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Neighbours claimed that the teenager, from Aberdare in the South Wales valleys, had not been seen outside for up to three years. In that time her weight ballooned to such proportions it is believed it became a serious threat to her life.
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Miss Davis became a minor celebrity when she took part in an American bootcamp series and slimmed down to a healthier weight and more manageable size. But neighbours claimed that her disappearance from view coincided with a new bout of weight gain around three years ago.
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An elegant and fascinating delight, Kiss The Water is made with insight, intelligence and a painterly delight in perhaps one of the most unusual of documentary subjects – the lyrical story a rare and enigmatic Scottish woman who became a legend in the world of making flies for salmon fishing.
It also acts as a brilliant advertisement for the beauties of Scotland and features some astonishingly painted animation by filmmaker Em Cooper.
Directed with simplicity and charm by Eric Steel (whose last film was the rather different The Bridge, about suicides at San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge), the film dwells on the strange charm of fly fishing and the unusual habits of salmon while charting the life story of a an equally beguiling woman who taught herself the art of fly-tying and would go on to make flies for royalty.
Following a world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, the film screened at its spiritual home, the Edinburgh International Film Festival, but should also be a shoe-in at other film festivals. It also acts as a brilliant advertisement for the beauties of Scotland and features some astonishingly painted animation by filmmaker Em Cooper.
The core of the film is the story of Scottish Highlander Megan Boyd, always an outsider – androgynous to look at and always wore a tie – who taught herself fly-tying from a book. Living in a remote house with no electricity she was an enigmatic figure and would come to be the favourite fly-tier for Prince Charles (or Charlie as she always called him) who would occasionally visit her at her remote house.
There is no actual footage of Megan until the film's final moments, instead Steel cross-cuts between footage of her now ramshackle house; interviews with those who knew her or worked with her, or simply talk about salmon fishing; atmospheric footage of Scotland at its most beautiful and Em Cooper's stunning animation.
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The computer network of an organization has a NAT with 192.168/16 IP address range. There is a department with a server that has an IP address 192.168.x.y and this server handles hosts of this department with another NAT with the IP address range 172.16/16.
Thus there are 2 layers of NAT. Why don't they have subnetting instead. This would allow easy routing.
I feel multiple layers of NAT can cause performance losses. Could you please help me compare the two design strategies.
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In discussion with a friend, we realized that subnetting would cause the following problem. The ARP requests of a computer would flood the entire organization's network. If the router does not forward these requests then PC's in one department will not be able to connect to PC's in other departments which anyway cannot be done if they are behind different NATs. With a packet sniffer we saw that there is a large number of ARP requests as most computers in the department have File Sharing on Windows enabled.
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The rich symbolism of Tarot's storyboard can clearly illuminate understanding of situations which are set to challenge us in our everyday lives. The pictures of these ancient cards offer a wealth of knowledge and insight into all aspects of life itself.
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The Tarot has been around since the 14th century and originated in Europe. The art of Tarot reading grew more popular and became more openly received through history. In 1910, Rider-Waite published one of the most popular Tarot card decks that has been used by most Tarot readers since. There are hundreds of Tarot decks and Tarot Readers will often have a few that they use, depending on the type of reading and who they are reading for. Choosing to use Tarot online works just the same way as a face to face reading and will give just as good a reading.
A Tarot card reading is a Psychic reading using a tool called the Tarot deck. Most Tarot decks consist of a total of 78 cards, each with their own Tarot card meanings, 22 cards in the Major Arcana and 56 cards in the Minor Arcana. Tarot readers use the Tarot cards to carry out personal Tarot card spreads for the person. The Major Arcana cards are also known as the 'trump cards' and are significant in that they can indicate important life events. The Major Arcana cards relate directly to the person that the reading is for and the person will often show up and be represented in one of the cards in the deck. The Minor Arcana is made up of four suits which are: Cups, Swords, Pentacles and Wands. There are 14 cards in each suit represented as 1 to 10, followed by the court cards (Page, Knight, Queen and King). A quick free Tarot reading that you may see online or even an online Tarot reading spread, will be computer generated and may only give you one or a few cards, therefore it does not give you a personal reading. An in depth Tarot reading by TheCircle Tarot Readers is given by shuffling all of the cards, cutting the deck and then laying the cards in to a spread. There are many different spreads to use with the Tarot cards and usually the Tarot Reader will decide which is the best Tarot card spread to use depending on the question. A Tarot Reader reads the cards by looking at the images and picking up psychically how it relates to the person.
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Harry really hated having a hand jammed up him telling him what to do and when he couldn't self medicate anymore he decided to cut himself open in an attempt to destroy his master.
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5 comments:
- Brooks Golden said...
what a great idea, a defunct reckless muppet, hell bent on self medication and finally suicide...
happy turkey day bro...
- November 26, 2009 at 11:14 AM
- Johan said...
I totally agree. Love the colors once again.
- November 26, 2009 at 11:47 AM
- Nicky Dieter said...
He is a looker for being such a miserable fuck. Something with these colors, love 'em.
- November 27, 2009 at 10:50 AM
- Jeremy said...
thanks dudes,
colors=crayola smelly markers from walgreens. The blue background is a pantone marker. Forget the name tho...
I have to quit drawing things with guts hanging out hahaha
- November 29, 2009 at 11:08 AM
- A. Lewellen said...
I have to be honest to me all muppets look like they are on drugs.
- November 30, 2009 at 9:50 AM
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What time should I sneak out of work today to drink beer and watch as much basketball as possible?
The obvious answer to this is NOW NOW NOW, because the first game (Valpo vs. Michigan St.) starts at 12:15 p.m. EST, with Bucknell-Butler following it up at 12:40. You go at noon, you order your beer and wings and nachos, and then you settle in for the next 52 hours. But it's always a fine line you walk, trying to get out of work early. Some people have the luxury of blowing off an entire afternoon of work. But for those of us who have Bill Lumbergh as a boss, it's a bit dicier.
If leaving at noon for the rest of the day is an impossibility, you have to prioritize. You want to be able to see the end of any tight game, yes? AND you want to be able to NEVER go back to work ever, right? There's a careful way of going about this. I always like to keep an eye on the early scores. Valpo and Bucknell have both pulled off tourney upsets in the past, so maybe they'll keep the two early games competitive.
But if they both start the day getting blown out of the water (what a letdown), you're essentially able to stay at work for an extra two hours, which sounds terrible but could help you finish all the shit you gotta get done while constantly checking scores or going into the conference room to watch little snippets of the action (NOTE: Getting peeks at the tourney on a TV at work SUCKS. You never feel like you can stand there too long, and you can't drink. It's the worst of all worlds).
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Today (Monday July 7th, 2014) was a typical mid-summer day in archaeology. In the office, I worked on several cultural resource management reports and a variety of projects. At home in the evening, I spent time on a few side archaeology projects. This fall I am giving a presentation at the Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation located in Bristol Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (USA). The presentation is focused on archaeology in the borough and surrounding community. Arrangements have been made to examine a local collection of Native American artifacts house at the Grundy Museum in Bristol. I have been tracking down other local archaeological information such as data regarding a Cheval de Frise found in the Delaware River near Burlington Island and a Contact-period burial found in the late nineteenth century. A surprising amount of local archaeological-related information has turned up in preparation for the presentation. I am also editing a short summary of the 17th Annual 'Artifact Show' hosted by the Gloucester County Chapter of the Archaeological Society of New Jersey. My final side project is the Hoffman Site (28GL228). Guy Di Giugno and I have been working on an article summarizing the results of 13 years of excavations at the Hoffman Site (see photo) which is a multi-component Native American site. The article will be published in the Archaeological Society of New Jersey Newsletter.
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Chrome OS uses an interesting visualization for tab overview. "The overview is available via either gesture and hotkey. It provides a visual way of switching between windows and tabs. Windows are exploded into the tabs they contain, and all tabs/windows are visible in a single 2.5d space. This model is largely based on Peter Jin Hong & Elin Pedersen's G.L.I.D.E. Tab Navigation. We present tabs in a venetian blind arrangement, ensuring visibility of the top left of every page, and using perspective to compress the most useful portions of the page into the available strips. Favicons are presented as an alternative visual aid."
Google also posted some screenshots of the open/save dialogs and the download shelf panel. "The shelf is an on demand target for downloading and uploading. It acts as a temporary resting place for files that have been accessed, and for content being uploaded to websites."
Even if the Chrome OS only lets you use a browser, you can still download files and open them using Chrome's multimedia libraries or using web applications like Google Docs.
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Education isn't over once the diploma is in hand, warns Cathy Weatherford, president and CEO of the Insured Retirement Institute (IRI).
Learning the best ways to handle money is an ongoing process, and, said Weatherford, in the current challenging times, "College graduates … will need to be smart and savvy … to maximize their paychecks and their savings."
Pointing out that research has shown a link between financial knowledge and both financial planning and savings levels, she said that the best thing parents and financial professionals alike can do for graduates as they head out into a tough job market and tougher economic climate is to provide them with the resources and information they need to make decisions that will carry them through—not just now, but "throughout their lives."
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2. Pay off debt; don't increase it. Tackle those obligations with the highest interest rates first, and get rid of them as quickly as you can. Be savvy on the terms of student loans, and have a plan to pay them down.
3. Don't carry a credit card balance. Pay it off every month so that its high interest rates can't extend debt and scuttle other plans.
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5. Speaking of retirement plans, make sure you contribute to yours, and make sure it's enough to take full advantage of any employer match. Said Weatherford, "This is money you have earned as part of your compensation package; do not leave it on the table."
6. Tax breaks granted for retirement savings, such as for 401(k) contributions, can boost the amount you can sock away for the future. Using pretax money to fund retirement allows that money to grow tax deferred and allows you to put away more early in your career. 7. Think long term and investigate Roth IRAs. Although the contributions are taxed, when you take the money out in retirement distributions, those will not be taxed.
8. Don't toss those receipts, especially for little things like lunches and coffee. Save them, add them up, and see if you might want to re-evaluate what you spend your money on. You might decide to make some money-saving changes, such as bringing food from home and using that coffeepot you got as an apartment-warming gift.
9. Don't look for a bank based strictly on convenience. Find one that won't deplete your funds with minimum balance and ATM fees. Check interest rates, too, and try to find the highest you can.
10. Keep learning about how to handle money. Check out employers' resources, if you need help, or look for a financial advisor who can help you reach your financial goals.
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Designing fellow: Sam Johnson takes Museum helm
Mister Rogers. It's the first thing I thought of when I first laid eyes on the new exhibit and outreach coordinator at the Virginia Discovery Museum– and that was well before the icon of children's television lost his battle with cancer. Swathed in a beige cardigan sweater, soft-spoken Sam Johnson exudes the same grandfatherly warmth that so appeals to young children.
"This job was designed for me," says the 61-year-old kid-at-heart. "It's a place where I can apply many of my skills I never thought I'd use."
Just having a Ph.D. in anthropology might be more than enough to qualify Johnson for the job in which he's responsible for creating multidimensional, scientifically based exhibits aimed at kids from three to 12. This background has already proven useful in his first exhibit focusing on the Mandan Indians of North Dakota. American Indians and linguistics are his specialties, so he's added a unique cultural dimension to the exhibit that was planned long before he started the job.
"The first exhibit he created really shows his vision," says the museum's executive director, Peppy Linden. "Sam combines a lot of hands-on expertise with a natural curiosity and an excitement about working in a museum setting."
In addition to being a scientist, Johnson is also an inventor, with seven patents on four different products including ergonomic garden tools, a felt-tip pen that can't lose its cap, and a circular calendar that depicts the whole year in a circle along with the seasons, moon cycles, and both astrological and astronomical zodiacs.
More than 20 years as a computer consultant and software engineer, a small business entrepreneur, father of two grown children, and a love of teaching kids add to Johnson's qualifications for the position he officially started on November 1 of last year. On top of it all, he's always been interested in discovery-type museums and has long wanted to try his hand at designing museum exhibits.
Johnson and his family moved to Charlottesville from Atlanta just over a year ago when his wife Deborah was hired to teach philosophy and computer ethics at UVA. He'd been working at home with his own small business, but when his daughter graduated from high school and went off to college, Johnson decided it was time to get a real job.
"I really like living in Charlottesville," he says. "When I first got here, it didn't look any different than other small college towns. But I don't know what it is... Maybe it's the friendliness of the people. They stop to let you cross the street."
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The new school year has begun and fall sports season is fast approaching. But before the sports season kicks off, parents and young athletes should be fully aware of the risks associated with contact sports, particularly sport-related concussions, which are increasingly common in young athletes. But not every athlete who suffers a concussion is reflected in these cases; many athletes don't recognize they've experienced a concussion because they don't know the signs and symptoms. This is especially troublesome because athletes who don't realize they've suffered a concussion are likely to return to play before they've fully healed, putting them at risk for a second concussion. Children who get a second concussion before fully recovering from the first are at a greater risk for serious, long-term problems.
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QPR midfielder Esteban Granero has stressed that Real Madrid are not to blame for the departure of players such as current Chelsea star Juan Mata and himself.
Jose Mourinho has received plenty of criticism in recent weeks for his alleged reluctance to use youth players, but Granero has insisted that only the very best succeed at los Blancos right away, and players sometimes need a spell elsewhere to make the final step up.
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By the time I got into computers, EGA was already standard, and VGA graphics had just been introduced, so the [[MS-DOS]] games I played that used CGA looked pretty dated to me, and I wasn't very interested in them. However, there were some that were just so fun, I saw past the poor color quality.
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The Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) is a graphics display adapter developed by IBM and released in 1981. It gives IBM personal computers limited color graphics capabilities. It was superseded in 1984 by the Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) which added superior color graphic capabilities. Though the card was developed and sold by IBM, competing companies quickly reverse-engineered it and sold clones.
By the time I got into computers, EGA was already standard, and VGA graphics had just been introduced, so the MS-DOS games I played that used CGA looked pretty dated to me, and I wasn't very interested in them. However, there were some that were just so fun, I saw past the poor color quality.
I did a small amount of programming with CGA graphics in QuickBASIC where it was screen 1, but I mostly preferred the superior screens I had access to: 7, 12, and 13.
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- 3 Modes In Detail
- 4 More Than 16 Colors
- 5 Light Pen
- 6 Software
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CGA supports 4-bit, 2-bit, and 1-bit color depending on which display mode is active. At 4-bit color, it uses one bit each for red, green, and blue, and a fourth bit for intensity. Depending on whether the output was sent to an RGB or composite monitor, these colors could look noticeably different.
RGB Output
This gives the 16 colors seen to the right. The actual RGB values of each color are determined by setting the color to 0 if the bit is off, and 170 if it is on. If the intensity bit is on, 85 is added to each value.
The only color that doesn't follow this system is yellow, which should have an RGB of (170, 170, 0) when the intensity bit is off, but instead has an RGB of (170, 85, 0). The decision to treat yellow differently was most likely made because dark yellow isn't a common color, but brown is very popular. For example, if yellow followed the equation, this screenshot from Bionic Commando would look considerably different.
Although the EGA standard wisely followed the CGA specification to used brown instead of dark yellow, the VGA specification for 4-bit colors did not. This can be seen in many graphics in Windows 3 games where anything that should be brown is dark yellow.
Composite Output
Although the same 16 colors used in RGB output were available in composite output, they looked noticeably different.
Also, when pixels of different colors were next to each other they tended to "bleed" into each other forming a thin band of a color not available on the CGA card. The way the colors bleed is predictable, and many programmers used them to display more than the typical 4 colors that would be available in RGB mode. In the example below, by alternating colors, 16 colors can be simulated in a 2-bit mode. However, this causes the graphics to become slightly blurred and effectively cuts the horizontal resolution in half.
Display Modes
The CGA supports two primary display modes, text or graphic. Both modes could use RGB or composite output. RGB was usually sent to computer monitors while composite was usually sent to televisions. It is actually possible to simulate additional colors using composite output, but by sacrificing visual clarity.
Text Modes
CGA supports two text modes; 40x25 characters and 80x25 characters. In a text mode, the programmer can place an 8x8 pixel character tile at a fixed row and column at intervals of 8 pixels. Characters must be chosen from a pre-made set of 256 characters from code page 437 which are stored on the card's ROM, and, therefore, cannot be altered. However, the card stores a normal and narrow version of the character set. Unfortunately, the character set cannot be changed programmatically, it can only be changed with a jumper on the board. The two sets are displayed below.
Text can be displayed with a custom foreground and background color chosen from a pre-made set of 16 colors. The intensity bit on the background color doubles as the blinking bit for the foreground color, so it is not possible to have blinking backgrounds. Below is every foreground and background color combination that can exist in CGA text mode.
Graphics Modes
CGA supports two graphics modes, 320x200 at 2-bit color, or 620x200 at 1-bit color. The graphic modes had lower resolution and/or fewer colors than the text modes, but with the benefit of allowing the programmer to address every pixel individually, and thus draw complex graphics. With clever tweaks, a special mode with a 160x100 resolution and 4-bit color is possible and is described below.
Modes In Detail
Text Mode: 40x25, 4-bit Color
This mode run at 40x25 characters of 8x8 pixel characters. This yields a resolution of 320x200, with a pixel ratio of 1:1.2 (visually 320x240). Users who outputted to a low resolution monitor or a television had to use this display, but those with high resolution monitors could still use this mode if they preferred larger text.
When displayed on a 4:3 CRT monitor of the day, the display was stretched in height, scanlines would be present, and a curved distortion would be noticeable near the edges of the display.
Text Mode: 80x25, 4-bit Color
This text mode has 80x25 characters, each made up from the same 8x8 pixel data as the 40x25 mode. This yields a resolution of 640x200 with a pixel ratio of 1:2.4 (visually 640x480). Most programs that were written for CGA and relied on text output used this resolution.
Graphic Mode: 320x200, 2-bit Color
This was the most popular CGA mode used for graphics. The display resolution is 320x200 pixels with a pixel ratio of 1:1.2 (visually 320x240). Only four colors could be displayed on the screen at a time, and they were mostly fixed, which is why so many CGA games look the same.
A programmer could switch between one of two palettes, each with four colors. Palette 0 is black, green, red, yellow, palette 1 is black, cyan, magenta, white. Neither is very useful for displaying realistic images, but each color effectively contrasts with each other. Each palette could be displayed at high or low intensity, shifting the entire screen's brightness.
In either palette mode, color 0 is black, but it is customizable and can be replaced with any of the 16 colors from the text mode. This gives the benefit of adding a custom color, provided no black exists on the screen (as it would be replaced as well). Color 0 is always the background color which displays in the overscan region (or border) of the screen, so changing the color sometimes caused unwanted results near the edges of the screen.
Through a simple trick, an alternate palette can be attained. This is possible by changing settings on the board that normally only function in composite output when the output is actually set to RGB output. The result is an additional palette using the colors black cyan, red, and white. This palette also supports high and low intensity, but it can only be attained on RGB monitors.
With very accurate timing, a programmer can switch between palettes as the screen is drawing to allow more than the typical 4 colors on the screen. Since the screen draws vertically, this trick is only possible in horizontal bands. In the example below, the view on the top uses palette 0, the mountains and sky are the alternate palette, and the ground and status bar are palette 0 again.
Graphic Mode: 640x200, 1-bit Color
Few programs used this mode because it was monochrome, but the higher resolution allowed for more detailed interfaces. The resolution is 640x200 pixels, but has a dramatic pixel ratio of 1:2.4 (visually 640x480). When displayed on a CRT monitor, the display was visibly stretched in height, scanlines would be present, and a curved distortion would be noticeable near the edges of the display. Games like SimCity supported this mode.
Unlike in the 320x200 mode, in this mode, color 0 must remain black, but color 1 can be customized to any of the 16 text mode colors. It wasn't common practice to program in this way because most programs that were written in monochrome mode assumed the user had a monochrome display. However, for those who owned a color monitor, and wanted high resolution, you could get a display like this:
Graphic Mode: 160x100, 4-bit Color
This is not technically a graphic mode, but a clever tweak of text mode 80x25. The row height in text mode could be increased by cutting off the bottom lines of each row. By setting a row height to only 2 pixels, a programmer would get a text resolution of 80x100 instead of 80x25, but all display would still have to be made up from the existing 256 possible characters in ROM. By drawing character 222 (which is half the fore color and half the back color), and changing the foreground and background colors after each character, you effectively get 160x100 pixels, each with any color from the palette of 16. This mode is mentioned in the CGA manual, but it does not go into detail on how to achieve it. Below is an example of a game which used this mode:
Technically, this trick can be done in the 40x25 text mode, but it would result in a more-blocky 40x100 resolution, so few, if any, programs ever used it.
More Than 16 Colors
By using composite output and a display system similar to that of the 160x100 resolution display, it's possible to show more than the 16 color maximum by taking advantage of the color bleeding in composite output. The 8088 MPH demo shows an example of this.
Light Pen
The CGA also makes it possible to program for a light pen, but I've never used one, so I don't have much to say about it.
- All software that used 2-bit Color
These are programs that I think made good use of CGA graphics:
- 4x4 Off-Road Racing
- King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human
- Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge
- Where In the U.S.A. Is Carmen Sandiego?
- Where In the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
- youtube.com/watch?v=niKblgZupOc - 8-Bit Guy.
- youtube.com/watch?v=hNRO7lno_DM - 8088 MPH Demo.
- trixter.oldskool.org/2015/04/07/8088-mph-we-break-all-your-emulators - 8088 MPH CGA demo explanation.


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Editor's comment: Cyclobenzaprine is probably best known by the brand name Flexeril, which is currently classified as a muscle relaxant.
Data Elucidate Cyclobenzaprine as a Serotonin and Norepinephrine Receptor Antagonist and Reuptake Inhibitor (SNARI)
NEW YORK, NY – August 19, 2013 – Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. (TNXP), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing novel treatments for challenging disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), including fibromyalgia and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), presented results from nonclinical studies of cyclobenzaprine (CBP), the active ingredient of Tonix's lead candidate, TNX-102 sublingual tablet (TNX-102 SL), at the International Pain Society's Ninth World Congress on Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome in Seattle, Washington.
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The presentation, titled "Cyclobenzaprine (CBP) Inhibits Serotonin (5HT) Receptor Type 2A, Adrenergic Receptor alpha1A and the 5HT and Norepinephrine (NE) Reuptake Transporters: Mechanistic Implications for Treating Fibromyalgia Syndrome and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by Improving Sleep Quality," was given by Bruce Daugherty, Ph.D., Tonix's Chief Scientific Officer and the study's lead author, on Friday, August 16, at 1:45 PM Pacific Time.
As observed in nonclinical studies conducted under Tonix's direction, CBP and its major metabolite, norcyclobenzaprine (nCBP), exhibited potent binding (Ki) to certain CNS receptors including 5HT2A (5.2 and 13 nM, respectively), adrenergic alpha1A (5.6 and 34 nM), and histamine H1 (1.3 and 5.9 nM). In addition, CBP and nCBP are functional antagonists (IC50) at 5HT2A (230 and 140 nM, respectively), alpha1A (4.9 and 16 nM, respectively), and H1 (5.2 and 16 nM, respectively). CBP and nCBP also exhibited potent binding to the serotonin (35 and 2.6 nM, respectively) and norepinephrine (29 and 91 nM, respectively) monoamine reuptake transporters.
Dr. Daugherty commented, "We have significantly advanced our understanding of the mechanisms of action of CBP in the CNS. We have shown that CBP exerts multiple effects on serotonergic and adrenergic neurotransmission. As a Serotonin and Norepinephrine Receptor Antagonist and Reuptake Inhibitor, or SNARI, we believe TNX-102 SL exerts pharmacological effects distinct from those exerted by products approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the management of fibromyalgia and PTSD. We look forward to commencing our Phase 2b/3 trial of TNX-102 SL in patients with fibromyalgia this quarter."
About Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp. Tonix is developing innovative prescription medications for challenging disorders of the central nervous system. The Company seeks to address conditions characterized by significant unmet medical need, inadequate existing treatment options, and high dissatisfaction among patients and physicians. Tonix's lead pharmaceutical candidate, TNX-102 SL, targets central pain. Fibromyalgia is a central pain syndrome, and central pain is a component of post-traumatic stress disorder. Tonix applies its core technology toward the treatment of central pain by increasing the restorative power of sleep. To learn more, please visit www.tonixpharma.com.
Source: Tonix Pharmaceuticals, Press Release, August 19, 2013.


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Much has changed about the way students learn and practice architecture. Once, drawings and illustrations were completely rendered by hand. Now, graduate students - such as those at the University of Houston's Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture - use cutting edge computer software to study the intricacies of the craft.
The tools used in architecture education have evolved into the 21st century. Many classroom work areas, however, are occupied by drafting stations that take up space and are impractical for laptop use. Thanks to UH adjunct assistant architecture professor Cord Bowen, students and instructors soon will have access to classroom resources perfect for grooming tomorrow's architects.
With the assistance of a $10,000 grant from the Meadows Foundation, Bowen and students from the college's industrial design studio (including research assistants Mason Bonar and Sarah Liu) developed the desk system Workspace and compact, mobile dry-erase/cork board Rollerboard. Both are aimed at providing classroom space solutions while offering faculty and students effective instructional resources.
Workspace is a modular desk system that is ergonomically efficient for computer use and will help the college grow without adding new classrooms or facilities.
By videotaping classroom activities and interviewing students, Bowen and his team came up with a design to accommodate the needs of architectural scholars.
"Students do need drafting tables during their first year of graduate school. As they move through the program, their work is more computer-focused. Through our research, we were able to see exactly what these students need," Bowen said. "What we found is that we could make a smaller footprint for each student. This interested the university because we could grow the graduate program without adding facilities. We found that Workspace units can grow the program by 30 percent."
In fall 2011, the College of Architecture will receive an initial supply of 17 Workspace desks to be used by third year graduate students. At the end of that semester, Bowen's team will interview the students who used these spaces to determine if modifications need to be made.
Workspace units are 29 inches wide and 59 inches long and contain built in storage spaces. Units can be arranged individually or in rows to accommodate different classroom layouts. All materials used to make Workspace are 100 percent recyclable.
"Making these in Houston helps us keep costs down," Bowen said. "We save about 40 percent by producing these in town rather than purchasing new desks elsewhere. Plus, they're durable and sustainable."
Bowen's Rollerboard also is produced in Houston. He and his students designed this wheeled instructional tool, so that it would be easy to transport from classroom to classroom. Also, the Rollerboard's design allows multiple units to be stacked vertically for easy and effective storage.
One side of the Rollerboard is a dry-erase board on which lecturers and students can write notes with a marker. On the opposite side is a cork board where students can post presentations or other items using push pins. The Rollerboard is six feet and seven and a half inches tall and three feet and 10 inches wide. It can be used as a singular unit or combined with other modules for larger presentations or use as a projection screen.
"What we wanted to do was create a board that was not cumbersome and could easily be brought into a classroom," Bowen said. "After looking at how professors use boards for diagrams and notes, we found that between 40 and 48 inches was what they use. We also looked at how a board could fit in elevators and how it could easily roll in buildings or around campus."
Four Rollerboard prototypes are being used in the College of Architecture. Bowen is hopeful to populate all of the college's classrooms with Rollerboards in the next two years. Other UH colleges also have expressed interest in using them, he said.
Steelcase, a leader in classroom furniture design, provided research and design support. Manufacturing support was provided by longtime Houston-based furniture manufacturer Brochsteins. Industrial design students who contributed to the development of Workspace and the Rollerboard were Addie Ballentine, Leo Chen, Alekos Kinalidis, Franky Liu, Frank Martin, Chukwonoso Ofili, Mariel Pina, Jared Thorn, Alfonso Villafuerte and Rachel Young.
Both Workspace and Rollerboard are on display at the UH Green Building Components Expo through Dec. 1. The exhibition features projects and designs focused on sustainability that were developed by UH architecture faculty and students.


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What would Douglass think?
Frederick Douglass is everywhere these days.
A 7-foot bronze statue of the famed abolitionist was unveiled in the Capitol on Wednesday at a ceremony Vice President Joe Biden attended. The Republican National Committee also dedicated a video to the statesman that same day, featuring the only black Republican in the Senate, Tim Scott of South Carolina, honoring his memory.
But what would the 19th-century orator think of politics today?
With the Supreme Court expected to rule shortly on national issues ranging from voting rights and affirmative action to same-sex marriage, there is little question Douglass would have been involved and opinionated, according to historian and journalist John Muller.
Take affirmative action for example.
"If Douglass were alive, he would say this should not be necessary right now, we as a people have had a century to get our act together. That's a very hard pill to swallow," Muller, who last year wrote a book on the iconic figure, told POLITICO. "He would kind of say we should be in a position where we don't need affirmative action, our people should be able to succeed on their own merits."
Muller will be discussing his book, "Frederick Douglass in Washington, D.C.: The Lion of Anacostia," at the Mary Pickford Theater on Thursday.
"I think he would really say that the problems of the black community can't be remedied by the government alone. We as a people need to take responsibility for our own futures, we need to have self-determination. I feel like that some of the voices today, like leaders of the black community like Cornel West, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, their message is nothing like the message Douglass had," he said
While Douglass might not have been fond of affirmative action in 2013, Muller thinks he would have advocated for voting rights.
"The poll tests, literacy tests and methods to disenfranchise black folks in the South, Douglass knew these things … I'd think he'd feel very, very strongly about enforcing voting rights," he said. "He saw the right to vote as the foundation to being politically active and he saw the political process as being very, very important … Douglass would essentially say everything must be done to ensure the right … is not encroached."
But Douglass was not concerned about the rights of only African-Americans.
"He was basically 'liberty for all, everyone should enjoy liberty.' Gay rights I think Douglass would be for," Muller said. "He was an early, early voice for women's suffrage."
Douglass also was outspoken about Chinese immigration, believing that the immigrants who labored on the West Coast in the 1870s building railroads were not to be abused. For this reason, Muller believes Douglass also would've been all in for immigration reform.
"For the folks who are here in this country, who are contributing to this country, who day to day are contributing to the vibrancy of the economy, who their labor is helping to physically build the infrastructure of this country … Douglass definitely would say that we as a country, politicians, need to figure out a way, laws need to be placed that can protect their labor rights," Muller said. "Douglass would say there's obviously a reason why folks are coming to this country. America is a great country … and for us to be denigrating or try to demonize folks who are just looking to get ahead, we … need to do a better job."
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified one of the black community leaders Muller cited as an example. It was Cornel West not Allen West.


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Event: Exhibition (permanent) County: North Yorkshire The Shakespeare First FolioIn 1623, seven years after William Shakespeare's death, a compilation of 36 of his plays were published together in one volume. No more than 750 copies of this 'First Folio' were printed and today only about 230...Craven Museum and Gallery | Skipton | 1 September 2014 — 1 September 2021