[ubuntu-uk] possible to install ubuntu like gentoo?
thomas.ibbotson at gmail.com
Thu Apr 17 17:02:58 BST 2008
Andrew Oakley wrote:
> Finally, if everything else is fine, then your motherboard is probably
> b0rked, sorry (rare, but I have seen it happen twice in 20 years).
I'm pretty sure the last motherboard I had died. It would take many
attempts to boot up (it would spin up the CD drives over and over again
before booting). Then recently it stopped booting altogether. I replaced
it with a new motherboard, and now everything is fine.
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Comedian Sebastian Maniscalco, the co-writer and star of “About My Father,” loves it so much that he built a film around it. Directed by Laura Terruso, “About My Father” wants to be another “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” and there are so few movies like that in theaters that it might become a success despite reviews like this one.
Narrated within an inch of its life, and willing the audience to believe that an Italian-American marrying into a WASP family would represent a culturally fraught scenario with high failure potential in 2023, the movie runs the gamut from mediocre to painless with occasional moments of charm. But there’s no denying that it pushes some of the same buttons that helped turn the “Fockers” films, starring De Niro as another emotionally constipated patriarch, into gigantic box-office hits. From the “I can’t believe that person just said that” reaction shots to the obligatory moments of over-the-top slapstick, “About My Father” ticks all the boxes. The result falls somewhere between the “Greek Wedding” movies and De Niro’s “Dirty Grandpa,” though it always stops short of doing anything genuinely provocative or disturbing.
Maniscalco’s character is an attractive middle-aged man named Sebastian whose father, Salvo (De Niro), a widowed hairdresser, holds his late wife’s wedding ring in reserve until he can check out whatever family his boy decides to marry into. The moment arrives when he falls in love with Ellie (Leslie Bibb), who, like Sebastian, is in the hotel business and has sort of a modified Manic Pixie Dream Girl personality. Her family are immigrants, too, but they came over on the Mayflower, and that’s a long, long time ago. Ellie’s mother, Tigger (Kim Cattrall), a senator, and father, Bill (David Rasche), a moneybags country-club owner invite Sebastian to attend the family’s annual Independence Day get-together at their estate. When Sebastian asks his dad for the ring, pop pressures his son into letting him tag along because he needs to vet the new in-laws and because there wouldn’t be a movie if he didn’t.
You might find it a bit hard to believe that a guy who was supposedly a sought-after hairdresser in the 1980s would be unnerved by setting foot in a rich person’s home, much less dining at a country club where the richest person reflexively picks up the check, and the money exchange is handled with a signature rather than with cash. Salvo also seems pretty uptight and reactionary, even though the real-life version of a guy with his background would have done lines off the men’s room sinks at Maxwell’s Plum during the Reagan administration, probably with Frankie Goes to Hollywood blasting through the speakers. There’s a lot of this sort of stuff in the movie: earthy working guys expressing alarm and dismay at the lifestyles of the rich and famous and commiserating with each other about the weirdness of, say, Ellie’s younger brother Doug (Brett Dier) with his New Age stoner demeanor and obsession with learning to play sound bowls, or her old brother Lucky (Anders Collins), a strapping, smiling, fratty doofus who exudes the natural authority of a rich man’s son who knows he’ll eventually inherit everything even though he’s mentally still 18.

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#6. Should put this entry first? Is this where I start? Beginning a story is confusing. Here it is! The Opening Salvo. The Shot Across the Bow. Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe Confrontation.
The guy takes his head out of his hands and looks at me, blinking, like I’d blown smoke in his eyes. He picks up his coffee. Yes? he asks. Can I help you?
I take a big breath. You killed my Mom and Dad.
Ever wonder if your words pack a punch? The guy’s hands start to tremble. His coffee splashes onto the checkered tablecloth.
I wonder if he’s scalded himself. I hope yes, but then I think ouch.
His eyes dart back and forth like he’s hunting for an escape route.
And see those kids there? I point back at my table without looking. Those are my brothers. You killed their Mom and Dad, too.
I stop. I don’t know what else to say.
We stare at each other. His face collapses, tears spill over his bleary eyes and into his whiskers. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry, he whispers. Sorry. He pushes away from the table, up-ends the chair, rushes outside, and leaves his coffee.
I watch the door ease shut after him, the bird and viney window curtains whiff carelessly. (Makes sense: how many “cares” could cheerful gauzey curtains in a cute coffee shop have?)
I’m in shock. I didn’t know I had tough and bold in me. Like a robot, I pick up his chair, push it back to the table, blot the coffee spills with my sleeve, place the coffee cup in the wash bin, and walk back to my table.
Mimi skewers me over the heads of the twins. She’s horrified.
Not me. I’m hate-i-fied.
(sketches by my friend Ryan, BTW)
PS I’m back home and calmer. I study what I wrote.
Is this a cliff hanger? Maybe not quite; but I needed to at least write about the murderer. At Mimi and Pop’s he’s like the elephant in the room that nobody talks about.
Back to the nature of cliff hangers, just to get off vile and evil for a minute:
I can tolerate cliff hangers just so long as I can keep reading, or know that the next book in the series is within my reach. I just finished Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” When I started with the first book, all the rest of the series had been written and was either in paperback or in the library; so, as soon as I finished “The Lightning Thief,” I could start on “The Sea of Monsters!” Then the library had “The Titan’s Curse” lined up and waiting for me as soon as I finished Monsters.
Otherwise I don’t think I could have stood it. You know, all that hopping from foot to foot to see what was going to happen. Get it? Stood it? Hopping from foot to foot? I love puns; Mom said the two of us have the pun “gene.” She was a scientist with a sense of humor. Every time I build a pun I think of her; so, that’s good, at least.
Come to think of it, my life right now is a series of cliff hangers. I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT THIS WAY UNTIL THIS VERY SECOND. Writing brought the idea up. It’s like the idea was swimming in a lagoon and the writing was the hook that reeled it in.
end of PS, Isabel

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This position functions in the role of a MRI Technologist in the Department of Diagnostic Imaging. The MRI Technologist performs MRI examinations following protocols under the direct or indirect supervision of the Clinical Supervisor, Lead Technologist, Radiologists, Residents, or Clinical Physicians. The MRI Technologist promotes OHSU’s mission statement by delivering high quality, cost effective, family-oriented service. This position helps to create a collaborative environment by integrating education, research and clinical leadership. MRI Technologists work with infant, pediatric, adult and geriatric patients.
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The earliest forms of earrings date back to the Bronze Age and ever since then, their use has been dictated by social values and trends. In ancient Egypt, earrings for men denoted status, whereas in Greece and Rome earrings were only worn by women. In fact, it was the Greeks who developed the pendant type … Continue reading Unique Gemstone Earrings
From lucky charms to statement cuffs, gypsy gemstones to bricks of love; this Spring pays homage to color-explosion jewellery that will be sure to make a few heads swing.
Jewelry in the past was used to show off the status of the person that wore it. Now people use it as small decorative items that embellish their outfits and make them look glamorous. Rings, necklaces, bracelets and earrings are especially popular among fashion jewelry. Check out the photos below and see what we found … Continue reading Fashion Jewelry
Hello Divas today we present you the collection of Anna Dello Russo Accessories For H & M. This collection is really spectacular created by Anna Dello Russo famous fashion street style diva. Enjoy!!!

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A Blog For Those Affected By Environmental And Invisible Illnesses Written By Fellow Survivors
Unlocking the Secrets: Hair Transplant Cost in India
Hair loss can be a disheartening experience for many individuals, affecting their self-esteem and confidence. Thankfully, hair transplantation has emerged as an effective solution to restore hair and bring back a natural, youthful appearance. India, with its world-class medical infrastructure and skilled surgeons, has become a popular destination for affordable and high-quality hair transplant procedures. In this blog, we will explore the various factors that influence the cost of hair transplant in India and provide insights into the overall expenses involved.
Factors Affecting Hair Transplant Cost:
The choice of hair transplant technique significantly impacts the cost. The two most common techniques are Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) and Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE). FUT involves removing a strip of hair-bearing skin from the donor area, while FUE involves extracting individual hair follicles. FUE is a more meticulous and time-consuming process, making it slightly more expensive than FUT.
Number of Grafts Required:
The extent of hair loss and the desired density determine the number of grafts needed for transplantation. A graft typically contains one to four hair follicles. The higher the number of grafts required, the greater the cost of the procedure.
Surgeon's Experience and Reputation:
The experience, expertise, and reputation of the hair transplant surgeon play a vital role in determining the cost. Highly skilled and renowned surgeons often charge more for their services due to their track record of successful outcomes.
The geographic location of the hair transplant clinic also affects the overall cost. Clinics in metropolitan cities or popular tourist destinations tend to have higher prices due to higher operational costs and demand. However, one can find affordable options in smaller cities without compromising on the quality of treatment.
Clinic Facilities and Technology:
Advanced technology and state-of-the-art facilities contribute to better outcomes in hair transplantation. Clinics equipped with the latest equipment and infrastructure may charge higher fees. These factors ensure that patients receive the best possible care during the procedure.
While the cost of hair transplant procedures can vary significantly, here is a rough estimate of the average price range in India:
FUT (per graft): ₹25-₹50
FUE (per graft): ₹30-₹70
Average cost for 1000 grafts: ₹60,000-₹100,000
Average cost for 2000 grafts: ₹120,000-₹200,000
Average cost for 3000 grafts: ₹180,000-₹300,000
It is important to note that these figures are approximate and can vary depending on the aforementioned factors.
Hair transplant cost in India offers a compelling value proposition for individuals seeking an effective solution to hair loss. With the availability of skilled surgeons, advanced technology, and affordable pricing, India has become a popular destination for individuals from around the world. However, it is crucial to prioritize quality and reputation when selecting a clinic and surgeon for your hair transplant procedure. Consultation with a qualified professional will help you determine the most suitable technique and understand the overall cost involved.
Remember, restoring your hair is an investment in your self-confidence and well-being. With the right information and guidance, you can embark on a transformative journey towards regaining a fuller head of hair.
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Just they were treated to a live stream from Poland Saturday of 1. FC Köln’s 0:1 test-match victory at GKS Tychy, club members can happily anticipate two more looks at their beloved effzeh this week, as FC-TV will broadcast the club’s two matches in this year’s Betsafe Cup.
In addition to 1. FC Köln, the four-squad competition includes RCD Espanyol (Barcelona, Spain) of Spain’s La Liga, SC Cambuur (Leeuwarden, Netherlands) of the Dutch Eredivisie, and Kasimpasa (Istanbul, Turkey) of the Süper Lig.
The effzeh will first face 2006-07 UEFA Cup champion RCD Espanyol at 20:00 CET on Wednesday in Kufstein, Austria.
Peter Stöger’s crew will have a short turnaround, with a second match just two days later back in Kitzbühel, facing a squad in SC Cambuur which just accomplished in 2014-15 what Stöger expects his club to do in 2015-16: stay in the top division for a second year after promotion. Kickoff in Kitzbühel is set for 17:00 CET Friday.
As noted last week when the airing of the test in Poland was announced, FC-TV is a members-only service. So, again, it’s a good time to consider becoming an official member of 1. FC Köln. Not only can you see matches like this, but all DFB Pokal and Bundesliga matches are archived in full, as are their highlights packages. The FC-TV team also produces a LOT of quality content all season long, including interviews, press conferences, and training-pitch reports. Even without German-language capabilities, there’s plenty to enjoy!
And now a word from the tournament’s sponsor . . . Don’t gamble or listen to awful techno music, kids!

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Ministry of Defence Building, Waltham Abbey, Essex
This building was part of the Royal Gundpowder Factory that was located in Waltham Abbey. The factory was in operation for over years, between 1665 until 1991. This factory was nationalised in 1787 and pioneered alternative forms of explosives in 19th and 20th centuries. This building was built in 1915-17. It was a Mineral Jelly Store. This was a substance used in the making of explosives.


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Most moms-to-be have likely heard about the benefits of exercising during pregnancy in terms of keeping their own weight in check and avoiding birth complications, but now a new study shows that prenatal exercise affects the weight of the baby-to-be. The new research, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, shows that mothers who exercise regularly throughout their pregnancy reduce their chance of having a C-section by 20%. Plus, this study offers growing evidence that mothers who exercise have babies who weigh less. Exercise decreasing baby weight is an important finding because babies who are born heavier may weigh more throughout their lives than babies who start life out at a average weight. As defined by the The Center for Disease Control (CDC), a normal birth weight is between 5.5 lbs. and 8.8 lbs., which is a good goal to aim for because research shows that babies who weigh more than 9 pounds at birth may face an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and even neurological problems over their lifetime. If you’d like to incorporate exercise into your pregnancy, see 7 safe exercises for pregnancy to get started.
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February 13, 2014
While the UK Government continues to explore new ways of getting people back to work more quickly following (or even during) illness, there are a number of counterpart questions that they continue to fastidiously ignore, one of which is ‘why bother?’. We might all ask ourselves that from time to time, whether petulantly or as a pressure-relieving alternative to ramming a co-worker’s head through a window or a laptop in a dumpster. But there are also reasons to raise the question coldly, rationally and with full awareness of all the facts, not least when it comes to assessing the increasing cost of going to work in the first place. Put simply, for many people it makes little or no financial sense to go to work.
New research from Santander claims that the average full time employee in the UK now forks out around an eighth of their annual salary on simply having a job. Each spends £2,681 a year on costs including childcare, commuting, clothing and their own phones and other technology. And while average salaries in the UK have risen only 1.4 percent in the past year, the cost of having a job have increased by around 10 percent. And anybody expecting this disparity to be rectified by pay rises in the near future can forget about it, according to a survey today form the CIPD.
The largest cost of having a job is travel, with an average of £785 per year, although averages can of course hide the extremes. The cost of commuting in London for example is now so prohibitive (and the journeys so frequently uncomfortable) that an increasing number of people yearn to escape the costly shackles of TfL one way or another, as we reported last November.
For those who drive, the costs are proportionately higher than on public transport across the UK, each spending an average of £955 a year on travel including £835 on fuel alone, so presumably the survey excludes the other costs of car ownership.
The survey also reports that for the one in five full time employees who need childcare, the cost is an average of £3,656 a year. Which is presumably why a recent survey from Mumsnet found that around two-thirds of 2,000 working and non-working mothers with children under the age of ten claim the cost of childcare discourages them from working more.
Again, the average childcare costs reported in the Santander survey conceal the extreme cases. Which is why in its 2013 Childcare Costs Survey, The National Childcare Trust reported that ‘a parent buying 50 hours of childcare per week for a child under two would face an average annual bill of around £11,000 per year.’
Giving the increasing disparity between the financial rewards of going to work and the cost of doing so, it’s little wonder that there is more clamour for flexible working and other arrangements that allow it to make economic sense.
A new survey from the Office for National Statistics has also revealed the consequences of the daily commute on our happiness and wellbeing. When compared with people who work from home, commuters are on average less happy and satisfied with their lives, see less value in what they do and experience higher levels of anxiety. “The results suggest that other factors such as higher income or better housing may not fully compensate the individual commuter for the negative effects associated with travelling to work,” the report claims.
Yet, even assuming that an employer grants a request for flexible working, there are costs to be borne there too. As a new report from Symmetra shows, there is often an unconscious bias against flexible working employees within organisations. So while Governments legislate to make flexible working more common and employees continue to yearn for it, they also have to contend with cultures that unwittingly make a number of assumptions about flexible workers. The three most common of these according to Symmetra are: that full-time workers are materially more assertive and self-promoting than flexible workers; that flexible workers are considerably less ambitious than full-timers; and that flexible workers are less committed than full-timers to developing others.
So while flexible working might help to alleviate the financial pressures of going to work, there are often likely to be other costs in terms of income, working relationships and career progressions for anybody taking advantage of the practice.
This may change over time, but it will require a shift in working culture and management attitudes to make it happen. In the meantime, a large number of UK workers might continue to ask themselves ‘why bother?’ for very good reasons.

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Talks | Oct 28 2015 6:30
Lecture Performance by Micha Das Bach
In discussion with Boshko Boskovic, RU Program Director
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
6:30pm (free and open to the public)
Residency Unlimited (RU)
360 Court Street, Unit 4 (enter through the green doors)
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Join us for a lecture performance by the German RU artist Micha Das Bach whose practice is characterized by a mediation between art and knowledge in which research, visual art and performative storytelling methods merge. Micha Das Bach will reveal a rich opus of her oeuvre spanning from the 1980’s to today. The focal point of the performance brings together a range of expressive forms and fields of political, philosophical, legal and anthropological investigation. Her practice is segmented into several thematic areas including site specificity, technology, public space and the body. This performative lecture is intended to spur discussion around the predominant discourses and arguments over participation, collaboration and social practices in contemporary art. Micha Das Bach’s lecture performance operates in a space of potentiality, debating how an artwork circulates in today’s world.
Micha Das Bach locates her practice in between performance, film, animation, photography and urban interventions. Micha Das Bach is currently finishing her PhD in Ethnology.
Selected exhibitions include: Eight German Artsits, Goethe Institute, London (1985), Cologne. Kopping, Anno Saal, Cologne (1986). Performance Festival, Barcelona (1996), Outfit -Identitat, Fotografie Gruppenausstellung, Rheannia. (1998). ("21") Francesco di Assisi, White Box New York (2009), Kino Gang, Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Euskirchen (2010); Teilhard returning to Manhattan, 22 Performance artists, Summerschool, MoMa PS1, New York (2012); Bruce Lee for ever <3, Photography, Salon Schmitz, Cologne 2014. Sound of silence/no queremos tu limosna ni… Straßen-Skulptur-Aktion, Cologne. Intimate Transgressions, White Box and Cappa, New York (2015)
Prizes and scholarships include: Johanna Löwenherz Award, first German Woman Award, (1998), Best film, 1. Feminale, Women Film Festival, Cologne VisitorsVote, (1986), Summer School with Genesis Breyer P’Orridge, MoMA PS1, New York, (2012, Kathmandu, Nepal, Artist-in-Resideny, Nepal, September (2013)
This event is made possible within the framework of Micha Das Bach's residency supported by Schloss Balmoral, Stiftung Rheinland-Pfalz, Ministeriumm für Kultur (Germany).
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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Several state legislators said yesterday that they are drafting legislation to change Maryland's arcane ground rent system, including bills to prevent homes from being seized over missed rent payments and to ban the creation of new land leases.Wonderful news, I must say. Doug Gansler weighs in:
"We're just going to do what we did with flipping and other scams. We're going to get rid of it," said Del. Maggie L. McIntosh, a Baltimore Democrat who is chairwoman of the House Environmental Matters Committee, which handles matters of real property and housing. "We're going to stop it right where it began."
"It clearly wasn't intended for the owners of the ground rent to get hundreds of thousands of dollars of improved property," state Attorney General-elect Douglas F. Gansler said yesterday. "That's what people are finding outrageous."I would say the system was useless from the start; an congenital colonial disease, besmirching the Old Line State. How the legislation against ground rent exploitation will take shape is not yet clear. Several bills are in the works at the State level.
The system has "outlived its usefulness," Gansler said.
One bill would eliminate new ground rents. Another would protect people who fall behind in their ground rent from losing their house. A third would assure that people receive information about the system when they close on the purchase of a home. This might require a new registry to make sure ground rent holders and their tenants can locate one another, McIntosh said.I would like to see a combination of the first and the second. The system needs to be killed, and by eliminating new ground rents, that process can begin. Protection of the homeowner's property is also important.
"[State Senator, Brian E. Frosch] said the legislature must prevent ground rent owners from keeping all proceeds from selling the houses that they seize. No other private debt collectors can reap such windfalls. In a foreclosure, for example, the mortgage company gets to keep only the amount it is owed.And finally:
"It's especially outrageous that someone can come in and take the property, and they don't pay [the homeowner] the surplus" after its sale, Frosh said. "It's ridiculous."
Sen. Delores G. Kelley, a Baltimore County Democrat, said she would introduce legislation that, among other things, would reduce the fees that ground rent owners can charge homeowners if rent isn't paid on time or if a lawsuit is filed. Currently, ground rent owners can pass on up to $500 in costs of collecting overdue rent before a suit is filed and then up to $700 in attorneys' fees, $300 in title fees and all other court costs once a suit is filed.George W. Della Jr., who failed to pass a similar bill in 2003, has the last word in the Sun article:
Goldberg, the ground rent owners' spokesman, said recently that he thought the fees should be raised because many expenses have increased.Good work by The SUN in making this issue an important one this year, and good work by the State Legislature for responding. Lets hope they can give anyone who owns or hopes to someday own a home in Baltimore City, a much needed break by getting rid of the predatory ground rent system.
"For that gentleman to say the fees are not high enough ... give me a break," Della said.
UPDATE: Story today from The Sun about one family's fight to save their Canton home from an ejectment.
UPDATE 2: For a comprehensive look at ground rent in Maryland, check out The Sun's Ground Rent Series.

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Canadian artist Michael Batty’s paintings illuminate the importance of negative space against his precise and exacting strokes of colour. Motion is created with his use of the line, giving the paintings a kinetic nature. Michael Batty graduated from Emily Carr College of Art and Design with a major in painting, and attended the renowned artist workshops at Emma Lake.
Michael Batty’s paintings are calligraphic in nature, each activating the silence of the blank canvas with exacting strokes of colour. These markings utilize intuitive thin strokes of exacting color along with passages of seemingly empty voids of canvas. With the interacting elements, the viewer is sprung into action; the eye is guided through the painting in a search to both connect with, and de-code, the image. These repetitious elements create visual illustrations of natural forces, such a gravity can be interpreted by the viewer. The paintings contain suggestions of movement perceivable by the viewer and rely on the participation of the viewer to animate the system’s colour and form into a work of kinetic nature.
The paintings that are made up of multiple canvases are a way of further increasing the dynamic relations within this body of work. These paintings function by way of a physical interplay with one and other. Upon viewing the series of works, it becomes apparent that each is a direct metamorphosis of the other. The paintings flow “to and fro” like some kind of animated abstract GIF.
Michael Batty graduated from Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver in 1989 with a major in painting. He attended the renowned artist workshops in Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, and studied printmaking at The Art Institute at Capilano College in Vancouver. Batty’s paintings can be found in collections around the world, including the Waldorf Astoria in Beijing, China, W Guangzhou, China, Four Seasons, Dubai, UAE, and Bank of Montreal in Calgary and Toronto, to name a few.

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text: We’ve worked with Wacoal Europe for over a decade. Early on, we set about giving their sub-brand lingerie ranges individual personalities to create greater definition with their audience, in their markets and, importantly, from one another. The Fantasie brand offers timeless everyday classics up to a K cup for a distinctly ‘grown up’ audience. Each season we’re tasked with highlighting the collections’ effortless fit, superior fabrics and beautiful designs in an appealing, fresh way. Fantasie won Fuller Bust Brand of the Year at the UK Lingerie Awards in 2015.

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Tillandsia Juncea: Enhance Your Space with This Slender and Graceful Air Plant
Tillandsia Juncea, also known as the "Grass-Leaf Air Plant," is a species of air plant native to Central and South America. This unique and attractive plant is a member of the Bromeliad family, which also includes pineapple and other epiphytes like Spanish moss.
Tillandsia Juncea is characterized by its long, slender, grass-like leaves that grow in a rosette formation. The leaves are typically green, turning to a reddish hue when exposed to bright light. During its blooming period, the plant produces a tall, branching inflorescence with tubular flowers that are often purple or red.
As an air plant, Tillandsia Juncea does not require soil to grow, instead absorbing nutrients and moisture from the air through its leaves. It is a low-maintenance plant that can be easily incorporated into various decorative arrangements, such as in terrariums, mounted on driftwood, or suspended in hanging displays.
Tillandsia Juncea thrives in bright, indirect light and requires good air circulation. It should be misted or soaked periodically to maintain its hydration, with the frequency depending on the humidity levels in its environment.
◉ Each plant is unique and may therefore differ from the images shown, which are for illustration purposes only; size and shape may vary by season so all measurements shown are approximate ◉ Supplied in original nursery grow pot
Tillandsia Juncea Southeastern United States to Argentina
Light:bright, indirect light, warm and humid location is ideal
Water:Dip once or twice a week in lukewarm water. Or spray 1 or 2 times a week with a plant sprayer.
Feed:Low-nitrogen orchid or houseplant fertilizer that's low in copper(they're very sensitive to copper)


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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off about an hour ago with Barbara Morgan on board. Morgan was the backup to who was going to be the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe, in 1986, when McAuliffe died in the Challenger accident. After the accident, NASA told Morgan that she would fly eventually. Well, it took 21 years, but she finally did! Awesome!

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Host: The Leadership Institute. Your First Amendment rights don’t stop when you step foot on a college campus. College campuses across the country have used unconstitutional policies like “free speech zones” to limit conservative and libertarian students’ speech on campus. But you don’t have to be silenced. Come to the Leadership Institute’s CampusReform.org Student Activist Workshop, co-sponsored by the Alliance Defense Fund to learn from experienced attorneys and student activists how to battle restrictive speech codes on your college campus. You can use this training to defend your rights and freedom of speech.
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Hi, I purchased a carpet from SCS 3 years ago, still on sale today its an associated weavers proxima carpet, 100% polypropylene, £51.99 per square metre. 3 years on and there is what I would class as significant colour change apparent. It also had silver flecks in it which are no longer visible. I have contacted SCS who say that it is just standard wear and tear and whilst it is a deep pile carpet and I would accept some wear I'm not sure that the amount of wear seen is reasonable. I wonder if anyone here can give me an opinion, see the photos attached. The area seen was under our sofa which we have now replaced so it is "out in the open". SCS's reply which I think is just a standard response states " With reference to your valued order and our recent inspection of your order. We have now investigated your concerns and can confirm that there are no manufacturing defects present and your carpet is reacting normally. The change of appearance of your carpet is due to the way in which the pile has settled unevenly with use and can show in some areas more than others. This is caused by the heavy traffic concentrated onto a small area coupled with the twisting of feet as you turn. All carpets have places where it is walked on more than others. This is a normal characteristic of any carpet and pile reversal and pile compression is not considered a manufacturing defect and is a natural occurrence in any carpet with some showing the effect more than others In way of a more detailed explanation it is the sides of the tufts of your carpet that appear a lighter, more silvery shade than when the tufts are viewed end-on. As the pile settles, lighter and darker patches develop depending on the angle of the pile. It is quite common for pile to settle in different directions to the normal pile lay as foot traffic bends the pile different ways and this will dull the appearance and will distort very slightly the appearance as you must appreciate. The angle of the pile has no effect on the durability of the carpet and we are confident it will continue to give you many years of satisfactory service. This effect can be rejuvenated to a degree by regular use of a vacuum cleaner with a rotating brush mechanism on the head In conclusion, we would confirm there are no manufacturing defects present with your carpet and we hope our explanation will further clarify your understanding of the carpet’s characteristics. " If the wear is unreasonable is there anything you can suggest I respond to them with to rebut their arguments.


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She was once in the navy, but now this Calgarian’s eclectic retro style and upbeat sound have the world standing to attention.
Kiesa Rae Ellestad, better known as Kiesza (KYE-zuh), burst onto the pop scene in 2014 with her infectiously upbeat single “Hideaway.” The singer’s distinctive updo, retro-glam liner and scarlet lip in the song’s video received almost as much attention as the summer anthem itself. “My look is integral to my image as an artist,” says the 26-year-old Calgary native. The hairdo was born one night when she was going to a party and wanted a mohawk look without shaving her naturally red hair. “I wore it in the ‘Hideaway’ video, which I honestly didn’t think anyone but my Facebook friends would see, and it became my signature hair.”
Left: Kiesza’s Sound of a Woman album cover. Right: a promotional image from the album’s launch (by Meredith Truax)
Since “Hideaway,” which inspired a slew of parodies and more than 245 million hits on YouTube, Kiesza has released an album, Sound of a Woman; penned songs for Kylie Minogue and Rihanna; scooped three Junos, including Breakthrough Artist of the Year; and become the face of Birks’s Rock & Pearl collection. The world can’t get enough of her distinctly ’90s sound—and she’s chosen a style to match.
“I like the casual appeal of ’90s fashion: I love ripped high-waisted jeans and crop tops and Reebok sneakers,” says Kiesza, who frequents vintage shops whenever possible and says her style was influenced by movies like Back to the Future. “I am all about combining things that don’t belong together.” She brings elegance to her look via her makeup. “I am a huge fan of Audrey Hepburn and old-Hollywood actors. That’s where I’m pulling from with the winged liner, but I also just experiment.”
This contrast of sneakers with classy cosmetics is typical of Kiesza, whose eclectic resumé includes stints as a navy recruit and beauty pageant contestant. Before finding the spotlight, she was in the navy for four years, which was tough, but not just for the reasons you might think. “The navy eliminates fashion: You wear what they give you. It was really hard for me to fit in; I’ve always been very different,” says the singer. She entered Miss Universe Canada in 2005 as a tribute to her grandmother, a regular pageant queen. It was out of character for her, she says, but was meant to be, because during the process, her mother met the man who would later become her husband.
Being someone who jumps on board with life’s experiences has stood her in good stead for her North American tour, which will bring her to six Canadian cities this summer. “I think I was on about 70 flights last year,” she says. “Your skin is so desperate for moisture. I had to really pay attention to hydrating myself, cutting out alcohol, caffeine and anything that would dehydrate my body.” Kiesza learned the importance of taking care of herself from her pageant experience. “It’s best to love yourself for who you are and strive to be as healthy as you can,” she says. “I am a firm believer that beauty is health.” Advice of a sound woman.
ON KIESZA’S VANITY
1. “If I’m on stage I layer my makeup: I put my base down, and put powder on top to matte it down.” Charlotte Tilbury Youth-Boosting Perfect Skin Foundation, $45, nordstrom.com
2. Make Up For ever Concealer Brush #176, $35, sephora.ca
3. Marc Jacobs Remedy Concealer Pen, $47, sephora.ca
4. Tom Ford Cheek Color in Love Lust, $62, nordstrom.com
5. “This has just enough tint to give you a nice glow, but your skin doesn’t look like you caked on foundation. It has sunscreen, so if you are as white as me you don’t have to worry, but also it’s really light so your skin can breathe and you can wear it for a long time.” Kiehl’s Skin Tone Correcting and Beautifying BB Cream, $40, kiehls.ca
6. “I need a long-wearing formula for performing and being on tour!” Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso, $29, Shoppers Drug Mart
7. “I put on a regular liquid liner and while it’s still wet, I put a dark, almost black, eyeshadow on top and let it absorb. Then I’ll put a waterproof liner on top of that and it seals it in.” M.A.C Cosmetics Superslick Liquid Eye Liner in On the Hunt, $24, maccosmetics.ca
8. Make up For Ever Double Ended Eyebrow Brush #274, $32, sephora.ca
1. Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel, $55, dermalogica.ca
2. Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Moisturizer, $33, kiehls.ca
3. Dermalogica PreCleanse, $53, dermalogica.ca
4. Burt’s Bees Radiance Body Lotion, $15, burtsbees.ca
5. L’Occitane Hand Cream, $30, loccitane.ca
1. “My hair is curly and naturally dryer, which means it gets even dryer when I travel. I found this conditioner really helped.” Moroccanoil Intense Hydrating Mask, $41, moroccanoil.com
2. Kerastase Paris Laque Couture, $37, kerastase.ca
3. “It helps keep my hair strong, conditioned and healthy.” Redken Extreme Hair Strengthening Conditioner, $24, salons
4. “I never use flat-irons—I rely on a ton of bobby pins!” Scunci No-Slip Grip Wave Bobby Pins, $5, well.ca
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The startling scenes this week of heavily armed police clashing with protesters in a St. Louis suburb have galvanized a bipartisan push in Washington to challenge a controversial Pentagon program that gives away free military gear to local law enforcement.
Concerns about the so-called “militarization” of local police have been simmering for some time. But the clashes in Ferguson, Mo., over the death of an unarmed black teenager illustrated precisely what lawmakers have been worried about – police using a “military response” to subdue civilian riots and protests, and potentially escalating the situation in the process.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., warned in an op-ed that the scenes from Ferguson – which has since settled somewhat after state Highway Patrol took over security – resembled “war more than traditional police action.”
The concerns over heavily armed police have brought together a complex cross-section of libertarian Republicans and liberal Democrats in the same way as recent controversies over drones and National Security Agency snooping.
On the Democratic side, Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., said he plans to introduce legislation when Congress returns in September to curb this type of gear build-up for local police forces.
“Our Main Streets should be a place for business, families and relaxation, not tanks and M16s,” Johnson said Thursday. “Militarizing America’s Main Streets won’t make us any safer, just more fearful and more reticent.”
Not all the equipment is war-style gear. The program transfers everything from copiers to fax machines to filing cabinets.
But it also transfers M-16s and heavy-duty tactical vehicles – two of those, both Humvees, ended up in the hands of the Ferguson Police Department.
Read more @ Fox News


Pierce road to 6 mile road
5.5 miles: 90.5 miles total
A week of brutally hot weather kept me off the trail–even I don’t want to hike when the heat index approaches 100! So I picked up where I left off when things cooled down a bit. I began with a short diversion to the Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary , just a short distance off the trail. Mid July isn’t the best time to see wildflowers, but I enjoyed exploring the marshy area of Loda Lake near it’s outlet.


PETROLEUM- Shale Oil and Tar Sands
OIL SHALE’S ENERGY RETURN ON ENERGY INVESTMENT
Findings show oil shale is, at best, a marginal energy source
Shale oil may have an EROEI of approximately 4, while tar sands would come in at 3 and oil shale would be 2 or less.
Findings show oil shale is, at best, a marginal energy source…Learn more>>
WHAT ARE TAR SANDS?
Tar sands (also known as oil sands) are a mixture of mostly sand, clay, water, and a thick, molasses-like substance called bitumen. Bitumen is made of hydrocarbons—the same molecules in liquid oil—and is used to produce gasoline and other petroleum products.
Extracting bitumen from tar sands—and refining it into products like gasoline—is significantly costlier and more difficult than extracting and refining liquid oil…Learn more>>
Environmental Impacts Of Tar Sands
…Tar sands also impact water supplies. For every gallon of gasoline produced by tar sands, about 5.9 gallons of freshwater are consumed during the extraction, upgrading, and refining process. That’s roughly three times as much as used for conventional oil.…Learn More>>
WHAT ARE TAR SANDS?
Tar sands, are a combination of clay, sand, water, and bitumen, a heavy black viscous oil. Tar sands can be mined and processed to extract the oil-rich bitumen, which is then refined into oil. The bitumen in tar sands cannot be pumped from the ground in its natural state; instead tar sand deposits are mined,
were at one point crude oil, but because of hydrocarbon-eating bacteria and other environmental degredation, much of the material that could have been turned into a fuel is gone. The bulk of what remains is:… Learn more>>
TAR SANDS RESOURCES
Much of the world’s oil (more than 2 trillion barrels) is in the form of tar sands, although it is not all recoverable…In the United States, tar sands resources are primarily concentrated in Eastern Utah, mostly on public lands. The in-place tar sands oil resources in Utah are estimated at 12 to 19 billion barrels…Learn more>>
THE TAR SANDS INDUSTRY
Currently, oil is not produced from tar sands on a significant commercial level in the United States; in fact, only Canada has a large-scale commercial tar sands industry, though a small amount of oil from tar sands is produced commercially in Venezuela.
CLEARING UP THE CONFUSION OVER SHALE
There are three types of energy deposits with very similar names that have recently become known to the public. While it is easy to confuse the three, they are all vastly different in their physical properties, their commercial value, and the methods required to extract them. One is a liquid, one is a gas, and the other is a solid.
-The Liquid: Shale oil – Shale oil is real liquid crude oil trapped within tight, impervious rock formations.
-The Gas: Shale gas – Shale gas is the natural gas equivalent to shale oil.
WHAT IS OIL SHALE?
Oil shale was formed millions of years ago by deposition of silt and organic debris on lake beds and sea bottoms. Over long periods of time, heat and pressure transformed the materials into oil shale in a process similar to the process that forms oil; however, the heat and pressure were not as great…Learn more>>
OIL SHALE RESOURCES
Present U.S. demand for petroleum products is about 20 million barrels per day. If oil shale could be used to meet a quarter of that demand, the estimated 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil from the Green River Formation would last for more than 400 years…Learn more>>
THE OIL SHALE INDUSTRY
Relatively high prices for conventional oil in the 1970s and 1980s stimulated interest and some development of better oil shale technology, but oil prices eventually fell, and major research and development activities largely ceased. More recently,…Learn more>>
OIL SHALE MINING AND PROCESSING
The development of a commercial oil shale industry in the United States would also have significant social and economic impacts on local communities. Other impediments to development of the oil shale industry in the United States include the relatively high cost of producing oil from oil shale (currently greater than $60 per barrel), and the lack of regulations to lease oil shale…Learn more>>
While current technologies are adequate for oil shale mining, the technology for surface retorting has not been successfully applied at a commercially viable level in the United States, although technical viability has been demonstrated. Further development and testing of surface retorting technology is needed before the method is likely to succeed on a commercial scale….Learn more>>
IN SITU RETORTING
Shell Oil is currently developing an in situ conversion process (ICP). The process involves heating underground oil shale, using electric heaters placed in deep vertical holes drilled through a section of oil shale. The volume of oil shale is heated over a period of two to three years, until it reaches 650–700 °F, at which point oil is released from the shale. The released product is gathered in collection wells positioned within the heated zone….Learn more>> ostseis.anl.gov
GUIDE TO OIL SHALE & TAR SANDS PROJECTS
-Oil Shale Projects -Tar Sands Projects -Other Potential Oil Shale and Tar Sands Projects…Learn more>>


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When it comes to precision and high-end performance, UltraPulse CO₂ laser is the ultimate solution.Now, Lumenis brings to you the UltraPulse DUO, a CO₂ lasersystem that caters to physicians and surgical centers who demand excellence from themselves and their laser system.The UltraPulse DUO was meticulously developed with physicians and is based on decades of accumulated experience and the
Lumenis innovative approach, to meet a growing number of clinical challenges today.
- Great versatility and precision for all your resurfacing needs
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- Up to 4mm in a single pulse
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Appointment of Non-Executive Director
- Mr Gavin Ryan accepts an invitation to join the Board of Directors
- The appointment strengthens the Board's legal and commercial capabilities
- Mr Ryan brings extensive experience from his roles with BHP Petroleum, BP, PTTEP and Shell
Mr Ryan is a lawyer who has extensive legal and commercial skills in oil and gas gained through an extensive international career with organisations such as BHP Petroleum, BP, PTTEP and Shell. His experience in Government dealings, Production Sharing Contract negotiations and oil field construction projects will be invaluable and comes at an important period of growth within the Company.
Carnarvon's Chairman, Mr Peter Leonhardt said "we warmly welcome Gavin to the Board and look forward to his contribution at a time of incredible growth in the Company. As we focus on a number of developments in the business we felt the need to strengthen the legal and commercial skills of the Board. Gavin's experience in oil field developments is particularly relevant and coincidently with him working on the Buffalo oil field whilst at BHP Petroleum. Gavin has also been involved in industry related operations in the Timor Sea which we see as also being relevant to our plans in that area.
Mr Gavin Ryan said "I have been impressed with the Carnarvon team's strong regional focus and project portfolio. The Company has demonstrated a performance and culture that appeals and I believe will stand it in good stead for the future. I look forward to contributing to that future and meeting with the shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting".
About Carnarvon Petroleum Limited
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited is an oil and gas exploration company, listed on the Australian stock exchange (ASX:CVN), Frankfurt (FRA:CJB) and US OTC (OTCMKTS:CVONF). Carnarvon has an extensive acreage position in the North West Shelf of Western Australia that is designed to offer investors high alpha leverage to the energy sector. The company's near term focus is on maturing oil, gas and condensate discovered in its Phoenix project, with partner Quadrant Energy, and on bringing into production oil from the Buffalo field.
Carnarvon Petroleum Limited


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Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has admitted his admiration for Real Madrid star Gareth Bale and Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey. Both players will be missing for Wales against Van Gaal's Holland tonight.
"I am a little bit disappointed but I can understand it because Bale has a difficult, but also impressive, season under his belt," Van Gaal said.
"It is better that we have the best team of Wales because we need resistance. I think Wales without these players are weaker.
"But I have seen Wales play, against Iceland and Finland, and I like the way that they play - they want the ball.
"So it's not a bad team - but with Bale it is always better, with Ramsey also."
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Timescales of Plasticity and Underlying Mechanisms
Jul 10, 2023 – Jul 13, 2023
Jun 11, 2023.
Daily refreshment breaks, lunches and two Special Events Dinners.
Registration Fee: $330
Fee Due: Jun 11, 2023
Late Registration Fee: $380
Conference begins (with registration):
Jul 10, 2023 at 08:50 am
Coordinators: József Fiser, Máté Lengyel, and Jennifer Raymond
A long-standing question in the neurobiology of learning is that of timescales. The brain can associate events that are separated by seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, or longer. Yet, the known biological mechanisms for inducing changes in the synaptic connections between neurons are driven by neural events that are separated by typically no more than a few tens or hundreds of milliseconds. This conference will convene scientists studying the molecular, cellular, and circuit-level mechanisms used by the brain to bridge the multiple timescales across which events play out in the experience of an individual. The goal will be to assemble an up-to-date understanding of the set of biological mechanisms available in the brain to support associative learning across different timescales. The conference’s emphasis on biological mechanisms will complement and support the main program’s more computational focus, and encourage an integrated analysis of statistical learning spanning molecular, cellular, circuit, and behavioral-level phenomena.


text: Two months after the events of “Killzone,” the events of Killzone: Liberation (PS2) take place, and the Helghast still controls the majority of southern Vekta. To gain the initiative and bolster his position even more, the Helghast General Metric has resorted to harsh measures, which means that the norms of war have been thrown out the window. Players will be allowed to reprise their role as Templars, and they are tasked with carrying out a mission to rescue captives held captive by Metrac as ISA forces continue their fight for freedom. Killzone: Liberation provides players a more strategic surveillance viewpoint during gameplay by utilizing an intelligent third-person camera system. Players may use this viewpoint to watch their actions and read their enemies’ behavior. Killzone: Liberation is a first-person shooter video game developed by Guerrilla Games for the PlayStation 2. It is set in a violent postmodern battle similar to the war depicted in the game’s predecessor for the PlayStation 2. Throughout the game, players will have access to various weaponry, each original and forward-thinking, drawing inspiration from contemporary military technology.

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Sounds Like: Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen, Buffalo Springfield
Bio: We are LeJaz, and our new album is titled "Another Day in Paradise" (irony intended). Hope you enjoy the music. I'll probably be including a few from our 1st album, "Donna Belladonna", as well. If you like the music, please look us up on amazon.com and at bandcamp: http://acidcowboys.bandcamp.com...See Full Bio
“Man, I love your music! I don't think I've ever heard anything like it, it's fantastic. So you are playing all the instruments and singing? It's so weird and raw and rough. Right on”


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A trick a dog performs while catching a Frisbee whereas they bounce it off of their nose one or more times before catching it in their mouth. One bounce would constitute a circus dog, two bounces would be a double circus dog, three bounces for a triple circus dog, etc.
My dog Sheeba was so lose she was pulling double circus dogs all afternoon.
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Audrey Meadows was born in New York City as Audrey Cotter, the youngest of four children. After she was born, her family returned to Wu’chang, China, where they worked as missionaries. Her family returned to the US and settled in New England when Audrey was age 6, and she and sister Jayne Meadows attended an all-girls boarding school. After high school, Jayne went to NYC with the goal of becoming an actress and finally convinced her little sister to join her in show business, but as a singer instead of an actress. Audrey spent months working on the Broadway show “Top Banana” and then got a job on The Bob & Ray Show (1951). She then replaced Pert Kelton as the most famous and best-loved “Alice Kramden” of The Honeymooners (1955). After “The Honeymooners” ended, she went on to do films, such as Take Her, She’s Mine (1963) and That Touch of Mink (1962), and even portrayed Ted Knight’s mother-in-law in the 1980s sitcom Too Close for Comfort (1980). But her heart–and ours–will forever remain in that two-burner-stove Chauncey Street kitchen.
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This study of recharge mechanisms to the Memphis aquifer in Shelby County, Tennessee, sought to develop better tools to enhance MLG&W's capabilities in managing water resources of the Memphis aquifer and improve sourcewater protection. The specific objective of the study was to develop a better understanding of the magnitude and impact of recharge through windows in the upper Claiborne confining layer. The study was successful in describing in more detail the flow behavior and unique age distribution characterization at this shallow aquifer. The combined tools used to study the window site have resulted in a new proposed hydrostratigraphic conceptual model for the site explaining the most probable genesis of the window as well as groundwater flow patterns in and around the window. Includes CD.
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The planets, or "wandering Stars," have long puzzled the
ancients: were they gods or omens from another world? Today we know
they are remnants of the formation of the solar system that can vary
from small rocks to the great bulk of Jupiter. While your students have
no doubt seen pictures of the planets, it can be difficult for them to
"put it in perspective." Which is where our economical model can help!
Using Mercury as the benchmark, we have cut each planet "to Scale" out
of lightweight, durable ABS plastic you can use over and over. The
size of the pieces ranges from 1" to 29" in diameter; each is labeled
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my rabbit is huddled in a ball in his litter box. he is not being active like his usual self. he stays hunched when i try to move/ try to pick him up. He was very active 36 hrs ago had pasturella in his eye two years ago. it went away with baytril. he is lethargic andchewing his food and spitting it out. What should i do for him now? i plan to call the vet when they open
Type of Animal: rabbitGender: maleAge: 3
try to feed him, not sure if he is in any pain. breathing funny.
Hello, I'm Dr. Bob. You are right to be concerned about your rabbit. He is showing signs of intestinal and respiratory illness. Until you can get him to your veterinarian, keep him warm and quiet. Offer food and water, but don't try to force him to eat or drink. That is really about all you can do for him at home. Good luck!


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The Boston Freedom Fighters, part of a new professional spring football league, will call Malden home and plan to hold a combine at Macdonald Stadium later this month, according to an announcement from the team.
The team is part of the National Spring Football League, which is comprised of eight teams and plans to open its inaugural season on the last Saturday of March, according to a schedule on the team's website. Malden's William Spadafora is the team's president.
Other teams will be formed in Atlanta, Arizona, Houston, San Antonio, Virginia, and Rhode Island.
A new turf field was installed at Macdonald Stadium last summer, paving the way for increased use of the facility.
The Freedom Fighters will hold two open combines as it looks to fill out its 50-man roster and 10-man practice squad, the announcement said. The combines will be on Saturday, Jan. 26 and on Sat., Feb. 16 at Macdonald Stadium. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the combine will begin at 10 a.m. The cost to attend the combine is $60 if the players pre-register online at www.bostonfreedomfighters.com and $80 the day of the event.
The team's coaching staff is made up entirely of ex-New England Patriots, according to the team's website. Former Patriots running back Patrick Pass is head coach; former tight end Jermaine Wiggins is associate head coach; ex-linebacker Vernon Crawford is the defense coordinator; and lineman Max Lane is the line coach.
For more information on the Freedom Fighters and the combines, visit the team's website.


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21 Oct Dr. Jennifer McIntosh Publishes Article in Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Jennifer McIntosh, DO, published the article on “The Role of Routine Cervical Length Screening in Selected High and Low-Risk Women for Preterm Birth Prevention.”
Preterm birth remains a major cause of neonatal death and short and long-term disability in the US and across the world. The majority of preterm births are spontaneous and cervical length screening is one tool that can be utilized to identify women at increased risk who may be candidates for preventive interventions. The purpose of this document is to review the indications and rationale for cervical length screening to prevent preterm birth in various clinical scenarios.
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine recommends (1) routine transvaginal cervical length screening for women with singleton pregnancy and history of prior spontaneous preterm birth (GRADE 1A); (2) routine transvaginal cervical length screening not be performed for women with cervical cerclage, multiple gestation, preterm premature rupture of membranes, or placenta previa (GRADE 2B); (3) practitioners who decide to implement universal cervical length screening follow strict guidelines (GRADE 2B); (4) sonographers and/or practitioners receive specific training in the acquisition and interpretation of cervical imaging during pregnancy (GRADE 2B).

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Depending on which type of soil that you decide to go with, your garden is most likely going to shift in a number of ways. It’s apparent that there are various types of soil that can prove to be useful and Philippe van den Bossche will be able to say the same on the matter. Which soil types are the ones to keep in mind the most, you may wonder? Here are just 3 soil types that, in my view, are worth keeping in mind for your garden.
Sandy soil is just one of the many names that Philippe van den Bossche will be able to tell you about. One of the reasons for its distinction is the – as you can imagine – sandy texture, which is made from minerals like quartz. One of the biggest concerns about sandy soil, though, is that it stands the chance of evaporating water far quicker. What this means, though, is that plants which do not require moisture can thrive, as cacti is just one of a few examples to consider.
Another type of soil that’s worthy of your attention is silt, which is a smoother type of soil that is made up of compacted particles. This is what allows silt to have a less rugged texture than sandy soil but the problem that I have seen with silt is that it is more susceptible to drainage. This is one of the few cons associated with silt, as Philippe van den Bossche will be able to tell you. With that said, though, names like Philippe can attest to the fact that lush greens and colorful flowers work best with silt.
If you are talking about some of the smaller soil particles, chances are that you are going to want to look at clay. One of the reasons why clay soil is looked at is because of how closely packed together said particles are; as a result, it is actually a heavier soil than most would give it credit for. While this might be viewed as nothing but a negative, clay soil can actually keep in nutrients very well. From what I have seen, colorful plants seem to grow the best in this soil.
There are many different types of soil to take into account and these are a couple that should be utilized for agricultural purposes. It’s clear that soil is important for a number of reasons, the most obvious being the cultivation of plants in the long term. If you are looking for reasons as to why certain types of soil are used as opposed to others, these bits of information should help you along. If you want to expand your garden in the long term, all soils should be considered.


To expand on Cosmo's reply, the arch is part of the stone grotto in the park at the entrance to Palmer Union Station.
The park (gradually being restored by the Steaming Tender) was designed by world famous landscape architect,
Frederic Law Olmsted, whose most famous design is probably Central Park in New York City. In fact, the park in Palmer
is now referred to as Olmsted Park. When the station and park restoration are completed, they should be as grand as
when opened some 132 years ago.


How do you wash it. Can it go in a washing machine?
Q: How do you wash it. Can it go in a washing machine?
A: Rinse it under hot water and if you want to disinfect it, hang it out in the direct sun. Putting it in the washing machine will ruin the structure of the mitten so I would defintively stay away from washing it that way :)


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This Monday we will celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. I referenced him in last week’s message by saying that he wasn’t just articulating his dream by God’s as well.
Well I too have a dream! You can listen to it here. In it I reference the story of Perry Noble and NewSpring Church down in Anderson SC. They celebrated their 8th birthday as a church yesterday and I want you to read Perry’s post about all that has happened and be inspired that God wants to do the same kinds of things in our midst…why?…because it’s not just my dream it’s God’s as well.
NOTE:This post is long so make sure you hit the “Read More” link when you get to the bottom.
Happy Birthday NewSpring
I am sitting here trying to wrap my mind around the past eight years…it’s been an incredible journey. I am both overwhelmed with gratitude AND excitement…gratitude because Jesus is allowing me to be involved…and excitement because Philippians 1:6 and Ephesians 3:20 keep screaming to me, “The best is yet to come!”
- Thinking about the past eight years I can distinctly remember…
- Our very first worship service on January 16th of 2000…we opened with the song, “One Of These Days,” by FFH.
- The next two Sunday mornings we had major ice storms…one completely knocked the power out on the campus of Anderson University–yet we still had church.
- Our first month we took in a total of $2,100…we were SO broke!!!
- Knowing that we were supposed to hire Lee and being scared to death because we didn’t have the money…but being even more scared of disobeying God. His first official Sunday was Mother’s Day of 2000…and hiring him was one of the BEST decisions I’ve ever made. (Love you bro!)
- Going to two services within six months…and “dreaming” that one day we could meet in the 1,100 seat Fine Arts Center on the campus of AU…and “maybe” fill it up for “special occasions.”
- Moving to the FAC in August of 2001…and going from 188 one week to around 350 the next.
- Taking up the offering to move to the FAC…we needed $45,000…so I went before our church and preaching a message on giving…and 53 people gave $26,000…which was AWESOME…but we still needed another $20,000…so we went to the bank and borrowed it…and I didn’t sleep for a week!
- Freaking out when we rented our first office space because it was going to cost a whopping $750 a month…I thought I had bankrupted the church.
- Getting in the offices and realizing we had NOTHING…no phones, computers–not even a flippin’ stapler! I went in front of the church and put our needs out there…and we had everything we needed in two weeks.
- August of 2002–going from 504 to 1,600 in six weeks…having to begin two services in a place that we didn’t even expect to fill up once…and being scared to death because I KNEW I was WAY over my head. (I still feel that way.)
- Adding a third service in 2003…and then a fourth service in 2004…and being blown away and what God was doing…we grew to over 4,000 without a building…we had a box truck and tons of trailers!!!
- Locating land in 2004 and doing our first capital campaign…we titled it, “Dare You To Move.” Once again, I was scared to death for us to commit to buy land and build a building…but I was more terrified of what would happen if we looked God in the face and told Him that He was too small to make HIS name famous.
- Nearly dying in 2005…and God reminding me of how unnecessary I was–that the church is HIS…it was on this earth WAY before I got here…and when I pass away one day it will still be here!!!
- Sitting on the stage of the building in January of 2006, looking out at 2,500 seats and crying because I was scared that no one was going to come once we opened the new facility.
- Baptizing over 400 people in the fall of 2006.
- Doing our marriage series entitled, “Lord of the Rings,” in the fall of 2006…and seeing God save marriages!
- Adding a fourth service in January of 2007.
- The Illuminate campaign…where we saw nearly 1,000 people come to Christ in one month.
- The tailgating baptism where we saw over 500 people baptized in one day! (I still dream of the day when we see 3,000 in one day! If it happened in Acts 2:41…it can happen here!)
- Our church pledging $14.3 million dollars for our Gametime campaign to build a new children’s building, youth building, Greenville campus and local and foreign missions.
I could go on and on…God has done an amazing work…I still can’t believe it…and as I have already said, our best days are yet to come!!!

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Pub date: February 19, 2013
Goose Lane Editions & Beaverbrook Art Gallery
J.M.W. Turner, Graham Sutherland, Walter Sickert, Lucian Freud — these are but a sample of the artists whose works were the subject of a highly publicized dispute between the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the Beaverbrook Foundation.
Now for the first time, these major works are set to tour Canada and the United States, beginning in 2012. Accompanying this exhibition is this lavish publication, Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, featuring more than 75 colour reproductions of the works themselves, accompanied by an essay on the history of the collection by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery’s Chief Curator and Deputy Director Terry Graff and essays on individual masterpieces by six major writer-critics: art historian and Dalí scholar Elliott H. King; James Hamilton, author of Turner: A Life; Richard Calvocoressi, Director of the Henry Moore Foundation; writer-curator Angus Stewart; and art historian Katharine Eustace.
Rounding out the book is an essay on the history of the dispute with the Beaverbrook Foundations by Beaverbrook Art Gallery Director and CEO Bernard Riordon.
Chefs-d'œuvre de la Galerie d'art Beaverbrook
Masterworks from the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (special edition)


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A new CDC report puts America's current excess weight reality in some graphic perspectives. The average U.S. woman today weighs as much (166.2 pounds) as the average U.S. man did (166.3 pounds) in the early 1960s. As for the average U.S. man, he now weighs as much (195.5 pounds) as one and a half 1960s women. The average American now weighs 33 pounds more than the average Frenchman, 40 pounds more than the average Japanese, and 70 pounds more than the average Bangladeshi. The average American male now weighs 30 more pounds -- the equivalent of a typical pre-schooler -- than he did 50 years ago. But that increase, a 17.6 percent gain, is topped by that of U.S. women over that period, at 18.5 percent. A silver lining: some added weight is due to our one inch gain in average height.


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My force has been out of balance for a while, hence the lack of movie reviews. I’m still watching movies, but I’ve been too busy or lazy to write, and there was no movie that could lure me out of semi-retirement — not even blockbusters like Thor: Ragnarok or Justice League (I’ll hopefully get to them soon) — except one. Of course, it had to be The Last Jedi.
As much as I wanted to keep expectations in check, it was difficult to contain my excitement. The Force Awakens had its flaws, but it was exciting, nostalgic and lots of fun. Star Wars was back and everybody was guessing what the next instalment had in store. Luke Skywalker was going to play a big role. Big names such as Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro joined the cast. Andy Serkis’s Supreme Leader Snoke wasn’t going to be a hologram anymore. And the tragic passing of Carrie Fisher added a sense of melancholy but also curiosity as to how they were going to handle her character.
However, what lit up my lightsaber more than anything else about The Last Jedi was its filmmaker, Rian Johnson, who wrote and directed the stylish and compelling Brick and Looper, and arguably the greatest episode of arguably the greatest TV show of all time (the legendary Breaking Bad episode, “Ozymandias”). Disney was reportedly so happy with what Johnson did with The Last Jedi that they’ve signed him to create a new Star Wars trilogy (the first film of which he will write and direct).
But even with one of my favourite directors at the helm, I knew Episode VIII could not possibly live up to my fantasy of what I hoped it would be. And it doesn’t. It’s far from a perfect film. That said, the most difficult task for Johnson was to give audiences something new and fresh yet in keep with the Star Wars mythology and feel. In that regard, I think he absolutely hit it out of the park.
The Last Jedi is bold and distinct, with subtle elements of nostalgia that won’t irk some fans like The Force Awakens did. There were a million theories about the film, the characters, and the direction the story might take, and yet Johnson manages to avoid pretty much all of them, twisting and turning the plot in ways I didn’t expect while answering a lot of questions from the movie’s predecessor. I found myself repeatedly surprised, and for me, that’s the film’s biggest strength.
Fueled by solid dialogue that avoids too much forced exposition but does enough to inform audiences, the characters are mostly strong and well-developed, building on the solid foundations of the first film and adding more metaphorical flesh to the bones of Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), and especially Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac). Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher have much bigger roles (“Duh” for the former), though the story remains firmly that of the new generation. For me, Adam Driver steals the show. He is just so good that I’m fairly certain the original trilogy would have a completely different legacy had he played Anakin Skywalker (no offence, Hayden Christensen). The chemistry he has with Ridley, Hamill, Andy Serkis, and even Domnhall Gleeson adds more layer and depth to all their characters, and that stoic expression on his face keeps you wondering what the heck he’s thinking.
Another standout is the cinematography by Steven Yedlin, who might have an Oscar nomination coming soon after delivering some of the most beautiful and memorable shots of the entire saga. There are some scenes that look like they should be in photography exhibitions. The special effects are as good as they were in The Force Awakens and Rogue One, though in my opinion not quite on the level of War for the Planet of the Apes and Blade Runner 2049, especially during one extended subplot sequence.
Like any good Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi features a good mix of riveting action and moving drama, plus, perhaps surprising to some, a decent dash of humour. As everyone expected, this is a darker film, but this does not mean there aren’t moments of levity. I must say that I was a little worried about both in the beginning, as the action seemed somewhat standard, even a little confusing with the quick edits, and the first couple of gags didn’t feel quite right, tonally speaking. As the movie progressed along, however, more of the jokes hit their mark, and by the third act, the action had me nailed to my seat, engrossed by every image.
There are a few other weaknesses. While the new “big four” of Rey, Finn, Poe and Kylo get the bulk of the juice in the script, some of the lesser and newer characters and their arcs and subplots feel shortchanged. One, in particular, is very deflating. I can’t go into it much more than that, except to add that some of the story points came across as a little forced and don’t actually propel the narrative as much as they should. This is despite a 2.5-hour running time, which makes it’s the longest Star Wars movie ever. Apparently, the first cut was over 3 hours, which could have put some of that meat back on but it would also have made the movie way too long. For the record, despite some slower moments in the beginning, I thought the final running-time was fine—you need the build-up at the start to deliver the emotional punch you need at the end.
Ultimately, Episode VIII of the Star Wars saga was well worth the wait. It is a high-risk, high-reward follow-up to the relatively safe Force Awakens that, for the most part, pays off. It’s unlike any Star Wars movie you’ve seen, but it’s also still undoubtedly a Star Wars movie. I never watched the original trilogy at the right age (either too young or too old), so I was always a fan but never in love with the first three films like many are. Accordingly, while I have a feeling The Last Jedi could divide viewers, it might very well be my favourite entry of the lot. The last hour of the film, certainly, is as engrossing as any hour of the eight episodes (and one spin-off) that have been made thus far. It’s possible that, with a few more viewings, I might end up revering The Last Jedi as much as those who grew up on the original trilogy revere Empire Strikes Back.
4.5 stars out of 5!

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Springfield man got high, then took pants off at school playground, deputy says
It was an abnormally warm afternoon in January when authorities say an 18-year-old Springfield man took his pants off at an elementary school playground and exposed himself to children.
The Jan. 28 incident is described in a probable cause statement filed by a Greene County Sheriff's deputy.
The statement says two girls were on the playground of Truman Elementary School north of city limits when a man — later identified as Erique Decaussin — walked up and took his pants off.
Decaussin continued walking toward the girls, the statement said, who ran to an adult in a nearby car.
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According to the statement, Decaussin then put on his clothes and approached the car, where he motioned with his hands, asking for a cigarette.
The adult called 911, the statement said, and deputies soon made contact with Decaussin, who was unable to answer questions.
Decaussin was hospitalized, the statement said, and earlier this month he was arrested and told investigators that he remembered the day he exposed himself.
Decaussin allegedly said he was high on a drink when he did it and did not intend to hurt the girls.
Decaussin is being held in the Greene County Jail on a $7,500 bond for felony sexual misconduct, court records show. Records do not list an attorney for him.


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Donald Trump has so many (*cough* i.e none *cough*) problems with microphones.
In the first debate, he blamed the microphone for the fact that commentators everywhere ruled that he'd lost, but the Republican candidate has taken the cake with his latest claim.
In an interview which aired yesterday on global Catholic network ETWN, he blamed the microphones used by Access Hollywood for catching the lewd remarks he made in a video tape in 2005.
You know, the one where he talks about just kissing women, and "grabbing them by the p****"? The recording made public just before the second debate, which has been the core of the candidate's biggest problems these last few weeks? The one that Trump dismissed as “locker room talk”? Yeah, that one.
His campaign has sufffered massively because of this, numerous people withdrawing their support for him, but he appears unrepentant.
He told the network: "The microphones, I mean to be honest should, you know, should never have been on.”
Trump's campaign for the US Presidency continues to suffer, with Hillary Clinton building a commanding lead in the polls as America waits to vote on November 8.

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A bill is pending in the State Legislature in Albany that would allow app-based car services, like Uber, to operate throughout the state in a manner which is dangerous to the health, safety and welfare of the riding public. Uber is now limited to the New York City area where regulation of the for-hire vehicle industry is heavy. On October 19, 2015, the Assembly kicked off a series oftwo closed-doorroundtablediscussions on the bill– introduced byAssemblyman KevinCahill and State Sen.James Seward – thatwould allow app-based companies like Uber, to provide for-hire transportation using non- commercial private vehicles. The bill would create quasi-part-time commercial insurance for people using their personal vehicles. Most importantly, the bill would also create two different sets of safety regulations in the process.
On November 19, 2015, another roundtable discussion was held before a panel of state lawmakers who promised to take the concerns of all stakeholders into account as they seek to legalize upstate car-hailing operations. The members of the legislature seem to agree that every entity is a little bit different, but believe that they are all in the transportation field. This makes it very important for people in New York to know they can rely on that ride, that they are provided with certain insurance coverage and that they are going to be safe in their travel. The State Senators seem to believe that there is room for everyone to operate, without too much damage. It is the danger to the unsuspecting public that we are most concerned about.
During the November 19, 2015 discussion, taxi representatives in upstate New York repeatedly said that they do not believe the app-based companies do a good enough job screening their applicants before letting them ferry passengers, and that it is unfair for the app companies to be subject to different rules from traditional taxis. They targeted argued that the app based car-hail services would endanger the jobs of taxi drivers and of service workers in dispatch offices and garages, replacing the full-time work with part-time driving positions.
Avik Kabessa, the CEO of Carmel Car and Limousine Service as well as a permanent member of the Livery Roundtable (“LRT”) argued that allowing Uber and Lyft to self-regulate can be disastrous because there would be no penalties for the app-based companies if they stopped conducting background checks or ceased providing insurance. He said he had no problem with the idea of Uber and Lyft operating upstate as long as they are subject to the same rules as traditional car services. Kabessa also said he had no issue with Uber and Lyft offering their drivers part-time insurance - active only when a driver is available in the app to take passengers - as long as his own affiliated drivers could also utilize such a part-time insurance policy.
Putting the insurance component aside, there is a significant difference in the safety rules between the proposed TNC’s and the rest of the taxi and car service industry. Unlike how the TNC’s would operate under the proposed bill, the traditional taxi and car service driver must hold a specific license as well as undergo rigorous background checks and fingerprinting. The taxi and car service vehicle is also required to be inspected more often than a private vehicle and such license is subject to being suspended or even revoked if certain regulations are not adhered to. Uber’s answer to all of these safety issues is that they are unnecessary since they will self-regulate. TNCs have typically used low-cost, third-party background checks that have repeatedly proven to not be thorough enough to prevent felons from getting behind the wheel.
The most important issue for the Legislature to consider is not simply the insurance provision. The questions they should be asking and seeking answers to are what set of rules should a company adhere to when they are providing transportation to paying customers. The type of car – or taxi – a customer rides in, or how they booked the ride, should not matter. New York State must ensure that its passengers are safe no matter what mode of transportation they choose. The manner in which transportation service is booked, whether by a smartphone application or a call to a car service, is of no consequence. After all, there is no difference in the service provided by companies like Uber, taxis or other car services. As such, shouldn’t they all be held to the same set of safety standards? If the State Legislature believes that traditional safety rules should not longer apply to transportation, then such rules should be stricken for the entire industry. It should be safety for all or self-regulation for all. Safety for some and TNC self-regulation for some is hypocritical because it creates two sets of rules that govern the provision of identical service
This is not simply a matter of the taxi and car services resisting change to the status quo. This is all about the health, safety and welfare of the riding public. The question is not whether the technology used to book a ride should be regulated, but rather should the driver and vehicle providing the transportation be? Regardless of what type of insurance should be provided, the main focus should be on the obvious reality that not requiring providers of transportation to be held to higher safety standards, will place unsuspecting riders at grave risk. This is something that the State simply cannot alllow.


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Everyone knows Anna Faris has got a great pair of legs… but did you know she’s got an equally great pair of boobs??
Well, we got to see some real good Anna Faris cleavage at the 10th Annual Young Hollywood Awards the other day. Ya, she’s the same girl who dyed her hair dark for the Scary Movie franchise.
The tight black dress she was wearing almost gave off a peak of the huge breasts Anna’s got, when she immediately realised the situation and tugged it back in place. Real disappointment… I know!
Anyways, I must say… she looked damn good in that one-size-smaller dress. I won’t say sexy, but she’s rather cute and looks as funny as she is, at least on the screen.
I’ve heard Faris is all set to pose on the cover of Playboy magazine! The issue will coincide with the summer release of The House Bunny, in which she plays a Playmate who has to fend for herself after being thrown out of the Playboy Mansion. The comedy also stars Hugh Hefner.
Guess you people will get another chance to see those huge Anna Faris boobies in the magazine!

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