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OCZ SSD 64GB 'Core series' Solid State Disk
Published: 5th August 2008 | Source: OCZ | Price: £185 |
There have been many advances in PC technology since its birth some 25 years ago but the humble hard drive has seen little in the way of enhancements. Interface, platter and spindle speed have been improved drastically but due to the now somewhat dated mechanical design, the performance of such drives has almost reached a standstill. The advent of SSD (Sold State Drive) is about to change all that but unfortunately, price and capacity is an issue for most consumers looking to take advantage of the new technology on offer.
Enter OCZ. We recently reviewed OCZ's first entrant into the SSD arena with the 32GB OCZ SSD and although it was a very good performer we were disappointed that it didn't exactly show the leap in speed we were looking for compared to the best performing mechanical hard disks available. So, after lengthy discussion with the guys from OCZ, they sent us another drive but this time from its 'Core series' which promised to be even faster than the previous drive. Never being ones to just accept that fact we have hooked the drive up to our test rig and will compare it to the previous drives tested to see if there is indeed a leap in performance.
The Core series of SSD's uses highly reliable NAND Flash chips with a capacities up to 128GB. Due to the chips low power requirements and shock resistance it is the perfect alternative to conventional hard disks and ideal for mobile computing solutions. Today however we will be hooking up to a 'desktop' PC to see if it really can replace the larger, noisier, heavier HDD form factor.
Most Recent Comments
Read all about it HERE.Quote
Nice review, but the forum link at the end doesnt work Quote
Originally Posted by name='Hassan'
Whats the G Sensor for? or did u just crack a joke?
Originally Posted by name='Mr. Smith'
These SSDs don't seem to offer enough over HDD to warrant spending the extra £££... I think I'll get a velociraptor or two after reading this
Originally Posted by name='teknokid'
they do 74 and 150gb velociraptors now
Im waiting on two of these drives - OCZ 32 GB Core-series, and a controllercard..Now i get a bit worried about the results...Have i made the right desition when i bought these?
Also im thinking, will my AMD Dual-core 6000+ processor be a bottleneck, or does it matter at all?
Anyway, at least i was fast and bought these before when the price was a bit lower, now they cant get me to pay the extra 69.73 dollars.
I cant wait to see the results, but when reading this i get the feeling that high expectations is unnecasary. Still waiting and hoping - at least boot-up time will be lightning-fast, that´s a thing i learned when i had a 8 GB samsung ssd, even though it was extremely unstable, but i blame that on the small size....but just to be sure i´ll never ever buy another samsung ssd Quote
Taken from Benchmarkreviews.com - if the reviewer didn't disable AHCI then seems this review is pretty much useless. There is no mention of him having done so in the intro to the article.Quote
Originally Posted by name='FlyBy'
Benchmarks that actually work are those that are not geared towards quick and dirty assessment of a HDDs performance based on optimization of the test algorithms to meet the typical HDD architecture. Examples are PCMark Vantage, Winbench 99 2.0 "Drive Inspection Test" or ATTO.
Originally Posted by name='FlyBy'
if the reviewer didn't disable AHCI then seems this review is pretty much useless. There is no mention of him having done so in the intro to the article.
Originally Posted by name='FlyBy'
Taken from Benchmarkreviews.com - if the reviewer didn't disable AHCI then seems this review is pretty much useless. There is no mention of him having done so in the intro to the article.
With regards to the benchmarks, I was actually asked to run benchmarks that were more favourable to the OCZ Core drive but I questioned the validity of this as, by an OCZ employees own admission, the Core series does not appear to handle small files well, which naturally made me curious.
HD tune rightly or wrongly picks up on the 'issue' of the small files being written(which btw are not there with the original OCZ SSD) and therefore the results were included in the review for comparison purposes. The validity of the write results was however questioned, so to quote myself:
If these small files fall into a single block all is well, however if the files straddle over 2 blocks then the performance appears to be affected but this is not indicative of 'real world' performance. To verify OCZ's claims we also ran a quick test of the OCZ with ATTO:
As you can see. I openly admit that the issue with HDtune write readings are not indicative of real world performance, at least not to the extent it shows. However this does show that the Core series drive DOES have issues where a stall appears when writing small files. Some benchmarks do not represent this - PCMark being one of them, ATTO being another, which if you read the review again you will see was used for clarification purposes. Not only that but we also tested the drive in 'real world scenarios'. Compression/decompression & file creation were also used, again emphasizing the drives capabilities. Synthetic benchmarks will always be a contentious issue and hence we also ran some 'everyday' tasks to see how it performs with the aim to present a balanced and informative review. Sometimes though the latest hardware is difficult to benchmark as there are simply no benchmarks written that take advantage of it and reflect its true performance!
To Quote OCZ:
Every benchmark uses different methods of measuring performance and some benchmarks appear inadequate for measuring SSD performance, others are somewhat better but there are no benchmarks out there that are specifically geared towards SSD's.
Oh and I nearly forgot :
Taken from OCZ press release .Pdf file:
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Originally Posted by name='FlyBy'
Benchmarks that actually work are those that are not geared towards quick and dirty assessment of a HDDs performance based on optimization of the test algorithms to meet the typical HDD architecture. Examples are PCMark Vantage, Winbench 99 2.0 "Drive Inspection Test" or ATTO.
Taken from Benchmarkreviews.com
Originally Posted by name='magicmerlin'
I had a regular Raptor before, but i sold it. And i thought i wouldnt notice a great difference when i had a regular drive, but i was very wrong on that point...That was a 150 GB Raptor...A question: In the test one SSD was tested, how much different results will i get when i do a raid-0 configuration with a good controllercard (ADAPTEC SATA RAID 1220SA SINGLE)? It must be like 30% better then?
The OCZ CORE_SSD (32G works fine on a JMicron JMB36X controller, in tandem with a Samsung MCBQE32G5MPP-0VA (32G, in a RAID0 configuration. In this configuration, I see a considerable improvement in load times, etc. over a pair of 150GB WD Raptors on the same controller and in the same configuration. Unfortunately, this controller does not write cache, nor does it overlap I/O across SATA devices, hence my desire to use another (better) controller.
Over the next week, after they arrive, I'm going to try a Promise FastTrack SX4 in place of the Adaptec 1220SA, and also a pair of Patriot Extreme Flash Warp (32G SSDs (which were on sale) on both controllers.
Finally, I have replaced a Samsung MCBQE32G5MPP-0VA (32G SSD with a OCZ CORE_SSD (64G on a two-disk bay HP Pavillion DV8219ea -- 32GB is just too small for Vista 32. Unfortunately, performance has gone to hell as a result. Vista hangs, with the disk activity LED pegged, from time to time. I've tried the "Windows Steady State" fix, but that makes no difference. Again, this may be a generic OCZ problem, or unique to my SSD.
I'll update as I find out more.Quote
Originally Posted by name='noobieocer'
still to expensive for em i stick to samsung f1 drives :P
I got the Patriots on sale for £80.55 (ex VAT) each. Not very big, but 64GB is fine for a C: drive. My D: drive is 2TB (5-x-500 WD Caviars in a RAID5 config) on an Intel IH9.Quote
Recognized OK on an ASUS P5N-E SLI, but that already has an NVIDEA RAID controller that is working fine with a pair of Raptors in a RAID0 cionfig.
I'l try it in an old (RAID-less) server next.
I've now got an HP LSI SAS3041E SAS SATA RAID Controller on order. I'll wait to see how it fares on the DFI MoBo with a pair of Patriot SSDs, before upgrading my old server.
That leaves me with a spare Adaptec 1220SA with nowhere to go but eBay.Quote
None of the three SATA/RAID controllers were able to support the OCZ or Patriot SSDs!
The Adaptec 1220SA, hung when it had a Patriot Extreme Flash Warp (32G or OCZ CORE_SSD (32G, but not a Samsung MCBQE32G5MPP-0VA (32G, SSD plugged into either port.
The HP LSI SAS3041E SAS SATA RAID controller rejected the Patriot Extreme Flash Warp (32G SSDs ("Wrn Typ") for inclusion in a RAID array.
The Promise FastTrak S150 SX4 was not recognized by the MoBo.
So I bit the bullet and removed 2-x-500GB drives from the RAID5 array (6 drives -> 4 drives) on my integral Intel ICH9 RAID/SATA controller freeing two ports for an ICH9-based RAID0 array (32K stripe, with write-back caching) employing two Patriot Extreme Flash Warp (32G SSDs. This, except for losing a Terabyte of storage, was a great success!
Under Vista Ultimate X64, an ATTO benchmark (with a 256MB file) reported a 60MB/sec read & write transfer rate for 1KB blocks. The write rate got no better, but the read rate peaked at 180MB/sec on > 8K blocks. An HD Tune benchmark reported average read rates of 190 MB/sec with a min of 170MB/sec and a max of 195MB/sec, an average access time of 0.2 ms (vs. 10.2 ms for a 2-x-150GB Raptor RAID0 array), and an 886MB/sec burst rate.
I then tried the HP LSI SAS3041E SAS SATA RAID controller on an ASUS P5N-E SLI MoBo. With 4-x-36GB Raptors in a striped (64KB - no alternative) and mirrored RAID10 (IME in LSI terminology) array, the performance was so bad that I gave up. I then tried the 4-x-36GB Raptors in a RAID0 (64KB stripe - no alternative) array. Under Vista Ultimate X64, an ATTO benchmark (256MB file) reported very poor small block read and write performance (1 MB/sec with 1KB blocks), with write performance peaking at 240MS/sec on >= 64KB blocks, and read performance reaching 230MB/sec on >512KB blocks). HD Tune benchmarks reported an average read performance of 76MB/sec and a max burst rate of 91MB/sec. It is worth noting that this controller only supports write through (as opposed to write back) caching.
Finally, I tried the Promise FastTrak S150 SX on an MSI MS-7091 MoBo in a RAID5 (16KB stripe) array with three 500GB HDs. Under Win Server 2K, an ATTO benchmark (256MB and 32MB file) reported quite weird results. Small block read/write performance was good (16MB/sec for 1KB blocks), but read performance peaked at 57MB/sec on 16KB blocks and then dropped to 38MB/sec on larger blocks. My guess is that this controller cannot support parallel operations over multiple SATA ports. It is effectively operating SATA ports as if they were PATA ports. Write performance peaked at 50MB/sec on >64KB blocks. An HD Tune benchmark reported average read rates of 35MB/sec with a min of 28MB/sec and a max of 63MB/sec, an average access time of 13.2 ms, and a 90MB/sec burst rate.
These results were very poor when compared with a 4 HD Intel IH9-based RAID5 (32KB stripe) array on my DFI MoBo. Under Vista Ultimate X64, an ATTO benchmark (with 256MB file) reported a 53MB/sec write, and an 83MB/sec read, transfer rate for 1KB blocks. The write rate peaked at 112MB/sec > 4KB blocks, and the read rate peaked at 162MB/sec on 16K blocks, before dropping to 120MB/sec on > 64KB blocks. An HD Tune benchmark reported average read rates of 165 MB/sec with a min of 106MB/sec and a max of 207MB/sec, an average access time of 16.8 ms (vs. 10.2 ms for a 2-x-150GB Raptor RAID0 array), and an 871MB/sec burst rate.
This is probably much more data than anyone wants! The results are pretty clear. Low cost RAID/SATA controllers are a bust on most SSDs. They also don't perform that well with conventional HDs. Integral Intel and NVIDIA RAID/SATA controllers seem to be fine with SSDs and deliver much better RAID performance with both SSDs and HDs. An integral JMicron JMB36X-based RAID/SATA controller falls somewhere in between!Quote


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The Madonna of the Future and Other Tales (1879) is a two-volume collection of six short stories written by Henry James. Volume 1: "The Madonna of the Future", "Longstaff's Marriage" and "Madame de Mauves"; Volume 2: "Eugene Pickering", "The Diary of a Man of Fifty" and "Benvolio". Each of these short stories (James preferred to call them "tales") was originally published separately in journals between 1873 and 1879. James made several revisions to them before and after 1879, most famously between 1907 and 1908 for the New York Edition of his fiction. All tales referred to here are taken from Leon Edel's twelve-volume The Complete Tales of Henry James (1962), which uses the original …
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Italian surnames beginning with F (Origin, meaning and location)
More than 40,000 surnames currently used in Italy. Most of those surnames have a foreign origin, as for instance, HASSAN, an Arabian last name.
With every surname, you'll find an access to external links, clicking on these links you'll be able to see where surnames are located in different Italian regions, according to the GENS searcher, and display the percentage according Cognomix.
Also, on these links you'll be able to see your last name meaning, according to Cognomi Italiani, Retaggio, Nome Lab, Armoriale Italiano, Nomi e Cognomi and its coat of arms, in the case of having one.
When meanings not found, it's because that last name was not investigated or was misspelled due to immigration issues into another countries.
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New Study Reveals Just How Aggravated Parents Really AreLori Garcia
Parenting is hard. If you didn't already know that, you're either not a parent or you're doing it all wrong. But what is it about parenting that makes the whole process of guiding wild small people into wonderful big people so gosh darn aggravating? Is it the lack of sleep? The expense? The tantrums? Or is it all of those things combined with about a billion more? I vote for the latter.
If you've ever mopped up toddler pee and stopped to wonder where you fall on the parental aggravation scale, you've come to the right blog post.
A new study released by Child Trends examining parental aggravation trends within the U.S. between 1997 and 2007, found that parents were 15 percent more aggravated in 2007 than they were just a decade before, bringing the national average of frustrated parents to a whopping 35 percent that year. Wowzers. I mean, I know why I was aggravated in 2007, I had a colicky infant, but was America facing the same witching hour? Or was handheld technology to blame? Maybe it was the economic downturn? Ooo, let's blame Y2K!
But just when I thought I had it all figured out (hello, kids were simply 15 percent more frustrating), the study determined that economics and iPhones weren't to blame (pfffft.), but rather a number of frustrating factors that included child/parent traits, parent education, and a lack of social support.
Before we cue the sad trombone, it's worth noting that the trend in parental aggravation doesn't appear to be increasing by an ugly 15 percent every decade (whew!). Between 2002 and 2005, parental aggravation levels seemed to hold pretty steady at 33 percent for the national average. Yay?
Is it just me or does 33 percent of aggravated parents nationwide sound a little scary? I mean, I'm totally part of that one-third of frustrated parents, but I expect more from you guys.
I live in a California, the state that ranked #1 for parental aggravation in 1997 (23.3 percent) before slipping to third place on the national parental aggravation scale in 2007 (37.9 percent). If I had to guess as to the reason why Californian parents be so stressed, I'd guess it has everything to do with having to work on sunshiney days to keep up with the ridiculous cost of living. Well, that and our inability to get from point A to point B in less than three hours due to all the everyone living here and driving cars at the exact same time.
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number by which Josef Haydn's individual works may be identified following the catalouge prepared by the Dutch musicologist Anthony Hoboken.
originally a triple-meter dance that was often added toward the end of the Baroque dance suite; in the Classical period it was invariably written in rounded binary form and coupled with a matching rounded binary movement called a trio.
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a pair of movements with each usually constructed in rounded binary form; the trio was often scored for fewer instruments, some times only three (thus the name); often served as the third movement of a symphony or piece of chamber music.
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a mode of expression that sought to frighten, studn, and overcome with emotion. Characterized by minor keys, angular themes, syncopation, string tremolos, sudden dynamic shifts, and violin lines that race up and down the scale.
(Italian for joke) an exuberant triple-meter dance that frequently replaced the more stately minute as the third movement in the symphonies and chamber works of the Classical period; was favored first by Haydn (in his Opus 33 quartets) and the especially by Beethoven in his symphonies.


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Based on estimates by the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW), the mule deer population on the Uncompahgre Plateau declined by approximately 50% between the early 1980's and the late 1990's with concomitant declines in December fawn/doe ratios and buck harvest (Figures 1 & 2). In response to concerns from local CDOW managers/ biologists and the public, the CDOW began studying mule deer on the Uncompahgre Plateau in 1997 to better model the deer population and understand the reasons for the decline. CDOW deer studies on the Uncompahgre Plateau have since indicated the most recent decline in the deer population has been primarily due to low fawn survival prior to six months of age. Inadequate nutrition of adult females during winter is believed to be a major factor contributing to the subsequent poor early survival of fawns. The decline in mule deer on the Plateau is believed to be indicative of a much larger problem related to overall ecosystem health. However, in recent years the population has increased slightly due to changes in harvest management (limited licenses since 1999) and mild winter conditions.
Fig. 1. Post-hunt deer population estimates and observed, December fawn:doe ratios on the Uncompahgre Plateau 1980-2005 (D19, GMUs 61 & 62, CDOW data).
Fig 2. Post-hunt deer population estimates, fitted population trendline, and buck harvest data for the Uncompahgre Plateau 1980-2005 (D19, GMUs 61&62, CDOW data).


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A Buffalo couple was arrested on child-endangerment charges Thursday during what was supposed to be a court-ordered property seizure action by the Erie County Sheriff's civil division.
Shawn P. Lyons, 29, and Heather A. Obstarczyk, 27, were arrested by Civil Deputies Dan Zlotek, Michael Hooch and Dan Wood when they got to their Columbus Avenue house about 11 a.m and saw their children, ages 3 and 2, in soiled clothes and diapers.
The parents were charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The deputies reported deplorable conditions in the house, including several piles of dog feces. The children were turned over to one of their grandfathers and the child neglect case was referred to Child Protective Services.


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Elements comes with a collection of graphic shapes that you can use to embellish a project like a scrapbook page, a card, an invitation or a collage. These shapes are vector graphics, which means that unlike photographs they can be reshaped or distorted without losing image quality. To access the shapes that comes with Elements, I'll go to Shape tool slot, which is right here in the toolbox. And from the flyout menu, I can choose from any of these geometric shape tools: the Rectangle, the Rounded Rectangle, which is good for making buttons for a website, the Ellipse tool for making ovals and circles, the Polygon tool for making triangles and other polygons, the Line tool and finally the Custom Shape tool, which is the most flexible of the Shape tools, and the one that I'm going to show you here.
I'll select the Custom Shape tool, and then I am going to come up the Options bar for this tool, and click the arrow to the right of the Shape field. This opens the Shape Picker, where you can see some of the shapes that come with Elements. But this is just a small subset of all the available shapes. To see more, I'm going to click this double pointed arrow here, and from the menu that pops-up, I am going to choose All Elements Shapes. I still can't see them in this picker, so I am going to make the picker longer by going to it's bottom right corner and dragging down.
As you can see there are many shapes available. I am going to go to the scrollbar on the right side of this picker and drag down to see even more shapes. Down at the bottom of the menu are some Talk Bubble Shapes. I am going to select one of those, and then I'm going to close this Shape Picker, by going up to the little X on the top right of the picker and clicking. And you can see, the shape that I have selected here in the Shape field. Before I apply this shape, I want to select a color for it from this menu, so I'll click the arrow to the right of the Color Field in the Options bar, and that brings up these Swatches.
I can make the Swatches panel bigger by going to the bottom right corner and dragging, and I could just click on a swatch here or I can click More Colors, and that opens the Color Picker from which I can choose a color. I am going to go to the gold area and choose a gold color from there, and click OK. Now, also before drawing out this shape, I'm going to select a Style for the shape. The default is No Style, represented by this icon. I am going to click the arrow to the right of the Style Field, and at first, what I see are some different Bevel Styles.
If I click the double pointed arrow on the right side of the Style Picker, I see that there are other categories of styles. I am going to choose the Drop Shadow Style. That changes the thumbnails available here. I'm going to select the Low Drop Shadow, and then I'm going to close this Style Picker by clicking in a blank area of the Options bar. Now, I am finally ready to draw out this shape. So I'll come into the image. I am going to hold down the Shift key on my keyboard to constrain proportions, so the shape doesn't distort, and I'm going to drag out a Talk Bubble like this.
Notice in the layers panel there's now a new layer. This is a special kind of layer called a Shape layer. And it comes with this thumbnail representing the vector outline that creates this shape. I am going to rename this Shape layer by double-clicking it's name, and I'll call this Talk Bubble Shape, and then I'll press Return. And you can see that there is a Drop Shadow Style on the shape, because there's an fx icon on the Shape layer. The jaggedy edge that you see here is really just the vector outline around the shape.
If you don't want to see that, you can always click off of the Shape layer onto another layer, like this Background layer, and now you can see that the shape is indeed really smooth around the edge. Because this is a vector shape, I can resize it, reshape it, rotate it, all without disturbing its quality. To do that I'll select the Shape layer again, and then I'm going to go over to the toolbar, click on the Custom Shape tool, and from the flyout menu I'm going to choose the Shape Selection tool. With this tool I'll click inside the shape, and that creates this bounding box with anchor points.
If I want to change the size of this shape, I'll move my mouse over one of the anchor points on a corner, I'll hold the Shift key to constrain proportions, and I can make the shape bigger or smaller. If I want to rotate the shape, I'll move my mouse outside one of the anchor points till the cursor changes to a curved double-pointed arrow, and then I'll drag to rotate the shape. And if I do want to distort or change the shape, I can move my cursor over any of the anchor points and drag. So I'm making the shape a little bit narrower this time.
When I'm all done with these changes. I'll go down to this green checkmark and click to commit my changes to the shape. And now, I'm going to click off of the Shape layer onto the Background layer to see how the shape looks without the vector outline. Another thing that I like to use a Custom Shape for is to mask a photograph to give it a more interesting outline. This is similar to applying a full layer mask, which I showed you how to do in the layers chapter. And it's a really specialized technique, the one that I think you are going to like. The first thing I am going to do is go to the layers panel, and notice that the photograph is on a special layer called a Background layer.
I am going to change this into a regular type layer by double-clicking the word Background on this layer. I'll name the Regular layer 'cowboy', and I'll click OK. Now that that's a regular layer, I can create a new layer beneath it. To do that, with the cowboy layer selected, I'll hold down the Command key on my keyboard, and I'll click the Create New layer icon down here at the bottom left of the layers panel, and that makes a new layer beneath the selected cowboy layer. I'll double-click this layer name, and I am going to call this one 'color', and then I'll press the Return key.
I am going to fill the new color layer with color, so I have it selected in the layers panel. I'm going to go up to the Edit menu and choose Fill layer. Here in the Use menu, I'll choose 50% Gray, and I'll click OK. That will fill the color layer with 50% Gray. But I don't see that in the document window, because the Cowboy layer is completely obscuring the Color layer right now. The next thing I am going to do is to add a Custom Shape between the Color layer and the Cowboy layer. So with the color layer selected, I'm going to go back to the toolbar and select the Custom Shape tool.
I'll go up to the Options bar, and click the arrow to the right of the Shape field. I am going to scroll up in this list of shapes, until I see these mask shapes. I'll select one of those, and then I'll close the Shape Picker by clicking the X at the top right. Next, I'll choose a color for this mask by going to the arrow to the right of the Color field, clicking there, and I'm going to select a Black Chip, from these color swatches. And then I'll click in a blank area of the Options bar to close that menu.
Next, I am going to go to the Style Picker, click the arrow there, and what I want to do is set this to, No style, so I'll click the double pointed arrow, and I'm going to choose Remove Style, and then I'll click in a blank area of the Options bar to close that picker. Now I am ready to add a new shape layer, containing this mask shape. So I'll come into the image to the top left corner, and I'll draw out a mask moving down to the bottom right corner, and then I'll release my mouse. That creates a new Shape layer here, in the layers panel.
I am going to double-click its default name and call it Mask, and then press Return. Now comes the last and a really important step. And that is to clip this Mask layer to the Cowboy layer, so that the mask acts like a clipping mask or a layer mask, defining the area where the cowboy image will appear. So to clip the cowboy and the mask layers together, I am going to hold the Option key, as I move my mouse over the border between the cowboy and mask layers. And when the cursor changes to this double-circle icon, I'll click, and that clips the two layers together.
Now I am going to click off of the mask layer. I'll click on the color layer instead, so you can see the final result. The mask is limiting where the cowboy is showing up, and if I make the color layer temporarily invisible by clicking it's eye icon, you can see the transparent pixels around the edge of that mask. So try using shapes to embellish a photograph, or to create a mask as I have shown you here, or to make some interesting graphics in your projects like scrapbook pages, invitations or cards.
- Finding photos by keywords, ratings, and filters
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Top 8 Healthy Foods to Curb Hunger in Cubeville
As my blog bio reveals, I am a self-professed newspaper nerd. There's no denying that. It's 2011 and every morning I still read a physical copy of the Chicago Tribune (or the "Trib" to any true Chicagoan) with my cereal. Then I come to work and periodically check it – and other news sources – throughout the day for breaking business news.
One afternoon, I scrolled to the bottom of the Business section (to the "Lunch Box" box) and saw this headline: Stocking Your Cubicle Cupboard. Without skipping a beat, I clicked it and started flipping through the pictures to see their recommendations.
I then thought about my personal snack drawer here in Cubeville (our affectionate nickname for our work environment) and thought there had to be more suggestions. So, I added some of my favorite snacks to curb hunger in between meetings, when lunch is still hours away, or when boredom creeps into my cubicle. These are the top 8 snacks I would add to that slideshow:
Pistachios: Around 90 percent of the fat that pistachios have is the healthy mono- and polyunsaturated variety. They also increase your good cholesterol and decrease your bad cholesterol! Plus, it's so easy to grab a plastic baggy of them to throw in your purse! A serving size is 1 ounce, or 49 kernels, which is a lot in my opinion. I love them because when I zone out while writing product descriptions, I can munch away without feeling sleepy or bloated twenty minutes later. They also require cracking, which keeps my hands busy and gives me a chance to look away from my computer for a second or two.
- Canned Fruit: If you want something sweet that won't expand your waistline, try a can of mandarin oranges or pears to curb the craving. As long as the fruit is either in its own juice or water and not corn syrup you'll be golden. Plus, canned fruit sometimes retains more of its nutrients than fresh fruit since it's picked and processed immediately instead of picked and then shipped to your grocery store. TIP: Make sure you have access to a fork and a can opener, or else you'll be slurping out the fruit or looking silly stabbing the can with a screwdriver.
Popcorn: A single serving of popcorn contains large amounts of polyphenols, which have been found to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Stick to personal-sized bags unless you want to share with your Cubeville neighbors, and go with unbuttered or slightly-buttered varieties if you want to be healthy.
- Sunflower Kernels: These little kernels are filled with vitamins B1 and B5 (all B vitamins help the body convert carbohydrates into glucose, which is essentially our fuel, and they're then burned to produce energy). They also contain other important minerals that are hard to incorporate into a balanced diet: copper, magnesium, selenium and phosphorous, which help out your heart, blood vessels and joints.
Chewing Gum: Each stick of low-calorie gum has between 5 to 10 calories. It's a great way curb cravings by giving you something to concentrate on and that jolt of sugar deliciousness is awesome.
- Fun-Sized Candy Bars: This one may not fit the "healthy" bill, but what the heck. Halloween arrives earlier and earlier in stores, so you can pretty much pick up a bag of your favorite candy bars year-round. They're a smidgen healthier when you consider only eating one bite-sized version versus a king-size bar. TIP: embrace your messy desk and leave the wrappers out so you can see how many you've eaten. We eat with our eyes and not so much with our stomachs, so by keeping them within sight we can stop at a couple instead of accidentally finishing off the bag.
Clementines: These baby oranges are chock-full of beta-carotene and ascorbic acid, which helps improve vision, and their citric acid eliminates bacteria that causes blemishes. Plus, just the smell alone will trigger that "feel good" (serotonin) feeling we love. They don't need to be refrigerated and can sit in your drawer for a few days without going weird on you.
- Wasabi Peas: Alright, fair warning to you if you've never tried these before. Try one (slowly) and see if you like them before you grab a handful and go to town munching away. I love them, which is strange since I wouldn't consider myself a lover of spicy foods. Imagine horseradish and you're about as close as you can get to this Japanese plant root. You've been warned! Apart from being tasty, they're extremely high in protein, dietary fiber, and calcium (and low in fat). Mix them in with some pistachios and sunflower kernels (with a few M&Ms as a treat) and you've got one heck of a trail mix to enjoy at your desk.
I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a box of Cheez-its and Keebler Peanut Butter and Crackers (and, up until yesterday, Swedish Fish) in my snack drawer at QLP. Not so healthy…but we all deserve a treat now and then. And remember, you don't have to eat each of these healthy snacks every day to experience their benefits. Try slipping these snack favorites into the mix every few days and reward yourself accordingly.
What snacks do you have in your drawer? What do you refuse to go without? Was there anything you tried and decided was a no-go for your snack drawer? Sound off below!
Image credit to horstm22 and theimpulsivebuy.
Amy Hoidas
Amy is one of Quality Logo Products' Community Manager. She is a self-professed newspaper nerd and thoroughly enjoys reading business and financial news and having impromptu discussions about it. Oh yeah, she's "one of those" people! A true Midwestern girl by nature, she loves riding her bike, photography, and the Chicago Cubs. You can also connect with Amy on Google+
I think we should have a Wasabi eating contest. You down tony promo?
Ps: Can you do a follow-up post on proper manners for snacking and lip smacking? Popcorn sure tastes good, but the sound of someone munching on it next to you can be unbearable.
Good idea Scooby–a wasabi eating contest would be hilarious! And you're right–hearing people crunch and lip smack is no fun!
I think we've discussed an annoying Cubeville neighbors blog from time to time. Our shared annoyance of people loudly munching potato chips drives us all nuts! The lip smacking should be added to the list as well, thanks for the suggestion Scooby 😉
Respect for the pistachio. They taste pretty good on their own…a lot of other nuts aren't really enjoyable unless there's some sort of sugar or salt involved, and well, after you add one of those in, so much for the whole "healthy" thing. Pistachios, though? They're fine on their own.
I'm a big fan of the "Smart Mix" variety pack of lunch-sized bags of chips. What makes 'em "smart?" They're either baked or low-cal, already portioned-out for you, and healthier than most things you'd absentmindedly toss in with a lunch.
And as for canned fruit?
Thing we all learned our lesson when it comes to canned goods and the can opener here in 726…
I'm with you Eric on the notion that other nuts need to be covered in salt, sugar, or chocolate for me to enjoy them. I've tasted unsalted peanuts, and while they aren't horrible I couldn't eat many before I got bored of them. Now, chocolate covered almonds? The more the merrier!
I love the personal sized portion snacks, I hate eating a bowl of pretzels and then realizing a serving size is five. Yeahhhh, because of course I eat five pretzels and feel satisfied. Never happens. These snacks are sometimes more expensive because of the additional packaging that's required, so there are some trade offs.
I prefer healthy snacks myself. For instance, I'll get the cool ranch doritios instead of the regular to cut down on the amount of cheese. Or the single stuff oreos. It's good to be health conscious!
Haha Jeff, don't be so hard on yourself!
Cool ranch Doritos I can understand, but only single stuff Oreos? That's a bit extreme don't you think? 😛
Joking aside, great post Amy! Pistachios or popcorn sound so good right now. Actually, all of those sound great. I'm hungry now… Go figure.
I like the way you two think hahaha, "healthy" can mean so many different things to people 😉
I love this post Amy! I'm always at a loss about what to store in my desk drawers (I usually revert to Pop-Tarts and Cheese Its), but these are awesome suggestions. Thank you!
PS: Another yummy and healthy snack, baby carrots. I could munch on those all day…but they should be refrigerated, so make sure to have a cooler and ice pack.
I love raw baby carrots too! Having an ice pack is a great way to keep them from getting warm and weird by 3 PM. They sell personal sized portions of ranch dressing that you could easily munch with if you wanted some zest with your snack. Or 'ants on a log' is always a good idea 🙂
Wow, I love all these suggestions! I am always looking for new stuff for my snack drawer, since I get sick of the same thing all the time (which makes little sense, since I eat the same thing for lunch nearly every day, hah!). I especially like your tip about keeping the candy bar wrappers–I have no self-discipline when it comes to candy, but maybe this would help keep me from overdoing it!
As for other ideas: I've been bringing fresh fruit lately. I'll cut up some strawberries or wash raspberries or blueberries in the morning and bring those in to keep in the office fridge until after lunch. Grapes are also really easy to bring in and snack on. I love fruit probably more than chocolate, so having some ice cold fruit in the afternoon is a real treat. 🙂
More than chocolate? What kind of woman are you? LOL, j/k! I really like fruit too. I try to bring it in everyday for lunch 🙂
I highly recommend frozen grapes or blueberries, mmmmmm! The kids I used to babysit for always had them for a snack, so they actually turned me onto the idea LOL.
If I over buy fresh fruit (happens quite a bit sadly), I always toss it in a container and throw it in the freezer a day or two before it gets too ripe. It keeps me from wasting money on tossing food and provides a tasty snack 🙂
Love the suggestions! Does the smell of oranges really trigger a "feel good" sensation? That's interesting! (I'm allergic to them so all that smell triggers is a desire to run fast in the opposite direction!)
I'm a fan of edamame (soy beans). Sooooo tasty. Also when I'm packing a bento for lunch I make sure to make a couple onigiri (rice balls) out of plain white rice with a little salt. Can you tell I'm a fan of japanese snacks? 🙂
On other days I admit to carrying a bit of chex mix or some cheese-flavored Goldfish with me to munch on.
Same here Jill! A perfectly yellow banana is one my favorites for anytime of day. =)
Mandy and I were just talking about how we were anti-pistachio until recently. Funny how your tastes change, isn't it? I buy them in bulk from Costco and keep a container in my drawer for munching.
I love your smoothie suggestion! Another great way to use up overly-ripe fruit before it's too gross to eat.
Almonds, dude.
Habanero BBQ to be exact.
I'm with you on the almonds! Yum!! The wasabi flavored ones are really good, but I'll have to try the habanero BBQ ones. I'm sure if I can't finish them off, I could find someone to take them off my hands LOL
What an awesome snack list–some really unique choices. I never would have thought about some of these. I'd really like to try those wasabi peas–they sound interesting! For nuts, I prefer cashews or pecans, but I think they are all great snacking choices. Fruit in the little cups are my favorite! I get them packed in water sweetened with splenda–yum! Let's see, in my drawer I have a couple packets of hot chocolate mix, some random items left over from lunches, and Lance's crackers, that's it. Kind of boring….but I don't snack a lot at work, I just usually bring a good sized lunch.
Thanks Amanda, I mainly went with what I liked to snack on, but I had no idea that some of the items were as healthy as they are.
I love Lance's Crackers! I had some in my drawer too that I polished off recently hahaha, so good! I'll bring in some wasabi peas and let you try some, I think you'll like them. And if not, then more for Jill and I. Yay!!
Great post! Cheeze-Its and Peanut Butter Crackers all the way! 🙂 Of course, I do enjoy a healthy snack every now and again — Kiwifruit and peaches are among my favorites. I like your healthful recommendations here, Amy, but I'm afraid that my favorite "healthy" foods come in this form:
I'm pretty sure food/candy that's in the shape of fruit counts as "healthy". Or maybe that's just a personal rule of mine that I live by 😉
I love my Cheez-its! They may have too much fat and salt, but they have some fiber, protein, and best of all – no sugar!
I'm trying to get more variety in my snack drawer, but my primary focus is on my different teas and coffees. Caffeine > snacks.
Lol, hey now caffeine plays a very important role here in cubeville. There's no denying that! 😉
I need to get with the pistachio kick. I think I'd like them, I just keep passing them up in the grocery aisles. Plus, some of those pistachio commercials are so funny I don't think I can go much longer without finally purchasing some.
Thanks for the suggestions! Whenever I'm with my kids, they have huge appetite and I end up eating as huge as them.


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Officials said the woman had some minor cuts to her hands, feet and face when she was placed under arrest; the driver and passenger inside the car were unhurt.
The incident started at around 4:30 p.m. when two women, ages 53 and 61, ran out of gas near milepost 228 while driving north on I-5.
The women told police they were making a call for gas arrangements when a barefoot female approached the car.
Officials say the woman, later identified by police as Victoria Lohmann, 24, of Aumsville, got on top of the car's hood and started jumping up and down. The women inside made a call to police.
Officials said Lohmann then jumped onto the windshield, caving it in, before again running off across the Interstate.
Unaware of the incident, a state trooper pulled up behind the disabled car to offer help. Police said the two women relayed their story to the trooper, indicating where Lohmann left on foot toward.
State Police and local sheriff's deputies quickly found Lohmann and took her into custody. Arresting officers reported finding that Lohmann was carrying what looked like a controlled substance. They are still waiting on the state's crime lab to determine what the substance was.
Albany Fire crews treated Lohmann for minor cuts on her feet, hands, and face she received when damaging the vehicle, state police officials said.
Lohmann was booked into Linn County Jail for first-degree criminal mischief, second-degree disorderly conduct and two counts of recklessly endangering another person.


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Brief Summary
Aphids are a group of about 4,400 species of small insects that feed on the phloem fluid of plants. Many species of aphids attack important agricultural crops and are therefore of major economic importance. Aphids combine three traits - thelytokous parthenogenesis (obligate parthenogenesis where females give birth only to female offspring), short generation time (about 10 days on average), and telescoping of generations (where grandaughters begin developing directly within the daughters which are themselves not yet born) - to reach very large population sizes very quickly. These reproductive characteristics allow aphids to quickly colonize ephemeral resources and quickly growing plants and make them ideal enemies of monocultured crops. Many species of aphids display complex life cycles with alternation of sexual and asexual generations and host plant alternation. Host alternation has evolved at least three times independently in the aphids: (1) in the Phylloxeroidea, (2) in the common ancestor of the Pemphigidae, Hormaphididae, and Anoeciidae (Aphidoidea), and (3) in the Aphididae (Aphidoidea).
Comprehensive Description
Host Alternation
Many species of aphids alternate between two taxonomically different host plants at different times of the year. When an aphid species uses only a single host plant it is autoecious. Species that alternate between two host plants are called heteroecious. Two distinct kinds of heteroecious life cycles are found in aphids. Species of the Hormaphididae, Anoeciidae and Pemphigidae have a type of heteroecy with sexuparae. Other aphid species with host alternation do not have sexuparae, but have a life cycle with winged sexual females and winged males.
A typical life cycle of a heteroecious species from the Hormaphididae, Anoeciidae, or Pemphigidae is illustrated below. Aphids alternate between two taxonomically unrelated host plants. The primary host, a tree or shrub, is considered the "ancestral" host, in that the monoecious ancestor of aphid is thought to have attacked such trees. The secondary host is often an herbaceous plant. A specialized winged morph, the sexupara, flies from the secondary host to the primary host and deposits sexual males and females. The males and females mate and the female typically produces a single egg. In temperate regions the egg overwinters and produces the fundatrix, or foundress, in the spring. In many species the fundatrix induces abnormal plant development that results in a gall in which the colony lives for one or several generation.
Some species of the Aphididae have a different kind of host alternation, as illustrated below. The primary difference is that sexuparae are not produced. Instead, winged males and specialized winged females depart from the secondary host. The females produce unwinged oviparous females that mate with the winged males.
Alternation of Generations
Aphids are one of the few groups of animals that undergo cyclical parthenogenesis - that is, the alternation of one or many generations of asexual (parthenogenetic) reproduction with a single generation of sexual reproduction. All asexual generations are entirely female. Species that produce both sexual and asexual morphs are holocylic. When a species produces only asexual morphs it is anholocyclic.
In a holocyclic life cycle, as illustrated below, both asexual and sexual morphs are produced at different times of the year. Note that males are present only in one part of the life cycle. They are produced de novo by parthenogenetic females, usually only in the autumn. Aphids can accomplish this feat because they have an XO sex determining mechanism. Individuals with two sex chromosomes (XX) develop into females, whereas individuals with one X chromosome (XO) develop into males. To produce a male, a special "mini-meiosis", which involves only the X-chromosomes, eliminates one of the X chromosomes during oogenesis. Blackman (1974, 1987) provides a detailed review of the phenomenon.
In contrast, anholocyclic species only produce asexual females. They do not produce sexual females and males. Comparing the diagram of holocycly above, with the diagram of anholocycly below, notice that more than just the sexual males and females are missing from the anholocyclic species. In fact, anholocyclic species also lose the direct descendants of the sexual morphs, namely the egg and the fundatrix. Since the fundatrix is often specialized for feeding on the primary host (see discussion of host alternation) anholocyclic species often lose the primary host. Thus, simplification of the life cycle often, but not always, entails both loss of the sexual morphs and loss of host plants. Although many species are either holocyclic or anholocyclic, many other species possess both holocylic and anholocyclic populations.
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> Anyone have any good tools that are better than others. Looking maybe
> to create reports that can be saved to like the IFS and then remotely
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Staten Island doctors and politicians have clamored for years about the borough's failure to get its fair share from the city's public health and hospital system. And in six weeks, the medical professionals will finally have an audience with the mayor's office.
In the meantime, there's a golden opportunity for borough residents to make their voices heard on the issue -- and they are being asked to do so in force.
The city Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is holding its annual public meeting on Staten Island next Thursday. HHC president and CEO Alan D. Aviles, along with board members will attend the session, the first of five Fiscal Year 2009 meetings HHC will hold -- one in each borough -- through Dec. 16.
The event starts at 6 p.m. in the Lou Caravone Community Services Building at Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, 460 Brielle Ave.
On Sunday, the Advance ran an expose that chronicled how the city's public hospital corporation has under-funded Staten Island. The same day the Advance called on the HHC to prioritize the Island's health-care needs in an editorial.
"It's crucial for people and community leaders to come out," said Dr. Allan Perel, president of the Richmond County Medical Society. "The public officials and physicians have enunciated our position to the city. We need a ground-swelling of support from our community. That's where I think [HHC] is going to listen."
"If a large number of people show up, it'll be another tool in our mission to get HHC to change its philosophy to Staten Island, which, right now, is a no-help philosophy," said Councilman Michael McMahon (D-North Shore).
According to a report City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) unveiled last month, Staten Island is one of 11 communities in the five boroughs facing the most significant shortages of primary care services. Staten Island was the only borough named as a whole.
With no public hospitals here, and a staggering economy, officials and medical professionals here fear a dramatic surge among the ranks of the uninsured and underinsured. said health care on Staten Island is at a critical juncture.
"Health care on Staten Island is at a critical juncture," said Richard J. Murphy, president and CEO of Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton "The question of additional public support impacts every Islander, not just those who are uninsured. Decision-makers need to hear from their constituents directly about what their needs are and how best to serve all."
Speakers who register in advance will be given priority. To pre-register, call HHC Secretary Patricia Lockhart at 212-788-3360. The deadline is Monday. Speakers can also register on-site Thursday starting at 5:30
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I love these replies, what wisdom and humour. Thanks Groks.
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I love these replies, what wisdom and humour. Thanks Groks.
Love this post picklepete, love it.
[QUOTE=picklepete;1171495]I agree that drawing a bold line between grass/pulse seeds and tree/flower seeds is hard to justify. They both pose a serious portion hazard due to the lack of water (5-10%). The main difference is the macronutrient--carb vs. fat. Perhaps an acute excess dose of carb is more disruptive than an acute excess dose of fat?
The main criticism against grains is probably their ubiquity. Culturally and economically they have a way of dominating our calorie intake in a way that nuts can't due to expense.
I would never ban all nuts because they have interesting micronutrients and unique flavors, but I do cautiously measure them by the ounce (or half-ounce). I can't think of a reason to treat grains and legumes differently so I'd be fine eating 1-2 tablespoons of them as well BUT their role in the SAD is not 1-2 tablespoons.[/QUOTE]
This seems like a moderate approach. In a similar vein, sugar could be viewed as a seasoning and used by the teaspoonful like spice, not by the cupful. Or use honey which is sweeter and generally used in smaller quantities (I hope).
Honestly, I'd prefer non-gluten grains to most nuts and seeds. Nuts are higher in phytic acid than most seeds and they come packed with lots of polyunsaturated fats. I'd consider rice, non-GMO corn and some of the pseudo-grains to be a cleaner source of calories.
I tend to avoid both, except for nixtamalized organic corn tortillas, which I consume about 2 dozen a month.


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April 18, 2012 -- The adage that a good stew needs time to simmer applies to many things outside the kitchen and it almost always applies to the scientific discovery process. One example of such scientific simmering was the trajectory from lab bench to the clinic of a type targeted immune therapy that is now used to treat several cancers—a class of drugs known as monoclonal antibodies. There are several very successful monoclonal antibody drugs in use today—examples include Herceptin to treat breast cancer, and Rituxan to treat lymphoma—that work by engineering antibodies that bind to a specific target on a specific type of tumor. These drugs act as "marked-for-deletion" red flags, directing the body's immune system directly to the tumor. Yet to get to the finish line of extending patients' lives with monoclonal antibody (MA) drugs took upwards of twenty years as scientists tinkered with the drug recipe.
Now, a new generation of monoclonal antibodies is coming of age—borne out of 15 years of research—that are far more universal in nature than the MA drugs targeted to just one tumor type. Jim Allison MD, a PCF-funded researcher at Memorial Sloan-Kettering in New York, did seminal work on the MA drug ipilimumab that has the potential to expand this therapy universally to cancer patients with different tumor types.
Ipilimumab was approved by the FDA in April of 2010 for the treatment of malignant melanoma but was designed for prostate cancer patients as well; Phase III clinical trials of ipilimumab are underway in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. The drug works by ramping up a patient's immune system so it can attack tumor cells in a no-holds-barred fashion.
Normally our immune system functions with innate checks and balances: it furiously attacks anything it perceives as foreign, such as bacteria or viruses, but refrains from attacking cells and tissue it recognizes as "self." The hope with immune therapy to combat cancer is that drugs can be used to either teach our immune system to see cancer cells as foreign and/or to energize the immune response in general. Ipilimumab does this by removing a normal check on our immune system—a protein fragment called CTLA-4 that sits on the surface of certain immune T cells and acts as a brake on the immune response. Allison and colleagues developed a monoclonal antibody that targets CTLA-4, blocking its action. This turned out to be like cutting the brake line on a car—it puts the body's immune response into overdrive.
"Our drug is no different from other monoclonal antibodies in the way it is made," says Allison. "But our antibody's target is on the T cell, not on the surface of a specific cancer cell."
This fact has important implications in immune therapy. The fact that the cancer cell has nothing to do with this drug therapy means it can be applied, in theory, to any tumor type, regardless of specific genetic mutation. In essence it has the potential to be a one-size-fits -all MA therapy that will most likely be used as an adjuvant to other therapies. For example, in the current Phase III trial of ipilimumab, a single dose of radiation was given prior to drug therapy.
Additionally, Allison sees the potential of a T-cell enhancing MA drug to help address the problem of the large number of mutations that can be present in any single tumor or distant metastatic sites. He notes that drugs that target testosterone in a prostate cancer tumor, in an effort to limit the hormone's tumor-growth promoting effects, target only one thing—testosterone. "But [prostate cancer] tumor's often have dozens, or hundreds, or even thousands of mutations and every one of these has the potential to be the target for a T-cell," he says, referring to ipilimumab' s ability to rev up T-cell actions in the body.
Currently Allison's lab is working out what combinations of drugs might work best in prostate cancer or on what time schedule they might best be delivered. (Other T-cell inhibitors have recently been discovered.)
Dr. Allison's work was the focus of a recent feature in the New Yorker that details the promise of immunotherapy to fight cancer and ends with this apt quote on the progress of immunotherapy: "The future is about thoughtful combinations, different antibodies, perhaps with targeted therapies. There won't be a single silver bullet for everyone." Jedd Wolchok, a colleague of Dr. Allison's at Memorial Sloan-Kettering who also worked to develop ipilimumab.
The PCF funded early research on Dr. Allison's work in ipilimumab as well as Provenge, another immunotherapy drug. He is a PCF 2008 Challenge Award recipient, 2006 PCF Competitive Awards Program recipient and has received PCF funding since 1999.
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With the loss Stetson was officially eliminated from the A-Sun Tournament for the second consecutive season.
Graham tallied his 7th double-double of the season and 2nd in a row with 23 points and 10 rebounds against the Ospreys. Patterson scored 17 second-half points on his way to a career-high of 21. He was 7-for-15 from the field and 6-of-9 from the line. Radford hit 3-of-4 from the field including a pair of power moves to finish with six points. He also added four rebounds.
Joel Naburgs (Victoria, Australia) and Luis Jacobo (Sanford, Fla.) also put up double figures with 13 and 10 points respectively.
After falling behind by as many as 15 points with just under eight minutes remaining in the game the Hatters put on a furious comeback effort. Down 69-54, Stetson went on a 19-5 run to pull to within a single point with 22 seconds on the clock. From there UNF was able to stay just ahead in a back-and-forth free throw shooting contest and then survived a last second 3-point attempt by Patterson that would have sent the game into overtime.
"We battled through a lot of things in the game", said Stetson head coach Derek Waugh. "In the end if I had to sum the season up we've got a young group, we've lost a lot of close games, and we've missed a lot of free throws."
Although they have two of the top free throw shooters in the league (Corey Walden and Joel Naburgs), the Hatters came into the game sitting in 10th place in the A-Sun with a .617 free throw percentage. Against UNF Stetson hit just 17-of-31 freebies (.548) compared to 21-of-28 (.750) for the Ospreys.
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As an Ohio State fan, I don't often root for Michigan. I don't dislike them as many Buckeye fans do, but pulling for them is contrary to my nature. Yesterday I became very contrary.
There are some things that don't seem right to me. I don't care for the United States using NBA players in the Olympics. I don't like seeing NBA teams load up with the league's top talent and then make a run for the championship. I do not like the disparity in Major League baseball spending as the wealthiest teams sew up the best talent. Of course that is much easier to accept when an underdog knocks off the big boys. Go Pirates, go Royals, go Tribe!
So when the Wolverine basketball team took on Kentucky in the Elite 8 yesterday, I was pulling for Michigan. Kentucky as you know tends to put an "NBA prospect" freshman oriented team on the floor each year. John Calipari recruits the best players in the nation (yes, I do know that all coaches try to do the same thing) knowing that they are likely to stay for one year before seeking riches in the NBA. One year may be enough to secure another NCAA championship and another group just like that one will follow in their footsteps.
I would have difficulty rooting for a new group each year. To me it just feels like they are not UK students. Instead they are just stopping off for seasoning, in other words - just passing through.
Perhaps I am wrong in my thinking and I welcome your feedback.
The view from my seat however, suggests that this practice is just wrong. How to correct it? Well, I don't know, but I guess it could be worse. I suppose college athletes could unionize and we could take away the title of student-athlete once and for all. Oh yeah - that might be happening - but that is a subject for another blog.
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SALEM — Meals on Wheels' 18th Annual Giant Pumpkin Carve will return to the Salem County Fairgrounds this September.
The event will be held on Saturday, Sept. 27, from 4 to 9 p.m. The fairgrounds are located on Route 40 in Pilesgrove.
Proceeds help Meals on Wheels provide hot meals to elderly and disabled homebound residents of Salem County.
Attracting more than 4,000 attendees from the Delaware Valley, the event has been a tradition since 1996, celebrating the artistry and agriculture of Salem County.
As many as 40 professional, amateur and student artists will carve more than 60 giant pumpkins weighing in excess of 70 pounds each. When darkness falls, the giant gourds take on a life of their own as they are lit one by one.
The first 1,000 visitors of the pumpkin display become judges who vote to award cash prizes.
"Meals on Wheels' Giant Pumpkin Carve has become a beloved community event, and we are grateful for the 18 years of support. We count on it to fund about 10,000 meals to area seniors and disabled people," stated Peg Marshall, executive director of Meals on Wheels of Salem County. "We hope to exceed that goal this year to offset reductions in federal and state funding."
Amateur and professional artists are asked to volunteer to carve sponsored pumpkins for the event. The carved pumpkin exhibit, which fills two barns, opens to the public at 4 p.m.
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Admission is $7 and the event is free for children 5 and under.
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Dear My Cherished Family, Friends, and to all the Believers of Miracles and Prayers:
Today is Friday July 4th 2008. As you watch the fireworks light up the sky tonight, please
think of the beauty of Gods Blessings to enjoy this special time with your friends and family.
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muscle and unstable in form to take out, Pieces will break off. We need to shrink harden and then l
ater see how to handle. I have not received a final prognosis. But this is what I am told they believe ...
only 4-8% of cancer of this type ... And 50% live for 5 years. Depending on grade of cancer.
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for one year Ellie will be on a vigilant chemo and radiation therapy
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You have blessed me and Tim with a daughter that we call Ellie Shoal Potvin. We understand Ellie is only on loan to us on this heavenly earth and when you want her back you have the right to take her into the heavens and hold her in your arms. I am so thankful to you for allowing me to give birth to my two strong and healthy babies on October 31, 2001. This was truly the most joyful day of my life -the gift of motherhood. For I understand some are not even as blessed as myself to know this feeling of joy through your child. Her smile alone and the sparkle in her eyes, the soft sweet voice calling Mommy has filled me in a way that I cannot explain -and I have you God to Thank. I can understand why you would want her with you - She is special and very kind, patient and trusting. As she says to me 'Mommy I specialize in being kind.' What child says that? Only a child that you would create. I pray that you hear me now. Lord, My Heavenly Father, please send Ellie the miracle of healing and allow her to share her beauty, kindness and love with others on your earth. Ellie is needed here on earth more than with you. Ellie's work is not done here, she needs to be here with us to spread your joy and to act as proof of your power. I am here by her side to and will walk through the pain and fears she will be faced with -but I will be strong for her and for you. I ask that you give my family the strength to feel the power of your presence and calm our aching hearts. For I am angry, I am scared, I am devastated and at times I am numb.But with your ability to wrap your arms around my family and to care for us as we care for Ellie we can together heal our earthly and heavenly daughter Ellie Potvin. I beg of you. I thank you for sending me so many people into my life to show Ellie how much they love her and hold my family up when all we want to do is fall to the ground and beat our fists. Please know I do not ask why me... I already know that answer.It is called life. I want to ask why Ellie? But I have let that go. But I do ask for a miracle that only you can do. For Ellie is meant to be with my family on this earth to share your joy with others. In your name and your name only I praise you and ask you for this miracle. Our lives are forever changed by this experience and we give it you. But beg for the miracles you are known for giving, should this be your decision. Amen.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- You know it's going to be a big show when the opening acts are Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland and Eartha Kitt.
"Vintage Vegas" will continue with Carol Channing, Nat King Cole and Rosemary Clooney. Phyllis Diller and Rodney Dangerfield will perform classic stand-up. Then the Rat Pack will do their thing, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis reunite, and Elvis himself returns to the Vegas stage.
The Kalamazoo Civic's Senior Class Reader's Theatre had too much to choose from for their Vegas revue. "It's packed full of songs," director Hal Hobson said.
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They also have Gwen Raseman, a former Radio City Rockett. Of course, "I have her doing some dance steps," he said.
Acts like Tom Jones, still on stages singing "It's Not Unusual," "are still popular, even with younger people."
"Vintage Vegas" is nostalgia that should appeal to a wide range of ages. "We tend to think of this as the seniors' show, but it's for 50s and up."
There was a time when the seniors' revue would cover songs of World Wars I and II, Hobson pointed out.
Check the year, do some math: A half century ago it was 1962, and the Rat Pack ruled Vegas. Yes, music that makes seniors nostalgic is getting swingin'.
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