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Computex 2013: ASRock's M8 mini-ITX Gaming PCby Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2013 2:57 AM EST
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Kepe - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI like the design, but isn't $499 a bit steep for a mini-ITX case with a motherboard and a PSU? Reply
meacupla - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI'd hazard a guess with: mobo $150, psu $80~100, case $80~100
yeah, I guess it's a bit pricey. Reply
Joel Kleppinger - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkWe all missed the "and Haswell CPU" part. Of course, then it's a matter of which CPU.
And I think your estimated prices are on the high side. I'd guess the Mobo is more around $100 and PSU around $50, which leaves $250 for the CPU. Reply
kkwst2 - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkThe write up seemed to indicate that no CPU is included in the barebones system. Reply
Death666Angel - Monday, June 10, 2013 - link"Inside is an ASRock mini-ITX 8-series motherboard and Haswell CPU. ASRock will sell the chassis as a barebones PC including motherboard and PSU."
This seems rather ambiguous. It seems to indicate that ASRock will sell the chassis with a motherboard and PSU. But the sentence before it states that the case has a motherboard and a CPU inside. However, that might just refer to the one on display, not one being sold. Reply
Joel Kleppinger - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkYou're right. It's ambiguous. But if it doesn't include the CPU, then it vs. a complete $600 Apple Mac Mini Haswell is an absurd idea for all but the wildest enthusiasts. That Mac Mini will have at least 4GB RAM and 500GB HD and OS all for only $100 more. Asrock can't compete that way. Reply
Joel Kleppinger - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkAnd to clarify, for most enthusiasts that are gaming and small focus, a small MicroATX or even Shuttle ITX will be a far better deal without an included CPU. For reference, you can easily buy Ivy Bridge Shuttle ITX barebones w/ case, PSU, and motherboard for <$150-250. Reply
mcbowler - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkIt's not ambiguous. There is one on display with a Haswell . ASRock will be happy to overcharge for a barebone case, motherboard, and psu combo. I will be happy to overpay if the PSU will power a titan. Reply
MattKatz - Thursday, October 09, 2014 - linkI fully agree. /Matt from http://www.consumertop.com/best-desktop-guide/ Reply
meacupla - Tuesday, June 11, 2013 - linkWell, I estimated my prices from equivelant parts, like so:
asrock Z87E-ITX: $175
Silverstone ST45SF: $80
Fractal Node 304: $80 (BMW tax: $20) Reply
Flunk - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkIt's pricey because it's a limited run item. They're not going to be selling thousands of these. It's also high end and they have little competition. $499 of motherboard, PSU and case at this form factor isn't too bad.
This thing is really begging to be water cooled. Reply
rhx123 - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkShame it's kinda gaudy because I've been looking for a tiny mini itx chassis for a while.
EVGA Mini-Box is looking most hopeful so far. Reply
Kevin G - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkThe case itself reminds me of Apple's old G4 towers, just smaller. More industrialized with the bits of metal instead of plastics.
Internally it seems a bit odd. The AC cable seems to run around a lot judging by the pictures. The PSU could have been made larger. I've been under the impression that PSU's for mini-ITX systems can be a bit proprietary depending on the case so why not make this one fit a bit better? Reply
Death666Angel - Monday, June 10, 2013 - link"Apple's old G4 towers" -> All the pics Google's picture search shows me are nothing like this thing. They are all covered fully with no mesh anywhere, the curves at the corners are exactly opposite etc.
I also don't think the AC cable looks funny.
And of course you can make PSUs are proprietary as you want, this might be proprietary for all we know, but it might also just use a standard TFX/SFX PSU. Which should be the first priority, in order to cut down on cost. Reply
Computer Bottleneck - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI've read elsewhere that is a 450 watt SFX PSU. Reply
DanNeely - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI didn't see any pictures showing how the AC cable was routed around the GPU, but placing it somewhere other than along the back panel and routing an internal AC cable itself isn't unheard of in SFF designs.
If I was going to comment on any part of the cabling shown it would be that despite the PSU being placed right next to the edge of the mobo where the 24pin connector is located it still appears to have a full length 24pin cable. The layout seems ideal for a short (4-6") cable; and an optional extension if you need to install a board with a weird layout. It also made me wonder if the other power cables are equally oversized for the form factor but just routed to hide where they're bunched up. Reply
tviceman - Monday, June 10, 2013 - linkI hope this trend continues and major case manufacturers like silverstone, Antec, coolermaster, etc. start making cases this small. This case in particular sounds pretty awesome and if I were in the market to upgrade I'd have no qualms paying the premium to get a case just like this.
The only real downside is that Nvidia cards are best suited for this kind of case because their blower coolers are vastly superior to AMD when it comes to noise while under high load. Reply
littlebitstrouds - Monday, June 17, 2013 - linkCan you guys seriously take your pictures in RAW. Boost shadows and blacks and crush whites so we can actually see something here. There's 0 excuse for these quality of pictures when my RX100 pocket camera can take pictures more usable then this. Reply
hat1324 - Friday, August 09, 2013 - linkI think Ill wait for Azzatek's new MITX offering coming out soon. Reply

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Out of left field, Canadians suddenly have good reason to get out the popcorn and settle in to watch the polls close on Monday. A week, even two, into this election campaign, no one was predicting the rise in the NDP support.
Now, even the Tories are sweating it as opinion polls start to show their numbers eroding against Jack Layton's surprise surge.
What initially looked like a potential majority for Stephen Harper has begun to look like another minority. Having dissolved Parliament with 143 seats -- not so short of the 155 required for majority -- the Tories may come back weaker, not stronger, for their trouble.
Quebecers may have led the country's social democratic turn, but there had to be a latent layer of country-wide support for a swell to have rapidly put New Democrats within reach of official Opposition status. Tired of the same ol' bi-partisan jousting in Parliament, many Canadians looked for an alternative and a weakening Liberal party painted the NDP as an obvious safe haven.
Manitobans have seen something like it before. The parallels are not perfect, but this bears some resemblance to the 1988 provincial election.
Sharon Carstairs, no stranger to Manitobans as Liberal leader here and the party's lonely MLA, took the province by storm and kept Gary Filmon's hopeful Progressive Conservatives -- the PCs went into the campaign with a daunting 50 per cent support in opinion polls -- to minority status.
From one seat, Carstairs launched her party, composed of some painfully obvious political neophytes, into official Opposition status. The Liberals won 20 seats to the Tories' 25. It was a remarkable return from the political wilderness.
The political lore has it that if the 1988 campaign had lasted one more week, Manitoba -- polarized between the Tories and NDP for decades -- would have been looking at its first Liberal government since 1958.
What swept Manitoba was a certain measure of tedium with both main parties and a viable alternative in the Liberals, almost entirely built upon the personality of a woman who spoke of being fiscally conservative, socially progressive and at odds with the partisan bickering in the legislature.
The Liberals capitalized in Winnipeg, taking seats from both the NDP and Conservatives, but the results showed respectable polling in many rural seats, as well.
The major factor was that support for the governing NDP plummeted: Dogged by controversy, the Pawley government saw its popularity drop through the floor. Much of its core vote stayed home in 1988, and centre-left swing voters went to the Liberals. But the Tories didn't see the train coming and drew a bead on Carstairs too late in the game. Some soft Tory votes bled to Carstairs.
The Harper Tories have been concentrating their game in Ontario, hoping to pick up a handful of seats to help get over the 12-seat hump that denied them a majority in 2008. The strategy may sacrifice a whole lot of seats in Quebec, where they held 11 ridings at dissolution.
Now, the NDP is starting to rise in Ontario, too.
It looks all good to Layton, who has started to speak of himself in prime ministerial terms.
It remains to be seen how serious Canada is with this new-found affinity for the NDP. One pollster this week projected the party would win as many as 92 seats -- 57 more than it had before the election was called and more than double its record 43 to date.
Quite the feather in Jack's cap.
Here's a thought for the pollsters, pundits and voters: What would have happened had this election campaign gone on one more week?
And here's one for Jack Layton: Sharon Carstairs saw her party punted from official Opposition in Manitoba two years later. By 1993, the party was cut down to a mere three seats in the legislature. Voters retreated to their comfortable patterns when the NDP, under a charismatic guy, got its groove back.
I think what Canada needs now is less minority government and more stability, but I am intrigued by the will of the people, the beauty and the beast of democracy.
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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: I'm 24 and a pretty hot-blooded woman. I went to a bar alone during my Christmas mini-holiday and met a guy there. My boyfriend -- my childhood sweetheart -- was out of town for the holidays at his parents' in Toronto and I was lonely. The bar guy invited me to dinner, and the next day we saw a movie together. Now, this is the bad part -- last night we snuck out for drinks again even though my boyfriend is home now. I can't seem to leave the new guy alone. We've never consummated the sexual thing, but each time we necked for hours in his car. I really want him in the worst way. My boyfriend is a good enough lover, but I am so used to his moves. He is totally predictable. Does this mean I should break up with my boyfriend, or should I just go to bed with this guy, get it over with and find out he's no good in the sack then go back to my boyfriend and maybe marry him one day? -- Undecided "Cheater," St. Vital
Dear Undecided: You need to break up with your long-term boyfriend because this sneaky little affair is not fair to him. How would you feel if he were sneaking off to see another woman and necking for hours with her? If you 100 per cent wanted to marry your boyfriend, you would have gone to a movie with a girlfriend instead of off to a bar, whose lone-wolf inhabitants are generally male. Tell your boyfriend you're unsure of your feelings about permanency with him and need to be single again for a time, as you haven't dated anyone else since you met him years ago. He will probably tell you the door is closed for good once you go, but that is a chance you have to take.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: This is in response to Almost at the End, St. Vital, whose girlfriend has a large and growing number of pets. There are warning signs of animal hoarding here. The want or need to keep "an insane zoo family" is not psychologically healthy. My family has three dogs and two cats and it takes a ton of daily work and dedication for three adults to clean, train, exercise and provide daily care and socialization for all of them, as well as keep a clean home. Potential problems? Financial resources for proper food and vet bills, juggling vacation plans and weekend getaways can be taxing on a dedicated family. This guy is being sexually manipulated into her hoarding needs. It will be the animals that suffer, perhaps not physically, but emotionally and socially. It is not possible for two people to take proper care of such a myriad of species. -- Tell Her To Get Help! Winnipeg
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ATHENS, Texas–Largemouth bass weighing 13 pounds or more are so rare only 385 have been entered into the Budweiser ShareLunker program over the past 19 years.
As rare as it is for an angler to land such a fish, it's even more unusual for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries biologists to collect one during annual electrofishing surveys.
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While largemouths 13 pounds or larger are very rare, Lake Alan Henry has established a reputation as one of the best lakes in Texas to catch a trophy bass. During the Budweiser ShareLunker season that ended this past April, Lake Alan Henry produced 9 ShareLunkers, the most of any lake in the state.
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"What little life there is in the world is draining out this hole in my body. The world can burn, the planes can burn, just give me life! I will destroy this life so badly, break it, smash it, and stain it in blood and feces, so you cannot live it either! Let all creation burn for I cannot die!"
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Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?
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Then let me continue..Fisher is one badass motherfucker.
Guard: [after being taken captive by Sam on the roof of the Displace office] Hey who are you?
Sam Fisher: Pretend I'm Harry Tuttle
Guard: Who?
Sam Fisher: I'm an ill-tempered, heavily-armed heating engineer asking about your ventilation system.
Guard: I guess, I guess it's not working properly since the blackout
Sam Fisher: So it shouldn't take much to shut down that big fan if i wanted to.
Guard: I, I don't know why would you want to do that?
Sam Fisher: The adventure, the travel.
Guard: ...Okay
Irving Lambert: [Sam reaches a crash site] Fisher, that plane is way too damaged for you to retrieve that information, but we can't let it fall into North Korean hands. NKA recovery teams are already inbound. Call an air strike on the area.
Sam Fisher: And leave those pilots to die?
Irving Lambert: You have your orders. Call the air strike. That building will be a perfect vantage point.
[Sam picks one up]
Irving Lambert: Fisher, I told you to leave them and call the air strike!
Sam Fisher: Yeah, well, you gave me my orders, and I'll follow them, once I get the pilots out.
Irving Lambert: If you compromise the mission...
[Sam saves one]
Irving Lambert: Great. Now you can call that air strike.
[Sam picks up the other]
Irving Lambert: What are you doing?
Sam Fisher: No point saving one and not the other.
Irving Lambert: Fisher, you don't even exist. You won't get any medals for this.
Sam Fisher: Medals won't help me sleep at night.
Irving Lambert: Now you've saved both of them. Can you call that air strike now?
Sam Fisher: Talk, but talk quietly.
Guard: I'll tell you anything. I'm the biggest coward you've ever met.
Sam Fisher: That's quite a claim.
Guard: I've already wet myself.
Sam Fisher: Well, then you've made the top ten. Where's Zherkezhi?
Guard: Somewhere at the far end. In the tea house maybe.
Sam Fisher: All right, I think it's time for you to take a nap now.
Guard: I'm such a coward. You should kill me anyway, I dont deserve to live.
Sam Fisher: You are pretty spineless, actually.
Guard: I'm so ashamed.
Guard: J-Jesus! Who are you?
Sam Fisher: I'm the monster in the closet.
Sam Fisher: Sssh, I'm not going to hurt you.
Guard: Wh-who are you? Wait a minute... i-is this a training exercise?
Sam Fisher: Ohh damn...
[pretends to communicate to his superiors, 'receives' orders through earpiece]
Sam Fisher: Support, this guy knows its an exercise. Who let the cat out of the bag?
Guard: Huh! I knew it!
Sam Fisher: [to 'Support'] Roger that. Yeah. Ok...
Sam Fisher: [to guard] Gimme a hand here pal. Just play along. Name, rank and number?
Guard: Corporal Stan Donnelly 24-28-9-9-6.
Sam Fisher: And your not going to tell me anything else?
Guard: No sir!
Sam Fisher: Good boy.
Sam Fisher: [to 'Support'] All right, want me to move onto the next one? Yeah. Roger. Huh, ok I'll ask...
Sam Fisher: [to guard] Command wants to know how many are on the roof.
Guard: Two men on the roof, sir. Two more inbound in a chopper.
Sam Fisher: Thanks. Dismissed.
Sam Fisher: What are you doing here?
South Korean Soldier: Wait you are American, I am South Korean. We're allies!
Sam Fisher: I can see that from the uniform, what are you doing here?
South Korean Soldier: I am the advance scout for my unit, they're not far behind.
Sam Fisher: How many?
South Korean Soldier: Four more. Allies, allies! We're badly reduced, can you help us?
Sam Fisher: I'm afraid i'm a little busy.
South Korean Soldier: Who are you?
Sam Fisher: I'm the guy you never saw.
South Korean Soldier: If you don't let me tell my unit, they won't know you're on our side! Please we're allies!
Sam Fisher: [Sam has grabbed a bathhouse patron from behind] What are you doing here?
Bathhouse Patron: Wha-? What are YOU... doing here?
Sam Fisher: Are you stupid? I have a knife to your throat.
Bathhouse Patron: My skin is IMPENETRABLE! I am FEARLESS! I am... RED NISHIN!
Sam Fisher: You're a member of Red Nishin?
Bathhouse Patron: No one here... would DARE harm me! They would see EVERYONE they'd ever known slowly TORTURED to DEATH, before they meet the same fate!
Sam Fisher: Okay, fine. Just tell me one thing: What does "Red Nishin" mean?
Bathhouse Patron: A Nishin! It is a kind of fish! A small, silvery fish! Very tasty when pickled!
Sam Fisher: You mean a herring?
Bathhouse Patron: Yes... YES! That's it! That's the word! RED HERRING!
Sam Fisher: [after grabbing a patrolling guard] This is private property.
Bank Guard: What are you talking about? I've been working here for two years!
Sam Fisher: Well, prove it...
Bank Guard: Okay... Well, the code to that door is... hey, wait, you're trying to trick me!
Sam Fisher: Ok, you got me, I surrender. Oh, wait, how about you tell me the code anyway and I won't be forced to hurt you?
Bank Guard: Okay, the code is...
[He gives the code]
Mercenary 1: Find any bugs?
Mercenary 2: Yeah! They're everywhere. Can't get rid them. It's like a damn insectarium here.
Mercenary 1: I mean microphones, stupid.
Mercenary 2: Oh, well... I looked a bit, but I didn't find any.
Mercenary 1: 'A bit'? What the hell does that mean? Where did you look?
Mercenary 2: Uh, like... on the table and stuff!
Mercenary 1: [annoyed] You looked on the table... for microphones.
Mercenary 2: Yeah?
Mercenary 1: [sarcastic] Gee, did you find any?
Mercenary 2: Uh... no.
Mercenary 1: [sighing] Never mind, I'll look for them myself...
Deep Announcer Voice: The Council thought that Blasto, the first Hanar Spectre, would play by the rules...
Blasto: This one has forgotten whether its heat sink is over capacity. It wonders whether the criminal scum considers itself fortunate.
Deep Announcer Voice: They were wrong.
Blasto: This one doesn't have time for your solid waste excretions!
Deep Announcer Voice: He's got a lover in every port and a gun in every tentacle!
Blasto: Enkindle this!
Deep Announcer Voice: Blasto: The Jellyfish Stings. Available for extranet purchase this fall from Illium Entertainment.
I... I do not remember your love, Ellesime. I've tried. I've tried to recreate it, to spark it anew in my memory but it is gone, a hollow, dead thing. Fore years I clung to the memory of it; then the memory of the memory and then nothing, the Seldarine took that from me too. I look upon you and feel... nothing. I remember nothing but you turning your back on me along with all the others. Once my thirst for power was everything... and now I hunger only for revenge. And I. Will! Have it!
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Anytime I see "I'm selling these fine leather jackets" in a game, it just makes me smile."What were we talking about? Pegasuses, pegasii, that's horses with wings. This motherf*cker got a sword that talks to him. Motherf*cker live in places that don't exist, it comes with a map. My God."
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"To promote niceness. To make the world prettier. To share candy with everyone. To obfuscate the true nature of the Milkman. To protect the Milkman at all costs. To eliminate all who threaten to reveal his secret objective."
Hell, all the G-Men quotes. Everything is delightfully odd about them.
24-01-2013, 10:13 PM #36Virtual Pilot 3D NEVER NOT SCAM!
War. War never changes.
I am Andrew Ryan, and I'm here to ask you a question. Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? 'No!' says the man in Washington, 'It belongs to the poor.' 'No!' says the man in the Vatican, 'It belongs to God.' 'No!' says the man in Moscow, 'It belongs to everyone.' I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture, a city where the artist would not fear the censor, where the scientist would not be bound by petty morality, Where the great would not be constrained by the small! And with the sweat of your brow, Rapture can become your city as well.
A man chooses, a slave obeys.
All your base are belong to us.
You're fat.
The Taken from Alan Wake shout things like:
Omega 3 fatty acids are good for your heart!
Modern camping equipment is lightweight!
There are 65 billion cows and pigs in the world!
It's hilarious, but also turns off many people who expect a serious horror game.
A general needs an army, as he needs those he trusts. And Canderous is a loyal beast, no matter how much he is broken upon Revan's will. But you know this.They will die a death that will last millennia, until all that remains is their code, their history, and in the end, the shell of their armor upon the shell of a man.
If you were to battle an old Sith Lord in a lightsabre duel, you would find that we're only children playing with toys.
Do you wish to feel the teachings born of the Mandalorian Wars, of all wars, of all tragedies that scream across the galaxy? Let me show you, you, who have forever seen the galaxy through the Force. See it through the eyes of the Exile.
It is such a quiet thing to fall... but far more terrible is to admit it.
I would have killed the galaxy to preserve you. I would have let the galaxy die. You are more rare than you know, and what you have taught yourself must not be allowed to die… And it is for that that I love you.
Perhaps you were expecting some surprise, for me to reveal a secret that had eluded you, something that would change your perspective of events, shatter you to your core. There is no great revelation, no great secret. There is only you.
Kr-mother fucking-eiaPeople will kill you over time, and how theyll kill you is with tiny, harmless phrases, like be realistic
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Making your own kraut is easy and cheap, and the process uses ingredients and equipment you can easily source, if you don't already have them on hand: a big bowl, a quart-size Mason jar, vegetables and sea salt. Cabbage is the traditional base for kraut, but you can include any other crunchy vegetables such as carrots, radishes or turnips. You'll use a little more than one tablespoon of salt for every two pounds of vegetables. For this batch we used one small red cabbage, about one pound, three large carrots, again about one pound, slightly more than one tablespoon sea salt, and one teaspoon each yellow mustard seed and fennel seed.
Get Your Shred On
First, quarter and core your cabbage, then slice the cabbage crosswise as thinly as possible. A mandoline or food processor with a slicing attachment can make this go faster.
That's Just Grate
Grate your carrots, or whatever crispy veggie you prefer. The box grater works fine, but, again, a food processor can speed up this process.
Put It Together
Combine the cabbage and carrots in a large bowl with the salt and spices. Feel free to get creative with the spices, but don't vary the proportions of vegetable to salt.
Get Your Hands Dirty
Toss all the ingredients in the bowl, using your hands not just to mix, but to gently crush the shredded vegetables. Do this until they start to release liquid, about five minutes.
Pack It In
Pack the mixture into a clean quart-size Mason jar. A canning funnel makes this a little easier, but it is not strictly necessary. As you approach the top of the jar, use your hand or a wooden spoon to press down the mixture; juices will exude and rise.
Fresh Squeezed
You should have just enough to completely fill a quart jar, very tightly packed. Press down hard and allow as much liquid to rise as possible.
Weighty Matters
Add a small weight on top, such as a smaller Mason jar filled with water, to ensure the kraut stays submerged in its juices.
Fear Not the Foam
Loosely cover the jar with a clean towel or cheesecloth, using a rubber band to close the cloth around the neck of the jar to keep out dust and bugs. Check every day to make sure the kraut stays submerged; if it does not, press down to release more juices, and, if necessary, add a little water. After one day you should see bubbles forming; after two days you may see foam, scum or even some mold, which can simply be skimmed away.
Take a Taste
Three days into the fermentation process, have a taste. It should be lightly sour, fragrant yet not stinky. With each passing day, the kraut will get more sour and pungent; it will also begin to break down the cell structure of the vegetables, making it softer. When the sauerkraut is to your liking, seal the jar and store it in the refrigerator for up to several weeks. Enjoy the sauerkraut in salads, sandwiches or as a side dish.
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PALATKA, Fla. - The family of a missing St. Augustine woman is desperate to find her body, nearly two years since she was last seen leaving work.
Last week, investigators acted on a tip and searched a wooded area near Beech Street in Palatka for the remains of Rebecca Ware.
They didn't find any evidence Ware was there.
The 34-year-old was last scene leaving her work at Hydro Aluminum North America in St. Augustine Shores on Oct. 29, 2010. Her car was found in a Publix parking lot in St. Augustine.
In August, Ware's boyfriend, 42-year-old Timothy Johnson (pictured right), was charged with second-degree murder in her death, despite no body being recovered.
Theresa Nolan, Ware's aunt, spoke Tuesday about another heartbreaking search that yielded no results.
"It is devastating, but also just for them to be out there and still looking still gives us a lot of hope," Nolan said.
Three searches with no success means three painful letdowns for Ware's family.
"I want to know where she is. I really want to know where she is," Nolan said. "I honestly didn't think we'd be at the two-year mark. I thought everything would be wrapped up within a year, but it happens, and we're going to celebrate her life next weekend. We're going to have a celebration of her life."
Nolan said she's very pleased with the work the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office has done.
"They're very supportive. They've been great as far as supporting the Sheriff's Office and the efforts we've tried to put forward in this case," Detective Eugene Tolbert said of Ware's family. "They're very appreciative of us continuing to try and find Rebecca for them. Obviously, we've already made an arrest in this case, but finding her body would just bring this case home."
Investigators at this point are continuing to search for leads.
They say they will not search that area in Putnam County again until they're given a credible reason to.
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The woman accused of setting alight burn victim Dana Vulin had changed her hair colour and booked a one-way flight to Macedonia the day she was due to be questioned by police, a court has heard.
Perth Magistrate Robert Young rejected a bail application for Natalie Dimitrovska, 28, on Wednesday because he believed she was too high a flight risk, he said.
Ms Dimitrovska was arrested at the Perth International Airport on February 24, 20 minutes before she was due to board a one-way flight to Macedonia on a ticket purchased hours earlier, the court heard.
The same day she was charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm and has been held in custody on remand for nine months.
Her lawyer David Manera argued on the day of her arrest Ms Dimitrovska was flying to Macedonia to accompany her sick father back to Perth.
He said her flight back to Perth was booked by her father in Macedonia because it was cheaper to book from overseas.
Prosecutors argued the second flight was booked and cancelled after Ms Dimitrovska had been arrested, as a means of "explaining away" the one way flight once she was in custody.
Magistrate Young found there was no urgent need for Ms Dimistrovska to have flown to Macedonia, adding that the booking of the second flight was "too good to be true".
He said Ms Dimitrovska now had "further motivation to flee" after learning the state had "at least a case of some substance" against her.
"The accused has ties in Macedonia and a legal right to reside in that country," Magistrate Young said.
Speaking outside court Ms Vulin's sister Svetlana Velickovski said her sister was in a "living hell" requiring constant care.
"Dana is living hell on earth right now," she said.
"Her actual burns is nothing to do with the recovery.
"She's still getting dressed daily by a nurse for her wounds that refuse to heal nearly nine months later.
"She's got four major operations next week - she still can't move her arms, she can't dress herself, she can't shower herself.
"I'd love to sit here and say she's doing better but she's not."
Ms Dimitrovska is next expected to appear in court on December 7, with a potential trial not expected until next year.


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When you try to load a password-protected WSDL using the WebService service in LiveCycle ES2 (18.104.22.168), the following exception occurs:
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This is a bug in LC ES2. Update to LiveCycle ES2 SP1 or later. Contact Enterprise Support if you require a patch for LiveCycle ES2 (22.214.171.124).
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By Tom Fexas
Rocks on the Cover, Venus de Milo Inside
Did you ever wonder why boat magazines with some really, really interesting stuff inside feature a boat on the cover about as interesting as a stone? Hidden inside the magazine might be an article about a boat so beautiful that she'll bring tears to your eyes. She could be built of special lightweight composite material--the origin of which emanated from UFOs. The powerplant could be a brand-new ionization reverse-magnetism water-particle tractor drive heretofore unseen anywhere in the world. Yet, on the cover there is a nondescript boat that looks like a beach ball with windows. Just what is going on here?
The answer, my friends, sometimes is as simple as ABC--advertising, bucks, and coercion. Big boat manufacturers drop big bundles on ads and sometimes expect editorial pages and covers in return. That is the perception anyway. Of course, this is not right and casts a dark shadow across rosey boat reviews that appear in the magazines. While I am sure this practice may occur to some extent in some publications, I always have found the magazines to be eager to jump on a story about a new and different boat from a company that has no bucks for advertising. Produce an innovative, interesting product, and they will come.
I speak from experience. When we introduced the prototype Midnight Lace in 1978, nobody knew who the hell Fexas or Midnight Lace was. The Midnight Lace was conceived and designed by me and funded by a gentleman from Ohio, new to the boat business. In 1978 I was lucky to have a few TV dinners in the icebox, and my benefactor was tapped out as a result of a project that ran overbudget. We had nothing to offer except an interesting boat. And yet (we are big enough to mention the competition here) Yachting ran a ten-page thesis on the design written by yours truly. Boating did a boat test, and Motor Boating & Sailing ran a comprehensive article. These were the "big three" boating magazines; PMY did not yet exist.
No-Win Situation
Advertisers have been known to pull their advertising because they are not happy about the way a magazine wrote about their products. But sometimes magazines just can't win. Years ago a magazine ran a cover shot of a large motoryacht and a feature article inside. Let's face it, a cover story is a home run for the manufacturer and should make everybody happy. Except in this case. The problem was the cover shot had been taken just off the bow with the boat at rest. The damned sheer looked like it was faired by a stumblebum wino with the DTs on Quaaludes who forgot his corrective lenses. It looked like a roller coaster from bow to stern, and the angle at which the picture was taken greatly magnified the effect. The boatbuilder got so upset that he pulled his advertising for a long time. Reality check: The builder was upset because the magazine chose to run a picture of the boat the way he built it. The builder should have been upset because his boat sucked.
This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Hey, this is my first post
I am fairly experienced with python. Been using it for a few months as a computer science student.
I am working on a text-based horror survival game. I didn't post this in the games development section because the problem and it's solution are not hugely related to the game itself, more it's system.
I worked out a system were the game loads a txt. and reads it to find out were the user was when they left off. (Putting it fairly simply, I have a save/load feature)
Anyways, the txt. contains just a single line, containing a number. I have got the load section working, but I still need to get the save working. How can I replace the first line on the txt. file? Or maybe just replace the whole thing, as it is just one line.
Thanks for the help I didn't post any code as it seems simple enough. I just need to know a command.


text: Private First Class Koshko was a member of Company H, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division. On July 30, 1952, he suffocated when his bunker collapsed on him. Private First Class Koshko was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Department of Corrections is paying $2.5 million to help care for a severely brain-damaged child born to a state prisoner who claimed she didn't get proper medical and prenatal care.
The prison system didn't admit any wrongdoing in the settling the lawsuit filed by Marcquietta Nored of Cincinnati. She was serving a sentence for forgery when she gave birth to daughter Julia in July 2006 at the Ohio State University hospital.
The girl was born with severe brain damage and quadriplegic cerebral palsy. She can neither speak nor use her legs and arms.
The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1enDFkv ) reports the suit claimed Nored wasn't treated for her high blood pressure and did not receive any obstetrical care in the 11 weeks before the birth.
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Pilot Clinical Trial of Computer-based Motivational Intervention - 1
This study has been completed.
Wayne State University
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Steven J. Ondersma, Wayne State University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 29, 2005
Last updated: June 10, 2013
Last verified: June 2013
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Pilot trial of computer-based motivational intervention. Hypothesis: The brief computer-delivered intervention would result in higher motivation to change at follow-up.
|Substance-Related Disorders
|Behavioral: Brief computer-delivered intervention
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Pilot Clinical Trial of Computer-based Motivational Intervention
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Opioid Abuse and AddictionU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Steven J. Ondersma, Wayne State University:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Motivation to Change Substance Use [ Time Frame: One month ]An eight-item measure tapping motivation to change, self-efficacy, and change intention was assessed using visual analog scales. The average of the eight items was calculated resulting in a score ranging from 1 to 100. The measure was asked at baseline (reported in baseline data) and the one month follow-up. Scores here represent average level of motivation for change at the time of follow-up. Higher scores represent higher levels of motivation to change, self-efficacy and intention to change.
|Study Start Date:
|October 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2005
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2005 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Brief computer-delivered intervention
A 20-minute interaction with software designed to partially replicate the experience of a brief motivational intervention with a therapist or health care professional. Included decisional balance, normed feedback, and optional goal-setting.
Behavioral: Brief computer-delivered intervention
20-minute interaction with voice-enabled software that could provide reflections, images, text, etc.
No Intervention: Assessment only
Participants in this arm only completed assessment section, same as intervention group, but then was done.
Detailed Description:
Participants were randomized into brief intervention vs. assessment-only conditions, with follow-up to measure overall motivation to change.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Woman in immediate post-partum period
Inclusion Criteria:
Self-report of drug use prior to pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria:
Frank psychosis or other cognitive impairment; inability to communicate in English; fatigue; recent receipt of narcotic pain medication; grieving over medically compromised infant
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00230022
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00230022
|United States, Michigan
|Wayne State University
|Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48207
Sponsors and Collaborators
Wayne State University
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven J Ondersma, Ph.D.
More Information
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Steven J. Ondersma, Associate Professor, Wayne State University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00230022 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R21DA014621 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|September 29, 2005
|Results First Received:
|October 12, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 10, 2013
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2017


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Apple iTunes Turns 10
NEW YORK: When Apple launched its iTunes music store a decade ago amid the ashes of Napster, the music industry - reeling from the effects of online piracy - was anxious to see how the new music service would shake out.
"The sky was falling, and iTunes provided a place where we were going to monetize music and in theory stem the tide of piracy. So, it was certainly a solution for the time," said Michael McDonald, who co-founded ATO Records with Dave Matthews and whose Mick Management roster includes John Mayer and Ray LaMontagne.
The iTunes music store became much more than a solution; it changed how we consume music and access entertainment. It's not only music's biggest retailer, it also dominates the digital video market, capturing 67 percent of the TV show sale market and 65 percent of the movie sale market, according to information company NPD group. Its apps are the most profitable, it has expanded to books and magazines, and it is now available in 119 countries. This week, iTunes posted a record $2.4 billion in revenue in first-quarter earnings.
"They revolutionized the retail landscape by making a truly interactive and very user-friendly space and platform, and they managed to do it by keeping a great music experience attached to what was very difficult technology," said Scott Borchetta, head of Big Machine Records, home to Taylor Swift, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts. "They made it very easy to buy music digitally, and that's why I think they've run so quickly in the lead for that space and continue to dominate the space."
But as iTunes celebrates its 10-year mark Sunday, it faces renewed scrutiny on how it will continue to dominate in the next decade - or whether it can. With competition from subscription services like Spotify and other services like Amazon.com, Netflix, Hulu and others, iTunes will likely need to reinvent itself to remain at the top of the digital entertainment perch.
Apple Inc's Eddy Cue, senior vice president of Internet software and services, refused to comment on reports that the company will launch a radio service or some other service to compete with Spotify.
"We've been able to add and expand and do a lot of things to make the product even that much better," said Cue, who was integral to the creation of iTunes. "Why it's going to be great for the next 10 years is because people still want access and want more of what's available today."
At first only available to Mac users, iTunes debuted two years after Apple's groundbreaking iPod. With a catalog of 200,000 songs - compared with tens and tens of millions of songs available today - iTunes entered an industry being upended by illegal downloading yet still skeptical of the new music store.
There were more than grumbles when Apple co-founder Steve Jobs set parameters making all songs available at a cap of 99 cents (today, songs can cost up to $1.29) and giving listeners more control of what they could do with music collection in terms of portability and ownership.
"In the case of the labels, we felt and we were able to convince them that we had a business proposition that would be better for them in the long term, and gave them an opportunity to compete with piracy," Cue recalled.
"So our message to them was the only way to beat piracy wasn't lawsuits or TV ads or anything, but to actually offer what was available through piracy and people would actually pay for it if you did that. So we had to get them to all agree. As part of that, you had to get them to agree to all of the same rights."
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In a bush the police found a sack of stolen diamonds and had two prime suspects. After two days they called both of them in and immediately arrested the guilty one. How did they know?
AnswerThe bush was poison ivy and after two days the rash would have appeared.
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text: Associate Professor of Biology On Faculty since 2013 Phone: (630)752-5724 Fax: (630)752-7278 Email: email@example.com Education Postdoctoral Fellowship, Northwestern University, Microbiology-Immunology Postdoctoral Fellowship, Weill Cornell Medical College, Microbiology and Immunology Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Washington, 2004 B.A., Biology (High Honors), Swarthmore College, 1997 About Jovanka Koo My scientific interests focus on the regulation of gene expression in bacteria, and specifically on regulation at the post-transcriptional level. In recent years the discovery of short, non-coding regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) in both bacteria and eukaryotes, the majority of which act post-transcriptionally by base-pairing with target mRNAs, has received a great deal of attention. These sRNAs can modulate multiple regulatory circuits important for all aspects of bacterial physiology, including the regulation of virulence in pathogens. Many important questions regarding sRNA contribution to the bacterial lifestyle remain, and they pertain to the mechanism of sRNA action, the timing and duration of their function, and the implications of their evolution. I am interested in understanding the regulation of the sRNA regulators themselves. My personal interests include traveling with my husband, running, serving at my church, spending time with family and friends, and baking. Courses Taught BIOL 362 Cell and Developmental Biology BIOL 364 Microbiology and Immunology BIOL 370 Introduction to Bioinformatics Membership in Professional Societies American Society for Microbiology Research I use a model bacterium, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a close relative of the plague-causing Yersinia pestis, to understand the molecular mechanism of how small non-coding RNAs (sRNAs) turn genes "on" and "off." One of the specific goals in my research is to identify genetic factors that control the expression and stability of previously identified sRNAs and their targets. Publications Schiano CA, Koo JT, Schipma MJ, Caulfield AJ, Jafari N, Lathem WW. (2014) Genome-wide analysis of small RNAs expressed by Yersinia pestis identifies a regulator of the Yop-Ysc type III secretion system. J Bacteriol. May;196(9):1659-70. Lathem WW, Schroeder JA, Bellows LE, Ritzert JT, Koo JT, Price PA, Caulfield AJ, Goldman WE. (2014) Posttranscriptional regulation of the Yersinia pestis cyclic AMP receptor protein Crp and impact on virulence. MBio. Feb 11;5(1):e01038-13. Koo JT and Lathem WW. (2012) Global Discovery of Small Non-Coding RNAs in Pathogenic Yersinia Species. Adv Exp Med Biol. 954:305-14 Wu K, Koo J, Jiang X, Chen R, Cohen SN, Nathan C. (2012) Improved control of tuberculosis and activation of macrophages in mice lacking protein kinase R. PLoS One. 7(2):e30512. Epub 2012 Feb 16. Koo JT, Alleyne TM, Schiano CA, Jafari N, Lathem WW. (2011) Global discovery of small RNAs in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis identifies Yersinia-specific small, noncoding RNAs required for virulence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. Sep 13;108(37):E709-17. Epub 2011 Aug 29. Seimon TA, Kim MJ, Blumenthal A, Koo J, Ehrt S, Wainwright H, Bekker LG, Kaplan G, Nathan C, Tabas I, Russell DG. (2010) Induction of ER stress in macrophages of tuberculosis granulomas. PLoS One. Sep 15; 5(9):e12772. Koo JT, Choe J, Moseley SL. (2004) HrpA, a DEAH-box RNA helicase, is involved in processing of mRNA in a fimbrial operon in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 52(6): 1813-26. Loomis WP, Koo JT, Cheung TP, Moseley SL. (2000) A tripeptide sequence within the nascent DaaP protein is required for mRNA processing of a fimbrial operon in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 39: 693-707 Milosavljevic A, Savkovic S, Crkvenjakov R, Salbego D, Serrato H, Kreuzer H, Gemmel A, Batus S, Grujuic D, Carnahan S, Paunesku T, Tepavcevic J. (1996) DNA Sequence Recognition by Hybridization to Short Oligomers: Experimental Verification of the Method on the E coli Genome. Genomics 37: 77-86


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In response, the Republic school board has banned Slaughterhouse-Five and Twenty Boy Summer, removing them from both its classrooms and school libraries. Scroggins is disappointed that they didn't ban another book, Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak.
Scroggins's research specializes in international business and entrepreneurship (he teaches dull intro to management classes, apparently without much flair), and given those specialties, you'd think that he'd realize that, in most of the world, the material in all three of the books he's picked on wouldn't raise an eyebrow. It's also bizarre to see someone who worships entrepreneurship simultaneously embrace a color-inside-the-lines, nothing-objectionable-allowed approach to education: Scroggins apparently wants to raise a generation of local children who never meet a challenging idea or experience an uncomfortable discussion. As an actual entrepreneur (and not just someone who researches entrepreneurship), I'm here to tell you that this is not how you teach people the imagination and creativity necessary to the process.
As for the Republic school board, there is no sufficient shaming for education administrators who lack the courage to stand up for children's intellectual freedom. My only consolation is to remember that school boards that ban books are always and forever remembered as thugs and fools.
Writing on her blog, Ockler was adamant that "not every teen who has sex or experiments with drinking feels remorseful about it. Not every teen who has sex gets pregnant, gets someone pregnant, or contracts an STD. Not every teen who has sex does so while in a serious relationship. Not every teen who has sex outside of a relationship feels guilty, shameful, or regretful later on."Slaughterhouse-Five banned by US school
The "crazy train", she added, "has finally derailed" following the Missouri ban. "Look, I've said it before and I'll say it a million times more. I get that my book isn't appropriate for all teens, and that some parents are opposed to the content. That's fine. Read it and decide for your own family. I wish more parents would do that — get involved in their kids' reading and discuss the issues the books portray. But don't make that decision for everyone else's family by limiting a book's availability and burying the issue under guise of a 'curriculum discussion'."
Scroggins, meanwhile, told the News Leader that while it was "unfortunate [the board] chose to keep the other book [Speak] ... I congratulate them for doing what's right and removing the two books".


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In my view, there are two great things about RRSPs. The first is the reduction in taxable income that results from a contribution. This reduces tax for most people, and allows them to leverage the tax reduction into higher savings capacity.
The other great feature -- maybe the most important -- is the annual cut-off date for contributions provides a deadline for procrastinators to make some decisions about their annual savings targets.
In the absence of such a contribution deadline, many people might still delay such decisions to take money from the spending side of the plan onto the savings side.
The deadline for contributions deductible on your 2012 tax return is 60 days after year-end, or midnight on March 1, 2013. If this deadline is missed, contribution limits carry forward to future years.
The 2012 limit is 18 per cent of 2011 "earned" income, to a maximum of $22,970, plus any unused contribution room carried forward. "Earned" income is the sum of employment, net self-employment, net rental and alimony income.
The tax benefit varies according to your taxable income, which affects your income tax rate. For example, taxable income of $20,000 means tax reduction at a rate of 25.8 per cent of the contribution (and a real incentive to consider a TFSA instead), rising to tax savings of 34.75 per cent for taxable incomes between $42,707 and $67,000. For folks with taxable incomes beyond $132,406, the saving is at a rate of 46.4 per cent.
I mentioned the TFSA, the tax-free savings account, which is a second strategy for tax deferral provided by the government.
Introduced in 2008 (with perfect timing to take advantage of the stock-market bottom), the contribution limit for 2013 has been increased to $5,500. This means the maximum to-date contributions allowed are now $25,500. This will go up to $31,000 in 2014.
The TFSA gives no immediate tax deduction. Instead, it simply provides sheltering of the investment income earned inside the plan. The huge difference between a TFSA and an RRSP is all withdrawals from the TFSA are tax-free but all withdrawals from an RRSP (or RRIF in the future) add to taxable income.
RRSP withdrawals also add to net income, the figure the government uses to calculate a range of income-tested benefits, including OAS, the Guaranteed Income Supplement, GST tax credit and a range of other credits.
So how do you decide?
If you are in the top tax bracket, the RRSP is likely your first choice, with your best strategy to then reinvest your tax saving either to pay off debt or contribute to a TFSA.
In the lowest tax brackets (up to $31,000 taxable), using an RRSP contribution is likely to save you less tax now than withdrawals will cost you down the road in retirement. For you, the better choice is likely the TFSA.
In both cases, the most important decision is to do something. Don't let the options paralyze you.
It could be that paying off debts, making needed repairs to your house or looking after your health are better choices for you.
My hope for you, though, is that you make all these decisions in the context of your overall plan.
We'll have more on RRSP and TFSA investments and decisions in the coming weeks.
Now stay warm this weekend!
David Christianson, BA, CFP, R.F.P., TEP, is a financial planner in Winnipeg and author of Managing the Bull.


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Cognitive Therapy to Improve Word Finding
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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Last updated: March 10, 2009
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Adults who sustain brain damage due to stroke, traumatic injury or surgery may develop difficulty finding words. This study compares the effectiveness of two behavior-based programs to improve picture naming ability in these individuals.
|Anomia Aphasia Traumatic Brain Injury Cerebrovascular Accident
|Procedure: Cueing systems to improve picture naming
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Learning Paradigms in Aphasia Rehabilitation
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MedlinePlus related topics: AphasiaU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Improved picture naming of trained words.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Improved picture naming of untrained words.
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|Study Start Date:
|July 2004
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2009
Difficulty finding words is common in patients with aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere stroke. This study will compare two cognitive therapies for the treatment of acquired word finding difficulties. The therapies use different types of cues. All participants will receive both therapies. Participants in this study will undergo a comprehensive and detailed assessment of language and other cognitive skills. The two treatments will be compared for their efficacy.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Word finding difficulty subsequent to stroke, traumatic brain injury, brain surgery or other brain damage occuring at least 6 month prior to participation
- Ability to attend 2 sessions per week for several months at Georgetown University in Washington, DC
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of learning disabilities
- Best corrected vision less than 20/40
- Corrected hearing within functional limits
- Less than 10 years formal education
- Significant memory or comprehension problems
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00494520
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|Contact: Nora L. Watson, BS
|United States, District of Columbia
|Georgetown University Medical Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20057
|Principal Investigator: Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D.
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
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|Rhonda B. Friedman, Ph.D.
|Georgetown University
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Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
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|June 28, 2007
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Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Traumatic Brain Injury
Cerebrovascular Accident
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Brain Injuries
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Craniocerebral Trauma
Trauma, Nervous System
Wounds and Injuries
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Communication Disorders
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – It was another noteworthy day in the water as the five Saint Leo men's swimmers broke records and posted All-America finishes in the second day of the 2013 NCAA National Championships held at the CrossPlex Natatorium as part of the Division II Festival on Thursday evening.
Pawel Trenda set the tone for the Lions when he finished third in the 400 IM with a school and SSC record time of 3:51.96, getting things off to an unbelievably fast start for Saint Leo on what would be a memorable day.
The Men's 200 Free Relay foursome of Matheus Assis, Gabe Keown, Trenda and Milton Alberto-Requejo touched with a time of 1:20.63, good enough for fifth place, All-America recognition, and a new conference and Saint Leo record swim.
"I am extremely proud of how our men responded to the pressures of this NCAA National Championship," an elated Coach Paul Mangen said. "Yesterday was a gut-check and today they proved they are deserving of their invites."
"The men set a school and conference record in the 200 Free, but dropping time at finals can be tough as the waves in this pool are larger than most championship sites. They were up to the challenge and it was very exciting."
He continued, discussing Trenda's swim in the 400 IM, "Pawel swam a very technical race where he remained patient until the field began to fade and then attacked, setting new school and conference records. I know we had aspirations of a national title in that event, but he did as well as he could within the training so I'm proud of him and very excited for his upcoming events."
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DETROIT - Bitter cold temperatures will continue through the night, and the National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Advisory for the I-69 corridor and points northward.
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TWO adults and their three-year-old grandchild are lucky to be alive after deadly smoke filled their Poole home as they slept early this morning.
Andy and Bud Cherry were looking after their young grandson, Ethan, when an electrical fault with a toaster sparked a fire in the kitchen.
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The Cherry's dog woke Andy up, who then sprang into action when he realised the smoke alarm was sounding.
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I am very new to python (2 days study) although not a novice developer.
I want to create three processes that access the same table in a sqlite database; two will read and write, the other only write.
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President Dana Mohler-Faria and Dr. Lisa Battaglino, dean of the College of Education and Allied Studies, led a contingent of a dozen students to Belize to continue the institution's long-standing commitment to the Central American nation.
"It was a genuine privilege for me to see first-hand the kind of work in improving schools that she and BSU students have been doing there over the past seven years," the president said.
It was Dr. Mohler-Faria's first trip to a place he called, "a stunningly beautiful nation which is making the most vigorous and determined efforts to improve its public schools, and in particular its teacher-training programs."
During his visit, he visited the U.S. embassy to talk with officials about BSU's strong connections to the people and government of Belize. He also signed an exchange agreement with the University of Belize.
BSU's partnership with Belize dates back a quarter century. Dr. Battaglino has made eight separate trips there, and more than 100 students have participated in projects designed to improve local schools. It has been a regular destination for the alternative spring break program since 2007.
The president visited one of the schools that BSU students have worked at over the years. The school is one of the poorest in the country.
"By far, one of the highlights of my visit was the chance to visit St. John's Anglican Primary School where 200 school children greeted me at the gate with songs," he said. "It's a moment I will never forget."
Overall, Dr. Mohler-Faria's first trip to Belize was a success on several fronts. Best of all, he said, was the chance to see the impact BSU is having on the country and its people.
"I am very grateful to Dr. Battaglino and her students for the very important work they do there and I'm grateful I had the chance to witness the effects of their commitment to service and social justice," he said.


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The EMR Is Trying To Serve Too Many Masters
The electronic medical record (EMR) is here to stay. Its adoption was initially slow, but over the past decade those hospitals that do not already have it are making plans for implementing it. On the whole this is a good thing because the EMR has the ability greatly to improve patient care. Physicians, as well as all other caregivers, no longer have to puzzle over too often barely legible handwritten notes or flip through pages and pages of a patient's paper chart to find important things. With the EMR, it is easy to see what medications a patient is taking, when they were started, and when they were stopped. Physicians can easily find key vital signs – temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure – plotted over any time frame they wish. All the past laboratory data are displayed succinctly. But it is not all gravy.
I use the EMR every day, and I am old enough to have trained and practiced when everything was on paper. The EMR is overall a good thing. Yet there is a problem with the EMR: it is trying to serve too many masters. The needs of these various masters are different, and their needs are sometimes incompatible, even hostile to one another. These masters include other caregivers, the agencies paying for the care, and those interested in medico-legal aspects of care. What can happen, and I have seen it many times, is that the needs of the caregivers take a back seat to the needs of the payers and the lawyers. The EMR is supposed to improve patient care, but sometimes it makes it worse. Physician progress notes are an important example of how this can happen.