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When do they peg the death of Rock n Roll? When I imagine the American Idol kids singing backup for Modest Mouse?
"People, dont you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way"
Elvis, In the Ghetto
This is hate speech?
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Sun Records founder Sam Phillips, who had already recorded blues artists such as Howlin' Wolf, James Cotton, B.B. King, Little Milton, and Junior Parker [7], was looking for "a white man with a Negro sound and the Negro feel," with whom he "could make a billion dollars," because he thought black blues and boogie-woogie music might become tremendously popular among white people if presented in the right way.[21] The Sun Records producer felt that a black rhythm and blues act stood little chance at the time of gaining the broad exposure needed to achieve large-scale commercial success."[22]
Josh, were you inspired to write "racist" on Elvis stamps because of what you knew about Elvis, or because Public Enemy called him that?
Is anyone keeping tabs on how many times Fnarf gets mentioned on the Slog main page? I think it's been a dozen times so far. Whatever it is, I'm sure it's some kind of record worthy of, I dunno, a party thrown in his favor.
Josh=my new boyfriend
I forget, are you gay? Anyway, even if you are, will you be my boyfriend?
I love you for writing racist over the Elvis stamps.
Yeah, I'm kinda feeling like Fnarf is the favorite. And what happened to Gomez? Does he still comment here?
I didn't know that PE had a song about Elvis being racist. My dad used to tell me how racist Elvis was. My dad also disliked the Beatles for "stealing Black people's music." With the Beatles he was resentful that they got credit for a sound that they did not create, but with Elvis it was hate.
Elvis was a hero to most
But he never meant shit to me you see
Straight up racist that sucker was
Simple and plain
Mother fuck him and John Wayne
Cause I'm black and I'm proud
I'm ready and hyped plus I'm amped
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
--Fight the Power, Public Enemy, 1990
Play this over Rosie Perez poppin' and lockin' in the opening credits of Do the Right Thing and you've really got something.
I have a really good playlist on my iPod called "Pre-Elvis Rock." The songs in it go as far back as the mid-40s, maybe earlier (I forget). Want some mp3s? You might also like http://www.hyzercreek.com/hoyhoy/ , the website that gave me the idea to put the playlist together.
If you want to judge sound and where it comes from, it is not souly one race. If you listen to the so called 24 beat that originates as well back to Asia. Or pehaps ancient Persia. Arabic or Indian drum and strings were creating that soulful vibe long before some black man from southern america got it. If Elvis or rockabilly
like Johny burnette were influenced so what. So were African Americans. Music is not supposed to be recognized, it just is what it is. Listen to some greek or Italian music and you see the influence of Arabic. Arabic also influenced flamenco and the spanish brought that to the Americas and voala
you have the cross over of many sounds from South American Indians to mexico today mariachi. 2/4 beat can be found there to. So alls you got to see from this is that its anybodies guess where they got that funky rythm from in the south, and I'm figuring that the white man and the blackman at the same time got their dance music soul , jazz , rock fusion vibe from the middle east. The blacks were just funkier cause they kept the middle eastern, asian beat, and the whites lamed it up with their two steppin oompa oompa sound roots from Germany to England thats rooted with classical and that old timey piana in the Saloons of Tombstone. (I can't stand Irish jigs, give me greek music instead.)
If you listen to old time rockabilly and surf rock you hear more of the middle eastern influence than anything. If you listen to the blues guitar that to originates from the sounds from Asia. That twang has Greecean and Italian roots as well.
Persia again. So anything from America is not original except the way we started playing with it to make it sound like something new. White and black people have that ability to do that at the same time. So I don't buy the rock originated from the blacks idea. I buy that it originated because blacks had found some cool music sounds to play and whitey wanted to hem it up.
Hey pallies, like what could be cooler then to be compared to Dino? Elvis loved Dino, and dubbed him the King of Cool. Elvis said, "I may be the King of Rock and Roll, but you (Dino) are the King of Cool." Never was, never will be anyone as cool as the King of Cool. Oh, to return to the days when Dino walked the earth.
Apparently Chuck D has "a great deal of respect for Elvis" now.
Just picked it up at the library yesterday, but haven't had a chance to open it. Good thing it's history or I'd have to cry "Spoiler!"
I'm not sure where Beatnik is getting that "Persia" business; the only Middle Eastern influence on rockabilly is belly-dancing scenes in toga movies.
But it's true that the sources of American music are richer and more varied than the bog-standard, what I call the "Rolling Stone version" of history, allows. For instance, one usually unacknowledged source for some of the "ancient" blues folkloric tunes that Alan Lomax collected on people's front porches was...Tin Pan Alley. As a musical bigot Lomax didn't actually know anything about his own musical traditions, preferring a mythic creation of his own imagination to reality.
The paragraph (please, not "graph", that's wrong; the journo slang is "graf", and it's horrible) is good as far as it goes, but doesn't include any of the white, or should I say "white" sources, that came in via country music's predecessors. In a country with as convoluted and damaged racial history as ours, it's not surprising that separating the two threads is difficult, nor that there is a rich critical tradition of pretending that the two threads are not commingled from Day One. Reality is ten times stranger than any version that features Sam Phillips front and center.
Rock history owes something to the sounds that Bob Wills "stole" from the blues, and from Norteño music as well (large areas of country are almost as Mexican-Spanish as it is white; the guitar for example). The Blues that whites stole from blacks was, in part, "stolen" from whites in the first place. Back in minstrelsy days whites wore blackface, but blacks wore blackface too. Some early rock ideas go back a thousand years; some don't go back at all. It's all very complicated.
As for Elvis, I don't hate him or think he's a "racist"; I just hate the central role he plays in the mythology of a type of music he really had very little to do with. He only played rock'n'roll for a few years, and it was thrust upon him. Dean Martin, his idol, is by far the more interesting artist.
Anyone who could be upset that the Beatles "stole" black music and got rich off it doesn't know what they're thinking about. The Beatles did listen carefully to the Race records that came off the ships in Liverpool, and imitated them, but they brought a whole other world of musical heritage, English and Irish, to the party, and what they came up with was utterly new. There are thousands of other, crappier, English beat groups that never grew beyond mimicking R&B, most of which is embarrassing beyond words today. The Rolling Stones, for example, took YEARS to develop beyond dull blues plodding and find their voice. Many others never did. English blues -- what a concept! But "theft" -- all music is theft, always has been.
That Hoy Hoy website is great, and is the source for a lot of my ideas. Also very important is the work of Nick Tosches, particularly the mind-blowing Where Dead Voices Gather, which is on one level about Emmett Miller, the crazy late-minstrelsy singer from whom Hank Williams ripped off his sound, but is more about following musical threads back further -- sometimes hundreds of years further -- than you would ever imagine when you started pulling them. His earlier Unsung Heroes of Rock and Roll is pretty germane to this discussion as well.
The only true original in music is Louis Armstrong. Everything else is stolen from somewhere.
God, I cannot stand Louis Armstrong records.
Or Bob Wills.
Give me: Ruth Etting, Russ Columbo, Gene Austin for some good 1920s scratchy ghost pop.
Psst Fnarf - Dean Martin may have been a hero to the Pelvis, but for the big grand blowhard love songs Elvis loved it was vocalist Roy Hamilton that Elvis often copped, er, channeled. Check Hamilton out, it's...so...obvious! Creepy even.
The trouble with music history is that it's convoluted by too many opinions and too much confusion, this is why God invented Records! Fortunately, we don't dance with words.
Mexican music - Norteño specifically - has Maximillian and Germany (a la Poland) to thank for the central waltz beat along with the brass. Umm, pa-pa, Umm pa-pa. Mix that with a heavy dose of Irish influence and to a not super lesser extent British folk music in all Souther US music - enter the two-step. The changing of the border between US / Mexico is the only thing that makes "Border" music have a siginifciantly different sound on either side
It basically comes down to this: All music from the US to Argentina and out and around into the Caribbean are fusions of differing measurements of colonizing country + native population + (origin of) black slaves. Throw in subsequent infusions of "cheap labor" from Asia in some places as well.
Okay, I understand that Elvis was a white singer who sounded black, and Sam Phillips thought that a white guy with a black sound could make him a "Billion Dollars [to be read like Dr. Evil]". I also understand how that can make people resentful and pissed, but does that really make Elvis a racist? An opportunist? Sure. An asshole? Maybe (probably). I still haven't seen anything that would peg Elvis personally as a racist.
I don't think Elvis is a racist. I don't know much about Elvis. My guess, judging from his music, is that he was the opposite of racist.
There is something about his deity status (then and now) that fits into American racism, though.
However, like I said in my post, I wrote "racist" on those Elvis stamps when I was a "depressed weirdo" ... which is short hand for the fact that I was a little crazy.
Hating Louis Armstrong is like hating the sun.
Clearly, Josh is still a "total depressed weirdo."
"Elvis" nowadays doesn't refer to an actual singer who made actual records; it refers to a iconic figure of Americana, specifically American whiteness, and this figure is loaded with every good characteristic of white people that white Elvis fans can imagine, whether they're real or not (mostly not; "iconic pillhead" is not what most Elvis-impersonator fans are thinking of). As such, he's part of the boomer fifties Holy Trinity: Elvis, Marilyn and James Dean.
Church services are held at Johnny Rocket's and similarly fake-o fifties "rockin'" theme restaurants.
Josh, if you think "scratchy ghost pop" is all the 20s have to offer, you're missing out. Many pre-electric records have more power, presence and life in them than top records today.
And if you don't like Louis Armstrong, you're missing the birth of jazz singing, the greatest American art form; Louis not only invented it, he performed possibly the greatest act of artistic creation in the process. What Armstrong did when he opened his mouth is akin to someone locked in a basement dungeon opening the front door to sunlight for the first time. Listen again, really. Listen to "I'm Not Rough" and feel the texture of his voice.
If you don't like Bob Wills, you're missing the birth of rock guitar: Junior Barnard playing fuzz in the thirties (basically coeval wiyth Charlie Christian over in "jazz", though the distinction between the two musics is mostly artificial; the Texas Playboys were a fantastic jazz band, the best white jazz band ever. And you're missing the Norteño injection as well -- Wills played fiddle in mixed-race Mexican bands before forming the Playboys. Not "liking" this is like not liking the south wall of your house. The songs are fucking killer as well. And the harmonies!
Lloyd Clydesdale is right, but he's only got two-thirds of the story: the "colonizing country", musically speaking, was not a monolithic entity but as various a tradition as the musics they "conquered". From Childe ballads in Appalachia, Irish songs, Jewish songs, Italian opera, music hall all the way to Tin Pan Alley, "white" music covers a lot of ground -- very little of it having to do with the colonial power that shared its skin color (or not, depending on who you ask; the Irish and the Jews weren't "white" until the twentieth century). These lines are much fuzzier than some people think: some of those slave field hollers might very well have originated with a piece of sheet music intended for a white parlor. Everything goes both ways. And "mediated" musical traditions are much older than people think; it's only the lack of records before the 1890s that conceal earlier traditions. Check out some of the CDs from Archaeophone for some surprises (though the music can be tough going for Modest Mouse-acclimated ears). There's one of black vocal groups going back 120 years that's an eye-opener.
Neither Elvis nor Sam Phillips (a great, great record producer, that's all) had any idea what happened to them, even long afterwards.
Elvis had a black son-in-law.
Fnarf, I take your point. European ("colonizing") countries brought not only Formal with a big F musical traditions that stretch back to the Renaissance period, but also the instruments themselves that were used to play them. Your Whitey-ized immigrants (via famine, war) brought along their well-established, less-than-hi-falutin' Euro traditions too, which bubbled up into, most visibly to us here, the US musical culture from the mid-1800's onwards.
Look at the effects of Colonization in the Americas however you like, but in the realm of music that's where the races/traditions (and the branches of such) have most willingly blended into so many mind-blowing iterations. Also where the intrepid often dared to cross lines to mix and to be mixed. The peoples of these places were, after all, sharing/forebearing place, culture and time concurrently.
To see how the multiplicity of musical genres and still-evolving contemporary traditions are so interwoven or ping-ponging (Jamaica back and forth with the US over the last 70 years as an example), I find it pretty amazing that the stereotype is so readily consumed that 'Elvis is a racist'. I'm always like: "The little kid who grew up listening to the Memphis Blues?"
At least white people invented Prog Rock!
Lloyd Fnarf great comment posts. This kind of discussion I wish was mainstream on those VH1 and MTV music history specials. It could really teach a lot of young people and get rid of music stereo types, distorted history and racism floating around in music circles.
The Elvis being racist is about the quote where he supposedly said that the only thing a black woman/black man/nigger was good for was to shine his shoes. It isn't random that Black people don't like Elvis. Jet did some research on it many years ago, and it seems like Elvis never said it.
It does get frustrating to see a white person become rich/famous for doing what black people have been doing for a while. It is not to say that Elvis wasn't talented, but just to say that if he had been Black he wouldn't have been "Elvis."
These days he would have though.
And thats a good thing.
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ok, i need some help i cant figure out what to do, i bought an xbox 360 off of craigslist, i got home and when i turn it on, on standard tv, it has sound but no video, so i moved it to another cable, hd cable and it has 4 red lights..
so i tried it on my monitor with a vga cable and bam..it works???????
problem is i need it for my living room, and i just cant figure out whats wrong if you can help i would really appreciate it.
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Xbox 360 Audio No Video On Tv, But Video On Vga
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Posted 15 March 2009 - 05:16 PM
well u must have common sense to understand tht the AV cable is dead
Posted 16 March 2009 - 07:36 AM
well u must have common sense to understand tht the AV cable is dead
i guess you didnt get that i used 3 different cables.???
cable 1 standard arcade cable, - audio no video
cable 2 hd cable - 4 red lights
cable 3 vga cable - works fine.
Posted 16 March 2009 - 08:19 AM
I'm not sure if this would work, but possibley reflow the (H)ana chip. To my understanding, it is related to the video output. I have a system here that I need todo that to. Need to find my VGA cable, maybe it is the exact same issue as yours (this one is a 2006 model).
Posted 16 March 2009 - 07:10 PM
yep i would go with the reflow the (H)ana chip too
Posted 16 March 2009 - 09:48 PM
I say try a new cable also. Thats what you did with the vga cable and it worked.
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|Melinda Warren
|Charmed character
Tyler Layton as Melinda
|First appearance
|"The Witch Is Back"
|Last appearance
|"All Halliwell's Eve"
|Created by
|Constance M. Burge
|Portrayed by
|Tyler Layton (adult)
|William Jackson (husband)
Matthew Tate (ex-lover)
|Prudence Warren
|Notable powers
Molecular Immobilization
|Extended Family
|Charlotte Warren (mother)
Lawrence Cutler (father)
|Cassandra Warren Wentworth
|Other Relatives
|Prue Halliwell (descendant)
Piper Halliwell (descendant)
Phoebe Halliwell (descendant)
Paige Matthews (descendant)
Melinda Warren is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. While the character is frequently mentioned throughout the series, she only physically appears twice. Melinda is portrayed as an adult by actress Tyler Layton in season one. She later appears as a newborn child in season three.
The character is notable for being the first witch in the Warren family line and for prophesying the arrival of her descendants, the Charmed Ones, who possess access to the "Power of Three" as well as splitting between them versions of Melinda's three magical powers of Telekinesis, Premonitions, and Molecular Immobilization. Like other recurring characters from the series, Melinda is featured in a number of expanded universe media, such as the Charmed novels and the comic book adaptation.
Melinda Warren is first mentioned in the series premiere of season one (1998-1999), "Something Wicca This Way Comes", as an ancestor of the Halliwell sisters Prue, Piper, and Phoebe.[1] She is mentioned by Phoebe as having been a witch who practiced three magical powers (Telekinesis, Premonitions, and Molecular Immobilization), but was burned at the stake in the late 1600s.[1] Before her death, Melinda foretold the coming of her descendants; three sister witches and protectors of the innocent known as the Charmed Ones:
|You may kill me, but you cannot kill my kind. I vow that each generation of Warren witches will grow stronger, culminating in the arrival of three sisters. These three sisters will be the most powerful witches the world has ever known. They will destroy all kinds of evil and shall be called the Charmed Ones.
It was claimed that each Charmed One would inherit one of Melinda's three magical powers.[1] Later in the first season, in a ploy concocted by Buckland's employees and undercover warlocks Rex Buckland and Hannah Webster, Prue accidentally releases a centuries imprisoned warlock named Matthew Tate from a cursed locket.[2] The Halliwell sisters soon learn that Matthew, a warlock with the power of mimicry (the ability to copy any power used on him), was imprisoned 300 years ago by Melinda for betraying her identity as a witch to the townspeople of Salem, which led to her execution.[2] Knowing that Prue couldn't have opened the locket unless she was a descendant of Melinda, Matthew tries to take revenge by killing Prue, but she defends herself with her powers—unwittingly enabling Matthew to copy her power of telekinesis.[2] Matthew retreats and later forms a new modus operandi; copying the powers of the Charmed Ones and then killing them, effectively destroying the Warren/Halliwell line and enacting the ultimate revenge against Melinda.[2] The sisters then decide to summon Melinda's spirit in order to be taught the curse that originally imprisoned Matthew.
Melinda's spirit is summoned in corporeal form and, as she aides the Halliwell sisters with dealing with Matthew, she also teaches them histories about herself and their family.[2] Melinda reveals that Matthew had been a former lover of hers, who she shared her powers with before discovering he was a warlock.[2] After being revealed as witch to the townspeople by Matthew, Melinda is sentenced to death. However, she refrains from using her powers in order to keep her young daughter, named Prudence, from also being persecuted.[2] Melinda tells her three descendants that she stripped Matthew of the powers he copied from her and then imprisoned him within a locket he had given her before her death. Before the sisters and Melinda can finish the potion with which they can curse Matthew back inside of the locket, Matthew himself arrives at Quake, a restaurant managed by Piper, and copies Phoebe's power of premonition. Matthew now only needs Piper's power to "freeze" before he is powerful enough to kill the sisters and then Melinda as well. Fortunately, the collective workings of the sisters and Melinda are enough to foil Matthew. Prue delivers the last ingredient to the potion, the feather of a spotted owl, and Melinda uses the completed potion and its adjoining spell to once again trap Matthew within the locket.[2] After the battle, Melinda returns to the afterlife and takes the locket with her—presumably trapping Matthew for all eternity.[2] Before the Halliwells release her spirit, Melinda receives a glimpse of a distant future with her power of premonition. She sees many more generations of "her daughters" through Phoebe.[2]
Melinda is featured briefly for a second time in season three (2000-2001) of the series. In the episode, "All Halliwell's Eve", an evil witch in Colony of Virginia, Ruth Cobb, kidnaps a young woman named Charlotte who is due to give birth to a powerful magical child.[3] Ruth intends to steal the baby and raise the child as evil. The Triad, seeing a chance to keep the Charmed Ones from being born (or possibly turn them evil), sends Cole Turner (Belthazor) to help Ruth.[3] The members of Charlotte's coven try to free her, but are repelled several times by talismans Ruth and Cole have enchanted. The Elders, aware of Ruth's plans, send the Charmed Ones through a time portal to help rescue Charlotte.[3] Unfortunately, the Charmed Ones lose access to their active powers in the past because they haven't been born yet, so they don't have their active powers. However, by tapping into the magic available in the 17th century, they are able to get past the talismans, rescue Charlotte and deliver the baby.[3] It is only towards the end of the episode that the sisters find out Charlotte's baby is Melinda—and that by helping rescue Charlotte, they'd saved their own futures.[3]
Melinda makes an appearance in the series of novels based on the television series. The novels follow no strict continuity with the series or each other, and are often considered to be non-canon. However, the television series producers have final approval of everything in the novels,[4] which could indicate the literature fitting into the established canon of the series and the so-called "Charmed universe".[5] Melinda is featured in the novel The Warren Witches, a collection of short stores written by various authors, which was released on May 31, 2005.
In 2011, Melinda makes a two issue appearance (Issues 11 and 12) in the officially licensed continuation of Charmed, in the form of a comic book, which is often billed as Charmed: Season 9. Melinda's ancestor, the first witch, now called Neena, attempts to unite the Heavens and the Underworld in a ploy to destroy The Elders and reunite with her hidden mate. Melinda and other deceased Warren witches subsequently leave the after life and she leads the group of ghost-witches against Neena's demonic army to aide the Charmed Ones. During this time, Melinda also meets Paige, the fourth Charmed One, for the first time.
Powers and abilities[edit]
Magical powers[edit]
In Charmed it is revealed that magical witches can develop and master a variety of magical skills and powers which include; scrying,[6] spell casting,[1] and brewing potent potions.[2] As a magical witch Melinda can utilize scrying, a divination art form that allows one to locate a missing object or person. Melinda can also cast spells, often written in iambic pentameter or as a rhyming couplet, to influence others or the world around her. She can also brew potions, most often used to vanquish foes or to achieve other magical feats similar to the effects of a spell. As a witch Melinda has also developed a number of magical powers which include Telekinesis, Premonitions, and Molecular Immobilization.
Melinda is said to have mastered three powers; one of which includes the power to move things with her mind.[1] The full potential of Melinda's telekinetic prowess was never fully explored in the series nor seen in use onscreen. This is the most prominent power that has passed down to Melinda's various descendants; which include Brianna Warren, Penny Halliwell, Prue Halliwell, Wyatt Halliwell, and Chris Halliwell. A version of this power goes to Paige Halliwell who has telekinetic orbing due to her whitelighter half.
Another of Melinda's three mastered powers includes the power to see the future.[1] The is the only power Melinda has used during her physical appearance on the series; although the vision Melinda has is not seen onscreen by the viewer.[2] The power does not come into prominent use in the Warren line again until the birth of Phoebe Halliwell.
Molecular Immobilization[edit]
The last of Melinda's three mastered powers is the magical ability to "freeze" her surrounding environment.[1] The power is said to not affect good witches. The full potential of Melinda's freezing power was also never fully explored in the series nor seen in use onscreen. This power has developed in multiple witches descendant from Melinda's family line; which include Beatrice, a witch who managed to use this power to stop the havoc wreaked by a demon but only after he chopped off one of her legs; P. Baxter, Patty Halliwell, and Piper Halliwell also received the power.
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g "Charmed: Something Wicca This Way Comes". TV.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Charmed: The Witch Is Back". TV.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Charmed: All Halliwell's Eve". TV.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- ^ Haag, Andrea V., "Interview with Diana G. Gallagher", CharmedOnes.com (fansite), February 2002
- ^ The name of the Charmed expanded universe, "Charmed universe", is used by both fans and in published material, such as Charmed Magazine and its official website
- ^ "Charmed: That Old Black Magic". TV.com. Retrieved 10 February 2012.


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L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase deficiency
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failure to thrive, autistic behaviors, and delayed motor milestones (i.e. walking, sitting). AGAT deficiency is caused by changes (mutations) in the GATM gene and is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Treatment of AGAT deficiency is focused on increasing cerebral creatine levels and generally consists of supplementation with creatine monohydrate.[1][2]L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase (AGAT) deficiency is a rare condition that primarily affects the brain. People with AGAT deficiency generally have mild to moderate intellectual disability. Other signs and symptoms may include seizures, delayed language development, muscle weakness,
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- Arginine:glycine amidinotransferase deficiency. Genetics Home Reference. June 2011; http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/arginineglycine-amidinotransferase-deficiency.
- Saadet Mercimek-Mahmutoglu, MD, FCCMG, Sylvia Stöckler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA,FRCPC, and Gajja S Salomons, PhD. Creatine Deficiency Syndromes. GeneReviews. August 2011; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3794/#creatine.Management.
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Table of Contents
TitleMagnets and Plants
Broad QuestionWhat will affect plant growth?
Specific QuestionHow does magnetism affect plant growth?
It is hypothesized that six magnets will make the plant grow the most.
Rationale:I say that because magnets have elctro fields of energy, and that energy could potentially be used to make the plant grow more. Since many plants such as beans and radishes have small amounts of metals such as Iron and magnesium. I think that plant will be attracted to the magnets that causing the plant to grow bigger but will be tilted at an angle towards the magnet. That means that the plant may not be as "strong" or stable as the other test subjects but it may be larger in length. I base my hypothesis on this. "It seems that scientific findings from Belyavskaya N.A. Biological effects because of strong magnetic field on plants (2004) Advances in Space Research, thirty four (7 SPEC. ISS.), show that there is an instantaneous effect on the growth of plants and magnetism with in the living plants". "In 1862, Louis Pasteur discovered that magnetism affects plant growth when he was experimenting on the basics of fermentation. It starts with the thought that we have a tendency to will do it and the thought that we have a tendency to will do it together."
Graph of Hypothesis
Independent Variable: The number of magnets placed at the bed of the soil.
Dependent Variable: The amount of plant growth in (CM) (height)
Variables That Need To Be Controlled: The type of soil.The amount of seeds
The type of seeds
The temperature.
The amount of water their are given daily
The distance from the magnets
The same type of magnets
The same amount of soil
The same room in which they grew in
Plants growing at same time
General Plan
Potential Problems And SolutionsThe plants dying-plants many different seeds.
The plants with no magnets being affected by the magnetic fields of the plants with magnets.-keep the no magnet plants a safe distance away
The plants not being watered.- water them frequently
The green house being overheated.- make sure to check them often
Safety Or Environmental ConcernsChoking. the magnets causing an electro magnetic disaster? The dirt could be consumed and cause health problems from the minerals and fertilizers inside them.
Experimental Design
Resources and Budget Table1. Potting trays 27 x 27 (cm), 8 x 13 (cm) 2 Large, black, square, plastic, fragile.
2. Potting soil 3 x 3 x 4 (cm) 14 Brown, dirt-like, full of fertilizers.
3. Radish seeds 2 x 1 (mm) 14 Small, round, tan-like color, soft.
4. Magnets 4 x 3 (cm) 14 Round, circles, black, hard, slick.
5. Water 2 cups per day 60 Fluid, clear, wet, liquid, water.
6. Watering can 1 Large, green, durable, spout-like.
7. Balance large weigh er. blue. metallic
8. Ruler. wooden. one foot long. 2 inches wide.
9. greenhouse. room in school.
Detailed Procedure1. Gather materials,
2. Set up experiment in science greenhouse.
3. Open Radish seed packet.
4. Place 2 magnets in potting tray
5. Place 4 magnets in potting tray
6. Place 6 magnets in potting tray.
7. cover each magnet with 2 cm of soil.
8. Place seed 4 cm deep in soil.
9. water each plant seed setup with 100 ML of water.
10. Take images that are needed.
11. Water each seed plant with 100 ML of water every school day.
12. For each watering session, takes photos, and make observations of the growing rate.
13. Follows steps 9-12 for one month.
14. Measure and record and make observations of plant height.
15. Follow step 14 for each independent variable.
16. Remove each plant from container.
17. Remove all soil from plant.
18. Rinse all spoil from plants.
19. Rinse plant with science room sink water.
20. dry with paper towels until completely dry.
21. place plants on balance, all of their masses in Grams.
22. Repeat steps 12-17 for each seed/plant set up.
23. finish data collection for all dependent and independent variable trials.
Data Table
Data Analysis
All Raw Data
The average growing length, for the Radish plants with no magnets was 5 (cm).The average growing length for Radish plants with 2 magnets was 4 (cm). The average growing length for the Radish plants with 4 magnets was 4 (cm). The average growing length for the Radish plants with 6 magnets was 5 (cm). The Radish plants with zero magnets in their presence grew the longest.
ConclusionThe experiment was setup to test whether Radish plants with magnets in presence while growing was to affect the length they grew. The results showed that the Radish plants with zero magnets in their presence grew on average , the longest. The average growing length for the Radishes with zero magnets in their presence grew on average one centimeter longer. The average growing length for the Radishes with 0 magnets grew to 5 (cm). The average growing length for the radishes with 2 magnets grew on average, 4 (cm). The average growing length for the Radishes with 4 magnets grew, 4 (cm). The Radishes with 6 magnets on average grew, 4.5 (cm).
Ian Fessenden
The experiment question, was whether magnetism affects plant growth. The experiment did answer the question. The trials showed magnetism does affect the growth of plants and it made the plants on average one centimeter smaller in length when exposed to magnetism. It had been hypothesized that the plants with more magnets would make the plant grow the longest. The hypothesis was incorrect. In fact, the hypothesis was the opposite of what the results showed. The average growing length, for the Radish plants with no magnets was 5 (cm).The average growing length for Radish plants with 2 magnets was 4 (cm). The average growing length for the Radish plants with 4 magnets was 4 (cm). The average growing length for the Radish plants with 6 magnets was 5 (cm). The Radish plants with zero magnets in their presence grew the longest.
There was a strong relationship between the two variables. The plants with zero magnets had the most growth substantially, they were typically about twenty percent longer than the plants with exposure to the magnets. The trials showed that there was a relationship between the two variables, and that they often changed and made a large difference.
The results showed in the data, because it is believed that the plants were being pulled down by the magnetic fields in their presence. It showed that the magnets on average did not help the growth of the plant, but even more "stunted" the growth resulting in the plants being smaller in length. Research was done to find previous experiments involving radish plants and magnets, and the results were the complete opposite of this experiment. The other subjects conducting the experiments claimed that the plants grew substantially longer and substantially sturdier. All of the other experiments, except for this one showed data that stated that the plants were larger and more healthier in the presence of magnets. The results could be explained by the fact that the plants were only growing for one month, when the suggested growing time is over one month.
Some of the problems that arose during the experiment were that the plants did not all get equal amounts of sunlight which was difficult to control. Although they were mostly small things, they were difficult to control and virtually impossible, such as the one stated above. For the most part all of the variables and possible problems were avoided. No problems arose from the design. Some small things changed during the experiment such as giving the plants two cups of water everyday, which was changed during the process, to a sufficient amount. Things that could have been done differently were that the plants with the magnets were all in one large potting tray, which meant that some of the Radishes with only two magnets were getting more like four magnets worth of magnetic force, and vice-versa. If If the experiment were recreated, plants would be started a lot earlier than had been done so they would have more like two months or three months to grow opposed to one month. Late planting was somewhat of a downfall to the experiment.
There was no specialized technology needed for this experiment other than the magnets. The magnets were typical and are easily accessible from any store for home improvement. The knowledge gained through this experiment could be used for people that are growing plants.They could use it to know which plants to expose to magnetism while growing to have a positive impact on their growing, not a negative growing aspect as found in this experiment. The results could change the whole food industry. The results could change it by being able to produce plant species that are edible in a quicker and cleaner environment from the use of magnets. The results of my experiment could be used in most plant growing facilitates, they could plant magnets beneath the soil then grow the specific plant species, and have quicker, and more abundant sources of fruits and vegetables.
New questions could be, do the magnets affect growth of fruits? I feel that actual scientists should study this theory, to see whether the magnets actually have a significantly positive effect on the growth of certain plant species. I feel it would be really interesting to know that something you once studied turned into something, that they now use in most plant and fruit growing facilities.
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In the Field"Attach a strong magnet to the sprinkler or outlet of a garden hose. The north-pointing pole can aid in growth. The south-pointing pole can deter diseases. Magnetized water can break up compact soil to allow roots to grow and absorb minerals."
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A study was conducted to test the hypothesis that a magnetic field can affect plant growth and health. The study divided plants into three groups. The first group of plant seeds grew in a low magnetic field. The second group grew in a high magnetic field. The third group grew in the absence of a magnetic field, serving as a control group. Several growth parameters were measured, including the germination rate, plant height, and leaf size. In addition, the health status was measured by leaf color, spots, the stem curvature, and the death rate. Plant growth was observed continuously for four weeks. The results showed that magnetism had a significant positive effect on plant growth. Plant seeds under the influence of the magnetic field had a higher germination rate, and these plants grew taller, larger, and healthier than those in the control group. No adverse effects of magnetism on plant growth were noticed. However, the removal of the magnetic field weakened the plant stem, suggesting the role of magnetism in supplying plants with energy."
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"Growing Plants with Magnets - Garden Experiments Forum - GardenWeb." Growing Plants with Magnets - Garden Experiments Forum - GardenWeb. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2013.
Gagnon, Melissa. "Science Projects With Plants & Magnets." EHow. Demand Media, 20 June 2011. Web. 27 Mar. 2013.
"The Effects of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth and Health Fu E - Young Scientists J." The Effects of Magnetic Fields on Plant Growth and Health Fu E - Young Scientists J. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Mar. 2013.
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An experiment was conducted to test how magnetism affects the growth of Radish plants. It was hypothesized that Radishes exposed to six magnets would grow the tallest. Magnets were placed under the soil below the radish plants. The average length for the plants with 0 magnets was 5 cm. The average length for the plants with 2 magnets was 4 cm. The average length for the plants with 4 magnets was 5 cm. The average length for the plants with 6 magnets was 4.5 cm. The answer to the experiment was that radish plants exposed to magnetism grew less tall.


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In SQL 2008, I have change tracking turned on both on the database and table levels, with column tracking turned on at the table level. The
CHANGETABLE(CHANGES...) function returns the expected results, however
CHANGE_TRACKING_IS_COLUMN_IN_MASK always returns 0, even if the given field has changed in a row.
In addition, the
sys.dm_tran_commit_table view is empty, and
sys.change_tracking_{table object id} returns an "Invalid object name" error.
My conclusion is that general change tracking is functioning correctly, but column tracking is not functioning correctly (and it is definitely turned on). I have followed the steps from multiple tutorials to the letter, but am not getting the results that those tutorials describe--am I missing something?


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I found this on another members profile and it truly expresses how I feel as well: "The life of a person is more than the dash between two dates. It is my hope that the memorials which I create or manage can make the individuals life fuller, even if just linking to family members or adding a few tidbits of information. Researching and including other family information makes them more than graves, they are people.
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I'm searching for information for the following Families: Lavash, Lavache, Hynes, Higgins, Donohoe,Bursey, Bradbury, Brown, Demeo, Hayes, Sawin. I've been researching my roots for over 20 years and have now started to record cemeteries for others. I've also started adding any Irish and Canadians that I come across, in tribute to my ancesters, military graves & any children that I find - they seem to be the hardest to find & I'm recording them as I find them.
"A coin left on a headstone lets the deceased soldier's family know that somebody stopped by to pay their respect. Leaving a penny means you visited. A nickel means that you and the deceased soldier trained at boot camp together. If you served with the soldier, you leave a dime. A quarter is very significant because it means that you were there when that soldier died"
This is an abbreviated list of cemeteries that I have visited so far - I've visited some of these because I have family members there -
Belmont Cemetery - Belmont, MA
Calvary Cemetery & Maus. - Waltham, MA
Cambridge Cemetery - Cambridge, MA
Common Street Cemetery - Watertown, MA
Cudworth Cemetery - Scituate, MA
Evergreen Cemetery - Marboro, Ma
Evergreen Cemetery - Leominster, MA
Grove Hill Cemetery - Waltham, MA
Highland Meadow Cemetery - Belmont, MA
Holy Cross Cemetery & Maus. - Malden, MA
Mt. Auburn Cemetery - Watertown/Cambridge, MA
Mt. Feake Cemetery - Waltham, MA
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery - Arlington, MA
Westview Cemetery, Bedford, MA
North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery - Cambridge, MA
Olde Burying Place - Arlington, MA
Old Burying Ground, AKA Ye Olde Burying Ground in Lexington, MA
Old Burying Place - Watertown, MA
Puritan Lawn Cemetery - Peabody, Ma
Ridgelawn Cemetery - Watertown, MA
St. Pauls Cemetery - Arlington, MA
St. Patricks Cemetery - Watertown, MA
Woodlawn Cemetery & Crem. - Everett, MA
and a few others
I normally photograph the whole family plot if it's more than a single grave & will post those as well.
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Sharon, Thanks for beautiful photos on the above sites. Stay cool this summer. R.
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I see you JUST added this one! Is the other table-looking stone of Allen Curtis, her husband?
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And plus is it okay if I put it on Ancestry.com? I assume it would be, but thought I would ask!
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You must have just recently photographed the section of the obelisk's engraving that has Maria Malleville Allen Curtis's name on it, so that it is visible. Thank you so very much!
I noticed the F.a.G. number does not work, it has one digit too many in it. I tried many combinations but none of them worked. I finally went to Judge Curtis's memorial and got to it that way.
Would you be able to look into that for me?
Thanks again!! The photo is very clear!!
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Happy to transfer to you. I have now proved without a doubt, that those two Ernest M Steele's are two different men. Mary
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Thank you so much for getting all that info. Love it when the info starts to come together. Jacki
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Sharon, Thanks so much for tombstone photos on the two Arthur Nelson sites in Mt Auburn. This was a hard one identifying who was who in this plot. I appreciate your work in Mt Auburn. It would be nice to see your Mt Auburn photos published in a book. Richard
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Thanks Sharon for the heads-up. As always thanks for what you do. Have a wonderful holiday.
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ASHBURN, Va. (AP) - Washington Redskins coach Marty Schottenheimer indicated Monday he is inclined to wait until the eve of training camp to decide what to do about Deion Sanders.
"There's nothing that we have to do," said Schottenheimer, noting that there are eight weeks remaining before the start of camp on July 29.
An informal Deion Watch started at Redskins Park on Friday, the first day the Redskins could release Sanders and get a savings of $3.5 million under the salary cap this season. Currently, the team has no cap room to sign draft picks or veteran free agents to fill out the roster.
Sanders, who signed a seven-year, $56 million contract with the Redskins a year ago, is playing baseball for the Cincinnati Reds.
Schottenheimer said he has envisioned scenarios in which the Redskins would be able to keep Sanders, but that would require extensive contract renegotiations with other players and probably the release of a veteran starter or two.
But the Redskins have gained leverage recently because he is playing poorly with the Reds and might not last the baseball season. If the Reds were to release him before July 29, he would be contractually obligated to show up for the Redskins camp or risk losing part of his $8 million signing bonus.
"I don't have any idea what might happen relative to baseball," Schottenheimer said.
"We'll just have to wait and see. That's what we've been doing for some time."
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Retired Texas Teachers Could Face Higher Health Care CostsMore than 200,000 retired educators and their dependents in Texas could have to pay more for health care due to rising coverage costs.
Schools: Texas' Public Education Funding Still 'Broken'The 600-plus school districts suing Texas say the way the state pays for public education is 'constitutionally and fundamentally broken.'
Texas Democrats Plan To Force Education VotesHow the state will pay for public schools will take center stage this week in the political theater known as the Texas Legislature. And it will likely remain there throughout the session.
DISD Teacher Morale Addressed At Board BriefingThere is a consensus among many that the morale of teachers in the Dallas Independent School District is at an all-time low. The issue was a topic of discussion at Thursday's DISD board briefing.
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AFAIK, a major goal of multi-threaded programming is increasing performance by utilizing multiple processing cores. The point is maximizing parallel execution.
When I see thread-safe generic data structure classes, I feel some irony. Because thread-safety means enforcing serial execution (lock, atomic operation, or whatever), so it's anti-parallel. Thread-safe classes means that serialization is encapsulated and hidden into the class, so we will get more chance to force serial execution - losing performance. It would be better to manage those critical section in larger (or largest) unit - application logic.
So why do people want thread-safe classes? What's the real benefit of them?
P.S. I meant thread-safe class is a class has only thread-safe methods which is safe to be called from multiple threads simultaneously. Safe means it guarantees correct read/write result. Correct means its result is equal to the result under single-threaded execution. (for example avoiding ABA problem)
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Colonoscopies have long been considered the gold standard for colorectal cancer screening - 90 percent effective in detecting the second leading cancer killer of men and women in this country.
But a new Canadian study suggests the procedure may detect polyps and early cancers only 60 to 70 percent of the time , reports CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook.
According to the study, whether a colonoscopy saves a life may depend on exactly where in the colon the cancer starts
"It seemed to prevent two-thirds of the deaths from left sided colon cancer," said Dr. Nancy Baxter of the University of Toronto. "But it didn't seem to prevent any of the deaths from right-sided colon cancer."
One possible explanation is that polyps on the left side of the colon are more likely to be raised and easy to detect, while those on the right side tend to be flatter and easy to miss.
The results are being debated by doctors. Only about 30 percent of the colonoscopies in this Canadian study were performed by gastroenterologists.
"We don't know the quality of the colonoscopies, the skill of the examiners, the preparation of the patients, the completeness of the colonoscopies," warned Dr. Sidney Winawer of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
Other studies have found doctors who rush through the procedure can miss polyps. It's also important for patients to follow the instructions for colon cleansing to the letter.
And even if colonoscopies are less accurate than previously thought, they're still the best way to prevent colon cancer.
"Colonoscopy can reduce mortality from colon cancer," Winawer said.
Colon cancer screenings are recommended for most people starting at age 50. Patients should choose experienced doctors and make sure that they follow their doctors' directions to the letter when preparing for the procedure.
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TOAD Handbook / Edition 1by Bert Scalzo, Dan Hotka
Pub. Date: 02/21/2003
Publisher: Sams
TOAD Handbook is a guide for developing Oracle applications and administering Oracle databases with TOAD. Starting with installation and configuration, the book covers the TOAD SQL editors in depth, including dozens of helpful, undocumented features. Later chapters discuss reporting and exporting data and using several add-on tools designed to enhance TOAD
TOAD Handbook is a guide for developing Oracle applications and administering Oracle databases with TOAD. Starting with installation and configuration, the book covers the TOAD SQL editors in depth, including dozens of helpful, undocumented features. Later chapters discuss reporting and exporting data and using several add-on tools designed to enhance TOAD development. Along the way, the authors provide critical insights into the workings of TOAD and how developers can use it to make the most of their applications. Includes a foreword by Jim McDaniel, the inventor of TOAD.
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Someone mentioned here the idea of going after LeGarrette Blount to be a 1A/1B with Gore, and not going after the creme da le creme of WRs. As most have pointed out, Larry Fitzgerald nor Calvin Johnson are part of free agency this season so there's no such thing as a receiver to die for.
Still I think with some minor tweaks at WR we could be strong. Would love to have another proven beast at RB to go along with Frank.
I think it will be interesting if we do not land the big names like Bowe or one of the Jacksons, if we take a lesser name and supplement our running game a bit.
I love being DIFFERENT from the rest of the league. The one thing that I have noticed from the forums of pass happy teams (Saints, Giants, Packers) is the notion that top running backs are not even worth as much as top pass rushing DEs. This came up in the Arian Foster/Mario Williams debate....who was worth keeping more, and 90% feel Williams is more important. And we all know Foster is sickKk!
We might get another RB at a good deal given the state of the NFL plus the 49ers strength. It would have to be 1A/1B of course, and believe me I don't think Frank would protest.


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I built a 70-page web site in HTML using Artisteer to generate the HTML, and Front Page to edit the HTML. Firefox sees the pages; Ie does not, it thinks the pages are all files and tries to download them.
So, two months work for nothing. I need to convert the HTML site to WordPress. I've already set up the WordPress.
I need to know:
Is there [a] a plugin, or [b] an online (or downloadable) optimizer that would take all my existing html table code and optimize it for WordPress, without deleting all my image and download urls that are in each table. I've got 6-cell and 9-cell tables, and each cell has an image and a link to a RAR file in it. I don't want to lose all that. Would like to be able to copy & paste.
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Post Pounder. Putting a temporary fence around your job site can mean pounding in a lot of T-posts. Lobo Products' Big Bob T-Post Driver/Puller makes the job easier and safer, says the maker. One part of the two-piece design stays securely on the post while you hammer down the 16-pound sliding handle, driving the post into the ground. To remove the post, you tighten the attached clamping bolt and pound up. Some tips from our experience: You need padded gloves, hearing and eye protection, and a short piece of pipe to use as a cheater bar on the clamping lever to save your hands. The product costs $90. Lobo Products, 800/719-2856. www.loboproducts.com
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