right now if we dedicate ourselves," Jefferson said.
If a half-hearted approach put the Bobcats on the threshold of a postseason berth, imagine the success a focused 82-game schedule could muster.


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HOUSTON - A man led police on a chase after a property management company called authorities to say that they were watching surveillance cameras of a burglar taking items from an apartment.
Around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, police were called to the 6300 block of Dumfries Street after the report of a burglary in progress. When police arrived, they spotted a man in a maroon colored car, who fit the description of the suspect.
When they tried to pull the car over, the driver took off. Police said 17-year-old Daleon Fontennet led them on a chase that ended in the 10000 block of Fondren.
Police said Fontennet used hedge sheers to prop open a window of an apartment and steal a television, a laptop computer and a purse. No one was home at the time of the incident, according to police.
Items from the home were found in the car and also fingerprints were on the stolen goods, according to police.
Fontennet is facing charges for burglary and evading arrest.
Police advise that the best ways to avoid becoming a burglary victim is to invest in an alarm system, use deadbolt locks on doors and keep your windows and doors locked.
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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born 26 October 1973; age 43) is the actor who played Rivers in the two Star Trek: Enterprise episodes "The Forgotten" and "Affliction"; however, he is best known as the creator of the popular animated series Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show. In addition to his minor roles on Enterprise MacFarlane had a character named after him.
MacFarlane also recorded an audio commentary for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Cause and Effect", for the show's fifth season Blu-ray set (along with episode writer Brannon Braga), despite admitting on the commentary that he had no involvement in the making of the episode.
MacFarlane is a big Star Trek fan, and many references to it have appeared in Family Guy, from the redshirts of the original series, William Shatner shouting "Khan!" as Tevye in a production of Fiddler on the Roof, to Quark and Odo (voiced again by Rene Auberjonois) from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine appearing in Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story!. MacFarlane has even worked Trek references into Star Wars productions; in the episode "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" (a Lucasfilm-sanctioned re-telling of The Empire Strikes Back), when he speaks to the bounty hunters assembled on the Star Destroyer's bridge, Darth Vader, in the form of Stewie (who had previously used a baseball bat to destroy a mailbox on an asteroid with the name Nimoy on it) mistakes the Trandoshan Bossk for a Gorn, while in "It's A Trap!" - a similar treatment of Return of the Jedi - despite a desperate plea from Lando Calrissian (Mort Goldman), the USS Enterprise-D crew (in TNG-style uniforms, and therefore unaware assistance later provided by Lando's ship during a pivotal engagement) politely declines to provide cover fire at Endor rather than interrupt their afternoon tea break. Michael Dorn and Patrick Stewart voiced their TNG characters in that scene.
In October 2011, MacFarlane mentioned to the Hollywood Reporter that he was eager to reboot the Star Trek series for television: "I'd love to see that franchise revived for television in the way that it was in the 1990s: very thoughtful, smartly written stories that transcend the science fiction audience. I don't know who would give me the keys to that car." [1]
Also in 2011, MacFarlane appeared in the documentary, Trek Nation.
Among the other Trek alumni who have lent their voices to his shows are Jonathan Frakes, Alexander Siddig, and Connor Trinneer. Stewart also has a recurring role on American Dad!, which also co-stars Star Trek: Voyager guest star Wendy Schaal. MADtv cast member and DS9 guest star Debra Wilson has also voiced characters on both series. Wallace Shawn voiced Bertram in two episodes of Family Guy. The entire principal cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation appeared as themselves in the episode "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven," in which Stewie abducts them with a homemade transporter to spend the day with them, only to be driven insane by them being extremely difficult.
MacFarlane is a descendant of Mayflower passenger William Brewster, who is an ancestor of 20th century entertainer Bing Crosby – grandfather of Star Trek: The Next Generation actress Denise Crosby. As such, MacFarlane and Denise Crosby are distant cousins. [2] MacFarlane narrowly avoided dying in the 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center through sheer luck.
The What You Leave Behind expansion of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game features a card of Seth's Enterprise character, giving him the full name of Stewart Rivers, Patriotic Engineer (quite probably referencing his character of Stewie Griffin in Family Guy and his series American Dad!). [3]
In 2015, MacFarlane received a Grammy Award nomination in the category Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for "No One Ever Tells You". [4]
MacFarlane has a Star Trek parody sitcom called The Orville set to debut on Fox in 2017: the show also features Penny Johnson, Victor Garber and Brian George.


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DETROIT - Captain Henrik Zetterberg collected two goals and an assist and defenseman Niklas Kronwall scored a power-play goal and set up two others as host Detroit snapped a modest two-game losing skid.
Todd Bertuzzi and Pavel Datsyuk also tallied with the man advantage for the Red Wings, who went 3-for-6 on the power play - after going 0-for-10 in their previous four contests. Veteran Daniel Alfredsson notched three assists and Jimmy Howard turned aside 32 shots in the win.
Defenseman Erik Gustafsson scored midway through the second period and Tye McGinn cleaned up a rebound 5:46 into the third to bring Philadelphia within 3-2. Captain Claude Giroux notched his first point of the season with an assist on McGinn's tally, but the Flyers fell to 1-2-0 under coach Craig Berube.
Shuffled to the top line prior to the game, Bertuzzi paid immediate dividends by beating Ray Emery (25 saves) on a wraparound to open the scoring at 7:13 of the first period. Kronwall doubled the advantage at 11:08 of the second after accepting Alfredsson's nifty feed in the left circle before unleashing a slap shot past Emery.
Gustafsson trimmed the deficit just 34 seconds later after sending a bouncing puck past Howard, but Datsyuk answered with a backhand shot 3:08 into the third by netting his sixth career goal in nine games versus the Flyers.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Philadelphia LW Scott Hartnell will miss two-to-four weeks with an upper-body injury while C Vincent Lecavalier is out for one week with a lower-body injury. The team recalled LWs Michael Raffl and McGinn from Adirondack of the American Hockey League prior to the game. ... Detroit RW Luke Glendening, who is a Michigan native, registered two shots in his NHL debut. ... Emery fell to 3-1-0 in his career versus the Red Wings.
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Coverage has been postponed due to lack of an audience. This is unprecedented in the international game, but the CW XI likes breaking new ground.
Coverage has been postponed due to lack of an audience. This is unprecedented in the international game, but the CW XI likes breaking new ground.
Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."
There is heaps online Liam.
But how many would watch the CW XI v WI?
I'll make these people come and post they should all be supporting the CWXI.
*enters ground*
Or something.
RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990 - 15/4/2006
Test to begin in a few mins then...
I'm there aswell.
will the dev league match be after this?
I'm here
CWXI Regular - Member of CW Black
Blacks ftw
Can't wait
President of SKAS - Kat is King | Proud member of CVAAS - One of the best | LRPLTAS - Rosco rocks!
Go Tigers!
R.I.P. Fardin & Craig
Didn't realise it was today. I'm here.
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Hotdawg_SKA, post: 4325154 wrote:Anybody feel that Kyo is way too overpowered in this game? I feel like they really screwed up Andy...Zaneiken now unsafe aside from EX version? He's got bad pokes already so how is he gonna get in? Just small jump? I mean everyone can do that. Psh, balance my ass.
fABIIO, post: 4325156 wrote:Im sorry I know this is for links only but can any one tell what to search on nico nico in japanese for kof xiii matches? Thanks
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better Mai hereHatred Edge, post: 4325175 wrote:
fiol, post: 4325191 wrote:i m tired to watch those videos... always the same chars -.-
Yeah, I just saw DuoLon, Kim and Joe matches and ignored the rest. K'-Kula-Raiden-Kyo makes me sick.
I think this game is officialy unbalanced.


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A HAIR stylist from Cam has opened her first business in the village within four weeks of spotting an advert in a local directory.
Shear Delight started trading last weekend with an open day on Saturday, February 8, showing off its new refurbished interior.
The joint venture by mum-of-one Margaret Chandler, 33, and her sister-in-law Nikki McCallum, is on the site of the former Hair Dimensions salon in Phillimore Road.
A further family member has since joined the business, with niece Rachael Graham providing nail care at the salon.
Mrs Chandler is now looking for other stylists seeking work opportunities to join her at the new salon, offering chairs for hire for £70 per week.
It's been a roller-coaster start to 2014 for Margaret, who was browsing business websites in the New Year, seeking a new challenge.
She spotted the premises being up for sale and, with nine years experience in hairdressing behind her, she decided to take the plunge.
"I was looking for something different but I never imagined it would happen so quickly. It's really exciting," she said.
"It was a real stroke of luck to find an opportunity like this so close to home.
"We've been open for a few days now and it's been really busy already, which is a great sign. I've been here until 9pm some nights."
The Woodfield resident added she was looking forward to becoming part of the business community by offering a relaxed and child-friendly atmosphere in the salon.
"It's a real family venture for us all and it's great to have the doors open with customers coming in."
Mrs Margaret's planning to stick to hairdressing for now but with space at the rear of the salon has aspirations to develop the business to offering beauty treatments in future.


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Credit cards are fantastic tools if you are responsible with credit. Whereas some people compare it to a hammer, a powerful tool when used properly, I like to think of it as a Swiss army knife. Like a Swiss army knife, there are parts of it that you will probably never use as often as the knife itself. However, in times of trouble, you'll be glad those tools are there.
There are several great credit card perks and protections that you probably didn't know about. Let's say you buy a brand new jacket and accidentally rip it on an errant nail. If you purchased it within the last 90 days using an American Express, MasterCard or Visa card, you have purchase protection that will reimburse you the cost of the jacket (or repair of the jacket) at no extra charge.
If you didn't know about that little perk, here are a few more that you might not be aware of:
Price protection
Discover a price drop three days after you buy something? Most stores will usually credit you the difference (since you would otherwise return the product and then purchase it again) but for those cases where you can't, price protection is there for you. MasterCard and Visa offer 60-day price protection.
Return protection
Did you change your mind about a purchase but the store refused your return? Many cards offer return-and-refund protection for a limited period of time, usually around 60 days. This is great for those times when the store only has a 30-day return policy and you decide on day 31 that you no longer want it.
Warranty extensions
Don't you hate buying something with a one-year warranty only to discover that it breaks on the 366th day? If you made the purchase with a credit card, chances are the card will offer a free extension on the manufacturer's warranty for up to an additional year. Most cards will double the original manufacturer's warranty up to another year at no extra charge. This is another good reason you should skip the extended-warranty pitch at the store.
Auto rental liability insurance
This perk is a little more well known than the others but it's still one that bears repeating. Many credit cards will offer supplemental collision-and-loss insurance that is junior behind your primary auto insurance, if you have it. This means you can likely skip the extensive loss-and-damage waiver, or LDW, insurance that the car rental company loves to sell to you. Some credit cards don't offer this automatically and you'll have to pay extra for this coverage, though it's often cheaper than at the car rental counter.
Purchase protection
Certain cards, like American Express cards, offer purchase protection insurance that protects your purchases from accidental damage or theft for up to 90 days from the date of purchase. It's essentially a short-term insurance policy on each and every purchase you make with their card and it's paid for by the fees the card charges merchants. In the case of American Express, your protection is limited to $1,000 per occurrence and $50,000 per card account per policy year and is secondary insurance. All MasterCard and Visa cards also have this protection, called Purchase Assurance by MasterCard and Purchase Security by Visa.
Baggage insurance policy
Sadly, it's not uncommon for airlines to lose your bags and if you're one of the unlucky few whose bags are never recovered, the amount you can claim is limited by the Aviation Consumer Protection and Enforcement Department of the DOT. If you happen to exceed their limits, you may have recourse with your credit card company. American Express, for example, has a baggage insurance policy that covers up to $1,250 for carry-on luggage and $500 for checked baggage. It's less than the federal limits but it's supplemental, so it's in addition to the federal limits.
What are your favorite hidden perks of credit cards?


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K! Run 2011: Run the mile… share the knowledge. September 25, 2011 @ 5AM UP Diliman Academic Oval 2.2K/5.2K Organizer: UP Library and Information Science Students' Association and SLIS@50 Registration Fees: P250.00 – 2.2K P350.00 – 5.2k (Includes singlet and race kit) Registration Venues: UP SLIS Admin Office (3/F Gonzales Hall, UP Main Library, UP Diliman, Quezon City) Contact Details: Website: http://uplissa.org Event website to preregister: http://k-run.uplissa.org/ Contact... → Continue reading


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Linda Cole (52)
Steve Cole (43)
Hometown: Martinsville, Va.
Occupation: Linda (Customer Service Supervisor); Steve (Carpenter)
Relationship: Married
This husband and wife team met when Steven went with a date to Lindas house for a party. Linda asked her brother to keep his date occupied while she asked Steven out. They have been together ever since and married for 17 years. They both have children from previous marriages, but treat all of them as their very own.
Linda is nine years older than Steven. She describes herself as smart, hard working and adventurous. Steven loves traveling, making and posting videos online, recycling scrap metal and fishing. He is a Virginia Master Angler. He describes himself as a perfectionist and creative. His one setback is that he suffers from claustrophobia.
Both Linda and Steven are well traveled. The two had a very scary experience traveling through Guatemala where they were robbed of all their money and identification. Luckily they were resourceful enough and found their way back to the states without too much hassle.
Together, they are excited for new experiences that will expand their horizons. They love to compete and are looking forward to sharing this once in a lifetime experience together, while making new friends along the way. Look for the other Teams to completely underestimate these two, but with Linda's analytical mind and Steven's ability to problem solve they could.
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Chef Tyler Florence Shows You How to EASILY Pair Food + Wine
Tyler Florence, Food Network star and super chef has easy recipes and wine pairings you'll love.
-PJ Gach
With the holiday season upon us, entertaining at home has once again become part of your weekly activities (eek!). After all, friends and relatives are coming over during the season and you'll want to show off your culinary skills. If you're like me, you love to read recipes but get nervous about actually doing them To make an awe-inspiring meal, check out Chef Tyler Florence's yummy recipes. He also thoughtfully suggested wines to go with each meal—so you can impress the crowd with your knowledge! They'll never know you got it from us—we won't tell.
Tyler has just started gone national with Tyler Florence Wines. You know they'll be as awesome as his food.In 2009, he met with Michael Mondavi and his family at their beautiful winery in Carneros. It's at the southern tip of Napa Valley. Michael, his son Rob Mondavi, Jr., his daughter Dina, and Tyler sat around a table and conducted their first blending session for Tyler Florence Wines. Together they sourced three limited-production wines from world-class California vineyards which exhibit true varietal character and terroir expression. They also crafted an approachable, food-friendly pair to enjoy every day.
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One of the college's administrative departments ended the fall semester with a holiday party for its student workers. Small presents were handed around and one by one the students opened their gifts, except for one young man, who began to look increasingly uncomfortable balancing a gift bag on his lap.
"In my country, it's considered rude to open a present in front of the person who has given it to you," he explained, clearly worried that the office staff would be offended.
The moment illustrates, in a small way, the challenges that people can encounter when living or working with individuals from other cultural traditions. Simple customs and behaviors that one person takes for granted may differ from ideas held by those with a different cultural background. And these differences often remain invisible until conflict emerges, leading to misunderstandings large and small.


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Please join the Adult Programs and Anthropology Departments in welcoming Vince Collison on Thursday, April 26th at noon for a special film screening and talk. Everything Was Carved, a film on the behind-the-scenes work at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford with representatives of the Haida Nation, will be shown and Collison will then speak to the subjects raised in the film: museum collections and integrating indigenous community voices. Collison is the Cultural Coordinator for the T'aalan Stl'ang Cultural Camp, Old Massett Village Council for the Haida Nation on Haida Gwaii. He has participated in many repatriations and consultations on ancestral remains and cultural heritage around the world.
To see the flyer for this event, click here.
This film and lecture are free with museum admission.


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Editors' note June 9, 2008: The rating of this player has been changed again to reflect changes in the marketplace.
Editors' note February 14, 2008: The rating of the BD-P1400 has been lowered since its initial publication to reflect the disc compatibility issues that have occurred since we reviewed it. While many of the issues were eventually fixed by firmware upgrades, the new rating reflects our decreased confidence, based on the company's delays in the past, that Samsung will offer timely firmware upgrades for newly released movies.
The format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray is showing no signs of letting up, with HD DVD players selling for a low as $99 this holiday season and Blu-ray discs continuing to outsell HD DVD discs. The price of the hardware has long been a sticking point with Blu-ray, but the Samsung BD-P1400 makes a big step in the right direction with a list price of $500, but selling for less than $300 online at the time of this review. Savvy buyers might expect that Samsung cut some corners to hit the low price point, but that's not apparent from the spec sheet. The player has excellent support for high-resolution audio soundtracks, 1080p output at 24 frames per second, and an Ethernet port for upgrading the firmware. Plus, we can vouch for solid image quality on Blu-ray discs.
A more detailed look, however, does reveal some shortcomings. The BD-P1400 only supports Blu-ray Profile 1.0, which means it won't play some special features on discs coming out next year. And we did experience a few significant operational flaws, including a quirk with the pause function on some discs that makes you start the movie over. But overall, the BD-P1400 represents something buyers have been longing for: an affordable, standalone Blu-ray player without a deal-breaking flaw. Yes, the Sony PlayStation 3 is still a better deal overall, and no, we still don't think either HD DVD or Blu-ray is ready for prime time with the average consumer, but for enthusiasts dead-set on a standalone player--who don't care about special features--the Samsung BD-P1400 fits the bill. That being said, we wouldn't be surprised to see an even cheaper Samsung Blu-ray player early next year with full Blu-ray profile 1.1 compatibility, so those who can stand to wait a few more months probably should.
The BD-P1400 has classic Samsung style. The front of the unit is all glossy black, with a thin strip of silver along the bottom. To the far left is the Power button surrounded by a blue light, which unfortunately can't be turned off in the settings menu. To the far right is the LED display, which is a little small when viewed from a standard seating distance. Overall, we tend to prefer a slightly more muted look, but we're guessing most people will like the BD-P1400's glossy sheen.
The included remote is pretty good. Most of the standard playback controls (Stop, Play, Chapter forward/backward) glow in the dark, which makes them easier to see in a darkened home theater. There's a directional pad toward the bottom of the remote and handy buttons located around the perimeter. A little more button differentiation would have been nice, and we'd also prefer true backlighting as opposed to glow, but those are nitpicks rather than knocks.
We've been disappointed in many high-def players for their blocky, standard-def menus, but Samsung gave the BD-P1400's menus a makeover. All the graphics are in high-def and are easy enough to navigate. Our only gripe is that occasionally the menus would be slow to respond, causing us to hit a button twice when we thought it didn't initially register.
In addition to Blu-ray discs, the Samsung BD-P1400 can play standard-definition DVDs and CDs. It cannot play any discs of the competing HD DVD format. For more basic information on the differences between Blu-ray and HD DVD, check out our Quick Guide to HD DVD vs. Blu-ray.
The BD-P1400's high-resolution soundtrack support is excellent. It has onboard decoding for Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS-HD High Resolution, which means it can output these soundtracks either in PCM format over the HDMI output or via the analog outputs. For newer receivers, the BD-P1400 also offers bitstream output for high-resolution soundtracks. So if you have a newer receiver with onboard Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio decoding, you can set the BD-P1400 to output audio over HDMI in encoded bitstream format--letting your receiver do the decoding, rather than the player. There should be absolutely no sound quality difference whether you let the receiver decode or the player decode, but some AV fans just love seeing the "Dolby TrueHD" light on their new receiver. The only addition we'd really like to see on the BD-P1400 is onboard DTS-HD Master Audio decoding so even those with older receivers could take advantage of this format, but it's not a major complaint since there are no other Blu-ray or HD DVD players with that capability.


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High- Level- Panel: Ambassador Wittig on Water Cooperation
Statement as prepared for delivery for Ambassador Wittig at a High- Level-Panel on Water Cooperation
"Mr. Deputy Secretary-General, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues,
Let me first of all thank the panelists for their valuable and thought provoking presentations.
In many places of the world climate change,an increasing population and economic growth will increase pressure on the availability of water, thus raising the potential for controversy and conflict over scarce water ressources.
But water also offers a multitude of opportunities to cooperate – be it among sectors, within a society or between countries, globally or within a river basin. In effect, since water is a vital resource, it often necessitates cooperation, and we all are urged to enhance our efforts for cooperation, during the International Year for Water Cooperation 2013 – and beyond – to the benefit of all.
Germany has been very active regarding international water cooperation in various ways, for instance:
- We have highlighted the close link between water, energy and food through the Bonn 2011 Nexus Process.
- Germany is the third largest bilateral donor in the global water sector. Each year my government spends around 600 million USD on programmes and projects in this field. Approximately 50 % of Germany´s Development Cooperation funding in this sector are spent on sanitation, a key sector lagging behind in the implemetation of the MDGs. Human rights, including the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, are a guiding principle for German international cooperation. Human Rights play a key role in shaping our cooperation objectives, programmes and approaches.
- We are actively supporting transboundary water cooperation not only along our own shared rivers – we also foster regional water cooperation in Central Asia, the Nile and Mekong basins, South-East Europe and help to promote the efforts of UN bodies on transboundary water cooperation such as the UNECE Water Convention.
Germany has been at the forefront of those countries who have promoted the recognition of the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, which is essential for a life in health and dignity. The General Assembly has recognised this human right in 2010.
The implementation of this right is now one of the most important topics of my government´s foreign policy in the area of human rights. We are considering a resolution on Water and Sanitation during the next General Assembly in the Third Committee.
The objective of this resolution should be to support the mandate of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council, including her mandate to make recommendations for goals beyond the 2015 Millennium Development Goals process.
We will inform partners once Germany and Spain as main sponsors will have prepared a first draft of the text.
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Notts cricketers play under the banner of Outlaws in one-day matches and the publicity initiative is geared towards attracting even more spectators to watch Twenty20 Cup matches at Trent Bridge this summer.
Skipper Stephen Fleming, along with Chris Read, David Hussey and Paul Franks, have adopted the world-famous outlaws of Sherwood Forest look and will be plugging the slogan: ?Outlaws . . . alive in Nottinghamshire?.
Said Fleming: ?Everyone associates Robin Hood and his outlaws with Nottinghamshire - even where I come from in New Zealand - and I was very happy to back the campaign.
?In fact, I thought we looked very convincing in our outfits. Maybe we should consider wearing them in one of our matches!
?The Twenty20 Cup is good fun, action-packed and very suited to the fast-paced lifestyle we now live in. I hope we?ll have big crowds watching us at all the matches and we give them the entertainment and results they are looking for.?
The campaign will run throughout June on buses and trams, supported by posters and postcards.
Said Notts? marketing & events co-ordinator Claire Harrison: ?Twenty20 has proved to be extremely popular since it was introduced two years ago and has attracted a brand new audience.
?Almost 20,000 people came to our three home matches last season, ranging from die-hard traditionalists to those who had never previously been to a cricket match, and they were treated to fantastic entertainment.
?We?re delighted to say that we have four home games in a new format for the competition this season and we?re running the publicity campaign to give people every chance to book their places.?
The Trent Bridge fixtures are against Lancashire (Friday June 24), Yorkshire (Sunday June 26), Leicestershire (Thursday June 30) and Derbyshire (Friday July 1).
Advance tickets cost ?8 for adults and ?4 concessions or ?10 and ?5 on the day. Call the Ticket Hotline on 0870 168 8888 or go to the Fixtures and Results page to book your place.
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A man has died following a stabbing in a CBD park.
Emergency services were called to Enterprise Park on Flinders Street near Kings Way about 5.30am on Sunday.
The man was taken to hospital but later died.
A police spokeswoman said the man was believed to be homeless.
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DCHA is traveling to the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country for its 2013 Annual Conference in Lancaster, April 4-5.
The conference promises to offer the latest in production information, hot new topics and a highly instructive wet lab.
- Some session topics include:
- Developing and enhancing the neonatal immune system
- Developing a vaccination program for heifers with new technology
- Mycoplasma bovis respiratory disease
- Practical applications for following the Gold Standards
- Challenges in effective calf raising
- Energy needs of bred heifers
- Importance of colostrum beyond passive transfer
- Proteins in milk replacers
- FDA regulations regarding antibiotic residue in meat and milk
Plan to attend and learn about new industry trends and the latest in production information, receive hands-on training to improve business management skills, meet with existing and new agri-business partners at the trade show, and connect with fellow growers and producers from across the country.
"This is the premier event in the dairy calf and heifer replacement industry. It brings dairymen who raise their own replacements and contract heifer raisers together for presentations of the latest research information, discussion, and networking with fellow producers and your agri-business partners. Known for an elite group of speakers and experts, this conference is a must for helping your operation become more efficient and profitable," DCHA Conference Committee Chairman Lane Sollenberger said.
Visit www.calfandheifer.org under the 2013 Conference tab for the latest information on registration, sessions and events.


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The Rumor Mill: Is L'Wren Scott Designing Angelina Jolie's Wedding Gown?
Could it be? Has Angelina Jolie chosen L'Wren Scott to design her wedding gown?
-Lucia Peters
Remember how excited we were way back in April when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt got engaged? We're not going to lie: A lot of that excitement was due to the fact that it had finally become acceptable to try to guess what Angie would be wearing on the big day. And hey, look! We even gave it a shot ourselves!
According to Fashionista, though, there's a new rumor swirling around about who might be designing Angelina's wedding gown: L'Wren Scott. It's a little convoluted, so bear with us: According to the Telegraph, a "friend" apparently told Grazia that Angie and L'Wren have had "several meetings" and that "Angelina wanted someone who is not so obvious for designing wedding gowns." The "friend" went on to say that the actress has "been courted by someone of the hottest designers on the planet, but having a big name isn't important to her. She wanted someone she could trust—and she most definitely trusts L'Wren."
Read Vivien Leigh's Iconic 'Gone With The Wind' Dresses Restored to Their Former Glory
The bit about L'Wren Scott not being known for bridal wear is true; Fashionista, however, bets that this sort of non-traditional approach is exactly the sort of thing that would float Angie's bridal boat, so maybe it's not such a weird choice after all. Angelina also favors form-fitting looks, which Scott is known for. Here, for example, is a design from Scott's Spring 2009 collection, which was full of white and ivory dresses:
What do you think? Can you picture Angie wearing something like this for her wedding? (Assuming, that is, that she'll even wear white in the first place—knowing Angie, she might not.)
Alas, we'll have to keep holding tight to find out whether there's any truth to the rumors. In the meantime, feel free to speculate away!
Tell us: Who do you think Angie is going to wear on her wedding day?
Lucia Peters is BettyConfidential's associate editor.


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Month by month, the consequences of the shale gas revolution in the United States are working their way through the international energy market. There has been much discussion of whether the US will permit shale gas exports in any quantity. But even before that is decided the growth of shale gas production in the US is already having an impact. The reduced need for US gas imports leaves supplies from Trinidad, North Africa and elsewhere to find a new home. That means that gas prices in Europe and Asia will fall. And even more important, shale gas is displacing coal from the US power generation sector. Read more
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A DUDLEY man is one of a gang jailed for more than 30 years between them for raids on Midlands convenience stores.
Craig Osmund-Smith, aged 41, of Valley Road got six years and nine months behind bars after he admitted conspiracy to commit robbery at Stafford Crown Court.
Osmund-Smith faced charges in connection with eight robberies where cash and cigarettes were taken from stores including Sainsbury's Local on Louise Street, Gornal.
The men were arrested while attempting to rob another Sainsbury's Local in Wordsley Green.
Speaking at the conclusion of the case, detective superintendent Paul Clews, from Staffordshire Police, said: "Today's sentence is a culmination of some excellent partnership work across the West Midlands region.
"Criminals such as these are not always in the forefront of the public gaze, but the crimes they commit cause significant harm and fear so it is always satisfying for the teams to play their part in making the region a safer place to live.
"Most importantly, I hope the result brings some form of relief to the numerous victims of these shocking and terrifying crimes that the offenders have been brought to justice."
The trial was told three or four gang members took part in each robbery and they targeted shops in the early hours when there were fewer staff on duty.
The robbers threatened staff, sometimes with axes or metal bars, and shop workers were tied up and shut in small rooms before premises were ransacked.
The gang's known total haul included approximately £100,000 worth of cigarettes, cash, scratch/lottery cards and a BMW car.
A Staffordshire Police spokesperson added: "In some cases the offenders did use violence with staff members being assaulted. Although the victims did not sustain serious injuries they were left distressed and traumatised by the experience, so much so that they no longer work or have altered their working hours."


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I actually got both adult birds to alight on the basket while Jill and I and the dogs were all porch sitting.
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HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) -- A southwest Ohio woman has denied locking her 12-year-old stepdaughter in the basement for weeks but says she did discipline the child.
Media outlets report that 37-year-old Joanna Blackston testified Wednesday in Hamilton that she had slapped the girl and had whipped her because the girl yelled back at her. She said the girl was difficult and would yell and curse and break things.
Blackston and husband Shawn Blackston are on trial charged with child endangering. Forty-year-old Shawn Blackston is the girl's father.
The Blackstons were arrested in July after authorities said they found the girl in the basement, dirty and underweight.
The child testified Tuesday that she was locked in the basement, denied food and punished with cold showers.
The trial continues Thursday.


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There is absolutely a performance hit for larger numbers, because they take up more space in storage and may well be in different formats.
As to what performance hit is questionable though, but there are benefits beyond those.
Ease of interpretation, as much as some players might deny that would benefit a lot.
So we'll be getting Wrath endgame numbers then? If thats true I think they should have gone further and took them to Vanilla levels or we will be facing the same problems again in the next expansion or the one that comes after.
If they did redo all the combat code in the game, it would take so much out of development of new content that we would actually lose something.
Hell, the whole reason we got to these numbers was because of positive reaction to the implementation of a new feature that warranted better gear, and thus screwing over with their existing planning back in wrath. They gave us something we wanted and now are fixing the negative side effects. I really don't see the problem with that.
32 bit machines can handle 64 bit numbers for arithmetic purposes. It just takes a few CPU operations instead of one. Problems start with memory allocation, and the unbeatable limit for 32 bit machines
I have enough of EA ruining great franchises and studios, forcing DRM and Origin on their games, releasing incomplete games only to sell day-1 DLCs or spill dozens of DLCs, and then saying it, and microtransactions, is what players want, stopping players from giving EA games poor reviews, as well as deflecting complaints with cheap PR tricks.
I'm not going to buy any game by EA as long as they continue those practices.
I have a feeling the OP is having a go at us here folks. It's called baiting.
That said, I'm all for it, but if they didn't do it I wouldn't care. At all. I'm not sure why people are so against it. The reasons for being against it are all in their minds.


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Teske seeks election with write-in campaign
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Dave Teske is one of three candidates vying for two spots on the Carroll Community School District school board.
September 6, 2013
Former baseball coach, high school valedictorian and father of three, including a disabled daughter, write-in candidate Dave Teske believes he will bring a unique ability to "defend the little people" to the Carroll Community School District board of education.
"Now I don't mean that in a terrible way," he quickly clarified with a laugh. "Just that I have had experience with the whole range of different students."
To his own school experience as a leader in both academics and athletics in a rural Iowa school, Teske is able to add his interactions with young men from a variety of familial and class backgrounds who crossed his path as a college baseball coach, as well as the experience of his daughter, Delaney, a seventh-grader at Carroll Middle School who has cerebral palsy.
"I have three kids, all intellectually capable, great students with great character," he said of Delaney and her siblings, senior Daric and sophomore Dakota, who both attend Carroll High School. "And I have been fortunate enough, and I say fortunate, to have a daughter with special needs," he added. "She's been a blessing all around, and it has given me a unique experience with schools."
It has caused him to consider issues behind the scenes, including infrastructure and support systems - Are the bathrooms handicapped accessible? Is there a bar in the stall to pull oneself up?
Teske said the inclusion of special-needs students at Carroll schools has been fantastic, not only in the administration's accommodation of the students' physical needs, but also through their peers' acceptance of them.
He retold one of his son's favorite stories, starring the outgoing Christina Lampe, one of the girls who participates in the Teskes' annual Dreams Made True pageant field each year for girls with special needs. According to Teske, she has no problem approaching boys in the halls to walk her to class. The best part of the story is that the boys follow through.
"I coached a lot of these guys back in fourth, fifth, sixth grade, they were the popular kids and still are, on the cliquey side, who could just sit there and blow people off," Teske explained. "They've got time for people like that, and that's really cool about Carroll schools and the integrated program they have, especially the Little Tiger preschool. Exposing those kids to special-needs people early like that lets them see them as people, not just as challenged individuals."
It is a legacy Teske hopes to build even further if elected to the board. However, it was actually the realization that his son Daric would graduate in the spring that prompted Teske to act.
"I remember being on stage when my dad was president of the school board and he got to hand me my diploma," he recalled. "I think it was as big for me as it was for my dad, and to experience that with my kids would be something."
He also saw an opportunity to set an example, to his children and other community members, young and old alike.
"In community service, when you believe in something and it's worth pursuing, go after it wholeheartedly and put forth the max effort while you do it," he said.
In addition to his work as a coach, he has also held leadership positions in the office, such as his current position as customer service and quality assurance manager at Anthony International in Audubon, and as an elder at his local church.
"I really enjoy the responsibility, and feel like I can shoulder that responsibility and be a voice for somebody," Teske said. "I can be a pretty good listener. My wife isn't here so I can say that," he added with a laugh.
Dayna, a third-grade teacher at Ar-We-Va, arrived a few minutes later, nodding in agreement as he commented on current and local education issues.
As more and more schools consolidate across the state, Teske said, he could see the merit in the increased attention of small classes, but also in the ability to expand the curriculum in larger classes, suggesting that his career in coaching baseball could have taken a very different turn had the sole foreign language offered been Spanish instead of French.
On transportation agreements between Kuemper Catholic Schools and Carroll, Teske said Carroll incurs an expense, and sees nothing wrong with a fee.
"So long as they are legitimate costs, not inflated, they don't need to be gouged, but if Kuemper had the fleet they'd incur some sort of expense for wear and tear and gas," he said. "It doesn't make sense to have separate fleets when they're going to the same places anyway."
He supports the increase of technology in the schools.
"The more we can expose kids to technology and the earlier, it's great," he said. "There is more stuff out there. Every kid is going to find something that interest them and pull it into the classroom."
This availability for students to work somewhat independently helps counter what he sees as the main flaw he finds in any national education initiative - the averaging of intelligence.
"It breeds mediocrity," he said. "I like the way it pulls up the bottom, but I don't like the way it pulls down the top. It eliminates the ability to excel. I don't think it sets students up for success in life. When you get out of school you don't look for average, you look for the best. You have to learn to compete and be the best in what you do."
He doesn't particularly care for standardized testing either, stating that a student can memorize facts, but but that doesn't mean they understand the impact of the people and events in them.
"I agree that teachers should be tied to class performance, but I don't know what that performance indicator should be," he said. "I'm not sure anybody does. How do you define success?"
Teske describes Carroll as very progressive, blessed with students who have "some really special gifts." He encourages the community to get involved, be it through a check to the booster club, a ticket to a football game, or attendance of a free choir concert. He believes the school also does a good job of cooperating with local businesses and volunteers to work with students.
"Those relationships just continue in the community as well, and kids remember that kind of stuff," he said.
The election will be Tuesday, Sept. 10. Both "Dave Teske" and "Delaney's Dad" will be accepted as write-in votes for Teske.
Along with Teske's write-in effort, candidates on the ballot will be Duane Horsley and Jen Munson. Board members Jerry Fleshner and Dennis Molitor are not running for re-election. All members of the board are elected at-large. The top two vote-getters will be elected and serve four-year terms. Other board positions are currently held by LaVern Dirkx, Dan Tiefenthaler and Kim Tiefenthaler.
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Banned Book Week begins!
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Banned Books Week (September 30 - October 6) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted bannings of books across the United States. The library will have an interactive display of challenged and banned books for patrons to peruse.
During this week the library will also be hosting a First Amendment Film Festival. Titles, dates, and times tbd.


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Largely cloudy, but warm and humid.
It will be a cloudy start with some coastal and hill fog and perhaps some rain across North Wales. Cloud will tend to lift through the afternoon, giving some bright spells, where it will feel warm and humid. Maximum Temperature 21 °C.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy and murky with mist, fog and drizzle over the coasts and hills. It will be warm though with temperatures holding up. Minimum Temperature 14 °C.
Tuesday will start cloudy, but this should break through the day giving some bright or sunny spells. The odd shower is possible, but it will be warm and humid. Maximum Temperature 25 °C.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Turning fresher on Wednesday with a few showers. Becoming breezy with sunshine and heavy showers on Thursday. Sunny spells and scattered but fewer showers on Friday.
Updated at: 0308 on Mon 21 Aug 2017
UK forecast for the next 5 days
Rain in the northwest, bright and warm elsewhere.
Starting bright in the east and remaining so in the far northeast, whilst rain pushes into the northwest, this turning heavy and persistent in places. Elsewhere, rather cloudy with drizzle at first, but brighter later and turning warm and humid.
Rain, heavy at times, slowly moving north-eastwards across Scotland, but staying dry in the far northeast. Largely cloudy and humid elsewhere with widespread hill and coastal fog.
Rain across Scotland fizzling out, but further heavy and thundery rain spreading into Northern Ireland and western Scotland. Brighter elsewhere with a few showers. Turning very warm in the south.
Outlook for Wednesday to Friday:
Changeable and turning fresher with showers or longer spells of rain, these heaviest and most frequent in the north and west. Very warm and dry across the southeast on Wednesday.
Updated at: 0305 on Mon 21 Aug 2017
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UK Outlook for Saturday 26 Aug 2017 to Monday 4 Sep 2017:
Saturday is likely to be dry for most of us and warm in the east. One or two showers remain possible. Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday will probably become changeable again, with heavy showers or longer spells of rain, particularly in the north and west. However, parts of the southeast may stay mainly dry with some sunny spells. It will be windy at times, especially in the north, with a risk of gales here. Into the following week, there remains a lot of uncertainty, although we may continue to see spells of wet and windy weather, particularly in the northwest, with drier spells, mainly in the south. Temperatures will probably be near normal, though perhaps rather warm at times in the south.
Updated at: 1300 on Mon 21 Aug 2017
UK Outlook for Tuesday 5 Sep 2017 to Tuesday 19 Sep 2017:
During this period, we are most likely to see changeable weather conditions featuring across the United Kingdom. However, there will be some dry and fine weather at times too. On balance spells of rain and strong winds are likely to dominate in the north and west, with drier and brighter weather more common in the south and east. Temperatures will probably remain close to normal for the time of year in most parts, though they may become warm or very warm at times in the south.
Updated at: 1300 on Mon 21 Aug 2017
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