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Herding and anti-herding: A model of reputational differentiation
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Volume (Year): 45 (2001)
Issue (Month): 3 (March)
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Here's the last LSJL update.
Here's the latest feet images
One effect that clamping my right foot has had is that my right quad is a lot bigger than my left quad now. I left weights as muscle should help with LSJL as muscle can contract to stimulate bone and generate hydrostatic pressure. Differences in feet size change weight distribution. So now I'm going to clamp my left foot and not my right foot to try to get it to catch up. If I can bridge the gap between the two that'll be strong proof of LSJL.
Here's a picture from another angle that shows the size difference better:
The right calcaneus is also bigger so if I get some left foot growth I'll gain some small but significant amount of height.
I may have gained some arm length but it's within measurement error.
I don't think clamping the toes is what's helping. I think it's the clamping of the feet itself. I am doing hand clamping as well. I am clamping individual fingers and pretty much the whole hand is growing and not the specific fingers. I have x-rays showing that my left hand fingers were longer except for the metacarpal. So if I can't get my left foot to catch up that'll be another option to prove LSJL. If my right hand keeps growing significantly I can get x-rays.
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The record that's getting the most buzz this year is a double A-side single featuring Mastodon covering Feist's Commotion, with the Canadian indie popster returning the favour on the flip side with a version of the metal head's Black Tongue. Mr. Medley himself is touting a 180-gram vinyl reissue of Paul Simon's afro-tastic Graceland. "Summer is right around the corner, and Graceland is one of the best sunny-afternoon records you can listen to."
Over at Rotate This (801 Queen St. W.), long-time store manager Brian White recommends a double-LP package of Devo's Live in Seattle – 1981. "I'm a huge fan and I'm ready to hear a record recorded in their heyday. He's also high on The LHI Years: Singles, Nudes, & Backsides (1968-71), a rarity LP from Lee Hazelwood.
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I wrote this article while I was working on a team that was developing medical apps for smartphones and tablets. We were using Scrum and practicing exploratory testing in an FDA-regulated environment. We used the approaches I describe in the article and session-based testing to record what we actually tested. We coordinated with our internal auditor to make sure that what we did aligned with documentation requirements for various regulators.
With mobile, we were able to use the technology on the devices to record video, and we needed lightweight guidance documentation we could take with us on the move.
We had an intern on the project who did a fabulous job with our guidance docs, making sure they were regulation-compliant, auditable, and well maintained. She was able to do this in addition to some great exploratory testing on various devices, and she really enjoyed it.
She wanted to write a paper describing what we were doing for her internship program, but we couldn't find an article that would stand up to university-level citation requirements.
So, I wrote one.
–Jonathan Kohl, July 2012
Just because we are using an exploratory testing approach on our projects doesn't mean that we don't document our work. With exploratory testing, you can document as much or as little as required by your stakeholders.
Determining documentation requirements on software projects isn't difficult; it just takes a bit of investigation. For example, while working on a project in a regulated environment, I talked to the people in charge of regulatory issues for the company and asked them what documentation they needed. They said they needed a risk assessment, a test plan, test cases, and test results. I had everything but test cases, so I pressed further. They wanted test cases simply because that's what they were used to. The regulatory requirements didn't ask specifically for test case documents; there just needed to be enough documentation so that tests could be repeated by others.
Planning and Strategy
What does a test plan look like in exploratory testing?
Often, test plans that direct exploratory testing look very similar to their scripted testing counterparts. On any project I am leading, I go through analysis and planning to determine how to optimize the use of our people, tools, equipment, budgets, etc. A risk assessment (required by auditors) can help focus our testing.
To create a risk assessment, I do some research. I talk to marketing, sales, and product management and ask them about core functions of the product. What is the purpose of the software? What kinds of tasks would users expect to perform with the software? What would product success or failure look like?
Next, I talk to the technical team. What features are new? Are there any technology changes that are required, such as new tools, libraries, or hardware? Have they discovered any challenging areas in their work? How do they define success and failure?
I then talk to product management about quality criteria. What characteristics are they expecting from the software? What about technical areas, such as security, accessibility, and performance?
The risk assessment can be a list of items describing how we would mitigate those risks through testing, a focused testing approach for a specific risk, or a recommended technique, such as performance or security testing. Figure 1 shows an example of a risk assessment.
After developing the risk assessment, I look at a test strategy. What is the purpose of our testing? Sometimes, project stakeholders have a clear objective for testing; other times, it isn't as clear. I provide options to stakeholders. "Do you want us to find important bugs as quickly as possible, or are you more concerned that our testing mitigates the risks outlined in the risk assessment?" Once I have determined a purpose for our testing work, I can look at who is available and start to outline what tools, practices, and tactics we will use when testing.
Next, I look at project resources. Which people are available and when? What tools, machines, software, and other resources do I need to complete this project? Once I have clear answers to these questions, I start to glue together my project analysis, risk assessment, strategy thoughts, and logistics. I learned this from James Bach [1]. If this needs to be formalized in a document, this becomes the basis for my test plan.
Traditional testers love test plans, but many exploratory testers hate them. I have a secret: I need to do all of that work, anyway, so if I document bits of it as I go, taking that existing information and plopping it in a test plan document is simple and fast. If I need to change the test plan into a different format or adapt because the project changes mid-course, it's easy and quick.
Guidance Documents
How do new people learn without test cases?
Test cases aren't necessarily the best way to learn how to test new software. Alternatively, I use tools and techniques for learning that are proven in training and documentation disciplines. For example, in the regulated-environment project discussed earlier, instead of relying on test cases, we created a "guidance" folder on a shared network drive. I found existing sources of documentation from the marketing team (sales brochures, demo presentation materials), the documentation team (in-progress user manuals), and the operations team (installation and administration guides). That gave us a start but didn't provide enough information for testing. Using documentation department templates, we started writing "how to" documentation with a testing focus. We used screen-recording software to record demo videos since they were easier to maintain than written documentation. If specific setup was needed, we created "calibration" documents that provided step-by-step instructions. To help with test idea generation, we created testing cheat sheets with different testing ideas.
To help focus testing in specific areas, guidance can be provided in the form of checklists. Each coverage model can generate checklists with corresponding guidance information in written and video form.
Checklists essentially are lists of test ideas. The lists are specific enough to provide focus but vague enough to allow for personal interpretation and freedom to explore. Figure 2 shows a sample checklist.
This is how a tester would use documentation to help guide his exploratory testing: He would look up a specific test checklist related to the area of the program he was testing. If he was unfamiliar with that application or feature set, he would read a how-to guide document to learn how to use the software and watch videos that demonstrate how to use and test the software. Next, he would start testing the items listed in the checklist, referring to the guidance information as needed. When he needed more test ideas, he'd review testing cheat sheets to help trigger more creative ideas.
Documenting Test Execution
How can we demonstrate what was tested?
Session-based test management is a high-accountability approach to exploratory testing invented by James and Jon Bach. This is a descriptive approach to testing, where you document what you are testing as you go. The traditional test case model is prescriptive—you document in advance what you would like tested. Both approaches generate documentation that can be reviewed and audited. I use lightweight implementations of session-based test management. Session ideas focus on specific testing tasks. Testing sessions are uninterrupted periods of testing time lasting from sixty to 120 minutes. After an exploratory session, testers review their session findings with colleagues. This helps generate follow-on test ideas and is great for knowledge transfer. If there are regulatory or auditing requirements, a session sheet can be used as a project artifact.
If traceability is needed, session sheets can map to coverage outlines and to guidance documents and media. For example, an auditor could ask about a specific bug that was logged and be referred to the session where the bug was discovered. From the session sheet, the auditor could review the coverage outline checklist and the guidance documentation. Watching a short video of the bug report and contrasting it with the how-to testing document and video, he could repeat the test himself and verify that the bug had been fixed. See figure 3 for an example.
While the auditors on our example project were at first a bit concerned with a lack of test cases, they loved the use of media and the "how-to" document approach. They found it easier not only to get a sense of what was tested but also to repeat tests themselves. The video was incredibly useful for them, and they liked that session sheets described what actually happened instead of test cases that describe what we expected to happen.
Documenting testing using video has become more popular. It's an inexpensive and powerful way to show people what you mean rather than trying to describe concepts in a document. Recording technology is cheap and readily available. There are also free software options on a variety of platforms. One of my colleagues recorded, produced, and distributed a testing training video of me demonstrating test techniques—all on his smart phone.
Documenting Results
How do we track results and report on test coverage?
On a project that uses free-form exploratory testing without documentation, it can be difficult to explain what was tested. There are lightweight tools that can be used on exploratory testing projects to demonstrate results and progress.
I like to have visible results that show quality and test coverage in simple terms. From there, more detail can be requested and easily supplied without providing much burden on the team. James Bach has a "low-tech" testing dashboard template that can easily be transcribed on a whiteboard. Any team member walking past the whiteboard can get a sense of current quality and testing coverage on the project. From there, checklists can show more detail and session sheets can show actual testing results. This process can easily fit with project management, fault tracking, and other team productivity systems.
I prefer a "pay-as-you-go" approach to documentation. I don't do a lot of speculative, up-front documentation if I don't have to. I want to avoid having to change it frequently as the project adapts and changes. I do a bit of documentation at a time and build toward final products as the project itself evolves. If you are using an agile or iterative lifecycle, you may not need to document all the time, particularly if you start testing at the beginning. If you are in a regulated environment, auditors are used to a "testing phase," so you may be able to use an iteration near the end of the project to create required documentation.
You can use as much or as little testing documentation as you need on an exploratory testing project. However, make sure that what you do is compatible with the lightweight, test-execution focus of exploratory testing. Do not impose documentation overhead that dominates testing activities—those should focus on testing first. In many cases, you can use something lightweight to solve a problem that seems to require a heavyweight approach. With a little creativity, you can fit your documentation requirements within an exploratory testing approach.


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yencode is an encoder/decoder package for the Usenet yEnc encoding format.
The source code is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
should work on most modern Unix-like operating systems.
- Full internationalization (multilingual) support provided by GNU gettext.
- Encoder can output single part or multipart encoded archives of any size.
- Smart decoder can handle multiple files, including files specified out of
order or with nonsense file names.
- Included Usenet posting software posts files to Usenet quickly and
easily, including automatic creation of encoded multipart archives and
SFV/CRC checksum files, if desired.
- Optional scan mode: automatically locate and decode single or multipart
encoded archives in specified directories or recursively.
- Supports SFV file creation for multiple-file archives.
- Fully compliant with the current yEnc specifications.
WWW: http://www.yencode.org/
make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/news/yencode/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install yencode
cd /usr/ports/news/yencode/ && make install clean
pkg install yencode
PKGNAME: yencode
SHA256 (yencode-0.46.tar.gz) = 7c73536b09af087e5494f7c01a6a5e19d6dfc87a9c2a38990d281118bcd210e4
SIZE (yencode-0.46.tar.gz) = 241762
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
No options to configure
Number of commits found: 28
Remove libintl.so.9 compatibility link that was added in r374303 to
prevent massive PORTREVISION bumps. Bump dependent ports that have not
been bumped since.
Rename all patches that contain '::' as a path separator, and use
'__' instead.
Support stage
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Convert USE_GETTEXT to USES (part 3)
Approved by: portmgr (bapt)
- Add LDFLAGS to CONFIGURE_ENV and MAKE_ENV (as it was done with LDFLAGS)
- Fix all ports that add {CPP,LD}FLAGS to *_ENV to modify flags instead
Submitted by: myself
Exp-runs by: pav
Approved by: pav
- Get Rid MD5 support
Bounce PORTREVISION for gettext-related ports. Have fun, ya'll.
- Switch SourceForge ports to the new File Release System: categories starting
with N
Update CONFIGURE_ARGS for how we pass CONFIGURE_TARGET to configure script.
Specifically, newer autoconf (> 2.13) has different semantic of the
configure target. In short, one should use --build=CONFIGURE_TARGET
instead of CONFIGURE_TARGET directly. Otherwise, you will get a warning
and the old semantic may be removed in later autoconf releases.
To workaround this issue, many ports hack the CONFIGURE_TARGET variable
so that it contains the ``--build='' prefix.
To solve this issue, under the fact that some ports still have
configure script generated by the old autoconf, we use runtime detection
in the do-configure target so that the proper argument can be used.
Changes to Mk/*:
- Add runtime detection magic in bsd.port.mk
Reset firstname.lastname@example.com due to lack of time to work
on FreeBSD at the moment.
Hat: portmgr
Bump portrevision due to upgrade of devel/gettext.
The affected ports are the ones with gettext as a run-dependency
according to ports/INDEX-7 (5007 of them) and the ones with USE_GETTEXT
in Makefile (29 of them).
PR: ports/124340
Submitted by: edwin@
Approved by: portmgr (pav)
- Remove USE_GETOPT_LONG which is a no-op since March 2007
- take maintainership
Submitted by: maintainer (Nils Vogels)
- Add SHA256
At Kris's request, back out the MACHINE_ARCH spelling correction until
after 5.4-RELEASE.
Assist getting more ports working on AMD64 by obeying the
Ports Collection documentation and use 'ARCH' rather than 'MACHINE_ARCH'.
Add USE_GETTEXT and bump PORTREVISION.
Submitted by: trevor
Tested by: bento
Now gettext 0.12.1 is gettext-old.
- Fix handling USE_GETOPT_LONG
Submitted by: Ports Fury
Bump the PORTREVISION for the ports directly affected by the gettext upgrade.
Prodded by: kris
Chase the libintl.so shared lib version.
get rid of libgnugetopt dependency for -CURRENT,
use USE_GETOPT_LONG instead.
Chase shlib rev of devel/gettext
Submitted by: lots and lots
Pointy hat to: ade
gettext upgrade uber-patch (stage 3)
- switch devel/gettext (0.11.1) on, installing full package
- flip devel/gettext-old (0.10.35) to installing only static binaries
with a "-old" suffix -- gettext-old will have its deorbit burn
sequence initiated just after 4.6-RELEASE
- fix up ports for the new world order
Reviewed by: portmgr
add yencode 0.46
A free (GPL) encoder and decoder for the yEnc Usenet file format
Servers and bandwidth provided byNew York Internet, SuperNews, and RootBSD
No vulnerabilities have been reported in the past 14 days
* - modified, not new
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Discrete Cosine Transform core :: Overview
Project maintainers
Name: mdct
Created: Apr 14, 2006
Updated: Apr 9, 2017
SVN Updated: Mar 17, 2009
SVN: Browse
Latest version: download
Statistics: View
Other project properties
Category: Arithmetic core
Language: VHDL
Development status: Stable
Additional info: Design done, FPGA proven, Specification done
WishBone compliant: No
WishBone version: n/a
NEW: 12 bit input MDCT version created by Emrah Yuce has been added to project downloads.
Parallel synthesizable implementation of 2D DCT in VHDL. Currently works on 8 bit input data using 12 bit DCT coefficients (12-bit DCT output). Multiplier-less design, parallel distributed arithmetic with butterfly computation used instead. Implementation done as row-column decomposition, two 1D DCT units and transpose matrix between them (double buffered as ping-pong buffer for performance). Latency (time between first 8 bit input data is sampled and first dct data present on output) is 94 clock cycles.
Self-veryfing testbench included which takes matlab-converted image as input. Core transforms it to DCT coefficients and behavioral IDCT testbench code reconstructs from it original image. PSNR is computed between original and reconstructed image to find out error introduced by fixed point arithmetic, for sample Lena images PSNR is 48 dB.
Matlab scripts are included for computing floating point DCT/IDCT as reference. Scripts for converting 8 bit bitmap to txt format readable by testbench and vice versa are also available.
Core was tested on Digilent S3 board with Spartan Xc3S1000 FPGA.
+ 8 bit input, 11 bit output
+ Throughput 10 MSamples/s with 10 MHz input clock
+ Latency 94 clock cycles
+ Transforms 8x8 block of 64 samples in 64 cycles when pipeline is full
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The Catalan is a solid opening system in which White combines the Queen's Gambit with a kingside fianchetto. In recent years it has become an increasingly popular choice at all levels of chess, and elite grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik have developed major new ideas for both White and Black. The Catalan can lead to a wide variety of positions, open or closed, tactical or strategic, that will suit players of all styles. In this book, Grandmaster Neil McDonald invites you to join him in studying the Catalan and its many variations. McDonald shares his experience and knowledge of the Catalan, examines the main plans for both sides and provides answers to the key questions.
The Catalan - Move by Move
The Catalan is a reliable opening for White, but there are ways for Black to shake White out of his complacency while still maintaining a sound and solid position himself. On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black against the Catalan, based around maintaining the rock of a pawn on d5.
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In the Catalan opening, White adopts a combination of the Queen's Gambit and Reti Opening. White plays d4 and c4 and fianchettos the white bishop on g2. A common opening sequence is 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3. The Catalan derives its name from Catalonia—a nation inside of Spain. Used by Kramnik three times in the World Chess Championship in 2006, the Catalan has recently gained a good deal of attention by high-level GMs. It was also played four times by Anand in the World Chess Championship in 2010 against Topalov, Vigorito explains that game and others in this DVD.
Opening Trends 3 - The Catalan - Chess Lecture - Volume 103
Catalan, revised with recent games and new chess opening analysis by computer programs including Houdini. Since this book first came out the Catalan has been played with great success by World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and other grandmasters. This has necessitated this great expansion with new games and the latest chess computer
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A Complete Repertoire For White
In this book top Grandmaster Victor Bologan presents a complete repertoire for White. He covers all of Black's options as well as possible transpositions to other openings.
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THE jobs of more than 100 workers at a cake-making business have been saved after it was bought out of administration.
The Fabulous Bakin' Boys in Witney has been acquired by Dutch bakery group Daelmans after being put into the hands of administrators last Friday.
Bosses led by new managing director Richard Cooper say up to 120 jobs are secure at the factory on the Station Lane industrial estate.
Last night, Mr Cooper was unavailable for comment.
But in a statement, Thijmen Peter de With, general manager Daelmans Group, said: "Fabulous Bakin' Boys has great potential and will benefit from the investment and re-invigoration that an established bakery company such as Daelmans Group can provide."
The Fabulous Bakin' Boys was originally formed as the Delicious Donut Company in 1989 by Gary Frank, a former Wall Street trader and Oxford University philosophy graduate who lost everything on the New York stock exchange in 1987.
Ten years later it was operating from its £2m 60,000 sq ft bakery and its product range went on to be sold in supermarkets nationwide.
In 2011 it was voted the West Oxfordshire Business of the Year and currently has a £14m turnover.
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I am going to give two workshops in Holland this year. They will be in Bergen, 50 km north from Amterdam.
They will be held at the studio of Anneloes ReinDeer:
There are going to be two workshops, the first one will have as theme:
"Doing a Lampshade as a house, shrine, box...(for a real wax flameless led candle)"
This workshop will be held on the 23rd-24th of June 2017
"Eco prints as a source of inspiration for a felt/fabric piece"
This workshop will be held on the 25th-26th June 2017
For inscription and more details please send a mail to
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Workshops in/en France:
Information soon! Je vous donnerai prochainement une information plus précise!
They will be held in July in Salles Lot-et-Garonne
Ils seront à Salles Lot-et-Garonne, à la fin de Juin/commencement de Juillet
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The title cut from Traffic's 1971 album "The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" clocks in at 11 minutes and 35 seconds.
Twenty-five or so years ago, that was a vital part of my walking-around knowledge. Dropping the needle on that song gave me time to get out of the control room at student-run University of Georgia radio station WUOG-FM (90.5), walk across the station lobby, get down a flight of stairs, make my way down a Memorial Hall hallway to a bathroom, take care of business, and - whew - get back to the control room in time to start up whatever I'd placed on the other turntable.
I can't remember which of my fellow early-'80s disc jockeys at WUOG imparted the wisdom of having a "bathroom song" at the ready, but if I ever found myself working a particularly long shift on the air, I'd take time to pull "Low Spark" out of the record library, just in case.
It was a vital bit of knowledge, to be sure, but it wasn't anywhere near the most important thing I learned during the year or so I regularly inflicted myself on listeners from the top of Memorial Hall. (I still have a pretty good "college radio" voice, by the way - a low, breathy, too-cool-for-the-room affectation - but on the occasions I break it out these days, it plays more to laughs than anything else.)
I'm pretty sure I landed a coveted DJ slot at WUOG because of my day job at the time. I was working in the control room of the public TV station that used to be headquartered on campus to put myself through school, and my guess is that the students who managed WUOG reckoned I wouldn't pose too much of a danger to the control-room equipment.
Whatever the reason, I eventually wound up with a once-a-week jazz show and a once-weekly folk music show at WUOG. And I've come to realize over the years that my stint there was as important to my education as any of the classes I took.
Before walking into the WUOG studio - and record library - my musical horizons were pretty much defined by whatever my friends were listening to, which is to say whatever was in the record aisle at the local big-box discount retailers. The 8-track storage box (your modern IP3s and mPods frighten and confuse me) in my 1972 Chevy Nova was filled with Marshall Tucker, Allman Brothers, Jefferson Starship and other such things.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. But had I not spent a few hours each week at WUOG, I might never have heard, much less learned to appreciate, jazz greats like Miles Davis and John Coltrane, folk groups like Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, or any of the other dozens of musicians whose work graced the WUOG record library. Today, my music collection runs the gamut from Wynton Marsalis to John Lee Hooker to the Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, and my life is all the richer for it.
I'm waxing more than a bit personal for today's column because of an e-mail that made its way to my inbox late last week, a reminder that, after 35 years in Memorial Hall, WUOG-FM is moving into new studios in the Tate Student Center.
Understanding the fond memories that volunteering for the station has created for many former DJs like myself, the station's current student management has set aside a couple of hours late Wednesday night for any of us - or anyone else, for that matter - who might want to come by to bid a final farewell to the Memorial Hall studios (They're asking for RSVPs - go to the station's Web site for details.)
They're also asking staff, alumni and friends to contribute anecdotes for a book to be entitled "Letters from the 5th Floor," which will be placed in the new Tate studios. Herewith is this column submitted to that effort.
I'm not sure I'll be able to make the late-night Wednesday farewell; I've got a wife, a cat, a job and some prostate issues. Anyway, I don't know that I really need to see the old Memorial Hall studios. Every time I reach for one of my CDs, I'm reminded of the impact WUOG had on my life.
• Jim Thompson is editorial page editor of the Athens Banner-Herald. He can be contacted at (706) 208-2222 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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What Is Asthma?
There are numerous triggers — including allergens, smoke, and exercise — that can cause an asthma attack.
Asthma is a common chronic (long-term) lung disease in which the lungs' bronchial tubes, or airways, become inflamed.
This inflammation causes the airways to become sensitive to environmental triggers, such as dust, smoke, pet dander, or cold air.
In reaction to these triggers, an asthma attack occurs: The muscles around the bronchial tubes tighten, the lining of the airways swells and becomes inflamed, and the airways overproduce mucus, making it difficult to breathe.
Asthma Prevalence
In 2014, about 24 million people in the United States — or 7.7 percent of the population — had asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Of these people, nearly 18 million were adults ages 18 and above.
What's more, asthma attacks result in about 1.8 million visits to emergency rooms and about 3,600 deaths each year in the United States.
On a global scale, about 235 million people have asthma, according to the World Health Organization.
What Causes Asthma?
It's unknown what exactly causes asthma, but scientists believe that a combination of genetic and environmental factors plays a role in the development of the disease.
Asthma tends to run in families, suggesting an inherited component to the disease. You're more likely to have asthma if your parents have it.
You're also more likely to have asthma if you have atopic syndrome, or atopy — that is, if you have a predisposition toward certain allergic hypersensitivity reactions, such as atopic eczema and hay fever (allergic rhinitis). Asthma and allergies often go hand in hand.
Having respiratory infections during infancy or early childhood is another risk factor for asthma. These infections can cause inflammation in the lungs and damage lung tissue, affecting lung function later in life.
Similarly, research suggests that early contact with airborne allergens, irritants, and certain viral infections — in infancy or early childhood, before the immune system is fully matured — raises your risk of developing asthma.
In addition, a pregnant woman's diet and exposure to allergens or smoke may affect her child's risk of developing asthma later in life, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Allergic Asthma
Allergens are a common trigger of asthma in some people.
This condition, called allergic asthma, occurs because the immune system reacts to harmless substances in the environment by releasing antibodies called immunoglobulin E.
These antibodies cause certain immune system cells to release chemicals that produce inflammation in the lungs.
Common allergens associated with allergic asthma include:
- Cockroaches
- Household dust mites
- Mold
- Pet dander (skin flakes), urine, feces, saliva, and hair
- Fungi
- Pollen
Exercise-Induced Asthma
As many as 90 percent of people with asthma will experience airflow obstruction and asthma symptoms while exercising, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
Previously known as exercise-induced asthma, this condition is now called exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, or EIB. People without asthma, particularly those who are in poor shape, may also experience EIB.
Exercising in cold, dry air is more likely to cause EIB than exercising in warm, humid air. Pollution, pollen, cigarette smoke, and other airborne irritants — as well as having a cold or a recent asthma attack — can also raise your risk of experiencing EIB.
Asthma symptoms from EIB:
- Usually don't occur immediately after you start exercising
- Are typically worse 5 to 10 minutes after you stop exercising and tend to disappear within another 20 to 30 minutes
- May return as a "second wave" or "late phase" 4 to 12 hours after exercising and may take 24 hours to disappear
Other Asthma Triggers
Numerous other triggers can also cause asthma attacks, including:
- Airborne irritants, such as smoke (from cigarettes or burning wood or grass), industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust, ozone, smog, or sulfur dioxide
- Some foods and food additives
- Respiratory infections
- Hyperventilation (heavy, fast breathing)
- Strong emotional states, such as stress, anxiety, depression, or fear
- Certain medications, including aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
- What Is Asthma? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
- FastStats – Asthma; CDC.
- Asthma; World Health Organization.
- What Is Asthma? MedlinePlus.
- What Causes Asthma? American Lung Association.
- Allergens and Allergic Asthma; Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
- Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (Asthma); Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
- Asthma; MedlinePlus.
- Common Asthma Triggers; CDC.
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TVShowsonDVD.com reports that Lionsgate Entertainment have delayed the release of the Season 2 DVD of 8 Simple Rules by one month. The date revealed a couple of weeks ago was April 21st but the DVD will now be released May 19th.
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MindFood: Can a Movie Change People's Behavior?
Steven Soderbergh's viral epidemic flick Contagion opens this week and I'm going to go out onto a limb and say it's going to have plenty of people talking. I've seen the movie. I've sat in a crowded theater and watched people turn their heads in a disgusted, nervous panic whenever someone nearby let out so much as a sniffle. I've heard the conversations on the way out, the playful ribbing about how it's time to stock up on antibacterial soap and never leave the house again. I've seen the Contagion effect on people first hand—it's pretty impressive. Having said that, however, I wonder if it will last. How many people will actually change their behavior because of the film?
Obviously no one is expecting crowds to walk out of theaters this weekend having been instantly converted into a Howard Hughes-level germaphobes, but can a movie like Contagion actually elevate our collective situational awareness? Is it even Soderbergh's intent to scare us into becoming more acutely aware of epidemiological threats to the world?
That last question is hard to answer without talking to Soderbergh or his screenwriter, Scott Z. Burns, but it's no great stretch to imagine that's exactly what they're going for here. Despite the trailer making it out to be a tightly-wound thriller, Contagion is considerably calmer; a disaster movie in slow (buy highly entertaining) motion. It's a satellite view examination of how our government, its citizens and the world around them both would realistically respond to a new, drug-resistant virus that spreads faster than smallpox. In a way, Contagion is the anti-Outbreak. It's not about a fear of the virus. It's not about preventing an outbreak or even combating one. It's about weathering a global storm we can do very little about.
In that regard, Soderbergh and company are actually taking a lot of the bite out of the fear mongering we've seen in media (both press and films) whenever it comes to a potential new epidemic, like SARS or H1N1. The film casts a surprisingly rational light on the government and how they handle the situation, and it does a tremendous job of showing how science takes persistence, not miracles. Basically, Contagion is about illustrating how order is the only way to beat chaos.
But is that the message people will get from Contagion? Sadly, probably not. If anything, most people will walk away from the movie thinking that Gwenyth Paltrow is gross, riding on buses is a nasty thing to do, and they need to go to Sam's club and stock up on Purell and Bagle Bites. And that's fine, because those are certainly things to take away from the film, but I question if they're actionable. For as intimidated and squirmy as Contagion can make you feel, if documentaries can't spur people to action, what shot does fiction have?
We've all seen documentaries that have exposed us to something we either never knew about or never fully understood, and we've no doubt all felt that rage right as those credits roll. But how many of us actually act on the passion we feel while watching a movie? Sure, documentaries like Super Size Me may have an effect on corporations, but did it actually, permanently kill anyone's fast food habits? Has Hot Coffee, a highly effect documentary about our civil court system, caused an influx of letters to Congress demanding change? Did An Inconvenient Truth make you trade your gas-guzzler for a hybrid?
Sadly, Contagion is in the same boat as some of the most popular documentaries of our time. It's going to be a hot topic and will cause a stir as people are watching it. But people these days are so restless, they'll move on. They won't forget about the film entirely—the images and the story are just too striking for that to happen—but its lessons will fall on deaf ears. Contagion probably won't start any conversations about how chaos, be it genetic or mental, is a system's greatest enemy. Instead, it'll be something more like, "Hey, what was the name of that movie about the virus? No, not Outbreak, the other one."


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December 8, Luke 1:39-45
By Bruce W. Gentry, Southeast Missouri State University BSC Director
While getting dressed for school, my kindergarten-aged daughter, Lydia, gazed at some of our wedding pictures and asked, "Were you excited when you had me?" "Oh yes, I was so excited," I quickly responded as I helped into her shirt.
After 12 years of marriage, Becky and I had been overjoyed anticipating Lydia's arrival. After what seemed a long time of hoping for a little one, I can remember being in a state of mild shock at the news of Becky's pregnancy. There may be perfectly scientific reasons for a nine-month pregnancy, but I believe God gave humans a nine-month pregnancy to allow time for future daddies and mammas to get over the shock and to prepare for a new arrival.
Sharing good news is such a blessing. We naturally want to share great news with those who are close to us and allow them to share in our joy. I quickly called my father, who was in the middle stage of terminal cancer, and shared the news of Becky's pregnancy. I distinctively remember a long pause of silence followed by a loud "What?!" I had to repeat the news again to make sure he heard it right. I think he was more shocked than I had been when I first heard the news.
A few weeks later after his last treatment and while we sat together in the car, he turned to me and said, "I hope everything turns out all right." That moment was pretty difficult for both of us because we both knew that he probably would not live to see his new grandchild. I have always taken his simple statement as a fatherly blessing because everything did turn out all right. Becky, at age 35, had a perfect pregnancy. She continued to work until the day Lydia was delivered.
The intimate sharing of Mary and Elizabeth should cause us to remember those with whom we share good news and the times we share together. Such opportunities are sadly few and far between in our busy lives. Joyous news is definitely meant to be shared. (12-08-05)


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Local Notes: Lotto draw
Lotto draw
Blessington GAA Club held their very latest Lotto Draw on Tuesday June 18 with another brand new jackpot which was standing at €11, 800. Once again the top prize was not won and only three lucky punters managed to match even three numbers. They each received €100. The winning numbers drawn on the night were 8, 14, 16 and 22. Tickets priced at only €2 are already on sale at the usual local outlets or from a committee member for the club's next Lotto Draw which will have another new jackpot which will be standing at €12, 000. The draw will take place on Tuesday July 2. The club urge members and supporters to purchase tickets and also ask them to encourage friends and relatives to do the same. The recent sales have been excellent and the club really appreciate it. This is the club's main fundraiser during the year and a lot of time and effort is put into making it a success. Remember if you get the numbers right on the night you will be winning the jackpot which no doubt would come in very handy at this time of the year with the holidays just around the corner.
Library lion reading
A Library Lion Reading Initiative will be taking place at Blessington Library.
Devour a book or six this summer commencing from July 2 to August 31. Unleash your inner roar and get reading great books this summer. Sign up & collect your card at the library. This will be suitable for preschool and primary school children. OnTuesday evenings during July children are invited to come along to themed story hours in the library from 7-8pm kicking off with a Fancy Nancy Soiree on Tuesday July 2 suitable for girls aged 5-7 yrs. So come along in your best finery for an evening of fun and fairy cakes. Tuesday July9 the Library will host a pyjama storytime suitable for boys and girls and this time come along in your pyjamas please and you may bring your favourite teddy or cuddly creature for company. Light refreshments will be provided along with some stories. Following that on Tuesday July 16 is Mad Hatter Night suitable for boys and girls aged 3-8yrs. You can dress any way you like or if you wish as your favourite character from a story. The Library will be creating hats and reading hat stories. Then onTuesday night July 23 Beauty and the Beast is the theme of choice. So just come along and join in the fun. Dressing up is encouraged.
Basketball camp
Hot Shots Basketball Camp which has been taking place in Blessington for a number of years is coming your way. The date will be Monday July 29- Friday August 2 and the venue once again will be Blessington Community College. The cost per child will be €60. It is always a fun event with many children coming back each year. For bookings and further information you can contact the coaches Neville tel. 087 2742002 or Pat tel. 086 120096 or drop into Charles Camping Blessington.
Shane Delaney
A Fundraising Raffle and Benefit Night for Shane Delaney a young local lad who was seriously injured in Australia will be taking place in Bealin's Bar Blessington this Friday night June 28 commencing at 9pm. Music on the night will be provided by Declan Daly. There will be some surprise guests on the night. So please make a special effort to get along and support this most worthy cause. Shane is one of our own and deserves your support. By the way he recently returned home from Australia.
Sad passing
The death took place last week of Catherine (Cathy) Tyrrell Rockypool Villas Blessington in Baltinglass Hospital. Her remains were removed to the Church of Our Lady Blessington last Saturday morning June 22 for requiem mass. Her burial took place immediately afterwards in Burgage Cemetery. There was a large attendance at her funeral which was very fitting as Cathy had lived in Blessington for a long number of years and was well known in the Blessington and surrounding area.
Pitch and putt
Poulaphouca pitch & putt club held one of their major competitions of the season recently. The competition was the Strokeplay and there was a good turnout of members for this must sought after title. The overall winner was Larry Walsh Manor Kilbride with the other prize-winners being Mairead O'Toole Ballymore Eustace, Charlie Byrne Naas and Andy Ward Naas. The presentation of prizes was held immediately afterwards in the clubhouse where some refreshments were served to all who took place. Next up for members will be the Annual Matchplay which will tee off this week with the opening round commencing this Wednesday and the final due to take place on Saturday. There is a reminder to members that the Wednesday night Scramble continues each week with the tee off time 7pm.
Come on Wicklow!
For Wicklow GAA Fans all roads will lead this Sunday North of the Border to Aughrim for the first round of the qualifiers. It will be a repeat of a qualifier in 2011 which saw Wicklow draw in Armagh after extra time but lose out in the replay at Aughrim. Like two years ago Wicklow will go into the match very much the outsiders but it will take a super performance if we are to come out on top. Armagh were very poor when they lost out to Cavan in the Ulster Championship but in their own backyard they will be very hard to beat. So best of luck to the Wicklow team. Give it your best shot lads and maybe we might get the rub of the green this time around.
Time to party for hillbilly weekend
The Hillbilly Tractor Run and Festival is on this Sunday. The tractors, cars, machinery and anything else that will be going around the Lakes will gather between 8 am and 11.30 am on Theo Clarke's farm in Lacken. The Field Day and viewing starts at noon with a kiddies' area to rival Disneyland, stalls, demonstrations, food and loads more besides. The Run gets under way at 12.45 pm and arrives in Blessington to join up with one of the biggest parades ever at 2 pm led off by the Garda Mounted Unit and Hillbilly Festival Queen Marguerite Ryan. After the parade why not bring the kids to Lacken for more amusement. There will be lots of music over the weekend, SOS and Feedback will be in Cullens Ballyknockan on Friday and Saturday night, Gerry McEvoy and Breaking Bad will be in Blessington Town Square, SOS will be in Murphys Blessington and as a special treat for those at the Field Day Bat Kinane and The Whole Hog Band. Whatever way you do it beg, steal or borrow make sure to get your hands on the CD produced by Bat Kinane for the Hillbilly Festival "Music of the Mountains" featuring bands from the Bandfest, bands from the past and very special songs from Sean Kelly of Ballynastockan and Ray McEvoy of Carrigacurra and Bat wants all the proceeds to go to the charities via the Hillbilly group. In Cullen's Lakev iew Lounge on Sunday at around 6 pm the ever popular Upload will set the ball rolling and they will be followed by Ciaran Duffy and After Dark. An absolutely fun filled day all that needs to be offered up is the united prayers of the Lakeside community for a fine day. More information about the Festival is available from Ben D'Alton at 0879403049 or on the Hillbilly Run Facebook page.
All roads will lead to Murphy's Bar Blessington on Friday July 5 for a Fundraising Event in aid of Cystic Fibrosis Ireland. Taking to the stage on the night will be Derek Warfield &the young Wolfe Tones. Tickets will cost only €10 and all support will be much appreciated by the local organisers for this most worthy cause. The event commences at 9pm.
Summer outing
Blessington & District Senior Citizens Summer Outing will be taking place on Sunday July 7. This is open to every citizen in the Blessington, Manor Kilbride, Lacken, Ballyknocakan and Valleymount who is aged sixty-five years and older.If you don't usually get an invitation and would like to come along please contact Aisling tel. 045 865127.
Cemetery Sunday
There is another reminder about Cemetery Sunday which is taking place in Templeboden Cemetery Lacken on Sunday July 28 with the ceremonies commencing with mass at 3pm. After mass the blessing of all the graves will take place. Parishioners are asked to notify relatives and friends living outside the area in plenty of time in case they may wish to attend the ceremonies.
The Blessington Under 14 team are heading to Feile Doire 2013 to represent Wicklow in Division 3 this Friday 28 June.
The host club is St Joseph's in Craigbane and also in Blessington's group are St Broughan's (Offaly), Banagher (Derry) and Craigbane (Derry).
The first game against the hosts will take place on Friday, June 28 and the team will take part in the parade in Derry City that evening at 7 pm.
On Saturday, June 29 Blessington play St Broughan's and Banagher in Banagher who were our host club in 2010.
Should they progress the quarters and semi final will take place in Craigbane on Saturday afternoon.
The finals will be held in Celtic Park on Sunday, June 30.
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Scattered Chapters: New and Selected Poems
This first career retrospective from Wormser (Carthage ) should make his unpretentious, undaunted and unpredictable work better known. Recently poet laureate of Maine and known for his rural life, Wormser has always been drawn to plain speech, to the unpretentious, honest virtues he finds in blue-collar New England ways. Yet he also sustains an interest in quirky words, in awkwardly capacious long lines and in the more elaborate storytelling of his own Yiddish-speaking forebears. The combination made for sad, confident poems beginning in the 1980s, most confident when they involved characters—"The Suicide's Father," for example, begins: "Everything has become a museum./ Where I live is where I lived." Wormser's 2000 breakthrough, Mulroney and Others , consisted largely of vivid poems about, or spoken by, other people—the high school teacher who wishes he couldn't predict his students lives, the hippie kid who joined the army in frustration. The new poems here also display these same strengths. (May)
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Once upon a time...
School can be so exciting. And funny. You don´t believe it?
Once upon a time there was a girl called Bea, whose love-carousel got going on properly when...Okay, okay folks. The short version....
Bea is a teacher and returns to her old school: with her new students Luzi, Timo, Emma and Hotte, she brings the S.T.AG (S stands for singing, T for Dancing, of course in german-"tanzen") back to life.
And usual for a music teacher, she accidently danced the horizontal tango with one of her students: Ben! And of course, Ben falls in love with Bea. But where is the white horse and the Castle? Suddenly Knight Michael, one of her teacher colleague, shows up and wants a place in the coveted Pestalozzi-School love carousel.
So let the Story begin:
When Michael was sucsessfully in winning Beas heart, Ben jumps off the love carousel right into Caros arms where he enjoys a ride in the "boredom-Express". As their relationship goes on, Caro (btw. Captain of Beachvolleyball team and secretly titeled as the school-goat) presents Ben her pregnancy. Too bad that the child is the result of a little "private lesson" with Mr. Bergmann: Ben´s Dad!
While Ben broke up with Caro and Caro gets an abortion, Michael gets a visit from a secret woman: his ex wife Helena! A woman to die for. With red lipstick she tries to get hold of the reins of power and to overthrow Julian.
Which leads us to "Pinky and brain" a.k.a Alexandra und Julian - also a teacher and director-in-law, who every day try to rule the world once more. Alexandra tries to box her enemy Bea out of school. How convenient that Bea has allegedly buried Alexandra's sister under the volleyball court years ago.
Mrs. Krawczyk, reigning world domination owner, unfortunately, drinks a little too much of the magic potion – Codeword for Wodka.
Even the soul of the school, Ingrid, can not
protect Mrs. Krawczyk and she must cede her position to Julian.
But let´s see now what has happend on the students playground:
Timo and Luzi became a couple after he puts an end to his relationship with Sophie.
But as Sophie returns from Australia (sorry, totally forgotten what she did there) their fresh happiness crumbles.
Hotte is attracted and crazy about all the girls, that are unattainable. And so his prey scheme is revealed soon. His best friend Emma, a bit superstitious and the good soul of the S.T.AG, always trys to bring him back on the floor of facts again.
But when Jenny moves to Cologne (her past in London still is a secret for us! Bo-hoo) it seems to be exciting as Hotte will officially give his virginity to Jenny – who knows nothing about that because she already has a little crush on Emma. That grows, and grows and grows...
Just in: Bodo! At the "Sister Act" performance he fell in love with Lara, Bea's niece. When Bodo took the "Love-Express" straight from Hamburg to Cologne to be near his Dreamgirl, Lara is not overly enthusiastic. Whether it may be due to his flashing braces?
And in the brief overview: The Vogel family – Miriam, Bea's BFF, and Piet, Bea's brother, are happily married. But when Miriam is sick of the life in the "bird-house", the clumsy Piet must give away his wife to Sebastian, Michael half brother and also Barkeeper of the Chulos.


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Now that the floor has been laid throughout the lower storey of this building, the rest of the trades team can get in and fit the items necessary to make this a highly functional kitchen and utility room layout.
This week, our carpenter has been in fitting the doors, door frames and skirting boards, ready for decorating, and our electrician has been putting all the wiring, sockets and junction boxes in place for the myriad pieces of electrical apparatus that are essential in any modern kitchen.
The other great essential in a kitchen is light where and when you need it, both to make the use of the room possible, but also to enhance the feeling of space and relaxed efficiency. Effective lighting can make the world of difference to any room, and has been at the heart of our plans for this kitchen installation from the outset.
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Oakland A's
pitcher outfielder Nick Swisher just doesn't have the time to scour bars for leather-clad women in search of a relationship. So he does his shopping by magazine. According to Sports by Brooks, Swisher spied model Danielle Gamba "in a magazine" recently, saw that she was from the Bay Area and had his manager find her and set up a date. The two are now "cohabitating" in Arizona as the A's get ready for Spring Training.
Gamba, a former Raiders cheerleader, was fired by the team in 2003 for posing for a porn site (sorry, it doesn't say which one). She then went on to Playboy. But here's one thing Swisher may not know. Gamba, along with fellow Playboy model Carrie Minter, were once arrested for alleged public intoxication on a San Antonio-bound flight, and then for "making sexual advances" to police in an attempt to avoid the charges.
According to a police report, Gamba and Minter were "yelling and cussing" and were "intoxicated to the point that they were a threat" to themselves and others. Arresting officers noted that the women, who got rowdy on a two-hour Frontier Airlines flight from Denver, had slurred speech, watery eyes, and reeked of booze. Gamba (identified in the report as AP2, or arrested person 2) was also "continually using the word Fuck," while Minter (AP1) "just sat there crying and yelling."
SbB also points us to Gamba's online resume, which curiously mentions none of these things, not even the nude modeling. To which we say, models have resumes? Wouldn't an airline security photo suffice?
Swisher's New (Nude) Dish Is Danielle Gamba [SbB]
Big Busts At San Antonio Airport [Smoking Gun]
Danielle Gamba Resume [DanielleGamba.com]
(UPDATE: Nick Swisher's rep emails us and says this story is "100 percent not accurate." So there's that.)


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Proponents of an effort to recall Oceanside Councilman Jerry Kern have started circulating petitions, although Kern could have less than a year left in office by the time a special election could be held.
Kern said Friday that he thinks the recall movement could be an attempt to hamper a bid for re-election in 2010 rather than a serious effort to remove him from office this term.
Kern was presented a notice of the recall effort last month that criticized him for actions benefiting developers, for his vote in favor of allowing a new concrete plant and for his support of roadway projects such as a proposed extension of Melrose Drive.
He also was criticized for allegedly making rude remarks from the dais.
At a council meeting last summer, Kern called Citizens for the Preservation of Parks and Beaches, an Oceanside environmental group, "the most dishonest, disingenuous and deceitful group of people" after it appealed a council decision to the California Coastal Commission. The group lost the appeal.
Recall proponents have a July 23 deadline to return petitions calling for an election signed by 11,400 registered voters, Assistant City Clerk Holly Trobaugh said.
The clerk's office cleared the petitions for circulation Feb. 13.
Carolyn Krammer, a recall proponent and president of the citizens group, said the signature-gathering has begun but that she doesn't know whether booths will be set up at supermarkets and other public places this weekend.
Kern said he has raised about $5,000 in case he has to fight a recall, but that he doesn't expect to have to use it.
After the July 23 deadline, if it appears that enough signatures have been gathered, the clerk will turn the petitions over to the county registrar of voters, who has 30 days to verify the signatures. That would mean mid-to late August.
The City Council then has two weeks in which to call an election, which must be held 88 to 125 days into the future.
When all those timelines are added up, the election could be in January 2010. Kern's term ends in December 2010.
A special election is expected to cost $450,000.
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The Noctua NH-U9B SE2
Figure 4 illustrates the front of the heatsink, which carries the high constructive quality we are accustomed to seeing on all Noctua coolers.
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"The tone and building dread reminds me of classic Stephen King. Great velocity and impact, and super creepy. Don't go in the basement!" — Stewart O'Nan, New York Times bestselling author of The Night Country
The Painted Darkness
by Brian James Freeman
in its Audible Audio Edition, Unabridged!
The Painted Darkness: A NovellaWhen Henry was a child, something terrible happened in the woods behind his home, something so shocking he could only express his grief by drawing pictures of what he had witnessed. Eventually Henry's mind blocked out the bad memories, but he continued to draw, often at night by the light of the moon.
Twenty years later, Henry makes his living by painting his disturbing works of art. He loves his wife and his son and life couldn't be better… except there's something not quite right about the old stone farmhouse his family now calls home. There's something strange living in the cramped cellar, in the maze of pipes that feed the ancient steam boiler.
A winter storm is brewing and soon Henry will learn the true nature of the monster waiting for him down in the darkness. He will battle this demon and, in the process, he may discover what really happened when he was a child and why, in times of trouble, he thinks: I paint against the darkness.
But will Henry learn the truth in time to avoid the terrible fate awaiting him… or will the thing in the cellar get him and his family first?
Written as both a meditation on the art of creation and as an examination of the secret fears we all share, The Painted Darkness is a terrifying look at the true cost we pay when we run from our grief—and what happens when we're finally forced to confront the monsters we know all too well.
"Spooky stuff!" — Richard Matheson, New York Times bestselling author of What Dreams May Come and I Am Legend
"Brian James Freeman's evocative tale about the dark corners of an artist's imagination is elegant and haunting." — David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of The Shimmer
"The Painted Darkness is a dark, terrifying, and deeply moving gem of a novella. Brian James Freeman managed to both scare me and move me to tears." — Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Keepsake
"Wonderfully reminiscent of the quiet horror of Charles L. Grant, The Painted Darkness takes readers on a gently chilly walk through the forest of fears both conscious and subconscious. With Straubian lyricism, Brian James Freeman evokes not only the irrational terrors of childhood, but addresses the roots of creativity and the vital importance of art. A very impressive achievement." — Bentley Little, award-winning author of The House and His Father's Son
About The Author
Brian James Freeman sold his first short story when he was fourteen years old and his first novel when he was twenty-four. His short stories, essays, novellas, and novels have been published by Warner Books, Leisure, Cemetery Dance, Borderlands Press, Book-of-the-Month Club, and many others.
His newest book-length work of fiction is The Painted Darkness, which took the Internet by storm during the summer of 2010 and will be published in hardcover in December 2010 by Cemetery Dance Publications. The Painted Darkness was also offered as the "Free eBook of the Month" by WOWIO.com in October 2010, and within two weeks it became the most downloaded title in the program's history.
Brian's short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies since 1994 including From the Borderlands (Warner Books), Borderlands 5 (Borderlands Press), Corpse Blossoms (Creeping Hemlock Press), and all six volumes of the acclaimed Shivers anthology series (Cemetery Dance Publications).
Brian is currently the managing editor of Cemetery Dance magazine, where his column "The Final Question" appears. His essays, columns, and interviews have been published in The Stephen King Library Desk Calendar 2009 (Book of the Month Club), The Stephen King Library Desk Calendar 2010 (Book of the Month Club), Jobs in Hell, Hellnotes, and Cemetery Dance.
Brian is also the publisher of Lonely Road Books where he has worked with Stephen King, Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan, Mick Garris, Stewart O'Nan, and other acclaimed authors. You can learn more on the official Lonely Road Books website at LonelyRoadBooks.com
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How do I find which file is damaged?
I did a error scan with HD Tune Pro on a 2TB WDEADS20 and it says that error at 63248 MB.
The health status says I have 16 unstable sectors. How can I find which file is damaged before backing up my files to another drive?
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A lot of the All-Star Game chatter concerning the Nationals this year will be focused on Bryce Harper - and for good reason. It makes sense given the context of the scenario, his age, and the debate of whether or not he should be hitting in the Home Run Derby. But all of that aside, I think people need to shine a little more light on Jordan Zimmermann's first game as an All-Star.
He's bounced back from Tommy John surgery and could be a No. 1 starter on a majority of teams in Major League Baseball. He's been a reliable workhorse whose win count keeps getting higher as the days pass by and he seems to have found a steady groove. To know that he'll be on the mound every five days is something I've come to look forward to.
Here's the thing though: Zimmermann's never been much of a spotlight kind of guy. I remember one time we did an interview at Nationals Park as part of the new uniform fashion show the year they unveiled the current curly W-centric jerseys. He was soft-spoken but confident, not too chatty, but made for a good conversation partner. His demeanor off the field matches his demeanor on the field, only he has a Zen-like focus when he takes the mound. You can see it in his eyes if you look for it.
Zimmermann was dominant when he appeared in the 2012 playoffs and I'm glad that baseball fans watching that series versus St. Louis got to see him work. That's why I think this All-Star Game appearance can do nothing but good things for Zimmermann.
Here he is American League. Get ready for a show.
Rachel Levitin blogs about the Nationals for We Love DC, and will be sharing her observations about baseball in the nation's capital as part of MASNsports.com's season-long initiative of welcoming guest bloggers to our little corner of cyberspace. All opinions expressed are those of the guest bloggers, who are not employed by MASNsports.com but are just as passionate about their baseball as our roster of writers.


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Candles can be romantic, relaxing or just a plain necessity in a power cut.
Personal fave is the Jo Malone Lime, Basil and Mandarin one. Bit of a luxury, but totally justifiable for the joy it provides.
And when we've treated ourselves, there's nothing more annoying than candle wastage.
We've all been there. You light a candle, enjoy the mood, then blow it out, leaving an inch or two of melted candle around the wick. The next time you light it, only that small circle melts down, and the rest remains solid.
It really gets on our wick.
Now, for the hack. The first time you burn your candle, make sure you've got a few hours spare so you can melt the whole top layer, and the next time it burns down it will use the whole candle. Et voila! No fragrance wasted.


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Global Robotics Market 2015-2019
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Robotics deals with the design and development of robots for a variety of purposes. A robot is a machine designed to perform one or more complex tasks with high speed, precision, and accuracy. Since robots tend to reduce the manual labor through complete automation and reduce the possibility of human errors, they are now increasingly adopted worldwide
Industries worldwide are demanding better precision and efficiency in order to meet the growing end-user demand. This has led to high demand for machines that are capable of increasing industrial efficiency by handling multiple tasks while remaining uncompromising on overall accuracy.
Technavio's analysts forecast the global robotics market to grow at a CAGR of 29.11% over the period 2014-2019.
This report covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global robotics market for the period 2015-2019. Based on types, the global robotics market can be classified into industrial robots and service robots. To calculate the market size, the report considers the number of robots shipped globally.
Based on type, we have segmented the global robotics market into following.
Technavio's report, Global Robotics Market 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers APAC, Americas, and EMEA; it also covers the landscape of the global robotics market and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.


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SP Tulsian, sptulsian.com advises traders to buy Strides Arcolab around Rs 850.
SP Tulsian, sptulsian.com advises traders to buy Strides Arcolab around Rs 850.
Tulsian told CNBC-TV18, "I am unable to understand this carnage in the stock because if USD 1.6 billion dollar deal and the USD 250 million extra, which is likely to get received by the Strides Arcolab if they comply and even if you take 1.6 the deal has happened at an EBITDA of 17 plus maybe 16.8 times and if you see on the topline maybe the turnover to the deal consideration taking 1.6 billion at 6.3x."
He further added, "I do not understand where undervaluation is or what was the expectation, only problem because market has started expecting that probably the company will be receiving USD 2 billion and they are in negotiation with Pfizer. So, even if presume, if I take an optimistic view I presume that USD 250 million will get received by Strides because they will be making all the efforts to receive that by discharging their obligation for what has been stated in the contract. So, USD 1.8 billion is not a less amount because the company has the largest USD approval for the injectable."
"So, taking all this into consideration sometimes I do not understand that what is the reason for such a fall and the management has indicated that about half the amount will be used by the company for paying the dividend, which has not been done by its predecessors like Primal Enterprise and all that. So, I am unable to understand the reason and about 2/3rd to 70 percent of the total company's topline, bottomline was coming in from Agila. I am quite convinced and happy with the structure of the deal including the consideration but unable to understand the reason."
"I see this as a fair value because if you take USD 1.6 billion, EBITDA of 16.8 times is not less and if you add USD 1.85 billion then that valuation will rise to about 20x plus. So, maybe I will advise buying but generally when you see the major portion of the one business vertical going out. Sometimes the stock becomes dull and boring. So, that maybe the reason but still once the company takes up the declaration of the dividend, which maybe as high as Rs 350-400 per share then we may see the interest coming back into the stock. So, I will advice buying at a level of Rs 850 or so for a level of Rs 950-960 or closer to Rs 1,000."


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Injuries, position switch taking toll on Lind
Injuries, position switch taking toll on Lind
The 28-year-old has been forced to deal with a back injury for most of the season while also battling a sore wrist in recent weeks, which has impacted his performance at the plate.
The injury woes, combined with being asked to make the transition from designated hitter to full-time infielder this year have, at times, taken their toll mentally just as much as they have physically.
"I don't think I'm the only guy who's in that situation, but my body is kind of where I thought it would be at the beginning of the year at this point," Lind said. "It's just my mind, that's been the hardest thing about playing every day this year.
"Just the concentration level you have to have for nine innings every day. When you DH, there's definitely some down time, you can relax, but when you play at a position every day, you've got to be locked in every pitch."
Lind entered play on Saturday hitting just .200 (42-for-210) with eight home runs and 31 RBIs in 51 games since the All-Star break. He has been making harder contact in recent games and on Friday, he broke out of his slump by going 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles and three RBIs.
The production against New York becomes even more impressive considering most of it came against tough left-handed starter CC Sabathia. It's something Lind can use to build on in the final two weeks of the year and heading into the offseason.
"If you can get a hit off CC, who's probably one of the best pitchers in the game, it's gratifying," Lind said. "But it wasn't just me, everyone I think had good at-bats against him, we hung in there, and we've been that kind of team all year."
Lind is hitting .255 with 24 home runs and 83 RBIs in 118 games this season.