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Mega Man showed up a bit in this latest issue of Nintendo Power. No, it wasn't Mega Man 11 (this time). However, in a reader poll, fans were surveyed of their favorite Mega Man series, and this is how the results stack up: 1. Mega Man (58%) 2. Mega Man Zero (13%) 3. Mega Man X (12%) 4. Mega Man Battle Network (7%) 5. Mega Man Legends (4%) 6. Mega Man Star Force (4%) 7. Mega Man ZX (2%)
Truthfully, outside of Zero barely edging out X, these results don't surprise me too much. Though I have to admit, I don't know if I'd take stock in a group of people whom the majority think the GameCube controller is the best Nintendo controller.
Aside from that, the magazine also gave brief mentions of the Jazware's Mega Man JUVI figures, and the upcoming Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force Official Complete Works books.


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Your skin is a reflection of your inner health. Various health conditions can also present themselves in the form of rashes, splotches, patches, and more. The changes on your skin mean that your body is signaling to you that something needs to change. In this article, we’ll discuss what your skin is trying to tell you and how to respond to these signals.
Rashes can be caused by minor skin irritations and underlying medical conditions. If the rash persists, you may have dermatitis. Also, red and itchy rashes, accompanied by blistered skin, can be a telltale sign of celiac disease. A butterfly-shaped rash that spreads across the cheeks is sometimes linked to lupus.
Dry skin can look bad and feel bad. It is usually a result of hot showers, harsh soaps, and dry weather. However, when it is followed by inflammation and itchiness, it can be a symptom of eczema or psoriasis. These conditions are associated with heart conditions, depression, and diabetes.
Uncommon Hair Growth
This is an issue affecting many women. If you notice hair growing out of an uncommon area in your body, this can be a sign of polycystic ovarian syndrome — a hormonal disease common among women in their reproductive age.
Small changes in your skin, moles that weren’t there before, can be signs of skin cancer. This especially goes for moles of irregular shapes that vary in color. These skin changes are related to melanoma (a type of skin cancer).
Acne, a frequent skin issue, can have many triggers. While they often appear in teenagers, adults can have this problem as well. The cause may lie in poor diet, hormonal imbalance, and stress. The latter especially stimulates hormones that cause acne.
Constant Flushing and Redness
Flushing and redness can be a symptom of rosacea — a skin condition that can’t be eliminated. Fortunately, however, rosacea outbreaks can be minimized by avoiding common triggers such as warm temperatures, direct sunlight, alcohol, and spicy foods.
This annoying appearance can be caused by allergies. When accompanied by rashes, it can be a symptom of contact dermatitis. Puffy eyelids can appear as a consequence of exposure to some irritants such as fragrances, cosmetics, soaps, and dust.
Brown or grayish patches on the face can be a symptom of melasma. This pigmentation is usually experienced by women, especially during pregnancy. Other than the aesthetic side, melasma is fairly harmless.
Visible veins may be indicators of poor circulatory health. Spider veins (varicose veins), on the other hand, can indicate more serious health problems with your blood flow. Visible face veins could be signs of excessive straining or rosacea.
Cuts and blows will normally result in bruises. However, if the bruising appears too easily and constantly for no obvious reason, there may be an underlying bleeding disorder that requires an immediate visit to your doctor. The visit should be urgent if the bruises are followed by extreme pain and swelling.
How to Respond to Your Skin’s Alarm Signals
Consult your doctor if you have any persistent skin changes. You may need to do some tests to see if there is any underlying health condition that your skin is trying to show you. Generally, here are some things you can do to improve your overall health and skin appearance:
Take Good Care of Your Skin
A proper skincare routine that suits your skin type and age can do wonders for your “exterior.” It should include double cleansing, exfoliation, facial massages, etc.
Take Probiotics and Prebiotics
Probiotics have great potential in both the treatment and prevention of various skin disorders, including acne, atopic dermatitis, allergic inflammation, UV-induced skin damage, and skin hypersensitivity. Prebiotics keep the skin microbiome healthy. Check the differences between prebiotics and probiotics to see which ones to take and when.
Get Enough Sleep and Get Your Stress Under Control
Good mental health is essential for healthy skin. Engage in stress-reducing activities (yoga, meditation, me-time, deep breathing, etc.) to get your mind in check. Try to get at least seven hours of quality sleep every night.
Eat a Balanced Diet
A balanced, nutrient-rich diet that includes plenty of fruits and veggies is the key to healthy skin, along with hydration. Avoid highly processed and fried foods because they can cause flare-ups.
Celebrity skincare expert Renee Rouleau said that you should be good to your skin because “you’ll wear it every day for the rest of your life.” Remember that as you set up habits and routines that will help keep you healthy and your skin radiant. It’s worth all the effort.
Sarah is a life enjoyer, positivity seeker, and a curiosity enthusiast. She is passionate about an eco-friendly lifestyle and adores her cats. She is an avid reader who loves to travel when time allows.

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Book 1 in the Vampire Magic series
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Where will retail real estate sit throughout 2011?
If Black Friday and Cyber Monday 2010 numbers were any indication, retail may well be prepping for some measurable bounce in 2011.
But the road to recovery isn’t going to be without frustrations, according to Chicago-based Jones Lang LaSalle’s North America Retail Outlook report, released in November.
The inaugural report examined retail real estate fundamentals such as vacancy levels, rental rates and investment sales volumes — and drew the conclusion that 2011 would see a “slow and arduous retail sector recovery.”
The report listed the following retail outlook highlights: National retail vacancy levels stand at a healthy 7.3%, with open-air shopping centers at 10.8% vacant and general retail at 5.1% vacant; investment sales volume for the first half of 2010 is 43% higher than the market trough in the first half of 2009; and rents are still declining with a year-over-year drop of 4.3%, averaging $15.18 in the third quarter.
“Although consumer confidence remains tepid at best, the industry is starting to make a gradual incline toward recovery,” said Greg Maloney, CEO and president, Atlanta-based Jones Lang LaSalle Retail. “Development is at an absolute standstill and this helps aid in the recovery process. We expect 2011 to be better than the last few years but nowhere near the peak of 2006.”
Plugging empty space with creative tenants is a 2009-2010 strategy that is projected to continue in 2011. Landlords have welcomed retail alternatives — think bingo halls, thrift stores, churches, medical outlets and community colleges — to their properties, and temp stores are the new black in shopping malls.
JLL’s report cited Gap, Target and Gucci pop-up stores as creative ways to introduce new lines, boost sales and generate buzz. Pop-up restaurants are another new and continuing trend, and temporary seasonal stores are on the rise. National retailers opening temporary, seasonal stores include Toys “R” Us, Build-a-Bear, Chico’s and Game Stop (MovieStop). Jones Lang LaSalle predicts that a small percentage of national temporary stores will become permanent tenants.
The big boys are driving innovation as well. National retailers such as Sears, Meijer and Wal-Mart are testing drive-through lanes aimed at convenience, and Target, CVS and Wal-Mart are beefing up their grocery sections. Wal-Mart is testing smaller concept stores within urban markets and convenience stores are amping up fresh food offerings.
Locals and regionals are poised for more growth in 2011. “Local and regional retailers are growing at a faster clip due to the recession,” said John Bemis, director of retail leasing and development for Jones Lang LaSalle. “Many former business executives that have lost their jobs are channeling their entrepreneurial spirit into new retail concepts. Landlords encourage incubator tenants that have necessary preconditions such as a unique concept filling a void in the marketplace, availability of personal savings and a target market that corresponds with the centers existing demographic.”
On the investment sales front, JLL reported that sales of significant retail properties increased more than 43% to $6.1 billion during the first half of 2010, and through August 2010, sales had increased to $10.5 billion. According to the report, a continued theme across buyer groups for the retail property market is frustration at the lack of product, which pushes sales volumes downward. Banks, however, would rather hold the properties than sell them at discounted prices.
“Banks have learned from previous recessions that the market does come back and they are not willing to drastically reduce pricing,” said Kris Cooper, managing director, Jones Lang LaSalle. “After conducting fire sales during the last downturn, they saw investors make huge profits not long after the recession ended. They won’t make that mistake again.”
The expectation for 2011 is one of continued recovery, though not as painfully slow as 2010. Jones Lang LaSalle expects that retail capital markets in 2011 will be extremely busy as substantially more retail product enters the sale market, which will be a combination of distressed and core as pent-up demand takes over globally. “Retailers will continue to grow at a slow pace but will focus more on optimizing their current portfolios to maximize savings. Landlords will continue to reinvent themselves to remain relevant to shoppers and will be happier in 2011 as rents begin to increase ever so slightly,” according to the report.
High rent, wrong use?
By Jason S. Baker
Some highly unusual tenant mixes have been popping up everywhere in the retail market over the past couple of years. Frankly, some of the non-retail uses now being welcomed into the retail lineup are so questionable that one day soon landlords may look around at their transformed shopping centers and wonder if they’ve made the right decisions. By signing too many onerous leases during the Great Recession and its aftermath — perhaps because a scary debt obligation was coming due or that conspicuous vacancy needed to be filled by something — some owners might just find that their top retail tenants are balking at lease renewals and, instead, fleeing for rival properties with more suitable co-tenants.
Consider one of the fastest-growing non-retail tenants taking over retail space these days — emergency room clinics. Medical services are valuable and needed, of course, and have been the saviors for a number of retail centers faced with recessionary vacancies. The fact remains, however, that not long ago very few, if any, landlords would have done a deal with these aggressively expanding businesses, which are now paying premium rents for prime shopping center spaces across the country. Understand, these are not dental practices or minor-emergency clinics — they are full-fledged ERs, replete with dedicated ambulance lanes and, in the worst-case scenarios, sick or injured patients being hauled into the center on gurneys. In one of the more remarkable examples of this phenomenon, the owner of an upscale Houston center, which faced a daunting vacancy after The Limited closed its approximately 7,000-sq.-ft. store, did a truly mystifying deal by dividing the space into two surprisingly polar uses — an ER clinic and a hamburger joint. Today, these incongruous co-tenants sit side-by-side, raising the prospect of life-or-death dramas unfolding before the eyes of families strolling into the burger concept for a quick bite. Around Houston, this center had been noteworthy, not only because of its architectural beauty, but also because it was one of the few grocery-anchored projects with enough cachet to attract mall-quality soft goods retailers such as Gap, Express and Bath & Body Works. It is still a bit shocking to the center’s shoppers to see ambulances idling in front of this highly visible storefront.
One might wonder why any landlord would strike such a deal. In all likelihood, the initial conversations with these ER clinics were no longer than a minute or two with the landlord kindly declining the offer of this tenant to pay top-dollar rents to relieve the center of its vacancies. Eventually, though, the clinics come around with an offer that is 35 or 40 percent higher than average, and the landlord relents. Indeed, these ER clinics, which tend to be either independently owned or part of regional hospital systems, are intent upon positioning themselves for the future while they can. Like the banks a few years ago, they will pay ceiling-busting rents in order to lock up the best-possible real estate.
The same goes for many of the other non-retail uses that have started to proliferate in Houston and other markets. For example, a well-known Texas pediatric association now has some 40 locations throughout the Houston market, many in neighborhood shopping centers. While this particular tenant usually leases in professional buildings and offices, it is relocating more of its clinics into retail properties, which offer advantages like easy-access parking, great signage and close proximity to the customer base. While some non-retail uses are more tolerable than others, these pediatric clinics are legitimate traffic draws and a far cry from emergency rooms.
While the short-term payoffs involved in some of these non-retail deals can be considerable, the potential long-term repercussions on co-tenancy are clearly worrisome. Because medical tenants, in particular, sink so much money into their build-outs, they usually must sign very long-term leases in order to make the numbers work. Thus, today’s decisions will reverberate for years to come. These economically lopsided deals — high rent paid over the long term, with minimal build-out cost to the landlord—certainly have their upsides. But as the economy improves, how many landlords will realize with horror that a non-retail use has put them at a serious disadvantage for future retail success? If a key retail tenant can go down the street and be with Gap, Ann Taylor and Bath & Body Works, why should it stay next to an ER or other non-retail tenant? Retailers can simply relocate stores and add new restrictions to their standard lease clauses — “no gyms, karate studios, massage parlors … or ERs.” A landlord with a 25-year lease to an undesirable tenant is stuck with that situation, and all its ripple effects, for the duration.
We all have to make tough decisions, and the right decision often can be a little scary. Today, we are seeing cash-strapped landlords take leaps of faith and invest in new facades, launch expensive marketing campaigns, hire more leasing people and take other painful steps in order to stand behind their properties over the long term. By contrast, sometimes the seemingly safe decision is the functional equivalent of hitting the panic button. And panicking is never good. The basic message here is simple enough: High rent from the wrong tenant can fundamentally alter the basic character of a center in counterproductive ways. And, it could be for much longer than the original deal intended.
Jason S. Baker is an X Team International partner and co-founder and principal of Houston-based Baker Katz, a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in first-class retail tenant representation, project development and leasing, and investment sales.
AutoZone powers through difficult economy
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The nation’s largest automotive parts retailer announced another quarter of record results in which earnings per share advanced nearly 36% to $3.34 on same-store sales that grew 7.1% for the quarter ended Feb.12. The earnings per share performance was well above the $3.06 analysts were expecting as was the same-store sales figure which analysts had forecast would rise 6.3%.The company’s gross margins increased to 50.9% from 50%, operating costs were essentially flat and overall net income increased 20% to $148 million as the company ended the quarter with 4,425 stores in the United States and 249 stores in Mexico.
“This marks the ninth consecutive quarter of 20% plus growth in earnings per share and our eighteenth consecutive quarter of double digit growth,” said chairman, president and CEO Bill Rhodes. “We continued our focus on improving parts coverage, hiring, retaining, and training the best automotive parts professionals, and growing our commercial business.
The company’s return on invested capital reached a new all time high of 29.3%, according to Rhodes, who asserted the company will, “remain committed to our disciplined approach of growing operating earnings while efficiently utilizing our capital.”
The improvement in gross margins resulted from improved sourcing of the company’s Duralast brand and increased penetration of that brand in the product mix. Meanwhile, the company noted that expenses benefitted from improved leverage of store operating costs that resulted from higher sales volumes.

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Harviestoun’s Ola Dubh (pronounced ‘ola-doo’ and Gaelic for ‘black oil’) series consists of its excellent Porter, Old Engine Oil, aged in Highland Park Single Malt Scotch barrels of varying ages. To make Ola Dubh 16, they take, “Old Engine Oil” (the base porter) (amped up to 10.5%) and age it for up to 6 months in casks that previously held Highland Park 16 Year Old single malt. The 12, 16, and 18 are the only ones listed on Harviestoun’s website, but beers aged in Highland Park’s 30 and 40 year old barrels also exist. While I’ve only tried the 16 thus far, I’d like to review the 12 and 18 in the near future.
Poured into a snifter, the beer is jet black with an off-white head. The head is not quite tan, but not far off. It diminishes quickly, leaving a thin layer of foam that leaves noticeable legs along the sides of the glass as you drink.
Chocolate, figs, and plums on the nose with some phenolic aroma. Scotch is apparent, peat, smoke, and iodine, but it lacks the vanilla character we’ve come to expect from bourbon barrel aged beer.
The body is somewhat thin, but is quite smooth with almost no carbonation. Peat, smoke and iodine overwhelm the thin body, leaving an odd combination that doesn’t exemplify scotch or Porter. It’s not a bad beer by any means, but I think a bigger beer may have worked better in the scotch casks. I could see a Russian Imperial Stout faring a bit better.
Beer Buyer Overall Rating: 3 Pints out of 5!
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Barcelona have been crowned champions of Spain with four games to play which saw us ask you who should be named the team’s Player of the Season?
Our poll received well over 3,000 votes (thank you!) and saw a clear winner.
Goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen came top with a massive 43% of the vote after a season where he’s kept 25 clean sheets in La Liga and conceded just 13 goals.
Next up was Ronald Araujo on 26%, followed by top scorer Robert Lewandowski and Frenkie de Jong who both netted 9% of the vote.
Pedri took fifth place on 4%, with Gavi, Raphinha, Andreas Christensen and Alejandro Balde all next on the list.
Ter Stegen looks set to go on and win the Zamora Trophy this season. The German has never won the award but could clinch it with the lowest-ever goal-to-game ratio.
Barcelona return to action on Saturday against Real Sociedad and then finish the campaign with games against Real Valladolid, Real Mallorca and Celta Vigo.


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San Diego City Schools went under a full-day microscope Sept. 27 to ask itself and outside experts whether the massive educational reforms and other changes the urban district has undertaken during the past six years have been successful.
Although billed as an assessment of local urban school reform efforts, the San Diego Review program conducted at the University of San Diego was, in effect, an assessment of Superintendent Alan Bersin's six-plus years as superintendent of the nation's eighth largest urban school district.
The district educates nearly 140,000 K-12 students in roughly 180 schools throughout the San Diego metropolitan areas and immediate suburbs -- from southeast San Diego up to and including Scripps Ranch. It takes nearly an hour to drive from its northernmost to southern boundaries on a light traffic day.
What's especially noteworthy is that along with the Council of Great City Schools, Bersin was the co-convener of the detailed critique of everything that has been done to improve student achievement since taking the superintendent's seat in July 1998. Researchers were given six months of full and unfettered access to the district's schools and data, and were encouraged to tell it like it is.
Very few public sector leaders -- especially those like Bersin, who are not elected -- would have the motivation or the courage to subject their record and results to any level of objective review, much less convene the process to do so. But then, very few public leaders deal with anything even beginning to approach the mammoth task of educating our society's next generation, especially in an area where more than 50 languages are spoken and nearly six out of 10 students come from homes at the poverty level.
The general sessions included papers and presentations that evaluated the district's overall performance, the Board of Education's governance and external constituencies, professional development and instructional improvement, internal accountability mechanisms, charter schools, the district's relationship with unions, recruitment and hiring, information technology, and parental choice.
Those were just the morning sessions. As the day progressed, there were sessions on central district leadership; recruiting and managing principals; low-performing schools, special education, business services; English, math and science curricula; high school improvement; and English language learners.
Presenters and respondents included educators and other representatives from Harvard's Business School and Graduate School of Education, the University of Washington, Columbia University, Stanford, the Cleveland Municipal School District, the Urban Education Partnership, several foundations and institutes, and the San Diego Unified district itself. Attendees lugged home 3-inch notebook binders, chock full of detailed reports on the covered topics.
I've taken the space to list the all the sessions to demonstrate the complexities and myriad issues San Diego City Schools faces as an urban district serving a diverse population base in complex times. This isn't your suburban school district of 35 years ago, when the issues tended to center on a school bond measures, a student protest or two and maybe some curriculum issues.
Shortly after taking the job, Bersin, half jokingly confided to a colleague that unless he acted quickly and forcefully, his fate as a newly minted superintendent would be somewhat akin to being handed the controls of a runaway locomotive 400 feet before the tracks came to the edge of the cliff.
"I'm not going over the side and taking 140,000 kids with me!" he vowed.
He therefore acted "fast and top down," to quote one observer, to "alter the aircraft carrier," another analogy Bersin used later to describe the school district. He has put into place educational reforms at a level unprecedented in the district's long history and at other urban districts across the country. Bersin's Blueprint for Student Success and numerous administrative and business reforms have caught the attention of educators all across the country who now regard San Diego City Schools as a major beta site for educational reform.
What was especially interesting to those preparing the critique's board governance section was the fact that San Diego City Schools has become a model urban district where significant educational reform work has taken place under the barest level of Board of Education support. For the most part, Bersin has only been able to depend on three out of five votes to implement his reforms. And, today, the former lawyer who was a U.S. Attorney until July 1998 is one of the longest-serving urban district superintendents in the country. In fact, he's now doubled the average 33-month tenure of urban district superintendents.
No wonder there's so little continuity and positive results in urban education elsewhere, if those who are in charge of the systems have so little job security.
The San Diego Review was just that -- a review or detailed history of what has happened in the past six years. The key questions now are: What are the next steps? What are the education plans as a result of this review? What happens after next month's general election, when three new Board of Education members will take the helm to focus the district on educational achievement? What will a future review tell us about what happened from this point?
For the sake of our children -- and the future of all of us -- we better have good answers.
Hovenic, Ed.D., is president and chief executive officer of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation and executive director of the Foundation's Business Roundtable for Education. Comments regarding this column can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.org. All letters are forwarded to the author.


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Blu-ray Sales Up 20 Percent in 2011; Brick-and-Mortar Rental Activity Down 28.8 Percent
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" and "Part 2" were the top-selling titles of the past year, according to Digital Entertainment Group data.
Blu-ray Disc continued to post remarkable gains in 2011 as overall consumer spending on home entertainment stabilized after several years of precipitous drops, according to numbers released this morning by DEG: The Digital Entertainment Group.
Consumers spent a total of $18.04 billion on Blu-ray Disc, DVD and digital sales and rentals during the year, about 2% less than the $18.43 billion they spent in 2010, according to DEG, which bases its figures on studio and retail data.
The box office value of films that came to home entertainment during the year, by comparison, was down 8.7%.
PHOTOS: Redbox's 10 Most-Rented Movies of 2011
Blu-ray sales soared above $2 billion for the first time ever, rising 20% in the year, as the number of U.S. households with at least one Blu-ray playback device rose to nearly 40 million, a 38% gain from the prior year.
Total consumer spending on packaged media, Blu-ray and DVD, slipped slightly more than 13% to $8.95 billion from $10.52 billion in 2010. Rental spending (packaged media only) was down 3% to $7.54 billion from $7.6 billion the previous year, with a 28.8% drop in brick-and-mortar rental activity offset by a 31% uptick in the kiosk rental business, mostly Redbox vending machines.
But those declines are to be expected, observers say, as consumers transition to digital delivery, mostly streaming. Overall spending on digital delivery rose 51% to nearly $3.42 billion, up from $2.26 billion in 2010. The largest chunk of that went to VOD ($1.87 billion) and the new category of subscription streaming ($993.6 million), while electronic sellthrough remained a nonstarter at $553.7 million.
DEG also announced the 10 best-selling titles of 2011, although no specific unit sales totals were provided. The top sellers are, in order, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Tangled, Cars 2, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Bridesmaids, Rio, The Help, The Lion King and The Hangover Part 2.

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Currently in its planning phase, the African Renaissance Stadium is to be a multi-purpose stadium in Green Point, Cape Town.
The African Renaissance Stadium will replace the Green Point Stadium, a multi-purpose sports facility with a capacity of about 18,000, at the meeting point of Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean on Cape Town's western seaboard.
The new stadium's design is expected to be complete by the end of June 2006. After construction finishes in 2008 (in time for the FIFA Confederations Cup, which South Africa will host) it will have a capacity of around 68,000 and will be used mostly for football matches.
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It is no secret that Toni Braxton’s impacted on the charts has waned during the last decade of her career and until last night, she managed to avoid that topic. However, when she appeared on ABC’s ’20/20′, the former top-selling diva was asked to address the issue of her declining sales and much more.
Why didn’t Braxton’s last three albums sell more than 500K copies each in the US? “That’s like a one-night stand that you don’t want to talk about,” she playfully stated. “You don’t want anyone to know about those records that didn’t do well and I have a few of those.”
Also on the list of discussion points were Braxton’s multiple bankruptcy claims, health issues, cancelled Las Vegas show and plans for a comeback. Basically, her ’20/20′ segment was a condensed version of her Vh1 ‘Behind the Music’ special. Watch the footage below:

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New VW Passats Coming Soon To A Newsstand Near You
Volkswagen, a Gray customer, hosted its media launch of the brand-new Passat.
Volkswagen, a Gray customer, hosted its media launch of the brand-new Passat last week. Consumers will be introduced to the car this summer through reports in car magazines and on automotive websites.
Check out these interesting facts from a recent MSNBC article regarding the media launch:
- The diesel-powered TDI version of the Passat gets 43 miles per gallon of fuel in highway driving and has a cruising range of almost 800 miles. You could fill up in Chattanooga and drive to Miami on a single tank.
- The assembly line at the VW Chattanooga plant is now turning out about 60 Passats a day. That number is expected to rise to 233 daily by the end of June.
- As a quality-control measure, the Passat assembly line shuts down if robots detect body-panel assembly is off by more than 1.2 millimeters, about the thickness of a dime.
- The larger, American-made Passat will not be sold in Europe, where company officials believe it would be considered too big for popular tastes.
Chattanooga Passat shown at the New York Auto Show


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Printed poly crepe.
True to size. Standard fit. Fully lined. Sits on the hip.
Model is 5'8" and wears a size XS (NZ 8).
*tuesday styling tip: dress down with denim and shorts, or up with pants and skirts. Will easily translate from everyday to workwear to evening.

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Snell's Law will be used to determine the index of refraction. Snell's Law gives a relationship between the angle of incidence Θ_1 and its medium's re...
This experiment shows one way to find the index of refraction of Jello. Jello is a common delectable treat enjoyed by many kids. It is also a translucent material which makes it a perfect candidate for an index of refraction experiment. Index of refraction is one of the most important concepts in optics and is an important basis for many interesting phenomenon. Through this experiment, kids can learn and become interested in science while having fun!
Create a semicircle shaped piece of Jello using a semicircle petri dish. Follow instructions on jello box. Any color may be used. The semicircle shape will ensure accurate and easily detectable and measurable refraction from laser.
Step 2: Setup
Set up the experiment by first placing the slider rail on top of the books (or a suitable substitute) to elevate the jello. Place the protractor holder in the middle of the slider, and then put the protractor on the protractor holder. Place the semi-circle jello petri dish on the protractor. Place the laser at the end of the rail so it points directly at and over the protractor.
Step 3: Place Jello
Line the Jello up to the 90 degree line so that the laser is perpendicular to the flat jello surface.
Step 4: Collecting Data
Rotate the angle measuring platform 10 degrees more each time (10, 20, 30 etc) and record the angle that the laser exits the jello on the other side. Repeat this until the laser is hitting the jello at 90 degrees (completely parallel). Repeat this step 2 more times for a total of 3 trials.


Correspondent.net presents the main events of yesterday.
In Moscow was held a flash mob: at the station, the choir sang Ukrainian song
In Moscow at the Kiev station held a flash mob where participants sang Ukrainian song “Unharnessed, boys, horses.”
The action was attended by about 50 people, most of them young people, students of different Moscow universities, including the music.
As the newspaper notes, the performance of the Ukrainian song “friendly answer to Ukrainians, who have recently held two flash mob”.
Naftogaz called the losses of Russia from reverse gas
Commercial Director of the company Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko said that the Russian Gazprom has tried to block the import of gas to Ukraine from Europe and has spent billions of dollars on those unsuccessful attempts.
He noted that Ukraine is grateful to those companies who are not afraid to spoil relations with Gazprom and began to sell gas.
In Switzerland did not support the abandonment of nuclear energy
In Switzerland on 27 November, a referendum on limiting the lifetime of nuclear power plants is 45 years.
Citizens did not support the phasing out of nuclear energy.
The turnout at the plebiscite was 45% of the total electorate. Vs accelerated failure of the NPP made 54,23% of the voters, and only 45,77% of the Swiss supported the initiative of the “green” on the complete abandonment of nuclear energy by 2029.
Japan to build world’s fastest supercomputer
The government of Japan plans to build world’s fastest supercomputer. The Ministry of economy, trade and industry has allocated for the development of the computer 173 million dollars.
Reuters reported the cold
Monday, November 28, in the West, the North and in Vinnytsia region is expected to be light sleet. The rest of the territory of Ukraine during the night will fall moderate afternoon rain and sleet. In the southern regions of light rain in the afternoon.
Tuesday, November 29 in the Western, Northern, most Central regions of Ukraine is expected, light snow during the day in the West and moderate snow. At the same time in the South and East will be rain. On the roads in some places sleet.
Ukraine could remain without Eurovision-2017
The acting Director General of the National broadcasting company of Ukraine (NTU) Alexander Harabin said that Ukraine could lose the right to host the Eurovision song contest-2017 due to the delay of his organization.
“In early October, the European broadcasting Union as the owner of the brand contest gave NTU a red card in respect of time limits and actual failure of preparation for Eurovision,” said Harabin.
In Israel liquidated the fire
Local rescuers said that all fires on the territory of Israel eliminated
According to the representative of the fire and rescue service Yoram levy, areas of active burning remained.
Two fire-fighting aircraft gschs of Ukraine helped to put out forest fires in Israel. So, for November 26, the Ukrainian aircraft carried four water discharge (32 tons) in the mountainous areas near Haifa.
Since the beginning of the occurrence of large fires across the country arrested 35 people suspected of intentional arson. Most of them residents of the Palestinian authority.
We will remind, a powerful forest fires began on 24 November in several areas of Israel.
Responsibility for the fires was assumed linked to al-Qaeda, Palestinian radical group of Salafists-jihadists Masada al-Mujahideen.
Erdogan harshly commented on the EP resolution on Turkey
“The European Parliament, know your place! This country is not run by the Parliament and the government. If necessary, we will extend the state of emergency. This question refers to the competence of the government and Parliament of Turkey, not the European Parliament,” – said the President of Turkey.
Recall, 24 November the European Parliament voted to freeze the negotiations with Turkey about its EU membership. This decision was explained by “disproportionate” response of Ankara to the failed attempt of a military coup.
In Lviv burned nightclub
The fire in night club “Mi100” in Lviv was injured 22 people, 14 of them hospitalized. Information about fire in the disco Space in the entertainment center on the street Scientific, 7a arrived to rescuers at 1.52 Sunday, November 27.
The speaker of the regional management of gschs Vitaly Turovtsev said that the cause of the fire in the disco Space in the entertainment center “Mi100” can be use of pyrotechnics during the show. He said that the fire occurred directly on the main stage during the entertainment show.
The police opened criminal proceedings on the fact of fire in the disco Space. The case was opened for violations of fire safety requirements. The sanction of article provides imprisonment for the term from three up to eight years.
Eurovision 2017 in Ukraine
NTU: Ukraine can take Eurovision-2017
Rada has simplified the procedure of public procurement for the Eurovision song contest
The participant of Eurovision-2017 Ukraine will call 25 Feb
Yuri Loza decided to go to the Eurovision song contest in Kiev
Director of NTU Alasania resigned because of Eurovision


On a beach in Fair Haven, young fishermen and women are learning how to catch bait.
“We teach them everything from basics of knot tying to spooling up the reels to how to put together rods, how to store rods and how to fish,” he said.
The program is run by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
“‘Hooked on Fishing – Not on Drugs’ is a nationally accredited program that was created by the Future Fisherman Foundation,” said Alanna Newmark with the state DEP’s Division of Fish and Wildlife who works with the camp. “In 2012, Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation mandating the program in New Jersey — that Fish and Wildlife runs this program.”
According to Newmark, there are about 22 active groups in New Jersey. Program leaders include boat captains like Rice, club directors, interested parents and others.
“I don’t talk about drugs at all in the program,” said Rice “It’s just an underlying message there.”
First Mate Justin Gaita said the program is “just something to get their mind off doing stuff with the wrong people, getting them to have a hobby.”
“I do think that it does what it’s supposed to, which is keep kids away from drugs and alcohol and give them something else to focus on which is the fishing and camp,” said camper Kyle Gavlick.
Eleven-year-old Caroline Conway said she sees how the program keeps kids on the right track and focused.
“When you’re fishing, you kind of don’t think about anything. You kind of have a clear mind. You’re kind of just thinking about what you’re doing in the current moment, you’re thinking about catching a fish putting on the bait,” she said.
Captain Rice began his camp here in Fair Haven three years ago. It started with just 12 kids but its grown. Now there are nearly 50 participants in the program. They each spend a week on the dock, on the beach, and on the last day of the camp, they head out on the captain’s fishing boat.
After a long week, Rice beamed with pride. He said he watches the campers mature and become more respectful of themselves, their peers and their environment.
Camper Parker Gorman said he feels more confident. “Just by casting out catching fish I just feel like I’m getting better and better,” said Gorman.
The charter boat captain knows many of the kids look up to him, too.
“I’ve heard a few stories talking about Captain Rice what would he do and Captain Rice this and so it’s a big responsibility so I try to carry myself the best I can,” he said.
“Often our group leaders, they are in a role to be a positive models for kids,” said Newmark. “As I learned the hard way with my own son, children don’t always listen to their parents. Sometimes they listen to the other people better, and I think it’s important that children have someone in the community they trust that they can look up too.”
The Division of Fish and Wildlife is offering a two-day training course for potential program team leaders in September and October.
“We talk a lot about what they need to do to be involved in the program and be eligible to receive our support whether it’s financial funding for taking kids on trips or gear and equipment, all the youth that participate in the program typically receive their own fishing pole,” said Newmark.
The program is not just about fishing. The team at the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife created a curriculum that focuses on positive life skills like ethical decision making and healthy interpersonal relationships. Students also have a chance to learn all about the environment.
“My biggest hope for kids in the program is to understand their sense of place that they have these fond memories to look back on being with, family or friends or positive community role models and as they grow up they can introduce their kids or youth in their community into it,” said Newmark.
Conway is certainly going to cherish these memories. She caught a couple fish and is already looking forward to next summer.


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Officials at North Ayrshire Council will not follow the Highland Council’s decision to temporarily relax licensing regulations which allow landowners to set up continental style motorhome stopovers.
The stopovers, known as ‘Aire’ – Àirigh and meaning shieling in Gaelic – will be allowed in the Highland Council area which covers a huge portion of northern Scotland and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.
The Highland Council is believed to be the first local authority in the UK to temporarily relax regulations to allow for a number of small, simple and low-cost short stopovers for motorhome visitors but not all councils will be following its lead.
Chairman of the Highland Council’s tourism committee Councillor Gordon Adam said: ‘The Scottish government’s ongoing commitment to a temporary relaxation of planning controls allows the Highland Council to consider temporary use of appropriate locations for overnight stops in motorhomes without formal planning permission.
‘To mitigate some of the problems experienced in summer 2020, temporary Àirigh will offer a safe, off-road location for motorhomes to park for the night and help alleviate parking problems in rural areas.
‘Aires are used all over Europe and Àirigh could offer an opportunity to assist the economic recovery in Highland.
‘We encourage any community groups or landowners that may have suitable land to submit an enquiry form to the council’s planning team.’
Councillor Alan Henderson, chairman of the Highland Council’s communities and place committee, said that he believes the initiative will benefit tourism, reduce parking issues and provide a valuable service for motorhome owners.
North Ayrshire Council, which does not share a border with Highland Council, has decided not to follow the lead of its more northerly colleagues and a full planning application would still need to be submitted to set up an Àirigh.
A North Ayrshire Council spokesperson said: ‘The chief planner’s advice to local authorities in light of the Covid-19 outbreak is that action should not be taken against reasonable temporary changes of use during this period which allow for businesses to continue throughout the lockdown – unless it is in the public interest to do so.
‘North Ayrshire Council have applied this advice where appropriate, but each case must be assessed on individual merit and so any material changes to the use of land still require the submission of a planning application.’
The temporary relaxation of planning control for the Highland Council area will be kept under continual review and will remain in place until Friday December 31 2021, or until the requirements for physical distancing have been removed.


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Control Specialist, Embedded System – Laval
Laval, Quebec — Permanent, Full-time
Do you want to contribute to the growth of Powertrain?
Dana is a global leader in drivetrain and e-Propulsion systems for car manufacturers (OEM) (FEO).
Join us to meet great technical challenges and be part of our Laval teams. You will help develop, design, validate and integrate new features in our electric propulsion systems for commercial electric vehicles used for freight transportation.
As Control Specialist, Embedded System you will be writing vehicle control algorithms & software for the Vehicle Control Unit (VCU). You will be responsible to correlate subjective and objective measures of vehicle handling, interacting with system designers and embedded software developers.
Your workplace will be very dynamic, fast-paced and will include many different projects, from the development of control algorithms to supporting Embedded Software Engineers, right through to assisting commissioning.
You can expect to learn everything about the architecture of Electric Vehicles and experience first-hand the integration and start-up of the systems.
- Design and develop control algorithms for electric vehicle systems using model-based software.
- Create control documentation, software requirements & implement them into the controllers/vehicles.
- Requirements engineering, design, coding up to testing their SW on test-benches and/or on the real vehicle
- Develop Software Unit test & HiL test procedures and tools
- Testing and debugging system behaviour in collaboration with System Engineers
- Developing automotive software solutions in an Agile development practice with TDD
- Work on cross-functional teams, collaborate and effectively communicate within your development team
- Work on special projects as assigned
- Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Control Systems, or related field required
- ESSENTIAL: Strong control knowledge of control theory and PID implementation
- ESSENTIAL: Strong MATLAB & Simulink knowledge
- ESSENTIAL: Knowledge of ASPICE model
- Knowledge of Functional Architecture
- Experience in the automotive industry; focus on control engineering an asset
- A team player, who is both flexible and creative in their approach to problem-solving
- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills required in English and French
Why join our team?
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Multiple micronutrient supplementation improves vitamin B12and folate concentrations of HIV infected children in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
© Ndeezi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
Received: 19 January 2011
Accepted: 21 May 2011
Published: 21 May 2011
Open Peer Review reports
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|27 Mar 2011||Author responded||Author comments - Grace Ndeezi|
|Resubmission - Version 2|
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|21 May 2011||Editorially accepted|
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Central Park NYC
- Got this as an email and thought it might be a good idea to pass it along
for our NYC members:
Time: November 12, 2009 from 10am to 1pm
Location: arsenal nyc central park
Organized By: nyc task force protecting the rights of metal
the parks dept. of new york has taken park locations away from us with no
good reason. we tried to talk with them to no avail. they had one meeting
with us and nothing was resloved. we are reaching out to our metal
detecting community to come lend support in our effort.we will gather
outside the park at e. 61st street & 5th ave.at 9:00 a.m.on thursday nov.
12th one hour before scheduled demostration.then march into the park.
thank you neil defeo task force member.
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The fact that Donald Sterling was set to get a lifetime achievement award from the NAACP, prior to his lifetime ban from the NBA, seemed like quite the joke.
Turns out funny man Jimmy Kimmel thought so, too.
The late-night talk show host aired a hilarious two-minute segment asking fans outside the Staples Center (where the LA Clippers play) to congratulate Sterling on his award — he didn’t actually receive — from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
By the looks of it, they weren’t in a hurry to say anything remotely positive.
“We would give him the a-kick-in-the-behind award.”
That sums it up nicely.
Sterling, of course, will not be receiving the award after he was recorded making racist comments towards minorities, an incident he’ll likely lose his franchise for.


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Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and improviser Fred Frith has been making noise for almost fifty years in one way or another, starting with the iconic rock band Henry Cow, which he co-founded with Tim Hodgkinson in 1968. Fred is known for being a pioneering electric guitarist, improviser, songwriter and composer for film, dance and theater. Through groups such as Art Bears, Massacre, Skeleton Crew, Keep the Dog, Fred Frith Guitar Quartet and Cosa Brava, he has remained close to its roots in rock and folk music, but has also expanded into many other directions.
His compositions have been performed by groups ranging from the Arditti Quartet and the Modern Ensemble to the Concerto Köln and Galax Quartet, from the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to ROVA and the Art Sax Quartet, from the rock groups Sleepytime Gorilla Museum and Ground Zero to the Glasgow Improvisers' Orchestra.
Throughout his long career he has composed music for film, documentaries, dance and theater, and has performed works by composers such as John Luther Adams, Gavin Bryars, Sylvie Courvoisier, Alvin Curran, George Lewis, Ren Lussier, Jose Maceda, Meredith Monk, Terry Riley and Christian Wolff. He has also performed with classical musicians such as Evelyn Glennie, Katia Labèque, Viktoria Mullova and Werner Bärtschi, and has recorded on albums by Brian Eno, The Residents, Robert Wyatt, The Swans, Violent Women, Material, Negativland, John Zorn, Matthew and the Unfortunates and Half Japanese.
He has received the Demetrio Stratos Award from Italy for his lifelong work on experimental music and an honorary doctorate from Huddersfield University in his home county, Yorkshire.
He currently performs with the Fred Frith Trio and Frelosa and is a teacher at the legendary epicenter of American experimental music, Mills College in Oakland California, the Musik Akademie in Basel and the Universidad Austral de Valdivia, Chile. whre he worked on the creation of a new school of music and sound art.

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Sentiment on individual actors/characters mentioned in the Night at the Museum 3: critique:
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|Note: Sentiment analysis performed by Google Natural Language Processing.|
Summary:At the Museum of Natural History, there’s a new exhibit being unveiled. Larry Daley, who manages the night exhibit where the exhibits come to life because of the Tablet of Ahkmenrah, is in charge of the presentation. But when the exhibits go awry, Larry finds himself in trouble. He learns the Tablet is corroding so he does some research and learns that Cecil, the former museum guard, was at the site when the Tablet was discovered. He tells Larry they were warned if they remove it could mean the end. Larry realizes it means the end of the magic. He talks to Ahkmenrah who says that he doesn’t know anything. Source: IMDB.
Full text transcript of Night at the Museum 3 critique
Some people might say the best for last and people saying corporate bullshit, we know, we know, we know. No, that’s a there was no best save for you. Might be surprised, though.
You might be surprised. This is night at the museum. This time is the secret of the tomb. And with this one, we have Larry Daley, who’s played by Ben Stiller. He’s finally settled into a strange situation at New York’s Natural Museum of Art. You know, with all the exhibits come to life, Martin Cousins Magic Tablet, he’s running things even as the patrons and his boss thinking, oh, well, these are special effects. He’s just parade magic in front of everybody. No one knows. No one knows the difference. But when the exhibits are when they start acting a little odd and even dangerous, yeah, he has to take a trip to London. And there there’s this Egyptian exhibit that might hold the secret to preparing them tablet that’s behind all of this bullshit. I mean. Well, I did enjoy this more than some of the other films. And the reason why is because with this one, you know, we had a different museum now. Mm hmm. And what a different museum you get. What made this movie special in the first place? You get all of the you get to see all the exhibits come to life that you hadn’t seen before. You get to see exhibits from other countries come to life.
And, you know, that’s fun. And I’m like a little kid with you make it sound like we were actually at a museum where this happened.
Like, just we just watch and oh, here’s a different CD.
And I was highly medicated and some of them were cool and stuff that some of the novelty wore off on us. I’m a little too cute. You know, someone did literally this thing with little creatures came to life and they had some guy, some guy to avoid me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
And, you know, that’s stupid. All right, you know. But hey. It was still kind of fun to see them in a new environment right here, and of course, you got some of the old people back. We have a Robin Williams as a Teddy Roosevelt, Pocahontas back, Sacajawea, Sakaguchi, whichever one I’m fucking in.
Yeah, we there’s so few. Let’s try to remember those that are still around. We got Tonto back with you, man. We like suckage with your mouth.
You keep talking like that with with Larry the Ben Stiller character being able to go through and get used to these exhibits. Now they they finally feel like old friends. It’s not this whole thing of Ben Stiller, but no bumbling around anymore.
How many movies can he go put down? What are you doing? Yeah, I got to get him back here. I gotta run over there. I got to run over here. Wait, dammit. It is a lot of that. How are you doing? OK.
All right, let’s go then. I’m going in like this but still shit. Come on here man.
I couldn’t sit idly by. Our very survival is at stake. All right. Hey, Teddy.
Good, good man. Having a crisis. Tella.
Ok, a little muscle, hey, man, that is a deceptively large box.
Obviously, we came along to, you know, you’d be lost without his jacket.
That’s the best we can offer them. All right.
Basically, everyone, the two characters that kind of annoyed me the most, Octavia’s played by your boy, Steve Coogan, Steve Coogan and Wilson and Owen Wilson as the general cowboy, Paco’s pickles, Bill Pickles, bullies or whatever, because both of you know it doesn’t matter either. Oh, are you, like, two horses tied to a tree? Yeah, I like doing that’s not even a good one. And in fact, even when you know or Wilson talks like this, even when he’s trying to be.
Yeah. Who partner. Yeah, that’s a humdinger.
I think it’s still it’s like a goddamn hipster man. You know what? I’m glad he’s this fucking small movie because that makes him just that less annoying. I know.
But outside of that, I kind of like everybody. Even then, I’m like, hey, they’re part of the gang. I take it like this maad. I take it like this. You know, these guys, they’re like they’re like they’re like going home for Christmas that Thanksgiving. You don’t really like your family. I mean you love them but you don’t like them.
But you when you’re back there, you’d be glad to be there because you just get used to being around them and you do care for them in a way because you spend so much time with them. Wow.
Are you getting paid under the table? Because it’s like the biggest soap I ever heard in my life.
I don’t know what to say, man is like out of out of all these movies. It’s and that’s another thing I liked about it. Some of the characters that are unknown, I think they actually have good physical gags. I like the caveman character, the one who sees Ben Stiller as a father figure. Yeah. And he’s mimicking everything he does in the movie. That actually amused me, man. That made me laugh.
Oh, there you go. OK, OK, amusing. And the movie is amusing at times because that is amusing. Mostly I was watching this movie, I was like, wow, this movie is like the really shitty first draft of Toy Story three. They got turned in. Somebody read and say, like, I’ll make a night in the museum of this in a second, but then you get stuff with Rebel Wilson where it’s the it’s the rebel Wilson Show.
Somebody that I like is Ricky Gervais. Oh, yeah. Ricky Gervais, I think is a hilarious guy in this movie. He got on, man. Oh, yes. He’s quite the person who talks like this.
But most of the dialogue, I have nothing else to do. I have no genuine jokes. So I’m just going to pick up funny voice. And I wanted Ben Stiller to punch the fuck out. And Ricky Gervais in this movie. I need you to let me take the tablet in Auckland.
Right. London. Sorry, just processing that.
Oh, no, no, I want to kill this son of a bitch.
Can’t do it, dude.
I bet your ass me right now, would you like to be at home before you kick his ass, beat the shit out of. That’s a ball of movement. I know you like that.
You the Lee, would you close the door and and don’t say no. Just look at a motherfucker. Just come in. I’m going beat the TR choice son of a bitch. I hated him and Rebel Wilson in this movie. It’s almost like the like the producers and director thought. All these guys, they’re they’re so funny. We’re just going to give them free reign. You know what other character I really liked was Lancelot, man? You know what? You were right about that.
He actually just was like at the point where I’m just like, all right, I see what this is. It’s kind of milquetoast is going nowhere. He read a lot of life into it.
Yeah, no pun intended. Yeah. Yeah. Not sure what market it was not. The actor that played last night is Dan Stevens, who was actually an amazing actor man. He was in a he was recently in that movie with a walk among the tombstones, Liam Neeson linked with Liam Neeson. He played of course, he played American and had a totally different personality. But of course, the museum, everything comes to life being there in London. They have a Knights of the Roundtable exhibit and Lancelot comes alive, comes alive. And he’s he’s really funny, man. Yeah. I thought that that character was really good. He’s like, why, thank you. It’s one of those films where to me, there’s a lot of great things going on as far as family entertainment. There’s a sense of wonder with the magic. There’s, you know, these they have a lot of visuals going on that actually kind of makes sense. You know, there I actually feel part of the story, some of his goofy, but they what they do is they can’t avoid the bathroom humor like right there. The monkey peed on them. I’m like, man, you know, you you already kind of have a sweet film. You have some actually funny lines going on, but you have to resort to bathroom humor. They’re actually into this movie. On an emotional note for me, they actually ended this sort of with some pride and they couldn’t they couldn’t help, but they sort of, you know, oh, yeah, we got to appeal to the kids that we we got to make the kids think that we’re cool. And they the whole thing with a D.J. and, you know, they are the characters out there doing the beep, the doing all the boys dances and hip hop things. And it’s just like, man, you know, oh, look at us, we’re urban.
But there’s another big thing in here. That’s one of your pet peeves that you have somehow either ignored or forgot to get to. Oh, yes. That would be Ben Stiller’s bitch ass son. You and I, we we disagree again. Oh, really? We disagree again. We usually hate those that you have hated great movies just because they’ve had characters like that in them.
Martin, we disagree. Again, the son in this movie had his name right. Skyler Gustnado.
And I liked him because he was funny, so he he gets along with his dad, he never had a mommy because they was throwing a party at one point in Bystolic comes home and he’s like, everybody get out and you clean this shit up. And Kim was never like, fuck you, dad, why do you hate me? He was just like, OK, Dad, you know what we’ll do? We’ll clean up. We’ll talk tomorrow.
Like in slackers want to be a D.J. like for real. That’s going to be a life. He said, I’m good at it.
He said, respectfully, Martin, I want to go out and find myself. Now, you doing this shit because you, eighty six years old, don’t understand kids today, but I’m still right there where I can relate. You know what I understand you kids out there. Don’t worry about your grandpa Martin over here, of course, talking to you. I know you kids need to take up to him to go find yourself some time. I don’t know, Goodlander. Yeah, that ain’t no part. That’s Pantani Pandur pandering to the gangs saying, no, I’m not. I’m being honest with you. I don’t listen to the buffalo here. Y’all do what you need to do. Find yourself. Mar’s like my old school. We like you to go out and get a job.
When I was your age, I had ten jobs.
My anybody like you, you need to get that monkey man. Yeah, that monkey made me that monkey. I’m not going to lie to you. That monkey made me cry at the end of this movie. I was always laughing at the show biz because I want I want to do that. OK, so I’ll look into that monkey. But there was a tender moment at the end of this movie with Ben Stiller in this monkey. And it’s a really quiet moment and is sad and is sad. And I teared up a little bit. Yeah, I did. I did. You know, don’t tell me you sat there and smirked at that too. You know, that was a tender ass moment. Moment right there.
Ok, well, what like now as cheesy, I was in Boston, but, you know, cause like going like that cheesy shit, I’m upon him but I is nuts. Oh yeah.
You heard me. I gave you proper criticism. I know the bad things are in the movie, but I don’t think there was as much as the movies before. And I actually thought there was some clever visual jokes in this that they used the exhibits for in addition to I mean, as opposed to just throwing them on screen and saying, hey, look at the CG that we got coming from the point of view of a kid and somebody who would take a kid and enjoy myself.
I mean, get this a low MEDIHONEY no man namen and you know, hey, man, got to salute the captain. Come on, man. Just tell me.
Just tell me I’m full of shit and going on about your way. Don’t pander to me. It’s all right. No, no.
I knew there would come a point when a rating just really meant nothing more appealing. You like you always say, man, every so often some of us like some bullshit. You’re not immune to the you know, I say I like the second movie better. I mean, to me, they’re all kind of the same, you know, as far as quality, as far as what they do, it ain’t like, oh, well, this one is really stepped things up. It has it it’s probably about the same level as a second one. It’s just that I really liked Amelia Earhart and the Wright brothers from the from the second one. And then moving through the Smithsonian, I thought was clever. The only real idea they had here was like, OK, we’ll go to the British Museum.
What about the cameos in this? You got some funny cameos here. We just saw Dick Van Dyke in one scene that made you I heard you laughing and then I can’t I’m not going to spoil the other one. But near the end of this movie, you know, there’s a joke with Lancelot in the cameo. That’s very funny.
You’re right. You’re right. And that was a great cameo. That was actually one of the better cameos I’ve seen even this year. The wouldn’t Lancelot and that cameo, that that was really good. And it’s things like that that keep me from from really dogging it.
I mean, I don’t know. I give it a high rental, but I’m not going I’m not going to, you know, low matinees.
I’m not asking you to shoot them. Are you asking me, like, I’m telling you to do this? I’m not telling you like the monkeys messing with you.
My name, please. Please, I.
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Gazetteers are listings of places, providing information such as territorial division (county etc), location (eg latitude and longitude), alternate names, population size, etc. Some gazetteers give quite detailed descriptions of places, or the sheet numbers of relevant Ordnance Survey maps. There are many gazetteers in our collection, covering England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales at various points in time. By using historical gazetteers you can find out not only where a place was, but also some key information about that locality at a particular point in time.
Some British and Irish Gazetteers are available for reference in the Maps Reading Room. Others may be requested through the catalogue. Search using any of the following search terms: England AND gazetteer, Ireland AND gazetteer, Great Britain AND gazetteer, Wales AND gazetteer or Scotland AND gazetteer. Scroll down the catalogue record, select "In the Library" and then "Request this".

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High-impact wet-milling: Effects of steeping conditions on rice starch attributes
Loubes, María Ana; Barrera, Gabriela; Tolaba, Marcela Patricia; High-impact wet-milling: Effects of steeping conditions on rice starch attributes; Wiley VCH Verlag; Starch/starke; 68; 11-12; 11-2016; 1095-1102
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Planetary ball wet-milling of rice was evaluated in comparison with traditional wet-milling. The effect of alkali and surfactant concentrations on starch recovery and purity, crystallinity loss, pasting profile, and gel stability were investigated based on the Doehlert design. Particle size, crystallinity degree, and water absorption capacity were not affected by steeping conditions although they differ from those of native starch due to the thermo-mechanical damage associated to high-impact milling. Ball wet-milling allows significant reductions of alkali level and steeping time (from 24 to 1 h) and a high-quality starch is produced due to “in situ” steeping during ball milling. From the response surface method was found that combinations of alkali–surfactant affected the pasting properties and syneresis of starch. Isolated starches presented an advance in peak time and higher values of peak viscosity, breakdown, and initial pasting temperature in comparison with control. A wide range of peak viscosity (4360–7030 cP) could be obtained by selecting a convenient steeping condition. The freeze–thaw stability of starch gels was dependent of surfactant level. These results can be used to improve the manufacture and the selection criteria of rice starch with desirable properties.


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Out of pocket costs down, taxes up, premiums up
“Much of the rationale behind the current reform of the healthcare system is about controlling inflation in healthcare costs. However, based on the trend presented above, a better alternative to the semi-nationalization that the president has in mind would be to increase individual responsibility for medical decisions and costs. When people aren’t exposed to the true cost of their care-even if they pay for it in foregone wages and higher taxes-they consume more” says Veronique de Rugy is a senior research fellow at The Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
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Margalit Winery, from the Ceasarea region on Israel's Mediterranean coast, midway between
Tel Aviv and Haifa, is a family-run operation specializing in red Bordeaux blends. I had the
pleasure of tasting three of these “boutique” wines under the watchful eye of Asaf Margalit,
who runs the winery with his father, UC Davis-educated Yair Margalit. After a technical
education in Israel, Asaf worked for Jekel Vineyards in California, a distinction I note since I
review much of Jekel's output. The winery owns two vineyards: a cool-climate spread in
Upper Galilee planted with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and some Petite Syrah, and a hotter
climate property closer to home planted with Cabernet Franc.
As would be expected of a boutique winery, these wines tend to be pricy, and there is a
reason. Grapes are hand picked using small buckets to protect the clusters. The grapes are
crushed but not-pressed; the winery uses only the free run juice for the initial fermentation in
stainless steel. Between the fermentation and the maturation stage, the new wine macerates
with the skins for an extra week or two. The wine then ages a year in small oak barrels, 95%
French and 5% American, using a rotation system that ensures that one-third of the barrels
are always new oak. The wines are un-fined and only coarse filtered before bottling.
The 2006 Margalit Cabernet Franc, $60-$70, is 95% Cabernet Franc buttressed by 5%
Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine is a shimmering medium purple in color, with blackcurrant,
rose and violet on the nose. The dry wine is medium-bodied plus with flavor notes of black
cherry, blueberry, a floral tinge, a taste of earth and mountain herb. The acidity works
ardently in this wine; the tannins are well-rounded. The finish is gentle and long, yielding a
final tinge of that violet and rose, with a smidgen of the earthy flower bed thrown in.
Sophisticated and highly civilized.
The 2006 Margalit Enigma, $70-$80, is 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 20%
Cabernet Franc. This wine is a medium to deep ruby. The aromatics are superb, bringing a
nose of rose, violet, raspberry and cherry. Medium- to full-bodied, this dry wine features soft
tannins, very nicely integrated acidity, and palate notes of cassis, blueberry, chocolate,
tobacco and some mint and clove. The wine finishes extra long with a nice touch of bitter
roasted walnut at the end to meld with the stamina of the fruit.
The 2006 Margalit Cabernet Sauvignon, $60-$70 is 90% Cabernet with 10% Merlot. The
wine is inky dark, nearly opaque. Distinctive Cabernet cassis attacks the nose at first
encounter, but of course there is more: black and red berries with clove, nutmeg, licorice and
concentrated vanilla. The wine is decidedly full-bodied but “bigness” is not the whole story.
Both tannins and acidity meld well together to create a gentle side and to showcase a wealth
of flavor notes: black cherry, dried cherry, blackberry jam, allspice, cinnamon and bitter
chocolate. The finish is long and fruity.
All three of these wines bring real structure and backbone to the table; you can opt to drink
them now but can certainly profit by cellaring them three to five years in the case of the
Cabernet Franc, a few years longer in the case of the Enigma and the Cabernet Sauvignon.
Solid Bordeaux Styles to Savor and Cellar


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The tile was one that I added watercolor to a while back which was close by. I needed something easy to get to since my back went out today while working on cutting my garden down. I guess I was also hoping that my back would get back together soon. Yup, lots of hope.
This tile is dedicated to friend and co-worker, Karen who is battling cancer now.


A dad of two was deliberately run over and killed when he tackled two brothers stealing his stereo from his van, a court heard yesterday.
Balbir Matharu, 55, was allegedly dragged for 40 metres by Albert and Tommy Willett's car as they fled.
A jury was told the junkie travellers - arrested while inmates of Pentonville jail - revelled in their notoriety when a reconstruction of the horror near Mr Matharu's Stratford, East London, home was shown on Crimewatch.
Albert, 26, admits manslaughter but denies murder, and Tommy, 24, denies both charges. The trial goes on.


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Pride TT: Upcoming Pride Parade activities will be safe and secure
Local LGBTQ organisation, Pride TT, says it feels assured that the Police Service will protect participants of the upcoming Pride TT Fair, Mini-Concert, Fun Day and Parade carded for Sunday at Nelson Mandel Park.
This follows a meeting with Police Commissioner Gary Griffith at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain, last Friday. They discussed the safety and security needs for the upcoming annual event.
In a statement on Thursday, the association said it appreciated the dialogue which sought to address the concerns of those in the community.
"Pride TT is convinced that the T&T Police Service is committed to protecting all. Not only did the Commissioner and his team allay all concerns raised by Pride TT but, he preempted others we wished to raise, such as ‘hate crimes’ and targeted violence against members of the LGBTQ+ community in general, by sharing initiatives that can only be described as forward-thinking, first-world and all-inclusive. He advised that “my commitment is to ensure that every single law-abiding citizen will find protection from the TTPS in a free and equal manner, regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. We are aware of the specific needs of the LGBTQ+ Community and will address these”.
Pride TT said the talks created history as this was the first time a sitting Police Commissioner met with representatives of the LGBTQ+ Community. The NGO added that it also fostered a legitimate expectation of a desired future state where members of the LGBTQ+ Community in Trinidad and Tobago can feel confident and trust that their concerns and needs will be equally and equitably addressed by T&T’s police officers, some of whom also belong to this segment of society and put their lives on the line daily to serve all citizens.
"Pride TT stands in solidarity with the Commissioner and the TTPS and offered any assistance that may be needed to assist them in bringing an end to crime, violence and abuse. All persons wishing to attend this year’s Pride events can be assured that their safety and security will be well taken care of," the activist group ended.


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In an arranged marriage a woman has to marry somebody that she just isn’t in love with for the great of her family. A young lady usually focuses on marriage as a duty to her family and neighborhood and hopes to eventually develop to love her husband. If this system had not damaged down international marriages can be extremely rare in Asia and the trendy Asian mail order bride movement might have by no means developed. And many men are thinking about assembly an Asian girl due to their magnificence and sex appeal, but also because of the standard view of marriage that most Asian women nonetheless have. Western women, usually feminists, wish to point their finger at men who travel overseas and marry a lady from another country, significantly from Asia. They prefer to name the person a loser as a end result of he couldn’t get himself a spouse in his personal country. How you go about contacting and organising a gathering with any of the Asian women, corresponding to Chinese mail order bride, or a Thai mail order bride has turn out to be fairly easy.
Your family and pals may also only interest her as a lot as you choose to bring it up. Numerous gents admit to seeking exactly these qualities in a girl – the qualities that drive her to a mindset where family is the only focus of all attention. However, despite the fact that she will invest all her effort to make this marriage work, you would possibly be additionally expected to share an analogous mindset. So, you are beneficial to research and educate yourself about Asian cultures and mentality. It is well known that Asian languages are tough for Westerners to learn.
These women for marriage have options that many different women solely dream about, from their petite and unique physique to their straight and soft-textured hair. Many folks have even fallen in love with them from simply staring into their eyes. These girls are a mixture of god-like properties and one of the best that human magnificence has to supply.
How A Lot Does It Price To Get An Asian Bride?
The look of an Asian bride that you simply select would differ because of the nation the place she lives. For instance, attractive girls from Kazakhstan are recognized for being extremely beautiful, however this magnificence is cold and striking. It’s troublesome to not discover how beautiful are ladies from Kazakhstan.
Show curiosity within the cultural and historic background of her man and potential husband to find a compromise and reside with out the cultural confrontations. Chinese women are usually petite, with well-toned figures, shiny black hair and unique Oriental options; in a word they are irresistible! They walk with Dignity, and talk truthfully, which is what any man would ask for. Under their charming and alluring appears lies a soft, demure, reserved, yet charismatic character. Asian ladies are positive that it’s almost inconceivable for a foreigner to learn their language, so a minimum knowledge of the language causes them delight.
All she is on the lookout for is a man who will show her the identical level of love and affection that she reveals to him. They perceive that there are alcoholics in every country on the earth, just simply not as many as there are in Cambodia. So, if you’re questioning why Cambodian women would want to date Western men, one of many first causes is that she’s pretty positive you’re not going to beat her. Foreigners are known as “barangs” by the locals, which is simply local slang, and never an insult in path of you. It does take a long time for them to stop doing that although.
As a result all of all this pressure, many Chinese women significantly recognize Western concepts of ringles. Meeting someone you genuinely like and genuinely love, quite than being pressured into settling down with the primary how to get an asian bride man you meet, appeals to them. Concepts of chivalry and constancy are also prized and largely most well-liked by many Chinese women.
Organized Marriages In Asian Tradition
Why would hot Asian brides who’re family-oriented, well-mannered and well-educated look about a man overseas? Firstly, in some countriesf imbalance between the number of men and asian stays unchanged. Secondly, in some of the nations, home violence rates are very excessive. About, in some international locations, there are plenty of womanizers among the native men.
Of course, you need to get put off by the thought that she is going to demand Hollywood-style lush just because she thinks that everybody within the West lives so. For her, even our normal angle toward women that our women take as a right will already be a large step forward for her self-confidence and happiness. In sincere gratitude, she will fortunately give you a comfy residence and a giant joyful family. The majority of Asian women are able to sacrifice their very own pleasure and comfort so as to see their husbands and kids pleased . The main cause for that’s the society they have been raised in and rating family number one in their lives.
They don’t need to depend upon their mother and father, their mates, boyfriends, and husbands. They know tips on how to stand their ground, and so they want men to respect their position in a household or in a couple. Unfortunately, men’s notion of pretty Asian girls relies on deceptive stereotypes.
Why Are Asian Women The Preferred International Brides?
It signifies that you’ll have to create the conditions for belief and take her critically, that’s all. In every situation, an Asian mail order bride is, to begin with, a girl.
Conservative Relationship Is Difficult, However There Are Alternatives
Then, these had been women who legally bought themselves as wives. The time handed, and the world was quickly altering. Soon, the time when a wealthy man may open a catalog and literally order an Asian spouse together with the time when guys wrote the letters and sent them to church buildings was gone. Many Asian women do not understand hints or are just too shy to discuss relationships, so they need a man to be prepared to speak about the plans for the future of your couple.
Most of them just wish to fall in love, to maneuver out, and reside happily overseas. And one of many main reasons why folks hold using mail order bride sites is the compatibility matchmaking system. Every successful, respectable Asian mail order bride has a compatibility-based matchmaking system. It aids in connecting men and women with related pursuits, which is very good in phrases of marriage.

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