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Read more: "Brand new bonding skills make boron more like carbon" is an extended version of this article
In a vacuum-sealed flask on a lab bench in Germany sits an emerald-green crystal that will cause some jaws to drop. The crystal is the first stable compound containing a triple chemical bond between two boron atoms, a feat that had previously been limited to only two other non-metal elements – carbon and nitrogen.
"Carbon easily forms triple bonds, nitrogen easily forms triple bonds," says Holger Braunschweig of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg in Germany, who led the team of researchers that made the compound. "You could expect something similar for boron, but it hasn't been done before. Certainly this will go into the textbooks."
Boron occupies a special spot in the periodic table. Each atom has three outer electrons, the minimum number needed to form a triple bond. But the element is flanked on all sides of the table by atoms that take very different bonding strategies.
On one side are metals like beryllium, which can give away all their outermost electrons to form ionic bonds. On the other are so-called main group elements like carbon and nitrogen, which prefer sharing electrons in covalent bonds.
Carbon and nitrogen in particular can share up to three of their outer electrons with another atom of the same kind, forming triple bonds. These are stronger than single or double bonds and so result in some of the most stable molecules known.
Aloof atom
Boron is more aloof than these neighbours, though. So much so that in its stable solid state at room temperature, it barely even reacts with boiling acid. "The chemistry of boron truly is different from the chemistry of all other elements," says Braunschweig, who built his career coaxing boron into strange bonds.
In 2002, Mingfei Zhou and colleagues at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, managed to make a boron triple bond – but only by vaporising the boron with a laser at 8 degrees above absolute zero. At room temperature, it would last less than a second.
Though chemists ran quantum-mechanical calculations to predict what the properties of compounds with boron triple bonds would be if you could make them stable, it wasn't clear that this would ever be achieved.
"I was sceptical that anyone could make it as a stable molecule," says Gernot Frenking of the Philipp University of Marburg in Germany. "Braunschweig found a way."
Slot filler
It turns out that to coax boron atoms to form triple bonds at room temperature, Braunschweig and colleagues had to make sure all the spaces where it could hold outer electrons were occupied.
Boron has four outer slots that can hold up to two electrons each – but in atomic boron, one of these slots is completely empty and the other three are only half full, with one electron apiece.
First the team filled up the completely empty slot by bonding each boron atom with a carbon-and-nitrogen-containing molecule called an N-heterocyclic carbene, which donated two electrons. Boron atoms bound to the molecule then completed the filling of their slots by pairing up and pooling their original three electrons. Each boron atom then has a full outer suite of eight electrons (see diagram, above right).
As long as it is not exposed to air or moisture, with which it is known to react, the resulting green crystal with the rare triple bond should stay stable indefinitely, Braunschweig says.
Secret garden
It's too early to predict if or how the new compound might be useful. But boron's particular electronic structure has already earned it uses in colour LCDs and LEDs.
Braunschweig is now investigating whether the new boron compound can be made to react with small molecules like hydrogen or carbon monoxide to make further novel compounds. "We already did some preliminary reactions, and it turns out that the compound shows a rich chemistry. Some of that is without any precedent. I have high expectations."
A world of previously forbidden chemistry beckons. "They did not simply find a new flower or a new plant," Frenking says. "They opened the door to a new garden."
Journal reference: Science, DOI: 10.1126/science.1221138
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company (ERAC) is a car rental company, based in the US. The company principally focuses on rent-a-car, international operations, fleet services, car sales, rent-a-truck, and enterprise rideshare services. It rents vehicles to individual customers, business houses both on short-term and long-term basis, and fleet operators. It also owns car-sharing and van pool programs.
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Road to the future
Here are the bright ideas already submitted to our competition
INTAXIS (INtelligent TAXIS) - will be a network of computer driven taxis taking passengers to their destination then driving on to next pick up. INTAXIS talk to one another to work out best scheduling and routing so they use fuel efficiently and avoid jams.
By: Rob Troth, on 12:40 19 November 2012Report this entry
Road To The Future
A car which responds to lights changing to green or red and either breaks or accelerates. I think this would save accidents and also save on frustration when drivers fail to concentrate and do not move off once lights are green.
By: ROS IRWIN, on 12:33 19 November 2012Report this entry
The best innovation is the personalisation - from the stored seat and mirror settings to which radio station and sat-nav voice we prefer, to whether my husband wants the sportier suspension, to the colour I want. We remain a one car family though each feels we have our own car.
By: Josephine Marsden--Ims, on 12:33 19 November 2012Report this entry
Modular vehicles
Modular vehicles. Single modules when traveling alone and groups of them when traveling with friends and family. The individual modules or self-contained groups will then combine with other modules/groups on long-distance journeys, allowing then to be in effect driverless for long periods on motorways.
By: Glen Karlstrom, on 11:23 19 November 2012Report this entry
Wind power
A car powered by 2 wind turbines, side-on mounted under the bonnet so wind pushed under and through as you drive powers and stores energy in the batteries, completely renewable sustainable enery
By: Eleanor Powell, on 10:54 19 November 2012Report this entry
micro cars
i think that cars will become smaller in order to make parking easier, using similar technology to the tardis however the cars will be bigger on the inside then on the out side .
By: robert pirie-warsop, on 10:37 19 November 2012Report this entry
BMW OBi
In cities reduced friction mass transport systems/ networks, or "slipways" are used. Personal vehicles use roads, recyclable, efficient with useful gadgets, data embedded in the road tranceives information. new alloys and design achieve better efficiencies e.g limiting speed, slower acceleration.Cars consume less fuel.
By: rhona brown, on 10:09 19 November 2012Report this entry
Warning Signs on the Move
Most cars have some kind of 'computer' or Engine Management System on board these days. It would be quite simple to add a communications box so that any problems/warnings diagnosed by these systems could be relayed to, say, a Smartphone where an app would allow perhaps further interrogation to be carried out, or relayed to an expert organisation or breakdown service for further action.
By: Bob Hodges, on 10:04 19 November 2012Report this entry
I think that it will be an automated system that keeps your tyres from losing pressure. The air will automatically put your tyres back to the optimum pressure and warn you when you need to top up the air container.
By: Ben Harte, on 10:03 19 November 2012Report this entry
Programable Cars
Cars that require an address and post code but no driving.
By: Wendy Mann, on 09:20 19 November 2012Report this entry
The bodywork of the car has photo-sensitive cells upon which photons can create a force. When accelerating, a current through the cells generates resistance against light to create force on the panels. As the current increases the resistance and force increases, moving the car by the power of light.
By: Tom Gray, on 08:04 19 November 2012Report this entry
Automatic braking system
Automatic braking is a technology for automobiles to sense an imminent collision with another vehicle, person or obstacle; or a danger such as a high speed approach to a stop sign and to respond with the braking system by either precharging the brakes or by applying the brakes to slow the vehicle without any driver input. Sensors to detect other vehicles or obstacles can include radar, video, infrared, ultrasonic or other technologies. GPS sensors can detect fixed dangers such as approaching stop signs through a location database.
By: Sue Warr, on 07:10 19 November 2012Report this entry
The Technology Takeover
Cars which drive themselves. Taxi's without drivers. People are getting lazy.
By: Suzie Heard, on 04:42 19 November 2012Report this entry
mind controlled cars
Jet planes these days...a pilot can see behind him...so the question 'how far can we go with this kind of technology...where we can use it', comes to my mind..my reasons for the use of this kind of tech to be used in cars are; It would help drivers to spot dangers more easely It would support police in car chasing Also integrated with tech already used in cars like the automatic braking system if an object was infront...like a human...which prevents or reduces accidents Generally it would be cool...
By: chris andersson, on 04:02 19 November 2012Report this entry
I think cars will develop an Artificial Intelligence type brain that will be aware of surroundings, other cars, road conditions and even the driver. I think this brain will be a data warehouse of information so that cars can not only drive themselves but communicate with other cars.
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The Way the World Works, by Jude Wanniski
Taxes & Civilization
The Way the World Works.
by Jude Wanniski.
Basic Books. 319 pp. $12.95.
Jude Wanniski, until recently associate editor of the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, announces at the start of this book that it was inspired by what he has "come to call the Laffer curve." "Laffer" is Arthur B. Laffer, who teaches business and finance at the University of Southern California. Readers who have been permanently frightened by early mishaps in analytical geometry should be relieved to learn that Laffer's "curve" is no more technical than an aphorism. It might be paraphrased thus: there are two ways in which a government can collect the same amount of taxes—one way is to set high tax rates, which should produce higher revenues but does not, because high tax rates discourage taxable economic activity; the other way is to set tax rates low, which should produce lower revenues but does not, because low tax rates encourage taxable economic activity.
Implicit in this formulation is the existence, somewhere, of an ideal tax rate, neither too high nor too low, but capable of encouraging the maximum taxable activity and yielding the greatest tax revenue with the least pain. But, alas, Professor Laffer himself cannot plot on his "curve" the coordinates of the optimum tax rate. Nor can he disclose to anyone—not even to the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee—whether the rates being charged an any given moment are below or above the ideal.
On the slender hypothesis that such a Laffer point exists, Wanniski, with the resourcefulness of a magician drawing an American flag from his empty fist, constructs a political program, sketches a new political economy based on the sociology of the American family, and presents a vivid explanation of events as complex and various as the Dark Ages, the 1929 crash, and the 19th-century prosperity of Britain.
Wanniski's thesis is that the government "wedge" of taxes, regulation, and legal constraint compresses and diverts productive effort, blunts initiative, and causes depressions and wars. The "wedge" thus cripples the economy, and the gullible are led to propose new false cures to solve the problems the "wedge" itself has created.
This charge is about as old as the Industrial Revolution itself, but Wanniski makes it sound new. His timing also helps. He has published this book just when the economics of production once again have begun to claim public attention, after several decades in which economists fastened their attention on the problems of underconsumption. Wanniski's discussions of the Laffer curve concentrate on the relationship between the level of tax rates and the productivity of the economy. Claiming that the right level of tax rates is the crucial stimulant of economic growth and strength, Wanniski admits that he too is unable to stipulate what the right rate is. He nevertheless offers a definition of "rightness" which opens the door to his discussion of history and politics.
The right tax rate, Wanniski tells us, is the rate the public will support in an election during which it has been given a proper choice. This answer eliminates columns of dreary statistics and graphs, and brings us to the essence of Wanniski's political economy: the people know best, and Wanniski can tell us what they know and how they found it out. This proposition—which explains everything and nothing simultaneously—applies not only to nations in which the ballot lives; it applies to the whole world because the unschooled "global electorate" is as infallible as the university-trained Fabians of Bloomsbury. Even though the global electorate does not go to the polls, its members express themselves in the following ways: by emigration from countries whose policies ignore the Laffer curve; by allowing agricultural production to decline in countries which insufficiently reward the farmer; by assassination and bloody revolution in states whose policies make extreme measures necessary.
While the imputation of infallibility to the Many is scarcely more credible than imputing it to the One, Wanniski fashions out of this concept an effective device for asking the basic economic question: how is production possible? Why should anyone risk what he already owns in an untried enterprise? Why should anyone choose work over indolence? Or accept authority and direction, often from people he hates? And even welcome without much question the superior ingenuity of others?
These difficult psychological accommodations are needed to make production possible, and if it is to continue growing, the attitudes must persist far beyond the point at which the immediate needs of the producers themselves are satisfied. Wanniski's answer to this problem is that people will continue to produce as long as they feel the system augments their contribution to it. They make this judgment on the basis of their understanding of complex economic concepts which they learned while they were growing up.
To explain economic expansion and the deadening effect of progressive tax rates, Wanniski relies on man's natural grasp of marginal economics. Many economic writers believe that the lay public assumes that the marginal cost of the last unit produced is practically nothing, and that the entrepreneur derives an excessive reward for selling this unit at the same price as all the other units. Wanniski believes, to the contrary, that everyone instinctively understands that the cost of the marginal unit must include part of all the costs attributable to producing the units that preceded it in production.
Children, he tells us, learn the truth about marginal costs by observing parents in the act of losing their tempers, and by developing the art of wheedling and thus learning how to measure the effort needed to induce parents to opt for peace by giving candy. The child, he writes, comes to see that father loses his temper not because of a single childish outburst; the marginal cost—the last straw—is defined by all the other events that occurred previously to prepare the father to erupt. As children understand that what happened between Mom and Dad last night (or at work the previous day) is part of the cause of Dad's outburst, so they understand that the cost on the margin of production cannot be measured in isolation from the train of costs encountered earlier.
Wanniski follows this demonstration with a note to the effect that economists and politicians promptly forget their own learning and (as he says elsewhere) apply progressive tax rates to income. In fact, however, the steep rates charged on marginal income offend the taxpayer's understanding of the efforts necessary to produce it. This sense of injustice then stimulates large-scale evasion among those who recognize that their marginal income is what they had expected as a reward for the effort that produced the base income below the margin.
Wanniski culls additional evidence from history as proof of the ineffectiveness of high tax rates. He finds the historical process, like parent-child relations, less murky than it has heretofore appeared to others. The Roman empire flourished because Julius Caesar and Augustus installed lower tax rates, thus reducing the government "wedge"; the empire declined not because of Christianity but because of overtaxation. Napoleon's contribution to European economic development was a reduction in the government "wedge" which he brought about by lowering taxes and rationalizing laws and customs. Harding was elected President because the electorate understood that in calling for a return to normalcy, he was advocating lower income taxes. The debates in Congress over the Smoot-Hawley tariff precipitated fluctuations in the New York Stock Exchange and led directly to Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929. High income-tax rates, steeply progressive, explain Puerto Rico's poverty. Etc., etc.
One can be as skeptical of Wanniski's history as of his sociology, but the effectiveness of his work does not depend either on the depth of his analysis or on the appeal of his single-cause explanations. His ability to persuade comes from the growing feeling that other economic analyses have not solved the problems of inflation, under-utilization of plant, and continuing structural unemployment. The monetarist theory that the government can control the economy simply by adjusting the money supply has been no more successful than the Keynesian reliance on budgetary deficits when necessary to stimulate the economy. In this atmosphere, the doctors of economics look more and more like astrologers, while advocates of a new turn seem more convincing every day.
But, finally, in urging the propriety of tax cuts, Wanniski offers no protection against the risks his program entails. In the interim between tax reduction and economic revival (assuming his hunch is right), how shall the costs of government be covered? Wanniski makes the correct argument that inflation of incomes subject to progressive tax rates brings government a greatly augmented flow of revenue. But it is also true that government's needs grow even faster. And are not these needs equally the expression of the will of the infallible electorate?
What Wanniski has missed is that the growth of government's compass is at least as important a fact of modern political life as the resistance to higher taxes. This suggests that tax levels alone cannot account for the loss of productivity. In fact no single cause is responsible for a turn of events that probably reflects the attitudinal changes that follow the aging of a civilization. In the Britain and America of a hundred years ago, for example, public attitudes supported the steps necessary to favor economic development over the goals which are now being trumpeted by the elites: egalitarianism, anti-authoritarianism, conservation.
Thus Wanniski's work leaves his reader with less than a full understanding of what has happened to the modern economy. But the reader has nevertheless been helped to glimpse the choices that must be made if public policy is to foster economic growth. Other writers on public policy, who try to combine the advocacy of material prosperity for the poor with the renunciation of the steps needed to achieve and maintain that prosperity, have not yet seen the problem as clearly as Wanniski. If the Laffer curve helped his understanding, there may be more to it than there seems to be.


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Mark Gordon writes today on his blog about Breaking Open the Liberal Echo Chamber on the Aleteia web site. (no code in that title) The main theme of his essay seems to be that abortion is the key issue for liberals and that are views are monolithic. Hardly unless you are a Democratic National Convention delegate from both NEA and NOW. You can find his essay at http://www.aleteia.org/en/politics/article/breaking-open-the-liberal-ech...?
Mark walks the talk in his charitable work (he is the chair of his St. Vincent DePaul chapter and runs a homeless shelter), but he seems to be throwing up strawmen in his argument. While there are liberal feminists who indeed make the right of bodily self control absolute, and with good reason, there are other liberals who simply reject the criminalization not for some feminist agenda but because the prohibition on abortion simply does not work out the way the designers want - in much the same way the prohibition on alcohol and the current war on drugs are abject failures.
I have a formulation that would make Gordon's head spin. It is where the General Will meets the Thomistic idea of free will as chosing among the alternatives presented to it - each of which have elements of the Good but none being the pure Good - which is God in direct face-to-face contact (not just by teaching). If each person has that Thomistic free will than the General Will argument against abortion regulation is clear - the extent to which the General Will is not unanimous is the extent to which a police state is necessary to enforce lesser agreement. Whether the Enlightenment wards of the Inquisition or not is not a matter of philosophy as much as respect for the Divine Right of Conscience defeating the Divine Right of Kings (or the Magisterium itself). The Inquisition, now the CDF, has only as much power as we ourselves give it. I tend to ignore them unless I can get a good blog post out if it.


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Earlier this month, the US Social Security Administration announced that, once again, it wonât increase payments to seniors to reflect the rising cost of living. One US Member of Congress from Tampa is pushing for funds to help offset the increased cost of living for seniors â if it can escape Republicans.
For the third year in a row, the Social Security Administration wonât budge on the amount it pays out to seniors and others who rely on the system. US Member of Congress Kathy Castor says sheâs sponsoring a bill she hopes will at least slightly offset that.
"Before the Social Security Administration announced there would be no cost of living increase for the second year in a row I had already sponsored the Seniors Protection Act that will provide$250.00 to every Social Security recipient in the coming year."
Castor spoke today at an independent living facility for seniors in Tampa. The Social Security Administration reportedly based its decision on slow inflation. Castor says legislators canât control the math that goes into calculating payments, but they can ask it to pay out more.
"The Congress does not have control over the Social Security Administration's cost of living Consumer Price Index, but we do have the ability to file legislation if there are extenuating circumstances."
Titled the Seniors Protection Act, the bill will be the first legislation Congress takes up after next weekâs elections. Castor compares the one-time $250 payments to the stimulus, but she says federal government already has the money to pay for them.
"This will be fully paid for, so it's not deficit spending, but it will go a long way to helping our older neighbors be able to cope with rising costs."
About 3.7 million Floridians receive Social Security, and about 105,000 of them live in CastorâsCongressional district. She says a number of factors make it hard for seniors to maintain financial health.
"Over the past decade older Americans, and especially seniors throughout the Tampa Bay area have really struggled with lost retirement savings, reduced pensions, and the cost of housing. So it's been very troubling to many throughout the Tampa Bay area to hear from the Social Security Administration that, for the second year in a row, seniors will not receive a cost of living increase."
The average monthly Social Security check is about $1,100. Around 60% of seniors rely on these checks to cover more than half of their monthly expenses. For two years, the Social Security Administration has denied cost of living adjustments to these payments, and there are none scheduled in the foreseeable future. But Castor says sheâs afraid that the GOP will block the legislation like it has most major bills Democrats have proposed on Capitol Hill.
"Yes, very concerned about it because they've blocked unemployment compensation, they have not been on the side of small business owners but, let me tell you, when you have older Americans on your side you can accomplish almost anything. But, realistically, the United States Senate will be troublesome because they have that sixty vote requirement. But you don't give up, you continue to speak out for the folks who need it, who don't have the high powered lobbyists in Washington and we're going to continue to fight for them."
Castor is an incumbent running against Republican Mike Prendergast. A spokesperson for his campaign says Prendergast would support such legislation.
"The cost of living adjustment should be given to seniors as Social Security is a promise that we've made to them and, while the program will need to be looked at, the benefits including the cost of living adjustments should not be sacrificed at the expense of the seniors who have earned this entitlement."
But he questions the timing of Castor's announcement.
"On the other hand, though, while he's not arguing with the merits of the bill, he would argue the Congresswoman's motivation to pass it so closely to an election that she seems to think she has already won."
The debate over whether to place over 50 million seniors ability to feed and clothe themselves in the hands of Wall Street has been a key theme in the debate among Floridaâs Senate candidates. But those receiving the benefits face a more immediate challenge. Martha Mattie is a resident of the apartment complex Castor visited. She says even a one-time payment of $250 would go a long way.
"Some people doesn't get a big check and that helps. We're not getting no more raises on our Social Security. So that gives a chance for us people to use it mostly on pills. The cost of living is high."
The issue of cost of living has been a key theme in the debate among Floridaâs Senate candidates. While the debate over whether to place the ability for 50 million seniors to feed and clothe themselves in the hands of Wall Street goes on, recipients face a more immediate challenge.
Representative Castor is a member of the Congressional Task Force on Seniors. The Affordable Care Act, which is the legislation to which many Republicans refer as âObamacare,â also provided many seniors with $250 checks to help cover drug costs.comments powered by Disqus
Comments1.45 to the 10th???
Thatâs 3.7 million Floridians at $250 each⦠or $925M for Florida. But this is going national and thereâs 58 million Social Security recipients nationally⦠or $14,500,000,000⦠wait a minute⦠my calculator just took a dump⦠much like whatâs going to happen to Castor.
Whatâs in your walletâ¦
What??? Castor wins??? But my calculatorâs still broke⦠much like most Americans.


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A month ago today, I ended my five-year run as the basketball guide at About.com.
Actually, that's not 100% accurate. I started out as About's guide to college hoops, but pro basketball was added to my portfolio when the awesome Dennis Velasco moved on to other projects.
I enjoyed my run at About very much. It's a great gig, and I sincerely hope they'll thrive under their new corporate overlords from InterActive Corp. My departure had nothing to do with any of that; it was just time for something new.
I'll continue to be a contributor at Rotowire.com – my fantasy NBA waiver wire column runs there weekly and is occasionally picked up by Yahoo! Fantasy sports. And I'll be posting original content right here at Lane Violation.
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The answer to the gravel road is the same answer I give to most questions which revolves around the basic fundamentals of riding. First is that most riders ride out of balance (at least slightly) a majority of the time. And when you are out of balance the effects are amplified if the traction is compromised (gravel, sand, mud, snow). Second is that most riders compensate for the balance issue with speed or momentum. Add the fact that you are uncertain about the surface you are riding on and being tense or tight on the bike compounds the problems that are occurring. So in reality what is happening is a series of corrections, none of which are actually helping you to ride more relaxed, more in control and more efficiently. A lot of times you feel that you are not going fast enough (more speed would make you feel more balanced) and at the same time you don't feel comfortable slowing down (the out of balance shows its ugly head.)
OK, so in reality what we teach is recognizing a high level of balance and to have excellent control of the motorcycle through the throttle, clutch and brakes and using your balanced weight to control the bike and make it go where you want it to. Riding like this you rethink the braking points and then the lines you take when riding. You'll feel like you are going slower but in reality you'll be riding faster, mostly because of the far fewer mistakes that you make. And all this takes is practice once you get pointed in the right direction. It takes a full day of drills to put all the pieces together but after that it is all about practice and you can do that any time you are riding the motorcycle. Being in better control of the brakes and throttle only amplify the control you have on any surface.
As for the proper bike, the smaller the bike the more you will learn in the class as you can take the drills and push them farther without getting uncomfortable. Though we teach the same skill sets no matter the type pf bike in the beginning.
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Dear Dr. Forsythe: I am so tired of my pet's ears and the constant problems he has. "Ross" has had ear infections since he was a year old. He just turned five and got another ugly infection that required more cleanings and medicine that really doesn't seem to help too much. He has gotten quite squirrelly when we try to clean his ears out and put the drops in. He has even taken to snapping, and got my wife pretty good yesterday. So now it's about getting a muzzle on him and doing a choke hold, which kinda feels like torture. Just seems like we're heading fast to nowhere. Any suggestions?
Really done with ears
Dear Really: I'm really sorry to hear about the ear dilemma you have with Ross. Chronic ear problems can be very frustrating and difficult to handle because they can stem from many different causes. Some dogs have allergies to the environment, to parasites or to food that can cause ears to flare up over and over. Other pets get recurring infections from swimming or digging around in soil, leaves or debris. Certain breeds, such as the Bassett, have a genetic predisposition to ear infections because of the size, shape or "floppiness" of their ears. Still other dogs such as the Cocker Spaniel tend to have narrow ear canals and produce excessive amounts of oils which tend to incite chronic ear problems.
One school of thought is to be aggressive early when diagnosing ear problems in the dog. This means that it can very illuminating for the veterinarian to get a good ear swab and perform cytology under the microscope to see just what types of organisms are "growing" in your pet's ears. A quick gram stain will color the leave certain bacteria pink and stain the rest purple. This identification of gram "positive" or gram "negative" in the ear canals or the presence of small yeast called "malassesia" can greatly help determine which therapy will be most helpful most quickly.
In addition, when the doctor takes a sterile swab and sends it to the lab for an aerobic "culture/sensitivity" test, this will yield the actual type, if any, of specific species of bacteria growing in your dogs ears as well as determine which antibiotic will be effective in killing that germ. Of course, running these tests can cost a few hundred dollars, and many clients just don't have the budget to pay these lab fees. Consequently, we veterinarians often do the best we can in a limited financial situation and try sending home the most effective medicines that work in most cases — hoping that by showing clients how to clean ears and place medications, the problem will clear up.
Although your question gave me limited background information as to what tests (if any) were ever done on Russ back when this lengthy and miserable ear situation began, if those important tests were never done on Russ, this could be the reason why his ears remain a troubling and painful problem. I would suggest speaking with your veterinarian about stepping things up a bit in order to really find out exactly WHY his ears are so chronically painful. Getting a detailed, accurate diagosis would likely enable more focused, pinpoint treatment to get those ears under control once and for all.
In my opinion, poor Russ is acting completely normal for a pet that is frustrated, in pain, and just doesn't understand why the problem is getting resolved. Please don't give up. This isn't rocket science, it's chronic-otitis. Don't give up until you get some results!!
Dr. F


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Newborn Entry: Yakisoba Newborn!
Hi there, folks!
I was thinking about the idea of newborn, being able to be practially anything coming from a creation. If it comes out of nowhere, it can scare people easily. Then, after thinking for 2 weeks I figured it'd be something to see a pasta dragon coming out of the hands of a sorcerer cook.
Hope u like it!
Crits r very welcome
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PS: I'll be posting the evolutive pictures later on.
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Here u go! Hope it's cool. I redid about three or four whole drawings to get to this idea lol. Lots of work, but it's worth it.
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Jesse Schenker is a classically-trained French chef with a mean air guitar and an armful of heavy metal tattoos. That dichotomy characterizes the 29-year old Gordon Ramsay protégé, who has made a name for himself by taking high end risks like opening a private dining club in Harlem and making it public in 2010, moving Recette to the West Village. Today, Jesse has moved on from Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen and into his own, bringing his brand of cool to a neighborhood that has long deserved a second chance. More


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I'm looking for a half-remembered story I could *swear* was from a Farmer's Almanac when I was younger, late 1970s-1980s. Here is what I remember, but it may differ from the real thing:
A frontier family is outside their farmhouse. People are either just arriving or just leaving, and there is a wagon or carriage present. The father descends from the wagon but just... vanishes. No one sees where he went, and indeed there is nowhere he *could* have gone. They hear a faint voice calling out in the vicinity of where he went missing, but no amount of searching can locate him. The voice calls out over the next few days, getting fainter and fainter, until it disappears altogether.
Can anyone remember this story, or help me narrow down the issue of Farmer's Almanac it's from (if indeed it is from TOFA)?
Check this possible source: http://www.castleofspirits.com/strangediss.html
It is possible that some version of the "original" appeared in several magazines during the 1950s. Maybe that's where you first saw it.
This is exactly it -- thank you so much! It's funny what sticks in one's memory.
Have you ever compiled a list of storytellers that specialize or craft many of their stories using Almanac source material? I know to check with storytelling associations.


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2) In addition, I found that this roundabout section is incompatible with the default feature slider from Pagelines. Whenever I activate the Roundabout section I can't see my feature section any more (in the left column in my WordPress dashboard - this means that I can't edit my features any longer). Whenever I deactivate the Roundabout section, the feature section fires up again.
I look forward to hearing about a satisfactory solution for both issues.
Can you give me (at least) the default settings with which the demo on http://adammunns.com/roundabout/ runs?
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As previously reported on DiS, Jarcrew and Million Dead are about to embark on a co-headline Rock Sound sponsored jaunt around the UK, cunningly titled the "Rock Stars" tour, with bright young things The Coalfield and The Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg in tow.
However, the Glasgow date has been changed; this show, previously billed at King Tuts on Tuesday 22nd April, will now take place at the Glasgow Barfly, on the same date. Please note that The Murder Of Rosa Luxemburg will not play the Glasgow show; however they will still play the other four dates.
Those tour dates now look like this:
Monday 21st Nottingham Old Angel
Tuesday 22nd Glasgow Barfly
Wednesday 23rd Sheffield Corporation
Thursday 24th Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
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Labado — Residents from Labado area, Yassin locality in East Darfur, have complained about the deteriorating health conditions and educational services, Radio Dabanga was informed on Friday November 16.
Additionally, the residents have complained about the spread of diseases due to the lack of medicine and its high prices. A local resident told Radio Dabanga that the region is experiencing a significant deterioration in health services. He added that maternal health in particular is affected; explaining that many women die during childbirth.
The resident attributes the deterioration to the shortage in medical staff, as well as the lack of medicine and its high prices. He disclosed that the area is also suffering from a shortage of drinking water, adding that the price of two water tins has doubled (from one to two Sudanese Pounds).
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Outdated equipment at Weems Memorial Hospital, in need of repair or replacement, has led to a shift to Sacred Heart Hospital on the Gulf of mammography services for Franklin County.
Franklin Needs, Inc. the volunteer group of Franklin County women who have been instrumental in raising funds for providing breast cancer screenings, has announced that beginning this month, all the mammograms that they fund will be performed at Sacred Heart.
The decision to direct business to the hospital in Port St. Joe came as a result of a perfect storm of factors - a breakdown in Weems' outdated analog mammography machine, the preference by physicians for digital mammograms and Sacred Heart's competitive pricing for the diagnostic procedure.
"The program is moving to the next closest hospital (to Weems) which is Sacred Heart," said Elaine Kozlowsky, a board member for Franklin Needs. "They have given us a better price than either Weems or Bay Radiology, a flat fee for screening digital mammogram, diagnostic mammogram and ultrasound."
Weems CEO Ray Brownsworth said between Nov. 2011 and Oct. 2012, Weems conducted 58 mammography tests, and has done about 20 in the past seven months.
"The majority of those were being diverted already, even when the machine was up and working, because the analog (equipment) was no longer able to meet the requirements of the diagnosing physicians," said Brownsworth. "They (women) would come here and get re-sent over to Bay Medical at the time."
Brownsworth said there had been a drop-off in utilization prior to the decision by Franklin Needs, which came following a meeting with the CEO. "They met with me prior to the decision and sought my input which I greatly appreciate," said Brownsworth. "In that meeting, I shared our plan to replace our older technology and to once again provide mammography services to the women of Franklin County. They were supportive and expressed a desire to resume our relationship in the future."
Kozlowsky said "we're hoping to have this equipment at our hospital someday. Our original plan was to be self-sufficient and for all the money raised to remain in Franklin County."
She said that two members of the Franklin Needs board also serve on the board of the Weems Foundation. "We are hoping support from the community for the Weems Foundation to raise the money for equipment for the program," she said.
So far this year, Franklin Needs has raised $40,000, she said.
Brownsworth said that repairing the analog machine, which was purchased in 2009 through a grant written by former Weems CEO Chuck Colvert, would not make sense.
"The processor has broken and rather than fix it, for the low volume of tests we get, prefer to reinvest in new technology, in digital mammography," he said, noting that a used digital machine could cost in the range of $175,000.
"We are also evaluating the possibility of mobile digital mammography," Brownsworth said. "It will be a strategic decision related to capital. It is a service that we'd like to provide to the community we serve but I'm going to have to find a cost-effective means of doing that."
Kozlowsky said that about 100 women have been served by the program since its inception. "Many have had repeated examinations," she said.
Eligibility is limited to county residents who have no health insurance and are aged 35-64, she said. Those who are transportation disadvantaged can apply for assistance at Croom's, and if granted, would cost them only $4 per trip.
If a biopsy is required, they are performed at Bay Radiology, Kozlowsky said. She said that for those who have had mammograms performed at Bay Radiology, Sacred Heart will request the records when an appointment is scheduled.
"We will continue to pay for testing up to diagnosis as long as funds are available," she said.


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25th June 2014
Putin: It is a fictional idea that Russia is anti-gay – we don't execute gays 14
4:39 PM — Russian President Vladimir Putin has addressed international controversy surrounding his country's recently introduced anti-gay law, to say that because the country does not execute gay people, it is "fictional" that gay people are oppressed.
Kyrgyzstan Parliamentary Committee passes bill to ban LGBT 'propaganda' 1
3:51 PM — The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan's Human Rights Committee has approved a bill banning LGBT "propaganda", and a full parliamentary vote may take place this week.
18th June 2014
UK: Lotus F1 Team fired PR head over Russia gay kiss tweet
2:38 PM — Lotus F1 Team allegedly fired its PR manager, after he tweeted a picture of two men kissing on the company's Twitter feed to protest the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
30th May 2014
Kyrgyzstan urged by human rights groups to scrap anti-gay bills 2
12:05 PM — The parliament in Kyrgyzstan is being urged to reject legislation which would ban "foreign agents" and "homosexual propaganda".
Lord Browne: New Russian law is about 'political posturing, not disgust for gay people' 9
11:43 AM — Former BP boss Lord Browne, who recently suggested the oil giant could send gay staff to countries like Russia, has now said he doesn't think Vladimir Putin is anti-gay, but just a "pragmatist".
29th May 2014
Canadian teenage Olympic luger comes out as gay 18
2:50 PM — On his 18th birthday, Canadian Olympian John Fennell has publicly come out as gay.
26th May 2014
Lord Browne: BP should send gay employees to Russia to push for change 3
6:35 PM — The former CEO of British Petroleum, Lord Browne, has said the company could send gay employees into countries like Russia which have anti-gay laws.
23rd May 2014
Russia: Prosecutors to investigate series of children's books after 'gay propaganda' complaint 5
3:16 PM — Prosecutors in Russia are to investigate a series of children's books after complaints that they "threaten the cultural values" of the country through acceptance of gay relationships.
9th May 2014
Russian authorities approve IDAHOT event for activist – despite anti-gay laws
6:59 PM — An annual event aimed at tackling homophobic attitudes has been approved despite the introduction of Russia's anti-gay laws last summer
1st May 2014
Scottish Govt denounces Russian homophobia after Alex Salmond praises Putin 12
7:11 PM — Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has been criticised for making favourable comments towards Vladimir Putin.
29th April 2014
LGBT people in Crimea and Ukraine fear persecution under Russian anti-gay law
7:44 PM — Concerns have been raised for the safety of LGBT people in Ukraine, Crimea and Russia amid a crisis in the area.
IOC and UN agree to 'use sport to build a better world' following Russian anti-gay law controversy at Sochi 6
6:52 PM — Following an international outrage at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics the International Olympics Committee (IOC) and United Nations (UN) have signed an agreement vowing to "use sport to build a better world."
16th April 2014
Over 100,000 tell IOC: No more Olympic Games in countries with anti-gay laws 2
6:28 PM — More than 100,000 people have signed an All Out petition calling on the International Olympic Committee to make sure that future Olympic events are not held in countries with anti-gay laws.
6th April 2014
Blondie icon Debbie Harry comes out as bisexual 20
2:10 PM — Blondie star Debbie Harry has revealed she is bisexual and thinks "women are more sensual."
1st April 2014
Alec Baldwin to play Putin in biopic about Russian President's life 25
11:39 AM — US actor Alec Baldwin is set to play Vladimir Putin in a film about the Russian President's life.
30th March 2014
Ghanaian ex-deputy speaker: British family values are under a 'satanic attack' from gay rights advocates 41
12:35 PM — A former senior politician in Ghana has claimed that British family values are in "a serious crisis" due to the promotion of gay rights.
25th March 2014
Campaigns demand FIFA bans Russia from hosting 2018 World Cup due to anti-gay law 6
3:01 PM — Campaigns in the UK and US featuring petitions with signatures from 60 countries are demanding that FIFA should relocate the 2018 World Cup from Russia.
24th March 2014
Russia: Thugs attack members of St Patrick's Day flash mob mistaking them for gay activists 26
3:28 PM — A group of thugs in the Russian city of Irkutsk beat up members of a St Patrick's day flashmob recently, mistakenly believing they were gay activists.
20th March 2014
Openly gay retired figure skater Johnny Weir confirms separation from husband 7
8:02 PM — Retired US figure skater Johnny Weir has publicly announced that he and his husband have separated.
17th March 2014
US reverend: Obama should be more like Putin in tackling gay issues 5
8:05 PM — A US evangelist has made the claim that Obama should look to Russian President Vladimir Putin for inspiration with how to handle gay rights.


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22nd February 2013
US: Lawyers urge Supreme Court to remove all bans on equal marriage nationwide 3
6:32 PM — Two attorneys have filed a brief with the US Supreme Court, adding their view to the pile of those weighing in on what position the court should take on bans on same-sex marriages.
Australia: Brother of anti-gay party leader urges Melbourne to cut ties with St Petersburg over homophobic law 2
6:28 PM — LGBT activist Carl Katter, half-brother of anti-gay politician Bob Katter, has called on Melbourne to follow Venice and Milan by cutting ties with St Petersburg over homophobic laws.
American Family Association accuses NFL's Tim Tebow of losing Christian 'street cred' for shunning anti-gay church 14
4:24 PM — Bryan Fischer has accused NFL quarterback Tim Tebow of giving in to "nattering nabobs" over his decision to pull out of a speech he was due to make at a controversial anti-gay church in Dallas.
US: Hollywood restaurant sued by lesbian ex-employee over homophobic and racist abuse 1
3:57 PM — A lesbian who left her job as a chef at a Hollywood restaurant due to racist and homophobic discrimination has launched a lawsuit against the establishment and its owner.
21st February 2013
Northern Ireland: Bereaved mother appeals for information on death of her gay son 8
7:09 PM — The family of a gay rights campaigner, who died in February 2012, have appealed for information about his last movements, particularly regarding a possible homophobic attack on him the morning of his death.
Italian newspaper claims Pope's resignation was part finalised by concerns of a 'gay lobby' within the Catholic Church 37
2:21 PM — An Italian newspaper is blaming the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on a "gay lobby" within the Vatican.
Obama considers intervening on Supreme Court equal marriage decision 10
12:07 PM — President Obama is considering intervening on the Supreme Court's decision on Proposition 8, the controversial ruling that banned same-sex marriage in California in 2008.
Australia: Gay kids bullied by teachers as well as other students says study 10
11:20 AM — A report by Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG), based in the Australian state of Queensland, says 70% of gay students have been bullied because of their sexuality, even by their teachers.
20th February 2013
New York: Gay man attacked on subway and called 'faggot' as other passengers look on 39
7:13 PM — A 23-year-old gay man was attacked while riding the New York subway with his partner, who said that other passengers watched while he was beaten.
Russian Foreign Ministry 'seriously worried' to learn of orphan adopted by lesbian 11
5:57 PM — Russian officials have voiced concern over a boy adopted by an American lesbian couple, saying his situation is "morally dubious".
Labour MP Steve Reed: Gordon Brown was 'wrong' not to support same-sex marriage as PM 15
5:21 PM — In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, Steve Reed, Labour's newly elected MP for Croydon North, says Gordon Brown's failure to support marriage equality as PM and Labour leader is a source of regret.
19th February 2013
Alaskan Republicans apologise for 'inappropriate' laughter over same-sex unions question 7
6:06 PM — Leading Repiblicans of the Alaska House of Representatives have apologised for laughing when the issue of civil unions was raised at a caucus.
Study: 3.5% of Americans are LGBT 26
5:53 PM — A state-by-state poll in the US claims to put an end to estimates of what percentage of the population identifies as LGBT.
European Court of Human Rights rules that Austria's adoption laws discriminated against lesbian couple 7
5:40 PM — A lesbian couple in Austria have won an ECHR case in which they claimed that adoption laws in their home country discriminated against them.
Oscar Pistorius dropped from 'It Gets Better' South Africa campaign against anti-gay bullying 9
11:12 AM — The South African branch of the 'It Gets Better' campaign, which tackles anti-LGBT bullying, has severed its ties with Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius following his arrest over the shooting of his girlfriend.
18th February 2013
UK theatre producer David Cecil: Most Ugandans are not homophobic and it is not a terrible place 28
8:42 PM — British theatre producer David Cecil has spoken of how he was taken from his family in Uganda for staging a play with a gay character, but says that the majority of Ugandans are not homophobic.
Cameroon: Lawyer vows return to defending gay rights despite death threats to his children 5
8:27 PM — A Cameroonian lawyer who received threats that his children would be "sacrificed" for his defence of gay people has said he hopes to return to his work in Cameroon rather than seek safety with his family in the US.
US: Massachusetts issues rules respecting identity of transgender students 3
8:05 PM — The Massachusetts Department of Education has said that students should be able to use facilities like bathrooms and join sports teams according to the gender they identify with.
UK: Brighton Pride announces theme for 2013
3:19 PM — Brighton Pride 2013 has announced that the theme for this year will be 'Gay Icons', which they hope will inspire costumes ranging from Alan Turing to Lady Gaga.
Turkey: Children fostered by European gay couples will be retrieved 35
12:04 PM — The Turkish Human Rights Commission has said that Turkish children fostered by gay European couples should be returned to their families or given to Turkish couples instead.


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RR Sport launch: behind the scenes
Daniel Craig takes car reveals to the next level...
Posted: 19 Jun 2013
He claims not to be a helpless petrolhead, but admits that he is working with Aston Martin's design director Marek Reichman on a bespoke Vanquish, to go with the Range Rover Sport that is part-payment for helping launch the thing to the world. There's also a 1959 Land Rover Series II and a 1978 Jaguar XJC in the garage back in England, so '007' is definitely doing his bit for the old country.
The last time I met him, on the set of 2006's all-conquering Bond reboot Casino Royale, there were two surprising admissions. Firstly, that he was too hungover to make his first driving test so bailed. Secondly, that the first car he owned once he had passed it was a Datsun Sunny. "I lied!" he laughs. "No, it's true. I spent 5p on the car, and another 5p putting skirts on it..."
Bond in a Datsun. Not MI6 standard issue, but everyone's got to start somewhere.


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Replace the same characters by the same numerals so that the mathematical operations are correct.
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This is Basohli
Basohli is a small town and is a Tehsil Headquarter. It is situated on the right bank of River Ravi at an altitude of 1876 ft. It is founded by Raja Bhupat Pal sometimes in 1635. It was known for magnificient places which are now in ruins and miniatures paintings (Basohli Paintings).
About 80 km. away from the district headquarters of Kathua, nestling among the low lying hills, stands a quaint little settlement, its withered magnificence a mute testimony to the glory it must have been in its heydey. Yet, the fortress town of Basohli, perched magnificently atop a low hill at the edge of a verdant wood has left a mark on the cultural horizon of India.
Basohli Painting (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia):: Basohli, a town of Kathua, is widely known for its paintings called Basohli Paintings. Immortalised by their artistic eminences and their connoisseur patrons, Basohli today is a metaphor for a vigorous, bold and imaginative artistic style, rich, stylish and unconventional. A style of painting characterized by vigorous use of primary colours and a peculiar facial formula prevailed in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries in the foothills of the Western Himalayas in the Jammu and Punjab States. The earliest paintings in this style have been dated to the time of Raja Kirpal Pal (1678-93) .
The earliest paintings in this style originated in Basohli from where the style spread to the Hill States of Mankot, Nurpur, Kulu, Mandi, Suket, Bilaspur, Nalagarh, Chamba, Guler and Kangra. The first mention of Basohli painting is in the annual report of the Archaeological Survey of India for the year 1918-19 published in 1921. Referring to the acquisitions of the Archaelogical Section of the Central Museum, Lahore, the report states that "a series of old paintings of the Basohli School were purchased, and the Curator concludes that the Basohli Schools is possibly of pre-Moghul origin, and so called Tibeti pictures are nothing but late productions of this school".
During the rule of Amrit Pal (1757-1776) a good deal of painting in the Guler style was done at Basohli. Possibly it is the work of Ranjha, a son of Nainsukh, who had settled at that place. Guler style continued at Basohli during the rule of Vijay Pal (1776-1806) and Mahendra Pal (1806-1813) (Source- http://chdmuseum.nic.in)
school of Pahari miniature painting that flourished in the Indian hill states during the late 17th and the 18th centuries, known for its bold vitality of colour and line. Though the school takes its name from the small independent state of Basohli, the principal centre of the style, examples are found throughout the region.
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Basohli painting
school of Pahari miniature painting that flourished in the Indian hill states during the late 17th and the 18th centuries, known for its bold vitality of colour and line. Though the school takes its name from the small independent state of Basohli, the principal centre of the style, examples are found throughout the region.
Pahari painting
style of miniature painting and book illustration that developed in the independent states of the Himalayan foothills in India. The style is made up of two markedly contrasting schools, the bold intense Basohli and the delicate and lyrical Kangra. Pahari paintingsometimes referred to as Hill painting (pahari means the hills)is closely related in conception and feeling to ...
Pahari style: Basohli school
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The origins of this remarkable style are not yet understood, but it is clear that the style was flourishing toward the close of the 17th century. The earliest dated paintings are illustrations to the Rasamanjari of Bhanudatta (a Sanskrit work on poetics), executed for a ruler of Basohli (1690; Boston Museum of Fine Arts). Bold colour, vigorous drawing, and primitive ...
in Hindu mythology, one of the many forms of the goddess Sakti (Shakti), the consort of Siva (Shiva). Her best-known feat was the slaying of the buffalo-demon Mahisasura. According to legend, she was created for this purpose out of flames that issued from the mouths of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, and the lesser gods. She was born fully grown and beautiful; nevertheless, she ...
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I'm an iBook user. I'd like to know whether I could use MyTV or MyTV/fm with my iBook?
I've noticed that lip-sync is off if I run my monitor at a resolution higher than 640 x 480 and play MyTV in Full Screen mode.
Yes it does work with an iBook. But since there is no "Sound In" port you need to hook your external speakers directly to the sound out port of the MyTV. Or purchase a USB Powered HUB and a Analog Audio to USB converter.
Depending on the speed of your system and the graphics accelerator (built-in or 3rd party) you may notice lip-sync being off. This has to due with non-linear video scaling. The best way to insure accurate lip-sync is to play MyTV so the graphics accelerator isn't asked to perform non-linear interpolation. To do this, play MyTV at ½, Normal or Double resolution; and if playing Full Screen, by setting your desktop resolution to 640x480.
How do I set my system to get the best frame rate and lip-sync performance?
Do any of the Eskape products work on a G4?
Yes. All of our products will work on G3 and G4 systems.
Will any of the Eskape Products work on an older system with a G3 or G4 processor upgrade card?
No. All of our products require your system to be a native Apple G3 or G4 system.
Do any of the Eskape products pass audio and video over the USB cable?
No, all of Eskape Labs USB devices currently pass only VIDEO over the USB cable. AUDIO is dealt with by connecting the audio output from the audio source, (DVD, VCR, etc.) to the audio-in port on MyTV-MyTV/fm and then connecting the audio-out of MyTV-MyTV/fm to your Macintosh audio-in ("Mic"" port. All cables for this audio installation are supplied with your MyTV or MyTV/fm purchase.
I hooked up a MyTV device, but I can't seem to hear any audio. Why?
MyTV and MyTV/fm DO NOT pass AUDIO over the USB cable, only video. AUDIO is dealt with by connecting the audio output from the audio source, (DVD, VCR, etc.) to the audio-in port on MyTV-MyTV/fm and then connecting the audio-out of MyTV-MyTV/fm to your Macintosh audio-in ("Mic"" port. All cables for this audio installation are supplied with your MyTV or MyTV/fm purchase.
Why would I need a PAL/SECAM version of MyTV?
You would need a PAL/SECAM MyTV if you live in a country that transmits in these broadcast standards. To find out if you need a PAL/SECAM unit, check out the TV Tuner Compatibility List at www.eskapelabs.com
Does the MyTV family of products support closed captioning or Teletext?
Not at this time, but we are in the process of adding these features to future products.
How many megabytes does 1 hour of video capture use?
MyTV and MyTV/fm use a highly efficient Motion JPEG compression algorithm. With MyTV or MyTV/fm one hour of captured video requires approximately 3GB of hard drive space. By way of example, the same hour of video captured from a DV video stream would require over 18GB of drive space.
I installed MyTV on my G4 running OS 9, why is lip-sync off?
Several things need to be disabled on a G4 system in order for lip-sync to be correct. Set your system thusly:
What are your plans for improving the EskapeTV application?
The EskapeTV application will have periodic updates that will add the following features: Automatic Channel Scanning, Timer Record Features, Tele-Text for Europe, and Closed Captioning for the US.
How many of your USB video products can I run on one computer at a time?
At this time only one USB video device can be run.
Why do I get a white video screen when I launch EskapeTV?
A white video screen usually means that there is an extension conflict. The most common conflict occurs when MyTV is being installed on a system that has had XLR8's Interview USB Capture solution previously installed. The Interview extensions must be removed before a valid install of MyTV-MyTV/fm can occur. To get rid of the Interview extensions, delete or remove the following files from the "Extensions" folder:
Shell Interface Library
Shell Settings Panel
Shell Video Digitizer
Also, make sure the MyTV is plugged directly into the USB port on the MAC, not through a HUB.
You may want to disconnect the HUB altogether as a test.
Make sure no other USB devices are connected to the machine they maybe eating up the bandwidth available.
And close down any unnecessary applications running on the machine.
Also make sure you have the newest version of QuickTime installed on the machine.
And if all this fails it maybe the MyTV unit itself is defective and needs to be replaced.
Why is the Country selection grayed out and stuck on Antigua?
This can mean three different things:
To fix:
(Please make sure that EskapeTV is not running when performing the following tasks)
Uninstalling the Eskape Software
Open the System folder and delete any files beginning with Eskape.
Open the Preferences folder and delete any files beginning with Eskape.
You can also search for any files beginning with Eskape using the search option, and delete any files found.
Once all of the Eskape files have been deleted, you can then reload the software like a new installation.
Deleting the EskapeTV Preferences
Weeding out an extension conflict
If the Country selection is still grayed out after performing these two tasks, then please contact Tech Support for further assistance.
When watching EskapeTV, everything seems fine for about 30 seconds. Then video slows down and gets real choppy. My only solution is to keep moving the mouse in order to get real time video. What can I do to fix this?
Open the Energy Saver Control panel and select the Advanced option. Make sure "Allow CPU Cycling" is turned off.
If you can't access the Energy Saver Control panel, then launch the extension manager and make sure that it is enabled. Restart the system and then do the above steps.
EVEN IF the Energy saver control panel is disabled, turned off, and extensions are all deleted, the cpu cycling is turned on by OS automatically by default. So, you must go in, and enable the energy saver, and then turn off the "Allow CPU cycling" setting in there.
I hear a strange audio "hum" sound in the backround of the main audio when using the MyTV device
Engineering is currently looking for a solution to this problem. It is recommended to also check to be sure that the audio cables are all connected correctly, and firmly, and be sure that no cables are overlapping each other.
I hear Phantom noise/static spontaneously coming through the unit even when the viewer software is not running with MyTV
This is caused by the system throwing out interference, the tuner picking the interference back up. And then sending it over to the speakers. To get rid of this completely, plug the audio from the box directly into your speakers.
I hear One blip of the same kind of noise when the USB devices are being mounted at start-up
Same as above. This is caused by the system throwing out interference, the tuner picking the interference back up. And then sending it over to the speakers. To get rid of this completely, plug the audio from the box directly into your speakers.
When using MyTV, the image freezes, and may result in random lines, and static audio
This usually happens when the signal is too weak, or there is a lot of interference coming from some other device. Try moving the cables around, and make sure they aren't crossing any power cords. Also try another device, such as a VCR. If it does it on this, then maybe you have a defective unit.
Occasional lock-ups during computer start-up before any extensions are loaded?
This can be anything from an extension conflict to the system just crashing. Try booting up with the base extensions on, and only our extensions enabled and see if it still happens.
MyTV freezes when I initialize the Video Source
The presence of other Video digitizers on the system will cause this. Simply disconnecting the other devices , and removing the associated extensions should correct this.
MyTV will not tune in any channels?
Open the MyTV and go to edit, preferences, make sure the proper country is selected. Then go to control, manual tunning, select the video source, "Antenna or cable", and the format NTSC (U.S.), etc.. Place a channel number and then click on "GO". Also try going to the control, channel presets, and click on antenna or cable to scan for channels. If the screen continues to be blue then there is a signal problem. Check the cable that is being used on another video source.
MyTV will not display an image when a VCR is connected to the video.
Go to Control, select video, choose NTSC, then click on GO. If the image is still blue this could indicate a signal problem, make sure that the proper source is selected, Svideo or video. Also go to edit, preferences, make sure that the proper country is selected.
MyTV will capture and display as a quicktime file, but the file is not recognized.
Go to control, video settings, and make sure that "Motion JPEG" is selected for the compressor. Also update to the latest version of quicktime.
I get slow mouse movement when mirroring when using MyView
Try turning off CPU cycling. It is also recommended to update Quicktime. The mouse still may not be as smooth as in the mirroring, as it is on the system. This is due simply to the poor bandwidth of the USB port. MyView only runs between 5-20fps, depending on the speed of the system. This is all also relevant to the image quality as well.
When mirroring image to a TV set with MyView, and playing live video on imac, the image will be frozen on the TV set
It is recommended to update to the latest version of Quicktime. Also, be sure that no other programs are running at the same time.
Why are the sharpness, black lev, white lev controls not selectable/greyed out in the MyTV software?
These are not selectable by the hardware, and are present because of the standard QuickTime dialogue box.
Why doesn't the software remember the video and sound settings made after exiting?
The current application does not save the levels. This should be addressed in a future software update.
Can I use Appleworks or iMovie with MyView, MyTV, or MyVideo?
No, this currently will not work.
If you use something like Quicktime Pro, you can convert the file to the DV (digital video) format that iMovie uses, and import the file to iMovie this way.
How do I get audio to work with one of your products if I am using a G4 Cube or other Mac system that lacks an analog audio input?
Apple has been releasing systems lately that lack analog audio inputs. So far the systems without analog audio are:
*We expect all future systems to follow this digital audio strategy.
Solution for audio is to connect separate powered speakers, or headphones directly to the MyTV unit to hear the sound.
Users can otherwise use the iMic by Griffin, if they also wish to capture audio during video capture as well . Apple has recently addressed an ongoing issue with Griffin that prevented the on-screen display of our video when USB audio was selected as the audio source. Apple's fix is included in QuickTime 5.0 available for download from Apple's web site: www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
Griffin has also released the iMic Control Panel: www.griffintechnology.com/audio/imic_control.html
The iMic Control Panel allows the user to select between either mode.
Will any of the Eskape products work on Mac OS X ?
The MyTV/X Drivers work with the following products: MyTV & MyTV/fm - All NTSC, PAL and SECAM units MyTV2GO & MyTV2GO/fm All NTSC PAL and SECAM units MyCapture II MyVideo (Video Capture and Viewing only - no video out) Note: OS X drivers do not work with MyVIEW and do not provide "video out" support on MyVideo.
MyTV Fails after installation of Quicktime 6
This is a known issue within QT6 and it is currently being looked into. You can restore QT5 on the system with the download provided by Apple.
Click HERE for OS 9 instructions.
Click HERE for OS X instructions.
There are also instructions on how to revert back to Quicktime 5 on Apple's web site.
Can I use any of the Eskape products with the Mac Performa Line?
No, the Eskape products work only with Imac, G3, G4, and Ibook.
I'm having problems using MyTV or another Eskape productThrough a USB Hub?
If the MyTV is not working, and it is connected through a USB hub, disconnect the hub, and plug the MyTV directly into the USB port on the Mac. Reload the software for the MyTV and get it configured and working. It is not recommended to connect any of the Eskape products through a USB hub. Connecting directly to the USB port on the Mac is required.
Reloading or Updating the OS on the Mac
When reloading the OS or updating the OS, be sure to first disconnect the Eskape product from the USB port, and reconnect it once the OS has been installed.


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so glad canoodle was picked over crotch. ha!
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Happy Wednesday Hun xoxo
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this is pretty much the best thing i have ever seen.
can't wait til he gets to "P" – fingers crossed for persnickety!
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Crotch over chartreuse? Gee, you can tell this is the work of a guy?
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Brilliant, just brilliant
I wish I thought of these things!
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My favorite is the fuck play-in bracket. Predictable, I know, but I debate the merits of all of the fuck-derived words like, weekly.
07-20-12 » 3:31 pm »
Betwixt and Canoodle are definitely fun words to say. What a fun post!!
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Excellent… I need more brackets. This is why the internet is worth the occasional browse.
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The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has dismissed as "grossly misleading" statements by the City of Cape Town, Right2Know and other interest groups that it will implement electronic tolling in Cape Town, as it has in Gauteng.
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"This means the concessionaire will design, finance, operate and maintain the road, returning it to the state in a specified condition at the concession period. "Secondly, there will be conventional toll plazas along the N1 and N2. The electronic or automated method of payment is a possible future consideration, dependant on traffic volumes."
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Mona said the upgrading of the Western Cape's N1-N2 Winelands highway road network is a major infrastructural investment.
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This also includes 14 new or upgraded interchanges, the provision of a second tunnel at Du Toitskloof on the N1, auxiliary and climbing lanes, toll-related infrastructure and equipment, as well as integration of facilities with public transport projects.
"It is always Sanral's aim that the users of the new tolled facility, be it a brand new road or an upgraded existing road, will derive a real benefit when using that facility, in comparison to what it was.
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OGC Op. No. 08-10-01
The Office of General Counsel issued the following opinion on October 6, 2008 representing the position of the New York State Insurance Department.
RE: Group Health Insurance, Employee-Employer Groups
Questions Presented:
1. Do group health insurance laws require that the participants have an employer-employee relationship, or can they be "1099 type" employees?
2. Is there a regulation that requires an employer to pay a certain percentage of the gross premium for group health insurance?
1. To qualify for group health insurance, covered individuals do not have to be in a formal employer-employee relationship, provided that the "employer" exercises control over the "employee." However, most independent contractors would not qualify for employer-employee group health insurance.
2. There is no requirement under the New York Insurance Law or the regulations promulgated thereunder regulating the amount of the employer's contribution for group health insurance.
The inquiry is of a general nature, without reference to particular facts.
Insurance Law
A policy issued to an employer . . . which employer . . . shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring with or without evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer, employees of such employer, and insuring, except as hereinafter provided, all of such employees or all of any class or classes thereof determined by conditions pertaining to the employment or a combination of such conditions and conditions pertaining to the family status of the employee, for insurance coverage on each person insured based upon some plan which will preclude individual selection. . . . The premium for the policy shall be paid by the policyholder, either from the employer's funds, or from funds contributed by the insured employees, or from funds contributed jointly by the employer and employees. If all or part of the premium is to be derived from funds contributed by the insured employees, then such policy must insure not less than fifty percent of such eligible employees or, if less, fifty or more of such employees
Notwithstanding the allowance of "evidence of insurability satisfactory to the insurer" in Insurance Law
Insurance Law § 4235(d)(1) defines the term "employee" as follows:
In this section, for the purpose of insurance hereunder: "employees" includes the officers, managers, employees and retired employees of the employer and of subsidiary or affiliated corporations of a corporate employer, and the individual proprietors, partners, employees and retired employees of affiliated individuals and firms controlled by the insured employer through stock ownership, contract or otherwise; "employees" may be deemed to include the individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual proprietor or a partnership; and "employees" as used in subparagraph (A) of paragraph one of subsection (c) hereof may also include the directors of the employer and of subsidiary or affiliated corporations of a corporate employer.
It is presumed that the term "1099 type employee", means an individual with respect to which the "employer" must file with the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) an information return in accordance with a federal regulation, 26 C.F.R. § 1.6041-1 (2006). Because "1099 type employees" are usually considered independent contractors, they are not generally eligible to be issued certificates from a group health insurance policy issued to an employee-employee group.
However, the Insurance Department has previously considered the situation of "independent" truckers that had contracted with a common carrier. See Office of General Counsel Opinion dated September 19, 2000. Based upon the contract there between the truck operators and the common carrier, the Department determined, notwithstanding that the truck operators were not employees for other purposes, that sufficient control by the common carrier existed so the independent truckers could be considered "affiliated" with the common carrier, and thus "employees" for the purpose of New York Insurance Law
In construing the contribution requirements of Insurance Law
The provision of health benefits by an employer is considered an "employee welfare benefit plan" under the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C.
Employee Benefit Security Administration
United States Department of Labor
33 Whitehall Street
New York, NY 10004.
For further information you may contact Principal Attorney Alan Rachlin at the New York City Office.