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Dear COPD Doctor,
I am 56 yrs old and was diagnosed with COPD and emphysema five months ago. Recently, I was experiencing a bronchitis episode at the same time carpet was being installed in my basement. I suffered a severe respiratory reaction from the carpet glue they were using, which resulted in 3 months of home oxygen, prednisone and an inhaler. When I was first diagnosed, I was given Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs), which revealed severe emphysema with an FEV 1 of 34%. I began a pulmonary rehabilitation program hoping to improve my poor prognosis and prevent future exacerbations. I must also admit to having a 30 year history of smoking one half pack a day, which I immediately quit during my severe respiratory distress.
Recently, I have also been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and I am no longer able to continue with pulmonary rehab due to muscle pain and weakness, along with increased shortness of breath. I had been walking 1.5 miles on the treadmill 3 times a week without oxygen and only slight dyspnea. My questions to you are as follows:
Have you had any experience with any other patients having severe respiratory distress, being diagnosed with COPD/emphysema after inhalation of an environmental toxin, such as carpet glue?
Is there any connection between the severity of my emphysema, poor lung function, and the severity of my untreated hypothyroid? Since being diagnosed with hypothyroidism I have experienced increased shortness of breath, both of which are symptoms of COPD and hypothyroidism so I really don't know if my COPD is getting worse or not. My endocrinologist feels that my emphysema is not as severe as thought to be and that I will see an improvement in my PFT's once my thyroid condition has been corrected. My pulmonary doctor doesn't believe that there is any connection between thyroid disease and emphysema.
–Connection Between COPD and Thyroid Disease?
Dear Connection,
Your letter asks many questions, some of which I couldn't answer without further information. I will try to answer what I can based on the information in your letter. First of all, exposure to carpet glue wouldn't cause emphysema but could certainly cause worsening of symptoms. Hypothyroidism does not cause emphysema but the weakness it can cause can make breathing worse and certainly if it limits ability to exercise it will limit therapy of COPD.
As soon as possible you need to get back into regular exercise program again and build up your exercise tolerance. Was the carpeting removed from basement? Sometimes that can help along with use of HEPA air purifiers and dehumidifiers in basement. You should also take this opportunity to review all your medications with your lung specialist and make sure you COPD regimen has been maximized.
Hope this helps, and thanks for writing,
The COPD Doc
Ask the Expert is aimed at providing information for individuals with COPD to take to your doctor, and is not in any way intended to be medical advice.
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ZF-7395: Zend_Amf_AuthTest::testNoAcl and testClassAclDenied fail
Zend_Amf_AuthTest::testNoAcl and testClassAclDenied fail, because they make use of Zend_Session but they don't set Zend_Session::$_unitTestEnabled to true. (ZF 1.9 beta 1)
I've run the tests both under PHP 5.2.10 and PHP 5.3.0, and cannot confirm the test failures; all tests pass for me.
What OS are you running, and what versions of PHP and PHPUnit? And can you try testing against current trunk? Many fixes to the testbed have been made since the beta was packaged.
I'm running Windows XP with PHP 5.3.0 an PHPUnit 3.4.0beta5. I haven't tried the current trunk but I will now do so.
I just checked current trunk, but output still is the same:
1) Zend_Amf_AuthTest::testNoAcl Failed asserting that contains "not allowed". 2) Zend_Amf_AuthTest::testClassAclDenied Failed asserting that contains "not allowed".
Bulk change of all issues last updated before 1st January 2010 as "Won't Fix".
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There is a new newspaper in town, and this is it.
Different, yet familiar and reliable: A new Vindicator debuts today, fresh off of a modern press and produced locally with state-of-the-art technology.
It's brighter, bolder and has more color. It's a new contemporary size, but the body type is actually larger. The Vindicator was the next-to-the-last newspaper in the nation that had used a wide size of paper.
The new press, the new Vindicator, as well as Neighbors and Vindy.com, represent The Vindicator Printing Company's continued commitment to the Valley and downtown Youngstown. It's a $10 million investment in the Valley: $6.8 million for equipment and $3.2 million for labor.
"We are proud to have been born and raised here," said Publisher Betty H. Brown Jagnow. "We are committed to our 'home.' We are the only locally owned daily newspaper in the Valley."
Preparation for this new era involved a lot of work over four years by employees in virtually every department. The company has 259 employees, 55 percent of whom belong to a union. In addition, the newspaper also has 315 independent carriers.
Longtime readers will recognize the new flag atop the front page as similar to the version that appeared on The Vindicator from 1986-90, with slight alterations to modernize the appearance.
Beyond the flag, the newspaper's entire design has been retooled.
"The newspaper's redesign and press installation were a significant commitment by this company to improve our print quality and readability, and to operate more efficiently. It was not simply a change for change's sake," Brown Jagnow said. "This is the latest chapter in our 141-year history of being the Valley's most thorough and reliable news source. In that sense, nothing has changed."
The main goal of the redesign was to maintain key aspects of the current design, yet refine and improve on others, said Robert McFerren, graphic-arts director, who supervised the redesign over a four-year period.
Another goal of this redesign was to make the newspaper easier for the readers to navigate. By combining the A and B sections into one, The Vindicator enables readers to gain more space for local news, and the national and international news package is presented in a more orderly and comprehensive way.
The Vindicator will have a daily entertainment and lifestyle section called Valley Life, which will offer broader coverage for our features readers.
All these changes are outlined on Page A11 today. We hope you enjoy reading the new Vindicator.
I just saw the new format this morning. Its definitely different. I guess I like it.
Style? Okay. News? Terrible. We take the Vindy especially for local news.
Gone, gone, gone. Sad, sad, sad.
Out with the old. In with the new. Is this goodbye?
Greg, advertising revenue has nothing to do with reducing the web size. That's like saying gas mileage is affected by the color of your cloth seats.
What is the actual size of the paper now? My local paper here in Florida has a page size of 11" X 22". In this economy, if the savings in paper can keep the cost down, it is worth it. I am sure the Vindy has looked at a cheaper type of ink that still gives a good print. A penny saved on each copy adds up.


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This Monsters Themed 1st Birthday Party was for a sweet little man Ryder. His mom wanted to throw a party that was fun, cute and modern, yet incorporated some of the Korean 1st Birthday traditions. One Sweet Day came up with a monster's themed party that incorporated very bright yet modern hues of orange, green, blue and purple. There were 3 table set ups: (1) the main table and (2) the "Monster Bites" dessert table, and (3) the photo and "doljabi" table.
The 2-tiered main table displayed the awesome monsters birthday cake and the rice cakes in the color scheme. The background was adorned with a crepe paper backdrop, which was made by OSD using crepe paper attached twine. The rice cake is a traditional Korean dessert that is usually placed on the baby's 1st birthday table.
The "Monster Bites" dessert table had a variety of baked goods including cupcakes, macarons, cake pops and monster cookies all provided by the wonderful Jessica Moon of a Cupcake Story, as well as different candies to accommodate the color scheme.
The photo and "doljabi" table displayed photos of Ryder's 1st year. The "doljabi" is a traditional Korean event that takes place during the baby's 1st birthday celebration. Items are laid down on the floor and the baby is placed on the floor to go grab any of the items which in turn is telling of the baby's future. We don't know how much of this Koreans actually still believe, but it is a fun tradition that is never missing from a Korean 1st Birthday celebration! Ryder ended up choosing the pencils, which means he's going to be a scholar.
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Desserts – A Cupcake Story by Jessica Moon (https://www.facebook.com/acupcakestory)


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well, the person's name is bitty, but you can change that into an adjective. Then, you can make bittyer, which is more bitty than bitty.
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why'd you get the pain to comment if you don't even like the strip, eh?
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Working out doesn't have to break your budget. Many organizations, including fitness stores and local health clubs, offer free fitness classes for people to try and learn new exercises. Knowing the right way to find free fitness classes can make a big difference for your health and motivation.
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- Join Meetup and look for opportunities. Meetup is a free online network that connects you with people who have similar interests. There are a variety of activities that you can participate in, and often, people will create groups for those that want to work out together, for free.
- Check out local running and fitness apparel stores. Your local running stores will likely have free fun runs held at least once a week. These runs are open to the public and offer an opportunity to meet new running friends and get your workout on. In addition, stores like Lululemon and Athleta often host workout classes in their studios, which are also open to the public.
- Call local fitness studios. Local fitness studios often offer free classes for first-timers to get an idea of what they can expect as a member. Yoga, boxing and even CrossFit studios will give you an opportunity to try a class for free. If they don't have any information online, try calling them for details.
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The very first Hummingbird I ever came into contact with was on honeymoon in California. It had rained heavily for several days in Santa Barbara, but the day we were destined to return to LA was an absolute beauty for late fall. Clear and fresh with warm sun. We called into a nature reserve at Murro Bay and whilst I was looking out to sea I heard a gentle hum behind me– soft yet vigorous.
It was an Anna's Hummingbird – a gorgeous male sipping nectar from a group of deep pink flowers in the salt brush. The sun occasionally caused the feathers around his head and neck to flash brilliantly like a giant fiery ruby. It was momentary, fleeting even, but what a work of creative genius this little bird was.
His beauty really took my breath away and that's something that all great creativity should do. It makes you nod your head and smile and it just stays with you. Creativity is one of our key drivers at Leader – but we haven't outdone the ruby flash of an Anna's, at least not yet…
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By ED RUNYAN
Six hours after Newton Falls police first learned that three people had been shot to death in the East River Gardens neighborhood, it became clear that five people had died in a day-long family tragedy.
At about 6:15 p.m. Friday, Police Chief John Kuivila revealed that the three shooting deaths on Trumbull Court, a single shooting death at nearby 604 A Newton Drive and a self-inflicted gunshot death in the Newton Township Cemetery were all related.
"The same person involved in the shooting on Trumbull Court is the same person involved in this one, we're assuming at this point," Kuivila said, nodding behind him to a home on Newton Drive.
Kuivila said the man, Rob Brazzon, 53, of 604 A Newton Drive, is believed to have killed all four people, then killed himself in the cemetery at about 4 p.m. as police closed in.
Police, who were aided by a surveillance video taken in the neighborhood of a fleeing white Dodge Stratus, initially believed they were looking for two suspects and interviewed a second man. It's not clear yet whether a second man was involved, Kuivila said.
Trumbull County Sheriff Tom Altiere said he believes four related homicides is the largest total in recent county history, spanning at least 40 years. There was only one other homicide in Trumbull County this year — the April 16 shooting death of a burglar by Niles police.
Mayor Lyle Waddell said East River Gardens has always been known as "the projects," but never had a negative connotation when he was growing up there, along with several of the other mayors that came before him, such as Pat Layshock.
But the South Side neighborhood, which has about 300 homes and about 800 residents, has seen better days and "needs some improvement," Waddell said.
The two homes where the shootings took place Friday are only several hundred yards from each other.
Lisa Brazzon of Newton Falls said the man police are describing as the shooter is her father, who she referred to as Theodore Brazzon.
Lisa Brazzon is the niece of Rikki Cogley, who was found dead in his home at 72 Trumbull Court, along with his wife, Kathy Cogley, and a son of Kathy Cogley, Everett Greathouse, 14. Police said late Friday that Rikki Cogley was 42, and his wife, Kathy Cogley, was 39.
Kuivila said Friday afternoon he didn't know yet what the motive was for any of the killings.
The Cogley's 5-year-old son, also named Rikki, escaped from the home unharmed and went next door to the home of his aunt, Lisa Brazzon's mother, Tina Brazzon.
"He said, 'Daddy's dead, Daddy's dead,'" Tina Brazzon told reporters several hours later. Another son and a grown daughter of Kathy Cogley joined other relatives later in a nearby yard.
Lisa Brazzon told reporters she was the person who discovered her father's girlfriend dead at about 4 p.m. on Newton Drive. Police later identified her as Tracey Engler, 38.
Lisa Brazzon said she didn't see any gunshot wounds or blood and figured it was suicide.
Later, when Kuivila said Engler's death was from a gunshot, Lisa Brazzon became emotional. Someone mentioned at about that time that her father was also missing.
"I was freaked out about my uncle Rik, but I didn't think I was freaked out that much. I didn't see any blood. Oh my God. Where's my dad?"
One of the three shooting victims on Trumbull Court called police at a few minutes after noon Friday to report the attack, Kuivila said. The chief didn't identify which of the three made the call.
None of the bodies were removed from the home until about 3 p.m., about three hours after police first arrived.
As numerous officers from Newton Falls and the Trumbull County Homicide Task Force gathered evidence, other officers held sheets to block the view as personnel put the bodies in ambulances.
Police were alerted that a man named Rob Brazzon might be a person of interest in the case, and at about 4 p.m. they found him and the white Stratus in the back of the cemetery.
A witness at the cemetery said police surrounded Rob Brazzon before a single gunshot was heard. Brazzon was quickly transported to the hospital but died later.
Police were still at the cemetery when they learned of Engler's body at the 604A Newton Drive residence. Cruisers quickly left the cemetery to proceed to that homicide scene in East River Gardens.
Trumbull County court records indicate that Rob Brazzon and Tina Brazzon were divorced in 1998. Lisa Brazzon said she is the daughter of Tina Brazzon and that her father lived at 604A Newton Drive, Rob Brazzon's address.
Because the two crime scenes were so close together, crime-scene tape seemed to be everywhere in the several block area of the housing development.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call the Newton Falls police at 330-872-5757.
You saw the headline and read the article, That means the writer did his job. Get your interest to read. Vindy did just that.
What a sad story.
I thought the article was well written. It is just a confusing relationship between the victims and suspect. Instead of blaming the reporter, take a few minutes to think it through and it will make sense!
Odd, not one single post yet that brings up the "sub-culture" or points out the fact that all these people were somehow at home on a workday afternoon.
What could explain the difference in reaction between when this happens on the Southside, and when this happens in Newton Falls?
i think you know that 300
Not trolling, pointing out a fact that when the victims are black they're treated one way on these message boards, and when they're white they're treated a different way.
As for how rare these events are, how often are 5 people killed at time even in Youngstown? Very rarely.
These are all tragic events, but read the message boards after the next killing in Youngstown to see my point.
300 I agree. There is a difference on how black and white victims are portrayed in these comments. Loss of life should be treated the same across the board. In this case it seems to be domestic in nature as noticed by the relationships of the victims/perp. BTW, the last time a multiple murder of this magnitude happened in Ytown was when "Flip" Williams and crew killed 4. I don't remember the year but it was drug related.
Just read in the Warren Tribune the guy had a record dating back to 2003 for everything from DUI to trafficking in drugs,possession of drugs,falsification, domestic violence,and many others. He either plead guilty or was found guilty on all the charges. Sentence, a total of $900 bucks and three days in jail. That's right three days!!! Now he goes out and kills four people. That's a perfect example of how our judges treat these scumbags.Smack their wrists and turn them loose. Then the stupid guy goes and kills himself when he probably would have been let loose again!
Re: the writing. The Vindy does not have editors.


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After signing center Jonathan Goodwin and defensive tackle Brandon Deaderick on Tuesday to one-year deals that pay them base salaries of $955,000 and $730,000, respectively, the Saints have about $1.72 million in salary cap space, according to an NFL Players Association report from Wednesday.
The Saints began Tuesday about $1.935 million under the $133 million salary cap, the NFLPA had indicated. New Orleans has some of the slimmest cap space among the NFL's teams.
During the offseason, only teams' top 51 salaries count against their cap space.
Goodwin became a free agent after spending the last three seasons in San Francisco, helping the 49ers reach the NFC Championship Game thrice and the Super Bowl once. He was with the Saints from 2006-10 and was a Pro Bowler the year New Orleans won Super Bowl XLIV. He began his NFL career with the New York Jets from 2002-05.
He will wear No. 51 for the Saints after wearing No. 76 in his first stint.
Deaderick began his career in New England from 2010-12. He was with Jacksonville last year before becoming a free agent and has recorded 5.5 quarterback sacks, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery for his career.
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Emily Arsenault will appear at R.J. Julia Booksellers on Thursday evening, September 4th, at 7 PM. This event is free and open to the public. Reservations can be made online or by calling the store at 203-245-3959. R.J. Julia is located at 768 Boston Post Rd. in Madison.
Today, Hartford Books Examiner reviews What Strange Creatures (William Morrow, $14.99) by Emily Arsenault.
Published in July, What Strange Creatures is the author's fourth novel. Her debut, The Broken Teaglass (2009), was a New York Times Notable Crime Book of the Year; In Search of the Rose Notes (2011), and Miss Me When I'm Gone (2013) followed. Prior to publishing her first novel, Arsenault was a lexicographer, an English teacher, and a Peace Corps volunteer in rural South Africa. Now a wife and mother, she makes her home in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts.
As the story opens, readers are introduced to the aptly named Theresa Battle—a seventh-year PhD candidate who has yet to finish her dissertation. Recently divorced, she's the mother of an animal menagerie who toils away her days writing copy for a local candle company while spending her nights in the company of Margery Kemp: the medieval mystic that is the subject of her studies. As if that wasn't excitement enough, she has become the one constant in her wayward-yet-well-intentioned brother's life. Though found to be a child genius, Jeff is now unemployed and alcohol dependent—and he has little means of defense when he becomes the prime suspect in his girlfriend's murder.
It starts with an innocent favor: Theresa agrees to watch Kim's puggle for the weekend because Jeff isn't allowed to keep pets at his apartment. But when Kim fails to return from her road trip (and thereby to reclaim Wayne), and with Jeff showing some serious lapses in his memory regarding his own weekend activities, Theresa begins to suspect that something foul may be afoot—a scenario that is confirmed when Kim's body is found in the woods. Not long after, a pair of bloody scissors is found in Jeff's trunk, and he is arrested for the crime.
Given the circumstances, Theresa is granted a temporary reprieve from work and immediately begins an inquiry into the matter, using Wayne as her bargaining chip (and an alternate identity—"Margery"—when necessary) to gain access to Kim's friends and associates. But instead of finding answers, she's met with more questions—and a growing belief that past and present events may have collided to provide the impetus for Kim's demise. You see, Kim was once a crucial witnesses in a case pertaining to the death a childhood girlfriend—and the prosecutor is now a prominent politician with a reputation to protect. He also appears to have become the object of Kim's obsession. But why?
Theresa is keenly resourceful (some might say "overly committed to the cause"), though her contemplative nature is occasionally undermined by an impetuousness that results in situations ranging from subtly humorous to downright dangerous. Her unique charms leave two men—one a bartender/videographer with a penchant for misunderstood creatures, the other an author/professor with an informed knowledge of juvenile delinquency—vying for her affections; both offer insights into Kim's amateur sleuthing while also serving to expand the ever-growing suspect pool.
With What Strange Creatures, Emily Arsenault has crafted an engaging literary mystery that surpasses the realm of the traditional whodunit by exploring the relationship dynamics that inform who we are, what we do, and why we do it—and particularly those of siblings. Every bit as complex and satisfying as her earlier efforts, this one also marks a foray into new territory (legal matters, political intrigue) while maintaining some of the quirky elements from books prior: academia, music, and obscure historical figures among them. The evolution of this author has been impressive, indeed. Her potential is infinite ...
With thanks to Kaitlyn Kennedy, Publicist at HarperCollins, for providing a review copy of What Strange Creatures.


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Also opening on November 19th and running till December 19th will be Lance Peacock's "Obvious Gestures" in Art \Access II. Peacock's artwork is an abstract take on portraiture that represents more about the person than their physical features. His work looks at the life of a person rather than the person itself.
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Residents & Antero Representatives React to Gas Well Explosion
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Last updated on July 09, 2013 @ 2:01PM
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There has been some confusion with how many people were hurt in a gas well explosion Sunday morning in Doddridge County. 5 News was originally told 8 people were transported to different hospitals. Antero Resources said 5 people were injured, but their injuries are unknown.
A round 4 Sunday morning, 2 gas tanks exploded. This happened while they were in the last step of the process before it's ready for sale. Officials aren't sure what caused it, but OSHA and the D.E.P are investigating and Antero hired 2 independent fire safety consultants to get to the bottom of this. Since people live close to where this happened 5 News went out there to see how neighbors are reacting and here's what they had to say.
"I hate to hear about this accident here on this well site, but hopefully they're okay," said Drexel Wallace, Doddridge County Resident.
All residents were concerned about the people hurt, but they were also scared that this could happen to them.
"What somebody does on their own property for their own use and enjoyment should not in anyway harm another person and their own use and enjoyment on their property," said a concerned citizen.
"Anytime you have an explosion there is a risk that something that they're going to loose containment and obviously an explosion itself is showing that they lost containment in some way that theres been a mishap," said a concerned citizen.
"It's good for the counties. It's good for the state. It's good for everybody. They're definitely doing it right but sometimes accidents happen and you really hate to hear about it," said Wallace.
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Six researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Release Date: 12/17/2009
PNNL scientists have discovered that a protein involved in regulating cell growth actually oscillates between two major parts of a cell and captured these never-before-seen movements in time-lapsed video. This discovery will enable enhancements to mathematical models to make better predictions about how breast cells will respond to changes in their environment, such as the presence of growth factors or cancer drugs.
Release Date: 12/1/2009
Molecular science research critical to DOE's energy mission, EMSL director Allison Campbell testifies to House subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
Release Date: 9/10/2009
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is one of Washington state's top companies in biotechnology and high-tech, according to the latest rankings from Washington CEO magazine.
Release Date: 3/3/2008
The Pacific Northwest's leading scientific research institutions have launched a website devoted to sharing research news from the region's science universities, institutes and national laboratory.
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GULFPORT, Miss. – A two-run home run by senior Logan Foulks and a two-run single from classmate Heidi Shape helped extend Mississippi State's season-opening winning streak to 15 games Friday afternoon with a 6-0 victory against UTSA. In the circle, Bulldog freshman Alexis Silkwood pushed her scoreless-inning streak to 30.0 frames, good for the longest in program history.
MSU's 15-0 start to the campaign is the second-best beginning in program history, trailing only the 2006 squad's 16-0 mark. The 15-game winning streak is also tied for the second longest by a Mississippi State club.
Silkwood (4-0) threw six innings and allowed just two singles. She surpassed Autumn Anderson (29.0/May 8-10, 1998) for the most consecutive scoreless innings in program history. Silkwood fanned seven and hit one. MSU sophomore Jacey Punches entered for the seventh and retired all three batters she faced, two with strikeouts. UTSA's Nicole Merill (2-4) took the loss, throwing four-and-a-third innings and allowing six runs on five hits. She fanned four, walked four and threw two wild pitches. Chelsea Parker entered for the remaining two-and-two-thirds frames, yielding three hits.
Each team had a base runner in the first inning and neither scored. Mississippi State threatened again in the top of the second and took a 1-0 lead. Senior Sam Lenahan led off with a walk and scored on a double to right center from freshman Caroline Seitz. Classmate Mackenzie Toler followed with another free pass before a wild pitch moved Seitz to third and Toler to second with no outs. Merill stranded the pair with a groundout and two strikeouts to end the threat.
The Roadrunners moved a runner to third base in the bottom of the inning, but could not convert. After a foul out started the frame, Victoria Birdwell struck out swinging, but the ball got past catcher Foulks and Birdwell was safe at first on the wild pitch. A groundout moved Birdwell to second and she stole third base, but Silkwood struck out Madison Kinley to close the inning.
Coming off the defensive hold, the Bulldogs made it a three-run cushion in the top of the third. With one out, junior Julia Echols singled up the middle and Foulks followed with a two-run home run.
Mississippi State added to its lead in the top of the fourth and took a 5-0 lead. After a fielder's choice left junior Ashley Phillips on first base with one out, sophomore Kayla Winkfield put down a bunt single and Phillips motored to an uncovered third base to put runners on the corners. Sophomore Loryn Nichols dropped down a bunt and UTSA first baseman Megan Low failed to step on the bag, loading the bases with one out. Shape stroked a single to center that plated Phillips and Winkfield for a five-run advantage. A fielder's choice and strikeout allowed Merill to avoid further damage.
In the top of the fifth, MSU added another run for a 6-0 lead. Lenahan led off with a walk, moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a Toler double to left field.
Silkwood set the record for consecutive scoreless frames by an MSU hurler in the bottom of the sixth. After Courtney Buchman led off with a single, a fly out to Echols in right extended Silkwood's streak to 29.1 frames. A strikeout and Buchman caught stealing ended the frame.
In the bottom of the seventh, Punches entered for Silkwood and the Roadrunners were retired in order to seal the victory.
Mississippi State continues Friday action with an 8 p.m. CT game against No. 12/12 Baylor. The Bears are the first ranked team the Bulldogs will face in 2014.
Post-Game Notes
- The Bulldogs' eight shutouts through 15 games are the most in a year in program history. MSU threw 10 shutouts in all of 2013.
- The pitching staff has allowed just 39 hits in 15 games, good for an average of 2.6 hits a contest. Last season, Mississippi State allowed opponents to average 5.1 hits a game.
- MSU has yet to allow more than five hits to any opponent this year.
- Mississippi State's seven runs allowed are the fewest through the first 15 games of a season in program history.
- Senior Sam Lenahan drew two walks to give her 113 in her career. She is now third on the program's all-time chart. Kellie Wilkerson (1999-2002) owns the record with 177 career walks.
- Lenahan has scored a run in four-straight games.
- Sophomore Kayla Winkfield tallied a hit, giving her 10 for the season, matching her 2013 total.
- Freshman Mackenzie Toler recorded the first extra-base hit of her career with a double in the fifth inning.
- Freshman Alexis Silkwood has struck out 38 batters in her last 26.2 innings pitched, including two double-digit strikeout performances.
- Silkwood has not allowed a run since her debut against Northern Kentucky on Feb. 7 and has yielded just 10 hits in her last five appearances.
- Freshman Katie Anne Bailey entered as a pinch runner in the fourth inning and has been used in that role in four of the last five games.
- Junior Julia Echols went two-for-four to snap a two-for-13 skid.
- Freshman Amanda Ivy threw out her first runner stealing, gunning down Courtney Buchman trying to get to second in the sixth inning.
- Sophomore pitcher Jacey Punches recorded two strikeouts, bringing her season total to 25. In all of 2013, Punches tallied 23 whiffs.


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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling may have written the last book in her Harry Potter series, but it sounds like she is really questioning whether her ending is the right one. Even though the books were released several years ago, it sounds like she is still questioning her decision to couple up the characters. According to a People report published on Feb. 2, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is now questioning her ending to her famous series.
"I wrote the Hermione/Ron relationship as a form of wish fulfillment," Rowling tells Wonderland, a UK magazine. "That's how it was conceived, really. For reasons that have very little to do with literature and far more to do with me clinging to the plot as I first imagined it, Hermione ended up with Ron." Of course, many fans were expecting Hermione to get together with Harry, because they are both smart and educated.
Rowling admits that the final romances may not have been ideal, especially since type-A Hermione and the laid-back Ron probably meant the two would have ended up in relationship counseling. On the other hand, Harry never really showed too much interest in Hermione.
"I know, I'm sorry, I can hear the rage and fury it might cause some fans, but if I'm absolutely honest, distance has given me perspective on that," Rowling reveals. "It was a choice I made for very personal reasons, not for reasons of credibility." And while she hopes that she doesn't upset some of her readers by admitting to granting Harry's relationship with Hermione a thought, she does reveal that she is skeptical of their future herself. "I think there are fans out there who know that too and who wonder whether Ron would have really been able to make her happy," Watson said.
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This is a discussion on Bandoleer Pouch for the Defensive Rifle within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Thanks guys, I'm glad you like the review. For those that ordered one, let me know what you think when you get yours. I'm planning ...
Thanks guys, I'm glad you like the review.
For those that ordered one, let me know what you think when you get yours.
I'm planning on getting one for my AR15 too.
I just got an email from UW Gear and they now have credit card and Paypal payment enabled on their website.
Very nice I have canvas and a HD sewing machine,I can make damn near anything imperfectly
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,"
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC .
Would be sweet if they made one for 20 rd M1A mags.
After watching MA's quality review and checking out UW Gear's website I ordered a 7.62 bandoleer in standard Coyote Brown (before they had online purchase option).
Timeline of transaction:
4.10 sent USPSMO
4.13 email from UWGear "We received your payment today. We are trying to keep our production times under a week and a half, and will begin work on it as soon as possible. Occasionally circumstances may arise that cause that to be longer."
4.25 package at Post Office
First impression: fast turnaround for a quality made product. Craft is top notch, materials appear rugged and stitching looks clean and strong.
I've been wearing it with three full ((10))'s since I got home (couple hours). It is not heavy, very comfortable and concealable. The mags fit well, the cover locks securely and is easy to open.
So far I'm very happy I picked it up. Look forward to wearing it next time I take the 7.62's out. If I continue to like it as much as I anticipate, I may pick one up for the 5.45.
Will get some pics of it later in week when I have more time.
How about one of these: originalsoegear.762tray
or this from wilderness tactical(for .38/.357 & small rifle)
or this from Texas Hunt Co.
"Don't start none, won't be none!"
I also have about 1,000 rounds of 5.56 ammo on stripper clips loaded in the old Vietnam era "cloth" stripper clip bandoleers stored inside steel ammo cans ready to go as my "ready reserve." The rest of my 5.56 ammo (several thousand more rounds) are loose packed in steel ammo cans.
Sturmgewehre, I definitely like the closures on that bandoleer much better than velcro for the same reasons. However, that type of closure wasn't available 20 years ago when I got my bandoleers from Eagle. There are pros and cons to the six pouches of the Eagle carriers. More magazines, but also much more bulkier.
As a civilian these days, do I need much more than three 30 round mags on my person, plus what's in the gun? Probably not. And lightweight and streamlined is where it's at!
I'll definitely look into maybe getting one from UW Gear. Thanks for the video review!
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"The gun is the great equalizer... For it is the gun, that allows the meek to repel the monsters; Whom are bigger, stronger and without conscience, prey on those who without one, would surely perish."


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Faith Symbol
HE Universal Symbol of Affirmation (Interfaith Emblem) represents spirit or being as one and infinite, as well as other interpretations. After modifications that took place over several years, the above design was finalized in 1999. Its in the public domain and all are free to use it without charge or special permission.
Were all familiar with the saying, Twos company, threes a crowd. While the number three is arbitrary, there are countless instances where it is associated with any value greater than two, which may be why people of such diverse backgrounds and cultures have perceived aspects of the divine in triune to render comprehensible the infinite.
A sentence has three basic elements subject, verb, and object. The 13th Century Jewish mystic Abraham Abulafia described the Master as the knowledge, the knower, and the known. A Sufi mystic called Divine Union the union, the one who unites, and the one who is united. One as three, one as many, one as infinite.
The faith symbol consists simply of an upright equilateral triangle, surrounded by a circle touching its three corners, and surrounded in turn by a heart outline in contact top and sides. The color, thickness, and precise overlap of the linear features are arbitrary, as well as the background (if any), and even the exact style and shape of the heart.
Upright triangles have symbolized God, power, fire, security, success, prosperity, and health. Circles have represented the eternal, the endless, the limitless, completeness, wholeness, and cycles such as birth and death. Heart shapes have been ideograms for charity, forgiveness, welcomings, emotion, and the soul, expanding from early religious origins.
These elements can be interpreted on a variety of levels and in many ways. In cosmic or universal being the triangle represents the structure or energy of the universe, natural law; the circle, like a regenerating cycle or open eye, shows life; and the heart stands for conscious creating, enjoying, and sharing, or love law, life, and love.
To the extent that a philosophy or belief system is life-affirming, an interfaith symbol can apply. Thus there are pagan interpretations along with Christian, atheistic with theistic, naturalistic with mythological, scientific with mystic, etc. Although many of these systems disagree in their particulars they can find parallels on many levels.
For Unitarians and strict monotheists the three parts can represent main elements of faith rather than a partitioned or multifaceted concept of the divine, and can have different and/or multiple interpretations within each philosophy or belief.
For each system various attributes in triad can be assigned to the forms. Below is a table of representations, far from complete, listed alphabetically by faith or philosophy:
A palm tree, representative of victory, peace, prosperity, long life, resilience, rest, and hospitality is formed by the triangle as trunk and tops of circle and heart as branches. The faith symbol as a whole could be said to loosely resemble a smiling face, indicative of happiness and life quality.
The number of voids coincidentally is seven, perhaps next only to three the primary numeric in traditions of the world.
This interfaith symbol is fully inclusive in what is meant by faith i.e. all life-affirming ideation whatever the ontology, extending even to forms beyond what many would consider religious or even spiritual, such as natural science, humanism, and other positive non-theistic systems.
While not demonstrative of belief in a particular God or gods, it represents acknowledgement of and appreciation for the wonder and mystery of being, and peace through fellowship based on essential commonality of spirit, understanding, and tolerance.
As noted above the faith symbol is an elemental design and as such in the public domain, neither copyrighted nor trademarked. It belongs to all of us. You and your organization are encouraged to use it freely to represent affirmation, openness, and interfaith unity. No agreement or license is required.
Here are some high-resolution graphic representations in different sizes and forms. For images with links back that you can use on your webpage click here. For variations click here.
For more info see FAQ.
revised 8/25/12 ~ public domain symbol
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| Outline | Configuration of Framework | Function of SDT | Cooperation Tool |
SDT provides the function of management, editing, debugging, and cooperation tool.
This function can manage the SDT project.Also, this function provides the conversion from a SOFTUNE project to SDT project.
This function can edit the souce file in the SDT project
This function can set the SOFTUNE compier option and SOFTUNE linker option on GUI.
This function can create the SOFTUNE load module.
This function can view the coloring C/C++ keyword.
This function can set the auto indenting for C/C++ source.
This function can view the argument of C/C++ function in editing source.
This function can complete the code of C/C++ function in editing source.
This function can view the different points of C/C++ source files.
This function can rename the all points of declaration name and reference name in changing function/variable name.
This function can view the structure of source file in outline window.
After selecting a SOFTUNE load module file, please click "Launch SOFTUNE" menu. Therefore, the SOFTUNE load module can debug on the SOFTUNE Workbench.


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LOGAN, Utah (AP) - Kyisean Reed scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Utah State in a 75-66 victory over Seattle on Thursday night.
The Aggies were 19 of 23 from the free-throw line and held off Seattle despite the Redhawks hitting 10 3-pointers and shooting 46.4 percent from the field in the game.
A Deshaun Sunderhaus dunk gave Seattle (5-7, 0-2) a 53-50 lead with 6:03 remaining in the game but the Aggies went on a 25-13 run from that point on. Spencer Butterfield gave Utah State a 55-53 lead on a 3-point basket with 5:08 to go and the Aggies never trailed again.
Sunderhaus ended up with 23 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots.
Preston Medlin scored 18 points and had five assists for Utah State.
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Theres something about a steamy bowl of chili‹the velvety beans and spicy saucethat tastes just right in the fall. And theres something about a can of chilithe oddly spiced beans or the borderline lethal dose of sodiumthat tastes just wrong any time of year.
Health Valley to the rescue. Its Mild Vegetarian, Burrito, Three Bean, Lentil, and Spicy (no joke) Black Bean canned vegetarian chilies are deliciously rich-tasting. The company clearly knows what to do with tomatoes, peppers, onions, garlic, herbs, and beans. (The companys No Salt Added flavors fall flat, but you can perk them up with garlic, ground cumin, cayenne, and chili powder.)
Just heat and eat...in a bowl, spooned over pasta or a baked potato, as a dip for baked chips, or rolled in a tortilla with a sprinkle of shredded low-fat cheese.
Theyre 99 percent fat-free, theyre low in calories (160), and theyre loaded with protein (13 grams per cup), fiber (12 gramshalf a days worth), vitamin A (a days worth), and vitamin C and iron (20 percent of a days worth).
What sets Health Valley apart is that, unlike much of the competition, it relies on good cooking, not salt, for flavor. With 65 to 320 milligrams of sodium per cup, Health Valley runs rings around Hormel chilies like Vegetarian with Beans (780 mg) and Less Sodium with Beans (930 mg).
Take Keebler. Its mischievous little elves tout some of the most nutritionally reckless cookies you can buy (three of their Fudge Stripes or Deluxe Grahams contain a quarter of a days saturated fatmore than twice what youd get from three Oreos). Then theres Mrs. Smith, that pretend lady whose fatty frozen pies may explain why you never hear about Mr. Smith.
Put the elves and the missus together (and we mean that in a family-magazine sort of way) and youve got Mrs. Smiths Cookies & Cream Piesa new line of cool desserts teaming up uncommonly good Keebler cookies with Mrs. Smiths rich and creamy pie fillings, as the box puts it.
Name your poison. Mrs. S. lets you clog your arteries in any of five flavors: ChocoMint, Droxies, LemonyLemon, Smores, or Strawbanana.
One slicea sixth of a pie, packs about 400 calories and about 20 grams of fathalf of them saturated. Thats half a days sat fat...and it doesnt even include the trans fat in the pies shortening.
The boxes offer some helpful suggestions for when to eat the sweets: after school, after dinner, and (our favorite) after midnight.
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The Garden @ Wickerman 02.10.11
Special thanks to Detour Scotland for this one.
Special thanks to Detour Scotland for this one.
We cannot wait to get playing again! We'll be in Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh on October 15th alongside Matt Norris and the Moon and the phenomenal Chasing Owls.
If you never have before go and check out photographer Jessica Newell HERE
Click the picture to go WIDESCREEN
We all had the best time ever at our King Tut's Summer Nights show. We played with the 9 piece band for the first time in well over a year and it was splendid
Jonathan Geddes at The Herald had this to say about the show:
"More composed were Bear Bones, who numbered nine and featured a singer, Ben Harrison, who'd even donned shorts for the warm occasion. His personable manner gave the group's set an airy feel, and even managed to provoke a sing-a-long too. Their songs deserved that, as they were resplendent with melodies that soared in the right places, or were subtly plaintive. A winning, charming display."
You can read the full review of the night here.
Here are two snippets of joy from the sweethearts over at Glasgow Podcart.
First off, we were featured as a highlight of Friday!!
What a great weekend! We all had a blast down in the borders playing football and getting sunburned. The crowd of people that came to see us play were so great! It's so nice to see a festival crowd listening so intently! Where do all you nice folk come from?!
Anyway here are some photos that the very talented Luke G Joyce took of us. Check out his other work here.
Check out the brand new player just added to our BandPage tab which allows you to play all our YouTube videos as a playlist without leaving FaceBook!
We're just reaching the end of the demo recording we've been doing for the album. We're all really excited about how the songs sound with the full arrangements. Big thanks to Johan Hentze, Tom Brown and the amazing Laura Wilkie for playing for us.
In other news we are DELIGHTED to announce that we will be playing the Solus Tent at this year's Wickerman Festival alongside some of our favourite Scottish bands. Click Here for more information.
Our headline Communion show was completely amazing! It means a lot to us that every show we play nowadays sells out! Special thanks to In-Flight Safety who sorted me out with a 9v battery last minute. They pretty much saved us. Anyway here's a video of us playing Give Me My Teeth in the beautiful Sentry Box just of Byres Road in Glasgow. ENJOY!
Good Evening men and women, we are going to be playing at one of the first Communion Shows in Scotland. My Mum will probably go mental and buy 50 tickets – to beat her to it go here: TICKETS


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Minecraft has attracted many thousands of people with its addictive gameplay and friendly community, despite its old-school visuals. Its simplistic visuals do have their unique charm and many people like to keep it that way, but for those that want a little more eye candy from this game, you have the option to add what is called a "texture pack". These texture packs will change the look of items, terrain, characters and other items, and they vary from pack to pack. Bare in mind that you are only re-skinning the game and not improving the graphic quality, so don't expect it to look like Crysis when you're done. Do a bit of research online to see what tickles your fancy. Once you have selected the texture pack that you like, head back to this guide and we'll show you how to install it on a Vista/Windows 7 PC and Mac OSX. Don't worry -- it's a very straightforward and easy process!
Before you get started, you will need an archiver and data compression utility program called WinRAR. You can download a trial version here, which will be enough to get this task done. There are alternatives to WinRAR, so feel free to explore if you like. Please note that this guide is based on WinRAR, so if you're using another program the commands may differ. Once you have downloaded WinRAR or an alternative program, follow the instructions below to install it.
Unpacking texture pack.
To keep things simple we'll do everything off the desktop. For this example I'll be using the Tronic Revamped v2 Texture Pack. First off you'll want to create a new folder so you can unpack your texture pack. This will help keep things organized and your PC desktop clean. You can name this new folder whatever you want. In this case, I've named it "Tronic Textures". Right-click on the texture pack ZIP file and select Extract files…. then select Desktop and then Tronic Textures(or whatever you have decided to name that folder). Let WinRAR do its thing, leave the folder as is for now and we'll get back to it a bit later.
There's two ways to go about this process. One is to use the in-game menu and the other is to do it externally by editing the minecraft.jar file. However, adding textures in-game is lot easier. Both processes are shown here for those that are curious.
With the texture packs installed they will appear under the Select texture pack menu and all you need to do is select which pack you wish to use.
Now here's the process of installing the texture pack. Press the windows Key + R to bring up the run command. Copy the following text %appdata%/.minecraft/bin
and paste it into box next to Open then select OK.
These are files that should come up.
After pressing OK, a number of files will appear on screen the one we are after is the minecraft.jar file so we can modify it with our texture pack. Before we start modifying this file make a back up of this original minecraft.jar file and save it to your desktop just in case something goes wrong.
Right click on the minecraft.jar, select open with then select WinRAR archiver. Have this window opened enough so you can see what you are doing and then keep it to one side of your screen.
Now open up the folder containing the unpacked texture files(the one I named Tronic Textures) and position that window next to the window we previously opened, which is showing the contents of the minecraft.jar file. What you will have to do now is replace some of the image files contained in the minecraft.jar file in order to add these new textures. Go to your textures folder and select everything (pressing Ctrl + A will select everything in this window), then click and drag the entire contents of that folder and drop it into the minecraft.jar folder. An "Archive and name parameters" popup window will appear. Under compression method, select best from the drop down box then press OK.
This short list of instructions will give you all the information that is needed to successfully guide you on your quest to install a texture pack on Mac OSX.
Note It is vital to click on your name, then "Library" I have made the mistake of simply going to "Library" and worried that my Minecraft folder was missing.
These instructions for adding a texture pack in Mac OSX were kindly provided by l3ailey.
That's it - you are all done. Open up the Minecraft client and check out the new textures that you have added to the game. If you followed the instructions correctly the game should start as normal, but if something did go wrong just replace the modified minecraft.jar file with the backup you saved on your desktop.
Related Minecraft Information
Minecraft Downloads discussion thread
Minecraft general discussion thread
Minecraft Server thread
How to Survive in Minecraft article
Minecraft: Success Story of 2010 (article)
l3ailey said: Guyver, add a "How to Install texture packs on Macs" immediately!
Because if Kenni gets Minecraft, 2 things will happen:
• Kenni won't know how to add texture packs!
• Kenni will destroy everything, even Gibson himself.
deicide said: shoosh noob. macs are for fags "realises everyone agrees". nah but its good to have the how to for both platforms, even though mac blows.
l3ailey said: Tsk tsk. Mature people know that arguing over which OS is better is pointless, seeming as it is all opinion, anyway.
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Brokedown Palace: In Remembrance of September 11, 2001
If the greatest wisdom is bred as a function of pain, we're blessed with the opportunity to evolve and the experience to remember.
We left our building and ran toward the South Street Seaport. I remember thinking that we could dive in the East River and take our chances there. We overheard someone say that the Pentagon was attacked. The Pentagon? Weren't missiles supposed to shoot down anything that threatened that air space? The Verizon switching center was damaged and we had no cell phones or BlackBerrys, no voice of reason to assuage our fears. We were, for all intents and purposes, cut off from the world.
I thought of friends who worked in the towers. I resisted the urge to run to Ground Zero to find them and tried to put on a brave face to calm my shaken staff.
The crumbling began with a whisper and grew to a growl as the first tower imploded. We assumed another wave of attacks had begun. Everyone scrambled and our staff scattered among thousands of other confused people as the wave of white smoke approached.
I'm not sure how my partner Jeff Berkowitz and I found each other, but we somehow connected and ran north along the river towards FDR Drive. I eyed the water on our right as a precaution - it was an option I wanted to keep open as we broke into a sprint.
We somehow flagged down a taxi and Jeff offered the driver $500 to take him out of the city while I tried to calm a woman in the back seat who was on the verge of hyperventilation. Between gasps, she told me that her boyfriend worked in an office high up in the World Trade Center. As I looked out the rear-view window and saw that one of the towers was already gone, I was at a loss for words. How could I ease her pain? What was happening to our country? Was it really happening at all?
I made my way to my home on 57th Street as lines formed at convenience stores in my neighborhood. People were hoarding bottled water, canned food, flashlights, and other necessities. I had none of that and I didn't care. I just wanted to find my family and my friends. I needed to understand what had happened and establish a framework of relativity, a place where I could begin to assess and digest my experience. The images on TV portrayed downtown Manhattan as a cloud of smoke, a war zone with body parts strewn like yesterday's laundry on the bedroom floor.
Friends and family began to gather at my apartment; five at first, then 10, then 20. It was the other side of disaster, a dose of humanity in a sea of horror, a refuge of comfort in a maze of confusion. I found myself sitting at my desk, looking for a semblance of normalcy and a familiar setting.
Instinctively I wrote this column, which was published that evening on TheStreet.com:
The Day the World Changed
By Todd Harrison
09/11/2001 8:33 p.m. EDT
Numbness. Shock. Anger. Sadness.
As I sit here with family and friends, awaiting calls that may never come, I am drawn to my keyboard - and I'm not quite sure why.
Perhaps it's an attempt to somehow release the tremendous sadness that's locked inside me. Maybe I have hopes that sharing my grief will stop these images... stop the shaking.
It's 10 hours after the fact, and I still feel the "boom" that shook my trading room.
I can still see the bodies falling from the first struck tower, one after another, as we gathered by the window in shock and confusion.
I can still hear the screams in my office "Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!" as the second plane hit ... and the image of that fireball rolling toward us will forever be etched in my mind.
I often write that "this too shall pass," but I will never be the same. Maybe that's a selfish thought, as tens of thousands of people won't have the opportunity to put this behind them.
Each time my phone rings and I hear the voice of a friend who I feared was lost, I break into tears.
Every time I get a call from someone who "just wanted to make sure" I'm still here, I'm reminded of how lucky I am to share relationships, memories, and a past.
I know many of you read my column to make money, but do yourself a favor and surround yourself with loved ones this evening.
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Beautiful Kyi-La, Princess of the Galactic Federation, is kidnapped by the evil renegade scientist Vulcor. You control the daring Marshall Gram and travel through the ages of time to rescue the Princess. Adventure through time as you confront space knights, ninja warriors, cavemen, futuristic robots, cowboys and countless other adversaries. Travel from prehistoric caves to 26th century space ships as you battle to save Kyi-La and prevent Vulcor from tearing the fabric of time!
At the beginning of the game you receive one Time Reversal Cube and are given the choice of either learning the moves you need for the game or immediately starting. If Marshall Gram perishes in the midst of the game he can use a Time Reversal Cube to back up to the moment before his death. Otherwise the player will lose a life and have to start the level over. Additional Time Reversal Cubes can be bought from The Trader for additional credits, but there is a limit of how many Cubes that can be purchased per game. Once the player loses all of his lives the game is over.
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") to use the hi-tech hologram theater cabinet created by Sega. The theater works because of a concave mirror inside the cabinet, which reflects a specially framed image produced on a standard monitor. Because of the nature of a concave mirror, the focused image appears as if it is floating in mid-air, provided that the interior of the cabinet is painted black to absorb any excess reflection.
Motherboard: One very small board (only about 4"
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CPU : Unknown, but under a LARGE heatsink
Laserdisc Player : Sony LDP-1450
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Buttons : 2 => [A] Shoot; [B] Time Reversal Cube
Released in September 1991 in Japan.
Created by Rick Dyer, the co-creator of "
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", Time Traveler features a cast of Hollywood actors and digitally mastered special effects. Selling over $18,000,000.00 in its arcade debut, Time Traveler remains the first and only coin-operated arcade game to deliver a real 3-D hologram experience.
The game's action sequences were filmed in San Diego, California, with 40 actors and a small production crew of about 5 people headed by Producer/Director Mark E. Watson of Fallbrook California. The game takes place across many iconic settings from different time periods. All the game's footage was shot as if it were a live action movie. Few props were used during filming as the actors had to imagine fantastical locations while being filmed in front of a green screen stage. Some actors performed multiple roles, for example, the same actor played an obese woman (called "
amazon queen
") and a chainsaw wielding character. The game's special effects, music and character voices were later added at a special effects studio in Carlsbad, California.
According to archived news video footage from TV stations in California the game was considered a financial success for Dyer's company (Virtual Image Productions) and SEGA, pulling an average of one million dollars per week during its peak at the arcades. The game's lifespan didn't prove so lasting though. With fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat becoming extremely popular, SEGA released the game "
" as a conversion kit for the arcade cabinet about a year or so after Time Traveler's release. Though it didn't revolutionize the arcade industry as Dyer may have thought, it's mentioned he considered making a sequel and also adapting the technology into something usable in casino machines.
Easter eggs: Pressing both game buttons while pressing down on the joystick (with a credit on the machine) shows Rick Dyer dancing around with his son on his back. Doing the same procedure while pressing up on the joystick shows the game's development team.
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Many years ago, I was in Findhorn, Scotland. It is one of the best intentional communities in the world with an award winning website. It is spiritual, environmental, artistic, creative, innovative, inventive, brilliant, beautiful, inspirational, healthy and fun.
I had the pleasure of going to a class there. It was taught by a husband and wife team who were life coaches before life coaching became popular. At Findhorn, they light a candle at the beginning of classes to invite a certain, sacred air. This class was a short, small experience, yet it left a huge, lasting impression. I wish I remembered the names of the teachers so I could give them credit.
They taught about tolerations. Tolerations are those things that we spend so much wasted time on without even noticing what we are doing. The example they used was a tiny spot of red paint that was found on their white mailbox. Every time they passed by it, they thought to themselves: I must paint that spot white. That amounted to about ten minutes a day multiplied by the days they passed by their mailbox. It added up each month. Hours were spent on this tiny detail that would have only taken ten minutes to fix.
The point is to notice what can be done and to do it in order to save hours of time in the long run. I realized that I had unfinished art projects that were a constant bother to me. They began to keep me up at night. I even got sick over them. I learned a lot about myself. I learned that big projects that take a huge time investment may not be a good idea to start unless I have a really good reason. I think I want to do something creative, but I often bite off more than I can chew and it becomes a toleration. So much time has been spent on the need to complete a project that would take less time just to complete it than it has in thinking about completing it. Then it becomes a toleration. We may have many tolerations. In fact, our whole life might be filled with tolerations to the point where we might be bogged down by so much unfinished business that we actually deplete the needed energy just to live. This takes tolerations to the level of Red Alert.
I believe that if we have created the emergency situation of toleration overload, it would be a good idea to call in help from others. I have noticed that some people are better at helping others get things done than they are at getting their own finished. Here is the solution: we help each other with our tolerations. That just might be the definition of Heaven: helping each other.
However, some tolerations we just have to do on our own. I have to finish my own art piece. If I ask someone else to help me, I will have to do twice as much to change their influence. It is from my imagination, not theirs. I have the choice to keep the undone project as a toleration and possibly develop acute and chronic insomina, to throw it away or give it away and create tremendous guilt, or to eat a lot of chocolate to drug myself just to get this piece done. I opt for the chocolate idea. In this way, I can finish what I start and begin to look at myself in the mirror again.
Incidentally, I have a few of these big art projects that have to be finished all staring at me. That is a lot of tolerations, not to mention the tolerations that I do not even know that I have.
Do yourself a favor: look at what is a toleration in your life and vow to clean it up by the end of this month, if possible, or the end of this week, or the end of a very long day with chocolate that is destined to become one of the best days of your life. That day is the Self-Independence Day leading to complete freedom. We will probably be really careful about what we intend to accomplish and not forget that the word "simple" is next to the word "ecstasy," well not quite, but close to it.
If you plan to write a huge first novel and create the Taj Mahal made out of porcelain flowers, don't begin them both in the same lifetime. I have done similar and had to heal my health because of it. Better to understand fully about tolerations and put visiting Findhorn on your Bucket List.
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"Modern American Realism: The Sara Roby Foundation Collection" presents some of the most treasured artworks from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's permanent collection, including works by Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Paul Cadmus, Arthur Dove, Nancy Grossman, Edward Hopper, Wolf Kahn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Jacob Lawrence, Reginald Marsh, Ben Shahn and Honoré Sharrer, among others. The exhibition includes 71 paintings and sculpture from the 1910s to the 1980s that encompass the range of what can broadly be called modern realism, from socio-political to psychological, from satirical to surrealist. The artworks on display were selected by Virginia Mecklenburg, chief curator at the museum. The exhibition will be on view from Feb. 28 through Aug. 17.
"With this exhibition, the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the generosity of the Sara Roby Foundation for its gift of this extraordinary collection, and for its continuing support of the museum's programs that advance the understanding of American realist art," said Elizabeth Broun, The Margaret and Terry Stent Director at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Sara Roby (1907-1986) believed that the most effective way to encourage the visual arts in the United States was to acquire the works of living artists and exhibit them to the public. The Sara Roby Foundation began collecting American art in the mid-1950s, and during the next 30 years assembled a premier group of paintings and sculpture by the country's leading figurative artists. In 1959, an exhibition of the Foundation's collection opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. It was the beginning of a 25-year exhibition program that circulated artworks from the foundation's collection to museums throughout the country.
"Some of the most beloved works in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection—such as 'Cape Cod Morning' by Edward Hopper and 'Night in Bologna' by Paul Cadmus—are part of this exhibition, which is a testament to the enduring relevance of the figurative tradition in American art," said Mecklenburg.
A painter herself, Roby sought out art broadly defined as realist and artists concerned with principles of form and design that she had learned as an art student, first in Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and later with Reginald Marsh and Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League in New York City. The resulting collection captures both the optimism and the apprehension of the years following World War II. Many of the works are poignantly human, such as "Dowager in a Wheelchair" (1952) by Philip Evergood, while others are whimsical, like "Gertrude and George" (1979) by Richard Merkin. Still others, by artists such as Roy De Forest and Robert Vickrey, challenge us to decipher meanings imbedded in complex, sometimes enigmatic scenes.
Roby refused to be bound by current trends when she began collecting in the 1950s. She championed realism at a time when critics celebrated abstract expressionism and promoted "action painting" in works that bore little resemblance to the natural world. Roby also was unwilling to be constrained by her own collecting criteria. In addition to paintings by Hopper, Cadmus and their contemporaries, the Foundation purchased abstract work by artists, including Stuart Davis, Louise Nevelson and Mark Tobey. Roby and her advisors recognized that modern life allowed for many kinds of realism.
The Sara Roby Foundation has long supported collection and research initiatives at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. In 1986, the Sara Roby Foundation gave to the Smithsonian American Art Museum a transformative gift of 175 paintings, sculpture and works on paper. In 1996, the Sara Roby Fellowship in 20th-Century American Realism was established at the museum. Since then, the museum has hosted 20 predoctoral, postdoctoral and senior fellows as well as two object conservation fellows. Last year, the Foundation made a gift to the museum to establish the Sara Roby Endowment. The endowment supports the museum's programmatic initiatives related to realist or figurative art, including curatorial assistance, exhibitions support, acquisitions, educational and public programs, and publications.
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Several free public programs have been planned to complement the exhibition. Art historian William Kloss will discuss the range and styles of American realism represented in the Roby Collection in a lecture titled "RobyReal" Friday, March 7, at 6 p.m. in the museum's McEvoy Auditorium. Gallery talks will take place Wednesday, March 19, at noon when museum conservators talk about techniques used to treat and preserve selected artworks on display in the exhibition, and Mecklenburg will conduct a tour of the exhibition Wednesday, May 7, at 6 p.m. The 21st Century Consort performance Saturday, April 26, at 5 p.m. features music inspired by the exhibition. Additional information about programs is available online at americanart.si.edu/calendar.
About the Smithsonian American Art Museum
The Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrates the vision and creativity of Americans with artworks in all media spanning more than three centuries. Its National Historic Landmark building is located at Eighth and F streets N.W., above the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metrorail station. Museum hours are 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, except Dec. 25. Admission is free. Follow the museum on Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, Instagram, Facebook, Flickr, iTunes U and ArtBabble. Museum information (recorded): (202) 633-7970. Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000. Website: americanart.si.edu.
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NEW YORK — Superstorm Sandy flooded and crippled numerous hospital and hotel laundry operations when it struck the Northeast in late October.
Several laundry and linen operations were destroyed by saltwater flooding and storm surges, caused by winds of 85 to 90 miles per hour, while numerous other operations were knocked out of service for weeks by power outages, due to overhead electrical lines downed by fallen trees.
A confluence of events, combining a tropical storm, a hurricane, and a high tide, caused by a full moon—some dubbed it the Perfect Storm—created a strong storm surge of 14 feet and left an estimated 102 people dead and caused an estimated $50 billion in property damage and lost business along the East Coast.
On the east side of Manhattan, flood waters from the East River traveled 600 feet and destroyed the laundry and research facilities in Hunter College's Brookdale Health Science Center on East 25th Street. Salt water also flooded the dormitory in which 660 residents lived. Many of the campus' programs will be relocated to Hunter College's main campus on East 68 Street in Manhattan, according to Jennifer Raab, the college president.
The storm also shuttered the Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital on East 23th Street, Bellevue Hospital Center on East 27th Street, and New York University Langone Medical Center on East 32nd Street, all located on First Avenue, less than 1,000 feet from the East River. Three weeks later, the hospitals were still closed.
"The East River rose and flooded the basement and first floor and knocked out our electrical and heating systems and linen services," says Thomas Johnson, a spokesman for the VA hospital in Manhattan. "It may be springtime before we can reopen again."
In Somers Point, N.J., a popular Jersey shore resort town, the laundry in the Pier Four luxury hotel was flooded and destroyed by more than three feet of ocean water.
"We're working hard to get back on our feet," says Bill Wallace, the hotel owner.
Further down the shore, the storm forced the closing for four days of Atlantic City Linen, which services Atlantic City's casino hotels. The city's casino hotels closed during the storm.
In many cases, emergency preparedness and disaster plans, as well as backup generators, enabled laundries to maintain continuity of service. In other cases, however, backup generators were flooded, and the best-laid plans failed.
Riverview Medical Center, which sits on the Navesink River in Red Bank, N.J., revised and enhanced its disaster planning process following Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, and "came out better because of it," according to Tim Hogan, hospital president.
The hospital ordered extra supplies of linen and bedding, and an emergency response team set up storm barriers and stacked sand bags behind the hospital "to ward off substantial storm damage," he says. When the river rose on Oct. 29, the barriers held.
In New York, once the storm knocked out power, backup generators were flooded and knocked out of service in both NYU Langone Medical Center, which has 800 beds, and Bellevue Hospital Center, the nation's oldest continuously operating hospital, which has 828 beds. New York City officials were forced to evacuate both facilities and make arrangements to relocate patients to other city hospitals.
At this writing, Bellevue was still conducting an extensive clean-up and recovery effort, including pumping 17 million gallons of salt water out of its basement. On Nov. 19, the hospital began offering limited ambulatory primary care services for adult and pediatric patients. Bellevue may not resume accepting admissions before February, according to Ruth Hunt, a hospital spokeswoman.
The fuel tanks for NYU's backup generator were also located in the basement of the hospital. Hospital engineers are still making assessments of the environmental damage caused by the mixture of salt water and diesel fuel from the tanks. Dr. Robert Grossman, the chief executive officer of NYU Langone, estimates the total cost of storm damage, clean up, rebuilding, and lost patient revenue for the medical center at $750 million to $1 billion.
In mid-November, the New York City Council voted to approve $500 million in emergency capital funding to make vital repairs to public schools and public hospitals damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The repair needs include structural restorations, new boilers, new electrical systems, roof repair, flood remediation and more.
Tomorrow: More on the storm aftermath and how some equipment makers have established programs to help affected laundries recover