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Vacuum Cleaning Robot
The iRobot Roomba 650 Vacuum Cleaning Robot brings on-board scheduling to the standard-setting Roomba. With AeroVac™ Technology, Roomba 650 easily handles fibers like hair, pet fur, lint and carpet fuzz.
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The iRobot Roomba 650 Vacuum Cleaning Robot vacuums your floors on schedule or at the push of a button. Using a patented, three-stage cleaning system, Roomba vacuums your carpets, tile, laminate and hardwood floors for you. AeroVac Technology maximizes cleaning results, with less hair remaining tangled on bristles and a more evenly filled bin.Thoroughly vacuums all floor types.Roomba vacuums dirt, dust, hair and debris from your carpets, hardwood, tile and laminate floors, automatically adjusting to different floor surfaces as it moves through your home. Featuring AeroVac Technology, Roomba 650 easily handles fibers like hair, pet fur, lint and carpet fuzz. Roomba 650 vacuums your floors using:
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Christmas Present
By Jj
from Cocoa fl
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Comments about iRobot Roomba® 650:
Bought the roomba 650 for Christmas present does great job we have dogs with hardwood floors picks up daily dirt and hair great my wife loves it
(0 of 1 customers found this review helpful)
easily confused
By pudge
from Saskatoon Sk
I would only recommend this product if you don't have carpet. I would use it more if it didn't get stuck in the same area all the time, I have to move it all the time
What a marvelous addition to our family!
By iBob
from La Grange, Texas
Simply push start, move obstacles, keep filter clean, and always dock clean! It has picked up so much cat hair and for the first time ever I feel my floors are "really" clean. I have been watching this for quite some time and am truly amazed at the performance. Thank you so very much!
(3 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
By itsy
from sebastian, florida
I thought it was a waste of $, but gave in to wife. Boy was I wrong. it works super. We have a Chinese Pug who has short white hairs, after empting out the unit, we had more hair that we thought on the floor. The whole house is tile. It works GREAT, we have told everybody how good your product is
(5 of 6 customers found this review helpful)
I Like it, my husband hates it...
By Jill the thrill
from Tampa, FL
I like my roomba but there are things you NEED to KNOW before you buy. 1. One thing that is EASY TO FORGET is that YOU have to first pick up EVERYTHING off your floor before you start the vacuum. It Will get stuck on anything that is on the ground so for a mother of 3 kids, this means picking up all the legos because they will disappear in the vacuum. It gets stuck on blankets, cheap rugs that are flimsy and phone charger cords and lamp wires. It also gets stuck behind bedroom doors and it will shut the door itself and get "trapped" in the bedroom. 2. Its fairly loud. So loud that I don't dare put it on when my husband is home. The loud noise bothers him (not me so much) so we try our best to turn it on when we leave the house. Basically, there is no way you can let it run and watch tv at the same time. Sounds similar to a hair dryer running. 3. Best use in my opinion. Picking up dog hair. That is the main reason I bought it and it works amazing for that. A huge help for me. 4. Not so great for…carpet or rugs. It doesn't have the suction power to get your carpet clean like a regular vacuum can.
(2 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
Love my Roomba 650
By Liz the cat lover
from Midland, Michigan
Love my new Roomba 650. It's great for for cat hair, and so easy to use. When my Roomba 400 series died I got this new model. It is quiet and does a great job. I goes under the bed and over cords without a problem. No work involved except emptying the bin and removing cat hair from the brushes.
(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)
This is the best thing ever!
By Holly
from Charleston, SC
I love my roomba and use it every day. We have hardwood floors, and this great little invention helps keep the house clean despite the kids and dog. I love it so much I just bought one for my parents who are already hooked on it. My cousin was visiting them and now he wants one for their house. In my opinion, anyone who buys it won't be disappointed.
love it!
By jai
from tx
Because I have a respiratory problem I couldn't physically vacuum with a regular vacuum anymore and was paying someone to do this every week! At my sons urging I got a Roomba and love it! All I have to do is push a button and in vacuums for me! It has more than paid for itself!
(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)
We call our maid Ruby!
By Ruby's Boss
from Saskatchewan Canada
It seems to have lots of power but sometimes kicks out dirt. I thought it would go to its dock when needing charge but doesn't seem to.
(5 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
Have the 650 Love it. Myrtle is great
By Pris Mrytle's owner and operator
from Olney, Illinois
I use it for all floors normally between my house cleaner coming and using the big vacuum but she just got a full time job so no more help every two weeks so back to doing it myself. Myrtle is great and I have severe breathing problems,and bad back, and other diseases, or health problems. I can't do my cleaning like I used to so this is my second Rhoomba, my husband had the one for garages that quit and if this one quits afraid I can't afford them again which worry's me. My daughter had one and after it quit couldn't afford another either. She has two cats and a dog at her house, and I and my husband have a small dog. He has dementia too and can't help and with me in poor health roomba is a life saver.


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Stephen BalchPresident, National Association of Scholars
Stephen H. Balch is president of the National Association of Scholars (NAS), an organization of professors, graduate students, college administrators and trustees, and independent scholars committed to rational discourse as the foundation of academic life. He began the organization while he was a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York. NAS evolved from the Campus Coalition for Democracy, which Balch founded in 1982.
Balch is the author of numerous articles on higher education and its problems, which have appeared in such publications as Commentary, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Philanthropy. He was instrumental in the founding of the American Council of Alumni and Trustees, the American Academy for Liberal Education, and the Association for the Study of Free Institutions and Free Societies, as well as other groups. Since the early 1990s he has been working through the NAS to promote the establishment of new academic programs focused on the study of free institutions and Western Civilization.
Balch holds a doctorate in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Alston ChaseIndependent Scholar
Alston Chase is a well-known scholar and writer who established a national reputation through his writing on environmental policy. His books include Playing God in Yellowstone (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich), In a Dark Wood: The Fight over Forests and the Myths of Nature (Houghton Mifflin), and Harvard and the Unabomber: The Education of an American Terrorist (W. W. Norton). The winner of several magazine awards, Chase has written on education, the history of ideas, and the environment for the Atlantic, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and many other newspapers and magazines. He has contributed scholarly papers to the Educational Record, the Rockefeller Foundation Working Papers, Academic Questions, and the National Science Foundation's Division of Policy Research and Analysis.
Chase, who lives in Montana, holds degrees from Harvard and Oxford and a Ph.D. from Princeton. He has taught at numerous colleges and universities including Harvard and Princeton. He served as chairman of the department of philosophy at Macalester College in Minnesota and has held fellowships at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs.
Alan Charles KorsPresident, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
Alan Charles Kors is the president and codirector of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). He is professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, where he specializes in European intellectual history. He was a Phi Beta Kappa Scholar for 2003-2004.
Kors served on the Council of the National Endowment of the Humanities for six years. He is currently on the Board of Governors of the Historical Society. He has published extensively on the conceptual revolutions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and he was editor-in-chief of the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment (four volumes, 2002). In addition, he has recorded two courses for The Teaching Company, one on "The Birth of the Modern Mind" and one on "Voltaire: The Mind of the Enlightenment."
Kors has worked to uphold academic freedom since his arrival at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1993, Kors defended Eden Jacobowitz in the infamous "water buffalo case," which led to the writing of The Shadow University (1998) with Harvey Silverglate and to the formation of FIRE. Kors has been recognized for his commitment to liberty and fairness by his colleagues, who have elected him four times to University and School Committees on Academic Freedom and Responsibility. He has also received two awards—the Lindback Foundation Award and the Ira Abrams Memorial Award—for distinguished college teaching and numerous awards for his defense of academic freedom. Kors is a contributing editor of Reason magazine, and he has written and lectured widely on America's campuses.
John MoorePresident Emeritus, Grove City College
John H. Moore came to Grove City College in June 1996 and soon led the college through its withdrawal from federal student loan programs, which completed the college's break from federal ties. Soon after, Moore helped lead the college's first public campaign, Change and Commitment, which raised $60 million and made possible the Hall of Arts and Letters, the Student Activities Center and an addition to the Pew Fine Arts Center.
An experienced international educator, Moore also encouraged the college to prepare students for Rhodes and Fulbright Scholarships, and he instituted student exchanges in Japan and South Korea. Moore also kept the college at the forefront of technology. He and his wife, Sue, were instrumental in the college's 125th anniversary celebration in 2001.
Moore earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan. His doctorate in economics came from the University of Virginia in 1966. Moore has published books and articles on subjects such as science policy and European economic systems. He has been a Procter & Gamble research chemist, a professor at well-known universities, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, and President Reagan's deputy director of the National Science Foundation. The Moores have two grown sons and a grandson and now reside in Florida.
Anne NealPresident, American Council of Trustees and Alumni
Neal is the President of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni and manager of the Fund for Academic Renewal. She is a Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College with an A.B. in American history and literature. She received her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School where she served as the first woman editor of the Harvard Journal on Legislation
From 1980 to 1982, Ms. Neal specialized in the First Amendment at the New York City law firm of Rogers & Wells. Subsequently, she has served as general counsel of the Office of Administration, Executive Office of the President; associate at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Wiley & Rein; senior vice president and deputy general counsel of the Recording Industry Association of America; and general counsel and congressional liaison of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Neal was formerly co-editor of the American Bar Association's publication Communications Lawyer and currently edits the quarterly newsletter Inside Academe. She is the co-author of The Intelligent Donor's Guide to College Giving (with Jerry L. Martin) and author of numerous articles on intellectual property rights, trade, and telecommunications.
John Shelton ReedProfessor Emeritus, Sociology, UNC-Chapel Hill
John Shelton Reed is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He was director of the Howard Odum Institute for Research in Social Science for twelve years and also helped found the university's Center for the Study of the American South.
He has written or edited over a dozen books, including 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about the South, written with his wife, Dale Volberg Reed. His articles have appeared in professional and popular periodicals ranging from Science to Southern Living. He was a contributing writer for the Oxford American and he is a founding co-editor of the quarterly Southern Cultures.
Reed has been a Guggenheim Fellow, a fellow of the National Humanities Center, and a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. He has lectured at over 200 colleges and universities in the U.S. and abroad, including a number of universities in India as a Fulbright distinguished lecturer, and he has held visiting positions at many institutions, including the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Institute of United States Studies at the University of London, and St. Antony's College, Oxford University. He spent 1996-97 at Cambridge University as the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions and fellow of St Catharine's College.
He has served as president of the Southern Sociological Society and the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research, and was appointed by President Reagan to the council of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has received a number of prizes and awards, including election to the Fellowship of Southern Writers and honorary degrees from the University of the South and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
John E. R. StaddonJames B. Duke Professor of Psychology, Duke University
John Staddon is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and a professor of biology and neurobiology at Duke University He conducts research on adaptive behavior. evolution, and learning; computational neuroscience; and the policy implications of psychobiology.
Staddon has worked at the University of Toronto, Oxford University, and the University of York (United Kingdom), the Ruhr University and the University of Konstanz (Germany), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Western Australia. He is an honorary professor at the University of York. Staddon's Ph.D. is from Harvard University.
Thomas TaylorHylton Professor of Accountancy, Wake Forest University
Thomas Taylor is professor emeritus of accountancy at the Calloway Business School, Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His major teaching and research interests have been cost accounting/management accounting; international accounting standards; and accounting and financial developments in Central and Eastern Europe including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.
Taylor's work integrates issues of privatization, accounting reform, and economic, political, and social change. He has also been associated with the Institute of Business Studies in Moscow where he has delivered numerous lectures on accounting over the past fifteen years. His work in Russia has also involved research and publications on the process of Russian accounting reform since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Taylor served as dean of the Calloway School from 1980 to 1992. His professional work experience includes Western Electric Company, Inc., Arthur Andersen, and PriceWaterhouse. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his Ph.D. from Louisiana State University. Taylor joined the Wake Forest University faculty in 1971 and also has taught at North Caroline State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Louisiana State University, and University of Hawaii.
Abigail ThernstromSenior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
Abigail Thernstrom is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute in New York, a member of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, and vice-chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
Thernstrom and her husband, Harvard historian Stephan Thernstrom, are the coauthors of America in Black and White: One Nation, Indivisible, and No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning (both published by Simon & Schuster). They are also the editors of Beyond the Color Line: New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity. Thernstrom's 1987 work, Whose Votes Count? Affirmative Action and Minority Voting Rights (Harvard University Press) won four awards, including the American Bar Association's Certificate of Merit, and the Anisfield-Wolf prize for the best book on race and ethnicity.
Thernstrom's frequent media appearances have included Fox News Sunday, Good Morning America, and This Week with George Stephanopoulos. For some years, she was a stringer for the Economist, and she continues to write frequently for a variety of journals and newspapers, including the New Republic, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Thernstrom received her Ph.D. from Harvard University. She serves on several boards: the Center for Equal Opportunity, and the Institute for Justice, among others. From 1992 to 1997 she was a member of the Aspen Institute's Domestic Strategy Group.
Walter E. WilliamsJohn M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Walter E. Williams holds a B.A. in economics from California State University, Los Angeles, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from U.C.LA. He also holds a Doctor of Humane Letters from Virginia Union University and Grove City College, Doctor of Laws from Washington and Jefferson College and Doctor Honoris Causa en Ciencias Sociales from Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He serves on the faculty of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, as John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics. In addition, he is an adjunct professor of economics at Grove City College.
Williams is the author of over eighty publications which have appeared in scholarly journals including Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, Georgia Law Review, Journal of Labor Economics, and Social Science Quarterly, as well as popular publications like Newsweek, Freeman, National Review, Reader's Digest, Cato Journal, and Policy Review.
He has made scores of radio and television appearances, which include Nightline, Firing Line, Face the Nation, Milton Friedman's Free To Choose, Crossfire, MacNeil/Lehrer, Wall Street Week, and many more. Williams writes a weekly syndicated column, which is carried by approximately 160 newspapers, and he is a regular commentator for Nightly Business Report. He is also an occasional substitute host for the Rush Limbaugh show.
He is the author of six books, including America: A Minority Viewpoint, The State Against Blacks, which was later made into the PBS documentary "Good Intentions," All It Takes Is Guts: South Africa's War Against Capitalism, which was later revised for South African publication, Do the Right Thing: The People's Economist Speaks, and More Liberty Means Less Government.
Marty ZupanPresident, Institute for Humane Studies
Marty Zupan is president of the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), based at George Mason University. IHS (www.theIHS.org) is an independent nonprofit organization that offers programs for college and university students from around the world. These include educational programs exploring the principles of a free society and career-oriented programs for students intending careers in academia, public policy, journalism, and popular culture.
Prior to joining IHS, Zupan was editor-in-chief of the monthly opinion magazine Reason. Her writing has been published in Philosophy of Science, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, and Occasional Review, as well as the New York Times Book Review and various newspapers and magazines. Zupan received her bachelor's degree from the State University of New York at Fredonia.
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CBS quietly released hidden excerpts of a 60 Minutes interview with Obama yesterday that was taped on September 12, the day after the Benghazi attack, in which Obama admits that the "spontaneous mob turned violent" story was untrue. Why then did Obama spend two weeks blaming some obscure anti-Muslim video for the attack? What exactly is Obama hiding?
There was no rescue attempt in Benghazi, Libya because this was an Obama & Clinton planned kidnapping of the ambassador for the Muslim Brotherhood to trade for the blind sheikh that Egypt wants released. This is why the consulate was guarded by unarmed Muslims and the Americans in the annex were told to "Stand Down" so they did not interfere in the kidnapping. This was Obama's October surprise being a hero by trading the blind sheikh for the kidnapped ambassador. Obama has had 100s of meetings with these Muslim terrorist groups in the White House and has been arming Islamic Jihadists. Obama was born and raised as a Communist Muslim, his ring is a Allah ring, Valerie Jarrett is Obama's main adviser is an Iranian Muslim. Hillary's secretary Huma Mahmood Abedin is a Muslim with immediate family member connections to the Muslim Brotherhood.
If you think my scenario is a bunch of crap consider the following:
1. It was reported that there were only 17 views before Sept. 11 of this obscure movie on you tube denoting the Muslim prophet was a pedophile.
2. With 17 views how many were from the Obama administration since no one else every mentioned this obscure movie except his administration every place anyone would listen to for weeks?
3. Obama's purpose was to incite riots through out the Muslim world, so they could trash our first Amendment.
4. How did they know about the movie? (probably they financed & produced it)
5. Why was the movie producer arrested in the middle of the night by dozen federal and local police with the excuse that it was a parole violation of using the internet?
6. Why has this movie producer been held in incognito and will not face a hearing until after the election (no reporter interviews)?
7. Ambassador Stevens was a know homosexual, he was not beheaded as any normal homosexual, instead the terrorists took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead by smoke inhalation.
8. Why would they not either behead him and keep his head as a trophy or just leave him dead at the scene?
9. Because they needed a live hostage to trade for the blind Egyptian sheikh.
10. So then Obama's Muslim buddies attacked the CIA annex safe house to try to get hostages there.
11. Obama had to have given the order to "STAND DOWN", he knew everything. He did not go to his security meeting the next morning instead flew to Vegas for a fund raising.
12. A Predator was filming this attack in real time. Predators don't just magically appear on the scene. They have to be launched and they have to have a mission when they are launched. A Predator UAV has a range of 675 miles with a max speed of 135mph and launched from Signonella in Sicily. The UAV was launched over three hours before the attack began and the operation order issued some time before launch. Which means that Obama and crew knew when the attack was to begin in order to have live coverage of the attack. Predator Drones carry Hell Fire Missiles, why were none fired?
13. Two Navy destroyers already in the Mediterranean Sea were moved off the coast of Libya on the day of the attack but were never used.
14. The CIA safe house requested military support at least 3 different times and the requests were denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the compound. The team was in constant radio contact with their headquarters. In fact, at least one member of the team was on the roof of the annex manning a heavy machine gun when mortars were fired at the CIA compound. The security officer had a laser on the target that was firing and repeatedly requested back-up support from a Spectre gunship, which is commonly used by U.S. Special Operations forces to provide support to Special Operations teams on the ground involved in intense firefights. The security officer was painting a target with a laser designator. You don't do that unless the AC-130 is close enough to acquire the target or Predator Drone with Hell Fire Missiles.
15. General Ham was replaced at head of AFRICOM because he defied his orders and tried to send in his team to rescue the Americans at the U.S. mission, his second in command relieved Ham of duty and arrested him.
16. Obama during 2nd debate said upon learning Benghazi consulate was "being overrun," he was on the phone with his national security team, with specific instructions to "beef up security." So he knew in real time that the consulate was under attack and some high-level official rejected pleas to help those people.
17. Ambassador Stevens in August sent a cable to Obama, Clinton & everybody that needed to know that Al-Qaeda was amassing for an attack, and he requested security. He got nothing month before, a day before, and the seven hours of the attack, there was not one request that was honored for help during the attack, security beforehand, not one was honored, even though it was known that it was Al-Qaeda planning an attack and that it was Al-Qaeda that carried out the attack. Everybody knew and Obama & administration claimed it was a video that caused the attack.
18. Obama decided not to call into action the Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG) which is a task force of specialists who specialize in hostage situations and terrorist attacks on any US interest. They also didn't call into action the Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST) which is an interagency group that goes in and help facilitates after a terrorist attack.
19. Obama has claimed 32 times after Benghazi attack some variation of "al Qaeda has been decimated, Osama bin Laden is dead."
All those that were involved in sending the command to "STAND DOWN" should be tried for treason and executed publicly by firing squad. Same should happen to Holder and the scum bags involved in Fast & Furious. This administration thinks that the rest of us are fodder, just another "bump in the road".


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The Holy Grail of Islet Research?
There's a buzz in the diabetes community from a recent islet transplantation success with a drug called anti-CD154. Given to monkeys once per month after islet transplants, anti-CD154 kept the islets working, and kept the monkeys free of insulin injections, and other harmful immunosuppressive drugs, for one year.
Six monkeys have remained free of insulin injections one year after receiving islet transplants with anti-CD154. The Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami is performing this research, which the institute calls a significant breakthrough in islet transplantation.
The results point to success in solving two major problems hindering successful transplants: rejection of the transplant, because the body always rejects foreign bodies, and the body's autoimmune response, the unsolved attack in which type 1 diabetes is caused, through the body's killing its own islets.
"Anti-CD154 is an immune system modulator that prevents rejection without harming islet cells, and seemingly, without stunting growth or causing infection, like traditional immunosuppressive agents," says Norma S. Kenyon, PhD, the study's lead author. "As a transplant immunologist who has worked in this field for almost 20 years, this is the most exciting development I've seen in a long time."
Kenyon adds a cautionary statement, "However, as the mother of a daughter with diabetes, I don't want to raise false hopes."
Some Off Drugs Completely
One year after the transplant, all six monkeys are still insulin independent. Three no longer require monthly injections of anti-CD154, suggesting that the drug, with transplanted islet, may lead to long-term functioning of the islets.
"There is evidence that with anti-CD154, we can re-educate the immune system, so that you can discontinue treatment and still have tolerance of the transplant," reports Camillo Ricordi, MD, another of this study's authors.
Ricordi looks at how this leads to future developments. "It seems that it's possible to discontinue treatment [with anti-CD154] and continue to have the grafts functioning. Now, the big question will be, how long can they function?"
Details of the Study
The monkeys, prior to transplant, had their pancreases removed. The donated islets came from other monkeys. DRI calls the transplant "mismatched." Normally, humans are hooked up for transplants based on a good match of certain biological factors. To challenge the power of anti-CD154, the DRI doctors purposely set up monkeys who did not match well together.
Besides anti-CD154, they received no other antirejection drug. After the transplant and initial doses of anti-CD154, they were given maintenance doses every 28 days. Anti-CD154 is administered into the veins. During the first four weeks, four of the monkeys needed small doses of insulin to achieve normal blood sugars. After the first month, all six had normal fasting and post-meal blood glucose levels, without insulin injections.
After one year, three of the monkeys were taken off anti-CD154. At the time the study was published, 54 days later, all three still had normal glucose levels without insulin shots.
Kenyon reports that the monkeys received 6,000 islets for every kilogram (or 2.2 pounds) of body weight, which is more than humans require.
Side Effects
Anti-CD154 has no side effects so far. According to Ricordi, "In all the monkeys that were treated, we haven't seen any problems so far. It's just the tip of the iceberg. We need to be very cautious, but so far, there were no increased problems of infections or growth that we could clinically see."
There is debate, but many in the diabetes world say that immunosuppressive drugs currently used have side effects that are more dangerous than diabetes itself.
Autoimmunity-Future Uses
Could anti-CD154 really turn off the autoimmune response that causes the body to attack its own, original islets, causing diabetes?
"The honest answer is that there is no primate model of type 1 diabetes," Kenyon replies. "Removing the pancreas is not autoimmunity."
The monkeys who received transplants in this trial do not have type 1 diabetes. They had their pancreases removed, but they do not have the autoimmune response that humans with type 1 diabetes have. Still, DRI researchers say anti-CD154 could have some effect on a type 1 human's autoimmune response that kills transplanted islets.
Ricordi answers, "We are confident that there will be an effect on autoimmunity [with anti-CD154], because it has been shown, for other autoimmune diseases, that anti-CD154 has a definite effect on preventing or delaying the progression of autoimmunity."
This evidence comes from trials in rodents, says Ricordi, so much more work needs to be done.
DRI has tested anti-CD154 in mice with autoimmune diabetes, known as N.O.D. (non-obese diabetic) mice.
"In N.O.D. mice, it [anti-CD154] hasn't completely, by itself, prevented autoimmunity forever, but, depending on the dose and timing, it will delay it," says Kenyon.
Whether or not it can do the same in humans remains to be seen.
"Anti-CD154 has been known to delay the onset of diabetes in mice," says Ricordi, "but [diabetes in mice] is such a different disease, with such a fast onset, we are not sure it will represent the human disease."
Kenyon and Ricordi believe that anti-CD154, in combination with another treatment, may be the key to cutting off the autoimmune response.
Improvement in Islet Function Over Time
A good sign is that after the transplants, the islets' functioning did not weaken, but improved. With past islet transplants using other antirejection drugs, islets sometimes secrete less and less insulin as time goes on. Anti-CD154 seems to work better with time.
The first phase of insulin release is the key to islet functioning, according to Kenyon.
"When there's a peak of insulin that is released right in the beginning, it is called first phase insulin release," Kenyon explains. This first phase insulin release indicates how well islets are functioning in the body, and in this trial, the monkeys' first phase insulin release improved over time.
The doctors tested one monkey's first phase insulin release 42 days after the transplant, and found the release had decreased. But, 100 days later, the release had improved significantly, revealing that anti-CD154 could possibly protect islets.
Just the Beginning
"This is just the beginning of a series of combination strategies," cautions Ricordi. "We are planning to test additional approaches in the next few years. Maybe we can shorten the treatment. Instead of one year of anti-CD154, we can do just one month, or three months."
Other therapies in combination with anti-CD154 are also possibilities to be explored. Ricordi says they will look at adding bone marrow cells, or other cells that will help combat autoimmunity, from the same donor that gives the islets.
Both Ricordi and Kenyon say that these trials are just the beginning, but they also celebrate this huge stride.
How Anti-CD154 Works
Transplants are rejected by the recipient's body because they are foreign, and the body doesn't want anything that doesn't belong to it. When foreign substances are spotted, the body sends signals to start the rejection response.
A critical part of this rejection response is the CD40-CD154 costimulation pathway, say the DRI researchers. This pathway "has proven to be a critical interaction in the generation of a T dependent immune response," states their study. Anti-CD154 blocks this pathway, plus more.
"Blockade of this pathway, therefore, has the potential to prevent allograft rejection, recurrent autoimmunity...without the adverse effects of conventional, generalized immunosuppressive drugs on islet function," the study says.
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I got this bulb today from a guy on ebay. It came in dirt and had real long white roots. Isnt this tuber supposed to be dry by this time of year? What should I do with it? Should I put it back into the dirt or set it on a shelf where it will dry?
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Hello, I have been growing them here in Tn. (zone 6) for about 7 years and they are hardy here. They go dormant during the summer but when the weather starts to cool they will start growing new roots and a growth tip. I keep mine in the ground or in pots in the garage this time of year. The only time I dig them is when they are dormant. I would say no, they are not suppose to be dry this time of year. I would plant it if I were you. Jim |
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Should the people who still live with their parents have atime limit with electronics. Are the parents so dense that they really think it is impossible for their kids to be living their lives normally even though they have electronics. Some people are idiots. If you agree that people shouldn't be times with their electronics, say so here.
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Jul 1st 2010 11:24PM Her eyes are blue so shes not a Blood elf. Its a High elf
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Apr 22nd 2010 2:10AM A good story for horde paladins would be the Blood elves path of redemption after the Sunwell is restored and how the learn to becoming true paladins. The Tauren story on how the get paladins needs to be epic funny full of holly cow jokes. Having them learn the paladins arts from a blood elf how is named Pai Mei and acts like his Kill Bill counterpart would be a epic win in my book.
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Quiet confidence. What is it? It's a confidence that doesn't try too hard and isn't arrogant. Confidence is the most beautiful quality a woman can possess. Beauty isn't about the perfect nose, the latest lipstick shade or a number on the scale- it's that fire we get when we truly know what we're capable of. Choose to take the world on with that fire. The gusto that screams confidence without saying a word is absolutely breathtaking. When you realize what you're capable of, you will have a sparkle that glows!
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I just read a great post by evangelical leader, Ed Stetzer, on the Jack Schaap incident. He makes a plea that we stop using the word "adultery" and instead use "abuse." No matter which state the alleged liaison occurred in, or what the "age of consent" is, a 54 year old senior pastor is abusing a girl of 16 years when this kind of thing happens. I encourage you to read Stetzer's post: "Call it What It Is: It's Not Adultery. It's Abuse." I agree too, that we need to focus on praying for the victim in this matter.
I'm encouraged by the fact that First Baptist Church of Hammond is not defending Schaap, and has turned him over to the authorities (even if they are assuming no charges will be leveled against him). But some are defending him, or refusing to believe he is guilty. I don't want to rush to condemn a man, as he is innocent until proven guilty. But the church is saying he has confessed to this dalliance with a 16 year old girl.
I am troubled by the fact that the church at Hammond is not bringing in a 3rd party to investigate the matter. They are using a biased party in David Gibbs. I wish they would follow the lead of ABWE in hiring a third party, like GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment), which has no horse in this race, so to speak. This brings to mind my post on the lessons to be learned from Joe Paterno's case and how Penn State handled it. Fundamental Baptists (and everyone else) need to be completely above board in handling these kinds of situations.
Even more troubling is that some are saying that this is just another sin. We should be careful not to throw a stone, we too are sinners at heart. All of that is true, but we are talking about abuse, not adultery. This is a man in a position of power, abusing his position and taking advantage of an impressionable young girl. Shouldn't there be more outrage and less sympathy? Sure, Schaap is human and has struggles with sin, and so do we all. Schaap however chose to abuse his authority and confessed to committing this most heinous of sins. For some who pride themselves in speaking so harshly against the sins of the world, homosexuality being chief among them, it is troubling that the moral outrage expressed toward those "out there" becomes so quiet when speaking about sin done by one of our own.
In this somewhat rambling post, I wanted to share a comment that literally floored me. This was given under my post sharing the news of Schaap's dismissal and lamenting the fact that so often there is not enough mutual accountability (it would seem) in big name IFB churches. The comment below is disturbing and troubling, to say the least. And it is the epitome of defending Schaap, or so it would seem. Before I continue, let me share the comment in full.
What amazes me the most about most of these posts is how little of God's Word is known by the posters. A New testament church is not run by deacons – deacons (Acts 6) under the direction of the pastor. You people sound like Moses' older bother and younger sister. God leads the leader and if the leader fouls up, it is God that takes care of that and He doesn't need half-witted self-professed theologians to take His place in taking care of His man – not deacons, elders, you people need to understand the New Testament Church; you Mr. Burton obviously do not. Abraham (and Sarah) fouled up – it was no small thing. The whole middle East problem came from that, but God took care of Abraham and on more than one occasion, It was true with Moses, David, and all the rest of the sinners in the Bible. God took care of it. I am not justifying what Schaap has done whatever it is. However, I find no biblical precedent for a mis-trained deacon board to take it upon themselves to touch God's anointed. A spiritual (Gal 6) man may have counseled him to resign and take time to heal in the process of restoration. You people want to stone him to death! Call me, I'll send all of you without sin a bag of rocks to throw at him! Bunch of stinkin' hypocrites!
This seems to be a version of a concept that Jack Hyles was known to teach from time to time: the idea that we can earn enough "brownie points" with God that we are so valuable to Him, that He needs us. God needs His man, so He'll excuse this sin and that because He sees the man really has a heart for God, in spite of the sin. This is very dangerous thinking. The New Testament does not condone this mentality. Read the book of Hebrews. We can't play with fire, and there are very clear qualifications given for leaders in the New Testament. Furthermore, it is a misunderstanding of church government. The church has responsibility collectively to hold their leaders in check. Such a top-down approach is unBiblical when applied to a church. The Church is not a state, and not the equal of the Israelite theocracy of the Old Testament.
In conclusion, we must ask ourselves: "Is Jack Schaap's sin just a run-of-the-mill moral failure? Or is it abuse of the worst kind?" We can't dance around the bush here, we must call it what it is. If new facts come out which exonerate Schaap, then we will stand corrected, but if we take FBC Hammond's word (and we have no reason not to), than we have to conclude that Schaap is guilty of the most heinous of sins for any pastor to commit, and whether or not he is convicted in a court of law, and whether his actions were technically legal or not, his abuse disqualifies him from holding the office of a pastor, ever again. If this action doesn't mar the "good report" of those without that a pastor must have, I don't know what does.
Schaap can still repent, restore his marriage, and live for Jesus. He can have meaningful ministry service in a church, but he should not be a pastor ever again. Let's be clear on that.
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anyone know where to get this new item. seems it would come in handy during the winter months,can't use grill. suppose to be available 9-1 but can't find it. around $90. |
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- Posted by AKAsTJ_Northern_CA (My Page) on Fri, Sep 9, 05 at 8:19
I just ran a Froogle.com Search and it returned a number of hits showing this item for sale online. I've linked those results below... TJ |
Here is a link that might be useful: Froogle.Google.com / Search / Rival barbecue pit
I have a Rival Crock-Pot BBQ Pit. Bought mine at Kaufmann's Home Store at our local mall earlier this month (OCT) Kaufmann's listed price was $129.99, the highest price for this item I have seen anywhere. Amazon.com has it for $119 and WalMart shows it on its website, online, for $89 When I told the sales clerk/dept manager at Kaufmann's that WalMart was selling the exact same product for $89, she lowered Kaufmann's $129.99 price to $99 plus gave me a discount certificate good for 20% off any appliance. So I ended up paying $79 for my Rival BBQ Pit. I have used my BBQ Pit several times, for country style pork ribs, chicken leg quarters, a whole 5LB chicken, and turkey thighs. I have found the meat to turn out tasting as if it were steamed, which makes sense since you cook with the BBQ Pit covered and since it cooks on low heat, there are no vents, which would lower the inside cooking temperature too much. So all moisture inside recirculates around the barrel shaped lid with nowhere to escape, effectively steaming the meat. And you don't want to open the lid of the BBQ Pit too often to baste, since that lowers the inside cooking temperature too much, forcing you to cook on the high setting. There are 2 heat settings, High and Low. It is recommended to always cook on High when cooking pork, which takes away the advantage of slow cooking using low heat for the most tender meals. I have read several good reviews for this product, all saying how tasty and tender the meat turned out. IF you like tons of BBQ Sauce on your meat, such as pulled pork, this might work out .. otherwise, you will get steamed tasting meat that can be either too dry, if overdone, or too chewy if underdone; pale looking and without crispy skin. I tried brining the chicken leg quarters and the turkey thighs overnight in the fridge prior to cooking and that did help with the tenderness and flavor absorbtion of the meat. You will need to brine, marinate, season highly, add some water and liquid smoke to the cooking pit, use a product such as Magii or Kitchen Bouquet for color .. all sorts of tricks to get the meat to turn out with taste and visual appeal. I used a brining solution of 1/2 gallon water, 1/4 cup Kosher salt, 1/4 cup molasses, a splash of rice wine vinegar, a splash of apple cider, plus herbs and spices and a sliced up fresh lemon. I used molasses rather than white sugar to get a nice coloring of the meat. I used 1/2 skinless meat and 1/2 with skin on and both tasted good. The cooking pit is a removable stoneware insert, formed to hold 1 of 2 styles of chrome cooking racks (included), a flat rack and a raised rack, on foldup legs for upright cooking of uncut ribs. The appliance itself is flat black aluminum with brushed silver trim panels. There is one knob for High, Low, on/off. A light lights up when the appliance is turned on. It is quite heavy to lift even when empty and although the packaging reads it is countertop friendly, the paper instructions say to use a heat protector pad on your countertop and to not use it on a wood surface. It does get very hot to the touch while cooking, and I have mine on a cutting board sized countertop heat protecter metal pad. The stoneware (flat black) cooking chamber is removable for cleaning. I did spray mine with Pam before cooking and when I used sugar containing BBQ Sauces that like to burn on rock hard, I also put a sheet of aluminum foil inside the bottom of the stoneware insert. The stoneware insert is large & bulky, so much care is required when removing it for cleaning in sink or dishwasher. You could really achieve the same "BBQ effect" by simply putting a cooking rack in the bottom of your existing crock-pot, to raise the meat up out of the juices and fats and using BBQ sauces as a baste. There is no difference in taste. The Rival BBQ Pit will cook a 12LB roast, or 3 racks of ribs, or 2 whole chickens. So there is an advantage to using it IF you are cooking large portions of meat. All in all, I have to say my opinion is that the BBQ Pit is a gimmick .. an attempt to sell you one more crock-pot. And an expensive and heavy gimmick at that! It is the size of a microwave oven or large roaster and takes up a lot of counterspace, especially overhead space when the lid is fully opened. BTW the lid is also removable for easier cleaning, storing. The Rival Crock-Pot BBQ Pit comes with 2 chrome cooking racks, a silicone basting brush, and a small cookbook with a few recipes. I also have the smaller sized NESCO Roaster and find it to be more versatile and you can do the same things using it as you can with this new BBQ Pit. Plus the NESCO takes up less counterspace and is much lighter and its removable, non-stick cooking insert is unbreakable. Do not think of the BBQ Pit as an indoor replacement for your outdoor BBQ Grill. There is no wood or charcoal or dripping fats & juices smoky taste or smell, no charring, no crispy skin, no grill marks. Not much appetizing aroma while cooking. What you get is steamed tasting meat, covered with BBQ sauce. Gail R (WNY) |
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I bought a BBQ Pit last summer at a garage sale. It had never been used, but there wasn't any book with it. I am wondering how I can get a book for it. Anyone out there that knows where I can get one? |
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Some pluots...all were hit recently. Never seen such late egg laying activity. My God the season for these things is long, having seen scars as far back as early April. These pluots were clean 10 days ago. |
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Same here. These were all hit way after the degree days for curculio were supposed to be over. You can see some of the larvae up in the corner. A lot of the infested fruits are prematurely colored but way too small for ripe. |
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I've noticed that plums will turn purple when they get infested and then drop...its a telltale sign the plum is screwed. I have no idea what is up this year. If you look at it, i'd have to still be spraying for PC...i've never had PC and Rose Chafers active at the same time... I started looking at Phosmet on EBAY. These things are a cancer in my yard. A neighbor guy down the block, 83 year old, sawed his Honeycrisp right off the other day because the pests ruined his entire crop again and that is after spraying heavily... I'll take a normal winter and normal spring over this any day. I'm guessing, but I bet i've picked up well over 100 apples and as many plums with PC damage...the peaches have done a little better...so far. |
It's crazy. The cherries were fine. The cots are fine. Both kinds of plums are toast. The data I have says PC activity is supposed to be over by 600 b50 degree days. We're almost at 900 now, but I spotted and squished one of those things only last week. And now it's the Japanese beetles. |
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Not sure if you've read or seen this book, but its very informative and you'll learn a lot about the plum curculio and its habits. The one main thing I got away from it is pears are *almost* PC proof and they don't seem to like fuzzy peaches... Give it a read sometime... |
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I had the same thing this year, mainly on plums and nectarines. The late bites are more at the tops of the fruits as opposed to the tips. I don't recall many of them at all past years so it must be related to the odd spring weather patterns. Scott |
- Posted by spartan-apple SE WI (My Page) on Tue, Jun 19, 12 at 12:01
Frank: I spray with Imidan for the past 8 years on my peaches, apples and cherries. GREAT results controlling PC until this year. 2 of my reliance peaches have fruit so scarred This is the first year Imidan failed me on curculio control. I did spray every 10-12 days from petal fall until JUne 15th. I now am on a summer spray schedule of I have a 3rd Reliance peach at a different site (my house) and Imidan did a good job on curculio control on that tree. I can only hope next year for better results on curculio control. |
I've been seriously rethinking triazicide, but if Imidan isn't working, I don't know what would. Are we seeing a New, Improved PC? |
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Tue, Jun 19, 12 at 16:08
I know what you are saying. Last year I used it on apples and I swear it had no effect... I thought i had mixed it wrong. |
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This project, completed for my Interaction Design module at City University London, saw me conduct research, analyse data, create wireframes and conduct user testing to solve the problem of how to approach the design of a portable check-out device for a hardware store. Having discovered a passion for UX over the course of the module, I played a big role in helping to guide my team through the user-centred design process, and provided lots of design input that made it into the final iteration of our product.
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Last year I got some morning glory seeds and got them planted this year in this cedar planter box with a trellis attached to it that I built. The two plants are doing great and blooming profusely... this morning there was over 20 blooms on it! The one thing that is frustrating me is I can not get it to seed! I don't know if there is something I should be doing or what. Does anyone have any pointers on how to get seeds from it? After the blooms fade and what not, it looks like a seed pod is starting to develop but then in a day or so it turns brown and falls off. Is there something I am doing wrong? Please let me know if you have any suggestions!
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I am having the same problem with an heirloom MG called "summer skies". It is a paler blue than "heavenly"and blooming wonderfully,but won't set seed.I have a small flowered yellow called ipomoea lutea that has produced so many seeds i was afraid they would be coming up for years. |
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I think the one I have going is the heavenly blue. I have a lot of seeds that I didn't plant this year but was really hoping to get some so I have some fresh ones. Anyone have any ideas?? |
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The only variety that I haven't seen any seed pods on is my Gypsy Bride. Of course this is the one that I most want seeds from. lol If I don't get any pods by the time the temps drop I'm going to winter it over inside. Hopefully it will do ok. My Moonvine flowered beautifully throughout the winter under HID lights. Karyn |
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Years ago I began to cease eating pork because I came to despise it, but at the time, I didn't really know why that was the case.
I was turned off by the dry, white, crumbly texture and the inability to cook most pork cuts—with the exception of some ribs or roasts—in such a manner that I could retain the moisture and integrity of taste. The boneless, center-cut pork chops, that were considered to be prime cuts, had become unpalatable.
Most of us have grown up with the old adage, "You have to cook your pork well done or it will make you sick." Accordingly, growing up eating inherently dry, overcooked, rubberized, white pork brought me much agony as a child. It wasn't until I was well into my adult years that I discovered that pork was really red, and not white. It was then that I began to understand the depth of the political ploys that had turned traditional pork on its ear in favor of factory-farmed white meat. This "white" meat had become representative of Big Agriculture farming interests and the federalized dietary guidelines that are the result of the politicization of food and nutrition.
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