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In 1461 England, life was hard for an old wounded soldier and his beautiful young daughters. He scrapes by making a living grooming horses for the rich around town, teaching his oldest daughter the trade. One night a group of soldiers wearing the flag of the King of England ride into the inn and slaughter a company of opposing soldiers, killing bystanders who happened to be in their way.
After the massacre, young Bronwyn finds her father has been murdered by the soldiers' swords. At that moment, she becomes engulfed with grief and pledges to avenge her father's death.
A few years later, with father and mother gone, Bronwyn has taken her sisters to raise and finds work singing and working as a waitress at an inn. It is here she meets an enchanting man with beautiful blue eyes and a wonderful smile. It is also here, that she encounters a man who seems familiar, but she is uncertain why. The two men are complete opposites, and both are obsessed with her beauty and her voice. But Bronwyn has a secret that could cost her everything, including her life. She can heal with a touch and could be branded as a witch.
Each man vows to make her his own. Who will win her heart? Who will take her as a possession? Will either man be worthy of the Heart of the Rose?
The Heart of the Rose is full of love and adventure, and also mystery and fear. Will Bronwyn be loved, owned, or both? It is a tale of a resilient young woman who comes of age out of necessity and learns to control her own fate and never be a victim. This is a beautiful story of love and loss and growing in all forms.
Ms. Griffith was a young author full of promise when she wrote her first book, The Heart of the Rose and has gone on to write fourteen other lovely novels and several short stories in her thirty-nine years as a writer. This release is Ms Griffith's re-write of this story. I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
4 spiders for The Heart of the Rose!!
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text: SAN DIEGO, Calif., August 8 -- Total attendance at SPIE's 48th Annual Meeting through Thursday was 5256, the highest it's been since 2001, organizers reported. SPIE said although the final numbers are not in yet, they are projected to be up from last year, which contributed to the generally good mood among exhibitors. Organizers said the overall feeling from exhibitors and exhibit attendees was "very positive. It seemed like for the first time in a few years delegates were prepared to talk business instead of just window-shop. One exhibitor who spoke with a SPIE staff member said his group came away with some 250 leads, and many exhibitors said they were able to pay for their trips by the first or second day." Thursday was one of the busiest days of the week at the symposium, with numerous technical group meetings and special events on top of a full day of conferences, organizers reported. High-speed imaging and analysis, optomechanical/instrument and penetrating radiation technical groups all held meetings on Thursday evening. Meg Urry, director of Yale University's Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, was the featured speaker at a well-attended presentation by The Women In Optics Working Group. In addition to her pioneering work on the formation of galaxies, she has a longstanding interest in the issue of women and minorities in science. She led the US delegation to the first International Conference on Women in Physics, held in Paris in March 2002. She also chairs the Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society and is a recent member of the corresponding committee of the American Physical Society. Annual meeting exhibitors gathered for breakfast Thursday morning to hear plans for next year's event, which will be held in Denver, Colo. A display of stunning photographs from the world of optics was shown in the exhibit hall. The traveling collection was assembled by Andrew Davidhazy, Rochester Institute of Technology. James C. Wyant received the SPIE's Gold Medal award at the annual awards banquet Wednesday night. A workshop on "Funding Highly Innovative, High Impact Technology: The NIST Advanced Technology Program (ATP)" drew a large audience Wednesday. The ATP provides R&D funding to technology-driven companies and company-led teams to bridge the gap between the research lab and the market place. ATP's cost-sharing partnerships with the private sector helps American companies pursue path-breaking, innovative technologies deemed too technically risky for conventional funding.

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text: The laws that regulate pawn shops at the state level vary from state to state. The Pawn Point Map above provides links to state pawn shop laws across the country. State licensing and regulatory authorities are also cited when applicable. County and city statues are not included. For a list of federal laws that regulate the pawn industry, click here.


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If when opening the pause menu or other screen, the dialogue reaches a {w=x} tag, the game will then close the menu of its own accord.
I was able to replicate the effect with the following in a fresh project:
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# In options.rpy:
define config.enter_transition = Dissolve(4.0)
default preferences.text_cps = 32
By opening the menu or history screen around "the purpose of this is to test", when the one second pause completes, the menu closes itself. If the pause completes after the transition, the menu doesn't close. This also appears to happen independent of key "game_menu" action's function.
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# In script.rpy:
e "Please open the pause menu or history on the next line of text before the pause."
e "The purpose of this is to test...{w=1.0} whether opening the menu at an upcoming pause causes the pause to cancel the menu on its own."
e "The bug appears to manifest if the pause happens during menu transition."
e "Restarting..."
jump start
Additionally, a non-timed {w} tag does not close the menu.
Personally, I would like for the ability to freeze dialogue when the menu is opened. As it is, Ren'py continues to type out text even while the menu is open. This would technically solve the problem by preventing it from happening, as long as the freeze/unfreeze functions happened outside of the transitions, but it's mostly an aside request.


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Fri 02.09.16. I drove Leah from Mt Gerald Station to St Josephs School, Fairlie, for Leah to teach there.
I drove to Timaru for shopping, including round balloons for Leah's students to stuff with sensopathic play dough.
Sat 03.09.16. I drove Leah to St Josephs School, Fairlie, for her to teach her Woodbury students there.
Afternoon: I drove to Timaru for Leah to buy a new laptop at Warehouse Stationery, as her old laptop was bung. She used her laptop a lot for teaching prep & reports. We had tea at Pak 'n Save's Sticky Cafe. At the garage, I did our Subaru's tyre pressures, as I didn't want a blow out on rutted Lilybank Rd.
Late afternoon: I drove up Burkes Pass & along Lilybank Rd, back to our lake house at Mt Gerald Station. Our two green, plastic, rubbish bins were blown over by Alpine winds. They were blown over several times a week. Despite mature oregon pine & larch shelterbelts the homestead was prone to Alpine winds, as Mt Gerald Station was in a variable weather zone N of Lake Tekapo, high Alps on 3 sides - snowy Two Thumbs Range E, snowy Sibbald Range N, snowy Hall Range W.
Sun 04.09.16. Rainbow over N end of Lake Tekapo, due to showers over Mt Gerald Station & Godley River Valley. Intermittent wind & showers all day.
Afternoon visit by SA expat friends from Cape Town, living in Blenheim. They regularly motored to Fairlie to maintain their son's property near Farm Barn Cafe at the top of Mt Michael. Their son lived in Canada.
Mon 05.09.16. School day Mt Gerald Station.
Afternoon: I drove Leah to Lake Tekapo School for her to teach a student there & for her computer class. I wandered round The Cairns golf course.
Tues 06.09.16. School day Mt Gerald Station.
Weather forecast: 10 degrees Centigrade, clear, no wind. Perfect for climbing Mt Gerald, 1551 m. Map ref: BY17 099538. Snows had thawed on Mt Gerald west faces & up Ribbonwood Stream gorge.
Mt Gerald climb: I parked my car at the end of Lilybank Rd, crossed Ninety Five Stream & several sown grass paddocks to hummocky, moraine country at the bottom of Mt Gerald & Ribbonwood Stream gorge. Steadily rising, I crossed fences & streams & followed a vague farm track up Ribbonwood Stream gorge. Tributary streams, cutting through moraine hummocks, joined Ribbonwood Stream & Stone Hut Stream further N. My Topo50 map showed a paper road zig-zagging up Ribbonwood Stream gorge on the south side of the gorge.
About 1000 m height I left the farm track, as it would take a long time zig-zagging up the gravel track. Instead I made a beeline up sunny, N facing, tussocky, moraine terraces above Ribbonwood Stream. Above 1000 m there was still snow on the N side of Ribbonwood Stream - S facing slopes.
At about 1300 m, the border between farm lands & DOC lands, I crossed a deer fence & the farm track, which had climbed out of Ribbonwood Stream gorge then descended southwards through Mt Gerald tussock land on moraine terraces towards Mt Gerald Stream. The farm track also went N towards Stone Hut Stream through patchy snowfields on moraine tussock lands by the 1300 m contour. Mt Gerald Station's deer fence gates were padlocked at the border between farm lands & DOC lands, to stop recreationists leaving gates open for stock to escape to higher Alps controlled by DOC.
Above glacier terraces, the stiffest part of my Mt Gerald climb was the last 200 m, past rock outcrops & scree, interspersed with matagouri & snow tussock. I aimed for the wireless mast on top of the N face of Mt Gerald. The wireless mast was a power pole, a metal aerial on top. A long drop sized aluminium hut contained 2 car batteries on a wooden shelf & wireless equipment attached to a wall. The seat was a DOC trap, wooden box. Previous denizens left empty plastic bottles & other junk in the hut, too small a shelter for camping. The hut had a solar panel on top.
Mt Gerald top was a snow tussock plateau, sloping to a long, snowy hollow, forming Mt Gerald Stream catchment. Eastwards, on the other side of Mt Gerald Stream, snowy Beuzenberg Snake Ridge rose above Mt Gerald, going N all the way to snowy Beuzenberg Peak 2070 m.
As it was still sunny & windless, I wandered Mt Gerald top for 2 hours towards Beuzenberg snowy Snake Ridge. Map ref: BX17 104548. (On a sunny March day, I'd started along Snake Ridge via Rex Simpson Memorial Hut, but turned back as I'd run out of time). Northwards, across Ribbonwood Stream gorge, below Beuzenberg's Snake Ridge & between a lower snowy, Mt Gerald ridge was Ribbonwood Stream catchment, where Ribbonwood Stream meandered down through snowy tussock land to Ribbonwood Stream gorge.
A clear day, I had grand views of Macaulay River Valley, Godley River Valley & snowy Alpine Ranges:N, S & E - Two Thumbs Range; N - Sibbald Range; W - Hall Range & Gammack Range; Sublime Mt Cook & Mt Tasman beyond.
I descended to my car via the steep, N facing, tussock slope below the wireless mast & the zig-zag farm track in Ribbonwood Stream gorge. The farm track was badly eroded with tumbled rocks, top soil lumps & crossing streams. Little horse or vehicle traffic went up there anymore, as farm helicopters were de rigueur.
My Mt Gerald climb times: Ascent 3.5 hours, 800 vertical metres. Plateau top wander 2 hours. Descent 2.5 hours. Total distance 13 kms. I didn't see a soul all day. Two paradise shelducks circled me high above Mt Gerald N slopes. A chamois darted through snow tussock near the top.
Tramping fitness, food, water, maps, all weather gear, safety gear, farmer's permission required.
Wed 07.09.16. It rained most of Tuesday night, a fresh snowfall down to 1000 m on the Alps.
School day Mt Gerald Station. Variable winds & squally rain from the S.
Thurs 08.09.16. Overnight powder snow down to 700 m surrounded our lake house.
School day Mt Gerald Station.
Morning snow flurries blown horizontally by southerlies. Mt Gerald I'd climbed on Tuesday was snowy from top to toe.
I drove Leah through a snow storm to Lake Tekapo for her lesson preps at Lake Tekapo School & for her Pilates class at the Community Hall, Aorangi Cres. We had supper at Tahr Bar, Tekapo Spa. Grand views of Mt Edward, snowy from top to toe.
Copyright Mark JS Esslemont.


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5=) My Generation
4) Sweet Emotion
3) Public Image
2) Coyote
But in the top spot this time I'm going for...
"JPJ is probably duking it out with John "The Ox" Entwistle for the accolade of 'Greatest Rock Bassist of All Time'"
Um... PAUL McCARTNEY...?!?
Nice to se the PIL. Bess bass SOUND in rock, Jah Wobble. So ocean-deep.
Oh, you and your Macca!
I suppose McCartney would be in consideration for a Top 10 or Top 20, based on inventiveness and musical sensitivity rather than virtuouso technique. But would anyone really argue for him as the No. 1? Even you??
And that's assuming you allow him in the category. The Beatles were really pop rather than rock (although the boundaries were a lot less distinct back then, as the genres as we know them were only just beginning to emerge). If you throw it open more widely to all areas of 'popular' music, there's a raft of soul, funk, and reggae (and jazz?) players who are going to beat him out too.
I think most people would agree that Entwistle and Jones are the pinnacle in the 'rock' field. But I didn't say who else might be duking it out with them at the top...
I'm just glad you didn't say, "Wot - no Geddy Lee?"
And have patience. I nearly included Macca here; and he is pencilled in for the next instalment - along with Geezer Butler, John McVie, Colin Moulding, and Lucky Scott.


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Kai Ryssdal: There are about half as many people working in American manufacturing today as there were a generation ago. There's been some comeback the past couple of years, and a report out today suggests the biggest change is in the geography of American industry.
Dan Bobkoff reports.
Dan Bobkoff: Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution puts it this way:
Bruce Katz: Manufacturing is back.
How far has it come back? Well, 3.1 percent more jobs since 2010. But that increase is enough to celebrate after years of manufacturing job losses.
But the big story here is where -- and what -- those jobs are. The Brookings Institution is out with a study on the location of manufacturing jobs, and here's a surprise: that long shift of factories from the Midwest to the South appears to have stopped. In the last two years, Katz says the Midwest gained manufacturing jobs twice as fast as the south
Katz: The Midwest is having just a rebound of major proportions.
Some of that's from the auto bailout, but also clusters of companies, colleges, and governments in the Midwest supporting sectors like plastics.
And, increasingly, different regions are becoming more specialized: The South is now a hub for chemicals, for instance. Katz wants government policy that supports those regional specialties and the highly paid jobs that come from advanced manufacturing.
But economist Enrico Moretti of U.C. Berkeley doesn't think it makes sense to focus policy specifically on manufacturing. Instead...
Enrico Moretti: I think we should have policy that favor job growth in general in the U.S.
And, he's not optimistic these manufacturing job gains the last two years are more than a blip.
Moretti: Just a bounce back from two really terrible recession years that preceded those years.
So, hold the champagne for now.
In Cleveland, I'm Dan Bobkoff for Marketplace.
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PI BETA PHI GARLAND! Hands down!
I love the "happy birthday" garland - It would look perfect in my apartment and I could hang it when all my favorite people celebrate their birthdays! Such a fun giveaway - thank yoU!!
I mean, the Gamma Phi one is mighty cute, but I think I'd get the most use out of the adorable colorful "Merry Christmas" garland! But then I love the "love" one too... :)
I would have loved that Pi Phi banner in my room in college, but I think the Valentine's Day banners are my favorite!
We LOVE it!
~Riley and Blaine
I would have to say that my favorite is the Kansas garland. Rock Chalk! It would be perfect to hang for college week at my school:)
Of course I'm partial to the Rock Chalk banner and the Kappa banner, but the "xoxo" would look super cute in Caroline's room!
You may be surprised to know that the KU/Rock Chalk banner is my favorite!
So adorable and all so cute! I think my favorite is the red and green "Happy Holidays" or the XOXO :)
My favorite is the "Mrs.Loftus" banner because that's you! Great banner for a great teacher!
I love the XOXO banner. Pick me!
I like the wedding date one email@example.com
After much consideration, my favorite is Merry Christmas in red and green!
Kathleen Bellinger
I love the black and red "LOVE" banner! I love them all but....you have to pick :)
Kayla McCrite
woohoo! garlands are so fun! i like the happy birthday one :) excited about your first giveaway!!
They are ALL so cute and I have spent 45 minutes trying to narrow it to one. The winner is Merry Christmas in red and green.
so so cute! Love these pennant banners.
These are all awesome but I LOVE the "Sweets" one - i bet you can guess why :-) YAY giveaway!
love them all, but I'd pick children's custom name (ideally in the merry christmas multi-color -- so cute!)
I love the "Love" banner! It is the perfect decoration for Valentines day coming up!
I like Cirque du Sweet on Facebook (lizzy allen)
I like Fancy Flamingo on Facebook (lizzy allen)
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My fave's are the Valentines banners - all are too cute! And the Let it Snow Banner :)
I would normally say the KU banner (duh) but XOXO is soooooo cute!!!
I like the Happy Birthday one that can be used often
The Happy Birthday banner is my favorite. Love your blog!
~Ali Frymark
Rock Chalk banner FOR SURE! :)
I love the fancy flamingo- I have ordered from her and she has a great product. Highly recommended to all!
I love the college ones! I want an OKLAHOMA banner!
I liked Fancy Flamingo on Facebook
Rock chalk and love are my fab, but think kit would prefer the ku one hanging around!
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of brand.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Brindled; of a reddish-brown color.
- In zoology, marked as if branded or colored.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adj. (of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights
- adj. marked with a brand
Sorry, no etymologies found.
But they were right to call him a name from the past; they knew him to be an outsider, and the name branded him as such.
I like that kind of directness in branded footwear.
Does that mean something "interesting" happens in branded by fire with kaleb ...
"We are allowing open conversation in branded areas, and we are encouraging dialogue good, bad or ugly," says Bonin Bough, director of global social media for PepsiCo.
Ad Track: Signing on to social media; an alluring reader query
Teva is the world's largest generic drug maker but hasn't focused on private-label branded products in the past.
The first sign of change consumers are likely to see is the introduction of new products, including private-label branded goods and the sale of more food in chains, including Makro, he said .
From POPBYTES — Since it is essential in the breathing cycles of celebrities to have their name branded on some product, Macys has decided to put a whole slew of them together in one commercial!
Macys Is A Celebrity's Exploitation Paradise | Best Week Ever
Bud Selig's pathetically light penal code (the very inspiration of the hearings) won't much matter; Palmeiro will remain branded far beyond 10 games.
"Whether it's 10, 30 days, a year, your name being out there and being branded is going to be the biggest punishment."
USATODAY.com - Sanchez first to run afoul of new drug policy
Napster and iMesh were both wiped out by the OM family, Vivendi Universal, Warmer Music, EMI Group and Sony BMG but they re-surfaced under new management and now, "Grokster 3G, as the new service will be branded, is scheduled to be released as a public beta before 31 December," says The Register.


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Here are a few more photos from Saturday.
I love the architectural elements found in barns. Again, incredibly simple and rustic yet elegant and beautiful. The sunlight filtering through the beams is spectacular.
|Fence Row
I love the fact that the bent tree hasn't been cut down. It has its place even though it doesn't grow straight like trees are supposed to.
We have a spring running through our property and it supplies our water via a pump of some sort that I should probably know more about than I do. :) I do know it supplies the best spring water I've ever had and I've been drinking it my entire life.


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and I thought I heard it all..... - Printable Version
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- Drew - 08-21-2004 09:31 AM
- Innkeeper - 08-21-2004 11:43 AM
What did ole P.T. say again?
- jmcginley1 - 04-15-2005 12:19 AM
what the heck?!?
- winoweenie - 04-15-2005 07:32 AM
- jmcginley1 - 04-26-2005 10:12 AM
no seriously, what is going on here?
- wondersofwine - 04-27-2005 07:48 AM
P.T. Barnum--"a sucker born every minute"
No confidence that the clef du vin (wine key) really speeds up the maturity process of a wine.
- Bucko - 04-30-2005 08:41 AM
FWIW, P. T. Barnum is most often associated with the circus sideshow and the display of freaks. While this is true, he is also the founding force behind one of America's most famous circuses: Barnum & Bailey Circus. Barnum is also affiliated with the famous quote "There's a sucker born every minute." History, unfortunately, has misdirected this quotation. Barnum never did say it. Actually, it was said by his competitor, a banker named David Hannum.
- simmasow - 02-06-2006 04:15 PM
I just received one of these as a gift yesterday and began reading some things on the net. My natural inclination is to be skeptical, but it seems that there are some people who say this thing works. I will try it out this weekend probably, but I was wondering if anyone else has actually tried it.
- Bucko - 02-06-2006 11:45 PM
... it seems that there are some people who say this thing works ...
There are also people who swear they have been beamed up from their Alabama trailer park to the mother ship.


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يقدم سنتر صناع الكوادر Cadres Makers كورس التيكلا TEKLA Structures, Steel Detailing لمهندسين مدنى
محتويات الكورس :
1. Revision on all steel fundamentals which include (steel grades – welds –
bolts) with each type also the different kinds of drawings and the difference between them (IFC Drawings (Design Drawings)-General Arrangement Drawings (Erection Drawings)-Assembly Drawings-Single Part Drawings).
2. Dealing with tekla views (3D view or 2D view) and how to create these views and the difference between them also creating grids and dealing with it for creation of any model or structure building easily how complexity is it.
3. Different types of steel members and how to create them on tekla as 1st the main steel parts like: ( Beam – Column – Girder – Post – Hanger – Vertical Bracing – Horizontal Bracing ) then 2nd how to create the secondary parts which included in components of steel connection like ( contour plates (gusset plate – end plate – shear plate – base plate – cap plate – bent plate )-clip angles – sheets )
• After knowing how to create views and grids trainee will be able to create a full steel structure on tekla but without any connection as he will be able to make a 3d model called (MTO MODEL) which means a model without connections which used to define the weight and the required materials for the factory.
4. Dealing with the steel member itself by cutting it or welding it also making bolts connection with other steel members.
5. After knowing how to make bolted connections you will know how to transform this connection to custom component connection can be used in other projects and by this you can gain more time for you and the factory also you will know a simple presentation about the macros connection done by tekla
6. being able to present the most important macros we used in tekla and how to deal with them like (end plate – shear plate – haunch – base plate – clip angles )
7. Creation of reports and dealing with the model to give the factory the most important information about the following data :
• the total gross weight of the model
• the total net weight of the model
• the area of sheets or grating or chk'd plate covering the model
• report about the diameter of bolts and the material of them in the model
Also we will take the covering kinds for a factory surface even with (grating or chk'd plate) and how to do this on tekla .
8. How to create drawings from tekla for the model which was created ( general arrangement drawings ( erection drawings for the site and the client for approval ) – single part drawings for the quality control engineer to revise them with the CNC machine outlet- assembly drawings for the fabricator.)
9. Free opened lecture for revision, questions, and problems also trainees can create a full tekla structure model.
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text: Florida Preparing for 'Direct Hit' From Hurricane Gov. Rick Scott warns 'massive destruction' is possible By Arden Dier, Newser Staff Posted Oct 5, 2016 6:04 AM CDT 11 comments Comments A satellite image taken Oct. 5 at 12:45 AM EDT shows active tropical cyclones moving away from the Caribbean, with Hurricane Matthew north of the eastern edge of Cuba. (NOAA/Weather Underground via AP) View 2 more images (Newser) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott is warning residents to "prepare for a direct hit" from Hurricane Matthew, expected to arrive on the US coast as soon as Thursday. The "extremely dangerous" storm crossed Haiti and Cuba on Tuesday, killing seven people, and is expected to hit the Bahamas on Wednesday, reports CNN. Experts—who say the storm's path could change at any moment—predict it will make landfall on the Atlantic coast of Florida on Thursday evening before moving up the coast to the Carolinas over the weekend. "If Matthew directly impacts Florida, there will be massive destruction that we haven't seen in years," says Scott. Hurricane models differ on where the Category 4 storm is likely to hit first, but at least one shows the Kennedy Space Center may be at risk with wind gusts up to 130mph, reports Ars Technica. Scott has told residents to stock up on gas, food, and generators—or flee as soon as possible. Elsewhere, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency in 13 counties, while medical evacuations began in South Carolina on Tuesday. They are to be followed by coastal evacuations on Wednesday. North Carolina's seashore islands will also be evacuated beginning Wednesday as the state prepares for power outages and flooding, per CBS News. (Read more hurricane stories.) View 2 more images My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results without voting | 8% Hilarious 10% Intriguing 6% Depressing 2% Brilliant 73% Scary 2% Ridiculous


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Oil Slips After Surprise Increase in US Crude Inventories
(Bloomberg) -- Oil slid lower after a U.S. government report showed a surprise increase in domestic crude stockpiles.
Futures dropped 1.2 percent in New York on Wednesday to the lowest level in almost two months. American crude inventories rose by 2.07 million barrels last week, confounding 12 of 13 analysts in a Bloomberg survey who were expecting supplies to decline. At the same time, gasoline stockpiles increased by the most since December as demand for the fuel weakened.
"The report is best summarized as a rough one, for bulls anyway," said Matt Sallee, who helps manage $16 billion at Tortoise in Leawood, Kansas. "No matter how you slice it and dice it, it was a pretty bearish report."
The supply situation in the U.S. is depressing oil prices already weighed down by a U.S. government request that OPEC increase output by 1 million barrels a day. Meanwhile, American imports of Saudi Arabian crude almost doubled to 1.12 million barrels a day last week, the highest since July, according to the Energy Information Administration.
West Texas Intermediate for July delivery fell 79 cents to settle at $64.73 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent futures for August settlement declined 2 cents to end the session at $75.36 on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The global benchmark crude was $10.66 above WTI for the same month.
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With WTI trading at a wide discount to Brent, traders were expecting a surge in domestic crude exports, but the report showed a decrease of 465,000 barrels a day.
"As exports have become a much bigger part of the story, one should expect more volatility on the week-to-week numbers," Sallee said.
The government reported gasoline stockpiles rose by 4.6 million barrels, while distillate supplies climbed by 2.17 million, the most since February. At the same time, U.S. crude production jumped to yet another record.
"The market's moving in line with the report, which was a surprise build across the board, with crude, gasoline and distillates all up more than expected," said Matthew Beck, managing director of an $8 billion oil and natural gas portfolio at John Hancock Financial Services Inc. in Boston. "You're seeing prices react to that."
Other oil-market news:
Gasoline futures dropped 1.7 percent to settle at $2.07 a gallon, the lowest since April 18. U.S. crude exports, including condensate derived wholly from natural gas, rose to an average of 1.76 million barrels a day in April from 1.67 million a month earlier, according to Bloomberg calculations based on U.S. Census Bureau data. A month after the U.S. re-imposed sanctions on Iran, European oil buyers say they still have no idea how much the region will be required to curb purchases from the Middle Eastern country.
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CROWN POINT - Town taxes are expected to decease in 2010 for Crown Point residents.
"Most everyone should see a tax decrease in 2010," Supervisor Dale French said.
The town board adopted the $1.7 million budget for next year Nov. 12.
The 2010 budget totals $1,723,450. That's an increase of $63,193 - 3.8 percent - from the current spending plan of $1,660,257.
The amount to be raised by local taxes in 2010 will be $1,022,868. That's an increase of $9,334 - less than 1 percent - from the present tax levy of $1,013,534.
The 2010 tax rate in Crown Point will be $8.92 per $1,000 of assessed value. That's a 6 percent decrease from the 2009 tax rate of $9.46. Residents without town water service will see their tax rates drop from $7.33 per $1,000 of assessed value to $6.92.
The tax rate will go from $9.46 to $8.92 or about a 6 percent decrease. Outside the water district the rate will go from $7.33 to $6.92 or again about 6 percent. Most everyone should see a tax decrease in 2010.
French noted the major increases in the 2010 budget are in retirement, which jumps $20,000, and employee health insurance, which jumped 15 percent.
The budget also includes raises of 2.5 percent for town employees, including elected officials.
Those increases are offset by sales tax revenue distributed by the county, the supervisor said. Starting in 2010 towns will get .25 percent of the county sales tax. That sales tax revenue is expected to total $56,000.
Crown Point will also benefit from a growth in assessments in 2010. The town tax base went from $123 million in 2009 to $133 million for next year.


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The WVU School of Medicine Global Health Program and the HSC Global Engagement Office are partnering with the HSC Interprofessional Education (IPE) Speaker Series to sponsor this year's Global Health Week. The lectures will feature a speaker at noon each day starting Monday, Oct. 20, through Friday, Oct. 26, in the WVU Health Sciences Learning Center, room 1905.
The lecture schedule and featured speakers are as follows.
Billy Williams, will discuss "Affecting Lasting Change to End Extreme Poverty: The Story of Nuru International" on Monday. A graduate of WVU, Williams worked as an analytical chemist at Mylan Pharmaceuticals before leaving to serve in vocational ministry. He has been part of Nuru International's team since its inception and has spearheaded Nuru's grassroots movement and catalyzed its growth from a small handful of volunteers to thousands of poverty fighters around the world. As Nuru's lead advocate and storyteller, he has been invited to share at events around the country.
Susan A. Newfield, Ph.D., R.N., and Neal A. Newfield, Ph.D., will present "Human Trafficking Complexities: Assessment and Intervention" on Tuesday. Dr. Susan Newfield is an associate professor and coordinator of international program in the WVU School of Nursing. For many years she has provided teaching and service to the people of Vietnam, helping fight against human trafficking in collaboration with Dr. Neal Newfield, who is an associate professor in the WVU School of Applied Social Sciences. He is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry.
Ronald E. LaPorte, Ph.D., will speak about "Global Health and Interprofessional Education" on Wednesday. Dr. LaPorte is a professor in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology. He has worked extensively in the epidemiology of diabetes and other chronic diseases. He is also an expert on the use of the Internet for improving health.
Rebecca Reece, M.D., will discuss "HIV in Resource Limited Settings: Past, Present and Future" on Thursday. A graduate of the WVU School of Medicine, Dr. Reece completed an infectious disease fellowship at Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University. Reece is currently doing a post-doc research fellowship at Brown University, The Miriam Hospital. She also serves as an admitting attending for internal medicine at Providence Veterans' Medical Center in Providence, R.I.
Nora Sheets and Arthur Rizer, J.D., will present "Landmines...Perspectives from the Field" on Friday. Sheets is an art teacher at St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School in Morgantown. A graduate of WVU, she is the coordinator for St. Francis PSALM: Proud Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs and the West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs since 1997. Rizer is an associate professor at the WVU College of Law. He previously served at the United States Department of Justice as a trial attorney.
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Donoussa Sightseeing
Donoussa is a small and isolated island of the Cyclades, between Naxos and Amorgos. This is the ideal destination for quiet vacations away from big crowds. The island doesn't receive many tourists and has managed to retain its traditional architecture. Apart from swimming and hiking, there are not other things to do in Donoussa. The island is perfect for total relaxation. It can be visited for either holiday or as a day trip from Naxos or Amorgos. The most frequented beaches in Donoussa are Kendros, Livadi and Fikio.
In this section, you can see the best Donoussa Sightseeing. You can also view all things to see in Donoussa by category: villages, beaches, museums, and churches.
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The church of Virgin Mary and Agios Ioannis is built on a hill overlooking Donoussa village. The church was built in 1892 and from this location, you can get a nice view of the island and the sunset.
Best villages
Location: On the eastern side of the island
Description: Donoussa is the capital and main port of the island. This is a traditional Cycladic village with small houses and narrow paths.
Best beaches
Location: 3 km east of Town
Description: Kendros is the largest beach on the island. It is a sandy coast that gets very popular with free campers. The beach is pretty safe and protected from strong winds.
Location: 6 km east of Town
Description: Fikio is a small natural cove with clean water surrounded by a rocky landscape. It can be reached by tour boat from Donoussa.
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text: Scottish Mag 0 Report post Posted March 13, 2008 BBC Radio 1 presenter and reformed party girl Sara Cox proudly showed off her newborn son Isaac today. The star was beaming as she emerged from a London hospital nursing the new arrival, who was carefully bundled up in a yellow blanket and hooded babygrow suit. Proud mother: Sara Cox proudly showed off her son Isaac as she left a London hospital today Precious cargo: Sara takes home her tiny new arrival Sara looked a picture of health in a bright red jacket and jeans as she made her way back to her north London home with her precious cargo. Isaac, her first child with advertising executive Ben Cyzer, was born weighing 7lb 12oz at a London hospital on Monday She also has a three-year-old daughter, Lola, from her first marriage to DJ Jon Carter. After spending her twenties as a party-loving "ladetteâ€, the 33-year-old has described motherhood as a turning point in her life. She has said: "I think all my priorities have changed. I appreciate calmness and feeling secure, being looked after. "I enjoy my role as mum and caretaker of the house. I really relish those roles and I think I'm good at them." Still, she has no plans of giving up work completely, and is due to return to the air in September. She has said: "I'd go stir crazy if I didn't work." "Work and being a mum go quite nicely hand in hand. Each needs the other to keep me sane." Sara rose to fame as a presenter of late night Channel 4 programme The Girlie Show in 1994. She acted as Radio 1 breakfast presenter from 2000 to 2003 before moving to the station's weekend lunchtime show. Annie Mac took over last month when Cox went on maternity leave. What was she thinking of calling him Isaac? That poor boy is going to be in for a right hard time of it when he grows up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The opening of Malmö Nordic 2013 on Friday May 3rd is the start of Malmö's major art initiative in 2013, an event that lasts all summer until August 18th. The project highlights, in a unique collaboration, Malmö's major art institutions, the city's art galleries and other venues, presenting a variety of exhibitions and events from a Nordic perspective. Among the participants are big institutions as well as artist-run galleries, studio associations and public workshops and other rooms for contemporary art in Malmö. Everybody interprets the Nordic art theme from their own starting points, providing an exciting dynamic and diversity within the art field.
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Victoria Beckham s/s 2014: all the pics
Victoria Beckham signed off Twitter in the wee small hours of this morning having spent the day prepping to show her spring/summer 2013 collection at New York Fashion Week today, and was up-and-at-'em again early doors for more of the same.
Thankfully (/inevitably) it was worth it; the collection - which 'started with shape, both literally as well as conceptually', as she told us backstage afterwards - was an instant hit with the critics (for proof, see here).
So what's a girl to do to wind down?
VB took the tried and tested route, and was spotted heading into hip eaterie Balthazar with her family, still wearing the total look Victoria Beckham s/s 2014 tailoring in which she took her catwalk bow. Rewind a year and she did exactly the same, enjoying Sunday brunch with David and Harper (who, again, sat front row and again, came dangerously close to stealing the show).
The little Miss Beckham had been changed out of the pale green Chloe dress she wore for her big show moment into a pair of super-cute beige dungarees for the occasion, and Victoria's parents Jacqueline and Tony Adams joined the private celebrations.
Here's hoping Vic
David and Harper arrive at Balthazar after the Victoria Beckham s/s 2014 show
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Adjuno recognised as one of the Most Promising Insurance Solution Providers
September 20, 2016
We are delighted to be named as one of the 25 most promising Insurance solution providers of 2016 in The Asia Pacific Region by APAC CIO Outlook magazine. The list highlights some of the most prominent organisations in the Insurance software industry who are capable of leading their clients towards excellence by supporting them beyond an advisory level.
The current edition of APAC CIO Outlook highlights Adjuno's ability to build, develop, deliver and support a comprehensive, configurable and scalable Insurance software solution, which is accessed through a single cloud platform. Our Claims Fulfilment platform connects insurers with suppliers and provides visibility of claims status to all parties in one place, providing customers with a better experience and reducing claims leakage and cost.
In the insurance sector, the end customer experience is highly critical and managing policy holder's claims and ensuring suppliers are doing the right things at the right time is very important. Even more so during complex claims where multiple 3rd parties are involved such as; managing agents, claims handlers, brokers and loss adjusters. A claim is the defining moment for a customer and how they're treated determines their loyalty towards the brand, so an insurer must get it right.
Duncan Grewcock, who is our COO for the APAC Region commented…"By combining our unique understanding of supplier relationship management across retail and insurance markets, we are able to provide best practice solutions that positively impact customer experience."
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Jews - the infiltrated tribe of Judah.
Judah - the tribe infiltrated by Moses's gang of criminals.
Moses - aka Tutmoses - an Egyptian criminal gang who took over Egypt, with the help of the Pharaoh, making it into Egypt into a single god (Sun - Ra) worshiping people. The boy king Tut-ank-amen (amun) & his mother returned Egypt to its former Gods only after the Pharoah was deposed and the man Tutmoses fled Egypt with his gang.
The story or Joseph and Jacob are a lie told by Tutmoses to convince Hebrews (the tribe of Judah) to take him in.
Amen - said at the end of every prayer - a reference to the sun god, Amen-Ra.
The Tutmoses gang - a group of powerful priests and secret criminal gang whose power came from their plundering of Egyptian tombs.
The secret criminal gang - fore runner of the Freemasons - the whore of Babylon - the Society of Pi[y] - the Illuminati - the Orange Order - The Knights of Columbus - The Order of Jesuits - KKK - Mormons - The Rotarian Movement being the umbrella organization.
Hebrew letter SHIN - a trifurcated letter forming the devil's pitchfork. Each point of which is a letter, stands for a "6", "666" in all (see broken vav).
Freemasons bear their SHIN for their initiation right - symbolism - the mark of the beast. The Jewish tifilin & straps is also a SHIN of SHINs. Originally worn on their right hand during the time of Christ when they were left handed. By Head (will), by Heart (desire) and by Hand (act) - the straps which are on the biceps opposite the heart used to be placed around the rib cage in the time of Christ, hence Heart.
The gang uses prophecy of a savior/chosen one in distant future who they then put up years later, to infiltrate/infect the next host tribe/nation/people with.
When the tribes under David split into 2 kingdoms after Solomon they then had Ezekiel prophesy the coming of Christ - who they put up to unify the kingdom and return it to their control - this failed to take but Rome absorbed it after its Emperor was told of Christianity's origin - worship of the Aten - the Sun god Amen-Ra.
Using the power of Rome they the infiltrated all of Europe, the dark ages was the time of this struggle because all records have been erased.
One by one the Kings of Europe fell or gave in. The Khazars were infiltrated during the 2-7CentuaryAD. Starting a new spring board.
This process is called "surplanting", you infiltrate, take over, then mimic and control eventually ethnically cleansing the hosts by blaming then for what your mimics did in their name.


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Bump Hatin On Me, the latest cut from Problem & Iamsu!. It was released on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013. Things are improving for Problem & Iamsu! with each new offering, and Hatin On Me is certainly no exception. It's a worthy addition to the Problem & Iamsu!'s catalogue, which has seen much evolution as of late. We're definitely anticipating the next step.
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Bode Miller cried during an emotional interview after the Olympian took home the Alpine event in the Sochi Olympics. The 36-year-old speed skier won the bronze in the super-G event and marked him as the oldest winner in history.
Walking away in tears after his interview at the Sochi Games, Miller has come from hard times over the past several years. The professional athlete endured a severe knee injury just last year and also went through the emotional trauma of losing his younger brother in April. The win serves as a vindication for the American skier.
During his interview, Bode Miller told reporters:
"Losing my brother this last year was really hard for myself, my family, our sort of whole community. It was just, year, a lot of emotion…That was one of the times where it kind of sunk in…where you look at your body of work – of basically my adult life – in a phrase or in one sort of visual context the way it was with my trophies, it sort of makes it a little more raw for you emotionally. "
Miller, who typically avoids any emotional input during the games, let it all come out during his interview. The medalist could not control his emotion as he was seen wiping tears from his face during and after the live interview.
Why Bode Miller Cried in Emotional Interview After Winning Alpine in Sochi Olympics.


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Posted By Pramath | On 04th, Mar. 2016 Under News | Follow This Author @Pramath1605
Seriously, guys- you are leaking an unreleased update for an unreleased game. Has leak culture gone too far?
The preload for The Division was made available today, and with it, for some reason, the notes for the first 1.1 Update have been leaked on Reddit. The first update appears to be pretty extensive- it fixes multi GPU performance, fixes global illumination, and on the whole seems hefty enough that it will probably end up being a day one patch.
The full patch notes follow:
Appearance Menu has received a complete overhaul:
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Mega Map and Open World updates:
The Division launches on March 8 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
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Living in the midst of the Colorado high country, this beadwork was inspired by the vistas from my window. I love living in the mountains and they are a constant source of inspiration. The beading was done on white fabric with a sandwich of felt batting. it is approximately 6 inches square. This is my first attempt at completely covering the space in beads.
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This is my February Bead Journal Project piece, "Lovebug".
I chose red, pink, white and gold for my color theme this month and then just let the beads tell me where to put them.
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Distance-learning teacher ed program at UH Hilo
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Date: Monday, October 19, 2009
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
Applications are currently being accepted for the Spring 2010 Distance Learning-Secondary Teacher Education Program for Success (DL-STEPS) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. The application deadline for classified students is November 21, 2009; the deadline for unclassified students is December 21, 2009.
DL-STEPS is a teacher certification program leading to licensing as a middle or high school teacher in the state of Hawaiʻi. The program is designed for post-baccalaureate students who wish to take classes online while they work full- or part-time. Students will go through six steps to complete the program, including advising, online coursework and field work.
"The Education Department is very pleased to offer this program to working students," said Dr. Jeannine Hirtle, who heads the DL-STEPS program. "This Web-based program provides students with high quality, integrated, inquiry- and field-based course work that will prepare them to meet the challenges of teaching in a culturally-rich, technologically-changing society."
For more information, call (808) 974-7748 or visit hilo.hawaii.edu/academics/dl/EDsteps.php.
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The semiautomatic weapon used in the Santa Monica shooting rampage appears to have been put together from various parts, possibly in an attempt to circumvent the state's restrictions on such guns, law enforcement sources said Wednesday.
Although certain types of AR-15-style rifles are banned in California, it's legal to purchase parts used to assemble and customize the guns. Santa Monica police have said John Zawahri, 23, used an AR-15-style gun during the attack and was also carrying a .44-caliber handgun.
The sources, who spoke on the condition of annoymity because the case was ongoing, said detectives are still trying to figure out how the gun was put together and whether Zawahri obtained it whole or assembled it himself.
Zawahri killed five people last Friday in an attack that started at his father's home and ended at Santa Monica College, when police fatally wounded him in the school's library.


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Get your supervillain on at MCM London Comic Con later this month with our very special new guest, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice star Jesse Eisenberg!
Eisenberg plays iconic villain Lex Luthor in Zack Snyder's superhero blockbuster, the mega-rich businessman and eccentric criminal mastermind who manipulates masked vigilante Batman (Ben Affleck) into fighting Luthor's archenemy Superman (Henry Cavill).
Jesse will be attending the Sunday of London Comic Con only, where he'll be signing and taking part in photo shoots with fans. Visitors will also be able to purchase a special 'Lex Pass' – limited to only 100 in number, the pass will include an autograph, a photo session, priority queuing for both photos and autographs, and a guaranteed seat at Jesse's panel.
As well as taking on the saviours of Metropolis and Gotham as Lex Luther, Jesse Eisenberg won critical acclaim as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network – a role that scooped 'best actor' nominations at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
Other big screen appearances include The Squid and the Whale (2005); Adventureland (2009); Zombieland (2009); animated film Rio (2011) and its 2014 sequel; To Rome With Love (2012) and heist movie Now You See Me (2013). He will also star in new Woody Allen comedy Café Society, as well as upcoming sequel Now You See Me: The Second Act.
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McDonald's to Present 21st Annual Young Black Scholars Family Conference Saturday, March 3 at Cal State Long Beach
*Los Angeles – McDonald's will present the 21st Annual Young Black Scholars Family Conference on Saturday, March 3 at California State University, Long Beach.
Themed "Marked for Excellence," the free one-day conference will help prepare 8th through 12th grade students and their parents on the college admissions process.
The conference will take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will conclude with a mini college fair. Registration is free for all Southern California students in grades 8 through 12. Individuals can register online at www.youngblackscholars.com. Breakfast and lunch will be provided to all participants, free of charge, by the McDonald's Operators' Association of Southern California.
Celebrating 25 years, the Young Black Scholars college preparatory program is a component of 100 Black Men of Los Angeles, Inc. and has assisted more than 21,000 African-American students into college. More information on the program is available online at www.youngblackscholars.com or by sending an email to [email protected].
The McDonald's Operators' Association of Southern California is comprised of nearly 600 franchised and company-owned McDonald's restaurants in the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura. On Twitter @McDonalds_SoCal.


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"I'm a porch monkey!"
I immediately bristled, ready to launch into my racism discussion, but looking at her face I thought maybe I should do a little more investigating first.
"I don't know what that means. Can you tell me why you said you're a porch monkey?"
She got a big smile on her face and said, "Because I like to sit on the porch with a big ol' stack of bananas!!"
Hmm. Ok. Just for a little while longer you can be a porch monkey.
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A major problem for Shinto today is that [existential and essentialist] forms of spirituality exist alongside each other without much clarity about their precise relation. It is as if there were two separate spiritual traditions known as Shinto. One Shinto has the existential emphasis and is functional, either consciously or subconsciously, in the daily lives of almost all Japanese. The other Shinto is driven by essentialist assumptions and is much more limited in its following. Yet whenever Shinto is conceived as an organized spiritual tradition, its essentialist forms come to the fore because this is the spirituality connected with most major Shinto institutions. After all, who can speak for existential Shinto? ...SOURCE: Shinto: The Way Home, by Thomas P. Kasulis (U. Hawai'i Press, 2004), pp. 148-151
If a Japanese really wants to deepen her or his existential Shinto spirituality, therefore, the place to go may not be the bookstore. The true experts in existential Shinto spirituality are not the scholars and priests who write books but Mom and Pop, Grandma and Grandpa. They carry the heritage of Shinto praxis in its existential form. Of course, in answer to many questions, especially those about the "real meaning" of this ritual behavior or that Shinto term, their answers may often be "I don't know." But this may be the best answer. It tells us three things. First, it is sincere: the true answer is in the mindful heart, not the analytic mind. The elders may not be able to explain it, but perhaps they express it in how they think, act, and feel. Sometimes a poet can express or evoke what the philosopher can never quite articulate in rational analysis. The same may be true of the existentially spiritual person. Second, their answer implies that the question asked has not come up in their own experience of "feeling Shinto" and "being Shinto" in an existential way. The question may be legitimate, but this does not mean its answer is crucial to spiritual growth. And third, some kinds of questioning are not just beside the point but actually counterproductive. This was [Motoori] Norinaga's theme in critiquing what he called the "Chinese mentality." If he were alive today, he might have called it the "scientific" or "scholarly" mentality: any approach that thinks "I don't know" can only be the beginning, not the appropriate end, of an investigation. The scientist's "I don't know" triggers a research grant proposal. For the professor to say "I don't know" is a confession, not a profession. This mentality, as Norinaga argued, cannot accept the wondrous, the marvelous, and the awesome for being just what they are. Because this mentality cannot accept such phenomena at face value, it never really comes face-to-face with the wondrous awe. Such experiences get peripheralized, filed away as something odd to talk about at the tavern on a cold winter night with friends, but not to be taken seriously in one's "real life."
Having such existential Shinto sensibilities, many Japanese today are wary of politicians and Shinto leaders who display a normative, prescriptive, or essentialist bias. Their essentialist Shinto spirituality is often so thoroughly interwoven with a nationalist, right-wing political agenda that many Japanese hold them in disdain for "trying to refight the war." They hope that as the decades pass, the old essentialist Shinto of the foreign war years will die out as the people of that generation pass away. As the Yasukuni controversy indicates, however, this does not seem to be happening.
By coincidence, Japundit notes a recent Mainichi Shimbun report of at least one prominent Shinto priest with his heart in the right place.
The late Fujimaro Tsukuba, who served as the head priest at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine until 1978, deliberately avoided the enshrinement of class-A war criminals, sources close to him have revealed.
Tsukuba had expressed concern that enshrinement of the criminals of World War II could hinder visits by emperors, which were still continuing at the time. The former priest's stance was revealed by a former public relations official at the shrine and others close to him.
Tsukuba died in March 1978, and the class-A war criminals were enshrined at Yasukuni soon afterwards....
Visits by Emperor Showa to the shrine were performed eight times since 1945, but they stopped from 1975. It has been suggested in some circles that this change was due to the enshrinement of the class-A war criminals.


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During a 2011 visit to the Mountain State, American Chemistry Council President and CEO Cal Dooley predicted "a golden age in chemical manufacturing in the United States," with West Virginia sharing the bounty from affordable and abundant supplies of Marcellus shale gas.
In an interview with the Charleston Daily Mail, Dooley reiterated his upbeat forecast:
[quote]When you really look at the supply picture of natural gas going out for the next 20 to 30 years . . . we are in an incredibly strong position.[/quote]
U.S. chemical manufacturers enjoy an enormous cost advantage over foreign competitors. The prices for ethane from natural gas have dropped by more than two-thirds in recent years because of falling prices for natural gas, Dooley said, and these prices are expected to remain low for years.
The bottom line, Dooley stated:
[quote]I'm even more bullish than I was 18 months ago. There has been increased confidence in the chemical industry that it is going to have a sustainable competitive advantage for an extended period of time.[/quote]
The plastics industry has used the price advantage to boost America's trade prospects. It exported 12 percent of plastic resins produced in America a few years ago but that has grown to 22 percent today and is expected to grow to 33 percent.
West Virginia is already benefiting from inexpensive supplies of natural gas and additional economic growth is in the offing as chemical manufacturers locate plants in the state. The valuable "wet" natural gas produced in the Marcellus shale and valued by chemical manufacturers is difficult to ship via pipeline, so the industry will increasingly look to build facilities in states like West Virginia closer to supplies.
The state's regulatory environment is boosting the chemical industry's confidence and laying the ground work for economic growth, Dooley said, adding that he does not anticipate any new regulations at the federal level, which could inhibit investment in the production of natural gas from shale:
[quote]The governor, state legislature and federal representatives have all been very focused on trying to make sure we have a regulatory environment that's conducive to investment in Marcellus shale.[/quote]
Dooley was in Charleston last week to deliver a keynote address at the second annual Marcellus to Manufacturing Ethane Development Conference, an event that attracted numerous commentators who touted the value of inexpensive natural gas for the nation's manufacturing sector.
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text: An astonishing, heartbreaking cycle of poems is set in counterpoint against the slave narrative that inspired them. Venture Smith, born Broteer Furro in Guinea, was captured and enslaved at the age of six and brought to America in 1738. Moving from one master to another, he eventually bought his own freedom, that of his wife and children and a handful of other enslaved men, becoming a prosperous Connecticut landowner in the process. His narrative, published in 1798, appears continuously on the left-hand page of each spread; Nelson's luminous poems appear on the right. Both are thrown into relief by Dancy's mixed-media artwork, which includes images of birds, ropes, chains and blood to heighten the visceral emotions of both texts. Nelson writes in Venture's voice: "Breath, dreams, pulse, traded for cloth and alcohol, / were capital. There was profit in the pain, / the chains. Venture. There were whole worlds to gain." Painfully, readers see how commerce governed Venture's life even after he was "freed," struggling always for his humanity against the spiritual chains put in place by the twisted economy that shaped him. Tragic, important, breathtaking. (author's, artist's notes) (Poetry. 13 & up)


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NAGPUR: Vasantrao Naik Shetkari Swavalamban Mission chief Kishore Tiwari has appealed to the Centre through the Maharashtra government to pay a bonus to farmers whose cotton was procured through Union government agency Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) in the last kharif session.
On behalf of the state cotton federation, the CCI had procured cotton at the minimum support price of around 4,000 per quintal. "But since July, there is hardening of prices in global markets and the CCI is earning huge profits at current prices," said Tiwari. He also claimed that the new demand has seen the per bale cotton price spurt from 40,000 to 50,000 and CCI had stocked up six lakh bales.
Tiwari said he would appeal to the central government to pay a bonus to the farmers to help them tide over heavy losses suffered because of inadequate rains last season. Over 40 lakh farmers of the state suffered a loss in cotton cultivation last season since the crop was not covered under crop insurance, said the task force head.
"At the least, the government should pay the bonus to make up those losses," Tiwari said and pointed out that Gujarat government was paying a bonus of 650 a quintal over and above the minimus support price (MSP) to cotton growers in that state. On those lines, farmers of Maharashtra should also be paid extra so that they can get some money in hand for the fresh kharif season operations," the VNSSM chief said.


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Forget bird flu, there's a bigger evil on the immediate horizon. Something rank is stirring in the west. Something that causes normally rational intelligent people to come over all crap. Lord of the Rings - The Musical is coming, no matter how luke warm the reviews in Canadia:
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There aren't a lot of studies specifically examining whether the NEXUS criteria are reliable (e.g. don't miss important C-spine injuries) in the elderly.
Most of the big studies that derived and validated the NEXUS rule enrolled patients of all ages, so they do include this population. But their average age was much younger (20s-40s in most cases), so if you pick out the older subset, you'll knock down the n from thousands down to much less. (That would be equally true if you asked about validity for any other small age range, of course.)
So how many older patients has NEXUS been applied to? It's hard to know. Neither the original NEXUS derivation nor the validation give full age breakdowns, although their range does go up past 100, so there were some patients in that older group. It's a similar story in a retrospective chart application using NEXUS, and in a study that compared NEXUS with the Canadian C-spine rule. These are all studies with thousands enrolled, though, so even in the subsets the numbers should have some weight.
Domeier 2005 studied a modified NEXUS for prehospital use, and they do give an age breakdown; eyeballing the chart it looks like about 1900 total enrolled age 75+. They found an overall sensitivity that was a little lower than in the other studies, about 92%, and it's true that a fair number of their injuries were in the older cohort, but none of the missed injuries mattered (no clinical sequelae).
Now, Goode 2014 was just released and seems to be one of the only studies specifically addressing this. They concluded that NEXUS wasn't very sensitive with age >65, with sensitivity only 65.6%. However, the sensitivity below 65 was only 84.2%, which is dramatically less than in the other studies, so they're clearly doing something different; if we trust these numbers we shouldn't be using NEXUS for anybody. Mainly, the difference seems due to higher a high-risk population enrolled; they only looked at patients with
… associated injuries from high-energy mechanisms (e.g., pelvic/long bone fractures), ejection from a vehicle, death in same compartment vehicle, fall from greater than 20 feet, vehicle speed greater than 40 mph, major vehicle deformity/significant intrusion, and pedestrian struck with speed greater than 5 to 20 mph.
In other words, big-sick trauma activations, not the "all blunt trauma" population used in the other studies. This is reflected in the higher rate of C-spine fracture in both groups: 7.4% in the young and 12.8% in the old, which is far higher than the ~2% rate of fracture in most other studies. Since it's unlikely that these types of patients are getting clinically cleared anyway — no matter what, they're getting a collar from most EMS crews and a CT scan from most EDs — I'm not sure how useful this data is. NEXUS is for small injuries with patients that look okay, not multi-system trauma codes.
So do older patients qualify for NEXUS? The data is not as robust in defense of this practice as for younger patients, certainly. But it does support its use; none of the major NEXUS studies put a cap on age and they all included at least some age >75 or >85 or whatever.
If you are very worried it may be reasonable to insist upon a specific study validating this age range, with enough power to focus on that specific population, but I'm not sure why you should be so worried. Although they may be at higher risk for fracture, that's not the issue; the issue is whether the NEXUS criteria can detect those fractures, and I don't think there's any good reason to say that all old patients can't reliably report pain or neuro deficits. Obviously selected patients, for instance with cognitive impairment, peripheral neuropathies, or other conditions may present obstacles, but hopefully your clinical judgment would already tell you that you may not be able to clinically clear those people anyway. NEXUS specifically has caveats to skip patients patients who can't reliably report their symptoms — intoxicated, distracting injury, AMS — and if there's something present which isn't on that list but is still confounding things, you probably shouldn't clear them. When it comes to corner cases, use the principles, not the letter of the law.
If anybody is really worried about this we can perhaps write to Hoffman or some of the other authors and ask if they have the age breakdowns for their big studies; that way we'd know exactly how many older folks have actually been studied.
Or just use the Canadian C-spine rule, which includes age >65 as an exclusion anyway. (Yep, it's been validated for prehospital use as well.)


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10 a.m. – Perpetual vs PMMS (S Turf)
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Far Eastern overwhelms St. Benilde.
Far Eastern University sent a strong message in its title bid yesterday as it pummeled College of St. Benilde, 25-16, 25-16, 25-18, in the Shakey's V-League Collegiate Conference at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.
The Lady Tams, who finished third last year, displayed their strong form at the attack zone with Bernadeth Pons bannering the charge for the team's first win in the conference.
Pons hammered eight kills to finish with 11 points as FEU Coach Shaq delos Santos shuffled his wards and test their plays against the Lady Blazers.
Skipper Remy Palma also stepped up for the Lady Tams with 10 hits including two aces, while Toni Rose Basas also finished with 10 points including a spike that sealed the win.
"Intact naman kami except sa setter kasi wala na si Gyzelle Sy sa team," said Delos Santos.
Over in the Spikers' Turf Season 2 Collegiate Conference, National U and University of Santo Tomas fashioned out a pair of three-set romps over their respective rivals to join opening day winners La Salle and University of the Philippine in the early lead.
The Bulldogs drew a combined 31-hit output from Bryan Bagunas, Francis Saura and Madzlan Gampong to turn back the Far Eastern U Tams in a tightly-fought duel, 25-23, 25-23, 25-22, and gain a share of the early lead with the Archers, who repulsed sister school St. Benilde in four last Saturday, in Group A.
UST, on the other hand, overpowered National College of Business and Arts, 25-18, 25-20, 25-13, to share the lead with UP, which foiled Emilio Aguinaldo College in four, in Group B.


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'Dedicated cops needed for serving court summons'June 25th, 2012 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The absence of dedicated police personnel for court-related duties is resulting in non-execution of summons and non-bailable warrants (NBWs), contributing to a delay in trials, the Law Commission has said.
The Law Commission said in its report that at present police did not treat execution of NBWs as a priority. "The fact remains that police do not consider it as a priority item and they act in a casual and routine manner."
"The most conspicuous reason for the delays in the progress of trial is the non-execution of warrants by police. Unserved summons and non-bailable warrants have a telling effect on the criminal justice scenario," the panel said in the report given to the Supreme Court recently.
The panel's report on 'Expeditious Investigation and Trial of criminal Cases Against Influential Public Personalities' noted that police stations were "understaffed and ill-equipped" and police faced "genuine difficulties" in the service of summons and execution of arrest warrants.
"The Law Commission is of the view that dedicated police personnel should be put in place to attend exclusively to court-related duties - service of summons and execution of warrants," the report said.
Pointing to the current practice of attaching one constable to each criminal court, the report said many of these policeman were simultaneously attending to other courts' work as well.
The lone constable "acts as a post office to carry the summons/warrants to the police station and leave it to the station house officer to act on it", the commission said.
"The number of personnel required for each court may be in the range of two-four," it suggested.
The constables attached to courts should work under the supervision of an inspector exclusively deployed for this purpose who, in turn, should report to the district judge every month, the panel said.
The report noted that there were "innumerable instances in which the police officer concerned does not even send a report to the court" giving specific reasons for non-apprehension of the accused.
The police "inaction, indifference and inability" are the contributory factors to the grim situation of a backlog of large number of unexecuted NBWs, the panel said, adding that "the cases get adjourned from time to time because of non-appearance of one or some of the accused".
In a criticism of the prevailing state of affairs, the commission said: "Even prominent accused (holding a public position or leading a political party) are shown as absconding or not available for contact".
Referring to the state of affairs in Jharkhand, the report said: "The feedback is that warrants remain unexecuted for months and years as the police personnel are not available for attending to this work, inasmuch as they are deployed on duty in remote and sensitive areas to cope with extremists menace."
Noting that in Uttar Pradesh there was a summons cell of police in every district for executing summons and warrants, the report said "either the force attached to the cell is inadequate or their services are diverted quite often to other jobs".
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In my last post, I laid bare several of Borderlands 2's worst flaws, and I consider its frustrating difficulty to one of the chief reasons why I haven't played it in almost a week now. While I will readily admit that I prefer my games to be a bit on the easy side (I crave progression and despise forced repetition), I've played plenty of games that offered just enough of a challenge to make me feel like I've got to turn on the ol' brain and earn my progress (Portal 2, Pikmin 2, Telltale's adventure games). I don't usually play ultra-difficult games because I find the payoff dwarfed by the endless hours of pain and suffering, and I'm not interested in completing games solely for bragging rights. But despite my preferences, I have found myself legitimately enjoying a handful of maddeningly-difficult games over the years.
Part of the reason why I stuck with the following games is that despite the monumental death toll, the core gameplay was so fun that I had to keep playing. Another reason is that I was eventually able to master all of these games, but it took a lot of practice and patience. My skills have since faded, but even when I was at the height of my power, there were some sections of these games that I just could not beat, and with my aging reflexes, my window of opportunity for 100%-ing these games has long since passed. But I came damn close, and for a time, I was caught in the grip of some of the hardest games the market has ever seen.
F-Zero GX – I remember bringing my GameCube to a friend's party back in the day. We set it up next to a kid who was stubbornly playing PS2 while the rest of us did our best to run each other off the road on F-Zero. At one point, the PS2 kid (who was playing Gran Turismo) looked over at our screen, and I could almost hear his jaw hit the floor. F-Zero GX was a shockingly fast racer for those brought up on more realistic sims, and it boasted some gorgeous visuals (courtesy of SEGA) and a punishing level of difficulty to boot.
F-Zero GX is the kind of game where you die if you don't exhibit a godly level of precision over your racer. In the earlier levels, you'll probably just bounce off the walls a few times before you explode, but in the later races you'll immediately go careening off the track into oblivion (instant game over), since there are hairpin turns and no fucking walls. At that speed, the slightest twitch in your thumb and your racer is toast. But I somehow got good enough to beat a few Grand Prix on the highest difficulty with a handful of different racers, and I even unlocked a few AX pilots by beating the excruciating Story Mode chapters on the highest difficulty. My two greatest regrets were that A) I never unlocked the AX tracks (never could beat Diamond Cup on Master), and B) I never unlocked the Rainbow Phoenix, which I thought was the coolest racer (couldn't beat Story Mode chapter 1 on Very Hard…gah).
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn – In retrospect, I probably made this a lot harder on myself than I should've because I consider myself pretty damn good at Fire Emblem games. I was doing a no-death run and playing without using the overpowered laguz Royals, which worked out pretty well until the endgame, where I discovered it was actually impossible for me to beat the final boss. I couldn't believe it; I had to restart completely, and over 100 hours of game time went down the drain (Radiant Dawn is a long game). I used the same masochistic rules in my second playthrough, but this time I paid much more attention to my character builds and XP gains. The endgame isn't the only difficult part of the game, however; in both playthroughs, the final third of the game was spent carefully assessing probability ratios and testing movement ranges, and as a result, each chapter took me over 3 hours to beat. Radiant Dawn is definitely the hardest of the five localized Fire Emblem games, but it's a game that speaks to my OCD in soft, hushed tones and strokes it lovingly. While F-Zero GX required me to make split-second decisions, Radiant Dawn gave me as much time as I wanted, and I needed every second of it to make sure I had the perfect battle strategy.
Super Meat Boy – I still can't believe I even beat* this game. While F-Zero GX and Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn are generally considered difficult, Super Meat Boy is the only one of the three that was actually designed to be so. Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes sought to create a game of legendary difficulty, but not one that would drive people away in frustration, and in my opinion they succeeded. The key is the fact that each Meat Boy level takes under 30 seconds to beat, meaning you could die instantly but still know that you're only five or six jumps away from the goal. It's a tantalizing prospect, and one that kept me playing despite my growing corpse pile. The last level might have taken me a full week to beat, but when I finally beat it, you can get everyone in the building knew about it (I screamed pretty loud). Mind you, this was before I bought a wireless receiver for my 360 controller, so I beat this thing using a keyboard. Nearly gave myself carpal tunnel.
*Light World only, but that's more than enough for me. Cotton Alley and the Dark World are for masochists.


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