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Red oak hardwood flooring provides a warm touch of tradition to any room. Oak has been the most popular variety of hardwood flooring for many, many years in North America. Over 50% of all the hardwood flooring available today is an oak species.
Oak flooring comes in two varieties: white and red.
Red oak flooring has a warm, pinkish hue with prominent grain lines. Like white oak flooring, it can be finished with a clear sealant or stained to nearly any shade. Because red oak is so porous, the stain will go on smoothly and easily for a nice, even color.
When selecting red oak hardwood flooring, you'll be able to choose from a variety of widths and grades. Everything from wide planks to narrow strips, consistent graining to visible imperfections … the countless styles of red oak flooring can be a bit overwhelming, but our design associates will look at many other factors to give you their final product recommendations.
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Portora Royal School
Portora Royal School
|Motto: "Humanity can enter into a phase in which its true potential as a co-operative socirty of free, creative individuals can be realised." Marx
|Anthem: Abide With Me
|‑ Arch-Viceroy
|National Hero(es)
|Queer Oscar Wilde
|King James the lad, 1608
|Record Cards, Saturday Morning Detentions, Referrals
|Anarchy, Sikhs, Animism, Handbraking
|Ethnic groups
|People of Fermanagh (Subgroups: Townies and Culchies), Foreign Nationals
|Major exports
|Writers, Playwrights
|Major imports
|Wee Kesh Chavs
|Hours of
|9:00am sharp. Exponential decay of young minds will commence from 9:10am, and detentions will be joyfully and hastefully fired about the place
"That puff Gary Donaldson went there."
"Never mind Gary, finn Gebler was the biggest flamer known!"
"Eh? I went to the Tech. (The cocky idiot shouldn't have tried to lie his way out, we water-boarded him til he confessed he did attend-"
"Considering the fact I went to that school, my genius is ever more startling."
Quaint and attractive as it may sound, Portora Royal School is actually an left-wing indoctrination facility on a barren windswept mountain in the backwaters of Ulster. It was founded by the good King James in 1608. Incidentally, the modest monarch declared on his deathbed that it was his only mistake.
Oscar Wilde and others were unfortunate enough to be exiled there, when Portora was a boarding institution which rivalled Eton and suchlike. Actually poor wee Oscar was shunned, insulted, and condemned by the cruel school-masters of his day, but due to a change in society's morals, he is now completely gacked over. The school also overlooked and indeed actively disliked the unfortunate Plebian locals, prefering to educate the children of stinking rich would-be sponsorers from Dublin, England, and the Empire, until someone decided this was a bit harsh. Now Portora is a wonderfully tolerant and all-inclusive place. Some past-pupils, however, still bear a slight grudge, in the 1960s, Portora castle was mysteriously damaged by dynamite. Past pupils have become famous poets, bankers, soldiers, TESCO employees, Neo-Nazis, and pop-singers. Portora embodies a wonderful diversity of interest, and we hope it will do for many years to come.
A Day in the Life of a Portoran[edit]
Portora boys are met by gates which looked to have been styled by the creators of Auschwitz. After a long and hazardous climb up the 35-degree incline, the boys are often met by the authorities asking them to "do up their ties" which have been forced down their shirts because of pressure from the higher altitude. Despite claims of 'Grammar School' status, Portora's classes are very regular and quite typical which makes a change from it's unusual mannerisms. The school decor is often confusing for Portorans as it varies drastically throughout the school. The front end has a historical feel and was built by men with body odour and hammers, where as the modern and slightly tacky back end of the school was built by graduates of the Duke of Westminister with tools they bought from Asda and stuck together with cellotape, hence the lack of insulation. The promise of school lunches keeps many Portorans going through often disturbing lessons, however it fails to deliver lacking in taste, seasoning and whatever is supposed to be in the dish. In a list of the 5 most rubbish things in the world I'd have America's foreign policy at five. Aids at four. Iran's nuclear programme at three. Gordon Brown at two, and finally, towering above the rest, Portora's school lunches at number one. Like many things, Portora's annual 'Christmas Carol Service' has become entirely pointless. People now believe the choir to be boys who ordered special seats for the service as they have been not able to distinguish them as choir boys because of their distinct lack of singing. If the sound produced by the choir of 80 boys were to be compared to an animal, it would not be a lion, or an elephant it would be a wasp, both harmful and irritating in equal measure.
Portora has recently invested in officials who have cleaned out all the old, dusty teachers who have long expired their sell by date and invested in new, modern teachers who are worth a look at. Unfortunately, this has meant that the school has been unable to provide sufficient funds to successfully heat the school during the cold winter months. The teacher replacement scheme was remarkably successful with new teachers providing some interesting scenery in the previous dreary classrooms.
Recently a new law was enforced on the comrades of this establishment, whereby the
peasants students must arrive before 9:00am for registration, otherwise a late will be given. Two lates in one week and its off to Gulag.
The reasoning behind the imposition of this seemingly preposterous law was widely criticised, resulting in the mighty hand of the Arch-Viceroy Papa Smurf authorising a repeat of the Red Terror, and therefore a severe lack of students left in the sixth year. Jonny Rice once tried to date rape Papa Smurf, he failed and Papa smurf still hasn't forgotten to this day.
This law was created and is enforced for very good reason. Loosing those precious five minutes each morning catching up on the undone homework because of Facebook, or having an intense game of pool in the common room, results in a devastating amount of time lost. Failing to arrive at registration before 9:00am will result in a loss of around 65820 minutes in the school day. Blatantly unacceptable.
Jonny Rice didn't pay for registration, he gave blowies to get his way in.
Portora is a very sporting school where many activities take place, such as Rugby, Rowing, Pool at Donaldson's, and going to the shop during lunch. As is tradition in the UK, Portora has felt the need to import "foreigners" to take sports in school. This has had mixed results inside school. After initial success, the schools rugby skill level has dropped dramatically leading to the consequent disgusting knock-out by the cretins from Omagh Academy. Rowing, however, has continued to develop. The rowing crew have had successful indoctrination policies similar to the policies Hitler used in the 1930s with similar results. Anything in your house that can fit in a bottom, will have been in Jonny Rice's if he has been anywhere near your house. We can only hope that in the not to distant future, that the rowing club will crash and burn like Hitler's Third Reich.
The Sixth Form Purges[edit]
Inspired by Stalin, the Arch Viceroy decided to eradicate unproductive workers and possible enemies. Anyone with dodgy looking AS levels was forced to drink castor oil and transported to Gulag labour camps in the Derrygonnelly vicinity. Theirs is a miserable existence, cutting turf, digging graves, planting spuds, and donating their hair to make pillows for impoverished children in West Meath. However a few lucky vagabonds were deemed worthy of a new, albeit more humble chance in life, and are registered in courses at the South West College. Ostracised by their former comrades, they vent their frustration by driving their Peugots and class-looking Corsas in circles around the rain splashed dismal streets of Skintown. The Arch-Viceroy has high hopes for his selective guinea pig year, soon to be taking their A-levels, and hopes that they will bring glory and honour to the West of the Bann region which many Belfasters believe is steeped in academic ignorance.
The War with Collegiate[edit]
The Arch-Viceroy Papa Smurf is rumoured to be in the middle of war of education theory with the Empress of the Green Collegiate clones. The Collegiate is a right-wing Conservative brainwashing centre for females on the other side of town. The hapless maidens are fed with incode messages forcing them to work their guts out to get 'A's and to aim to be lawyers. doctors, and the like. Making your own career plans below 18 is taboo. Recently the Arch-Viceroy took part in a lightsaber battle with the Empress behind Pat's Shed at 3:30. The valiant Papa fended her off, by hitting her with an in-depth summary of the post-primary schooling situation in Fermanagh, enough to make anyone cry tears of despair and frustration. 'Til next time...

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Fry's Electronics, Inc. makes this disclosure pursuant to The California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, a law which is designed to increase the amount of information manufacturers and retailers make publicly available regarding their efforts to address the issue of slavery and human trafficking. Fry's has taken strides to eradicate any such conduct from its supply chains in order to provide our customers with quality products free from the taint of slavery and human trafficking.
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Advanced Networking
The Advanced Networking group at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center conducts research on network performance and analysis in support of high-performance computing applications. They also develop software to support heterogeneous distributed supercomputing applications and to implement high-speed interfaces to archival and mass storage systems.
Work done by the Advanced Networking group includes TCP implementations, TCP tuning, and software to monitor and improve network performance.
Research Projects
3ROX – The Three Rivers Optical Exchange (3ROX) is a regional network aggregation point, also called a GigaPoP, providing high speed commodity and research network access to sites in western and central Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Web10G – Web10G promises innovations in performance, stability, optimization, and network diagnostics to anyone who wants to fully exploit modern high bandwidth connections. It provides users with have real-time statistics about their network connections, and allows them to fine-tune some characteristics of the connection to improve performance. Join the Web10G team on our mailing list, view the archives or visit Web10G online!
KINBER and PennREN – The Keystone Initiative for Network Based Education and Research (KINBER) serves as coordinator for the construction and management of a Pennsylvania-wide fiber optic network, PennREN (Pennsylvania Research and Education Network). PennREN will be accessible to educational, research, health care, and economic development partners seeking to aggregate services for their members and subscribers at affordable cost.
Networking Tools, software, and information
- TestRig 2.0 – A bootable Linux ISO used to automatically and conveniently generate network performance data for analysis by PSC engineers.
- High Performance Enabled SSH/SCP – HPN-SSH Maximize the performance of secure copying and connections between hosts on a high-performance network.
- Enabling High Performance Data Transfers
TCP performance tuning
- TCP Performance Tuning
- Poll-Switch – SNMP poll a layer-2 device – Retrieving host and port information from a layer-2 switch running an SNMP agent.
- Mac-Scan – Scan hosts on a VLAN or network for vulnerabilities
- IP-Utils – Enable data communication via a simple API for various IP-based networking protocols
Networking Research Papers
Previous work
- DANCES – The DANCES project (Developing Applications with Networking Capabilities via End-to-End SDN) is developing tools to allow the scheduling of network resources much as compute resources are scheduled now, with the aim of reducing data transfer bottlenecks, a serious hindrance to scientifc research.
- NPAD/pathdiag Automatic diagnostic server for troubleshooting end-systems and last-mile network problems.
- SAMI (NIMI) Creating a Secure and Accountable Measurement Infrastructure
- Web 100 Created to address automatic TCP buffer tuning.


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Snapshots from the UK: Earl Grey Sorbet
Recently at Bumpkin, I cringed to hear an American tourist ask the waiter for an iced tea. They may do tea well in England, but they sure don't do it iced. But I found an even better replacement.
London's extravagant and wonderful Italian corner Locanda Locatelli does Earl Grey sorbet. I would have taken a picture as proof, only they don't allow cameras in the restaurant. The bitter bergamot of the tea was pierced with a sweetness requisite to all sorbets, and the cold assuaged my American cravings for tea leaves brewed on ice. It was delicate, unexpected, tricultural, and a bit downright impertinent. For me, it was love at first bite. From a hot Southern wrap-around porch to the patio of an Italian villa to my London table.
The English may not serve iced tea, but Earl Grey is very, very cool.
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DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption that turned city hall into a pay-to-play parlor.
Read exact breakdown: Sentencing for each of Kwame Kilpatrick's convictions
U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds ordered Kilpatrick to pay $100 for each count immediately -- a total of $2,400. She waived his fines due to his "lack of resources." A total restitution amount has yet to be determined.
Edmunds said she will recommend that Kilpatrick spend his prison sentence in Texas, where his family now lives.
Kilpatrick has the right to appeal within 14 days.
Courtroom blog: Kilpatrick's sentencing
"This case is not so much about punishing people for the past, but about shaping our future," U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said. "With a message like this, it's very clear that public officials will be held accountable in the city of Detroit. We hope it will deter people to abuse their public office."
Uncut video: US Attorney on Kilpatrick's sentence
Before he was sentenced, Kilpatrick said he was sorry, but denied stealing money from the city.
"I just want people to know that I am incredibly remorseful for the conditions of the city and any role, any part I played in it," he said. "The government talked about stealing from the city. Wow ...I've never done that, your Honor."
--Sketch by Jerry Lemenu
Kilpatrick's sentencing was the result of two dozen convictions that ranged from bribery to extortion to tax crimes.
View: List of Kwame Kilpatrick's convictions
While the city's finances floundered, Kilpatrick was shaking down contractors, ensuring that close pal Bobby Ferguson got millions in city work and turned a nonprofit fund to help struggling Detroiters into a personal slush fund, according to evidence at his five-month trial.
Watch: An open letter to Kwame Kilpatrick
-Kwame Kilpatrick and Bernard Kilpatrick hug in Detroit court. March 11, 2013.
"He created a 'pay-to-play' system for the provision of city goods and services, which compromised vast swaths of city government, including the water and sewer system, the convention center, the pension system, casino developments and recreation centers," prosecutors said in a court filing last week." City government essentially became up for grabs for the right price."
Kilpatrick, 43, quit office in 2008 because of a different scandal involving sexually explicit text messages and an extramarital affair.
--Kwame Kilpatrick and his Former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty
Story: Christine Beatty talks Kilpatrick affair to Essence
He was forced out while the auto industry was nearing collapse and Detroit's unstable finances were deteriorating even more. The city now is run by a state-appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, who took Detroit into Chapter 9 bankruptcy last summer as a last-ditch effort to fix billions of dollars in debt.
"Kilpatrick is not the main culprit of the city's historic bankruptcy, which is the result of larger social and economic forces at work for decades. But his corrupt administration exacerbated the crisis," prosecutors said.
Defense attorneys called it a "cheap shot," noting Kilpatrick had been out of office for five years.
"The government's attempt to roll the city of Detroit's 2013 bankruptcy filing into the... case oversimplifies the complex problems that Detroit has faced for more than five decades," defense attorneys Harold Gurewitz and Margaret Raben wrote.
They asked the court to give some credit to Kilpatrick for the 2006 Super Bowl and 2005 baseball All-Star Game in Detroit, as well as 75 new downtown businesses.
Agents who pored over bank accounts and credit cards said Kilpatrick spent $840,000 beyond his salary during his time as mayor.
--Kilpatrick with his wife and son outside federal court in February of 2013
Story: Recap: IRS says Kilpatrick was living beyond means
Story: Prosecution: Kilpatrick lived large off Civic Fund money
His trial attorney, James Thomas, tried to portray the money as generous gifts from political supporters who opened their wallets for birthdays or holidays.
Story: Kilpatrick offers explanation of wife's donation request
In their sentencing memo, Kilpatrick's lawyers made a point that's commonly argued in cases of high-profile criminals: Our client already has suffered deeply.
Kilpatrick is "infamous, destitute and disgraced," the attorneys said.


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Greetings bogfriends! Today, i swept the house with the broom! Then i vaccuumed it. Then i mopped it(is that even a word?). Then i steam cleaned the floors(yes, they were n't clean enough yet), baby's big rug, baby's small rug, baby 's fur toys, baby's crib and everything in it, baby's stroller, baby's chair, our shoes, one of my client's shoes(i had just cleaned) and every surface i could think of. Then i did 4 loads of laundry and picked up three dry ones. I changed the sheet. I changed some pots. Fed all animals and baby(me and the husband are still hungry). Cleaned the water of the fish's bowl. I saw a couple of clients. Can you believe the house is a mess again only after half a day?
And then i let the baby explore the house for 3 hours, which translates into me following the baby around for 3 hours. Then i bathed her and we played some more. She went for her first time out(her first 3 time outs actually) because she would n't stop eating some cables, then a pine cone and because no matter what i did she had to throw down a cup of coffee(i do n't think she understood the concept, she would n't stop laughing). Then i cleaned the spilled coffee from the walls. We sang and played the piano(she shrieked while pressing random keys).Fed her a couple more times. Put her to bed. She was exhausted!
My back is hurting, but who cares? She took her first step today! She was standing without holding on to anything, took a step, standed a bit more and then fell down! Her legs are so bruised lately because she is standing and falling all the time. Have i mentioned that she only takes one small nap during the day and is constantly in motion?
I used to hate cleaning up. The house was always a dirty mess. Now, it is still a mess, but a clean one. I can't believe how much Melina Nefeli changed our lives. I am still eating pop corn and watching Friends every night. But, now i do it in a clean house.
Be blessed, be loved and be lucky enough to have a live-in maid!
Just a day around the house.
Greetings bogfriends! Today, i swept the house with the broom! Then i vaccuumed it. Then i mopped it(is that even a word?). Then i steam cleaned the floors(yes, they were n't clean enough yet), baby's big rug, baby's small rug, baby 's fur toys, baby's crib and everything in it, baby's stroller, baby's chair, our shoes, one of my client's shoes(i had just cleaned) and every surface i could think of. Then i did 4 loads of laundry and picked up three dry ones. I changed the sheet. I changed some pots. Fed all animals and baby(me and the husband are still hungry). Cleaned the water of the fish's bowl. I saw a couple of clients. Can you believe the house is a mess again only after half a day?
Greetings blogfriends! How are you? We went this Saturday to our first children party and we were given a pet goldfish in a tiny bowl. Do n't get me started on how inconsiderate gift i think this is. Because we could n't find a proper home for her we are making her an aquarium.We would never keep a fish in a bowl, since it is really bad for them, so we spent a lot of money on a pet we did n't really want. But i have grown fond of her in this two days and i am really excited about creating the best conditions for her.
Dreamwork, sociopaths and instincts(you got to love my titles, right?)
Last night was the first night for a long time that i slept without my dreamcatcher over the bed. Of course i saw a nightmare. My nightmares always come to protect and guide me, as you fairy creatures must know from yourselves. As dreams they always come to show a hidden truth either from the present, past or if you are magickal the future.
Nightmares are the most violent of dreams, sometimes in a way that lingers at the corner of our psyche all day long. They are not to be taken lightly. When i do dreamwork i take my dreamcatcher off. I also make pouches, drink teas and meditate. This leads to a very unsettling sleep and it can not oand should not be done for a long period of time. But it is a great practice and it opens up our consciousness in ways that are n't possible in any other way.
Wonderful tool for self acceptance, growth and healing and ideal practice for enhancement of our psychic abilities. Learning to decode and unblock the subconcious is a life long effort that is worth the work.
When you want to do dreamwork make a tea of valerian, lavender, chamomile, damiana and linden. Also cannabis is supposed to work well if you are into this sort of thing. If you want to make a pouch use lavender, lemon verbena and chamomile, purple cloth and lace.
When you are done or you need a break put your dreamcatcher on that you have blessed under the New Moon. To bless it, lay it on a salt, say a spell that best focuses your intent and leave under the black sky till the morning comes.
My dream was a great reminder to protect myself and my family from sociopaths. Do you know any? For psychics any encounter with such a person is very draining. Always remember to trust your gut. If you sense something is wrong with someone keep your distance. Your instincts are there to protect you. Always believe in yourself!
Be blessed, be well and be safe!
Cell phone blogging, errors and pregnant ladies
How much blogging from your phone pisses you off? It is so convenient so you can't resist doing it, but then your autocorrect keeps changing the comments you leave and you don't realise it till it is too late. And then you go and check your comments and instead of publish, delete is pressed! How annoying is that?
So, if all of you wonderful people who left a comment that i accidentally deleted could be kind enough to come back and leave the exact same comment you originally left, i would be eternally grateful! No? You are not up for that? How rude!
I just want to give many blessings to two blogfriends that are walking down the most magickal path of their lives. They are about to become mommies and if you do not know them already it would be great if you went by to say hi. So, make a happy thought for them and wish them well.
Blogmommytobe number one:hindustanka
Blogmommytobe number two:Lola.
Have a blessed day my loves!
Bringing home a bit of Spring!
It turns out my blue mood has passed with the help of a strawberry chocolate cake I made. It was wonderful! We are about to mourn its loss because we devoured it! Only a sliver is left! In this family we have no restraint when it comes to desserts! I never understand people that have cookies laying around on their kitchen table! How do they do it?
I am off to pick more flowers! Spring is springing and I have to bring some of it home!
Today the sky is mirroring my soul. Thank the Goddess he forgot it was spring and painted the whole world grey. In days like that magick is the only thing that makes me whole again, but it only lasts for a little while and then my mind turns into a dangerous place again. Remembering...Going where it shouldn't, even though i know better than that..
But some days i can't help it! Memory is a tricky thing..


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The perfect go-to hoodie for working out and on the move. Featuring mid-weight heathered channeled fleece that has just the right amount of warmth to keep you covered.
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- Drawstring Closure: Secures your volleyball during transport.
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Have used Terabyte IFL and IFW successfully for years, for backup, and several successful restorations of complete systems. Now, on a Thinkpad T530, Win 7, have reached a time when wish to move HDD to hot swap bay, and SSD to internal. All data partitions (in an extended partition) will be backed up (more than once) then deleted from 'C' drive. There will only remain only 2 partitions: in Disk Mgmt showing 1)System_DRV 1.46g (system, active, primary), and 2. Win7_OS C:150gb (boot, pagefile, crashdump, primary). I will be deleting the Extended partition containing 5 logical data drives, and the Recovery partition (Primary) I don't need since Win 8. What is the safest procedure to do this, considering I'm mainly familiar with IFW and IFL. I use IFW for data backups or restores, and IFL nonet for Sys & C partition backups or restores.
Loading IFW, clicking of info for C drive shows minimum of 154gb needed for restore. The SSD will be 180Gb.
Anyone have the steps to accomplish this just using IFL and IFW, or do I need to used other software provided by Terabyte as well.


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Life in Korea would not be that difficult if you take care of two things. One is that you procure a smartphone. And two you install apps that will make like in Korea a bit easier and a bit more convenient for you.
In this post we are bringing you the top free 35 iPhone apps which you can download on your iPhone. Some of them like Jihachul, Seoul Bus, iTour Seoul are the must have apps, some are just for fun apps and other apps can increase your understanding of Korean Culture and language.
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Coming Soon: NYC's First Gay 'Resort'
Earlier this week a real estate developer announced plans to open an aquarium in Times Square filled with sharks and penguins. But that isn't the only ambitious new project headed to the neighborhood. A gay resort may be coming soon, too:
Officially described as "The Out NYC: a hospitality and entertainment destination geared to the gay community," the overall project, due to be completed by early next year, is informally dubbed "a hetero-friendly urban resort" by its developers. In addition to 123 guest rooms and a 10,000-square-foot club capable of serving 650 to 750 patrons, the project will also include a gym, spa, restaurant and 24-7 café, making it the most ambitious commercial development ever to court New York's gay community.
Fun! The only problem? Its location on West 42nd Street, as you can see:
Yes, it will be located directly across the street from a police precinct—the Manhattan South Task Force, no less—which should offset objections by the community board, but could also put a bit of a damper on the fun, too. Clubs rarely benefit from having a dozen police cars parked in front of them at all times.
Gay nightlife gets boost with ambitious hotel project [Chelsea Now]


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Wednesday, 13 February 2013
The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation's Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM program today announced a grant of $256,460 to MedStar Washington Hospital Center in support of its "Hair, Heart and Health" initiative.
Hair, Heart and Health is a community-based program that seeks to reduce risk for cardiovascular disease among African-American men. Barbershops serve as a community venue, offering screenings for high blood pressure and diabetes. When unrecognized or uncontrolled hypertension and/or diabetes are identified, services are provided to help bring them under control and reduce risk for heart disease and stroke.
"This innovative program works with barbers to engage our district residents at highest risk for cardiovascular disease in healthy lifestyles to improve their health," said Michelle Magee, MD, Medical Director of the Hair, Heart and Health program. "African-American men suffer disproportionately from high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes and their complications. They also have less frequent contact with healthcare providers than others."
Since 2008, Hair, Heart and Health has operated in The District of Columbia Wards 5, 6, 7, and 8, and has served more than 750 people to date. The program trains barbers to measure blood pressure. Armed with that information, they act as heart health advocates for their clients. In addition, a health navigator from the Hospital Center is on-site to provide healthy lifestyles education and referrals to follow-up health care services. Hair, Heart and Health is aligned with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Million Hearts Campaign, which seeks to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over five years.
With the support of this grant from the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation, Hair, Heart and Health will add additional shops in the District and Baltimore. The barbershops will also offer eHealth2go, MedStar's web-based personal health record, to participants and family members to help them manage and share key personal health information across the spectrum of care. In addition, the program will train residents at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and its sister hospital, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital to rotate with health navigators in staffing the shops for the project. The training aims to shore up the program's success long-term. Hair, Heart and Health is a collaborative partnership with MedStar Health and the District of Columbia Department of Health.
"Cardiovascular disease continues to be the nation's No. 1 killer, which is why we must work to decrease the risks of this devastating disease," said James W. Blasetto, M.D., MPH, FACC chairman of the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation. "The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation is proud to provide funding to innovative, grassroots programs like MedStar Washington Hospital Center's Hair, Heart and Health program, to help prevent and control the effects of cardiovascular disease in their community."
The Connections for Cardiovascular Health program awards grants of $150,000 and up to US-based non-profit organizations that are doing innovative work in the field of cardiovascular health. This year, the Foundation has awarded more than $4.4 million in grants to 22 organizations. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded nearly $11 million across the United States to help improve cardiovascular health.
Organizations can learn more and apply online for a Foundation grant at www.astrazeneca-us.com/foundation. Applications must be submitted online no later than 5 p.m. EST on Feb. 28, 2013.
About MedStar Washington Hospital Center
MedStar Washington Hospital Center is a 926-bed, major teaching and research hospital. It is the largest private, not-for-profit hospital in the nation's capital, among the 50 largest hospitals in the nation and a major referral center for the most complex tertiary services. It consistently ranks among the nation's top hospitals as recognized by U.S.News & World Report. The Hospital Center is a national leader in cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and endocrinology, emergency medicine, geriatrics, women's services, trauma and burn care, and neurosciences. It operates MedSTAR, one of the country's top shock-trauma and medevac programs, and also operates the region's only adult burn center.
About the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation
Established in 1993, the AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation is a Delaware not-for-profit corporation and a 501(c)(3) entity organized for charitable purposes including to promote public awareness of healthcare issues, to promote public education of medical knowledge and to support or contribute to charitable and qualified exempt organizations consistent with its charitable purpose. Connections for Cardiovascular Health was launched in 2010 through a charitable contribution of $25 million from AstraZeneca.
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Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
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Holding: A naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated, but synthetic complementary DNA ("cDNA") is patent eligible because it is not naturally occurring.
Judgment: Affirmed in part and reversed in part., 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Thomas on June 13, 2013. Justice Scalia filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.
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2014 Draft Profile: Jonas Johanssonby Staff Writer / Calgary Flames
No player on the ice is under more pressure than the goalie. And every masked man has a different way of escaping that pressure.
Some read books. Others spend time sacked out in front of the television.
Top goaltending prospect Jonas Johansson picks up his fly rod and finds a nice stream.
"I like fishing a lot, fly fishing," Johansson told NHL.com. "Back where I'm from we go up into the Swedish mountains every summer and fish one week. I look forward to that week every year."
Johansson said he's caught trout and grayling during his trips into the mountains. The bigger catch could come in June, when some NHL team reels in the 6-foot-3.75, 196-pound goaltender at the 2014 NHL Draft. NHL Central Scouting gave Johansson a B rating in its preliminary ranking of players to watch from Sweden.
"Jonas Johansson has improved a lot during the last two seasons," NHL Director of European Scouting Goran Stubb told NHL.com. "He's a solid, reliable goalkeeper, one of the most improved goalies in Sweden, quick reactions, reads the game very well."
Johansson started last season with Brynas' under-18 team but earned a promotion to the under-20 team. In 29 games there, he had a 2.91 goals-against average and an .899 save percentage. He had a 2.23 GAA and .931 save percentage in four games when Sweden finished fifth at the 2013 IIHF World Under-18 Championship.
He has a 1.48 GAA and .941 save percentage in two games this season with Brynas' under-20 team. He earned a brief call-up to Brynas' team in the Swedish Hockey League but didn't get into a game.
Johansson this summer traveled to Lake Placid, N.Y., for a junior evaluation camp, the first step in trying to make Sweden's team for the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship. He played one game, allowing four goals on seven shots in 35 minutes against Canada.
Though those numbers aren't particularly strong, Sweden coach Rikard Gronborg said he was impressed.
"He's a big goalie," Gronborg said. "[He's] a very determined goalie. I think during the last year just watching him that year develop into a really solid goalie. … He really competes, really wants to be a goaltender. He decided he wants to be goaltender and he made a commitment to it. With his size together with the competitiveness and athleticism, I think it makes him a pretty good package."
Johansson said he enjoyed the experience in Lake Placid and would love to represent his country at home for the World Juniors.
"It's just fantastic," he said. "It's a huge experience for me just to play with these guys. … I've just seen them on TV before. It's a huge experience for me."
Making the WJC team would give him a chance to follow in the footsteps of one of his goaltending favorites, Jacob Markstrom of the Florida Panthers.
Like Johansson, Markstrom is a product of the Brynas hockey club. He won a silver medal and a bronze medal at the World Juniors in 2009 and 2010.
"I like Jacob Markstrom," Johansson said. "He comes from my team back in Sweden. I look up to him lots. I think he plays the perfect goalie game. He doesn't sit down too much. He just plays more athletic also."
Though Johansson isn't as big as Markstrom (6-foot-6, 196), Johansson counts his size among his assets.
"I'm a big goalie," he said. "I cover a lot of area in the net and try to never give up on a puck ... more butterfly [style]. You can cover a lot of the net without much work. Just sit there and cover."
Johansson said he hasn't put much thought into the 2014 draft. Swedish goalies have been popular in recent seasons (at least one has been taken in the first three rounds every year but one since 2006) but he knows there's a lot of work to do.
"I haven't looked that far yet," he said. "It would be of course great to be just named in that scene at the draft [but] it's nothing I concentrate a lot on."
Author: Adam Kimelman | NHL.com Deputy Managing Editor


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My lovely septum piercing...
I had wanted my septum pierced for about a year. I finally told my parents I had wanted it. They asked me if I had researched it and everything and I did. I had looked it up for a long time. I told my parents all about it. Like it could be hid, it wasn't that painful, and that it's easy to take care of. They said yes I could get it and they would even pay for it. They said it would be my Valentines day present from them. I thanked them a million times. I told them the place I wanted to go to because of it's good reputation and they said no. They told me they would take me to the place they wanted to go to since my step dad wanted a new tattoo from that place eventually. I said okay even though I know that place has a bad reputation for piercings and was connected to a bar!
We went to Arby's to get smoothies before we went there, so I was chill and not nervous at all. I walked in and could see where they did their tattoos and piercings! In plain view of the door and not separated! I then got scared and noticed that the place wasn't as clean as it should be. I got really scared and nervous when I realized I didn't like this place at all. I then decided whatever I'll do it anyways. How bad could it turn out?
He asked me how big I wanted it and said pretty normal since I am a petite girl and all. He was like okay and didn't even show me what he was putting in my nose! He put gloves on, felt my nose and decided where it should go. He wasn't nice at all about it. He then put the clamps on my nose. He held on so tight. It was like he was afraid my nose was going to run away! The clamps were the more painful than him shoving a 12g needle through my nose! It was kinda painful! I looked in the mirror afterward and it seemed like it was a little low and crooked, but I didn't let it bother me since I didn't know if that was normal for my nose. He didn't tell me any aftercare information. He just took the money and told me stop fucking touching it. His exact words!
After two days it started getting infected and many people told me it was too low. After about 4 days I went to the shop I wanted to go to in the first place and asked them for professional advice. He told me it was to low and way to early for it to be infected and suggested I take it out, so I did when I got home. It was kinda painful when I took it out, but it was worth it. I decided in a month or so I would get it redone since I really wanted it.
After about a month the piercing shop I wanted to go to in the first was having a special on piercings. $30 for the piercing and jewelry is free with it. I decided I would pay for it and my mom said she would take me. We went the next day to the shop and it was the cleanest place I have ever seen! I could eat off the floors if I so pleased. Of course I didn't, but still! They had separate rooms for piercings and tattoos.and you couldn't see them but through a small window to each room. I was very happy and excited to get my new piercing in this place.
She called me in there and I told her about my past septum piercing experience and she was shocked! She put on gloves and took at a look at my nose. She told me that since the last one was so low that my new one would not pierce scar tissue which would be painful. She marked my sweet spot and was very calm. She was one of the nicest people I have ever met. She showed me my jewelry and then opened the sterile clamps and everything else she needed. The jewelry was only a 16g this time and it was pretty. She put the clamps on my nose and they didn't hurt at all this time. They were placed on there tightly, but not painfully. She then told me to count to 3 and stuck the needle through my nose. It didn't hurt at all. It was a slight pinch and that was.
She then went to put the hoop in my nose, but it took her forever to get the size of hoop to hold the ball. but It didn't hurt at all when she kept moving it to tighten it. She finally got it and told me to look at it and I was in awe! It looks so beautiful! I fell in love with it right then and there. It was so worth having to get it done twice. She then told me all the cleaning and healing info and sent me on my way after I paid. I of course gave her a gracious tip for giving me the best piercing I will ever get.
It healed within a month with just basic cleaning of it with antibacterial soap every morning and night. It never caused me pain or discomfort. I would highly recommend this piercing to anyone! Even though most of my friends old me not to do it, I did and it was the best thing I have ever did and they now agree. After I got it done right they fell in love with it too and said it fit me perfectly. I definitely proved them wrong!
I would never recommend Fantasy Tattoo on Lejeune Blvd in Jacksonville, NC to anyone. Piercing and tattoos should be done safely and nicely and comfortably not the way they did it.
I will always recommend Unique Ink on Marine Blvd in Jacksonville, NC. They did an amazing job and always will no matter what you go there for!
submitted by: NicholeScreams
on: 02 June 2010
in Septum Piercings
Artist: Dixie
Studio: Unique Ink
Location: Jacksonville, NC


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It's cute asphyxiation. You won't be able to breathe from the cuteness.
H7 went to Disneyland with her family yesterday. Check her out on the merry-go-round with dad and her big brother Brooklyn who, obviously, only went on to accompany her, because what 14 year old wants to ride on the merry-go-round. This is adorable too. I have a nephew around the same age as Brooklyn. And his baby sister is 4 years younger. We took them to Playland last year and put them on the bungee jump together. She was terrified. But she did it. And when they came off, he gave her a proud pat on the head when he thought we weren't looking and I almost died from love.
At one point, as you can see, H7 seems to reach out with one hand – at her mother? I'm assuming she's reaching for her mother. Posh has always been said to be a very involved parent. And fun. Like she always talks about how her boys kick soccer balls at her head. For us though, the Posh we get is the hip cocker on the carpet. The rare glimpse of that side of her is her daughter's eager hand, matched by the affection in her eyes as she sees the most important person in her life.


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The Tender is not a Toy
This month's column explains why the tender is not a toy.
Almost all yacht marketing literature will call any hulled craft affiliated with a larger vessel a "toy." Even a substantial 32-foot center console with a cabin will often appear on an enumeration of the big-boat's "toys" – it's right there beside the personal watercraft, kayaks and the Laser. Not to get caught up in semantics, but perhaps it would be worthwhile to give anything with a hull and a motor the respect it requires and in lieu of calling it a toy, call it "supplemental watercraft." What follows are two stories – both true – that reinforce the premise that not all "toys" are toys.Collision at Sea
Several years ago, the crew of a large motor yacht was enjoying some well deserved downtime. The captain of the boat gave three of his crew permission to use the "toys." Two set out on the PWCs and the third was enjoying some helm time with the center-console tender.
While the crew were playing on the water, the crewmembers on the two PWCs managed to lose sight of one another and collided, injuring one of the crew. The crewmember in the center console quickly came to their aid. Thinking the boat was in neutral, he jumped in to assist his injured crewmate. But, according to a representative with the boat's insurance company, the boat was still in gear when the crewmember jumped in. The unmanned boat then collided with the big boat – not once, not twice, but three times, causing substantial cosmetic damage to the boat.
There were no life-threatening injuries associated with this incident, and despite a rash of terrible luck while trying to repair the cosmetic damage, the event was thankfully (if not miraculously) benign, unlike the second story of our duet.Fatal Error
It was 1995 and the crew of a yacht were – again – taking advantage of some time off while in Greece. A representative of the boat's insurance company says that some of the crew had taken the tender to meet up with friends for the evening. Returning to the yacht after dark, the tender was cruising at speed when it hit a drainage pipe that jetted out over the channel. It was both unmarked and unlit.
The results were catastrophic. There were horrible injuries and several gruesome fatalities, which included more than one decapitation. The tender also was smashed. "They never saw it coming," the insurance agent says. "It might be the most terrible claim I can recall."
The two very different and disturbing stories both implicate a certain degree of complacency in using the boat's tender. It is important to note that in both cases, the captain was not running the tender at the time of the accident. Aboard pleasure yachts, it's not uncommon for unlicensed crew to be given liberal access to the tender without comprehensive training.
Laura Sherrod, who assesses special risks for Atlass Insurance, says, "In marine insurance, there are far more liability claims on the tender than there are on the big boat, and more often than not, it's not the
captain who causes the incident but other crew."
"What is the take away message here?" asks Spencer Lloyd, a veteran yacht captain now with Brown and Brown Marine Insurance. "There's no mandate from your insurance company that requires formal training to operate the tender, but it is up to the captain and [his officers] to properly manage the guests and the crew and police the use of the toys and tender. You don't want to be a killjoy, but you want to make sure that every aspect of the boat
is operated safely."
In the era of larger, more sophisticated yachts, the accompanying tenders are following the same trends. "[Tenders] can have a large center console…with three outboard motors; they're not a piece of cake to operate without sea skills. When you have crew who start out on really big boats [where there is limited access to helm time of any kind], despite their sea time, some of these crew have very limited small-boat handling skills. Ultimately, the tender and the toys are still in the captain's command," Lloyd says. "Personally, I think all boats should have a boat handling test for all crew before they are allowed to operate the tender or toys – well, there definitely should be – because what happens if you are in a
life saving situation?"
Lloyd maintains, "Professionals are usually incident free. Captains should use a lot more discretion when deciding who gets to operate the tenders and when. The [terms] should be consistent whether a guest is on [board] or not – just look at the stats and claims…every one of them is a perfect example of what not to do."
Dear Anonymous, Be careful what you wish for. Do you really want many different insurance companies requiring competency tests given to crew for operation of tenders? I have been trying for years to get the yacht insurance companies to agree on common language to use for a basic application for insurance….. FO getaboutit. You are in command of the vessel and it is your butt on the line. Why not include a ride on the tender as part of the vetting process when hiring certain crew. Try unplugging the gas line to the engine & see how they react. Our industry is getting flooded with "paper qualified "people that lack hands on practical sea sense. Thanks, Spencer


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Alice Cooper
Easy Action
Alice Cooper's second studio album, EASY ACTION was released in 1970, when the band was living in California and signed to Frank Zappa's Warner Bros.-distributed Straight Records. Full of influences from Bowie to Zappa and the Who to Jefferson Airplane, the LP is an adventurous rock 'n roll tour de force produced by David Briggs, best known for his work with Neil Young. While it reaped no chart success, it became a legendary fan favorite, with many considering it a lost classic (the group's next album, 1971's Love It To Death, came after they moved to Detroit, and sent them on their road to multiplatinum superstardom).
"Mr. and Misdemeanor" – 3:05
"Shoe Salesman" – 2:38
"Still No Air" – 2:32
"Below Your Means" – 6:41
"Return of the Spiders" – 4:33
"Laughing at Me" – 2:12
"Refrigerator Heaven" – 1:54
"Beautiful Flyaway" – 3:02
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Musical artist, apparent Sonic the Hedgehog aficionado and one of Time magazine's "World's Most Influential People" M.I.A. answers a long burning question—what does the woman known as M.I.A. think of video game violence?
According to an interview in Complex magazine, as relayed by CVG, M.I.A. seems conflicted on the matter, concerned more about her own son's exposure to real world violence over the virtual stuff, saying "My kid's gonna see it, but he's gonna see it in computer games."
Still, Ms. Arulpragasam worries "there's a whole generation of American kids seeing violence on their computer screens and then getting shipped off to Afghanistan. They feel like they know the violence when they don't. Not having a proper understanding of violence, especially what it's like on the receiving end of it, just makes you interpret it wrong and makes inflicting violence easier."
Sounds like she and "killology" term-coiner Lt. Col. Dave Grossman have some similar thoughts on the matter. At least we now know, sort of, what's going through M.I.A.'s head.


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2601 Gentilly Boulevard
New Orleans, Louisiana 70122
The Dillard University Board of Trustees recently approved a Tobacco-Free Policy for
the University's campus, according to Dr. Wodajo Welldaregay, Interim Chair of the
School of Public Health and head of the Tobacco-Free Initiative at Dillard.
"I am really excited about this because we've been working on this since 2005," Welldaregay said. "The initiative started out with three colleges Dillard, Xavier, and Grambling and eventually grew to include every college and university in Louisiana," he added.
The tobacco-free policy, which became effective as of Jan. 1, 2014, means that the use of any tobacco product in any form (smoking or chewing) is prohibited at all times on all University property and, as well as on campus grounds. Full enforcement starts August 2014 and any member of the Dillard University community may and is expected to identify violators of the Tobacco Free campus policy. As with any University policy, supervisors will support and play an active role in the enforcement of the policy.
Welldaregay noted that, each year the University competed for funding in the form of Tobacco Control Prevention and Advocacy Grant to support our advocacy effort to become a tobacco free campus and create a "Healthy Learning, Living and Working Environment"; from the Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (TFL), a program of the Louisiana Cancer Research Center and the Louisiana Public Health Institute. TFL works with Louisiana's colleges and universities to achieve 100% tobacco-free policies such as this. Its Fresh Campus program is a student-led campaign established to facilitate the empowerment of college students to create social change on their campus by focusing efforts on tobacco-free campus policies.
Dillard has participated in the Fresh Campus Program since 2005. The University continues to use funding from the TFL grant to educate students, faculty, staff as well as visitors about the health risks of smoking and tobacco use and the University's tobacco-free policy. Over the next six months there will be a promotional campaign to ensure that everyone on campus and visitors are aware of Dillard's tobacco-free policy. This will include permanent signage on campus and in all University facilities, as well as cessation workshops, informational materials, banners and other campus-wide events, including "Kick-Butts" Day on March 19.
Tobacco Free Policy Implementation Timeline
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Let's see them!!!!Originally Posted by arceeguy
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new body for my st4x4bucket.com/albums/qq228/stux4/IMAG0389.jpg[/IMG]
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Articulation with stock suspension setup - all wheels in contact (barely)
Wheelie bar high
Wheelie bar low
They look like two different scale models... (Stampede 4x4 VXL v.s. Slash 4x4 VXL)
Length - Stampede 4x4 VXL v.s. Slash 4x4 VXL
Width - Stampede 4x4 VXL v.s. Slash 4x4 VXL
Just wow! I loved it.
Recieved it last week and added a few upgrades from slash 4x4 platinum, minus the sway bar. Had a blast with it, much more fun than the 2wd version (flips alot). This thing was hard to flip even on a fast corner. I highly recommended.
-traxxas slash platinum big bore shocks
-Slash 4x4 blue aluminum front knuckles w/ C-hubs and blue aluminum rear axle carriers
-Traxxas Slash 4x4 Front and Rear RPM Arms Blue
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Mini Slash
Stampede 4x4
Stampede 4x4 1415 1Y 2400kv, 4S 5200 30C
Lowered the body down.
Sadly my esc fried on my first pack~ Lowered the stock body and removed most of the decals. I got bored and decided to mount an old damaged mini-slash body on it lol. May as well bash it.
I haven't done a ton of mods yet. Alum knuckles, c-hubs and rear blocks. Proline Powerstroke shocks (Slash rears on front and back). RPM a-arms, and Proline 17mm hub adapters to run 8th scale wheels/tires. I also did the body lowering trick, although I don't know if I did that before or after these pix:
Here's the body shot. I have a replacement body that is in for paint....a Ford Raptor, IIRC.
And with the body off:
So far, I'm really liking this truck! My crawlers have been taking up my free dinero lately, but I do intend to do a bit more work on this, although nothing extreme.
Thank you Traxxas for making the 'Pede a 4x4!
Here's a pic with the new body. The paint job is crap, so I'll have to get another one, but it's a cool body:
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awesome truck!
just a couple more with a different body on it.. the body is all beat up but I kind of like it.
A couple with the K-10 body on it... I'm going to fab some lexan panels for the sides to take up the gap between the tub top and the body bottom... just some lexan rectangles painted black might shoogoo them on or just use some heavy duty velcro.. not sure yet..
just a few of my freshly painted jconcepts raptor body and new trenchers all clean and pristine before i get them dirty...
I want to mention, with this body and these wider tires there is some rubbing in the front at max suspension compression and maybe a tad in the rear but not as bad... I even over trimmed the wheel wells! so just a warning.. I'll have to switch to a different body for jumping or use the talons I guess. hmmm
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Hook Em Hummer
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I hope they are not to big
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Hunting down Losi Ten-T's
One more:
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Had-> MERV, ERBE, Stampede 4x4
Hey people. I'm new here; pleased to join the forums. Started off on a MERV last year, now I'm building my 4x4 Stampede.
-Based on a stock (pre)roller
-Novak HV 5.5 Sensored Motor
-Mamba Max Pro ESC
-Spektrum DX3E Rx/Tx
-Spektrum S200 Servo
-RPM 2.2 Revolver Wide offset crawler rims
-Pro-Line Badlands tires
-HPI Ford 350 Stadium truck body.
In the making...
Posted in 2wd but not here:
Basically stock, Only TRX Red rear-carriers(cant find fronts in red, can I use Slash ones?), and Red wheelie-bar wheels. Lowering the body soon
With my 2wd:
Below are the pictures of my Pede as some of you seen it before in my thread. Enjoy...
After painting several other bodies, my daughter begged me to make her a music themed yellow bug. Here is what I came up with.
A few days later I painted up that shamrock/transformer body for my buddy in the previous post.
My new 4x4 vxl...had to post some pics of how clean she looks stock!
MBX6T TEKIN RX8 2000 4s
Gmade R1 3s
4x4 Pede
First attempt with new bodies, every part especially painting. Could be better but not bad for first time I think. Suggestions on rear body mount for raising it a bit are appreciated. I took the stock mount off and used the battery posts in its place.
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Slip em' -n- Slay em'
The many faces of my ST4x4
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Touring Car Body!
MIP CVDs with Integy heatsink/fan
My whole gang!
Traxxas Slash 4x4
Traxxas Slash 2x4
Stampede 4x4
Soo i figured i should add a few pics as you can see im waiting on a motor also having a concepts raptor body pro air brushed,Proline bad lands tires and desperado wheels also coming.. here is a quick list of my hop ups at the moment:
ST racing front steering blocks and knuckles
ST racing rear bearing carriers
ST racing motor plate finned
MIP front and rear cvd's
King headz motor mount (and i polished out the top just for looks)
Robinson racing slipper clutch/spur gear assembly with a Robinson absolute pinion gear
Traxxas big bore aluminum shocks with ST racing caps
Traxxas esc fan and clear gear cover
Traxxas wheelie bar wheel upgrade which i polished out the red ano finish
Venom 3s 5400 lipo pack
RC screwz stainless steel screw kit...NO MORE RUSTY SCREW HEADS!!
and my light mod..enjoy! ill update when i have everything im waiting on!
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Here's my Pede. Pretty simple. I have the Proline Raptor body, Trencher tires, MIP CVD's, Castle 2400kv SCT combo 14/54 on 3s 4400mah 25c. I kinda suck at painting, and didn't want to mess up the body, so I made it simple. I recently added an STRC motor plate and King Headz motor mount; I gotta clean it up and take a few more pics.
The batts are 2x 2200mah 25c with a parallel connector. Just making use of my airplane batts til I order more.
Websites and words are filtered for good reason. Please edit out *s in your posts.
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my Stampede after playing in the track
Hello, heres is my p4de !!!
front body post
rear body post
more photos
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Revo body
Merv, Sl4sh, P4de, Embe, Slash
Freshly Updated with Wonderful new Parts! Badlands are the best tires I have owned for off-road use by far!!!
MIP CVDs
'72 chevy body
Badlands mounted on desperados
Clear gear cover
STRC Aluminum hubs
Rpm spring Cups
Dyed Chassis
Traxxas Slash 4x4
Traxxas Slash 2x4
Stampede 4x4
Here is the pic
Merv, Sl4sh, P4de, Embe, Slash
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After painting my buddy's Shamrock/Transformers stampede and my daughter's Music Bug Stampede, another friend asked me to paint him a military style 57 Chevy for his Stampede 4x4. He is an avid Call of Duty fan and only asked for a helmet image and the white star. I loaded him up with skulls, bullet holes, Call of Duty logos and Cover images as well as his screen name Corbin and military serial stencils. Hope you like it.
Alright here is my Stampede converted to Rustler 4x4. Two different bodies I made. It has a Duratrax Element 3900kv system by Castle. Team Orion 4600 30c 2s Lipo hard case. A few STRC aluminum upgrades including the motor plate and mount, 12mm hexes and shock caps. Front and rear braces are from HR. Proline Bowtie tires and Torque wheels. 14 tooth pinion stock spur. Runs about 130 degrees on the road. I have a set of Jato anaconda's for it also but I can tell you they do not hook up well at all! Bowties work much better.
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Author Brin-Jonathan Butler was granted unique access to the two-and-half-week tournament and watched every move. In The Grandmaster, he aims to do for Magnus Carlsen what Norman Mailer did for Muhammed Ali in The Fight, John McPhee did for Arthur Ashe in Levels of the Game, and David Foster Wallace did for Roger Federer in his famous New York Times Magazine profile. Butler captures one of the world's greatest sportsmen at the height of their powers, and attempts to decipher the secret to that greatness.
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The Shed in Santa Fe: Best Enchiladas in Town?
Over my holiday in Santa Fe, I met up with cookbook author and long-time Tesuque resident Cheryl Jamison who, along with her husband Bill, leads culinary tours in France and has written James Beard award winning-books on everything from New Mexican cuisine to outdoor smoking and grilling. We dined at The Shed, a Santa Fe staple on Palace Avenue in the historic plaza district.
The Shed can only be described as cavernous, a space that's comprised of a series of vibrantly decorated, eclectic rooms. When Cheryl told me that her favorite on the menu—the number five enchilada plate with red chile—is the one dish that she and Bill can't help but order every time, I chose the plate straightaway.
The enchilada dish arrived on a piping-hot plate, swimming in a red chile sauce complete with beans and posole. Was Cheryl's recommendation spot on? I groaned audibly after just one bite of the enchilada. Having eaten my share of enchiladas in Northern New Mexico over the years, I must agree with Cheryl's assessment that The Shed serves the best enchilada plate in town.
For those who aren't acquainted with the New Mexican specialty, enchiladas are rolled and filled tortillas, topped with melted cheese and surrounded by chili. In a perfect execution, every component of the enchilada–the tortilla, its filling, the topping, and whatever other ingredients are included—should meld together, the sum being greater than its parts. Lesser enchilada platters often go awry in the cheese, which can congeal into a rubbery mass midway through eating the dish and the tortillas, which can be too thick and doughy.
At The Shed, the cheddar is melted to a creamy, liquid-like texture. Miraculously, the cheese stays that way throughout the entire meal; even as I polished off the last of the beans at the end, the cheese stayed soft and stringy within the sauce. The restaurant uses blue corn tortillas, which retained their texture and sopped up the savory mixture of chili and onions. Little kernels of posole were tender and flavorful. Even the beans, which are usually the most neglected item on a plate, were perfectly cooked—neither grainy nor mushy. Best of all, the red chili sauce was pleasantly spicy with just a touch of the natural sweetness that comes from using the best quality dried red chilies.
I'll be sure to return to The Shed. The next time, I'll forgo the desserts and stick to the platters smothered in their excellent red chili. Even in Northern New Mexico, it's rare to find an establishment that takes such care in crafting their plates of enchiladas. And at nine dollars, the number 5 is a bargain to boot.
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CENTRAL VALLEY — Moments after stepping out of the pool at the Ithaca College Aquatic Pavilion, Morgan Fairclough hugged assistant coach Liz Feldhaus, telling her, "It's all I ever wanted."
CENTRAL VALLEY — Moments after stepping out of the pool at the Ithaca College Aquatic Pavilion, Morgan Fairclough hugged assistant coach Liz Feldhaus, telling her, "It's all I ever wanted."
Fairclough, a Monroe-Woodbury senior who had come short of winning a state title in the 100 backstroke in previous trips to the state meet, finally achieved her goal.
Varsity845's Swimmer of the Year, Fairclough had finished third in the 100 backstroke as a sophomore. In 2011, she placed second, missing the state title by 0.33 seconds.
"I really felt like this was my time," Fairclough said. "So many other years I had tapered for sections and shaved down for sections. This year, I sat down with coach and decided that this year, states was going to be my main meet. I trained as hard as I could up until sections and then I started tapering after that. I could just feel it was my time. I said to coach, 'This is my year.' I was ready."
For Fairclough, a two-year team captain who holds school records in seven events and was a five-time team MVP, it was an historic year. She became M-W's first girls' individual state champion. In addition to winning the OCIAA regular season and the OCIAA championship meet, Fairclough led the Crusaders to a Section 9 meet team title, a first for the girls' or boys' swimming programs.
For Monroe-Woodbury head coach Justin Wright, Fairclough's rise to becoming a state champion has been a long time coming.
"Just seeing her, she's always been a tall, lanky kid," Wright said. "That doesn't always equate to a fast swimmer, but looking at her and looking at the times, you knew she had a chance to do something special. Sure enough, she leaves here as the most successful female swimmer in school history, by far."
Wednesday afternoon, Fairclough signed a national letter of intent to swim at Fordham University, which she'll attend on a full ride scholarship. She remains undecided on a major.
The backstroke wasn't Fairclough's only event. She placed 21st in the 200 individual medley at the state meet and was a part of M-W's 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.
The 200 medley relay team placed second at the state meet despite finishing third at the OCIAA meet. Over the span of four weeks, the medley relay team, which included Fairclough, who swam the breaststroke leg, and Taylor Stalnaker, Claudia Kolakowski and Emily McGurk, cut 8.13 seconds off its OCIAA meet time to finish as state runner-up.
"We built our way up and we've seen our team change through the years," Fairclough said. "It's such a great feeling for us now to see where we got. We're just happy to make everyone proud and to make coach proud. He deserves it."
Fairclough had one day of rest and relaxation after the state meet, spending time with her teammates in celebration of the season.
Monday, it was right back in the pool. She prepared for the USA Swimming junior national championships in Knoxville, Tenn., in early December, where she'll compete for her club team, the New York Sharks.
There are many meets left in Fairclough's future, but she'll again never wear the Crusaders' purple and black. That's just fine with her, since that chapter of her swimming career had a perfect ending.
"It didn't really hit me until I got home that all these years that I've spent with this team and this coach is going to be over," said Fairclough. "We ended it on the best note we could have imagined and everything turned out the way we hoped. We're ending it on a very happy note. As sad as it is to leave, I know bigger and better things are to come."


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Ne Change Rien
Ne Change Rien (Don't Change A Thing), Portuguese director Pedro Costa's musical documentary on French singer Jeanne Balibar, does practically everything that filmed music is capable of doing. Like a promotional music video, it is a stylized analogue to the music that we are hearing, an attempt to visually complement and reinforce the melodies and lyrics. Like a concert film, it offers the tightrope-walking, suspenseful pleasures (no safety nets) of live performance. And like a behind-the-scenes documentary, it transforms the viewer into a witness to the creative process. Add to this that the film is all of these things while simultaneously maintaining its strict adherence to Costa's rigorously composed, austerely beautiful aesthetic--making it an auteurist thrill for Costa (Colossal Youth) admirers, as well--and you realize that, however simple and straightforward it may seem, Ne Change Rien is actually a generous smorgasbord of musical and cinematic delights.
Balibar, the focal point of all this, has a star power that easily translates from the stage and recording studio to the screen. (Musical charisma and "screen presence"/photogenicity are not so very different, and, based on what we see of Balibar in Ne Change Rien, it is difficult not to imagine her doing a Marlene Dietrich-like silver screen crossover.) The film consists of perhaps a dozen or so very still, very long takes shot in black-and-white on digital video, in which Balibar is seen in the midst of doing what she does in a variety of iterations: a recording session, a concert, rehearsals for an opera, what appears to be a singing lesson with a vocal coach. Each of these long takes (the camera never moves, and each very occasional cut seems momentous) is of such a finely wrought beauty and meticulousness of mise-en-scène that we are absorbed right into it; e.g., the opening scene, with Balibar and her band on a stage, which is lit so low that we cannot really distinguish the performers' faces; they appear, under the body of overhead lights, like celestial entities glowing together in some far-off constellation. That is just one example of how Costa makes his seemingly scarce means work for him; his style really only comes off as stark at first glance, and as we slow down to take in each tableau he creates, we can see that it is as full of captivating, evocative detail as a poem or a painting can be if we are able to give it the close attention it needs for us to really see it.
Following true chanteuse tradition, Balibar takes a more songbook/variety approach than most English-language popular musicians (it becomes evident over the course of the film that she can do virtually anything, from opera to jazz), but her primary style is a dark, moody, doomed-romantic balladeering strongly reminiscent of the slower numbers of Nick Cave and PJ Harvey. Her music is heavy-hearted and world-weary, yet paradoxically supremely lovely and transporting; the film demonstrates that hers is a very carefully, self-consciously crafted art that requires tremendous focus, hard work, and guts. We see the slow, strenuous, often frustrating process that she and her musical collaborators slog through when they are buckling down to develop and perfect each note, each bar, and each line; and we can appreciate the extensive degree of really quite formal thought and effort that goes into what appears (by design) to be the loose, informal, unfettered/spontaneous passion of rock-based musical styles.
One of the most gratifying things about this wonderful film is that it achieves an unusually fine-tuned paralleling of form (courtesy Costa) and content (Balibar) as, in their shared perfectionism in service of isolating the essential and eliminating the rest, the two of them are kindred spirits. Each of these compelling and accomplished artists are committed to the incredibly difficult, demanding, sometimes emotionally anguishing task of paring their material down into the finished work, which they then present to us--as Costa offers us Ne Change Rien--as something with all the rare, sparkling, elegant simplicity of a perfectly cut diamond.
Cinema Guild always treats their material with the utmost cinephilic respect, and Ne Change Rien is no exception. DV, Costa's preferred format, is obviously especially well-suited to translation onto digital media, and the stunning, contrasting black-and-white compositions he creates for this film are preserved flawlessly, with no detectable visual deficiencies in the 1.33:1 original-aspect-ratio transfer.
The Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack is perfectly fine, particularly for listening to the additional non-visually-accompanied audio bonus content (see below); but for the full, room-filling "live" experience so beautifully recorded and mixed by Costa and the film's sound engineers, the other, exquisitely vibrant Dolby 5.1 surround track is the way to go.
--The End of A Love Affair, an achingly gorgeous short film by Costa, is the perfect supplement for Ne Change Rien, featuring as it does a single, unmoving, uncut, five-minute medium-long shot of a melancholy young man leaning on a chair and gazing out of the window of his room, with a beautiful, ancient-sounding instrumental recording of the title tune as the soundtrack of his solitude. It is a concise, arresting little combination of the same ingredients--Costa's bold style and heartbreaking popular music--that make up, in a further-reaching form, Ne Change Rien itself.
--Three deleted scenes, each featuring Balibar and her band performing a number not used in the film. These bits may not have fit into the precise form Costa wanted for the main work, but they are shot in the same style and feature the same gorgeous voice and instruments, so they are certainly a fitting inclusion and essential viewing for anyone whom the film has converted (that will surely be most viewers) to the cult of Jeanne Balibar.
--"Tronomettes," a CD-length collection of audio tracks featuring Balibar performing in the very stripped-down style she calls "tronomettes," basically singing a melody over nothing but a metronome (hence the name) or metronomic synthesized sounds as musical backing. These are curiosities and would not in themselves make Balibar the captivating figure she is, but some are actually quite good. This supplement reminds one of Costa's own musical preferences; his great Colossal Youth is named, in its English title, after an album by The Young Marble Giants, many of whose songs could loosely be considered "tronomette"-ish.
--Finally, a handful of trailers: Cinema Guild's U.S. trailer, a teaser for the film, and five(!) succinct, well conceived and edited 30-second TV spots made for European markets. (This will, of course, be the first time U.S. viewers will be seeing them, courtesy Cinema Guild's thoughtful inclusion.)
As spare, elegant, and transfixing as the most devastating ballad, Pedro Costa's Ne Change Rien is another worthy addition to the director's small but essential filmography of ascetically perfect, emotionally astringent works. In choosing chanteuse Jeanne Balibar and her music as his subject, Costa has achieved an unusually apt alignment of content with form; Ne Change Rien is the superlative creation of not one but two brilliant, exacting artistic sensibilities. Highly Recommended.
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Atlantic tomcods (a type of cod fish) from the Hudson River have some of the highest levels of toxic pollutants like PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), PCDDs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins), and PCDFs (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-furans) in their livers among the fishes in nature. The Hudson River has several sources of pollution, including accidental sewage discharges and urban runoff. Perhaps more importantly, the General Electric facilities dumped anywhere between 209,000 and 1,300,000 pounds of PCBs into the river from 1947 to 1976.
Outside of having elevated pollutant accumulation in their bodies, Atlantic tomcods from the Hudson River show a 100-fold reduction in sensitivity to pollutants. That is, they produce less detoxification enzyme, P4501A, when they are exposed to PCBs and PCDDs. Their reduced response to pollutants even carries onto their direct offspring. Thus, this trait is possibly heritable, meaning that some sort of evolutionary change could have occurred in the fish population. Isaac Wirgin at the New York University School of Medicine led an investigation into the mechanism behind this adaptation. His findings appear in a recent issue of Science.
When fish are exposed to a PCB, the chemical can bind to a receptor in the cytoplasm called the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). This AHR-PCB complex then moves into the nucleus of the cell to activate transcription of genes, including that of P4501A, which produces enzymes to metabolize the pollutants. As tomcods from the Hudson River have less activation of P4501A even with high bioaccumulation of pollutants, the researchers reasoned that the AHR is involved. They compared AHR DNA sequences and corresponding protein activities among tomcods from different locales.
While there are two different types of AHRs (simply named AHR1 and AHR2) in fishes, the authors focused on the more functionally active AHR2. When they screened for DNA differences in tomcods from seven Atlantic Coast estuaries, they found the presence of two variant AHR2 alleles (i.e., two alternate forms of the AHR2 gene). Tomcods that are located far from the Hudson River were monomorphic for the AHR2-2 allele; they did not have the AHR2-1 allele at all.
On the other hand, at the Hudson River estuary, the AHR2-1 allele showed up more frequently and was present in both monomorphic and heterozygote tomcods. The AHR2-2 allele had a lower frequency of occurrence, showing up only in heterozygote fish, where the fish possessed one copy of each allele.
There are significant functional differences between the corresponding AHR2-1 and AHR2-2 proteins. AHR2-1 has a 5-fold lower binding affinity to a sample pollutant, TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin), that the researchers used for binding tests. Such a big difference can explain why tomcods from the Hudson River have less sensitivity to toxicants; their population has a higher frequency of AHR2-1, which expresses the less sensitive protein.
The researchers also found other variations between AHR2 genes of tomcods from the Hudson River and those from other locales. Key differences included a deletion of six DNA bases that causes two amino acids, phenylalanine and leucine, to be deleted in the AHR2 protein in an area that's 43 amino acids away from the ligand binding domain, where PCBs would bind. The researchers suggest that the two amino acid deletion changes the conformation of the protein, making it less accessible to pollutants.
While the authors have determined that AHR2 genetic variation plays an important role in resistance to high pollutant concentrations, they have not ruled out that other factors contribute to the adaptation, as well.
The genetic variation between tomcods in the Hudson River and fish from other locales indicate that an adaptation has occurred. The high frequency of AHR2-1 allele occurrence could account for why they are resistant to high levels of PCBs and other contaminants. This adaptation happened somewhere between the last 50-100 years, which is a very rapid evolutionary change. The authors cannot obtain a more precise time frame, as archived samples of tomcods were stored in formaldehyde and water, making samples unreliable for detailed DNA analyses. Nevertheless, the researchers' work indicates that human activities that disrupt natural habitats might lead to rapid evolutionary change in wildlife.
The severely polluted habitat of the Hudson River most likely placed selective pressures on the tomcods, particularly in the embryo stage. Being less sensitive to surrounding pollutants would help embryos and adult fish survive. The researchers propose that there could be accompanying evolutionary costs from this adaptation, such as a heightened sensitivity to other environmental stressors. However, they have yet to find examples of evolutionary costs. Of course, there is the obvious cost to humans, as the bioaccumulation of toxins in these tomcods makes them a bad food source.
Science, 2011. DOI: 10.1126/science.1197296


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