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Welcome to the Nanomedicine Art Gallery
Here you will find a small but growing collection of visual artwork that describes many different views of how medical nanorobots and other nanomedical devices and systems might appear. Some of these works have been borrowed with permission from already-published print-media or electronic-media works. Other contributions are original graphics created by the named individual artists especially for this Gallery exhibition, for your additional enjoyment. The images in the Nanomedicine Art Gallery are organized into three nonexclusive conceptual groupings Nanorobot Species, Medical Challenges, and Individual Artists for easy browsing.
Artwork in this Gallery should be appreciated as expressions of each artist's unique creative impulses and insights. Some works may be highly interpretive or impressionistic, while others may attempt to achieve photographic realism or the precise rendering of a technical engineering illustration. Some images are in the nature of rough drafts or quick sketches; others are more elaborate finished pieces. All styles are welcome here. And all images are presented with the understanding that they are "artist's conceptions" which may or may not entirely reflect the technical nanodevice designer's original intent or the ultimate engineering reality.
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by Bernard K. Means, Director of the Virtual Curation Laboratory
I just walked in from the field where I 3D scanned a Colonial-era cellar feature at George Washington's Ferry Farm, continuing a busy week that will end tomorrow, July 11, 2014 in a Day of Archaeology Festival in Washington, D.C. sponsored by Archaeology in the Community. This is not the first feature that I have scanned at Ferry Farm using the Sense 3D scanner. A couple of weeks ago, I scanned this cluster of Colonial-era features at Ferry Farm–and one shovel test pit from a 1990's archaeological survey (the square hole).
More typically, at Ferry Farm and other locations, I use a NextEngine Desktop 3D scanner to create artifact models.
The Virtual Curation Laboratory creates printed replicas of the digitally scanned artifacts and features, which are painted by students at Virginia Commonwealth University for public programs, teaching, and exhibition.
Some of these painted replicas were featured in a public archaeology program held on Independence Day (July 4) just one week ago.
The Virtual Curation Laboratory works with many partners in the cultural heritage community dedicated and devoted to protecting and presenting the past. We have a particularly fruitful relationship with Historic Jamestowne, where we have 3D scanned a wide range of artifacts that are incorporated into public programs.
In late June, with help from Jamestown Rediscovery's Danny Schmidt, we scanned this partially excavated bread oven at Jamestown, from a cellar where the cannibalized remains of a young woman dubbed "Jane" were found.
Lest it be thought that we only work on historic-era sites, we also pursue research on pre-Contact sites, including Monongahela villages that once existed across southwestern Pennsylvania and adjacent states. We work closely with the Westmoreland Archaeological Society, a group of avocational archaeologists in Pennsylvania that are actively excavating the Consol site, a multi-component Monongahela village.
For more about the Virtual Curation Laboratory, you can visit us here. Other animations can be found at the Virtual Curation Museum, including this mummified opossum.

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Merck (NYSE:MRK) lost blockbuster asthma drug Singulair off the patent cliff last year, and the sales plunge quickly followed. With a mixed bag of pipeline projects, the company has to depend upon the existing strong sellers to maneuver through this first year sans Singulair. Leading that pharma pack is the type 2 diabetes treatment Januvia -- a DPP-4 inhibitor that brought in sales of over $4 billion last year.
Januvia continues to achieve double-digit growth, but a new danger lurks around the bend.
Januvia lowdown
Januvia hit the ground running following the 2006 Food and Drug Administration approval. The once-daily oral drug passed the $1 billion mark within two years and kept racing up. In 2012, Januvia accounted for 10% of Merck's pharmaceuticals segment -- matching only the dying Singulair.
Diabetes is a growing market that's also quite populated. What makes Januvia stand out? The simple facts that it works and is generally well-tolerated in the majority of patients.
But Januvia isn't the only diabetes drug performing well for Merck.
Januvia's little buddy
Merck has expanded Januvia's potential with combination drugs. The greatest success thus far has been Janumet, which pairs Januvia with the popular diabetes medication metformin. Janumet appeals to a smaller group of patients with blood sugar levels not adequately maintained with Januvia alone.
Janumet's sales have been significantly lower than Januvia, but the sales growth has also been in the double digits.
Merck would love to strike gold with another combination, but that could be some time. The company received approval in 2011 for Juvisync, which includes Merck's off-patent cholesterol drug Zocor. But Juvisync didn't amount to Janumet's potential. Another cholesterol effort included Pfizer's off-patent statin Lipitor, but the project was canceled in late-stage trials with Merck citing business reasons.
Januvia has done a fantastic job holding back competing DPP-4 inhibitors. The diabetes partnership of Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE:BMY) and AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) have Onglyza and the combination form Kombiglyze. Those two drugs together brought in less than $500 million in 2011.
Merck might face cannibalization in the future if its own DPP-4 pipeline project makes it to market. The company reported positive phase 2b results last fall for the once-weekly DPP-4 inhibitor MK-3102, and the safety and efficacy nearly matched Januvia. Time will tell if MK-3102 has strong sales potential.
A more pressing concern is a potential competitor that could receive FDA approval next month.
Johnson and Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) Invokana belongs to a rising new class of diabetes drugs called SGLT-2. Invokana proved more effective than Januvia in early trials and would become the first-in-class. SGLT-2 drugs provide an advantage because they're insulin-independent, allowing the drugs to pair with insulin easier than other classes. This allows for treatment customization -- a huge issue in the diabetes market.
Invokana's has blockbuster earnings potential -- if it can make it to market. An FDA panel recommended approval, but a similar drug from Bristol-Myers was sent back to trials because of potential cancer risks.
Foolish final thoughts
Merck has a number of strong selling products left in the pharmaceutical portfolio. Normally, no one drug has a tremendous impact on the company's overall health. But Singulair's expiration has drawn attention to this segment and whether the strong sellers can help keep up revenues until some pipeline projects pay off.
Diabetes patients often have to adjust medications to find the best drug or combination. Januvia's sales prove it's working for many people. But the SGLT-2 class could become the new treatment standard in the future.


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It was only a matter of time before this happened but Disney Parks just posted a video that shows Darth Vader going to Disneyland. It shows ol' Darth riding that stupid Teacup ride, going on Space Mountain and using the Force to his advantage. The happiest place on Earth is even fun for Darth Vader! [YouTube via Laughing Squid]
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As a Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) for the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) life is never straightforward and it is guaranteed that the minute you plan out what is happening during the week – everything changes. With this in mind – rather than just telling you what I did today – I thought I would recap the whole week. I have left the everyday bits out and instead you have the edited highlights:
Recording Archaeological finds from the Hereford Metal Detecting Club – finds recording is what I (and all FLOs) spend most of our days doing. Whether it is recording broken buckles or corroded coins or exceptional artefacts they all add to the rich tapestry that is lurking beneath the English and Welsh landscape.
Morning meeting with the head of the museum service in Shropshire, County Archaeologist and Historic Environment Staff. This is a chance for everyone working within the Council environment to catch up on what has happened and what is planned – sounds dull but was fascinating – especially as I had the opportunity to contribute important new sites discovered recently through recorded finds to the discussions. The sites of which will now be flown over by the HER team as part of their summer season of aerial photography.
Lunchtime: Coroner holds an inquest into a gold post Roman ring discovered in South Shropshire. The ring is of National Importance (see PAS record). It is unlikely to have been worn on a finger – instead it is more likely to have either decorated a sword pommel or be a form of toggle / woggle / dress decoration. The date of the find is the really important and interesting as we have very little information about post Roman Shropshire (apart from what is known from Wroxeter). This find is likely to be of continental – possibly Byzantine – origin and as such is another link between Western Britain and what remains of the Eastern Roman Empire
Teatime: Talk to the local BBC radio Shropshire on their drive time show about the find, metal detecting and treasure
More treasure things – giving information to local press – about the ring from South Shropshire
BBC and Shropshire Star
Afternoon: Advertise PAS Finds Recording Assistant for the West Midlands – Headley Trust Intern. The West Midlands team of FLOs was awarded a bursary post at the beginning of the financial year to help train and develop finds professionals / post graduate students in identifying and recording archaeological finds. This internship is offered part time over 6 months and will be based with me in Ludlow Museum Resource Centre. Visit the PAS vacancies website for more information!
Back to recording the finds from the Hereford Club – something that should have been finished earlier in the week!
Afternoon – 3:30 Call from a couple of local metal detectorists to say that they had found a Roman coin hoard could I come out and have a look as they uncovered a small group of coins and stoppped. This is exactly what we advise people to do when finding objects which are obviously still associated with an archaeological context.
So I went out to the site in XXXXXX (sorry if I told you where it was – I would have to kill you) to see what it was that they had uncovered!
The hoard looks to be lying beneath the ploughsoil and be undisturbed! From what could be seen – the hoard is most likely to date from the late 3rd Century AD and be positioned beneath a stone. This period (260-290 ish AD) has a huge number (over 660 at the last count) of hoards put in the ground – this phenomenon is currently being investigated by a specially funded archaeological project organised by the British Museum and University of Leicester (see here).
As there were more coins in the ground it was decided that it would be better to leave them and return to excavate the following week so all the archaeological information can be captured.
Evening Rush home and have quick wash and brush up: Then straight back out to Ludlow Museum for a evening fundraiser in aid of The Bitterley Hoard.
Last year for the Day of Archaeology I spent alot of time blogging about this really important civil war hoard from South Shropshire (see here) which had just made the news. Well, a year later the Shropshire Museums and the Friends of Ludlow Museum are trying hard to raise the monies to acquire and conserve this hoard (see here).
The event was well attended (with over 120 people) – and I even said a few words about what the hoard was, why it was important. Lottie, chair of the friends, then said what the Museum hoped to do with it when / if it were acquired.
The hoard is the largest civil war group of coins found in Shropshire in modern times and due to the level of preservation the leather purse in which it was deposited is remarkably well preserved. If you want to help save the hoard – and conserve it for display in Ludlow Museum then you can make a contribution through the Friends 'Just Giving' webpage.
Back to the office and recording those finds – as well as catching up on a weeks worth of phone and email messages. Oh and planning the hoard excavation for next week … but then I'm sure if I make too many plans something else is bound to crop up
Evening: Writing this blog – which I hope you have enjoyed!
Peter Reavill
Finds Liaison Officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Former Republican Senator Scott Brown said on Friday he will not run in a June election to fill the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat vacated by John Kerry, a move likely to dim Republican chances of picking up the traditionally Democratic-held seat.
Brown, who stunned the liberal establishment of Massachusetts with a win in another special election in 2010, lost his re-election bid last year.
"I was not at all certain that a third Senate campaign in less than four years, and the prospect of returning to a Congress even more partisan than the one I left, was really the best way for me to continue in public service at this time," Brown said in a statement.
"I will not be a candidate for the United States Senate in the upcoming special election."
Brown had been under pressure from local party officials either to launch a formal campaign or to step aside to clear the way for an April 30 primary ahead of the June 25 special election.
Two Democratic Representatives, Edward Markey and Stephen Lynch, have already launched their campaigns to replace Kerry, a Democrat, has left the Senate to become U.S. secretary of state.
Observers said it was unclear which Republican would step in now that Brown has decided not to run. The best-known possible candidates include William Weld, a former governor of Massachusetts who served from 1991 through 1997, or Kerry Healey, who served as the state's deputy governor under Mitt Romney.
"The Democrats' chances are excellent at this point, provided Markey is the nominee," said Jeffrey Berry, a professor of political science at Tufts University.
If Lynch were to win the primary, however, "then the race becomes more interesting because it is conceivable that liberal Democrats could sit it out."
Recent polls of likely voters showed Brown with a modest lead over Markey and a strong lead over Lynch in a theoretical election matchup.
"He has basically been campaigning non-stop for three years," Lynch said in a statement referring to Brown. "It's perfectly understandable that he wouldn't want to undertake another campaign. I wish all the best to Scott and his family."
Despite losing Brown, Republicans nevertheless expressed confidence.
"It's time to move forward," said Rob Collins, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. "The Massachusetts special election provides a real pick-up opportunity for Republicans."
Democrats currently hold 53 U.S. Senate seats to 45 for the Republicans. There are two independent senators.
In 2010 Brown won a special election to fill the seat held by the late Edward Kennedy, becoming Massachusetts's first Republican senator in three decades. He lost his re-election bid to Democrat Elizabeth Warren, a former Harvard professor.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, a Democrat, on January 30 named his former chief of staff, William Cowan, to hold Kerry's U.S. Senate seat until a successor is picked.
Cowan told reporters he viewed the appointment as temporary and had no plans to run in the special election.
Staying out of the Senate race leaves Brown the option of running for governor of Massachusetts in 2014.
Brown did not comment on that possibility in his statement, but said of the Senate: "I know it's not the only way for me to advance the ideals and causes that matter most to me."
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Vicki Allen and David Brunnstrom)


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Vitamin D and calcium supplements taken together in low doses offered no protection against dementia in a large U.S. study of older women, but scientists are still holding out hope for vitamin D alone.
Past research has suggested that vitamin D might protect against memory loss and overall functional decline in the aging brain. But more than 2,000 women in the new study who took 400 international units of vitamin D and 1,000 mg of calcium daily for an average of eight years developed cognitive impairments at the same rates as a comparison group on placebo pills.
During the many years that study was ongoing, however, experts gained a better understanding of how calcium and vitamin D might have conflicting effects, so the combination of the two might explain the disappointing results, the study's authors say.
"I think the definitive study will just look at the effects of vitamin D," said lead author Dr. Rebecca Rossom, from HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, a nonprofit arm of a health maintenance organization (HMO) based in Minneapolis.
But this study is important because it "gets closer to how women take vitamin D now," as a way build bone density, Rossom added.
Her team's report, which is published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, is also the first to use the rigorous approach known as a randomized, double-blind trial with a placebo group to look at the possible effects of vitamin D and calcium on cognitive decline.
Rossom and her colleagues analyzed data on 4,100 women who were simultaneously enrolled in two trials, including the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Calcium and Vitamin D trial that ended in 2005, and a WHI memory study.
All of the women, who averaged 71 years old at the outset of the studies, were also free of cognitive problems to start.
Half of the women were assigned to take the supplements and the rest were given identical looking dummy pills.
Ultimately, about 100 women, or five percent, in each group developed mild cognitive impairment - a term that can include everything from memory trouble to the serious dementia found in Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers note that since the study ended, guidelines on vitamin and mineral intakes have changed. Currently the U.S. Institute of Medicine suggests getting 600 IUs per day of vitamin D for men and women up to age 70, and 800 IUs for older people. Suggested calcium amounts range from 700 mg to 1,300 mg per day, based on age, with an upper limit of 3000 mg. In both cases, intake recommendations cover both food and supplement sources.
So, the authors point out, their findings are specific only to the assigned amounts of vitamin D and calcium taken by women in the study - which are relatively low by today's standards.
More than 16 million Americans suffer from some form of cognitive impairment, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the problem is expected to grow as more baby boomers age. Vitamin D might still be viewed as potentially offering a measure of protection against a condition with no formal treatment, if its effects can be decisively demonstrated.
"The sum of information shows conflicting evidence," said Katherine Tucker of Northeastern University, who was not involved in the current study.
"Some recent studies suggest that too much calcium could have negative effects. The preponderance of evidence shows that vitamin D is protective, but some studies have shown no effect," she told Reuters Health.
But, Tucker said, "This study by no means closes the door on the need for more research to clarify vitamin D's effects."
Rossom's team acknowledges their study's limitations. In addition to the doses of supplements in the trial, the results are strictly limited to women, who were mostly white. Also, older age is a significant risk factor for dementia and the study participants, by comparison, were relatively young.
"The next step is to test a higher dose of vitamin D," said study coauthor JoAnn Manson of Harvard Medical School. "Higher doses will bring a study population to an achieved blood level that has been associated with reduced risk of cognitive decline in (past) studies."
Manson is currently leading a large clinical trial designed primarily to look at the effects of vitamin D and omega-3's on cancer risk, but the study will also monitor cognitive function. Results are expected in 2017.
A French study slated to finish next year is examining the cognitive effects of vitamin D versus a placebo in patients who already have Alzheimer's disease.
"The bottom line is that we still just don't know," Tucker told Reuters Health. "We're in the process of gathering more scientific evidence and will need to continue to do so until more studies point in a certain direction."
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/VCIs9H Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, online November 23, 2012.


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Posted: Mon. February 2, 2015
September 29, 2004
Oakland, CA
What is fundamentally wrong with government today? Since 2001, despite low inflation, federal spending has increased by a massive 28.8%, creating the largest deficits in U.S. history and the highest rate of government growth since the "guns-and-butter" presidencies of Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson. At the same time, federal agencies have been given new powers to secretly search anyone's property and intercept phone, Internet, and other communications, as well as inspect health and financial records. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, economist and historian Robert Higgs alone predicted this explosion of government power, as politicians have again taken full advantage of a frightened American public.
At this special Independent Policy Forum based on his new book, Against Leviathan, Dr. Higgs will present an unflinchingly critical analysis of the abuse of government power, including pork, the welfare state, protectionism, trampling on the Bill of Rights, and governmental responses to a continuing stream of "crises," including foreign wars, both hot and cold. Dr. Higgs combines an economist's analytical scrutiny, an historian's respect for the facts, and a refusal to accept the standard excuses and cruelties of government officialdom.
Robert Higgs
Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute and Editor of the Institute's quarterly journal, The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy
Author, Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society
David J. Theroux
Founder and President, The Independent Institute
Recorded: Wed. September 29, 2004
Experts: Robert Higgs
Type: Independent Institute Event
Issues: Bureaucracy and Government, Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Democracy, History (U.S), Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics


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Zero Punctuation: Transformers: War for Cybertron
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Transformers: War for Cybertron
This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Transformers: War for Cybertron.
this is just to make the "FIRST!!" people cry
Some real good stuff there, real good.
Dam, August IS a slow month!
I took one look at the title and thought, "Oh, this is going to be gruesome."
I was right.
Have to disagree about the transforming, I found it to be quite smooth actually... Also, I had a feeling a holiday was in the works soon. You work to hard Yahtzee.
Great review, have fun on holiday!
I'm really starting to love the analogies and especially in this one anytime Shia LeBitch came up.
Clever, But mean. Half of us grew up on transformers no reason to diss the entire series just for one game.
Well done, an incredibly USEFUL post.
OT: Couldn't agree more on the dark void points, you did exactly the same as I did.
Nice review yet again, have a good holiday!
You know, as a Transformer fan, even I though this was hilarious. Good job this week.
Oh, btw, Primes death WAS this generations Othello, I'm now off to cry into my duvet covers.
Interesting escapist mix on this Game Funk loved it (fanboy) Yahtzee hated it (predictably) and Rebecca Mayes even decide to chew it out as a bland 3rd person shooter...Wonder How MovieBob feels about it
Also ever notice how the Escapist team rarely comment on ZP vids especially when they contradict the Escapists opinion
It's good enough, but the lack of releases is sure tedious.
How can you keep ruining the premise of giant robots beating the crap out of one another?!
Never heard of this game, but the review was rather entertaining. Good stuff once again.
PS: I'm pretty sure my microwave could kick my stereo's ass. My microwave's a beast.
My only experience with transformers as a child was one toy that could transform between a robot and a dinosaur. Go figure that one out.
Also the process of making it transform was incredibly obnoxious and took at least 5 minutes which sucks when you're trying to play robot dinosaur vs spiderman.
Smothered like Pavoroti's wife.
As always, super funny, and I kinda agree on the "not really caring about Transformers" stance. It's not always that interesting, although I was happy with Beast Wars and whichever one came before that. The movies ruined it for me, and I haven't gotten an opportunity to play the games. But it all boils down to personal opinion as usual. Top notch work, Yahtzee.
Good thing I didn't get it then. Clever mentioning Othello at the end though.
Hey the only transformer cartoon i saw was Armada and that cartoon was pretty good.
Starscream and sideways was my favorite.
3:15 it hits the best point in Yatzhee for this month...
Actually very funny, good points. Saw a friend play it and I seriously could not tell enemies from background.
lol, i totally agree, i personally cba about transformers and the environments i've seen from trailers are very meh also...
I really didn't expect the stupid excuse for a mech game to do good. So Im glad you said it. The only question I have is If this game was based before they came to Earth why do the still transform into cars? Food for thought. Good job Yatzee.
I never really cared for Transformers all that much. I mean, the 1980's animated movie was fun in that really stupid over-the-top sort of way, and holy power ballads Batman, but other than that I couldn't really give a flying fuck.
I played this one when I was baby sitting for a little smacktard and I wasn't impressed. The transforming was fluid, but it was pointless, and it was uglier than sin. So great job, Yahtzee, not like you read these but oh well. Oh, and it's nice to see a reviewer not prostrating himself before this game like it's the goddamn second coming.
Have fun on holiday.
Well, he'll be back in time to give Halo Reach a sound maiming, so I'll look forward to that. (I'll be buying the game, but I always enjoy his criticism.)
Really? No. It wasn't. we've had so much better stuff released than the animated Transformers movie, so much. Don't get me wrong, I like the movie, but it just ain't that good.
OT: I'd so love to disagree with you about Transformers being simply a cash gouging ploy by Hasbro, but I can't. All my favourite 80's cartoons were. It makes me sad. Haven't enjoyed any of the recent Transformers games, so I wasn't honestly going to give it a try and given two out of three reviews (or sort-of-reviews) have said meh, I think I'll avoid buying and rent it for a short time.
I never got why they transform either, i mean what would you rather be a truck, or a robot coverd in weapons?
Good stuff as ever.
There's every reason. Nostalgia only exists as long as you keep the rose colored glasses on your face. Just because we grew up on something doesn't make it sacred.
That said, I loved Transformers as a kid. I still think it was better then than it is now, for various reasons, but that doesn't mean I'm going to get all butthurt when someone points out some of the flaws in it, i.e. making kids milk their parents for cash.
OT: Another cover-based third-person shooter with a gimmick that doesn't work as well as it could have because developers are lazy? Say it isn't so, Yahtzee. Enjoy your holiday.
Well i still demand reparations in Blood!
And yes this is about what i had expected to hear. Man i've watched too many of these >.< Its a Transformer Fanboy's game. Everyone else, a pretty generic TPS. I enjoyed it. It was only $40 on release...in retrospect, i think i over paid for the game.
I never got into Transfomers ether. Maybe I was a bitter little shite when I was a kid, but even I spotted the cartoons as just big ads for overpriced plastic crap. I wanted something funny to watch.
Danger Mouse FTW!
I loved transformers as a kid, but even then I realized that it actually sucked. It just sucked less than Go-Bots.
Then, in my 20's I saw Robotech, and figured out just how bad Transformers really sucked. Horrible one dimensional characters and bad one-liners. Good enough to sell a toy line, I guess.
P.S. Thundercats sucked too, but I knew it then, and there was no denial involved.
he explained that the whole reason behind the show was to sell us gimmicky toys... **looks at shelf of transformers collectibles** and admittedly I have to agree, but hey they kicked the crap out of GI Joe and Barbie (no offense people I'm just stating what sells WHICH IT DID!)
Yeah, Transformers was only good through the tinted glasses (because all glasses from the 80s were tinted pink by law) of nostalgia or the tinted glasses of lower intelligence were giant robots that punched other giant robots (that also could be a car) which all seams to only be resolved when they decide to fight on the one planet in the entire universe that is populated by fleshy pink things instead of robots. Oh well.
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Shanghai in June...whos been there? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Shanghai in June...whos been there? Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message steelheadJoined: 28 Mar 2004Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 9:07 pm Post subject: Shanghai in June...whos been there? Hey all, I am headed to Shanghai on my first solo travelling mission. Not nervous but rather just want to try to be efficient, wandering around lost for the most of my trip doesnt really appeal to me. Im going for 3 nights 4 days, all I could afford to take off..... I want some sights, some lights, mad shopping, reasonable hotel, and some nightlife.....guess ill be minus a wingman...... Any suggestions at all.... would be greatly appreciated.... Cheers, Back to top tzechukJoined: 20 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:26 pm Post subject: There is this really great shopping street called the Nanjing Shopping Road (or Street, I don't remember). Shanghai is separated into two - Old Shanghai and New Shanghai or Putong. New Shanghai is REALLY modern. Very metropolitan, almost like New York. Old Shanghai is full of character. You should go to the old Peace Hotel, it's next to the river that separates the city. The hotel has a groovy jazz band. I don't know if they have the same members, still, but when we went a couple of years ago, they were all Chinese, and old (in their 60s and 70s ) and they came out all these classic tunes.. really great. And the drinks were moderately priced. Although if I recall correctly, we had to pay an entrace fee but it included a drink. Mmmm if you have time, may be you can book a trip to Suzhou.. take a look: http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/English/index.shtml. It is a very beautiful place. That's all I can think of for now.... if I remember more I will tell you. Back to top Swiss JamesJoined: 26 Nov 2003Location: Shanghai Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 10:34 pm Post subject: when I went it was like this http://lostseouls.com/blog.php?date=feb-05#16_Feb_2005 Get a guidebook before you go! We spent the first day or so wandering around like muppets. Back to top tzechukJoined: 20 Dec 2004 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:16 am Post subject: Great blog, SJ... I enjoyed those photos of shanghai. Back to top Tiger BeerJoined: 07 Feb 2003 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: Yeah, I wrote about my Shanghai experience too: http://www.geocities.com/wintermoon2/Java_091001.htm That was all first-hand impressions at the time (Sept 2001). Back to top steelheadJoined: 28 Mar 2004Location: Seoul formerly known as Victoria Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 8:38 am Post subject: shanghai Thanks for the responses, Ill definately lookinto those things. ONe thing, what about Accomodations, I dont need much but squaters are not prefered bathroom appliances. And Location? As with all big cities dont really know where to start..... Back to top tzechukJoined: 20 Dec 2004 Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:14 pm Post subject: http://www.asiahotels.com/ Go there to take a look. We've booked through them many times. In my opinion, they give the best rate. Back to top Swiss JamesJoined: 26 Nov 2003Location: Shanghai Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 10:07 pm Post subject: tzechuk wrote: Great blog, SJ... I enjoyed those photos of shanghai. ta- cheque's in the post Back to top ed4444Joined: 12 Oct 2004 Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2005 2:51 am Post subject: Its worth deciding where to stay in Shanghai before arriving. It is expensive for accomodation. I ended up staying in a hostel in the Bund which cost more than a love motel in Seoul. The old town part of Shanghai is not very authentic. I thought that Suzhou (about an hour outside Shanghai) was more interesting for traditional stuff. Take a trip on the Maglev train to or from the Pudong airport. even better than the KTX. shame the trip is so short. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Off-Topic Forum All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Even as the city and state governments confront diminishing revenues and budget shortfalls, development pressures and real estate prices are climbing throughout much of the city's suburban rings. This trend, planning and conservation experts believe, is creating worrisome challenges for those concerned about New York City and the region's environmental future.
The continued pattern of sprawl development is, of course, nothing new to the New York urban area. It gained steam following World War II, when a suburban migration was fueled by inexpensive home loans for returning soldiers, increases in automobile production and federally-subsidized highway building. New tract housing communities, like Long Island's Levittown, became national symbols of America's post-war prosperity.
But what has some urban planners concerned today is that the unrelenting pressure of suburbanization is not only transforming some of the region's most important open spaces, but threatening to weaken New York City's critical mass over the long-term . If present growth patterns continue, New York City could be affected by more sprawl-generated pollution draining into city drinking water reservoirs, additional state and federal funds being diverted from the city to build new infrastructure in rural areas, and an erosion of the city's political power in Albany.
Taking a broad look at the current development trends is the staff of the well-respected Regional Plan Association (RPA). And much of what they see does not please them.
"Sprawling patterns of growth are an inefficient use of land that scatters jobs, houses, schools and shopping across the landscape," says Robert J. Pirani, director of environmental program at the Manhattan-based association. "It leaves people little choice but to use their auto for any trip," causing increased air pollution throughout the region. "It fragments the ecosystems that protect our drinking water and wildlife habitat and that provide recreational opportunities that we all enjoy."
Over the last 30 years, Pirani continues, suburban development has "outpaced population growth in this region by a factor of ten to one, creating fiscally unsustainable patterns of growth."
Development pressures are being felt, even in these tepid economic times, throughout the New York region. In New Jersey, ill-advised sprawl development has led to frustrating traffic jams and ever-increasing strip malls, threatening even the state's more rural western counties and its southern cranberry bogs. On Long Island, new home-building has resulted in controversial road expansion projects and vanishing Suffolk County farmlands. .
But perhaps nowhere else are the bulldozers more active today than in the counties north of New York City.
"From north to south, east to west, residential and commercial developers in 2002 targeted Putnam County for their projects," Ann Fanizzi, chair of the Putnam County Coalition to Preserve Open Space recently warned.
Located just north of Westchester and less than 50 miles from the city, Putnam has for years been the fastest growing county in New York State. It is a rural landscape that is seemingly changing month by month.
A case in point is the Brewster Highlands shopping center, now nearing completion just off Interstate 84, which slices through the county. This new mall, with 370,000 square feet of retail space including Home Depot and other "big box" retailers, is being built on what had been beautiful, forest-covered Hudson highlands, part of New York City's Croton watershed.
"They cut off the top of the hillside, and they denuded the landscape," said Marion Rose, chair of the Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition, describing the work of the Brewster Highlands developer.
Other developers, real estate lawyers and, in some cases, backhoe operators are already working on more than a dozen other Putnam County projects. The names of these landscape-altering developments are suggestive of the rural environments that they are unwittingly helping to transform -- "The Meadows at Dean's Corners," (in the town of Southeast), "The Campus at Fields Corners," "The Fairways"(in Carmel) and "Living Springs" (in Putnam Valley).
"Projects like these represent a direct threat to the future of the New York City water supply," says Robin Marx, a scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council (where I work), who has focused on regional watershed protection for the past decade. She notes that 13 New York City reservoirs are located in Westchester and Putnam counties. They are subject to pollution from stormwater runoff that races off of parking lots, roads, rooftops and other paved surfaces associated with the new development, as well as from failing septic systems and sewage treatment plants that accommodate the new growth. In addition, she adds, the hundreds and hundreds of acres of new construction are replacing meadows, forests, and wetlands that serve as natural filters for the water supply of nine million downstate New Yorkers.
On the west side of the Hudson River, the suburban and ex-urban counties of Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster and Sullivan are also facing mounting development pressures of varying degrees. Of course, these areas, as far as 150 miles from New York City, have not yet been built up to anything like lower Westchester and other close-in suburbs. But there is no doubt these areas are facing changing demographics, with adverse consequences for both upstaters and city dwellers.
In Ulster County towns like Woodstock and Phoenicia, second-home growth has been climbing for years. Now, due to such factors as increased Internet commuting and new living and vacation patterns in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, real estate demand is accelerating even in places like Hunter and Jewett (in Greene County) and Margaretville (in Delaware County). In Andes, another Delaware County community, 60 percent of the homes are owned by part-time residents and prices have climbed 25 percent in 2002.
In addition to the growing second-home market, several major development proposals, now under consideration, could spur rapid shifts in land use in these Catskill and Delaware watershed communities. For example, a proposed Belleayre Resort -- with two 18-hole golf courses, two new hotels, hundreds of residential units and ancillary commercial development -- has been proposed for nearly 600 acres on steep slopes that drain into the city's two largest reservoirs in Ulster and Delaware counties.
Also stirring controversy among both downstate and some local residents are plans for three new casino developments, to be located in the Catskills. (The first such facility, which would attract thousands of daily visitors, strain local transportation systems and create significant secondary development pressures, may be a casino to be run by the St. Regis Mohawk tribe and built on the site of the old Kutsher's Country Club in Sullivan county.)
At special risk from such west-of-Hudson development is the small family farm and the way of life that goes with it. Across New York State, the family farm has been in decline for years -- a victim of everything from falling milk prices to rising real estate values. In the town of Andes, for example, where hundreds of small dairy farms once operated, only four of appreciable size remain, the New York Times recently reported.
"It will be a shame for both upstate and downstate New Yorkers if we can't save at least the bulk of those family farms that are still operating," says Dave Dolan who works at the Delaware County-based Watershed Agricultural Council, helping farmers obtain conservation easements that protect their lands. Dolan believes, and water quality experts agree, that retaining farming as a local land use will better safeguard the city's upstate water supply than converting those parcels to residential and commercial development.
Earlier this year, 21 environmental and civic organizations wrote to Governor George Pataki and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, calling upon them to develop new state and city programs to help combat haphazard sprawl in the city's Catskill, Delaware and Croton watersheds. (See Gotham Gazette's February topic page on the environment.) In that letter, the groups recognized that "(t)he primary opportunity for subduing wastershed sprawl lies with our state officials."
To date, however, there has been little response from the Pataki Administration to the environmental and civic group request. On the plus side, state environmental conservation officials have meet with several environmental representatives and expressed sympathy with their overall concerns. But there are as yet no new state anti-sprawl initiatives.
In stark contrast stands the "smart-growth" efforts recently launched by New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey.
In January, Governor McGreevey boldly announced: "There is no single greater threat to our way of life in New Jersey than the unrestrained, uncontrolled development that has jeopardized our water supplies, made our schools more crowded, our roads congested and our open space disappear." Since then, the governor's anti-sprawl campaign has included the release of a draft color-coded map that divides the state into areas where the administration will seek to encourage development, areas where sprawl should be discouraged, and areas where development should proceed cautiously. The governor has also introduced legislation that would, among other things, give county planning boards the authority to levy fees on developers and have more input on regional development proposals. New Jersey is also proceeding with an aggressive plan to purchase and protect undeveloped lands throughout the state.
Environmental groups believe that New York City has begun to make progress in this area, but still has a way to go. The city's Department of Environmental Protection has recently been more vocal in questioning the potential impacts of major upstate development proposals on the city's water supply. And significant new plans for protecting upstate watershed lands, on top of the city's already existing program, are rumored to be in the offing.
To call for greater state and city action to combat suburban sprawl is not to pit city dwellers against our upstate counterparts, or vice versa. Smart-growth programs can benefit both New York City and its northern suburbs. As William H. Whyte wrote, in his 1988 classic, "City: Rediscovering the Center," a region with a strong center-city "give(s) coherence to a whole countryside."
Until state and city officials step up their actions to tackle the challenge of sprawl, city residents who care about their upstate water supply and the overall vitality of the region which New York City anchors should not rest easy.
Eric Goldstein is co-director of the urban program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.


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NEW YORK >> Max Scherzer did most everything on the mound this season — led the majors in wins, started the All-Star game, helped put his team in the playoffs.
Now, the newly minted AL Cy Young Award winner said he will "wait and see" whether he's returning to the Detroit Tigers next year.
Scherzer went 21-3 and was an easy pick Wednesday as the American League's top pitcher, drawing 28 of 30 first-place votes from members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL Cy Young Award for the second time in three seasons, coming within one vote of a unanimous selection.
Scherzer — like Kershaw — can become a free agent after the 2014 season, and the Tigers are trying to figure out if they can afford him along with all their other stars such as Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder and Justin Verlander. That's prompted talk they might trade Scherzer before opening day.
"I love it here in Detroit," Scherzer said on a conference call. "Who wouldn't want to be a part of this?"
"The business side will take care of itself," he said. "It really depends on what Detroit wants to do."
Scherzer and agent Scott Boras said they're open to talking to the Tigers about an extension.
Scherzer lost only three times this season and was the lone 20-game winner in baseball. He ranked second in the majors with 240 strikeouts and was fifth in the AL with a 2.90 ERA.
The 29-year-old righty smiled and raised both arms Wednesday when the Cy Young results were announced.
"It's unbelievable. It just vindicates everything I've done," Scherzer said, acknowledging all the run support he received from Detroit's powerful lineup probably helped his candidacy.
"I've been working so hard all these years to get better and better," he added. "I think I took a big step forward in 2013."
Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers was second, marking the highest finish by a Japanese-born pitcher in Cy Young voting. Hisashi Iwakuma of the Seattle Mariners came in third.
"It was an honor to be a finalist for the American League Cy Young Award," Darvish said in a statement. "Both Max Scherzer and Hisashi Iwakuma had tremendous seasons. Max is a very deserving winner."
Texas is the only AL team that's never won a Cy Young Award.
Before Darvish and Iwakuma, the highest Cy Young finishes for Japanese pitchers had been fourth place, by Hideo Nomo in the NL in 1995 and 1996, and by Daisuke Matsuzaka in the AL in 2008.
"It is such an honor to be one of the finalists for the best award as a pitcher," Iwakuma said in a statement before the voting totals were released. "I had never thought I would become a finalist here in the U.S., so this is very special to me and is a big surprise."
Scherzer won his first 13 decisions of the season and made the All-Star team for the first time.
He helped pitch the Tigers to their third straight AL Central title, joined in a deep rotation by Verlander, the 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner, Anibal Sanchez and Doug Fister.
Scherzer went 16-7 last year, then added a curveball to an impressive repertoire that already included a hard fastball, slider and changeup.
He beat Oakland as a starter and in relief during the AL division series, then went 0-1 in two starts against Boston in the AL championship series — he was pulled both times with the Tigers ahead.
Scherzer is distinctive for more than just his record. His eyes are different colors, with the right blue and left brown.
He's also unusual for another reason: He's made 174 regular-season and postseason starts for Detroit and Arizona, yet has never pitched a complete game.
Scherzer threw eight innings on seven occasions this year, and sometimes was taken out with a big lead. His big strikeout totals tend to run up his pitch counts, and he said he wants to be more efficient in the future.
And maybe even pitch a complete game.
"It is definitely something I want to achieve," he said. "To throw a complete game, you have to have the right context of the game."
Darvish led the majors with 277 strikeouts and went 13-9 with a 2.83 ERA. Iwakuma was 14-6 with a 2.66 ERA and 185 strikeouts for the Mariners.
Sanchez was fourth and Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox was fifth. They each got a first-place vote.
Kershaw won his second prize as the National League's best pitcher after posting a 1.83 ERA — lowest in the majors in 13 years.
"This is such a cool thing. I can't even explain what it means to me," he said in an interview on MLB Network. "It really is a huge honor."
The 25-year-old lefty with a big-breaking curve drew 29 of 30 first-place votes. Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals was picked first on one ballot and finished second.
Kershaw went 16-9 and topped the NL with 232 strikeouts. He also won the Cy Young Award in 2011 and finished second last year to knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.
Darvish gets a $200,000 bonus and a $1 million raise to $11 million next season. Wainwright gets a $100,000 bonus and Sale gets $60,000 for finishing fifth.
The AL and NL Most Valuable Player awards will be presented Thursday.
AP Sports Writer Mike Fitzpatrick contributed to this report.


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I installed a Sirrius Sporster radio in my Nissan Xterra. I must have wired something incorrectly - here is the issue. I'm set to 89.3 for the Sirius radio, but if i change channels to listen to AM/FM station, I just get static. If I power down the Sirius radio, the AM/FM station comes in fine.
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Project page
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Right-click one of the boxes above, and create a keyword to "search" for the page title you want - but instead of a search, it will give you the editing box pre-filled and ready to start editing!
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Normally I steer away from Rolling Stone and their articles. However, this one makes some very good points and arguments in regards to the Obama administration's catastrophically negative impact on the U.S. economy. As in the author of the article Obama's Big Sellout stated, "This new team of bubble-fattened ex-bankers and laissez-faire intellectuals then proceeded to sell us all out, instituting a massive, trickle-up bailout and systematically gutting regulatory reform from the inside." Which in my opinion, is putting it mildly. It is and has been a buy out of the major banks and automobile companies in aspirations to gain even more of a government foothold. And as the article points out, "… the extensive series of loophole-rich financial "reforms" that the Democrats are currently pushing may ultimately do more harm than good."
It is also explains that during the campaign Obama had advisers which focused heavily on helping the poor and middle class, and condemned the bankers of Wall Street. But the day after Barack Obama was elected to office, he did away with those advisers and replaced them with the total opposite, Wall Street bankers. Which "Leading the search for the president's new economic team was his close friend and Harvard Law classmate Michael Froman, a high-ranking executive at Citigroup." And it wasn't long after he was made official in his office that Obama made the $306 billion bailout of Citigroup and agreed to make taxpayers pay up to $277 billion in losses for the Citi assets.
It is very interesting to say the least to see how the web of Obama's economic team was formed. There is no interest in helping the poor or middle class. It is about making more money and expanding government control. The author of the cited article does well showing the timeline of events and the connections of the appointees. However, he is clearly a democrat and was at one time for Obama. He also uses a fair amount of profanity, which is completely unnecessary for getting his point across. But I do think it is a worthwhile read for informational purposes if you read it to the end.
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What are the side effects of Misoprostol?
The medical abortion normally causes side effects such as pain and cramping, as well as bleeding accompanied by the passage of blood clots and tissue. Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, dizziness, and hot flashes or fever may also occur.
A fever that starts soon after Misoprostol administration and lasts less than 24 hours and is less than 100.4 F/ 38 C is a common side effect. If the fever lasts longer than 24 hours or is greater than 100.4 F/38 C, you should seek medical attention.
An allergic reaction to the medication can cause hives (itchy welts or bumps on the skin.)
If your side effects are extreme, you may have a complication. Please refer to the question "How do you know if you have a complication and what should you do?" if you think you might be experiencing abnormal side effects.
More scientific information:
Most women will experience pain and cramping during the medical abortion, in particular after using the Misoprostol. 26 In most of the scientific studies on the topic, the majority of women describe the pain as only a little bit worse than the pain they experience during a menstrual period. 26
Some women will experience nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea, but it is thought that this is an effect of early pregnancy as much as it is due to Mifepristone or Misoprostol. 26 Usually these side effects go away by themselves and do not require medical attention. 26 Headache, mild dizziness, fever and hot flashes are symptoms that also should go away by themselves.


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PEORIA — Three people face charges for a robbery last month that left one person with a gunshot wound to the leg.
Titus J. Alexander, 21, 3432 W. Oakcrest Drive; Kaya M. Miles, 21, 1502 N. Pierson Ave.; and Donile Miles, 28, 1319 N. Rhodora Ave., West Peoria; were indicted Tuesday by a Peoria County grand jury on charges of armed robbery, aggravated battery and mob action for the March 20 incident.
It wasn't clear who fired the shot that injured the victim but all three appear to be charged under the theory they are legally accountable. If convicted, each faces up to 45 years behind bars.
Prosecutors have said the victim was called to a house in the 2000 block of South Friedan. When he went inside, he was attacked by several men. He was kicked and hit several times and someone — it's not clear who — fired a shot at the car that brought the victim to the area.
The assailants then took the victim's shoes and ran.
Donile Miles also faces charges of armed violence, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of a controlled substance after being arrested April 3 near Madison and Homestead avenues, allegedly with a handgun and drugs.
He faces up to 30 years in prison on that case.
All three will be arraigned Thursday.


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And sometimes this is us.
It's not roses and heart-shaped sugar cookies or a fancy romantic night on the town.
It's hard, it's exhausting, it's humbling, it's a little bit scary.... but it's us.
That is what Valentine's Day should be all about anyway. I hope you guys are doing alright! I just adore you Geri!
And I love you two too!
This is so honest and sweet!
Mmm. The perfect picture of true love!
I love you guys too. You guys are adorable!
Hang in there, guys! Together, you will make it through anything. Hope Jas is doing better real soon!
Looks like a beautiful love filled evening. Sorry it was spent in a not so beautiful place. I hope your hubs gets better fast. We have spent many holidays in that same spot. The fun part is you can do a second Valentines when he gets out : ) Praying for you
So so very sweet! That is incredibly touching, thanks for sharing Geri!
i love you guys. you two are so strong. i wish i could come say hi!
Love you guys!
Hope things go well and that you get to go home soon.
Love you both! Get better Jason! I am so happy you have each other! Thats true love and that's the most important thing.
Oh geri I sure do love you! love you both for that matter :D hope Jas gets feeling better soon, hang in there girl your love story will make a super cool movie someday with a very happy ending!
Wow. I don't think I could do you! I admire how positive you guys are! Hope you're both doing well!
No fun. Darnit. But you guys are really cute. Like really! And these pictures show more love on Valentines than any stupid box of chocolates or flowers that wither away! You guys are awesome and I hope Jas gets better soon!!!
hey Ger, the number one pic has to be the first one of me with my belly stickin out and the lighting really brings out my firey mustache! haha keeeping it real is it the best. I said. Didn't want everyone to think I look like a rockstar all the time.
Oh man! You guys are so adorable. True true love. I hope your hub starts feeling better! You guys are amazing
You guys are incredible. And you're in my prayers.
You two are amazing.. I found you via The Daybook and have donated $30 to the team Jason cause.. I really hope you raise enough money and that the baby making/lung transplanting goes well xxx
This really struck a chord with me! Oh wait, I should introduce myself! My name is Amber, and I happened upon your blog! My daughter is 8 months old and has a very serious congenital heart disease (we haven't been able to take her home from the ICU yet:( I've been grappling with what other people have-healthy babies, time as a family out of the hospital, small stresses instead of huge ones-and what I don't. However, your one sentence of-and I love us, so its alright with me-it is so true! I am going to remember this whenever I feel jealous of what other families have-thanks for helping put things in perspective for me:) I wish you both the best of luck and will be sending prayers your way!
I spent almost 8mth in hospital, spending a birthday, christmas & new year in a bed. At first it really got me down, but the love of my family made the day as special as always!
Hope all goes well with the baby.


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Jesus Fucking Christ. Video footage from a Tim McGraw concert apparently shows the singer slapping a female concert-goer in the face after she reaches up and slaps his penis area.
TMZ got video of Tim's concert at Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood in Atlanta. You see him walk into the crowd and a sea of hands engulfs him as he sings, "Truck Yeah."
Look closely 44 seconds into the clip. You see a woman slap Tim twice ... first on his knee and the she goes in a second time and either comes close to his junk or makes contact with it.
At 50 seconds, Tim smacks her.
Tim's rep tells TMZ, "Tim was singing out in the audience and someone firmly grabbed onto his leg and wouldn't let go as he was moving through the crowd.
The rep says, "He instinctively swatted to try to keep them from ripping his jeans (which they succeeded at doing!), and so he could get to more fans who could slap hands with him before the end of the show."
Hey, regular people, celebrities are not your dolls. Also, in general, DO NOT TOUCH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE GENITALS WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT. Also also, in general, do not slap other people in the face. Unless you are instinctively trying to defend your genitals and/or you feel like this person is a genuine threat to your well-being. In which case,
gray area pass? Ugh, you guys sort this one out in comments. I'm out. [TMZ]
Jason Biggs apologized for his cruel, shitty Malaysia Airlines joke.
"Anyone wanna buy my Malaysia Airlines frequent flier miles?" the 36-year-old Orange Is the New Black actor tweeted.
Here is what he said to apologize: "Hey all- ok, so- I am deleting my previous tweets. People were offended, and that was not my intent. Sorry to those of you that were. This is obviously a horrible tragedy, and everyone-including myself- is sad and angry about it. Sending positive thoughts to the victims and their families. P.S. No one is making me send these tweets- I simply understand that my comments might have come off as insensitive and ill-timed. For that, I apologize."
"People were offended." Wow. That's big[gs] of you, bro. [JustJared]
- Enormous literal manatee Cheryl Burke says her "curves are never going away." [People]
- This puddle of diarrhea in the shape of a man apologized for calling Erin Andrews a "gutless bitch." Apology not accepted. Quit your job and go live in a toilet and never speak again. [E!]
- Here's Katie Holmes and Ryan Reynolds pretending to be a family. [JustJared]
- This seems fake. [E!]
- Courtney Stodden wore a lettuce bikini. [E!]
- Jennifer Aniston called Justin Theroux a "lost gem in the sand," because she is bad at remembering idioms. [E!]
- Look how much Pam Anderson loves kissing Rick Salomon. [E!]
- Lance Gross and Rebecca Jefferson are having a baby. [E!]
- Helen Mirren says that Jennifer Lawrence is "much prettier" than she was in her twenties. (FALSE. BOTH ARE GODDESSES.) [Twitter]
- Oh dear. Scott Disick was apparently hospitalized for alcohol and pill poisoning last month. [Radar]
- I guess some people got the idea that Keira Knightley lives on $50k a year. That's not true, says Keira Knightley. [TIME]
- Kim Kardashian's butt. [E!]
Images via Getty.


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Address Book Migration
Instructions to move your Thunderbird contacts to Google
Follow the instructions below to export your Thunderbird address book to a comma separated file, and to edit that file to properly import it into Google Contacts.
If at any time you run into any trouble, or getting stuck, call the OIT Support Center for assistance.
If at any time you run into any trouble, or getting stuck, call the OIT Support Center for assistance.
- From Thunderbird, click on 'Address Book'
- If you have more than one listing under 'Personal Address Books', click to highlight the one you would like to export (export process may need to be repeated for multiple address books).
- Under 'Tools', click 'Export'
- When the 'Export Address Book' window appears, under the 'Save as type:' section, set that to 'Comma Seperated', and save the file in a convenient place, such as your desktop.
- Open the CSV file with Excel, and delete the A, B, D, and F through the end, so just the C and E columns remain. The C and E columns will become A and B, respectively.
- If edited correctly, your A and B columns will look like this.
- Edit the B column heading to name it "E-mail 1 - Value"
- Save the document, and Excel will return the warning in the image. Click Yes to continue.
- Sign in to google.alaska.edu and click on 'Contacts', then click 'Import'.
- Click the 'Browse...' button and locate the CSV file you worked on in Steps 4-8. Click the 'Open' button to use that file. If you would like, you can check the box to add the contacts you are importing to a group. You can select a group that you have already created, or you can select 'New group...' to add them to a group you will create in the next step. When you are ready, click Import.
- If you opted to add these contacts to a new group, you can specify the new group name in this dialog. Click 'OK' when you are satisfied with your group name.


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thanks for telling us ! appreciate.
I've been programming away with Grails for a fair bit of time now but have only touched the surface with the meta programming capabilities provided by Groovy.
Aside from all the dynamic capabilities we are provided with, e.g. DomainClass.FindBySomeField I didn't realise we can really make use of these capabilities ourselves until recently when I was about to create a static method in a utility class to abbreviate strings. I use grids a lot and some of the string data I am showing in certain columns can be very long, so I wanted to show the first 50 characters followed by "..." if it exceeds 50 characters.
I found a little snippet of code that demonstrated the ability to add new methods to the String class itself, completely bypassing my need to create a method in a utility class, which makes the code much easier to follow as I could then just call truncate() method on the string I wanted to manipulate.
How did I do this? Very very simply..
We add the new method declaration within the init method in BootStrap.groovy!
This certainly opens up possibilities I wouldn't have considered before, and just goes to show the more you use grails the more times you'll smile and think, hey that makes things 'easier'!Code:import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils class BootStrap { def init = { servletContext -> // modify string objects to add new truncate method String.metaClass.truncate = {len -> return StringUtils.abbreviate(delegate, len) ?: '' } } def destroy = { } }
Check out the original source for this tip and other tips over at my blog : http://www.tucanoo.com/grails-metaprogramming
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A serious, targeted threat from customized malware that steals credit card magnetic strip track data could literally bankrupt your business. That's the message two security researchers from Trustwave gave at their talk during the Defcon computer security conference Saturday.
The researchers, Jibran Ilyas and Nicholas Percoco of Trustwave Spider Labs, respond to calls for help when businesses find malware in critical systems. When banks field reports of credit card fraud, they try to find the earliest common location or business where all the victims used their card. When they do, the bank calls the business, who then call in the researchers.
In their talk, Malware Freak Show 3, the researchers reported on several types of malware all of which are designed to steal the so-called Track 1 data — the information encoded on the magnetic strip on the back of the card — when a salesperson or waiter swipes the credit card attached to the cash register.
The malware may reside on the register (a device that, in many cases, is simply a custom-configured Windows computer) or on a server in the back room of the business that's used to process credit card transactions. Once the malware has the Track 1 data, it transmits the string of numbers to remote locations, where the data can be used to produce fake, but functional, physical credit cards. The thieves can then sell or use the cards to purchase valuable merchandise.
Unfortunately for some businesses, the credit card processing banks can, and sometimes do, charge the hapless store owner for losses incurred due to fraud. In some cases, these penalties can put establishments out of business, even in cases where the business leases either the point-of-sale (POS) device — the register — or the card processing server, or both. Business owners normally cannot patch or otherwise protect the POS machines or servers they don't own themselves, and rely on the company they're leasing the devices from to maintain them.
Percoco and Ilyas described a common scenario where they're called in to respond to such an incident and find that the point-of-sale system is set up to be remotely managed by the service provider, but the service provider used weak (or in some cases, no) passwords to protect the device. That's almost always how the malware ends up on the system, Ilyas explained.
The malware is rarely detected with antivirus products because it is highly specialized — it doesn't try to steal other kinds of data, for instance — and also because of the way it is distributed, deliberately pushed to specially targeted POS systems. Samples of these kinds of Trojans don't make their way to the antivirus research community as often as your typical rogue antivirus, for example.
The researchers described three different varieties of malware made to steal Track 1 data, and demonstrated how they function in a live demo. The classification follows the methods the malware use to steal the data: There are memory sniffers, process dumpers, and network sniffers.
Memory sniffing malware steal the data by reading the specific location in memory where the credit card processing software temporarily records the Track 1 data after the clerk swipes the card. The stolen data immediately is sent onward to a remote Web server, and is never written to the hard drive.
Network sniffers hook themselves into the networked devices chain in the infected computer, then sit and listen to everything that traverses the wire for the distinctive pattern of data that indicates the presence of Track 1 data. When the Track 1 data passes through the sniffer, the program extracts the data and sends it onward.
Process dumpers monitor the files used by many of the most common card processing applications. When the card processing program becomes active, such as when a card transaction takes place, the memory dumper retrieves the contents of the memory space used by the card processing program, dumps it to disk, then parses those contents looking for Track 1 data.
The prospect for business owners is not very rosy. Targeted malware attacks such as these are on the rise, and with few (if any) using security software on their POS systems, the issues seem likely to continue for some time. We'll work with companies like Trustwave to obtain samples and other data that will help our products detect and remove these types of malware.


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'Nuclear' war returning to Senate?
It didn't take long for the "nuclear option" to come back to the Senate.
In quick succession, Senate Republicans held together Thursday to block two of President Barack Obama's nominations to both the executive and judicial branches. The votes threatened to upend the relative peace that has taken hold in the Senate over the past few months since leaders agreed in July to not change the chamber's rules by a majority vote — the "nuclear option" — to make it harder for the minority to block executive nominations.
Senate liberals — who have long pressed their leadership to rewrite the rules to allow nominations to pass with a simple majority — pointed to Thursday's votes as yet another reason to eliminate 60-vote thresholds on procedural votes for nominees. The chamber voted 56-42 to block Rep. Mel Watt's (D-N.C.) nomination to head the Federal Housing Finance Agency — a rare rebuke to a sitting lawmaker. Patricia Millett's nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals was stopped in a 55-38 vote.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate blocks Mel Watt nomination)
"People are pretty upset," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who said if he was the Senate leader he'd move toward a rules change. "Support is growing for changing the rules when they play these games."
"The pattern of 'obstruct and delay' has returned as the norm in the U.S. Senate with today's filibuster of two highly qualified nominees," said Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) "It proves once again the need to reform the Senate's rules."
Officially, leadership is taking a wait-and-see approach before again throwing the Senate into a chaotic battle over the filibuster, which consumed the chamber in July. But there may even more pressure to consider filibuster reform in the coming weeks, when tough votes loom over Obama's nominees to head the Federal Reserve, the Homeland Security Department as well as two additional D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judges.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he wants to see how those additional judicial nominees fare before again moving toward the nuclear option.
"I'm going to file cloture on two other D.C. Circuit [nominees] and then make a decision. I'm not making it today," Reid told reporters following a closed-door Democratic lunch. When informed that Republicans don't believe Reid will invoke the nuclear option, Reid said, "Well, time will tell, won't it?"
"Let's see what happens with the remaining judges," added No. 3 Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
Reid also pledged to reconsider the Watt and Millett nominations "at some point in the very near future."
But not everyone wants to proceed with such caution. Liberals want to eliminate the filibuster on nominees as soon as possible. Those Democrats — many of whom have never served in the Senate minority — believe opportunities were missed earlier this year when the Senate came to the brink of sweeping rules changes only to settle on more modest agreements to move some nominees and eliminate a few procedural hurdles.
During a lunchtime caucus with top brass from the Obama administration, the push to change the rules didn't come up and talks focused instead on the troubled roll-out of the Affordable Care Act. But as the Senate heads home Thursday evening for a long weekend away from the Capitol, Democrats have a bitter taste left in their mouths.
"What happened today is really an attack on the other branches of government. We didn't get simple yes or down votes," said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), who has agitated to limit the minority's power for years. "This will be something that cannot stand as it is."
"There's a lot of us very concerned about Mel's confirmation not taking place and the D.C. judge," said Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.). "It's just astounding to me."
Vice President Joe Biden — on Capitol Hill to swear in Cory Booker as New Jersey's new Democratic senator — called the vote on Watt a "gigantic disappointment."
"Mel Watt is absolutely, totally, thoroughly qualified," Biden said.
The GOP blocked Watt's nomination because they saw him as a political pick, rather than a housing policy expert.
Republicans objected to Millett because they believe the court has a minimal workload and they were worried that Obama is trying to stack the 11-seat bench ideologically. They contend that Senate Democrats made that same argument when President George W. Bush was trying to get his judges confirmed.
It was just Wednesday that the Senate was moving briskly through a stack of nominees and preserving the spirit of the deal brokered in July, approving a new head of the Office of Personnel Management. The talk of yet another fight over Senate rules so soon after the last one was too much for Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
"We've got to stop it. We've got to come together on these things and work it out, rather than have a godda— confrontation on the floor every time. So many of these guys have never been in the minority. They think the way to fix it is 51 votes," McCain said.
John Bresnahan and Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.