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- Emerson Network Power Appoints Neoteric as India Disty
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Ex-Juniper Ravi Chauhan is MD at SAP India
Effective immediately, Ravi will be responsible for driving SAP India's growth strategy and operations across the country.
Huawei Enterprise Unveils Channel Strategy - 'Connect, Engage & Build'
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We are Looking for Disruptive Partners: Adam Judd, Brocade
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Fly Out: Channel Companies Target Overseas Market
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IT Channel Business Fueled by Women Entrepreneurs
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Ray O'Farrell: VMware is Ready for the Hybrid Cloud
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Unix to Linux Trend Helping Suse Grow: Naji Almahmoud
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Rami Rahim: Juniper Networks Will Drive the SDN Mission
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Entrepreneur Tarun Seth Powers Micro Clinic to Macro Deal
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Marc Randall: Avaya has all the Application Layers to Win
Marc Randall, SVP and GM, Avaya Networking, believes Avaya will win through application driven networking.
Expert View: Anoop Nambiar, Director-Channel Sales Manager, IBM Asia Pacific
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Ganesan Arumugam, Senior Director-Partner Sales, VMware
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Harish Menon, Product Manager Asia Pacific & Japan at Akamai Technologies
Harish Menon talks about Akamai's strategic tie ups as well as the company's road map for 2013.
Lakshman Narayanaswamy, Founder & VP Products, Sanovi Technologies
It is about time the Indian Enterprise took a hard look at a concrete Disaster Recovery (DR) strategy, emphasizes Lakshman Narayanaswamy Founder-VP, Sanovi Technologies
Vinod Ganeshan, Senior Director -- Sales, Hitachi Data Systems
Vinod Ganeshan, Senior Director -- Sales, Hitachi Data Systems talks about the changing role of IT in the enterprise today.
Venu Reddy, Research Director, IDC India
Venu Reddy, Research Director, IDC India talks about how high powered business means high powered IT.
Expert View Sukhwinder Ahuja, Director -- Office and Cloud, Microsoft India
Sukhwinder Ahuja, Director -- Office and Cloud, Microsoft India talks on the guiding principles for productivity applications
Srikanth Karnakota, Server & Cloud Business, Microsoft India
Srikanth Karnakota, Server & Cloud Business, Microsoft India talks about as to what should CIO's do when they have multiple options in terms of technology offerings.
Nitin Bhandari, Associate VP & Head -- New Products & Partnerships, Vodafone India
Nitin Bhandari, Associate VP & Head -- New Products & Partnerships, Vodafone India talks about how CIO's moved away from existing connectivity solutions and took a holistic approach to meet all their requirements.
David Mc Nally, IT Executive Advisor, IDC USA
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Rubik Infotech
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Total Presentation Devices
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Intensity Global Technologies
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Servion Global Solutions
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Software-Defined Infrastructure: Forrester
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New Skills for a New Era: Gartner
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The Rise and Growth of Big Data: Ernst & Young
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ChannelWorld Survey: State of the Market 2014
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Satya Nadella's First Interview as Microsoft CEO
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Pope John Paul II hires former Miami Dolphins and Notre Dame player Autry Densonby Jason Lieser
Autry Denson, who left Notre Dame as the school's all-time leading rusher, is the new head football coach at Pope John Paul II. Denson played four seasons in the NFL.
"We can't begin to express how excited the entire Pope John Paul High School community is with Autry's arrival," athletic director Scott Baker said it a statement released Monday. "He's a knowledgeable, experienced and successful athlete. Moreover, he's a person with exceptional character and principles. We consider ourselves very fortunate that he will be guiding our student athletes at Pope."
He replaces Chris Kokell, who resigned to take the head job at Forest Hill earlier this month. Kokell went 6-14 in two seasons with the Eagles.
Denson grew up in Broward County and player for Davie-Nova before signing with Notre Dame. He played for the Fighting Irish from 1995 through '98, running for 4,318 yards and 43 touchdowns.
Denson played for the Dolphins in 1999 and 2000. He played in 17 games and totaled 206 rushing yards.
He played for the Chicago Bears in 2001 and finished his career with the Indianapolis Colts the following year.
Denson is the area's fourth head coach with NFL experience. He joins Boca Raton's Keith Byars, Glades Central's Jessie Hester and Cardinal Newman's Steve Walsh.
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John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP
John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD
Jay W. Marks, MD, is a board-certified internist and gastroenterologist. He graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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How is the blood pressure measured?
The blood pressure usually is measured with a small, portable instrument called a blood pressure cuff (sphygmomanometer). (Sphygmo is Greek for pulse, and a manometer measures pressure.) The blood pressure cuff consists of an air pump, a pressure gauge, and a rubber cuff. The instrument measures the blood pressure in units called millimeters of mercury (mm Hg).
The cuff is placed around the upper arm and inflated with an air pump to a pressure that blocks the flow of blood in the main artery (brachial artery) that travels through the arm. The arm is then extended at the side of the body at the level of the heart, and the pressure of the cuff on the arm and artery is gradually released. As the pressure in the cuff decreases, a health practitioner listens with a stethoscope over the artery at the front of the elbow. The pressure at which the practitioner first hears a pulsation from the artery is the systolic pressure (the top number). As the cuff pressure decreases further, the pressure at which the pulsation finally stops is the diastolic pressure (the bottom number). Measurement of blood pressure can also be done with electronic machines that automatically inflate the cuff and recognize the changes in pulsations.
How is high blood pressure defined?
Blood pressure can be affected by several factors, so it is important to standardize the environment when blood pressure is measured. For at least one hour before blood pressure is taken, avoid eating, strenuous exercise (which can lower blood pressure), smoking, and caffeine intake. Other stresses may alter the blood pressure and need to be considered when blood pressure is measured.
Even though most insurance companies consider high blood pressure to be 140/90 and higher for the general population, these levels may not be appropriate cut-offs for all individuals. Many experts in the field of hypertension view blood pressure levels as a range, from lower levels to higher levels. Such a range implies there are no clear or precise cut-off values to separate normal blood pressure from high blood pressure. Individuals with so-called pre-hypertension (defined as a blood pressure between 120/80 and 139/89) may benefit from lowering of blood pressure with lifestyle modification and possibly medication, especially if there are other risk factors for end-organ damage such as diabetes or kidney disease (lifestyle changes are discussed below).
For some people, blood pressure readings lower than 140/90 may be a more appropriate normal cut-off level. For example, in certain situations, such as in patients with long duration (chronic) kidney diseases that spill (lose) protein into the urine (proteinuria), the blood pressure is ideally kept at 130/80, or even lower. The purpose of reducing the blood pressure to this level in these patients is to slow the progression of kidney damage. Patients with diabetes (diabetes mellitus) may also benefit from blood pressure that is maintained at a level lower than 130/80. In addition, African Americans, who have an increased risk for developing the complications of hypertension, may decrease this risk by reducing their systolic blood pressure to less than 135 and their diastolic blood pressure to 80 or less.
In line with the thinking that the risk of end-organ damage from high blood pressure represents a continuum, statistical analysis reveals that beginning at a blood pressure of 115/75 the risk of cardiovascular disease doubles with each increase in blood pressure of 20/10. This type of analysis has led to an ongoing "rethinking" in regard to who should be treated for hypertension, and what the goals of treatment should be.
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May 31, 2012—Scientists in Switzerland have developed a method to help paralyzed rats with severed spinal cords walk—and even climb stairs—again. The team's cocktail of neuronactivating chemicals and electrical stimulation might be a precursor to future treatments for disabled humans, researchers say.
Researchers have found a way to rehabilitate paralyzed rats with severed spinal cords to begin walking on their own again.
The breakthrough could be a step toward rehabilitating humans with similar injuries.
The study, at EPFL in Switzerland, involved injecting neuron-activating chemicals into the paralyzed rats, as well as applying electrical stimulation. Researchers say over time, one group of rats, while being held upright with a harness attached to a robotic system, were able to take steps on solid ground with their hind legs, and eventually sprint and climb stairs.
SOUNDBITE: Grégoire Courtine, EPFL Professor of Life Sciences: "And what we observed is that over time, the animal regains the capacity to perform one, two steps and then a long run, and eventually, a paralyzed rat regains the capacity to sprint on the ground, climb stairs, even pass obstacles."
While the robotic system holds the rats upright, the forward motion is powered by the rat. Previous studies have shown rats regain the ability to walk on a treadmill, but not by themselves.
The researchers say the finding may put a cure for paralysis in humans due to a severed spinal cord one step closer. Thus far, such a result has eluded scientists.
SOUNDBITE: Grégoire Courtine, EPFL Professor of Life Sciences: "The therapeutic impact of this type of intervention in humans is difficult to predict. But this very surprising plasticity in recovery that we have observed in the rat opens a promising perspective to improve function in humans with spinal cord injury."
The study is published in the June 1st, 2012 edition of Science Magazine.


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1LT Stephen Kramer
|Name: Stephen Kramer
Rank: 1st Lieutenant
Branch: Aviation
Current Duty Station: Deployed to Iraq
11th Aviation Command
The 11th Aviation Command, based at Fort Knox, consists of 148 Army Reserve Soldiers and civilians including 48 senior full time staff members (Active Guard Reserve) and 13 Civilian Military Technicians grade GS-7 to GS-13. The command is responsible for peacetime management of more than 4,000 Aviation Reserve Soldiers to include one brigade headquarters consisting of four aviation battalions and four other aviation battalion direct reporting units located throughout 14 states.
The 11th Aviation Command (AC) is also responsible for managing the training and employment of AH-64 Apache Longbow Attack Helicopters, UH-60 Blackhawk Assault Helicopters, CH-47 Chinook Medium Lift Helicopters, C-12 and a UC-35 fixed wing aircraft throughout United States. During deployment, the headquarters will function as a Theater Aviation Command.
The command provides Air Traffic Services (ATS), Airfield Management, Aeromedical Evacuation, Combat Aviation Brigade Reinforcement, Theater Aviation Support, and coordination of aviation staging and onward movement in order to support Corps, Army or Joint operations. The 11th AC has two missions, which function's as both a war fighting headquarters and as a Functional Command (FC). As a war fighting command, the 11th AC provides command, control, staff planning, and supervision for two Aviation Brigades and one Air Traffic Service Battalion. As a FC the 11th AC provides command and control for all Army Reserve Aviation.
What I'm doing here
As the Current Operations OIC, I am responsible to ensure that my cell accomplishes its duties. These duties include: Publishing and distributing OPORDs, WARNOs, and FRAGOs; Distributing the 11th AC TACSOP and GARSOP; Coordinating the employment of air assets within the 11th AC AOR; Serving as the JOSAC coordinator; compiling monthly reports tracking flying hours, Additional Drill Assembly (ADA) usage, Additional Flight Training Period (AFTP) usage, and Unit Status Reports (USRs).
This is a very busy job with a steep learning curve, quite possibly the most challenging staff position for someone with no prior staff experience. But there are huge payoffs for accepting this position. I have been able to interact on a regular basis with Operations sections (S-3s) of all of our subordinate units and have gained volumes of knowledge. This knowledge stretches from the differences of how an AH-64 battalion conducts training compared to a CH-47 battalion, to how the Army Reserve can conduct training according to regulations, to rules and regulations for how the Army conducts its day to day operations.
I have gained some excellent training opportunities as a result of this position. I have been able to attend the Joint Air Operations Command and Control (JAOC2) Course at Hurlburt Field, FL. This is a course I encourage everyone should try to attend, as you will get to interact with members of the other branches of our military, and learn how our Air Force, Navy, Marines, SPECOPS, and Army all work together in a Campaign Theater. If anyone has an interest in serving in a Joint Operation position, this course is a very good starting point.
As an aviator, it is difficult as a staff officer to fly as often as you would in a "line" unit. However, it doesn't mean the flying stops completely. I haven't been able to fly as much as I would love to, but I am currently flying the C-12 Huron (which is a Beechcraft KingAir 200) and am projected to start flying the newest version of the UH-60 (the much acclaimed M model) Blackhawk this fall.
Overall, I love serving the Army. I keep an open mind to accept any assignment in order to learn from it. Through that mindset, here is just a sampling of what I have gained: a commercial pilot's license for helicopters and airplanes, extensive knowledge of Army Regulations and doctrine, lessons learned for my personal development, skill badges, additional skill identifiers, and life-long friends all over the world.


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Again we see our so-called conservative republican leaders falling into a liberal pattern of raising taxes to support a never ending revenue hodgepodge. This mindset continues to drain monies away from earners and place it in the hands of incompetent lazy politicians who remain convinced that they know best. Until we remove all these tax and spend individuals we will never get to keep what we earn.The Senate needs a walk to the wood shed by the angry voters of Michigan. Regarding HB 4003 the message is clear union money stolen from home healthcare workers does not seem to be a priority to most in Lansing, remember who these chair warmers are come election time. For Rick Snyder sitting on the fence regarding RTW is the cowards way out and sends a clear message to all of us that a nerd can be bullied.
It seems to me like SEIU has bought off or threatened enough Republicans to keep this from moving forward. They went ahead and defunded the sham child care agency and stopped the dues grab by the UAW. But the SEIU is still raking in the dough off the providers who care for disable adults -- six million a year and no one is doing anything about it. It's a scam and even the GOP and the MAckinac Center are in on it in Michigan protecting the SEIU.
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Sin, Surf & Sierras (NUVA)
For the traveller who wants it all, this desert-to-coast journey delivers in spades. Throw caution to the wind in Sin City, Las Vegas, then cleanse those chakras with pristine national park hiking. You'll drive the legendary Pacific Coast Highway for views that are postcard-perfect and finish in Los Angeles for a final burst of movie star glamour. A private touring van and participation camping offer affordability and flexibility while letting you get to know your fellow travellers and making this a road trip to remember.
Highlights: Hike in Yosemite National Park, drive along California's beautiful coastline, revel in the glitz of Las Vegas, break a sweat in Death Valley, stargaze in Los Angeles.
Yosemite Park & Napa Valley (NUVF)
The perfect blend of wildlife, active excursions and the charm of wine country, this week-long journey from Las Vegas to San Francisco packs a punch. Explore Yosemite—famous for its waterfalls and fantastic landscapes—and paddle the Russian River in Sonoma wine country. These diverse areas offer plenty of options and our nimble touring van makes the most of sites. Camping keeps you close to the land while offering great value, so you'll have money left to sip or slurp you way through Napa Valley.
Highlights: Check out the beautiful scenery in Napa Valley, hike the trails of Yosemite, revel in the bright lights of Las Vegas, break a sweat in Death Valley, stroll the hills of San Francisco.
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FORTUNE -- The news out of Moscow of late has been dominated by Edward Snowden, the American leaker of secret state documents who is currently seeking temporary asylum in Russia. Meanwhile, across town and to much less fanfare, Dr. Nicolas Gisin found himself explaining last week the solution to the very problems of data security and privacy intrusion Snowden brought to light in exposing the vast reach of the National Security Agency's data collection tools: data encryption that is unbreakable now and will remain unbreakable in the future.
Gisin is a Swiss quantum physicist and a pioneer in the exploration and manipulation of the very small -- that is, the various "quanta" of the micro world, things like individual atoms and photons. (Photons are the elementary particle of light.) In 2001, Gisin co-founded a company called ID Quantique with the aim of converting the strange phenomena found in the quantum world into commercial applications. At that time, the quantum world was still very much a theoretical place, one more suited for the laboratory than employed for practical application. But over the last decade quantum technologies have matured such that they can offer many practical benefits, including the kind of data encryption that ID Quantique now provides to various banks and governments -- data security that is virtually impossible to breach.
"It sounds like there's some quantum magic in this new technology, but of course it's not magic, it's just very modern science," Gisin says. But next to classical communication and encryption methods, it might as well be magic. Classical cryptography generally relies on algorithms to randomly generate encryption and decryption keys enabling the sender to essentially scramble a message and a receiver to unscramble it at the other end. If a third-party (known as an "adversary" in data security lingo) obtains a copy of the key, that person can make a copy of the transmission and decipher it, or -- with enough time and computing power -- use powerful algorithms to break the decryption key. (This is what the NSA and other agencies around the world are allegedly up to.) But Gisin's quantum magic taps some of the stranger known phenomena of the quantum world to transmit encryption keys that cannot be copied, stolen, or broken without rendering the key useless.
The primary quantum tool at work in ID Quantique's quantum communication scheme is known as "entanglement," a phenomena in which two particles -- in this case individual photons -- are placed in a correlated state. Under the rules of quantum mechanics, these two entangled photons are inextricably linked; a change to the state of one photon will affect the state of the other, regardless of whether they are right next to each other, in different rooms, or on opposite sides of the planet. One of these entangled photons is sent from sender to receiver, so each possesses a photon. These photons are not encoded with any useful information -- that information is encoded using normal classical encryption methods -- but with a decryption key created by a random number generator. (True random number generators represent another technology enabled by quantum physics -- more on that in a moment.)
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Any adversary would have to place herself in between sender and receiver at just the right moment in order to intercept this key-encoded photon, but even that would not enable her to steal any useful information. Thanks to the laws of quantum mechanics, any tampering with the photon in transit would change the state of the entangled photon still in the sender's possession, raising a red flag. The sender could then simply discard the intercepted key and generate another.
The idea of quantum cryptography is not new, but its deployment in real-world, non-laboratory environments is something that is just now getting underway. ID Quantique's client roster includes several governments and financial institutions whose names it is not at liberty to disclose. It also has found a market among online gaming sites who rely on ID Quantique's quantum-based random number generators to ensure their platforms cannot be gamed by other computer programs. (Computer algorithm-based random number generators, though sophisticated, are not considered truly random in the way that a roulette wheel is considered truly random -- by their nature they will produce patterns that other computer programs can detect.) The company is among the first to move forward with the commercialization of next-generation quantum technologies derived from what physicists refer to generally as quantum physics' "second revolution." The first happened decades ago with the advent of lasers and the like, which deal with the manipulation of multiple quanta rather than individual quanta. But it certainly won't be the last.
At the second annual International Conference on Quantum Technologies hosted by the Russian Quantum Center last week in Moscow, academic researchers from around the globe presented lectures and papers on various quantum technologies that, though simply theoretical just a few years ago, are now moving rapidly toward being very well understood, shortening the road to practical application and commercialization.
Speaking to Fortune at the conference, Serguei Kouzmine, nuclear physicist and managing partner of physics- and materials science-centered venture capital fund QWave Capital, predicted that in the next three to five years the world will start to see specialized sensors and devices derived from advances in quantum physics that will vastly surpass the abilities of existing technologies. "Quantum physics today is already becoming an engineering problem," Kouzmine said, and that's a good thing. That means the fundamental scientific understanding and design is already there in many cases, freeing many quantum technologies to move on to the phase in which they are actually packaged and prepared for commercial applications in supercomputing, high-resolution sensing, medical diagnostics, and other high-tech fields.
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In quantum communications and encryption, the engineering and production phases are already well under way -- though limitations and resistance from the existing data security establishment will make for a slow rollout of the technology. Most data security experts come from the world of mathematics and numbers, Gisin said, which often leaves them wary of a technology that is admittedly difficult for many people to grasp intuitively. And there are certainly limitations; currently the distance a single photon can be beamed through optical fibers without being lost is roughly 60 miles, placing a ceiling on just how far quantum encryption can be useful.
ID Quantique is working alongside American non-profit research and development outfit Battelle to develop so-called "quantum repeaters" that would basically act as relay for photon along the chain, but in the meantime it will continue to work with companies and governments who require ultra-secure exchange of information across relatively short distances with virtually zero chance of interception or theft. The company is currently in talks with several governments who are considering implementing its quantum encryption technology, Gisin says. Given the current headlines, that should surprise absolutely no one.
"Security experts didn't learn anything from this Snowden story, it was already obvious that it is so easy to monitor all the information passing through the Internet," Gisin says. "No security expert can pretend to be surprised by his revelation. And I'm not a national security expert, but I don't think the Americans are the only ones who are doing this -- the Russians are doing it, the Chinese are doing it, everybody is spying on the others and that's always been the case and it always will be. One way to be a step ahead of the others is to use quantum cryptography, because for sure the programs that the Americans and others are using will not be able to crack it."
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Hello all Just wanted to show you a method for casting a Glenross, and to the Legendary bloke(s) waiting patiently thanks,
1st up, pic of the copies, that i keyed into a silcon putty mould. got about 2 pulls from a mould before it would tear (around the ball center undercuts)
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my sd card has pooped itself, so i have only a couple of pics that i was able to retrieve, so next if you can imagine below pic all pink and green, ive sprued the glenross copies to 3mm sprue wax and a sprue core.
Attachment 49146real glenross is in the middle, and 1 miscast
When i do another run, ill retake the pics.
so next i lute to a muffle plate and then place the muffle wall over the plate, then pour in the choclate thickshake Phosphate bonded precision investment material, got about 45 seconds of vacuum mixing then about 45 seconds to vibrate in to remove the air bubbles ect before it sets. i wait an hour or so for it to dry then, i then place it in the furnace and let it come up to heat take around 4-5 hours to get up to 1050C so the crucible looks White hot (hot enough for the saftey gloves to catch fire :wacko, sorry that pic is gone too.
next i place the CoCr (chrome cobalt)sprue off cuts (usually goes to waste) and new metal ingots into the automatic casting machine, preheat the metal, then transfer the white-hot crucible into the casting machine quickly as everysecond out of furnace its losing heat and then melt metal, hit the cast and it injects the molten metal into the crucible/muffle under vacuum.
Attachment 49147Attachment 49148 lifted these pics to show type of machine
take out the crucible/muffle and let it sit for an hour or so to cool, and deflask, sandblast and presto flowers anyone!
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ok so next ill have to trim them and compare beside the real one, again sorry bout the pics off to buy an sd card.
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Long-Lasting Florals from Flores del Sol
If you're looking for something a bit more traditional, Flores del Sol also has designs made with showy blooms like garden roses and hydrangea. The flowers are preserved in such a way that their color and texture remains intact. Since they are actual plants, they will break down eventually, but they will last much longer than a fresh bouquet. A great Mother's Day gift idea!
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This is a nice change for mother's day flowers. Thanks for the post!
hmm. the first time dried flowers have ever tempted me!
Christina's work is divine. She works wonders with flowers and pairs them so nicely with gorgeous vessels.


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The No. 9 Virginia women's lacrosse team fell 13-7 to No. 6 Duke, snapping a Cavalier three-game win streak.
Virginia trailed by a goal, 6-5, at halftime, but was outscored 7-2 in the final 30 minutes. Duke doubled up Virginia in shots in the second half.
"I don't think we shot particularly well in either half, but we needed to do a better job in the second half" said head coach Julie Myers. "I thought we were competitive in the first, and then we had a couple of breakdowns on defense and gave them some really easy looks at the goal."
Virginia fell to 0-3 in ACC contests and 5-5 overall. All five of Virginia's losses have come in games against top-10-ranked opponents.
"I think there were a couple of times we made some mistakes and came up empty," Myers said. "We gave Duke, who is a really disciplined team, too many opportunities. What we take away from this game is we can't play flat."
Casey Bocklet scored two goals with an assist. Ashlee Warner had a goal and an assist. Liz Colgan, making her second-straight start in goal, logged six saves.
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Wonderful, thanks for sharing.
This was shared by Keith Kivell on my loveforelvis yahoo group....wanted to share with you guys:
Wonderful, thanks for sharing.
I've heard this version before...It's so...painful He was hurt and this shows that it wasn't only his ego (it's from 1974) but that he truly loved her...But hey, that's my opinion.
Anyway...if you listen very carefully, you can hear that he says something else on 2:02 min...I don't know what exactly Touching version, thanks for sharing
I've always been a little surprised by that, that he would so publicly reach out to her like that. It's one thing to introduce her to the audience and say they still have a great relationship, that their undoing wasn't about another man, that they bought each other these awesome gifts, etc. But to direct those lines to her, giving the impression to all that he wanted her back and allowing them to think that maybe were still apart because she didn't want him back...that is what is surprising.
I should note that I don't necessarily think he actually wanted that. Maybe he did want that for a while, or maybe he wanted her to think that, or maybe he was just being dramatic--who knows?
...you won't forget me when I go.
I`ve always thought he was very serious in that comment........he really did love her
I like this song, and the same as what Lonniebealestreet says, i don't think he would have done something like that, because he didn't like the media messing with his life, like when he actually told everyone what actually happened beteen him and Priscilla, he did it to stop rumours.
Well, thanks for sharing, i enjoyed it !!!
Ladies, He's mine
glad you guys liked it...first time I've ever heard it and I saved it into my favorites....yes he was being very personal on this one...he sounded hurt, he regretted his marriage falling apart because I think deep down, he is the southern gentleman and wanted the marriage and family.....
I agree. He wanted the family to go home to.
...you're moving on the back roads, by the rivers of my memory and for hours you're just gentle on my mind.
This version is from the infamous DESERT STORM from his closing night Sept. 2, 1974.
Elvis is obviously wacked out of his mind during this performance.
This is also where he addresses the rumours floating around that he was STRUNG OUT and that he would pull that person's "G'**************** Tongue Out By The Roots..."
It is a highly embarrassing moment for Elvis and his fans to have to listen to.
Anybody that listens to Desert Storm and says Elvis isnt stoned that night absolutely refuses to see the truth.That is one recording that I wish never would have surfaced.I bought the Baxter release when it was first released.I was absolutely shocked when I played it.It's an audio document of Elvis slipping away and losing control.Nothing about his behaviour that night can be justified as him merely "venting" his frustrations.This is when his drug use got to a point that he could no longer be counted on to function properly on stage.The signs were there before 74, but when Elvis allowed himself to go on stage in that condition it was a lost battle.That's not a slam or just my opinion,it's the way it was.You cant change history by trying to explain things away because you want to sympathize with Elvis.
After the song he says, that the song is NOT personal, BUT it sounds VERY much like it...
Just like the way he sang "Are you lonesome tonight" On tour 1972.....I always thought, that it`s a VERY personal performance....brings tears to my eyes every time I watch/listen to it (From the lost performances DVD)
Wacked out or not (though i think he was) there were UK fans there that night who thought the show had a great edge to it, and was far from the car wreck of a show some people think it was, when listening to the boot of the show.


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Dialga's unique typing and well-distributed stats make it both an excellent offensive and defensive Pokemon. Offensively, Dialga has a stunning base 120 Attack and base 150 Special Attack that's backed by the ever-dominant Dragon-type STAB. Dialga's vast offensive movepool allows it to pick off a variety of Pokemon. Defensively, Dialga's typing offers it a whopping total of nine resistances and an immunity, as well as neutrality to Ice- and Dragon-type attacks, something other Dragon-type Pokemon would kill for. With its stellar base defenses combined with the aforementioned resistances, Dialga is a difficult Pokemon to take down unless you target its weaknesses. Dialga is also revered as an excellent utility Pokemon thanks to its equally-vast support movepool. With its plethora of options, Dialga is, in a word, unpredictable.
STAB Draco Meteor bolstered by 438 Special Attack, or 399 if Dialga opts to use a Hasty nature, is frightening for any opponent. Only Steel-type Pokemon and Blissey can take Draco Meteor without the risk of being 2HKOed in the process, though some frailer Steel-types such as Lucario take major damage anyway (66.2% - 77.9% if Dialga is Mild). Brick Break, with the given Attack EVs, will 2HKO most Uber Blissey with Stealth Rock in play. Fire Blast is the best attack for taking down the vast majority of Steel-types in the Uber metagame, but it comes with the downside of being weakened by the near-omnipresent rain. This can be resolved by partnering Dialga with Groudon or Tyranitar. The final slot should generally be Thunder due to its perfect accuracy in the rain; with its 30% chance of paralysis, most opponents will think twice before they switch in, since many Dialga checks or counters rely on their Speed. Outrage is an excellent attack to use with or without Bulk Up. Without Bulk Up, Dialga can use Outrage with a Life Orb to 2HKO most Kyogre and Blissey. Bulk Up is a great lure move since it draws in Groudon, which is in turn shut down by STAB Draco Meteor. With Bulk Up, Dialga should be able to even surge through Wish Blissey.
To maximize Dialga's potential, there are many options in regards to natures and EVs. The suggested EV spread and nature allows Dialga's Draco Meteor to hit with maximum power and outspeed Adamant Scizor. 144 Atk EVs grant Dialga the ability to 2HKO most Blissey, barring max HP / max Def variants. If you opt for Mild, you should use Expert Belt, since it provides enough power to obtain the same KOs as Life Orb while conserving Dialga's HP. Hasty, with 64 Atk / 252 SpA / 192 Spe EVs, allows Dialga to outspeed Adamant Rayquaza and Adamant Lucario. Hasty with 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe also works. Outspeeding Adamant Rayquaza means that Dialga's team is less susceptible to a Swords Dance Rayquaza sweep, though keep in mind that most Dragon Dance and Mixed Rayquaza sets use a positive Speed nature. With a Hasty nature, Dialga will need a Life Orb in order to stay competitive offensively. Because Dialga can survive Choice Scarf Garchomp's Earthquake and even Life Orb Aura Sphere from Mewtwo, Dialga can effectively utilize a spread of 120 HP / 136 Atk / 252 SpA with a Quiet nature in order to survive one of those assaults. Expert Belt is preferable for Quiet Dialga since the main goal is to make sure that Dialga is as healthy as possible in case it needs to take these extreme hits. Life Orb can be used, however, since Dialga can even OHKO Support Groudon with Draco Meteor 100% of the time with a Quiet nature, which is slightly reduced to 87% with Hasty; Stealth Rock and a layer of Spikes assures the KO. Life Orb Outrage also 2HKOes max HP / min Def Kyogre, which means Dialga can be effective at taking out Mono-Attacker Kyogre. Brick Break, with Stealth Rock in play, can also be used to easily 2HKO Heatran, since max HP / min Def variants takes 43-50.8%.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
This set takes advantage of Dialga's numerous resistances, well-distributed defensive stats, access to a STAB attack that only has one resistance, and Bulk Up. Bulk Up boosts Dialga's Attack and Defense stats, which helps power up its Dragon-type attack of choice, as well as increase its chances of survival against physical attacking Pokemon. For example, after a Bulk Up, Dialga can survive Choice Band Garchomp's Earthquake. Once Dialga finds an ideal time to do so, simply Rest off the damage, all the while using Sleep Talk to keep Dialga threatening to the opponent. This set is excellent for absorbing Dark Void from Darkrai since Dialga isn't deterred by falling asleep. Outrage versus Dragon Claw is a matter of preference between power and reliability. Since Dialga will be boosting its Defense via Bulk Up, max Special Defense is necessary to help Dialga cushion special attacks.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Dialga is unique amongst its Dragon-type cousins because it can play a supporting role effectively. Stealth Rock requires no real explanation, though keep in mind that Dialga should lay down Stealth Rock as soon as possible to prevent Ho-Oh from switching into Dialga freely. The next move is dependent on the type of team that Dialga is supporting. An offensive team appreciates Thunder Wave more than Toxic since the paralysis of threats such as Mewtwo, Darkrai, and Choice Scarf Pokemon is a significant advantage. On the other hand, defensive teams require Toxic to make sure that the opponent's team won't out-stall Dialga's team, since Lugia, Giratina-O, Latias, and the rare Cresselia are all unaffected by Toxic Spikes. Draco Meteor can be used to limit the number of times Groudon can switch freely into this set, while Dragon Pulse offers consistency that keeps Dialga on the field without being a detriment offensively. Flamethrower helps keep Forretress and other Steel-types, barring Dialga and Heatran, from switching into Toxic freely. Thunder works best alongside Kyogre as its Drizzle ability remedies Thunder's poor accuracy. Thanks to the 30% chance of paralysis, Dialga can operate as a pseudo-double status spreader, since it is free to use Toxic instead of Thunder Wave. Though not mentioned on the set, Roar can be used over the second or fourth moveslot. The reason that Roar can replace a status move is that, assuming Dialga is on a stall team, Toxic Spikes will be already taken care of by one of Dialga's teammates. Since Lugia and Cresselia are the only general threats against Dialga that are immune from Toxic Spikes, Roar can be used to prevent these Pokemon from taking advantage of Dialga. Furthermore, there are likely better teammates that can handle Lugia and Cresselia such as Tyranitar.
The given EVs ensure that an unboosted Timid Kyogre's Water Spout will not 2HKO Dialga. This allows Dialga to Thunder Wave, Stealth Rock, and then switch to the appropriate counter. The Special Attack EVs and Modest nature allow Dialga to always OHKO Darkrai with Draco Meteor, and to always OHKO Palkia with Dragon Pulse after it switches into Stealth Rock once.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Dialga's lackluster Speed can be fixed with the item Choice Scarf at the cost of locking Dialga onto one attack. Dialga reaches 459 Speed with Choice Scarf, which is enough to outspeed Deoxys-A. Draco Meteor is the primary attack; with Stealth Rock in play Draco Meteor easily OHKOes Darkrai, and has a 33% chance of OHKOing Mewtwo. Thunder is used to 2HKO Lugia after Stealth Rock, and for inflicting severe damage onto Kyogre. Fire Blast can be used to prevent Steel-types from switching in freely, but it relies more on the team having dual weather to support both it and Thunder. Aura Sphere can help reduce the chances of a Lucario and Dialga sweep, while nailing Heatran and Tyranitar for super effective damage. For the fourth moveslot, Dragon Pulse gives Dialga a move that is consistent damage-wise. On the other hand, Outrage, with a Hasty nature, can be used to take down Calm Mind Kyogre; it may also get the 2HKO on Blissey.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
If you thought Dialga's meteor showers were already painful enough, then just wait until you see what happens when they are boosted by Choice Specs! Not only does Draco Meteor OHKO Groudon, barring those that heavily invest in Special Defense, but it has enough power to OHKO Lucario. Even max HP Metagross has an 87% chance of being 2HKOed by Draco Meteor. Thunder helps Dialga a lot since the paralysis caters to Dialga's low Speed. After Stealth Rock, Thunder also OHKOes max HP Kyogre. Fire Blast is used to prevent wasting Draco Meteor's PP on Steel-type Pokemon, while decreasing the chances of Groudon safely switching into Dialga. Since Heatran can cause trouble with its resistance to Dialga's Dragon-type attacks, Aura Sphere can be used instead. Aura Sphere is also an option over Thunder since Draco Meteor hits hard enough to OHKO min HP Kyogre anyway.
The given EVs allow Dialga to outspeed max Speed Adamant Tyranitar. They also keep Dialga very bulky so it can keep threatening the opponent. If you want Dialga to be faster, you can use 112 Speed EVs to outspeed Adamant Scizor, or max Speed to outspeed the vast majority of bulky 90 base Speed Pokemon, while tying with those that attempt to be agile. Timid is also a good nature since it allows Dialga to outspeed Adamant Rayquaza, while tying with max Speed Jolly Lucario. Dialga can use 192 Speed EVs with a Timid nature to outspeed said Adamant Rayquaza and place the rest of the EVs toward HP.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Although it may seem strange to use Trick Room on a Pokemon with Base 90 Speed, Dialga is relatively slow by Ubers standards, which can actually let Dialga sweep if it sets up. With a Quiet nature and the listed IVs, Dialga reaches 166 Speed, which allows it to outpace virtually every common threat in Ubers when Trick Room is active. Since Dialga has no use for Speed EVs, it can maximize both its Attack and Special Attack, allowing it to abuse two powerful STAB attacks: Draco Meteor and Outrage. With a Life Orb boost, Dialga functions as a powerful wallbreaker, as it can simultaneously nail both physical walls and special sponges such as Groudon and Blissey, respectively. The final slot is dedicated to hitting Steel-types that resist Dialga's powerful Dragon-type attacks. Fire Blast will roast most Steels in the sun, but Earthquake is a suitable alternative if you want to be able to effectively damage Steel-types in the rain, while also allowing Dialga to easily KO Heatran. Earthquake also isn't weakened if Draco Meteor has been previously used.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Finally, a set other than Bulk Up that doesn't call for the spamming of Draco Meteor! With this set, Dialga forgoes special attacks in order to catch many of its switch-ins off-guard. Don't assume that Groudon has the upper hand against this set; unless Groudon invests heavily in its Defense stat, it is 2HKOed by Outrage. Earthquake complements Outrage by giving Dialga a wide amount of coverage against the Uber metagame; it prevents most Steel-types, especially Heatran, from switching in safely. Dragon Claw should be your third move as Outrage lock puts Dialga in grave danger if you're not aware of the rest of the opponent's Pokemon. The fourth move depends on whether you prefer shutting down the majority of Steel-types, notably Skarmory, or annihilating Ho-Oh and keeping Lugia away from Dialga.
The EV structure is very similar to the Choice Specs set, with the only difference being not recommending a positive Speed nature. Outspeeding Adamant Tyranitar is the minimum amount of Speed Dialga should use. You can opt to use 116 Speed EVs to outspeed Adamant Scizor, or max Speed to tie with Adamant Lucario or Modest Kyogre at worst. Jolly nature with max Speed and max Attack allows Dialga to get the upper hand on Adamant Rayquaza at the cost of sheer attacking power.Team Options & Additional Comments >>>
Other Options
Dialga has loads of other options that can work as potential support moves. Psych Up can be useful on Dialga, allowing it to copy the stat boosts that Calm Mind Kyogre may have netted. Dialga is a great user of Trick Room in Ubers too, having brilliant all-around stats bar Speed. Flash Cannon is an auxiliary STAB attack, but Steel is a poor offensive type. Ice Beam with Choice Specs allows Dialga to OHKO Groudon without resorting to Draco Meteor or Overheat, but is otherwise generally a poor choice. Iron Tail should be avoided, because as already noted, Steel is a poor offensive type, and its 75% accuracy leaves much to be desired.
Magnet Rise can be a good option on some Dialga sets, as it can foil Dialga's arch enemy, Groudon. If you opt for Bulk Up with Magnet Rise, then use the EV spread of 116 HP / 252 Atk / 140 Spe. This allows Dialga to Bulk Up as Groudon switches in, use Magnet Rise before most Groudon can move, and then either hit the next switch-in hard with Outrage or Earthquake, or use Bulk Up again.
Roar of Time sounds and looks cool, but is in fact a terrible move to use, as is the rest of the Hyper Beam suite; Draco Meteor and even Dragon Pulse out-damages it over the course of two turns, and the unavoidable second turn recharge is a perfect opportunity for something threatening to set up. As for items, Choice Scarf can be used with physical moves if so desired, but without the extra power of Choice Band, the attacks will be too weak to be useful.
252 HP / 116 SpD with a neutral nature allow Dialga to never be 2HKOed by Kyogre's Choice Scarf Water Spout, provided Dialga holds Leftovers. 252 HP / 44 Def, again with a neutral nature, will allow Dialga to never be 2HKOed by Mewtwo's Life Orb Brick Break, or OHKOed by its Focus Punch.
Checks and Counters
Simply put, Dialga is hard to counter. How it can be countered depends a lot on the weather conditions and the moveset it is using. In general, Ho-Oh and Heatran can counter Dialga while under sunny conditions. The biggest thing to note is that Thunder's accuracy is cut to 50% under the sun, which means a 15% chance that Ho-Oh and Heatran will be hit by Thunder followed by paralysis. Meanwhile, Ho-Oh's Sacred Fire has a 50% chance to inflict a burn on Dialga, which hampers the Mixed and Choice Band sets. With Ho-Oh's access to recovery, Pressure, and a high Special Defense stat, Dialga is in trouble when it only has Stone Edge to kill Ho-Oh. Heatran can shut down the Bulk Up set with a simple use of Taunt, while fearing only Earthquake or Aura Sphere at worst from Dialga. If rain is present, then a more cautious approach to countering Dialga is necessary, as a 30% chance of paralysis from Thunder is nothing to scoff at. Scizor comes relatively close as a counter since Fire Blast is weakened in the rain, while Scizor can fire off Superpower at Dialga for super effective damage. Metagross can step into the scene and fire off Earthquake at Dialga, or use Trick on sets such as Bulk Up or Support to cripple Dialga. It also does well at countering the Choice Band set, though beware of stepping into either Earthquake or Overheat in the sun.
Groudon is a good counter since it threatens Dialga with STAB Earthquake, and has access to Roar to nullify the Bulk Up set. Offensive Groudon has an easier time KOing Dialga since many opponents opt to use a -Def nature on Dialga's mixed set. Blissey can take on both the Specs set and the Scarf set, though beware that the Scarf set can carry Outrage to try to 2HKO Blissey. Skarmory does well at countering the physical Dialga sets, especially the Bulk Up set which has no answer against Skarmory, except if Skarmory and Dialga are the last Pokemon standing. Lugia has to avoid switching into Stone Edge and Thunder at all costs, but it is otherwise a great counter to Dialga while the sun is out. It can set up Reflect to deter the Choice Band set, while Whirlwind deals with the Bulk Up set. Tyranitar, especially those that invest in Special Defense, can be a great Dialga check when Tyranitar is at full health. Wobbuffet can be an annoying Pokemon for Dialga to deal with, since Dialga lacks Taunt or a powerful enough move to OHKO Wobbuffet on the spot. It has to beware of the Mixed set when Draco Meteor is at full power though.
Since Dialga is a slow Pokemon, you can use faster Pokemon to revenge kill it. This strategy fails when Dialga carries a Choice Scarf, but it is still the safest way of dealing with most Dialga sets. Latios using Dragon Pulse does 48.5% - 57.4% on Support Dialga, which means Latios 2HKOes non-Bulk Up Dialga without relying on Draco Meteor 93% of the time. Latias can switch in safely after Dialga has expended a Draco Meteor and start setting up Calm Minds. Life Orb Mewtwo's Aura Sphere can OHKO min HP / min SpD Dialga 43% of the time while Specs Aura Sphere will always OHKO. Deoxys-A has access to Superpower to obliterate Dialga on the spot, as it does around the same damage as Mewtwo's Choice Specs Aura Sphere. Garchomp has access to STAB Earthquake to make sure Dialga doesn't stay in comfortably. Darkrai can use Dark Void to nullify every set barring the Bulk Up set, while OHKOing Dialga with a Nasty Plot-boosted Focus Blast.


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