(WILX) -- As you start to do your deep spring cleaning, a warning for pet owners, some of the products you may use to clean up after them are some of the most poisonous.
According to animal poison control, the most dangerous cleaning products include: rust removers, drain cleaners and calcium and lime removers.
Everything else from bleach to Swiffers can be used safely as long as you use them properly, most of the time these products instruct you to let the solutions fully dry before touching them, which is extra important for pets!
Monica Schmidt of The Houston Humane Society says, "if they start licking their paws, licking their hind legs or their front legs and ingesting those chemicals so if it's still wet their much, they're actually absorbing a lot more versus if it's completely dried."
A good recommendation is to lock your pets up while cleaning.
Experts also say to be extremely cautious about where you are keeping these products, making sure pets can not get to them.


Windsurfing Lessons are usually held on Sunday mornings at 10.30 and some Wednesday evening (usually groups eg Scouts) or by arrangement. These are open to members and non-members of the sailing club and are run by Volunteer RYA qualified windsurfing instructors, in a friendly and professional manner.
We are also introducing one day windsurfing courses to be arranged on specific dates.
Why not book a windsurfing party – any age from 10 to 77?!
We also can post out gift vouchers for that special birthday.
Adults £30 Juniors (U19) £15 – 2 hour session including kit, clothing, safety cover and instruction.
One day courses £60 per adult.
Groups as above – size up to 6 for maximum benefit to each trainee. Larger groups can be accommodated with more than one instructor.
If you wish to enquire about windsurfing, members and non-members can do so by getting in contact with Linda Coleby, by email - windsurfing@drsc.co.uk or by phone - 01325 252018.


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Middle East Electricity 2019 will shine light on latest trends and growing opportunities to meet soaring demand for power.
The annual mega event, which combines five dedicated shows within a single exhibition, will run at Dubai World Trade Centre from March 5 to 7, against a backdrop of increasing regional power demand, keen investor appetite and shifting industry dynamics which see renewables rising up the agendas of governments across the region and beyond.
The unprecedented demand for power will see industry players, large and small, new start-ups and established leaders, utilising the unique platform of Middle East Electricity 2019 to engage visitors in game-changing, across-the-board opportunities throughout the show's five focused sectors: power generation; transmission and distribution; lighting; solar and energy storage and management.
"Massively upscaled demand, supply diversification and conservation have helped to create enhanced opportunities for industry players and boosted the potential of the region's power industry," explained Claudia Konieczna, exhibition director – Informa Industrial Group, the organiser of the event.
"Analyst expectations for the region put the exhibition in the top global league of power investment, which explains why international interest in the show keeps rising annually," Konieczna added.


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I must admit it, the beginning of this drama wasn't very interesting to me. However, as I continued to watch the show, I really enjoyed it and couldn't stop. The chemistry between the two lead was excellent and I could feel their love and passion. Furthermore, the storyline was very good as there were obstacles to their love through the story and each one of them was not useless and didn't feel like a cliche. The fashion was very nice too, it didn't feel as if they didn't have enough budget.
This drama is seriously very addicting. I finished watching it in only two days.
When I read the summary of this drama, I found that the storyline was quite interesting and I also found that the cast was well chosen. The beginning of this drama made it look very promising. However, towards the middle, the story started to drag a little and then more and more. I couldn't quite understand what the point was and everything. The storyline also became more and more predictable. Nonsense stuff came out of nowhere and made the drama look a little bit ridiculous.
In other words, this drama is not bad but not good. I suggest you to watch it if you have a lot of free time but I wouldn't if you're trying to find a very attracting drama.


It's HERE! The lil kinz bluejay has arrived here in August 2008. So blue and cheerful this little birdy is. This bluejay's special item is a true blue birdbath. Special food is bright-blue seed drop stew. The beautiful color of blue is so delightful. Get ready in August to adopt this little one and you can adopt this birdy today. Yahoo!!!


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BONES (Better Options for NEglected Strays) in Covelo was started by a dedicated group of volunteers in rural Mendocino County who realized that between the area's economic issues and its isolation from animal services, critters in need were often in dire straits. They set about rescuing local pets and farm animals, and were soon so successful that they were able to start taking in some from other areas as well, not to mention launching a highly effective spay/neuter program.
BONES is committed to all the animals it takes in, "adoptable" or not. While many dogs and cats in its care, in foster homes or at the rescue's sanctuary, are probably short-term guests while awaiting their forever homes, some senior or special-needs pets are likely to be permanent residents. That includes the abandoned mother pig and her babies who now live at the sanctuary in safety instead of being sent to slaughter. And all adoptees have a permanent place to land back at the rescue should they ever need it.
One dog who's currently looking for a home is Buddy, a McNab/Blue Heeler mix about 1 year old. He is neutered, fully vaccinated, dewormed, microchipped and heartworm negative. Buddy is an extremely loving dog. He especially loves children; his foster mom reports he loves to visit the neighborhood kids. He listens well and wants to please, which will make obedience classes a snap. He would be an excellent family companion. He gets along well with other dogs and loves to play with them. He's a great couch cuddler, also. If your family wants a loving, playful, responsive family companion, Buddy might just be the guy for you!


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Louie Perez
So here's the question on my mind now, Los Lobos, Lysa Flores, and Alice Bag, great East L.A. Chicano rockers or great American rockers?
The question's mostly irrelevant if you've seen any of them live or rocked out to their music. But it's a question worth asking as Mexican Americans can't see the day, to paraphrase Shakespeare, when the clouds of anti-Mexican rhetoric that have lour'd upon this house will be buried deep in the bosom of the ocean. Will increased Mexican American assimilation bring an end to the discontent? It doesn't appear to be close to passing as it has for other ethnic groups. Irving Berlin, great American songwriter or great Jewish songwriter? Scorcese, great American director or great Italian American director?
The process is happening in fits and starts mostly in the big cities where Mexicans have immigrated generations ago. Los Lobos is contributing to the process. I saw the band last year at UCLA's Royce Hall for a concert to support their album of Disney songs. The entire first set was devoted to songs from that album. The novelty of the pre-eminent Chicano band covering "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" and "Heigh-Ho" wore off real fast. I didn't understand what I was watching. In an interview this week Los Lobos guitarist Louie Perez told me the album was an effort to give those iconic American songs a Chicano rock twist. It's interesting given that the band inserted the name and rhythm of a traditional Mexican song "La Bamba" into the American lexicon and songbook.
Now Louie Perez is working with L.A.'s About Productions on a play with music based on the Los Lobos song "Evangeline."
"'Evangeline' in three minutes tells the story of a girl coming of age, has dreams, aspirations, the proverbial young girl who comes out to Hollywood to become a movie star. So we took that loose narrative, that loose story, and created this story of a young girl, young Chicana, growing up in East Los Angeles in the 60s, which we all know is a very transformative decade," Perez told me in an interview this week.
The play is called "Evangeline, The Queen of Make-Believe" and is expected to open, Perez said, in 2013. It explores the tug of war between the teen's traditional culture at home and the mainstream pop scene she searches out by night, Perez said, much like the place his older sister found herself in growing up in East L.A.
"Chicanos, Mexicanos, Mexican Americans, whatever you want to call them this week, we didn't live in a vaccum. We grew up watching Carl Reiner sitcoms, Green Acres, Dick Van Dyke, we watched Dick Cavett, the Joey Bishop Show and all the cool music that was going on. My sister would take the bus all the way to Hollywood to pick up The Beatles monthly that used to be available as an import from the UK at a newsstand on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Quiensabe."
Partial postcard for KPCC's 'Civil Rights and Go Go Boots' Community Forum.
It's a story about the push and pull between tradition [Fiddler on the Roof intonation here] and assimilation and the gradual blending and coexistence of the two, all with the backdrop of the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and the groovy music of the time. I'll be talking about the play's ideas with Perez, and academics Victor Viesca, Josh Kun, and Alma Martinez at a staged reading of the play tomorrow night at KPCC in Pasadena.
I asked Louie Perez during our chat what he thought about the current anti-Mexican rhetoric. He didn't lash out at the deadly violence against Mexican immigrants in various corners of the country. He didn't talk about the Dream Act or immigration reform or the substandard education most Mexican American youth are getting these days. He did say that after 9-11, when the terrorist acts prompted candle light vigils across the U.S., including ones where he lived in south Orange County, he saw a group of young guys in a pick up truck near his house waving the American flag. He had an uneasy feeling that the mood of the country could turn very quickly and that racism would walk in the front door with a patriotic mask. He also talked about his father, a car painter in East L.A. who was a decorated veteran of World War Two.
Louie Perez said that after the KPCC forum Los Lobos are packing their bags and heading to Australia and Denmark for a series of concerts. These are places where people probably don't know the first thing about Chicanos. I bet you that to people there Los Lobos are just another great rock and roll band from the United States.
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Anxiety is a complex condition that affects millions of people all over the world. It is a broad term in itself and can look different on everybody. It is literally defined as: "a nervous disorder characterized by a state of excessive uneasiness and apprehension, typically with compulsive behavior or panic attacks." Often times, anxiety and addiction can also go hand-in-hand.
Anxiety and addiction are not simple – there are many different types of anxiety, and everyone can have many different triggers. It comes in many forms, however, Medical News Today writes that anxiety in general can be characterized by "the duration or severity of an anxious feeling that is disproportionate to the original trigger, or stressor." In other words, the body is overreacting to the trigger at hand and irrational thoughts come into place.
This is the most common type of anxiety disorder among people, and it's cause is often unidentifiable. It is involves excessive, long-lasting anxiety and worries about nonspecific life events, objects, and/or situations.
This anxiety disorder involves the fear of being negatively judged in social situations, as well as the debilitating fear of public embarrassment. People suffering from this often avoid large groups, parties, the stage or any other type of public situation. They go to great lengths to avoid others, which causes them isolate themselves and miss out on major life events.
Also known as OCD, this type of anxiety disorder involves people using repetitive thoughts or actions to alleviate their anxiety. Aside from repetitive actions, this can also include obsessive cleaning, germophobia, or obsessively double-checking things.
Unlike GAD in which a person doesn't know the root cause of their anxiety, PTSD is a type of anxiety that is directly resulted from a traumatic experience in someone's life. This can range from anything from experiencing physical violence or sexual assault, to having been through military combat or a car accident.
This can be identified as experiencing panic or anxiety when separated from a "safe" person or place that gives a person a feeling of security. It's different than normal "clinginess", as it can cause extreme reluctance to being alone or going to normal places such as work or school.
How is anxiety related to substance abuse?
A major key side effect to these medications is that they can cause addiction of not taken as prescribed. When abused, it can become easy for a user to spiral into the throes of addiction while honestly trying to treat their debilitating symptoms.
In addition, people suffering from anxiety may also try to self-medicate. Many people can reach for drugs or alcohol in an effort to numb the pain they experience. While this can be a temporary fix, in the long run it exacerbate the symptoms of both anxiety and addiction.
Treatment for anxiety and addiction are co-occurring and need to be addressed together with dual diagnosis treatment. If addiction alone is treated and anxiety is left to remain, the addiction is bound to return because the root cause was never addressed.
Both addiction and anxiety are eventually wired into the structure of the brain and need to be reworked. Drugs and alcohol can literally affect the chemical wiring of the brain and can be reversed with detox (sometimes including medication), as well as holistic and evidence-based therapies. This is also true for anxiety. Being able to have the tools to know what to do when you feel an anxiety attack coming on is key to sobriety – in short, it's about learning how to cope with anxiety rather than reaching for a substance.
Cliffside Malibu believes in treating the root cause of addiction, which in this case would be the anxiety. Exploring the initial cause of anxiety and addiction, as well as understanding your anxiety better, will help your addiction and long-lasting sobriety. Upon entering Cliffside Malibu, each patient is carefully assessed and a custom treatment plan is created for not only their immediate needs, but for their treatment for long-lasting recovery as well.


The Architect, an evening length solo about the act of creation – highlighting the creative though process of making. The Architect is intertwined with the excitement of the unknown, the flurry of ideas, and the struggles of problem-solving.
The Architect includes an interactive set and costume design by fabric artist Margarita Jane Arguedas, projection design by Meena Mangalvedhedkar, and text by Rachel Jendrzjewski and is perfect for a white-box or gallery space performance.
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A whole week of invention and creation! We'll have our soldering station, craft materials, hot glue guns, and woodshop setup for making, building, tinkering and creating. Winter vacation was a blast last year and we're excited to be offering it again over the holiday break. Sign up today to reserve your spot!
See our sliding scale page for more information about sliding scale pricing.
It's never too early to sign up for camp! February is one of our favorite sessions: ice skating, igloos, giant snowball fights at the park, and lots of building, crafting, and inventing to keep kids busy over the holiday break. This session usually fills up quickly, sign up today to reserve your spot!
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Spring is here! Celebrate the end of winter with a week of making! This week typically coincides with Rocket Day (on a Saturday), sculpture building, and the Cambridge Science Festival for piles of DIY goodness. Register for a full week or for individual days.
YES, you can sign up by day ($75) or for the full week ($350). We have a limited number of drop-in spots that people can use during school vacation weeks. You can sign up for full weeks or individual days, depending on what your schedule looks like.
Does Free Lunch / Free Camp apply during the school year?
Right now it's a summer-only program. This program was hugely successful last year! As a result, we're pretty broke and need to find better funding mechanisms before we open this up for vacation week camp. In lieu of totally free spots we've re-opened the bottom tier of sliding scale, or 20% of full price, which we hope will make it possible for families to be able to come to our vacation week programs. If you need financial help beyond this please email us at contact@partsandcrafts.org and we can talk about what's possible.
Do I need to fill out all the paperwork again?
If you attending summer camp, afterschool, or CSCL after Summer 2016 (the most recent year), your paperwork is still good. If you're planning to come to our summer program next year, we'll need updated registration material then, as well as updated physical / immunization records. If your info is still on file from this past summer, you should be set to go for camp.


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Stark: It'll be slim pickings for starters this offseason
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Very few quality starters will be available this winter
Jayson StarkESPN Senior Writer
21 years at the Philadelphia Inquirer
Author of three baseball books
We came across a National League general manager the other day who was perusing his handy-dandy roster of this winter's free-agent starting pitchers.
Let's just say it wasn't up there with "Harry Potter" on his list of uplifting summer reading.
"You look at this list," he said, "and you can get it confused with the six-year [minor league] free-agent list."
That, by the way, is not a compliment.
We live in an age when nobody -- not even that Little League World Series team from Lubbock, Texas -- has enough starting pitching. But shopping for it this offseason is going to be more challenging than shopping for a Fox Sports T-shirt at the ESPN Zone.
In fact, when we asked the same National League GM to name the one free-agent starter he would choose if he could sign only one name on the list, his reply said it all:
"I can't," he said. "There isn't one. Really. There isn't one."
Uh-oh.
Looking for someone to blame for this dreaded dearth? Blame Carlos Zambrano. If he hadn't taken the Cubs' 91 million bucks last week, at least there would be one hot name out there.
"Yeah," said one assistant GM. "But even if he hadn't, the whole market was only going to be him, anyway."
Right. Him and Mark Buehrle. But Buehrle's name got scratched off the list, too, last month when the White Sox decided paying him $56 million through 2011 was a more attractive option than heading for the free-agent supermarket and trying to replace him.
So now, with those two gone -- and Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon, Kenny Rogers, Jon Lieber and Kris Benson hiding out in trainers' rooms from coast to coast -- the pitching-starved GMs of America find themselves debating pressing (or is that depressing?) questions like this:
Who will get more overpaid this winter -- Kyle Lohse or Carlos Silva?
"Let's face it," said one GM. "It's going to be a nuclear winter."
But that nuclear winter isn't going to stop teams from shopping, and hoping, and praying. And it isn't going to stop the fans of those teams from calling their favorite talk-show hosts to grumble about why their heroes didn't improve their rotations.
So what we have here is the makings of big trouble.
"Think about last year, and the kind of contracts the Adam Eatons got," said an American League GM. "That just tells you that the free-agent market for starting pitching in general forces clubs to make decisions that are filled with risk. … So our goal from the start was not to be in this market. Our plan is to never be in this market."
Hey, great plan. Just not that easy to pull off. So for the clubs that have no choice but to shop in this market, here is our ranking of their top 10 starting-pitching options in the nuclear winter of 2007:
1. Curt Schilling
Yep, he'll be 41. Yep, he just finished a month-and-a-half stay on the disabled list. And yep, he's on pace to compile his lowest strikeout rate (6.3 per 9 IP) since he became a full-time starter 15 seasons ago. So you definitely wouldn't be buying vintage Curt Schilling.
But given his track record, his big-game state of mind and his evolution from power pitcher to painter, Schilling would still be "the best gamble out there by far," said one GM. Or, as one NL executive put it, "Schilling would probably be the most attractive guy for me because he'd probably do a one-year deal -- and there's no such thing as a bad one-year contract."
2. Carlos Silva
Silva was the hands-down winner of our Most Likely to Get Overpaid poll. Which is fascinating, considering he has never had a season in which he gave up fewer hits than innings pitched, and he'll probably be coming off back-to-back 15-loss seasons. But he's still only 28 years old and, most important, he is probably the most predictable commodity in the whole free-agent class.
"He'll get the biggest deal on the market, I'd guess," said one GM, "just because he's the most likely bet to give you what you think he'll give you, even though it's not spectacular." Or, as an official of another team put it, "Get him and his sinkerball to a team with a big grass field, and even if he pitches the same, I'd bet the results will be better than they've been in Minnesota."
3. Livan Hernandez
It's hard to explain what scares teams about Hernandez. He'll be coming off his eighth straight season of 200-plus innings and double figures in wins. And, in theory, he won't even turn 33 until next February. But let's just say there's some skepticism about Hernandez's actual age. And there's definite worry that the explosives laid by all those pitches and innings over all these years have to go off sometime.
"He's a safer bet on a short-term deal than almost anybody else [in this pitching class]," said one NL executive. "But all those innings just reinforce the feeling that you'd better be careful about giving him a long-term deal."
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4. Kyle Lohse
In a perfect world, there wouldn't be a frantic market for a fellow who, barring a sizzling finish, is going to be the only starting pitcher in baseball coming off four straight losing seasons of double-digit losses. Let alone a pitcher with a 4.83 career ERA. But if you'd like to look up the Gil Meche contract now to understand the psychology of paying to dream about what Lohse might become, it might help.
"I guess you could bank on Lohse's upside," said one eminently disinterested GM. "But everyone has been doing that for the last five years."
5. Roger Clemens
We keep thinking the Rocket has to quit one of these years. But look at the names above him on this list and ask yourself why someone wouldn't want to employ him again next year, even though he'll turn 46 next August. The problem is this, though: Clemens might be running short on potential employers. If the Yankees decide it's time to insert Joba Chamberlain or the highly regarded Ian Kennedy into the rotation next spring alongside Phil Hughes, Chien-Ming Wang, Andy Pettitte and Mike Mussina, there wouldn't be room for Clemens.
The Red Sox could be in a similar situation when Clay Buchholz arrives. And the Rangers weren't even part of the Circle of Rocketry for this year's bidding. So it could be Houston or bust for Clemens next summer. But we're still talking about a pitcher with a lower ERA this year than Justin Verlander, Aaron Harang or Cole Hamels. So if he were a guy willing to pitch all season and open himself to all bidders, he'd actually be No. 1 on this list. Easily.
6. Jeff Weaver
If Scott Boras could convince a team (i.e., Seattle) to pay this man $8.325 million this year, after a season in which he went 8-14, with a 5.76 ERA, just imagine how much Weaver might be able to make after a year in which he projects to go 6-12, 5.57 -- but also lead the league in shutouts. Of course, the sales job will center around the way Weaver has pitched since coming off the disabled list in June (5-4, 3.30 in 13 starts) -- as opposed to how he pitched in his first six starts (0-6, 14.32). But whatever the details, there always seems to be some team in the Pacific time zone ready to believe. And Weaver is still only 31, remember.
"He'll probably get overpaid again," said one GM. "And probably get a one-year deal again."
7. Bartolo Colon
Since his 21-8 Cy Young season in 2005, Colon has made it to the mound only 26 times. And when he's gotten there, he's unfurled a regular Stephen King horror show (7-11, 6.08 ERA, while allowing nearly 12 hits and 15 baserunners per nine innings). But he's expected back next month from his latest visit to DL Land. So he'll have a chance to resurrect his value in September and October.
"If he gets on a major league mound in September, at least he'll be on the mound and not rehabbing," said one assistant GM. "So that puts him a leg ahead of the other injured guys." But one GM couldn't have sounded more terrified of seeing bears in his living room than he was of the idea of signing Colon at this point. "Maybe on a one-year deal with a low base," he said. "But I've [looked into] that elbow. And it's not good."
8. Jason Jennings
Here's a man who, six months ago, looked as if he had himself perfectly positioned to hit the free-agent Powerball this winter. He'd escaped Coors Field. He was a year away from free agency. His new team (the Astros) had given up three premium young players to get him. So all Jennings had to do was have an average season and … ka-ching. Whoops. His elbow started aching in April, and he was never the same, and finally headed off for elbow surgery this week, with a 6.73 ERA and two wins (2-10) in 18 starts. Which is no way to run a free-agent marketing campaign.
But that also sets him up to take a one-year deal and try to use next year as his mulligan -- and he's bound to attract interest on a contract that short. Nevertheless, said one GM, "Jason Jennings picked a bad year to get hurt."
9. Freddy Garcia
Everything we just said about Jennings pretty much applies to Garcia, too. Except that Garcia is (A) a pitcher with a better track record and (B) a pitcher who, unlike Jennings, hasn't made it onto a big league mound since June 8.
It still isn't certain whether Garcia needs shoulder surgery. But if he avoids it, he becomes a lightning-in-a-bottle alternative for some team hoping to get lucky with a one-year lottery ticket. "If the worst option is that he costs you a little money for one year, that's not such a bad option," said one NL executive.
10. Mark Prior
You won't find Prior on any current free-agent list. But it would be a shock if the Cubs didn't nontender him. And that makes him yet another intriguing dice roll in this free-agent craps game. Who knows what his stuff will look like after shoulder surgery. But at 27, he'll at least be a seductive name, if not a productive arm.
"I really don't know where he's at," said one assistant GM. "But given the amount of money he'd make if he was tendered, I'd say it's a safe bet he will be out there."
There's Kenny Rogers. He turns 43 in November, and there are real questions about the state of his elbow. But if he makes it back and has any semblance of success in September and/or October, he'd skyrocket up this chart.
There's Jon Lieber. He'll turn 38 next April, and he's 12-17, 4.87, the last two years. But at least all he needed is foot surgery, so there's nothing wrong with his arm.
There's Randy Wolf. He was headed for an All-Star season in Los Angeles before his shoulder decided to start throbbing on him. But he sure can pitch when healthy.
There's Kris Benson, husband of Anna. The light bulb seemed to be going on for him before his shoulder blew out this spring. So somebody will take a flier.
There's Josh Fogg, your classic fifth starter.
There's that Kip Wells/Joel Pineiro tag team, currently tantalizing us again with a late burst of success in St. Louis.
There's Matt Clement, another shoulder surgery comeback kid whose stuff alone makes him worth a gamble.
There might even be Tom Glavine, if he declines his player option in New York and mulls whether he wants to (A) retire, (B) come back to the Mets or (C) make his grand finale in Atlanta. We would have placed him at the very top of this list if we knew he'd be available. But there's just enough uncertainty to make him a perfect symbol of this free-agent class.
All we know is that we don't know much. About anyone in this group. Except that the law of supply and demand will, as always, work heavily in the favor of their personal checking accounts.
Jayson Stark is a senior writer for ESPN.com. His new book, "The Stark Truth: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players in Baseball History," has been published by Triumph Books and is available in bookstores. Click here to order a copy.


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After free voice calls, mobile data, Jio to launch this 'digital lifestyle' mission. Details here.
After free voice calls, mobile data, Jio to launch this 'digital lifestyle' mission. Details here.
Jio is also planning to come up with many revolutionary applications that will help the facilitate it's vision of promoting digital economy.
After charming and successfully wooing people across the country after announcing free voice and mobile data, Reliance Jio is now all set to come up with a mobile application or a device as a whole that will control car. the company is coming up with these revolutionary devices as a part of their "digital lifestyle" mission.
According to reports, the organisation is making efforts to strive towards the digital economy and wishes that people will soon take to the digital lifestyle soon.
If initial reports are to be believed, the device that will be connected to the vehicle will allow you to know about your car's fuel and even about your battery. It will also reportedly make your immobile if it detects forceful movement or theft. Also, if you are among the people who usually forget the exact location of your parked car in the parking lot, this device will help locate your car. What's more, you ask? You will also be able to switch on the AC using your phone. Of course, you will be expected to possess Reliance Jio sim to avail these services.
Jio is also planning to come up with many such applications that will help the facilitate Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of promoting digital economy. However, no official announcement has been regarding this new technology as yet.
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) chairman, Mukesh Ambani had stormed the Indian telecom market last year by launching India's most ambitious mobile network- Reliance Jio. As a part of its introductory scheme, Jio offered mobile data at the cost of Rs 50 per GB, which is the lowest in the world. Apart from innovation data schemes, Jio also introduced special schemes for students and young entrepreneurs. Ambani had said that Jio was in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's digital India dream.


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Sanders Won In Colorado. So Why Didn't He Win More Delegates?
By Nathaniel Minor
People cheer as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a campaign rally at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo., Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016.
So why are projections, from NPR to Bloomberg, saying the state's 76 delegates will be split equally by the two candidates -- 38 a piece?
Part of it is easily explained: Colorado is not a winner-take-all state. So the projected delegate allocation is based on the percentage of votes won by each candidate. (The details get more complicated, as the Denver Post's John Frank explained earlier this week.)
Then there's the superdelegates. Ten of Clinton's delegates here are superdelegates -- elected Democrats and party officials who've already pledged support to the former secretary of state and are not bound by Tuesday's vote. They could switch allegiances before the national convention, but Colorado State University political science professor Kyle Saunders told CPR News' Mike Lamp he doesn't think that will happen.
"A massive surprise ... would provide the political cover for those super delegates to change their minds," Saunders said. "And we just haven't seen anything like that yet."
There are two more superdelegates in the state who haven't yet announced their support, the Denver Post says:
If [Clinton's] momentum continues, she could maintain her tie in Colorado's 78 delegates or even exceed Sanders' total by two, once the state party leaders who are standing on the sidelines make their superdelegate choices later in the primary season.
Including superdelegates, Clinton has a 1,052 to 427 lead over Sanders. Without them, it's much closer -- 595 to 405. The winning candidate needs at least 2,383 delegates.
Sanders' Colorado field director Josh Phillips recently called Clinton's superdelegates a "structural disadvantage that we have in the national primary and caucus process," according to the Colorado Independent.


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I have been waiting for this day for years! I was first introduced to Trader Joe's when I lived in California a couple decades ago. I loved their selection of ready to go foods and their very reasonable prices. Needless to say I went through serious withdrawal when I moved to Colorado. I would have my California friends send me things, or my parents would stop at a TJ's on their way from Indiana so they could get stuff on my list.
But that is not even close to having your own store in which to shop.
After years of emailing my request for a store in the Denver area, they finally listened to me (I am sure I am the one who convinced them!), and we now have THREE stores here. That's right...three Trader Joe's right in my own back yard! The closest one is less than two miles away. I couldn't be happier.
All three stores opened today, and I knew it was going to be crazy, but I just had to go. I stood in line for almost an hour, but it was great because we all got to shop while we were in line as it snaked up and down the aisles throughout the whole store. Everyone was well behaved, and the TJ crew members kept the shelves well stocked. It was a great experience.
They were almost half the price I usually pay for my flowers ($5.99), and they are in much better shape than the ones I just bought this week.
I also picked up a lot of organic produce, all at great prices. This was the best Valentine's Day, ever! I love you, Trader Joe's!
Do you have a Trader Joe's in your area? What is your favorite thing to buy there?
Here are a couple cards I made when I was playing with my stamps the other day. I missed the cut off for Operation Write Home this year, so I'll save them for next year's box.
I think the Stickles heart adds just the right touch to this one. What do you think?
Gotta love the background stamp that I pulled out of the garage sale box. I just couldn't part with it!
I know it is hard to believe, but yes, I made a card. In fact, I have made lots of cards lately. It has been fun playing with rubber (or photopolymer) and ink again.
I love the bright colors and the simplicity of this card. It doesn't even need any bling to make it pretty. It is gender neutral, too, which makes it a welcomed addition to my card stash.
My bees have done very well this winter, and that is such a relief to me since it is my first year as a beekeeper. It is especially gratifying because I know many beekeepers who have lost 30-50% of their hives this year. It is so sad.
The girls have been flying on the warmer days which is normal during the winter. They won't poop in the hive, so they have to take cleansing flights to relieve themselves. After all, they are still eating all that honey and pollen they stored up for the winter. Honey bees can't fly when it is colder than 45 degrees, so there is always a lot of activity on the milder winter days. And lots of poop flying!
I went out to check on them today, and much to my surprise, they were coming back to the hive with their pollen baskets full! The juniper and maple trees are putting out pollen and the girls sure are loving it.
It felt like spring, but there is still snow on the ground.
Little ladies hard at work.
More food for the girls.
This little girl didn't want to get off my arm. She was so sweet!
Yes. Bees can be sweet. At least I think my bees are. They have a great temperament and don't get agitated easily. I was lucky to have gotten such great bees for my first year as a beekeeper. If they continue to do as well as they have been, I plan on splitting the hive this spring, so I can have two hives.
Now I can't wait for spring. It is going to be an exciting time in the bee yard!
What signs of spring have you seen around your parts?
My niece's 18th birthday is coming up next week, and I am trying not to procrastinate so long in getting cards out this year. So far so good since her big day is one week from today.
I love how the chevron panel looks like a cell phone, and the message could be a text. That is the part that I didn't plan. I think an eighteen year old might appreciate that more than flowers and butterflies!
The bling was also an after-thought, but is just what the card needed...it was definitely nekkid without it.
On a side note, just after I posted my "Spring is Just Around the Corner" post, we received over 8" of snow, and it is snowing again today. It is so beautiful outside, and finally looks like winter around here. Yippee! Time to curl up under my afghan with a cup of tea and a good book.
Once I finished my ripple afghan and hearts for my tree, I started right in on my next crochet project.
I decided I needed a pillow (or two) to go with it. I have always wanted to make a granny square afghan, but since I made a ripple afghan, I decided to make a granny square pillow instead.
So I have been crocheting mini granny squares.
Two hundred of them so far.
They only take a minute or two to make (talk about instant gratification), so it hasn't taken all that long to knock them out.
I laid them out in a planned random pattern. By planned random, I mean that each row and each column only contain one of any particular color. Even the edges when placed together won't repeat any colors. I plan on putting a border around the edges, so the border randomness wasn't necessary unless you are compulsive like me and have to have it that way!
I have started binding them together...something I know nothing about, and am just winging it as I go along. The work is not bothersome to me because it goes fast, and once again I am instantly gratified as soon as another square gets attached.
All that being said, my tree is begging to be decorated with Easter eggs, so this pillow may have to take a back seat until I get some eggs done. I'll be sure to post a picture when it is finished.
It has been cold and snowy here this past week, and we are supposed to get more snow this weekend. We've had such a mild winter this year, and are in a pretty severe drought, so we'll take all the snow we can get.
But that doesn't mean I am not looking forward to spring!
I bought some tulips this week that were not even close to opening. I like to buy my flowers 'green' so I can enjoy their full bloom.
Two of them started to open up today. I couldn't have arranged them any better if I would have tried.
Little rays of sunshine to brighten snowy days.
I made this card for one of my daughter's teammates who is competing in her first Elite gymnastics meet this weekend. She loves pigs, and this one is just too cute.
The big googly eyes are compliments of my daughter. She loves big eyes on everything! And the tail, too. When she was going through my 'pink' embellishment drawer, she found the spiral paper clip and thought it would make a good tail. She was so right!
Here is a fun little project I have been working on this week. I decided to bring the outside in, and planted jammed some twigs in a pot. I will be able to decorate them with festive holiday decorations and bring some much needed color into the room.
Colorful hearts just in time for Valentine's Day.
The little hearts are very easy to make, and are a great way to use up scraps of yarn. They only take a couple minutes each.
I've caught both cats eyeing them, or in this case playing with them. Every time I walk by my 'tree' I expect to see hearts gone astray, but so far, so good. Let's hope they continue to behave themselves!
Do you have a 'tree' that you decorate for the holidays/seasons?
Someone very near and dear to me (Hi, Mom!) came down with a nasty case of the shingles a while back. If you've ever had this, or known anyone who has, you know it is very painful.
I knew she would appreciate a get well card, and I could only think of one thing.
To make the shingles, I rubbed a brown ink pad over soft suede paper to give it a mottled shingle look. Then I cut it into strips and added more ink to the edges. Then I put the strips on my ScorPal and used a soft suede marker to make the scored lines. This gives it a nice texture while defining each 'shingle'. Each strip was adhered to the card base with a little overlap.
I'm happy to report that my Mom has healed from her case of the shingles. No doubt the laugh from my card helped ease her pain.
Do you like to use puns on your cards, or do you think puns are cheesy?


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Takeda, J-I, Suzuki, Y., Nakao, M., Barrero, R.A., Koyanagi, K.O., Jin, L., Motono, C., Hata, H., Isogai, T., Nagai, K., Otsuki, T., Kuryshev, V., Shionyu, M., Yura, K., Go, M., Thierry-Mieg, J., Thierry-Mieg, D., Wiemann, S., Nomura, N., Sugano, S., Gojobori, T. and Imanishi, T. (2006) Large-scale identification and characterization of alternative splicing variants of human gene transcripts using 56 419 completely sequenced and manually annotated full-length cDNAs. Nucleic Acids Research, 34 (14). pp. 3917-3928.
We report the first genome-wide identification and characterization of alternative splicing in human gene transcripts based on analysis of the full-length cDNAs. Applying both manual and computational analyses for 56 419 completely sequenced and precisely annotated full-length cDNAs selected for the H-Invitational human transcriptome annotation meetings, we identified 6877 alternative splicing genes with 18 297 different alternative splicing variants. A total of 37 670 exons were involved in these alternative splicing events. The encoded protein sequences were affected in 6005 of the 6877 genes. Notably, alternative splicing affected protein motifs in 3015 genes, subcellular localizations in 2982 genes and transmembrane domains in 1348 genes. We also identified interesting patterns of alternative splicing, in which two distinct genes seemed to be bridged, nested or having overlapping protein coding sequences (CDSs) of different reading frames (multiple CDS). In these cases, completely unrelated proteins are encoded by a single locus. Genome-wide annotations of alternative splicing, relying on full-length cDNAs, should lay firm groundwork for exploring in detail the diversification of protein function, which is mediated by the fast expanding universe of alternative splicing variants.


Placed at the bottom of the table ahead of their tie against the Gujarat Lions, the Royal Challengers Bangalore were further dealt a blow when their batting mainstay AB de Villiers had to pull out due to injury a few hours before the game.
Chris Gayle, an automatic choice to step in for de Villiers, cashed in on the opportunity. The Jamaican lit up the night for the visitors with a dazzling 77 from just 38 balls and RCB ended a three-match losing streak.
It was a big game for Gayle for more than one reason. The Challengers' batting had flattered to deceive in the first five games and there was huge pressure on the senior batsman to lead from the front. Gayle's own form was a big concern for RCB. The opener had squandered starts and looked off-colour in the earlier three games he had featured in, forcing the think tank to drop him for two matches.
With a lot at stake, Gayle was understandably cautious at the beginning. An edge down to third man in the fourth over of Basil Thampi saw him achieve a remarkable feat of becoming the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in the shortest format of the game. Showing no interest to celebrate the milestone, Gayle concentrated on the job at hand. Quite uncharacteristically, the Jamaican was seen running for risky ones and twos and stayed away from playing any big shots.
"Samuel Badree reminded me before the game and said 'Chris only three more runs to go, make sure you get it' so it was actually playing on my mind a bit," Gayle said of the record. "Once I crossed the line, I said, 'listen it's time to have a go and then it eventually paid off, so I am really happy to get the runs."
Once the spinners were introduced, Gayle took over the proceedings in a way only he can. Showcasing his famed big-hitting abilities, the veteran produced an array of shots, all with consummate ease. Such was the extent of the assault that the Gujarat bowlers failed to gain any control over the innings even after his dismissal. As he reached his fifty, in just 23 balls, the West Indies giant punched his bat and celebrated in style, showing what the knock meant to him.
"People are still looking out for Chris Gayle. The universe boss is still here and still alive," he said at the post-match presentation. "It was great fun. You know it's good to be back. I wanted this so badly, but first of all to get 10,000 runs, it was actually on my mind, so I'm glad to get that sort of achievement. It's a privilege to actually be the first person to get there. Hopefully I can continue entertaining the fans."
The special knock guided RCB to the highest total of the season (213/2) and proved why the Jamaican is one of the best T20 batsmen.
"Chris is the strongest and most powerful on these wickets and he can take any bowler down. AB was injured and for Chris to step up makes a huge difference," said coach Daniel Vettori.
It was a bold decision to leave out Gayle earlier but Vettori said he knew the left-hander was capable of making a big contribution on his day. "Chris is a really proud man, he wants to do well for RCB, do well for any team he plays for. Today was his opportunity. We wanted him to play with freedom and we had given him the confidence," he said.


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How will the Interest Rate Hike Affect My Student Loans?
If the headline-making news about interest rate hikes has you worried about your student loans, don't panic yet. Here's what you need to know about the recent rise in interest rates.
Federal interest rates haven't been raised since 2006 and the Federal Reserve considers the measure a vote of confidence in the U.S. economy. That means they anticipate a better overall economic picture into the future. A good economy means there are more jobs, less unemployment and more opportunities for you and your future!
It was a tiny hike. The Federal Reserve raised the short-term interest rate by only one quarter of one percent. On $1,000, that rate would translate to only $2.50. Hardly an amount that will break your piggy bank. If you had a rate of 6 percent on that $1,000 and it increased to 6.25 percent, your monthly payment would go from $86.07 to $86.18.
Federal student loans have a fixed rate. If you have a federal student loan, which represents most of the loans granted for higher education, and you took it out after July of 2006, you have a fixed rate. That means no matter how high rates go, you're safe. Your interest rate cannot be raised.
Even variable rates won't increase by much. If you have private loans, with variable rates, then you may see a slight increase in your monthly payments. That is the risk of a variable rate loan, but the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, has said that she expects that hikes in interest rates will be gradual, over time. You can either hang in there and accept the slightly higher payment, or start research now on how to convert your variable note to a fixed rate loan.
Rates are not going to skyrocket. Economists and experts agree that there will be no dramatic increase in interest rates. And that interest rates on your student loans are likely to remain low for years to come.
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Behind The Scenes: Cary Joji Fukunaga & Daniel Craig On The Set Of NO TIME TO DIE
In 2006 Daniel Craig first took on the role of James Bond in Casino Royale. A controversial choice at the time,many thought that the film would be a huge failure. However it went on to became a huge critical and commercial hit. Bond was back with [...]
Review: NO TIME TO DIE Is The Boldest Bond Yet
This review contains spoilers for No Time To Die. No Time To Die not only marks the 25th instalment in the James Bond franchise, but it also ends Daniel Craig's 15 year tenure as Bond and ensures that Craig's 007 goes out on an [...]
No Time To Die: Daniel Craig's James Bond
In 2005, the Broccoli family decided not to renew Pierce Brosnan's contract for a fifth film after 2002's Die Another Day. Controversial choice Daniel Craig was hired to reboot the franchise (along with Goldeneye director Martin Campbell) [...]
Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan turned 68 years old on 16 May 2021. Suave, debonair, charismatic and a great actor, Pierce Brosnan has the perfect combination of what makes a true movie star. Brosnan spent the best part of the '80s and early '90s alternating [...]
Trailer: Martin Campbell's Assassin Thriller THE PROTÉGÉ Starring Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson & Michael Keaton
Director Martin Campbell is like an assassin – when he's great he hits the bullseye (Goldeneye, The Mask Of Zorro) but when he misses, he fails to hit the target at all (Vertical Limit, Green Lantern). The Protégé looks like [...]
Behind The Scenes: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling & Denis Villeneuve On The Set Of BLADE RUNNER 2049
Director Denis Villeneuve made a valiant attempt at following-up Ridley Scott's iconic Blade Runner with 2017's Blade Runner 2049. Ryan Gosling is K, a Blade Runner whose investigation leads him to Harrison Ford's in-exile Deckard. The [...]
Video: Watch This Impressive Stunt From MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 7
Hot on the heels of director Christopher McQuarrie sharing an image from the first day of filming on Mission: Impossible 7 comes some truly impressive footage of a stunt from the production. It's hard to know if this is the mighty Tom Cruise [...]
Bond & Bond: Roger Moore Joins Pierce Brosnan On The Set Of GOLDENEYE
In 1995 James Bond finally returned to the big screen following a six year battle over rights issues between Eon and MGM. Many thought that Bond was now a relic of a bygone era, but Pierce Brosnan proved them wrong when Goldeneye opened to strong [...]
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Pierce Brosnan As Ian Fleming's JAMES BOND
Following a six year court battle over rights issues between Eon and MGM, many thought that the suit wearing James Bond was now a relic of a bygone era. In the mid 1990′s Timothy Dalton declined an invitation to return to the legendary role and, [...]
Notebook Reviews: VERTICAL LIMIT
Martin Campbell – 2000 Vertical Limit is a very poor action film from Martin Campbell, the director of Goldeneye and Zorro director (two hugely entertaining movies). It has excellent potential, but sadly it fails on almost every level. The [...]
Review: BLADE RUNNER 2049 Is A Disappointing Delayed Dystopian Sequel
Heavy Spoilers Below Any follow-up to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner was going to be an uphill struggle, nonetheless the signs looked good when Scott returned to godfather the production as Executive Producer, while original screenwriter Hampton [...]
Get A Look At Jackie Chan And Pierce Brosnan In THE FOREIGNER
The first trailer for Jackie Chan/Pierce Brosnan thriller The Foreigner has dropped – and it looks like a gutsy action movie with plenty of Chan-hijinks. This trailer has a lot to offer, but the big selling point here is Brosnan's Gerry [...]
Pierce Brosnan Takes The Lead In New AMC Series THE SON
The mighty Pierce Brosnan is to take his first US television series since Remington Steele with the historical drama, The Son. Here's the dope from Deadline: Based on the book by Philipp Meyer and written by Meyer, Lee Shipman and Brian [...]
Never Say Never: Pierce Brosnan, James Bond And The Living Daylights
Sometimes life pans-out in the ways you'd least expect. The above image is Pierce Brosnan (with Cubby Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson ) in 1986 signing his contract for The Living Daylights – a film he'd never make. Remington Steele had [...]
Book Review: THE JAMES BOND ARCHIVES Will Leave You Shaken And Stirred
The James Bond Archives is the ultimate book for 007 fans. This exquisite hardback volume gives a detailed look at the history of the James Bond franchise, charting the franchise from Dr No to SPECTRE. Edited by Paul Duncan, The James Bond Archives [...]
Pierce Brosnan Joins Jackie Chan In New Action Thriller From Bond Director Martin Campbell
Pierce Brosnan will join Jackie Chan in the screen adaptation of Stephen Leather's book The Chinaman. Goldeneye director Martin Campbell will direct the action-thriller that is being financed by STX Entertainment and SR Media Corporation. [...]
The Writing's On The Wall: Sam Smith Sings SPECTRE Song
James Bond fans have been tantalised and teased for months – but it's now official: Sam Smith will sing the theme song for SPECTRE. The song, titled Writing's On The Wall will be released on Friday 25 September. It should be noted that this [...]
Want A Watch Like James Bond? Then Get The Omega Seamaster 300 SPECTRE Limited Edition
James Bond has been wearing an Omega Seamaster watch since Pierce Brosnan slipped into a tuxedo for 1995's Goldeneye. 20 years on and Bond is still wearing the iconic brand in Spectre – and if you have the cash and the inclination then [...]
Profile: Pierce Brosnan
Suave, debonair, charismatic and a damn fine actor. Pierce Brosnan has the perfect combination of what makes a great movie star. Brosnan was born to be James Bond. The Irish actor was in the frame for the role in the 1980s, but it wasn't meant [...]


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Last term, some year 8 students at Keswick School were asked to write a short story called 'The Mistake' with a view to entering the National Short Story Competition. They were told that the best entry from the school would win a prize. Below are the top three stories. Please read them and vote for your favourite by Friday 17th January 2014. The winner will be announced on this site.
Glentrees was the best mountain biking trail centre in the UK and was where Dad had brought me today. Awesome! I had been pestering him for ages to take me there and today was my lucky day, a birthday treat!
As we arrived, the car park was heaving, everyone as keen as us to get going. I was beyond excited. Dad however was concerned that we were late getting started because of traffic. So, we raced up to 'Berm Baby Berm' an epic track. Dad then asked, "Do you want to go down 'Spooky Wood'?" It was the sort of trail that once you've done it, you'd want to do it again and again.
"What do think?" I grinned, showing my inner dare-devil.
The track twisted and turned and we jumped and whipped our way to the bottom, not even noticing just how 'spooky' the wood was. Exhilarated and hyped-up we made our way back up and went again, only this time faster!
So we took the short cut. On the way up everything started to look different, like it had changed somehow in the past hour. The wood looked like a whole other world, it was like a scene out of a horror film; branches began to look like witches fingers and blown over trees like swamp monsters.
I felt a shudder of fright go through me like an icicle running down my back. What should I do? Run? I knew what they were doing wasn't right but they were too many of them for me to confront them. I remembered my phone. I began filming them, creeping closer and closer, all the time hardly daring to breathe. My mistake was in getting too close because all of a sudden, 'SNAP!' I had trodden on a twig. My life was just about to get a whole lot worse!
All of the men turned their heads at once and shouted "Get him!" Out of fright and without realising it, I dropped my phone. I ran faster than I ever had. On reaching Dad, who had fortunately fixed his chain, I yelled in panic, "We've got to go! Now!" Realising something had happened, Dad jumped on his bike and set off rapidly. Breathlessly I tried to explain what had happened.
Behind us all we could hear was the engines of the men's quad bikes squealing. Dad and I had to pick up the pace if we were going to beat them to the bottom. Spooky Wood was living up to its name. There was no enjoyment to be had here only pure panic and terror at what might happen.
When we finally reached the deserted car park, breathless but relieved, I reached for my phone to call the police, only to realise I didn't have it. "Dad, its gone – my phone and the film. What are we going to do?" Without too much talking we decided to head to Peebles, the nearest town. As we reached the roads, we realised that the men on the quads had to slow down.
It was a nice, quiet morning. The alarm rang. On and on and on.
Finally, I decided to wake up.
I started to get dressed, clean my teeth.
The breakfast is on the table, just put it in the microwave and heat up for 30 seconds, we had to go to work, we will come back on Friday. A little piece of note was stuck on the fridge.
So I had the breakfast, and started to go to school.
"Weird" I thought, there wasn't anyone at school. I looked at my watch, I could hear tick, tock , tick ,tock. But then I realized, the time on my watch remained the same.
I decided to go home. I was walking over a bridge when suddenly, I felt someone push me from behind and I fell over the bridge, and I lost consciousness.
When I woke up, I looked at myself, my shirt was torn, my feet had lots of wounds but covered by mud. It was really painful for me to walk.
I saw trees everywhere, I might have landed in a forest. I looked at my watch again, the time was still the same. I cried, I prayed, l did everything I could do, but still, the time was still the same.
Suddenly, there were a huge python creeping toward me. I started to run and run and run. But there was a rock in front of me and I didn't see it, it knocked me down. The huge python was 1 metre behind me, I hoped I could get up but I couldn't. I was too scared.
And soon, the python was next to me, it opened its giant mouth and prepared to eat its new prey.
It started to swallow my legs and my arms, it was painful, the blood spread out everywhere, when it nearly swallowed half of my body, I couldn't feel any pain. At last, only my head was left on the ground.
Weeks later, I woke up suddenly, I looked at my body. "Everything is still here" I murmured, with thanks.
In one month, I tried to get away from this forest, but I couldn't. I really missed my family, my friends.
Years past, I was still there. I did not get any older. But I've learnt how to live without anyone's help.
Ring ring ring. Susan picked up the phone.
"Don't worry, it's just me darling" said an unfamiliar voice.
Susan looked at her watch. It was 11:58. She picked up her coat and ran.
When she got to Tesco there was no sign of any one. She turned to head back then something sharp and pointy tapped her on the back. She turned around; there stood the strangest creature Susan had ever seen and she gasped. It had thick brown fur and sharp finger nails it looked a bit like a human. It hissed at her. Its fangs gleaming in the moon light, it handed her some documents with do not open printed in big red letters. Then the thing vanished into thin air.
Susan was tired because of her late night. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't get to sleep. She kept thinking of the letter. She got it from under her pillow and opened it .
Inside the envelope was a map of the town. There were some strange letters written on the old sock factory. This made Susan curious, so she decided to go to the factory. Susan discovered that the factory was cold, damp and dark. In the left corner of the boiler room Susan found a pile of sweaty socks. She kicked them with her big toe to see if they moved. The pile was hard; Susan gave it a shove, a trap door opened with a creak to reveal a passage. She peered into the dark, dusty passage. Two red eyes gleamed. Susan tried to hold back a scream but she could hear her own scream in her ears. She slammed the door shut and ran. She didn't know where but she just ran.
Susan ended up outside the local film rental. It was now 5:18am. Susan wanted to know more about the thing that gave her the papers. According to the films it was a boggle; the sworn enemy of all monsters.
"What are you doing here?" said an all too familiar voice. Susan turned to see her brother, Max. He must have heard her leave the house and had followed her.
Susan explained to Max the plan; they were to get into their Halloween costumes, tell their parents that they had been invited to a Halloween party, then they would go to the factory and Susan would show Max what she had discovered.
Mum and Dad did not even look up from the TV when they wished Susan and Max a nice evening. The evening light was beginning to fade when Max and Susan arrived at the factory, but the factory loomed out of the murky night like a bad elephant. The children entered the factory; they went straight to the boiler room. Susan took Max to the pile of sweaty socks in the corner and showed him what she had discovered. Max and Susan peered into the dark passage, Max began to loose his footing, in a panic he grabbed at Susan and before they knew it they were falling into the unknown.
They landed with a thud, when they shook their heads they were dazzled by the light; it was hard to focus due to the glare. As their eyes adjusted to the brightness they realised the light was coming from thousands of street lights. Max looked at Susan. "Surely those are not the town's lights?" Susan merely gave a nod of the head and swallowed hard.
Suddenly a big red hairy monster eating monster munch crisps appeared before them. Max and Susan's chins dropped to the floor and their eyes were as big as dinner plates. "Go on through" said a gruff voice.
Max and Susan obeyed the monster, too gobsmacked to argue. What opened up before them was a replica of their town, but in some kind of yellowy brown texture. They reached out to touch it, surely not! It appeared to be made of ear wax. They shared a look of disgust, Max felt the sick rising in his throat but quickly swallowed it. They walked on. Before them was a canal of worms. At the edge of the canal were figures gorging themselves on the worms. The figures seemed to be teachers of every kind –English teachers, Science teachers and the worst sort, Maths teachers but dotted amongst these teachers were monsters of all shapes and sizes.
"Go on eat up," said an English teacher. A shiver of disgust ran through their bodies but they were too terrified to disobey. Max took a worm, closed his eyes, held his nose and put the worm in his mouth and swallowed the best he could. Immediately the contents of his stomach emptied into the canal. The monsters looked up from their feast and yelled "Human!" The monsters lurched towards them. Max and Susan ran. The chase was on. Max and Susan searched for somewhere to hide but there was no where under the bright lights. They could feel the breath of the monsters on their necks. Susan saw a gap and made a dash for it; she squeezed past the guard and made it out of the passage way to the safety of the factory. Max ran on in desperation, but the monsters were closing in on him. One of the bigger monsters opened his jaw wide and pounced on Max, swallowing him whole.
Susan returned home. How would she explain this to her parents?
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The Oldham War Memorial is outside St Mary's Church, Church Street, in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester ( Historically part of Lancashire) opposite the Town Hall. It is unusual in that it depicts a group of soldiers in the trenches going over the top. Mounted on a square pedestal with panelled doors leading to the books of remembrance. The memorial was unveiled by General Sir Ian Hamilton and dedicated by the Bishop of Manchester 28th April 1923. The sculptor was Albert Toft (1869 – 1949) (See Thorton-Clevleys and Chatterton War Memorials) took four years to complete the sculpture.
The memorial is a tribute to all the men from Oldham who lost their lives in WW1. Commissioned in 1919 by the Oldham War Memorial Committee who wanted a fitting tribute to all those who died fighting the war to end all wars. The stone base was created from Granite with the centrepiece and the doors beneath being created from bronze.
In 2013 the memorial underwent extensive restoration.
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My great uncle, and Oldham man Rowland Griffiths, was killed in what is now Iraq in 1917, fighting with the Manchesters. Is the book of remembrance now available?
IS LT H K B NEVINSON OF 1/10 BATTALION MANCHESTER REGIMENT REMEMBERED IN THE BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE AND CAN THIS BOOK BE SEEN. KIND REGARDS PAUL REEVE OAKHAM. LT NEVINSON DIED 1915 AT GALLIPOLI.
I visited this memorial several times before being able to photograph it. The memorial had been vandalised, and was shrouded in a canopy whilst repairs and renovations took place. The book of remembrance in located under the memorial and it's pages are turned manually daily to commemorate the fallen. The local authorities were concerned that the book of remembrance was becoming increasingly fragile, and the cost of employing a 'page turner' was increasing. They have decided to place a copy within the memorial, which will be available in due course for the public to view. I hope this helps.


It wasn't nearly as strong a year for folk, mellow indie, alt-country, or singer-songwriter albums as 2008, but there were still several memorable tracks...many of which I've included here. Listen/Subscribe On Spotify!
Solid Recommends: Blood Bank (EP) - Bon Iver, Astral Weeks:Live At The Hollywood Bowl - Van Morrision, Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle - Bill Callahan, Hold Time - M. Ward, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin - The Low Anthem, I And You And Love - The Avett Brothers.
Mild Recommends: Noble Beast - Andrew Bird, Strict Joy - The Swell Season, Wilco (The Album) - Wilco, Gather, Form, Fly - Megafaun, To Be Still - Alela Diane, The List - Rosanne Cash.
Not Recommended: Heavy Ghost - DM Stith, Middle Cyclone - Neko Case, Provisions - Giant Sand.
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Dave McGillivray (left) accepts award from Deedee O'Brien, Executive Director of Ironstone Farm.
BOSTON — Dave McGillivray of DMSE Sports, the renowned race director of the B.A.A. Boston Marathon and sports philanthropist, was honored this week by two Massachusetts organizations, Challenge Unlimited and Dreamfar Breakfast of Champions.
Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm honored McGillivray, as well as Jack and Therese O'Connor, at the organization's 11th Annual Spirit of Giving Speakeasy Gala in Andover, Mass. on Saturday, Nov. 16. Employing horses in a working farm environment, Challenge Unlimited at Ironstone Farm provides beneficial therapy for people with a wide range of physical, emotional and cognitive disabilities. For more info on the Challenge, go to ChallengeUnlimited.org.
"It was an honor to be recognized by Ironstone Farm. What they do is magical and I am so proud to be associated with such an amazing organization," said McGillivray, who is known for combining athletic events with philanthropy. Over $100 million collectively has been raised in events McGillivray and DMSE Sports have managed since 1981.
Dreamfar Breakfast of Champions (from left), Dave McGillivray, Jamie Chaloff, Jack Fultz, Mary Kennedy and Bill Rodgers.
In addition, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, McGillivray was honored at the Dreamfar Breakfast of Champions in Brookline, Mass. The event is a gathering of friends and supporters who believe in the importance of health, wellness and the magic of the marathon. Champions Bill Rodgers, Jack Fultz and Karen Smyers were on hand to help honor McGillivray.
"I am in awe of the achievements of these high school students - making the commitment to run a marathon, doing all the training and achieving their goal. Very, very inspiring," added McGillivray.
The Dreamfar High School Marathon (DHSM) turns the road into the classroom, challenging high school students to reach their full potential through hard work, perseverance and commitment. DHSM focuses on integrity, realistic goal-setting, teamwork, and the importance of a healthy mind and body. For more info, go to DreamFarhsm.com.
Dave McGillivray speaking at Dreamfar Breakfast of Champions.
In addition, McGillivray was one of the "legends" at the 8th Annual Hockomock Area YMCA Legends Ball Tuesday night (Nov. 19). And on Sunday, Nov. 24, he will be Grand Marshal in this Sunday's Haverhill Santa Parade in Haverhill, Mass.
Medford, Mass. native McGillivray gained national prominence with his 1978 cross country run that took 80 days and raised almost $150,000 for the Jimmy Fund – the first money any runner ever raised for a cancer charity, according to Runner's World. He has now logged more than 150,000 miles, finished 127 marathons – including 41 consecutive Boston Marathons – and eight Hawaii Ironman Triathlons.
Even at age 59, he is still at it, completing his annual birthday run of 59 miles (he started running his birthday age in miles at age 12) in August, and running the Boston Marathon course for the 41st time 11 days after this year's April 15 marathon.
McGillivray, who lives in North Andover, Mass., is a pioneer in what is now one of the most important aspects of the endurance sports industry – combining athletics with philanthropy. Nearly every DMSE-led or DMSE-owned eventcombines fitness and fundraising, giving back to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children's Hospital, Lazarus House and many others charities and non-profit organizations in New England and across the country.
Founded by McGillivray in 1981, North Andover, Mass.-based DMSE Sports is a leader in sports event management, specializing in creating, marketing and producing mass participatory athletic events throughout the U.S. and abroad. In addition to the B.A.A. Boston Marathon, DMSE manages more than 30 major road races per year, including the TD Beach to Beacon in Maine, the New Balance Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod, the Finish at the 50 at Patriot Place, Run for the Dream in Williamsburg, Va., the Bellin Run in Green Bay, Wis., the Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Road Race and the Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk, among others. For more info, visit www.dmsesports.com.


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Q: Using Regular expression in VBA This is my sample record in a Text format with comma delimited
901,BLL,,,BQ,ARCTICA,,,,

i need to replace ,,, to ,,
The Regular expression  that i tried
  With regex
    .MultiLine = False
    .Global = True
    .IgnoreCase = False
    .Pattern="^(?=[A-Z]{3})\\,{3,}",",,"))$ -- error

Now i want to pass Line from file to Regex to correct the record, can some body guide me to fix this i am very new to VBA
I want to read the file line by line pass it to Regex

A: Looking at your original pattern I tried using .Pattern = "^\d{3},\D{3},,," which works on the sample record as with the 3 number characters , 3 letters,,,
In the answer I have used a more generalised pattern .Pattern = "^\w*,\w*,\w*,," This also works on the sample and mathces 3 commas each preceded with 0 or more alphanumeric characters followed directly by a fourth comma. Both patterns require a match to be from the begining of the string.
Pattern .Pattern = "^\d+,[a-zA-Z]+,\w*,," also works on the sample record. It would specify that before the first comma there should be 1 or greater numeric characters (and only numeric characters) and before the second comma ther should be 1 or more letters (and only letters). Before the 3rd comma there could be 0 or more alphanumeric characters.
The left function removes the rightmost character in the match ie. the last comma to generate the string used by the Regex.Replace.
Sub Test()
    Dim str As String

    str = "901,BLL,,,BQ,ARCTICA,,,,"
    Debug.Print
    Debug.Print str

    str = strConv(str)
    Debug.Print str
End Sub

Function strConv(ByVal str As String) As String

    Dim objRegEx As Object
    Dim oMatches As Object
    Dim oMatch As Object

    Set objRegEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
    With objRegEx
        .MultiLine = False
        .IgnoreCase = False
        .Global = True
        .Pattern = "^\w*,\w*,\w*,,"
    End With

    Set oMatches = objRegEx.Execute(str)
    If oMatches.Count > 0 Then
        For Each oMatch In oMatches
            str = objRegEx.Replace(str, Left(oMatch.Value, oMatch.Length - 1))
        Next oMatch
    End If
    strConv = str

End Function

A: Try this
Sub test()

    Dim str As String
    str = "901,BLL,,,BQ,ARCTICA,,,,"

    str = strConv(str)
    MsgBox str

End Sub

Function strConv(ByVal str As String) As String

    Dim objRegEx As Object, allMatches As Object
    Set objRegEx = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")

    With objRegEx
        .MultiLine = False
        .IgnoreCase = False
        .Global = True
        .Pattern = ",,,"
    End With

    strConv = objRegEx.Replace(str, ",,")

End Function

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Chicago August 5 1980
by Martin Baumann
Attached are two pictures my Father took on this date. Can somebody tell me the location of both please?
Re: Chicago August 5 1980
by sipes23
The first is somewhere on the Red Line between Chinatown and 95th along the Dan Ryan. For some reason (and my memory is fuzzy this far back), I think the first one could be near Comiskey Park.
The second is obviously downtown. My memory here is not good, but I'd be unsurprised to find out that this is just south of Washington and Wabash looking north. The building just across the river looks like the old Sun-Times building.
sipes23
Mayfair interlocking
by EricL
sipes23 wrote: The first is somewhere on the Red Line between Chinatown and 95th along the Dan Ryan. For some reason (and my memory is fuzzy this far back), I think the first one could be near Comiskey Park.
Yes, the top photo is most definitely looking southeast from the platform at Sox-35th. The dead giveaway is the Stateway Gardens housing projects in the background. These buildings had a different appearance than their Robert Taylor neighbors to the south.
hey there guy
by MACTRAXX
Everyone: That first picture is of a Dan Ryan Line train - that first CTA car pair is a mid 60s 2000 series with the 70s gray and silver
color scheme at Sox-35 station - as Eric mentions...The stainless steel plate on the front door below the window had the old CTA
logo etched into it - only those 2000 series cars had that...
The second picture is looking north near the intersection of Lake and Wabash Streets at the NE corner of the Loop L - that is a 2400
series Boeing car on the curve above - with the old Chicago Sun-Times Building in the background that was clearly visible from that
location...I remember the sign reading CHICAGO DAILY NEWS was right below and when that paper was discontinued in 1978-79 that
lettering was removed...See: http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Chicago_Daily_News" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I will add that this photograph shows the location of the infamous February 1978 CTA derailment in which cars fell to the street in
the aftermath of a rear-end collision and to safeguard the outer edge of sharp curves like the Lake-Wabash turn the CTA installed
used girders as protection on the L structure - a good move in my opinion...
These pictures bring back a couple of memories of my Chicago "visiting years" of 1973-1988...MACTRAXX
EXPRESS TRAIN TO NEW YORK PENN STATION-NO JAMAICA ON THIS TRAIN-PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE CLOSING TRAIN DOORS
MACTRAXX
Islandia,Long Island,NY
Many thanks for the answers
EricL wrote: Yes, the top photo is most definitely looking southeast from the platform at Sox-35th. The dead giveaway is the Stateway Gardens housing projects in the background. These buildings had a different appearance than their Robert Taylor neighbors to the south.
It's one of those things. Stateway Gardens haven't been gone all that long (seven years according to Wikipedia), but the memory fades. I suppose it also doesn't help that I didn't really start using the L to 35th until about 2002. There were years I didn't go to many Sox games due to living away, and my dad always drove when I was a kid.
sipes23 wrote:
Here I go, veering way off of the topic of rail transit!
The Stateway project was of course less memorable to most people, since it occupied a smaller area, and was less prominent to passers-by. Anyone coming up the Ryan (or the Rock Island) had a distinct and long-lasting view of the two-mile stretch of the nearly identical Taylor buildings. The only variation to them was that some were clad in red brick, while others were finished with an off-white color.
Stateway persisted slightly longer before demolition, as during the final years, it came to have a stronger resident council. Of course its closer proximity to "better" areas like the ballpark, IIT, De La Salle, etc. couldn't have hurt either. The buildings themselves were marginally more well-designed and attractive, imo, than the subsequent Taylor buildings. (For one of my sociology classes, we actually took a 'field trip' across the street to Stateway, to make a cursory tour and talk with the resident council... this was more of a deliberate set-up than an authentic experience - it was meant to provide a first-hand subtext to Sudhir Venkatesh's book - but it still made a lasting impression upon me.)
I, too, did not make any good use of the L before my IIT attendance in 2003. Most of my memories of the 'old' Dan Ryan line were, indeed, from driving along it. My family used to make several-times-weekly trips from Evergreen Park up to Children's Memorial Hospital, via 87th St, the Ryan, and Lake Shore Drive. I'd often enquire to my mother - while sitting in morning traffic - what are those trains over there? Why can't we just take those? Of course it was not obvious to me, as a youngster, why such transport might be deemed unfit for use by a white suburban mother traveling alone with her two kids.
The first time I even heard the term "L" was on a day when my grandpa was serving as substitute driver. As we passed under the (then closed for rebuild/1994) Englewood line, I enquired to him, what's that high bridge up there? It used to look so old and rusty, and now it looks nice and new, but still I've never noticed anything passing over it? He replied, simply, that it was "the L"... no mention of that that letter meant or its significance. Thinking maybe I misheard, I asked him again, "what?" and again he snapped, "the L!" I remained puzzled. What did "L" mean? I knew it was for trains, since I had previously seen the remnants of the old Wentworth station up there before (which were mostly removed with the rehab.) But the whole system remained a mystery to me until fall '03, when I enrolled at IIT, and the 35th Street station of the Green Line became my gateway to the entire city...
"I will add that this photograph shows the location of the infamous February 1977 CTA derailment in which cars fell to the street in
used girders as protection on the L structure - a good move in my opinion..."
Everyone: From checking http://www.chicago-l.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I found that the date of this accident was February 4,1977...
See the "Mishaps and Unusual Occurrences" section...
I remember hearing about this accident and subsequently talking about it with my Uncle - who was a CTA Motorman at the time...
It was one of CTA's worst accidents in its history - and still is to this day...


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