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Painted walls can gives this light and comfy feeling at your home. That's why we often consider these colored paints as we have to paint out our home walls. However these days, as we got into this so called modern age, trends in home designs and decors are rapidly changing too that's why am suggesting you now to have your walls in murals. Yes! you heard it right! walls should be murals now instead of painting it in with plain colors. You can have an ideas on what you should do or what kind of designs you can get in for you walls by checking my uploaded photos within this post. Look at the top photo, it has this great and neat mural which can make the whole room quite looking wide and huge, right? also, it is indeed light to eye as you seeing it right?
And for this one, I simply liked the accent of the wall which the bamboo kind of murals there. And these ladders as an shelves really makes me amused and wanting to have it too on my own room as well. I think, this design for room is really fits in to me and it can bring the artist ambiance in me. lol Okay, that will be all for now and I hope you'll keep on checking me here for more home decors and designs ideas..


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This was my first time baking with lavender, and also my first time baking Angel's Food Cake, so I was a little unsure as to how it would turn out, especially being a relatively improvised recipe. The result, however, was divine... so deliciously light, and airy, and fragrant, and summery...
~ Lavender Angel's Food Cake ~
for the cake:
140g plain flour
12 egg whites
1 tbsp warm lavender water (see below)
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cream of tartar
300g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
a 25cm ring shaped cake tin, ungreased
for the lavender glaze:
icing sugar
lavender water
for the lavender water:
fill a ramekin with lavender flowers, then add boiling water and allow to steep for an hour or two.
|ramekin with lavender flowers steeping in boiling water
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
Sift the flour four times, set aside.
Using an electric whisk, beat the egg whites and warm lavender water on a low speed until foamy.
Add in the salt and cream of tartar and increase the speed until you get soft peaks.
Add in the sugar gradually and continue to beat until your mixture is stiff and glossy.
Beat in the vanilla essence.
Using a metal spoon, gently but thoroughly fold in the sifted flour.
Spoon the mixture into the ungreased cake ring, there should be enough to completely fill the tin.
Bake for 35-40 mins, or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Now the cake needs to cool for about an hour... upside down. Invert the cake tin over the neck of a bottle. Don't worry, the cake won't fall out, this is so the cake can cool without sinking down and losing its airy-ness.
|my ring tin didn't actually have a hole all the way through, so here it is, balancing quite precariously on the top of a bottle...
Now when the cake has cooled, loosen the sides by running a knife inside the edges and invert onto a wire rack. It doesn't come out so easily so you need to gently ease it out of the tin without breaking the sponge.
To make the lavender glaze, simply add the rest of the lavender water from the ramekin into a mixing bowl, and slowly go sifting some icing sugar in and mixing until you get a drizzlable glazey consistency.
Drizzle over the top of the cake, and finish by scattering some lavender over the top.

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Centuries ago, a forgotten mystic founded the Scholomance, a college built to train fledgling witches and sorcerers, lest solitude and caprice drive them to make mischief out of magic. It flourished over the years, attracting the best and most ambitious magi, but its final headmaster, the Wizard Loshe, trafficked with what mortals ought not and invited a spirit of foul knowledge and dark power into his mind. It subjugated his will, seized his body, and began remaking the school in its own wicked image. His former friends and colleagues fled, taking their students with them, and sealed the Scholomance away behind wards and walls and unaging guardians. But all did not escape. You did not escape. An abandoned student of the Scholomance, you are trapped in the castle with a mad wizard, his lieutenants, a few wily faculty, and your own desperate fellows.
But you have a chance. When the professors left, the Scholomance awakened. The Founder imparted it with a keen intelligence and power over the castle's servitors and mechanisms. It retains its full power and purpose only in the Tower of Repose, which houses Scholomance's dormitories, bathrooms, and storerooms. Here, it can shield the remaining students from the predations of Headmaster Loshe and the demon coiled tight around his heart. In other wings, it is weakened, slumbering, or insane.
Character generation is the same as Flowerland, only backgrounds indicate who your parent(s) are, there is no need for a Sorcery or Shamanism skill, and you get equipment by rolling d6 three times on the following table.
All characters begin with 1 white button down shirt, 1 pair of black slacks, 1 black robe, 1 wand (required for magic), and 6 of the following.
You deal d6 damage unarmed, d6+3 damage with a weapon, 2d6 damage with a particularly appropriate weapon (using a hammer against a skeleton, for example). Each piece of armor reduces damage taken by 1, but you can't stack pieces of the same kind on top of each other (so you can't wear two helmets at once).
1-1-1: Spell: Summon Salamander
1-1-2: Spell: Summon Sylph
1-1-3: Spell: Summon Undine
1-1-4: Spell: Summon Gnome
1-1-5: Spell: Summon Phantom
1-1-6: Spell: Bind Spirit
1-2-1: Spell: Unlock
1-2-2: Spell: Lock
1-2-3: Spell: Repair
1-2-4: Spell: Sabotage
1-2-5: Spell: Assemble
1-2-6: Spell: Deconstruct
1-3-2: Spell: Diminution
1-3-3: Spell: Beasting
1-3-4: Spell: Glamor
1-3-5: Spell: Hex
1-3-6: Spell: Obfuscate
1-4-1: Spell: Obliviate
1-4-1: Spell: Illuminate
1-4-2: Spell: Ignite
1-4-3: Spell: Flourish
1-4-4: Spell: Gust
1-4-5: Spell: Rain
1-4-6: Spell: Spark
1-5-1: Spell: Darken
1-5-2: Spell: Snuff
1-5-3: Spell: Freeze
1-5-4: Spell: Vacuum
1-5-5: Spell: Fog
1-5-6: Spell: Magnetize
1-6-1: Spell: Push
1-6-2: Spell: Pull
1-6-3: Spell: Ascension
1-6-4: Spell: Gravitation
1-6-5: Spell: Barrier
1-6-6: Spell: Manipulate
2-1-1: Weapon: Pitchfork
2-1-2: Weapon: Shepherd's crook
2-1-3: Weapon: Scythe
2-1-4: Weapon: Sickle
2-1-5: Weapon: Hatchet
2-1-6: Weapon: Mallet
2-2-1: Weapon: Chef's knife
2-2-2: Weapon: Cleaver
2-2-3: Weapon: Straight razor
2-2-4: Weapon: Table leg with bent nail
2-2-5: Weapon: Broom (sharpened handle)
2-2-6: Weapon: Cane
2-3-1: Weapon: Fencing foil
2-3-2: Weapon: Oar
2-3-3: Weapon: Bat
2-3-4: Ranged Weapon: Lawn darts (12)
2-3-5: Ranged Weapon: Bow and arrows (12)
2-3-6: Weapon: Anchor
2-4-1: Weapon: Decorative sword
2-4-2: Weapon: Serving fork
2-4-3: Weapon: Brazier
2-4-4: Weapon: Curtain rod
2-4-5: Weapon: Poker
2-4-6: Weapon: Roasting spit
2-5-1: Ranged Weapon: Tomahawk
2-5-2: Ranged Weapon: Boomerang
2-5-3: Ranged Weapon: Blowgun (12 darts)
2-5-4: Ranged Weapon: Blunderbuss
2-5-5: Weapon: katana
2-5-6: Weapon: Military saber
2-6-1: Pack of cigarettes
2-6-2: Pack of Goetia trading cards
2-6-3: Bottle caps (100)
2-6-4: Box of snack cakes
2-6-5: Pornographic chapbook
2-6-6: Hall pass
3-1-1: Armor: Pot with eyeholes
3-1-2: Armor: Mascot head
3-1-3: Armor: Rugby helmet
3-1-4: Armor: Hockey mask
3-1-5: Armor: Antique helm
3-1-6: Armor: Large skull
3-2-1: Armor: Hammered tin breastplate
3-2-2: Armor: Shin guards
3-2-3: Armor: Heavy poncho
3-2-4: Armor: Shoulder pads
3-2-5: Armor: Fencing jacket
3-2-6: Armor: Parka
3-3-1: Armor: Antique gauntlets
3-3-2: Armor: Plywood Shield
3-3-3: Armor: Platter Shield
3-3-4: Armor: Work gloves
3-3-5: Armor: Boxing gloves
3-3-6: Armor: Garbage lid shield
3-4-1: High heels
3-4-2: Red silk robe
3-4-3: Ragged black scarf
3-4-4: Tuxedo
3-4-5: Evening gown
3-4-6: Furs
3-5-1: DIY tattoo kit
3-5-2: DIY piercing kit
3-5-3: Makeup kit
3-5-4: Pomade
3-5-5: Hair dye
3-5-6: Cat ear headband
3-6-1: Switchblade
3-6-2: Brass knuckles
3-6-3: Bag of rocks
3-6-4: Shiv
3-6-5: Bicycle chain
3-6-6: Slingshot
4-1-1: Cat
4-1-2: Dog
4-1-3: Crow
4-1-4: Serpent
4-1-5: Bat
4-1-6: Weasel
4-2-1: Spyglass
4-2-2: Magnifying glass
4-2-3: Rope, 50'
4-2-4: Bear trap
4-2-5: Compact mirror
4-2-6: Rucksack
4-3-1: Straw hat
4-3-2: Heavy cloak
4-3-3: Umbrella
4-3-4: Tent
4-3-5: Sleeping bag
4-3-6: Box of matches
4-4-1: Wound kit
4-4-2: Curse kit
4-4-3: Vermifuge kit
4-4-4: Fever kit
4-4-5: Cough kit
4-4-6: Venom Kit
4-5-1: Phylactery (full)
4-5-2: Phylactery (empty)
4-5-3: Bottled rest
4-5-4: Bottled dream
4-5-5: Silver hoop
4-5-6: Red paint
4-6-1: Homunculus
4-6-2: Dog skeleton
4-6-3: Chalk
4-6-4: Vial of blood
4-6-5: Vial of blessed water
4-6-6: Sticks of incense (6)
5-1-1: Pouch of golden lotus powder
5-1-2: Bottle of laudanum
5-1-3: Bottle of wine
5-1-4: Bottle of fine liquor
5-1-5: Bottle of loathsome liquor
5-1-6: Bottle of cough syrup
5-2-1: Keg of gunpowder
5-2-2: Magnesium flares (3)
5-2-3: Firecrackers (6)
5-2-4: box of matches
5-2-5: flask of kerosene
5-2-6: Candles (12)
5-3-1: String of garlic
5-3-2: Blue glass eye
5-3-3: jar of salt
5-3-4: wooden stakes (24)
5-3-5: Weapon: silver-plated knife
5-3-6: Silver bell
5-4-1: Goggles
5-4-2: Armor: Leather apron
5-4-3: box of glass eyes
5-4-4: Box of pins
5-4-5: Jar of formaldehyde
5-4-6: Mannequin
5-5-1: Atlas of the Scholomance
5-5-2: Location of 1 secret passage
5-5-3: Demonological treatise
5-5-4: Botanical treatise
5-5-5: Bestiary
5-5-6: Necrology
5-6-1: Flute
5-6-2: Violin
5-6-3: Harp
5-6-4: Pound of clay
5-6-5: watercolors
5-6-6: hammer and chisel
6-1-1: compass
6-1-2: pound of lard
6-1-3: sack of marbles
6-1-4: Copper wire, 20'
6-1-5: dark glasses
6-1-6: camera
6-2-1: tin of fish
6-2-2: name of lesser demon
6-2-3: bicycle
6-2-4: roller skates
6-2-5: pot of glue
6-2-6: bolt cutters
6-3-1: manacles
6-3-2: flask of acid
6-3-3: padlock and key
6-3-4: notebook and pen
6-3-5: goldfish in bow
6-3-6: needle and thread
6-4-1: bushel of apples
6-4-2: human skull
6-4-3: diamond ring
6-4-4: pearl necklace
6-4-5: Sublimated Darkness
6-4-6: Hardened Flame
6-5-1: Clarified water
6-5-2: Rare Earth
6-5-3: Reified Aether
6-5-4: Immortal Blood
6-5-5: Chloroplasm
6-5-6: sack of sandwiches
6-6-1: Malodorous cheese
6-6-2: choice cut of meat
6-6-3: Dead chicken
6-6-4: itching powder
6-6-5: stink bomb
6-6-6: whoopee cushion
Some common enemies/creatures/allies/victims:
- Baglings: monsters of cloth and ivory Wizard Loshe stitches together with magic and spider silk.
- The Servants: shadow-fleshed dogmen with tools for hands that maintain the castle at night. In places where the Scholomance is asleep or damaged, they attack or act erratically.
- Bocklin: goat people that populated a village that was sealed away with the rest of the Scholomance. Loshe likes to tangle cursed thread in their horns to compel their obedience.
- Sophia's Eidolons: Sophia, the Prime Warlock of the Summoning School, could not escape the Scholomance in time. She has taken up residence in the Library Wing and defends herself from Loshe and his servants with a combination of summoned servants and the forbidden magic contained in the deepest reaches of the Library. Unfortunately, she is stretched a bit thin, so she doesn't have enough control over her eidolons to keep them from attacking innocents, too.
- Gyges: a vampire and former Headmaster freed from his prison in the Crypts by Wizard Loshe. He is thoroughly evil and has animated most of the interred, but he has no interest in the Scholomance anymore and loathes Loshe for placing him in servitude.
- Dame Balustrade and the Inquisition: a group of knights who claim to have entered the Scholomance by means of divine intervention. They hate magic and all its practitioners, and though the seek to kill the Wizard Loshe for his black magic, they wouldn't mind snagging a few students along the way.
This draws on: Harry Potter, Seclusium of Orphone, Paolo Greco's Mysteries and Mystagogues, Scrap Princess' post post apocalypse


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Humanity is having a devastating effect on the diversity of life on Earth.
Bleak headlines abound about species on the brink. Monarch butterflies in Mexico are struggling. So are starfish in America, vultures in South Asia and coral reefs everywhere.
This is depressing stuff. It's also a glimpse of the future. As the climate warms, catastrophe looms. Yet it is oddly pleasurable to read Elizabeth Kolbert's new book, which offers a ramble through mass extinctions, present and past. Five such episodes in the past 450m years have wiped out plant and animal life on huge scales.
A sixth appears to be upon us.
Ms Kolbert, who writes for the New Yorker, uses case studies to document the crisis. Setting out for Panama to investigate a vanishing species of frog, she learns that amphibians are the world's most imperilled class of animal. Close to her home in New England, a fast-spreading fungus has left bat corpses strewn through caves. On a tiny island off Australia's coast, she laments the degradation of the Great Barrier Reef by ocean acidification, sometimes known as global warming's "evil twin".
A new geological epoch may have arrived. Some scientists have dubbed it the "Anthropocene" after its human perpetrators. Another proposed the "Catastrophozoic". By the reckoning of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, two-fifths of all amphibians, a quarter of mammals and an eighth of birds are threatened. Humans, as another writer has observed, have "succeeded extravagantly at the expense of other species". A wonderful chapter covers the North Atlantic's once-abundant, flightless great auks (pictured), last spotted in Darwin's time.
But the Anthropocene may actually extend back beyond recent centuries, Ms Kolbert argues. In the debate over the cause of the extinction of large, legendary creatures like mastodons and woolly rhinoceroses, she tends to blame people rather than the end of the most recent ice age. Humans even did away with the Neanderthals--after mating with them. "Does it have to end this way?" she asks, after touring a Californian facility that preserves the cells of vanishing species in vials. It is known as the "frozen zoo".
To science-minded readers, little of this will be revelatory. Ms Kolbert glides through the problems humans have created--climate change, incursion into wildlands, the transport of invasive species--with broad strokes. She misses a few chances to emphasise the value of biodiversity, beyond its natural wondrousness and the general interconnectedness of species. Her chapter on bats, for example, does not mention their importance to human food supplies as bug-eaters.
Clearly she hopes to engage casual readers with the ecological crisis of our times. A mass extinction, she writes, is "one of the rarest events in life's history". Indeed, the concept of extinction was not always accepted as fact. Eighteenth-century scientists had trouble imagining entire species vanishing, even as strange bones turned up. And theories of mass extinction are always subject to debate. The idea that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs and a majority of other species more than 60m years ago earned scoffs at first.
The root cause of the current extinctions is not ambiguous. Humans have already left a mark, and our ingenuity seems unlikely to turn things around. Wisely, Ms Kolbert refuses to end on an optimistic note. "Life", she writes, "is extremely resilient but not infinitely so."
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One of my friends was recently on a luxurious safari trip to Africa. She showed me some beautiful pictures from her trip which inspired me to put together this look today. I wish I had the time and money to go on such a journey in RL. For now, traveling in SL will have to do. The outfit I am wearing is from Vero Modero. I love this avante garde outfit. It's a full set which includes the feathered neck piece, leopard print top and pants, and a pair of feathered boots. The earrings and bangles are not part of the set, but I thought they go quite well with this outfit. Oh well, I may not be on a safari trip, but at least I have this chic outfit and get to dream while I am wearing it.
Hair: Lelutka – Rush Hair Burnt (previous group gift)
Skin: Curio – Shell Frex Dark Jasmine Mysterious 1
Eyes: MADesigns – Naturals Brown Studio Eyes Small
Eyelashes: Redgrave – 12 Catwalk
Make Up: Kyoot Makeup – Feline Wood Smoke
Nails: Mandala – Takara Nail Nude Gold
Outfit: Vero Modero – Locuala Set (includes neck piece and shoes)
Earrings: Lelutka – Hamptons Earrings Gold
Bangles: Atelier AM – Wood Bangles, Armidi Gisaci – Healing Koi Wheat, VG Republic – Stripe Bangle Double Bangles
Poses: Glitterati – Headshot 2, Dare – Vogue Fashion "No, no… Really… Nevermind"
Location: Happy Muppet's Island
Sky Setting: Places Wiccan


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When you are a dedicated series reader, over time you notice that certain recurring characters seem to take on extra life. They pop up more frequently and always get the best lines. They are endearing and engaging. They find a special place in your reading heart.
That's why one of my pet peeves as a romance series reader is to finally get to one of these stories and it doesn't seem worthy of the character who inspired it.
Not to despair! I read two series titles last week that avoided this problem entirely -- they were worth the wait.
Lothaire [2] by Kresley Cole
After seeing this cover, I was worried, but I should have had faith in Ms. Cole. I cannot imagine a more hysterical partner for Lothaire, the aristocratic Enemy of Old, than Elizabeth, the spunky, pragmatic, demon-possessed hillbilly. I also love that Lothaire doesn't change; he remains the arrogant, sarcastic, vengeful, slightly insane vampire we've read about in 11 previous books.
Darker After Midnight [3]by Lara Adrian
For most of this series I wanted to smack Sterling Chase upside the head and yell "Snap out of it!" But, the past couple of books, as his character completely derailed, he managed to intrigue me. This was the final book in this series and I was completely happy with the story and the wrap-up to the series. Although, I do smell a spinoff...
What about you? Are there any series titles that made you throw the book across the room or made you cackle with glee? Share!
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text: Every fall around the time of Autumn Equinox a river walk is arranged along Akerselva the river that flows through Oslo. It's 8 km path is dotted with thousands of candles, music, dance, light sculptures, theatre, fakirs and fire show, illuminated waterfalls - making everything so mystical and cultural about this walk. At 8 PM all lights are switched off and thousands of people walk along the river on the candle lit path. Come join me in the 'River Walk by torch light'.


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Get your post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas Jam party on with Xpress at the Best of WNC Showcase! We're celebrating the soiree season and featuring some of the fine and talented winners of our annual readers' poll with an evening of music, food and good times, all to benefit MANNA FoodBank.
We're gonna rock out with stephaniesid (pictured), voted No. 1 rock band and No. 1 indie/noise band; The Trainwreks, voted No. 1 country/alt-country band; and DJ Bowie, winner of best DJ/turntablist.
We'll have food from the following restaurants, each voted No. 1 in their category: Apollo Flame Bistro (Greek), Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company (Pizza and Kid-friendly), Doc Chey's (Take-out), Greenlife (Grocery), Jersey Mike's (Subshop and Sandwiches), The Lobster Trap (Seafood), Mela (Favorite and Indian), Mamacita's (Cheap Lunch), Rosetta's Kitchen (Late-night Munchies), Tomato (Latin American), 12 Bones (Barbecue) and Wasabi (Sushi).
Tickets are $13 in advance, $15 at the door. Get 'em at the Orange Peel box office or Web site.
See you soon!
— Rebecca Sulock, A&E editor


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Using NVivo
Below are links to materials that tell you how to undertake some of the basic activities in qualitative data analysis software such as importing documents and starting projects, coding and its organisation, creating memos, text and code searching, reporting and retrieving information.
Many software developers now produce their own teaching materials that cover the basics of the software use. Where this is so the links below are to their materials. In other cases there are links to materials on this site that cover older versions of the software to help those who are still using these versions.
NVivo 11
Version 11 brings together the development of the Mac and Windows versions of NVivo to some extent. There are now three versions of NVivo for Windows: Starter, Pro and Plus. Starter is focused on working with text, whereas Pro includes the ability to work with images, video, audio, spredsheets etc. The Plus version add social network analusis to that. The Mac version 11 is similar to the Windows Pro version, but still lacks a few features. See this comparison chart.
NVivo 10
Version 10 has has some speed improvements and allows larger project sizes. It can now also capture any web page and display it and code it as a pdf file in NVivo. Evernote files can be imported too with some optional automatic coding based on your tags. Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn feeds can be captured as spreadsheets and imported.
NVivo 9
Version 9 has developed the functions to incude an improved layout for imported tabular data/spreadsheets which can now also be coded in the same way as documents. The program now includes an expanded button ribbon, changes in how nodes may be classified, new visualisation tools and incorporates the Framework approach.
NVivo 8
Version 8 kept the same interface as version 7, but some functionality was extended - especially the handling of video files.
NVivo 7
NVivo jumped from version 2 to version 7 in 2006 partly to maintain the sequence of versions from NUD.IST 6, whose development ceased. Version 7 kept the underlying approach of NVivo 2 and extended its functionality but the program interface was substantially changed.
NVivo 2
These instructions cover NVivo version 2. QSR no longer sells NVivo 2 but it still supports it. NVivo 2 projects can be migrated to QSR's latest program, NVivo 8. The guides to its use are preserved here for those still using the program from 2002.


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Focus on Your Feline During National Cat Health Month
February is National Cat Health Month, it's also known as a month to celebrate love. One way to show your love is to schedule a visit to the vet for an annual check-up. The vet will check for periodontal disease, obesity and more. Be sure to write down any questions or concerns you have before you go.
Did you know . . .
- Cats purr at a frequency of vibration that aids bone and tissue growth and repair.
- Cats also produce a "silent" meow which is thought to be a request for attention or a show of genuine affection from cat to owner. It is pitched too high for the human ear to hear.
- Most cats eyes glow silvery green when light is shone into them at night, but Siamese cats eyes glow red.
- Cats eyes function in about 1/6th the light needed for human vision but cannot function in complete darkness.
- Cats memory can last up to 16 hours in contrast to a dog's memory that lasts about 5 minutes.
- A cat can jump from a standing start to over 5 times its body height.
- One female cat averages 6 kitten per year, 75% of which die before reproductive age.
- One female cat and her offspring will produce 100 cats in 7 years.
- 38% of US households own a cat.
Ways to keep your kitty content:
- Rotate toys every few weeks to keep your cat's interest and banish boredom.
- Cats are huggable when they are asleep, but they do need 16 hours of sleep each day.
- Put the litter box in a quiet area of your home, give them privacy.
- Do Not Declaw - it only solves a symptom. Buy a scratching post or kitty condo.
- Cats know when they are being sung to and often meow, so serenade your sweetie.
- Cats don't like harsh noises, but they love the sound of soft whispers.
- Buy fresh catnip to stuff it into an old sock.
- Clean their potty often, cats hate dirty litter boxes.
- Play TV shows or videos for cats or tune into a nature channel.
- Get toys that involve both you and your pet.
- Lavish your cat with attention.
- If it is safe to do so in your neighborhood or if you have a catio, provide your cat with a Hale Pet Door so they have some limited access to the sights and smells of the great outdoors.
Come see us at the Twin Cities Pet Doors & Underground Fencing Exhibit. Booth #253
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 2nd Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Come visit us at the Central California Pet Doors booth #1230 in the Pet Expo!
Fresno Fairgrounds
1121 South Chance Avenue
Fresno, California
Come see us at the Twin Cities Pet Doors & Underground Fencing Exhibit. Booth #253
Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 2nd Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Booth #1115
State Farm Stadium
1 Cardinals Drive
Glendale, Arizona
Booth #227
Norris-Penrose Event Center
1045 Lower Gold Camp Road
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Booth #TBA
Abbey Fieldhouse
2951 East Highway 50
Canon City, Colorado
Booth #TBA
16601 North Pima Road
Scottsdale, Arizona
Booth #1317
State Farm Stadium
1 Cardinals Drive
Glendale, Arizona
Booth #937
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What does an Army officer's wife at West Point do, exactly? The day's itinerary, improvised, with notation.
0700: Morning kiss. Vigorously palpate the scalp of he who got barbered last night. A military man's haircut has four stages: Scalp-tastic, Velcro, Velvet, and Puppy Butt. Relish the fleeting Scalp-tastic phase. The Army guy's head = Pat the Bunny for grown-ups. Listen as MAJ Hubby clomps downstairs in big boots and BDUs (Battle Dress Uniform—i.e., fatigues). During the weeklong run-up to the Army-Navy football game, which is this weekend, everyone, corps included, wears BDUs to ratchet up "spirit." Be grateful this sartorial pep rally doesn't extend to wives. BDUs are even more talkative than corduroy.
Make mental note to show spirit in other, quieter way, perhaps by carrying a small felt pendant that says "rock on" or, more simply, "yay."
1000: Drain teacup (fat-free hazelnut creamer, huge Yankees mug). Hit the computer and Google "West Point wife." Yield two links, one a guide to swingers and wife-swappers in West Point.
Feel suddenly better about West Point. Not because of any personal swinger tendencies. (Too hippie. Too Rick Moody novel.) Little ping of relief born of apparent proof that the educated, ambitious West Point staff and faculty are deeply human! With, like, vices and urges and stuff!
Follow link and discover that swingers are based in West Point, Utah, not West Point, N.Y.
Feel suddenly better about Utah.
1030: Chat with the wife of husband's department head about upcoming Army-Navy weekend in Philadelphia. Discuss dress options for Friday night's gala. (First gala! V. v. exciting, as Tina Brown might say. Or Gawker imitating Tina Brown.)
Suggest to department head's wife that we throw an old-school officer's wife tea with hats and tea sandwiches and white gloves. Laugh at camp potential for said idea. A lot.
1130: Husband calls. "You want to meet for lunch at Delta Foxtrot?" Code for Dong Fong, the cheap Chinese eatery just outside Thayer Gate, favored by faculty and cadets.
Drive. Wonder if restaurant name isn't some great jokester conspiracy to make august military men and future masters of the universe say the word "Dong." If so, excellent.
1215: Re-enter West Point, flash military ID to nice M-16-toting soldiers at the gate. Glide home to agonize over writing and stare at computer screen for hours—i.e., "work." Repeat for several hours after COB (Close of Business).
1400: Open Santa-shaped Whitman's sampler. Pick through Santa's chocolaty guts and ponder possibility that one might just be a little sick of men due to constant proximity to high-T masters of the universe (and those in the making). Realize instead that one is simply exhausted by the academy's atmosphere of relentless competence.
As they say in the Army, "Sounds like a personal problem." It is.
1415: Hit shops in search of LBD (Little Black Dress) for gala. Pick a size 4, duck into dressing room, and commence Vulcan death battle with said garment. Dress wins. Dress-buying mission goes Tango Uniform (Tits-Up). Decide to wear old gray flannel strapless that has seen every semiformal occasion in the last three years.
1500: Think, Christ, it gets dark early these days. Wonder if Navy is blocking the sun as a psyche-out.
1600: Wheel into commissary for groceries. Spot, at entrance, portrait of Garrison Commander Col. Ann Horner. Admire her smile (not unlike a seventh-grader running home with a straight-A report card) and red lipstick. Realize that as garrison commander, this comely lass is, essentially, the mayor of West Point. Make little devil horns inside coat pocket. Chant silently, "Rock on, Ann."
1645: Respond to guy in checkout line who asks: "You're smiling. What do you know that we don't?" Listen as he divulges that by age 19, he was sent to Vietnam. "They took my childhood from me. Just took it away." Nod sympathetically. Listen some more as he berates current administration.
Cart bags to truck. Wave to childhoodless guy. Feel somewhat grateful that the Army isn't one big gung-ho green mass that pulses to Rumsfeld's heartbeat.
1650: Drive carefully down street dotted with jogging cadets. Note that female cadets are bundled into thick, fleecy sweat suits while male cadets trot along in hats, gloves, long-sleeve shirts and shorts. Ponder meaning of this.
1700: COB. Retreat. Watch as all soldiers in immediate vicinity of the flag at Trophy Point stop walking, or stop driving and get out of their cars, to salute the flag as it's lowered. Think, "Rendering honors. That's pretty f-ing awesome." Rock on, West Point. Rock on.


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There is a very strange feeling one feels when watching the second installment of the mafia saga. It is a masterpiece in filmmaking, however I do not enjoy it as much as the first one. I prefer the New York setting of the first movie, the events in the narrative, and the performances by James Caan and the incomparable Marlon Brando. Aside from this preference, the second film is still one of the greatest films ever made. Here are just a few of my thoughts on the picture...
One of the most common replies I get from people when I ask them if they have seen or if they like The Godfather Part II, is 'De Niro is in it'. I'm sure I am not alone when I say that I was cynical at first hearing that they cast someone to play young Vito Corleone. I thought, who on earth is going to make this believable? Brando has created such a unique character, only Brando can do it. But of course, I was totally wrong. De Niro gives the most mesmerising performance I have ever seen. Whilst retaining some of the mannerisms that Brando had made given the character i.e. touching his cheek, low, husky voice, he also made it completely his own. By combining Brando's older Don, with his own Younger Don, De Niro also managed to make the role his own, whilst merging a realistic and very believable similarity with Brando's. De Niro is simply spellbinding, not to mention looking his breathtaking best! He makes it impossible to take our eyes off Vito Corleone. He deserved his Oscar for this.
Al Pacino really portrays Michael Corleone superbly. We truly feel that this is a man who did not want the life he is now living, who is trying to escape the evils of what his life involves, but who is constantly pulled back in darkness by enemies and even, his own family. He brings the character of Michael Corleone to a whole new level, and the scene where he finds out that his wife Kay has had an abortion, is full of force. We can see the rage building in his eyes, to the point where even we want to run out of the room.
My favourite scene in the film is when young Vito and his family are returning from their holiday in Siciliy and there is a very brief shot of them all on the train. Vito is holding Michael in his arms, and tells his son, 'Michael, say good-bye'. It is an adorable shot. In the first film, it is clear the entire way through that Vito did not want Michael to get involved in the business, but knew that he was the only one of his sons who could do it properly. He could see himself in Michael alone. And that shot of them on the train, as well as a previous shot of Vito holding Michael as a baby telling him he loves a lot shows it seemlessly. There is a fatherly-son bond emphasised in this film between Vito and Michael and it is beautiful to watch.
One scene that really caught my notice, but didn't at first because I was too exicted for Brando to make an appearance (he doesn't by the way), was Michael's flashback of his father's birthday on the day of the Pearl Harbor attacks. The whole family are sat around the table awaiting their father's return. It is here that Sonny says how much he disagrees and despises those who fight in wars for a country that isn't in their blood, to which Michael responds that he has already enlisted in the marines. Sonny is furious and even Tom, lovely sweet Tom is massively disappointed. The only one that congratulates Michael and goes to shake his hand is Fredo. The sad thing is, that even though Fredo betrayed his brother terribly, he stuck by Michael and gave him his support when no one else did at this particular moment. I found that scene particularly moving for it occurs just after Michael has Fredo killed. At first I was really gutted that Brando doesn't appear in the final scene, but looking at it now it's better without him. We don't want to see his father's reaction.
The image of Michael sat at the table alone whilst his family all greet the father in the other room, then dissolving to the memory of Michael and his father on the train leaving Sicily, then fading to an older Michael- is much more powerfuly. Silver streaks running through his jet black hair, dark circles under his eyes, and a tired look in his eyes- we see that Michael is again alone, with no support.


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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Today's Top Stories
Top Stories from the
past week
Nov. 13
Announcement: Monday evening hearing on a request
to rezone property near the old rock quarry west of Lincoln will
continue Tuesday evening.
Veterans Day celebrated in Lincoln
Veterans Day celebrated in
Lincoln -- photos
Veterans Day celebrated in
Lincoln -- photos
Italian dinner -- photos
Mount Pulaski Alzheimer's
Support Group to feature speaker
2 Lincoln Christian student-athletes
named to all-American women's volleyball team
the American Cancer Society for the Great American Smokeout on
Thursday and be a quitter
Tobacco Atlas estimates 1 billion people will die worldwide
during 21st century if they don't quit smoking
the American Cancer Society for the Great American Smokeout on
Thursday and be a quitter
Fact sheet on tobacco use
Corn and
soybean prices following short-crop pattern
This day in history
Nov. 12
Veterans Day celebrated in Lincoln
Veterans Day celebrated in Lincoln --
Mount Pulaski volleyball finishes
2nd in state
Lady Toppers' 'state' celebration
Front to back: Images
from the competition
Album 1
Surviving Vietnam: A vet
tells his story of the war and the aftermath
Land rezoning request for quarry
becomes battle
Part 2
1st time out:
LCHS speech team success at Normal West
4-H'er Todd Irwin competes in
National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
Pulaski Alzheimer's Support Group to feature speaker
Woman's Club tea and guest
speaker Wednesday
McTeacher's Nights scheduled
during National Education Week, Nov. 12-16
away! Illini sink 13 3s in season-opening 75-55 win over Colgate
By Jeff Mayfield
Attorney general issues
resource guide for veterans, service members on employment
rights, consumer protections
Illinois State Police Zone 3 & FBI conduct investigation at Hammel
Woods Forest Preserve
Illinois names 8 health care plans for
Medicaid and Medicare clients
Project will provide
coordinated care for 'dual eligibles'Goal is to improve health care outcomes and control costs
Illinois agriculture invests
in nutrient research and water quality
This day in history
Nov. 10
country: Emden
elementary students and veterans in assembly hit the mark
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Album 2 |
Album 3
Lady Toppers win state semifinal
over Pirates
Land rezoning request for quarry
becomes battle
Part 1
Unseasonably warm temps offer
one more weekend to finish outdoor chores
Major winter
storm in western and Rocky Mountain states this weekend, to push
cold through Midwest into East Coast next week
U of I news:
IPT Bull Sale info available on
'Little Wonders: Plants on Your Thanksgiving Plate' at Sugar Grove
Nature Center
New service hours for Social Security offices
This day in history
Nov. 9
Norovirus confirmed as CEL
City Briefs:
Council votes to sell surplus real estate; a new
agreement for city engineer; Conzo offers year-end financial report
City of
Lincoln dedicates new fire truck
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City Briefs:
Council votes to sell surplus real estate; a new
agreement for city engineer; Conzo offers year-end financial report
City of
Lincoln dedicates new fire truck
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Humane Society
celebrates a dream come true and honors volunteers
San Jose United
Methodist Women kick off the holiday season with a turkey dinner and bazaar
A warmer winter in store for Allen Chapel
Elkhart Historical Society
announces December events
Former star Farmer joins Railers as assistant coach
By Justin Tierney
IDES offices closed Monday to observe Veterans Day
Nov. 8
Land rezoning request for
quarry resumes
'Lincoln' movie premieres in
Lincoln at Lincoln Theater 4
Day-Lewis is
tremendous in safe 'Lincoln'
Local Scout uses Eagle
project to help tornado victims
ALMH to host 'Advances in
Stroke Treatment and Recovery' seminar
Carroll Catholic School
announces November Students of the Month
ZLS 1st-quarter honor roll
Weekly Outlook:
Which way for soybean
Nov. 7
Logan County election results
LCHS presents
Ye Olde Madrigal Dinner at Maple Club starting Thursday
Veterans and public
invited to USO dance
Electronics recycling at
Habitat for Humanity Saturday
Upcoming blood drives in Logan
Fall cleanup time
Memorial Medical Center to host Diabetes Awareness Fair
Website highlights 'slave
stealing' Illinois regiment
Vachel Lindsay home
celebrates author and artist's 133rd birthday
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Call for papers for Workshop Organized by Research Network 24 – Sociology of Science and Technology Network (SSTNET) of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and University of Ljubljana
Call for papers for Workshop Organized by Research Network 24 Sociology of
Science and Technology Network (SSTNET) of the European Sociological
Association (ESA) and University of Ljubljana
Call for papers
Critical engagement vs. technophobia: The risks of emerging
Workshop Organized by Research Network 24 Sociology of Science and
Technology Network (SSTNET) of the European Sociological Association (ESA) and
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenia
Keynote speakers
Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald and Prof. Dr. Joost van Loon
October 11 12, 2018, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
The development and proliferation of emerging technologies have a strong
impact on current society. While emerging technologies are found in different
fields from biotechnology and Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) to robotics and cognitive technologies they share the capacity to
transform the social world into a world of becoming. Discussions on the
processes through which emerging technologies are developed and disseminated
into current society also contain different kinds of risk assessment,
including issues of social, ethical, environmental and legal implications.
Risk and risk management are thus intimately linked to the proliferation of
emerging technologies. Saying this, critical sociological discussion of
current concepts of risk, risk management and risk governance of emerging
technologies is timely and highly needed. As social scientists, we need to
take the current progression of emerging technologies seriously, not by
dismissing these technologies altogether, but by critically engaging with
their developments and our societal capacities to shape them.
During this two-days workshop, we will engage in different aspects of critical
engagement in relation to emerging technologies. The aim is to open up for
discussions regarding the development and proliferation of emerging
technologies in todays society.
We encourage contributions that focus on risks with emerging technologies,
including issues of social, ethical, environmental and legal implications.
We particularly encourage contributions on the following topics:
- Accounting for the unknown unknowns.
- Social governance of emerging technologies.
- Precautionary and/or proactive approaches.
- The relation between development of emerging technologies and the
development of regulatory frameworks.
- Engagement of the lay public and experts in relation to emerging
- Risk assessment of emerging technologies in the context of
Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
- Promises, future visions, expectations, imaginaries connected to
the progress of emerging technologies.
- Techno-utopianism and techno-dystopianism.
However, potential contributions are not limited to these topics and
contributors are also encouraged to suggest new perspectives within the field
of social sciences.
Key dates:
An abstract of up to 500 words, containing an outline of the paper, including
methodology as well as the expected contribution of the paper, should be
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June 30, 2018 Deadline for submission
July 14, 2018 Notification of acceptance
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By Dustin Rowles | Film | December 3, 2008 |
We're all dreamers. For most of us, we're still aspiring towards inevitable greatness, to be more than we currently are. So whenever we're broached with a movie, or a novel, or song, which concerns itself with someone who wishes they were just a little bit better, we can relate. Directors like Michel Gondry and Jean Renoir have made careers dipping a toe in the realm of the fantastic, twisting the fabric of reality, and draping it over their audiences to deliver a narrative that's rife with almost childish glee. However, when dealing in dreams, things can quickly turn nightmarish and horrifying, with the creatures from Pan's Labyrinth and the Quay Brothers scurrying through the dark corners of our minds. As is the case with Special, a throat-punch of a cinematic dare offered by two relative unknowns, co-writer/directors Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore.
There's a definite distinction between a good film and a film you want to watch. Think of Requiem for a Dream, for example. Obviously, this is a well-made movie with excellent performances, a relatively cohesive narrative, and unflinching delivery. It's just not something you necessarily want to put yourself through again. Such is the unexpected nature of Special. It's as if you've packed the car for a lovely, fun-filled day at the beach, and as you drive along, the traffic starts to slow until you find yourself in a traffic jam. You might joke to your passengers that "someone better be dead." Then an ambulance goes by, followed by a police car, a fire truck, and then another ambulance. Nervous chuckles turn into gallows humor as you approach a smoking wreck. You see a body draped in a sheet being lifted on to a gurney. You then recognize one of the cars as belonging to a neighbor you really didn't know well. That's kind of the experience of watching Special. It starts out light-hearted and comical, a goofy little independent film that suddenly takes the twisted path into uncomfortable darkness and a little too stark reality. That's not to say it's not good. It's extremely well done. It's just a devastating sock in the gut you don't see coming.
Special is the story of Les (Michael Rapaport), a lonely dorkish metermaid, who takes an anti-depressant medication and begins to hallucinate that he has superpowers. First he thinks he can levitate. Then he thinks he's receiving secret telepathic messages from the clinical test doctor (Jack Kehler). Les confides his new found powers to his slackass comic book store buddies Joey and Everett (Josh Peck and Robert Baker), and he thinks he's being pursued by two mysterious men whom he refers to as The Suits. Now, on paper, especially with the inclusion of the inherently goofy Michael Rapaport as star, this sounds like it should be a complete goonfest. You expect Rapaport to use his mawkish bravado and lanky frame to twitch around in a homemade costume tackling thugs and acting the clown. Which he does. Rapaport excels at being a loser trying to become something greater. But it's all a clever bit of sleight of hand. While you're watching him preen and strut for his friends as they take bong hits and laugh at him, the directors drop the bottom on you. It suddenly becomes a very real film about a man suffering severe psychic delusions.
As the movie careens into the dark world, it becomes more uncomfortable to watch. It's no longer about a man who might have superpowers, some sort of Batman wannabe, but a very real story about a man coming apart at the seams. Rapaport gives a devastating performance that I didn't honestly think him capable of. You can see him painfully fall apart under the harsh reality of the situation. He believes in his own powers, because he has nothing else to believe in. His desperation is heartbreaking. Watching him commit to the lie that his brain insists HAS to be true, watching the paranoia fight for him, you feel sorry for him. Then you start to feel scared. The two brothers, Joey and Everett, act as the barometer for his crazy. Joey is naive and wants to believe in Les, and Everett is scathing, cynical, and mean. But they both genuinely become scared for their friend. What they thought was a joke suddenly becomes real and unfunny and frightening. Seeing the horror in their faces at their friend's reaction is particularly powerful.
The movie loses itself with the Suits, two pharmaceutical executives who stand to lose lots of money if their wonder drug is besmirched by this latent psychotic. They become a little too dire and psychotic in their own reactions. The movie goes a little too far over the top in their reactions to Les's mental state. It makes sense that they stand to lose just as much as Les and that they would go to extremes to save it, but it still feels forced and a little too graphic. Then again, not everyone who does drugs ends up one-armed, prison-raped, dead, or doing a double dong on the other end of Jennifer Connelly, and we're willing to accept that, so really it's not too far off base.
My biggest issue with the movie is that I feel fooled. I was expecting a light-hearted comedy and instead got jammed with a horrific life lesson. This was the intent of the directors, to trick their audience with humor before kicking the chair out from under them, and it works. It works extremely well. The film reminds me a little of Mike White's disturbing but terrific Chuck & Buck, not just because of the insanely cheap production values but because of the creepy dive into darkness. Like the hapless titular loser in that film, Les makes you laugh at him, then feel sorry for him, then scared for him, then scared of him. The directors almost tried to tack on love story, with a rescued cashier love interest (Alexandra Holden), but wisely choose to use her character instead to demonstrate again how Les has fallen apart.
Special is a devastating flick. It's not something I recommend you run out to the theatres to watch. It's best viewed quietly, at home, with some sort of happy film waiting on deck. It's not going to drive you to suicide, but you can see unpleasant thoughts off in the distance if you look out your window at the right angle. It's a little shaky for the first film by Haberman and Passmore. It shows promise, and I look forward to what they might come up with next. This will get washed away in the wake of the Oscar onslaught, maybe earning Rapaport a few nods from the independent spirit community, which is all it can really hope to expect. Now, if you excuse me, I'll be over here, squeezing all I can out of this happy thought.
Brian Prisco is a burger whisperer from the hills and valleys of North Hollywood, by way of the fiery streets of Philadelphia. When not casting his slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in an attempt to make sense of this crazy little thing called love, he can be found with his nose in a book in an attempt to make a grown woman cry when he beats her in the Cannonball Read. You can pick a fight with him via email at .com or decipher his crazy ramblings at The Gospel According to Prisco. Hail Discordia!
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GENE PATTERSON, PLAINTIFF,v.COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO; STATE OF CALIFORNIA; UCSD HOSPITAL; AND ALVARADO HOSPITAL; AND DOES 1 TO 25, DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Irma E. Gonzalez, Chief Judge United States District Court
ORDER: (1) GRANTING DEFENDANT COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO'S MOTION TO DISMISS [Doc. No. 12]; (2) GRANTING DEFENDANT REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA'S MOTION TO DISMISS OR ALTERNATIVELY TO QUASH SERVICE [Doc. No. 13]; (3) GRANTING DEFENDANT ALVARADO HOSPITAL'S MOTION TO DISMISS [Doc. No. 4].
Defendants Alvarado Hospital and the County of San Diego have filed separate motions to dismiss Plaintiff Gene Patterson's ("Plaintiff") Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Defendant Regents of the University of California San Diego (erroneously sued and served as UCSD Hospital) has also filed a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Plaintiff's Complaint, or alternatively, a motion to quash service.*fn1
These motions are suitable for disposition without oral argument pursuant to Local Civil Rule 7.1(d)(1). For the reasons stated herein, the Court GRANTS Defendants' motions to dismiss.
The following facts are drawn from Plaintiff's Complaint. On or about June 9, 2007, while Plaintiff was in the custody of Defendant County of San Diego (the "County") at the George Bailey Detention Facility, Plaintiff fell from his bunk bed onto the floor and was injured. (Compl. at 3.) Plaintiff alleges the County should have known upon reasonable investigation that the bunk bed "was a dangerous condition" and Plaintiff would be injured due its unsafe design and structure. (Compl. at 3.)
As a result of the incident, the County provided Plaintiff medical treatment at UCSD Medical Center operated by Defendant Regents of the University of California ("UCSD"), at Defendant Alvarado Hospital ("Alvarado"), and at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, operated by Defendant State of California. (Compl. at 3.) Plaintiff alleges Defendants performed medical services in a negligent manner, including leaving surgical utensils inside Plaintiff's body, and denied Plaintiff medical care. (Compl. at 3.)
Plaintiff filed a Complaint on October 16, 2009. (Doc. No. 1.) The Complaint is captioned, "Plaintiff's Complaint for Damages Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1981, 1985, the Civil Rights Act of 1871; Rule 60(b)(3)." It is unclear from the Complaint what the causes of action are. Under the section for jurisdictional allegations, Plaintiff alleges the action is brought pursuant to Section 1983 and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. The body of the Complaint is a Judicial Council of California form complaint alleging three causes of action: (1) negligence; (2) premises liability; and (3) intentional tort.
On April 15, 2010, the Court set a hearing for dismissal for want of prosecution pursuant to Rule 4(m) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (Doc. No. 2.) Thereafter, on May 7, 2010, Plaintiff served the Summons and Complaint on each defendant. (Doc. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9.)
Presently before the Court are Defendants' motions to dismiss. (Doc. No. 13.) On June 11, 2010, Plaintiff filed a late opposition to Defendants' motions.*fn2 On June 14, 2010, Defendant UCSD filed a Reply to Plaintiff's late opposition. (Doc. No. 30).*fn3
I. Legal Standard
A complaint must contain "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a) (2009). A motion to dismiss pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure tests the legal sufficiency of the claims asserted in the complaint. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6); Navarro v. Block, 250 F.3d 729, 731 (9th Cir. 2001). The court must accept all factual allegations pled in the complaint as true, and must construe them and draw all reasonable inferences from them in favor of the nonmoving party. Cahill v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 80 F.3d 336, 337-38 (9th Cir.1996). To avoid a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal, a complaint need not contain detailed factual allegations, rather, it must plead "enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face." Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007). A claim has "facial plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged." Ashcroft v. Iqbal, --- U.S. ---, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 1949 (2009) (citing Twombly, 550 U.S. at 556).
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AVSC's Ajax Cup 2012: Speed, Style & Philanthropy
The Aspen Valley Ski & Snowboard Club (AVSC) hosted the 3rd annual Ajax Cup Ski Race and Apres' Ski Party yesterday in Aspen. Ajax Cup has already become a signature event in Aspen and probably the best apres ski party of all time. The Ajax Cup is the most important fund-raising event of the year for AVSC. It's a one-of-a-kind ski race down Aspen Mountain featuring famous ski athletes, celebrities and some of the most competitive racing you'll find outside the FIS. A record 14 teams were vying for the Ajax Cup this year which raised over $300,000 for AVSC. AVSC reaches 2,200 kids throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. 99% of the participants in AVSC's programs pay a subsidized fee and many are on full scholarship. The skills learned...and bonds formed by AVSC's programming last a life-time for the children. AVSC's core values of COMMITMENT, TEAMWORK and INTEGRITY are evident in everything AVSC does, including Ajax Cup.
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For the second year in a row, The Ajax Cup was hosted by Antonio Banderas. Antonio has proven that he can ski and that he can party with the best of them. At the top of the race course, prior to his first run, Antonio could be heard shouting..."Puss in Ski Boots" in homage to one of his popular movie roles. Antonio along with event Co-Chairs Katy Frisch, Marc Ganzi and Jackie & John Bucksbaum pulled out all the stops for this year's Ajax Cup.
As well documented on the pages of AspenSpin...athletes in Aspen are extremely competitive. There really is no "recreational" division in Aspen. Everybody's a pro...and as Ajax Cup grows in popularity and status...the race for "bragging rights" is pretty intense. With ski pros like Chris Davenport, Casey Puckett, Jake Zamansky, Wendy Fisher, Kristina Koznick, Kim Reichhelm and Wiley Maple leading the charge...the racing got very serious ...very quickly. Good natured accusations of "sand bagging" during the time trials and team stacking were flying all over Aspen Mountain
You might think that a celebrity ski race might be all fun and games...and it is...but it's became very clear that winning the ski race, taking home the Ajax Cup trophy and the status that goes with winning was very important to everyone involved.
After a full day of racing it game down to a super-competitive final heat between returning champs, Team Ganzi led by pro Jake Zamansky...and Team Potamkin fronted by pro Kristina Koznick. After 9 head-to-head races Team Ganzi was ahead by one point. The Ganzi squad was stacked with big strong guys like Garrett Fisher, Grant Ganzi and Jeremy Oates while the Potamkin team was mostly teen-aged ladies. It came down to Zamansky vs. Koznick for all the marbles. In the final race...Koz nipped Jake by a 700th of a second to tie the overall score. After a judges delay...which seemed like a life-time...Team Potamkin erupted in joy as they appeared to have won the competition based on a series of complex tie breakers. Celebration ensued. An "un-official" announcement was made crowning team Potamkin the 2012 Ajax Cup Champs. But wait...upon closer inspection of the rules...and the application of the Pythagorean theory...it turned out that Team Ganzi had actually prevailed...by one 1000th of a second.
The ladies of Team Potamkin were stunned. Team Ganzi celebrated wildly..as the official word came down from the judges... TEAM GANZI...repeat champs.
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English Loan Words from Asia
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We tend to regard English as a European language as it has borrowed most heavily from the languages of Europe. However, it has also acquired many loan words from Asia. When the British began to trade with the Indian subcontinent and the Far East, it was necessary to find words for many things never before encountered, whether they were foods, plants, animals, clothing, or events. Many words that were borrowed from Asian languages as a result of trade no longer seem foreign, having been completely assimilated into English, and the process continues today. I hope you will enjoy reading about the surprising origins of some commonly used English words.
1. Bungalow
The term originated in India, deriving from the Gujarati baṅgalo, meaning "Bengali" and used for a "house in the Bengal style". This Asian architectural form and design originated in the countryside of the Bengal region in South Asia. Such houses were traditionally small, one-storied and detached, and had a wide veranda. The term was first found in English from 1696, where it was used to describe "bungales or hovells" in India for English sailors of the East India Company. Later it became used for the spacious homes of officials of the British Raj where it initially had high status and exotic connotations.
2. Brainwashing
From 洗腦 (xǐnǎo) (where 洗 literally means "wash", while 腦 means "brain", hence "brainwash"). This term came about after the Korean War, when 24 of the American troops held in a Chinese Prisoner-of-War camp chose to stay in China after the ceasefire rather than return to the United States. Members of the American media couldn't believe that these young men would willingly decide to stay in China rather than return home, and so they picked up on the Chinese word which literally means "brainwash" to describe what -- a then new concept in American culture -- was the only possible means of explaining that behavior.
3. Admiral
Amīr al-bahr ("commander of the sea") was a title Arabic-speaking Muslims used when they controlled the now Italian island of Sicily. After the fall of the Emirate of Sicily, the Normans in Sicily continued using this title in a Latinized form, which was successively adopted by the medieval Genoese and French. As the birthplace of seafaring, it makes sense that this word came from what is the present-day Arab world.
4. Tea
Te is from the Amoy tê of southern Fujian province. It reached the West from the port of Xiamen (Amoy), once a major point of contact with Western European traders such as the Dutch, who spread it to Western Europe. This pronunciation gives rise to English "tea" and other similar words in other languages, and is the most common form worldwide.
5. Typhoon
The Oxford English Dictionary cites several Oriental words from Persian and Chinese giving rise to two early forms in English: touffon (from Persian) and tuffoon / tay-fun (from Chinese). The Persian source is the word tūfān ("storm"; also Arabic ṭūfān, "to turn round") from the verb tūfīdan (Persian: "to blow furiously"). The Chinese source is the word tai fung (simplified Chinese: 台风; traditional Chinese: 颱風; pinyin: táifēng), cited as a common dialect form of Mandarin dà "big" and fēng"wind".
6. Zero
The word zero came into the English language via French zéro from Italian zero, an Italian contraction of the Venetian zevero form of Italian zefiro via ṣafira or ṣifr. In pre-Islamic times, the Arabic word ṣifr had the meaning "empty". Sifr evolved to mean "zero" when it was used to translate Sanskrit śūnya from India, a concept invented around the 7th century. The first known English use of "zero" was in 1598.
7. Gung Ho
The term is an adjective used to describe someone that is overly excited or too enthusiastic. It has its origins in the Chinese word 工合 (gōng hé), a shortened word for industrial cooperatives which were created in China in the 1930s. During that time U.S. Marines adopted the term to build up the same sort of working spirit seen in China where all the soldiers dedicated themselves to one idea and worked together to make that idea a reality. It is used to refer to someone with a can-do attitude.


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The language! Call yourself 'ladies.' I don't think I've ever seen such swearing in the comments section of a blog. It was pretty funny to see comment after comment chock full of swear words (curse word for you people using N. Am. English). I was in the pub (wasting no time in the healing process, get back in the alcoholic saddle again as soon as the clock struck 5) doing an incredibly difficult (ergo boring) pub quiz when I checked my blog for comments. The first two had such filthy language I had to read them out to my husband. His comment was 'I'm glad I didn't tell my mother to read your blog.' It was excellent and really cheered me up.
We didn't win the quiz. Sample question: If you drank red wine all night, what colour would your faeces be the next day? We wrote black. The answer was green. I dispute this.
After that we went to the noraebang for two hours, which is a private karaoke room. Usually it's the kind of place you go with groups of people (like for birthdays or work parties) but my husband and I both love singing so we occasionally go on our own and just sing whatever we want without having to share the microphone with other people. Last night we ended up specialising in 80s songs including Duran Duran: Hungry Like the Wolf which is such an awesome song. I love Duran Duran.
Thanks to you guys, and a night out with dh I feel better. No decisions made as yet, but I'm meeting up with a fellow IF blogger later today to talk things through a bit. I needed to talk to someone who's been through it. Plus I get to meet her new baby for which I can't wait. (Babies don't bother me, pregnancies do!)
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"Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.* (1 Corinthians 15:20)
St. Paul seldom leaves the message at the level of "believe this fact about Jesus." He always moves it to "this is what it says about you!" or "this is what it says about history!" Until we are ourselves pulled into the equation, we find it hard to invest ourselves in a distant religious belief.
Paul normally speaks of "Christ"—which includes us and all of creation—for he never knew Jesus "in the flesh" but only as the eternal Body of Christ. Christ Crucified is all of the hidden, private, tragic pain of history made public and given over to God. Christ Resurrected is all suffering received, loved, and transformed by an All-Caring God. How else could we have any kind of cosmic hope? How else would we not die of sadness for what humanity has done to itself and to one another?
The cross is the standing statement of what we do to one another and to ourselves. The resurrection is the standing statement of what God does to us in return. Today really is our big feast day!
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Friday Night
Can anyone recommend a decent night (please provide links)/area to go boozing in London on Friday night. I'm down from good old Yorkshire for the weekend with my girlfriend.
A friend of a friend suggested The Queen Is Dead at Borderline. Is that any good?
Be warned we are from Yorkshire and refuse to pay more than £2.20 for a pint of mild
The Old Blue Last in Shoreditch
I'm playing records there.. It's on Great Eastern Street and its a bit of an electro night... with two live bands...
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I think we're staying near there. So i'll bear it in mind. Although judging by the comments from that link it sounds like a shit tip!
It's not.. it's just very 'Shoreditch'
but ok.. gets busy upstairs where I'll be!!
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Mom said that this year wasn't a good year for the Mouse's (shio) and well, i can't do anything accept for pray pray and pray. its a forecast, nobody can change that.
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i guess life's gettin a little bit strange for me. but whatever is happening,life doesn't stop for anybody. so enjoyy.
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The second (see above for the first) in this two part freebie from Crash Symbols comes in the form of Pancakes, from Log Across The Washer. Generally speaking, something like this tends to be out of my wheelhouse, being just a bit over my own self imposed pop threshold. Admittedly after a few tracks this just about lost me (my fault). But, after a clattering smoke screen of horns and percussion cleared what I eventually found ended up being some exquisetly composed, and emotionally honest outsider pop. It's a rambling genre bending emotional mix. A massive 22 tracks, all over the map from complete weirdness to something that feels bluegrass and Americana, to my favorite track, I Like What For Feel, which is nothing short of a great time. Sounds like something too cool to care if it's cool. I need to stop being an elitist and have fun.
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Compensation: Top 5 Reasons to Make a Compensation Claim
If you have suffered as a result an accident which wasn't your fault, there are a number of reasons to claim compensation, including the ability to regain lost earnings, and the reduced likelihood of the same accident happening to somebody else. Here are the top five reasons to make a claim for personal injury compensation.
1)To regain lost earnings and medical expenses
The time period following an accident can lead to financial problems for a number of reasons, especially if a debilitating injury is involved. Any serious injury due to an accident will have led to suffering and potential recuperation costs, and could have caused you to lose earnings as a result. A compensation claim should repay you for any earnings lost as a result of the injury and could help with other costs, such as medical and recuperation expenses, as well.
2)You can make a personal injury compensation claim on a no win, no fee basis
'No win, no fee' means that if you make a claim for compensation which doesn't succeed, you will not pay a penny in solicitor's fees or other costs, essentially giving you free access to justice. If you win your case, you should gain 100% of your compensation. In almost all cases, there is no chance of losing money as a result of making a no win no fee personal injury claim. This is a huge positive in favour of making a personal injury compensation claim.
3)If you make a claim, the same accident is less likely to happen to someone else
A compensation claim can prevent further injury victims if an accident hazard is subsequently removed. If you make a claim following an accident which happened because your employer failed to meet health and safety measures, for example, your employer will be compelled to take more care over health and safety protocol in the future. These measures may prevent accidents happening to people working in the same situation in the future.
4)Your solicitor will complete most of paperwork and negotiate on your behalf
Many people are daunted by the idea that there will be a mountain of complex paperwork for them to complete, or stressful negotiations to take on, if they get involved in making a compensation claim. The prospect of paperwork can be particularly unpleasant to anyone suffering from an injury which is causing them pain and anxiety. In fact, a solicitor will be able to complete any complicated paperwork and take on any negotiations on your behalf.
5)If you don't claim soon, it could be too late
While a claim doesn't need to be made immediately following an accident, it is beneficial to initiate a claim as soon as possible, for a number of reasons. Firstly, if three years pass between the incident and the initiation of a claim, the claim will be invalid. It is usually necessary to claim within three years (exceptions to this including asbestos-related diseases). Furthermore, the sooner you make a claim, the sooner the compensation will become available to help with recuperation costs and lost earnings.


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An effective and efficient means to practice sight-reading on a regular basis without having to retrieve music from the library, hand the music out to the band, collect it after rehearsal, reassemble the
A sequential instrumental curriculum designed for the development of sightreading skills. Each volume contains: an effective and easy-to-use Evaluation/Assessment chart; a "Constant Eighth" concept for
Based on the best-selling series from Jerry West, this new volume presents 50 original exercises to challenge the wind band at a Grade 2-3 level. Longer etudes, 16th notes, minor keys and a few
As with the previous volumes, Book 4 contains 100 short sight reading pieces, slightly more difficult than those in Book 3 including more syncopated rhythms, more meter changes and more use of sixteenth
A sequential instrumental curriculum specifically designed for the development of core music literacy competencies necessary to read music "at sight." Each Sightreading book contains: an Effective and
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The County's insurance company allows an option for nonprofit entities to be added to its insurance policy. The core benefit to being added to the County's policy is, in most cases, lower premiums and better coverage.
Lac Ste. Anne County Council approved this group insurance option because community groups and nonprofit organizations bring value, quality of life and services that ratepayers desire.
If you're a non-profit organization operating within Lac Ste. Anne County and are interested in the County's group insurance plan, here's how it works:
- We will then forward to our insurance company to ensure you qualify to be an Additional Named Insured (ANI) under our policy.
- If you qualify, our insurance company will provide a quote and we will forward that quote back to your non-profit organization for review.
- If your organization is satisfied with the quoted amount, you must then submit a letter of request to County Council requesting you be added under the County's insurance policy.
- The request will then be taken to a Regular County Council meeting for approval 6. If approved by County Council we will contact your organization to complete the process.


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The Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Rwanda are considering a neutral country to try former renegade army general Laurent Nkunda for his rebel insurgency in Congo. This comes after Kigali refused to extradite the former rebel leader for prosecution, saying Rwandan law prevents it from handing him over to Congo while Kinshasa still favors the death penalty. The Democratic Republic of Congo wants Nkunda extradited for crimes committed during a brutal five-year rebellion in restive North Kivu province, during which he captured vast amounts of territory and threatened the regional capital Goma.
Journalist Jack Kahora, who covers the DRC for the Voice of America told VOA that Kinshasa seems displeased with the neutral country agreement worked out with Kigali.
"The minister of justice of DRC was in Kigali to meet his counterpart in Rwanda in a discussion around the extradition of Nkunda to the DRC. During the discussions, Rwanda said that it would be difficult for the country to send Nkunda to DRC because he can be sentenced to death," Kahora said.
He said Kigali proposed a third country which does not favor the death penalty to handle the former rebel leader's trial.
"Rwandan authorities wish Nkunda could be extradited to a neutral country rather than DRC," he said.
Kahora said both Kigali and Kinshasa are yet to select a country to handle the former rebel leader's trial and "there are some rebels in Kinshasa holding discussions…with the government."
He said Nkunda's former rebel movement is currently in peace talks with the government, but the discussions have so far reached a stalemate.
"The discussions seem not to advance because they (government) want to see first the outcome of Nkunda before they discuss with the new rebels of the CNDP (The National Congress for People's Defense)," he said.
Kahora said the CNDP accuses the Kinshasa government of failing to live up to terms of a previously signed agreement.
"In fact, the agreements which are clear up to now, you know, there are some issues which are not known by the public up to now. And that is why most of the other groups are complaining like the civil society… so even the local people would want to know exactly the content of the agreement which was signed," Kahora said.
He said there seems to be confusion among the former combatants who are not sure what their role would be in the recently signed agreement with the government.
"What is true is that the rebels of CNDP are not happy because up to now, they have been divided. But they don't know what responsibility has been given to them. It is true that the military officers have already have been integrated in the national army with their ranks. But the political leaders would also like to be integrated into political positions," he said.
Kahora said the government faces a stiff challenge in bringing in the political wing of the former CNDP rebels.
"In Kinshasa, power was shared among the winners of the election during the 2006 elections, and that is how the power was shared. Now the question is to know how the CNDP, which didn't win the elections, can be also positioned at the national level. These are the discussions which are taking place in Kinshasa up to now," Kahora said.
He said the former combatants have been taking their frustration about the current stalemate with the government one step further by carrying out actions detrimental to public interests.
"On the ground, the soldiers who belong to the CNDP have blocked trucks carrying food to Goma. About 60 trucks are blocked and cannot reach Goma up to now, and have now created a kind of shortage of food in the area up to now," he said.


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