Three Molecular Probes® fluorogenic reagents—CellROX® Deep Red, CellROX® Green and CellROX® Orange —have been developed for the detection and quantitation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in live cells. Each reagent is cell-permeant and is nonfluorescent or very weakly fluorescent in the reduced state. Upon oxidation, the reagents exhibit strong fluorescence and remain localized within the cell.
These ROS sensors are compatible with multiple platforms, including flow cytometry, microscopy, high-content imaging and microplate-based fluorometry, as well as with the Attune® Acoustic Focusing Cytometer and the FLoid® Cell Imaging Station.
A comparison of these features can be seen in Table 1. To see more products for ROS detection, see our Oxidative Stress selection guide.
Table 1. Features of several fluorogenic oxidative stress sensors.
* Excitation and emission maxima in nm for the oxidized reagent, in some cases bound to dsDNA.† The fluorescence emission spectra of oxidized DHE bound to DNA is very broad, making it difficult to multiplex with other fluorescent probes. H2DCFDA = 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate. DHE = dihydroethidium. NA = data not available.
When the CellROX® reagent is used together with the SYTOX® Red Dead Cell Stain (or SYTOX® Blue Dead Cell Stain with CellROX® Deep Red Reagent), oxidatively stressed and nonstressed cells are reliably distinguished from dead cells by flow cytometry.
FIgure 1. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) detected by flow cytometry. (A) ROS levels detected by the CellROX® Deep Red Reagent are decreased in TBHP-treated Jurkat cells with pretreatment of cultures using NAC. The cells treated with the oxidant TBHP (red) have increased staining with the CellROX® Deep Red Reagent, compared to the cells pretreated with NAC (blue) and the control cells (green). (B, C) CellROX® Deep Red Reagent can be used in conjunction with SYTOX® Blue Dead Cell Stain to differentiate live stressed cells from dead cells. Jurkat cells were treated with (B) PBS or (C) 200 μM TBHP for 30 minutes before labeling with the CellROX® Deep Red Flow Cytometry Assay Kit. Note that the treated cells (C) have a higher percentage of cells under oxidative stress than the basal level of ROS observed in control cells (B).
All three CellROX® reagents produce consistently bright and photostable fluorescence that can be detected by both traditional microscopy (Figure 2) and high-content imaging (Figure 3) to efficiently image and quantitate cellular oxidative stress. The signal that is generated with these reagents is specific for reactive oxygen species detection, as shown by the reduction in signal when cells are pre-incubated with N-acetyl cysteine (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Detection of ROS using fluorescence microscopy. Human aortic smooth muscle (HASM) cells were plated in 35 mm glass-bottom dishes (MatTek) and left untreated as the control or treated with 500 nM angiotensin II for 4 hr at 37°C. Hoechst® 33342 and either CellROX® Green reagent (top row) or CellROX® Orange reagent (bottom row) were added for the last 30 min of incubation. The cells were then washed 3 times with PBS and imaged on a Zeiss® Axiovert inverted microscope using a 40x objective. An increase in CellROX® signal was observed after angiotensin II treatment, indicating an increase in oxidative stress in the treated cells.
Figure 3. Detection of ROS using high-content imaging. Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial (BPAE) cells, plated in 96-well plates, were left untreated or treated with 100 µM menadione for 1 hr at 37°C to induce oxidative stress. In addition, a subset of control and menadione-treated wells also received 50 µM N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), an ROS scavenger. Cells were then stained with 5 µM CellROX® Green reagent and Hoechst® 33342 in complete medium for 30 min at 37°C, washed with PBS, and imaged on a Thermo Scientific Cellomics® ArrayScan® VTI. The decreased fluorescence seen in the presence of NAC confirms that the CellROX® Green signal is due to the presence of ROS in the samples.


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Arton Capital Singapore appoints Julie Tan as Director
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Notable TV personality to help invigorate media relations in the region.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Arton Capital, the global leader in residency and citizenship solutions, has appointed Ms. Julie Tan as Director responsible for Media Relations in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Julie Tan
A global citizen, with an extensive network of likeminded individuals, Ms. Tan brings an invaluable asset to the firm. With her years of experience being in front of the camera, the award-winning actress and TV personality has the inherent ability to engage with the relevant audience, along with the confidence and commitment to establish successful relationships.
"We are thrilled that Julie Tan will be joining us," said Philippe May, Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific at Arton Capital Singapore. "Not only is she one of the most recognizable faces in Singapore, but her embodiment of global citizenship values will help amplify our message."
Born in Malaysia, Julie Tan was educated in Singapore and studied Drama in Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. Julie went on to become Mediacorp's artiste for almost a decade, winning dozens of awards in the industry including Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes.
"I am delighted to be joining Arton Capital's Singapore office," said Julie Tan. "As an actress, I have travelled extensively throughout the world and know the value and importance of freedom of mobility. I am excited to be able to represent Arton's mission and vision in the region."
Arton Capital is well known in Singapore, largely due to The Passport Index, the acclaimed online passport-ranking platform, which ranked Singapore's passport as the Most Powerful Passport in the world in 2017.
About Arton Capital
Arton Capital empowers individuals and families to become Global Citizens by investing in second residency and citizenship around the world through a bespoke service experience which simplifies complexity is built on confidentiality and trust.
As a global financial advisory firm, specializing in the design, implementation and marketing of investor programs for residence and citizenship Arton plays a critical role in helping governments, meet their goals quickly, efficiently and more effectively.
For further information: Media Enquiries, Mr. Rupert Wright, Ashbright, rw@ashbright.com, T +44 7557 371908, T +65 6444 4465.
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Does anybody have any idea what the reason behind this change is?
The format is required and must be surrounded by double quote (" ") marks.
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At El Alsson, sports play a very important role. We offer our students a wide range of activities and sports during our sports lessons as well as after school sports.
Sports at El Alsson School consist of the American & British P.E. Curriculums (see curriculum overviews), clubs offered during after school activities and our sports teams who compete with teams from other schools here and overseas annually.
We have teams for girls and boys football, basketball, netball, and handball.
Our activities include these and other sports such as hockey, karate, horseback riding.
Athletics is taught during one of the P.E. blocks and culminates in a sports day (younger students) or sports week (older students).
Dance and orientation skills are also taught as part of the P.E. curriculum and as after school activity clubs.
Teamwork and sportsmanship are important skills that are learned through sports as well as other areas of the curriculum.
Student success in sports taken outside of school is also celebrated at school in our morning assemblies.
We also have an annual Sports Day for the Early Years students as well as an annual Sports Week for the Priamry / Elementary students. During these Sports' Days a selection of athletic and fun events at close of athletics scheme of work period for students with parents to attend. Students compete in teams representing their houses; Karnak, Thebes, Memphis and Siwa. However, in Early Years, to make it easier for the children, the house names are different; Red Cherries, Yellow Bananas, Blueberries, Green Apples.
We are part of the CISSA – Cairo International School Sports Association and are ranked in the Top 8 well established schools in Cairo. The Heads of physical education for all members have regular meetings, tournaments and events.
When we join tournaments locally, it is via CISSA. Other than that, we hold friendly tournaments at school break times, in other clubs and internationally.
During our after school activities season, we offer after school Sports activities, including Football, Volleyball, Rugby, and Basketball as well as Horse riding. We also encourage our students to experience new sports such as skiing by which we have 2 skiing trips a year to Switzerland; one for Primary and Middle School and the other for Senior School.
Mandatory Physical Education classes are 120 minutes, once a week for senior school students and 80 minutes, once a week for primary school students + an additional 12 hours annually optional after school sports.


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Blizzard apologise for Diablo 2 Resurrected server issues, are working on multiple fixes
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Blizzard have posted a very lengthy explanation of why Diablo 2 Resurrected has been hit with server issues from launch. I'm not joking, it's a massive explanation of what's going on which you can read in full below, but in short, "Sorry, we're trying to fix as fast as we can".
Hello, everyone.
Since the launch of Diablo II: Resurrected, we have been experiencing multiple server issues, and we wanted to provide some transparency around what is causing these issues and the steps we have taken so far to address them. We also want to give you some insight into how we're moving forward.
tl;dr: Our server outages have not been caused by a singular issue; we are solving each problem as they arise, with both mitigating solves and longer-term architectural changes. A small number of players have experienced character progression loss–moving forward, any loss due to a server crash should be limited to several minutes. This is not a complete solve to us, and we are continuing to work on this issue. Our team, with the help of others at Blizzard, are working to bring the game experience to a place that feels good for everyone.
We're going to get a little bit into the weeds here with some engineering specifics, but we hope that overall this helps you understand why these outages have been occurring and what we've been doing to address each instance, as well as how we're investigating the overall root cause. Let's start at the beginning.
The problem(s) with the servers:
Before we talk about the problems, we'll briefly give you some context as to how our server databases work. First, there's our global database, which exists as the single source of truth for all your character information and progress. As you can imagine, that's a big task for one database, and wouldn't cope on its own. So to alleviate load and latency on our global database, each region–NA, EU, and Asia–has individual databases that also store your character's information and progress, and your region's database will periodically write to the global one. Most of your in-game actions are performed against this regional database because it's faster, and your character is "locked" there to maintain the individual character record integrity. The global database also has a back-up in case the main fails.
With that in mind, to explain what's been going on, we'll be focusing on the downtimes experienced between Saturday October 9 to now.
On Saturday morning Pacific time, we suffered a global outage due to a sudden, significant surge in traffic. This was a new threshold that our servers had not experienced at all, not even at launch. This was exacerbated by an update we had rolled out the previous day intended to enhance performance around game creation–these two factors combined overloaded our global database, causing it to time out. We decided to roll back that Friday update we'd previously deployed, hoping that would ease the load on the servers leading into Sunday while also giving us the space to investigate deeper into the root cause.
On Sunday, though, it became clear what we'd done on Saturday wasn't enough–we saw an even higher increase in traffic, causing us to hit another outage. Our game servers were observing the disconnect from the database and immediately attempted to reconnect, repeatedly, which meant the database never had time to catch up on the work we had completed because it was too busy handling a continuous stream of connection attempts by game servers. During this time, we also saw we could make configuration improvements to our database event logging, which is necessary to restore a healthy state in case of database failure, so we completed those, and undertook further root cause analysis.
The double-edged sword of Sunday's outage was that because of what we'd dealt with on Saturday, we had created what was essentially a playbook on how to recover from it quickly. Which was good.
But because we came online again so quickly in a peak window of player activity, with hundreds of thousands of games within tens of minutes, we fell over again. Which was bad.
So we had many fixes to deploy, including configuration and code improvements, which we deployed onto the backup global database. This leads us into Monday, October 11, when we made the switch between the global databases. This led to another outage, when our backup database was erroneously continuing to run its backup process, meaning that it spent most of its time trying to copy from the other database when it should've been servicing requests from servers. During this time, we discovered further issues, and we made further improvements–we found a since-deprecated-but-taxing query we could eliminate entirely from the database, we optimized eligibility checks for players when they join a game, further alleviating the load, and we have further performance improvements in testing as we speak. We also believe we fixed the database-reconnect storms we were seeing, because we didn't see it occur on Tuesday.
Then Tuesday, we hit another concurrent player high, with a few hundreds of thousands of players in one region alone. This made us hit another incident of degraded database performance, the cause of which is currently being worked on by our database engineers. We also reached out to other engineers around Blizzard to work on smaller fixes as our own team focused on core server issues, and we reached out to our third-party partners for assistance as well.
Why this is happening:
In staying true to the original game, we kept a lot of legacy code. However, one legacy service in particular is struggling to keep up with modern player behavior.
This service, with some upgrades from the original, handles critical pieces of game functionality, namely game creation/joining, updating/reading/filtering game lists, verifying game server health, and reading characters from the database to ensure your character can participate in whatever it is you're filtering for. Importantly, this service is a singleton, which means we can only run one instance of it in order to ensure all players are seeing the most up-to-date and correct game list at all times. We did optimize this service in many ways to conform to more modern technology, but as we previously mentioned, a lot of our issues stem from game creation.
We mention "modern player behavior" because it's an interesting point to think about. In 2001, there wasn't nearly as much content on the internet around how to play Diablo II "correctly" (Baal runs for XP, Pindleskin/Ancient Sewers/etc for magic find, etc). Today, however, a new player can look up any number of amazing content creators who can teach them how to play the game in different ways, many of them including lots of database load in the form of creating, loading, and destroying games in quick succession. Though we did foresee this–with players making fresh characters on fresh servers, working hard to get their magic-finding items–we vastly underestimated the scope we derived from beta testing.
Additionally, overall, we were saving too often to the global database: There is no need to do this as often as we were. We should really be saving you to the regional database, and only saving you to the global database when we need to unlock you–this is one of the mitigations we have put in place. Right now we are writing code to change how we do this entirely, so we will almost never be saving to the global database, which will significantly reduce the load on that server, but that is an architecture redesign which will take some time to build, test, then implement.
A note about progress loss:
The progress loss some players have experienced is due to the way we do character locks both in the regional and global databases–we lock your character in the global database when you are assigned to a region (for example, when you play in the US region, your character is locked to the US region, and most actions are resolved in the US region's database.)
The problem was that during a server outage, when the database was falling over, a number of characters were becoming stuck in the regional database, and we had no way of moving them over to the global database. At that time, we believed we had two options: we either unlock everyone with unsaved changes in the global database, therefore losing some progress due to an overwrite that would occur in the global database, or we bring the game down entirely for an indeterminate amount of time and run a script to write the regional data to the global database.
At the time, we acted on the former: we felt it was more important to keep the game up so people could play, rather than take the game down for a long period of time to restore the data. We are deeply sorry to any players who lost important progress or valuable items. As players ourselves, we know the sting of a rollback, and feel it deeply.
Moving forward, we believe we have a way to restore characters that doesn't lead to any significant data loss–it should be limited to several minutes of loss, if any, in the event of a server crash.
This is better, but still not good enough in our eyes.
What we are doing about it:
Rate limiting: We are limiting the number of operations to the database around creating and joining games, and we know this is being felt by a lot of you. For example, for those of you doing Pindleskin runs, you'll be in and out of a game and creating a new one within 20 seconds. In this case, you will be rate limited at a point. When this occurs, the error message will say there is an issue communicating with game servers: this is not an indicator that game servers are down in this particular instance, it just means you have been rate limited to reduce load temporarily on the database, in the interest of keeping the game running. We can assure you this is just mitigation for now–we do not see this as a long-term fix.
Login Queue Creation: This past weekend was a series of problems, not the same problem over and over again. Due to a revitalized playerbase, the addition of multiple platforms, and other problems associated with scaling, we may continue to run into small problems. To diagnose and address them swiftly, we need to make sure the "herding"–large numbers of players logging in simultaneously–stops. To address this, we have people working on a login queue, much like you may have experienced in World of Warcraft. This will keep the population at the safe level we have at the time, so we can monitor where the system is straining and address it before it brings the game down completely. Each time we fix a strain, we'll be able to increase the population caps. This login queue has already been partially implemented on the backend (right now, it looks like a failed authentication in the client) and should be fully deployed in the coming days on PC, with console to follow after.
Breaking out critical pieces of functionality into smaller services: This work is both partially in progress for things we can tackle in less than a day (some have been completed already this week) and also planned for larger projects, like new microservices (for example, a GameList service that is only responsible for providing the game list to players). Once critical functionality has been broken down, we can look into scaling up our game management services, which will reduce the amount of load.
We have people working incredibly hard to manage incidents in real-time, diagnosing issues, and implementing fixes–not just on the D2R team, but across Blizzard. This game means so much to all of us. A lot of us on the team are lifelong D2 players–we played during its initial launch back in 2000, some are part of the modding community, and so on. We can assure you that we will keep working until the game experience feels good to us not only as developers, but as players and members of the community ourselves.
Read more: Diablo and how Blizzard resurrected their classic RPG series
Diablo 2 Resurrected is a complete remake of the iconic Blizzard RPG, out now on PC and consoles. In our review, we scored it a not so diabolic 8 out of 10:
"Diablo 2: Resurrected is a great remake of a real classic. It looks and feels just how I remember it from playing in the early 2000s, but with cooler lighting and sharper graphics. It has a few control issues with when using a controller, but it's still a must-play for anyone who used to play it and misses it, and a strong recommendation to anyone else who likes action RPGs, dark and grim atmospheres, or who just wants to experience a treasure from the now distant past."
If you've already blitzed through Diablo 2 Resurrected and want to find your next dungeon crawling fix, we've created a list of the best games like Diablo. There are some greats picks including Path of Exile and non isometric RPGs such as Borderlands 3.
In the meantime, we recently delved into the Diablo series. Our feature explores how Blizzard created the first games in what would become a flagship PC franchise, what features were ultimately left on the cutting room floor, and how Diablo 3 managed to recover from its train wreck of a launch.
Source: Blizzard
Tags: Diablo 2, Diablo 2 Resurrected
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Diablo 2 update 2.4 will add Ladder Rank play, rebalance classes
Is Diablo 2 down? How to check online server status
Diablo 2 Resurrected update 1.05 live as server issues continue
Diablo 2 Resurrected login issues continue, some servers offline


Abstract: In the UK alone approximately about 3.64 million people aged 65 or above live on their own, and this number is rising. This increases concern of the safety and wellbeing of an ageing population, as growing old often results in reduced capabilities for individuals to perform activities of daily living (ADL), which will soon have a compounded effect on wider societal health care and the economy. Recent technological advances allow logging, monitoring and tracking behaviour can be put to the service of reducing this burden, allowing elderly people to remain in their own homes safely and independently. In this talk, I will describe my MSc dissertation work on a system designed for recording ADL, monitoring, classifying, predicting and alerting concerned people if anything out of regular pattern or life threatening happening occurs using unobtrusive sensors so that their quality of life is not impaired. This development has highlighted a number of areas for extension and improvement which can be further explored in the context of my doctoral research, which I will also outline within this talk.
This dissertation work was completed at the University of Southampton in September 2017 under the supervision of Neil White and Adriana Wilde.


Never Planned Your Meals Before?
Question. Is Famealy a food-service?
Answer. No. Famealy is a web-app (website) & mobile app that you utilize using your web browser (no downloads). It helps you create a meal plan for your family (or group) yourself. You can share the meal plan with everyone you made it for, let them make changes, or take a printout. Use it to be disciplined and prepared about your family's healthy eating. There are a lot of benefits of planning meals.
Question. We can't decide what to eat, and often end up ordering fast-food. Help!
Answer. If you spend just 60 seconds thinking about your next day's meals and jot it down, you'll be better prepared to cook or order healthy food at that moment. Planning ahead once a week is even easier and takes a few minutes.
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Answer. If you plan meals for others (partner, roommate, spouse, kids, parents, anyone else), then Famealy's online calendar can greatly increase your meal plan's flexibility - easy to share it with everyone involved and make changes on the go. Paper won't cut it.
Question. Will Famealy automatically make a meal plan for me?
Answer. No, Famealy is a web-app (website) & mobile app that helps you make the plan online. It doesn't recommend food automatically for you. You can get help from your Nutritionist or Diet Consultant (or give them access to your meal calendar) to make the meal plan if you desire.
You can start using Famealy with the Zero plan, which is Free. You can keep using the Free plan, or upgrade to Basic Plan (or our upcoming Super Plan) at any time by paying an annual fee.
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Archive for the Abortion clinic raided by police Category
Women talk about abortions from arrested doctor
Posted in Abortion clinic, Abortion clinic raided by police, Abortion Procedure, Abortionist, Abortionist arrested, Abortionist Fraud, pro-choice violence with tags Abortion, Abortion Patient, abortionist arrested, arrest, Fraud, Nareshkumar Patel, non-pregnant, torture on December 17, 2014 by saynsumthn
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An Oklahoma TV station has reported that eight more patients have come forward to talk about their experiences with an abortionist arrested and charged with fraud earlier in the week.
Tuesday, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt charged 62-year-old abortionist Nareshkumar Patel with three counts of obtaining money under false pretense after improperly prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to patients he said were pregnant, but were not.
"After an undercover investigation, our office today arrested an abortion doctor in Oklahoma City on fraud charges for prescribing abortion-inducing drugs to patients who were not pregnant. This type of fraudulent activity and blatant disregard for the health and well-being of Oklahoma women will not be tolerated. Oklahoma women should be able to trust that the advice they receive from their physicians is truthful, accurate and does not jeopardize their health," Pruitt stated.
One of the women, who chose not to be identified, contacted News9 after she read a story they published about the abortion doctor's arrest. She said that she is very concerned about the abortion Patel performed on her, "He had that stone cold poker face, just I'm here to do one job," she said.
She told News9 that she had calculated that she was about 11 weeks along but said that Patel's disagreed.
"And he pressed down really, really hard," she recalled. "And I said, 'That hurts a little bit.' And he didn't say anything. He said you're only seven weeks. And the fact that it was that fast that he could say you're only seven weeks was like, 'Uh huh.'"
News9.com – Oklahoma City, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports |
Watch the News9 story here.
The patient says that she feels Patel and his Outpatient Services for Women abortion facility took advantage of women who came to him for abortions.
KFOR reports that a woman who had an abortion from Patel called her experience torture.
She claims Patel, who charged her $1000.00 for the procedure, lied to her about how far along she was in order to charge her more money for an abortion., reports KFOR.
More from their report:
"I went back, and they quickly did this ultrasound and he immediately said 'You're two weeks further along than what you're telling me,' and I said, 'I don't know how that could be," she said.
She was scared and didn't know what to do.
"They said, 'Well, that's going to be another $500," she said.So, she paid them.
"A nurse came into the room and strapped my wrists down to the table. They strapped my ankles down where my feet were, and she held my forehead down to the table," she said.
She says they didn't give her any anesthesia and the pain was unbearable.
"I'd never known anything like it in my life. It was like torture," she said.
The investigation on Patel was sparked by a complaint filed by Operation Rescue with the Attorney General's office earlier this year after receiving incriminating information about Patel and his abortion business from an informant.
Since his arrest, Patel has bonded out of jail.


Australia's sweeping grasslands are perhaps one of the most overlooked native habitats in our nation's history. Despite their humble beauty and the wealth of species reliant on them for survival, the native grasslands of south-eastern Australia continue to be underappreciated in various ways.
The detailed and beautifully presented Land of Sweeping Plains is a step forward in raising awareness of an underappreciated environment that also happens to be Australia's most threatened ecosystem. Accompanied by stunning photography of plants, animals and landscapes, this book achieves the seemingly impossible task of comprehensively and accurately portraying the history, ecology, social context and management of temperate grasslands in one volume. Interspersed with artwork and evocative descriptions of this habitat, the text also evokes a sense of wonderment in response to the importance of this ecosystem for both the human and the non-human.
To begin with, the authors cite the strong significance of grassland environments in the livelihood and culture of Australia's indigenous people. In regards to food, this ecosystem provided indigenous groups with an abundance of underground non-grass species, such as various tubers and bulbs, as well as a wide range of herbivorous animals, such as kangaroos, that provided meat. Grasslands remain a place for traditional owners to participate in cultural practices that emerged from their reliance on this important ecosystem. Following the introduction of pastoralism by the Europeans, however, such food sources all but disappeared due to the effects of grazing livestock, in turn affecting these traditional practices.
The authors proclaim that the aim of this detailed yet accessible text is 'to communicate to as broad an audience as possible the knowledge essential to valuing, enhancing and managing south-eastern Australia's native grasslands.' I believe that it does just this, whilst also instilling a more universal sense of respect and appreciation for this habitat that extends beyond the purely scientific.
This book belongs on your bookshelf if… you work in a research or management industry relating to temperate grasslands or you are simply fascinated by one of our nation's most underrated habitats.


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Our 2018 theme&project ARTICLES All Abuzz Term 1 All Abuzz Term 2 All Abuzz Term 3 All Abuzz Term 4 Rock the Hage Oscars 2018 Mid year review Creativity Us in Competitions This is Us Spirit of the College WHERE IS SHE NOW?
In an effort to raise funds, Riebeek College would like to offer to parents who own their own business, the opportunity to advertise their business on Billboards on the school grounds, more notably, around the hockey fields. Alternatively, any parent's employers, Old Girls, friends of Riebeek and local or national businesses who would like to advertise would also be afforded this opportunity.
The advertisement would be placed on a 3m x 1m Chromodek board in a frame. This is double sided so one would then get the use of both sides of the board. The board is also fully moveable and secured with pegs when placing it.
If you would like to make use of this advertising possibility, please email the school on info@riebeekcollege.co.za or call Mrs Nel on 041-9922442.


Excuse me while i borrow your child for a moment... - Stop staring and start sewing!
I sent some of my outfits to a friend for modeling. My girls are too big so I have to borrow other peoples children (I try to make it worth it). The anticipation while I wait for the pictures is nerve-wracking because I never know how my outfits will actually look on a real person.
Doesn't she look like a princess in it??
Her names Lucy and doesn't she look exactly how a Lucy should look?
I love this detail shot (you know how I know it's a "detail" shot?). And look at how cute this tulip lace that I got in my earlier excursion looks agains the orange fabric. And it's vintage lace and everyone knows that when it's vintage, you can charge more (haha! Actually that's a pretty darn reasonable price!).
I have more that I'll post later because the Lucy cuteness has only just begun!


Very wet for the first week: 19th - 23rd August 2014.
Second week very good no rain at all. Extremely hot & Humid.
The holiday overall was good, Phuket is a beautiful Island and the Thai people are so friendly.
Our hotel was lovely and the room overlooked the beach and one of the swimming pools. It is the low season the hotel only had one Restaurant open. The food however was excellent.
Weather was very wet in June 2013. Would pour then fine up. Not the best time to go. But love going every year. Lots to do. Stay at Banthai.
Lots of shopping, eating and cocktails.


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Hello Animatch, We can't believe we've had our little poodle for a year! Domino has brought our family so much joy and love, we can't imagine our home without him. He loves running and playing with his 2 dog brothers but he especially enjoys cuddling with his humans. Thank you Animatch for helping Domino find his forever home with us.


The Perry McAdow House is a Renaissance Revival house located at 4605 Cass Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Perry W. McAdow earned his fortune gold mining in Montana. In 1891, he and his wife Clara built an elaborate mansion on Cass for a cost of $65,000 as an entrance into Detroit society. The couple lived there until 1897. The house was used as a private residence until 1913, when it was sold to the First Universalist congregation. The church used it as a place of worship for three years until a new church immediately to the north was completed, after which the house was used as a parish house.
The house has two and a half stories with a hipped roof, and is constructed of red brick and brownstone. The exterior boasts bay windows, Corinthian columned porches, parapet balustrades, and a modillion cornice; the interior features notable frescos, paneling, plasterwork and stained glass. Behind the original house is a two-story, red brick church hall, built in 1917.
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The ACE is a formal recognition of professionals who have demonstrated their commitment to lifelong learning by earning 7.0 ASHA continuing education units (CEUs) (equivalent to 70 contact hours) within a 36-month period. This is not based on calendar years or the Certification Maintenance Interval. The ACE is awarded only to those who earn ASHA CEUs through participating in the ASHA Continuing Education (CE) Registry and meet the eligibility criteria listed below.
Nonmembers who hold ASHA's CCC.
The ACE is automatically awarded to individuals who have earned the required ASHA CEUs within a 36-month period (i.e., those earned in the preceding 3-year period). Award notification is sent via postal mail. Within the package, you will find an order form for an ACE certificate. Please allow at least 90 days from the date you completed your last applicable course before expecting to receive your notification.
View your online CE transcript to see the course hours and courses that are listed.
Recipient's name is listed on the ASHA website.
Recipient's name is submitted to the member's state association for publication.
Recipient receives award documentation that can be used for employment/promotional purposes.
Recipient is eligible for a 10% discount on professional liability insurance ( Mercer Consumer).
Recipients have the option to purchase an official (8½" × 11" portrait layout) ACE certificate (view a sample certificate [PDF]).
ACE recipients tell their stories.
For more information about the ACE or to order an ACE certificate, contact ASHA Continuing Education or call 301-296-8591.


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Q: How to connect to foxpro db using XbaseJ I want to fetch data from fox pro data base and insert it into Mysql. For that purpose i am using XbaseJ. But how can i connect to my FoxPro data base using XbaseJ.
Thanks

A: Have you tried the xBaseJ sample code?
/**
**/ package org.xBaseJ.examples;

/**
 * @author joseph mcverry
 *
 */
import org.xBaseJ.*;
import org.xBaseJ.fields.CharField;
import org.xBaseJ.fields.LogicalField;
import org.xBaseJ.fields.NumField;

public class example2 {

    public static void main(String args[]){

        String dow[] = {"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"};

        try{
            //Open dbf file
            DBF classDB=new DBF("class.dbf");

            //Define fields
            CharField classId  = (CharField) classDB.getField("classId");
            CharField name  = (CharField) classDB.getField("className");
            CharField teacher = (CharField) classDB.getField("teacherId");
            CharField daysMeet  = (CharField) classDB.getField("daysMeet");
            CharField time = (CharField) classDB.getField("timeMeet");
            NumField credits = (NumField) classDB.getField("credits");
            LogicalField underGrad  = (LogicalField) classDB.getField("UnderGrad");

            for (int i = 1; i <= classDB.getRecordCount(); i++)
            {
                classDB.read();
                if (underGrad.getBoolean()) // just show undergrad courses
                {
                    System.out.println(name.get() + " id " + classId.get());
                    System.out.print("   Meets at: " + time.get() + " on ");
                    for (int j = 0; j < 7; j++)
                    {
                        if (daysMeet.get().charAt(j) == 'Y')
                            System.out.print(dow[j] + " ");
                    }
                    System.out.println("");
                    System.out.println("   Credits: " + credits.get());
                } // end if undergrad test
            }

        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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Decades ago Director Roland Emmerich has redefined the genre with two epic films: Stargate and Indipendence Day. Yes, I dont forget how sensational Stargate was at the times of its release. Indipendence Day: Resurgence, on the contrary , doesnt write history but delivers a good follow up, colossal special effects and a great entertainment in 3D. This film is Emmerich's first sequel. The movie is indeed a sequel "par excellence": the time-gap between the two movies is easily understandable and many characters of the first film are involved again.
During the press screening and even more now that I write the review, i realized and realize that 20 years have passed in reality too. I was there in 1996, in a theatre, totally high for this movie. I lived the story with an incredible intensity, it is impossible for me to describe this sequel just with fewwords, maybe telling that the expectations were too high and that this sequel may be disappointing. It's not true : the expectations are not disappointed. By judging this film we should simply understand that this is a kind of war -movie. War is war there is not much to add in a story of war. The same civilizations who fight one another cannot change themselves at the core, neither their mentality and strategies. Moreover there is something new in this movie: a second alien civilization clearly appears, involved in a cosmic fight. The enemy of our enemy is our friend. Isn'it? And the possibility for another sequel is not excluded. I can only agree with production designer Barry Chusid when he notes: "Roland thinks big. When you dream up something big, he would think of something even bigger. He's always pushing boundaries of scale and scope." New boundaries of scale and scope, therefore already the new Alien spaceship is a structure of unfathomable size that wreaks havoc with the entire Earth.
20 years have passed from the first alien attack, the so called War of 1996: The nations of Earth united and collaborated on an global defense program to protect the planet using recovered alien technology. The world began to restore itself and cities, monuments, landmarks were rebuilded in their former glory. The cooperation among the nations is unprecedented. An extraordinary Defence program and weapon systems have been developed as well as alien hybrid Fighters, whose speed, maneuverability and weapon arsenal is outstanding. In a way, a second attack was clearly awaited. And when The second attack comes the whole defense program is no longer sufficient to grant protection.
The immense force of the attack brings Humanity at the border of the total obliteration. What I like in this movie ist that the old heroes are joined by a new brave generation.
Director Roland Emmerich says "It's exciting to see this handover from one generation to the next…We have veteran heroes from the first film making way for a team of new ones. With the original cast on set, and off, it's like a 20-year class reunion—the class of '96." Liam Hemsworth leads the cast of newcomers, portraying Jake Morrison, an orphan who is now fighter pilot of Alien-human hybrid jets. We meet the daughter Patricia of former U.S. president Thomas J. Whitmore, and Dylan Hiller, son of the fighter pilot Steven Hiller, who was portrayed by Willy Smith. Dylan is the leader of the flying Legacy Squadron.
Jasmine Dubrow Hiller is now a health professional working in a hospital. She is worried that her son Dylan is at the front of the battle. "Jasmine still has a lot of fire, but she's done working as an exotic dancer [her profession in ID4," says Fox. "She's now saving lives, delivering babies—and still doing a lot of running.
Other two ID4 veterans : I love that Judd Hirsch returns as David Levinson's father, Julius! And of course I was surprised to see again Dr. Brackish Okun, the long haired scientist who was in charge of research at Area 51 during the time of the initial attack. After having been comatose for two decades Okun is back and like President Whitmore, has visions about Aliens and their plans.
Actor Brent Spiner (the android Data in the Star Trek: The Next Generation series and motion pictures) says: "I always hoped I would be coming back, and the fact that it's been 20 years, well, I think it's cool because who else gets to play a character they haven't played for 20 years?


Everybody knows that reading books is meant to be good for you, but there are some genuinely tangible benefits to curling up with a book that can have positive effects on your physical health, as well as your mental well-being. Spending some time reading each day really can make a difference to your quality of life, while keeping you entertained.
Perhaps the most important thing that reading does is allow people to escape into other worlds and to relax. There is nothing quite as refreshing as emerging from a great fictional story or interesting factual account. This reduces stress considerably and can help with a host of conditions, from heart problems to depression and anxiety.
Reading also stimulates the brain, helping to stave off the effects of degenerative illnesses associated with age, such as Alzheimer's Disease. Research has strongly suggested that keeping the brain busy with exercises such as crosswords, logic puzzles and, crucially, reading books helps to keep conditions such as this at bay. In many ways, one of the best retirement gifts which someone can give is a book or set of books.
An additional positive effect of this kind of activity is that it helps boost concentration levels. This can pay off in all kinds of ways in your daily life, helping to boost productivity at work and keeping you more alert. This also helps to stave off depression and other kinds of mental staleness, meaning that you approach life in a much more positive way. You find that when you possess a more positive attitude, life becomes much more fulfilling and interesting, while its challenges can be approached and overcome with more confidence.
The relaxing effects of reading also encourage people to enjoy better sleep. The routine of reading every evening for half an hour before bedtime helps to prepare both the body and mind for sleep. This means that you will get off to sleep much more quickly and it should also help you to enjoy a more restful night all round.
A good night's sleep, enjoyed on a routine basis, is key to good overall health. Sleep helps the body repair itself and to grow. If you exercise regularly, good sleep is essential to help your body recover properly so that it can become fitter. Sleeping well also helps to keep stress levels low and helps improve a whole range of things, from skin and hair condition, to alertness and concentration.
Reading is something that helps both the brain and body. It is an activity which can take you to wonderful other worlds in your imagination, or help you to discover fascinating new facts about the world. While it stimulates your mind and keeps your brain sharp, it also allows your body to relax properly, helping you to sleep and keeping your heart in good condition. When it comes to enjoying a long and healthy life, it pays to spend as much of it as possible at the library.
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The Royals have been on a very similar path with the Tigers the first month of the season, starting out very hot and now cooling off slightly. KC will have a slight advantage in the series with the struggles of Price and Sanchez, along with playing at home where they have a 7-2 record and have tallied a +38 run differential over all, which is the best in the Majors. The offense is right up there if not better than Detroit's as KC ranks 4th in runs scored (111), 1st in team batting average (.302), 1st in On Base Percentage (.360), and 4th in Slugging Percentage (.446). The team pitching ranks very high as well in the Major's as they may not have the starting staff Detroit does, however the bullpen makes up for that starters. KC ranks 4th in team ERA (3.20), 28th in quality starts (7), 3rd in WHIP (1.11), and 3rd in batting average against at .222.
The Tigers are coming off their 6th series win in 7 tries with a very nice come from behind victory yesterday against Minnesota. The Tigers are just 5-5 in their last 10; however a nice 7-2 road record has them set up nicely against KC. The teams +17 run differential is mostly due top of the league offense where the team ranks 6th in runs scored (107), 2nd in team batting average (.288), 2nd in On Base Percentage (.355), and 3rd in Slugging Percentage (.450). Team pitching has fallen off as of late with the staff struggling as the team now ranks 13th in ERA (3.86), 12th in WHIP (1.21), and 15th in batting average against (.247), however remain strong in quality starts with 14, good for 2nd in the league.
This series has the makings of an epic clash with both teams rating high on offense and before most recently, matching up well pitching as well. Also, remember that KC looked like and was for the most part a world beater last year, except the Tigers had their number just about every series down the stretch. I guarantee KC remembers that and will have that chip on their shoulder.
An interesting factor will be the weather and the perception the that the Tigers play well in warmer weather.
James McCann, C – McCann has had only 10 at bats in the last 7 days, but he has collected 5 hits in those AB's, including his first career home run (an inside the park'er), a double and 3 RBI. More importantly, of his 5 outs, none were strike outs.
Alfredo Simon, SP – Simon continues to amaze me as I hadn't thought much of him coming in to the season. He once again proved me wrong as he beat Cleveland 4-1, with 6.2 innings of work, allowing just a run on 6 hits and 2 walks.
Alcides Escobar, SS – Escobar was just a little better than Dyson, with 5 hits in 24 at bats (.208) with a couple doubles and 5 strike outs. Escobar took a pitch to the face last night, so keep an eye on him if plays this series.
April 30, 2015 in Series Preview.


SE-MDM- Revision of cooking cost under National Programme of Mid Day Meal in Schools for classes I to VIII and IX and X- Revising the date of implementation w.e.f., 01.07.2012 instead of 01.04.2012 -Amendment Orders-Issued.
1. G.O. Rt.No.321, Edn (SE.Prog.I) Deptt., Dated.25.06.2012.
2. From the C & D.S.E, A.P, Hyderabad, Lr.Rc.No.11/MDM-2/2007, dated:28.06.2012.
In the reference first read above, administrative sanction was accorded for enhancement of the Cooking cost, for providing Mid-day Meal from Rs.3.84 to Rs.4.00 for Primary classes, from Rs.4.40 to Rs.4.65 for Upper Primary Classes, as per Government of India norms and from Rs.4.40 to Rs.4.65 for the students studying in Classes IX and X with effect from 01.04.2012 for the year 2012-13.
2. In the reference 2nd read above, the Commissioner & Director of School Education, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, has brought to the notice of the Government that the Government of India has informed that the enhancement is applicable only w.e.f. 01.07.2012.
3. After careful examination of the matter, Government hereby makes amendment to the orders issued in G.O.Rt.No.321, Education (SE.Prog.I) Department, dated 25.06.2012 by revising the implementation date to 01.07.2012 instead of 01.04.2012.


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    CONSTRAINT [PK_Workout] PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED ([WorkoutId] ASC),
    CONSTRAINT [FK_Workout_ProgramSession] FOREIGN KEY ([ProgramSessionId]) REFERENCES [program].[ProgramSession] ([ProgramSessionId]),
    CONSTRAINT [FK_Workout_TraineeProgram] FOREIGN KEY ([TraineeProgramId]) REFERENCES [trainee].[TraineeProgram] ([TraineeProgramId]) ON DELETE CASCADE
);

GO
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    ON [trainee].[Workout]([ProgramSessionId] ASC);

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Quake 4 ist ein Computerspiel und der vierte Teil der Quake-Serie. Er wurde von Raven Software unter der Aufsicht von id Software für den PC entwickelt und erschien am 18. Oktober 2005 für Windows. Zwei Tage später wurde der Linux-Client nachgeliefert. Quake 4 erschien als einer der 15 Starttitel für die Xbox 360.

Handlung
Die Handlung von Quake 4 knüpft direkt an Quake II an. Nachdem der oberste Feldherr (Makron) der Strogg getötet wurde, bereiten die terranischen Streitkräfte eine Großinvasion des Heimatplaneten der Strogg vor. Doch die Strogg haben inzwischen einen neuen Makron zum Anführer erhoben und kaum etwas von ihrer Kampfkraft eingebüßt. Man übernimmt die Rolle von Matthew Kane, der als Mitglied des Rhino Squads an der Invasion teilnimmt. Im Verlauf der Handlung versuchen die Marines einen EMP im Kern eines Zentralrechners zu zünden, um die Kommunikation der Stroggs zu unterbrechen. Während dieses Unterfangens wird Kane von den Strogg gefangen genommen und selbst in einen Cyborg umgewandelt. Doch kurz bevor sein Bewusstsein gleichgeschaltet wird, kann er von seiner Truppe befreit werden. Ausgestattet mit seinen neuen Fähigkeiten wird Kane zu einer Schlüsselfigur im weiteren Verlauf des Krieges, aber sein Strogg-artiges Aussehen macht ihn gleichzeitig zu einem Außenseiter.

Spielprinzip

Einzelspieler
Das Gameplay folgt den genretypischen Eigenarten: Der Spieler kämpft zuerst im Team mit computergesteuerten Kameraden, wird später von ihnen getrennt und muss einige Missionen im Alleingang überstehen. Im weiteren Verlauf der Handlung wird der Spieler immer wieder mit Soldaten seines Squads zusammengeführt, um verschiedenartige Aufträge auszuführen (beispielsweise Infiltration oder Sabotage), zu denen er über Funk angeleitet wird. Über die Funksprüche und kurze Wortwechsel mit den Kameraden wird der Fortgang der Story vermittelt.

Im Gegensatz zum Vorgänger kämpft der Spieler oft im Verband mit anderen Soldaten. In verschiedenen Leveln ist der Spieler in futuristischen Militärfahrzeugen, wie Schwebepanzern oder Mechs unterwegs.

Mehrspieler
Der Mehrspielermodus ist bezüglich des Spielablaufs stark an Quake III Arena angelehnt. Dies betrifft auch eine ganze Reihe von beliebten Tricksprüngen (Circle-/Strafe-Sprünge), die das Spielgefühl der älteren Quake-Teile ausgemacht haben. Unterschiede betreffen vor allem die Spielphysik. So ist es nun möglich, Granaten von Jumppads abprallen zu lassen und Projektile durch Teleporter hindurchzuschießen. Als neue Bewegungsart wurde der crouch slide eingeführt, eine Rutschbewegung in der Hocke, die (auch in Kombination mit den anderen Tricksprüngen) zur Steigerung der Geschwindigkeit genutzt werden kann.

Spielmodi im Mehrspieler-Modus sind Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag (CTF) und Tournament, die alle ebenfalls bei Quake 3 zur Verfügung standen. Zusätzlich gibt es Arena Capture the Flag, das den normalen CTF-Modus durch die Hinzufügung von sogenannten Runen (dauerhafte Power-ups) erweitert. Einige der mitgelieferten Maps sind modernisierte Versionen populärer Mehrspieler-Level der Vorgänger Quake 2 und 3.

Waffen
Im Einzelspielermodus hat der Spieler anfangs nur terranische Standardwaffen, die er mit der Zeit durch Modifikationen (beispielsweise veränderte Projektileigenschaften oder erhöhte Magazinkapazität) aufrüsten kann. Erbeutete Strogg-Waffen ergänzen das Arsenal. Im Multiplayer-Modus finden überwiegend die gleichen Waffen Verwendung, jedoch wird dort der Blaster durch den "Gauntlet" ersetzt und die Waffen müssen anders als im Einzelspielermodus nicht nachgeladen werden.

Viele der Waffen sind bereits aus den Vorgängerspielen bekannt, andere sind gegenüber den Vorgängern leicht verändert oder komplett neu.

 Gauntlet Nahkampfwaffe im Multiplayermodus, die dort den Blaster ersetzt. Mehr oder weniger eine Kreissäge auf einem Panzerhandschuh.
 Blaster Eine wenig Schaden anrichtende Pistole mit unbegrenzter Munition, welche auch aufgeladen und dann abgefeuert werden kann, um den angerichteten Schaden zu erhöhen. Sie ist eine von zwei Waffen, die mit einer Lampe ausgestattet sind.
 Sturmgewehr Ein Sturmgewehr, das standardmäßig mit einem Zielfernrohr ausgestattet ist, mit dem es möglich ist, zielgenau Einzelschüsse abzugeben. Zusätzlich verfügt das Maschinengewehr noch über eine Lampe. Im Spielverlauf wird die Munitionskapazität der Waffe erhöht.
 Pumpgun Eine achtschüssige Pumpgun, die im weiteren Verlauf mit einem Magazinsystem zum schnelleren Nachladen und höherer Schusszahl modifiziert wird.
 Hyperblaster Verschießt kleine Plasmakugeln, welche mit einer hohen Geschwindigkeit abgefeuert werden. Durch eine Modifikation prallen die Geschosse von Wänden ab und können Feinde als Querschläger treffen.
 Nailgun Der Nagelwerfer schießt Nägel auf den Feind (ähnlich einer Maschinenkanone). Durch Modifikation wird das Magazin erweitert und eine Zielvorrichtung mit zielsuchenden Geschossen montiert.
 Granatwerfer Schießt Granaten ab, welche bei Feindkontakt oder nach drei Sekunden explodieren.
 Raketenwerfer Schießt Raketen ab und wird im Laufe der Handlung durch lasergesteuerte Raketen ergänzt.
 Railgun Feuert durch ein Magnetfeld auf eine sehr hohe Geschwindigkeit beschleunigte Projektile ab. Sie ist mit einem Zielfernrohr ausgestattet und wird im Spielverlauf so modifiziert, dass die Projektile mehrere Ziele durchschießen können.
 Lighting Gun Schießt einen kontinuierlichen Blitz auf den Feind. Wird später so modifiziert, dass der Blitz auf nahegelegene Feinde überspringen kann.
 Dark Matter Gun Verschießt eine langsame, jedoch tödliche Kugel aus Dunkler Materie, welcher Feinde und herumliegende Objekte in sich aufsaugt. Kleinere Gegner werden nicht aufgesaugt, sondern zerfetzt.
 Napalm Thrower (Durch den Patch Version 1.3 zum Multiplayer hinzugefügt) Verschießt schwer löschbares Napalm.

Fassungen
Die deutsche Fassung des Spiels erschien auf DVD, ist zensiert, und hat von der USK eine Altersfreigabe von 16 Jahren erhalten. Sämtliche Blutdarstellung wurde hier entfernt, ebenso einige Zwischensequenzen, obgleich sie für das Verständnis der Handlung wichtig sind. Außerdem wurden einige Ladebildschirme ausgetauscht, welche bei dem Wechsel von einem Level zum nächsten vorgeblendet werden. Zudem ist der Mehrspieler-Modus nur sehr eingeschränkt nutzbar (siehe dazu Technik). Die unzensierte US- und UK-Fassung (BBFC 18) erhielten keine USK-Altersfreigabe und wurde in Deutschland indiziert.

Neben diesen beiden Versionen gibt es des Weiteren eine limitierte Special Edition, welche auf 2 DVDs vertrieben wurde. Diese enthält zusätzlich den Vorgänger Quake II inklusive der beiden Add-ons The Reckoning und Ground Zero sowie "Making of"-Videos und verfügt über eine andere Covergestaltung.

Es gibt eine italienische, eine spanische, eine französische und eine englische Version des Spiels. Eine deutschsprachige Version gibt es nicht; die in Deutschland erschienene Version ist komplett auf Englisch. Die Jugendschutzmaßnahmen, die für die deutsche Fassung ergriffen wurden, haben Quake 4 stark verfremdet. Szenen, in denen der Protagonist von Maschinen gewaltsam in einen Cyborg umgewandelt wird, sind ersatzlos entfernt worden, sodass die Handlung an der entsprechenden Stelle unverständlich wird. Außerdem ist die zensierte deutsche Version inkompatibel zur Originalversion, weshalb es nicht möglich ist, mit der deutschen Ausgabe auf internationalen Multiplayer-Servern zu spielen.

Technik
Quake 4 ist das erste Spiel der Quake-Reihe, welches keine eigens für das Spiel entwickelte Engine nutzt. Stattdessen wird eine überarbeitete Version der Doom-3-Engine verwendet, die unter anderem die Darstellung von Außenarealen verbessert.

Mit den bisher erschienenen Patches wurden viele Bugs ausgebügelt und die Spielmechanik im Multiplayermodus neu ausbalanciert, wobei auch Tipps und Verbesserungsvorschläge aus der Quake-Community in den Patches berücksichtigt wurden. Zusätzlich enthielten die Patches neue Level, Waffen und Spielmodi für den Mehrspielermodus.

Der Quake-4-Multiplayermodus ist gegen Cheating durch PunkBuster geschützt.

Rezeption

Das Spiel sei voller halbgarer Momente, Klischees und wenig dichter Stimmung. Die Musikuntermalung ist trotz EAX-Technik größtenteils langweilig. Im Einzelspieler fallen Schießbuden-Abschnitte negativ auf. Die neuen Deathmatch-Karten wirken undurchdacht, und nur wenige gute bekannte Maps wurden wiederveröffentlicht. Häufig fehlen signifikante Hotspots mit Powerups. Nur die CTF-Karten überzeugen. Schießen durch Portale und Abprallen von Granaten auf Jump-Pads seien hingegen gute Neuerungen, da sie Fluchten erschweren.
Quake 4 überzeuge sowohl im Mehrspieler als auch im Einzelspieler und stelle den Höhepunkt des Jahres 2005 für das Genre dar. Die fehlende Übersetzung der englischen Texte sei störend. M! Games warf den Entwicklern Mutlosigkeit vor. Der Shooter bereichere das Genre nicht mit neuen Aspekten. Das wiederholte Ablaufen der Räume auf dem Rückweg falle negativ auf. Auf der XBox 360 breche zudem die Framerate oft ein.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
  bei Raven Software (englisch)
  bei Id Software (englisch)

Computerspiel 2005
Ego-Shooter
Linux-Spiel
Mac-OS-Spiel
Windows-Spiel
Xbox-360-Spiel
Indiziertes Computerspiel
Activision Blizzard
Science-Fiction-Computerspiel


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Green tea is made from the dried leaves of the Asian plant Camellia sinesis and is drunk widely across Asia. The rates of many cancers are much lower in Asia than other parts of the world, which has led some to link the two.
In recent years, there have been several articles touting the cancer stopping effects of green and other teas due to the anti oxidants. My favorite is Red Rooibus tea. I wonder if the effects would improve if they used alkaline water.


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Trump abused power for his own political benefit at expense of national security —House speaker Pelosi
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of national security, so says US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The House speaker who revealed that much late on Thursday on the sidelines of the ongoing impeachment inquiry against Trump said that she had instructed the House Judiciary Committee to draft articles of impeachment against Trump over his effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival.
"The facts are uncontested. The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our national security by withholding military aid and (a) crucial Oval Office meeting in exchange for an announcement of an investigation into his political rival," Pelosi said in a televised statement.
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"Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our Founders and our hearts full of love for America, today I am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment," she said, referring to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler. "The president leaves us no choice but to act."
Moments after Pelosi's comments, Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing and called the impeachment investigation a hoax, responded in a tweet, saying, "This will mean that beyond important and seldom used act of Impeachment will be used routinely to attack future Presidents. That is what our Founders had in mind. The good thing is that the Republicans have NEVER been more united. We will win!"
Also, White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham on Twitter said Pelosi and Democrats "should be ashamed".
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Hi everyone, welcome to this fun and festive creative craft tutorial! I'm sure it really won't surprise you to read that I had LOTS of fun coming up with the ideas I'm sharing with you today. Christmas is always a crafter's dream and I really hope you have a great time crafting too!
You'll love making these fab Christmas tree ornaments with you kids (or just for you!), they will make a great eye-catching addition to your Christmas tree this year.
I'm also sharing with you a cool list of advent activities I'll be trying out with my son throughout December, with lots of opportunities for Christmas crafts included. Feel free to use my ideas to inspire your own!
So get out the sparkles and glitter, find all the crazy, clashing colours you can and let's get crafting this Christmas!
Now my son is three and starting to understand Christmas a bit more, I thought it would be a great time to introduce him to loads of fun advent activities. So, I bought an advent calendar that I could fill with a different toddler activity each day. I've kept most of the activities really simple with a few more time-consuming ideas planned for weekends (with the idea being that if I'm having a bad day with MS I don't feel like I'm taking on too much).
Quite a few of the activities I've planned are (unsurprisingly) craft based, one of them is to make some decorations for the Christmas tree so I went wild in The Works and Hobbycraft, bought loads of fun Christmassy bits and set about coming up with some suitable Christmas ornament ideas I could try with my son.
I thought it would be fun to share these Christmas tree creations here, especially as one of my goals for the month is to create more seasonal blog posts. So voila; here is a creative Christmas tree ornament tutorial for you. Enjoy making them your own and please, please, please share how you get on, I'd love to see your fabulous creations!
If you're familiar with my craft tutorials you are probably used to me banging on about how easy it to adapt the tutorials and be creative with them so I decided to do just that! For this creative Christmas tree ornament I took the idea behind my wacky and wonderful weaving craft and decided to give it a Christmas revamp!
It really is that easy to develop and personalise an idea. In fact, I even created a second creative Christmas tree ornament exploring the same design but using a different colour way to show how the idea could be further adapted to suit your own Christmas colour scheme.
Take the lollipop sticks and create a triangular frame/Christmas tree shape (you may wish to paint your lollipop sticks first). Make sure that the ends of your lollipop stick overlap so you can stick them together with a blob of PVA glue.
Once the glue on your frame has dried, take 2 of your pipe cleaners and wrap them diagonally across your triangular frame to decorate your tree (if working with small children cut the pipe cleaners into shorter lengths for them and they can stick the shorter lengths straight onto the ornament without having to wrap the pipe cleaners around the frame) . Pipe cleaners hold their shape well so you probably won't need to stick them down but secure on the reverse with glue/tape if you need to.
Glue some sequins and pom poms (or any other decoration you prefer) onto your ornament to add some more Christmassy fun!
To make the tree trunk, take your third pipe cleaner and bend it in half over the base of your frame. Tightly twist your bent pipe cleaner together, trapping the frame in the process. Use wire cutters to trim the tree trunk to roughly 5cm.
Finally, tie some string or yarn etc. to the top of your creative Christmas ornament, ready to hang it on your tree.
As ever, there are so many ways you could adapt this tutorial to suit you! If you don't have any lollipop sticks to hand, why not collect a few sturdy twigs to use instead. You could create a few tree ornaments and string them together to form a garland too. Have a go at playing around with the colours you use, icy or jewel colours would look fantastic!
Most importantly, turn on some Christmas lights, prepare some Christmas scents and pick out your favourite Christmas tunes while you're having fun making and forget about everything else!
I'd absolutely love to see your Christmas crafts, are you planning on doing any this year or have you made some already? Please let me know how you're getting on! If you'd like some more inspiration I've been on Pinterest again (I love it too much) saving loads of ideas for Christmas crafts and activities which you are welcome to check out on my Pinterest account.
Thanks Kate! I'd love to see a class making them, that would be fab!


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Q: Django Heroku Error "Your models have changes that are not yet reflected in a migration" I recently added a model to my app (UserProfile) and when I pushed the changes to Heroku, I think I accidentally ran heroku run python manage.py makemigrations.  Now when I try to run heroku run python manage.py migrate I get the error below
(leaguemaster) benjamins-mbp-2:leaguemaster Ben$ heroku run python manage.py migrate
Running `python manage.py migrate` attached to terminal... up, run.1357
Operations to perform:
  Synchronize unmigrated apps: allauth
  Apply all migrations: auth, admin, socialaccount, sites, accounts, account, contenttypes, sessions, leagueapp
Synchronizing apps without migrations:
  Creating tables...
  Installing custom SQL...
  Installing indexes...
Running migrations:
  No migrations to apply.
  Your models have changes that are not yet reflected in a migration, and so won't be applied.
  Run 'manage.py makemigrations' to make new migrations, and then re-run 'manage.py migrate' to apply them.

How do I fix this? Please help!

A: 1.  Make migrations locally
$ python manage.py makemigrations && python manage.py migrate

2. Commit changes and push it on the server
$ git add --all

$ git commit -m "Fixed migrate error"

$ git push heroku master

3. Now run migrate on the server
$ heroku run python manage.py migrate

You also need to be sure that you haven't ignored these migration paths in your .gitingnore file

A: You need to first create the migrations locally, add them to your repository, commit the files with the new migrations and then push to heroku.
The sequence is something like this:
1. (add/modify some someapp/models.py)
2. python manage.py makemigrations someapp
3. python manage.py migrate
4. git add someapp/migrations/*.py (to add the new migration file)
5. git commit -m "added migration for app someapp"
6. git push heroku
7. heroku run python manage.py migrate

A: It sounds like you ran makemigrations after you made changes to your model but before you had an initial migration file. Try to revert your app to the state it was before you added the new model and run makemigrations again to create the initial migration. Then add your updates back in and run makemigrations once more. This will create a second migration from your initial data structure to the new updated one. Then try your deployment.
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/migrations/#adding-migrations-to-apps

A: Answered for my case:
your_field=models.CharField(max_length=9,default=False)

Convert to
your_field=models.CharField(max_length=9,default='False')

My case:
In models.py for the field I wanted to set the default value to False. First default = False my contract without ''. But after running python manage.py migrate, I got the above error. The problem was solved after placing False inside ''.
Sometimes it is necessary for the default value in our field model to be a False string type.
If
default = False

If you write in the model, you will encounter this error.
In fact, depending on the type of field we have, we can not always set the default value of a field in the model to True or False. Must be converted to string for CharField type.


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Q: Convert time/tick in Python MIDI MIDO read/save file The following program uses MIDO to read 'g1.mid' then save it to 'g1_new.mid'. My question is that: in reading the file, 'msg.time' is a float value, but in saving the file, 'time in Message' is an integer in tick. How do we convert 'msg.time' to 'tick in message' in this case?
from mido import MidiFile
from mido import Message, MidiTrack

mid = MidiFile()
track = MidiTrack()
mid.tracks.append(track)

for msg in MidiFile('g1.mid'):
    if (not msg.is_meta):
        if (msg.type == 'note_on'):
            # how to convert msg.time to tick to fill in '?'
            track.append(Message('note_on', note=msg.note, velocity=msg.velocity, time=?))
        elif (msg.type == 'note_off'):
            # how to convert msg.time to tick to fill in '?'
            track.append(Message('note_off', note=msg.note, velocity=msg.velocity, time=?))
        elif (msg.type == 'program_change'):
            track.append(Message('program_change', program=msg.program, channel=msg.channel))

mid.save('g1_new.mid')

Note: This piece of code is in a project about music generation.

A: When you iterate over the MidiFile object itself, the time stamps are explicitly converted:
class MidiFile(object):
    ...
    def __iter__(self):
        ...
        tempo = DEFAULT_TEMPO
        for msg in merge_tracks(self.tracks):
            # Convert message time from absolute time
            # in ticks to relative time in seconds.
            if msg.time > 0:
                delta = tick2second(msg.time, self.ticks_per_beat, tempo)
            else:
                delta = 0

            yield msg.copy(time=delta)

            if msg.type == 'set_tempo':
                tempo = msg.tempo

So just iterate over mid.tracks (or over the merged tracks) directly.


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The drugs which end up in our sewers, drains and rivers
Updated / Monday, 10 Feb 2020 08:58
Pharmaceuticals we are releasing into the environment affect the way microorganisms, plants and animals interact with each other in our waterways.
By Billy Hunter
Analysis: we are releasing pharmaceuticals into our waterways which affect how microorganisms, plants and animals interact with each other
I have a drug problem, but then we all do. We all quite happily guzzle down hundreds of over the counter and prescription concoctions every year, without a second thought for the consequences. The problem is that between 30 and 90% of the medicines we take pass out of our bodies unaltered, which means we are literally passing out pharmaceuticals. The segment of the population who are regular illicit drug users are releasing a range of psychoactive substances, including cocaine, MDMA, methamphetamine and ketamine, down the toilet and into our sewers and drains.
As our sewage systems have not been designed to deal with pharmaceuticals in our waste, this presents a problem. In Ireland, as with much of Europe, sewage treatment focuses on what is termed "secondary treatment", which includes first removal of solid sewage waste (primary treatment) followed by treatment to remove dissolved biodegradable components from the liquid portion.
Unfortunately, this does not remove most pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs, leading to the constant release of a range of substances including antibiotics, painkillers (such as ibuprofen), hormones (including the artificial estrogens used in contraceptives) and psychoactive substances into our rivers. As a result, we can see how illegal drug use across different European cities changes through the week by looking at the water coming out of wastewater treatment works, with peaks in cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA (ecstasy) detected on Sundays.
Using this data, we can see which cities have the highest levels of drug use. In 2018, Bristol, Zurich and Amsterdam all had Sunday peaks in cocaine greater than 1g for every 1,000 people. That means cocaine with a street value of over €20,000 was washing out of sewage treatment works of Bristol, a city with around 500,000 residents, into the River Avon as the Sunday hangovers kicked in (calculated on the back of an envelope).
From RTÉ Radio 1's Morning Ireland, Dr Emmet Kerin, President of the National Association of General Practitioners, says there is a problem with overprescribing prescription drugs.
The effects of legal drugs
But while the effects of illicit drugs in the environment have made headlines on a number of occasions, it is the constant release of legal pharmaceuticals which present a more acute problem. Recent studies have demonstrated how pharmaceuticals, such as the antidepressant Prozac, can alter the behaviour of shrimp and other aquatic animals, making them more susceptible to predation.
However, it is the effects on the microorganisms (bacteria and single celled organisms) which are of particular concern. Researchers at Ulster University recently showed that animals like freshwater mussels and sponges, which filter food out of river water, act as sites where bacteria can transfer antibiotic resistance genes between themselves. As such, the release of antibiotics into the environment, from human sewage and farming, presents a genuine concern as we try to prevent antibiotic resistance spreading rendering these medications ineffective.
The problem is that the pharmaceuticals we are releasing into the environment affect the way microorganisms, plants and animals interact with each other in our waterways. This is of growing interest to environmental scientists across the world. AJ Reisinger, an aquatic scientist at the University of Florida, has been working on the effects in urban rivers in United States, and he states that "despite their low concentrations, multiple studies show that pharmaceuticals can disrupt the ecological processes and nutrient cycling in rivers. In particular, common antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin change the microbial community in the stream biofilms and primary production (photosynthesis). This reduction in primary production is important because it represents the base of aquatic food webs, and primary production is known to drive nutrient cycling and greenhouse gas dynamics in streams and rivers". This is supported by recent work we have carried out at Ulster University in Northern Ireland, using teabags to measure how pharmaceuticals affect microbial activity in streams. This is based on the idea that the teabag provides a food source for the bacteria, and so changes in microbial activity will affect how quickly the tea inside rots away. This research is revealing that a range of pharmaceuticals, including common painkillers such as ibuprofen, hormones like estrogen, and antibiotics, all can have negative effects on the activity of the microbial communities in our rivers and streams. Furthermore, comparisons between rivers in Northern Ireland and northern Sweden reveal that climate has a role in controlling the impacts of pharmaceutical pollution, with greater negative effects observed in the (relatively) warmer waters we have in Irish rivers.
Clear evidence is emerging that the pharmaceuticals that we take every day can have real impacts on the ecosystems within our streams and rivers. These ecosystems, from the bacteria and other microorganisms up to the insects and fish, play a key role in maintaining the water quality in our rivers. Clean water is a limited resource and poor water quality is often linked with disease and poor public health. So for our own health, we need to think carefully about the medicines we take and the things that we flush down the toilet. Pharmaceuticals are essential for our health, but as our population grows we will need to invest in technologies to remove these from our sewage. In the meantime, there are simple things we can all do to reduce their environmental impacts. Firstly, don't flush old pills down the loo – bring them back to your pharmacist for disposal – and secondly, when it comes to drugs, JUST SAY NO!
The views expressed here are those of the author and do not represent or reflect the views of RTÉ
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Dr Billy Hunter is a lecturer in Geography/Environmental Sciences


The Tower of Voice memorial to the 40 passengers and crew of Flight 93.
Encircled by trees and rising above a sprawling Pennsylvania meadow brimming with wild flowers, the 93-foot Tower of Voices is being dedicated today in memory of the 33 passengers and seven crew members who died aboard Flight 93 amid the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Each of them — including former Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge Manager Richard Guadagno — are represented by the 40 wind chimes that cascade down the concrete memorial.
The 10 a.m. ceremony will be live-streamed on the Friends of Flight 93 website, which can be found here.
Guadagno, 38, is believed to have been among the passengers and crew who stormed the cockpit after hijackers took over the flight, bringing down the plane on an empty field rather than its intended target, thought to have been the U.S. Capitol.
Seventeen years later, the pain of his loss is evident as Diqui LaPenta recalls their time together, her voice breaking with emotion as she talks about the man she knew and once thought she might marry.
The two had begun dating in March of 2000 and although he liked to say the two met at Clam Beach, which she says is technically is true, that's really where they saw each other for the first time after becoming acquainted via online personals.
The plan had been to spend a couple of hours together, but later they decided to go out for brunch and she knew almost immediately their connection was special. "It was him in his truck in front of me and I saw him reach over and he kissed Raven and I was like, 'I could love that man,'" LaPenta says.
After that day, they were rarely apart.
Soon they'd settled into a comfortable routine, making dinner together nearly every night, watching The Simpsons and spending the weekends with their cherished dogs.
It wasn't a rut, LaPenta emphasizes, they were simply happy. Then came Sept. 11.
Guadagno had flown to his native New Jersey to celebrate his grandmother's 100th birthday and was returning home on the early morning flight out of Newark.
LaPenta says she is often asked if he called her from the plane. He didn't. In fact, she says, he hated his cell phone. "In that situation, while I know he was thinking of me and his family, we were safe," she says.
Describing Guadagno as "a fierce defender of the environment," she related a story about how he had come upon a man dumping the remnants of a meth-making operation on the grounds of the refuge he had managed in Oregon before moving to Humboldt County.
Guadagno had been out for a run, clad in shorts without his badge or his gun, when he made the arrest. "He just did it," LaPenta says.
Few things, she notes, could make him angrier more quickly than someone who was harming the environment.
While she describes him as a "homebody" who loved spending time in his A-frame home overlooking the bay, the grounds of which were dotted with some 200 trees that he planted himself, Guadagno also enjoyed entertaining.
Guadagno was also a woodworker and a stained-glass artist. He built an electric violin, which LaPenta says she never heard him play, and had been in a band during his time in Oregon.
LaPenta says she even has a cassette recording of him playing the Nutcracker Suite on acoustic guitar. "It's pretty impressive," she says.
While LaPenta won't be going out to the Tower of Voices dedication, she has been to the Flight 93 Memorial on two occasions and walked out on the field where the plane came to rest, the physical scars of the crash no longer evident on the landscape.
On Sept. 11, LaPenta says she plans to go by the refuge that Guadagno loved so much to spend a few quiet moments in the memorial garden in front of the visitor's center that now bears his name.
LaPenta never doubted that Guadagno was among the passengers and crew who tried to take back control of the plane but, about a month after the crash, word came of a miraculous discovery that would cemented what was already a widely held belief among those who knew him.
Guadagno's Fish and Wildlife Service badge — No. 1038 — was found amid the wreckage of the cockpit. It had apparently been suctioned out of the plane and deposited in a tree before being blown down in a wind storm, somehow surviving in near perfect condition.
His family has donated the badge to the Flight 93 Memorial, where it sits on display.
"In his mind, there wouldn't have been anything else he could have done," LaPenta says.
Editor's note: Read the full story in next week's edition of the North Coast Journal.


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Small States: Inside the world of Grado headphones, giveaway worth $495 dollars
Trevor Daugherty	- Aug. 23rd 2014 3:31 pm PT Twitter icon @trevorjd14
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The first time you pick up a pair of Grado headphones, you know that something is different. The first time you speak to John Grado, you know why. Hearing this man tell the story of the headphones, the handshake agreements with men he's worked with for 50 years and the passion for what they do, it is easy to fall in love with their product. The simple packaging, the smooth wood of mahogany and the clean look all bring you in before you ever plug in a pair of Grado headphones.
It all starts with John. He bought the company from his uncle in the 80's, and designs each headphone on the top floor of the factory in the listening room. Carrying on the Grado tradition of "good ears", he sits listening to three carefully selected songs, his self-described reference points: Red Garter by Duke Ellington, Night in Tunisia by Ella Fitzgerald and Before You Accuse Me by Eric Clapton. By utilizing the same equipment since he began his craft 25 years ago, John Grado knows what he's listening for and sometimes it just takes him a while to find it.
After waking up in the middle of the night, he was struck with the idea of creating headphones made from wood. "I woke up one night, and thought 'let's try wood' so I came downstairs from the apartment and tried to make a set." as John tells the story with a chuckle. "We tried a number of different woods, starting with walnut before we eventually settled on mahogany. Maybe walnut would sound good to you, but it was not what my ears told me were best."
That's where Mark enters. He has supplied mahogany wood to the Grado family for decades. Brought down from northern New York to the heart of Brooklyn, this wood represents the start of a refined process with one purpose: creating a beautiful listening experience. From there, the rest of the headphone begin to come together in a tiny factory that was once a brownstone. Each piece of the puzzle is put together by one of the 20 Grado employees, even Vice President of Marketing (and son) Jonathan spends a chunk of his week putting together cartridges for vinyl.
Relationships are what drives the Grado family, and Jonathan carries the torch of his father and uncle before him. Hearing him tell the history of the company, even at 23 years old, you realize that he understands the importance of these special bonds.
"We are not looking to be market beaters, we like who we are and having 18-20 people here," says Jonathan "I like that we not only have good sounding headphones, but a story behind it."
John feels the same way, "In my younger years, I marched around saying Grado headphones are the best. As I've matured (laughs), there is a headphone for you and one for me. We make a headphone we like, and thankfully other people like them too."
Impressions and Giveaway
We were lucky enough to get a pair of the GS1000s, which are the flagship wooden model from Grado. It feels almost out of place, like these headphones come from a different time – listening to GS1000s are the combination of old school craftsmanship and precision technology. More than a visual statement, it's an enriched listening experience. The first time you hear these open-air headphones you'll realize you're hearing your favorite song in a whole new way.
The beautiful thing about Grado is that it is an experience that goes beyond a business transaction, you are joining the family. So we are giving away a pair of Grado RS2e ($495 value) and a personalized bundle from Grado. To enter, simply follow 9to5Toys on Facebook or Twitter, then share this article on either social network and we will pick a winner next Saturday, August 30th.
Grado headphones are available at many local record stores across the country, and nationwide from Amazon. The Prestige Series headphones start at $79, with the $325 SR325e coming in as our favorite of the lot. The GS1000s mentioned in this article are available for at $994.99, they include a 1/8-inch plug adapter and 15 foot extension cable. For more information and some pretty cool video tours of the factory, head over to Grado Labs.
If you are interested in having your business featured, email tips@9to5toys.com or tweet at us @9to5Toys.
Photo credits: Grado Laboratories and Jonathan Grado
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require 'catmother/opcode_groups/no_operands'

module CatMother
  module Opcode
    class Drem
      MNEMONIC = "drem"
      OPCODE = 0x73
      OPERANDS = 0
      POPS = 2
      PUSHES = 1
      SHORT_DESCRIPTION = "Remainder double"
      DESCRIPTION = ""

      include CatMother::OpcodeGroup::NoOperands

      def initialize(io, pc)
        parse_operands(io, pc)
      end
    end
  end
end


Now the hoof needs fine tuning with a rasp.
If you have never trimmed a goat's hooves, it may seem scary, but really it is a very simple and necessary procedure. Keeping your goat's hooves neat and trimmed help keep the feet free from disorder and disease, and help keep your goat happy and comfortable. At my farm, we trim our goat's hooves every 4-6 weeks. We find that some goats need their hooves trimmed more often, depending on the individual goat. They generally grow faster if the doe is lactating or pregnant. The key is to check their hooves often, and make adjustments as necessary.
Put your goat in the stanchion and feed them some grain to keep them calm and occupied.
Once the walls are flush with the soft part of the toes, take a look at the soft heel at the back of the hoof. This may also need trimmed in order to make the hoof level again. I generally leave the heel alone unless it is starting to fold over, like it is in the picture above. This part is always a little scary to me, but think of it as a cuticle or callus. As long as the flesh is still white when you trim, you are safe. If you start seeing pink flesh when you trim, STOP! Pink means you are getting close to blood. If you do draw blood, do not panic, and use some blood stop powder on the wound.
The final task in hoof trimming is to check the dewclaws. These may also need trimming, and are similar to trimming the heel. White is ok, and pink means STOP! During show season, we like to use a Dremel on the hooves and dewclaws. This is not necessary, but you may also use a fine rasp to put the final touches on the hoof, and fine tune the levelness of the hoof.


To begin with, you will want to Check the Status of your Financial Aid Requirements.
Click Financial Aid then My Eligibility.
Click Student Requirements and select the aid year under which you are inquiring.
Click Submit. Respond promptly for any requests for information.
Then, view your Financial Aid Awards and Select which awards you would like to Accept or Decline.
Click Financial Aid then My Award Information.
Click Accept Award Offer by Aid Year and select the aid year under which you have applied. Click Submit.
Follow instructions to accept or decline awards and click Submit Decision.
To learn more about the type of funds you have been awarded visit our Understanding Your Financial Aid Awards page.
Finally, Apply for Loans if needed.
If you accepted federal student loans as part of your financial aid package, you may need to complete a Master Promissory Note (MPN) for each type of loan. Please read the instructions carefully and ONLY apply for loans you have accepted.
If your costs are not completely covered, you may want to consider a Federal Parent PLUS Loan (a loan for parents of dependent students) or a Private Alternative Loan.