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Gov. Pawlenty will be speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. on Friday. He'll be among several possible 2012 candidates who are scheduled to speak at the conservative event.
The National Journal interviewed several CPAC insiders and party leaders to get their thoughts on the 2012 field. They think Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin will be the top competitors in the weekend's straw poll.
They also say Pawlenty has the most to prove:
"Everyone knows he's working the inside game harder than anyone, so he's got to prove he's at least a Tier 2 candidate and show people something, or else he's just another dude with a mullet."
"Pawlenty has most to gain and lose since he is dying to be the alternative and has his people and new media folks salvating to pounce on this."
"He simultaneously has the most well-organized proto-campaign at the moment and the least clear identity among conservatives. Conservatives just don't know Pawlenty as well as they know most of the others — which means he has tremendous room to grow, but also a bigger hurdle to jump in the first place."
Here's more of the survey.
Pawlenty is scheduled to speak to the group on Friday morning at 9 o'clock Central. You can watch it live here. Anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist, with Americans for Tax Reform, will introduce Pawlenty.


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Boy Scout Dead From Gunshot Wound
San Diego police say a 12-year-old boy scout is believed to have shot himself to death with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his upper body.
It happened at a boy scout summer camp outing on Fiesta Island Monday morning. The boy was a 12-year-old from Las Vegas who was attending the week-long Boy Scout summer camp that has been held in San Diego fro 20 years.
Police and paramedics were called to the 1000 block of Fiesta Island Road near East Mission Bay Drive shortly after 7:30 this morning. The 9-1-1 caller reportedly told police it was an attempted suicide.
A police spokesman says the boy died at the scene. A gun was recovered in a tent. Police were trying to determine where the gun came from.
Police say the boy's father was a chaperone for the Boy Scout outing.

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CANADA STOCKS-TSX steady as commodities weigh on resources, offsetting gains
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By Solarina Ho
TORONTO, June 11 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index was little changed in choppy trading on Thursday as energy and mining stocks fell along with softer commodity prices, offsetting gains from other sectors including industrials and healthcare.
Oil, which is priced in U.S. dollars, fell on the stronger greenback and after a World Bank report forecast the global economy would expand below its 3 percent forecast in January.
Suncor Energy was the biggest drag, down 1.1 percent at 35.85 percent. Inter Pipeline Ltd stumbled 2.4 percent to C$29.31. The overall energy group was down 0.5 percent.
Gold prices, which were under pressure over the longer term from an expected Federal Reserve interest rate hike, halted a three-day rally, also hurt by the firmer U.S. dollar.
Barrick Gold Corp gave back 1.3 percent to C$14.07, while Goldcorp Inc lost 1.1 percent to trade at C$20.98.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was off 6.1 points, at 14,882.94. Half of the index's 10 main groups were in negative territory.
"Everything is a pretty mixed bag ... but when you look at it, drillers, oil and gas, mining, the materials are down," said John Ing, president of Maison Placements Canada, adding that markets were still keeping a wary eye on the Greek debt crisis. Continued...


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BUTTE, Mont. - Jefferson County authorities said a body discovered on Homestake Pass has been taken to the state crime lab in Missoula for identification.
A hiker discovered the body Sunday afternoon in a remote area about 3/4 of a mile south off the Homestake Pass exit off Interstate 90.
Jefferson County Undersheriff Mike Johnson is releasing few details about the body discovered Sunday afternoon.
"A hiker had located a body on the south side of the Homestake interchange," said Johnson.
Johnson says the body was in a remote area and not near a trail. Multiple agencies responded to recover the remains.
"One of the deputies who responded as deputy coroner," said Johnson. "And there was Jefferson Valley Search and Rescue and Forest Service responded to the area."
According to Johnson, the body had been exposed to the elements and was not immediately identifiable.
"Transported to the crime lab for identification," said Johnson.
Johnson said until he gets results, he won't release any more information on the body.
"There is a missing person in that area, but we're not tying them together until we properly identified the body," he said.
Missing Butte man Jim Ryan disappeared almost four months ago. Ryan's work vehicle was found at a trailhead about a half-mile north of the interstate. The day he disappeared he was scheduled to meet with his bosses in Helena about $175,000 dollars that went missing
Johnson said right now the main focus is finding out whose body was in the woods off Homestake Pass, and how they died.
"And once we know that we can look into the medical history of the person and what was going on with the person in that time of their life to put things together whether it was a foul play or natural death," said Johnson.
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'Breaking Dawn' Security Is Tightening Up For Robert Pattinson & Kristen Stewart!
After a fan broke into the Brazilian estate with a hidden camera, the producers have decided to increase their security by 600 percent!
If you're planning on staking out the Breaking Dawn set in Baton Rouge, watch out! Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be surrounded not only by their personal bodyguards but local veterans of the Louisiana police force and Sheriff's Department will be present at Raleigh Studios.
"We'll have on property at all times a forty-eight man force," says Winston Achee, the chief of security for the Celtic Corporation, which owns the lot where Breaking Dawn is being filmed. "We are not taking security on this property lightly."
Raleigh Studios is even "implementing" new security, which includes photo badges and changing the vehicle identification. Shockingly, even if you're a young fan simply trying to sneak a photo, you WILL be thrown in jail!
"We will absolutely prosecute every person who trespasses," says Winston. "I think of this place as a home. You wouldn't want somebody trespassing in your home, and if you did, you'd defend yourself … it doesn't matter who it is. I used to run security for Elvis, I'm confident."


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The Sun Valley boys soccer team might be forced to play in a lower City Section playoff division.
But the Wildcats sent a message Tuesday that they can compete with teams in higher divisions.
The Wildcats resumed Valley League play with a 6-1 victory over visiting East Valley in a rematch of last year's City small-school final.
The Flores brothers -- seniors Angel and David along with sophomore Noe -- did all the scoring for Sun Valley (11-0, 5-0).
Angel Flores had a hat trick, David Flores scored twice and Noe Flores added a penalty kick for the Wildcats, who are designated in Div. III based on the City's new enrollment-based, three-division playoff format.
"We wanted to beat (East Valley) to show we can play with anyone," said Angel Flores, who scored in the ninth, 23rd and 57th minutes.
"We will prepare and play the same way against anybody. We know we're a good team and we want the chance to prove it."
Sun Valley, unbeaten in 31 regular-season matches since a 3-2 setback Feb. 4, 2011, to Poly, controlled possession throughout most of the match in building a 3-0 halftime lead.
David Flores, who did not play in last season's final while serving a one-match suspension for receiving a red card, scored in the 62nd and 73rd minutes.
"I was more excited than nervous to play against East Valley," David Flores said. "I was mad that I had to miss the final last season (a 2-1 Sun Valley win).
"I wanted to be there to help my team and win the championship."
East Valley (4-4-1, 3-1), which is in the Div. II playoff grouping, scored in the 55th minute when Joe Montiel scored off a rebound when the ball went off the hands of Sun Valley goalkeeper Ceaser Vidana after an initial save.
`We talked about this team coming in for a little revenge," Sun Valley coach Oscar Cardenas said. "This is a rivalry and to us, it doesn't matter if it's lopsided. We'll continue to prepare for every team the same way. We played very well today."
Oscar Bustos added two assists and Josue Lomeli also had an assist for the Wildcats, who dropped their second match in a row following a 1-1 tie Dec. 26 with El Camino Real.
East Valley lost 10 players Monday to academic ineligibility, resulting in only 12 players being available for the match.


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Beat the crowds and visit Lisbon before the Euro 2004 Finals from £169pp with Ebookers (www.ebookers.com). The price includes flights from Heathrow with BA and two nights' B&B at the Astoria Hotel. Book by 7 June for departures until 9 June.
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How about a city break in Hong Kong? Virgin Holidays (0871 222 1203; www.virginholidays.com) offers a package in May for £599pp including flights from Heathrow, three nights at the four-star Royal Pacific Hotel and Towers on a room-only basis and transfers.
Head to the sunshine with a Classic Collection (0870 787 3377; www.classic-collection.co.uk) holiday to Los Cristianos in southern Tenerife. Between 1 May and 14 June, it offers seven nights from £522pp (saving £42pp), which includes flights from Gatwick, B&B at the four-star Arona Gran and transfers.
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The Schoolmaster and Other Stories HTML version
In A Strange Land
SUNDAY, midday. A landowner, called Kamyshev, is sitting in his dining-room,
deliberately eating his lunch at a luxuriously furnished table. Monsieur Champoun, a
clean, neat, smoothly-shaven, old Frenchman, is sharing the meal with him. This
Champoun had once been a tutor in Kamyshev's household, had taught his children good
manners, the correct pronunciation of French, and dancing: afterwards when Kamyshev's
children had grown up and become lieutenants, Champoun had become something like a
bonne of the male sex. The duties of the former tutor were not complicated. He had to be
properly dressed, to smell of scent, to listen to Kamyshev's idle babble, to eat and drink
and sleep--and apparently that was all. For this he received a room, his board, and an
indefinite salary.
Kamyshev eats and as usual babbles at random.
"Damnation!" he says, wiping away the tears that have come into his eyes after a
mouthful of ham thickly smeared with mustard. "Ough! It has shot into my head and all
my joints. Your French mustard would not do that, you know, if you ate the whole
"Some like the French, some prefer the Russian. . ." Champoun assents mildly.
"No one likes French mustard except Frenchmen. And a Frenchman will eat anything,
whatever you give him--frogs and rats and black beetles. . . brrr! You don't like that ham,
for instance, because it is Russian, but if one were to give you a bit of baked glass and tell
you it was French, you would eat it and smack your lips. . . . To your thinking everything
Russian is nasty."
"I don't say that."
"Everything Russian is nasty, but if it's French--o say tray zholee! To your thinking there
is no country better than France, but to my mind. . . Why, what is France, to tell the truth
about it? A little bit of land. Our police captain was sent out there, but in a month he
asked to be transferred: there was nowhere to turn round! One can drive round the whole
of your France in one day, while here when you drive out of the gate--you can see no end
to the land, you can ride on and on. . ."
"Yes, monsieur, Russia is an immense country."
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educated, clever people! Civilization! I agree, the French are all well-educated with
elegant manners. . . that is true. . . . A Frenchman never allows himself to be rude: he
hands a lady a chair at the right minute, he doesn't eat crayfish with his fork, he doesn't
spit on the floor, but . . . there's not the same spirit in him! not the spirit in him! I don't
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Ross Taylor has singled out the lower-order batting as New Zealand's real strength as they crushed Canada by 97 runs in their World Cup Group A match in Mumbai.
Brendon McCullum scored 101 off 109 balls, while the stand-in captain Taylor scored a breezy 74 to set the stage up for a late blitz from Scott Styris (35 off 20 balls), Kane Williamson (34 not out off 27) and Jacob Oram (31 not out off eight).
The lower-order contributions saw the Kiwi total reach 358 for six after 50 overs as 122 runs were scored in the last 10 overs, with 59 of those coming in the last three.
Taylor, who scored 74 off 44 including five sixes and six fours, thanked his top-order batsmen for providing the platform for the late onslaught.
"Brendon [McCullum] and [Martin] Guptill gave us a good start," Taylor said. "But our strength is the lower-order hitting, and we try to keep wickets in hand and set ourselves for a go."
Taylor also hailed his bowlers for restricting Canada to 261 for nine despite Kyle Mills leaving the field after bowling just 2.4 overs due to a knee injury .
"The bowlers complemented the batting well," Taylor said. "We have to wait for a couple of days and check on Kyle Mills. He is a key part of the team."
The Canada captain, Ashish Bagai, admitted the minnows had lost the match by the halfway stage.
"We lost the game in the first half itself," said Bagai, who was the top scorer (84) for Canada. "Ross came up with a blistering knock. We also batted well. Hiral Patel batted well considering he was playing his first game. I also got some runs under my belt.
"But those efforts were not enough while chasing such a big total."
The Canada seamer Rizwan Cheema was reprimanded by the ICC after the match having been removed from the attack in the final over of the New Zealand innings following two beamers.
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Has anyone Modified Stock Exhaust System?
I would like to know if anyone has themselves modified the stock exhaust system? I have read dozens of posts from people who knew a bloke that did it and said it was great... but I have not heard first hand feedback from an owner who is living with a modified system.
I have my 5.7L v8 booked in next week for a mufflerectomoy. I was going to remove the center muffler, put a X piece in and leave the resonators in place.
That is one big muffler, so it must be doing a lot of work to keep the unit this quiet. I want a bit more sound without spending a fortune on a custom exhaust.
Has anyone tried this? What is the sound like? I do not want it to be obnoxiously loud. What is the drone like? is it un/bearable?
Any feedback? thanks in advance
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i did, took it to the guy that has done every car i have had in life, we put two 40 series flowmasters in the middle where the big muffler was, then at the back took out the back mufflers and put 12 inch glasspacks, finished off with 4 inch baffled stainless tips, with a h pipe connector, it sounds awesome, but being that its the wifes car she complains a little, i have also added bwoody intake and jet throttle body spacer, i dont find the exausht all that loud at 70 with the cruise set you barley notice it but when you mash the pedal people have to do a double take when they hear that 5.7 hemi growl
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I want my Jeep to sound similar to the Infiniti FX exhausts, it's sleek and not too noticeable but growls when you want it to.
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Thanks t-ray-foret, thats good feedback. From what i am gathering you cannot delete the center muffler without replacing it with something.
Did you do all those upgrades at once? Or one at a time to notice the difference? I would be intrested to know what effect the jet throttle spacer had on its own?
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Not exactly the route i would consider but if done right the cost/benefit is better than a high dollar catback system. Muffler swap is the best bet. Messing with the resonator would be more work and might result in unwanted drone or tone. The whole system is designed on noise canceling.
Ideally if you want it uncorked you replace the whole system.
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quick update... removed the center muffler, i didn't hear it but exhuast guy said is sound like SH$T. So put two small inline muffflers, not sure exactly what they are but only around 4 inches in diameter. The note down low is awesome. No resonance whatsoever. In fact at cruising speed sound is stock. At first noticed a drop in torque. It didn't pull up the hills as it used to. I also noticed full consumption dropped significantly... however after about 200 - 300km this seems to have returned to normal. I don't know if i have adjusted... but torque seems to be back to where it was, as is fuel consumption. Could it have been ECU adjusting?
With all that said, it's not perfect. There is a problem at WOT. Just as max power develops at around 5,000+ rpm and it changes gear, the exhaust lets out an almighty fart sound. It's a cross between a backfire and a loud turbo blowoff sound... weird????
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Gallery2- Early morning at the CIAL golf course ,Kochi
Gallery3 -View from the Tee box of the 6th hole - a 421 yard dogleg right par 4 . Has enough challenges of the tee to keep your mind buzzing
Gallery4- Planes , mounds along the fairway , water , wind - enough distractions exist on this course to make your round challenging
Gallery5-The clubhouse at the CIAL course is well equiped & will soon have a annexe with rooms , a pool & other amenities
Gallery6 - Traditional architectural lines at the main club house building are the first thing you encounter when you get to the course
About this course
Part of the Cochin Airport (CIAL) project this 18 hole course is a relatively new addition to the golfing circuit in Kerala.This is a 7401 yard layout & should grow the game of golf in this state . Known as the Soccer crazy state the opportunity & challenge for this course is building a Golf culture amongst the talented citizens of this state.
Located along the airport this course is a mix of links style design with a heavy dose of water & strong winds to challenge even the most accomplished golfer. This 18 hole course is one of the longest courses in the country.
The front 9 holes measure a long 3700 yards & so does the second nine at just 3701 yards . The course has a nice clubhouse with change room facilities and a well stocked pro shop . Do play this course as its located just next to the airport and also cause it's the first 18 hole course in this state.
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Just turned thirty, Hazel has everything she could wish for-great guy, great job, great New York life. But great just got even better when a boring business flight becomes a trip to heaven thanks to a surprise upgrade to first class-to the seat next to rock god Finn Schiller. At her birthday party the night before, Hazel's amazing and generous boyfriend gave her a free pass if she ever met the rock star. After all, what were the odds of that ever happening, right? But here she is and so is Finn. It must be fate. Even more unbelievably, Hazel and Finn genuinely connect, despite that minor vomiting incident. (It was the turbulence!) Finn likes her potty mouth, her wicked humor, and he appreciates her refreshingly anti-groupie attitude. Hazel adores his killer looks, ripped physique, and soulful music. When fantasy becomes real attraction, a dream date, and taste of L.A. rock-star life, Hazel must decide what she wants. Indulging in a passionate affair with a rock star seems crazy, and she's got a life she loves back in NYC. But could she ever forgive herself if she walked away from her wildest dream coming true?
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Given a free hand, Terry Gilliam switches off the taste-ometer
and aims to shock.
Given a free hand, Terry Gilliam switches off the taste-ometer and aims to shock.
He has been able to keep working partly because he's now a cult figure, whose films keep attracting new audiences on DVD, and because some of them actually made money. The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys and The Brothers Grimm took $US315 million ($377 million) between them at the box office. He's sometimes compared with Orson Welles but the comparison doesn't really work. Each is (or was) a brilliant maverick but Gilliam keeps getting films made, albeit with frequent blazes of controversy (thus refuelling his cult credibility).
Tideland is possibly the first time since his early career that Gilliam has had a free hand and that's because he made it for only $US12 million ($14 million). We can look at this and assume it's as he wanted it to be. And that's a worry, because it's almost unwatchable - and intentionally so. Tideland is Gilliam transgressing boundaries, like the iconoclast he has always been. The question is whether he's now crossing the boundaries for the sake of it, to keep the polish on his image or reassure himself that he still has an edge.
It's true that audiences are harder to shock nowadays and that Tideland shakes you up, but I kept asking myself what purpose Gilliam had in depicting an 11-year-old girl cradled on the lap of her dead and decomposing father, or kissing a 20-year-old mentally retarded man in her version of a sexual game? If Tideland is at least partly about the perversion of innocence, then it's reasonable to ask how exploitative it might be to have a girl of nine performing in such a squalid story. Is making your flesh crawl an artistic achievement or a sign of an artist who wants to provoke a reaction at any cost?
I would never say an artist shouldn't depict something because it's in bad taste but Tideland made me wonder about Gilliam's artistic honesty. It's a bit too much like a freak show, with a child sexualised and brutalised and dangled in front of us as a daring spectacle. I suspect he means it to be the exact opposite and some people may see it as a brilliant denunciation of the culture that produced both JonBenet Ramsey and the serial killer Ed Gein. I'm not so sure it's that pure - although I'm sure Gilliam thinks it is.
I listened on the web to an interview in which he said: "The thing that irritates me most about so much of filmmaking now - it doesn't disturb people. My memories of the films that really have stuck with me are things that disturb me, things that I didn't really want to admit existed in the world and yet they kind of formed who I am, because they stay in there."
What's disturbing about Tideland is not just what it depicts but its insistence on seeing itself as a bleak comedy. It's about as funny as a train smash (and there's one of these, too, to underline the "joke"). Gilliam's intent is very serious but the film is like two hours of nervous laughter, in which Gilliam and his young actress play games together, in a dull and grotesque reinvention of Alice in Wonderland. There's little actual humour and almost no drama. It's just doodling.
The film is based on a novel by Mitch Cullin, published in 2000. Gilliam adapted the script with Tony Grisoni, his frequent collaborator since he made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in 1998. I found that one about as much fun as being the designated driver. Tideland outdoes it for tiresome self-consciousness and the spectacle of good actors trying to paper over thin roles with mannerisms.
The novel was told in the first person by 11-year-old Jeliza-Rose, the child of two rock'n'roll junkies. The father was a 67-year-old guitar player, obsessed with the Vikings and Jutland in Denmark. In the movie he's younger, played by the great Jeff Bridges with lip-chewing snarfles, as if he's imitating Mr Ed, the talking horse. It is not so much a performance as a cartoon act - but that's one of Gilliam's trademarks. He started as a cartoonist and he retains his fondness for exaggeration and hyperbole. When it's combined with a big budget, as in Brazil, it can produce amazing spectacle. Here, it just seems like good actors given bad direction.
The film eschews the book's narration. Instead, Jodelle Ferland, as Jeliza-Rose, talks in a seemingly endless dialogue with herself and four doll's heads, stuck on her fingers. These occasionally come to life, talking back to her, giving a sense of her unbridled imaginative life. Given her real life, in which she has to cook up her father's heroin and take the syringe out of his arm after he passes out, it's no wonder she slips easily into an altered reality. Between him and her abusive blonde harridan of a mother (an unrecognisable Jennifer Tilly), Jeliza-Rose is an unlucky child.
Most of the film takes place on the Texas prairie, in the Psycho-like house where her father grew up. He takes Jeliza-Rose there in a heroin fog. When he overdoses, she is left wondering when he will wake up. The house is derelict and she lives on a jar of peanut butter which she shares with his increasingly funky corpse. After a few days she spots a woman in black, whom she suspects is a witch. Dell (Janet McTeer) is certainly insane but then so is everyone in the film. She lives in a nearby house with her lobotomised brother Dickens (Brendan Fletcher), a sweet-natured imbecile who becomes Jeliza-Rose's new plaything.
This is just the tip of the weirdness. It gets a whole lot darker and nastier as it lumbers towards the abyss. It will appeal to some of Gilliam's fans, for whom the "dark vision" is enough, but I found it supremely enervating and creatively bankrupt.
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TP-Link Deco M5 router review: This mesh network comes with a side of antivirus
Much more than a me-too product, the Deco M5 delivers both innovation and performance.
Much more than a me-too product, the Deco M5 delivers both innovation and performance.
Orbi satellites communicate with the router, not with each other; but 4x4 backhaul enabled best-in-class performance in most of our benchmarks.
It's not the right router for everyone, but there's plenty to like and it's priced right.
Much as we love WiFi, even the latest routers can have trouble reaching important places. For many people this means connecting a main computer or a games console to a router in another part of the house – and PC users don't like connecting by WiFi: ...
Linksys' latest looks a bit like a massive upturned spider which can be a bit disconcerting in low-light and shadow-rich environments. It's no looker, although the LED lights on the front have a certain Knight Rider quality to them.
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Desert fish are revealing how the environment alters development to modify body shape and behavior
Sean C. Lema
When I first began studying the behavior of Death Valley's pupfishes, it quickly became apparent that pupfish behavior is strongly dependent on the current physical and social conditions of their habitat. I observed that male pupfish in the Amargosa River are aggressive as they protect breeding territories during early spring. Yet during summer, males abandon these territories when desiccation and an abundance of young pupfish spawned that spring makes the density of fish too high to defend territories successfully. Instead, male pupfish reduce their aggression and spend more time courting females as part of mixed-sex schools.
It was clear to me from these early observations that if I wanted to understand how Death Valley's pupfishes are evolving in their distinct habitats, I needed to examine the phenotypic plasticity of pupfish and ask how plasticity itself varies among populations living in dissimilar habitats.
The environment that organisms experience during development has long been known to affect the phenotype that they express later in life. Since phenotypic variation caused by such plasticity is environmentally generated, for many years such variation was considered to be "non-genetic" and irrelevant to evolution. Recently, however, accumulating evidence has established that plasticity itself has a genetic basis. Although the phenotypes generated by plasticity are induced by the environment, the phenotypic responses are produced by changes in gene expression. Studies have demonstrated that the sensitivity of genes responding to the environment can vary among organisms with different genetic backgrounds. The picture that is emerging suggests that the degree of plasticity an individual shows is determined both by the environment that the individual experiences and by the genomic composition of that individual.
Now that plasticity is known to have a genetic basis, and is therefore heritable, the role of plasticity in the evolution of species is being reconsidered. Mary Jane West-Eberhard of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has pointed to one scenario whereby plasticity may lead to evolutionary divergence:
The origin of a new direction of adaptive evolution starts with a population of variably responsive, developmentally plastic organisms. That is, before the advent of a novel trait, there is a population of individuals that are already variable, and differentially responsive, or capable of producing phenotypic variants under the influence of new inputs from the genome and the environment. Variability in responsiveness is due partly to genetic variation and partly to variations in the developmental plasticity of phenotype structure, physiology, and behavior that arise during development. . . .
If the environment changes, plasticity may cause a reorganization of phenotype, ultimately leading to the expression of new traits in the population. If individuals in the population vary in plasticity, any resulting phenotypic differences might produce dissimilarities in reproductive success or survival that, over time, lead to evolutionary change in the population.
But how might phenotypic plasticity play a role in the evolution of Death Valley's pupfishes? To answer this question, I needed to examine the proximate mechanisms of plasticity in pupfish and explore whether those mechanisms are evolving between populations isolated in ecologically dissimilar habitats. I began my own studies by focusing on the hormonal mechanisms of plasticity. As chemical messengers, hormones influence phenotypic development by regulating gene expression in response to changes in the environment. Broadly, hormones can be viewed as a developmental link between an organism's genes and its environment.
My research on the endocrine bases of plasticity in pupfish is following two paths. In one line of study, I am asking how habitat conditions influence the morphology, or body size and shape, of pupfish. I do this by examining how environment and hormones interact in regulating morphological plasticity. As a second avenue of research, I am examining the neuroendocrine basis for population differences in aggressive behaviors. Together, these studies are uncovering how the environment experienced during early life can be important for shaping patterns of morphological and behavioral diversity in the wild.
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"The Ending Year."
Send me Demons of Light,
And Angles of Night.
Killers of Day,
Saviors to Pay.
Being of Night,
Being of Might.
Creature of Day,
Creature who shall Slay.
Place me in the
Front Line of the Battle.
Just don't let me fall.
Fight next to me,
Not in front or behind me.
Catch me before I fall,
And I'll be there to catch you.
Night is coming fast,
And the Moon shall
Rule the Land.
Day is ending,
The Sun shall
Die at His Hand.
The Broken Day of
Life is coming.
And the World
shall become Unbound.
Angels will turn into Demons,
And Demons will turn into Angels.
The End of Days is here,
The Broken Day is near.
Who shall be the Salvation?
Who will be the Doom?
The Stars shall fall
And the Seas shall rise.
The King shall sleep,
While the Serpent shall rule.
Two halves of the Scale,
Which of us shall Fail?
Light shall not rule,
Nor shall the Night.
No Day, No Dawn shall be seen,
Until that of the Mean.
Two Opposites must become One,
To save the dying race.
Or the Darkness shall rule us all,
With a terrifying gall.
The End of Days is here,
The Broke Day is near.
Who shall be the Sacrifice?
Who will be the Prey?
Slayers of the Day,
Heroes of the Night.
Guardians long forgotten,
Risen from their Tombs of Earth.
Warriors of the Air,
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Soldiers of the Fire,
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Healers of the Water,
In the name of the Father.
Mages of the Spirit,
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The Brothers Three shall
face against the Sinister Three.
The Four Horsemen of Life
shall fight those of Death.
Twelve to Council the Dead.
Eighteen to bring forth the End.
And island long sunk,
Now afloat,
Shall be the New Land
To those that survived.
Light unto Night,
And Dark into Day.
Who of you is the
One who shall Slay?
The One who has to Pay?
The Ending Year is close at Hand,
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T.I. Gets Highest Debut On Billboard 200, Taylor Swift Still On Top
Taylor Swift's Red is once again #1 on the Billboard 200, the sixth non-consecutive week. It sold 276,000 copies, an increase of 32%. Most albums had bigger weeks since the tracking week ended on December 23, so the albums were likely last-minute Christmas gifts.
The album sales are actually less than last year, but that's because last year's shopping week ended on Christmas Day, which means that the shopping was more spread out this year.
T.I. gets the highest debut of the week as Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head comes in at #2 with 179,000 sold. This is higher than the 160,000 for the debut of 2010's No Mercy, which came in at #4 in December of that year.
Less than 2,000 copies separate the titles between 2-4 this week. Coming in at #3 is Bruno Mars' Unorthodox Jukebox, which sold 178,000. It is the only title in the top 30 to have a decline in sales, as this is its second week on sale. The other new top 20 arrivals last week have fallen out of the top thirty: Game's Jesus Piece (6-37, 35,000, down 59%), Green Day's Tre (13-57, 24,000, down 60%), the Nashville TV soundtrack (14-34, 42,000, down 26%) and Glee, the Music: The Christmas Album Volume 3 (20-54, 25,000, down 43%).
Meanwhile, Michael Buble's Christmas falls 3-5 with 148,000. This makes the album pass three million in sales (3.03 million), the second Buble album to get that after It's Time in 2005 (3.7 million). Another Christmas album, Rod Stewart's Merry Christmas, Baby, drops to #6 with 113,000 sold. This brings its total sales up to 823,000, the highest-selling album of Stewart's since 2005's Thanks for the Memory…The Great American Songbook Vol. IV, which sold 1.15 million. Between the two sets, Stewart released three albums and two greatest hits compilations.
Phillip Phillips' The World From The Side of the Moon has 98,000 this week, making its total 475,000. It is the fastest selling album from an American Idol finalist since 2008, when David Cook's self-titled album sold over 478,000 by its third week.
The only other debut in the top ten this week is 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief, which comes in at #9 with 82,000. This is less than the projection of 125,000 to 150,000 on last Wednesday, and even less than projections on Friday of 100,000 to 130,000. Even with 60,000 pre-orders in the iTunes store, it is a disappointing debut.
1. Taylor Swift – Red (276,000)
2. T.I. – Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head (179,000)
3. Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox (178,000)
4. One Direction – Take Me Home (177,000)
5. Michael Buble – Christmas (148,000)
6. Rod Stewart – Merry Christmas, Baby (113,000)
7. Phillip Phillips – The World From The Side Of The Moon (98,000)
8. Mumford & Sons – Babel
9. 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief (82,000)
10. Now 44 (80,000)
Album sales this week totaled 12.79 million, up 31% compared to last week (9.71 million) and down 16% compared to last year (15.11 million). Year-to-date album sales stand at 306.19 million, down 5% compared with the same total at this point last year (322.86 million).


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Is PCV Good or Not??
I have a 1965 Plymouth Belvedear with a 273 V8 2 barrel carb and automatic transmission.
I am trying to determine weather the PCV valve is good or not. I know the old trick if it rattles its good is not true. When the engine is idleing, and I put my finger over the end of the PCV valve, is the engine RPM supposed to change or not?
Also when I pulled the PCV valve out of the valve cover, the end of the valve was covered with a white milky substance. Any ideas what this is about?
Change the PCV just like you would change the air cleaner, if its dirty then change it. The milky white stuff is water in the oil. How long has it been since the oil was changed? An engine run but not long enough to evaporate the condinsation will foam. Don't panic, check the dipstick and see how much oil is in the oil pan, if the level is correct then Buy some good oil and a filter and change them both. Watch when you change the oil that as soon as the plug is out the oil runs and not water first, if you see a lot of water then you need to do some engine gasket work so hold off on the oil change and start pulling the head's off as you probably need a head gasket. May the Hot Rod God be with you Dude!
Rat Rods Rule!
For the cost of it, about $4, change the PCV.
No pcv made for this car any longer
The problem I am having is finding a pcv valve. Evidently they do not make it for this car any longer because I have been to 6 parts stores and no one even has a listing on it.
I think I will try to mount a generic pcv valve in the hose going from the carb to the valve cover about mid way. That idea seamed to work on my chevy engine ok.
I drained the oil and did not see a trace of water in the oil but I did find some of that milky white substance on the end of the dip stick so maybe there is only a small amount getting in from somewhere. The radiator does not use any water than I can tell.
Any other comments or ideas??
I never did get my question answered. Is the rpm suppose to change when the engine is idleing when you cover the end of the pcv with your thumb?
You can put a generic pcv on your engine but I think yours will come apart so you can just clean it and then put it back on.
As for your question about pulling the valve out of the cover will the RPM change the answer is no if everything is working as it should. If you are running your engine on the rich side then pulling the valve at idle will allow fresh air to go into the engine and cause the RPM to go up. If on the other hand your engine is on the lean side then the RPM will drop just a little.
The white "stuff" is condensation. Caused by one of two things. Either your thermostat is stuck in the open position so the engine runs too cold which does not "boil" the moisture out of the air that is inside your engine from sitting over night. Or you only put on about one or two miles per trip. Again the engine doesn't get hot enough to get rid of the moisture so you get the gook on the filler cap and dipstick and under the rocker arm covers. If not corrected the inside of the engine will rust and start to flake and then you will really have problems.
Hope I helped
I gather it's cold where you live? Don't worry, the last post's spot on. The older style of motor like yours just dose'nt get hot enough to burn off any excess moisture that's built up in the crankcase. Things like cool ambient and engine running temperatures, short drive durations and an inadequate crankcase ventilation systems can cause milky moisture deposits in the upper cavities in your motor - IE, under rocker covers, oil filler cap and in the dipstick tube area. This can be considered normal and never should be used to confirm a blown head gasket before checking other things first. Moisture is a byproduct of combustion. It's present in the crankcase and it's present in the exhaust - hence the white steam cloud from your exhaust when the exhaust system is cold! I test cars for a living - you know, pre-purchase inspections. And I'm forever arguing with potential buyers who think their future car's got a blown head gasket because of the creamy moisture droplets formed under the oil filler cap. I'll destroy this myth once and for all. I also test exotic cars and often find moisture under the oil filler caps of Porsche 911's. Now for those of you who don't know this, Porsche 911's are air cooled! So unless your losing water and have engine oil that looks like milk coffee I'd ignore what you've found and continue driving your car without any worries. Rob
Dude, never have I seen a milky substance on a dipstick that did'nt signify a problem with a coolant leak somewhere. You should have ONLY oil on the dipstick and on the filler cap.
Same thing started with my 87 olds. The first sign was the foamy yellow/white substance on the filler cap, but did'nt find any coolant in the oil yet. A few weeks later, foamy crap in the PCV valve, filler cap and a milky/oily dip stick. It had blown the head gasket on the passengers side and after letting it sit for 2 weeks before taking the head off I had two coolant stains bleeding down into the front 2 cylinders.
I dont care how "new" a car is, it should NEVER have anything other than a clear brownish, or dark brownish to black oil slic on the dipstick.
BTW the radiator in my olds never seemed to lose any coolant. The "boiling moisture" out of the coolant might not be BS, but I've been running my isuzu now since I bought it with a stuck open thermastat and it never even gets close to 160 deg. in hot weather, and since it's been cold as hell here the coolant doesnt seem to hot enough to register on the temp gauge. And guess what.. not a drop of coolant or water anywhere in the engine.
The white sludge build up on the oil cap in its self does not necessarily mean a problem. In colder climate when engines are taken on short trips it actually it quite common. If the engine does not reach normal operating temperatures often enough a build up of moisture in the crank case begins to occur. If you take it for a long run on the high way it will vaporize it and send it out the breather and pcv and you'll be right as rain. I would how ever definitely keep an eye on the coolant level to see if its dropping and maybe pressure test the cooling system which may show if the is a head gasket problem. Also next time after you take it for a drive open the rad cap CAREFULLY!! and look for bubbles. This is usually the sign of a cracked head or head gasket problem.
White milky could be simply condensation as stated,check the carter parts catalog,as in the carb people,they used to have pvc valves and manifold choke springs I had a hard time finding for a 273 mopar,Im not sure,its been awhile,but its worth a look.
Sometimes Ill just pull it out of the valve cover with the hose still on,give the engine a good rev and shoot some carb cleaner in and clean out the line and passage at the same,be outside though because it can stink.
Last edited by rifraf; 01-31-2004 at 07:32 PM.
I'll stand by what I said. You can get some moisture build up in the dipstick tube which would show up as moisture droplets/sludge above the oil line on the stick itself. This is perfectly acceptable as steam rises and pockets in the higher extremes, such as dipstick tubes, then condenses into water when cooled down. Has anyone ever seen the upper area of a dipstick become rusty - particularly on an auto trans? I wonder how that could occur?
87442 lover, you need to broaden your view on engines. I guess we should be thankful we don't have too many mechanics who tear down engines as soon as they show some milky condensation under oil filler caps. I suggest you go to your local used car dealer and look under the oil filler caps of the used cars on the lots. As these vehicle's just sit idle on the lot they quickly accumulate moisture in the upper areas of the motor. Don't get confused, if the OIL IN THE SUMP is saturated with coolant then you have a problem. But that does'nt mean you've got a leaking head gasket. A porous manifold or timing cover can be a cause as well as a corroded internal head or block freeze plug.
A good mechanic/come engine builder should in most cases, know where an internal leak is coming from. And if there's a blown head gasket, then the leaking cylinder/s should be revealed before the head is removed. There's several methods to do this but there's a simple and easy way and that's by using a sight glass. Rob
PCV valves have individual flow ratings. A generic PCV will work but the right one would be an improvement.
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|CSL Behring (License #1765) BLA : For the use of Human Fibrinogen Concentrate, Pasteurized, Riastap, in the treatment of congenital fibrinogen deficiency.
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Human Fibrinogen Concentrate, Pasteurized
CSL Behring submitted this BLA in support of the manufacture of Human Fibrinogen Concentrate, Pasteurized (HFCP) for the treatment of congenital fibrinogen deficiency at the Marburg, Germany location. This BLA was granted Fast Track Status with a 6-month review timeframe because of HFCP's potential to treat a life-threatening condition. This facility has been inspection several times in the last two years with the most recent inspections in March/April 2008 (routine biennial) and May/June 2008 (PAI for ---------(b)(4)---------). The biennial and PAI inspections were classified as VAI. With this inspection history an inspection waiver was requested and approved. Review of this BLA did not show any significant issues that would prevent approval and I recommend this file be approved.
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Human Fibrinogen Concentrate, Pasteurized (HFCP) is a purified concentrate of fibrinogen (coagulation factor I) and indicated for the treatment of congenital fibrinogen deficiency.
HFCP is a lyophilized product in a 1 gram dosage form without preservative. The container closure is a single use glass infusion vial with rubber stopper and crimp cap. The lyophilized white powder is reconstituted with sterile water and slowly infused intravenously.
Drug substance and final bulk solution will be manufactured at CSL Behring GmbH located in Marburg Germany (License #1765). Pre-treatment of equipment is conducted at the Main Work site. Manufacture of the -----------------------------------(b)(4)------------------------------------------------------------------ are conducted at the ---(b)(4)---- complex in Marburg.
-----(b)(4)------ will be manufactured at CSL Behring -(b)(4)- located in --(b)(4)--, US (License #-(b)(4)-).
Human albumin excipient will be manufactured at CSL Behring -(b)(4)- in ---(b)(4)---- (License #-(b)(4)-).
Manufacturing Process Overview
- Cryoprecipitate from source plasma is supplied by CSL Behring in ----(b)(4)----- (US license #-(b)(4)-)
- Dissolution, adsorption to Al(OH) 3: Cryoprecipitate is dissolved in a buffer solution containing -----------(b)(4)----------------. Contaminating proteins are eliminated by adsorption to Al(OH) 3.
- First glycine precipitation:
- Glycine precipitate dissolution, adsorption to Al(OH) 3:
- Pasteurization:
- Second glycine precipitation:
- Dissolution, -(b)(4)-
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- --(b)(4)- and final adjustment
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Full scale process validation studies were conducted by manufacturing -(b)(4)- full scale fibrinogen lots which were used in -(b)(4)- consecutive HFCP lots and -(b)(4)- consecutive --(b)(4)-- lots. These lots were manufactured under routine conditions at full-scale to validate the effect of individual processing steps and holding times on particular process quality attributes (PQAs). These studies used target values for all process steps, however holding and filling times were validated at full-scale under worst case conditions.
Three consecutive batches of lyophilized product were manufactured in support of the lyophilization process using lyophilizers ------------(b)(4)---------------.
Full scale investigation studies were conducted in parallel with routine production to evaluate the bioburden and endotoxin levels -------------(b)(4)---------------. These studies were also conducted to identify the major potential impurities (---------------------(b)(4)-----------------------------------------------------------------------) ----------------------------(b)(4)--------------------------------product.
Media Fills
Aseptic processing conditions were validated by simulation using sterile nutrient medium and were performed under the same production conditions as the drug product.
Drug Product : -(b)(4)- media fill runs were conducted to validate the aseptic processing on filling and stoppering machine -(b)(4)- and lyophilizers ------------(b)(4)--------------- located in Building -(b)(4)-. Routine and non-routine interventions were included in the studies and were identified in the final report.
The number of units per run ranged from ----(b)(4)----. Media was incubated for at least -(b)(4)- days at -(b)(4)-°C followed by -(b)(4)- days at -(b)(4)-°C. After incubation, visual exam showed no contaminated units. Growth promotion studies were conducted successfully using indicator microorganisms per USP as well as local isolates.
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Drug Substance : The drug substance of HFCP, final bulk solution, is obtained after --(b)(4)--, final adjustment and sterilizing filtration of the bulk solution. The final bulk solution is stored in ----------(b)(4)-------------- and can be stored up to --(b)(4)- at --(b)(4)--. Holding/storage times and container closure integrity of the final bulk vessels have been validated using -(b)(4)------------------------------ to verify the tanks ability to maintain sterility for up to -(b)(4)-.
Holding times were determined via media fill studies.
Drug Product : Single-dose 100 ml infusion vials made of ------(b)(4)------- glass along with gray ---(b)(4)---- rubber stoppers and an ---(b)(4)-- crimp cap with a punched hole and -------------(b)(4)----------------.
Container closure integrity was validated using ---(b)(4)--- and -----------(b)(4)-----------. Vials were ------------------------------------(b)(4)---------------------------------------------- and a -(b)(4)- applied to create a ------(b)(4)-------- in the vials. ----------------(b)(4)---------------------, the -(b)(4)- test samples of HFCP 1g were checked and no -(b)(4)- was noted in the sample vials. For the ------------(b)(4)------------ containers were filled with ------(b)(4)------, sealed and crimped according to routine processing procedures. Samples of these vials were -----(b)(4)---------------------------------------------------------------- for -(b)(4)-. The samples were incubated for -(b)(4)- and visual inspection showed no turbidity or sediment.
Bioburden and endotoxin are measured as in-process controls (IPC) at the -------(b)(4)------ -----------. Three consecutive production lots were evaluated for bioburden and endotoxin from process step -----------------------------------(b)(4)----------------------------------------. Samples for bioburden were taken at the following process steps:
- --------(b)(4)-------------------------
- --------(b)(4)------------------------------------------------
- --------(b)(4)------------------
- --------(b)(4)----------
- --------(b)(4)--------
- --------(b)(4)-------------------------------------------------------------------
Endotoxin samples are taken also at the above steps in addition to the following steps:
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- --------(b)(4)-------------------------------------------------------------
Bioburden results show that an initial bioburden of 33-95 CFU/ml at the -----(b)(4)------ --------------------------- step decreased to 0 CFU/ml at the -(b)(4)- sampling step and maintained this level to final testing.
Endotoxin results were below the specification of -(b)(4)-/ml for all sample points for all lots manufactured.
Packaging and Labeling
Packaging and labeling occurs in Building -(b)(4)-, a -(b)(4)-story building. The labeling and packaing area on the -(b)(4)- floor is currently licensed for the production of Humate P ® and Vivaglobin ®. This area was inspected during the PAI of May/June 2008.
There are -(b)(4)- lyophilizers that will be used for HFCP production, -----------(b)(4)-----------------. They are located in Building -(b)(4)-. The validation of the lyophilization process was conducted using both HFCP and Haemocomplettan P lots. The composition of Haemocomplettan P is essentially identical to HFCP and they are also identical with respect to ------------------------------------(b)(4)------------------------------------------------. Validation data from both products were included in support of the use of lyophilizers ---------(b)(4)-----------
-------------. Residual moisture data for the Haemocomplettan P validation lots and the three full scale HFCP lots were within the release specification of -(b)(4)-.
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- -----(b)(4)----
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Six (6) Pages Determined to be Not Releasable: (b)(4)
Building -(b)(4)-
Purified Water : The PW system is currently licensed for the manufacture of Humate-P ® and was covered during the GMP inspection in March/April 2008. PW is used as feed water to generate WFI by distillation and pure steam. This system was originally validated in February 1998 and the most recent re-qualification was conducted in November 2003. Monitoring data from January to March 2008 was included in the submission. There were no significant deficiencies.
WFI : The WFI system is currently licensed for the manufacture of Humate-P ® and was covered during the GMP inspection in March/April 2008. PW is used as feed water for the generation of WFI. The generation system consists of -(b)(4)- distillation units ----------(b)(4)---------- distillation units consist of ----(b)(4)----- that produce WFI by a --------(b)(4)----------- process. WFI is stored in ---------(b)(4)----------- that supplies -(b)(4)- WFI storage tanks. Each of the -(b)(4)- sub-storage tanks supplies a WFI -(b)(4)- in Building -(b)(4)-. For the production of HFCP, WFI loops -------------------------(b)(4)------------------------------ are relevant. WFI is used in Building -(b)(4)- as ------(b)(4)------- water and for -------------(b)(4)-------------- ----------.
The -(b)(4)- WFI ----(b)(4)----- and the -----------(b)(4)------------ are supplied with Purified Water. The -(b)(4)- produce hot (-(b)(4)-). The --(b)(4)--- is a multi-effect still which delivers nominally ------(b)(4)--------. The -(b)(4)------- WFI -(b)(4)- is a ---(b)(4)---- with delivers nominally -------(b)(4)------- of WFI.
WFI from the -(b)(4)- is supplied to the main WFI distribution system consisting of a storage tank and pump. Water from the main system supplies --(b)(4)--.
The quality of the water is continuously monitored using a conductivity meter installed on each loop return. Each storage tank and distribution loop has -----------(b)(4)------------ to allow for an -(b)(4)- procedure for system sanitization. All low points in the system including points of use have steam traps available to ensure the removal of air and condensate during the -(b)(4)-procedure.
The initial validation of the WFI system and ---(b)(4)--- was conducted in October 2005. (b)(4)---------- was originally validated in January 1998.
Trend reports for the WFI system for the period of January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008 were provided. Monitoring data for bioburden, endotoxins, TOC and conductivity were all within acceptance criteria.
HVAC : There are -(b)(4)- HVAC units that supply the -(b)(4)- floors of Building -(b)(4)-. -------------------------------------------------(b)(4)-----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------(b)(4)--------------------------------------------------------------------- feed it ----------(b)(4)-----------. HVAC systems -------(b)(4)--------- service the ----(b)(4)------------------------------ manufacturing areas on the -(b)(4)- floor which are classified -(b)(4)- (rooms -------(b)(4)--------) and -(b)(4)- (rooms -----(b)(4)-----). -(b)(4)- services the -(b)(4)- floor areas relevant to HFCP production.
Qualification of HVAC system -(b)(4)- was initially conducted from January to April 1998. -(b)(4)- services the cleaning room, gowning rooms, storage areas and material air lock on the -(b)(4)- floor. The pre-treatment area on the -(b)(4)- floor of -(b)(4)- is monitored for surface bioburden and airborne particulates. Data summaries for environmental monitoring of the -(b)(4)- floor show bioburden, airborne particulates and airborne viable particulates were within specification for the January to March monitoring period.
Qualification of HVAC system -(b)(4)- was initially conducted from January to May 1998. -(b)(4)- supplies the ----------------------------------------(b)(4)------------------------------------------------------------- and other manufacturing and support areas on the -(b)(4)- floor. Rooms in this area are classified as --(b)(4)--.
Qualification of HVAC system -(b)(4)- was initially conducted from January to May 1998. -(b)(4)- supplies the ------------------------------------(b)(4)------------------------------------------ areas on the -(b)(4)- floor. Rooms in this area are classified as ----(b)(4)---.
Data summaries for environmental monitoring of the third floor show bioburden, airborne particulates and airborne viable particulates were within specification for the January to March monitoring period.
Building -(b)(4)-
Purified Water (PW) : is generated by reverse osmosis (RO) on the -(b)(4)- floor in Building -(b)(4)- and supplied to the storage and distribution system in Building -(b)(4)-. PW is used as feed water for WFI and pure steam generation. The WFI system is currently licensed for the manufacture of Humate-P ® and was covered during the PAI of May/June 2008. There were no 483 observations regarding this system.
WFI : WFI is generated by -(b)(4)- separate multistage ----------------(b)(4)-------------------. During production of WFI, conductivity and temperature are monitored continuously at each plant. In the event these parameters are not within specification, the WFI is dumped to drain. WFI is circulated at a temperature range of ---(b)(4)---. The WFI system is currently licensed for the manufacture of Humate-P ® and was covered during the PAI of May/June 2008. There were no 483 observations regarding this system.
HVAC : There are -(b)(4)- HVAC units that provide conditioned air to the -(b)(4)- floors of Building -----------------------------------------(b)(4)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HVAC -(b)(4)- services the classified filling area. -(b)(4)- services the material and personnel air looks for the filling and production support areas on the -(b)(4)- floor relevant for ------------(b)(4)------------. -(b)(4)- services the personnel air locks in the uncontrolled areas. Classification of manufacturing areas are ------------(b)(4)---------------.
HVAC -(b)(4)- which services the classified filling area was originally validated from Jan - Feb 1998. This HVAC system was reviewed during the PAI inspection in May/June 2008. Review of the monitoring report for the filling area from January 1 to March 31, 2008 indicates the system is under control. For airborne particle counts, 4 samples failed of -(b)(4)- samples. For airborne viable particles there were 17 failures of -(b)(4)- samples; two of the failures were in -(b)(4)- areas. Surface sampling for bioburden had 1 failure out of -(b)(4)- samples. The two failures in the -(b)(4)- area were in Room -(b)(4)-; a men's gowning airlock. An investigation was conducted and the conclusion was that it was seen as a temporary hygiene deficit and no corrective action was taken. This airlock services Filling Room -(b)(4)- for filling lines -(b)(4)------------------. There is no information provided on what the isolates were or the timing of the failures in relation to each other. However, since there were only two excursions and no 483 item from either 2008 inspection indicated a problem with the HVAC system or controlled areas air quality, it was most likely an isolated incident.
Cleaning Validation
Building -(b)(4)-
Major equipment cleaned in Building -(b)(4)- include -(b)(4)- final bulk vessels in which sterile bulk solution is stored prior to sterile filtration, filling and lyophilization. Since these tanks are dedicated to HFCP production and have not been evaluated during the last two inspections, the cleaning validation of these tanks is reviewed in this section. Three consecutive cleaning validation runs were conducted. The tanks were disassembled according to SOP. Cleaning was conducted by a -(b)(4)- cleaning procedure for the tank. The tank body is cleaned in the -(b)(4)---------- and the parts are cleaned by the -------------(b)(4)----------------.
The cleaning procedure for both the -(b)(4)- and ----(b)(4)---- consists of the following steps:
- --------(b)(4)-----------------------
- --------(b)(4)------------------------------------------------
- --------(b)(4)---------------------------------
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- --------(b)(4)----------
Used tanks were washed after exceeding the -(b)(4)- dirty equipment hold time (DEHT). Sampling was performed on predefined product contact worst case location such as areas difficult to clean (---------------(b)(4)-------------------), and all large areas.
Final rinse samples were taken from the sampling valve of the ----(b)(4)----- and ------(b)(4)- --------------- and tested for ---------(b)(4)---------- and ----(b)(4)----. Swab samples were taken at the -----------------------------(b)(4)----------------------------------------- and tested for --(b)(4)-- -----------. Data summaries show all acceptance criteria were met.
Building -(b)(4)-
Equipment that was not reviewed during the last two inspections of CSL Behring will be reviewed in this section. Equipment includes:
- ------(b)(4)--------------
- ------(b)(4)--------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)---------------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)-------------------------------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)-----
- ------(b)(4)----------
- ------(b)(4)----------
- ------(b)(4)-----------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)------------------
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Building -(b)(4)-
The filling equipment (------------------------(b)(4)----------------------------) is cleaned manually. -----(b)(4)----- are for single use only. The other filling equipment is ----------(b)(4)--------------- and the final bulk vessels are dedicated to HFCP. The final bulk vessels are cleaned in --------------------------------------------(b)(4)---------------------------------------------.
Manual cleaning of filling equipment consists of the following:
- ------(b)(4)------------------------------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)-----------
- ------(b)(4)----------------------------------
- ------(b)(4)------------------------
- ------(b)(4)---------------
-(b)(4)- cleaning of the filling machines consists of the following:
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----(b)(4)--- cleaning of vials consists of -------------------------------(b)(4)-------------------------------------------------------------------- and -------(b)(4)----------- at a temperature -(b)(4)-.
Depyrogenation conducted on the -(b)(4)- floor of building -(b)(4)- is limited to the depyrogenation of the vials under conditions ensuring an endotoxins reduction of -(b)(4)-.
Filling Line -(b)(4)- was covered during the PAI inspection of May/June 2008.
Review Initiated: August 11, 2008
Review Completed: December 22, 2008
Telecon Date(s): None


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This is becoming the springtime of our discontent.
Another late season winter weather system is winding up through west central and northern Minnesota. As of this report, moderate to in some cases heavy snow is falling from near Sioux Falls, Huron, and Aberdeen, SD into Ortonville, Alexandria, and Little Falls, MN.
The Minnesota surface map below clearly shows the swirling wind barbs around the center of low pressure in eastern MN. Track the center as it moves through northern Wisconsin tonight.
Winter storm warnings are flying again in much of western and northern Minnesota. Another 6″ to 12″ swath of heavy wet springtime snow will fall between now and noon Saturday.
Latest winter weather warnings
Here in the metro, we should see our chilly rain transition to wet snowflakes after dark to around midnight. We may see an inch or so of slushy snow on the grass by morning.
Storm updates with rain and snowfall totals
Only in Minnesota do you get 76 degrees, an inch of rain, severe thunderstorm warnings, and a possible foot of snow in 24 hours.
Welcome to the Super Bowl of weather.


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All the latest news, ideas, and opinions from Denver's Independent Literary Center: lighthousewriters.org
Unlike Mary Karr, who can recite stanza upon stanza, I have a less than perfect memory and a short attention span so, while it is still fresh, I wanted to distill the Writer's Studio weekend into a soundbite (nugget?) I could chew on. I will leave it to others to recap her hilarious and sassy turns of phrase and most of her craft advice. While I drank it all in, I was especially interested in what a best-selling memoirist and accomplished poet had to say about the practice of writing itself.
Here are two words of the three words she repeated throughout the weekend, and this pair is not even hers but Samuel Beckett's:
Fail better.
Not feel better, fail better. Meaning, keep writing, trying, failing, failing better. On Sunday, during the craft talk (Truth and Lies of a Memoir), someone asked our guest about inspiration. Her response? There has not been one day when she has felt inspired to write. "I'm diligent, a sherpa," she said, explaining that when writing Lit, she barricaded herself on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, refusing to go online, speak on the phone, attend events or answer the door while writing (or trying to write). Period.
And there is the third word, which she used almost as frequently as Simple Sugar Bakery donates goodies to Lighthouse events: A**hole. She, unlike most of us, can get away with multiple repetitions. Now, mostly, she mentioned it to refer to herself, meaning, if you are writing a memoir you need to be willing to be the a**hole on the page, rather than blaming the other characters, and then show readers the process by which you redeemed yourself. This valuable advice, although I've heard it many times before, is much harder to swallow than one of Simple Sugar's miniature muffins or cupcakes (which I confess, I tend to munch in multiples. It's too damn difficult to eat just one).
Now, please note, not once did she string those three words together and say, "Fail better, a**hole," or, if you prefer, "A**hole, fail better." But, reciting this trinity might make it easier to recall the gist of her advice the next time I either neglect my writing for the ephemeral pleasures of Facebook or am afraid of being honest with myself on the page. And for those of you whose ears close up at four letter words such as "fail", or dislike terms ending in "hole" (such as posthole, uttered more than once by Mary and Michael Henry as he interviewed her Saturday) perhaps consider this somewhat gentler threesome that characterizes the writing process (and is the title of my writing "bible"): One Continuous Mistake. The weekend with Mary Karr was, of course, one continuous celebration. Thanks, Lighthouse, for making it possible.
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text: Easter will be here Sunday and with it comes Easter candy. Jackie Conn from Weight Watchers says there is no need to run and hide from the Easter bunny. An indulgence on a special day won't ruin your health or your weight loss progress. In fact, she says that a big mistake people make when losing weight is forgetting to live their life. The best way to lose weight and keep it off it to learn the skill of 'flexible restraint.'  Jackie shares a recipe that is just right for a little indulgence at Easter without tipping the scales in the wrong direction!Easter Chocolate CrispiesA great one to make with the kids.Place 5 oz milk chocolate squares in a pan with 1 1/2oz polyunsaturated margarine and 1 tbsp light molasses. Warm gently and stir until melted. Stir in 1 3/4oz puffed rice cereal. Spoon into 12 paper cases, shaping into nests. Leave to set for 1 hour then fill each with 3 Cadbury's mini eggs.


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Thursday, June 30, 2011
shabba dabba rah this friday!
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
r16 Korea 2011 World B-boy Master Championship this weekend!
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R-16 Korea World B-Boy Masters Championship — sponsored by Korea Tourism Organization—will take place this year on July 2nd and 3rd at the Seoul Olympic Hall of Olympic Park.
Going into its fifth year, R-16 B-Boy World Championship is considered one of the top five most revered b-boy tournaments in the world. Featuring b-boys from different parts of the globe carefully selected through regional preliminaries, and international rankings, it's a World Cup for b-boys designed to determine the best of the best.
More than 200 b-boys from 16 different nations will participate at this year's R-16 Korea. Due to the event's positive feedback from previous years, international preliminaries were held from April 1st to the end of June in nine different countries including Japan, China, Russia, Vietnam and Kazakhstan.
While participants from Korea were determined in a regional competition on June 4th, European and American contestants were invited by their standings in world rankings, and will contend with international preliminary winners to compete in the finals.
The first day (July 2nd) will feature solo competitions of poppers, lockers, and b-boys, along with a guest showcase by former-2PM-leader Jay Park and his b-boy crew Art of Movement.
On the second day (July 3rd) the official b-boy group competitions kick off, followed by a special performance by the official spokesperson of R-16, hip-hop artist Tiger JK, singer/songwriter Yoonmirae, and their project group Sunzoo.
During the R-16 Korea 2011 B-Boy Masters Championship, the Urban Street Arts Festival will also take place throughout Olympic Park. The festivities include R-16 5th Year Anniversary photo exhibition, hip-hop photo exhibition, graffiti art exhibition featuring pieces by locally esteemed artists, an Asian graffiti competition, and an exclusive opportunity to experience graffiti culture firsthand. In addition, b-boy ciphers that encourage crowd participation, hip-hop street market, and various event booths will also be available.
R-16 Korea 2011 tickets can be purchased through Interpark. Both Seat S and Standing cost KRW 20,000, while Seat A costs KRW 10,000.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
chadchad of the day 4.0
striped shirt / vintage Ralph Lauren
magenta shorts / reformed UNIQLO
sky blue socks / Topman
black leather gladiator sandals / Giordano
black sunglasses / Asos
robot tote bag / Marc Cain
braided leather bracelet / Marc Cain
We finally had a few sunny days here in London so you can imagine the entire city was outdoors as much as possible sunbathing and eating their lunches in many of the cities lush green spaces. On my way to Hyde Park yesterday I passed this bronze horse head statue located in the roundabout next to Marble Arch which balances precariously on it's nose. It was designed by English artist Nic Fiddian-Green and has since become my favorite piece of public art that I've come across so far in London.
I was recently sent this adorable robot boy tote bag (which has an amazing hot pink mesh lining!) & braided leather bracelet from German label Marc Cain and I wanted to create an outfit around them. Thanks to Adeline & the team at Marc Cain for being so generous! Here are a few pieces from their spring/summer 2011 collection that I found particularly charming:
I definitely wanted something bright to go along with the robot bag so I used the bold magenta color of my UNIQLO shorts as a starting point. They were originally a pair of trousers that were on sale for W5000 in Korea, so I bought two pairs and had one tailored into shorts. They matched perfectly with Burger's XL vintage Ralph Lauren striped shirt and these baby blue socks from Topman which I bought in a pack with 4 other pastel colors, perfect for adding a bit of summer into any outfit.
Monday, June 20, 2011
chadchad of the day 3.9
blue & magenta plaid blazer / Topman
pinstriped denim Mandarin collar shirt / vintage
magenta trousers / UNIQLO
eggplant leather bag / VanHart Homme
eggplant patent leather loafers / Zara
sky blue socks / from Japan
I'm officially a Harrod's department store employee now. I was hired on for temporary retail sales for the duration of the summer sale season which is on now until July 10th. My first day on the shop floor was on Friday and luckily enough I was chosen to work in the Men's Lab, which is a new section in menswear location on the lower ground floor. It created last December "with a young, fashion-conscious male in mind, fusing urban style with a polished aesthetic to create a trend-led offering like never before." Which means I don't have to wear a black or grey suit and tie to work everyday like most of the other members of staff do and I can still be creative with my outfit choices.
I decided to base my outfit around this leather VanHart Homme bag (even though I wouldn't be wearing it on the sales floor of course) which was a gift from Korean designer Jung Du Young / 정두영 for helping him with a presentation he did before his FW 2011/12 show during Seoul Collection. The bag along with the bright magenta colored trousers from UNIQLO perfectly brought out the colors of the plaid blazer I borrowed from Burger's closet which I wore over a vintage denim shirt. The pinstripes and the Mandarine collar of this shirt add a pleasant contract to the plaid.
To keep with the quirky look of the jacket, I wanted to wear a pair of socks that really popped in both color & pattern. I found these 'big fish' socks a while back on one of my visa runs to Fukuoka, Japan. The separated big toe is so you can wear them with wooden sandals. I love the Japanese sun over Mount Fuji in the background behind the red fish, but unfortunately their days are probably numbered and will probably fall apart after one or two more wears.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
burgerandfries on asos marketplace
Vintage Aztec Shirt with Pom-poms
Burger and I have a lot more stuff up on ASOS Marketplace to sell. We've got some unique vintage, reformed vintage including a lot of denim plus some one-of-a-kind handmade accessories. Click the link under each photo to see prices & shipping options or click HERE to see the entire collection so far, with lots more coming soon!
Denim Vest with Feather Collar
Bleached Lee Denim Jacket with Mesh Panels
Bleached Denim Vest
Denim Vest with Zebra Print & Red Tassel
Bleached Denim Jacket with Tassel
Antique Silver 'Bear' Spoon Brooch
Antique Silver 'Mountain Bluebird' Spoon Brooch
Hwatu Necklace
Japanese Vintage Shirt
Polka-dot Henley Tee
Striped Sweater with Tassel
Friday, June 17, 2011
chadchad of the day 3.8
black jumpsuit / General Idea
black cuff / MVIO
black boots / military
gold & crystal earring / Line or Circle
toy pony shoulders / handmade
Here's what I ended up wearing to Boy George's birthday. I didn't even find out I was going until an hour before hand, so I stole the arse ends of the two toy pony's Burger used on his hat (previous post) then made two slits in the sides to slide elastic waistband through. I then hand sewed this (easily unstitched the day after) to the shoulders of my jumpsuit from General Idea by Korean designer Choi Bum Suk. They were amazing when I danced and the pony tails were all over the place when Beyonce's 'Run the World' came on, a perfect song to dance to with power shoulders. Yep!
The black leather cuff was part of the impeccably designed invitation sent out by Korean designer Han Sang Hyuk for MVIO's spring/summer 2011 collection.
The gold & crystal earring was a gift from Korean designer Park Jong Chul from his label Line or Circle's FW 2010 collection. I decided to change it up a bit and give it a pony tail of it's own by adding a chunk of hair from the wig Burger attached to his toy pony hat.
burger kim of the day 0.8
black shirt / H&M
black shorts / cutoff Dr. Denim
black boots / Dr. Martens
toy pony hat / handmade
neck cuff thing / vintage
horse hair sporran / vintage
As you can see, the outfit Burger wore to Boy George's 50th birthday bash was effing perfection. He made a similar hat with a Barbie head & oversized doll arms last year and had been saving these two toy pony's for a special occasion. I guess Boy George's 50th is special enough, no?
The rear shot of the hat gives you the full effect of the wig which was attached to the upper back of the hat using nails. He sawed the two pony's in half and attached them to either side using a drill, then added gold chain for more detail. Quite heavy but a complete work of art.
This hairy belt thing is called a sporran and is traditionally worn over a Scottish kilt. It complements the blonde pony hair & wig perfectly and is also a great place to store your wallet & keys.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
boy george turns 50!
WE MET BOY GEORGE! Holy biggest non-Korean celeb encounter of my life! I used to dance around the living room when I was like 5 years old to Karma Chameleon on my mom's record player. Burger knew some kids who knew Boy George who wanted more people to make wild shit to wear to his 50th birthday party so of course Burger obliged. He ended up making the best hat of the night out of two toy ponies, a big white safari style hat & a long blonde wig. It was so amazing that Boy George came up and complemented him on it - good job B! I got a snap of him in there but was too shy to be all 'Can I take my photo with you Mr. George?' Oh well, maybe next time. Outfits of the day coming soon for both Burger and myself to highlight the pony clothes, but for now enjoy the party pics! Also here's a link to an article my friend posted about the crowd at his party which is quite spot on & hilarious.
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