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Chondro-malacia Patella Most common cause of knee pain in young individuals.
Chondro-Malacia Patella (CMP) is the most common cause of knee pain in younger individuals. It literally translates to:
Chondro = Cartilage.
Malacia = Softening.
Patella = Knee cap bone.
This is the first stage of degeneration. The cartilage becomes soft. If ignored, it gradually starts to wear off, exposing the underlying bone. The bones then start to rub against each other, ensuing frank Arthritis needing a knee replacement surgery. Hence, its important to identify & address the problem when it is still reversible.
Hallmark symptoms of CMP are:
1. Knee pain after a period of inactivity.
2. Knee pain while getting up from a sitting position.
3. Knee pain while climbing up or down the stairs.
Simple clinical examination clinches the diagnosis. Xrays or MRI may be often be needed to rule out other causes of knee pain.
Knee strengthening exercises are the main stay of treatment for Chondro-malacia Patella. Knee strengthening must be directed towards Quadriceps & Hamstrings. Physio consultation is often suggested.
Cartilage strengthening supplements are helpful in reversal of cartilage softening.
Diet rich in proteins and vitamin C is beneficial for knee cartilage.
Needless to mention, weight reduction is crucial to ensue healing.
Best wishes & Wish you Happy Knees.
Dr. Bakul Arora
Joint Replacement Surgeon, Mumbai


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Steve Marcus A view of the T-Mobile Arena prior to the Vegas Golden Knights first season home video game Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017.
With the Golden Knights' playoff run in full swing and the Raiders' Las Vegas stadium website entering form, the NBA could be the next significant sports league on its method to Las Vegas.
Speaking at a company expert and investor day event Thursday, MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren said he expects the NBA to come to Las Vegas in a few years.
Murren sees an NBA group transferring like the NFL's Oakland Raiders' pending 2020 relocate to Las Vegas, and not an expansion group being added, like in the case of the NHL's Golden Knights.
"I think it's highly likely that a group, or numerous groups, will be wanting to move over the next 3 years," Murren stated. "We understand who they are, that's why I think it's extremely likely. I would expect that Las Vegas will have an NBA group within the next five years, if not earlier. That group would likely dip into T-Mobile (Arena)."
Bill Hornbuckle, president of MGM Resorts, stated that the NBA and others have actually taken note of how the neighborhood has actually supported its first big league group, the Golden Knights, as they advanced through the season and into the playoffs.
Hornbuckle stated the addition of the Las Vegas Aces WNBA franchise, which MGM Resorts owns and will play at MGM's Mandalay Bay, was a computed choice.
"We remain in the WNBA for a factor," Hornbuckle stated. "They're (NBA) extremely focused on this market– they're extremely interested to see what takes place. So, I believe 3 to five-years is really genuine in terms of somebody pertaining to us and saying, 'We wish to move a team (to Las Vegas),' and then we'll have some factors to consider to make in regards to if it takes place or not."
If an NBA franchise does make the relocate to Las Vegas, Murren stated do not anticipate the casino giant to have any ownership in the team like it does with the Aces.
"We're not going to be an NBA owner," he said. "Even if we could, we're not investing your (investors') capital that method."

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If you are new to skiing, it can be a very exciting prospect, if not a little daunting, but if you're prepared for a few tumbles to begin with, skiing will be something that will definitely have you hooked. Many people book practise sessions at the numerous dry ski slopes open to the public before they embark upon the real thing, but every skiing resort, from the Alps to the Rockies, will cater for all levels of ability with fully qualified instructors. Having the right kit is imperative, and no skiing holiday should be considered without first acquiring the essential items for a safe and happy time in the snow. Ski suits, thermals, socks, gloves and hats are the basic articles of clothing needed, and either goggles or sunglasses, with crash helmets for younger members of the family being the sensible option. Larger items of skiing equipment, like skis, boots and poles, can be hired at the slopes, which saves you the bother of trying to transport them along with the rest of your luggage to your chosen holiday destination.
Bed and breakfasts and self catering accommodation are an extremely popular choice with people booking skiing holidays as they provide an ideal home-from-home base from where other elements of a vacation can be enjoyed, as well as spending time on the ski slopes.
The mountain landscapes of any ski resort are breathtaking, and the surrounding countryside can provide sight-seeing opportunities as well as locations from where the all important apres-ski can be fully exploited. Self catering farmhouses, apartments and chalets can be easily found within convenient proximity to many of the world's best ski resorts, some of which have extremely luxurious facilities like private pools, but there are ample skiing holiday homes to suit any budget requirement.
Skiing holidays can be taken in virtually all the mountainous regions that are scattered across the globe, with resorts to be found to suit all vacation requirements; from short winter breaks in France to longer family skiing trips to Canada.
The Alps provide first class facilities in hundreds of locations across Europe with excellent bed and breakfast and self catering accommodation available for booking close to the ski resorts. In France, Chamonix provides the spectacular Alpine backdrop of Mont Blanc for a holiday ski chalet on the highest peak in the Alps.
Courcheval is a cosmopolitan paradise where excellent skiing can be enjoyed at a resort that boasts one of the world's largest armies of ski instructors, as well as some fine designer shops. So from Meribel to Morzine, and in many other locations besides, the French Alps can be the perfect destination for a skiing holiday or short winter break, and a self catering chalet or farmhouse would be the ideal holiday home from where this popular winter sport, and the social life that accompanies it, can be enjoyed fully.
Of course Alpine skiing holidays are not exclusive to France. Switzerland is a European destination that is almost synonymous with snowy mountain scenery, winter sports and pretty, wooden ski chalets. Book a self catering apartment in the Valais region and you can benefit from top quality ski facilities in stunning surroundings, experience a day in Geneva, and spend time discovering the beauty of a truly winter wonderland. And, of course, spend a week or two at a ski chalet or apartment in Valais and you could not only experience the natural and cultural heritage of both France and Switzerland but also take advantage of the outstanding skiing and snowboarding opportunities in what is one of the largest ski areas in Europe.
There are, however, other countries of Europe that can offer skiing holidays in a variety of locations, notably the Appenine mountains in Italy with a superb choice of holiday accommodation in the areas of Le Marche and Abruzzo, besides other popular resorts. Ski apartments in Spain will allow you to explore the possibilities of winter sport in Europe's southernmost ski resorts of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and self catering villas in Granada or Andalucia make the ideal holiday home to plan your skiing agenda.
Going further afield, a ski holiday in British Columbia, Canada, will give you the opportunity to discover the magnificent Rocky Mountains and indulge in a wide range of winter activities from cross-country and downhill skiing to snow-boarding, at all levels of ability. The landscapes and scenery of the Apex Mountain Resort are breathtaking, and booking any of the skiing holiday apartments or chalets in Whistler will not only allow you the chance to experience one of the top ski destinations in Canada, but also let your whole family enjoy a winter vacation to be remembered.
Alternatively, a skiing holiday in the Rockies can be taken in the different setting of Utah, USA; quite some distance away but nonetheless in terms of facilities, landscapes and quality self catering holiday accommodation.
And still in the USA, but in Washington State's north-west corner, lies the North Cascade Mountains and the Mt. Baker Ski Area; one of America's top skiing resorts that sits on the edge of a vast, snowy wilderness providing a skiing vacation destination of epic proportions with fabulous cedar holiday chalets to match.


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For the last 3 years, since we have been in our current house, I have been taking very regular readings of the gas and electricity meter, usually daily, sometimes, skipping a day or 2. Recently, I have automated that process with the help of an Arduino and some additional electronics. That has removed the burden of collecting the data, and allows to see the evolution of the consumption to the minute! (note to self, explain the circuit to collect gas data!)
But all this accumulated data also has a good purpose, besides making nice graphics. It allows me to evaluate the measures I put in place to reduce the overall energy consumption.
In the first year, we only had an old Honeywell thermostat, manually operated. That was replaced in the second year by a fully automated system (see post regarding the uptime of the server). In the 3rd year nothing changed, but now that the 4th year is about to start, I am about to finish the roof insulation. All the accumulated data allows me to compare the increase in performance.
So here is a graphic of the monthly gas consumption for the last 3 years, along with the average temperature for that month as reported by the KNMI (dutch meteorologic institute) for Holland.
It is funny to see the relation to the temperature. In fact, from the data of the first year, I have managed to calculate a second order curve which relates temperature to gas consumption, so for a given monthly average, I can calculate how much the consumption would be. It is using this curve that I calculate my savings. I'll elaborate more on that soon.
Worth noticing is also the fact that December 2008 was much colder than December 2007, yet the gas consumption remained similar. I attribute that to the roof insulation, which I did mostly during November (not yet 100% finished).
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Hammer and cycle…
The first of these events was actually something that actually failed to happen. I am speaking of some advertising dollars that I thought was going to come in. I was told that they were going to come in, I had been waiting for the dollars to come in, but they didn't. However, I was under the impression that we were a go when the imminent moment of decision making was upon me. I do very much understand that one should never count one's chickens before they are hatched but feeling confident, I decided I could trust in this as an inevitable thing. Oh well.
The second event was when I accidentally broke my scythe. Now breaking a scythe is not all that big of a deal. It's just a piece of wood which means you can make another in about an hour if you want to. Or, if you don't care for whittling, you can simply buy one at the market for about six to eight dollars. But snapping the stick after I ran the tip of the blade into an unseen mole hill sort of set me off that this was indeed the time to bite the bullet and get over to the market to buy a gas powered roto-hacker.
And it was a profound moment too. For two years I had in my mind seen myself effortlessly gliding over my field, carving, sculpting, eliminating every unwanted bit if green in my path and behind me, nothing but a fresh cut meadow of soft green; sort of the picture you get as a desk-top when you upload Windows XP.
Of course I knew that a gas powered cycle also has its problems. Firstly, of course you need gasoline which to me means having to bicycle to the other side of town with a two-litre cola bottle on my back. Then there is the normal maintenance which comes along with all motor-powered things. I was not planning on this amounting to too much but then again it is not like I have a stockpile of weed whacker parts already at my disposal.
But then there were the philosophical complaints: Why am I going to a motor when my whole life is about keeping things clean? By moving from my trusty pole and blade (no matter how much I despise the thing) I would be contributing to the greed of the oil people and inevitably, to the pollution of our world. Yes, the lawn would be smoother and it would not ruin me for having done it with a power tool. But on the other hand, I would be directly contributing to the hole in the ozone, global warming, greenhouse gasses and the melting over of the polar ice caps. Yes I know that the machine only pumps out about a horsepower and a half but you never know exactly which straw is going to cripple that camel.
But as I said, I did go and buy it and not that it matters, but this was the thing I had gone to get at Solnichkaya renok the day I met Kosti and Michael. Just so you know.
It was actually a great moment buying that thing. The lady in the store had probably long ago had her fill of my moony visits, lecherously eyeing the various models, only looking, never buying. Of course I can't blame her; how many times did she have to answer the same stupid questions over and over? Which is the better motor? Why is this one more than that one? Which has the best ratio of performance to value- in your opinion that is?
But this time was different. This time, I brought the money.
Walking confidently into the store, I expertly checked which models the store had in stock. I picked out one which seemed to have the features I wanted on it. I had been prepared to spend a certain amount and asked the price. The price she quoted me just happened to be about 30% less than I thought it would be. .
I'll take it.
She actually stared at me for a moment in stunned disbelief: Was the American actually going to buy something? To her credit though she took it in stride. "OK," she said, "Please go over to the tech and he will explain how the machine works…"
I must admit I was pretty psyched riding home on the bus with my new toy. I could feel the jealousy simply radiating off my fellow passengers. If only they knew of the power and the potential of a genuine weed whacker. The ticket taker was staring straight at me. Obviously she was admiring my dedication to staying near the earth and my ability to know a good bargain when I found it.
"Your instrument is leaking gasoline all over the bus and stinks to high hell." said the ticket taker. Yes, there was a small puddle leaking from the plastic bag, but still, I knew she was really only masking her true feelings.
The weed whacker sat in the corridor all day Friday (adding a hint of gasoline to everything within five meters of it) and Saturday. Sunday morning bright and early though we were all up, the whole crew ready to take on the dacha. Of course this was not really the plan and everyone knew it. The real deal was cleaning up and creating order with our new tool of complete domination: This is what I had been hungering for, for two, long years. This was finally my chance to really make our place look nice, to create order where before there was only chaos and, frankly, to be the envy of our neighbors.
You need to understand that there is real pressure to prove you know what you are doing in Belarus.
Knowing the family (and the neighbors) were watching, and acting as cool as a custard pie, I set about preparing the machine. I mixed the gas and the oil correctly. Pumped the primer several times, set the choke to the right position and gave the cord a pull. Nothing. Again nothing. The tech had said that it could be a little problematic at first. I gave it a couple of pulls and suddenly there was that sweet sound of a clean, new motor sputtering to life. This sound was accompanied by the swishy whine of the fishing line slashing through the air. I lowered the head down to the turf and immediately a small, round area appeared. As I moved the machine around, the clean space expanded as shards of grass exploded from its roots. The taller weeds simply toppled over, the ones flat to the ground simply disappeared. The whole area near the house became like a rug.
I felt my heart pounding; my nerves were taught, my face full of a workman's concentration: Today was the day when I finally rose to the pinnacle, to the pantheon: Today was the day when I really could be called Haizain!
And then the sound changed. The motor was still running but the swish was gone and the grass wasn't moving at all. I stopped the motor and took a look. Why was there no fishing line? I looked around and saw a piece of steel which had become exposed when the weeds were cleared. Aha! Ok, this thing must have knocked the wire away. OK, not problem, let's just set it up again. I opened the lock on the bottom of the unit and the spools popped out. I found the two ends and restrung the head and turned the lock back in place. No problem, we were back in business.
Well, we were back in business for about two minutes until the wire snapped off again. No problem, just open the cassette and restring the line. Reset the choke, turn the machine back on, pull the chord, reset the choke and start whacking. What again? Back to the bench. Open the lock, restring the cassette, reset the choke, turn the machine back on, pull the chord, reset the choke and start whacking. After two more minutes, it happened again.
"Is everything alright?" asked Tatyana. She was busy picking strawberries.
"No problem. Everything is ok."
"Why do you keep stopping?"
"The machine needs to rest a bit."
"I thought you said that you needed to rest after fifteen minutes."
"I am being safe…"
Open the cassette and restring the line. Reset the choke, turn the machine back on, pull the chord, reset the choke and start whacking. What again?
I had the bright idea that what was needed was even more power so I clipped off a couple of pieces of steel wire and threaded them through the holes where the fishing wire came through. Wow! Even the toughest, thickest weeds were no match for 100kph of slicing steel. I burned through the right side of the lawn, the wire making slash marks on the wood fence. Turing the corner I stripped the area next to the garden clean, even wading into the high weeds which fell like redwoods under my thunderous assault…
"Ow, shit!"
"Are you ok?"
"Yes, I'm fine." One of the wires had broken off and was now sticking out of my right shin.
"Is it time to rest the machine again?"
"Yes, I think it is." I pulled the wire out of my leg, smeared the blood away with my shirt and limped back to the bench. Open the cassette and restring the line. Reset the choke, turn the machine back on, pull the chord, reset the choke and start whacking. What again?
I managed eventually to get through almost all of the lawn around the house but really, though it looked as beautiful as it did the day we first saw it, it was taking a hell of a lot of time. But as I said, the machine, if a bit temperamental, did do the job.
But then the catastrophe hit.
There were a few meters of wire lying near the garage and I accidentally picked it up, the wire winding itself around the head and bringing the machine to a stop. Getting the wire off was not really a problem but when I tried to open the cartridge, I found that the plastic covering around the screw which locks the head to the cartridge had become stripped.
"What the…".
I tried for over an hour to find a way to get the thing open, wandering around looking for a four-cornered piece of steel that might serve as an opener. I tried hammering on a piece of aluminum but could never get the get the shape right. I finally found that jamming the end of our hinged door-bolt opener diagonally into the hole got the bolt to move but unfortunately, there was no difference as the screw housing was still stripped. It was hopeless.
I lay down on the bed and stared at the wall. I knew that all this really meant was a trip back to the market and the thing would be fixed because for sure it was only a matter of having the right tool. But not having that tool meant that my dream of walking a way a winner was melting into a nightmare of incompetence and broken bravado.
Perhaps in America where the purchase of a weed whacker could be done on a whim, grabbed as an auxiliary impulse buy without a thought to any such dire consequence, getting stalled by a stripped bolt would not have brought on such a wave of depression. But after two years of waiting for the chance to do something, having a technical failure before the job was finished simply hurt too much. I don't know that I actually cried, but if you were there in the room with us, you probably would have thought that I did.
After a while I decided that being practical was still the only answer despite everything. Being a little unnecessarily dramatic, I had simply stuck my broken scythe in the ground and walked away from it the previous time. So much for disdain, I thought as I walked out to where I had left it. The tool had fallen over, the point of the blade having dug straight into the ground where it fell. I picked it up and brought it back to the house. I pulled the nails out of a long rake and pulled the head off the pole. I then took an axe and whittled the end down to about the diameter of the ring that holds the blade and the pole together. I also thinned out the place where the v-shaped handle would go so it would fit. I then notched a little groove when there anchor sits, placed the blade and the ring in place and hammered in the shim that holds it all together. I then used a little wire to pull the two ends of the v-handle tight and walked out onto the lawn.
There were only two small patches that had not yet been weed whacked. Everything else looked great but I could not leave with those two rough spots still being visible. I walked out to where the grass was still high and, swallowing my pride, twisted to my right and dragged the cycle back across the grass, taking down about a foot of grass with the cut. I drew the blade back and cut again and then again. After about five minutes the lawn was pretty smooth. I then went out onto the field and cleared the place where the strawberries are going to be moved to in a few weeks. The new pole worked fine and even the toughest, tallest, nastiest of weeds fell with each swish of the blade. Just as I finished, Tanya called to say that we needed to get going if we wanted to make the bus for home.
That weed whacker was of course leaking gas all over the floor of the bus as we rolled home. I no longer felt that there was any jealousy, just disgust from my fellow datchniks from having to breathe the fumes. My leg still hurt from where I got stabbed and in general both legs itched like crazy from the covering of grass pulp which of course included several varieties of poison ivy. I am pragmatic and I do understand that this was simply a learning experience. That weed whacker is a good tool and does a good job. You just have to know how to use it right. But still, that ride home really sucked.
Today I went back to the market (they are closed on Mondays) and the tech managed to pull off the cartridge and replace the gas cap with one which works properly. They also sold me some stronger fishing line; apparently they like to let people make fools of themselves before advising for the improvement. Next Sunday I will go out and smooth things out again. I figure that the answer is to use both the old and the new; first use the scythe to knock the big things down and then go to the machine to make things look nice. And believe me; it does make all the difference in the world to have things look nice. After all, the neighbors are gonna talk, right?
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*Wonder Boys (R)
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Think of Wonder Boys as a day off, a lazy Sunday, a late Saturday breakfast, a nap in the late afternoon. That's the effect that director Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) wrings from the material, adapted for the screen from Michael Chabon's novel.
Played with world-weariness and infectious lassitude, Michael Douglas is Grady Tripp, a vaguely tenured college professor who has done little since his first novel made it big besides smoking pot and pecking away at a ballooning manuscript he can't seem to end. His wife has left him on the morning when the film begins; and he has just found out his lover, also the chancellor of the university (Frances McDormand), also the wife of the chairman of the English department (Richard Thomas), is pregnant.
Add to that dysfunctional scenario, a truly dysfunctional student -- James Leer (Tobey Maguire), a brooding, budding writer who is also an artfully compulsive liar with a penchant for pistols -- and Grady's editor Crabtree (Robert Downey Jr.), desperate for a publishing success and a roll in the hay with young James. The result is a set-up for 24 deliriously dysfuntional hours in the company of Tripp and his cast of supporting characters, all trying to make sense of their lives while circumstances send them farther and farther into left field.
Wonder Boys is nowhere near the stylish masterpiece of Hanson's most famous work, but it is a droll, often hilarious good time at the movies, thanks in large part to the excellent cast. Except for the sell-out ending which was blissfully brief and can easily be overlooked, this is a remarkably deft look at middle-aged confusion and sedentary angst -- a subject rarely addressed in the cult of youth worship that usually dominates the big screen.
-- Kathryn Eastburn


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Cranberry beans, also known as borlotti beans, are popular in Italian and Mediterranean dishes. They're in season right now, and there are so many ways to add these fresh, seasonal, nutritional beans into your diet. Here are a few:
- Cranberry Bean Hummus – Cranberry beans and zucchini are the basis for this out-of-the-ordinary hummus that works as a dip for pita chips and veggies or as a sandwich spread.
- Fresh Cranberry Bean and Tomato Soup – Pair these seasonal beans with late summer's fresh, ripe tomatoes and this is a great soup for when there happens to be just a hint of chill in the air when the seasons start to change.
- Cranberry Bean Gratin – This is an Alice Walters recipe – simple and satisfying. Tomatoes, carrots, celery, and onion join fresh cranberry beans in this hearty side dish.
- Baked Cranberry Beans with Parmesan – This alternative to traditional baked beans calls for dried beans, but fresh could easily be substituted. Think about this dish for an end-of-summer BBQ.
- Cranberry Bean and Toasted Black Quinoa Salad – Again, a recipe that calls for dried cranberry beans, but fresh can be substituted. This is a nutritional powerhouse of a salad with beans, grains, herbs and a little feta cheese.
What is your favorite way to prepare cranberry beans?
Seasonal recipes: 5 for cranberry beans
These pretty beans have a nutty flavor that you'll love in a variety of dishes.


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In this learning assessment, students demonstrate understanding of the following concepts: solids, liquids and gases, changes of state, convection, and density. Students create a skit where the actors and actresses are molecules, and dramatize,... (View More) through body motions, how the behavior of molecules results in the observable changes we see. A detailed scoring rubric is included with the resource. The investigation supports material presented in chapter 3 "What Heats the Earth's Interior?" in the textbook, Energy flow, part of Global System Science, an interdisciplinary course for high school students that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact. (View Less)
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A prototype of the new Netscape will debut on November 30 to a limited number of beta testers, AOL told BetaNews.
Netscape was last updated in August to Version 7.2, which brought the browser up to date with Mozilla 1.7. But for the most part, Netscape has received little attention from AOL since the release of Version 7.0 in August 2002. The browsers market share has dropped to single digits as Microsoft Corp.s Internet Explorer has reigned supreme.
But Firefoxs surging popularity has breathed new life into Netscape. Although AOL could not yet comment on what to expect in the prototype, the revamped browser will likely extend Firefoxs feature set with Netscape-specific extensions and retain Netscapes traditional green user interface.
AOL announced the upcoming prototype in a message to Netscape users, even taking a swipe at Internet Explorer for its recent security woes.


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January 10, 2017 – Status of Cases; Harold Stanley Case; New Case; Rule 20 Motion; Talkshoe Interview; Donations
I would like to begin this blog by giving thanks to a merciful God for His guidance and protection as we walk this perilous path to restore the Rule of Law in America. It is my strong and unshakeable faith in Him that removes all fear from my mind….my heart….and my soul.
I would also like to call your attention to the recently revised text on the "Home" page of this website. It provides a comprehensive overview of the battle I am, and the other Plaintiffs are, currently fighting, and I encourage each of you to read it and share the website link on all your social media outlets. Read the rest of this entry »


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Individual records: maintain individual details: redundant and pseudo NINO records
Redundant NINO record
During the transition from NIRS1 to NIRS2 there were a number of national insurance number (NINO) records that were designated as 'redundant'. There are 21 reason types of redundant record, but the vast majority relate to individuals who are either deceased or not liable for national insurance contributions.
These records will be inactive for national insurance (NI) purposes, but it is possible that the individual may be in receipt of, or become entitled to, an occupational pension (for example on their partners death) and therefore liable to tax.
NI operators will receive a warning box on entry to a redundant NINO record that identifies the redundancy type; PAYE Service operators will not receive a message.
For PAYE, the NPS record will only be identifiable as a redundant record as it will appear incomplete, that is certain information archived from the record when designated as redundant is incomplete, this may include there being no address, forenames reduced to initials and surnames shortened.
For NPS / PAYE purposes, redundant records contain the same functionality and can be updated and worked as normal. If you identify a redundant record that has a live PAYE source you should update the personal details. See 'Pseudo NINO records' below for exceptions.
Due to employers historically using a generic 01/01/1901 date of birth on forms P14, there are instances of incorrect postings to redundant records.
If you identify a redundant record with a live employment, you should review the record and postings to ensure that they relate to the record / individual. Delete the employment if you establish that the form(s) P14 has been incorrectly posted to the record. Unfortunately, due to restricted P14 functionality on redundant records you cannot remove the P14.
Pseudo NINO records
A pseudo record is a redirection record set up for NI purposes. These records have been set up to redirect NI postings where it was identified that an employer or employee was using an incorrect NINO. Any posting to a pseudo record is redirected to the correct NINO record.
When an NI operator accesses a pseudo record they are shown a warning box on entry and are redirected to the correct NINO. PAYE Service operators will not receive a message.
For the PAYE operator it may be difficult to distinguish between a live record, redundant NINO and a pseudo record on NPS. There may be limited personal details and employments may have been manually created in error. One clear indication is that it will not have any forms P14 on the record.
Pseudo records should not be updated. Although the PAYE Service will allow you to create employments and update personal details the forms P14 for the individual will not post to a pseudo record and will instead be directed to and held on the correct record.
You are only likely to come across a pseudo record where the employee / employer has incorrectly quoted the wrong NINO, that is the pseudo NINO, when contacting HMRC. If you think that the record you have entered is a pseudo NINO, due to limited information and no forms P14 held, or where you trace an NINO record that appears to be a pseudo record, you should refer the case to NICO Accounts Investigation Section (AIS) using SEES > xmls_Forms > Pseudo - IOM AIS Referral. BF the case for 4 weeks. AIS will make a Contact History note to advise the correct NINO to use. Where the Contact History note advises that the NINO should not be used, you should continue with the TRN. If there is no Contact History note at BF, send a further form.
You should make a Contact History note, see action guide tax40011, of the pseudo record with the correct NINO and proceed to the correct record to carry out any further action.


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East Nashville News: Cole Family Practice, East Nashville Health and Wellness, Little Octopus, more
As we're moving into the holiday season, our hope for all our neighbors is that you'll enjoy a very healthy, very neighborly New Year. The appropriateness of that sentiment will become clear below. Some sweet savings on eats, the return of The Weeks and more, too. On to this week's East Nashville News: Cole Family... Read More


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New Year's Resolutions
Happy New Year! I hope this Monday morning finds you well. It feels so great to be publishing posts again. Thanks for existing out there.
I read something in passing that only 8% of New Year's resolutions are kept so why bother?
I want to strengthen my habits of health and wellness:
- run at least three times a week and go to yoga once
- drink at least 80 ounces of water a day
- add new meals to our weekly rotation
- attend church potlucks
- sign up to support people by delivering meals, etc.
- regularly invite people over
- send birthday cards
- completely organize our house
- finish our front- and backyard landscaping
- do acts of service with Henry
- start a garden
I threw an impromptu Reflection & Rejuvenation party on New Year's Eve day and two lovely friends came over. I printed out three different reflection forms for them to choose from. We reflected and chatted. After they left, I continued to refine my goals and created a visual representation of the kind of year I want to have. I pasted the collage inside my new notebook, so that I'll see it frequently.
None of my resolutions are particularly daunting or difficult. The main thing I need to do is a) make time every month to set my goals for the month. I did this regularly for half of last year, and once I gave birth to Tate everything flew out the window!
Once I set my goals for the month (that connect directly to my goals for the year), I need to record them in a place that I frequent regularly. A couple places come to mind: my electronic action plan (I'm loathe to use it because I kind of want to keep the personal separate from the professional), the giant whiteboard we're putting on the wall in our kitchen, in my new yellow notebook. Honestly, I think I need to put them in my electronic action plan because I use it all the time.
So what do I want to accomplish in January?
- Plan Henry's birthday party
- Plan my birthday party
- Set up a housecleaner
- Get a robotic vacuum
- Join the YMCA
- Get security system installed
- Request addresses and birthdays from dear friends
- Get whiteboard hung
- Plan dinner party with Diana
- run at least 12 times and go to yoga or Pilates at least four times
- drink at least 80 ounces of water a day
- add at least one new meal to our weekly rotation


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Correction, the date is OCTOBER 21st !!! see NEW POST
Just got notice of this Rally this in my mailbox and I hope to see tons of people at Noon on
October 12th Correction October 21st at 39th Street and 7th Avenue, under the Big Button Statue. For more info go here.
We have to keep manufacturing and all the support businesses in Manhattan. This city, this country cannot afford to just toss out and ghetto- ize buisnesses that are providing REAL JOBS that support REAL & SKILLED workers. We cannot afford to put all our eggs into the unrealistic and now proven delusory fantasy that is Wall Street & the so called "market". Whose market? Unlike Shakespeare, in this case, "thinking" be it on paper or via some quant's computer model, doesn't make it so.
We need to keep these skilled and specialty jobs in Manhattan. We need to keep these skilled jobs in this country, period.
Because, no matter what many people may think, to be able to sew and make clothing is a skill not to be taken lightly. Think about it, it is one of the skills, that given an apocalyptic situation would be needed right up there with food and building shelter.


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Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray said he will not change his playing style despite fumbling five times already this season.
Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray said he will not change his playing style despite already fumbling five times this season, Tim McMahon of ESPN reports.
Murray, the league's leading rusher through eight games, lost his fifth fumble of the season during the second quarter of Monday night's loss to the Washington Redskins. After catching a pass from Tony Romo, Murray tried to extend the play but lost control of the ball near the Redskins' five-yard line.
His five lost fumbles are the most in the NFL, but he said his mindset will not change moving forward.
"I'm going to continue to play hard and fight for every inch," Murray said. "What happened, I've just got to just lock two hands on it. I'm going to continue to fight and run hard as I can to get us every inch and every yard I can, but I've just got to lock it up with two hands."
• Romo diagnosed with back contusion after Monday night hit
The 26-year-old has surpassed 100 yards on the ground in all eight of the Cowboys' games to start the season, an NFL record. He finished Monday night's game with 141 rushing yards and added 80 receiving yards.
For the season, Murray has 1,054 rushing yards on 206 carries with seven rushing touchdowns, all of which lead the league. He is on pace to break Eric Dickerson's single-season rushing record.
Murray's hot start has helped lead the Cowboys to a 6-2 record. After finishing No. 16 in total yards last season, Dallas has improved to No. 4 this season.
The Cowboys host the Arizona Cardinals (6-1) on Sunday at 1 p.m. in a battle of division leaders.
• Cowboys LB Durant (torn biceps) likely out for year
- Paul Palladino


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When I wrote about Rosetta about a year ago I was really coming into my own with the style of this blog. I had a lot of fun with that article – it was quirky and my friend really dug it. So I thought, hey, I think it's time to write about space again.
So what has our dear Rosetta been up to lately? A lot, apparently. She's been a busy girl. In my last post, she was on her way to a date with comet 67P. How did it turn out? Did she excuse herself to go to the bathroom? Nope, it seems she had dinner and sexual intercourse with the thing. What a rouse! My Rosetta all grown up. *weeps*
It's funny. In the advent of writing my last Rosetta blog the Democrats had just lost a bunch of elections. This time around, I write this a day after the first Democratic debates. Gosh, what a snoozer that was! And well, I'm beginning to think my antidote to a bad Democratic hangover is space travel news. It's been working pretty good so far!
In the last post I was eager to know what Rosetta's findings would be. But before we get into that allow me to give you some background deets on the comet itself. Founded by Soviet astronomers Klim Churyomiv and Svetla Gersimenko (whom the comet was named after) in '69, 67P/C-G has 19 distinct regions. Each region is named after an Egyptian deity. This is why they named the probe Rosetta, because it's also of Egyptian origin. Some of the names are: Seth, Atum, Babi, and Nut. Each corresponding to a geological distinction in the comet.
How did this comet come about? Scientists estimate the comet was created shortly after the Solar System emerged – more than 4 billions years ago. Scientists say 67P/C-G likely formed when two separate objects collided during the early stages of the Solar System. Matteo Massironi, professor at the University of Padova, Italy, adds, "The fusions should have happened when dust was transmuting and planets were growing in the inner regions".
Now if this thing is that freakin' old, it must have definitely played a part in the creation of many of the planets in our galaxy. And these guys more or less agree with me. We know the Solar System had a hand in creating the physical constitution of asteroids and comets, so we can surmise that comets and asteroids did the same with planets.
Rosetta took some pictures. And guess what? The comet looks like a giant rubber ducky. The two lobes connecting the two main bodies are in the shape of a neck. See, I knew 67P would be a suitable playmate for Rosetta! It's the way love goes.
67P was so enamored by Rosetta that he was caught singing in the shower.
Using Rosetta's Plasma Consortium magnetometer, which sounds like sci-fi technology if you ask me, scientists detected a string of comet sounds inaudible to humans. In case you didn't know it's impossible to talk in space, so this was some sort of weird space chatter that only other comets can understand. Similar to how whales communicate underwater. The ESA converted the magnometer data into sounds us Earthlings can comprehend. 67P must have been really horny because the "song" was different from other sounds that have been recorded by other comets in the past. It's physical properties were different.
Let's keep in mind that recently 67P reached perihelion. Perihelion is when a comet or planet is at its closest point to the Sun. So there's a buttload of activity taking place in the comet right now. Scientists wonder whether 67P will change its chanson d'amour as it nears the Sun.
You can listen to the song here: http://www.space.com/30323-mystery-of-comet67p-singing-solved.html
Charles Darwin spoke about the geometrical ratio of increase which posits that every organic being is said to be striving to increase in numbers. Right now comets such as 67P are trying to increase in numbers. This is why it mated with Rosetta which is not a comet but a man made invention – a machine. In this case, we have a trans species ratio of increase. Now, please consider my wild theory or I will have no recourse but to label you transphobic. No wait, transastrophobic. Yeah, I just made that up. Put it in the books because I coined it. Trans-astro-phobic.
On a serious note, let's move on to the main purpose of this post. Did comets bring organic chemicals to Earth? Not only do I want to know about this, the ESA wants to establish a link between terrestrial and cosmic water. Well, we know that during the early days of the Solar System comets were responsible for bringing water and other ingredients to the inner planets. This is known from the chemical make up of comets. We know meteors had a hand to play as well.
So far Rosetta has detected argon, nitrous, hydrogen and deuteron.
Hydrogen is a positively charged particle, while deuteron is a subatomic particle.
Thanks to Rosetta's mass spectrometer argon ( a noble gas ) was discovered. This is a key breakthrough in the project because noble gases are hard to find in comets. And scientists see this as an important step in determining the noble gas inventory of terrestrial planets. The argon was found inside the icy nucleus of the comet and was later released into space. In my last post I wondered if ice was brought over by a comet. Well, it looks like that's a possibility. At some point some of that ice containing argon may have landed on Earth while traveling through space. But people think that argon tells us more about how the comet formed and less about the role comets played in the creation of planet Earth. Argon makes up about 1% of the Earth's atmosphere, while the comet is full of argon. True, but we should expect the molecular makeup of a planet and a comet, really far away from each other, to be significantly different. However, this difference alone is not the only criteria we can go by if we want to shoot down the hypothesis.
Nitrogen was also found. Nitrogen is present in Saturn's moon, Titan, and is present in the atmospheric ices on Pluto and Neptune's moon Triton. Nitrogen is abundant in these planets. Earth is also dominated by nitrogen. So here we see that Earth has more in common with other planets. And while this makes sense, it doesn't exclude the possibility that comets may have also played a role in Earth's creation. Plus, it is in these cold outer reaches that other comets, including 67P, are believed to have formed. Nitrogen would have been part of the building blocks of life when Earth was in its initial developmental stages.
In the first hundred million years of Earth's history hydrogen cyanide rained down steadily. This compound was part of chemical reactions that created early organisms on Earth. Nitrogen was found wound up in compounds such as HCN in 67P's nucleus. So we have more proof. And while we know that the dissemination of HCN was due to meteors crashing on young Earth, it could be said that comets and meteors were both responsible for the creation of Earth; to varying degrees. And Tansu Daylan, from Science in the News (a Harvard endorsed website) agrees with me. Since comets are old and contain significant reservoirs of ice, it is plausible that comets may be responsible for bringing water to Earth through an extended episode of comet bombardment. He concludes that knowing more about comets will lead to a better understanding of our origins as well.
Now onto the last two findings. Comets can hold large reservoirs of water. Most are leftovers from the formation of the Solar System. Both the water on Earth and 67P have a mix of hydrogen and deuteron water molecules. The comets' water molecules are "heavier". This is because the chemical makeup of comets is different due to the melting process that takes place. And Rosetta observed frozen material on the surface turn into sprays of vapor and boulder sized chunks of ice and rocks were ejected into space. Which, incidentally, almost knocked over Rosetta.
There's a lot that points to the claim that comets played a role in the creation of Earth. As I have shown, several key ingredients found on Earth were also found on 67P. We'll have to wait until all the data has been gathered from Rosetta to really come to a solid conclusion.


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Cornelia Parker (b. 1956, Cheshire) lives and works in London. Studied at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and Reading University. She was awarded The Hugh Casson Drawing Prize (2011); OBE (2010); International Association of Art Critics Prize (1998); and was nominated for the Turner Prize (1997). Select solo exhibitions include The Roof Garden Commission, Cornelia Parker, Transitional Object, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2016); One More Time, Terrace Wires Commission, St Pancras International Station, London (2015); Magna Carta, An Embroidery, British Library, London (2015); Cornelia Parker, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester (2015); Truth to Materials, Guy Bartschi, Geneva (2014); Ikon Icons,1980s, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (2014); Frith Street Gallery, London (2013); Galeria Carles Tache, Barcelona (2013); Thirty Pieces of Silver, York St Mary's, York (2011); Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain, Whitechapel Gallery, London (2011); and Doubtful Sound, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateheads D'Amelio Terras, New York (2010). Select group exhibitions include Now It Is Permitted, 24 Wayside Pulpits, Swedenborg House, London (2016); First Light, A Decade of Collecting at the ICA, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2016); Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2016); Found, The Foundling Museum, London (2016); Land, Sea and Air, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall (2016); Making It, Sculpture in Britain 1977-1986, City Art Centre, Edinburgh (2016); A Lesson in Sculpture with John Latham, The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (2016); Sublime, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Lorraine (2016); Periodic Tales, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (2015); Private Utopia, Contemporary Works from the British Council Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand (2015); Drawn Together, Artist as Selector, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2014); Yoko Ono, Guggenheim Bilbao Museum (2014); White Light, White Heat, Contemporary Artists & Glass, The Wallace Collection, London (2013); We'll Try It through Space, Nitra Gallery, Slovakia (2013); Exploding Utopia, Laure Genniard Gallery, London (2013); Where are we Standing? Earth, Memory and Resurrection, Aichi Triennale, Nogoya, Japan (2013); Medals of Dishonour, Hermitage's Menshikov Palace, St Petersburg, Russia (2012); Hieroglyphs, Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, Texas (2012); Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone (2011); Art in Yorkshire, York St Marys, York (2011); Suspense, EX3 Centre for Contemporary Art, Florence (2011); On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, MoMA, New York (2010); The Hand, Work Projects, Spike Island, Bristol (2010); and Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (2010). Her work is held in public and private collections including Arts Council; British Council; British Museum; ICA Boston; MOMA; Centre Pompidou; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Tate Gallery; Royal Collection; V&A; CALDIC Collectie; Deutsche Bank; Simmons and Simmons Unilever; and The Judith Rothschild Foundation. Parker is represented by Frith Street Gallery, London.
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And here we go again!!
One of my favourite parts was when they both jumped onto the "Gotcha journalism" thing. Apparently a voter asking Palin a question about Pakistan while she shmoozes over cheesesteaks counts as Gotcha Journalism. So basically if you ask her any question about any topic and she can't remember the appropriate sound byte, you've used Gotcha Journalism. Katie Couric is a real pro for not laughing out loud at them.
We're dangerously close to moving away from Hilarious to Just Plain Sad.
Oh, and add Keith Olbermann to my list of heroes. Apparently he's going to pay $100 to the Alaska Special Olympics charity every time Sarah Palin lies. Check out this link to see how much he owes.


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Popsicles are an ice pop that was created in 1905. Over the years, many variations on Popsicles have been created, ranging from chocolate to fruit flavored and in a variety of colors. Whole fruit Popsicles are ice pops that contain chunks of whole fruit. Citrus and berry fruits freeze the best. You can freeze the fruit in their own juices or use white or red grape juice. For citrus fruits, white grape juice is better, and berries pair nicely with red grape juice.
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- ½ peeled and sliced orange
- Orange juice
- 10 grapes
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- 1 sliced peach
- White grape juice
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Pour orange juice into 2 of the Popsicle molds and fill 2/3 of the way.
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Add 5 grapes to each mold with red grape juice, 2 to 3 orange slices to the molds with orange juice and 2 to 3 peach slices to the white grape juice molds.
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Oct. 2, 2014, 8:11 a.m.
A single gene appears to hold the secret of how the monarch butterfly of North America is able to carry out one of the most amazing feats of migration in the animal kingdom which sees the species make a yearly round-trip of more than 3,000 miles.
The sequencing of the genomes of 101 butterflies has revealed that a gene involved with the muscles controlling the monarch's wings has enabled the insect to make is long-distance migration from Mexico to Canada and back again each year.
At the end of each summer, monarch butterflies across the North American continent migrate south, mostly to Mexico whether they spend the winter hibernating on oyamel fir trees. As spring arrives, they move north in brightly-coloured clouds of orange and black to breed, eventually reaching as far as the US-Canadian border.
Throughout the breeding season, successive generations of monarch butterflies migrate northwards for many hundreds of miles to take advantage of the ripening milkweed plants on which their caterpillars feed. The genomic analysis shows how the migration relies on a specific gene that has been honed by evolution over thousands of generations.
Scientists have found that migratory monarchs, when compared to its non-migratory cousins living further south in Central and South America, have a greatly reduced level of a gene called collagen IV alpha-1, which is involved in flight muscle formation and function.
The Monarch butterfly
The researchers believe this genetic difference allows the migratory forms of the monarch butterfly to consume less oxygen than its non-migratory cousins because it has a significantly lower metabolic rate when flying, which gives it the ability to travel long distances without becoming exhausted.
The study, published in the journal Nature, compared the genomes of migratory monarchs of North America to the rarer populations of the species in Central and South America, which have lost their ability to migrate long distances, said Marcus Kronfrost of the University of Chicago.
"Migration is regarded as a complex behaviour, but every time that the butterflies have lost migration, they change in exactly the same way, in this one gene involved in flight-muscle efficiency," Professor Kronfrost said.
"In populations that have lost migration, efficiency goes down, suggesting there is a benefit to flying fast and hard when they don't need to migrate," he said.
It was originally thought that the migratory forms of the species evolved from the non-migratory populations but the genomic analysis suggests the reverse, with some migratory individuals dispersing so far away that they ultimately lose their ability to migrate back.
"The results of this study shift our whole thinking about these butterflies, said Professor Kronfrost, the senior author of the study.
In 1996, about a billion monarch butterflies migrated to Mexico to hibernate, but in 2013 researchers estimated that this figure had dropped to about 35 million, due to the use of agricultural pesticides and other changes to the butterfly's habitat.
"You used to see huge numbers of monarchs, clouds of them passing by. Now it looks quite possible that in the not too distant future, this annual migration won't happen," Professor Kronfrost said.
The scientists have also identified the gene that imparts the distinctive orange, black and white coloration to the wings of the insect, which warns predators that the butterfly is potentially toxic when eaten.


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16 Times Emily Understood The Struggles Of Working In Customer Service!
Unscrewing your fake smile at the end of the day...
1. Pretending to be enthusiastic when your boss gives you a task.
I would love to offer people refills! Thank you for this opportunity!
2. Hiding in the staff room.
Maybe all the customers will go away if you stay in there long enough?
3. Customers asking you questions you don't know the answer to.
"Are these low-fat?" "Em...probably? Let's try one and find out!"
4. One word: uniform.
Surely it's possible to look professional without a clip on tie? No?
5. Staying calm when you get a request that makes no sense.
Aren't biscottis basically pure gluten?
6. The concentration it takes not to spill things!
Don't trip, don't trip, DON'T TRIP!
7. People not giving a clear response when you ask for their name.
Get ready for a whole new name, lady!
8. Trying not to eat all the cakes.
Must. Be. Strong.
9. Praying to whatever deity you believe in for patience.
Please grant me the strength.
10. Having to serve people you know.
11. Those customers that always try to dispute their bill.
Why are you so determined to save $2? Is it really worth it?
12. Your boss treating you like a complete amateur.
Even though he knows you have loads of experience! It was on your résumé.
13. Getting in trouble for talking to your friends on the job.
They're technically customers! It still counts as work.
14. Being able to spot the problem customers a mile away.
And then arguing with your colleagues about who has to serve them.
15. People expecting you to be at their beck and call.
You have your coffee. My work here is done!
16. Hearing customers complaining about the service.
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For the last 14 years, the Great Race has focused on delivering world class inter-tertiary river-racing. However, in it's proposed new format, the event will also enable rowers from across the country to enter the event and compete in a time-trial style competition.
Boathouse Chairman Rob Hamill says the proposed new format will provide significant benefits to the local area as well participants and spectators;
"We're incredibly excited about the future of the event. Until now the event has been invitation only. By switching our focus to an open invitation mass participation format, we're providing an opportunity for rowers from across the country to experience the unique feeling of rowing on the mighty Waikato River.
"With increased participation comes greater numbers of spectators, greater economic impact for the city and a greater showcase for the sport in general.
"However, it's important to acknowledge the long-standing history of the Great Race and ensure that we maintain the traditions which have made the event so special over the last 14 years. With this in mind, we will be working closely with our key stakeholders and our other event partners to deliver an exceptional event experience in 2017."
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It was typical Uruguay; they awaited the whole match, letting an inefficient Italy come forward, trusting that the chance would come. Eventually it did, when Diego Godin scored on a corner kick. The same Diego Godin who gave Atletico Madrid the Spanish championship and almost the Champions League. The same Diego Godin who is having the year of his life.
The red card to Marchissio can be discussed. I personally think it was too harsh (yellow would have been enough), but it can be defended. It was nevertheless not the reason Italy were eliminated, although it will be a good excuse in Italian media. Italy were inefficient. They were unconvincing against England, and in reality lost the next round against Costa Rica. And as against Costa Rica, they had the ball more against Uruguay, but without creating chances. They seemed to rely on 0-0, where the Uruguayans wanted Italy to believe in 0-0. This was wrong, and both against Costa Rica and against Uruguay one has the feeling that Italy should have done more, but did not want or were unable to.
That is the reason Italy did not survive the group of death. Anything else are mere excuses.
Two great European nations are going home after not surviving the group of deaths. Costa Rica and Uruguay live on. But only until the next round.


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text: First time posting, first time rooting a Droid (Verizon Bionic currently). I love Eclipse 2.2--installing was a snap. It runs flawlessly and so far I reap all of the benefits touted here and none of the problems! On the stock home screen, I enjoyed the cascading favorites shortcuts. Is there a way to re-access them in 2.2? If not, are there favorites widgets that are comparable?


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|View Poll Results: Little Busters - Episode 18 Rating
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|7 out of 10 : Good
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|2013-02-11, 13:47
|Link #81
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
she leaves the family just like that ? really? no consequences ? Bullshit
and what was that scene with the LB holding hands,that was really stupid...
And the mother and other father were living happily together while their daughters were suffering... ok.
|2013-02-11, 13:49
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Age: 31
I doubt their parents were living happily together all that time. Together, sure, but happy? Doubt it. Chances are though that if they tried to take back their children again it could get Haruka killed or them thrown in prison as well--look what happened to Shou, after all.
|2013-02-11, 13:56
|Link #83
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 27
Overall I thought the episode was well done and the arc was adequately adapted, though it really could have used at least 1 more episode (the impersonating plotline got completely dropped in the anime really).
I think a lot of the misgivings in the episode as usual stem from some of the cuts to the source material, but I felt that the core message of Haruka's route as well the emotional confession scene by Kanata still remained basically in tact. I know other source readers might disagree, but at least that's what I felt.
As for the last message of the arc about there being "no evil people in the world," people are taking the line too literally. The meaning is essentially in that Haruka can't live her life in such a fatalistic manner (because these people are bad I can't be happy!), and that the only obstacle to changing her life for the better is herself. No one is stopping her from achieving happiness at this point.
|2013-02-11, 14:13
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Senior Member
Big, big thanks for all of that excellent info. The Haruka/Kanata narrative makes a lot more sense to me after you lay out all that game-based info.
I also now get the theme of this arc, once you make that subtle shift you mentioned. Yes, it's important to not let the circumstances of one's birth and life hold you down. That's a good lesson, I think.
|2013-02-11, 14:34
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|2013-02-11, 14:40
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Location: Belgium, Brussels
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Due to her position, but also her age, Kanata has no way to leave the household, unless -they- toss her aside, which is unlikely.
|2013-02-11, 14:40
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Make me wonder why people who want full explanation wouldn't just play the Vn already
Also,it's like everyone ignored Kanata's "I impersonated Haruka because I want to test you" bit on purpose....
And this arc is about the twin's reconciliation not how they're gonna burn that family's mansion and be free from them.There's no point questioning how they're gonna do it since it wasn't even explained in Haruka's route in the VN to begin with.Things like that are pretty much up to the viewer's imagination at this point....
As for the rain part,I feel like dark cloud and thunder was already done with Midori's troll smile,doing it again with Kanata would feel quiet cliche so they just skipped to the raining for the sake of it or JC staff was just lazy,that would explained all the inconsistent in this anime(after all,they were complaining about having low budget for this show.)
|2013-02-11, 14:47
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Age: 32
Actually, I was a bit puzzled and annoyed by reading the VN at first regarding the complete absence of resolution regarding what happen to the twins after making up. It is actually even worse when you know that there is no way they can continue their "I hate you!" charade, so the spies will catch on quickly.
That was quite the weakness of the route, aside of being a tad too longwinded: there is no proper conclusion to have both girls "free" as of now, and it is a bit detrimental to the message behind that, considering it just toss aside the catalyst of the conflict.
|2013-02-11, 14:52
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Or maybe the message is that there is no convenient solution to all the problems (in the VN not anime)... They might've wanted to let the readers have some sort of happy ending, so they left it at that point without elaborating the bleak future awaiting them.
|2013-02-11, 15:56
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Senior Member
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I still have to read your posts from previous pages,maybe I'll find answers there.
But the resolution of this arc( the main family issues) was weak ,nothing will change that.
|2013-02-11, 18:45
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Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
I rationalize that just because Kanata states an intention to leave doesn't mean there won't be some prolonged period of struggle toward achieving that end or that she'd even succeed, just that it won't be the story focus. With or without that line, I'd agree that it's pretty unsatisfying to leave that plot thread hanging. And I kind of hope it wasn't ad-libbed in there to curtail future coverage of Kanata's route.
At the same time, I think that having developed a sense of self unattached to the family's approval over the course of this arc, Haruka (and I presume Kanata) have become well-equipped to mitigate the family's influence in their lives.
|2013-02-11, 19:40
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Toji Affairs Secretary
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
About Kanata's "mask", there is a tendency for an actor to attached to the role that he/she realizes that it is becoming real to him/her. Kanata probably lived the lie for so long that she actually enjoyed the role rather than treating it like a piece of clothing that can be taken off when needed.
|2013-02-11, 21:44
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|2013-02-11, 23:46
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Well that's your right but in all honesty I can't see how anyone would act differently in her position.
If she were to "torture" Haruka with massive smile on her face, I think it would be far bigger push away. I would actually start to doubt her sanity
VN wise you can find all the routes walk through on youtube though they are hours long. I did slightly skip through Haruka's route.
|2013-02-12, 03:25
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
That's why even though the lack of explanation for Haruka's arc make it confusing and unsatisfied,I didnt' say anything because I still had hope that Kanata's arc will be the one to wrap it up,I never expect Haruka's arc to explain much anyway.
I mean if you take care and explained everything now then what's the point of Kanata's route?
And one last note,at first I didn't understand why Haruka was so attached to Kurugaya or Kanata's special affection for Kud.
But now I realized the twin was just using both to fill their emptiness.Kurugaya is like the cool "onee-san" Haruka has always wanted,someone she could look up to.
While Kud is like the "cute imouto" Kanata have long lost.
Both Kud and Kurugaya are being the twin's idealistic and hidden desire.
|2013-02-12, 04:30
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Japanese Culture Fan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Planet Earth
Age: 27
And so ends the worst route of the VN and by far the absolute worst part of the anime. Klash has already elaborated quite well on how much the anime staff screwed up on this route. I'm looking forward to Kud's route; whether it is done well or not, reading Animesuki's reactions will be very entertaining.
One thing about Haruka's route that really grated on me in the VN, and was pretty much the same here, was Haruka's life-changing statement: "There are no bad people in this world." Oh, really? What about the extended family members who made your childhood (and your sister's too) a living hell and possibly scarred you psychologically for life? Just because that one sister wasn't quite as much of a bitch as you thought she was (she was still a terrible person, though), doesn't make the world a nice place filled with well-meaning people. I realize that it's important for Haruka to move on with her life and not dwell on the past, and that taking revenge on her family may be overkill, but completely disregarding everything is just jarring.
On another note, it's interesting to see how the post numbers of Little Busters's episode threads have spiked for Haruka's route compared to the previous episodes. Whatever opinion you may have of this route, the insane melodrama certainly makes it entertaining in a way.
|2013-02-12, 04:41
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Toji Affairs Secretary
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Location: the Philippines
|2013-02-12, 04:50
|Link #100
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
What she possibly mean with that statement is that people who she thought was bad like her drunkard criminal father,her sister and herself aren't "bad" and bad as in useless,good for nothing,"you shouldn't exist" kind of bad.
Like someone said in this thread,people took that statement to literally. LOL
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text: The Battle for Ocean Supremacy Posted: Jul 11, 2017 Michael Phelps Races Great White Shark GREAT GOLD VS. GREAT WHITE Sharks are one of the fastest and most efficient predators on the planet. And with 39 world records and 23 Olympic golds, Michael Phelps is the greatest champion to ever get in the water… But he has one competition left to win. In an event so monumental no one has ever attempted it before, the world's most decorated athlete takes on the ocean's most efficient predator in PHELPS VS. SHARK: GREAT GOLD VS. GREAT WHITE, kicking off Shark Sunday, July 23 at 8p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT When Phelps was asked if he would consider coming out of retirement to race a great white, he immediately accepted the challenge. "I'm probably like one of the biggest nerds for like sharks, ever. I love animals so much. To me, this is a true dream come true and something I've always wanted to do. So, when I had the opportunity to get in the water with, whether it was a great white or a hammer, for me, I was the first one that wanted my hand out," says Phelps. A huge fan of Shark Week, Phelps never imagined he would get to be part of it someday. "Having the chance to be on it, I think was a great opportunity for me, not only to learn more about sharks, but also do something that I've always wanted to do," says Phelps. Phelps has tremendous respect for sharks and he hopes his participation in this year's Shark Week will bring more awareness and shed new light on understanding the elusive specie. "You know the circle of life and trying to preserve them and leave them in their wildlife is something that we all have to always keep in the back of our mind and continue to do our best to try to make sure that we're not harming these animals," says Phelps. "A shark doesn't want to attack us, it's now them trying to see what you are, and, you know, what you're doing. It's basically us on land, you know, they are the, I guess, the number one animal in the ocean. And, they do everything day to day to survive." Despite all that, many think he's crazy for getting in the water to race a shark off the coast of Cape Town. How could this possibly be safe? "I mean, yes, we were in open water and I was completely safe and felt at ease. Besides the cold water part of it, I mean we had 15 divers underneath me," says Phelps. Surprisingly, getting in the murky waters of Cape Town wasn't what Phelps feared the most. "The biggest thing for me, you could see how focused I was on trying to prepare myself for the cold water that was right in front of me, that I was getting ready to dive into. Because 55 degrees and 80 degrees are so different, and it is so much colder," says Phelps. Photo Credit: Discovery Channel As for the specifics of the race, Phelps doesn't want to give away too many details. "I was able to have a specially designed fin to help me kick and move through the water almost like a shark and almost like a lot of the fish that we have in the sea," says Phelps. "For me, being a swimmer, obviously, I know how fast I can swim a hundred meters. And I wanted to see how I would stack up against whether a white shark or four other sharks that are in the ocean." The race is on! Sunday, July 23 at 8 p.m. ET | 5 p.m. PT


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John Gilligan visits Ibrox
93 Glasgow Business Club members and guests enjoyed their own unique version of T in the Park when they heard John Gilligan MD of Tennent's at the first regular lunch of the season in Ibrox.
A witty and down-to-earth presentation – without any of the 'technical stuff' – was John's choice. The 450 year old, world-renowned brewing company is located in Wellpark in Glasgow's east end. Currently, it sponsors both Rangers and Celtic and the English Football League One club, Preston North End.
When asked by one Club member what the company did to attract young people to their famous lager, John replied: 'T in the Park.' This festival is the biggest outdoor music festival in Scotland and has attracted more than 85,000 people a day to hear Mumford and Sons, Rihanna, Killers and a plethora of other top bands and singers.
Headhunted by Tennent's at the age of 59, John's sales and industry experience were important but his people skills and communication skills are what got him the job, he believes.
'I'm having a wonderful time but keep me away from computers,' he said.
Instancing how he advised a young colleague to really get to know the people who worked in the company, John said: 'build morale, treat people properly and you will get you results.'
He admitted he enjoyed leading by example. But he is also open to learning himself and shared advice he was given at a recent football tribute dinner: 'Just make a decision.'
Said John: 'A good manager can leave because he leaves behind a good team who make their own decisions. I focus on the BIG THINGS – like the future, costs and growth. I don't look back.'
He outlined the huge investment programme which Tennent's has run to enable the company to maintain its lead in the market. 'Tennent's commitment to Glasgow is enormous,' he said. 'It includes £1m for a Training Academy; £1.5m for infrastructure; £1.3m for new offices and a visitors' centre; £4m for a bottling hall.' In addition, £20m has been invested in two years in the licensed trade through diminishing capital loans to pub landlords to improve their premises. 'Some buildings were eyesores and falling down. Without this investment they wouldn't be here.' On Tennent's working strategies, John said the company was not a corporate body. 'Everyone has the ability to make their own workplace decisions. Only in exceptional circumstances do we go to the group for a decision. ' Tennent's is owned by C & C Group of Dublin which reported a turnover of €724.1million in February 2013 and a profit of €104.4million. Turnover at Glasgow based Tennent's is £30-40m and profit is £20m.
Glasgow Business Club President Norman Ferguson thanked John Gilligan for his informative talk and announced the next meeting on Tuesday 22 October would be for speed networking. The September meeting, attended by 94 members and guests, indicated a healthy rate of club growth for the start of the business year.
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With a three week old in the house the majority of my time is spent breastfeeding… I even breastfeed in my sleep – I'm being serious! And since breastfeeding is such a huge part of my life right now I have decided to join two of my bloggy friends, Mama on a Green Mission & Joy of Momma Joyner by linking up with their weekly meme – Tuesday's Tastes on Second Base. Each week there will be a new topic regarding breastfeeding and I will share my thoughts and opinions on that topic with all my readers.
Scheduled vs On Demand Nursing
Before I begin discussing the topic perhaps it is important to define what nursing on demand is. It is quite obvious what a schedule is – nursing at the same time every day or at the same time intervals. On the other hand on demand nursing is feeding your baby whenever they are hungry. With on demand nursing there is no need to look at a clock to see when your baby last ate. Instead you go by their cues.
For me there is no other way to nurse than on demand. When Alleigh and Kaelyn were babies they were very frequent nursers….. typically every hour to hour and a half including at night time which left this momma looking like a walking zombie – but I survived. Willow has been nursing frequently during the day recently – usually every two hours, but at night goes roughly four to five hour stretches, ya I love that!
But there is more to why I choose to nurse on demand than just preferring it.
First of all I want my babies to be content and secure knowing that their most basic needs are being met and so if they are hungry they should be fed at that time, not at the time someone else thinks they should be hungry. A nursing baby does not eat out of boredom, anger, sadness or any other reason – they simply eat because they are hungry.
I have noticed many people thinking I nurse my children to frequently because they rarely cry. But guess what? A nursing baby should never have to cry to signal hunger as long as their mom is paying attention. Instead she will notice them growing squirmy, rooting around for the breast, smacking their lips, thrusting their tongue (this is Willow's big signal), or even making sucking sounds. Even at night time when I am sleeping Willow makes little squeaky noises when she is hungry that I have grown used to hearing so I immediately wake up and nurse her. If she actually reaches the point of crying after this signals then it is very obvious she is hungry, but typically when Willow cries it is because she needs a diaper changed or perhaps has a gas bubble. And so if your baby is giving you signals that they are hungry – many times more than one signal – it's time to feed them! Not wait just because it hasn't been a certain amount of time yet.
Another important thing to remember is that breast milk is easy on a babies tummy and therefore it digests fast which is why nursed babies eat much more frequently than formula fed babies. And so this can be helpful to explain to people that think you are feeding your baby constantly. You can also let them know that this won't last forever. As baby grows and gets bigger their stomach capacity will also increase and they will be able to eat more at a time therefore letting them go longer between nursing sessions.
I enjoy nursing on demand. I know my baby is getting what she needs when she needs it and it keeps everyone happy and sane, hehe. The only issues I have right now are Alleigh and Kaelyn learning that when their sister needs to eat that momma will sit down and stop whatever she is doing to take care of that need. Since they are older I can explain to them that I will make their food in fifteen minutes or so when their sister is finished and usually if I divert their attention to something else they are perfectly content to wait for their sister to finish eating.
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