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BURLINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Skagit County sheriff's officers and divers have spent hours searching a gravel pit pond north of Burlington, Wash., for a teen who disappeared there while swimming with friends.
Sgt. Chris Kading said deputies were called shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday by three other teens who had been swimming with the 16-year-old boy.
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JavaFX is out - or thinking about my last year with JavaFX
By Michael Heinrichs on Dec 04, 2008
It's been done. Today the first version of the JavaFX SDK was released. What better occasion could there be to reactivate my blog? And it is a good time to stop for a moment and think about the past year in which I have worked on JavaFX.
I started to learn JavaFX (or was it still called F3 at that time?) a little more than a year ago, mostly in my spare time. I liked the ideas of the language and enjoyed playing with that. When my manager asked for volunteers to help the JavaFX compiler team a couple of weeks later, there was certainly nothing to stop me and so I joined the probably most professional and most experienced team, I have ever worked with.
The beginning was a lot of fun. The language had changed quite a lot compared to the interpreted version, which I was used to, but there was no documentation at all. So I had to learn JavaFX Script the hard way, by studying the grammar-file. Ever tried to learn a language by looking at the grammar? It's definitely something one should try.
The first weeks were probably the most exciting once. The syntax of the language changed almost every week, there were zillions of discussions on our mail-alias going on at the same time about different aspects of the language, and there were only very few of us, but all of us dedicated and devoted to this new thing called JavaFX.
Personally, it was amazing how much I was learning. For example, in the past, I always thought, it's quite freaky, if C/C++ - developers were looking at the code, which was generated by the compiler. They should focus on the high-level language, right? That's why it was invented, wasn't it? And here I was: not only looking at the Java code, which was generated by the JavaFX compiler, but also at the bytecode, which was generated from Java code...
And then there was JavaOne. All of us had worked hard, especially during the weeks immediately prior to JavaOne, and we were excited to see how people would react. One needs to know, that JavaFX was still questioned by a lot of people at that time. More than once, I had conversations with my colleagues like this: "Is JavaFX already dead?" - "No, wait until JavaOne and you will see..." - "If it dies slowly or fast?"
As we all know by now, JavaOne was a major success for JavaFX. We presented our prototypes on different devices, showed cool new features, and most importantly people became interested. And everything changed. Almost over night, JavaFX became one of the biggest efforts at Sun - and a prestigious one, too. Suddenly people from everywhere were joining the effort, mostly managers and architects though, not so many code-monkeys like myself. All over the place new projects were started, processes and committees were established... For better or for worse, the effort grew tremendously right after JavaOne.
The last couple of months were dedicated mostly to finish our work for the 1.0 release: implementing the last missing pieces, fixing bugs, improving the performance... The beta release was pretty unspectacular IMO and we went back to our daily routine pretty quickly. But now the 1.0 version is out, and once again I am very excited to see, what people think about the product.
Oh, yes, and before I forget, here is the link, were you can download the JavaFX SDK and see a whole bunch of samples with source-code. Have fun and tell me what you think!


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Viking River Cruise Godmothers Get Pre-Christening Warmup
March 20, 2012 | By Carolyn Spencer Brown | No Comments
Imagine this: You are invited to serve as godmother to a brand-new cruise ship. Pretty spiffy opportunity, right? It definitely seemed that way to Rebecca Eaton, executive producer of PBS' "Masterpiece Theater" and to Gail Wiswedel, chosen because she's Viking's most well-traveled cruise passenger. They, along with two others, were set to be part of an unusual quartet of cruise-ship christenings in Amsterdam during Viking River's ceremony on Wednesday.
For Eaton and Wiswedel, however, there was bad news.
A delay in construction at Neptun Werft, Viking River's shipyard, meant that the cruise line had to postpone two of its four launches.
And it left Eaton and Wiswedel, whose ships would not be ready in time, without ships to christen. Thinking fast on its proverbial feet, Viking River came up with a solution: In a most unusual fashion, it figured out a way to allow all four ships to participate in the christening (via satellite and some excellent tactical arrangements), even though two remain moored at Neptun Werft's shipyard in Warnemunde, Germany. So they'll still be part of Wednesday's ceremony.
And here's the good news: Eaton and Wiswedel got an extra trip in the bargain. On Tuesday, the godmothers, accompanied by Viking River Cruises founder Torstein Hagen and Neptun Werft Managing Director Manfred Muller-Fahrenholz, were flown from Amsterdam to Warnemunde by private jet (accompanied by a lavish serving of caviar and Champagne) to visit their ships. Eaton, who is godmother to Viking Freya, and Wiswedel, who will preside over Viking Njord, got a chance to take a look around the nearly finished vessels, practice snipping a red ribbon with scissors to launch the Champagne bottle and were presented with lush bouquets of American Beauty roses.
This warmup christening, especially with the visit to the shipyard (the ride on a Russian mogul's Lear jet was nice, too), could well make their experience even more memorable, rather than less so.
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Materica is a solemn tale of a future where the unbalanced tipping point of gender-social ideals leans favorably on the side of female-bodied beings. The official synopsis explains: In the future a dictatorship of women rules the world and men are remains of a forgotten time. The young woman Minou follows her regime until she gets in contact with the prisoner Noah. She starts to think about the regime, the men and begins a rebellion against the dictatorship.
The German short film intelligently uses language to convey points of view relevant to current societies. When a man back talks to a female soldier he informs "you are worse than Nazis". She adds "worse than men?" after which she laughs in a macabre manner. The same character encounters another male prisoner and informs him that the process on which he will embark after being captured will be about "give instead of taking". Talk about important feminist, anti-rape slogans.
Interestingly, the German background and language adds anguish with social resonance, and the video game and hyper-violent style of cinematography through the beginning scenes is telling of the social acceptance of gore and, yes, violence.
Overall the short is strong. As it unravels it leaves something very important up to the audience. With its lead heroine questioning the system, the thesis could be understood as being that women are not strong enough to battle men due to their emotional capacities, or women are better than man because of said emotional capacities. The short film halts before it reveals its answer.
That fact may be a huge task left to the viewer, but the short does convey through the heroine that violence, and an extreme opposite society, would not solve anything and essentially lead us right back where we began.
Materica is playing at the [[DC Independent Film Festival]] and screen on Sunday, February 23rd, in the 2:14-5PM block. Tickets are $12.
Other reviews:
Films: Meth Head, the movie : Echoes (short) : Titans of Newark (short) : A Cure (short) : Precious, the movie : This Is It (documentary)
Music: Austra's Olympia : KENN's We Killed KENN : VV Brown's Samson & Delilah : Sammy Crawford's Reality Sets In : Melanie C's Stages : Madonna's MDNA : Nelly Furtado's Spirit Indestructible : CocoRosie's "We Are On Fire" : Stephan Nance's A Troubled Piece of Fruit
Videos: Christina Aguilera's "Your Body" : Lily Allen's "Hard Out Here" : Tom Goss' "It's All Over" : Eric Himan's "Dust" : Scissor Sisters' "Only The Horses"
Concerts: Natasha Bedingfield : Andy Grammer : Kate Voegele
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Announcement: In honor* of Mayor Bloomberg's new smoking ban in bars and restaurants in New York City, the dogfish is no longer going to be seen smoking a pipe. Until further notice, the dogfish will be wearing a NicoDerm patch (look close- it's one of those new NicoDerm CQ transparent patches).
*or disgust, depending on whether or not you (a) believe in an interventionist government or (b) enjoy cancer
Dear Eric,
Is this one of those jokes? Like "What's green and red and spins at 900 rpm?" I hate those fucking jokes.
I'll answer, working on the presumption that it's not a lead to an annoying punch line. This was actually done in Nevada during the mid 1980's by a guerrilla science lab using hijacked equiptment. They intended to create a new race of Super-Toads who would overrun the nation (a la the cult classic Cane Toads) but instead ended up with a very surprised toad, and then a rather messy particle accelerator. In that order.
Dear Big,
Many people think they are actually fancy terms for the same speed. But they are not. You were correct. They are fancy names for different speeds. Typical blenders run the full gamet from stir (slowest) to liquify (fastest). Some intermediate stages include mix, puree, blend, and whip. I happen to have a limited edition Cuisinart that I bought last year on ebay that goes to eleven.
Dear I,
Are you kidding me? Miss Cleo (the Jamaican psychic once ubiquitous on late night television commercials in the US) was recently fined $5 million by the Federal Trade Commission and required to forgive $500 million in accounts recievable. This $500 million which will go unpaid to Miss Cleo accounts for about one half of the money that she took in since the inception of the service.
But to answer your question, psychics never win the lotto because it's too much effort for them to go out and buy a ticket. They'd rather just sit at home and have people call them up and give money, which seems to work fairly well.
Dear clotheswhore,
When you pay money for it instead of throwing it out.
Dear eliza,
No I don't. And I'll tell you why. When I was just a wee fish, I knew this girl named Rose. A beautiful halibut she was: widely spaced eyes, and a body so flat you could calibrate a ruler on it. And the slimiest scales you've ever seen. She was a cutie, was Rose.
We were planning on heading out to deep water together to spawn. The day before we were about to go, Rose decided to go for her constitutional, and never returned. I heard later that she was taken in by a fishing trawler looking for tuna. It wasn't long after that I headed for solid land and started writing for various local papers.
I suppose the moral here could be seen as any of a dozen things, but the way I see it we should take two things from this:
Dear Fanatical,
I think that it has to do with the fact that no one understands humor. Things (the entire range of things, from physical objects to abstract ideas) break down into three categories: inherently funny, humor neutral, inherently not funny.
Any thing you can think of is going to fall into one of these three categories. Although no one yet understands the classification criteria, most people are capable of instinctive clasification of things with a very low incidence of misclassification. For instance, take a look at the following list:
Dear Looloo,
Perhaps the pickled peppers are precisely in the place he put them: hoist's mouth.
Dear Siren,
Sorry. I don't answer questions about women named Myra.
Dear Counter-Intelligence,
It's actually way easier than you might think. To report suspected Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the U.S. Army (SAEDA) activity, just call the Spy Hotline at (800) CALL SPY or (800) 225-5779
You can also write to
Aberdeen Military
Intelligence Detachment
902d MI Gp, APG, MD 21005
(410) 278-3600
We've actually been thinking about exposing some military myths but we were told the Marine Spy Hotline doesn't have a sense of humor. Maybe that should be the myth we try to expose. Oh, and good luck with Caroline!
Dear Trout,
It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the perennial classic from those masters in their mistresses clothes, Monty Python. For those of you who haven't seen it, you really should (even before you see Catch-22, the movie that was made into the book that made Joseph Heller so popular).
Dear Enjoys,
It's simple. You just have to show 'em who's boss. Just like with puppies.
Dear inbarajan,
It's a sad fact, but sometimes your best just isn't good enough. But don't try to pass it off on fate - the fault lies completely with you. I recommend giving up whatever it is you are doing and trying for something a little easier.
Dear nerd,
Acutally, .edu isn't as popular as you might think. The top 4 are .com, .net, .de (Germany), and .co.uk (The UK). Who would have thought? For more on funny top-level domain names, check out the countries that have linked to All Too Flat: .pl, .cz, .it, .co.nz, .hr, .be. Pretty neat, huh?
Dear Dazzled,
It doesn't. Everything Maureen Dowd writes blows like a nor'easter.
Dear frustrated,
The things we dream while we are sleeping very seldomly have any somatic effects on our waking bodies. Admittedly, sometimes we have dreams that are triggered by actual events during sleep (like when you dream you are peeing in the local watering hole and wake up with damp sheets). But generally this is not the case.
This is pretty much a good thing all around, since it means that you haven't woken up blinded by Morpheus' laser beams. Also what's convenient is that our dreams have no affect on others waking life; otherwise Elizabeth Shue would have long been carrying my love child.
Dear narF,
OK. Done.
Dear tammy,
Before I answer your question, I want you to know the lengths to which I went to get the proper answer. First, the ATF triumverate got together and discussed a strategy. We brainstormed, make charts and diagrams, and looked at all of our notes from all the experiments and studies we have done with fish.
We then took all the information we could get from inside our little circle, and went to a veterinarian (who specializes in the care of tropical fish) and she looked at our results and confirmed our original hypothesis:
We are definitely the wrong people to ask about fish care.
Dear poo,
It's true. And thanks for calling me on it. Seriously, I have no idea why I thought I would get away with biting a Douglas Adams bit on a site named after a Monty Python line.
On a similar note, we'd like to confess that All Too Factual is a direct descendant of SNL's Weekend Update circa 1978, photo switching is originally a Cockeyed bit, and the whole concept of telling stories of adventures was stolen from Scheherazade.


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On Saturday, April 19 from 2 p.m. to sundown, Avondale Brewing Company (201 41st Street South, Birmingham) will host Earthbound's Earthfest, Earthbound's annual outdoor concert benefiting the Black Warrior Riverkeeper.
Earthbound's Earthfest is an annual, family-friendly Earth Day concert featuring live musical entertainment, great craft beer, tasty food, and local art. The centerpiece of the event is a performance by Earthbound, a local favorite that describes their sound as a combination of traditions "such as Americana, folk, country, bluegrass, jazz and psychedelia." Avondale Brewing's fine craft beer offerings will be available for purchase to enjoy throughout the event, and MELT Food Truck will be on-site to serve up gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches to pair beautifully with all of that tasty brew. Local artists will also be in attendance with art displays and merchandise available for you to browse while you enjoy the concert.
These amazing people and businesses have all come together for the same reason: to raise funds and awareness for the Black Warrior Riverkeeper. The mission of the Black Warrior Riverkeeper is to promote clean water for drinking, swimming, watersports, fishing, and wildlife habitat throughout the Black Warrior River watershed. The Black Warrior River serves as a major source of drinking water for cities such as Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Cullman, Oneonta, and Jasper; but it sadly remains one of Alabama's most endangered rivers. Currently, the largest threat to the river is the proposed Shepherd Bend Mine, a coal mine that would discharge pollutants in unprecedented proximity to the Birmingham Water Works Board's Mulberry Fork intake. Avondale Brewing, Black Warrior Riverkeeper, the Birmingham City Council, and over a hundred other organizations and businesses have publicly urged the University of Alabama System to refuse to lease or sell land or mineral rights for the proposed Shepherd Bend Mine. The Black Warrior Riverkeeper will be on-hand throughout the concert to provide attendees with information on the Shepherd Bend Mine, other issues concerning the river, and how we all can help.
"Earthbound's Earthfest will feature fantastic music, art, beer, and food while highlighting how citizens can protect their water from preventable disasters like the Shepherd Bend Mine," added Charles Scribner, Executive Director of Black Warrior Riverkeeper.
Entrance into the event can be gained for a suggested donation of at least $5 at the door. Entrance donations and proceeds from the sales of shirts, art, beer and food will go to support Black Warrior Riverkeeper's effort to protect local water resources from threats such as the Shepherd Bend Mine.
If you are looking for a wonderful event where you can enjoy an Alabama spring afternoon with the family, Earthbound's Earthfest has you covered in just about every way imaginable. Best of all, you get to recognize and support Earth Day and the incredibly important work of the Black Warrior Riverkeeper just by going to a concert. Go ahead and mark April 19 on your calendars to ensure you are at this fantastic event. Prost!


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The Bruins posted five sub-70 rounds on the day and were deadlocked with the University of San Diego at 556 (-4). UCLA posted the lowest single round of the day in the morning round, a seven-under par 273. In third place was Washington at 558 (-2), followed by Arizona State at 561 (+1). Oregon State was fifth at three-over par 563.
Individually for UCLA, sophomore Jake Knapp and junior Preston Valder were tied for fifth place at two-under par 138. Knapp posted a pair of 69s and Valder recorded scores of 68-70. Sophomore Lorens Chan carded scores of 69-71—140 (E) and was tied for 15th. Senior Anton Arboleda recorded rounds of 67-77—144 (+4) and was tied for 31st, and sophomore Jonathan Garrick was tied for 59th at 149 following scores of 76-73. Playing as an individual, junior Jay Hwang was tied for 11th at 139 (-1) after posting scores of 67-72.
San Diego's Grant Forest was the 36-hole leader at 12-under par 128 after firing scores of 65-65.
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School's Out for Summer
May 10, 2013 in Uncategorized
Parents, you've survived another academic year at Michigan Tech! For some of you, this may have been the first year that your student was in college, while others may be seasoned veterans. In either case, I hope this was a smooth and memorable year for everyone! I'd also like to thank all of you, the parents and family of Michigan Tech's students for your support and encouragement — your students' success is in part due to their connection with you.
The last couple of weeks have been exceptionally busy with final exams, commencement, moving, and all of the other end-of-the-year tasks. Now it's all over and the sun is finally shining in Houghton! Some of your students may be spending the summer in Houghton — taking courses, working, or just exploring the area and taking some time to relax.
Track A summer courses will begin on Monday, May 13. Many students take advantage of summer courses to catch up or get ahead in their degree plans. Summer courses are also a good way to lighten the load during the academic year. It's often a benefit to take classes in the summer because there are fewer extracurricular commitments to balance and there is more time to just focus on classes and studying.
I've personally taken summer courses the past two years at Michigan Tech, and I've really enjoyed the experience! However, there are a few important things to note about summer courses that can really impact how well (or not) the summer goes. Since the summer semester is divided into two tracks, classes last only seven weeks as opposed to the usual fourteen weeks. This means that classes normally meet four days per week (Monday through Thursday) for about an hour and a half. It also means that the pace is a bit faster than classes during the academic year. Homework or readings may be assigned one day and due the next, so it's important to stay on top of things!
Despite the fast-paced academics, summer courses offer an opportunity to explore all of the wonders the Houghton area and the Keweenaw have to offer. Since the summer semester offers three-day weekends, there is still plenty of time to have some fun and enjoy the warm weather between classes. There are also some fun local traditions and celebrations that take place during the summer. From Bridgefest and the Strawberry Festival, to the Canal Run and Fourth of July events, there are plenty of ways for summer students to connect with the community and enjoy themselves. I can say from personal experience that a Houghton summer is something that every student should try to experience at least once during their Michigan Tech career.
Other students may have chosen to return home for the summer. Hopefully you notice some changes in your student since they went away back in August. College is a time of great change and growth for students as they explore who they are and begin to establish their independent identities. I know that living on my own made a huge difference in who I was and how I viewed myself, and it changed my relationship with my parents in (mostly) positive ways! I say mostly because there was some tension when I went home for my first summer because I was used to living by my own rules and my parents weren't really sure how to interact with the new me.
Needless to say we both adjusted to one another and things were once again awesome in our household — it just took a little figuring out! If you notice some tension with your student or changes in them, don't worry! This is totally natural and is just them finding their independence. Try your best to accept these changes and talk with them about their experiences since they've been away from home. This will help to ensure that you and your student will have a fun and relaxing summer together!


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Broccoli-Cheese Calzones
Like most busy home cooks, I like to keep weeknight meals simple. Meanwhile, I'm trying to appeal to the semi-limited palate of a young child, while not boring myself into a stupor. These calzones are a great solution: delicious, easy, quick, nutritious, and kid-friendly. And to make them more interesting, I use two kinds of cheese and lightly char the onions in a skillet before adding the garlic and broccoli, which adds some complexity.
Broccoli-Cheese Calzones with Charred Onions
Total time: 50 minutes
Hands-on time: 25 minutes
Yield: 5 servings
- 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/2 medium red onion, diced
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 medium head broccoli, chopped
- Flour for rolling the dough
- 1 pound pizza dough, at room temperature.
- 1 ball (about 12 ounces) fresh mozzarella, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Preheat an oven to 475° and set a rack to the lower position. Set a medium skillet over high heat and add 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until the onion is translucent in the center and dark brown at the edges. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Reduce heat to medium and add the garlic and broccoli. Cook, stirring, until the broccoli is softened but not fully cooked, 3 to 4 minutes.
Lightly dust your work surface with flour. Divide the pizza dough into 5 portions. Roll out each portion to a 6-inch circle, then lay a couple of mozzarella slices in the center of each. Top with the Cheddar and equal portions of the broccoli filling. Fold the dough over the filling, pinch the seam together, and roll the edges up to seal. Brush each with the remaining olive oil, transfer to a baking sheet, and bake until nicely browned, 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot.


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Pau d'Arco (Lapacho) - Natural Healing for a range of viral infections including colds and the flu'
This highly effective herbal remedy is derived from the ancient civilization of the Incas. It has been used by many cultures over the centuries for a range of conditions.It comes from tree bark in the rain-forests of South America including the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba. The advantage of taking Pau d'Arco instead of antibiotics, is that it will not interfere with the natural healing processes (whereas antibiotics do). I have taken it for many years for a range of illnesses, sometimes combined with Echinacea. I use it as an anti-fungal or anti-viral; it is good for colds and flu and Candida. These are some of the vast range of conditions that respond to Pau d'arco:
Safety Precautions:
Pau d'Arco is packaged in many forms. It is worth purchasing quality products. Cheaper Pau d'arco can be of a lower quality, and be less pure. Check that the contents are from the Tabebuia tree: the inner bark chips from this tree is the Pau d'arco, in tea form. However this form of 'tea' needs to be boiled for about 8 to 10 minutes, and half to a cupful of the inner bark. This tea is more powerful than the ready-made liquid form. The liquid form and the capsules may be more convenient but weaker in their effectiveness.
See these sites for more information: www.paudarco.com www.paudarco.org
- antiviral - capable of destroying viruses
- anti-fungalanti-inflammatory
- anti-parasitic - Malaria
- analgesic (pain killer)
- sedative - helps with distress
- decongestant - relieves congestion throughout the body
- diuretic - an agent used to stimulate secretion and the flow of urine
- hypotensive - lowers blood pressure, used as a nerve relaxant, may induce sleep
- Cancer - alleviates chemotherapy symptoms
- tumours - has caused regression (shrinkage)
- anti-bacterial for specific strains - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Heliobacter Pylori ( stomach ulcer bug)
- MRSA, the infection that is a problem in many hospitals due to (and caused by)
resistance to antibiotics
- Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- Diabetes
- Dysentery
- Cystitis
- Leukaemia
- liver ailments
- A laxative
- Parkinson's disease
- Osteomyelitis
- Psoriasis
- Ringworm
- Rheumatism
- Varicose Veins
- Venereal disease
Safety Precautions:
- Although no toxic effects have ever been noted, it should not be taken during pregnancy
- It should not be taken in combination with prescribed or OTC medications. It thins the blood, so may not be suitable for anyone with haemophilia, post-operative conditions, or may be counter-indicated with certain medications - more information on this can be found on the pau d'arco websites at the base of this post
- Similarly with serious life-threatening illnesses such as Malaria, Leukaemia, large tumours, etc. it may not be wise to rely solely on this product
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LAWRENCE DOLAN, MD, Division of Endocrinology, was awarded $3.2 million over five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for a Phase 3 registry study for the "SEARCH for diabetes in youth" project.JEFFREY EPSTEIN, PHD, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, was awarded $2.6 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health for "Evaluation of an intervention for improving community-based pediatric attention deficit hyperactivity disorder care."DAVID FRANZ, MD, Division of Neurology, received $1.4 million from Novartis Pharmaceuticals for a four-year study, "Everolimus therapy of giant cell astrocytomas in tuberous sclerosis."JOHN HARLEY, PHD, Division of Rheumatology, received $2.1 million over five years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study "Genetic Linkage in Lupus."MICHAEL ANTHONY HELMRATH, MD, Division of General and Thoracic Surgery, received $1.6 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for a four-year study, "Mechanisms of intestinal stem cell expansion following resection."MELISSA KLEIN, MD, Division of General Pediatrics, received $1.8 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration over five years for the "Expansion of a pediatric primary care resident training program."The Hamilton County Board of Public Health awarded a two-year grant of $934,000 to CAROLE LANNON, MD, Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, to expand the Ohio immunization registry to include body mass index.KIERAN PHELAN, MD, Division of Health Policy and Clinical Effectiveness, received a $3 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development for "Injury Prevention in a Home Visitation Population." STEVEN POTTER, PHD, Division of Developmental Biology, was awarded $1.8 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases over three years for his study, "Nextgen Dissection of the Genomic Basis of Kidney Development."As part of the National Institutes of Health five-year, $29 million renewal of funding for the Consortium of Food Allergy Research,
MARC ROTHENBERG, MD, PHD, received $2.6 million to examine genetic factors relatedto developing eosinophilic esophagitis.ELAINE URBINA, MD, Preventive Cardiology Program, received $2.8 million over four years from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to study "Accelerated cardiovascular aging in youth related tocardiovascular risk factors."YI ZHENG, PHD, Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, received $3.4 million over five years to establish the "Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Molecular Hematology."
Cincinnati Children's was awarded more than $3.2 million for the next five years to continue as one of six medical centers nationwide participating in the federal SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study.The project, launched a decade ago and entering its third round of funding, is considered the nation's premier source of data about how children are affected by type 1 and type 2 diabetes, says Lawrence Dolan, MD, director of the Division of Endocrinology at Cincinnati Children's and principal investigator for the study here.The study tracks people under age 20 who have diabetes and how the disease varies by age, race and ethnicity. It gathers data from more than 3,000 children who continue in the study as they grow into adulthood, focusing on complications, transition to adult care, quality of life and quality of care.The efforts are helping define more than 50 subtypes of diabetes and how they respond to treatments, Dolan says. They also help scientists understand why the disease is increasing and how obesity and other factors contribute."We've already found greater ethnic diversity in type 1 diabetes than was previously appreciated," Dolan says. "Investigators in Europe found an increase in type 1 diabetes, and no one knows why. SEARCH is tracking the frequency of type 1 and other types of diabetes to see if a similar pattern is presentin the US."Meanwhile, some cases of diabetes result from gene mutations that cause the body's insulin-producing cells to malfunction. As those genetic pathways are pinned down, it may become possible to use pluripotent stem cells to effectively cure these forms of diabetes without needing anti-rejection medications, Dolan says.More than 38 scientific papers already have been published using information from the SEARCH study, and Dolan believes many more will come.The SEARCH study is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The other medical centers involved are: University of North Carolina, University of Colorado Denver, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Seattle Children's Hospital and Wake Forest University Health Sciences.
Scientists at Cincinnati Children's are finding that many childhood injuries can be prevented through a structured effort to make homes safer.Researchers with the James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence have received a five-year, $3 million federal grant to expand upon a pilot study that reported an impressive reduction in home injuries. An initial two-year study involving more than 350 families found that installing stair gates, window guards, cabinet locks and other safety devices reduced hospital and medical visits for preventable injuries by 68 percent.Now, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding the Cincinnati Home Injury Prevention (CHIP) and Literacy Promotion Trial, which will expand the study to 1,000 first-time, low-income mothers in Greater Cincinnati. The mothers are participants in the Every Child Succeeds home visitation program."Our pilot study found that interventions can result in fewer falls, burns and accidental poisonings. Now we seek to replicate those results," says Kieran Phelan, MD, MSc, principal investigator for the CHIP study.The stakes are high. Injuries remain the nation's leading cause of childhood morbidity and mortality, Phelan says, and home is where most injuries in young children occur. Childhood injuries account for more than 13 million clinic visits, 4 million emergency department visits, 74,000 hospital admissions and 2,800 deaths each year in the United States. The medical costs exceed $3 billion a year, and average about $800 per emergency visit.Previous studies have shown that education alone has little impact on childhood injury rates. This program is different because, with participants' permission, people go into their homes to inspect conditions and install safety devices, Phelan says. Labor and materials for the pilot study averaged about $600 per home.Should this larger-scale study also show injury reductions, the findings could be used to revise housing codes or home safety policies at the national, state or local level and potentially build a market for home safety services.
For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in the laboratory from pluripotent stem cells.A team of Cincinnati Children's scientists published their findings Dec. 12, 2010, in the online edition of the journal Nature. These findings represent a significant step toward generating intestinal tissue for transplantation, researchers say."This is the first study to demonstrate that human pluripotent stem cells in a petri dish can be instructed to efficiently form human tissue with three-dimensional architecture and cellular composition remarkably similar to intestinal tissue," says James Wells, PhD, senior investigator on the study and a researcher in the Division of Developmental Biology at Cincinnati Children's. Jason Spence, PhD, a member of Wells' laboratory, was first author of the study."The hope is that our ability to turn stem cells into intestinal tissue will eventually be therapeutically beneficial for people with diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis, inflammatory bowel disease and short bowel syndromes," Wells says.Cells used in the study were generated at the new Pluripotent Stem Cell Facility at Cincinnati Children's by reprogramming biopsied human skin cells. Turning the stem cells into intestinal tissue required a timed series of cell manipulations using growth factors to mimic stages of embryonic intestinal development.The first step generated an embryonic cell type called definitive endoderm, which gives rise to the lining of the esophagus, stomach and intestines as well as the lungs, pancreas and liver. Next, endoderm cells were instructed to become "hindgut progenitors," and encouraged to multiply.Within 28 days, these steps formed three-dimensional tissue resembling fetal intestine that contained all major cell types – including enterocytes, goblet, Paneth and enteroendocrine cells.Next steps for this breakthrough research include using these cells as tools to study normal and abnormal intestinal development. Eventually, such cells also might prove useful in drug development as a new way to test how the body would absorb oral medications.Cincinnati Children's researchers Noah Shroyer, PhD, and Michael Helmrath, MS, MD, have already begun animal studies to evaluate the new cells as a treatment for short bowel syndrome.
The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) approved a five-year, $3.4 million grant naming Cincinnati Children's as one of five national Centers of Excellence for Molecular Hematology.The center will be overseen by Yi Zheng, PhD, director of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology. It will focus on finding new gene and cell therapies for diseases such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, leukemia and immunological disorders. The goal is to move therapies more quickly from the research laboratory to clinical trials."We have a strong basic research pipeline at Cincinnati Children's and the ability to rapidly translate basic research into the clinic," says Zheng. "The medical center is one of the few institutions in the country that has excellence in basic science, expertise in genetic manipulation, outstanding cell and gene therapies and exceptional patient care in a single location."The challenge is to understand and correct diseases caused by interactions between mutated genes and environmental factors that adversely affect blood cells. Researchers believe that successfully applying molecular and cell therapeutics to blood cells that can be transplanted into patients will provide life-long cures for inherited diseases.Cincinnati Children's is already working on gene therapy trials for new treatments of sickle cell anemia, X-SCID (X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency), solid cancers such as rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma, and a number of other diseases.The NIDDK grant helps fund four research cores that support the research activities of multiple investigators. The cores are vital to the rapid and efficient translation of original discoveries from the laboratory to the clinic, Zheng says.
Cincinnati Children's significantly expanded its genetic research capabilities with the installation of an Illumina HiSeq 2000 and HiScan system for its Division of Human Genetics.These DNA analysis systems have the highest output and fastest data generation in the field. The HiSeq 2000 can process one entire human genome in eight days. The HiScan can genotype 1 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) – DNA pieces – for one patient in nine minutes.That is five times faster than the medical center's previous system, says Mehdi Keddache, MS, sequencing and genotyping core coordinator at Cincinnati Children's.The new system will mean faster results for genome-wide association studies that map gene variations associated with human disease. The system will also get fast results for RNA sequencing by generating detailed transcript profiles, including alternative splicing and RNA variants.The technical ability to conduct large-scale gene research is exploding. In the 1990s, researchers could scan 293 genotypes a day. In 2009, top systems were identifying 1 million genotypes a day. The newest microarray scanners process 100 million per day."The technology is advancing so rapidly that the lifespan of these machines in terms of functionality is probably three years," says Greg Grabowski, MD, director of the Division of Human Genetics.The ultra precise robots and massively powerful computers that comprise the new HiSeq 2000 system cost more than $800,000, yet are small enough to sit on standard lab benches.The robots process human DNA samples onto slides containing as many as a dozen tiny squares – or microarrays – each with hundreds of thousands of gene markers. When exposed to microscopic laser beams, these markers produce matrices of green and red fluorescent dots so dense they look like static on a computer screen. It requires powerful computers to "read" the static and report which genes are active and which are not.This capacity allows SNPs collected from hundreds of people to be analyzed at once to spot gene regions that may be associated with disease. Deeper analysis of those regions can determine which specific gene mutations actually cause the disease."A few years ago, we could do only a few thousand SNPs in a day. By year's end, this machine will have the capacity to do 5 million SNPs in a few minutes," Keddache says.
A question from a parent about the safety of his child's CT scan compelled radiologist Marilyn Goske, MD, to start an education and awareness campaign called "Image Gently."Sponsored by the Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging, the campaign promotes radiation protection for children worldwide. In three years, it has grown to 60 medical professional societies and agencies. In addition, the alliance works with the makers of imaging equipment and regulatory agencies.Goske, the Corning Benton Chair for Radiology Education at Cincinnati Children's, says there is no doubt that CT scans save lives. They are often the best – and only – way to help diagnose trauma,cancer or other life-threatening illnesses.What she cannot say is whether radiation from computed tomography puts a child at greater risk for cancer. So she and her radiology colleagues at Cincinnati Children's have taken a "better safe than sorry" approach. They have been at the forefront of lowering radiation doses when imaging children."When you talk about radiation risk in medical imaging, much of it is based on theory. We don't have any hard data to link whether medical radiation causes cancer," she says. "You can debate this foranother 20 years, and that paralyzes you. Our tack has been to say we're not sure. We don't know. Let's act as if it might and do what we can for radiation protection. We can look for alternate imaging that does not use CT, and we can ensure that when imaging is performed that it is for a clear reason to benefit the child. If the scan is medically needed, we work to get a high-quality CT at a child-size dose."Goske's work may lead to changing practice. She is principal investigator in a $150,000 grant from the Radiological Society of North America, funded through this year. She and her co-investigators have developed a "best practice" national registry for CT scans in children. Cincinnati Children's is part of a consortium of six children's hospitals in the first children's registry in pediatric radiology in CT scanning. They plan to turn best practices into universal protocols.
A small company formed to further develop a novel, experimental cancer therapy discovered at Cincinnati Children's has received federal and state funding to prepare the product for initial clinical trials.Bexion Pharmaceuticals LLC, based in Covington, KY, has been selected for a research collaboration with the National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory (NCL). The project will generate vital data for Bexion's Investigational New Drug application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The compound, Saposin C-dioleoylphosphatidylserine (also known as SapC-DOPS), was discovered in 2002 by Xiaoyang Qi, PhD, a human geneticist at Cincinnati Children's. The medical center obtained a patent for the compound in 2005. Bexion then licensed the technology from Cincinnati Children's in 2006.This nanovesicle compound homes in on the acidic nature of cancer cells, then induces apoptosis, essentially tricking the cells into killing themselves. In tests involving animals and cultured human cells, the compound has destroyed cancer cells – including glioblastoma and pancreatic cancer cells – without harming healthy tissue. A study describing the cancer-targeting ability of SapC-DOPS was published in September 2009 in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. In December, the Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority awarded Bexion up to $155,000 to assist in purchasing lab equipment.The NCL study will focus on the absorption, distribution and toxicity properties of SapC-DOPS. If the FDAapproves, Bexion plans to begin Phase I clinical trials by mid-2011.
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text: HomeProject IdeasTop Embedded Projects Ideas for Engineering Students Tarun Agarwal Project Ideas 56 Comments Embedded system An embedded system is designed to perform one function with real-time applications. Embedded systems are found in simple devices like calculators, microwave & television remote controls and also in more complicated devices such as a home security and neighborhood traffic control systems. Many Talented people can take the advantages of simple embedded systems and turn them into a more integrated system for controlling other devices. Embedded projects ideas So, Now-a-days many engineering students are showing lot of interest to improve their practical knowledge in embedded systems in early stage by doing the embedded systems projects in their final year. Generally we use 8051 Microcontroller or PIC Microcontroller based projects as they serve as good reference for final year electronics engineering projects. Here we are giving best and latest list of projects on embedded systems. 8051 Microcontroller Projects A microcontroller is an integrated circuit or a chip with a processor and other support devices like program memory, data memory, I/O ports, serial communication interface etc integrated together. 8051 is the most popular and widely use microcontroller. So, many engineering students show lot of interest in doing the 8051 Microcontroller projects. Latest Embedded System Projects for Final Year Engineering Students Embedded System Projects Here is the list of embedded systems projects ideas: Propeller display of Time / Message Vehicle Tracking By GPS – GSM Auto Intensity Control of Street Lights Auto Metro Train to Shuttle Between Stations Auto Power Supply Control from 4 Different Sources: Solar, Mains, Generator & Inverter to Ensure No Break Power Automatic Bell System for Institutions Automatic Dialing to Any Telephone Using I2C Protocol on Detecting Burglary Automatic irrigation System on Sensing Soil Moisture Content Automatic Surveillance Camera Panning System from PC Automatic Wireless Health Monitoring System in Hospitals for Patients Beacon Flasher Using Microcontroller Bidirectional Rotation of an Induction Motor with a Remote Control Device BLDC Motor Speed Control with RPM Display Cell Phone Based DTMF Controlled Garage Door Opening System Cell Phone Controlled Robotic Vehicle Closed Loop Control for a Brushless DC Motor to Run at the Exactly Entered Speed Cyclo Converter Using Thyristors Density Based Traffic Signal System Detecting Power Grid Synchronization Failure on Sensing Frequency or Voltage Beyond Acceptable Range Discotheque Light Stroboscopic Flasher Dish Positioning Control by IR Remote Display of Dialed Telephone Numbers on Seven Segment Displays Distance Measurement by Ultrasonic Sensor DTMF Based Load Control System FACTs (flexible ac transmission) by TSR FACTs by SVC (flexible ac transmission) Fire Fighting Robotic Vehicle Flash Flood Intimation Over GSM Network Four Quadrant DC Motor Speed Control with Microcontroller GSM Based Energy Meter Reading with Load Control GSM Based Monthly Energy Meter Billing via SMS Industrial Battery Charger by Thyristor Firing Angle Control Industrial Power Control by Integral Cycle Switching without Generating Harmonics Integrated Energy Management System Based on GSM Protocol with Acknowledgement Feature IR Controlled Robotic Vehicle IR Obstacle Detection to Actuate Load Lamp Life Extender by ZVS (Zero Voltage Switching) Life Cycle Testing of Electrical Loads by Down Counter Microcontroller Based Line Following Robotic Vehicle Design and Implementation of Metal Detector Robotic Vehicle Automatic Door Opening System with Movement Sense Networking of Multiple Microcontrollers Microcontroller based Non Contact Tachometer Object Counter with 7 Segment Display using Microcontroller Object Detection using Ultrasonic Sensor Obstacle Avoidance Robotic Vehicle Optimum Energy Management System Parallel Telephone Lines with Security System Password Based Circuit Breaker PC Based Electrical Load Control PC Controlled Scrolling Message Display for Notice Board Pick N Place with Soft Catching Gripper Portable Programmable Medication Reminder Power Saver for Industries & Commercial Establishments Pre Stampede Monitoring and Alarm System Precise Digital Temperature Control Precise Illumination Control of Lamp Predefined Speed Control of BLDC Motor Programmable Energy Meter for Electrical Load Survey Programmable Load Shedding Time Management for Utility Department Programmable Switching Control for Industrial Automation in Repetitive Nature of Work Railway Level Crossing Gate Control through SMS by the Station Master or the Driver Railway Track Security System Remote Jamming Device RF Based Home Automation System RF Controlled Robotic Vehicle With Laser Beam Arrangement RFID based attendance system RFID Based Passport Details RFID security access control system SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) for Remote Industrial Plant Secret Code Enabled Secure Communication Using RF Technology Security System Using Smartcard Technology Security System With User Changeable Password Sine Pulse Width Modulation (spwm) Solar Powered Auto irrigation System Solar Powered LED Street Light with Auto Intensity Control Speed Checker to Detect Rash Driving on Highways Speed Control Unit Designed for a DC Motor Speed Synchronization of Multiple Motors in Industries Stamp Value Calculator for Postage Needs Sun Tracking Solar Panel SVPWM Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Synchronized Traffic Signals Tampered Energy Meter Information Conveyed to Concerned Authority by Wireless Communication Theft Intimation of the Vehicle Over SMS to Owner Who Can Stop the Engine Remotely Three Phase Solid State Relay with ZVS Thyristor Controlled Power for Induction Motor Thyristor Power Control by IR Remote Touch Screen Based Home Automation System Touch Screen Based Industrial Load Switching Touch Screen Based Remote Controlled Robotic Vehicle for Stores Management TV Remote Operated Domestic Appliances Control Ultra Fast Acting Electronic Circuit Breaker Underground Cable Fault Distance Locator Unique Office Communication System Using RF Using TV Remote as a Cordless Mouse for the Computer War Field Spying Robot with Night Vision Wireless Camera Wireless Electronic Notice Board Using GSM Wireless message Communication Between Two Computers PIC Microcontroller Based Embedded Projects PIC Microcontroller Based Project PIC Microcontroller is another type of microcontroller which is widely used in many electronics projects by the engineering students. Following is the list of few PIC Microcontroller Projects for final year engineering students. Density Based Traffic Signal System Using PIC Microcontroller GSM Based Energy Meter Reading With Load Control Using PIC Microcontroller Portable Programmable Medication Reminder Using PIC Microcontroller Pre Stampede Monitoring and Alarm System Using PIC Microcontroller RFID Based Device Control and Authentication Using PIC Microcontroller Solar Energy Measurement System Speed Synchronization of Multiple Motors in Industries Using PIC Microcontroller Street Light that Glows on Detecting Vehicle Movement Synchronized Traffic Signals at Various Junctions Using PIC Microcontroller Theft Intimation of Vehicle Over SMS to Owner Who Can Stop the Engine Remotely PIC Based TV Remote as a Cordless Mouse for the Computer These are the few embedded systems projects ideas for engineering students. Get the abstract, block diagram & output video details for above mentioned embedded projects ideas by clicking on buy embedded systems projects. Photo Credits: Embedded projects ideas by opentecks Embedded System Projects by mycollegeproject 56 Responses weight loss wrinkles Excellent beat ! I would like to apprentixe whilst you amend your website, how coul i subscribe for a blog web site? The account helped me a appropriate deal. I were tiny bit acquainted of this your broadcast provided bright clear idea Reply Tarun Agarwal Hi, Please contact our Superior Mr.Tarun Aggarwal on +91-9908208883 for more details. Reply sarwan Sir I have new idea in embedded base project any idea to u needed call this no 7871303697 Reply Tarun Agarwal Hi Sarwan, You can mail your requirements to our official id: firstname.lastname@example.com For further details please contact Mr.Tarun Agarwal on +91-9908208883. Reply kiran Hi sir i need some help for my project …. 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TFF 2010: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda Speaks
His Excellency President Paul Kagame of Rwanda will now take your questions. Or at least he did Monday night after the world premiere screening of "Earth Made of Glass" at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.
From the director of "The War Tapes," this 88-minute documentary looks at the 1994 Rwandan genocide, interweaving the personal story of Jean Pierre Sagahutu with the political agendas of both France and Rwanda.
Present for the film and the post-screening panel, director Deborah Scranton yielded her allotted space to President Kagame, who answered questions from three audience members, all of whom were women. His outlook on his country was positive with a strong undercurrent on progress.
"We have to recognize and acknowledge the difficulties (of Rwanda). We have to move forward. There are immense difficulties of reconciliation," President Kagame said, adding, "There was a powerful story told in the film. The truth has to be known. We have to build on that."
The film begins with a black screen emerging, there's a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote, "Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass," and some ambient music. The audience is introduced to Sagahutu, a man who spent two months and 16 days in his friend's septic tank to avoid being shot and killed by a Hutu because he was culturally labeled as a Tutsi.
He's haunted by the unsolved murder of his father, a local doctor, and spends 15 years combing through the Rwandan countryside for answers until he meets a man who saw his father killed.
Simultaneously, the story of President Kagame and Rose Kabuye, one of his aids, unfolds. Kabuye was arrested and detained in France on terrorism charges, which leads to a deeper investigation on the genocide and specifically France's knowledge and direct engagement.
"I want just to know the truth and forgive," said Sagahutu midway thru the film. "But I'm not ready now."
Inexorably linked, the Rwandan citizen and the president responsible for the country's progress are both bound to their homeland, yearning for peace and the rebuilding of a nation.
Sagahutu's son, Serge, also plays a part in the film. The audience sees him accompany his father to the alleged murder site of his grandfather. Serge watches as his grandfather's bones and remains are found, he also looks on as his father questions the killer, Gaspard Bavuriki.
The young Sagahutu also rounds out the film as he is questioned about Hutus and Tutsis; the two ethnic groups of Rwanda. Serge does not categorize Hutus and Tutsis, he says, he simply identifies them as Rwandan people. This way of seeing his fellow countrymen became the goal his father and his president worked towards through the film, compelled by love of country, sacrificing blood and forgiving the anger for the next generation, Serge's generation.


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How to Resolve a "Partition Failed" Error in Mac OS X
If you have attempted to partition a drive from Mac OS X and received a "Partition failed" message with the error "Couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed." you can fix the problem with the file system check command line utility. To do this properly, you'll need to boot into Single User Mode as well:
- Reboot the Mac into Single User Mode by holding Command+S during boot
- At the command prompt, type:
- When fsck is complete, type "exit" or "reboot" to reboot
- Boot the Mac as usual, verify the disk again in Disk Utility, and partition as usual
/sbin/fsck -fy
Boot the Mac as usual and relaunch Disk Utility to verify the disk. Go ahead and partition the drive as usual, this time without any such error message.
I have encountered this error a few times when partitioning the boot drive from OS X Lion, most recently after a clean installation when setting up dual boot for OS X Lion and Mountain Lion. The cause of this remains to be seen, and repairing the disk from Disk Utility itself doesn't work, even when in Single User Mode or when booting from another drive.


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Three years ago, Mirror's Edge arrived and created a new way of seeing the gaming world through parkour. EA have recently announced a sequel was currently being worked on. But according to CVG, the Official PlayStation Magazine now has a scoop that should start creating buzz for the new Mirror's Edge title:
OPM is now reporting on insider whispers which add more credence to the idea of Faith hop, skip and jumping onto Battlefield 3's stunning engine.
"The Frostbite 2 engine will pave the way for Mirror's Edge to make a free-running return," says the mag, much to our delight.
Frostbite 2 is responsible for the gorgeous graphics you've seen in Battlefield 3 demos and alpha videos. I truly look forward to see what DICE can pull off with Frostbite 2 and Mirror's Edge!


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Raw Kale Salad with Roasted Garlic Dressing
From EatingWell: July/August 2013
Using a whole head of sweet roasted garlic creates an irresistible garlic salad dressing that gets "massaged" into raw leaves of kale to create this kale salad recipe. To save time, roast the garlic ahead. This kale salad is great with pizza or as a light side salad.
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Hi everybody,
I want to let everyone know we have just finished the mold for the PEEK intake seals that fit the 741 Indians (the 37ci), and are now in production.
Indian Part # 26B22.
They fit a manifold diameter of 1-3/32 or 1.094 inch.
These are in addition to the seals for the Chief and Scout Indians and the 3 sizes to fit the H-D models that were made to use the brass "plumber style"seals.
Here is a link to the web page http://www.enfieldracing.com/peek_seals_8.html.


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With summer heat and humidity on full-blast, there's something less than appealing about slathering on an AHA cream--or even a serum--for exfoliation. Add on a layer of sunscreen and any makeup and...forget it. One way to avoid feeling like you're on product overload in such heat is to switch up your exfoliation routine from a chemical-based one to a physical one.
Physical exfoliators, as the name implies, involve some physical action to slough away dirt and any dead skin cells. You can find physical exfoliators as either part of a skin care formula, or not. When they're in a skin care lotion, they're those fine granules that make the lotion feel a bit gritty. The level of 'grittiness' varies--some physical exfoliators are super-fine to the point where you don't think they'll do anything at all, others may have the texture of sea salt. Either way, the goal is to exfoliate with them by gently rubbing them onto skin in a circular motion and then rinsing.
The other option for skin care exfoliation comes in the form of a hand-held device--such as the Spa Sonic Skin Care System Face & Body Polisher. It's similar (though not exactly the same as) to the one put out by Clarisonic--minus the price tag (the Clarisonic Mia, at the lower end of the Clarisonic line, comes in at $99 at Sephora; Spa Sonic runs $55 at Target, and you can find it for less on Amazon).
If you're looking for basic cleansing and exfoliation that takes you beyond cleanser, water and a washcloth, the Spa Sonic is a great choice. According to the company, the brush head attachments, of which there are four--a small facial brush, a larger body brush, a facial sponge, and a pumice stone--were designed by dermatologists. The small facial brush is the one to use for facial exfoliation.
If you haven't used a facial hand-held cleansing device, it can take some getting used to--you might feel a bit of a tingling or even tickling sensation when you start, or a slight tugging action if you're putting a bit too much pressure on the device as you're cleansing. But the brushes are soft to the touch and work gently to effectively remove dirt and slough skin--so there should not be any irritation.
The result is a fresh, clean, clear feeling that's much more evident than if you'd used a washcloth--and skin is primed for any skin care formulas you do want to apply afterward. Of course, you do still need to wear some sunscreen...but given how hot it's been, the Spa Sonic is a great option for getting your exfoliation in, without having to slather (and sweat off!) on a lotion or cream exfoliator.
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Stay Warm in Style: Winter Fashion Trends
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 | Tips & How-Tos, Uncategorized
While the shorter days and colder weather can bring on a case of the blues for some, winter also presents an opportunity to give your wardrobe a much-needed makeover. Just because you can't show as much skin doesn't mean you can't flaunt the season's hottest styles. Cheer up, fashionistas—these latest trends are the silver lining to those winter clouds!
Violet Femme
A splash of lavender, lilac or plum is the perfect way to brighten up your winter wardrobe. No need to wear this oh-so-feminine yet ultra-mod shade from head to toe; instead, try accenting your monochromatic black ensemble with a purple scarf, handbag, shoes or belt.
All That Glitters
Sequins are super-hot this season, and a great way to turn heads at those holiday parties. To make an entrance without going overboard on glitz, pair your glittering garb and accessories with solid, opaque tights, dark or neutral colours and understated jewelry.
Caped Crusader
Stay warm and look fabulous in a sleek, chic cape. Both long and short styles look elegant paired with menswear trousers or pencil skirts. Go with jewel tones and patterns for a fun, refreshing take on the look, or for those less bold, stick with the subtle sophistication of black, gray or brown.
Fierce Furs
Fur is a classic—who doesn't want to strut her stuff in a fur coat down Fifth Avenue like Carrie Bradshaw? This season, fashion and fur have taken their relationship to the next level, accenting boots, scarves, handbags and clothing. Fur tip: don't be afraid to go faux and do wear this look sparingly.
Complement your winter wardrobe with makeup must-haves from Pür Minerals. Click here to get the look!