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So now that Anarchy Reigns is less than a month away from its North American and European release date (January 8th), I've decided to make a thread for a potential week 1, Giant Bomb community tournament that would take place on the weekend of January 12th. Last time I did something like this, it was pretty popular, so I'd like to see how many people are interested for this even though I don't expect as great of a response this time (I could be wrong given the game will retail for $29.99).
This isn't a thread for people to sign up or anything. All I want to see is people responding if they'd be interested in this along with which platform they'd be getting the game for (this would most likely be a PS3 event since that's what I'm getting it for). It's just to gauge interest and see if I should bother organizing something like this at all.
Also, I'd like opinions on which game mode should be used for this. People might actually need to experience the game for themselves to make a proper decision, but it wouldn't hurt getting opinions on that now.
Game Modes
Battle Royale
Up to 16 players can play against each other in this game mode, with the minimum being 8. The winners are determined by number of kills.
From what I can tell, this is basically Battle Royale with 4 players in smaller stages?
Cage Match
Standard 1v1 that takes place in really small stages.
I'm thinking that if this were to be a more traditional and simple kind of tournament, then Cage Match would be the way to go. But this is Anarchy Reigns, so I'm leaning more towards Deathmatch or Battle Royale.


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Neurons conduct discrete signals as electro-chemical pulses, known as action potentials or "spikes." The signal is passes from one neuron to another by the secretion of chemical neurotransmitters in synapses. There are trillions of synaptic junctions in the human brain. Learning occurs at least in part by changes in the number, strength and kind of synaptic connections. Early studies of neurons focused on the on-off characteristic of action potentials and a misleading comparison has been made with the transistor binary switch in digital circuits.
Neurons are something like bushes or trees and have branches emerging from an axon trunk that transmit signals. Neurons have dendrites or roots that receive signals. Signals are transmitted along axons and dendrites by the movement of sodium and potassium ions across cell membranes. The movement of ions creates a wave of electrical charge something like the wavy motions of electrons in copper wire. To increase the speed of long transmission of signals, axons are insulted with myelin in interrupted sequences, something like strings of sausage. Excitation jumps across insulated sections from one uninsulated node to the next.
Where axons contact other neurons, the signal is transmitted across synapses by neurotransmitters such as glutamate, acetylcholine, norephinephrine, serotonin and dopamine. The sending side of the synapse is called the presynaptic membrane and the receiving side is postsynaptic. Neurotransmitters are chemicals stored in packets or vesicles on the presynaptic side and are released in clusters to cross the synapse and dock with postsynaptic receptors. The postsynaptic receptor is activated and conveys its signal to chemical devices inside the cell that can propagate the activity started at the receptor surface.
When enough neurotransmitters activate enough receptors, the receiving neuron sends an action potential along its dendrites to other neurons downstream. You could argue that much of the computation in the brain is done by adding and subtracting voltage fluctuations on the surface of neurons and the action potentials or pulses carry the results over longer distances to other neurons. Neuronal computation cannot be understood by looking at single neurons but may be understood by examining neuronal networks that receive and send pulse-encoded information.
The growth of the brain is a remarkable process that reveals a prodigious ability of neurons to self-organize. We now know that the neurons in the growing brain form a much larger number of trial connections than will be preserved for a few years after birth. The strategy of neuronal growth is to populate the brain with a surplus of neurons and synaptic connection and then allow the activity of the brain select the neurons that are useful and reject others that are not. Yuanyuan and Smith suggest: "Neural activity modulates development through biasing this process of formation and elimination, promoting the formation and stabilization of appropriate synaptic connections on the basis of functional activity patterns. The removal of synapses and the death of inactive neurons is referred to as "pruning."
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Call it 'Atelier' or just an enclosure; the project is intriguing to say the least. A restrained budget, a simplified construction method, a creative idea and the Space was created, stripped to its bare necessities, yet powerful in its statement. The architects became the builder, and in the process produced an innovative adaptable enclosure. We enjoyed the way Mount Fuji recalls the process that they went through. As they explain; the client wished to build an atelier that can also be utilized as a gallery and display the ceramic art that he produced as a hobby."Automobile is our rival to beat" they explained. With mere 1.5 million Yen (11,000 € / $16,000) that the client had originally saved to purchase a Toyota Corolla as total budget, they started our project. All images by Mount Fuji Architects Studio
"1.5 million Yen! Ridiculously small sum of money for building any kind of architecture. Yet, it's good sum if you're going to pay away in everyday life. At least it affords you a "mobile room" with fancy air conditioner, car navigation system and power window. Question arisen. Are we sure we properly translate the money into the quality of architecture? Can ever be born objects that embody beauty and rationality in such architectural world, which is highly specialized and socially defined? These kinds of skepticism were something that bothered us over years. That's why we felt great appeal for the small budget he offered."The architects had to re-think the tradition methods, considering a rational method of producing the structure. Their Motto of this project was like this: "Make great use of 1.5 million yen, and architecture gets ahead of automobile".
There's no room for contractors when we think of our poor budget. Only option left was to design an architecture that can be built by the architects themselves, except a few processes that needed specialist's hands. Fortunately the client offered help. He and his family once worked as designers for boats and ships and had the good craftsman's sense in creating things.Mount Fuji explains: "For this is a project with sparse budget, we need to build the atelier by ourselves and with:1. the cheapest material,2. the most efficient use,3. the least varieties of material,4. the least process,5. the shortest period,6. the simplest method, and create7. the most functional space.The answers for these were:1. Utilize structural plywood with the size of 1800x900x12 (mm) as main material (in Japan, it's highly distributed dimensional lumber).2. Glue 4~5 sheets of plywood together to make a panel while keeping width 900mm (this process was outsourced to joiner).3. Put the panel as structural material (pillar, beam and brace), finishing material (floor, wall and ceiling), insulation material and roof truss material.4. Use the plywood as multipurpose material thus save many steps.5. Devote 3 days of holiday season (May 3rd, 4th and 5th) for construction.6. Joint the panel with mortise-tenon only (please refer to the detailed model to right)7. Take full advantage of tubular structure which is well-ventilated and well-lighted. Repetitive X-shaped unit enables expansion at request so far as space permits (expansion is expected in near future).Incline even frames to left, odd frames to right and join them alternately to form X-shaped structure. We thus achieved astylar tubular space (shifted-trussing structure, if we call it) with triangle-shaped slit for natural lighting. A frame is consisted of 4 kinds of panels. This is a structure that enables us to provide for future expansion just by adding another frame.This architecture is a wooden monoshell construction when assembled. Pillar, beam, brace, finishing material, insulation material, sash frame, roof truss material… Plywood panels played all these roles at once and played very successfully. We built a monoshell construction that has hybrid functionality to reduce construction cost, period and process and to increase the value of design. After all we followed the same path that our rival -automobile- once passed. As a result of a pursuit of rationality, "White Box" that once said to be a design which ultimately represents rationality and abstraction of today's modernism architecture started to be resolved to the more extent. Sunlight and breeze from outside brought the rationality to the existence of this object through triangle-shaped slits. As we see our work perfectly fit into the God's rich work, we assured the rhythm of the shaded w 900 panels praise our challenge."The building site is located on urbanization control area in Yaizu-shi, Shizuoka prefecture where weather is mild throughout the whole year. The structure is now sitting on southwest corner of the client's place, south of his house, next to a park that offers a great view with an abundance of trees and plants. It is expected that the In our client expands the modular system and produce a cozy little guesthouse in near future.As the architects conclude: "Considering the primary function of the structure as an atelier to create ceramic art, lighting and ventilation was essential. At the same time, the architecture had to be built with the minimum quantity of affordable material and limited manpower, in the simplest and shortest process to reduce construction cost. We put long axes east-west and opened each end. Assembled structure forms a tube with triangle slits thus ensures well-lighted, well-ventilated and hard-to-break space. This structure consists of repetitive unit and will help us much in responding to a possible request for extension."Project details:Title: XXXX in Yaizu, Shizuoka, JapanFunction : atelierLocation : Yaizu, Shizuoka, JapanSite area :502.86m2Building area :22.3m2Total floor area: 16.7m2Building height: 2.72mArchitecture: Masahiro Harada + Mao / Mount Fuji Architects Studio
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Economics Honors Society Launches Undergraduate Research Journal
Posted: May 4, 2014
The Economics department is happy to announce the creation of a student-run undergraduate research journal entitled The Developing Economist. The journal was developed by our chapter of the Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) economics honor society. According to ODE chapter president Robert McDowall, the journal was started "after recognizing a demand for additional publication opportunities to undergraduates." The journal had an official kickoff event on April 15th at the Texas Union.
Submissions for the journal came from undergraduates at UT-Austin and at other universities across the United States. "The editorial process fostered communication between our own students and faculty," said McDowall. "We hope that future editions of The Developing Economist will continue to inspire students at UT, and those elsewhere, to produce undergraduate research of their own."
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Bringing Water to Homes
Bob Dietrick is being honored as a Champion of Change for his efforts in being a Rotarian.
I am honored to be chosen as a Champion of Change for my work with Operation Starfish in Middle Tennessee. Our work revolves around a critical need that is often forgotten in American: the need for clean, accessible water in homes. The 2000 Census revealed that more than 1.7 million people in the United States still lack the basic plumbing facilities that many in America take for granted. Tennessee itself has approximately 21,213 households lacking complete plumbing facilities.
Several studies have documented the critical importance of water and sanitation systems, including the high risks for diseases such as hepatitis A, salmonellosis, shigellosis, and tuberculosis. However, we all know the basic truth that clean, running water allows us to cook for our families, wash our hands, and clean our homes. These basic necessities can very simply change a life.
To address these issues, the Franklin Rotary at Breakfast, in Franklin, TN, initiated Operation Starfish in 2004. Our goal is to bring water to the homes of people in Middle Tennessee who cannot achieve this goal on their own. Over the past few years, we have engaged in many different water projects within our community, which have includedcleaning and repairing wells, purchasing water and sewer taps, running water and sewer lines to homes, and repairing water leaks and septic systems.
Since the inception of this initiative, we have completed water projects for more than 30 households, and the Franklin Rotary Club is now spending 25% of its income to continue this investment in the community.
Identifying those in need is one of our ongoing challenges. To further our outreach into the community, we partner with various local organizations. We communicate with churches in our community, water companies, government agencies which oversee the sewer and septic issues, and other nonprofits which provide assistance to those in need. These organizations help us reach the population which can benefit from our services.
Our customers are usually older people who own their homes but whose sole income is social security. They often lack the resources to overcome the obstacles associated with gaining access to clean water. Additionally, we care for emergency situations, such as the time we ran water lines inside of the house for a person who lost everything in a fire.
All over the world, people lack access to clean water. Yet, so rarely do we look in our own backyard for those in need. It only takes a weekend for Operation Starfish to change the life of a family. Many of us cannot imagine living without running water in our homes. However, this is a reality for far too many people in America.
Our Rotary Club is working to eliminate this needless risk of disease and hardship, one household at a time. My hope is that this award will bring further attention to our work, and help us reach deeper into the community.
Bob Dietrick has been active in Operation Starfish for 9 years, and has traveled to Guatemala to continue his work in bringing clean, healthy water to people in need.
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LG will reportedly release a flexible OLED smartphone this year April 25, 2013 at 1:00 pm
Aside from 4K — the next step in HD — the only other significant advance in display technology that is currently within our reach is making one that's flexible. Consumer electronics events have been showing off flexible displays for a while now, but they're generally the equivalent of a tech demo rather than a marketable product. However, a new report suggests that LG will be bringing a smartphone with a flexible OLED display to market sometime this year.
Researchers create lithium-ion battery that can stretch to 300% its original size February 26, 2013 at 2:39 pm
Researchers at Northwestern and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have created a stretchable, flexible lithium-ion battery that can be recharged wirelessly. This is big news for wearable computing, roll-up displays, and implantable devices — all of which have been desperately awaiting a flexible, stretchy power source.
Samsung at CES: Flexible displays, low-power LCDs, and all-new CPU designs January 9, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Samsung's CES keynote highlighted the company's efforts in mobile display technologies, Cortex-A15 processors, and upcoming OLED/4K televisions. 2013 is going to be an interesting year, with multiple vendors jockeying for mobile positioning in tablets and smartphones.
PaperTab: In a few years, your computer might resemble a stack of paper January 7, 2013 at 12:06 pm
A group of Canadian researchers, working with Intel and Plastic Logic, is showing off a brand new computing paradigm at CES 2013 in Las Vegas, constructed out of a new gadget called the PaperTab.
LG produces the first flexible cable-type lithium-ion battery August 30, 2012 at 11:14 am
LG Chem, a member of the LG conglomerate/chaebol and one of the largest chemical companies in the world, has devised a cable-type lithium-ion battery that's just a few millimeters in diameter, and is flexible enough to be tied in knots, worn as a bracelet, or woven into textiles.
Researchers create transparent solar cell — the key to transparent computers? July 23, 2012 at 8:12 am
There are two key breakthroughs here: First, this is the highest efficiency polymer solar cell (PSC) yet created; and, perhaps more importantly, researchers have historically struggled to get get past 10 or 20% transparency — and this is almost 70% transparent.
Atmel's flexible touch sensors will revolutionize mobile device design April 6, 2012 at 3:55 pm
The fast-growing touch screen technology company releases technology that makes the devices of those future videos a reality.
LG begins mass production of first flexible, plastic e-ink displays March 29, 2012 at 7:13 am
At half the thickness and two thirds the weight, LG's new plastic display sure sounds a lot better than the hard, heavy, prone-to-cracking glass-laminate e-ink displays found in devices such as the Kindle and Nook.


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The Cal State Northridge women's basketball team (16-15) continues its run in March Madness with a Big West Tournament Quarterfinal contest against UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, Mar. 13 at the Bren Events Center on the campus of UC Irvine. The game is the second that evening and is tentatively scheduled for an 8:30 p.m. tip off. The game will feature live stats, live video and live audio available at GoMatadors.com. Fans are also encouraged to check the CSUN Athletic Department's official Twitter account (@GoMatadors) for in-game updates.
In Tuesday's opening round of the Big West Tournament, CSUN posted a convincing 61-40 victory over UC Davis. Ashlee Guay and Violet Alama each scored 14 points while Haley White added 12 and Camille Mahlknecht chipped in 11 off the bench.
The Matadors made 13 of their first 20 shots and finished at 51.1 percent (24-of-47) from the field for the contest. Conversely, Northridge held the Aggies to just 23.3 percent shooting (14-of-60) from the field and 17.2 percent (5-of-29) from 3-point range. CSUN controlled the paint as well, out-rebounding UCD (40-33) and more than doubling the Aggies' points in the paint (28-12).
The victory sets up a Wednesday night contest with UC Santa Barbara. The Gauchos, who are the tournament's fourth seed, enter the contest with a 15-15 overall record and finished 11-7 in the Big West Conference.
Senior forward Sweets Underwood leads the Gauchos in scoring and rebounding, averaging 11.9 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. Nicole Nesbit, a junior guard, averages 10.6 points and 3.0 assists per contest. Melissa Zornig, Angelei Aguirre, Destini Mason and Kristen Tilleman all average between 5.4 and 8.4 points per game.
UCSB employs some tough defense, holding opponents to 36 percent shooting from the field and 28.1 percent from 3-point range. As a team, the Gauchos shoot at a 40.2 percent clip from the field and 28.6 percent from downtown. They average 33.6 rebounds, 11.9 assists and 15.2 turnovers per contest.
A Guay with Words --- All Big West Second Team
Sophomore Ashlee Guay posted 14 points and eight rebounds in the Big West Tournament victory over UC Davis. She hit the game-winning basket with three seconds left to play as the Matadors defeated UC Riverside on Senior Day. She added 15 points in the home win over Cal State Fullerton and scored in double figures at Cal Poly and Hawai'i. She also finished with 15 points, including a lay-up at the buzzer, in the Matadors' home win over UC Davis. She is averaging 13.4 points per game and ranks fifth in the conference. This season, she has scored 20 points or more six times and has led the Matadors in scoring 14 times. She poured in 24 points in the loss at Long Beach State. Two days earlier in a win at UCI, Guay dished out 10 assists, the second time in her career she has reached double-figures in the category. For the year, Guay has 122 assists, 109 rebounds and 91 steals. In Big West Play, Guay averaged 13.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists. She finished with 22 points in the Matadors' home loss to Hawai'i and posted 18 points in the Matadors' win over Cal Poly. She drained a career-high 10 field goals and a season-high four 3-pointers in the first game against the Anteaters. Guay scored a game-high 18 points in the Matadors' road win at Cal State Fullerton and poured in a career-high 28 points in the Matadors' historic victory at UCLA. Guay earned all-tournament honors at CSUN's Thanksgiving Classic after averaging 15 points, nine assists and five rebounds in the two games. She dished out a career-high 12 assists, matching the school record, in the Matadors' loss to Penn State and is averaging 3.9 assists per game.
Haley's Comet
Junior Haley White scored 14 points and added seven rebounds and three assists in the Big West Tournament win over UC Davis. She posted a team-high 13 points in Northridge's home victory over UC Riverside. She made her first start of the season at Hawai'i and finished with nine points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals. For the season, White is averaging a career-high 5.9 points per game. She finished with a team-high 17 points and tied a career high with four 3-pointers in the loss at UC Santa Barbara. White scored a career-high 21 points and eight field goals in the Matadors' double-overtime victory over Cal Poly. She also finished with six rebounds, five assists, three steals and tied a career best with four free throws vs. the Mustangs. White dished out a game-high six assists in the home win over UC Irvine. She also hit two key 3-pointers in the Matadors' win at UCLA and finished with eight points against the Bruins. She had a strong start to her third season with the Matadors. In the win over Portland, White came off the bench to finish with eight points, 10 assists, seven rebounds and three steals. The 10 dimes matched White's career high and the seven rebounds were two shy of her career best. In 92 career games with the Matadors, White has averaged 4.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists.
Violets are Matador Red
Senior Violet Alama recorded 14 points, a season-high seven field goals and six rebounds in the Big West Tournament victory over UC Davis. She set a new school record with her start against Cal State Fullerton, the 119th appearance of her career. She earned her first career Big West Player of the Week honors after averaging a double-double as the Matadors split games against Pacific and UC Davis. In the loss to the Tigers, Alama posted a season-high 15 points and 13 rebounds to finish with her first double-double of the season. Two days later, she recorded 13 points and eight rebounds as the Matadors rallied past the Aggies. Alama has ramped up her rebounding over the last few weeks and is among the top five in school history. She now has 688 rebounds in her career, which stands fifth in school history. She had 12 boards in the win at UCI, added 10 at LBSU and posted 10 more in the Matadors' loss to Hawai'i. For the year, Alama is averaging 5.9 rebounds per game, the 12th-best average in the conference. Against Big West opponents, Alama averaged 6.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. She scored 11 points in the Matadors' loss to Penn State in the CSUN Thanksgiving Classic. She also has 236 career free throws, the seventh-most in school history. In 120 career games, Alama has averaged 7.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per contest.
Mahl-Knechting the Dots
Sophomore Camille Mahlknecht came off the bench to finish with 11 points, eight rebounds and four blocked shots in the Matadors' Big West Tournament victory over UC Davis. She pulled down 10 rebounds in the Matadors' dramatic home victory over UC Davis. She grabbed a career-high 16 rebounds to go with eight points in the loss at Long Beach State. Two days earlier, she came off the bench to block six shots in the win at UC Irvine. She enters Wednesday's contest averaging 6.1 points, 7.4 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. Her 73 blocks this year rank third in school history for a single season and with 117 blocks in 62 career games, Mahlknecht is third in school history. In Big West Play, Mahlknecht averaged 5.2 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks. She pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds to go with four blocked shots and nine points in the Matadors' victory against Cal Poly. Against UC Riverside, Mahlknecht finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Against San Francisco, she just missed a triple-double by posting 14 points, 13 rebounds and a school-record eight blocked shots. She had 14 points and five blocks in the win over South Alabama and grabbed 13 rebounds against Penn State. Mahlknecht produced her first career double-double when she finished with a career-high 22 points and 13 rebounds in the win over Eastern Washington. She also had a career-high nine field goals and three blocks in the win over the Eagles. She leads the Big West Conference in blocks per game and is sixth in rebounds per game.
Georgia on My Mind
Sophomore Randi Friess continues to earn large playing time due to her hustle and defense. Having appeared in 30 games, the second-year player from Savannah, Ga., is averaging 4.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.4 steals per contest. Friess scored in double-figures for the third time in her career by posting 10 points in the win over Cal State Fullerton. She also tied a career high with nine rebounds and had three assists in the win over the Titans. She tied a season high with three 3-pointers in the loss at Cal Poly. In CSUN's win at UCLA, she pulled down a team-high nine rebounds to go with six points, three assists and two steals. She produced her first two career double-digit scoring performances earlier in the season. She poured in a career-high 12 points in the Matadors' loss at Arizona and then scored 10 points, including a career-high three 3-pointers, in the Matadors' loss to Penn State. Friess produced a career-high four field goals against Arizona and tied a career high with nine rebounds in the Matadors' win over Eastern Washington.
Mighty Sharpe
Sophomore Janae Sharpe sored a team-high 16 points in the Matadors' home victory over Cal State Fullerton. She added 15 points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals at Hawai'i. She scored 14 points and grabbed a season-high eight rebounds in the Matadors' home loss to Pacific and finished with a season-high 18 points, eight field goals and seven assists in the Matadors' loss at CSU Bakersfield. For the season, Sharpe is averaging 8.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.7 steals per game. She posted 12 points and hit an important 3-pointer in the second overtime in CSUN's win against Cal Poly. At UC Davis, Sharpe had 15 points and tied a career high with 11 free throws. She scored 10 points in the win at Cal State Fullerton and tied for a team-high 12 points and had four steals at Oklahoma. She finished with 16 points in the loss to the Spartans, adding five field goals, five free throws and three rebounds. Against San Francisco, Sharpe finished with 11 points, five assists and three rebounds in 18 minutes of action. At Fresno State, she produced 11 points, six rebounds and four assists. The 2011-12 Big West Freshman of the Year, Sharpe has averaged 10.2 points per game in 54 career appearances for the Matadors. In Big West play, Sharpe averaged 7.9 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
I'm Sorry Ms. Jackson
Senior Jianni Jackson had her best game of the season in the Matadors' loss at Oklahoma. Jackson posted 12 points, a career-high five field goals and a team-high seven rebounds against the Sooners. Against San Jose State, she finished with 11 points and eight rebounds. In fact, the eight boards set a new career best for Jackson in her time at Northridge. In the win over Santa Clara, she tied a career high with two 3-pointers and is now averaging 3.6 points and 2.7 rebounds for the season.
Matadors Sign Four to NLIs
Cal State Northridge head coach Jason Flowers has announced the signing of four student-athletes to National Letters of Intent to begin play with the Matadors starting in the 2013-14 season. Amber Blockmon, Emily Cole, Katelin King and Samantha Young bring prolific prep careers and outstanding character to the Matadors.


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If you are at risk for or are currently suffering from heart disease or type 2 diabetes, you should consider adding tart cherries to your diet.
For years, doctors have prescribed a class of drugs called PPAR agonists to patients with metabolic syndrome, a collection of risk factors linked to heart disease and type 2 diabetes. PPAR agonists are designed to regulate fat and glucose. But long-term use of these drugs increases the risk of stroke.
New research from the University of Michigan Health System indicates tart cherries provide the same cardiovascular benefits as the prescribed drugs and also reduce the risk of stroke. The research showed that consuming U.S.-produced Montmorency tart cherries activates PPAR isoforms in many of the tissues of the human body. Researchers believe that anthocyanins, the pigments that give the fruit its red color, may be responsible for PPAR activation.
Steven Bolling, M.D., a cardiac surgeon and the laboratory's director, said the study adds to the group's growing body of research linking cherries to positive heart health and provides a model for studying the benefits of an anthocyanin-rich diet.
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Tony Haynes: Wolfpack Tries to Bring it Home
Raleigh, N.C. The last time NC State hosted an NCAA baseball regional, the games were played an hour away from the Raleigh Campus. With Doak Field in the midst of a massive renovation in 2003, the Wolfpack and three other teams took the NCAA Tournament to the cozy confines of Fleming Stadium in
Of course, one of the main reasons NC State athletic director Lee Fowler, baseball coach Elliott Avent and several boosters wanted so dearly to modernize Doak was to put the Pack program in a better position to be one of the 16 teams to host a first round NCAA Regional.
Is that dream about to become a reality? Could be.
Not only does NC State now have an NCAA-worthy facility and a loyal fan base, it also has the most important ingredient: a team that quite possibly could be good enough to be considered one of the top 16 seeds in the country.
Heading into this weekend's non-conference games against
"It definitely could happen," Fowler said. "We've got to keep winning and moving up. It's important to end up in the top 12 or so to make sure that your bid is serious. I've talked to the chairman of the committee, Larry Templeton, and he gave me the parameters of what we needed to do to have the opportunity to host. He says it really comes down to how your team finishes. If you're in the top 10, it's pretty easy to get a regional."
Fowler and NC State associate director of athletics Dick Christy have been working to put the finishing touches on a bid that must be submitted to the NCAA no later than May 16. The 16 host sites will mostly be determined by merit. But there are also financial considerations. While No.1 regional seeds almost always host, there have been instances where No. 1 seeds have traveled to the home of schools that have either made more competitive financial bids or simply had more suitable facilities.
If NC State's bid is rejected, it won't be because the financial commitment falls short of what is needed.
"There's no question about that," Fowler said. "If we don't get it, it won't be because of the money we bid. That's the way it should be because you have a great advantage of moving on in the tournament if you play at home. You want to give your student athletes the best chance to win and hopefully get to the College World Series.
Now 30-13 overall and 15-8 in the ACC, NC State has won 16 of its last 20 games. The Wolfpack is in a good position to finish second in the ACC's Atlantic Division and fourth in the league overall. Still to come are ACC road series at
When that's over, the Pack hopes to be back at Doak Field at
"It really limited us," Fowler admitted. "We definitely wanted to host and as we built the facility, we really wanted to make sure that there were no limitations to that process."
The fact that the ACC's top three teams Miami, Florida State and North Carolina are also the top three teams in the RPI is both a blessing and a curse for NC State. On the positive side, the strength at the top of the league can only help the Wolfpack's overall computer ranking. The one concern is that the selection committee has rarely awarded the ACC four host sites on the first weekend of regional play.
"That's why we need to be up higher than just 16th," Fowler said. "We need to be up in the top 12 or top 10 so there's no way they can't give you one. Anytime you give the committee a chance to make the right decision you have a lot better shot. Like anything else, winning is good and losing is bad. We need to keep winning. Elliott has done a good job of building this team from the early stages to where they are now."
Another local team that will also warrant consideration for hosting a regional is
This weekend,
The opportunity to host a regional is within NC State's grasp. Now it's up to the Pack to bring it home with a strong finish.
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'Your $$$$$' Squabble: Experts Argue over 'Socialist' Bailout
Financial experts Peter Schiff and Stephen Leeb faced off on ŌĆ£Your $$$$$,ŌĆØ presenting opposing viewpoints about the looming bailout. Schiff attacked the bailout and ŌĆ£irresponsible monetary policyŌĆØ while Leeb defended it saying the Treasury could profit.
CNN senior business correspondent Ali Velshi summed up SchiffŌĆÖs position Sept. 27 saying, ŌĆ£Those of you who say that we should have a bailout or it should be or we should deal with this ŌĆō are saying that it is socialist in nature, it is, it is anti-capitalist to intervene in the private markets, when the private markets fail.ŌĆØ
Velshi called the segment ŌĆ£possibly the debate you should have heard on television last night with two different people with different philosophies explaining what the good and bad of this is.ŌĆØ
Peter Schiff, president of Euro Pacific Capital, staunchly opposed the bailout and warned that it would make things much worse. He said government intervention in the markets was the problem and could not be the solution. Stephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital Management and frequent ŌĆ£Your $$$$$ŌĆØ guest, supported the bailout and recited claims that the government could make money from the transaction.
Schiff said Americans borrowed and spent their way into bankruptcy, but by bailing out poor decisions ŌĆ£weŌĆÖre setting a bigger fire.ŌĆØ He claimed to have predicted todayŌĆÖs financial instability in his 2007 book ŌĆ£Crash Proof.ŌĆØ
ŌĆ£The economy is collapsing in exactly the way I wrote that it would. But also in that book I was afraid that the government would do exactly what they're doing now and this is worse. We're going die from the cure, not the disease,ŌĆØ Schiff said.
According to Leeb, ŌĆ£you can interfere.ŌĆØ He said that without a bailout the remaining financial companies, except Berkshire Hathaway, would wind up under government ownership.
He also ŌĆ£one-uppedŌĆØ Schiff, citing his own earlier book, "The Coming Economic Collapse" which warned that ŌĆ£if housing prices ever declined it would make the tech bubble look like a picnic ... but we would have to get out of itŌĆØ because it would weaken our standing with the rest of the world. Leeb noted ŌĆ£economic securityŌĆØ threats from nations like
ŌĆ£Our access to resources is gone ŌĆ" Two weeks ago,
Leeb has passionately promoted alternative energy on ŌĆ£Your $$$$$ŌĆØ for months. On June 14, the economist warned that it would be ŌĆ£game overŌĆØ without a ŌĆ£very comprehensive energy plan.ŌĆØ In another interview May 8, Leeb said ŌĆ£We have to be prepared to spend trillions of dollarsŌĆØ on ŌĆ£50 or 100 Manhattan projectsŌĆØ for alternative energy.
In the Sept. 27 CNN broadcast, Schiff spoke out against printing more money and buying up debt. ŌĆ£All the government can do is create inflation. They donŌĆÖt have any money. TheyŌĆÖre going to print it,ŌĆØ Schiff warned. Later in the program, Schiff made the point again: ŌĆ£We canŌĆÖt solve them [economic problems] with a printing press. Go to
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NCAA Announces Singles and Doubles Draws
May 20, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. – The draws for the 2014 NCAA Individual Championships were released Tuesday morning with the first round of singles set to begin Wednesday, May 21 and the first round of doubles set to be played Thursday, May 22 at the Dan Magiil Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.
Three representatives of the Wolfpack were selected into the singles and doubles field. In singles, junior Austin Powell earned an at-large bid into the 64-player field. Meanwhile, the tandem of Robbie Mudge and Ian Dempster were selected into the 32-team doubles competition.
Powell will participate in the NCAA Individual Championships for the first time in his career, as he is slated to face Jonny Wang of Southern California at 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Powell recorded a 12-6 record throughout the fall season, which was highlighted by the junior advancing to the Round of 16 in the singles main draw at the 2013 ITA All-American Championships.
Dempster and Mudge will be competing in the NCAA Individual Championships for the first time in their respective careers, as the pair is set to face Baylor's tandem of Patrick Pradella and Mate Zsiga when the tournament's first round opens on Thursday. Dempster and Mudge currently sit second on the program's all-time charts in victories during the spring with 20.
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New York EPs Consider H1N1 Vaccine Mandate
I'll get the shot, but what's next?
By Nicholas Genes, MD, PhD
When I first heard about the requirement that emergency physicians in New York receive the H1N1 vaccination, I shrugged. Doctors in general and newly-graduated residents (like me) in particular are used to jumping through a lot of hoops for the privilege of practicing medicine. This year alone I've paid thousands of dollars and filled out hundreds of pages of forms for insurers, hospital credentialing, state and DEA licensure, and board certification. I've provided countless administrators with bits of my medical record, from vaccination logs to viral titers to PPD results. If I skimped on any of this, I wouldn't be allowed to work.
From this standpoint, what's the big deal about a mandatory flu shot?
Plus, voluntary vaccination drives get around 50% (or less) compliance among healthcare workers, far below what's necessary to provide herd immunity for our vulnerable patient population (1,2). So I can see the need for *some* action. And I'm not one of those people who think the CDC 'cut corners' or that the H1N1 vaccine is insufficiently tested. It's pretty clear the side effects of this vaccine are mild and don't represent a great danger to the public (3).
And yet, I don't like the position we find ourselves in. Before the NYS legislature mandated mandatory vaccinations for all state healthcare workers, there were only a few hospitals in the country that forced their employees to get annual flu shots. Suddenly half a million healthcare workers in one of the nation's most populous states are being threatened with termination if they don't comply (2).
Most people are prepared to accept some additional safeguards, rules or restrictions in times of extraordinary risk – a clear and present danger of a deadly outbreak or attack. But does H1N1 warrant these extraordinary measures? In NYC this spring, we endured unprecedented volumes in EDs – at its worst, a doubling of the census for already overcrowded departments – all for a disease that killed 45 (most of whom had comorbidities) (4). For context, in the same three-month period, somewhere between 10,000 and 15,000 New Yorkers died of other causes (5,6). Amazingly, the CDC believes we've had fewer respiratory infection-related deaths this year than in 2008 (7).
In the early days of the pandemic, with alarming reports from Mexico and high transmission rates seen in NYC, the efforts at containment and protection coming from government agencies (and maybe even some of the media frenzy) were warranted. But months later, it's clear this is a mild disease for the overwhelming majority of the population.
Foisting vaccinations on half a million healthcare workers, and threatening them with termination, seems like a regulatory overreaction.
I can't help but wonder, if this is the response to swine flu, what's next?
If the agencies tasked with setting standards for healthcare quality had a good record for establishing reasonable criteria to evaluate care, I'd be more comfortable with this new vaccination requirement. But the benchmarks we've seen so far – from timing of antibiotics for pneumonia to blood culture draws, have caused endless frustration for us and probably haven't helped patients much at all.
There are a lot of practices that are good for patients that healthcare workers don't always remember – washing hands before and after each patient encounter, observing proper isolation and infection control processes, sneezing 'the right way', not working while feeling sick. Hospital administrations have tried to facilitate and even incentivize good behaviors, but they've never made compliance with any of these guidelines a condition for employment (at least, I'm not aware of anyone who's been fired for failing to wash their hands enough – and unlike the H1N1 vaccine, hand washing doesn't have side effects).
Other ways to boost our herd immunity, beyond the threat of firings, should be investigated. Recently, our hospital's health insurance company presented us with a choice – fill out a survey of health habits (how often I work out, eat vegetables, wear seat belts) or face a 20% increase in premiums next year. Some mix of carrots and (smaller, appropriate-sized) sticks would likely boost vaccine compliance without compromising our autonomy.
In the end, I'll get the shot. I'm just at the start of my career and I've worked too hard to get to this point to jeopardize my new job. And the idea of inadvertently harming my patients is too abhorrent. But in an industry where good intentions and calls for safety have already led to innumerable unintended hassles, delays and indignities, I wonder what else is in store as my career unfolds.
1. "Vaccine-Preventable Diseases." Infectious Disease News, 1 March 2006. http://www.infectiousdiseasenews.com/article/33499.aspx
2. Stein, Rob. "Mandatory Flu Shot Hits Resistance." Washington Post, 26 September 2009.
4. NYC DOHMH Health Alert #27, July 8, 2009, http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/cd/2009/09md27.pdf
5. Summary of Vital Statistics of New York City, 2003 http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/vs/2003sum.pdf
6. Deaths in New York City, http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/TriciaMui.shtml
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Hickenlooper authorizes an additional $20 million to communities impacted by flood relief
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DENVER - Gov. John Hickenlooper has authorized an additional $20 million to help communities impacted by flooding and he's allowing state agencies to suspend any regulations for businesses dealing with the disaster.
Hickenlooper made the authorizations Friday with an executive order. The latest funding approval from Hickenlooper brings the total to $26 million in state funds for the flood response and recovery efforts.
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Seventeen counties have been impacted by last week's floods.
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"As a result of the recent flooding, Colorado's transportation infrastructure has been significantly compromised, limiting the ability of the citizens of Colorado to access their homes, businesses and farms and negatively impacting our ability to provide necessary goods and services to the hardest hit counties. The severity of the damage to the transportation infrastructure, taken together with the brevity of time before winter weather conditions set in, requires extraordinary measures to assist in the reconstruction and repair of Colorado's transportation infrastructure.
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March 18, 2008
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IWC did have used four movements which originally used two types of batteries with mercury-technology.
IWC caliber 150 = ESA caliber 9162, tuning-fork movement =>
mercury-oxide-battery type 343
IWC caliber 160 = ESA caliber 9164, tuning-fork movement =>
mercury-oxide-battery type 343
IWC caliber 2001 = CEH Beta 21, quartz movement =>
mercury-oxide-battery type 313
IWC caliber 2001 = CEH Beta 21, quartz movement =>
mercury-oxide-battery type 313
Batteries with Mercury has been the first development of this size.
They did have a voltage of 1.35 Volt and a high capacity which allows the construction of watch-movements which needs only one battery per year.
The problem is that since 2000 the production of the mercury-batteries is forbidden.
Since than a alternative for the mercury-batteries must be found.
This involves not watches – also vintage cameras needs this type of battery.
Why is this a problem at least?
There are modern batteries with silver-oxide-technology and a voltage of 1.55 Volt that fits and works at the most watches?
Why not using the type 344 for the vintage type 343?
Why not using the type 303 for the vintage type 313?
Typ Diameter Hight Drain other type-no. capacity mAh technology
303 11,6 5,4 Low SR44 17 AgO 1,55 V
313 11,6 5,4 - MR44, PX675 240 HgO 1,35 V
343 11,6 3,6 - MR42 110 HgO 1,35 V
344 11,6 3,6 Low SR42 100 AgO 1,55 V
I think that there are one reasons to think about before using a battery with a higher voltage.
The electronic of the ESA- and especially the CEH-movements has been constructed, calculated and developed for a voltage of 1.35 Volt. The use of a higher voltage means to operate the electronic at the top `level` of the calculated tolerances. This means the movement could run perfectly (with some additional regulations of the accuracy) – but it is also possible that the electronic could be disturbed with the result of a irregular time-indication or – in the worst case – a disturbed electronic.
It is possible that a watch did have a electronic that could not >resist< 1.55 Volt. It is also possible that a movement will run years with the higher Voltage but because it runs all the time on the top-`level`-tolerance the electronic >dies< one day.
So what are the alternatives?
For vintage cameras there are batteries of the type WeinCell MRB675 (PX675) with a voltage of 1.40 Volt and a capacity of 200 mAh which will fit to the BETA-movements.
What sound perfect in the beginning did have a problem which do not allow to use this batteries. They use a technology which needs air – and this means the battery could not be used in a water-resistant watch case.
Another alternative is the use of a additional electronic part the reduces the voltage from 1.55 Volt to 1.35 Volt before it reaches the electronic.
What sounds so simple is not easy to realize.
I could only find one adapter which would do this and that fits to the BETA-movements. (
Please notice that this adapter uses a much smaller battery type 392 with a much smaller capacity (Ø7.90 mm / height 3.60 mm / capacity 38 mAh).
So – if you use this adapter – you have to change the battery app. 4 times a year.
At least I must say that I could not give a concrete answer to the request of a alternative. Fact is that – 30 years after they have been produced - there are nearly no spare-parts available.
Possibly one of the collectors might find a way for a useable adapter for the tuning-fork-movement?
March 17, 2008
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Member since March 22, 2001
Is it really a problem?
as you can see I asked a similar question below. It does appear that for a cal. 150 IWC, the 344 battery works just fine.
I have also found in the archive postings from an IWC forumist who gets the battery for his tuning fork IWC changed in a shop in central London - and I bet it is a 344 rather than a 343.
It looks like if the voltage difference may be a problem, but not for the IWC cal. 150 and 160.
Best wishes
March 18, 2008
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Thanks for the info, interesting read ! (nt)
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and challenger Wendy Long are set to debate each other for the first and only time.
The pair will face off at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday evening.
Democrat Gillibrand is a heavy favorite in her bid to be re-elected to the seat she was appointed to in 2009 after Hillary Rodham Clinton became secretary of state. Gillibrand won the election to finish the last two years of Clinton's term in 2010.
Republican Long is a New York City attorney making her first run for elected office. Long has pressed for more debates, but Gillibrand has declined.
The debate could be contentious. Long has consistently attacked Gillibrand's record and blamed the loss of jobs in the state on policies backed by the senator.
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I f the US Food and Drug Administration regulated the media, it would require all stories about the economy to carry this warning: "Dizziness and pangs of existential angst may result. Do not read if you suffer from gloominess or are prone to bouts of anxiety. If you are near retirement age or work in the auto industry, consult with a physician before reading."
Yes, things out there are bad, really bad, and they're only going to get worse. Americans, we're told, are retrenching. We're eating out less, forsaking vacations and gift-giving and even that big New Year's Eve splurge, though we are apparently spending more — lots more! — on guns, booze and psychics. Crime rates are spiking, or soon will. We're hocking our jewelry and even our hair; we're donating our eggs; we're signing up as "lab rats." We're "ransacking our closets," as USA Today breathlessly put it, in hopes of finding something — anything — to sell on eBay.
All because of the recession.
I'm sure some of these stories are true, or true enough to satisfy an editor somewhere, but there's something else going on here: It's what psychologists call "confirmation bias." That's the human tendency to seek out only facts that fit what we already know to be true while downplaying or ignoring contradictory evidence. As Mark Twain is said to have quipped, "To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail." To a media covering a recession, everything looks like collateral damage. It's the flip side of irrational exuberance: irrational despondency.
No, I'm not blaming the media for the recession, but the fact is that news about the economy matters more than, say, news about the weather. A newspaper story about a hurricane doesn't alter the hurricane's path. But negative stories about the economy (even untrue ones) can erode consumer confidence, and two-thirds of our economy is driven by consumer spending.
A few years ago, Mark Doms of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Norman Morin of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System created an "R-word Index." They tracked how often key words and phrases, such as "recession" and "economic slowdown," appeared in the headlines or first paragraphs of news stories. They then compared the results with consumer confidence and found "a strong correlation between the newspaper-based indexes and various measures of consumer sentiment."
Their findings suggest that a sort of vicious cycle can take hold. The media reports bad economic news and gloomy forecasts. Consumers respond by hunkering down and closing their wallets. The media dutifully reports that consumers are hunkering down and closing their wallets, prompting consumers to hunker down even more, which the media reports.
People have always been prone to confirmation bias, but the Internet amplifies the tendency since we need not look far to confirm our bias. It's always just a click away.
So if the media report good news about the economy, does a converse, positive cycle take hold? Not necessarily. Though many of us blame the media for reporting only bad news, the truth is that we're all suckers for gloom and doom. Studies have consistently found that we pay more attention to negative information (whatever the subject) than to positive information. "The brain devotes more attention to anything that appears threatening," says James Breckenridge, a professor of psychology at Stanford University. Negative information is more contagious and "stickier" than positive information. It spreads more quickly and is more difficult to dislodge once it takes hold.
Not only do we pay more attention to negative news, we also give it more credibility. Studies have found that people consistently rate a story about a politician involved in, say, a sex scandal as "more credible" than a story about how that same politician champions a worthy cause.
Thus most urban legends are tales of woe and fear, not of inspiration. A case in point is the widely held belief that after the 1929 stock market crash, there was an epidemic of dejected Wall Street brokers jumping to their deaths from tall buildings. There wasn't. But it fits the narrative, so we believe it.
It's not only the media that succumb to the twin dangers of negativity and confirmation bias. Think about the last time you got together with friends and the subject of the economy came up. Were all of the stories shared negative ones? Would you have dared to suggest that you were doing okay financially?
From an evolutionary point of view, being attuned to bad news made sense. Alarming information — such as the presence of a hungry lion lurking outside your cave — demanded immediate attention. These days, though, menace comes in the form of 401(k) statements — which can be depressing, yes, but not usually life-threatening.
Another reason we tend to latch onto negative news is something called loss aversion. Losing $100 depletes our happiness much more than winning $100 boosts it, studies have found. The effect is especially pronounced when the $100 is not merely lost but stolen. And that's how many of us feel about the current recession. "There is a strong feeling that we have been cheated or duped by powerful people who are not like us," Breckenridge says.
In the current climate, even morsels of good news are twisted into bad. For instance, the number of home foreclosures in November dropped 7 percent. That is certainly good news, but CNN's financial Web site chose to run the headline "Foreclosures Dip — But Hold the Applause," warning that the good news was merely "the calm before the storm."
But don't all the experts agree that the economy is tanking? Many do, but in the fuzzy field of economics, it's easy to find an expert to confirm any point of view, especially a dismal one. If consumer prices rise, economists sound the alarm about inflation. If prices fall, they warn about the dangers of deflation. Either way, public anxiety spikes.
To be clear: I'm not suggesting that the media whitewash bad economic news and report that everything's dandy. It certainly isn't. But when was the last time you read a prominent story about low interest rates — or gas prices, which are at their lowest levels in nearly five years? (Sure, these are side effects of a sluggish economy, but that doesn't make them any less ameliorative.)
Well-intentioned journalists find fallout from the recession everywhere, but as any graduate student knows, correlation is not the same as causation. For instance, psychologists have found that married people report being happier than singles. Does that mean that marriage makes us happy? Possibly, but perhaps happy people are more appealing and therefore more likely to get married. Attributing every social ill to the economic downturn is not only wrongheaded, it's also disrespectful to those who are actually suffering because of the economy.
Sometimes the economic news leaves us with whiplash. One recent story reported that the recession is causing a spike in the number of divorces, while another reported (just as authoritatively) that couples are staying together because they can't afford to split up. You won't read about the third option: that divorce rates simply aren't affected by economic conditions.
Don't get me wrong. A certain amount of confirmation bias is necessary. Without it, we'd be overwhelmed by the flood of information that deluges us every hour. We need slots into which to put that information. The problem arises when we try to squeeze new information into old slots.
There will come a time in the future — hopefully the not-too-distant future — when the fundamentals of the economy really will improve. You won't read about it for a while, though. The good news won't fit the narrative, so journalists won't report it. And even if they did, you probably wouldn't believe it.
At some point, though, the new facts will overwhelm the old ones, and we'll all be singing the praises of our amazingly resilient economy. In other words, we will have confirmed a new bias.
The Washington Post
Eric Weiner is author of "The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World."


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October 6th, 2011
Greetings Executives,
I have just spent the last hour in a state of complete and utter frustration, and in an effort to get through to our friends at RIM, I'm using the email I'm sending them as a blog post. I'm sorry I had to go here on this otherwise fun-loving blog, but this is my attempt at crying out to RIM in hopes of getting noticed. Here goes:
I have been referred to this email address through your customer support line. Let me give you a bit of background on this one: I work in sales for Executive House Hotel in Victoria, BC, and we just bought 2 Playbooks to use at the hotel, one for the concierge, and one for the office. Having been branded the 'tech-savvy guy' around this place, I was tasked with setting up one of the Playbooks for the concierges to use. I have struggled with this thing for the past hour on multiple levels, and I want to enunciate as clearly as possible why I have had a horrible client experience with RIM, and why I will not deal with your products or services again. I'm sorry it had to come to this, and I held out lots of hope that RIM could perform for me, but as a company, you (they) have failed me, the consumer, on multiple levels. Let me explain:
First, I've hit a major stumbling block in setup. Trying to access video chat, I was asked for my Blackberry ID, which I just created: ID - firstname.lastname@example.com. Easy, right? When signing in, I started to get hit with a message: the username and password provided do not correspond to a valid Blackberry ID. Please note, I know what the password was, and I was using it. Strange, I must have forgotten my password. When I clicked 'forgot password?', I got hit with the message: 'error, the value you have entered is invalid, please try again'. So I did. Again. And Again. Nothing.
I decided to get somebody on the line to address this problem for me. After doing (too much) digging through RIM's website to find an appropriate number to call (RIM seems to want to steer you towards web resources, which were not helping at this point) I found a number. I was randomly disconnected 3 times trying to get ahold of somebody, at which point I was very quickly quoted a Canadian phone number to call regarding playbook issues, and promptly disconnected. I didn't catch the full number the first time, so I had to go through the whole process again. Not cool. Finally, I called the number, got disconnected while on hold, tried again, and FINALLY got a human on the line.
Unfortunately, said human could not answer my inquiry, and directed me to set up a second BlackBerry ID, for reasons that I couldn't determine. Something about Appworld, and it needing its own unique ID. When I explained my dissatisfaction and asked for an email address to direct these sentiments towards, I was put on hold for an abnormally long period of time, to the strangest 'on hold' music I have ever heard: some new agey percussion/didgeridoo jam which was NOT the right tune to blast in an unhappy customer's ear. Finally, after 5 dropped calls, 1 hour of wasted time at the office, and long distance charges, I got this email address!
Disclaimer: I've used Apple products for the last few years. This being said, I really, really wanted to give RIM a chance before jumping to conclusions. And unfortunately, my experience, from the second I opened the box, has been, for lack of a better word, horrible. Most things about this tablet are not intuitive or user friendly. I had to really scratch my head a couple times to figure things out (even just to get the thing to come back from 'sleep mode'), and somebody who is young and tech savvy shouldn't have these kinds of senior citizen moments when dealing with a product like this. Unfortunately, I am forced to draw the conclusion that RIM is tanking as a company for a reason: these products are not at par with its competitors, and inevitably, Blackberry is on its way out. It's sad, really, because I understand RIM has been a real innovator and serious tech-industry employer for Canadians.
In closing, I ask (beg!) you to get this message through to somebody within RIM with some clout, because here I am, the bullseye within your target market (a 23 year old young professional holding a business degree with at least 30 years of career path with which to use RIM products) who has come to the conclusion that I will never, ever again touch a Blackberry or a Playbook. I've done the comparison, and the playbook does not hold a candle to an iPad. And it makes me sad.
PS the customer service was truly some of the worst I have ever experienced with any company. If you're going to take note of anything, please investigate this a bit, ESPECIALLY the dropped calls, and the strange music.
I really want RIM to succeed!! Please take heed.
Eric Douglas, BCom
Sales & Social Media
Executive House Hotel
777 Douglas St. Victoria BC
Stay Classy Executives, sorry if you took the time to read this rant, and have a look at the iPad 2 here: http://www.apple.com/ipad/
RIP Steve Jobs (1955-2011)


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Whatever the contents, Budget 2008 will be delivered against the backdrop of the golden jubilee of independence. We should therefore be looking forward to a budget that complements a nation that is well into adulthood.
Corporate tax
Tax cuts always catch the eye. In this regard, the Prime Minister indicated in his Budget 2007 speech that the corporate tax rate would be cut from 27% to 26% for Year of Assessment 2008.
This is in contrast to Singapore, whose corporate tax rate has recently been reduced to 18% and Hong Kong, which has a corporate tax rate of 17.5%. Therefore, on a regional basis, the Malaysian tax rate may seem relatively high.
However, in comparing the above rates, it is important to factor in the tax savings attributable to the various tax incentives offered under Malaysian law.
Consequently, companies, particularly those in the manufacturing sector, often have an effective tax rate that is significantly below 20%.
In view of this, the Prime Minister in his Budget proposals, may choose to continue the trend of giving target specific fiscal stimuli.
In this respect, Budget 2008 could provide an opportunity to enhance Malaysia's desire to be a regional service hub by expanding the scope of tax incentives available to the services sector.
Budget 2006 saw the introduction of a limited form of group relief for tax losses. However, there are a number of "carve-outs."
In particular, companies enjoying certain tax incentives, including reinvestment allowance, are ineligible for group relief.
Furthermore, the amount of tax losses that can be surrendered is limited to 50%.
These requirements limit the effectiveness of group relief. Budget 2008 would provide an opportunity to re-evaluate these restrictions and to make group relief more widely available.
The removal of restrictions would be in line with the Government's desire to simplify the tax system.
Reducing the cost of doing business
With regard to tax agent's fees, there has been a concession granted by the Inland Revenue Board that a tax deduction is allowed for such expenses.
However, effective from 2006, tax agent fees and company secretarial fees are not allowed a tax deduction.
This has generated considerable dissatisfaction.
With the move to self-assessment and the yearly changes to the tax legislation, businesses (and taxpayers in general) are becoming more reliant on tax agents.
Similarly, with the increase in corporate governance, there is a greater need for company secretarial services. Hence, the decision to revoke the existing deduction concession seems to be unaligned with current business needs.
It is hoped that, in the context of reducing the cost of doing business, tax deductions for tax agent fees and company secretarial fees can be given a statutory footing.
Fiscal measures to reduce the cost of doing business need to be balanced against tax avoidance.
In line with this, Budget 2006 contained a provision to deny relief for unutilised tax losses and capital allowances unless the shareholders remain substantially the same.
On the face of it, this could be a draconian provision although it is tempered by the Finance Minister being able, in special circumstances, to grant an exemption.
In common with Malaysia, a number of countries have provisions that deny relief for tax losses and capital allowances where there is a change in ownership.
However, such tests not infrequently have a saving provision such that losses and capital allowances remain available, provided the same business is continued.
It is suggested that an amendment to Malaysia's tax laws to introduce the same business test as a saving provision would be a welcome move.
This would give a greater degree of certainty to the business community and would alleviate the time that the Finance Ministry would otherwise have to spend processing requests for exemptions.
The property sector
Real property gains tax was effectively suspended from April 2007 and this has undoubtedly benefited the property sector.
Following on from this move, it is perhaps timely to review the rates of stamp duty.
Stamp duty can be as high as 3% on the purchase of land (and other assets) where the consideration exceeds RM500,000.
Hence, for many land transactions, stamp duty is a significant additional cost.
At present, only "industrial buildings" qualify for capital allowances. Such buildings are traditionally linked to manufacturing activities.
However, as the Malaysian economy develops, there is an increase in the number of purpose-built commercial properties that do not fall within the qualifying category of "industrial building".
Some jurisdictions, for example Hong Kong, have taken a more liberal approach and have extended capital allowances to "commercial buildings".
As Malaysia becomes more service industry orientated, perhaps, it is time to consider extending the ambit of the class of buildings on which capital allowances can be claimed.
The rakyat
Individuals may hope to celebrate the nation's golden jubilee with the announcement of tax cuts.
Given the drop in the rate of corporate tax, there is now a disparity between this rate (27%) and the top rate of income tax for individuals (28%).
It is generally recognised that disparities between corporate and individual tax rates can have an undue influence on business decisions.
With the expected cut in corporate tax to 26% announced last year, it is respectively submitted that it is now time to review tax rates as well as the tax bands for individuals.
The handing down of Budget 2008 will be eagerly awaited. No doubt the budget proposals will continue to strengthen the nation as Malaysia moves forward from her golden jubilee.
Source: The Star Online
August 31, 2007
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And here's some more Guild news: Felicia Day reveals in this interview that the upcoming comic will be drawn by artist Jim Rugg. He's the artists behind the young adult Plain Janes series, and his work has been described as Daniel Clowes-esque -- perfect for the quirky folks of The Guild. No word yet on a release date (as far as we know Felicia is still working on it, and it sounds like she's busy lately, what with the Fallon appearance and all), but we're looking forward to it.
Like The Guild? We do, too! We chatted with all of the folks at BlizzCon, including Felicia Day, Sandeep Parikh, and Jeff Lewis and Michele Boyd. We also saw their panel, and the guys were nice enough to stop by our meetup as well. Stay tuned here every Tuesday for a brand new episode of season 3!


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What are the Inner Dimensions of Zakat?
The Inner Dimensions of Zakat
Imam Ghazali1
Certain inward attitudes and duties are incumbent on those who seek, through the payment of Zakat, that which leads to good in the Hereafter:
Knowing Zakat's purpose and significance
To understand the necessity of paying Zakat, how it represents a test of character, and why it has been made one of the fundamentals of Islam, even though it is a financial transaction and not a physical act of worship.
Three points deserve consideration here:
Testing the degree of love for Allah
To pronounce the two sentences of the Confession of Faith (Shahada) ("There is no God but Allah-Mohammad is God's Messenger") is obligatory as affirmation of the Divine Unity and testimony to the singleness of the One to Whom all worship is due.
Complete fulfillment of this obligation requires that he who affirms the Divine Unity should direct his love to none but the One, the Unique.
There is little value in mere verbal affirmation.The degree of love is tested only by separating the lover from other things he loves.
Worldly goods are an object of love in everybody's eyes, being the means by which they enjoy the benefits of this world. Because of them, we become attached to life and shy away from death, even though death leads us to meet the Beloved (Allah).
The truth of our claim to love God is therefore put to the test, and we are asked to give up the wealth which is the apple our eye.
That is why Allah said: "God has bought from the believers their persons and their goods, Paradise being theirs for the price " (Quran: 9:111).
Allah also says that true piety means giving away one's wealth, in spite of love for it, to close relatives, orphans, the wayfarer and beggars, and for the emancipation of slaves.2
The elimination of miserliness
The Divine decree by which Allah bids His servants to spend their wealth, is also significant in purging the habit of miserliness, which is a deadly sin.
"And whosoever is saved from his own covetousness, such are they who will be the successful" (Quran 59:9).
The habit of miserliness is only eliminated by making oneself accustomed to spending money, for to break an attachment one must force oneself away till a new habit is found.
The purity he acquires is in proportion to his expenditure, to his delight in giving away and to his joy in spending for the sake of Allah.
Expression of gratitude
The third factor is gratitude for benefits received, for the servant is indebted to Allah for personal and material bounties
Payment of Zakat at the proper time
The second duty with regards to Zakat concerns the time of payment .
A good practice is to anticipate the moment when payment is due.
This demonstrates a willingness to comply by bringing joy to the hearts of poor, forestalling the obstacles time might place in the way of charitable action, being aware that there are dangers in delaying payment, as the servant runs the risk of disobedience should he or she postpone beyond the appointed moment.
Whenever the impulse to good arises from within,the opportunity must be grasped at once as the believers heart lies between the two fingers of the All-Merciful. Yet how fickle is the heart! The devil threatens poverty and bids us to commit atrocious and abominable deeds.
Demonic suggestion follows hard on the heels of angelic inspiration. One should therefore seize the opportunity and fix a definite month for giving Zakat (if one is used to paying it all at once.)
One should endeavor to choose one of the most opportune times to pay Zakat, resulting in more closeness to Allah and compounding the value of the Zakat.
One such favorable time would be month of Muharram, since it is the first month of the Islamic year and one of the sacred months. Another is Ramadan.
Give In Secret
The third duty is secrecy, for this is farthest removed from hypocritical display and reputation-seeking.
Allah says, "If you disclose your Sadaqat (alms giving), it is well, but if you conceal it, and give it to the poor, that is better for you. (Allah) will forgive you some of your sins. And Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do" (Quran 2:271).
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Joplin Tornado Benefit
Hey guys, Jack here….it has been a while but, I'm glad to be back!
I'm going to be giving you more details as we go along (ticket info and such) but, Bill will be doing a benefit concert for the folks in Joplin. It will be a show with the full band and it's on August, 5th and the Shrine Mosque in Springfield, MO…
The Eddie Valen Band will be on the show as well and, like I said, things are still developing so, more news when I know it!


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Memorial held for two teens killed in crash near Kewaskum
KEWASKUM -- Family, friends, teachers, and neighbors turned out today to pay their respect for two boys killed in a car accident just a few days ago.
The death of 16 year-old friends Travis trapp and Brent Schultz devastated the close-knit community in Kewaskum.
Classmates of the boys remembered them as fun-loving and warm people.
"Brent was crazy at school, he always had a smile on his face," said classmate Kaila Kirst, "both Travis and him lit up everyone's faces."
Friend Brad Fetcher says his loss, and the loss of three girls from Campbellsport is difficult to bear.
"It gets harder and harder each time."
The two boys crashed into a Sheriff's office patrol car on highway H Wednesday morning. Investigators believe the bad weather may have been to blame.
The Trapp family is holding a private funeral for Travis, and Brent's funeral will be tomorrow at Trinity Lutheran Church in Dundee.
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By: AP
HERKIMER, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say the man who fatally shot four men in neighboring upstate New York villages last week still had 50 rounds on him and another 45 in his vehicle parked outside the building where he was killed in a shootout with police.
The Observer-Dispatch of Utica reports (http://bit.ly/Y9WtBQ ) that Herkimer County District Attorney told county legislators Wednesday night that police found the ammunition on Kurt Myers' body and inside his vehicle after he was shot last Thursday morning inside a vacant building in Herkimer, ending a 19-hour standoff.
The 64-year-old Myers fired at police as they approached the small room where he was holed up. Myers killed an FBI dog before police returned fire, hitting him multiple times.
Myers killed four men and wounded two others during last week's shootings in Mohawk and Herkimer.
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News Release NR-1207
Students Recognized for Creativity and Skill in Energy Education Event
May 12, 2007
Sixty-seven teams from 25 Colorado schools participated in today's Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Teams used either a solar cell and motor or a fuel cell and motor to design and build solar or hydrogen powered vehicles.
Trophies for the fastest solar-powered model cars were given to Colorado students from Sabin Middle School (Colorado Springs), "#22," first place; Bell Middle School (Golden), "#55," second place; and Merrill Middle School (Denver), "#10" and Drake Middle School (Arvada) "Firebolt" tied for third place. Three solar design trophies based on technology, craftsmanship and innovation were given to teams from Southern Hills Middle School (Boulder), "Grease Lightening," first place; Sabin Middle School (Colorado Springs), "The Beatle from Below," second place; and Merrill Middle School (Denver), "#9," third place.
Three trophies for the fastest hydrogen fuel cell cars were given to teams from Bell Middle School (Golden), "Goliath," first place; Ken Caryl Middle School (Littleton), "#35" second place; and Merrill Middle School (Denver), "#7," third place. Three hydrogen fuel cell design trophies based on technology, craftsmanship and innovation were given to teams from Lyons Middle School (Lyons), "#15," first place; Woodlands Academy (Castle Rock), "Allie2," second place; and Hamilton Middle School (Denver), "#58," third place.
Students from Logan School for Creative Learning (Denver), "Hydrorocket," were awarded the Spirit Award for exhibiting good sportsmanship, including fairness and respectful behavior.
NREL's Junior Solar Sprint and Hydrogen Fuel Cell car competitions are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Xcel Energy Foundation, General Motors, Jefferson County Public Schools, Midwest Research Institute/Battelle and NREL.
NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy's primary national laboratory for renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is operated for DOE by Midwest Research Institute and Battelle.
For further information contact NREL Public Relations at 303-275-4090.
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text: The Leisure Suit Larry Goes Looking for Love (In Several Wrong Places) wiki last edited by Homeslice on 06/17/13 09:47PM View full history SummaryContinuing where you left off in the first Larry game, after meeting Larry's dream woman "Eve" in the hotel penthouse swimming pool, Larry 2 begins with a scene of Larry mowing the lawn of his new house just as Eve pulls out of the driveway in her fancy car telling Larry she's leaving him. Sad news for poor Larry, but great news for us fans! Upon moping away from your former home, Larry manages to win the lottery, AND a spot on a television game show, winning a cruise to an exotic island all in the same day. Then unwittingly becomes the target of the KGB and a mad scientist, who follow him to his tropical destination of Nontoonyt Island! As you'd expect, plenty of hilarity ensues in this worthy sequel to The Land of the Lounge Lizards.Because of the controversial themes of the first Larry game, Sierra wanted to tone down the sequel. Resultantly, were left with a hilariously funny game without much sexual humour. In fact even attempting to have sex in the game, usually results in Larry's demise. Sierra later ditched this idea for later sequels of the game, after criticisms from fans of the series that Larry 2 was not raunchy/sexy enough. For this reason, the game did not feature an age check, or a trivia of worldly knowledge that would otherwise be before a youngsters time to be able to answer, but rather a basic copy protection.