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Jan 31, Hamilton (OT) Spectator: Autism traits found in babies
Jan 30, CBS Miami: School Bus Attendant Accused Of Abusing Autistic Child Pleads Not Guilty
Jan 30, WUSA Washington DC: Doctors With The ConnectMe Study Are Looking For Families Affected By Autism
Jan 30, Maine GOP: Waiting Lists For Disabled Mainers One Of The Great Tragedies Of Baldacci Era
Jan 29, MyCentralJersey: Adults with autism present special problems
Jan 28, Chicago Tribune: Vaccination schedule for children is safe, study says
"Hamilton researchers have found autism traits in babies 12 months and younger, raising the possibility of one day preventing the neurological disorder.
"It's the earliest autism traits have been identified, as children are most often diagnosed at age three or later.
"'Nobody has ever demonstrated that before,' said Dr. Peter Szatmari, one of the researchers and director of the renowned Offord Centre for Child Studies, which is affiliated with McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences.
"'The key is to intervene as early as possible. If we can intervene in this window (of six to 18 months), it's not inconceivable we'll be able to prevent autism. That would be a remarkable game-changer.'"
The message here is that autism is PREVENTABLE, if we see the traits early enough and start intervention. It's another version of kids are born with autism—it's genetic. I'm unable to log in here or I'd ask why we suddenly have over one percent of kids with autism and experts are helpless to tell us why. I'd ask Dr. Peter Szatmari what there is to smile about.
"An attorney for a Broward school bus attendant accused of abusing a 13-year-old boy with autism entered a not guilty plea in court Wednesday.
"Darryl Blue was not in court for the hearing.
"Blue was charged in November 2011 after the mother of the autistic child decided to press charges against him.
"Blue can be seen on school bus surveillance video yanking on a strap connected to the boy's safety harness, essentially choking him. In the background there is the laughter of the bus' driver Chelsi Edwards.
"The incident, which took place on October 9th, left the boy traumatized, according to his mother Bertis Paulino.
"The Deerfield Beach mother said the harness that was supposed to protect her little boy was used to hurt him instead.
"'This is device my son was wearing and this was around his neck like this,' Paulino gestured with the harness. 'He was pleading and howling like an animal in pain.'
"In the video, the boy can be heard saying, 'Ow, you're hurting me.'
"Blue is charged with felony aggravated child abuse...."
Sadly, autism always seems to be a topic of tragedy. The once rare disorder is now so common everyone knows someone with an autistic child and no one in mainstream medicine can tell us why. There's no way to prevent autism and no way to cure it. No health official has ever gone on the record calling autism a crisis. No one in authority bats an eye as the autism rate continues to soar, now at the epidemic level of one in every 88 children, one in every 54 boys. In the face of all this, the victims of autism continue to suffer at the hands of those charged to care for them.
Do you have a child with autism? Do you know a family who is affected by autism, Asperger's Disorder, or PDD-NOS?
Doctors at Children's National Medical Center are looking for families affected by autism, in the testing of a novel drug that targets the symptoms at its core. It is part of a nationwide program called ConnectMe.
Dr. Adelaide Robb, Principal Investigator for the ConnectMe research program at Children's National Medical Center says, "It is looking at, for the first time, the core symptoms of autism. That means difficulty with social relatedness. How do you play with kids, how do you communicate with other kids?"
What's amazing about this story is the fact that there's no real concern about why a million US children have a disorder that was practically unknown 25 years ago. Officially, one in every 88 kids now has autism, including one in every 54 boys. Health authorities have no answers about autism because there's no known cause or cure. There's nothing a mainstream doctor can tell a new mom so that her baby that was born healthy and is developing normally doesn't also end up on the autism spectrum by age two.
In the face of this tragedy, experts are putting their energy into marketing behavior modifying drugs. How bad do the numbers have to get before we address autism as the health care emergency that it is?
"In response to recent news articles concerning a lawsuit filed by Mainers with developmental disabilities against Governor LePage and DHHS, Maine GOP Chairman Richard Cebra released the following statement:
"'This news truly shines a light on how poorly the Baldacci administration prioritized the use of precious taxpayer dollars,' said Cebra. 'While the Baldacci administration and Democratic majorities in Augusta were expanding and protecting welfare benefits to able-bodied 19- and 20-year olds and others, more than a thousand Mainers with severe disabilities were languishing on waiting lists."
Hopefully this is more than just politics by the ME GOP Chairman. Let them argue over the waiting list now. They have no idea what's coming. We're just starting to feel the first wave of the autism tsunami. A thousand people on the waiting list? Try 3 thousand.
Notice the comment section was already closed on a story the day it came out.
When an autistic child grows up, what happens?
Sadly, in the medical profession where the practitioner's specialty is autism — or ASD for short — the patient scale is pediatric to adolescence. So when these children reach the magic age of 21 where do they go?
As parents of an ASD adult, we have been searching for two years for a neurologist to treat our son. The majorities of specialists we have spoken with do not take insurance or if they do accept plan coverage do not accept Medicare or Medicaid. We are at the point where would gladly pay a "fee for service" doctor, but what happens when we are no longer able to care for him, or not here at all?
New Jersey is one of the best states for support services for both children and adults with developmental disabilities. Our son is very well cared for and watched over by the Department of Developmental Disabilities and they have tried to assist without closure. Parents with ASD children should look around and start preparing themselves for what adulthood brings.
We all know as we grow older behavior changes and that sometimes becomes exasperating when you are 5-foot-10, 250 pounds with a mental capacity of a 6-year-old. When a 6-year-old has a tantrum, jumping, screaming, etc. imagine our son's tantrums.
Look closely parents, at the major medical centers where there is an ASD center — no adults are treated there. We are concerned mainly that he is cared for properly and that he is on the right medication, and we want to know if there is anything new in research that would provide him a better quality of life.
Children grow up and will eventually be living in group homes or some facility that will care for those who cannot care for themselves. Who then will be treating their medical needs? It's not very hard to imagine that it will be no one.
Why aren't we told here that one in every 49 children in NJ has autism, including one in every 29 boys. Imagine the future there when thousands of these children age out of school with no place to go.
The autism rate is based on studies of eight year olds, not eighty year olds. No one has ever been able to show us a comparable rate among adults, especially adults with classic autism whose symptoms are undeniable. That simple fact should be cause for alarm.
Personally, I'd call a generation of disabled children aging out of school with no place to go a national emergency. Here autistic adults are only "special problems."
Why is this article so easily resigned to having nothing for autistic adults? This is as bad as it gets.
"The recommended schedule of vaccines for children is safe and has done much to dramatically lower the incidence of devastating illnesses, according to a new national scientific study that was partly led by a Northwestern University professor.
"'Vaccines are among the most effective and safe public health interventions to prevent serious disease and death. Because of the success of vaccines, most Americans have no firsthand experience with such devastating illnesses as polio or diphtheria,' according to the Institute of Medicine's report titled, 'The Childhood Immunization Schedule and Safety: Stakeholder Concerns, Scientific Evidence, and Future Studies.' The Institute of Medicine is an independent, nonprofit group that is the health arm of the National Academy of Science.
"The report, which was released this month, comes as some parents and health activists have said that the vaccinations could cause health problems in children."
The latest IOM report got very little national coverage. No one was impressed of yet another official denial. We've heard them all before. I posted comments.
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As an adult on the spectrum I've really struggled but there are places to go if you look in the right places..it's sort of like a treasure hunt. As an adult I've not gone to a neurologist but instead went to a psychiatrist to get me on the right medications. As for diets and tests to make my life easier I see the same DAN as my kids do. They will still treat you even if you are an adult. I see an immunologist to manage my IVIG(insurance covered it) and I employ an ABA therapist for my son(and do the therapy as an in home parent program) and she explains stuff to me at times and social skills training, I got a scholarship for that, .......I'm going through voc rehab to get a job(they had a behavioral therapist BCBCA that they called in to do my job readiness evaluation)....It's hard but believe me it would be harder w/out the DAN(who's watched his child grow up and still have autism)who is still willing to help me,the OT that's helped w/brushing protocol(I can now go get my hair done and cut), the immunologist, and the psychiatrist.
For my son I'm gonna steer him into the same help I get....and I don't live in a progressive place but having a word with the people that help my children I've found help for me too. Those same people that treat our kids some of them will treat adults even if you are an adult you just need to ask around. We aren't rich but I've found the help I as an adult need and a lot of it has been covered.
wait list HA! Let's talk about wait lists. Try Ontario. Maybe the worst place to have autism. Carter waited for 4 years for govt ABA(they call theirs IBI). In the meantime after success with diet and supplements, we paid a hundred grand for 2 years of good ABA while waiting. Once he got in last Sept, they spent 3 months evaluating him instead of therapy, then told us he would get about 6-7 months then he's getting kicked out. The reason? He's meeting all the requirements to enter Kindergarten. Did I mention he's 7? He's already been to grade 1. Yeah he did that while waiting too. They just want ot meet those goals and they don't care about toileting or headbanging. They never mentioned any of that during all the waiting and meetings. They used to kick all kids out at age 6 but those parents complained so they keep all kids as long as needed. That is what made the wait time stretch so much. He was 7 before he got in, and that is a crime! There are teenagers in his class that have never made an inch of progress. We could have moved to some small rural town where the list is shorter. We could have moved to Alberta where they pay everyone with autism 40 grand. We sent a letter to the premier asking why they don't support kids with these afflictions, and we got a letter from the minister of health patting herself on the back.
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Schloss Neuschwanstein - HDR by hellslordWatch
©2010-2016 hellslord
This is the HDR version of the view of Schloß Neuschwanstein as seen from the Marienbrücke... The "normal" version (not exactly the same angle...) can be seen here
Great picture. The HDR and the dramtic skies almost creates a kind of spooky mood and atmosphere. Thinking about the "Eagles nest". I visited Munich last summer, but didnt't visit this castle. I've read about it though. An amazing construction, and if I'm not wrong, this castle has been a model for Disney's adventure castles. I visited BMW world and BMW museum (and of course a "bierstube"). The BMW building has quite an impressive architecture too. Wouldn't mind going back to Munich. I think it's one of the most beautiful cities I've visited in Europe
You're not wrong! That castle, built by Ludwig II of Bayern, inspired Disney for the design of the castles in their theme parks... And it couldn't have been a better choice: it is deeply inside a forest with a small creek and a waterfall... Above the waterfall there's a bridge (Marienbrücke) from where I took this picture... Beautiful!
I've never been in the city of Munich: it is definitely on my list of places I want to visit!
I've never been in the city of Munich: it is definitely on my list of places I want to visit!
Your HDR work inspire me. Look forward to seen more
Bliut by by "mad" King Ludwig ( or maybe he just was a romantic) and said to have inspired Walt Disney. And possibly the most photographed castle in world. Thank You
I am not a leader or a falower, I make my own path and folow one rule: Treat others the way I want to be treated.
I am not a leader or a falower, I make my own path and folow one rule: Treat others the way I want to be treated.
Can never get tired of seeing this amazing castle!
It's really a beautiful place... Lovely!
Thank you also for the
Thank you also for the
I've never been anywhere near a castle so I appreciate this gorgeous photo. You're more than welcome.
Schloß Neuschwanstein (german for castle of the new stone of the swan, if you didn't know) is one of the most beautiful castle I've ever seen... Completely in the bavarian forest... Really stunning!
Wow, so beautiful!!
looks so awesome these germans knew how to built castles
Ouu, the HDR makes this look so eerie! I love the effect
Very beautiful
Nice work, well .... I enjoyed harmony.
Bella anche la versione HDR, gli dà un'aria tetra...
Se lo vede il moroso.. muore dalla voglia di fare foto HDR XD

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No more kiosk. Only the one with Credit card payment option
Payment machine is not working properly...
Wonder why they make you stand in line to collect a token number, when you actually don't need one. Can't they have a person for exactly that? However, they're still a million times better than du.
Absolutely incompetent, yet very arrogant. Think it flows in the organisation.
It was closed on Saturday 6:15pm. Sign clearly says open until 8pm
Be prepared to wait for long hours. Best time is to come after 2 pm. Your work doesn't get done anyways in 1 visit. The staff is most unhelpful and treat you like pests.
Also make sure u come early in the morning.... And also verify every signature, it shud match wid the one in the passport.... And last... iPHONE4 deliveries r on sunday and monday, get it here
Carry a copy of your passport visa whenever you come here. Can't get anything done without it!


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Captions from Mark Peplow, Science 343:599-610(2014). Full story in Science magazine.
This image demonstrates results of the study of micro-structure formation in polymers that self-assemble into different shapes ranging from grains to lines interconnected into complex patterns and meshes. It shows the microstructure of a 2-millimeter-long fragment of self-assembled polymers, which
University of South Florida materials scientist Anna Pyayt is using to build miniature
"lab-on-a-chip" devices for biomedical diagnostic applications.
Cortex in Metallic Pastels represents a stylized section of the cerebral cortex, in
which axons, dendrites, and other features create a scene reminiscent of a copse of
silver birch at twilight. An accurate depiction of a slice of cerebral cortex would be a
confusing mess, says illustrator Greg Dunn, so he thins out the forest of cells, revealing the delicate
branching structure of each neuron. Dunn combined his background in neuroscience and his love of Asian art, to create the sparse, striking illustrations of the brain.
Security Blanket displays a multicolored "word cloud"
of the 1000 most common passwords in the social gaming website,
RockYou. The passwords were sized according to their frequency and colored according to their theme. The most common--"123456"--was chosen by three times as many people as the next most popular password.
In our war against bacteria, the microbes are winning. That somber message is
writ large in this image of a human hand covered with Pseudomonas bacteria. Those colored green are resistant to antimicrobial treatment--only a rare few are red, indicating that they have been vanquished.
Wearable Power conveys a new science and design concept for engineering materials for smart textiles. The end product shown on the model demonstrates the technical details of the knitted fabrics, and this 3-D-rendered garment can be sent to a computerized knitting machine and made within minutes. This approach bridges the gap between lab scale researchers, clothing designers and industrial manufacturers, and can have immediate applications in the medical, military and sportswear industries.
Soap bubbles are often perceived as majestic, but the physics of popping bubbles in a foam are far from simplistic. Delving into the multi-scale phenomena underpinning bubble dynamics, one finds that there is host of challenges that need to be solved if one is to model and simulate foam behavior with computers. This poster tells part of this story, from the picturesque behavior of soap bubbles, to multi-scale physics and mathematical modeling, to simulation with powerful supercomputers.
Watch a video of the foam simulation
The poster describes the physiological changes that lead to cold-stunning in a series of beautiful anatomical illustrations that were all based on medical images, but were drawn and assembled using computer design software. It also shows how to identify a cold-stunned turtle and provides the number of a turtle stranding hotline.
Deep-sea Extreme Environment Pilot (DEEP)
Credit: Daniel Rohrlick, Eric Simms, Cheryl Peach, Debi Kilb, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego; Charina Cain, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
DEEP is an educational game that allows users to pilot a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to explore the deep ocean. Game features include exploring hydrothermal vent environments, maintaining an ocean observatory, and examining strange and unique organisms that survive in the harsh deep-sea habitat. Educators at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography developed the interactive game to inspire middle school pupils but acknowledge that its appeal is not limited to schoolchildren.
Play the game
Meta!Blast: The Leaf
Credit: Eve Syrkin Wurtele, William Schneller, Paul Klippel, Greg Hanes, Andrew Navratil and Diane Bassham,
Iowa State University
Meta!Blast: The Leaf is a game that immerses the player on and in a leaf. Intended as a supplement to in-class instruction, it lets high school students pilot a miniature bioship across a strange landscape, which features nematodes and a lumbering
tardigrade. They can dive into individual cells and zoom around a chloroplast, activating photosynthesis with their ships search lamp. By conveying the complexity and visual interest of a biological system, Eve Wurtele and her team seek to increase student engagement with science and encourage a strong foundation in STEM.
Dynamic Earth Visualization Excerpt: Coronal Mass Ejection and Ocean/Wind Circulation
Credit: Greg Shirah and Horace Mitchell, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center; Tom Bridgman, Global Science & Technology, Inc.
The video segment, Coronal Mass Ejection and Ocean/Wind Circulation, is part of a longer film called Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine that has played to audiences in planetaria around the world.
The segment used real satellite data and six computational models to create a vision that is both beautiful and scientifically accurate. Its long, swooping scenes reveal how different parts of the climate system interact at very different scales.
"It's one of the top visualizations we've ever done," says Horace Mitchell, who leads NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio.
StemCellShorts is a series of succinct, animated videos that introduce basic concepts in stem cell research. Each of the 1-minute videos answers a simple question about stem cells and is narrated by eminent scientists. The team, Ben Paylor at the University of British Columbia and Michael Long at the University of Toronto, is now expanding the series to cover adult and cancer stem cells, as well as ethical issues surrounding stem cell research. They hope that it will help foster informed public dialogue about the implications and future of the work.
Immunology of the Gut Mucosa
Credit: Doug Huff and Elizabeth Anderson, Arkitek Studios; Zoltan Fehervari, Nature Immunology; Simon Fenwick, Nature Reviews
This 3-D animation explores the role of the gut mucosa in the immune response, how it protects the individual against food-borne pathogens, and what happens when the system gets out of whack.
It illuminates the inner workings of the gut mucosa as a defense mechanism for the body, to provide people with a greater appreciation for the complex processes involved, as well as a better understanding of why food-borne allergies occur.
Visualizing Leaf Cells from Within presents leaf cells simply and naturally, in bright orange, yellow, and red colors, and it provides viewers with basic knowledge of the pavement cell system. To clearly show the 3-D shape of pavement cells and their unique interlocking morphology, Geoffrey Harlow and Albert Cruz at the University of California, Riverside, utilized a z-stack video and a rotating 3-D image. The end result: a visually appealing look at pavement cells from every angle.
The floating golden sphere, bristling with corkscrew strands of
RNA, drifts majestically toward the jostling lipid bilayer that surrounds
a cell. Slowly, gently, it squeezes through the layer until
it is inside the cell. Breezing across cell membranes is just one talent of these
spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) developed by nanotechnology pioneer
Chad Mirkin at Northwestern University and explained in the video created by Quintin Anderson of the scientific animation firm, The Seagull Company. The objective is to give the audience an overview of how the properties of SNAs make them favorable for therapeutic treatments and medical diagnostics.


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|Iowa Politics Roundup: Governor Blames Senate Democrats for Budget Breakdown
|Commentary/Politics - Iowa Politics
|Written by Lynn Campbell
|Wednesday, 01 June 2011 08:43
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Governor Terry Branstad on Tuesday placed blame for a breakdown in Iowa Statehouse negotiations squarely on the shoulders of the 26-member Senate Democratic caucus, as state government officials began implementing a strategy for a possible shutdown.
"Progress was made until the Senate Democrats met last week and basically told Senator [Mike] Gronstal, 'You don't have the authority to negotiate,'" Branstad said. "I think he tried, in good faith, but his caucus basically said 'no.' So he came back and said the deal's off."
Branstad on Tuesday said that Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds will take his place in leading a trade mission to South Korea and China next week so he can continue negotiations on the state budget in Iowa. One month remains before the end of the fiscal year – June 30. Branstad said Republicans thought Senate Democrats were going to provide a counter-proposal on the budget late this past week, but that didn't happen.
"I think he's lost control of his caucus," Branstad said of Gronstal. "I think you've got a situation where the leader has tried but hasn't been able to get the support of his caucus to negotiate something and get this worked out. ... They have been used to calling the shots for the last several years. But now you've got a Republican governor, and you have a Republican majority in the House. And that's a different set of circumstances than they've dealt with for some time. They need to respect and recognize that."
Gronstal (D-Council Bluffs) said Tuesday that he stands behind the position of his caucus in insisting on more funding for education. He also asserted that Branstad personally should attend the negotiations rather than sending his staff members.
"If the governor had been personally involved in the ongoing negotiations, he would understand that Democratic senators are united in their opposition to his two-year starvation diet for Iowa schools," Gronstal said.
Tuesday was the one-month mark of the 2011 legislative session being in overtime. Branstad's administration is developing a contingency plan if a budget isn't passed and signed by June 30.
Robert Bailey, communications director of the Iowa Department of Administrative Services, this past week confirmed to Iowa House Chief Clerk Charlie Smithson that discussions were underway for a plan in case of a possible government shutdown. Meetings were held to discuss scenarios.
"All have complications," Bailey told Smithson in an e-mail this past Thursday. "We're working to have a strategy ready by mid-week [June 1] that can be communicated to agencies and the legislature. Included in these deliberations will be identifying critical employees" in public safety and correctional facilities.
But Branstad on Tuesday downplayed the contingency planning.
"The governor has emergency powers whenever there's an emergency. I am not anticipating an emergency," Branstad said. "I will deal with it if I have to. But I think they [Senate Democrats] need to get serious about doing the job. I've canceled my trip, so I'll be available to do whatever I have to do."
The governor said he's taken numerous issues off the table as part of the negotiations to get to a $5.99-billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2012. He said it's too late this year to change the state-funded preschool program into a needs-based scholarship program. He also said his proposal to cut the corporate-income-tax rate in half to a flat 6 percent, at a cost to the state of $200 million, likely will not happen this year.


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So I never got trained on how to give myself a shot because..well...long story..today was the first day to give myself the shot and it was not bad AT ALL! I was pleasantly surprised. Now granted I have had much worse shots and horrible surgeries that maybe I was just anticipating something more. It did NOT burn going in at all! The needle going in didn't even hurt. Although when I was replacing the cap I pricked my finger (I know bad) I cleaned it real good though I hope that it doesnt' cause a problem but that hurt the most out of everything. I am on Fragmin however so maybe it doesn't sting. I did also ice it first then alcoholed it after that...So nonetheless I think I can do this!
Well, that was easy...
Spoiled wife to Nathan and Mother of five amazing children
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Good job!! Hopefully Fragmin doesn't burn like lovenox...are you in the UK or Canada? Good luck, keep it up!
Lovenox injecting, Loving, FT working mommy to Amelia Faye (10-1-06) and Juliet Leigh (10-26-08)
Thanks! I am sure it will burn but I think I just got lucky today. LOL! but no I am not in the UK or Canada I am in the good ol' state of Nevada.
Spoiled wife to Nathan and Mother of five amazing children
I just gave myself my first shot last night and feel the same way as you! My husband has been doing them for me, but I'm going out of town without him in a few weeks and needed to know that I could do it on my own. It was SO much easier!!! I felt so proud of myself...silly, but I felt proud!
PS Our EDD are the same week! Congrats! How're you feeling? I just found this group a few nights ago and am SO thankful for it already!
Wife to D, FVL Mommie to J (3/9/04), M (10/9/05), B (stillborn 9/28/08). Sullivan G stillborn 9/22/09.
So what hurts more? Lovenox, Fragmin, or Heparin?
Mama to Anderson Michael - Oct. 12, 2006
M/C Oct. 2008, Apr. 2009
Adam Daniel Born 4-10-10 Yeah!
Well, it does hurt more now I am getting going. LOL! But still managable.
Boxing Lisa-
I have had Heparin and Fragmin but not Lovenox and they burn the same IMO. Personally I find the pain managable and not bad but you are talking to someone who has been through heart surgery. (worse pain)
I would say do Fragmin or Lovenox though over Heparin just because they come in prefilled syringes. (so much easier than measuring things out yourself). plus you have to have more bloodwork with Heparin as well.
Spoiled wife to Nathan and Mother of five amazing children
I think the heparin burned more, and I had tinier needles for it too. I've only been on heparin and lovenox so far. The lovenox only burns going in if I catch some alcohol on the needle from not waiting until the skin dries first. I can't wait for my 6 weeks to be up so I don't have to remember to take my shots twice a day. It's just one more thing added into my schedule that I keep forgetting, so now I'm at taking them at 11 am and 11 pm from forgetting so much....
lol @ Mom_of_evil_geniuses - i take mine at 12a and noon because of that!
SAHM loving my Big Boy born 10/2009 &
Baby Bug Due May 2012
EBF, CD, BW, CS, AP, Alt.Vax Platinum (o)(o)!
my times are all over the place, becaus I keep forgetting! preggo brain...
Christina, mom to:
Emma ~ 3/10/07
Ella ~ 9/28/09 - my Lovenox baby
I keep my peri bottle up in the bathroom where I do my shots, so I at least have a chance of seeing the second needle in the morning and remembering to do it, unless I don't get a chance to go to the bathroom all morning... which is a distinct possibilty with 3 kids.... it's almost as bad as when I was a waitress in college and I'd have to wait for the end of the lunch rush or clocking out, whichever came first just because I didn't have time...
I gave myself a shot for the first time the other night. DH usually gives them to me but I'll be out of town next Thurs. thru Sat. for a work conference. A co-worker had agreed to give me the shots, but I'm not crazy about showing my bruised flabby belly to anyone else. So I tried it & was shocked at how easy it was!
Molly & Andy
Never argue with fools because they drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.


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Bugzilla – Bug 6767
OpenGL lockup with ATI RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
Last modified: 2006-04-30 00:53:36 UTC
Complex OpenGL applications busy-lock the Xserver.
glxgears works, applications using more of GL (like globulation2.org) hang the X
server immediately.
0000:01:01.0 0300: 1002:4e50
0000:01:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility
Radeon 9600 M10]
I'm running current Debian sid packages:
xserver-xorg: 7.0.14
xserver-xorg-video-ati: 126.96.36.199-1
I'll attach xorg.conf and the logfile.
Created attachment 5499 [details]
my xorg.conf
Created attachment 5500 [details]
my Xorg.0.log
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Jason Sheen Mar 15, 2011 8:51 PM
in response to JMac26same issue here when trying to buy music on a Mac - frustrating!
rodmanfromdetroit Jul 12, 2011 1:48 PM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
What sup and yea they said the same thing on my itunes also O.o i'm try to figure out, what i should fix this lol
abdullah from al-qusoor Aug 22, 2011 9:27 PM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
I have a problem in my account
I think because I used it in another phone just for the game (high noon) To Buy (w)
I hope help
JoayJay Oct 19, 2011 8:26 AM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
I have the same problem.
I have an account without a creditcard because I am German and there are too few possibilities to get one of those cards. But I have deposit on my apple-ID.
I tried to load "Whatsapp" just a few hours ago and I got the same error message. But now I am not able to load any other app with purchas [I am still able to download free apps.]
Could anybody be so kind to help me fast?
Peanutboo Oct 22, 2011 11:10 AM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
I find this to be just stupid. I have been having nothing bu problems with the Itunes store as of late. My original ID was hacked and they dont believe me......
so I created a new one and want to download nothing but free apps...but of course you have to have a credit card. I put in a valid credit card and this stupid error comes up now.
Apple you need to fix your problems, and let people create new accounts without a credit card. Not everyone wants to have their credit card info attatched to a user ID. Ripe for the picking of hackers!
qwakcookies Nov 17, 2011 12:54 PM
in response to Peanutboo
You don't need to input a credit card. If you create an Apple ID like that, then yes. However, if you go to the App store, choose a free app and you create an Apple ID at that moment when it asks you to either sign in or create an ID, then you have the option 'No credit card' when Apple asks for payment information.
yangfromiridium Dec 13, 2011 3:49 AM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
i think i got clue to solve this problem
just login and change your apple ID to another e-mail address
go to the mail and click verity now
then finally u can type new credit card number
shawoosh07 Dec 29, 2011 11:27 PM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
same problem !!!!
and im not trying to buy apps, i'm only trying to buy " beans " in " trade nation " game and only costs 0.99 $
they funny thing is yesterday i could but today it shows me the same problem
i'm in bahrain i cant get support what shall i do ?
Chris CA Feb 2, 2012 2:38 PM
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shawoosh07 wrote:
i'm in bahrain i cant get support what shall i do ?
Contact iTunes support.
Laurapadilla Mar 30, 2012 7:19 PM
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THANK YOU! You're incredible.
BeanNickyBarnes Apr 12, 2012 11:36 AM
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Hey, I had the exact same problem with that same annoying message and was also not getting any responses or help from itunes support via email; but there IS a NUMBER you can call and their sole purpose is to help you with ANY issues you may be having with apple products period. It's the corporate office's number 408-996-1010. When the automated voice comes on you will dial 3 then dial 2 for itunes issues I believe....I'm not 100% so just listen to the options on your own first lol...anyway, you will be directed to a real person immediately, they'll ask for your itunes ID, and direct you to whoever is the appropriate person to help you. No worries. Good Luck!!!
Jaydo5001 Apr 17, 2012 4:37 PM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
I also have that problem I tried to put credit card ino on my apple id and I got the same message pleasee help
Chris CA Apr 17, 2012 9:31 PM
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Jaydo5001 wrote:
I also have that problem I tried to put credit card ino on my apple id and I got the same message pleasee help
What did iTunes support tell you when you contacted them?
Freezozo Golide Apr 28, 2012 5:53 AM
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Hello Friends
I had the Same Problem too few mins ago, When l try to buy the paid for App unsing my Mac iTunes, so l used My iPhone to Download and it worked, So l then went to my Mac iTunes and l found it on my Purchased History and l downloaded it to My iTunes on The Mac
Have Fun with Itunes
:-) :-)
TheDad2Be May 20, 2012 10:08 PM
in response to Ahmedhossam86
Many people are having this same problem. I myself was in touch with iTunes for over a week as well as with my bank (Capital One in this case). For Some reason iTunes has put your debit/credit cards into a "fraud mode". According to my bank representative people have been calling in for about 2 weeks about this, so you and I are not alone at all about this. For me I was able to buy anything as long as it was under $10.00, but anything above gave me the errors you are having. You need to contact your debit/credit card customer service numbers and first make sure that there is no "block" or "cap" on them for iTunes. Then ask them why it is being declined. They may ask you to verrify the city and or state which the iTunes store billing you is in, TELL THEM "CALIFORNIA". Then once you have done everything with the bank you need to contact iTunes Store which is only possible with email (or so Apple has told me), and have them reset the billing and and address information for your account. They will email you back saying that in 30 min...blah blah blah... Basically once they have responded log off from the iTunes store on every single apple device you have: iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iTunes on your computers, all of them! Then log back in through your COMPUTER and enter all of your information again. This should sove your problem completely. It worked for me.... Good Luck!


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Though the rail line could raise his property taxes and bring in more corporate-funded competitors, Margotte said new blood is good for Lakewood.
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Prague's Spring: Michael Simmons Draws on Many Years Experience of Living in, and Reporting from, Central Europe to Look Back at the Upheavals in Czechoslovakia of 1968
Simmons, Michael, History Today
Seven years on from the Soviet-led invasion of what was then Czechoslovakia, the poker-faced authorities in Prague still felt the need to justify the trauma that had shaken their country. 'With Soviet help,' said a guidebook published in 1975, 'Czechoslovak society was saved from civil war ... There is no future for an independent and socialist Czechoslovakia outside of alliance with the Soviet Union.' Did US policy-makers at the time go along with that view?
Dean Rusk, then Secretary of State, declared some years after the event that developments within the Warsaw Pact area were 'never an issue of war and peace between us and the Soviet Union--however ignoble this sounds'.
The Soviet leadership in the early summer of 1968--some Stalin appointees, others covertly nursing potentially reformist ideas--was divided by what was happening in Prague. The tune in Czechoslovakia was being called by the relatively inexperienced Slovak Alexander Dubcek, who was capable of obduracy in policy-making but could be susceptible when it came to ostensibly reasonable deviations from the Party line. This clearly happened with proposals discussed by some intellectuals during the so-called Prague Spring; their political viability was another matter.
That Spring was all about reform--a word which did not then have much currency in Moscow--and it is not surprising that the unimaginative and inadequate Leonid Brezhnev, general secretary of the Soviet Communist party, and the dour Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin felt that the Kremlin's policy-makers were losing the plot. They were aware that Dubcek could be an unsettling and possibly contagious influence.
When the Soviet Union's own reformist Mikhail Gorbachev went walkabout in Prague in 1987, the people of that city cheered. Some even wore 'I love Gorby' badges. The hapless Czechoslovak hardliner Gustav Husak, still clinging on as Party leader, seemed out of his depth as he followed behind. When a senior member of Gorbachev's entourage was asked what was the difference between the new Soviet prescription of perestroika and glasnost and what Dubcek had been offering in 1968, he had a succinct answer: 'Nineteen years'.
Vaclav Havel, who was to become his country's first post-Communist president in December 1989, told me two years earlier that it was a 'paradox' that the Soviet Union under Gorbachev was trying to do what Czechoslovakia had done twenty years before. But when Havel himself, as leader of the Velvet Revolution, sought to bring the forlorn Dubcek into his team, there was some perplexity in Prague. There was a feeling that he belonged to that 'other country', the past.
In that summer of 1968 there were other 'world problems' and preoccupations, just as there had been in 1956 when Khrushchev ordered an invasion of Hungary. Then the West had been preoccupied with Suez; now there was a war in Vietnam, Willy Brandt was about to become West Germany's 'new broom' Chancellor and the White House was about to prepare for Richard Nixon to visit China. Young people in many Western capitals were in the throes of their own social revolutions.
The Czechoslovak invasion unsettled the Warsaw Pact as well as NATO. It was dealt a blow by the refusal of Romania to participate in the invasion, as well as by condemnation from Yugoslavia and China. Bucharest had been seeking closer relations with Dubcek's Prague even as other Pact leaders were plotting his downfall.
The fallout from the invasion of Prague on the one hand, and the arrival in power of Willy Brandt and his Ostpolitik on the other, was fundamentally to change the course of East-West relations and to bring forward a debate on the feasibility of detente and 'peaceful co-existence'. The intervention in Prague also led to a corrosive apathy and damaging falls in Communist party memberships in Western Europe. Then, when a year after the invasion the multi-lateral Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were initiated and Western proposals for Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions (MBFR) began to be treated with growing respect by a beleaguered Soviet leadership, allegiance to Moscow from non-Soviet Communists was again inevitably weakened. …


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Stay in RTA's corporate loop. This app allows customers to access features and information including load permits, claim for commercial ads, and review of current and future tenders, etc.
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The Drivers and Vehicles app allows drivers to view licenses, registration cards and plate certificates through their Traffic File, made accessible through this app. Users can also view the mStore, and enable the handy Driver Mode to access info, hands-free.
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Save time – book and track your Dubai taxi with ease. Users are provided with features like GPS and Taxi Holler. The app features automatic taxi booking, allows users to rate drivers and view the last 10 bookings.
This journey planner app is an efficient, real-time map that uses GPS-based location tools. App features allow users to view routes, stops, major landmarks and departures, and help plan journeys using metro, buses and marine transport routes.
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Navigate your way through Dubai. This on-board route planning and exploration device operates without mobile Internet connection. The app provides turn-by-turn voice and visual instruction, automatic re-routing and speed limit alerts while displaying points of interest along the drive..
Sharekni is the RTA's carpool management solution that helps the residents of Dubai to share rides. Sharekni provides a convenient, comfortable and easy service for both drivers and passengers within Dubai to connect with each other to share rides.
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Briefing Ministry of Finance delegation on asset management systems
28 04 2016
The Assets Management Department RTA's Strategy & Corporate Governance Sector in Dubai has recently received a delegation from the Ministry of Finance in the capital Abu Dhabi
Dubai Taxi Corporation bought 1487 new Toyota and Lexus vehicles
27 04 2016
Dubai Taxi Corporation has bought new cars from Toyota and Lexus, including the Toyota Camry, Hiace and Innova, and Lexus ES from Al-Futtaim Motors
MENA Transport Congress kicks off under patronage of Hamdan bin Mohammed
24 04 2016
The 2nd MENA Transport Congress & Exhibition 2016 starts today 24th of April. The event, which is organized by the RTA in under the theme Urban Mobility: Think Big, Act Smart
Honoring of Energy & Green Economy Award winners
23 04 2016
RTA annually presents these awards to partners in the government sector, clients such as suppliers, contractors and consultants in addition to its sectors, agencies and employees
Improving marine tourist transit service in collaboration with Venture Card team
22 04 2016
Public Transport Agency has inked a cooperative agreement with the iVenture Card for boosting marine tourist transit services with the aim of bringing happiness to riders of these modes
Briefing Ministry of Finance delegation on RTA's internal audit practices
21 04 2016
The visit was made in the context of sharing expertise with the aim of leveraging & aligning business processes with the highest global standards
Launching self-service e-permits issuances for franchise cabbies
20 04 2016
RTA's Public Transport Agency has launched the online self-service for issuance of professional driver permits for cab drivers of franchise companies, limousine chauffeurs
The Customers Council ponders needs of car rental offices, transport companies
19 04 2016
In its 64th session, The Customers Council has met with 36 representatives of car rental offices and transportation companies in the Emirate of Dubai
Dubai Metro ridership hits 50m in the 1st Quarter of 2016
18 04 2016
The ridership of the Dubai Metro during the first three months of 2016 is on the rise compared to the same period 2015 year. Statistics reveal that during the first quarter of 2016 year
Introducing smart app to facilitate jobs of parking inspectors, permits
17 04 2016
The RTA announced the introduction of a new app on smart phones to facilitate the job of parking inspectors, and ease the processing of parking permits in the Emirate of Dubai
Opening of 3-lane Wafi Bridge
16 04 2016
The RTA has opened a three-lane bridge extending 700 meters from Oud Metha Road in the direction of the Sheikh Rashid Road, and from there to the Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Saada Road
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15 04 2016
In its 39th Online Auction, RTA is offering 400 distinguished licensing plates comprising various codes. Registration for the auction started on April 12th, 2016, and remains open for a week
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PR: Big Pooh Announces Dirty Pretty Things For November 1 Release
Courtesy Audible Treats.
(September 2011 – Brooklyn, NY) Rapper Big Pooh is excited to announce the upcoming release of his new album, Dirty Pretty Things. Serving as the second official solo album from the now-solo emcee, Dirty Pretty Things will be released November 1st via Big Pooh's newly formed label, For Members Only.In 2005, Big Pooh first stepped outside of the Little Brother umbrella, releasing his debut solo album, Sleepers. Since then, the fan favorite group released a handful of highly regarded albums before finally disbanding last year, and so, as Big Pooh sat down to begin crafting Dirty Pretty Things, with his career as part of Little Brother was coming to a close, he found inspiration in a movie that he felt mirrored his own journey through music. "I always thought Dirty Pretty Things was a really dope movie," remarks Pooh. "But it was overlooked for whatever reasons, the same way I've been overlooked as a solo artist."It makes sense, then, that an album intent on proving, once and for all, that Pooh can stand alone as a solo artist would also serve as some of the rapper's most personal work to date. "This album is me; it allowed me to give listeners a piece of my soul and reveal a lot of what I've been dealing with over the past couple years," explains Pooh. "Dirty Pretty Things is about looking past outside appearance and finding out what's really going on inside. It's about the truth."Joining Pooh for Dirty Pretty Things is an impressive cast of producers and rappers, but more than that, they're artists that Pooh felt best complemented his own vision. "I decided who to work with based on feel," explains Pooh, who enlisted the production efforts of Nottz, DJ Khalil, Focus... , and more, while Torae, Joe Scudda, Carlitta Durand, Darien Brockington, and others lent vocals. "I'm not into forcing music," notes Pooh. "Everyone was chosen based on how I felt they would fit the puzzle I put together."One of those puzzle pieces was Family Biz, Ent., who lent their touch to "Medicine Man," released as the first song and video from the album. Joining that track are a handful of other personal favorites of Pooh. "Free," for example, is a track about learning how to be comfortable in your own skin. "Are You Ready," featuring Torae and produced by Nottz, is another standout, as is "Real Love," produced by Focus.... "'Real Love' is about the current relationship I have with my brother," explains Pooh, and the song is just another example of how Pooh's most personal work has translated into his strongest. "All of the personal and professional anguish led up to this moment," says Pooh. "Dirty Pretty Things marks my progression as a man, my progression as a businessman, and, most of all, my progression as an artist."Watch the video for "Medicine Man" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKBexKaapTc .Download "Medicine Man" here: http://media.audibletreats.com/Big_Pooh-Medicine_Man.mp3 .
Press Release: Canedra Gross - The Royal Princess
Courtesy ArtistPR Music News Wire.
As a mother, wife, and youth minister I have grown to have a passionate desire for others on a spiritual level. I love to sing and write gospel/Christian contemporary, R&B, HIPHOP, RAP, and praise & worship songs and I'm working on my first project to promote my music in the Gospel Industry.I'm interested in moving peoples' spirit by the power of god in my voice. I want others to hear and view what God has placed in my heart to be a blessing for others. My voice is unique and creative. My music is contemporary and a cross-over mixture of a prophetic sound that I believe will not only change the world; but will cause a tremendous impact on our nation and our God's people! I want give up I know that this is my purpose and divine destiny to become a Gospel Star for the lost at heart!!!!!!THE ROYAL PRINCESS was given to me from God to identify me as a child/woman of god who is interested in creating music that will not only save and give people hope in God but to create an environment and atmosphere of God's powerful anointing.GOD wants his children jamming/grooving/dancing/singing/shouting/laughing back to him through the new way, his way, through my style of gospelmusic. I'm the chosen vessel in the earth that he wants to use to spread godly music for all types of people of all ages; from all different cultures; and from any type of background. Royal Princess he says you are my chosen daughter I will use you to get the job done with unusual-songs of unique and outstanding power in such a way the world will recognize that I AM GOD and you are my child whom I will use to get my GLORY reveal in the earth!! Those who will listen and receive will be saved, healed, delivered, and blessed with whatever they are in need of, because of your obedience and gifts! This is the reason I sang and sing praises to Christ and I love to write the songs he put in my heart not for me but for the WORLD!!!AMENHello World it's time to talk about the New Artist Spotlight Star Canedra Gross who calls herself the Royal Princess who has been struggling for many years to get her music up in the spotlight. Chasing after her dream of becoming a star she faced many challenges as a teenager under the influence of fornication at a young age she became a teen mom. Not knowing how to pursue her career as an artist she praised her #1 fan her children and decided to drop out of school to take care of them. Canedra postponed her singing dream and went back to school years later after becoming married, born again believer in Christ, and moving into a new home she went back to school and became a licensed Cosmetologist, Administrative assistant, IT operator, Accountant Operator and helped her husband start his own business. Now the upcoming star has taking her career to another level and she's coming head strong into the production of Gospel/Christian Contemporary Music Entertainment. Royal Princess has taking the first step by recording her first single "Sound of Praise" and is currently working on her first project/album. Royal Princess has many gifts of singing/writing, modeling, acting, and dancing. She can't wait to show the world how God has blessed her with so many gifts.Mrs. Canedra Gross the next future icon, gets her inspiration and ideas from the word of god, and experiences that life journey takes her into her destiny. She is happily married to her husband named Mr. Montray Gross they share six children who are also her GIFTED praise dancers at their church Restoration Faith Center CHURCH in Perry, FL.The Royal Princess writes songs for her album almost every day. She sings every day, prays every day, and praises every day. She hopes to bring life and healing to the land for all mankind during these tough times we need it most. She plans on traveling to further her careers as an artist, songwriter, makeup artist, model, and actress. She and her husband are in the process of creating jobs in their community for their businesses to help build back the nation. Her song Sound of Praise was given in a dream as God showed her his worship palace full of tall drums that were so loud she felt the sound in her heart, in her heart the lord wrote the words of the song to express his love and her love as one together.I AM THE ROYAL PRINCESS 2011/BEYONDThe song Raize UP is a rap song the artist wrote using Lil Waynes instrumental, she says this song was written one day she was going through a hard and difficult situation trying to figure out why demons and devils were attacking her so violently. So she called on Jesus and the lord gave her power and authority to destroy this evil by speaking fiercely to the enemy kicking them out her house by force Raize UP get yo stuff and get up out of here.BEAUTIFULLY AND WODERFULLY MADE GIFTEDAgape Love original song was given in a dream, she was in heaven at the throne of Christ and the lord said these words: My Royal Princess and daughter sing and write these words I speak and the world will fall in love with me again and so she did three o'clock in the morning. Be blessed!!ROUGH DEMO HOME RECORDING:Agape Love, I'm Fallen Apart, Wait on God, I'm GIFTED, and Writer of My Soul are all from someone else's instrumental but the artist had a one night stand with them each, she rocked out with the lyrics and the rhythm. But the artist started her first project with her producer Darrell Kelly in Panama City, FL for her songs: Agape Love, Overflow, Divine Favor, Sound of Praise, More, and Do you Know are all hers. She wrote all the material and sings everything.My music has a cross-over, unique, inspiring, bold, unusual sound that's what sells and I sing Gospel/Christian Contemporary R&B, RAP, Praise&Worship, SOUL, HIPHOP, etc.Her music plays on http://soundcloud.com/canedragross .Her dances at http://youtube.com/canedragross .
MP3: Knoc-Turn'Al feat. 2Pac - "All In (R.I.P. 2Pac)"
Courtesy J Melo.
Similar to how Jay-Z & Kanye West paid homage to Otis Redding & Curtis Mayfield recently, Knoc-Turn'Al let's go a new record with a heavy 2Pac presence throughout on Pac's 15th year death anniversary.Artist: Knoc-Turn'AlSong: All In (R.I.P. 2Pac)Featuring: 2PacProducer: J-BeamSong Link: http://hulkshare.com/v9texvz6fgf4 .
Press Release: Common's New Book In Stores Now
One Day It'll All Make Sense - $15.98 from Amazon.com!
Common has earned a reputation in the hip hop world as a conscious artist by embracing themes of love and struggle in his songs, and by sharing his own search for knowledge with his listeners. His journey toward understanding—expressed in his music and now in his roles in film and television—is rooted in his relationship with a remarkable woman, his mother, Mahalia Ann Hines.In One Day It'll All Make Sense, Common holds nothing back. He tells what it was like for a boy with big dreams growing up on the South Side of Chicago. He reveals how he almost quit rapping after his first album, Can I Borrow a Dollar?, sold only two thousand copies. He recounts his rise to stardom, giving a behind-the-scenes look into the recording studios, concerts, movie sets, and after-parties of a hip-hop celebrity and movie star. He reflects on his controversial invitation to perform at the White House, a story that grabbed international headlines. And he talks about the challenges of balancing fame, love, and fatherhood.One Day It'll All Make Sense is a gripping memoir, both provocative and funny.AVAILABLE NOW!!!
(Press release courtesy Mitchell Dudley.)
MP3: DJ Tony Tone f/ Black Dada, Qwote - "Dance the Night Away"
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Video/MP3: DJ Brans f/ Armageddon, M-Dot - "Worldwide"
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DJ Brans feat. M-Dot & Armageddon - Worldwide (Cuts by DJ Djaz) (Mp3 Dirty) http://hulkshare.com/i7ukn7olf3ph .
MP3: Drake - "Club Paradise"
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PR: Animal Nation Releases New Album "Every Day In The Life"
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Animal Nation releases new album "Every Day In The Life"Digital album now available, first 500 downloads are free at http://urbnet.bandcamp.com/album/every-day-in-the-life, CD/Digital album available on October 4th through Fontana North Distribution.ANIMAL NATIONName: Animal NationFrom: Whistler, BCStyle: Hip Hop/AlternativeAnimal Nation's laid-back, west coast sound has led to a stack of recent successes that truly represent their distinctly unorthodox lyricism combined with mad skills and trans-continental beats. Often called indie-hip-hop or inteli-hip-hop, the duo (Mike Armitage and Garnet Clare) blend their underground sound with concepts outside the norm. The duo's latest release, "Every Day In The Life" shoots out another dose of Animal Nation's unmistakable lyricism and some of the duo's greatest tracks to date.Their music was featured in the MTV show Peak Season, which aired in Canada fall 2009 and on VH1 in the US and in 145 countries on MTV International spring 2010. Mike and Garnet were cast in supporting roles on Peak Season as themselves and their live performance at the Telus Ski and Snowboard Festival was featured in the show's finale. They have opened for the likes of Classified, Jully Black, Zion I, Hilltop Hoods, Sweatshop Union, Blackalicious and Buck 65 and have performed at several major festivals including 2010 Winter Olympics, Telus, Crankworx, Pemberton Music Festival, Shambala and Canada Day on Parliament Hill.Every Day In The Life is the story of my one day, every day, for the last 8 years of my life. Each track focuses on a different part of my day, so that it begins in a dream, goes through waking up, and making breakfast, walking into work, working, finding and eating lunch, wandering aimlessly after work, arriving home, writing to myself and others, getting ready for and going to bed, and finally falling back in to dreaming again, to create a never-ending, every-day's-the-same, repeating story album. Every Day In The Life.Animal Nation is: Steige "Tall Man" Turner, and Mike "Armadillo Slim" Armitage. Animal Nation formed in 2004 after a heated argument between the two not-then members, over the quality of another band's performance. The members of Animal Nation are hesitant to call their music 'hip-hop' because a lot of hip-hop sucks. The members of Animal Nation think this is unfortunate because they really, really love good hip-hop, but know that the general population thinks that hip-hop sucks as well. Animal Nation is the greatest band you will ever hear. After listening to Animal Nation it will henceforth be impossible to appreciate any other sort of music that is not Animal Nation. You're life will be changed. You will win the next big lottery. Your hair will never thin and your skin never sag. Your children will never try drugs, because you never did, and therefore know that they have nothing to offer. Animal Nation. Your new neighbours, the three blonde Swedish girls that moved in next door, will invite you and your girlfriend over for a 'group massage', and your girlfriend will accept. Animal Nation.Track Listing:01. Intro (In Dreams Pt. 2)02. Every Day Is Some Day03. Bacon & Eggs04. I Owe, I Owe, So Off to Work I Go05. Postpone Everything Always Pt. 106. Work / Lunch / Work07. The Wanderer08. Postpone Everything Always Pt. 209. The Blank Page (Writing About Writing)10. Somebody That I Used to Know (Writing Home)11. Brush Your Teeth (Ch-ch-ch-ch)12. Robert Miles (In Dreams Pt. 1)Website: http://www.urbnet.com/animalnation .
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Bollywood's 'khiladi' Akshay Kumar shot a grand entry scene for his forthcoming movie "Boss". He stands atop a tilted Mercedes car, which is seen moving on just two wheels.
The specially designed bright golden coloured Mercedes was imported from Europe to Bangkok and was modified according to the need of the stunts. It was Akshay's idea to stand on the tilted car, read a statement.
A source close to the production team says Akshay was pleasantly surprised to see the car and he loved its looks.
"Usually it is the action driver who balances the car on two wheels, but Akshay wanted to take this stunt further by standing on the car while the car was balancing on two wheels. Only someone with his vast experience of action and stunts could have pulled this off," said the source.
Directed by Anthony D'Souza, "Boss" also stars Aditi Rao Hydari, Shiv Pandit and Mithun Chakraborty. Co-produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Cape Of Good Films and Ashwin Varde Productions, the film is releasig Oct 16.
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Solution Overview
Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2015 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Synopsis :
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
Description :
USN-873-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox and Xulrunner. The upstream
changes introduced a regression when using NTLM authentication. This
update fixes the problem and adds additional stability fixes.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Jesse Ruderman, Josh Soref, Martijn Wargers, Jose Angel, Olli Pettay,
engines of Firefox. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious
website, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2009-3979, CVE-2009-3981, CVE-2009-3986)
Takehiro Takahashi discovered flaws in the NTLM
implementation in Firefox. If an NTLM authenticated user
visited a malicious website, a remote attacker could send
requests to other applications, authenticated as the user.
Jonathan Morgan discovered that Firefox did not properly
display SSL indicators under certain circumstances. This
could be used by an attacker to spoof an encrypted page,
such as in a phishing attack. (CVE-2009-3984)
Jordi Chancel discovered that Firefox did not properly
display invalid URLs for a blank page. If a user were
tricked into accessing a malicious website, an attacker
could exploit this to spoof the location bar, such as in a
phishing attack. (CVE-2009-3985).
Solution :
Update the affected packages.
Risk factor :
High / CVSS Base Score : 9.3
CVSS Temporal Score : 8.1
Public Exploit Available : false
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Nessus Plugin ID: 43823 ()
Bugtraq ID: 373613736337365373663736737370
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If You Lived Here, You'd Be in the Middle of Nowhere
Aaron Horkey is showing off a dead cat--long dead--with hairless skin that's the color of the cardboard box that is its temporary resting place.
"Somebody shot it," the painter and graphic artist explains as we pause in our ramble around the automobile graveyard that rings the Horkey home. "It crawled inside an empty wheel rim and died. Then I just blundered upon it. I'm waiting for the last bits of skin to fall off so I can use the bones."
The gangly, clean-cut 26-year-old isn't planning to make a soup or a necklace. Like his father, a master woodcrafter who uses parts of the dead machines that surround us as models, Horkey gives this detritus another life in new guises. He doesn't stop at cars, though. Horkey salvages creatures, memories, images--even fonts. Horkey's handmade typography mystifies many people, me included. Why would anyone devote so much time and effort to mastering a skill that, for all intents and purposes, passed away decades ago?
"I was never into mechanical lettering," Horkey explains after we retire to his third-floor lair, a combination bedroom and studio neatly packed floor-to-ceiling with books and art. "I've been hand-lettering ever since I was little. I used to make my own coloring books and hand-letter all the text. Subconsciously, I was always devouring art nouveau packaging and stuff. We've got tons of antiques sitting around. Then I started getting into turn-of-the-century records and started collecting old sheet music and railroad bonds."
You might not take Horkey for an archivist: Neatly shorn and shaven, he wears a black hoodie, a skull-festooned T-shirt, and spotless, loose-fitting white chinos. He seems more like a skater, which he is at night. In a similar spirit, you might not expect to find an impressive repository of underground art and comics in a place that most city folks would consider the middle of nowhere. Horkey's relative isolation--about a mile from Windom (population roughly 4,500), in the southwestern corner of Minnesota--makes his studio seem all the more exotic.
He walks to one of the innumerable stacks and pulls out an ornate document issued by the Kansas City Northwestern line. "This is from 1894," he offers. "Look at how cool this is. I'm more into the stuff that's just nameless. For a while I had to use reference materials. Now I just knock myself out."
Horkey's boldly ornate extrapolations on yesteryear's typefaces (think of a turn-of-the-century department store sign) figure prominently on a wide range of gear. There are shirts and accessories--even a pewter belt buckle--that he's created for the surf, skate, and snowboard manufacturer RVCA, his primary outlet in the garment industry.
A look around the room reveals just how industrious Horkey has been in the last few years. The room is littered with countless stickers, patches, album covers, shirts, hats, and belt buckles that he has designed, as well as the canvas and paper originals, all carefully archived around us. He's a regular contributor to Life Sucks Die, the locally generated art and music glossy. He makes posters for Burlesque of North America, the Minneapolis-based design firm whose principals include LSD founder Wes Winship and Todd Bratrud, art director of industry leader Consolidated Skateboards. Horkey's handiwork has been featured on Consolidated's decks for the past five years. (A forthcoming Horkey series involves giant insectoid creatures lurking atop crumbling monoliths.) Plus, Horkey is contributing a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted toy to the Qeedrophonic exhibition, which opens at Ox-Op Gallery in July before moving on to galleries in Horkey strongholds Los Angeles and Tokyo.
"I got an e-mail account so I could communicate with my Japanese fans," the computer-scorning artist notes, "just because it's way too expensive to talk on the phone." One of those fans plans to open an Aaron Horkey shop in Tokyo offering everything from original art to Horkey's simple red-and-white manta ray logo stickers. "He just sent me some photos of the spot he's looking at. It looks pretty cool. I get all these crazy packages from him, jam-packed with toys from over there." Horkey reaches into a box in his closet and pulls out a tiny, exquisitely detailed diplodocus. "He sent me a whole bag of these crazy aquarium toys, dinosaurs and whatnot. I open one a day."
It seems that the admirer isn't just talking out of his Aaron Horkey trucker cap. He and his girlfriend flew in from Tokyo just to see Horkey's first solo exhibition at the Cottonwood County Historical Society's Robert Remick Gallery last year. "I didn't even get to see them," recalls Horkey, who was in L.A. on business at the time. "They took a bus from Minneapolis to Windom, saw the show, and then just assumed that they could hop another bus to Minneapolis and catch their flight back the next day. Luckily, a friend of mine was down here. He got them a ride."
Junkets to Los Angeles make up a good chunk of Horkey's work life these days. He has spent six weeks there in the past year as an artist-in-residence for RVCA. He'll be going back at least once in the next six months, as well as to Tokyo, where he hopes to catch "Qeedrophonic" in the ultra-trendy Laforet Department Store.
But his heart belongs to Windom, as do his lungs. "I can breathe here," he notes. "Whenever I visit a city the size of Minneapolis or bigger, I get a splitting headache."
Like Horkey, abstract painter, philanthropist, and gallery namesake Robert Remick spent some time away from Windom before returning to his hometown. But Horkey came back much sooner. After graduating from the Arts High School in Golden Valley, he hung out in Minneapolis for a couple of years, doing graffiti and providing artwork for slew of rap-related endeavors, including Anticon's Hip Hop Music for the Advanced Listener EP and Rhymesayers Entertainment's Dynospectrum disc. He also invented the shredded-mic logo that served Rhymesayers for years.
Pausing in front of his drawing board for a moment, Horkey reflects on that stage of his work: "Graffiti is great when you're young. You can learn a lot about line, color, volume, and mass. But it's also easy to outgrow. Plus, it's dangerous as hell--not just the paint fumes. Cops are always a threat, you can get killed falling off a train. I didn't make any money at it, either."
At the time, Minneapolis hip hop paid considerably less than Windom wood. Horkey's father had begun supplementing his cabinet-making income with a line of handmade wooden parts and accessories for vintage cars (gorgeous planked pickup truck bed-liners, for example). His business was blowing up faster than Aaron's ex-roommate Slug. And Dad was willing to pay. Horkey moved back to Windom.
There were other compelling reasons for returning to the land where the Frontier Twirlers Square Dance Club is a major cultural attraction. "It's quiet here," he observes. "There are no distractions. There's a lot more in the way of vegetation and animal life, which is where a lot of my inspiration comes from. I can wander around, explore abandoned farmhouses."
An only child who grew up far from potential peers, Horkey learned to draw on his inner resources early in life. "I was this weird artist kid who skated and listened to punk rock," he says. "I didn't have much in common with most other kids around here. I've never had more than a few close friends."
The house Horkey shares with his parents seems like a pleasant sanctuary. The spacious, early 20th-century structure is full of antiques and art (heavy on the nouveau). His mom seems warm, friendly, and laid-back to the point that she doesn't even bat an eye when he says "fuck" in front of her. (Bruce Horkey is away.)
"My parents have always been my number-one fans," Horkey relates. "My dad is like O.G. punk-rocker DIY motherfucker. He won't sell out; he still does everything by hand. That kind of production quality is all but unheard of these days. Some of that definitely rubbed off on me."
So did some of the paternal way with wood. The frames Horkey makes for his paintings--the deep-brown iridescent one that surrounds the airborne manta ray I'm staring at in amazement now, for example--are nearly as striking as the art itself. "My dad uses a lot of exotic wood in his work," Horkey explains. "It's so beautiful--and so expensive--that we always keep the scraps. I wouldn't have the frames if it weren't for his business."
The benefits Horkey derives from his pop's enterprise include far more than use of the wood, tools, or the computer in the shop. The family auto plot also provides a steady source of inspiration, as is demonstrated by his cover for a 2003 release by rapper Jack Sparr.
Like American Graffiti gone horribly wrong, the image depicts the ruined interior of a mid-century car. The windshield is shattered, the driver's-side window nearly gone. The ceiling fabric hangs in shreds. The only good patch of upholstery holds a screwdriver, some rumpled garments, and what appear to be the scraps of something once alive. In the car's back seat, dressed in white bell-bottoms and gray vest, lace-cuffed shirt, waistcoat, gloves, and pink boutonniere sits a most unusual entity. It seems largely human, save for its majestically horned and crested half-bison, half-fish head. The creature holds an exceedingly plump kiwi bird on its lap. Its right hand rests on the seat, grasping an old-fashioned six-shooter. The kiwi looks nervous, its captor contented. A snow globe and a seashell sit nearby. You can almost taste the mud on Bisonfishman's slacks.
"I'm super-enamored of realism in surrealism especially, like Dali and Todd Schorr," Horkey says of his work. "If there's a certain amount of craft and attention to detail but it's really twisted, then that's the way to go."
Given the mummified cat, the private junkyard, and the mysteries that lie beyond the stubbly fields that surround us, Horkey could almost be describing his own environment. More than anything else, though, this place is alive in a way that you simply don't encounter in the city. At dusk, just as I'm about to get in the car for the long ride back to Minneapolis, a pair of bunnies hops out of a nearby grove and starts frolicking. Not like wary urban rabbits, but with true lagomorphic abandon. A flock of red-winged blackbirds bursts into song. I notice something just above my head: a squadron of fledgling dragonflies, all about an inch long. I feel like I'm getting a 21-insect salute.
Then, as we head down the gravel road that leads back to Highway 60, a wild turkey nervously crosses our path--the first I've seen in my life. I can't say that I'd be totally surprised if a portly kiwi waddled out from the brush, nosing a seashell along in front of it.
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Ok so I've had my Paragard in since Feburary. My boyfriend couldn't feel it when we had sex in the beginging, but this last month he complains that it's always poking him. He also complained that when he fingered me he could feel it (I checked myself and I could feel it not very far up there).
So I guess my question is: Is it possible that it's coming out slowly? Should I call my doctor to have it looked at? Could I be pregnant. (I have twin boys born 12/08 and I can't afford another 1or2.)


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|Reactions Classified By Conversion Type → Simple Reactions → Chemical Reactions → Protein-Modification Reactions
|Reactions Classified By Substrate → Macromolecule Reactions → Protein-Reactions → Protein-Modification Reactions
EC Number: 188.8.131.52
Enzymes and Genes:
|arsenite-oxidizing bacterium NT-14:
|arsenite oxidoreductase
In Pathway: arsenite oxidation I (respiratory)
Reaction Locations: inner membrane (sensu Gram-negative Bacteria)
The direction shown, i.e. which substrates are on the left and right sides, is in accordance with the Enzyme Commission system.
Most BioCyc compounds have been protonated to a reference pH value of 7.3. Please see the PGDB Concepts Guide for more information.
Mass balance status: Balanced.
Enzyme Commission Primary Name: arsenate reductase (cytochrome c)
Enzyme Commission Synonyms: arsenite oxidase (ambiguous)
Standard Gibbs Free Energy (ΔrG'° in kcal/mol): -0.25228882 [Latendresse13]
Enzyme Commission Summary:
A molybdoprotein containing iron-sulfur clusters. Isolated from α-proteobacteria. Unlike EC 220.127.116.11, arsenate reductase (azurin), it does not use azurin as acceptor.
Citations: [vandenHoven04, Santini07, Branco09, Lieutaud10]
Relationship Links: BRENDA:EC:18.104.22.168, ENZYME:EC:126.96.36.199, IUBMB-ExplorEnz:EC:220.127.116.11
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Branco09: Branco R, Francisco R, Chung AP, Morais PV (2009). "Identification of an aox system that requires cytochrome c in the highly arsenic-resistant bacterium Ochrobactrum tritici SCII24." Appl Environ Microbiol 75(15);5141-7. PMID: 19525272
Latendresse13: Latendresse M. (2013). "Computing Gibbs Free Energy of Compounds and Reactions in MetaCyc."
Lieutaud10: Lieutaud A, van Lis R, Duval S, Capowiez L, Muller D, Lebrun R, Lignon S, Fardeau ML, Lett MC, Nitschke W, Schoepp-Cothenet B (2010). "Arsenite oxidase from Ralstonia sp. 22: characterization of the enzyme and its interaction with soluble cytochromes." J Biol Chem 285(27);20433-41. PMID: 20421652
Santini07: Santini JM, Kappler U, Ward SA, Honeychurch MJ, vanden Hoven RN, Bernhardt PV (2007). "The NT-26 cytochrome c552 and its role in arsenite oxidation." Biochim Biophys Acta 1767(2);189-96. PMID: 17306216
vandenHoven04: vanden Hoven RN, Santini JM (2004). "Arsenite oxidation by the heterotroph Hydrogenophaga sp. str. NT-14: the arsenite oxidase and its physiological electron acceptor." Biochim Biophys Acta 1656(2-3);148-55. PMID: 15178476
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Burress tickets get dismissed
Updated: June 2, 2009, 6:17 PM ETAssociated Press
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Former New York Giants star receiver Plaxico Burress can toss four traffic tickets he received in suburban Fort Lauderdale. A magistrate has dismissed them.
Burress was ticketed March 1 on accusations of speeding and illegal lane change, improperly displaying a car tag and having tinted windows.
His attorney Bradford Cohen said the tickets were dismissed Friday because the officer who wrote them didn't supply information on how to pay the tickets. Burress ...
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