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Committees and Councils
- Scientific Advisory Council
- Operations Advisory Council
- Environment, Health, & Safety Committee
- Staff Committee
- Diversity Council Representatives
Division Scientific Advisory Council (SAC)
The Scientific Advisory Council (SAC) is composed of the program and department heads, plus ad-hoc members, and focuses on prioritizing scientific directions, ensuring the success of the programs and the Biosciences Strategic Plan, as well as recruitments and LDRD reviews. The committee is chaired by the Division Director and meets every second and forthTuesday of the month.
Auer, Manfred
Brown, Ben (James) (ad hoc)
Cademartori, Helen (ad hoc)
Celiker, Susan
Conboy, John (ad hoc)
Cooper, Priscilla (ad hoc)
Guagliardo, Ciccina (ex officio)
Jagust, William (ad hoc)
Karpen, Gary - Chair
LaBarge, Mark
Moses, William (ad hoc)
Nogales, Eva (ad hoc)
Tainer, John
Division Operations Advisory Council (OAC)
The Operations Advisory Council (OAC) is composed of the department heads and operation leads. The goal of this council is to improve bidirectional communication between scientific and operations staff to ensure that they are working in concert to address important issues related to safety, human resources, budgets, proposals and general administrative needs. The committee is chaired by Division Deputy, Operations, Helen Cademartori, and meets monthly.
Bigelow, Tracy
Cademartori, Helen - Chair
Clark, Ann (ad hoc)
Conboy, John
Cooper, Priscilla
Marietta, Peter (ad hoc)
Moses, William
Ravani, Shraddha
Salles, Lori (ex officio)
Sridharan, Deepa (ECSS president) (ad hoc)
Tydingco Cruz, Mary (ad hoc)
Division Environment & Safety Committee
The Division Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Committee consists of representatives of every major research group in the Genomics and Life Sciences Divisions (Points of Contact), the Life Sciences Division Safety Coordinator, representatives of the Environment/Health/Safety (EHS) Division, and the Division representative to the Berkeley Lab Safety Review Committee. Members promote general environmental, safety and health awareness, utilization of Integrated Safety Management (ISM), and practice and serve as primary points of contact during self-assessment activities and inspections. They also provide safety guidance and offer a conduit to pass on concerns or ideas. The committee is chaired by the Division safety officer and meets every final Tuesday of the month.
Acevedo, David
Afzal, Veena
Akiyama, Jennifer
Bayani, Nora
Bhatnagar, Sandhya
Bielicki, John
Cademartori, Helen
Conboy, John
Dong, Ming
Drotz, Julie (Berkeley Site Office)
Fisher, Ross (EHS Division)
Garbe, Jim
Gauny, Stacey
Glaeser, Robert
Han, Bong-Gyoon
Hang, Bo
Hanrahan, Steve
Heim, John (EHS Division)
Huang, Yurong
Hyman, Joel
Killilea, Alison
Knowles, David
Leung, Chin (Ambrose)
Liu, Nancy
Marietta, Peter
Miller, Mary
Mott, Joni
Ng, Cliff
O'Neil, Jim
Peet, Kevin
Polyzos, Aris
Ponce, Frank
Ravani, Shraddha
Rosen, Chris
Shoukry, Malak
Ravani, Shraddha - Chair
Visel, Axel
Wan, Ken
Yannone, Steve
Yaswen, Paul
Zheng, Ying
Division Staff Committee
The Division Staff Committee is advisory to the Division Director on matters related to the Division's professional research staff; develops policies and procedures; participates in annual performance review process; reviews cases for promotion (career-track and career appointments), hiring, reduction-in-force and transfer of scientific staff; as requested by Division Director, reviews employee (scientific staff) grievances; following reviews, the committee advises the Division Director on actions.
Blakely, Eleanor
Downing, Kenneth
Moses, William - Chair
Wyrobek, Andrew
Diversity Council Representatives
The Life Sciences Division strives to create and promote diversity by providing an environment that is welcoming and supportive of all participants, regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, gender, or religion; and supports the efforts of Berkeley Lab's Diversity & Inclusion Council. This council consists of Berkeley Lab employees, selected by their respective division director, to provide advice and counsel to Berkeley Lab senior management and their division management on diversity related issues. In addition, council members execute on special initiatives which strengthen the diversity culture at the Lab.
The council's goal is to enhance the work environment to allow recruitment and retainment of a workforce that reflects the diversity of the local community, the nation and the world. The council provides a forum for identifying and sharing programs and practices that have proven their effectiveness in enhancing diversity. The Life Sciences Division is represented in the council by Shraddha Ravani and David Schild.


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No more downloading each and every demo? No more slow downloads?
Make a donation and I will gladly send you a DVD full of demos.
CHTV is a community site but gets no help from the community. I believe it is simply a place to leech demos. Weeks go by now before demos are posted, it seems no one cares anymore.
About 10 years ago we created a Pro player Index. This index listed what we considered Professional Gamers, Gamers that made money from playing video games. It sat dormant for many years, never receiving any type of update.
I would like to organize and run some tournaments for multiple games, first off, Quakeworld because I know how much the community cares about the game. I have never come across a more dedicated community than us QW players.

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Having started supporting the Arsenal shortly after Arsène Wenger's arrival at Highbury, this writer has known no other brand of football. While the focus as always has been on pretty football triangles on the pitch, the barren run of trophyless seasons have slightly dampened the enthusiasm of the average Arsenal fan.
Wengerball attempts to chart yet another season in the Arsenal red and white, one that hopefully culminates in much anticipated glory in England's highest footballing echelon.
This week, Swansea are blown away by a 1-0 score line while Borussia Dortmund prove sterner opposition in our first group game of the Champions League.
Our new look central defence was unveiled over the past two games as new signing Per Mertesacker was commandeered into the starting lineup alongside Laurent Koscielny. Granted it wasn't Vermertesacker but for once, the fans could be assured of some height at the back. The lad from Hannover stands at a towering 6'6″ and with goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny coming in at a handy 6'5", air-balls into the box shouldn't prove as much of a problem as it was before.
However, with great height comes some drawbacks (you weren't expecting me to go with 'great responsibility' were you?), chiefly Mertesacker's pace. Or rather the lack of it. No one expects our new German giant to be as fleet of foot as say Theo Walcott, but the poor Koscielny was made to work double time to cover for his new teammate's lack of speed.
While Swansea were more easily dealt with than Borussia Dortmund, the early signs were there for all to sea as the luckless Danny Graham almost got on the end of a sweet lob early on in the match at the Emirates. While it is safe to say that few attackers will beat Mertesacker in the air, and his timing on the tackle is more than adequate, the German international was caught out quite a few times against Dortmund as they pressed forward in search of a goal.
On more than one occasion, Mertesacker was left lagging behind as Mario Gotze and Shinji Kagawa ran rings around him. With Koscielny desperately scrambling back to deal with the threat, the new signing could be seen jogging back while looking on with interest. While one wouldn't go so far as to claim a lack of effort, it is clear that having one less mobile defender in the back four could come back to haunt the Arsenal. Furthermore, with Koscielny's knack for mistimed tackles when beaten to the first ball, making him work double shifts would be playing with fire.
One can only hope that it is more a case of newbie jitters, and that further integration into the team will see the back four work as a seamless unit to plug up the gaps. The clean sheet against Swansea was encouraging, especially after the mauling from Manchester United, but you have to remember the Swans have yet to notch a Premiership goal so far this season. There was nothing anyone could have done to prevent the stunning volleyed goal from Dortmund's Ivan Perisic, but on the evidence of the two games, there is still much work to be done.
It would be much too simplistic to offer up Mikel Arteta and Yossi Benayoun as like-for-like replacements for the departed Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri, but after watching them perform against Swansea and Dortmund, the verdict is still very much out. Arteta showed some good touches playing just behind Robin van Persie against the Swans, but soon faded and switched places with Aaron Ramsey as the young Welshman took over the more advanced role.
Against Dortmund, Benayoun was preferred in the hole with Arteta resuming where he had left off, this time partnering Alex Song instead of understudy Emmanuel Frimpong. While Benayoun showed a willingness to run and scrap for the ball, Arteta was once again anonymous for most of the proceedings, often choosing to play it safe and keep possession rather than pressing forward and finding gaps in the Dortmund defence.
Maybe the manager felt that Arteta would be more comfortable orchestrating the attack from deep in midfield, but on the evidence of the last two games, it does not appear to have paid dividends. Jack Wilshere showed he could play alongside a defensive midfielder and let Ramsey or Fabregas play in a more advanced role, but Arteta has so far been ineffective deep in central midfield. While his impact was limited in the advanced midfield slot for the match against Swansea, he did show some nifty moves, amongst them the slick through pass to van Persie early on.
If and when Wilshere and Abou Diaby return from injury, Wenger might just have a dilemma who to play in a crowded looking midfield. With Frimpong, Song and Francis Coquelin fighting for the one defensive midfielder slot, Arteta might need to be in the right form to fend off Ramsey, Benayoun, Rosicky, Wilshere and Diaby.
Just last week, the writing seemed to be on the wall for Henri Lansbury as the England Under-21 international was shipped off to West Ham on loan. In this very column, I was of the opinion that it was do or die for the Arsenal Academy product. After all, he'd been coming off a fantastic loan spell at Norwich and had showed some promising signs in preseason. After coming on once or twice as a late substitute in the early season games, he was promptly loaned to Championship side West Ham on a season long loan.
With talk of a transfer clause and his contract running down, the signs were not good. But cue a brilliant drilled goal on his West Ham debut after steaming late into the box, and it appears he might have an Arsenal future after all. The 20 year old attacking midfielder agreed terms with Arsenal and put pen to paper on a contract extension just this week, which means he is almost certain to report back to the Emirates with another season of first team football under his belt next year.
Will he prove yet another gem from the Arsenal factory line? Only time will tell, but there certainly is a touch of Ray Parlour about this lad. Watch this space.


text: 6/20/2011 I'm in the midst of dotting the final "i"s and crossing the final "t"s for my next book, Girl Hunter, coming out this fall. It chronicles my journey as an omnivore and a chef, going through fields and over streams in search of the main course, and is chock full of wild-game recipes, stocks and sauces. Someone asked me recently what my favorite wild-game cookbook was and I realized that I couldn't give a simple answer. There isn't a ton of wild-game cookbooks being published these days, especially compared to cookbooks in other categories. Most of the wild-game cookbooks on my shelves were passed down from my great-grandfather. There were many charming and useful books on wild-game cookery back then, but unfortunately, most of them are out of print. Nevertheless, there are some books currently on the market that are useful tools in guiding you in your wild endeavors in the kitchen, and these are my top picks: Escoffier: Le Guide Culinaire, Revised, by Auguste Escoffier After the Hunt: Louisiana's Authoritative Collection of Wild Game & Game Fish Cookery by John D. Folse Hunt, Gather, Cook: Finding the Forgotten Feast by Hank Shaw Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn Cooking by Hand by Paul Bertolli The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating by Fergus Henderson Eat Like a Wild Man: 110 Years of Great Sports Afield Recipes by Rebecca Gray Wild about Game: 150 Recipes for Farm-Raised and Wild Game—From Alligator and Antelope to Venison and Wild Turkey by Janie Hibler And if you're still hungry for more, you should consider checking out Girl Hunter, which is now available for pre-order. In many ways, I have spent my whole life working on this book. It chronicles the days of my youth catching my trout for breakfast, to my dalliance away from living off the land and in the corporate world, to my return to food as a professional chef where I had to kill a turkey for the kitchen with my bare hands. This is my road trip, my ride on the back of an ATV chasing wild hogs along the banks of the Mississippi, my dove hunt with beer and barbeque, my visit to the birthplace of the Delta Blues, a cigar and scotch at dusk, smoked hog and molasses, all in the name of knowing and understanding what it means to be an omnivore in this modern world that we live in.


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(For other results, please see 1956 Summer Games.)
Host City: Stockholm, Sweden (June 11, 1956 to June 17, 1956)
Opening Ceremony: June 10, 1956 (opened by King Gustav VI Adolf)
Lighter of the Olympic Flame: Hans Wikne
Taker of the Olympic Oath: Henri Saint Cyr (athlete)
Closing Ceremony: June 17, 1956
Events: 6 in 1 sports
Participants: 158 (145 men and 13 women) from 29 countries
Youngest Participant: Frank Duffy (19 years, 141 days)
Oldest Participant: Alexis Pantchoulidzew (67 years, 270 days)
Most Medals (Athlete): 7 athletes with 2 medals
Most Medals (Country): Germany (6 medals)
After the IOC awarded the Games of the XVIth Olympiad to Melbourne in Victoria, Australia they learned that Australian quarantine laws required a six-month quarantine period for horses entering the country. As the six-month quarantine made it impractical for competitors horses to be transported to Australia, this precluded Melbourne from being able to host the equestrian events at the 1956 Olympic Games. It was decided, actually in violation of the Olympic Charter, to contest separate Equestrian Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, from 10 through 17 June 1956. At the 50th IOC Session in Athens on 13 May 1954, Stockholm was chosen to host the Equestrian Olympics over Paris, France; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Berlin, Germany; and Los Angeles, California, USA. The 1956 Equestrian Games were held without major political incidents, although some would occur a few months later and affect the Games in Melbourne in November. The opening ceremony was quite unusual as all competitors came in on their mounts, including the flag bearers. Hans Wikne brought the Olympic Flame into the stadium on horseback and lit the main torch. Karin Lindberg and Henry Eriksson held lighted torches, ran towards the stadium tower with the torches and lit flames there. Sweden's Henri Saint Cyr recited the oath of the athletes while on his horse, and later won two gold medals in individual and team dressage. This was matched by Germany's Hans Günter Winkler, who won gold medals in the individual and team show jumping events. Women competed in the equestrian events, as they had in 1952. But women had competed in 1952 only in dressage while at Stockholm there were female competitors in both dressage and jumping events, but not yet the three-day event. The only controversy of the 1956 Equestrian Games came in the three-day event when one horse broke his leg and had to be destroyed. The SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) was very upset and a lengthy debate followed.
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Trendy Entertainment, the folks behind the amazingly addictive and popular Dungeon Defenders, are on the hunt for a few new talented individuals. Check out the job posting below and the concept work as well. If you're up to snuff, send a resume and portfolio/demo reel to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Trendy Entertainment is currently looking to hire some onsite Environment artists skilled in High Poly modeling and asset creation to work on our upcoming (unannounced) game. We are looking to fill onsite full time positions only so applicants must be willing to move to Gainesville Florida. Applicants should have experience working in a team environment, whether it is experience in modding or professional work. We are looking for somebody who is self-motivated and that can get on their feet quickly upon joining the team.
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You've probably driven or walked by 1335 Fulton St. many times, peering at the scaffolding and wondering when it would finally come off, revealing the new homes beneath. Any new construction in a city like this is cause for excitement- and these condos do not disappoint. All six units in the building are for sale as of now, though only one, #201, is listed on the MLS. These 2 bed, 2 bath (+ 1 deeded parking spot) homes feature, among other offerings:
- Eco-friendly design and materials
- Cherry wood floors
- In-unit Laundry
- Gorgeous open kitchens with black granite counters and, gas stoves, high end applainces, and cherry cabinets
- Common roof deck
- Fireplaces
- Video security
More encouraging still is this fact pointed out by socketsite: that the aforementioned #201, which started at $840,000 has been reduced to $795,000 after only a month on the market. So if you like the vibe in the NoPa 'hood (and its only getting better and better these days), you might want to take a look in person.


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Review: Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps
Web browser or Office suite? Microsoft's and Google's office productivity and collaboration clouds pit rich and complex against simple and lean
Two and a half years ago, when InfoWorld first pitted Office 365 against Google Apps, I likened Office 365 to the Queen Elizabeth 2 and Google Apps to a sailboat. In the intervening years, both have changed but in remarkably different respects.
Office 365 has turned into an 800-pound gorilla, with loads of new features and new options. Back then, Office 365 seemed like a cobbled-together mélange of Office 2000 and Exchange Server, with a few goodies tacked on the side. Now it's richer, smoother, more tightly integrated -- and one of Microsoft's major profit centers. Microsoft's revenue from Office 365 is now measured in the billions.
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The changes in Google Apps, in direct contrast, are much more subtle. It's still a small, light, considerably cheaper, one-size-fits-all proposition. I've seen significant strides in Office file compatibility and a few new features, but Google's still taking a minimalist approach. While there's nothing wrong with minimalism, particularly with budgets as tight as they are these days, you need to make sure Google Apps can do what you need it to do, before you commit.
At the risk of stretching the metaphor, Office 365 has added several new decks, a top-to-bottom refurbishment, and a couple of new lifeboats. Google Apps has a fresh coat of paint and a new sail. But the original propositions have remained the same: Office 365 aims to be all things to all companies, while Google Apps is content to offer key capabilities without the bloat and complexity.
Which of these propositions meshes more closely with the needs of business users? Back in June 2011, if you asked a handful of execs whether their people need to run Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, you probably would have heard a resounding if unreflective "Yes!" Nowadays, the status of the Office triumvirate isn't nearly as secure. Most execs (at least in my experience) now realize that full-blown Office is overkill for many of their employees. While Office hasn't yet been relegated to the bit bucket of history, the overarching need for Office is lower now than it has been in the past two decades.
That's why I've approached this review from a new perspective. Here I look at both packages' applicability in a mixed environment, where only a small percentage -- perhaps 10 or 20 percent -- of the people using the package actually need Office. Most people, most of the time, don't need Word's or Excel's ginormous feature set. There's no need to swing a sledgehammer when an ordinary hammer will do.
A note about Apple and the iWorks suite: While iWorks contains applications that handle the basics -- and they're now free for just about everybody -- the apps aren't nearly as capable as the Google Apps, and there's no "glue" to build the kind of infrastructure most businesses (and many individuals) need. It isn't clear at this point if Apple's going to actively pursue the market. We'll just have to wait and see if the company builds it out.
Sorting through the Office 365 SKUs
If you're looking for a simple straight-up comparison of features and prices, you clearly don't understand the game. While Google Apps for Business remains relatively straightforward, with four packages and identical features, Office 365's ecosystem is starting to look like an Exchange Server CAL contract. I fully expect books, seminars, and postgrad university courses are in the offing, to help hapless customers pick from what's available.
Here's the supersimplified list:
Office 365 Small Business, for up to 25 users, does not include the Office 2013 desktop apps (though you would be forgiven for assuming otherwise). However, if you already have licenses for Office 2013, 2010, or even 2007, or Office 2011 or 2008 for Mac, you can use those suites with Office 365. Paying for Office 365 Small Business will let you manage your domain's email and share calendars, with 50GB of email storage per user. (There's no Active Directory, which may be a blessing.) You also get online videoconferencing and free website hosting. SkyDrive Pro comes with the package, with 25GB of file storage space, as does SharePoint with shared email and document folders. All of this costs $60 per year per person.
InfoWorld Scorecard | Setup (10.0%) |
Ease of use (25.0%) |
Value (10.0%) |
Administration (15.0%) |
Features (40.0%) |
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Microsoft Office 365 for Business | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 |
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Leona Lewis has said that she is really pleased with her new album.
The 27-year-old told a tabloid newspaper that Glassheart was delayed for almost a year so that she could make it "perfect".
She told The Sun that she is proud with the final result and is looking forward to performing songs from the album.
Leona explained: "It totally represents me and I love it.
"It's almost six years since my first album so I have progressed a bit more.
"I also got the chance to try new things which was really fun."
Leona told the newspaper that she believes that Glassheart is her best work to date.
She added: "I think it's really important with the third album to make it as good as you can. I think it's the best album I've ever made.
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Good news from the vet!
I took my kitty Ham in to get some bloodwork done (he's in a fairly advanced state of kidney failure) - and they said he's still stable!!! My feet are tired from doing the happy dance, and my wallet is significantly lighter, but I am so glad!!
His heart hasn't been damaged from all the fluid I've been pumping into him (they can still hear a murmer, but he had that before), his blood pressure is good, he hasn't lost any weight and most of his blood values are within normal. Creatinine hasn't risen much at all, and his urea has gone down again :-)
I was so worried that he'd be in decline and he'd die while I was in Florida visiting that I almost couldn't book the trip, but now I can breathe easier.
And he might get to spend another summer outside in his favourite chair, under the ostrich ferns!
YAHOOO!!!! What wonderful news Bonnie!!! It feels so good doesnt it :o)
My new vet has had me stop giving Taz his meds and his fluids to check his blood work. Since his orginal diagnoses his tests have shown him to be fine. They think that there could be something else that was missed on his original diagnoses ... so now I have to book his appointment to get it checked out.
Have fun in Florida
Maybe Taz had a mild acute case and not the chronic problem Ham has. Of maybe the lab or your old vet screwed up! In any event, it'd be great if you didn't have to worry about CRF with Taz - the treatment won't do his heart any good, and that's nothing to take lightly!
It's possible he has a mild chronic condition that's treated pretty well with his fluids too - but taking him off the meds and fluids should show that.
Is your new vet working out so far?
There's a possibility that Ham's malformed kidney might have some limited function that's holding him steady for now. There's no way to know without a biopsy or ultrasound, and I can't afford those, nor would I subject Ham to them even if I could. The results wouldn't change anything, they'd only give me a better picture of how long he has.
But considering that no one thought he'd make it through last summer I'm thrilled to pieces that he's still going strong!
Ham. I like the name! That is great news! How old is he?
We have Minnie, a 14 year old Calico cat. She's small, and a few years ago we noticed she was putting on weight really, really fast. Then one night I noticed her chewing funny and discovered she had no teeth on the left side of her mouth?!
Off to the vet we went and discovered she had some kind of kidney disease they couldn't treat. They didn't give her much time. This was when she was 7 years old.
She's still very fat and has become quite lethargic, but when she wants to, she's a great mouser and keeps them out of the basement. She also seems to have perked-up since we got Annie in October. Annie will be off to the vets next month to get 'you know what' done. (She's sitting on my lap right now and I don't want to let the cat out of the bag if you know what I mean.) :)
You have a great time in Florida and make sure you get a nice souvenir for Ham!!
Actually his real name is Agni, but we have called him Ham for years - he's a big pig (weighs 20 pounds). Somehow 'Ham' seemed a better fit :-)
Ham is pretty young for this - he's 11 (diagnosed a year ago). He is a senior cat now, but kidney failure more commonly hits around 14-15. He's only got one properly formed kidney though - two dying kidneys can carry a cat a lot further than one can, so that's probably a large part of it.
I'm glad Minnie had adapted to the new addition! It's pretty common for older cats to perk up when you bring a young kitten into the house - once they get over the hissing fits, they discover that kittens are great fun to play with :-). I hope the new kitty does well for her spay.
Once Ham is gone I'll be looking for a couple of kittens to adopt, but I don't want to do it now - I think it'd be too hard on him since he needs a lot of sleep, and he is really sooky these days. I have to give him so much attention! My other kitty is going out of his mind with boredom in the meantime though! He's used to having several cats around (we used to have 4), and now he has no one to play with - he actually likes other cats and he especially likes kittens, so it'll be good for him to get new playmates :-)
I have a 9yr.old cream persian whom I adore and in Jan.2004 the vet said she had crf.Well it's Jan.2007 and she is still doing well.Within the past month she has been throwing up.It's like a thick spit.The vet said to up her fluids from 100ml. to 150ml. Does anyone know of anything else I can do for her.Her name is Baby.
There are some medications that will help with her kidney function as well as a change to a lower protein diet may help her out too. The medication I have my guy on is called Fortekor (benazepril hydrochloride). Speak with your vet regarding this .. it isnt a drug that was made to assist in kidney function but in studies it has proven to help cats. The dose is very low and can be prepared into a liquid for easier doseing. There are also medications that will help with her upset stomach.
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Khloe Kardashian admitted on the Aug. 17 episode of 'KUWTK' that she doesn't want to remove Lamar Odom's tattooed initials from her hand. Fans have taken to Twitter to share their reactions to her confession!
Khloe Kardashian, 30, has an "LO" tattoo on her right hand — and it's not going anywhere anytime soon! Despite splitting from Lamar Odom, 34, Khloe admitted that she doesn't want to ditch the permanent ink. What do fans think?
Khloe Kardashian's Tattoo Reactions From Fans: Should She Remove Lamar Odom Ink?
On Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Khloe laid out all her thoughts on her hand tattoo.
Khloe Kardashian: It's OK To Still Love Lamar Odom
"What am I supposed to do with it?" she said on the Aug. 17 episode. "I don't want to remove it. I like tattoos on my hands, but I could change the words."
Kim Kardashian, 33, told Khloe she could add a "VE" to her hand to make her "LO" initials spell "LOVE."
Khloe's fans are now reacting to her confession by tweeting ideas about what she can do with her tattoo.
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@khloekardashian Put a KH before and an E after the LO tattoo.
— TheRealAndyCrawford (@Andy_J_Crawford) August 18, 2014
Hi @khloekardashian! After watching tonight's show, I have an idea for your LO tattoo on your hand. How about adding YO for YOLO? Xo — Katie Glamour (@katie_glamour) August 18, 2014
@khloekardashian Add YO to your LO, this way you honor ur relationship with Lam & YOLO — Megan Krotz (@mkrotz) August 18, 2014
I agree! But @khloekardashian WAS married…so how do we know?! RT @_QueenKIM_: gettin a tat of ur bf or gf NO..but husband or wife, yes y not
— j'ness♡ on FLOW 93-5 (@jness935) August 18, 2014
I said @khloekardashian could add a "VE" to her tattoo! Me and my idol @KimKardashian think alike😉 — BOUND2KIMYE (@kim_kanye_) August 18, 2014
Khloe Kardashian Defends Lamar Odom
In the same episode, Khloe defended her ex. Khloe's sis Kim meets Khloe's new man French Montana, 29, for the first time at a club appearance, but Lamar shows up!
When Lamar arrives, security offers to keep him out. Khloe feels bad and tells them to let him in! Khloe said she didn't want to "humiliate" Lamar. "I said, 'Of course let him in. Don't you dare not let him into the place,'" she said during a confessional. "I'm not a spiteful person. I don't care, I'm not going to ban you from a club. That's pretty petty in my opinion."
What do YOU think Khloe should do about her "LO" tattoo, HollywoodLifers? Do you have any ideas of how she can change it up? Let us know!
– Megan Ross
More Khloe Kardashian News:
- Khloe Kardashian's Loving Message — For French Montana Or Lamar Odom?
- Khloe Kardashian Threatens To Fire Momager Kris Jenner — 'KUWTK'
- French Montana Raves Over Khloe Kardashian: 'That's My Koko'
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If she really wanted it to be removed she would have done it by now and the same for Lamar. It's a bond that they still have together. Neither one of them are completely over it. Khloe and Lamar have a deeper bond for one another and no one will never understand. Some say how can she still love a man who cheated while others say how can he still love a woman who humiliated him and cost him his career and why have neither one of them push harder to finally be divorce. If he is done and she is done why is it taking so long for the ink to dry?
What about "LOL"?
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How much help is needed now? An individual's abilities to manage ADLs, the activities of daily living, and IADLs, instrumental activities of daily living, will determine the hours of care necessary in assisted living. ADLs include bathing, dressing, transferring (i.e. from a bed to wheelchair/walker, or from a walker/wheelchair to the toilet or shower), grooming, eating, and using the bathroom. IADLs include scheduling doctor's appointments, paying bills, doing laundry, and other tasks that are vital for successful living but do not necessarily require daily upkeep like the ADLs.
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Montmelò (Barcelona), 11 May –Luca di Montezemolo made a lightning visit to the Catalunya Circuit today, his first track appearance of 2013. The Ferrari President had decided to come and support the Scuderia on this Saturday of the Spanish Grand Prix. It was also an opportunity for him to have various meetings at the highest level, from Bernie Ecclestone to the main technical and commercial partners of the Maranello marque, to get an overview on many topics, starting with the current state of Formula 1.
Meeting the media after qualifying, Montezemolo had this to say on what the two Prancing Horse cars achieved today and the prospects for tomorrow. "I witnessed a great team, very focussed on its work. All in all, I am not disappointed and what gives me cause for hope is the race pace we showed yesterday. Maybe today we could have hoped for a little bit more, at least one car on the second row. We were losing a bit of time in the final sector, but we saw that, apart from Rosberg, everyone is very evenly matched. Fernando will start from the clean side of the track and here, the straight leading down to the first corner is very long, so maybe some places can be made up right from the start."
On the topic of the future of Formula 1, Montezemolo expressed himself thus: "I can only repeat what I have maintained for so long: this sport must remain a true laboratory of cutting edge technology and advanced research and must serve as a training ground for our engineers. I think there will be some interesting changes in the near future and I will do my utmost to ensure we go in that direction."
Montezemolo also wanted to wish Pat Fry a speedy recovery, after the Englishman was admitted to hospital in Barcelona this morning with appendicitis. It's also a time for happier wishes as the Scuderia's Team Principal, Stefano Domenicali turns 48 today.
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Counsell, John and Strachan, Paul and Johnston, James Rm (2011) Trends in office internal gains and the impact on space heating and cooling demands. In: CIBSE Technical Symposium 2011, 2011-09-06 - 2011-09-07, Leicester.
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Internal gains from occupants, equipment and lighting contribute a significant proportion of the heat gains in an office space. Looking at trends in Generation-Y, it appears there are two diverging paths for future ICT demand: one where energy demand is carefully regulated and the other where productivity enhancers such as multiple monitors and media walls causes an explosion of energy demand within the space. These internal gains scenarios were simulated on a variety of different building archetypes to test their influence on the space heating and cooling demand. It was demonstrated that in offices with a high quality facade, internal gains are the dominant factor. As a case study, it was shown that natural ventilation is only possible when the ICT demand is carefully regulated.
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Keywords: | trends, ICT, energy , HVAC, offices, Mechanical engineering and machinery, Building construction, Mechanical Engineering, Building and Construction, Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment |
Subjects: | Technology > Mechanical engineering and machinery Technology > Building construction |
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The receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANK) and its ligand RANKL are key molecules for differentiation and activation of osteoclasts. RANKL stimulates transcription factors AP-1 through mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation, and NF-kappaB through IkappaB kinase (IKK) activation. Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is essential for activation of these kinases. In the interleukin-1 signaling pathway, TAK1 MAPK kinase kinase (MAPKKK) mediates MAPK and IKK activation via interaction with TRAF6, and TAB2 acts as an adapter linking TAK1 and TRAF6. Here, we demonstrate that TAK1 and TAB2 participate in the RANK signaling pathway. Dominant negative forms of TAK1 and TAB2 inhibit NF-kappaB activation induced by overexpression of RANK. In 293 cells stably transfected with full-length RANK, RANKL stimulation facilitates the formation of a complex containing RANK, TRAF6, TAB2, and TAK1, leading to the activation of TAK1. Furthermore, in murine monocyte RAW 264.7 cells, dominant negative forms of TAK1 and TAB2 inhibit NF-kappaB activation induced by RANKL and endogenous TAK1 is activated in response to RANKL stimulation. These results suggest that the formation of the TRAF6-TAB2-TAK1 complex is involved in the RANK signaling pathway and may regulate the development and function of osteoclasts.
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Thank you Mr. Moderator, your highness, other panelist.
Thank you, for the information brought by the panelists and the other speakers.
Suriname is one of the ten countries of the world blessed with high quantities of fresh water, and the largest part of our population in the capital city, where more than 70% of the population lives, has access to safe drinking water. The rural areas and especially the interior are still a challenge.
With due respect, I don't think that we should prioritize sanitation over water as expressed by the representative of India. We have done great already by making the link between water and sanitation. Sanitation is an issue where in people themselves can do there part. But if there is no water, than there is no water!
Every country should set their own priorities, also taking into account international actions, regulations and measures.
I can agree with the representative of AMCOW, that there should be coordination and not only for Africa. Water is a natural resource, which is not available every where. It is not like forest, where you can say that every country had some kind of vegetation and some countries gave their forests up for development. On the other hand we should avoid that water becomes like oil, which also does not occur everywhere, and countries that have no oil have problems.
Countries with and without safe drinking water should join efforts together so that everybody can enjoy this basic human right to have access to safe drinking water. I welcome the joint action plan of the Netherlands and England to support partner countries to develop national action plans. I also support the view of the United Kingdom that there should be fair partnerships between the developed world and the developing countries in the efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals and in this case having safe drinking water for more than the majority of the world's population by 2015.
Reaching this target will give incentives to all the other Millennium Development Goals which are all one way or the other linked to access to good water and sanitation.
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After I made my Thai Chili Coconut Kale Chips last week, I loved the flavor so much I needed to try it on something else as well. I make a lot of zucchini pasta, and I thought it would be perfect paired with it since it is so mild and is a nice palate for flavors. I made a silky coconut sauce from young coconut with some heat from the ginger and a habanero I had on hand (I know it is not thai, but I love habaneros and lots of heat). I added some carrots and bell pepper for sweetness and color and it was lovely!
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1/2 cup young coconut meat
2 Tbsp raw coconut butter
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2 Tbsp raw peanut butter or almond butter
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Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 2:03 PM
The Ohio House has passed a budget update bill by pretty much a party-line vote. As Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports, Democrats say they think the process is flawed.
Democrats in the Ohio House say they opposed the mid-biennium budget appropriations bill because it was a flawed process. They called it a "Christmas tree," full of gifts for different interest groups and communities.
One provision buried in the bill would allow foreign companies with government contracts in Ohio to spend money on political candidates in the state—and their ads wouldn't have to disclose where the money came from. Democratic State Rep. Bob Hagan said it was a give-away for special interest groups because it allows more corporate money.
"This is the most objectionable part of the legislative process, allowing most of us in this room to look like we're prostitutes for other countries," Hagan said. "It's hard enough to defend what we do here from the corporations that invest in this process.
Democratic State Rep. Dan Ramos said allowing more outside money to be inserted in the political process will hurt Ohioans.
"Every dollar and every cent that a business is investing in an election is a dollar they are not spending in our state, not spending in our community, not spending philanthropically, they're not spending volunteering in our churches, they're not spending creating jobs," Ramos said.
Democrats offered a variety of amendments designed to limit campaign contributions or make them more transparent.
And members of the minority party tried to go after what they call "dark money" in JobsOhio, the state's nonprofit job creation company. Democratic State Rep. Matt Lundy said unless the public knows where money for that agency comes from, there's no way to know whether pay to play is in full force there. And he said it makes JobsOhio ripe for corruption much like the bad investment the state made through the Bureau of Worker's Compensation years ago.
"If this dark money in campaigns and government continues in Columbus, it will make Coingate look like child's play," Lundy said.
But Republicans said comparisons like that were unwarranted and unfair. Republican State Rep. Lynn Wachtmann characterized JobsOhio board members as some of the highest quality people in the state.
"The assumption that a couple of you gave on your side of the aisle that they some how are crooks is deplorable," Wachtmann said. "I would submit to you that your attitude toward businesses is part why Ohio's job climate maybe isn't as positive as it should be. I mean if I'm a business corporate executive making decisions about where to locate my business and I hear elected officials in a state basically calling me a crook, meh, that doesn't really lend itself toward me wanting to invest in that state."
Republican State Rep. Ron Amstutz said the bill was full of important expenditures that would help schools and communities. And he said there's no good reason for lawmakers to question the motives of the measure. He assured this bill had enough transparency and checks and balances so it wouldn't lead to an abuse of power.
"We have had more transparency, more availability," Amstutz said. "I mean I can find out things that I couldn't find out five years ago much easier now than I could before. I think the transparency has actually been improving substantially, and the electronic world has helped tremendously with that.
In the end, the bill came down to pretty much a party-line vote with Republicans voting for it, Democrats voting against it. The measure now goes to the Ohio Senate. but that won't happen for at least a couple of weeks, as both chambers are set to go on a spring week and won't be back until after Easter.
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BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. -- Most of Minnesota's adult loons and pelicans had flown north before last year's Gulf oil spill struck, but many of their offspring remained behind in the slick.
Now, state bird lovers and natural resource managers are anxiously waiting to see how many loons and pelicans return to Minnesota in April and what impact the oil spill had on two of the state's iconic water birds.
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I have not been there since 2002, so this is probably way way old outdated information, yet the memory I have of being there will last me another decade easily.
Unadilla is a typical kill-auction barn, with horses crammed into small pens, some are loose, and some are tied. I noticed the "loose" pen was definitely a kill pen. I recall a pair of flea bitten gray, nearly white horses, tied in the back right, past the loose pen, past the draft horses, way in the back corner. They were so sad and miserable looking, and had clearly been on a double decker. One had a huge laceration to its eye, the other had a horrible leg injury. They were thin and awful looking. I wanted to take them both home with me. It was hard to stay at that auction and watch skinny horses, a mare that had foaled on the trailer on the way to the auction, and all the other horses that were walked in or ridden around the sale pen. It was a dangerous place, as people were "trying out" horses in the aisle between the pens, and there's not exactly.... oh, ROOM, for a horse being ridden amongst the people looking through pens.
Be sure to bring your "steel britches" so to speak, because you will see things that will rip your heart out.
If you are looking for a "save" project, this is a place to go. But if you are looking something you can truly clean up, train up, ride/drive, and possibly resell, I would REALLY pass on bringing your wallet and your horse trailer to Unadilla. Many if not most of the horses there are there for a reason. Yes, you can find ones you can clean up and fix up, but it depends on your abilities as they are now, if you can handle it, and it also takes a lot of knowledge to pick out the ones with the least issues (especially soundness).
Technically the horses are supposed to have a coggins, and that's it. There is no way to prove if they are drugged, buted, or otherwise have something done to hide issues you may want to be avoiding.
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Healing Father, Greatest Physician, we pray for Your blessings and protection for Lyman. Guide his caregivers, Lord, and comfort his loved ones through Your Blessed Holy Spirit, with the reassurance of Your undying love and eternal provision. We ask it in Jesus's name - amen. |
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Deary Lyman, May God heal your body and soul. May your pain cease and your strength increase. May blessings, love, and joy surround you and your family. Amen. |
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Father God, I thank You for Your miraculous, powerful, loving and healing touch to come upon Lyman. Make him whole and complete in You. May every fiber of his being come under direct alignment to Your Word and will. I declare by faith and in accordance to Your Word, that by Jesus' stripes we [Lyman] were healed. May Lyman walk into his healing - the healing which is his by faith, which was made possible through Your Son, Jesus, who died on the Cross at Calvary. I plead the blood of Jesus over Lyman from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet. May Your Will be done, in Jesus' Name I pray. Amen. |
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What Does China's Economic Slowdown Mean for Human Rights?
China's economic miracle is beginning to slow as the fallout from the global financial crisis takes hold, hitting exports and prompting a growing number of manufacturing firms to relocate elsewhere in search of cheaper labor. But if job demand slumps, the economy may not be the only thing to suffer, as there are fears that China's already fragile labor rights record might worsen.
The contraction has started to hit the once-tight job markets, leading Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to say last month that the employment situation was and "will become more complex and more severe."
China has long harbored a commitment to promoting a "harmonious society," where economic development could bloom alongside social cohesion. Sustained economic growth, coupled with the tightening of labor markets has provided a venue to redress the worst abuses, such as excessive working hours.
Authorities have tended to be more lenient with labor rights activists and more understanding of workers' demands, although how well labor rights will weather the financial storm could be a crucial test of their resilience.
"There is [a] huge income gap between rich and poor in China and if the companies suffer, they will shift their sacrifice to the workers to try and compensate for lost profits," said Li Qiang, director of US-based rights group, China Labour Watch. "An economic slowdown might create such a shift but for now we have not seen any such trend. It is just a possibility for the future."
Mapping protection's growing paper trail
"The company docks our pay, deducts and keeps our deposits, beats, abuses, and humiliates us at will… Now even though we want to leave, we cannot because they would not give us back our deposit and our temporary residential permit, and have not been giving us our wages," read a letter drafted by workers of Guangdong's Zhaojie Footwear Company and published by the official workers' union newspaper Workers' Daily in 1995.
The letter, which also exposes instances of child labor and forced detention, was indicative of the debilitating conditions found inside some factories. What is notable about it however is its timing, coming shortly after the passage of the 1994 Labour Law that for the first time codified labor policies in China and signalled the government's growing readiness to engage with labor rights.
The following 13-year period preceding the 2008 global recession was subsequently marked by the introduction of new legislation and a notable improvement in the lives and working conditions of workers.
On paper, there is now a maximum working week, set at 40 hours, and maximum overtime of 36 hours a month, and workers are also entitled to compensation in case of injury.
It was also during good economic times that China finally pushed through national legislation outlawing child labor in 2002, something it had been required to do since signing the Universal Declaration on the Rights of the Child in 1990.
The central government has additionally worked to shore up job security and open up the scope for protest action. The Labour Contract Law, which came into effect in January 2008 has helped educate workers about their rights and give them a firmer basis for appeal. According to China Labour Bulletin, a Hong Kong-based labor rights watchdog, a year after the Act's passage, industrial protest activity had almost doubled.
"We have seen a continuous trend in that workers are more willing and more able to bargain for their rights," said Geoff Crothall, communications director at China Labour Bulletin.
"Since 2008 there have been more workers who are aware in terms of their rights, and more workers have been willing to ask for, not only the minimal wage, but what they consider a working wage."
Legislation as the first facet of a continued struggle
As is often the case, passing legislation is one thing, enforcing it another, and closing the various legislative loopholes a further hurdle still. While the monitoring and prosecution of violators has improved, it remains patchy, and enforcement is largely still dependent upon the employer's will.
"The responsibility is not on the authorities, it is on the companies," said Li. "If they do not increase sales – they will want lower cost – and the factories have nothing but to squeeze workers."
As China Labour Bulletin points out, while the minimum wage was introduced in 1994, it was not until 2004 when labor shortages first appeared that notable increases to the minimum wage were enacted. Increases were then halted in late 2008 as the financial crisis took hold but resumed in 2010 as the situation seemingly calmed, the group said in its 2012 report, "A Decade of Change: The Workers' Movement in China 2000–2010."
In contravention to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, China does not allow the formation of independent unions and has given sole authority to All-China Federation of Trade Union (ACFTU). This notable absence has been linked to workers' inability to pursue independent agendas.
Even in good times, however, hundreds of millions of workers were falling through the gaps.
According to Crothall there are between 30 and 60 million Chinese who are not covered by the 2008 Contract Law, which has been sidestepped by employers. There are ongoing moves to amend this, although progress has been slow.
Child labor has also remained steady. Ultimately, many commentators agree, modernizing and improving rural schools will be the only way to solve this issue.
The most widely-cited case of sidestepping labor rights obligations, however, remains that of China's estimated 230 million migrant workers, regarded as some of the most vulnerable.
As migrants, they are treated under the "hukou" system, which restricts almost all social service provisions to native provinces. Migrants therefore tend to have the least job security, work longer than average hours, and can be forced to live on-site in inadequate and cramped accommodation by their employers.
Recognizing their value to the economy, the Chinese cabinet, known as the State Council, has made several steps to alleviate their situation, in March 2006 calling for the "fair and non-discriminatory treatment" of migrants and in June 2010 unveiling a proposal to replace the "hukou" system with a residential permit system that would extend welfare.
"They have been talking about it for 10 years but the problem is a bit like health system reform in the US, it is just too big and too complicated," said Crothall. "Services are provided by local governments and they decide how inclusive they want to be and oftentimes they decide they do not want to be very inclusive."
"In order to see a more level playing field for migrants, the government will have to put its money where its mouth is," Crothall added.
Where do we go from here?
China has made the retention of near full employment a government priority, but it is not clear how far it will go to achieve this and what sacrifices will have to be made. As Wen explained in comments made to the China Securities Journal, "the task of promoting full employment will be very heavy and we must make greater efforts to achieve it."
So far, the lowest paid sectors, such as manufacturing, have not been particularly hard hit and job demand has not fallen off as badly as in 2008 and 2009, when, according to Chen Xiwen of China's Communist Party's office on rural policy, a sudden collapse of exports sent some 20 million Chinese migrant workers homebound.
Part of this cushion can be attributed to the country's demographic shifts.
A result owed mainly to its one child policy, China's once rampant population growth is expected to taper off in the next few decades. "This will ensure that labor markets stay tight," said Li.
Apart from shrinking, the labor force will also become more geographically balanced. In the last few years China has been directing some stimulus money to rural development, encourage industry to shift away from the coast. This has created pull factors for migrants to return home, offsetting some pressure from reported closures in coastal towns.
The transition is a long-term trend, with Crothall estimating it could take "anywhere between five to ten years," but it has already offered up unexpected opportunities.
Despite poor job figures, the number of industrial strikes in China appear to be rising, with July seeing a 40 percent increase in activity on the June figures, according to findings by China Labour Bulletin.
Some of these have been spurred by cut backs, as workers organize to demand pay increases, as well as compensation for factory relocations and closures.
At present, success has largely been confined to foreign-owned companies that many hope will act as a good example. ACFTU expects that by the end of next year about 95 percent of all Fortune 500 companies operating in China will be actively engaging in collective wage negotiations, up from about 80 percent in November 2011.
Only this month, phone maker Samsung was shamed into reviewing standards when reports of child labor in its factories came to light. Apple and its supplier Foxconn have similarly changed their ways since a string of suicides at their plants shed light on abuses. According to the Fair Labor Association, an organization voluntarily enlisted by Apple to monitor standards, conditions have improved although hours will still have to be reduced by almost a third by 2013 to comply with local regulations. The company has promised to enact further cuts.
How the government will react when it comes to its own industries remains to be seen.
"Much depends on the economy, but it is a little too early to say which way the economy will go," said Crothall. "How it will develop over the next 6 months is anybody's guess."


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Scientists have confirmed what many of us have already felt: The first six months of this year have been the hottest ever on record.
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This is my first blog post ever and i know that the average blogger spends most of their time rambling about things they can't stand and for those of you willing to listen, this post will be no different! For the last few months i have been teeming in anticipation for a certain post apocalyptic shooter by the name of RAGE. Fans of the genre and tons of ad campaigns have been running promoting the hell out of this game. It was even featured in an episode of one of my favorite shows, Breaking Bad. Being a massive fan of ID software's pixelated blood splattered goodness, it was only natural that i was drawn to their new game. ID is responsible for such titles as DOOM (my childhood), Wolfenstein, and Quake, I (like many others), was extremely pleased to finally hear of this new release.
The story behind RAGE puts the player as a survivor of a project to save humanity after global destruction. Those lucky enough were launched into space and kept in stasis until finally their "Arks" crash landed back on earth to kick start civilization again only to find the world in disarray, and most of their people held captive or exterminated by "the authority". No this isn't True Blood. This game was apparently in development for about 6 years which is a lifetime in the video game world and to it's credit does sport some of the most impressive graphics i have personally seen on the xbox360. The textures and sheer design of the world as well as the character models are fantastic. Sadly, the beauty of the game was the only thing keeping this sinking ship afloat. A lack of good story telling ability and at times obnoxious enemy AI really prevent this game from reaching greatness. The game does capture realistic combat, (except when shooting enemies in each limb they continue to run full speed at you) but overall gameplay never really evokes a positive response from the player, completion of missions also lack excitement and never really feel like you are accomplishing anything. The missions to me felt like tireless work with little reward for the player.
The creators also incorporated wasteland racing into the game, which was a little overbearing for me. In other post apocalyptic games you are forced to walk from town to town, but in Rage you drive everywhere, which can take away from the larger experience of the world around you. After experiencing this first hand in RAGE i am happy that games like Fallout have not incorporated this option into their style. Borderlands does incorporate driving into the game but leaves a lot more room for open world exploration on foot. Rage is NOT an open world game, in fact i'd consider DOOM more open worldly. The game does feature multi-player racing and co-op missions, but after beating the single player and being left with an abrupt/short lived,
3 minute ending, one finds them self robbed of time spent playing and cheated out of $60. If you haven't picked this one up yet, maybe a year from now you can pick it up on gamefly. Or don't.
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- 2 can(s) (4 oz. each) whole green chili peppers, drained
- 5 ounce(s) can, chunk-style chicken, drained, flaked
- 1 cup(s) monterey jack and/or cheddar cheese, shredded
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- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Slit each chili lengthwise; scrape out seeds and discard. Arrange chili peppers in 4 lightly greased au gratin dishes or a 2-quart square baking dish. Divide chicken evenly among chili peppers; sprinkle cheese over chicken-filled chili peppers. In a medium bowl beat together eggs, flour and milk. Pour egg mixture evenly over chili peppers. Bake individual casseroles for 15 to 20 minutes or the 2 quart baking dish for 25 to 30 minutes or till golden and a knife inserted near center comes out clean. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.
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Letter: Washington, D.C., to Secretary of War John M. Schofield, Washington, D.C., 1868 Oct. 9
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Creator: | Howard, O. O. (Oliver Otis), 1830-1909 |
Title: | Letter: Washington, D.C., to Secretary of War John M. Schofield, Washington, D.C., 1868 Oct. 9 |
Date: | 1868 Oct. 9 |
Description: | On October 9, 1868, Freedmen's Bureau Commissioner Oliver Otis Howard writes to Secretary of War John M. Schofield regarding the incident in Camilla. Howard says he is forwarding the affidavits from witnesses to the incident collected by Georgia Bureau agents that he received from Georgia Assistant Commissioner Caleb C. Sibley. He also tells Schofield that Sibley has remarked on the unlikelihood of bringing the guilty parties to justice through the Mitchell County authorities. Howard says that Sibley did not comment further to him on the incident, but merely submitted the affidavits, along with a private letter from a Bureau officer in Mitchell County. The letter that Howard refers to, apparently not forwarded to Schofield, is the private synopsis of the incident that Christian Raushenberg provided to O.H. Howard upon request, which included Raushenberg's personal evaluation of factors contributing to the incident, and was forwarded through Bureau ranks to Sibley, who in turn forwarded it to O.O. Howard in Washington, D.C. Document ID: cam007. Digital image and transcription created by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001 of a photocopy held by DeSoto Trail Regional Library of an original record held by the National Archives. |
Subjects: | Republican Party (Ga.)--History--19th century | Republican Party (Ga.)--Public opinion | United States. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands | Freedmen--Georgia--Violence against | Public opinion--Georgia | Reconstruction--Georgia | Political violence--Georgia--Camilla | Mitchell County (Ga.)--Politics and government | Mitchell County (Ga.)--Race relations | Schofield, John McAllister, 1831-1906 | Camilla (Ga.) | Mitchell County (Ga.) |
Contributors: | DeSoto Trail Regional Library System | United States. National Archives and Records Administration |
Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
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Collection Information: | Civil Unrest in Camilla, Georgia, 1868 : Reconstruction, Republicanism, and Race |