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Cardiology Research and Practice
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 830279, 5 pages
Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: The Muscular Metabolic Pathway
Division de Cardiologie Clinique, Hôpital Cardiologique, du Haut Lévêque, CHU de Bordeaux, Avenue Magellan, 33600 Pessac, France
Received 5 October 2010; Accepted 23 November 2010
Academic Editor: Filippos Triposkiadis
Copyright © 2011 Jérémie Jaussaud et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background. Changes in peripheral muscle in heart failure lead to a shift from aerobic to early anaerobic metabolism during exercise leading to ergoreflex overactivation and exaggerated hyperventilation evaluated by the VE/VCO2 slope. Methods. 50 patients (38 males, years) performed cardio-pulmonary exercise test with gaz exchange measurement and echocardiographic evaluation before and 6 months after CRT. Results. The peak respiratory exchange (VCO2/ VO2) ratio was significantly reduced from to () and the time to the anaerobic threshold was increased from to seconds (). Peak VO2, VE/VCO2, peak circulatory power and NYHA were improved after CRT ( to ml/kg/min (), to (), to mmHg.ml/kg/min () and to ()). In addition, left ventricular ejection fraction and end-systolic volumes were improved from to % () and from to ml (). Conclusion. We suggest that CRT leads to an increase in oxidative muscular metabolism and postponed anaerobic threshold reducing exaggerated hyperventilation during exercise.
1. Introduction
It remains unclear how cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) improves symptom status in heart failure population. CRT is one of the major treatment for patients suffering from refractory heart failure (HF) despite an optimal drug regimen [1]. Huge previous trialsconfirmed improvement in both symptom status (NYHA class) and remodelling parameters (left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction, mitral regurgitation, and LV end-systolic volume) [2]. In addition, objective functional parameters are improved by CRT (peak oxygen uptake, 6-minute walking test, peak workload, exercise duration) [3]. It was well confirmed that heart failure patients present an exaggerated hyperventilationcharacterised by an increase in the slope relating the minute ventilation to carbon dioxide production (VE/VCO2) leading to early fatigue and breathlessness during the effort [4].
Physiopathological determinants of such an hyperventilation remain unclear. Nevertheless, an important cause of hyperpnea during effort is the enlargement of physiological dead space and ventilation-perfusion mismatch by alveolar hypoperfusion from hemodynamic dysfunction. Another determinant is the early cardiorespiratory reflex dysregulation. This was evidenced by increased peripheral and central chemosensitivity, impaired sympathovagal balance with sympathetic predominance, and depressed baroreflex circulation control [5, 6]. In addition, in heart failure population, the skeletal musculature has been extensively investigated. Muscle bulk is known to be reduced, and abnormalities of muscle function, histologic features, and metabolism have all been described [7]. In particular, both reduction in capillary density and shift from slow-twitch-type 1 muscular fibres to fast-twitch-type 2 fibres were found. It leads to depressed oxidative capacity by a reduction in mitochondrial density and increases the glycogenolytic metabolism, the carbon dioxide production, and the respiratory exchange ratio at peak of the exercise (VCO2/VO2) [8]. These muscular modifications are associated with an overactivation of the peripheral ergoreflex leading to an early hyperventilation during exercise (the "muscle hypothesis") [9].
We suggest that reduction in exaggerated hyperventilation during exercise in HF population after CRT is linked to an improvement in musculature metabolism, which results in increasing oxidative metabolism, reducing the respiratory exchange ratio at peak of the exercise, and improving the time to anaerobic threshold (AT).
2. Methods
Fifty consecutive refractory HF patients were enrolled in this single center investigation. All those patients matched the following criteria: indication for CRT implantation according to current indications (QRS duration >120 ms, LV ejection fraction <35%, NYHA symptom class II-III or IV, and optimal heart failure medical regimen) [10]. Complete echocardiographic evaluation including LV volume measurements and a cardiopulmonary exercise were realized before and 6 months after CRT implantation. Patients with history of chronic lung diseases were excluded.
2.1. Echocardiographic Measurement
Echocardiograms were loaded into a computer system (Echopac, GE), and all measurements were obtained for all patients at baseline and 6 months after implantation. Echocardiograms were analyzed by a single experienced sonographer.
Sample loops were analyzed off line on an Echopac computer workstation to obtain end-diastolic (EDV) and end-systolic LV (ESV) volumes using the methods of disks. Ejection fraction was calculated as follows: %. Mitral regurgitation was evaluated according to the European Society of Echocardiography [11].
2.2. Testing Procedure and Data Collection
A symptom-limited exercise test with ventilatory expired gas analysis using a cycle ergometer with a 10 Watts/minute protocol was performed in all patients in an air conditioned room (Ergo Card, Medisoft, Sorinnes, Belgium). Continuous standard 12 lead electrocardiograms, manual blood pressure measurements, and heart rate recordings were monitored at every stage. Data for oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2), minute ventilation (VE), respiratory rate (RR), and work load were collected continuously throughout the exercise. Oxygen and carbon dioxide sensors were calibrated using gases with known oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide concentrations prior to each test. Ventilatory efficiency was obtained by the linear regression slope relating VE to VCO2 from the beginning to the peak of the effort [12]. Peak VO2 was used as an index of exercise capacity.
The peak circulatory power was measured as an evaluation of the cardiac pumping function by the product of the peak VO2 and the systolic blood pressure as described by Cohen-Solal et al. [13]. The respiratory exchange ratio (RER) was measured by the rapport between the carbon dioxide production (VCO2) and the oxygen consumption (VO2). The peak RER was used in this study. The anaerobic threshold was assessed using Wasserman's method. All exercises were realized after written agreements of patients.
2.3. Subgroup Analysis
the responders and the nonresponders to the CRT were characterized. The responder subgroup was defined as having a telesystolic LV volume reduction greater than 15% after CRT [14].
2.4. Statistical Analysis
Paired t tests were used to compare differences between parameters at baseline and after CRT. All statistical tests with a value of <.05 were considered to be significant. Continuous variables are summarized by mean ± SD.
3. Results
3.1. Patients
Baseline characteristics of patients included are summarized in Table 1. Heart failure etiology was ischaemic in 46% and nonischaemic in 54%. Patients had severely depressed LV function with a mean LV ejection fraction of %. Mean NYHA symptom class was , and mean QRS duration was ms. Mean values of peak VO2 and VE/VCO2 slope were ml/kg/minute and . Mean maximal work load at peak of the exercise and the mean peak circulatory power were Watts and mmHgml/kg/min. Mean peak RER was ml/min, . EDV and ESV were ml and ml, respectively. Mean mitral regurgitation grade was .
3.2. 6-Month Followup after CRT
At 6 months, mean values of NYHA,peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope and RER at the peak were (), ml/kg/min (), () and (), respectively. Mean time to anaerobic threshold was improved from to seconds (). Left ventricular remodelling parameters were significantly improved. Mean values of EDV, ESV, and ejection fraction were ml (), ml (), and % (), respectively. Efficient biventricular pacing was assessed by CRT control at 6 months.
3.3. Subgroup Analysis
23 patients (18 males, years) (46%) were included in the nonresponder subgroup. Major HF etiology was ischaemic in 56%, and mean QRS duration was ms.
In this population, NYHA symptom was improved from to (). Peak VO2, Ve/VCO2 slope, RER, and RR did not change ( to ml/kg/min, to , to , and to /min, respectively; ). Mean time to anaerobic threshold was not significantly increased from to seconds (). No significant increase in exercise duration and peak workload was found 6 months after CRT. Rest HR was decreased from bpm to bpm (), and peak circulatory power did not change from to mm Hgml/kg/min (). In this subgroup, LV tele-systolic, ejection fraction and mitral regurgitation were measured from to %, from to ml, and from to (all ).
27 patients (20 males, years) (54%) were included in the responder subgroup. QRS duration at baseline was ms and an ischaemic cause was found in 37%.
NYHA symptom class was improved from to (). Peak HR was decreased from to bpm (). Peak VO2, VE/VCO2 slope, RER, RR, exercise duration, peak circulatory power, peak workload, and peak respiratory rate were improved from to ml/kg/min (), to (), to (), to /min (), to seconds (), to mmHgml/kg/min (), to watts (), and to /min (). Mean time to anaerobic threshold was improved from to seconds (). In addition, LV ejection fraction, telesystolic volume, and mitral regurgitation were improved from to % (), to ml (), and from grade to (), respectively.
4. Discussion
Reduction in the RER at peak (despite significant increase in exercise parameters) and improvement in the time to AT suggest a postponed muscular anaerobic metabolism during exercise 6 months after CRT, in particular in responder subgroup.
It was clearly confirmed that patients suffering from heart failure have muscular dysfunctions leading to an early anaerobic metabolism with a high production in carbon dioxide and a reduction in the oxygen consumption during exercise [15]. Skeletal muscle blood flow is limited in HF population probably due to a combination of low cardiac output and increased peripheral resistance as sympathetic tone overactivation and endothelial dysfunction leading to a reduction in muscular capillary density [16, 17]. There is also evidence of a reduced percentage of slow-twitch-type 1 fibres with high oxidative enzyme content and an increased percentage of type 2 B fibres with high glycolytic capacity. In addition, previous trials confirmed a reduction in oxidative enzyme activity and in mitochondrial density and a phosphocreatine depletion leading to lactate accumulation. In response to metabolic distress in exercising muscle an exaggerated ergoreflex activation was found. This leads to excessive reflex sympathetic tone. Large previous trials confirmed an important ergoreflex overactivation in heart population correlated with exaggerated hyperventilation during exercise [18, 19]. This model represents the "muscle hypothesis."
In our investigation, the ventilatory response evaluated by the linear regression slope relating the minute ventilation to the carbon dioxide production was significantly improved in particular in the responder subgroup as previously described [20]. In addition, heart rate at rest and peak respiratory rate were reduced after CRT implantation, in particular in the responder subgroup, suggesting a reduction in sympathetic tone. 95% of patients were treated with beta blockers before and after CRT without increase during followup. Heart rate reduction was previously described in a study by Wasserman et al. after CRT ( compared with baseline in the CRT-on group and in the CRT-off group) [21]. The effects of long-term beta blockade were demonstrated in heart failure population with a reduction in both ventilatory parameters (peak minute ventilation, peak carbon dioxide production, and respiration rate) and haemodynamic parameters (LV ejection fraction, heart rate and blood pressure) [22].
In addition, left ventricular volumes and ejection fraction were improved as well as the peak circulatory power. This simple haemodynamic noninvasive parameter was described to be a close approach of the "cardiac power" (production of both the cardiac output and the main blood pressure) for the evaluation of the cardiac pumping function. The peak CP was measured by the product of the peak VO2 and the SBP at peak of the exercise as described previously. It was confirmed that the peak CP is a strong prognostic marker in heart failure population. It incorporates arteriovenous difference, heart rate, stroke volume, and blood pressure responses at peak of the exercise [13]. Haemodynamic condition was clearly improved after CRT implantation, in particular for the responder subgroup.
In the nonresponder subgroup, no significant improvement was found in the haemodynamic parameters (LV ejection fraction, peak circulatory power) associated with a nonsignificant improvement in both exercise capacity and ventilatory response. In addition, in this population no significant decrease in peak RER and in time to AT was found, suggesting a persistent early muscular anaerobic metabolism.
We suggest that CRT leads to an improvement in peripheral blood flow by better haemodynamic conditions. It could lead to a shift from fast-twitch-type 2 B fibres to slow-twitch-type 1 fibres with an increase in oxidative metabolism, in mitochondrial density, and in oxygen consumption and in reduction in carbon dioxide production resulting in a postponed AT and in lower peak RER.
Muscular biopsies with mitochondrial density, oxidative enzymes, and capillary density measurements are needed to confirm our data. We could correlate biopsy results with ventilatory response and time to AT after CRT. The lack of histology support was the main limitation in our investigation. In addition, this prospective study was not a randomized control trial.
5. Conclusion
CRT improves haemodynamic condition and exercise capacity and reduces the ventilatory response during effort. In addition, CRT decreases the peak respiratory exchange ratio suggesting the possibility of increased efficiency of energy production in skeletal muscle with less anaerobic metabolism by a shift from a glycolytic to an oxidative metabolism. Link between the improvement in the peak RER, the ventilatory data, and the haemodynamic parameters suggests a reduction in the sympathetic tone explained by a decrease in the ergoreflex activity. But, large further studies are needed to confirm our data.
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March 1, 2006 - With a little more than two months until Pima County residents vote on the Regional Transportation Authority plan, which would raise the sales tax and provide what officials say would be $2 billion worth of transportation and transit improvements, supporters and opponents are voicing strong opinions on the plan.
Three groups have formed to promote or defeat the proposed 20-year transportation plan along with its half-cent sales tax increase.
Yes!! for Regional Transportation members are encouraging voters to approve the plan. Enough, one of the first groups to form against the plan, along with Tucson Needs a Real Transportation Plan, have both become active in speaking out against the plan and the increase in sales tax.
Yes!! for Regional Transportation has drawn support from many, including local fire departments, environmentalists and car dealers.
To fund public outreach, the organization has raised $114,600 as of the required filing date of Jan. 31, according to campaign finance records obtained from the Pima County Division of Elections.
Southern Arizona Home Builders Association donated $25,000, as did Granite Construction, Inc.
Jim Click Ford, Inc. was one of the top contributors with $50,000.
Dave Richards, branch manager for the Tucson sector of Granite Construction, supports the plan.
"Tucson has really done nothing to address its transportation (needs) and this is at least a first step in addressing the problem," Richards said.
Contributions to Yes are being used to purchase advertising in radio and print and market the plan via telephone, said Yes chair Rick Myers, who was also chairman for the 35-member citizens' advisory committee that helped design the plan.
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Myers agrees with Richards and the other supporters of the plan. Myers, a retired IBM executive, has volunteered his time and effort in speaking out to anyone who will listen about the plan, attending neighborhood meetings, rotary clubs and formal public outreach sessions. He said he believes Tucson needs to vote 'yes' on May 16.
"We firmly believe that this is important for our future," he said.
Transportation plans have been brought to the voters in the past, but not all have been approved. Myers remains hopeful voters will keep an open mind and think about the future, he said.
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John Kromko of Enough has worked for years to fight off increase in taxation and transportation improvements throughout Pima County, and the RTA plan is no different, he said.
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Kromko said he believes that officials skew the public's view as to the dire need for transportation and transit improvements.
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Ken O'Day, chair for Tucson Needs a Real Transportation Plan, agrees that the RTA plan is not necessary to deal with expanding growth of the county. O'Day attended many of the citizen outreach meetings organized by the Regional Transportation Authority during its voter outreach phase.
He said the plan lacks vision, and he fears it will end up causing more harm than good to local businesses and roadways.
"I agree that we need to do something," but this is not it, he said.
O'Day believes the RTA did not spend enough time on the plan, and the time line for projects and its costs are not accurate.
"People need to realize that a lot of them won't get built," he said about the proposed projects.
O'Day, of the Campbell-Grant Neighborhood Association, is especially disillusioned with the proposed widening of Grant Road.
The plan proposes widening Grant Road from Oracle to Swan roads into a six-lane arterial with dedicated bus lanes, costing more than $161 million.
The RTA has set aside roughly $8 million in right-of-way acquisition to purchase homes and businesses in order to complete the widening process.
"We will offer people fair market value for their homes and for their businesses," Myers said. "It's a tough thing, but we've tried to mitigate the impact as best we could."
O'Day doesn't think enough was done to look at possible alternatives to widening Grant Road. He said the project would force many businesses out of the area and cause homeowners to flee as well.
He also is not happy with the project being estimated for completion in the year 2025, he said.
At a debate held Feb. 22 at Empire High School on the southeast side, O'Day sat on the panel and spoke out as to why he believes the plan should be struck down when it appears on the ballot.
He told the more than 60 audience members that he has walked along Grant Road and estimated that more than 300 homeowners and businesses will be affected by the project.
Myers, who sat in the audience at the debate, understands O'Day's point of view, but said something needed to be proposed for Grant Road.
"Mr. O'Day has a very strong opinion. Grant Road is today the most congested roadway. How could you develop a 20-year plan and ignore one of the least safe and most congested roadways? It's not a perfect world, there were some tough calls that we had to make," he said.
Mike Hayes, vice-president of the Campbell-Grant HOA, stands with O'Day in opposing the plan. He, too, said the climate of Grant Road would be changed forever if voters approved the plan.
"I try not to be, simply, a 'not in my backyard,' even if it is," he said. "I think it's going to be negative. I'm afraid we're going to have empty buildings and bladed lots, then maybe, not enough money to finish the project."
Myers said it is possible but unlikely to run out of money for a project because of the checks-and-balances required by the Legislature to alert the public as to the project's progress.
If approved, a citizens' oversight committee organized with two members from each municipality voted on by the RTA board will keep up-to-date on the cost of the projects, the time line and completion of roadway improvements, he said.
Each year the committee will publish a report on the progress in local newspapers. By doing so, Myers is confidant residents will be aware of the projects completed and any unforeseen complications, he said.
Myers said the plan is accurate in the cost allowed for projects.
"We didn't want to over-promise and under-deliver," he said.
The committees tried to be as accurate as possible, he said.
The law requires the RTA to reach out to voters for approval if any portion of the plan is changed, such as a project added or deleted from the initial projection, he said. By doing so, voters are given more control over the project.
"It's not like it will be a surprise," he said. "Substantial changes can't be made to the plan without going to the voters. This is the closest thing you can get to a contract with a government."
O'Day worries the wording of the plan could be changed without voter knowledge, thus deleting or shifting money around without voter approval, he said.
Myers said that couldn't happen.
Larry Hecker, serving as Yes' treasurer, sat with O'Day at the RTA debate in Vail. He said the plan is fair and accurate in all areas and not everyone was going to be completely happy with all proposed projects.
"This plan was created by people like you and me," he said. "I didn't get everything I wanted. There's always going to be people that like to stand on the outside and throw stones."
Myers and Hecker both referred to those types of people as cave people - Citizens Against Virtually Everything.
Bill Heuisler, also an RTA opponent, participated in the debate and said he was not against everything, just the plan.
"We have a problem here in Pima County, so when we do talk about increasing taxes, we have to talk about the impact. We want to make sure we can afford all of the plan. Let's be smart instead of just throwing away money," he said at the debate.
While no specific schedule has been released, Myers said Yes!! for Regional Transportation will continue speaking out about the plan using debates and meetings, until the voters ultimately cast their vote on May 16.
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Orlando (Fla.) Olympia offensive guard James Hamilton added to his list of offers on Thursday when an ACC program became the latest to tender him.
"I was at workouts and then I got in the car and saw I had a missed call from my head coach so I called him back and he told me he had great news," Hamilton said. "He told me I had an offer from Clemson."
"To tell you the truth, it came as a surprise," Hamilton added. "It was kind of a shocker for me."
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Hamilton, who has yet to speak to Dabo Swinney or his staff, said that they told his coach that he is the type of big interior lineman that they need.
"He just said that they need a big guy inside," Hamilton said. "He said they like the way I perform."
With the verbal offer now extended, Hamilton intends to research the Tigers' program.
"I really don't know much about them at this point but I hope to find out more about them," Hamilton said. "I know they have great tradition. I know they like to pound the ball."
Clemson joins Cincinnati, Connecticut, Florida Atlantic, Illinois, Michigan State, Purdue, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, Texas A&M, and Western Kentucky in offering the massive offensive lineman.
He has visited Georgia, South Florida, Central Florida, Miami, and this past weekend, Florida. He talked a bit about his recent trip to Gainesville.
"It was a big campus," Hamilton said. "I got to see the facilities, really nice facilities, especially the weight room. The coaching staff was great. I got see them practice and they were very energetic, moving around a lot. It was very high-tempo. It was just a great vibe there."
He had a chance to speak with the coaching staff about where he fits into their plans.
"They just told me that they are looking at me as a both sides of the ball kind of guy," Hamilton said. "They said when they come during the spring they will see which side of the ball they need me more at, whether it is defensive lineman or offensive lineman. It really doesn't matter to me, whatever gets me on the field."
Hamilton says that he believes Florida, Georgia, LSU, Notre Dame, South Carolina, and Temple will check in on him during the spring and that an offer may come. He isn't focused on recruiting as much as he is on being prepared to make a good impression on the practice fields during the month of May.
"Right now I am just really focused on the spring," Hamilton said. "Hopefully after spring I will know a bit more and have a better idea of some of the schools I want to see."
With regards to spring, the 6-foot-4 lineman has been working hard on reaching a few goals.
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Space Exploration Technologies launched an unmanned craft to begin regular cargo deliveries to the International Space Station, becoming the first company to provide space supply services to the U.S. government.
The company, known as SpaceX and controlled by billionaire Elon Musk, launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon capsule at 8:35 p.m. local time Sunday from Cape Canaveral, Fla. The capsule separated from the rocket and reached orbit about 10 minutes after liftoff.
SpaceX, based in Hawthorne, Calif., has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA for at least a dozen resupply missions. The agency is relying on companies such as SpaceX and Orbital Sciences Corp., based in Dulles, Va., to do the work after retiring its shuttle fleet last year.
"Falcon 9 rocket booster has delivered Dragon to its target orbit!" Musk tweeted after the launch.
In a test mission, SpaceX on May 25 became the first company to dock a commercial craft at the station.
The supply ship is carrying about 1,000 pounds of cargo, including materials for scientific experiments aboard the station. After a three-day journey through space, it will arrive at the station for a two-week visit.
The bullet-shaped capsule will return to Earth with twice as much gear when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. It's designed to bring back a significant amount of experiments, unlike others developed by Orbital and the governments of Europe, Japan and Russia.
"Just over one year after the retirement of the space shuttle, we have returned space station cargo resupply missions to U.S. soil," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement Sunday night.
SpaceX is also building a manned version of its Dragon spacecraft with help from NASA. The United States depends on Russia for transporting crew to the station at a cost of about $63 million per seat aboard Soyuz spacecraft.
The agency in August awarded three companies $1.11 billion to develop spacecraft capable of carrying astronauts. SpaceX won $440 million, Chicago-based Boeing Co. received $460 million and Sparks, Nevada-based Sierra Nevada Corp. got $213 million.
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Sochi mayor Anatoly Pakhomov says that gay citizens are welcome in his city, if only there were any. Nope. As the town prepares to play host to the Winter Olympics in two weeks, Pakhomov (remember — you can't spell "Pakhomov" without "homo") says that the only gay people in town will be those gay athletes who arrive from other countries. Seriously.
"Our hospitality will be extended to everyone who respects the laws of the Russian Federation and doesn't impose their habits on others", he said.
But when asked whether gay people had to hide their sexuality in Sochi, the Mayor said: "No, we just say that it is your business, it's your life. But it's not accepted here in the Caucasus where we live. We do not have them in our city."
When challenged, the mayor admitted that he was not certain there were no gay people in Sochi: "I am not sure, but I don't bloody know them."
Funny, because Sochi has at least two thriving gay clubs. How this little fact has escaped the mayor of the city is a mystery, but the town's status has been upgraded from "We do not have them in our city" to "Very gay." Or, on the color code chart, from "Gray" to "Lavender".
BBC Panorama reporter John Sweeney visited a gay bar in Sochi the night before he interviewed the mayor.
Drag queen Madame Zhu-Zha said there was a gay community in the city and in other areas of Russia.
"There are very many clubs for gay people in Moscow — in Sochi we have two gay clubs as well. In some places there's serious prejudice against gay people. In other places it's not as bad."
Meanwhile, soda-related controversy bubbles up as Coca-Cola is denied a gay magazine award due to a policy on its web site. The Coke site has a feature in which readers can type a virtual message onto a Coke can to share with friends. But certain words are banned by the site, and "gay" is one of them.
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nobody can help?
If I can't remove them duplicates
I just want to know if the duplicate channels can come back to bite me in the ass in the future.
Hello, I have a Wii that had 4.0U with Homebrew and NeoGamma, I decided it wasn't worth it to keep the hack so I used AnyTitleDeletor and deleted whatever was needed to make my wii a "Virgin". I then formatted my Wii and updated to Wii 4.2U
But there is still 2 Weather and 2 News Channels.
What can I do to take it back to factory settings without any of these things or traces of a hack?
Also, what if I leave it as is, can I get hurt by future updates?
nobody can help?
If I can't remove them duplicates
I just want to know if the duplicate channels can come back to bite me in the ass in the future.
Have you tried anytitle deleter, or deleting from Wii menu. I guess you have.
A lot of people do not have much knowledge of 4.2, so definitive answers are going to be scarce.
Do you have a nand backup, if so you can try most things, save all channels to SD card, format Wii, this clears saves and channels, than reload off SD card.
I reinstalled HBC
Then I ran the normal "remove softmod guide"
I went into AnyTitle deleter and found several weather and news channels, I just deleted ALL of them (stupid I know)
I then ran NAND Clean, then formatted my wii and connected it to the update server of the wii, it did find an update, although I was already on 4.2, now everything seems ok.
What do you think? am I in the clear?
and thanks again WiiJohn
No, I removed all hacks,
My goal was to have a virgin wii. And I followed the guide, but then found that I ended up with duplicate weather and news channels.
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- 1 pound ground beef
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1In a fry pan, mix parboiled rice, green onions and red pepper flakes.
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High power headphone amp
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A while ago I made a pcb for a high power headphone amp that can drive all impedances. It is a simple design with an opamp followed by a pair of diode biassed BD139/140 or BC327/337 for more current. The PCB has been used by several people and it works really well for a low price. Total price is 20-25 euro without housing.
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A new version is almost done. It will be ordered soon.
It now has a transformer on the PCB as well.
It fits in standard housings for 100x160mm PCBs, leaving room for potmeter, connectors etc. See attachment for an example of the case someone made with my PCB inside :) I think it looks really nice.
gnd is connected "wrong way around" - the xfmr ct to rectifier/cap gnd is a "dirty gnd" large 2x line frequency charging current pulses flow in it, the amp circuitry should connect to the regulator side of the reservoir C gnd, let the xfmr ct trace be a stub
the outline suggests an EI xfmr - may radiate mag field causing hum so close to the amp circuitry, traces - if it has a "belly band" you may want to rotate 90 - or allow room for some iron/low carbon steel sheet shielding
for added stability I would add a inner feedback C to each op amp that could be a stuffing option
local nF bypass caps at the op amp should be connected right at the op amp ps pins, choose one size - the "universal" hole pattern adds inductance - I would use different circuit rather than rework part values
but probably little need for the 22 uF C11/20 so close to the reg
the pull-up/down R for the Vbias may be too high for the worst case range of output Q hfe, may limit current at high Vswing, low frequency
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 I plan to develop a library in Haskell to draw charts, such as pie charts, bar charts and line charts, to visualize data.
 Functionality will be similar to gnuplot, or chart libraries that already exist for other languages. The chart library is for (part of) my master-thesis project and it is still in its planning phase.

 There are several graphic-libraries for Haskell, but I couldn't find any specifically for drawing charts. To avoid that I am reinventing the wheel, does anyone know of such a library that is already developed or being developed?

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I'm sick. I've caught the horrible cold that Facebook kindly informs me has been making the rounds of the greater New England area, and it has taken hold something fierce. I think I coughed for an hour straight last night, and I am not exaggerating for the sake of emphasis. I just coughed for an hour, without ceasing. Fortunately my husband sleeps like a log, so he wasn't disturbed by this. I don't have the respiratory ability to walk from the couch to the bathroom without losing my breath, so I haven't cooked or even washed the dishes in close to a week. (Ick.) I'm not telling you this for the sake of getting your sympathy - I'm sure folks in your area have had similar problems, and there are folks who are a lot sicker than I am. I've at least got enough of my health and attention span to write up recipes again, and since I haven't been cooking I can work on my backlog.
Of course, the backlog can be kind of frustrating. This recipe dates back to November. I made it for a dinner we served to a friend who came by for a pleasant evening, right before we brought my computer into the shop for a two-week stint in the Apple Hospital. In the intervening weeks the notes from that recipe have become lost. I clearly wasn't expecting a lot of time to pass between cooking and writing, because I've been taking pictures of the notes when I photograph the finished product so I don't get confused. I distinctly recall having referred to Christine Ferber's Mes Tartes when I made this recipe, but none of the quince recipes in the book match this tart. I suspect that I cobbled together a kind of Frankenstein's Tart of little treats, pulling a little from here and a little from there. It sounds like something I would do. The closest thing I can find to what I would have done is this recipe, but it isn't the tart I made either.
At any rate, I can remember what this tart tasted like. It was pretty delicious, if I do say so myself. I'll grant that I'm a quince junkie, willing to eat just about anything with a quince in it, but this was really special. For a dessert that contained no chocolate whatsoever I would cheerfully eat it again and again. In fact, if I'm feeling up to pastry by the weekend perhaps I'll do just that. I used a family recipe for the pie crust, in a whole-wheat version of course. I do think that an almond cream would have worked better than vanilla, but my daughter is still prohibited from eating almonds and the vanilla certainly didn't taste like second best.
Quince Tart with Vanilla Cream (serves 8; approx. $0.59/serving)
1 single-crust pie crust of your choice
4 quinces, peeled, seeded and thinly sliced
2 cups sweet wine
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
2 cups plus 2 tablespoons whole milk
1/2 cup pus one tablespoon raw sugar
5 egg yolks
4 tablespoons heavy cream
5 tablespoons cornstarch
2 tablespoons vanilla extract
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- Rolling pin
- Bowl
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- Plastic wrap
- Two saucepans
- Whisk
- Combine the wine and spices in one of the saucepans and bring to a simmer.
- Add the quince slices and simmer until just tender. This could take a while, but your house will smell great while you're doing it so that's okay. Note: I actually did this the day before I baked, stored the quinces in the poaching liquid in the refrigerator and proceeded the next day.
- Combine half of the sugar with the milk in the second saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved.
- Combine the cornstarch, vanilla, egg yolks and cream along with the remaining sugar in the bowl. Whisk to thoroughly combine.
- Spoon or ladle a small amount of the hot milk mixture into the bowl and whisk to combine.
- Pour the egg mixture into the milk in the saucepan and whisk to combine. Heat over medium-low heat until a simmer is reached, then reduce heat and simmer.
- Cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened and smooth. This should take a minimum of ten minutes.
- Pour into a container, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least half an hour before proceeding. Note: I also did this the day before I baked.
- When you're ready to bake, preheat your oven to 425︒.
- Roll out your pie crust by whatever method suits your skills and line your pie plate with it. Sometimes I like to paint the bottom of the crust with a little egg yolk. I read once that this helps to keep the crust from getting soggy. I don't know if this is actually helpful or if I'm deluding myself.
- Put the pastry cream on the bottom of the tart. Try to get the layer as even as possible.
- Arrange the quince slices in concentric circles on top of the cream or as close as you can get to it.
- Bake for about 30 - 45 minutes.
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Necros in dungeons.
Posted 03 September 2012 - 11:55 AM
Before i go on i would like to say that i just wanna know what other players think about the stat of necros atm(in dungeons) and to find out if players have found good use of necros.
I have played necro since the first bwe and have now made almost all the dungeons( not 80 yet ) and finished some explo modes. I have tried many spec and non of them seems really good.
So i tried to come up with a spec that would be useful in dungeons. Since necros dont have that much burst and the conditions dont burn down enemies down as fast i would want and i couldnt help my teammate enought i tried to make a hybrid build to have alittle of everything. The good thing about necros is that we can survive for a long time, but whats the point of being alive when all the other 4 players are dead.
So finally i went for a support/aoe well condition build. Ill try to explane why i chose the traits and utiltis.
The point of the build is to have supportive capability, raw damage and the chance to make combos with wells and the bleed/poison damage from wells and spells. Gurdians and engineers seems to have much more and better supportive powers, elementalist a much better aoe and warriors, rangers and thieves a better burst(Sorry mesmers dont really know what u can do the best). So i try to work with what i have.
Power/con duration for more damage to bad guys. In explo mode players will be sometime up against 20 mobs at one and 5 of them are elites. My group has always tried to kill them with lots of AOE.
Spitful Spirit: Retaliation is really good since i need to run around between mobs to heal my allies in death shroud(with Transfusion trait).
Chill of Death: The slo effect give your allies a chance to run away or you a chance to but down new marks or wells.
Death into life: More raw damage means more healing, no brainer.
More critical hits means more damage and more bleeding + higher bleeding duration makes the damage even bigger.
Hemophilia : Hemophilia for higher bleed duration. More overtime damage.
Chilling Darkness: For more AOE slow. Very useful when pulling lots of enemies. Note: One of the wells should be turned into Well of Darknessi recommend Well of Power because usually everyone tries to keep there distance when you are pulling alot of enemies therefor players shouldnt get conditions on them.
Focused Rituals: Really useful trait for this build. Keeps a necro far from harm and makes this build come alive.
Death Magic:
Staff Mastery: Lets a necro make more combos and keep the conditions on enemies and health regen on allies.
Blood Magic:
More healing to help allies and more health to keep a necro alive.
Transfusion: Helps a necro to heal allies.
Ritual Mastery: Once again more combos, more damage and more support.
If possible i try to own 2 sets of gear. One that has healing power/power/toughness and the other that has condition damage/power/precision.
Its more useful to get more condition damage over condition duration since it better to kill the enemies faster.
So let me know what you think about this build and also what other builds you have found to be useful. Ofc im open for ideas on what to change or how to make this build better.
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Posted 03 September 2012 - 12:28 PM
I tried a similar build and got most value out of it at some bosses.
But most times we had to fight trash and this was much more challenging.
Therefor I used some like ...
Scepter/Dagger + Staff
Comsume Conditions
Plague Signet
Curse10: spread Weakness while enter DS
Blood10: Life Transfer heals allies
Soul5: more LF gain
Weakness is king
But I have to admit ...
I didnt use WoD and Chilling Darkness, may this will work better for the trash.
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Posted 03 September 2012 - 11:18 PM
Curse10: spread Weakness while enter DS
Blood10: Life Transfer heals allies
In your experience, how well does Weakening Shroud work? I assume that it causes Enfeebling blood to be cast directly over where you're standing when entering DS. That itself has a radius of 240 which is a reasonable (but not huge) circle. Do you need to be pretty close to the mob in order for it to be effective?
And Life Transfer...the amount of green numbers it puts out in those zerg fests is just brilliant.
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Posted 06 September 2012 - 11:47 AM
Sorry cant help you with that . I dont know anything about mesmers but a have good mesmer in my guild i can ask how he feels about the cond mesmer support.
I am currently a Mesmer and I'm starting to dislike the class for Explore Modes. How is Condition Necro Support compared to Condition Mesmer Support? I know nothing about Necros hahahaha
The problem with GW2 is that we have no way to really compare professions since we have no addons and the target dummies are totaly useless. We dont know who or what spec heals more, how a profession does the most damage and so on.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 06:00 AM
What do u mean by that? Heavy condition build with scepter/dagger, with Blood is Power,Epidemic and Corruptive Poison Cloud ?
sorry but epidemic > all in dungeons imo wouldn't be without it!
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 10:00 AM
What do u mean by that? Heavy condition build with scepter/dagger, with Blood is Power,Epidemic and Corruptive Poison Cloud ?
For dungeons I like scepter/dagger with a staff switch, consume conditions or well of blood if the group needs a light field, well of suffering (dark field, vuln), well of corruption (dark field), then the last slot can have epidemic, plague signet or signet of undeath depending on what's needed at the time.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 10:38 AM
sorry but epidemic > all in dungeons imo wouldn't be without it!
Well, I am playing a Minion Master and are doing quite well with it in dungeons.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 11:08 AM
What do u mean by that? Heavy condition build with scepter/dagger, with Blood is Power,Epidemic and Corruptive Poison Cloud ?
It is beneficial to have a condition build yourself but since epidemic spreads all conditions on the target it is really one of the strongest U-skills in the game for multimob fights regardless of your own trait set-up.
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Posted 07 September 2012 - 02:18 PM
So to answer your question, I find Necros a great class to accompany a group for dungeons. Minion Masters are also quite amusing, and seem to have really good survivability as well.
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Posted 08 September 2012 - 01:35 AM
just like to inform you that deathly swarm is buggy and transfers one condition atm.
... Make sure to ABUSE Deathly Swarm, it has such great synergies with Epidemic and Plague Signet. Absorb 3 conditions, and use Deathly Swarm to transfer them to your target, ...
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 05:30 AM
just like to inform you that deathly swarm is buggy and transfers one condition atm.
It transfers 3 if theres 3 enemies there (because it bounces). If you have just the one target, it wont bounce 2 more times. I learned this through trial and error.
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Posted 09 September 2012 - 05:52 AM
But I want to know if their was any viability to an Axe/Focus setup (with staff for swap) build. The damage seems rather lackluster at low levels, and I want to know if it gets any better later on. The build would obviously focussing on raw power/crits because the axe doesn't have any condition damage. The reason I'm asking is that I really like the Axe/Focus skills.
TL;DR Is the axe viable in PvE/dungeons?
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A key witness against a Harlem man sentenced to life in prison for murder 18 years ago, said Tuesday he was pressured by cops to finger the black man for the murder, even though he initially described the suspect as white.
Phillip Engleburt, 54, testified that he told police the killer of street preacher Antoine Stone was a white man — and not the man eventually convicted of murder, Robert Jones, who is black.
"I told the police, the guy on the bike was my complexion," said Engleburt, who is white, of the September 1994 Far Rockaway slaying.
But after Engleburt couldn't pick a suspect from a photobook of white and Hispanic potential suspects, he says the case's lead detective pressured him to identify Jones as the bike-riding shooter.
"They said they have this guy and they were pressuring me to say it was him," said Engleburt.
The witness said he nonchalantly pointed out Jones to make detectives "happy."
Jones' lawyers are asking a Queens judge to grant their client a new trial, claiming that key witnesses were forced to give false testimony.
The Queens DA is standing by the investigation and prosecution and opposes Jones' bid for freedom.
On Monday, witness Joan Perser-Gennace, 57, said detectives threatened her and her family and demanded that she ID Jones as the man she saw outside her window shortly before Stone's slaying.
Stone was in a romantic relationship with Jones, and police believe the fatal shooting happened after the lovers broke up.
Jones' lawyers acknowledge the relationship, but deny their man was the killer.
Engleburt said lead detective Gerard Weiser coached him to say Jones was on a green Ross mountain bike which was found in the defendant's home at the time of the arrest.
"They kept showing me the picture said they wanna get him, he has a long rap sheet, said they got the bike, they got this and that, I just wanted to make them happy and put this all behind me," said Engleburt.
The recanting witness slowly grew hostile when prosecutors pushed him to explain how he was pressured to go along with the alleged police lie. Engleburt said, on multiple occasions, that he wanted to go home.
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Los Angeles, June 1 (IANS) "San Andreas", the film about massive temblors, led the North American box office with $53.2 million in its opening weekend,a media report said.
Directed by Brad Peyton, the film stars Dwayne Johnson as a helicopter pilot who is searching for his wife and daughter during a earthquake that hits California.
The Warner Bros. film, co-produced with Village Roadshow Pictures, opened with 18.2 million dollars on Friday, Xinhua reported on Sunday.
It added 13 percent on Saturday to take in $20.6 and is estimated to decline about 30 percent on Sunday to gross $14.4 million, according to box office tracker boxoffice.com. 3D grosses represented 44 percent of the overall revenue for its first weekend.
First night moviegoers gave it a decent "A-" rating, while critics gave it a 49 percent positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The audience breakdown for the film was nearly evenly split between genders. An estimated 70 percent of moviegoers were over the age of 25.
Universal's "Pitch Perfect 2" was at a distant second place in its third week, with $14.8 million this weekend, declining by a sharp 52 percent from last weekend's three-day frame.
Disney's "Tomorrowland", the No.1 film last weekend, was down two spots and also witnessed a sharp 58 percent dip this weekend to rank third with $13.8 million. Starring George Clooney, "Tomorrowland" has grossed $63.2 million so far.
Rounding out this weekend's top 10 movies in the US and Canada were "Mad Max: Fury Road" ($13.6 million), "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" ($10.9 million), "Aloha" ($10 million), "Poltergeist" ($7.8 million), "Far From The Maddening Crowd" ($1.4 million), "Hot Pursuit" ($1.4 million) and "Home" ($1.2 million).


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I'm no superstar, but I'm definitely a big deal…on the internet. I mean, I've got it all: blog fame, blog fortune (that 90th of a cent I receive per word is really starting to pile up), and blog power. Bearded boys are at my every beck and call, processed meat in hand. When I go out to clubs, I generally only have to wait in line for 15-20 minutes, or however long it takes to make it to the front. Yes, I am truly living the life.
The other day I was asked why I didn't have a verified Twitter account. Not knowing why I have a Twitter account to begin with, I never really thought about verifying it at all. After dwelling on it a bit, I decided that, yes, I need all of my 300 followers to know that I am who I say I am.
I attempted to get verified by following these instructions, but was told that "verification for your account is not available at this time." That was even after I told them about my impostors, and caps-screamed DON'T YOU KNOW WHO I AM a few times. I know, I couldn't believe it either.
If all of these people, who I have no idea who they are, can get verified accounts, why can't I? It's not even that I care about it that much, it's just the principle of it all, or something.
Having a verified account proves that you are someone, that your condensed thoughts are worth reading. And seeing as I tweet about my vagina all the time, I see no argument there. That's information everyone is interested in knowing. Nay, information everyone needs to know.
I'm really not sure what I'm talking about here, but this is my obligatory "I'm Writing About Myself" post, so deal with it. For all of you that complain about me being self-absorbed; I am, and so are you. The only difference is that I have a platform to voice my opinions, and you don't.
Plus, if you really want to complain about someone's narcissistic drivel, hang out at Dooce. At least I don't have children to ramble on about. I mean, can you even imagine? God, they'd be so fucked.


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Spell-Bounding Read !!!
Parshuraman Joshi, 27, handsome, Hindu-Brahmin, IT Professional, settled in Canada, earns a high-figure salary.
These are credentials that would make any young man hot on the Indian wedding market, so it's no wonder that Parshuraman's family is inundated with matrimonial proposals. While so far all attempts to 'settle' him have gone kaput, he has bigger issues vexing him - such as Jennifer, his 'fireball' of a colleague, and their efforts to save Project Infinite. To top it all, as the credit crisis grips the global economy, the little world he's created for himself begins to fall apart. Will he be able to pull himself together to face the challenges posed by a tough economy? More importantly, will this Recession Groom be able to find his 'perfect partner'?
Title: The Recession Groom
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First of all Many Many Congratulations to author on such an outstanding & Captivating debut . " The Recession Groom " is exciting tale , narrated in third person , of an IT Professional Parshuraman Joshi . Parshuram was born in India , completed his high school education and then shifted to San Jose , US to his Aunt's place . He lost his mom at a very early age and was raised by his Grandmother and sister . Later on shifting to US for higher Studies , he resided at his Aunt Parvati's place for six years and shifted to Toronto to work with a MNC Veeza .
Plot launch with the a phone call to Parshuraman from India about a marriage proposal which was tabled by her Sister . Prashuraman was working with Veeza , getting a five-figure salary and caught in his own web of project Infinite . With Prashuraman's character , author had bolted a relationship-crisis scenario from Jennifer to Tara and even Tharsiniy . With turning pages , as the Name of the book , Recession hits our Protagonist's wedding Personality .
Beside Protagonist , Vani had also deeply portrayed the side characters in plot from Aunt Parvati to Jennifer to Bill , Ragini , Snorty , Suraj and God of Patience Mr. Patel . Aunt Parvati who cares for Parshuraman as her own son and keeps drums about him as the most eligible bachelor of World . She initiated the talk of Parshuraman's wedding with Tara which triggered the events that leads to the pacy plot .Grandmother is embedded as the most coolest character of the book with the smartest one of her generation as per her Grandson .Jennifer , my favorite character , who was gaga over Parshuraman but he acts as Mamma's boy who only wanna be in relationship with a girl who must be happily accepted by his family .
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* Nani's talks .
* Bill's chat with Parshuraman about Jennifer .
* Everytime Parshuraman Stumble into Talk with Mr. Patel
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' Marriage ' turned out to be the most irritating word which i face while reading this book . Honestly , there's an over-utilization of this word in whole plot .
So , " The Recession Groom " is a Powerful and spell-binding Debut .
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The packaging of this DVD from Anchor Bay touts Josh Becker's Alien Apocalypse as the 'highest rated Sci-Fi Pictures original of all time!' Unfortunately, that lumps this movie in with a lot of really, really bad made for TV movies, which is more or less where it belongs anyway.
Bruce Campbell stars in this one, playing Dr. Ivan Hood who has spent the last four decades frozen in a deep sleep out in space where he was doing some research. When he arrives back on Earth after his extended hybernation, he's shocked to find that the planet has been taken over by a nasty race of giant insectoid aliens. To make matters worse, they've enslaved humanity and are bent on using Earth for whatever whim strikes them.
Soon after his arrival, Dr. Hood is captured by the giant bugs and locked up in a prison. It doesn't take him long to get his brain working overtime, however, and soon he's come up with an elaborate escape plan. He makes his way out of there with one thing on his mind – to find the President and cause an insurrection with his help. In turn, they'll overthrow the evil bug tyrants and set things right for all humanity. His fellow space traveler, Kelly, is along for the ride to help him out as best she can.
This is pretty much a formula movie. It doesn't do anything particularly interesting with the premise and it doesn't break any new ground. It's all fairly predictable and you're not seeing anything here you haven't seen done before and done better at that. What makes this one worth a look is the Bruce factor – he plays his role like he plays most of his other roles, with tongue planted firmly in cheek. He's got a great sense of comedic timing and the plot allows the movie to focus more on his skills as a goofball than most other roles where he's relegated to a bit part or supporting player. The result is very much a bad movie with a good Campbell performance. For fans of his work, that'll be enough but for those looking for an interesting or intelligent science fiction film, this one comes up severely lacking. Fans of piss poor CGI work should enjoy this one though, as there's tons of that in here.
Aside from Campbell, a few other familiar faces show up in the film. Renee O'Connor from Xena has a decent part and Peter Jason of Deadwood is fun as the long lost President of these here United States of America. Production values are pretty low on this one and the low budget doesn't help the script or do the movie any favors, but if you want to see Bruce goofing off for an hour and a half, check this out.
The DVD
Anchor Bay gives Alien Apocalypse a solid 1.77.1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. Black levels are strong and deep and color reproduction is good. There are a few scenes with some heavy line shimmering apparent along the sides of buildings and cars but that's about as bad as it gets. There are no mpeg compression artifacts evident during playback nor are there any issues with print damage or excessive grain. Skin tones look pretty normal and realistic and while a few scenes are a bit on the soft side, the detail level on this transfer is average or slightly better.Sound:
The soundtrack is available in your choice of an English language Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound mix or a toned down English language Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo mix. English closed captioning is also provided, though there are no subtitles on this release. Both mixes sound find with the 5.1 winning out for opening up the proceedings a bit and throwing in some fun directional effects during the more action intensive scenes that take place in the film. Levels are properly balanced, dialogue is clean and clear and while there could have been some more punch in the lower end, there's not much to complain about here – the movie sounds good.Extras:
The only really substantial extra feature on this release comes in the form of a feature length commentary track from director Josh Becker and star Bruce Campbell. These two have known one another a long time and their obvious enthusiasm for working with one another again comes through in this track where they discuss the origins of the film, what could have been done better with the material, and how it ended up being finished. There are a lot of good stories and plenty of the humor that Campbell is known for on this talk and to be totally honest, the commentary is a lot more fun than the movie itself is.
Aside from that, Anchor Bay has supplied a brief collection of random behind the scenes footage that totals about two minutes in length, a still gallery, and the standard Bruce Campbell text biography.Final Thoughts:
Campbell's hammy acting makes this one worth a watch if you dig his style, but for those who aren't into Bruce's performances, what you're left with is a very much by the numbers made for TV sci-fi movie of the week. Anchor Bay's disc looks and sounds okay, and the commentary is fun. The lack of replay value makes this release a good candidate for a rental.


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This morning, the California Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and death-penalty sentence for Dallas Cowboys' fanatic Gunner Jay Lindberg, who celebrated what he saw as a 1996 Super Bowl victory by "America's team" with the savage ambush murder of a Vietnamese American he called "a Jap."
In a 69-page ruling, the justices reviewed and dismissed each of Lindberg's numerous claims that the two special-circumstance findings that put him on San Quentin's State Prison's condemned row were bogus. Instead, the justices concurred with a 1997 Orange County jury's determination that Lindberg had attempted to rob Thien Minh Ly before killing him and that the crime had been racially motivated.
According to the seven-justice panel, "There is substantial evidence" the jury got both findings right.
On Jan. 29, 1996, Ly—a 24-year-old UCLA and Georgetown University scholar who dreamed of being the first Vietnamese American ambassador to his native country—was found dead on the Tustin High School tennis courts. The previous night, after watching the Super Bowl with friends, he'd decided to roller blade alone around 9 p.m. A butcher-knife-wielding Lindberg, 21, and a 17-year-old accomplice trapped Ly, tormented the devout Buddhist, and then executed him. The autopsy report showed Ly had been repeatedly punched, kicked in the face and stomped in the head, as well as stabbed 22 times, mostly in the heart. Overkill was in Lindberg's blood and so he also severed both of his victim's jugular veins. Afterward, the blood-sprayed pair returned to Lindberg's apartment, smoke marijuana, played video games, watched movies, and—no kidding—talked about serving as warriors in a coming intergalactic battle among forces of evil.
Lindberg and Domenic Christopher--both K-Mart employees--were arrested after Lindberg confessed in writing a month later to an out-of-state relative, who notified police. (Christopher received a 25-years-to-life sentence.) During his trial, Lindberg threatened to kill other Vietnamese and mocked Ly's distraught family by wearing a Dallas Cowboys T-shirt in the courtroom.
But in a letter to me last month, Lindberg—who treasured Nazi symbols, ranted against "gooks" and associated with white-supremacist groups before his final arrest—insisted he's "not a monster" and that race and robbery played no role in the killing. He explains away Ly's death as merely a result of his "reckless actions."
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Baloney, said the state's highest court. "Based upon the evidence, the jury reasonably could have found that the defendant harbored an intent to steal Ly's property when he knocked Ly to the ground, demanded to know whether he had a car, and put his knife to his throat. . . . Additional evidence showed the defendant's particular racial animus against Asians."
An execution date has not been set.
My in-depth July cover story about the case can be found here.
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What's your deal man? Nothing but respect, says Jim Harbaugh
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INDIANAPOLIS -- There's a little bit of history between Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh, who will be coaching against each other once again in the NFC West.
Specifically, two years ago, there was a tense on-field conversation between the two after Stanford's lopsided victory over the Trojans.
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As Seahawks coach, Carroll was unambiguous in praising Harbaugh's accomplishments as Stanford coach.
So how about Harbaugh? Is there any animosity with Carroll?
"No," he said. "Professional. No hostility. Competitive when we coached against each other in college, and I anticipate it will be competitive as we go forward playing each other twice a year. But genuine respect for the job that he does, and like all the rest of the coaches in the National Football League, respect, but competitive and you want to beat them."
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Actually, I was wondering if you could expand on this at all? I recently just got a Japanese Wii with version 3.1 still on it. My Japanese version of Twilight Princess is coming this week and I was wondering as well since most people already have 3.2 or higher on the system.
On another thread, it was suggested I upgrade to 4.0 then downgrade back to 3.2. Since you have modded multiple systems, can you give me any advice? Is it advised to upgrade to 4, and then back down? I've read some threads on here about people having problems downgrading back after going up to 4. I don't really care about the SD Card whatever that 4.0 offers, but was just gonna upgrade to 4 for the updates. Any advice would be great!!
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Saturday, October 1, 2011
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oh my goodness, this is my favourite blog post ever! i adore my friend, the sushivogue girl! thank you for making my day with this fabulous composition. :) :) :) ENOUGH SAID.ReplyDelete
Nicole, you are as usual very nice. Thank you for reading.ReplyDelete
Greta, I love that you owned your ED. I really, truly, LOVE it. So many other women would have just said "Thank you," but in being honest you brought attention and AWARENESS to the disease and the fact that skinny does not always mean happy! <3ReplyDelete
Thank, you, Sable. It's just a small step forward when I have the whole marathon ahead. But I hope to finish it victorious.ReplyDelete
- LindseySat Oct 01, 07:42:00 PM
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I've been reading for awhile and have never really commemnted til now. Just wanna say that I love your blog and you're such an inspiration!
Can you give a stepbystep tutorial on how you make those sushi rolls? I've tried before, but I can never seem to get it right! I looove sushi too!
Hi, Lindsey, I'm so excited that someone besides my lovely Nicole and Sable is reading this nonsense. My sushi is so simple; I guess only the act of rolling them needs some mastering skills. I'd learned it from this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNwWeV8B1XI&feature=related. But I suppose I'll make a post of how do I do that some time.ReplyDelete
- LindseySat Oct 01, 08:27:00 PM
That would be great! I never know what kind of rice and ingredients to use, everytime I make them it never sticks or doesn't taste right lol. Sooo jealous of you're skills : )ReplyDelete
congrats on owning up to your ED, in public nonetheless, that takes major balls. nothin but respect here.
That is so brave! I don't think I could do that.ReplyDelete
None of my family really know about my eating disorder. I think maybe they are just in denial because it was pretty freaking obvious! But I just don't think I could ever bring myself to say it to them. I just don't want to cause them any pain.
I think it gets a little bit easier every time I am honest about it though. I hope that one day when I feel really confident that I am fully better, I will tell my family about it.
But until I can say that I used to have an eating disorder but now I am definitely 100% fine, I just don't think I could do it.
I just wanted to add - I have just read through some of your posts and really got a lot out of them. So thanks, I'm excited to keep reading!ReplyDelete
Hi, Elyza, thank you for stopping by. I feel exactly the same thing towards my family too. I love them so much and my silence is kind of protection of things that I know will truly upset them. Postponing my confessions to better times.ReplyDelete


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I used 4.2 grains of Titegroup under the Speer FN 180 grain bullets I first used, but I decided to go with Laser Cast this time to make the shooting more economical (500 @ 26 bucks VS. 100 @ 15 bucks).
Can I just use the same load with the lead bullet as I did jacketed? The 4.2 grains was on the low end of the recommended load for the previous setup, so I was thinking it would be a good place to start.
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Ken and Debbie Cederlind, Moe and Kaylynn Todd and Alaya came down Saturday and spent the day with Bonnie Phipps.
Bonnie said little Alaya was starting to crawl.
I received .1 of inch of rain last Monday morning and by 11:30 that night I had 2.2 and then the next morning I poured out .1 of an inch more. We had lots of snow at my house Thursday and when I melted the snow in my rain gauge I got .1 of an inch of liquid.
Tara brought Jett over last Monday then Mark brought me some eggs and Gary Shelton was with him.
That evening I went down to Lloyd and Ruth Shumate's and took Lloyd a birthday card and gift then when I came back I went to the nursing home and saw Pauline Schauffler, Ruth Hall, Mae Cox, Chloe Wilson and Roxie Heimeyer.
I took my news in last Tuesday and did a little shopping.
Thursday Tara brought Jett and when she came and got him that evening it was snowing and we didn't know anything about it until she came into the house.
Jett has had a little cold so we stay in until it warms up. That evening Mary Martha Williams, Marie Dickey, Carol Moore and Hellen Blakey all went to Jerry's Whirlwinds at the El Rancho Truck Stop and Restaurant where we met our O.E.S. chapter members.
I went to town Friday and took some eggs and paid some bills then on my way home I stopped by the nursing home and visited with Pauline Schauffler, Ruth Hall, Mae Cox, Chloe Wilson, Roxie Heimeyer, Irene Richards, Peggy Jenkins and Bea Christy and her family.
Sorry to hear about Mary Ann Hathcock falling Sunday and she got a gash in her head which had to have stitches in it, hope she gets well quick.
Lets keep our sick folks in our prayers. There is still a long list, some are in the hospital, nursing home and some have to take treatments and some are home getting well.
My prayers and sympathy goes out to all the ones who have lost a loved one.
Lets keep our leaders and the men and women in the service and their families and the ones in training in our prayers.


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Diablo III game director Jay Wilson has announced that he's leaving the team to work on another, undisclosed project at Blizzard.
His tenure has been marked by controversy, lowlighted by Wilson's angry Facebook retort "F--- that loser" after Diablo II developer David Brevik made some criticisms about the game. (He later apologized.)
Diablo III's design also engendered controversy with its always-on stipulation as well as the real money auction house. Fans were also upset with the lack of a compelling end game content in the game as well.
Wilson wrote, "I know some of you feel we fell short of our promise to release the game "when it's ready." While we're not perfect, we try to make the best decisions we can with the information and knowledge we have at the time. That doesn't mean we always make the right decisions, but if we made a mistake then I feel we've made an exceptional effort to correct it."
Wilson noted that the 1.07 patch was "underway" as well.
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Jon Meacham, managing editor of, will be the featured author for the Baylor University Libraries' third Ferguson-Clark Author Series scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004. The speaker's topic will be 'Franklin & Winston: Leadership Lessons for Today.' Ticket information, time and location of the lecture will be announced later this spring, said John Wilson, director of library advancement and special projects.
Baylor alumnus Collen Clark established the Ferguson-Clark Author Series Endowment in honor of his mother, Carla Sue Ferguson Garrett, a Baylor alumna and member of the libraries' Board of Advisors. Ernest Gaines presented the initial lecture, and David McCullough was the speaker last fall. The event is a fundraiser for the libraries.
Named 'one of the most influential editors in the news magazine business' by , Meacham became managing editor of Newsweek at the age of 29. He graduated cum laude with a degree in English literature from The University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., and is now a member of the university's Board of Regents.
Meacham began his journalism career as a summer intern at the as a national affairs writer.
His was published by Random House in October of 2003. Of this book, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. wrote: 'Franklin and Winston is a sensitive, perceptive and absorbing portrait of the friendship that saved the democratic world in the greatest war in history.'
A communicant of St. Thomas Episcopal Church Fifth Avenue, Meacham is a vestryman of the 175-year-old parish. He and his wife live in New York City with their son, born in May of 2002.
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