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Things start to change once you cross Academy on Pendleton Street. The road narrows, bars go up in store windows and paint falls away from the clapboard houses Brandon Mill left behind.
Save for a jeweler and a discount furniture store, the buildings here seem empty or abandoned. Studios are locked; the blinds are drawn.
Stay long enough, though, and life begins to stir. Leaning against the wall of an auto shop, two mechanics wave. Then a chainsaw buzzes in the distance, a cargo train barrels down the tracks and the door to Art Bomb opens as an 8-year-old girl on a scooter careens past in a blur of pink and purple.
This is where the Pendleton Street Arts District began.
Ten years ago, West Greenville was the last place left for artists that nobody cared about, said Diane Kilgore Condon, who opened Art Bomb studios in 2001.
Downtown real estate was getting snapped up. Above a shoe store on Coffee Street, architects were measuring the floors of Condons studio, where it would later become a real estate office. The West End was filling up, and artists were getting pushed out as the market turned fast and lucrative.
So they became pioneers, going as far west as they could until they found the old mill village on Pendleton Street, boarded-up and half-forgotten.
It was beautiful even then, Condon said. There was something about it it was like going back in time.
Today, more than 30 artists have moved to Pendleton, Andrews, Smith Street and Lois Avenue. Their studios are open by appointment only. Its art for arts sake. Shows, not sales. This pure, unadulterated idea of living the life of an artist and finding your muse and not stopping until you have found it.
But the district is growing, and with that comes the fear that this last untapped frontier will be stripped down and made into another West End. Its a delicate give-and-take for artists like Condon who want city dollars pumped into new sidewalks and landscaping but dont want to see history repeat itself. This is a special place. Theres rawness here, yes, and strange, broken stories.
Sometimes its good to understand what a different culture looks and sounds like, Condon said. We have to have some of that left in Greenville.
Changes afoot
Condon can measure progress on the way home from Art Bomb after a long day of painting. Theres the hole on Calhoun Street where a condemned house was torn down this week and another house across the street, this one still standing, where a woman Condon had known for years used to live.
One day the woman was gone, replaced by a 20-something girl who answered the front door to her living room, repainted a scorching pink with gold-leaf mirrors and a sheepskin rug on the floor.
Up and down the neighborhood, artists and young couples are starting to buy up derelict mill homes at rock-bottom prices to flip around for a profit. Its a shift that Condon didnt think would come this fast or this far out, but the truth is a dollar here can go twice as far as it can downtown, and people have begun to notice.
We can walk to Main Street if we wanted to, but we dont want to pay Main Street prices because we cant. Were young and just getting started, said indie designer Lily Wikoff.
Wikoff works out of her studio on 1269 Pendleton, in what used to be a salvage store filled with stacks of old doors and hinges. Its almost unrecognizable now walls turned into chalkboards, a catalog of jewelry arranged on chipped farm tables, handmade candles filling the room with a dusky vanilla scent.
She moved here five years ago, when Pendleton was a grittier, rougher version of what it is now, and investors like Richard Heusel and Michael Watts could see the potential in the abandoned dry cleaners, furniture outlets and storefront Baptist churches.
Those buildings became Village Studios and Gallery, Lily Pottery, Dabney Mahanes Studio and Liz Daly Designs. Later, more artists came, filling in a crooked spine that stopped at Art Bomb, a bookend on the very edge of city limits.
Watts, a financial adviser, owns a large swathe of property along Pendleton, including a ramshackle 13,000-square-foot structure with no roof, doors or windows that he plans to subdivide and lease out for $8 to $12 a square foot.
He hopes for an entertainment venue or restaurant, businesses that are related to the arts but more than just a studio. The kind of place that will attract a young, creative class drawn to the rough-and-tumble buildings around them.
The future of this area is going to come from people who are 25 to 35. Thats what really is going to drive the growth out here, Watts said.
Still, for all its inexpensive real estate and proximity to downtown, not many people make it past Academy Street. Either they dont know whats on the other side, or theyve lived in the city long enough to know about West Greenvilles reputation as crime-ridden and violent, with drugs and gangs and prostitution.
Condon, whos been here the longest and is known for taking in stray dogs, said living here is different than what you would think.
Homes do get broken into. There are drug dealers and prostitutes but, despite that, neighborhood children will come to her if an animal is in trouble. People stop to look at the art in windows, return the $5 they borrowed for gas and ask if they can take the old furniture sitting out on the sidewalk.
Its a community just like everywhere else, Condon said.
The Far West End
Touches of the city start to show if you walk down Pendleton Street long enough. A sidewalk recently rebuilt, a pedestrian crossing put in, planter boxes filled with this seasons annuals.
For the most part, though, improvements made so far have been through the efforts of artists and the districts business association, which has branded Pendleton Street as the Far West End.
They see this as a Southern version of what SoHo was 10 years ago and what Brooklyn is now a small arts village with a few restaurants or bars and affordable apartments like West End Commons, where Wikoff lives with an enclave of other artists.
What they dont want to happen, Wikoff said, is for the district to turn into a replica of the West End, where the city got involved once development took off and rents became so expensive that most artists couldnt afford it anymore.
How that can happen with artists pushing for more name recognition while writing letters to the city to ask for more money for sidewalks is a balance that city leaders and stakeholders here have to work out together, said Mayor Knox White.
It all comes down to who owns the buildings and, in this case, youve got some major landowners and building owners who seem very committed to the vision, White said.
He points to uptown Charlottes arts district, NoDa, which he calls an almost carbon copy of the Far West End. Both started as dried-up mill villages left behind by their textile conglomerates until young artists trickled in and opened studios. But NoDa has housing, which White says this area needs, and it has retail and restaurants.
What would strengthen us would be a stronger commitment to mixed use, he said. It has not quite reached critical mass, but its getting close to it as more people discover the area.
Tracy Dozier, economic development project manager for the corridor, said that for now, the city is letting the Far West End market develop itself, but there is a vision that it will turn into a destination for visitors.
Dozier said future improvement projects include painting the rusting trestle bridge on Lois Avenue, which artists have pushed the city to do for years, and streetscape beautification to make the area more pedestrian friendly.
The citys capital improvement program has also budgeted $100,000 for street and sidewalk improvements along Pendleton Street next fiscal year.
Theres been a long planning process, White said. Weve done some things for the last couple of years, but the larger amount is going to be spent once we have the street-scape in hand.


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Alot has been said about the tragedies and awful bad luck that has struck the heart of the Soilent Green camp since their phenomenal third album, A Deleted Symphony for the Beaten Down, was released towards the end of 2001, so I wont waste anymore space in this review detailing these events. Essentially this review is, as it should be, dedicated to Soilent Green's long awaited and triumphant return: Confrontation.
Confrontation is the fourth full length album from the New Orlean's based five piece, complete with a couple of line-up changes since the last album and another new producer, and atleast in the eyes ( and through the ears! ) of this reviewer, Soilent Green have delivered another essential modern extreme metal masterpiece. Soilent Green long ago established their unique, signature sound and though Confrontation is no great progression from A Deleted Symphony.., it does offer some twists and turns, and perhaps most importantly, Confrontation is a fresh, brilliantly written and executed example of where Soilent Green are at in 2005.
Famed metal musician/songwriter/producer Eric Rutan was presented with the knob twiddling duties, and by using his fast improving production skills and by combining older, more traditional recording methods with modern technology (Pro-Tools), Rutan has blessed Soilent Green with their best production thus far in their illustrious career. Clarity and thick, sludgy heaviness reign surpreme, everything is superbly mixed and the end result is spectacular, before even taking into account the incredible songwriting and musicanship on display.
One of the first notable differences on Confrontation are to do with Ben Falgoust's always phenomenal vocal attack. While on previous albums, Ben has utilised a higher pitched, almost "blackened" vocal accompaniment to his varied lower range vox, on Confrontation his higher range is, well, far less "backened"?!? Instead the higher range vocals are nasty, raw, venomous snarls, while his lower vox are utilised on a far more regular basis then on prior releases, and they sound as amazing and as varied as fans have come to expect from one of extreme metal's more unique and excellent vocalists.
After a rather pointless intro Soilent Green bust into the thick, simple opening groove of "Leaves of Three", and a short way into the tune, the fuzzed out, precision blasting from Tommy Buckley and the unpredictable, varied tempo shifts and thick, bluesy grooves take hold. Throughout the remainder of the album, Soilent Green deliver their unique, grind/sludge/punk/bluesy brand of extreme metal at full throttle, each track a snarling, pissed off fireball of raw, unpredicatable and always scintillating extreme metal, regardless of what speed they are playing at. Speaking of speed, this is the band's fastest material in a while, both throughout the scathing blast beat sections and the full throttle, sludgey, punk fuelled thrashy sections. Each track is of a very high standard but if I was to select a handful of my personal favourite killer cuts they would include:
Scream Trapped Underwater, 12 Oz. Prophet, Pretty Smiles & Shattered teeth, Theory of Pride in Tragedy and a Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem.
Curiously, they decided to record a new, slightly different version of the track "They lie to hide the truth", which originally appeared on their split 7" with Eyehategod a couple of years ago. The track is however, positioned nicely on the album and the production is an improvment from the original. Confrontation also includes some experimental, noodling interludes which help to pace the album by breaking up their scathing metal attack with these chilled out, Southern fried interludes. These four interludes vary in their success, with the upbeat, Southern twang of "Another Cheap Brand of Luck" being my personal favourite.
Confrontation is a more fleshed out album then its predecessor, featuring 15 tracks and around 20 mminutes more play time then A Deleted Symphony.., offered. However, im refusing to compare this album with previous works at this early stage, particularly after I was obsessed with the captivating brilliance of A Deleted Symphony... I can however say with confidence that Confrontaion is a blistering return for one of my favourite bands, easily my current favourite metal album of 2005, and another modern metal classic by the one and only Soilent Green, therefore it scores 99%..... Ah fuck it. 100%, trust me, its worth it.

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The World's 5 Most Venomous Species
There are hundreds of animals that could kill you.
I don't care if you're a 98 pound weakling or a rippling wall of pure strength and power, you could still never take on a fairly significant percentage of the animal population without benefit of firearms. You could be mauled by a bear, eaten by a shark, or trampled by an elephant. I think the coolest deadly animals, however, are the venomous ones. Here's our list of the top 5 most venomous creatures in the world.
5. The Stonefish
The stonefish or dornorn is officially considered the most venomous fish in the world. It takes its name from the fact that, well, it looks like a stone. It can blend in well in the shallow tropical waters it inhabits, mostly in the Indian and Pacific oceans. The nasty part of the stonefish is on its dorsal fins. There is where you'll find a row of spines filled with a toxic venom.
If you have the bad luck to get stuck with one of the stonefish's venomous fins, you'll find yourself in a world of hurt. The venom hurts so much that some people who've been stung have wanted the limb amputated. It can cause shock, paralysis, tissue death, and even fatalities if not treated within a few hours. The stonefish has at least one beneficial use. It's a very expensive sashimi called okoze in Japan.
4. Blue-Ringed Octopi
There are three species of the blue-ringed octopus, all of which live in the Pacific. They're all small, beautifully colored octopi, and they're all some of the most venomous animals in the world. The octopus usually stays camouflaged, waiting to prey on its preferred dinner of small crabs and shrimp. Provoke it though, and it'll quickly turn yellow and show off its bright blue markings. Then it will sting you and you'll die. Okay, you might not die, but the tiny octopus carries enough venom to kill 26 adults in its body.
The most dangerous effect of the blue-ringed octopus's venom is respiratory failure. If you're stung by the octopus, you're probably going to need rescue breathing until you can start to breathe on your own, which might not be for several hours. Nasty stuff.
3. Inland Taipan
The inland taipan's nastiness can probably be inferred by its other name, the fierce snake. It's the most poisonous snake in the world, with a single bite containing enough venom to kill up to 100 adults. Not only is it deadly, but it's a quick killer too. It can kill you in less than 45 minutes.
Fortunately for you, I doubt you spend too much time wandering the deserts of central Australia. Even more fortunately, there are no actual documented human fatalities. The snake is particularly timid, won't bite if left alone, and there's an antivenom. So wander around the Australian deserts with confidence, secure in the knowledge that only several dozen other animals might kill you.
2. Brazilian Wandering Spider
The Brazilian wandering spider is the most toxic spider in the world, more than earning its Greek name of murderess. This spider is really creepy for several reasons. One, it's fierce. This is not some wimpy spider that will run away at the first sign of a human, allowing careless hikers to escape a painful death without even knowing they're in danger. No, these spiders will attack anyone and anything they see as threatening. They're both deadly and aggressive. Second, they're not incredibly easy to avoid. They get the "wandering" part of their name from the fact that they roam around, rather than live in a particular web or tree. In densely populated areas, you can imagine how many people get bitten by an aggressive spider that wanders all over the place.
Brazilian wandering spiders are responsible for more cases of venom intoxication in Brazil than any other animals. Thankfully, even if the spider bites you it might not inject venom. Only about a third of its victims receive venomous bites. But if you do get any venom, you're really going to regret it. It's reportedly one of the most painful venoms in existence, thanks in large part to a high concentration of serotonin in the venom. While the venom is potentially fatal, the worst thing the Brazilian spider can cause would probably only make you die of embarrassment. The venom can cause priapism, an erection that won't go away and might actually cause impotence. There is an antidote to the venom, but since it is so fast acting you'd better be carrying it on you if you're out in the South American jungle. You're not getting to a hospital in time.
1. The Box Jellyfish
The box jellyfish or sea wasp is probably more dangerous than any of the other animals on this list. They're not technically jellyfish, though they look a lot like them to me, but they are arguably the most venomous creature in the world. Tiny nematocysts on the animal's tentacles contain the powerful venom and stick to their victims. Of all the creatures on this list that could sting me, I would fear this one the most. Its venom is so painful that there are several reports of people who passed out from the pain but kept screaming long after losing consciousness. They also kill more people per year, mostly in Australia, than any other animal on this list. Since records started being kept in 1884, it's killed more than 5500 people.
If you're ever stung by one of these jellyfish, you'll probably not be able to remember any tips. Here are a few anyway. Vinegar, due to its acetic acid content, will prevent any more venom from releasing into the bloodstream and should be applied to affected areas and any remaining tentacles immediately. If you can make it to the shore, not always a given when stung by one of these creatures, you might make it as there is an antivenom. Probably the best thing you can do to avoid stings, besides not swimming in box jellyfish infested waters of course, is to wear pantyhose. Seriously. A thin layer of nylon, such as pantyhose, will prevent the stingers from attaching to your skin and hurting like the dickens. Some men would think it girly to wear pantyhose at the beach, but if it's good enough for Joe Namath I figure it's good enough to save me from immense pain and death.
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A relative status quo in state Senate redistricting is fine by East Greenwich officials.
Sen. Dawson Hodgson (R-Dist. 35, North Kingstown, East Greenwich) will take it, too, considering the alternatives he faced. Still, the first-term senator will have plenty of new voters to introduce himself to if he hopes to win re-election.
The state Senate map proposed by the Rhode Island Reapportionment Commission for adoption by the General Assembly early in its 2012 session, which started Tuesday, creates a minimum of change for East Greenwich, leaving it served by two senators, as is the case with the current district. The state is required to reapportion its General Assembly and Congressional districts every 10 years.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers slugger drove a 1-2 changeup from San Diego's Josh Geer an estimated 369 feet into the seats in left field at Petco Park with two outs in the first inning Saturday.
It was his seventh of the season and 534th of his career, giving the Dodgers a 1-0 lead.
Ramirez returned Friday night after sitting out 50 games. He went 0-for-3 with a walk before leaving the game after the sixth inning.
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On August 20, 2010, Nevada federal district Judge James Mahan denied Everest Gaming Limited's motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Harrah's Interactive Entertainment, Inc.'s continued use of the EVEREST POKER trademark in connection with the 2010 World Series of Poker. Everest claimed that a Promotional Agreement, previously entered into by Harrah's and Everest's predecessor-in-interest, Ultra Internet Media, S.A. ("UIM"), that authorized the use of the EVEREST POKER mark for the 2008, 2009 and 2010 World Series tournaments had been effectively terminated as of April 1, 2010. In his order, Judge Mahan ruled that Harrah's continued use of the EVEREST POKER mark in connection with the 2010 World Series, which began in May, was improper only if the Promotional Agreement had been terminated. However, he concluded Everest had not, at least at this stage of the proceedings, satisfied its burden of proving that it was likely to succeed on the merits of its claim that the Promotional Agreement had in fact been terminated. Accordingly, Judge Mahan denied Everest Gaming's request for an injunction against Harrah's finding that on the evidence before him it was unclear whether the Promotional Agreement had been terminated or not.
The United States Supreme Court on June 28, 2010, issued its opinion in Bilski et al. v. Kappos. This case was on appeal from the Federal Circuit which had held that the claims for managing hedging risk in Bilski's patent application were not statutory subject matter under 35 United States Code("USC") §101. Rather, they were deemed to be unpatentable as an abstract idea.


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All that stands in the way of the Bluejays keeping the title to themselves is a match at Wausau East on Thursday.
Merrill won swept Wausau East, D.C. Everest and Stevens Point Area Senior High to improve to 10-1 in the Valley. ...


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Last night I took a rare dip into a Springbank Society 11yo Local Barley bottling that was finished in re-charred sherry butts. Man I love this stuff. It has a deep earthy minerality that is lifted by fruity malt sherry influence. I wish I could get more.
After dinner I had a pour of Laddie 10. I think there's something wrong with my bottle. I've thought it from the moment I opened it, and it is confirmed each time I pour from it. It has that somewhat gamey quality that I associate with cork taint. I opened it right after I opened an awfully corked Springbank 10/100, so I tried to ignore it, in disbelief that I could open two whiskies gone bad in a row. Really disappointing. I never have this problem with bourbon...
I finished the night on a high note with Ardbeg Day. This bottle has really grown on me over the last few months. I think I can say I have officially acquired a taste for the richly sweet sherry finish on top of the earthy smoke of the peat; it's like smoking a cigar dipped in sherry. I'm heading out to look for more sherry finished Islay. Like, now.
My Laddie 10 had an "off note" as well Aaron. I don't think it was just your bottle.
And the Ardbeg Day is delicious!!! Welcome to the club!
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In 2010, Greater Atlanta Christian School had 14 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The Georgia average is 15 students per full-time equivalent teacher.
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I'm a former parent. Our child attended GACS from K3 through middle school. Our experience in the Village and the Elementary school was exceptional. Things changed beginning in middle school. The focus seems to be more on how much money you can contribute to the school. Although technology is pushed, it seems to be more for the spotlight and not for the educational benefit. Parent input was encouraged but I don't believe that the input was even considered. Discipline is a problem in middle school and unless you are are part of the social elite, your child may or may not survive the bullying. Although discipline was handled appropriately in the elementary school, middle school is different. Serious bullying is only addressed with slight reprimands. We supported GAC financially and by volunteer work for all the years were there but we didn't feel like GAC supported us when we needed them. The majority of the staff and some of the families seem to truly care and support the students. We've decided to move to a covenant Christian school that supports the whole child and familly in education, spiritual growth which is a better fit for our family
I Love this school! This is our fifth year there. We fell truly blessed to have our child there. They care about the educational, spiritual and emotional growth of each individual child. The children are taught how to be a Christian to everyone!


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Winterset laid it on the Pella Christian girls' soccer team on Thursday, 11 – 1. The score was 7 – 1 at the half, with the one goal for the Eagles coming from Abbi Pleima with around eight minutes to go in the opening frame. Coach Bill Collman tells KNIA/KRLS Sports that nothing really went right for his team and they were beat in every phase of the game. Pella Christian's girls end the regular season with a 5 – 12 record, and will have some time to prepare for their opening round match-up in the regional tournament, when they play C-M-B on May 28.
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I guess I never thought it would come to this but I am coming to the conclusion that traditional photography is becoming marginalized to the point of becoming the poor step sister to digital and except for some 35 mm film and paper will be a thing of the past in a few years.
Every new magazine issue, every blog I read, every forum brings forth another group of photographers ditching traditional for digital. I have talked to two photographers who are getting out of ULF, one who is going to scan film from MF and make digital ULF negatives for contact printing and the other who decided for the cost of 2 years worth of film he can get a top of the line epson printer and work from smaller negs.
In a couple of years I would imagine that magazines such as B&W and the UK Black and White will carry 90% digital portfolios with the occasional nod to an old timer still working with film.
As everything accelerates to digital, due to the rock bottom costs of production, almost all new images being sold will be a digital print.
I never thought I would say it, but I can see a day when galleries, publications and photographers will ridicule gelatin silver (more so then already) as a flawed, inferior final product compared to a digital print. It is certainly a flawed methodology to produce a print in the eyes of the majority of photographers today.
Now one can argue, "but what about archival standards"? Well, to be honest, in this day and age, I don't think anyone outside of another traditionalist really gives a rats ass about how long a print lasts. Regardless if it costs 20, 50 or 250 dollars.
I had the idea that no matter how entrenched digtial becomes there would always be an appreciation for the tradition, the handcrafted nature of a "real" gelatin silver print. I just don't see it that way anymore. I just see the ever increasing push for digital in magazines and web sites basically poisoning the well for anyone new to even consider analog. At one of the local Barnes and Nobel stores they had one single book about darkroom printing, among at least 100 volumes and multiple copies about everything digital.
With no new cameras being made for entry level photographers, no information in magazines, no books one can look at in the bookstore, who is going to buy the film and paper? I guess I need to not really care about availability of film and paper and when it finally runs its course I can start looking at DSLRs and printers. Untill then enjoy the ride while it lasts.
Hate to be such a pessimist which I am usually not. I have been in a kind of funk the last couple of weeks which is probably clouding my thinking. Maybe some one can blow some sunshine my way.


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Is Halle Berry launching another grenade in her bitter custody battle with ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry over 3-year-old daughter Nahla? TMZ reports she's petitioning the court to allow her to move with Nahla to France, which just happens to be the homeland of her beau, Olivier Martinez.
And there's this: TMZ says the Oscar winner is indeed engaged to the actor, and their newly minted betrothal status could help bolster her request.
Halle, who has repeatedly said she would never marry again, supposedly accepted a proposal from Olivier sometime after she sparked rampant engagement reports by flashing an emerald-and-diamond ring on her all-important finger.
But Halle's camp insists the reason for the move comes down to security, not retaliation against Aubry. The actress has apparently received death threats from an alleged stalker who escaped last week from a mental institution.
Robert D. Hoskins, who made headlines in 1995 when he was shot by one of Madonna's bodyguards while trying to scale the wall of her Los Angeles compound, finished serving a 10-year prison term in 2011.
"She is terrified for her safety," a source tells Radar Online. "The LAPD told Halle that Hoskins threatened, 'I'm going to kill that b----. I'm going to cut her throat.'"
Berry, who is also said to be worried about accused stalker Richard Franco, feels it has become a "life-or-death situation," insiders tell TMZ.
A decision on the relocation plan is pending, but Aubry "vehemently" opposes the move, which he suspects "is punitive and designed to strip him of any contact with his daughter," say sources.
The Canadian model, who reportedly agreed to take anger management classes after tussling with Nahla's baby sitter last month, is also believed to be unhappy that Martinez will be living with Halle and the tyke.
Berry's confidants counter that she's "very concerned" Aubry may be compromising Nahla's safety by "parading" her in front of the paparazzi, although the same photo op accusation could be leveled against Halle and Martinez.
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Menlo Park, CA and San Francisco, CA — September 2, 2011— Clean Power Finance (CPF), the leading provider of integrated services and financing solutions for the solar industry, today announced the close of a total $25 million investment from new investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Google Ventures. The company has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, Robert "Nat" Kreamer who is a solar finance pioneer and co-founder of SunRun.
Led by KPCB's Green Growth Fund with participation from Google Ventures, Claremont Creek Ventures, Clean Pacific Ventures and Sand Hill Angels, the new investment enables Clean Power Finance to continue building on its industry-leading platform to deliver more cost-effective point-of-sale financing to the burgeoning U.S. solar market.
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|Reconsideration of the costs of convenience: quality, operational, and fiscal strategies to minimize elective labor induction.
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|Elective induction of labor is at an all-time high in the United States despite known associated risks. It can lead to birth of an infant too early, a long labor, exposure to a high-alert medication with its potential side effects, unnecessary cesarean birth, and maternal and neonatal morbidity. There is a cascade of interventions related to elective induction such as an intravenous line, continuous electronic fetal monitoring, confinement to bed, amniotomy, pharmacologic labor stimulating agents, parental pain medications, and regional anesthesia, each with their own set of potential complications and risk of iatrogenic harm. These risks apply to all women having the procedure, however for nulliparous women before 41 weeks of gestation with an unfavorable cervix, the main risk is cesarean birth after unsuccessful labor induction with the potential for maternal and neonatal morbidity and increased healthcare costs. When cesarean occurs, subsequent births are likely to be via cesarean as well. Elective labor induction before 41 weeks is inconsistent with quality perinatal care, and performance of this unnecessary procedure should be minimized. Convenience as the reason for labor induction is contrary to a culture focused on patient safety. A review of current evidence, followed by changes in practice, is warranted to support the safest care possible during labor and birth. Various strategies to reduce the rate of elective induction in the United States are presented.
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Well, yeah, the 3.5 x 3.5's are working fine and I would just assume not mess with it, but then I catch flak from Drew Wiley and he makes it sound like I am putting hair gel on my Apo Rodagons....effing maddening man.
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Indeed, Fred Miller Again a Bear
Thanks Higgins for diverting my energy back to the real world. This morning, the Bears announced that they have re-signed tackle Fred Miller to a one-year contract.
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|Cardiovascular consequences of weightlessness promote advances in clinical and trauma care.
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|Cardiovascular adaptations driven by exposure to weightlessness cause some astronauts to experience orthostatic intolerance upon return to Earth. Maladaptations of spaceflight that lead to hemodynamic instability are temporary, and therefore astronauts provide for researchers a powerful model to study cardiovascular dysfunction in terrestrial patients. Orthostatic intolerance in astronauts is linked to changes in the autonomic control of cardiovascular function, and so patients that suffer neurocardiogenic syncope may benefit from a greater understanding of the effects of spaceflight on the autonomic nervous system. In addition, appropriate autonomic compensation is fundamental to the maintenance of stable arterial pressures and brain blood flow in patients suffering traumatic bleeding injuries. The application of lower body negative pressure (LBNP), an experimental procedure used widely in aerospace physiology, induces autonomic and hemodynamic responses that are similar to actual hemorrhage and therefore may emerge as a useful experimental tool to simulate hemorrhage in humans. Observations that standing astronauts and severely injured patients are challenged to maintain venous return has contributed to the development of an inspiratory impedance threshold device that serves as a controlled "Mueller maneuver" and has the potential to reduce orthostatic intolerance in returning astronauts and slow the progression to hemorrhagic shock in bleeding patients. In this review, we focus on describing new concepts that have arisen from studies of astronauts, patients, and victims of trauma, and highlight the necessity of developing the capability of monitoring medical information continuously and remotely. Remote medical monitoring will be essential for long-duration space missions and has the potential to save lives on the battlefield and in the civilian sector.
|William H Cooke; Victor A Convertino
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This is a split of a discussion Hancoque and I had, which desperately needs to be elaborated on.
First of all, I've dumped my thoughts on the matter into the Wiki: http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?ti...Vinyl_Mastering. Please comment on it.
A couple of the points there are explicitly worth starting this topic off:
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Please read the page we're discussing. This description is of one of many ways of mastering vinyl. It's rare, but does happen, which is partly the subject of the page.
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Please read the page we're discussing. This description is of one of many ways of mastering vinyl. It's rare, but does happen, which is partly the subject of the page.
I just read the wiki, and what is says does not change what I just said.
The wiki looks to me like it was written by someone who did academic-style research heavily weighted on internet chatter, It seems to dealing with a limited set of misapprehensions. The author does not seem to have the kind of understanding that would come from a good understanding of how vinyl works and its limitations.
For example it mentions elliptic filters as an explantion for bass summing. Elliptic filters are just a kind of filters like Butterworth filters. They have steep slopes. There may have been a popular implementation of bass summing that was based on elliptic filters, but that choice was irrelevant to the basics of the process wihich was to minimize vertical modulation because vertical modulation was more distortion prone and had far more limited dynamic range.
Another example:
Under "How many different ways can a CD master differ from a vinyl master?"
"The vinyl master may be sourced from a 24-bit version of the CD master."
If a 24 bit master exists, then the CD was almost certainly sourced from it as well. There would rarely if ever be any difference in this regard.
Bottom line, this wiki needs so much work that it would be difficult to do it via a posting to HA because of HA's limit on blocks of quoted text.
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Age: 30-35
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I've been using this for the past 4 years as my eyeshadow primer and love it. It makes my eyeshadow last all day long (and I have long work days) and the pot lasts forever. When I'm feeling especially lazy, I'll sometimes just use this, as the skin over my eyelids is transparent and looks vein-y (blech).
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
I'm very disappointed from this product. I had read all the rave reviews here and from so many beauty gurus on Youtube that I decided to try it out. As an eyeshadow base it does absolutely nothing for me, I have oily eyelids and my eyeshadows crease like crazy when I wear Painterly. I tried to put less product, I tried to put more but nothing worked. As a cream eyeshadow with another base underneath (I use Too Faced Shadow Insurance which I LOVE) it's a beautiful neutral shade and has a nice, creamy consistency, but nothing you can't find in other companies for much money(the MAC paint pots cost 20� here in Greece, which is about 26-27$). All in all, I wouldn't repurchase this product as it doesn't do what it's supposed to(at least on me).
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Green
This is a great eyeshadow primer! I use it everyday as a base and I have fairly oily eyelids so creasing is a big issue for me! I find this lasts all day and is still very matte and crease free, even on some really hot and humid days. I usually just use my finger to apply and find its fine. A little expensive but will last for a good 8-12 months. This ones a winner xooxo
Age: 25-29
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I was so torn on this product for months and I've finally decided... I hate it. I can't even explain exactly what's so unlikeable about it... it's just bleh. I tried it several different ways and it never worked. It looks like such a pretty, almost pinky-nude in the pot, but on my lids it basically looks purplish-grey. Seriously. And not in a good way. It washes out my entire eye and makes me look old and tired. And it's not even good as a primer, because it creased within like three hours. I wish I still had the receipt but sadly I waited too long. Boo on Painterly.
Age: 19-24
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Curly, Fine
Eyes: Blue
I love this product and use it almost every day, regardless of how much makeup I'm wearing. It can be used either as an eyeshadow primer, which intensifies the color so much it's insane, or you can just dab some on your eyes and actually use it as an eyeshadow (assuming you have the right coloring-I'm very fair, so it's a perfect natural shade for my eyes).
I usually apply this with my MAC217 brush, but when I don't have time I just dab some on with my fingers and it still looks flawless. I use a little more when I'm using it an an eyeshadow alone, and I use a little less when I'm wearing it underneath eyeshadow as a primer. You only need a tiny bit to have the eyeshadow stay all day without fading or creasing. When I use this as an eyeshadow, it looks natural but so pretty and eye-enhancing!
The best thing by far about this product is its ability to make eyeshadow colors look more vibrant and intense. It makes every eyeshadow look the way I actually want it to look. If you're thinking about buying this product, go to MAC and ask to test it. Then go to one of MAC's tester eyeshadows and swipe it one or two times on the back of your hand. Then swipe painterly right next to the eyeshadow swatch alone, and swipe the same eyeshadow on top of painterly. I can guarantee you that the color will be slightly darker, vibrant, and noticeable. The difference is astounding. I will never use eyeshadow again without using the painterly paint pot, unless I'm using a color that I don't want to be more intense.
The two cons are A) it's expensive- but once you know you like it, buy it from Ebay and get it cheaper! Plus, for a product this amazing I don't mind shelling out $20! Regardless, I don't think I'll even need to repurchase this all that much because this is going to last me forever! and B) the packaging doesn't really suck, but it could be better. It doesn't seem like the lid closes all the way and I could possibly see this drying out before I'm done with it if I don't make sure to tightly seal it all the way every time I use it.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Green
I love this little gem. My eyeshadow has never creased while wearing this as a primer. I have oily lids and have to wear primer daily if I want my shadow to last more than an hour. I like that this is a cooler flesh tone. It makes a nice canvas for my shadows to go over. But, I never wear this as an eyeshadow alone - the color just wouldn't suit me. Lately, I've been having fun trying out other primers and they're nice. However, if I could only have one primer in my makeup bag, it would be Painterly hands down.
Age: 30-35
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Brown, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
I use this product primarily for a primer. My eyelids are very oily despite the rest of my skin being fairly dry. On my skin, this is far superior to the UD primer, or any other primer I have tried for holding my shadows in place. This stuff enables me to escape some of the dreaded fallout I have with my shimmery and glittery shadows. Sometimes, I wear it alone with just a bit of mascara. I won't ever stop buying this.
Age: 25-29
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this after seeing Lisa Eldridge using it several times. As my skin tone is very similar to hers (I'm an NC20), it is a very flattering pink putty colour on me. The texture is soft and creamy but it dries flat very quickly. I have been using it as a base/primer for eyeshadows and glitter. Fine glitter seems to adhere well to this product. On its own, Painterly is not a very exciting colour, so I treat this as a base or a preparatory product rather than a "colour", if that makes sense. It covers darkness and blemishes on the eyelids very well. However, as mentioned before, I would not wear this on its own. I have found that warm neutral or pinky shades of shadow and glitter go very well on top of this colour. There is quite a lot of product in this pot so I don't think I will be buying it again soon. Overall it's a very good product.
Age: 36-43
Skin: Dry, Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Brown
This shade makes it a great primer for all eyeshadows. It becomes virtually impercetible and adds great longevity to the make up which remains perfect for many hours. No crease no fading. I also own Bare Study which I use if I apply a beige gold eye shadow on top, but Painterly is the perfect choice, totally versatile.
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I love this eyeshadow base! It pretty much matches my skintone and makes my shadow last all day!
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Messi was booed by certain sections of the Camp Nou crowd as Barcelona narrowly missed out on winning La Liga on Saturday in a 1-1 home draw to Atletico Madrid, who took the title for the first time in 18 years in a dramatic title decider.
"It is the people of (Football Club) Barcelona who will decide my future but my decision is to continue since I still sense that they feel affection for me," the Argentine star wrote on the Chinese online messaging platform Weibo.
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- Cut down on fast food and try to make healthier choices when you do eat it – replace the fries and pop with the healthier options offered.
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We are delighted to announce the launch of a new e-learning session for Health Visitors which is designed to help Health Visitors to understand the important role genetic and genomic information can play in their practice. Health Visitors have a unique opportunity to assess children at different stages in their development and to interact with various members of a child's family and they are therefore in a prime position to identify key information about families and to consider whether conditions they encounter may have a genetic cause.
The new resource focuses on the practical, 'must know' knowledge that Health Visitors can put to immediate use in their day-to-day work. In particular, the focus of the resource is that Health Visitors need to:
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The session uses a scenario based on health visiting normal practice to introduce when and how genetic information may be useful in a particular situation. The session provides tips for taking a family history and the actions a health visitor needs to consider to ensure the child and family have received the most appropriate information and follow up. It also gives the health visitor information on identifying different modes of inheritance and how to access further advice and support.
This new resource has been developed by the NHS National Genetics Education Centre in association with e- Learning for Health (eLfH) as part of the Department for Health's Building Community Capacity project which is designed to support existing health visitors to gain confidence and extend or renew their knowledge and skills.


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