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Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by the t(9;22) translocation. As in most cancers, short telomeres are one of the features of CML cells, and telomere shortening accentuates as the disease progresses from the chronic phase to the blastic phase. Although most individual telomeres are short, some of them are lengthened, and long individual telomeres occur non-randomly and might be associated with clonal selection. Telomerase is the main mechanism used to maintain telomere lengths, and its activity increases when CML evolves toward advanced stages. ALT might be another mechanism employed by CML cells to sustain the homeostasis of their telomere lengths and this mechanism seems predominant at the early stage of leukemogenesis. Also, telomerase and ALT might jointly act to maintain telomere lengths at the chronic phase, and as CML progresses, telomerase becomes the major mechanism. Finally, CML cells display an altered nuclear organization of their telomeres which is characterized by the presence of high number of telomeric aggregates, a feature of genomic instability, and differential positioning of telomeres. CML represents a good model to study mechanisms responsible for dynamic changes of individual telomere lengths and the remodeling of telomeric nuclear organization throughout cancer progression.
The ends of human chromosomes, called telomeres, are constituted of a tandem of repeats TTAGGG and nucleoprotein complexes, and they play a crucial role in cellular homeostasis by maintaining genome stability and integrity. These telomeric functions cannot be attained unless telomere lengths are maintained at a level that allows telomeres to avoid chromosome end-to-end fusion, DNA cascade signaling, and genomic instability [
In healthy individuals, the average length of telomeres ranges between 5 and 15 kb, and can differ among individuals, tissues, cells, chromosomes, and chromosome arms. Average length of telomeres (telomeres from groups of cells, tissues, or organs) and length of individual telomere (telomeres on each chromosome arm) can be assessed by using genomic DNA or cytological preparations [
In most cancers, telomerase is activated and maintains telomere length homeostasis to ensure cell proliferation [
Although mechanisms of telomere length maintenance are always activated in tumors, the presence of short telomeres is one of the hallmarks of neoplastic cells and they can induce or exacerbate genomic instability [
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is one of the rare cancers whose telomere biology (average length of telomeres, length of individual telomeres, different mechanisms of telomere length maintenance, and telomeric nuclear organization) has been extensively studied. Integrating knowledge covering different aspects of telomere biology in CML would allow one to gain deeper insights into how intertwined different components of telomere biology are in cancer, generally, and CML, particularly. In this review, we will discuss changes in telomere lengths, their maintenance mechanisms, and telomeric nuclear organization in CML. This pathology offers a unique model to study different facets of telomere biology in cancer because of its well characterized natural history, the easy access of tumor cells, the availability of control tissue (same cellular origin), the good quality of karyotype (necessary for the measurement of individual telomere lengths), and the availability of good therapeutic which can enable to study the impact of successful treatment on telomere biology.
Chronic myeloid leukemia is a myeloproliferative neoplasm and characterized by an excessive proliferation of myeloid cells in bone marrow and their accumulation in blood. Its incidence is 1 to 1.5 per 100,000 people, and it mainly affects adults between 50 and 60 years old. The cause of CML is unknown, but exposures to ionizing radiation and benzene have been reported as risk factors [
CML is a clonal disease and characterized by the presence of the Philadelphia chromosome (Ph), resulting from the reciprocal translocation t(9;22)(q34.1;q11.2) [
The molecular drivers of CML evolution are poorly understood, and some authors have suggested an evolution in a stepwise fashion. An increased activity of the fusion protein BCR-ABL1 might be followed by inactivation of tumor suppressor genes such as
In CML, most of the studies have assessed the average length of telomeres by using either telomere restriction fragment (TRF) or fluorescence
Comparison of widely used techniques for the measurement of telomere lengths in CML.
|Comparison between studies
|Large amount of DNA Labor intense
|Flow FISH
|Interphase cells
|Can measure different cell subsets
|Require cytological preparation
|Can identify all individual telomeres
|Requires metaphases
|3D telomere FISH
|Interphase cells
|Assess the number, intensity and the position of individual telomeres in interphase nuclei
|Cannot identify individual telomeres
Many studies have found that telomeres of leukemic cells from CML patients are shorter than those of white blood cells from healthy individuals [
Many factors have been proposed to account for telomere shortening in CML. Like other cancers high proliferation rate of leukemic cells has been suggested of being the prominent driving force for telomere shortening [
A successful treatment of CML with tyrosine kinase inhibitors has been associated with telomere lengthening due to the decline of Ph positive cells in blood and bone marrow [
Few studies have been done in CML to determine lengths of individual telomeres, and this scarcity of data regarding individual telomere lengths is also common in others cancers. Two recent studies have provided new insights into the profiling of individual telomere lengths in CML [
Individual telomeres might present different shortening rates during leukomogenesis. By using statistical modeling and measurements of individual telomere lengths from CML patients at the CP and healthy aged-matched controls, a study estimated that individual telomeres present different shortening rates from CML initiation to the diagnostic (CP) [
Most notably, studies on individual telomere lengths have highlighted the presence of long telomeres on some specific chromosomes arms, features of some CML samples. For instance, telomeres on Xp, 5p, 7q and 3p recurrently lengthened in some samples, and their length ranged from 14.1 Kb to 24.8 Kb while the average lengths of telomeres in those samples were between 6–8 Kb [
The recurrent shortening or lengthening of individual telomeres may serve as a marker for clinical monitoring in CML and other cancers. Further studies evaluating their clinical values in different clinical stages of CML and other tumors are needed before establishing their usefulness in the clinical setting. Moreover, it would be essential for cancer studies to better elucidate different mechanisms underlying telomere shortening or lengthening at chromosomal-arm level. Also, the understanding of eventual roles of individual telomere shortening or lengthening in chromosomal abnormalities, clonal expansion, and cell proliferation would expand our knowledge on genomic instability and cell survival in cancer.
In CML, telomerase had been proposed to be the only telomerase maintenance mechanism before a recent study suggested that ALT may also play a role in maintaining telomere lengths [
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors, specifically those targeting BCR-ABL1, might be involved in telomerase regulation. Treatment of different cell lines expressing telomerase by imatinib down regulates telomerase activity and inhibits cell proliferation suggesting direct action of imatinib on telomerase regulation [
An association of anti-telomerase therapy with standard treatment in CML could assure better clinical outcome by overcoming therapeutic resistance of anti-tyrosine kinase. An
Rarely has the presence of the ALT mechanism been reported in hematological malignancies, and only one study has investigated this mechanism in CML. The authors of this study had based their hypothesis for ALT involvement in CML on the fluctuation of length ratios of intra-arm or inter-homologous telomeres, found in their previous studies [
While typical ALT cell lines display very long telomeres [
The presence of different ALT phenotypes in CML cells [
The transition from ALT to telomerase based maintenance mechanism in CML cells may be driven by clonal selection and an increased number of blasts. A correlation between telomerase activity and blast number has been shown as exemplified by a 50-fold increase in telomerase activity in more than 50% of the BC patients [
In light of these data, we can infer the possibility that CML cells at an early onset of leukemogenesis might use ALT mechanism only [
A Suggested model for telomere length maintenance during a course of CML progression. At the initiation of CML, leukemic cells use exclusively alternative lengthening of telomere (ALT) to maintain their telomeres. As CML progresses from an early to a late stage of the chronic phase, clones expressing telomerase become predominant. At the accelerated and blastic phases, the quasi totality of the cells expresses telomerase, but few ALT positive clones remain. At the blastic phase, clones expressing high activity of telomerase appear and become resistant to imatinib. Blue circles: Cells using ALT; Red circles: cells using telomerase; Brown circles: Cells expressing high telomerase activity and resistant to imatinib.
The alteration of telomeric nuclear organization has been reported in many cancers [
Besides the presence of telomeric aggregates, it has been shown that telomeres in some CML cells can be either more centrally or peripherally located when they were compared to those of normal cells [
Data on telomere lengths, their maintenance mechanisms, and telomeric nuclear organization have provided great insight on the impact of telomere disruption in CML. The concept of telomere shortening, being a feature of CML cells, when average length is only considered has been challenged by the lengthening of some individual telomeres which could possibly be associated with clonal selection. Moreover, the dynamic fluctuation of individual telomere lengths and the presence of
Although efficacious treatments are available for CML patients, new therapeutic resistances are emerging, and anti-telomerase drugs have been a promising therapeutic approach against resistant leukemic cells [
The nuclear organization of telomeres is likely to predict genomic instability and clinical progression in CML. The emergence of automated and high-resolution microscopies [
Oumar Samassekou is a recipient of the Canadian HOPE postdoctoral fellowship from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. O.S. is a postdoctoral research fellow at Sabine Mai's lab at Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology.
The author declares no conflict of interest.


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NOV. 4—The Duquesne University Small Business Development Center will host The First Step: Business Startup Essentials from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at the university's Rockwell Hall, Room 505, 600 Forbes Ave., Uptown. This seminar is designed to teach individuals about the process of starting a small business, this workshop will address the many issues that face entrepreneurs in today's changing world. Topics include business structure and formation, insurance, government procurement and major components of the business plan, among others. Registration is requested and the event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 412.396.6233 or visit http://www.sbdc.duq.edu.
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My mother was down the stairs attending to your drunken father.
Uttering a wild savage shout, the drunken sailor sprang over the corpse, followed by his comrades in crime.
But the Puritans knew of the horrors to be dreaded from drunken Indians.
Every fourth or fifth house is a rum shop, and the so-called palm-wine sheds are filled every night with drunken men and women.
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Safety/Efficacy Study of Drospirenone/Estradiol to Treat Postmenopausal Chinese Women With Vasomotor Symptoms.
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The study evaluates in Chinese post-menopausal women the combination of drospirenone 2 mg and estradiol 1 mg for the treatment of climacteric symptoms, such as hot flushes (vasomotor symptoms) and uro-genital complaints.
|Vasomotor Symptoms
|Drug: Estradiol/DRSP (Angeliq, BAY86-4891) Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study Investigating the Efficacy and Tolerability of Angeliq® (Drospirenone 2mg and Estradiol 1mg) in Postmenopausal Chinese Women With Vasomotor Symptoms Over Four 28-day Treatment Cycles.
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Drug Information available for: Estradiol Estradiol cypionate Estradiol valerate Estradiol acetate Estradiol hemihydrate DrospirenoneU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Frequency of hot flushes [ Time Frame: From baseline to week 16 ]
- Change in intensity of hot flushes [ Time Frame: From baseline to week 16 ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Change in other climacteric symptoms [ Time Frame: From baseline to week 16 ]
- Vaginal Bleeding pattern [ Time Frame: From baseline to week 16 ]
- Global clinical impression [ Time Frame: From baseline to week 16 ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2006
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|October 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Arm 1
Drug: Estradiol/DRSP (Angeliq, BAY86-4891)
Drospirenone (DRSP) 2mg and Estradiol 1mg. One cycle consists of 28 days. One tablet daily for 28 days given for a total of 4 cycles. Oral administration.
|Placebo Comparator: Arm 2
Drug: Placebo
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The study has previously been posted by Schering AG, Germany. Schering AG, Germany has been renamed to Bayer HealthCare AG, Germany. Bayer HealthCare AG, Germany is the sponsor of the trial.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Chinese postmenopausal women with moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms
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- History of steroid hormone dependent malignant disease
- Known or suspected malignant or premalignant disease
- Current or history of severe heart, liver, renal, psychiatric disease
- Hyperlipemia
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|China, Jiangsu
|Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 210029
|China, Shandong
|Jinan, Shandong, China, 250012
|Beijing, China, 100020
|Beijing, China, 100034
|Beijing, China, 100083
|Beijing, China, 100730
|Chongqing, China, 400010
|Shanghai, China, 200011
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Polyestradiol phosphate
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Reproductive Control Agents
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Long before Europeans came to America, the Aztecs created a unique culture based on myth and a love of language. Myths and poems were an important part of their culture, and a successful speech by a royal orator was pronounced "a great scattering of jades."
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Intevac (IVAC) versus Manitex International (MNTX) Head to Head Review
Intevac (NASDAQ: IVAC) and Manitex International (NASDAQ:MNTX) are both small-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitabiliy.
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66.1% of Intevac shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.4% of Manitex International shares are owned by institutional investors. 13.9% of Intevac shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.8% of Manitex International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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This table compares Intevac and Manitex International's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.
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|Manitex International
|$271.42 million
|$5.69 million
Manitex International has higher revenue and earnings than Intevac. Manitex International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Intevac, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Risk and Volatility
Intevac has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Manitex International has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Analyst Ratings
This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Intevac and Manitex International, as provided by MarketBeat.
|Sell Ratings
|Hold Ratings
|Buy Ratings
|Strong Buy Ratings
|Rating Score
|Manitex International
Intevac presently has a consensus target price of $14.33, suggesting a potential upside of 26.28%. Manitex International has a consensus target price of $10.00, suggesting a potential upside of 40.85%. Given Manitex International's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Manitex International is more favorable than Intevac.
Intevac beats Manitex International on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Intevac
Intevac, Inc. (Intevac) is a provider of vacuum deposition equipment for a range of thin-film applications, and digital night-vision technologies and products to the defense industry. The Company's segments include Thin-film Equipment and Photonics. The Company designs, manufactures, markets and services capital equipment used to deposit thin films and lubricants onto substrates to produce magnetic disks that are used in hard disk drives. Its thin film equipment products include 200 Lean Disk Sputtering System, 200 Lean Etch and Deposition System, AccuLuber Disk Lubrication System, INTEVAC VERTEX System, INTEVAC MATRIX Implant System, ENERGi Implant System and INTEVAC MATRIX System. The Company's photonic segment develops, manufactures and sells compact digital-optical products for the capture and display of low-light images.
About Manitex International
Manitex International, Inc. is a provider of engineered specialty lifting and loading products. The Company operates in three business segments: the Lifting Equipment segment, the A.S.V., LLC (ASV) segment and the Equipment Distribution segment. Through its Lifting Equipment segment, the Company designs, manufactures and distributes a diverse group of products that serve various functions and are used in a range of industries. In the ASV segment, the Company manufactures a line of compact rubber tracked and skid steer loaders. In the Equipment Distribution segment, the Company markets products used primarily for infrastructure development and commercial construction applications that include road and bridge construction, general contracting, roofing, scrap handling, and sign construction and maintenance. The Company, through its subsidiary Manitex, Inc., markets a line of boom trucks, truck cranes and sign cranes.
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You won't want to miss watching two 18 year old naked girls in the best girl-girl scene! This naughty blonde girl found her mom's huge double ended dildo while going through her bedroom drawers and decided to take some cool selfies for instagram with her best friend, a sexy brunette doll. Each of the girls grabs an end and sucks on it and the naughty girl gets down on all fours while her friend pulls her bikini bottom down and pops the toy inside her tight young pussy. She fucks her with it and then takes her place, getting on her hands and knees so she can feel that big rubber cock fucking her tight pussy too. Since it's a double ended toy, the girls spread their legs while facing each other and each one stuffs one end in their pussies, snapping some sexy selfies that will sure get them tons of likes on their instagram accounts. She just hopes her mom doesn't see them and figure out they were playing with one of her favorite dildos! Young naked girls rub their clits while they hump the double ended sex toy, feeling it burrowing deeper and deeper inside their dripping wet cunts, filling them up totally. Exhausted by their dildo session, the girl and her friend take a nap in her mom's bed. On the next morning, we see them naked and still so horny and wet! The best friends wake up in the nude, the brunette gets on top of the blonde and they make out, taking turns massaging each others' full breasts and masturbating with the blonde's mom's magical wand before scissoring each other in bed, feeling their dripping wet pussies rubbing against each other, snapping more sexy selfies and exploring their hot and naked bodies. Teens go down on each other, licking each other's clitoris, sucking on labia, exploring the insides of their gaping vaginas, while spreading and gaping each other. There's a really nice close up view of her clitoris with her hood pulled right back. Two naked girls masturbate and eat out each others wet pussies until they are both at the verge of an explosive shared orgasm that leaves them drained and fully satisfied! On the next day, we see these sexy teens walking in the nude outdoors, masturbating in a fountain, using a lot of sex toys, fisting each others and taking pictures of each other with their iPhones!!! Enjoy these two real life best friends, young lesbian lovers, naughty 18 year old teen girls, that make for an amazing girl girl experience!
Sexy blonde babe strips naked and masturbates in public areas
Beautiful, leggy, and 18 year old sexy from Arizona trying her very first nude shoot with FTV! She's got everything – cute face, tits, long legs, and lovely pussy! This sexy teen babe babe went to modeling school poised on becoming a top model, but during her first shoots she discovered a new and fascinating side of herself and her sexuality. She found herself getting turned on by the camera, and it was not unusual for her to end the shoot totally naked, playing with herself and finally sucking the photographer's juicy cock and letting him fuck her wet holes in the set! Now that she discovered her real calling as an erotic sensual model, she enjoys getting naked in public while her photographer snaps her pictures! This building's windows are like mirrors, so she can play outside and watch her reflection from every angle as she slowly takes off her clothes and plays with her dripping wet pussy. It's a hot day and she can feel the sun on her naked skin as she walks around the place in just her high heels and finds a nice bench by the shade where she can sit, spread her legs and fuck her pussy with a huge rubber dildo! She imagines the look on the faces of people who could walk by and see her in such a shameful situation, unable to control her sexual urges, exposing her naked body to the public, fucking herself with a rubber dick like a dirty slut! The more she thinks about it, the dirtier she feels and the harder and deeper she penetrates herself with the rubber cock. She gets back home, grabs a huge ripe banana and uses it to continue masturbating and pleasuring herself. Then naked girl fists herself, full fisting her vagina with one hand! The fist is such a good fuck, after it makes her cum, she dances it off in the living room! You'll love the way this perfect slender naked girl dances to some music and masturbates herself with one hand. For the long labia fans, this girl has some very nice pussy lips, she stretches them, plays with them, ties them, spreads her lips like wings. Don't miss the most beautiful naked girls having first time experience of masturbation, orgasm, public nudity, kinky play and extreme sextoys!
Young girl fucks herself with several toys, veggies and her fist
Its so sexy to watch an young girl playing with her lil pussy! This talented young lady does it all including masturbating with a banana & cucumber, anal fingering, fisting, dildoing, peeing outdoors and other funny stuff. This cute, sexy blonde teen babe woke up this morning feeling very horny and with her cotton panties drenched in her pussy juices! Yeah, it looks like she had wet dreams all night long and now that she is awake, all she can think about is getting fucked, but her boyfriend is not around. She gets up, goes to the kitchen and comes back with a big, ripe cucumber! She places it in standing position on the floor and squats over it, slowly inserting the big veggie into her dripping wet, little pussy! It feels so good, just like a real dick! She pulls her pink lace top down and exposes her breasts, playing with them while riding the cucumber cock. Young teen girl turns over, her juicy bubble butt facing the camera as she continues making love to her green vegetarian dildo, spreading her ass cheeks with her hands. She gets on her knees and bends over, fucking her wet pussy with her veggie and feeling how nicely it stuffs her clam. This naughty teen likes to experiment with several lovers, so she reaches for a huge plantain and inserts it deep inside her bald pink pussy before moving over to her bed and fisting herself! Naked girl shoves her five fingers all the way down to the knuckles into her gaping vagina! Man, all that fisting got her in the mood for a monster cock, so she whips out her biggest rubber dick and fucks herself with it, biting her lips as the massive toy penetrates her stretched out cunt! Watch her fingering her asshole, stripping outdoors and taking a pee in nature! Hot!
Check this hot blonde teen girl! Isn't she hot! She's a total exhibitionist and she is not shy at all about showing off her naked body in public! This girl is totally stunning, she has that figure we all love to see naked! We caught her while she was doing cartwheels by the lawn in front of her building, wearing sneakers, a tank top and nothing else from the waist down! She showed us some of her more flexible moves and her acrobatic skills, doing backbends, boy, did she look hot! By the time she was lying down on the fresh grass, her hands were all over her pink slit, touching herself right there. Just think about it, wouldn't you wanna live in a place like this, where you get greeted by a hot naked girl masturbating by the lawn? I know I would! Naked girl walks over to the side of the road, where she spreads her long legs by the highway and takes off her tank top so she can be totally naked and tease any passersby. She turns and bends over with her legs spread apart, using her hands to spread her luscious ass cheeks and give the camera a close up look at her pink twat and sexy asshole. She's not shy about any part of her anatomy! She walks around the neighborhood in the nude, and ends up running off to some people watching. By the time she's back at her place, she is so turned on that as soon as she applies her magic wand to her pussy, she starts cumming hard! She's ready to put on a kinky show for us, masturbating with a banana and fisting herself on her favorite couch! After she cums, she dances away into her bedroom, probably for yet another session of solo pleasure! She loves to experiment sexually, with public nudity, and even though its her first shoot in adult videos! I could watch this naked girl having fun outdoors all day, but my favorite part comes right at the end, when she does a dance to music fully naked, so that you can enjoy her perfect figure in motion. Don't forget to download all her videos. Her name is Kenna, she is 19, you can find her by the link under the video. She is an amazing, fun, lively, and definitely one of the most beautiful girls ever.
Raunchy blonde teen masturbates with her bicycle's seat
You know what turns this hot blonde teen on? Riding her bike! Hey, I'm talking about her really "riding" her bike! The way that bike seat sinks between her ass crack and pussy lips as she rides it really turns her on and gets her so wet, she needs to stop to pleasure herself! Watch as she removes the bike's seat and uses its pipe as a dildo to fuck her twat with! No, innocent passersby, don't panic! This is not some freak bicycle accident; this blonde chick is just getting herself off! She loves to masturbate and do some extreme things with her teen pussy. She looks around to make sure nobody's watching and lies on the grass, ready to indulge in that big metal pipe fucking her tight twat! She squats on top of it, impaling her pussy on it and sliding up and down, but it's really hard to get off knowing it's getting late and she could bump into somebody so she takes her bike back home and once she gets there, she takes the seat with her to her bedroom! Looks like the ride is not over yet! She places the seat on the floor with the long pipe pointing up and squats on it again, this time she lets it sink all the way in and rides it hard and fast. She gets on her bad and holds it with her feet, fucking herself with it while she uses her free hands to pull her tank top up and play with her tits! She decides to switch toys, after all, the bike seat is okay but it's no match for her magic wand! She turns that bitch on and rubs it against her pussy while on the rug, cumming very hard, but she's still so horny! Look at this naked girl fisting her wet pussy while checking herself out in the mirror! Teenage girl ends up with a nice natural orgasm! Finding some shade right off the busy street, she fingers herself, then she stuffs three cucumbers all the way up her vagina until they completely disappear and pushes it out using her pussy muscles. The guys from FTVGirls meet her at her neighborhood college area, a popular place for students to hang out, don't miss more amazing masturbation videos with this crazy college girl. At FTVGirls their primary focus is on making amateur masturbation videos.
Naked girl masturbates and squirts with her sex toys
Check this cute naked girl out as she masturbates, squirts, plays with her vagina and does many other naughty things for the first time on camera! She's got her legs spread wide open and she's fucking her bald teen pussy with a huge, pink double ended jelly dildo! She places herself sideways and pumps her fat cunt with the pink dong, she likes to see how deep she can go with it! She strips totally naked on the couch and continues fucking herself with the toy, sometimes she likes to shove the other end up her asshole and double fuck herself, imagining that she's getting gangbanged by a couple of black guys with massive dicks! Yeah, she may seem innocent and sweet, but this girl's got a dirty mind! She follows up with a vibrator that stimulates her pussy so good, she starts gushing like a motherfucking garden hose! She discovered she was a squirter a while back and practice makes perfect, now she can make herself squirt over and over again as many times as she pleases! Each squirting orgasm leaves her pussy and clit even more sensitive, so the next climax will not only cum faster, but stronger! By the time she's done, her sheets and towels are drenched in her pussy juices and she's exhausted! Watch her pushing all five fingers deep inside her tight young pussy and use a different vibrator to make herself squirt again, this time all over the floor! Cute naked girl pulls her tender pussy lips and finishes up with a huge rubber dick that looks and feels just like the real deal. She polishes her masturbation session off with a naked sprint along the golf course next to her home! This crazy girl tries extreme fisting herself, getting her whole fist in her little pussy, she plays with her pussy lips, pulling it with two hands and giving us really nice close up views. She gets completely naked outdoors and shows off the naked karate, she runs fully naked on a golf course in front of golfers… This teen girl does incredible things on camera, don't forget to download the full film.
Naked girls fisting each other outdoors
Are there fans of pussy fisting, pussy spreading, anal fingering actions? What about two horny exhibitionist sluts? Don't miss the fisting scene with two crazy naked girls! Possibly the hottest girl-girl fisting scene ever! Two crazy naked girls fisting each other outdoors. This brunette babe is one dirty slut with a filthy mind! She enjoys extreme sex of all sorts and her partner in crime has a very wild idea for today! The girls are outdoors at some public location and one of them sits by the curb of a brick garden area, lifting her dress and spreading her legs! She's not wearing any panties and her friend rams her entire fist up her naked pussy! She has her big tits dangling from her purple dress and she enjoys watching just how deep she can thrust her fist inside her friend's cunt! The brunette's snatch spasms as she cums with that hand still inserted inside her. Now her friend licks her large clit as she fingers her pussy with a couple of fingers. The brunette is still horny and wants more, she takes off the dress and bends over the brick garden wall so her friend can fist her some more! Imagine the shock on any passerby that happens to walk by this dirty pair! After her second fisting concludes, the other chick is wet, horny and ready to taste a fist up her pussy! She spreads her legs with a wicked grin on her face and lets the brunette fist fuck her until she cums hard! Still not satisfied, but utterly aroused after their perverted exhibitionist scenario, the girls head back home, where they enjoy an afternoon of deep penetrations and bizarre insertions! These babes are really wild, man! The girls end up getting their pussies and asses fisted hard and deep, masturbating with a wine bottle, pushing huge dildo inside each other, ending up with a squirting orgasm! Extreme fans should have a lot of fun with these girls.
Pussy Fisting
Pussy fisting lovers don't miss this video. This talented young girls do pussy fisting to each other. Naked girls get their pussies fisted in bed. One of naked girls turns to pose with her ass in the air and her friend continues to stuff her pussy. She fists her best friend in a lying position, then with her legs raised in the air and in the doggy style position. One of the girls writes: Getting my pussy fisted by my hot lesbian roommate! I love taking naps in the nude after a hot shower, I never know when my naughty roommate is going to sneak up on me and start playing with my pussy! I feel the mattress shifting from the weight of her naked body as she climbs on top and her fingers as they make contact with my snatch! I pretend to keep sleeping as they begin exploring and I can feel the first droplets of lubrication as my pussy lips open up for my roommate's naughty hands. She inserts one finger at first, but I'm so wet already, she knows she can fit a couple more digits inside me. I moan and grunt, tossing around and trying not to open my eyes, but I'm so fucking horny! I want her whole hand inside me! She starts digging deep in my pussy with one finger, then with two, three, until she is almost fisting my pussy. She seems to get the message as I feel her fist penetrating my pussy, it's not the first time she fists me, we just recently discovered how much she enjoys fisting and how much I adore getting fisted by her! I can take no more and "wake up" so I can turn over and bend down on all fours and let her fist my pussy from behind! I love getting fisted by my hot lesbian roommate!
Check out all the extreme stuff Layla can do for you
Check out young girls in extreme sex! Layla is a young girl aged 23, blasting her pussy since 5 years with the most extreme insertions. This guy is into extreme shit, main reason why he got married with Layla a few days after they met online! Turns out she is every bit as kinky and extreme as he is and then some! He enjoys filming his wife and even shares their sex videos on his own porn site! Today he is filming her in the kitchen and apart from being naked from the waist down; it's hard to miss the huge dildo dangling from her vagina! It's amazing how Layla manages to move around the kitchen and even clean up the place as he films her with that dong buried between her legs! Checking herself out on the living room's mirrored walls, Layla lies on the floor and masturbates with the massive dong and then her man joins in, double fisting her uniquely flexible pussy! That's not all! Layla fucks herself with a massive red dong, lets her hubby fuck her with a huge strap-on, shoves a small football in her cunt and even gets batter mixed up in her asshole while on the tub! In the end of the video her husband fucks her vagina with the shower head till she has a really intense orgasm with lots of quivering. Do you like hardcore porn with huge dildo, speculum and with other extreme sex toys? Check out their own porn site "Layla Extreme" to download more videos. Double fisting, pussy gaping and extreme pussy insertions that is what you will find on their site. They are real sex freaks!
Believe it or not, this is Danica's first time in front of the camera, making you wonder where this long legged sexy babe had been all this time. Danica is a really wild one, and there is nothing she loves more than finding out how many digits she can ram inside her tight teen cunt! With her dress lifted up over her waist, Danica is shoving her entire fist inside her pussy like an experienced pro! She is not one bit shy and loves showing off how sexual she can get in front of the cameras! She parts her legs wide open and does the same with her pussy, stretching those tender pussy lips and showing us her gaping pink fuck hole. The camera closes up on her soaking wet snatch as she finger, rubs, strokes, digs and massages every inch of her genital area. Her asshole looks like a chocolate starfish contracting as her fist dives back into her cunt and dirty Danica continues fisting and masturbating herself until she feels ready to cum hard!
If you love hot blondes with long legs and an incredible crack in her ass, you will love Blue Angel and her breath taking pictures in this sizzling hot gallery! Just look at how her beautiful, long, firm legs turn into a perfect bubbles shaped ass with one hell of a crack that makes you wanna lick it up and down or maybe even swipe a credit card over it! She raises her legs way up in the sky in this beautiful pool setting so we can see her pink taco and then spreads them wide open and apart in a perfect split that would qualify her as an Olympic gymnast without a shadow of a doubt! She is so flexible, giving us wild poses that only accentuate that divine ass crack while she fucks herself with a vibrating dildo and shows us just how kinky this Angel can get when she fists her dripping wet pussy! Yeah, I know what you dirty perverts are wondering, if Blue Angel can fist her own asshole the same way she fists her heavenly pussy! Damn, that's wicked hot! Exceptional location combined with a hot sexy model and a photographer with an eye for beauty. There's plenty of time to just soak your brains in non stop bare pussy and ass ogling throughout this set. (CLICK PHOTO TO OPEN GALLERY)
Cute teen fisting her pink pussy
Holy shit, this is one flawless, sweet, yummy pussy! There's a fantastic segment with cute naked girl Melanie penetrating her teen vagina with her entire hand. She gets comfortable on the couch and starts fisting her pink silky smooth pussy, giving some really beautiful pussy and ass views for you. Naked girl later turns onto her side and spreads her ass while she buries her entire hand up inside her little pussy with a little more enthusiasm. There's no question that this cute teen has the prettiest little pussy and she really love to play with it. This video is nothing but non stop pussy fisting from beginning to end.
These two sexy girls are lovers of pussy fisting
These two sexy girls feel well when they are together in the bed on the soft pillows, dressed in sexy lingerie. These girlfriends can lick, finger and fist each other's hot pussies for hours knowing no fatigue. Attention pussy fisting lovers, there's plenty for you to enjoy in this clip. At first Alessandra and Angelina just tease each other, wearing lace pantyhose, then the girls begin to kiss, gentle undressing each other. Things get even sexier after the panties come off. Alessandra leans back, spreads her legs open and Angelina starts to fondle her hairy pussy and rub her sensitive clit. She has some really nice long licks right through the entire length of her privates like a big lollipop from her ass hole over her vagina between bulging lips to her clit. After fondling her hairy pussy, Angelina is more active in this video, she is preferring to give pleasure to a girl than to get it, lick her wet pussy or yet better fuck her with her fist. She does it incredibly well and her girlfriend moans and groans, enjoying massage of coochie prostrate from behind. The blonde gets all five fingers up her pussy, and then the entire hand inside her vagina, buried up to the wrist, and wiggles it around inside her. She like it! They are very sexy girls.
Cute teen stuffs the panties up her pussy
At first Melanie teases you wearing her pink panties, and then things get really pretty when she sticks her hand down between her legs and starts to rub her pussy. 19 years old and absolutely adorable. I so love the look of this girl. After fiddling with her pussy and spreading it for a while she stuffs the panties up her sweet pussy several times, all the way until they completely disappear and then pulls them out, using her vaginal muscles. Nothing could be prettier than the super sexy view of the panties slowly slithering out of her slippery little pussy. Melanie's bald pussy looks so yummy. There's some excellent close ups and interesting camera angles with great views of her love hole. This teenage girl is obviously pretty uninhibited and willing to try anything. For those who have passed her by I highly recommend you download all her movies, in HD, link below. You guys are missing out if you don't check Melanie out. Cute, sexy and young.
Model Comments: Many people think that me and Valerie Rios are real sisters but no we're not. We're both from Colombia and our families know each other. My mom know her mom since I was 5 yrs old and we became friends that way. We were 16 when we fooled around with each other and some of my first girl girl experience in personal life happened with her. Valerie's english is not as good as mine because she moved here later than me. Valerie I think will do this and make money for a few years and go back to Colombia. So I did do fisting very first time and I really like it! I never think I can do this and photographer very confident. My day make best with vibrator the photographer bring with him! I can't believe how strong it was and it make me shake all over my body! I really really really liked the toy but he would not give it to me. I am happy to have a fun shoot today and will make more if the photographer bring me back.
Videographer/Photographer's Comments: While we were talking about her 'sister' Valerie, she told me she got to know Ileana aka now the pornstar Amia Miley. Recently Ileana got implants, which was very unfortunate, but like many girls who end up in hardcore porn, they are pressured to get implants. A shame — but interestingly enough she did them through Melanie — Melanie referred her to a surgeon in Colombia(!) and got her implants there. According to Melanie, its not just because the surgery is cheaper, but also that they have good surgeons there. That is up to you to decide I guess… I just think it was a shame that Ileana's perfect breasts were ruined while she's not even 20 yet. So after Melanie shows off herself in sexy lingerie, we get the nice breast & butt massage of her firm body, and the topic of fisting comes up. I just knew she could — and it was one of the most erotic fisting videos I've seen. She started with experimentation, then got harder and deeper, genuinely enjoying it all. The vibraking became an even more intense experience for her, bring her to a strong orgasm (with strong vaginal contractions). She liked it so much, that she asked to do it a second time, with another strong orgasm. She really wanted to take it with her… And for the end of the day, with the sun going down fast, I shot some cheerleader stuff, and a nice sexy dance with 'hip action' to finish.
Naked girls at the beach
Today's post features a few naked girls at the beach, having fun nude, posing and peeing together. Click on the photo above to see photo gallery. All girls look fantastic, they are playful, energetic, young and sexy. It is enjoyable to watch them having fun completely naked in the sand. Everything is here, pussy licking, dildo fucking, fisting and group pissing scenes. This scene is shot in the shallow water at the edge of a large lagoon in the Caribbean. Every year ALS Scan say their trip to the Caribbean was the best trip ever, but every year they get better and better, so when they returned to the Caribbean with Kacey Jordan, Jana Foxy, Carli, Nella, Zuzana and other porn models, all bets were off!


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By Sgt. Sarah EnosNovember 14, 2013
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (Nov. 14, 2013) -- The newly-appointed U.S. surgeon general met with Public Health Service officers assigned to 1st Special Forces Group, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Nov. 7 and toured the Department of Defense Telehealth and Technology center.
Rear Adm. Boris Lushniak, who accepted his position in July, met with the Public Health Service,, known as PHS, officers embedded with 1st Special Forces Group, to discuss ways they address and prevent negative psychological effects on the war fighter after being subjected to extreme environments and experiences.
"I'm very proud of what our special forces are doing," Lushniak said. "But I'm also very proud of what our PHS officers are doing to achieve that final mission. The focus here is on psychological health and I think it ties in well with the mission we have within DOD."
Widely known as the "top doc" and for warning labels on cigarette packaging, the surgeon general is the senior ranking uniformed officer of the PHS. The PHS comprises of approximately 6,800 uniformed health officers who serve in locations around the world to promote, protect and advance the health and safety of our Nation.
As the current surgeon general, Lushniak serves as the nation's top health officer and primary adviser to Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of Health and Human Services, on matters involving the nation's public health and scientific issues.
"Approximately 300 or so of my officers are embedded within the DOD doing clinical mental health work, often serving at different military treatment facilities throughout the country in ones or twos," Lushniak said. "Although we are not a very well-known service, we are doing incredible things and have been doing this as a uniformed service for the country since 1889."
While touring the Telehealth and Technology, or T2, facility, Lushniak met with staff to discuss ways clinical psychologists, researchers and programmers deliver customized healthcare to the men and women of the defense community through digital delivery systems. Telehealth and Technology is currently developing the DOD's strategic telehealth plan.
The center reaches out on a global scale to put mobile health into day-to-day care by developing telehealth applications for mobile platforms. Mobile healthcare allows patients to access to health information and assessment tools anywhere, anytime, on any device and send the results to their provider.
The surgeon general said he was impressed with the advancement of military healthcare.
"The concept of telemedicine and telehealth, doing things from a distance is exciting 21st century stuff," Lushniak said. "It allows us to utilize our resources most efficiently but at the same time bring health to needed patients."
Staff at T2 explained how developing future smart phone apps gives patients the ability to deal with psychological symptoms they might be experiencing and how they can achieve positive behavioral change.
From a surgeon general's prospective, Lushniak said T2's developments are significant.
"If I'm here to do any good, it is to put a focus in our nation as to how many things a person can control about their own health," Lushniak said.
Designing technology based tools have the advantage of continuous support for post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury and other behavioral health and physical ailments associated with the combat deployments.
"Not all facilities are capable of diagnosing early enough, seeing some of the issues that come on early enough and the T2 program will allow that capability to expand through the use of new technologies," Lushniak said.
The first T2 mobile apps were developed and released in 2010. T2 now has more than 600,000 downloads from more than 15 mobile apps. The apps allow Soldiers to track their mood, show biofeedback and learn diaphragmatic breathing exercises. They also raise awareness of potential problem areas, gain control over physiological and psychological responses to stress and how to avoid situations that trigger memories of trauma and educate about topics related to post traumatic stress disorder and treatment.
Lushniak expressed interest in showcasing the behavioral change apps outside the DOD population.
"In January of this coming year we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Surgeon General Luther Terry's first report on smoking, "Lushniak said. "So it's only been 50 years that the federal government has actually come out and said smoking is bad. In those years, we've gone from 46 percent of adults smoking to 18 percent. We have made major inroads, but that's not enough for us, we have to use the aspects developed here in the T2 program."
Based on Lushniak's feedback and encouragement, the staff at T2 plans to continue work on developing more apps related to prevention and behavior change in the near future.


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When will "2016: Obama's America"Come to Nevada County – Maybe Never.
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Already the No. 2 grossing documentary of the year, "2016: Obama's America" expands nationwide this weekend.
An anti-Obama documentary based on conservative author Dinesh D'Souza's book The Roots of Obama's Rage will expand nationwide this weekend after doing notable business in select markets across the country — including in liberally minded New York City.
It appears that local theater owner are not interested in bring this documentary to Nevada County. You will have to go to Roseville to see it, or wait for the DVD to be released. Since this documentary is clearly a money maker, why the reluctance to show it in Nevada County?


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Interested and Eligible candidates are required to apply through prescribed application form, which are available at Army Public School, Allahabad at nominal cost of Rs. 10/- between 09.00 to 13.00 hrs, fill it with all mandatory details and submit along with relevant testimonials to Army Public School, Allahabad on or before 15-10-2012


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Library Salvage Priorities
Major Emergencies
This Disaster Response Plan represents an important component of the Cornell University Library's continuing effort to protect its collections. It is a joint effort of the Conservation Department and the Working Group on Security and Library Safety, both of which have been active in shaping the Library's response to emergencies.
In 1989/1990, the Conservation Department administered a New York State Coordinated Preservation Grant to develop a Regional Emergency Mutual Response Team for the central region of the state. The Team consists of representatives from SUNY-Binghamton, Cornell University, University of Rochester, and Syracuse University. Under this grant, Cornell University Library purchased and installed a freezer at the Library Annex for the storage of water-damaged materials. Major disaster supplies were purchased for each of the participating institutions as well, and in April 1990 Cornell hosted a two-day disaster simulation which was attended by two representatives from each participating university. Within the CUL community itself, the Conservation Department has initiated several important disaster-related activities in addition to preparing the Disaster Response Plan. Disaster liaisons have been identified for each library. They will be trained to serve as the units' emergency coordinators in the event of a real disaster. They will also maintain emergency unit supply boxes that the Conservation Department distributed to each library in the past month. And finally, the Department will provide periodic training sessions, the first of which is a day-long workshop scheduled for September 1990.
The Working Group on Security and Library Safety published an updated edition of the CUL Emergency Manual last year. While the Manual provides some basic information on responding to disasters, its purpose is broader in scope and intent. Believing that it is always better to prevent a disaster than to recover from one, the Manual contains a "Safety and Security Audit" which is designed to help units avoid situations that could lead to disasters. Once every unit has completed the "Security Audit," the Working Group will analyze the results and prepare a report and recommendations for the library administration. However, even with the best of precautions, disasters do occur, and the intent of this Disaster Recovery Plan is to aid libraries in responding quickly and effectively to minimize the damage and speed recovery. A great deal more harm can come from improper handling of damaged materials than from the actual disaster itself.
A word or two on the structure of this Plan. It is organized logically, to move one from first response (see Phone Tree, page 2) through the steps involved in recovering from a minor disaster, usually involving fewer than 500 volumes. The "pink pages" represent steps to be taken in the event of a major disaster. The last section of the manual contains appendixes which explicate the text and include a list of additional supplies and services available locally and regionally. The basic Plan is generic. It is designed to accommodate the individual unit's conditions and needs. But it becomes a Disaster Response Plan only if it is completed and updated periodically. This task falls to the disaster liaison in each unit. Once completed, copies of the Plan should be kept in the homes and offices of each member of the unit's disaster response team (see page 2). One copy should be placed in the emergency unit supply box, and another filed with the Conservation Department.
The Disaster Plan Committee was the best kind of committee: a hard working one. Each member took responsibility for different sections of the plan and completed their assignments on time. The Committee members were:
Susan Currie, Access
Services Librarian, Olin
We would especially like to thank George Meeker, Director of Risk Management and Insurance, for serving as an ad hoc member of the Committee and for providing us with valuable information, not only on insurance-related matters, but on the draft plan itself. A final word of thanks goes to Dorothy Halgas for patiently imposing order on the completed manuscript.
Anne R. Kenney
The January 1996 Revision of the Plan is essentially the same as that produced by the Disaster Plan Committee and the revision of August 1993. The most significant changes are in the make-up of the Central Disaster Team and updates to names and addresses of University Offices and vendors.
The Plan has gone
through several revisions since its first appearance in 1990, but most
of the changes have not been substantial, being limited to updates in
personnel. There will be some changes in the general organization of the
Plan for the web-based version.
The full Disaster Response Plan in PDF format can be found here.
The full Disaster Response Plan in Word format can be found here.
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Episode 87 is an interview with Dr. Patricia Greenwood, co-author of "Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind." Our focus is on dispelling some of the most stuborn myths about brain aging as well as reviewing the current research about brain plasticity. There are lots of claims being made, especially for various computer training products, but we talk about what the research really shows.
For more information including detailed show notes and free episode transcripts please visit http://brainsciencepodcast.com.
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How do you think the new GigE standards will influence the machine vision industry?
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The true purpose of electronic imaging is to convert data to useful information. It doesn't matter how big your pixel array is if you can't get the data off the imager and processed into actionable information quickly enough for your application. With today's ultrafast, �ber-high resolution cameras, the limiting factor is often the speed of data transfer between the imager and the PC or PLC that uses the data. With the release of the new FireWire 1394 S3200 and USB 3.0 standards, however, such bottlenecks may be a thing of the past. S3200 operates at 3.932 Gb/second, a factor of four boost over the current S800 FireWire version, whereas USB 3.0 offers 5 Gb/second, 10 times the speed of USB 2.0.
Of course, faster isn't necessarily better, unless it improves performance or enables new applications. Gigabit Ethernet cameras run at, well, one Gb/second, while CameraLink provides point-to-point data transfer at two Gb/second. Does electronic imaging really need anything faster? Does the imaging community stand to benefit from the new standards? Let's take a closer look.
Burning up the wire
FireWire, the IEEE 1394 standard, was first released in 1995 and included data transfer rates for the now-glacial S100 (100 Mbytes/second), S200 (200 Mbytes/second), and S400 (400 Mbytes/second). At that point, FireWire was based on data-strobe encoding (alpha signaling), where the bit rate and data transfer rate are equal. The 2002 update, 1394b, included the S800 (983.04 Mbytes/second) specification, as well as nominal specifications for S1600 (1.966 Gb/second), and S3200. The most recent 1394-2008 standard combines all previous releases and includes complete definitions of S1600 and S3200.
In an effort to minimize line charging, the 1394b release switched from alpha signaling to 8b/10b encoding (beta signaling), in which an 8-bit word is actually encoded in 10 bits. In other words, the method imposes a 20 percent overhead, which means that the data transfer rate of 3.2 Gb/second is 20 percent less than the bus speed of 3.932 Gb/second. Today's S800 1394b PHY silicon is backward compatible and supports both alpha and beta signaling on each port , making them "bilingual." "Given the difficulty of achieving four Gb/s, it's thought that S3200 PHY ports will be beta only (S800, S1600, and S3200) or alpha only (S100, S200, and S400), thus creating a bilingual PHY," says Richard Mourn, president and founder of Quantum Parametrics (Colorado Springs, Colo.). The approach allows users to achieve backward compatibility as desired while leveraging the higher speed of S3200.
The shift from S800 to S3200 only requires faster silicon (PHY and Link) and very small changes to software; the cable and connectors remain unchanged. Unlike CameraLink, which is point-to-point, and USB, which is based on a master-slave topology, FireWire is a logical bus; as such, it allows multiple devices to share the bus, minimizing wiring. It also introduces topological flexibility�devices not only can be arranged in tree configurations but daisy chained together or even connected in loop topologies that provide functional benefits such as redundancy and hot swapouts.
Challenges do arise when it comes to linking the FireWire camera network to a communications network. FireWire supports internet protocol (IP-1394), but most cameras today implement the Industrial Imaging Digital Camera (IIDC) protocol and use 1394's isochronous facility. As a result, the video streams are not inherently compatible with LAN or Internet communications in the same way as GigE Vision output. Sending image data from a camera network to the shop floor network requires a computer to convert the data into IP packets and send them. Then again, that process has to take place somewhere, either in the PC or in the camera, as for GigE Vision. "It's a question of where you want to push the problem," says Mourn. "The [GigE Vision] camera must put the data into an IP-type packet that's not isochronous and not real-time, so it has to buffer more." Such tasks require processing power and memory, which drive the cost up. "Do you want to push the problem clear out into the camera and make devices more expensive or would you rather put the complexity into one host that's probably going to be interfacing with the Internet, anyway?"
Where's the beef?
Although S3200 has been defined, no companies are currently shipping silicon, nor were those contacted for this article willing to say when they might. The best estimates from industry sources are perhaps late 2009, which could allow S3200 cameras to be demonstrated in early 2010.
So far, S1600 FireWire seems to be somewhat lost in the shuffle. The 1394b update defining the 1.6 Gb/second PHY layer was released in 2006, but so far only a handful of chips, and even fewer cameras, have been released. S800 has continued to be the workhorse, and with the release of S3200, it appears likely the industry will simply leapfrog over S1600 to future-proof systems with S3200. "The problem is that compared to S800, S1600 doesn't offer so many advantages, so there is a need to make the big step and go directly to S3200," says Michael Scholles, business unit manager for sensor and actuator systems at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (Dresden, Germany).
S1600 may find use in some niche applications, for example when integrators need to get a few more meters of cable run than S3200 can provide. "If you look at a lot of the semiconductor companies out there that can do four or five gigs, they're doing it over shorter distances," says Mourn. "We want to be able to do that speed over a 4.5-meter cable. It's yet to be seen whether they can do that by the fall timeframe. It may well be S1600 in the fall."


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Legrand Atwood and Kathy Atwood, both of St. Louis, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Tinsley Atwood, to Jamie Saettele, son of Gustave and Lisa Saettele of Ladue.
The bride-to-be graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2000 and received a B.S. with focus in marketing from The University of Tampa in 2004. Currently, she works as a senior staffing associate for The Abacus Group in New York City.
The future groom graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2000 and received a B.S. in business administration from Bucknell University in 2004. Currently, he is employed by Forex Capital Markets as senior currency strategist in New York City and also the author of Sentiment in the Forex Market (Wiley Finance).
The couple met in middle school and were acquaintances through high school. Jamie and Tinsley reconnected in 2007 when Tinsley moved to New York, shortly thereafter, a romance blossomed. They are planning a wedding at Saint Peters Episcopal Church in Ladue on August 25 and a reception at The Chase Park Plaza. Following a honeymoon to Thailand, the couple will reside in New York.


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15-Year-Old Girls Charged With Running A Prostitution Ring
Well, this is sad/infuriating: Two 15-year-old girls in Ottawa, Canada, have been charged with human trafficking after they forced several other underage girls into prostitution. The victims were between the ages of 13 and 17, and were allegedly driven to various locations by the two girls and their 17-year-old accomplice. Aside from the young age of the girls, Ottawa police say they're shocked that the offenses occurred in a quiet, middle class neighborhood.
According to affadavits, there were no men involved in the trafficking ring. "We don't know about any further incidents," said Staff Sgt. John McGetrick.. "But if there are, we want women out there to know that they can some see us and we'll work with them and help them out. We'd love to help them."
The girls face charges of human trafficking, procuring, forcible confinement, assault, sexual assault, robbery, abduction and uttering threats. [National Post]


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SPACIOUS 2 BR IN PRE-WAR ELEVATOR BUILDING! Wonderful Windsor Terrace location, right near Prospect Park and the F train. This classic apartment features a formal entry foyer, completely renovated eat-in-kitchen, great light and closets, spacious rooms and a gracious layout. Plus of course the classic pre-War touches including parquet floors and high ceilings. Sorry, no dogs. GREAT PRICE, ACT NOW!
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Runs from 20th Street on the west, Prospect Park Southwest on the east, Prospect Park West on the north and Parkside Avenue on the south.
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Pre-war elevator building right by Prospect Park and the subway (F train).
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