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Our gift shop boasts a unique selection of green products and international wares that support environmentally sustainable living and conservation. Green living is encouraged at the gift shop through sales of colorful water bottles for hot and cold beverages, paper made of sugar cane or banana leaves or cushy plush toys made of soy bean fibers. Plastic bags are not offered at the gift shop. Instead guests are encouraged to purchase a re-usable bag or bring in one of their own.
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Green Gifts at the Oakland Zoo Gift Shop
Aurora Naturally Organic Cotton Stuffed Animals: An ecologically sound alternative to traditional fibers, these sweet plush toys are made from 100% soy bean fiber. The stuffing is 100% kapok, a sustainable rainforest crop.
Sugar Cane and Banana Paper: Beautiful spiral bound notebooks, both big and small, are made of sugar cane and banana leaf instead of trees. Inspiring messages and drawings add to the good, green feelings.
Water Bottles: The gift shop offers a large variety of colorful water bottles for hot and cold liquids. Buy one and carry it with you on your zoo safari.
Re-usable Shopping Bags: Purchase a fun, re-usable shopping bag at the Oakland Zoo and use it for all your shopping needs. These bags feature earth-friendly and animal-related themes, of course!
Green Books: Be inspired to help the planet by purchasing a book about greening and sustainability.
Socks: Even your feet can be green! Close the recycling loop with these socks made from 100% recycled materials.
Conservation is a primary concern throughout the zoo and the gift shop is no exception. Our buyers strive to find beautiful items that support various conservation projects around the globe, especially those that are our conservation partner projects. From elephant poo paper and beads made of magazines to gorgeous Rwandan bowls that help gorillas, the gift shop is the place to shop for a healthy planet for all.
Conservation Gifts
Across the globe, all humans and animals must find food, shelter and the means to survive. Many people struggle to make a living, and as a result, rely on protected forests for resources. This practice poses a serious threat to fragile habitats and the species that live there. The Oakland Zoo believes there is a better way.
By offering these unique, hand-made items, the zoo enables artisans living near wildlife to secure a livelihood that is environmentally sustainable. Through the support of your purchase, we are empowering people, strengthening communities and, in turn, protecting wildlife. Together, our actions provide hope for a planet that we can all share.
Virunga Artisan Crafts: The Virungas are a unique mountain range located in Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and are home to the incredible and endangered mountain gorilla. Survival of the 700 remaining mountain gorillas greatly depends on the well-being of the people who live in and around these mountains. By purchasing this unique line of quality crafts, we enable local artisans to make a living outside the parks, strengthen their communities and help preserve fragile watershed and gorilla habitat.
The Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper: 100% recycled products made from elephant dung. This saves trees, creates jobs and promotes goodwill towards elephants!
Eco-Ivory: These carved animals, key chains and other gifts are made of tagua nut or "vegetable ivory." In the tropical rainforests of Central and South America, tagua palms grow as high as 30 ft. tall. The dried nut resembles animal ivory, but is grown as a sustainable plant. The purchase of an Eco-Ivory gift protects endangered species like elephants, whales and walruses that are hunted for their ivory.
Eco-Mochillas: Mochillas are traditional bags made in Colombia from plant fiber. Project Tamarin has sponsored a program to re-design them so they can be made from discarded plastic bags. There are no formal means to manage waste in small villages, so most trash is thrown to the roadside or burned. As a result, huge quantities of plastic bags have been found littering the forests and villages of Colombia, where the cotton-top tamarin makes its home. This revolutionary program turns plastic bags that were cluttering the environment and jeopardizing the health of the cotton-tops into something that generates a direct economic benefit to local communities. These sturdy and colorful bags help people, animals, and the environment!
Kibale Beads: These beautiful beads are made from used magazines, rolled up, strung and polished. Purchase of these beads supports a group of sixty women who live close to Kibale National Park in Central West Uganda, in the villages of Kyanyawara and Iruhuura. This talented artisan group is called CAP (Community Action Project). These sixty Women spend their limited free time making beads and other crafts. By purchasing their handcrafts, you will be supporting the CAP women by offering them self-esteem, motivation and the means to support themselves through sustainable actions and the re-use of materials.
Hornbill Pins and Bookmarks: These hand crafted and painted beautiful pins and pen holders are made by the youth of the Young Bird Conservation Club in Thailand. Proceeds go to support the club activities, such as tree plantings and nature conservation camp, creating future stewards of this fragile eco-system.
Inganyana Arts and Crafts: Each unique sculpture is made from recycled wire, some used as snares by African poachers to trap and kill wildlife. Crafted by talented artists from Zimbabwe, these sculptures promote the sustainable use of natural and recycled materials, and educate about wildlife protection. Sales benefit local artisans and the local economy, as well as the highly endangered painted dog, or "Inganyana" in Ndebele language.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now: two different reactions to the Republican plan from two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia Republican Tom Price — he's chairman of the Republican Study Committee — and Democrat Anthony Weiner of New York.
Gentlemen, thank you both for talking with us.
REP. TOM PRICE (R-Ga.):Thanks, Judy.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Congressman Price, let me begin with you.One of the main elements in this proposal is to stop what you call out-of-control government spending.Tell us just what a few of the main programs are that you want to see eliminated, and how much money would that save?
REP. TOM PRICE: Well, this — this work product is really the result of listening to the American people.
And what we have heard all across this land is that people believe that Washington is spending too much money and has been for a long period of time through both Democrat and Republican administrations.
We agree.We believe that we ought to be able to get back to pre-bailout and pre-stimulus levels immediately, and then work on decreasing federal spending beyond that from that point.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And…
REP. TOM PRICE: The important thing that the American people have said is that you can't continue to spend more money than you take in.So what this proposal says is that we will get on a path to balanced budget, which we aren't currently.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And what programs, then, would be ended?
REP. TOM PRICE: Well, that's exactly the process that we go through here in Congress, and hopefully with a president who wants to work productively with a Congress to find those things that are either duplicative, or redundant, or not needed, or ought not be a priority of the federal government.
The fact of the matter is, over the last two fiscal years, we have had — we have been spending $1.4 trillion than we take in.And the American people have said, stop the madness.We have been listening.We hear them.And that's what we put on paper today.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Congressman Weiner, that is what many Americans are saying as we get close to these elections.
REP. ANTHONY WEINER (D-NY):Well, there's no doubt about it.And I think that Congressman Price and I and others around here do want to eliminate waste in government.But if you read through the documents and you look at the book, for example, they put out last month from their leadership, including the leader of the Budget Committee for them, they want to privatize Social Security, do away with Medicare the way we know it.
They have these bursts of honesty.And that, I think, to their credit, was one of them.We have a philosophical difference here.They believe that one of the ways to save money for the government is to let health insurance companies run wild and do whatever they want.
They believe that, frankly, Medicare and Social Security, these are so-called government programs run amuck.But, for a lot of people, they're catch — they're the safety catch that they have in this tough economy.
We're going to fight tooth and nail to stop the privatization of Social Security.And ask them directly, do they support what Cantor, their whip, what Ryan, the head of their Budget Committee, says they're going to do?
There's no doubt about it.Things will be very different if the Republicans take over, but much to the worse for the American people.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Congressman Price, what about — I mean, let's zero in on some of these so-called entitlement programs, like Social Security and Medicare.
REP. TOM PRICE: Sure.
JUDY WOODRUFF: What do Republicans want to do?Because you do hear some of your Republican colleagues talk about moving to a more private system.
REP. TOM PRICE: Well, Judy, as you well know, and as my friend Anthony knows, all of these programs are on a course, a fiscal course, that will not allow them to survive.So they have to be reformed.
And what we believe is that we ought to be working together positively to reform the programs, so that we, in fact, preserve Social Security, preserve Medicare in a way that makes sense for patients, not just for government, but for patients.
As a physician, having practiced for over 20 years, I know that the Medicare system is resulting in some decrease in both quality and access to care for patients right now.And the bill that was passed into law earlier this year will, in fact, further decrease the ability of seniors to gain the kind of access to coverage and care that they desire.
That's not what we believe ought to be done.We believe we ought to save these programs, reform these programs in a positive way that makes sense for people, not for bureaucrats.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And can you give us an example of how they should be reformed?
REP. TOM PRICE: Well, sure.The whole — the whole issue in terms of Medicare is whether or not individuals are going to be able to select the physician that they want for themselves, instead of having the government select them for them.
We put a positive alternative on the table.It wasn't attended to by the other party at all, H.R.-3400, that would get folks covered, that would solve the insurance challenges, that would make sure that clinical decisions, medical decisions are made between patients and families and doctors, and would address the lawsuit abuse issues that weren't attended to at all in the previous bill.
Those are the kind of positive reforms that we ought to be putting in place.And you will notice, Judy, that none of them require putting the government in charge.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Congressman Weiner, would that bring the kind of savings that the Republicans say is their priority?
REP. ANTHONY WEINER: Well, this is the perfect day to ask that question.One of the things in their new contract on America is that they're going to repeal the health care bill.Well, it's funny they say that today.Today is the day that diagnostic services become without co-payments for Americans.They can't be kicked off their health plan for preexisting conditions.
Seniors started, and a million seniors have already gotten help filling the doughnut hole for prescription drugs.And we extended the life of Medicare for 10 years.They say they want to eliminate all of those things.They say it right there today on the day that a lot of these services go into place.
You know, for a lot of Americans, they don't believe their Congress should be standing up fighting for the insurance industry.They want them fighting for the American people.And there really are differences here.People may think, well, who really cares who runs Congress?
Let's look at the facts.They say they're going to repeal a health care bill that is providing all these additional services.Just yesterday, it came out that seniors on Medicare Advantage are going to actually see rates go down for the first time because of this bill.
They want to repeal that.Why?Because the Republican Party fundamentally is beholden to the insurance industry.The Democratic Party is trying to say we want to try to reel in the worst abuses.So, when you hear them say they want to privatize Social Security, go to a private voucher system for Medicare, repeal the health care bill, you have got to ask yourself, whose side are they on?Because that's not where the American people are.
REP. TOM PRICE: Judy, it's a great line, but nobody's saying that on our side of the aisle. The fact of the matter is, we believe that clinical decisions, if we stick to health care, are — ought to be between patients and families and doctors. And, in fact, that's not what the bill allows. In fact, what the bill does is cedes the definition of quality — that is, the kind of care that you will be able to receive and every single American will be able to receive — from patients and families and doctors, and moves it to Washington, D.C.
That's why the American people are so upset with what's going on, because they see this further encroachment of the federal government into their lives in every single aspect, whether it's financial, whether it's health-wise, whether it's from the jobs that they're able to get or where they're able to send their kids to school.And they object and say, stop the madness.
JUDY WOODRUFF: I want to ask — Congressman Weiner, you were shaking your head — to comment on that, and then come back to Congressman Price…
REP. ANTHONY WEINER: Well, first of all, as a matter of fact, it's not true.Ask anyone who is over 65 whether, when they visit their doctor, the doctor isn't able to give them a prescription or tell them what they need.And, by the way, they say that no one's talking about privatizing Social Security?Mr. McCarthy, who you quoted earlier, Mr. Cantor, and Mr. Ryan wrote a book about that's their plan.They're proud of it.
They're talking about it.And I have to give the Republicans credit on this point.They are finally showing what they want to do with Social Security.If you believe it's smart to risk Social Security trust fund in the stock market, you probably should vote for the Republicans.But we think it's a very bad idea.
This is a philosophical question.If you do want to go back to the Bush years, if you do want to go back to those policies, and you do want to go back to health care running out of control, health insurance companies dominating, that same plan that Bush had about privatizing Social Security, this is the party.
The Republicans have something for you.But if you want to keep trying to move forward, not as fast as we would like, if you want to implement things and improve them as we go, that's what Democrats are arguing.
JUDY WOODRUFF: And, Congressman Price, isn't there some contradiction in what the Republicans are saying here, in that you're saying you want to repeal the entire Obama health care reform plan, but you — you say you will, in the future, reinstate some aspects of it that right now are already taking effect, like making sure that children are covered who have preexisting conditions, making sure that coverage is extended to children up to the age of 26?
What's the point of taking these things away, if you're going to try to put them back in the future?
REP. TOM PRICE: Because — because the program that has been put in place dictates to those 26-year-olds and to those families what kind of health coverage they will have.It defines very specifically what will be in that benefits package, so that it will determine whether or not you can get the wonderful diagnostic tests that Anthony talked about.
But then you have got politicians deciding what tests ought to be done on a patient, not patients and families and doctors.It's a significant difference.And when you talk to clinicians, when you talk to the people who are truly taking care of patients across this land, what they say is that, yes, we want people covered, absolutely.
We want people covered on the Republican side of the aisle as well.But what we want them to be able to have coverage for is the kind of health care that they desire, not that the government desires for them.When you put the government in charge of defining what quality is in health care and what is available in a benefits package, we have gone down the wrong road, and the American people know it.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Congressman Weiner, respond to that specific point about whether it's the government that is making these decision, because that's the part of the Republican mantra in this program.
REP. ANTHONY WEINER: It certainly is.And, like so much of the discussion about health care, it's simply not true.Perhaps Mr. Price is referring to the fact that, when the new exchange is set up, there are going to be minimum standards for health insurance companies.I don't think anyone could object to minimum standards.
The diagnostic care that is available — going to be available starting today without co-payment, those are services that doctors are prescribing, mammographies for women that save lives, diagnostic care for blood pressure.For senior citizens, it means getting help with the doughnut hole, the gap in the coverage for prescription drugs.They're getting that right now.
Look, I understand.There must be a very good talking point polled somewhere saying government getting involved.I ask senior citizens to go to their doctor and ask them, is anyone stopping you from prescribing something for me?
If you're a family that is struggling, and your child just got out of college and has a low-paying job that can't get health insurance, today, they're going to be required to be covered by the insurance companies.And, by the way, if you think the insurance companies are doing those things voluntarily, just by the graces that they have, you have got another think coming.
We don't trust the insurance companies to do the right thing.We want to make sure that we fight for the American people.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Very quickly, Congressman Price, I have to ask you about the plan…
REP. TOM PRICE: Sure.
JUDY WOODRUFF: … to keep the Bush tax cuts going.So much of what Republicans say is important to them is to get the deficit down, to get spending down.And, yet, you know there's an enormous price tag to these tax cuts.How do you reconcile that?
REP. TOM PRICE: Well, we don't believe that, in a time of economic challenge, we ought to be increasing taxes on any American at all.
And we also believe that, when you keep taxes low and bring taxes low, what you actually do — it's counterintuitive — is increase the revenue to the federal government.It's happened every time it's been done, whether it was under President Kennedy, whether it was under President Reagan, or whether it was under President Bush.
And what this — what the other side refuses to recognize is that the law of economics, if you tax something more, if you punish people by taxes, you will get less of it.And they want to tax the job creators across this great nation.And that decreases the ability of those job creators to be able to create jobs and further depress our economy.
So, what — what we ought to be doing is decreasing taxes on the American people, not increasing taxes.We support decreasing.They support increasing them.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Congressman Weiner, and this is a point on which Democrats yourselves are divided.
REP. ANTHONY WEINER: It certainly is. I think every member of the Democratic Party believes we should give additional tax relief to the middle class, how you define that and whether maybe you let all of the taxes continue.
But I think it's interesting to note, why is it that the Bush tax cuts are expiring this year?Because it was a gimmick when the Republicans were in charge, to pretend they're being fiscally responsible, when they're not.
There's no doubt about it.You can make a good argument that maybe this is a time to deficit-spend.But this — this — this tax — providing tax relief for billionaires — you heard right — under their plan, a billionaire would get a tax cut — maybe that is a good idea.
I would rather give it to the middle class.I would rather give it to a Social Security COLA that senior citizens should get.There are some differences here.But it's funny; the Republicans only seem to care about deficits when there's a Democratic president in charge.
When Bush was here and Mr. Price was here, they ran up deficits like drunken sailors, and I didn't hear them complain.
JUDY WOODRUFF: Well, gentlemen, we could…
REP. TOM PRICE: Judy, it's a — it's a great line; it just doesn't work.
JUDY WOODRUFF: We could go on all night, and we would love to do it, but the clock is ticking.And we hope to talk with both of you again very soon.Congressman Tom Price, Congressman Anthony Weiner, thanks very much.
REP. TOM PRICE: Thank you, Judy.
REP. ANTHONY WEINER: No offense to drunken sailors.


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11mm Mauser
Does anyone have the dimensions for the 11 mm. I believe, I have Rolling Block. in 11mm Mauser. I have been Firer forming 45/70 cases.
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Dimensions of the 11mm Mauser Cartridge, according to my 1882 Kynoch catalogue, are:
Total Length: 3.025"
Case Length: 2.376"
Rim Diameter: .590"
Case Head Diameter: .515"
Case Body to Shoulder: 1.432"
Case Body to Top of Shoulder: 1.576"
Neck Diameter: .511"
Diameter of Paper Patched Bullet: .467"
There were several 11 mm Remington Rolling Blocks made. Most common is probably the Argentine RB 11mm, but called the .43 Spanish. Egypt had their own 11mm, similiar to the 43 Spanish, but different. Darn if I can remember the third one for sure, perhaps a western European country. The 1871 German rifle (not a RB) had a 11mm too, but called the 43 Mauser. As I recall, none of the 11mm Remington cartridges had the same dimensions.
hiwall's post shows the paper patched bullet for a 11mm to have a .467 diameter. A long time ago I bought some UMC 43 spanish ammo probably made around 1900 and it was not paperpatched, but did have black powder in it. Today, if I order bullets for my .43 Spanish, I buy .439 diameter ones.
Are you sure you don't have a 11 MM Egyptian? The RB 11 MM Egyptian is a very common chambering in the Remington. :)
43 Spanish or 11.15x58R, info from Lee Manual
Over all length: 2.845
case length: 2.255
rim diameter: .629
case head: .522
case body to shoulder: 1.45
case body to top of shoulder: 1.67
neck diameter: .462
bullet diameter: .439
By the way, long time ago I used 43 mauser(11mmMauser) ammo in my Argentine 43 Spanish Rolling Block. Something I don't recommend you do, but hey, it chambered OK and try to find 43 Spanish ammo back in the mid 1960s. Anyway, once fired, case fireformed and then just trimmed back the longer 43 mauser brass. Still have some of this brass that I still reload.
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I'm obviously fluent in English, and can speak a wee bit of Italian, French and Spanish — enough to help me get by in countries where those languages are spoken, but not enough to carry on any real stimulating conversation. I've always been envious by people who are fluent in multiple languages, but consider me absolutely amazed by this Finnish-Swedish YouTube user who is so good at speaking other languages, that she can pull off speaking them in gibberish. To the ear, thanks to her pronunciation, accent, and cadence, it sounds like she's rambling on, making perfect sense in Japanese, French, Italian, Hindi, etcetera. But in actuality, which you really realize when she gets to British English and American English, she's spewing a bunch of nonsense, using made up words and everything. I find this kind of mesmerizing actually. [Gizmodo]


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This new album Causing A Scene by Swedish Post-Hardcore Rockers Herbrightskies, is as catchy as any Punk-Pop band, but whilst still keeping the more interesting and intricate guitar riffs that make them a lot more heavy rocker listener friendly. The album is comprised of 12 songs that vary in themes, from things like Love and Break-ups to the bands love for Rock and Roll as illustrated in the songs Sold Our Souls(to rock and roll) and Sing It! The band really made an effort when making this album, as the lyrics are crisp and quite audible and the screams are well timed and very melodic within the tunes. On the downside though, they do sound a bit more pop than their last album, as well as a lot of the songs solo riffs do sound a little bit too similar to the last. I personally would have appreciated a little bit more rawness in the sound but, it is a well polished album none the less.
Lyrics — 8
The lyrics in Causing a Scene are catchy and more often than not are really well written. The vocals are crisp and energetic which with the fast paced riffs and enjoyable melodies will get you quickly drawn in... Songs such as Heartbreaker and Little Miss Obvious will have you singing along and thoroughly enjoying your self. Other songs on the album such as Stargazer/Icebreaker will have you headbanging and bouncing off the walls. All in all this album is very lyrically astute and has proven that this band has the ability to become a world famous band.
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If you were looking for something similar to fellow Swedish bands such as Adept you will be very disappointed in what you will find, but if you are or were a Herbrightskies fan previously, this album is fantastic. In a similar style to Chemical Vocation's last album they went more pop-like, but in the long run this just might get them that large fan-base that they are growing to deserve. If you aren't sure about this band or their new album go over to their myspace page and have a listen. songs that are recommended for listening are Hearbreaker, Sold Our Souls(to rock and roll) and Stargazer/Icebreaker.


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Dark and White Chocolate Mousse Cake Recipe
Alternate layers of rich, dark chocolate mousse and soft chocolate sponge; covered with white chocolate ganache and served with a cranberry coulis, red wine reduction and spun-sugar garnish.
Chef's Tip: Rich notes of the dark chocolate combined with the understated white chocolate go very well with the cranberry coulis and red wine reduction. A great end to a romantic dinner for two.
- 3 Eggs (separated)
- 120g Cake Flour
- 175g Sugar
- 60ml Oil
- 125ml Hot Water
- 24g Cocoa Powder
- 5g Baking Powder
- 1g Salt
- 5ml Vanilla Extract
- Pre-heat oven to 205°C. Spray a swiss-roll tray with non-stick spray and line with parchment paper. Spray again and set aside.
- Mix cocoa powder and hot water together and allow to cool. Combine egg yolks, sugar, oil and vanilla extract together with the cooled cocoa mixture.
- Sift flour, baking powder and salt together. Add the cocoa mixture to the dry ingredients and mix well.
- Whip egg whites till stiff peaks forms and fold into the flour and cocoa mixture. Pour into the baking tray and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
- Let sit for 5 minutes, then remove from the tray. Carefully peel off the parchment paper and allow the cake to cool on a cooling rack.
- Cut out circles with a mould. Stack 3 circles together with chocolate mousse piped in-between each circle. Do not pipe the mousse on the top circle of the stack. Pour ganache over and garnish.
Dark Chocolate Mousse
- 250g Dark Chocolate
- 850ml Fresh Cream
- 5ml Vanilla Extract
- 50g Castor Sugar
- 5g Gelatine
- Hydrate the gelatine in 100ml of the cold cream and set aside. Melt the Chocolate and also set aside.
- Whip the remainder of the cream till stiff peaks form then add the sugar and vanilla extract and mix well. Place in a refrigerator to keep cool.
- Disperse the gelatine in the cream over hot water and add to the warm chocolate. Cool slightly then fold in the whipped cream. Pour into container and let set inside a refrigerator.
White Chocolate Ganache
- 180g White Chocolate, chopped into small pieces
- 60ml Cream
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If you go through my blogs you'll notice that most of them concern communication or relationships with the occasional gaming, movie, or miscellaneous blogs thrown in. Based on the majority of my blog content it's very easy to forget that I'm also a gamer, like comics, Anime, drawing, and movies. If you met me or looked at my regular lifestyle, you would have no idea that I had these interests. It's a testament to the reality that gamers and hobbyists come from a variety of backgrounds. The stereotypes about us need to seriously die, but then again some of our number go out of their way to confirm the stereotypes with their antics.
...but I digress.
This may or may not be an ongoing series. I am also considering writing a blog series about various characters from movies, television, comics, Anime, Manga, or other subjects that I like and why I like them.
If you visit my profile page on MyIGN you'll notice a little super-deformed purple and black robot that waves at you and disappears. If you read my blogs you'll notice a considerably more epic version of the same purple and black robot as my blog header...masterfully developed from a Transformers: War for Cybertron image by Siphen.0 by the way http://people.ign.com/siphen.0.
This is the Transformer known as Skywarp.
In addition to the interests I stated earlier, I'm also a bit of a Transformers fan. Admittedly, I'm not as big a fan as I used to be years ago, but I still try to keep an eye on the world of the Transformers.(Incidentally, I'm not a big fan of the live action films; I appreciate the effort of bringing something I enjoyed to the big screen, but I was disappointed by the overall execution. I can understand why people like them though.)
Skywarp is a Seeker like his "brothers" Thundercracker and Starscream and is similarly depicted as a jet fighter when transformed, but has also been depicted in different forms based on the Transformers series (Beast Wars anyone?)
Skywarp is a considerably more epic Decepticon than people give him credit for. Skywarp is a Decepticon designed for stealth and combat. He has the ability to teleport, which can be used for ambushes or to swiftly eliminate an enemy. Considering his abilities, it's difficult to believe how underrated he is as a character. I believe this is largely the result writers who want to add more dimensions to him and other Decepticon characters in different comic and animated adaptations.
He has often been depicted as a dimwitted (but powerful) warrior who is only at his best when given orders. He's been portrayed as a prankster who doesn't always take situations seriously. He was developed to a be snivelling coward as a clone of Starscream. He's been portrayed as a powerful and loyal warrior. He's also been portrayed as a brilliant strategist who prefers to develop battle plans as opposed to engaging in combat; this version was one of the most epic warriors on the battle field when it was necessary for him to fight. Various writers have portrayed him differently, but in every version he has the potential to be devastating in combat.
It's easy to underestimate what Skywarp is capable of and that's probably why I like his character so much. He's a lot like me in that respect. I'm pretty quiet and unassuming under normal circumstances, so it surprises people who don't know me all that well when I finally open up or do different things because everything they thought they knew about me was wrong. I also don't like wasting energy on things if I don't have to or if I don't believe it will get me anywhere, but when the time comes for me to get results I usually deliver.


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Once again, the time for my annual performance review has come and gone without my receiving a performance review.
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Oh, I got my raise and a written document that made a few very brief statements about how well I did.
But there was no face-to-face conversation, no in-depth exploration of what I can do to advance my career, and most important (to me), no discussion of the training I think I need to continue to progress in my profession.
I said "once again" because since I started working for this manager, I rarely get any face time at all. When I force the issue, he makes it quite clear I'm imposing on his busy schedule. When I try to bring up subjects like training, he waves it off as a distraction.
Any thoughts on how I can approach my manager so that he gives these issues the attention I think they deserve?
- Ignored
Dear Ignored ...
It appears your relationship with your manager is pretty straightforward. Either that's satisfactory or it isn't -- you'll have to decide that for yourself. But as for discovering a new and innovative approach that will turn him around, I don't think it's in the cards.
One thought I had was that the whole attend-training-offsite approach to skills enhancement seems to be winding down in favor of webcasts and webinars. They're not as effective, in my judgment, but they cost so much less that it hardly matters.
So you might consider changing your approach to requesting more training away from formal events, instead signing up for appropriate free webinars and asking for permission to sign up for paid ones that seem relevant and valuable.
For the rest, the only avenues you have left would be to either take advantage of your employer's open door policy (assuming it has one) to talk to your manager's manager about your concerns or to ask an appropriate individual in Human Resources for advice and possible intervention.
One more thing: You might consider asking some of your peers what their performance reviews were like -- not the contents, but the style. If your manager treats everyone this way, the issue is that he doesn't handle this responsibility well. If you're the only one, it's time to start the process of finding a different manager to work for, either within your current employer or for a different company.
If it's just you, the only question is when your manager decides it's time to make a change -- "whether" has already been decided.
- Bob
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Twinsburg -- They were ranked and were most likely facing their biggest test of the season to date.
Let's just the Lady Tigers passed with flying colors.
The Twinsburg girls soccer team earned a thrilling 2-1 victory over Northeast Ohio Conference rival Hudson Sept. 4 at Twinsburg Tiger Stadium.
The contest featured two state-ranked teams, according to the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association.
The Lady Tigers were ranked seventh in a recent Division I poll.
The Lady Explorers were ranked 12th.
With a win over a previously undefeated Hudson squad, it's safe to say Twinsburg is a legitimate powerhouse.
"It was a pretty good test for us," Lady Tigers head coach Chris Gentille said. "They're going to get better and we're going to get better. Hopefully, we'll see them again."
The loss was a bitter pill for the Lady Explorers to swallow. After all, Hudson (4-1) has had its way with its neighbors to the north over the years.
"I'll take the blame," Lady Explorers head coach Costa Kalorides said. "For whatever reason, we weren't ready to play and that's my fault. I allowed them to believe their own hype."
Twinsburg certainly lived up to the hype.
Although Hudson controlled the ball the majority of the game, the Lady Tigers made the most of their opportunities.
The Lady Explorers had an 8-3 advantage in shots on goal and a 3-2 edge in corner kicks.
But Hudson never adjusted to Twinsburg's slick turf.
The Lady Explorers had trouble keeping the ball at their feet when they tried to trap the ball and their passes to the open space had a tendency to roll a bit too far.
The Lady Tigers struck first when senior midfielder Nicki Krejci made a couple of nice moves to beat a defender before unleashing a shot into the lower far corner of the net.
"Nicki is a very good player," Gentille said. "With her on the attack, she opens things up for everyone else."
Hudson got the equalizer with 19:12 left in the game. Sophomore Erin Torrence made cross from out wide to sophomore Alexandra Wright in the middle of the field.
All Wright had was Twinsburg goalkeeper Lexi Cooke in front of her and Wright finished with a shot to the lower corner of the net.
That goal seemed to rejuvenate the Lady Explorers as they had numerous chances to take the lead during the next several minutes.
And then, just like that, the momentum did a 180-degree turn.
After the Lady Tigers' defense held off a number of barrages, sophomore midfielder/forward Megan King netted the game-winner for Twinsburg into a wide-open net with 8:01 remaining.
King got the ball after a previous shot was deflected.
"Hudson had us on the ropes," Gentille said. "Other than the two goals, we may have had only two other chances."
The Lady Explorers made a push down the stretch, but Twinsburg's defense, thanks to its ability to cut off passing lanes, answered every challenge.
Cooke finished with three crucial saves in the nets for the Lady Tigers.
"Hudson is playing a lot of sophomores, so they're going to be strong for the next few years," Gentille said. "We'll take the win, though."
The Lady Explorers were scheduled to host Kent Roosevelt Sept. 7 at Hudson Memorial Stadium. Results were not available at press time.
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Despite ongoing court cases– some hearings having been postponed to May 2012 – and a couple of residents are still holding out, demolitions in Tarlabaşı have started. Among the buildings being taken down manually, storey by storey, with sledgehammers, are several historical bowfront houses on Ficici Abdi Sokak.
Most of the buildings inside the project area are now empty, and for several weeks, people both locally and from elsewhere have been taking out windows and doors, exposing the buildings to rain, frost and snowfall. Pipes, cables, and iron bars have been ripped out as well, often destabilising the entire building structure even further. Residents who still live, work, or even only pass through the project area, have repeatedly expressed their anger and concern about this, debating how this fits in with the municipality's promise to "protect" and "preserve" Tarlabaşı. Tamer Bekar, who has lived in Tarlabaşı for 70 years and shares his small house with a friend, says that they have prevented looters from taking out windows and doors from their former neighbours' house. "Now poor people take from poor people, thanks to the municipality." He shakes his head. "Why have they evicted everyone with such haste if they now plan to let all these houses stand empty and rot?" his roommate exclaims.
Another life-long Tarlabaşı resident who wished to remain anonymous told us that it depressed him to leave the house and see his neighbourhood like this: "They have destroyed the whole area. Should they not take care of these buildings, now, that they are the new owners?" In Çukur Sokak, a bowfront collapsed after the supporting iron bars had been removed, luckily nobody was hurt.
The official project website claims that "the current decayed building stock will be renewed", and that the municipality aims at "preserving the historical urban fabric on one hand", while "bringing houses up to contemporary needs and modern standards". Neither the developing company nor the Beyoglu mayor were available for interviews.
GAP Inşaat now employs private security guards that patrol the area irregularly, but they do not seem to be charged with preventing further looting, or the dumping of trash inside empty houses. Regular police patrols seem not to be responsible either, despite several residents having applied to the municipality to protect their neighbourhood and, in several cases, their property: Cinzia Fiore and her husband Kemal Akgün have bought their house in Tavla Sokak six years ago, and are amongst the very few remaining who have not come to an agreement with the municipality. "We just won the court case", Cinzia Fiore explains. "The house is legally ours, but we cannot use it, because the municipality has allowed the whole neighbourhood to be destroyed." Lighting in the streets has been cut, and many of the people still living in the area say that criminality has dramatically increased. "They have stolen several paintings that have a sentimental value for me, they have broken windows and even taken planks of woods from the parquet."
Beyoglu mayor Ahmet Misbah Demircan has repeatedly vowed to turn Tarlabaşı Boulevard into the Champs Elysées of Istanbul – And while one wonders if the irony of aspiring to turn the now gutted Boulevard for which over 360 historically listed – and mostly Greek – buildings had to be razed, into a street named after the mythological Elysian Fields escapes him, it certainly raises the question what exactly is to be "renovated" and whose history to be "preserved"?
Why are "modern standards" and "preservation" presented as opposites and how can "demolition" equal "renovation"?
Prof Dr Uğur Tanyeli, professor for the history of architecture at the Artuklu University in Mardin, traces the seemingly inconsolable tension between "the historical" and "the modern" in Turkey back to the Tanzimat Period – the period of Ottoman reform between 1839 and 1876 that was marked by modernisation efforts and an increased adoption of Western standards: "This is not something that has come up today, with this government. This ideological conditioning emerged during the modernisation process in Turkey, hand in hand with Westernisation. Modernisation meant to forcibly cut all ties with the past – all modernisation programmes and ideologies dictated that we could not live any longer they way we used to, the way we acted, that we could not live in the same kind of houses, wear the same kind of clothes. People were told that these things were the root to all problems." He pauses. "Now this makes anything old problematic – but later on, in a different phase of modernisation – people started to see value in the historical and wanted to preserve it. So on the one hand; they despise everything historical, because they want to rid themselves of everything representing a traditional past, and on the other hand, the same historical objects are suddenly valued. So what is worthless along one definition is suddenly valuable along the parameters of architectural history."
For Uğur Tanyeli, this most extreme form of the contradiction between tradition and modernity is unique to Turkey: "They want the historical, but they do not want anything old." He laughs. "That's an interesting dilemma. In Turkey, the historical has to be brand-new and squeaky clean. So what is actually wanted is the illusion of history – It has to be historical, but it is not allowed to carry any baggage of the past, or any of history's patina, there can't be anything about it that creates unease."
Citing the example of the Demiören shopping centre, he continues: "In that spot, there never was a building like that." The posters that have recently been hung there seem to suggest that the disputed shopping centre is a renovated building, but only from afar: "When people speak of 'preservation' in Turkey, this is what they actually have in mind: something that creates the illusion of the historical. The fewer traces of the past [an object] carries, the more successful they believe a preservation to be – and there is not only the Demiören shopping centre, but there are hundreds of buildings along the Bosporus like that. There are 'renovated' buildings dating back to the 13th century that look like they have been built yesterday and where not a single screw is historically justified."
What about Tarlabaşı? Is it possible to renovate and preserve 19th-century architecture and add "modern standard" underground car parks to each house at the same time? Tanyeli thinks not: "What is done under the definition of 'preservation' in Tarlabaşı has nothing to do with actual preservation. They plan to reproduce the morphology of the old buildings, that's all. It would be ridiculous to call this 'preservation'" And: "The only thing they are 'preserving' is the current width of the streets. All that will come out of this is a historicist neighbourhood."
He argues that this is exactly what is expected: "So in order to rid a historical building of the traces of the past, the Demiören method is the only solution – you just get rid of what was there before. And so they get rid of Tarlabaşı, they get rid of Sulukule, and call this 'preservation', rebuilding something that only looks like the old thing. This is a result of the modernisation ideology in Turkey."
In his eyes, this most extreme form of contradicting parameters also leads to a very clumsy, but also very brutal understanding of modernisation and development that shatters social relations and suppresses any possibility of discussion or challenge, and this is reflected in the execution of urban renewal projects as well: "To me it is clear that the actual aim of [the Tarlabaşı ] project is urban transformation – and just as in other urban transformation projects we have seen – they aim at the change of the social fabric, completely ignoring the people that live in the area now. And what is worse is that all of this is done with the broad consent and the support of a large part of the population."
Uğur Tanyeli does not think that the demolition of the houses in Tarlabaşı will be the most important loss: "As a historian I am most dismayed by the fact that they cut out pieces of the city as if with a knife, with no regard for the history or the social fabric in these neighbourhoods. What they really mean to say is: 'There is no longer any space for lower income groups in the city centre."


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Gabby Douglas became the first woman of color to win an Olympic gold medal for the women's all-around in gymnastics. The United Kingdom took home three gold medals, its first since the games began. And Rafalca, a horse owned by Mitt and Ann Romney, competed in the first day of dressage. Jeffrey Brown reports. Continue reading
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HOUSTON - Family and friends Friday afternoon gathered to pay their final respects to Harris County District Attorney Mike Anderson.
The Harris County District Attorney lost his battle with cancer last week. He was 57.
Anderson took office in January, and revealed in mid-May that he was being treated for cancer.
The Republican had a long career in law enforcement. He spent 17 years as a prosecutor in Harris County and 12 years as an elected state district judge.
The First Presbyterian Church at 5300 Main Street hosted Anderson's public memorial.
Anderson, a Pasadena native, is survived by his wife and two children.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be given to Big Brothers Big Sisters or the Harris County Drug Court Foundation.
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If you decide to visit this beautiful diverse country, South Africa, and you want to come to the Western Cape, I can help you to have a great time! Experiences vary from Food & Wine to Cultural, Natural, Hiking, Art, Shopping etc. I work from the best whale whatching town in the world - HERMANUS!
I do Private tours and therefore you, the tourist with my help, can decide where you want to go and what you want to do and how. My itineraries are flexible and incorporate the best of what I specialise in, in the Western Cape. Prices may vary accordingly. The following tours are my speciality and will give an indication of how beautiful and versatile this amazing part of SA is.
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Experience the breathtaking country and coastal sceneries of this area. From azure blue seas to rolling wheat and canola fields, fynbos covered mountains, orchards, vineyards, penguins, whales from July to November, various birds, wild life, farm stalls, quaint towns, brandy, wine, beer, cheese, food, antique shops, shopping, art, ship wrecks, museums, fishermans cottage s and lots of culture and history. Included are: The Most Southern Tip of Africa, Cape Agalhus, Stanford, Bredasdorp, Napier, Arniston with its huge cave in the ocean, Elim, Greyton, Genadendal, Elgin, Grabouw, Kleinmond and Bettys Bay.
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Taste some of the best wines in SA, over 140 wine farms and the oldest and biggest wine route in SA! This beautiful second oldest town in SA hosts a University, Dorpstreet with the longest row of old buildings that survived of any major town in Southern Africa, The height of Cape Dutch Architecture, is surrounded by beautiful mountains, is known as the village of oaks, has a birds of prey and cheetah rehabilitation centre just outside town and you can enjoy excellent shopping as well.
From Hermanus or surrounds to Franschhoek includes one of the most spectacular drives in the Overstrand! Enjoy the best farm scenery with mountains planted with wheat and canola, roaming with sheep and our national bird, the Blue Crane, fruit orchards, huge valleys and one of the most breathtaking passes in the country, the Franschhoek Pass. Once over this, Franschhoek Valley greets you from above where once, more than 300 years ago, elephants still roam when the French Huguenots were given farms to plant and produce wines, which still to today include some of the best! It is the Food and Wine capital of SA! Quaint little shops invite for good shopping, art, wineries and restaurants, cultural and historical. A must!
This Tour is designed for tourists that need a transfer to anywhere on the Garden route up to Knysna a s far as Plettenburg Bay. It includes again a big part of the Overberg and towns like Barrydale, Montagu(on route the famous R62) Swellendam(the first town established in the country side). It can incorporate Cape AGulhas, the most Southern Point of Africa as well. The Garden Route is by far one of the most beautiful places in SA! The versatility is amazing, from fynbos, semi desert of the Klein Karoo, majestic mountains, ocean views, to rivers and quaint villages along the way. The tour can extend to 2 days or more.
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The purchase price was not disclosed for the companies that had $14-million (U.S.) of sales last year.
Dorel will own 70 per cent of Best Brands Group SA in Panama and Baby Universe SAS in Colombia. The remaining 30 per cent will be held by the Sitnisky family and the current owners of the operations.
The Sitniskys are Dorel's minority partner in Chile and Peru where they operate the Infanti brand.
The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to Dorel's earnings.
Dorel CEO Martin Schwartz said the 130 million people in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and Central America are an important emerging consumer base.
"This is another concrete step in the implementation of Dorel's geographic expansion strategy to grow in new markets with good growth potential," he stated.
"Our Chilean acquisition has been very successful. This move will energize our momentum and accelerate our market share penetration in the near future. It also expands our footprint with the Infanti brand."
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Methane at 100,000 times normal levels have been creating oxygen-depleted areas devoid of life near BP's Deepwater Horizon spill, according to two independent scientists.
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Scientists are confronting growing evidence that BP's ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico is creating oxygen-depleted "dead zones" where fish and other marine life cannot survive.
In two separate research voyages, independent scientists have detected what were described as "astonishingly high" levels of methane, or natural gas, bubbling from the well site, setting off a chain of reactions that suck the oxygen out of the water. In some cases, methane concentrations are 100,000 times normal levels.
Other scientists as well as sport fishermen are reporting unusual movements of fish, shrimp, crab and other marine life, including increased shark sightings closer to the Alabama coast.
Larry Crowder, a marine biologist at Duke University, said there were already signs that fish were being driven from their habitat.
"The animals are already voting with their fins to get away from where the oil spill is and where potentially there is oxygen depletion," he said. "When you begin to see animals changing their distribution that is telling you about the quality of water further offshore. Basically, the fish are moving closer to shore to try to get to better water."
Such sightings – and an accumulation of data from the site of the ruptured well and from the ocean depths miles away – have deepened concerns that the enormity of the environmental disaster in the Gulf has yet to be fully understood. It could also jeopardise the Gulf's billion-dollar fishing and shrimping industry.
In a conference call with reporters, Samantha Joye, a scientist at the University of Georgia who has been studying the effects of the spill at depth, said the ruptured well was producing up to 50% as much methane and other gases as oil.
The finding presents a new challenge to scientists who so far have been focused on studying the effects on the Gulf of crude oil, and the 5.7m litres of chemical dispersants used to break up the slick.
Joye said her preliminary findings suggested the high volume of methane coming out of the well could upset the ocean food chain. Such high concentrations, it is feared, would trigger the growth of microbes, which break up the methane, but also gobble up oxygen needed by marine life to survive, driving out other living things.
Joye said the methane was settling in a 200-metre layer of the water column, between depths of 1,000 to 1,300 metres in concentrations that were already threatening oxygen levels.
"That water can go completely anoxic [extremely low oxygen] and that is a pretty serious situation for any oxygen-requiring organism. We haven't seen zero-oxygen water but there is certainly enough gas in the water to draw oxygen down to zero," she said.
"It could wreak havoc with those communities that require oxygen," Joye said, wiping out plankton and other organisms at the bottom of the food chain.
A Texas A&M University oceanographer issued a similar warning last week on his return from a 10-day research voyage in the Gulf. John Kessler recorded "astonishingly high" methane levels in surface and deep water within a five-mile radius of the ruptured well. His team also recorded 30% depletion of oxygen in some locations.
Even without the gusher, the Gulf was afflicted by 6,000 to 7,000 square miles of dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi river, caused by run-off from animal waste and farm fertiliser.
The run-off sets off a chain reaction. Algae bloom and quickly die, and are eaten up by microbes that also consume oxygen needed by marine life.
But the huge quantities of methane, or natural gas, being released from the well in addition to crude presents an entirely new danger to marine life and to the Gulf's lucrative fishing and shrimping industry.
"Things are changing, and what impacts there are on the food web are not going to be clear until we go out and measure that," said Joye.


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Sammartino pins down spot in Hall of Fame
Bruno Sammartino's athletic résumé speaks for itself: legendary strongman, weightlifting record holder and longest-reigning champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation.
But to gain entry into the International Sports Hall of Fame, he had to be "great in his sport and great in his life," said Robert Goldman, founder and chairman of the Columbus, Ohio-based organization.
"And Bruno fits the profile perfectly," Goldman said. "This is someone who has served as an inspiration and a drive for athletes of all cultures and still remained a real person, a common man's man. Even while being a great champion, he never got carried away with the fame, and that's a rare trait, especially today. He's had a very stellar career and very stellar life.
"That's what we look for in inductees."
Sammartino, 77, will be inducted into the ISHOF Saturday.
A Pittsburgh icon, Sammartino moved to the city from his native Italy as a skinny, sickly boy but through determination turned himself into a wrestling legend who inspired legions of fans.
"To get that recognition, it's extremely flattering," Sammartino said. "When I retired, I was happy to just go on with the rest of my life. These things really surprise me because I figured that, you know, a few years later, and who's Bruno Sammartino? People forget. It's nice to know some people haven't forgotten."
Sammartino joins the second class entering the ISHOF, which Goldman founded last year.
The inaugural class included: three-time Ultimate Fighting Championship champ Randy Duane Couture; bodybuilder Cory Everson; legendary weightlifter Mark Jerrold Henry; fitness guru Jack LaLanne; weightlifting competition promoter Jim Lorimer; and Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, action film hero and former California governor.
Joining Sammartino this year will be: two-time Mr. Olympia Dr. Franco Columbu; two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin; NBA Hall of Famer Earl "The Pearl" Monroe; and gymnast Blaine Carew Wilson, who won five consecutive U.S. all-around gymnastics titles.
Sammartino said he used to lift weights with Schwarzenegger in Santa Monica, Calif., "before Arnold became a big movie star and governor."
Sammartino, Schwarzenegger and Columbu are old friends who used to judge bodybuilding competitions, but they haven't seen each other since the 1970s, Sammartino said.
All three are expected to attend Saturday's ceremony.
"It'll be good to see them again," said Sammartino, who lives with his wife in the same North Hills home they bought 50 years ago.
The induction ceremony is part of the 2013 Arnold Sports Festival, an annual four-day sports competition that is expected to draw 175,000 spectators this year, organizers said.
Goldman, who grew up in New York, recalled watching on television Sammartino's sold-out matches at Madison Square Garden.
Sammartino's grace and modesty as a champ, combined with his post-retirement involvement in anti-bullying campaigns and his outspoken criticism of performance enhancing drugs in the wrestling world, made him a perfect choice for the Hall, Goldman said.
"Bruno is a really big guy with a really big heart who's been very strong in the area of giving back to society," Goldman said. "He filled the Garden more than anybody, and he's got the highest caliber of character.
"The guy's a legend, plain and simple."
Chris Togneri is a staff writer.


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Farrah Franklin Arrested for Disorderly Conduct
It was trouble for former Destiny's Child member Farrah Franklin over the weekend. The singer was arrested for disorderly conduct in South Carolina, after a night of partying with NFL players.
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Nipsey Hussle Releases 'Choke' Featuring Young Thug & Rich Homie Quan
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Photographs from an intraoral examination show the uneven brown discoloration of the tongue (Figure 1) and brown gums with smooth surface texture and generalized inflammation (Figure 2); these alterations are related to melanin deposition and poor oral hygiene, respectively, and are consistent with Fanconi anemia.1 Saleh and Stephen2 describe a generalized black hyperpigmentation on the oral mucosa of a patient with Fanconi anemia. Other oral manifestations include periodontitis, supernumerary teeth, and congenital anodontia. The augmented predisposition to periodontal disease in patients with Fanconi anemia may be due not only to pancytopenia and defective detoxification of oxygen radicals, which are typical of the disorder itself, but also to medications administered during immunosuppressive treatment.3
A generalized tan pigmentation of the skin, micrognathia, microcephaly, the absence of the fifth finger,4 growth retardation, and a congenital hip dislocation that required surgical treatment at age 1 year are all important features associated with this congenital disease.5 Hematologic analysis revealed macrocytic anemia, and pancytopenia due to bone marrow failure was confirmed by biopsy. A positive diepoxybutane test result demonstrated an increment on the chromosome-breaking rate in lymphocytes. Fanconi anemia cells have an abnormal cell cycle, with an increased frequency of cells arrested at the G2 phase. Using flow cytometry for diepoxybutane test analysis, we determined that 53.5% of cells stopped at the G2 phase.6 In addition to these characteristics, delayed eruption of permanent teeth was identified on a panoramic dental radiographic scan (Figure 3). The patient was successfully treated: her maxillary lateral, central incisors and her mandibular first left and right primary molars were extracted. A prosthetic removable appliance was placed on the upper anterior segment and lingual arch for mandibular space maintenance. The clinical findings and paraclinical analysis were consistent with Fanconi anemia.
Fanconi anemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, characterized by physical abnormalities, congenital malformation of the skeleton, bone marrow failure, and increased risk of malignancy. This malady affects both men and women, and members of all ethnic groups; however, it is more frequent in Ashkenazi Jews and the Afrikaans population of South Africa. Its frequency has been estimated at 1 in 350 000 births. The genes responsible for all of 15 Fanconi anemia complementation groups have been identified.7 However, Kim et al8 have reported that biallelic mutations in SLX4 cause a new subtype of Fanconi anemia, Fanconi anemia-P.
Figure 3. Panoramic dental radiographic scan showing the unerupted teeth of a 16-year-old girl.
Fanconi anemia is the most common genetic origin of aplastic anemia and one of the most usual genetic causes of hematologic malignancy. Differential diagnosis is established with other diseases (with cells derived from individuals with chromosomal breakage), such as Bloom syndrome, Nijmegen breakage syndrome, Seckel syndrome, neurofibromatosis 1, TAR syndrome (thrombocytopenia-absent radium syndrome), and non–Fanconi anemia–related VACTERL association. Although there are a few reports about oral manifestations of Fanconi anemia, other disorders can be present with it, such as Peutz-Jeghers syndrome and Laugier-Hunziker syndrome, and treatment with interferon and ribavirin is usually prescribed. Although these rare oral signs are seen in other diseases and are not pathognomonic, the hyperpigmentation of the gums and tongue is highly suggestive of Fanconi anemia.
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Accepted for Publication: February 8, 2012.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Rivera and Martinez. Acquisition of data: Salinas, Escamilla, Rivera, and Martinez. Analysis and interpretation of data: Rivera and Martinez. Drafting of the manuscript: Salinas, Rivera, and Martinez. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Escamilla, Rivera, and Martinez. Administrative, technical, and material support: Salinas, Escamilla, Rivera, and Martinez. Study supervision: Rivera and Martinez.
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Android tablets gain on the iPad now command 34% of the tablet market
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For sure, not so much leeway with the physical form factor of tablets is there? I mean, if it doesn't look like a tablet, then what have you got? A digital picture frame?
Still, there is a recent thread here on MR about the new Toshiba Thrive tablet with Honeycomb. Toshiba IMO has done some interesting things with that sucker, with the inclusion of full size USB port, on board HDMI port and an easily user-replaceable battery. True, it is not nearly as svelte and sexy as the iPad or other uber slim offerings, but my initial thought on seeing the Toshiba Thrive was:
"Hmmm...now we got a tablet where I could see myself actually DOING something productive on, rather than something that is simply a content consumption device..."
I am not an Apple hater - I quite love their industrial design and overall aesthetics and without doubt they have the best marketing/advertising/branding teams on the planet. I am just not so much a fan of their walled-garden mentality and their my-way-or-the-highway attitude.
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