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Just got done signing the posters for the winners of the raffle…they'll be shipping soon!
Just got done signing the posters for the winners of the raffle…they'll be shipping soon!
I whish had one 😦
With your signature 😦
omg omg!!! i cant wait XD
That would be the best Christmas gift i've ever haddddd!!!!!! Thankssss
Once more, the amazing art of Mike Shinoda, The Great! :p
I'd like to show you some of the things I do, just for fun, of course… I'm new at the game.
and so, this is it… ! Hope you enjoy 'em
Once again, great great work!
Rock on m/
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Wow!!!! They're so cool! 😀 Your hand must hurt now 😛 LOL
PS. Are you feeling better? 🙂
They look really cool
Lol. I think your signature is slowly getting less legible. It's definitely evolved since LPU 2.0, that's for sure.
Am I the only one that for the life of me can not decipher your signature? 🙂 There is no dubya in your name. Then again after a few hundred there'd be some in my name.
Wish I had one too haha, must be such a pian to sign all those though 😐
i wish i had won one 😦
Aww I entered, I wish I won ;( I just wanted a print #cry
Nah WP you lucky lot!
Lucky winners 🙂 Congratulations everyone! I wish I had a signature like that. It's so damn cool xP
Love em! ❤ Lucky winners 🙂
I like a lot that poster, maybe I print one of your arts to make one poster for me. Hey Mike, check out the November Edition of the Linkin Park Spain magazine, this edition is pretty good =). You can watch it here via flash: http://issuu.com/RevistaLPSpain/docs/revista6 Hope you like it!
Damn dude, how many pieces are that? I can imagen that signing stuff is the most boring and stupid thing about being an artist.
Greetz from Belgium, Lode
Hey that's cool you signed all that stuff…. but WHY DON'T YOU SIGNED MS/DC/SURU SHOES PRE-ORDERED ON THE WEBSITE…???
i'm not in L.A so i don't deserve a signed pair of shoes ???
i'm sad but i wish you and your family the best for holidays…. ;o)
Heyy Mike, just one question. This has kind of been floating around the LPU boards and some of us are just wondering if you could give us some background information on this sample. Just the basics, like who it is that we hear speaking, and its origin. Many thanks Mike!
lucky winner,,,,,W=THEY LOOK AWESOME!!!…. (thumbs up!) ^.^
Feeling any better?
Ha! that reminds me… I have all those cool robot posters. Actually, I think a few of the are signed too. You drew those right?
whoa! 143 posters, that's a lot.. well maybe you're signing them while you were lying on your bed.. btw, how's your tummy?
For some reason, I find the dot after your signatoore kind of cute, LOL. Look like you wrecked your wrist on these 0.0
Dude, i cannot imagine if i won one…
I gonna be crazy….
i second kathy's comment about the cramped hand lol….but at least that's something you can do while lying on the couch/in bed and getting better? you seriously should go to that taco bell and be like "i got food poisoning from your taco…DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?" that would turn into an epic youtube video lol…
Wow ..Cool GLXS ( Dies ) 'Suck' Poster LOL …
Congrat to the winners of the raffle !
Well I'd love to get my hands on one of those but…too late:DAnyway I'm waiting for my MS DC sneakers…It looks like it's going to take a while but I'm paitient:)
haha, you must be feeling like charlie chaplin in that movie, where he's in the factory… at the assembly line… that kinda reminded me of you signing like hundreds of posters or so…
and DAMN, i want one!!! >.<
Wow! I wish I won one…I'm guessing the names (list) has been announced already, huh?
hehehe hey mike look this : http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/v0yIsXv71WrxKYLd
have a happy christmas xD
omg how long did that take you?! my signature would turn into T~~~
Damn. I want one.
Aw Im sure it was a kinda of hard job Mike! Im glad, can't wait to see the list of who won those posters!! How are you feeling? better? I hope you are. Take care and be read to christmas 😉 Love, Pat
Hey, how r u feeling? 🙂 Just RTed u a pic on twitter that u might find funny. 😛 lol Ur hand must b used 2 signing that many times & more by now. lol Hey, ur an artist & I was just wondering if u do what we do every Christmas which is decorate the Christmas tree differently every year. I'm curious to see ur tree. 🙂 Take care. 🙂
How long does that take?
That'd give me a cramped hand.
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text: Astrodyne Corporation announces its multi-package PMK225 line of high density switching power supplies that provide output power of 225 W with active PFC. All models accept universal input from 90 to 264 VAC and six models, in each package style, provide single outputs from 5 VDC to 48 VDC. These power supplies meet the space and performance needs in low to moderate power I.T.E systems and instrumentation applications. The series is approved for UL/EN60950-1 safety specifications. Using high density SMT construction and providing power densities of up to 4 W/cubic inch, the products offer reduced case sizes. The series operates at 100% capability to a temperature of 50° C with 18 CFM forced cooling.


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Until E-ink technology loses its laggy refresh rates, or a replacement tech starts being used, browsing through an ebook library is never going to be fun with a dedicated ereader. It's too slow, and much too cumbersome - true of all these devices including the PRS-650 and Amazon Kindle.
However, Sony has done its best with the technology's limitations and come up with a clean-looking and intuitive interface. From the home screen - always quickly accessible thanks to the front Home button - a third of the screen is taken up by the "continue reading" option. As this is by far the option you'll tap the most, this is a good design choice.
Underneath this are links to your books library, collections, notes, periodicals and tabs for applications and settings. Skipping into the books library - another very important piece of the UI puzzle - you can order your books in a handful of ways, and choose to see book covers or just the basic info. The slow screen response of E-ink stops the prettier graphical style from being practical though. You can't fit anywhere near as many book entries on-screen at once, and frustration soon sets in.
Switch to the more economical list option and the PRS-650 fares much better. It's still slow, but with a search function in tow you'll be able to find books within a few taps. With ebook readers like this, the less time you have to spend within the interface, the better. If you're willing to trade short-term frustration for longer-term ease of use, you can sort your books into collections too, accessible from the home screen.
In the spirit of convergence that devices like smartphones have forcibly encouraged on other kinds of tech, the Sony PRS-650 offers a few secondary functions. The ability to scrawl notes on your books is great, but the additional free-form doodling app is there for a bit of fun. The E-ink's refresh delay means lines you draw have to very noticeably catch up with the stylus, and it's all black and white. It's no replacement for the snazzy iPhone and iPad art apps available, but it's enjoyable for a quick scrawl.
Another support act feature of the PRS-650 is its music-playing abilities. Justifying the dual memory card slots, the reader can play AAC and MP3 files. The size and slow navigation of the device make it a poor replacement for a dedicated MP3 player though - even budget phones are more capable in this area. Playing music will also quickly eat into the claimed 2-week battery life - actual battery performance in real-world conditions is completely dependent on use (number of page turns), especially as there are no 3G or Wi-Fi connectivity options here to suck up juice.
The Sony Reader PRS-650 is on-par with the very best dedicated ereaders in terms of the reading experience it offers, but it's also one of the most expensive. The Kindle is the best part of a hundred pounds cheaper, and we don't think the smaller, more affordable PRS-350 is any worse an ereader.
The PRS-650 is a king among ereaders, but it also comes with a royal price tag. If you can stomach the extra expenditure though, its screen is top-notch, not dulled at all by the addition of touchscreen tech. Light, comfortable-to-hold and at least as tough as the competition, it's worth keeping as a constant literary companion.
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One thing I like about the Sony PRS-650 is the support for PDFs. It offers several different ways to view them - for example if you have a two column PDF you can ask it to flow down the columns, rather than left to right across the page.
Also one thing to note is that it's now extremely easy to view e-books brought from the amazon ebook store on the sony reader or any other device. Although I couldn't possibly condone such behaviour...
This review provides useful information on the style and user experience but there is almost nothing on e.g. supported formats. How do pdf documents read (a common issue with ereaders) on prs 650?
The price I can forgive given Sony's usual high standard of construction but the absence of WiFi I simply can't. I email a lot of web articles to myself for later reading and not being able to read them on a device ideally suited to the task is a shame.
Now if only Waterstone's could have a working sample of iRiver's alternative for once so could compare the screen qualities of both.
Having seen the iriver working (once in doncaster) i think that the sony beats it hands down. I would say the iriver is on a little better when compared to with my gen 2 kindle with faster screen changes and a little more contrast but loses out to my sisters gen 3 which is on a par with the sony but a little less reflective. To be honest though having owned the prs 600 and a kindle the kindle store and 3g are far more important if your using this device to read than the touch screen features sony bring. Not to mention i find the edge buttons on the kindle far more ergonomic and i wish they hadn't shrunk them on the 3rd gen version. There is so little well priced content for any other device in the uk that it makes very little sense to buy a sony reader when you can get a kindle 3g and the excellent lighted cover for £3.
Having said all that if any of the other book sellers get there act together then that could change and the sony is a much more flexible device in some ways. The note taking features and touch screen are genuinely useful and the format support and refresh speed is excellent now (a marked improvement from my prs600 which is painfully slow sometimes) and seeing as i still use the prs600 to read and annotate journals for my uni work i think that if you want it for that it would be superb.
@liee: I appreciate the feedback. The one here in York has been on the blink for a while now. You forgot to mention Instapaper support along with sites such as Kinstant that format pages specifically for it. That said I'm still quite smitten with the iRiver and particularly it's ambidextrous design and magnetic cover. Now if either one of them had handwriting recognition.
There seems to be a PRS-950 available in the US that has the wifi and free 3G. Called the Daily Edition. I'm going to hold out for that I think.
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Subcarrier pairing and relay assignment with improved user fairness in a multi-user cooperative OFDM system
Munasinghe, Gayan & Jayalath, Dhammika (2012) Subcarrier pairing and relay assignment with improved user fairness in a multi-user cooperative OFDM system. In Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference 2012, 7-9 November, 2012, Brisbane, Qld.
We consider a joint relay selection and subcarrier allocation problem that minimizes the total system power for a multi-user, multi-relay and single source cooperative OFDM based two hop system. The system is constrained to all users having a specific subcarrier requirement (user fairness). However no specific fairness constraints for relays are considered. To ensure the optimum power allocation, the subcarriers in two hops are paired with each other. We obtain an optimal subcarrier allocation for the single user case using a similar method to what is described in [1] and modify the algorithm for multiuser scenario. Although the optimality is not achieved in multiuser case the probability of all users being served fairly is improved significantly with a relatively low cost trade off.
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He's just being unreasonably and overly sensitive.
Makaveli Joker wrote: »That dumb nigga deserved what he got. Giving his daughter crack cake. Fucking idiot
why didnt u just stop the nigga? especially if u know whats on the knife
so me and my homeboy been trappin all weekend and today was his daughters 5th birthday and they had a lil party at his house
everybody there, his babymomma family mostly, my homeboy, his brotha and me
the party started its all cool and everything, we got our smokin corner on the other side of the house, everything goin all cool the kids in the bouncy shit, the females one side on that messy shit, we hear em talkin bout everybody, and the older mothafuckas gettin drunk and shit, you kno a regular ghetto ass party
everybody get together to sing happy birthday and all that, and now its time to cut the cake
they left the knife in the house, so my homeboy ( whose daughters party it was) pull out a knife out his pocket
like i said before we been trappin all weekend...............
when he pull it out its obvious it got crack residue on it, i see it, his brotha see it, we look at each other like "i kno this stupid nigga bout to do it and its bout to go down " and while im laughin on the inside, this stupid mothafucka reach and just cut the cake and try to pass it to his daughter
all hell broke loose after that, at first it was silent cause his babymomma was on some "wtf is this shit on the cake" then she just eached up and punched him dead in his shit, he fall over the table knockin cake and juice everywhere, the kids start crying and all i hear is her homegirls "woop his ass tweet, woop his ass" im dyin laughin cause beatin his ass and her grandaddy got a bible yellin "that aint nothin but the devil, NOTHIN BUT THE DEVIL"
then he get up and knock her ass out, and her homegirls jump in and start woopin his ass in the back yard, beatin him out his clothes while the family watchin, includin me......while he gettin his ass wooped his baymomma uncle come up to me on some "yall should be ashamed of yoself, sellin that stuff, i got 60 dollars, where the dope at?"
so me and his brotha go to the car to hit that lick and he come runnin to the car, in his boxers with his pants down cussin at us and shit talkin bout why we aint get the hoes off of him
i told him he kinda deserved it and that just got him more mad, it was his car and he aint even want us to ride with him no more, we couldnt stop laughin at his stupid ass so he dropped us off up the street
was i wrong for not helpin him when he was gettin his ass beat by them hoes?


text: Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEAT Share Comments In its ordinary meeting held today in Martorell, the Board of Directors of SEAT analysed the situation of the company and validated the measures presented by the Board of Management. These measures, included in the wide restructuring programme "Nueva SEAT" (New SEAT) in which all the company is deeply involved, aim to increase the brand's future competitiveness and to reach, in sustained way, the objectives of profitability set by the Volkswagen Group. "During today's meeting, we could confirm that SEAT is working consistently in the right track and can count on our support to achieve its future goals", explained Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEAT, and Audi Chairman. "Nevertheless", he added, "in such a competitive environment as the car industry, even deep restructuring processes are to be put into practice as a race against time, which means that the first results have to appear quickly." Referring to recent rumours, Dr. Winterkorn ruled out a possible closedown or selling of the Spanish car manufacturer and reaffirmed: "This is out of question, essentially because we can not afford to lose a volume of over 400.000 cars per year, but SEAT has to keep on putting all its efforts in the very much demanding process of change in which the company is currently engaged, and start by increasing sales of its excellent new generation of products". The "Nueva SEAT" programme includes not only a new generation of models, whose most recent example is the new SEAT León, but also a repositioning of the brand, through an image change in the mind of its current and future customers. Higher customer satisfaction and more efficient processes are also key issues in SEAT's current process of change. Dr. Andreas Schleef, President of SEAT, showed his satisfaction with the outcome of the board meeting, underlining that "the support of the Board of Directors to our "Nueva SEAT" programme is not only reassuring that we are heading in the right direction but also a very motivating issue for all the workers at SEAT, who are working hard for the success of the change and the future of the company". For more discussion on this story, click on the link to our discussion forums at the left.


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Autoweek's take on the Summit Ecodiesel
I don't have a dog in this hunt but here are the thoughts of several AW editors: 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Summit EcoDiesel review notes, specs, photos, pricing - Autoweek
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Dear car snobs...its a Jeep not a BMW. The motor sounds like a diesel because it IS a diesel. Its not loud. In 6 months, only 2 passengers have identified my motor as a diesel by sound...and I take clients to lunch daily. I have no idea why these car snobs are so critical.
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On the highway we couldn't hear any appreciable difference.
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Long time diesel driver be it tractors, trucks, etc and I very much like my JGC diesel. To me it is a keeper and worth hanging on to for 10-12 years.
I am a BMW guy too going all the way back to driving my best man's 2002. Best vehicle I have owned so far over the long run was my 97 M3 which I sold last year. In all that ownership only replaced a brake light switch.
My new BMW 335 is very nice but not a paragon of reliability at all.
I am seeing the ads for the Ram 1500 diesel and if I liked the looks better it would have been interested.
Always keep one thing in mind about reviews from any publication. You are getting a review from someone making twice what minimum wage is and can't afford virtually 98% of the cars and trucks they drive. Their opinion means almost nothing to me.
They don't live with these vehicles for years (for that matter neither does Consumer Reports) and are off to the next tester where they drive the daylights out of vehicles coming back to complain that it doesn't handle like this or brake like that. Totally useless information for those of us that actually have uses for the vehicle and not just to trips to McDonalds...
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Me and the missus both LOVE diesels.......and, like other posters, friends can't believe it IS a diesel!
Autoweek reviewers are, in the main, snobby little wankers.....;)
Re: Autoweek's take on the Summit Ecodiesel
I think they're being so hard on it because the Summit is trying to compete with the BMWs and Mercedes as a luxury SUV. The offroad capability is somewhat glossed over with chrome 20" wheels, lower approach / departure angles due to fancy lower fascia, and no ELSD, tow hook, or skid plate options.
That being said, they fail to give it credit for being far less expensive than a similarly-equipped GL350 they seem to love so much, as well as all the other competitors. Maybe people who consider GL350s are independently wealthy and don't mind paying $30k more for no diesel clatter and the hood ornament?
Re: Autoweek's take on the Summit Ecodiesel
Some of them have even driven the Touareg V10 diesel that is sadly no longer available unless you are in a LeMans Audi racer...
And it is a tad on the pricey side now where you would expect some of the poseurs and wannabes to be coming out of the woodwork. And in Europe, there really are much quieter diesels all over the place...
It is a very nice Jeep. It is not a perfect Jeep. Its a Jeep thing... and I don't think they understand at all. Should they need to at that price range is a different discussion Jeep may need to face some day. Even the 6 wheeler G-Wagen is silent these days...
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I have yet to drive one or even hear one, maybe they are being overly critical, or maybe I haven't been sitting in traffic next to one yet.
But if it is noisy, I'd never have one.
Re: Autoweek's take on the Summit Ecodiesel
I'm driving my wife's v8 GC and it has way more exhaust note and motor noise. But, you see, its a v8 so somehow that's acceptable. If its a diesel, it should be undetectable.
Now, to show how we are all programmed to think, when I was pulling into the parking lot just now, my wife says "Aren't you glad you got to drive my Jeep....it's a v8." The whole time I was driving it, I was thinking "wow, this is a dog compared to my GC diesel." It totally lacks the midrange punch and acceleration I am used to...and was noisy as well.
Oh, and it didn't have the awesome purring sound at idle that diesel lovers like. No, it doesn't clatter like a Cummins. Its all in what we are used to, I suppose.
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There's no way you can call the JGC diesel "noisy" if you're being honest. The only time I noticed a DIFFERENT noise was at and just off idle when accelerating from a light. No way was it "noisy". Honestly, the only way to know is if you drive one. Just make sure it's warm so you get a good representation of the noise.
I'm not sure I'd even have noticed the different sound if I hadn't gone straight from the V6 gasser to the diesel. I never have driven the V8, so can't say anything about that engine.
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Subject: Processors | December 24, 2007 - 12:51 AM | Ryan Shrout
According to this Digitimes report, the upcoming revision of the Phenom 9600 and 9900 CPUs with the TLB fix to address performance issues is going to be pushed back until Q2 of 2008. Their sources claim that AMD hasn't been able to solve the bug and if this turns out to be true will be very bad news indeed for a product that hasn't even seen day one of sunlight.
Hot New Asus U2 Notebook
Subject: Mobile | December 24, 2007 - 12:46 AM | Ryan Shrout
Taking a tip from the band of the same name, the upcoming Asus U2 notebook is going to cure cancer and stop worldwide poverty. Or maybe it just "Reinvents Luxury Computing Experience with Delightful Detailing and Advanced Performance." You decide:
Interview with member 3dfxrain
Subject: Editorial | December 22, 2007 - 07:06 AM | UncleBob
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I have the extreme pleasure in posting an interview with a member
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Crysis patch delayed
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 21, 2007 - 04:11 PM | Ryan Shrout
Well, this is cruddy news. If you read my recent 3-Way SLI review you'd have noticed I used an early copy of the Crysis 1.1 patch to try and increase SLI scaling. Well, if you were ready to get your hands on that release....SORRY! Delayed again according some Crysis-based forums.
Patch #1 Delayed – The Reason
Apple and Intel partner with new Silverthorne chip
Subject: Processors | December 21, 2007 - 03:21 PM | Ryan Shrout
No real surprises here, though the news coming from Intel directly is uplifting for upcoming mobile technologies. If only there was more news besides partnering with Apple...
AMD Radeon HD 3400 and 3600 Leaks
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 21, 2007 - 03:18 PM | Ryan Shrout
The upcoming low priced cards from AMD based on he 55nm RV670 GPU have apparently been leaked, go figure.
NVIDIA is "Company of the Year" from Forbes, stock holders
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 21, 2007 - 02:50 PM | Ryan Shrout
As an enthusiast reading this article your brain will probably implode, as usually happens when the mainstream media tries to be "hip" and "modern" in the world of gaming, but the news for NVIDIA is good none the less.
NVIDIA sheds new drivers for the holiday
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 21, 2007 - 02:46 PM | Ryan Shrout
Just about everyone can get some new drivers for their NVIDIA GPU today - just in time to load on your system for that pending holiday gift you are SURE you are getting.
AMD Releases Cat 7.12
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 20, 2007 - 05:16 PM | Josh Walrath
AMD has now released the final Cat of the year. 7.12 is the number, and the amount of fixes are... minimal. Better DX10 performance in Company of Heroes on HD 38x0 cards, and improved Overdrive functionality with HD 2900 cards. On the Linux side there are quite a few more fixes. Support for RedFlag 6.0 and OpenSUSE 10.3, as well as a handful of major fixes under OpenGL.
Spring colors for your Eee PC this holiday
Subject: Mobile | December 20, 2007 - 01:05 PM | Ryan Shrout
If the standard Asus Eee PC in black for $399 or even the new 8G model of it selling for $499 weren't enough, Newegg now has a pair of colorful Easter colors to offer as well:
Memory Guys and Power Supplies
Subject: Cases and Cooling | December 20, 2007 - 12:51 PM | Josh Walrath
It wasn't all that long ago that OCZ bought up PC Power and Cooling and started marketing those power supplies as their own, and even before that OCZ was making their own power supplies which caught a lot of attention. Corsair also released a few impressive products of its own. It seems that a new name is entering the power supply field, and one you really would not expect.
GIGABYTE Online Overclocking Contest
Subject: Motherboards | December 19, 2007 - 06:07 PM | Ryan Shrout
Honor Hardcore PC Enthusiasts at Overclocking Hall of Fame
- Over $12,000 in Cash & Prize to be Awarded –
Intel Delays Launch of Slower Quad Parts
Subject: Processors | December 19, 2007 - 12:03 PM | Josh Walrath
Digitimes is reporting that Intel is backing off of its introduction of the lower clocked 45 nm quad core parts. These would have included the Q9300, Q9450, and Q9550. The official story is that Intel does not feel the need to release these due to all of the issues AMD is having getting their quad cores out. Since Intel feels there is no real competition in this space, they can let their current 65 nm quad core parts handle the demand.
Unleashed: AMD Phenom 9600 Black Edition with clock multiplier control
Subject: Processors | December 19, 2007 - 10:26 AM | Ryan Shrout
UNLEASHED: AMD PHENOM(tm) 9600 BLACK EDITION QUAD-CORE
New AMD GAME! Wiki
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Turbo-Cool Gets an Upgrade
Subject: Cases and Cooling | December 18, 2007 - 04:37 PM | Josh Walrath
OCZ certainly picked a heck of a company to buy when they decided to jump into the power supply industry. PC Power and Cooling has long been a well respected name in the industry, and products such as the Silencer 750 have been staples in the high end power supply market. Today they are announcing a new member of the venerable Turbo-Cool family. The Turbo-Cool 860 has a whopping 64 amps on a single 12V rail, and can handle up to 72 amps of peak performance. It is NVIDIA SLI certified up to 2 x 8800 Ultras.
ASUS P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard Raises the Bar for Enthusiasts Motherboards
Subject: Motherboards | December 18, 2007 - 03:22 PM | Ryan Shrout
ASUS P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard Raises the Bar for Enthusiasts Motherboards
-- The latest NVIDIA 3-way SLI capable motherboard is complemented by the energy-saving ASUS Energy Processing Unit --
ASUS Xonar Returns Hardware Accelerated Audio to Windows Vista
Subject: General Tech | December 18, 2007 - 03:18 PM | Ryan Shrout
ASUS Xonar Returns Hardware Accelerated Audio to Windows Vista
-- Latest Xonar D2 Drivers Revive EAX Functionality and Eliminate Microphone echo --
FREMONT, CALIFORNIA (December 18, 2007) – To satisfy demand for high-fidelity audio while gaming in Windows Vista®, ASUS®, worldwide leader in notebooks, consumer electronics and PC components, today released DirectSound® 3D Game Extensions (DS3D GX) and Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) technologies in the latest Vista drivers.
(Available at http://support.asus.com/download/ )
Are GPUs a dying breed of logic?
Subject: Graphics Cards | December 18, 2007 - 03:08 PM | Ryan Shrout
That would appear to be the case according to Charlie at The Inquirer. Many of his points are valid, but lines like "A two generation old ATI
X1300 low end card can drive two 30" monitors" are obtuse. Sure, they can do that with 2D and basic Vista screens but you won't be pushing dual 30" 2560x1600 displays with any gaming involved. Also, much of the debate is based on resolutions and it doesn't completely address the fact that even if resol
32 nm by Committee
Subject: General Tech | December 18, 2007 - 01:19 PM | Josh Walrath
One of the primary movers and shakers of advanced process technologies is none other than Intel. The company spends more money then most of the other companies out there combined. Even the mighty IBM does not push as much cash towards advanced process nodes, nor do they have as much fab space as Intel. It used to be that most semiconductor companies that ran fabs would develop their own process, or license one from another manufacturer. But as the nodes have shrunk, the financial burden of pursuing these advanced processes have proven to be too much for most companies.&
Your quad-core CPU is lame
Subject: Processors | December 18, 2007 - 12:21 PM | Ryan Shrout
According the "we get it now" genius at the New York Times, coding multi-threaded software is hard. Go figure! Other than making it easy to make fun of mainstream media again, this article does bring up some good points. Multi-threaded coding is completely different than the coding models used since the beginning of time and software engineers are having to completely re-learn their art in order to keep up with hardware advancements. And so, becaus
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According to article 1.25.4 of the regulations:
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Yep, that's how it was in my family! It is SO hard to explain that to people who didn't grow up with that thinking, though.see thats the thing the legality of being 18 means nothing to us.I am speaking LEGALLY.Exactly and they will be his own, not under mom's approval...at some point, he will need to make his own choices and mistakes
The American government/society(not world) may see you as an adult at 18 but they are not exactly the best source of parenting with good values.
Never said anything about good/bad parenting and values. I am talking strictly from a LEGAL standpoint.
Im totally getting that feeling. When I was 18 the only thing that meant was that my curfew was an hour longer. When I would come home from college I still had a curfew, not that I would disrespect my mother by not coming home anyway.


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Excessive rain and cloudy weather has created soggy conditions at Ranger Field and has forced officials at Northwestern Oklahoma State University to move Saturday's spring commencement ceremony indoors.
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"The field conditions at Ranger Field are not good and likely will not improve significantly before Saturday," said Brad Franz, vice president for student affairs and enrollment management, and chair of the University's commencement committee. "The conditions pose a safety risk for the participants and we would hate to see an accident or injury on this special day.
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Some recommend a feather bed, but I think an Expert is better.
Very considerable training must, doubtless, be required, to reconcile a Mohawk Indian to a feather bed.
I feel like the bullet which has been fired into the feather bed.
Didnt your grandma sleep during nearly a hundred years on a feather bed?
You—a doctor—sleep on a feather bed and get up at night to your patients!
The green mossy earth under their feet gave way as if they were treading upon a feather bed.
It was like falling into a feather bed to land in that hay-pile the way I did.
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I just seen this. hhhahahahahahhaa.
"I don't get hit. I can't be knocked out. He won't hit me. He won't land that big shot cos he's too old. I'll be too quick for him."
I just seen this. hhhahahahahahhaa.
"I don't get hit. I can't be knocked out. He won't hit me. He won't land that big shot cos he's too old. I'll be too quick for him."
lol at "I have your IP". Ooooooh what you gonna do with that info then? Send my ISP a nasty letter? Dick head.
Anyway i'm not trying to be tough. Just laughing at Bisping's naive words.
Please either do us all a favour and f*ck off or alternatively,
Please can you ban this prick, he is beyond boring now.
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not half as "naive" as 99% of the shit you've posted.
name and shame this numpty.
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war"
Why should Stubbsy get banned ?
His opinion may come across different that's all.
If we wer all the same, the world would be a boring place.
I swear before this company that I shall fight to the death for my king. If my king or my lord shall die, I shall take his place & fight as he would have fought. If any man here see me taken with weak heart & run away, he shall remind me of this pledge, made here before my kin.
dude, you are just a keyboard warrior, who has never stepped foot in a cage because you have no heart or balls to, and just sit behind a keyboard like a pussy.
i would like you to say it to mike's face, you would probaly shit your pants, if he was behind you!
To be fair if Mike Bisping did say those things before his fight then it just sums up the whole TUF series him and Dan Henderson were on.
The guy that Frank Lester beat to get in the house shouting "you can't beat me" after he just did.
Frank being offered money to knock out James Wilks teeth only to have 4 knocked out himself.
Martin Stapleton being very confident before his fight with a scared to death Cameron Dollar only to get beat.
Mike says he's not going to get hit and KO'd then just as the rest of the season his words come back to haunt him.
All this doesn't change the fact that Stubbsy has too much time on his hands and should just be ignored.


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Welcome to Half-Life Mobile, a recreation of Valve's huge hit game Half-Life from 1998 for your mobile devices! Half-Life, Named Game of the Year by over 50 publications, Valve's debut title blends action and adventure with award-winning technology to create a frighteningly realistic world where players must think to survive. Game pads and bluetooth controllers supported. Game is currently in Beta form, may not represent final release.
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Its already released, pretty much download xash3d on your android, and if you have purchased any half-life game then you can look on youtube on how to run half-life on android, pretty much you download half-life / Opposing force / Blue Shift onto your pc from steam, then copy certain files to the xash3d directory on your phone when its plugged in
I can't seem to enable VR mode…
Is it possible to run this with Unity's VR functionality (double images for two eyes and headtracking)?
I have a problem on xash3d why don't I have weapon animations or weapon sounds in single player? in multiplayer the weapons work fine
nvm I fixed it it was because I didn't have xash extras installed
that's pretty sad. I wouldn't object to see Half Life ported to android. that would be pretty cool.
Might not be the best idea ever, but I imagine it would be more playable than Half Life Source XD
I clearly is I haven't seen any bugs so far xept for the ones I saw on the original goldsrc version
If you are porting goldsrc game into unity, you are in a lot of trouble. Goldsrc is older than unity, plus the coding is quite different.
Ok,the textures and probably the models will be the fastest, but the maps?
This is going to get released after half life 3.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: typesetting fractions
Aha! One of those situations where the appropriate option is actually
documented in The Mathematica Book, but some users (including me) didn't
find it because (so far as I can see), the documentation refers to (sub-
and super-) scripts rather than fractions!
Thanks for the pointer.
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> ... In the Option Inspector is an option called ScriptSizeMultipliers. This,
> combined with the ScriptMinSize, determines sizing for fractions and
> scripts (sorry, Selwyn). The easiest way to do what Murray and Sabit want
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Marie Ponsot is an award-winning American poet, essayist, teacher, and translator, whose books include The Bird Catcher, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the new Collected Poems, both published by Alfred A. Knopf. At this tribute reading, Ponsot's work will be held aloft by Alice Quinn, Kevin Young, Marie Howe, Jonathan Wells, and Catherine Woodard, as they celebrate her unique place in contemporary letters, sharing and discussing their favorite poems, and conveying the impact Marie has had. Marie Ponsot reads, as well.
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For the past two and a half years, the Chesapeake Bay Program has been working on a new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement, an accord that will guide the collaborative restoration and conservation efforts of the six states and the District of Columbia in the 64,000 square mile network of land and waters that drains to the Chesapeake. Meaningful public review and input has proven critical to this process.
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The first opportunity to gain public input occurred in July 2013, when the agreement's framework was put out for public review. Interested parties were able to submit comments in writing, through our website and during a public meeting; through these channels, representatives of various organizations asked questions or expressed their views on various topics of discussion. This level of transparency and inclusiveness is characteristic of the manner in which the Bay Program conducts its affairs.
In addition to these opportunities, the Bay Program's staff and leadership engaged in numerous outreach activities, addressing advisory committees, watershed organizations and local communities to ensure they were aware of this effort and could participate in a meaningful and informed way. A second opportunity for formal public comment was provided this past February on a more substantive draft agreement. In all, more than 2,400 comments were received from throughout the watershed. Each comment was reviewed, evaluated and taken into account during the decision-making process. Each step in this process was open and transparent, and summaries of all comments and how they were responded to were made available.
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Transparency and accountability have been themes throughout the development of the new agreement. And we will continue our efforts to be open and accountable as we move into the next steps of our efforts—the development of Management Strategies, an important new component of this agreement. These strategies will serve as written documentation for how we intend to achieve our goals and outcomes, and will be developed by our Goal Implementation Teams. Once a draft Management Strategy is developed, a public notice will be issued and an opportunity for public input will be provided. As before, this input will be used to consider making changes to the Management Strategies before they are finalized for implementation.
Management Strategies will specify exactly what each of the Bay Program partners will contribute, how they will address impacts associated with climate change, what resources and information they will bring to the table, how they will interact and engage communities and involve local governments, and how they will use the adaptive management process to review indicators and monitoring data and make well-documented, science-based decisions. The partnership's Science and Technical Advisory Committee will assist the Goal Implementation Teams in developing new indicators and performance metrics to ensure they are collecting appropriate data and information to measure progress toward their outcomes and to make warranted adjustments, if necessary.
Each of these Management Strategies will be reviewed and evaluated on a biennial basis. The two-year reviews will be presented to the partnership's governance structure for discussion and feedback. All of the Management Strategies and two-year reviews will be publicly available so progress toward the agreement's goals and outcomes can be tracked. This level of transparency and accountability, as well as public engagement and outreach, is unprecedented in any previous agreements intended to guide the Bay restoration effort.
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In my 25-year career in public service, I have not witnessed a more genuine effort to solicit public input and to give that input serious consideration. That input resulted in significant improvements in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. Goals and outcomes that were not included or previously rejected were reconsidered and inserted in the new agreement as a direct result of public input. Not every comment was addressed in exactly the way it was submitted; but every comment did get deliberate consideration and was addressed in some manner by the partnership's leadership, which includes many secretaries of state environmental agencies, federal agency representatives and leaders of non-governmental and advisory groups. In the end, the final agreement is a much clearer, stronger and more comprehensive document because of the input we received from concerned and engaged citizens throughout the watershed.
This "next generation" agreement will guide restoration of the Bay watershed and ecosystem in the decades ahead. Implementation of the new agreement will continue to be influenced and shaped by the interests, knowledge and expertise of every individual, organization, community, local government, business and partner that is willing to engage and be involved in this endeavor. On behalf of the entire Bay Program, I want to express our genuine gratitude for taking the time and making the effort to share your thoughts, concerns and suggestions with us on the new Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement. It made a very distinct and significant difference in the outcome.
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A habitat is the natural environment in which plants, animals and other organisms live, feed and breed. Many habitats are shared by numerous living things, forming what is called an ecosystem. Ecosystems range in size and can be as tiny as a patch of dirt or as large as the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Sometimes, different species within the same ecosystem are forced to compete for resources like food, water and shelter. Dominant species and environmental stressors can take their toll on lesser plants and animals.
Rapidly increasing human development contributes to this environmental stress: as our population rises, so does our demand for the same resources that many plants and animals also depend on to survive. We build dams to control stream flow and capture energy, develop wilderness into urban hubs and use our finite freshwater resources at an alarming rate.
Migratory fish are particularly sensitive to ecosystem changes because they rely on certain migration routes between connected habitats to reach their breeding grounds. Dams, road culverts and other blockages that fragment waterways can act as barriers to fish passage.
In an effort to better understand the effect that dams and other manmade structures have on fish passage, Steve Minkkinen, project leader at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Maryland Fisheries Office, has teamed up with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a 10-year survey of American eel populations in the Susquehanna River.
"We learned quite a bit in 2013. We collected 300,000 juveniles [eels] and transported them above the [Conowingo] Dam. The dam has been blocking the [eels'] migration up the Susquehanna River," Minkkinen explained. "There has been a lot of work [to open] upstream passage for shad and river herring," Minkkinen continued. But that work has only focused on adult fish, and as Minkkinen pointed out, the dam's flow is too fast for younger eels to travel through.
Monitoring American eels is important: at historic levels, they made up 20 percent of the freshwater biomass along the Eastern seaboard. However, the introduction of dams and other structures has blocked eel populations from important migration routes, changing eel populations.
Researchers capture and inject chips known as passive integrated transponders, or PIT tags, into the eels. These tags can be detected in future surveys and help the team track eel populations by letting them know if they are encountering a new eel or one that was caught during a previous survey.
The American eel is the only catadromous fish in the Bay region, which means they spend most of their lives in fresh water but migrate to the ocean to spawn. Spawning takes place in late January when the fish swim out of the Bay and into the Sargasso Sea, a portion of the Atlantic Ocean east of the Bahamas.
Eel larvae drift in ocean currents for nine to 12 months before reaching fresh water and swimming upstream. Monitoring allows scientists to study the migration habits of juvenile eels and learn how to aid their upstream journey.
Minkkinen and his team believe that if fish passage to the upper Susquehanna opens, both American eels and freshwater mussels would thrive. This bivalve relies on fish to store their eggs in their gills until the mussels turn into microscopic juveniles and drop off. Mussel populations in the upper Susquehanna are, for the most part, comprised of older, larger individuals. Because mussels are natural filter feeders, Minkkinen's team believes that a rise in freshwater mussels will lead to cleaner water and a healthier ecosystem.
"Our hopes are that we can develop passage and restore eel and mussel habitat to that [upper Susquehanna] portion of the watershed," Minkkinen said.
To view more photos, visit the Chesapeake Bay Program Flickr page.
Images by Steve Droter. Captions by Jenna Valente.
Reducing runoff from farmland has lowered pollution in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania waters, indicating a boost in on-farm best management practices could lead to improved water quality in the Chesapeake Bay.
In a report released earlier this year, researchers with the Chesapeake Bay Program, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) use case studies to show that planting cover crops, managing manure and excluding cattle from rivers and streams can lower nutrient concentrations and, in some cases, sediment loads in nearby waters.
Excess nutrients and sediment have long impaired the Bay: nitrogen and phosphorous can fuel the growth of algae blooms and lead to low-oxygen dead zones that suffocate marine life, while sediment can cloud the water and suffocate shellfish. In New Insights: Science-based evidence of water quality improvements, challenges and opportunities in the Chesapeake, scientists make clear that putting nutrient- and sediment-reducing practices in place on farms can improve water quality and aquatic habitat in as little as one to six years.
Planting winter cover crops on farm fields in the Wye River basin, for instance, lowered the amount of nutrients leaching into local groundwater, while planting cover crops and exporting nutrient-rich rich poultry litter in the upper Pocomoke River watershed lowered the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous in the Eastern Shore waterway. In addition, several studies in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania showed that when cattle were excluded from streams, plant growth rebounded, nutrient and sediment levels declined and stream habitat and bank stability improved.
Image courtesy Chiot's Run/Flickr
Earlier this week, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack named the Bay watershed one of eight "critical conservation areas" under the new Farm Bill's Regional Conservation Partnership Program, which will bring farmers and watershed organizations together to earn funds for soil and water conservation.
Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) measured minimal changes in Chesapeake Bay health in 2013, once again giving the estuary a "C" in their annual Chesapeake Bay Report Card.
This grade was the same in 2012, up from a "D+" in 2011. The Bay Health Index was reached using several indicators of Bay health, including water clarity and dissolved oxygen, the amount of algae and nutrients in the water, the abundance of underwater grasses, and the strength of certain fish stocks, including blue crab and striped bass. Introduced in this year's report card, the Climate Change Resilience Index will measure the Bay's ability to withstand rising sea levels, rising water temperatures and other impacts of climate change.
UMCES Vice President for Science Applications and Professor Bill Dennison attributed the Bay's steady course to local management actions. While pollution-reducing technologies installed at wastewater treatment plants have improved the health of some rivers along the Bay's Western Shore, continued fertilizer applications and agricultural runoff have stalled improvements along the Eastern Shore, Dennison said in a media release.


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I have known Jen for close to 6 years now. An ultimate Yummy Mummy, a loving, supportive, nuturing mother to her beautiful teen-age daughter Jocelyn. Over the past six years we have spoken often about following our own dreams, opening her own business, my own endeavors. Those are some of the common characteristics we share, ambition and determination. Last year Jen, told me she wanted to open a luxury lingerie/swim wear boutique in downtown Manhattan. I remembered when I met her at one of the locations she was looking at in Nolita/Soho. Excited, nervous, focused was how I described Jen that day. I saw the fire in her eyes, and nothing was going to stop this Mum from making her dreams manifest.
I am so proud to announce the opening of Luscious NYC. This new intimates boutique located in the heart of Nolita, was founded by Jennifer , a 10-year veteran of the wholesale business and former merchandising consultant for Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue and Macys.
The lingerie and undergarment boutique carries a wide range of lacy intimates by designers Stella McCartney, Elle Macpherson, Betsey Johnson and Karla Kolletto as well as renowned brands Cosabella, Hanky Panky, Le Mystere, Wacoal, Cotton Club and Honeydew.
The store displays a beautiful collection of bras, thongs, boy shorts, tangas, panties, corsets, garter belts, rompers & slips. They also feature a variety of swimwear including bikinis, one pieces, monokinis and beach cover-ups by designers Brette Sandler, Red Carter, Caffé Swimwear and Beach Bunny.
Sleepwear such as baby dolls, camisoles, lounge pants, chemises and robes will snuggle gently against skin moisturized by Bath & Body products such as body scrubs, lotions, body oils, facial tonics & creams.
I dropped in on Jen recently at her boutique Luscious to interview her for The Adventurista. The energy of Nolita is electrifying and as you enter the boutique, you are transcended to a sexy boudoir that is both warm and full of light at the same time. Jen is waiting on me , looking yummy mummy as usual, this time wearing one of her store's insanely sexy, red lacy bra, playing peek-a-boo thru her polka dot dress. Her significant other is also there, waiting in the wings to swift her off to cocktails and lunch. WOW how fabulously European of both of them, I thought.
Jen, thanks so much for spending some time with The Adventurista to answer a few questions.
What was your inspiration and motivation to open Luscious?
I was inspired by my travels abroad throughout Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America and so I created a global platform for swim wear and intimates designers from all over the world. The goal is to offer high-end service in a neighborhood pulsating with the beat of New York City: Nolita.Were there any set-backs that made you feel defeated? And if so, what got you thru and above them to succeed?
As in any start-up, there and set-backs… I have learned to stick to my vision & trust my gut instinct. A wise person once told me: "The secret of success is the consistency of purpose." I live by these words daily.
As a single Mum, is their any advice you would like to give our readers on how to balance it all, Work, family, social life?
I have been blessed with an incredibly supportive family and close friends. Surround yourself with strong, like minded individuals; stay focused and positive. In this world anything is possible with perseverance. You CAN have it ALL:)
At The Adventurista we preach making sure to make time for oneself. To allow yourself as a mum, not to feel guilty doing something solely for " her" outside of family. Jen, what is your guiltless pleasure?
TRAVEL. I am completely obsessed with foreign cultures. There is so much beauty in this world. I want to discover it all!Living in NYC , I find so many wonderful adventures that I can do with my son The Karate Boy. Whether it is a museum, park, new restaurant, show etc, in all boroughs. What are your 5 favorite things to do with your daughter in New York city?
Ugh…. I'm stuck here…how does one only choose 5Luscious NYC,4 Prince Street, New York, NY, 10012Phone : 212-966-2716


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The relationship between carpet, asthma and allergies has been the subject of numerous scientific and medical investigations.
Based on the available science, carpet does not cause asthma or allergies and does not increase the incidence or severity of asthma or allergysymptoms. In fact, with respect to asthma and allergies, multiple studies have reported fewer allergy and asthma symptoms associated with carpet.
Below is a link to a document prepared for Submission to the International E-Journal of Flooring Sciences by Mitchell W. Sauerhoff, Ph.D., DABT
Carpet, Asthma and Allergies - Myth or Reality


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Coratina cultivar-based olives are very common among 100% Italian extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs). Often, the very spicy character of this cultivar, mostly due to the high polyphenols concentration, requires blending with other "sweetener" oils. In this work, monovarietal EVOO samples from the Coratina cultivar (Apulia, Italy) were investigated and compared with monovarietal EVOO from native or recently introduced Apulian (Italy) cultivars (Ogliarola Garganica, Ogliarola Barese, Cima di Mola, Peranzana, Picholine), from Calabria (Italy) (Carolea and Rossanese) and from other Mediterranean countries, such as Spain (Picual) and Greece (Kalamata and Koroneiki) by 1H NMR spectroscopy and multivariate analysis (principal component analysis (PCA)). In this regard, NMR signals could allow a first qualitative evaluation of the chemical composition of EVOO and, in particular, of its minor component content (phenols and aldehydes), an intrinsic behavior of EVOO taste, related to the cultivar and geographical origins. Moreover, this study offers an opportunity to address blended EVOOs tastes by using oils from a specific region or country of origin.
Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is undoubtedly an essential ingredient in the Mediterranean diet, and its beneficial effects on human health, such as the reduction of coronary heart disease risk factors, the prevention of several types of cancer and the modification of immune and inflammatory responses, are well known [
Monocultivar authentic EVOO samples were obtained during the harvesting period of 2012–2013, from Italy (Apulia and Calabria), Spain and Greece. In particular, monocultivar EVOO samples were: Coratina (10 samples from Bari, Apulia), Ogliarola Barese and Cima di Mola (10 samples for each cultivar, from Bari, Apulia), Ogliarola Garganica (10 samples from Gargano, Foggia, Apulia), Picholine (10 samples from north of Bari, Apulia) Peranzana (3 samples from San Severo, Foggia, Apulia), Carolea and Rossanese (8 and 3, respectively, from Calabria), Picual (3 samples from Spain) and Kalamata and Koroneiki (3 samples for each cultivar, from Greece) (
Cultivar, the number of samples and the area of origin of the monocultivar authentic extra virgin olive oils (EVOOs) collected.
|Cultivar (
|Number of samples
|Geographical origin
|Bari (Apulia, Italy)
|Ogliarola Garganica
|Gargano, Foggia (Apulia, Italy)
|Ogliarola Barese
|Bari (Apulia, Italy)
|Cima di Mola
|Bari (Apulia, Italy)
|Bari (Apulia, Italy)
|San Severo, Foggia (Apulia, Italy)
All chemical reagents for analysis were of analytical grade. Chloroform-d (CDCl3, 99.8% atom D) and tetramethylsilane (TMS; 0.03% v/v) were purchased from Armar Chemicals (Switzerland).
For NMR sample preparation, ~140 mg of olive oil were dissolved in deuterated chloroform (CDCl3 with TMS as the internal standard) adjusting the mass ratio of olive oil:CDCl3 to 13.5%:86.5%. Six hundred microliters of the prepared mixture were transferred into a 5-mm NMR tube. NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Avance III spectrometer (Bruker, Karlsruhe, Germany), operating at 400.13 MHz for 1H observation and a temperature of 300 K, equipped with a BBO (Broadband Observe) 5-mm direct detection probe incorporating a
NMR data were processed using Topspin 2.1 (Bruker) and visually inspected using Amix 3.9.13 (Bruker, Biospin). 1H NMR spectra were obtained by the Fourier transformation (FT) of the FID (free induction decay), applying an exponential multiplication with a line broadening factor of 0.3 Hz. The resulting 1H NMR spectra were manually phased and baseline corrected using the Bruker Topspin software. Chemical shifts were reported with respect to the TMS signal set at 0 ppm. 1H NMR spectra were segmented in rectangular buckets of a fixed 0.04-ppm width and integrated using the Bruker Amix software. Bucketing of the 1H NOESYGPPS NMR spectra was obtained within the range of 9.76–6.52 ppm. The spectral region between 7.60 and 6.92 ppm was discarded, because of the peak due to the residual protic chloroform signal at 7.24 ppm. The remaining buckets (64) were then normalized to the total area to minimize small differences and/or acquisition conditions among samples and, subsequently, mean-centered. The description of statistical analyses refers to unscaled data. The data table generated with all the spectra was submitted to multivariate data analysis.
Principal component analysis (PCA) was applied to NMR spectroscopic data. The multivariate statistical analysis and graphics were obtained using Simca-P version 13.0.2 (Umetrics, Sweden). PCA, an unsupervised pattern recognition method, was performed to examine the intrinsic variation in the dataset. The variables used for chemometric analyses were the buckets, which represent the portion of the NMR spectrum of phenolic components. Three separate PCA analyses describe the different performance of Coratina EVOOs with respect to monocultivar oils from various countries: Italy, Spain and Greece. Since the data is coming from different geographical scales (regional, inter-regional and national) and the limits defined by the principal axes were different, separate analyses were conducted. PCA was used to obtain a general overview of the NMR data and to describe the natural variability in the olive oils originating from specific cultivars. The
The study of multi-suppression 1H NMR and the 2D
A further level of investigation was performed using the unsupervised exploratory statistical technique (PCA) on a bucket table made of 64 NMR buckets, from the polyphenol spectral region of 9.76–6.52 ppm. The bucket width was 0.04 ppm, and the spectra were all scaled to the total intensity before proceeding with the bucketing. PCA allowed the remapping the original dataset in a new multivariate coordinate space, where the dimensions are ordered by the decreasing explained variance in the data. The principal components were displayed as a set of scores (t), which highlight clustering or outliers, and a set of loadings (p), which highlight the influence of input variables on t. In all the models studied, PCA showed that by the first two components, a very useful model of the data was built. A first PCA was performed on EVOO samples of Coratina (Italy), Picual (Spain), Kalamata and Koroneiki (Greece), to obtain a general overview of the data grouping when Coratina was compared to cultivars of other countries (
A second PCA was performed on the Coratina and EVOO samples from Calabria (
The last scatter plot was obtained by the PCA on all the EVOOs produced from Apulian cultivars (native: Coratina, Ogliarola Garganica, Ogliarola Barese, Cima di Mola; or recently introduced: Picholine and Peranzana) (
It should be noted that Coratina, Ogliarola Barese and Cima di Mola were the basic cultivars used for the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) "Terra di Bari", the most important PDO in the regional context and the second in Italy [
This study provides an initial evaluation of how natural variability in olive oil might affect blends originating from specific cultivars. Due to the importance of olive oil marketing for Italy and for other Mediterranean countries, it is very important to preserve its authentic characteristics. Since 90% of the entire oil production comes from Southern Italian Regions (Sicily, Calabria and Apulia), there is a real need to define the characteristics of local olive oil production. In particular, it should be noted that Coratina is the most popular olive cultivar of the Apulia region, among the leading olive oil producers in Italy, accounting for almost 40% of the total country production. As the Coratina cultivar has higher bitterness and very strong pungency, as declared by sensory analysis (panel test), the comparison of its molecular profile with other cultivars could be used to recognize the potential taste smoothers and/or enhancers in the commercial blending preparation. In this regard, NMR spectroscopy coupled with statistical multivariate analysis could be potentially applied to support and buttress taste analysis. All the studied samples were monocultivar EVOOs obtained from various Mediterranean countries (Greece, Spain) and Italian regions (Calabria, Apulia). The chemical profiles of the EVOO samples were analyzed by 1D and 2D 1H NMR spectroscopy, and assignment hypotheses were performed for NMR signals of the minor components of EVOOs. Different polyphenols were detected, especially in Coratina samples, even though no separation and/or isolation procedure of the phenolic fraction was conducted. According to the related loading plots, Coratina was the cultivar with the highest content of polyphenols, which could be related to the characteristic bitter and pungent taste. Among all the other cultivar considered, only the Picholine and Peranzana, cultivated in Apulia, showed a reasonable content of polyphenols. These signals were nearly absent in the oils commonly used to "smooth" the Coratina taste. Our intention was an explorative attempt to address the focused blending of monocultivar EVOOs being performed. The aim of the present work was therefore to give an indication of the possible taste smoother cultivar to be used rather than a specific blend production receipt. On the other hand, an example of a specific comparison for a blend with its monocultivar constituent EVOOs has been already recently reported [
This work was supported by the grant project, the PON (Programma Operativo Nazionale) 254/Ricerca. Potenziamento del ''Centro Ricerche per la Salute dell'Uomo e dell'Ambiente'' Code PONa3_00334.
Thanks to the company "Certified Origins Italia Srl" (Località Il Madonnino, Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy) for supplying the samples.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.


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Today I went to one of the local Eastern Krasnovian outfitters—you know, the BIG one—and did some shopping for ammo and reloading items. I knew the pickings would be thin, but I was there more out of curiosity than anything else. As expected, the firearm section, and by extension the ammo section, was picked over pretty well.
The gun racks had huge holes in them with nothing to fill them but empty space. A phenomenon I have never experienced in this particular place before. At least when I was at Sportsman's Warehouse last week, the holes were filled with duck guns and deer rifles—at this place the cupboards were bare.
Ammunition as you might expect was picked over pretty well too. I don't know how it got missed, but there was a sealed ammo can full of American Eagle 150 grain .308 (7.62 NATO)—which amounted to 200 rounds. Yes, I snatched it up even though it was selling for about 90 cents a round… but I had a coupon which brought the price back down to 75 cents a round, which was fair.
I went over to the reloading section and as you might expect the bullets, brass, powders and primers were practically wiped out. I found two 100-round boxes of 55 grain .224 bullets for sale at $23.99 a box. I decided to pass. I still had some bullets in Ye Olde Man Cave and wasn't that desperate… yet. There was some smokeless powder available so I got some of that, and I'm still in great shape on primers from when I stocked up back in '08.
After that I moved on to Walmart and that's when it really got shocking. The ammo section was practically wiped out and the staff told me that their warehouse was empty and there was no telling when any new ammo was going to show up. The auto-pistol cartridges were almost all gone—in fact I got the last box of .45 ACP FMJ in the store. They were even short on cartridges that have nothing to do with "assault rifles." They had only one box of .270 Winchester some .243 and a handful of 30-30… frankly, it was a bit scary. The good news is that if you shoot .338 Win Mag or 7mm you are good to go.
It was a humbling experience.
I'm not sure that the government will successfully implement the new gun control measures that they are discussing right now, but I would venture to say that people out there are a bit edgy. I really hope things settle down a bit… but if you tune in to MSNBC you'll find plenty of talking heads focusing on the gun control debate like a laser, and doing their damnedest to keep stirring the pot.
This is far from over that much is for sure.


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- Hampton Inn: Hampton Inn Southport
Shoresound ProductionsSouthport, NC 28461, USA
"I knew the moment I met Tommy and Teresa Robbins, at the Southport Wedding Expo, they were the perfect fit for Eric and I. Both are down-to-earth and the most genuine couple you will ever meet. Shoresound Productions offers a deejay, a live band or both. How cool is that? The website is user-friendly and even has an online event planner. This was so helpful when planning the timeline of events for the evening. Tommy is very experienced in the music industry and was able to accompany the needs of the singer/guitarist for the ceremony. He was very attentive to song requests and downloaded any song he did not have into his music library. Teresa was a terrific wedding coordinator and so pleasant to work with. My friends and family just loved her. She remembered the minor details of the wedding, such as, a Kleenex box placed under my mother's chair, adding an additional chair to the aisle to accommodate a family member, and making sure the groom and groomsmen had their boutonnières. Not only did this wedding bring me a husband and joy, but new friends. I am proud to call Tommy and Teresa my friends...and the next time I am in Southport we are meeting for lunch at Provisions!"
Southport Community Building:
Ceremony and Reception223 E Bay St
Southport, NC 28461
"Two words...beautiful location! The deck overlooks the Cape Fear River Basin and is oh, so beautiful! (Dolphins were out there on our wedding day!) Betsy Pickard is fun to work with and is there to answer any questions you may have. One of the great things about the community building…if the weather is not cooperating on your wedding day everything can be moved indoors. This place books fast. My advice: brides, do not get discouraged...keep calling back because there may be a cancellation. Bonus: Call the Southport Historic Center to have them arrange the cannon be fired at your wedding. This was a "big hit" at our wedding."
Hampton Inn:
Hampton Inn Southport5181 Southport Supply Road SE
Southport, NC, United States
"Very pleasant and helpful staff. Janje was the name of the nice lady I worked with the most. Our wedding was over Labor Day weekend, so she extended the dates that I originally blocked to accommodate guests that were arriving earlier or staying longer for the holiday weekend. My sister and I walked in the lobby the day before the wedding with lots of welcome "sand buckets" for our guests. Janje remembered me by name and checked every bucket in to make sure the guests received them when they arrived. My grandparents stayed there and said the coffee was delicious and that the staff was very attentive to their needs."


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Location: Children's Nutrition Research CenterTitle: A one-year school-based diet/exercise intervention improves non-traditional disease biomarkers in Mexican-American children Author
|Mcfarlin, Brian
|Johnston, Craig
|Carpenter, Katie
|Davidson, Tiffany
|Moreno, Jennette
|Strohacker, Kelly
|Breslin, Whitney
|Foreyt, John
Submitted to: Maternal and Child Nutrition
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/1/2012
Publication Date: 1/10/2013
Citation: Mcfarlin, B.K., Johnston, C., Carpenter, K.C., Davidson, T., Moreno, J., Strohacker, K., Breslin, W.L., Foreyt, J.P. 2013. A one-year school-based diet/exercise intervention improves non-traditional disease biomarkers in Mexican-American children. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 9(4):524-532. Interpretive Summary: Intervention programs taking place at schools have been found to treat childhood obesity in an effective way. These interventions have been shown to improve weight outcomes, but little is known about how they impact disease biomarkers. This study examined the impact of an established school-based intervention on Mexican-American children (12-14 years) who were participating in a larger clinical weight loss study. This intervention was focused on improving weight outcomes over a period of 12 months on non-traditional disease biomarkers. Blood samples were analyzed, and results showed that students who were in the intervention group significantly improved their disease biomarkers compared with students in the self-help condition. These improvements show that our school-based intervention is effective at not only improving weight outcomes but also reducing disease risk.
Technical Abstract: School-based interventions are an effective way to treat childhood obesity. The purpose of the present study was to biologically validate an established school-based intervention designed to reduce standardized body mass index (zBMI) over a period of 12 months. This intervention focused on a subset of Mexican-American children who were participating in a larger clinical weight loss study. Plasma samples were analysed from self-identified Mexican-American children (12-14 years) who were randomized to either a school-based intervention (IN, n = 152) or self-help control (CN, n = 69). Treatment was 4 days/week(-1) of exercise (45 min/day(-1)) and 1 day/week(-1) of nutritional counseling for 6 months. Fasting (greater than 8 h) blood samples were collected at baseline, 6 months (end of active intervention), and 12 months (6 months after the end of the active intervention). Plasma resistin, adiponectin, and leptin concentration were measured using a multiplex assay. Separate linear mixed models and a P less than 0.05 were used to test for significance. Significant group x time interactions were found for resistin (P less than 0.0001), adiponectin (P = 0.001), and leptin (P = 0.013). For resistin, IN was 12% lower at 6 months than CN. Adiponectin concentration in IN was greater at 6 months (26%) and 12 months (8%) than CN. Leptin concentration was 22% lower for IN at 12 months than CN. We have previously reported that our school-based intervention reduced zBMI and now report alterations in biologically relevant disease biomarkers. Some of the observed changes were only present at the end of the active intervention (resistin), while others persisted until 12 months (leptin and adiponectin). These changes underscore the effectiveness of our school-based intervention at not only improving zBMI but also reducing disease risk.