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FLORENCE – Francis Marion University chemistry students are currently involved in several undergraduate research projects, based on their interests and career plans.
The projects range from pure and applied chemical research to theoretical computational chemistry; from historical literature surveys of scientists and their contributions, to the development of experiments for elementary and secondary science students, Barbara Hankinson, Ph.D., chemistry department chairman, says.
This past summer session, Joshua Jackson of West Columbia completed a research project, under the direction of Hankinson, on "The Historical Development of Physical Chemistry and Modern Physics." His research focused on the life and scientific achievements of Ernest Rutherford, Neils Bohr, Sir Humphry Davy, Max Planck, Albert Einstein and other chemists and physicists.
For research during the fall 1999 semester, seven chemistry majors at FMU have been awarded Roche Research Fellowships and are undertaking a variety of research projects under the direction of chemistry faculty members.
Shannon Byrd of Dillon will work under Fred Clayton, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, to research and explore the historical background of Amedeo Avogadro and his determination of Avogadro's number. Also, the measurement of Avogadro's number by other means in more recent times will be studied.
With this data and information, a method or experiment will be developed for use in the advanced high school/beginning college chemistry laboratory course, incorporating Byrd's education and chemistry backgrounds.
Wendy Crowley of Florence will work under the direction of Kenneth Williams, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, to research salicylaldehyde phenylhydrazone as an indicator in the "Nonaqueous Titration of Organometallic Reagents." This indicator will be prepared by the reaction of salicylaldehyde and phenylhydrazine and used to titrate commercial samples of methyl-, ethyl-, and phenylmagnesium chloride and butyllithium.
These titrations will be compared with others in which the organometallic reagents have been dissolved in common laboratory solvents of varying qualities (extent of moisture). The goal is to determine the effect of the quality of solvent purchased, and the drying procedure used, on the activity of the organometallic reagent, and ultimately to allow precise, known quantities to be delivered to reaction mixtures.
Laura Graham of Lynchburg will also work under the direction of Williams to research topic zinc complexes of 5-fluorosaccharin as models of inhibitor/enzyme interactions. In previous work in FMU laboratories it has been shown that saccharin is an effective competitive inhibitor of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase.
This enzyme has a zinc ion as a crucial component of its active site. Hyperactivity of this enzyme has been implicated as a cause of glaucoma and thus inhibitors are potential treatments for this disease. In this study, simple zinc complexes of 5-fluorosaccharin will be prepared and characterized by HPLC, and IR and F-19 NMR spectroscopies.
Robert Scott Hudson of Elgin will work under the direction of Allen Clabo, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, on "The Synthesis and Computational Investigation of a Lactone Carbene." It is known that photolysis of cyclobutendiones yields bis-ketenes as intermediates that can be trapped as succinic acid derivatives.
However, in some cases, other products are isolated that suggest that an unusual lactone carbene is also present in the reaction. In this reaction this novel rearrangement will be investigated by designing an alternative synthesis. The structures and relative energies of the bis-ketene and the carbene will be further studied using semi-empirical and ab initio theoretical methods.
William Stephen McCall of Florence will work under the direction of Williams on "Metal Halogen Exchange in Organometallic-Alkyl Iodide Systems." In this study iodo derivatives, or organic compounds of various functional groups, will be prepared or purchased and reacted with methyl-, ethyl-, and phenylmagnesium chloride, and with n-butyllithium. The reaction products will be hydrolyzed with aqueous acid or other electrophilic reagents, and the nature of the products determined by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry.
The purpose of this project is to discover routes to otherwise inaccessible organometallic reagents.
Toby L. Nelson of Lake City will also work under the direction of Clabo to research "Computational Investigations of Chalcogen-Substituted Carboxylic Acids." Semi-empirical and ab initio computations of the molecular structures and energies of mixed dichalcogen acid isomers will be performed and used to locate minimum energy structures and to calculate energy differences between isomers.
Ryan Pooran of Trinidad is work under the direction of LeRoy Peterson, Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry, on "The Synthesis and Characterization of Porous Crystalline Materials." Metal ions such as Zn (II), Cu (II), and Mg (II) and ligands such as 4,4'-bipyrimidine and 2,2'- bipyridine will be used to synthesize these metal complexes.
These zeolite-like materials find many useful applications in catalysis and separation technology.
Roche Carolina International provides funding for these research fellowships. Each student must be a chemistry major and can take from one to three hours credit for participation in a research project.
These seven students will present their research findings in a research colloquium on Tuesday, Dec. 7. For more information about the FMU chemistry programs of the undergraduate student research, call Hankinson at 843-661-1449.


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Going Out Guide: Do Not See This Movie
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"For some reason, watching this movie kept conjuring up the voice of Smokey Bear intoning 'Only YOU can prevent forest fires.' It must be a sign from beyond that we — the film-going public — have the power to end this. As long as people keep watching these inept films, the 'Scary Movie' franchise will thrive and reproduce. And that is a truly terrifying prospect." [READ MORE]
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The name "Agatha Christie" is nearly synonymous with upper-class British mysteries, for good reason. Christie (1890-1976) set the standard for the genre in more than 60 novels and dozens of short stories, creating two iconic detectives along the way: the fastidious Belgian Hercule Poirot, and the English spinster Jane Marple in the Miss Marple series. No one could match her knack for weaving clues into her stories. Widely considered her masterpiece, And Then There Were None has been adapted into a number of films.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles: (Inspector Poirot) (Agatha Christie Classics Collection)by Agatha Christie
The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to write an account of the whole story. This, we trust, will effectually silence the sensational rumours
The intense interest aroused in the public by what was known at the time as "The Styles Case" has now somewhat subsided. Nevertheless, in view of the world-wide notoriety which attended it, I have been asked, both by my friend Poirot and the family themselves, to write an account of the whole story. This, we trust, will effectually silence the sensational rumours which still persist.
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- 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
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- September 15, 1890
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading) based on 0 ratings. 202 reviews.
I enjoyed reading this book it was very intriging. If you enjoy mysteries you will like this book
This was Christies first published novel and the introduction of Poirot to the world. While it suffers from the fact that Poirot is not the calm and methodical detective he would later become it soars in the plotting and intricacy of the mystery. What would seem to be a straightforward murder mystery becomes a tangled web of clues - a Christie trait that she establishes from the very beginning. And, just as she would later make her trademark, all the clues are there in front of the reader... it just takes the mind of Poirot to put them together. It's hard to say much more without giving spoilers away so I will stop now... I will just say that this is a "Must read."
Very good book! Agatha's first Hercule Poirot novel. Wasn't sure what to expect since the book was written in 1920, but found it as enjoyable as all the other Poirot novels! My only clue to the solution? : If you listen to people you will be in for a gigantic surprise at the end of the book! Very good Highly reccomended!
This was such an exciting book. i read it in one day. i couldn't put it down. it always kept me guessing and i didn't even think the killer was gonna be who it was. the only thing that bugged me was the fact that poirot kept not telling hastings his ideas. i wanted to know too, so it bothered me. other than that, the book was fantastic.
I really enjoyed reading the background of Hercule Poirot..I would have loved this book more if it was a little longer..but that said, I loved it.
In her usual flair Agatha Christie does it again, this one is one of Poirot's finest mysteries. An absolute worthy read!
I simply love Poirot. He is clever, highly intellegent and the most polite detective ever. Agatha Christie is a natural story teller and mistery writer. You will enjoy trying to figure out who the killer is before Poirot reveals it to you. Enjoy
This was my first Agatha Christie book I read and I loved it!!
This first poirot book finds poirot looking for the killer of an wealthy lady.The lady dies in her locked bedroom and in her last breath she says her husband's name.Was it her money loving spouse,her two sons,her doctor or her companion. And this book shows that the person who is the most helpful somtimes has the most to hide!
This book shows the birth of Hercule Poirot as he advances in what he would do for the rest of his life, Private Investigating. This keeps you guessing more and more depending on how many times you have read the book.
Quite brilliant. Better than I was expecting.
I have always been a fan of Agatha Christie. I like mysteries and hers are not really deep, but do make you think a bit. Poirot is not my favorite character of hers. He's too fussy, but I do enjoy Miss Marple. So prim and proper.
I have been an Agatha Christie fan since high school and have just picked them up and started reading her works again. This one as usual did not disappoint me. I particularly like reading any with Hercule Poirot. The way they are written keeps you in suspence until the very end. Even though the publish date is 1916, it reads like a murder taken right out of todays headlines. A very good read.
This was my first book read on my nook, and it was a great starter. The first Hercule Poirot book, in which the culprit is never clear. The only problems were that the letter and will evidence "fascimiles" were not able to be seen (the contents are revealed shortly after they are mentioned) and the cover. Why can't the original be used, or something slightly less tacky.
This was the first book that I've read by Agatha Christie and I really enjoyed it. She really kept you guessing until she let you know what the real killer was. I was definitely surprised and I liked the way Poirot handled everything. He was very clever.
This Novel is one of many. The way she has written her characters in this book is just amazing!!! The Mystery is one that you cant take your eyes away from the page!!
Twists and turns that lead you to believe differnt murderers at different times.
Every time I thought I had figured it out.... another twist!
Hercule Poirot at the top of his game.
Great story!!


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My 2000 Audi A6 2.8 V6 having trouble starting in a really cold weather. This problem occurs for past 6 years. Previous owner took car to dealership 5 times. They couldn't find the problem.
When you try start the engine the starter cranks but the engine won't start.(Sounds like "dry" crank)After several attempts the engine starts but missfires, shakes, backfires. If you let engine run for minute or two and turn it off, it will start back up without any problems. Mechanics at dealership tryed change spark plugs, plug wires, couple injectors, flushed the fuel system tested computer-the same result. It runs o.K. And starts when the engine is warm, but in a cold winter morning no.
I put new spark plugs, Karlyn wires, Karlyn ignition coil pack, new battery-the same problem. It takes 10-15 times of cranking till you get engine run. After it runs for minute or two no problems, starts right away. Yesterday I took to shop, hooked up computer and everything works fine, no cylinders missfiring O2 sensors o.K. Fuel system o.K. Everything normal. We deleted faults. This morning the same problem Won't start and the check engine light came on. Please advise. Thanks.
have the same problem?
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Religion in an Age of Science by Ian Barbour
Ian G. Barbour is Professor of Science, Technology, and Society at Carleton College, Northefiled, Minnesota. He is the author of Myths, Models and Paradigms (a National Book Award), Issues in Science and Religion, and Science and Secularity, all published by HarperSanFrancisco. Published by Harper San Francisco, 1990. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock.
Chapter 1: Ways of Relating Science and Religion
Chapter 2: Models and Paradigms
Chapter 3: Similarities and Differences
Chapter 4: Physics and Metaphysics
Chapter 5: Astronomy and Creation
Chapter 6: Evolution and Continuing Creation
Chapter 7: Human Nature.
Chapter 8: Process Thought
Chapter 9: God And Nature
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SpideyFett and I represented TDH in the Dallas Children's Christmas parade that was broadcast in about 300 cities this year. It was this past Saturday.
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SpideyFett and I represented TDH in the Dallas Children's Christmas parade that was broadcast in about 300 cities this year. It was this past Saturday.
You guys looked great ! I see Spideyfett in the Boba suit .... who else was who?
On a side note ... I played it back quite a few times .... there is one stormtrooper in particular that cracked me up. If I knew how to rip utube video, I grab that and make an animated gif out him. He walks like an ump lumpa :lol Sorry, I couldn't resist :lol
Spidey, you're a "Ham" ;)
Your Gree is lookin good.
Who is the jango.that kinda looks like my metal armor.
Looks awesome guys... just wish we had more of these this side of the pond?! :p
Spidey - lovin all the arm pointing at the crowd... :lol
I was the Gunner shown for all of 2 seconds... LOL... thats the first time I was a non major character in a while but it was great fun. They videoed me for a channel 8 special on technology in newscasting that will air later this month in HD so when we get a hold of that video we will post it. This weekend was alot of fun. Spidey did yall proud and was in character the entire time, as was bobafett669. You guys were great!!
Here is a link to view it in HD.
Password is StarGarrison
Thanks to Sam on the Stargarrison forum for sharing this.
Great job guys! Your suits look fantastic.
I thought Miller was wearing Fett for this parade?
Thanks I appreciatte it, it was me in the Gree had alot of fun...pretty cool never have done a parade before
but yes had a blast and can't say enough how nice everyone was from the Star Garrison.
Thank You very much...and your Boba Kicked arss very nice looked like you walked off the screen still looking for solo
Here's the only pic of me my wife got..:facepalm
Brief....but here's one more.. http://www.dallasnews.com/video/index.html?nvid=197570
sweet pic!
love the videos...all the suits were awesome guys!...thanks for sharing :thumbsup
Here is one of you Bobbafett69 and my self of us that my significant other took.
SWEET!!:eek...gotta say....us three look pretty sharp..8):thumbsup
did they not allow you guys to have weapons?? I didn't see any.
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MORIOKA, IWATE PREF. – Tsunami-hit Sanriku Railway Co. in Iwate Prefecture is on the verge of a full recovery from the damage caused by the magnitude-9.0 earthquake of March 11, 2011.
On Saturday, the public-private railway resumed services on the 15-km-long section between Kamaishi and Yoshihama stations on the coastal Minami-Riasu Line, restoring it to full operations.
The line, which links Kamaishi and Sakari stations, is 36.6 km long. The suspended 10.5-km-long section between Omoto and Tanohata stations on the Kita-Riasu Line is meanwhile set to reopen Sunday.
Sanriku Railway launched operations in 1984, becoming a key mode of transportation for local residents. Its restart will serve as a symbol of the area's recovery.
Yuka Sato, 20, who works for an animal hospital in Kamaishi, boarded a Minami-Riasu Line train at Ryori Station on Saturday morning for her commute. She was using Sanriku Railway to get to her high school when the quake and tsunami hit just before her third year there.
"The railway services will now be back to normal in three years after the disasters, and I suppose the restoration work has been completed early," Sato said, adding she is happy that she can once again go to work on Sanriku Railway trains.
The disasters disrupted the railway's entire operation, washing away many of its station buildings and tracks. Since then, Sanriku Railway gradually restored operations on its northern and southern lines and taken measures to protect facilities from future tsunami.


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Tivoli's Web Radio: Well-Made but Costly
Editor's Rating:
The Good: Excellent sound quality; superior setup compared with other products
The Bad: Navigation to find Internet stations complicated; no AM radio; price is excessive
The Bottom Line: A premium niche product at a premium price
Internet radios don't get much respect. This has always bothered me. The idea that you can make a device able to play radio streams from all over the world seems so drop-dead simple and certain to succeed that a part of me is dumbfounded that all household radios aren't Internet-ready by now.
Then I spent the last several days listening to Tivoli Audio's Networks radio from my house on Eastern Long Island. There I enjoyed one of the best radio stations in the world—Jazz.FM91, based in Toronto, more than 400 miles away. I wouldn't be able to hear this station on a conventional FM radio. But the Networks radio tuned right into the station via the Internet, using a Wi-Fi zone created by my Apple (AAPL) Airport Extreme Wi-Fi router.
This is the fourth or fifth Internet radio I've sampled over the years. While I am impressed, I'm not fully satisfied. Tivoli Audio makes a line of excellent table-top radios that produce excellent sound from a single speaker. Tivoli's wonderfully retro Model One, its most popular offering, sounds excellent, although it has only one speaker. I have several around the house, so I was predisposed to like this newer model.
Easy Setup, Even With Security
The base product, a $599 stand-alone unit, looks like a rectangular speaker that might accompany a shelf-top stereo system. Except for the bluish display screen and the oddly placed button on top, you'd have a hard time guessing what it is. To tune into Web radio, this model connects to your home network via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. But strangely, it doesn't pick up FM or AM stations over the air. To get FM, you need to buy a higher-end model for $649. For my test, I used the Networks Stereo Radio, which includes the FM feature and a second external speaker, for a price of $749.
My biggest complaint about Internet radios generally is that they're hard to set up on wireless networks when security features are enabled. Setup becomes so cumbersome and awkward that the best solution is to turn the security features off. That, of course, opens your network to outsiders. Thankfully, in the case of Tivoli, setup was not so difficult, even with security turned on. I was able quickly to find the radio's unique MAC address (Tivoli calls it a "radio ID") and, using the credit-card-size remote control, enter the network password.
Once set up, the device is generally easy to operate, though not perfect. The Networks radio suffers from a problem common to Internet radios: Selecting stations from the tens of thousands in existence isn't easy. When I first heard that Tivoli was building an Internet radio, I hoped for one of its famous analog knobs that would make it easy to cycle through a long list of stations on a display.
Endlessly Long Lists
No dice. The primary way to select an Internet station is to use the remote control. Or you can use buttons inexplicably located on the back. You can search through prebuilt lists of stations based on genre (Bluegrass, College, Country, Jazz, Comedy, Rock, and so on), then subdivided by country. Or you can locate stations first by the country in which they're located.
Either way, you can expect to scroll through a long list before you find what you want. It took me a while to locate a station in my home state of Oregon, for example, and another I like that's in Los Angeles. It took even longer to find New York-area stations, which, like all located east of the Mississippi, begin with a W, rather than a K, placing them further down the alphabetized list. Fortunately, it's easy to make a station a favorite by pressing and holding a key on the remote. Whenever you want to tune in, simply navigate to the favorites menu, where the scrolling will be quicker.
Drawbacks aside, it's hard to quibble with the sound quality, for which Tivoli is widely known. I switched a few times between a local FM broadcast and the same station's live Web stream. There was a difference: The FM broadcast tended to have a deeper base and was louder. But the Internet stream was crystal clear and didn't have that annoying "bump" sound, heard every minute or so on other Internet radios, that's associated with the speed of the network.
Connecting to Your Computer
Another bonus: The radio is also able to take music from an iPod through a stereo patch cable or from a USB drive. It can also connect directly to the music stored on your computer over the network. The included documentation tells how to do this on a Windows PC (MSFT), but not on a Mac. Even after finding instructions for sharing music files from a Mac, via Tivoli's Web site, I couldn't get it work.
One obvious missing feature: The radio should let you connect to music discovery services, such as Pandora or Last.fm (CBS), or such other services with streams as Rhapsody (RNWK). I hope that will be addressed in a software upgrade.
I listened to Internet streams on this radio for a full weekend—and enjoyed the experience. If you live far away from home and like to hear radio from your own home town or in your own language, the ability to dial it up over the Internet is a great thing. But you can do it just as easily, if not more easily, on a PC than on a dedicated radio. As much as I hate to admit it, there's only so much appeal for Internet-connected radios, especially when you consider that most people listen to the radio only their cars, or at home first thing in the morning for the traffic and weather. That makes the $599 to $749 price range excessive.
I like this product a great deal, mostly because it's made well, and Tivoli got right more than it got wrong. I hope Tivoli keeps working on Internet radios. Given another year, perhaps features could improve and prices could come down on another less-expensive model. But for now, it's hard to make a case that this product is worth so high a price.


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BlackBerry Bold Touch and BlackBerry 7 OS Headline BlackBerry World Day 1by Jason Inofuentes on 5/2/2011 9:30 PM EST
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von Krupp - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkI await some reviews. Smoothness means nothing if the UI paradigms are still lacking in intuitiveness. Reply
asmoma - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkAs long as moving your fingur up means scrolling down, then 60 fps is alfa omega. Reply
von Krupp - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkI disagree. I'm not the most familiar with smartphone navigation since I do not own one, but I picked up and toyed with phones with all five major OS flavours. iOS was, for obvious reasons, the fastest and easiest to use. Close second was Windows Phone 7. WebOS cam in a more distant third, but it was still leaps more intuitive than TouchWiz or Sense Android. At the very bottom is RIM's BB OS. Both 6 and its predecessor gave me trouble when navigating, and not because of lag. Reply
Lord 666 - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkUnless this is just the first of a new lineup, RIM needs a true multimedia phone. Assuming this will lead to a Storm 3, but they need LTE for tethering.... especially with playback pairing. Reply
Stuka87 - Monday, May 02, 2011 - linkWhen I first heard that version 7 would not run on older phones, I figured "Oh good, they are finally moving QNX to the handhelds."
But NoooOOOooo... Its the same old broken, dead end OS.
The hardware may very well be fine, but the best hardware in the world is worthless without a good OS. Reply
synaesthetic - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkWhy bother with putting touch on such a tiny screen?
Seriously RIM, make a phone like the Dell Venue Pro. Big 4" high-res touchscreen, slide out Torch-style keyboard, QNX OS instead of BB OS, with the same MSM8x55 SoC...
People would eat them up! Reply
alent1234 - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linka 2.8" screen on a $200 phone in 2011?
a housewife i know bought a blackberry as a first smartphone last year. the uncoolness of BB's is well under way Reply
earle36 - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkI think the new BlackBerry Bold Touch has a lot of potential. I'd like to see / use the device first to see if the email client (rendering emails) and browser are in fact significantly faster. I had a Bold 9700 and loved the device, but the browser was pretty bad and the emails took forever to fully render. I loved everything about the phone except the performance. I have a handful of Apps that I actually need on a mobile device, the most important is Browser, Email, and GPS. I left BlackBerry for a Samsung Focus (WP7) and love the phone, but miss having a physical keyboard - ALOT. So much that I'm considering getting this device. I love WP7 as an OS, but they don't have a portrait qwerty phone and I really enjoy using a real keyboard. I like the look of the new BlackBerry Bold, and if the OS is fast and smooth, I'd go back in a heartbeat. Reply
TrackSmart - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkYou said: "I love WP7 as an OS, but they don't have a portrait qwerty phone"
If that's really what you want, check out the Dell Venue Pro. It has a portrait QWERTY keyboard and WP7 and is available direct from Dell. Ebaying your old phone can help defer some of the cost. Reply
earle36 - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 - linkYou know, I checked out the DVP and really wanted to get the device. I went to the Microsoft store several times and used it when it first came out, and every time I went there it was sold out. Then I started seeing a bunch of issues crop up online that people were having with it: Bluetooth, engineering sample batteries shipping with devices, camera taking horrible shots in anything but full day light, headphone jack not fitting most headphones, not being able to connect to any secure wireless networks... just to mention a few. I realize that these issues were eventually rectified, but in the mean time, a lot of people were stuck with phones that had issues. Some people got replacement devices that was supposed to fix the issues and the replacement devices bricked . It took a long time for Dell to resolve the issues, and reading all the bad experiences that others had and seeing how Dell responded to these issues scared me away from the DVP:( I really wanted that phone, but went with the Focus. Reply
GruntboyX - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkAs a BB owner, I am excited because it solves my biggest complaint. Performance. I have to problems with the UI or intuitiveness of the OS. I am a big fan of the qwerty candybar format they have. The touchscreen will be moderately useful, but the performance looks very promising. Reply
JasonInofuentes - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkWe would love to hear more perspective from current and former BlackBerry owners. While there are some features that RIM is just not likely to become competitive in any time soon (App and Media ecosystems), lots of complaints have been pretty straightforward, performance. So do you users think that this hardware push alone could help level the playing field? Will a strong browser, strong hardware, strong (if dated) form factor and, arguably, the best e-mail and messaging experience available, be enough to bring RIM back to contention? Let us know. Reply
alent1234 - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkno
when i had my iphone i used it for work email and rarely used my free work issued BB. since exchange on android is crappola i have to use my BB again. but it's such a PITA that i try to use my ipad 2 as much as possible Reply
earle36 - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 - linkI would say yes. This is coming from a BlackBerry 9700 Bold user. Love the BlackBerry experience as a whole but as you stated, the performance was the issue for me. One which seems a bit dated is the whole design that content from the web gets filtered down through BB servers, which compress / cache the content (I'm not sure of the details here, it was covered in an Anandtech review of a recent BlackBerry - Torch maybe) before it reaches your device. The net result is extra hops before you get your data and a slower experience. I hope they improved (or killed) this architecture. Also, the way it deals with hotmail email. To be clear - this could entirely be my own fault for missing some setting or setting up my hotmail account incorrectly, but with my hotmail account my blackberry (9700) would poll its server (BB server) to retrieve the content at set intervals even though hotmail had push available. There wasn't a way for me to use the hotmail push service directly, it had to go through BB servers, which forced polling, yuck. It also did a horrible job of rendering Email. I'd open the email, fetch the image content, wait for a long time, and then have to scroll around to see the email, and it would often render incorrectly. Hopefully this changed with OS 6 / 7.
As far as the apps go - for me i need only a few - good IM client, a movie app (Flixster), Facebook, and a few games. I use these regularly. The rest of the crap in the App store gets installed and never used. I just don't care that much about the whole Apps angle. To me its much more important that the OS provide the majority of functionality that I actually need to use on a daily basis (email, browsing, gps, etc). And shortcomings in these areas led me to WP7 because they were simply too bad to deal with compared to every other platform.
I love the physical phone, the way the OS navigates, the keyboard / texting / sending emails experience, but everything else needed a major uplift. And from some of the videos I'v seen on Crackberry featuring the new bold and OS improvements, it looks very promising. Reply
jcbenten - Friday, May 06, 2011 - linkI had an AT&T Bold 9000 and loved that phone. What BB does better than the Verizon DroidX is email. I had four accounts on the BB and it worked flawlessly: separate notifications, no issues. On the DroidX, Yahoo has stopped pushing, GMail started pushing after NOT pushing (go figure!) and do not get me started on Android and Exchange server. My best solution so far is to forward to Hotmail but I Cannot reply. PITA!!! The only redeeming feature of the DroidX is the GPS/Maps/Navigation.
The weaklinks of my Bold were memory leaks (Facebook, etc) requiring battery pulls and the trackball.
I am waiting for the Storm 3, Torch or other new large screen to become available and I am switching back to BB (I have to use Verizon. All those who claim Verizon is better than AT&T are wrong). Email is too important for me.
Never tried iPhone. Maybe I should check out the Dell VP Reply
SandmanWN - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - linkTouchscreen, plus keyboard, and a small form factor... Love it. A desperately needed speed boost and a touchscreen were the only things missing from the current Bold line. This pretty much gives you the perfect phone. What are you going to do with a million of the dumbest apps imaginable??? I got somewhere between 5-10 apps. Any more and I am probably neglecting one or I am spending way to much time on my phone. The fanboy rage fest in the smartphone arena I think has finally eclipsed both the AMD/Nvidia and AMD/Intel combined. Reply
vision33r - Tuesday, May 03, 2011 - linkRIM still has the business, govt, and healthcare industries in their camp. I will continue to deploy BB at our firm because it is the only platform that allows for truly end to end IT management of the devices and it is totally robust compare to all the shitty Android device management. The iPhone is getting close but still not close enough.
An employee loses a BB device, I can easily remote wipe the data and render the device "UNUSABLE."
You can remote wipe with Android and iPhone but you cannot remote kill the device. Reply
Pessimism - Wednesday, May 04, 2011 - linkIf only the capabilities you speak of extended to the offending employees themselves... Reply
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AIG to raise up to $6.5 billion through AIA share sale: sources
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - American International Group Inc may raise as much as $6.5 billion from the sale of its remaining stake in AIA Group Ltd in Asia's second-largest block sale ever, exiting a business the U.S. insurer helped found nearly 100 years ago.
AIG (AIG.N: Quote) is offering its 13.69 percent stake in AIA (1299.HK: Quote), or 1.65 billion shares, in a range of HK$29.65-HK$30.65 apiece, sources with direct knowledge of the plan said.
That is a discount of up to 6.3 percent to AIA's close at HK$31.65 in Hong Kong on Friday, the sources said, declining to be identified as the terms of the offering weren't yet public. Trading of AIA was suspended on Monday at the company's request.
The sale marks the end of an era for AIG in Asia and its Chief Executive Robert Benmosche, who took AIA public in Hong Kong in the world's third-biggest initial public offering ever.
AIG was forced to sell parts of its massive business after the U.S. government bailed the company out in 2008 as it teetered on the brink of collapse. The United States ultimately sent $182 billion on the rescue. AIA was one of the assets it put up for sale.
Since AIA's $20.5 billion IPO, its shares have soared about 61 percent and become a top choice of fund managers looking to benefit from growing wealth in Asia and booming demand for insurance and other financial products.
The widely expected block offering of Asia's third-biggest insurer will be surpassed only by Vodafone plc's (VOD.L: Quote) $6.6 billion stake sale in China Mobile (0941.HK: Quote) two years ago. The offering also comes one week after a lockup on the shares expired, adding to two other rounds of AIA share sales earlier this year that had raised about $8 billion in total.
Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE: Quote) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N: Quote) were hired as joint global coordinators for the offering, with Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quote), JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N: Quote) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N: Quote) also acting as bookrunners. Continued...


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The American Architectural Manufacturers Association is asking the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to support proposals that would extend and expand the 25C tax credits for energy-efficient home improvements.
The proposal package would extend the 25C tax credit until 2010, and extend the provisions to provide homeowners with up to 30 percent of the costs for qualified energy-efficient home improvements, with a cap of $1,500 per home. Homeowners are currently capped at 10 percent of applicable costs, with an annual cap of $500.
"As the costs for energy-efficient home improvements can easily exceed $10,000, the current credit is not meaningful in changing consumer behavior," says Rich Walker, AAMA president and CEO. "Driving demand for these products can play an important role in protecting the environment and saving our energy resources."
"In the short term, investments in the efficiency of existing homes will create and retain U.S. manufacturing, distribution and construction jobs," Walker adds. "In the long term, it will help reduce carbon emissions, while reducing our aggregate demand for energy, our dependence on foreign sources of oil and the energy bills of hard-working Americans."
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if all consumers bought Energy Star qualified products, Americans would save more than $100 billion in energy costs during the next 15 years.
"These proposals will build consumer demand for energy-saving technology, create thousands of jobs, save precious energy resources and reduce consumer energy bills," Walker adds. "Quite simply, expanding these consumer tax credits is good for the economy and good for the environment."
Sample letters for AAMA members to send to Congress pertaining to Section 1621 of H.R. 598, and to the U.S. Senate American Recovery and Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009, are available for download at: http://www.aamanet.org/mp/AAMA_Member_Stimulus_Letter_to_House_109.doc and at http://www.aamanet.org/mp/AAMA_Member_Stimulus_Letter_to_Senate_109.doc.


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Hey eveyrone, I just purchased my first EXT this past weekend and i have to say I'm Loving every minute i drive it! Best truck i've ever owned or driven.
Today i was driving along at about 45mph and out of no where the Dash BREAK LIGHT came on and the fast chime rang throughout the cabin. I immediately pulled the E brake release but there was no feedback (there was no tension and it was like pulling an open door handle). After pulling to the side I stepped on the Ebrake only to find that it went straight to the floor with very little if any resistance... almost like there was no cable attached.
I again pulled the ebrake release but nothing happened. I had to Manually move the ebrake pedal from the floor board to the ready position. I started the truck up and the warning light was off and no chime. I drove another 50 miles to work and had no other orccurance.
My question to the forum is... What do you think the problem is?
I'm not going to be able to get under the dash or under the truck till Saturday and it's bugging me. I already know that i have to get the ebrake looked at but i am wondering what the problem is... bad cable? bad ebrake pedal?
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Sobbing fisherman home in El Salvador after year adrift in Pacific
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A fisherman from El Salvador who says he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific Ocean arrived home Tuesday night and was barely able to speak, sobbing as dozens of curiosity-seekers craned for a glimpse of the famous castaway.
Jorge Salvador Alvarenga, 36, told officials he washed ashore in the Marshall Islands at the end of January and said he
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"I can't find any words to say," an emotional Alvarenga said on landing at the airport in the capital, San Salvador, where he was reunited with family before being taken to a local hospital in a wheelchair for further tests.
While the exact dates remain unclear, Alvarenga is believed to have set sail on a shark fishing trip from southern Mexico in late December 2012, before being blown out to sea, drifting for months and washing up some 10,000 km (6,200 miles) away in the Marshall Islands.
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"Due to his frail health, it's necessary that he receive the appropriate medical attention," El Salvador's foreign minister, Jaime Miranda, told reporters at the airport.
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Maddie's anxiety became so bad we now have her on daily medication. I'm not happy about it, but we're remodeling our kitchen and bathrooms starting tomorrow, and medicating her was the best option.
She's almost 6, and over time she's gotten worse and worse with her fears until I couldn't do any housework, bring in a delivered package, nor even make any kind ofn sudden sound like dropping something or setting something down on the counter,
She would immediately go into a locked mode of pacing all through the house, shaking and panting, or would beg to go outside. If we let her out, she would be too terrified to come back in the house, even hours after the frightening event was over.
When locked in, she didn't respond to us at all. We weren't even there with her, as far as she acted. I find this so distressing that I've sat and cried after trying to calm or reassure Maddie. Nothing bad or traumatic has ever happened to her. There is NO reason for her growing anxiety and fear.
She has grown from not caring about fireworks or thunder and so on, to being scared out of her mind by ordinary sounds like loading the dishwasher or opening and closing closet doors.
We boarded her recently at the veterinary while we went on a trip to visit family in another state, and when I called in to check on her, they told me she was so distressed and frightened the veterinary made the decision to medicate her, after attempts to calm her had failed. She was so hoarse when we picked her up, her voice was nearly gone from barking and crying.
Has anyone had this problem, and what did you do about it? A Thundershirt hasn't helped much at all, and she even gets anxious with the daily medication. I am completely at a loss on what else to do to help our sweet Maddie; it makes me cry. Is there anything we can do?
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Oh dear, I'm so sorry! Emily is twin to your pup, she is just plain terrified of everything. The only thing that has helped is having a second dog.
She is just plain terrified of every single person other than my husband and me. Sounds, fluttering Kleenex, the television scare her. Sometimes it's like she forgets who I am and is scared of me for a moment. I know it's so hard to manage. Desensitizing is likely the answer, but I have the feeling that your household is as quiet and private as mine and your pup thrives on the calm routine.
I hope to read some good responses on this thread, what medication is she on?
Lucky mom to three year old twin sisters Emily (omega) and Mabel (alpha)
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I sorta had this problem, but it was with a cat.
I had Punkin for several years and she was a-ok with everything. When I got married, I boarded her for my honeymoon. They called my folks (emergency contact) she wouldn't eat, totally freaked out. So they had my parents take her back to my townhouse to stay and have them take care of her there.
Mom left a note to let me know what was going on, yet Punkin was completely a different cat. I think something happened to her at the kennel that they did not disclose.
Sadly, after medication and much love, she did not recover from whatever trauma happened to her. She became very aggressive and nasty towards people & dogs (not the case before).
I sincerely hope that you can find a good resolution to Maddie's problems.
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One thing you must do is stay calm yourself she will sense your frustration and she can react to that. The more anxious you feel because of her hearing something or how she will react will feed her so stay calm.This is not going to fix everything but her reactions may lessen some
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Oh Dear San and Maddie sorry to hear this. No experience but like Mikey suggested I would get a good behaviourist. txx
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Maddie has a veterinary appointment on the 26th; we'll be talking to her about options. Tomorrow the kitchen renovation begins...hopefully the meds will help Maddie get through it.
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I really can't help you with this because thankfully I've not reallyi had one like this, although I had one who really hated the show ring and wouldn't make the most of herself at a show, so I pulled her and she became a home body. I can only think that something has happened to her in her past to cause all this - Bassets, like elephants, never forget. Or that it's something medical. I know you say she reacts to sound, but I'm just wondering whether she might be partially deaf. Do dogs suffer with tinnitus, which could be affecting her hearing. Or does she actually react to the action that makes the noise rather than the noise itself.
I've suggested before on here, a product called Kalm Aid which is available in the UK and is successful in dealing with anticipated situation (fireworks etc.). I know these tablets worked really well with my boy who was making heavy weather of some surgery he had to take off two masses on his tail set-on, and at the same time anal gland problems. Rather than give him Tramadol, he had these which not only worked, but had no side-effects.
Unfortunately this could simply be something in her genes - this breed is one that has become too popular for it's own good, meaning loads of BYBs are producing some with non-typical temperaments.
I hope you get to the bottom of all this, poor girl.
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Good point, I think Emily's fear is based on her eyes being so droopy that she doesn't see well.
That, or she was the last born of a large litter, and by the time she came out, God had no more courage left in his bucket of goodies and had to give her extra heart
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Hi all I was wondering I have a zoomed flora sun that is 5000k. I've read that a 6700k is better. Can anyone tell me which is better for the plants? I have a 55 gallon low tech setup no co2 just use root tabs liquid ferts t8 fixture. Oh and co2 booster
Most plants will take in 6700k light better than 5000k.
Most times unless it is LED, you can just switch out a bulb instead of a new fixture.
Plants can still grow with 5000k, but 6700k bulbs usually put out a good amount of PAR and they look more natural. CO2 booster? You mean excel or soemthing?
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5000K is a bit more yellow, while 6500K is more white, with a tint of blue.
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We might just have to, I honestly have no big problem with it, this is a shortened season and anything can happen. I love Luongo, and would love him on the leafs, but only if it works for both teams. If the Leafs miss the playoffs, so be it, as long as the core develops properly moving forward.
You'll find a lot of Leaf Fans that love Reimer, and if we could succeed with the guy, we'd definitely choose to. He's just an unbelievably nice person, you always want to see people like that succeed. He was stellar in his first years with the Leafs, and continued on that path his second season starting 4-0-1. However, that neck/concussion injury really did him in, and he couldn't recover, hopefully it's behind him.
One of the big reasons I want Luongo, is that he can help mentor a guy like Reimer, I'd love for Reimer to be the goalie of the future, he's a refreshing personality.
Question: Does Burke keep both Scrivens and Reimer if he acquires Luongo?
On the point of running with your existing goaltenders: What do you think happens if Reimer fails to deliver? Does it get that much harder to get another goaltender, knowing that other teams know you have a greater need?
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As I'm quickly approaching my sixth month, I realize that we've hardly worked on our nursery at all. We are moving our old office to another room to accommodate the new nursery. We had originally painted the office a pale blue, so it was fortunate for us when we found out we were expecting a boy.
As with any big or important purchases, I like to do my research. I like to create charts, wikis, spreadsheets and do comparison charts among stores, pricing levels and reviews. If you are familiar with Google docs, it makes sharing easy among spouses and other expectant mothers.
One of the major purchases I've been considering are cribs. There were so many different styles, colors and options that I wasn't quite sure where to begin. Was the more expensive crib safer? Do I need a convertible crib?
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The remote host is affected by an information disclosure
Description :
The remote Storwize device is a model that is affected by an
authenticated information disclosure vulnerability.
In the event of a hardware fault, memory contents containing customer
data may be written to a file that can be read by an authenticated
user of the system who may not otherwise have access to the data.
Note that Nessus has not checked if the remote device has been
patched. The device should be checked manually to confirm if the host
is vulnerable.
See also :
Solution :
Apply the appropriate patch according to the vendor's advisories.
Risk factor :
Low / CVSS Base Score : 3.5
CVSS Temporal Score : 3.0
Public Exploit Available : true
Family: Misc.
Nessus Plugin ID: 76359 ()
Bugtraq ID: 68133
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Lecturing in the flesh
It is close to madness to leave Cambridge in the middle of term. Coming to Buffalo meant, for a start, that I had to miss one of my first year lectures (though here I was rescued by a kind colleague who agreed to stand in for me). It also meant that every morning I dragged myself out of bed to deal with the 50+ urgent emails from back home, reviewing minutes of meetings, agendas and a host of admin. documents (let alone the queries from students, who quite reasonably expect an answer whether you are at your desk or not).
There was also the nagging question of whether I would manage get back to the university in time for my lecture of 10.00 a.m. on Monday if I took a flight from Newark on Sunday evening . . . scheduled to get to Heathrow at 6.45 a.m.
Buffalo weather at this time of year tends to be cold and windy -- and threatens to disrupt any travel plans. In fact the streets were still littered with the corpses of the trees that had not survived the blizzards of mid-October. Apparently these storms were particularly destructive because they came just a couple of weeks too early, when the leaves had not yet fallen. So the weight of snow on the branches was crippling – and indeed did cripple, beyond repair, more that 70% of Buffalo's trees, which are now waiting to be hauled away. For me it was one of the most powerful arguments for being worried about climate change…never mind about sea levels, if snow just two weeks early in the season can do THIS….
But my immediate worries were more parochial.
Before I left, I had in fact been so anxious about getting back in time, that I had taken the precaution of videoing the lecture. I didn't want the hundred or so students to be completely let down if I was still crawling round the M25, just when they were expecting to learn more about gender in classical Athens.
My Faculty has recently equipped itself with state-of-the-art audio-visual equipment. So in some ways the whole procedure was very simple. I was set up in a room by our excellent computer officer, with a camera and microphone in front of me and off I went.
At least in theory.
Actually it proved very hard indeed to sustain an hour's lecture entirely independently – with no reaction from any audience at all. It brought home just how interactive lecturing is. Even if the audience isn't asking questions all the time, you depend on all those signs of interest, boredom, puzzlement, amusement to focus and nuance what you say – to turn it from a solipsistic performance to a teaching experience.
When I told colleagues what I was doing for plan B, in case I didn't make it for my Monday lecture, they had a predictably cynical response. Why do we bother to turn up to give lectures if we could video ourselves when it's convenient and just have it played back to the students? It sounds obvious, until you actually try it . . . Being there in the flesh really does make a difference.
Anyway, despite a delayed and fearfully bumpy ride from Buffalo to Newark (gusts of 60 mph are not very nice when you are in a 75 seater plane – expertae crede), I made it onto the London flight and was back with an hour or more to spare. Even in a slightly bleary state, I think I was a lot better value than on the video.


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Community Based Research Initiative
The Community-Based Research Initiative (CBRI) is a collaboration between the Office of Undergraduate Research and individual GVSU faculty. As stated in Community-Based Research and Higher Education, community-based research (CBR) is a partnership of students, faculty, and community members who collaboratively engage in research with the purpose of solving a pressing community problem or effecting social change, but we find that definition to be rather limiting, so we like to define it as an opportunity to explore an area of mutual interest with others (Strand, et al, 2003, p.3).
Another definition that can be found is a collaborative approach to research that equitably involves all partners in the research process and recognizes the unique strengths that each brings. CBPR begins with a research topic of importance to the community and has the aim of combining knowledge with action and achieving social change... ~ Community Health Scholars Program
Established in 2010, the CBRI provides funding and administrative support for community based research initiatives over a 2 year period. The intent of the initiative is to provide support for faculty members engaged in meaningful research and scholarship with students and community members. CBRI projects support the Principles of Community-Based Research (Strand, et al, 2003):
1) CBR is a collaborative enterprise between academic researchers (professors and students) and community members (For more info: p8-11)
2) CBR validates multiple sources of knowledge and promotes the use of multiple methods of discovery and dissemination of the knowledge produced. (p.11-13)
3) CBR has as its goal, social action and social change for the purpose of achieving social justice (p.13-15)
Examples of GVSU CBRI Projects
- Act on Racism, Project Faculty Director, Dr. Jennifer Stewart, 2011-2013
- Speaking Out, Project Faculty Director, Dr. Melanie Shell-Weiss, 2011
- Young Lords Project of Lincoln Park, Project Faculty Director, Dr. Melanie Shell-Weiss, 2012
Other offices and programs supporting community based research at GVSU include: the Community Service Learning Center, the Office for Community Engagement, Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center, and the Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence.