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By Kris Voakes | Italian Football Writer
It's game on for the Champions League!
When AC Milan lost 3-1 at home to Fiorentina in November to continue a horrific start to the campaign, nobody could have envisaged what happened at San Siro on Wednesday night. The 2-0 victory over Barcelona was a victory for battling, a victory for unity, a victory for organisation, and a victory for footballing democracy.
To many, the Champions League last 16 tie was over before it had begun, but the Rossoneri instead recorded a first-leg victory which leaves the Catalan giants with a huge amount to do if they are to progress to the last eight. Yes, Barca are very much still in it, but Milan have already shown they can stretch the Blaugrana and cause them issues at the back.
The nature of the goal which changed the game may be debated long and hard on the Spanish coast, but its validity was clear. In no way did Cristian Zapata deliberately handle the ball, nor was there any way he had enough time to stop the ball making contact with his arm. Kevin-Prince Boateng did what every good footballer should do: he played to the whistle, smashing the ball across Victor Valdes and into the back of the net.
|MATCH FACTS | Milan 2-0 Barcelona
Wednesday night's match was about Milan being perfectly set up to stop Barcelona, and the Blaugrana not having the same ability themselves. Whereas Jordi Roura's side had about as little of the ball in the opposition third as they have in many a year, Milan were able to get in between Dani Alves and Carles Puyol with frightening regularity. The Rossoneri didn't hit them often, but when they did, they hit them hard.
Three months of hard work have seen the Diavolo recover from ignominy to the verge of claiming the biggest scalp the Champions League has to offer, and every single person at the club deserves their share of credit on one of the great nights at San Siro.
Milan may not get out of this tie yet, but they have laid down a blueprint at the very least. If a Milan team missing Mario Balotelli, Nigel De Jong, Mathieu Flamini and Antonio Nocerino, and possessing arguably the weakest defence man-to-man since Silvio Berlusconi bought the club in 1986, can not only beat Barcelona 2-0 but do so without conceding a single clear-cut chance, then we know that this season's Champions League is wide open.
The likes of Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Real Madrid, Manchester United, among others, will be looking at this game and fancying their chances of going all the way. And if Milan can beat Barcelona, then they will fear no one either.


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Well people, the masters series in Monte Carlo brings great two players on court, and they are going to fight against each other...this is a possible French Open final?
What do you think, who is gonna have the overhead?
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Sheer lace paneling, flirty peplum detail at hips and a lightweight fabric make this little black bebe dress is a serious head-turner. Try it with a single statement bracelet and studded pumps.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Akinabebe from Georgous lace back dress I was looking for a lace-back dress for a while and this dress was like a dream-come-true to me! I tried it on in store and absolutely loved it. I love the fully- laced back. I tried it without a bra and it fits perfectly in bust and all other spots.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Doray from Beautiful I absolutely love this dress! I ordered it online in XXS (5'2'' 94lbs) and it fits perfectly. It is very figure flattering and does not make me look short. It's does not feel too tight on but its tight enough so that there's not any weird gaps or dents, and the material has some stretch to it so they are so comfortable to wear. The material it is made of is very soft, and does not appear trashy at all! Overall I love this dress! I don't think anything could top it at that price.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Alccookie from Figure flattering I tried this dress on in the stores and it fit so perfectly that I had to buy it. The material is very soft & light, but it still hugs your figure in the right spots. The dress shows skin, but in a class way. The length was perfect on my 5" 4" frame. I normally wear a size medium in Bebe and I thought this dress fit true to size. Great dress. I cannot wait to wear it this summer.
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Big data is a term getting bandied about a lot these days. It describes the phenomenon of information that keeps growing in organizations, thanks in part to the growth in social media. According to the InformationWeek Research: The Big Data Management Challengesurvey of technology professionals, regardless of industry, the five top data drivers are financial transactions, email, imaging data, Web logs, and Internet text and documents. The two main benefits of big data management are being able to standardize procedures and services, and the ability to organize data so it can be searched, browsed, navigated, analyzed and visualized, according to survey respondents.
"If you're creating large data sets, you have no choice but to embrace big data management," says Michael Biddick, CEO of Fusion PPT, and author of the InformationWeekreport. "Without the right tools and architectures, your business won't be able to effectively use the information it has collected."
However, big data management has its challenges: 57% of respondents note that budget constraints are the main barrier preventing them from taking action. Biddick points out that storage alone can quickly consume an enterprise budget, and that most data centers double their storage capacity requirements every two to three years. "To manage big data, companies need to figure out the right mix of policies and technologies to balance access, performance with capacity, security, and short and long-term costs,"' he says.
And what even constitutes big data is not easy to define, Biddick says. There are four elements that are required for a data set: size (30 Tbytes is a good starting point, he says); type of data, whether structured, unstructured or semi-structured; latency, since big data changes rapidly and new data sets that result need to be analyzed quickly; and complexity. The characteristics of complex data, says Biddick, include large single-log files, sparse data and inconsistent data.
According to a recent study by the Enterprise Strategy Group--which defines big data as data sets that exceed the boundaries and sizes of normal processing capabilities, forcing organizations to take a non-traditional approach--the curecan be almost as painful as the problem. Managing big data is an issue because the platforms are expensive and require new server and storage purchases, training in new technologies, building up an analytics tool set, and finding people with the expertise in dealing with it.
Another study from Infineta Systems, a provider of WAN optimization systems for big traffic, found that data center-to-data center connectivity is a "silent killer" for big data deployments. And a third recent study, IDC Predictions 2012: Competing for 2020, said big data analytics technologies will be one of the driving forces for IT spending through 2020.


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...if a woodchuck could chuck wood? We've all heard the answer to that age-old question: he'd chuck the wood that a woodchuck COULD chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
But then you have to ask yourself: how much IS that?
Someone actually found out. Or rather, they MAY have found out. The paper is in the Annals of Improbable Research, and was improbably peer reviewed. It also has highly improbable animal care protocols. So from what I can tell the actual possibility of this study having been done is...improbable.
But they did get a number!
Paskevich and Shea. "The ability of woodchucks to chuck cellulose fibers" Annals of Improbable Research, 1995.
Groundhogs, aka woodchucks, aka whistle-pigs aren't hogs (obviously). Instead they are rodents (of the Sciurid family, which I personally feel to be an awesome name). They live all over the US, and it's pretty common to see them along the side of the road (usually as roadkill, but sometimes you get lucky and see a live one).
They don't ACTUALLY eat or throw wood. Instead, they eat grasses and insects and pretty much everything else at ground level they can get their hands on. But they can, apparently, CHEW wood, and that's where the idea for this study came in.
The authors decided to use the word "chuck" to mean "chew" (I suppose because upchucking is the opposite?), and wanted to see how much wood a woodchuck could chuck. They obtained 12 woodchucks (by "various means" that are not described, I picture some middle aged guy in a suit trying to stalk one), and food deprived them to ensure they would eat the wood. Then, they fed each woodchuck a 2x4 (yes) and watched how fast they ate it.
All the woodchucks ate the wood, none actively attempted to toss it, and none upchucked. They could, apparently digest the wood pretty well, and consumed it at a rate of 361.9237001 cubic centimeteres per animals per day (no error bars, and the food deprivation was nuts, 12 days, leading me to think they didn't REALLY...). They note that, while none of the woodchucks attempted to throw the wood, they probably would have, had they been capable.
So the next time someone asks you, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? You answer is clear! He'd chuck 361.9237001 cubic centrimeters of wood per day, which is the wood that a woodchuck COULD chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
*As the authors have been so gracious as to address the question of woodchucks and wood, I would like to propose to them their next series of studies: how much ground could a groundhog hog if a groundhog could hog ground? I will look forward to seeing the data.


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The nightmare is less frequent now, but I can still see thousands of headlights bearing down on me in my lane of traffic. There is no place to escape. I cannot stop — thousands more headlight pairs are on my bumper. I wake up in a cold sweat.
Driving in the United Kingdom on the left side of the road with a brain programmed over four decades for driving on the right is a nightmare that may never go away.
In November following a visit to a large farm equipment show in Italy, my wife Georgann and I visited the English countryside for a farm tour of a rich agricultural area 100 miles north of London. From the London airport, we planned to take the train to Kings Lynn, England. The information booth fellow said it would be a 55-minute train ride into London and then another couple hours to Kings Lynn. My bride cannot grasp the concept of packing light. (The shuttle driver in Italy who took us from the airport to our hotel looked at our luggage and asked, "Staying for the whole year?).
With so much luggage and having traveled by train in Europe once before, we knew it would be a hassle traveling by trains with so much luggage, so we inquired about renting a car. Fellow at the airport information booth said it would be an easy three-hour drive to Kings Lynn, and we would have no problem negotiating UK highway. If I had copied his name, I would have him arrested for impersonating a truthful information desk person.
Should have realized trouble was ahead when the left side of the rental car looked like it had been buffed with a metal grinder.
Buckled up; hands firmly surrounding the steering wheel on the right side of what I think was a Renault station wagon that looked like a small silver shoebox, we were off. The accelerator and brake are operated like American cars. The rear view mirror was to the left and up. I did not find it for 45 minutes.
Not 200 yards from the terminal, was the first "roundabout." In America, they are called traffic circles.
Bridges and overpasses are few and far between in the UK and reserved exclusively for freeways. There are none on rural highways and no intersections with stop signs. Only roundabouts every five miles with two sets of signs indicating what will happen if you take each of the four to six escape routes off the roundabouts. They are building new ones all the time. They announce them proudly with signs that read "New Roundabout Ahead." I still see those signs in my nightmare.
Aerial photographs of mysterious circles and designs in UK grain fields attributed to aliens often appear in newspapers worldwide. Little spacemen do not create those designs. It is English traffic engineers with time on their hands before they design the next roundabout.
No tarrying is allowed at a roundabout. English drivers are courteous, but impatient. A couple of times I plunged into a roundabout deciding I would go around a time or two, arriving at an exit decision while circling. First time I circled, I started singing the old Kingston Trio "MTA" song…"Will he ever return, no he'll never return and his fate is still unknown‥"
A couple of wrong roundabout decisions hurled us into English rural towns with street widths as narrow as the Biblical eye of a needle. There is no parking space beside roads yet people still park their cars on the street, using half the sidewalk and half the street. There is an old Volkswagen with one less right side mirror in a town whose name I forgot.
We made it to Kings Lynn with only one shattered mirror and the dreaded anticipation of driving back. It was raining when we returned to London. That only added to the excitement of the return. Fortunately, we did not encounter any more solid objects. The car rental clerk inquired calmly, "Is there any new damage to the car?" In the U.S., they ask if the rental car has a full gas tank.
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NEW YORK (AP) Trevor Releford scored 25 points and Alabama beat Villanova 77-55 on Friday night, running away in the second half to win the 2K Sports Classic benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project.
Rodney Cooper had 17 points and the Crimson Tide (4-0) broke it open with some sharp 3-point shooting. Alabama, which made only 22 of 61 attempts (36 percent) from long range in its first three games, went 9 for 15 beyond the arc (60 percent) against a Villanova team that had held opponents to 33 percent on 3s.
JayVaughn Pinkston had 17 points to lead the Wildcats (3-1) and was selected to the all-tournament team in his return home to New York. Freshman guard Ryan Arcidiacono scored 11 for Villanova, which shot a miserable 32 percent from the field.


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With FlyDoha you can purchase tickets to Brindisi and discover a vibrant city that gives a true taste of southern Italy. With flights to Brindisi, you can sample the culture and cuisine of this historic city, as well as enjoy the natural beauty of the Adriatic coast.
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- Explore the towering Brindisi Cathedral that dominates the city
- Tour the 15th-century Aragonese Castle, situated on a small island facing the port
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In addition to the beaches and historically significant buildings you can find in Brindisi and its surrounding areas, there are also some great lesser-known attractions such as the Museo Archeologico Provinciale Francesco Ribezzo, where you can see some fascinating exhibits. The Punta della Contessa is another hidden gem that offers some fantastic views.
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I love pizza. And you do, too. I mean, who doesn't? There's something intrinsically comforting and magical about the harmony of that scalding-hot gooey cheese, a proper smear of flavorful sauce, a mishmash of crazy toppings and the crisp, chewy crust.
We all have lists of our favorite pizza joints in town, but there's something to be said about a place around the corner that's good, cheap and easy. And sometimes I just like the laidback vibe, fun décor, wafting music and oversized comfortable booths at Moon River.
It's low frills: walk in, peruse the chalkboard menu, place your order, pay. You'll receive a framed postcard that's totally random (think Mr. Rogers or My Little Pony on roller skates), which will help your server know who ordered what. Grab a seat and they'll bring it to you.
Feeling healthy? Begin with a salad. I enjoy the Greek, because it's fresh and simple but not wimpy — leafy Romaine topped with sliced tomatoes, strips of green pepper, both green and black olives (olive lovers, rejoice!), fresh mushrooms, slices of onion and crumbles of feta cheese. And the accompanying creamy Caesar dressing is dreamy. (I dunk my pizza crust in it, too.)
If you're not counting calories (lucky you), start with the pesto stix ($4.75) or bread stix ($4.50), which are generously portioned and perfect for sharing.
Moon River's pizza is best when ordered as an entire pie rather than just a slice or two. My favorite is the white (large $16.50, slice $2), which is sauce-less and topped with a blend of mozzarella, feta and Parmesan, extra virgin olive oil, fresh garlic, oregano and a sprinkle of black pepper.
On other occasions, I'll grab a slice of the vegetarian just because it's so stacked with veggies. Like, there's literally a pile, and many of them are raw (tomatoes, onions, peppers). More cheese is then added on top and re-melted.
You can, of course, create your own pies from the list of two dozen toppings, and there's options for gluten-free crust and vegan cheese. In addition, Moon River offers great $7 calzones that you can customize at 50 cents per additional topping, so load 'em up to your heart's content.


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Lenovo has added a new all-in-one PC to its lineup – its first with a touchscreen.
Lenovo claims that the A700 is the world's first PC to use Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology, which is apparently used in medical applications, and makes for a 'most reliable and responsive touch experience'. Let's hope they're right.
Other than that, it has a 23in Full HD screen, Intel Core i7 processor, and JBL speakers with Dolby Home Theatre to take care of movie night. There's also a 3-in-1 mouse that works as a pointer and motion-sensitive games controller.
If you're feeling flush, you can spec it to the hilt with up to 4GB RAM and 1TB of storage, but bear in mind it starts at a not-too-cheap £999...
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We need a brand new website design for an ecommerce site. The design will need to be original and extremely elegant and stylish to compliment our extensive range of high quality, luxury, expensive, modern, contemporary designer radiators and towel rails. Think rolex for radiators...
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Elegant, luxurious, expensive looking, high class, rolex
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This website design will be used as the homepage of our site and must achieve both user response by having things in the right place (such as banners, promotion images, newsletter subscriptions etc) and being made up of the right sort of style (colours, layout etc.).
I cannot stress enough how important it is to make this site look elegant and rich, luxury and stylish, chic.
I am looking for a fixed page width of about 1000px and a layout that can stretch vertically without ruining the design for longer content-orientated pages.
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- logo placeholder (logos welcome $100 bonus for logo)
- header image (that may be changed to flash or a rotating promotional banner in the future) that will be used to advertise/showcase our products
- header navigation buttons (similar to the simple rollovers seen at http://www.christy-towels.com). I would like rollover images (could just be colours if that looks better) for 4 or 5 text-based links across the top of the header image. I would also like to have simple text links (like those in the website above) for 'Shopping Cart', 'Contact Us', 'Sitemap' and 'Home' independant of the rollover buttons.
- left-hand category navigation menu. This could either be to the left of the header or below the header if you think it would look better to stretch the header across the entire design. I want simple css based roolovers for this part of the site so if you could choose the colours that would best suit your design when you do it. I will probably use some dotted border rollover effect for each category.
- main content area. I like the look of the main content area at http://www.christy-towels.com where there are boxes in and around the content to direct traffic to the relevant parts of the site. I would like something similar to this with a larger format content area for a promotion image with some relevant content and then a few 'direct response/request' boxes like those on christy towels. You can use random text content/images for each box but i want at least these in the design especially:
30 Day Money Back Guarantee
10 Reasons Why You Should Buy From Us
Free Heat Loss Calculator
Fast Deliveries on all mainland UK orders
Get the latest Radiator Styles sent direct to your inbox
The main content area will eventually be showcasing all the products with all the normal shopping cart features. The design you are making is technically just a homepage with a fantastic layout to send traffic to the relevant sections of the site.
- the footer should contain all the usual sitemap, contact, about, copyright information and all the other legal bumf that is normally found in footers. These links should all be text only and I can edit them appropriately when i get the designThe whole layout must be designed in an appropriate colour scheme with preferably a white CONTENT background.
I have posted some links here to sites that I like the style of and a few reasons why:
The site demands attention as soon as you log on. Good images, clean design, powerful and stylish.
Good colour scheme, looks luxurious and expensive which is what I am looking for.
Excellent user interface on the home page. Quickly shows you exactly where you need to go to find your information and makes good use of subtle, clean, professional colours and brilliant images/boxes to stimulate action
Hits you straight in the face with elegance in my view although if its possible I'd prefer not to go with the black background although I cant help but feel that this is instrumental in its effect.
Ideally my site will take the best points of all of these sites and roll them up into 1 great, fantastic, clean, luxury and expensive looking company with a professional and highly stylish design!!


text: RINGGOLD Doris Pierce York, 92, formerly of the Burning Bush Community, died Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, at Hospice of Chattanooga.Mrs. York worked for many years at several area florists before opening her own shop, Doris York Florist. She was well known for her creativity with both fresh and silk flowers. Born into a pioneering family of Walker County, she grew up in the Peavine and Rock Spring area.Mrs. York was preceded in death by her husband, Enoch Burton York; and son, Randall Lee York. Also preceding her death was longtime friend, Alvin J. Stancel; parents, Winnie McKaig and Jesse Gordon Pierce; four brothers; and three sisters.Surviving are her daughter, Dianne Morgan, Rossville; granddaughters, Amy Morgan, Rossville, Carol Morgan, Milwaukee, Wis.; great-granddaughter, Laura Morgan, Huntsville; and one great-great-grandson, Thomas Watson, Huntsville; two sisters, June Anderson and Bettye Gulledge, both of Rossville; several nieces and nephews.Graveside services will be held 3 p.m. today at Peavine Cemetery with Rev. Herman Kapherr officiating.Anyone who wishes, may join the family for prayer before leaving for the cemetery.Active pallbearers will be Jimmy Smith, Dennis Pierce, Jimmy Pierce, Tim Pierce, Zak Blevins and Pat Ingram. Honorary pallbearers will be Lewis LaFerry and Michael Owens.Visit www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort with the family.Heritage Funeral Home and Crematory, Battlefield Parkway.


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"Fishes of the World is a unique and essential resource for anyone seriously interested in the diversity and evolution of fishes. The family accounts provide quick summaries of current knowledge on all groups of living fishes and many key fossil taxa. It is a required work for every student in my laboratory."
William E. Bemis Kingsbury Director of Shoals Marine Laboratory, Cornell University
"Only classics are known by the single name of their author, and certainly [Nelson's book] has for four editions been such a book for all those who seek an accessible, up-to-date, readable reference on fish classification. Once again, Nelson presents a balanced view of the sometimes tumultuous, but ever-exciting, study of the phylogenetic relationships and classification of fishes. In doing so, Nelson makes an excellent case for organismal biology, highlighting the many and varied morphological characters we use to diagnose fish taxa and differentiate among the 515 families of living species."
Lynne R. Parenti Curator of Fishes and Research Scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Fishes of the World, Fourth Edition is the updated edition of a true classic in the field. A unique presentation of a modern, cladistically based classification of all the major living and fossil fish groups, this indispensable reference helps scientists and others identify and classify specimens, make familial connections, understand the evolution of fishes, and springboard into further research.
The taxonomy of fishes presented includes the anatomical characteristics, distribution, common and scientific names, and phylogenetic relationships for all 515 families of living fishes. Packed with representative species drawings and information on phylogentic relationships, this informative Fourth Edition features:
Subphylum Craniata.
Superclass Myxinomorphi to Osteostracomorphi.
Superclass Gnathostomata.
†Class Placodermi.
Class Chondrichthyes.
Subclass Holocephali.
Order Chimaeriformes.
Subclass Elasmobranchii.
Order Heterodontiformes.
Order Orectolobiformes.
Order Lamniformes.
Order Carcharhiniformes.
Order Hexanchiformes.
Order Echinorhiniformes.
Order Squaliformes.
Order Squatiniformes.
Order Pristiophoriformes.
Order Torpediniformes.
Order Pristiformes.
Order Rajiformes.
Order Myliobatiformes.
†Class Acanthodii.
Class Actinopterygii.
Subclass Cladistia.
Order Polypteriformes.
Subclass Chrondrostei.
Order Acipenseriformes.
Subclass Neopterygii.
Order Lepisosteiformes.
Order Amiiformes.
Division Teleostei.
Subdivision Osteoglossomorpha.
Order Hiodontiformes.
Order Osteoglossiformes.
Subdivision Elopomorpha.
Order Elopiformes.
Order Albuliformes.
Order Anguilliformes.
Order Saccopharyngiformes.
Subdivision Ostarioclupeomorpha (= Otocephala).
Superorder Clupeomorpha.
Order Clupeiformes.
Superorder Ostariophysi.
Order Gonorynchiformes.
Order Cypriniformes.
Order Characiformes.
Order Siluriformes.
Order Gymnotiformes.
Subdivision Euteleostei.
Superorder Protacanthopterygii.
Order Argentiniformes.
Order Osmeriformes.
Order Salmoniformes.
Order Esociformes.
Superorder Stenopterygii.
Order Stomiiformes.
Superorder Ateleopodomorpha.
Order Ateleopodiformes.
Superorder Cyclosquamata.
Order Aulopiformes.
Superorder Scopelomorpha.
Order Myctophiformes.
Superorder Lampriomorpha.
Order Lampriformes.
Superorder Polymixiomorpha.
Order Polymixiiformes.
Superorder Paracanthopterygii.
Order Percopsiformes.
Order Gadiformes.
Order Ophidiiformes.
Order Batrachoidiformes.
Order Lophiiformes.
Superorder Acanthopterygii.
Series Mugilomorpha.
Order Mugiliformes.
Series Atherinomorpha.
Order Atheriniformes.
Order Beloniformes.
Order Cyprinodontiformes.
Series Percomorpha.
Order Stephanoberyciformes.
Order Beryciformes.
Order Zeiformes.
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Order Synbranchiformes.
Order Scorpaeniformes.
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Two men were charged Tuesday with threatening to break into a Middle Smithfield Township man's home and shoot him, state police said.
Two men were charged Tuesday with threatening to break into a Middle Smithfield Township man's home and shoot him, state police said.
Sean Gerard Washington, 19, of Middle Smithfield Township, and Ravon Dijon Simmons, 22, address unknown, were in Monroe County Correctional Facility on Friday, awaiting future district court appearances.
Police gave the following account:
Police were on patrol at 11:55 a.m. Tuesday when they got a call about a burglary in progress involving a handgun at a Route 209 residence.
Police responded and met the 48-year-old resident, who said the suspects had fled.
He identified them as his girlfriend's son, Washington, and Washington's friend, later identified as Simmons.
The resident directed police to Washington's Sparrow Street home in Country Club of the Poconos.
Police arrived at Washington's home and saw him and Simmons running out of the rear of the house into a wooded area.
Police ordered both men to stop and put their hands in the air, which they did.
Police saw one of the two take something and throw it to the ground. It turned out to be a loaded Smith and Wesson 9 mm pistol, later found to be stolen, with a heavy scratch over the serial number.
The resident later told police he had been with Washington's mother Sunday in a rented room at Werry's Pub on Route 209, celebrating her birthday, and that Washington had been upset over his mother's relationship with the resident.
The resident said he and Washington's mother were in the rented room early Monday morning and that he was in the shower when Washington and Simmons kicked in the door to the room and Washington began arguing with his mother.
The resident said Washington began yelling for him to come out of the shower, but that Washington and Simmons left the scene shortly afterward.
The resident said Washington's mother later told him Washington had come carrying a gun.
The resident said Washington and Simmons came to his house Tuesday and went to the rear window, through which Washington threatened to break in.
The resident said he told Washington he was going to call police and that Washington then pointed a gun at him and threatened to shoot him.
The resident said he backed away from the window to call police and that Washington and Simmons then fled on foot.


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Wednesday headed toward a vote on legislation that would end four-decade-old trade restrictions that are blocking U.S. businesses from enjoying the benefits of a more open Russian market.
The final vote on Thursday was expected to show overwhelming support for legislation that also imposes sanctions on Russian human rights violators.
The legislation was welcomed by American businesses concerned about falling behind in the race to win shares of the Russian market but drew rebukes from Russian officials over the human rights part of the bill.
Senate approval of legislation to establish permanent, normal trade relations with Russia would send the measure to President Barack Obama for his signature.
The House passed the legislation last month on a 365-43 vote.
Russia on Aug. 22 formally entered the World Trade Organization, requiring it to lower its import tariffs, better protect intellectual property, and provide greater foreign access to its service industry. But unless Congress gets rid of existing trade restrictions and makes normal trade relations permanent, U.S. companies cannot enjoy the new trade rules available to the WTO's other 155 members.
There's already concern among U.S. companies that they will fall further behind Chinese and European competitors in gaining shares of Russia's growing market of 140 million consumers. On the other hand, the Obama administration predicts that U.S. exports of goods and services, currently at $11 billion, could double in five years if trade relations are normalized.
"We urge our colleagues to seize this opportunity that Russia's succession to the World Trade Organization presents for both job creation and our ability to bind Russia to a rule-based system of trade and dispute resolution," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.
The last apparent hurdle to Senate action on the measure came with a decision to accept the House version of human rights legislation that was attached to the trade bill.
Partly in response to lawmakers critical of normalizing trade with Russia at a time when the Moscow government has taken hostile positions toward the United States and pursued anti-democratic policies at home, a provision was attached that would sanction those involved in human rights violations.
Normalizing trade, said Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., "is a big win for Americans. If Congress does not act, American workers, including millions employed by small businesses, stand to lose out to foreign competitors." But normal trade alone, he said, "will not suffice when dealing with a country that continues to protect corrupt officials."
The House barred Russian human rights violators from receiving visas and froze their U.S.-based financial assets. In the Senate version, the measure applied to human rights violators around the world.
The logjam was broken when Ben Cardin, D-Md., who authored the Senate version, said he would accept the House approach so that the bill can be passed. "This bill may only apply to Russia, but it sets a standard that should be applied globally," Cardin said in a statement. "I encourage other nations to follow our lead."
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev last week said that while his government welcomed the normalizing of trade, "we absolutely dislike its link with another legislation." He said Congress, in attaching the human rights provision, was "making a big mistake" and that Russia would respond.
The human rights provision is named for Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer and whistle-blower who died in a Russian prison three years ago after allegedly being tortured.
The Moscow government has voiced strong opposition to the Magnitsky language, saying it would increase tensions between the two countries and hinting at retaliation.
The trade bill eliminates the Jackson-Vanik amendment to a 1974 trade bill that tied trade with the Soviet Union to greater freedom for Jews and other Soviet minorities to emigrate.
Although the amendment has long outlived its purpose and is now annually waived by presidents, it has never been removed from the books, preventing the establishment of permanent normal trade relations.
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The Phils sweep the series behind the strong arm of Roy Halladay, 3-1.
The Phils finished their sweep of the punchless Padres behind the strong pitching of Roy Halladay, as they win, 3-1.
The Phils took the lead in the sixth as, with two men on, and with nobody out, Ben Francisco hits an RBI single, scoring Jimmy Rollins, who had earlier singled, then stopped at second base on Ryan Howard's single, giving the Phils a 1-0 lead. The Phils then took a 2-0 lead as, with still two men on, and with still nobody outs, John Mayberry, Jr. hits an RBI double, scoring Howard, while sending Francisco on to third base. The Phils then made it 3-0 in the seventh as Shane Victorino hits a lead-off inside-the-park home run, his third home run of the season, on a ball that bounced off of right fielder's Will Venable's glove and then bounced into center field. The Padres finally scored a run in the ninth as, with two men on, and with two men out, Venable hits an RBI single, knocking in Jason Bartlett, who had earlier grounded into a force out, 1-6, forcing out Cameron Maybin, who had earlier singled, then went to second base on Chase Headley's single, cutting the Phils' lead down to 3-1, while sending Headley, who had earlier singled, would stop at second base. The Phils replaced Roy Halladay with Antonio Bastardo, who then ended the game with one pitch, recording his first save of the year by getting pinch hitter Nick Hundley to fly to right.
Roy Halladay (3-1, 2.41) got the win as he pitched eight and two-thirds innings, giving up only one run on five hits and a walk, while he struck out a career-tying fourteen batters. Antonio Bastardo converted his first save of the year as he get out the only man he would face. Wade LeBlanc (0-1, 3.38) took the lost as he pitched eight innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and four walks, while striking out two. Ernesto Frieri pitched a scoreless inning, striking out a batter. Doc dominated the Padres, as he struck out fourteen batters, striking out six in a row at one point.
The Phils had nine hits in the game, with Ryan Howard and Ben Francisco leading the team with two hits each, all singles, with Francisco knocking in a run. Shane Victorino (Home Run, RBI), Placido Polanco (Single), Jimmy Rollins (Single), John Mayberry, Jr. (Double, RBI), Mike Martinez (Single), had the other five Phils' hits. The Phils' offense once again scratched out a victory.
Phils (15-6, 1st NL East) will continued their western road trip with a three-game series with the D-backs (8-12, 4th NL West) with a game tomorrow night. The game will be played at Chase Field and will begin at 9:40 pm EDT (6:40 pm MDT). The Phils will send Cliff Lee (2-1, 3.91), who is coming off a no-decision against the Brewers on April 20, as he went six innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and one walk, as he struck out one, in the Phils' 4-3 win. He will be going for his third win of the season, while trying to increase the Phils winning streak to six games. The D-backs will send to the mound Ian Kennedy (2-1, 5.64), who is coming off a win against the Reds on April 20, as he pitched five and one-thirds innings, giving up a run on four hits and a walk, while striking out three, in the D-backs' 3-1 win. He will be trying to end the Phils present winning streak. The Phils will be out to increase their winning streak to six games.


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What Is Fifth Disease?
Though fifth disease is more common in children, adults can have it without any noticeable symptoms.
Often incorrectly referred to as "fifths disease," fifth disease (also called erythema infectiosum) is an illness caused by a virus known as parvovirus B19.
The condition often leaves a blotchy, red rash on the face referred to as a "slapped cheek."
Fifth disease got its unusual name because it was fifth on a list of historical classifications of common rashes in children.
The illness is more common in children than adults, though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that about 20 percent of all people who get infected with fifth disease never experience any symptoms.
You can't get it from or give it to your pets, because it's not the same parvovirus that dogs and cats can catch.
Fifth Disease Causes
Parvovirus B19 causes fifth disease, and the illness occurs most often in the spring and winter.
Fifth disease is spread easily by coming into contact with saliva or mucus carrying the virus.
For instance, if an infected person coughs or sneezes near you, you could be at risk for catching it. Parvovirus B19 can also spread through blood or blood products.
Washing your hands may be the best way to avoid catching and spreading the virus.
Fifth Disease Symptoms
Symptoms usually appear about four to 14 days after exposure to parvovirus B19.
The following are typically the first symptoms:
- Low-grade fever
- Headache
- Runny nose
- Sore throat
- Itchiness
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
While the above symptoms are often mild and unnoticed, several days after initial symptoms, a blotchy, red rash on the face that looks like a "slapped cheek" usually develops.
Medical providers can often diagnose fifth disease in children just by seeing this rash.
After the face, the rash spreads to the trunk, arms, and legs, and can vary in itchiness and severity.
It tends to go away after seven to 10 days, but can come and go for several weeks.
The rash is the result of an immune system reaction that occurs after the infection has passed, so once the rash appears, you are most likely no longer contagious.
Fifth Disease in Adults
People who haven't had fifth disease as children can catch it as adults.
While adults don't usually develop a rash, they may develop pain or swelling in the joints of their hands, wrists, knees, and ankles.
This usually goes away after a week or two, but can last several months.
A blood test can also determine if you were recently infected with parvovirus B19 or if you are susceptible or immune to it.
Once you have the illness, you are most likely immune to getting it again.
Fifth Disease Treatment
There's no vaccine for fifth disease, and there's no cure for it, either. In healthy children and adults, the illness will usually go away on its own.
However, drinking plenty of fluids can be helpful, as well as relieving symptoms, such as fever, itching, and joint pain and swelling in the following ways.
Fever and flu symptoms in children: Treat with acetaminophen (Tylenol), according to your doctor's instructions.
Itching: Use an antihistamine, according to your doctor's instructions.
Joint pain or swelling in adults: Rest and restrict activity, and take acetaminophen, aspirin, or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) if recommended by your doctor. (Do not give aspirin to children.)
Fifth Disease Complications
While fifth disease is usually a mild illness that goes away on its own, the infection may cause complications in people with the following:
Pregnancy: The parvovirus B19 can be passed on to a baby in the uterus.
In about 5 percent of pregnant women, the baby develops severe anemia, and miscarriage or stillbirth can occur.
However, the fifth disease infection does not cause birth defects or mental retardation.
A blood transfusion to the unborn baby and medicines can be given to treat the virus.
Weak immune system: People who have weakened immune systems due to leukemia, cancer, HIV, or organ transplants may need special treatments to help fight fifth disease.
Chronic anemia: Fifth disease can cause people with sickle-cell disease or other types of chronic anemia to sometimes develop severe anemia that requires blood transfusions.
Fifth disease also has been linked to an infectious form of arthritis, as well as other diseases.
- Fifth Disease; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Fifth Disease; National Institutes of Health.
- Fifth Disease Overview; American Academy of Family Physicians.
- What Is Fifth Disease?; Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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Red Sox show off complete package in win over A's
BOSTON -- After 30 games, the Boston Red Sox are 14-16. So far, this doesn't look much like 2013, a World Series championship season, when at the same point they were 20-10.
So you can understand a certain amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth in New England. But the fact is that the 2014 Red Sox, for all of their up-and-down performances to date, are not in anything like bad shape.View Full Game Coverage
BOSTON -- After 30 games, the Boston Red Sox are 14-16. So far, this doesn't look much like 2013, a World Series championship season, when at the same point they were 20-10.
So you can understand a certain amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth in New England. But the fact is that the 2014 Red Sox, for all of their up-and-down performances to date, are not in anything like bad shape.View Full Game Coverage
Nobody else in the American League East has torn up the competition, either, although both the Yankees and the Orioles have managed to reach early May above .500.
The Red Sox, after a truly disheartening day-night doubleheader loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, bounced back Friday night with a 7-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics. A victory over the A's should not be taken lightly, since they came to Fenway Park with the AL's best record.
And this victory had genuine encouragement written all over it. The Red Sox received a commendable performance from starter Clay Buchholz, who entered the game with a 6.66 ERA, but who had produced a solid performance in his last start against the Blue Jays. Buchholz limited a difficult Oakland lineup to one run on three hits over 6 1/3 innings.
Boston had been struggling with runners in scoring position. In the fifth inning, the Red Sox had runners on second and third with no outs and failed to score.
The all-purpose answer to this dilemma was produced by Dustin Pedroia with a grand slam in the sixth inning. It was Pedroia's first homer of the season and the 100th of his career. Milestones all over the place. Let there be dancing on Yawkey Way.
Then there was a brilliant rally-squelching defensive play in center by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the eighth. This first-rate catch turned into a double play.
The Red Sox know that Bradley is a top-shelf defender. The question with him is how much he will hit at this level. But Bradley's glove work is beyond question.
"I think defensively he's always been a very confident player," manager John Farrell said. "The double play in the eighth inning, that's one heck of a play."
Bradley's philosophy on the difficult catches is exactly what the Red Sox would hope that it would be.
"I think if it's in the air long enough, I'll catch it," he said.
Put this all together -- pitching, timely hitting and a big defensive play when it was needed most -- and you have a best of the Red Sox highlights reel in one game. Their best capabilities were on display, against difficult competition, too. Now the trick will be to play at this level on a more consistent basis.
Boston can be appropriately thankful that none of its AL East competitors has been on anything resembling a tear.
The Red Sox can also be thankful that all five of their projected starting pitchers are healthy. This is an increasingly rare situation in Major League Baseball, as the most common three-word phrase in the game, once "let's play ball," seems now to be "Tommy John surgery."
The Rays were a popular preseason pick to win the AL East. That was before they lost one of their best starters, Matt Moore to elbow replacement surgery. Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb is out with a strained left oblique, and still another starter, Jeremy Hellickson, is recovering from a surgery that removed loose bodies from his pitching elbow.
This weekend's guests at Fenway, the A's, have lost two valuable starters themselves, Jarrod Parker and A.J. Griffin, to Tommy John surgery.
But Boston has five starting pitchers with six starts each. These pitchers have been well enough to take the ball each time it was their turn to pitch. This in itself deserves a level of celebration; subdued celebration, perhaps, but still some outpouring of joy.
It is still very early in this title defense. Earlier in the week, the Red Sox seemed to be on the upswing. Then, after frustrating failures to capitalize on scoring opportunities in the doubleheader loss to the Rays, Farrell was fielding questions before Friday night's game about the possible need to tinker with his team's approach.
"Two days ago, we were talking about how much improved the offensive approach has been," Farrell said. "And now all of sudden we're talking about are we going to overhaul our approach? No, we're not."
Based on Friday night's performance, the Red Sox shouldn't change a thing. What they could do is produce this kind of performance on a more frequent basis.
Mike Bauman is a national columnist for MLB.com.


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By Kelly Greene
There's one way for people saving for retirement to use the market's tumble as a force for good: Convert battered assets in your traditional individual retirement account to a Roth IRA.
Roths, you may recall, are retirement accounts in which you invest after-tax dollars and get tax-free withdrawals – and you don't have to take them on a mandatory schedule, as you do with a traditional IRA. As of last year, there's no income limit for moving money to a Roth from a traditional IRA or employer-sponsored retirement plan.
The catch is that you would owe income tax on the amount you convert for the year in which you do the conversion. And it's generally best to use money outside your IRA to pay that tax. So, if you convert investments when they dip in value, you pay tax on a smaller amount – and have the potential for more tax-free growth in the future.
Converting to a Roth can also be a good estate-planning strategy. Although your heirs would have to take distributions from an inherited Roth each year, they don't have to pay any tax on that income. And the money you use to pay the conversion tax, of course, is out of your future estate as well.
A few things to keep in mind: You can't cherry-pick any after-tax contributions you've made to your traditional IRA over the years to convert. Instead, you get credit, proportionately, for after-tax money in your IRA. Here's an example: You have $250,000 in IRA assets, including $200,000 in a rollover IRA from a 401(k) and $50,000 in another account, including $40,000 in after-tax contributions. That means 16% of a conversion would be tax-free.
Also, a conversion will raise your overall income, which could push you into a higher tax bracket.
Ed Slott, an IRA consultant in Rockville Centre, N.Y., suggests a good conversion strategy in a time of volatility: Put each different type of asset in a different Roth account. That way, if any asset class falls significantly in value, you can "recharacterize" that specific type of asset as a traditional IRA.
Keep in mind, though, that there's waiting period after a recharacterization before you can convert again.
We wrote more about this strategy, along with other moves to take advantage of the downturn, in the Weekend Investor cover story.
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Mark Webber has revealed he nearly joined Ferrari for the 2013 season replacing Felipe Massa.
The Australian has entered his final month in F1 with three races to go in Abu Dhabi, Austin and Brazil. However, speaking at Yas Marina he admitted he came close to leaving the team a year earlier.
"So close," he told Speed Week, "that I had to take the phone in my hand and call (Red Bull team owner) Dietrich Mateschitz."
Instead the 36-year-old will leave F1 at the end of this season and join Porsche and their Le Mans project for 2014.
"We couldn't find an agreement with Ferrari," said the Australian, "or I'd be sitting right now in Felipe Massa's car -- also in 2014," he revealed.
"I had set myself a deadline and on the Thursday before Canada last year I made the decision to stay another year with Red Bull," said Webber.
As he prepares for his final few weeks as an F1 driver, Webber told reporters in the paddock that when he completes that 70th lap at Interlagos in a little over three weeks he will leave F1 with his head held high despite not winning the championship.
"It was not meant to be," he is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport, "but it was a proud and honest career.
"I see myself on par with the one-time champions," said Webber. "Am I a potential multiple champion? The answer is clearly not," he admitted.
Indeed he is even happy to concede his team-mate Sebastian Vettel is better than him.
"Seb is exceptional," he said, "and I have no problem admitting it.
"In some ways I feel like Gerhard Berger with Ayrton Senna -- Gerhard was also a great racer, but not enough for the title."
Another man who's future is uncertain is Felipe Massa, the Brazilian is strongly linked with a move to Williams for 2014 but he too admitted he could be entering his final month in F1.
"I will not accept racing in Brazil with nothing in place for the next year without having a happy ending to my career," he is quoted by Brazil's Totalrace.
The Brazilian is confident however his F1 career will continue for another season.
"I have never lost sleep thinking about what will happen next," said Massa.
"I'm calm, just as I was when there was the announcement that I will not continue at Ferrari. I believe that something will happen and I'll find a good team for my future," he added.
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Matthew is nearsighted, farsighted, has a severe astigmatism he has had surgery to correct estotropia - although now after the surgery he now experiences bouts of both esotropia and exotropia, and with glasses his vision is worsening in his one eye. When I asked the MD about it...I got blown off and told to just come back next year. When I asked about what his vison is without glasses...I was told they won't test him without glasses....
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Designed by Le Nôtre in 1677, this grove is the only one mentioned on an old plan as "from the king's thoughts". It consists of three terraces each with a different fountain. Restored in 2005, it has recovered its magnificent composition and its jets of water desired by the king: in the lower fountain, the jets form a fleur-de-lys in the centre, vertical spouts and a vault of water, while above it is a column of water formed by 140 jets; moreover, it is this imposing column which supplies the lower fountains. Well hidden by the trellises, this grove had been laid out so that the king, aged 39, then suffering from gout, could reach it seated in a chair with castors and get up the grassy access ramps.


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I am not an expert on tags, never will be. But if I was buying the car with that tag, I would pay with $3 bills.
In my opinion, a "rebody" is the same as a "VIN swap" and should be handled the same.
Quote from: bcmiller on February 19, 2014, 02:58:05 PMIn my opinion, a "rebody" is the same as a "VIN swap" and should be handled the same. I agreeBut lets play devil's advocate for a minute:Lets say a car is a complete rust bucket or had/has been totaled or was a previous track car (drag or road race) and it requires all new floors, firewall, inner & outer quarters, windshield and back glass channels, dash, trunk floor, trunk lid, doors and fenders. Would that not be considered a "rebody" if all or most of those parts were replaced either with NOS sheetmetal or not? I guess ultimately my question is how far is too far..??..


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In a move to better serve its hay and small grains customers, John Deere announced this week that it has formed a strategic agreement with Canadian-based MacDon Industries to expand its lineup of hay and forage equipment.
Under the agreement, MacDon, which specializes in pull-type and self-propelled windrowers and specialty and pick-up headers, will manufacture select models of John Deere-branded self-propelled windrowers, including draper and auger headers, and pull-type auger mower conditioners. John Deere will also continue to manufacture some of its models, offering farmers an extended lineup of equipment.
John Deere dealers will service the equipment.
MacDon currently markets three self-propelled windrowers from 110 to 220 hp as part of its M Series. John Deere makes three self-propelled windrowers from 140 to 200 hp called the A400, R450, and D450.
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48, 48ing, 48ed, also known in full as the "48 Degree Experience" is when two platonic friends decide to do a naked trail run together. 48 is the ideal temperature for such a run to take place and a comfortable ambiance for clothes to come off in. 48ing is notorious for resulting in these friends "taking things to the next level". In fact, it is said that although these friends are running, an equal amount of baseball is played that night. ;)
by wingedwolf July 15, 2012
A 48, or forty-eight is a type of freight train car that usually holds the same containers you would see an 18 wheeler pulling?minus the wheels of course. The forty eight looks like a gondola and sometimes has the numbers 48 painted on the side of the car. Besides railroad workers?train hoppers and graffiti artists are probably the only people that would know or care what a "48" was.
"That freight was carrying nothing but 48s with containers stacked double high."
"He tagged up that empty 48"
"I only ride 48s"
"He tagged up that empty 48"
"I only ride 48s"
by Beau Coulon January 07, 2008
A euphemism for sex. Comes from the alphanumeric sum for the word sex where S = 19, E = 5 and X = 24.
My girl and I did the 48 last night.
by Math Geek April 08, 2014
FOB Fesh off the Boat. 48 also stands for the FOB gang.
if you see a person with the number 48 on their jersey or something that means that they are proud to be a FOB and you dont wanna mess with them.
by south side killa May 30, 2006
to smoke and/or blaze it up, stoned, to have fun and get fucked up.
by feinsdf June 24, 2010
It is when you apologize for committing 49 in the definition where you say something gay to your friends.
"I like your shirt. It makes you look really hot" "Dude! 49!" "Oh, my bad. 48, 48"
by Alex June 02, 2004
also know as 787'48'. the zipcode for a part of south austin,tx. also known as white-pussy land. the wheelchair-clique uses the residents as marks for sales.
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The CPCE is the umbrella organisation of the protestant churches. 94 lutheran, methodist, reformed and united churches from over thirty countries in Europe and South America belong to it. With that the CPCE represents altogether around 50 million Protestants.
The CPCE exists thanks to the Leuenberg Agreement of 1973. It concluded: churches are allowed to be different because they appeal to the Gospel as their common basis. That sounds simple, but has far-reaching consequences: since then a lutheran minister can preach from a reformed pulpit or a French minister lead a congregation in Germany.
The CPCE (till 2003 "Leuenberg Church Fellowship") has a clear structure. About every six years a General Assembly decides on the basic lines of its work. Between the General Assemblies the 13-member Council, headed by a 3-member Presidium, guides the work, which is coordinated by the office in Vienna. External posts exist in Brussels (Ethics and Politics) and Berne (Publicity).


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Apple Continues To Scream To The World How Competitive Samsung's Tablet Is By Getting It Banned In Australia
from the what-are-they-missing dept
The latest in the worldwide legal fight is that Apple has convinced Australia to block the sale of the device in that country, while it reviews some of Apple's more ridiculous patent claims -- such as for "slide to unlock," "pinch-to-zoom," and... for the "edge bounce" feature that happens when you hit the "bottom" or "top" of a document. Seriously, Apple? Get over it. People copy design elements all the time. Apple has done it as well. And the end result is everyone works hard to make a great new product. Going after Samsung for making a quality competitor just looks petty. Go compete in the marketplace.


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Munich: Jose Mourinho refused to comment on the performance of English referee Howard Webb in his side`s 2-1 Champions League semi-final first leg defeat by Bayern Munich on Tuesday, except to say that the Bavarians` first goal was offside.
"I don`t criticise the referee, I accept his decisions," Mourinho, who has a reputation for doing exactly the opposite, told reporters.
"They scored a goal which should have been disallowed but that doesn`t give me any reason to criticise.
"A draw would have been a fairer result. This is football, whoever scores wins and the game ends when it ends, nothing else."
"It`s not a terrible result," he added after Bayern snatched a win with a last-minute goal.
"We wanted to win, you start to feel it`s going to be difficult, the two teams were tired, there was a lot of fighting for the ball and when it seemed it would be a draw, they scored."
Although it was a fractious encounter, Bayern`s 66-year-old coach Jupp Heynckes thought it used to be worse in the old days.
"It`s the semi-final of the Champions League, so it was always going to be a physical match and both teams showed that," he said.
"When I think of the old European Cup, especially against Italian teams, those were hard fights back then, often very difficult.
"I think the referee, apart from a few incidents, had a good game."
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A hotly debated term in career services is "placement." Are first-destination surveys reports on "placements" of students? Should career services offices take on the role of being "placement" officers? Especially with the college "return on investment" talk heating up, this is something I hear many discussing.
So, career services professionals, what do you think? Vote in the flash poll below and share your thoughts in a comment! (Note: flash poll votes are anonymous.)
For more on first-destination surveys (sometimes called "placement" surveys), read NACE's Position Statement on First-Destination Surveys. First-destination surveys will be one of the topics discussed at the Advocacy Mashup for Career Services on January 31, 2014, in Washington, D.C.


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Since coming out last year to my family about being an Atheist I have noticed that there have been more then obvious increases in their religious behavior every time I'm around them.
For intense, my mother busted out her Bible, which has been at the bottom of a box in the back of her closet for the past 15 years. It now decorates the living room coffee table.
My oldest sister has suddenly discovered that she has taste for any and all angel paintings. So much so that she haphazardly hangs throughout her house. It's almost like she shoved everything already on her walls over throughout the house just so she could squeeze in an angel here and there.
My father miraculously uncovered revelations and apparently the anti Christ, Obama, is preparing us and the end of the world in nigh. He knows it makes me mad when he brings it up which is why it's a reoccurring topic with him just about ever damned time he calls me.
My oldest brother whom the closest thing to religious that he's owned was the cross on his Gun's N Roses t-shirt now decorates his home with tiny wooden Jesus riding crosses above each and every door. Even the bathroom….
My adoring aunt who either has a preacher under her sink or she's been investing in bulk orders holy water, that she lovingly tosses on me from time to time. Unfortunately she has to come up with a new tactic because I now deliberately wear a rain coat when ever she's going to be around. Hehe, the raincoat even has a little image of a devil on the back.
Now recently my middle sister decided that the whole family should have a group outing... to form stronger bonds and all that warm fuzzy goodness that comes along with family outings… Yeah, by getting re-baptized again. What a JOY is that!
Ahhhh, Family!
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Hum. I wonder what would happen if the child of an atheist family came out and said 'I am a born again christian Mommy and Daddy!' ?
Would mommy and daddy start playing Darwinian documentaries 24/7? Would they leave copies of 'The American Humanist' in the bathroom reading bin? Would they offer free airfare and lodging for an Atheist conference? Would they call in the old folks from the 70's and 80' for deprogramming? I can just about imagine the 'over dinner' conversations, 'punkin, can you please pass the unblessed dinner rolls, thank you!?'
Are christians more threatened by atheists, or the other way around? Just asking....
This past thanksgiving I was asked to say grace at the table. Needless to say, I stared at my mom in disbelief, as did my sister and her boyfriend. They tend to try to get you into situations where they think that you will crack. However, I ended up saying "I would personally like to thank grandma and mom for cooking all day, as well as all of the hard workers that made it so that this meal could make it to our table. So, thanks, now let's eat!"
@James, I think that theists are generally more threatened, just for the fact that theirs is a dictatorship where one idea is all that's allowed, whereas atheists and their ilk tend to realize that, if evidence comes up that is contrary, then its generally accepted. Such is the nature of life.
Could it be argued that Christians fear Atheists not because we don't belief what they believe but because it raises the possibility that they too could might someday lose their faith? That is something they dare not even contemplate. They fear Atheists more than other religions. While both groups don't believe in their god at least (say) Muslims believe in something.
Everyone must trash what they have learned as a kid and start afresh. It is refreshing to escape paradigms and search for the truth.
@ SteveInCO
"whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses."
A gold mine indeed! I would shudder to think a Sunday school teacher would offer discourse to a group of kiddies on that one. Parents w/ children in private christian schools should be concerned about course material - the bible!
That holy water thing would get annoying fast. I'd pick up some coffee before seeing her, and be ready to counter-splash. The bible on the table could definitely be fun though, and it does seem like an open invitation to a discussion about it's contents.
Its amazing reading the accounts of those coming out in america, an eye opener to us heathens in Holland. My parents were useless selfish fools but at least they were atheist selfish fools and I did not have any of this nonsense ! Tammy, good luck in your journey, and charge into their lines every time while enjoying their over-compensatory antics.
Nina van der Roos
Well it seems that comparing to worse things makes people feel better,everything is relative right? They are your family,still love you and are trying to get you back in their camp,I've read about people being abandoned after revealing their atheism so if you can get to the point of just laughing at their attempts and not get upset you won another battle.


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Perhaps I'm speaking for myself but I'm pretty sure we've all enjoyed slicing up furniture with an over-sized novelty sword, I hear it's one of the world's favourite pastimes.
Luckily now there's the Rogue-like Rogue Legacy to scratch that overly specific itch. If you haven't caused any destruction in a while then you should probably view the video I created. It's up above this small amount of text.
Rogue Legacy is available now on PC at www.roguelegacy.com.


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Spider wrote:Absolutly Correct, Football (soccer ) for 30 years non stop. Professional / semi professional / local leagues.
See, this isn't coincidental. Obviously there's something to it. Maybe can give some people here peace of mind that maybe, just maybe, we've burned out our adrenal system / hormones / steroids. So maybe you don't need to worry about more serious conditions. When these burn out, pretty much everything goes off kilter and it would make sense that bodywide dysfunctions would manifest. I realize I've tossed around tons of ideas for causes of BFS, and I seem "convinced" of each one, but this is a process of investigation, so that's how it goes. There is a method to my madness, and each iteration of "being convinced" either eliminates the previous items, or gives them a new perspective. I suppose they're all still on the table, but at the moment, I'm learning about this one.
There are very few things which are certain with BFS, so you have to look at the anomalies. The consistent anomalies. If everyone here were able to have the same tests done, it would be a lot easier. I wish we could find a doctor who would be willing, for a nominal fee, to run bloodwork. Or at the very least order it, so we could start comparing levels. We might find some consistencies for once. Whether it be viral activation panels, or something related to this. Cortisol testing (24 hour version, early morning fasting version), adrenal testing, DHEA testing, Hormone panels, etc. Without that, doctors only run the basics, then send us home as hypochondriacs. If doctors had the mentality to actually try and solve mysteries, I dare say we'd already be tested for a lot of the outlying possibilities and maybe have some answers. As it stands, only a handful of us have, and that isn't enough.


text: Gwen Renée Stefani (pronounced /??w?n st??f??ni/; born October 3, 1969) is an American singer and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock band No Doubt. With previous material ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom (1995) propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide. It spawned the singles "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and "Don't Speak". The band's popularity went into decline with its fourth album, Return of Saturn (2000), but Rock Steady (2001) focused on dancehall production traits, and generally received positive reviews.


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Davis inspires optimistic progressives, but her chances are slim.
Wendy Davis is running for governor, and the starry eyes of liberal optimists have never shone so bright.
Since her sensational filibuster in the Texas Senate last June, Davis has been the kind of hero the left lionizes every few election cycles: smart, inspiring, effective and unapologetically liberal. With her seat in the Texas legislature certain to fall into GOP hands next fall, many on the Left have hoped she'll catch a lifeboat in the form of the Texas governor's mansion.
Bad news: It ain't gonna happen.
If Wendy Davis becomes the 2014 Democratic candidate for Governor of Texas, she will lose and lose badly.
Texas is an extraordinarily red state. Despite a lopsided national victory, President Obama lost the Lone Star Republic by 12 points in 2008; in 2012 it was 15. While there exist places equally unfriendly to national Democrats but with a history of blue local governance (think Kentucky or Arkansas), Texas, where no Democrat has won a statewide election in nearly 20 years, isn't one of them.
The last Democrat to run for governor in Texas was far more conservative than Davis or President Obama. But he had a "D" next to his name, so he lost by thirteen points.
Compounding the already heavy odds is the composition of midterm electorates. Core Democratic constituencies tend to vote in years divisible by four; while those most likely to vote in midterms, the elderly, white and affluent, skew Republican. Even in the most favorable poll to Davis so far she is down by 8 with half undecided. But even that 50% are largely Romney voters – they aren't breaking even, much less D+8.
Davis' inevitable defeat isn't what worries me as a progressive staring down 2014. Somebody's got to run for governor, and if nothing else, she'll have a temporary platform to influence the dialogue. No, what worries me is the millions she'll get in donations from liberals nationwide who believe she can win, and who believe their dollars are going to make it happen.
To an extent, they're right. Money moves votes, and in elections with millions of voters, that movement can be expensive. According to political analysts, it costs an average of $15 for every one vote moved to the polls by "Get Out The Vote efforts" –- a good reason, it would seem, to send Davis every dollar we can spare.
But it isn't quite so simple. Money buys votes, but the returns diminish rapidly.
Some people are going to vote - or not vote - no matter what. GOTV is aimed at fence sitters, with the highest return on investment coming from those with a 45% likelihood of going to the polls. But these golden voters aren't infinite, and so the best GOTV effort in the world can only swing an election by two or three points. In a close race, that can be the difference. In Texas, it means Davis losing by single digits instead of double.
All of this leads to one tough conclusion: Liberals should not donate money to Wendy Davis in 2014.
The upcoming midterms are going to be rough. Democrats stand to lose the Senate and drop 20 seats in the House – maybe 15 if the recent shutdown doesn't fade too fast from memory. The Kentucky Statehouse (currently controlled by Democrats and responsible for the smoothest Obamacare rollout in the country) will be in play. Governor's races in Michigan, Ohio, and Florida -- whose outcomes will determine the fate of voter ID laws and with them the Democrats' chances in 2016 -- will fall within that two-point margin where money can move enough votes, and where every dollar will count.
The Left likes heroes. They like unapologetic warriors for the cause, and they have a bad habit of believing that with enough gumption and hope, even the most depressing odds can be bested. Its true, sometimes (a current president comes to mind), but more often that not, it leads to good grassroots money thrown after bad, and defeat where more strategic investments in less flashy figures would have meant victory.
I'd love to see Governor Wendy Davis some day. But in 2014, we need to win everywhere we can, and refuse to throw away our resources where we can't. My money is going where it can make a difference, even if it means abandoning a newly minted hero. Even if it means that Davis has to stand alone. She's done that before, and then, as now, she'll live to fight another day.
Emmett Rensin is a playwright and co-author of Twitterature.
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I just wrote my first ipelet, and it was an amazingly pleasant experience. Not to mention the thrill I got from marking a collection of points and whoosh! getting the answer right there on the screen.
The ipelet is for computing the discrete and geometric 1-median of a set of points. The geometric 1-median of a set of points (also called the Fermat-Weber-Steiner-Torricelli-< insert your name here > point) is the point that minimizes the sum of distances to a set of points. The discrete 1-median is the same minimization, restricted to points in the input.
Computing the discrete 1-median of a set of points in the plane is trivial in n^2 time, and I didn't do anything clever there. Computing the geometric 1-median is more nontrivial though: there is no closed form solution beyond 4 points, and it can be shown that the point cannot be computed using arithmetic and k^th roots.
There are various approximation schemes: the most pertinent one here (in the plane) is a scheme by Bose, Maheshwari and Morin that uses a cone decomposition of the plane to yield an approximation scheme. In practice, researchers often use an iterative scheme developed by Weiszfeld; it's a simple iterative scheme built around the fact that the optimal solution must be a point such that the sum of unit vectors from it to all other points is zero (formally, this is the condition on the gradient).
The cost function is convex and differentiable except at the input points themselves. Thus, the Weiszfeld iteration is guaranteed to give the optimal solution as long as it doesn't get stuck at one of the data points. This algorithm is often referred to as the "founding algorithm of location science", and there are numerous modifications, extensions, and refinements. The ipelet implements the basic Weiszfeld scheme with a fairly brain-dead termination condition.
What possessed me to do such a thing ? Well, I'm trying to find counter examples for a conjecture involving 1-medians, and needed a way of visualizing examples :).
The code is here: feel free to use it, comment on it, modify it, etc.


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How to Make Your Own Kitchen Cleaners
Making your own cleaning products for the kitchen is both economical and good for your health. When you're using baking soda, vinegar, and water, you can feel pretty confident that the cleaning you're doing isn't hurting you or the environment.
What You Need
Baking Soda
Essential Oil (optional)
Dish soap
Equipment or Tools
Spray bottle
Scrub brush
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All-Purpose Cleaner Using funnel, put 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon dish soap, and 2 tablespoons vinegar into your spray bottle. Give it a stir/shake. Let it sit for a minute, now fill bottle with warm water and shake it up. Give it a few more minutes to calm down, and add a few drops of essential oil if desired.
Garbage Disposal Freshener Take the pulp from a lemon (preferably one you've squeezed to use for something else) and toss it in the garbage disposal, along with a few thin strips of the peel. Run water and turn on disposal.
Sink or Stovetop Cleaner Put a 1/3 cup baking soda in a bowl. Mix in enough warm water so that you get a nice moist paste. Put paste on sponge or brush and scrub away. Make it as you need it.
Microwave Cleaner No need to reinvent the wheel. We always follow's Jonathan's advice. His post on cleaning the microwave is the best we've ever found.
Additional Notes: The one thing we haven't found are good instructions on how to naturally clean an oven. Do you have any tips?
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Arianism was a 4th-century heresy named after Arius (c.250-336), a priest in Alexandria. Arius denied the full deity of the preexistent Son of God who became incarnate ("the Word (Jesus Christ) became flesh" John 1:14 - NKJV). He held that the Son, while divine and like God, was created by God as the agent through whom he created the universe, and that there was a time when the Son was not. The council at Nicaea in 325 led by Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, condemned Arianism and maintained that Christ was God from God, Light from Light, Very God from Very God, begotten not made (not created), and One in essence with the Father.
Source and further reading
- Fuller RH, Walter VL and Shelley BL: Arianism and Semi-Arianism (General and Advanced Information) - BELIEVE Website
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arianism
- CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Arius
- St. Athanasius of Alexandria (page also has link to download 'Select Works and Letters' by St. Athanasius, including his treatise 'On the Incarnation of the Word' and 'Four Discourses Against the Arians' among others)
- Encyclopedia of the First Millennium of Christianity 1998 - Second Edition
- Arianism - From Wikipedia