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Friday 05 October
|Tiarella (1)
The heartleaved foamflower (Tiarella cordifolia) is a delicate woodland plant with large, maple-like leaves and erect flower stalks bearing clusters of small, white flowers that give the plant a 'foamy' appearance (3) (4) (5). The leaves of this species grow solely at the base of the plant, giving way to a tall flower stalk in the middle (3) (4) (5). This flower stalk is usually leafless, although occasionally it may bear a pair of small leaves (4) (5).
As its common name suggests, the leaves of the heartleaved foamflower are broadly heart-shaped (4) (5) (6), with three to five shallow lobes and unevenly toothed margins (3) (5). Each leaf measures around five to ten centimetres in length and three to eight centimetres in width (5), and grows on a long stalk (4) (5).
The flowering stems of the heartleaved foamflower each bear a narrow, spike-like cluster of flowers, known as a raceme, towards the top (3) (4). Each individual flower measures approximately 0.6 to 0.8 centimetres across (3) and is white to pinkish, with 5 lance-shaped petals (3) (4) (5). The stamens of the flower are slightly longer than the petals, adding to the foamy appearance of the raceme (5), and the anthers are yellow (6).
The fruit of the heartleaved foamflower consists of two capsules of unequal length, and contains many black, shiny seeds (5). The genus name of the heartleaved foamflower, Tiarella, means "little tiara", referring to the odd form of the fruit, while cordifolia refers to the heart-shaped leaves of this species (3) (5).
Three varieties of the heartleaved foamflower are generally recognised: Tiarella cordifolia var. cordifolia, Tiarella cordifolia var. collina and Tiarella cordifolia var. austrina (1) (5). Many different forms have also been created in cultivation (5).
The heartleaved foamflower can be difficult to distinguish from twoleaf miterwort (Mitella diphylla), but twoleaf miterwort has fringed flower petals and also has a pair of leaves halfway up its flower stalk, which are usually absent in the heartleaved foamflower (5).
The heartleaved foamflower is a perennial species that usually flowers from April through to May (2) (3), although in some areas it may also flower in March, June and July (4) (5). In each raceme, the blooms at the bottom of the cluster flower before the ones at the top (5).
Although no specific pollinator is listed in the scientific literature, it is believed that pollination of the heartleaved foamflower probably occurs by insects (5). The seeds of the heartleaved foamflower start to ripen around five to seven days after the topmost flowers have faded, with the small seed pods splitting to drop their seeds (5).
As well as producing seeds, the heartleaved foamflower also reproduces vegetatively using stolons. These horizontal stems grow from the base of the plant and produce new plants at points along their length, allowing the heartleaved foamflower to create large colonies on the forest floor (4) (5). However, the variety Tiarella cordifolia var. collina differs from the other two varieties of this species in lacking stolons (5).
The leaves of the heartleaved foamflower are semi-evergreen, developing while the leaves of the forest canopy emerge, but not dying back until after the snows melt the following spring (5).
The heartleaved foamflower is typically found in woods and forests with partial sun and shade. It flourishes in moderately moist environments, and is often found in proximity to streams or in wet ground (3) (5).
This plant is generally found in deciduous, hemlock-hardwood (Tsuga canadensis) or white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) forests, and is often most common in older second-growth sugar maple (Acer saccharum) forest (5). Trees commonly found around the heartleaved foamflower include the white ash (Fraxinus americana), yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis), American beech (Fagus grandifolia), eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) and northern white-cedar (Thuja occidentalis) (5).
The heartleaved foamflower has yet to be classified by the IUCN.
One of the major threats to the heartleaved foamflower is removal of the forest canopy, due for example to clearcutting and forest thinning. The removal of the canopy exposes the ground-dwelling heartleaved foamflower to excessive amounts of light, which can dry up the soil and prevent the plant's shallow roots from getting enough water (5). Forestry activities can also disturb the soil and cause mechanical damage to heartleaved foamflower colonies, and this species may be particularly sensitive to the fragmentation of its habitat. It is also poor at re-colonising isolated forest patches after disturbance (5).
Another threat to the heartleaved foamflower is the non-native earthworms that have been introduced to the Great Lakes region, which previously lacked native earthworm species. These worms, which have been both accidentally and deliberately introduced, have since spread rapidly. They pose a significant threat to the heartleaved foamflower, along with many other North American hardwood forest understorey species, due to their ability to consume the leaf litter layer much faster than the fungi which normally dominate these forests. This creates ideal conditions for bacteria which convert ammonium to nitrates, and these nitrates are easily leached out of the soil. This in turn starves native plants of nutrients and allows the rapid spread of exotic species (5).
The heartleaved foamflower may potentially be affected by the spread of non-native plants such as buckthorn (Rhamnus spp.), Asian honeysuckle (Lonicera morrowii) and garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata), which can shade out native plants. Global warming may also pose a threat to this species, for example through increased drought. Habitat fragmentation and man-made barriers to plant dispersal could prevent the heartleaved foamflower from shifting its range in response to changing climatic conditions (5).
The leaves and roots of the heartleaved foamflower have been used by Native Americans for a range of medical purposes, including as a mouthwash for mouth sores, as an antacid, and as a treatment for diarrhoea (4) (5) (6). This plant is now popular in cultivation, and both legal and illegal collection may pose a potential threat to wild populations (5).
Some of the most threatened populations of the heartleaved foamflower occur in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan (2) (3) (5). One possible reason for its scarcity in these areas is that they are on the edges of the species' range and therefore its growth is limited by the climate and by the marginal habitat. Another reason may be that these regions lack sufficient pollinators of the heartleaved foamflower (5).
Currently, extensive conservation efforts are being made in the Wisconsin Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest and the Ottawa National Forest to preserve their single occurrences of the heartleaved foamflower. Public education and outreach will also be important in the protection of this species, particularly for areas where it occurs on private land (5).
Outside of these marginal areas, the heartleaved foamflower is reported to be widespread and relatively common. However, very little is currently known about its life history and ecology, so further research and monitoring are needed to help develop viable conservation plans for this attractive woodland plant (5).
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Gamigo announced today that their tactical space battle MMO Black Prophecy Tactics: Nexus Conflict *takes a breath* has entered its second closed beta phase today. Aside from having one of the longest names/description the space shooter offers an almost EvE like experience for players wanting more tactical depth in their space MMO.
The latest beta phase has added quite a bit of new content including 18 new missions for both factions with fully narrated dialogue. Clan systems have also been added as well as the ability for players to trade among themselves. The PvP system has also been completely overhauled allowing players to jump straight into PvP battles from wherever and rewarding PvP players with intelligence reports that open up new missions and rewards.
For those of you that have yet to try out the game, you can do so by activating your account using the following key: NEXUSCBT2. The key is limited so use it while you can!
It will be interesting to see if this Free to Play EvE like MMO will be as successful as well… EvE. There aren't many if any Free to Play space MMOs that tout tactical levels similar to EvE. What are your thoughts? Let us know!
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Just got my beta invitation for Firefall!!
Ok guys, iam gone for the next weeks…Bye!
Oops, they DID post the new on the front page. My eyes don't see as well as they used to. Considering all the low end space sims on Steam (EVE being the exception) BPNC should be an improvement.
Also had to reinstall because of the German issue (I DID NOT CHOOSE German the first time I installed it!). Disappointing that it's re-patching everything that I just patched 2 minutes ago. Signs of an inexperienced developer.
Ironic I should installed BP an hour ago only to find out the game is being axed at the end of this month. You'd think they'd put that on the front page with the download link, but nope. Was so looking forward to playing the finished product.
Download broken. Update is stuck on "Extract" forever.
lol it's stuck there for 14 hours. You know when a clone is bad when you can't even play it. Uninstalled.
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Why is my game in German….Aladeen only reads Wanglish.
I guess I clicked something too fast, because i reinstalled and it's english. cheers.
I'm not quite sure what does Gamigo expects from this title since they shut down the previous Black Prophecy title.
I am in this beta and I would like to say the graphic and system suck >_<
+ EvE has got much better graphic but i dont play it cause there are subscriptions.
Code don't work. 🙁
Actually been looking at EvE for a long time, never played though because i was scared off by the "steep learning curve" everyone tagged it with, might try this and see if it eases you in a little better to the space mmo.
NO FIRST. Ha.

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Dear Simon,
You are now a year old! On Saturday, we celebrated your first year with family, cake and presents. You cried when we sang you "Happy Birthday", and then kept crying when we gave you cake. So, we took a break, opened presents and then tried the cake again. You liked it the second time!
It was a big day of firsts for you! Your first birthday, first haircut and you took your first steps! The first steps you took was to your Nana, then you took a few more to your dad. We were so proud of you!
This last year has been on of the best of my life, and one of the hardest. You have taught me how to be a mom. There were days where I felt like I had this whole mom thing down, and like it was easy and we conquered the day together. Then there were days, where I wondered how God thought I was capable of taking care of you. There have been a lot of naps, coffee and tears and short tempers. I'm sorry for the days that I haven't been my best for you. I know there will be a lot of days like that in the future, since I'm not perfect. But we will learn and grow together, and I will continue to try to be the best mom I can be for you.
You bring so much joy and life to our days. You greet us with a smile every morning and wave goodbye to us at bedtime with a big grin on your face. You fill the house with sweet noises of playing, jabbering, singing and laughing. You make us laugh with your eyebrow raises, your silly faces, the way you like to be chased and wrestled with, the way you try to shove as many Goldfish crackers in your mouth as possible because you love them so much, and all the other funny things you do. Life is better with you in it! You are such a little character.
You also have a very serious, curious side to you. You are very aware when you're in a new place. You check everything out and take it all in before you let yourself play or trust someone. You are starting to get more adventurous and social, but you are still very cautious. I love that side of you and that you pay attention to things before you fully dive in. I hope that is a characteristic that stays with you.
You also love food. You've recently decided that you're done with nursing and baby food, which I'm really happy about. You want to eat everything! Right now you love eggs, yogurt, almond butter on bread, strawberries, cheese, avocados, cucumbers, and anything your dad and I are eating.
Recently, you also decided to start sleeping through the night! You've rarely been waking up, besides an 5 am bottle, and sleeping until 6:30 or 7:00 am. Since I have never been a morning person, you have taught me how to enjoy being up while the sun is rising, and having more of the day to spend with you and your dad. Most days. Sometimes, I wish you liked to sleep in and I don't want to get out of bed when I hear you telling us your awake in the morning. But, I know in a few years I'll be having to drag you out of bed, so I'll just take these early mornings of coffee and play time and enjoy them.
I can't wait for all the things we have to look forward to this year. You have so many 'firsts' to come, and I can't wait to be there for them all. I can't wait to play with you this summer, maybe take you to the zoo and show you all the animals, eat juicy watermelon outside on a hot day, maybe swim lessons too! You are growing so quickly every day. There's proof of that by a shirt you fit in one day and grow out of the next. You are no longer a little baby, but a toddler on the verge of discovering so many things!
This second year of your life will be so good, just because you are you and we get to spend our days with you.
We are so thankful for you, and pray for you every day. Our hearts of so full because of you.
I hope you know how loved you are, little one.


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Updated Super Bowl Odds: San Diego Stays Alive
The world didn't expect it. I didn't expect it. And even the numberFire algorithms didn't expect it.
But Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers traveled to Cincinnati to take on the Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium, a place the Bengals were undefeated this season. In fact, as we noted earlier in the season, the Bengals were the best defensive unit in the NFL when they played at home, all things remaining the same around the league.
Unfortunately for Cincinnati fans, they got "Bad Andy Dalton", as the Red Rifle played an awful second half, throwing two interceptions and fumbling the ball once. San Diego won, despite being severe underdogs on the road.
As a result, the Chargers move to Denver where they'll face numberFire's top power-ranked team from 2013. Though Denver's defense has played below expectation according to our Net Expected Points data throughout the season, they've played far above expectation offensively, totaling the best offense our database has ever seen. And because of that, we think they still have the best chance to not only win their conference, but the Super Bowl as well.
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The team with the second-best chance, by no surprise, is the other number-one seed, Seattle. The Seahawks finished the 2013 season with by far the best defensive unit, preventing nearly 100 points compared to what an average team in their situation would have. Russell Wilson-led the squad to the eighth-best offense in the NFL, giving them perhaps the most balanced team in the country.
However, because the competition is tougher in the NFC (New Orleans, Carolina and San Francisco are all top-10 nERD teams), the Seahawks may have a tougher road. Conversely, Denver will face San Diego this week (11th-best team in terms of nERD) and either Indianapolis (12th) or New England (7th) in the AFC Championship.
We'll continue to update this table as the season's end gets closer. And, of course, be prepared for game previews throughout the week.


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ZTE has release its mHealth product – all-in-one physical examination terminals (both professional edition and home edition). The product connects the human body with devices using IoT technology and provides precise medical care in order to prevent chronic diseases which are currently increasing in an aging population.
The ZTE self-developed health terminal, unveiled at the on-going CeBIT 2016 in Hanover – is not only a multi-parameter instrument to collect health data but also acts as a "family doctor". It has integrated functions for blood pressure, ECG, blood oxygen saturation, routine urine test and more, and actively collaborates with back-end cloud.
By applying the "cloud and devices" mode of IoT, the device helps users compare their health data, and contributes to generate electronic health records for the elderly as well as their families. Doctors and families will be able to upload their health information through wireless transmission to the cloud. Doctors, hospitals and citizens could access the cloud through specific interfaces or mobile applications, and acquire their specific healthcare management services, such as living habits assessment and remote diagnosis.
The device fits various case scenarios and suits different communities, including urban communities and rural families. Users can be general practitioners, personal doctors or the general population. Urban residents can interact with community doctors through the terminal and receive online health services such as prescriptions and medical consulting at home. As for rural residents, they can more swiftly receive remote diagnosis and treatment solutions from advanced medical institutions. The terminal can also provide real-time medical care for residential patients in order to understand their health dynamics, especially for postoperative rehabilitation patients, patients with chronic diseases and people in general poor health.
The device has obtained international certification and license for medical instrument production and sales. Compared with traditional medical testing instruments, the ZTE health terminal is light, easy to carry and can instantly provide personalised instructions and health guides to its users. Compared with existing electronic devices with similar functions, the ZTE health terminal provides more accurate and stable measurement results and quicker transmission. The ZTE all-in-one physical examination terminal has already served over 3 million people in China and is gaining favour and attention from both domestic and oversea clients.
ZTE is committed using its leading technology to create smart life solutions for users. In recent years, ZTE has actively participated in the development of tele-medicine, m-Health, e-health and personalised health services by taking advantage of leading-edge technologies such as mobile Internet, Internet of Things, cloud computing as well as big data. To date, ZTE has built regional medical information platforms for clients around the world including China, Latin America and Tanzania, which has greatly improved the local quality of medical and health service.


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blocks everyday was to much to me. I gave it up and ordered myself the FWSQ book.
It arrived today and it's all MINE. I'm loving it ! I had bought some civil war FQs I recently and I immediately tried to make a block so...I made block #1.
The image is a little crocked but I didn't iron the block yet. Now I have to wait for some more Civil War FQs I bought from Ebay and then I can do more of these lovely blocks. Meanwhile I'm reading the letters from the book.


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AGATHA Paris has a 2 year international guarantee on all fashion jewellery and watches for any purchases online or instore, so you have complete peace of mind while shopping.
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- AGATHA Paris has the right to refuse if the product is not in its original condition.
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- Two years cover for all manufacturing defects and normal use
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- Sorry, no exchange or refund on SALE items
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Authentic AGATHA Paris jewellery can only be sold in exclusive retail outlets authorised by the brand.
If, however, an AGATHA Paris product does not comply with its quality standards customers are covered by an international contractual guarantee lasting for two years from the date of purchase.
All retail outlets authorised by AGATHA Paris provide this guarantee, so you can return your faulty items to any AGATHA Paris boutique.
The AGATHA Paris International Guarantee applies subject to normal use. The guarantee does not cover ageing, wear or alteration due to the use of perfume, damage, breakage or loss as a result of an accident, involvement of a third party, improper use or incorrect servicing.
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The Benton Park Inn
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A big thank you to all my guests that have helped to make my first few years such a success.
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Are you ready to enjoy the Lowcountry and catch some fish? Inshore fishing is great year-round and you will have the opportunity to catch several different local species such as red drum/redfish/spot tail bass, black drum, spotted sea trout, flounder, sheepshead, and shark. A local captain will put you on the fish no matter if you choose to go kayak fishing or on a motor boat fishing charter.
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Join our local guide in the saltwater estuary behind Folly Beach where you have access to areas and fish that others can not reach. Kayak fisherman have an advantage over other anglers as kayaks provide stealth in shallow water unmatched by even the quietest of flats boats.


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Madonna's tumble overshadows Brit Awards
The 56-year-old US superstar was performing "Living For Love" at British pop's top awards ceremony in London Wednesday night when a problem with her floor-sweeping Armani cape caused her to tumble down stairs on the stage.
"Armani hooked me up! My beautiful cape was tied too tight! But nothing can stop me and love really lifted me up!" the star wrote on Twitter after the mishap.
Madonna falls off stage during performance
Surrounded by muscular dancers wearing bondage-style costumes and horns on their heads, she quickly picked herself up and continued with the song, ironically peppered with lines like "I'm not giving up, I'm gonna carry on" and "Lifted me up, and watched me stumble".
But the embarrassing fallout from her first Brits appearance in 20 years eclipsed the success of Smith and Sheeran, who took two awards each.
Smith won the British breakthrough act and global success awards, capping a trophy-filled month after he won song of the year at the Grammys for "Stay With Me".
Sheeran went home with the awards for best British male solo artist and album of the year for "X".
"This is incredible, I really didn't expect this," Smith told the crowd, while Sheeran called it a great night for British music that defied those who said "selling records is dead".
– 'Truly stunning tumble' –
The hosts of the Brit Awards, Ant and Dec, joked on Twitter after the show that they were stuck in a hospital emergency ward with Madonna.
"Ta for all your lovely messages, we really enjoyed it. We're stuck in A&E with @Madonna. Still an hour wait…," they wrote.
Another British TV presenter, Matt Johnson, quipped: "Cape Calm And Carry On".
British celebrities were generally supportive ofMadonna, highlighting the pop icon's long career as a superstar.
"Madonna come party with us – I'm gonna dj – you can vogue – everything will be fine. DO NOT BRING THE BLOODY CAPE!!!," wrote BBC DJ Nick Grimshaw on Twitter.
But many ordinary fans on the social media site were more cruel, joking that the pop veteran had fallen because of her age and should consider investing in a stairlift to help her navigate steps in future.
The Guardian newspaper said that the fact the "truly stunning tumble" had drawn so much attention was a damning indictment of the show itself.
"If the ceremony proved anything, it was that the Brit Awards themselves are substantially less interesting than watching someone fall over," it said.
The awards show kicked off with a rendition of "Blank Space" by Taylor Swift, who won the international female solo artist award.
She paid tribute to Sheeran, "who took me to pubs and taught me to make a good cup of tea and taught me everything I know about the UK."
Rapper Kanye West was welcomed onstage by his wife Kim Kardashian.
But the showcase of his new track "All Day" caused confusion among television viewers as much of it was muted in an attempt by broadcaster ITV to silence its repeated use of the N-word.
Veteran "man band" Take That also performed live, as did rockers Royal Blood, who won the best British group award.
Best single went to Mark Ronson for "Uptown Funk" while Paloma Faith was named best British female solo artist and Foo Fighters were best international group. – AFP


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About Asperger syndrome
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edn, text revision) (DSM-IV-TR) of the American Psychiatric Association, asperger is an autism spectrum disorder (ASD),l ike: classic autism, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified.
Asperger syndrome is a form of autism, which is a lifelong disability that affects how a person makes sense of the world, processes information and relates to other people. Autism is often described as a 'spectrum disorder' because the condition affects people in many different ways and to varying degrees.
Asperger syndrome is mostly a 'hidden disability'. This means that you can't tell that someone has the condition from their outward appearance. People with the condition have difficulties in three main areas. They are:
- social communication
- social interaction
- social imagination.
Three main areas of difficulty
The characteristics of Asperger syndrome vary from one person to another but are generally divided into three main groups.
- Difficulty with social communication
People with Asperger syndrome sometimes find it difficult to express themselves emotionally and socially. For example, they may:
- Have difficulty understanding gestures, facial expressions or tone of voice
- Have difficulty knowing when to start or end a conversation and choosing topics to talk about
- Use complex words and phrases but may not fully understand what they mean be very literal in what they say and can have difficulty understanding jokes, metaphor and sarcasm.
- Difficulty with social interaction
Many people with Asperger syndrome want to be sociable but have difficulty with initiating and sustaining social relationships, which can make them very anxious.
- Struggle to make and maintain friendships
- Not understand the unwritten 'social rules' that most of us pick up without thinking.
- find other people unpredictable and confusing
- Become withdrawn and seem uninterested in other people, appearing almost aloof .
- Behave in what may seem an inappropriate manner.
- Difficulty with social imagination
People with Asperger syndrome can be imaginative in the conventional use of the word (for example, many are accomplished writers, artists and musicians) ; but they can have difficulty with social imagination. This can include:
- Imagining alternative outcomes to situations and finding it hard to predict what will happen next.
- Understanding or interpreting other peoples thoughts, feelings or actions.
- Having a limited range of imaginative activities, which can be pursued rigidly and repetitively.
- Some children with Asperger syndrome may find it difficult to play 'let's pretend' games or prefer subjects rooted in logic and systems, such as mathematics.
Characteristics of Asperger syndrome
The characteristics of Asperger syndrome vary from one person to another but as well as the three main areas of difficulty, people with the condition may have:
- Love of routines: To try and make the world less confusing, people with Asperger syndrome may have rules and rituals (ways of doing things) which they insist upon. Young children, for example, may insist on always walking the same way to school. In class, they may get upset if there is a sudden change to the timetable.
- Special interests: People with Asperger syndrome may develop an intense, sometimes obsessive, interest in a hobby or collecting. Sometimes these interests are lifelong; in other cases, one interest is replaced by an unconnected interest. For example, a person with Asperger syndrome may focus on learning all there is to know about trains or computers. Some are exceptionally knowledgeable in their chosen field of interest.
- Sensory difficulties: People with Asperger syndrome may have sensory difficulties. These can occur in one or all of the senses. The degree of difficulty varies from one individual to another. Most commonly, an individual's senses are either intensified (over-sensitive) or underdeveloped (under-sensitive).
What causes Asperger syndrome?
The exact cause of Asperger syndrome is still being investigated. However, research suggests that a combination of factors - genetic and environmental - may account for changes in brain development.
It affects more boys than girls (4/1)
Asperger syndrome is not caused by a person's upbringing, their social circumstances and is not the fault of the individual with the condition.
-Is there a cure? There is currently no 'cure' and no specific treatment for Asperger syndrome. Children with Asperger syndrome become adults with Asperger syndrome
Symptoms during childhood
- Not pick up on social cues and may lack inborn social skills, such as being able to read others' body language, start or maintain a conversation, and take turns talking.
- Dislike any changes in routines. –
- Appear to lack empathy.
- Be unable to recognize subtle differences in speech tone, pitch, and accent that alter the meaning of others' speech. They don't understand a joke or may take a sarcastic comment literally.
- Have a formal style of speaking that is advanced for his or her age.
- Avoid eye contact or stare at others.
- Have unusual facial expressions or postures.
- Be preoccupied with only one or few interests, which he or she may be very knowledgeable about. They may show an unusual interest in certain topics such as snakes, names of stars, or dinosaurs.
- Have delayed motor development. He or she may have an awkward walk. Handwriting is often poor.
- -Have heightened sensitivity and become overstimulated by loud noises, lights, or strong tastes or textures
Although the condition is in some ways similar to autism, a child with Asperger's syndrome typically has normal language and intellectual development. Also, those with Asperger's syndrome typically make more of an effort than those with autism to make friends and engage in activities with others.
Asperger and other conditions
Many children with Asperger's syndrome also have coexisting conditions and may have symptoms of these conditions also. They include:
- Depression, especially in adolescents.
- DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition- text revision)
- APA (American Psychiatric Association )is the main professional
organization of psychiatrists and trainee psychiatrists in the United States
- DISORDER: illness, disease (mental)
- SYNDROME: a combination of medical problems that commonly go together, which might show the existence of a particular disease or mental condition.
- SYMPTOM: any feeling of illness or physical or mental change which is caused by a particular disease.
- AUTISM: mental disorder consisting in a failure to develop social abilities, language and other communication skills to the usual level.
- RETT SYNDROME: one specific neurodevelopmental disorder that almost exclusively affects females. Childs have small hands and feet and a deceleration of the rate of head growth degenerative .
- CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER: is a condition in which children develop normally through age 3 or 4. Then, over a few months, children lose language, motor, social, and other skills that they already learned.
- PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS refers to a group of developmental conditions that involve delayed or impaired communication and social skills, behaviors, and cognitive skills (learning).
- NONVERBAL LEARNING DISORDER (NLD): condition characterized by deficits in perception, coordination, socialisation, non-verbal problem-solving and understanding of humour, along with well-developed rote memory. Most people with Asperger syndrome fit the criteria for NLD
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Strikeout Narrative and Debate ContinuesShaun
Again and again the Braves and their strikeouts become fodder for Twitter and internet debate. Some say it's a big deal, others say they are no worse than other outs and don't hinder run scoring. (The evidence seems to be on the side of the latter.) If charts, graphs and statistics haven't changed people's minds by now, it's probably not going to. It continues to be an easy and still somewhat interesting (at least to me) thing to write about. So allow me to theorize on why some think strikeouts are a bigger deal than other types of outs, why some think strikeouts are a bigger deal than they actually are.
1. We've been told all of our lives, from Little League on up, that you put the ball in play and good things will happen.
This is a fine theory and fine in practice, until players start to face pitchers that can put a baseball pretty much anywhere they want when they want to with multiple types of pitches and until defensive players become amazing at turning batted balls into outs. The higher up you go in level, the more mere contact isn't going to get it done. And if you look at major league leaderboards, you'll notice that often the best contact hitters are rather mediocre hitters and the best overall hitters in terms of getting on base and slugging aren't necessarily great contact hitters.
Mere contact will get you some offense in little league and even at the high school and college levels. But when pitchers have the command to induce weak contact and when they are backed up by unreal defense and state-of-the-art information on defensive positioning, mere contact isn't going to get it done.
2. There is the idea the strikeouts mean swinging for the fences which means a one-dimensional offense and less consistency.
But offense is about getting on base/avoiding outs and slugging. It's very possible for a team to be good at getting on base and slugging and be bad at not striking out. In fact, most of the best teams in history at getting on base and slugging (and scoring runs) were also among the worst teams at not striking out. One reason for this is because high on base teams take pitches and wait on pitches they can crush. This means deeper counts and more walks but also more strikeouts. Another reason is that teams that slug well are trying to hit the ball hard.
Swinging with a focus on making contact usually means not hitting the ball hard. Ideally you want contact hitters who also draw walks and hit the ball hard so they on-base and slug well. But hitters who are talented enough to do all those things, especially against today's amazing pitchers, are few and far between. Only the elite offensive players are capable of all of that. We usually have to settle for players who strike out a good bit but can get on base and slug. That's been the case throughout baseball history, whether teams typically strikeout 4 times a game or 7 times a game.
3. There's the idea that a lot of strikeouts mean a low on-base percentage and making outs often.
As I touched on, teams that post high on-base percentages tend to take pitches to get deep into counts and either wait for pitches they can hit with authority or they take walks. But taking pitches also means taking more pitchers' pitches that are strikes that a team can't do anything with even if they swing and make contact. So a talented offensive club that takes pitches will get their walks, will get pitches to crush and crush them but they also tend to strike out a lot. Of course strikeouts are outs but a lot of a particular type of out doesn't necessarily mean making outs often.
Every now and then when an opposing team is playing Billy Beane's Oakland A's, especially around the time Moneyball came out, you would hear the opposing team's announcers talked about the Athletics' high on-base percentage, and the A's working counts, taking walks and putting balls in play. But in the Moneyball Athletics' offensive heyday, they weren't really an outstanding contact team. Strikeouts for hitters aren't any sort of an indication that those hitters aren't good at avoiding outs in general.
4. The myth is that high-strikeout offenses can't win in the postseason.
It's always dangerous to try to single out factors that influence postseason success. There are so many variables that lead a team to winning postseason series and often teams that win short series win in spite of inferior baseball skills to their opponents. But of course it's not unheard of for teams with high-strikeout offenses to win in the postseason. These teams are usually, of course, good offensive teams and good run-prevention teams that happen to make a lot of outs via the strikeout. But there's really not much of a particular pattern of any kind that can give us an indication why certain teams win and certain team lose in the postseason, especially in this day and age of four or five playoff teams and 5-game series or one-game playoffs.
There is nothing to indicate high-strikeout teams struggle more than low-strikeout teams against great pitching. The 2004 Red Sox led their league in strikeouts and won the Series. The 2012 Washington Nationals finished 3rd in the National League in strikeouts. They were 24-14 against playoff teams in the regular season. They were 26-17 against playoff teams in both the regular and postseason combined. The lost their opening-round series to the Cardinals by a 3-games-to-2 margin and would have won it had their bullpen not blown it. That series loss had nothing to do with their offense and its propensity to strike out.


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All with some supernatural significance.
The Strawberry Moon comes from Native Americans, and the short season of the strawberry harvest.
We're about to see an astrological phenomenon that hasn't happened since 1967:
the joining of the Strawberry Moon and the summer solstice.
Shades of the Age of Aquarius!
We won't see this again until 2062!
This moon will be visible while the dying light of the day is still illuminating the world.
The full moon will be hanging low the entire time. Around 8:00pm ET, it rose fully.
It was dubbed "Strawberry Moon" by the Algonquins Native Americans
because they knew that when this moon rose,
it would finally be time to gather ripened fruit. Like strawberries!
In Europe, the moon is also called the Rose Moon, Mead Moon, and Honey Moon.
On June 21 (the day after a Strawberry Moon), we'll probably be swept up in a large storm.
It may work out for the best, though, because according to folklore,
crabbing and shrimping are best during this time, too.
Shellfish and strawberries anyone?
Oh, and though it is called the Strawberry Moon,
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Big homes on small lots crowd Kirkland neighbors
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A $3 million home under construction on the corner of Fourth Street West and Seventh Avenue West in Kirkland boasts a chef's kitchen, a wine cellar, a wraparound covered deck and a "spectacular view of Lake Washington" to the southwest.
But neighbors worry the 4,400-square-foot home, which sits on a smaller-than-average 5,700-square-foot lot, is so close to the house next door that the view to the northeast could be their neighbor's kitchen.
"If you go and take a look, you can read the lettering on the canned vegetables in the house next door," said Loren Spurgeon, chair of the city's Market Neighborhood Association, who lives nearby. "It's virtually 4 feet away from the house next to it. There's a half-dozen of those [in the neighborhood]."
As Kirkland becomes a destination for new luxury homes — many taking maximum advantage of the lot space — residents worry that the new houses are changing the feel of their communities.
The concerns have led the city to take a hard look at the rules for determining how large homes can get. Proposed changes will be presented at a public hearing tonight.
The issue is not unique to Kirkland. Across Puget Sound, communities are seeing small homes on modest lots being replaced by much bigger homes that often seem out of scale and overwhelming to neighbors.
Public hearing today
Of particular concern in Kirkland are older neighborhoods such as Market and Norkirk, which were platted in the early 1900s with smaller lots. These neighborhoods in particular have faced much redevelopment as smaller homes are torn down and replaced by bigger ones, said City Manager Dave Ramsay.
Currently, the city requires that homes on 5,000-square-foot lots not exceed 60 percent of lot size, which means they cannot be larger than 3,000 square feet.
One proposed change would reduce that ratio to 50 percent, making the maximum house size just 2,500 square feet, said Paul Stewart, deputy director for Planning and Community Development.
That same 50-percent ratio already applies to the most common lot zones in the city — 7,200 or 8,500 square feet. In the largest lot zones — 35,000-square-foot lots — homes cannot exceed 35 percent of the lot size.
In Seattle and Snohomish County, the 35-percent ratio applies to the majority of homes and lots.
Based on its lot size, the home on Seventh Avenue West should not exceed 3,600 square feet. But in calculating the allowable house size, the city doesn't count certain areas, such as the deck and a partially below-ground level that includes two bedrooms, a bathroom, the wine cellar and a media room, said broker Laura Westlund.
The result: The 4,400-square-foot home is legal. Its impact is compounded because the neighboring 1939 home was built closer to the lot boundary than would now be allowed.
To Spurgeon, more out-of-scale homes mean fewer people can afford to live in Kirkland, making the city less diverse.
"It's improving the value of the homes, but the blowback from it is that retired folks are unable to continue to live here," Spurgeon said.
Others have mixed feelings. Russel Smith has lived in his home on Seventh Avenue West since 1967 and, while he's not happy that his taxes have increased, he said the new homes improve Kirkland's appeal.
"It is changing the quality of life," he said. "I've lived here since 1967, and back then it was a town of little bungalows that were thrown up quickly for the ship workers. I didn't think it looked too nice."
The debate highlights the changes taking place in Kirkland, said Eric Campbell, who lives in the Market neighborhood and owns Cam West Development, which has built several homes in the city.
"You have the struggle of a lot of people moving into Kirkland having higher income levels, and their needs and wants are very different than what the people that were here previously want," Campbell said. "Trying to balance both people's needs, it's a tough job for the planning commission or City Council to do."
Campbell said he is against the proposed reduction in the home-to-lot size ratio for 5,000-square-foot lots. A ratio at 60 percent for such a lot usually means he can build a four-bedroom home. If it goes down to 50 percent, he can only build a three-bedroom home, he said.
Barbara Loomis has lived on Eighth Avenue since 1974 and calls the home under construction next to her a "megahome."
"It's out of scale with the neighborhood," Loomis said. "It's the feeling of mass and scale that is bothering people."
She recalls a conversation she had with a developer who said he chose to build garages in front of the home rather than the back-alley garage common in the neighborhood because the front garages could be built lower into the ground and not counted as part of the home's size, allowing him to build bigger houses.
"When you put garages in the front [of the home], it messes up the architecture and the feeling of community and neighborliness," Loomis said. "There's too many loopholes that the developers have used in order to build bigger houses."
Loomis lives in a historic home and said the same developer told her that he wished he could buy her lot.
"He didn't say my 'house,' he said my 'lot,' " Loomis said. "My house is one of [city founder] Peter Kirk's improvement houses, there's no way I would allow it to be torn down."
The Planning Commission will consider other changes to the current provisions, including whether vaulted ceilings and detached structures, such as garages, should be included in the home size. It will also consider adding provisions regarding house placement on a lot to minimize the feeling of crowding.
Times staff reporters Keith Ervin and Christopher Schwarzen contributed to this report.
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Since the shop he works in stopped opening on Sundays a few months ago Sundays have been spent with my boyfriend with just a few exceptions - my niece's christening, studying for exams, etc. Today however, he had a bbq with some friends which I wasn't invited to, so obviously I didn't spend the day with him. (I actually did see him though cos I went with my family to town and he was in one of the shops so bumped into him and had a little chat, but I don't really class that as it was only a couple of minutes.)
It was a strange feeling, not spending the night at his last night - I've decided I don't like sleeping alone on a Saturday night, much nicer to be cuddling - and then even stranger not being dropped at his this morning as normally if I don't sleep at his I will be dropped off in the morning. This all meant that I had the whole day to myself so the question was, what the hell do I do all day?!?
My family were going to town to get a few things at about midday so I figured I may as well go with, saves sitting around bored. We popped to Sports Direct which is where we bumped into Elliot as he was picking up the new Liverpool kit - you'll probably pick up from my posts that he's football obsessed! - and I got a pair of those lycra legging thingymajigs, I don't really know what they're called but you know the tight 3/4 running trousers? Yeah, them. My mum was nice enough to buy them for me as she knows that despite being paid only a week and a half ago, I'm already running low, which was very nice of her. Then we popped into Waitrose to pick up some strawberries for the street Jubilee party tomorrow (which I don't get to go to cos I'm working all day, BOOOO!) and a few other little things before we drove over to Matalan so that my sisters could look for outfits to wear for my brother's wedding at the end of the month.
When we got home I watched a couple of episodes of Don't Tell The Bride, which is my all time favourite programme, however I'd never be brave enough to do that myself!! Then I had a bit of late lunch before having a go at my new exercise dvd, The Essexercise Workout, which I picked up for £2 in a charity shop the other day. It was the first time I had tried the dvd and I loved it. I'm not overly keen on the dance or boxing part, but that's because I have practically no coordination whatsoever, the aerobics part however was amazing! I could really feel it working my whole body and plan to do it twice a week!
I watched a few more episodes of Don't Tell The Bride before dinner. I then did the washing up and helped my mum clear the kitchen and then made myself an exercise plan for myself so that I actually do exercise - I need lists and plans in order for me to stick to things! I think I might do a separate post on my fitness regime if people would be interested? I can also keep you updated on my progress, just how well I'm sticking to it and if I find results, although I won't post things like my actual weight I doubt as I'm not exactly light!!
Now I'm just watching the Gary Barlow documentary on BBC1 and then will watch The Apprentice final which I'm pretty excited for!!
All in all today has been quite nice, however I definitely prefer spending the day with Elliot, but oh well, hopefully he's enjoyed his BBQ and I will maybe see him during the week if we can find time, it's quite hard when we are both working but we manage to make things work.
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Beaten protest leader Dmytro Bulatov leaves Ukraine
A Ukrainian protest leader who says he was abducted and tortured has left the country for medical treatment.
Dmytro Bulatov has travelled to Lithuania, which has promised to treat any protesters injured in the crisis.
He appeared on TV last week with a gash on his face and part of his ear cut off. He said he had been held and beaten for eight days.
His case became a new rallying point for protesters, who want President Viktor Yanukovych to resign.
Mr Bulatov arrived in Vilnius in the early hours of Monday morning and was immediately taken to hospital, the Baltic News Service reports.
Thousands are currently in Maidan square in Kiev, a focal point for the protesters.
Mr Yanukovych has offered a number of concessions and his cabinet quit their jobs.
But the demonstrators, many of whom want to see closer ties with the EU rather than Russia, have not been placated.
'Tragic situation'
Mr Bulatov was a leader of a group called Automaidan, made up mainly of drivers who would protect the protest camps and blockade streets.
He went missing on 22 January and re-emerged eight days later on the outskirts of Kiev.
He told the media he had been "crucified" by his abductors, who he could not identify other than to say they had Russian accents.
Opposition politicians Western diplomats expressed outrage at the incident.
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned the "deliberate targeting of organisers and participants of peaceful protests".
On Sunday, opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said European diplomats had helped to arrange medical care outside Ukraine.
"Now everything is done in that regard to finalise everything and give him a possibility to leave abroad for further treatment," he said.
On Friday, interior ministry investigators had turned up at the hospital, apparently with a court order for the detention of Mr Bulatov.
But protesters had already arrived and prevented the investigators from questioning him.
Officials had suggested his account of the abduction might have been fabricated.
"The only thing he has is a scratch on one of his cheeks," Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara told broadcaster al-Jazeera.
"It looks like the alleged story that he was kidnapped and tortured is not absolutely true."
The ministry later said the comments did not reflect his "real attitude to the tragic situation", and said the minister wished Mr Bulatov a speedy recovery.


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"There are no "savings"
A Savings Mirage on Health Care
Let's start with the numbers. Unfortunately, the word "savings" is used misleadingly. It doesn't mean (as is usual) actual reductions; it signifies smaller future increases. There's a big difference.
In 2009, national health spending will total an estimated $2.5 trillion, or 17.7 percent of gross domestic product. By 2019, it's projected to rise to $4.67 trillion under present policies, or 22.1 percent of GDP. With CAP's "savings," it rises a little less sharply to $4.49 trillion, or 21.3 percent of GDP, according to Harvard economist David Cutler, the study's co-author who provided these figures. Similarly, family health insurance premiums rise from 19 percent of median family income in 2009 to 25 percent in 2019 under present policies and 23 percent with CAP's "savings."
The point is simple: Even with highly optimistic assumptions, health spending remains out of control. It absorbs more of government, business and family budgets. Higher health spending would put pressure on future budget deficits, already projected to total about $9 trillion over the next decade. If new taxes and Medicare "savings" are real, they could be used exclusively to pay down deficits, not finance new spending.
But many may not be real. Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Dr. Jeffrey Flier, dean of the Harvard Medical School, gave the various health bills a "failing grade" and said they wouldn't "control the growth of costs or raise the quality of care." Quoted in Newsweek, Dr. Delos Cosgrove, head of the Cleveland Clinic, said much the same. Richard Foster, the chief actuary of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, doubts the cost-saving provisions touted by CAP would save much money. He's also skeptical that Congress, facing complaints from hospitals and a squeeze on services, would allow all the Medicare reimbursement cuts to take effect. True, Congress has permitted some reimbursement reductions to occur but has repeatedly blocked the Sustainable Growth Rate adjustment for doctors, which most resembles the new proposals.
The 'Cost Control' Bill of Goods
Mr. Orszag proposed another option, citing academic research observing that as much as 30% of health spending is "waste" that doesn't affect outcomes. He argued the country could save $700 billion a year without harming quality—more than enough to pay for universal coverage.
Thus cost control migrated from Orszag theory to free political lunch. Mr. Gawande wrote an influential New Yorker essay on the topic in June, and the theme shaped both the case for a new entitlement and especially the appeal to potential opponents in business.
But then Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf testified in July that "the curve is being raised," given that ObamaCare lacks "the sort of fundamental changes" necessary to tamp down costs. Meanwhile, it became clear that Mr. Orszag's favored research was always more nuanced and qualified than his pose of papal infallibility. One of his main gurus, Jonathan Skinner, mused recently that "the key lesson" from a new study challenging some of his findings "is how little we know about the science of health-care delivery."
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Western policymakers often say "Russia" when they really mean the Kremlin. This is often a convenient substitution—it is certainly more pleasant-sounding and politically appealing when the White House speaks of a "reset with Russia" rather than a "reset with the Putin regime" (which it, in fact, was). "There is a Russia of the Kremlin … and there is a Russia of civil society," eminent political analyst Lilia Shevtsova reminded earlier this week at a Capitol Hill conference cosponsored by the Institute of Modern Russia, Freedom House, and the Foreign Policy Initiative. "And the West has to formulate finally a dual-track policy towards the Kremlin Russia and towards our Russia."
Claims that the Russian pro-democracy opposition is working for the West to undermine Russia's national interests—and is therefore nothing but a bunch of traitors—are a favorite tune of Kremlin supporters. The absence of any facts to substantiate such claims has never stopped them. In October 2011, the news website Infox.ru published a story with a truly sensational headline: "Kasparov Urges War Against Russia." Those who read it learned that one of the leaders of Russia's opposition, while speaking at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, urged the West to "act against Russia … from the position of strength" and "reminded [the audience] of the 'successful' experience of democracy-building by military intervention in countries of the Middle East and Africa." "Judging by this experience," the story continued, "the most effective way to install democratic procedures is by 'humanitarian' bombing."
On Wednesday morning, Vladimir Pekhtin, one of the most senior and longest-serving members of Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in the State Duma, took to the floor to announce his resignation because of "controversial documents published on the Internet." He did not mention Alexei Navalny by name, but it was indeed Russia's leading anticorruption blogger who forced the Putin loyalist out of politics. Last week, Navalny published documents showing Pekhtin's (undeclared) ownership of more than $2 million worth of luxury real estate in Miami Beach, Florida.
Vladimir Pekhtin is a quintessential loyal foot soldier of Vladimir Putin's regime, having served as one of the leaders of the ruling Unity/United Russia party in Parliament since 2000. He has backed the laws labeling NGOs as "foreign agents" and banning Americans from adopting Russian orphans, called former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev a "traitor" for having declared perestroika, and cheered the abolition of gubernatorial elections and the prison sentence for Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Russia's ruling regime is persisting in its attempts to rehabilitate the name of Joseph Stalin. For Vladimir Putin, this has been a consistent course—from the reinstated melody of Stalin's national anthem to new school textbooks justifying Stalin's mass purges as "adequate to the task of modernization." In 2010, as Russia marked the 65th anniversary of victory in the Second World War, the authorities attempted to "decorate" the streets of Moscow with portraits of the dictator—but were forced to back down in the face of strong opposition from veterans, civil society groups, and the Russian Orthodox Church.
At the height of its panic in December 2011, as tens of thousands of protesters in Moscow demanded free elections and political reforms, the Kremlin announced several concessions, the chief of which was the reinstatement of direct gubernatorial elections, abolished by Vladimir Putin in 2004. Having ceded ground to the opposition, the regime tried its best to limit the damage. Between January and June 2012, while the old rules were still in effect, the Kremlin made a slate of gubernatorial appointments, reducing the number of regions that were supposed to hold elections in October of that year from ten to five. Among the provinces that were denied the right to elect their governors in 2012 were the Yaroslavl and Sverdlovsk regions, where Putin's United Russia party—even according to official results—received, respectively, 29 and 33 percent of the vote in the 2011 parliamentary election.
Last summer, as Vladimir Putin's regime was hardening its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement, opposition activist Alexander Dolmatov fled to the Netherlands, where he applied for political asylum. His "guilt" in the eyes of the Russian authorities was his participation in the May 6th rally in protest at Putin's inauguration, which was brutally dispersed by police. As of now, 19 people have been charged with "mass disturbances" in connection with the protest—despite the findings by the Kremlin's own Human Rights Council that no such "disturbances" took place. One of the protesters, Maxim Luzyanin, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Eleven more are currently in pretrial detention. Among them is Sergei Krivov, a 51-year-old scientist and father of two minor children, who is in the sixth week of hunger strike in protest at his unlawful arrest.
On Sunday, some 50,000 people marched through the boulevards of central Moscow—from Pushkinskaya Square to Sakharov Avenue—in what turned out to be the largest protest in the capital since last summer. Perhaps the most emotional of all the rallies held since the rise of the Russian protest movement in 2011, the "March Against Scoundrels" drew not only committed Kremlin opponents, but also people who have never attended such events in their lives. The reason was too important to sit out: the march was held in protest of "Herod's Law," which banned adoptions of Russian orphans by American citizens in response to US visa sanctions against crooks and human rights violators among Russian officials.
In just one year, Alexander Sidyakin, a member of the Duma from Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, went from little-known functionary to the regime's most prominent attack dog on the Russian pro-democracy movement.
On January 1st, "Herod's Law," which bans all adoptions of Russian orphans by US citizens, officially came into force. Ignoring protests from opposition and civil society leaders—and, more generally, from everyone with a conscience—Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has avenged corrupt officials and human rights violators who will be banned from traveling to the US under America's Magnitsky Act by denying thousands of orphaned Russian children a second chance in life.
But just pushing the law through, it appears, was not enough. Now, Putin wants to make sure that other members of his ruling elite share responsibility for this moral crime.
If anyone needed more proof that Russia's current "Parliament" is neither a legitimate nor a representative body—beyond the mass fraud in last year's election and the largest protest rallies in two decades—it came during the passage of the anti-orphan bill in both houses of the Federal Assembly. The bill, initiated by Vladimir Putin's United Russia party in response to US visa and financial sanctions on corrupt officials and human rights violators from Russia, would ban all adoptions of Russian children by American families, thus denying thousands of orphans a second chance in life. It has been popularly dubbed the "Law of the Scoundrels" and "Herod's Law."
After long threatening unspecified measures in response to the passage of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act—the new US law which bans corrupt officials and human rights abusers from Russia from traveling to or doing business in the United States—Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has announced its idea of "reciprocity." In return for targeted sanctions on Russian crooks and abusers, the Kremlin will retaliate against Russian children. To be precise, against the most vulnerable category of Russian children: orphans in need of adoption.
Vladimir Putin's first state-of-the-nation address since his formal "return" to the Kremlin disappointed both his critics and his loyalists; the former had little to scorn, the latter, little to trumpet. It was a 90-minute speech about nothing, likely forgotten by most of those in the audience as soon as Putin finished reading the script. No central theme, no new ideas, no specific proposals—instead, general words about "patriotism"; vague promises to improve the social, economic, and housing conditions of state employees; meaningless statements about the need to reduce corruption among government officials; customary insinuations that the opposition is "receiving money from abroad"; and pledges not to accept "[political] standards forced on us from the outside."
On December 20, 1974, as the US Congress, over the vehement objections of President Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, passed the historic Jackson-Vanik amendment limiting trade with the USSR over its lack of the freedom to emigrate, Soviet political prisoner camps were in almost open jubilation. The United States has established a vital precedent: for the first time, economic relations with a country were linked to its human rights record.
Vladimir Putin's decision to appoint Moscow regional governor and former emergencies minister Sergei Shoigu as the new minister of defense has sent waves of speculation that Shoigu is being positioned to take over as Putin's successor in the Kremlin—much as Putin himself was picked as President Yeltsin's heir apparent in 1999.
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For the next thirteen days, many talented writers, some old friends and many new ones, will be cooking from The Newlywed Cookbook, sharing their story of food and love along with one of my recipes for you on their blogs! We, whether married two years or twelve years or not-yet-married-at-all, are toasting to the spirit of newlyweds ~ to the the joy and curiosity and abundant love that is at the heart of this book.
The menu, if I do say so myself, is quite delightful, and includes all the major valentines food groups. On it you'll find....
Rise and Shine Muffins ~ Oatmeal Yogurt Pancakes with Blackberry Crush ~ Ricotta Silver Dollar Pancakes ~ Multigrain Pancakes with Chocolate Shavings ~ Roasted Beets with Ricotta and Pistachios ~ Two-For-Two Cheese Souffle ~ Halibut with Coriander and Carrots ~ Grilled Lamb Chops with Melted Polenta ~ Cast Iron Skillet Steak ~ Dowry Dinner Rolls Chocolate Bread & Butter Pudding ~ 1000-Layer Chocolate Cookies~ Olive Oil Cake with Tangerine MarmaladeWe invite you to come taste these recipes and hear the stories of these talented writers and friends here...
Dorie Greenspan ~ Diary of a Locavore ~ Aida Mollenkamp ~ Just A Little Organic ~ E.A.T. ~ Mom's Kitchen Handbook ~ Spoonful of Cake ~ Nancie McDermott ~ Farmhouse ~ Lucid Food ~ Crumbs On My Keyboard ~ Dessert-o-Licious ~ Dallas Food Nerd ~ The June Cleaver Blog ~ Cherryspoon ~ Healthy And Happy HourTo show our love for our readers and hopefully inspire some loving feasts in your home, each of us will be giving away a copy of The Newlywed Cookbook to one lucky reader. Kindly leave me (and them) a comment and tell us your story of food and love for your chance to win.
Meanwhile, while I regret that I can't cook you my Bittersweet Chocolate Tart myself, I'm so happy to share the recipe with you. I promise that your skill-set in the pastry department is of no matter; this is one simple, sensational valentine's treat you and your love won't regret embarking upon.
Come, bring your beloveds, bring your friends as we toast to love. May your hearts and tables be filled!
Serves 12
Make the filling: While the crust bakes, bring the cream, milk, sugar, and salt to a simmer in a medium saucepan over low heat. Remove from the heat and add the chocolate. Let it sit for about 2 minutes, without stirring. Starting in the middle of the pan, whisk together until the chocolate is evenly melted and the mixture a smooth and a shiny dark brown.
Remove the tart from the pan sides and carefully transfer to a platter before serving. Let it cool just until it slices easily. It melts in your mouth when served slightly warm, with a dollop of crème fraiche, if you wish, for extra decadence. Or cool completely, and serve by itself.


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The English Premier League may be one of the richest in the world, but that doesn't mean professional football in the UK is awash with cash. Stadia Solutions' James Cook explains how teams can make the most of an often underused asset, the stadium…
Many clubs urgently need to think of how they can drive new sources of revenue, making them less reliant on the unreliable fortunes of league position, relegation and promotion.
For most teams, and smaller clubs in general, off-pitch income needs to be the larger share of the overall business to balance on-pitch costs. This means looking for income outside of match days.
Our view is that their stadium holds the key to more business opportunities than they think. With teams playing an average of 38 matches a season, half of which will be away games, the home ground may be empty for more than 300 days a year – all days when it could be generating revenue. But with many of the smaller teams focused on the day-to-day business, these wider possibilities are often missed. Clubs should be thinking how they can make their stadium pay – not just on match days, but 365 days a year – a connected stadium.
This requires a new mindset – with clubs thinking of their stadium as a venue, not only for football, but also for other events, including music or corporate. As such, they need to compete with other venues for the business. To do this, they need to make sure they can offer the same facilities and equipment that clients require, including AV technology, connectivity, competitive food and beverage packages and the interior configurations to appeal to a wide variety of event opportunities.
"Forward-thinking investment will help to bring the business in"
Football clubs have a lot going for them when it comes to attracting business – regardless of their league position. A typical lower-league club with a ground in the middle of a town or city, has a prime location, highly visible in the local community – most likely surrounded by passing traffic and often close to shops and public transport.
No venue in such a prime location should shut its doors and go quiet for weeks and months on end. The ground should be seen as a venue which needs to attract customers and business. To achieve this, it helps to have some attractive inventory and assets to offer.
Forward-thinking investment will help to bring the business in, and some of the investments required – like WIFI, food and beverage and AV – are all things that can be used to enhance the experience for match-day fans and non-sports visitors. Also, many clubs can make the most of their location – in the city centre, or next to a busy road, to offer themselves as an advertising medium. Many clubs are now doing this, using large screens on their exterior for high-impact outdoor advertising.
Whilst there is a need for clubs to work towards a connected stadium we understand that this comes at a cost. Quite often the bulk of budget is allocated to the playing staff. We understand this and as such create solutions that are either self-funding or will offer a very efficient ROI. Offering such solutions that can provide commercial value without a financial outlay for the club is vital.
Nearly all new stadia being built around the country are already factoring this multi-purpose mindset into their plans. Most new projects now include other revenue-generating assets – a hotel, shops, cinemas and restaurants. The modern stadium has become a more rounded venue that has football at its core, but plays a larger role as a focal point in the community, attracting business day after day, throughout the year.
None of this is easy, and every club's situation is different. But many are so focused on the day-to-day struggles of football, that these wider possibilities are missed. The beauty of this strategy is that it can be disconnected from success or failure on the pitch and become a way to sustain the club through the highs and lows of league football.


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Entertainment Plus More, Inc. has released a new app for Mac users, Math Flash Card Master. Math Flash Card Master is an educational tool designed for teaching kids the basic fundamentals of mathematics. The app features support for the 4 basic math areas. Entertainment Plus More, Inc:
Entertainment Plus More, Inc. has released Math Flash Card Master, a shareware program that provides the practice and testing of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Math Flash Card Master can be adjusted to different knowledge levels, and includes optional sounds and a timer feature. Math Flash Card Master is made with REALbasic from REAL Software, Inc.
You can find more information about the Math Flash Card Master release at the Entertainment Plus More, Inc Web site. Math Flash Card Master is available for US$5.00.


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A tube of your choice. I used the lovely work of Elias Chatzoudis, which can be found here:
Plugins needed:
Alien Skin Eye Candy Textures Demo, which can be found here:
Penta.com, colour dot, which can be found here:
Supplies needed:
Flowers by Rainbow Coffi, which can be found here:
Flashy template No. 6 can be found here:
4shared.com /file/vhWIbvYl/template_no_6.html.
Lets begn!
Open a new image 600x500 and floodfill in white. Rectangle tool, foreground null, background
#f4bcd0. Draw a decent sized rectangle bottom centre, which will become the brick wall. Convert to raster
layer. Plugins and Alien Skin Eye Candy textures, and brick wall. Use the settings as below:
Now draw a smaller rectangle for the top of the wall in grey. Eye Candy again and brick wall.
In the settings choose cobble stones, and the settings as shown below:
Drop shadow the wall and top, using the settings below:
Now duplicate the top, and add some flowers on the wall, made by Rainbow Coffi, or of your own choosing.
X out all layers but the wall, tops and flowers. Merge visible, and un X all.
Click on the ellipse tool, and foreground null, background #f4bcd0, make a circle, and
convert to raster layer. Ellipse tool again, foreground white, background null, width
4. Make a frame that fits snuggly on the outside edges of the pink circle. Convert
to raster layer.
Add a close up of your chosen tube, and paste as a new layer. Make the white frame
later active and click inside it with the magic wand. Selections, modify by 4, selections,
invert. Make your tube layer active and hit delete, and deselect. Drop shadow the tube and the
white frame.
Click on the pink circle, and go to plugins, penta.com, colour dot. Use the below settings:
Now X out all layers, but the pink circle, white frame and the tube, and merge visible.
Duplicate this merged layer and resize by 60. Adjust, and sharpen. Repeat this once more,
using the merged layer and resize by 30 this time. Position them like on my tag, and merge
visible. Now un X all the layers.
Bring the merged wall to the top. Add your main tube, and position it near the wall. Move
this tube layer below the wall layer ... in my case it has no feet, so the wall hides that nicely!
Add a drop shadow to your tube. Move the circles layer below your tube.
Word art next, font used is Coca Cola ii, size 20, stroke 1, colour, #a0cad3. Place this
where she maybe thinking! Daydreams: font used is Blackjack, size 26, stroke 1, colour,
#f4bcd0. Convert to raster layer. Place this top centre. Drop shadow both
word arts as follows:
Download and extract my template No.6. Copy and paste the palm tree, and the sun. Colourise
as you choose. Add the first drop shadow. Drag the tree below the wall layer. Add the
plane, and drop shadow. Drag the sun behind the palm tree.
Click on raster layer 1, and add a new layer. Floodfill in #f4bcd0. Open mask 27, and go to
layers, new mask layer from image. Choose mask 27 from the source window. Make sure
invert mask data, and source luminance are checked, and ok. Merge group, and then go to
the same penta.com colour dot settings, we used before.
For your name, the font used is lucinda Handwriting, size 48, stroke 1, foreground #85b23b,
background #f4bcd0. Drop shadow as before. Image rotate free rotate 90% right, and place
down the right hand side of the tag.
Add a few butterflies from my embellishments, and drop shadow. Resize as necessary.
Add your credits.
X out raster layer 1, and merge visible. Save as a PNG file.
Thats it, you are all finished! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial.
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The Count of Monte Cristo
What is danglars profession? How is this important to the plot?
Chapters 30-33 only.
Chapters 30-33 only.
He is a banker, and this is how he will be ruined.
"The Count also sends a telegram to Debray in this chapter relating a contrived news bulletin of a political chaos in Spain. Debray thus rushes to Danglars' wife telling her to recommend to her husband that he sell all his Spanish bonds. He does so, though he loses money. At the end of the day when the news is proven false, the bonds rise to twice their original value. The net loss for Danglars is thus a million francs."


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text: To the editor: How relaxing it must be for the Post-Star editorial staff to critique efforts at economic development from the sidelines offering highly simplistic overviews regarding very complicated situations. Such is the case with the June 27 Post-Star editorial regarding Warren Countys approach to rail funding which essentially accuses the Board of Supervisors of fraud in pursuing grants to establish a rail connection from North Creek to Saratoga Springs. Having reached its conclusion that the project has already failed, the editors ignore consistently any fact whatever that does not support their conclusion. In so doing, the Post Star fails the public by not accurately covering the details of the project and fails itself quite miserably by abdicating its role as truth seeker for the vastly easier one of ill-informed combatant. The Post Star declared the following in their June 27 editorial: 1) Adirondack tourism in not enhanced by the project. 2) Skiers are not riding the rails from downstate locations. 3) Tourist line operations have failed to attract significant numbers. 4) Not enough destinations exist in the North Country to satisfy riders. 5) The grant application itself was ill advised. How about shining a light on these unsupported assertions? During 2007, 13,751 tourists visited North Creek over a mere 7-day period to enjoy the Thomas the Tank Engine event. In 2006, the same event attracted 17,843 visitors. In terms of annual ridership, 11,372 tourists rode the line in 2007 and 15,491 rode in 2006. How did I secure these Woodward-and-Bernstein breakthrough statistics? I called the train operator and asked for the numbers. Moreover, the above numbers do not even consider the economic ripple effect that the train causes local businesses. These include restaurants, retail operations and motels which incidentally spin back some of those dollars for reinvestment via the bed tax. The Post-Star editoral also fails to acknowledge that the connection between the Saratoga Station and the northern line is not complete. We now stand on the cusp of this connection. Of course downstate skiers are not flocking to the train it doesn't reach them yet! Perhaps most alarming in the Post-Star's editorial is the failure to acknowledge the synergy between the rail line and massive improvements at Gore Mountain Ski Area. With already approved buildout, Gore in the next year or two will become the eighth largest ski facility east of the Mississippi. To be accurate, the Post-Star has never fully understood the significance of Gore Mountain to the regional economy. In point of fact, Gore is an economic powerhouse for all of Warren County and several surrounding counties. Last year, Gore enjoyed 238,000 skier visits. Gore is a first-rate ski facility now interconnected to a struggling Adirondack hamlet that will be benefitted by an operational rail line linked to downstate population centers. What the Post-Star irresponsibly calls "a sleight of hand" by county leaders may in fact be part of the solution for an Adirondack economy that has I submit been hit harder than most by the recent economic downturn. To be sure, the project is vastly behind schedule and is frustrating at times given the layers of bureaucracy required to get the job done. There are legal and political complexities and engineering challenges. As one of the "politicians" criticized I would stand in support of a unilateral legislative elimination of earmarks, member items and pork. Until that happens however, I will compete on behalf of my community for all funds available. A person who passed through North Creek just over 100 years ago once argued that "it is not the critic who counts...or how the doer of deeds might have done better." Teddy Roosevelt went on to add that "the credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena...who if he wins knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly." No doubt, the Post-Star editorial staff doesn't care much for the arena. That's where facts can't be ignored. That's where public debate leads to policy decisions, not coffee-club chat. The Post-Star is obligated to cover the arena and quite frankly, we deserve better. Sterling T. Goodspeed Supervisor, Town of Johnsburg


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GARY Breen will report for World Cup duty in Dublin today, despite a hamstring injury scare.
The Coventry centre half hopes to be fit to play for the Republic against Cyprus in the Group Two qualifier at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.
Breen failed to complete the full 90 minutes for Coventry at Gillingham on Saturday and this set the EIRE alarm bells ringing.
He was forced off at half-time and initial attempts made by Republic boss Mick McCarthy to contact the player were unsuccessful. But Breen had good news for McCarthy when he finally got in touch.
McCarthy said: ?Gary?s fine. He?s been in touch to tell me he is OK and that is welcome news.
?He has had some tests on his injury and he assures me everything is fine.
?He told me he will be able to report for duty in Dublin on Tuesday along with the rest of the lads.?
Breen?s availability is a big boost for McCarthy and he could line out alongside Steve Staunton if McCarthy is reluctant to involve Cunningham.
Breen last lined out for his country in the return game in Dublin the following month.
He captained the side and scored in the 3-1 win at Lansdowne Road.
McCarthy said: ?Obviously I will give my team selection a lot of thought. There are a number of players on yellow cards and I have to keep that in mind.
?Unfortunately we won?t have Richard Dunne and Rory Delap won?t be with us either, but Gary?s good news is a bonus.
?He has had a few tests and they have revealed nothing more than a strain. But we will have to be careful with him all the same.?


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What do you guys think of them? :)
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Waiting on Wednesday #6
What do you guys think of them? :)
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Dear Killer looks great. Will definitely be reading it when it releases.ResponderEliminar
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I can't wait for it! It sounds so good! Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day! :DEliminar
Great pick! I have an eARC of this and can't wait to read it, it looks so good. Thanks for sharing :) My WoWResponderEliminarRespostas
Lucky you! I'm looking forward to read your review! :DEliminar
It does sound amazing! Thanks for stopping by :)
I really want this one too! I love Dexter and other serial killer stories. The whole idea that people write letters to her and then she kills them is very intriguing. Thanks for stopping by!ResponderEliminarRespostas
Thanks for stopping by too! I love serial killer stories too and this one seems like it's something different from everything I've seen! :)Eliminar
This one sounds sooo sooo sooo good! I love serial killer books, and I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of this!! Great choice, Joana! Have a great rest of the week!ResponderEliminar
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It sounds really interesting and unique, doesn't it? Can't wait to get it either! Have a great day! :)Eliminar
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