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Lovely place to spend an evening . . if there is not a rock band blaring away from the lobby. OK, I'm not twenty-something, so maybe that crowd like to have that sort of ambiance. Not so much, though, for the more mature crowd. In my humble opinion.
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Hey David, Love to see you again. i'm just getting around to joining some meetup groups.
Thanks for the offer....I might have considered the post paddle but I am car pooling with someone from greenbelt. Thanks for getting in touch and see you on the hike!
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Howdy David. This seems to be a great place to meet like minded persons! Welcome to the Nation's Capitol!
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Fans in disbelief after NASCAR crash
On Saturday 30 fans were injured when NASCAR driver Kyle Larson's car crashed and chunks of debris flew into the stands in Daytona.
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— In 2009, Talladega was the scene of another scary crash during a NASCAR Sprint Cup race. Carl Edwards' car sailed upside-down into the front-stretch fence on a furious dash to the finish line, showering the stands with debris. Seven fans sustained minor injuries.
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— In 2010 at a National Hot Rod Association event in Chandler, Ariz., a woman was killed by a tire that flew off Antron Brown's crashing dragster at Firebird International Raceway. The wheel bounced a couple of times and soared over the grandstands — missing the bulk of the spectators — before it hit the woman.
— Also in 2010, at an off-road racing event in the Southern California desert, a truck flew off a jump and landed on a group of spectators, sending bodies flying. Eight were killed, 10 injured. There also have been deaths at the Baja 1000 and Dakar Rally, the two most famous off-road races, though multiple-death crashes into the crowd like the one in the Mojave Desert are rare.
— Last year, in a rally car race in Ireland, a car went out of control on a rural road and crashed into a crowd of about 30 spectators, killing two people and seriously injuring seven. Witnesses said the car crashed through a fence and into the onlookers before coming to rest on its side beside a home.
At Daytona, workers scurried to patch up the damaged fencing and left little doubt that the biggest race of the weekend, Sunday's Daytona 500, would go on as planned.
Brown, who saw the crash from his 38th-row seat in the Petty grandstand, said he would be back in the same section for the season-opening Sprint Cup event. He has no qualms about his safety, sitting so high up, but said he would think twice about the seats he had for the race two years ago.
"The last time I was here, we were only about six rows up," Brown said. "I had even told some people before the crash, 'I would never sit that close to the track ever again.'"
But someone surely will — mindful of the risks but eager to be among more than 100,000 fans cheering on stock car racing's biggest stars.
"Here we are, paying money to sit next to cars going 195 mph," Devine said. "We do it because we love it. That's what we expect."
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Starting with the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974, Don King began a march from small-time Cleveland street operator to boxing's top promoter. For a quarter century, Don King was the sport's major power broker, with Bob Arum and Top Rank running a clear second. Yet in recent years, King has slipped not just from the top spot, but to a point where the man with the bombastic personality, majestic plume of hair and scandalously greedy fingers is nowhere to be seen. Just what happened to Don King anyway?
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Don King is still active in the business today. Champions Cornelius Bundrage, Guillermo Jones and Tavoris Cloud can testify to that, as all three are promoted by Don King. Light welterweight contender Devon Alexander was in King's stable until late last year. Contrary to conventional wisdom, King is neither dead or retired.
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In a typical auction, the prize goes to the highest bidder. But what if bidders with the deepest pockets are kept out of the house? Read More »
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Vodafone Group's executives took the first shot at explaining the $130 billion Verizon Wireless deal on Monday.
Shortly after the giant deal was announced, the group hosted a conference call for media members. Vodafone and Verizon both plan calls for analysts and investors on Tuesday morning, when the U.S. wakes up from the summer and markets re-open after Labor Day. Read More »
Credit Suisse AG and RBS Morgans have sold more than 11 million shares in Australian internet service provider iiNET Ltd. on behalf of founder and chief executive Michael Malone and non-executive director Simon Hackett, a person familiar with the matter said. Read More »
On the face of it, Tuesday's news on deal-making in the European telecommunications sector have nothing to do with each other. But there's a connecting thread between them.
Telefónica, the continent's second-largest telco after archrival Vodafone, said it's taking over KPN's German unit, which it will merge with its own German unit. In a complex deal, Telefónica, in principle, will end up paying €4.1 billion ($5.4 billion) and shares for the chance to gain scale in Europe's largest market. Read More »
Nokia Corp., once a dominant force in the global handset industry, is looking more and more like a wireless networks company that happens to make cell phones on the side. Read More »
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That's one thing you are almost certain to never hear when talking to dividend-stock pros and market watchers with a favorable disposition towards dividend payers, as we did for our piece this morning on dividends. Instead, talk to the pro-dividend crowd, and the line you are most likely to hear again and again is: Focus on companies that are likely to increase their dividends, not the ones that are already paying high yields. Read More »
South Korea's largest fixed-line telecom operator, KT Corp., is close to signing a deal to buy African Internet service-provider iWayAfrica Ltd. from South Africa's Telkom S.A. Ltd., a person familiar with the transaction said Monday.
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For years, the New York Times has praised misleading books from liberal authors attacking President Bush and the war in Iraq: Tomes by Michael Moore, Seymour Hersh, Kitty Kelley, Richard Clarke, Jane Mayer, and Ron Suskind (who has also reported for the paper) -- too many to mention. Yet when a wildly successful book appears that attacks the Times's favored candidate, Democrat nominee Barack Obama, the paper unloads a front-page pushback against the "unsubstantiated, misleading...inaccurate" book.But to describe Barack Obama as a "stealth radical liberal" is pretty FAIR when you took as his record which pretty much sums him up as a.....stealth radical liberal. Again, what liberal press?From Wednesday's front page story by reporters Jim Rutenberg and Julie Bosman, "Book Attacking Obama Hopes To Repeat '04 Anti-Kerry Feat":
In the summer of 2004 the conservative gadfly Jerome R. Corsi shot to the top of the best-seller lists as co-author of "Unfit for Command," the book attacking Senator John Kerry's record on a Vietnam War Swift boat that began the larger damaging campaign against Mr. Kerry's war credentials as he sought the presidency.
Almost exactly four years after that campaign began, Mr. Corsi has released a new attack book painting Senator Barack Obama, the Democrats' presumed presidential nominee, as a stealth radical liberal who has tried to cover up "extensive connections to Islam" -- Mr. Obama is Christian -- and questioning whether his admitted experimentation with drugs in high school and college ever ceased.


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Jonathan Crisp 25 April 2007
Good: Easy to use, physical interaction means you don't become a couch potato!
Bad: The rate at which it uses up batteries
Comment: This was the family's first venture into games consoles. It's a good price, easy to install and easy to use.
We've not really got beyond the included Wii Sports games which are great for all the family to play.
Have just managed to buy a rechargeable battery pack for the Wiimote which plugs into the Wii's USB - hopefully will help save on the cost of batteries
Todd Hennessey 11 January 2007
Good: Design and presentation, intuitive controls, true backward-compatibility
Bad: No DVD/CD playback???
Comment: An excellent product that delivers on all its promises. Never mind the high-def playback of other systems - we don't have the monitor to utilize that. Never mind the overly-complex, finger-numbing controls of the other systems - Nintendo serves up first-rate, hugely enjoyable titles that are intuitve to play. Out of the box, my son, wife and I had a blast with this machine.
Jonathan Stephens 4 January 2007
Good: Gameplay on Wii is miles above PS3 and Xbox 360, awesome for multiplayer and parties. Also very quiet and quick loading.
Bad: Graphics aren't as good, few games initially available
Comment: I haven't had this much fun with a console for ages. After sticking to PC games for many years now, the Wii finally offers a reason to buy a console. Multiplayer needs to be experienced to be appreciated.
Mike Andrews 11 December 2006
Good: Fun!
Bad: Everywhere is sold out!
Comment: Back in the old days of Atari and the good ol' shoe box that was the NES it was all about how fun a game was! Did anyone ever play Tetris on their Game Boy for hours on end because the graphics were great? Hell, no! But sometime in the last few years it became all about the graphics. Oh dear. A great game could be slated by the masses 'cause it didn't look pretty. Well, Nintendo has brought fun back to gaming! And Wii think it's awesome!
Liam McCann 7 December 2006
Good: Control pad and design of the console
Bad: Nothing but the name
Comment: The Wii might not have the graphical potential of its rivals but Nintendo have stuck to the main idea of gaming consoles... FUN!
I have never been a big fan of Nintendo as when I got the Gamecube I felt like I had been ripped off but this has turned me round.
Obviously Nintendo have done something right to get noticed by their competitors with Sony adding the 6-axis motion controller(some copying going on I think). I think this will be good but at the moment with motion technology, Nintendo are top class.
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MARIA OF MANY After being mistreated as a part-time hire, Mexican immigrant María finds her voice, a community, and dignity within the San Francisco Women's Collective—an all women worker-run group that provides cleaning jobs in exchange for activism on behalf of the rights of domestic laborers. María is proud of her work, yet her deepest motivation for putting in long hours is to provide a better life for her children. |
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Well what to say about me? I love the shows: Hart of dixie, vampire diaries, teen wolf, heartland, pretty little liars, lost girl, the originals, being Erica, one tree hill, smallville, grey's anotomy, etc I like movies that are funny and ones that dont feel like your are taking a century to watch them. My fav wattpad books at the moment is Bad Boy Isn't My type by@Lilohorse, any story by@racingheart, the cell phone swap by@DoNotMicrowave, my naughty little affair by@rasegoddess92, etc Fav published books are; The mortal instrusments and internal devises by Cassandra Clare, kissed by an angel 1-3 by Mary Claire Helldorfer, study series by Maria V. Snyder, etc If my book 'I love you' goes the way I want it (I do plan on finishing it) I may write a sequel :) I already have ideas in my head aha. Im not sure where my other book about Renesmee is heading but I will finish it when I have my mojo back and I dont plan on having a sequel to that aha. Um I'm 15, I'm a girl :P, i have a huge family, I like dogs and horses and tigers and wolves :) I like the colours purple and blue and um that's all I'm gonna say :) (\_/) ( '_') (> )>o I was going to give you this cookie U..U But then i was like... ....(\__/) .(O__O) .. (>o<) ITS MY COOKIE!!! ...U...U (\_/) ( '_') (> )>o Then i said sharing is caring.... U..U ....(\_/) ....('_' ) .o<( <) But then i was like... sharing is caring....but... ....U..U ...(\_/) .(O__O) . (>o<) I REALLY LIKE COOKIES ...(\_/) . (^_^) . (> <) So then I ate it...sorry Hehe Im an angel, see my halo ----------> O:) DO YOU BELIEVE ME? O.o hehehe My goals: 25 fans [x] 35 fans [x] 100 fans [ ] 1550 reads [x] 2550 reads [x] 3500 reads [x ] 35 votes [x] 47 votes [x] 100 votes [ ] Link for Rosalie's and Nessie's dress (from my story) = http://s1135.photobucket.com/albums/m623/ash_angel1/?action=view¤t=bg_original1-1.jpg&t=1319782998780
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Analysis and Evaluation of Channel Models: Simulations of Alamethicin Biophysical Journal, Volume 83, Issue 5, 1 November 2002, Pages 2393-2407 D. Peter Tieleman, Berk Hess and Mark S.P. Sansom Abstract Alamethicin is an antimicrobial peptide that forms stable channels with well-defined conductance levels. We have used extended molecular dynamics simulations of alamethicin bundles consisting of 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 helices in a palmitoyl-oleolyl-phosphatidylcholine bilayer to evaluate and analyze channel models and to link the models to the experimentally measured conductance levels. Our results suggest that four helices do not form a stable water-filled channel and might not even form a stable intermediate. The lowest measurable conductance level is likely to correspond to the pentamer. At higher aggregation numbers the bundles become less symmetrical. Water properties inside the different-sized bundles are similar. The hexamer is the most stable model with a stability comparable with simulations based on crystal structures. The simulation was extended from 4 to 20ns or several times the mean passage time of an ion. Essential dynamics analyses were used to test the hypothesis that correlated motions of the helical bundles account for high-frequency noise observed in open channel measurements. In a 20-ns simulation of a hexameric alamethicin bundle, the main motions are those of individual helices, not of the bundle as a whole. A detailed comparison of simulations using different methods to treat long-range electrostatic interactions (a twin range cutoff, Particle Mesh Ewald, and a twin range cutoff combined with a reaction field correction) shows that water orientation inside the alamethicin channels is sensitive to the algorithms used. In all cases, water ordering due to the protein structure is strong, although the exact profile changes somewhat. Adding an extra 4-nm layer of water only changes the water ordering slightly in the case of particle mesh Ewald, suggesting that periodicity artifacts for this system are not serious. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (2974 kb) |
Voltage-Dependent Insertion of Alamethicin at Phospholipid/Water and Octane/Water Interfaces Biophysical Journal, Volume 80, Issue 1, 1 January 2001, Pages 331-346 D.P. Tieleman, H.J.C. Berendsen and M.S.P. Sansom Abstract Understanding the binding and insertion of peptides in lipid bilayers is a prerequisite for understanding phenomena such as antimicrobial activity and membrane-protein folding. We describe molecular dynamics simulations of the antimicrobial peptide alamethicin in lipid/water and octane/water environments, taking into account an external electric field to mimic the membrane potential. At cis-positive potentials, alamethicin does not insert into a phospholipid bilayer in 10ns of simulation, due to the slow dynamics of the peptide and lipids. However, in octane N-terminal insertion occurs at field strengths from 0.33V/nm and higher, in simulations of up to 100ns duration. Insertion of alamethicin occurs in two steps, corresponding to desolvation of the Gln7 side chain, and the backbone of Aib10 and Gly11. The proline induced helix kink angle does not change significantly during insertion. Polyalanine and alamethicin form stable helices both when inserted in octane and at the water/octane interface, where they partition in the same location. In water, both polyalanine and alamethicin partially unfold in multiple simulations. We present a detailed analysis of the insertion of alamethicin into the octane slab and the influence of the external field on the peptide structure. Our findings give new insight into the mechanism of channel formation by alamethicin and the structure and dynamics of membrane-associated helices. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (675 kb) |
Membrane Electroporation: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Biophysical Journal, Volume 88, Issue 6, 1 June 2005, Pages 4045-4053 Mounir Tarek Abstract We present results of molecular dynamics simulations of lipid bilayers under a high transverse electrical field aimed at investigating their electroporation. Several systems are studied, namely 1), a bare bilayer, 2), a bilayer containing a peptide nanotube channel, and 3), a system with a peripheral DNA double strand. In all systems, the applied transmembrane electric fields (0.5V.nm−1 and 1.0V.nm−1) induce an electroporation of the lipid bilayer manifested by the formation of water wires and water channels across the membrane. The internal structures of the peptide nanotube assembly and that of the DNA strand are hardly modified under field. For system 2, no perturbation of the membrane is witnessed at the vicinity of the channel, which indicates that the interactions of the peptide with the nearby lipids stabilize the bilayer. For system 3, the DNA strand migrates to the interior of the membrane only after electroporation. Interestingly enough, switching of the external transmembrane potential in cases 1 and 2 for few nanoseconds is enough to allow for complete resealing and reconstitution of the bilayer. We provide evidence that the electric field induces a significant lateral stress on the bilayer, manifested by surface tensions of magnitudes in the order of 1 mN.m−1. This study is believed to capture the essence of several dynamical phenomena observed experimentally and provides a framework for further developments and for new applications. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (902 kb) |
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Biophysical Journal, Volume 85, Issue 1, 97-107, 1 July 2003
David Bostick* and Max L. Berkowitz†, ,
* Department of Physics and Program in Molecular/Cell Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
† Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
Slab geometric boundary conditions are applied in the molecular dynamics simulation of a simple membrane-channel system. The results of the simulation were compared to those of an analogous system using normal three-dimensional periodic boundary conditions. Analysis of the dynamics and electrostatics of the system show that slab geometric periodicity eliminates the artificial bulk water orientational polarization that is present while using normal three-dimensional periodicity. Furthermore, even though the water occupancy and volume of our simple channel is the same when using either method, the electrostatic properties are considerably different when using slab geometry. In particular, the orientational polarization of water is seen to be different in the interior of the channel. This gives rise to a markedly different electric field within the channel. We discuss the implications of slab geometry for the future simulation of this type of system and for the study of channel transport properties.


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June 17, 2005
"The Decisive Day is Come."
British Grenadiers attack the fortifications on Breed's Hill. This is a highly stylized rendition of the charge, but I like it anyway. Image courtesy of BritishBattles.
Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775. The Massachusetts Historical Society has a nifty little web exhibit of contemporary documents, eyewitness accounts, maps and other information. Go on over and browse.
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February15 for June - December residencies
Before You Apply
Before applying, learn the details about Ragdale's residency program. Please keep the following in mind:
- The basic residency period is 18 to 25 days. They begin on a Monday and end on Friday. Length of stay will be determined upon acceptance.
- Submissions are evaluated by a rotating panel of professional peers from each discipline. The panel consists of alumni and individuals who work in the specific discipline and are familiar with the Ragdale residency experience.
- Applicants are evaluated on the following criteria: 1) Evidence of creative, inventive and exciting new work as presented in the work sample and artist statement, 2) Evidence of quality, technical proficiency with craft, and professional presentation within the work sample, 3) Evidence within the resumé and statement that reflects a continued, serious, and exceptional aesthetic investigation in the chosen medium, and 4) a work plan that demonstrates the artist will maximize the benefits of a residency at Ragdale.
- The $40 application fee is nonrefundable. You may pay with check or via PayPal.
- Late applications cannot be accepted.
- There is a residency fee of $35/day.
- Limited financial aid is available. Financial aid applications are available upon acceptance.
- Collaborators must apply individually unless all parties have previously been Ragdale residents.
- Applications can be accepted for each of the three deadlines, but accepted applicants may come for only one residency per calendar year and not for consecutive sessions.
How to Apply
- As a member of the Alliance of Artists Communities, we are asking all applicants to fill out a brief survey. You can get to this survey by clicking here. This brief survey is completely anonymous and is for statistical analysis only. It will not be connected to your application in any way.
- Begin your application on SlideRoom by registering through the ONLINE APPLICATION.
- After registering on SlideRoom complete and submit the supplemental materials which include:
a. Application Form
b. Artist Statement and Work Plan (one page only, please). Please address concept and direction of work presented and describe what you plan to work on while at Ragdale. If you have had a previous Ragdale residency, address what has been achieved since then.
c. Résumé (one page only). Please summarize your professional arts/writing/compositional activities and achievements. This should include educational background, teaching, publications, exhibitions, awards, honors, and other related experience. Please note that the one page maximum is intended to give the panelists a summary of the most pertinent activity, not a complete list.
d. Two Letters of Recommendation. Letters of recommendation are to be submitted through the online application. Letters should address relationship to applicant, reflections on applicant's work and qualifications, and comments on applicant's ability to participate in a community as a self-motivated, professional artist in an open and unstructured program. Letters from school transcripts will NOT be accepted. New letters are NOT needed if you applied for a residency in the last 5 years.
e. Work Samples. See below for required work sample submissions for each discipline.
Writers (excluding poets)
Up to 20 pages in a Word document.
12 pt. font, double spaced (unless in play or screenplay format).
10 poems, up to 20 pages.
12 pt. font.
2 scores
2 recordings of the same scores
Visual Artists
Up to 10 images
Image list. Include title of piece, date, medium, and dimensions.
Interdisciplinary Artists
Up to 10 images and/or 5 minutes of video or sound files.
4. The application fee is $40.


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Calculations of Haredi newspaper Hamishpacha, however, include line items that are not up for elimination.
02:41 25.03.13 | 10 commentsAll today's headlines
Monday, March 25, 2013
Why would someone who could be seen as the Israeli Obama want to align himself with someone like new Education Minister Shai Piron?
02:32 25.03.13 | 2 commentsThe question of whether eating kitniyot - legumes - over the Passover holiday has divided Ashkenazi Jews and those of Sephardic-North African origin for generations.
02:27 25.03.13 | 5 commentsEducation Ministry says won't continue approving selective admissions process in Haifa-area town that violates its own ban.
02:01 25.03.13 | 2 commentsOpposition sources say Syrian military used chemical arms on outskirts of Damascus, killing two, wounding 23; no independent confirmation of attack, which follows death of 26 in a rocket attack near Aleppo last week.
01:51 25.03.13 | 2 commentsRebel leaders do not believe Ghassan Hitto is right choice to lead the first government of the Syrian revolution; opposition leader Moaz Alkhatib resigned shortly after his appointment.
01:21 25.03.13 | 2 commentsBecause all the tickets to events with President Barack Obama had been given out, our reporter set out to breathe in tear gas and also got a soccer lesson.
00:44 25.03.13 | 2 commentsWhile Assad's forces have reportedly lost some 13,000 men, and some 40,000 soldiers have deserted, Iran and Hezbollah are gaining access to treasure trove of weapons in Syria.
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Robert Pattinson - Unkindest Cut of All?
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Furious "Twilight" Fans Cyber-Attack Replacement
Micheal is a douche. Going out and said that he's the new "older Jacob Black" on his facebook and… -
Pattinson Gives Chick a Lickin'
I'm so jealous......I wanna get my eye covered by his mouth. uggh! gosh! -
Another "Twilight" Star Up in Smoke
I would be laughing too if there was a swoorm of people trying to take my picture.uggh that guy… -
Pattinson Sinks Teeth into Twelver
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Robert Pattinson's Internal Hair War
I seriously like Robert Pattinson. I think he's really HOT! I like the grungy, just got out of bed…