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58 Possible Warning Signs of Alien Abduction....See if you qualify as an "abductee"
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58 possible warning signs of alien abduction
The greater the number that apply to you, the greater the chance that you're an abductee.
1) Have had unexplainable missing or lost time of one hour or more.
2) Have been paralyzed in bed with a being in your room.
3) Have unusual scars or marks with no possible explanation on how you received them (small scoop indentation, straight line scar, triangular marks, scars in roof of mouth, in nose, behind or in ears, etc.)
4)Have seen balls of light or flashes of light in your home or other locations
5)Have a memory of flying through the air which could not be a dream, or many dreams involving flying.
6)Have a strong "marker memory" that will not go away (i.e.: an alien face, an examination, a needle, a table, a strange skinny baby, etc.)
7)Have seen beams of light outside your home, or come into your room through a window.
8)Have had many dreams of UFOs, beams of light, or alien beings.
9)Have had a shocking UFO sighting or multiple sightings in your life.
10) Have a cosmic awareness, an interest in ecology, environment, vegetarianism, or are very socially conscious.
11) Have a strong sense of having a mission or important task to perform, sometime, without knowing where this compulsion is coming from.
12) Have a secret feeling that you are "special" or "chosen," somehow.
13) Have had unexplainable events occur in your life, and felt strangely anxious afterwards.
14) Have had several strange psychic experiences - such as knowing that something is going to happen before it happens.
15) For women only: Have had false pregnancy or missing fetus. (pregnant, and then not)
16) Have awoken in another place than where you went to sleep, or don't remember ever going to sleep. (i.e. waking up with your head at the foot of your bed, or in your car)
17) Have had a dream of eyes such as animal eyes (like an owl or deer), or remember seeing an animal looking in at you. Also if you have a fear of eyes.
18) Have awoken in the middle of the night startled.
19) Have strong reaction to cover of Communion or pictures of aliens. Either an aversion to or being drawn to.
20) Have inexplicably strong fears or phobias. (i.e. heights, snakes, spiders, large insects, certain sounds, bright lights, your personal security or being alone).
21) Have experienced self-esteem problem much of your life.
22) Have seen someone with you become paralyzed, motionless, or frozen in time, especially someone you sleep with.
23) Have a memory of having a special place with spiritual significance, when you were a youngster.
24) Have had someone in your life who claims to have witnessed a ship or alien near you or has witnessed you having been missing.
25) Have had, at any time, blood or strangel stain on sheet or pillow, with no explanation of how it got there.
26) Have an interest in the subject of UFO sightings or aliens, perhaps compelled to read about it a lot.
27) Have an extreme aversion towards the subject of UFO's or aliens - don't want to talk about it.
28) Have been suddenly compelled to drive or walk to an out of the way or unknown area.
29) Have the feeling of being watched much of the time, especially at night.
30) Have had dreams of passing through a closed window or solid wall.
31) Have seen a strange fog or haze that should not be there.
32) Have heard strange humming or pulsing sounds, and you could not identify the source.
33) Have had unusual nose bleeds at any time in your life. Or have awoken with a nose bleed.
34) Have awoken with soreness in your genitals which can not be explained.
35) Have had back or neck problems, T-3 vertebrae out often, or awoken with an unusual stiffness in any part of the body.
36) Have had chronic sinusitis or nasal problems.
37)Have had electronics around you go haywire or oddly malfunction with no explanation (such as street lights going out as you walk under them, TV's and radios affected as you move close, etc.).
38) Have seen a hooded figure in or near your home, especially next to your bed.
39) Have had frequent or sporadic ringing in your ears, especially in one ear.
40) Have an unusual fear of doctors or tend to avoid medical treatment.
41) Have insomnia or sleep disorders which are puzzling to you.
42) Have had dreams of doctors or medical procedures.
43) Have frequent or sporadic headaches, especially in the sinus, behind one eye, or in one ear.
44) Have the feeling that you are going crazy for even thinking about these sorts of things.
45) Have had paranormal or psychic experiences, including intuition.
46) Have been prone to compulsive or addictive behavior.
47) Have channeled telepathic messages from extraterrestrials.
48) Have simply heard an external voice in your head, speaking to you, perhaps instructing or guiding you.
49) Have been afraid of your closet, now or as a child.
50) Have had sexual or relationship problems (such as an odd "feeling" that you must not become involved in a relationship because it would interfere with "something.")
51) Have to sleep against the wall or must sleep with your bed against a wall.
52) Have a fear that you must be very vigilant or you will be taken away by "someone."
53) Have a difficult time trusting other people, especially authority figures.
54) Have had dreams of destruction or catastrophe.
55) Have the feeling that you are not supposed to talk about these things, or that you should not talk about them.
56) Have experienced many things in this list, and recall your children or parents speaking of similar experiences on occasion.
57) Have tried to resolve these types of problems with little or no success.
58) Have many of these traits but can't remember anything about an abduction or alien encounter.
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DLA Piper is said to be on a par with their main rival McLaw (I wont say the real name). The large firm I worked for was like a factory pumping out copy and pasted letters. I hope they sack the new guys are hire McLaw so Interplay can win.
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Maybe the new lawyers worship Satan? That would give Beth a clear advantage, otherwise it's just pointless.
Also - don't they have to pay any compensation fees to the original law company they started working with?
Not pointless. New lawyers will need time to familiarise themselves with the case, and thus they will probably be able to 'pause' it for a while (i.e. get a continuance). The question may well be how long can Interplay afford to fight this legal battle (in which case, a delay tactic may well be a sound one).
Ofcourse, it may not be tied to this case at all.
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Bethesda's last set of lawyers openly submitted false statements in their filings.
I guess maybe Bethesda would like the Judge to separate the faces from the lies by getting a new set of faces to go to court?
Oh... Wait a minute!
I think I got it!
There must have been a falling away with their previous counsel iteration which was remedied by releasing a patched Bethesda upgrade to their lawyer module program that kept crashing and burning in court for some treason
and the new FIRM ware upgrade is the Fallout lipsticked on the pig equivalent of the previously Oblivious lawyers.
Maybe Interplay should hire a now embarrassed and pissed off DLA "Piper sensitives" in order to get the inside track on the insidiousness of Bethesda's DOC turd Evil Empire plans?
It is but a levered paper empire and it will dissolve itself when their debt covenants are violated.
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They should just change the judge.
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they should change the franchise ...
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Crni Vuk wrote:
they should change the franchise ...
They already have...
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The Enclave should ditch their power armor project and just make armor out of hillbilly hides.
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yeah they changed the franchise. What I meant though is that instead of changing laywers or the judge they should drop the franchise and just start on concentrating on ... dunno fucking up another one Mario? Sonic? I am sure those would get a lot of benefits from "first person gameplay" I am sure ... or they simply should just contine with dumping down the Elder Scrolls.
Well something like that
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Post subject: Who knew court transcripts can be so much fun!
on second thought, after reading some transcripts, it may not be a good idea for Interplay to hire Bethesda's ex lawyer nor the firm DLA Piper who happen to be Bethesda's lawyers through the Asset Purchase agreement. Sucks for them I guess.
"MR. MARBURY: Very briefly, Your Honor."
This is how DLA Piper's Marbury starts on a long winded statement at least 87 lines long. That is pathological manifestation of lying at its finest.
The football parlance would be: we played awfully well.
Which one was it? Awfully? or Well? combining them balances things out to provide neither. This is textbook pathological behavior. 87+ lines is not brief and everybody in a court of law sees that if you cannot trust the lawyer to back up his words, can you trust his arguments?
here's another lie that may have led to the dismissal of DLA Piper in favor of the next in line firm to argue this convoluted case:
MR. MARBURY:....."What Mr. Gersh failed to point out was that Interplay was also represented by counsel"
"So, we think that our case is a clear one."
Amateur hour lawyer expose:
"MR. GERSH: I just want something to be very clear.
Mr. Marbury said that Interplay was represented by counsel in
the negotiates. Not true. Didn't come out in his deposition.
Mr. Caen represented the company, handled the transaction
himself. Did not have counsel go over the document for him.
This is seven people on one side, one person on another. This
is how the document came out."
It's funny how DLA piper does not remember the important event of signing a contract and contradict themselves in amateurish ways in front of a judge.
"Q. Were the rights limited geographically in any way?
A. No, they were not."
Not limited in any way and then they argue that an existing compilation that came out in 2006 and was available for sale in the United states and Europe from 2006 and also when it was released is not allowed to be sold in the US in 2009 because a Bethesda Employee spotted it on store shelves and in their head that is a new "never before seen" product that violates Trademark rights of a product that was sold 1 year after such games first appeared.
The inability to process simple cause and effect is detrimental to your ability to competently argue a case in court.
The idiocy of the testimony of the COO of Bethesda continues:
"In 2007, when the company entered into this agreement, did
it believe that Interplay retained the rights to sell their
pre-existing games by digital download?
A. No.
Q. And can you tell me why?
A. Because I believe that this was, you know, a mechanism --
Fallout was, like I said, an IP established by Interplay in the
late '90s. The original Fallout game was well received by a
very niche group of people. It was not a well established or
promoted brand.
It wasn't something that was really, you now, a
triple A mega hit title. It was a good title for what it was,
and this clause allows Interplay to be able to sell those
original games, some of them better than others, according to
those Meta Critic scores that I told you, as a nod to the
nostalgic, the fan that would want to go back in retrospect.
You know, purchase the product and it allows them to continue
to sell whatever inventory they may have had in their
warehouse, et cetera."
"Okay. So what did you think that they were planning to
sell, Interplay was planning to sell back in 2002?
MR. GERSH: His personal observation --
THE COURT: Sustained.
MR. GERSH: -- what he thought, is irrelevant.
THE COURT: Sustained."
The deposed COO was trying to define that Interplay should not be allowed to sell the games online because in his mind the original games came out at a time that digital delivery was non existent and or not feasible and that should prevent it due to the age of the games and the nostalgia of such and it should not be sold even though that is not stipulated in the agreement.
In essence, don't you dare make money on this game since we don't want you to enjoy your part of the contract and we are going to pretend that your games are our property so we can get our hands on the Spring 2009 Top 10 surprise sales of Fallout Trilogy.
The alternate reality of Fallout Trilogy non existence is exposed for the silliness of presumption:
"Can you describe what Fallout Trilogy is?
A. I understand Fallout Trilogy to be an amalgamation of a
couple of the games that Interplay has the rights to, under
this agreement, in a new package, with a new design, something
that isn't listed as one of these four titles.
Q. Do you have an understanding of when Interplay first
offered Fallout Trilogy for sale in the United States?
A. I believe it was in early 2009. I was made aware of it
originally by my VP of sales, who was on a sales call at
WalMart, in setting the plan-a-gram, which is the run of
products in the video game space, and as he was setting the
plan-a-gram the buyer was walking him through, he saw a place
next to the Fallout Three package, a Fallout Trilogy package,
and so he took a shot with his camera, emailed it to me and
that was the first time I was ever aware of anything called
Fallout Trilogy.
MR. GERSH: Your Honor, I'd object to the testimony
and move to strike everything after the date where he said that
he found out. Everything else is hearsay and based upon
something that somebody else told him."
This defense, although correct and sufficient for the rebuking of the injunction, is inadequate long term in my opinion. All they need is to subpoena nma-fallout.com posts from 2006 to find out that the purchase of the compilation games(including Fallout Trilogy) over the internet and through reputable distributors in the US(available on Amazon.com, etc....) was discussed by the more informed and less wealthy legion of rabid Fallout Fans.
"THE COURT: Okay. I understand that perhaps the
Rules of Evidence are not quite as strictly applied at this
proceedings. I'm going to take it subject to your objection in figuring out what weight to give it as we move forward.
MR. GERSH: Very well, Your Honor. Thank you.
THE COURT: Um hum."
"Q. How do you know what an MMOG is?
A. One of the divisions of ZeniMax Media, ZeniMax Online
Studios, is currently in production of an MMOG and has been in
production for a number of years.
Q. Is it a Fallout MMOG?
A. It is not."
After all the character self assassination of the previously proven lying that has been spewed out of the mouths of the Bethesda lawyers and the deposed COO, we get the answer is a "no" but can we actually believe them and more importantly should the court just take their word or should we ask for a more thorough investigation maybe of their IT infrastructure at their second office in Maryland?
There's bound to be lots of concrete evidence in contradiction of his statement.
"Q. Did Interplay have the right to transfer their license and
right to use to the third party?
A. No.
Q. Why do you say that?
A. It says that it's a non-transferable license and right.
Q. Did Interplay have the right to sublicense its license
rights to a third party without restriction?
A. Not without restriction. I believe with prior approval
they had the right to subcontract work or hire people, but --
Q. Prior written approval from whom?
A. From Bethesda."
Aha, they can subcontract the work but he believes that prior approval is needed. We shall see if he is stating the legalese truth or just assuming it.
What he just did was allow for an opening that you can drive a semi truck through.
"Q. Let's go back to 2.3. Do you know what was meant by $30
million, secured financing in the amount of $30 million?
A. I do. Secured financing means that --
MR. GERSH: Objection, Your Honor. What his
subjective understanding of what that meant is irrelevant.
THE COURT: Sustained."
Did he just hint that there is not clear data about the exact terms of securing financing?
I smell a Whole can o' worms opening up here.
"THE COURT: Then I don't need to hear from anybody
what they think it means. You need to persuade me that as a
term in the English language, it requires no definition, I
MR. MARBURY: I will move along."
Right along to no longer representing a now sweaty Bethesda.
Maybe we need them to move to the steamy sauna room of arguing out the case of the contract in more time consuming detail at a yet to materialize trial?
They should probably get a backup set of lawyers just in case the new lawyers perjure themselves in front of the tax payed for US court system.
Interplay's lawyer GERSH stalls with going back and forth on the court admissible authenticity of downloading a legal SEC filing document attesting to the financial state of Interplay and whether or not that proves that the funding for the game was not available by the deadline date even though the Asset sale agreement is not clear on the terms of the methods of availability of the funding and whether or not we can trust that Interplay had gotten a 15 million line of credit in 2008 as stated/refuted in the hearings which to be honest is pretty confusing since even though we know we cannot trust Bethesda, can we trust Herve Caen or any of the lawyers?
Can we trust the judge to understand the nuances of any of this stuff that she probably never heard of before the case?
We haven't even touched on the transcript's intricacies of who decides what full scale development means.
There's a lot more mud to be thrown around by both sides which may end up being a lose lose situation for both sides and a win for Fallout Fans who don't want an MMO to see the light of day.
That's not good business sense in my opinion but then again, Bethesda and Interplay seem to have lots of money to burn on lawyers and lots of time to waste.
I know it's a long winded post with lots of comment by myself but you have to understand that it's 217 pages of testimony.
Hope this enlightens some to the mediocrity that runs the world that destroys video gaming as we know it.
There's a reason why the tried and true biblical scripture tells people to settle matters before going to court. It's the sane thing to do unless you want to go back and forth forever seemingly.
DLA Piper's Marbury's does give a shout out espousing the importance of what is said and believed on the blogosphere as he termed the fan websites and how that affects the value of Bethesda's IP.
If they're very sensitive about the IP, then why release the monstrosity that is Fallout 3 and talk about continuing the legacy of Fallout.
If anyone wants to send the Judge any public comments in case these two do not settle, send them to my inbox.
I do believe that we have to submit them under our own names though and they did discuss the common good and the fans in the court so maybe it would be a good thing for the judge to hear from the fans. Please do be civil though. The transcripts showed way too many "Your honors" being spewed by both sides.
The Court demands respect. That's the least we can give judges when they have read an endless stream of court documents and supporting proofs.
Disclaimer: you don't have to believe any of the transcript quotes I provided. Something about the "truth shall set you free" makes me feel nonchalant and easy as breezy about the whole thing knowing full well that my hard earned tax payer money is being used to allow this sham to be presented in front of a judge.
Will they go to court again or will they settle and give us a Fallout MMO? Why don't they combine their efforts to allay the risks three ways between Bethesda, Interplay and Masthead?
It all boils down to greed. more to come but I'm kinda tired
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Post subject: read the transcript
I also read the transcript and I can see why Bethesda fired DLA piper. Bethesda's DLA piper lawyer was a complete dolt. Interplay's lawyer thrashed him and made him look totally incompetent and silly. Bethesda's lawyer kept trying to blame his age and failing voice as to why his arguments were falling flat. Then, when he and everyone else saw how badly he was losing, he tried to suddenly scale back Bethesda's claims to just having Interplay no longer release Fallout Trilogy but still retain rights to the old Fallout games. Judge wasn't buying any of it, the amateurish arguments or the sudden change of scope of his request for injunction.
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I also read the transcript and I can see why Bethesda fired DLA piper. Bethesda's DLA piper lawyer was a complete dolt. Interplay's lawyer thrashed him and made him look totally incompetent and silly. Bethesda's lawyer kept trying to blame his age and failing voice as to why his arguments were falling flat. Then, when he and everyone else saw how badly he was losing, he tried to suddenly scale back Bethesda's claims to just having Interplay no longer release Fallout Trilogy but still retain rights to the old Fallout games. Judge wasn't buying any of it, the amateurish arguments or the sudden change of scope of his request for injunction.
I upped the official DLA piper site mug of the campeon del mundo legalito Marbury as my anti-avatar mug.
Interplay's lawyer Gersh must be a bit sad though for Marbury's dismissal:
"MR. MARBURY: Very briefly, Your Honor.
MR. MARBURY: I will move along."
"MR. GERSH: Objection, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Sustained."
"MR. GERSH: Very well, Your Honor. Thank you.
THE COURT: Um hum."
If I had a limitless budget I'd put that in my MMO as a sidequest along the lines of lawyer by day, survivalist anti hero by night. makes a great double fisted FU salute to Bethesda's overlord owners.
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There are only a few more weeks of political commercials, ads, promises and accusations flooding the TV and radio before the Nov. 6 presidential election. While many Americans are tired of political campaigning, Ohio — the most important swing state in the United States — has been showing a great response toward the campaign as it nears its end.
On Thursday, 4,000 people lined up outside of Jet Machine in Bond Hill to hear Republican candidate Mitt Romney speak at 11 a.m.
After flying in to Lunken Airport on Wednesday night, Romney had breakfast at First Watch in downtown Cincinnati on Thursday morning before proceeding to the rally in Bond Hill.
His visit in Cincinnati was the first of a three-stop bus tour in Ohio — along with Worthington and Defiance, Ohio later that afternoon.
At the Jet Machine warehouse, Romney criticized Barack Obama's campaign, foreign policies and plans for America's future.
"The Obama campaign is slipping because he keeps talking about smaller and smaller things when America has such big problems," Romney said.
Romney cheered on small businesses and promised that his businesses experience will help turn the economy around.
In a response to the Cincinnati rally, the Obama campaign explained that Romney's visit was just another attempt to try and convince Ohio workers that he is on their side and will stand up to China, when in fact it's the opposite.
"As a corporate buyout specialist, Romney invested in companies that pioneered the practice of shipping jobs to places like China, shutting down American plants and firing workers — all while he walked away with a profit," Jessica Kershaw, Obama for America — Ohio press secretary, explained.
"These jobs are likely to come at the expense of American workers in cities like Cincinnati, and that's why the people of Ohio will not be supporting Mitt Romney this November."
Romney ended the rally encouraging the Buckeye state to go to the polls and vote early.
"We need to make sure Ohio is able to send a message loud and clear: We want real change. We want big change," Romney encouraged.
In an attempt to secure Ohio, President Obama is due in Cincinnati on Halloween. With just two weeks remaining before election day, a new Ohio poll from TIME.com says that Obama is winning 49 percent of Ohio, compared with Romney's 44 percent.Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus held a conference call with Ohio reporters Wednesday morning in response to Tuesday comments by Democratic Vice President Joe Biden that the middle class had been "buried" in the last four years.
"Obama and Biden have buried the middle class, and now they want to bury them some more," Priebus told reporters.
"I mean, just imagine what Barack Obama would do. He buried us economically in this country knowing that he would have to face re-election. Just imagine what he would do with nothing but daylight in front of him. Just imagine where this economy would go."
Biden made his comments before an audience of about 1,000 in Charlotte on Tuesday. He said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's tax cuts for millionaires would raise taxes for the middle class.
"How can they justify raising classes on a middle class that has been buried the last four years?" Biden said.
Biden tried to clarify that he meant they had been buried by policies supported by Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan.
Republicans, however, jumped on the comment immediately, with Romney tweeting, "the middle class has been buried the last 4 years, which is why we need a change in November."
Priebus said despite polling showing Obama pulling ahead of Romney in Ohio that the state would be very close. He said Republicans have a better ground game and would "crush" Democrats.
"I think we're going to crush the Democrats on the ground," Priebus said.
"I just don't think they've got a very good ground game. I've looked through it, I've seen it. It's all smoke and mirrors."
Priebus said if Romney were to lose Ohio, he was still optimistic about Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada.
"We've got it all on the table. Ohio is, of course, extremely important. It's nothing new, but I also see avenues to 270 (electoral votes) opening up for Mitt Romney in places that weren't there in '08."


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Who to believe? Who to believe? Who to believe? Who to believe? Oh, who to believe?
#2 LOLAmbassador Chris Stevens and the three with him were apparently "Uriah the Hittite" of Biblical history. 230 violent incidences and the PIAPS and Obie think "No big deal - Peace, man!" and withdraw security from them.How despicable to use a video-excuse to cover-up the security withdrawal/exposure/murder of this consulate and it's personnel!This is {Watergate}^100!No one was touched, injured, or died in the Nixon cover-up. He used the FBI to mask a break-in and resigned.This pResident used the State Dept and UN Ambassador to cover-up this murder.Where's the OUTRAGE?!?CONGRESS, Where's you outrage?!?Hello......Not even a murded Ambassador moves this government....{cue crickets}
#3: Thanks.The descent is on a curve. Gov't gets worse, more corrupt and evil, faster every day.There will be a reckoning. The longer in coming, the harsher it must be.
If we had a real president,heads would roll over this.This guy and his companions are dead because of a variation of liberal outreach.They never heard Reagan say "Trust but Verify".I'm thinking Obama went to a fundraiser in Vegas the same day or the day after.And what about Obama's obsessive fundraising to the point where he took millions from overseas donors.When you buy a dog sweater at Obama's gear site you have to plug in a security code.But as long as donations are $190 or less you don't,so it makes these donations untraceable.It's 100% illegal to solicit foreign donations but it's just another day in Obama's life to skirt the law.This is Obama's way of getting even with Citizen's United,which he loathes.
Valarie Jarret enjoys full security protection while on vacation. I hope Mr. Nordstrom will be asked how he feels about that.
BlackHawk Down!!
John McPain has been calling for Hillary to step down (or I like - BE FIRED). For once I agree with him.
Not only is the Hildebeast a known liar (remember her fake story about being shot at while she was flying somewhere), but she's also a co-conspirator in a murder.


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One in five adults in the U.S. has nasal allergies, or allergic rhinitis. Yet as common as it is, experts say that allergic rhinitis is underdiagnosed, undertreated, and underestimated.
"Allergic rhinitis is a trivialized disease," says Jonathan A. Bernstein, MD, an allergist at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. "Obviously, nobody dies from it. But it does cause a tremendous amount of sickness and suffering."
All that sneezing, congestion, and teary-eyed misery takes a toll. Allergic rhinitis can cause missed workdays, and it can detract from your performance at school or on the job. Because of this, allergic rhinitis costs the country billions of dollars every year.
Nasal allergies can also lead to other conditions such as sinus problems. But they don't have to.
"Allergic rhinitis is a treatable problem," Bernstein says, "and when people get diagnosed and treated properly, they do very well." If you've been limping through life with nasal allergies, it's time to get the best of them.
Nasal Allergies and Sinus Problems
Allergy symptoms are miserable enough on their own. But in many people, allergic rhinitis can cause -- or aggravate -- other complications or conditions.
What's the connection between allergies and sinus problems?
Sinuses are hollow pockets in the skull that are connected to the nasal passages. When allergies trigger swelling in the mucous membranes, the inflamed tissue can block off the sinuses. The sinuses can't drain, trapping mucus and air inside. That leads to pain and pressure.
Take Allergy Symptoms Seriously
Despite the misery of allergies and their complications, many people don't take the symptoms very seriously.
They don't realize the impact that their allergies are having on their lives, especially when added up over years and decades, says Leonard Bielory, MD, director of the division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology at New Jersey Medical School in Newark.
They get used to the congestion, chronic sinus problems, and mouth breathing. They get used to disturbed sleep and fatigue. After a while, they just don't remember what life was like before allergies.
When symptoms get bad, they make do. They grab over-the-counter medicines at random at the drugstore. They make guesses at the cause of their allergies and half-hearted attempts to control their exposure, but never get a diagnosis.
That's not the way to go about it, experts say. Given the impact that nasal allergies can have on your life, you really need to get proper medical evaluation and treatment.
Allergic Rhinitis Treatments: Over-the-Counter Medicine
For mild allergic rhinitis -- or symptoms that only strike for a few weeks a year -- over-the-counter medicines may be enough. OTC treatments for allergic rhinitis include:
Antihistamines. These drugs work by blocking histamine, a chemical that causes many allergy symptoms. They help relieve itching and sneezing. Examples include certirizine (Zyrtec), chlorpheniramine (Ahist, Chlor-Trimeton), diphenhydramine (Benadryl, Genahist), fexofenadine (Allegra), and loratadine (Agistam, Alavert, Claritin).


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I have my Y6 sitting on my work bench and have the APM Planner open and I'm running the GCS Mavlink app. Roll and pitch numbers move a little but only by 0.01 but my YAW number jumps all around. Also the red needle for heading is moving all around too while the copter is sitting still.
I built the DIYDrone "Full ArduPilot Mega kit" and added the optional Triple Axis Magnetometer Rev 1.2 they sell and soldered it on using some pin headers as shown in the wiki. I'm using the latest Y6 firmware from the planner.
I've been having major problems with the YAW moving back and forth in flight randomly and I think this might be the problem. How can I test to see if this is the Gyro or Magnetometer?
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The name Ed Hardy conjures visions of rhinestone-studded trucker hats, colorful cartoon skulls, dragons and koi fish, and reality stars like Jon Gosselin and the cast of Jersey Shore.
A profitable licensing deal with French businessman Christian Audigier put Hardy's work on clothing, energy drinks, fragrances and even tanning lotions. It seemed like the deal of a lifetime, but in hindsight, Hardy said, the agreement made his name synonymous with the "douches" of pop culture and ultimately cheapened his personal brand.
Now, he is stepping out from behind the large shadow of the Ed Hardy brand to set the record straight in "Wear Your Dreams: My Life in Tattoos," a memoir released in June. Co-written with biographer Joel Selvin, the book shares how Hardy went from college-educated fine artist to tattoo pioneer to one of the most polarizing brands in recent memory.
"People began globally to know my images, my name and my signature, but they didn't know there was a real person behind it," Hardy told CNN.
From skin to canvas
Donald Edward Hardy was born in Newport Beach, California, and his mother began to encourage him to draw when he was 3. As a preteen, he took pens and colored pencils to the skin of neighborhood friends and became an amateur tattoo artist in his neighborhood.
He had his first exhibition at the Laguna Beach Art Festival after graduating high school and attended the San Francisco Art Institute. After turning down a graduate position at the Yale School of Art, according to his memoir, he met and began a correspondence with famed tattoo artist "Sailor Jerry" Collins in 1969. He went on to study in Japan with legendary tattoo artist Horihide, working with clients from the infamous yakuza, or Japanese mafia. Both men influenced the heraldic aesthetic that defines Hardy's signature ornate images today.
He opened his San Francisco tattoo shop, Tattoo City, in 1977 and is credited with helping transform tattooing from a mark of sailors and prisoners to a mainstream option for self-expression. His 1995 gallery show, "Pierced Hearts and True Love: A Century of Drawings in Tattoos," prompted a New York Times article that asked whether tattooing could be fine art.
Hardy's forays into clothing started with silkscreen shirts bearing his artwork for sale in his shop. In 2003, the artist was approached by two men who saw his work in Juxtapoz art magazine. The two ran Ku USA, an Asian-influenced casual wear brand, and they became the first to put Hardy's images on clothing.
French fashion businessman Christian Audigier came across the shirts and approached Hardy to do a licensing deal that would make him "a global phenomenon," Hardy wrote in the book.
Hardy said he and an associate met Audigier and signed over the master license to much of his artwork, allowing Audigier to produce items featuring the images. This deal turned out to be enormously profitable. By 2009, sales exceeded $700 million for the brand, according to the book, and Hardy's work could soon be seen everywhere.
The brand's omnipresence was enhanced by famous fans. At its height, Ed Hardy clothing could be seen on celebrities from Madonna and Catherine Zeta Jones to cast members of "Jersey Shore" and Jon Gosselin of the "Jon and Kate Plus 8" reality show. Gosselin infamously donned Ed Hardy-printed shirts in public appearances with alleged mistress Hailey Glassman, and visited France to meet with Audigier. Hardy said the character associations ruined the brand's reputation, and even wrote in the book that a Macy's buyer mentioned Gosselin when the line was dropped from Macy's stores.
Hardy had no problem saying, "Morons dehumanized it," when asked about his views on public distaste of the Ed Hardy brand. He maintained that the clothes and imagery were not to blame for the brand's downfall, but pointed to Audigier's aggressive love of celebrities, which Hardy said tainted his image and his name.
According to the book, Audigier pocketed a lot of the profits that came from sub-licensing Hardy's images to several companies that produced lifestyle-related products, and even began altering the images. The two soon landed in court, and the tattoo artist found himself spending time perusing legal documents instead of creating art until an undisclosed settlement was reached in 2009.
Attempts to reach Christian Audigier were unsuccessful.
From must-have to must-hate
Simon Doonan, creative ambassador-at-large for Barney's New York, surprised many by praising the Ed Hardy line in the New York Observer in 2009.
"Criticizing Ed Hardy for being cheesy is like saying that Elvis was 'flashy' or that Liberace was 'tacky,' " Doonan wrote. "It's a giant case of DUH! Of course it's cheesy! That's the whole point, you doo-doo heads. Ed Hardy is fromage-y and hedonistic and naughty and badass and---the ultimate crime in the world of haute fashion---Ed Hardy is FUN!"
Doonan compared the rise of Hardy clothing to "the gaudy heyday of Gianni Versace."
So why would people buy something "fromage-y" like Ed Hardy apparel?
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Today, however, the brand "represents bad taste," he said. "It went too far and all over the place at once."
This could explain why there's a "Hating people who wear Ed Hardy" Facebook group with more than 1,800 members, and a Funnyordie.com sketch titled "The Ed Hardy Boyz" with less-than-likeable characters who go on misadventures to protect the Ed Hardy brand name from rival clothing lines.
The blog Stuff White People Like lists "Hating people who wear Ed Hardy" as item 124. A New Orleans nightclub even banned the line, with a sign on its door that read "If it's on Jersey Shore it's not coming through the door: No Affliction, No Ed Hardy, No Christian Audigier, No Exceptions."
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Shure Incorporated announced today that it will match combined donations to the NSCA Education Foundation, up to $25,000, which will be used to further advance the skills of individuals in the commercial electronic systems industry. In addition to its matching contribution, Shure is challenging other manufacturers and industry members to make donations to the Foundation. If met, this would drive the overall campaign to $50,000.
"Our company has always placed a high priority on being a good corporate citizen," said Sandy LaMantia, President and CEO of Shure. "It's something that Mr. Shure established from the very beginning of the Company, and today remains as one of our core values. We are also deeply committed to education. This partnership with NSCA provides us with an opportunity to support the next generation of systems integrators and, hopefully, aid the continued growth of the commercial audio industry. We ask our fellow manufacturers to join us and offer their support in this effort as well."
The NSCA Education Foundation has been providing opportunities for individuals to become further engaged in the industry by offering scholarships for students attending school to become installers and technicians and scholarships for individuals interested in gaining insight into running a systems integration firm by attending the NSCA Business & Leadership Conference and the NSCA Best Practices Conference series.
"Shure always raises the bar," said Chuck Wilson, NSCA executive director. "The Foundation Board is so appreciative of this commitment they started several years ago. With more students interested in entering this industry, our Foundation plays an even more critical role in how they can support the growth and constant change within the electronic systems industry. The last time Shure issued the challenge, it was a matter of months before other leading companies made their pledge. I expect the same this time," Wilson added.
This donation will be used to create two new programs for those attending the NSCA Best Practices Conference series. Additionally, the Foundation is doubling the number of Vaughan scholarships for BLC2014 and is creating new efforts that will increase mentorship and internships for students entering the industry.
To take immediate advantage of these savings programs offered by Shure and the Foundation, attend any of the three scheduled BPC events in Dallas, Anaheim, or Boston and you are eligible for these two offers:
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As a NATA accredited, independent laboratory, RMIT Textile Testing Services provides professional, independent and certified assessment of textiles.
Textile Testing Services is part of the Textile and Design Specialist Centre, offering a unique opportunity to draw on expertise of staff within the school of Fashion and Textiles.
In addition to the core range of textile tests, our recently refurbished, state-of-the-art laboratories and new equipment have enhanced the range of testing available, particularly in the field of moisture management and comfort.
Linked closely with the Advanced Textile Materials Laboratory, we are available to work with you on minor research projects in the fields of:
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Textile testing helps designers improve clothing comfort
RMIT University's Textiles Testing Services offers moisture management testing that can assist designers and manufacturers improve the comfort of today's clothing.
Moisture management is the transport of liquid away from the body in fabrics and textiles.
Ms Trudie Orchard, Manager of RMIT's Textile Testing Services, and her team perform tests on fabrics to compare their moisture management properties. Ms Orchard said the moisture management properties in garments can influence human perception of moisture sensations in the clothing we wear.
"To improve and increase the comfort of today's clothing, especially in sportswear, it is important for designers and technologists to understand the liquid moisture management properties of selected fabrics." Ms Orchard said.
"Moisture management fabrics have properties that allow the rapid movement of perspiration from the inside surface to the outside surface, via openings between fibres or yarns, then rapidly spread moisture across the outside surface, providing evaporation and greater comfort to the wearer."
Test results can greatly assists garment technologists and major fashion marketers when developing clothing.
RMIT's Textiles Testing Service focuses on fabric properties and performance testing. The range of products tested includes apparel, children's nightwear, homewares, floor coverings and other related textile products.
RMIT Textile Testing Services is an accredited textile testing and consulting facility based in Melbourne. For more information visit the RMIT website or phone: +61 3 9925 9120
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With over 30 years' experience Trudie's knowledge incorporates Children's nightwear, apparel, home textiles (bed linen, upholstery and curtains) and carpets. Trudie manages the commercial testing laboratory as well as overseeing the equipment management of the Advanced Textile Materials laboratory.
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