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Carnival Fascination To Use Royal Caribbean's Coco Cay
I just learned that Carnival Fascination will be using Royal Caribbean's Coco Cay as a stop on twenty-two upcoming cruises. They will stretch from 3/11/13 through 4/28/14.
The ship was supposed to stop at Key West but the Navy has decided to stop letting private and commercial ships use the Key West pier.
Carnival is calling it by it's legal name "Little Stirrup Cay" and the stops all are on Thursdays, which I am assuming is an open day for Royal Caribbean and Celebrity. Two things I'd love to know: 1. How much is Royal charging to use the island? 2. How will Carnival address the RCI logo signage on the island?
Also, since this appears to be a stopgap measure based on the Navy suddenly closing the Key West base to cruise ships, Royal had a lot of leverage. But on the larger scheme, what does the Navy's decision mean to other cruises that have Key West as a stop? This only leaves the pier in the downtown area open.
If Key West once allowed tendering, they no longer do so.
The question is how often will they be able to make it in to the port? The Monarch of the Seas was unable to make the port stop again last week. Royal has had to cancel a lot of Cocoa Cay port stops this last year.
Certainly an interesting turn of events. Maybe it might entice Carnival to purchase its own private island? I also suppose that Freeport was out of the question.
They are stopping at Freeport and Nassau (now there's an exciting itinerary!) on the 4-nighters in the ship's 5-4-5 rotation. The 5-nighters that leave on Saturdays stop at Nassau and Halfmoon Cay.
Baha Mar
I just read that Carnival Ecstasy will also call on Coco Cay.
I hadn't heard of Baha Mar. That is a lot of resort.
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In humans, albinism is a recessive trait. The disorder causes a lack of pigment in the skin and hair, making an albino appear very pale with white hair and pale blue eyes. This disorder also occurs in animals, a common albino found in a laboratory is the white rat. The pedigrees below trace the inheritence of the allele that causes albinism.
1. Given the following genotypes, describe the phenotypes (normal or albino)
AA = _______normal______
Aa = ______normal_______
aa = _____albino_________
2. Fill out the blanks on the pedigree below. Remember that gray squares indicate that the person has the two recessive alleles (aa) and is an albino
aa x Aa
Aa, Aa, aa
3. How many children does this family have? __3____
What are the sexes of the children? ___female____
4. Fill out the blanks of the pedigree below (AA, Aa, or aa)
Aa x aa
aa , Aa, Aa - Aa
5. How many children does the original couple have? _3_
6. How many grandchildren does the original couple have? _1__
What is the sex of the grandchild? __male__
7. Fill out the blanks of the pedigree below (AA, Aa, aa)
Aa x Aa
aa, Aa - Aa
aa - Aa, aa, Aa or AA *
* When two hetorzygotes are crossed (Aa x Aa) offspring may be unknown and can be either AA or Aa.
8. How many children does the original couple have? _2__
9. How many grandchildren? ____3__
10. Rats can produce a lot more offspring than humans, making a pedigree more difficult to manage. A researcher has four female white rats named April, May, June, and July. One night, the cage was left open in the lab and a brown rat got into the female's cage. Six weeks later, the rats had litters of babies of varying colors. Two of the offspring managed to reproduce before the researcher was able to sort out the mess. Determine genotypes of the rats in this pedigree.
Note that the offspring of the first cross between Manny and each female will produce either albino offspring (represented by the gray squares) or brown offspring that are heterozygous (Aa).
In the second generation offspring, it is unknown whether the brown offspring inherited an albino allele.


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Douro Reds Gaining in Elegance
Douro reds have gone from "loud and shouty" to "increasingly elegant," according to wine expert Simon Woods.
Speaking at a Discover the Origin masterclass on Douro wines and Ports at The Westbury Hotel in London, Woods said: "Table wines from the Douro used to be loud and intense due to the heat of the region, but they're becoming increasingly elegant."
"Winemakers are moving from making loud drum solos to Baroque orchestral wines. There's a taming going on in the region, giving the wines more finesse," he added.
According to Woods, the terroir of the Douro's schist and granite soils is starting to come through in the wines.
"It's still early days and the winemakers are still learning experimenting with grapes and styles; but the terroir is beginning to come through, which is exciting. At the moment the biggest fingerprint in the wines is from the winemakers, but this is starting to change. Winemakers are trying to find a common Douro thread to make the wines distinctive and recognizable, the way Italian wines are," he said.
"There's a warmth and spice in the wines, which is common to Portugal and the Douro in particular," he added.
In reference to Port, Woods believes the best examples share a common thread.
"They have violet aromas and a mineral edge, with garriguey herbs and spices. Vintage Ports get really interesting when the vineyards start talking," he said.
Woods compared flagship red grape Touriga Nacional to Cabernet Sauvignon, accusing it of being a little stiff and buttoned-up.
Meanwhile, he saw Touriga Franca as more Cabernet Franc-like due to its perfume, and Tinta Roriz as having the red fruit character of Tempranillo due to their shared heritage.
During the masterclass, Woods urged the wine trade not to be snobby about pink Port.
"It might not be to everyone's taste but it's a great entry point into the Port category and a clever way to get people interested in Port who might never have discovered it," he said.
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Attending the Fragrance Foundation Awards on Tuesday (yep, that's a thing) model Lily Donaldson reminded us about our love for hoop earrings. Looking grand-scale gorge in a sheer black dress, LD tucked her golden locks behind her ears and let her ear candy do the talking (incoming again, thanks to Fall '14 Balmain).
Looking for another one-piece wardrobe upgrade? Rock a novelty sweatshirt like ASOS cover girl Elle Fanning.


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Despite the agitations and warnings from both the regions of Telangana and Seemandhra to stall the screening of Ram Charan starrer 'Toofan', it is doing good business at box office before its release. As per the latest news 'Toofan' has done Rs.34 Crore stunning pre-release business. It surprises to all filmmakers that there was no Telangana effect on the business of upcoming debut film of Ram Charan.
Nizam – Rs.11 Cr
Ceded – Rs.7Cr
Nellore – Rs.1.75Cr
Krishna – Rs.2.40Cr
Guntur – Rs.3.10Cr
Vizag – Rs.3.75Cr
East Godavari – Rs.2.60Cr
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Her white-blonde hair shines in the sun as she browses the collars and leashes. She turns, and a breeze ruffles her locks as her eyes find me, suddenly a new friend.
"She's very friendly," says Judy Ransom, the owner of this 7-month-old golden retriever.
Rocklane Hungry Hungry Hippo, or Hayley by her "call name," eagerly buries her dark nose into the offered palm of my hand, only to expect adoring strokes of her feathery fur in return.
"She loves the attention she gets at the shows; that's what it boils down to," Ransom says.
Hayley makes 360-degree surveys of the area, constantly scanning the crowds for potential new friends.
She came from a board game litter. Her brother's name is Parcheesi, and Ransom says she thinks Hayley got the better end of the deal. Randy Ransom, Judy's husband, says the name fits Hayley because of the way she gulps water.
The Ransoms traveled from Spokane, Wash., for the 54th annual Five Valley Kennel Club Dog Show at the Western Montana Fairgrounds in Missoula, Mont., which took place June 22-24.
The show is open to the public for entries as long as the dog is American Kennel Club registered, said Maxine Lane, the 2008 show chair. Almost 1,600 dogs competed this year in the three categories of Conformation, Obedience and Rally-O. The competition stays the same every day but the judges rotate. Ultimately, the dogs get three chances to win throughout the show.
In Conformation, judges look at whether a dog's body meets breed standards, Lane said.
Hayley competed in Conformation in the puppy class all three days of the show. She took first place twice and second place once.
"She really likes being around the other dogs in the ring," Judy Ransom said. "She always seems to do better with the older dogs; she acts older."
The Obedience competition aptly shows how well a dog obeys its owner. Rally combines obedience and agility; the dogs maneuver through a course but must also sit and stay in certain places, Lane said.
This year, a young man with his Scottish deerhound won Best in Show Sunday and Monday. "Oh, beautiful dog," Lane said.
Not all the dogs at the show could be as perfect as the deerhound, and not all of them even competed, exemplified by the Ransoms.
Randy Ransom stands to the side with another golden retriever, an 8-month-old named Riley. The darker colored Riley smiles while he gently pants in the heat. For Conformation competition, Riley does not have quite the right build, but the Ransoms hope to enter him in agility competitions when he's ready.
Hayley did well in the FVKC Dog Show, and Judy Ransom did as well in her first weekend of handling. "We're just getting started and loving it," she said. The Ransoms will move on to other competitions; they go to about one each month during the summer.
The FVKC Dog Show is over this year, but it will return to the fairgrounds next year.
"It's like skiing or horseracing. It's just a way to get together with people," Lane said. "We'll be back, don't worry."


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A SOMBRE gathering of people met at Basingstoke War Memorial to honour the town's war heroes as part of a national event.
War veterans, councillors and members of the public attended the flag-raising ceremony outside the Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council offices on Monday, to mark Armed Forces Day.
The day aims to raise public awareness of the contribution made by those who serve and have served in the armed forces and it gives the nation an opportunity to show its support for veterans, serving troops and their families.
A bugler signalled the start and end of a one-minute silence, before the Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane, Councillor Roger Gardiner, placed a wreath on behalf of the borough at the War Memorial.
The Mayor's Chaplain, Reverend Karen Wellman, addressed the crowd and said a prayer for war veterans and current servicemen and women who have fought in conflicts, including both world wars and in Afghanistan.
A flag was raised by Hampshire County Councillor for Tadley and Baughurst and former Mayor of Basingstoke and Deane, Warwick Lovegrove, at the ceremony organised by the Basingstoke and Overton Royal British Legion branch.
Cllr Gardiner told The Gazette: "It is great to be able to do something like this and it is really important we do remember the armed forces and what they do and the sacrifice they have made. It is important for residents everywhere to remember the armed forces and not just in our borough."
Chairman of the Basingstoke and Overton Royal British Legion, Bill Sample added: "It is very important and this marks the start of the official Armed Forces Day on Saturday.
"It recognises all that the veterans have done in conflicts such as World War One and World War Two."
To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, gardeners from the borough council sowed red poppies at the entrance to War Memorial Park and near woodland inside the park, which bloomed just in time for Armed Forces Day.
Cllr Roger Gardiner said: "The poppy beds will provide a focus for quiet reflection this summer and I encourage everyone to visit our War Memorial and to stop a while in the park while the poppies are in bloom."


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Les Gets is very environmentally conscious and is offering 25% off the combined cost of full day or half-day adult lift passes when four or more people share a car to arrive in the resort.
The discount is available on Wednesdays and Sundays only.
To qualify cars with at least four people in must arrive at the Drive-In lift ticket office at the entrance to the resort to buy the passes.


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Cableyoyo POP earbud Wire and Cord Manager
The Cableyoyo POP is a tiny earphone organizer. The great thing about this gadget is that it is actually a cord winder: not only does it retract the cord, but you can adjust how much you want to pull out at any given time. It works with iPods and other mp3 players, as well as other types of headset cords.


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The Federal Government is prepared to plough more money into defence after the release of a report that highlights cost overruns that threaten its 10-year, $50 billion blueprint.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute says cost overruns on equipment such as air warfare destroyers and surveillance aircraft raise concerns "about whether Defence can realise much of what it announced".
Asked whether increases in cost estimates would mean investing more money, a spokeswoman for the Minister for Defence, Senator Robert Hill, said the Defence Capability Plan "will be fully funded".
"That's our commitment," she said. "It's our blueprint to meet defence needs in the future."
The budget in May is likely to be the time for any spending increases. However, the Federal Government will have to weigh the new spending on defence against demands for tax cuts and initiatives in health and education in what will be a pre-election budget.
An alternative would be to delay the projects as a cost-saving measure, although this could lead to charges that the Government is cutting defence capability by stealth.
The Government's blueprint, put forward in a document released last month, was the first update since the 2001 Defence Capability Plan, contained in the Government's White Paper on defence.
The new Defence Capability Plan revealed that the cost of the replacement for the Orion maritime surveillance aircraft rose from $1.5 to $2 billion and the cost of air warfare destroyers rose from between $3.5 million and $4.5 billion to between $4.5 billion and $6 billion. The cost of field vehicles and trailers rose by $1 billion to a up to $3.1 billion.
Of the 65 projects in the original Defence Capability Plan that have been carried over to the new spending plan, the institute found five had been accelerated, 32 were static and 28 had been deferred.
Labor's defence spokesman, Chris Evans, said he "was seriously concerned that problems with the original Defence Capability Plan are now being translated into delayed and abandoned capability".
The institute also found that last mont's version of the plan "calls into question whether Defence can realise much of what it announced late last year".
"Cost blow-outs in a number of projects certainly won't aid in dispelling the general belief that the Defence Capability Plan remains underfunded," say the report's authors, Aldo Borgu and Mark Thomson.
On a strategic level, the report also queries the wisdom of the decision to retire the F-111 fighter jets early, the impending purchase of two large amphibious warships and the unmanned aerial vehicle capability foreshadowed by Defence.
"The ability of the FA-18s to replace the F-111 in 2010 must be placed under some doubt," the institute says.
"The argument has still not been made as to why the ADF needs two larger 26,000-tonne amphibious warships rather than a larger number of smaller vessels.
"The bottom line is that far greater scrutiny is needed before taxpayers can be convinced that they are indeed getting more bang for their buck from these changes. Let alone the right sort of bang," the report says.
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Benghazi Libya
WASHINGTON — The latest from the House Benghazi committee's hearing featuring testimony from former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday. Continue reading
Late Friday, there was a new finding about the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that led to the deaths of Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans. Ken Dilanian of the Associated Press wrote about it, and joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington for the latest. Continue reading
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Wednesday afternoon Democrats would in fact participate in the Select Committee on Benghazi. The House voted to create the investigatory committee earlier this month on an overwhelmingly party line vote, with only seven Democrats supporting its creation. Continue reading
Though the economy has been the priority for voters in this election, the consulate attack in Libya and concern about Iran's nuclear ambitions have renewed some urgency and emphasis on foreign policy in the national dialogue. Jeffrey Brown talks to the Washington Post's David Ignatius and the Philadelphia Inquirer's Trudy Rubin. Continue reading


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Vatukoula Gold Mines – Down but far from out
AIM listed Vatukoula Gold Mines (VGM) is not a tip that has covered me in glory. Yet. I tipped it at 46.5p in November 2008 and although it zoomed ahead thereafter, the shares now trade at 41p valuing it at £40 million. All gold juniors have taken a hammering in the past 18 months but Vatukoula has also failed to hit production targets and so has taken a stock specific hammering as well. But it has cash, is profitable and the current valuation is just crazy. This is a stock that could well double within a year and still be cheap. And this is why.Read the full article on TradingResearchPoint | Comments


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Christina Applegate training for the 2016 Olympic diving team. Great form.
Cybill Shepherd is her very own umbrella holder.
So, Anna Kendrick earlier, and David Beckham later. This is BS, Before Sock.
Look at Ellen's fancy ride.
Farrah Abraham at a Gone With The Wind themed escort party.
Ashley Greene's home is apparently California.
The Goopster takes her daughter out for a spin in a Vespa.
Hilary Duff practices her royal wave. Hey, Prince Harry wanted to date her before she got married.
Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux back in Mexico for the 28th time this year.


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Born: April 7, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Died: May 14, 1998 in her home in Coconut Grove, Florida
Graduated from Wellesley College in 1912, elected "Class Orator"
Won many O. Henry awards for published short stories
1947 book The Everglades: River of Grass continues in print
Helped establish the Everglades National Park in 1947
Spearheaded The Friends of the Everglades, a conservation organization, in 1969
1.3 million-acre Everglades wilderness area dedicated in her name on the Park's fiftieth anniversary
Environmental Legacy
The untiring efforts of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, a writer and environmentalist who fell in love with the Everglades in the early 1900's, were instrumental to protecting the Everglades existence.
As an assistant editor of The Miami Herald, Douglas wrote editorials urging protection of Florida's unique regional character in the face of rapid commercial development. After leaving the paper in 1923, she devoted herself to her literary career, writing extensively about south Florida conservation. In 1947, Douglas published The Everglades: River of Grass as part of The Rivers of America Series. This book, a guide and a natural/political history, not only raised awareness regarding the Everglades but also helped to diminish the national misperception of wetlands as swamps. Still in print, Everglades: River of Grass sells more than 10,000 copies a year.
Douglas became a leader of the successful campaigns for the establishment of Everglades National Park and Biscayne National Park. In 1969, she helped to found the conservation organization Friends of the Everglades and spearheaded legislation to protect the parks and their wildlife. To defend this fragile ecosystem, she gave speeches and went head-to-head with government authorities.
Although protecting the Everglades was her main passion, Douglas worked for a variety of causes. Aside from the land itself, she was especially drawn to the endangered Florida panther and to ibises. She was an early suffragist and promoted civil rights. In the Miami area, she worked to improve housing and bathroom facilities for her black neighbors, and she started a Baby Milk Fund for families who couldn't afford milk.
Today, you can visit the Everglades, her home or an adjacent Mediterranean-style house, which will soon house an environmental education and research center.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was proof that one voice can make a difference.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- It doesn't happen that often, but sometimes the stock market views certain companies with such disdain that investors are theoretically paid to buy them. Essentially, that's what may be happening when a company's enterprise value (market cap + debt + minority interests + preferred stock - cash and cash equivalents) is negative. In those situations, cash and cash equivalents exceed the sum of the other components of the EV formula, which is sometimes used as a basis for the takeover price of a company. While it may not necessarily be what the company is actually worth, it can represent what an acquiring firm would be paying at a given point in time, since an acquirer would have to assume the debt, but would become the owner of any cash. Of course, companies that find themselves trading at a negative EV often trade at such depressed prices for very good reasons. They may simply be in decline, and relatively large cash balances may be temporary, as poor operating performance forces these companies to continually burn through that cash. You sometimes see small biotech or pharmaceutical names trading at negative EVs, but these are often burning through their cash as they attempt to bring products to market. Sometimes the companies are simply disliked due to negative sentiment about their industry.
The latter appears to be the case with Career Education ( CECO), which is in the for-profit education business. This is a sector that has suffered mightily over the past few years, due to reports of questionable business practices, including misleading students into assuming large amounts of debt that they might not be able to pay back. Since many of these loans were government-backed, tighter regulations have followed. In turn, many names in the sector have fallen sharply in recent years, as enrollments and profits have dwindled, and an industry that once had cult-like status, is now viewed with skepticism. CECO shares have dropped 50% in the past year, as the company's total student population fell 21% for the first quarter vs. the same quarter last year.


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Ticks and Lyme Disease
Spread to people who are bitten by an infected tick, Lyme disease is notoriously difficult to diagnose; yet, more than 30,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported in 2014 according to the CDC, making it the most commonly reported vector-borne illness in the U.S. In 2015, the CDC released a study indicating high-risk areas for Lyme disease have significantly increased during the past 20 years. In the Northeast, where the disease has always been the most prominent, the number of counties identified as having a high incidence of Lyme disease has increased by more than 320 percent, according to the CDC. In the north central part of the country, that increase is approximately 250 percent.
Ticks may be tiny, but they're also dangerous insects that can transmit serious diseases. Their tiny size can make it easy to miss one that has crawled on your body after time spent outdoors. A few tips for locating and protecting yourself from tick bites include:
- Clean and check thoroughly. Bathe or shower right after spending time outdoors and conduct a full-body tick check using a mirror to see hard to reach places such as the under arms, belly button, behind the knees, and on the scalp.
- Protect yourself in wooded areas. Avoid wooded and bushy areas with high grass and leaf litter.
- Apply EPA-approved insect repellent before participating in outdoor activities. Make sure to read and follow all label directions.
- Put up a barrier. Place a barrier of wood chips or gravel between your lawn, patio and play equipment, and any wooded areas. This will restrict tick migration to recreational areas.
- Use tips from a professional. Consult a professional to spray your yard perimeter to reduce tick populations.
Preventing tick bites is the best way to prevent Lyme disease. "Tick checks" are mentioned in jest and even country music songs, but they should be taken seriously as they can keep the tiny insect from latching on to you. Be sure to check yourself and your family and pets for ticks, during or after time outdoors, especially in wooded areas. These tiny bugs can commonly be found:
- In and around your ears
- Inside your belly button
- Behind your knees
- Around your waist
- On your scalp and in your hair
Symptoms can masquerade as those of the flu, including fever, headache, nausea, jaw pain, light sensitivity, red eyes, muscle aches, neck stiffness, and development of a rash – sometimes shaped like a "bull's eye" mark – or hardly noticeable at all. If misdiagnosed or left untreated, Lyme disease infects the joints, hearts, and nervous system.
Other tick-borne diseases, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, also pose serious health risks. Preventing tick bites and controlling tick populations is essential to help your protect family, pets and community from these illnesses.
Lyme disease causes serious complications for many families. Here Jennifer Reid, a Lyme disease survivor, talk about her experience:


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So you've worked hard with solar passive design concepts to achieve an 8 or 9 star rated house and you feel comfortable you won't be needing any air-conditioning. You've got layers of insulation, double glazed windows, they are in the right spots to keep the sun out in summer and let it in during winter, you can make use of the lovely cooling breeze, and it's so air tight you could take it to Mars and be comfortable. You've also dropped a massive polished concrete slab on the ground for thermal mass, keeping things nice and warm in winter. You've then complemented the lovely house with a lovely solar hot water system (perhaps Australian made) and maybe even some solar photovoltaic power panels.
What can I do to reduce my carbon footprint? There has been much talk and public debate about taxes, trading schemes, emission cuts and jobs lost or gained. Putting all that aside, what role can each individual play in reducing one's carbon footprint?
There is a fundamental fault line that runs through the heart of the climate change issue in Australia. Privately, we take it seriously while publicly we do almost nothing. The horrendous floods that we have witnessed in many states in recent months provide a glimpse of the social, environmental and economic impact that climate change is having on the Australian economy and a foretaste of perhaps even worse things to come. And yet organisations, including governments and corporate businesses, seem incapable of developing an adequate response to the problem. The Gillard government's extraordinary proposal of reducing climate change funding to pay for flood damage is an example of the fickle nature of government views on this issue. The lack of any substantive alternative policies concerning climate change issues from the conservative opposition speaks of their completely inadequate understanding of the level of scientific knowledge on the topic.


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GUADALAJARA, JALISCO - Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles are currently in the Jalisco city of Guadalajara where theyll face one of Mexicos most historic teams: Chivas. Both teams are in dire need of wins; the home side Chivas are currently sitting in 16th place out of 18 teams and will face unprecedented relegation problems if the continue with their current form. Xolos are now in 10th place and looking to get into the playoff zone.
Chivas vs Tijuana Xolos is scheduled for Sunday September 15 at 5:00PM local time (3:00PM pacific time) from the Estadio Omnilife in Guadalajara and will be part of Week 10 of the Liga Bancomer MX.
The outstanding home form from Xolos has been the key to why the border town team is close to that playoff zone. But playing outside of the Estadio Caliente has been a different story for the Xolos all season. They have lost all road games in the current Apertura 2013 season and will be looking for their first win as a visitor.
Chivas have had a long and tiring season already and the season is just a little over halfway through. Owner Jorge Vergara has let go of the manager who started out the season Benjamín Galindo and brought in Juan Carlos Ortega. Vergara has also decided to take a more active role at the club than what he had been doing the previous season. Chivas will be under a huge amount of pressure by their recent results and now under the watchful eye of their owner.
Xolos comes into this game following a big 3-0 win at home over Veracruz last Saturday night, while Chivas comes into this game after dropping a three goal lead in a matter of minutes to Tigres to end in a 3-3 draw.
The last time these two clubs met was in the final regular season game of last season where the #Xolos took a 4-0 win at the Estadio Caliente. The last time they faced each other at the Omnilife the Tijuana side also took the win by a score of 0-2 back in the Apertura 2012 season; season that Xolos lifted the championship trophy.
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Disability Based Scholarships
The American Council of the Blind administers more than two dozen scholarships and grants for outstanding, legally blind, full-time students. A minimum GPA of 3.3 is generally required, but made be adjusted under extenuating circumstances. The application deadline is March 1. http://acb.org/scholarship
The American Foundation for the Blind maintains a number of scholarship and grant opportunities based on financial need. For example, the Karen D. Carsel Memorial Scholarship awards one $500 scholarship to a full-time graduate student. The Ferdinand Torres Scholarship awards one $2,500 grant to a full-time undergraduate or graduate student, with a strong preference for new immigrants in the New York City area. The application may be completed on-line. The deadline is March 31. https://www.afb.org/section.aspx?Documentid=2962
The National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program provides need-based assistance in varying amounts to legally blind students enrolled in a full-time degree program. The application deadline is March 31. https://nfb.org/scholarships
Ulman Cancer Fund's National College Scholarship Program was established to support the financial needs of young adults whose lives have been impacted by cancer and are seeking a higher education. Several scholarships are available and most have a localized geographic focus. http://ulmanfund.org/scholarships/
National Collegiate Cancer Foundation provides scholarships to young adults affected by cancer.
SAMfund offers scholarships to young adults between 21-39 years of age. http://www.thesamfund.org/what-we-do/grants/
Cancer Survivors Fund Scholarships awarded to cancer survivors and based on academic qualifications of candidates and hardship. http://www.cancersurvivorsfund.org/ScholarshipEligibilityRequirements.htm
Patient Advocate Foundation Scholarships for Survivors provides scholarships for cancer patients/survivors under the age of 25. http://www.patientadvocate.org/index.php?p=69
Cancer For College awards scholarships to young adult cancer survivors and patients. http://cancerforcollege.org/CFC_Application.html
The Elizabeth Nash Foundation (ENF) awards scholarships to assists persons with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) to pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees. This program is open to individuals with CF who are in-going or current undergraduate or graduate students at an accredited US-based college or university.http://elizabethnashfoundation.org/scholarshipapply.html
The Alexander Graham Bell Association's George H. Nofer Scholarship for Law and Public Policy provides $5,000 awards each year for up to three full-time graduate students. Grantees must be attending law school or be enrolled in a masters or doctoral program in public policy or public administration.
The Lilly Reintegration Scholarship supports students who receive medical treatment with bipolar disease, schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, and schizoaffective disorder. http://www.reintegration.com/resources/scholarships/apply.asp


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Music is returning to Jambalaya Park starting March 3 as the Mayor's Council on the Arts for the city of Gonzales brings back the popular Music in the Park series.
The free concerts will kick off at 2 p.m. March 3 with Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band.
The New Orleans-based 90 Degrees West performs March 10 and Phat Hat is set to play March 17.
The series, at 1015 E. Cornerveiw Road, Gonzales, ends March 24 when Marcia Ball takes the stage.
"The event has just been wonderful," Mayor Barney Arceneaux said. "In Music in the Park's third year, the event is more successful than the music committee and the Mayor's office would have ever dreamed.
"We are very excited and looking forward to another great year of Music in the Park at Jambalaya Park in Gonzales," he said.
The concert series is produced by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge and sponsored by local businesses.
Arceneaux said an average of 300 people attended each week of the previous concert series.
Chubby Carrier and the Bayou Swamp Band are set to bring their Grammy-winning zydeco music to the park's stage. The group won a Grammy for Best Zydeco/Cajun Music Album in 2010.
High-energy country music will be performed by 90 Degrees West and Phat Hat will bring a combination of soul and funk to the stage.
"And we're so lucky to have Marcia Ball returning," Arceneaux said.
Ball performed in 2011.
"We tried to go for everything from Zydeco to country to rock," Arceneaux said. "We want to bring in different genres each week for a little flavor of Louisiana."
The mayor said the series is a family-friendly, picnic-styled social outing and encouraged residents to take advantage of the park's open setting.
"Bring your wine and cheese or sandwiches and blanket and have fun listening and dancing to the music," he said.
For information, call (225) 647-2841.


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I've just finished reading the book "Zero Day" by Mark Russinovich. This is the first fiction book that has computers and technology at the heart of it where I didn't angrily shout to the invisible author about the inaccuracy of the tech storyline. Even though the story is a work of fiction, the technical portion is spot-on -- and downright scary. But that makes sense considering Russinovich's background: He's a technical fellow at Microsoft, the senior-most technical position there, but is known globally for his contribution to the IT community through the Sysinternals tools many of us have used at one time or another.
The story involves the release of different types of viruses and rootkits that have the ability to do everything from crashing planes to overheating nuclear power plants to swiping company data and billing records, crushing entire companies. Sounds impossible? Perhaps you didn't read the headlines earlier this month that highlighted a computer virus in the cockpits of the U.S. drone fleet that logged every keystroke of these drones while they flew missions over war zones. Yes, the danger is very real, and combined with a great storyline (which I won't spoil -- read it for yourself), it had me on the edge of my seat.
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But now what? All I could think of after finishing it was, "What do we do to prevent these attacks from becoming a bigger catastrophe than they already are?" So I interviewed Russinovich himself for the answers.
InfoWorld: With so many new viruses and rootkits, is it even possible for OS developers like Microsoft and Apple, as well as antivirus firms, to combat the onslaught of new danger?
Mark Russinovich: No software is completely secure, but it's the industry's obligation to try to make our systems as secure as possible. That includes using software development processes like the SDL (Security Development Lifecycle), building in defense-in-depth features like ASLR (address space layout randomization) and DEP (data-execution protecton), and by creating sandboxes, like Microsoft Office's protected view [and Apple's iOS and Mac OS X Lion --Ed.], to isolate malware in case it penetrates a system. It's not something where at some point you can stand back and say you're done; it's on ongoing effort to stay ahead of the attackers.
InfoWorld: In describing how rootkits are often undetected by antivirus software, the book says (on page 215), "They implant themselves deep within the kernel of the operating system." What is Microsoft doing to combat this kind of problem? With Windows already being a modular OS, aren't there failsafes in place to keep what happens in the user-mode subsystems from reaching down into the kernel-mode subsystems to cause damage?
Russinovich: Microsoft is using all the technologies I mentioned. The most important line of defense is the entry point, so the focus is first and foremost on keeping malicious software off a system. Code signing, app stores with a vetting process, secure launch, and antivirus are all technologies aimed at that. Once malware is on and executing, you've been compromised, and at that point it's a matter of containing the damage and, ideally, cleaning the system. Kernel-mode rootkits are especially problematic because they can be extremely difficult to detect and because they are on a level playing field with the operating system, so there's no general way to clean them off. Each one must be addressed on a case-by-case basis.


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Toronto city council has overwhelmingly voted no to a massive new downtown casino, shutting the door on a year-long debate that featured a parade of ambitious plans and a citizen-led campaign against them.
In an unexpected move, council also rejected plans to expand the gambling floor at Woodbine Racetrack, a narrow result that left the site's operator concerned for its future. However, council went on to vote in favour of pursuing discussions with the provincial and federal governments to expand the amount of convention space in the city, news that will be welcomed by those who say Toronto is lagging behind other North American destinations.
Nick Eaves, chief executive of Woodbine Entertainment Group, which operates the north Etobicoke site, watched the vote along with about 200 of his workers, who bussed in to city hall.
In addition to the support from workers, Woodbine had a petition with 10,000 signatures, he said. "For all of that to be unnoticed and to be turned down today is a real shock," he said.
Councillor Mike Layton, who led the charge to have the special meeting even after Mayor Rob Ford declared the casino plan effectively dead last week, put forward the motion to oppose the downtown site. It passed 40 to 4. Mr. Layton also asked council to oppose expansion in the area that includes Woodbine, which passed in a 24-20 vote. Earlier in the meeting Mr. Ford attempted to get support for a compromise that would see expanded gambling at Woodbine. That motion failed 13 to 31.
Mr. Eaves said the prospect of a new casino now going to neighbouring Vaughan or Markham would "severely compromise" Woodbine's ability to compete. He said he hopes to work out a deal with the province to keep Woodbine operating.
Oxford Properties Group, which in 2011 acquired the land under the Metro Toronto Convention Centre's north building, has been advocating for a casino on Front Street to help fund the convention centre's expansion.
Michael Kitt, Oxford's executive vice-president, said in an interview that the company supports the city's decision. He said Oxford was encouraged by the discussion that arose at Tuesday's meeting. Council unanimously voted in favour of pursuing discussions with Queen's Park and Ottawa to invest in additional convention space.
"We think that's an important topic to continue the momentum over the coming months," he said.
Tuesday's highly anticipated casino vote, held at a special meeting called by a majority of councillors over Mr. Ford's objections, was overshadowed by recent allegations the mayor was caught on video smoking crack cocaine.
During the council debate, Mr. Ford – who for months was one of the casino's most vocal supporters because of the jobs and revenue he said it would bring – spoke out against a downtown casino and laid the blame at Premier Kathleen Wynne's feet.
"No deal is good enough for this Premier," Mr. Ford told a packed council chamber. "She doesn't want a casino in Toronto. No one knows which direction she's going on the gaming file."
The City of Toronto had originally counted on collecting $100-million annually for hosting a casino, but that came crashing down after The Globe and Mail reported that would mean a special deal for Toronto. Ms. Wynne told the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. to give all municipalities the same deal, and the new funding formula would see Toronto get a little more than $53-million a year for the downtown site.
Las Vegas-based MGM Resorts was among those to express interest in Toronto and, according to city lobbyist records, was the most aggressive of the potential casino operators.
Alan Feldman, MGM vice-president of public affairs, in a written statement thanked council for carefully considering the opportunity.
"As we have always said, we only want to operate in a city where we can partner with the local community," he wrote. "For this reason, we are excited to continue the process and remain committed to sharing our vision with a willing host in the greater Toronto area."
Mr. Feldman did not respond to an e-mail asking why the casino pitch didn't work in Toronto.
Jan Jones, of Caesars Entertainment, which had also expressed interest, wrote in a statement that she was "disappointed" by the vote, but respected council's decision.
Peggy Calvert, one of the founding members of citizens' group No Casino Toronto, said she was "delighted" by the result.
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The majority of new vehicles have multiple warning lights. Turn your engine off, then turn it to the "accessory" position, before the starter engages, and briefly, all the warning lights will illuminate. If you're lucky, that's the only time you'll see them, but it's a good idea to match the symbols to the information in your owner's manual to get an idea of how to respond if a warning light goes on.
Key warning lights
Tire pressure light: Usually a tire symbol with an exclamation point, this comes on when one or more tires are significantly underinflated, AAA national director of auto repair and buying John Nielsen said. This may be the result of gradual pressure leakage over time or a puncture. If the tire pressure monitoring system displays individual tire pressures, check the dash display: If the pressures are all within a few pounds of one another, the warning is probably from gradual leakage. Check and adjust the tire pressures as soon as possible.
If one pressure is significantly lower than the others, a puncture is likely. Some vehicles just have a general tire monitoring light, which doesn't provide specific information for each tire. Look for one tire that appears lower on air than the others. These monitors can malfunction, especially in cold weather.
Oil pressure light: Usually an oil can symbol or the word "OIL," this illuminates when there is a drop in engine oil pressure, Nielsen said, and you should take it very seriously. Of all the warning lights, the oil pressure light indicates the greatest potential for serious mechanical damage. Drive slowly to a safe place, pull over and call for help.
Engine temperature light: Usually a thermometer symbol or the word "TEMP," this comes on when the engine temperature has exceeded the safe maximum. If the increase in temperature is not stopped, major engine damage can occur. If there are no other overt signs of overheating, such as steam or liquid coolant coming from under the hood, roll down the windows and turn on the heater full blast as you drive at a reduced speed. If the warning light stays on after a couple of miles, pull off the road at the first safe opportunity and call for help.
Charging system light: Usually a battery symbol or the word "ALT," this illuminates when the vehicle electrical system is no longer being supplied power by the alternator. It's serious, but driving the vehicle to a safe place usually won't cause more damage.
Check engine light: Usually an engine symbol with the words "CHECK ENGINE SOON," this typically comes on when there is a problem affecting the vehicle's exhaust emissions. If the check engine light comes on and stays on, make an appointment with an auto repair shop to have the problem checked as soon as possible. If the light begins flashing repeatedly, the catalytic converter may be overheating, and it could be dangerous to keep driving.


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CASABLANCA (Oct. 8)
Victor Malka, editor of The Voice of the Communities, organ of the Council of Moroccan Jewish Communities, and Moroccan correspondent for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, announced today that he will bring suit against Akhbar Dounia, a newspaper financed by Egypt and notorious for its anti-Jewish attitude, for defamation in connection with an article charging that Mr. Malka was associated with Israel's Kol Israel broadcasting network. The article published by the Egyptian-backed paper said that Kol Israel was daily calling on Moroccan Jews to leave the country.
Mr. Malka also charged that an employee of the Moroccan post office had illegally brought to the attention of Akhbared Dounia the contents of a cable dispatch he had sent to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, reporting that the Casablanca Municipal Council would furnish material aid to three Jewish institutions. The Arab paper subsequently protested the municipality's decision.


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Gun Bong in Green ceramic
For the those risk takers edge seekers and just nuts out there! Wrap your lips around this pistol and take a deep breath! Puff puff pass!
Art that functions. A limited edition sculpture by Malia Jensen is also a fully functioning tobacco pipe. Only 50 have been made.Tags: art, sculptures, pipes, 420, marijuana, apple pipeAdded 6 Years Ago from Artwareeditions


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DARREN Anderton and Warren Cummings are set to make guest appearances for Poole Town in Taffy Richardson's testimonial against a Cherries XI on Monday (7.45pm).
The Dean Court favourites, who both received international caps during distinguished professional careers, will represent the Tatnam club in cameo roles against Stephen Purches's development squad.
Dorset legend Richardson, 47, will bring down the curtain on his remarkable playing career after making more than 1,000 semi-professional appearances following his appointment as Dolphins first-team coach.
Left-back Cummings worked with Richardson during his spell with Poole last season before the former Scotland international linked up with ex-Cherries boss Lee Bradbury at Conference South club Havant and Waterlooville.
Anderton, capped 30 times for England, featured for Cherries between 2006 and 2008 before he retired from professional football at the age of 36.
Richardson is also optimistic that QPR hot shot and Poole poster boy Charlie Austin will be present, albeit purely on a watching brief, to meet with supporters at the highly-anticipated showpiece.
Meanwhile, Dolphins manager Tom Killick received a boost ahead of his side's first pre-season friendly after Marvin Brooks committed his future to the club.
The 24-year-old midfielder had been on trial with full-time Conference South outfit Sutton United but this week expressed concerns over clashes with his work as a personal trainer.
Brooks, who had promised not to join any other part-time club, signed his one-year deal with Poole yesterday.
Admission for Richardson's testimonial is set at £7 for adults, £5 for concessions and £1 for under-16s.


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" Author: R. L. Stine / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 160 Pages / Book is published 2002-04-02 by Collins "
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You're in for a real treat today, usually I just do 1 review, and maybe once I have done 3 reviews, referring to the Midnight Library, but today I have to do 10 reviews. Why? I hear you ask; the reason being is that this book has exactly 10 stories inside, ok maybe not a whole story but short stories. What interested me the most was the fact that R.L. Stine gave us a little introduction to each story which tells us how he had thought of it and where it had come from. I shall include every introduction at the start of each review, hopefully it will capture your heart and make you go out and buy this book!
But before I start, I want to type up the first half of the blurb (The back of the book) due to this is like a little introduction.
"Some stories are too terrifying to tell," says R.L. Stine. "They are the ones that live in the darkest corners of my mind. The ones that give me chills in the dead of night. The ones that I must tell you now - or they will haunt me forever." Now if that hasn't ripped your heart in two then these stories will...
The Halloween Dance
"I always wanted to be very scary on Halloween. I wanted to be a ghost, or a mummy, or a skeleton. But my parents went shopping and brought home a DUCK costume.
It was white and feathery and had a fuzzy yellow tail. On Halloween night I was embarrassed to go out of the house.
I told my friends I was a vampire duck. But they didn't buy that story for a minute. They hooted and laughed and quacked at me all night. It was the worst Halloween of my life.
I remembered that dreadful night when I wrote this story.
It's about two boys who are DYING to have the scariest Halloween ever. But they quickly change their minds when the thrills turn to chills."
The introduction speaks enough about the story to get you guessing but to be honest I don't know how to elaborate on the introduction due to the fact that I don't want to give too much away. All I can say is that it made me shiver at the thought of a Halloween as bad as that. And I tell you that their Halloween is DEADLY scary!
The Bad Baby-Sitter
"One night when I was a kid, a new baby-sitter came to the house. She was young and pretty, and I looked forward to a fun night.
I was wrong.
As soon as my parents left, the baby-sitter started telling me frightening stories. She told me about a two-headed kid who went to her school. And about a teacher who died but kept right on teaching.
She told me about a scientist who kept a living human brain in a fish tank and brought it to parties. And about a boy my age who had fish gills on his neck and could breathe only underwater.
She told me the stories were all true, and I believed her. By the time I went to bed, I was shaking so hard, I couldn't sleep!
I remembered that baby-sitter when I started this story. And I tried to create a baby-sitter even more frightening than the one I had that night."
Now that little introduction would make you creep out if you had a baby-sitter telling you such stories and you believed her. But that introduction was nothing compared to the actual story which had me in total shivers the night when my baby-sitter read it to me in 2001, now I'm grown up I still shiver with the thought that any baby-sitter could be just as terrifying due to the fact you don't exactly know her/him that well even now child minders also give me the shivers.
Revenge of the Snowman
"I live in New York City. And when you live in such a crowded, noisy place, you overhear a lot of conversations.
One afternoon I was passing a junior high in my neighbourhood, and I overheard two boys arguing. 'You can be scared to death,' a tall boy in a Mets cap said. 'It happens a lot.'
'No way!' his friend replied. 'You can't just see something and drop dead.'
'Your heart can stop,' the first boy insisted. 'It can just freeze. You get so scared, you just freeze-forever.'
Frozen in fear, I thought, watching the boys run for a bus. Is it possible for someone to be frozen in fear?
And just as I had that thought, it started to snow.
By the time I walked home, the snow was swirling-and my brain was swirling too. I rushed to my computer to write this story."
Ok, this introduction doesn't help as such as it talks in slight riddles that make you question what it is about, I don't know whether to tell you more or leave you with the riddles to think up suitable stories that link with the introduction and the title. But I have a better idea I want to confuse you and make questions upon questions fill your heads upon this certain story so my evilness (according to boys at school) has got a use after all... well I believe that snowman's can't walk so how can a snowman who has a carrot for a nose and currents for a mouth and twigs for arms manage to have it's revenge? And who is the snowman having his revenge on? How would you feel if you were created into a snowman? Would you feel nothing because you have frozen........... to................. death?
How to Bargain With a Dragon
"A lot of my story ideas start with the question: What if...?
This story began with the question What if dragons were real?
I have always been fascinated by the giant winged creatures. In stories and movies and drawings, dragons have always seemed very real and alive to me. They are fierce and majestic at the same time. Ugly and beautiful. And so much more intelligent than dinosaurs
I know they are mythical. I know that dragons never existed.
But what if they did?
This is a story about a boy on a terrifying mission. Ned is about to face the fiercest dragon of them all-and he will soon learn the answer to that awesome question"
Again the introduction gives away most of what the story is about, and yet again I can not elaborate much more to the introduction as I'm failing to say the right thing to prevent you knowing to much, but one thing for sure is that this is not just a normal story it's one with a terrifying twist that makes you have cheers of joy, or am I wrong, does it give you cries of sadness? Find out by reading this book.
The Mummy's Dream
"The museum in my hometown was very small. When we visited there on school trips, my friends and I always headed to the same place-the mummy room.
I'd lean over the big stone case and stare down at the ancient mummy. He seemed to stare back at me through the layers of gauze and tar. His arms were crossed over his slender chest. The gauze wrapped around his body was stained and torn.
One day our fourth-grade class visited the museum. I headed straight for the mummy room. I was staring down at the ancient figure when a few of my friends decided to be funny.
As I leaned over the case, they grabbed me. They lifted me off the floor-and started to drop me headfirst into the case.
I let out a scream. I didn't want to fall on top of that mummy. I didn't want to touch him.
Luckily my friends saw a guard approaching. They quickly pulled me out and stood me on my feet.
Ever since that close call, I've always wondered what it would be like to lie on the bottom of a cold, ancient mummy case.
This is a story about a boy who finds out."
Now in my opinion this introduction has given just a little bit too much away as R.L. Stine's story as a child is as close as you can possibly find of an experience pretty much the same as the boy's in this story. But what is the untold future of this boy? Will he ever live to find that out? What will happen as he steps into the coffin? I shall not tell you I'll leave you in suspense... I'm sure all this has already made you stop reading and walk out the front door and you are probably stomping up to the nearest book store in search of this book, if you are not I believe you need more persuading READ ON... IF YOU DARE!
Are We There Yet?
"For our summer vacations, my parents used to take us on long car trips. My brother and sister and I were squeezed in the backseat-and we'd argue and fight the whole way.
As we rode, my mom would point out every cow and horse. My dad always got lost. We hated these trips! They always ended with the three of us kids screaming, 'Let us out if this car!'
'No Problem,' my mom would shoot back. 'This is a one-way trip. You don't have to ride back with us.' She meant it as a joke. But I always wondered-what if she was serious?"
Now the introduction, yet again, has given a fair bit of information about the story and has now got you needing to read all the stories so far but you have yet to have been amazed as the next few stories are far the worst stories EVER!!!
Take Me with You
"I don't like going into antique stores, because I know ghosts are lingering there.
I know that the old items on display are haunted by the ghosts of the people who owned them. Look around the store....
The silver handbrush is still held by the hand of the woman who brushed her hair with it so many years ago. The old leather chair isn't empty. There's the man who sat in it day after day, leaning his ghostly head against its soft back.
The antique jeweled beads rattle against the throat of their long-dead owner. And the wooden fire truck is still treasured by the ghostly children who played with it a hundred years ago.
Ghosts everywhere you turn.
I know. I can see them.
This is a story about a father who brings a beat-up old steamer trunk home from an antique store. And guess what is waiting inside...."
Now this story was the clearest in my head due to the fact that it's the most scariest in my opinion. And it gave me shivers the second time I read it which is weird due to the fact that I knew what it was about and the fact that I had already read it.
My Imaginary Friend
"Go away, Max. I don't have the time to talk now.
No, really, Max, give me a break. Go away and let me write. I'll talk to you when I'm finished, okay?
Sorry, readers. Max is my imaginary friend, and he's driving me crazy today.
Do you think I'm too old to have an imaginary friend? Yes. So do I. But someone should tell that to Max!
Max-get away from my keyboard. I'm going to write a story about a boy who has an imaginary friend-a very dangerous imaginary friend.
No. You can't help me. Go away. I mean it, Max.
Get away from the computer! Go away. GO AWAY!"
I agree with R.L. Stine this boy in the story has got a totally dangerous imaginary friend, and at the start you question who is the imaginary friend, eventually you find out but then you question again and again, usually imaginary friends prevent you from getting into trouble but this one doesn't this one does the opposite...
"Where do story ideas come from? This one came from a memory that has always haunted me.
I grew up in Columbus, Ohio. Every summer my friends and I look forward to the Ohio State Fair. We loved everything about it-the great junk food, the giant pumpkins and squashes and melons, the demolition derbies, the carnival rides, the award-winning horses, cows and fat, sloppy hogs.
One night we stayed very late. Somehow I got separated from everyone. The fair was closing. The lights were dimming. I ran along a back fence, searching for my friends.
Suddenly a huge man in a baggy black suit stepped into my path. His face was big and round and wrinkled, like a prize cabbage. 'Hurry,' he called to me. 'This way! Hurry! You're just in time!'
I stopped and stared at him. The fairgrounds were nearly empty. What did he want?
'Hurry-you're just in time,' he whispered. 'This way!'
A chill ran down my back. I turned and ran. I heard the man laughing behind me-cold, cruel laughter.
Some nights I still hear that laughter. I thought of that cabbage-faced man in the dark fairgrounds when I wrote this story."
That introduction gives you a little hint to what the story would be about but for the people who still haven't clicked what the story is about then I should tell you that these 2 boys in the story sees a man doing exactly the same thing but these dumb boys thought it'll be a good idea to see what they were in time for... well done R.L. Stine, this story helps him to stop questioning about what would have happened if he did follow the cabbage-faced man, as this story gives the ending in which R.L. Stine would have been happy that he chose to run away...
Can You Draw Me?
"Did you ever wonder why some people can draw and others can't? What kind of strange magic is involved?
When I was a kid, I dreamed of being a cartoonist. I spent hours and hours drawing little comic books. Then one day I looked around and saw that my drawings were like baby scribbles compared to those of the other kids in my class.
I decided I'd better write instead of draw. But I've been fascinated by artists ever since.
When I sat down to write this story, I asked myself these questions: What if an artist suddenly lost control of his painting? What if his hand started painting on its own? What if he couldn't control it at all?
How terrifying would that be?
You decide...."
That, yet again, introduction has setted out what the story is about and I don't really need to elaborate upon what the introduction had said. I hope I have left you in suspense in every story and I hope that one day you all have read this book and there will be a lot more than just my review on this book.
I shall finish up by putting the other part of the blurb here:
Read the terrifying story of a babysitter who loves evil tricks...the chilling tale if a boy who dared to lie down in an ancient mummy case...the frightful story of two boys dying to have the scariest Halloween ever....
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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Cannaday, Christopher Dean Author's Email Address firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-06032006-113117 Title Effects of Terraces on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Shallow Marsh Ponds in Coastal Southwest Louisiana Degree Master of Science (M.S.) Department Renewable Natural Resources Advisory Committee
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Date of Defense 2006-03-29 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe wetlands of coastal Louisiana are disappearing at a rate of 65 to 80 km2yr-1. Most of the loss is the conversion of emergent marsh to shallow marsh ponds. Terracing is one restoration technique that has been used frequently in recent years. Terraces are small intertidal ridges built in shallow marsh ponds to reduce wave action. It is assumed that this will slow erosion of adjacent emergent marsh and increase Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) production, a key habitat component for many marsh fauna. Yet both relevant previous studies failed to show that terraces increased SAV abundance. In April of 2004 this study was initiated to test this assumption. Three study sites with paired terraced and unterraced ponds were selected in southwest Louisiana; two at Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and one at Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. SAV abundance was estimated every other month for one year. SAV biomass and frequency were significantly higher in terraced ponds. SAV frequency in unterraced ponds averaged 20% (SE 13 to 33%) but frequency for unterraced ponds was 9% (SE 5 to 14%). Terraced ponds had approximately three and half times the biomass of unterraced ponds. This indicates that terraces improve SAV production as had been suspected. Turbidity and organic matter content were lower in terraced ponds indicating a possible causal mechanism. My results confirm some assumptions of wetland restoration planners who have used terraces. Files
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Barcelona, July 31 (IANS) Missy Franklin followed the gold medal she won in the women's 100-metre backstroke in London a year ago with another triumph in the event at the World Championships here.
As in London, the 18-year-old American beat Australia's Emily Seebohn to the silver while Japan's Aya Terakawa finished third to ensure that the podium Tuesday was an exact repeat of that in the 2012 Olympics, reports Xinhua.
Franklin, who already has a gold from the women's 4x100 metre relay, led the entire race and clocked 58.42, ahead of Seebohn's 59.06 and Terakawa's 59.23. The triumph means Franklin is the first ever woman to win an Olympic gold and then follow it up with a World Championship gold.


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Taking its most significant leap forward in swing mechanics in over a decade, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 revolutionizes the virtual golf swing. Take full control over your swing with all-new tempo, swing plane, and shot power controls along with an adjustable shot setup that lets you address the ball in a number of ways to create limitless shot types with just one club.
The first-ever Kinect for Xbox 360 sports simulation title tracks full-body movements to create the most advanced and authentic swing to date on the virtual golf course. Controller-free and voice-enabled controls provide a unique, never-before-seen sports gaming experience.
The Masters Collector's Edition gives you the ultimate Masters experience. It includes all of the features in the standard edition game, as well as exclusive access to Augusta National Golf Club's Tournament practice facility, Augusta National's famous Par 3 Course, an authentic Green Jacket Presentation, and five additional golf courses.
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Mortgage rates climbed to their highest level since July, according to Bankrate's weekly mortgage analysis, in which Marcie Geffner explores why rates are rising in this time of quantitative easing.
Rates are even higher today than they were yesterday morning, when Bankrate's research department was gathering the data. Our researchers caught rates on an elevator that was going up, before the elevator reached its destination.
The Federal Reserve has been buying Treasuries to depress long-term interest rates, at the same time that international investors are buying Treasuries to store money in a safe place. Presumably, those investors have been withdrawing money from European sovereign debt.
Silly me, I thought that these purchases would cause Treasury prices to rise, and for yields to fall. And I figured that mortgage rates would fall, too -- maybe not as much, but downward nevertheless. I was wrong. The 10-year Treasury yield has risen 38 basis points in one month and the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage has risen 29 basis points in the same time.
This reminds me of the spring, when the Federal Reserve's first round of quantitative easing was about to end. I (and everyone else I read) thought that mortgage rates and Treasury yields would rise as soon as quantitative easing ended, and would continue to rise through year's end. Instead, the end of quantitative easing was followed by the lowest mortgage rates in more than 50 years.


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Mark and Laura Rothstein of Louisville, Ky., announce the marriage of their daughter, Julia, to Bryan Irzyk, son of Al and Teri Irzyk of Chicago.
The wedding and dinner reception took place on Jan. 14, at the Castaway Restaurant in Burbank, Calif.
The wedding party included parents of the bride and groom, as well as the groom's grandparents, Brig. Gen. Albin F. and Evelyn Irzyk.
Lisa Rothstein Goldberg, sister of the bride, served as the matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Abby Irzyk, sister of the groom; and Claire Spalding, cousin of the bride.
Attending the groom were Scott Benson, Riki Kalil, David Kuhlmann Taylor and Levin O'Connor. Ushers were Dr. Jack Abarbanel, Matt Goldberg and Andrew Spalding.
The signing of the ketubah was witnessed by Dr. Jack Abarbanel and Judy Stone.
Julia is the granddaughter of Selma Rothstein of Louisville, formerly of Elkins Park, and the late Dr. Sidney D. Rothstein.
The couple, who lives in Burbank, honeymooned in DisneyWorld.


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2013 Permian Basin Playbook with Map
The Permian Basin Playbook is the 17th in Hart Energy's exclusive series of comprehensive reports delving into North America's most compelling unconventional resource plays. Our lineup of topics addresses the plays everyone is talking about and delivers answers to essential questions on reservoirs, active operators, economics, key technologies, and infrastructure issues. Some playbooks also feature a full-color map highlighting fields, drilling activity, and significant wells.
The Permian Basin Playbook focuses on the Wolfcamp, Bone Spring and Cline formations. These rich reservoirs are being tapped with unconventional-resource technology. Chapters discuss the geology of the Midland and Delaware basins and include profiles of the key players. The latest technologies are reviewed, including case studies. The playbook also provides overviews of the dynamic changes happening in the region's infrastructure and the economics of the new resource plays. A bibliography of relevant articles for further research is included.
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004 | OVERVIEW The Prolific Permian Basin Still Pays
Almost 100 years after an initial completion in Mitchell County, the West Texas giant continues to offer potential.
018 | KEY PLAYERS Big Pay Attracts Big Money
Multiple stacked pay zones featuring shale combinations promise long-life returns.
060 | TECHNOLOGY Investigating New Tools, Technologies for the Permian Basin
While challenges have driven some companies away from West Texas, others have found success through innovation.
088 | MIDSTREAM Building, Rearranging, and Reconfiguring
Midstream constraints have been causing bottlenecks in the Permian Basin oil transportation system recently, but a surge of new projects promises relief in short order.
094 | ECONOMICS Oil, Oil Everywhere
The Permian Basin offers a melánge of conventional, tight oil, and shale plays, and has a cast of operators to match. Here is a look at the economic underpinnings of the resource plays most popular today.
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"The cyclical nature of cholera and the fact that immunity builds after large-scale epidemics are some of the reasons for this year's lower caseload, said practitioners...All responding agencies, including MSF, stressed that the vaccine is not a standalone solution and should be seen as a supplementary activity. 'We put a lot of effort into all the strategies at once,' Ciglenecki told IRIN, referring to the need to raise awareness of public hygiene, targeting cholera hot spots, setting up early warning systems, and treating water. Agencies such as MSF, UNICEF and Action contre la faim (ACF) - Action against Hunger - an international NGO, have been implementing these measures for years in West Africa's cholera-prone areas... Monitoring has also improved. Six surveillance posts have been set up in high-risk zones across the country to detect potential cases and respond to them immediately, said Beatriz Navarro Rubio, head of ACF in Guinea...Coordination between the responding actors has been "very good" said Rubio. Inter-agency disaster simulation exercises had taken place shortly before the outbreak, so everyone was ready to step into gear when cholera hit."
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Troubled substitute teacher Henry Barthes (Brody) is brought in to a failing school to teach English. Having previously managed to maintain his distance, here he forms a genuine connection with both the pupils and the staff, who include a love interest (Hendricks) and a cynical mentor (Caan).
Adrien Brody stars as a despairing substitute teacher who nevertheless connects with kids at a failing school. His resolve to keep his distance falters amid all the unhappy people desperate for a lifeline. American History X director Tony Kaye eschews the 'inspired teacher making a difference' cliché, and the good news here is that Brody and the ensemble are tremendous (especially James Caan, superb as the cynical guidance counsellor). But this is bleak, the social indictment and nasty incident slathered on with a heavy hand and pretentious monologuing.
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The war on coal: Dems do battle
New federal emission limits that, in reality, will eliminate future coal-fired power plants are generating considerable heat for an obstinate Obama administration — most notably from his own party.
Democrat governors of Montana and West Virginia, along with a group of U.S. senators, mince no words in urging President Obama to rein in the overbearing Environmental Protection Agency and its relentless war on coal.
Based on estimates from the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, more than 280 coal-fired power-generating plants would be scheduled for shutdown because of the harsher regs.
"For too long the EPA has overreached with its power at the cost of countless American jobs and critical investments," says Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. He's among those demanding that the Obama administration amend emission standards for new power plants.
But as some Dems spout off about the EPA, environmental groups and a dozen states have threatened legal action if the EPA doesn't finalize new emission standards. Reportedly, they're waiting to see a White House climate policy.
And lest we remind Pennsylvanians, coal provides nearly half of the electric-power generation in the commonwealth, where coal mining accounts for more than 49,000 jobs, according to the National Mining Association.
This is no fight for the faint of heart. Democrats who step up to defend coal are going to have to dig in and get their hands dirty — especially considering that Mr. Obama now is said to be ready to announce draconian limits on existing power plants.


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Make It Tougher To Be A High School Dropout?
Here is an idea that just might have opportunities all across America. With so many young people dropping out of school, the state of New Jersey is going to make it more of a challenge to quit.
It's no surprise that kids between the ages of 6 and 16 are required attend school regularly, but there is a new bill being discussed in the state's senate seeks to raise the mandatory age of high school attendance to 18.


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NEARLY 400 children failed to get in to their first choice school — but the number of young people being offered their top choice has gone up.
Parents started finding out on Saturday which secondary school their child had been allocated.
There was a rise in the number of children applying for places at schools in Bolton, by 83 to 3,486.
Town Hall chiefs said they were pleased the majority of children had got a place at their chosen school and added that they expected the figures to increase further as the appeals process gets under way.
Figures released by Bolton Council show that 97.8 per cent of children were allocated one of their three choices, with 88.6 per cent (3,089) given a place at their first choice; seven per cent (244) at their second choice and 2.2 per cent (76) at their third.
There were 2.2 per cent (77) who did not get a place at any of the three schools listed on the application form.
Last year, 87 per cent of children were given a place at their first choice, with 97 per cent receiving one of their shortlisted schools.
A Bolton Council spokesman said: "There were 3,486 applications for places at Bolton schools in September, 2013, and we are pleased that more than 88 per cent of children have been offered a place at their first choice of school, with 98 per cent being offered one of their top three choices.
"The percentage of Bolton parents securing a place for their children in their first preference school is very similar to last year, but we do expect that this will increase between now and the start of term due to the appeals process.
"There is a wide choice of schools in the borough offering high standards of teaching and education.
"Bolton's schools achieve GCSE results above the national average and an increasing number are being judged as good or outstanding by Ofsted."


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UCOL confirms programmes
23 November 2012
UCOL confirms programmes
There is some good news for UCOL staff and future students as four popular programmes will now be offered next year after they were proposed for closure in order to meet reduced funding levels.
The programmes are the Certificate in Fashion and Beauty level 1, the Certificate in Tertiary Study Skills level 1, and the Certificate in Motorsport level 2 in Palmerston North, and in Whanganui the Certificate in Hairdressing (Salon Support) level 3.
UCOL Chief Executive Paul McElroy said changes to the proposals had been made as a result of the consultation process, appeals received from staff, feedback received from others and last minute negotiations with the Tertiary Education Commission.
The above decisions save 8 full time jobs. There are 32 full time equivalent staff positions at UCOL that will go through surplus staff processes.
Mr McElroy acknowledged that it has been an incredibly tough process. "The professional behaviour of UCOL staff and their support for each other helps us to get through tough times like these."
"We are focusing on supporting our current students in their end of year studies, and are looking forward to a busy enrolment season in 2013."


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In light of the April 15 Athens Banner-Herald editorial ("Bicycles aren't viable option for commuting") I just have to share my own experience as a bicycle commuter. I really do ride my bike to and from work on most days of the year. You'll see me on my bike on really cold days, really hot days, and even when it's raining. Do I ride my bike to work every single workday? No, sometimes it's raining so hard I drive my car, park on the perimeter of campus, and wade to work on foot, with an assist from a very large umbrella, or I use one of the 12 free parking passes per year the University of Georgia gives to people who join the Alternative Transportation Program. But most workdays I ride my bike.
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I'm no spry jock and no spring chicken. I'm just an ordinary citizen who figured out riding my bike to work is the best form of transportation for me. I don't have to tolerate traffic delays, I get to work in the same amount of time it takes me to drive, I don't have to pay for campus parking, plus I benefit from the great exercise. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only bike commuter who falls into this category.
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