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Rihanna Attacks 'Weak' Fan Over Whitney Houston Drug Use Comparisons
Rihanna recently lashed out at a fan via social networking site Instagram after being compared for her troubling behavior to the late Whitney Houston.
The Bajan singer, 24, slammed one of her Instagram followers as "weak" after the user, with the username grecyaa, suggested that Rihanna may be destined for a fate that is similar to Houston due to her consistent drug use. Rihanna is often photographed smoking suspicious cigarettes, and her response appeared to confirm that she does in fact smoke marijuana.
"And she is going to end up like Whitney if she keep doing drugs like she doing right now," Grecyaa wrote to the singer, who posted a photo of herself smoking what appeared to be a "joint."
"Yeah cuz Whitney overdosed on a joint!! F--- outta here you weak b----!!" an irate Rihanna responded.
The singer has reportedly been struggling emotionally with her on-and-off relationship with Chris Brown, 23. Despite reconciling in recent months, the exes have allegedly decided to take a break following claims that he has since gone back to his ex-girlfriend Karrueche Tran, 24.
"He talks to Karrueche everyday by text and Kae is holding it down for him," a source told HollywoodLife.com adding "He ain't talked to Rihanna in two or three days. They given each other some space but they cool. They good."
Christina Milian, who is said to be a good friend of both Brown and Tran, recently addressed claims that Brown is still involved with Rihanna.
"From what I've always known, [Karrueche's] his girlfriend. That's where it lies for me," Milian said during a recent appearance on the "Wendy Williams Show."
"I see everything in the media, but I don't really get into the detail of it. But I think everyone has their own lives and how they deal with things. They have the right to handle it how they want," she went on. "Karrueche is a sweetheart and I think they make a great couple. I do love her. She's a really good friend of mine."


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Haughey's Celtic Mist used for BBC whale film
IRELAND'S growing reputation as a world-class destination for whale watching will be showcased to millions of TV viewers, after BBC wildlife documentary-makers successfully captured hours of "stunning" footage of a breaching humpback whale off west Kerry.
Producers of 'The One Show' said they were "absolutely delighted" with the whale activity they shot in the Atlantic last week during a three-day collaboration with The Irish Whale and Dolphin Group on board Celtic Mist, late Taoiseach Charlie Haughey's restored yacht.
The spectacular footage, which was captured off Skellig Michael, shows a humpback breaching up to 15 times in the stunning seascape.
Lara Bickerton, the director of the BBC shoot, said: "It was an amazing trip and we were lucky to get beautiful weather and blue skies for the most part, which was vital to it being successful.
"It was truly amazing to see a humpback breaching so many times. It's something you wouldn't be able to see anywhere off the British coast.
"When I mentioned to colleagues that I was going over to Ireland to film humpbacks, they seemed shocked because they didn't realise how good whale watching is over there."
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Haha dude that pic is sick.
I gotta get my camera working again to upload some pics of my WASR...
Been thinking about that Kreb's rear aperture with a XS tritium front post for my WASR.
How's that rear sight work out?
I'm loving the Krebs rear sight. I'm thinking of swapping out the front sight for a tritium post as you wrote.
Ordering a Bonesteel Galil-style folder for the S12 very soon.
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I'm just havin all kinds of problems trying to upload today. Anyway here's my Amd-65
I have the same light on my WASR 10/63 UF and I've been trying to firgure out the best side. The side you have it on makes the pressure switch cord so close to the charging handle. I've been switiching it back and forth. It's fits better on the side you have it but I worry about the cord and stress reloads. What do you think? I have the Manta Rubber sleeve for the switch.
The shovel build!
Easily one of the best threads I ever read.
I wish it was mine!!!
The buttstock is nice. Im testing it now. The ACR style cheek riser is a big plus!
Just starting to modify my MAK90...began with the handrails...I'm new to AK's...planning on adding a Magpul CTR stock and US Palm grip...
How do you like the CTR vs. the MOE? I just ordered the CTR for my MAK90...waiting for it to get here!
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'Little Women' to hit airwaves
Lakes Area Theatre (LAT) in Alexandria is offering the following productions this week:
Space. Experiments. Mystery. Suspense. On Friday, December 7, LAT will treat audience members to a sci-fi original production, The Dream, written by area playwright Kent Garlinghouse.
Directed by Garlinghouse, The Dream stars Bob Sievers, Scott Giannone, Kathie Nelson, Judy Berger, Karen Hildebrandt, Karen Gladen and Bill Olson.
Jamie Sandberg and Gram Hildebrandt designed and will perform the sound effects while Bob Piotrowski plays his own arranged music on keyboard.
On Sunday, December 9 at 12:30 p.m., KXRA 1490 AM will present part one of the radio adaptation of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
The show was directed by Ann Hermes and stars Kara Gerdes, Keri Mohror, Isabelle Hartokolis, Paige Mackedanz, Jamie Sandberg, Karen Gladen, Irene Pratt, Scott Giannone, Jon Provance and Bruce Wegner. Bob Piotrowski arranged and performed the music. Kent Garlinghouse designed and performed the sound effects. Part two will air on December 16.
For information, call the box office at (320) 808-3841. Past shows are available on the LAT website at www.lakesareatheatre.com.


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Well that got your attention. So who's reading this, doctors, nurses, funeral directors...
This is more about ways in which i try to bring a little life and soul. back into dead animals which the use of stuffing them and giving them glass eyes.
Some may remember the Rat from a couple months ago. Look how a little paper hat and a joint makes it look very much alive, if somewhat, stoned..
So imagine the thoughts when i happened to find a poor deceased Weasel.
Should i BBQ it? It seemed like it would weasely cook...
Suddenly, i little light bulb moment came, and after a bit of tearing of paper and card and the placing of a piece of coloured pipe cleaner. I put a little magic in the animal and brought it back as the Harry Potter character, Ron Weasely.
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Modular carpet tile is gaining recognition in the hospitality sector for its flexibility, simple installation and replacement, and extended design possibilities. And with the addition of four new and distinctive collections that prove plush is also possible, Interface Hospitality is providing even more reason for choosing this practical floor covering genre. The introductions — along with the full portfolio of products created expressly for guest rooms, corridors, public spaces and a range of hospitality applications — will be on view at HD Expo, Booth #1921, where Interface will also host an in-booth panel discussion on the topic of customization.


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When you calculate the peak gold price from 1980 of $850 & adjust it to official inflation, you get a gold price of about $2,500. That's the low-end as a new prediction. Not every cycle comes up with a huge rise. Especially the long-lasting bear markets brought the gold price weaker tops. The cycle we're in now is a secular uptrend which gives the gold price a gigantic potential.


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Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | June 6, 2014 - 01:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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HP is courting mobile users with their Pro x2 series, a stylus enabled tablet with a keyboard dock containing extra outputs and a second battery in 1080p 12.5" and 11.6" 1366x768 flavours; the smaller model is already available already starting at $850. EVGA stepped up their game with the 1600W SuperNOVA PSU that comes with a 10 year warranty while Fractal Design was showing off refillable and expandable self contained watercoolers. You can also catch AData's new SSDs and Kingston's M.2 SSDs and even more over at The Tech Report.
"PC makers appear to be embracing the convertible tablet form factor with gusto at Computex 2014, and HP is no exception. Today, the company announced a pair of business-focused two-in-ones: the Pro x2 612 and Pro x2 410."
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Noticeably agitated minutes after his club's latest self-destruction, Tom Higgins was asked if after six years of unfulfilled potential, would Henry Burris ever get better.
His answer said everything you need to know about why his Stampeders are quickly losing the faith of local fans.
"Don't know yet," snapped the Stamps furious head-coach, eyes bulging. "I'd like to say 'yes,' but when we have these setbacks, I guess that's why I've lost hair and it's turning grey."
On a night when the Stampeders outplayed the league's best team in almost every facet of the game, Burris ruined an otherwise stellar performance by coughing up two fumbles and throwing two picks, costing his team two points.
Too bad, as the stage was set for a storybook ending.
"It's embarrassing -- that's all I can really say about it," said Burris, who will get no kudos for throwing for 423 yards and two touchdowns.
"It's embarrassing because we've been through this stuff so many times, and when we do it, the same stuff occurs. It doesn't matter if we threw for a thousand yards or whatever, when you have that many turnovers against anyone in the league you're going to lose. Hands down, they got away with one there."
Battling back from a rough start to scrape their way to an 11-11 tie at the half, the Stamps' slide started early in the third quarter when a blown assignment led to a blocked field-goal attempt. From there, the Lions scored 21 points off turnovers. The killer blow was a fourth-quarter wobbler to Ken Yon Rambo that was intercepted, ending any chances of closing a 25-21 gap.
"Henry knows he has to be better and secure the football and make good decisions when he's throwing the football," said Higgins for the umpteenth time. "He's not the only reason the Stampeders lost the football game."
Don't try telling the thousands of fans who began streaming to the exits once Burris did what he always seems to do when the chips are down.
Building back their confidence will be near impossible given the number of times Burris has done this to himself and to his team.
Those who stuck around to the bitter end of the 32-27 loss saw the final offensive stats read 487-292 in favour of the hosts. And Burris threw for nearly four times as much as the Lions' duo of Buck Pierce and Jarious Jackson.
Still, Burris blew it.
"I live and die with No. 1," said Nik Lewis, whose 128-receiving yards were wasted.
"I know he's taking it hard, but Hank is not a bad quarterback. He makes plays no other quarterback can, and I will never say a bad thing about him. OK, he made a few mistakes, but no one's perfect. We have to rally and fight some more balls for him. You just got to keep going and hitting, and one day he's going to come up big. He's the man to me."
Not to the masses who, quite frankly, gave up on Burris a while back. When asked if Burris is his quarterback next week, Higgins didn't flinch despite being steamed.
"Yes, he is," said Higgins.
Let the debate begin.
Because there can be no debate he was at fault for last night's self-destruction.


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DR. DAVID GRAHAM IS LOSING WEIGHT AGAIN. His wife noticed first, then his colleagues at the Food and Drug Administration.
Graham is a skinny man, and when he drops weight, his cheekbones seem to sit higher on his face. His striped cotton shirts, the frumpy uniform of a government scientist, hang more loosely on his narrow frame. But he isn't eating, and no wonder:
Graham, the scientist who brought the Vioxx scandal to the nation's attention, feels like a marked man.
"I'm no longer welcome," he says, sitting in a Rockville , Maryland , coffee shop in early February. He has just left another frustrating day at work, where his boss warned him not to disclose new safety findings about a popular class of painkillers called Cox-2 inhibitors.
In a few minutes, he is due at his son's Boy Scout meeting, but all he can talk about now is the exhaustion of working in a drug-safety system in turmoil. "I'm hoping things will calm down, but I don't think the FDA will let that happen," he says. "How do you get off the merry-go-round?"
In August 2004, Graham told his supervisors that, in light of his research, high-dose prescriptions of the painkiller Vioxx, which appeared to triple heart attack rates, should be banned. They told him to be quiet. Their reasoning was circular:
That's not the FDA's position; you work here; it can't be yours. Dr. John Jenkins, the FDA director of new drugs, argued that because Graham's findings didn't replicate the drug's warning label, Graham shouldn't be raising the warning. Another supervisor, Anne Trontrell, called Graham's position "particularly problematic since FDA funded this study." Days after
Graham's pronouncement, the agency approved Vioxx for use in children.
But Graham was right. The following month, Merck pulled Vioxx from the market after its own research found that the drug, even when taken at low dosages, doubled the risk of heart attack. The announcement provided Graham no vindication. With a scandal on the horizon, the FDA brass now saw him as a danger. They couldn't silence the message, so they tried to take out the messenger.
Dr. Steven K. Galson, the acting director of the drug-evaluation division at the FDA, told reporters that Graham's work "constitutes junk science." Then he sent an email to an editor at the prestigious British medical journal The Lancet, questioning the "integrity" of Graham's data-a suspicion that proved baseless. The FDA's acting commissioner, Dr. Lester
Crawford, criticized Graham for evading the agency's "long-established peer review and clearance process." Another official made calls to at least one Senate staffer, disparaging Graham personally and professionally.
Eventually, he was heard. In November he went before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on Vioxx. Gaunt (he'd lost 12 pounds over three months) but very lucid, Graham took his place before a bank of cameras, wearing his only sport coat, a 20-year-old blue blazer with brass buttons.
He explained his conclusion that patients taking high doses of Vioxx were suffering heart attacks. "The estimates range from 88,000 to 139,000 Americans," he said. "Of these, 30 to 40 percent probably died. For the survivors, their lives were changed forever." According to the top end of those projections, the toll
Vioxx had already taken was comparable to the number of Americans killed in Vietnam . "The FDA, as currently configured,"
Graham told the committee, "is incapable of protecting America against another Vioxx. We are virtually defenseless."
But three months later, as Graham sips iced tea in a Rockville café, what the drug companies are not telling you is that the FDA is again trying to suppress his research, this time on the effects of pain medications similar to Vioxx. "I think we've already articulated our preference," his supervisor,
Dr. Paul Seligman, wrote him in a terse email. The agency doesn't want Graham presenting his latest research to scientists who will be meeting in a few days to discuss the drugs.
David Graham is headstrong, but not insubordinate. He cannot afford to lose his job. His family has just moved to a new house. His wife, Nancy, stopped working as a lawyer so she could home school their six children. Really, though, he has no more time to sit here worrying. The Boy Scouts are competing for their merit badges this evening. He finishes his iced tea.
"I've made a commitment," he says, before walking out the door. "I'll weigh myself this evening."
We live in the pharmaceutical era of medicine, a time of tablet-sized miracles and blockbuster serums. More than 70 new drugs are approved every year, adding to the thousands for which American doctors already write some 3 billion annual prescriptions.
The medications prolong countless lives and cause millions of harmful side effects. For most patients, the benefits far outweigh the dangers. An aging man will risk diarrhea to restore his virility. A cancer patient will lose her hair in the hope that chemotherapy will save her life.
FDA safety officers like Graham spend their lives searching out the other type of pills, the unexpected killers that harm patients after the FDA has approved them.
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Fantasy house of the month: Converted granary, Stratford-upon-Avon
A MEDIEVAL granary which once formed part of the farm run by the family of William Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway gets our vote for fantasy home of the month.
It is the perfect property for a fan of the Bard, and the village will celebrate the 450th anniversary of his birth this month with pageants and processions
You really could be Shakespeare in love at Tryst House, in the village of Shottery near Stratford-upon- Avon, where Shakespeare courted his wife in the 16th century. Her childhood home, Anne Hathaway's Cottage, is also in the village.
Tryst House was converted into a modern home with enormous sensitivity, to preserve its character and among the period features are timbers, as you can see from the picture, plus flagstone floors elsewhere.
The owners turned the main part of the old granary into a galleried drawing room with vaulted ceilings and stone fireplace.
A circular stone staircase leads to a study and sitting room, with views over the acre of informal gardens and a lake surrounded by weeping willows.
There is a vaulted ceiling and fireplace in the open-plan kitchen and dining room, which also has a handsome cast iron range.
The master bedroom has a dressing room and en suite bathroom, and it is on the ground floor with access straight into the garden, so you can walk on the dew-covered lawns in the morning.
The second bedroom has its own sitting room and bathroom, and there is a separate cottage in the grounds which was once a boathouse.
This has a vaulted sitting room, bedroom, dressing room, bathroom and kitchen.
It is the perfect property for a fan of the Bard, and the village will celebrate the 450th anniversary of his birth this month with pageants and processions.
- INFORMATION: Tryst House is on the market at £.1.4million with Knight Frank, Stratford-upon-Avon. 01789 297 735/knightfrank.co.uk


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Jaguar Cars tonight officially unveiled the all-new XJ car at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London.
Jaguar Cars Managing Director, Mike O'Driscoll, commented: "These are truly exciting times for us at Jaguar. The new XJ is truly beautiful, exhilarating to drive, and with its bold, enlightened approach to design, it meets the challenges of our fast-changing world. It re-imagines the ultimate sporting luxury car."
The all-new XJ is available to order now (dependent on market), with the first customers due to receive their cars in early 2010.
Sleek, sporting and sophisticated, the all-new Jaguar XJ brings a daring new spirit to automotive luxury - it offers a seductive mix of striking design, breathtaking performance and engineering without compromise.
Building on the success of the new XK and XF models, the introduction of the all-new XJ is a landmark for the revitalised Jaguar brand. Clearly positioned as the company's four-door flagship, it extends the appeal of the XJ to a new generation of customers.
"The new XJ is a thoroughly modern interpretation of the quintessential Jaguar. Its visual impact stems from the elongated teardrop shape of the car's side windows, that powerful stance and its wide track. It is the most emphatic statement yet of Jaguar's new design direction", said Ian Callum, Design Director, Jaguar Cars.
Standard- and long-wheelbase models are available from launch. The long-wheelbase offers an even more sumptuous and refined environment for rear-seat passengers with an additional 125mm of legroom. Whichever the wheelbase, the XJ's 520-litre boot can swallow two large suitcases side-by-side.
The all-new XJ's cabin is a marvel in its own right, blending elegant, contemporary design with the comfort, luxury and unmistakable sporting style of a Jaguar. Chrome and piano black detailing provide an eye-catching contrast to the beautifully-crafted leather and veneer surfaces.
All of Jaguar's acclaimed new ultra-efficient Gen III petrol and diesel engines will be available in the XJ. The 3.0-litre V6 diesel, 5.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 and 5.0-litre supercharged V8 have already proved their breadth of ability, and they are joined by a 510 horsepower version of the supercharged engine. Fuel economy and emissions are also outstanding, with the diesel-powered XJ returning combined economy figures of 40.1mpg and CO2 emissions of 184g/km.
Proven Jaguar dynamic technologies are taken to new levels in the all-new XJ. Features such as air suspension, Adaptive Dynamics (continuously variable damping), Active Differential Control and quick-ratio power steering deliver the blend of responsive, dynamic handling and refined, supple ride expected from a Jaguar.
The all-new XJ also takes a new approach to sustainable motoring. Constructed using Jaguar's aerospace-inspired aluminium body technology, the XJ is lighter than its rivals by at least 150kg which significantly improves performance, handling and economy, while delivering increased strength, refinement and safety.
The all-new XJ offers extremely attractive cost of ownership with impressive fuel economy and emissions performance across the range; high predicted residual values and 15,000-mile service intervals. These benefits are just some of the results of Jaguar's obsessive attention to detail during product development. Processes such as the use of the latest 'virtual' technologies to implement 40,000 quality-specific assessments are one of the reasons that the Jaguar brand has received numerous recognitions for vehicle quality.
To register interest in the all-new XJ, customers should visit: www.jaguar.com/allnewxj.
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Location: north node of pisces in past lives
Characteristics: moon-angel, summer gypsy
Philosophy: in life and love, don't settle for less than 100%
Greatest sin: can do nothing for a day and stay in the " now"
Education: a student of life on earth and outbound
Style: blend of classic and eclectic
Strengths and weaknesses: shadows chasing light; light chasing shadows
Luxuries: inner spirit dancer, theater actress, educator, painter, poet, interior designer
Addictions: diet coke, rare collections, travels around the world
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we all have pity parties and lonely moments... these are times when i curl in fetal position in bed and read an inspirational book, listen to classical music, or take time with friends to exhale and enjoy... the most exhillirating experience is a long yoga break, then tea galore.. i don't drink, so that's out of my loop..
how do you guys spend the lonely nights?... 'come on, it's good to share the blues!
and while i'm at it, i remember this altered line from nat king cole's song, STARDUST..it haunts me till now-- the melody, the words--- especially when my grandpa used to play this on his oldie radio station/ tape recorder back then...
being that as it may, this prompted me to use this word as the theme for my contest...it is now posted on PS.. after finishing this blog, i'll click on youtube and allow NAT to serenade me...
do hop in and let the stardust ( not the movie) glaze your pen!
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - No injuries were reported Wednesday when a tree fell on to a car in Coral Gables.
About 12:20 p.m., Sarita Shimizu, 30, was traveling eastbound on Coral Way on her way to have lunch on Miracle Mile in Coral Gables when the traffic came to a full stop, as a tree "was coming down."
The tree nearly crushed a white car when it fell between Granada Boulevard and Le Jeune Road.
"It happened about six cars ahead of us," said Shimizu, who took the photos.
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Developer hits back at Intel's Android fragmentation claims
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SAN FRANCISCO--In response to Intel Corp.s claims that he was fragmenting the Android operating system, Chih-Wei Huang has hit back at what he calls prejudiced PR tactics to discredit his work.
Last week Intel claimed Huang was fragmenting the Android platform by releasing code meant for x86 chips on his own Android-x86 group, which is not part of Googles official Android Open Source Project (AOSP).
Huang denied undermining Intels efforts, saying he and a partner had been working on the project since June 2009, well before Intels involvement, partially for work and partially out of interest.
I like free software or open source, Huang told EE Times. I have been a Linux user and developer for over ten years. Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, but has an entirely different software stack. That's very interesting to me.
Huang explained he didnt have an ARM development board, and therefore decided to experiment with Android using a more common platform, the x86. During his tinkering, Huang said he encountered some difficulties porting the Android code to x86 and wanted to share those with others, thus starting the Android-x86 project.
A source at Google told EE Times that this initial project of Huangs hadnt generated a huge deal of interest, but Huang said his group now boasts some 2,600 subscribers.
People expect us to port each Android release to their favorite x86 tablet and netbook, he said adding, I don't want to let them down.
Huang hotly denied Intels claims he had not submitted his code to the Google run Android Open Source Project, saying that at least 26 of his patches have already been merged with the official x86 code, viewable on the AOSP tree.
For its part, Google sees no obligation to AOSP to support x86. Google simply chooses a lead device for every new release of Android, and works with one company to optimize the software for that particular devices chipset.
For instance, Android Ice cream Sandwich is optimized for TIs OMAP platform. Only once that optimization has been achieved does Google open source the binaries to that particular version, allowing other vendors a crack at the code.
Its nice to see independent developers maintaining their own trees, but typically each chip vendor maintains its own tree, its own port and shares that port with its customers, a source at Google told us, adding that simply because Huang had submitted code, it didnt mean Google should simply accept it as official support for Intels platform.
At the end of the day, its Intels platform and we cant take code from anyone out there and say, hey this looks great, because its up to Intel to support it. Its up to Intel and other x86 vendors to support their customers at the end of the day, he said.
This is an old story, really, noted Android expert and commentator Russell Holly. The CyanogenMod developer team used to submit every single thing they did to AOSP but got tired of it being rejected for no good reason. When they started working more closely with Sony Ericsson, there was hope that more of their work would find its way to AOSP, he added, pointing out that Googles big business partners always came first, even if it meant snubbing individual developers.
The difficulty, explained Huang, is that the AOSP review source website has been down for almost three months now, and Google still hasnt brought it back online, making it impossible to submit any new code, regardless of whether or not it is ultimately accepted.
Nobody from the open source community can submit patches to Google right now, Huang explained, noting that he was unsure whether Intel was still able to submit patches to Google privately. If that was indeed the case, said Huang, it was a very unfair game.
Android source code used to be hosted on kernel.org, like much other Linux source code, but a particularly vicious hack has meant Google had to move the code to its own servers. The firm said it was working to restore access as quickly as possible, and that its priority had been restoring its git servers to get the code back online, in order to upstream the Android Ice Cream Sandwich build.


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Stefan: (opening voiceover) Mystic Falls. I was born here. This is my home.
Damon: And mine.
Elena: And mine.
Stefan: For centuries, supernatural creatures have lived among us.
Caroline: There are vampires, werewolves, doppelgangers.
Bonnie: Witches.
Klaus: And even hybrids.
Bonnie: There are those who protect them.
Jeremy: And those who want them dead.
Elena: They're our friends.
Klaus: Our enemies.
Elena: The ones we love.
Klaus: And the ones we've lost.
Elena: And then there is me. I'm human. At least I was.
Matt: Just stop! Stop saving me.
Stefan: What the hell is your problem?
Matt: What do you want me to say, thank you? Because honestly, I wish you'd just let me drown.
Stefan: What, you think you were my first choice?
Matt: Elena's a vampire because of me. I have to live with that every day for the rest of my life.
Stefan: No, no, no. You don't have to live with that, you get to live with that. Because Elena put your life before her own. So every morning when you get out of bed, you sure as hell better earn it.
Stefan: Damon was right. You should have fed this morning. I'm so sorry.
Elena: Don't be. You had hope. That's all I ever wanted you to have. And you had it.
Stefan: I love you so much.
Elena: Do you know why I was even on that bridge? I was coming back for you, Stefan. I had to choose, and I picked you. Because I love you. No matter what happens, it's the best choice I ever made.
Elena: If it had been you at the bridge last night and not Stefan, and I begged you to save Matt--
Damon: I would have saved you! In a heartbeat, no question.
Elena: That's what I thought. And Matt would be dead because...you couldn't let go. Matt would be dead!
Damon: But you wouldn't be! And you would have gotten to grow up, and had the life that you wanted, the life that you deserve. And I know that I didn't use to get that, but I do now and I wanted that for you, Elena. And I would have gladly have given it to you and let Matt die because I am that selfish. But you knew that already. The first night we met's not all that you remember.
Meredith: When Caroline called to say she got away, did she know where they were planning to take her?
Sheriff Forbes: No, just that she was in some van in the middle of nowhere and that she managed to escape.
Damon: Perfect. We've narrowed it down to nowhere.
Rebekah: (to Damon) Not to make a gray cloud grayer, but, does Matt even have automobile insurance?
Rebekah: You should know better than to sneak up on a lady.
Damon: Good advice! Have you seen one?
Matt Davis (Alaric) is no longer credited as a series regular.
Featured Music:
"Twice" by Little Dragon
"Whirring" by The Joy Formidable
"Wait For The Morning"by Amy Stroup
Original International Air Dates:
Canada: Thursday, October 11, 2012 on CTV 2
United Kingdom: Monday, October 15, 2012 on ITV2/ITV2 HD
Norway: Thursday, November 1, 2012 on FEM
Sweden: Saturday, January 26, 2013 on TV6


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Who Am I?
Written by Lizzie, Posted in General
Who Am I? is a feature here at VFTB designed to give some of the focus back to those who make the site a success: YOU! We'll tell you a bit about one of our regular commenters and you guess who it is. We'll be back later in the day with the answer.
(Would you like to be included? Let me know at email@example.com … the more the merrier!)
Who Am I?
- I was born in California but Chicago is home now. I've been to Wrigley Field many times.
- I've been a Cubs fan since 1 month and 20 days before my 10th birthday!
- I've been around VFTB since the summer of 2009, and I jumped right into the conversation as soon as I found it.
- I favor stats mostly, with a little bit of gut feel thrown in for good measure.
- I hated Jim Hendry, and the jury is still out on Theo.
- I think Carlos Zambrano has been mismanaged and enabled over the years. As for Aramis Ramirez: Don't let the door hit you in the a** on the way out. (bleeping courtesy of Lizzie)
- When Norm and Jedi go at it, I plead the 5th!
- If I was dining with Seymour I'd order ribs, cornbread, and either sweet potato pie or pecan pie for dessert!
- Soon I'll be living in Florida.
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Many of us chilli heads are forever chasing the next hottest thing. Nagas are now for the feeble, Habaneros don't get a look in much anymore and don't you even dare mention the Jalapeno – only your grandma would think they're hot. Sometimes though it's nice just to sit back and relax a bit – sometimes you're happy with a bit of Mr Vikki's Max's Urban Ketchup on your bacon sarnie, so long as it's tasty.
This handcrafted tomato ketchup isn't for man tests, that's not really what it's about. It is simply a spiced ketchup that tastes great. This deep red sauce, speckled with black and red flakes, stands proud in its 250g bottle filled with fruity goodness.
Tomatoes (145g per 100g), Vinegar, Sugar, Garlic, Spics, Celery, Salt, Habanero Chillies and Pepper.
Jar kindly supplied by Mr Vikki's
Unlike many of Mr Vikki's products this sauce doesn't have quite the same Indian infused aroma to fill the air when the lid is removed. It smells like any other ketchup you'd care to mention with the letter H in it. It's ketchup, what did you expect?
It's a little thinner than many ketchups, but that's not necessarily a bad thing as it makes it far easier to pour out of the bottle, it's still plenty thick enough to use it as a chip and chicken nugget dipper and a happy replacement as a table condiment.
In the taste department this beats the 57 other varieties hands down. The sauce is quite sweet, with a deep tomato taste, a little bit peppery and a touch tart. There's a hint of heat there but it dies away very quickly. The aftertaste is pleasantly subtle, certainly a sauce that you can leave on the table for anyone to use without having to worry about stomach cramps.
The styling has been recently changed from a bottle to a jar and weighs it a £4.00 currently on the MrVikkis website – it's perhaps a little bit more costly than other varieties, but bear in mind this is handcraft by an artisan, not churned out in gallons in a mass production factory.
So if you're looking for a tomato sauce with a little bit more zing, it is worth giving Max's Urban Ketchup a try (and why not give its older sibling Harry's Brown sauce a go whilst you're there too).


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Organizational Effectiveness
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- Define organizational effectiveness.
- Apply theories of organizational effectiveness to the management of criminal justice personnel.
- Describe methods for exerting control in an organizational setting.
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As technology evolves and more skin care advancements are made, some people are seeking professional treatments such as laser skin procedures in an effort to improve skin concerns such as lightening brown spots and broken capillaries. While we don't offer this treatment at my skin care spas in Dallas, I certainly know they can be beneficial, so I refer our clients to various doctors in our area when I feel their skin would benefit from such a procedure.
Recently I was having a conversation with a friend of my mother's, a woman in her early 60's, and she was telling me that she had gone through a series of laser procedures to help lighten her brown spots and had been very happy with the results.
So immediately going into esthetician mode I said, "Great! Are you using a skin lightener?" She replied, "A what? No, I don't think so."
I can't tell you how many times that I have had this conversation with people. They go in for a laser "fix" only to not be given proper instructions on how to maintain the results they have achieved. Why does this happen? Unlike estheticians, many dermatologists don't spend as much of their time on daily skin care, but rather they can be more focused on treating skin diseases, prescribing medicine and giving aggressive treatments, such as mole removal and laser skin procedures. So I'm not surprised when I hear this, it's simply the way it is. I see it like a personal trainer versus a nutritionist. They both have expertise in getting a person healthy and well, but just different areas of expertise – and there is a need for both.
Specifically, when it comes to brown spots, if your skin is prone to them, then the melanin cells will always trigger with heat, sun and exercise. So doing everything you can to keep melanin activity to a minimum is a must for the long term results of laser treatments. And you do that by using a skin lightening product like our Vitamin C&E Treatment.
Read: Why January is the Best Month for Brown Spots
And as for redness and broken capillaries, it's so important to use skin care products focused on being anti-inflammatory and anti-redness like our Soothing Relief Serum to keep capillaries strong.
Read: Sensitive Skin? Tips to Keep Skin Calm
If you've had laser skin procedures, then no doubt you have spent a lot of money on getting them, so be sure to put in the effort into your home care routine to give you longer results!
And here's the most important skin tip of all to maintain the results of any professional treatment: The best anti-aging creams and serums are useless if you're not protecting your skin from daily UV exposure.
Wearing a good broad-spectrum sunscreen 365 days a year, inside or out, rain or shine is a must!
Read: Plastic Surgeon, Cosmetic Dermatologist or Esthetician: What is the Best Approach for Your Skin?
Read my views on Plastic Surgery, Injectables and the Art of Altering the Face
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I just bought a wet-tanned cape with a measurement of 7 1/4" x 19" What size should the form be? The cape is from wisconsin and it is in a full rut style...
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How about ordering a 7 1/4 by 19, that's the size of your cape. Not trying to sound like a wise guy, but that's what you have for a cape, so that's what you need to order.
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Taquan Mizzell isn't afraid to step out on the field and test himself against some of the nation's best football players.
That much is clear when you look at his summer schedule.
The 5-foot-10, 182-pound back from Virginia Beach (Va.) Bayside will be attending the Rivals Challenge in Atlanta, Gridiron Kings in Florida, and The Opening out in Oregon.
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Not that he really has to prove himself at this point. He learned on Monday that he's going to occupy an even better spot on the Rivals100 and was happy, to say the least.
"That's real good," an obviously excited Mizzell said. "I'm excited to see where I'm at."
"Smoke," as he's called, said that he, Quin Blanding and Andrew Brown, a pair of five-star candidates from the Class of 2014 in Virginia, are all excited about the Rivals Challenge.
Mizzell knows that his quickness and footwork are ideal for events like these in the offseason so he's expecting big things from himself in Atlanta and elsewhere.
Last we heard from Mizzell it was a two-horse race between Virginia and West Virginia.
He has since said that he's totally open and now he's got a new outlook.
"Probably sometime next week I'm going to be narrowing it down to around 10 schools," Mizzell said. "Then I'll probably narrow it down again a week or two after that."
Are any schools locks to make that first cut?
"I know Virginia, Virginia Tech, Miami, NC State and West Virginia will make it. I'm just not sure about the other five yet," the four-star back said.
While many believe the Cavaliers have always been at or near the top of the rising senior's list he said it's not that simple.
"Not exactly," he said, expressing a desire to keep his options open for a while.
One school that has seen their chances with Mizzell improve dramatically lately is NC State.
"They came by the school a couple of times this spring," he said. "And they've told me I'm the number one guy on their board. They're higher than they were."


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Mostly Air
Self-defense training for U.S. airline flight attendants is lax, despite 9-11
Our first-class galley flight attendant and our purser have been stabbed. And we can't get into the cockpit. The door won't open."
American Airlines flight attendant Betty Ong's recorded phone call from aboard American Airlines Flight 11 still sends chills up the spine, nearly four years after the plane was flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center on 9-11. But lost in the horror of subsequent events is the message in her words: Flight attendants were the first to confront the hijackers, and the first to die.
Some flight attendant union officials say that self-defense and security training that could help prevent a similar attack is still inadequate and outdated--and may not have met federal hourly requirements, at least until laxer rules were issued in February by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
"We saw the pilots get guns and saw the cockpit doors reinforced, and we saw the flight attendants get left alone in the back," says Thom McDaniel, president of Transportation Workers' Union Local 556, which represents Southwest Airlines flight attendants. McDaniel is also a working flight attendant and goes through the Dallas-based airline's recurring security training every year.
"To say that it was minimal would probably be exaggerating," McDaniel says. "We probably spend more time on lunch than we do on self-defense. In fact, I know we do."
McDaniel says that in the years since 9-11, two hours of Southwest's daylong recurring yearly training have been devoted to security, while federal regulations prompted by the November 2001 Aviation and Transportation Security Act explicitly mandated at least four hours.
Yet even the two-hour figure is deceptive. McDaniel says his training consisted of less than an hour of class lecture and a 20-minute take-home video. Lonny Glover, an attendant for American Airlines and an official with the Association of Professional Flight Attendants, offers a similar account of the Fort Worth-based airline's training.
According to TSA, the agency's officials assigned to each airline did have some discretion as to the hourly requirement, but the agency did not say whether reductions had actually been approved.
Southwest Airlines spokesman Ed Stewart won't discuss the training program other than saying, "Whatever the government requires, we require a lot more." American spokesman Tim Wagner offers a similar statement: "We always comply with government regulation."
That may be closer to the truth now that new Transportation Security Administration rules have gone into effect. Issued in February, the rules actually reduce the hourly requirement by half, from eight hours for new employees and four hours of yearly recurring training to four and two, respectively. John Moran, TSA's assistant administrator for workforce performance, says the reduction shouldn't be misinterpreted.
"We're concerned with the content and the quality of the training," Moran says. "The hour issue is sort of secondary." He says that under the new rules, TSA personnel who oversee air carriers' training are now required to be trainers themselves. Curriculum requirements are also more specific.
Training questions aren't limited to American and Southwest. Valerie Walker, chair of the Association of Flight Attendants' Security Committee, goes through training as a United Airlines flight attendant. She says the classroom instruction is cursory at best, and the take-home movie is even worse. "They called it the 'Chip and Dale video' because you would be fast-forwarding through it so much that the voices would be [high-pitched] like that," Walker says.
Cabin crew training may be the least of TSA's worries as the agency awaits confirmation of its fourth director in three years. Charges of inefficiency and lax enforcement have led to speculation that TSA may be radically restructured or even done away with entirely. Walker says such an outcome wouldn't be surprising given her experience with TSA as a union safety official. "They don't enforce anything," she says.
The details of what training flight attendants do receive are guarded by officials and attendants alike. "We don't talk about specifics of it because to do so would undermine the effect of that training," says American spokesman Wagner. A picture, however, can be gleaned from various sources.
Terrorist attacks are far from the only security threat flight attendants face; cases of "air rage" are much more common. Some of what is taught, such as basic self-defense and escape techniques, could apply to both, but other elements seem dated when viewed through the lens of 9-11. Southwest, for example, says its security training is heavily based on "verbal judo," a course in negotiation tactics.
"That's for the ones that say, 'I think I'm losing my mind--there's not enough fizz in my Coke,'" says Southwest's Stewart. "There should always be a way to defuse the situation."
But union officials argue that the training relies too much on the cooperative philosophy that developed in response to hijackings to Cuba in the 1970s. "Back then, the thinking was that the plane would still be used as a mode of transportation, not a weapon," says Michael Massoni, a flight attendant and the safety coordinator for the Southwest union.
Moran of TSA says that even under the new rules, the program still sticks to defensive tactics. "We're not training them to say, 'Hey, that guy in Row 3 looks a little hinkey to me, I'm going to go up and question him,' and yank him out of his seat and put him in an arm bar or something," Moran says.
Most would agree that the best person to perform such an act would be a federal air marshal, but there are only enough officers in that agency to cover 5 percent of U.S. flights. Even when the armed marshals are on board, the attendants say they have little training in how to assist them.
The new training regulations are a result of the 2003 "Vision 100" aviation law. The law also mandated the creation of an optional advanced self-defense course for flight crew. The three-day, 24-hour course, developed and supervised by TSA, debuted in January and is now taught at community colleges in 10 air hubs across the country, including Tarrant County Community College in Fort Worth. The course has gotten generally favorable reviews from participants--a relatively small group. "The numbers are not where we want them to be," Moran says. "We have been a little bit surprised that demand hasn't been higher than it has."
One obvious explanation: Because it is voluntary, flight attendants must take three days off to attend. Not only is a work-related course an unusual use of vacation days, but three days off in a row are especially difficult to arrange for junior flight attendants, who serve long periods on call, never knowing when they'll fly.
California Senator Barbara Boxer has been the attendants' most outspoken ally in Washington. The Democrat pushed for more specific requirements in the Vision 100 bill and was instrumental in instituting a federal certification program for flight attendants.
Despite the power of Betty Ong's voice, flight attendants fear that as the memory of 9-11 fades, public complacency will undermine any effort toward further improvements. "The public innately wants to feel safe, so they might not drill down deep enough into the facts," Massoni says. "The veneer looks like all is well, but from our perspective, the days of veneer and deterrents heading off a situation are gone." --Rick Kennedy
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Sowing Old Seeds
At 10:30 on a Monday morning in South Dallas, men in denim shorts and women in loose tank tops leisurely stroll through overgrown fields where houses once stood. Many of the lots here on Grand Avenue have been vacant for at least a decade and are valued at a few thousand dollars. At the moment they might as well be worthless. And yet, here on Grand Avenue, a street whose name long ago became ironic, Ethel Campbell and Janice Fowler imagine these very vacant lots filled with flowers and vegetables--a little greenery that might bring color to a neighborhood that's the bleak shade of disrepair and neglect. But the closest they've come to achieving this dream was growing some corn and collard greens in the front yard last fall, which some neighborhood children came by to pick, to experience a little country life here in the middle of Dallas' inner city.
Campbell and Fowler refuse to budge from the small house at 2522 Grand Ave. that, since at least 1956, has housed the Texas State Federation of Garden Clubs, the headquarters for the African-American women who weren't allowed to join the all-white garden clubs popular in the 1940s. Campbell has been president for the last four years, trying to sustain an organization that's literally dying off, with the recent passing of a 102-year-old woman and another who was 96; at 65, Campbell's easily one of the youngest. "We're part of a different generation," says 50-year-old Fowler, a Chicago native who came across the club as part of her graduate studies at Texas Woman's University.
For years, folks have tried to run off the South Dallas garden club: In the 1990s City Hall claimed the neighborhood wasn't zoned for an establishment such as theirs and forced them to pay several hundred dollars to acquire a community service center permit, which cost the organization several hundred dollars it didn't have. And then there are the crackheads who've broken in so often the neighborhood regulars know there's nothing left to steal, save for pots and bottles used for planting. In January someone even went under the house to strip the copper off the plumbing and, finding only plastic tubing, sabotaged the water pipes anyway.
The women want to restore the house, which has had most of its windows sealed to keep away thieves, who've even stolen burglar bars for spare change. But that, and planting their garden in the concrete wastelands, will prove a difficult task. "The dues were $3 when I got in" in 1957, Campbell says. "When they went to $6, the members had a fit, and when we raised them to $12, well..." Adds Fowler, with optimistic understatement, "It's challenging." --Robert Wilonsky


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C-Suite Compensation Remains Taboo
Compensation is usually a taboo conversation in every industry. Interestingly, healthcare leaders don't mind talking about how they calculate physician salaries, but don't ask them to chat about how they calculate their own. That conversation quickly runs dry.
When I landed my first job as a teenager, my father, a business owner, instructed me not to talk to any of the other employees about how much I earned.
"Why not?" I inquired.
"It's no one else's business but your own," he responded. "And it can cause a lot of problems if people are earning drastically different wages."
I had my father's advice in mind when I began querying hospitals for a HealthLeaders magazine cover story on how healthcare reform is influencing C-suite compensation structures. I began with an advantage: the HealthLeaders Intelligence Report on executive compensation was under way at the same time. More than 250 healthcare leaders responded to that survey, alerting us to new trends and compensation forecasts.
I thought perhaps I'd find some willing sources from our survey, but that was not the case.


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Yet another meaning for is as follows [20, p. 326]
where the resonator is freely decaying (unexcited).
Proof. The total stored energy at time is equal to the total energy of the remaining response. After an impulse at time 0 , the stored energy in a second-order resonator is
The energy dissipated in the first period is , where
Assuming as before, so that
Assuming further that , we obtain
This is the energy dissipated in one cycle. Dividing this into the total stored energy at time zero, , gives
as claimed. Note that this rule of thumb requires , while the one of the previous section only required .


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There have been many published procedures addressing the repair of involutional entropion. This article revisits the use of the three-suture technique first described by Quickert and Rathbun. Benger and colleagues described the initial problem of early involutional entropion as a function of lower eyelid vertical laxity. Horizontal laxity may develop from chronic tension produced by horizontal tarsal elongation. With that in mind, the majority of cases of early involutional entropion could be addressed initially by the three-suture technique described in this article. We acknowledge that the procedure does not address horizontal lid laxity and is not a permanent solution to the problem. This technique proves a valuable instrument in the surgeon's armamentarium in treating patients with involutional entropion.
Entropion is characterized as the turning inward of the eyelid margin. This could be known to cause ocular surface irritation and discomfort for the patient, secondary to contact between cilia or keratinized skin with the ocular surface. When classifying types of entropion, it is useful to consider each one separately in order of pathophysiology and treatment. Classically, entropion has been categorized into spastic, involutional, congenital and cicatricial. The latter two are beyond the scope of this discussion, and the focus will be on spastic and involutional entropion in regard to in-office repair using rotational sutures.
Involutional entropion is accepted as the most common cause of lower eyelid malposition. Most concur that the pathophysiology of involutional entropion is threefold: dehiscence of the lower lid retractors, thus permitting the inferior tarsal margin to move in an anterior fashion; horizontal eyelid laxity; and overriding of the pretarsal and preseptal orbicularis muscle. Originating from the inferior rectus muscle, the capsulopalpebral fascia divides around the inferior oblique muscle and combines to form Lockwood's ligament, which continues as the capsulopalpebral fascia and the inferior tarsal muscle. With dehiscence of the lower eyelid retractors, they do not succeed in pulling the inferior tarsus in an infero-posterior direction, thus allowing the inferior tarsus to travel unopposed supero-anteriorly. While blinking, the preseptal portion of the orbicularis muscle tends to override the pretarsal portion, thus moving the upper portion of the eyelid toward the globe.
Acute spastic entropion is known to occur after an inflammatory eye disease or recent ocular surgery. It is described as a spasm leading to the preseptal portion of the orbicularis muscle overriding the pretarsal orbicularis, resulting in an inturning of the lower eyelid margin. This phenomenon is occasionally seen after cataract surgery, especially with a cul-de-sac injection of steroids, anesthesia or antibiotics. Botulinum toxin has been shown to be successful in ending the orbicularis spasm, thus ceasing the orbicularis muscle from overriding. Many cases of spastic entropion resolve when the ocular irritation has subsided. In some instances, there is an actual dehiscence of the capsulopalpebral fascia resulting in a more permanent involutional type of entropion.
Quickert and Rathbun originally described a technique for full thickness placement of sutures through the lower lid to address early involutional entropion and congenital epiblepharon. This procedure is ideal for accomplishing a firm adhesion between the orbicularis and the capsulopalpebral fascia. This addresses the main cause of acute spastic entropion developing into involutional entropion, which is dehiscence of the lower eyelid retractors. We would like to revisit this procedure in cases of spastic entropion and involutional entropion. Although it is not a permanent solution and does not address the pathophysiologic contribution of horizontal lid laxity, it is a great temporizing solution for a problem presenting significant irritation to a patient. The procedure can be performed in the office or for a chronically ill patient at the bedside.
There are two simple ways to evaluate for dehiscence of the lower lid retractors. The first involves having the patient look down. Normally the lower lid will descend several millimeters (3 mm to 4 mm), and loss of this downward movement indicates disinsertion. A second approach to detect a dehiscence of the lower lid retractors is by examining the cul-de-sac for a white band, which separates the lower lid retractors from the tarsal border. If this dehiscence is noted, the three-suture technique could prove optimal management.
The three-suture technique is displayed in the accompanying series of figures.
Six-month history of inturning of lower eyelid margin after cataract surgery.
1% xylocaine with 1:100,000 epinephrine injected into area of regard.
After injection of anesthetic, eversion of eyelid margin occurs secondary to a laxity of the previously overriding portion of the orbicularis.
Sutures are placed deep into the fornix. A 5-0 suture double armed curved needle is preferred.
First suture placed in the medial third of the lower eyelid deep in fornix to raise lower lid retractors.
The second arm of the suture exits 2 mm, at the same level and adjacent to the first arm.
The suture is pulled taut and tied with care not to strangulate the tissue.
The suture exits the skin about 2 mm below the lashline.
Third suture placed lateral to lateral limbus.
The second arm of the double armed suture is placed about 3 mm adjacent and at the level of the first arm.
Three sutures in place with lid properly everted. Immediately after the procedure, a slight ectropion is ideal.
(All photographs courtesy of Robert M. Schwarcz, MD.)
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Dieting isn't fun. It usually makes us cranky and resentful when we can't eat what we want. But all that suffering pays off when you look great for summer, right? Not so fast. Research shows that frequent dieting increases the likelihood of gaining weight. Even if you lose weight at first, within three to five years most people have regained all the weight.
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What to Do: No matter how much willpower you have, you can�t think your way into making a diet work. It�s much healthier and more effective to lose weight slowly through a combination of a nutritious diet and regular exercise.
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Your body is always working to protect you. For many people, being overweight serves a purpose in their lives. For example, it may help you feel safe from interactions with other people or it may help you avoid dealing with other issues in your life such as past trauma. Until you recognize what purpose fat serves in your life, it will be very difficult to lose weight and keep it off.
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A low-calorie diet slows the metabolic rate and triggers the starvation mechanism, sending a message to the body to hold onto the calories. This mechanism can also be triggered by toxins in your food or the environment, which get stored as fat to prevent damage to other organs. The body may also store fat if you have digestive problems such as gas or bloating. Addressing these issues first can help you lose weight and reduce food cravings.
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When plugging a PC to the VGA port of an LCD TV, is the display progressive? I mean how does it work in terms of the TV resolution? Is it 720P, 1080i or something else?
My TV is a Samsung 32" LCD and I set my video card display at 1024 X 768.
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VGA ports on LCD monitors usually support "normal" PC resolutions like 1024x768, 1280x1024, etc. Your manual might say exactly what resolutions and refresh rates are supported. Otherwise just try different resolutions to see what looks best. Use some small text and check readability. You would get the best picture running the computer at the exact native resolution of the HDTV if it supports pixel-per-pixel display of the VGA port. So if your TV's native resolution is 1366x768 and your graphics cards will output 1366x768, that may give the best image quality.
Your LCD-TV will have a "native resolution" often 1366x768. The VGA port uses square pixel computer monitor progressive resolutions (aka VESA). VGA is an analog RGB standard long supported by display cards from the RAMDAC (frame buffer + D/A converter).
The LCD-TV emulates a computer monitor over the VGA port. Best to feed a resolution at or near the monitors native resolution at 60Hz for the clearest display. If you feed lower or higher resolutions, a scaler will convert (interpolative scaling) your input to the native resolution. The scaler usually blurs the image slightly.
The VGA port is intended to support computer or game console inputs. Unlike the component analog and HDMI ports, the VGA port usually does not overscan. Overscan requires rescaling in the display card to see the full desktop and that usually lowers quality. Some newer LCD-TV sets support zero overscan over HDMI but not many.
The LCD-TV manual usually lists the resolutions it will support over VGA.
So what you guys are basically saying is that the resolution I set in Window is what I'll get on my TV, meaning that I'm not limited to 480, 720 and 1080 like with a DVD player for example. Also, because a computer screen is always progressive, my TV is always displaying my PC in progressive as well?
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If you play a video on your computer, the player will display the video at the resolution you set in preferences. For example a wide DVD will probably play first as 854x480 unless you zoom it to "full screen". At full screen for a 4:3 1024x768 Windows setting, this will produce a letterbox 1024x576 playback. If you play that on your 1366x768 LCD-TV, you will get either black on four sides or a horizontally stretched 1366x576 version depending on the aspect ratio setting at the TV. If instead you set Windows display properties to 1366x768, "full screen" will do just that on your LCD TV. You will have a 16:9 1366x768 playback.
Your display card converts all video to progressive. It may do this well or poorly. The VGA output will be progressive in all cases. Only the most advanced display cards pass unconverted interlace video over analog component or HDMI. Most cards convert everything to progressive.
PS: In both cases above, Jagabo posted while I was writing. Sorry for the duplication.
If your TV is like this one, it has a 1366x768 panel and that resolution should be used for your Windows display size setting.
Thanks for the info guys. I changed the resolution of the ATI Catalyst Driver to 1368 X 768 (I don't have 1366 X 768) and now my movie in Media Player Classic no longer have black boarders but are in true WideScreen.
I'm so happy to have purchased this TV, using a PC instead of a DVD Player kicks ass because you can do so much more. All I need now is that Logitech wireless Trackball because using a standard wireless mouse on a couch sucks.
Unless you have a video card that will let you set a custom resolution try doing the following:, first un-hide non-supported modes in advanced display preferences for your video card, you can then download a program called Powerstrip where you can then play with different resolutions and then play with the advanced timing settings to modify the aspect ratio. You will notice that the resolution shown in Windows may be different than the one you set in Powestrip, but this hasn't seemed to matter for me. I am using an older video card so this is the route I have to go. A new video card will allow you to set whatever resolution you want, completely customized, Powestrip lets you get it close, but it will still not be perfectly crisp, but I got mine looking pretty good on my 1080i LCD TV connected via VGA.
My brother has a 32" Samsung 1080p LCD that he uses for both his monitor and TV in his bedroom and he has the resolution for his Nvidia graphics card set to 1920x1080 since that is the native resolution of the TV.
Without knowing the model number of your TV then we cannot recommend the correct resolution.
Never mind. I didn't realize that this was a four year old thread.
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Former Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman and coach Matt Williams was named manager of the Washington Nationals on Thursday. Bob Baum, an Associated Press writer based in Phoenix who covers the Diamondbacks, remembers Williams as a player for Arizona. "I covered him since he was a player in his first year," Baum said. "He is a classic old-school baseball type guy. He is very straightforward. I