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Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 1994.
I've had perhaps ten of these. I love that edition. I'm not sure if that was my last one or not. I can't quite bear to look.
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Ban killing machines
In my opinion, it's ridiculous to think scanners or guards would stop a shooter intent upon killing.
He/she has planned it out and has the element of surprise, and anyone who stood in their way would be a target. With an assault rifle, they wouldn't have a chance.
The only answer is to ban them and any other gun that can be used as a killing machine.
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Didn't really need the video to basically say "Well Twilight Princess is pretty much trash but people like so here it is!" It's in the top 4, wanna highlight some it's amazing factors like you did with the others? Also the GCN version is by far superior IMO and doesn't feature the annoying waggle combat.
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I mean, yeah, if Nintendo wanted the game to sell all of about 2 copies they'd choose this art style.
Geez, Peach is turning into an AJ Lee type character! Hope they run with this, it'll give her some personality!
This will come to NA. Monster Hunter is such a system-seller they'd be crazy not to localize this.
Well poopiedoodledingdongs, I really wanted this one too
Watch the language please — TBD
Love hearing developers talk about the thought process for these ingenious games. This game is gunna be great!
@LordJumpMad It's still in it's development, and we'll probably see a lot more details be put in later this year. It's only really skyloft that isn't looking so hot right now to me.
This article claims it features 21 Canadian locations. I can't find one. Not even in the link provided.
This was and is gunna happen eventually. Lets Plays have always been a bit of a touchy subject, and this is Nintendos way of handling it. Oh and I love how so many Youtubers are posting rant videos on how Nintendos flagging videos for copyright, when the article here clearly says they are encouraging people to upload content.
I've never thought of donating to a kickstarter before, but I'm now extremely tempted to.
This could have rode the platformer-revival train with Shovel Knight and Ducktales, but noooooo, Sega doesn't want to include the consoles where platformers sell best! >
I'm literally only really buying this for Gemini Sunrise. God Sakura Wars on Wii was amazing
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Tuesday September 6, 2011Florida Freshmen Runners Jimmy Clark and Grace VanDeGrift Pick Up SEC Cross Country Weekly Honors
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Gator freshmen cross country runners Jimmy Clark (St. Johns, Fla.) and Grace VanDeGrift (Durant, Fla.) were both named SEC Freshmen of the Week for their inaugural performances in a Gator uniform, announced by the league office Tuesday afternoon. Clark and VanDeGrift led the Gator cross country squads to season-opening team victories at the Western Carolina Invitational Sept. 2 in Cullowhee, N.C. Both UFs men and women posted a best-possible 15 team points after sweeping first through fifth in each race a 5K for the men and a two-mile run for the women. The conference honor is the first collegiate accolade for both Clark and VanDeGrift, as Clark was named the Mens Freshman of the Week and VanDeGrift was the co-Womens Freshman of the Week alongside Jessica Jackson from Arkansas.
In his first meet as a Gator, Clark topped the 48-man field at the WCU Catamounts Invitational for his first collegiate victory, posting a 5K time of 15:39.11. Clark became the first Florida male freshman since 2003 to win his opening race as a Gator, as former UF runner Steven Hassen won the Gator Invitational as a freshman in 03. Clark paced the Florida pack through the mountains in Cullowhee, averaging a 5:30.6 mile, enabling UF to sweep one-through-five for its first team victory of the 2011 season.
VanDeGrift checked in as the top freshman female finisher in North Carolina, solidifying a fourth-place showing in her first race donning the Orange and Blue after clocking a 10:34.12 two-mile race. With her top-five finish in the field, VanDeGrift became the first UF female freshman since 2008 to place in the top five overall in her season-opening race as a Gator. Shes one of just three UF freshman runners since 2001 to accomplish the feat, as current senior Genevieve LaCaze did so in 2008, while former Gator Ali Crabb recorded a top-five finish in her first race as a freshman in 2007. VanDeGrift averaged a 5.47.1 mile and was just 1.1 seconds off a top-three finish. Not only did the womens squad sweep the top five, but the Gators placed eight runners in the top 10.
With the season opener behind them, the Florida looks forward to staying local this week and is set to head down to the South Florida Invitational in Tampa Sept. 9 at the Claw. Race time is slated for 6 p.m. (ET). For complete results and a recap following Fridays race, visit www.GatorZone.com/crosscountry and follow the Gators on Twitter @GatorZoneXCntry and @GZTrackField.
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SILVERDALE, a village and a township-chapelry in Warton parish, Lancashire. The village stands on Morecambe bay, near the Lancaster and Ulverstone railway, 4½ miles NW of Carnforth; is a sea-bathing resort; and has a r. station with telegraph, a post-office under Lancaster, a hotel, and good lodging-houses. The chapelry comprises 1,145 acres. Real property, £1,262. Pop., 294. Houses, 58. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Manchester. Value, £200.* Patron, the Vicar of Warton. The church was built in 1679, and enlarged in 1829.
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Local author's book debuts after 25 years in the making
December 1, 2009
By Kathleen R. Merrill
Issaquah resident Zoe Escobar didn't plan a career in writing. But she didn't plan for her first book — "Beyond Cuckoo's Nest, The Art and Life of William Sampson Jr." — to take 25 years to write either.
"I've always enjoyed writing, but currently, I'm relating to Winston Churchill's quote: Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then, it becomes a mistress, and then, it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that, just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him out to the public."The book is a large, beautifully bound and covered coffee table book about Sampson's art. His name might not be familiar, but once you see his photo, you might remember him from the films "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" or "The Outlaw Josie Wales."
The book is one that will capture and hold your attention, if not for the gorgeous art, then for the story of how it came to be.
The Press asked Escobar some questions about her book last week as she prepared for a book signing at The Grange.
What made you decide to publish a book about Sampson's art?
When I was traveling with him, he often stopped to visit friends, many of whom had purchased his paintings before he became famous as an actor. They all proudly insisted on showing me his work. After realizing his work was all in private collections (except the two he donated to the Creek Museum in Okmulgee, Okla.), the only way to share them with others was to photograph them and publish a book.
What do you love most about his art?
Every picture tells a story. You can clearly see what the participants in the picture feel.
What can or should people learn from his art?
He painted with his own sense of what it was to be a Native American, taking as his subjects his ancestors, the land, the hard days and opportunities seen by a Creek Indian in the 20th century
Is there a special memory about him that you'd like to share?
When you were introduced to Sonny, his conversation with you would be about you. He showed genuine curiosity about you and your life. And if 10 years passed before you saw him again, even if it was in a different location than when you first met, he would remember you, your name and what you were talking about 10 years before. He was charming with a great sense of humor. He was always willing to share what he had.
Did he know about this book before he passed away?
In 1980, I asked Sonny if I could do the book and he said, "You bet." He called many original holders and asked them if they would participate. Everyone he called said yes, so I traveled to Oklahoma with my Hasselblad camera and lights to take the photographs. Sonny passed away in 1987.
How long have you lived in Issaquah? Why did you move here?
I moved here from Hollywood in 1989. Phil Lucas (1942-2006) invited me up to work on a few documentaries that he was working on. I found the work on Native American documentaries personally rewarding and decided to relocate here.
What made you decide to write? Are you a career writer? Did you want to be?
After taking the photographs, I was told if it was going to be a book it needed words. It took me nearly 25 years to put the words together.
Have you written other books? Are you working on any upcoming ones?
This is my first book. I currently have no plans. I was hoping to publish Norma Jean Bible's manuscript "Beloved Brother," her memoir of growing up with Sonny, her younger brother. Norma passed away last month, so I don't know if that will happen now. However, I was able to quote her in my book.
Where can people purchase this book?
'Beyond Cuckoo's Nest, the Art and Life of William Sampson Jr.' can be purchased online at www.beyondcuckoosnest.com and at the Grange. It's also listed on Amazon.
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Zoe Escobar book signing
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Dec. 5
The Grange
145 N.E. Gilman Blvd.
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Heart is back, aiming to reach new and old fans through a partnership with craft marketplace Etsy.
It's been years since sibling songstresses Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart had a big hit like their '80s comeback power ballad "What About Love" or '70s tunes "Barracuda" and "Magic Man." Now Heart is back with a new album, and it's trying to reach current and new fans online.
The band's digital agency had the luxury of being able to offer free song streams, and conjured up unique ways of getting those tunes in the ears of new and long-time listeners. Its strategy includes a one-of-a-kind integration with crafty community marketplace Etsy.
"Heart fans exist online outside of specific music websites," said Josh Scheiner, president of Apex Exposure, the agency working with Sony Music Entertainment to promote Heart's new release, "Red Velvet Car."
Etsy just so happens to be located in the same Brooklyn building as Apex, which may have influenced the boutique agency to pursue a tie-in with the site. Etsy provides a platform for people to buy and sell handmade and vintage items - think felted cupcake pincushions, made-to-order garments, and antique furniture. Looking to bring Heart to a younger crowd, Apex saw potential kinship between Etsy's younger, female-centric audience of do-it-yourselfers and the Wilson sisters, who represent spirited female independence to many fans.
"It was a way to really highlight the fan that Etsy members often are," said Christina Batch-Lee, marketing manager, partnership and special project lead at Etsy.
According to Apex CEO Ben Luntz, the agency had to determine "how [to] approach them with the content that we have...and do so in a relevant manner so we're providing them with something valuable to their audience."
They did that by working with Etsy to develop a contest designed to promote Heart's latest album, and give members the tools to offer Heart-inspired collections of goodies on the site, called treasuries. "Check out their album art to get a sense of their style," suggested Etsy, which also asked members to add the "iheartheart" tag to their treasuries.
"Ann and Nancy Wilson (pictured above — aren't they fabulous?!), will be browsing your picks looking for cool items to use and wear as they promote the new album, so you never know where your style selections may end up," added the contest description. Treasury winners, chosen randomly, included items in their lists like heart-shaped "red velvet cake" soaps, and a "Crazy on You" necklace made with jasper stones.
Etsy also chose 20 of their top jewelry designers to create jewelry specifically for the band, who then chose items to wear and promote while touring; the effort was promoted on the Etsy homepage. This way, explained Batch-Lee, Etsy members could "recommend great handmade jewelry designs to the band to actually wear for their promotional interviews or on tour."
Bulking up Heart's social media following was a goal of the effort, so entry into the treasury contest required contestants to tweet links to their treasuries to @Etsy, using the emoticon-inspired hashtag "#I<3Heart."
Growing followings on Facebook and Twitter has become a key mission for musicians and bands, and according to Apex, Heart's fan base on Facebook increased by 40,000 during the three month campaign, rocketing by 30 percent in the final three weeks. The campaign launched three months before the album was released, and culminated three weeks afterwards, according to Apex. Heart's official page has over 169,000 likes on Facebook, and the official Twitter account has around 4,200 followers.
"They were really looking to increase their Twitter numbers and general trending; we were part of that larger puzzle for them," said Nizzi Renaud, Etsy's director of marketing. Etsy has over 1.2 million Twitter followers, and even alters its Twitter backgrounds regularly with designs from various artists.
Etsy does not sell advertising on the site, nor does it sell partnerships like the one Sony and Apex developed for Heart. For the handmade goods marketplace, the value comes from exposure to new audiences. In Heart's case, that meant potentially reaching female fans who skew older - between 35 and 55 - than the typical Etsy member. "We definitely got a different kind of awareness" from the Heart contest, said Renaud.
The contest also allowed Etsy to test its treasury feature, in part to determine whether it could "really engage people with a call to action," said Renaud. Around 200 treasuries were submitted for the contest, and winners received Heart concert tickets, CDs, and other prizes.
In addition to the Etsy initiative, Apex developed a scavenger hunt, sprinkling clues on various websites including SheKnows, on-demand music site MOG.com, and Ultimate-Guitar, a site for guitarists. The hints pointed fans to a different track to stream from the new album each day, leading up to its August release. The Wilson sisters also wrote a blog post for SheKnows about what it means to be "a rock and roll parent!"
Heart's single from Red Velvet Car, "Hey You," debuted on Billboard's Adult Contemporary radio chart at number 30, marking the band's first appearance on that list in more than 16 years.
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Macquarie Infrastructure CompanyDividend Yield: 6.80% Macquarie Infrastructure Company (NYSE: MIC) shares currently have a dividend yield of 6.80%. Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, through its subsidiaries, owns, operates, and invests in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses in the United States. The company has a P/E ratio of 516.30. The average volume for Macquarie Infrastructure Company has been 276,500 shares per day over the past 30 days. Macquarie Infrastructure Company has a market cap of $2.8 billion and is part of the wholesale industry. Shares are down 3.7% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. TheStreet Ratings rates Macquarie Infrastructure Company as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, expanding profit margins and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Highlights from the ratings report include:
- The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Transportation Infrastructure industry. The net income increased by 653.9% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$1.88 million to $10.41 million.
- Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 1.9%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 1.7%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share.
- Net operating cash flow has increased to $50.66 million or 27.44% when compared to the same quarter last year. The firm also exceeded the industry average cash flow growth rate of 6.26%.
- 41.57% is the gross profit margin for MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCT CO LLC which we consider to be strong. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Despite the strong results of the gross profit margin, MIC's net profit margin of 3.94% significantly trails the industry average.
- MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCT CO LLC reported significant earnings per share improvement in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. This company has reported somewhat volatile earnings recently. But, we feel it is poised for EPS growth in the coming year. During the past fiscal year, MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCT CO LLC reported lower earnings of $0.29 versus $0.59 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($0.74 versus $0.29).
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Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong told a special meeting of the Legislative Council's panel on security that the coroner will make a decision on whether to call for an inquest based on the results of the autopsies and the police probe.
He said he expected the autopsies to be completed in 24 hours.
Last night, a spokesman for the Judiciary said: "The coroner has decided that an investigation into the deaths by the police should be carried out, taking into account all relevant considerations in accordance with the law.
However, Lee cast doubts on calls from lawmakers to press for a joint probe into the hostage-taking incident with Philippine authorities - even with SAR officials acting as observers.
Lee said he had been told by mainland authorities a joint probe would be very difficult to realize as the Philippines has its own sovereign laws.
Lee said there are also no precedents for a joint investigation.
But he disclosed that police officers, including forensic experts and those from the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau who flew to Manila on Tuesday, had received some information from the Philippine police about the case.
He also said a Hong Kong pathologist had observed the autopsies on two bodies in the Philippines and only observed the wounds on three other bodies as the autopsies by Philippine pathologists had been completed by the time he arrived.
No autopsy was carried out on the three other bodies in Manila as per the request of their families.
After the panel meeting, Lee disclosed police officers had been to Manila to interview some survivors. But he declined to give further details as this might affect a possible inquest.
Lee said the Hong Kong government had demanded the Philippines carry out a "comprehensive, just and professional investigation" into the incident.
He also said the black outbound travel alert will be maintained until the risk of traveling to the Philippines has been reduced.
Many lawmakers said they had no confidence in the credibility of the Philippine investigation and in a report which consul general Claro Cristobal said will be ready in the next few days.
Democrat legislator James To Kun-sun questioned how it could be done so quickly when there are so many witnesses and police officers to be interviewed.
Lawmaker Paul Tse Wai-chun described the hurried probe as "ridiculous."
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Life Sciences Division Newsletter
June 2014
In this issue:
Scientific News »
- New Clues to Why Older Women are More Vulnerable to Breast Cancer »
- New Details on Microtubules and How the Anti-Cancer Drug Taxol Works »
- In the News »
- Recent Publications »
- Four Lab Scientists Receive DOE Early Career Awards; Includes Trent Northen »
- Research Funded to Identify New Strategies to Increase Warfighter Resilience to Stress »
- Berkeley Lab Spinoff Newomics Snags $908,000 in SBIR Grants »
- Life Sciences Division Honors Careers of Retiring Colleagues »
- Division Hosts Inaugural Distinguished Biosciences Lecture on Stem Cells »
- In Memoriam: Friend and Colleague Carmen Escobar (1960-2014) »
- In Memoriam: Friend and Colleague Chris Ramsey (1965-2014) »
- Berkeley Lab Celebrates LGBT Pride Month »
- Staff Show Their World Cup Colors »
- New Hires and Departures: Welcomes and Goodbyes »
Scientific News
New Clues to Why Older Women are More Vulnerable to Breast Cancer
From left to right: Tiina Jokela, Martha Stampfer, Jim Garbe, Mark LaBarge, Masaru Miyano, and ChunHan Lin (Fanny Pelissier not pictured).
Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have gained more insights into why older women are more susceptible to breast cancer. They found that as women age, the cells responsible for maintaining healthy breast tissue stop responding to their immediate surroundings, including mechanical cues that should prompt them to suppress nearby tumors.
Their work sheds light on how aging alters cellular and molecular functions, and how these changes contribute to the prevalence of breast cancer in older women. The disease is most frequently diagnosed among women aged 55 to 64, according to the National Cancer Institute.
The research appears online June 5 in the journal Cell Reports. It was led by Mark LaBarge of Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division, with help from first author Fanny Pelissier and other Berkeley Lab scientists, and researchers from UC Berkeley and Norway's University of Bergen.
More »
News Release, Berkeley Lab News Center, June 5, 2014
New Details on Microtubules and How the Anti-Cancer Drug Taxol Works
Eva Nogales of the Life Sciences Division led a team of researchers that produced the most detailed look ever at the assembly and disassembly of microtubules, tiny fibers of tubulin protein that form the cytoskeletons of living cells and play a crucial role in cell division. Through a combination of high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and image analysis, they imaged microtubule polymerization and depolymeration at the unprecedented resolution of 5 angstroms. These images provide new insight into the success of the anti-cancer drug Taxol and point the way to possible improvements. Other members of this team were Gregory Alushin, Gabriel Lander, Elizabeth Kellogg, Rui Zhang and David Baker. More »
Today at Berkeley Lab, May 27, 2014
In the News
A review of Life Sciences researchers, staff, and students who have appeared in the news media. This is but a sampling of our coverage. Please note that some links may expire after time.
A June 17 Scientific American story on cancer therapies quoted the Lab's Mina Bissell.
A June 8 Daily Cal story highlighted new insights into breast cancer, work led by the lab's Mark LaBarge. The South China Morning Post also covered his work (last item).
A June 5 Science 2.0 story highlighted new insights into breast cancer, work led by the Lab's Mark LaBarge. R&D magazine also ran a story on the work.
A May 23 R&D magazine story highlighted work led by the Lab's Eva Nogales which shows the first explanation of Taxol's success as a cancer chemotherapy agent. Health Canal and others also covered her work.
A May 1 Talking New Media story noted former Lab employee Lila Tretikov will head the Wikimedia Foundation. The New York Times also profiled her.
A May 1 Northwest Public Radio story included research on walking and running by the Lab's Paul Williams.
The Lab's Science at the Theater event held in Richmond on May 1was covered by the Contra Costa Times. Paul Williams participated in the event.
Recent Publications
What follows is a review of Life Sciences recent publications.
Alushin GM, Lander GC, Kellogg EH, Zhang R, Baker D, Nogales E. High-resolution microtubule structures reveal the structural transitions in αβ-Tubulin upon GTP hydrolysis. Cell. 2014 May 22;157(5):1117-29. PMID: 24855948 Abstract »
Beers KM, Yakovlev S, Jackson AJ, Wang X, Hexemer A, Downing KH, Balsara NP. Absence of Schroeder's paradox in a nanostructured block copolymer electrolyte membrane. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 2014 May 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24842682 Abstract »
Bhat R, Bissell MJ. Of plasticity and specificity: dialectics of the micro- and macro-environment and the organ phenotype. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Membrane Transport and Signaling. 2014;3(2):147-163. PMID: 24678448 Abstract »
Chen XC, Wong DT, Yakovlev S, Beers KM, Downing KH, Balsara NP. Effect of morphology of nanoscale hydrated channels on proton conductivity in block copolymer electrolyte membranes. Nano Letters. 2014 Jun 3. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24854241 Abstract »
Clausen CH, Brooks MD, Li TD, Grob P, Kemalyan G, Nogales E, Niyogi KK, Fletcher DA. Dynamic mechanical responses of arabidopsis thylakoid membranes during PSII-specific illumination. Biophysical Journal. 2014 May 6;106(9):1864-70. PMID: 24806918 Abstract »
Costello JC, Heiser LM, Georgii E, Gonen M, Menden MP, Wang NJ, Bansal M, Ammad-Ud-Din M, Hintsanen P, Khan SA, Mpindi JP, Kallioniemi O, Honkela A, Aittokallio T, Wennerberg K; NCI DREAM Community, Collins JJ, Gallahan D, Singer D, Saez-Rodriguez J, Kaski S, Gray JW, Stolovitzky G. A community effort to assess and improve drug sensitivity prediction algorithms. Nature Biotechnology. 2014 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24880487 Abstract »
Damiola F, Pertesi M, Oliver J, Le Calvez-Kelm F, Voegele C, Young EL, Robinot N, Forey N, Durand G, Vallee MP, Tao K, Roane TC, Williams GJ, Hopper JL, Southey MC, Andrulis IL, John EM, Goldgar DE, Lesueur F, Tavtigian SV. Rare key functional domain missense substitutions in MRE11A, RAD50, and NBN contribute to breast cancer susceptibility: results from a Breast Cancer Family Registry case-control mutation-screening study. Breast Cancer Research. 2014 Jun 3;16(3):R58. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24894818 Abstract »
Deng K, Takasuka TE, Heins R, Cheng X, Bergeman LF, Shi J, Aschenbrener R, Deutsch S, Singh S, Sale KL, Simmons BA, Adams PD, Singh AK, Fox BG, Northen TR. Rapid kinetic characterization of glycosyl hydrolases based on oxime derivatization and nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry (NIMS). ACS Chemical Biology. 2014 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24819174 Abstract »
Esserman LJ, Thompson IM, Reid B, Nelson P, Ransohoff DF, Welch HG, Hwang S, Berry DA, Kinzler KW, Black WC, Bissell M, Parnes H, Srivastava S. Addressing overdiagnosis and overtreatment in cancer: a prescription for change. The Lancet Oncology. 2014 May;15(6):e234-42. PMID: 24807866 Abstract »
Jagust W. Time for tau. Brain. 2014 Apr 15. [Epub ahead of print] Article »
Kim SH, Kothari S, Patel AB, Bielicki JK, Narayanaswami V. A pyrene based fluorescence approach to study conformation of apolipoprotein E3 in macrophage-generated nascent high density lipoprotein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2014 May 24. pii: S0006-291X(14)00943-7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24866239 Abstract »
Laforce R Jr, Tosun D, Ghosh P, Lehmann M, Madison CM, Weiner MW, Miller BL, Jagust WJ, Rabinovici GD. Parallel ICA of FDG-PET and PiB-PET in three conditions with underlying Alzheimer's pathology. Neuroimage: Clinical. 2014 Mar 19;4:508-16. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24818077 Abstract »
Mason AC, Rambo RP, Greer B, Pritchett M, Tainer JA, Cortez D, Eichman BF. A structure-specific nucleic acid-binding domain conserved among DNA repair proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U S A. 2014 May 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24821763 Abstract »
Mattsson N, Tosun D, Insel PS, Simonson A, Jack CR Jr, Beckett LA, Donohue M, Jagust W, Schuff N, Weiner MW; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Association of brain amyloid-β with cerebral perfusion and structure in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Brain. 2014 May;137(Pt 5):1550-61. Epub 2014 Mar 12. PMID: 24625697 Abstract »
McTernan PM, Chandrayan SK, Wu CH, Vaccaro BJ, Lancaster WA, Yang Q, Fu D, Hura GL, Tainer JA, Adams MW. Intact functional fourteen-subunit respiratory membrane bound [NiFe]-hydrogenase complex of the hyperthermophilic archaeon pyrococcus furiosus. The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2014 May 23. pii: jbc.M114.567255. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24860091 Abstract »
Mulvihill MM, Benjamin DI, Ji X, Le Scolan E, Louie SM, Shieh A, Green M, Narasimhalu T, Morris PJ, Luo K, Nomura DK. Metabolic profiling reveals PAFAH1B3 as a critical driver of breast cancer pathogenicity. Chemical Biology. 2014 Jun 17. pii: S1074-5521(14)00178-1. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24954006 Abstract »
Pelissier FA, Garbe JC, Ananthanarayanan B, Miyano M, Lin C, Jokela T, Kumar S, Stampfer MR, Lorens JB, LaBarge MA. Age-related dysfunction in mechanotransduction impairs differentiation of human mammary epithelial progenitors. Cell Reports. 2014 Jun 4. pii: S2211-1247(14)00396-9. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24910432 Abstract »
Rout MP, Karpen GH. Editorial overview: Cell nucleus: The nucleus: a dynamic organelle. Current Opinion in Cell Biology. 2014 Jun;28:iv-vii. Epub 2014 Jun 4. PMID: 24908378 Ed. overview »
Schaudinn C, Stoodley P, Hall-Stoodley L, Gorur A, Remis J, Wu S, Auer M, Hertwig S, Guerrero-Given D, Hu FZ, Ehrlich GD, Costerton JW, Robinson DH, Webster P. Death and transfiguration in static staphylococcus epidermidis cultures. PLoS One. 2014 Jun 25;9(6):e100002. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24964210 Abstract »
Toledo JB, Weiner MW, Wolk DA, Da X, Chen K, Arnold SE, Jagust W, Jack C, Reiman EM, Davatzikos C, Shaw LM, Trojanowski JQ; Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Neuronal injury biomarkers and prognosis in ADNI subjects with normal cognition. Acta Neuropatholical Communications. 2014 Mar 6;2(1):26. PMID: 24602322 Abstract »
Villeneuve S, Reed BR, Madison CM, Wirth M, Marchant NL, Kriger S, Mack WJ, Sanossian N, DeCarli C, Chui HC, Weiner MW, Jagust WJ. Vascular risk and Aβ interact to reduce cortical thickness in AD vulnerable brain regions. Neurology. 2014 Jun 6. pii: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000550. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24907234 Abstract »
Wallace DL, Aarts E, Dang LC, Greer SM, Jagust WJ, D Esposito M. Dorsal striatal dopamine, food preference and health perception in humans. PLoS One. 2014 May 7;9(5):e96319. eCollection 2014. PMID: 24806534 Abstract »
Wehrl HF, Wiehr S, Divine MR, Gatidis S, Gullberg GT, Maier FC, Rolle A-M, Schwenk J, Thaiss WM, Pichler BJ. Preclinical and translational PET/MR imaging. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 55(Suppl 2):11S–18S, June 1, 2014 Abstract »
Wirth M, Villeneuve S, La Joie R, Marks SM, Jagust WJ. Gene-environment interactions: lifetime cognitive activity, APOE genotype, and beta-amyloid burden. Journal of Neuroscience. 2014 Jun 18;34(25):8612-7. PMID: 24948815 Abstract »
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Four Lab Scientists Receive DOE Early Career Awards; Includes Trent Northen
Trent Northen
Four Berkeley Lab scientists are among the 35 researchers selected by the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science to receive significant funding for research as part of DOE's Early Career Research Program. Lab awardees include the Chemical Sciences Division's Rebecca Abergel, the Accelerator and Fusion Research Division's Daniele Filippetto, the Material Sciences Division's Alexander Weber-Bargioni, and the Life Sciences Division's Trent Northen. Northen's research, "Understanding microbial carbon cycling in soils using novel metabolomics approaches," was selected for funding by DOE's Office of Biological & Environmental Research (BER). His program will provide an urgently needed complement to DNA sequencing that will enable the understanding and mathematical modeling of soil carbon cycling, ultimately improving our ability to predict and mitigate the effects of climate change. The effort, now in its fifth year, is designed to bolster the nation's scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years, when many scientists do their most formative work. More »
Adapted from Berkeley Lab Today, May 8, 2014
Research Funded to Identify New Strategies to Increase Warfighter Resilience to Stress
Janet Jansson (PNNL, previously of Berkeley Lab) and a team of Berkeley Lab researchers including Antoine Snijders, Jian-Hua Mao, Manfred Auer of Life Sciences and Hoi-Ying Holman of Earth Sciences received funding from the Office of Naval Research to study host-intestinal microbial interactions in response to specific stressors, with a long-term goal of identifying new strategies to increase warfighter resilience to stress resulting in reductions in infection, traumatic injuries and enhanced performance. Stressors such as those experienced during training or deployment can potentially lead to serious physical or psychological impacts.
In the four year project, the research team will investigate the influence of gut microbiome-host interactions on stress induced by altered sleep patterns. The proposed investigations utilizes diverse murine models to identify whether stress induced by altered sleep cycles experienced by personnel on submarines affects the composition of the gut microbiome, potentially resulting in altered motor function and anxiety. In addition, the research team will apply state-of-the-art and novel imaging technologies to determine the impact of altered sleep cycles on gut and brain tissue metabolites and host-microbe interactions. Studies of mechanisms underlying environmentally induced changes in the microbiome and how they affect host health are an ongoing area of research in the Earth Sciences and Life Sciences Divisions.
Berkeley Lab Spinoff Newomics Snags $908,000 in SBIR Grants
Newomics Inc., an early stage biotechnology company in Emeryville, CA that commercializes innovative (New) and integrative (Omics) platforms and solutions for personalized healthcare, has received two Small Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grants from the National Institutes of Health totaling $908,000. In a statement, Newomics said that it plans to use the funding to hire two PhD-level scientists "to complement its technical team." Currently, the company consists solely of founders Daojing Wang and Pan Mao.
The company's proprietary technology is based on silicon-microfluidic-chip for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and offers unprecedented robustness, sensitivity, specificity, and throughput for analyzing molecules from minute amounts of biospecimens such as blood and urine. Their core technologies are built upon the multinozzle emitter array (MEA) technology which was invented at Berkeley Lab and has won the 2012 R&D 100 award.
The Multinozzle Emitter Array (MEA) has been called a "game changer" in the use of mass spectrometry to analyze biomolecules in microfluidic chips because it enables researchers to perform global analysis of nucleic acids, proteins and metabolites from a single cell. The MEA development team at that time included Wang and Mao, then of Berkeley Lab's Life Sciences Division; Peidong Yang of Berkeley Lab's Materials Sciences Division; and Hung-Ta Wang, who is now at the University of Alabama.
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Divisional News
Life Sciences Division Honors Careers of Retiring Colleagues
In two different events, in May and June, Life Sciences Division members came together to honor the careers of three colleagues who retire at the end of June: Gail Mosley, the senior supervisor of administrative services who joined the Division just over 20 years ago; Kathleen Bjornstad, a research associate staff with the Blakely lab and Abergel lab, a longtime member of the Lab Diversity and Inclusion Council as well as the Division Safety Committee, who joined the Division nearly 34 years ago; and Karen Dickinson-Mazzei, proposals group manager since December 2009, who concludes 24 years of service to the University of California, most of them at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Division Hosts Inaugural Distinguished Biosciences Lecture on Stem Cells
The Life Sciences Division, on June 20, kicked off the Distinguished Biosciences Lecture series with an Inaugural Lecture on Stem Cells in Silence, Action and Cancer by Elaine Fuchs, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Rebecca C. Lancefield Professor, The Rockefeller University. Fuchs is one of the top researchers in stem cell research and past president of the International Society of Stem Cell Research; she is a recipient of many awards and a member of the National Academy of Sciences and its Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
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Employee News
In Memoriam: Friend and Colleague Carmen Escobar (1960-2014)
Carmen Escobar
Carmen Escobar, an administrator in the Environmental Energy Technologies Division's (EETD) Building Technology and Urban Systems Department (BTUS), passed away on May 10 after battling through serious illness for months. She was 54 years old. Escobar previously worked at the Advanced Light Source and in the Life Sciences Division (until 2006) before coming to EETD in 2009. She worked as a contractor from 1999 to 2003, when she became a career employee in the Life Sciences Division. Prior to the Lab, she worked at UC Berkeley, where she obtained her undergraduate degree in history and met her future husband. She leaves her husband, Roy Robles, and her son Felipe.
Rick Diamond of EETD's Residential and Commercial Building Systems Groups, which Escobar supported, recalled that "Carmen was a warm and kind individual, always willing to help others. I asked her right at the deadline if she could translate a flier for 'Energy Upgrade California' into Spanish, and gave her my rough draft. She did the work over her lunch break, and said, 'Rick, your draft was worse than Google translator.'" A private memorial was held for her by her family and close friends. Donations in her name can be made to the East Bay SPCA where she had hoped to expand her volunteer hours when possible. Read Escobar's brief obituary here.
In Memoriam: Friend and Colleague Chris Ramsey (1965-2014)
Chris Ramsey, an engineer who worked on programs in the Life Sciences, Materials Sciences, and Nuclear Science Divisions, passed away on April 19 after a brief bout with cancer. He was 49 years old. He was a member of the Life Sciences Radiotracer Development and Imaging Technologies group and the Materials Sciences Scintillator Discovery and Development group. He joined the Lab in 2000. A memorial service was held, June 11 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley. Go here to read a remembrance written by his colleagues.
Adapted from Today at Berkeley Lab, May 20, 2014
Berkeley Lab Celebrates LGBT Pride Month
Profiles of Andrea Mercado, David Schild, and Amanda Krieger celebrate the diversity and inclusion of employees. — By Theresa Duque
Every June, Berkeley Lab festoons the main Blackberry Gate entrance with the rainbow flag, reminding employees and visitors that this month is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. In honor of the Lab's LGBT community, the following portraits of Andrea Mercado, David Schild, and Amanda Krieger celebrate a diverse and inclusive workforce where employees are free to be themselves. Continue here.
Schild, a staff scientist in the Life Sciences Division, together with Shraddha Ravani, represents the Division in the Lab Diversity & Inclusion Council.
Today at Berkeley Lab, June 24, 2014
Staff Show Their World Cup Colors
Who will you be rooting for during the FIFA World Cup football competition? Lab members haves been invited to submit a photo of themselves in their favorite team jersey and say how they plan to celebrate. Life Sciences Martin Gascon, physicist postdoctoral fellow in the Bizarri lab in Bldg. 55, revealed his favorite team in the June 5 Today at Berkeley Lab article here.
New Hires and Departures: Welcomes and Goodbyes
New Hires:
Tereza Sputova, research assistant, Garbe lab, per June 25
Persiana Simone Saffari, student assistant, Parvin lab, per June 23
Faisal Abu-Nimeh, physicist postdoc fellow, Choong lab, per June 16
Vyoma Shah, research associate, Jagust lab, per June 16
Brian Lee Xiao, student assistant, Bizarri lab, per June 10
Jennifer Ito, student assistant, Choong lab, per June 2
Alexandra G Walling, student assistant, Northen lab, per June 2
Jennifer Adams, administrator, Bissell office, per May 27
Sejal Mistry, research assistant, Kohwi-Shigematsu lab, per May 1
Kathleen A Bjornstad, research associate staff, Blakely lab, per June 28
Gail L Mosley, sr. supervisor, admin services, per June 28
Alan G Raetz, biologist special postdoc, Cooper lab, per June 28
Matthew Christopher Gallo, research assistant, Kohwi lab, per June 17
Daniel Hartono, student assistant, Northen lab, per June 17
Stanley Garnin Leung, research assistant, Wiese lab, per June 1
Claudia Wiese, biologist staff scientist, per June 1
Accepted an assistant professor position at the Colorado State University, Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences Department
James E Berleman, biologist project scientist/engineer, Auer lab, per June 1
Kester Savio Coutinho, research assistant, Auer lab, per June 1
Virginia Lam, student assistant, Butland lab, per May 31
Judee Amala Sharon, student assistant, Kohwi lab, per May 31
David Hampton, animal technician 2, per May 1
Manpreet Kaur, student assistant, Northen lab, per May 1
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Ms Elizabeth StyronColliding Fronts: Using XML and the TEI to build a full Text Digital Library at the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre
Mr Te Taka KeeganReo Maori kei te Ipurangi 2002 - Findings of a recent Maori Language Web Survey
Dr Andy CockburnSpatial Memory in 2D and 3D Pysical and Virtual Environments
Dr Alistair KnottGrounding Linguistic Structure in a model of Sensorimotor Cognition
Professor Ian WittenGreenstone in Practice
Mr Shaochun WangFormal Object-oriented Specification in Standard Z
Mr Greg ReeveComplete Refinement Rules for Microcharts
Mr Andreas RibbrockGroups Acting on Sets - A Powerful Approach to Content Based Retrieval
Mr Matthew LuckieMeasurement and Analysis of One-Way Internet Packet Dynamics
Mrs Beryl PlimmerFreeFrom: An Interface Design Environment for Novice Programmers
Dr Steve ReevesResults on Formal Stepwise Design in Z
Dr Steve ReevesmChart-Based Specification and Refinement
Dr Tyrone GrandisonTrust Management : The SULTAN Perspective
Dr Timothy A BuddMultiparadigm Programming in J/MP
Dr Matt JonesSorting out Searching on Small Screen Devices
Mr John McPhersonForming a corpus of voice queries for music information retrieval
Professor John ClearyOptimising Tabling Structures for Bottom-Up Logic Programming
Mr Jarred PotterMercy Corps
Professor Nobuo SaitoCyber Education Across Several Countries
Dr Richard NelsonImproving Mobile IP Handovers
Dr Tony SmithThe Application of Unstructured Learning Techniques to Bioinformatics and Conceptual Biology
Dr Stefan KramerInductive Databases for Bioinformatics and Predictive Toxicology
Dr Richard DeardenAI on Mars: Autonomy for Planetary Rovers
Ms Colleen ShannonCode Red: Spread and Victims of an Internet Worm
Mr David MooreFundamental Limits on Blocking Self Propagating Code
Dr Yong WangModeling for Optimal Probability Prediction
Professor Raymond J MooneyText Mining with Information Extraction
TSG (Linux)SCMS Unix Infrastructure
Mr Cameron EsslemontA Sustainable Infrastructure in Support of Digital Libraries for Remote Communities
Geoff Holmes and Mark UttingWaikato Visits China
Professor John ClearyStarlog Group Research Talk: Optimization and Compliation of Data Structures
Dr David StreaderSymbolic model simplification
Ms Anette Steel The Use of Auditory Feedback in Call Centre CHHI
Mr Thomas OlssonInformation management and software engineering research at Lund University
Dr Larry SpitzApplications of Character Shape Coding
Dr Balachander KrishnamurthyWeb and Internet Measurement Research
Dr Steve JonesInteractive Document Summarisation Using Automatically Extracted Keyphrases
Global Library Services Network
Computer Science Seminar Room, G.1.15
Global Library Services Network ( GLSN ) is a "managed infrastructure" provider in support of the deployment of digital libraries to remote communities. The basic model is based on a central repository of digital assets both "free" and "valued". The assets are catalogued to Dublin Core Metadata standards and support the integration of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI).
Libraries, which are subject specific, are then built dynamically for communities and they can either be "open" (available to all at no charge) or "subscription" (available at a nominal charge to members of defined communities). The libraries support a mix of assets .html, .pdf, and both streaming and local audio and video.
The digital engine that supports the libraries is Greenstone and it has been slightly modified to cater for our requirements. It is presented in an administrative shell that allows each user to have his personal view and control of their libraries. A library member can, through the catalogue record for each asset order valued material. This is compiled and delivered in the form of a E-Book with appropriate digital rights.
The libraries are available on the Internet or on a removable hard disks ( 85Gb ). The upgrade mechanisms include a range of possibilities from Internet download, disk swap through a digital farm, or IP authenticated satellite broadcast.
The talk will cover the deployment architecture and the extensions required to deliver multilingual, multi-asset search ( PHRONESIS ) and the ongoing support for dynamic indexing.
Cameron was educated in Scotland ( Aberdeen ) and India ( Darjeeling ). On leaving school he took a commission in the British Army ( Royal Engineers ) where he specialised in Surveying ( GPS and Landsat Imagery ). Was privileged to have spent many years overseas working in Lesotho, Dubai, Cabo Verde and Suriname assisting local governments with their re-triangulation.
On leaving the Army he moved to Australia and was involved in Automated Photogrammetric Systems and Satellite Imaging Systems undertaking work in the Asia Pacific region. Undertook an MBA at Macquarie University in Sydney and moved into a marketing role in the Software Industry.
Started his own Consulting business in Financial Modeling and Simulation and moved to establish Informix Software in Australia and New Zealand. On leaving Informix he was engaged by Arnotts Biscuits as their General Manager Systems Development responsible for Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing and Logistics development during a major implementation period and the initial foray into E-Commerce. Served on the EDI Council of Australia.
On leaving Arnotts he became General Manager Information Technology for Textile Industries Australia and was instrumental in outsourcing their IT Group. Joined the new entity Arel Asia Pacific as Chief Executive Officer and developed it into a successful software house and Logistics Consulting Group, supporting implementations in Australia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Singapore.
Finally, established a Consulting business in Singapore engaged by the National Library Board to assist them with their Logistics Strategy in respect of the physical assets (books). Developed an interest in the digital environment and developed a model for integrated E-Book use in the University environment in Australia. Currently launching a new venture in support of an integrated library framework for remote communities ( Global Library Services Network ).


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RPG Maker VX Ace' game construction software adds new features while learning from its predecessor and fortifying popular functions found in 'RPG Maker VX'. Features which held favorable reception from previous software have remained with added functionality, while new features have also been introduced.
Open RPG Maker is mostly based on RPG Maker 2003, but with some added features, and more advanced usability. This tool will allow users to create 2D RPG games similar to the original Final Fantasy games, such as FF5 and FF6. Though it will also support the creation of games following a Zelda like playability.
Introducing RPG MAKERâ"¢ XP, the latest Windows entry in the RPG MAKER series that gives you the power to create your own original role-playing games.
Euotopia is an old-school tile-based 2D multiplayer RPG action game that features player vs player combat (PvP). You can also join various tournaments, solve over 100 intriguing quests, collect and craft items, weapons and armor, explore dungeons and defeat your enemies.
You can create events by reproducing a template and replacing values. You can also read values from CSV files. RMEventFactory is targetted to advanced RPG Maker users.
RMEventFactory will scan the template for special values and replace them by the result of a formula. You can also embed formulas and commands in strings, like messages ("Show Message").
KAL-Online has oriental sentiment and culture in a fantasy world. More current games are based in western fantasy, SF, etc but KAL - Online can make the players have a new experience. The story is based on oriental myth about 74th war between Ha Nin, the great king of Ban-Go who challanged to the king with troops of deamon.
Aion is a massively multiplayer online RPG where you ascend to divinity and fight in an epic celestial war. You can choose between two divine factions, the Asmodians or the Elyos and save your people from an ancient evil that threatens to destroy everything in its path.
BlueBurstServ is a powerful and easy-to-use application which acts like a server for Phantasy Star Online. Phantasy Star Online. Phantasy Star Online (PSO) is an online multiplayer action RPG title, originally released for the Dreamcast in 2000, bundled with a demo of Sonic Adventure 2.
The RPG Maker is a program by which you can create your own role playing game, without having any special technical knowledge. You can import into the game the character graphics that you have created, along with the music and sound effects. If you are unable to do so, the game has built-in character graphics and sound that you can use.
t is a game creator where you can bring your Action RPG and RPG ideas to life! With a new twist to point-and-click (PnC) events, and a high level of customization for characters, items, and magic, it makes it a fun and rewarding platform on which to develop your games!
Sadly due to the falling of ENBAN everything was loss, but HITPOINTS has tried to support the maker with releasing RPG MAGAZINE. While the original translation team except one has left the project , most translation are either edits of there's or the Italian translation by the guys at rpgmaker. A full translation has been released by the Intrenchant team.
CABAL Online is a free-to-play 3D third-person MMORPG set on the continent of Nevareth, a thousand years after the Apocalypse that destroyed the land and the CABAL. Players must now face the new waves of evil invading Nevareth in an attempt to stop the land from being destroyed again.
Silkroad 1.1.1
Pokemon DarkFlame is a Pokemon FireRed Remake with some additions. It currently has all Pokemon from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinno. This game is being developed in RPG Maker XP, using Poccil/Flameguru's Pokemon Starter Kit. Is easy to install and easy to play.
Soldat is an exciting unique side-view multiplayer action game. Played by hundreds of players at this moment. It takes the best from games like Liero, Worms, Quake and Counter-Strike and gives you fast action gameplay with tons of blood and flesh. Little ragdoll soldiers fight against each other on 2D battle arenas using a deadly military arsenal. This is what multiplayer was invented for.
Program shows you an actual X3 sector-map, with detailed information about most in-game objects. The map is based on a log-file that is created with an in-game script (by Andrei[<>Ace]). If you just want to view the standard map (or if you don't have the game) the program will work with the included default map, which was created with an English X3 (v2.0.02) game installation.
With FakeRes, you can use these applications (like RPG Maker XP/VX or HUAWEI's Mobile Connect software) on your netbook (or other device with low resolution) too. You just have to select the application you want to trick into working and click "Create Shortcut" to create a shortcut on your desktop which will launch this application with a fake resolution.
Link's awakening is a complete version of the original game boy version made entirely in RPG Maker! It's really an incredible feat.
The story follows Link as he travels to defeat dungeons, beat up monsters with his sword, and save the princess of Hyrule..erhm, wait this isn't Hyrule? Nope, the game boy version actually follows Link as he gets stranded on an Island.


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By Katie Bartlett
October 18, 2013
Uptown and Downtown Toledo joined together to hold their final Art Walk of the summer season. The Arts Commission of Toledo premiered these events during the second Thursday of each summer month. For three hours of these evenings, local artists display their work on street corners and inside storefronts of restaurants and artist galleries.
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By Veronica Lark
October 17, 2013
At the beginning of fall, I'd like to think that I'm not alone in visualizing myself walking down a leaf-covered sidewalk with a fall-flavored-coffee encased in my mittened hand. Along with being a time for consuming far too many warm beverages, fall is a time for celebration.
By Samantha Good
October 16, 2013
What happened to the days when talking to someone was either face to face, or on the telephone? Today, children and teens hardly ever speak to people face to face, even when in a public setting with people that they know. This is not only present in teens, but with most age groups. In today's world, instead of talking to someone face to face, social media has come along making face to face communication less common.
By Veronica Lark
October 15, 2013
One of this summer's best movies, The Spectacular Now, was filled with characters full of unique flaws. The screenplay, written by the same people who brought us 500 Days of Summer, came with high expectations and contained a rare beauty that is difficult to create onscreen. I left the theatre impressed with the artistically fresh and untainted romance, adapted from Tim Tharp's novel, which was so real, I almost felt like I was learning a story that only a friend would have privilege to know.
By B. Mondrala
October 15, 2013
Sherman Alexie, Native American author, speaker and comic addressed the Toledo Public Library audience at the Stranahan Theater in Toledo, Ohio on Wednesday, September 11, 2013. He presented as energized, enthusiastic and positive about the opportunity to speak to an audience comprised of "nerds" who were much like himself.
By Megan Eisenhour
October 14, 2013
Our president is black. Miss America 2014 is Indian. America surely must be far advanced from the racial tensions of the fifties and sixties, right?
By Patrick Pickering
October 14, 2013
You may not know much about North Korea, and you are not alone. With the continuous increase in the globalization of information, it is surprising that so little is known about the people and culture of North Korea. This may be why it is dubbed the "Hermit Kingdom".
By Marcee Lichtenwald
October 13, 2013
We have seen it played out before. Young attractive girl out at night on her own, doing what every other young girl would do; laughing with her friends while walking through the city, admiring the fashion mannequin in the window as she passes by, smiling at the cute boy who returns her coy gesture. The two stop and exchange flirtations while prince handsome secretly plots his strategy of trickery on the attractive and unsuspecting young girl.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Sara Archer, Blue Mountain Humane Society's executive director, gave a presentation recently to assembled members of Milton-Freewater Rotary Club, according to a report from Rotarian Robby Robbins.
A love of animals and a background in charitable fundraising brought Sara from Clarkston to Walla Walla and the BMHS, she told the group. She joined the society in January 2006.
Concerned citizens founded BMHS in 1967, intent on getting viscious and stray animals off the streets.
Fundraising projects helped the society expand its space to provide proper care for the animals. The mission they follow is to prevent cruelty and promote kindness to companion animals in the community and stop euthanasia of healthy, adoptable pets by ceasing overpopulation and homelessness.
By 2010, the euthanasia of cats dropped from 76 percent of incoming to 38 percent as neuter and adoption programs helped reduce the number. Euthanasia of dogs is about 10 percent.
Sara said their adoption program offers animals that have been neutered a tracking chip inserted under the skin and their required vaccinations at a fee of $25. Their new facility has a surgical area where local vets can perform their services on site and prepare the animals for adoption.
More than 1,500 cats have been trapped, altered and returned their natural habitat, most in Walla Walla and College Place since the Cat Management Coalition was formed in November 2008.
They offer a successful 12-week class for dogs program that partners with the Washington State Penitentiary, which helps the animals and the trainers.
A similar program is starting at Jubilee Youth Ranch near Prescott. The second of its 12-week training programs provides well-trained animals for adoption. "It is anticipated that it may provide a turning point for the youth at the facility to give them a better sense of understanding about helping others and looking after the animals," Robby's report said.
Cats and dogs aren't the only critters that have come to BMHS's shelter at 7 E. George St. They have seen several iguanas, a chinchilla and a boa constrictor. Volunteers look after horses and other larger animals on ranches. BMHS is also called on to inspect cases with concerns about neglect and cruelty.
For more details, call the shelter at 509-525-2452 or Sara at 509-529-5188. Strays, dangerous animals, animal cruelty may be reported at Animal Control in Walla Walla, 509-527-1960; Animal Control, Burbank, 509-545-8441 or Animal Control, Milton-Freewater, 541-938-5511.
Etcetera appears in daily and Sunday editions. Annie Charnley Eveland can be reached at email@example.com or afternoons at 526-8313.


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By On the occasion of our 20th anniversary
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Lindsay bumbled along until being forced out on Dec. 6, 2002. If you can believe Lindsay, Bush thanked him for a job well-done, saying, "You helped me with a tough election. You developed an economic plan that was needed and effective. You provided sound advice to me during very tough times. In short, you did your job with distinction and class, and I am most grateful."
Yeah, right. He helped Bush dodge his way through the Enron scandal, he helped turn a surplus into a deficit, and he said the recession was over when it was getting worse. The day Lindsay got the heave-ho, the Dow stood at 8,513.51, and unemployment hit 6 percent.
Amid the Christmas merriment, Lindsay's wife, Sue, leaned over at a White House party to thank the president for dumping her husband. "Stalin would have shot him," she joked.Additional reporting by Phoebe St. John and Josh Saltzman.
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Spin the Bottle (Wicked, 2009)
Directed by Brad Armstrong
Plot Overview: A group of friends spend the evening playing a sexy version of spin the bottle.
Scene 1: Jenny Hendrix and Kris Slater
The first scene � a BJ only scene � is already in full swing when the film opens. As the credits appear, Jenny is going down on Kris in a stair well, treating him to some deep throating and hand work. I�m not sure what is up with this scene, but something is off � Jenny seems bored, and the positioning feels awkward. Jenny tries for some eye contact, but this doesn�t liven up proceedings too much. It should also be noted that Jenny has her implants at this stage, and possibly some other work done, which is not my thing at all. He pops on her chest, she licks him clean, and she asks if they should �go back up there.�
Scene 2: Jenna Haze and Kirsten Price
After Jenny and Kris return upstairs, we see that there is a group of friends playing spin the bottle � Jenna wants to go next, and the bottle stops on Kirsten. They start making out, and even at this point the chemistry and atmosphere is entirely different from the last scene. Maybe it�s because there is a set-up, but I think it�s more than that. It should be noted, though, that having the friends all around them, with occasional chatter, really adds to the eroticism of the scene.
Jenna starts her usual dirty talking, gets Kirsten naked, and starts going down on her with enthusiasm. She turns Kirsten on her back with her legs in the air, and really goes to town � one of the guys helpfully holds Kirsten�s leg and Jenna�s hair, again adding a sexy spontaneous feel to the scene. There are even a couple of times when Alektra Blue invades the scene to kiss Jenna, only to retake her proper place at the sidelines. It all feels quite natural and fun.
After some ass and pussy fingering for Kirsten, they transition into 69, which seems to please the crowd, and Jenna really gets into it. Jenna fingers her own butt in a doggy position, while Kirsten is working on her pussy, but then (amusingly) Jenna pretty forcefully grabs Kirsten�s chin and pushes her face into her crotch. Then the inevitable happens � Kirsten puts a beer bottle in her ass, which seems to impress Jenna, but Jenny can be seen looking bored and unimpressed in the background. Kirsten cums, and she and Jenna engage in some ATM.
This is a pretty decent scene, from two pros, and the atmosphere is fun and spontaneous. If I had to pick a �winner� it would be Jenna, simply for her trademark enthusiasm and spirit, but Kirsten is great as usual too. Jenny Hendrix loses points for looking bored, but then again maybe it was acting � immediately after the scene, she asks Kirsten, �Doesn�t that hurt?� with a scowl. I think her character is meant to be a stick-in-the-mud, but still.
Scene 3: Alektra Blue, TJ Cummings, and Chris Johnson
Alektra�s spin lands between TJ and Chris � spin again? �Fuck that! I�ll take them both!� Alektra and the guys head to another room, and she gets to work on some BJs, including deep throating, ball licking, hand work, and a good deal of spit play. It�s a bit awkward in the sense that she really devotes herself to one man at a time, leaving the other guy to sit and jerk off on his own from time to time. But for those of you that like loud, frantic BJs, this may work for you.
They get into doggy, with Alektra giving a BJ to the other guy. I wonder if this is an awkward position for her, because she seems physically tired. Not to worry though, they soon switch to missionary, where she seems more comfortable. She diddles herself while giving a BJ, and they transition to Reverse Cowgirl, which she performs on each guy briefly. When things get fast, the dreaded boob job crevices appear, but in general I think Alektra�s implants are rather nice. I should note at this point that often things seems out of shot, like the edges of the picture are cut off, and during the credits half of peoples� names were cut off also. It�s not too much of a distraction though.
After some Cowgirl, with Alektra fingering her ass, she quickly hops off for a dual pop shot on her face, into her open mouth. This is a pretty decent scene, aside from some awkward moments, and I like Alektra�s bad girl persona. She�s a good performer, and this scene had some heat.
Scene 4: Jenny Hendrix and Mikey Butders
The gang are tired of waiting for Alektra and the boys to finish, so they carry on the game without them. It�s Mikey�s turn, and after turning down spins that land first on himself (male solo scenes are �gross� apparently) and then on his buddy Kris (Kris doesn�t swing that way), it finally lands on Jenny. Then we�re treated to a rather unfortunate set-up that only furthers the weird feeling I get about Jenny. First of all, she seems unimpressed by the match up (in fact, all of the girls agree that Mikey is a �tool�), and then Mikey makes her chew gum because she has had his friend�s cum in her mouth only moments before. Kris appeals, �What�s a little cum between friends?� but Mikey�s not hearing it. In spite of Mikey�s douchey attitude, Jenny goes off to a familiar stair well with him.
Starting out with the obligatory BJ, Jenny seems a bit more into it than before (again, perhaps because there is a set-up), and things progress pretty smoothly, with Mikey doing a lot of talking. They get into Reverse Cowgirl, with him doing most of the work, and although Jenny seems kind of into it, she engages in no diddling whatsoever. During standing doggy, Alektra and the guys walk past them down the stairs which adds to the realism, and then Jenny tells Mikey, �I want you to fucking cum,� so he does, in her open mouth.
This scene is average. I didn�t like the set-up too much, and there is something vacant about Jenny in the scene � I like her in other work she has done, but there is a lifeless quality about her in this movie. I considered that maybe she was doing that �alt porn� style, but those alt porn chicks really bring it, even while they�re doing the vacant schtick. I don�t know, something just wasn�t working for me.
Scene 5: Kirsten Price, Alektra Blue, and Kris Slater
The whole gang are reunited, and it�s Kirsten�s turn on the bottle � it lands on Kris, but after Alektra gets jealous, she�s invited to come along and �help.� They retire to another room, and start dirty talking and messing around next to a pole. Before you know it, Kris is handcuffed, much to his dismay, and Kirsten is waggling around a strap-on. Kris starts freaking out, and the girls taunt him for a while, like they�re going to fuck him in the ass. Of course, we know this won�t happen in a regular movie (things are very neatly compartmentalized and labeled these days�) but Kris still does a really good job of acting pissed off and scared.
Finally, he realizes he�s safe, they uncuff him, and the girls start fooling around on the couch. He joins them, and Alektra sucks Kirsten�s strap-on, then rides it Reverse Cowgirl while Kirsten gives Kris a BJ. After some doggy for Kirsten (the strap-on is gone by now), some missionary for Alektra, and some diddling and ass play for both girls, he cums on both their faces and they do some cum swapping. This is a pretty good scene, with great acting from Kris at the beginning, and good performances from all during the sex, especially Alektra.
Scene 6: The Whole Gang, feat. Brad Armstrong
After Alektra and co. return to the main room, Jenna is ready to get it on with TJ, but Alektra tells them to stay and perform for everyone. They�re not comfortable with that, and after some joking around, they compromise by agreeing to a BJ. Just when Jenna�s reaching in TJ�s jeans, somebody knocks on the door. It�s the pizza guy! In comes Brad Armstrong, who naturally wants to stay for the party. Mikey doesn�t want it to turn into �a sausage party� but they all eventually agree that he can stay, and he gives them free pizza (which Kris instantly chows down on, even while everyone else starts getting busy). Jenna resumes her BJ, Alektra suggests they get rid of the beer bottle entirely, and the whole cast participate in an orgy.
I find orgy scenes a bit confusing and frantic, but this is fine if that�s what you like. It�s the natural choice of ending for this particular film, so I have no problem with it, and everyone seems to be having fun.
Final Thoughts: Aside from some shady picture quality, and my ambivalent feelings about some of the more awkward moments, this is really not a bad effort from Wicked, who I normally only trust with features. The set-up really adds some eroticism to the scenes, and the cast is mostly excellent, particularly Alektra Blue and Jenna Haze. I recommend this to folks who like a bit of narrative with their all-sex movies, and of course fans of these particular ladies will most likely not be disappointed.


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Tender outdoor plants are at risk of damage from a late freeze tonight across much of the mountains.
The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning from midnight tonight to 9 a.m. Friday for Avery, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Swain, Haywood, Buncombe, Graham, Jackson, Macon and Transylvania counties along with the McDowell mountains.
Low temperatures tonight could dip to the upper 20s or low 30s in high meadows and some valley locations in these counties, according to the Weather Service. In Asheville, the overnight low is expected to be about 36. ...


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Nearly 12 per cent of all new homes under construction in Scotland are self-built schemes, amounting to more than 20,000 individually designed homes every year.One in four detached houses is now the result of a self-build project.
Theme tune composers are raking in the royalties following the boom in downloading ringtones.Among the top 10 downloads were themes from The Muppet Show, Roobarb and Custard and The Pink Panther.
The growing business was worth £90 million last year.
Staff, patients and visitors in the 2,060 hospitals across England and Wales eat almost 5,000 tonnes of sweets every year.But fruit is less popular.According to recent NHS figures they only got through 252 tonnes.
The McDonald's restaurant in Pushkin Square, Moscow, is one of the busiest in the world and has 43,000 customers every day.
However, if you want a coffee from Starbucks in Shibuya, Tokyo, you can expect to queue for up to 45 minutes.
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This is a major break. The New York Times reports this morning that
I. Lewis Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a grand jury that he was authorized by his "superiors" to disclose classified information to reporters about Iraq's weapons capability in June and July 2003, according to a document filed by a federal prosecutor. The document is part of the prosecutors' case against Mr. Libby, who has been indicted on charges that he lied about his role in exposing the identity of a C.I.A. operative to journalists. The prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, said in a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyers last month that Mr. Libby had testified before the grand jury that "he had contacts with reporters in which he disclosed the content"…. The letter was first reported Thursday by the National Journal, which said its sources had identified that one of the superiors was Mr. Cheney.
And so the chips begin to fall. What will we learn next? Does the rot go all the way to the top?


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Friday 03 December 2010
Sheila Hancock has been presented with a lifetime achievement award in honour of her "outstanding and lasting contribution" to television and film over the last 50 years.
No stranger to the London stage, Sheila Hancock worked in repertory theatre during the 1950s and made her West End debut in 1958, replacing Joan Sims in the play Breath of Spring. She then appeared in Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop production of Make Me An Offer in 1959, and her other early West End appearances included the revue One Over the Eight with Kenneth Williams in 1961, and starring in Rattle of a Simple Man in 1962. In 1965, she made her Broadway debut in Entertaining Mr Sloane. In 1978, she played Miss Hannigan in the original London cast of the musical Annie and two years later, she played Mrs Lovett in the original London production of the musical Sweeney Todd.
Sheila Hancock appeared in The Winter's Tale, Titus Andronicus and A Delicate Balance for the Royal Shakespeare Company. At the National Theatre she appeared in The Cherry Orchard and The Duchess of Malfi. Hancock she also directed A Midsummer Night's Dream for the RSC on tour and was the first female director at the National, with The Critic.
In 2006, she played the role of Fraulein Schneider in the West End revival of the musical Cabaret at the Lyric Theatre. She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role In A Musical. In 2009, she spent over a year playing Mother Superior in Sister Act the Musical at the London Palladium.
The award was be presented to Hancock at the annual Women in Film and Television Awards, being held today at the London Hilton.
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Help Middletown Star Basketball Player Continue His Dream
Jason Huelbig is a star basketball player that led Middletown North to their best season ever last winter. He was named first-team All-Shore and his efforts earned him a full scholarship to Assumption College in Massachusetts. Sadly, Jason could lose his sight. He and his family need our help.