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Nematodes feel a craving - Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model to study alcohol addiction
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Alcohol is the most frequently-used addictive drug. However, the mechanism by which its consumption leads to addiction remains largely elusive. Given the conservation of behavioral reactions to alcohol, Caenorhabitis elegans (C. elegans) has been effectively used as a model system to investigate the relevant molecular targets and pathways mediating these responses. In this article, we review the roles of BK channels (also called SLO-1), the lipid microenvironment, receptors, the synaptic machinery, and neurotransmitters in both the acute and chronic effects of alcohol. We provide an overview of the genes and mechanisms involved in alcoholismrelated behaviors in C. elegans.
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Neuroscience Bulletin
Volume 30, Issue 4 , pp 595-600
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WIMBLEDON, England -- Here is why it is so fitting for Roger Federer to be called, in Wimbledon's quaintly anachronistic argot, "the gentlemen's singles champion."
It was during a tense and gripping semifinal match between Andy Roddick and Thomas Johansson that had been suspended overnight from Friday to Saturday that a rested, relaxed Federer was invited into the interview room. He was asked if he was happy to see his would-be opponents in Sunday's championship match running and gunning each other all over the Centre Court.
"No, not really," said the two-time defending champ, who reached the final by dismantling Lleyton Hewitt in straight sets Friday, before rain interrupted the second semi with Johansson about to serve at 5-6 in the first set. "I would be happy if they were over and done with, too, so they could also have their fair share of rest."
Super player, great sport -- respected in the locker room as well as on court. So clearly the No. 1 player in the world that he seems more than one notch above the rest, Federer doesn't want any unearned advantages. He certainly doesn't need any. He has won his last four matches against No. 2 Roddick (who knocked out Johansson in a gritty, four-set slugfest to set up a rematch of last year's final) and his last eight against No. 3 Hewitt.
Roddick knows the records and the head-to-heads. "Was it impressive?" he asked rhetorically of Federer's 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (4) rout of Hewitt. "Yes, very impressive. Was I surprised or shocked by it? Not really."
That may give you a clue as to why Federer is considered an almost prohibitive favorite to hoist the gentlemen's singles trophy for a third successive year.
Federer, winner of 35 straight matches on grass courts, is already being compared to Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras, who hold the longest Wimbledon winning streaks of the modern era. Federer acknowledged there was another reason he would just as soon have had the other semifinal finish on Friday -- so he could "prepare mentally" with one man in mind. When you are so far above the field, you are concerned less with an opponent's particular weapons than you are with your own state of mind.
This is not hubris, just the mentality of a champion. When Federer was asked whom he would prefer to see across the net on Sunday, he invoked not the famous neutrality of his native Switzerland but the instincts of a true champion.
"Maybe I would like to play Johansson just because he's got less experience," Federer said, his lips revealing a slight, wise smile before he went on: "But I think Roddick will be the classic matchup, something that I would be looking forward to even more than playing Johansson."
That is the right attitude for a Wimbledon legend in the making. Bring on the best opponent available.
Roddick it is. It took him a minute under three hours over two days to finally subdue Johansson, the 2002 Australian Open champion, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 7-6 (10), 7-6 (5). Roddick's shirttail is always flapping when he booms record-velocity serves and ferocious forehands, but this time his jersey and shorts were stained with grass and dirt from numerous dives on the turf trying to thwart Johansson's passing shots.
The pivotal juncture was the third-set tiebreaker. It didn't reach the grandeur, but rekindled some memories, of the 34-point "Battle of 18-16" in the 1980 final, when Borg lost the fourth-set 'breaker to John McEnroe but won his fifth consecutive and last gentlemen's singles title. The BBC showed that evergreen classic during the rain delay on Friday. Roddick and Johansson caught some of it on the telly. Their match was dead even at that stage, and the tiebreaker was well-played and splendidly suspenseful until Roddick -- who had saved three set points -- seized his third with a thunderous serve down the middle to take it, 12 points to 10.
It was during that magnificent 22-minute tiebreaker a quarter of a century ago that it hit McEnroe just how special the aura of Centre Court is. "You could definitely feel something in the air, more so than I've ever felt anywhere else. It was just the way it was really quiet," McEnroe said, spellbound still by the experience. "No one was saying a word. You could hear everything. That's when I knew this was the way tennis should be."
I asked Roddick if he could describe the atmosphere, the tension, the hush amid appreciative bursts of applause and cheering during the third-set tiebreaker with Johansson. "It was pretty intense," he said. "You don't start a tiebreaker thinking it's going to go 12-10. Backwards and forwards. I was so kind of keyed in on the match, I wasn't focusing too much on what was going on around me -- for a change." McEnroe had focused on that, either, he just noticed and knew this was the way tennis should be.
The fourth set went to a tiebreaker, too, which turned when Roddick's return of serve clipped the net cord and fell over for a winner to bring him to 6-5. Roddick raised his arm apologetically, then pounded another huge first serve that Johansson could only grope into the net. Game, set, match.
"It was lucky," Roddick said of the fortuitous net cord, confirming the obvious. "The timing of it couldn't have been any better for me. I felt guilty about it for a second, but then I got over it." It's still a gentlemen's game, but hey, there are limits.
Roddick was asked if he was relieved to get through. "Excited probably more than relieved. Relieved is maybe what I felt in the second round," he said, referring to the rain-suspended 5-setter he survived against Italian journeyman Daniele Bracciali. "But today I felt like I played great stuff. The level of the tennis was very, very high. I'm glad I was able to kind of keep it up and stay the course and get another shot at Roger."
Roddick, a year younger than Federer at 22, won the 2003 U.S. Open. He has a competitor's mentality, too. Bring on the champ. This is the way tennis should be.
Federer has cruised to the final losing only one set, to Nicolas Kiefer in the fourth round.
"I watched bits and pieces of pretty much all his matches. You know, he's a pretty good tennis player," Roddick deadpanned. "It's going to be fun. I feel like I'm playing pretty well. Today I thought I played very well. I'm excited to have a go, for sure."
Roddick knows that practically no one fancies his chances of winning, but he is serving exceptionally well, which is the key to his game. He got 75 percent of his first serves in, and his second serve was a weapon as well. Against Johansson, he had 19 aces. He has not had a double fault in his last nine sets.
"I don't remember the last time I made it through nine sets in this kind of intensity without dumping some serves," Roddick said. "Early on here, I wasn't hitting my second serve great, but it started clicking the last couple of days."
He knows he will need everything clicking to have a chance against an on-form Federer.
"There's no question that he's been a better player over the past two years. That's a given. No one would argue otherwise," Roddick said, addressing his 0-4 head-to-head record since his only win over Federer, 7-6 in the third set on a hard court in Canada in 2003. Overall, Federer leads the series 8-1, which belies calling it as a rivalry. "The thing I try to think of is, I have to be better this time," Roddick continued, "not for the next 10 years, not for the next whatever. I have to be better this time. That's the kind of mindset I have to take into it."
In last year's final, Roddick won the first set and was in the match until a rain delay. When play resumed, Federer changed tactics and started following his serve to the net more, pulling away 4-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-4.
Asked if he needs to throw caution to the often-swirling wind on Centre Court and take the risks, Roddick said: "At times, but I'm not going to try to overplay. At times in last year's final, I tried to play too well. Some things can get away from you. I'm going to have to go in and play my game and play well. It's as simple as that."
Well, actually not. There is nothing simple about trying to solve Federer at Wimbledon.
"Hopefully he'll think about it a little bit more than last year," Roddick said. "It comes down to big points. He won them last year. I'm going to have to try to win them this year."
But Federer had already said that his greatest strength is consistency, and that consistency comes from "mental strength." Again, that's not hubris, but the self-awareness of a champion. "I feel like I always go into every match knowing I can win it if my form is there," Federer said. "And if I'm not playing so well, sometimes I know that I can sneak through and just wait for the big moments, that I can play my good tennis right then. I think knowing that is very important because tennis is quite a mental sport."
Roddick, to his credit, is trying to take a page from Federer's preparation playbook and concentrate on what he can do on his side of the net.
"I can't really do more than play at my optimum," he said. "I have to hope that it's the best at the big moments. That's what Roger does so well. He's so talented. He plays the same at 5-all in the tiebreaker as he does at 2-1, 40-love on his serve in the first set. That's what separates him.
"I don't know if many people are expecting me to win, so it's a different situation. I'm going to come out and play free and I'm going to go after him. I'm going to at least try to take it to him a little bit."
That is the right attitude, the way tennis should be. But you can't escape the feeling that Roddick is going to be a heavy-hitting windmill, tilting furiously -- and in the end, futilely -- at the game's most accomplished and seldom-errant knight. The once and future gentlemen's singles champion.
Barry Lorge, former Washington Post staff writer and sports editor/columnist of The San Diego Union, has covered tennis in more than 25 countries on five continents. He co-authored the section on tennis in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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I love this album... did not know about the free stream; thanks.
Yes, it is a Christmas treat that they have been putting up there the past couple of years. Normally you can listen to their album "The Trumpet Child" on there.
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Discovery of Miller's Grizzled Langur (Presbytis hosei canicrus) in Wehea Forest Confirms the Continued Existence and Extends Known Geographical Range of an Endangered Primate
Version of Record online: 24 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21983
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American Journal of Primatology
Volume 74, Issue 3, pages 193–198, March 2012
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LHOTA, S., LOKEN, B., SPEHAR, S., FELL, E., POSPĚCH, A. and KASYANTO, N. (2012), Discovery of Miller's Grizzled Langur (Presbytis hosei canicrus) in Wehea Forest Confirms the Continued Existence and Extends Known Geographical Range of an Endangered Primate. Am. J. Primatol., 74: 193–198. doi: 10.1002/ajp.21983
Publication History
- Issue online: 23 JAN 2012
- Version of Record online: 24 JAN 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 25 OCT 2011
- Manuscript Accepted: 25 OCT 2011
- Manuscript Received: 15 OCT 2011
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- Presbytis hosei canicrus;
- East Kalimantan;
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- sepan;
- Wehea Forest
Miller's Grizzled Langur (Presbytis hosei canicrus) is one of the least known and rarest primates in Borneo. With a limited geographic range along the central coast of East Kalimantan and the highly degraded Kutai National Park, its former stronghold, this subspecies is now extremely rare and has been listed as one of the world's 25 most endangered primates. From June 6 to August 2, 2011, we carried out both direct observation and camera trap surveys at two mineral springs (sepans) in the Wehea Forest, East Kutai district, East Kalimantan. Presbytis hosei canicrus was observed at the large sepan on 3 of 6 observation days and at the small sepan on 2 of 3 observation days with up to 11 individuals observed in a single day at a single site. Camera traps recorded a per day capture rate of 0.72 at the small sepan and 0.25 at the large sepan and a per photo capture rate of 0.50 and 0.005, respectively. These data suggest relatively frequent occurrence of P. h. canicrus at the sepans, but the langurs are rarely encountered elsewhere in the Wehea Forest. The discovery of P. h. canicrus in the Wehea Forest confirms the continued existence of this endangered primate and is the first solid evidence demonstrating that its geographic range extends further inland than previously thought. It is not known whether the population of P. h. canicrus within Wehea Forest is large and stable enough to be considered viable, but it is likely part of a larger population that may possibly occur across surrounding protected forests and logging concessions. Surveying this potentially large population, and securing its protection, should be a priority measure for ensuring the continued existence of P. h. canicrus.


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Imagining the Lives Behind the Casualty Counts
The news report is fictitious but is of the sort that over the past decade has appeared frequently, capturing the public's attention for a moment before being buried under the next day's headlines: "U.S. military officials today acknowledged a raid that occurred last week and claimed the lives of two American soldiers. A third U.S. soldier is listed as missing in action." The raid "resulted in the killing of twelve suspected high-level insurgent fighters," as well as the deaths of "ten to fifteen civilians."
The report appears in the middle of Stephen Dau's "The Book of Jonas" (Blue Rider Press, 258 pages, $24.95), a novel that offers a humane and unforgettable portrayal of the lives behind those casualty counts. Mr. Dau's imagined raid takes place in an unnamed "lawless border region" of what most resembles Afghanistan. Younis Iskander is a teenager when his family is killed by American artillery. He is sent to the U.S. (on the airplane he changes his name to Jonas) and placed with a host family in Pittsburgh, where he attends high school and college.
Jonas's story is interspersed with journal entries from Chris Henderson, the American soldier who went missing after the raid. Something has happened between Jonas and Chris that Mr. Dau does not disclose until the novel's cathartic ending. But throughout the book the two men are linked by their shared experience with a kind of carnage that seems impossible to explain to anyone who has not seen it firsthand. Although Jonas appears outwardly assimilated after his move to America, he suffers from what his therapist calls "dissociation," and he turns to drinking to avoid the agony of revisiting the tragedy in his mind. Chris's journal is his shattered attempt to explain the mind-state of a soldier undertaking to raze a village. (A third point of view is given to Chris's mother, who is trying to go on with her life despite not knowing what has become of her son.)
Like Tim O'Brien's great Vietnam War novels, "The Book of Jonas" is about both the brutality of the battlefield and the torment of bearing its scars in the normal world. This may not be the best novel I've read in 2012—the writing is at times too flat—but it is the first to feel genuinely important. Mr. Dau beautifully addresses a need to emotionally engage with a war that has been going on for 10 years but that so often feels remote and unreal.
In her debut novel, "A Partial History of Lost Causes" (Random House, 372 pages, $26), Jennifer duBois shows us the Sisyphean climb faced by Russia's democratic reformers. The author chronicles the life of an unassuming chess master named Aleksandr (modeled loosely on Garry Kasparov) who in 1986, while still in his 20s, becomes the world champion. After the fall of communism, he leverages his renown into forming "Alternative Russia," the most prominent, and therefore most endangered, opposition to the kleptocracy led by Vladimir Putin.
The book is a tale of two narratives. Spliced with Aleksandr's story is one beginning in 2006 about an American named Irina Ellison. Irina's father is dying of Huntington's disease, and she has inherited the defective chromosome that triggers the neurodegenerative disorder. Thinking that she has mere years to live, she travels to Russia on a quixotic journey to meet Aleksandr and learn from him "the virtues of futility, the courage of working against the current."
Though intelligently conceived, the novel has trouble synchronizing the parallel plots and seems marooned somewhere between political satire and personal tragedy. Its lively evocations of Russia's conformity and corruption, for example, are tart and funny—there are faceless housing developments "that expanded outward like the units of a self-replicating virus"; one ugly apparatchik has "a face that looked boiled for hygiene purposes."
The same sarcastic tone persists, however, even when the novel takes a serious turn. Ultimately, Irina's self-aware, chatterbox internal monologue deprives her struggle with mortality of the gravitas that the author seeks.
Joyce Carol Oates's new novel, her 38th, is called "Mudwoman" (Ecco, 428 pages, $26.99). Ms. Oates is not one for subtlety—recent books have been titled "Missing Mom" and "Black Girl/White Girl"—and indeed, with "Mudwoman" she is writing about a woman who, as a child growing up in poverty, was abandoned on a mud flat in the foothills of the Adirondacks. Meredith Ruth Neukirschen, known as M.R., was then made a ward of the state and adopted by a good-hearted Quaker couple. The novel takes up her story at the moment of her greatest achievement: She has been named president of a prestigious East Coast university, the first woman to hold the post. But episodes of violence—whether direct, in the form of sexual assault, or distant, with the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq—rouse the wild, primal instincts that she had shed in childhood, destabilizing her upright life.
Ms. Oates's jittery, breathless prose has always been an acquired taste. Here, for instance, M.R. fends off an importuning suitor: "Though M.R. wished to kiss Kroll in turn—wished to kiss him avidly, and her arms tightening around him—yet she stiffened involuntarily, just perceptibly, as if someone had whispered to her: No!" In the past, Ms. Oates has based stories on Emily Dickinson's verse, and sometimes the Oates style, with its fractious barrage of dashes, italics and exclamation points, suggests what Dickinson might have produced if she had written doorstop novels instead of short poems.
Certainly Ms. Oates has access to the depth that is wanting in Ms. duBois's novel. With "Mudwoman," the author is especially perceptive in showing the political tightrope that M.R. has to walk in her powerful but fragile position at the university. But it is difficult to lose yourself in the twists and turns of M.R.'s psychological soap opera when faced with the thickets of such spiky, agitated writing.


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Meeting the creature he calls a gentle giant and the iconic figure of Florida in the early 1990s was all it took for one Ohio man to fall hard.
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25th Annual Potato Pancake Supper
Peace Lutheran Church, "The Church On The Hill," will host their 25th annual Potato Pancake Supper on Tuesday, Feb. 9, from 4-7:00 p.m. The church is located 4 miles north of Dunnellon at 7201 South US Hwy. 41.
An incident happened this past week in which I am still scratching my head. Have you ever known you had something, but for the life of you, you could not find it? I will accede to the fact that occasionally, I do have a streak of absent-mindedness running through me. At times, I wish it would just walk.
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The Friends of the Luther Callaway Public Library (FLCPL), the Chiefland branch of the Levy County Public Library System, meet on the second Thursday of the month, except in July and August, at 11 a.m. at the library, 104 N.E. 3rd St., Chiefland.
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I spent my last few days of this deer season in Alabama with Jonathon and Hubert (Hube). Jonathon brought Hube not only because they are friends but because it was Hube's 80th birthday and because Hube loves to hunt. He likes hunting deer and turkey but he is especially keen on bear hunting where he walks the mountains following his pack of dogs. His slender frame is strong and healthy. I ask him how he stayed that way. He replied, "Good livin' and good eatin'."
My fishing experiences as a youth were either alone or with the gang that made up Ford's Woods. What I learned about fishing came from the same sources.
I can remember as a youth the day that I was bit by the "bass" bug. Even though I had never been to the lake, the levee was known to be full of largemouth. And even though it was still in my small town, for a kid who either walked or rode his bicycle everywhere, it was a little further away than I was use to going.
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Being named Oilers captain would be 'one of the greatest honours,' says McDavid
It began gaining momentum well before Connor McDavid even finished his rookie season, the prospect that the young phenom had what it takes to become captain of the Edmonton Oilers.
Wayne Gretzky had his say, in an interview with the National Post last season.
"I have a great deal of respect for him. In my point of view, I think he's mature enough that he can handle it at any age," said The Great One, the Oilers captain when that franchise was a dynasty in the 1980s.
McDavid's highly anticipated rookie season was interrupted with a shoulder injury, but he returned to play in 45 games, with 48 points. He was named a finalist for the Calder Trophy, and there was plenty of healthy debate for his case to be the top freshman in the league.
As his season continued and then ended, the talk of McDavid's possible captaincy in Edmonton has persisted. The Oilers, who traded Taylor Hall last month, didn't have a captain this past season.
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Connor McDavid will be named as the Oilers' captain at the age of 19 next fall, one of the items that was deduced at general manager Peter Chiarelli's season-ending press briefing Sunday. Asked if his team would have a captain next season where this year it did not, the GM responded quickly: "I would think so, that we would have a captain next year."
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Frank Corrado should be used to waiting by now. He had to wait 28 games before the Leafs inserted him into the lineup for the first time last season and now he's waiting for a new contract.
There's still a gap between the two sides, but it doesn't appear to be very significant. Corrado and the Leafs will head to arbitration on July 26th unless the two sides can agree to a new deal before then.
According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman, The Leafs have two different offers on the table. One is a two-way contract, while the other is a one-way deal that would see him make less money if he sticks in the NHL. Corrado is looking for a one-way deal worth $900,000.
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Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
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The Myth of Efficiency: Technology and Ethics in Industrial Food Production
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In this paper, we explore how the application of technological tools has reshaped food production systems in ways that foster large-scale outbreaks of foodborne illness. Outbreaks of foodborne illness have received increasing attention in recent years, resulting in a growing awareness of the negative impacts associated with industrial food production. These trends indicate a need to examine systemic causes of outbreaks and how they are being addressed. In this paper, we analyze outbreaks linked to ground beef and salad greens. These case studies are informed by personal interviews, site visits, and an extensive review of government documents and peer-reviewed literature. To explore these cases, we draw from actor-network theory and political economy to analyze the relationships between technological tools, the design of industrial production systems, and the emergence and spread of pathogenic bacteria. We also examine if current responses to outbreaks represent reflexive change. Lastly, we use the myth of Prometheus to discuss ethical issues regarding the use of technology in food production. Our findings indicate that current tools and systems were designed with a narrow focus on economic efficiency, while overlooking relationships with pathogenic bacteria and negative social impacts. In addition, we find that current responses to outbreaks do not represent reflexive change and a continued reliance on technological fixes to systemic problems may result in greater problems in the future. We argue that much can be learned from the myth of Prometheus. In particular, justice and reverence need to play a more significant role in guiding production decisions.
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Super cute pouch! Made a great gift.
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This is what I make
I've been taking photos and making jewelry since I was a teenager. When I was growing up, every craft I learned became a new 'business.' I would teach one or two friends, we'd buy some materials, and voilà! A new creative endeavor was born. Once we had a box full of handmade offerings, we'd venture out into the neighborhood, door to door, shop to shop.
I'm all grown up, my creative skills have improved and my new neighborhood is Etsy, but I still find the most peace and fulfillment when I am making art and creating with my hands.
All jewelry is made by me in studio. I use mostly silver, but every once in a while I work with gold and other metals. I use gemstones from around the world.
All photographs are taken and edited by me. I use professional printing services to turn my images into high quality prints.
For the bookmarks I use tassels and charms, lots of crystals, cloisonné and glass beads, and natural materials like mother of pearl, wood, and seeds from the Amazon.
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I was an architect first, aspiring photographer next, and jewelry maker forever.
Mose never ceases to supervise my work. He is a cool dude who has an appreciation for the handmade ethos, and a thing for tassels.
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My photography is printed by a professional lab I've known for years, that's consistently delivered great quality prints. They have a Green Business Certification Award for preventing pollution and conserving natural resources.
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My prints are made by a wonderful group of professionals that have become a part of my business family. They are located in my hometown and have a sustainability certification award for conserving natural resources and preventing pollution.
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My prints are made by a wonderful group of professionals that have become a part of my business family. They are located in my hometown and have a sustainability certification award for conserving natural resources and preventing pollution.
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Everything in my shop is created by me. Many pieces are one-of-a-kind.
The items I sell are not intended to be used or handled by children.
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Name and date cards may be added to some designs when using them as favors (extra charges apply). I work as a graphic designer and will be happy to design a custom card to match the theme of your event.
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quote: Intel claims revolutionary jump forward but takes a smaller evolutionary step first
quote: Of course you can't have an accelerator plug into an Intel socket until Intel adopts an integrated memory controller.
quote: but the gignormous performance hit would defeat the purpose of having an accelerator in the first place.
quote: Looking at the AMD approach going forward, one way this could work would be to have a straight GPU that plugs into the second socket
quote: What is a quad core GPU?
quote: They just don't exist yet.
quote: BUT wouldn't the down side of sticking a GPU and CPU in a dual socket board create a fight for system memory?
quote: I think you missed the big difference between the AMD and Intel ways of doing this. The AMD method provides support for both a straight processor(that goes into a socket on the motherboard), as well as the PCI Express method.
quote: Hmmm, swap GPU chips, add video memory, and save on the PCB and other things that add to the price of a video card. Sounds like a decent solution for those who like to upgrade.
quote: CPU+GPU on a single chip may be down the road, but CPU+GPU on a Torrenza approach may become available sooner, and may blow Intel away if cheap dual-socket motherboards become available.
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Jason Statham, super skinny from his 'rice & spinach' diet: would you hit it?
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The Destroyah!!! The Destroyah!!! Jun 21, 2009 09:20 Flag
central midfield
Take the 80 million and get De Rossi from Roma, Benzema from Lyon, Valencia from Wigan, and Silva from Valencia. Helps out the midfield, and gives United 3 quality strikers to rotate. Keep Rooney up front, no more on the wing.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
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According to the latest reports Hargreaves is making good progress and could now be back as early as October..
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Back in training maybe - but playing? No chance until 2010, so United need to bring somebody in, even if it's an older player on the cheap.
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Tell No One (French: Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller film directed by Guillaume Canet and based on the novel of the same name by Harlan Coben. Written by Canet and Philippe Lefebvre and starring François Cluzet, the film won four categories at the 2007 César Awards in France: Best Director (Guillaume Canet), Best Actor (François Cluzet), Best Editing and Best Music Written for a Film. Wikipedia
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UK: "Tough" market hits Co-op food profits
- Profit from Co-op food arm falls
- Sales slide. LFL sales down 1.2%
- Co-op to invest in NPD
Falling sales, investment in price hit Co-op food profits
Falling sales in a "tough" market has profits from The Co-operative Group's food arm, the UK retailer said today (23 August).
Operating from The Co-op's food business was GBP119m (US$188.8m) in the half year to 30 June, down from GBP142m a year earlier. The Co-op pointed to "continued investment" in prices, its stores and supply chain.
Sales from its food stores were down 2.2%. Like-for-like sales dropped 1.2%.
"Food's performance reflected the ongoing tough market, the sale of non-core assets and the impact of unseasonable weather, which disproportionately hits convenience operators," The Co-op said.
However, The Co-op said like-for-like sales in its new "trial" food stores were up 12%. Looking ahead to the rest of the year, the retailer said it was "on track to deliver 80 new stores" and invest "heavily" in NPD.
Group has delivered results in line with expectations in the context of the continuing economic downturn
Significant strategic and operational progress made in the first half; work undertaken to secure agreement with Lloyds Banking Group was the most important achievement
Maintenance of stable capital position. Balance sheet remains strong. Net borrowings slightly up since the start of the financial year, reflecting continued investment
Results show the benefits of the Group's structure and the strength of the portfolio of different businesses:
Food's performance reflected the on-going tough market, the sale of non-core assets and the impact of unseasonable weather which disproportionately hits convenience operators. Sales were down 2.2% overall and by 1.2% like-for-like. Sales in the core convenience chain were up by 1.4% LFL with very encouraging sales in new trial stores, with LFLs up by over 12%. Operating profit fell to £119m (2011: £142m) with continued investment in price for customers, the store estate, supply chain and distribution network and extended opening hours.
Banking Group's performance reflected the on-going uncertainty in the Eurozone, the prolonged low-interest-rate environment and increased impairments in the non-core corporate loan book. Revenue rose by 3.9% to £1.0bn but taking into account the year on year impact of PPI provisions fell by 1.1%, and underlying operating profit fell 67.9% to £36.9m. The Bank maintains a stable capital position, with a core tier one ratio of 9.6%, unchanged from 2011. Liquidity has been carefully managed and remains at robust levels, with a loan to deposit ratio of 101%.
The Group's Specialist Businesses continued to perform well, most notably within pharmacy and funerals, despite challenging market conditions. Revenue was up 1.5% at £777.1m (2011: £765.7m) and underlying operating profit jumped 19.3% to £62.0m.
Post the end of the period reported, the Group successfully agreed a £950m refinancing deal
Continuing work on Project Unity to realise the full potential of our vast and diverse customer base and our strong family of businesses, in the interests of our customers and members
Start of roll out of Banking and electrical services in our food stores after successful pilots
Roll out of legal services through Bank branches
Investing for the future
Our continued investment and strategic development through the period demonstrates the strength of the Group's ownership model. Looking ahead, we are planning to invest £2bn over the next three years across our family of businesses - in our people, processes and systems – in the interests of all our customers and members who remain at the very heart of all our diverse businesses:
Food: Under our new management team, 2012 will mark the latest stage in the most ambitious change program that the Co-operative has ever completed. Our growth plans are on track to deliver 80 new stores this year and our award winning SMART stock management system that has increased product availability in store to over 97.5% is being rolled out more widely. We are also investing heavily in new product development. In addition, we are continuing the work to overhaul our workforce management system to ensure great local service, and increasing our trading hours by 15,000 hours a week, all of which is being recognised with vastly improved customer satisfaction scores. Behind the scenes we are continuing to focus on efficiency, completing work on overhauling our supply chain network to underpin the retail proposition. The purpose-built network will have one National DC, nine Regional DCs, and two stockless cross-docks, and will have capacity to handle 32,000 deliveries a week giving us an industry-leading distribution network.
Original source: The Co-operative Group
Sectors: Financials, Retail
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TRENTON, N.J. (June 9, 2014) Kevin Roper, 35, the Wal-Mart truck driver from Georgia who's charged in the crash in New Jersey that critically injured actor-comedian Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian had not slept for more than 24 hours, according to a criminal complaint.
Roper is scheduled for an initial court appearance on Wednesday.
He's charged with death by auto and four counts of assault by auto.
Authorities say Roper evidently failed to slow for traffic early Saturday and then swerved to avoid a crash.
His rig smashed into the back of Morgan's Mercedes limo bus, killing comedian James "Jimmy Mack" McNair.
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The cell was gloomy, like most cells, I supposed. I'd been in a few, well, maybe half a dozen. A steel toilet if you needed to take a crap in full view of the screws, who spied on you through the peephole in the door. Take a good look, lovely, a nice, juicy young body, tasty little arse. Enjoy it while you can afford it. When I get out of here, I'll be way outside of your price range. There was a steel bed, bolted to the floor, and that was it. Did they expect prisoners to spend all of their time sleeping or crapping? A radio or a TV wouldn't be asking too much, after all most people who came here were still supposedly presumed innocent. Probably a damn sight more innocent than those pervy screws who raped you with their eyes as they stripped you for a search. In the arse. They loved that, on with the rubber gloves, probing and checking with a little torch. Bastards.


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Another birthday meal for the family was at Pantai Seafood. The last time I went there was years ago and I absolutely loved the food there.
This time, we went there for lunch instead of dinner. This place offers set meals for lunch, ranging from RM70 onwards, for 4 pax onwards as well. Not too bad for a seafood lunch.
Winter melon soup
Butter Garlic Prawns
Seamed Fish
Not bad for a set for 4 pax. And the entire meal, plus rice and tea costs less than RM100. Very reasonable indeed.


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Memento (10th Anniversary Edition)[Blu-ray] Drama
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A landmark film from acclaimed director Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight, The Prestige, Batman Begins, Insomnia), Memento is a mind-bending thriller whose mesmerizing power grows with every viewing.
Guy Pearce stars as Leonard, a man with a bizarre disorder: the inability to form new memories. Ever since that fateful night when his wife was murdered, anyone Leonard has met, or anything he has done, simply vanishes from his mind. Who are his friends? Who are his enemies? What is the truth? The answers change from second to second as Leonard seeks vengeance for his wife's murder…and sinks into an abyss of uncertainty and danger.
Features Include:
"Remembering Memento" – a 10-year anniversary look back on the making of the film
• "Anatomy of a Scene"
• IFC Interview with Writer/Director Christopher Nolan
• Audio Commentary with Director Christopher Nolan
• "Memento Mori" – Short Story by Jonathan Nolan
• Feature Script
• Tattoo Gallery
• Leonard's Journal
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Nov 04, 2014
Oct 31, 2014
Oct 29, 2014
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- Starring - Jorja Fox, Stephen Tobolowsky, Harriet Harris, Joe Pantoliano, Guy Pearce, Mark Junior Boone, Carrie-Anne Moss
- Directed by - Christopher Nolan
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Neil Bluhm, to the rescue:
"Work on the $780 million casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore could resume as soon as Monday. That was the prediction of Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm and general contractor Dan Keating yesterday, after the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved the transfer of Pittsburgh's slots license from Don Barden, who has had it since December 2006, to Mr. Bluhm and his partners at Walton Street Capital. The vote was unanimous, with board members fervently denying they had 'rushed to judgment' or succumbed to political pressure."
... Nope. No pressure at all. Just a friendly phone call from this guy:
"State Rep. Dwight Evans, chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, said today the Gaming Control Board's unanimous decision to allow Chicago billionaire Neil Bluhm to take over the Pittsburgh casino project was critical for the future of the Southwest region and for the state. 'This was the right decision for Pittsburgh and for Pennsylvania,' said Evans, D-Phila., a staunch advocate of the casino project originally started by Don Barden, the only minority casino owner awarded a license thus far. 'The board's decision means Mr. Barden remains a key player in this new industry in Pennsylvania; it puts contractors back to work; and it insures the community will receive millions of dollars to invest for the neighborhoods. Most importantly, it means the state soon will drawing on those casino dollars so we can continue to provide property tax relief across the state.'"
... The Philadelphia Inquirer version, the AP version, and the KDKA version.
Dispatches from the north ...
Centaur Inc. says that it has no intention of squashing its Lawrence County casino:
"In an e-mail release Thursday afternoon, Centaur spokeswoman Susan Kilkenny said the company has 'absolutely no intentions of withdrawing our gaming application,' in spite of reports published on the Debtwire Web site. Debtwire reported last week that Centaur's creditors were pressuring the company to drop its plans to build the Valley View Downs gambling facility in Mahoning Township and use what development funds it has to repay its creditors."
... and from the south
Maryland, pushing to legalize slots, says its racetracks can't survive without more gambling, and offers this as proof:
"A lack of incoming revenue has prompted the Maryland Jockey Club to suspend the schedule of fall stakes races at Laurel Park. The MJC made the announcement Aug. 6, agreeing with the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association to put the Laurel Futurity, the Selima Stakes, the Grade III Safety Kept Stakes and the Frank J. De Francis Dash on hiatus. The prestigious De Francis Dash has a purse of $300,000."
Odds and ends
The Patriot-News weighs in on the new Orie-Fumo partnership ... Ohio state officials have settled on the final wording for a Nov. 4 ballot question asking residents if they want to build a casino ... Majestic Star Casinos saw its operating revenues decline, big time: "For the three months ended June 30, 2008, adjusted EBITDA was $15.5 million compared to $20.3 million for 2007, a decrease of approximately $4.8 million, or 23.4%. The adjusted EBITDA margin for the three months ended June 30, 2008 was 18.2% compared to 21.8% for 2007." (EBITDA means Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) ... Casinos everywhere are having a tough time buying debt.
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$50 million is "what it takes," says Realtime boss
Realtime Worlds head David Jones has said that the $50 million the developer recently secured to continue work on APB and various other projects is a simple reality of triple A games creation.
"It's easy for some people to underestimate what it really takes these days to produce a great game," he said, talking to GI. "So we're very resolute, we know what it takes, we know how much it costs, and we don't kid ourselves that it's going to take anything less.
"Just sticking to that principle, not trying to pull the wool over anyone's eyes, both internally within the company and with investors, saying yes, it is a lot of money, but truly that's what it takes.
"Unfortunately these days it does take that amount. Crackdown wasn't that long ago and our development budget was something like $50 million, and even that to me now, I don't know if I could do anything for much less than that.
"You've got the Call of Dutys, GTA IV – some challenging stuff to try and beat out there, or at least set a bar equal to that."
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