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Currently on Windows 7 32-bit. I've had a couple driver issues so a wipe and re install was in the works anyway. Skyrim seems to need 64-bit to be able to properly use the HD textures without crashing and more games are looking to support 64-bit so I might as well make the jump.
I want to format the drive (as I always do with a re install of the OS) and install Win 7 64-bit clean. I have the 3 license Win 7 Upgrade pack.
Now when I originally installed Win 7 Upgrade on the fresh drive I did the old "double install" method so the Upgrade version would activate.
My question here is this:
I assume "Upgrading" to 64-bit (from current 32-bit) will require a reformat anyway. So can I boot using the 64-bit Upgrade install disk, it will detect this as an "upgrade" and then format the drive and install?
Or should I format the drive first and do the old double install method again?
I've downloaded and burned to CD 64-bit compatible drivers for my mobo and hardware so I'm good there. All my files are of course backed up to both a 2nd drive and burned to CD so I'm good there.
Anything else I should be aware of or advice using a 64-bit OS?
Is this a home built system? I find it strange that a retail 64 bit machine would have 32 bit Windows 7 installed.
As far as Skyrim is concerned: I have almost 400 hours played. You should get better performance with 64 bit Windows, but the forums don't indicate that 32 bit Windows is an issue. Skyrim is a native 32 bit application, so you won't be gaining there at all. All of the Crash To Desktop (CTD) issues are related to add-on mod conflicts and mod load order requirements. The real problem with CTDs is that Skyrim won't report just what caused the problem, so it is up to the player to discover. Start with a vanilla installation plus the HD DLC, but testing each additional mod one at a time. Even so, some issues won't show up until later.
You will need a multi-core processor and a high performance GPU. I am running an i7 that cruises at 30-40% while my NVIDIA GT780DXR runs at 100% and a temperature of 95C.
Most definitely home built system. I put 32 bit on it on purpose when I built it. And yea, i5 with AMD 6950 2GB (built over a year ago), upgrading from 4 gig to 16 gig RAM. So it's a pretty high end system (even considering it's over a year old). This is a gaming rig. I always build my own PCs, never buy a retail.
As for Skyrim, the HD textures need the 4 gig of RAM which 32 bit doesn't allow. The most common reason for HD texture crashes (Vanilla, no mods) is not enough RAM and 32bit system just doesn't allow enough. Don't worry, that's the reason, not mods. When using HD textures DLC Vanilla it crashes at the same spot in the intro video when the their speaks. That's a true sign of not enough memory. Even though I have 4, 32 bit only allows 3 and it's not enough.
Skyrim runs on a 64 bit system, but it is still a 32 bit application! The original Skyrim release was limited to 2GB, but this was fixed to allow up to 4GB to be used. The CTDs are a mod issue!
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bonscott,You can use the upgrade CD to install a fresh 64-bit W7 OS, but I'm pretty sure you'll have to format the drive and get rid of the 32-bit system first. You may have to get help from Microsoft to enter your product code, I had to do that, took about 10 minutes. You'll love the 64-bit OS, I have had ZERO drivers issues, you shouldn't either as long as you don't have any Jurassic hardware or software. Good luck,Nicholas
Not when you aren't using mods!
Skyrim is 4 GB aware now but even with that on a 32 bit system which can't see more then 3, it's not enough memory for the HD textures to run right for many people until they go 64bit and get all of that 4 GB (or more). Believe me, this is confirmed on the Bethesda forums. The biggest suggestion for those with problems with the HD DLC is to have a 64 bit system so that it can use the full 4 GB *and* to have a video card with at least 2 GB of memory on board.
In either case Skyrim is off-topic to my question. I only mentioned it as a side benefit to going 64bit will be less issues with the HD DLC and any mods should I choose to use any.
Since 32 bit Windows can only address 4GB and it needs about 1GB for its own use, any 32 bit application will have only 3GB to play with. Since I have a 64 bit Windows system with 16GB of RAM, I never had the issue with the HD DLC that you describe. As long as you stick to a vanilla Skyrim with only the HD DLCs, you will have a nice, but boring time. However, if you start using any mods, you will quickly discover the truth.
I speak from knowledge and experience: I am done here!
For anyone that is curious, an update.
You can indeed do a single upgrade install when going from 32-bit to 64-bit Win 7. No need to do the "double install" method. Boot up with the Win 7 64-bit disc and choose "Custom" install. From there you can reformat your C drive and it will install the OS fresh and will activate just fine.
As for Skyrim...ran over 15 hours over the weekend without a single crash. High Res textures and everything. It didn't crash in the opening scene as it did before (which is the sign you don't have enough RAM for the HD textures). It ran fine past that point with no issues. After about an hour dinking around with a new character I went for it and install the dozen or so mods I use and loaded up my last save point about 65 hours into the game. No problems and it ran for 4 hours straight with no crash. And as mentioned I ran it all weekend with HD textures and mods with no crashes.
So there you have it, as suggested on the ES forums, go 64bit and at least 8 gig of memory will solve most crashing problems with HD textures.
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Tickets were sold out weeks ago for his Eastleigh debut. He won a new army of fans when millions watched his duet with former GMTV presenter Penny Smith in the TV reality singing contest, Just the Two of Us.
Backed by a talented band of musicians, who learned their trade on the famed New York City jazz club circuit, Stigers delivered an intoxicating cocktail of jazz and blues to a packed Concorde.
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The plucky teen was cheered on by a huge crowd of friends and family there as her hair was shaved off by her younger brother Toby. The big shave took place at the bottom of Broad Street on March 23.
Daisy said: "I decided that I wanted to shave my head for CLIC Sargent because in November 2012 one of my good friends, Rhys Watkins passed away and CLIC Sargent did an awful lot to help Rhys and his family the whole time that he was ill.
"I set myself a target of- at first- £1000 but thanks to the help of many people from school and in my local area i have reached an amazing £3,905'
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Since I brought this up (search haskell' list) I should probably volunteer to help. If people agree I can coordinate an effort to build a mathematically sound hierarchy. Unfortunately my mathematical knowledge is less than ideal for this purpose (I am actively remedying this at university). However, if there is an administrative burden I volunteer to shoulder it.

On a related note I have written a binding to Matlab data files and arrays if anyone is interested, and I am embarking on a project to bind to CBLAS and CLAPack.

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> Jacques Carette wrote:
> >
> >> perhaps i was mistaken in thinking that there is a group of
> >> math-interested haskellers out there discussing, developing, and
> >> documenting the area? or perhaps that group needs introductory
> >> tutorials presenting its work?
> > My guess is that there are a number of people "waiting in
> the wings",
> > waiting for a critical mass of features to show up before really
> > diving in. See http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/plmms07/
> > for my reasons for being both interested and wary).
> >
> > Probably the simplest test case is the difficulties that people are
> > (still) encountering doing matrix/vector algebra in Haskell. One
> > either quickly encounters efficiency issues (although PArr might
> > help), or typing issues (though many tricks are known, but not
> > necessarily simple). Blitz++ and the STL contributed
> heavily to C++
> > being taken seriously by people in the scientific computation
> > community. Haskell has even more _potential_, but it is
> definitely unrealised potential.
> >
>
> I am one of those mathematicians "waiting in the wings."
> Haskell looked
> very appealing at first, and the type system seems perfect,
> especially for
> things like multilinear algebra where currying and duality is
> fundamental.
> I too was put off by the Num issues though--strange mixture
> of sophisticated
> category theory and lack of a sensible hierarchy of algebraic objects.
>
> However, I've decided I'm more interested in helping to fix
> it than wait;
> so count me in on an effort to make Haskell more
> mathematical. For me that
> probably starts with the semigroup/group/ring setup, and good
> arbitrary-precision as well as approximate linear algebra support.
>
> --

>
> I've been watching this thread for quite a while now, and it seems to
> me that there is quite a bit of interest in at least working on a new
> Prelude. I've also noticed a 'The Other Prelude' page on the wiki
> [http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/The_Other_Prelude] and they seem to
> have a start on this. So it seems that we should actually start this,
> because people will contribute. Can somebody with good Cabal skills
> and maybe access to darcs.haskell.org  start a new library for people
> to start patching?
>
> Bryan Burgers
>

>
>
> On Apr 2, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Andrzej Jaworski wrote:
>
> >> I too was put off by the Num issues though--strange mixture of
> >> sophisticated
> >> category theory and lack of a sensible hierarchy of algebraic
> >> objects.
> >
> > Perhaps we should replace CT with lattice theoretic thinking ( e.g.
> > functor = monotonic
> > function) before cleaning up the type-related mess?
> > See: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/269479.html
> >
> >> so count me in on an effort to make Haskell more mathematical.
> >> For me that
> >> probably starts with the semigroup/group/ring setup, and good
> >> arbitrary-precision as well as approximate linear algebra support.
> >
> > I agree: semigoups like lattices are everywhere.
> > Then there could be a uniform treatment of linear algebra,
> > polynomial equations, operator
> > algebra, etc. So, perhaps haste is not a good advice here?
> >
> > -Andrzej
> >


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Like the river ice that had threatened Winnipeg with flooding, the danger is quickly melting away -- and crashing onto the shore in Selkirk.
Blocks of ice have seemingly stormed that city of 10,000 about 20 km to the north, where the Red River yesterday had risen about four feet in little more than 24 hours.
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"It is incredible, the force. One piece of ice pushed out of the river about 20 feet," said Dean North, a professional at Selkirk Golf and Country Club. "You watch the force push this up right in front of your eyes."
Selkirk's eye-catching dilemma -- which came with apparently few reports of serious property damage -- emerged as Winnipeg's river ice has all but vanished. The capital was expected to possibly be clear of ice on the Red by last night.
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People still love Bonnie and Clyde!
On Sunday night, A&E premiered part one of the docudrama miniseries starring Holliday Grainger and Emile Hirsch as the infamous crime duo Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Although some fans and critics were outraged that the four-part docudrama (which also aired on the History Channel) was not historically accurate, that didn't stop people from tuning in.
Bonnie & Clyde premiered across three different networks (A&E, Lifetime and History) and delivered major ratings: 9.8 million viewers tuned in, and the docudrama also snagged the top spot as the most tweeted about program of the night.
Sunday's first installment of Bonnie & Clyde helped score some of the best numbers in A&E's history. Outside of History's Hatfields & McCoys and The Bible, Bonnie & Clyde is cable's best miniseries opening among total viewers since 2006's Broken Trail.
Bonnie & Clyde was the first-ever simulcast across Lifetime, A&E and History and with numbers like these, we have a feeling it won't be the last!
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Legal Question in Consumer Law in Missouri
Feb 2012 took car for clutch replacement and transmission rebuild. Got car back late May. Called as soon as I got home and told them was not fixed and actually worse. They let me bring it back 2 weeks later-(early June)Waited 2 more weeks called to see progress, told me paying jobs first. I had already paid my bill of 1500.00 Late August called BBB and local TV station "Call For Action". They evidently contacted repair shop yesterday. Now repair shop says we are putting your transmission in trunk and pushing your car to roadside come and get it when we have sheriff here. They also said 90 day warranty started in May. What can I do? Waiting on call to pick up car worried about additional damage on roadside.
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It sounds like you need to sue the repair shop. You might want to have another mechanic evaluate whether problem you experienced later was for the same thing you had repaired before.
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In a CNBC program on Monday's morning, Diana Olick discussed an increase in builder confidence on the monthly National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index. After barely moving since February, homebuilder sentiment in the current month rose four points to 49 from 45 in the last month, Olick said.
Builder sentiment is only 1 point from key 50 level, which is considered the line between positive and negative territory. However, builders are citing strong headwinds, including weak consumer confidence, limited availability of labor and tight supplies, Olick said.
"Single family housing starts running about half of the historical rate given demand. Of the three index components, all posted gains, but the largest in current sales which jumped six points to 54, crossing into the positive range. Component gauging sales expectations in the next six months rose three points to 59 and buyer traffic increased three points to 36," according to Olick.
"Regionally, three-month moving average, home builder sentiment strongest in the South and West weakest in the Northeast. Midwest the only region to see a drop in building confidence," Olick added.
In a statement, National Association of Home Builders said that gains were posted by all three index components in June, with the component gauging current sales conditions raised six points to 54. On a regional basis, the South and Northeast each edged up one point to 49 and 34, respectively, while the West held steady at 47. The Midwest fell a single point to 46, the association said.
"After several months of little fluctuation, a four-point uptick in builder sentiment is a welcome sign and shows some renewed confidence in the industry," stated NAHB Chairman Kevin Kelly, a home builder and developer from Wilmington, Del. "However, builders are facing strong headwinds, including the limited availability of labor."
NAHB Chief Economist David Crowe said that "consumers are still hesitant, and are waiting for clear signals of full-fledged economic recovery before making a home purchase."
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Department of Interior Seeks to Vacate "Stream Buffer Zone Rule" for Mountaintop Coal Mining
27 April 2009
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has directed the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to file a pleading with the US District Court in Washington DC requesting that the mountaintop coal mining "stream buffer zone rule" issued by the Bush Administration be vacated due to being legally defective.
In its last weeks in office, the Bush Administration pushed through a rule that allows coal mine operators to dump mountaintop fill into streambeds if it's found to be the cheapest and most convenient disposal option. We must responsibly develop our coal supplies to help us achieve energy independence, but we cannot do so without appropriately assessing the impact such development might have on local communities and natural habitat and the species it supports. The so-called 'stream buffer zone rule' simply doesn't pass muster with respect to adequately protecting water quality and stream habitat that communities rely on in coal country.—Secretary Salazar
Under the Bush rule, coal mine operators are able to dispose of excess mountaintop spoil in perennial and intermittent streams and within 100 feet of those streams whenever alternative options are deemed "not reasonably possible." Disposal into streambeds is permissible when alternatives are considered "unreasonable," which occurs under the Bush rule whenever the cost of pursuing an alternative "is substantially greater" than normal costs.
The Bush rule replaced a rule that had been on the books since the Reagan era rule of 1983. The Reagan era rule allowed the dumping of overburden within 100 feet of a perennial or intermittent stream only upon finding that such activities "will not adversely affect the water quantity or quality or other environmental resources of the stream." Two lawsuits were filed immediately after the Bush rule was published.
If the court accepts the United States' request and vacates and remands the rule, the 1983 rule will continue to remain in force in all of the states that have delegated authority under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). (Only two states, Washington and Tennessee, do not have delegated authority under SMCRA.)
The Department of the Interior's (DOI) Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) expects to issue guidance to states regarding application of the 1983 rule. Also, OSM expects to solicit comment on the potential development of a comprehensive new stream buffer zone rule that would update the 1983 rule, address ambiguities and fill interpretational gaps, while implementing the statutory requirements set forth in the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act and ensuring that SMCRA requirements are coordinated with Clean Water Act obligations that are administered by the US Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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First impressions and influences over the present
To Besim Jawad (photo), general manager of Eureko Pensii, the first contact with the local pillar II system in Romania took place in September 2007.
"There were many things needed to be done at that time, but the marketr was headed in the good direction. Nowadays, a broad view over the pension system shows it is functional, it is running. And at that time, nobody had the certainty of its serviceability, or that it would be successful", said Jawad.
Some of the first impressions that Phil Jones had after his first contact with the local pension market in August 2007 remained unchanged. "We are still witnessing changes in the regulatory framework and unfortunately, some are not in favor of the market players. I am referring to the postponement of increase in contributions. We hope this is only a (very) short term measure, and the market will eventually take up the initial calendar", says Jones.
In his first interview to a Romanian newspaper, Fabien Lecoq, general manager BRD Pensii, who had arrived in Romania in June 2007, right before the Pillar-II pension plan took its first steps, tells Wall-Street that his first impression was of the fierce competition between administrators. "At that time, Romania, both on TV and in the streets, was jammed with administrators' commercials, preparing the ground for the first enrollment of participants to private pension funds, which marked the takeoff of the market", says Lecoq.
"Romanian private pension system is still at infancy and started operating only few months before a major global crisis took hold. But if you look at the market today, the general view is positive: all funds perform well", Lecoq adds.
Aspects of the local pillar-II pension system
The Romanian private funded pension plan is different compared to other countries, especially developed countries, by its poor offer of financial products and narrow fiscal incentives, primarily in case of pillar III pension system. However, Romanian private pension fund managers scored a combined 7% return in first half, equivalent to a 14% yearly performance, thus remaining the best performing market in the region.
"I would say that the primary gap between Romania and the rest of CEE countries is the infancy. In Romania, the first contributions were collected by funds almost one year ago. The market is in full maturing process", head of BRD stresses.
The second major difference, Fabien Lecoq continued, is the confining regulatory environment, which inhibits administrators' freedom of action, and leads to similarities between investment schemes, where funds are almost identical.
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Researchers have found evidence of a statistically significant survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen among patients whose estrogen receptor (ER)-positive tumors had high levels of phosphorylation of ER-alpha; at serine-118 (ER-alpha S118-P), according to a brief communication published online November 25 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Approximately 50% of breast carcinomas are resistant to tamoxifen. Preclinical studies have shown that ER-alpha S118-P is required for response to tamoxifen.
Göran Landberg, M.D., Ph.D., of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit, School of Cancer, Enabling Sciences and Technology at the University of Manchester, and colleagues evaluated data from 239 premenopausal patients with breast cancer who participated in a randomized trial of 2 years of adjuvant tamoxifen treatment vs. no systemic treatment. The association between recurrence-free survival and ER-alpha S118-P expression in tumor tissue was investigated.
Researchers found evidence of a statistically significant recurrence-free survival benefit from adjuvant tamoxifen, compared with no systemic treatment, among patients whose tumors had high ER-alpha S118-P expression (23.7 vs. 72.2 recurrences per 1000 person-years) but not among patients whose tumors had low expression (51.0 vs. 57.0 recurrences per 1000 person-years). ER-alpha S118-P was not associated with a benefit among untreated patients.
"Our study highlights the importance of assessing the functionality of a drug target," the authors write. "Future studies are necessary to evaluate whether ER-alpha S118-P expression is associated with tamoxifen response among post-menopausal patients."
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Google earth
I am running linux mimt 8 ,I can not get google earth to work. Otherwise mint 8 is just a super OS.
Google earth may want to use 3D acceleration, do 3D apps like tux racer work?
anyway google maps may be good replacement:
(real time tracking of tour the france!)
Thanks for the reply I do have problem with my VGA,I use a foxconn motherboard k8m890m2ma AMD am2 athlon 64dual core at 3800+. In windows the driver is a deltacrome I got problems with it in Linux Mint ,maybe sombody can give me a to a better driver,Thanks
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$6.99 print, $5.99 digital
The Amoveo are shape-shifting animal clans who live secretly among humans and must find their pre-destined soul mate while avoiding the enemy that seeks to destroy them all.
Kerry Smithson's modeling career ensures that she will be admired from afar, which is essential since mere human touch sparks blinding pain and terrifying visions.
Dante Coltari is hired to protect Kerry from those who know who she is—or more importantly what she is—and want her dead because of it. Nothing could have prepared him for the challenge of keeping her safe. But, strangely, his lightest touch brings her exquisite pleasure rather than pain, and Dante and Kerry have an otherwordly connection that might just pull them through.
Imagine if touching another person brought you great pain, and even worse, each brush against your skin gave you a taste of the darkness that is hidden in a person's soul. In Sara Humphrey's Untouched, supermodel Kerry Smithson lives in fear of the touch of another person. Everyone believes that she is a germaphobe and she lets them, because the real reason she refuses to touch people—her "curse"— makes her feel like a freak. Kerry is an empath and every time someone touches her skin, she is gripped with a crippling pain and a view of the darkness which lurks within someone's soul.
"She had gone her entire life with almost no human contact—at least no normal human contact. If she did touch someone or they touched her, Kerry had become a master at disguising the pain. No one could put on a polite smile better than she could. Sometimes the physical pain was outdone by the emotional carnage. Seeing people's deepest secrets or the evil they harbored in their souls was even worse.
"Once they stopped touching her, the mind-splitting pain would subside, but the brutal images lingered. There was no way to erase those horrors from her mind's eye."
Adopted as a small child, her adoptive parents attempted to give her love, but after she screamed every time they tried to hold her, they stopped trying. Over the years, Kerry has become an expert in negotiating the world in such a way that she appears part of it, but she is very much isolated from the people who surround her daily.
"He took note of the fluidity with which she moved. She gracefully and subtly avoided all human contact. The entire trip through the airport she hadn't allowed herself to so much as brush a stranger's arm as they passed by. It was like watching a dancer whose every move had been choreographed.
"She was far more fragile and innocent than anyone would expect, including him. She had become an expert at living in a mental minefield. Even the seating she'd chosen on the airplane had been taken into consideration. She had the window seat in the first row of the first class, which was as isolated as you could get on a commercial flight. He admired her. She had learned to navigate her entire life from a very lonely place. He knew that he needed to show her she was not alone."
And now this smart-ass, arrogant, absolutely gorgeous, and obviously insane, Adonis is claiming that he is a shapeshifter, and even going so far as to say she is too, a half-breed; that she has a "gift"…honestly?; and that she is his life mate. If only that could be true, that she could truly have a husband, children, a chance at normal, or could it all be just a cruel fantasy.
"She needed go try and figure out what the hell was going on. The game had changed. Suddenly, her future, her path, nothing seemed clear.
"Fear. Shock. Excitement. Horror. Lust. Relief. Joy. Confusion. Every single one of those emotions simultaneously flooded her body the moment Dante touched her, but what stunned her most was the glorious absence of pain. He'd touched her, and it had actually felt good. Good? Nope. That didn't cover it. Not even close. It wasn't just good…it was luscious, seductive, and breathtaking. His touch, however brief, sent unfamiliar luminous warmth radiating through her body.
"What the hell was going on?"
After spending your entire life with almost no human contact, isolating yourself even in a crowd, what would you do to hold onto that one person made just for you with whom you can connect and actually…touch? Would you fight tooth, nail and paw to keep them safe from those who would take them away from you?
Lucy Dosch writes book reviews for her blog http://ebookobsessed.com. Her e-reader has turned her love of reading into an obsession. When she is not reading, she likes to spend time with her husband and two daughters.


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Shady Ladies Party Sizzles at Bottoms Up [PHOTOS]
Kids, you'd heard about it, and of course it was "the talk" for awhile. So when the Shady Ladies party finally went down this past weekend at Bottoms Up… well, not even I really knew what to expect.
We had a live broadcast out there that night, and there were all sorts of very interesting things! There were some demonstrations from the Spin Gypsies – they do some really great work with hula hoops. Also, the Stiletto Gym showed us some great ways to work out with just a chair! There were Tarot card readings, great food, tasty drinks, a fashion show, and lots of great fun and ladies letting loose. I gave away plenty of tickets and movie passes.
Kevin Walker took a bunch of photos of the fun. Here's some of what went down!
It was a real blast for everyone. Don't miss out the next time we have a big event like this. You don't want to be the one hearing the stories, you wanna be the one TELLING the stories. Trust me.
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This is a tut about the arcobaleno Colonello from Reborn! I think many people don't know this anime but it's cool. Have fun learning "how to draw Colonello". Enjoy.
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With a durable rubber-coated headband and housing, the unique design of the MDR-PQ3 reduces any possible impact damage and scratches that can come after a few vigorous skateboard flips and tricks. Aided by Neodymium magnet driver units, the MDR-PQ3 is big on both sound and aesthetics, and available in four funky colours.
Available in brightly coloured hues, the MDR-PQ4 in-ear headphones come with a cord slider to prevent tangled cords, as well as hybrid silicone rubber ear buds of different sizes for maximum comfort. It also features a unique ear-clip design that allows users to clip the headphones to their earlobes for a secure, snug fit during vigorous activities such as cycling or dancing.
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Heather Maloney CD Release Party (Ballroom)
"I always said that if I didn't write songs, I'd be covered in tattoos, because every song I write is something I want to remember really badly," says Heather Maloney. She has no ink so far. Instead, the Northampton, Mass., singer and songwriter is marking life lessons with music on her new self-titled album, penning tuneful reminders to herself about the little triumphs of love on "Flutter," the solace of redemption on "Turn Yourself Around" and her firm belief that nothing's colder than trying too hard to be cool, an idea that inspired "Fire for You."
"Heather Maloney" is the third album for a songwriter hailed by The Huffington Post for "lyrics that cut to the chase." DigBoston wrote that she "deserves the type of cult following that has allowed the likes of Aimee Mann and Ani DiFranco that long standing success and influence they have had." Although Maloney's influences are largely rooted in what she calls "adventurous folk," she pushes outward on these 11 songs, digging deeper, and roaming wider, than she has before. On this album she road-tested the new material in front of audiences before heading into the studio.
It's no surprise that her shows are getting more and more crowded as people discover her smart, catchy and soulful music. Just wait until they fall in love with the songs on "Heather Maloney"


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Houston Police Officer Paul Lassalle said it used to be easy spotting drunk drivers.
"Prior to the use of cell phones, they were the ones creeping along on the freeway creating a traffic hazard or veering out of their lanes into the path of other vehicles," said Officer Lassalle. "Today, half of those drivers are not drunk. They're on the phone texting."
Lassalle, a member of Houston's DWI Task Force, says texting drivers are dangerous because they are taking their eyes off the roadway.
"They are basically driving blind," said Lassalle.
The Houston Police Department strongly supports legislation that will get the word out to everyone and modify the behavior that is not all right to text and drive.
The National Safety Council says a quarter of all traffic mishaps involve drivers using cell phones.
Driving while texting is much worse. According to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, a texting driver is 23 times more likely to be involved in vehicle crash than a non-texting driver.
"I think Texans are starting to see the impact of these distracted drivers on our city streets and highways. You don't want to be near them," said Mark Hanna, a spokesman for the Insurance Council of Texas. "Every auto accident caused by a texting driver is a careless act and is clearly preventable. Somehow we need to get drivers to understand that texting and other distractions increase the risk of being involved in an automobile wreck."
Dr. Paul Atchley, a nationally recognized authority on distracted driving who is director of the Ph.D Program in Cognitive Psychology, University of Kansas, said, "The research on distracted driving is very persuasive. There is no such thing as multi-tasking. We may switch back and forth between tasks, but it is impossible to concentrate on two activities at the same time."
Dr. Atchley said research showed that drivers recognize the risks of distracted driving and that they are becoming more willing to take action to end this risky behavior. His own research shows that drivers treat a texting driver as more responsible for a crash than a drunk driver.
"One of the difficulties we face is that many in our society have come to believe that texting is socially acceptable at any time, including while driving. But common sense and research tells us that you cannot text safely while driving any more than you can be intoxicated safely while driving."
Source: The Insurance Council of Texas


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Thornton outperforms big names at Wales Open
Simon Thornton is probably the least known of the nine-man Irish raiding party at the Wales Open, but he carded the best first-round score yesterday as he recorded a three-under-par 68 at Celtic Manor.
The 33-year-old English-born assistant pro at Royal County Down benefited from correcting a swing fault last week to atone for missing three halfway cuts over the last three weeks.
"I was just getting slack from playing too much and not thinking of what I was doing. It has been a case of getting back to square one," said Thornton, who has had an Irish passport for several years.
Graeme McDowell, hot off fourth place at last week's Madrid Masters, could manage only a one-over-par 72, marred mainly by a double-bogey at the short 13th.
"I didn't really enjoy the greens too much. They had a good surface, but they were a bit slow and they ran terribly. I made nothing," said McDowell.
Tournament favourite Luke Donald, winner in Madrid and second at Wentworth a week earlier, soared to a 75. Chris Wood led after a 65.
Darren Clarke showed a welcome burst of form, three birdies on the last four holes giving him a 69.
Gareth Maybin, who has recovered from a minor wrist problem which forced him out last week and Damien McGrane played together and also shot 69, both with three birdies and one bogey on their cards.
l Alan Dunbar has travelled back to the home of golf this weekend to defend the St Andrews Links Trophy.
The Portrush youngster has already made his mark this season by winning the Irish Open Strokeplay at Royal Dublin last month and the 20-year-old will launch his assault for more honours today in purposeful mood.
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Revive Vespers
Wreckage of the Drowned Planet
Fri, November 8, 2013 @ 07:30 pm - 08:45 pm
Join us for another Friday Vespers of worship, fellowship and a beginning of a two-part series by Dr. John Baldwin entitled "Wreckage of a Drowned Planet: New Evidence for the Biblical Flood"!
Dr. Baldwin, a former professor at the Seminary will be speaking about the newest geological discoveries concerning the Noah's Flood. In his first presentation on Nov 8, he will present the major evidence of the Flood all around the world. His second presentation on Nov 15 will focus on the brand new discoveries Dr. Baldwin has encountered during his recent geological excavations in Arizona!
You dont want to miss these events!
November 8, @ 7:30 pm at the Seminary Building, Room N 150
November 15 @ 7:30 pm at the Biology Amphitheater, Science Complex.
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Website: www.zafferano.com.au
Entertainment Card 09/10: 25% off (up to a value of $50)
Zafferano Restaurant is located within the Old Swan Brewery compound along the scenic Mounts Bay Road in Crawley. Driving along this road always give me a dejavu feeling of going back to uni, memories of traffic jams coming from the south especially for the 9am classes! Eeks! However driving this time round for a meal here replaced the dejavu feeling with one of excitement!
I'd dined in the Old Swan Brewery restaurant numerous times and recently even attended a wedding ceremony there, but had never been to Zafferano before this. I have heard good things about the restaurant, mainly about it being posh and expensive but with great food so I had always wanted to try it. The perfect opportunity came when we were contemplating where to take my mum for her birthday and my sister suggested Zafferano. Yay!
"Zafferano is the owner's fourth restaurant in Perth" – stated in their website..this statement brought great comfort, the owner must be very clued into the restaurant scene to have so many in Perth! Our dinner will be great!
Parking is limited and one must go through an underground driveway which leads to a parking lot in the opposite building if none is found outside the restaurant (Note: the parking is costly depending on how many hours you stay at the restaurant). Having parked there, one must walk across the overpass bridge, through the Old Swan Brewery before arriving to what I presume is Zafferano's back door. Not a very attractive entrance I must say but I didn't think it was worth the trouble going around to the front.
The restaurant itself is medium sized and has quite a nice ambience about it – dimly lit with soft lighting and checked floors, it felt like I stepped into a 80s Italian restaurant. However the bar looked very modernised. The host who took us to the table was very formal and serious, an image of an English butler came to mind as he served us. Table was nicely set with wine glasses teamed with candle light which I thought was quite romantic, it glowed on the table.
Zafferano is a seafood restaurant so the menu is full of all things crustacean with a few selection of meat and pasta dishes. For entree, we had the following:
- Ostriche alla Naturale Dozen ($29) – oysters natural, accompanied by shallots, red wine vinegar and cocktail sauce
- Seafood Chowder ($36) – spicy seafood chowder, Zafferano's signature dish
Oysters were delicious – they were huge, plump and most important of all, fresh. Loved the red wine vinegar sauce that came with it, it added to the natural taste of the oyster without taking away the freshness. The cocktail sauce on the other hand though was a bit strong and covered the oyster's flavour. The Seafood Chowder surprisingly was also very good. It had a slight thai fusion taste to it and I had expected something thicker than what we got so was not too impressed at first, but subsequent tasting with the seafood pieces in it make it almost addictive, I couldn't have enough! Actually I feel like having one now while writing this review! No wonder its their signature dish!
For mains, we had:
- Paella con Gamberoni ($50) – large shelled tiger prawns served on paella rice with mussels and sausage
- Salmone ($49) – grilled salmon fillet, with a red wine butter sauce, and served with mascarpone risotto
- Tutto Mare ($50) – Zafferano's grilled tasting plate of fish, squid, scallop and prawn over spicy fried rice accompanied with sauce
- Arista d'Agnello ($49) – char-gilled rack of lamb served with eggplant parmigiana, confit bell peppers and red wine jus
and sides of:
- Funghi all' aglio ($17) – mushrooms in butter and garlic
- Verdura ($14) – broccoli and asparagus with parmesan butter
The fickle minded me ordered the Zafferano's tasting plate which came with a bit of everything, just how I like it. Love this dish as I got to try everything in one plate! I especially liked the scallop, grilled to perfection..I wish there were more of these on the plate. The fried rice though wasn't to my liking so I finished everything on the plate except for that. I also liked the two Sides we ordered, okay I might be a bit biased as mushroom and asparagus are my favourite veggies but they were yummy, simple but delicious. Sometimes less truly is more!
Comments for the other dishes were good too except for the Tiger Prawn Paella. My mum ordered that but didn't quite like it. You win some, you lose some I guess. I had too much on my plate to try the other dishes so no comments from me.
Having finish the mains, we moved on to the desserts and had:
- Affogato al Frangelico e Biscotti ($19) – hazelnut gelato affogato with frangelico syrup and homemade fudge biscuit
- Graffe di Mela e Creme Pasticciera ($19) – warm apple and custard doughnuts served with butterscotch sauce and vanilla ice cream
- Special dessert for the night – Tiramisu ($19)
Nice names with the desserts – they sounded so complicated and posh. I ordered the Hazelnut Gelato Affogato and I must say, it's the BEST I had so far in ages. The warm and bitter espresso hit the silky hazelnut gelato turning it into a creamy coffee sensation. AWESOME! That combind with the homemade warm fudge biscuit is the greatest. I wanted more! The other two desserts didn't fare that well in the poll though – my sister didn't like the Apple and Custard Doughnuts and didn't finish it (they ended up in my stomach =)). Was ordinary I thought. My mum didn't like her Tiramisu either. Oh dear, she didn't fare too well with her choice of dishes.
Overall it was a great night for me personally as I nailed it with my order of entree, mains and dessert. First time ever! The others on my table did not fare as well as me, with the alternate hit-and-miss. Service was so so that night, the waitstaff was courteous but not friendly and they took ages to clear our table and to give us the dessert menu after our request. The restaurant being full might be the contributing factor but still, surely it's not acceptable for a fine dining restaurant and for the price we are paying for our meal! Personally though I would go back for an occasion and armed with the Entertainment Card discount, the price wasn't as steep as could be. The restaurant does live up to its reputation.
Rating: 4.25 out of 5 stars
Rating by: N.L.
Zafferano Restaurant
Telephone: 08 9321 2588
Address: 173 Mounts Bay Road, Old Swan Brewery, Crawley


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This semester ITSS will be offering three Web Accessibility eClasses: Introduction, Structure, and Images.
Web Accessibility: Introduction
This eClass will answer questions such as:
- "What does web accessibility really mean?"
- "What all does that term encompass?"
- "Why is it that some people are unable to use certain web sites - and whose job is it to provide access?"
In addition the introduction class features the popular "disable your browser" exercise. Introduction eClass will occur between October 29 and November 2, 2012.
Web Accessibility: Structure
In this eClass you will learn how using structured markup and headings makes a document more accessible and inclusive. You will also gain awareness of ARIA landmark roles and HTML5 semantic markup. The Accessibility: Structure eClass will occur between November 5 and November 16, 2012.
Web Accessibility: Images
By examining the most basic of techniques - making images accessible - you will explore methods that enable inclusiveness. In this eClass we discuss the what, when, why, and how of both short and long textual alternatives. Accessibility: Images eClass will occur between November 26 and December 7, 2012.
Further information
Our eClasses utilize Moodle and have no set meeting time, although courses do have definite start and end dates. eClasses typically run two weeks. This allows participants to attend class at a time most convenient to them, yet it still provides logically organized communication between class participants. It is a convenient way to expand your knowledge and skills.
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This refrigerator door shelf attaches to the inside of the refrigerator door, typically holds jars and bottles, and is generally the middle shelf for your food door. The shelf is white, plastic, has open square latches, and approximately 24 1/4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches deep. You should replace your door shelf if it is visibly damaged, or is stopping your door from opening or closing. This OEM part is sourced directly from the manufacturer, fastens to the door with little effort, and is sold individually.
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Is this for the middle bin on my door of my fridge? Mine is deep on the L and shallow on the R
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Do I need tools or anything to fix this? The grandkids snapped the middle shelf bar off and im going to attempt to fix it on my own.
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Snapped both bins into place and it was fixed.
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Former tenants had broken glass bin cover and door shelf retainer. Online parts catalog was easy to use, pictures accurate, correct parts received promptly, fit is perfect. Price was couple bucks less than others. Thanks for saving us the cost of a new frig.
Remove the broken piece by tilting upward and then sliding straight out.Simply replace with the new door shelf by aligning the small hooks with the slots on the door. Tilt the shelf up, insert the hooks into the slots and then tilt the shelf back down to its normal postion. It is now locked in place and you are done!
Just popped it onto retainer nubs on door. Had been a little concerned, as it was replacing part # 240337900, but it fit just fine.
The part was perfect for the door. It snapped into placeon the door.
I took the door bins out of the wrapping, snapped them into place, and thus had a usable refrigerator once again! Tenants had broken four of the shelves in the freezer and fridge, and with this simple part replacement, it is good as new! Thank you!
Our refrigerator door shelf retainer had broken on the side which basically put one shelf out of commission in our fridge. I looked up our fridge on partselect and found the correct retainer and ordered it. The part came very quickly, within just a few days. If fit perfectly and I'm very happy with the part, the speed of delivery, and ease of ordering. I will definitely use partselect again.
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i live in Manhattan and it is so difficult to go and find a repair store that has the things you need for the specific model number. i went online and found partselect.com they had a very nice and easy search engine and gave me all the parts that goes with my fridge i just gave them my model number. i placed my order and got it 2 days after.. the shipment fee was 6 dollar i saved the taxi money going and coming i might have had even had to go to multiple store before i can find my part.
removed both the shelf retainer and shelf bin, replace with the new units ordered from partselet.com. the whole process from searching, ordering, shipping and installing was very easy... thanks for everything
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GoPro Camera on a Crab Net
YouTube user (and crabber?) Scott Murray attached a GoPro camera to a crab net—and was surprised with what he saw.
YouTube user Scott Murray had the brilliant idea to attach a GoPro camera to a crab net before casting it to the ocean floor, and was "surprised by what actually goes on down there."
Spoiler alert: it's really not all that surprising. There are crabs. There are fish. There is an admittedly cool stingray cameo. And if you make it all the way through, you'll even see a dolphin.
Still, this is a pretty cool perspective on the sea life that comes out when we drop in a freshly-baited net.


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Adidas man shoes, Stan Smith model.
Created in 1971 for the Stan Smith tennis star, these shoes with clean lines retain a special place in the history of fashion. Soft full grain leather upper with perforated strips and 3 rubber sole tone-on-tone have made these low-top sneaker a real style icon.
Soft high quality leather upper.
Synthetic leather lining.
Adidas three stripes perforated.
Simple and clean design.
Preformed rubber sole.
Color: white with green notes.
Adidas size Scale:
4 = 2/3 36
4.5 = 37 1/3
5 = 38
5.5 = 38 2/3
6 = 39 1/3
6.5 = 40
7 = 2/3 40
7.5 = 41 1/3
8 = 42
8.5 = 42 2/3
9 = 43 1/3
9.5 = 44
10 = 44 2/3
10.5 = 45 1/3
11 = 46
11.5 = 46 2/3
12 = 47 1/3
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Animasportiva ships immediately! Every order is handled with the utmost urgency. As soon as we receive the order, product retrieval occurs; then, when we receive the payment, we prepare the package and shipping follows.
We deliver via express courier: the delivery times range from 48 to 72 hours for Western Europe, and from 72 to 96 hours for the rest of Europe, United States, Canada and Australia. To improve our service you should always leave a telephone number, in order to be contacted by the carrier in case of problems with the delivery.
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Animasportiva refunds the amount paid with the same method used by the customer for paying (bank transfer, credit card or Paypal) in the least possible amount of time and in any case within 10 days from receipt of the product.
The refund refers to the price of the product or products returned.
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Review for Erowid Center, Grass Valley, CA, USA
Erowid is extremely useful in identifying dose, effect timeline, and calculating risk. This had helped myself and countless others stay safe, while experimenting with mind altering substances. Considering most industrial nations would rather have people misinformed, on items politicians have criminalized, erowid plays a vital role in the world we live in.
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With the prospect of hedge fund listings arriving on our shores, regulators want less potential for conflicts and wider access for mainstream retail investors. By Jonathan Herbst
Hedge funds have become increasingly important in global financial markets in recent years. In its report 'Financial Risk Outlook 2006', the Financial Services Authority (FSA) noted that London is the leading centre of hedge fund expertise in Europe and estimated the amount managed by local fund managers at more than £120bn. The FSA also estimates that there are more than 300 specialist hedge fund managers and more than 100 mainstream asset managers managing funds using hedge fund-style techniques.
As another sign that hedge funds are moving into the mainstream, the FSA recently proposed changes to the Listing Rules that would allow hedge funds to list in the UK for the first time. At the same time, there have been calls to allow wider access to hedge funds for retail investors than the regulatory regime currently allows.
The regulatory concerns
A number of commentators have expressed concern that some hedge fund managers may be pushing the limits of acceptable market practice in relation to, say, trading based on non-public information, and that compliance procedures within hedge fund managers are weak.
Their concerns will not have been allayed by the news that, earlier this year, the FSA fined hedge fund manager GLG Partners and its former trader Philippe Jabre £750,000 each for alleged market abuse. Jabre is appealing against the FSA's findings to the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal, while GLG had previously denied any wrongdoing.
In the US, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is also paying more attention to hedge funds. Rules came into force on 1 February this year which provide that a hedge fund manager with more than 14 US clients must register with the SEC, unless certain limited exemptions apply.
FSA proposals for change
In 2005, the FSA published two discussion papers:
• The 'DP05/3: Wider-range retail investment products: consumer protection in a rapidly changing world' paper looked at the increasing variety of investment products reaching the retail market and the extent to which private investors should be able to enjoy the potential benefits from investing in hedge funds, while maintaining adequate regulatory protection;
• The 'DP05/4: Hedge funds: a discussion of risk and regulatory engagement' paper looked at the market risks associated with hedge funds.
In March this year, the FSA issued feedback statements on both of these discussion papers. It plans a number of steps both to broaden access to hedge funds for retail investors and to strengthen regulatory protections. These measures will include reinforcing existing consumer information and awareness work and looking at the question of product-provider responsibility. The FSA also plans to consult early in 2007 on allowing funds of hedge funds to be sold to retail consumers in the UK.
As regards the regulation of hedge fund managers, the FSA is particularly concerned about asset valuations and the use of side letters.
In relation to asset valuations, concerns have been raised that the commonly used remuneration structure may lead to conflicts of interest. Remunerating the manager through performance fees may encourage the manager to overstate valuations, giving the appearance of higher performance and thus increasing fees.
Another concern is that administrators may find it harder to challenge valuations provided by managers due to increased hedge fund activity in assets that are mostly large, illiquid and thus difficult to price. The FSA proposes a programme of themed visits to a number of firms and expects to publish its findings later this year.
In relation to side letters, the FSA is worried that some larger investors receive more information and preferential redemption terms under the terms of side letters compared with other investors in the same share class, who may be unaware of the existence of the side letter and therefore be denied the same terms. Again, this raises the issue of a conflict of interest and the need for transparency surrounding such arrangements. The FSA suggests that such arrangements may well be a breach of its current principles, and in some circumstances could constitute a criminal offence if the side letter is found to have been dishonestly concealed.
Looking to the future
There is no doubt that the growth of hedge funds and their increasing influence on financial markets has caused many financial regulators to look closely at the risks associated with the way hedge funds operate. Yet there are also pressures to allow mainstream retail investors to enjoy some of the riches they have hitherto been denied from investing in hedge funds. Successfully balancing these two demands is the trick for regulators to pull off. At the same time, hedge fund managers are likely to find that the price they pay for the success of hedge funds is a tighter regulatory regime.
Jonathan Herbst is a partner at Norton Rose


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You are arming yourself with the tools that are required to feed yourself as an athlete for the rest of your life and nobody can ever take that away from you.
A friend told me that he was eating 3100 calories a day. A strength & fitness guru posted their diet to their blog for others to download. So my friend downloaded it and started to follow it. Was this the right nutritional plan for him to be following? Do they have similiar body types? Do they have the same metabolic profile? Do they wake up at the same time? Do they exercise at the same time? Do they live a similiar lifestyles?
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Oh Tierra, ever the drama queen.
Oh Tierra, ever the drama queen.
"The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." ~Elbert Hubbard
"Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
~R.I.P. Grandma 6/22/33 - 10/5/10~
I've finally figured out whom Sean reminds me of: American Idol winner Kris Allen.
I hate roller coasters.
Nice of them to take the girls with them, though.
It was me. I let the dogs out.
No offense, really---but this foursome doesn't spell "romance." And AshLee might be looking into Sean's eyes, but he's not reciprocating.
Love roller coasters and amusement parks.
Okay, those 2 girls meeting brought tears to my eyes. Really sweet.
I LOVE Roller Coasters - this would be a dream date for me!!!
Ashleigh looks SO uncomfortable when the camera is on her - I don't think she's too happy with this date
Concert by Sean's favorite band, Eli Young Band. Never heard of them.
Agreed, jucamer. She's a 5th wheel. And AshLee? You are NOT "a part of these girls' lives."
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PAHO Director Thanks American Red Cross for Blood Support after Haiti Earthquake
The Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), Dr. Mirta Roses, thanked the American Red Cross for its support in maintaining supplies of blood for transfusions in Haiti after the earthquake that devastated the country in January 2010.
In a letter to the President of the American Red Cross, Gail McGovern, Dr. Roses highlighted the coordination of efforts to ensure an adequate blood supply in Haiti between January 2010 and March 2011. She noted that the Red Cross continued to supply blood to Haiti not only during the emergency period but also for a number of months during the recovery phase.
?On behalf of the Haitian Ministry of Health and the Haitian people, I want to express my endless appreciation to the American Red Cross for its invaluable contribution,? said Dr. Roses.
Haiti has the lowest blood collection rate in the Americas, but it managed to nearly double the number of units it collected each year between 2005 and 2009. Then the January 2010 earthquake destroyed the National Blood Transfusion Center in Port-au-Prince, leaving the country with only 25 percent of its normal capacity to collect, process and store blood for transfusions.
In her letter, Dr. Roses cites the Red Cross's William Fitzgerald, Senior Advisor, and Debbie Perkins, National Inventory Manager, for coordinating the first delivery of 249 units of red blood cells from the United States to Haiti on 21 January 21 2010 and 350 additional units on 28 January. Overall, 5,130 units were shipped to Haiti between January 2010 and March 2011.
Coordinating these blood supplies required continuous communication between participating organizations in the United States (American Red Cross, America's Blood Centers, Blood Centers of America, the National Blood Exchange, PAHO/WHO headquarters) and in Haiti (Ministry of Public Health, PAHO/WHO country office, and the Program for Essential Medicines and Supplies (PROMESS) in Port-au-Prince, managed by PAHO/WHO) to assess local blood needs and the country's limited capacity for storage and distribution.