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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
Review by pubbisk
"Yuri's Revenge defines what an expansion should be"
Admit it. When you finished Red Alert 2 and watched one (or both) of its somewhat inadequate finales, all you could do was wonder about that Yuri dude. Knowing that the cliffhanger spelled mucho additional green, the now late Westwood Studios :( released this nice expansion pack so we could further feed our C&C addictions. It's obvious they put some work into this one, and the result is a truly awesome experience.
Concept: 8/10 Considering that Yuri's Revenge (YR) is built on the shoulders of a game that already exists, this is a pretty high score. I love they way they've made mind control a significant part of the strategy involved and not just an expensive side show amusement like it was in RA2. Also, I can never stop doling out points for the premise of the RA series: you just can't beat the computer game version of Red Dawn.
Graphics: 8/10 I base this off of when the original RA2 came out. While the detailing is only decent, this RTS is nothing short of exemplary when it comes to onscreen animations. Seriously, the animations in this game are great. Turrets on tanks move, structures actually operate and offload finished units realistically, and the 3D environments are alive with movement. Individual soldiers do tons of stuff such as crawling in a firefight, and even trivial things when idle such as stretching, checking their weapons, and tying their shoes! The visual effects are also great. There is gunfire and explosions aplenty, and it's all well done. Speaking of well done, the electrical effects are neat too (i.e. Soviet Tesla technology). While that's fine and good, the real cream of the crop consists of the superweapon effects. Allied thunder storms, Soviet nukes, and Yuri's Psychic Dominator are all something to behold onscreen and happen to be perhaps the coolest visuals to ever grace an RTS. Since I semi-neglected it earlier, I'll say that the units and environments themselves look good too, but nothing that could be defined as cutting edge even for 2001. The graphical strength really lies in the effects and animations.
Sound: 9/10 The techno/rock soundtrack fits the bill perfectly here. No complaints at all. While I like the new tunes, what really drew my attention was the upgraded and improved unit sounds. When I say this, I mean when you click on a unit to do something and it acknowledges you. In RA2 these were bland --- all armored units sounded the same, as did the ships. Now, each and every unit gets its own set of quips and phrases. While that doesn't seem like much, it greatly adds to the experience of the game, especially after you've heard the same ''vehicle ready'' clip 50,000 times per mission.
Playability: 7/10 Sadly, this is the part of the C&C series I never liked all that much. The system in place here works, but you can't give it much more credit than that. Don't get me wrong, the building menus and taskbar are fine and I like the speed of the game. The only thing that truly is a problem is the unit management. This is absolutely terrible! Precision movement is a godawful affair, and selecting a single unit in a group can be difficult. Deselecting a unit is even worse. You do get used to the setup after a few hours of play, but in an RTS when fundamental things like moving your units around is troublesome, you have to wonder what exactly was going through the developer's head when they designed it.
Additions: 9/10 This is where I have to give Yuri's revenge the most credit. There are tons of new additions to renew your interest in the game. Let's start with the deluge of new units. The allies get a huge boost in the anti armor department with the Guardian GI, a unit that's highly effective against tanks. They also get a large mechanized infantry unit called Battle Armor (I think). This unit works like an IFV but holds more infantry. Lastly, the Allies get Robo Tanks added to their arsenal, which go with the new Robot Control building. As for the Soviets, they get the Battle Bunker defensive structure which works like a garrisoned building. A new Tanya-like hero unit has been added called Boris, meant to fill the gap left by Yuri. Also new are some air units such as MIG attack fighters (called in by Boris for air strikes) and the Siege Chopper. Though these additions add more power to the red army, what's more significant is what got taken away. With Yuri's departure, the Soviets have lost their precious Cloning Vats (removes a huge advantage in terms of infantry) and mind control is obviously gone too. The Psychic Sensor has also flown the coup. In a different twist, the time it takes to produce Soviet tanks has been increased. This means that Allied players can no longer gripe about far superior Rhino Tanks building just as quickly and for the same amount of money as their weaker Grizzlies. Watering down the Soviets actually helps level the playing field quite a bit. In the original RA2, the Soviets were just too powerful, hands down. The game is more balanced now and far more strategic.
Of course, what you really want to hear about is Yuri's army. His forces are, on the whole, completely different from those of the Allies and Soviets. Many units and structures rely on mind control, including some wicked ones which take over anything within their range. Also big in Yuri's forces is biotechnology. His bases are run on Bio Reactors (which provide insane amounts of power if you fill them with infantry units) and the Cloning Vats have made the jump here as well. A great number of other units are also at your disposal, including a sub that's almost too good, a sniper-like infantry unit, and a tank that uses magnetic fields to pick up enemy armor and move it around. Yuri's ultimate weapon, the Psychic Dominator, is a powerful mind control device. Surprisingly, despite all this high end technology, Yuri's army is not offensively strong on the whole. This doesn't mean that he is weaker than the Allies or Soviets; you just have to play smarter when using him if you want to win. Because it takes more strategizing to use Yuri's superweapons effectively, a great balance is created within the game that just wasn't there until this expansion came out.
As for the actual game itself, I was both pleased and disappointed. The story is even more over the top than RA2's; Yuri resurfaces with a huge mind control blitz and threatens to enslave the world. To prevent this, you travel back in time to stop him before he can follow through with his maniacal plan. YR delivers this B level sci-fi plot through its two campaigns, one Allied and one Soviet. Both have 7 missions each. Surprisingly, there is no Yuri campaign. This really ticked me off, but not so much as the poor missions. These were a mixed bag. On one hand, Westwood hired the original actors from the first game and incorporated a full compliment of cinematics into YR. The movies were one of my favorite parts of RA2, always fresh and entertaining. Sadly, this does not help the sub par mission design. Almost every mission had the same layout: Complete secondary objective 'X' (which typically took only 5-10 minutes) and destroy all Yuri forces. Honestly, the only thing that changed was the map. When I think back to how fun and varied the missions were in RA2 then look at all the stinkers here, it's hard not to feel just a bit let down. Still, some of them were lots of fun (especially the moon mission and the opener of each campaign), and considering all the new material that was added I can't really dock it more than a point.
Entertainment: 9/10 This is one entertaining game, no doubt about it. I really enjoyed the time I spent with this one. Nothing can match the satisfaction you feel after nuking someone's base into oblivion and then crushing the fleeing survivors under your tank treads. The missions may only be okay, but YR is still tons of fun, offering some seriously challenging RTS action. Right off the bat, you'll notice that YR is harder than RA2, but in a good, non-frustrating sort of way.
Replay Value: 9/10 What give the entertainment score most of its credence is what I'm going to write here. YR is certainly good enough to finish each campaign at least once, but where it really shines is the multiplayer. You can spend a seemingly endless number of hours duking it out with C&C enthusiasts the world over. Better yet, now that the game is more balanced, online matches have become increasingly strategic and fun. You'll be popping YR into your PC for quite a while.
Closing Remarks: YR does exactly what a good expansion is supposed to do; It 'expands' the horizons of the original game, all the while correcting its flaws and making the experience more enjoyable. Because YR accomplishes all of these things, I must applaud Westwood for the excellent job they've done here. Many expansions that we see are little more than a poorly produced attempt by the developer/publisher to rake in a few extra bucks. Rather than victimizing its fans in a similar fashion, Westwood has really gone the extra mile to make YR a great addition to the C&C universe. Bravo!
Overall Score: 9 (an average)
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 02/27/04
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More than 550 students received degrees, including 266 undergraduates, making it the largest fall graduating class in 20 years.
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Holding cell incident could produce lawsuit
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The battle is heating up over the firing of a Columbia police officer for use of excessive force.
18-year veteran officer Rob Sanders lost his job Wednesday after surveillance video showed him pushing a man into a concrete wall.
After being pushed into a holding cell wall, Ken Baker, 38, spent 4 days in the hospital with a fractured vertebrae and wounds to the back of his head. Sanders could now be the subject of a lawsuit.
Baker's attorney Ron Netemeyer said, Certainly, my client has the right, and we may pursue a civil lawsuit against the City of Columbia and against Officer Sanders. Before we do that, we want to sit down and make sure that we TMre all on the same page. That TMs what needs to be done.
Sanders said he will fight his dismissal. He said has already been cleared of any wrong doing by an internal investigation. He even called his firing a "public relations maneuver" by the chief...who quickly fired back by saying that's simply not true.
Columbia Police Chief Ken Burton said, He was not cleared. The chain of command including the sergeant, the captain and the deputy chief all recommended that those complaints be sustained, which was the proper category.
Also concerning to Burton is the amount of time Baker spent in the holding cell without medical attention. We don TMt know what time Baker was first put in the holding cell on the night of August 15. We do know that he was maced during his arrest and had been asking for water to rinse his eyes. At 11:36 p.m. the video shows Sanders shoving Baker against the wall of the cell. Blood can then be seen on Sander TMs arm. About 15 minutes later, officers come in to check on Baker. It wasn't for another 15 minutes when they took Baker to the hospital. Baker has been arrested at least 25 times prior to this incident, but his attorney says that doesn't justify what happened.
Netemeyer said, In no way at all does that justify the conduct of the police department and officer sanders when they have a defenseless person in their custody in a holding cell who can TMt see because he is blinded by mace, and then they come in and break his back and bust his head open. I don't see how that justifies their actions at all.
Netemeyer says Baker is still under a doctor's care and wants the City or Officer Sanders to pay a long list of doctor bills.
Two other Columbia police officers involved with the incident are under investigation, but remain on duty.


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Monday night's NCAA Raleigh Regional Championship game between Coastal Carolina and North Carolina State was suspended at the absolute worst (or, best) time.
Down 5–3, Coastal was threatening with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth and one out. Then, as junior G.K. Young walked to the plate, rain began to fall. The game was delayed 39 minutes, and at 12:05 a.m. ET, it was postponed.
Poor G.K. had to wait 14 hours, until 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, to bat with the bases loaded, thinking about nothing except the pressure of that AB.
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A look at Zach Remillard's single just before the game was halted with bases loaded and one out in the 9th. pic.twitter.com/xaMRRs1A9O— Coastal Baseball (@CoastalBaseball) June 7, 2016
When the game resumed, G.K. drove in a run on a groundout, bringing Coastal within one and leaving the bases loaded with two down. Then, pinch-hitter Tyler Chadwick was hit by a pitch to tie the game, and two singles later, Coastal had a two-run lead, which they'd hang on to for the win.
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|Heaven Taken by Storm
|Written by Douglas Wilson
|Wednesday, 26 May 2010 14:40
This was glorious. What a disaster. Randall stared at his computer screen, rubbed it with the edge of his brown graduate student sweater, smudging it further. He then rubbed his eyes with both forefingers and looked at the monitor again. There he sat, elated over a bitter and vitriolic email—barely visible under a veneer of academic professionalism but robust for all that. And this was from his advisor. What a glorious disaster.
Dr. Sandeman had turned on him the previous autumn—Randall had been the golden boy until then, but had questioned about three times too many how certain grad students were being worked in the salt mines. The salt mines were located deep inside the English Department, where the less favored grad students labored in forgotten obscurity, preparing articles for publication under the names of the full professors. Randall Grant was not in their number, but he had protested on their behalf, and that was how he joined them. He had worked in that new condition for about 8 months, just keeping his head down and his attitude right. There were a couple new golden boys upstairs now. The plum assignments had all gone their way, which had led to Randall's last confrontation with Dr. Sandeman the previous month. Two additional faculty members—Drs. Weston and Hoyt—had joined their colleague in giving Randall the dressing down of his life. In the hallway afterward, it had occurred to him for the first time that his thesis might actually be in jeopardy. All three of those men had to sign the cover page of his thesis, and none of them had been very cheerful in there.
They had made it abundantly clear that his donkey work assignment remained firmly in place—the equivalent of going through ancient Anglo Saxon laundry lists, translating them, and sending them down to the library archives, there to be forgotten forever, along with the name of the drudge translator. For a poet translator like Randall—he had been published in several collections of Gaelic poetry—this made him a wandering inhabitant of the infernal and frozen regions of the northmen, one of the helwaru, one of the lost.
Golden boys, meantime, were named associate editors of a new critical edition of Beowulf. They had been feted and dined and honored and flattered at the national linguistics convention just last week, and this week Randall headed off to the department stacks to do his thankless tasks.
That was when the glorious disaster . . . befell. As Randall was flipping carefully through the parchments, his eye fell on some stray marks that appeared at the lower right hand of certain property deeds from
It took a few moments to sort out the order of the pages, and by the time he had done so, he could feel his temples pounding with excitement. This was not recording the sale of a long dead cow or the work of a medieval functionary measuring how many hides covered the grazing pasture used by the widow Frea. Randall was a capable translator of the Old English, the vocabulary here was standard, the dialect familiar, and the story completely unlike anything else that was extant in Anglo Saxon. He realized within ten minutes that what he had found was as important as the account of the Battle of Maldon.
Randall had stayed up all night that night, translating. Over breakfast, he had a long struggle with his conscience, mostly to keep up appearances with himself—he knew the whole time what he had to do. He had to tell his advisor of the find. The manuscripts had been bought by the university three years before, they belonged to the department, and Randall could not interpret the parable about the pearl of great price in any way that would leave him with the manuscript. And so he had sat down that morning and dutifully sent off an email to Dr. Sandeman, telling him that he had some remarkable news, and requesting an appointment to meet with him.
This email flickering on the screen in front of him was the reply. Randall had read it twenty times, and there was no loophole of any kind . . . for the university. Randall was told to translate as he had been told, he was told not to bother Dr. Sandeman any further about any of his concerns and, as his advisor ascended the heights of sarcastic bite, he was told that he could publish any of his work, at his discretion, if he thought it would advance his academic career.
Me nama Wulfstan . . . My name is Wulfstan, and I am captain of the guards for the holy father in
I was ring-giver for my people, and I led them both in battle and in peace for twenty winters. My people were of the Jutes—I was accepted as their king even though my father was a Jute and my mother was a peaceweaver from the Geats. I was worthy of that trust, and in all the time I ruled my people, we were never crushed by famine, or by plague, or by raiders in the longboats. Whenever we went to war, we were successful and brought back many treasures, blessed by the gods, as I then thought.
When I had been king of my people for all but two of the twenty years, a traveling monk of the Christians came to our village, steering a coracle made of leather. His name was Denis and he was a strong man, but carried no weapons. He had a few books, boundless energy, and a radiant countenance. I was tired of blood, and so I invited him to my board. He spoke our tongue well enough, and every evening he began to tell me stories from his books. I listened carefully, and I learned much from him. But I took care not to give myself to him because I noticed that three of my thanes were watching me closely. When he offered abruptly one evening to baptize me, I shook my head, slowly, so that the others could see it.
Within a few months I could feel that whispering had begun in the village, and I was certain that the three thanes who were most hostile to the monk were responsible. I had taken care not to receive his baptism, but I was listening to him and that was enough. A fortnight later, the monk told me a story about a chieftain named Job who had fallen from his place of authority in a disastrous way. As he began the story it seemed a familiar kind of story to me, but as it unfolded, the monk astonished me beyond all measure. When the elders came to rebuke him for his sin that had brought the disaster upon his people, he refused to acknowledge it. He did not accept it. The monk had told me other stories with marvels in them—the sea dividing, an axe head floating, and an endless supply of oil for a widow woman—but this was the most marvelous of them all.
A deep horror had gripped my heart. I realized that the monk, in telling this story of the greatest marvel, did not understand it to be a marvel. What terrified me was ordinary to him. When he told the story of the frogs and the king of the Egyptians, he knew it to be a miracle. But this story . . . it seemed to him that the point was simply patience in the midst of difficulties. I looked across the fire at my thanes, all with grim and pious faces, to whom I had given many rings, shirts of mail, and ancient swords, and I knew that I understood the story in a way that the monk did not.
After I declined baptism, the monk stayed for another week, and then begged leave to go and preach his gospel to other settlements along the coast. He promised to return, and I promised to receive him with hospitality.
After the winter had passed, two men from our tribe returned from a raiding party with the news that the rest of their company—about fifty men—had been destroyed. I questioned them closely, and it became apparent to me that they had disobeyed my orders, and had crossed a low mountain range to the south in order to take cattle from the Frisians. They had encountered a raiding party of the Frisians, twice their own size, and had fallen like leaves into a frozen hell. These two only had returned to tell me the tale. After I dismissed them from the hall, I saw them being questioned outside by my three thanes.
That evening the whispering became a murmur, and within days the murmur became open talk. I was still the king, but only in name. No one came to stand by my shoulder; no one leaned over to me at the banquet that night. I thought long about the story of Job that the monk had told, and though I had refused the monk's baptism, I resolved that I would be baptized, whether with blood or water I did not know. Perhaps both together. I was still filled with horror, but once I had seen I could not stop seeing.
That night, at the time of the second watch, I arose from my bed, put on my armor, gathered my weapons—a sword, shield and spear—and walked out of the settlement. One sentry saw me go, and no doubt saw the direction, but was afraid to question me. My destination was a cave on the hill about three miles away. I knew that the thanes would find me there, no later than mid-morning. And I knew, on the authority of my traveling monk, that they would be very angry.
I slept for three additional hours in the cave, and arose with the world-candle. I went outside into the sun, and broke my fast with a few provisions I had brought. As I waited for my counselors—Aelfric, Winstan, and Hunferth—I reflected on what the monk had declared to me. He had wanted me to admit that I had sinned, and if I did so I could receive Christ through baptism. But he had then told me a story, and I had gathered from it that a disgraced but faithful king must under no circumstances admit that he had sinned. And God had vindicated him in this from the whirlwind. That voice from the whirlwind was a wonder, but it was nothing to what was recorded of Job earlier.
About three hours after the sun arose, I saw the three men approaching across the meadow. As they came closer, I saw that they all had ashen faces—they were pained, and grieved, and shocked, and very angry. They were all strong warriors, and had been by my side in countless battles. But my time had come. I had been a good king. My duty was to end my life as a good king, admitting my grievous fault. I could remain a good king by admitting that the disastrous raid had been my fault, and that I was a bad king. The word of our defeat at the hands of the Frisians would fly from settlement to settlement like the wind in autumn, and the fault was clear. I was the king, and it was cowardice to flee from the obvious guilt.
They stopped in front of me, and stood silent for many moments. When all our throats were pregnant with words, I spoke.
"I told them not to go south. They disobeyed my word."
"That does not matter," Winstan replied. "The gods know where the fault lies."
I shrugged. "The gods may find fault as they please."
The three men just stood, exasperated. After a moment, Aelfric spoke. "You must return with us and accept the judgment of your people. They are very angry."
"I will not," I said.
"Did you receive baptism at the hands of Denis?"
"I did not," I replied. "Not yet."
We parleyed this way for several hours. They pressed me to return, and acknowledge the simplicity of justice. This was the way of our people. I acknowledged that it was the way of our people—Hrethric, who had been king before me, had accepted his guilt. But I had seen in the story of Denis that it was the way of blood, the way of the lie. My eyes were open, and I could not contrive to shut them again.
The three men before me did not just need for me to die. They needed me to die in such a way as to leave the order of our tribe intact. They needed simple justice, and the only way they could have it was through simple injustice. But though they needed my confession, they needed my blood more than that, with or without a confession. When it became clear that I would not by any means bend, Winstan gave the signal, and they all unsheathed their swords. They were not going to dispatch me as robbers on the highway might—this was going to be a kin-slaying.
Hunferth leapt forward first—he had spoken least, but he was the angriest of the three. I had told him many times before that his slashing approach from the right was far too predictable, and that a foe who had seen him fight before would be able to anticipate too readily what he was about to do. I had seen him fight many times before, and he fell to the ground with his right arm gone. Aelfric and Winstan came immediately after him, and Aeldric fell with my spear through his breast. Winstan pulled back, knowing that he could not fight me alone. His face was white, and he licked his lips in hatred. "Odin . . ." he began, and then stopped.
"There will be no funeral for me here," I said. "Do not mention my name in this place again. Take my exploits from the chronicles. Blot my name from the records. I am a dead man to you. But I walk away from you guiltless." Winstan jerked when I said that, as though he had taken a blow in the face. I turned and walked away.
I traveled for some weeks until I found where Denis was residing with a tribe to the east. That tribe was far more eager for his words than ours had been, and most of them had already received baptism, including their king. I sought Denis out, confessed my guilt to him—particularly my guilt in how Hrethric had been killed—and was baptized. There was no more place for me in the north.
For my crime against my people no wergild would be accepted by any, and so Denis counseled me to go to the south, to the holy city. He gave me a letter that would obtain an audience for me with the bishop at
My name is Wulfstan, and this was my story.
It was a week later. Randall was staring at the FedEx package in front of him. He took the cover letter out and read it again. Some time the following afternoon, the editor of the most prestigious Anglo-Saxon studies journal in the English-speaking world was guaranteed to go over backwards, chair and all. Every word in the letter was true, but Sandeman would still be furious. But he couldn't afford to be furious for long. He would also be praised and honored in inordinate ways—for being somewhere in the background when the manuscript find of the century had happened. His department would be a credit to the whole discipline, and everyone would tell him so, over and over. And the continued honor of that department would be carried by a grad student from the basement who was now, infuriatingly, completely out of reach.
Randall walked down to the corner, and stood in front of the FedEx box for a couple of minutes. He then opened the box, dropped the package in, and turned away whistling through his teeth. He walked toward his car, hands in his pockets, full of good news for his fiancé. "My name is Randall," he said as he turned a corner, "and that's my story."
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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
List entry Number: 1368837
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Clifton Hampden
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Grade: II*
Date first listed: 18-Jul-1963
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SU5495 (South side)
11/18 Church of St. Michael and All
18/07/63 Angels
Church. C13 origins, rebuilding and restoration in 1843-4 by Sir Gilbert Scott for Henry Hucks Gibbs, chancel refitted 1864, probably by Scott; reredos and retable of 1873 by Charles Buckeridge. Stone uncoursed rubble; stone slate roof. 4-bay nave with north and south aisles, 2-bay chancel. Early English style. Porch left of centre of south aisle, with panelled double doors to 2-centred doorway and plank inner door with C19 decorative hinges. Lancet to left. Paired lancet to right of centre. Paired lancet to right with flat hood mould. 2-liqht reticulated tracery window to left of chancel, trefoil lancet to right. Flat roofed dormer with 4-light wood mullion window to centre of south aisle roof. Stone octagonal bellcote with stone spire to gable end to left. East end: 3-light geometrical tracery window to nave, 2-light Y-tracery window to north aisle. North side: 2-centre arched doorway and ribbed door to left. 4 two-light reticulated tracery windows. Lancet to left of centre. Flat roofed dormer with 4-light wood mullion window to centre of north aisle roof. West end: 2-light Y-tracery window to north aisle, 2 lancets to end of nave and lancet to end of south aisle. Interior: nave and chancel have arch-braced collar-truss roof of 6 bays with windbraces. Lean-to roof to south aisle. Scissor-braced roof to north aisle. Reredos and retable have mosaics by Clayton and Bell. Sedilia to right of chancel. Monument to George Henry Gibbs to left: recumbent figure in prayer with quatrefoil panels to base, and cusped ogee arch over. East window by Clayton and Bell. C19 brass communion rail. C19 choir stalls and organ screen. Chancel screen has wooden quatrefoil panelled base with integral pulpit: painted and gilded wrought iron and brass top forming arcade with cusping of iron scrolls and flowers. Nave south arcade: four 2-centre arches with continuous mouldings. Nave south arcade: four 2-centre arches on round columns. C19 square stone font on grouped columns, basin has richly carved frieze. C19 candelabra and early C20 sanctuary light to chancel. History: the 1843 restoration and later work was paid for by Henry Hucks Gibbs from a fund left by G.J. Gibbs. (Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, 1974, p.549-50; V.C.H.: Oxfordshire, Vol.7, 1962, p.25-26).
Listing NGR: SU5472295528
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Pevsner, N, Sherwood, J , The Buildings of England: Oxfordshire, (1974), 549-50
Salzman, L F, The Victoria History of the County of Oxford, (1962), 25-26
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A radioactive, gaseous isotope of radon; it is a member of the thorium series and a daughter of radium-224. Neuendorf, K.K.E., Mehl, J.P., Jr., and Jackson, J.A., eds., 2005, Glossary of Geology: American Geological Institute, 799 p.
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MONETT, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say an officer has shot and killed a man while responding to an overdose in southwest Missouri.
Monett Police Chief George Daoud said in a news release Monday that the "situation escalated" before an officer fired his weapon Friday night. No other details were provided about what led up to the shooting.
Daoud identified the man as Michael Culhane, 50, of Monett. He was transported from the residence in an ambulance and later pronounced dead.
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so i'm pregnant with my 2nd child that's due in December :) with my first, I wound up having to have a csection (1/20/12). anyways my question is a few minutes ago I sneezed and had the worst pain near my incision! why was that!? my c section was over a year ago! and I've obv sneezed a lot since then, and never had that pain until just now! it lasted about 30 seconds but it was the worst pain ever. anybody have any idea why?


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For those looking for a dog, the ability to train them is obviously an important factor in which dog they decide to go with. Let's take a look at ten of the most trainable, teachable dogs in the world:
1 – Collie
Collies are natural born herding dogs and rank number one on our list of the most trainable, teachable dogs. They're most often found on farms, being used for herding purposes or just for simply protecting the animals. Collies are known best for their agility and stamina, which is why they excel as herding dogs. Although they're very trainable and teachable, they're at their best when they're able to roam freely and are generally not recommended to people with limited outdoor space.
2 – Poodle
The poodle is one of the most easily trainable animals on the planet, as is evidenced by their knack for consistently winning dog shows. Poodles have a very diverse skillset, as they are also skilled at tracking and herding. They are undoubtedly one of the most obedient dogs you will ever find.
3 – Golden Retriever
Golden Retrievers are one of the most popular house dogs in the world. As their name suggests, they were originally bred to retrieve wildlife for hunters. The one unfortunate thing about golden retrievers is the level to which they shed, meaning they require regular grooming sessions. Their ability to be taught and trained easily has made them a favorite as a guide dog for the blind.
4 – German Shepherd
The German Shepherd breed originated in Germany and has since become the second most popular type of dog in the world. Their obedience and trainability has made them a favorite to act in many different types of military and search and rescue teams.
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Similar to the Golden Retriever, the Lab Retriever is another breed that is frequently used as an assistance dog for the blind or deaf. They're the most popular breed of dog in the world and are a perfect dog for families.
6 – Doberman
Dobermans were once the most popular breed of dog used by law enforcement teams, although they have since been taken over by the German Shepherd. Even so, the Doberman is one of the most intelligent dog breeds in the world.
7 – Shetland Sheepdog
The Sheltie, as it is commonly referred to, is a herding dog that has numerous similarities to collies. Although they're much smaller than collies, they're still very useful as an extra farmhand.
8 – Rottweiler
Rottweilers have developed a strong reputation for their intelligence and are commonly used as guard dogs or police dogs. They have an extended history of herding, although they aren't often used for those purposes very often today.
9 – Australian Cattle Dog
The Australian Cattle Dog is another type of herding dog that is known for its intelligence. These dogs are much more independent than other types of dogs, although they're known to be extremely protective of their owners.
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What is Bad Credit?
The definition of "bad credit" is a lot like the definition of "pretty face."
It's all in the eyes of the beholder. Or in this case, the eyes of the lender.
Some banks, credit card companies and online lenders box consumers into a category based only on their credit score. They draw a line at "650" or maybe "630" and if your score is below that mark, you have "bad credit" and are unwelcome.
However, the bank, credit card company or online lender across the street says a credit score of 600, or maybe even as low as 580, is just fine for the loan you want, so sign step right up!
A safe definition of bad credit is when you must accept high interest rates and very uncomfortable terms and conditions just to get a loan. Or, worse than that, when lenders take one look at your credit history and completely reject your loan application.
In either case, if you have bad credit, it means you are considered a "high risk" and you will pay a high interest rate for any loan you get.
Risk-Based Pricing
Risk-based pricing is when lenders adjust interest rates on loans by estimating the risk the borrower may not repay. Someone with bad credit would be considered a high risk and thus receive a high interest rate. A low-risk borrower receives the lowest interest rates.
Every lender has its own formula for calculating risk, but most include credit score, outstanding debts, income, job status and debt-to-income ratio in arriving at the risk factor. Much of that information comes from your credit report.
If lenders gave you unfavorable terms on a loan and used your credit report in making their decision, you should receive a Risk-Based Pricing notice. If you receive one, you may contact the agency that supplied the credit report to verify that all the information in the report was accurate.
How Credit Agencies Define Bad Credit
FICO, Experian, Equifax and TransUnion, the major credit bureaus and agencies in the U.S., deal in numbers so you won't get a solid definition from them of what bad credit is. They prefer numeric categories that allow consumers to float from one ranking to another in any given payment period.
Experian, Equifax and TransUnion use the Vantage Score method, which goes from 300 to 850. Experian says it keeps scores for 220 million consumers, almost one-third of which (28%) have bad credit.
Here is a chart produced by Experian with categories broken down by credit score and number of consumers in each category.
From Super-Prime to Sub-Prime to Deep-Prime: Vantage Score Breakdown
- Super-Prime Credit Scores: 781-850 … 48.4 million people
- Prime Credit Scores: 661-780 … 79.2 million people
- Near Prime Credit Scores: 601-660 … 28.6 million people
- Sub-Prime Credit Scores: 500-600 … 50.6 million people
- Deep Sub-Prime Credit Scores: Below 500 … 11 million
FICO, the score most often used by lenders in credit decisions, also ranks consumers on a scale of 300-850, but the FICO scoreboard is a little more stringent.
The top end of the FICO scale is a more inclusive, but the bottom ends is far more demanding, which again emphasizes how bendable the definition is for bad credit. Here is FICO's scale.
From Excellent to Poor to Bad: FICO Score Breakdowns
- Excellent credit: 750-or higher … 20.4%
- Good credit: 700-749
- Fair credit: 650-699
- Poor credit: 600-649
- Bad credit: Anything below 600 … 20.7%
A FICO survey in 2016 found that 20.4% of consumer were in the exceptional credit category (800-850) and about the same number (20.7%) were in the bad credit range (under 600).
The good news is that the number of people with bad credit has been declining every year since its peak of 25.5% in October 2010. In the six years since then, more than 17.5 million consumers have raised their credit scores above 600.
In fact, in 2016 the national average for FICO scores was 699, the highest in history.
Consequences of Bad Credit
Bad credit is an epidemic in America, with more than half of all consumers strapped with such low credit scores that they can't borrow at market rates.
Some families can't finance a home, and poor credit means about a fifth of the population must turn to fringe financial services like payday loans or borrow from family members.
Low savings rates and stagnant incomes contribute to the problem. Bad credit hits families hard. They live close to the financial brink, just an expensive car repair or medical emergency away from insolvency. And they are often blocked from borrowing to buy homes, pay for cars and continue education that might lead to better-paying jobs.
Repairing your credit can take time and requires thoughtful money management. Ruining a credit score, however, might not take long at all.
Consider what happened to Jimmy, who lost his job as a welder during the Great Recession. Though he collected state unemployment insurance, it wasn't enough to pay the mortgage or the expense of raising two small children.
Jimmy ran through his emergency savings in four months. When he stopped paying his mortgage, the bank foreclosed. His two credit cards also fell into default. By the time he eventually returned to work a year later, his family was living with a relative and his credit was flat-lined.
Jimmy's credit repair job took several years. Even though his income bounced back, albeit at a slightly lower level than before the job loss, he started making payments on his credit card through a debt management program.
But the recovery had consequences. At first, he could only get a secured credit card. When his credit improved enough to qualify for a conventional credit card, he was shocked to learn that the interest rate on unpaid balances would be more than 25%. He also learned that he would have to wait several years to qualify for another mortgage loan.
For folks like Jimmy, a major financial setback is a double whammy. First there is the immediate loss of home and purchasing power of credit cards, then there's the problem of re-establishing credit. Lending guidelines were tightened after the economic meltdown of 2008, making it even harder for those with tarnished credit to borrow money.
If your credit score falls in the lower regions of either the FICO or Vantage scale, the consequences on your financial life will range from annoying to outright depressing. Lenders use that score against you to impose higher interest rates on loans, longer payoff terms and bigger penalties for late payments. Each of those penalties gouge your bank account and damage your credit reputation.
Lenders make money when consumers repay loans. That is exactly what your credit score is meant to reflect: the likelihood that you will repay a loan. The lower your score, the less likely you are to repay that loan and the more likely you are to incur a penalty.
For example, when you have bad credit and want to buy a car, the lender is taking a bigger risk that you won't repay the debt so you will pay far more for the loan than someone with a good credit score. If you need to borrow $25,000 with a poor credit score, you'll pay around 12% interest on a 60-month loan. That means $556 a month payments and $33,360 paid out over the life of the loan.
The same loan for someone with good credit, paying 3% interest would run $450 a month and $27,000 over the course of the five-year loan. That is $6,360 wasted because you have bad credit.
If you're ready to buy a home with bad credit, the consequences are magnified. Many lenders won't even deal with consumers who have bad credit. If they do, the interest rate on a 30-year, $100,000 home loan in 2017 would be about 5.5%. That would mean monthly payments of $568 and total payout of $204,480, more than double what you borrowed to start.
With good credit, the interest rate would drop to 4.97% ($535 per mo./$192,600 total) and with excellent credit, the rate would be 4.02% ($478 per mo./$172,285 total). That means bad credit cost consumers somewhere between $12,000 and $32,000 on a $100,000 loan.
The penalties for poor credit don't stop at home and car buying. Insurance companies could refuse to write car, home or life insurance policies because of bad credit. If they do write the insurance, your rates could be as much as $1,000 higher every month.
Renting an apartment with bad credit is also challenging; utility and cell phone companies require larger deposits and employers who use credit history as part of the hiring process, may disregard your application because you have bad credit.
Finally, your bad credit could lead to a barrage of phone calls from debt collection agencies trying to run down payments that are past due.
In other words, bad credit is going to make your financial life difficult at best and costly at the worst.
"The first thing any lender wants to know is whether you've paid your credit accounts on time," Can Arkali, principal scientist for analytics and scores at FICO, said. "That negative information has a considerable impact on your credit.
"The important thing to keep in mind is that the impact of negative payment information will be less damaging over time if you keep your credit obligations in good standing."
In other words, make on-time payment credits every month and over the course of time, you can get rid of the "bad credit" label.


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The 2009 U.S. LPGA money list and Rookie of the Year winner shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to finish at 8-under 208, two shots ahead of Akane Iijima and Miho Koga, at Tsurumai Country Club.
Arimura squandered a two-shot lead with a double bogey on the par-4 14th hole and bogeyed the 16th and 17th, while Shin turned up the heat with birdies at Nos. 13, 14 and 17.
"The birdies on 3 and 4 made me think I could win this tournament," Shin said. "I couldn't get a win earlier this year despite putting myself in contention many times (both on the Japanese and U.S. tours), so I was frustrated."
With Lorena Ochoa retiring after the ongoing Tres Marias Championship in Mexico, Shin is expected to be ranked first in the world sometime soon.
"It means a lot to become the first Asian player to be the world's No. 1," Shin said. "But I'm sure I will face enormous pressure and concerns because of that status."
Iijima carded a 68 and Koga a 70. South Korean Jeon Mi Jeong finished fourth at 5 under after a 72.


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If only I could go back and NOW pay attention to the stories that were shared with me when I was a young girl. Gathering my family's history did not begin until 1999 while planning our my first family reunion. When my Aunt learned that I was researching our history, she said to me "you may not like the can of worms you are about to open!" This only made me curious as to what I would find. And boy oh boy, it has been interesting to say the least. My family's history is a tale of two Coney Families, one White and one Black from the same Mississippi town and county!
In fact, these families are related but finding those intricate connections to my Great-grandfather has not been easy. As the family's historian, a title I don't take lightly, I've found that there is so much more to learn and I'm excited and sad. Sad in the respects that I cannot connect who actually fathered John C. Coney but exciting to find records of who his mother and her father were! John C. Coney was most likely born a slave, as well as his mother and her father! I'm happy to know that I found more information about our family than most. We have a family reunion in Orlando FL 2014. There will be Coney family members from many states and many Coney branches in attendance. It is my desire to find that common thread that connects us all!


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I understand that you haven't seen anyone become ill from this yet, but in the world of medicine, 7+ years can be a short time. There are some diseases or deficiencies that take over 20-30 years to become noticeable. With risks like cancer and heart disease, I simply don't know why you would take the risk. I'm not trying to berate you, I just want people to be informed before they do something to their body that could potentially hurt them greatly down the road. If you never have to deal with these possibilities, then that's fabulous, but you surely recognize that you're putting yourself at the risk?
It really just rubs me the wrong way when people try to cheat out how the body is supposed to work. Your body was intended to run on carbohydrates, as well as proteins and other nutrients in a balance. Any sort of extreme diet will have repercussions in the long run, whether it be in 5 years, 7 years, or 35 years. If you're still adamant about doing this diet then I wish you the best of luck, though I want people to be aware that just because something works now, it doesn't mean it's perfectly safe with no cost.
I don't see what the risks are. If LDL and HDL, good indicators of heart disease, become better following LCHF, I don't see why this would be dangerous.
From Dr. Jeff Volek he mentions there is no essential carbohydrate that we need. There is no essential carbohydrate that we need. It is true that in our body, red blood cells, some of other cells of the central nervous system, and the brain need a minute amount of glucose but your body can make that glucose from fat and protein. Those cells also adapt to using ketones. So you can survive from absolutely no carbohydrates.
Of course with this you should consider the long term effects but I'm not totally depleting myself of carbohydrates.
We both have arguments that say it is good and bad but with all this information going around, it is hard for any lay person to discern what information is correct.
I could say the same with the food pyramid. Ever since it's been introduced to the American society, obesity rates has been increasing. Supermarkets have ton of products that were Low Fat. I know this is not a direct correlation as there are probably a ton of other factors that come into play but I think we could both agree on that less sugar in products, especially high fructose corn syrup would alleviate a majority of metabolic syndromes.
Here is a long video on high fructose corn syrup, though you might be busy and might not have time for it
Dr. Lustig talks about the interactions of HFCS in the body, which went over my mind. If you have a good understanding of human chemistry I think you would fine this interesting.
From what I've read and experienced myself, I don't see any risk. But if people think that there is some risk associated with this and want to lose weight, they could do it for a bit and see how they feel, lose a bit of weight and go back to their version of a healthy diet. Personally during this summer by following the food pyramid and eating less, working out, I only lost a few lbs. Switching to LCHF I lost quite a bit of weight and other good side effects.
I am glad you're concern about my health. If something is working for you, then there is no need to change it.
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A fantastic attack on Israel, charging that Israel is playing a double game with regard to relations between the United States and the Arabs–under instructions from Washington–was made in a radio broadcast from Moscow monitored here Starting with the usual slanderous allegations against Israel, the broadcast said:
"It is known that the Israeli militarists always resorted to maneuvers, plots, and intrigues against the Arabs whenever the Western Powers engage in such activities. Israel was the first to start the Anglo-French aggression against Egypt. Our listeners may remember the increase in Israeli activities along the Syrian border during Henderson's visit last summer, when the United States attempted to strangle Syria. You must remember also how Israel publicly threatened Jordan at the time when the American and British occupiers had to withdraw from Arab territory. The Israeli militarists at that time were trying to assist the West in their threats to postpone the withdrawal of the American and British forces from Lebanon and Jordan.
"Bearing all this in mind, one may be surprised at the new campaign of threats by Israel which is being launched at the very same time the U.S. authorities and the U.S. press are shouting loudly about a so-called improvement in relations between the United States and the United Arab Republic. This surprise soon disappears knowing that United States, with deceiving smiles to the Arabs, seeks to destroy Arab unity. At the same time, it is pursuing a policy of force. Washington has concluded bilateral military treaties with the neighbors of the Arabs–Turkey, Iran, and Pakistan–in the hope of surrounding the Arabs with its allies. Is it not true that Washington is encouraging Israel now in the hope that the Arabs, who, under pressure brought to bear on them from all sides, may be forced to change their conduct toward the United States.
"Now that the U.S. authorities are pretending friendship with the Arabs, the Israeli leaders have started to criticize the West, at the orders of the United States. It is pointed out that if Israel attacks the United States and other Western Powers, the Arabs would easily believe the American claims about so-called friendship, and thus would fall in the trap of American intrigues. Moshe Dayan, the former commander of the Israeli army, was the first to speak so seriously that it makes one laugh. He said that the honeymoon which brought Israel and the West together might be short. The falsehood of this statement is obvious from the fact that Israel cannot live without the financial aid of the West, and primarily the United States.
"High officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry furthered this farce, which they are acting out in U.S. interests, at a recent meeting. These officials pointed out–while unable to control their laughter–that Washington was committing an error in making advances toward the United Arab Republic. Nevertheless, the fact remains that the temporary U.S. demarche toward the Arabs pleases the Israeli statesmen, who hope to restrain the hands of the Arabs in all important questions through the United States."


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Plans to install 45-foot tall letters spelling out "Choose Chorley" on the Rivington landscape, were in fact, an April Fool's joke.
In cahoots with Chorley Council, we ran the spoof story in both the Chorley Guardian newspaper and online, exclusively 'revealing' the council proposals.
The joke came after the authority had previously lit up the borough's most famous landmark, Rivington Pike, to launch a new inward investment campaign and put Chorley on the map.
Council leader Alistair Bradley, said: "It's brilliant to see that so many people have responded to our initiatives to put Chorley on the map but we're holding our hands up and admitting that the Choose Chorley sign is an April Fool's joke.
"With the start of our Choose Chorley campaign coinciding with April Fool's Day, we couldn't resist using the infamous date as another opportunity to put Chorley on the map and get people talking about the borough.
"Thank you to everyone who has been in touch to share their views and we hope you see the funny side of the joke. Please rest assured, we would not consider blighting our beautiful countryside in any such way, as it one of the great benefits to locating in Chorley to have the majestic West Pennine Moors right on our doorstep.
"In all seriousness though, our Choose Chorley website and a new grants package for businesses looking to move to Chorley are up and running and we do have even more projects planned to work with businesses to encourage them to move here and create new jobs.
"Any businesses who want to find out more about the benefits of choosing Chorley can do so at choosechorley.co.uk"


text: Column: Cecil H. Underwood August 2, 1998 Story Share DURING THE PAST FEW months, mountaintop mining in West Virginia has attracted much attention from national media and citizens in many parts of the state. My administration's policy and involvement in the mountaintop removal issue have been grossly mischaracterized. Let me set the record straight.The Underwood administration did not begin the practice of mountaintop removal. The procedure was defined by the federal Surface Mining Act of 1977. In West Virginia, the first permits for such mining operations date back to the mid-1970s, and much of the expansion of the practice occurred in the decade before I took office.The media attention this mining technique has received in the past few months might lead you to believe that mountaintop removal is a new phenomenon in West Virginia. As the facts demonstrate, that simply is not the case; it has been happening for two decades.Much of the media and public attention focused on a bill the West Virginia Legislature passed this year and I signed. That bill did not create the practice of mountaintop removal. It merely codified practices in existence for more than two decades and established a reclamation fee scale so the Division of Environmental Protection could collect fees by statute from coal companies that alter the landscape.The legislation also modified regulations of the practice to generally conform to laws and fee schedules applied in the state of Kentucky. If the federal government and our state legally allow this mining practice, I do not believe that West Virginia miners should be placed at a competitive disadvantage with miners in other states.Curiously, officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, who have questioned West Virginia's new law, have remained comparatively silent about Kentucky's bill, after which ours is patterned.We are left to wonder why the U.S. Constitution's mandate of equal protection under the law has not been applied and can only speculate about the reason for the difference in treatment from EPA. Let me clear another misconception: I did not ask that the legislation be introduced, and my administration did not lobby for its passage. This bill was introduced by members of the Legislature, and, after several years of debating the issue, the Legislature passed the bill by a large margin.As governor, I do not have the power to change portions of a bill to make it better. Instead, my authority is limited to signing or vetoing bills as they are passed by the Legislature. In this case, I chose to sign the bill for five key reasons:The Legislature spoke decisively in favor of it: 72-26 in the House and 31-3 in the Senate.I knew that the bill was important to working families, small businesses and communities where coal is mined, and to many citizens who rely on coal mining for economic sustenance and prosperity. Some argue that the coal era in West Virginia is fading away, and we simply should stop mining it. But that conclusion fails to consider the people who depend on coal mining for their livelihood, citizens whose communities and property values would evaporate if the coal industry leaves our state, and small businesses that would be forced to close if coal mining were to cease. While coal may not have the same economic prominence it had 40 years ago, it is still vital to communities, especially in southern West Virginia.West Virginia coal must compete on a global basis. Between 5 million and 7 million tons of coal are imported into the United States every year - mostly from South America into southern states - despite the availability of domestic coal from West Virginia. Users of this imported coal say it is cheaper to produce and transport than coal from our region. Our miners and companies must remain competitive with these international sources of coal.That influx, plus the abundance of coal now being produced from western states, requires that West Virginia coal be as competitively priced as possible, if we hope to retain mining jobs for our citizens.Despite the fact that mountaintop removal has been used for decades, no scientific analysis has been made of the environmental impact of accompanying valley fills and stream mitigation practices. The legislation mandated a study of those issues for the first time. Beyond the impact of stream mitigation outlined in the bill, this mining practice has other impacts on our citizens, our communities and our economy.Because of my deep concern for the environment and the state's economy, I formed the Task Force on Mountaintop Mining Practices to study all aspects of this issue, the way it is used, and the way it is regulated in West Virginia. I have asked that the task force, which includes people with a wide range of opinions, experience and expertise, report back to me by Dec. 1, before the start of the next legislative session.During the first meeting of the task force, I told its members that I was seeking their expertise - not their rubber stamp on any particular position. Because I want them to examine these issues carefully, thoroughly and independently, I have sought to avoid commenting on the issue so as not to influence their examination in any way.This is a controversial issue often oversimplified by advocates on both sides of the debate. I want the task force to conduct a thorough, fact-based, independent examination of all the issues related to the effect of this procedure on the environment, our quality of life and the region's economy.I have avoided public debate on this issue because I do not want to influence in any way the work of the task force or its findings. I will support the findings of the task force and work with the Legislature to implement its recommendations.I hope this summary about this controversial issue has served to explain my actual position on this issue and to clarify the misconceptions about it that you may have heard or read. Gov. Underwood issued this position paper while declining an invitation to debate mountaintop removal at the Pinch Reunion. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 New company planning $73M synthetic fuel plant in Greenbrier County 2 WVU pulls away from Kansas for 56-34 win 3 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 4 'Heroin(e)' spotlights women helping combat Huntington's drug crisis 5 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD Editorial: Symbolic Previous Story Dialogue on mining urged Next Story


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Translation for Name of Book
I have downloaded the Chinese module but the combo box drop-down list still display the name of books in English. Is it possible to get the name of books in the translated language because it facilitate lookup say if I read a quoted section in publications and I want to look it up in the program as I don't know its English name.
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text: Trade without borders November 18, 2003 Story Share Ted Hudson momentarily postponed a reporter's questions so he could send off an important fax."That's on its way to Canada," he said, watching the paper feed into the machine.As operations manager at Cyclops Industries in South Charleston, Hudson is very familiar with business north of the border."We've been exporting for quite a long time, but in the past five years, the Canada market has really pumped up for us," said Hudson, who's been with the company 31 years.Cyclops, a five-employee shop near the Dow Chemical plant, produces custom-made safety sight glasses, multilayer circles of laminated glass built inside steel bindings. The glasses are used primarily in the chemical industry, allowing technicians to see chemical reactions going on inside pipelines or pressure vessels."Without Canada, we'd still be afloat, but it would not help matters at all," Hudson said. "Because just like everybody else in this valley, our business has been slow."A few years after the North American Free Trade Agreement was passed, Cyclops contracted with a Canadian factory representative who shops its sight glasses to companies across the provinces.NAFTA, which will reach its 10-year anniversary on Jan. 1, dropped or phased out tariffs on cross-border freight between the United States, Canada and Mexico.For many years, Canada has imported more West Virginia commodities than any other nation. NAFTA (and its precursor, the 1989 Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement) solidified that status.In 1993, the year before NAFTA took effect, West Virginia sent $258.2 million worth of commodities to Canada. Last year that number was $738.6 million, a 186 percent increase.Coal, chemicals and chemical products are, by far, the Mountain State's leading exports. But even though Canada is consuming more West Virginia goods than ever before, jobs in the coal and chemical industries have been slashed during the decade of NAFTA.According to a report published in 2000 for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, trade and investment increased dramatically in Canada during the years since the first Canada-U.S. agreement was signed. But per capita income declined."Canada has become a noticeably more unequal society in the free trade era," researcher Bruce Campbell wrote. "Real incomes declined for the large majority of Canadians in the 1990s; they increased only for the top fifth."In West Virginia, exports to Canada support about 3,700 jobs, according to The Trade Partnership, a Washington, D.C., consulting firm dedicated to free trade.Canada has also taken jobs from West Virginia. While Mexico gets most of the blame for luring companies with the promise of low wages, workers from EIMCO, a Bluefield coal mining equipment company, filed for trade-related unemployment benefits last year after the company shifted production to Canada. The United States had a trade deficit of $35.5 billion with Canada as of August, meaning the United States imported $35.5 billion more from Canada than it exported there. Looking strictly at surface freight data (air and water shipment data is unavailable), West Virginia has a slightly positive trade balance with Canada and Mexico.Other than coal and chemicals, the state, for instance, shipped $2.2 million worth of electrical machinery to Canada last year. The same goes for $2 million in the aircraft/spacecraft category, $2.3 million worth of live animals and $6.8 million in glass and glassware.It is in these small- to medium-sized markets that Stephen Spence finds opportunity for West Virginia exports.Spence, the director of the state Development Office's international division, helps companies tap into the international market by organizing trade shows, or through the worldwide contacts kept by the U.S. Export Assistance Center on Capitol Street."Dow and the big coal companies don't need our help," Spence said. But, as far as smaller businesses go, "I think we're just scratching the surface. Ninety-six percent of the world's consumers live outside of the U.S." Spence acknowledges there is a downside to trade agreements such as NAFTA: Factories relocating to Mexico and American-made products being replaced with cheaper imports."But it also opens up their markets to us, and we have to try to take advantage of the benefits," he said.Few West Virginia business leaders know about the ups and downs of NAFTA better than Beri Fox, president of Marble King in Paden City. "For us, NAFTA certainly opened up opportunities in the Canadian market," Fox said. "We have seen a huge increase in our sales to Canada, and it's certainly easier getting our products across the border. It reduced shipping time and the time they were held at the border considerably."In part because of the wide- open Canadian market, Marble King, a 54-year-old family-owned business, is working 365 days a year and producing 1 million marbles a day. It keeps 38 people employed at the Tyler County plant.But there's a down side to the Marble King story."NAFTA opened up the same opportunities for the factories in Mexico and allowed them to bring large volumes of glass marbles into the U.S.," Fox said. "The Mexican marbles are much cheaper and have become much more readily available in this country."The huge gains Marble King made in the Canadian market have been erased, and then some, by Mexican competition."The hurt is more substantial; the losses more substantial than the benefits," Fox said.There is nothing to stop Mexican marble makers from entering the Canadian market and undercutting Marble King that way. That's what NAFTA is all about — no trade restrictions among the three nations. Goods, made in the cheapest manner possible, flow freely, driving down prices for consumers.Fox doesn't think her Canadian customers will jump ship. A certain amount of loyalty has been built, she said, and the Mexican factories are doing their business by way of the chain stores, the big-volume buyers, "the Wal-Marts of the world."At Cyclops Industries, company President Kim Mack keeps a colorful world map on the wall. Canada is not its only export destination, but it is by far the best.Mack's grandfather founded the company 45 years ago after his job at Union Carbide allowed him to witness some dangerous blowouts among the glass portals inside the plant.He patented the layered-and-laminated technique still used by Cyclops today and went into business on Charleston's West Side. The company moved to South Charleston in the late 1960s.In the old days, the domestic market was enough to support the business. But that won't cut it in the 21st century.When Mack's father took over the business, he added a few Canadian provinces to Cyclops' target sales area. When Mack took over in 1999, she followed his lead and added another few provinces."Between 1999 and 2000, our sales to Canada were up 45 percent, but our biggest increase came between 2001 and 2002, when we were up 69 percent," Mack said.Companies that build chemical tanks and other vessels in Canada, then export them to the United States, are still turning to Cyclops for the sight glasses, she said.This year, however, Canadian sales are down 53 percent, a concern for Cyclops considering how important the Canadian market has become to the small business.NAFTA ties national economies together — for better or worse, critics point out."[Canada and Mexico's] economies have now become extremely dependent on the capacity of U.S. consumers to continue to spend in excess of their incomes," according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank that has studied NAFTA extensively."[Canadian] trade has become more concentrated with the U.S. — from 74 to 85 percent of exports — and less concentrated with the rest of the world," Campbell, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives researcher, wrote in 2000.International economist Robert Scott, who is preparing to release his study, "NAFTA at 10," for the Economic Policy Institute, said he worries not only for the United States, but also for other nations entering into free-trade agreements with the United States.The Bush administration wants to expand the North American free-trade zone, turning it into the Free Trade Area of the Americas, which would include the entire Western Hemisphere. But some nations, such as Brazil, are balking.Trade leaders from the United States and the affected nations are meeting this week in Miami to try to hash out differences. Brazil wants more flexibility on agriculture subsidies and anti-dumping tariffs employed to protect U.S. farmers.As a result, U.S. citrus, beef, soybean and sugar cane growers are watching the situation closely, hoping they won't be overrun by cheaper imports from the south, much the way the U.S. garment industry has suffered under NAFTA."I think we've really taken the wrong path in globalization, and I'm really concerned these trade agreements will be bad for the countries we're targeting," Scott said. "It's a race to the bottom for wages and incomes."To contact staff writer Robert J. Byers, use e-mail or call 348-1236. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Philanthropist Betty Schoenbaum of Shoney's fortune turns 100 2 Derek Redd: Marshall thinks outside the cable box for broadcasts 3 New leaders begin to emerge for Marshall football 4 Deer in 8 WV counties found dead from EHD 5 Capital High to reopen Monday after shut down by mold Welfare car program to be audited over 'lemon' allegations Previous Story Clunkers and questionable deals Next Story


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Each year, Victoria's Secret selects one lucky Angel to wear the coveted multimillion-dollar Fantasy Bra, and this year Alessandra Ambrosio will be sporting this pricey piece of lingerie. The mother of two just gave birth to her second child in May, and we got the scoop on how she bounced back into runway-ready shape. Click on to hear more from Alessandra Ambrosio in today's Fab Flash. On Allison McNamara: ModCloth dress.


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Tom, here.
Just stumbled on this site and lost sleep last night reading threads. I think I learned more about Q in the last 24 hours than I have in the last six months. What an educational and inspiring resource this forum is! Thanks to all of you for taking the time to give the newbies feedback, tips, and encouragement as we learn how to handle our pits (which I'm finding is as much an art as fly fishing).
We live north of Houston. On a whim I bought a Brinkmann offset smoker from Home Depot, several months ago, and have quickly become addicted to barbecue on a smoker. Initially, I struggled with getting the Brinkmann up to temperature until I made the typical modifications - now it heats up to 350 degrees if I push it. If you're newbie like me do yourself a favor and make the very simple mods that can be found on this site - makes a huge difference. I also used lump charcoal for the first time yesterday and it really helped pump up the temperature. I wouldn't use anything else now.
After much champagne I've convinced my wife to let me purchase a higher quality smoker (weather swings make it difficult for me to maintain cooking temps without a lot of work on the Brinkmann), and I'll probably be begging for advice on manufacturers and models in the near future.
Again - many thanks and very happy to be here....


text: On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:10:24PM -0500, Alan G Isaac wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 12:08:32PM -0500, Alan G Isaac wrote: > >> a matrix behavior that I find bothersome and unnatural:: > > >> >>> M = N.mat('1 2;3 4') > >> >>> M[0] > >> matrix([[1, 2]]) > >> >>> M[0][0] > >> matrix([[1, 2]]) > > > On Fri, 22 Feb 2008, Stefan van der Walt apparently wrote: > > This is exactly what I would expect for matrices: M[0] is > > the first row of the matrix. > > Define what "first row" means! > There is no standard definition that says this is means the > **submatrix** that can be created from the first row. > Someone once pointed out on this list that one might > consider a matrix to be a container of 1d vectors. For NumPy, > however, it is natural that it be a container of 1d arrays. > (See the discussion for the distinction.) Could you explain to me how you'd like this to be fixed? If the matrix becomes a container of 1-d arrays, then you can no longer expect x[:,0] to return a column vector -- which was one of the reasons the matrix class was created. While not entirely consistent, one workaround would be to detect when a matrix is a "vector", and then do 1-d-like indexing on it. > You "expect" this matrix behavior only from experience with it, > which is why I "expect" it too, while hating it. No, really, I don't ever use the matrix class :) But it is not like the behaviour is set in stone, so I would spend less time hating and more time patching. > The example really speaks for itself. Since Konrad is an extremely > experienced user/developer, his reaction should speak volumes. Of course, I meant no disrespect to Konrad. I'm just trying to understand the best way to address your concern. Regards Stefan


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