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A girl who lives near me is possibly the biggest user of social media I know, but while face to face she can barely make eye contact. When I see her around the neighbourhood I always say hi, but she walks past me quickly and awkwardly, often with her head buried in her smart phone. I think she sometimes pretends not to see or hear me. But minutes later she'll make multiple friendly comments on my status updates and tweets.
She often posts her own status updates like: "I'm tired," or "when will it stop raining?!" And there are also regular photos of her glasses of wine on Facebook with the caption 'vino o'clock!' Although there never seems to be anyone else there drinking with her.
Excessive social media photo uploading is not confined to the socially awkward. 'Popular' people do this too, but they mainly post photos of themselves on boats, often wearing sailor hats. If they are girls they are regularly pouting.
I had an arrangement with a mate to play golf last week, but he cancelled at the last minute, saying he was feeling sick. But unfortunately for him, two hours later someone tagged him in a photo on a boat on the harbour. He was sprawled out on the deck, beer in hand, surrounded by pouting girls, and even some pouting guys.
I called him to see what the story was.
"G'day mate, how are you feeling?" I asked. "How's the boat?"
"I feel average. What boat?"
"The one you're on right now. I just saw photos on Facebook."
"No mate. Those photos are from Harry's boat last week. I'm sick at home."
My paranoia continued that afternoon when I saw an old friend of mine in Facebook chat. I hadn't spoken to him in years, so I wrote a few lines asking how he was, but he didn't reply and logged out 10 seconds later. It could have been a coincidence though.
Then I saw on Facebook that my 'vino o'clock' friend was out posting photos of her wine at a nearby bar. I've never really hung out with her one on one, so I thought it'd be nice if I offered to join her for a drink. But she never replied either. It's cool, I like spending time alone anyway.
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Epidermolysis bullosa (ep-ih-dur-MOL-uh-sis buhl-LOE-sah) is a group of rare diseases that cause the skin to blister. The blisters may appear in response to minor injury, heat, or friction from rubbing, scratching or adhesive tape. In severe cases, the blisters may occur inside the body, such as the lining of the mouth or intestines.
Most types of epidermolysis bullosa are inherited. The condition usually shows up in infancy or early childhood. Some people don't develop signs and symptoms until adolescence or early adulthood.
Epidermolysis bullosa has no cure, though mild forms may improve with age. Treatment focuses on addressing the symptoms — such as infection and itching — and preventing pain and wounds. Severe forms may cause serious complications and can be fatal.
Epidermolysis bullosa signs and symptoms include:
Epidermolysis bullosa blisters may not appear until a toddler first begins to walk or until an older child begins new physical activities that trigger more intense friction on the feet.
Contact your doctor if you or your child develops blisters, particularly if you don't know the reason for them.
Seek immediate medical care if you or your child:
Epidermolysis bullosa is usually inherited. Researchers have identified more than a dozen genes involved with skin formation that, if defective, may cause a type of epidermolysis bullosa.
The skin is made up of an outer layer (epidermis) and an underlying layer (dermis). The area where the layers meet is called the basement membrane zone. The type of epidermolysis bullosa you have is defined by where in these layers the blisters form.
The main types of epidermolysis bullosa are:
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex. This is the most common form. It usually begins at birth or in early infancy and affects mainly the soles of the feet and the palms.
In epidermolysis bullosa simplex, the gene that helps produce a fibrous protein (keratin) in the top layer of skin is faulty. The condition causes blistering in the epidermis. The blisters usually don't result in scars with this mild type.
If you have epidermolysis bullosa simplex, it's likely you inherited a single copy of the defective gene from one of your parents (autosomal dominant inheritance pattern). If one parent has the single faulty gene, each of his or her offspring has a 50 percent chance of having the defect.
Junctional epidermolysis bullosa. This type usually is severe and becomes apparent at birth. A baby with this condition may develop a hoarse-sounding cry from continual blistering and scarring of the vocal cords.
The genes that help form thread-like fibers (fibrils) that attach the epidermis to the basement membrane are faulty. This gene defect causes tissue separation and blistering in this deeper layer of skin.
If you have junctional epidermolysis bullosa, it's because both your parents carry one copy of the defective gene and passed on the defective gene (autosomal recessive inheritance pattern). Even so, neither parent may show signs or symptoms of the disorder (silent mutation). If both parents carry one faulty gene, each of their offspring has a 25 percent chance of developing the disorder.
Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. With this type, you may experience mild to severe signs and symptoms. It generally becomes apparent at birth or during early childhood.
This condition is related to a flaw in the gene that helps produce a type of collagen. If this substance is missing or doesn't function, the layers of the skin won't join properly.
This type can be either dominant or recessive.
Kindler syndrome. This type is rare and usually becomes apparent at birth or soon after.
This condition is called mixed type because blisters appear across the skin layers. The condition usually improves with time and can disappear. It is the only type that causes patchy discoloring (mottling) of skin exposed to the sun.
Kindler syndrome is recessive.
Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita is a rare type that isn't inherited. The blisters result from your immune system attacking healthy tissue by mistake. It's similar to another immune system disorder called bullous pemphigoid. It tends to cause blisters on the hands, feet and mucous membranes.
Having a family history of epidermolysis bullosa is the major risk factor for developing the disorder.
Epidermolysis bullosa complications include:
Call your doctor if you or your child develops unexplained blisters. Mention right away if you see any signs of infection around a blister, such as pus, redness, increasing pain or warm skin. In some cases, your doctor may recommend immediate medical care.
After examining your or your child, your doctor may refer you to a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of skin conditions (dermatologist).
Centers that specialize in the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of people with epidermolysis bullosa may belong to a network called EB Clinet. Such centers are staffed with doctors, nurses, social workers and rehabilitation specialists who provide specialized care for people with this condition.
Visiting such a center regularly can improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations from complications for people with epidermolysis bullosa. Ask your doctor if a specialized epidermolysis bullosa center is available to you.
No matter what type of doctor you see first, here's some information to help you prepare for the appointment.
For epidermolysis bullosa, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
In addition to the questions that you've prepared to ask your doctor, don't hesitate to ask questions that arise during your appointment.
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions. Being ready to answer them may reserve time to go over any points you want to talk about in-depth. Your doctor may ask:
In the time leading up to your appointment, you can minimize the risk of your child developing new blisters by:
Call your doctor immediately if you see signs of possible infection around a blister.
Your doctor may suspect epidermolysis bullosa from the appearance of the skin. But laboratory tests are needed to confirm the diagnosis. They include:
Treatment of epidermolysis bullosa aims to prevent complications and ease the pain of the blisters with appropriate wound care. The condition often progresses despite treatment, sometimes causing serious complications and death.
Addressing the many aspects of wound care usually requires a multidisciplinary approach. Members of your care team may include:
Sometimes your doctor may involve other specialists, such as a surgeon, a dermatologist, an eye doctor (ophthalmologist), a dentist, a psychologist and a geneticist.
Medications can help control pain and itching and address complications such as infection in the bloodstream (sepsis). Prescription oral antibiotics may be used if you show signs of a deep or widespread infection (fever, weakness, swollen lymph glands).
An oral anti-inflammatory drug (corticosteroid) may help reduce the pain from dysphagia (difficulty swallowing).
Surgery may be considered to correct normal motion or to improve your ability to eat a healthy diet.
Widening the esophagus. Blistering and scarring of the esophagus may lead to esophageal narrowing, making eating difficult. Surgical dilation of the esophagus can relieve this and make it easier for food to travel from the mouth to the stomach.
The patient receives light sedation, then the surgeon positions a small balloon in the esophagus and inflates it to widen the area.
Working with a rehabilitation specialist (physical therapist, occupational therapist) can help ease the limitations on motion caused by scarring and shortening of the skin (contracture). A rehabilitation specialist can also give you guidance on the best ways to keep you or your child safe while going about daily activities. Swimming may also be helpful in preserving or regaining mobility.
Intensive studies are underway to find better ways to treat and relieve the symptoms of epidermolysis bullosa, including:
Careful wound care and good nutrition are essential for people with epidermolysis bullosa. Blisters can lead to scarring, infection and deformity. Your doctor can show you how to care for blisters properly and advise you on ways to prevent them.
If blisters are left intact, they can enlarge, which creates a bigger wound when they finally break. Talk to your doctor about safe ways for you to break and drain blisters before they get too large. Your doctor can also recommend products to use to keep the affected areas moist to promote healing, such as gauze that contains a moisturizing agent, and prevent infection.
When tending to your child's wounds:
Easing the pain of blisters and wound care:
Careful wound care can help healing and prevent infection. Your doctor may recommend the following tips for treating blisters and raw skin:
Apply creams or lotions and cover with dressings. Use antibiotic ointment, petroleum jelly or other moisturizing substance. Then cover the area with a special nonsticking bandage (Mepilex, PolyMem, others). If you use antibiotic creams for a long time, rotate the type you use each month.
You can choose from a wide variety of dressings, based on the type of eipdermoylis bullosa you're dealing with, the size and location of the wounds, availability, and cost. You may need to hold dressings in place with rolled gauze.
If blisters in the mouth or throat make it difficult for your child to eat, here are some suggestions:
Treating and preventing blisters and complications of epidermolysis bullosa can be stressful for you, your child and family members. The person with the condition may experience social isolation, and the family may face increased financial burden.
You may find it helpful to share concerns and information with families in similar circumstances. Ask your health care providers about epidermolysis bullosa support groups in your area. If joining a support group isn't for you, ask about counselors, clergy or social workers who work with families coping with epidermolysis bullosa.
Bandages for patients with epidermolysis bullosa can be expensive. Companies that make these bandages may be willing to work with your insurance company to obtain coverage.
It's not possible to prevent epidermolysis bullosa. But you can take steps to help prevent blisters and infection, for you or your child.
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A woman was flown to a Walnut Creek trauma center Wednesday after being hurt when her SUV suddenly veered off the freeway and crashed near Cordelia, authorities reported.
The unidentified driver was traveling north on Interstate 680 about a half a mile from Gold Hill Road when the accident occurred, said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Phil Grant.
A passerby reported seeing the overturned black SUV around 11:40 a.m. and immediately contacted authorities, who were on scene minutes later.
The first officer to arrived found the SUV lying on its side 20 to 30 feet off the road with the unconscious driver, who appeared to be in her 30s, trapped inside, fire officials said. No other vehicles appeared to have been involved in the crash and the woman was the lone occupant in the SUV.
Using the Jaws of Life, firefighters from the Fairfield Fire Department and Cordelia Fire Protection District began working to extricate her from the heavily damaged SUV and eventually cut open the vehicle's rear lift gate, fire officials said.
According to Battalion Chief Matt Luckenbach, although the woman regained consciousness, her condition "continued to deteriorate" and an air ambulance was requested. She was not restrained when firefighters reached her, but Luckenbach said it was unclear whether she was wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident and managed to remove it, or if it failed during the crash.
The slow lane was closed for approximately 20 minutes to allow emergency personnel to access the right shoulder, where the vehicle went off the road.
According to Grant, the preliminary investigation showed the woman had been driving in the fast lane when, for unknown reasons, her vehicle drifted into the center divide before darting to the right across both lanes and off the road, landing in dense vegetation.
The helicopter landed off Gold Hill Road and then flew the woman to John Muir Medical Center with "very serious" but unspecified injuries, Luckenbach said.
"Whenever we bring a helicopter, it takes it a notch up in severity," he said. He also noted that she was flown to John Muir, rather than being taken to Fairfield's NorthBay Medical Center, a Level III trauma facility capable of handling all but the most severe head injuries.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, although emergency responders said there were no immediate indications of drug or alcohol use.
Her condition was unknown as of press time.
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When respected graphic designer Benny Gold decided to go solo with his own clothing brand, featuring hats, tees, pants, and more, fans of streetwear fashion rejoiced. After helping create the Huf and Mash clothing labels, Benny Gold was more than ready to branch out on his own; the high quality of Benny Gold products only further cements his decision as the right one. Having his own brand has given Benny the ability to push boundaries even further, and while doing so position his brand as one to watch for the newest trends in streetwear fashion. From its humble beginnings as the manufacturer of a "Stay Gold" sticker to its current lineup of streetwear apparel, Benny Gold has always kept it real. The future is bright for this talented designer and his brand.
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A COUPLE from Ilminster have helped out a charity which transformed their son's life.
Jen and Ian Wilson, of Adams Meadow, decided to give something back to Stocklinch-based charity Horseshoes and Handprints after staff cared for their six-year-old son Ollie.
He was diagnosed with autism and significant sensory processing dysfunction two years ago, which means he struggles to communicate and can easily become anxious and upset.
Mum Jen said: "Ollie did not smile or express an appropriate emotional response in many situations and it was quite by accident that I came across Horseshoes and Handprints at a stand where they were displaying at a fair last year.
"He has attended seven sessions at this fantastic place and now goes on a fortnightly basis.
"After two sessions, we had the privilege to witness Ollie's first real smile.
"We noticed improvements in his sleeping patterns because he would previously wake up in the night rocking violently in his bed, and now he is much calmer and in a less anxious state of mind, which helps."
Jen said her son now speaks almost fluently, enabling him to become more social at school and absorb information.
Horseshoes and Handprints provides horse-centred therapy for individuals with special needs.
Staff believe close contact and interaction with horses helps youngsters.
Activities include touching, stroking, grooming and handling the horses, decorating and painting them, leading and working the horses in hand and riding them.
Jen and Ian noticed the charity needed help fixing the roof area and tack room where equipment is kept for the horses.
The pair, who run Wilsonatorgator Windows in Ilminster, decided to carry out the work free of charge, including labour costs, as a thank you to the charity.
Charity trustee Desi Fradgley said it was 'incredibly grateful' for the family's work.
She said: "It is crucial that we have somewhere safe and dry to keep the tack. It is so difficult to raise funds for these sorts of things."


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The cut up the cucumbers into bite-sized pieces, slice green onions, and chop the olives. Combine the tomato mixture, Feta mixture, cucumbers, green onions, and olives in a large bowl, Whisk together olive oil and fresh lemon juice and mix desired amount with the salad ingredients.
Chopped Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Mint, Feta, Lemon, and Thyme
(Makes 3-4 servings, recipe adapted slightly from Chopped Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Mint and Feta at Fine Cooking.)
2 cups quartered cherry tomatoes or chopped ripe Roma tomatoes
1/4 cup chopped mint (or more)
1-2 tsp. fresh thyme leaves
1/2 tsp. sea salt, plus more for serving if desired
fresh ground black pepper (use more or less to taste)
1/2 cup crumbled Feta (or more)
1 tsp. lemon zest, or more (Be sure to zest the lemon before squeezing the juice.)
1/4 cup sliced green onions (scallions)
1/2 cup pitted and chopped Kalamata olives
1 1/2 cup chopped cucumber
1 T fresh lemon juice
2 T extra-virgin olive oil
In a separate bowl, combine crumbled feta, lemon zest, remaining mint, remaining thyme, and a bit more fresh-ground pepper. Let sit at room temperature about one hour.
After the above ingredients have marinated about 45 minutes, cut up cucumbers into bite-sized pieces. (I used fresh garden cucumbers which didn't need to be peeled. Store cucumbers may need some or all of the peel removed.)
Slice green onions and chop olives, then combine the tomato mixture, Feta mixture, cucumbers, green onions, and olives in large bowl. Let sit at room temperature for a few minutes.
When you're ready to serve the salad, whisk together the olive oil and fresh lemon juice and mix gently with salad ingredients. (You may not need all the dressing depending on how wet you prefer your salad.) Season with sea salt and more fresh ground black pepper if desired and serve.
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With a less than two weeks left until graduation, reality has started to set in. Soon, Oglethorpe will not only be my university: it will be my alma mater.
As a senior, everything from conversations with nostalgic friends to commencement updates constantly remind me that this formal departure from my second home is imminent. That being said, I find myself reflecting on not only my Oglethorpe experience, but the parts of OU that I have not yet experienced.
During a discussion in my senior psychology class the idea came up to create an Oglethorpe bucket list—a list of things that every Petrel must do before the long-awaited graduation day. I've asked OU students and alumni to submit items to the bucket list, and compiled them below. So Petrels, next time you're looking for a good Ogle-adventure, why not scratch a few things off "OUr" bucket list?
- Walk around campus at night and discover how breathtaking Oglethorpe looks after dark
- Pull an all-nighter in the 24 Hour Room
- Have a picnic, play Frisbee, or just enjoy the weather on the quad with some friends
- Enjoy telescope night on the roof of the library
- Sunbathe with some friends at the baseball stadium when no one else is there
- Run through the sprinklers on the quad
- Go to lunch at that one restaurant you've been meaning to try ever since you got to Oglethorpe
- Watch a meteor shower from the Traer courtyard or soccer field
- Take MARTA downtown and explore the city—no plan, no destination, just a free afternoon and sense of adventure
- Visit all the Atlanta hotspots (i.e. World of Coke, CNN, Piedmont Park, Georgia Aquarium, Rocky Horror Picture Show, High Museum, etc.)
- Try to take a picture of the Ogle-turkey, Ogle-kitty, Fratcoon, or whatever animal is roaming the campus at the time
- Show your support: go to an Oglethorpe play, cheer on the Petrels at a sporting event, go to Greek Sing, visit the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art
- Be an active member or participant of something
- Drive to Buford Highway and try a new food that you've never heard of and cannot pronounce
- Have a mini photo shoot in Little 5 Points
- Be adventurous. Go white water rafting on the Chattahoochee River, skydive, rock climb at Atlanta Rocks, etc.
- Be in a campus publication
- Climb a tree on campus
- Take a road trip with a friend and spend the night in a new city
- Count how many Oglethorpe T-shirts you have…I promise it will be more than you thought
And don't forget, there's always Alumni Weekend to finish checking off the list! So, what would YOU add to the list?
Thank you to the contributors of this list: Katie Goddard, Tori Lloyd, Justin Sabree, Betsy Rosillo, Rieddhi Shah, Christian Hartnett, Joshua Steltzer, Morgan Coffey, Marisa Manuel, Dr. Zinner's History and Systems class.


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When it comes to playing music and telling the time, the Philips Clock Radio is a pretty solid performer. Unfortunately, it falls down as a digital photo frame due to its lacklustre display.
Over the past year we've reviewed a swag of digital photo frames; ranging from tiny key chain varieties to extravagant 15 inch monsters. In an attempt to try something fresh and different, Philips has taken the basic 'virtual photo' concept and applied it to a bedside clock radio. With a built-in USB port and an MMC/SD card slot, plus the ability to play MP3 and WMA files, the results are a lot less gimmicky than you might expect. However, with a so-so LCD display and exuberant price tag, its overall worth remains rather questionable.
In terms of design, the Philips Clock Radio certainly looks the business. Its large 7in LCD screen seems tailor-made for displaying photographs, while the sleek minimalist design should fit in snugly with any bedroom decor. To access multimedia files, all you need to do is plug your USB flash drive or memory card into the device — the inbuilt software will automatically place your files into the relevant menu category (photos, videos and music all receive their own folders). We couldn't imagine how the process could be any simpler, though we suppose some onboard memory would have been nice. As it stands, you're forced to keep your thumb drive/SD card attached to the radio at all times.
Like any digital photo frame, the Philips Clock Radio offers a slideshow mode which automatically cycles through your digital images; one image at a time. You can vary the length that a photo stays on screen, as well as the transition effects and image sequence. One gripe we had with the slideshow mode is that it neglects to display the time, forcing you to cut the slideshow short whenever you want to view the clock. Plus, images that aren't scaled in the correct ratio are randomly cropped, which makes for some bizarre looking photographs (while you can change this in the menu settings, it results in ugly white borders on every photo).
The overall quality of the display is disappointing. Even at the brightest setting, images appear dark and grainy, with the screen's poor viewing angle only exacerbating the problem. (For optimum results, you need to look directly at the screen from slightly beneath.)
We found the menu interface to be slightly annoying too, with the unwieldy arrow-button interface occasionally proving unresponsive. For a sub-$250 gadget, we expected a little more finesse. On the plus side, the included 'snooze' button is ridiculously huge, ensuring you'll never need to grope around in the dark before getting that last five minutes of shut-eye.
On the plus side, the alarm is loud enough to wake up Rip Van Winkle, and will belt out your MP3s with considerable gusto. While the bottom mounted speaker fails to match the quality of most portable stereos it nevertheless does a rather good job for its size. In addition to playing the radio and MP3 files, a range of ambient 'sleep music' is also included, ranging from chattering birds to the soothing crash of waves. All up, the Philips Clock Radio is a bit of a mixed bag — considering its flaws we feel the device is a little overpriced. Hopefully Philips will iron out the kinks (and rethink the $260 price tag) for the second edition.
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Gennett expects to be back at full speed soon
LOS ANGELES -- Brewers second baseman Scooter Gennett believes it won't be much longer before he's once again running full speed on the basepaths, and the team's upcoming schedule could help.
Off-days on Monday and Thursday, plus the fact the Blue Jays are starting a left-handed pitcher on Tuesday night at Miller Park, will give Gennett three of the next four days to rest the right quadriceps that has been giving him some trouble since a series in Washington immediately following the All-Star break.
To avoid turning a nagging injury into a significant one, manager Ron Roenicke has encouraged Gennett to go easy on the bases when he can. In only one instance has the issue appeared to cost Gennett a run; he couldn't score from first base on a Khris Davis double during the Brewers' win over the Dodgers on Friday.
By Sunday, Gennett said, "This is probably the best I've felt in three weeks. It's progressing. I feel good about how it feels right now. … [Shutting down] would have been the safest way to do it, but I need to keep playing to keep sharp. I think it was the right decision."
He entered Sunday batting .337 (66-for-196) with 33 RBIs over his last 60 games.
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Tony Pulis believes Crystal Palace need to be more clinical in front of goal if they are to avoid relegation this season – starting against Chelsea this weekend.
Palace have scored just 19 goals this season – seven fewer than any other team in the Premier League – and only one in their past five games.
And Pulis, who has revealed he will again be without Marouane Chamakh this weekend, feels it is not creating the opportunities that is the problem, but scoring them.
"We need goals not just from forwards but from everyone in the team - we are creating chances, we've just got to take them," he said.
"It is about confidence and a little bit of good fortune - we need that break."
He added: "We have had really good moments in games and we did at Newcastle but in those moments when you get the chances you have got to take them.
"When we have our good moments in games we've got to be more clinical."
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Indiana lawmakers continue to debate a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and civil unions.
Indiana law already prohibits marriage between same sex couples, but some Hoosier lawmakers want to take the ban a step further. They want to amend the state's constitution so the ban can't be overturned by what one legislator described as "activist judges."
The Indiana House approved the amendment last month and it moved on to the Senate. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard arguments on it yesterday at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. There, the committee heard from two prominent companies in Indiana; pharmaceutical maker Eli Lilly, and diesel engine manufacturer, Cummins Inc. Company representatives testified that a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage would hurt on recruiting top notch employees.
The committee delayed a vote on the matter until next week. If it's approved, it will move on the full Senate. And if it passes there, the amendment would still need to be approved by the Indiana General Assembly next year.
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The Nevada Department of Agriculture and the Nevada Division of Forestry found thousands of moths emerging and laying eggs in the area, and the eggs they found are now hatcing, according to NDA Regional manager Edward Foster. The resulting larvae will skeletonize leaves on aspen and willow trees, then move to the bark and spin a protective covering to overwinter in. The adult moths are all white except for the body which looks like it has black bands. They are about 1 1/2 inches wide at full wing span, he said.
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I actually played a more evil character this time around. It was a lot of fun.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Words cannot express my opinion on this.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Saw the macho dragon one. Hilarious!
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
i went to dawnstar recently and the captain of the boat just shot up about 80 feet straight in the air and hung up there for about 5-10 seconds. he died when he fell back down.
weird stuff- must have been a glitch.
Good lord I did not know how quickly you could go up in smiting. I started another character to be a good character that resembles a paladin to balance out my other bad character.
I just got to Whiterun and I am all ready a level seven overall and all ready able to make elven armor.
The only glitch I really have run into was the Forsworn Conspiracy glitch where the guards would not arrest me. They just stood there so I took the money and ran.
my favorite bug I've seen is one I saw where a guy on a horse was flying around. Him and his horse would always be facing the same spot, but they were flying around it in circles going VERY far out and flying back changing elevation. I sat and watched it for a few minutes then lured a nearby mammoth over to kill them. Fun times.
I have a good character and it has opened up some other smaller missions.
You can join the Thieves Guild pretty easily and even finish the questline and still be on almost everyone's good side. The Dark Brotherhood though, I don't know.
So have anybody done a true mage character? After spending hours playing as my various characters I do not see how playing a pure mage can really work. I can see a mage mixed with like an archer type character being easier.
Hopefully they work on that.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
No. I like to go for stealth and bow. I didn't use magic often other than for healing purposes.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
Pure mage was my favorite of the archetypes, although once you have all the spells and a couple nice enchantments they don't leave much else for a mage to do. A thief or warrior gets to keep improving his armor and weapons for a much longer time. You hit the ceiling on a pure mage much sooner.
Conjuration and the destruction impact perk make a pure mage extremely deadly. I didn't even bother with the alteration mage armor stuff, as between restoration and conjuration a mage has more than enough defense.
Impact-perk dual-casted fireballs = death to all. And since fireball is probably the games most visually impressive spell, it could be quite fun. And the elemental wall spells were great for taking down extremely strong enemies. Just run from a giant while spraying a wall of flames in your wake. . .
Magicka regenerates as a % of total magicka always, so when choosing between +regeneration or +magicka enchantments, +magicka is always the way to go.
I did find myself wishing there were more spells that did something other than instant damage. I'd like to be able to curse an enemy for continual poison damage, instead of always using a weapon to apply a poison. And I didn't really like how the directional pad was used. Dedicate some other button to opening a quick-favorites menu--I'd rather use the d-pad as a series of hotkeys. It could become tedious.
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You would miss out on a lot of quests, shops, and just random stuff to do. Realistically, you should be cut to pieces, but for fun they probably lessened reactions so people do not get frustrated.Spoiler:
It is why I was not a big fan of GTA4. It leaned more towards the realistic side with cell phones, friends, girlfriends, etc. and at some point I do not want realistic. That is why I liked SR2 much more then GTA4.
Dual casted fireballs sound amazing. I might have to try it with a hint of archery in there. I can never get enough of archery and drop guys like flies with and stealing their souls with my enchanted elven bows.
I think I'm pretty close too. While playing, every time I've seen an undiscovered location on my radar I went there to unlock it.
Did you side with the storm cloaks or the imperials? They offered me the option to buy it, I just haven't done it yet. I sided with the storm cloaks and finished the Civil War quests, so Maven Black-Briar isn't the Jarl anymore. As far as help around Riften, I found Ice Wraith teeth for the elf that sells food, 10 fire salts for the forge (man this one was tough), two flawless sapphires (also tough) and a silver ingot for the jewelry maker, ingredients for the young girl at the alchemist shop, helped the lizard in the inn propose to his girlfriend, killed the old bag that runs the orphanage, and found Mjolls sword for her. I suspect that Mjolls sword might be the one holding you back because the lady mentioned Mjoll during the conversation.
I have not sided with either side yet.
I helped the Jarl's mage find her stuff, I helped the farmer get his bow back from the bandits, gave a begger some money, gave the Argonian a health potion so she didn't fired from the fishery, and have only found four fire salts. I will have to try the sword one.
You have to help out with the Skooma problem. Ask around the fishery.
I am wondering if my game is glitched because I did the Skooma stuff. Once I talked the Jarl I had no other option other then talk to her about the Theives Guild.
Yeah, you are at the same point as me, only there was a lengthy conversation about being a helper of riften like mjoll and said she would make me thane if I purchased Honeyside. Are you sure it isn't in your miscellaneous objectives to purchase it from the steward? That's where it is for me.
ugh...I wish there weren't so many jobs to restore the thieves guild to glory. I also wish I realized how it worked earlier...I bet I'm 40 jobs in and still have a few to go because I didn't do them in the right city.
I also stopped since one of my Thieves Guild quests glitched and I couldn't complete it.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
FINALLY finished the Thieves Guild quests and became Guild Master. The armor looks bad***.


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That's easy. Now comes the really hard part: Utilizing down time and slow times effectively to keep your job -- or at least stay employed, according to Jodi Glickman Brown, founder of Great on the Job, which helps top-tier financial firms and other corporate employers make their young professionals better at work and better communicators.
"It may feel like lean times are when there's the least amount of things to do. But in reality, that's when there's the most to do. Effective use of recession 'white space' is critical to your career, and there's no simple rule book," said Ms. Glickman Brown. "One thing is for sure: Selling yourself is more important than ever. Drifting around and just 'looking busy' is an approach that probably won't work."
Ms. Glickman Brown is available to discuss a range of ways to ensure that the downturn doesn't damage a career -- and, in a strange way, can even help it. For instance...
-- Don't be afraid to show you're available -- but be smart about
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still has something they don't want to do -- and they'll welcome the help."
-- Take calculated risks: "This is not a time to stay safe and
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sets that aren't necessarily in your background -- or that you don't know
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You can ask for examples of the kind of project or document you're working
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-- Be an instigator: "Do things that add to your group's
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-- Build relationships and network -- but don't be too frantic about
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Now's the ideal time to re-focus on building relationships in and out of
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yourself to that person, let him or her in on any common interests you have
and stay in touch via email or notes," she says.
-- Take care to be there: "This is the wrong time to say you're
too busy for a new project -- even if you are. Be happy to have it. Don't
say you can't work on something, ask for extra time off, look like you've
been out too late or disappear for hours on end without letting people
know," she says. In slow times, appearances are more important than ever.
"By stretching for new challenges -- and by staying visible even when you think it's dangerous -- you can use the downturn as an opportunity to add new skills and position yourself for the next big opportunity," Ms. Glickman Brown says.
For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Itay Engelman of Sommerfield Communications at (212) 255-8386 or email@example.com.
About Jodi Glickman Brown
Jodi Glickman Brown is president of Great on the Job, a career consulting firm that advises workers how to use communications and workplace skills to stand out under any conditions. Her clients include major Wall Street firms, top-tier business schools and universities. A former investment banker at Goldman, Sachs' & Co, she is the author of the forthcoming book, "Great on the Job: Communication Strategies for Navigating the Workplace." For more information, visit www.greatonthejob.com.
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Aid from most of our programs is awarded based on financial need. We use the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) number, cost of attendance information, and unmet need information to determine additional awards. The EFC is a measure of your family's financial strength and is calculated from the information you report on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Your EFC will appear on your Student Aid Report (SAR).
The EFC is calculated according to a formula established by law. Your family's income (taxable and untaxed), assets, and benefits (for example, unemployment or Social Security) are all considered in determining your EFC. Also considered are your family size and the number of family members who will attend a college or career school.
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There are several ways to insure your possessions while you're moving. Perhaps your current homeowners policy includes coverage for your personal property during a move. The policy may cover your possessions at the new location for a limited time, also. The same coverages, exclusions, and deductibles apply while you're moving as they would for a regular homeowners claim.
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Yep, I have to eat crow about Lance as well
I never actually disliked him but I certainly preferred DC and AJ over him last year due to their more controlled play. Also, I got in several heated debates in RealGM with a guy that apparently hated DC but loved Lance that ended up in me being unfair to Lance in order to spite that horrible poster.
Lance has been great this season. It's such a pleasant surprise. You have also been great for my fantasy team. So, thanks, Lance
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MORE ON MACDONALD: Maybe someday we can go a week or two without thinking of Jeffrey MacDonald, the killer who won't go away.
We're 57 now. We were 15 and an incipient hippie when we picked up a newspaper in our driveway and read the front-page story about a Green Beret doctor who claimed he was attacked and his wife, two young daughters and unborn son were killed viciously by a band of hippies who chanted "Acid is groovy, kill the pigs" at the family's home in Fort Bragg, N.C.
Coffee almost shot out our nose. Really? He's going to go with that? We convicted him in our head that easily.
And, although it wasn't a great bit of legal work on our part, it turns out we were right, but it's been a lot messier in the real world where MacDonald and his supporters have kept his case alive, leaping from appeal to appeal, hearing to hearing to the point where it's the longest-running criminal case in U.S. history, spanning 42 years and perhaps not ending for another three, or until MacDonald, now 68, stops, for whatever reason, his quest to be exonerated.
In the intervening years, we've interviewed MacDonald in prison, as well as his murdered wife's eternally grieving parents, Freddy and Mildred Kassab (now both deceased) at their Long Island home.
His wife of 10 years, Kathryn MacDonald, called us at home recently following an evidentiary hearing to determine whether a new trial is called for in the case. It was a long and dreary conversation on any number of levels, not least of which is because we feel deeply sorry for her. To sincerely believe in your spouse's innocence when he's been convicted of an unthinkably gruesome crime has got to be unbearably wracking and heartbreaking. And she sounded heartbroken on the phone, as well as deeply and grievously disappointed, in our coverage of the case and decidedly optimistic that her husband will soon be free and gloriously vindicated.
There are others who feel the same way. Errol Morris, for one. The documentary filmmaker tried to raise funds to make a film on the MacDonald case and, failing that, wrote a book on the subject instead. "A Wilderness of Error" attempts to make a case against, if not MacDonald's guilt, at least his chances of getting a fair trial.
He partially blames Joe McGinniss, whose "Fatal Vision" is the definitive, if sometimes controversial, book on the subject, for swaying opinion unfairly against MacDonald, even though the book was published in 1983, four years after MacDonald was convicted of one count of first-degree murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter Kristen and two counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of his wife, Colette, and his 5-year-old daughter Kimberley.
Morris also puts way too much credence in the various sputterings of the now-late Helena Stoeckley, one of the chanting, acid-is-groovy hippies, a heavy drug abuser who has variously maintained her innocence, and admitted guilt in the killings, and he's forwarded some thoroughly debunked confessions she's said to have made to a U.S. marshal.
Adding to the most recent spate of awareness of MacDonald's latest effort to walk out of prison are a couple of major pieces: On Wednesday, Byliner.com released a long magazine-length update on the case by McGinniss. "Final Vision" (available on Byliner.com, Amazon and iTunes) details what McGinniss feels are weak bits of "new evidence" being forwarded by MacDonald's team (chiefly more of the Stoeckley mess and probably inconsequential stray detritus found at the scene).
You may be tempted to take McGinniss' views with a grain of salt, but you shouldn't. Few know more about the MacDonald case than he does. One of those people is federal prosecutor Brian Murtagh, the subject of a long and brilliant piece in the Washington Post on Dec. 5 by two-time Pulitzer winner Gene Weingarten.
Murtagh has spent much of his time since 1979 in assuring that MacDonald remains in prison. At 66, Murtagh is retired, but the government brought him back to work against MacDonald's latest efforts. Weingarten surgically takes apart Morris' book as well as MacDonald's defense.
This wealth of new articles and books shows just how compelling the MacDonald case remains, and how the interest spikes with each of the convicted killer's inevitably fruitless endeavors.
You can read it all and reach your own conclusion, though nothing here is admissible in any court but public opinion. The truth can be murky, but we're confident that no injustice has been done, and we're certain that MacDonald will remain in prison until he meets the same end, though most likely a considerably gentler one, than he delivered to his young family a long, long time ago.
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UPLAND – The Upland Unified School District is seeking input from community members on qualities they would desire in the next superintendent.
The district's board of trustees has hired La Quinta-based firm Leadership Associates to recruit the new superintendent, who will replace Gary Rutherford.
"It's a really wonderful community from the police chief to the mayor to teachers and principals to classified members, you name it, parents," said Dennis Smith, a partner with Leadership Associates.
The associates spent all of Jan. 15 with teachers, staffers, city officials and community groups gaining input. They also held a community forum to seek additional input.
Individuals unable to participate in the forum can take an online survey at http://uusd-ca.schoolloop.com.
The associates will take the information that they have gathered through the survey and meetings to the Board of Trustees to help in the recruitment of a new superintendent. The attendees named several characteristics they think the next superintendent should have:
Have local ties
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"I would think it would be two things that I would look for in a new superintendent. One would be that they're from this area," said John MacKinney of Upland.
"The second thing is successful experience as superintendent of unified school district within this area again the Inland Valley, Inland Empire. At least in close proximity."
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Romero adjusts mechanics for consistency
DUNEDIN, Fla. -- The Blue Jays are hoping that an alteration in mechanics will lead to a bounce-back year for Ricky Romero.
Toronto pitching coach Pete Walker and bullpen coach Pat Hentgen noticed a flaw in Romero's delivery this spring and are now making a series of adjustments prior to the start of the regular season.
Romero had been throwing across his body, with a lot of his momentum heading toward the third-base line instead of directly to home plate. That has stopped Romero from properly following through on his delivery and creates problems with location.
"I think over the last couple of years he has gotten himself into a position where it's difficult for him to repeat pitches where his initial stride is going," Walker said. "We're trying to get him cleaner to home plate, more of a straight line, which frees up his arm a little bit.
"It can be a gradual thing over time, or something that isn't easily seen to the naked eye in the short term, but over the long term you notice differences in the delivery from a couple of years ago to now, and that's when you need to address it."
Romero has always thrown across his body, but he began doing it in a more pronounced way last season. The coaching staff made its discovery while going through video from previous seasons and have since made the necessary changes.
The 28-year-old Romero has made the adjustments off dry ground and in the bullpen but is still in the process of attempting to carry that work into game situations. That was the goal for his last outing, against Detroit, but as Romero's competitive nature took over he reverted back to his old ways instead of sticking with the game plan.
That's one of the main reasons why Romero's next start will come in a Minor League game Thursday. The hope is that Romero will settle into a scenario where he can focus on working with the new mechanics as opposed to trying to retire every hitter he faces.
"You just have to let your athleticism go out there and let that take over," Romero said. "The bullpen and whenever I'm on my own with no ball, I exaggerate it and try to do it as perfect as I can.
"Obviously during the game in the middle of the competition you're going to shift over a little bit, but the more you get the muscle memory under control I think the better off I'm going to be."
Romero also has adjusted where he sets up on the rubber for each pitch. He now positions himself in the middle of the rubber as opposed to the first-base side. With his across-the-body throwing motion, the previous positioning made it difficult to locate fastballs on the inner part of the plate to right-handed hitters.
The goal for all of this is to put Romero in a better position to throw with consistent command. That's something he struggled with last season as he issued a career-high 105 walks in 181 innings of work.
"It's really the direction of his hips and where he's going out of his initial break in his stride," Walker said. "I want him taking those hips directly to home plate. When guys go across their body, they typically take their hips in the direction opposite of where they're throwing the ball.
"It's not a huge adjustment for him, or else we wouldn't be doing it right now. It's an adjustment we think he can make, he's confident he can make, and it'll only help him out being more consistent."
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The most publicized photographs of Detroit over the last few years have tended to be those of ancient factories and empty lots. Alternately celebrated as elegiac images of lost culture or derided as "ruin porn," such images have obscured more subtle visions of the Motor City.
Visitors to the North American International Auto Show will find an implicit response to those pictures at the Detroit Institute of Arts on Woodward Avenue. "Motor City Muse: Detroit Photographs, Then and Now" runs through June 16 and offers a miscellaneous but enlightening sampler of images of the city.
The exhibition naturally focuses on local landscapes of streets and cars and the automobile culture of Detroit.
Some of the photographers are world famous, like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank. Mr. Frank, the great Swiss-born photographer, included Detroit as an important stop on the transcontinental wanderings that resulted in "The Americans," his classic book published in the 1950s.


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So currently I'm working on this: http://0p2.rosstran.net
This was built off HTML5 Boilerplate which utilizes normalize.css, but even with this if you view the page on different browsers, different margins and paddings will occur on the navigation bar depending on the browser:
I'm new to the HTML5 Boilerplate/normalize.css and it kind of makes me wonder why use normalize.css if it can't even get the margins/paddings consistent across browsers unless I'm doing something wrong? I'm pretty sure this wouldn't be a problem if I used a normal CSS reset...
Tips on CSS browser compatibility would be helpful as well!
Maybe if you remove the above HTML errors the different browsers may give better results.
Wow an HTML validator, I haven't used those since my old XHTML days when I'd validate after almost every save... lol.
Just cleaned it up, but none of the errors were really big issues, mostly just multiple IDs due to some lazy copypasta. One error remains, but it's reminiscent from the HTML5 Boilerplate so I'm pretty sure it isn't causing any problems. The inconsistent navigation bar placement still persists.
UPDATE: Another thing I should add is that I'm mainly concerned with the modern browsers. I'm putting off older browser compatibility later so if you want to I'd prefer that you'd prioritize your answers toward modern cross-browser compatibility first. All the CSS is located under "Author's custom styles" in main.css.
The validator should be routinely checked as the design progresses and should be the FIRST tool utilized when a trouble appears.
Your experience should have taught you just the opposite. Code that is compatible with older browser will almost always work in modern browsers and require minor tweaks only. Code that is compatible with modern-browsers-first forgives so many latent errors that it is unlikely to be backwards compatible. Older browsers expect much more valid code.
Code that is compatible with modern-browsers-first forgives so many latent errors that it is unlikely to be backwards compatible.
I think that whole argument should be rephrased.. not to age of browser but for standard compliance, just so that is clear. If one is to follow that old vs new rhetoric then star hacks would still be valid on a modern browser and you could never future proof anything.
Code valid, then add 'tweaks' and conditionals for 'bad' browsers.
Here is something to check for: box-sizing.FF ONLY allows for ALL box-sizing properties, but other browsers only allow content-box and and border-box ( and don't forget the vendor prefixes) it is possible that FF is accepting some box-sizing props which were 'recently' added to the specs, while other browsers are slightly behind.
I'm really not sure what to look at that might help.
I'm running FF21. With JavaScript turned OFF, the html tag says  and the menu resembles your Firefox screen shot.
With JavaScript turned ON, the html tags says
and the menu looks like your Chrome screen shot.
Can you tell me why the code will not run locally on my PC? Apparently, it has to be run on a server, but I don't know why. I know the @fontface is server dependent, but don't see what else is. I must be overlooking something pretty obvious.
Interesting problem.
Yes, I was overlooking something obvious... outdated main.css... :nono:
I tested on another computer with an identical monitor and it was actually running on Firefox 14 and it rendered okay. I updated it to FF22 and it still rendered it fine. It seems like my main desktop is an anomaly...
So I decided to get my hands on as many devices I could and test if the navigation bar's spacing was okay. These were my results:
Windows 7 Professional, Desktop, 1920x1080 (Main desktop)Chrome 27: OKFF22: NOOpera 12.14: NOIE10: OKSafari 5.1.7: OK (BUT RENDERED SOME OTHER STUFF IMPROPERLY)
Windows Vista Home Premium, Desktop, 1920x1080 (Identical monitor to main desktop)Chrome 27: OKFF14: OKFF22: OKOpera 12.15: NOIE9: OK
Windows 8, Laptop,1366x768 (Identical monitor to main desktop)Chrome 27: OKFF22: OKOpera 12.15: NOIE10: OK
Samsung Chromebook, Monitor 1366x768Chrome 27: OK
Windows 8 Laptop, Desktop, 1366x768Chrome 27: OKFF22: OKOpera 12.15: NOIE10: OK
Windows 7 Professional, Desktop, Monitor 1360x768FF22: OKIE10: OK
iPhone 4SSafari: OK
[B]iPad 2[/b]Safari: OK
[B]Generic Android Tablet[/b]Dolphin: OK
[B]Kin TwoM[/b]Browser: LOL
Still have no idea why it's not working on my main desktop for Firefox... It could be that varying hardware is affecting it. I already tried doing a full, fresh reinstall of Firefox and the results were the same. If it's really the hardware affecting the bug, then this test makes me skeptical of browser emulation software like IETester unless it's done on a real virtual machine.
The html element's classes get manipulated by Modernizr.js which comes with HTML5 Boilerplate. So far in development I haven't touched anything with it though.
I just confirmed that my [HTML is valid to HTML5 standards and [URL="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/"]CSS is valid to CSS3 standards](http://validator.w3.org/). The only warnings that remain are from HTML5 Boilerplate. What are my options for making conditionals for "bad" browsers? I remember that IE supported conditional CSS, but what about browsers like Firefox or Opera?
I think this will do the trick. Try before you buy, though
The
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s overflow the bottom of It would happen if you increased the font size in one of the "good" PCs.
The left
 is not floated, but probably should be float:left. The right
 is floated and will not need the negative margin-top that is currently assigned, only 8px like the left
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Fixing the
s will not fix the problem, but it's a step in the right direction.
Put the
 and 2  containers in separate wrappers. Sorta like the following...

Assign positon:relative to . Then attach <div id="wrapperNew" to the bottom of  with position:absolute. That will remove any interaction between the s and
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Although untested, I believe this will solve the problem.
Let us know.
Ronpat is on the right track.
the REAL issue here is not really padding or alignment tho. it's mixing fixed and fluid units.
consider this streamlined HTML/CSS
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">


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This pretty clear plastic noise machine has been out since August but since it's not via a major manufacturer maybe you missed it? The Atomolabs Mochika 2 is a synth with a built in sequencer that can sync to Midi. How can you not love a synth with a built in sequencer? If your a musician isn't that the definition of fun? If you were looking at my Voice of Saturn videos with some lust I would say the Mochika 2 should be on your "maybe buy that" list too.
"This synth features one square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound. One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like sounds. White noise generator that triggers the VCO and can create percussion like sounds. 8 step Sequencer with note on/off switch and pitch knob for each step. It has a 1/4 inch audio output, 1/4 inch CV Output (to control other analog gear). The Mochika features a MIDI input to sync the Mochika with any midi device sending midi clock signals, the mochika can sync 1,2,4 and 8 times the tempo of the master clock midi device.. Also the instrument is ligthed with 1 ultra bright red led that indicates the LFO Rate, and 8 red leds to indicate the step that is being played. Very useful when you play it on a dark stage. The Analog Sequencer is packed in a cool laser cut clear acrilic case that shows all the hand made analog circuitry. The instrument is powered directly from 110V or 220V AC. Dimensions: 230mm(W), 170 mm(D), 80mm(H. incuded rubber feet and knobs)." – www.atomolabs.blogspot.com
There is some good demos of the Mochika in action at the Atomolabs YouTube page: click here. You can buy the Mochika 2 for $299 from the Atomolabs eBay store: click here. If anyone owns one or buys one let us know how you like it.


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Today has been deemed "Blue Monday," the most depressing day of the year. Psychologist Cliff Arnall came up with an actual formula to show that the third Monday in January can be a real downer for many people.
The formula is weather plus debt minus salary multiplied by the time since Christmas to the time since failure to fulfill New Year's resolutions. During this trying time of the year, people start to deal with post-holiday bills coming in, cold temperatures, and shorter days.
This past weekend, while visiting the Sundance Film Festival, I was surrounded by some of the most talented and creative people in the film industry (not to mention a gorgeous backdrop). There I realized that passion is contagious and also inspirational.
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The Department of English offers two concentrations of study: Literature and Creative Writing. Both of these courses of study are committed to the discovery of meaning and value in language—a commitment that is grounded in contemporary academic and professional concerns with English as well as in humankind's enduring traditions of self-expression, speculative inquiry, and social communication through literature and the rhetorical arts.
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Nunez not quite ready to return
DENVER -- Shortstop Eduardo Nunez (left rib-cage tightness) is unlikely to be ready to play Thursday. He did some light throwing and went through some motions as if taking ground balls Wednesday and said he felt better but still "a little tight."
Manager Joe Girardi said, "He went out and tried to do some stuff, and it's still not quite where it needs to be."
Nunez did not attempt to swing a bat Wednesday. Girardi said Nunez must be pain free and then do drills in the indoor batting cage -- hitting off a tee and hitting soft tosses from a coach -- without discomfort before trying to test his rib cage by swinging all-out.
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City seeks suit against councilman
The Salinas City Council voted Tuesday to ask the state Attorney General's Office for permission to file a lawsuit that would force Councilman Jose Castañeda to relinquish his seat on the Alisal Union School District board.
Castañeda has come under fire for continuing to hold his seat on the school board after being elected to the City Council in November. Castañeda represents District 1 on the council, which overlaps with the school district's boundaries.
The city's outside legal counsel found Castañeda is in violation of state law by holding both offices. Under the law, the city must get authorization from the attorney general to file suit.
Riptide cheerleaders head to championships
The Riptide All Stars cheerleading team, based in Salinas, is heading to the 2013 Cheerleading Worlds championship in Orlando for the second year in a row.
The team took second place at the PacWest Cheerleading and Dance Championships in Portland, Ore., last weekend.
The world championship lasts three days starting April 27.
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Hello wrestling fans
I wrote about number 5 on my top 5 triple threat matches. I expected a couple of comments about it but maybe it wasn't what you guys thought it would be. I wanted to do something different from other tops and my own ones by going more into the matches. On my 3 other topics about a top 5 thing I ranked them from 5 to 1 and wrote a little bit of the build up to the
One on One match has produced so many classics in WWE. From Hogan vs. Andre to Rock vs. Austin all the way to Cena vs. CM Punk. With a stipulation added to the One on One match like a No Disqualification or a Steel Cage you can make the match more interesting. But how can you push that interesting match to another level? By introducing another wrestler to the match. This match is called, a Triple
Hello my skeptical wrestling fans.
I have always said that sorry for my English language but blame the awful teachers here in Sweden.
Well this time I am going to give my opinion about a few topics that bugs me in a different way, either bad or good it doesn't matter. I still feel that I should write this so I can get it out.
Wrestling fans
I have been
Hi boys and girls and welcome to part 2 of WWE 13: Which wrestler? I am going to finish the work I did in my latest blog entry and this time I am going to include those wrestlers I think have a good chance to be in the game, more likely than some of the other guys that I include in part 1. Here are my choices:
- Goldust. Hade some decent feuds in the mid card division.
Hello my fellow wrestling fans. I am going to blog about matches from Attitude Era that some of us maybe forgot and made an impact to the WWF storylines. I am only going to include matches that were on RAW IS WAR because in 3 weeks we are going to see the 1000th episode of Raw.
So I have made this clear now. If my spelling is bad then blame the 5 english teachers i have had in my life.