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In the New York area? Catch co-creator and former head writer of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" Lizz Winstead and writer for NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Morgan Murphy at Comix NY this weekend. For more information, go to Comix NY.
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LIZZ WINSTEAD As a co-creator and former head writer of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," and Co-creator of Air America Radio; LIZZ WINSTEAD has emerged as a critically acclaimed political writer and producer. As a performer, WINSTEAD brought her political wit to "The Daily Show" as a Correspondent and later to the radio waves co-hosting "Unfiltered", Air America Radio's mid morning show with citizen of the world and Hip Hop legend CHUCK D, and political big brain RACHEL MADDOW.
Lizz' comedic talents have been recognized in Entertainment Weekly's 100 most Creative People issue and she was nominated Best Female Club Performer by The American Comedy Awards and has appeared numerous times on television including HBO's "Women of the Night", "The US Comedy Arts Festival" in Aspen, "Comedy Central Presents.." and too many basic cable stand-up shows and VH-1 "50 Greatest This" and "100 Greatest That's" to mention….
Currently, WINSTEAD is featured in the film, "American Cannibal" as well as writing, and producing for television and performing in clubs and theaters across the country.
MORGAN MURPHY Morgan started making a name for herself on the LA comedy scene while still a student at Loyola Marymount University. Shortly after she graduated, she appeared on Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Last Call w/ Carson Daly. While still in college, she wrote on the sketch pilot The Offensive Show created by BJ Porter and Scott Aukerman and after graduating was a staff writer on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Morgan was recently named one of Variety's Top Ten Comics to Watch and appeared in this year's Fresh Faces Showcase at The Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal. Besides touring nationally and through Europe, Morgan is now currently a staff writer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Other writer credits include MTV's Human Giant and Comedy Central's Roast of Pamela Anderson.
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Speaking to reporters at the New Zealand premiere of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in November of 2012, director James Cameron said the goal was to shoot "Avatar 2" sometime in 2013; Cameron previously stated that he had hoped to get "Avatar 2" in theaters by 2015 or later.
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Two people are under arrest in Lake City for stealing more than $20,000 worth of merchandise. Over the past few weeks the suspects broke into at least 30 cars. According to Sgt. Edward Seifert, James Wilson, along with a juvenile partner whose name has not been released, the suspects rode their bikes along neighborhoods looking for valuables. "Most of these cars were just simply unlocked with a laptop sitting on the seat or a GPS unit hanging up in the window."
For the last few weeks Columbia County Detectives have been investigating the break-ins. One clue that lead them to the arrests was the shoe-prints the suspects left behind. A lot of the stolen items have been recovered. Columbia County Sheriff Officers are working to return the items to their rightful owners.
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NTW: Silicon is the New Black: A Wearable Technology Panel
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM (CDT)
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This NOLA Tech Week panel features three diverse local technologist working with wearable tech in the fields of medicine (FitBit), search engine optimization (Google Glass) and gaming (Oculus Rift). The panel will discuss their experiences and the state of wearable technology as well as answer some questions from the audience. Afterwards, panelists will provide hands on demos of the technology for audience members.
Sponsored by CotingaSoft and Webtyde Internet Marketing.
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I have just had my 2000 318i SE Touring fail it's annual inspection on a whole bunch of things but one of them is the rear brake lines which are corroding. The garage quoted me around £400-500 (about US$600-$750) to do the work which sounds excessive to me and it's money I really don't have at the moment. I checked out Ebay for the parts and tools that I think I would need (brake line flaring tool, pipe bender, pipe cutter etc.) and it's looking more and more appealing to do the work myself.
Can anyone tell me if this job is likely to be out of my league? I would say that I am a keen amateur mechanic with a good understanding of most things mechanical and I do routine maintenance like oil changes etc without breaking a sweat. I have a good selection of quality tools to hand and I don't mind getting my hands dirty.
Would I need to remove the fuel tank, prop shaft and exhaust or can I work around them? Will I be able to do the work with the car just on stands or does it need to be hoisted? I was looking at using copper lines but I have since read a few bad things about copper. Kunifer seems to be the preferred brake line material - any comments? Is it possible to clamp the brake lines anywhere to prevent draining the system or will I need to do a full drain, re-fill and bleed? If so is that a big job? Is the clutch on the same hydraulic system? Will that need bleeding too?
Answers to any of the above will be really gratefully received. I have googled around a bit and only managed to find a walkthrough on replacing the flexible sections with braided SS hoses so if anyone has a link to a DIY walkthrough on replacing the rigid lines I would be eternally in your debt
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On the 9th April we launched the @Arras95 campaign. @Arras95 aims to surface a key, but lesser taught, turning point of the War, providing an innovative opportunity for others to learn about and engage in discussion about this historical event. @Arras95 will increase the visibility of open content around this one focal point, providing teachers, students and the general public with a wealth of resources for free use and adaption. We are also asking online communities to contribute facts and content around the historical event that can be released as OER. We will be adding any open content to our Resource Library and building an archive of all the information that comes in via Twitter. You can read more about @Arras95 in this blog post.
Here is a summary of Week One on the battlefield
- 665 tweets sent using the #arras95 hashtag (not including our own account).
- 265 followers.
- 71 items of open content about the Battle of Arras added to our resource library.
- 6 new articles contributed to our site as OER. Most Popular being 'Arras the forgotten Battlefield' contributed by historian Paul Reed with 156 views.
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- 2 x KML layers from OER created – Military Maps from Wikimedia and Edward Thomas' Journey to Arras
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Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Chuck Hassebrook is calling for a ``clean elections pact'' that includes campaign spending limits and promises to repudiate any third-party ads that are aired about the race.
The Democratic hopeful sent an open letter Tuesday to Republican Pete Ricketts. The proposal would require both candidates to ``aggressively discourage'' third-party ads, require that any negative statements come directly from the candidates, and impose a $3 million spending limit on each campaign.
Hassebrook says the pact will only work if both candidates agree to abide by the rules.
Ricketts campaign manager Matt Miltenberger says the sentiment is appreciated but the proposal is disingenuous. Miltenberger notes that Hassebrook and the Nebraska Democratic Party criticized Ricketts shortly after Ricketts won the GOP primary election.


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(Al-Akhbar): Three al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadi groups have declared war on Lebanon. In a single day, the trio delivered the opening salvo of their Lebanese campaign, issuing threats in what appeared to be coordinated statements.
Three prominent jihadi groups, the Abdullah Azzam Brigades, al-Nusra Front in Lebanon, and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have now declared war on Lebanon. The three groups timed their announcements to take place on the same day.
Around noon on January 25, a recorded speech by Abu Sayyaf al-Ansari was broadcast, in which he pledged allegiance to ISIS. In the recording, Ansari also addressed clerics in Lebanon, especially the Muslim Scholars Association, warning them against stabbing the jihadis in the back. Ansari then gave a message to Sunnis enlisted with the "army of the cross," a reference to the Lebanese army, calling on them to defect.
Assigning different roles among themselves, al-Nusra and the Abdullah Azzam Brigades focused their crosshairs on Hezbollah, demanding it withdraw from Syria. ISIS set its sights on, in addition to Hezbollah, "Rawafid, Nusairis, the army of the cross, and the descendants of the Salul clan," pejorative references to Shia, Alawis, the Lebanese army, and the House of Saud, respectively. ISIS then declared, "After the banner of Islam extended from Iraq to the Levant, we have decided to pledge our allegiance from Tripoli, to be a gateway to Jerusalem from Lebanon."
ISIS thus went well beyond the goal of forcing Hezbollah to withdraw from Syria to seek the enforcement of Sharia in Lebanon – the same stated goal for ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
According to exclusive information obtained by Al-Akhbar, ISIS attacks against Hezbollah will not be limited to Beirut's southern suburb, but will also target areas loyal to Hezbollah in the Bekaa and South Lebanon, as well as Lebanese army targets. Jihadi sources told Al-Akhbar that the man known as Abu Omar al-Muhajir, who Abu Sayyaf said will be ISIS' official spokesperson in Lebanon, is handling preparations for future attacks.
Also according to information obtained by Al-Akhbar, Abu Sayyaf is a Lebanese national. He was a key figure in Fatah al-Islam, and had taken part in the 2007 Nahr al-Bared conflict. Abu Sayyaf reportedly recorded his message in North Lebanon, not in the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp as rumored.
Sources said Abu Sayyaf began preparations for the pledge to ISIS about two months ago, reaching out through jihadi cells in Lebanon to jihadi organizations in Syria. From the outset, the goal of the contacts was to help ISIS expand into Lebanon.
In the same vein, Al-Akhbar has learned that the three jihadi factions are coordinating among themselves in bombings carried out in Lebanon, using the same group of people to rig cars to explode in the Syrian city of Rankous.
Meanwhile, the security services are concerned about the magnitude of attacks being planned to take place on Lebanese soil, which could target Lebanese army positions and checkpoints. Concrete fortifications have been installed around checkpoints in Beirut's southern suburb as a countermeasure, in addition to taking exceptional security arrangements around the Defense Ministry in Yarzeh.
Making matters worse is the fact that the factions in question have exceptional expertise in explosives. Security services are also concerned that the official inauguration of an ISIS branch in Lebanon could attract foreign jihadis to a new arena for jihad – Lebanon – to fight Hezbollah.
Sunni Clerics Urge Release of Bombing Suspect
The Muslim Scholars Association, which represents Sunni clerics, continued to lobby for the release of Omar al-Atrash, who remains in custody. The clerics denounced what they called the arbitrary arrest, and said that it is often the case that people arrested amid media frenzy are soon found to be innocent.
Meanwhile, sources said that investigations with Atrash were proceeding in total secrecy, to avoid any undesired interferences. On January 26, al-Jadeed TV reported that Atrash had confessed to recruiting suicide bombers, and to having received cars rigged with explosives bound for Dahiyeh.
Quoting unnamed sources, al-Jadeed said that because of his confessions and evidence, Atrash would not have any political protection, unlike previous suspects who had been released due to political pressure. This has prompted Atrash's supporters to attempt to secure religious and sectarian leverage for him.
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Good morning from The Oval. On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court struck down racially segregated schools in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education.
President Obama, moving toward a big speech Thursday on the changes roiling the Middle East, warms up today by meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Later today, Obama hosts a White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month.
In other news:
The U.S. is speeding up talks with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The International Monetary Fund tries to cope with sexual assault charges against its top official.
Japan ignored or concealed dangers at its now-melted down nuclear plant.
The space shuttle Endeavour has begun its final flight.
Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger admits fathering a child with a member of his household staff a decade ago.
And, as Jackie Kucinich reports in USA TODAY, Donald Trump makes it official: He won't run for president in 2012.
We're ready to go here at The Oval to report out the president's day, so please join us. And thank you.
David's journalism career spans three decades, including coverage of five presidential elections, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 2000 Florida presidential recount and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He has covered the White House for USA TODAY since 2005. His interests include history, politics, books, movies and college football -- not necessarily in that order. More about David
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Video: 2013 World Junior Championship - Tomas Hyka and Patrik Bartosak, Czech Republi
If one were looking for an upset from the first three days of the 2013 World Junior Championship, probably the closest example came on Day 3 of the tournament with the Czech Republic's 3-1 win over Finland.
While Finland was not a prohibitive favorite in this game, they were generally considered to be the better of the two clubs heading into the tournament.
Los Angeles Kings prospect Tomas Hyka got things going for the Czech's in this game with his first goal of this tournament while goaltender Patrik Bartosak of the WHL's Red Deer Rebels stopped 29 of 30 shots to seal the victory for his country. read more
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Government agencies can seize tax refunds to pay obligations to them. I assume you filed a joint return, otherwise the obligation will not be connected to you. You can file for innocent spouse relief. If you do this and it is granted (key word is if) the state will recalculate your return apportioning the tax due from you and due from your spouse on a percentage basis. The portion applicable to you, when subtracted from you tax payments into the system and tax credits allowable for you, will be your refund.
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Downtown park moniker posted
Greg Karkowsky, of Sign-A-Rama, worked from the bucket of a truck Wednesday as company workers installed the "IRMC PARK" letters on the arch across North Seventh Street in Indiana.
Indiana Regional Medical Center bought the naming rights for the street's new outdoor plaza, which will be dedicated March 1.
Sign-A-Rama, with offices in Indiana and Monroeville, is owned by J.D. and Cindy Fleming. (Tom Peel/Gazette photo)


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Survey Says: It IS Rude To Use Your Phone During a Meal, Meeting or In Class
According to a new survey from USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, 80% of people think it's rude to use your phone at the dinner table and 62% think it's rude to even HAVE your phone at the table. If you going to a meeting, 90% say it's wrong to take a call, so don't bring your phone. Plus 92% of the students say you shouldn't use your phone in class.
We're not sure if they asked college kids, high school kids, or both, but if they did, most likely the numbers would be lower. If you're an adult and you'd like to impress your Valentine, may we suggest you only use your phone at an appropriate time. It's safe to say checking to see if that call was urgent or responding to an important text is okay, but if you'll like to secure NO second date, a lower grade or an unproductive business meeting, have fun with your phone. How do you feel?


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Five Crystal Lake girls have been busy preparing since mid-January for the 2013 Miss Crystal Lake Pageant. The Pageant finale will be held Friday, March 22 at 7 PM at Hannah Beardsley Middle School. The public is invited to attend the pageant. Tickets to the pageant may be purchased at the door and are $5 per person.
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Study Group 11 meeting in Geneva, end April has consented three important documents charting protocols for quality of service (QoS) in NGN. The protocols will ensure interoperability between network elements and systems as well as giving service providers the ability to specify rules for specific communication types.
The announcement marks a significant step forward for ITU-T's NGN work. Protocol development is seen as the final stage of standards development following identification of the requirements, architecture, services etc. The Recommendations are a crucial part of the NGN standards package and a concrete realization of the functional architecture defined in ITU-T Rec. Y.2111 - Resource and admission control functions in Next Generation Networks.
The protocols agreed at the April meeting will guarantee that when a service request is made QoS needs are transmitted, ensuring that each network element provisions the correct level of bandwith and resources to ensure the class of QoS for that particular application. So – for example – more bandwidth can be allocated and guaranteed for IPTV than for voice.
The three ITU-T Recommendations include the specification of the physical entities involved in resource control signalling, the interfaces across which signalling takes place, and the mapping between these entities and interfaces and the corresponding functional entities and reference points in ITU-T Rec. Y.2111. An Appendix provides a further mapping between the interfaces and the protocol specifications which realize those interfaces.
The Recommendations refer to signalling used in different geographical parts of the world: ITU-T Recommendation H.248/Megaco used in for example Japan, COPS used for example in China and Diameter which is used in North America.
Another three protocols in the field of resource control were consented by Study Group 11 earlier in the year.
A Seminar on Standardization and Development of Next-Generation Networks for the Arab Region, will take place in Manama, Bahrain from 29 April to 2 May (morning) 2007.
Hosted by the Bahrain Telecommunications Company (BATELCO), the event is organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) and the Standardization Bureau (TSB) of ITU.
The seminar will be followed by a Workshop on NGN Interconnection from 2 to 3 May 2007.
The objectives of the seminar are two fold: first, to discuss the current trends, status and future evolution of NGN technology and standardization. Second, NGN regulatory and policy issues which will allow developing countries to exploit its full potential will be discussed.
The objective of the interconnection workshop is to look at the challenges for regulatory and policy frameworks associated with the deployment of NGN in the region. It will focus, in particular, on what kinds of interconnection arrangements make sense in an NGN world.
A call for papers has been issued for the 10th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS 2007).
The event will be held in Sapporo, Japan from October 10 to 12, 2007 with the theme "Managing Next Generation Networks and Services."
From the call for papers: "Recently, various convergences in wired and wireless networks, and convergence of telecommunications and broadcastings are taking place for ubiquitous multimedia service provisioning. For example, broadband IP/MPLS wired networks are actively converged with IEEE 802.11e wireless LAN, IEEE 802.16 Wireless MAN, 3G/4G wireless cellular networks, and direct multimedia broadcast (DMB) network. For efficient support of service provisioning for ubiquitous multimedia services on the broadband convergence networks, well-designed and implemented network operations and management functions with QoS-guaranteed traffic engineering are essential."
"In APNOMS 2007, the topics of interest include, but not limited to, network & service management for broadband convergence networks, business operations & management, service-oriented managements (e.g., SLA/SLS, security, billing), management architecture and technologies, various experiences, and recent standardization activities."
Next meeting of Study Group 2 - Operational aspects of service provision, networks and performance
Geneva, 27 - 31 August 2007
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ITU-T will hold a Workshop on Multimedia in NGN, Geneva, 10-11 September.Multimedia applications and services are migrating towards a single converged user-centric communications network. The "internet of things" represents one of the key challenges for NGN standardization.
This migration, or evolution, has been recognized in ITU-T and a number of initiatives have started for the development of global standards in specific areas like IPTV, GRID, networked aspects of identification (including RFID aspects), sensor networks and more.
An aim of the NGN is to provide the necessary service capabilities to support present and future multimedia applications and services.
This workshop will contribute to the NGN vision of supporting future multimedia services and applications, and will facilitate experience and knowledge sharing between the NGN community, multimedia service and application experts.
The various sessions will identify future developments at the service and application level and their impact on NGN capabilities.
The workshop will investigate future trends driven by technology and business needs in the area of multimedia services and applications, including those resulting from fixed-mobile-broadcast convergence.
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Peggy Doty, University of Illinois Extension Energy & Environmental Stewardship educator, offers a Winter Bird Feeding program to help guide people on their quest to provide appropriate winter food for our feathered friends.
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I'm begging you, your right to religion and freedom to exercise religion and read all of the passages of the Bible as you want to read them and as your church wants to preach them... are going to come under the ropes in the next year. If it lasts that long it will be the next year. I beg you, look for the words "social justice" or "economic justice" on your church Web site. If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. Now, am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!Glenn Beck
Abortion is the greatest deception that has plagued the black church since Lucifer himself.Clenard Howard Childress, Jr.
No sound ought to be heard in the church but the healing voice of Christian charity.Edmund Burke
It is the whole business of the whole church to preach the whole gospel to the whole world.Charles H. Spurgeon
The leaders of the Catholic Church endorsed The Exorcist ; virtually promoted it as much as they could. The Cardinals of New York and Los Angeles and Chicago and the other big cities, all over the world, they endorsed it because it represents a literal depiction of the Roman ritual of exorcism which still exists in the Catholic faith. It's still there. The power of faith to drive out demons. And this film showed that and they embraced it.William Friedkin
A church debt is the devil's salary.Henry Ward Beecher
To put it in a few words, the true malice of man appears only in the state and in the church, as institutions of gathering together, of recapitulation, of totalizationPaul Ricoeur
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chanceRon Shelton
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy gets the Catholic Church. America gets Hollywood.Erica Jong
I never look at the masses as my responsibility; I look at the individual. I can only love one person at a time - just one, one, one. So you begin. I began - I picked up one person. Maybe if I didn't pick up that one person, I wouldn't have picked up forty-two thousand....The same thing goes for you, the same thing in your family, the same thing in your church, your community. Just begin - one, one, one.Mother Teresa
Civilization will not attain to its perfection until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest.EMILE ZOLA
No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the stateFelix Adler
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I really think it was the worst gundam ever.
Its sures does. 9/10
good anime
back from the dead..wtz up
has no time for this anymore. busy.
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it ranks 20th of 23 in all of gundam only slightly better then G-Saviour and the disgrace that is SEED destiny
Lol I was just saying in another thread that the only Gundam I have seen is Seed Destiny, and I thought it was pretty good. Out of curiosity what are the best ranked Gundams?
I just started watching Gundam 00 and it seems good so far.
the majority of old school fans rank Zeta, 08th MS Team, and Char's Counterattack in the five with the others varying a bit.
Gundam 00 is very good so far and has a strong old school feel
Thanks, I'll have to give those a try
code geass is 10 times better!!!!!!!
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Gundam SEED and Destiny both lack actual character development, and also lacks an original story line behind it. Sure SEED and Destiny bring they viewers out to space, but hasn't most of the Gundam series. I'm not going to totally disagree with people but both series should only deserve atleast a 4.5/10 due to lack of a creative point of new, becuase it's basicly like Gundam Wing, but has different Gundams and lamer characters. But really using that ability that the Cowardinators have, isn't that kind of unfair. Using that they really don't need any skill to pilot the Gundam. But none-the-less it was an alright series, it would have been more suited as a romance series though.
well just for all those ppl who thnk they are gundam experts i have seen all of them and i think seed is one of the better ones seed destiny sucked but seed was pretty good my personal favorites are the older UC ones like 0083 and 0080 but i liked the plot line it really shows the reality of human nature and hate not best of all time but pretty good and in case anybody wants to challenge me and call me a noob dont even start i havnt seen all mecha animes but iv seen almost all of them and personally i like the older ones better the stories are better and i like the old graphics i like the real artwork it just brings a more real look to it the new ones all they are is flashy looks and pumping up stories that arent that god i mean theyr not bad but i like the older stuff
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good anime, good storyline and all but i like other gundam stories more e.g gundam wing and all. rating would beee 7.5/10
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I really think it was the worst gundam ever.
Many ppl say "cute" but do they even know what it means???
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to all those who find this comment offensive bite me, seed and destiny are crap worst gundam series ever i would have gouged out my eyes and killed my self after watching those but i love my self too much to do that
I can't bite you. You sound like you've watched more Gundam series than Wing or SEED.
ive seen around 4 or 5 and im planning on watching 2 or 3 more if i can finde them
"Tis' but a flesh wound"
Gundam Seed sucks they destroyed gundam. gundamwing was the best of its time but the rest sucks
Crunchyroll has died >=| I'm never on anymore.
great anime.....yeah^-^
I don't want no playboy~!! >< lol
i dont know about best..i don't think it's an overall best...
but i certainly know it's one of the best made animes...
MIKAGEISHI - Will That Casts a Beautiful Shadow
I've tried watching both Gundam Seed and (some of) destiny, but about 2/3 way through I really found myself wondering about the lack of a real plotline.. If you're really into the whole mecha thing you'd probably enjoy this series, but there is not much more to it.. well, it's just my opinion of course..
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The mBlox product enables firms in areas such as retail, financial services, and healthcare to send secure text messages that appear in a user's regular SMS inbox on their mobile device. Firms can set controls for time-defined expiration of text messages and can also use their own encryption controls to tailor privacy and security of transmission.
The secure text product has been optimized for enterprises that manage private information, including the secure distribution of PIN numbers and virtual credit/debit cards, patient health information, and consumer purchase data for the delivery of rebates, store discounts, or cash value via mobile devices.
The secure text product is the first in a suite of products to emanate from the recently-launched mBlox mobile app enabling services designed to provide leading brands with unprecedented levels of one-on-one communication and analytics capabilities. The secure text product leverages powerful geolocation features for mobile purchases, and provides two-way, end-to-end encrypted messaging (up to 2048 bits), with proof of delivery and read receipts.
Enterprises can send secure messages via a mobile carrier network, or via the SMS data channel; establish a secure inbox on a user's device, and can exceed the standard 160-character limit for text messages without dividing the message. The product incorporates an SMS push wake-up feature that delivers a message even if a device application is offline.
The secure text product is built using cloud-based app enabling services. "Our multi-year investment in and build-out of efficient, cloud-based networking services is yielding next-generation products," said Andrew Dark, CEO of mBlox. "The secure text offering delivers a highly-differentiated solution, providing customers with a robust, secure mobile information delivery enabler for sectors working with mobile payments and other forms of secure data."


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Australian opening batsman Phil Jaques will miss most of the international home season after undergoing back surgery, Cricket Australia said Friday.
Jaques had the operation on Thursday to repair a bulging disc which specialists decided was the best course of action after he was forced home early from Australia's tour of India.
"The specialists advised me this is a very serious back injury and my only option was to get it operated on as soon as possible," Jaques said in a statement.
"I am hoping that with the correct rehabilitation I can play in the last few matches of the interstate season, get some batting under my belt and push for selection on Australia's tour to South Africa next year.
"While this is incredibly disappointing at the moment, my sole focus is on getting back to playing for Australia as soon as possible."
Western Australian opening batsman Shaun Marsh has joined the national side in India as Jaques's replacement.


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"La Procesion De Viernes Santo" and "La Misa Al Amaneser" Sentinel Peak (A Mountain) Friday Through Sunday, April 18- 20, 2014
This year Los Dorados Orphan League (The Golden Ones) will be conducting their forty-fifth annual religious events during Easter weekend. Following is the breakdown of events:
· Friday, April 18th the group and all welcome public will congregate at the lower parking lot at 3:00pm and journey up the mountain at 5:00pm to mount the cross at its destination. The pastor who will lead the Holy Friday procession up the mountain is Richard Lopez. The Spanish interpreter will be Lupe Rodriguez from Agape Christian Fellowship. Services will be conducted in English and Spanish.
· The group will have parking duties and keep night vigil.
· Saturday April 19th the group will keep day vigil.
· Sunday April 20th the Sunrise service will be conducted by Richard Lopez at around 6:00am.
· These activities are generating large crowds with tourists from other states and from Mexico.
If you need further information or have any questions please feel free to reply via email or call anytime at (520)301-1608.
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Wednesday will bring us a Knights of the Old Republic double punch – issue #46 and the 'Dueling Ambitions' trade.
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Knights of the Old Republic to end with #50
John Jackson Miller writes about wrapping up the comic series on his blog:
We've been working toward the series' climax for some time, getting pieces into place for the big finale — where we really have pulled out all the stops. Every question posed in the series (at least to my way of thinking) is addressed.
Miller goes on to say he does have another project in the works – but we'll have to wait and see whether it's a Star Wars or KOTOR one.
Dark Horse's Star Wars comics for January 2010
StarWars.com has the January comic solicitations: The Clone Wars #12, Knights of the Old Republic #49 and it looks like Legacy #44 will be channeling the spirit of Swamp Thing. And for the trades, Legacy's just-finished 'Tatooine' arc.
Out this week: The Clone Wars, KOTOR
Just two for comic fans on Wednesday: The Clone Wars #9 and Knights of the Old Republic #45.
Out this week: Insider (plus December comic solicitations)
No books, no comics, just the Obi-centric Star Wars Insider #112. In more forward-looking news (or at least stuff you didn't read last month,) the official site has December 2009 comic solicitations.
EUbits: Fun with faux castings, looking for 'Sith,' Atlas endnotes, Bohnhoff's alien homework
Winceworthy. Geekdad's Lonnie Morgan gets a bit too into reading Star Wars novels and celebrates by inflicting yet another round of fantasy casting upon the internets. (I dislike this kind of thing: They all tend to come out in fail.) There's also a poll on which (if any) EU series/era you'd like to see come to the screen.
Lost Tribe of the Sith: Sue Rostoni gave a tentative date of February 9th for the next installment of the Fate of the Jedi tie-in ebooks. That's about a month before the fourth book, Allston's Backlash, is due out.
The blogside: Dan Wallace and Jason Fry continue with their Essential Atlas endnotes; Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff on dealing with aliens.
Podcasts: Thursday's EUCast (7pm EST) will focus on Mara Jade.
Comic previews: Invasion #3, Knights of the Old Republic #45, and The Clone Wars #9.
Gaming: A 20-minute video walkthrough of The Old Republic MMO.
Out this week: Abyss, the Atlas, KOTOR
It's a good week for a Star Wars craving – Tuesday brings the third Fate of the Jedi novel, Troy Denning's Abyss (read an excerpt) and the oft-delayed, highly anticipated Essential Atlas by Daniel Wallace and Jason Fry. (Watch an interview.) Don't forget it contains more than just maps.
Comic fans won't go home empty-handed, either – Wednesday brings Knights of the Old Republic #44.
And I finally updated our book schedule page to reflect last week's news from Sue Rostoni.
Dark Horse's November Star Wars comics
The official site has the November solicitations, including the much-anticipated Purge: Seconds to Die one-shot. Also, Invasion #5, The Clone Wars #10, Knights of the Old Republic #47, and Legacy #42. There's also the third installment of the Star Wars Adventures digests, Luke Skywalker and the Treasure of the Dragonsnakes.
And for reprints, a Shadows of the Empire omnibus and Thrawn Trilogy hardcover collecting the comic adaptions of Zahn's Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, and The Last Command.
EUbits: FOTJ audio, TOR's Threat of Peace, Dark Horse one-shots & previews, Holostar
Fate of the Jedi: Hard up for something even after the panel video? Well, you can listen to an audiobook sample of Abyss at Random House now. Seems to be the same section we got a peek at in Omen. (Thanks to Zee Zee.)
The Old Republic. I'm pretty sure I missed blogging that the second part of the TOR webcomic is well underway. (The gaming is always the first to go.)
Dark Horse. Randy Stradley reveals the one-shots on the boards. (via) And also lost in the shuffle, several previews: The Clone Wars #8, Knights of the Old Republic #44, Legacy #39 and Dark Times #14.
Holostar. Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff talks the title of her book… But no reveal of who the holostar is yet.
SDCC '09 roundup: Star Wars Day in the afternoon
Fine, I cave: I'll be updating this throughout the afternoon/evening, at least until the Spectacular… Unless something huge breaks!
The sun says hello. Afternoon for me, anyway: All this was morning for California, and you can tell because StarWars.com has snapshots from the Fan Club Breakfast, and more from TFN. (5:20e)
All the wonderful toys. They also have Hasbro's presentation. The Comic Packs are mostly things we've already seen, but I think the Exar Kun and Ulic Qel Droma are new. Walmart is getting an exclusive Corran Horn/Whistler and Rouge Squadron #1 two-pack (Dllr Nep and Plourr Ilo?) while Target will have a Wedge with X-Wing.
But the biggest news in here for us is that they're adding Jacen and Jaina Solo to the Droid Factory line in 2010! Meanwhile, future Comic Packs will include Legacy's Delia Blue/Darth Nihl and KOTOR's Jarael/Rohlan Dyre. (5:20e)
Something something in 3-D. EU Cantina was tweeting live from The Clone Wars panel. Tidbits include S2 tone, comments on rogue Jedi and the unlikliness of a second movie. (5:20e)


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Can you imagine wanting a drink of water or wanting to wash your dishes or clothes, but not having the water to do it? One in six people worldwide lack access to clean water,.. what if that one was you? To raise awareness to this growing problem, Amizade hosted its 4th annual water walk this past weekend.
"The average woman in Tanzania will walk three hours a day for just 40 liters of water. When women and children are doing these walks, they're not in school, they're not running businesses, and they're not teaching their children, explains Brandon Blache-Cohen the executive director of Amizade.
Across the globe, more than one billion people face this problem everyday.
"It's a fundraiser and last year we raised $8,000, which was enough to help build a very large rainwater harvesting container. It's big enough to bring clean water to over 300 children in a school," adds Blache-Cohen.
Participants in the Water Walk took orange buckets down to the river, filled them up, and then walked back to the starting point to symbolize the journey that African women and children take everyday, just to get fresh water.
"Once people get on the walk and get that orange bucket full with water its going to be a lot heavier than they realize and it's really going to put you in the shows of the women and little children who are carrying these buckets for miles and miles," says volunteer Molly Drescher.
The organization that ran the event is also planning trips to Africa to help build water reserves and volunteer, you can find more information and ways to donate at Amizade.
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In news that will surprise exactly no one, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2′ completely dominated this weekend's box office. The final film in the Potter franchise banked a record-breaking $168.6 million opening weekend, with $92 million on Friday alone.
That number surpasses the previous record holder, 'The Dark Knight,' which opened to $158.4 million in 2008.
"I'm too old for cartwheels, but it's close," said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros.' president for domestic distribution. "At the same time it's bittersweet. It's also the end of a great franchise, and we've watched these talented kids grow up."
Trampoline Parks Popping Up All Over US — Does Your Town Have One?
Roller coasters and water slides are so last year.
The latest trend is indoor trampoline parks. Charging fees of $8 to $14 an hour, there are approximately 50 parks in the US that feature wall-to-wall trampolines. The parks are exceedingly popular, with revenues approaching $100 million.
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It's an age-old question (and probably the cause of more than one marital argument): Which way should toilet paper rolls be oriented? This is serious business, people. So serious that even engineers have gotten involved. The awesome folks at EngineeringDegree.net put together an infographic covering everything from the history of toilet paper to the physics involved in how it's hung and the pros and cons of each.
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The old tradition of a woman taking her husband's last name after marriage, while still common, is happening less frequently among modern brides. They sometimes eschew the custom for professional or personal reasons, or simply because changing your name can be a flat-out pain.
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In a small, paparazzi-free ceremony last Wednesday, Daniel Craig and actress Rachel Weisz tied the knot. The low-key nuptials in New York State had just four people in attendance: Craig's daughter, Ella, 18, Weisz's son, Henry, 4, and two friends who acted as witnesses.
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Celebrity Birthdays for June 21 – Prince William, Kris Allen and More
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Known For: As the eldest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, he's second in the line to the British throne and recently married Kate Middleton in a wedding no one admits to watching but everyone totally did.
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Atchison, David (2008) New thinking about presbyopia. Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 91(3), pp. 205-206.
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Since implementation, the Farm Bureau's TMDL program has prevented more than 33,000 tons of silt from entering the New and Alamo Rivers, achieving the goal for the New River within three years. The program has seen a significant reduction at the Alamo River well ahead of the 12-year implementation schedule.
The TMDL program is voluntary, however nearly all farmers in Imperial Valley participate in the program because it offers growers and landowners a straightforward path to compliance with the mandatory TMDL regulation. Farmers implement a variety of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce silt and mineral runoff on their own farms, and maintain a record of their efforts, and attend annual meetings to keep up-to-date and share information relating to BMPs and TMDL management on their farms.
For more information about the TMDL program, contact Linsey Dale, Executive Director at Imperial County Farm Bureau – 760-352-3831or .
Facts about TMDLs
A Defense Against TMDLs
In 2000, the Regional Water Quality Board (RWQCB) developed a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Imperial Valley Waterways. A TMDL is a regulation limiting the amount of a pollutant which can be released into a water body. This TMDL requires agricultural discharges to reduce the amount of substances such as silt and nutrients that leave their fields. TMDLs have had a huge impact on Imperial Valley agriculture and why the Imperial County Farm Bureau developed a voluntary compliance program to help defend growers from the onslaught of TMDLs.
The ICFB Voluntary TMDL Compliance Program is based on the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) Non-Profit Source Initiative which was developed to provide guidance to county Farm Bureaus operating under the threat of non-point source (NPS) regulation. The CFBF initiative acknowledges agriculture responsibility as a NPS contributor and enlists the practical genius of each farmer to reduce the impacts that they have on water quality. The goal of the CFBF initiative is to maintain the flexibility of individual agriculture operations, avoid prescriptive regulation, and enable agricultural entities to meet the pollutant load allocations imposed by TMDLs.
How it Works
Participating growers will be organized into one of ten working group that will pool their farming experiences to develop feasible methods of controlling pollutant runoff. Each individual will then prepare a plan for their own farming operations, implements the plan, and monitors the results. Being organized into groups provides an organizational structure that enables ICFB to maintain the anonymity of individual growers through a region-wide monitoring and reporting program. Protecting individual operations from the scrutiny of the RWQCB is a major priority of the ICFB Program.
Determining Compliance
The RWQCB has agreed to grant temporary immunity to growers who participate in the ICFB Program. Growers who elect to participate will register with the ICFB Voluntary TMDL Compliance Program and have their name submitted to the RWQCB. They are then free from further enforcement action from the RWQCB. They will, however, be accountable to ICFB and required to follow through with their commitment to cooperate.
The Alternative
As distasteful as cooperating with another regulatory program may seem the alternative is even more grim. Growers who choose not to participate in the ICFB Program will be contacted by the RWQCB and required to submit a water quality management plan, an implementation scheduled proof of implementation, and monitoring results directly to the RWQCB. Another downside to individual compliance is the lack of privacy it provides- a primary objective of the ICFB Program. To top it off, growers who go it alone will be at the head of the list when it comes to RWQCB enforcement actions.
The Best Defense: A Good Offense
It is unrealistic to believe that TMDL regulations will disappear or that the Imperial Valley growers will become exempt from regulation due to the unique conditions that exist here. The ICFB Voluntary TMDL Compliance Program is the Imperial Valley grower's best offense against TMDLs.
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Protocols for utilizing open system flow biofilms with drip flow reactors and rotating disk reactors are presented in detail.
Date Published: 12/27/2010, Issue 46; doi: 10.3791/2470
Keywords: Immunology, Issue 46, biofilm, drip flow reactor, rotating disk reactor, open system biofilm
Schwartz, K., Stephenson, R., Hernandez, M., Jambang, N., Boles, B. R. The Use of Drip Flow and Rotating Disk Reactors for Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Analysis. J. Vis. Exp. (46), e2470, doi:10.3791/2470 (2010).
Most microbes in nature are thought to exist as surface-associated communities in biofilms.1 Bacterial biofilms are encased within a matrix and attached to a surface.2 Biofilm formation and development are commonly studied in the laboratory using batch systems such as microtiter plates or flow systems, such as flow-cells. These methodologies are useful for screening mutant and chemical libraries (microtiter plates)3 or growing biofilms for visualization (flow cells)4. Here we present detailed protocols for growing Staphylococcus aureus in two additional types of flow system biofilms: the drip flow biofilm reactor and the rotating disk biofilm reactor.
Drip flow biofilm reactors are designed for the study of biofilms grown under low shear conditions.5 The drip flow reactor consists of four parallel test channels, each capable of holding one standard glass microscope slide sized coupon, or a length of catheter or stint. The drip flow reactor is ideal for microsensor monitoring, general biofilm studies, biofilm cryosectioning samples, high biomass production, medical material evaluations, and indwelling medical device testing.6,7,8,9
The rotating disk reactor consists of a teflon disk containing recesses for removable coupons.10 The removable coupons can by made from any machinable material. The bottom of the rotating disk contains a bar magnet to allow disk rotation to create liquid surface shear across surface-flush coupons. The entire disk containing 18 coupons is placed in a 1000 mL glass side-arm reactor vessel. A liquid growth media is circulated through the vessel while the disk is rotated by a magnetic stirrer. The coupons are removed from the reactor vessel and then scraped to collect the biofilm sample for further study or microscopy imaging. Rotating disc reactors are designed for laboratory evaluations of biocide efficacy, biofilm removal, and performance of anti-fouling materials.9,11,12,13
1. The Drip Flow Biofilm Reactor
2. The Rotating Disk Biofilm Reactor
3. Representative Results
An example of a set up drip flow reactor is shown if Figure 1. After three days of flow copious amounts of biofilm will accumulate on the coupon surface, Figure 2A. The total biomass will vary depending on bacterial strains and precise growth conditions. A scanning electron micrograph of a S. aureus biofilm grown in the drip flow reactor is shown in Figure 2B.
A rotating disk reactor is shown in figure 3A. The protocol described can be adapted to the specific requirements of generally any microorganism capable of forming a biofilm. Figure 3B shows the spinning disc with 18 plastic disks affixed. These disk-grown biofilms are particularly well suited for antimicrobial testing and yield highly reproducible results11.
Figure 1. The drip flow reactor setup. Important components are labeled.
Figure 2. Example of a drip flow S. aureus biofilm. A) This biofilm was grown for three days following the protocol described. Lids from the first two chambers of the reactor are removed to show the yellow S. aureus biofilm biomass. B) Sacnning electron micrograph of a S. aureus biofilm grown in the drip flow reactor.
Figure 3. The rotating disk reactor. A) Example of a running spinning disk reactor. Key component are labeled. B) Close up view of a spinning disk.
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Biofilms grown in different reactors will often have different characteristics and each reactor has different applications. In this work, we describe the use of two biofilm reactors: a drip flow biofilm reactor and a rotating disk reactor. Drip flow reactors are useful for growing low shear biofilms at an air-liquid interface and are adaptable to a variety of conditions. We find them extremely convenient for studies where a large amount of biofilm biomass is desirable. This setup can easily be adapted for studies involving microsensor monitoring and the testing of potential antibiofilm surfaces.
The rotating disk reactor is useful for growing multiple identical biofilm on remove disks under a moderate shear environment. The ability of this reactor to produce multiple identical biofilms on removable disks makes it ideal for studies involving the testing of antimicrobial compounds and biofilm resistant surfaces. Many applications are possible when using these biofilm reactors and researchers are encouraged to modify the protocol to best model their specific research needs.
These protocols provide alternatives to flow cell and static assays biofilms that have been used more extensively in the past. They may also provide a greater ability to mimic diverse clinical infections. However, there are potential limitations with each technique. For example, the drip-flow reactors and rotating disk reactors are not ideal for visualizing biofilms by confocal microscopy. Also, the physiology of biofilms grown in the different types of reactors will likely vary greatly. For example, the drip-flow reactor will result in a biofilm being exposed severe nutrient gradients, which is very different from the uniform laminar flow of nutrient media across a flow cell biofilm. Ultimately, the type of biofilm reactor utilized will depend on the questions being addressed and investigators should be aware that multiple biofilm reactor systems are available for their studies.
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Formal Correction: Erratum: The Use of Drip Flow and Rotating Disk Reactors for Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Analysis
Posted by JoVE Editors on 03/14/2011. Citeable Link.
A correction was made to The Use of Drip Flow and Rotating Disk Reactors for Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Analysis. There was an error with an author's name. The author's middle initial was missing, this was corrected to:
Blaise R. Boles
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Blaise Boles.
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