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Pop rocker Pink and her husband Carey Hart made their way out of a day spa in Sydney. As always pink showed off her love of all black in this leather jacket and black leather shoulder bag.
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Pink kept warm in her leather jacket and black knit beanie. We love how pink spices up her short locks with a ton of hair accessories such as this one.
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Scribblenauts will be coming to the Wii U in HD, giving players an insight into Maxwell's story. Players can use the Wii U touchpad to design and edit creations to add to the world, like the auto mutt shown, going above and beyond the previous Scribblenauts games' word entry capabilities. Scribblenauts Unlimited will also add a multiplayer component to Maxwell's doodle-filled world.
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Adobe has released a new version of Flash, fixing a critical security issue for Flash running on Windows, Macintosh and Linux that could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Please update your systems soon.
Windows users should update to 126.96.36.199.
Macintosh users should update to 220.127.116.11.
Linux users should update to 220.127.116.115.
Also, if you are running Windows and using both Internet Explorer *and* another web browser (i.e. Firefox, Opera or Safari), you will need to install the update twice; once using Internet Explorer and again with the other browser(s). Internet Explorer uses ActiveX for Flash, and the other browsers use a plugin. (Internet Explorer 10 and 11 on Windows 8, as well as Chrome on all platforms, include a feature to automatically update Flash.)
For more information, see https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb16-29.html, and for direct links to software downloads see http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html.


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Ex-police chief caught stealing Xbox gaming systems
East St. Louis, IL (KSDK) – NewsChannel 5 has learned that the former head of the East St. Louis Police Department pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday morning.
Michael Baxton Sr. stepped down as police chief Wednesday afternoon, citing personal reasons at the time. He pleaded guilty to felony charges of stealing evidence and making false statements to federal investigators.
Baxton, 49, posted bond later in the day and is awaiting sentencing, set for April 27.
In May 2011, Baxton was hired by the Village of Alorton to serve as the police chief. The previous Alorton police chief, Robert Cummings, pleaded guilty to unrelated federal tax crimes. Baxton served as Alorton police chief until October 14, 2011, when state authorities decertified Baxton as a police officer after discovering he had at one time received two felony convictions from 1982.
On November 17, 2011, a St. Clair County judge reinstated Baxton's law enforcement credentials. Shortly after being reinstated, Baxton was hired to be the next police chief of East St. Louis, a position her served in from November 30, 2011 to January 18, 2012.
Baxton resigned as part of his plea agreement to the charges against him.
Meanwhile, a federal investigation was underway into allegations of corruption within the Village of Alorton by various public officials.
In the months following Baxton's appointment as police chief, several officers in the Alorton Police Department complained to federal investigators that Baxton showed favorable treatment to arrestees who were family members or associates of certain Alorton residents or of Baxton himself. Officers further accused Baxton of failing to send evidence to the Illinois State Police crime lab for testing, or of stealing evidence fron the secured evidence room within the chief's office.
Federal agents arranged an undercover sting operation against Baxton. They abandoned a federally-owned covert vehicle and reported it stolen, registered to a fictitious Illinois business.
Baxton and another officer, working with the FBI in an undercover capacity, responded to the call of an abandoned vehicle. They found five Xbox 360 video game consoles inside the car. Baxton took four of the consoles and told the other officer to take the fifth one for himself.
Agents with the IRS and FBI interviewed Baxton on January 5. He denied ever taking anything while working as a police officer. At one point, Baxton blamed another officer for the theft, saying that officer took all the devices. When confronted with evidence that authorities knew he took the devices, Baxton apologized and assisted in recovering the four consoles he stole.
Baxton faces up to 10 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release on the theft of government property charge. The crime of making a false statement to a federal law enforcement officer is punishable by up to five years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release.


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AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL TAKES A LOOK BACK - With the finale only six weeks away, never-before-seen footage includes Bianca's confrontations with Chantal and Ebony, and Jenah chips her tooth. Later, Tyra talks to the girls about body image and Bianca runs into a glass door and hurts her lip. This episode recaps the process that the eight remaining girls have survived in hopes of becoming America's Next Top Model (#913).


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Host of big leaguers hail from small-town life
Luebke, Stammen show smallest communities can produce Major League talent
Cory Luebke did not know much about manure.
One Spring Training morning, Padres manager Bud Black asked Luebke to deliver a presentation about his hometown of Maria Stein, Ohio. In preparation, the pitcher scanned the Internet for notable natives from his community. He found mentions of only himself and Joseph Oppenheim, the inventor of the mechanized manure spreader.
"It wasn't a very long presentation," Luebke said. "There's not a whole lot going on in the area."
Major Leaguers hail from all across the globe, from backgrounds of every variation. That includes players, such as Luebke, who originate from towns too small to even merit a spot on most maps.
Yankees slugger Travis Hafner finished as valedictorian of a class of eight students at his high school in Sykeston, N.D. The hometown of Tigers outfielder Andy Dirks -- Haven, Kan. -- occupies a little more than half of a square mile. After spending his summers playing before crowds of 30,000, Nationals reliever Craig Stammen visits his native North Star, Ohio, which hosts a population of slightly more than 200.
"The way I grew up -- I wouldn't trade it for anything," said Stammen, who played against Luebke from Little League through high school.
It is one thing to stand out in a village of a few hundred people. It is another to receive the attention necessary to pursue a big league career.
"You just keep playing," said Stammen, who proceeded to play at the University of Dayton before the Nationals selected him in the 12th round of the 2005 Draft. "My thought was always to just get to the next level. Things worked out."
Luebke's hometown rests on about one square mile of land, a vast open plot that permits residents to spot ominous storm clouds rolling in from afar. Farmers can see rain in the distance before the precipitation arrives on their coveted soil. At sunset on a tranquil summer evening, the boundless horizon boasts vivid shades of orange and pink.
In the middle of town, across the street from a grain factory and an oil company, sits Buster and Jeff's Korner Kafe. Jeff Schwieterman's family has operated a restaurant at the intersection since 1961. Luebke's framed jersey hangs on one of the wood-paneled walls.
"I think everyone has that jersey hanging in this town," Schwieterman said.
The establishment overflows with patrons on Friday nights during high school football season. This fall, the Marion Local Flyers, who play their home games about a five-minute walk from the restaurant, will vie for their third consecutive state championship. But the former members of Division VI will do so in a new league.
"They created a Division VII, and we fell down into it," Schwieterman said. "That's how small we are."
A driver can start at the "Home of Major League pitcher Corey Luebke" sign and zip through Maria Stein in about 120 seconds, passing giant fields of grass, passing a handful of mailboxes bearing family surnames, passing children offering yellow plastic cups filled with lemonade for 50 cents. A golf cart repair shop serves as a boundary to the bordering community to the south.
"We don't even have a stoplight," Luebke said.
There is one stoplight in North Star, about 15 minutes southwest of Maria Stein. Stammen's town maintains a simple setup: The community centers around one main intersection.
"There's a plumbing store, a camper store, a gas station with a Subway," Stammen said. "That's about it."
Stammen is a bit overshadowed in his hometown. Renowned gunslinger Annie Oakley was born in the area in 1860. Just before the lineup of vibrant red and blue tractors and plows outside of North Star Hardware stands signage commemorating Oakley and welcoming travelers to the tiny town.
It presents a stark contrast to the cities that Major Leaguers tour throughout the season.
"Sometimes you're like, 'Man, this city is a lot bigger than anything I've ever seen,'" Dirks said.
Dirks' parents still hold the same jobs and dwell in the same house in which the outfielder was raised. A cluster of trees surrounds the abode, which sits on a large plot of crop land.
Haven does not have any traffic lights. It does have one four-way stop. It is the sort of town where everyone knows one another.
Maria Stein shares that trait. Schwieterman can point anyone in the direction of the Luebke household.
"When he's home, he usually stops by everywhere," Schwieterman said.
For Luebke, that is just a matter of returning the favor. Five years ago, the southpaw was pitching for the Class A Fort Wayne TinCaps before droves of friends and family, who made the trek of 1 1/2 hours via school bus to watch his starts.
Now, the town of Maria Stein watches from afar as Luebke continues his recovery from elbow surgery.
Setting up for a modest dinner rush, Schwieterman surveys his beer supply. He asks his son -- perched on an adjacent bar stool -- if he had heard any whispers about the hurler's progress in his rehabilitation.
Luebke has spent most of his recovery time in San Diego, where he has crossed paths with players from all over the planet.
"You grow up in that area, and you're kind of closed-minded, because you don't really know what the rest of the world has," Stammen said. "Meeting all of these people from different cities and part of the country, it's opened my eyes, and it's neat to be able to play with those kinds of people and learn how they grew up and apply it to your life."
Luebke's presentation that spring morning was the only one to involve details about the methods of dispersing manure. It was not the only intriguing one, though.
"Everybody has an interesting story when you get up here," Luebke said. "There are so many ways guys make it up to this level, and they come from so many different places."


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Strikeforce light heavyweight prospect Lorenz Larkin won't lie. Getting a new opponent a week before fight time is a big deal.
Most would say the opposite. Nothing fazes them. Everything stays the same. Not so for Larkin.
"As a fighter those type of things are big," Larkin recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "Not that big if it happens weeks down the road, not too far into camp. But a week notice is a big thing. It's a big curveball. So yeah, it plays a big effect."
Larkin (11-0 MMA, 2-0 SF) originally was scheduled to meet Virgil Zwicker (10-2 MMA, 1-1 SF) in the headliner of Strikeforce Challengers 19, which takes place Friday at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. The event's main card airs live on Showtime.
But Zwicker wasn't to be, and an injury took him out of action. In his place went Nick Rossborough (18-13 MMA, 0-0 SF), a quick flameout on "The Ultimate Fighter 7" who has put together an 11-4 record since the show.
"You hope and pray that they try to match you up around the same type of fighter you were training for," Larkin said. "But with one week's notice, you can only do so much. If it was on a smaller show, they just tend to get whoever.
"But on these bigger shows, they don't want to get this bum for you, so they've got to get someone fairly decent."
While Rossborough's record suggests more journeyman than prospect, he has the depth of experience that could present problems to Larkin. So when Strikeforce called him with the new opponent, he didn't jump at first. He weighed his options. You could say the undefeated Larkin is a bit more thoughtful than most. That, or he's just more honest about protecting his career.
Either way, he's not the kind of fighter to just jump into a situation.
"I always weigh the positives and negatives," Larkin said. "I always think about it. When they first told me, I didn't say yes. I sat down and talked about it."
Although he doesn't know much about Rossborough, Larkin feels his skills will carry him through the short-notice fight. But in the future, he wants to make sure he gets back on track fighting guys who will move him up the light-heavyweight ladder.
"I don't mind competition," he said. "I like it. That's the only way you'll get better. As long as my opponents keep getting better, that's what I want. I don't want to backpedal and get a lesser fighter than the last."
In his most recent appearance, Larkin earned perhaps the biggest win of his career when he outpointed highly touted prospect Gianpiero Villante. Before that, he stopped former K-1 kickboxer Scott Lighty.
Is Rossborough of the caliber that will win Larkin the type of notice that secures him a spot on bigger Strikeforce events? Hard to tell until the event. Rossborough does have career wins over UFC vets Jorge Lopez and Chris Camozzi, so he's obviously not a pushover.
Larkin just can't spend much more time thinking about the circumstances surrounding the fight. There's certainly no time to weigh his options inside the cage. If you're not fighting, you're losing.
"I'll be ready," he said. "I trained hard and I had a good camp. I feel good about the fight."
For the latest on Strikeforce Challengers 19, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
MMAjunkie.com Radio broadcasts Monday-Friday at noon ET (9 a.m. PT) live from the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino's Race & Sports Book. The show is hosted by Gorgeous George, MMAjunkie.com lead staff reporter John Morgan and producer Goze. For more information or to download past episodes, go to www.mmajunkie.com/radio.


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Welcome back to Thursday Thirteen! With the New Year resolutions looming in the near future, I am sharing with you 13 ways to remain organized in 2008 and for years to come. Click on the links for more details.
- Desk Calendar: I hide a large desk calendar inside my guest closet;
- Notebooks: Never again lose notes jotted on a scrap of paper. I have a tiny one in my purse for notes on the go; a small one near every phone and especially near the answering machine, just the right size for a name and phone number; regular school notebooks for projects, ideas, my blog, journals, etc.;
- Binders: I keep regular school binders by category such as my household binder;
- Flash Drives: I'm so excited flash drives were invented and have so drastically dropped down in price. I back up just about everything by category on flash drives. These days, you can even buy them in packs of 10! I have one for my photos, one for my blog, one for my recipes, one for my documents, etc.
- Easy Zipper Bags: These are not relegated to just the refrigerator. I use them in just about every room. They are particularly good to help children store and easily find their toys;
- Bread Bag Close Tabs: I use these in the freezer!
- Kitchen Colander: Really, I'm not crazy, and a colander does keep me organized — in the bathtub!!
- Plastic Grocery Bags: Paper or plastic? Plastic for me because they get reused in a whole slew of ways before finding themselves in the landfill;
- Trading Card Storage: Our son has lots of game and trading cards, and like his friends and their parents, we were having a hard time finding a good way to organize them at any price until I thought of using this free box.
- Keeping Our Bookcases From Breaking: My husband, our son and I are all avid readers so our bookcases are always bulging despite using the library. I recently found this solution and so far it seems to be working as it should. If any of you do this too, let all of us know how it's working for you. 🙂
- Letter Writing Containers: I like to write short notes and thank yous to make someone's day. I found it's a lot more likely to get done if I'm organized. I have a zippered binder in my car where I seem to spend too much time waiting. The binder is within arm's reach of the driver's seat and I keep it stocked with small blank notes, thank you cards, some stamps, pens and colored pencils, Post Its, paper clips, a small ruler, pencil sharpener, pretty stickers and address labels for both myself and the people I write to most often, an address book, and a calendar marked with birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions. I keep a pretty container stocked with the same items near my easy chair and by my bedside.
- Lazy Susans: I have no idea why they call Susan lazy when she's so smart, but she keeps the hard-to-reach back corners of my deep kitchen cabinets stocked with my mugs on one shelf and my glasses on another;
- Diaper Bag/Grown Boy or Girl Bag: Our son has outgrown diaper bags, but I used to keep one large bag in each car with extra supplies so that I would never run out of anything. I carried a small, light one everywhere we went on foot, but the big, heavy one remained in the car with everything a baby could possibly need because if you don't have it, that's when you'll need it. Today, I still keep a bag with non-spoiling munchies, water, spare socks, a blanket, drawing supplies, one or two toys, wipes, Kleenexes, picnic supplies and plastic grocery bags. Because we live far away from civilization, I'm ready for wasted time in waiting rooms or traffic jams, we can have an impromptu picnic at the park, and having had to run for our lives on several occasions because of California fires, I'd rather be ready like the Scouts.
- If you don't know what to do with all those Christmas cards you just received other than just throwing them in the recycling or trash bins, I have 13 great ways to reuse your Christmas cards.
Feel free to leave me comments, and if you are participating in Thursday Thirteen too, let me know you came by so that my readers and I can come visit your blog as well. 😉
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Mac and iPhone users will be familiar with Safari, but for a long time the web browser race for PC owners was a two horse race between Firefox and Internet Explorer. With the addition of Opera, Google Chrome and Apple Safari to the competition, there is now plenty of choice for web surfers. Available for both Windows and Mac, Safari boasts a familiar Apple look and feel, and brings a number of interesting features to the table.
Integrated support for PDF files means that there is no need to install a dedicated tool to view such documents when they are encountered online and the browser also makes it easy to return to sites you have previously visited. Safari logs each of the sites you visit and presents them in an iTunes style interface known as Cover Flow. This means that as well as using keywords to track down sites, it is also possible to browse through site preview images to allow for quick identification. In a similar vein, the Top Sites feature provides a graphical representation of your favourite web sites which can be visited with a single click.
With support for new, emerging and established web technologies, Safari is a browser with a strong focus on performance as well as security. Features, speed and good looks mean that Apple's web browser is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore and is well worth taking for a test drive.
Safari for Lion v6 is a brand new version. Key improvements found in Safari 6 for Lion include a unified search and Address bar, bringing Safari into line with rival browsers. It also sees the introduction of an Offline Reading List, Do Not Track privacy feature and new password pane.
Safari is everything a web browser should be and more. Whether it is your primary browser or not, it is well worth installing.


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Reviewed By Robert T (Tucson, AZ) Reviewed for a 1986 Chevy Corvette —5/31/2015 7:45 AM
Just had the cover two weeks. So far so good but the Arizona sun is brutal on covers. We will see how it holds up.
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Reviewed By John E (Brownsville, TX) Reviewed for a 1986 Chevy Corvette —3/18/2010 6:36 AM
Overall rating, excellent. The only negatives were some loose threads around the hem on the front left by the front tire and at the rear. It remains to be seen whether they are just loose threads or whether they will be directly related to the hem coming apart later on down the road. The other negative was the mirror pockets are really too large for the actual mirrors. Although they do fit, it is not really the "custom" touch. I could have probably done without them, however neither affects the overall performance of the cover which is outstanding. Overall buying experience from AutoAnyting was also flawless. Cover was delivered way before the anticipated delivery date.
Reviewed By Laurence F (Long Beach, CA) Reviewed for a 1986 Chevy Corvette —2/23/2010 12:08 PM
Actually decided on this cover based on previous reviews of other owners. Am exceptionally pleased with this cover. In California we need to address both rain, sun, and, in my case (Long Beach) Ocean air. For the money, this is ideal. Highly recommended.


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About Treatment Facilities
March 22, 2008
Our treatment facilities offer the most attentive care. We tailor a substance abuse recovery program to each addict. No matter what their needs, we have a method of treatment. You can rely on our experience. We know that you are suffering, and we want to help. Our history of success treating drug abuse has given us a knowledge base that we are proud of. We approach care from a long term standpoint. Addiction was not an immediate reaction to drug abuse. It took time to develop. We don't expect addiction recovery to be a reaction to joining our drug abuse treatment program. That will take time to develop as well. Read more
Addiction Recovery and Spousal Support
March 21, 2008
Relationships with family and friends play an important role in an individual's path to addiction recovery. Receiving support from loved ones is one indicator of whether the addict will be able to maintain long-term success. Many rehab facilities realize this and offer family counseling sessions to work through issues while the individual is in an addiction treatment program. Read more


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The aim of National Express Bus and The Metro is to have an overall positive impact on the environment, with journeys made on our services resulting in less pollution than would be the case if our customers chose other modes of transport.
We are committed to taking the lead in looking to maintain the environmental advantages of public transport and we will work with industry bodies and key stakeholders to achieve this. National Express Bus will report publicly on our environmental performance in the Group Corporate Responsibility Report.
Recognising that our operations can also have an impact on the environment, we are trying to minimise the effects through good management practice.
This policy will form the framework for setting and reviewing environmental objectives and targets:
The Engineering Director is the Board Director with specific responsibility for the environment.


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Boston, MA, U.S., and Taipei City, Taiwan—November 27, 2012—PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL) a leading global biopharmaceutical services provider, and the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) announced today that they have established an alliance. Under the agreement, PAREXEL and NTUH will collaborate to provide drug development services in Taiwan.
"Partnering with National Taiwan University Hospital further enhances our ability to meet the increasing demand from our clients to provide a full scope of Phase I-IV clinical trials in a rapidly growing market," said Joe Avellone, M.D., Corporate Senior Vice President, Clinical Research Services, PAREXEL International. "The National Taiwan University Hospital is well-known and highly respected in Taiwan. We are pleased to have the opportunity to work together to advance our biopharmaceutical clients' programs in the region and help them to compete more effectively in the global marketplace."
"We are delighted to collaborate with PAREXEL, a world-leading biopharmaceutical services provider" said Ming-Fong Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Superintendent at National Taiwan University Hospital. "PAREXEL has a wealth of experience in both local and global clinical development programs. This partnership will bring opportunities for both PAREXEL and NTUH to leverage our combined expertise in order to accelerate clinical development programs in Taiwan and meet patients' need for more effective treatments."
The alliance will drive greater efficiency for biopharmaceutical sponsors worldwide. As a center of excellence for clinical trials in Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region, the National Taiwan University Hospital is ideally positioned to support PAREXEL in delivering a superior clinical development service to local and global biopharmaceutical companies. The combined experience and development expertise of the two organizations will help to create innovative solutions for biopharmaceutical companies looking to develop or market their products within this important region.
About National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH)
NTUH started operations in 1895. NTUH's modern hospital was designed to support the concept of "patient-centered-care", by which treatment is delivered at the bedside whenever possible. The hospital endeavors to provide appropriate, effective, and compassionate care that is accessible, affordable, and culturally sensitive, and in all these respects it serves as a model to emulate for other hospitals and clinics across the nation. With more than 4,000 employees serving approximately 2,000 inpatient beds, 7,000 daily outpatient visits, and over 200 chemotherapy treatments per day, NTUH remains the best-known and highest-quality academic medical center in Taiwan. For more information, please visit http://www.ntuh.gov.tw/en/default.aspx
About PAREXEL International
PAREXEL International Corporation is a leading global bio/pharmaceutical services organization, providing a broad range of knowledge-based contract research, consulting, and medical communications services to the worldwide pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Committed to providing solutions that expedite time-to-market and peak-market penetration, PAREXEL has developed significant expertise across the development and commercialization continuum, from drug development and regulatory consulting to clinical pharmacology, clinical trials management, medical education and reimbursement. Perceptive Informatics, Inc., a subsidiary of PAREXEL, provides advanced technology solutions, including medical imaging, to facilitate the clinical development process. Headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts, PAREXEL operates in 70 locations throughout 51 countries around the world, and has approximately 13,330 employees. For more information about PAREXEL International visit www.parexel.com.
This release contains "forward-looking" statements regarding future results and events, including, without limitation, statements regarding expected financial results, future growth and customer demand. For this purpose, any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, the words "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "intends," "appears," "estimates," "projects," "will," "would," "could," "should," "targets," and similar expressions are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in this release involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual future results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements contained in this release. Important factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, risks associated with: actual operating performance; actual expense savings and other operating improvements resulting from recent and anticipated restructurings; the loss, modification, or delay of contracts which would, among other things, adversely impact the Company's recognition of revenue included in backlog; the Company's dependence on certain industries and clients; the Company's ability to win new business, manage growth and costs, and attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to complete additional acquisitions and to integrate newly acquired businesses or enter into new lines of business; the impact on the Company's business of government regulation of the drug, medical device and biotechnology industry; consolidation within the pharmaceutical industry and competition within the biopharmaceutical services industry; the potential for significant liability to clients and third parties; the potential adverse impact of health care reform; and the effects of exchange rate fluctuations and other international economic, political, and other risks. Such factors and others are discussed more fully in the section entitled "Risk Factors" of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 as filed with the SEC on November 8, 2012, which "Risk Factors" discussion is incorporated by reference in this press release.
The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates or views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
PAREXEL is a registered trademark of PAREXEL International Corporation, and Perceptive Informatics is a trademark of Perceptive Informatics, Inc. All other names or marks may be registered trademarks or trademarks of PAREXEL International Corporation, Perceptive Informatics, Inc. or their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.


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My little lad is a huge fan of Lego. In fairness who isn't? Although our house is overrun with the stuff and I've sustained multiple injuries by standing on various sharp little pieces in my bare feet, I love it too. It's an excellent, durable, creative toy and has given him, and consequently us, hours and hours of pleasure for several years now.
Lately he's been wary about showing me his most recent purchases – a series of top quality, mystery mini figures that come in sealed packages and are well within pocket money range. "Great idea", you say. "Yes", I agree BUT my objection is that in a world where half of us are women these cute little figures are overwhelmingly male. I know I may well be accused of carrying feminist thinking to its extremes in this instance but hey you have to get 'em young! What does everyone else think? Is this merely coincidence, a non-issue, or yet another example of marginalisation? At less than 20% representation for women are they merely reflecting real life? Yes, I know I should lighten up (before anyone says it) but the pervasive invisibility gets me down.
Series 1
Look at them. Aren't they cute! Amongst the first 16 the girls get to be nurses and cheerleaders. The boys have a lot more choice and can be zombies, magicians, clowns, deep sea divers, forest men, ninjas, spacemen, wrestlers, tribal hunters, cowboys, demolition dummies and cavemen. Even the robot is referred to as "he".
Series 2
Things are improving. Next 16 figures and the girls get to be lifeguards (a la Baywatch), pop stars and witches. The men get to be explorers, karate masters, maraca men, mime artists, traffic cops, pharaohs, ringmasters, skiers, Spartan warriors, vampires, surfers, weightlifters and disco dudes.
Series 3
By now my lad has taken to hiding them from me. In the latest series the girls get to be tennis players, hula dancers and snow boarders. The men get to be samurai warriors, sumo wrestlers, rappers, fishermen, tribal chiefs, elves, race car drivers, pilots, baseball players, mummies (the bandaged variety), space villains and gorilla suit guys. The alien is not assigned a gender so perhaps we can claim her too!


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Ira talks with HP Security Evangelist, Rafel Los. Topic: Business Application Security, and a different way to weigh risk.
Tales From The Dark Web
Just because they are behind bars doesn't mean your safe from members of the Dark Web.
Our Take on This Week's News
Record a cop, go to jail – Two Chicago residents who recorded their interactions with the police are facing felony charges… one is in jail… and their cases are drawing attention to an eavesdropping law that may be obsolete in the age of smart phones with audio and video recording capabilities.
Before we had Facebook, we had yearbooks – At the end of each year of high school, we'd write messages by hand, with a pen, never expecting anyone except the book's owner (and a select few friends) would see them. Now classmates dot com is buying up old yearbooks, and scanning and posting the contents, including our most private heartfelt messages. Read this account of describing one man's yearbooks, bought at an auction of the contents of his mother's basement, and the various personal messages from girls during his high school years… including a lengthy breakup letter from a serious relationship during his senior year.
In a potential windfall to attorneys that sue businesses that send out spam – California Appeals court has ruled that businesses can be held strictly liable for actions done by their affiliates (and sub-affiliates).
Trapster Hacked – If you own a smarphone, you might be using the free app Trapster. Trapster alerts you when you are driving near speed traps and traffic cams, and other law enforcement hazards. Attackers may have stolen email addresses, passwords, and other data.
January 28, 2011 is Data Privacy Day. Privacy Projects, is the official sponsor of Data Privacy Day. The goal is to put additional pressure on companies and to gain a better understanding that everyone's privacy is at stake.


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WinFTM is the mathematical heart of all the FISCHERSCOPE X-RAY devices. The high-performance software enables simple and intuitive operation of the X-ray fluorescence instruments. Beyond this, it also supports the users, leading them through each measurement task, irrespective of its complexity. Operational mistakes can therefore be easily avoided.
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What do I do when I get an awkward interview for 45 minutes and am not asked anything really? I eat an entire rotisserie chicken without acknowledging the fact that I have a rotisserie chicken and am eating it on stage during a q & a and while talking about working with Vice WHILE cracking a Khan joke.
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It's not all doom and gloom for bond investors.
Bondholders have had a rough summer with yields rising as the Federal Reserve considers ending its bond-buying stimulus program. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is close to its highest level in more than two-years as investors sell bonds in anticipation of less stimulus and, ultimately, higher interest rates.
As rates climb, newer bonds offer higher payments, making older bonds less attractive and pushes down their value. That hurts investors who own previously issued bonds that make lower interest payments.
Although rising interest rates are bad news for bondholders, investors shouldn't tar all bond funds with the same brush, says Eric Takaha of Franklin Templeton. Takaha is the co-lead manager of the Franklin Strategic Income fund, which invests in a wide range of bonds, and bond-like securities, both in the U.S. and overseas.
Many of these investments, such as high-yield bonds and bank loans are less sensitive to changes in interest rates than government Treasurys are. Instead, they're more closely linked to how the economy is performing and can do well in a period of rising interest rates.
In fact, only a small part of the Strategic Income fund's $10.3 billion portfolio is invested in Treasury notes and mortgage-backed bonds. Those are the parts of the market that are typically the most sensitive to a rise in interest rates.
Q: So rising Treasury yields don't impact all areas of the bond market in the same way?
A: Everyone kind of lumps fixed income all together and says, "Wow, if rates are going up, then there are not that many opportunities."
But the point is really, on an intermediate-term basis, there are a lot of pockets that have pretty low correlation with U.S. rates. You can still earn some pretty decent income and protect some of the downside in a period of rising rates.
Q: About 30 percent of your portfolio is invested in high-yield securities, what's your rationale?
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Traditionally, when you look over the medium term, when you have a period of rising rates, you actually see high yield bonds rally a bit, because the economy is doing OK and corporate earnings are doing OK.
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bubbleguuum,I can't seem to get .90 (or earlier versions) working with Roku Soundbridge client(s). Tried transcoding FLAC (WAV and LPCM), and also pulling down MP3 w/o transcoding, but in all cases SB displays "can't play selection" error message. Cycling through each selected file displays the same error.I have 2 SB's connected to the network. Browsing from the client devices works fine.
Also, .90 doesn't retain settings. Relaunching foobar returns to default settings in all cases.
v 0.91- new: ability to stream all file formats without any conversion to WAV/LPCM (option "stream all files in their orignal format if possible"). Exceptions are tracks with a subsong id (FLAC + CUE for example) which are always streamed as WAV or LPCM.
- Using foo_upnp to stream files to itself within the same foobar2000 instance crashes foobar2000.
- Multiple issues with the preferences page as long as the UPnP browser panel is visible. Users are advised to only use foo_upnp as a server or a client, but not both at the same time in a single foobar2000 instance.
I stongly suspect those device to not like the very long URLs the plugin generates. I have another naming scheme that produce way shorter and simpler URL at the expense of themnot to be valid between server restart which is usually no problem when used with such devices. I'll send you a test version if you wish we'll see how it goes.In the meantime, can you say if your device works with WMP or Nero Media Home as the server ?EDIT: I remember reading somewhere that the Popcorn Hour only support UPnP for video.
- fix broken directories dragged into a playlist
Quote from: bubbleguuum on 2009-02-26 19:13:03- fix broken directories dragged into a playlistOut of curiosity: how did you break that in first place? We've had components do things like this before, it would be interesting to know how exactly for future reference.
I can't see any foobar UPnP servers in the foobar UPnP browser anymore with version 0.92. WMP sees them fine, but crashes when trying to play vorbis (maybe some directshow filter problem), but plays WAV and MP3.
It is due a misuse of the undocumented filesystem::get_canonical_path() API. My plugin which use a filesystem subclass, was returning true in this function. It happens that in some cases (dropping the directory in a playlist is one of them) foobar core calls this function (from filesystem::g_get_canonical_path()) even if filesystem::is_our_path () or file_system::supports_content_type() returns false.
Curiously since services seems to not be initialized in the same order between foobar runs, sometimes my filesystem impl was registered after the legit file:// impl and there was no bug.
I have another question related to opening files. This plugin defines an input_entry subclass as well as a filesystem subclass. The only filesystem subclass purpose is to allow on upnp:// items the same file operations than http, namely copying remote files. The file operation dialog uses the item path to know what is the file extension for the copied file. I don't have any extension in my upnp:// paths so the copied files would be without extension. To overcome this I added the correct extension to my upnp:// path but in that case, when playing an upnp:// item in most case input_entry::open() was called but to my surprise in other cases it was filesystem::open(). In the case filesystem::open() was called it would then turn to later call the open() function of the http input_entry, which obviously don't work. So it seems the behaviour is different if a path has an extension or not. In my case I'd like it to have an extension to make file operations find the extension, but the call to filesystem::open() gets in the way in normal decoding. Any idea or workaround to solve that issue ?
QuoteMight there be a chance for native default user interface compatible version in the future?When the UI Elements SDK will be available this will be possible.
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We launched the best childhood game for you. One of the motivations of Brick Wall is simplicity. It does not have many fancy features but the blocks are big enough and easy to control so player can feel comfortable.
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Q: Can you direct me to where I can find a brownie-type recipe from the 1950s that was made with chopped dates? It is a childhood favorite I used to make with my Aunt Anne. She is long passed away.
I think it was a Hershey recipe? I have looked at various Hershey cookbooks and the Hershey website and cannot locate anything that seems right. It was a very chocolaty, chewy and rich and contained chopped dates.
—Cathy Stolarski, Mundelein
A: Questions like this are hard to answer. There are many recipes out there and who knows which was used by your aunt. You did offer some valuable clues: the 1950s time frame and the brand name, Hershey. I did a Google search and zeroed in on a recipe for chocolate date and nut bars in a 1971 revised edition of "Hershey's 1934 Cookbook," a promotional book created by The Hershey Co., the Hershey, Pa.-based chocolate giant.
At the same time, I also called the folks at Hershey's and asked for help. Anna Lingeris, the company's manager of Global Brand PR and Consumer Engagement, had the kitchen staff look for recipes featuring chopped dates that were published up through the 1950s. They found only two, both from "The Hershey Recipe Cookbook" of 1930.
Now you might say to me, well, these recipes are from 1930 and I enjoyed these brownies in the 1950s. That's true, but Aunt Anne had to have gotten that recipe somewhere. If you were a child of the 1950s or 1960s, she might have been a kid or a young adult in the 1930s when the recipes were published. Also, the recipes were reprinted over the years, including the 1934 book and its revisions, so your aunt might have found them in a later Hershey's book.
Lingeris wanted me to note neither recipe has been kitchen tested since 1992. Give both of them a try, then start tweaking proportions and ingredients to get it as close as your memory remembers. Your Aunt Anne probably did made similar adjustments to whatever recipe she used. We all do that with beloved recipes—we jigger amounts, streamline steps, add little flourishes to make them our own. Let me know how it goes.
I've left the Hershey brand names in these recipes but you can, of course, experiment with other chocolate products out there.
One thing to keep in mind with future searches is how you word your search online. Neither recipe from Hershey's has a title with the word "brownie" in it. No wonder you couldn't find them. Sometimes you need to search by ingredients and, in this case, a brand name like Hershey, to get results.
Hershey's chocolate date and nut bars
Makes: 2 dozen bars
2 eggs
1/2 cup each: granulated sugar; sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons Hershey's chocolate flavored syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup each: chopped walnuts, chopped dates
Powdered sugar (garnish)
1.Beat eggs in medium bowl. Gradually add granulated sugar, beating until well blended. Stir together flour and baking powder; add to egg mixture, beating until blended. Add syrup and vanilla; beat until blended. Stir in dates and walnuts. Spread batter into a greased, 9-inch square baking pan.
2. Bake 40 minutes in a 350-degree oven or until edges are firm. Cool in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars. Sprinkle powdered sugar over top.
Hershey's chocolate robins
Makes: About 16 squares
4 sections (1/2 ounce each) Hershey's Unsweetened Chocolate Baking Bar, broken into pieces
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon each: baking powder, salt
Dash ground cinnamon
3/4 cup chopped nuts
1/4 cup chopped dates or raisins
1.Melt chocolate and butter in a small saucepan over low heat; cool slightly. In small bowl, beat eggs and sugar until well blended. Add chocolate mixture; beat well. Stir together flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon; add to butter mixture, beating until well blended. Stir in nuts and dates. Spread batter into a greased 9-inch square baking pan.
2.Bake 25 minutes in a 350-degree oven until edges are set. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' board of governors has announced plans to honor voice actress June Foray in Los Angeles next month.
Foray, 95, is to receive the Governors Award for her six-decade-long voice career at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards Sept. 15.
Highlights of the program will be telecast Sept. 21 on the FXX network.
"Each year, the board of governors recognizes a person or organization whose contributions to our industry will forever live on," Television Academy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Rosenblum said in a statement this week. "June Foray absolutely embodies everything that this honor represents. A legend and a pioneer, June is not only in a class of her own, but she literally created that class. There is simply no one more deserving of this honor."
Foray has lent her voice to such famous characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Natasha Fatale on "The Bullwinkle Show," Nell Fenwick on "The Dudley Do-Right Show," Cindy Lou Who in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," Granny, the owner of Tweety and Sylvester on "The Bugs Bunny Show," and Jokey Smurf on "The Smurfs."
Most recently, Foray received the 2012 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program for her work on "The Garfield Show." She continues working, providing the voice of Granny on "The Looney Tunes Show" and Magica DeSpell for the "DuckTales: Remastered" video game.


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Schadenfreude-y fun via Noah Rothman on a slow post-holiday news day. Simple question: Why do 20 percent of Republicans say Fox News is their main news source while only two percent of Dems name Fox's "rival" as their news source of choice? MSNBC's rating are terrible lately, but they can't be that terrible.
Can they?
One obvious possible reason for the skew is the fact that, for Republicans, Fox remains the only big-media game in town. If you're a Democrat you can go soft liberal to strident liberal across the spectrum, which naturally means more of a split. But still — two percent? Rothman's right as well that this is a difficult moment for MSNBC in trying to satisfy lefty viewers. For example, on NSA surveillance, do they go hard left in attacking Obama or party shill in defending him? They're bound to alienate some core viewership however they choose. Then again, Fox faces dilemmas like that too. Do they go right in attacking immigration reform or party shill in defending it? Why is Fox negotiating that challenge better than MSNBC?
I think there are two deeper factors. One was identified by Phil Griffin himself: MSNBC simply isn't a news network anymore, if it ever was. Fox is news and opinion, MSNBC is … opinion. If you're a Fox-hating liberal in good standing and there's news happening in the world, why on earth would you turn to MSNBC instead of CNN? That is to say, I think part of the response to Gallup's question is due to the phrasing of the question itself: No one (besides two percent of Democrats) thinks MSNBC does or should serve as one's "main news source." If they had asked "What's your favorite cable news outlet?" instead, I bet you'd have seen the MSNBC numbers inch up. Second, and this is related to the point above about Fox being the only game in town for GOPers, I think there's some segment of conservatives that have been so alienated by mass media bias that they feel they have no choice but to turn to Fox. There's no equivalent feeling of comprehensive alienation on the left, even though they complain about the media endlessly too. If you're a liberal and you want a news source you can trust, you can turn to MSNBC or the Times or the Washington Post or NPR as you prefer, depending upon your specific objections to each. If you're a conservative, you may feel that any news source that isn't overtly conservative is biased towards the left to one degree or another, which leaves you with one choice. For some of those people, I think preferring Fox is less about Fox itself than about casting a "none of the above" vote against the rest of the media, which brings in lots of extra viewers. And when you toss in the fact that more Republicans get their news from TV (63 percent) than Democrats do (54 percent), you've got even more of a skew towards Fox as the "main news source" for some righties.
Exit question: Fully 50 percent of 18-to-29-year-olds prefer TV as their main news source versus just 27 percent who prefer the Internet? Surprising.


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After leaving Des Moines on Saturday, we headed up to my hometown of Waverly, Iowa. Waverly is about 6 1/2 hours northeast of Kansas City, so I was glad that we broke up the drive by staying at my sister's house in Des Moines the night before, (so we only had 2 1/2 hours to drive in the morning). Iowa, like everywhere else in the country, has been seeing unseasonably warm temperatures. When I went home on Spring Break last year, I still had to wear boots and my winter coat. Last year Andrew and I went to St. Louis for part of break to celebrate our one-year anniversary and we got stuck in a snowstorm. It's quite amazing how different it has been this year. Iowa had unseasonably nice weather, and I even wore shorts one day–something absolutely unheard of for the beginning of March.
The first night in Waverly, we went to the Pizza Ranch. I worked at the Pizza Ranch for two years during high school, and my parents loved it, because I brought home free food every night. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of visiting this awesome establishment, Pizza Ranch is a pizza+fried chicken buffet. So, basically it's your midwestern American dream. Ever since I met Andrew, I told him about Pizza Ranch, and he always made fun of me for it, insinuating it was a place for hillbillies to gather and swap stories about corn, cattle, and cousins over greasy food. So, of COURSE we made him go.
After supper Andrew and I went to a Celtic music concert in Cedar Falls for St. Patrick's Day. My high school English teacher, Doug Nichols, and his wife are in a Celtic band, Banish Misfortune. Mr. Nichols has sort of adopted me, and he's become Uncle Doug. I always try to stop by and see him, his wife, and their corgi whenever I'm in town.
On Sunday we decided it would be a nice day to go to Decorah and picnic. Decorah is a small, Norwegian town in extreme northeastern Iowa, about 15 miles from Minnesota and around 40 miles from Wisconsin. Decorah has been a fun day-trip spot for my family since I was a little kid. The Iowa Trout Fish Hatchery, Ice Caves, Twin Springs (artesian wells,) and Dunning Springs waterfall area all located there. (To see pictures of the aforementioned in season, click here: My Trip to Decorah in Summer 2011). We went to the fish hatchery to begin. Across the street from the fish hatchery is a nest of eagles. (You can read more about it in the above link). We looked at all the trout, which ranged in size from an inch to 24″. It's always fun to walk up on a still pond, throw some fish food in, and watch the water churn with the swarms of fish. There's a waterfall emanating from a limestone bluff that fuels the trout hatchery with cold, natural spring water.
After the fish hatchery we went to the Ice Cave. As kids, we explored the Ice Caves caverns, but I hadn't been in probably 15 years. The Ice Cave is named such as it has ice on the walls year-round. To our disappointment, it seems parts of the Ice Cave have collapsed. We weren't able to go much past the initial opening of the cave. I know Andrew was disappointed, because we were talking it up and his outdoorsy Eagle-Scout instincts took over and he was ready to do some spelunking.
Next we went to Dunning's Spring, which is my favorite part of Decorah. However, the once raging waterfall had been reduced to a trickle and most of the area was brown. We couldn't believe our eyes. In the 22 years I had been coming to Decorah, I had never seen the waterfall this dry. I didn't take any pictures, as I was so disappointed. I also felt bad, as we were raving this up to Andrew as well. By this time, I'm pretty sure he was thinking that we Iowans are easily amused and think the littlest things are great. Here's a picture of Dunning's Spring in its prime when we visited this summer:
Finally we stopped at Twin Springs Park to see the artesian wells. These too had dried up. There was only a little bit of a stream flowing. We had a picnic in the park and relaxed. I of course had to take pictures, even though the springs were definitely not in their prime.
On Monday, we went to Cedar Rapids to visit my oldest sister, who just moved there recently to accept a new full-time meteorologist position at CBS affiliate station. It was Jen's birthday, so we went out to eat and hung out at her apartment for a while.
Tuesday was a relaxing day. We futzed around the house, I got a haircut and ran errands, and we both packed and prepared for our voyage to Chicago on Wednesday morning.
I apologize for the length of this blog. Normally I like to keep it short and sweet and bombard you with photos. The next blog post will follow that pattern. Stay tuned for Part III: Chicago.
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We've seen the creepy teaser trailers from FX's whole new season of American Horror Story but those videos usually have very little to do with the actual plot. But now we've got our hands on actual stills from the show!
And yes, that is Jessica Lange rocking the hell out of a habit. Plus Tate, her terrible son, is back, along with Quinto and a bunch of other familiar faces from the pilot. Except none of them are playing the same characters this go-round. Because American Horror Story season two, is set in 1964 at an insane asylum.
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Now this is the wedding we've been waiting for!
Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) will finally walk down the aisle — sort of — on this week's one-hour episode of Parks and Recreation (Thursday at 8:30/7:30c on NBC)! We say sort of because Leslie and Ben (Adam Scott) have secretly decided to get hitched at the black tie gala where they were able to raise enough money for their park project.
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You really can't get much cuter than this adorable newborn sloth!
Slowly does it!
Slowly does it!
Memphis Zoo is has welcomed a very special new arrival in the form of a baby Linne's two-toed sloth.
The infant, which the team has lovingly named Lua, meaning moon in Portuguese, was born to mum Marilyn and dad Sparky on the 17th March 2017.
Sadly, although Marilyn had given birth to a number of other babies in the past, none of them had survived past infancy.
Because of this, the zookeepers made the difficult decision to take Lua away from her parents and hand-rear her themselves, in order to give her the very best chance of survival.
Thankfully, she has been thriving so far.
Matt Thompson, who is the Director of Animal Programs at Memphis zoo said, 'we are very excited about the birth of Lua. This is a fascinating species and a genetically significant birth.'
'We're looking forward to this unique opportunity of hand-rearing our little one.'
Quite an entrance! So cute we could burst Such a cutie!
Watch the dramatic moment a baby giraffe falls 6ft during birth
Baby anteater given a teddy to cuddle after being rejected by her mum
This premature baby hippo is beyond adorable
Quite an entrance!
So cute we could burst
Such a cutie!
When she's not clinging to her doting keepers, Lua spends her time cuddling up to her very own stuffed elephant toy. Playing with her toy will not only help the newborn to strengthen her limbs but it will also give her the chance to mimic the relationship she would have had with mum Marilyn.
Sloths are very unique creatures in that they are arboreal, which means they live in trees, and they only ever really come down to go the toilet. As a result, they spend most of their time hanging upside down and can do pretty much everything from that position – from eating to giving birth.
In the wild, sloths are mainly found in rainforests to the north of the Amazon River, where they live off a diet of leaves, twigs and fruit.
For now, baby Lua is being bottle fed by her keepers every 2 hours and they will continue to hand-rear her for the first two years of her life before reuniting her with her family.
Watch the adorable video above to see her for yourself!


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I have a girlfriend and a cat, and at Westminster I feel like I'm cheating on both. When's the last time you fell in love at first sight? When your heart and soul was completely handed over within seconds of meeting someone? When you and a complete stranger fell into a slobbery make-out session, with extra tongue, and you didn't care who saw? This is the dog show, where a random Golden Retriever will climb up on you just because you made eye contact, and it is the biggest meat market on Earth.
On Valentine's Day, love was in the air at Westminster. Dogs were decked out for the occasion, while people were straight up getting married. The breeders of a Tibetan Mastiff named Major literally wed right there in the backstage benching area, in front of god and dog.
One thing to keep in mind is that every dog is eligible—no one is fixed. There's no money to be made from winning dog shows. The real cash comes from breeding your successful dog, ideally to another successful dog, and Westminster is filled with only successful dogs. Breeders exchange cards, so it's like networking in a way, but the subtext hanging over the show is that the end game for every dog is to plow/get plowed by its contemporaries. See this dobie? She's lovely. Before her life is through, she's probably going to be inseminated by half of the other Dobermans she met today.
As none of the dogs are fixed, literally all they want to do is meet other dogs. This Lab's sadness is palpable when she stares forlornly at the parade of he-dogs walking past.
You think this little terrier doesn't want to slip his lead and go hump everything in sight? Then you don't know this terrier.
A sad Golden Retriever? This should never be. (You have no idea how close this slideshow came to being a Buzzfeed-style "25 photos of Golden Retrievers at Westminster.")
This poor service dog had it the worst. She was working, so she couldn't mingle with dogs or people. If there's anything more heartbreaking than a sweet dogs wearing a vest that says "please don't pet me," I'd like to see it, and then commit suicide.
Love did blossom elsewhere. The Bernese Mountain Dog is perhaps the friendliest breed of dog there is, and this one seemed to have radar for the nearest child. Day: made.
This Dogue de Bordeaux is a selfish lover. He rolls over, presents his belly, and lets an endless parade of willing johns do the scratching.
Nobody is loved like a winner. These crates contain yesterday's group winners, who will compete for tonight's Best in Show ribbon. You'd presume their owners and handlers would prefer to keep them relaxed back at the hotel today, but show regulations require them to be in the arena all day. So they lounge in their crates, sealed off from the world as much as possible.
But even champions have to piss. Ian the Dalmatian, who won the non-sporting group yesterday and tonight has a 1 in 7 chance of being named Best in Show, emerged from his crate long enough to make a bathroom run. (At Westminster, the bathrooms are pits filled with sawdust shavings.) As Ian did his business, word went through the crowd: a champion is among us! By the time Ian emerged from the privy, he was surrounded by a very Westminster sort of paparazzi: middle-aged women with cell phone cameras.
This is a mop. Sorry, not sure how this got in here.
This is Schmitty the Weather Dog. As best I can tell, a dog becomes a Weather Dog by patiently wearing a vest and bow tie while his owner tells you the forecast.
A Golden Retriever and a nun. America! Jesus! Puppies!
Part of love is jealousy. I knelt to photograph this stunning husky, and almost immediately found myself being barked at by her compatriot.
That's him barking because, and I shit you not, I was paying attention to a dog that wasn't him. Dogs, like people, can be needy.
Hello, beautiful.
This is Hondo the Leonberger, and I thought he could be The One. It's not captured in these photos, but Hondo was all over me—licking my eyes and my ears, standing up to put his paws on my shoulders. When 150 pounds of Leonberger says he's going to make out with you, you don't say no. And much like Susan George in Straw Dogs, I'm not sure I wanted to say no.
Hondo was rough but tender, and for a moment I believed his lyin' eyes.
Later on, I saw Hondo pulling his old "I'm a friendly dog" routine on another human. I was absolutely crushed, but I should have known better. You can't keep someone that pretty to yourself. You have to let him fly free, like a bird.
There will be other Hondos. There will be other Westminsters. Until next year.


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Contenders are LMATTS SPARTAN C-27J and EADS CASA. (PM me for the name of the only acceptable aircraft)
We are just going to have to wait and see who the government picks.
Just curious does it have to be a fixed wing aircraft to replace the old SAR birds?
Would an Osprey work? i don't know about thier legs though?
........(no comments about CH-149 plse).
I take it the Dash 9's are to small for that sort of work?
Could you use a Jet engine?does it have to be prop driven?
For aerodynamic reasons that I'm not going to get into it because typing a couple paragraph response can't do the theory justice, but in short, propeller driven aircraft tend to be more suited to low level slow flight, whereas jets tend to be more suited to high level high speed flight. So given the tasks that FWSAR tends to perform, I'd say that a turbo prop is probably the best option.
Not trying to argue but the A10 is jet powered air craft and if can fly low and slow in support of ground forces. What about something along that line.
The A10 stalls out around 120 kts clean, Zoomie can confirm the numbers but I'm willing to bet the Buff can go a wee bit slower than that.