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Traveling Luck for Westbird Center Florida, United States
The timezone in Westbird Center is America/Iqaluit
Morning Sunrise at 07:24 and Evening Sunset at 18:48. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 25.6236°, Longitude. -80.4833° , Elevation. 2m
Morning Sunrise at 07:24 and Evening Sunset at 18:48. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 25.6236°, Longitude. -80.4833° , Elevation. 2m
Weather near Westbird Center Last report from Miami, Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport, FL 8km awayrain mist Temperature: 24°C / 75°F
Wind: 15km/h East
Cloud: Few at 1100ft Broken at 4100ft Solid Overcast at 6000ft
Satellite map of Westbird Center and it's surroudings...
Geographic features & Photographs around Westbird Center in Florida, United States
Local Feature A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Westbird Center (0km)
- Quail Roost Plaza (3.2km)
- South Miami Heights Shopping Center (3.4km)
- The Maxx Plaza (3.7km)
- United States 1 Allapattah Shopping Center (5km)
- Sunset West Shopping Plaza (6.4km)
- Miller Plaza (6.6km)
- Goulds Shopping Center (6.6km)
- Village Mall (7.1km)
- College Park Shopping Center (7.6km)
- Miller Road Shopping Plaza (8.9km)
- Richmond (9.6km)
- Metropolitan Correctional Center (10.2km)
- Oolite Railroad Station (11.4km)
- The Crossings Country Club (11.8km)
park an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
- Big & Little George Hammocks County Park (6.4km)
- Kings Grant Park (6.8km)
- Boystown Pineland County Park (10km)
- Castello Hammock Park (10.6km)
- Black Creek Linear Park (10.6km)
- Sugarwood Park (10.7km)
- Water Oaks Park (10.9km)
- Tamiami Pinelands Park (11.2km)
- Metropolitan Zoo (11.3km)
- Olympic Park (11.3km)
- Monkey Jungle (11.4km)
- Kings Meadow Park (11.5km)
- Nixon Smiley Pineland Preserve (11.6km)
airport a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
- Lindbergh Landing Strip (0.8km)
- Miami Gliderport (2.5km)
- Miami Gliderport Landing Strip (2.7km)
- B and L Farms Airport (6.6km)
- Tamiami Airport (7.2km)
- Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport (8km)
- Davis Landing Strip (10.3km)
- Richards Field (10.9km)
- Gouldstein Landing Strip (12.1km)
- Macs Field (12.1km)
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Inlikita (3.3km)
- Country Walk (7.2km)
- Richmond West (7.8km)
- Lindgren (8.3km)
- Hammocks (9.1km)
- The Hammocks (9.1km)
- Aladdin City (9.1km)
- Vehlin (10.5km)
- Three Lakes (12.1km)
Accommodation around Westbird Center
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kendall 13475 s.w. 131 street, Miami
APARTMENTS AT SHAMROCK KENDALL 12615 SW 91st Street, Miami
BEST WESTERN PLUS KENDALL HTL 8560 SW 124th Avenue, Kendall
school building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Boystown of Florida (10.4km)
- Temple Samu-el or Okom School (10.5km)
- Sunrise School (10.7km)
- Hammocks Junior High School (10.9km)
- University of Miami (10.9km)
- Heritage School (11.2km)
- Oliver Hoover Elementary School (11.3km)
canal an artificial watercourse.
- Black Creek Canal NO C-1W (6km)
- Black Creek Canal Number C-1 (10.9km)
building(s) a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc..
- Gold Coast Railroad Museum (11.6km)
second-order administrative division a subdivision of a first-order administrative division.
- Miami-Dade County (7km)
cemetery a burial place or ground.
meteorological station a station at which weather elements are recorded.
- Miami Nexrad (9.3km)
hospital a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.
- Grant Center Hospital (9.2km)
Wikipedia entries close to Westbird Center
- Country Walk, Florida city o city
- Kendall-Tamiami Executive Airport airport airport
- Richmond West, Florida city o city
- The Hammocks, Florida city o city
- Three Lakes, Florida city o city
- The Crossings, Florida city o city
- Fruit and Spice Park city o city
- Kendall West, Florida city o city
- Redland, Florida city o city
- South Miami Heights, Florida city o city
- Richmond Heights, Florida city o city
- West Kendall, Florida city o city
- Kendale Lakes, Florida city o city
- Goulds, Florida city o city
- Palmetto Estates, Florida city o city
- West Perrine, Florida city o city
Airports close to Westbird CenterKendall tamiami executive(TMB), Kendall-tamiami, Usa (8km)
Homestead arb(HST), Homestead, Usa (25km)
Miami international(MIA), Miami, Usa (37.3km)
Opa locka(OPF), Miami, Usa (51.9km)
North perry(HWO), Hollywood, Usa (67km)


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The School of Ornamental Arts was established in 1885, placing itself as one of the oldest and most enduring art schools in Rome. Since then, the greatest Italian artists and decorators have passed through its rooms: from Boccioni to Severini, from Scipione to Mafai and Fazzini.
The homo faber has its headquarters in a beautiful building in Via San Giacomo. All the artists and artisans - professionals or at the beginning of their professional career - who want to face a path of growth and comparison, find here the right place to impose a trade and to specialize in a well-established expertise.
For each academic year, from September 1st to June 30th, every day of the week, the School offers basic and advanced courses for all the nuances and meanings of the arts: from weaving to painting; from the goldsmithery to the artistic glass windows; from painting to restoration, from fresco to ceramics; from the engraving to the mosaic; from the restoration of furniture, to life drawing.
For all courses there are basic and advanced levels with a minimum hours of 80 hours up to 250 hours for more specialized courses.
In the School the best and most skilled artisans and artists of the national and international scene have been formed and formed today, one of the flagships of the city of Rome and of the historical artisan shops typical of the most authentic and suggestive Rome, which is slowly disappearing, even though the sector is still capable of offering job opportunities to many young people. A protected place where old and new trades find refuge.
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Interview by Prof. Bronwen Densmore
The Ursula C. Schwerin Library is pleased to introduce its newest faculty member, Professor Ian Beilin. In December, Ian took some time to answer a few questions about his life before coming to City Tech as well as some of the things he's observed during his first semester here.
Tell us a little bit about your professional and academic background. What are your scholarly interests, and how did you come to the field of librarianship?
My first field was history. I received my PhD from Columbia and then taught European and world history for over ten years. I enjoyed doing that but wanted something different from my academic career. Over the years, various friends of mine with similar backgrounds had become librarians. They told me how rewarding and satisfying academic librarianship was for them, and recommended that I take the same path. Having worked in libraries and book stores as an undergraduate, I already knew something about that career option, so it didn't take much convincing. I decided to go to library school, and in 2010 I completed an M.S.I.S. at the University at Albany.
What have you been working on during your first semester as a librarian here? Do you have a typical day?
One of the most gratifying things during my first few months here has been getting to know my colleagues at the library and at City Tech. The librarians here have taught me so much about libraries, City Tech and CUNY. I've been meeting students through instruction sessions and research consultations at the reference desk. And I've been teaching our three credit class, "Research and Documentation for the Information Age," (LIB 1201). I'm also developing our collections in architecture, psychology and business, and helping to better promote the library's services and activities for students and faculty members. I can't say there is a typical day – variety is one of the great things about a librarian's job. But most days include teaching and/or instruction, reference work, departmental and/or college committee work, and collection development.
What were your first impressions of life at City Tech? Were there any surprises?
City Tech is a very busy place! Students, faculty and staff always seem to be engaged with many things at once. This is especially true of the library, which is a beehive of activity during a typical day of the semester. I enjoy the energy of the place, and I'm trying to harness it for my own work and plans here.
Since you've had some time to settle in, do you have a sense of what things you'd like to accomplish here?
I plan on writing about the intersections between historical studies, digital humanities, information literacy, and critical information theory. I'm particularly interested in critical information literacy, which is a core component of our LIB 1201 course, the goal of which is not only to provide students with the tools and skills that they need to succeed academically, but also to acquire a greater awareness of how information and information issues affect their lives, and how information can empower them to change themselves and their world.
Much of my free time involves music. I love classical music, jazz, and just about every shade of rock music. I'm an avid record collector and an intensely devoted fan of the music of the 19th century Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. In general, I like to soak up as much of NYC's cultural and culinary life as I can afford and have time for. If it's in New York City, I'm happy to be doing just about anything! I've lived in some other very interesting cities – Berlin, Moscow, and St. Petersburg, Russia, and I love to travel – but I really can't live anywhere else but here.


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There is a lot to offer the leisure visitor looking for hotels in Murrayfield in Edinburgh.
Good luck with your search and enjoy your stay.Murrayfield Hotels. The Ellersly House Hotel is situated in Murrayfield, just a 15 minute drive from Edinburgh Airport. Set in an Edwardian country house, Ellersly House Hotel features an award-winning restaurant and a whiskey bar. Surrounded by secluded gardens, Ellersly House is only a 10 minute walk from the Murrayfield Stadium. There is free on-site parking, and Edinburgh's historic centre is just 2 miles away.


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TORONTO — A strong majority of Ontarians want to give Kathleen Wynne's Liberals a pink slip, according to a new DART Insight poll.
Eight in 10 of the Ontarians surveyed, or 81%, told the pollster that it's time for another political party to run the province, and only 19% believe Wynne has done a good enough job to be re-elected.
A statement by DART Insight says that it polled voters during the "meltdown" of former PC leader Patrick Brown's attempt to reclaim the party leadership.
PC members are currently voting for their next leader from four candidates – Tanya Granic Allen, Christine Elliott, Doug Ford and Caroline Mulroney.
"When given a choice as to who should govern Ontario, voters still preferred the Ontario PCs (44%) to do so versus the Ontario New Democratic Party (24%), the Ontario Liberal Party (19%) or another party of their choice (other 13%)," the firm says.
The poll was conducted on behalf of Newstalk 1010 between Feb. 19-27, involved almost 1,000 Ontario adults, and its results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.6%.
DART Insight found that the desire for political change was high across the province with 86% in Northern Ontario, 83% in Central Ontaroo, 82% in Southwestern Ontario, 81% in the Greater Toronto Area 905 region, and 78% in the City of Toronto calling for another provincial party to take the reins.
Those who wanted the Liberals re-elected tended to be voters with a household income of less than $50,000, aged 18 to 34, university educated, or men, the poll found.
Ontarians choose their next provincial government on June 7.
Wynne emerged out of the 2014 election with a majority government despite poor poll numbers going into the campaign.
Some of the Liberals' recent policies like a minimum wage hike have been popular, according to other polls, but that enthusiasm hasn't been reflected in popularity numbers.


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I had the unfortunate task this evening of attending a viewing/reception for the grandson of a member of my Rotary Club. As president, I felt encumbered to attend, but it was more than simply that sense of duty…I wanted to be there for a fellow member. It wasn't the first time our club has had a grandchild pass since I have been in the club, and each time is unique and sorrowful.
This young man was 29 years old and had been battling cancer for a few years. When I spoke with his father, who is a former member of our club, he described the last few years as very painful for his son…his only son. He told me the reality of the loss hadn't quite hit him yet as he found himself going through the motions.
The son was living with his parents and last Friday, he was laying on the couch in the basement, watching a baseball game with the television remote in his hand when he drifted off to sleep…never to wake. The finality of death is something that we all must consider as we live our lives, but it is never easy to grasp…especially in one so young.
It is at times like this that we who remain tend to reflect on life and all that it entails. As we have come to learn, life is precious and fleeting. Though we have beliefs and theories as to what the future holds, in essence, death is unfamiliar territory for everyone, not matter how much a person believes he knows. In reality, it is all a fleeting belief. Death could be final with nothing but darkness…final.
As Christians, we believe in heaven and that tends to help people deal with the issues of death. I am not going to get into religion or the lack thereof in this post, but rather talk about the purpose and meaning of life. I am not a soothsayer who has all of the answers to life and death. Rather, I have an opinion (which like a…holes, we all have one) that I'd like to share.
To me, the meaning of life is to live it with zest and purpose. Live life on your terms. I have told my wife so many times that "life is too short to feel guilty". She always says she feels guilty about this or that, but guilt limits your ability to enjoy your life. You have only been given one life…live it.
Many evenings you can find me with a glass of wine or scotch in my courtyard with a cigar and enjoying my life. I could be reading, writing, or simply staring at the stars. Whatever gives you pleasure (as long as it doesn't hurt anyone) should be how you spend your life.
In addition to living a life with zest, you should live it with a purpose. I cannot begin to tell you what your purpose should be, but you should find a purpose and fulfill it. For me, my purpose, aside from giving great customer service to my real estate clients, is to write and donate my time and resources to causes that I hold dear. This is one reason I have associated with and promote Rotary. It is an avenue for me to give of my time, talents and resources to a massive organization that is "Doing Good in the World". What better purpose could you have?
It is no secret that when you give of yourself to help someone less fortunate, you will gain more from the experience then they will receive. I have traveled to Guatemala for a literacy project our club supports and the young children are so thankful for the assistance they are receiving with regards to their education and future earning potential due to a better education. At a couple of schools, we were mauled by the students asking for our autograph. It made you feel like a celebrity or a rock star, but in essence, it was their way of showing how much they appreciated our coming to their poor school to give them textbooks or computers.
There you have it…my wise (or not wise) wisdom on life. You don't have to agree with me and its alright if you don't. But in closing, the thing that wraps all of this together is the relationships and memories we gather over our life. Humans are a social species and we need to interact with others. We crave it…we desire it…we need it more than we need air or food. Sure, you can survive without others, but most people who live an isolated life begin to diminish mentally, losing their grasp on reality. We need others…plan and simple.
Thanks for letting me vent and give my two-cents (I am accounting for inflation) on this subject that I doubt anyone is truly qualified to discuss, but everyone thinks they are an expert. That's alright. I am the only one who can live my life, so it is fitting that I have my own theory on life…it goes for you as well. There is no perfect answer to the most difficult question to plaque the human race…the meaning of life!


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If you're undergoing radiation therapy, your oral health may be the last thing on your mind. But surprisingly, it often leads to a number of side-effects inside your mouth, including radiation caries, a type of rampant tooth decay that occurs following treatment. This decay can have serious effects on your oral health, but with your dentist's help, it can be kept under control. Here are four things radiation patients need to know about this oral health issue.
Radiation Caries: Four Things You Need To Know
1. What Are the Signs of Radiation Caries?
In the early stages, you may not notice any symptoms. This is because enamel, the outer layer of your teeth, doesn't have any nerves. Once the decay passes through your enamel and into the sensitive tissue inside, however, you do feel pain and sensitivity in the affected teeth. And because this type of decay is rampant, you may notice symptoms in more than one tooth.
2. What Causes Radiation Caries?
Tooth decay forms when bacteria-filled plaque accumulates on your teeth and produces acids that eat away at the teeth's surface. This process plays a major role in the development of radiation caries, but it's not the whole story. Radiation causes a lot of changes inside your mouth that make you more susceptible to tooth decay, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Radiation damages your salivary glands and leads to xerostomia, also known as dry mouth, which has a lot of additional effects other than making your mouth uncomfortable dry. Saliva does more than just moisten your mouth; it has antimicrobial proteins that help to keep decay-causing bacteria under control, as well as mineralizing components which help to keep your tooth enamel strong.
3. How Can They Be Prevented?
If you receive high-dose radiation treatment, you'll have an increased risk of caries moving forward, so it's all the more important to take steps to prevent tooth decay. Because prevention starts at home, ensure that you brush your teeth twice a day for at least two minutes each time, and floss daily. If your gums are sore as a result of radiation therapy, your dentist may recommend using an extra soft-bristled toothbrush such as Colgate® 360°® Enamel Health™ Sensitive.
But brushing and flossing isn't enough. It's crucial to control your dry mouth symptoms as well, and there are lots of ways this can be done. First and foremost, consider home remedies like sipping water throughout the day, chewing sugar-free gum to stimulate your salivary glands and using commercial products like artificial saliva as a temporary supplement.
Your dentist may recommend a variety of in-office treatments to help prevent radiation caries, too. Whereas more direct fluoride can be applied to your teeth to help enhance your resistance to tooth decay, your dentist may also give you a chlorhexidine rinse to control plaque inside your mouth, as described in the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Of course, professional cleanings to remove plaque and tartar are another way your dentist can help you keep tooth decay under control.
4. How Do Dentists Treat Them?
If you develop this type of dental caries, your dentist can treat it with restorations such as fillings or crowns, depending on the extent of the decay. Fillings are used for small areas of decay, whereas crowns are used for larger areas of decay that have compromised the tooth's structure. If the decay is left untreated, it can lead to an abscess (infection), and your tooth may need to be extracted – so don't put off these necessary office visits.
Radiation caries can be a serious complication of radiation therapy, but with the help of your dental professional, it can be prevented and treated.


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One of the significant investment that you can find in a residential is an air conditioning system, which requires one to find an expert to service it in case it fails to work appropriately. Therefore, you should be observant when choosing an air conditioning technician to repair your air conditioning. With the broader range of air conditioning experts who can repair such appliances it is sensible to put more emphasis on several aspects. Thus, this content contains the guidelines that are worth following when choosing the ideal air conditioning specialist in Metro Atlanta.
One of the techniques that you should put more emphasis on is degree of expertise of the air conditioning specialist that you want to hire before you make any move. For that reason, you can directly talk with the technician or check their internet sites. For that reason, you will be in a better position to know the expertise of the specialist that you want to hire. You need to choose the expert having many years of performance in the market. Also, you require selecting the expert having great recommendations on the online website from past customers.
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In conclusion, for perfect results when selecting the right technician to fix your air conditioner system, you should talk to family members, friends, and neighbors to direct you accordingly. If you decide to choose an air conditioning specialist via the web, you need to evaluate what people who acquired the services are saying to be able to pick the one with great endorsements.
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How I made Freedom.
This image was captured as a silhouette, resting the camera on a container wall, with the Sony NEX-7 and the Sony 50 f/1.8.
It looked nice to me and decided not to crop anything, although the sun was rather centered, the bird was in the perfect position in relation to it and my silhouette base was balanced as shot. Sometimes it's good to break the rules, just to keep a fresh perspective.
But it lacked punch, and I went to adventure land while still in Lightroom. I noticed the Split Toning module. Although this technique dates back to the film days and it consisted of tinting B&W images with the Highlights and Shadows in different tones, preferably contrasting colors, it was new territory to me. So I moved the saturation of the highlights with caution and got a beautiful purplish hue to the clouds. Ahhhhh, we were getting someplace. So I played with the shadows and the rest of the sliders, not crazy about the Hue, and went back to default on that.
So now I take the image to CS6 and decide to explore my beloved Nik Color Efex filters for an extra touch. Tinkerbelle must have thrown some of her magic dust on the screen of my computer and took me directly to Detail Extractor. Why not, let's see what we get. Voila, I get detail in my solid black silhouette. Not enough to make it a distraction (I had to pull back a little after applied), but enough to give the image a new twist.
Here is a 100% crop of the detail, no sharpening. I was amazed at how clean it looked, even after being pulled from total shadow. Sony sensors rock!
Final touch, get rid of the small bird on the left, which was bothering my slightly OC eyes, and it was done. Resize and sharpened for display with Nik sharpening plugin.
Happy New Year to all!!!!


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News Archives - 2007
Augsburg May Commencement 2007
On Saturday, May 5 Augsburg College graduated 31 students in the Physician Assistant Master's Program and 409 students in the Day Program, in its 138th Commencement. A new tradition was also begun as academic departments hosted receptions for their graduates and families.
Commencement speaker, Dr. Eboo Patel, received a standing ovation following an impassioned speech in which he called on our better natures to find common ground in our religious pluralism and recounted stories of people, who in face of greatest adversity, can focus on acts of goodness, not evil. To read his speech click here.
Recipients of honorary degrees were Former College Presidents Dr. Charles S. Anderson and Dr. William V. Frame. President Pribbenow's Baccalaureate Homily can be viewed by clicking here.
College photographer Stephen Geffre captured the events of the day in pictues which can be viewed by visiting the May Commencement 2007 slideshow.


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Park Electrochemical Corp.'s fiscal 2017 slump continued in the company's second quarter, according to an earnings report issued this month.
Reporting Oct. 5 on its FY2017 second quarter, which ended Aug. 31, the Melville-based maker of printed circuit boards and composite materials for aerospace manufacturers noted sagging earnings and revenues, both well off their year-prior 2Q FY2016 levels.
The company reported earnings of $2 million for the FY2017 second quarter, down 56.9 percent from the $4.64 million reported in 2Q FY2016.
Park Electrochemical's second-quarter revenues of $29.06 million represented a year-over-year decline of 23.4 percent from the $37.95 million reported in 2Q FY2016.
Earnings-per-share dropped proportionately, from 23 cents in last year's second quarter to 10 cents in the quarter ended Aug. 31.
The down quarter continued Park Electrochemical's off year. In June, the company reported net sales of $31.49 million for its first quarter of fiscal 2017, well off the $37.83 million reported for 1Q FY2016. It also recorded net earnings of $2.95 million, a 47.3 percent drop from the $4.78 million in net earnings reported for the first quarter of 2016.
The company referenced several causes for the first-quarter miss, including an "inventory burn-off" at major customer GE and decreased demand from Chinese manufacturers, setting the tone for a faltering Asian market.
Referencing the second-quarter "revenue and bottom-line shortfall," Park Electrochemical Corp. CEO Brian Shore said "it's all electronics."
Speaking Oct. 6 on an investor conference call, Shore acknowledged that the company's electronics revenues "were off even from the first quarter, which was weak."
"The market is not great," Shore said. "Programs are falling off."
But Park Electrochemical is addressing the problem proactively, the CEO added, "replacing those items by getting on new programs as quickly as we need to."
"There's really two answers for electronics," he said. "One is Asia. The other one is in North America. So we have to break it down, because the markets are quite different and the answers are quite different for us."


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Stapled pamphlet with card covers, in very good condition. First edition, with a dedication which reads: 'Merry Christmas '99, fae a North East quine fae her green across bye. 'Pp31, with a b&w photo of the author on the back end paper. Poems fae a North east Loon. Poems include The sodjers, Twa Aal Freens, The Baggy and more. S5.
Title: A Taezali Tippence: Selected Poems in Doric & English from a North East Loon.
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Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) & Employee Venture Capital Corporation (EVCC) Tax Credits
You may claim a combined employee share ownership plan (ESOP) and employee venture capital corporation (EVCC) tax credit for a tax year equal to the lesser of:
- The amount of the tax credit certificate issued during the tax year or within the first 60 days of the following year, or
- $2,000.
Read more about employee share ownership programs and venture capital programs.
Claiming the Credit
You claim the credits when you file your T1 Income Tax Return. Enter the amount of the credits you are claiming on the British Columbia Tax form BC428.
The credits are non-refundable. There are no carry-forward or carry-back provisions.
The following legislation applies to the ESOP and EVCC tax credits.
- Income Tax Act (B.C.) Section 13.1
- Employee Investment Act Parts 1 and 2
- Employee Investment Regulation


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East London Football Podcast: West Ham endure mixed week, O's look forward, while Daggers in injury crisis
PUBLISHED: 13:00 06 December 2019
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Matt Withers is joined by Dave Evans, Jacob Ranson and Sports Editor Lee Power for another East London Football Podcast.
Our West Ham United correspondent Dave Evans spoke about their terrific 1-0 victory over Chelsea to only somewhat come back down to earth with a 2-0 defeat to Wolves just days later.
Sports Editor and Arsenal fan Lee Power chimed in alongside Dave Evans to talk about the upcoming clash between the Hammers and the Gunners.
The pair also spoke about whether Manuel Pellegrini is the right man for the job and whether many Arsenal players would even make the West Ham starting line-up.
You may also want to watch:
Leyton Orient wise Jacob Ranson caught us up to speed with the latest on Ross Embleton, the penalty shoot-out defeat to Bristol Rovers in the Leasing.com Trophy, and whether Ruel Sotiriou and a number of others youngsters could get their chance to play more first-team football.
The O's make the trip to fellow strugglers Oldham Athletic this weekend as they desperately search for a result.
When it came to Dagenham & Redbridge we spoke about the bad run of form, injury crisis, and of course manager Peter Taylor's knee operation.
They will look to bounce back against Maidenhead United.
Further down the non league pyramid, Romford have announced the signing of rapper Ramz, Hornchurch crashed out of the Essex Senior Cup thanks to a Leroy Lita goal while Barking look to continue their prolific form.
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This article is all about Xiaomi Mi 6 mobile. You will get to know about Xiaomi Mi 6 Price in Bangladesh and Specification.
Xiaomi Mi 6 Price in Bangladesh: 44,900 Tk.
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|Network Scope
|Battery Type & Performance
|Lithium-polymer 3350 mAh battery (non-removable)
|Body & Weight
|145.2 x 70.5 x 7.5 millimeter (Glass or ceramic body), 168 grams / 182 g (Ceramic)
|Camera Factors (Back)
|Phase detection autofocus, dual-LED flash, 27mm, f/1.8, OIS 4-axis & 52mm, f/2.6), 2x optical zoom,
1/2.9″ sensor size, 1.25 µm @ 27mm & 1.0 µm @ 52mm pixel size, auto face recognition, HDR, panorama
|Camera Resolution (Back)
|Dual 12 Megapixel
|Camera Resolution (Front)
|8 Megapixel (auto face recognition, full HD video rec.)
|Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
|Colors Available
|Ceramic Black, Black, Blue, White
|Display Size & Resolution
|5.15 inches, Full HD 1920 x 1080 pixels (428 ppi)
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|IPS LCD Touchscreen with reduced glare
(Reduces harmful blue rays)
|Graphics Processing Unite (GPU)
|Adreno 540
|Memory Card Slot
|MicroSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 1 slot)
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Now, on behalf of BCA, I extend my gratitude and thanks to Mr. Ward Cosman, Portfolio Manager, Seasonal Recreation – City of Ottawa and Mr. Stuart Grant, Recreation Supervisor – City of Ottawa for their presence to grace BCA's event today. Next, I thank the City of Ottawa, our partners, and supporters who support us carrying out ice rink project successfully. I will specially mention Mr Denis Pelletier, GM Bayshore Mall who pledged to donate $800 towards the snow-blower purchase. They have always been a great supporter to BCA, to move ahead smoothly in their community programs. Thanks a lot once again Denis!
We would also like to thank Mark Taylor for helping us in printing out the winter end festival flyers, Mr Jeff Gervais and Donna Bekkers for distributing festival flyers in their schools, a great help for the community.
Thanks to all the dedicated volunteers, without whom this event would not have been easy to manage and our hard working and dedicated BCA members who maintained the rink and made this event possible and turn the table of unfavourable weather and heavy snow into a huge success. But most of all, BCA would like to thank all of you, the great Accora Village community for coming out in large numbers today to enjoy the winter end festival.
BCA will continue holding such events year round and will bring new ideas with your cooperation ad acknowledgement. For more information of other upcoming events, check out the calendar tab under more and events tab.
Be a part of BCA to make this community more strong.
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Ice Skating Lessons: For all ages
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Check out our social forum tab to interact with people anonymously or even contact with us, we will often reach out to collect your thoughts through the forum and you could win prizes!!!
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Rosie's Extra Sweet DayRosie's Extra Sweet Day (1990) Season 1 Episode 11- Potsworth & Co. Cartoon Episode Guide
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- Hanna-Barbera Studios
- Animation Studio: Kalato Studios
- Distributed by: Sleepy Kid Co. LTD.
- Cartoon Characters: Potsworth, Super Nick, Rosie, Carter, Grand Dozer, Sebastian, Greystone Giant, Kaiko, Nightmare Prince, Nightmare Prince's Mother, Mighty Murph.
- Voice Actors: Clive Revill, Whitby Hertford, Elizabeth Harnois, Janice Kawaye, George Lemore, Hamilton Camp, Rob Paulsen, Kenneth Mars, Michael Bell; Full Voice Cast ...
- Directed By Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, Ray Patterson.
- Produced By Davis Doi, Jeff Segal, William Hanna, Joseph Barnera, Paul Sabella.
- Animated By Frank Andrina, John Walker, Brenda Banks, Barry Anderson, Mike Bennett, Oliver Callahan, Ernesto Lopez, Kunio Shimamura, Mark Christiansen, Bill Nunes, Moon Choi, Bob Bemiller; more Animators ...
- Music: Michael Tavera.
- Editor: Pat Foley, Gil Iverson, Tim Iverson, Terry W. Moore, Larry C. Cowan.
- First Aired on November 10, 1990.
- Originally Aired on BBC1 (UK).
- Running Time: 30 minutes.
- Episode Number: 11
- Season: 1
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A talking tree turns Rosie into the sweetest girl ever.
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Kate Hudson Blonde Big Curls Hairstyle
Kate Hudson Long Haircut: The presentable long big curls added throughout the back and sides of the long blond locks adds a lot of bounce and boost which is great for people with fine to long hair searching for a style with volumes and shape. Golden manes in soft curls and waves can enhance charm and grace.
The curls can offer a romantic and feminine look and feel. It is effortless to achieve with hot-rollers or a curling iron. Take a great curling iron to make soft curls and to add volumes. Take a small section of hair and place the ends at the base of the curling iron barrel and then cover the hair up round the barrel. Take the hair for a few seconds and then release the hair by unwinding the hair backwards.
Kate Hudson Hairstyle
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Psychology Student Organizations
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. By joining Psi Chi you will be able to: meet other psychology majors, establish contacts with faculty, learn about research and scholarship opportunities that are available only to members, and participate in community service activities.
For more information about Psi Chi, visit www.uclapsichi.wordpress.com, or join the UCLA Psi Chi Facebook page.
Undergraduate Research Journal of Psychology (URJP)
The Undergraduate Research Journal of Psychology at UCLA (URJP) is an online journal published by students interested in cross-disciplinary psychological research. The journal is published annually at the end of Spring quarter. It is a collaborative effort between students at UCLA and neighboring universities and features research in psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, cognitive science, and other psychology-related fields. Group members work closely with graduate students, faculty, and other research mentors to design, edit, and critique the submitted research papers.
Students that are passionate about research and psychology are encouraged to submit their research papers to URJP.
For more information about the URJP, please email: email@example.com or join the URJP Facebook page.
View URJP's Spring 2017 Journal!
Cognitive Science Student Association
The Cognitive Science Student Association is for students that have interests in psychology, artificial intelligence, anthropology, linguistic, education, philosophy, and computer science. The group offers members the opportunity to do research, publish, hold discussions, network, and form peer mentorships.
For more information, visit the CSSA website or join the CSSA Facebook page.


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Calling all cocktail lovers in Winnipeg and Calgary! How would you like to win a pair of VIP tickets to Made With Love, the most extravagant mixology competition in Canada?
Entering is easy! Here's what you do:
1) Tweet using the hashtag #enjoyMWL and your city's airport code. #YWG for Winnipeg and #YYC for Calgary. You can make up your own tweet or use the one below:
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Market News
|June 05, 2013
Nissan Leaf races ahead of Chevy Volt in May
|The Nissan Leaf pulled ahead of the Chevy Volt in this year's race for best-selling electric car. Electric cars held their own in an overall solid month for the auto industry.
Electric car sales hummed along in May amid a solid month for the auto industry.
Small, fuel-efficient cars and family-friendly minivans tend to do well this time of year, as drivers plan road trips for the upcoming summer driving season. But the surprise story this year was May's strong full-size pickup truck sales -- not exactly a sign an endorsement of efficiency and alternative fuels.
"Looking at this month's reports, you're going to see the complete opposite of hybrids or electrics," said Jessica Caldwell, a senior analyst at Edmunds.com. The electric car "is not going to be the growth market for the month that people are talking about."
But electric cars held their own in May. The Nissan Leaf continued its dominance over the Chevy Volt, and luxury electric carmaker Tesla Motors continued to make its presence known. Meanwhile, Better Place, an Israeli company specializing in battery-swapping for electric cars, bit the dust late last week.
Leaf has its second-best month yet. Nissan sold 2,138 Leafs in May, up 319 percent over last year. In March, the company sold a record 2,236 units of its all-electric vehicle. That's still only 2 percent of Nissan's total of 106,558 sales in May -- a new record for Nissan sales in May.
The introduction of a cheaper model has buoyed Leaf sales throughout 2013, and the company has cut costs by shifting production from Japan to a plant in Tennessee.
"Since launching the U.S.-assembled 2013 LEAF with a broader range of trims and reduced price, we've seen increasing interest and consistent performance for our electric vehicle," Erik Gottfried, director of marketing for Nissan Leaf, said in an e-mailed statement. "... LEAF traditionally has sold great on the West Coast, and now we're seeing places like Atlanta, Chicago and Denver become hot markets as well."
Are Volt sales plateauing? General Motors sold 1,607 Volts in May, down 4.3 percent from a year ago. In the first five months of 2013, the company sold only 100 more Volts than during the same period last year.
It's also quickly losing ground to the Nissan Leaf, which has delivered 7,614 units so far in 2013. The growing spread might reflect the difference in the two cars' costs. With a price tag of about $28,000, the Leaf has significantly undercut the roughly $40,000 Volt.
"The Leaf has benefited from its rock bottom lease offer of $199 per month," wrote Alec Gutierrez, senior market analyst for Kelley Blue Book, in an e-mail. "We believe that lease offers will continue to play a strong role in sales of EVs due to their high price point.... The Volt is a more practical car for day-to-day use, and all things considered equal, it would likely outsell the Leaf if given a similar lease payment."
Tesla Motors makes headlines. The luxury electric carmaker does not release monthly sales figures, but posted its first profit and 4,900 Model S sales in the first quarter of the year. That makes it a strong contender in the electric-car market.
The company grabbed headlines in May when it repaid a $465 million federal loan nine years ahead of schedule. That helped boost the image of clean energy, marred by Solyndra, Fisker Automotive, and other high-profile, government-backed flops. Its stock price surged on the news and CEO Elon Musk has promised more big announcements are on the way.
Better Place bites the dust. At the other end of the electric-car spectrum is Better Place, the Israeli battery-swapping company that declared bankruptcy last week. The company made a big gamble on providing electric car infrastructure in an attempt to ease consumers' range anxiety. But it may have been a bit too early in the evolution of the electric car market.


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IndustriesFood and Beverage
Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has issued Proposed Amendments to the Provisions on the Inclusion of Nutritional Labeling in Packaged Foods and the Provisions on the Labeling of Packaged Foods Exempted from Nutrition.
The key amendments of the proposal are:
- To increase the labeling of transverse cutting and marking of multi-tastes, and greatly enhance the convenience of people reading nutritional labeling.
- Add g, mg, mL, L and other common people's awareness of common unit symbols.
- Modify the principle of data trimming, increasing the way to trimming rounding.
- Adding products of indefinite weight (such as black caviar) can be remarked with the word "约".
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Breast Cancer Survivors, Including Cigna Employees, to Perform During Arizona Cardinals' Halftime Show on Sunday
Phoenix - Oct. 2, 2013 -
Cigna will honor its employees and all those who have battled breast cancer as four Cigna employees and a Cigna guest, along with other breast cancer survivors, perform in the halftime show with the Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders at this Sunday's Cardinals' Breast Cancer Awareness Game. The game, sponsored by Cigna, is October 6, 2013 at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.
"As a sponsor and as one of the leading health care organizations in Arizona, we want to celebrate people in the community who have been faced with this disease," said Edward Kim, president of Cigna in Arizona. "We also hope to help raise greater awareness in the community about the importance of breast health and preventive screenings."
Cigna employees and a guest of Cigna who are cancer survivors participating in the halftime show include:
Estella Arce of Tolleson
Angela Ferrebee of Mesa
Heather Jaeger of Glendale
Mary Kratchman of Peoria
Cigna guest, Susan Lindsey of Safford
Lindsey was at last year's Breast Cancer Awareness game and watched the halftime show from the stands. She had no idea that the next day she would find a lump in her breast, and a year later would be on the field performing as a guest of Cigna. "
I am grateful Cigna sponsored the event because in a way, it saved my life," said Lindsey. "I just remember feeling so empathetic towards the women on that field and saying to my friends, 'If I ever had breast cancer, I would want to be brave like those women. Brave enough to be on the field with no hair in front of a huge crowd to celebrate surviving.' It was 16 hours after that halftime show that I found my lump."
Lindsey has been undergoing treatment over the past year including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. "This will be an amazing day of celebration for me as I celebrate life and being a breast cancer survivor 12 days after my year-long treatment ends," Lindsey said.
"Breast cancer can strike anyone at any time," said Victoria Lee, M.D., a board certified general surgeon for Cigna Medical Group and member of the American Society of Breast Surgeons. "Self exams, annual physicals and mammograms are the key to early detection and the best chance of survival."
Fans are invited to Cigna's booth before the game on the Great Lawn to get an autograph and have their picture taken with Arizona Cardinals alumni Derek Kennard and Frank Sanders. Cigna will be distributing educational information and giving fans a chance to win a signed Arizona Cardinals jersey by quarterback Carson Palmer #3.
In addition to the Breast Cancer Awareness game, this is the fourth season Cigna has partnered with the Cardinals to donate money to benefit a local charity with the "Kick for Kids" program. For every field goal the Cardinals make during the season, Cigna makes a contribution to Cardinals Charities. This year, the program benefits Florence Crittenton of Arizona whose mission is to
give every girl whose life they touch safety, hope and opportunity.
About Cigna
Cigna Corporation (NYSE: CI) is a global health service company dedicated to helping people improve their health, well-being and sense of security. All products and services are provided exclusively by or through operating subsidiaries of Cigna Corporation, including Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Life Insurance Company of North America and Cigna Life Insurance Company of New York. Such products and services include an integrated suite of health services, such as medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, vision, supplemental benefits, and other related products including group life, accident and disability insurance. Cigna maintains sales capability in 30 countries and jurisdictions, and has approximately 80 million customer relationships throughout the world. To learn more about Cigna®, including links to follow us on Facebook or Twitter, visit
About Cigna Medical Group
Cigna Medical Group is the group practice division of Cigna HealthCare of Arizona and one of the Valley's largest multi-specialty group practices with 23 health care centers and two convenience care clinics located throughout metropolitan Phoenix. Each health care center is equipped with several medical services under one roof, so additional diagnostic needs such as lab work, imaging-even prescriptions-can be quickly obtained.


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Barcelona forward Lionel Messi needs no introduction. The consensus best player in the world erupted for two second half goals in his team's 2-0 win over arch-rivals Real Madrid.
His second goal may not yet be making the rounds on the internets, but you can find it here first.
What strikes me about this, was that it was a typical — "signature" even — Messi goal. He does on the training ground, he does it in preseason, he does it in league games, he does it in cup games, and apparently he does it in the SEMI-FINAL OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE as well!
They call him "The Atomic Flea." Check out why:
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That Buddhism is a school that rose rebelling against Vedic Karma Kanda is a known fact.
Vishnu As Upplavana, Buddhism.
Kataragama Deviyo Murugan .Lanka.
What is not known is that though Buddhism denies Idol worship and engages in NireswaraVada, denial of personal God, Buddhism has declared Buddha and has Idols of Buddha being worshiped.
Not only that.
Buddhism has Hindu Gods being worshiped as Buddhist Gods.
I had already posted an article that Skanda is considered as the protector of Chinese Buddhism!
Now it seems that some more Hindu Gods, Ganesha Muruga and Vishnu are also included in this list of Hindu Gods being worshiped as Buddhist Gods in Sri Lanka.
Ganesha. The elephant-shaped god Ganesha, regarded as the god of wisdom and the remover of obstacles, is also very popular among the Buddhists under the names Ganapati or Gana-deviyo. He is worshipped as the chief of obstacles (Vighnesvara) because it is believed that he is responsible for creating and removing obstracles. He does this through troops of inferior deities or demi-gods considered as attendants of Siva, present almost everywhere, who are under his command. It is in this sense that he is called Gana-pati (chief of hosts), which is the epithet popular among the Buddhists. The devalayas dedicated to him are mostly run by the Hindus. The Buddhists worship him either through his statues, found in many Buddhists temples, or by visiting the Hindu kovils dedicated to him. As the god of wisdom and of learning, he is propitiated at the time a child first reads the alphabet. As the chief of obstacles, as their creator as well as remover, the Hindus begin their devala-ritual by making the first offering to him…
Vishnu. The important Hindu god Vishnu has also assumed a special Buddhist significance in the island. He is identified with the god Uppalavanna of the Mahavamsa, to whom Sakka, the king of the gods, is said to have entrusted the guardianship of Sri Lanka at the request of the Buddha before his passing away. This god is said to have arrived in the island to fulfill this mission. The name Uppalavanna means "the color of the blue water-lily." As Vishnu is of the same color, Uppalavanna became identified with Vishnu, and in the wake of the Mahavamsa tradition, he became, as Vishnu, the protector of the Buddha-sasana in Sri Lanka. The calculated omission of the name Vishnu in the Mahavamsa in this connection may be viewed as an attempt at total localization of the divinity with a view to harmonize him with the cultural fabric of the island. His main shrine is at Devinuwara (Dondra), at the southern tip of the island, where an annual Esala (July-August) festival is held in his honor. If the identification is correct his cult can be traced to the earliest phase of the history of the island and has been popular up to the present day.
Pattini. Goddess Pattini, referred to above (see p.59), is prominent as the most popular female Buddhist divinity; she has her devalayas scattered throughout the country. Her cult goes back at least to the second century A.C. The then ruler, King Gajabahu, is said to have introduced the worship of this divinity into the island from South India.The legend about her life is told in the Tamil poem Silappadikaram. According to the myths current in the island about her, she had seven incarnations, being born seven times from water, the tusk of an elephant, a flower, a rock, a fire (or peak), cloth, and a mango. Hence she is designated as sat-pattini, sat meaning seven.
Kataragama. Devalayas dedicated to the different deities are scattered all over the island. God Kataragama (Skanda) in southern Sri Lanka is by far the most popular, as he is considered to be the most powerful deity capable of granting the requests of the worshipper. It is for this reason that he has acquired territorial rights throughout the island. Devalayas dedicated to him are found in many places in the island, some of which are maintained by the Hindus.
It is customary for many Sri Lankan Buddhists to visit a devalaya of one of the deities and make a vow that if the problem at hand (i.e., illness, enemies, etc.) is solved, they will make an offering to the deity concerned. Offerings are made even without such a special request. Whatever the case may be, this practice has become a ritual of propitiation through the kapuralas.
The main duties of the kapuralas are to look after the devalayas in their charge, to perform the prescribed rituals, and to offer in the inner shrine the offerings brought by devotees. The kapuralais given a fee for his services. Once the ritual is over, a part of the offerings is given back to the devotee for him to take home and partake of as having a sacramental value. The offerings normally consist of milk-rice, coconuts, betel, camphor, joss-sticks, fruits, along with flowers, garlands, flags, etc. All these are arranged in an orderly manner in a basket or tray and handed over respectfully to the kapurala, who takes it inside and offers it at the statue of the main deity inside the inner room. The devotees wait outside with clasped hands while the kapurala makes his pleadings on their behalf.
The statement he recites, called yatikava in Sinhala, is a panegyric of the deity concerned and it constitutes a humble and respectful request to bring succour to the devotee in his particular predicament. After this the kapurala emerges from the inner shrine room and blesses the devotees by using his thumb to place on their forehead a mark of a paste made from saffron, sandalwood, and other ingredients. This mark, the symbol of sanctification, is known as the tilaka.
This form of ritualistic propitiation of deities is a clear adaptation of the Hindu system where the very same method is followed, though more elaborately.
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Westminster Talks is proud to continue the series with a talk by Professor Pauline Gleadle.
Professor Gleadle's lecture will address the importance of financialization as a research issue, not just in the UK but also internationally. As an illustration of the significance of the topic, she will discuss her own research on both the global pharmaceutical industry ('big pharma') and much smaller quoted biotech firms and why this is relevant to us all.
Professor Pauline Gleadle
Pauline Gleadle is Professor of Accounting and Research Leader for Accounting and Governance within Westminster Business School. She has degrees in economics (Cambridge), psychology (The Open University and London School of Economics) and a PhD in management control (Brunel) as well as having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with a Big Four firm. Before becoming an academic, she worked in industry and as director of finance of a major NGO. She utilises insights from her earlier non-academic career in both her teaching and her research so as to add a practice angle, sometimes missing from the management literature and from accounting textbooks.
Her current research focuses on critical accounting, largely on the issue of financialization, defined at the firm level as the interaction between financial market pressures and the strategy and governance of non-financial corporations. As a topic, financialization has moved from being something of a minority interest to centre stage with the 2008 global financial crisis, being regularly debated now within the mainstream press.
The talk will be followed by a drinks reception for all guests.


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40. Calling a Jaguar a "kitty"
39. Calling a Saab a "Swedish meatball"
38. Calling a Lamborghini a "raging bull"
37. Calling a Ferrari a "stallion"
36. Calling an Aston Martin "James Bond's car"
35. Calling a Toyota an "appliance"
34. Calling a German car "precise"
33. Calling a British car "full of character"
32. Calling an Italian car "passionate"
31. Calling a Japanese car "soulless"
30. Calling a small convertible a "girl's car"
29. Calling a Nissan GTR "Godzilla"
28. Calling an engine a "mill"
27. Calling a four-cylinder engine a "four-banger"
26. Calling an accelerator the "loud pedal"
25. Calling horsepower "horses"
24. Calling an automatic transmission the "slushbox"
23. Calling a car "baby"
22. Referencing Glengarry Glen Ross in a Hyundai review, wait, shit
21. Referencing World War II in a Jeep review
20. "Teutonic"
19. "Absolutely mental"
18. "The controls fall readily to hand"
17. "Bank-vault doors"
16. "Rifle-bolt precision"
15. "Stomping on the loud pedal"
14. "Ten-tenths"
13. "911 killer"
12. "Mouse-fur upholstery" (wait, shit, ugh, dammit)
11. "Lord Vader, your ride awaits"
10. "Won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz"
9. "Race on Sunday, sell on Monday"
8. "Let's touch base"
7. Referencing brown, manual, diesel wagons
6. Referencing brown, manual, diesel wagons sarcastically
5. The Ford Mustang
4. "Stomping on the loud pedal reveals 355 horses from a powerful four-banger mill with Teutonic precision"
3. Words
2. Lists
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Apple's Magic Mouse promises to be a Godsend for those of us secretly plotting the demise of our Mighty Mouse scroll ball. The new Multi-Touch approach allows users to swipe and scroll, click or double-click, anywhere along the surface of the device. And don't worry, Apple says Magic Mouse knows exactly what you're trying to do thanks to a chip located inside. It even knows when you're simply resting your hand.
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The entry level MacBook also received an update today. Now enclosed in a sleek, thinner, and lighter unibody structure, the base MacBook joins its silver siblings in being more durable. The battery received a major improvement with the new built-in power lasting up to seven hours. The MacBook also sports an LED-backlit display and a glass Multi-Touch trackpad.
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The refreshed Mac mini sports a faster processor (now up to 2.66GHz) and higher memory capacity (up to 4GB). Apple continues its efforts to be green, advertising the Mac mini as the world's most energy-efficient desktop computer. Also of interest is a new bundle offer with Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server preinstalled on the mini, making it easy to setup and run.
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Oatmeal and cottage type cheese are two very important agents of skin whitening. Both oatmeal and cottage type cheese ought to be well mixed. You can include tomato juice towards the mixture to get more efficient. Apply this mixture of cheese, cottage, oats and tomato juice in face gently and hold for 20-25 minutes then rinse thoroughly with water. Mix equal levels of vinegar and lukewarm water. Ensure that it stays for 5-10 minutes onto the skin after rinsing.
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The intricate neural network formation during embryonic and perinatal development is fundamental for proper brain functions and recent aggregate data also implicates adult neuronal development in specific brain functions through adult neurogenesis. Aberrant neural network formation has been suggested to be the cellular basis for many mental disorders. My laboratory is interested in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neuronal navigation during early neural development and in adulthood. We are also interested in understanding the function of risk genes of mental disorders in neural development. (1). Neuronal migration and nerve guidance of newborn neurons from neural stem cells in the embryonic and adult brain: Although the environment in the developing brain and in the mature central nervous system (CNS) are quite different, adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus and in the olfactory bulb exhibit strikingly similar neural developmental processes to early embryonic neurogenesis, including neuronal morphogenesis and migration, axon/dendritic development and targeting, and finally synapse formation. We are particularly interested in understanding the intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms regulating navigation of newborn neurons, including neuronal migration and axon/dendritic development in the embryonic and adult brain. In contrast to active and rapid axonal and dendritic growth of newborn neurons during adult neurogenesis, regenerative capability of mature neurons in the adult brain is extremely limited. We are interested in mechanisms promoting axon regeneration in the adult nervous system a focus on epigenetic regulation of intrinsic growth ability. (2). Understanding mechanisms of neurological diseases and mental disorders with neural developmental origins. We are currently focusing on investigating roles of several susceptibility genes for mental disorders in regulating different phases of embryonic and adult neurogenesis, including MeCP2 (Rett Syndrome), PTEN (autism), NF1 (neurofibromatosis type 1) and DISC1 (Schizophrenia and autism) using mouse as a model system. In parallel, we are using patient-specific, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from fibroblasts of human patients with MeCP2, DISC1 mutations as human models to study the function of these risk genes in neural development and their contribution to the pathogenesis of diseases.


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CGS membership meetings are held every other month in January, March, May, July, September and November but this month we had a special presentation by Steve Morse and his daughter Megan Morse on DNA on Saturday, June 13, 2009.
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We had a record turn-out (56!) which meant that I gave up my seat. Fortunately, two of my fellow genealogy bloggers were on hand – Craig Manson of Geneablogie and Steve Danko of Steve's Genealogy Blog. Steve has written up an excellent summary of the talks on his blog: Morse and Morse on DNA.
We also took a minute to get a photograph together. (Thanks to Steve Harris for acting as photographer.)
Photographs by Kathryn Doyle and Steve Harris, 6/13/2009, Oakland, California.


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The holidays are an ideal time to collect memories especially those related to the holiday season. I recently sat down with my mother to talk about her Christmases growing up. Mom is 88 years young and has some wonderful memories to share.
We found a description of Mom's very first Christmas in her baby book. It was lovingly written by her mother and describes how her parents drove her to Fort Worth to spend Christmas with extended family and what a big impression she made on all the relatives.
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"I remember one year when I was a teenager Mother let me have a party with my friends. The day of the party she bought a beautiful ornament that was much bigger than the others, a beautiful blue color, probably the most expensive ornament Mother ever bought. One of the boys at the party broke that ornament the very first night it was on the tree. I felt so bad."
Mom also remembers helping her mother decorate the house for Christmas with garlands and wreaths everywhere. "We usually decorated on Sunday, and then on Monday, while we were at school, Mother would change it all up. She was very particular. She put the icicles on one at a time."
What Christmas memories can you share? Many families have special traditions they repeat year after year. Do you know how those traditions got started? What Christmas gifts do you remember? I remember a sweater and skirt set that I begged for when I was a teenager. I was so excited when I opened the package and felt so pretty and put together in my new outfit.
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I finally got around to reading the September issue of Natural History – possibly my favorite magazine – which features a marvelous article on how ants disperse seeds: "Jaws of Life," by Robert R. Dunn. I knew this was an important topic for Appalachian forest ecology, because many of our spring wildflowers, such as bloodroot, Dutchman's breeches and stinking Benjamin, depend on ants as the sole or primary agent of seed dispersal. This means, among other things, that once such wildflowers are eliminated from an area by several decades of overbrowsing by deer, or through large-scale clearcutting or other landscape alterations, they may take centuries to return on their own. As Dunn puts it, "Getting dispersed by ants… is like trying to get out of town on the local city bus. As often as not, you circle back to where you started. Seeds carried by ants are rarely taken more than a few feet from where they fall."
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The plants go to the trouble of manufacturing a special ant lure, "a small, fatty appendage known as an elaiosome, from the Greek elaios, 'oil,' and soma, 'body.'" The ants seem to find it more economical to carry the entire seed back to their nests so their larvae can eat the elaiosome, following which the seed gets chucked into their compost heap. "Elaiosomes… have evolved at least eighty-six and perhaps several hundred times around the globe…. In the Liliales (the group that includes the lilies) alone, ant dispersal may have evolved independently at least eight times."
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The eggs of some stick insects, like the seeds of many plants, have nourishing appendages that encourage ants to pick them up and carry them away. The appendage of an insect egg is called a capitulum, and ants can remove it without damaging the egg. In the photograph above, for instance, eggs from the Central American stick-insect genus Bacteria are shown, magnified roughly fifteen diameters; the brown, knobby protuberances are the capitula.
The parallels between the elaiosomes of plant seeds and the capitula of insect eggs were first highlighted in 1992 by Mark Westoby and Lesley Hughes, both ecologists at MacQuarie University in Sydney, Australia. They gave seeds with elaiosomes and stick-insect eggs with capitula, along with several control items, to various ant species in southeastern Australia. The ants removed the seeds and eggs at a similar rate, treated them similarly, and threw them together into their garbage piles. The apparent advantage for the eggs is that, buried in the debris, they are less likely to be parasitized by wasps.
Perhaps it is appropriate that stick insects, which as adults mimic sticks, start out by living the lives of seeds.