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Majority of the time employment is considered to be "at-will", although in some instances there might be an employment contract between the employer and employee for a set period of time. "At-will" employers or employees can end the employment at any given time, if the reasons are not illegal. When the parties use an employment contract, the terms of employment will be controlled by their state and federal laws, as applied to people living in Mammoth Lakes.
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  Written by James Powell · Published Mar 26, 2018

Everyone at Suffolk Libraries would like to congratulate Maggie Lusher, manager of Kesgrave Library, winner of the Services to the Community award at the recent Suffolk Coastal Business and Community Awards.

The award was given in recognition of her work "transforming Kesgrave Library into a thriving and much-loved community facility which meets the needs of children and families in the area." Maggie was nominated by Liz Ditton from the Kesgrave Library Community Group.

News of the award came just after Kesgrave Library also opened its new and improved 'comfy corner' thanks to generous funding from Anglia Research, a leading genealogy company based in Ipswich.

The 'comfy corner' was unveiled at a special Paddington Bear themed event recently and comprises brand new comfortable chairs and furniture. Anglia Research donated nearly £1,500 to the library for these improvements, with Rushmere St Andrew Parish Council also donating £200.

Philip Turvey, Executive Director of Anglia Research said: "We are proud to be supporting our local community. The new look of the 'comfy corner' will be of great benefit for the children of local families, including many of our employees' children."

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I am trying to use textops modules with standalone presence server. The opensips server starts without error but the replace_body change done in is_method(PUBLISH) is not reflected during testing.
First your opensips configuration indicates you are using a very old version of opensips (1.6.x perhaps). There are many major changes in textops modules in newer version which fix tons of problems.
Secondly i doubt if you will be able to see changes through ngrep. This tool will show you the original message received on ethernet interface, before it is handed over to opensips for processing. And since your opensips is the end-point from where the message is not routed any further (to another server), so changes you do will be invisible to ngrep.


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The opposite of the *Oscars. The Golden Razzie Awards Winners to date
By spence,
December 26, 2016 in General Discussions
LocationTampa Bay, FL
I hoped this would be fun & different, especially given the now far too-many annual *Pre-Oscar Film Awards.
These date back to 1980 I was a bit surprised at that. But first & firemost to you fellow fans of NATALIE WOOD.
Who recalls seeing footage-(B & W) of her being thee first person ever to personally accept "Harvard Lampoon's Worst actress of the Year" (around 1964 or so)?
She wasn't only the most beautiful woman I've yet to lay eyes on, but had a great soul as well!
Winners of Best Film only for the annual Golden Razberry awards-("Razzie's)
Only it's top prize is listed here, but it has a fairly ok site to see all the rest (not certain of how many voting members there are though?)>
1980 "Can't Stop the Music'
1981 "Mommie Dearest"
1982 "Inchon"
1983 "The Lonely Lady"-
1984 "Bolero"
1985 "Rambo: First Blood, Part 11"-(don't agree?)
1986 "Howard the Duck'
1987 "Leonard, part 6"
1988 "Cocktail"
1989 "Star Trek: The Final Frontier" (WHAT, I thought it was mediocre (**) but "the burbs")
1990 (tie) "Adventures of Foird Fairlane" & "Ghosts Can't do It"
1991 "Hudson Hawk"
1992 "Shining Through"
1993 "Indecent Proposal"-(ANOTHER SPLIT (**)
1994 "Color of Night"
1995 "Showgirls'-(P.S. at least it was more fun & sexy then Demi Moore's '96 "Striptease")
1996 "An Alan Smithee Film"
1997 "The Postman"-(not to be confused with "Il Postino")-(P.S. Surprised they didn't vote for MADONNA's awful, but never boring "Who's that Girl?")
1998 "
1999 "Wild Wild West"
2000 "Battlefield Earth"
2001 "Freddy Got Fingered"
2002 "Swept Away" (MADONNA'S fiasco)
2004 "Catwoman"
2005 "Dirty Love"
2006 "Basin Instinct 2"
2007 "I Know Who killed Me"
2008 "The Love"
2009 "Guru"
2010 "Transformers"
2011 "The Last Airbender"
2012 "Jack & Jill"
2013 "Twilight-saga 2"
2014 "Move 43"
2015 (tie) "Fantastic four" and "Fifty Shades of Grey"
EricJ
Yes, ladies and gentlemen: It was "Can't Stop the Music" that (deservedly) won the first 1980 Worst Picture Razzie. NOT "Xanadu".
Go out on the street and see how many people have rather wishfully gotten this simple fact wrong for thirty-six years.
(The two still get unfairly confused, due to opening within a month of each other, not to mention distributors doing occasional revival double-features, back when such things were still common during slow theater seasons.)
Of course, as, ahem, some here will attest, the whole "Schoolyard" kitsch-bashing of Best Worst Movies and studio flops tends to attract a certain demographic audience that laughs the loudest, and the idea of any "disco" musical falling on its face was pure schoolyard gold, even if you weren't too nitpicking about which one it was.
wouldbestar
LocationTampa, FL
I liked Cocktail and Indecent Proposal but agree with most of the other choices. Surprisingly some "winners" actually appear to accept their "awards". I guess it depends on how you chose to take it.
hamradio
My 2016 nomination for the Razzie Awards.
"Sausage Party" (2016)
Most STUPID idea for a move!
Razzie Awards 2017 Winners List: 'Hillary's America,' 'Batman v Superman' Dominate...
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/razzies-2017-winners-list-hillarys-america-batman-v-superman-1201996446/
LawrenceA
LocationFlorida
The Razzies were never anything to be taken seriously. But I have to say that this year's choices are disappointing, even though I'm doing something I loathe and discussing the merits of movies that I haven't even seen.
As far as I recall, the Razzies have never been very political, so their choice of Dinesh D'Souza's latest wingnut "documentary", Hillary's America, seems like an odd choice. I'm sure it's awful, but so were his other movies, and they're fringe movies at best, and not exactly the mainstream movieplex type movies usually within the Razzies' crosshairs. This choice is obviously a political one, and I personally don't think that's the direction they should take. Not everything has to be about taking a political stance.
The other big "winner" this year was Batman v Superman: Blah Blah Blah. I still haven't seen it, and many people have expressed dissatisfaction, but I have also read just as many people who didn't hate the movie, and even many who liked it. On the other hand, I have seen the also nominated Gods of Egypt and that was a steaming pile of [fill in the blank] that no one seems to have enjoyed. It didn't have the hype machine behind it that BvS did, though, and that may be the explanation.
JamesStewartFan95
LocationThe Happiest Place on Earth! Disney World? O.K. The Second Happiest Place on Earth!
Mommie Dearest is fairly enjoyable. I think the Razzies people got it wrong.
It's clearly an anti-Trump stance, but if you've ever seen any of Dinesh D'Souza's other Fox News-kissup "documentaries", one had to win sometime.
They don't have a Worst Documentary category, and I can't recall whether David Zucker's "An American Carol" ever made the nomination cut. (Kept thinking it did, in '08-'09, but IMDb won't bear me out.)
Besides, at this point, more Batman v. Superman jokes would be like tripping a midget--The last remaining defenders have gone into hiding, and while giving Zack Snyder a Worst Director would be closure, that would mean denying one to D'Souza.

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That's the question we got from a listener named Becky in Minnesota. She's got a Bronze plan — it only covers a limited "network" of providers— and she's got a $6,000+ deductible.
With officials talking about converting sports arenas into makeshift hospitals, Becky says: "If you call an ambulance, you may not even go to a hospital, right? Let alone a hospital that is quote-unquote in your network."
We put Becky's question to one of the country's top health-insurance nerds: Sabrina Corlette, founder and co-director of Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
Not all the answers were comforting. But they weren't all grim either. And Becky turns out to have some good advice for us all.
And, per Sabrina Corlette's advice for anybody newly out of work — and suddenly without health insurance: Go apply for Medicaid.
As promised in the episode, here's a map showing which states have expanded Medicaid so that pretty much anybody who suddenly has very little income is eligible.
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The Pyralinae are the typical subfamily of snout moths (family Pyralidae) and occur essentially worldwide, in some cases aided by involuntary introduction by humans. They are rather rare in the Americas however, and their diversity in the Australian region is also limited. Altogether, this subfamily includes about 900 described species, but new ones continue to be discovered. Like many of their relatives in the superfamily Pyraloidea, the caterpillar larvae of many Pyralinae – and in some cases even the adults – have evolved the ability to use unusual foods for nutrition; a few of these can become harmful to humans as pests of stored goods.

Description and ecology

This subfamily unites generally mid-sized to smallish moths with a more or less cryptic coloration including most often various hues of brownish colors. Adult females of Pyralinae (except Cardamyla and Embryoglossa) are characterized by the short genital ductus bursae, their corpus bursae barely extending forward beyond abdominal segment 7. Otherwise they are rather nondescript mid-sized moths (large by Pyralidae standards) which at least sometimes can be distinguished from their relatives by possessing forewing vein 7 and having hindwing veins 7 and 8 unjoined as adults.

The meal moth (Pyralis farinalis) and the grease moth (Aglossa pinguinalis) are pests of stored food products, in the case of the grease moth including fats (which are also eaten by the adult moths), and have been inadvertently spread almost worldwide by transport of such goods. Most other species' caterpillars are leaf feeders; the extremely polyphagous larvae of Pyralis manihotalis have been reared from bat guano.

Systematics
The systematics and taxonomy of this subfamily is somewhat provisional. No quantitative phylogenetic analysis had been done as of 2007, though in the mid-late 1990s Michael Shaffer of the London Natural History Museum and Maria Alma Solis of the NMNH prepared the groundwork for further studies by their comprehensive qualitative reviews of Pyralinae morphology. Some cladistic studies of the Pyraloidea do exist however, and these place the Pyralinae among the advanced snout moths, a lineage which otherwise includes the even more autapomorphic subfamilies Epipaschiinae and Phycitinae.

Even though the Pyralinae contain a high number of genera and species, there are a mere three tribes generally accepted nowadays; others that were proposed earlier (in some cases even as independent subfamilies within Pyralidae) are presently treated as junior synonyms of the Pyralini. A large number of genera are considered not to be reliably assignable to one of the three tribes; it is not at all certain that the presently-used subdivisions of the Pyralinae are the last word on the issue.

The tribes – with some significant genera and species also noted – and the genera of unclear affiliation in this subfamily are:

Endotrichini Ragonot, 1890 (= Endotrichinae)
 Endotricha Zeller, 1847
 Endotricha flammealis
 Endotricha ignealis
 Endotricha pyrosalis
 Persicoptera Meyrick, 1884
 Persicoptera compsopa

Hypotiini Chapman, 1902 (= Hypotiinae)
 Hypotia Zeller, 1847

Pyralini
 Almost 40 genera

Genera incertae sedis

 Acteniopsis Amsel, 1959
 Adulis Ragonot, 1891
 Aglossodes Ragonot, 1891
 Antisindris Marion, 1955
 Arctioblepsis C. & R.Felder, 1862
 Benderia Amsel, 1949
 Betsimisaraka Marion, 1955
 Burgeonidea Ghesquière, 1942
 Celetostola Meyrick, 1936
 Comaria Ragonot, 1892
 Cosmethella Munroe & Shaffer, 1980
 Delopterus Janse, 1922
 Diboma Walker, 1863
 Diloxia Hampson, 1896
 Discordia Swinhoe, 1885
 Elaealis Hampson, 1906
 Embryoglossa Warren, 1896
 Epacternis Meyrick, 1933
 Ethelontides Meyrick, 1934
 Euryzonella Ghesquière, 1942
 Eutrichodes Warren, 1891
 Grammiphlebia Hampson, 1906
 Gvelilia Strand, 1920
 Haplosindris Viette, 1953
 Heterocrasa Warren, 1896
 Hirayamaia Marumo, 1917
 Hyboloma Ragonot, 1891
 Hypanchyla Warren, 1891
 Hypsidia Rothschild, 1896
 Imerina Ragonot, 1891
 Lamacha Walker, 1863
 Larice Ragonot, 1892
 Latagognoma Tams, 1935
 Lophocera Kenrick, 1917
 Lorymav Walker, 1859 (Pyralini?)
 Lorymana Strand, 1915
 Lorymodes Hampson, 1917
 Macropyralis Amsel, 1953
 Marionana Viette, 1953
 Maschalandra Meyrick, 1937
 Meca Karsch, 1900
 Megalomia Ragonot, 1891
 Melanalis Hampson, 1906
 Mesosindris Viette, 1967
 Methora Walker, 1866
 Micromystix de Joannis, 1929
 Mimicia Caradja, 1925
 Minooa Yamanaka, 1996
 Mittonia Whalley, 1964
 Namibina Leraut, 2007
 Namibiodes Leraut, 2007
 Neobostra Hampson, 1906
 Nhoabe Viette, 1953
 Nussia Leraut, 2009
 Ocydina Meyrick, 1936
 Omphalobasella Strand, 1915
 Omphalomia Swinhoe, 1894
 Orybina Snellen, 1895
 Parachmidia Hampson, 1896
 Paraglossa Hampson, 1906
 Paraphycita Hampson, 1901
 Perforadix Sein, 1930
 Perula Mabille, 1900
 Peucela Ragonot, 1891
 Phasga Walker, 1863
 Pithyllis Grünberg, 1910
 Poliostola Janse, 1922
 Polycampsis Warren, 1896
 Propachys Walker, 1863
 Proropera Warren, 1896
 Prosaris Meyrick, 1894
 Proteinia Hampson, 1896
 Pseudozitha Leraut, 2007
 Pyralosis Amsel, 1957
 Rhynchetera Hampson, 1896
 Rhynchopygia Hampson, 1896
 Rostripalpus Hampson, 1896
 Rungsina Leraut, 2004
 Sacada Walker, 1862
 Setomigma Ghesquière, 1942
 Scotomera Butler, 1881 (Pyralini?)
 Sindris Boisduval, 1833
 Sphalerosticha Warren, 1897
 Sybrida Walker, 1865
 Tegulifera Saalmüller, 1880 (Pyralini?)
 Toccolosida Walker, 1863
 Trihauchenia Warren, 1892
 Triphassa Hübner, 1818
 Tyndis Ragonot, 1891
 Vitessidia Rothschild & Jordan, 1905
 Xenomilia Warren, 1896
 Zitha Walker, [1866] (including Tamraca; Pyralini?)

The genus Micronix, formerly placed here, seems to belong to the Crambidae, but its exact placement is obscure. For a similar case, see Tanaobela.

Footnotes

References

  (1986): Pyralidae and Microlepidoptera of the Marquesas Archipelago. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 416: 1–485. PDF fulltext (214 MB!)
  (2011): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Pyralinae. Version of 2011-MAR-03. Retrieved 2011-MAY-29.
  (2007): Phylogenetic studies and modern classification of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 33(1): 1-8 [English with Spanish abstract]. HTML fulltext

Moth subfamilies

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ATLANTA — A failing Savannah high school is firing its entire staff in an effort to avoid further sanctions from the state and to make the school eligible for up to $6 million in federal money, officials said Thursday.
The 200 employees at Beach High School — including the principal — will work there through the end of the year but will not be rehired for that school, said Karla Redditte, spokeswoman for the Savannah-Chatham County school district.
The teachers can reapply for their jobs but only half can be rehired under federal education law, she said. Staff can also apply for other jobs in the school district.
"It is a sad day for us," Redditte said by phone as she stood outside the 950-student school in south Georgia.
The move is the most dramatic of four tactics allowed by the federal No Child Left Behind law for schools like Beach that consistently fail to meet benchmarks. The Obama administration is offering $3 billion in grants this year to coax struggling schools to undertake one of the four tactics, which also include firing only the principal, converting to a charter school or closing altogether.
Experts estimate the mass-firing tactic is used to turn around 20 to 30 schools in the U.S. annually.
If a failing school in Georgia refuses to make any of those changes, the state places a special administrator in the school to focus on annual progress measures such as test scores and graduation rates. In Georgia this year, 45 schools have state administrators in them, including Beach High School, state Department of Education spokesman Matt Cardoza said.
Beach has been on the state's lowest performing list for seven years, he said.
Jeff Hubbard, president of the Georgia Association of Educators, said firing an entire school staff is "exceptionally rare" in most states. He said the teacher organization is concerned that starting from scratch will hurt the school more than it will help, particularly because many educators don't want to take jobs at failing schools.
A similar action at a high school in Rhode Island earlier this month prompted outrage from the teachers' union and anger at President Barack Obama when he said he supported the move. District administrators chose the mass firing after negotiations with the union at Central Falls High School broke down.
Georgia's teachers do not have collective bargaining rights, Hubbard said.


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Ben Carson Fabricated Violent Juvenile Past, CNN Investigation Suggests
Ben Carson has made his transformation from a violent boy to soft-spoken, responsible adult a cornerstone of his campaign, but a CNN investigation found no evidence to back up Carson's claims of being a problem child.
On the campaign trail, the former neurosurgeon has recounted being an angry juvenile in his native Detroit — stabbing, throwing rocks at people, hurling bricks and beating others with baseball bats.
But through interviews with nine former classmates and friends, CNN was unable to verify any incidents supporting those claims.
Also Read: Ben Carson Topples Donald Trump Nationally
One former classmate told the network: "I don't know nothing about that… it would have been all over the whole school." Another classmate told CNN, "I personally do not have knowledge of those incidents… I wondered, 'When did that happen?'"
A former friend of Carson said if he was as big a hothead as he described, it wouldn't be a secret."He got through his day trying not to be noticed… I remember him having a pocket saver. He had thick glasses. He was skinny and unremarkable."
Also Read: Ben Carson's Campaign Surges After Controversial Muslim, Holocaust Comments
"CNN was unable to independently confirm any of the incidents, which Carson said occurred when he was a juvenile," CNN reporters Scott Glover and Maeve Reston wrote in their online account.
Carson's campaign declined to provide the network with any corroborating evidence of his violent past, calling the CNN investigation a "witch hunt."
"Why would anyone cooperate with your obvious witch hunt?" campaign adviser Armstrong Williams wrote in an email last Friday. "No comment and moving on…… Happy Halloween!!!!!"
Also Read: Ben Carson's Former Patient Blasts Surgeon for Ruining Her Life: 'He's a Liar'
Carson is leading the RealClearPolitics average of national polls for the first time, narrowly edging Donald Trump 24.8 to to 24.6.


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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea seeking restoration of the rivers flowing through reserve forests in Uttar Pradesh with their beds overloaded with sand, bajri (gravel), morang and boulder as it questioned the bonafides of the petitioner.
Petitioner Gopal Chandra Sinha is the Assistant Conservator of Forest in the State Forest Department. He had joined the Uttar Pradesh Forest Corp (UPFC) as Divisional Manager. An FIR was lodged against Sinha and another official on May 5 and at present he is under suspension.
Sinha had sought directions for immediate start of the work for the restoration of rivers clogged with forest produce and the sub-minerals — sand, bajri, morang and boulder.
The PIL also urged the court to appoint an advocate commissioner to monitor the work.
Observing that there was merit in the issue raised in the PIL, a vacation bench of Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Indu Malhotra said but "we have serious doubts about the petitioner" who is a subordinate officer in the UPFC and has issues with his senior.
Telling the senior counsel Anoop Chaudhari that the issue could be moved by some other person or NGO, the court said there was a criminal complaint against the petitioner by the state government.
"We have serious doubts… you have mentioned about the FIR (in the PIL). We do feel there is merit in the issue. You have reasons to settle scores with the seniors," said the bench declining the plea.
Technical bids were finalized on May 3, 2018 and the very next day the Managing Director of the UPFC cancelled them and the FIR was lodged against Sinha and another official on May 5.
Sinha has been accused of cheating (Section 420 of the IPC), conspiracy (Section 120B IPC), criminal breach of trust (Section 408 IPC), mischief involving wrongful loss or damage to the public (Section 425 IPC), and under the provisions of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
The restoration of riverbeds overloaded with sand, bajri, morang and boulder in the 12 forest divisions of Uttar Pradesh was required for the restoration, reclamation and conservation of forests and forest land.
The restoration of rivers passing through forests involved the extraction of the sub-minerals deposited on the riverbeds of the rivers, primarily river Ganga, which the UPFC was to undertake.
The PIL was dismissed as withdrawn.


Quick on the heels of the rather beautiful and understated Shades of Milk and Honey comes Mary Robinette Kowal's latest book about Jane and her lovely husband Vincent. I absolutely loved the first novel and was chomping at the bit to get the next installment. I am happy to say that it does not disappoint.
In Shades of Milk and Honey, Kowal introduces us to a world that is a mirror image of Jane Austen's Regency England. This wonderland contains a type of magic called glamour that is primarily used by women for aesthetic decoration. Jane, our lovely and pragmatic protagonist falls in love with the gruff Vincent and they become a glamourist team. Even though I'm not a big fan of Jane Austen or romance novels, I fell so hard for the beautifully told story of Jane and Vincent. It was pitch perfect for the time period and I have since loaned it out to friends and family, happily exclaiming "it's like Jane Austen with magic, and it's AWESOME!". My mother, who reads mostly Jane Austen and romance novels, loved the hell out of it, even though she can't stand books with "that magic stuff" in them. If that isn't a seal of approval, I don't know what is!
As you can imagine, I was incredibly excited for the sequel to come out. Glamour in Glass returned me to that charming world and I can honestly say that I wish I could rent a country manor and live there full time. Gorgeous!
Join me after the jump for my review of Mary Robinette Kowal's latest, Glamour in Glass!
Glamour in Glass picks up right after the union of Jane and Vincent. They have just completed a massive glamour mural in the house of an English noble and Jane has time to reflect on her life with Vincent. Oh, the joy he gives her. The love she feels for him. How wonderfully they work together. Excuse me while I clutch the book to my chest and sigh happily.
As the book progresses, we learn that everyone in England is heaving a big old sigh of relief because Napoleon has been captured and exiled to the island of Elba. Finally, the continent is free to travel to again. Jane is anxious to get away from her family (who are still impressively annoying, even though they have only one scene!) and Vincent has an old friend of his in Brussels he'd like to visit. Off to the continent they go, luggage and glamour in tow.
I'm sad to say that the book weakens a little while Jane and Vincent are in Brussels. They begin work on a new theory of glamour, trying to capture the ephemeral stuff in glass, and Jane discovers a shocking secret about herself. The secret takes her out of commission and leaves her without the ability to work her beloved glamour, making her feel useless and adrift. While Jane wrestles with her new constraints, Vincent grows distant.
I admit, I was about as hurt and confused as Jane was by Vincent's distance and his sharp words to her. The idea that he might be doing anything to hurt her just killed me. I wanted to take him by his cravat, drag him into a hallway and yell at him. How dare he hurt Jane! Smart, sensible, noble Jane! Vincent, that cad! That scoundrel! That lout!
Thankfully, the reasons for his distance are revealed mid-way through the novel and it changes the entire game. I was open mouthed in shock. I won't spoil it here, dear friend, but suffice to say... it was totally awesome! I completely did not expect it, I never saw it coming. It was brilliant! From then on, the novel picks up speed like a runaway train and all I could do was hold on for the ride.
Glamour in Glass cemented Jane as a strong, smart and absolutely incredible woman who lets nothing stand in her way. The ending was epic and heartbreaking, and ended so tenderly. I'll be completely heart sick if there isn't a new volume!
I implore you to pick up Shades of Milk and Honey and Glamour in Glass. They are intelligently written and exceptionally witty. Mary Robinette Kowal's has a special ability to weave a beautiful, captivating story. The unexpected surprises along the way make the journey with Jane and Vincent even more satisfying. If only Jane Austen wrote like this, then maybe I'd be able to get past two chapters of Pride and Prejudice!
Pick up Mary Robinette Kowal's novels at any fine book selling establishment. Trust me, you do not want to miss these!
Yep, I've had many books ruined for me because I couldn't turn my editor's brain off.
I read book 1 based on your rec and really liked it. Looking forward to this one!


When it comes to drag racing, any penny saved or dollar earned is a huge help. The old adage of "to make a million bucks in racing, you need to start with two million" holds true more than ever, and racers are finding new ways of making their racing efforts as cost-effective as possible.
Contingency payouts, however, have traditionally been a great way for drivers to cash in on their performances. Contingencies offer great prizes that can add up to a serious chunk of change and help fund a racer's season.
Contingency sponsorship is a type of sponsorship where a company agrees to pay a racer based on his/her performance with a specific series or event in exchange for having the company's decal visible on the race car, and running one of the company's products on the car. To break it down into the simplest terms possible: run the part, run the sticker, run the car, get paid.
The idea of getting paid for doing well with parts a racer would already be using seems like a no-brainer, but many people aren't aware that contingency sponsorships exist, or know how to reap the rewards.


The Coconino County Sheriff's Office and the Coconino County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Unit successfully located a man who had been missing since Sunday morning. According to a press release from CCSO, searchers found Fredrick Daniel Boone, 50, walking on Forest Service Road 82 about 1/4-mile north of Mormon Canyon. Boone was last seen near Winona at about 8 a.m. Sunday. He intended to hike in on the forest road to locate his truck, which was stuck somewhere off that road. Boone was tired, cold and hungry, and had minor injuries to his legs from walking through thick underbrush and minor injuries to his hands from trying to free his vehicle from the mud and rocks, but he did not require medical attention.
I'm so glad Fredrick was found but sorry we weren't able to locate him sooner.


Lauryn has been around weddings her whole life! If you didn't guess by now, this is Holly's daughter! As a very little girl, Lauryn would sometimes accompany Holly to meetings and could be heard having relevant conversations about such things as the color and style of bridesmaids dresses and wedding themes with our clients. She started working with HMC Event Solutions as a young teen doing set up of event spaces and taking care of the small children of wedding guests. In 2017 after her graduation from High School, she officially became an Assistant of HMC Event Solutions and we love having her on our team!


Consequence FUEL MAY LEAK FROM THE PRESSURE SENSOR, INCREASING THE RISK OF A FIRE.
Description NISSAN IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011-2012 JUKE, INFINITI QX AND INFINITI M VEHICLES. THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSORS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TIGHTENED TO THE CORRECT SPECIFICATION. AS A RESULT, THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSOR MAY LOOSEN DUE TO HEAT AND VIBRATION CAUSING FUEL TO LEAK.
Remedy NISSAN WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE FUEL PRESSURE SENSORS, AS NECESSARY, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL BEGAN ON APRIL 2, 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AT 1-800-647-7261.


The Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) is an anti-nuclear group founded in 1978 to be the information and networking center for citizens and organizations concerned about nuclear power, radioactive waste, radiation and sustainable energy issues. The organization advocates the implementation of safe, sustainable solutions such as energy efficiency, solar power, wind power and plug-in hybrids.
As of 2007, NIRS claims to initiate "large-scale organizing and public education campaigns on specific issues," such as to "bring technical expertise and strategic sense to grassroots environmental groups."
In 2000, NIRS' affiliation with World Information Service on Energy (WISE) turned it into an international organization (NIRS/WISE).
The magazine Nuclear Engineering International has said that it runs easily the best website on uranium mining throughout the world.
Some of the policies endorsed by NIRS include strict controls on nuclear waste disposal, bans on nuclear weapons and new power plants. NIRS is opposed to ineffective nuclear waste reprocessing, unsafe transportation of nuclear waste, and the implementation of large-scale nuclear waste repositories like Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. NIRS also does not view nuclear energy as a remedy for climate change.
NIRS and WISE have merged their operations and WISE has relay offices in Amsterdam, Argentina, Austria, the Czech Republic, India, Japan, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, and the Ukraine. The bi-weekly WISE News Communique merged with the NIRS Nuclear Monitor and covers the resistance movements working against nuclear power worldwide as well as chronicling the failings of the industry. Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian versions of this newsletter are also printed.
Michael Mariotte (1952-2016) was president and executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service for 30 years. He was a well-known opponent of nuclear power and organised anti-nuclear activities in Europe after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. Mariotte was a keen supporter of renewable energy and efficient energy use. He believed that nuclear power would become obsolete, to be replaced by clean energy sources.
On 15 May 2007, NIRS issued a report claiming that radioactive scrap, concrete, equipment, asphalt, plastic, wood, chemicals, and soil from U.S. nuclear weapons facilities are being released to regular landfills and could get into commercial recycling streams."
On 3 August 2004, NIRS issued a report stating that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission may allow the illegal practice of manually shutting down nuclear power plants in the event of fire.
On 17 July 2007, regarding the leakage of water from the spent fuel pool of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant after the 2007 Niigata earthquake, Michael Mariotte, spoke on behalf of the NIRS and commented "The leak itself doesn't sound significant as of yet, but the fact that it went unreported is a concern, when a company begins by denying a problem, it makes you wonder if there's another shoe to drop."
In October 2010, Michael Mariotte, executive director of NIRS, predicted that the U.S. nuclear industry will not experience a nuclear renaissance, for the simple reason that "nuclear reactors make no economic sense". The economic slump has driven down electricity demand and the price of competing energy sources, and Congress has failed to pass climate change legislation, making nuclear economics very difficult.
Critics accuse NIRS of fearmongering, and question the qualifications of NIRS staff to adequately assess the safety of nuclear energy. Diane D'Arrigo, Radioactive Waste Project Director, lists no training in physics or radiological medicine which might qualify her for "expertise is radioactive waste and radiation issues". Other fields of study cited among the qualifications of NIRS staff include biology, horticulture, the "history of science", and advocacy. No NIRS staff member is credited with formal training in nuclear physics or engineering.
In a 2008 response to NIRS claims appearing on the website palmbeachpost.com, David Bradish of the Nuclear Energy Institute challenged a contention of NIRS Southeast Office Director Mary Olson that "A nuclear power plant takes so much water and energy to build, it has to run for 15 years to offset its carbon footprint." Citing data from the World Nuclear Association, Bradish argues "it is reasonable to say a nuclear plant takes about one year to offset its energy consumption from its other stages." At a 2006 talk before the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, Olson claimed that when full-lifecycle emissions are included "the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) as the result of making electricity from uranium is comparable to burning natural gas to make electric power." Bradish notes, "I went to both of the cited studies [referenced by Olson] and found nothing to back up NIRS' claim."
^ Nuclear Engineering International. Public opinion: how do we get it on our side?. 21 January 2008.
^ Sam Roberts, Michael Mariotte, a Leading anti-nuclear activist, dies at 63 New York Times, May 23, 2016.
^ "NIRS - Staff" Retrieved on 7 May 2017.
^ Olson, Mary. "Confronting a False Myth of Nuclear Power: Nuclear Power Expansion is Not a Remedy for Climate Change" Retrieved on 7 May 2017.
^ Bradish, David. "Energy Payback Times for Nuclear" Retrieved on 7 May 2017.


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Governor Orders Agency Changes After Death Of 2 Toddlers
WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Pat Bradley
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Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin is ordering the Department of Children and Families to do more to protect vulnerable children.
Shumlin made the changes in the aftermath of the deaths of two toddlers who had been in contact with DCF: The February death of Dezirae Sheldon of Poultney and last month's death of Peighton Geraw of Winooski.
The state says that since 2008 the number of child abuse investigations in the state has doubled.
The state is going to recruit 18 new social workers and six substance abuse screeners. The governor is also ordering a possible reorganization of the Department of Children and Families and increased training for social workers.
The changes would help reduce pressure on the department caused in part by the state's much-publicized problem with heroin and other drugs.
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We may take education for granted but with at least 250 million children across the world not currently in any sort of learning system, urgent action needs to be taken to rectify this.
Education forms the foundation of society and is responsible for the growth and development of communities. It provides children with the tools to improve their prospects and as a result better the lives of future generations.
Knowledge empowers children and creates opportunity to lift themselves out of the difficulties faced by their parents. With your help, Salam Charity will be working towards providing children in Pakistan and Bangladesh with the resources needed to learn.
Making education an attainable goal for children leading impoverished and difficult lives.
Empowering the next generation to gain the knowledge and skills to allow them to build a better life.
Providing the resources to ensure children do not go hungry at school.
263 million children and youngsters are not in school
An estimated 61 million primary-school-age children are out of school; 53% of them are girls increasing the risk of forced child marriage.
420 million children will not learn even the most basic skills.
124 million children have not even started school or have been forced to drop out.
Pakistan has one of the poorest education systems in the world, the second highest out-of-school rate in the world and third highest illiteracy rate.
Although the Constitution of Pakistan states that every child has the right to free and compulsory education, this is not the reality. Due to poverty and cultural beliefs, families prioritise additional income over education, sending their children out to work, rather than to school, and families prioritise sending their sons to school over their daughters.
Education is a basic human right, a powerful instrument for change and critical for Pakistan's growth and prosperity. Yet millions of children – mainly girls – are engaged in child labour and being denied their right to learn, to thrive and to reach their full potential.
Salam Charity has partnered with Shahid Afridi Foundation to establish a number of schools and support existing schools with its infrastructure and operational needs.
With your help, we can transform the lives of these underprivileged children.
New desks in Kutupalong
Last year 500 new desks were given to students in the Learning Centres in Kutupalong. Abul Miah had a fantastic idea to decorate the desks in bright colours with illustrations and words to aid the children's learning.
All the children got involved to help paint the desks. The desks look fantastic and help create a bright, colourful, fun learning environment.
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For £15 per month Salam Charity will provide a child with warm daily tiffin box school meals.
Children should not have to go hungry at school and we are working hard to ensure the children we support are able to attend school and learn whilst eating properly throughout the day
For £35 per month our education project will pay for a child's school fees, stationery, school bags, uniform, and daily school meals.
Your sponsored child will be given a good education acting as a form of sadaqah jariyah for you Insha'Allah.
As refugees continue to flood into the already overcrowded camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, an estimated 10,000 children have been born into the camps themselves and sadly know no other life than this.
Unless something is done to make a real change these children will continue to live in conditions of extreme poverty and difficulty in the camps. Beneficial knowledge is one of the fundamental aspects of sadaqah jariyah so why not sponsor an education for a child in need today and equip them with the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty.
Empowering children within impoverished communities raises an entire generation, giving them the platform they need in order to change their paths and lives.
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To provide preliminary evidence regarding whether the addition of cediranib to a combination of carboplatin and paclitaxel will increase progression free survival by 50% in patients with metastatic recurrent cervical carcinoma.
On 01/03/2011 the overall trial end date was updated from 01/06/2011 to 31/12/2012.
The control arm (Arm A) is carboplatin AUC 5 and paclitaxel 175 mg/m^2 infused intravenously over 3 hours, repeated every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 cycles, plus 20 mg placebo orally once daily.
The trial arm (Arm B) is carboplatin AUC 5 and paclitaxel 175 mg/m^2 infused intravenously over 3 hours, repeated every 3 weeks for a maximum of 6 cycles, plus 20 mg cediranib orally once daily.
Patients will be randomised in a double blind fashion to receive either Arm A or Arm B, and treatment with placebo or cediranib will be continued until patient progresses or toxicity becomes unacceptable. Neither the patient nor the Investigator will be aware of whether the patient's trial drug is cediranib or placebo tablets.
Prior to progression patients will be followed up 2 monthly until end of year 2, every 6 months during years 3, 4 and 5 and yearly thereafter. After disease progression is documented, patients should be followed up 6-monthly during the first 5 years after randomisation and yearly thereafter.
Prior to progression patients will be followed up 2 monthly until end of year 2, every 6 months during years 3, 4 and 5 and yearly thereafter. After disease progression is documented, patients should be followed up 6 monthly during the first 5 years after randomisation and yearly thereafter. All primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed at all follow up visits until progression confirmed, after progression confirmed only applicable for overall survival to be assessed.
19. Significant cardiovascular disease (arterial thrombotic event within 12 months, uncontrolled hypertension or angina within 6 months, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade 2 congestive cardiac failure, grade greater than or equal to 3 peripheral vascular disease or cardiac arrhythmia requiring medication). Patients with rate-controlled atrial fibrillation are eligible.


Hubee D's is a Deelicious! Charleston, Athens, Charlotte, Mt Pleasant restaurant serving chicken tenders, wings and more.
Our fresh buttermilk chicken tenders & fresh-cut nuggets are all made-from scratch, and never frozen! They're prepared in a very special, authentic Charleston family recipe, then served fast and hot!
Our wings are one-of-a-kind. We start with fresh, never frozen wings. They are then slow-hickory smoked in our special seasoning for hours, until they "peel off the bone" and then tossed in our Deelicious sauces!
Our fresh salads and wraps are extraordinary. We chop-in-house our lettuce and vegetables using only the finest ingredients, then serve in your choice of dressing, creating salad perfection!


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Robert Livermore planted first wine grapes in Livermore Valley
Secretary of the CA Viticultural Commission, Charles Wetmore established Cresta Blanca Vineyards
Carl H. Wente & James Concannon founded the first wineries in the Livermore Valley
Wetmore's Livermore Valley dry white wine put CA on the world wine map by winning the Grand Prix at the International Paris Exposition
First ever varietally-labeled Chardonany came from Livermore Valley's Wente Vineyards
First ever varietally-labeled Petite Sirah came from Livermore Valley's Concannon Vineyard
The Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association was formed
The Livermore Valley American Viticultural Area was formed
13 Wineries were members of the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association
There are over 50 wineries in Livermore Valley
TERROIR & APPELLATION
Terroir [tair=WAHR] French for "soil" and used in the phrase gout de terroir ("taste of the soil") to refer to the earthy flavor of some wines. Terroir not only refers to the type of soil (chalky, claylike, gravelly, sandy), but also to other geographic factors that might influence the microclimate encompassed by an area of land including altitude and elevation, amount of sun received by the growing area, fluctuation of both day and night temperatures, wind, amount and timing of rainfall, and water drainage. These geographic conditions, along with the winemaking savoir-faire all contribute to the personality of the wine produced by a region's terroir.
In the San Francisco Bay appellation, 30 miles east of San Francisco. Both the Livermore Valley and San Francisco Bay appellations are within the larger Central Coast appellation.
Livermore Valley boasts one of the original U.S. appellations granted by the BATF way back in October, 1982. This designation was largely based on the unique, gravel-based soils and the marine winds that are drawn into the valley every afternoon from San Francisco Bay.
The Livermore Valley has an east-west orientation, making it unique among northern California winegrowing regions. It is 15 miles long (east to west), 10 miles wide (north to south), and surrounded by coastal range mountains and foothills.
The east-west orientation of the valley allows the coastal fog and marine breezes to come in from the Pacific Ocean and the San Francisco Bay and cool the valley's warm air, resulting in warm days and cool nights ideal conditions for producing fully-ripened, balanced fruit.
Primarily gravel with excellent drainage, a soil type that reduces the vines' vigor and increases flavor concentration in the grapes.
"A Thriving Wine Region in the San Francisco Bay Area"
Less than an hour east of San Francisco, Livermore Valley Wine Country welcomes visitors with a flourish expanse of vineyards, wineries, and wine country experiences. Amid picturesque canyons, ridges and outposts of suburbia, the lush vines and convivial tasting rooms increasingly define the quality of life in the valley. To the delight of residents and visitors alike, the region is enjoying a wine renaissance harking back to the golden years of early California wine history.
One of California's oldest wine regions, the Livermore Valley played a pivotal role in shaping California's wine industry. Spanish missionaries planted the first wine grapes in the Livermore Valley in the 1760s. In the 1840s, California pioneers looking for outstanding vineyard sites began planting grapes in the region. Robert Livermore planted the first commercial vines in the 1840s. Pioneer winemakers C. H. Wente, James Concannon, and Charles Wetmore recognized the area's winegrowing potential and founded their wineries in the early 1880s.
Livermore Valley captured America's first international gold medal for wine in 1889 at the Paris Exposition, putting California on the world wine map.
Livermore Valley wineries were the first to bottle varietal labeled Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Petite Sirah. Nearly 80% of California's Chardonnay vines trace their genetic roots to a Livermore Valley clone. Livermore Valley also boasted more than 50 wineries until Prohibition and contributed significantly to the state's enology and viticulture that lives on today.
Attracted to the rich winemaking tradition, climate, soil and geography, new winemakers and vineyardists are working alongside fifth generation winegrowers to create this Livermore Valley wine renaissance. The region now has over 40 wineries, with several more about to open, and more than 5,000 acres of vineyards. Wineries vary in size from limited release, 100-case labors of love to 400,000-case industry heavyweights, and grapes range from familiar Merlot and Chardonnay to Italian, Rhone and Spanish varieties. Welcoming tasting rooms showcase award-winning wines and offer year around activities. In addition to the myriad happenings at individual wineries, the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association sponsors several consumer events each year, showcasing the talent, energy and fine wines of the region.


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Father of LAS VEGAS SHOOTER Stephen Paddock Diagnosed A PYSCHOPATH After ESCAPING PRISON For Robbing Banks & Trying To RUN OVER FBI Agent With His Car In 1960!!
October 2, 2017 TheTea Maker global issues 0
While Eric Paddock struggles to normalize his brother Stephen, who killed 50+ people and injured 500 last night when he opened fire on Las Vegas concert-goers, his father's past is being brought to light.
Eric claimed his brother had no history of mental illness that his family knows of, but failed to mention that of his father, Benjamin Hoskins Paddock, who was diagnosed as a psychopath and listed on FBI's Most Wanted for nearly 10 years after escaping prison for robbing banks and trying to run over an FBI Agent with his car.
FOX News dug up historical records and articles showing Benjamin Paddock, who also went by "Big Daddy", "Old Baldy" and a host of other fake names, was indicted in 1960 on 3 counts of robbing banks in Phoenix, AZ, stealing nearly $25,000.
He was captured in Las Vegas on July 28, 1960, after resisting arrest and trying to run over an FBI agent with his car, read reports.
Benjamin Paddock was convicted of a 20 year sentence and placed in a Texas federal prison, but escaped 9 years later. He was then placed on the FBI's Most Wanted list as "diagnosed as psychopathic" and "reportedly has suicidal tendencies and should be considered armed and dangerous", says the report.
Benjamin Paddock changed his name to Bruce Werner Ericksen and committed another bank robbery in San Francisco just 6 months after he escaped. He was arrested under his new alias and let out on parole and fled the state, moving to Springfield, OR in September 1978.
Police didn't realize Benjamin Paddock was Bruce Ericksen, as the career criminal had changed his appearance.
In Springfield, Paddock went by the name "Bingo Bruce" as the manager of a bingo parlor and was arrested again for 7 charges related to racketeering and rolling back odometers on cars.
Paddock pleaded no contest in odometer charges and reached a settlement on his racketeering charges for $623,000 in 1987.
By this time, Paddock was an elderly man, claiming to have cancer and the circuit judge presiding over his case, Judge George Woodrich, decided to let him off with a $100,000 fine.
Paddock returned to Texas and resided there until his death in 1998.
A family of crime.
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Jaimee Foxworth On Being LEFT OUT Of "Family Matters" Reunion Shoot, Being Fired From The Show At 13 & How Cast KNEW She Was Getting Fired BEFORE She Did
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package com.elmakers.mine.bukkit.spell.builtin;

import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.Location;
import org.bukkit.Material;
import org.bukkit.World;
import org.bukkit.block.Block;
import org.bukkit.block.BlockFace;
import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
import org.bukkit.entity.Entity;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;

import com.elmakers.mine.bukkit.api.spell.SpellResult;
import com.elmakers.mine.bukkit.spell.UndoableSpell;

@Deprecated
public class BlinkSpell extends UndoableSpell
{
    private static double DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH_RANGE = 4.0;

    protected SpellResult ascend(Entity entity)
    {
        Location targetLocation = getLocation();
        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
            if (!allowPassThrough(targetLocation.getBlock().getType())) return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;
            targetLocation.setY(targetLocation.getY() + 1);
        }
        Location location = findPlaceToStand(targetLocation, true);
        if (location != null)
        {
            setTarget(location);
            delayTeleport(entity, location);
            return SpellResult.CAST;
        }
        return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;
    }

    protected SpellResult descend(Entity entity)
    {
        Location targetLocation = getLocation();
        for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
            if (!allowPassThrough(targetLocation.getBlock().getType())) return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;
            targetLocation.setY(targetLocation.getY() - 1);
        }
        Location location = findPlaceToStand(targetLocation, false);
        if (location != null)
        {
            setTarget(location);
            delayTeleport(entity, location);
            return SpellResult.CAST;
        }
        return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;
    }

    @Override
    public SpellResult onCast(ConfigurationSection parameters)
    {
        String elevateType = parameters.getString("type", "");

        Entity entity = mage.getLivingEntity();
        if (entity == null) {
            return SpellResult.ENTITY_REQUIRED;
        }

        boolean autoAscend = parameters.getBoolean("allow_ascend", true);
        boolean autoDescend = parameters.getBoolean("allow_descend", true);
        boolean autoPassthrough = parameters.getBoolean("allow_passthrough", true);

        boolean isPassthrough = false;

        if (elevateType.equals("descend") || (isLookingDown() && autoDescend))
        {
            return descend(entity);
        }
        else if (elevateType.equals("ascend") || (isLookingUp() && autoAscend))
        {
            return ascend(entity);
        }

        if (autoPassthrough && !isLookingUp() && !isLookingDown())
        {
            Block firstBlock = getInteractBlock();
            if (firstBlock == null) return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;

            if (!allowPassThrough(firstBlock.getType()))
            {
                return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;
            }
            if (firstBlock.getType() != Material.AIR && !isWater(firstBlock.getType()))
            {
                double passthroughRange = mage.getRangeMultiplier() * parameters.getDouble("passthrough_range", DEFAULT_PASSTHROUGH_RANGE);
                setMaxRange(passthroughRange);
                setTargetingHeight(-1);
                setTargetSpaceRequired();
                setTargetMinOffset(1);
                isPassthrough = true;
            }
        }

        Block target = getTargetBlock();
        Block face = getPreviousBlock();

        if (target == null)
        {
            return SpellResult.NO_TARGET;
        }

        if (face == null)
        {
            face = target;
        }

        World world = getWorld();
        Block destination = face;
        int distanceUp = 0;
        int distanceDown = 0;

        if (isPassthrough)
        {
            destination = target;
        }

        // Don't drop the player too far, and make sure there is somewhere to stand - unless they are flying
        if (!(entity instanceof Player && ((Player)entity).isFlying())) {
            Block groundBlock = destination.getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN);
            while (distanceDown < verticalSearchDistance && !isOkToStandOn(groundBlock.getType()))
            {
                destination = groundBlock;
                groundBlock = destination.getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN);
                distanceDown++;
            }
        }

        // Also check for a ledge above the target
        Block ledge = null;
        if (!isPassthrough && (!face.equals(target.getRelative(BlockFace.DOWN)) || autoAscend))
        {
            ledge = target;
            Block inFront = face;
            Block oneUp = ledge.getRelative(BlockFace.UP);
            Block twoUp = oneUp.getRelative(BlockFace.UP);
            Block faceOneUp = face.getRelative(BlockFace.UP);
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Damage and subsequent changes to the primary nail elements (nail bed, plate or the nail base) can cause the nail to thicken. This can be from something as little as stubbing your toe or something more obvious like dropping something on your foot.
Fungal nail infections typically give the nail a brown or yellow tinge and can be followed by thickening. They may also become flaky with a white tinge or develop an unpleasant odour. Unfortunately, bacterial infections can have the same effect.
Daily activities that put pressure on the nail can irritate the nail and cause it to separate from the nail bed. As a result of the repetitive pressure - which may be due to something as simple as tight footwear and hence the nail regularly hitting the edge of the shoe, may result in nail thickening.
As we grow older our bodies change. Some of these changes, such as metabolic factors and reduced blood flow, can contribute to toenail thickening.
Disease and illness can impact our toenails. This can include diabetes, eczema, psoriasis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, cancer and much more. Generally any ailment that impacts blood flow and circulation may have this effect.
After identifying the cause, treatment (where possible) may be as straightforward as treating your fungal or bacterial nail infection, or may be more difficult where the changes are permanent. If the changes are permanent, you still have plenty of options to reduce the nail thickness as much as possible to a relatively normal thickness. This may involve using a nail drill to reduce thickness. Because each case (and the condition of the nails) is different, your podiatrist will advise you on the best course of action tailored to your feet to give you the best clinical outcomes.
One thing that's for sure is that you don't just have to put up with thick, uncomfortable and discoloured nails - get in touch with your podiatrist today and feel comfortable wearing your open- toed shoes in the summer!


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Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas
Robert's Birding Information: Klaas's Cuckoo
The Klaas's Cuckoo is a Southern African bird that belongs to the cuculidae bird family group which includes birds such as Old World Cuckoos, Malkohas.
The description for the Klaas's Cuckoo (Latin name Chrysococcyx klaas) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Chrysococcyx klaas can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 385 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 211. You will find a picture of the Klaas's Cuckoo on page 208.
NOTE: The reference for the information following is "Roberts Birds of Southern Africa", 7th Edition*. This edition contained a number of taxonomic changes as well as changes to English names used traditionally and in earlier editions of most bird books in South Africa. The following paragraph notes such changes if any.
There have been no changes in the common name between the Roberts 6th and Roberts 7th Edition. There have been no changes in the Latin name for the Klaas's Cuckoo between the Roberts 6th and Roberts 7th Edition.
The Klaas's Cuckoo is known in Afrikaans as Meitjie.
The Klaas's Cuckoo has a height of 18 cms and weighs around 26 gms. The head is coloured green while the bill is coloured green. The Chrysococcyx klaas has a white coloured throat, green legs and a green coloured back. The eyes are brown.
The male Chrysococcyx klaas has physical features that are slightly different from the female bird.
Take note of the bird's main distinguishing features such as colour, size and leg length relative to the body size of the bird. Colours of a bird's body parts can be helpful. Be aware what may appear brown to one person is described in Roberts Birds using some other word ... for example brown, black. See colours used in Roberts.
Head is green.
Eyes are brown.
Bill is green.
Legs are green.
Throat is white.
Back is green.
Klass's Cuckoo Feeding Habits ...
The Klaas's Cuckoo is usually seen hunting for food within the tree foliage.
The Chrysococcyx klaas attacks its prey aerially and feeds on wing or takes the prey to a secluded venue where it is killed, torn into small pieces and eaten.
This bird eats insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants. These invertebrates are usually hawked aerially, killed and then eaten.
Klass's Cuckoo Breeding, Habitat and Nesting Habits ...
The Klaas's Cuckoo is a monogamous bird which means that the bird finds and breeds with one partner for the rest of its life. The bird lays between 1per host nest eggs and they are coloured green.
The Klaas's Cuckoo does not built its own nest but rather invades the nest of other birds. If the bird does not find an empty nest it will attack the host (original nest owner) and displace it.
The Klaas's Cuckoo is mainly found in light and densely wooded forests, where there are Mopane trees.
This bird is very common in most of the Southern African Forests.
The bird is an urban dweller as well, being at home in parks, gardens and in old vacated buildings.
Seen in Flocks, Singles or Pairs Normally ...
The Klaas's Cuckoo is mainly seen singly or in pairs in the wild.
It is also seen in flocks.
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department's "show and tell" did just that last week.
Firefighters demonstrated to preschoolers on Jan. 13 their clothing, equipment and fire engine at the Alexander Hughes Community Center in Claremont.
Fire Capt. John Cox said the day was about creating a "lasting impression" with the children that firemen are positive and answering questions about what actions to take during a fire.
"They know the stop, drop and roll so we have that to build on," Cox said about working with the preschoolers.
During Cox and his colleagues' presentation, youths learned to not hide in a closet or under the bed in a fire so firefighters can locate them.
Other insights obtained at the event included calling for help if smoke is seen, that firefighters clothing is fire-resistant and not fireproof, and a loud, piercing noise signifies a firefighter has not moved for 30 seconds during an emergency.
City youth programming coordinator Krista Dieringer would also add additional comments to the firefighters' words such as during the piercing noise part of the program.
"So if he gets hurt, his partners can help him," Dieringer said.
After Cox and his colleagues engineer John Kemp and firefighter/paramedic Art Garza had to leave to another call, children said they enjoyed the program.
Justin Jackson, 4, was excited about about the day.
The show and tell event took place from 10 to 11 a.m. while 10 to 20 kids attended.
The city of Claremont ABC's For Me preschool program includes two different programs within it.
The Preschool for Me year-round program for ages 2 1/2 to 5 years old is run from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Alexander Hughes Community Center. Fees for this program start at $325 for Tuesday through Thursday, $487 for Monday, Wednesday and Friday and $813 for all five days.
The Tiny Tots at Lewis Park program is also for ages 2 1/2 to 5 years old but from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday. Fees for this program start at $110 for Tuesday through Thursday, $130 for Monday, Wednesday and Friday and increase to $265 for all five days.
Scholarship programs for the programs are available for qualified families.
For information on the preschool programs, contact the city at 909-399-5491 or 909-399-5490.


Situated in Jadrići in the Split-Dalmatia County region Six-Bedroom Holiday Home in Dicmo Osoje is a 4-star property boasting free WiFi. Guests staying at this holiday home have access to a fully equipped kitchen. The holiday home offers an outdoor pool. Split is 17 km from Six-Bedroom Holiday Home in Dicmo Osoje. The nearest airport is Split Airport 24 km from the accommodation.


10/12/2014 · If you want a dust free screen you need to buy a new screen protector. In my case it was my fault. I removed the screen protector as it wasn't fit to perfection. In doing so dust got caught in the middle and that's it!
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Cuozzo Pans Eureka, Oddfellows Rolls Out Ice Cream Sandwiches, and More Intel
The Livanos Group is opening a new restaurant on 12th Avenue, plus more news.
by Greg Morabito Sep 30, 2015, 10:45am EDT
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[The dining room at Elan. Solid Wednesday night dinner choice.]
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— Steve Cuozzo is not a fan of the 14-course menu that teen chef Flynn McGarry is serving at his NYC pop-up Eureka. The Post critic writes that it's "a rather ridiculous rip-off, especially if you add $80 to the $160 meal cost for the worst wine pairings ever." Cuozzo also notes: "McGarry's handlers, which include a Hollywood agent, have thrust him into the spotlight like a circus animal just learning to walk — a strategy that will not help a career that has yet to actually exist." The kid can cook some beets, though.
— Sam Mason, Mohan Kumar and Holiday Kumar are overhauling the menu at their East Village location of their ice cream hit Oddfellows. Starting this weekend, the shop will serve ice cream sandwiches, plus treats made with warm brioche buns and ice cream called "Odd Pockets." Guests will be able to select the components of their own ice cream sandwiches, but the menu will also include a few "signatures." Scoops and cones will also still be available. The store is now called "Oddfellows Ice Cream Sandwich Shop."
— Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema files his impressions on a recent 10 day eating and shopping trip to NYC — which included a visit to Flushing with his colleague and "distant relation" Robert Sietsema. Tom had some great meals along with a few duds. Here's the critic on those disappointments:
New Yorkers tend to get pretty excited about even routine Mexican food, perhaps because Mexican isn't one of the market's many strengths. The raves lavished on Cosme, a current darling in the Flatiron District, wouldn't apply to my dinner there and left my companions scratching their heads, as well. And a dinner at Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn suggested the icon had seen better days. Everything about the place felt tired, including a waiter who seemed to be sleepwalking and a porterhouse missing its trademark mineral tang. Maybe you have to be a native to love the place.
In Brooklyn, Sietsema digs Shalom Japan, Marlow & Sons, and Hometown Bar-B-Que.
— Pretty people love eating vegan food, especially in California. But the diet/lifestyle is popular in NYC too, and restaurants like Avant Garden, By Chloe, Superiority Burger, and The Butcher's Daughter have plenty of vegan options. Dirty Candy's Amanda Cohen, who is not a vegan, points out: "It's a big commitment to get that glow...It's not cheap. It's not for the peasants."
— Although some people are complaining about the food and the service at Jonathan Waxman's new Central Park South restaurant, Franktastic is a fan:
GREAT meal at J. Waxman's new Jams (NYC). Word to wise: get calamari app., the amazing fries and do not skip dessert.
— Frank Bruni (@FrankBruni) September 30, 2015
— Livanos Restaurant Group is opening a new project in the Durst Organization's VIA 57 West development over on 12th Avenue. No word yet on what type of cuisine it will serve or what it will be called, but the restaurant will inhabit a 7,000-square-foot ground floor space in the building's southeast corner. Livanos currently operates six restaurants across the city including Molyvos and Oceana.
— The team from Paris's acclaimed Le Chateaubriand will be cooking at Contra on October 9 and 10. Email: info@contranyc.com to get a reservation:
2 year celebration reserve @ info@contranyc.com
A photo posted by Contra (@contrany) on Sep 28, 2015 at 8:52am PDT
— Mario Batali, April Bloomfield, Seamus Mullen, Johnny Iuzzini, and a bunch of other famous chefs are participating in a new food and music festival in Jamaica this November called Nyamjam. Tickets for the dinners are now available online.
— And finally, here is how to make eggs like Wylie Dufresne:
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PHYS 410 covers topics in analytical mechanics using vector operators and differential equations.
Browser: Students must use Firefox, or Internet Explorer 7 or 8 and the free software MathPlayer in order to view mathematical notation on the web.
Equation Editor: The instructor prefers that students use an equation editor to create and insert equations into their work. Options include using the equation editor that comes with Microsoft Word or purchasing a more powerful tool called MathType by Design Science. Students who are unable to access an equation editor must have very good handwriting and be able to scan their legible handwritten work into a PDF file.
Prerequisite(s): For Western Carolina University students, the prerequisite for this course is PHYS 320 (Mathematical Methods of Physics) or MATH 256 (Calculus III). Other students should proficient in mathematics through calculus and have taken a good, year-long general physics course. Some knowledge of differential equations is also useful; students who have not taken a course in differential equations will need to work harder to do well in this course.


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UGA Libraries GALILEO
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Guide to Women's Oral Histories at the Russell Library
Guide to Women's Oral Histories at the Russell Library: Home
UGA and Athens
Disability Community and Activism
First Person Project
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
About the Russell Library
The Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies at the University of Georgia Libraries was established in 1974. The Library has become a center for research and study of the modern American political system, with particular emphasis on the role of Georgia and the increasingly diverse people, events, and ideas that shape Georgia's modern political landscape.
The Russell Library holds more than 500 archival collections from 1900 to the present. These collections include federal and state appointees, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, judges, mayors, political activists and observers, political party records, and public policy organizations such as the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, Leadership Georgia, the ACLU of Georgia, and the Athens-Clarke County League of Women Voters.
This guide aims to outline the Oral History collections at the Richard B. Russell Library that feature women. The Russell Library houses over 300 political collections; many of these document the myriad ways that women have shaped Georgia and the United States. These include women who were involved at the University of Georgia and in Athens, and those involved with different political and activist movements. We hope this LibGuide can help students research these collections.
This guide was prepared by Madison Ingram, project archivist at the Richard B. Russell Library, and funded by a generous donation from Margaret Bennett, wife of former U.S. Ambassador William Tapley Bennett, Jr.
Guide Index
Home Find out some basic information about this guide and the Richard B. Russell Library.
Politics Oral Histories that highlight women's experiences in political movements, including party politics and the Civil Rights Movement.
UGA and Athens These oral histories are comprised of those recording the history and life at the University of Georgia and in Athens.
Music These histories highlight the stories of female musicians and music teachers in Athens and across Georgia.
Disability Community and Activism These histories include oral histories highlighting the lives and work of members of the disability community.
Agriculture and Environment These histories are focused on the agricultural and ecological changes in Georgia and the rest of the United States.
First Person Project The First Person Project collects personal narratives and oral histories documenting life in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
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Is the Air in Buenos Aires Good?
Buenos Aires means 'good air' in Spanish, but does that mean that when the Spanish arrived here, they thought that the Air was Good? It seems like it! Also many friends or aquantancies of mine like to joke about that : "is the air good in Buenos Aires?", they like to ask.
That the air is far from good today, is something that is beyond doubt. When a bus or an old truck passes you automaticaly hold your breath in an effort not te get poisened. But we can imagine that in 1537 the air was quite good here. But that does not seem to justify the name. Who on earth in the 16th century would have the audacity to call a city 'Good Air', instead of giving it the name of a king or queen (Carlos or Isabella), or to name it after the general who conquered or founded the place (Pedro de Mendoza), or after a saint? Right, no one.
But when Pedro de Mendoza came to Buenos Aires, he built a fortress. This fortress he didn't call Buenos Aires, he called it "Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre". Right. A saint.
In 1370 there was a ship that had gotten into a very bad storm in the mediterranian sea, and it was about to be wrecked. In an effort to save the ship, the sailors started to throw their load into the sea. At the same moment that one of the boxes touched the water, the storm stopped. This particular box showed them the course to the coast, which then saved their lives. They set foot on land at the bottom of the mountain called "Bonaria". At the top of the mountain there was a monastery, and the sailors took the 'magic' box and brought it to the monks.When the monks opened the box, they found a picture of the saint "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" and from that moment, this Señora de la Candelaria was also called "la Señora de la Bonaria". And above this, this saint got the 'job' to protect all sailors.
Traveling the seven seas to find India, or 'new land', was a very dangerous job. Many ships perished, many sailors never came back. So before sailing off to the Americas, many ships first passed by Bonaria (which is on the island of Sardinia, next to the Italian coast) to get the blessing of this saint. So did Pedro de Mendoza before he set sail to the west. Promissing that the 1st city he would found would be named after this saint.
He didn't found a 'city', as to have a city you need to have a 'cabildo', the cabildo was build only in 1580. So he officially founded a 'fortress', which he called 'Fuerte de Nuestra Señora del Buen Ayre". Which later became the for us so famous (and loved) 'Buenos Aires'.
So if the Airs in 1537 here were good or bad, it didn't matter at all.
The Botanical garden is situated between Santa Fe and Las Heras. It is quite small, and compared to the Rosedal, it does not have this peace and quiet… the noisy traffic is very present. When I first visited it in 2003 it was neglected, I thought it was because of the crisis, but now it still is. It needs a good clean up! I had expected that with the 110th aniversary it would have had that clean up.
Although it has a big variety of trees and there a lot of nice statues, this park is really not my favourite.
Rosedal, designed by Càrlos Thays.
I finally managed to visit the rosegarden, a part of the Parque de 3 de Febrero (Bosques de Palermo), designed by Carlos Thays (read my previous post about this landscape artist). Although the roses were at its end (or maybe they just suffered from the rain, I am (still) not quite used to the reversed seasons here), it was still magnificent. So many roses, such a quiet and peacefull park. I absolutely loved it! The only bad thing I can say is that the parkguards are a bit too strict in my opinion, I wasn't even alowed to put one foot -very carefuly- on the grass to take pictures. I was a bit dissapointed about this but my pics turned out OK.
A lot is said about Colonia; A lot of (perma-) tourists from Argentina go there for the day, and (as I am told) a lot of Argentines to get some cash. Some people say it is really nice, being UNESCO world heritage, but others say it is just boring and there is nothing to do or see. So I went to check it out for myself.
I took the 12:30 rapid Buquebus from BA to Colonia (only 1 hour) just in time to have a good lunch. Well. Good lunch. A lunch it was, it was OK, but not really high standards as if to spend half an afternoon in the restaurant. Let's say we 'enjoyed' lunch. Then we had about 5 hours left to explore the city….
Colonia, founded in 1690 by the Portugues and has been changing hands between Portugal and Spanin over their entire history until their independance in 1828 . It is a very small and very touristy town and the 'centro historico' is really nice, but so small that in 2 hours you have seen it all. We had 6 hours (in total including dinner and several drinks); and I think we can say we saw everything and we took pictures of about anything(one has to keep busy).
Today I went to the Malba. Some time ago there was an exhibition of Andy Warhol that was not really worth a visit, but now there is an exhibition of Grete Stern that is really good. She made photomontages with black and white photos that are really nice.
She was born in Germany in 1904 and, being a jew, fled to Argentina in 1936 where she worked for a magazine 'Idilio'. This was a typical womens magazine of mid 20th century, for which she made these photomontages of womens' dreams. I had never heard of her before, but I find her work really fascinating. Presenting (womens'(?)) dreams or sometimes even nightmares in such a way that you easy recognise your own. I absolutely loved it. Unfortunately they did not sell a catalogue of this exhibition, and I wasn't alowed to take picures myself, so the pictures added here are downloaded from the internet. Just to give you an idea. You should defenitely visit this exhibition.
In the Malba until the 5th of april.
Having visitors from Belgium means it is time to act the tourist. As my mother has visited Buenos Aires a couple of times, she has seen all the 'classics' and we needed to get some alternatives. So we asked our friend José, (who happens to have a travel agency) and he gave us a few tips, like this one.
We were picked up at our appartment and brought to San Fernando, where we got on a small private motorboat (max cap 6 people). We sailed a bit around the rivers and canals, enjoying the beautiful view. With the view on the citylights of Buenos Aires we threw the ancor and had picadas.
I can really recommend this trip – although don't forget to take warm clothes 🙂 we were freezing! For those who are not into boating, or live too far, I add a few pictures!
Everyone in Argentina will have noticed. This year they are celebrating their 200th year of independence. There will be a lot of festivities this year, and this is one of them. Together with Chile, Argentina has organised this bicentennial regatta. About 12 beautiful old sailboats are participating in a tour in Latin America, and right now they are here in Buenos Aires. I have seen something similar and as impressive about 16 years ago in Antwerp. It is worth a visit. Tomorrow they are leaving so if you can go then you will see them set sail (literally) to Isla de los Estados.
I offer you some photos. Enjoy.
I was just 'passing' through the harbour on the 9th, the day the ships were about to leave. Just when we were there the "Libertad" (Argentina) was pulled outside the harbour. They let white and blue balloons fly, fired the cannons, while the sailors where up in the mast to set the sails. I managed to take this photo from behind glass. Immediately I wanted to stay and watch the others leave, but they were taking their time. This is all I got to see. I was hoping to see this one set his sails, but as for as we could see they didn't. Yes the wind was coming from ahead, but I wouldn't think that these vessels would prefer to on engine because of the wind….
The Weathergods are acting strangely.
Or so it seems. I used to come to Argentina quite often, but I have only been living here for the last 6 months. Since september it has been raining 'a lot' here. Let's say once a week or at least once very 10 days. I thought, well, I suppose this is the 'rainy season', but month after month this weather continued. Exept for maybe a few extremely hot and dry weeks in januari when everyone was crying for the rain to come and cool off. People complain, too hot, too much rain. They almost sounded like Belgians ! (undoubtetly the absolute champions in complaining about the weather).
They all blamed El Niño.
Well as a Belgian I must say -shame on me- that El Niño is a far-from-my-bed-show. Weather there is always unstable. Sometimes too hot, sometimes too cold,… but we never look for an explanation for that. It's just like that. Even if it were El Niño it didn't bother us more then it should : we know El Niño from the news, from the droughts and floods in other parts of the world. But now that everyone here talks about it I decided to look a few things up and share it with other ignorant Belgians (or others).
No El Niño is not a recent phenomenon, as I thought. It is not a consequence of global warming, but the influence gets stronger because of global warming. The phenomenon has been known for more then 300 years, it comes every 2 to 7 years, sometimes strong, sometimes weak. It is said to have been the origin of famines in history, of endings of old Peruvian societies and more.
It is also called ENSO (El Nino Southern Oscilliation), El Niño because it is a phenomenon that usually comes around christmas, el Niño being christ. An Oscillation being a change in athmospere, (i.c. a change in surface pressure). It is a climate patern that originates in the tropical Pacific ocean, where the surface temperatures of the ocean rises compared to normal (El Niño) and the surface presures in the western pacific are high (southern Oscilliation). But this is getting too technical and I leave this to the experts.
The consequences are that in South America (Peru and Ecuador) the summer is warm and very wet, causing major floods. The west coasts get less cold water and the fish populations deminishes. It is said that Brasil and Northern Argentina get wetter weather then normal in spring and early summer. The dry periods are hotter then normal and the water evaporates faster then normal. In Indonesia and Australia El Nino causes exeptional draughts.
So that explains the rains we had from september to december. But I didn't come to februari yet. After the extremely hot and dry month of januari El Niño did a good job in Argentina and caused thunderstorms that gave more rain in 2 hours then in a "normal" day of really bad storms, causing floods in the center of the town as wel in suburbs. In the month of februari we had more then 1/3th of the rain we normally get in a year.
But the best is yet to come. Februari is considered a dry month, march and april are the wet months, the Servicio Meterologico Nacional (SMN) predicts more rain then normal to come, and can not exclude that we will have more of those exeptional heavy thunderstorms like we had in februari.
Maybe they should get in touch with the Weathergods and see what they can do. Quizás.


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"5/4" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz and is the second track on their 2001 self-titled debut album. According to the Gorillaz biography Rise of the Ogre, "5/4" was originally intended to follow "Clint Eastwood" as a single, but was instead replaced by "19-2000" at the "last minute." The storyboards Jamie Hewlett had started for the accompanying music video before the switch were later included on the DVD Phase One: Celebrity Take Down. The title is a reference to the  time signature of the guitar riff that appears throughout the track. The song was performed live by the band on their first tour, and was subsequently brought back on the Humanz Tour, with Jehnny Beth taking lead vocals.

Music video
Although production for the track's music video was never finished, a storyboard from Gorillaz' 2002 compilation DVD, Phase One: Celebrity Take Down, includes an animatic for the scrapped "5/4" music video. The video opens with a brief image of a woman masturbating that is censored by the Gorillaz logo. Each of her breasts is covered by a blue star. It proceeds with Gorillaz performing for a crowd upon a raised platform (the platform is in the shape of a bone).  Murdoc is playing with the band when he sees a group of women on a platform next to theirs; however, the platform is too far away to get to.  Murdoc then takes off his clothes until he is in completely nude, then attempts to jump to the platform with the women on it, but he instead fails to reach it and he falls into the crowd below.

Personnel
Damon Albarn – vocals, guitars, synthesizers, bass guitars
Miho Hatori – additional vocals
Kid Koala – turntables
Tom Girling – drum programming, Pro Tools, engineering
Jason Cox – drums, drum programming, engineering
Tim Burrell – engineering
Toby Whelan – engineering assistance
Howie Weinberg – mastering

References

External links
  (A video showing the story board of the would-be music video from the Phase 1 DVD)

2001 songs
Gorillaz songs
Songs written by Damon Albarn
Songs written by Jamie Hewlett
Masturbation in fiction
Art rock songs