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October 11, 2004, 02:34:50 PM »
For those that missed the original thread on Gone Gold, there was an discussion of various plugins for Morrowind, after which it was decided to get together a DVD of what might be considered a 'standard' set of plugins, along with instructions, to be distributed for free (or at materials/shipping cost) to any Gone Golder who requested it.
The original thread ('800MB of Morrowind Goodness') was lost, but thanks to Goldy my post with the semi-final list of plugins was saved.
I don't remember who all was involved with the original thread, or who was willing to burn and ship DVDs, but if they are still interested in doing so, I will continue to write up a master Readme file and burn a couple of master DVDs to send them.
The original list is below. The formatting has been lost, as have the links (every plugin was originally linked to a download site). I will re-do the formatting when I get a chance (it took a couple of hours to find sites for everything originally.)
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Ok, here is my base suggested list for a master DVD/Torrent. This isn't intended as a list of everything available - we want it to fit on one DVD. Telesphoro's list is fantastic - but it is a bit unwieldy when deciding what basic mods to install when getting started. Instead, I picked out a selection, a list of those that 1) I think are the best, 2) are of high quality, and 3) aren't particularly troublesome (conflicts, etc). I have only listed mods I have tried myself. These are the mods that I install myself when I want to play Morrowind again, before going searching to see what is new. Also note that none of these mods help you create 'super characters' or give you piles of mega-treasure.
For those that link to Morrowind Summit, just click on 'Search' and find the name of the mod in the 'Title' dropdown that appears.
Note that I have assumed that the player has both expansions. The Gold version isn't that much, and sorting these by required expansions would be a full day's work - and likely pointless anyway.
My suggested format is to have the DVD's root contain a readme and a number of folders, each folder holding the mods of a particular type.
If there are any mods that you feel are absolutely vital to the game, post and I will add them. Please try to only add plugins that are of high quality and do not have a lot of conflicts.
Folder 1: Visual & Audible Improvements
These do not change the gameplay; they do not rebalance the game. They do not add new features or change Morrowind's style. They simply make Morrowind look and sound better while maintaining the original look and feel.
* NPC Replacer 3.5 - This plugin replaces all of the heads and faces in the game with much, much better looking versions. There are several different plugins that do this, but I have found the NPC Replacer to be the most comprehensive and trouble-free. It includes ~70 heads, including the famed Rhedd's Heads.
* Better Bodies - replaces the bodies with less segmented versions.
* Smoother Bodies - does things that Better Bodies does not.
* Bodies of Morrowind Advanced - This allows Better Bodies and Smoother Bodies to be used together. Be sure to read the readme!
* Landscape Remix - replaces many of the textures in Morrowind with better quality versions. (Note - the original author's site is down (provided link works, though). If anyone has a link to an updated version or to the Tribunal and Bloodmoon versions, let me know so I can post them.)
* Morrowind Visual Pack, and the Visual Pack Update. - these continue what the Landscape Remix started. Install them after the Landscape Remix.
* Visual Pack XT - Install AFTER the Landscape Remix and Visual Packs. This has some incredibly high quality textures, including many that the Landscape Remix didn't affect (if you have a slower system, the Visual Pack XT may affect your framerates). Again, the install order: 1. Landscape Remix, 2. Morrowind Visual Pack, 3. Visual Pack Update, 4. Visual Pack XT.
* Trees Replacement - replaces the trees on Vardenfell with higher quality, animated (breeze, leaves falling) trees.
* Classical Monster Replacer - this mod replaces the textures on one dozen of the original Morrowind creatures with much higher quality versions.
* Windows Glow - Makes light shine through windows - inside during the day, and outside at night.
* Real Signposts, Weather Signs 1.1 OR Weathered Signs Neutral - These replace the blurry, unreadable signs with attractive, readable ones.
* Sharpened Models: Weapon Replacer Patch - replaces the blurry textures on the original Morrowind weapons with better quality versions.
* Ice's Female Robe Replacer - the original Morrowind had all robe wearing females wearing male robes. This fixes that.
* Atmostpheric Sound Effects 1-4 - a huge upgrade in audio quality and quantity. Beware low-end users - this can cause users with slow computers to have a slower frame rate.
* VGreetings - turns on a huge number of greetings that were included with Morrowind but not activated by default.
Folder 2: Game Rebalancers and Patches
These are fixes, improvements, and rebalances of the basic Morrowind gameplay. They may fix bugs, make levelling a bit more challenging, tweak spell damage, or any of a number of similar things.
* Wakim's Game Improvements 9 Modular - a comprehensive set of changes, tweaks, and rebalances that makes Morrowind more of a challenge and removes a number of exploits. The modular version lets you decide which things you want tweaked. (Thanks to godhugh for hosting it.)
* Super Adventurers 3.02 - This is an alternative to Wakims (above), as it changes some of the same things in different ways. They are best not used together. This plugin also includes updated versions of all of the official Bethesda plugins, and should not be used in conjunction with them. It also adds a variety of new NPCs and equipment to the game (nothing unbalancing).
* New Icons. These replace all of the spell icons with high quality versions that are actually identifiable.
* Potion/Scroll Icons and Potion Sort This replaces all of the scroll and potion icons with high quality, visually identifiable ones, and automatically sorts them by type.
* Book Rotate 5.2 - This allows you to control how books are set down. It doesn't sound like much, but there are hundreds of books that might make their way into your home, and Morrowind only lets you stack them flat. This lets you set them upright on bookshelves, open on tables, and so on.
* The unofficial Morrowind Patch - Fixes a bunch of bugs that Bethesda missed.
* Ring Texture Fix - Morrowind shows rings as black, untextured models. This fixes that.
* Fashionable Merchants - Prevents merchants from putting on whatever armor you sell them.
* TimeMod - Allows you to change the speed that time passes (when starting a new game). You can either double the duration of days and nights (the default days and nights change very quickly) or set up a real-time day/night cycle speed.
* Bloodmoon Ammo Fix - Fixes the way Bloodmoon gives you only one arrow, bolt, etc. at a time.
* Bloodmoon Wolf Greaves Fix - Fixes a model problem with Bloodmoon.
* Morrowind Text Patch - Fixes various textual errors in the game.
Folder 3: Player Homes
These are empty houses, huts, shacks, castles, towers, palaces, manors, hovels, or whatever for the player to set up shop in. Some have optional teleporters, but I have avoided listing any that give you Fat Lute.
* A Good Place To Stay v 1.8 - One of the best. A large, underground house in Balmora with plenty of storage, a magic/alchemy room, and so on. A to/from teleporter is available, but entirely optional.
* Wizard's High - an elegant house outside of Pelagiad built in the Mournhold style. Lots of room, storage, armor mannequins, alchemy room, and a set of secret doors to every major town.
* Abu Manor - A beautifully designed house with tons of storage and display areas just outside of Ald Rhun.
* Abu's Retreat - A fantastic house outside of Pelagiad. Just like Abu Manor, the Retreat is a beautifully designed house. Plenty of storage space, even a greenhouse.
* Stonewood Hall v1.2 - A large, comfortable home in Solstheim (Bloodmoon). Great if you don't want to keep travelling back to the main island to store your booty.
Folder 4: Miscellaneous Plugins
These mods are those that add new things to the game. New weapons, new armor, new NPCs, new creatures, new Ninja Monkeys, new areas, new skills, and so on. The focus is on adding variety to the game.
* Morrowind Comes Alive - This adds an assortment of new NPCs to Morrowind. Both town and wilderness versions are provided. These aren't quest related - they are simply merchants, crusaders, pilgrims, rogues, travellers, and so on going about their business. They travel, so which NPCs are in a given are can vary from day to day.
* Cait's Critters Unleashed - This adds regular domestic animals to the world in carefully planned locations. Expect, for intance, to see chickens running around farms. It adds a lot of flavor to the game.
* Vivec Expansion 2.0 - This adds life to Vivec. Adds huts, walkways, shacks, docks, and ships surrounding the various Vivec cantons. This makes it easier to get around, and also makes Vivec feel like a busy city.
* G I A N T S - Adds some 200 new creatures to the game. Make no mistake - the whole purpose of G I A N T S is to add more fighting to Morrowind.
* Curry's Coloured Glass and Daedric and Curry's Coloured Ebony & Dwemer Adds a hidden door in Balmora that lets you enter an underground Dwemer ruin with machines that allow you to change the color of these four types of weapons and armor. Imagine white Daedric armor...
* Silt Striders Are In Vvardenfell - Silt Striders will spawn and walk about.
* The Marksman Mod - Makes bows and crossbows into worthwhile weapons. Adds new bows, crossbows, and projectiles.
* Daggerfall Book Collection - Adds some 60 books from Daggerfall into Morrowind.
Folder 5: Adventure Plugins
These mods add new quests, dungeons, lands, and so on. The focus is on adding new adventures to the game. I have tried to avoid those that provide uber equipment and massive
* The Unused Well of Pelagiad - Adds a dungeon to Pelagiad. Ask about it in town.
Folder 6: Other Plugins
These are mods that don't fit anywhere else. They are likely things that seriously affect gameplay - read carefully before you decide which to install.
* Morrowind Splash Screens Pack 1 - Adds a ton of additional splash screens to the game. Very high quality.
Folder 7: Utilities
These are recommended to make the whole thing work together better.
* Morrowind FPS Optimizer - runs in the background and dynamically changes view distance while you play, extending it up to up to 200% of what is possible otherwise. It also allows you to enable TruForm if your video card supports it, which greatly improves visuals. Allows for seperate indoor/outdoor shadow settings. Allow you to toggle the crosshair. Adds play/pause/skip/volume controls to the music. It is a must-have.
* TESTool - this tool runs through all of your installed plugins, removes conflicts, and combines certain things that can cause conflicts. Run it after everything else is installed, and read the readme!
* Morrowind Interactive Map - a zoomable, searchable map of all of Morrowind. Absolutely indespensible when you are having trouble finding Alamarusarinabaturiabaluritanaturabi.
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October 11, 2004, 02:57:48 PM »
I offered to be a DVD burner in the original thread and I'm still willing.
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October 11, 2004, 03:26:59 PM »
I'd go for one of these discs. Sounds awesome.
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October 12, 2004, 08:27:07 AM »
I'd be willing to pay for shipping/DVD cost for one too.
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October 12, 2004, 09:04:31 AM »
Thanks for all of your work, Blackhawk (and everyone else who contributed to the original thread). You certainly kindled my interest in the game with your discussion of all of the mods. Been in a gaming slump lately and I've never tried Morrowind; you've all made it sound excellent.
I'd be happy to burn DVDs once the makeup is finalized. Been looking for a reason to use the darn thing. I'll start working on d/l the mods listed above.
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October 12, 2004, 02:44:27 PM »
Here is my plan: As soon as we get the whole Gone Gold disappearance and such worked out (give us a few days), I will focus on this.
What I am doing is downloading all of these, repackaging a few so that they can all just be extracted into /data files to make installation less of a headache.
I just did a reformat of my system, so I am reinstalling Morrowind. As I reinstall everything (much of which has to be done in a specific order), I am writing up the process as a single, combined README. Think of it as a manual for the disk.
Once I have finished the readme, sorted and repackaged all of the mods, then I will burn all of them to a few DVDs based on the readme. I will then send copies of these master DVDs to everybody that is willing to help to copy and send out.
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October 12, 2004, 03:25:13 PM »
Put me in for one of the DVDs. I will pay costs as necessary.
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October 12, 2004, 03:34:53 PM »
I've started and stopped Morrowind over 2 dozen times. I would love to get one of these disks and _finally_ finish the game.
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October 12, 2004, 04:09:42 PM »
Count me in as someone who'd love to get all this stuff on a DVD.
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October 12, 2004, 05:20:08 PM »
I am still wiling to burn DVD's and distribute to the faithful. Keep me in the loop.
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October 12, 2004, 06:55:29 PM »
Just reinstalled Morrowind with a couple hundred mods this weekend. This game is so great!
Anyway, I used your mod list and Telesophoro's to get an idea of what I wanted added to the game.
I had some issues with the Stonewood Hall mod and thought I would let you know, I ended up just not adding it. All other mods worked fine together, as far as I can tell. Anyway, just keep your eye on that one, I may just have some isolated issue, possibly related to some mod I got from Telesophoro's list.
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October 13, 2004, 04:28:27 AM »
This is great, I just posted a thread asking for this.
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Count me in as well. I'd love to have one of these....
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October 13, 2004, 02:20:58 PM »
I'd love to get my hands on this as well. Now that I have a decent video card (X800XT instead of my 'aging' 9700 Pro), I can play this game rather well now.
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October 14, 2004, 07:48:16 AM »
I've gathered all of the mods in Blackhawk's list. I will d/l any other mods added to the official list. After that, I'd be happy to burn DVDs once Blackhawk has come up with a comprehensive readme.
What I have not done is install any of them -- since I have no experience with mods as of yet, I thought it best to wait for instructions from the experts.
Blackhawk did mention that he would create a master DVD to send to those willing to burn DVDs for others. I'd be more than happy to assist and can wait for that if it will minimize confusion.
The mods are about 520MB, so there's plenty of room for more.
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October 14, 2004, 01:49:26 PM »
I would like to get in on the DVD when it is ready!
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October 14, 2004, 01:57:09 PM »
I too would like a DVD and may be able to burn or host it. I say we keep filling it though as it is supposed to be a DVD and not a CD
Also, I would suggest another section on the DVD to cover Fat Lute and "fun" mods (like the Boba Fett one for example).
This is for those of us who sometimes like to play unberleet.
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October 15, 2004, 01:46:37 PM »
I'd like to sign up as well. I'd be willing to donate money to this cause for sure.
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I, too, would be willing to help burn the DVDs and distribute them to those interested. Just let me know.
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October 17, 2004, 01:52:15 AM »
I'm in the process of reinstalling Morrowind on to my new computer, so I'd love to have a dvd with the mods on it. I don't have a DVD-writer so can't burn any but I'm more than willing to pay shipping and help where I can.
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Count me in as well.
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Count me as another willing to pay media/shipping/handling on such a disk.
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Edison Pharmaceuticals Closes $20M Series F Financing
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that it has closed a Series F Preferred Financing, raising $20M. Mitsui & Co. Global Investment, Inc. led the financing and will occupy a board of directors seat. Proceeds will be used to advance the clinical development of EPI-743. The company has recently announced the initiation of phase 2B clinical trials in the United States in two orphan mitochondrial diseases, Leigh syndrome and Friedreich's ataxia. Additional clinical development initiatives are underway and will be announced in Q1 2013.Edison Pharmaceuticals Edison Pharmaceuticals is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to developing treatments for children with orphan mitochondrial diseases. SOURCE Edison Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Rays manager Joe Maddon is eager to get to work at spring training after agreeing to a three-year contract extension. The new deal, which was officially announced at a Wednesday news conference, runs through 2015.
The 58-year-old Maddon has led the team to the playoffs three of the past four seasons, and believes they have an excellent chance of getting back again this year.
Maddon says he's flattered by speculation that he would have been attractive to other teams if Tampa Bay hadn't locked him up long-term, but he had no desire to leave a talented young roster capable of contending for championships for years to come.
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FLINT, Michigan -- Will Foster never has too much trouble getting a parking spot for his second vehicle.
After all, who's going to argue with a guy driving a half-scale Panzer tank complete with a working air cannon?
"I took it home, driving it around in this white picket fence neighborhood and one of the neighbors called the cops on us," said Foster, a Kettering University student who began building the tank from scratch nearly two years ago.
"(Police) came and they just told us to head back home, but they were also laughing at it because they had never seen anything like that before."
Its camouflaged plywood exterior has become a curious fixture at Foster's Theta Xi fraternity house, where it is often parked next to a shed with a sign that reads "Panzer parking. Violators will be totaled."
The whole house has had a hand in building the tank.
Click on the link for the basics on Will Foster's tank:
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Thats unbelievably AWESOME!!!
WOw, that kid is my hero. Guarantee he had GI Joes as a kid.
Kansas wears Adidas.
I wonder with how much force it shoots golfballs and how far?
he needs to make them and sell them
I want either a Pershing or a Sherman IV Firefly w/ an 18 pounder so I could stand up to that thing.
What ever happened to truth, justice and the American Way?
Originally Posted by SuperCy
I want either a Pershing or a Sherman IV Firefly w/ an 18 pounder so I could stand up to that thing.
Nerd alert!!!! I know this is not American but here is my choice for WW 2 tank:
The Russian T-34.
That's probably the coolest thing I have seen in a long time! I would deff wanna buy one if I could!
Originally Posted by SuperCy
I want either a Pershing or a Sherman IV Firefly w/ an 18 pounder so I could stand up to that thing.
You must have Company of Heroes.
When I was at I-State a student in the dorms made nitroglycerin in his room. Apparently he kept it in a Pepsi bottle (they were all glass at that time) in his closet. When he accumulated enough, he took it over to the Lake Lavern dam (which was made of stones at that time) and placed it on the rocks. Then he stood near Lincoln Way and shot the bottle with a bb or pellet gun. The resultant explosion knocked a vee-shaped wedge out of the dam causing more than half the lake water to drain out. We didn't know there were fish in Lake Latrine. We got a new dam out of the project. Now that's a real project.
Will will win!
I like the obscure Italian P40 personally.
Question: What kind of gas milage does this thing get?
Originally Posted by cycopath25
Question: What kind of gas milage does this thing get?
Well it is a diesel.....
Still . . . Diesel is expensive as ****! OK correction FUEL milage . . .?
I know it's not a WWII tank, but personally I'd rather go with an M1 Abrahms. The Abrahms is definitely the mother of all tanks...
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Denning blasts Guintoli as deal falls through
15 October 2012
FIXI Crescent Suzuki has announced that Sylvain Guintoli will not ride for the team in the 2013 World Superbike Championship, despite a contract being in place for next season.
The Frenchman has been widely tipped to join Leon Camier in the team for next season, but while positive discussions during the final round of the season at Magny-Cours led to an agreement being put in place, FIXI Crescent says Guintoli has stalled on providing a full commitment.
Understood to have received an offer from a rival team, Guintoli's decision to consider the alternative option led to him deciding against joining the team for this week's Motorland Aragon test.
As such, a dismayed FIXI Crescent Suzuki team principal Paul Denning has subsequently annulled the contract.
"I am extremely disappointed and surprised by Sylvain's lack of integrity and total lack of respect for the mutual commitments made," he said. "He is the last rider I would have expected to behave in such a way, especially as we have had a close professional and personal relationship previously.
"Our team has always tried to stand by the fundamental principle that you stick to what you've agreed to, and in the long run it's always been the best policy. Sylvain clearly doesn't feel the same way and is prepared to ignore a handshake, a gentleman's agreement and indeed a written contract – and that's a great shame."
"Our energies are now focused on looking forward to the positive opportunities we have as a team in 2013."
Though it isn't known which team is courting Guintoli for 2013, Aprilia and Ducati are rumoured to have made enquiries following the ex-MotoGP rider's strong race-winning end to the season.
Guintoli, who raced with Crescent Suzuki in the British Superbike Championship in 2009, will have his place in the team taken in the short-term by Australian Superbike Champion Josh Waters, who will join Camier at the upcoming Motorland Aragon test.


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Since I wrote the last post on books, it seems like everywhere I turned the past two days I heard people talking about how important books were to their fundamental growth, as well as serving as a kind of smart retreat for their mind (and spirit). In some cases people were talking about rediscovering books after spending so many years filling their brains with information (from everywhere except books) and focusing hard on "the race" called work. It's funny, then, that the latest TED talk posted on the TED website features a really nice talk by the man in charge of taking care of TED, Chris Anderson. This was recorded in 2002, just a few months after 9-11 and with the dust of the dot-com bust still in the air. At that time people were not sure if TED would even survive. From the TED site: "This was Anderson's attempt to persuade TEDsters that the conference had a future, and that the transition from a for-profit event, to one owned by a nonprofit, could work."
Anderson tells of making it in business and then surviving the fall...and of changing his life. This is what caught my attention:
"I started to do something I had forgotten about [because of] my business focus—I started to read again."
— Chris Anderson
It was during this time of reading that Anderson says he realized that while he'd been busy working hard and focusing intensely on business all those years, there had been a revolution of sorts in many different fields. What was most exciting, says Anderson, is that "all this stuff is connected." Anderson goes on to give an example of how one single aspect of life is so connected to — and can be examined through — a variety of disciplines. He introduces the idea in a way that makes the audience erupt in laughter as well. If you are an avid follower of TED like I am, then hearing Anderson's vision for TED in this short talk (from six years ago) will be of great interest to you.
When you're the leader, it is often best to present sans slides, technology, and formality, elements which may act as a barrier. Sometimes you just have to pull up a chair close to the audience, lean forward, and speak from your gut and from your heart. It does not have to be pretty, perfect or slick—in fact, it's better if it isn't. I liked this talk by Chris Anderson. It had story, vision, humility, and brevity. Four important ingredients indeed.
The future of books?
I love traditional books, and they are not going away by any stretch. Still, while Kindle is not likely to excite me, I would be interested in a Kindle-like device if it had more capabilities such as those demonstrated in these two TED talks below. Whoa.
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In 1930, aviation pioneer Louis Charles Joseph Blériot established the Blériot Trophy, to be awarded to an aviator who demonstrated flight at a speed of 2,000 kilometers per hour (1,242.742 miles per hour) for 30 minutes. The technology to accomplish this was three decades in the future.
On 10 May 1961, a U.S. Air Force/Convair B-58A-10-CF Hustler, serial number 59-2451, The Firefly, did just that. Flown by a crew consisting of Aircraft Commander, Major Elmer E. Murphy, Navigator, Major Eugene Moses, and Defensive Systems Officer, First Lieutenant David F. Dickerson, the Mach 2+ Strategic Air Command bomber flew 669.4 miles (1,077.3 kilometers) in 30 minutes, 45 seconds. Their average speed was 1,302.07 miles per hour (2,095 kilometers per hour).
The black and white marble trophy was presented by Alice Védères Blériot, widow of Louis Blériot. It is on permanent display at the United States Air Force Academy.
On 26 May 1961, The Firefly, flown by a different aircrew, set a speed record by flying New York to Paris, while enroute to the Paris Air Show, a distance of 3,626.46 miles in 3 hours, 19 minutes, 58 seconds, for an average of 1,089.36 mph.
On 3 June 1961, the Blériot Trophy-winning crew of Murphy, Moses and Dickerson departed Le Bourget Airport aboard 59-2451 for the return trip to America. The B-58 crashed five miles from the airport. All three men were killed and the aircraft totally destroyed.
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Article Date: 11/1/2001
The Next Step in Contact Lens Care
are lens solutions faring?
BY KAREN RODEMICH, Senior Associate
What's the next step in development for lens care? Veteran contact lens practitioner, Frank Fontana, O.D., addressed this question and others to shed some light on this often-neglected topic. Dr. Fontana will give us an overview of the solution market, with his prediction of what's to come, and we'll also hear about some new products.
Way back when . . .
"The three basic things we knew when soft contact lenses came out is that you needed a disinfectant, a surfactant cleaner and a deposit resister (the enzyme)," said Dr. Fontana. "The biggest problem we had in the early days was people complying with their lens care."
He explained that the step people usually skipped was the digital rubbing. And because disposables weren't around at that time, some patients had reactions to their contact lenses. "So," he said, "we thought we'd combine the three basic steps to increase compliance." In the effort to accomplish this, manufacturers started having trouble with preservatives but then developed either better preservatives or no preservatives at all.
"Hydrogen peroxide was effective," he said, "but it had drawbacks. Patients experienced problems if the solution wasn't neutralized properly before it came in contact with their eyes." Along with that, "companies developed an enzyme and a surfactant cleaner," Dr. Fontana continued. "But, that system used a chemical disk that lost its effectiveness after 3 months and patients would forget to change it." He said that as chemical solutions started appearing again, the hydrogen peroxide systems sank in popularity.
Today's no-rub solutions
So what's the most common solution trend in the market today? Dr. Fontana said that now, Alcon and Allergan have one-step solutions (Alcon's Opti-Free Express Multi-Purpose Disinfecting Solution and Allergan's Complete Brand Multi-Purpose Solution).
"These are all good solutions; they're all doing the three basic steps, but now they've done something a little different with no-rub approval," he stated. As he said, and I'm sure you'll agree, no-rub solutions are much more convenient, because the most annoying factor for contact lens wearers has been cleaning their lenses digitally.
Now some of you may see no-rub contact lens solutions as double-edged swords. On one hand, they're convenient and offer protection for the many patients who don't digitally rub their lenses anyway. But on the other hand, approving the no-rub indication teaches all wearers to be lazy about contact lens care; we know rubbing really does make the lens cleaner.
Fortunately or unfortunately, what will be will be, so the best thing to do is watch the trend and continue to educate your patients about their lens care.
Dr. Fontana mentioned that there's something new from CIBA Vision, originally owned and developed by American Optical -- AoSept Clear Care -- a no-rub hydrogen peroxide solution that's been on the market for about 7 months now. It's one solution for cleaning, disinfecting and removing protein.
So why would you take patients back to a hydrogen peroxide solution? Dr. Fontana gave his own reasons: "Hydrogen peroxide doesn't have or need preservatives, so patients won't have reactions, and it's an effective cleaner." He can't say how well it works because he hasn't used it long enough yet, but he said that time will tell how effective this solution is.
Dr. Fontana did key in on one misunderstanding that practitioners may have with no-rub contact lens solutions -- that is, that they might not work with patients who deposit quickly. Fortunately, he pointed out, none of the packaging says that a patient should go against his doctor's orders, "so you can use your own professional judgment with each patient."
Another multi-purpose solution that was recently introduced for rigid gas permeable contact lenses (RGPs) is Alcon's Unique pH. Although not a no-rub solution, this product is a cleaning and soaking solution (no enzyme) that changes its own pH to match the pH of a patient's tears.
Another feature, Dr. Fontana remarked, is the way it's going to be used -- to presoak or precondition a lens. He explained that arrangements have been made with certain labs in the country so that, if a practitioner requests it when he orders lenses for a patient, the lab sends the lenses to the O.D. soaking in the solution ahead of time.
"Even though we clean lenses prior to dispensing them to a patient, something about a patient's eye chemistry might make initial wear uncomfortable," said Dr. Fontana. "So this is a good idea for bettering the initial comfort of lenses for patients. This way, if I have a participating lab send lenses to me, I know that they've been soaking in the mail for at least a day or two. Then, when I dispense the lenses to a patient, he should adapt to them quickly," he commented.
A bigger role for
lubricating drops?
With the advent of contact lenses approved for 30 days of continuous wear, is it likely that in the future, contact lens solutions will become obsolete? Dr. Fontana doesn't think so. Here's what he had to say about it. "As long as we have contact lenses that are worn for 1 week and longer, the need for a solution will never be eliminated for most people."
Regarding continuous wear contact lenses, Dr. Fontana said that some people won't necessarily wear the lenses the entire 30 days and may take them off at some time within the 30-day period, so there will be much less solution use. "But if someone gets a sore or irritated eye, it's good to have these safe, formulated systems in which to store the contact lenses."
Thus, he says, "lubricating and rewetting drops will become more important with the 30-day lenses." But Dr. Fontana doesn't think that contact lens solutions will become obsolete, because not everyone may like continuous wear lenses.
One notable new lubricating drop is available from Allergan, Inc. Complete Blink-n-Clean Lens Drops help prevent protein film build-up and remove particulate material that can cause irritation and discomfort. Designed for use with soft contact lenses, the product is ideal for use with extended wear materials and is sold in 20-mL bottles for a
1-month supply.
Also, Alcon offers Clerz Plus Lens Drops for improved comfort during lens wear. More than a rewetting and refreshing drop, this product prevents protein buildup during lens wear.
For use with all kinds of lenses, Clerz Plus combines two proprietary ingredients -- Clens 100 and Tetronic. Clens 100 helps prevent protein from adhering to lenses. The other product, Tetronic, conditions and cleans the lens.
Evolving role
No doubt, as contact lens modalities change and evolve, so will the lens care products for them. In the future, we're likely to see continued growth of contact lens care products contained in a single bottle. One-step, no-rub solutions seem to be the wave of the future of lens care products.
Plus, with the advent of more contact lenses available for longer wear, we'll see enhanced eyedrop products for contact lens wearers.
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I firmly believe a woman can never have too many bags. And I know there are at least two women out there who agree with me. (ok, maybe 3 billion but who's counting?)
While chatting on the sidelines watching their girls play soccer, moms Gabrielle DeSantis-Cummings and Monica Hillman hatched a plan to start a business that would create high-quality, stylish and functional bags made with vibrant and durable fabrics like oilcloth. Gigi Hill was officially launched in 2009 and now employs women nationwide who sell Gigi Hill products via home parties and online, giving them a chance to "be in business for themselves, but never by themselves."
Now, if you're like me, you've had a zillion of these conversations with friends and family while sitting around passing the time. And usually, the ideas disappear into thin air, like the bottle(s) of wine that are usually being consumed at the time. But these two ladies actually did something about it and their product is worthy of praise. A friend of mine sent me a Gigi Hill Bag called the Audrey earlier this year and it has quickly become one of my favorites.
Here's why:
- It's huge. Big enough to hold everything from a small laptop to diapers, snacks and a spare pair of shoes, but not so big that it flops around or hurts my shoulder. There are also pockets for days, including a handy cell phone pocket in the front. No more digging in the bottom of my purse to find my phone.
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11.30am, BBC Two/1.00pm, TG4/1.45pm, BBC One
Anyone for tennis? Forget about jumpers for goalposts, mid summer's always been signalled by the racket from Wimbledon. The sky finally fell in last year when Britian got itself a first Men's Singles' title in nearly a century. Can Andy Murray retain the trophy? As for the ladies, it seems to be between the in-form Maria Sharipova and the current world number one and five-time Wimbledon winner, Serena Williams.
Modern Family
8.30pm, Sky 1
Underneath it all, this show is almost Cosby Show-cuddly at heart, but the writing remains sharp after five very successful seasons. Everything that could go wrong has for Mitch and Cam and their disastrous big day so here's the likely happy ending in this season closer. It begins optimistically enough when Pepper manages to find a new venue, only for the couple to once again be kicked out and, consequently, forced to hold the ceremony at home.
The Family Project
7.30pm, RTÉ One
16-year-old Declan O'Brien lives in Loughrea, county Galway with his family. He's been frustrated by undiagnosed difficulties throughout his education and recently dropped out of secondary school. His parents are also early school leavers and want a better life for him, but are running out of options. Enter John Spillane, a straight-talking singer/song writer, who sets out to convince Declan about the merits of finishing what you started. John is convinced that Declan can get back on track.


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The United Methodist Church of the Servant and Gaillardia Housing Addition announce that they are co-sponsoring the "Fit to Serve" 5k run and 1-mile fun walk this Sunday, Sept. 30, at 4 p.m. to benefit City Care's Whiz Kids.
This is the third consecutive year that Church of the Servant has hosted the "Fit to Serve" event, and the first year it has partnered with Gaillardia. The annual event carries the slogan "Big Feet Running for Little Feet", and funds that were raised the past two years were used to purchase car seats for children.
Robyn Goggs, associate pastor of Church of the Servant, said: "Each year we choose a mission that supports children as our benefactor. We are pleased to join Gaillardia Housing Addition residents in raising funds for Whiz Kids and building community support for the greater good of children in Oklahoma."
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A Tetley Family in England and The USA
This insightful family history traces the Tetley Family of Chesterfield, England to the United States. The book includes a brief history of Chesterfield, a bustling market town of ancient origins which served as the seat of the Tetley Family for at least three hundred years.
This family tale begins with the Tetleys living in Chesterfield in 1559. It follows the descendants of William Tetley from Chesterfield to the Derbyshire town of Derby and then across the Atlantic to the United States. The daughters of this brave family who sailed to a new land, settled in Massachusetts, while the sons went west to settle in Missouri.
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I am fully investigating the process of turning an old TV into a fish tank. If I find the ideal TV I am thinking a 20 gallon will be the maximum. I am going to try finding the old wooden TVs, if anybody has any ideas where to look (other than garage sales, which is the only place I know now!) please hollar!
It's going to take a long time for me to finish the project, find the tv, etc.; but I'll be sure to post pictures as I go through the process!
That could be interesting.:wink2:
Make sure you don't use plugs or you'll electrocute your fish.:devil: :tongue:
Hmm, could you make a custom cabinet instead that made it appear as a flat screen tv? Or would that take the fun out of it? :P
Well, I don't have a whole lot of woodworking tools to begin with; but I definitely think that could be done :P
Not to get too off topic, but you know what could look interesting? A cabinet that made the tank appear to be the belly of a whale. Perhaps a bit corny...
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You could even find a bowfront to plug in and if you had the whale at the right angle you could play it off like a whale pot-belly :P
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Western short grasslands
East of Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Photograph by David Olson
The Western short grasslands is the second largest grassland ecoregion of North America, covering slightly more than 435,000 square kilometers.
This unit ranges over portions of western Nebraska and southeastern Wyoming, across much of eastern Colorado, southwestern Kansas, west Texas, the Oklahoma panhandle and into eastern New Mexico. The Western short grasslands are bisected by the upper reaches of the Arkansas River and upper reaches of the Red River.
This grassland ecoregion is distinguished from other grassland units by low rainfall, relatively long growing seasons, and warm temperatures. From a structural standpoint, the short stature of the dominant sod-forming grasses, Needle Grama (Bouteloua aristidoides) and Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides), separate the Western short grasslands ecoregion from other units.
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Küchler classified this ecoregion as grama-buffalo grass prairie, bluestem-grama prairie, sandsage-bluestem prairie, and wheatgrass-bluestem-needlegrass prairie. Under more natural conditions, major sources of ecosystem disturbance were drought and grazing by wildlife, rather than fire as in some of the other Great Plains grassland ecoregions to the east.
Unlike in the more mesic grassland ecoregions, fire is thought to be detrimental to shortgrass prairie plants. Today, livestock grazing is the major form of disturbance, but much of this ecoregion is in better condition as far as overgrazing impact than some other ecoregions. Part of the explanation is that many of the sod-forming perennial grassland plants, the historic dominant plant species in this ecoregion, evolved under intense grazing and trampling by migratory herds of American Bison (Bison bison).
Biological distinctiveness
Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata), western Texas, United States. (Photograph by Dr. Lloyd Glenn Ingles, California Academy of Sciences & CalPhotos) The Western short grasslands is among the richest ecoregions in the USA and Canada for species diversity of butterflies, birds and mammals. Part of this pattern can be explained by the closer proximity of this ecoregion to the subtropics. This ecoregion once supported one of the most impressive migrations of a large ungulate species anywhere in the world: the American Bison migration. Today, bison no longer migrate in this ecoregion, but bison ranching is becoming increasingly popular. The Western short grasslands also contains the fastest declining bird populations on the continent, the endemic birds of the short grasslands of the Great Plains. These species are declining faster than many neotropical migratory birds whose plight receives much more attention.
A number of mammalian species are found in the upper Western short grasslands ecoregion, including the Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys spectabilis, NT), whose occurrence is evident in the upper Red River Basin. The Nine-banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) is a notable widely occurring member of the dasypodidae family found here, whose historic northern range limit was the Red River Basin, but is now found north to the Arkansas River Basin.
Bovids found in the ecoregion include the Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) and the Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), the western Red River Basin comprising part of the eastern species range limits for these two grazers. Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) occurs in the ecoregion, and this locus marks part of the eastern range limit of that apex predator, save for an outlier relict population in the Everglades of Florida. The Collared Peccary (Tayassu tajacu) is near the eastern limit of its broad range here. The Desert Shrew (Scaphiopus couchii) is found in more arid parts of the Western short grasslands and has a range extending westward to southern California and southwestward to Mexico.
Amphibians in the Red River Basin portion of the ecoregion include the Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus), which can be seen in the upper basin of west Texas; the Couch's Spadefoot Toad (Scaphiopus couchii), which is found in the upper and middle basin; the Great Plains Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne olivacea). The Eastern Green Toad (Anaxyrus debilis) and Southern Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata) both occur in arid upper and middle reaches, and witnesses its eastern and northern range limits in the Red River Basin. The very wide ranging Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans) can be found throughout the basin and broadly beyond. The Plains Leopard Frog (Acris crepitans) is also found throughout the basin, and the Red River basin comprises a portion of the southern species range limit.
The Western short grasslands is home to a number of reptiles, including the Black-necked Garter Snake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis), residing in the eastern limit of the species range. The Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) occurs in most of the Arkansas and Red River Basins lying within the Western short grasslands ecoregion. The small Flat-headed Snake (Tantilla gracilis) is found in the Western short grasslands continuing into most of the lower Red River Basin as well as northward extent into the Arkansas River Basin and southwestward to northern Mexico. The Four-lined Skink (Plestiodon tetragrammus) occurs in the ecoregion, extending southward to northeastern Mexico. Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) is found in the upper and middle Red River Basin, which occurrences mark the northern and eastern range limits of this taxon.
Conservation status
Habitat loss and degradation
Much of this area was severely affected by largely unsuccessful efforts to develop dryland cultivation. In western Kansas and eastern Colorado this damaging activity still continues. The Dustbowl of the 1930s was centered in this ecoregion, and stands as proof of the unsuitability of this area for farming, unless heavily irrigated. Areas in the southern part of this ecoregion in Texas have been invaded by Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and thorny shrubs, e.g. Opuntia spp., Lotebush (Zizyphus obtusifolia), Berberis trifoliata, forming a savanna or shrubland with a shortgrass prairie understory.
Nearly all of this ecoregion is in farms and ranches. Cropland cover varies between 30 to 60 percent across the ecoregion (even higher in western Kansas and western Nebraska), with grazing lands occupying the remainder. The amount of irrigated farmland varies across the ecoregion. In the northern section in Colorado, almost all of the land is in farms or ranches with a build-up of urban areas along the eastern edge of the Rockies. About 68 percent is used for grazing domestic livestock, with about 15 percent of the area planted in dry crops.
In the extreme southern section of the ecoregion, grazing covers more than 75 percent of the area. Overgrazing has allowed the spread of woody shrubs and trees and the near permanent conversion of plains grasslands to desert scrublands. Approximately 40 percent of the remaining habitat in this ecoregion is considered to be intact, one of the highest percentages among North American grasslands, and the highest among grassland ecoregions greater than 70,000 square kilometers. In the western section of this ecoregion, rangelands are moderately to heavily grazed.
Blocks of intact habitat
Six of the national grasslands in this ecoregion contain intact blocks of habitat. They include:
- Black Kettle - western Oklahoma,
- Commanche - southeastern Colorado
- Pawnee - northeastern Colorado
- Cimarron - southeastern Kansas. This is one of the strongholds of the Lesser Prairie Chicken
- Rita Blanca - along the borders of New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma
- Kiowa - panhandle of Texas
Other significant areas of intact habitat include:
- the Arkansas River Sandsage - southwestern Kansas
- Tule/Palo Duro Canyon areas - northwestern Texas
Degree of fragmentation
The species that occur in the Western Short Grasslands are relatively widespread and good dispersers. Aside from areas that have been plowed, the native fauna is relatively unaffected by the levels of fragmentation found in this ecoregion.
Degree of protection
Although there is considerable rangeland and grassland worthy of conservation, few sites are formally protected. National Grasslands have considerable potential for biodiversity conservation but grazing on these units by domestic livestock must be modified.
Types and severity of threats
The main threat to this ecoregion is conversion to agriculture. New technologies, including: four-wheel drive tractors, precision farming, herbicides, and irrigation make farming more productive in areas that were previously difficult to cultivate. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) in the eastern and southern part of this unit in the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles has kept some areas under good conservation management. If the CRP program were legislatively modified or discontinued, some of these areas would be under great threat of conversion. Overgrazing is less of a threat in most parts of the ecoregion because of the abundance of grazing-tolerant plant species. The invasion of tree species is a problem in some areas.
Suite of priority activities to enhance biodiversity
The most effective steps to conserve and restore representative examples of this grassland ecoregion include:
- making National Grassland management more sensitive to biodiversity
- working with conservation associations to maintain rangelands
- increasing the use of rotational grazing to mimic natural grazing patterns
- improving relationships with private landowners
- improving management of irrigation systems
- restoring bison populations
Conservation partners
- Kansas Natural Heritage Inventory
- National Cattlemen's Association
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Nebraska Natural Heritage Program
- Society for Range Management
- U.S. Forest Service
Relationship to other classification schemes
The Western short grasslands are derived from Omernik ecoregions 25 (Western High Plains) and 26 (Southwestern Tablelands). It corresponds to Küchler unit no. 58 (Grama-Buffalo grass). Bailey classifies this as parts of six different sections (331H, 331C, 331I, 331B, 315A, 315B).
- Stanley Baldys III and D.G. Phillips. 1998. Stream monitoring and educational program in the Red River Basin, Texas, 1996–97: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 170–97
- D.L. Flores. 1984. The Ecology of the Red River in 1806. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly 88,1
- J.M. Hoekstra; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J. et al. 2010. In Molnar, J. L. The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0
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August 2000
Patient C. H., a 39-year-old machinist, suffered a 4mm corneal laceration and penetrating metallic foreign body to his right eye in 1998 (Figure 1). The laceration was surgically repaired the day of the injury, with subsequent parsplana vitrectomy / lensectomy and removal of the foreign
body five months later (Figure 2). With an aphakic soft lens OD, the post-operative visual acuity was best corrected to 20/70, while the left eye remained 20/15 without correction.
Post-operative central keratometric readings OD were 44.62 @ 58 / 48.37 @ 148 with an infronasal ectasia resulting in paracentral steepening of 56.00D (Figure 3).
The paracentral ectasia and asymmetrical astigmatism caused a number of optical problems, complicated by the patient's strong desire to correct his unilateral aphakia with a soft lens.
Taking Refractive Action
The patient elected for removal of the ectasia by photo-therapeutic keratectomy (PTK). One month post PTK, the patient's central cornea was significantly more spherical with a 6.00D reduction of the paracentral ectasia (Figure 4). Pre- and post-photokeratoscopy illustrates the reduction of irregular corneal
astigmatism following PTK (Figure 5). The patient's manifest refraction was ultimately +15.00 1.25 x 48 with a visual acuity of 20/25.
We successfully fit the patient with an aphakic soft lens. He enjoys all day lens wear with complete restoration of binocular
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Figure 5. Photokeratoscopy of OD pre-surgical (left) and post-surgical (right)
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for the man offering to buy the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion says Donald Sterling's stalling tactics are threatening to doom the sale by pushing it past a contractual deadline.
At a hearing Friday to set parameters for the rest of a probate trial, Adam Streisand implored the judge to make a swift decision when hearings conclude July 28.
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President Barack Obama is trying to solve big problems in his proposed 2014 budget. His efforts to curtail entitlement spending have gotten most of the headlines. But he also seems determined to complete the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys new headquarters, the largest federal construction project since the Pentagon rose in the 1940s. The cost: $3.9 billion.
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UBQLN2/ubiquilin 2 mutation and pathology in familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Authors: Williams KL, Warraich ST, Yang S, Solski JA, Fernando R, Rouleau GA, Nicholson GA, Blair IP
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) shows clinical and pathological overlap with frontotemporal dementia that includes the presence of hallmark ubiquitinated inclusions in affected neurons. Mutations in UBQLN2, which encodes ubiquilin 2, were recently identified in X-linked juvenile and adult-onset ALS and ALS/dementia. As part of an established exome sequencing program to identify disease genes in familial ALS, we identified a novel missense UBQLN2 mutation (c.1460C>T, p.T487I) in 2 apparently unrelated multigenerational ALS families with no evidence of frontotemporal dementia. This mutation segregated with the disease and was absent in 820 healthy controls and all public single nucleotide polymorphism databases. The UBQLN2 p.T487I mutation substitutes a highly conserved residue and is located immediately upstream of a PXX region where all previous mutations have been identified. Immunostaining of spinal cord from a patient with UBQLN2 p.T487I mutation showed colocalization of ubiquilin 2 with ubiquitin in all neuronal inclusions examined and frequent colocalization with TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) and fused in sarcoma protein (FUS). To examine ubiquilin 2 pathology in broader ALS, we showed that ubiquilin 2 pathology also extends to ALS with a FUS mutation. These data further support the importance of ubiquilin 2 in the pathogenesis of ALS.
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SolTech's Beautiful Glass Roof Tiles Heat Your Home With Solar Energy
Posted By Frida Jeppsson On January 20, 2014 @ 1:00 pm In carousel showcase,Environment,Gallery,Green Materials,Innovation,Solar Power | 32 Comments
SolTech Energy [2], a Swedish company selling solutions for clean solar power [3], has developed a unique home heating system contained within roofing tiles made out of ordinary transparent glass. The attractive house-warming tiles (somewhat ironically) give roofs a beautiful, icy appearance quite unlike anything else we've ever seen before.
In 2009, the SolTech Energy System was selected by a jury and nominated among nine as the year's "Hottest New Material." Based on votes by the people, the company's glass tiles were awarded with a gold medal from the North Building Fair, Nordbygg [5]. "The winning entry combines an attractive design with essential functions for clean and sustainable energy. It is an innovative product that is well in time," said the chairman of the jury, PhD. Bengt Toolanen.
So what makes the system so special and award worthy? For starters, the tiles are made from ordinary glass and have about the same weight as those made of clay. Secondly, the system doesn't, like competitors' versions, heat up water or vacuum pipes, but clean air [6]. The tiles are installed on top of a black nylon canvas, under which air slots are mounted. The black colour absorbs heat from the sun and the air starts to circulate. The hot air is then used to heat up water, which is connected to the house's heating system via an accumulator. The beauty of the system is that it cuts energy [7] costs throughout the year, during dark winter days as well as night time, due to its capacity to store heat in the isolating layers of air under the canvas.
In an initial research phase the company collaborated with the Swedish glass mill Orrefors [8] to develop the tiles. Today they are industrially produced in Portugal, but built on the same Swedish design.
The SolTech Energy System generates about 350 kWh heat per square meter (10 square ft), depending on climate, angle of the roof and cardinal direction. For additional technical data, visit SolTech Energy's webpage [9].
+ SolTech Energy [2]
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[1] Image: http://inhabitat.com/heat-your-home-with-soltech-energys-beautiful-glass-roof-tiles/soltechenergy-glasstiles-1/
[2] SolTech Energy: http://www.soltechenergy.com
[3] solar power: http://inhabitat.com../2010/10/05/obama-to-install-solar-panels-on-the-white-house-this-spring/
[4] Image: http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/10/SolTechEnergy-glasstiles-2.jpg
[5] Nordbygg: http://www.nordbygg.se/common/category.aspx?id=6870
[6] clean air: http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/21/high-tech-wallpaper-cleans-the-air/
[7] energy: http://inhabitat.com/2010/10/04/swedish-passive-home-could-cut-carbon-footprint-by-8x/
[8] Orrefors: http://www.orrefors.se/main.asp
[9] webpage: http://www.soltechenergy.com/en/
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