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Cereal Eats: The Cereal That Broke My Heart
Breakfastime musings about cereal.
Hi folks! This week, I'm turning over my mic, bowl and spoon to Managing Editor Jamie Feldmar. Get out your tissues: this is a sad tale rife with nostalgia, longing and star-crossed cereal love. Take it away, Jamie! —Leandra
Although I would not claim to be on remotely the same level as Leandra with my cereal obsession, there is one cereal that captured my heart as a young lass and never let go: General Mills Honey Nut Clusters. Known by many as "the squirrel cereal" (check out this particularly memorable 1993 commercial starring a Rob Schneider lookalike and a robotic squirrel), HNC (or simply "Clusters") contained, well, pretty much exactly what their name implies: crispy wheat and rice flakes with honey-flavored nut clusters. It teetered that line between healthy and tasty, with a pleasant sweetness but no blatant sugar bombs like dehydrated marshmallows or neon-colored "fruit" loops, and therefore my mother allowed it in our regular cereal rotation.
Sadly, I haven't been able to find HNC since moving to New York almost a decade ago. Some trusty internet research reveals that while Clusters haven't technically been discontinued, their distribution has shrunk widely, and I'm not the only person missing those sweet sweet Clusters. So when Leandra managed to pull some strings with GM to get a few boxes delivered to the office, I was over the moon.
I tore in to my first bowl with a fervor, and was initially so overcome with excitement that it took me a minute to realize something was off. I couldn't put my finger on it. Were the clusters smaller? Sweeter? I felt like something was missing—I used to mix Clusters with Raisin Bran as a kid, so my initial hypothesis was simply that I missed the raisins. But that wasn't it. A second round of research revealed what I couldn't figure out myself:
There are no nuts in Honey Nut Clusters anymore.
Apparently, GM changed the recipe in 2007 to use "natural almond flavoring" in lieu of actual nuts, though they left the cereal's name—with the word "nut" right up top!—unchanged. The reasons for the switch are unclear--possibly to counteract rising commodity market prices, possibly due to the increase in nut allergies, maybe both.
Whatever the reason, I'm bummed. No disrespect to those with allergies, but if a cereal has the word "nut" in the title, I expect it to contain, you know, nuts. I like nuts. The nuts in Honey Nut Clusters really helped give the bowl some heft, make it feel slightly more substantial—like a meal, not a snack. After a triumphant but all-too-brief return to my life, I'm afraid I just can't look at Clusters the same way again.
What about you? Are there any cereals that have broken your heart? Lay it bare in the comments!
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Parnell to DL; Mets to close by committee
NEW YORK -- Mets closer Bobby Parnell has been diagnosed with a herniated disk in his neck, which may require surgery.
Parnell received a series of anti-inflammatory injections last week, followed by an epidural procedure Monday in Manhattan. A day later, the Mets placed Parnell on the disabled list retroactive to July 31, meaning he is eligible to return on Aug. 15.
Whether he actually does depends upon the improvement of his condition over the next week. Though general manager Sandy Alderson said Parnell may rejoin the Mets on the first date he is eligible, he added that it is "conceivable … something more significant, more invasive would have to be considered -- surgery, possibly."
"But right now," Alderson said, "we're not at that stage."
Parnell also acknowledged that surgery is an option, and possibly the best option if he wants to avoid recurrences of the issue throughout his career. But he is not resigned to an operation just yet.
"I don't want the season to end like this," Parnell said. "I want to get back. But I've got to be smart about it, too."
Parnell was thriving in the closer's role prior to his injury, converting 22 of his 26 save opportunities with a 2.16 ERA, 44 strikeouts and 12 walks. In his absence, the Mets will turn to a committee including, according to manager Terry Collins, every member of the bullpen other than Scott Atchison.
In addition to former closers David Aardsma and LaTroy Hawkins, Collins mentioned right-handers Gonzalez Germen and Carlos Torres by name as ninth-inning candidates. If at all possible, Collins said, he will also hold back one of his two left-handed relievers -- Scott Rice and Pedro Feliciano -- for select ninth-inning matchups.
Collins said that when he initially approached Hawkins about the situation, the 40-year-old told him he would prefer to continue serving as a setup man. But Hawkins nonetheless earned the Mets' first save in Parnell's absence, pitching around two hits Tuesday in a scoreless ninth of a 3-2 win over the Rockies.
"We're going to use some different guys," Collins said. "We're going to mix and match a little bit. I'm not sure we have the one guy down there that's it, so we're going to take a look at some different people and take a look at that spot, depending on who's coming up."

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New Firmware 1.2.1 Now Supports Incremental Backup for Easier Backup
Features Full Screen Preview & Selection, Support for External USB Storage Devices, & DSLR Support for RAW, EXIF, IPTC & Histograms
Best Device to Keep All Your Photos, Music & Video in One Place
April 5, 2010, Los Angeles, CA – Digital Foci, a leading provider of digital photography accessories for consumers and professional photographers, announced today a major new firmware update for the Picture Porter 35 (model PPR-350) high-capacity 250-500GB portable photo manager. New essential features in the 1.2.1 firmware update include incremental photo backup for easier backup, full screen preview and selection for convenient viewing, USB mode selection for secondary backup to external USB storage devices, and new professional DSLR extended camera support for RAW, EXIF data, IPTC and histograms.
Instantly & Securely Store and View Digital Photos, Music and Video Wherever You Go Perfect for consumers, professional photographers while traveling, on vacation, or on photo shoots, Picture Porter 35 lets you instantly and securely store and view digital photos, music and video on its hard drive wherever you go. It features a 3.5-inch color LCD screen for easy viewing; built-in hard drive with 250GB and 500GB capacities; fast copy speeds of 1GB of data under 90 seconds; and a multi-format memory card reader for CF, MMC, SD/HC Card, miniSD, Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, and xD-Picture card. The direct miniSD card support, in particular, is a welcomed feature for videographers who take still images with a miniSD card on their digital camcorders.
New Features in Picture Porter 35 1.2.1 Firmware update:
Incremental Backup Convenience The new Picture Porter 35 1.2.1 firmware update includes an incremental backup feature that allows you to save new photos to an existing folder in the Backup Directory. This makes backing up photos even more convenient and improves the photo management features for professional photographers and vacationers alike.
USB Mode Selection for USB-Host Function – Connecting to External Hard Drives The USB-Host function expands support for external hard drives connected to Picture Porter 35. This provides a convenient and inexpensive method for making a secondary backup of critical photos. In a simple two-step process, you can easily back up the photos on your memory card to Picture Porter 35 and then connect an external hard drive to Picture Porter 35 to make a second backup. In addition to connecting USB hard drives and flash drives, you can also connect two Picture Porter 35 devices together to transfer files and share playlists between them.
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New DSLR RAW Support with EXIF & Histogram for Pro Photographers Picture Porter 35 supports RAW images with zoom capability and EXIF/histogram viewing to let you examine photos in greater detail. Firmware version 1.2.1 adds to the long list of RAW formats already supported by adding the following DSLR models: Canon 1D Mark4, G11, and 7D; Nikon D5000 and D3000; Sony A300, A330, and A550. As newer models are introduced into the market, Digital Foci will add new RAW support with future firmware releases. Picture Porter 35 already supports IPTC metadata display, so you can view information, such as headline, copyright owner, and comments that are embedded in the photos.
"Not only does the Picture Porter 35 relieve you from worrying about limited memory card space for your digital camera, but it's also the best device to help you keep all your photos in one, easy-to-manage location," said Charles Huang, Director of Business Development at Digital Foci. "Picture Porter 35 gives you the photo management features you need to eliminate bringing a computer on the road, makes it easy to sort through and organize newly acquired photos on the spot, and provides a great way to carry your entire photo collection to show and share whenever you need."
Picture Porter 35 Features:
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Digital audio recorder with built-in mic.
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Supports IPTC information viewing.
Advanced file management features: multi-select, copy, rename, delete files, sort by name/date, and create new folders.
Create and edit playlists directly on device.
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Output to TV or projector.
Removable Li-Ion battery rechargeable via USB or AC.
Audio & video player with built-in speaker & earphone jack.
Picture Porter 35 (model PPR-350) is lightweight and compact, weighing 14 oz. (including hard drive and battery), with dimensions of 5.4" (L) x 3.8" (W) x 1.2" (H). It is available in 250GB and 500GB capacity configurations, priced at a MSRP of $399 and $499, respectively. Picture Porter 35 comes with USB cable (to computer), USB-OTG cable (to USB Mass Storage Device), AC power adapter, user-replaceable rechargeable Lithium-Ion battery, earphones, video cable for RCA video output, custom designed carrying case, wrist strap, and manual.
Existing Picture Porter 35 users can download firmware version 1.2.1 and update their devices on their own.
To download firmware version 1.2.1 release notes and update instructions, go to: http://www.digitalfoci.com/downloads/firmware/PPR-350/PPR-350_Firmware_v1.2.1_release-notes.pdf To download firmware version 1.2.1 manual addendum, go to: http://www.digitalfoci.com/downloads/product_literature/PPR-350_Manual_1.2.1Addendum.pdf
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Summer is just around the corner, which means plenty of live music entertainment in Southern California's wine country! So many Temecula Valley wineries have beautiful outdoor concert venues. Wineries are kicking off their summer concert series now through September. Whether you love jazz, rock or blues paired with your wine, Temecula Valley Wine Country has you covered.
Below is a short list of fabulous winery concerts and be sure to check out our event calendar, which is regularly updated throughout the summer!
July 20, 2014
Join Falkner Winery for their free Spring/Summer Music and BBQ Series. Guests can purchase BBQ paired with the famous Luscious Lips Sangria. A veteran of the Southern California music scene, Jason Weber has been playing the saxophone for over 30 years. Don't miss it!
Enjoy the music of Al Jarreau & Vincent Ingala at the beautiful Thornton Winery. General admission seating is available in rows of concert-style seats, as well as a limited number of small tables for four on a first-come-first-served basis.


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Giovanni (Adventures)
(サカキ Sakaki)
|Japanese Name:
|サカキ Sakaki
|Viridian City
|Pokémon Trainer, Team Rocket Leader
|First Appearance:
Giovanni is the leader of Team Rocket and the Viridian Gym Leader in the Red, Blue and Green Chapter of Pokémon Adventures.
Background[edit | edit source]
Giovanni has been the leader of Team Rocket for quite some time; serving as a secret agenda for the man also known as the Viridian Gym Leader. He is also shown to have a kinder side to him, being known as a Trainer of the Viridian Forest, as he protects Yellow from Lance's attacks.
Skills[edit | edit source]
As the leader of Team Rocket as well as the final Gym Leader in Kanto, Giovanni was one of the strongest trainers in the world. He was able to fight on equal footing with Red and managed to gain the upper hand throughout the battle. He was also able to incapacitate Lance and his Pokémon, something that not even Mewtwo was unable to do, though Lance comments that he let him win on purpose. Giovanni was able to catch the powerful Deoxys with ease. However, his disease took a toll on his body and likely affected his skills as a trainer.
Personality[edit | edit source]
He is a lot crueler and more ruthless than his anime and game counterparts, as shown when he commanded his Cloyster to slay two helpless Magmar by breaking them in half. He holds Pokémon in very little regard, even going as far as to manipulate the innocent Pokémon that were subjected to his own experiments, viewing them as mere weapons. When he was defeated for the first time, Red states that his views on Pokémon ultimately led to his downfall. When Blue chases after him, Blue tells him about his reputation as :Giovanni of the Land. Giovanni smirks and asks Blue the importance of his own reputation.
One of his commanders, Sabrina, stated that Giovanni is a charismatic leader, enabling most of his subordinates to stay loyal to him to the very end.
Despite his veneer of ruthlessness, Giovanni later shows his more humane side. The main reason why he wanted to capture Deoxys was not motivated by revenge, but rather out of a desire to locate his missing son, who was kidnapped by one of the Pokédex Holders' archenemies. While his commanders believe that he only wanted to utilize his son as the heir to Team Rocket's empire, Giovanni actually wanted to reunite with his son before his death. Another example of Giovanni's caring side is when he aided Yellow in fighting against Lance of the Elite Four, though this is likely due to Team Rocket's plans being interfered in by the Elite Four.
Appearance[edit | edit source]
He is identical in appearance to his game counterpart.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Red, Blue and Green Chapter[edit | edit source]
first encounters Giovanni at the Pewter Museum, who pretends to be an amateur fossil hunter and archaeologist. They come across two berserk Magmar destroying the Museum, and after Red defeats them, Giovanni hands him an Old Amber as a reward. As Red leaves, Giovanni laughs spitefully that a mere child like him could defeat Team Rocket. As the Magmar reform and attempt to kill Giovanni, he has his Cloyster kill them by freezing them and shattering their ice form. Later, Giovanni assigns his executives, Lt. Surge, Sabrina and Koga, to fuse the three legendary birds (Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres), but the Pokédex holders destroy his plan. As Red travels to the Viridian City gym to find out what happened to its missing leader, Giovanni comes forth, revealing himself to be both the Gym Leader and the leader of Team Rocket. He challenges Red to a battle, stating that he will join Team Rocket should he lose. Although Giovanni quickly gains the upper hand as he was a far more experienced trainer, he was finally defeated by a Thunderbolt attack and disappears.
Yellow Chapter[edit | edit source]
During the battle taking place at Cerise Island, Giovanni observes the fight between Yellow and the leader of the Elite Four, Lance. He reveals that he freed Red from Lorelei's ice prison, promptly giving him the Evolutionary Stones found at the bottom of Vermilion Bay, allowing Red's Eevee to evolve. As Giovanni fights Lance, he destroys the protective shield that was giving Yellow such a hard time fighting back. However, as the fight seemingly sways to Giovanni's favor, Lance states that Cerise Island is an amplification device for the gym badges, and with Giovanni's Earth Badge, he can summon the giant bird. Giovanni then retreats, leaving Yellow to do battle with Lance. As Yellow emerges victorious in combat, he tells his executives to return back to their gyms, telling them that now is not a good time to identify themselves as Team Rocket.
Gold and Silver Chapter[edit | edit source]
During the Pokemon League's Gym Leader Exhibition Match, it was revealed that during Giovanni's time as the Viridian Gym Leader, he wrote a manual on how to raise Ground Pokémon called "Secret Earth Arts". It contained all of his immense knowledge as an expert on Ground type Pokémon. Blue discovered this book in the Viridian Gym after he took over as its Gym Leader in the wake of Giovanni's departure. He believed he need to master all its secrets as the new Viridian Gym Leader, so he used it to train his Rhydon for his battle against his master Chuck.
Fire Red and Leaf Green Chapter[edit | edit source]
Giovanni emerges as the head of Team Rocket on Birth Island, where he attempts to wake Deoxys from its slumber. He then sends his new subordinates The Three Beasts to distract Red, Blue and Green while he makes preparations for Deoxys. Later, when Deoxys returns to Birth Island to recuperate from its conflict with Red, Giovanni appears before it, and promptly captures it in its weakened state. Giovanni later appears at Trainer Tower, where he is confronted by the Pokédex Holders and Mewtwo. Mewtwo reveals to Giovanni that it holds a grudge against him for creating him to be used for destruction, but Giovanni merely traps it within a special armour called M2Bind. He then leaves their company in order to search for his son. When Giovanni uses Deoxys to discern that Silver is in Viridian City, he sends Sird and Orm to find Silver, while he deals with Red and Mewtwo.
Giovanni, seeking payback in their previous battle, proclaims that he will fight Red alone. He then summons Deoxys to fight against Red's Mewtwo, with the battle swinging in Red's favour. However, Giovanni is suffering from a disease, and is taken by Orm to recuperate. When Giovanni finally meets Silver, his son expresses contempt that his father is associated with a criminal organisation. However, before Giovanni can stop Silver from leaving, Carr betrays Giovanni, attempting to plunge the airship into the Viridian Gym. As the impending disaster looms, Red tells Deoxys to conjure up a black hole, which promptly rescues Silver and Giovanni from the airship.
However, when they emerge from the black hole, Giovanni and Silver find themselves in a flaming chamber, contrary to Red's expectations. Giovanni puts Silver's life ahead of his own, holding him away from the flames; commenting how much Silver has grown up since he was a child. As Blue intervenes with his Rhydon, Silver refuses to acknowledge Giovanni as his father. Blue teaches him that he was once a lot like Silver, and that he should accept Giovanni as his father. Silver does so, crying over Giovanni's unconscious body. He orders his Ursaring to take Giovanni back to his base, in order to recuperate from his injuries.
HeartGold and SoulSilver Chapter[edit | edit source]
Giovanni's whereabouts are unknown, and his son Silver is searching for him.
Pokemon[edit | edit source]
Giovanni specializes in ground type pokemon, but has been known to use other types.


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Canada's Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is being painted as a grinch after he put an end to inmates occasionally spending their own money to order food from outside prisons.
With a warden's approval, inmate groups over the years have received permission to use their own money to order outside food such as pizza and fried chicken. These food drive nights also doubled as fundraisers for local charities and relief efforts such as Doctors Without Borders and victims of hurricanes and earthquakes.
But in September, Toews issued a directive to end such food drives.
"Canadians were concerned that dangerous and violent prisoners had across the board access to pizza parties and BBQ socials," wrote a spokesperson for Toews in a statement to CBC News.
Inmates in prisons across Canada raised tens of thousands of dollars each year from those food drives, according to John Chaif, a member of the inmate committee at Joyceville Institution, near Kingston, Ont.
"This was our money that we earned that we spent," he said. "None of it was institutional funding."
Chaif said in recent years Joyceville inmates have donated thousands of dollars to children's toy drives at Christmas, to local food banks, to shelters for youth and to earthquake victims in Haiti.
Chaif said the food drives also benefited many local restaurants and pizza shops since the food orders often ranged from $400 to $1,800 depending on the event. Inmates would be charged a premium for the food inside the prison and part of the proceeds would go to a charity.
"We raised a lot of money from those food nights for different charities and that is really going to hurt," said Lois Gorgerat, a volunteer with the United Way in Eastern Ontario. For the past 15 years she has been a fundraiser liaison for inmates at Warkworth Institution in Ontario and helped them donate tens of thousands of dollars to local school projects, humane societies and local firefighters.
"They raise from $5,000 to $20,000 a year, we're talking big dollars here and if you take that away, it's gonna hurt the community," she said.
"We know they are all bad guys, that's why they're in there, but darn it, if they're trying to do something good to give back to the community, why are you putting up these walls?"
Greg McMaster has been in prison for more than 34 years serving a life sentence for murder. During that time he's helped raise thousands of dollars for various charities, including the annual Special People's Olympiad at Collins Bay Institution in Kingston. It pairs athletes who are physically and mentally challenged with inmates for a weekend of Olympic-style games.
"When I was chairing it, we raised as much as $50,000 and $25,000 of that was raised in-house from inmates," McMaster said.
He said inmates who have jobs make, at most, about $54 dollars every two weeks. So for them to pay $5 or $10 for a slice of pizza is a big investment.
"We're paying for that ourselves and by the same process, we're supporting local businesses in the community and on top of that we're making donations to local charities. So at the end of the day who's really getting hurt?" he said.
"If someone's in an outrage that I enjoy a piece of KFC twice a year, I would say their priorities may be a little askew."
The food drives were also an opportunity for inmates to make positive social contact with people on the outside, according to Catherine Latimer, executive director of the John Howard Society of Canada.
"This is not something to be discouraged, in fact it is something that we should try to encourage," Latimer said. "The more inmates are participating in pro-social contact, the more likely it is that they will continue to do so on the outside."
In a statement to CBC News, the Correctional Service of Canada said the overall policy of ordering food from outside for inmates is under review.
"Food drives were recognized to be a privilege and were managed as such," wrote CSC spokesperson Sara Parkes.
But with Toews directive and until the review is complete, take-out food orders from prisons are prohibited.
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The business tax cuts that went into effect in January had a significant effect on corporate profits in the first quarter of 2018, according to new data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis Wednesday.
The after-tax profit rate for corporations was 12.6 percent in the first quarter, according to an analysis by Evercore ISI's Ernie Tedeschi, who said that this level of profitability "is historically very high for the US but not the highest it's been in the recovery."
Tedeschi added that the after-tax profit rate rose by 0.74 percentage points from the last quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2018, an increase in the top 10 percent of such changes since 1947. The rise in profitability was entirely attributable to the corporate tax cuts, Tedeschi said.
The tax cuts would have raised profits even more if not for increasing costs, including wages and taxes on production and imports (see the chart below). The Wall Street Journal's Ben Leubsdorf said that the despite the stellar profit numbers for the quarter, the data showed signs of strain as corporations confront higher costs for labor, materials and transportation late in the cycle of the economic recovery that began in 2009. It will take several more quarters of data to determine whether the growth in profits marks a new period of investment and expansion or merely a temporary jump in a cooling economy.


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My mother started two special dinner traditions. The first one certainly made the holidays easier for us as parents. Because young children often need naps, especially with the excitement of the holidays, Mother started having dinner begin at 4:30 or 5 instead of 2 to 3. This began with my two children, the first two grandchildren. Oh, did this help. The children could have their naps and wake up when they were rested. AND they had time to wake up before sitting down to dinner. So no grouchy, tired children. This is still the tradition, as some of my other siblings had young children and came for dinner.
The second tradition was that the youngest people were always served first and we went up in age. This worked especially well when a parent, or parents, needed to fix plates for the young ones. So, the children's plates were fixed and the children sat down. They chose which table they wanted to sit at. Then the adults served themselves and sat in empty seats. This avoided a "children's table" and an "adult table." And the adults who sat with the children enjoyed the time talking with nieces, nephews or younger cousins whom they hadn't seen for a while. The children learned to carry on conversations during dinner and had good examples as to table manners at a holiday dinner. Also, there was an adult or two to help cut food, get seconds, etc. And it was a lot of fun. (I often chose the "children's" table after my children were grown.) After all, I could always talk with the adults, but to get a child to sit down and talk to me when there was lots to do and many things to play with was more difficult.
Even now, with all adults, the youngest at dinner serves himself first. And now often the youngest adult is over 40. We do this even when we visit and it's not a holiday.


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Aesop Rock - 1 Of 4 (thank You) lyrics
1 of 4...
My name is Ian Mathias Bavitz
I was born in 1-9-7-6, at Biosfet hospital, located in Long Island, NY
I am 6 foot, for I weigh 2-0-0 pounds
I have brown hair and green eyes
I enjoy writing songs, painting, movies and diner food
I have two brothers, Chris and Graham
and two parents, Paul and Jameija
In august of 2-0-0-1 I went crazy..
This was originally not for public consumption
This was made for four people... four people that literally saved my life
They know who they are..
And ahhh I mean I could live to be a thousand years old and never re-pay them
I don't think this song would pay for them
But hopefully by putting it out, push the bank a little further..
This ain't a burner for the whips (no it isn't)
This ain't even Aesop Rock fly earthworm demeanor (no it isn't)
My name is Ian Mathias Bavitz and I was born in Long Island, New York
Seventy Six, before Graham and after Chris... OK
In August of 2001 my seemingly splinter-proof brain bone, scaffling imploded
I kept it on the hush, but nearly tumbling
to the cold hard concrete on near bodega trips
for ciggaretes and soda, shook me to kasper
Dizzy with a nothern chaser, motor sensory eraser
Gorophobe tunnel vision, guilt, self loathing arrangements
Rose rapidly outta fog I'd never fished in
that abates three separate foreign men's
While I seems to hook lines and syncro simple fishing
Simple primitive self taught, easing of soul, mind and body
but the symptoms rejected my cave-man modus operandi
So now it's one fish belly up, through medicated mol edge
Shrinks that get 250 an hour for awkward silence
And, I'd be lying if I said all of this
made even the slightest fragment of sense to me
That's frail... Simply put
I don't know what happened, or what's stillhappening
I literally feel like I'm teetering on the blunt edge of my sanity
JAMIE, I k**ed the robots and I'm sorry
Broke down in front of you, embarra**ed
but you lent a heart and hand that only you could
you're one of my best friends and yes I'd take that bullet for you
That's my word, which is about all I have left
TONY, I know you know you crazy, 'cause you told me
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but that did never bother you, I hold you as my brother 'til d**h
And I got your back if ever the drunk goblin step
for makin' a cat laugh, when I was walking with the dead
KATHERINE, mother figure, older sister, concerned be a limits
Letting me know I wasn't the only one with this
Continuous offers for vacation, Chicago visits
Talked me to repair of a head full of broken pistons
RIYAH, for the late night movie rentals and the company I needed
An' you knew it, but I just wouldn't admit it
You listened to me brag about my issues for hours
Offer incredible advice, gave me a hug when I was finished
Am I a jack of all trades? Nope... I like to write songs tho'
Are they good? I dunno..
But I could tell you that I only write sh** down when I believe it
So take this how you want, but know I mean it
I want you all to know that I'm scared
Now my f**in' crooked soul never faced a monster like the last few months
Never in my whole life... I wish I could explain this better (I can't)
But the pieces won't formulate it to anything even close to cohesive
So I guess this is my feeble way to thank you
Four soldiers that extended something sacred off the purity of kindness
I owe you all my life and please don't argue with that statement
'Cause without y'all I may not have a life to offer, take it
Thank you
I wish I could explain this better. (Thank you)
I'm sorry for burdening your pleasures. (Thank you)
I love you all with all that's left of me. (Thank you)
For helping try to k** what made a mess of me. (Thank you)
Somehow, someway. (Thank you)
I'ma get you back someday. (Thank you)
Just gotta figure this all out... So..
I guess it is kind of funny when you look headed from a step back
How one man can literally buckle under the same pressures
Other men operate normally under
I have soaked this out from all angles, walking through time
I have been over everything in my head, still I can't think anymore
But I guess some times, when you can't breathe, there are people there
to breathe for you
I am lucky enough to have those people around me
Thank you for helping me to not die
Thank you for helping me to not die
Pocket full of pennies, and a soul gone tilt
Cockpit full of memories and a dream full of guilt


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By Jennifer Weiner
- Release Date: 2012-05-08
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
The short story that inspired Jennifer Weiner's novel The Next Best Thing.
Ruth has left her job writing for a hit television show for reasons she'd rather not discuss and is supplementing her increasingly dwindling savings with freelance writing projects—namely, helping anxious high school students craft a perfect college essay and lonely souls craft captivating online dating profiles. When she's not working, she's swimming—lap after lap at the local indoor pool, in a desperate attempt to wash away the sting of professional failure and heartbreak that she can't seem to shake. It takes an unexpected client to show her that appearances can be deceiving, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is simply dive back in.


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Having virtually worn out the only pairs I packed with me four months ago, I picked up a new pair of jeans last week. The experience helped illustrate the answers to some popular questions from friends and family: What's extended traveling and/or moving abroad like? How has the experience been so far?
The same answers would apply to most people moving to most cities, I think. So far, Amsterdam has been a lot like a new pair of (pricey) jeans:
- Maybe you've had your eye on a pair for some time, especially if you're tired of the ones you wear every day. So you do some homework, decide to try them on and then lay some money down.
- At first, they're restrictive and uncomfortable in some places, familiar and forgiving in others. To find your way in a new city or new denims some, er, adjusting is required. For the city part, it's a sort of mental package adjustment, if you will. (Bad visual - sorry. But it works as a metaphor).
- From some angles, they look great. Others, not so much. So you make it a point to try to keep focusing on the more favourable angles and not the bad ones, although you do ask questions and have doubts sometimes. (The old standard female question might work here: Does this city make my ass look fat? To which there is rarely a safe or clear answer)
- There is already a sense, at times, that they may well turn into your favorite pair in a few weeks or months. They become the best pair you've ever had and wow are you ever glad you made the commitment. They make you feel like a cool A-list celebrity. Or they may remain on the second shelf, the pair that looked good on display but ultimately weren't for you. They turn into a pair of Ed Hardys on that doughy deadbeat Jon Gosselin.
- Which pair will Amsterdam turn out to be for me? Right now it's anyone's Guess...


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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- 1 Gust, Devens
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- porphyrin
- photoinduced electron transfer
- phthalocyanine
- 1 dye-sensitized solar cells
- 1 molecular heterojunction polymer
- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
Natural photosynthesis dedicates specific proteins to achieve the modular division of the essential roles of solar energy harvesting, charge separation and carrier transport within natural photosynthesis. The modern understanding of the fundamental photochemistry by which natural photosynthesis operates is well advanced and solution state mimics of the key photochemical processes have been reported previously. All of the early events in natural photosynthesis responsible for the conversion of solar energy to electric potential energy occur within proteins and phospholipid membranes that act as scaffolds for arranging the active chromophores. Accordingly, for creating artificial photovoltaic (PV) systems, scaffolds are required to imbue …
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Michael Moore e-mail
No matter what they say, no matter how many scare words they use, they are up to their old tricks of creating fear and confusion in order to make and keep themselves and the upper one percent filthy rich. Just read the first four paragraphs of the lead story in last Monday's New York Times and you can see what the real deal is:
"Even as policy makers worked on details of a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry, Wall Street began looking for ways to profit from it.
"Financial firms were lobbying to have all manner of troubled investments covered, not just those related to mortgages.
"At the same time, investment firms were jockeying to oversee all the assets that Treasury plans to take off the books of financial institutions, a role that could earn them hundreds of millions of dollars a year in fees.
"Nobody wants to be left out of Treasury's proposal to buy up bad assets of financial institutions."
Unbelievable. Wall Street and its backers created this mess and now they are going to clean up like bandits. Even Rudy Giuliani is lobbying for his firm to be hired (and paid) to "consult" in the bailout.
The problem is, nobody truly knows what this "collapse" is all about. Even Treasury Secretary Paulson admitted he doesn't know the exact amount that is needed (he just picked the $700 billion number out of his head!). The head of the congressional budget office said he can't figure it out nor can he explain it to anyone.
And yet, they are screeching about how the end is near! Panic! Recession! The Great Depression! Y2K! Bird flu! Killer bees! We must pass the bailout bill today!! The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
Falling for whom? NOTHING in this "bailout" package will lower the price of the gas you have to put in your car to get to work. NOTHING in this bill will protect you from losing your home. NOTHING in this bill will give you health insurance.
Health insurance? Mike, why are you bringing this up? What's this got to do with the Wall Street collapse?
It has everything to do with it. This so-called "collapse" was triggered by the massive defaulting and foreclosures going on with people's home mortgages. Do you know why so many Americans are losing their homes? To hear the Republicans describe it, it's because too many working class idiots were given mortgages that they really couldn't afford. Here's the truth: The number one cause of people declaring bankruptcy is because of medical bills. Let me state this simply: If we had had universal health coverage, this mortgage "crisis" may never have happened.
This bailout's mission is to protect the obscene amount of wealth that has been accumulated in the last eight years. It's to protect the top shareholders who own and control corporate America. It's to make sure their yachts and mansions and "way of life" go uninterrupted while the rest of America suffers and struggles to pay the bills. Let the rich suffer for once. Let them pay for the bailout. We are spending 400 million dollars a day on the war in Iraq. Let them end the war immediately and save us all another half-trillion dollars!
I have to stop writing this and you have to stop reading it. They are staging a financial coup this morning in our country. They are hoping Congress will act fast before they stop to think, before we have a chance to stop them ourselves. So stop reading this and do something -- NOW! Here's what you can do immediately:
1. Call or e-mail Senator Obama. Tell him he does not need to be sitting there trying to help prop up Bush and Cheney and the mess they've made. Tell him we know he has the smarts to slow this thing down and figure out what's the best route to take. Tell him the rich have to pay for whatever help is offered. Use the leverage we have now to insist on a moratorium on home foreclosures, to insist on a move to universal health coverage, and tell him that we the people need to be in charge of the economic decisions that affect our lives, not the barons of Wall Street.
2. Take to the streets. Participate in one of the hundreds of quickly-called demonstrations that are taking place all over the country (especially those near Wall Street and DC).
3. Call your Representative in Congress and your Senators. (click here to find their phone numbers). Tell them what you told Senator Obama.
When you screw up in life, there is hell to pay. Each and every one of you reading this knows that basic lesson and has paid the consequences of your actions at some point. In this great democracy, we cannot let there be one set of rules for the vast majority of hard-working citizens, and another set of rules for the elite, who, when they screw up, are handed one more gift on a silver platter. No more! Not again!
Michael Moore
5 comments:
- ssturgill said...
Yes, apparently some of these financial institutions are paying as much, or almost as much in bonuses as they received in bailout money. Our money is paying for rich people's $250,000 bonuses instead of keeping us out of a deeper recession as we were told.
Another thing regarding the health insurance crisis, even if you have health insurance that doesn't mean you can afford the co-pays, deductibles, spendowns, and everything that's not covered. My family and I have health insurance, but because of my husband's $170 per month spendown, and my daughter's test strips for type 1 not being covered, we are paying almost $300 a month in medical expenses. I only make $900 a month. This is insanity, healthcare needs reformation. Everyone having health insurance isn't going to solve the problem.
- December 20, 2008 at 2:46 PM
- sharebearlove said...
If you think that that was robbery, what do you think of what Obama is doing right now? Or is it okay since he and his Cronies are liberal? I am so sick of parties. We are being robbed once again but this time 800 billion dollars and I don't hear the voices of the american people. I want to hear rage!! I thought that punk bands would be speaking out. But we'll let them steal from us and gain more power over us. Because that is what will happen if nobody stands up and says, "no we will not take it!!"
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Sympathy for the Devil
"Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game"
So goes the lyrics from Rolling Stone's Sympathy for the Devil. In the Season 5 premiere of SPN we're introduced to Satan (Mark Pellegrino) himself and the nature of his game is indeed a puzzle, but boy is it gonna be fun figuring it out.
Kripke penned this opener and it started exactly where we left off. Blinding light. Piercing noise. The boys can't escape and drop to their knees in agony waiting for Lucifer's arrival and then we see…
…Yosemite Sam. The boys are inexplicably on an airplane with the Looney Tune on TV and a cartoon beezlebub is asking him, "What the devil is your name?"
The boys are just as confused as we are. On the ground the radio is delivering apocalyptic news on every channel and Sam keeps trying to apologize, but Dean cuts him off. In need of answers they head for Chuck's. The prophet is shocked to see them alive seeing as his last vision showed Sammy going "full on Vader." He tells them Castiel is dead. An arch-angel smoked the crap out of him and he "exploded like a water balloon of chunky soup." Ew. Even more ew is the tooth the soothsayer finds in his hair.
"Cram it with walnuts, Ugly." Dean
Then that abhorrent angel Zachariah shows up to get Dean. He tells them they're all on the same side now and he wants Dean to kill the devil. Furthermore, they need to strike hard and fast before Lucifer finds a vessel. P.O.'d, Dean slaps Zach back on the Highway to Heaven.
Back at their hotel Dean asks Sam how he's doing with his blood addiction. Surprisingly, whoever yanked their tushes outta trouble seems to have cleansed Sam too--supernatural sobriety. Once again, Sam tries to talk to Dean, but he's not in the mood to listen. Instead he suggests they do what they always do and go hunting…for the devil.
Meanwhile, in Pike Creek, Delaware, we meet a despondent man named Nick who's haunted by the loss of his wife, Sarah, and their baby boy. He thinks he's having hallucinations, but Sarah tells him he's special, chosen. You know, whenever, if ever, someone tells you that…run!
And, in the funniest part of the episode, we meet Becky, Supernatural super fan and giggly, blushy WinCest writer. In a totally surreal moment she gets a video call from the Carver Edlund. He's being watched by angels and he wants her to deliver a message to the real Sam and Dean. She shows up on their motel doorstep drooling and giddy where she wastes no time in fondling Sam's pecs and telling Dean "You're not what I pictured." She also tells them Carver's newest prophecy. Michael's sword is on Earth. The angels lost it and it's at a castle on a hill made of 42 dogs. Well, now, that's clear as mud isn't it? So who do the Winchesters call when they need some research help? Bobby.
Bobby shows up and explains that Michael booted Lucifer to Earth with that sword and if they can get it they can send him back to Hell. Then Sam does what he's been trying to do with Dean for days…he confesses his sins. And Bobby, dear, Bobby completely pulverizes him. "You're damn right you didn't listen. You were reckless and selfish and arrogant. You're sorry you started Armageddon. This kind of thing don't get forgiven, boy. And if by some miracle we pull this off, I want you to lose my number, you understand me?"
Gulp. The devastation on Sam's face is crushing. He leaves ostensibly to go look for something, but probably to secretly cry, and Dean and Bobby do more research. Bobby is saying he never would've guessed their daddy was right about Sam. Save him or kill him. Sadly, Dean never says anything in his brother's defense, but he does have an epiphany and digs through his dad's stuff. His storage locker is at Castle Storage on 42 Rover Hill. Bingo! And then bam! Bobby goes all demon on Dean and starts beating him. Meg arrives in a new meat suit. She says Dean is the only bump in the road for the new world order and every demon is out to get him. She tells Bobby to stab him to death. Bobby fights his inner demon and stabs himself instead and Meg smokes out. The boys get their surrogate father to the ER and then try to beat the demons to the storage locker. Zach is waiting for them. He tells them Dean is actually Michael's sword aka his vessel. That's right, Zacariah wants Dean to willingly give up his body and mind to Michael.
"Life as an angel condom." Dean
Dean refuses and Zacariah starts to torture him into saying yes – he breaks Sam's legs, gives Dean stage 4 stomach cancer, steals Sam's lungs. Dean tells him to just kill them and Zacariah says he's just started the torture. Thankfully, a very put together Castiel shows up and kicks some angel ass. He then implies that God put Sam and Dean on that plane and spared his life. To protect the brothers he carves something into their ribs that will hide them from every angel in creation, including Lucifer.
Back in Pike Creek, Nick allows his "wife" to talk him into becoming Lucifer's vessel so he can get revenge on God for allowing a stranger to butcher his family. Possession takes place.
Oblivious, a feisty Bobby gives his doctor hell when the MD dares to tell him he may not be able to walk again. In the ER the guys discuss what they should do about their little Satanic sitch. Bobby suggests they save as many as they can for as long as they can. Dean suggests they take on both sides and win back their planet.
"What I do have is a GED and a give 'em hell attitude." Dean
As the boys head out of the hospital Bobby tells Sam it was the demon talking to him that way not him. "I ain't cutting you out, boy. Not ever." Sniff sniff. Now that's more like the Bobby we know and love.
The jam-packed episode ends in a dark parking lot with Dean finally letting loose. He tells Sam he said all that stuff in there for Bobby's benefit, but he can't pretend anymore that everything is alright. He also tells his little brother he can't believe Sam chose a demon over him. Sammy completely let him down and he's having a hard time forgiving and forgetting. When Sam asks what he can do to make things better Dean says, "Honestly, nothing. We can never be what we were. I just don't think I can trust you."
Gut-wrenching pain. It's a devastating, but true moment. They might be fighting on the same side to save the world, but chances are their separate hearts will make it that much more difficult and probably weaken their efforts. However, I have every faith the wayward son will make amends and earn his way back into good graces.
Overall, I thought Kripke did a killer job on starting off Season 5. I'll admit I balked a little at Sammy's instant sobriety, but I can see that it would be a distraction from the real issues at hand. I'm looking forward to seeing the Harvelles next week and watching more emotional fallout among the brothers. How about you?


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"I know it's Friday Dad. I need a weekend for sure."
Friday again. This week has been all about the weather. Named storms have been forming up and Florence is projected to make landfall this morning. We have to pray that all the precautions have been enough to save human life on the East Coast. We have been lucky here in Texas in that Invest 95L is not expected to rise to hurricane strength. It will bring three to five inches of rain but that is way better than what is expected for Florence. There have been over one million people who have evacuated away from the Eastern coastal towns. Let's hope that those who chose to stay are spared as well.
This week's JohnKu talks about the power of nature. I hope you have a peaceful weekend.
Nature's Power by John W. Howell © 2108
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Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- After a lukewarm reception from television buyers, 3-D technology is pushing its way onto small screens.
As Nintendo plans to launch with the first major gadget that can show three-dimension visuals without the need for special glasses in the U.S. on Sunday, two large Asian electronics manufacturers are following suit.
HTC has unveiled the EVO 3D, a follow-up to Sprint Nextel's breakout smartphone. It has a 4.3-inch touchscreen, which can display eye-popping 3-D without needing glasses. Users will also be able to capture photos and videos in 3-D using a pair of cameras on the back.
Like the original EVO, the 3D version will run Google's Android operating system and connect to Sprint Nextel's fast 4G data network.
LG Electronics has been working for a year and half on a 3-D smartphone of its own, said Yongseok Jang, the South Korean company's vice president of strategy.
The Optimus 3D, as it's been called, will launch on AT&T Mobility's network with the name Thrill 4G. AT&T says it will be available in the "coming months," and a price hasn't been set.
LG developers spent a great deal of time fine-tuning the pair of 5-megapixel cameras to accurately capture 3-D media, Jang said. Calibrating the cameras to produce good-looking stills and video is more difficult than pulling off a glasses-free display, he said.
The EVO 3D prototype we tested at the CTIA Wireless conference this week shot blurry video. HTC is still working on that aspect, which will probably take several more months to perfect, said Trevor Van Norman, a Sprint marketing director. The EVO 3D will be available this summer, he said.
Nintendo's 3DS also has a pair of cameras for capturing scenes in 3-D, and it works quite well. Being the first out of the gate to offer a mainstream glasses-free 3-D gadget, Nintendo expected to find competitors, and it soon did when LG announced its phone.
"I wasn't frustrated or irritated by it," Hideki Konno, a Nintendo producer who played a key role on developing the 3DS, said through a translator in a recent interview. "I mean, considering the technology was out there in the world, I wasn't even really surprised by it."
The Japanese game company plans to fend off competitors by partnering with media publishers that can offer more games and movies in 3-D.
"You need not only the capabilities; you need the content," Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo of America's president and operating chief, said in an interview. "They're not going to have the great gaming content that we have."
For their phones, LG and HTC are lobbying game developers to create 3-D software for Google's Android smartphone platform. Owners also will be able to download the thousands of games already available for Android.
LG expects to include a few games packaged with the Thrill 4G and have at least 10 games available when the device is made available to purchase, Jang said. With a team led by Jang, LG also persuaded Google to make YouTube videos produced with 3-D cameras available in a separate app and allow the phone's users to upload their own, Jang said.
"Instead of being at the mercy of Hollywood studios to bring 3-D content, why don't we enable our customers to create their own 3-D content?" Jang said. Google's YouTube team also helped LG tweak the quality of the videos produced by the phone, he said.
The EVO 3D will have about a half-dozen 3-D games at launch in addition to the full "Green Hornet" film, Van Norman said. The phone will also have the YouTube 3D application.
HTC touts on its website: "You look better without the 3D glasses," as a hand tosses a pair into a trash can. LG's initiative, too, was designed to eliminate the need for wonky glasses, Jang said.
"All our TV guys and our mobile-phone guys, we try to solve that problem -- to force people to wear glasses," Jang said. "Watching 3-D stuff should not be a sit-up experience."
Both LG and HTC are planning to debut tablet computers that can, like their phones, capture 3-D with a pair of cameras. However, the tablets require users wear dorky, two-toned glasses in order to view the 3-D content.
HTC's tablet, with its 7-inch touchscreen that requires glasses for 3-D viewing, is called the EVO View 4G and will be available on Sprint.
Jang from LG, which is bringing a tablet to T-Mobile USA's network, said implementing glasses-free 3-D on the G-Slate's 9-inch screen was "a cost issue."
However, by enabling the device to capture 3-D pictures and video, Jang hopes the excitement carries over into LG's TV business, which has struggled to sell 3-D sets.
T-Mobile, the G-Slate's exclusive carrier, believes that it's still "early days" for 3-D technology and that issues will be solved over time with new devices, said Desmond Smith, a senior product manager for the company.
Samsung Electronics hasn't ventured into the mobile 3-D territory yet. "There has been a big push for (3-D) on the TV side, but we haven't done anything on the phone side," said spokesman Kim Titus.
Omar Khan, the strategy chief for Samsung Telecommunications, said mobile devices will be more valuable in the 3-D space as a way to capture content in that format, rather than to view it. "I think it's still pretty early," he said.


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Euler Filter Magic
If you've spent much time animating in Maya, you've probably run into this problem at least a few times: Crazy, crazy inbetweens after you've gone through and lovingly posed your keyframes. You wanted that leg to extend calmly from key A to key B? No. Instead, you get a leg-shaped hurricane. If you usually solve such dilemmas with grueling counter-animation, pleading with the graph editor, or throwing heavy objects, then you should know that a solution exists that is the equivalent to a "Fix Everything" button.
I just learned this trick a few months back and I only wish I'd read this article back when it was first written in 2007. Do yourself a favor and read it. You'll either thank yourself further down the line when the problem crops up for you, or you'll be the cool guy with all the answers when you notice your co-worker getting ready to throw his CPU through a window.


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interaction and "watching out for each other" to active patrols by groups of citizens.
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Aviation is a technologically intensive industry, both as a user and as a driver of advanced technology. Until quite recently, business units within the air service industry were often characterized as a series of local monopolies connected by a set of protected routes, which contributed to economic and environmental inefficiencies. Continued aviation liberalization has not brought decreased regulation in the areas of safety, security, and the environment however, and continued cooperation among national authorities is necessary to ensure that such regulations are globally and competitively neutral.
The general trend in aircraft engine technology development over the past few decades has been to reduce specific fuel consumption (SFC). This trend has resulted in lower emissions of carbon dioxide CO2) and water vapor (H2O) and most other exhaust gases per unit of thrust. Advances in combustor technology have resulted in considerable reduction of NOx emissions at a given pressure ratio. Future developments in engine technology are discussed in Chapter 7.
Developments in communication, navigation, and surveillance technology, as well as air traffic management systems (see Chapter 8), have enabled more efficient use of the air traffic system. This trend has resulted in considerable fuel savings. The complete transformation-that is, modernization of the air traffic system-is expected to generate significant safety, operational, and environmental benefits. Air traffic measures for present and future systems offer potential for reduced fuel consumption, hence emissions, through improvement in the overall capacity and efficiency of the air traffic system. Potential environmental benefits to be gained from operational measures within the current air traffic system, though important, are thought to be smaller than those that may be gained through modernization of the air traffic system. The environmental effect will depend on the rate at which these measures are adopted.
Chapter 9 examines the implications of alternative growth and technology scenarios on aviation emissions. Mid-term projections of aviation growth have meaningful margins of error, and those beyond 20 years are highly uncertain. Accordingly, rather than use projections, we develop a range of future industry growth and technology scenarios to the year 2050. Comparison of scenarios gives order-of-magnitude estimates of emissions changes resulting from variation in the rate of aviation growth and different technology options. Although these scenarios produce a wide range of outcomes, they all show an increase in aircraft emissions as growth outpaces engine technology improvements.
The scenarios assume minimal fuel consumption resulting from the use of optimal fight paths and absence of delay. Unlimited development of the aviation infrastructure projects unconstrained growth of aviation. Chapter 8 addresses current policies, which are expected to diminish the environmental effects of additional fuel consumption resulting from present air traffic management technology and systems. Unconstrained growth-an assumption that is not representative of conditions today or in the future-thereby becomes the dominant factor. Because the scenarios assume complete modernization of the air traffic system and no infrastructure constraints, growth of traffic and emissions are thought to be overstated in the modeling exercises.
An important factor for promoting the sustainable development of aviation is ensuring that producers and consumers receive appropriate signals about pollution costs and natural resource scarcities. The focus of aviation policy over the past 15 years has begun to shift from command-and-control policies to enhancing efficiency and responding to changing demand patterns. Two broad categories of issues-the operation of markets, and government supports and ownership-bear on environmental mitigation measures (OECD, 1997b).
Government regulation of competition in international aviation has restricted market entry and exit, fares, and capacity. Internationally, liberalization of bilateral air service agreements is aimed at increasing competition within "the home market" and promoting greater efficiency. Although aviation remains a quasi-protected industry in some countries, deregulation is becoming the predominant trend within national markets.
Economic deregulation of the U.S. airline industry began in 1976, and was completed in 1983 when all regulations on domestic fares, entry, and exit were eliminated. This deregulation resulted in a 33% lower fare structure and higher average industry load factors, which have increased from 52% (1960-69) to more than 70% (1995-98). Following deregulation, increases in traffic volume, fuel use, airport and air traffic congestion, and noise that some observers consider to be above "normal" have been attributed to the hub-and-spoke method of operation that ensued. Studies comparing the effect of direct versus hub-and-spoke routing on fuel consumption, traffic levels, and fleet mix have not been undertaken (Winston, 1998).
When the environmental cost of a supported activity is placed outside the market transaction, many subsidy or tax treatments are thought to have adverse environmental consequences to the extent that they generate negative effects. The most important examples of explicit government supports to aviation are nonmarket pricing of infrastructure services, below-market financing, tax and depreciation preferences for oil, and direct government ownership. These and other issues are being studied (OECD, 1997b). Lack of inclusion of environmental costs is currently thought to be an implicit subsidy to industry and consumers. All of the mitigation measures discussed below internalize or include external costs to the service provider to some degree. An important issue for further research is whether the full costs of externalities can be quantified in advance.
Figure 10-1: Comparison of annual fuel
Fuel cost and consumption are important to the mitigation measures discussed below. Examination of the historical record indicates that aviation fuel productivity has increased considerably. ICAO estimates that, while aggregate fuel consumption for the 1976-90 period grew approximately 60%, world civil air traffic (passengers, freight, and mail combined) increased about 150%. These figures are explained by an increased average load factor, a more optimal aircraft fleet mix, greater engine efficiency, and improved system capacity (Balashov and Smith, 1992). The amount of fuel consumed and fuel productivity affect airline profits and ticket prices.
Of interest to the policymaker is the effect of a change in fuel price on airline cost and fare structures and on passenger and cargo demand. Figure 10-1 shows the percentage of total annual airline expense attributable to fuel cost for U.S. and world airlines over time and compares changes in this ratio against changes in the index of fuel prices for the United States and the world. Data for the figure were extracted from industry and ICAO published sources (ICAO, 1996b; Aerospace Industries Association of America, 1998). The data indicate that average fuel cost across the industry has recently represented about 11-15% of operating costs, but has been higher during times of high fuel prices (e.g., nearly 30% in the early 1980s). Further analyses of the impact of fuel prices on demand and industry profitability are needed.
Against the background of these underlying trends, the potential role of mitigation measures is considered in further reducing the growth of aircraft emissions by forcing technology, changing industry practices, and dampening growth in traffic.
Atmospheric environmental impacts associated with aviation emissions include greenhouse gas emissions, ozone depletion, acidification, and impact on local air quality. Cruise altitude (above 900 m) aircraft emissions of interest are CO2, NOx, particulates and aerosols, sulfur compounds, and H2O. Ground-level (altitude below 900 m) aircraft emissions of interest to local air quality issues are NOx, carbon moNOxide (CO), unburned hydrocarbons (HC), and other volatile organic compounds. Ground-level CO2 emissions from aircraft are of interest because of their effects on climate. This section examines more fully two technology-based means for mitigating the adverse effects of aviation emissions.
The environmental aim of air traffic system modernization and operational measures is to reduce fuel consumption, hence emissions, through improvement in the overall efficiency of the air traffic system. For 1995, U.S. airlines reported a 79% "on-time" arrival rate for all domestic flights (i.e., flights arriving within 15 minutes of schedule), including canceled flights and those with mechanical delays. For 1996, this figure was 75%. This decline indicates the scope of current congestion and delay problems (U.S. Department of Transportation, 1998).
U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data show that annual system delays of 15 minutes or longer (as a percent of total operations) have declined steadily from 2.2% in 1989 to 1.2% in 1997. Over that period, 55-70% of these delays were caused by weather; 25-35% were caused by terminal volume and closed runways and taxiways (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, 1977). FAA estimates of the total cost for air carrier delay (operating plus passenger time costs) grew from $6.5 billion in 1987 to $9.5 billion in 1994. Except for the cost of fuel, environmental costs were not considered (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, 1995). The European Organisation for Safety and Navigation (EUROCONTROL) reports that air traffic delays in Europe are primarily the result of national institutional factors, capacity overloads, and air traffic control inefficiencies. Association of European Airlines (AEA) data show that in 1989, the number of departures for short- and medium-term flights delayed by more than 15 minutes was 23.8%. This figure dropped to 12.7% in 1993, but has risen steadily since then: The rate was 19.5% in 1997 and 20.1% for the January-June 1998 period (Association of European Airlines, 1998). These data are consistent with EUROCONTROL data for the same years (EUROCONTROL, 1998).
ICAO air traffic system policies, plans, standards, and recommended practices have not been regarded as measures that might be used to achieve environmental gains. Studies assessing the costs and benefits of CNS/ATM modernization conclude that the benefits to airlines and passengers from reduced delays and fuel savings far outweigh the incremental costs. Recent studies have focused on estimating the environmental benefits of a more efficient air traffic system. These studies indicate that emissions from aviation may be reduced significantly. Although states are working within ICAO toward global modernization of the air traffic system, this activity has only recently been placed in the context of addressing environmental issues (EISG, 1995; Aylesworth, 1997; U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, 1998a,b).
Studies and working papers prepared for CAEP/3 Working Group 3 (emissions) and the ICAO Worldwide CNS/ATM Systems Implementation Conference (see Chapter 8) indicate that improvements to the air traffic system could reduce annual fuel consumption 6-12%. For the total flight regime, 94% of fuel saving would occur at cruise altitude and 6% below 900 m. NOx reductions are estimated to be 10-16%. This discussion of measures for mitigation leads to the following conclusions:
. Potential gains from operational measures within the current air traffic
system are much smaller than those that may be gained through modernization
of the air traffic system.
. Although modernizing the air traffic system and improved operational measures are important environmental policy instruments in their own right, delayed or early realization of their potential would have adverse or beneficial environmental consequences, respectively.
These conclusions have important environmental policy implications. Successful implementation of CNS/ATM is a daunting task that requires worldwide and regional collaboration and cooperation. Impediments to be overcome include restricted airspace, sovereignty issues, institutional development, and finance, particularly for developing nations and countries in transition.
Figure 10-2: Engine certification to ICAO NOx
ICAO Annex 16 emission standards are certification requirements for individual engines (ICAO, 1993b). Because of extensive regulation of the industry to maintain high levels of safety and to maintain and promote competition, as well as comparatively long technology development and product economic lifetimes (Chapter 7), ICAO has set limitations on emissions at their sources (stringency) on the basis of the best achievable technology by all manufacturers.
These ICAO standards define emissions levels for unburned HC, CO, NOx, and smoke. They do not address aircraft emissions of CO2, sulfur dioxide (SO2), or H2O. Neither are there any ICAO standards for trace compounds such as particulates, aerosols, certain types of HC, and other nitrogen compounds. Aviation is not a source of nitrous oxide (N2O), a greenhouse gas. ICAO Annex 16 standards are related to engine emissions during the LTO cycle; they do not specifically address engine emission levels for altitudes above 900 m (cruise), although these emissions are related to emissions during the LTO cycle.
In 1981, the ICAO Council adopted standards and recommended practices for aircraft engine emissions by establishing regulatory emissions maxima for engines manufactured after 1985. The regulatory conformance criteria for covered emissions are based on characteristic engine performance during the LTO phases of flight, which represents on average of 15% of the total flight segment. LTO cycle operating requirements are characterized by very low and very high power settings, which are not representative of aircraft performance at cruise conditions. For purposes of estimation, LTO cycle parameters are transformed into an emissions index (EI) for a given airframe-engine combination to characterize emissions under cruise conditions.
On the recommendation of CAEP/2, in 1993 the ICAO Council amended the emissions standards for NOx, reducing permitted levels by 20% at a representative engine pressure ratio of 30. The certification regime follows the LTO cycle basis established under the original stringency standard. The CAEP/2 standard was adopted by ICAO member states with few, if any, exceptions as the universally recognized international standard for aviation. It is to be applied to all engines produced after 2000, to all new and derivative engines for which certification has been or is to be applied for after 1995, and, as a practical matter, to currently certified in-production engines that are to be altered to meet the standard. CAEP has since reviewed the NOx stringency issue in light of local air quality and atmospheric concerns and in 1998 recommended that the standard be further reduced by 16% at an engine pressure ratio of 30 (ICAO, 1998a). For pressure ratios above 30, the slope of the NOx maxima was returned to that of the 1981 standard to permit greater fuel efficiency and therefore greater reductions in CO2, H2O, and oxides of sulfur (SOxO). Recognizing the need to protect the asset value of the existing fleet, the new standard is to be applied only to new or derivative engines certified after 31 December 2003. In-production engines are thereby left unaffected by the stringency requirement. The ICAO Council is scheduled to review the proposed standard and recommended practice (SARP) by the first quarter of 1999. Adoption by the Council is expected, after which the SARP will be incorporated into ICAO Annex 16 for adoption by member states. Although there is a wide range of views concerning the scale of costs and benefits resulting from increased NOx stringency, an analysis of the environmental benefits obtained to date under current ICAO engine stringency standards has not been initiated.
The three ICAO SARPs are shown in Figure 10-2 (ICAO, 1995a). It suggests that ICAO stringency requirements have "pushed" engine emissions reduction technology or, at a minimum, have ensured its incorporation into new and derivative engine designs. The relatively wide variation in technology levels among individual engine types and whole engine families represented in Figure 10-2 raises three important issues. For purposes of regulating aviation engine emissions, the first policy matter is whether use of the existing "best achievable" standard is preferable to the "best available" standard used for other industries. The second question concerns the optimal level at which the standard should be set to promote sustained and rapid progress on further emissions reduction. The third policy matter pertains to the means to evaluate tradeoffs concerning technical limitations in minimizing various emissions species and those pertaining to safety, performance, and environmental objectives, in particular noise control.
ICAO practice has inferred that the "best technology" concept has a specific meaning for aviation. The airworthiness concern is that setting standards based on unproved, anticipated, or nonexistent technology might result in untenable solutions, as might requirements that all engines meet a single, extremely low emissions threshold. A matter yet to be addressed is that selection of a "best available" technology or technology level for aircraft engines has inherent competition and market structure implications. Accordingly, as part of the work program adopted at CAEP/4, members called for looking into "establishing long-term and forward-looking CAEP goals for aircraft emission reductions" to meet the industry need for extended planning horizons while more aggressively "pushing" technology development (ICAO, 1998a).
ICAO certification standards are being regarded as a means for reducing overall emissions levels. Since CAEP/4, work has begun on developing parameters for aircraft emissions certification during climb and cruise phases of flight (above 900 m) to complement the existing LTO-based standard.
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Xondo 010, Xondo 100, Xondo 300,
Xondo 500 (semi automatic)
Balancing Machines for Turbocharger Compressor Wheels
- Semi automatic balancing of turbocharger compressor wheels
- Patented air bearing support for extreme measurement accuracy
- Digital measured data processing and numerically controlled unbalance correction
- Easy change over to other rotor types
- Short cycle times
- Most compact design
- Easy movable
- Titanium machining (option)
Range of applicationMeasurement and correction of dynamic unbalance of machined turbocharger compressor wheels, use of the machine in mid- to large-volume production. Semi automatic unbalance measurement and correction through polar milling in two planes and with up to two correction steps.
DesignTwo-station machine with measuring and correction station and semi automatic operating cycle. Vertical balancing unit on a vibration-optimized machine frame, type-dependent, exchangeable precision air-bearing support for the compressor wheel, driven by a special drive plate with air jets adapted to the rotor diameter.
Measured data processing by measuring unit CAB 950.
Correction station with NC-controlled milling unit for unbalance correction by polar milling at the nose and back face of the compressor rotor.
Sequence of operations
- The work-piece is loaded into the measuring station.
- Automatic measuring run, brake to zero rpm
- Remove the rotor from the measuring station and load it into the correction station
- Clamp, index to the correction position for the 1st plane, advance the milling cutter to the milling position and control the milling cut. If the unbalance is large the cutter is additionally turned to increase the amount of material removed
- Index and move the milling device to the correction position for 2nd plane, repeat the milling process and unclamp
- Transfer the rotor to the measuring station and start the check run.


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Two weeks. Great wine. Fabulous food. Family. Friends. It doesn't get much better than this. As you read this, I am most likely winging my way home from France. The above is a quick recap in images of the past two weeks spent in Epernay (Champagne) and Sablet (Côtes du Rhône). There will be more […]
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Silent Sunday: Two weeks in Champagne and the Rhône Valley
By Mardi Michels on August 12, 2012 in france, travel


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4 bananas
1 mango
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
16 strawberries, hulled and quartered
8 prepared waffles
1 cup (1/2 pt.) heavy cream
1/4 cup maple syrup, plus more for serving
2 tsps. vanilla extract
Oil for coating grill grate
Heat grill as directed. Gas: Direct heat, medium (350 degrees). Clean, oiled grate on lowest setting. Charcoal: Direct heat, medium ash. 12-by-12-inch charcoal bed (about 3 dozen coals). Clean, oiled grate on lowest setting. Wood: Direct heat, medium ash. 12-by-12-inch bed, 3-inches deep. Clean, oiled grate set 4 inches above the fire.
Chill a medium bowl and a whisk or beaters for the whipped cream.
Cut the bananas in half lengthwise through the peel, following the arc of the curve, so that the bananas will lie flat on the grill.
Stand the mango on its thick end and cut the sides off the center pit, curving the knife around the pit. Peel each half with a paring knife, then slice lengthwise into 1/2-inch pieces.
Mix brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl, then sprinkle over the cut sides of the banana and mango.
Brush the grill grate and coat it with oil. Put the bananas cut-side down on the grill and cook until nicely grill-marked, 3-4 minutes. Grill the mango until nicely grill-marked, 2-3 minutes per side. Remove from the grill and cut into bite-size pieces.
Grill the waffles until toasted and heated through, about 3 minutes per side.
Pour the cream into the chilled bowl and whisk vigorously or beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until the cream forms soft peaks when the whisk or beaters are lifted. Whisk or beat in the maple syrup and vanilla.
Arrange the waffles on a platter, with the grilled fruit and strawberries and maple whipped cream in small bowls. Allow guests to top their waffles with fruit, whipped cream, and additional maple syrup. Makes 4 servings.
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Part II of my WSXVIII Report
After the second match day, I was very curious to see, how the results would be. Not knowing, how the other top guys from the other revolver squad would have finished (The German Revolver Team hadn't finished in the top three at the last World Shoot in Florida 2014 – because of that, we were scheduled in Revo Team Squad "two" this time. On squad one have been the Teams from USA, Austria and Brazil). I guess, you can understand how excited I was, when I saw, that I had taken the lead after day two! Again, that night was not the best for a deep and relaxing sleep… Of course did I tell myself to calm down and relax and not to think too much about the results. I wanted to just shoot the same style like the days before. "IPSC WSXVIII Chateâuroux / France — Part II — Matchday 3 and 4" weiterlesen


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But Totah also has musical concerns closer to home. His two small children, Lara and Sara, are budding musicians themselves. Lara "sings when I play the oud." She is also learning the piano. Will the girls become oud players themselves, like their father? "If they want," Totah chuckles. "I hope."
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Apply styling mousse to damp hair, using your palm as a measuring guide, and evenly distribute it along the hair shaft. Styling mousse will add hold and can help achieve better results.
Using the corner of your comb and standing in front of a mirror find the middle of your right eye and then drag the comb straight up slowly until you reach your hairline and then continue back in a straight manner to achieve an even right part. A side part is great for longer face shapes because it creates the illusion of width.
A large radial brush is usually used on long straight hair types or to smooth out wavy or curly hair textures. When selecting a radial brush, always use one with a pure bristle as this will not tear or damage the hair.
Using your brush, blow-dry in small sections starting from the nape/back. Tilting your head forward, place the brush an inch below the roots to hold them taut and aim the dryer above the brush for a few seconds before continuing to the ends.
To blow-dry the sides, take out a small section of hair from the front and clip the rest of the hair away. Next, place the brush under the section and then pull the brush and hair forward around your face (this curving motion creates body). Place the hair-dryer on top of the brush until you reach the ends and then turn the ends under. Repeat until dry.
When blow-drying your bangs forward, clip your hair back leaving only your bangs out. Position your bangs evenly in your brush, taking the hair in a forward direction. Blow-dry from roots to ends, keeping the tension consistent, and evenly distribute heat over the whole section of hair that you are working on. Repeat until the hair is dry. This will stop any frizz that may occur.
To blow-dry the crown/top sections, take a section of hair no bigger than the diameter of the brush and blow-dry the hair placing the brush under the section of hair. With your blow-dryer in front of the brush, follow the brush in an upwards direction at the roots and an outwards position at the ends for volume and softness. Continue until the section is dry.
Pick up a small selection of hair from your mid section no bigger than your tail comb. Place your comb at the roots and then comb up and down until the hair is standing up by itself. Continue to the crown and finish at the sides. Repeat this step if you require more volume.
Apply a very small amount of smoothing shine to the palms of your hands and then run it through the mid-lengths and ends of your hair. Be careful not to add any to the roots or a large amount to any section of the hair as smoothing shine can be very heavy on the hair, weighing it down and making it appear oily.
To finish, apply a minimal amount of hairspray from an arms length distance to the top, sides and back. Take care not to use too much or you will end up with a white, flaky residue which looks like dandruff.
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Dedicated to all the DJ's all over the world, man.
(One for the treble, two for the bass
Come on Techa Nina, let's rock this place)
Tech's in the place, everybody get mainy
Punks betta cuff yo lady, can't nobody tame me
Blame me. For keepin her runny eyed rainy
Ladies used to hate me, now they comin out they panties
Girls on the jock, pocket full of socks
Got fat knots, somethin gone squat
?Down, puttin it down, down for the block?
Tryin to be hot, but you flop,
When you shot to the top but you not... DWAM!!!
I ain't never seen so much green
Than when I seen when my team hit the scene
It must be a dream. Hit the stage, everybody holla
Gettin throwed, ?stripper shows throw away a dolla?
Father, I don't want to leave nobody too blessed
Cuz they greedy in the middle of what I do best
You fixin to see me in the TV with a few guest
We bout to bubble baby, get ya waterproof vest
Bout ta Bubble [6x]
Bout ta Bubble, Baby [3x]
We calculating
We drinkin and smokin and humpin and likin it [2x]
Yo, get ya ID, passport, state skippin
All around the world, busy with the bass hittin
We ain't come for bustin heads, yea we hate trippin
When we through rockin the shows, man we chase kittens
J's on my feet, car full of beat,
Trunk full of heat, Caribou in the seat
Frown, you can make a song. Clown in the street
Gimme the beat and we leakin
No mercy for the haters that weep
On to the next, Minnesota to the Netherlands
Veterans, caravans, gettin chedder, man
Round the world in a day, off in LA
Oklahoma, Dallas, Kansas City to the Bay
Everybody hifey, the South really like me
Ill Bill got it where the East Coast invite me
Tech's in the air when the mood really strikes me
Hey, we bout to bubble, so imbedded in your psyche
Hey, B-boys hit the flo' wit it
Off in Jamaica let me see ya heel toe wit it
Clown and crunk wit it, A-Town stomp wit it
At the set, jugglettes make they double D's jump to this
House on the hill, hella tip drills
Paul Wall said he'd do me up a red grill
Busta Bus circlin' the 5-6 ville
Forty water, he told me a lot in this business for real
Stormin. In Salt Lake City performin for Mormans
Out of they garments before the mornin, I'm charmin
Leavin em torn, mess with the bull you get the horns
Nina gets with a beauty best, it's armin
Misery's behind me, labels tryin to sign me
Ain't too many who don't know just who the Tech N9ne be
Is she lookin for somethin with a future so shiny
Kansas City, Missouri is where she gone find me


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Reumofan Plus: Recall – Undeclared Drug Ingredient
Reumofan Plus Alert
by The U.S. Food and Drug Administration via Flickr.
This is a reprint of the FDA Alert.
AUDIENCE: Consumer, Health Professional, Emergency Medicine
ISSUE: FDA is warning consumers that Reumofan Plus, marketed as a natural dietary supplement for pain relief and other serious conditions, contains several active pharmaceutical ingredients not listed on the label that could be harmful. An FDA laboratory analysis of Reumofan Plus found that it contains Diclofenac Sodium, a prescription non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that may cause increased risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke, as well as serious gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events including bleeding, ulceration, and fatal perforation (causing a hole) of the stomach and intestines, and Methocarbamol, a prescription muscle relaxant that can cause sedation, dizziness, low blood pressure, and impair mental or physical abilities to perform tasks such as driving a motor vehicle or operating machinery.
The Mexican Ministry of Health discovered that at least one lot of the product contains the corticosteroid dexamethasone, a drug that acts as an anti-inflammatory and immune system suppressant.
FDA has received multiple reports of adverse events associated with the use of Reumofan Plus, including liver injury, sudden worsening of glucose control, weight gain, swelling, leg cramps, and adrenal suppression.
BACKGROUND: Reumofan Plus is marketed as a natural dietary supplement for pain relief. Reumofan Plus is labeled in Spanish and promoted for treating arthritis, muscle pain, osteoporosis, bone cancer, and other conditions. The product is manufactured in Mexico by Riger Naturals and sold in some retail outlets, at flea markets, and on various internet sites. FDA has worked closely with the Mexican government on this matter. The Mexican Ministry of Health has issued a health warning to the public and ordered Riger Naturals to recall the product.
RECOMMENDATION: Consumers who are currently taking or who recently stopped taking Reumofan Plus are urged to consult a healthcare professional immediately. Health care professionals are urged to ask their patients about use of Reumofan Plus and other products marketed as dietary supplements when patients present with unexplained symptoms that suggest NSAID toxicity, depression, or the use or abrupt discontinuation of corticosteroids. Additionally, health care professionals should evaluate patients who have used Reumofan Plus for drug and disease interactions involving diclofenac, methocarbamol, and corticosteroids, and consider whether a corticosteroid taper regimen may be appropriate in those who have used Reumofan Plus.
Healthcare professionals and patients are encouraged to report adverse events or side effects related to the use of these products to the FDA's MedWatch Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program:
- Complete and submit the report Online: www.fda.gov/MedWatch/report.htm
- Download form or call 1-800-332-1088 to request a reporting form, then complete and return to the address on the pre-addressed form, or submit by fax to 1-800-FDA-0178


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