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We now have a number of items lined up to do some very significant improvements to both the WYSIWYG editor, and also ocPortal's CSS/template editing interfaces.
I won't cover the template editing stuff here as it's fairly separate, but those interested can check out the tracker issues (0001753: Improved cross-file editing - ocPortal feature tracker and Replace EditArea with Ace Editor)
In my previous blog post I highlighted a number of specific improvements to handle regarding CKEditor, and here is the updated status for them all.
|Accurate pasting
|N/A. This seems to have been a temporary glitch that is resolved.
|Direct pasting (no separate paste dialog needed)
|In progress. The CKEditor team let me know that there is a new W3C API currently being written for it, and Mozilla and Google are behind it. CKEditor are already monitoring closely.
|Better style management
|Acknowledged. The CKEditor team has acknowledged the issue and may work on it in the future. It's not particularly vital so there's no rush, but good to know it's been added to their radar.
|More intuitive spell checking
|Better integration with Comcode
|Improved attachment media/handling and upload.
|Resolved for v10.
|Drag and drop uploading.
|Resolved for v10. Also last week CKEditor implemented something similar themselves, so if we find any problems with our approach we can switch track and piggy-back the new CKEditor solution.
|Table of contents auto-generation
|Improved for next patch release.
|Documentation quality
|Resolved for v10.
|Add ocPortal 'preview' toolbar button to CKEditor
|No change yet. Low priority (already can preview the form as a whole).
|Bundle CKEditor imagepaste plugin
|File/media library integration with ckeditor and add-block
|No change yet. Low priority (already improved for v10 via another route).
|Improve paste dialogs
|Acknowledged. The CKEditor team has acknowledged the issue and will be working on it.
|Merge Paste and Paste From Word buttons
|Worked around. The CKEditor team has provided us a great workaround, and are considering making a default change in the future.


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My Nonprofit Reviews
Tyler G.
Review for Haven for Hope, San Antonio, TX, USA
I'm very thankful for Haven for Hope! I never, ever thought I would need a homeless shelter, yet I'm so glad that I did. I showed up very ashamed on February 21, 2011. The intake office was closed, so I was admitted into Prospects Courtyard (the emergency shelter portion). I was given a safe place to store my bags, a much needed shoulder to cry on, and a meal. Over the following 7 months, H4H gave me most everything that I needed to straighten my life out almost without having to leave the campus. For me this included: a lot of counseling, meals, courses in Family Violence Prevention & Intervention, a case manager, ID recovery assistance, medical aid, prescriptions, a mental health evaluation, 2 substance abuse evaluations (for court), mail services, computer use, clothing donations, and a safe place to sleep. If you're considering giving to help the homeless in Bexar County, look no further than Haven for Hope. I was able to quickly turn my life around because H4H had ALL of the help that I needed. Now I'm working on starting something similar in Houston. - Tyler Gleason
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If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
1) Add "Non-violent communication" (its specific) classes to the core requirements. 2) Have speakers & video courses all day, every day in PCY (basic job searching help, computer usage, emotional skills, communication skills, stress management, etc) 3) Stop trying to fit square pegs into round holes - many of the chronically homeless have cut from society because they don't want to fit in - they'd be more likely to work as: artists, self-employed, freelancers, etc... than to stay at a desk job...
How would you describe the help you got from this organization?
How likely are you to recommend this organization to a friend?
How do you feel you were treated by this organization?
Quite well
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
How did you find this group?
Some homeless shelter search engine - I picked H4H because it sounded like it was actually going to help me change my life. It really did! Cannot thank you enough!
What, if any, change in your life has this group encouraged?
I was so impressed that I'm trying to start my own version.
Tyler, thank you for the excellent feedback. We're always striving to be better - and I'd be happy to share your review with the right people. Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences, and we are so moved that you were inspired to start your own nonprofit. Please stay in touch!

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Report- Russia Agrees To IIHF Agreement
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According to RIA Novosti Russian hockey clubs agreed with the position of the president of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretiak regarding the IIHF-NHL transfer agreement. This agreement was achieved today at the meeting held by the Federation for the management of the Superleague clubs. The formal documents will be signed on June 16th.added 12:10pm, The only mention I have found at the RIA is this:
Vladislav Tretyak, Russia's top hockey official, said Friday a tax needed to be imposed on foreign players in Russian hockey clubs to improve the level of national hockey. The three-time Olympic Champion, who was elected in April the head of the Russian Hockey Federation, said many foreign players turned out for Russian clubs but could not play for Russia as they already played for own national teams. "I would like to say that we are only considering new regulations [for 2006-2007 Russian championship], discussing our proposals and plans, arguing the urgent need to train Russian goaltenders and players," Tretyak said. Tretyak is holding a session Friday with heads of Russian hockey clubs.update 12:35pm, via Reuters Canada,
Russia's ice hockey chiefs approved on Friday a transfer agreement with the National Hockey League (NHL), ending a long confrontation with their North American counterparts. Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak said his country would soon sign a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the NHL. "With this agreement we can say we're back as full members of the international hockey community. Common sense has finally prevailed," the former goaltender told a news conference. Russia had been the only major hockey power not to sign the deal, which was approved by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) last year, calling it unfair.
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I have an article about South Carolina and the GOP race coming out in Rolling Stone soon, so I can't say too much about that race here. But I do have a few quick notes about last night's debate in Charleston, which I had the misfortune to attend.
• I was astonished to wake up this morning and read, in this morning's Wall Street Journal, this assessment of Romney's performance: "Mitt Romney turned in one of his strongest debate performances, defending his business record and laying into President Barack Obama as aggressively as he has in any previous debate."
I don't know Journal writers Patrick O'Connor or Neil King, so I can't say for sure if they were there last night, but if they were, were they watching the same event as the rest of us? I thought Romney was a disaster and last night very nearly achieved the impossible: sharing a stage with Newt Gingrich and looking like the bigger asshole.
To me, the exchange where he fell overboard mid-answer and had to ask moderator John King what the question was ("But you asked me an entirely different question?") came close to being an Ed Muskie moment.
The most interesting part of seeing these guys up close is seeing the way people like Rick Santorum and Gingrich respond to Romney in person: They appear to find him physically repulsive, their noses even scrunching up at him when they address him, like cops opening up a trunk with a body in it. And I think it's real, I don't think it's an act. Romney is so totally insincere and calculating and soulless, it physically offends other politicians. It's incredible to watch.
• I've given up trying to predict this race. Watching the events of last night, I saw plausible nomination scenarios for all four candidates. Don't forget that if the merry-go-round of incompetence continues much longer – if Romney and Newt and Santorum keep hot-potatoing frontrunner status and primary victories – Ron Paul is going to waltz into the convention with a mass of delegates and a legit argument that he was the strongest and most consistent candidate.
• Standing next to the bloodless corporate cipher Mitt Romney and the pompous, bloviating egomaniac Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum – creepy religious lunatic Rick Santorum! – came off like Clarence Darrow breaking up a Klan rally. "Rick Santorum, en fuego!" cracked one of the reporters in the media room, during Santorum's tirade about Newt's "grandiosity."
• After the revolution comes and the Show Trial/Firing Squad period of our history begins, someone from CNN is going to have to answer some very tough questions about "Kevin," the cheesy guy the network brought onstage before the debate to warm up the crowd and introduce John King. Casual viewers at home did not have to see this performance, so I won't share anything about it here, but if anyone among the press or the audience from last night has an explanation for me about that whole business, please write to me and let me know, because I'm very confused.
Anyway, I have to get back on the road to a Mitt rally. More later ...
P.S. I'm giving away a hi-res "Starve The Squid" poster to the reader who comes closest to calling tomorrow night's election results. I'm guessing:
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Romney 23
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The Efficacy of Re-treatment With Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Children
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Children participating in a study evaluating the efficacy of chloroquine and amodiaquine for the treatment of malaria will, if getting malaria during follow-up, be re-treated with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in accordance with the recommendations of the National Malaria Programme.
To compare the actual efficacy of SP with that in 1995 - 1996 we, the investigators of the Bandim Health Project, will visit these children once a week for 5 weeks. A finger prick blood sample will be collected for a malaria test.
Children with malaria during follow-up will be treated according to the guidelines of the Bandim Health Centre.
|Malaria, Falciparum
|Drug: Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (Fansidar)
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Efficacy of Re-treatment With Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Children With Recrudescent Malaria in Guinea-Bissau
- Re-appearing parasitaemia
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2001
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|March 2004
The Bandim Health Project studies the efficacy of different treatment regimens for malaria in children. If the included children during follow-up get malaria again they are, according to the recommendations of the National Malaria Programme, treated with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP).
In 1995 - 1996 the efficacy of this re-treatment regimen was evaluated in the same area.
To evaluate if treatment with SP is still efficient we want to follow children included in a study comparing treatment with chloroquine and amodiaquine having recrudescent malaria for 35 days following the re-treatment with SP.
Children with reappearing parasitaemia will be treated with SP. If accepting to participate in this study the children will be visited once a week and a capillary blood sample will be drawn. The blood sample taken on the day of reappearing parasitaemia in the chloroquine/amodiaquine study will be used as the day 0 blood sample in the SP-study.
If the child gets malaria during the follow-up he will be treated according to the guidelines of the Bandim Health Centre. All treatment during follow-up will be free.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 15 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Malaria symptoms plus positive malaria film
- > 20 parasites per 200 leukocytes
- Treatment failure in a study comparing chloroquine and amodiaquine
- Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Stated allergy to sulfadoxine and/or pyrimethamine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00137553
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00137553
|Bandim Health Project
|Apartado 861, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
|Study Director:
|Peter Aaby, Professor
|Bandim Health Project
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00137553 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|August 28, 2005
|First Posted:
|August 30, 2005
|Last Update Posted:
|March 16, 2010
|Last Verified:
|March 2010
Keywords provided by Bandim Health Project:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Malaria, Falciparum
Protozoan Infections
Parasitic Diseases
Fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Folic Acid Antagonists
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
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Fixing Santorum's 'Google problem'
Via New York Magazine, a Rick Santorum fan is trying to do an end run around the problem with Google that Rick Santorum has, thanks to activist Dan Savage, with a new Facebook page:
Rick Santorum is a God-fearing man who wants to save unborn children and protect traditional marriage. Because of this, radical left-wing activists launched a Google-bombing campaign so that people searching for his name will find pages full of vile, disgusting filth instead.
What we can do as Christians is to fight back with a Google-bombing campaign of our own. We need to post as many links as we can to www.RickSantorum.com (his real site), to help it rise in the search engine ranks and beat the fake sites.
If you have control over any websites, blogs, facebook pages, or anything like that, post a link to www.RickSantorum.com, and help fight back against the gay agenda.
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So far, there isn't exactly a groundswell on Facebook, but his supporters are doing what they can.
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Speeds on the northbound 405 are particularly slow from the Orange County line, through Long Beach and into Culver City. Speeds range from the teens to the 40s.
Traffic on the westbound 91 and 105 is heavy between the 605 and 110 freeways.
Minor slowing on the southbound 710 from the I-5 to Firestone Boulevard.
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The classic building toy is back! Makit Tinker Toys from Schylling Toys are the unique, fun construction toys that we all remember! This classic set comes in an old-fashioned round tube container, which is full to the brim with 70 assorted pieces. Kids will have a great time building amazing structures with the different color wooden rods and the multi-shaped joining pieces - the end result will be incredible! With tinker toys, kids get a blast from the past that helps them build for the future! Tube measures 11" tall.
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Men who drive flashy cars want no-strings-attached sex. This finding was part of four separate studies released two weeks ago by researchers at the University of Texas-San Antonio, the University of Minnesota and Rice University. The scientists surveyed almost 1,000 men and women, aged between 18 and 57, who received "romantic priming" and then answered questions. They discovered that women find a guy driving a Porsche Boxster sexier than a guy driving a Honda Civic.
The "women like guys in expensive cars" epiphany was the big finding. There was little word on the fellows but it's a fair bet that gay males would be more attracted to a guy driving a 2012 Porsche 911 than a dude driving a Civic. Straight men would probably be more likely to experiment with the Porsche driver and I'd bet that 30 per cent of them would go all the way with a guy driving a Lamborghini Aventador.
"Porsches can serve the same function for some men that large and brilliant feathers serve for peacocks," said the study's principal author Dr. Jill Sundie, an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Texas-San Antonio. Conspicuous consumption, she maintained, "appears to be a behaviour that is much more likely to occur if the guy is seeking short-term relationships, and he is thinking about a situation where he might be able to get one of those short-term relationships."
Other scientific discoveries from last week include, "When it rains you get wet" and, "If you stop eating you'll eventually die."
Here are a few other signs that a man is seeking a "short-term" relationship:
- You met him at "No Strings" Swingers club out by the airport.
- Knows what "romantic priming" is.
- Overall cheerful disposition.
- Thinks your boyfriend "is a great guy."
- Bought Rick Springfield's memoir Late, Late at Night before it was remaindered.
- Refers to you as "you" throughout dinner and before, during and after sex.
- Inhales oxygen. Exhales carbon dioxide.
So that's the men. What about the ladies? The studies found that females don't spend money to attract men. "Obviously women spend plenty of money on expensive things," said Sundie. "But the anticipation of romance doesn't trigger flashy spending as it does with some men." No, the anticipation in women triggers enormous spending on shoes. Still, there must be some sexual signals we can discern from the wheels females choose? For instance, if a woman drives a Mini Cooper does that mean she's into short men?
I polled a few women to see what their cars say about what they want in a man and now present this brief primer. Ladies, start your engines.
Jeep Wrangler
"I have every tool you could possibly need stored in my Jeep Wrangler. Why? Because I'm looking for a man who doesn't feel compelled to tell me how to fix everything. I'm looking for a guy who, when I say, 'My boss is being a jerk,' doesn't then reply, 'Why don't you quit your job?' And then, 'Why don't you look for a new job?' And then finally, 'If you're not going to quit your job and not going to look for a new job why do you keep complaining about it?' When I say my boss is a jerk, you can just sit there silently (a nod would be nice). Just keep the discussion advice-free."
Porsche Boxster (convertible)
"I'm financially secure and looking for fun, free, no-strings-attached sex, with a similarly minded and financially stable male. If this no-strings-attached sex blossoms into a more long-lasting committed relationship, I'm okay with that, but, I want to be clear, I totally don't care. I am in no way into commitment. Still, I've heard that these kinds of passionate flings can develop into intimate, caring relationships. Look, I'm not crazy. If we have a no-strings fling and then we both fall madly in love and decide we can't live without each other, I'm not going to fight it. But who cares! Let's just have fun, no-strings-attached sex!"
Honda Civic
"I'm looking for a guy who won't treat visiting my family as if it was an appointment to have his wisdom teeth removed. Do you still have your own hair? Bonus."
Toyota Sienna minivan
"I'm open to any romantic distraction that will divert me from obsessing about my kids elementary school grades. Should I keep my son in French Immersion? My daughter's Grade 2 music mark is a tad low. Should I have her teacher fired? Oh my God, why did I quit my job as a surgeon? What have I done?"
1999 Plymouth Voyager
"I'm an old-fashioned gal who's into light bondage and 19th century narratives. If you know when the 19th century was and what a narrative is, I'll have coffee with you."
Subaru Forester
"It doesn't really matter who you are because, when we make love, I'm going to pretend you're George Clooney anyway. Every once in a while I'll switch to Jet Li just to keep things interesting."
MX-5 Miata
"I'm not really looking for a guy."
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Topics vary and are announced in the preceding quarter. Offered: AWSpS.
Class description
This course examines regions of continuous primary economic activity that are controlled and exploited by outside areas, with Siberia as a key example. The course identifies common characteristics of such regions and presents a typology of resource colonies ("empty quarters") that is applied to various parts of the world. Students discuss the development of such regions and the effects on them of resource specialization in a global market economy.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Most issues will be covered in a lecture/discussion format. Selected issues, such as indigenous self-rule in Siberia and Northern Canada, will be addressed in a seminar format. Selected films will be shown that complement assigned readings and lecture topics. Several in-class exercises address specific issues related to resource exploitation and the Siberian landscape.
Recommended preparation
This course is aimed at students who are interested in issues of economic development and resource specialization, and have minimal-to-moderate knowledge of Siberia, which includes the Russian Far East for the purpose of this course. GEOG333 (Russia's changing landscape) and GEOG 207 (Economic Geography) are recommended, but not required. Students who have studied other areas or countries with prominent resource-dependent economic sectors are encouraged to attend, as are students with an interest in political economy.
The text, which is available at the University Bookstore, provides an accessible historical-geographic overview of Siberia for students who are unfamiliar with the region.
Class assignments and grading
Activities for the course include midterm and final examinations, two short research papers, three in-class exercises, and reading based group discussions. The final is not comprehensive-the exams cover roughly each half of the course separately. Students have an option regarding the research paper. They can either write one paper 10-15 pages in length on a topic of their choice related to an issue raised in the course, or they can write two, smaller papers (each worth 15% of the final grade) that meet certain criteria. The two papers will address the role of a specific raw material in the contemporary global economy, and raw material production in a specific country or sub-state area, respectively. A draft of all papers will be submitted for review in advance of their due date. The in-class exercises should take less than one class session each. Students are encouraged to work in small groups on these exercises.
Final grades for this course will be determined by student performance on exams and other activities in the following proportion: Midterm Exam 25%, Final Exam 25%, (2) Research Papers 30%, (3) In-Class Exercises 12%, Discussion 8%.


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About 90% of cancer deaths are caused by tumors that have spread from their original locations. This process, known as metastasis, requires cancer cells to break loose from their neighbors and from the supportive scaffold that gives tissues their structure.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) cancer biologists have now discovered that certain proteins in this structure, known as the extracellular matrix, help cancer cells make their escape. The researchers identified dozens of proteins that surround highly metastatic tumors, but not less aggressive tumors, and found that four of those proteins are critical to metastasis.
The findings could lead to new tests that predict which tumors are most likely to metastasize, and may also help to identify new therapeutic targets for metastatic tumors, which are extremely difficult to treat.
"The problem is, all the current drugs are targeted to primary tumors. Once a metastasis appears, in many cases, there's nothing you can do about it," says Richard Hynes, leader of the research team and a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. "In principle, one could imagine interfering with some of these extracellular proteins and blocking metastasis in a patient. We're a long way from that, but it's not inconceivable."
Koch Institute postdoctoral researcher Alexandra Naba is the lead author of the study, which appears online in eLife. Other authors are Steven Carr, director of the Proteomics Platform at the Broad Institute; Karl Clauser, a research scientist at the Broad Institute; and John Lamar, a research scientist at the Koch Institute.
Decoding the matrix
The extracellular matrix is made mostly of collagens, proteins that provide structural support for living tissues. But the matrix also includes hundreds of other proteins that guide cells' behavior and help them communicate with each other.
Scientists believe that cancer cells alter the composition of the matrix to stimulate their own growth and survival. Patients whose tumors have a greater abundance of extracellular matrix proteins have a poorer prognosis, but until now, scientists did not know why.
"The matrix has really been understudied, because it's not easy," says Hynes, a prof. of cancer research in MIT's Dept. of Biology. "This study couldn't have been done five to 10 years ago. It's dependent on modern technology—having the genome sequences, having mass spectrometry machines that are really good and collaborators who know how to use them."
Researchers in Hynes' laboratory previously developed a method for identifying extracellular matrix proteins by enriching them from tumors and then breaking them into shorter fragments. Analyzing these fragments with mass spectrometry reveals the extracellular matrix composition.
In this study, the researchers focused on about 1,000 proteins, including about 300 that have been identified in genomic studies as components of the matrix. The remaining proteins include enzymes that modify or degrade the matrix and growth factors that bind to it.
To compare the extracellular matrix proteins found in different tumor types, the researchers implanted metastatic and nonmetastatic human breast cancer cells into mice. They identified 118 extracellular matrix proteins that were found in both types of tumors. However, there were also several dozen proteins that were abundant in either metastatic or nonmetastatic tumors, but not both.
Manipulating the environment
It appears that metastatic tumors, as well as the supportive cells that surround them, secrete certain proteins into the extracellular matrix to make it easier for them to escape and survive at a distant site, the researchers say. Many of the proteins overexpressed in the more aggressive tumors are activated by the same cellular signaling pathways, including one controlled by a growth factor called TGF beta, which controls cell proliferation and is often elevated in cancer cells.
Other matrix-associated proteins were controlled by pathways stimulated by low concentrations of oxygen—a condition known to make cancer cells more aggressive.
In further experiments, the researchers analyzed five of the proteins that are elevated in highly aggressive tumors and found that four of them are necessary for metastasis to occur. When the genes for those proteins were knocked down, one at a time, tumors failed to spread.
Many of the proteins identified interact with cancer cells by binding to proteins called integrins that are found on cell surfaces, so it may be possible to create drugs that prevent metastasis by interfering with that binding.
The researchers also compared their results with human tumor samples and found that when the proteins they had identified in mice were overexpressed in human tumors, the patients had lower survival rates. It would be impractical to do this kind of large-scale protein screen in patients, but it could be possible to test samples for certain proteins using antibodies, say the researchers, who are now developing such antibodies.
The researchers are now seeking extracellular matrix proteins that are overexpressed in other metastatic cancers, including colon and pancreatic cancers. They are also studying whether extracellular matrix proteins in tissues to which escaped tumor cells often metastasize—such as the bone, liver and lungs—make them more receptive to invading cancer cells. If such proteins could be identified, they could also be good drug targets.


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Sweeping changes in store for ADA
The Bush Administration approved sweeping changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)—an initiative that will have a definite impact on the AEC industry.
The Bush Administration approved sweeping changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)—an initiative that will have a definite impact on the AEC industry. An advance text with accompanying analyses and reports was posted on the ADA Web site at www.ada.gov . The changes were published as a Proposed Rule in the June 17 issue of the Federal Register, which initiates a 60-day public review. There is one section for commercial facilities, and another for state and local government services.
The advance text posting includes an analysis of the changes as Appendix A. When the review period is over, final rules will be published as law.
According to a June 16 story from the New York Times, the proposal will "substantially update and rewrite federal standards for enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a landmark civil rights law passed with strong bipartisan support in 1990."
According to the Times story, more than 7 million businesses and all state and local government agencies will be affected. Covered will be all new construction and renovations, with some coverage for existing buildings. The new rules would set more stringent requirements in an effort to meet the needs of an aging population and a growing population of disabled war veterans.
A U.S. Census Bureau report states there were 50 million Americans with some type of disability in 2002. According to the report, people have a disability "if they have difficulty performing a specific activity such as seeing, hearing, bathing, or doing light housework, or had a specified condition, such as Alzheimer's disease or autism. People are considered to have a severe disability if they are completely unable to perform one or more of these tasks or activities, need personal assistance or have one of the severe conditions described in the report."
Under those definitions, the report stated that approximately 51.2 million people said they had a disability; for 32.5 million of them, the disability was severe. The report did not break down the reasons for the disabilities.
Regarding disabled American veterans, a 2007 Census report said that there are 6.1 million veterans with a disability, with about 3.5 million of them over 65 years of age. However, according to the Associated Press, the number of disabled American veterans has increased 25% (to 2.9 million) since 2001 because of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To review the proposed rule and supplemental reports, go to www.ada.gov .
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
There were the big events for the year, including the United States as Partner Country at Hannover Messe in April and the 2016 International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in September. There's also the matter of the U.S. presidential elections in November, which promise to shape policy in manufacturing for years to come.
But the year started with global economic turmoil, as a slowdown in Chinese manufacturing triggered a worldwide stock hiccup that sent values plummeting. The continued plunge in world oil prices has resulted in a slowdown in exploration and, by extension, the manufacture of exploration equipment.
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Famed atheist Richard Dawkins, an evolutionary biologist who is known for vocally deriding religion, recently revealed the best argument that he's ever heard for God's existence.
During a visit late last year to Google's offices in Kirkland, Washington, Dawkins discussed his memoir, "Brief Candle in the Dark: My Life in Science," and shared his views on issues such as the existence of God and the theory of evolution.
"There is no decent rebuttal of evolution," Darkins said. "And there is no decent argument in favor of the existence of deities."
But he still presented the best available argument that he's heard for the existence of the Almighty, which he said centers on a "deistic God, who had something to do with the fine tuning of the universe," according to the Christian Post.
"It's still a very, very bad argument, but it's the best one going," Dawkins continued.
Deism is a system in which people essentially believe that God created the world and then subsequently declines to intervene in its affairs.
The definition of the system, according to Merriam-Webster, is as follows: "a movement or system of thought advocating natural religion, emphasizing morality, and in the 18th century denying the interference of the Creator with the laws of the universe."
As for the best argument that he has heard against evolution, Dawkins declined to share one, as he believes that people are simply confused over the issue and struggle with some of the surrounding details.
"There are reasons why people don't get it, such as the time scale involved is so huge," he said. "People find it difficult to grasp how long a time has been available for the changes that are talked about."
Despite being recorded back in October, the interview wasn't uploaded to the Talks at Google YouTube page until Jan. 11.
Watch the atheist activist's entire talk below:
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Apart from the a good diffuse map, a proper specular can help a lot as well. There are tools that can generate specular maps for you, but they don't give you enough control, especially when you're working with different material types in one texture, or with bright text.
Nothing beats Photoshop if you want to create specular maps.
This way you can use masks and mask areas that you don't want to affect. If you have white text in your texture for example, the masks will come in very handy if you want to tone down the effect.
The picture above shows you how you can create a specular map for a simple two material texture, with concrete and metal. Both have their own level correction. You can use brightness/contrast instead of Level correction for this too, but adjusting the levels gives you a bit more control.
When working on a texture, it's a good idea to start with a base material. If you're working on metal, create a solid metal material. If metal is damaged all over, you can get those in your base.
It can be a good idea to save your base textures. This way, when you need to create a similar texture, you only have to take the base texture you have and build on that.
This can come in handy when you're working on a set of props or buildings that all need a similar look. Starting with a base material for every material type in your texture can help you to make a good material definition. When every part has a proper material, then you can start adding details.
Something a lot of people tend to forget in their textures are subtle details. These are things you don't notice at first glance, but make a texture or object interesting to look at.
Depending on the style and theme you can use a minimalist style, or go to extremes with the detail. It is your job to give the viewer something interesting to look at. Subtle details are perfect for this, and they can be everything.
A sticker, some worn paint, rivets, bolts, someone that wrote something with a black marker, mud, oil, anything. But the key is to keep it subtle. If you go overboard with this, it'll lose it's power.
The prop above made by Jonas Salvador is a great example of how to put details to good use. As you can see, the diffuse is loaded with details, and most of them you don't notice at first glance. There are bits of tape, stains, stickers with text, scratches, rivets, tags, etc. Details like that make 22 triangles interesting to look at.
Basically I make a copy of your entire texture, paste it at the top of the layer stack, and do an Unsharp mask pass on that layer (despite the oddname it will sharpen your texture).
This way you don't mess up your original texture. I prefer to use the Unsharp mask filter over the normal Sharpen filter. Unsharp mask will give you a control menu that can be very useful to keep the effect under control.
It's very tempting to use sharpen too much, which will cause all kinds of artifacts on your texture.
The first image is the original texture. This is how it looks in Photoshop without any correction.
The second image has a single unsharp mask pass at 70%. The details in the paint and the scratches pop out nicely.
That highlight on the horizontal edge is very noticeable now, but you could tone that down a bit. (Do this in your original texture and redo the unsharp mask proces, this way you'll always end up with a complete sharp texture, and it'll keep your .psd file clean).
The last one clearly has artifacts that you don't want. The white is too dominant, there are bright orange pixels at the border of the paint, etc. You really want to avoid things like that.
Avoid using photos in your textures, in such a way that they are not properly processed. It's a very rare thing when you can paste a part of a photo, without having to add or remove details, or to let it fit your UV clusters.
I'm not saying it's not possible. If we look at some of Stefan Morrell's work then you'll see that he does this very well. However, from what I've seen on Game-Artist.net it is sometimes tempting for a beginner artist to use a lot of photos for their textures, while they probably should have a look at other techniques to create a base texture.
The best way to get a good effect is to go through all of Photoshop's blending modes and to see which one is working well for the photo you picked.
Overlay and Vivid Light usually work alright, the rest really depends on the picture but very often give a blown-out effect. One thing to keep in mind when you're doing this is to keep it subtle.
These are small details, things that the viewer should not notice at all. Another thing to keep in mind is the scale of the details. If you want subtle paint damage, like on the second door texture, make sure that the scale of the details is the same as the scale of your object.
If not, it'll look out of place, and the viewer will notice that something is off.
For a better overlay effect you can tweak the "blend if" options on each layer. This is useful if you have bright or dark areas that mess up the effect. You can smooth them out with this option. If you hold Alt while dragging the sliders you'll split the slider up, and create a smooth transition of what is blended, and what is not.
I hope that some of these points can help you with your textures, and that you learned something new.
Don't forget that they are just simple guidelines.
They are not 'stick to' rules or workflows.
I can only encourage you to try as many things out as possible.
Because only by trying things out will you get a better understanding. Which can only lead to better and faster texturing.
Like many others, I started as a gamer, and soon wanted to build my own maps and levels.
The lack of the right props for my scenes bothered me a lot.
I touched base with Game-Artist.net and after two years we were adopted by CGSociety, and that's where we are right now.
The main purpose for this article is to make a summation of all the comments that are frequently made at Game-Artist.net (and elsewhere, no doubt). It's not the Holy Grail of Texturing, but it can help you out with issues that frequently occur, and are easy to fix.
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ELEGY ON NIALL GARBH O DOMHNAILL The Franciscan MS. A. 14 contains two poems and a copy of the Forus Feasa of Céitinn. Of the poems the first was edited by me in the Irisleahhar Maighe Nuadhat of 1 9 1 3,* while the main text of the manuscript has been used in the Irish Texts Society edition of Céitinn's work. The only portion which has not hitherto been printed is the elegy on Niall Garbh Domhnaill, of which the text with a tentative translation is here given. The exact date of the manuscript is not known, but it must be later than 1 6 3 2 , as Emonn O Braonáin on whom the first elegy was composed, died in that year. It has been ascribed to Céitinn himself and to the Cléirigh school. Though the writing is not of a uniform character the prose is probably all the work of the same hand. The poems show certain peculiarities also displayed by a note on a single leaf containing the genealogy of Maol- chraoibhe, a quo Maoilchraoibhe, also preserved in the Franciscan collection. The entry is as follows : ata an senchus romhainn ar na sgriohhadh go glan do réir na leahhar as ferr do chonncamar 7 mar dherhhadh air sin ataimsi ag cur mo laimhe air so Madrid 28 Marta 1658 Tuileagna Mael- conaire seancha coitchenn Erenn * the above pedigree has been written accurately according to the best books we have seen, and as witness * See the preceding paper. 27
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Zev 6100 & 5100 Electric Utility Scooters
Normally the term electric scooter brings up images of Segway-like vehicles complete with pocket protector wearing riders. The Zev 6100 and 5100 utility scooters ($7,526) may redefine the stereotype though. Originally developed as a delivery vehicle for the police (back when the police used to compete with Fedex??), its wheelbase is 60.62 inches, which is actually longer than a Harley Sportster 883 or a 1200cc. This wheel base provides comfort to riders over long distances and offers far better stability. Speaking of deliveries, this bike also features several additions to help you tote gear as well as you. The large seat rear section flips up into a locking position to become a backrest while making room for a heavy-duty load rack. Despite what the promotional copy may say though, we don't really see riders using it as a space for hauling back a dead deer. There are also two lockable storage boxes along the sides of the rear for smaller items.
In terms of range, Zev also claims that the 6100 long-range model holds the title for having the maximum possible range of any electric motor scooter in the world. That's because its battery has more capacity than many electric cars with 4.32 Kwh in the 5100 and 5.04 Kwh in the 6100. That's 3 times larger than the Toyota Prius car in terms of capacity and amounts to a range of around 85 miles. Maximum speeds for the lower speed long range models are 50mph for the 5100, and 63mph for the high speed 6100. Another thing to note is that the 5100 has an extremely high torque electric motor (Torque 248 Nm (183 lb ft)) for easily climbing hills. The 6100 model uses this same motor, but customers have the option of selecting a higher speed motor that yields a maximum speed of 63 mph in exchange for torque. In case your were wondering, both bikes can also haul two people weighing a 185lbs a piece. That's good news for you and bad news for Fat Albert and the gang. Whisper quiet run noise and camo paint job aside though, don't let us see you taking this Deer hunting.


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Who will make the most convincing argument?
When it comes to picking the Edmonton Eskimos next head coach, the closing argument from each candidate will go a long way to determining the winner.
Each of the six names on the Green and Gold's list of possible successors for Danny Maciocia brings undeniable risk but intriguing upside.
Here is a breakdown of the Eskimos' top six candidates, weighing the pros and cons of each:
1. Richie Hall, Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive co-ordinator
Hall is definitely interested in becoming the Esks' next bench boss.
"Very much so," said Hall.
"I think they're a very respected, very classy organization and good football team."
PROS: The Riders entire starting linebacking unit -- Maurice Lloyd, Anton McKenzie and Sean Lucas -- are set to be free agents this winter.
Both Lloyd and McKenzie were named 2008 CFL all-stars earlier this month, and Lucas is considered an emerging stud.
If Hall could bring a couple of those stars with him to the Esks, he emerges as an instant favourite.
"I think any time a coach moves from one place to another, there is always that carryover of players or staff," admitted Hall.
Another benefit for Hall is the fact the Rider defence gave up the fewest yards in the CFL this year (354).
CONS: Hall has apparently had six interviews to be a head coach in the CFL, including the current vacancy with the Toronto Argonauts, but hasn't succeeded. Why?
2. Doug Berry, former Winnipeg Blue Bombers head coach
Wearing his politically correct hat, Berry was pretty quiet yesterday on the possibility of being Edmonton's next head coach.
But a source tells Sun Media Berry is highly motivated to get back into coaching and prove he shouldn't have been fired in Winnipeg this fall.
PROS: Berry is very good friends with Maciocia, the Esks GM and director of football operations.
CONS: Will the Esks hire someone who was just punted out the door elsewhere?
3. Chris Jones, Calgary Stampeders defensive co-ordinator
An engaging person behind the scenes, Jones is the rising hotshot in the CFL coaching department.
PROS: Under Jones' guidance, the Stamps defence gave up a league-low 21.5 points per game in the regular season before winning the Grey Cup this fall.
The Eskimos gave up 26.2 points per game.
Jones built that stellar defence this year with just two returning starters.
CONS: Jones isn't tied to the Esks in any way, meaning Maciocia and Rick LeLacheur need to determine in a short window if this can be a successful marriage.
4. Noel Thorpe, Eskimos special teams co-ordinator and defensive backs coach
The only insider on the Green and Gold's current list of candidates to replace Maciocia, Thorpe is facing a stiff test.
PROS: The club knows what it's dealing with -- professionally and personally -- with Thorpe after seeing him work hard and keep his nose clean this year. That's a huge advantage for the candidate.
CONS: Is Thorpe ready to be a head coach? Can he make the jump to the top position from his current spot?
5. Mike Benevides, B.C. Lions defensive co-ordinator and linebackers coach
Like Thorpe, Benevides is a Canadian in the running.
PROS: Nine years of CFL coaching experience, he was also Calgary's director of Canadian scouting to start the decade. The Toronto native has also learned from one of the masters of coaching -- Wally Buono.
CONS: While Benevides had the CFL's top defender -- Cam Wake -- this year, his B.C. defence gave up 25.4 points per game, nearly the same as the Eskimos.
6. Greg Marshall, Winnipeg Blue Bombers defensive co-ordinator and linebackers coach
Living in the Edmonton area, this would be an easy transition.
PROS: Although Thorpe has spent the last year working with Maciocia, a source tells Sun Media the Esks GM knows Marshall the best on this list.
CONS: Winnipeg's defence gave up more yards per game than Edmonton's in 2008. The Bombers also slipped this year in the points department, giving up 71 more points compared to the 2007 edition.


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DYSFUNCTION between Victoria's two top police officers led to a sorry chapter in the force's history but it's time to move on, the state's corruption watchdog says.
Mistrust marred the relationship between then chief commissioner Simon Overland and his deputy Sir Ken Jones and brought an unhappy period of disruption to the force in 2010 and 2011, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) report found.
Sir Ken had serious concerns about the structure of Victoria Police and was not afraid to voice the concerns, the report by former Supreme Court justice Murray Kellam found.
Sir Ken did not mince words, lacked diplomacy and discretion and passed on confidential information to people he trusted, he said.
His expression of his concerns to three men, including deputy premier Peter Ryan's former adviser Tristan Weston, was inappropriate, Mr Kellam said.
But while Sir Ken would have known it was possible the information could be passed on to reporters, he did not intend for the material to reach the media, he said.
"I do not consider that the evidence is sufficient to conclude that this behaviour formed part of a scheme devised by him to ensure that those he spoke to would divulge what he said to the media," Mr Kellam said.
Mr Kellam concluded it was time to move on.
"It is time for Victoria to leave behind what can only be described as a sorry chapter in the history of VicPol," he said.
"No public interest is to be served by any further investigation."
Mr Kellam said hopefully the report will bring closure to "unhappy period of disruption, mistrust and dysfunction" in senior ranks of Victoria Police.
Mr Overland and Sir Ken resigned from the force in 2011 and no longer live in Victoria.
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Take an episode of The Office, snapshots from a selection of action movies, some green face paint and a puppet made from anglepoise lamps and a water cooler, and you've got BLAM!
Yes, this show really is as unusual as it sounds and is almost impossible to classify.
It isn't a dance show, but dance and choreography are at the heart of the performance.
It isn't a play, or a drama, comedy or tragedy; but all three do feature.
What it most definitely is, is weird, wonderful and most certainly BLAM-tastic.
BLAM! is a Danish show which took Edinburgh Festival by storm last year, selling out one of the Fringe's biggest venues and securing four and five star reviews, as well as a run in London's West End as well as international dates on the back of the success.
It's now back and in Blackpool for 10 nights only, until Sunday, August 31, for its only UK dates this year.
There's something for everyone in the short show, which I guess you can call a piece of 'physical theatre', although its biggest appeal might be to dads and their sons.
In the utterly uninspiring, modern open-plan, partitioned office - typically adorned with a single limp-leaved fern - three bored, somewhat nerdy office workers while away their day with waste paper basketball, and the odd stunt to brighten the tedium.
At the same time, they're trying to avoid the attentions of their socially awkward boss, played with more than a hint of Basil Fawlty and Mr Bean, by BLAM! director Kristjan Ingimarsson.
It's a slow start, but gradually he too is drawn into the fun and games.
Then what begins as flashes of entertainment in their dull lives become gradually longer, more physical and more exciting scenes from action movies, referencing a host of Hollywood big hitters - which I'll admit went over my head.
That said, the sheer physicality of BLAM! and the performers' strength, flexibility and creativity on stage more than makes up for it if you don't happen to be an action flick chick.
They combine acrobatics with parcour, mime with occasional explosive laughter, and make comic and genuis use of anything and everything you'd find in an office - from staplers to ring-binders, and from rubber stamps to coat stands in their battles and armoury. There's even a bit of trapeze trickery thrown in for good measure.
Against the wham, BLAM! of the awesome fight scenes, which tap into kung fu as well as computer shoot 'em ups, there's even ballroom dance, ballet and romance between one worker and a strangely alluring and endearing 'alien' creature, fashioned from two anglepoise lamps and a water-cooler. These moments make for a very welcome change of pace and tone, bringing down the thumping soundtrack to a more gentle level to add to the mood, but I warn you - have a tissue ready for the climax of this subplot.
What BLAM! most definitely manages, just as you think you might have had enough of the high-octane sequences, is to turn expectations on their head... In more ways than one, in the build-up to a blockbuster ending.
Meet Marvel's comic book heroes Predator, Wolverine, the Incredible Hulk and Iron Man in BLAM!'s fantastic final scene.
While the show may finish with a fist-pumping, chest-baring, stage-hogging rendition of AC/DC's Highway To Hell, the audience leaves on a high.
l BLAM!, Grand Theatre, Blackpool, until August 31, various times. Call 01253 290190.


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[MLS TRANSACTIONS] Peter Luccin joins a growing list of French veterans attracted to MLS. The 33-year-old midfielder has
played only seven games over the last three seasons but that didn't prevent FC Dallas from signing him after impressing in two weeks of workouts. FC Dallas will be the 10th club for Luccin, who says
he was drawn to Dallas as a big fan of American pro sports ...
Luccin played the majority of his career in Spain but did not play in 2009-10 and 2010-11. He joined Swiss club Lausanne in October 2011 but left after six months.
"Peter came in at the end of the season to be seen by the FC Dallas coaching staff," FC Dallas head coach Schellas Hyndman said in a statement. "We were in the final two weeks of training, so he was being measured against a group of players who were very fit. He really impressed us. He can cover a lot of space in central midfield and he seldom loses the ball."
Luccin, who has resided in Spain in recent years, will provide FC Dallas help in midfield. Midseason DP acquisition Julian de Guzman was not re-signed, and Daniel Hernandez has retired.
What attracted Luccin to Dallas? "I'll be able to see the Mavericks in the NBA or baseball or football games," he told the French web site So Foot. "They'll all be at my fingertips."


text: Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo said today that they are planning to end unlimited data plans when customers switch to a 4G phone. Shammo made the announcement at a JPMorgan conference. Verizon Wireless does not currently offer unlimited data plans for new customers. Some of the older customers have unlimited data plans that were grandfathered into their existing plans. Most of the older customers with unlimited data plans have 3G devices. When the older customers buy a 4G phone, Verizon will force them to sign up for a shared family data plan or tiered individual data plans.


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Why the Fall of Syswin's IPO Underlines China's Realty Bubble
As the famous Bob Marley line suggests, 'you can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time'. The same is indeed happening in the Chinese realty sector. There is no denying the fact that although China appears to be a dream investment destination today, the ongoing rush to invest directly in China can turn out to be a real nightmare in the long term, especially in the hyped Chinese Real estate markets. As the world fights a deep recession, which is getting murkier by the day, much of the world's global capital has been flocking to China in recent years in anticipation that China's growth can act as a protective shield. Although this investment route has worked well in the past year, now it seems like a perfect case of putting the cart before the horse. As China's inflated equity and real estate growth, built largely on government-led economic stimulus measures and soaring asset prices - which lead to low interest rates and massive fiscal deficits run out of steam, it's quite evident that the Chinese bubble is already on its way to bust - bringing an abrupt end to the boom.
The False Start Of SYSWIN: Shares of real estate consultant SYSWIN (SYSW), which sells real estate services in 17 Chinese cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao and Jinan. opened flat with their initial public offering price, then fell as investors reversed course on a risky bet on China's red hot property sector.
The company managed to sell only 9.6 million American Depositary Shares for $7 each, raising about $67.2 million. The uncertainty in the Chinese realty sector as a whole also reflected this when SYSWIN changed the proposed size of its offering three times leading up to its IPO. The company first filed to raise up to $100 million, raised that amount to $123 million, then delayed its pricing by a day and cut the proposed value of its IPO by 41.5 percent.
Imminent Realty Price Correction: A recent Bloomberg report has quoted Beijing-based analysts at BNP Paribas as saying that China's home prices will start declining from this month as the government maintains its lending curbs and increases the supply of public housing, forcing property developers to cut prices to boost sales. China's property developers, the worst-performing group on the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index this year, will…
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Big Bear Mountain Resorts (Bear Mountain and Snow Summit) fired up its snow guns early this week for the first time, setting the stage for the opening of the 2010-2011 ski/snowboarding season.
Thanks to favorable weather conditions (nightly temps dropping into the 20s and low humidity), the crew at Big Bear Mountain Resorts was recently able to make snow for over 12 hours. While there is still no concrete opening date, weather permitting, BBMR hopes to open both Snow Summit and Bear Mountain by the Thanksgiving holiday, if not sooner.
For up-to-the-minute snow reports, go to: Bear Mountain & Snow Summit.
Conditions Needed for Snowmaking
-low humidity
-Ideal conditions are temps between 10 and 15 degrees F. Surprisingly, if the humidity is very low BBMR can make snow with temps as high as 40 degrees. On the flip side, if the air is very humid it can be difficult to make snow even at temps below freezing.
Snowmaking Facts
– 81 fan guns and 70 air guns at Snow Summit
– 54 fan guns and 60 air guns at Bear Mountain
– In ideal conditions, each resort's system can convert up to 6,000 gallons of water per minute into snow
– Snow Summit and Bear Mountain can open a run in 36 to 48 hours of continuous snowmaking over bare ground with normal snowmaking conditions.
Santa Ana Winds
Everyone knows Santa Ana winds are dry, but what many don't realize is that they are cool – sometimes very cold – as they come out of Utah and Nevada. The Santa Ana winds are heated by compression when they enter the valleys of Southern California, so while it may be beach weather in the cities, the winds are usually very good for snowmaking.


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Bacchanal Buffet At Caesars Palace Delights First Guests With Abundant Variety Of Everyone's Favorite Dishes
Named One of 2012's Most Anticipated U.S. Restaurant Openings*
Nine kitchens, More Than 500 items, Extraordinarily Modern Design
Suggested tweet: Bacchanal Buffet @CaesarsPalace opens today with more than 500 items from 9 kitchens overlooking Garden of the Gods pool oasis #Vegas
Sep 11, 2012, 09:00 ET from Caesars Palace
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace welcomed its first guests to the restaurant that redefines the Roman feast while changing the paradigm of buffets. Overlooking the world-famous Garden of the Gods pool oasis, Bacchanal Buffet serves more than 500 dishes daily in a 25,000 square foot extraordinarily modern and inviting space that seats 600, designed by internationally renowned firm Super Potato.
"The distinguishing feature of Bacchanal Buffet is its nine open kitchens. Reflective of the current cultural focus on food, the buffet positions food and chefs as entertainment. Food is everyone's favorite subject right now, certainly my own too, and we're capturing that energy in the interactive kitchens," says Gary Selesner, Caesars Palace regional president. "The dishes range from the type of comfort food items that we all come to buffets for, like mouth-watering carved prime rib and a delicious selection of fresh seafood, to many unique offerings. We have selected a tremendous team of talented chefs who are committed to quality and taste."
Bacchanal Buffet is a highly anticipated addition to Las Vegas, a city that has become synonymous with some of the best dining experiences in the world. With the most variety of any buffet in a town famous for its buffets, guests can find everything from classic favorites such as made-to-order omelets and red velvet pancakes to cutting edge globally-inspired dishes like wood-fired Neapolitan pizzas, Chinese dim sum, even roasted South Carolina shrimp and grits. Helmed by classically-trained chefs, each of the nine distinct areas features at least one live cooking station, a selection of individually-plated dishes and an assortment of small plates. The chefs and cooks become part of the entertainment as they carry out the majority of the cooking directly in front of guests in an interactive setting that invites each guest to take an active role in this culinary experience.
"I look at Bacchanal Buffet as nine unique restaurants and I pay special attention to every detail just as I would an individual restaurant, all in an effort to deliver our guests' favorites," says Bacchanal Buffet executive chef, Scott Green. "We are redefining the traditional buffet experience by focusing on the quality of the ingredients, the presentation and each guest's overall experience."
Renowned Japanese firm Super Potato created intimate dining areas, each with their own unique design inspired by elements of glass, wood and steel. These areas combine, creating complementing clean lines with the use of natural, recycled and reclaimed materials.
First section guests encounter
Sparkling chandeliers
Flooded with natural light flowing
Juxtaposes the glass while
Stacked wood blocks act as walls and ceiling
Light flowing through blocks
Contrasts the organic feel of the
Weathered steel plates
Bacchanal Buffet joins the culinary tradition of Caesars Palace that began with Spago and Mesa Grill, and continued with favorites such as Payard Patisserie & Bistro, Rao's and Restaurant Guy Savoy along with the recent additions of Central Michel Richard, Old Homestead Steakhouse and, in late 2012, the highly-anticipated arrivals of Nobu Caesars Palace and Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill.
Bacchanal Buffet at a Glance
Bacchanal Buffet Essentials
Food – executive chef Scott Green
9 show kitchens: Mexican, Italian, Chinese,
Japanese, American, Seafood, Pizza, Deli,
More than 500 items throughout the day
More than 800 recipes executed
Design – design firm Super Potato
7 seating formats
10 chair varying designs in 17 different fabrics
3,607 glass jars filled with edible items
16,027 pieces of colored smallwares on walls
25,000 square feet seating 600 guests
Total cost: $17 million
Daily: 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Breakfast: Weekdays 7 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Brunch: Weekends 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Lunch: Weekdays 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Dinner: Daily 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.
Pricing Total Rewards
Breakfast $19.99 $16.99
Lunch $24.99 $21.99
Weekend brunch $31.99 $28.99
Dinner $34.99 $31.99
Dinner (Fri & Sat) $39.99 $36.99
Available with Buffet of Buffets pass for additional
$10 per visit.
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffI was so proud to be Belgium when I heard these guys. Review might read a bit to positive but I just could bring myself to rate this higher.
Also like always, notify me of any typo's I've missed. And don't shy away from c&c.
Album Rating: 3.5Rules so hard. I really like the black metal and death metal influences on this.
Digging: Gamma Ray - Land of the Free
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffYeah they really blew me away first time too.
Album Rating: 3.5Definitely a solid 3.5. Could possibly go up in the future.
it's no ex lives
Digging: Dyscarnate - With All Their Might
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffIt's a solid 4 for me, If it had a bit more insane moments (like the end of Hierophant) and was a bit longer it most likely would have rated it higher.
Album Rating: 4.0this is pre rad
Album Rating: 4.0Good album !
Belgium is a great country for agressive music !
Album Rating: 4.0^ Check out new Hessian from this year, if you haven't already.
Album Rating: 4.0New album coming August 20, can't fucking wait!
Is Amenra's vocalist doing guest vocals on Sink into Sin II? It sounds exactly like and I really believe it is him.
Album Rating: 3.0I will be seeing Oathbreaker, amenra, hessian and the black heart rebellion at the release show of the album.
Anyone jealous?
Digging: Brandon Seabrook - Needle Driver
Album Rating: 4.0^ You mean, in Russia?
now oathbreaker sinks lowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Album Rating: 4.0Are we listening to the same album? (the new one I presume?)
Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off"Is Amenra's vocalist doing guest vocals on Sink into Sin II? It sounds exactly like and I really believe it is him. "
Its possible since both bands are good friends, and I'm pretty sure some peeps of Oathbreaker were/are in Amenra.
Origin has a riff that sounds almost exactly like the recurring motif to Dark Horse by Converge.
Album Rating: 4.0Really digging this album
Album Rating: 4.0not as good as eros anteros but yeah this slaps
Album Rating: 4.0well I'm gonna check that out real soon
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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Who is KCHC?
The Kentucky Coalition for Healthy Communities (KCHC) is a group working to improve the health of people in Trimble, Metcalfe, Hart, Bullitt, Shelby, Oldham, Barren, Spencer and Henry Counties in Kentucky. We are building a healthier environment for all citizens. Our goal is to make it easier for people to get good medical care, affordable healthy foods, and safe exercise opportunities. We are community members working to improve the health of our communities, and we want your input!
Tuesday, December 5, 1pm - 3pm at:
North Central District Health Department, Shelbyville
Click here for directions.
Multi-Purpose Community Action Senior Center, Shepherdsville
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BRADD Office, Bowling Green, 12pm - 2pm
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Learn more about our meetings...


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June 9, 2012
My mom was born and raised on Martha's Vineyard. This is also where she met and fell in love with dad. We have a lot of family that resides on this island, and many of my best childhood memories are from MV. I hope my new Johnny Cupcakes MV shop can now be one of those memories for you.
The Johnny Cupcakes Martha's Vineyard shop will officially open on Saturday June 16, 2012 at 45 Circuit Ave in Oak Bluffs, MA (Martha's Vineyard). The Grand Opening celebration will start at 11 am with an old fashioned treasure hunt, and officially open at 2 pm.
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"We are so glad we found this for mom…we worried about her so much. Now we have peace of mind…."
Crestview Manor- Rehabilitation and Long Term Care
199 Court Street
Jane Lew, WV 26378
Crestview Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation is a 72 bed community nestled in the rolling hills of Jane Lew, WV. Residents and their families can enjoy inspirational views of the surroundings from one of our outdoor seating areas.
The leadership team is comprised of a tenured staff with hands-on experience and medical knowledge that is invaluable. Department heads average 15 years experience at Crestview Manor and value the relationships they build with the residents and their families.
Providing outstanding care and peace-of-mind to our residents and families is at the center of our mission. A physician is on call 24 hours/ 7 days a week. Our facility is conveniently located within 30 minutes of three area hospitals. Crestview provides Physical, Occupational and Speech therapies as well as wound care, whirlpool baths/treatments, and intravenous (IVs).
Our care extends beyond your loved ones' health to their well-being and overall happiness in life. Crestview Manor's robust activities program provides a diverse range of activities designed to promote mental alertness, physical strength and to provide fun!


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Treatments for Parkinson's disease: Surgery, medication and deep brain stimulation
Parkinson's disease cannot be cured, but many of its symptoms can be relieved or managed.
In the early stages of Parkinson's disease, no treatment may be needed, but needs may change as the condition progresses.
The goal of treatment is to help a person cope with everyday life and maintain their quality of life.
The main treatments for Parkinson's are medications, but surgery and other approaches may be recommended.
Parkinson's disease health care team
Treating Parkinson's disease is often a team effort, involving not only your neurologist, but also a wide variety of specialists. A Parkinson's disease health care team may include:
- Neurologists
- Specialist nurses
- Occupational therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Counsellors
- Social workers
- Speech therapists
- Dietitians
The goals of treatment vary for each person, but in most cases, treatment for Parkinson's disease is designed to:
- Maintain overall quality of life
- Improve mobility and function
- Reduce rigidity
- Reduce tremor
- Reverse slowed movements
- Improve posture, gait, balance, speech, and writing skills
- Maintain mental sharpness
Prescription drugs to treat Parkinson's
Most people with Parkinson's disease can have symptoms treated using prescribed medication.
Because Parkinson's symptoms often occur due to low levels of a chemical messenger in the brain, called dopamine, drugss are used to help increase dopamine levels.
- Levodopa
- Dopamine agonists
- Apomorphine
- Glutamate antagonist
- Anticholinergics
- COMT inhibitors
- MAO-B inhibitors
Ask your doctor or pharmacist about anything you don't understand about your medication, what they do and any side effects or interactions with other medication.
Alternative treatments
Some studies have suggested vitamin E-rich foods may be beneficial for people with Parkinson's, or multivitamins containing vitamin E, rather than individual vitamin E supplements, if it is lacking in a person's diet. Don't try any supplement or 'natural' approach without seeking medical advice first.
Relaxation and guided imagery have also been suggested to help with stress, depression, and anxiety. Medical studies have shown that relaxation and guided imagery may help slow the progression of symptoms as well as quicken healing time after surgery or injuries.
Surgical treatments for Parkinson's disease
The main types of surgery the NHS offers for Parkinson's disease are deep brain stimulation and lesioning techniques pallidotomy and thalamotomy.
There are other procedures being researched. One involves the transplantation of foetal dopamine neurons (tissue transplant) into the brains of people with Parkinson's disease. The hope is that these cells will be able to re-grow the damaged dopamine-producing nerve cells.
Another uses an infusion of chemicals called growth factors into the basal ganglia of the brain.
Gamma knife surgery uses radiotherapy techniques through the skull.
What is pallidotomy?
It is thought that the part of the brain called the globus pallidus becomes overactive in Parkinson's disease. This overactivity acts like a brake and slows or diminishes bodily movement. Pallidotomy surgery permanently destroys the overactive globus pallidus to lessen the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. This treatment can eliminate rigidity and significantly reduce tremor, bradykinesia, and balance problems. Pallidotomy can also enhance medication treatment in people with an advanced form of Parkinson's disease.
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Benoit Pouliot snapped a third-period tie, and Alex Auld made 30 saves in his season debut to earn his first victory in nine months and the Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Islanders 3-1 on Friday night for their fourth straight victory.
Pouliot, the trail man on a 3-on-2 rush, took a back pass from Jeff Halpern from the right circle dot and snapped a shot past goalie Dwayne Roloson 7:19 into the third. Travis Moen scored with 1:49 left to make it 3-1
Montreal swept the home-and-home series from the Islanders, and handed New York its first regulation loss at Nassau Coliseum (2-1-1) and third consecutive loss overall. The Canadiens, who have won six of seven, are 11-0-3 against the Islanders since the start of the 2007-08 season.
Tomas Plekanec scored for the third straight game to give the Canadiens (7-2-1) a 1-0 lead in the first period. Matt Martin answered in the second for the Islanders with his first NHL goal. Roloson made 23 saves, but lost Montreal for the second time in three nights.
Auld, who hadn't won since Jan. 29, beat the Islanders for the first time in five starts.
Martin had an eventful second period, netting his first goal and then taking on hulking defenseman Hal Gill for his third career fight.
Martin got the Islanders even with 3:15 left in the second when he took a perfect feed from Frans Nielsen from the end boards and one-timed a shot from the slot past Auld. In the closing seconds of the period, Martin was finishing up a hardworking shift in which he landed several hits but then had to deal with the 6-foot-7 Gill, who came in to protect his teammates. Martin dropped the gloves first and then held on.
Montreal was outshot 13-4 in the second, but was successful on the defensive end in killing New York's 5-on-3 power play that lasted for 1:43 midway through the frame. The short-handed situation was made more difficult by the fact that the penalties were committed by Gill and fellow defenseman P.K. Subban, who were both whistled for interference against John Tavares, the Islanders' leading goal scorer.
The Canadiens got off to a fast start and took a 1-0 lead in the first period when Plekanec scored his fifth of the season at 2:42 - just 18 seconds into a power play. Michael Cammalleri's shot was blocked in front by Islanders defenseman Mark Eaton, and the puck caromed to Plekanec, who finished off a stuff-in from the left post.
Montreal kept up the pressure, but neither team could generate much offense on a tough ice surface, that produced many bouncing pucks and several flubbed shots. Some players even fell in spots. The Canadiens held a 9-2 shots edge 10 minutes into the game, but New York countered with an 18-7 spurt over the next 30 minutes through the second period.
Auld looked good despite not playing in a game since March 6 while with the New York Rangers. His best stop came 4:15 into the second period when he thwarted Matt Moulson's short-handed breakaway.
NOTES: Montreal G Carey Price sat out for the first time in 10 games. ... Canadiens coach Jacques Martin said that D Andrei Markov is expected to make his season debut Saturday at home against Florida. Markov underwent knee surgery in May. ... The Islanders assigned forward Rob Schremp to Bridgeport (AHL) on a conditioning assignment. Schremp has been out since the preseason because of a lower-back injury. ... Martin has three points in seven NHL games. ... Islanders D Bruno Gervais made his season debut, but he played as a forward on a checking line in place of LW Trevor Gillies, who was scratched for the first time this season. ... Auld hadn't beaten the Islanders since Jan. 14, 2006.


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"Tactical Unit – the Code" is likely to be an enticing prospect for fans of Hong Kong action cinema, being the first in a series of follow ups to Johnnie To's seminal 2003 police thriller "PTU", a film which still stands as one of the best of the genre. Here, To serves as producer, passing the directorial reins to Law Wing Cheong, a member of the Milkyway stable previously responsible for "Hooked on You" and the comedy "2 Become 1", and who recently starred in "Sparrow".
The film was written by Yip Tin Shing, another frequent To collaborator, who scripted "Election", "Exiled", "Throw Down" and others, and boasts a great cast of familiar faces including Simon Yam, Maggie Siu and Lam Suet. Thankfully, the film lives up to its impressive pedigree, proving itself worthy of the Milkyway brand, and manages to transcend its low-budget roots.
The film revolves around an incident in which three members of the Police Tactical Unit are caught on CCTV beating a suspect in an alleyway. The officers' faces cannot be seen, and CAPO (Complaints Against Police Office) launches an immediate enquiry to catch and punish the culprits before the news leaks out. The prime suspect is unit leader Sam (Simon Yam), who has enough problems of his own after one of his men called Eight (Lee Kwok Lun, recently in "Mad Detective") goes off the rails after being reprimanded for confessing that he has fallen into debt. Meanwhile, the PTU, CAPO and rival gangs all hunt for the victim of the beating, each determined to deal with him in their own way.
As with the original "PTU", it quickly becomes apparent that there is far more going on that the simple premise might suggest, and the plot has a number of threads and ironic twists. Like most Milkyway productions, the focus is on the characters, and the film is a painfully human affair, exploring the frailties of and conflicts faced by the police officers, chiefly the different ways in which financial pressures can effect behaviour and cloud judgement. The film covers some fascinating moral ground in pleasingly even handed fashion, asking challenging questions as to how traditional notions of right and wrong fit in with the harsh realities of law enforcement. Themes of brotherhood and duty inevitably arise, though are dealt with in suitably deep and interesting fashion, with the film never taking the easy route.
The film is tense throughout, with an ominous atmosphere and a darkly brooding musical score. Although there is not much in the way of action aside from a few chase scenes, the threat of violence constantly hangs over the proceedings, making for gripping, taut viewing. Things do burst into bloodshed towards the end as the various narrative threads are brought together, but again the film has a few unpredictable developments up its sleeve, and aims for a philosophical rather than tritely emotional or fashionably nihilistic conclusion.
Fans need not lament the loss of To as director too much, as Law Wing Cheong does a fine job in his own right, keeping things tight throughout. The film has a more grounded look than "PTU", and what it might lack in terms of To's gorgeous interplay of light and shadow it makes up for in gritty realism. This serves well to ground the drama and to give a convincing depiction of the back alleys and seedy gang hideouts of the Hong Kong criminal underworld. Although the budget was obviously quite low, Law actually manages to turn this to his advantage and the lack of gloss, creative camera work and use of different mediums further helps to give the film a suitably tough edge.
All of this combines to make "Tactical Unit – the Code" a worthy effort, which though not quite in the same league as "PTU" compares favourably with other contemporary cop thrillers. Thrilling and gripping, yet at the same time wholly believable, like most other Milkyway productions, it stands out thanks to a genuine attempt to connect with its characters and to depict them as flawed, though ultimately sympathetic human beings. Certainly, the film is good enough to bode well for the sequels to follow, which will hopefully manage to attain the same level of quality.
Wing-cheong Law (director) / Tin-Shing Yip (screenplay)
CAST: Simon Yam … Lee Wing Sam
Maggie Siu … May Cheung
Suet Lam
Yung-cheng Chang
King-Kong Lam
Roderick Lam
Kwok Shing Lau
Kwok-Lun Lee … Eight


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Highly Capable Referral-January!
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Kindergarten: December 1, 2016 - December 16, 2016
Grades 1-8: January 4, 2017 - January 31, 2017
It is time for Highly Capable referrals! Anyone (parents, teachers, community, etc.) can refer a student to be tested for potential qualification in next year's highly capable programs. Students from all grade levels can be referred. You can complete the form online at www.tinyurl.com/BSDHiCap or get assistance with the referral at the school's main office. Those students referred will be tested in the school building during January (Kindergarten) and March (all other grades). Results will be available by May. More information about our highly capable programs can be found at www.bethelsd.org/domain/319 or in the school main office.
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This sequel continues the comparison of the twins XCS and SB--XCS. We find they tend towards different representations of the solution and distinguish three types of representations which rule populations can form, namely complete maps, partial maps, and default hierarchies. Following this we evaluate the respective advantages and disadvantages of complete and partial maps at some length. We conclude that complete maps are likely to be superior for sequential tasks. For non-sequential tasks, partial maps have the advantage of parsimony whereas complete maps can take advantage of subsumption deletion. It is unclear which is more significant. We also conclude that partial maps are likely to be suitable for Pittsburgh classifier systems and supervised learning systems.


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The Enchanting Islands! HD
By Alawar Entertainment, Inc
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
The Enchanting Islands were once full of luscious colors and teeming with life. However, an evil sorceress has spread her wicked darkness over the land, causing chaos on the once beautiful ecosystem. Use your match-three skills to help Alice, our hero, collect all the elements she needs to cast her spells and rid the islands of the darkness that engulfs the land. Lend a helping hand, and restore peace to The Enchanting Islands!
Restore all five islands to their former glory, as you play through more than six dozen levels! Learn to use three different tools to help you clear stages quicker, and watch as the islands spring back to life with every section cleared! The Enchanted Islands are in despair, and you are the last hope to save them from the evil that has captured the land! Match-three gaming has never been more amusing!
Help Alice fight off the darkness sent forth by an evil sorceress! Use your match-three skills to collect the elements needed for Alice to cast her magic spells and rid the islands of the evil's forces that has ruined the land!
◇ Five islands to restore!
◇ More than SIX DOZEN levels!
◇ 20+ upgrades available to purchase!
◇ More than a dozen elements to gather!
◇ Three useful tools to learn and use!
Web-site: http://alawar.com/
Facebook: http://facebook.com/AlawarEntertainment
Twitter: @AlawarMobile
What's New in Version 1.1
• elixir issue fixed
• 5-4 level bug fixed
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Customer Reviews
Really enjoyed game!
I did hit a couple of snags when playing, but they resolved when I played a level over (the bottles) or restarted my iPad (level wouldn't progress). Not ideal, but I loved the game and I'm hoping they'll work out the kinks so others may enjoy it without frustration. By the way, more match 3 games please!
So glad you fixed some issues, however, the issue after 3-12 STILL is not fixed. The game shuts down and you must play it over and over again and cannot continue the game. I don't think I've ever said in a review I want my money back but in this case I certainly do! It took too long to fix the other issues in the game (about a month or more). Don't release a game unless it works!
UPDATE-STILL haven't fixed these problems! I want my $ back!
Problem with 3-6
There is a problem with 3-6. One of the bottles does not come down so you can not advance to the next level. Like the game but very disappointed with this problem. Also shuts down after 3-12 and keeps repeating level. Can't believe I bought this game. Would like a refund.
- Free
- Category: Games
- Updated: Apr 09, 2013
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 77.3 MB
- Languages: English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese
- Seller: Alawar Entertainment, Inc
- © Published by Alawar Entertainment, Inc. Developed by Wellore.
Compatibility: Requires iOS 4.3 or later. Compatible with iPad.
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Well we touched on it yesterday, and today it's splashed over Star magazine about Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's $290 million divorce. They claim they've been living apart for months and exposed his serial cheating, plus his secret fling with Britney Spears. According to the tabloid, Ashton has been cheating on Demi for years, and it's over.
The straw that broke Demi's back was 23-year-old Sara Leal who Ashton reportedly hooked up with in San Diego on September 24th. That's the same date as his 6th wedding anniversary.
Now the hot blonde is asking for money. According to the NY Post, Sara Leal is preparing to tell the story of how she and Ashton hooked up at the Hard Rock Hotel last Friday. And now she's even retained a lawyer. She wants to make a deal for $250,000.
This is unless Ashton will pay her to shut up. Kutcher's lawyer Marty Singer and manager have up to this point refused to comment. And Demi is also refusing to talk.