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|A letter adressed to Elstan of Falador.
A letter is obtained from Rind the gardener in Keldagrim during the Forgettable Tale... quest, while the player is attempting to grow growing kelda hops, the player can talk to Rind about the activities one can do while wating for the Kelda hops to grow. Rind will ask the player to deliver a letter to Elstan south of Falador, offering seeds for the completion of the task. He will comment on the letter as "most enlightening". After the player returns to Rind, they will be rewarded with 2 marrentill seeds.
The letter can be read, and its text reads:
| Dear Elstan
I have followed with enthusiasm your recent series of papers on the subject of cross-pollinating flowers in the B-branchof the alpha sub-family of the specialist flowers. Especially your last presentation at the Annual Asgarnia Gardening Conference was impressive and inspirational, even if other attendants didn't show much interest. They do not share our vison.
After returning to my home, I started with some experiments of my own and have found that certain combintions of cross-polination leads to triple herbicide resistance in cabbages. Practical applications of this discovery seem unlikely, but the theoretical implications are astounding! I'm looking foreward to publishing my results in the next conference. Perhaps it can be hosted in Keldagrim next time? Although I'm not sure how the underground setting would go down with other farmers.


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With waters that shimmer azure and forested flanks, the cataclysmic birth of Crater Lake National Park is usually little more than an afterthought for most visitors to this jewel.
Those interested in volcanics know, however, that the national park sits within the caldera of a collapsed stratovolcano, ancient Mount Mazama, which consumed itself about 7,700 years ago.
According to the National Park Service,
Native Americans witnessed the collapse of Mount Mazama and kept the event alive in their legends. One ancient legend of the Klamath people closely parallels the geologic story which emerges from today's scientific research. The legend tells of two Chiefs, Llao of the Below World and Skell of the Above World, pitted in a battle which ended up in the destruction of Llao's home, Mt. Mazama. The battle was witnessed in the eruption of Mt. Mazama and the creation of Crater Lake.
The Klamaths revered the lake and the surrounding area, keeping it undiscovered by white explorers until 1853. That year, on June 12, three gold prospectors, John Wesley Hillman, Henry Klippel, and Isaac Skeeters, came upon a long, sloping mountain. Upon reaching its highest point, a huge, awe-inspiring lake was visible. "This is the bluest lake we've ever seen," they reported, and named it Deep Blue Lake. But gold was more on the minds of settlers at the time and the discovery was soon forgotten.
Captain Clarence Dutton was the next man to make a discovery at Crater Lake. Dutton commanded a U.S. Geological Survey party which carried the Cleetwood, a half-ton survey boat, up the steep slopes of the mountain then lowered it to the lake. From the stern of the Cleetwood, a piece of pipe on the end of a spool of piano wire sounded the depth of the lake at 168 differrnt points. Dutton's soundings of 1,996 feet were amazingly close to the sonar readings made in 1959 that established the lake's deepest point at 1,932 feet.
William Gladstone Steel devoted his life and fortune to the establishment and management of Crater Lake National Park. His preoccupation with the lake began in 1870. In his efforts to bring recognition to the park, he participated in lake surveys that provided scientific support. He named many of the lake's landmarks, including Wizard Island, Llao Rock, and Skell Head. Steel's dream was realized on May 22, 1902 when President Theodore Roosevelt signed the bill giving Crater Lake national park status. And because of Steel's involvement, Crater Lake Lodge was opened in 1915 and the Rim Drive was completed in 1918.
The six-mile-wide lake is, on average, the deepest lake in North America.
Now, if you're not attracted by the lake, the park has more than 90 miles of hiking trails, including 33 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. Cycling the 33-mile Rim Drive also is popular, though if you're not prepared for steep uphills it could prove to be a challenge.
There are two campgrounds at Crater Lake, but they're not yet open for the season. The Mazama Campground and its 200 sites is usually open mid-June through early October, and no reservations are required. You'll find running water, flush toilets, picnic tables, and fire rings at this campground.
The Lost Creek Campground, meanwhile, has only 16 tent sites and is typically open from mid-July to early October.


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TORONTO — Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian at the 2012 Gibson's Finest Player Awards on Thursday night.
Cornish's first Most Outstanding Canadian Award arrives after he ran for 1,457 yards this season as he broke Normie Kwong's 56-year-old single-season rushing record for Canadians.
"You touch too many lives," said Cornish. "And too many lives have touched my own, and it's really just a matter of interacting with the right people, and I think I was really given the opportunity to have a great head coach in high school, great coach in university, and then a great coach up here in the CFL."
The total also allowed him to win the 2012 CFL rushing title by 180 yards over his closest pursuer, Roughriders tailback Kory Sheets.
The New Westminster, B.C. native became the eighth Stamp to win a rushing crown as he joins a group that includes Earl Lunsford (1961), Lovell Coleman (1963, 1964), Hugh McKinnis (1970), Willie Burden (1975), James Sykes (1980, 1981), Gary Allen (1986) and Joffrey Reynolds (2008, 2009).
Cornish's rushing total this past season was the best in the CFL since 2009, the second-best since 2006 and the seventh-best single-season total in Stampeders' franchise history.
"When I started out, I didn't really know what the best Canadian meant," said Cornish. "But since I've been in the league so long, I've seen the quality of Canadian talent in this league. So I think that makes this award more special to me."
He shared the league lead with 11 rushing touchdowns and was also a threat in the passing game as he hauled in 38 catches for 338 yards and two scores.
"It's certainly a humbling experience, to have my name mentioned beside Dave Sapunjis, and I didn't get the MOP but Tony Gabriel, those are huge names and for this to be the 100th award, it's definitely a humbling experience."


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Haha I know, why do they call it the "Freshman 15"?? I always called it the "Freshman 40"! :-P
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Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2013/06/12 - The companys total income has gone up by more than 24% to Rs. 16665 lacs in the fourth quarter ended on March 31, 2013. While the annual total income has increased by more than 14% to Rs. 54755 lacs in the financial year 2012-13.
Kamdhenu Ispat Ltd, one of the leading companies in steel and construction sector in India, has posted a 35% growth with its net profit at Rs 163 lacs during the quarter ended on March 31, 2013, from Rs. 128 lacs of net profit posted in the corresponding quarter of 2011-12. The sales of the company achieved a considerable growth of 14% during the last financial year, which helps it to muster up the annual net profit of Rs 481 lacs in the financial year 2012-13 with the 19% growth from Rs 403 lacs recorded in 2011-12.
The companys total income has gone up by more than 24% to Rs. 16665 lacs in the fourth quarter ended on March 31, 2013. While the annual total income has increased by more than 14% to Rs. 54755 lacs in the financial year 2012-13 as compared to Rs. 48151 lacs of total income registered in 2011-12.
Expressing over the quarter and annual results, Mr. Satish Agarwal, CMD of Kamdhenu Ispat Ltd, said that the companys growth is even more illustrative considering the market dynamism in the last FY. The other very significant aspect of the growth story of Kamdhenu Ispat Ltd is the balanced and homogenized growth across its product portfolio.
It is a notable feature that considering gross sale increase of either steel or the paint segment of the company the growth is around 14%, testimonial to the fact that all segments are registering phenomenal growth financially and in market shares and this growth is balanced. The 19% growth in the net profit and more than 24% growth in the total sales revenue in the fourth quarter clearly indicate the growth potential we possess. We are strategically moving ahead in the market across the country, and now we have grabbed substantial market share quite successfully. Mr. Agarwal expressed.
Kamdhenu Ispat Ltd has also been operating through franchise business association model for steel in order to promote its brand in association with various manufacturing plants spread across the country. The company is enjoying a huge marketing network of dealers and distributors to penetrate deep and wide market across the country. It promises to deliver high quality products and services to its customers at reasonable cost.
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I looked in the mirror everymoring and simply loathed what I saw. Making the decision to have plastic surgery is not something you do every day. I spent 5 years agonizing over should I shouldn't I. In the end the deciding factor for me was Dr. Naficy and his team. I met with him 3 or 4 times during what I call my "dithering phase" and at no time did I ever feel pressured quite the opposite. He was kind, sensitive and suggested that I think it over and come back when I was ready. From the moment you enter his office there is a sense of calmness, his staff and nursing team are highly professional, warm and caring and have the ability to build rapport and trust in equal measure. They took the time to get to know me as a person, followed up on every single question I had no matter how trivial and gave me generous access to Dr. Naficy even when he was busy.
I underwent major surgery with Dr. Naficy, having my face, neck, eyes and lips done.
The morning after surgery I looked in the mirror and thought "this was a bad decision". How wrong I was, my swelling and bruises subsided within 3 days, I stoped taking pain killers on day 5 and 10 days to the day after major surgery I was back at my desk without a mark on my face. I went back to work in trepidation thinking everyone is going to stare at me and know what I have done. The only comments I got were "WOW you clearly had a great vacation you look so relaxed" another person commented "have you changed your hairstyle you look so chic". Even my husband who was totally against the idea still comments on what an amazing transformation the surgery has made and how beautiful I look - makes me fall in love with him all over again.
I am now 4 months on from surgery and even the scars at the incision sites are barely noticeable. I am thrilled with my face and only regret I didn't get it done 5 years sooner.


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My name is Anna Coke, and I recently transferred from Savannah College of Art and Design to the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. I am majoring in Merchandising, Apparel and Textiles with a minor in Art Studio. I am also a new Style Guru here at CollegeFashionista, and I am thrilled to be a part of this fantastic, fashionable team!
It is safe to say that I have loved fashion from an early age. On Career Day in fourth grade I dressed up as a fashion designer and forced my best friend to go as a model so that she could wear my creations. I remember being the little girl who would talk to the teachers about where I went shopping over the weekend and the one who always had elaborate fashion shows at every sleepover. I spent hours making inspiration boards before I even knew that was a thing. I pored over any magazine I could get my hands on, and Teen Vogue fashion forums and Polyvore were my best friends. Because I grew up in a small town in Kentucky, it was difficult to express myself the way I wanted to express myself; no one knew anything about fashion or even cared about it at all for that matter. Therefore, I lived vicariously through the stylish women I read about in Vogue and Elle, and vowed that, someday, I would be just like them.
Though I still love fashion just as much as I did when I was six, my style has changed quite a bit (although I am not opposed to the occasional '90s throwback). With that said, I don't really have a specific style because my style varies with my mood. Some days, I wake up wanting to channel Alexa Chung, and I throw on a shift dress and a pair of chic slingbacks. Other days, I just want to be an Olsen (because let's be real, don't we all?!), and live in chunky sweaters and boyfriend jeans.The only rule I have is to always have fun with what I'm wearing. Fashion, to me, is about expressing myself; I never want to take it too seriously and become boring because it is a reflection of me!
My love for fashion grows everyday. I am constantly inspired by the world around me; thus I am beyond excited to be able to share my inspirations with you. This semester I will be writing the WHAT TO WEAR column every Thursday, and I hope that through my posts, I can entertain and inspire you to fall in love with fashion. Here's to a wonderful and stylish semester, fellow Fashionistas/os!


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There is a new service on the block called GeneaPress.
GeneaPress is a communal effort by the genealogy and family history blogging community to manage the large number of press releases received from genealogy vendors and organizations. The goal is to create a repository where bloggers can link to the latest news about the genealogy industry.
This initiative was conceived at Rootstech 2011 by Thomas MacEntee with input from several of the geneabloggers and vendors present.
There is a GeneaPress widget that can be placed in the sidebar of a blog. I've included the widget on the sidebar of the AFHS blog (where you are now). Look to the lower right to get all of the latest genealogy press releases.


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BERKELEY, Calif. — Lost in the delirium over Josh Selby Day was an unpleasant reality.
Selby's dazzling debut coincided with Tyshawn Taylor's darkest day of the season. The junior point guard was 2-for-7 from the floor with seven points, six turnovers and one assist in 32 minutes, easily his worst performance of the season.
It was relevant for the same reasons Selby's performance was. It spoke to the biggest question facing KU this season — how will Kansas' current players react to the addition of not just a newcomer, but a wildly anticipated one? And, secondarily, how will Taylor and Selby coexist?
After one game? Eh ...
"I didn't see much from (Taylor)," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "That was poor play and he knows that."
But it wasn't just Taylor. Marcus and Markieff Morris had off days, too, and the sum of all that made it necessary for Selby to make a go-ahead 3-pointer with 26 seconds left to save the day.
Not that Self was especially surprised by all this. He didn't expect Selby's integration to be seamless.
"It's going to take some time," he said.
Still, for Taylor it was a frustrating game. Maybe it happens whether Selby is on the floor or maybe it doesn't. Either way, the mercurial Taylor is trying to forget about it.
"Just think (about the) next play and stay positive, don't ever get down on yourself or your teammates, just keep thinking positive and keep playing," he said. "I think if we do that we will be fine, because we are a good team. We have so many pieces and so many guys that can do some things."
KU now faces another Pac-10 team, which is developing into a bugaboo for the Jayhawks, who have beaten Arizona, UCLA and USC, but have labored in all three games and required last-minute heroics to win the final two.
Cal, however, doesn't figure to be as problematic if for no other reason than the Bears simply can't score. They rank 258th in the country in points per game (65.2) and have two losses in which they failed to score 50 points, including a 57-44 loss to Notre Dame in which they trailed 21-5 at halftime.
Not a good recipe for a matchup against the Jayhawks, who according to Self have been slow to come around defensively but rank among the nation's top offensive teams, scoring 85.6 points per game (sixth) and shooting a nation-leading 54 percent from the field.
Yet there is some newness here for Kansas, and not just the obvious. Wednesday's visit to Cal will be KU's first true road game of the season, and, of course, it is against a team from the pesky Pac-10.
"I think it is going to be a different atmosphere," Taylor said. "I am sure that anyone who plays against us is going to be juiced and ready to play. We are going to go out there and do what we do, just try to get better."


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Tiptoeing Leftward: Uruguayan Victor's Moment of Truth
By LARRY ROHTER
Published: November 2, 2004
After a 33-year struggle, the left has finally gained power here. But if the experience of a neighboring country like Brazil is any guide, Tabar??uez and his Broad Front, narrow winners in the election on Sunday, are more likely to tinker around the edges of Uruguay's problems than carry out the profound social transformation they have been promising.
Dr. V?uez's coalition is a rather ungainly beast, ranging from Communists to Christian Democrats, and he has sought to keep its various components happy with declarations that can be interpreted in many different ways. But his victory has awakened expectations of immediate change that are likely to be fanned by those on the left, which includes former Tupamaro guerrillas.
At the same time, Dr. V?uez lacks the financial resources he needs to fulfill those promises, which in turn constrains his political maneuverability. So what will he turn out to be: an unpredictable populist like Hugo Ch?z of Venezuela, or a fiscal disciplinarian like Luiz In?o Lula da Silva of Brazil?
''As they say at bullfights, this is the hour of truth,'' said Luis Eduardo Gonz?z, a pollster and prominent political commentator. ''There has been a lot of dubious rhetoric'' about a social revolution, he said, but if Dr. V?uez and other Front leaders knuckle under to the harsh realities facing this country of 3.5 million, ''they will have to deny their own past history.''
One change clearly in the offing, because it has no political cost, is in relations with Washington and Wall Street. The current president, Jorge Batlle, has been widely criticized for pursuing closer ties with the United States in response to the economic collapse that hit neighboring Argentina three years ago and quickly spilled over here, nearly bringing down a financial system that had, following American advice, opened itself up to the outside world.
''It was a costly error to think that this country could ever be a kind of Luxembourg on the River Plata,'' said Senator Jos??a, leader of the Front's dominant Tupamaro faction. ''That can never work, because our neighbors are Brazil and Argentina, not France and Germany.''
A week ago, the deputy United States trade negotiator, Peter Allgeier, was here to sign an investment treaty with Uruguay. But with Dr. V?uez's victory, doubts about the future of the accord, which needs approval by a Congress in which the Front will have a majority in both houses, are suddenly being raised.
''We are not familiar with this treaty,'' Dr. V?uez said when asked at a news conference here on Friday whether he supported the agreement. ''We will only be able to respond after we have had a chance to see and analyze it.''
And while the Front has backed away from its support of an Argentine-style default on the country's foreign debt, Dr. V?uez has said he will insist that the International Monetary Fund ease up on Uruguay. Everyone, he said last week, needs to show ''profound social sensibility to deal with the social emergency the country faces,'' including the international community.
For the most part, though, the new government is likely to follow a program of economic orthodoxy. In recent interviews, Sen. Danilo Astori, a moderate whom Dr. V?uez has designated as his economy minister, has repeatedly said he plans to ''follow the example of Lula,'' a reference to President da Silva of Brazil and the market-friendly policies he has pursued.
''It won't be a copy of Brazil, but we also think it is possible to change the country while being prudent in managing public accounts and maintaining stability in monetary and foreign exchange policy,'' Senator Astori said in an interview here late last week. ''Uruguay is much more vulnerable than Brazil and has a much weaker economy, so we will have to be much more cautious than Brazil.''
The promise to follow Brazil's conservative fiscal example has reassured many of the money managers who feared the worst when Mr. da Silva was elected two years ago. ''Everything is normal,'' one banker said. ''Nobody is nervous, and money isn't leaving the country.''
But Mr. da Silva's example also illustrates the pitfalls of promising profound, almost immediate, change and then failing to deliver. In municipal elections on Sunday, his Workers' Party lost not only in S?Paulo, Brazil's largest city and the party's birthplace, but also in Porto Alegre, a onetime stronghold where the Workers' Party had been in power for 16 years.
''The front has to carry out the program it promised us,'' said Mar?Antonia Bello, 66, a widow who has seen the value of her pension reduced drastically by the economic crisis. ''If not, the people will protest, and when it comes time to vote again, we will throw them out. We're not going to accept another neoliberal government, indifferent to people's social needs.''
But it is precisely the restoration of those health, education and housing benefits cut by past governments that will be most difficult to carry out. ''We have criticized things that we are going to have to carry out ourselves,'' Mr. Astori acknowledged. ''It's going to be just like in Brazil.''
No need to worry; the situation is manageable, argues Mr. M?a, who is expected to be appointed production minister, overseeing activities ranging from agriculture to industry. After waiting a generation for the front to assume power, he said, most of its supporters on the traditional left do not expect miracles and can be persuaded to be patient.
''This supposed dichotomy is a bit puerile and simplistic,'' he said. ''What people outside our coalition don't understand is that even though we have built a culture of diversity of opinion over the past 30 years, when we make a decision, we carry it out. If the day comes when there is something I can't accept, then I will go home.''
Photo: Tabarť VŠzquez, left, and his running mate, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, claimed victory Sunday night in Uruguay's presidential election. (Photo by Pablo Porciķncula/Agence France-Presse--Getty Images)


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PHILADELPHIA - Hoping for clarity on the duration of Cliff Lee's disabled-list stint? Don't hold your breath.
General manager Ruben Amaro Jr. said Friday that an MRI on the left-hander confirmed Lee has "nothing more serious" than what the Phillies expected - a Grade 1 left external oblique strain.
However, Amaro said there's no timetable on the return of Lee, who is scheduled to come off the DL May 4, to the starting rotation.
"It's still possible," Amaro said of that proposed return date. "We'd only like to have him miss a couple starts. If he has to miss three or four starts, that's what it'll be, but hopefully it'll be shorter than that.
We've got to be cautious. I don't want to have this thing blow out and lose him for a longer period of time."
Lee (0-1, 1.96 ERA) sustained the injury while pitching the last of his 10 shutout innings April 18 at San Francisco.
Right-handed reliever Mike Stutes, who also underwent an MRI Thursday, will miss the next two to three weeks with a mild right rotator cuff strain, Amaro said.
According to Amaro, the Phillies will send Stutes - who was deactivated Tuesday - to Clearwater in the coming days to begin rehabilitation.
Amaro offered one-sentence updates on two others.
He said there's "nothing new" on Ryan Howard, who could be closing in on returning to baseball activity once the surgical wound on his Achilles' tendon heals. And Amaro said there's no timetable for Chase Utley, who will leave Arizona and return to the Phillies only when his knees feel stronger and more stable.
Manager Charlie Manuel rested Jimmy Rollins for the first time this season Wednesday, in the final game of the Phillies' 10-day roadtrip. The shortstop was back in the lineup Friday, when the Phillies began a four-game series at Citizens Bank Park against the Cubs.
Manuel said he hoped the two-day stretch gave Rollins a chance to "clear his head" from a West Coast jaunt during which Rollins batted 3-for-33.
Rollins carried a .229 average into Friday.
"These last two days, hopefully, (it could) get him off his feet, clear his mind a little bit, stick him back in there and see what he can do," Manuel said.
"If you remember, this is not the first time he's gotten off to a rough start. He's done that before. He's had streaks during the season, like most hitters. When I talk about the guys, you'll catch a 2-for-30 or a 0-for-20 or things like that. You'll catch two or three of them sometimes during the season. It doesn't mean you'll have a bad season, though. It means, for a week, you don't do too good."
Rookie Freddy Galvis, who played shortstop while traversing the minors, started there in Rollins' place. He had been a fixture at second base until Wednesday, but the leap across the diamond didn't seem to bother Galvis.
"Just in the beginning, the first inning, the shortstop (position) felt like it was pretty far to first base," Galvis said, with a laugh. "But I was all right."
Utility man Pete Orr got plenty of pregame attention in the Phillies' clubhouse for his bases-clearing triple Tuesday against Arizona. He picked up even more focus when he was spied wearing a gray Flyers T-shirt.
A hockey fan who was born in Ontario, Canada, Orr has taken a shine to the Flyers, who begin their Eastern Conference semifinal series against New Jersey this weekend.
"They've got a great team," Orr said. "It's nice to meet some of those guys. We've tried to watch every game we can in the clubhouse. They're a fun team to root for, the way they play."


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Although square-grid and radial geometries (or combinations of these) are sometimes used in domes, the in-surface geometry of the dome should really be fully triangulated in order to develop the full benefits of shell-action. A dome with square patterns on the surface will generally result in a more costly solution. R. Buckminster Fuller's "geodesic dome" may be the most famous way to subdivide a sphere into nearly-equal and nearly-equilateral triangles. Other in-surface geometries include Lamella, Kiewitt, Schwedler and Geometrica's own Lace™ geometry.
Lace™: This geometry is generated from a uniform triangular grid trimmed to a dodecagon shape, then stretched to form a circle, and finally wrapped onto the surface of revolution. The resulting geometry is structurally efficient. It also maintains nearly-equilateral triangles and has a uniform base. Some of the largest domes in the world, such as the 133 m Ruwais dome in the UAE, the 142m San Cristobal dome in Bolivia, and the 122m JEA domes in Florida are built with the Lace geometry, or with a lamella-lace combination geometry.
Lamella: Lamella domes are generated with concentric rings, where each subsequent ring is rotated by a half module. This reduces the length of the ring tubes as the geometry proceeds towards the apex. When the tubes of the rings become too small (usually half the length of the first), they "consolidate" to the next ring, joining the two divisions into one. The separation between rings in Lamella domes can be varied so they are equilateral triangles forming each ring. Because the tubes of each ring are equal, the manufacturing time is fast and assembly is easy. Lamella domes are beautiful and a favorite for architectural applications. Domes such as the Cancun Hyatt and the Mustafa Centre use Lamella geometry.
Geodesic: A geodesic dome starts with a regular polyhedron (generally an icosahedron), and subdivides each triangular face to then project the new nodes onto the surface of the sphere. As in the Lace geometry, the geodesic geometry has nearly-equilateral triangles, but the base of the dome is generally not uniform unless the dome is a hemisphere. Also, the geodesic pattern is limited to spherical domes.


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Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra promised to help put a stop to the illegal ivory trade in Thailand, while speaking at the Bangkok-based International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna convention on March 3, which has attracted 2,000 representatives from 177 nations.
The law in Thailand allows the sale and collection of domestic ivory from elephants that have died naturally, but the regulations are regularly abused, rendering the Southeast Asian nation a popular destination for traffickers of illegal African ivory.
Read more from GlobalPost: Leonardo DiCaprio calls on Thailand to ban ivory trade
"We will work towards amending the national legislation with the goal of putting an end to ivory trade and to be in line with international norms," said Yingluck to CITES, according to the New York Times.
"This will help protect all forms of elephants, including Thailand's wild and domestic elephants and those from Africa."
According to the Bangkok Post, laws regarding ivory will be amended and carving shops and elephant farms inspected, although no timetable for the changes has yet been released.
Anti-ivory activists told th BBC that Shinawatra's words were comforting but had yet to be backed up with tangible action, noting that over 5,000 stores currently sell ivory in Thailand, making the trade difficult to quash.
The anti-ivory measure has won some famous friends, including England's Prince William, who opened the CITES meeting with a video address, claiming the ivory trade had reached a "shocking level," according to the Independent.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio and World Wildlife Fund board member also made a public call on Thailand to end the trade, noting that "Whole populations are at risk of being wiped out if we don't take immediate action to shut down this illicit trade."


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Bucs place LB Rod Wilson on Injured Reserve
The Bucs have placed linebacker Rod Wilson on Injured Reserve.
Wilson is the Bucs backup middle linebacker to Barrett Ruud. The nature of his injury has not been announced.
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Psoriatic Arthritis, Achilles Tendinosis
I am a 61 year old male in generally good health. About 10 months ago, I saw a PM&R doctor complaining of pain & swelling (knots or nodules) in my achilles tendons and pain in my buttocks, back, and thumbs. I received physical therapy and began a regimen of daily stretches & exercises. After about 4 months with little improvement, I went to a rheumatologist, who took my history, ordered blood tests & x-rays of my ankles, diagnosed psoriatic arthritis, and started me on diclofenac (75mg 2x/day) and sulfasalizine (1500mg 2x/day). In the past 6 months, I have continued the exercises and meds and have seen improved range of motion, and perhaps a small reduction of pain. My achilles tendons are still sore on most days. My rheumatologist has now prescribed methotrexate (15mg 1x/week) and folic acid (1mg 1x/day) to replace sulfasalazine, while continuing diclofenac. After reading the pharmacist`s information about methotrexate, I am cautious about starting methotrexate. My questions: a- What might my prospects for recovery be if I were to continue with exercise and sulfasalazine/diclofenac, and not use methotrexate? b- Do the hoped-for benefits (end of pain and stiffness in achilles, buttocks, etc.) outweigh the risks associated with methotrexate? In your experience, is this the answer for me? c- My wife is a CF patient with the associated respiratory infections. With suppressed immune system from taking methotrexate, would I be at greater than normal risk of pulmonary infections? d- Are there other treatments available for resolution of my tendon problems?
Thanks so much!
Unfortunately, your questions are intricate and are unable to be answered via the NetWellness website. It seems to me that the best place to seek answers is by consulting with your current Rheumatologist or by seeking a second opinion. The answers may be contingent on an understanding of your full clinical complex - history, exam, severity of the psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and diagnostics.
Here is one example of how the answers may change. The buttock pain may be indicative of axial (spine and central joint) disease associated with PsA. If there is truly inflammatory axial arthritis, then medications known as TNF-alpha antagonists [etanercept (Enbrel), adalimumab (Humira), or infliximab (Remicade)] may be a superior to diclofenac, sulfasalazine, or methotrexate.
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Homecoming. It's that time of the year for churches, schools, colleges and other organizations. We are getting ready for our own church homecoming this Sunday, Sept. 9, at Christ Church (we're calling it a "Great Fall Revival"), and I know that many other congregations are doing the same thing.
It is a time of new beginnings, new offerings and new energies. Programs start up, and organizations that have taken some time off in the summer come together again for a new year of community and activity. I love it and look forward to it.
So, you are probably now expecting me to write words about returning or coming to a house of worship as we begin this fall season. Well, I will be honest -- of course I think people would do well to do that. Communities of faith are so important to our nurture and growth in the life of faith.
Those here in Greenwich work diligently to provide experiences and opportunities that can encourage us in our living and believing. They help to join us to God and to each other. Yes, by all means, come to a community of faith, participate in a house of worship this fall.
I am thankful for the many opportunities for learning, community, service and prayer that occur in communities of faith. I know that we have been working hard in the congregation I serve to have creative and new initiatives in all of these areas, and I am excited that fall homecoming marks the beginning of so many efforts and offerings. Programs are very helpful to people, and I know that.
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But I also know something else. I know that what is really, really important is a growing relationship with God and with each other. Programs are useful, but what is even more important is the transformation that we experience in our relationship with our Creator and fellow human beings.
Sometimes, religious organizations miss the centrality of the relational. We work harder and harder to prepare the perfect program. We restructure and plan. We try the latest thing or advertise all the more diligently. It can happen at every level of the life of religious organizations.
I am certainly not against programs, plans and structures, but I believe they can mask the essence of it all, which is a relationship with God and transformation by God. This past summer witnessed my own denomination working to restructure, which is fine, but it will not work or even matter if we don't find a way to invite people into a close, transforming, life-giving relationship with God, with God's creation and with each other.
What I am saying is this: So much good can happen in religious organizations, in communities of faith and even in broader organizational structures if they become vehicles for a "closer walk with God" (as an old hymn puts it). Yes, I hope that people reading these words will enjoy a "homecoming" during this season of new beginnings in houses of worship and communities of faith.
I hope that what we have devised and our planned offering will meet the needs of people and nourish them in their journey of faith.
Most of all, I hope that people will come home to the God who loves them and that they will be strengthened in their relationship with a loving God and with the human beings whom God so loves.
Now that is a homecoming that will change our lives -- a homecoming we will never forget.
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Light freezing rain on tap for Gorge and Hood River areas?
PORTLAND, Ore. - After several days of cold but clear and windy weather, a small weather system is making it's way into the Northwest and could bring freezing rain to some areas.
KATU Meteorologist Rhonda Shelby said it's possible the small disturbance could bring freezing rain to the Columbia River Gorge and Hood River Valley areas, but if it happens, there won't be much rain to freeze.
"It's going to be a really relatively small area that sees any freezing rain if any at all today," Shelby said. "It looks like it's just the Gorge and Hood River Valley that will see the possibility of freezing rain" since most other areas will be above the freezing mark when the rain arrives, Shelby said.
Shelby said that if the rain does materialize, it will only be about .02 of an inch. However, that's enough to cause slick conditions on roadways.
"There may be isolated icy spots that don't get much sun during the day that could stay below 32 degrees west of the Gorge that could see black ice," Shelby said. "This would include spots in the coast range. However, most travel troubles will be in the frozen Gorge."
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I find myself in a place where I need to make some extra $$. It occurred to me that I could make gumpaste flowers and maybe sell them on the web. So I wondered if any of you have tried doing that and what kind of demand there is for pre-made flowers. I know it will depend on the wow factor and cost. Thanks for any advice!
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There's another thread going about this somewhere...I have an etsy shop and sell some gumpaste, but the shipping will kill you. Check out etsy and see what's listed on there already, there are a lot of people who sell online.


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from Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun,
• After all that money Terry Pegula pumped into the Buffalo Sabres, shouldn't he have expected a playoff team, if not a contender? The Sabres have looked lost in the first half of the NHL season.
• Congratulations, Donald Fehr. In your first act of significance since taking over the National Hockey League Players' Association, you have entered the world of Bob Goodenow smallness. And that's not an easy or comfortable place to find. The very fact the NHLPA has kiboshed the NHL's proposal for realignment for what are ostensibly lame issues is a shot unrelated to the matter of realignment here. It's a scream that the bad old days of NHL-NHLPA war are back….
• All-star voting in every sport brings with it debate each and every season. But for two very good reasons, the NHL should look at putting an end to this age-old argument. Now that the NHL has changed the all-star format to a player draft — where captains from each team wind up picking their rosters — having all-star starters is truly moot. But considering what happened this season in Ottawa, with four of the six starters being voted in by the home team, a noble gesture of sorts — it has become less meaningless than ever before….
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Posted by Mr. Fnytelhatt on 01/08/12 at 12:14 PM ET
Yes, the PA is crazy for telling the league that they want to be involved in a major realignment and schedule-changing proposal that impacts their membership far more than anyone else involved…
The only "shot" fired in this situation is the NHL declaring that this means they have to abandon the plan for the 2012-2013 season. Even if scheduling buildings really is an issue, the only reason they'd make the statement they made was to posture against the union. Otherwise, they could've talked it out behind closed doors, and if the resolution occurred to late to schedule for 2012-2013, they could at least come up with a positive-facing message of, "After further discussion with our membership and the NHLPA, we've reached a full agreement for realignment; unfortunately, we will now have to delay realignment until 2013-2014."
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
"ABLE TO face fear or danger without flinching ... resolute ... invulnerable ... valiant ... venturesome."
That is a a portion of the dictionary definition of the word "fearless."
|I DON'T know Madonna well enough (believe it or not) to assess that she is actually without fear as a woman, or a human being. In fact she has admitted to being just as, if not more, insecure, than the average person. Fame and constant scrutiny does that to a person. She is far softer and more vulnerable than her public persona suggests. I know that, for sure.
Madonna kicked off the American leg of her "MDNA" tour in Philadelphia on Monday night. She was full of patriotism, praised America's freedom of speech, demanded the release of the imprisoned Russian performance artists Pussy Riot and denounced homophobia, as she has been doing for the last quarter century. (Long before Lady Gaga was telling her "little monsters" that they were "Born That Way," Madonna was exhorting her fans to "express themselves" and was in the forefront of the AIDS crisis.)
"MDNA" is what has become the standard mix for a Madonna show — mind-blowing brilliance, dazzling sets, incredible dancing. And then there's the stuff she does because she wants to! She is intent on taking her audience on a journey. Sometimes they are not ready for this journey. They want to groove on the old 1980s/90s jams, presented just as Madonna did in her famous videos. (Tough luck.)
Madonna would wither and die if she had to repeat herself over and over. She is not messing with her fans, she's making sure they've grown up. Yeah, and that is despite the campy majorette outfit she wears at one point. She's not pretending time hasn't passed. She's a woman still young, still full of fun. (And wait until you see her marching band, in mid-air, elevated above the crowd!)
In "MDNA" Madonna gives her fans classics such as "Open Your Heart," "Vogue" "Express Yourself" "Human Nature" and "Like a Virgin." But, as in the case of "Like a Virgin," she has totally transformed the chirpy ode to being "shiny and new," into something almost unbearably dark. Is it pain? Is it pleasure? Is she suffering? Is she in ecstasy?
Don't ask me, and don't ask Madonna. She hates to explain herself. She is far happier when the audience either makes up its own mind, or never does. Madonna considers herself a work in progress and she gives her audience the same respect. If you don't get it, don't worry. It's life. Who can explain life?
The stage is full of movement, the sets gasp-inducing, the onscreen videos and visuals mesmerizing. (Including a gorgeous new black-and-white version of "Erotica" and the controversial "Nobody Knows," with its images of violence, political revolution around the world, and a tear-inducing tribute to gay teenagers who have killed themselves.) Madonna's voice, when she sings totally live, is effective and moving, especially on "Masterpiece." She ain't ever gonna sing "Aida" but she has some chops. Her moves remain a miracle of athleticism, for any age. She looks better than she has on any recent tour, keeping her weight up and appearing utterly joyful. Her enthusiasm was infectious. At one point she declared, "Sometimes it's easier to show your ass than your feelings." Naturally, at that moment, she was showing both!
|Madonna capped off the night by whipping her audience into a frenzy with "I'm a Sinner," "Like a Prayer" (which was so solid, beautiful sung and reverently raw that it was literally a religious experience), and the bouncy "Celebration," in which her handsome young son, Rocco, gave mom some competition in the dancing department.
If you want Madonna singing the oldies, in the same key, the same outfits, the same mindset, "MDNA" might disappoint. If you want to see a woman still fighting the good fight, trying to entertain, educate and rile up her audience, you're in for a roller-coaster ride, with Madonna herself at the controls.
There is only one queen, and that's Madonna, still.
|DON'T MISS the chic, suave Departures magazine (it is put out by American Express with the gifted Richard David Story at the helm). In the September Style issue, out now, there is a glorious story of Madrid and the way that city is seen by the glamorous designing Herrera girls.
But my pet thing is their cover article on society's "other" favorite photographer (next to the Times' genius Bill Cunningham) I do mean Mary Hilliard who is on the cover and inside she is photographed at Swifty's hangout and here, there and everywhere.
Mary is one of the last of the great ladies with a camera, a woman who also has manners, smarts and good looks herself. Almost everybody who is anybody loves her and they always hope she will appear instead of some others of the paparazzi. Brava, Mary!
|DON'T KNOW about you but I wrote Lance Armstrong a letter, telling him he'll always be a champ in my book. They can take away titles and medals and everything else but they won't touch his accomplishments.
He is a man who has struggled against testicular cancer and overcome and endured and done more good works than you or I can count.
I am sick of this harassing of athletes going on and on while we never bring drug laws into the 20th century. And Wall Street still runs amuck and gets away with whatever it wants. A little perspective wouldn't hurt all these whistle blowers. (And, yes, that includes me, too.)
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Dark clouds are hovering over the dyes and intermediate industry in Gujarat, with overseas buyers going slow on fresh purchases. With exports generating more than 70 per cent of revenues, a sharp fall in the overseas demand has prompted dye manufacturers to halve their operational capacities.
"This is one of the toughest years the industry is facing. Demand is sluggish in the international market and cost pressure is hurting manufacturers. Most units are running at low capacity utilisation. We are currently operating at about 40-50 per cent capacity," said Manish Kiri, managing director of Kiri Industries Ltd, a leading dye manufacturer.
The industry in the state, having an annual turnover of Rs 10,000-12,000 crore, is preparing itself for slow growth this year. The Gujarat Dyestuff Manufacturers' Association (GDMA) has projected growth for this year at a modest seven to eight per cent for dyes and intermediates makers.
"There are macroeconomic issues that are affecting business. Europe and the US are key markets for dyes and intermediates. Demand from Europe is dull due to overall economic conditions, while a sharp drop in consumer spending in the US has affected the demand for garments, thereby affecting dye consumption," said R S Patel, president of the GDMA.
Gujarat is the largest producer of dyes in India, accounting for close to 80 per cent of India's total dye production. The state also produces 65 per cent share of the country's chemicals and intermediates.
"India is one of the largest suppliers of reactive dyes, mainly used for cotton-based dyeing. But since there is gloom in the western economies and garment demand has dipped, we see this affecting our businesses as well. Companies are operating at lower capacities for the past one and a half months now," added Patel.
In Gujarat, there are over 1,000 dye and intermediate making units, of which some 80 per cent are small and medium enterprises (SME) with an annual turnover of about Rs 10 crore. The industry employs about 100,000 workers in the state.
"Profit margins are under pressure due to high input costs and weak earnings from overseas. Units can curtail their production but cannot reduce their overheads so suddenly. Therefore profits are under pressure," said a dye maker in Ahmedabad.


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A critical skill in any professional services role is setting appropriate expectations. Within organic search marketing, both agencies and individual professionals frequently fail to successfully communicate the risks associated with reliance on search rank to their clients or employers.
Part of this is a matter of incentives. Being the one truth-teller in the room can cost contracts and goodwill. Taking that into account, at some point in the sales cycle, a frank communication of risk avoids nasty surprises for the client, giving them a better sense of the risk/reward tradeoff inherent in relying on search rank. Ideally, organic search marketing professionals should make their clients and employers a partner in assessing risk, rather than a perceived victim of externalized decision-making. This is often challenging, given that very un-technical stakeholders are driving very technical decisions in many cases.
No form of SEO is guaranteed to be immune from Google penalties on an indefinite timeframe, however. If any form of effective SEO becomes the dominant means of driving rank, it is guaranteed to become the next penalty vector. Additionally, Google's sheer market share of search inherently creates a volatile marketplace, as any move by that one company immediately reshapes the majority of that marketplace. It is both a professional responsibility and a best practice not to hide this fact.
The big problem for organic search marketing is that it relies on a set of companies that would rather SEO did not exist in the first place. Don't get me wrong – Google and Microsoft are happy to be able to drive their own visions for site structure, making sites more readily indexable and parseable. Ultimately, though, they make their money on ads that compete directly for both clicks and marketing budgets with organic search. There is always an inherent tension, because while organic brings the eyeballs, pay-per-click (PPC) pays the bills, regardless of how much time, energy, and money you put into a "white hat" strategy as pure as the driven snow, if a critical number of actors do the same things, you will find yourself in Google's crosshairs. This is exemplified by Google's recent hand-wringing about guest blogging. In this environment, we must assume that effectively all SEO is a risk/reward tradeoff, as tactics once deemed "white hat" can be reclassified by Google retroactively.
This being the case, how can search marketing professionals maximize rewards while mitigating risks? Well, there are a lot of competing theories. The one thing they all have in common is that they will become a liability if one-too-many start doing the same – and if it actually works, they eventually will. You are lifted up by the same tide that grounds you, and Google is the moon. This is a consequence of an inherently volatile market, as one actor has, while not a true monopoly, an effective one.
What search marketing professionals can do in response is, tautologically, be responsive. Part of what provides you the breathing room to do that is conveying to your clients or employers to expect the unexpected, both good and bad, when you rely on search to drive conversions.
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On February 28, 2017, ClickZ presented the webinar 'Still using .com? Here's why 50% of all Fortune 500 companies are about to use .brand' in association with Neustar.
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Winton's new play premieres
West Australian novelist Tim Winton's second stage play premieres in Albany tonight.
Signs of Life is a stage sequel to Winton's top selling novel Dirt Music.
The play's opening night is in Albany, where Winton spent some time in his childhood, before it tours the state.
Winton says the play emphasises the local landscape.
"All the things that you can't see, they become quite real," he said.
"The sound of birds, the sound of wind, the sound of a windmill just chunking over, you just think, we're there."
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text: The co-designed Levi's Lefty Jean collection as headed by Takahiro Miyashita and Kazuki Kuraishi work together to produce something a little different. The Textile Vest is unlike most of their previous releases which focused mostly on shirts, jackets and bottoms. With a Mexican blanket style-flannel, the vest can be worn alone or buttoned inside a Levi's Trucker jacket as a liner. Available now at Levi's E-SHOP.


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United got a goal from rookie Chris Pontius on an incredible 25-yard smash in the sixth minute, but Lawson Vaughn gave the home side a penalty in the 62nd minute that was put away by Lopez to draw Toluca even. The 1-1 score line stood at the final whistle.
The draw means United must wait and see what happens in the CD Marathon-Jabloteh game on Thursday evening. A draw or Marathon loss means United would advance to the knockout stage, while a Marathon win results in elimination from the regional tournament.
Marathon and Jabloteh play at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday.
UPDATE: Get this - according to the League office, MLS teams are 0-17-2 all-time playing meaningful games (meaning, not including friendlies) in Mexico against Mexican squads. This evening's result was just the second draw - ever! - on Mexican soil, while the Houston Dynamo played to a wild 4-4 game versus Pumas in Mexico City last year. A very impressive result for the Black-and-Red. Now, we're all Jabloteh fans.
A few post-game links:
- United and Toluca play to 1-1 draw - by Dylan Butler (dcunited.com)
- Post-game quotesheet (dcunited.com)
- Video: Chris Pontius' golazo (mlsnet.com)
More in the morning..


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Larry Fator's 1946 Chevy Sedan Delivery has always been a gasser and that's just the way it will always be.
Old habits die hard, and Larry Fator knows that firsthand. The San Dimas, California, pinstriper and airbrush artist tells us his first car was a '55 Chevy with a straight axle, T-10, and dual-quad 265 Vette mill. That was back in 1966, and he's still playing with gassers today. He's owned this '46 Chevy sedan delivery twice: first between 1969 and 1971, and again from 1985 to the present. First built as a gasser in 1966 by Glen Reyes, it quickly earned a local reputation for its quickness and novelty.
Before Larry bought it in 1985, it passed through several owners, the last of whom was days away from torching out the straight axle, and, as Larry says, "ruining it with a Camaro subframe swap." After amassing scores of period-correct, vintage speed parts, Larry began the restoration in 1990 and spent the next 12 years getting it as close to perfect as possible.
The 406-inch small-block is packed full of modern speed parts, but Larry exercised strict discipline when it came to external equipment. "I wanted it to look just like it would have around 1970, so I painted the AFR heads orange, used a vintage '64, M/T, cross-ram intake manifold, and even installed a Grant dual-coil Flamethrower ignition system." Larry has always been a stick man, so a Muncie M22 close-ratio transmission sends power to a period-perfect '57 Pontiac rear axle packing 4.88 cogs and a rare Eaton limited-slip unit. From the top or bottom, it is impossible to find a rough edge or short cut on this pristine gasser. Best of all, it's the real deal from back in the day.


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- Laval M. Verhalen,
- Reza Mamaghani,
- Walter C. Morrison and
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Six cultivars of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) were studied to determine the influence of blooming date on boll retention and selected fiber properties in experiments conducted over 3 years at a single location. Flowers were tagged at weekly intervals; and after frost, bolls within plots were harvested by tagging dates. Records were kept by dates of blooms tagged/row, tagged bolls set/row, and percent tagged bolls set/row. Fiber properties (2.5% span length, 50% span length, uniformity index, micronaire, and 1/8-inch gauge stelometer) were also studied to determine their patterns of variation.
In general, blooms tagged increased from the beginning of the flowering season until shortly after mid-season, then declined to form a fairly symmetrical distribution. Boll set increased rapidly during the first 3 weeks of the season, then gradually decreased. Percentage boll set was highest at the first of each season, then declined fairly continuously. As a consequence, shedding rate increased in a linear fashion as the seasons progressed. In one instance, it appeared that the cotton plant exhibited increased boll retention efficiency when blooms were limited. The 2.5 and 50% span length measurements exhibited similar distributions within each of the 3 years; however, both showed moderately different patterns between years. Their means did decrease fairly steadily, particularly during the latter part of each season. Evidence in 1 year suggested that about a week's delay was required to obtain a response in the longer fibers comparable to that in the shorter ones. Uniformity index was higher at the end of each season than in midseason; and in 2 of ~ years, it was also higher at the first of the season. All cultivars except one displayed lower micronaires at the end of the flowering season than at the beginning. The 1/8-inch gauge stelometer reading also declined toward the end of the flowering period.
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text: The Renaissance wiki last edited by comicguy2 on 07/31/13 01:57PM View full history The Rock Monster Guardian seems to have mutated. The one that threatens Sue in this issue is brown in color, not blue as in the very first Fantastic Four issue in 1961. This one is also shaped a little different as well. However, he still appears to be the same monster.


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If you've been following my monthly top dividend reports and are a subscriber to my free mailing list, you know that telecom stocks are often at the very top of these lists but I'm more often than not very convinced about staying away. It's not all about the yield right? I guess that's true but I'm also trying to build a solid higher yield portfolio which gave me the idea to take a fresh look at the sector. Maybe some of these stocks would actually provide decent yield at a reasonable price. What I did was look at US stocks in the telecom/cellular industry (this includes stocks that are foreign but that trade on US markets) and that yield over 3%. I ended up getting down to 35 names from which I gathered some information but also did a bit more filtering. I removed stocks that:
-have a price under $5 (3 stocks)
-have a payout ratio over 100% (which removes some stocks such as France Telecom (FTE), Verizon (VZ), AT&T (T), WindStream (WIN)
Then, there were 19….
As you can see, simply removing stocks that pay out more than they can afford to takes out a large portion of the candidates. My other expectation is that many of these companies have slow growth..so let's look at these 19 using a less severe version of my 7-7-7 rule. I'm looking for stocks that have increased revenues, EPS and dividends by 3% on average over the past 5 years.
How many respect each criteria?
EPS growth over 3% for 5 years: 4
Dividend growth over 3% for 5 years: 8
Revenue growth over 3% for 5 years: 10
The big question is how many names fit all 3? Only 2…!! Crazy right? Here are the numbers on those 2 companies:


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Green Party Leader James Shaw
Breakfast Host: Dale Husband
Fletcher Sunde Sustainable Coastlines Programme Coordinator
Nature enthusiasts far and wide, regardless of political affiliation, are being encouraged to do their bit for the environment at a tree planting day in South Auckland this election-weekend.
Minister of Maori Development Te Ururoa Flavell
Breakfast Host: Dale Husband
New Zealand First Leader Winston Peters
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Juliane Chetham Patuharakeke Te Iwi Trust Board Member
Patuharakeke, the hapu that holds mana whenua over the area in which the Marsden Point Oil Refinery is located is deeply concerned about the leak of jet fuel potentially into waterways including the Ruakaka River, Estuary and ground water. Patuharakeke have a long association with Whangarei Harbour and Bream Bay coastline.
Alicia Wright Chief Electoral Officer
"It is important to us that all voters are able to have their say in this election and we take this matter seriously", says Alicia Wright, Chief Electoral Officer.
Te Kotahitanga Co-Chair Pita Tipene
Pita Tipene responds to the Tuhoronuku claims.
Mika X TOP Candidate
Mika is standing in Auckland Central, New Zealand's very own metropolis. He has spent years on the front line, working and helping youth through his foundation. Mika sees TOP as a kindred soul in his quest to unashamedly promote opportunities for young people of all ages and differences.
Maori voter suppression allegations demands investigation!
MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: Allegations of widespread Maori voter suppression made by Massey University Political Lecturer, Veronica Tawhai require an immediate response from the Electoral Commission.
The importance of the Maori electorates this election
MARTYN 'BOMBER' BRADBURY: There has never been an election that was so dependent on the Maori electorates
Why every Maori should be outraged by how racist National's Bootcamps really are
MARTYN ' BOMBER' BRADBURY: You know it's election time when National starts promising harsher and more punitive law and order policy


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Dallas Marathon expects major contributions from new president
The MetroPCS Dallas Marathon took significant steps Thursday to grow the event and raise its stature nationally and beyond.
The marathon's executive board hired veteran industry expert Patrick Byerly to be the event's president. He brings significant experience in strategic development, integrated marketing and team leadership from posts at the ASICS LA Marathon, the New York Road Runners and Southwest Airlines.
"He has experience and qualities we couldn't develop internally," said board chairman Kevin Snyder. "The only way we could to get the capabilities he brings is to acquire them."
Byerly, 41, will work with executive director Marcus Grunewald and the current staff, overseeing logistics, marketing, corporate development and fundraising. This year's race is Dec. 8.
"We can continue the great things they've done and take it to another whole level," said Byerly, who set two personal bests in the three times he ran Dallas. "Our vision is to really make it a national and global race."
Byerly, a longtime runner, said he has followed the Dallas event since his high school running days in Tyler. His niece was a patient at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, the race beneficiary. Also, he and his wife, pro golfer Jill McGill, have family ties to North Texas.


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Best sound 'n silly all at one spot
THE silly season has come early this year with lots of song and laughter.
The Market Theatre has joined forces with Metro FM this festive season, combining some of South Africa's music and comedy icons for a series of unmissable performances.
The festival, which started on Tuesday and runs for the next three weeks, features music superstars such as Lira, Zahara, Trompies, Thandiswa Mazwai, Oliver Mtukudzi, Rebecca Malope and Ringo Mandlingozi.
And comedy heavyweights Mark Banks, Alan Committie, Siv Ngesi, Eugene Khoza, Trevor Gumbi and Tumi Morake are guaranteed to deliver side-splitting humour that will leave you begging for more.
The classic music festival boasts some of South Africa's finest classical performers from internationally-renowned Opera Africa, Soweto Quadro and Inferno Opera.
Audiences will be enthralled by some angelic, breakthrough opera, never experienced before on the Market's stages.
What makes the Market Theatre performances so exciting is the venue's intimacy. You can get up close and personal with the artists.
It promises an experience that Gautengers will enjoy without having to break the bank.
Catch musician Paul Hanner at 3pm today and funnymen Siv Ngesi and Eugene Khoza on Tuesday.
Zahara will perform on Thursday and you can party Friday night away with Koldproduk and HHP.
Book at Computicket. Tickets are R75 to R200.


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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces have fired Scud-style ballistic missiles against rebels in recent days, US and NATO officials have confirmed.
A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the use of Scuds. US officials said they were not aware of any previous uses of the missiles.
Scuds have a range of up to a few hundred kilometres and are best-known internationally from the 1991 Gulf War, when Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein fired them at Israel.
Mr Assad's forces have in the past relied on artillery, helicopters and attack jets, all of which are much more useful in close urban combat.
However, the lightly armed rebels are increasingly obtaining better weapons to fight back, including the ability to shoot down aircraft.
Earlier today, Russia accused the US of undermining diplomatic efforts aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.
Last night, US President Barack Obama announced that the United States was to recognise the Syrian opposition coalition as the legitimate representative of the people there.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Mr Obama's decision to follow similar ones taken by the EU, Turkey and several Arab states ran against agreements to seek political transition in Syria.
He said the US appeared to be counting on a military victory against President Bashar al-Assad.
"This contradicts the agreements set in the Geneva communiqué that proposes the start of all-Syrian dialogue between the representatives named by the government on the one side and the opposition on the other," Mr Lavrov said.
"During consultations that took place three days ago in Geneva, we thought the Americans understood the necessity of creating conditions for all-Syrian dialogue to include government members too," Mr Lavrov added.
"So for us it is quite an unexpected turn and we will seek to clarify what exactly they (the United States) have in mind."
Mr Obama's announcement, made during an interview with Barbara Walters of ABC News, grants new legitimacy to the rebel group and marks a new phase in US efforts to isolate the Assad regime.
The US is following in the footsteps of Britain and the European Union, who both recognised the Syrian opposition group last month.Mr Obama said: "We've made a decision that the Syrian opposition coalition is now inclusive enough, is reflective and representative enough of the Syrian population that we consider them the legitimate representative of the Syrian people in opposition to the Assad regime."
"It's a big step," Mr Obama said of the decision.
The move does not include the provision of weapons, but it opens the door for that possibility in the future.


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