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The Pimsleur® Method has worked for millions all over the world. Totally portable; simple to use; Pimsleur works so you don't have to. Romanian Phase 1, Unit 1 contains 30 minutes of spoken language practice, with an introductory conversation, and isolated vocabulary and structures. Detailed instructions enable you to understand and participate in the conversation. The lesson contains full practice for all vocabulary introduced in this unit. The emphasis is on pronunciation and comprehension, and on learning to speak Romanian.
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"Pimsleur programs provide plenty of positive reinforcement that will keep learners on track, and we found that Pimsleur gave us more proficiency and confidence in speaking the new language than any of the other language programs we reviewed." (AudioFile magazine)
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Not finding Romanian on Duolingo or in Rossettat stone. I downloaded this audiobook and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was. It is easy to learn with the method they use that focuses more on teaching you by speaking as you hear and by having a conversation. I will definitely get the other units.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services granted the city of Longview $240,000 over three years to mentor local children.
Partners in Prevention plans mentor services for 120 children annually who have a parental figure incarcerated in a state or federal prison. Statistics from the city say seven in 10 children of prisoners are likely to become imprisoned at some point in their lives.
Partners is seeking adult volunteers for area youth ranging in age from elementary through high school. Call (903) 237-1019 for information or to register for mentor training.


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Pasco school plant manager drops his bid to save his job
Back in the fall, David Simpson hired prominent First Amendment lawyer Luke Lirot to fight his firing from the Pasco County school district.
Simpson stood accused of sexually harassing more than one female co-worker, and claimed that the district's allegations against him were neither substantiated nor valid. He demanded a hearing before the School Board.
That hearing had been scheduled for this coming Tuesday. Until Simpson withdrew his appeal after a day of depositions earlier this week.
Board attorney Dennis Alfonso said Simpson will remain on unpaid leave through the end of his contract in the summer, and will not be rehired.


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California, Md., couple form foundation to aid quadriplegics
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Kathleen Norris's glance into Bryant Dent's room at the Chesapeake Shores nursing home changed both of their lives.
It was January 2009, and Norris was making one of her regular visits to the facility on Great Mills Road in Lexington Park. She and her husband, Kevin, of California, are associated with Cornerstone Baptist Church in Owings and, as part of a lay ministry with the church, have held services at Chesapeake Shores for about 12 years.
Kathleen Norris has made it a habit to visit with some of the less mobile residents in their rooms after services.
"I don't know why . . . I just looked in the door," Norris said of her initial meeting with Dent. "I saw him lift his head and look at me. I've been here ever since."
"She's become like a mother to me," Dent said.
A bulletin board next to Dent's bed attests to this relationship. It contains photos of Dent's mother and grandmother, both deceased, who took care of him in their Mechanicsville home after the years he spent in a hospital and rehabilitation center following a 1991 accident that left him paralyzed from the shoulders down. Dent went to Chesapeake Shores in April 2007.
The bulletin board also contains photos of the Norrises and their children and extended family.
Kathleen spends four to five hours a day with Dent. Kevin, a land surveyor, visits two to three times a week in the evenings.
"They just developed a special bond," said Jaime Reppel, unit manager at Chesapeake Shores.
Dent agrees that he has been adopted by a nice family.
"Yeah, thank God," he said.
The relationship has become more than a comfort to Dent. He and the Norrises have formed the nonprofit Bryant Dent Foundation to help quadriplegics and paraplegics in Southern Maryland gain access to specialized equipment that Medicaid and Medicare don't cover.


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The Doors stars Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek will mark the 30th anniversary of tragic singer Jim Morrison's death in July (11) by performing the group's classic tunes in the city where he passed away.
Morrison died in the bathtub of a Paris, France apartment on 3 July, 1971, and his former bandmates have chosen to honour him with a city concert as part of a European tour.
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If Alice thought Wonderland was bad, then Zombieland would have had her begging to be hassled by a disgruntled patch of daisies again. Author Gena Showalter's new series, The White Rabbit Chronicles, begins with Alice in Zombieland, a novel based on Lewis Carroll's adventurous heroine.
Showalter, an Oklahoma City native, is the best-selling author of the paranormal romance novels Wicked Nights and The Darkest Seduction, and the recent story anthology (with P.C. Cast), After Moonrise.
These achievements remind her that she made the right choice when she decided to start writing.
"I hope to do it forever," Showalter said. "There's always a new milestone to reach and another story to tell. It's very rewarding."
Being the mother of two teens helped Showalter decide how to write for a young adult audience in The White Rabbit Chronicles. The series takes place in a world newly overrun with monsters. After Alice Bell loses her family, she must band together with other survivors — like bad boy Cole Holland — to avenge her loved ones and defeat the undead.
Horrifying zombies aren't the only things on Alice's mind, however. She begins to have weird visions she doesn't understand and develops feelings for the mysterious and secretive Cole.
Inspired by Carroll's original Alice novels, Showalter sought to create the same sense of whimsicality and darkness in Alice in Zombieland.
"I had so much fun with this one. I loved taking the essence of Lewis Carroll scenes and planting them into the book, like Alice falling into a pit of despair," said Showalter. "There are similarities like Alice's curious nature, and I've got a Cheshire Cat and Mad Hatter in there, too."
Showalter has been busy. The double-novella anthology After Moonrise hits shelves Tuesday. Her co-author, Cast, is a Tulsan who has written more than 30 books, including the bestselling House of Night vampire series.
The two authors are longtime friends who met in 1999 through the Oklahoma City chapter of Romance Writers of America. Together, they came up with an idea for a paranormal-romance anthology, and After Moonrise was born.
Set in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, it follows two semi-spooky, yet romantic storylines: Possessed's psychic detective Kent Raef and Haunted's artist Aurora Harper.
"I've been reading and writing since I can remember," said Cast. "Every time I write a book, I try to write the book I most want to read."
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Photos of backcountry skinning and skiing in old-growth forest powder snow
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This is a gallery of photos which appeared on the Turns All Year home page in the past. Thumbnail images on this page can be clicked to view the full-sized photos, and lead into a slide show sequence for the gallery. The photos are from a backcountry skiing trip to the old-growth forest around Nordic Pass, near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington. After a winter characterized by long dry periods interspersed with precipitation at high snow levels, early March finally brought the combination of heavy precipitation and low snow levels needed to find powder snow around Snoqualmie Pass. We found easy skinning on recently groomed cross-country skiing trails up to the edge of the old-growth forest, then very difficult skinning in the three feet of new snow in the old-growth forest itself. By setting a good skinning track which we could reuse, we were able to enjoy multiple runs in the best old-growth forest powder snow we had ever seen in the Nordic Pass area.
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Nordic Pass, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, March 7, 2003
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Ę CharlesW and I found the Silver Fir lift closed, and about 2.5 feet of new, ungroomed snow at the bottom of the lift. Fortunately, one pass had been made with a groomer, so we only had to skin up through the last 8" of snow, which was dismayingly damp at first. Up to Grand Junction and on to the edge of the old-growth forest on the cross-country trails which had been very recently groomed, and with the snow getting better. On the steeper groomer walls along the XC trails, one pole swipe would trigger nice soft slabs (barely cohesive) involving mostly the top 8", and sometimes twice that.
Ę Once we got into the protection of the old-growth forest, all cohesiveness disappeared. In glades there was about 3.5 feet of newer snow over a firm corn-like base. Within the trees there was about 2.5 feet over the base, with a good profile - 18-24" cold and loose on top, and a denser layer below. We set a good track up to the top of the favorite east-facing run, nicely protected by well spaced trees, and then enjoyed the best skiing I've ever had there. Four runs, each one moving left to get a little steeper as we found out what the snow was like. On the steepest runs big pillows of loose snow would push out in front of us as we descended. It was amazing to have our skis 2 feet down in the snow and still have them respond to the slightest effort to adjust their track.
Ę I've been missing the ambiance of the old-growth forest with good snow, this being my first trip to Snoqualmie this winter, but I got a good fix with this trip. Unfortunately, it looks like the beautiful snow there may be destroyed by tomorrow's weather.
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Reps. Black, Davis, McDermott and Franks Introduce Bipartisan Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015
Washington, DC– Today Congressman Diane Black (R-TN-06), a member of the House Ways and Means Committee and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, joined with Congressmen Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7), Jim McDermott (D-WA-7) and Trent Franks (R-AZ-8) to introduce the bipartisan Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015. The legislation would make the current adoption tax credit fully refundable. Black, Davis, McDermott, and Franks released the following statements:
"This May marks National Foster Care Month and is a sobering reminder of the more than 400,000 children in the foster care system waiting on a forever family. The best outcome for a child in foster care is an adoption into a safe, loving home, but we know this is a costly process. Almost half of all children adopted from foster care live in households with incomes at or below 200 percent of the poverty threshold. The tax code should work for these families that open their hearts and their homes to adoption – not against them. That is why our legislation would make the adoption tax credit more versatile and widen the playing field so that more families can benefit. I am grateful to Congressmen Davis, McDermott, and Franks for working with me on this critical, bipartisan measure," said Congressman Diane Black.
"The Adoption Tax Credit reflects common-sense federal policy – it strengthens families, removes income as a barrier to adoption, and helps vulnerable children join permanent, loving families. Research shows that former foster youth represent the majority of children adopted by families earning less than 200 percent of the poverty level. This bill will make a critical difference in the ability of lower and middle-income families to adopt. I am proud to recognize National Foster Care Month by working across the aisle to improve the Adoption Tax Credit to better help children and families," said Congressman Danny K. Davis.
"I have long felt that the tax code should work for all Americans, especially the most vulnerable among us," said Congressman Jim McDermott. "The reality is that many of the children adopted in the U.S. join families that do not have sufficient income to take full advantage of the adoption tax credit. Making the adoption tax credit refundable will ensure that the tax code provides every family that adopts a child the resources they need and deserve. I thank my colleagues in the House for their work on this important issue, and I strongly urge swift passage of this bipartisan bill."
"I am honored to be able to join with my colleagues today in introducing the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act. The Adoption Tax Credit is a simple but impactful way to prioritize the critical need of every child to enjoy the love, support, and protection of a permanent family. Every time the tax credit is claimed, we will be able to see that a child has found a forever family. In the long term, keeping children in families saves society money by breaking children out of a cycle we know for so many, often leads to homelessness, welfare, incarceration, or other tragic outcomes. When you measure that against the hope of a new life, stability, and a future of love and support for a child, it's easy to make the case that the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act strengthens America's future on every level," said Congressman Trent Franks.
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Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Senate companion measure to the Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2015. Read their statements here.
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Johannesburg – When India were in the country in December, there were murmurings about boycotting matches to protest the shortening of that tour.
As it happened, the two Tests were poorly attended anyway. The Wanderers attracted a crowd of over 10000 on just one of the five days while attendance at Kingsmead was just a disgrace.
Judging from feedback on radio call-in shows, letters to newspapers, comments on websites and opinion on social media platforms, there was plenty of anger at the BCCI for shortening that tour, a lot of people believed the best way of showing their anger was not to pay for tickets to the stadium.
Distrust of Cricket South Africa still lingers from the "bonus scandal" and just a general antipathy South Africans have towards sports administrators (Sascoc, Safa and even the Sports Ministry). That anger may not have played an overwhelming role in the poor attendance (scheduling a Test in December in Joburg wasn't smart), but it played a part.
Graeme Smith and his team would have watched the Ashes Down Under recently with a fair amount of envy. Packed stadium after packed stadium greeted the Australian and English teams and even when matches were of the "dead rubber" variety folk still turned up to watch.
Smith made an appeal via twitter for people to head to the grounds and support his side as they battle Australia in what should be a rip-roaring series.
Unfortunately for Smith, there have been more muttering about "boycotts" and protests as the ill feeling over the proposals to revamp the administration of the International Cricket Council take shape.
People are, quite rightfully, angry again. The sport is being chopped up – into large chunks for India, England and Australia – and South Africa, Pakistan and the rest get smaller pieces. Matches against the "big three" will be conducted as and when that trio deem themselves worthy of engaging with the lesser lights.
With one of the "big three" in the country more talk of protesting has arisen.
I'll be interested in what form these protests take. Banners, placards at stadiums? More chirps on social media platforms?
I wasn't all that in favour of boycotting the Tests against India – nor am I now for the Australians – if anything, empty seats suggest a country not interested in cricket and that's not the impression I get from interacting with people in pubs, around the braai or on-line.
I'd suggest packing the stadiums out; bring along the posters and placards and banners telling Messrs Clarke, Srinivasan and Edwards where they can get off.
Would that work as an effective form of protest? Will you be protesting? Or, has cricket and all the drama of recent years, just left you too pissed off to care anymore?
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 Thank you for your response.
 My questions about going into Read Commited is because in Serializable
 i wouldn't see the changes on the counter, made by other transactions, if I am correct?
 And if one transaction increase the counter (If I am using table locking in Serializable),
 what will the next one (in Serializable) do - try to take the same value or will rollback?

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Hello All, I have such a question. I want to receive from the database subsequent numbers and I can't afford to miss one. There must not be any missing numbers. So the sequence is not good for me because if transaction rollback the there will be gaps. So I make a table with one row and the row contains one int. Every time I update the row in Serializable transaction level: update foo set lastvalue = lastvalue+1; select lastvalue from foo; This is my decision of the problem. But here is my next question. If two apllications try to take next number at the same time one of both transactions will abort. The one way is to catch the error and try again, but this is what I don't want to do. So is there a way to escape transaction error. I read about the locks and I think they can solve my problem. First I thick I must change my transaction Isolation Level to Read Commited. Then If I first lock (in ROW EXCLUSIVE mode) the table, then update and then read - will this solve my problem. And if two functions try to do this in the same time will the second transaction waith until it can lock the table and then without errors to take the next number? And my questions: 1. Should I change the transaction isolation level to Read Commited or Serializable transaction level is good enough (I prefer to work in Serializable transaction level)?

 Going to Read Committed from Serializable would actually decrease the level of isolation for your transaction. I'm not sure that's what you want to do.

2. Is my algorithm correct and will it give me secure way to get subsequent numbers without gaps? 3. Can I use SELECT FOR UPDATE instead ot locks in this case?

 Well, if the table has only one row, and that row is only for the counter, you could use BEGIN; LOCK counter_tbl IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE; UPDATE counter_tbl SET counter = counter + 1; SELECT counter FROM counter_tbl; COMMIT; Which would cause your transactions to queue up when dealing with the counter. You don't get rollbacks that way. :)

4. Can I change the transaction level back to Serializable after I get the number I want, without commiting the transaction?

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According to an audit that's been conducted over the past year, the companies — which include Areva, a French firm involved in the nuclear power industry, and Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., a Brazilian oil company — account for a total $25.9 million of investments held by state funds.
State Sen. Mike Stack (D-District 5), who introduced the Protecting Pennsylvania Investments Act — signed into law by then Gov. Ed Rendell on July 2 — said that the implementation of the law is going as well as could be expected. The statute stipulated that the four affected state funds had 36 months to be in full compliance.
"It is moving forward in a positive way," said the Northeast Philadelphia lawmaker, whose office last week released the updated financial information related to compliance with the law, known also as Act 44.
The Pennsylvania law came as part of a broad effort on the part of local, state and federal government to use economic leverage to hamper Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear weapons and to further isolate Sudan, which has been accused of committing genocide against its own people. The Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition lobbied heavily for the law's passage.
Earlier this month, Iowa became the latest of more than 20 states that have enacted some form of divestment action against either Iran or Sudan.
This week, the U.S. State Department called for sanctions against two new international maritime firms, including an Israeli company, Ofer Brothers Group, on the grounds that it has investments in Iran's energy sector.
And a new sanctions bill in the U.S. Senate — the Iran, North Korea and Syria Sanctions Consolidation Act of 2011 — aims to increase the pressure on firms doing business with Iran's energy sector.
The Harrisburg law pertains to the state's four largest public funds: the Public School Employees' Retirement System, which is the largest fund with roughly $36 billion in holdings; the State Employees' Retirement System; the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System; and the Treasury Department, which had completed its own divestment before the law was passed.
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The statute requires the funds to divest from foreign companies that have at least $20 million in investments in Iran's energy or military sector or $20 million in Sudan's military, energy and oil sectors. The law didn't apply to American companies since federal law already prohibits such business ties.
After the law was enacted, IWF Financial, a Maine-based consulting firm, was selected through a competitive bidding process to conduct an audit of the four funds, according to Michael Smith, a spokesman for Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord.
The audit found that the four funds had invested in 38 companies not in compliance with the law, totaling $198 million in investments — a number that fell short of what some predicted.
But, according to Stack's office, nine of those firms have already cut ties with either Iran or Sudan and five others have said they are in the process of doing so.
According to Smith, the auditing firm is still monitoring the funds and it's possible it could discover more holdings.
So, is it too soon to say whether the law has had the desired effect?
Christopher Holton, who has lobbied on behalf of state divestment efforts for the Center for Security Policy, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said that such efforts can't be looked at in a vacuum, but rather as part of a much broader movement.
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""A First Person Shooter that we can all praise""
Quake 4 for the Xbox 360 is a first person shooter that is mostly the same engine used in doom 3 and previous quake titles. The game is a major improvement from quake 2 and quake 3 in the graphics and gameplay department. Although there are some down sides to the game, it's still the best first person shooter for the Xbox 360.
The graphics in Quake 4 can only be described with one word, Incredible. The character models look great and the various buildings and terrain areas that you explore all have the same great detail as the character models do. The one thing that stuck out in my mind was how much detail was put into the guns and vehicles. In some first person shooters, the guns and transport vehicles are not as solid as the character models or the various areas that you explore, but Quake 4 changes that in every way. The visuals and effects in the game are great. From when you see a soldier being blasted with the lightning gun to when the main character Mathew Kane is being turned into a Strogg.
The gameplay is mostly the same as doom and the previous quake titles, but there are a few new features that improve the game a lot. For starters there is a squad support. This allows you to venture through various areas and level with the support of a squad that provides cover fire and in some cases they replenish your health and armor. The second thing and sort of mentioned already, but you have some marines throughout the game, whether in your squad or not, that will replenish your health and armor back to its maximum number. You can also ride and drive in various tanks, machine gunners and walkers. It's the first time in a quake game that you can do this. The controls are easy to use and it's the most interesting part about the game.
The game itself is medium in length. It takes on average, but depending on your difficulty level, 6-10 hours to complete. Whether or not you try and get all the achievement points which also have to be completed on the online portion of the game is up to you, but they add more replay value to the game. Some other people have said that they find the game to be lagging in some areas as well as freeze for a few seconds when firing your guns rapidly. I have not encountered any of these problems so I have to say the game runs smoothly as it should.
The storyline follows the marine named Matthew Kane who arrives via a crashed space shuttle and then from there is when he starts to experience hell. As he undergoes various missions for the other marines, he will soon start to learn the ways of the Strogg and just what they are planning. If you have played the other games in the series, you will see old and new enemies and players alike.
The multiplayer version of the game is the same if you have seen or played quake 3 arena. There are a few more game types to play in as well as a few minor enhancers, but for the most part players will be brought back to something similar if they played quake 3 before.
Overall the game earns lots of credit. It definitely deserves a rental if you are not a die hard First Person Shooter fan. If you are one of these players, then this is the game for you. One of the best FPS on the Xbox 360 means you will not walk away from the game unhappy.
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Chaos on Deponia Review
Here we go again, back to the junkyard world for more deranged adventure game logic in Chaos on Deponia. For those who missed the wonderful review of the first game on this website, a quick summary of it would that Deponia was a game of two halves. One half of the game being confusing and convoluted on the puzzle aspect and the other being lacking in the personality department, with the entire story being dragged down by being centred around a love interest who is impossible to like because she spends the majority of the runtime in a coma.
Well for what it's worth Chaos on Deponia shows some improvement from its original. The general puzzle design of the game seems to have more direction this time whereas the last game had a lot of pointlessly circling the map grabbing whatever items you find and trying them on everything. There's also a happier medium between story, character and puzzles this time and there's no real major pacing issues. The game does have the same issue that pretty much every point and click adventure game ever has in that every so often the story has to come to a crashing halt every now and then so you can wander through piles of trash looking for crank handles and such, which makes it easy to lose track of the bigger picture of what's going on.
As for the quality of the love interest (Goal) who still is a major part of the story and is pretty much main character Rufus' motivation for all of his actions, well….yea she's still not that great. She was nice enough to be awake for the majority of the game this time around, but instead she has three personalities saved on three different brain implants that you can switch around. This leads to some clever puzzles throughout the game, but in giving her three stereotypical and frankly not that likeable personalities ironically all Goal is left with is no personality at all. It's mentioned that the real Goal is complete when all three implants work together, but the problem is that never happens so in reality we don't actually know this character at all. It might seem like a minor point, but she's a focal point for a lot of what happens in this (and the previous) game and it does weaken the story.
Another weakness of the first Deponia was a lot of the humour fell flat, partially by trying too hard but it was also let down by lacklustre animation which ruined a lot of the visual gags. The animation this time round seems a lot more polished, and the writing in general seems improved, as a whole Chaos in Deponia is a lot more enjoyable. Of course, once again there's another flaw of adventure games that even if a joke is funny the first time you hear it it's going to just get irritating when you hear it for the fifth time because you keep trying stuff that doesn't work. There's a lot of fourth wall breaking in this outing too, and for the most part it's not awful and lazy like most fourth wall jokes turn out to be. There's a very clever puzzle where Rufus forgets an important rhythm because the music in the marketplace is so obnoxious, and it's solved by going into options and turning off the background music. There's a joke and dialogue about it in the game beforehand as well, so it's well done and doesn't even feel that cryptic.
Not that Chaos on Deponia can't be obnoxious itself either, there's a lot of trademark crazy adventure game logic in places that wouldn't even make sense to you if it was typed out here. There's also parts of unnecessary busywork, one section of the game is filled with a bunch of items you need, but to collect any of them you need to go to another room in the game and click on a bunch of items to get "memos" which you collect individually for the items, so you can hand them to another character individually so then you can pick up the items you actually need. That is not a puzzle, that is adding 15 minutes to the running time of the game because the puzzle designer kept sniffing the freshly painted walls too long that day.
Minor complaints aside Chaos on Deponia is a lot better (and a lot longer, not necessarily to its benefit) than its original and well worth picking up for fans of point n' click adventure games. However, this is one part of the game that is very confusing and that's the intended audience. Like last time for no real reason there's the odd swear word and adult joke thrown into the dialogue which takes away any younger audience this game could achieve with its style of humour and art design. The game is dead set on appealing only to adventure game fanatics, as well as people who already played the first one, it's hard to think of a reason in this corporate modern videogame industry for these design choices. If you do fit the unnecessarily limited demographic though, then Chaos on Deponia is recommended to you but very few others.
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This is such a trivial matter that I've resisted even posting anything about this for some time, but it has finally reached the point that I am considering turning off the display of the splash screen at start up, or post this thread to see if anyone has a suggestion for resolving my admittedly petty concern.
When BW8 starts up it appears to randomly select a splash scene to display while its performing its startup tasks; There are a couple of scenes that I find very inspiring and soothing and I always hope that one of those will be the scene that is presented when I launch the application. However, the one scene that I find the least inspiring and really down right depressing is the one that has the message: FOCUS ON THE TEXT, and it inevitably is the one that I get 90% of the time.
Does anyone know of a way to specify which splash scene that BW8 will display at start up? I would like to select one of the scenes that I would rather view each time the application is launched.
As I said, this is a trivial complaint, but I get a real boost when one of the more desirable scenes with the quotes from scripture is displayed, and I get a feeling of disgust and irritation when I see the FOCUS ON THE TEXT scene. Why this is I do not know, something in my personality I guess, but it has bugged me enough that I will disable the "show splash screen at startup" option if I'm forced to view this screen much more.
Hopefully I can avoid doing that if someone can offer a solution to this dilemma.


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2009 MET Costume Gala
Hollywood's biggest fashionistas strike poses at the 2009 MET Costume Gala in NYC.
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netmgmtgoddess: Ok now provide a list of positives that were done by Sheriff Joe. If real, I get their pain, but I have low empathy for people who behaved in manner that landed them in jail. People know better than to commit crimes. As far as victims, that story can be repeated 10000s of times over. Like in Detroit and Chicago where they dont process rape kits because there are so many and no money. So why isn't the reporter going after that much bigger issue? The news writer could be be critical of the Chicago prosecutor letting illegal gun possessing gang bangers back on the street because yanno, raycism, but noooooo that wouldn't meet their agenda. You can't force city officials in Chicago to uphold the law, that would be requiring them to do their jobs. At least Sheriff Joe was tough on criminals. People should watch the 60 minutes interview with him year ago.


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Man billed after father dies waiting for ambulance
The family reportedly waited for more than 30 minutes for an ambulance
By Arturo Garcia
The Raw Story
WASHINGTON — A Washington D.C. man is complaining after being sent a bill for nearly $800 for ambulance services that failed to save his father's life.
"I feel angry. Upset," Durand Ford Jr. told WRC-TV on Friday. "I'm disturbed that we even received this bill."
The bill for $780.85 stems from Ford's call to DC Fire & EMS (DCFEMS) on New Year's Eve when his father, 71-year-old Durand Ford Sr., began having problems breathing. Records show the younger Ford called 911 at 1:25 a.m. that night. But while the fire department dispatched a vehicle to his house nine minutes later, no ambulances were available. DCFEMS officials called for assistance from Prince George County, more than seven miles away, 22 minutes later. A medical unit from Prince George County arrived at Ford's home at 1:58 a.m., by which point the elder Ford had died.
Full story: Bereaved son billed for ambulance that failed to save his father
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Jacqueline's Journal11 Feb, 2009 By: Response Contributor Response This Week
Hawthorne Direct moves its West Coast office to Hollywood Center Studios in Los Angeles to provide office space for a growing staff. The office will be used by account management, creative and media staff.
Jordan Whitney Inc. names President Barack Obama's November 2008 political campaign infomercial the Infomercial of the Year in its 15th Annual Greensheet Awards of Excellence. Seen by more than 30 million viewers across the country, the presentation provided some positive headlines for the soon-to-be-elected Obama and was the talk of the day on news and talk shows.
The House of Representatives voted for a delay in the national switch to digital broadcasting until June 12, and President Obama has indicated he will sign the legislature, which passed unanimously last week in the Senate. It is unclear at this time how many networks will choose to switch on the original date, Feb. 17, and how many will wait until the summer.
Starbucks hires Draftfcb to assist with direct marketing, loyalty and CRM efforts. The work will focus on the card-based CRM program, Starbucks Card Rewards, which the chain launched last spring and its upgrade, Starbucks Gold Rewards, which launched in October.
J.D. Power and Associates will present data examining the impact of blogs and Web media on the consumer automotive shopping process at 9 a.m. on Feb. 12 as part of the Chicago Auto Show. The company also released a study of blogs and discussion boards that indicate consumer conversations are shifting from simple discussion and debate of environmental sustainability topics to personal action to create change.
Horizon Media announces that GEICO is the first-ever NBA All-Star Weekend sponsor for a special game of H.O.R.S.E. on Feb. 14, following TNT's "Inside the NBA." The NBA players will compete in a game of G.E.I.C.O., otherwise known as H.O.R.S.E.
DR marketing agency fmi direct hires Wendy Bradley as director of marketing and Roseanne Capaccio as project manager.
Connextions Inc. – a technology driven business process outsourcing firm serving health insurance plans and commercial enterprises – selects Steven G. Auerbach as president. Auerbach brings more than 18 years of experience including his recent position as executive vice president of provider/member operations at UnitedHealth Group.
Time Warner Cable Inc. lays off 1,250 people in the face of slowing growth. The company reported a net loss of $8.16 billion in the fourth-quarter 2008.
Big Fuel hires Holly Pavlika as its executive creative director to develop consumer engagement programs that take brands from content to commerce. Pavlika has developed campaigns for brands like Xerox, Kraft, Crown Royal, Bloomberg Radio, SunTrust and Rite Aid.
Gray Partners opens its corporate headquarters at 75 Arlington St., Suite 500, in Boston. The full-service ad agency also welcomes new partners and the launch of its new Web site: Reagan Gray, president, is directing all account services from the Boston office; Karen Albreksten, creative strategist partner; and Jon Patsavos, partner director of business development.
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Day-and-date does wonders, huh?
In case you were wondering if digital comics were a passing fad, they made $500,000 in 2009, $8 million in 2010, and the numbers in for 2011 are $25 million.
That's still only a single digit percentage of the market…but consider that DC was only selling digital comics day-and-date for a third of the year, and that Marvel wasn't fully onboard with this day-and-date thing until after DC demonstrated it would make them lots and lots of money. In fact, Marvel is still pretty gun-shy with their digital strategy; digital availability is spotty at best at the House of Ideas.
2012 promises to be an interesting time for digital comics, to say the least.
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Square Enix Pulls Chaos Rings and More From The App Store
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The game that brought match-3 puzzlers to the mainstream is making its triumphant return today in an all-new title.READ MORE >
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Thanks for your follow up.It is never a problem to ask an additional question.
You do not have to respond to his motion to dismiss.That is optional here the court wold rule on it as opposed to your amended complaint.So amending this timely as you suggest by 7/9 is a good idea.You can still also try to file a response here, it never hurts but is not mandatory that you do so.
You do have to amend your complaint timely here under the FRCP I gave you in our prior discussion.
Since time may be a problem here filing your amended complaint as soon as you can may be your priority to avoid any chance of dismissal.
If you can amend here and correct your pleadings the court should deny his motion as it is no longer a valid objection as your complaint is now in compliance.
Remember this rule allows you to amend here ..
(a) Amendments Before Trial.
(1) Amending as a Matter of Course. A party may amend its pleading once as a matter of course within:
(A) 21 days after serving it, or
(B) if the pleading is one to which a responsive pleading is required, 21 days after service of a responsive pleading or 21 days after service of a motion under Rule 12(b), (e), or (f), whichever is earlier.
(2) Other Amendments. In all other cases, a party may amend its pleading only with the opposing party's written consent or the court's leave. The court should freely give leave when justice so requires.
(3) Time to Respond. Unless the court orders otherwise, any required response to an amended pleading must be made within the time remaining to respond to the original pleading or within 14 days after service of the amended pleading, whichever is later.
(b) Amendments During and After Trial.
(1) Based on an Objection at Trial. If, at trial, a party objects that evidence is not within the issues raised in the pleadings, the court may permit the pleadings to be amended. The court should freely permit an amendment when doing so will aid in presenting the merits and the objecting party fails to satisfy the court that the evidence would prejudice that party's action or defense on the merits. The court may grant a continuance to enable the objecting party to meet the evidence.
(2) For Issues Tried by Consent. When an issue not raised by the pleadings is tried by the parties' express or implied consent, it must be treated in all respects as if raised in the pleadings. A party may move—at any time, even after judgment—to amend the pleadings to conform them to the evidence and to raise an unpleaded issue. But failure to amend does not affect the result of the trial of that issue.
(c) Relation Back of Amendments.
(1) When an Amendment Relates Back. An amendment to a pleading relates back to the date of the original pleading when:
(A) the law that provides the applicable statute of limitations allows relation back;
(B) the amendment asserts a claim or defense that arose out of the conduct, transaction, or occurrence set out—or attempted to be set out—in the original pleading; or
(C) the amendment changes the party or the naming of the party against whom a claim is asserted, if Rule 15(c)(1)(B) is satisfied and if, within the period provided by Rule 4(m) for serving the summons and complaint, the party to be brought in by amendment:
(i) received such notice of the action that it will not be prejudiced in defending on the merits; and
(ii) knew or should have known that the action would have been brought against it, but for a mistake concerning the proper party's identity.
(2) Notice to the United States. When the United States or a United States officer or agency is added as a defendant by amendment, the notice requirements of Rule 15(c)(1)(C)(i) and (ii) are satisfied if, during the stated period, process was delivered or mailed to the United States attorney or the United States attorney's designee, to the Attorney General of the United States, or to the officer or agency.
(d) Supplemental Pleadings. On motion and reasonable notice, the court may, on just terms, permit a party to serve a supplemental pleading setting out any transaction, occurrence, or event that happened after the date of the pleading to be supplemented. The court may permit supplementation even though the original pleading is defective in stating a claim or defense. The court may order that the opposing party plead to the supplemental pleading within a specified time.
Please let me know if you have more follow up.I appreciate the chance to help.
I was in the process of responding to the motion even though it would be a day late and beg for understanding since I am pro se, but I got to a point where I needed to address some issues that would change from the complaint to the amended complaint and didn't know if I should address those issues as pertaining to the original complaint or the amended complaint. The way I read the rule, I have 21 days after a motion to amend so that would be Tuesday. Just wondering if I should just forget about responding to any of the motions to dismiss (response to the 1st was due yesterday, 2nd is due Monday and 3rd is due 7/16) and just get the amended complaint in.
I would work on the amended complaint first and see if there is any time left.Prioritizing is a great idea.You have to get the amended complaint in here to keep it from being dismissed.
Thanks for letting me help you.I appreciate the chance and there are no dumb questions.
Is there any value to responding to the motions? I don't want to screw anything up but I also don't want to waste any time on something that won't matter
If time permits it is always a good idea to respond.But its a matter of time here.If only have limited time given your situation spend it first on amending.There is value in doing both but if you have to pick one then spend time on amending complaint.
And remember if it gets dismissed here you can refile it, the dismissal is likely without prejudice.
You would have to pay the filing fees but other than that you can refile another new suit if you have to and reserve.
I wish you the best.I appreciate the chance to help.Have a great fourth.
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Fly Fishing Trout in New Brunswick: Crooked Creek
I know there are a lot of people who fish who like to keep "their" places secret. If I was one of those people this is one place I would never tell anyone about. This place is Crooked Creek in Rivervside Albert. I have been fishing here for over ten years now and I make multiple trips each fishing season. I enjoy fishing here so much I get excited on the drive there every time. I live in Riverview so it only takes about 45 minutes to get there.
I fish here alone most times and have great fun but my most memorable times I have had fishing here have been with my brother-in-law Dave, who comes home from Calgary each summer. We usually get to fish here 3-4 times when he is home. The last couple of years he has been home we have used our handheld GPSs to try new entry points further up the brook.
Two reasons I love Crooked Creek so much are the rainbow trout we catch and the beautiful scenery. This is the only place I know of around here that you can catch rainbow trout. It is a great place to fly fish as the river is wide enough that you will not always get caught up in the trees. I love to fly fish with dry flies because I love watching the fish come up and hit the fly. The fly that I have the most success with at Crooked Creek is my personally made Royal Coachman. I have caught many rainbow trout at Crooked Creek with this fly. Dave has even asked me to use one on more than one occasion .:) Dave and I usually fish up the system as it is usually the least fished part of the river. We have had luck catching the rainbows in the rapids but catch most of them in the pools that you come across on the way up the river. The rainbows spook very easily so you have to be careful not to get too close to the pools as you fish them. There are also brook trout in the system but each trip there is in hope of catching some rainbow trout. It is great fun catching the rainbows on a fly rod. Usually when they hit you can see a quick streak of silver. You also know it is a rainbow as soon as it hits because they are much stronger than the brook trout. When you catch a rainbow out of a pool there are usually no more in that spot. I say usually because there have been a few times that Dave and I have each caught a rainbow out of the same spot in a short period of time.
Crooked Creek is also a beautiful place to spend the day. It is located in the Caledonia Gorge so the river runs between the mountains. You can see long stretches of the river and trees lining the river system. It is especially beautiful in the fall when the leaves are changing colors. When you are just about to drive onto the dirt road to get to the fishing spots there is a lookout that gives an amazing view of the gorge. I have made it a point the past couple of years to take pictures every time I go there.
We have had great luck fishing here over the years but I do need to say that we have also been skunked on a few occasions. Since it is in the gorge, there are times that we have been there and the water has been running very hard. If it has rained hard it is best to wait a few days to go there because the water runs down the mountains into the river. We have not had good luck when the water has been running hard. I do not usually start fishing here each season until the first part of July for the same reason.
If you enjoy fly fishing, would like to try to catch some rainbow trout, and enjoy a day in a beautiful spot then I strongly recommend a trip to Crooked Creek.
If you are thinking about trying fly fishing or are new to it perhaps you would be interested in this ebook: Fly Fishing From Scratch.Have you ever fished at Crooked Creek before? If so, leave a comment and tell me about your experience there. If you would like to give it a try, get in touch and I will give you directions.
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Ending Tax Breaks for Yachts
H.R. 2563 Ending Taxpayer Subsidies for Yachts Act
The Essentials:
1. "There's absolutely no reason why taxpayers should subsidize luxury yachts," said Democratic Representative Mike Quigley of Illinois when he introduced the two-page bill in 2013. It amends a provision in the federal tax code that allows boat owners to deduct mortgage interest on vessels used as second homes. Taxpayers can claim a deduction on as much as $1.1 million in mortgage payments on two homes: a "main home" where they live most of the time and a second one.
2. Boat owners qualify if the vessel has basic living accommodations, including a toilet, a galley kitchen, and a place to sleep. The 73-year-old tax break applies to small weekend sailboats as well as multimillion-dollar yachts. It's one of many provisions under scrutiny as Congress considers a major overhaul of the tax code. The boat industry estimates about 5 percent of the 12 million boats registered in the U.S. are eligible for the deduction.
3. The bill's sponsors say cutting the break for boats will save more than $150 million over 10 years—a sliver of the estimated $8 billion that second-home interest deductions cost the U.S. each year. The boat industry argues it's not the rich but average Americans who'll take the hit. Nicole Vasilaros of the National Marine Manufacturers Association says the average boat loan is for $49,000, and more than three-quarters of owners have household incomes of less than $100,000.


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Of all the women I have been involved with over the years, there was only one who truly qualified as my soulmate, only one who I truly loved, who was my entire world--and I married her. Through a series of mistakes--both mine and hers--we lost each other for about 10 years, but now she has returned to me ready to be my wife again. Faith and forgiveness...
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Testicle tissue could halt stroke damage
Transplanting cells from the testicles into the brain could help some patients recover from strokes, say researchers.
A certain type of cell, called a Sertoli cell, appears to release chemicals which can protect brain cells from being destroyed in the wake of a stroke.
The researcher results, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Baltimore, US, were delivered to the Society of Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans and reported on the New Scientist website.
Sertoli cells line tiny tubes in the testis in which sperm develop.
A stroke happens when the blood supply to a group of brain cells is interrupted, sometimes due to a blood vessel becoming blocked with a stray clot.
This interruption causes the death of a group of brain cells - but in the hours afterwards, these cells trigger a chain reaction of cell suicide in surrounding tissues.
Once it has happened, this damage is irreversible.
Halting this knock-on damage would greatly limit the overall level of handicap suffered by stroke victims.
Committing suicide
The lead researcher, Cesar Borlongan, used rat cells grown in a culture dish to reproduce the effects of a stroke.
However, when Sertoli cells were introduced into the dish, the number of brain cells which "committed suicide" were reduced.
Borlongan's colleague, Paul Sandberg from the University of South Florida College of Medicine, in Tampa, has now completed the first tests in live rats.
Injections of Sertoli cells into a specific region of the brain within a day of a stroke left the rats with less severe movement handicaps.
Borlongan believes he has identified the particular chemical which is involved in protecting the brain cells.
And the advantage of Sertoli cells is that they do not provoke a response from the immune system, so could be used to help female stroke victims as well as male patients.
However, the scientists say that this technique would probably only be of use in stroke patients with damage in one particular area, the basal ganglia.
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Did you update or register? because ur no supposed to do that
As I recall there should be an option to select the virtual disk once you hit the install extra languages.
I don't have Rosetta stone on me atm, so i don't know if I can be of any further help, but I when I did the install I just followed the instructions from that thread that I linked to and everything worked well.
Perhaps you should search/ask in that thread to see if you can solve your problem.


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Some dog bite prevention training is an all positive approach from an attacking dog. In some cases, the training places too much emphasis on the welfare of the attacking dog instead of the person. An all positive approach will help the dog, not you. Some dogs will cause great bodily harm, even death. You have a right to defend yourself, dogs have teeth that cut through skin, similar to knifes; you must protect yourself with the necessary force.
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Can someone recommend a good eye surgeon in Tampa bay area
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I am looking for a good surgeon to do my upper lids. Am not certain if I should go to Board Certified Plast surgeon or a cosmetic opthalmologist. Can anyone recommend a good surgeon please? Kathy


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George Whitney's letter ("Obama wrong on guns", Feb. 20) depicted a time and place not far removed from our images of TV westerns.
The showdown at high noon between known gunslingers ... everybody wanted to see that.
Quick draw, the fastest man in the west. It's one step removed from when we could strap on holsters with six-shooters and walk tall. Those of you who don't know how to shoot and aren't ready to die better stay inside.
High school kids living in urban areas don't need more access to firearms! Background checks is a reasonable deterrent, coupled with registration requirements. The NRA talk of the "more guns, the better" seems a little tone-deaf. Moreover, people who don't want to participate in gun violence have rights, too.
Matt Dillon had guns checked at the Long Branch or somebody would get shot over a card game. Haven't we already been through this debate?
When people say take our country back, do they mean back to the future?
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Immigration rules may hit Singapore back-office business: report
MAYUKO TANI, Nikkei staff writer
SINGAPORE -- Tighter restrictions on who may work in Singapore may lead some global banks to shut down their back-office operations in the city-state, Standard Chartered Bank warned in a recent equity research report.
Government regulations aimed at boosting local hiring are making it harder and costlier to get work permits for midlevel employees with monthly salaries between 3,000 and 5,000 Singapore dollars ($2,400 to $4,000). Standard Chartered says this may hurt demand for office space in business parks. The bank has downgraded its rent forecast for these properties, predicting rents will remain flat from 2014 to 2016. That is down from an earlier forecast for a 6% increase.
Banks' back offices and IT firms account for about 30% of Singapore's business park demand, according to the report. Leasing agents that Standard Chartered spoke to indicated four to five banks were considering moving some functions out of Singapore, "as they struggle to fill back-office positions (under) the new salary criteria."
Singapore is a popular location for mid- and back-office functions, particularly for technology-related activities such as data processing for trading and clearance, credit card billing and data analysis. In addition to low taxes and business costs, Singapore's flexible employment policies attracted global banks such as Citibank and Credit Suisse. The report cautions the change in Singapore's employment policies and higher inflation will "curtail such offshoring demand." Lower level IT functions in particular are seen as likely to move to lower-cost locations such as India and the Philippines.
Standard Chartered downgraded its target price for Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) and Viva Industrial Trust (VIT), two business-park-focused REITs listed on the Singapore Exchange. While the overall occupancy rate for commercial REITs is expected to hold steady from 2014 to 2016, "There will be a flight to quality," the report said, citing statistics from a property consultant that showed the vacancy rate at older business parks rose to 9.3% in the third quarter of 2013 from 7.5% for the same period a year earlier.
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Blades of Fury Gameplay 1 iOS / Android
Blades of Fury
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