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Article: Inflammation status of rabbit carotid artery model endothelium during intermittent hypoxia exposure and its relationship with leptin[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To develop an intermittent hypoxia/reoxygenation (IH/ROX) rabbit carotid artery model and then investigate the inflammation status of rabbit carotid artery endothelium after IH exposure and its relationship with leptin. After anesthetization, rabbit's right common carotid artery was cleared of surrounding tissue with anatomic microscope, cannulated to its distal part and the proximal part was ligated. Preparations were challenged by changing the PO(2) of the gas mixture equilibrating the perfusate. Alternate perfusing (2 mL/min) of equilibrated perfusate bubbled with normoxia or hypoxia gas mixtures formed IH/ROX cycles in the right carotid common artery, simulating the pattern of hypoxic episodes seen in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), or continuous perfusing of hypoxia perfusate to form continuous hypoxia (CH) modes. Sixty adult male New Zealand White rabbits (2.5-3.0 kg) were separated into six groups, ten per group. Groups were: A, intermittent normoxia (IN) group, perfused with perfusion equilibrated with 21% O(2) [PO(2) about 141 +/- 2.87 mmHg] for 15 s and 21% O(2) for 1 min 45 s, 60 cycles; B, severe IH group, 5% O(2) [PO(2) about 35.2 +/- 1.27 mmHg] 15 s and 21% O(2) 1 min 45 s, 60 cycles; C, mild IH group, 10% O(2) [PO(2) about 54.3 +/- 3.31 mmHg] 15 s and 21% O(2) 1 min 45 s, 60 cycles; D, severe IH+Lep group, protocol was the same with severe IH group; E, CH group, IN for 1 h 45 min and then 5% O(2) for 15 min; and F, Lep group, the same with IN group. Right common carotid artery parts distal to the cannula were harvested after exposure, and endothelial cell layers were gotten from longitudinal outspread vessels. Nuclear factor kappaB (NFkappaB) DNA binding activities of partial cell layers were measured with electrophoretic mobility shift assay in the IN group, severe IH group, mild IH group, and CH group nuclear extracts. The other part of the cell layers in the IN group, severe IH group, severe IH+Lep group, and Lep group were cultured for 2 h, and during the culture procedure, recombinated human leptin solutions were added to culture dishes of severe IH+Lep group and Lep group (resulted concentration, 10 ng/mL). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to analyze medium interleukin-6 (IL-6) concentrations, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze endothelial cell Ras homology A (RhoA) mRNA expression levels. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS 11.5 software package. NFkappaB DNA binding activities were significantly different between groups (F = 112.428, P < 0.001). This activity in the severe IH group (4.27 +/- 0.64) was higher than that in the mild IH group (2.33 +/- 0.45, P < 0.001), IN group (1.00 +/- 0.26, P < 0.001), and CH group (1.15 +/- 0.36, P < 0.001). RhoA mRNA expression levels were different in groups (F = 26.634, P < 0.001).This level in the severe IH+Lep group (2.54 +/- 0.53) was higher than that in the severe IH group (1.57 +/- 0.44, P = 0.002), IN group (1.00 +/- 0.31, P < 0.001), and Lep group (1.31 +/- 0.30, P < 0.001). IL-6 concentrations were different in groups (F = 79.922, P < 0.001). IL-6 concentration in the severe IH+Lep group (1591.50 +/- 179.57 pg/mL) was higher than that in the severe IH group (1217.20 +/- 320.62 pg/mL, P = 0.036), IN group (325.40 +/- 85.26 pg/mL, P < 0.001), and Lep group (517.40 +/- 183.09 pg/mL, P < 0.001). IH/ROX activated the inflammation pathway significantly in the endothelium, which was more intensive than CH and intensity-dependent. When exposed to both IH/ROX and leptin, inflammation occurs more dramatically. It means that synergic activating roles were performed by IH/ROX and leptin. This study may have a clinical implication that IH can cause endothelial damage through activated inflammation in OSA patients, and if the OSA patients have obesity at the same time, the endothelial damage or the inflammation would be more significant because of elevated leptin level as a synergic factor.
Article: [Carotid body inflammation and carotid sinus nerve afferent activity after intermittent hypoxia exposure of various frequencies in rabbits][Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To explore the inflammatory reactions, endothelin level and carotid sinus nerve (CSN) afferent activity of carotid body (CB) after intermittent hypoxia/reoxygenation (IH/ROX) exposure of various frequencies in rabbits. Forty-nine male adult New Zealand white rabbits (2.5-3.0 kg) were separated into 7 groups (n = 7 each). After anesthetization, the right carotid artery and CSN were cleared of surrounding tissues without touching the right CB and the left carotid region. The CSN was unenveloped to partially expose the myelin sheath, and electrodes were placed to the "single" chemoreceptor bundle of the CSN, with CSN afferent activity carefully monitored and recorded. Then the right common carotid artery was exposed, cannulated to distal part and its proximal part was ligated. Preparations were challenged by changing the PO2 of the gas mixture equilibrating the perfusate. Alternatively perfusion (2 ml/min) of equilibrated perfusate bubbled with normoxia or hypoxia gas mixtures formed IH/ROX cycles in right carotid common artery, simulating the pattern of hypoxic episodes seen in obstructive sleep apnea, or with continuously perfusing hypoxia perfusate to form continuous hypoxia (CH) modes. Groups were defined with different frequencies, and groups were: intermittent normoxia group (IN group) (21% O2, 15 s; 21% O2, 1 min 45 s), 10/hr group (5% O2, 15 s; 21% O2, 5 min 45 s), 30/hr group (5% O2, 15 s; 21% O2, 1 min 45 s), 50/hr group (5% O2, 15 s; 21% O2, 57 s), 60/hr group (5% O2, 15 s; 21% O2, 45 s) and 90/hr group (5% O2, 15 s; 21% O2, 25 s). All the above groups were exposed to 60 treatment cycles; continuous hypoxia group (CH group), IN for 1 h 45 min and then 5% O2 for 15 min. After exposure and 30 min of static placing, CSN afferent frequencies (Charge F) were recorded from chemoreceptor bundles, and the right CB was cleared of surrounding tissues and harvested. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), endothelin-1 (ET-1), hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) concentrations of the CB lysate were measured with enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA) kits and standardized. Data were analyzed with SPSS 12.0 software package; and after one way analysis of variance (ANOVA) for whole difference, Tamhane's T2 was used for post hoc analysis. IL-6, ET-1 and Charge F increased but then decreased with increasing IH frequencies (F = 25,601.39, 2390.48, 6945.84, all P values < 0.01). IL-6, ET-1 and Charge F levels in 50/hr group were the highest among groups. Charge F levels correlated significantly with IL-6 or ET-1 (with IL-6: r = 0.736, P < 0.01; with ET-1: r = 0.757, P < 0.01, respectively). IL-6, ET-1 and Charge F levels between IN group and CH group were not statistically different (all P values > 0.05). HIF-1 levels elevated gradually (F = 5241.10, P < 0.01) with increasing exposure frequencies, and the CH group had the highest value (all P values < 0.01). VEGF level in CH group was the highest in all groups (all P values < 0.01). After IH/ROX exposure, afferent activity of CB CSN increases, which significantly correlates with inflammation and vasomotor mechanism of CB. CB inflammation comes not from IH phases but from ROX phases. Increased CB CSN activity results in elevated SNA tension, which plays a key role in the pathogenesis of systemic hypertension. This procedure influenced by IH/ROX frequencies. CH for 15 min causes no definitely damages. However, HIF-1 and VEGF can be considered as members of adaptive pathway during IH/ROX exposure.
Article: [Effects of obstructive sleep apnea style intermittent hypoxia on endothelin-1, nitric oxide, and nitric oxide synthase in endothelium: experiment with human umbilical vein endothelial cells][Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To investigate the effects of intermittent hypoxia (IH) on the expression of endothelin-1 (ET-1), nitric oxide (NO), and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) in endothelium, and to evaluate the role of functional disorder of endothelium in the mechanism of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) induced hypertension. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) of the line ECV304 were cultured and divided into 4 groups: IH group (exposed to 1.5% O(2) for 15 s and 21% O(2) for 1 min 15 s, 3 min 45 s, 5 min 15 s, or 8 min 15 s respectively alternatively with 60 episodes), intermittent normal oxygen group (exposed to 21% O(2) for 15 s and 225 s alternatively with 60 episodes), continuous hypoxia group (exposed to 1.5% for 15 min), and blank control group. Then the culture fluid was collected. The levels of activity of ET-1 (EIA) NO, and NOS were detected by enzyme immune assay, nitric acid reductase method, and chemical colorimetric analysis respectively. RT-PCR was used to detect the mRNA expression of endothelial NOS (eNOS). Compared with those of the intermittent normal oxygen group and blank control groups the ET-1 levels of the 4 IH sub groups were significantly higher (F = 28.453, P = 0.000), the NO levels ere significantly lower F = 65.252, P = 0.000), the NOS activity levels were significantly lower (F = 5.969, P = 0.008), and eNOS mRNA was significantly down-regulated (F = 16.630, P = 0.000). Compared with continuous hypoxia group with the exposure time equivalent to the accumulated hypoxia time (15 s with 60 episodes) of the IH group, the ET-1 level was significantly higher (t = 2.742, P = 0.024), the NO level was significantly lower (t = 3.347, P = 0.004), the NOS activity level was significantly lower (t = 3.989, P = 0.004), and the eNOS mRNA expression was down-regulated (t = 5.045, P = 0.000). In the different IH group along with the prolongation of the re-oxygenation time from 105 s to 495 s, while maintaining the duration of hypoxic episodes at 15 s, the ET-1 level increased (F = 213.254, P = 0.000), the NO level decreased (F = 15.747, P = 0.000), NOS activity level decreased (F = 2.933, P = 0.048), and eNOS mRNA expression was down-regulated (F = 5.954, P = 0.002). However, there was a tendency for ET-1 to decrease and the NO system indicators when the re-oxygenation time was 8 min 15 s. Hypoxia and re-oxygenation both cause endothelium dysfunction and unbalance of NO/ET-1, which is important to OSAS with hypertension.
Article: [Role of sympathetic nerve activity and arterial endothelial function in pathogenesis of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome][Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To explore the role of sympathetic nerve activity and vessel endothelial function in the pathogenesis of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Based on polysomnography (PSG), blood pressure (BP) and disease history, 93 subjects were divided into four groups: OSAHS with hypertension (OH), OSAHS without hypertension (O), hypertension without OSAHS (H), normal control (N). In addition to the blood pressure measurement, blood samples were collected before and after sleep during the PSG testing night to measure norepinephrine, endothelin, and NO levels. Urine samples were also collected during this time to test the level of vanillyl mandalic acid (VMA). Patients in OH group and O group had significantly increased plasma NE value (P < 0.05) in the next morning compared with those before sleep and the change was more significant in OH group compared to O group (P < 0.01). Pre-and after-sleep urine VMA levels in all groups showed no significant differences. Plasma NE and ET levels in OSAHS with and without hypertension after sleep were positively correlated with mean arterial pressure (MAP), apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), number of oxygen desaturation >or= 4% per hour (ODI(4)), percentage of time of oxygen saturation lower than 90% (T90) and correlated negatively with minimum arterial oxygen saturation (minSaO(2)) and mean arterial oxygen saturation (MSaO(2)). Moreover, plasma ET also correlated positively with MAP, AHI, maximum apnea time, total apnea time. Compared with other groups plasma ET value increased significantly and serum NO value decreased in the next morning in both O and OH group. Serum NO value after one night sleep in both hypertensive and norhypertensive OSAHS patients was negatively correlated with MAP, AHI, maximum apnea time, total apnea time, ODI(4), T90, and positively with minSaO(2) and MSaO(2). Sympathetic nerve activation and endothelial dysfuntion characterized by an imbalance of endothelium-derived systolic and diastolic factors may play an important role in the development of transient and sustained increase of blood pressure in patients with OSAHS.
Article: Changes of nuclear factor-kappaB and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in endothelial cells exposed to various intermittent hypoxia[Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To construct a novel in vitro endothelial cell system to explore the changes of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) levels after exposure to various intermittent hypoxia (IH) and re-oxygenation, an IH/reoxygenation (ROX) model. We developed a gas control delivery system that permitted the exposure of ECV304 cell cultures, immortalized endothelial cell strain cultures of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), to IH/ROX cycles, simulating the pattern of hypoxic episodes seen in recurrent apnea. Cell samples were divided into the following groups according to IH duration/ROX duration. Group A (Intermittent Normoxia Group): 21% O(2) 15 s/21% O(2) 3 min 45 s; Group B (Standard Culture Group): no exposure; Group C: 1.5% O(2) 15 s/21% O(2) 3 min 45 s; Group D: 10% O(2) 15 s/21% O(2) 3 min 45 s; Fixed IH protocol as 1.5% O(2) 15s and ROX extent to 21% O(2), IH/ROX frequencies varied as 12 (Group C), 9.23 (Group E), 6.32 (Group F), 20 (Group G) and 40 (Group H) episodes per hour; Group I: 1.5% O(2) 30 s/21% O(2) 3 min 45 s; and after the exposure of Group C, the cell cultures were exposed to standard incubation device for 60 min (Group J) and 120 min (Group K). Prepared cell lysates and cell monolayers were analyzed for NF-kappaB levels and ICAM-1 levels in this IH model with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and cellular surface ELISA, and the cell total protein levels were measured with the method of bicinchoninic acid for standardization. SPSS 11.5 software package was used for statistical analysis. NF-kappaB and ICAM-1 levels in Group C were (0.82 +/- 0.28) and (1562 +/- 56) pg/ml, and those in Group A were (0.37 +/- 0.07) and (768 +/- 80) pg/ml, which showed statistical significance as compared with Group C (D = 225.00, 176.04, P < 0.01, < 0.05, respectively). Their levels in Group D were (0.66 +/- 0.22) and (1113 +/- 76) pg/ml, which were also significantly lower than Group C (U = 25.00, 0.00, all P < 0.01). NF-kappaB and ICAM-1 levels in Group I were (0.45 +/- 0.16) and (1155 +/- 19) pg/ml, which were statistically significant compared with Group C (U = 27.00, 0.00, all P < 0.01). In the same time, IH group had the relatively highest NF-kappaB and ICAM-1 levels amongst groups C, E, F, G and H. Which had different IH frequencies (chi(2) = 35.63, 56.89, all P < 0.01). NF-kappaB levels in Group J [(0.6233 +/- 0.0534)] did not differ significantly from Group C (D = 36.00, P > 0.05) and NF-kappaB levels in Group K [(0.3050 +/- 0.0013)] were lower than Group C (D = 234.00, P < 0.01). Our data indicated a selective and dose-dependent activation of inflammatory pathways on ECV304 cells by IH/ROX cycles with moderate frequencies, and a long time was needed for the cell rehabilitation from IH/ROX exposure.
Article: [Interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels of endothelial cells in different hypoxia modes: in vitro experiment][Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To investigate the damage of different patterns of intermittent hypoxia (IH) and continuous hypoxia (CH) on endothelial cells. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells of the line ECV304 were cultured in a program-controlled gas delivery system newly developed and divided into 8 groups to undergo different IH/reoxygenation (ROX) cycles so as to simulate the patterns of hypoxic episode seen in recurrent apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: intermittent normoxia (IN) group (exposed to 21% O2 15 s/21% O2 225 s for 60 cycles), IH group (exposed to 1.5% O2 15 s/21% O2 225 s for 30 or 60 cycles), IH hypercapnia group (exposed to 1.5% O2 and 20% CO2 15 s/21% O2 and 5% CO2 225 s, for 60 cycles), continuous hypoxia (CH group, exposed to 1.5% or 10% O2 for 15, 30 or 60 min), CH hypercapnia group (exposed to 10% O2 and 10% CO2 for 15, 30 or 60 min), CH added to IH group (exposed to 1.5% O2 15 s/10% O2 225 s for 60 cycles), different intermittent hypoxia extent group (exposed to 1.5% or 10% O2 15 s/21% O2 225 s for 60 cycles), different intermittent hypoxia frequency group (exposed to 1.5% O2 15 s/21% O2 225 s 315 s, 495 s or 105 s for 60 cycles), and different intermittent hypoxia duration group (exposed to 1.5% O2 15 s or 30 s/21% O2 225 s for 60 cycles). Then ELISA was conducted to examine the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) Bicinchoninic acid method was used to standardize the cell total protein level. The levels of IL-6 and TNFalpha levels in the IH group were (770.40 +/- 21.60) and (126.93 +/- 2.58) pg.ml(-1).100 mg protein(-1) respectively, both significantly higher than those in the IN group [(374.06 +/- 38.10) and (31.96 +/- 13.64) pg.ml(-1).100 mg protein(-1) respectively, U = 0.000, P = 0.002], but significantly lower than those in the IH hypercapnia group [(829.27 +/- 7.16) and (78.77 +/- 4.00) pg.ml(-1).100 mg protein(-1) respectively, U = 0.000, P = 0.002]. The IL-6 levels of the CH hypercapnia 15, 30, and 60 min subgroups were all significantly higher than those of the corresponding CH subgroup (U = 0.000, P = 0.002). The IL-6 and TNFalpha levels of the CH added to IH group were (536.74 +/- 14.97) and (51.10 +/- 6.80) pg.ml(-1).100 mg protein(-1) respectively, both were significantly higher than those of the IN group, but significantly lower than those of the IH group (chi(2) = 23.4, P < 0.05). The levels of IL-6 and TNFalpha increased along with the increase of the IH degree (chi(2) = 23.4, P < 0.05). The level changes of IL-6 and TNFalpha of the groups with different intermittent hypoxia frequency and with different intermittent hypoxia duration were complicated. IH and CH significantly damage the endothelial cells dose-dependently, especially combined with hypercapnia. In IH/ROX, the inflammatory damage comes from ROX phase but not IH phase. Hypoxia duration and hypoxia frequency are also important parameters in the activation of inflammation.
Article: [The relationship between arousal and nocturnal heart rate variability in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome][Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: To investigate the relationship between arousal and nocturnal heart rate variability (HRV) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Twenty-seven patients with moderate to severe OSAHS who underwent overnight polysomnography (PSG) were enrolled, excluding patients with cardiopulmonary and nervous system diseases. An hour continuous PSG monitoring in non-rapid eye movement (NREM) was recorded for all patients. The mean heart rate (HR) in 10 s before each arousal and the peak HR in 10 s after arousal were compared, and the breathing disorder related arousal index (B-ArI) and pulse rate rise index (PRRI) were calculated at this time, and then a correlation analysis was performed. Furthermore, according to minimal oxygen saturation (minSaO(2)), 18 patients with moderate-to-severe OSAHS were matched into 10 events with and without EEG arousal in NREM, and then DeltaHR at apnea termination between these events were compared. The peak HR in 10 s after arousal onset [(81.6 +/- 9.4) beats/min] was significantly higher than the mean HR in 10 s before arousal onset [(69.6 +/- 7.3) beats/min, t = -14.87, P < 0.01], and B-ArI was positively correlated to PRRI (r = 0.97, P < 0.01). The DeltaHR of events with EEG arousal at apnea termination [(11.1 +/- 2.8) beats/min] was higher than those without EEG arousal [(7.0 +/- 2.4) beats/min, t = 4.702, P < 0.01]. The results indicate that arousal can influence the function of cardiovascular regulation. Frequent arousal is one of the main causes of the cardiovascular consequences in OSAHS patients.


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USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program
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Status: Completed
Organization(s): USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
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Principal Investigator(s): Page Valentine
Affiliate Investigator(s): Bob Reid, NOAA Fisheries
Information Specialist(s): Page Valentine
Data Type(s): Environmental Data: CTD, Imagery: Photo, Imagery: Video, Sampling: Biology, Sampling: Geology
Scientific Purpose/Goals: Seabed habitat mapping: mapping of distribution of invasive tunicate, Didemnum sp.
Start Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
End Port/Location: Woods Hole, MA
Start Date: 2006-08-22
End Date: 2006-09-01
Equipment Used: SeaBOSS, CTD, Dredge, Trawl, Digital camera
Information to be Derived: Habitat maps;
Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Activities included video/photo drifts with SEABOSS for habitat and fauna description; CTD casts, otter trawling, and dredging for biological samples.
Staff: Dann Blackwood, Jennifer Bonin, Page Valentine
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Notes: Mobilization will begin on Friday, Aug. 18.
Georges Bank, United States, North America, North Atlantic,
Lengyel, N.L., Collie, Jeremy S., and Valentine, Page C., 2009, The invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum on Georges Bank - ecological effects and genetic identification: Aquatic Invasions, v. 4 no. 1, URL: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Lengyel_etal.pdf.
Valentine, P.C., Carman, Mary R., Dijksta, Jennifer, and Blackwood, Dann S., 2009, Larval recruitment of the invasive colonial ascidian Didemnum vexillum, seasonal water temperatures in New England coastal and offshore waters, and implications for spread of the species: Aquatic Invasions, v. 4 no. 1, URL: http://www.aquaticinvasions.net/2009/AI_2009_4_1_Valentine_etal.pdf.
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It was the second run out for the Clydebank VETs this year and this time they were up against a mixed Cumbernauld team. Both sides were looking for a social game in advance of the Scotland International and both the players and spectators were rewarded with a fine show of passing rugby interspersed with some fantastic tries.
Captain Malcolm McKay won the toss and decided to go up hill in the first half on the basis that it would be easier to run downhill in the second half when he would undoubtedly be tired.
With some of the true VETs missing the team was supplemented with a few veterans in the making in the form of David Bell and Graeme Kyle, both of whom would have a significant impact on the match.
David Bell was first to the try line in the match after some fine interplay between Ronnie McKee and Graeme Kyle set David up for an easy run in on five minutes. Ross McCombe had the role of kicker and failed in his first attempt.
Cumbernauld replied soon after when their forwards won a scrum and set up their backs who ran in unchallenged in the corner. The difficult kick was converted to give Cumbernauld the lead.
Both teams were well matched in the forwards but it was to be the Clydebank backs who would make the difference.
On twenty minutes David Lennie would cross the line to retake the lead and Ross McCombe would add a difficult conversion from the sideline to add the two points.
Five mintues later club coach and young pretender, Micahel Starkey, was let loose by David Bell who drew his man and set Michael up to run in under the posts for the third Clydebank try. Ross McCombe added the simple conversion.
Just on half time Clydebank struck again when Graeme Kyle led a solo charge from his own half to run most of the length of the park to score under the posts making Ross McCombe's conversion an easy additional two points.
The first half was a fine display from the Clydebank backs but the match was a much closer affair than the score indicated.
The second half started with Clydebank again in control and now running down hill to the relief of most of the older participants.
After five minutes of play Scott Mcelney received the final pass from a well worked move off the back of the scrum between Ronnie McKee and Graeme Kyle. Ronnie managed to draw in most of the Cumbernauld defence to allow Scott to cross in the corner for the score. This time the conversion was too far out for Ross McCombe's tired legs.
Ronnie McKee would emulate his old playing partner Graeme Kyle with his own solo pitch long run after ten minutes to score under the posts and make the conversion another easy two points for Ross McCombe.
Cumbernauld kept Clydebank at bay for much of the remainder of the half until the dying minutes when Ross McCombe would add a try to top off his fine kicking performance.
The try came in unusual circumstances as Ronnie McKee took a quick line out to Ross who proceeded to step through a bewildered Cumbernauld team who believed the line out was yet to be formed. Ross strolled behind the posts for the score but failed to convert leaving the final score at 43-5 for Clydebank.
Overall the match was a great spectacle and all the players enjoyed the friendly run out before Scotland regained some dignity in their match against Italy later in the day.
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Manila, Philippines -- A 42-year-old man was arrested for allegedly distributing ''poison flyers'' or ''black propaganda'' to the public while three candidates were conducting a caucus in Pasay City, police said over the weekend. Police identified the suspect as Marion Dadea, residing at 22 Geronimo St., Malibay, Pasay City. Senior Supt. Rodolfo Llorca, Chief of the Pasay City Police, claimed the suspect targeted former acting mayor of Pasay, Allan Panaligan, who is running for councilor, Arvin Tolentino, also a council candidate, and lawyer Santiago Quial, former city administrator of Pasay, who is running for congressman.
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On August 31, 2003, Malaysia celebrated forty-six years of political independence. A nation of 22 million, with Muslims forming slightly more than half the population, Malaysia is precariously multiethnic, multireligious, and multicultural. Yet it is unique among Muslim nations as a politically stable, modernized, and prosperous country enjoying relatively peaceful interethnic and interreligious relations. Malaysia's success in maintaining a Westminster-style parliamentary democracy, with only a yearlong interruption of the democratic process because of the May 13, 1969, racial riots in Kuala Lumpur, is equally remarkable. The election of five prime ministers in fifty years, through democratic means, testifies to Malaysia's political stability.
Internationally, Malaysia is known for its independent foreign policy and its leadership in regional and multilateral organizations, including the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
This chapter analyzes the major factors that have contributed to Malaysia's success and the remaining obstacles to further progress.
Modernization and democratization, although distinct, are interrelated societal phenomena. Modernization can take place without democratization, but democratization requires a degree of modernization. Malaysia had embarked on the process of modernization and on the introduction of parliamentary democracy before independence. But later, democracy accelerated the pace of Malaysia's modernization.
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KENT – After finally overtaking the home-course favorite with a few holes remaining, there was still work left to do for John Cassidy of Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club in Union.
Because unknown to him, Mitch Runge of Tacoma Country Club was playing the round of his life three groups ahead, firing a 66 to finish at 7-under 215 Wednesday in the Washington Open at Meridian Valley Country Club.
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Cassidy played about 10 feet of break on the first putt, the ball gently trickling about 4 feet below the hole, where Cassidy confidently sank the putt for the one-shot victory and the $6,000 winner's check.
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"That first putt was not what I wanted to see when I got up there (on the 18th green)," said Cassidy, who won the state 3A high-school championship for Yelm as a freshman in 1997. "I just wanted to leave myself some sort of makeable, uphill putt."
For a player who missed three putts inside 6 feet on his final nine, including a 2-footer on his 10th hole, he showed no nerves on the final putt.
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Michael Haack, the assistant restaurant manager at Meridian Valley, had an enthusiastic crowd urging him on after entering the final round with a two-shot lead. He was still tied for the lead going into the difficult 15th hole. While Cassidy hit an incredible approach from 152 yards to 2 feet for a birdie, Haack three-putted and was suddenly down by two.
"That's golf," said Haack, who finished alone in third at 5 under after a 76, and appreciated all the support he got. "The members here were great. I love working here."


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Netherlands based KPN has announced that its first quarter profits more than halved as revenues also fell by nearly 9 percent.
Revenues came in down 8.8% at EUR2.9 billion, which was largely due to the sale of its Getronics division, while net profit was down by 54% to EUR140 million.
The company lifted its capex during the quarter by 16% to EUR535 million.
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He added that "we have made meaningful progress with our restructuring program, and quality improvements are driving customer satisfaction upwards in the consumer markets."
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|PATRICK DIZNEY (Assistant Professor) received his MFA from the University of Washington, spent 6 years acting in NYC, and continues to work as an actor and director throughout the region. Credits include prime time television, national commercials, industrial videos, children's theatre, two national tours, Off and Off-Off Broadway, feature and independent film, and Regional theatre including: Artists Repertory Theatre, Maine Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Penobscot Theatre and Theatre! Theatre! He also wrote, produced and performed in his one person show Inveigler on Theatre Row in NYC. His directing credits include: 36 Views, Romeo and Juliet (at Idaho Rep), The Diviners, The Foreigner, Meatgrinder Waltz (at 13th Street Rep in NYC), If Dreams Came True by Mark Kuntz, and Convention by student playwright Dan Ericson. Recent acting roles include: Vershinen in Pultizer Prize winner Tracy Lett's world premier adaptation of The Three Sisters at Artist's Rep, Kenny in Theatre District (another world premier) by Richard Kramer of TV fame, and Father Flynn in Mount Baker Theatre's production of Doubt by John Patrick Shanley. Dizney has recently been appointed as the Vice-Chair of the Kennedy Center American Theatre Festival's Region VII.
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DR. TERRI L. BROWN (Assistant Professor, Director of Musical Theatre Studies, History and Literature), award winning stage director, completed her M.A. in Theatre Production at CWU, graduating with honors. Brown completed her Ph.D. at Bowling Green State University "with distinction" and was awarded the departmental dissertation fellowship. Her impressive professional credits prior to returning to academia include a 17-year stint as a recording artist with Nirvana Productions in Los Angeles where she sang, performed, and directed across many entertainment genres including rock videos, television appearances, and commercial and voice over work. She has performed and directed numerous productions of musical theatre, opera, rock videos, and was a singing entertainer and cabaret artist in Reno, Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Los Angeles. Brown also toured with musical theatre companies for several years throughout the US and Canada, both as a director and as a performer. Outside of her academic responsibilities, Brown is currently under contract withEdgewater Records in Atlanta, where she continues to work professionally. Her latest achievements include an invitation to direct Mozart's The Magic Flute and a musical revue of A Night on Broadway for the Varna Music Festival, which will also include taking the CWU Musical Theatre BFA students on a cultural exchange performing tour of Varna, Rome, Tuscany, and Florence in the summer of 2011.
David Brown
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DAVID M. BROWN ( Musical Director) earned both his Bachelors and Masters of Music in Trumpet Performance from Central Washington University, where he was also a member of the Faculty Brass Quintet. Brown has played lead trumpet with the Harry James Orchestra, several regional symphonies, and has conducted a number of musical theatre productions at universities and colleges throughout the country. His most recent conducting and musical directorships have been for Owens Community College and Bowling Green State University in Ohio. While earning his degrees at CWU, he served as musical director, conductor and lead keyboardist for several CTE productions including Man of La Mancha, Oh Coward!, and Little Shop of Horrors. His past experience also includes touring and recording for more than ten years with several international rock groups including such bands as "The Sonics," "Burgundy Express" and "Jimmy Le Favour," and was a studio musician, recording artist and musical director for Nirvana Productions in Los Angeles. He is currently the Director of Music for Edgewater Records in Atlanta, where he continues his professional work. This season Brown will provide musical direction for the world premiere ofBlankity-Blank! and serve as production manager for the CTE season.
Brenda Hubbard, MFA
BRENDA HUBBARD (Professor Emeritus) was a professor in the Theatre Arts Department for 23 years where she variously served as Chair, Head of Performance, Graduate Coordinator, Professor and Director. During this career of service and achievement she received the following awards: Parent's Association Teaching Award, Woman of Achievement, and the first faculty Diversity Award for fostering diversity and inclusivity on campus. In addition, she was awarded numerous certificates of merit from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival for her directing and sound design. For Central Theatre Ensemble she directed, acted in, designed or wrote over 32 productions.
Brenda has continued her professional career spanning over 40 years of experience as an actor, director, playwright and artistic director, having worked with some of the leading theatres in the nation including The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, The Empty Space Theatre, and San Jose Repertory Theatre, among others. A BFA graduate of the Professional Actor Training Program at the University of Washington, she also earned her MFA in directing from the University of Portland. A member of Actors Equity Association since 1978 and AFTRA/ SAG since 1975, Brenda has appeared in hundreds of radio and television commercials, as well as several feature films and television shows.Brenda has also served as the artistic director of two professional theatre companies. At Portland Repertory Theatre she directed 15 productions during her five year tenure with the company and also created the sound design for thirty productions. At the time she resigned, Portland Rep was 95% subscribed and the oldest professional AEA theatre in Portland. For her accomplishments at the Rep she received Drammy awards for "Best Show" and "Best Director" for her productions of Home and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf? For Laughing Horse Summer Theatre she directed five productions, acted in three and also served as a co- set designer, designing the sets for the 1998 season.
As a playwright Brenda had written two original full length plays, Concrete Dreams and DOUBLE EXPOSURE and created adaptations of Sleeping Beauty and A Christmas Carol. Now residing in Portland, Oregon, she continues to work as a freelance director and serves on the Drammy Committee, the noted awarding body for the Portland Area professional theatre awards. Each year the committee sees over one hundred productions and awards theatre artists recognition in all areas of production. Information about the Drammys can be found at http://drammyawards.org/
Michael Smith, MFA
MICHAEL J. SMITH (Professor) teaches a number of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including acting, voice, directing, and dialects. He earned his B.A. in Theatre from California State University at Fullerton and his M.F.A. in Directing from the University of Oklahoma. A member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA, Michael has acted, directed, and choreographed professionally. He has many credits from regional theatres throughout the Northwest, including originating the roles of Red Gibbs in the Seattle Repertory Theatre production of The Ballad of Soapy Smith, Wallace in Angry Housewives at Pioneer Square Theatre, and Ben in Kosher Lutherans at Snowy Range Summer Theatre. He has extensive commercial credits and has been featured in a number of TV shows and films. Michael has also acted in such CWU productions as Man of La Mancha, Concrete Dreams, Art, Rounding Third, and Scrooge's Christmas. Recent CWU productions he has directed include The Adventures of Sam Spade and Sherlock Holmes. For CTE's 2013-14 season, Michael directed a double bill of live radio shows: Princess O'Hara and Dick Tracy and the Big Top Murders and played Scrooge - for the third time - in A Christmas Carol.
George W. Bellah, III, MFA
Associate Professor
GEORGE W. BELLAH 3rd (Associate Professor) earned his B.F.A. in Performance from Northern Kentucky University, and his M.F.A. in Directing from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is a recognized actor/combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors. His professional background includes acting, directing, and fight directing in theatres on both the east and west coasts. He specializes in teaching and choreographing movement, stage combat, acting and directing. Bellah joined the CWU faculty in 1999 and has directed The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Jungalbook, Bus Stop, Tartuffe, Working, A Christmas Carol, Noh Telling, and The Woolgatherer. He appeared as Serge in the Faculty Showcase production of ART. George and his family, wife Trisha, Max (18), Miranda (15), Tom (12), and Griffyn (9) are happy to live in Ellensburg, the ancestral home of the Bellahs.
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The morning 90km stage from Ringe to Odense was won after a sprint by Norwegian Kristoff (Katusha), while Team Sky star Mark Cavendish complained that he had been impeded after finishing fourth.
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That's the nice thing about it though. There are many cosmetic things in game and they all have varying degrees of difficulty. This means that anyone can get to the 'level' they are skill-wise and have the cosmetics to show for it, whether that be LFR gear, Fel Flame, or Challenge Mode gear.
I currently am unable to get it, I have bad internet for the next six to seven months (subject to increase) and there's nothing I can do to change that. It's frustrating because I've wanted this since BC, and now I can't have it. I'll have to wait until I end up out-gearing or out-leveling it when the next xpan hits because I spike from 700ms to over 2000ms regularly.
That's pretty lame in and of itself. Mages have had things that cosmetically alter their spells for years, and most of it just by grinding up extra gold. Glyphs alter how your spells look for all classes, just for gold. It's completely valid to not be happy with this encounter. Recolouring on heroic level gear is NOT purely cosmetic because that gear is HEROIC and has the stats to go with it. There is a valid reason for the recolor that has nothing to do with spells. That is the WORST comparison have ever heard. Gear =/= Spells.
I have been waiting years for this, and now I can't get it. All they had to do was make it one of those expensive books like you buy for a mage in Dalaran or a glyph. This frustration for me, is incredibly valid, and there is no reason that Heroic recolours are comparable to this. That's just silly.
When you're in SoO LFR gear it'll be much, much easier.
Heck, I'd wager most folks frustrated with it aren't even in full ToT LFR gear. Actually, haha, yeah, they can't be as it's not fully open yet.
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Heroic gear has a different colour than normal gear just as fel fire has a different colour to normal red fire. It's not so much about stats as it is looking different because it was tougher to get. If heroic gear wasn't just recoloured normal gear I could partly agree with you, but it is.
Also, Warlocks have cosmetic spell changes built into minor glyphs just as most other classes - including Mage. Glyph of Crimson Banish and Glyph of Soul Well (if that's the name?), for example. You could argue that Mages have separate Polymorph spells as well as Dalaran Brilliance in their spellbook, which is true. They do not, however, have access to a full recolour of their fire school through the completion of a quest. It goes both ways.
Personally I love my green fire. Part of that is because I didn't get it for free.
Just because some cosmetic stuff in game are easily achieved doesn't mean all of them must be on the same difficulty.
I can understand both points, but that doesn't change the fact that gear =/= spells. Mages DO have a glyph that changes the colour of their spells for their Mirror Images - but that's because they already have unique spell graphics for each spec. There is zero need to be condescending towards me, Rinoa, I'm not asking for it to be "free", but I am saying that I understand the frustration and it doesn't make other people's frustration less valid (and it's not fair to do so). Sure, mine is from a difference source (it's not gear or skill it's physical net issues), but I still get it and validate it. That also means that I don't have to agree with both or either side, I don't agree with your comparison with raid progression/stat colours versus spell graphics. I don't see it on the same level whatsoever. This is just a colour change, it's not progression.
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Their is a perfectly valir reason (in my opinion at least) for Blizzard not wanting to make this fight easy.
Green fire is for many long time warlocks the most wanted change and Blizzard has toyed with the warlock community for years. in the history of WoW their is no topic that came up more then green fire.
that is reason enough for Blizzard to make sure that not everybody will get green fire initially.However their is already a post about a warlock with ilevel 522+ gear that defeated this boss before he even summens felhunters. So by the time people get exalted with the Shado Pan assault you will most likley defeat this boss in a few minutes
Guys, should I fully gear myself in PVP gear? (I am not a PvE person really)
And then attempt Kanrethad?
It's all item lvl 476, it can be done with that hopefully.
But it is a drag though, gearing.
But anyway, the PVP gear will be better than blues no matter what as in MoP they actually have full stats + pvp extras on them unlike Cataclysm, so they are better than 463 blues.
Blizzard sadly missed a opportunity here, they could have added Challenge Mode mechanic here to avoid this fight ever getting way too easy.
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I just tried it many times as Ilevel 438..
pfff never saw something that hard in my life.
I will return when fully geared....my goodness.
It's actually not even about gear, the mechanics make me outright crazy.
One time a random chaos bolt hits me while I am sure the pitlord has aggro, other times I can't seem to target Kanrethad in time for the Charge to stop his cataclysm. (I am a clicker, next time I will use a freaking target macro, those imps fill up everything)
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Well using some of the new tricks and some new gear i got, was getting him down to about 30% before the buff was going to go off. Started to panic a bit and ended up making mistakes. Should get this down by end of day tomorrow.
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5% wipe cause gateway despawned.... done for the night
I got the book yesterday, got all the way to him and trial-wiped just to be sure I will be able to start from that point onwards. Will start working on him today, after I put all the macros. I think the idea with gateway to interrupt chaos bolt is great, saves a lot of time during which you can DPS.
However, better idea is for the Pit Lord to get aggro. How do I switch it? Breath on him, then use gateway to reset aggro? Will that make the boss focused on the Pit Lord?
Generally you only need to have threat dropped when Chaos bolt is going to be cast (which is on a timer). If you go through gateway 2-3seconds after every add summon Chaos Bolt will never land on you. It is pretty easy when you just link that together in your head.
Blizzard QA (My views are my own and not Blizzard's)
I am very demotivated from doing this by my experience last night, it seems to also be a little luck based.
Random chaos bolts....
The littlewigs addon (part of the Bigwigs bossmod addon) has a part for this fight specifically. It might help you better keep track of when Chaos Bolt is coming.
Did it today finally, ilvl 488! Most important points for me:
- don't be nervous. Take the fight as it comes and trust your fingers and mind.
- during felhunter phase, or actually right after the cataclysm the precedes the phase, park your pitlord in the niche where your portal is. Give yourself the last heal and dispell, drop aggro with soulshatter and spank them felpuppies right in front of the boss portal (all cooldowns and chaosbolts 'n shit)
- LET THE PITLORD TANK BOTH DOOMGUARDS!! (Just make him hit them right after they come out, use demonic gateway and they're on him)
- make sure your portal is always up (I ported back sometimes just to place it, not even to dodge a chaosbolt)
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I have completed my list of free programs that I can't live without (docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgjtqqz…). The link will be updated as I think of new things to add to it, but I am copying the contents as they currently are here in this journal. Consider this a sister-post to my Giving Away The Store post (djeaton3162.deviantart.com/jou…) that was primarily fractal related. My hope is that you will find at least one thing on this list that will make your life just a tad easier....
Free stuff that I really, really like!
* Sandy is a great online reminder service.I've been using Sandy on a daily basis ever since I found it to keep track of everything from appointments to grocery lists to items I am expecting in the mail. When I see a movie trailer for something that I'd like to see, I add it to a list. When I think of something that I need to do, I email Sandy and tag it as a ToDo item. The daily recaps that await me when I get to my computer in the morning are awesome. The SMS reminders just before a scheduled event are great. www.iwantsandy.com
* Jott is a a great service that is kind of like Sandy, but works with your phone and SMS. You call Jott from a registered phone (like your cell phone), tell it who you want to "jott", and a message. You can use it to SMS friends, set reminders for yourself, or even interface with Sandy. jott.com/
* GrandCentral is another great tool that interfaces with your phones and was recently purchased by Google. It gives you a single phone number that you can give out to people. This number "follows" you and not only forwards to your numbers as they may change over time, but simultaneously forwards to ALL of your numbers. You can pick up the call at your office, on your way home, or on your home line when you get there. And with a push of a button, transfer the call between them. Not only that, but it offers call filtering and call recording as well. To top it off, they have just integrated the PhoneTag (www.PhoneTag.com) service and can convert voice mail left for you if you don't pitch up any of your phones (or choose to ignore the call) to text and email it to you! GrandCentral is currently in closed beta, but you can go and reserve a number for yourself for when the beta opens back up. grandcentral.com/
* WhatPage.org is a site that will create a customized web page for you that you can set as your default home page in your browser. What sets it apart is that you can give it multiple web page addresses and it rotates through them. I have four or five main sites that I rotate through on a regular basis. By setting this up, every time I click on my home button on my browser, it automatically loads the next in the list. www.WhatPage.org
* MyPage Bookmarklet is an incredible tool. It is a link that you can drag to your bookmark toolbar. When you click on it, it allows you to select and delete different parts of the current web page. This way, you can create a nice clean page of just the content you want for printing. mrclay.org/index.php/2006/04/2…
* ToRead Bookmarklet is another great bookmarklet. When click on it from your bookmarks, it will take a "snapshot" of the current page and email it to you for archival purposes or to read later. toread.cc/
* Diigo toolbar/bookmarklet is one of the first things I load in any new browser setup. Diigo is not only a tagged online bookmark repository, but it is an excellent research tool. You can highlight passages of a web page and tag them with a particular topic. You can make notes on a page. You can even read other people's public comments about a page. These tags, comments, and highlighted content it then searchable. I use it as my primary source of bookmarks. By setting this up, all my bookmarks are organized and available across multiple browsers and computers. You can install a permanent toolbar for this, or there is a handy bookmarklet that loads a virtual toolbar for Diigo on the top of whatever page you are viewing. www.diigo.com
* OpenDNS is awesome! I have it configured for all the browsers in the house, as well as the DNS server for my network router. It allows you to do some content filtering (like adult content), catches a lot of phishing attempt, auto-corrects some misspelled addresses (like .ocm instead of .com), and one other feature that is my favorite. Instead of (or rather in addition to) typing in an address and having the DNS server look up the IP and route you to it, you can set up keywords for a specific URL. If your computer/router's IP address is recognized by OpenDNS, typing in something like "da" in your address bar could take you directly to DeviantArt.com. Also, by replacing your ISP's default DNS server with OpenDNS, it can sometimes give you a performance boost in your web surfing. www.opendns.com/
* Visual Subst - If you are an old DOS guy like me, you may remember the SUBST command. It would let you assign an unused drive letter to a folder/directory on your computer. This program brings that capability to Windows with a nice interface. With it, I am able to assign the drive letter "N:" to a folder that is actually something like "C:UsersDaniel EatonPicturesFractalsApophysisNew". When I render new fractals, I can tell it to do it to the "N drive". When I want to see what's been done, I can go to "N:" instead of six or seven levels deep in a folder structure somewhere. It is one of those handy things that save you a lot of time over the long run. www.ntwind.com/software/utilit…
* Snake Measurer sounds weird, I know. Ever tried to measure the length of a squirming snake? I have. But this can do more than just tell you how long a snake is. It can be used to measure the length or height of any object in a photo as long as you have something of known size in it. For example, if I know my daughter's height, I can mark it on a photo of her standing in front of an object and, using her as a frame of reference, it can calculate the height of the object. For measuring a snake or something like that, all you have to do is make sure that there is a coin or dollar bill or something else on the table with the object in question and "plot" dots across it. That's right, it doesn't even have to be straight. It isn't often that I need something like this, but comes in real handy on those rare occasions when you need to know distances in a photo. www.serpwidgets.com/Apps/measu…
* If you don't like clutter on your desktop, Launchy is the solution. It is very similar to Dash, which is the shareware solution that I prefer, but Launchy is free. Launchy allows you to hit a keyboard hotkey combination and start typing the name of the application (or stored web address) that you would like to launch. Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes. No more having to remember where the link is hidden in your start menu. There are also a lot of plugins available that add to its functionality. You can get Launchy at www.launchy.net/ and compare it to Dash at trydash.com/home/ to see which you prefer.
* Notepad 2 is a very feature-rich replacement for the Windows Notepad. www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.…
* Arachnophilia is a great free HTML editor. It is written in JAVA, so it will run on about anything. www.arachnoid.com/arachnophili…
* CLCL is a tiny program for Windows that can store as many items as you want to your clipboard. The default value is 30 items but that figure can be changed in the options. You can copy multiple things to the clipboard and then pull up a list of what you wish to paste. You can even store templates of text that you need on a regular basis and just select them from the menu to paste then. www.nakka.com/soft/clcl/index_…
* Firefox 3 is now in its 5th beta and is very stable. I run it in the portable version and really like some of its new features. If you haven't checked it out, you should. For a look at what all is new and/or improved, check out www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/…
* PortableApps.com has a rather sizable list of applications that can be run from a USB thumb-drive (or even your hard drive). I love applications that don't muck up my Windows registry or load DLLs all over my system. I won't go into the full list, but it contains free versions of software to replace most desktop software packages. portableapps.com/
* Instaverse is a free little utility that sits in your system tray. As your mouse hovers over a Bible verse, it pops up a window showing the text. It also has hotkeys that will replace a Bible reference in a document with the formatted verse text as well. The default KJV translation is free. Others can be added for a small fee. www.instaverse.com/
* eSword has a full suite of Bible translation and Bible study tools for free download. It is a great resource. www.e-sword.net/
* Alzip is a free Zip/Unzip utility that handles many different types of archive formats (36 to be exact). www.altools.com/ALTools/ALZip.…
* ID3-Tagit is a wonderful tool to standardize your ID3 tags in your MP3 files. It is the best free tool of its type that I have found. www.id3-tagit.de/
* GrabCaptureScreen is the best screen capture utility that I have ever come across. Unfortunately, it seems to have disappeared as the author's site seems to have been hijacked by someone.. If you google it, you may be able to find it on some of the freeware sites though.
* iDump is a perfect utility to back up the contents of your iPod (or someone else's) to your hard drive. Lots of naming conventions for your convienience. www.codershole.com/idump.php
* GiveAwayOfTheDay is not a piece of free software, but a site offering a new piece of free software every day. The software is usually some retail piece of software that is free for one 24-hour time period. It must be installed in that 24 hours. The selection changes daily. Sometimes it isn't worth the download, but sometimes you can find some cool graphics utilities or memory managers or something. It's worth loading the RSS feed into your news reader so that you can at least be informed as to what the daily offer is. They also have a sister site that offers a free game a day. www.giveawayoftheday.com/
* Google Reader is my default news reader of choice. The ability to comment on pieces and share them with my friends is a nice touch as well. www.google.com/reader/
* Google Docs has completely replaced any need for Micro$oft Office on my system. Not only is everything archived online in case I have a computer crash, but I've freed up countless space on my system by not having Bill's Bloatware installed. The ability to access my documents and spreadsheets from any computer and share them with friends is a big plus as well. In fact, this document itself is being done in Google Docs. docs.google.com/
* Google Calendar & Sync - I'm anal about backups. All my contacts from Outlook are backed up to Google's Gmail contacts. The same now goes with all my calendar events. In conjunction with Sandy (which I mentioned before), I have all my birthdays and anniversaries synchronized between Outlook and my Google Calendar. You can check out the Google Calendar (complete with iCal ability) at www.google.com/calendar/render and the new sync program at www.google.com/support/calenda…
* MP3 Gain is an open source application that will do one thing very, very well. It will go through your MP3 collection and adjust the volume on your files so that they are basically all the same. No more busted eardrums when a very loud song follows one that was recorded at a lower volume. mp3gain.sourceforge.net/
* DoPDF lets you "print to" a PDF file. Anything that you can print can now become a PDF for sharing. www.dopdf.com/
* Audacity, in my opinion, if the best free audio recording/editing software out there. audacity.sourceforge.net/
* Clamwin has caught and fixed spyware, virus', and adware on my computer that some of those expensive subscription services let through. It's simple, doesn't use up a ton of resources, and does an excellent job at keeping your computer safe. www.clamwin.com/
* If you don't have a firewall built into your windows installation, I recommend Comodo. You can download the free version at www.personalfirewall.comodo.co…
* Autohotkey is the program I use to script all my automation utilities. It can automate all kinds of repetitive tasks, everything from pushing a button to correcting your spelling to replacing abbreviated text with some preset information. www.autohotkey.com/
* uTorrent is a great piece of torrent software that is small in size. I don't recommend downloading pirated software as it is often full of malware (not to mention illegal). But if you want the latest Ubuntu release or something like that, bittorrent is the way to go. There are also some torrent search portals like www.YouTorrent.com that offer free programs and other things that are not under any kind of copyright protection. www.utorrent.com/
Graphics Related
* My BatchRender program requires FLAM3 and BLAT, both are free. FLAM3 is available at flam3.com/ and Blat, the command-line email program, is available at www.blat.net/
* The download for ImageMagick is at www.imagemagick.org/download/b… and is required for my utilities that embed parameters. Commands of particular note in that free download are Mogrify, which does the embedding, and Identify, which can be used to see in your parameters are indeed in an image.
* In order to extract comments from an image into flame file, the best free tool that I have found is Jhead, which can be downloaded at www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/
* Combine.exe is a Godsend. It is a free utility available at gammadyne.com/cmdline.htm#comb… and can combine all your scattered flame files into a single flame pack so that batch scripts can be run against them.
* Thumbnailbar is a nice (and free) little utility that will create a large collage of your images and incorporate that into a web page. Clicking on a thumbnail in the web page will load the full size image. In webmaster lingo, it is an image map created for you. I've used this utility for years, but can no longer find it on the web. If you want the program, I've mirrored it at www.palmpage.com/ThumbnailBar.…
* And, speaking of collages, all the collages that I do for my scripts are done with the same program that I use to upload to my primary gallery, Picasa. Picasa is a free download from Google at picasa.google.com/ and is a great tool for typical photo and image editing. It isn't as advanced as Gimp, Irfanview, or Photoshop, but it is easy to use and fits my budget. Irfanview and Gimp can be downloaded freely at www.irfanview.com/ and www.gimp.org/ respectively.
* The free photo gallery software that I use for my new photo album is available at phpgraphy.sourceforge.net/
* Fotosizer is a free batch image resizer for Windows. www.fotosizer.com/Default.aspx
Other not-quite free stuff
There are some pieces of software that I can't live without - even though they come at a price. Most of these are very cheap, and a lot of them are fully functional shareware.
* Directory Opus is the first piece of software that I install on a new PC. It does just about everything. It is a file manager on steroids and has virtually unlimited amount of configurability. I spent a lot of time testing different file managers, and nothing came close to the abilities of this program. www.gpsoft.com.au/
* Flash Renamer is the best tool I have found to do bulk renaming of files. It can include sequential numbers, random numbers, different formats of capitalization, re-ordering parts of a file name, and just about anything else you can imagine. www.rlvision.com/flashren/abou…
* Markable is a must-have if you have an iPod and listen to audio books. Not only can it combine a lot of MP3s into a single one, but it can turn that large MP3 into a file that iTunes and your iPod can bookmark. If you have ever lost your place in a lengthy audio book, you know how frustrating that can be. www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.p…
* ChapterMaster is a new product from the author of Markable. It takes audio book files in M4B format and adds chapters at preset lengths or user-definable levels as well as adding art to the file. In other words, your iPod can display the book cover while it is playing the book. www.ipodsoft.com/site/pmwiki.p…
* TweakRam is a program that has been available on GiveAwayOfTheDay.com on a couple of different occasions. It can regularly clean and defragment your computer RAM so that you have the most free memory possible for running memory-intensive applications. If you have a GIG or less of memory, this is a wise investment. www.elcor.net/tram.php
* FinePrint is another must-have utility for me. It installs like a printer and allows you to preview your print jobs before printing them, delete unwanted pages, add boarders/page numbers/watermarks/etc, combine multiple pages (up to 8) on a single page, print things in booklet form, and so forth. It will "shrink to fit" so you can print legal size documents on letter size paper and will combine print jobs from multiple applications into a single print job. I have, for example, combined Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, MS Project plans, and PowerPoint presentations into a single "document" with page numbers that crossed through all the different types (some printed landscape and some portrait) and then routed the all-encompassing print job to a PDF file (like doPDF mentioned earlier) as a project manual. The ability to do things like that, not to mention the paper savings, makes this a key utilitiy in any of my computers. www.fineprint.com/
Free stuff that I can't live without by djeaton3162Watch
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Cool list. But where is Apophysis? I can't live without that. Oooh and Paint.net. It's great.
I listed all my fractal-related utilities on the companion piece to this. The link is at the top.
Awesome list, thank you. Directory Opus I have used forever. It's well worth it. It even managed to help me remove a nasty self replicating tracking program that some big companies like AOL and some of the car manufacturers use. The usual utilities won't touch it because it's considered "respectable" and is condoned by big companies, but I didn't like it installing without my permission and coming back every time I removed it. Directory Opus helped me find every trace of it, problem solved.
Directory Opus is easily in my top five favorite programs. I've never used any other program that was so configurable. It is the first program I install on a new machine.
That and this for me: [link]
Boy is Revo Uninstaller useful, and it gets smarter and faster every version.
Ashampoo has some great free utilities, too.
If you buy anything of theirs, everything else gets cheaper, too and sometimes they will give you freebies as a customer reward program. It's rather nice. I am hooked on Magical Defrag 2. It's effective, painless, and really doesn't interfere with speed since it only works when idle. Even better, it has never munched anything while defragging, and I cannot say the same for Windows. They have a free firewall, but I prefer ZA, which is always the first thing I install on a computer. To operate ZA without some hassles requires more tech savvy than a lot of people have, though. I am just a security and control freak.
Boy is Revo Uninstaller useful, and it gets smarter and faster every version.
Ashampoo has some great free utilities, too.
If you buy anything of theirs, everything else gets cheaper, too and sometimes they will give you freebies as a customer reward program. It's rather nice. I am hooked on Magical Defrag 2. It's effective, painless, and really doesn't interfere with speed since it only works when idle. Even better, it has never munched anything while defragging, and I cannot say the same for Windows. They have a free firewall, but I prefer ZA, which is always the first thing I install on a computer. To operate ZA without some hassles requires more tech savvy than a lot of people have, though. I am just a security and control freak.
Here's one you might want to check out or let people know about. It's a little program called Arachnophilia and it's an HTML coder. Very small install, but it's an amazing program! There are a lot of shortcuts, the tags are all color coded so it's easy to see if you've not closed one properly, and it's an amazing help if you have to code a lot of webpages.
I've used that before. Been a while since I did any coding that required something more than a text editor though. I'll add it to the list.
Yeah, I do a lot of my coding through Notepad or Wordpad, too, but I love Arachnophilia because it's so easy to add things in and to start pages from scratch for those who aren't that familiar with HTML.
Definitely bookmarking this.
Thankyou for this informative list Daniel. I appreciate the time it must have taken you to put this together, and have already found some items that will assist me on my somewhat limited budget.. Catherine
My goodness Daniel, that's some list. I shall save it and check it all out on a rainy day.
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1. Pitcher Derek Holland had a strong outing in Vegas against the Chicago Cubs. Pitcher Mike Adams struck out the side in his inning of work in that game.
2. Second baseman Ian Kinsler went 3-for-4 against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Surprise. He had a home run in the sixth inning.
3. Pitcher Yu Darvish threw his second consecutive bullpen session. He threw from the windup and worked on his command.
4. Outfielder Craig Gentry hopes to return Sunday against the Milwaukee Brewers.
5. Catcher Mike Napoli would love to catch at least 100 games, but he's not going to complain about the number he does play at the position this season.
6. Weather could play a factor in both games Sunday. If either game in Arizona or Las Vegas is postponed, the Rangers have a chance to make it up early next week.


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In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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Success!! The loan was 100% repaid
- Repayment Term
- 8 months (Additional Information)
- Repayment Schedule
- Monthly
- Pre-Disbursed:
- Sep 21, 2012
- Listed
- Oct 12, 2012
- Currency Exchange Loss:
- Possible
- Ended:
- Apr 18, 2013