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RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian oil startup HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA plans a new exploration campaign at the offshore Polvo heavy oil field the company acquired earlier this month, Chief Executive Milton Franke said Wednesday.
HRT paid $135 million to the local unit of BP PLC for BP's 60% stake in the field, which produces about 13,000 barrels of crude per day. Mr. Franke noted that the field offers opportunities to boost production, which has declined since starting in 2007.
"Production is in decline, and we want to introduce measures to sustain production and increase the life of the field," Mr. Franke said.
HRT plans to drill new exploration and production wells at Polvo and the surrounding area of the Campos Basin, an region off Brazil's coast that produces more than 85% of the country's crude oil. While Polvo is a small-producing field, Mr. Franke emphasized that the field lies along a broader trend that includes other larger producing fields.
"This asset offers risk, but it's important to stress the tremendous upsides" in the area surrounding Polvo, Mr. Franke said. "With HRT's knowledge, we are certain we can make use of these upsides."
HRT also expects to complete drilling and evaluation activities of the Wingat prospect, the company's first well in its exploration blocks off the coast of Namibia, by next week, said Joe Paul, head of HRT America. Mr. Paul succeeds Wagner Peres, who resigned last week.
"Well results will be forthcoming," Mr. Paul said.
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This Pine Orchard direct waterfront home, built in 1885, is the vacation spot you've been dreaming of. This well appointed home features six large bedrooms, three full baths, a large wrap around porch and more! The house is a traditional Victorian Beach House which has retained it's unique charm and many of the original features such as large rooms, stained glass windows, an original victorian clawfoot tub and cofferour ceilings. The house is well suited for large family gatherings and reunions. In the kitchen you will find everything you need for entertaining a crowd. There are two refrigerators, professional cookware, china and a large walk in pantry. There is a separate laundry room and mud room. The unusually large dining room can seat up to 18. The oversized outdoor wrap around porch can comfortably seat a large family. There is also a glass sunroom facing the ocean. The master suite includes a large private balcony which overlooks the ocean and the Thimble Islands. There are amazing views of Long Island Sound and the Thimble Islands from almost every room. Enjoy beautiful gardens with different plant and flower varieties that bloom all year round. There is a two seater ocean kayak and many board games to keep you entertained if you tire of swimming or sunbathing. Town, train, and golfing are just minutes away.
For outdoor entertaining there is a beautiful yard which leads to the beach. There is plenty of outdoor furniture and a professional gas grill and webber charcoal grill for cooking.
Parking is never a problem. There is a large private driveway with parking for six cars. There is also a bonus lot with parking for an additional 6 cars which accompanies this home.
Enjoy many activities nearby for both adults and children. It is a ten minute drive to New Haven's culture with its museums, theatres, shopping, restaurants, and Yale. Foxwood Casinos and Mohegan Sun Casinos are less than one hour away. Premium shopping and outlets are less than 15 minutes away. Take a day trip to Newport or New York City which is just over an hour away! The house is 5 minutes from the Branford train station.
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If your looking for a quiet and elegant spot to gather 12 family members together of varying ages and interests, then you have found the spot. We spent a wonderful week in this lovely house enjoying each others company and relaxing in front of the ocean. Working out details with Barbara was easy and efficient and the photos of the house, the property and the area do not do it justice. There is plenty to do and see in the area and Central New York is accessible by train in 1 1/2 hours from New Haven. However, the best times were spent concocting meals in the modern kitchen and then enjoying them with much conversation and laughter around the large dinning table before moving to the covered porch to watch the sun set with coffee in hand. The time spent there will be talked about in our family for years to come!
This is a beautiful home in a quiet lovely neighborhood sitting on the edge of Long Island Sound. I rented this home for my daughters graduation/family reunion and it could not have been better. The owner Barbara is wonderful to work with, very responsive and professional. My family loves to cook and this house comes with everything a cook could ask for. There is plenty refrigerator space, prep space, cooking area and a large dining room for everyone to sit down and enjoy a meal together. The house is very nicely decorated, very comfortable beds, beautiful outside lawn for barbaquing and and having a drink watching the boats go by. If you have a reason to stay in the area and need multiple bedrooms, this home will magnify your wonderful memories of your time there. Don't pass it up!
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North Koreans Say They Plan A Nuclear Test
By DAVID E. SANGER; Choe Sang-Hun contributed reporting from Seoul, South Korea; Martin Fackler from Tokyo; and Philip Shenon from Cairo.
Published: October 4, 2006
North Korea announced Tuesday that it intended to conduct its first nuclear test, prompting warnings from Tokyo to Washington that an underground explosion would lead to a sharp response and could undermine the security balance in Asia.
North Korea did not say when it would try to test a weapon, and experts inside and outside the Bush administration said the announcement itself was a negotiating ploy, intended to force the White House into lifting economic sanctions and holding one-on-one talks with North Korea.
American intelligence officials said they saw no signs that a test was imminent. But they cautioned that two weeks ago, American officials who had reviewed recent intelligence reports said American spy satellites had picked up evidence of indeterminate activity around what is thought to be North Korea's main test site. It was unclear to them whether the activity was part of plans for a test, or perhaps a feint related to last month's visit to Washington by President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea.
At that meeting, Mr. Bush and Mr. Roh discussed the possibility of a test, and Mr. Roh said the event would ''change the nature'' of South Korea's policy of economic engagement with the North, Mr. Roh told Americans he met afterward.
But the two leaders did not appear to have a coordinated strategy, and a senior Asian diplomat in Washington said Tuesday that ''no one is quite sure how to respond'' if the North conducted a test in the near future.
In public, the Bush administration's response was muted and left the American response as unclear as the North Korean threat.
North Korea has long possessed plutonium fuel to manufacture nuclear weapons, and American intelligence agencies say they believe the country expanded its fuel stockpile in recent years so that it could now make roughly six to eight weapons, and perhaps more. That inventory was increased, North Korea says, after the eviction of international inspectors in early 2003, just as the Bush administration was focused on the invasion of Iraq.
North Korea claimed more than a year ago that it possessed a ''nuclear deterrent,'' but the absence of a test has created a diplomatic ambiguity, allowing China to raise doubts about how far the country had progressed, and giving Washington room after President Bush's declaration in his first term that he would never ''tolerate'' a nuclear-armed North Korea.
It is unclear whether the North Koreans have determined that ambiguity is no longer in their interests. In a statement issued Tuesday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry said that ''the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war and sanctions and pressure compel the D.P.R.K. to conduct a nuclear test, an essential process for bolstering nuclear deterrent, as a self-defense measure in response.'' North Korea's official name is the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
But earlier this month a North Korean general, Ri Chan-bok, told a visiting American expert, Selig S. Harrison, that no test was necessary.
Mr. Harrison quoted General Ri as saying last week: ''If we have an underground test it could have radioactive leakage. These rumors are spread by U.S. agencies to smear us. I have never heard indications of a nuclear test in our government or armed forces.''
In a statement, Frederick Jones, the National Security Council spokesman, said a test would ''severely undermine our confidence in North Korea's commitment to denuclearization'' and ''pose a threat to peace and security in Asia and the world.''
''A provocative action of this nature would only further isolate the North Korean regime and deny the people of the North the benefits offered to them'' in six-nation talks that have not reconvened in more than a year, the statement said.
But behind closed doors the announcement touched off a flurry of meetings, as officials wrestled with uncertain intelligence, questions about whether China or South Korea could prevent a test and the possibility that a test could take place before the Congressional elections.
The American statement did not draw the lines in the sand that marked the nuclear standoffs of the 1990's, when the Clinton administration began reinforcing American forces on the Korean Peninsula in response to a threat by the North to convert its supply of spent nuclear reactor fuel into bombs.
But American officials, who declined to be named because they were not authorized to speak about North Korean policy, have recently said the administration assumes that sooner or later, North Korea will conduct a test. ''You could argue that it wouldn't be an all-bad thing,'' one administration hawk said, ''because it would finally unify the Chinese, and the Russians and the South Koreans,'' all of whom have been reluctant to pressure North Korea.
Michael Green, who handled North Korea issues for the National Security Council until he left the White House last year, said, ''I think that the evidence has grown, especially with the missile launch, that North Korea has its own escalation ladder, and they would agree to postpone a test only for the right price.''
Mr. Green said he thought it was unlikely that North Korea's price would be met, and he said he thought the North had ''calculated that they can take the heat from China and Japan, and they are not losing much from South Korea anyway.''
In Tokyo, North Korea's sudden announcement was the first international test for Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, a nationalist who has vowed to make security a top priority. Mr. Abe warned North Korea against the test in stern terms rarely heard in the cautious language of Japanese diplomacy.
''Japan and the world absolutely will not tolerate a nuclear test,'' he told reporters, in a statement worded more sharply than the Bush administration's. ''The international community would respond harshly.''
[On Wednesday, China urged North Korea to ''exercise necessary calm and restraint,'' a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Liu Jianchao, said in a statement reported by Reuters from Beijing. But he also warned other countries to ''peacefully resolve their mutual concerns through dialogue'' and ''not take actions that escalate tensions.'']
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters in Cairo, where she met with several Arab counterparts on regional issues, including Iran's nuclear program, that the announcement was disturbing and that a nuclear test would be ''a very provocative act by the North Koreans.''
Photo: A television in a train station in Seoul, South Korea, with news of North Korea's announcement yesterday. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)(pg. A6)


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COLTON >> Police were searching for more potential victims of a 19-year-old charged with four felony counts involving kidnapping and sex with a minor under age 14.
Lee Ruiz Ortega, 19, of Colton was arrested last week at his apartment in the 1600 block of East Washington Street after a juvenile told police he was forced into Ortega's residence and sexually assaulted.
Lead detective Ray Mendez of the Colton Police Department said he does not believe the two were previously acquainted.
"The victim was walking home through the complex when approached by Ortega and told that if he makes any noise that he's going to be hurt," Mendez said during a phone interview. "Ortega then walks him a short distance to a nearby residence where the assault occurred."
The apartment Ortega was staying at was rented by a private organization catering to young adults who grew up in foster care, according to Mendez, who said he has reason to believe there may be additional victims.
"Our investigation has led us to believe that Ortega was known to hang out or loiter about the complex with other underage juveniles," he said.
Mendez asked anyone who may be a victim or have additional information to contact him at 909-841-9423.
Ortega was arraigned Wednesday in San Bernardino Superior Court, online court records indicate.
He was arrested on Jan. 18 at his apartment and was being held on $500,000 bail at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.


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Forearm Muscle Strain
A forearm muscle strain is a partial or complete tear of the small fibers of the forearm muscles. Forearm muscles allow you to extend and flex your wrist and fingers.
|Muscles of the Hand and Forearm
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A forearm muscle strain is caused by:
- Stretching the forearm muscles beyond the amount of tension they can withstand
- Suddenly putting stress on the forearm muscles when they are not ready for stress
- Overusing the forearm muscles over time
- Receiving a direct blow to the forearm muscles
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase the chance of a forearm muscle strain include:
- Participation in sports that overuse the forearm
- Previous strain or injury to the area
- Muscle fatigue
- Weak or tired muscles
- Repetitive movements that strain the forearm muscles
Symptoms may include:
- Problems flexing the fingers or wrist
- Pain while stretching the fingers or wrist
- Area feels tender and sore
- Muscle spasms
- Swelling
The doctor will ask about symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Most forearm muscle strains can be diagnosed with a physical exam.
Images of the area may be needed if severe damage is suspected. Images may be taken with x-ray or MRI scan .
Muscle strains are graded according to their severity:
- Grade 1—Some stretching with micro tearing of muscle fibers.
- Grade 2—Partial tearing of muscle fibers.
- Grade 3—Complete tearing of muscle fibers. This may also be called a rupture or avulsion.
Recovery time ranges depend on the grade of your injury. Treatment options may include one or more of the following:
Supportive Care
The muscle will need time to heal. RICE is often the main part of treatment:
- Rest—Activities will need to be restricted at first. Normal activities will be reintroduced gradually.
- Ice—Ice therapy may help relieve swelling. Heat or cold may be advised throughout recovery if they provide benefits.
- Compression—Used for a limited time, compression bandages can provide gentle pressure to help move fluids out of the area.
- Elevation—Keeping the area elevated can help fluids drain out or prevent fluids from building up.
Prescription or over-the-counter medications may be advised to reduce pain.
To help reduce the chance of a forearm muscle strain:
- Use an ergonomic keyboard or workstation.
- Keep muscles strong. This will help them absorb the energy of sudden, stressful activities.
- Avoid overuse or repetitive stress.
- Learn the proper technique for sports.
- If you feel pain during exercise, stop exercising that muscle group.
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- Updated: 03/18/2013
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Is there one value more important than others when it comes to the workings of a good society?
Obviously political liberty is very important. Indeed without the right to vote and participate in politics it's hard to see how we can preserve the "public" part of public interest.
For similar reasons we might shine the light on freedom of speech and association as only through it can political liberty be fully realised.
Realists take us to a deeper level and focus on social and economic power. Majorities talk but so does money, culture and religion. Note also that when majorities talk it may be at the expense of minorities. It's also possible to have a more than fair degree of civil and political liberty coupled with social exclusion and economic injustice.
Others say it's more a case of "too much politics". The state, they say, should restrict its role to the bare minimum and allow the market in ideas and goods and services to fill the space. It is the freedom of entry into a community or an activity that is seen as most important for progress.
Is it a case, then, of "too little politics" or "too much politics"?
Is it a case, then, of "too much government" or "too much tradition" or "too much commerce"?
A minimalist state could work – but only if backed up by significant levels of mutualism and ethical behaviour.
So too could a superactive polity work – but only if backed up by ideological restraint and an appropriate degree of market freedom.
Perhaps we are on the wrong track and should instead focus on the attitudes that shape our approach to life and politics rather than the systems within which we live.
Climbing up the ladder in this way takes me to the concept of "toleration" and its contemporary incarnation as "mutual respect".
Let's consider their application in the contexts of culture, commerce and politics.
In the first instance it means tolerating the religions, lifestyles and eccentricities of others. In the second instance it means respecting merit and economics. In the last instance it means legitimacy for opposition.
What this means is that the "other" always has a chance, whether we are talking of prophets or politicians or the future of society or the economy. It means my liberties are your liberties, my desire for power and influence are yours as well and my self-interest and advancement yours at the same time. Indeed it is the engine-room of hope even when there is despair.
In contemporary managerial terms we might link this to "the trust factor" in social, political and economic life. Trust facilitates exchange, encourages necessary risk, allows for dialogue and empowers leaders to think ahead.
Such an attitude can't just be created as we may create a constitution or pass a law. It may need the laws and policies but they are not its definition. It involves rights but requires responsibilities to make it a reality.
The idea of acknowledging and respecting "the other" in our midst has played a role in many of the world's religions, as indeed it has in the secular philosophies we associate with the Enlightenment. It is when we ignore the implications of the self and other equation for democracy ( the right to oppose), civil society ( the right to be different) and commerce ( the right to compete) that we undermine the contribution each can make towards a good society.
And it's something we can be passionate about.


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The 22 men stood accused of the mass murder of more than a million peoplepeople deemed "racially undesirable" by Adolf Hitler. This week, at Nürnberg's Palace of Justice, Presiding Judge Michael A. Musmanno of Pittsburgh handed down their sentences. For Major General Otto Ohlendorf and Brigadier General Erich Naumann and twelve other 55 (Elite Guard) officers: death by hanging. For Brigadier General Heinz Jost and Lieut. Colonel Gustav Nosske: life imprisonment. For Brigadier Generals Erwin Schulz and Franz Six, and an SS major: 20 years. Two field grade officers were sentenced...
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Guess I have some books to toss on the eReader ASAP. Quite a few of these have been on my 'To Do' list. #70 is sitting on my wife's nightstand, she just finished it. Maybe I'll give it a go.
The NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy novels with the ones I have read in bold:
1. The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, by J.R.R. Tolkien
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams
3. Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card
4. The Dune Chronicles, by Frank Herbert
5. A Song Of Ice And Fire Series, by George R. R. Martin
6. 1984, by George Orwell
7. Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury
8. The Foundation Trilogy, by Isaac Asimov
9. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
10. American Gods, by Neil Gaiman
11. The Princess Bride, by William Goldman (I saw the movie, does that count?)
12. The Wheel Of Time Series, by Robert Jordan
13. Animal Farm, by George Orwell
14. Neuromancer, by William Gibson
15. Watchmen, by Alan Moore
16. I, Robot, by Isaac Asimov
17. Stranger In A Strange Land, by Robert Heinlein
18. The Kingkiller Chronicles, by Patrick Rothfuss
19. Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
20. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
21. Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick (I saw this movie too!)
22. The Handmaid's Tale, by Margaret Atwood
23. The Dark Tower Series, by Stephen King
24. 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Arthur C. Clarke
25. The Stand, by Stephen King
26. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson
27. The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury
28. Cat's Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut
29. The Sandman Series, by Neil Gaiman
30. A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (Hey, there's a book on this movie?)
31. Starship Troopers, by Robert Heinlein
32. Watership Down, by Richard Adams
33. Dragonflight, by Anne McCaffrey
34. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, by Robert Heinlein
35. A Canticle For Leibowitz, by Walter M. Miller
36. The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells
37. 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, by Jules Verne
38. Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keys
39. The War Of The Worlds, by H.G. Wells
40. The Chronicles Of Amber, by Roger Zelazny
41. The Belgariad, by David Eddings
42. The Mists Of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
43. The Mistborn Series, by Brandon Sanderson
44. Ringworld, by Larry Niven
45. The Left Hand Of Darkness, by Ursula K. LeGuin
46. The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien
47. The Once And Future King, by T.H. White
48. Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman
49. Childhood's End, by Arthur C. Clarke
50. Contact, by Carl Sagan
51. The Hyperion Cantos, by Dan Simmons
52. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman
53. Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson
54. World War Z, by Max Brooks
55. The Last Unicorn, by Peter S. Beagle
56. The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
57. Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett (updated 9/06/2011)
58. The Chronicles Of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever, by Stephen R. Donaldson
59. The Vorkosigan Saga, by Lois McMaster Bujold
60. Going Postal, by Terry Pratchett
61. The Mote In God's Eye, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
62. The Sword Of Truth, by Terry Goodkind
63. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
64. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke
65. I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson
66. The Riftwar Saga, by Raymond E. Feist
67. The Shannara Trilogy, by Terry Brooks
68. The Conan The Barbarian Series, by R.E. Howard
69. The Farseer Trilogy, by Robin Hobb
70. The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger
71. The Way Of Kings, by Brandon Sanderson
72. A Journey To The Center Of The Earth, by Jules Verne
73. The Legend Of Drizzt Series, by R.A. Salvatore
74. Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
75. The Diamond Age, by Neil Stephenson
76. Rendezvous With Rama, by Arthur C. Clarke
77. The Kushiel's Legacy Series, by Jacqueline Carey
78. The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. LeGuin
79. Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury
80. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
81. The Malazan Book Of The Fallen Series, by Steven Erikson
82. The Eyre Affair, by Jasper Fforde
83. The Culture Series, by Iain M. Banks
84. The Crystal Cave, by Mary Stewart
85. Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
86. The Codex Alera Series, by Jim Butcher
87. The Book Of The New Sun, by Gene Wolfe
88. The Thrawn Trilogy, by Timothy Zahn
89. The Outlander Series, by Diana Gabaldan
90. The Elric Saga, by Michael Moorcock
91. The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury
92. Sunshine, by Robin McKinley
93. A Fire Upon The Deep, by Vernor Vinge
94. The Caves Of Steel, by Isaac Asimov
95. The Mars Trilogy, by Kim Stanley Robinson
96. Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
97. Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis
98. Perdido Street Station, by China Mieville
99. The Xanth Series, by Piers Anthony
100. The Space Trilogy, by C.S. Lewis
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If Ray Bradbury is on the list, it's made of fail.
I need to pick up some Neil Gaiman, though.
But a lot of those are really old books that only old, dead, authors wrote - and they're dead and OLD didn't even have iPods or iPads and PS2's or Macs and any of that stuff.
Fantasy-Fiction is to Sci-Fi as Barbara Cartland is to Jane Austen...
Number 5 was recently shown in this format under the name "game of thrones" and it is excellent in that format (probably OK in book format too)
Snow crash is the most accessible of them all, and if you happen to like historic novels, the baroque cycle is great too (the first book dragged on a bit, but the seven others are all great.)
Rob, is that all that you've read of that list? tsk tsk.
I also recommend the Vorkosigan Saga. It will take a while; it currently consists of about a dozen novels and four short stories.
Incidentally, I liked Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep, but Marooned in Real Time, not listed, is better.


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Prosperous Hagia's vaults brimmed with gold. Her warehouses bulged with the goods of the southern seas. She had the spider-god to thank for her prosperity.
But beneath Hagia's ancient bargain with the A'Rak lay the direst danger. That mercenary kingdom had mortgaged its soul in its pact with the giant arachnoid. When the note fell due, death of the most hideous kind awaited the multitudes of that affluent and bustling nation.
As Hagia's debt falls due, two foreigners arrive in Big Quay, her capital: Lagademe and her team, foremost among the world's Nuncios - deliverers of anything to anywhere - and Nifft the Lean, thief and rogue extraordinaire.
Nifft and Lagademe, strangers to one another at the outset, will soon be struggling side by side for their lives - and a nation's survival - against the most hideous foe in the annals of Sword and Sorcery fiction.
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The Elk River girls are 0-2 in conference after facing pair of ranked teams to open the NWSC schedule.
The Osseo Orioles, ranked No. 6, beat the Elks 66-51 on Tuesday evening in Osseo, led by senior guard Phyllis Werbb with 23 points. Madi Malone added 12.
The Elks (2-2) also lost to No. 9 Centennial 71-66 last Thursday. They'll try break into the win column in NWSC play hosting Coon Rapids on Thursday.
Elk River led 22-20 at the half but gave up 46 points in the second half when the Orioles imposed their faster style on the Elks.
"We kept the game to our pace in the first half," said coach Reed Caouette, "but Osseo forced us into an uptempo game in the second half, and they outrebounded us and made lots of steals. Some of our missed layups, they would turn into layups on the other end."
Shelby Gracik tallied 19 points for the Elks, hitting three 3-pointers. The Orioles defense stymied the Elks top two scorers, holding 6-2 freshman center Abi Scheid (19.5 ppg coming in) to 8 points, and senior guard Jordyn Sohns (18 ppg) to 9 points.


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Owens C.C. offering free dental exams for kids
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:48:35 GMT —
Friday, February 3 is the annual nationwide Give Kids a Smile Day.
And to help get the message out about the importance of dental hygeine, Owens Community College is offering free exams to kids agesd six months to 18 years.
There will be two sessions, one from 8am to noon and the other from 1pm to 4pm.
Owens dental hygeine students will perform cleanings as well as take x-rays and peform other procedures.
To schedule an appointment for your child, call 1-800-GO-OWENS, ext. 7294.;


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Can't say enough about how this procedure has affected me positively. Had the first treatment several weeks ago and am experiencing very little to no sweating in my underarms which I have had extremely excessively since my teens.
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There's nothing like financial Armageddon for reviving the work of an old economist. Amid the recessionary doom and gloom, the world has channeled Adam Smith, dusted off John Maynard Keynes and revisited Eugene Fama. In recent days, it's been James Tobin's turn. Close to four decades since the Yale economist proposed a levy on foreign-exchange transactions or a "Tobin tax," as the suggestion became known the idea is enjoying a new lease of life. At a meeting of G-20 finance ministers last weekend, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown suggested the group of leading countries consider the tax to establish "a better economic and social contract between financial institutions and the public based on trust and a just distribution of risks and rewards."
There's little disagreement that by picking up the banks' half-a-trillion-dollar repair bill, taxpayers got a rotten deal in the financial meltdown. How to make sure they're not forced to pay a second time is unclear. A levy on financial-market transactions, stretched beyond foreign-currency trades to cover stocks, derivatives and other clever instruments, might offer twin benefits. By slapping an additional fee on each transaction, the tax "would naturally drive [investors] toward those that are more sensible, more profitable, more rational," suggests Julian Jessop, chief international economist at the consultancy Capital Economics in London. What's more, even a modest levy on the world's financial markets Tobin first proposed a 1% charge on currency deals, before advocating even lower rates would generate hundreds of billions of dollars in revenue.
For politicians desperate to win over vexed voters, it's a convenient notion. Indeed, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, suffering in polls almost as badly as Brown, has previously argued in favor of the tax. Look beyond that, though, and support for the measure starts to wane. The levy is "not something we're prepared to support," U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in response to Brown's call. Officials from Russia, China and the European Central Bank also shied away from it.
Why the poor reception? For a tax that's attracted high-profile backers like Brown and Sarkozy, its track record is thin. When Tobin first proposed the idea in 1972, it was seen as a way to stop currency speculators after the collapse of the Bretton Woods system of fixed exchange rates, but it was never imposed. Sweden enacted a tax on certain financial transactions in the 1980s but ditched it in 1991 after trading volumes sank.
Today, there are bigger obstacles to its implementation. First, there are the tax's tricky practicalities: Which financial transactions and institutions do you target? And who pays, administers and regulates it? But possibly more importantly, every major financial center would need to be on board for the levy to be effective. Investment banks wouldn't likely leave Britain for cheaper foreign currencytrading in Macedonia, but they might well if that opportunity was in Manhattan. Advanced economies imposing the tax unilaterally "would see their financial markets decimated," Howard Wheeldon, senior strategist at BGC Partners in London, wrote in a note to clients on Monday.
For those looking to such a tax to protect against future calamities, there's even more disappointment. Squeezing the volume of financial trading wouldn't have done much to tackle the eye-watering debts and shoddy risk assessment at the oversize banks that got us into the current pickle. That job falls to regulators. Moreover, evidence of the impact of transaction charges on the volatility of assets is mixed: buyers in Britain's housing market which, like many others around the world, cratered in 2007 have been required to pay a transaction tax on their purchases for years.
All of which leaves the tax as a basic means of raising funds. And in that respect, there may be simpler methods. Because of the lukewarm response from other countries to Brown's suggestion, the British government was quick to reduce the levy to one of several ideas the Prime Minister had for recouping taxpayers' billions. Another idea that banks themselves pay into a central rescue fund, with contributions determined by a lender's size or risk exposure could yet prove more popular.
With the IMF scheduled to report next April its own findings on possible funding options for future bailouts, banks will, in one way or another, be forced to put aside more to cover the costs. Tobin, were he alive, would surely welcome that.


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Bad run 'draining belief', says Wheater
Defender David Wheater concedes Middlesbrough's long winless streak is starting to have an effect on the squad.
The last time Gareth Southgate's side took three points from a league match was when Tuncay Sanli's double sank Aston Villa on November 9.
Since then Boro have played 12 times in the top flight without success and Wheater admits it is beginning to "drain belief" among the players.
The unwanted streak, which has left Boro second bottom, reached perhaps its worst point on January 17 when they succumbed 3-0 to fellow relegation strugglers West Bromwich Albion and that result has been followed by a 2-0 defeat at Chelsea and a goalless stalemate at home to Blackburn Rovers.
"We've not been on the best run of late but we're trying our hardest," Wheater told the club's website.
"We know where we are, we are realists. Runs like this do drain belief to an extent but the coaches and the manager are keeping our heads up and showing us we are doing a lot right. We just need to do more.
"We have a bunch of confident lads but that needs to be turned into results."
Wheater is hoping the improved performance from his fellow defenders in the clash with Rovers can provide a springboard for a mini-revival.
"We defended much better against Blackburn and we hope that's a start," he said.
"The fact is win a couple and we are out of where we are, not clear but out of the bottom three."
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Five years ago, Immelman was one of world's best players, and today he's trying to retrain his skills enough to earn a solid reputation as a challenger on the PGA Tour. He overcame surgery to remove a calcified fibrosis tumor on his diaphragm before winning the Masters and has battled tendonitis in his left elbow and wrist ever since.
Because he was basically trying to play with one arm, he has been unable to live up to the promise of his spectacular victory. He fell to No. 294 in the 2011 world rankings, and now, at age 33, he's trying to clear his mind and game of all the baggage. He's the biggest name in the field, and as he puts it, really no one cares.
"Crying or moaning or whatever the response would be is irrelevant,'' he said between work on the driving range and chipping green Tuesday. "I think I'm on the right track to getting back. I think the most important thing about 2013 is I've been healthy all year. I haven't had to think about any injuries once, and I haven't been able to do that in a half decade. That's the main positive I take out of the year. I've been able to get back and ... practice all the shots I think I need to compete.
"So I feel like I'm on the right road. To get back I just have to keep along with this plan and stay patient and keep my mind clear.''
This season he's finished in the top 10 once on the PGA Tour, placing in the top 25 twice. His $360,549 winnings rank 143rd on the tour. He's not in Fort Wayne to try for a tour card or because the $180,000 first-place money means that much. He's here to keep chasing his own resurgence.
So he spends as much time pounding on the driving range, grinding on chips and measuring breaths over putts as anyone on tour. He's torn apart his game and hopes to put it back together with a stronger foundation that can survive the tests and put him back where he wants to go.
"I'm probably starting to become a more consistent putter,'' he said. "That's the thing that has held me back over the past few years because I have come back from the injury, I've had to invest so many more hours in my long game that I probably let the short game slip a little bit. This year I've been able to start making a few gains there.''
If his game has been rebuilt, now he has to rework his confidence. Belief in a weak stroke can be rekindled through hard work, but rekindling confidence after an injury is doubly difficult. Can he trust his swing to hold up in the biggest situations or give him a chance to get back into those situations? He's trying to force himself to believe in the positive possibilities because the negative thoughts may destroy him.
"I feel like I've gotten my game back in shape and now it's just getting out there and believing in what I've done,'' he said, "believing in myself because at the end of the day, no matter how good you are, if you don't believe in your own ability, you're probably not going to go too far. There are two ways to look at it, and you always have to strive to try and find the positive.
"Thankfully, I got hurt three months after winning the biggest tournament in the world. If it had happened before, I may not have had that opportunity. Thankfully, I was healthy and all right and I got that opportunity to win at Augusta and was able to pull it off. I got hurt shortly after. I try and focus on it that way, but sure, sometimes you can get a little frustrated with the way things worked out, but that's also sport, man.''
But Immelman also has a huge advantage over everyone in the field this week. He's actually done what everybody else is only dreaming of attempting. He beat Tiger, he won the world's greatest golf tournament and the green jacket will never be taken away. If he gets another chance, that may be the ultimate confidence boost.
"That's also something I can draw on, and also I'm still only 33,'' he said. "Theoretically, my best stuff should be still ahead of me.''


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Contrary to popular believe that all fat cells shrink and expand, researchers in 2010 found that upon weight gain, lower body fat cells multiply while abdominal fat cells grow in size. Check it out: http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/04/fat-grows-differently-in-different-body-areas/ Could this mean that upon being injected in the face, fat can behave differently depending on where we get the donor fat? An interesting thing to ponder....


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Take a glimpse into the extraordinary life of Jodie Holmes – a woman who possesses paranormal powers that she does not understand.
This free demo includes two levels:
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Fifth Harmony Sing With Demi Lovato During 'X Factor' Season 2 Finals
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After teetering on the verge of elimination just a couple of weeks ago, Fifth Harmony entered tonight's (Dec. 19) 'X Factor' finals as one of the last three contestants. Can Simon Cowell's underdogs pull off a surprising upset?
The contestants all performed three numbers tonight — first revisiting a "song of the season," then singing a duet with a surprise guest, and finally closing out the night with one last shot at the title. Here's how it broke down for Fifth Harmony:
First Song: 'Anything Could Happen' – Their first shot at this Ellie Goulding number was absolutely their best performance of the season, but they just did it a couple of weeks ago, which had the unfortunate effect of making tonight's reprise feel like a complete retread, right down to the same outfits and stage design. Still, they really do perform this song well — and the judges knew it, too. "I don't know what you did, Simon," marveled L.A. Reid. "It's magical. I don't know what to say. You were the underdogs, and now you're the one to beat."
Duet: 'Give Your Heart a Break' – After reaching back to recent history for their first number, Fifth Harmony did it again their second time around, choosing the Demi Lovato hit they performed just a couple of weeks ago. It could be taken as a troubling hint that they don't have a lot to offer as a group — again, this song works for them, and having Lovato join them on stage was a nice touch, but they might have been better served with something new to prove they have more to offer. "It pains me to say this," chuckled Cowell after it was over, "but Demi Lovato, you were sensational. Any time you want to join this group…"
Final Song: 'Let It Be' – After playing it safe with their first couple of songs, the girls closed out with a brave choice. Even if it's a song everyone knows, this Beatles classic isn't a natural fit for Fifth Harmony on paper — but they brought something different to the arrangement, repeatedly riffing on the melody and adding a hip-hop beat to goose the rhythm behind a gospel choir. "I'm more than proud," concluded an emotional Cowell. "This has all come from you — you're not a group, you're five great singers…I know I'm biased, but I really do believe that on the night, you deserve to win this competition."


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John W. Herron's will is dated July 23, 1845 probated in April 1846, I will to my wife Elizabeth M. Herron the land on which my house is situated being the old Herron place, and at her death the tract is to be divided between my two daughters Catherine L. and Harriet C. Herron. The balance of my land being the Freeman place is to be divided between my two sons, Watson Herron and Isaac Wainwright Herron. After the death of their mother all the property not named is to be equally divided among all my children. Witnesses: M. W. Freeman, and Alexander Cooper, Jurat.
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Happy Birthday, Grace Jones!
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Crime of the Week: East Side Gas Station Robbery
This week's Crime of the Week involves an Aggravated Robbery that took place on the East side of Columbus.
On Saturday, July 5, 2014 at approximately 1:30 a.m., an unknown male entered the Speedway located on the 2700 block of Brice Road, displayed a handgun, and demanded money from the employee. The suspect collected the money and fled the area. He is described as a black male, around 27 to 28-years-old, 5'6"-5'7", 190lbs, with bad teeth.
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We are delighted to announce that our suite of new e-learning courses won Silver at the prestigious 'e-learning awards 2012'. Together with the course designers, Make Sense Design, FPA won Silver in the "Best use of rapid e-learning content" category.
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The National Occupational Standards (NOS) in Fire Safety were revised in 2010. NOS define individual competence in performance terms. They are concerned with what people do, not just what they know. They promote industry best practice and were developed by experts in the fire sector.
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The show is to be filmed in autumn and will be modelled loosely on the Channel 4 ratings winner 'Jamie's Kitchen', where chef Jamie Oliver trained underprivileged youngsters to work in the kitchen of his restaurant 15.
In Campbell's show, the Streatham-born model will scout the US's top fashion schools to find 10 students who she will teach how to launch their own business. She will also oversee their training, although there is no word on whether she will show them how to throw a good strop.
According to the Mail on Sunday, there may be cameo appearances from her close friends Donatella Versace and Valentino. Campbell hopes that the show will be screened in the UK if it proves successful in the US.
Campbell's modelling career seen her strut the catwalks for almost 20 years. She has also turned her hand disastrously to writing a novel called 'Swan', recording an album, as well as designing her own fashion label and running her own events company.
The model was recently in the news for winning her long-running court battle with the Daily Mirror, over publishing pictures of her visiting Narcotics Anonymous.
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Portmoak is a parish in the traditional county of Kinross-shire. It is bounded by the parishes of Cleish, Kinross and Orwell in Kinross-shire, and Strathmiglo, Falkland, Leslie, Kinglassie, Auchterderran, and Ballingry in Fife.
Portmoak is a parish on the east side of Kinross-shire, Scotland lying between Loch Leven and the former county of Fife. The area is a rich landscape of braes, crags, fine meadows, fertile fields and plantations.
The parish consists of a group of settlements running south to north: Scotlandwell, Kilmagadwood, Kinnesswood (the main village), Easter Balgedie, Wester Balgedie and Glenlomond. Portmoak Community Council has provided a map based on Google maps. (All the settlements save Scotlandwell have been redirected here.)
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Emilia Biala is a highly accomplished Polish National Record Holder in freediving. After surviving a train crash in Szczekociny, doctors told her that she would not be able to dive anymore.
This photo was taken during her first free dive attempt in Dahab, Egypt. Against all odds, Emilia has proven that her passion for the sport could not be put out. A real survivor after all she has been through.
Photo by Rafal Meszka, a finalist in the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2013.
The People At Work (TPAW) is a regional executive search industry leader with a growing network of offices in Singapore, Shanghai and Manila. Since TPAW was set up in Singapore in 2000, we have worked with world-renowned organizations across a range of industries. We have successfully completed many assignments across Asia Pacific, including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
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text: First post here as a new tablet owner... bear withme if I get the terminology wrong! When I edit text in an email (gmail or other) or in any of the browsers, long holding a word moves the cursor as expected. But when dragging the texthandle, the pop-up magnifying glass often shows the cursor position incorrectly - typically too far to the right. Usually, but not always! The same is the case for double clicking and dragging either of the handles. In fact, you don't have to move the handle. Just hold it down to see the wrong magnified position, which is not the same as the real cursor position What gives? Is this a known bug or is there any setting I can apply to fix the problem? -- Per'


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Vikings DL coach not joining Bucs
After reporting last week that Vikings defensive line coach Karl Dunbar was being courted by the Bucs, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune now reports Dunbar will be sticking around Minneapolis.
The Bucs continue to decline comment on the status of its coaches with expiring contracts, but defensive line coach Todd Wash is among those who aren't under contract for the coming season. He's not expected to be retained, leaving the Bucs searching for a replacement.


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Streaming services bring music to masses
New Zealand has seen a rapid growth in the number of streaming services in the last few months.
Streaming services essentially give you radio-style music over the internet, even on your smartphone. Usually, you select an artist, song, or "station", and the service then plays songs that are similar to your request. It can help to find you new music, or supply old favourites. Most let you cache music on your PC to listen to even if you're offline.
Spotify, one of the world's largest music-streaming services, launched in May, as did Rdio. Pandora, another huge streaming service, had a "soft" launch in September - that meant New Zealanders could listen to the service online, but signing up and getting a smartphone app wasn't possible until next week when Pandora officially launches.
Most New Zealand radio stations also offer streaming online, so you can listen on your PC. If you want to try one of the new services, we've outlined the main features below.
Rara.com has streaming online, but it also has an Android app that lets you download songs to your phone that you can play back when you're on 3G, saving you data costs that you'd otherwise incur from mobile streaming. It's $8 a month, $14 with the mobile playback; It has millions of tracks, however, it is missing some key artists, including local artists.
Music Unlimited; Sony's music streaming service is online, and on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and on Android devices. It's $7 a month, with a 30-day free trial. A premium service costs $14 a month.
Spotify has a massive music collection, which is what makes it so popular. It offers a free version with adverts, and an unlimited service for PC that costs $7.40 a month. A premium service, that allows caching and the ability to listen to Spotify on your smartphone, costs $13 a month. Note that you need a facebook account to sign up for Spotify.
Rdio has a $9 per month plan for web, PC or Mac, or for $14 you can get apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows Phone smartphones. The music selection looks great, but some tracks can't be played in New Zealand.
Grooveshark is free to use and you can access it using a browser - there are no adverts.
For $7.30 a month you can get a downloadable desktop version for your PC, and for $11 you can listen if you're not connected to the internet.
Pandora is free to use, and an account lets you listen on your smartphone or via a web browser. The free version has ads, but for $4.85 a month, you can have it ad free and you get a desktop version as well as high-quality audio. It launches next week.
Every few months, a set of independent games is released as a "humble bundle" on humblebundle.com. Why is it called a humble bundle? The idea is that you pay what you think the games are worth. That could be as little as a dollar, or you could opt to pay $50 or more. The money predominantly goes direct to the games publishers, and if you pay more than average - essentially, if you pay a little more than most of the people before you - you get an extra game. The games are usually created by small studios, and they're normally free of copy-protection. The humble-bundle idea has also spread to ebooks, with a couple of independent "humble ebook bundles" having been created recently.
The most recent humble bundle is unusual in that a big-name developer, THQ, has got in on the action. THQ has released some of its better known games, including Metro 2033, Darksider and Company of Heroes, as part of the humble bundle selection. The average price fight now is $6.85, so it's an affordable way to sample some top-notch games.
Note that all games will be provided as Steam codes - Steam stores your games online, so you can download them to your Steam account on any computer you are logged into, as often as you want. You can get Steam at steampowered.com.
Zara Baxter edits New Zealand PC World and has reviewed gadgets for 15 years.


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The oilfield services and horizontal directional drilling divisions of Sharewell LP were recently separated into two independent companies. Sharewell HDD LLC will retain its original ownership under Todd Caspary while the oilfield services division is now owned by an investment firm.
For HDD, Sharewell has been a long-standing industry provider of quality steering and downhole tools. Sharewell HDD Vice President Steve Cornwall said that for its customers "it's business as usual.
"We're still very tuned-in to customer service. We'll continue to focus on helping contractors get their projects completed efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner," Cornwall stressed.
All of the veteran Sharewell HDD team will remain in place. Managing the company will be Greg Wilson, Bill McCrey will remain chief financial officer and Richard Bond is now over operations.
Sharewell HDD is a major industry supplier of steering tools (principally magnetic guidance systems), Low-Torque and split bit hole openers, drill bits and mud motors. "We supply all types of downhole equipment for HDD primarily in the mid-size to large rig range," Cornwall said.
As part of the transition, Sharewell HDD has relocated its operations to 4333 Spring Stuebner Road, Spring, TX (north Houston area). Their mailing address is P.O. Box 460, Spring, TX, 77383-0460.
The new phone number for Sharewell HDD is (281) 288-2560. A company website is under development, www.sharewellhdd.com, and should be operational soon.


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lights of Christmas Eve
As I've written before, Christmas Eve is our big night, a tradition with both the Finns and the Germans, with a lovely meal, carols around the piano, and then Santa's visit. This year at our eldest daughter's place, we missed having some bright-eyed and excited little children to add to the excitement. Richard, with a nod to the Finnish tradition, made a delicious meal of ham and vegetables.
Another family tradition of ours is to go out afterwards to see a local park's Christmas lights while awaiting Santa. This time it was the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops for its Wildlights and a jolly miniature train ride. It was too dark to see the wild animals that are rehabilitated there but we enjoyed the light displays, glad for the mild dry evening (while Vancouver was having a terrific rainstorm).
Back at the house, we enjoyed Christmas songs by Anita and Erika to the accompaniment of the guitar by Erika. We exchanged and opened gifts then enjoyed my contribution of a trifle for dessert, made with my own green tomato mincemeat.
How do you usually celebrate Christmas Eve? I remember one Eve years ago before we had a family which we had spent with friends then living in Fort Nelson in northeast BC. We joined them for a beautiful midnight Mass at their church on a very crisp and cold night with the stars bright in the sky.
December 29, 2010 in Canada and BC, Culture by Marja-Leena


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Sick of the heat? Remember February
Thursday was the fifth day of stifling heat, with feel-like temperatures in the triple digits.
"Extremely hot standing out here, sweating all the time," said Rachel Skolny of Narragansett.
Zach Soloman said it's almost unbearable.
"You walk outside and it takes the breath right out of you," he said.
Soloman was headed to the beach to try to cool off, but said he doubts even that will help.
"You want to lay down. You try to lay in the sun, you get sun burnt," he said.
But as Southern New Englanders suffer during the hot temperatures, it could be worse.
In February, residents were begging for sunshine and sick of digging out their cars and sliding on the streets.
Soloman admitted he's one of those people who complain no matter what the weather's like.
"(I was complaining in the winter) too. Nonstop," he said.
So the next time you see 95 degrees in the forecast, consider which shovel you'd rather be picking up today - a beach sand shovel, or a snow shovel.


text: Hi, I noticed this morning that numpy 1.2 is not buildable with VS 2003 (the one you have to use for official python releases for at least python 2.5, and maybe 2.4). When we generate C code, both with internal code (numpy/core/code_generator) and with external tools (cython/pyrex for mtrand), the string literals generated for docstrings are too long for visual studio. We have to break them (e.g. "foo bar" becomes "foo""bar"), but doing so with cython-generated code is only doable by changing cython itself. So I did patch cython to break those, and regenerate the mtrand.c. This is done in the vs_longstring branch. Is it ok to put this for 1.2 ? Without it, I don't see a way to have numpy 1.2 buildable with VS. cheers, David P.S: I attached the necessary patches to cython bug tracker too, so that hopefully, the problem can be solved for a future version of cython.


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Sculptra consists of Polylactic acid, Lactic acid is found in Yogurt to which it gives the sour taste. Polylactic acid is a long molecule with numerous Lactic Acid molecules attached to each other. It is Biocompatible (No local or systemic reactions) and Bioabsorbable (It gets slowly absorbed over time). If properly diluted ( 2,5 cc of Lidocaine and 2.5 cc of Lidocaine with 1:100,000 adrenalin and 2 cc of sterile water) it should be safe to inject in a patient with Celiac Disease. There are no reports of local or systemic adverse reactions following injections of Sculptra in patients with Celiac Disease.
If Sculptra is at All Risky for Someone with Autoimmune Issue(celiac), Would Restalyne/Juvederm Be Suitable for Facial Plumping?
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Is Sculptra risky for someone with celiac disease
Celiac disease and fillers
As far as I know, Celiac disease is not a contraindication for using Sculptra. If you need a lot of volume that might be the way to go. Discuss your options and needs with your doctor.
Volumizing a face can be done with fillers other than Sculptra, like Radiesse, Restylane, see video
Sculptra is an ideal volumizer because it is long lasting. The problems with autoimmune disease were that on retrospective review, with the old dilution, that people who got granulomas had a higher frequency of having autoimmune disease. I don't believe that celiac disease was one of those found. You can probably have Sculptra, but Radiesse is a great volumizer, along with Restylane or Belotero. It will cost more to use fillers other than Sculptra, and results won't last on long, but you can do it. I have a video attached which shows a "Liquid Facelift" using Belotero and Radiesse. Steve Weiner, MD, Sculptra Trainer, near Destin, Florida.
Learn more: http://stevenfweinermd.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/after-years-of-evaluating-sculptra-im-a-believer-20/
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BofA agrees to pay $8.5 billion in mortgage claims
BANKING Bank agrees to settlement after investors demand refunds on bad loans
Published 4:00 am, Thursday, June 30, 2011
Bank of America Corp., the biggest U.S. bank, said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $8.5 billion to resolve claims over soured mortgages after bondholders including BlackRock Inc. demanded refunds.
The settlement will contribute to a second-quarter loss of $8.6 billion to $9.1 billion, or 88 cents to 93 cents a share, the bank said in a statement. Bank of America also said it's adding $5.5 billion to a liability reserve for future loan-repurchase demands and will record $6.4 billion in other charges including legal costs and a write-down of mortgage-unit goodwill.
"This is progress in that it puts some parameters around what the total loss will be," said Marty Mosby, an analyst at Guggenheim Securities, which manages more than $100 billion, including Bank of America shares. "It's not a great thing to pay this much, but it's not the worst-case scenario either."
Investors, which also include Pacific Investment Management Co. and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, demanded in October that Bank of America repurchase home loans that had been packaged into bonds by Countrywide Financial Corp., which it acquired in 2008. The settlement covers 530 mortgage trusts with an original loan balance of $424 billion, the bank said.
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The company's board met Tuesday to discuss the settlement, which still needs court approval. The agreement follows a $3 billion deal announced in January to resolve similar claims from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the U.S.-owned mortgage firms. Bank of America said in April that it agreed to pay an estimated $1.6 billion to resolve claims with bond insurer Assured Guaranty Ltd.
"This is another important step we are taking in the interest of our shareholders to minimize the impact of future economic uncertainty," Bank of America Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan said in the statement. The company will continue to "act aggressively, and in the best interest of our shareholders, to clean up the mortgage issues largely stemming from our purchase of Countrywide."
Bank of America declined 19 percent this year through Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange on concern mortgage-related costs, new international capital rules and a slowing U.S. economy will swamp earnings.
Costs tied to faulty mortgages have been a moving target for Moynihan, 51. The firm previously said expenses tied to demands from bond buyers other than Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could range from zero to as much as $7 billion to $10 billion. In a May regulatory filing, the lender said that estimate may be $11 billion to $14 billion if it made incorrect assumptions regarding the difficulties investors would face making claims.
Countrywide ranked as the top issuer of the securities in 2005, 2006 and 2007, when the worst-performing debt was created, according to Inside MBS & ABS, a newsletter. The lender created $405 billion of the $3.04 trillion of the bonds sold in those years. Bank of America issued $76.9 billion of the securities. Merrill Lynch, which was purchased by the bank at the start of 2009, and First Franklin, which Merrill Lynch bought at the beginning of 2007, issued a combined $116 billion.


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American Smooth Theory & Practice
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3 time World Smooth Dance Champion and owner of this lovely establishment, David Hamilton, will be teaching Advanced American Smooth Technique.
$15 per person, per class / Class Passport $120 for 10 classes.