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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency QR code challenge gives users chance to win $40,000
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People in cities across the country started to notice signs being posted as of last Thursday, which challenged them to take part in a task by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for the chance to win $40,000.
They encouraged mobile phone users to be the first to locate and report the special QR codes that are found throughout the country. The signs with these barcodes were left in prominent public display until Sunday afternoon. In order to qualify for a chance to win the grand prize, individuals (other than federal workers, who are not eligible to take part in this contest) required only an online social network account and a mobile phone.
This unannounced contest was held following the success of the hunt with a similar theme for balloons across the nation, which was designed to show people how they can use social media to help themselves in times of crisis.
In this most recent contest – which was called the Cash for Locating and Identifying QR Codes Quest – will stay open until March 8, giving individuals 11 days after the removal of the barcode displays, in which to submit the codes.
According to the director of the DARPA Defense Sciences Office, Jay Shnitzer, the first person who successfully submits all of the QR codes will be declared the winner. Should all the codes not be found, then it will be the first individual to have submitted the largest number who will receive a prorated amount of the full prize.
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I had a strange thing happen at Wal Mart the other day. I went into the WM to get my wife a stereo for her car. It didnt have a price on it so I went over to the sporting goods counter to have the guy there ring it up. While I was there I asked to look at a .270 Rem. in the case. WHen I was paying the guy asked me out of the blue " do you have your concealed carry permit?" Now, mind you, I was in sweats and a T shirt and was not packing anything!
I just looked at him and said, you should not ask someone that! I told him that if they wanted to know they would tell him. HE then asked me about a couple of guys that came in open carrying the other day and about how FREAKED out he was! I looked at him and told him it was fine in Nevada to carry openly.
After talking a while he acted like he was a bit more comfortable when another guy came up and asked me where he could find a holster for his PPK. hahaha, gues he heard us talking.
Just thought it was strange for that kid to come out and ask about the CCW like that

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5 Color Palettes That Include Pink
Do you love pink but have a hard time using it at home? Do you find it tricky to know which colors to pair it with in order to avoid an over-the-top Hello Kitty loves Barbie fest? Well, are you familiar with designer Emma Lamb? If you've been reading decor8 for awhile, I'm sure you are — I've mentioned her before and find her crochet work so nice — especially if you are into the ever popular homespun style that is taking over the internet at the moment. Emma's blog really caught my eye lately because of her color boards and the more I see them, the more I'm reminded to feature them on decor8. Like most of you, I like peeking into the imagination of those working in creative fields to see what their starting point is for a design. On Emma's blog, I particularly enjoy her color palette series and though she has tons more on her blog, here are five of my favorites at the moment, all layouts below are by Emma and images are individually linked below.
1: GEMSTONE: A bold, almost neon pink paired with other jewel tones is so pretty. These colors make me think instantly of Kate Spade! Images: 1. Cath Kidston, 2. Penny Royalty, 3. Lepidoptery, 4. Kate Spade.
2: MINIMALIST AT HEART: This looks very Scandinavian mixed with a Japanese touch — all rolled into a minimalist, clean aesthetic. The black makes this palette work so well. I love how pink is almost bubblegum but looks so grown up alongside the "hot" colors and the very cool grays. This palette reminds me a bit of the most recently Chloe collection. Images: 1. Conni Matta, 2. Retro Villa, 3. Wu Guanzhong, 4. In Queue.
3. ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE: This is a romantic, cool palette using various tones of pink which gives this palette a lot of depth – it's subtle, layered… sweet. Images: 1. Alicia Bock, 2. Sarah Wynne, 3. Derya Davenport, 4. Tetsu-FMR.
4. AUTUMN FEVER: Pink here is used in various tones with a variety of brown, yellow and some orange-red to warm it up. This is a great alternative to the typical Autumn palette that so many stores throw at us with the normal brown, orange, red and copper colors. Mix in some warm mustard, apricot and fuchsia for a kick! Images: 1. Marisa Peterson, 2. Violet May, 3. Hip & Clavicle, 4. Ruti's Roots.
5: FRESH PICKED: This is an enticing use of pink for the summer – for a wedding, patio decor, tabletop styling, even a pretty summer outfit. This is very J.Crew, isn't it? Lots of blue, yellow and green tones here. You could wear white linen pants with a colorful top with lots of these colors in the pattern, a solid tangerine handbag and gold sandals to pick up the warm yellows in this palette. Here, pink is very retro modern and has zing. Images: 1. Style Me Pretty, 2. raehein, 3. Better Homes and Gardens, 4. Eva Magill-Oliver, 5. Better Homes and Gardens
Out of the color groupings above, which one caught your eye? What do you like about it? How would you like to use it? Did this inspire you to think outside of the box when it comes to pink? It doesn't always have to be super sweet and girly?
Gorgeous palettes, Emma – we're all so inspired by these mood boards you've done!
(images linked above to their source, collages by emma lamb)
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Shelley commented
July 20th, 2011 at 3:45pm -
I'm favoring the Autumn Fever palette. Mixing pink in with more yellow under tones is really appealing to myself as a yellow lover. There's still a lot of neutrals to play up in this palette so the pink isn't so "hi it's pink!". This inspires me while I prepare to move into a new apartment. A new color for my walls perhaps? Thanks Holly
These are all stunning but I am in love with the Minimalist at Heart. I find neutral tones (ok, white) to be so soothing but definitely appreciate a pop of color. I typically gravitate toward a brighter "pop" but the more muted pinks in this collection are elegant and forward thinking at the same time. I will definitely have to take this idea for a spin.
Hi Holly – perfect timing about the color pink. My home is a 3 generation one of us 3 gals–my mother(widowed), teen daughter, & myself( divorced after long term marriage). We are redoing our front/main bathroom–we're being very bold and choose a magenta color for the walls and a shade of pink for the ceiling. Our accent colors are in the fabric we have for the shower curtain & throw rug. Some of those accent colors are a light coral, turquoise, teal, sage, beige, white. We, for the first time in our lives, have the freedom to play with colors instead of being limited to white, cream & beige. I love the palettes you've shown here—it gives us more ideas on blending colors in our palette. {hugs} & thank you for all that you do. ~Ann~
hmmm, i'm trying to think about how i have applied pink in my house. might be a combination of fresh picked and gemstone. love pink just any which way! nice to see these broad color palettes. they are all so pretty. i think it's the most flattering of all colors, to people and places alike.
The "English Countryside" collection is calling my name!
In the past I've always been very much about black, white and bold, strong colours such as red. But this year I've been enjoying softer colours but have yet to incorporate them into my home. Maybe when spring starts to peek its head out of the Aussie winter, I'll get onto it!
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it's always good to see the topic tackled. so many people get freaked out by pink. at least, in north america. i have so much in my apartment and wardrobe it is nuts. blazing hot pink against earth tones, browns and teals. i decided to buy a shimmery pink orange sheer fabric on a whim. it was the end of the bolt so the shopkeep cut me a deal to take it all (almost 7 yards).
:sigh: color… it's a passion.
Zsa Zsa commented
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Autumn Fever and Fresh Picked – both are just wonderful and full of colors that anyone could incorporate into work they do, or a pretty guest room, or what to wear! I'm using some of the ideas for my mixed media work next – just some great colors that I would NOT have used together! Thanks so much for sharing!
I just did a color story about pink on my site the other day too — I love pink. It's such a happy / fresh color. It makes people so happy. I seem to use it a lot in my inspiration boards & my blog posting. I didn't know I was such a "pink lady" until I started an online presence.
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Thank you so much for this fabulous post Holly… !
Also, a huge thank you to everyone for your kind comments about my colour palettes… I am thrilled to know that they have inspired you in some way and especially so if you have a new found appreciation of pink!
I have found inspiration in reading your comments and I thank you for that too… :)
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Oh Holly, I love this post as I too am always trying to fit just a little bit of pink into my home living with all boys & one man. Wee Miss Emma is always inspiring me too! Not only do I love the way she incorporates pink….but I think she's got that wonderful sense of balance between sweet & sensible. Yay Emma my friend….so happy to see you appreciated for the color wizard you are!
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Amber commented
July 21st, 2011 at 8:49pmI'll be honest…I was a total pink hater until I had a baby girl in April. Since then, my outlook on pink has changed drastically. Originally, I was anti-pink for her. I didn't want any pink clothes or decorations. But now I love it! There are so many CUTE shades of pink now! I really love the fresh picked palat and would love to use that color scheme in my daughter's room!
These are flipping epic….I lurve all of them, so hard to choose as each one speaks to me in a different way. I am so pleased to see such a wide-ranging colour palette being used in each examples, inspired me for my own wedding inspiration boards to widen the net a little and be braver with my colour choices. I usually tend to stick to three or four main colours but now I'm going to mix it up a little. Thanks for sharing. x
Kristen commented
July 29th, 2011 at 8:34pmI've always wanted a black house (outside) with the entire inside of the house based on pink palates. While I can appreciate the very subtle pinks and having the entire house be more uniform with say all very light pink walls and lots of white, I would really love to use *each* of these palates in various rooms, but am wondering if I've just had too much coffee and am full of an excitement that will fade. Could something like this work? I think that the pinks, grays and blacks in each room could really tie it all together? I'd love the Autumn palate in my den, the English countryside in my bedroom, the fresh picked for my girls' room, the minimalist at heart for the kitchen and sitting rooms, and the jewel for the dining room and maybe a bathroom. crazy? could one blend all of these palates in one home and also achieve harmony? I like a relaxed feel, too.


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Ultimate Frozen Citrus Pie
by Robin Miller in Uncategorized, June 17, 2012Hot days call for frozen pies. Cool, creamy and smooth — they're like instant air conditioning for your mouth. When I was little, my grandmother lived in the Florida Keys and I visited every summer. The best memories I have include cooling off in the crystal clear Atlantic and taking heaping spoonfuls of her velvety key lime pie.
My grandma had key limes growing in her backyard, so making pies was a breeze (a very warm breeze, but a breeze nonetheless). For those of you without the green gems in your market, I've got the perfect solution. I've made the pie countless ways and discovered that you can make it with ANY citrus juice and zest. Pick your favorite – lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit – add a few simple ingredients, and you're in frozen pie heaven.
My pie recipe below is unique because I actually use a muffin tin to create 8 mini pies. Perfect for eating out of your hand (and for keeping extras in the freezer)!
Suggestion: When making the pie with orange juice, add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract if you want the pie to taste like a creamsicle.
Frozen Lime Pie Cups
16 graham cracker squares
2 tablespoons light butter or margarine, melted
8-ounce can fat-free sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
2 teaspoons finely grated lime zest
8-ounce tub frozen light non-dairy whipped topping, thawed according to package directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Place graham cracker squares in a food processor and process until finely ground. Add melted butter and process until blended.
Line 8 muffin cups with paper liners. Spoon graham cracker mixture into the bottom of each paper liner (about 1 1/2 tablespoons per muffin cup). Press down to form a firm crust. Bake 8 minutes, until crisp.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together condensed milk, lime juice and lime zest. Fold in whipped topping. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin cups (there's enough filling to create nice, high pies). Freeze until firm.
Serves 8
Nutrition Info Per Serving (serving size: 1 pie)
Calories: 250
Total Fat: 6 grams
Saturated Fat: 4 grams
Total Carbohydrate: 43 grams
Sugars: 35 grams
Protein: 5 grams
Sodium: 169 milligrams
Cholesterol: 7 milligrams
Fiber: 1 gram
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Body Central, a Delaware corporation headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, is a multi-channel specialty retailer offering on-trend, quality apparel and accessories at value prices. The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business operations, financial condition and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges (1) that the Company's merchandise miss was not an isolated, quickly fixable event, but would take at least several quarters to remedy and would have a material, negative impact on the Company's financial results; (2) that the Company's stores were experiencing increasingly poor performance and financial results; (3) that the Defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's operations and its business and financial results and outlook; and (4) that based on the above, Defendants lacked a reasonable basis for their positive statements about the Company or its revenue outlook. As a result of defendants' false and misleading statements, the Company's stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period.
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Mr. Indek also has experience assisting firms in self-reporting matters under FINRA Rule 4530(b) and the prior NYSE rule, and he currently acts as counsel to a broker-dealer's self-reporting committee. He has also represented a number of compliance officers in SEC, FINRA, NYSE Regulation, and National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) investigations; Mr. Indek was the co-author of an amicus brief filed on behalf of the National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP) with the SEC in connection with In re Theodore W. Urban. On several occasions, he has acted as independent consultant to firms in connection with regulatory settlements.
Mr. Indek previously served on FINRA's Independent Dealer/Insurance Affiliate Committee, the NYSE's Electronic Communications Task Force, the NASD's Market Regulation Committee, and on the Board of Directors of the NSCP.
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One of my friends is getting his iPhone 4 delivered tomorrow and last night he kept asking me which apps he had to get and how to use his new phone. He's had a Motorola Razr for nie on forever and this will be his first smartphone.
He spent a good part of last night playing around with my phone (a Droid, not an iPhone) trying to learn how about everything these phones can do.
So since I know I'll be getting asked about which iPhone apps are the best, here is a list of 10 must have apps for the iPhone 4S for everyone to see (but no games, you can find people more qualified to give you game advice than me – I don't do games).
The iPhone has several really great apps like Siri, iCloud, iTunes, and Facetime already built into the device. I won't talk about any of the pre-installed apps since they're already on your phone, but here are 10 I'd recommend downloading from the App Store.
10 Must Have iPhone Apps
Pandora (free)
With iOS 4, Pandora can finally run in the background so you can listen to music on your phone and do other things, like jot down notes, play games, send texts, read the New York Time, and so on and so forth. Pandora is a great way to discover new artists that you might not know you like so if you're sick of the same old 40 songs being played on the radio, this free app should be one of the first you download from the App Store. I highly recommend upgrading to Pandora One which does cost $36/yr ($3/month) but lets you listen to unlimited amounts of music instead of the 40 hours a month the free listeners get and Pandora One is commercial free – that alone makes it worth the price of admission for me.
The Weather Channel (free)
There is no shortage of weather apps available for the iPhone but the Weather Channel one is largely regarded as the best. My favorite part – the ability to view and animate the radar so you can track the path of a storm. I'll be honest in admitting that before I got my first smartphone I really didn't understand why so many people thought you needed a weather app but having an hour by hour forecast sitting in your pocket and being able to look at the radar and see if it's going to rain (and see for how approximately how long), you'll start to feel bad for people who have to watch the news or read the newspaper to get their weather forecast. The weather is hard to predict and having access to real time information is awesome.
Camera Awesome (free)
With as much focus as Apple has put on making the iPhone's camera the best smartphone camera on the planet, you'd think their built in app would be all you need. As it turns out the built in app is pretty darn good but when you want the best, you download Camera Awesome. With tons of built in features, it'd take me a while to describe all the nifty little things it'll do for your pictures, so just watch this video instead… and then go download the app and your pictures will be awesomeized.
Car Locator ($1.99)
For those who can't remember where they parked (like me), this app is for you. Just fire up this app when you park and tag your location. When you're ready to find your car later, just tell the app and it'll guide you right back to it. I use a similar app on my phone frequently when I park downtown as I often don't remember exactly where the heck my car is – saves me a lot of time wondering around lookin' like a fool… and I look like a fool often enough.
One of the greatest apps ever created. If you've ever wanted to know what song is playing on the radio, this app will tell you. You'd be amazed how often you find yourself using this app whenever a song is playing that you like or just can't remember the name of it. However, it does ruin the ability to argue about who sings the song playing on the radio so if you enjoy that kind of thing, then don't download this one.
This is a great app for jotting down notes, ideas, voice recordings, pictures, and videos. And the great part is that it will instantly sync to your computer so you have all the info is there for you when you're ready to act on it. Yeah, Siri has some similar functionality these days, but I still like Evernote.
With this restaurant you can find a restaurant with open tables and make a reservation all from your phone without making a single phone call – just push a couple buttons and you have a reservation… it's that simple. If the only restaurant you ever visit is McDonald's then you don't need this app but it does come in handy for finding nice local places where you can have a glass of wine and eat your foot with a real metal fork.
Taxi Magic
While this one probably isn't applicable to people in all parts of the country, this app allows you to hail a cab from your iPhone and if you're in a supported city, it's extremely useful. For those who are looking to rent a car on the cheap, I'd recommend checking out the relatively new app called GetAround. Right now it's just in a few cities in California but I think it's the kind of idea that could take off quickly as it allows regular people like you and me to rent out of vehicles when we're not using them.
Remember The Milk
This is an online to do list and task manager and a sweet one at that. It was based off this idea. Let's say your wife gives you a call and asks you to pick up milk on the way home. Of course you might drive past three grocery stores before you even remember and then you have to turn around. This app is location aware and will remind you that you need milk when you're driving past the grocery store. It does a lot more than that but I think that helps you get a pretty good idea how this app works.
Need directions to the nearest airport, police station, or coffee shop? Then you need AroundMe as that's exactly what this app does.
Looking for even more great iPhone apps? Here are some more lists:
- http://news.cnet.com/8301-13556_3-20008296-61.html
- http://techexposures.com/2010/01/top-10-ipod-iphone-apps-must-have-february-2010/
- http://www.technoprimer.com/2010/03/10-free-must-have-iphone-apps.html
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- Free GPS Navigation Apps For The iPhone
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Hi kids,
This is the second time I've written this blog; right when I was finishing it up the first time, I somehow deleted it completely. :-\ Meh. Let's see if I can get through this one....
Yesterday was a day of ups and downs. To start things off, I got a telephone call early in the morning. I thought it was going to be the plumber calling and telling me what time he could come down (for those of you who aren't caught up, you should read my last blog, "OMG! Momma fell!") But instead of hearing the plumber on the other end, I hear someone better: the owner of the house! Yay! He must have gotten my E-Mail (I wasn't sure if he was going to or not). He called and I re-explained the situation of the broken pipe and how we couldn't find the water main, etc. He told me how to get to the access panel in the basement and shut off the outside water line, so that the pipe would stop gushing water.
Excited with my news, I went downstairs and turned off the outside water line. It was almost as easy as shopping, but not nearly as fun. :-D Satisfied that I'd done one butch thing for the day, I went upstairs and took a shower.
Since the weather here has been ghastly, with snow, freezing rain, and ice, I haven't been out much--only for REALLY important things, like grocery shopping. Yesterday, it looked like things were clearning up and warming up, so I decided that while the weather was somewhat nice, I should shovel my parking spot, because if I had to get up for school the next day (today, Friday), I wouldn't have anybody to help me push my car out. So, I put on my winter gear and started shovelling snow.
You know, every once in a while, I'll have my butch moments; that's not uncommon. But, it is a rare instance indeed when I have prolonged butch moments AND I actually like it. Take shovelling, for example. I was out there for almost two hours straight with those snow shovels, clearing out the driveway and making my parking spot a bit more inhabitable for my car. And I was actually enjoying myself in the process. I'm not sure what it was; perhaps since I'd been stuck in the house for three days, ANY activity was welcome.
At any rate, I had a grand time being butch! :) I finished just in time to take a 30 minute nap, and then head out to town. My friend is leaving on a trip for NY tomorrow, and he wanted to have a little get-together with some of his closest friends at this really classy (straight) bar. I knew that a really cute guy that I'd gone on a date with a year ago was going to be there, as well as some other people I did and did not know, so it was going to be a fairly easy social experience.
The evening went fabulously. The host got WAY drunk, which was riotously fun(ny), and Momma got a little tipsy, which just added to the funness of it all. Now that I think about it, I wasn't as tipsy as I was relaxed. I mean, I WAS surrounded by cute guys (one was sitting right next to me), so I had to calm down a little bit. And by calm down, I mean not be so nervous so that I can be my outgoing, gregarious self. And that's what I was throughout the evening.
We were all paying with our credit cards and things, and she brings mine back and says that mine wasn't going through. Right away, I knew exactly what it was. You see, since I hadn't been working the past couple of days because of the bad weather, I haven't been using cash for my transactions as I normally do; I've been using my card. So when she told me that, I knew that I hadn't been keeping very good track of my balance, and that I was almost to nothing. Luckily, the host said he'd cover it, and all was well. Mostly.
I decided at that point I should leave, because it was rather embarrassing, and I didn't feel social anymore. Nobody really seemed to care, but that wasn't the point. And certainly, if that had happened to one of my friends, I wouldn't have thought twice about helping him/her out, and I would have only been too happy to help out. But I guess I'm much too hard on myself in situations like these.
On my way home, I remembered that tonight was church choir rehearsal, so I decided to stop by the church, because I wanted to see if rehearsal was still on. When I realized it wasn't, I went back to my car, and realized that I was stuck. Oh great. First, I'm poor. Second, I'm stuck. It wasn't that bad, and I knew I'd eventually get out. So here I am, spinning out, trying to get out of my parking spot in downtown, when a hot guy my age comes up to me.
"Can I help push you out?" he asked.
"Sure, I'd love the help." We tried pushing the car out, but it didn't help much. I was still stuck.
Then, he offered, "I'm a valet for the __________ Hotel; would you mind if I gave it a try?" So I let him try. And much to my relief, it worked! He drove the car back onto the bare pavement, and we were both on our way. I thanked him for his help, and would've given him some money, but, well...you know... :-P
So I *FINALLY* got home. What a relief it was to be able to park the car (in a newly cleared parking spot) and go inside. i went to bed early last night, and got up mid-morning. It was a long day, and I needed the rest.
School is cancelled for the 4th day in a row today, and I don't work today, either, so I think today is going to be my day to pick up my paycheck, deposit it so I can get some money, and then go out tonight, this time keeping better track of my finances.
You kids behave and be nice, so you don't turn out like me. :-P
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Dreaming of the Blue Hawaiian Diner...
so we dont turn out like you? oh cmon, how fun would the world be if we were all little versions of you (some more femenine than others) ;) hehe
I don't know about fun, but we'd all sure as hell would have stories to tell about it! :-D
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Mayasarada - The information provided by the company selling this product does not include any reliable scientific data showing that it's effective for use with skin cancers, but it does have a lot of carefully worded phrases to give the impression that it is effective.
As Cary noted, you really need to discuss your concerns and get support from your dermatologist or oncologist. Please note the following information from the Skin Cancer Foundation: Basal cell carcinomas are easily treated in their early stages. The larger the tumor has grown, however, the more extensive the treatment needed. Although this skin cancer seldom spreads, or metastasizes, to vital organs, it can damage surrounding tissue, sometimes causing considerable destruction and disfigurement — and some basal cell carcinomas are more aggressive than others.
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April 20, 2010 - 5:45pmHi Mayasarada
Have you asked your oncologist about this? Or your dermatologist? This looks like a retail skin product, and because you have an advanced skin cancer you would be wise to run anything you put on your skin past your doctors to make sure it doesn't interact with anything else you are taking, or have any sort of adverse effect on your skin.
When it comes to cancer treatment, sometimes even the most innocuous sounding products can cause drug interaction, increased sensitivity and that sort of thing. So just to be safe, I would run it by your providers.
Good luck to you.
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Archive for May, 2008
May 30, 2008Supervolcanoes
May 29, 2008Last week it was supernovae, this week, supervolcanoes. Isn't that super!?
But seriously, three researchers (Dr. Kennedy, Dr. Jellinek, and Dr. Stix) at a couple of Canadian universities (the University of British Columbia (UBC) and McGill University) have conducted experiments to simulate the effects of the devastating geological phenomenon of supervolcanoes. A supervolcano is created when, during an eruption, the magma chamber collapses, leading to catastrophic effects.
The press release, discussing the researcher's simulation of this phenomena with a corn syrup filled plexiglass model, notes that these supervolcano eruptions are "capable of causing long lasting change to weather, threatening the extinction of species, and covering huge areas with lava and ash."
Dr. John Stix, from McGill, suggests that "a really big one could create the equivalent of a global nuclear winter." This kind of eruption scenario would also feature nasty side effects like crop failure and ash falling from the sky.
Most recall the famed Krakatoa, a significantly devastating but still conventional volcano that erupted in the late 19th century. We imagine that these eruptions, like St. Helens, will occur from time to time, and that a supervolcano would likely be an infrequent event, occurring on geological time scales. But most have never heard of Mount Tambora, a supervolcano which killed over a 100,000 people in Indonesia in 1815, less than two hundred years ago. It's effect was so dramatic — including plumes of ash that clouded the sky for months — that 1816 was known as the "year without a summer".
Your can find a McGill press release discussing the publication of the three scientists' paper in Nature Geoscience here.
There's also a Canadian Press story here. Damn, scooped…
Cool research project. It's just too bad that the McGill University administration's labour policies also blow chunks…
Flying Saucers Not Your Cup of Tea?
May 28, 2008Unfortunate. The New York Times reports that the British government, pressured by the esprit of the Freedom of Information Act, has declassified files related to UFO sightings documented by the government between 1978 and 2002. The records can be found on-line at this address.
The findings? Completely inconclusive. Surprise, surprise.
Via Arts & Letters Daily.
On My Desk, Vol.6
May 27, 2008Books, books, books. Who cares? Reading is so 1984. There will be a quiz at the end, but for now it's a bunch of nominally interesting (actually, just close to hand) stuff to entertain the eyeball and expand the mind. Maybe even expand the eyeball…
Arthur C. Clarke, Reach for Tomorrow (New York: Ballantine, 1973 [1956]).
A concise collection of classic tales by this master of the sci-fi genre, whose passing was recently mentioned here. The first, "Rescue Party", is considered one of Clarke's best (it was the first he published — in Astounding Science Fiction in 1946), though there are better ones in this offering. Another short gem — "The Forgotten Enemy" — has a wonderful global climate change twist. Quite chilling…
Also fun in this collection is the preface, by Clarke, who writes about how important it was for him to get the science just right in his stories. He says that one his tales, "Jupiter Five", "involved twenty or thirty pages of orbital calculations and should by right be dedicated to Professor G.C. McVittie, my erstwhile tutor in applied mathematics." Good stuff.
E.R. Dodds, The Greeks and the Irrational (Berkley: University of California Press, 1973 [1951]).
Eclectic and random. This and the Clarke stories are two items recently acquired perusing the bookstores around Victoria, particularly one here in James Bay. This is difficult to pin down, but is surely the most academic text currently on the desk. The citations in this thing are totally intimidating — arcane and liberally sprinkled with Greek. I've only grazed lightly around the edges of this verdant valley of scholarship, but it looks like strange and wild territory. Will eventually have to explore further.
Charles Stross, Halting State (New York: Penguin, 2007).
A fairly recent sci-fi novel by a relatively new figure in the genre (this is his 6th). Came to my attention by way of the folks at Boing Boing.
I'm about a third of the way through this book, a near-future piece set in the Edinburgh of 2018. The plot involves a bank heist in an on-line virtual space — a game, essentially — that has serious consequences in meat-space. Intriguing. It's a fascinating look at the development of technology in the early 21st century, and its political, economic and social consequences. Like a communications theory thesis on crystal meth — edgy, hip and definitely plugged-in. Stross' novel ably anticipates the headlines on tomorrow's Google news…
Rudolf Steiner, Fruits Of Anthroposophy (London: Rudolf Steiner Press, 1986).
An odd, esoteric little book. Summaries of lectures given by Steiner — who coined the term Anthroposophy — in the early 1920s. His focus is on the failings of modern society. Some of this stuff is ontological gold. A sample:
"29 August 1921
In the course of eight lectures given at the recent Congress at Stuttgart, Rudolf Steiner explained what effect the agnosticism of the last century had upon the whole life of humanity today. As a result of natural science agnosticism taught that humanity was only able to spin round the world a web of 'causality'. What lies at the back, what is unknown, what cannot be reached by the senses — all this must for ever remain hidden from human wisdom; and most especially does everything psycho-spiritual withdraw itself from the reach of knowledge.
Agnosticism has seized hold of science, education and social life, and it affects millions of men who very often are quite unaware of the fact. It then lays hold of the realm of ideas, separating this from the world of true reality upon which alone humanity should have its stand; thus creating an inner division which weakens the soul forces of men. Through this division, license is given to all the lower instincts, as we can recognize to be prominently the case in the world today. The realm of feeling also becomes unsatisfied; unfertilized by ideas it degenerates, hardens and becomes sentimental, or else it is engulfed in the life of elementary instincts. This shows itself particularly in art, which is either sweetly unreal or else is naturalistic. True art creates its own style, and true style can only come from men's supersensible experiences. Agnosticism robs us of the truths which must live in art.
Upon our will power, also, it has had an evil influence, for it has killed moral impulses and has allowed what is instinctive to become master. Thus do we find today that thinking is lax, feeling is dulled, and willing is made void through disbelief; and, as a result, what is animal in man rises to the surface. In the religious life also men feel a void, and seek support in organized streams like that of the Catholic Church, or else in some oriental direction. These, however, can no longer give to men the right content because they have their life in past ages.
In modern industry we can see an immediate effect of scientific thought. Here men do not live within what they practice. Moderns systems of labour consist in ruling out the human side of man and making him into a machine.
Void also today as a fruit of disbelief are all social impulses, and all these facts work back on men and have led then to a certain 'easy-going' condition of their social life.
If one wishes to compare or contrast the ascending with the declining powers of the day, one observes that the life of expression is not sufficiently active and does not carry on with enthusiasm what is required. People would rather not take up any new piece of work; they prefer asking if its need is already established, rather than trying to prove its worth in life.
In the world of education, teachers try to place things before children in such a way that they need not be altered when the children grow up. But what is presented to children should be so given that it develops with the child during the course of its life.
It is in these facts that we can see how the seeds of agnosticism bear fruit in the life of man."
Wow. Written over eighty years ago — could be fully applied to our present condition. Who talks like that anymore? Unless, of course, they want you to send them money…Hmm…
Natalie Angier, The Canon (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2007).
A "science for dummies" kind of text. An introduction to scientific thinking and its history that has a popular and accessible content. I picked this up because of the courses I'm teaching in the same vein. In truth, it isn't all that great. There's something a little too cheeky and flippant about Angier's tone. I imagine she'd be kinda hard to take in person. It's hard to like books when you have the sense you wouldn't like the author.
So, anyway, that's it. The quiz? What book lies on your desk that you'd like to share with the world, something that recently inspired, or broadened your perspective? Maybe just something subversive and dirty. Whatever works…
Extinction Means Forever
May 26, 2008Love some of the graffiti in these parts. Want to know more about this little fellow, Canada's most endangered species? You can go here.
May 26, 2008I've been riding a lot. The weather out here has been really nice, and there's some great places to ride. Today I headed out in the afternoon to explore the farther reaches of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail. It takes you up out of town into the countryside for about 50 km, ending in Sooke. I usually ride about 20 km up and back, but I pushed a little further today, exploring. Sunday. The trail becomes quite remote, and instead of dodging other cyclists I was avoiding robins and even a wild hare, winding my way through the lovely Metchosin woods…
I decide to hit 30 km mark and maybe turn around. A pretty good ride. At 29 km my tire blows. Not a slow leak, but done. The sound of air quickly rushing out of the tire is…deflating. I haven't seen anybody in about 15 minutes. And yet, the surroundings accompanying my dilemma are idyllic; Lovely fields with horses, woody glades, hidden little ponds and streams.
And so I rattled through the countryside on my rim for a couple of km (something you're not supposed to do unless you like buying new rims!), gingerly trying not to put any weight on the deflated back tire. My snazzy ride had become a clanking, clunky hunk of junk…
I stopped in front of a farm — suspiciously eying up the livestock as I munched on some trail mix. I think about walking up to one of these random farms and seeing if they have bike stuff. But knocking on the door of a remote farmhouse seems too conveniently like the start of a bad horror flick. Besides, most people would probably be fairly unhelpful. Or worse, too helpful.
So, anyway, it's back on the bike, chugging along in the boonies on a rim that I can hear getting dinged up by the rough gravel trail. The clouds looked a little menacing, and if it had started raining it would have been a party…
However, with the sun holding out, I made it to a "real" road. A road with a bike shop on it (which was called, appropriately enough, "The Bike Shop"). It was late, but fortunately the place was still open. The shop owner, kind and helpful, resurrected my rim and slapped on a new tire and tube.
The final (thankfully uneventful) 20 km into town I thought about how the whole ordeal was strangely fun. For most people a flat out in the bush is just a pain. And in some ways it was. But it was also the road less traveled, an unexpected detour, and a seemingly insurmountable problem solved fairly easily.
It didn't hurt, of course, that coming home I had the wind at my back and it was all downhill…
May 21, 2008According to a piece by the CBC, NASA astronomers recently had the good fortune to capture the beginnings of a supernova — the death throes of a star — in a nearby (well, it's 100 million light years away, but sorta near in cosmic terms…) galaxy, variously labeled NGC 2770. Supernovae are fairly rare events, occurring every 50-100 years in any given galaxy. What's special about this star is that an orbital x-ray telescope on a satellite, one of NASA's many toys, happened to catch it at the point of going nova.
Chances of an observation like this happening by accident: astronomical…
Coffee Shop Blues
May 21, 2008If there's such a thing, I have it. Feeling numbed by this locale — all slick tourist traps, stuffed bears, Native America novelty, and faux old English charm. My totemic self is having an identity crisis. Without structure, familiarity or moorings, adrift by the sea.
Sense of homelessness (something very different from the fact of homelessness) is as palpable and plentiful as the street folk scattered around here, wandering this wealthy garden paradise. The effect of transition, I suspect. Feels like I've been bumming around coffee shops for the last couple of months, here and in Montreal, looking for meaning I won't find in a well-brewed cappuccino.
I need a new project — a "real" job — something more rooted than all this aimlessness. It's all coming soon.
For now, caffeine will have to suffice as spiritual source…Magic beans, man…


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NORTH BERWICK, Maine — Hits were hard to come by for the Noble High School softball team on Tuesday.
The Trojans (6-3) got on the board in the fourth inning when Kaylee Burns hit a solo home run over the fence in deep right-center field to break a scoreless tie. "They're a good-hitting team," Kelly said. "They were hitting everything into the holes, and they were hard hits, too." In the fifth, Thornton took advantage of a pair of Noble errors to score two more runs and take a 3-0 lead. "They were physical errors," Melanson said. "That's part of the game." Kaylie Coleman and Kasey Poligni each singled in the seventh inning, but both were left stranded. Noble also had two baserunners in the first (Kelly single and Bailey walked) and in the fifth (Kelly hit by pitch and Bailey walked). Tremblay retired the side in order in the second and faced the minimum in the third.
"This is something to improve on," said Noble second baseman Kayla Lessard. "We have to make sure we forget about what happened but also realize it can make us better players." Thornton Academy, 5-0 Thornton Academy (6-3) 000 121 1 — 5 7 0 Noble (7-4) 000 000 0 — 0 3 3 Batteries: T-Tremblay and A. Cross; N-Kelly and Poligni. WP-Tremblay; LP-Kelly. HR: T-1 (Burns, 4th, 0 on). LOB: T-9, N-8. |


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The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them?
by Trevor Aaronson, Alternet
Read more »The FBI has built a massive network of spies to prevent another domestic attack. But are they busting terrorist plots—or leading them?
by Trevor Aaronson, Alternet
Read more »WASHINGTON -- Video excerpts from the lavish 2010 General Services Administration conference in Las Vegas surfaced Thursday, adding fuel to a growing controversy over wasteful government spending.
A six-minute clip released on Capitol Hill features a music video of a GSA worker rapping about becoming "commissioner" in a song dotted with jokes about spending freely on computers, employee bonuses and "all the things your buildings never had."
Read more »It is ironic that Occupy Wall Street is reportedly very low on cash. This is something that Wall Street itself never has to worry about. They have ready access at all times to as much cash as they need. The Occupiers mistakenly blame capitalism, but it is not capitalism that is behind this inequity. It is the completely anti-capitalist Federal Reserve System.
Read more »Easy. The crime stats get altered across the board and anyone willing to call out the brass is declared crazy and run off the job. Ohh and the mayor just claims it is a minor anomoly.
Read more »Upon appearing, for a scheduled preliminary hearing regarding charges brought against them by Los Angeles County, James Stewart and Sharon Palmer were ambushed by officials from Ventura County who engaged in "public theater". They slapped them in handcuffs, marched them out of court, and then proceeded to lose them in Ventura County jail where they disappeared for five days. These two prisoners were "lost in the system" and could not be located by anyone, anywhere. County officials had managed to hide them away and not even law enforcement officials could find them.
Read more »Euphemistically titled the "Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act" and referred to by our corporate-controlled mainstream media as a "non-controversial bill", a more truthful moniker for HR 347 would be the "First Amendment Rights Eradication Act".
Read more »MOUNT PLEASANT, SC (WCSC) -
A Charleston Police Department officer threatened Mt. Pleasant police after he was charged with DUI early Monday morning, a report states.
Private prison management company wants 90% prison occupancy guaranteed by the State in new contract. As long as draconian contracts like this are in existence legalization will never happen.
Read more »I know this cop loses his job, but you think stealing $8,000 from the evidence room would be a bigger deal. In our city hardly anyone is talking about it. What if you or I had done this?
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Out of all of the cities with Occupy movements, the cost per arrest in Phoenix was the highest - taxpayers spent $4,430 per. If this math is correct, each officer got around $8,000 in overtime for 72 hours of police work to protect the city from just 40 protestors. Who does this benefit? Not Phoenicians. Additional coverage at the San Francisco Chronicle here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/02/08/prweb9168446...
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April 21, 2013, Case Studies Program, for juniors and their families:
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SAN MANUEL, Ariz. -- Pinal County sheriff's deputies arrested two men suspected of stealing copper wire from a San Manuel mine.
Investigators said Victor Gutierrez, 46, and Mark Jimenez, 34, used a hand-dug tunnel to enter into the mine shaft and steal the copper.
During the past year, the sheriff's office has investigated several reported thefts of copper wire from the BHP Mine located at 200 S. Veterans Memorial Blvd.
A deputy doing a security check of the property Saturday night heard the sound of movement inside the tunnel and called for additional deputies to respond.
Gutierrez soon stuck his head out of the top of the tunnel and was taken into custody. Deputies then climbed into the tunnel and located Jimenez.
Sheriff's office spokesman Tim Gaffney said both men were wearing headlamps so they could see inside of the tunnel.
The investigation revealed that the suspects had damaged and removed more than $10,000 worth of copper.
Deputies and property crime detectives were able to recover several 30-foot-long sections of copper wire, which weighed approximately 500 pounds.
Both suspects reportedly admitted to stealing large quantities of copper during the past year. According to Gaffney, the suspects said they would steal the copper and either burn off or strip the plastic coating on the wire so they could sell it in Tucson.
BHP Mine officials reported that it has cost several hundred thousand dollars to replace and repair the stolen copper during just the past year alone.
"Many of the suspects who steal copper wire are doing it to support their illegal drugs habits," Sheriff Paul Babeu said. "Both Victor and Mark have a past history of arrests for possession and use of illegal drugs. I am sure the money made from these crimes was used to support their drug habits. Deputies and detectives did a great job working together to put these two suspects behind bars."
Gutierrez and Jimenez, both of San Manuel, were booked into the Pinal County Adult Detention Center for trafficking in stolen property, burglary, aggravated criminal damage and possession of burglary tools.
Gutierrez is being held on a $20,000 bond and Jimenez is being held on a $2,500 bond.


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Urine was added under controlled conditions to intact turfs taken from long-term permanent pasture on clay loam and sandy loam soils in South West England. Methane exchanges were small (<+/−0.03 μg CH4 m-2 min-1) and overall absorption equalled or exceeded emission in both soils. On the clay loam, wetting with water or urine increased soil microbial biomass C and N contents by about 20% but there was no specific effect of urine. Urine, however, caused an increase in soil respiration of >50% and the average increase was greater for cow's urine (30.8 mg CO2 m-2 min-1) than for an artificial urine (20.1 mg CO2 m-2 min-1). Emissions of nitric and nitrous oxides following urine application were substantial (on average 0.36 μg NO-N and 29 μg N2O-N m-2 min-1) but short lived (<40 days). The high levels of ammonium found in the urine treated soils (>200 mg NH4 +-N kg-1) were nitrified to nitrate over a period of 42 days. Qualitative changes in the soil microbial biomass were evidently not related to biomass size. Relationships between trace gas emissions and soil processes are discussed. ei]Section editor: R Merckx
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- Effects of urine on soil microbial biomass, methanogenesis, nitrification and denitrification in grassland soils
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Plant and Soil
Volume 186, Issue 2 , pp 265-273
- Cover Date
- 1996-10-01
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- Online ISSN
- 1573-5036
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
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- Keywords
- denitrification
- methane
- nitrification
- nitrous oxide
- nitric oxide
- soil microbial biomass
- soil respiration
- urine patches
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- Authors
- R. D. Lovell (1)
- S. C. Jarvis (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, North Wyke, EX20 2SB, Okehampton, Devon, UK


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Series starts 11/15
Game 1: Thursday, November 15th | ||
Celtics | 97 | Final |
Nets | 102 | |
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Game 2: Wednesday, November 28th | ||
Nets | 95 | Final |
Celtics | 83 | |
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Game 3: Tuesday, December 25th | ||
Celtics | 93 | Final |
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12:00 PM ET, December 25, 2012
Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY
NEW YORK -- When Boston last met Brooklyn, Rajon Rondo lost his cool, and any chance at history, in the second quarter.
This time, the second period featured some of the best basketball the Celtics have played this season.
Rondo scored 19 points in his first full game against the Nets this season, and the Celtics won 93-76 on Tuesday in another game with some heated moments between the division rivals.
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Rondo, sidelined in the first meeting and thrown out of the second after shoving Nets forward Kris Humphries into the courtside seats, outplayed counterpart Deron Williams and helped the Celtics take control early.
"We moved the ball; we rebounded the ball," Rondo said. "They beat us pretty bad on the glass, so tonight we did an exceptional job on the glass, taking care of the defensive rebounds, and we got stops."
A month after the teams scuffled in Boston, there was another skirmish in the fourth quarter that resulted in four technical fouls. But that was the most fight the Nets put up in a disappointing performance on the national stage of the Christmas opener. They were never in the game after the first 20 minutes, and their fans headed to the exits with under 2 minutes left as a "Let's go Celtics!" chant broke out.
"It was a big game for us. It was a division rival. We were ready for a big game. It just didn't happen," Williams said.
Rookie Jared Sullinger tied a career high with 16 points and Jeff Green had 15 for the Celtics (14-13), who avoided falling under .500 with just their second victory in six games.
The Celtics took control with a 23-5 run in the second quarter of the opener of their four-game road trip. They had 11 assists on 13 baskets and outscored the Nets 34-18 in the period after dropping the previous two meetings.
"It was good to get off to this start. It was good to finally play from start to finish, especially with the way we've been playing against Brooklyn," said Paul Pierce, who had just eight points on 3-of-10 shooting. "So it was a well-balanced game, but I'm happy with the start of the trip."
Gerald Wallace and Brook Lopez each scored 15 for the Nets, who have lost four of five. Struggling to find anything that worked, they played Lopez and fellow center Andray Blatche together with three guards at one point, but Brooklyn shot just 41 percent and committed 20 turnovers that led to 25 points.
Williams had only 10 points on 3-of-7 shooting and Joe Johnson, his partner in a high-priced backcourt, shot 4 of 14 for his 12 points.
"This one hurts. We didn't play our game. They beat us from the opening tip," Wallace said. "We didn't make shots. We turned the ball over too easy. Our defense just wasn't there tonight. We were not ourselves tonight."
Boston's Kevin Garnett had eight points and 10 rebounds on the day he tied Charles Oakley for 15th place on the NBA's career list with his 1,282nd game. He was also front and center when things got testy.
Wallace was fouled with 9:31 remaining and appeared to hold onto Garnett's uniform to balance himself and not fall. Garnett was fine with that but then objected to how long Wallace hung on to his shorts, and they said something to each other as they tried to push themselves free. That led to technical fouls on the two, along with Blatche and Courtney Lee.
Garnett said he asked Wallace what he was doing but got no response.
"I don't know where in America you can (yank) somebody's pants off, or shorts off. I don't know what the hell was going on," Garnett said.
Sullinger delivered a flagrant foul on Wallace a few minutes later, but there was nothing further.
In the Nets' Nov. 28 victory in Boston, Rondo, Humphries and Wallace were ejected.
It was the second quarter of that game where things got away from the Celtics, and Rondo's frustrations soon followed when he shoved Humphries after the Nets forward fouled Garnett. That ruined the point guard's chance to extend what was then a 37-game streak with double-digit assists, tied for second-longest ever, by finishing with three. He had five assists and six rebounds Tuesday.
This time, the second period belonged to the guys in green.
With the Celtics down three, Green had six points in a 10-0 run that made it 36-29. After Johnson's basket, Boston answered with a 13-3 spurt. Jason Terry made a 3-pointer before Rondo converted a three-point play to push the Celtics' lead to 49-34 with 3:56 to go.
The Celtics opened a 21-point lead early in the third quarter and cruised from there. Terry finished with 11 points.
Game notes
As with everyone playing on Christmas, players, coaches and referees wore green ribbons in tribute to the families of Sandy Hook Elementary School. ... Humphries was out with an abdominal strain and will be re-evaluated after the Nets return from Milwaukee. He had mostly been a starter but then didn't play at all Sunday against Philadelphia. ... Feeling Avery Bradley isn't ready yet, Celtics coach Doc Rivers decided not to bring the guard on the road trip so he can continue working his way back from shoulder surgery in Boston. Rivers said the shoulder is strong but that Bradley has had only 2½ practices.
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Jared Sullinger tied his career high with 16 points off the bench Tuesday. The Celtics' offense was much more efficient with Sullinger on the floor, thanks in part to their ability to get easy baskets. Boston made 71 percent of its layups and dunks with Sullinger in the game, compared to just 38 percent with him on the bench. [+]Celtics With Jared Sullinger On/Off Court
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L-19/O-1 Bird Dog | |
An O-1E Bird Dog | |
Role | Observation aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Cessna |
First flight | 14 December 1949 |
Introduction | 1950 |
Retired | 1974 (US) |
Primary users | United States Air Force United States Army Royal Thai Air Force South Vietnamese Air Force |
Number built | 3,431 |
Developed from | Cessna 170 |
L-19/O-1 Bird Dog | |
An O-1E Bird Dog | |
Role | Observation aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Cessna |
First flight | 14 December 1949 |
Introduction | 1950 |
Retired | 1974 (US) |
Primary users | United States Air Force United States Army Royal Thai Air Force South Vietnamese Air Force |
Number built | 3,431 |
Developed from | Cessna 170 |
The Cessna L-19/O-1 Bird Dog was a liaison and observation aircraft. It was the first all-metal fixed-wing aircraft ordered for and by the United States Army since the U.S. Army Air Forces separated from the Army in 1947, becoming its own branch of service, the U.S. Air Force. The Bird Dog had a lengthy career in the U.S. military, as well as in other countries.
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The U.S. Army was searching for an aircraft that could adjust artillery fire, as well as perform liaison duties, and preferably be constructed of all metal, as the fabric-covered liaison aircraft used during World War II (primarily Stinson and Piper products) had short service lives. The U.S. Army issued the specification for a two-seat liaison and observation monoplane, and the Cessna Aircraft Company submitted the Cessna Model 305A, a development of the Cessna 170. The Cessna 305A was a single-engined, light-weight, strut-braced, high-wing monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear. The greatest difference from the Cessna 170 was the 305A only had two seats, in tandem configuration (the largest tandem-seat aircraft Cessna ever produced), with angled side windows to improve ground observation. Other differences included a redesigned rear fuselage, providing a view directly to the rear (a feature later dubbed "Omni-View" and carried to Cessna single-engine aircraft after 1964), and transparent panels in the wings' center-section (similar to those found on the Cessna 140 and the later Cessna 150 Aerobat model), which allowed the pilot to look directly overhead. A wider door was fitted to allow a stretcher to be loaded.
The U.S. Army awarded a contract to Cessna for 418 of the aircraft, which was designated the L-19A Bird Dog. The prototype Cessna 305 (registration N41694) first flew on 14 December 1949. Deliveries began in December 1950, and the aircraft were soon in use fighting their first war in Korea from 1950 through 1953. An instrument trainer variant was developed in 1953, later versions had constant-speed propellers, and the final version, the L-19E, had a larger gross weight. Cessna produced 3,431 aircraft; it was also built under license by Fuji in Japan.
The L-19 received the name Bird Dog as a result of a contest held with Cessna employees to name the aircraft. The winning entry, submitted by Jack A. Swayze, an industrial photographer, was selected by a U.S. Army board.[citation needed] The name was chosen because the role of the army's new aircraft was to find the enemy and orbit overhead until artillery (or attack aircraft) could be brought to bear on the enemy. While flying low and close to the battlefield, the pilot would observe the exploding shells and adjust the fire via his radios, in the manner of a bird dog (gun dog) used by game hunters.
The United States Department of Defense (DOD) ordered 3,200 L-19s that were built between 1950 and 1959. The aircraft were used in various utility roles such as artillery spotting, front-line communications, medevac and training. In 1962, the Army L-19 was redesignated the O-1 (Observation) Bird Dog and entered its second war in Vietnam. During the early 1960s, the Bird Dog was flown by South Vietnamese (ARVN-Army Republic Vietnam/SVAF South Vietnamese Air Force), U.S. Army, U.S. Marines and later by clandestine (Ravens) in Laos and Cambodia.
During the [[Vietnam War] the Birddog was used primarily for reconnaissance, target acquisition, artillery adjustment, radio relay, convoy escort and the forward air control of tactical aircraft (bombers).
Supplementing the O-1, then gradually replacing it, the USAF switch to the Cessna O-2 Skymaster, while the Marines took delivery of the OV-10 Bronco to replace the aging O-1. Both were faster, twin-engine aircraft but the Army kept with the Birddog throughout the war with up to eleven R.A.C. (Reconnaissance Airplane Companies) deployed to cover all of South Vietnam and even the DMZ and the southern edge of North Vietnam. Its more quiet, lower speed, tighter maneuverability, short runway ability and better visibility (even to the rear) kept it highly valued by ground units it supported and highly feared by enemy units it flew over. The last U.S. Army O-1 Bird Dog was officially retired in 1974.
During the course of the Vietnam War, 469 O-1 Bird Dogs were lost to all causes. The USAF lost 178, the USMC lost seven, and 284 were lost from the U.S. Army, South Vietnamese Forces, and clandestine operators. Three Bird Dogs were lost to enemy surface-to-air missiles (SAMs).[1]
Two Bird Dogs were loaned to the Australian Army's 161 Reconnaissance Flight operating out of Nui Dat in Phuoc Tuy province. One was lost to ground fire in May 1968, killing 161's Officer Commanding. Another Bird Dog was built by this unit's maintenance crew, using aircraft sections salvaged from dumps around Vietnam. It was test flown and later smuggled back to Australia in pieces, contained in crates marked as "aircraft spares". This aircraft now resides in the Museum of Army Flying at the Army Aviation Center at Oakey Queensland.[2]
As the USAF phased out the O-1 in favor of the O-2, many O-1s in the United States were sold as surplus. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ector Aircraft remanufactured many as the Ector Mountaineer with their original powerplants, and as the Ector Super Mountaineer with the Lycoming O-540-A4B5.
In the 1970s, as the O-2 Skymaster and North American OV-10 Bronco replaced the O-1 in front-line USAF service, several former USAF O-1s were turned over to the service's civilian auxiliary, the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), for such duties as aerial search. However, since very few CAP pilots had prior training and experience as professional military aviators and/or significant experience with tailwheel aircraft, many of the CAP O-1 aircraft were damaged in groundloops and other mishaps. In an effort to reduce both risk and repair costs, both USAF and CAP directed that all O-1 aircraft in CAP service be eventually replaced for safety reasons by single-engine tricycle-gear civilian Cessnas common to general aviation, primarily Cessna 172 and Cessna 182 aircraft. The only O-1 remaining in the CAP inventory is a permanent static display aircraft on a pylon in front of CAP Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Many of former USAF and former USAF-cum-CAP O-1 and L-19 aircraft were eventually sold to private owners as recreational aircraft, while others went to museums where they are usually displayed in their military combat markings. Still others found their way to glider clubs in the U.S. as a reliable and powerful vehicle to tow gliders into the air. As with most aircraft used for glider towing, the aircraft has also been outfitted with mirrors mounted to the struts.
In Canada, the Royal Canadian Air Cadets use former CAF L-19 aircraft equipped with a towing rig to tow their Schweizer 2-33A [3] gliders for the Air Cadet gliding program.[4]These particular L-19 variants are used in the Atlantic, Eastern, and Pacific regions. They have been modified for noise reduction by the use of a smaller-diameter, four-blade Hoffman composite propeller in all regions except the Pacific Region, and exhaust modification. The fuel delivery system has also been modified from the original design, placing the fuel selector valve closer to the pilot. The L-19/O-1 is a popular ex-military "warbird" with private pilots. In the United States, the aircraft remains a popular "glider tow." The Franconia Soaring Association in Franconia, N.H. uses an old O-1, tail number N4796G, to tow its gliders, including Schweizer SGS 1-26 gliders and Grob G103 Twin Astir and Pilatus B4-PC11 sailplanes, as of July 2012.[5]
As of June 2009, more than 330 were registered with the Federal Aviation Administration. Others are owned and operated outside the United States by individuals and flying organizations.
On 29 April 1975, the day before the fall of Saigon, South Vietnamese Air Force Major Buang-Ly loaded his wife and five children into a two-seat Cessna O-1 Bird Dog and took off from Con Son Island. After evading enemy ground fire, Major Buang-Ly headed out to sea and spotted the aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV 41). With only an hour of fuel remaining, he dropped a note[6] asking that the "runway" [sic] be cleared so he could land.[7] Knowing there was no room for this to happen, Midway's commanding officer, Captain (later Rear Admiral) Lawrence Chambers ordered US$10 million worth of Vietnamese UH-1 Huey helicopters to be pushed overboard into the South China Sea. The Bird Dog that Major Buang-Ly landed aboard Midway is now on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.[8]
American television personality/actor Ed McMahon was a Marine Corps aviator who piloted an OE-1 in Korea, flying more than 80 combat missions during 1953.[citation needed]
The Dash-One (official operating manual) for the O-1E issued to USAF pilots in 1970 had the following statement: "rear seat rated for one pilot/observer or two Vietnamese".
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text: http://blfs-bugs.linuxfromscratch.org/show_bug.cgi?id=362 tushar at linuxfromscratch.org changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED ------- Additional Comments From tushar at linuxfromscratch.org 2004-01-31 21:08 ------- I have added a link to <http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html> in the Linux PAM page. The list of modules is too huge to be included in the book (IMO). Resolving the bug as fixed. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact.


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Beautiful and petite, this diamond ring is classically crafted in platinum with round, pavé set diamonds.
At $1,600, a touch overpriced but she loves it and it goes with her blue nile engagement ring!
Anonymous, Woodland Park, NJ – December 2014
Very beautiful! Love it.
Yin, West Columbia, SC – February 2014
I liked it so much we purchased another:)
Anonymous, DIXON, CA – June 2013
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