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In what is presumably an oversight on someone's part, the "Hannah Montana" star's Sweet 16 celebration with 5,000 of her closest fans this Sunday (October 5, though her actual birthday's in November) happens to coincide with the last day of the park's annual unofficial Gay Days, which draws 30,000 gay and lesbian visitors to the Happiest Place on Earth every fall.
When word broke about the double booking a few days ago, early reports erroneously had Disney folks dissing the Gay Days revelers and shutting them out of the park. But a Disneyland rep told "Access Hollywood" on Tuesday that in order to accommodate both groups, the park will be closing at 5 p.m. to guests not attending the Cyrus party. To make up for it, Disney will accommodate Gay Days guests after 5 p.m. at its sister park, Disney's California Adventure, which will extend its hours to 11 p.m.
The Gay Days organization seems to be taking the shift in stride. "Yes, Miley Cyrus is having her birthday at Disneyland on Sunday, October 5, and Disneyland will be closing at 5 p.m. that day," reads a note on its Web site. "That's our scheduled day at Disney's California Adventure, so we don't foresee any changes to Gay Days Anaheim. Although we would love her to come sing for us!"


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Now, I'm not sure if the leftovers will congeal enough to make it into a sandwich, but regardless, it will be delicious when I revisit it tomorrow!
Karina's Veggie Loaf
Serves 8 (single servings)
adapted by Ellen A.
1 – 2 tablespoons olive oil
5 large portabello mushrooms
5 large leave Swiss chard, spinach or other greens (I used Swiss chard)
1 roasted red pepper, drained
1 carrot, cut into chunks
1 cup cooked brown rice, packed
½ cup almonds
½ cup pecans or walnuts (I used walnuts)
½ cup gluten free bread crumbs (I used 1/2 of a gluten free homemade buttermilk waffle)
2 tsp Italian herbs or dried basil/thyme/sage (I used basil and thyme)
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 – 2 tablespoons gluten free vegan Worcestershire sauce or molasses (I used Worcestershire sauce)
½ teaspoon cumin
½ teaspoon curry powder
1 large organic free-range egg, lightly beaten or began egg substitute (I used one large brown egg)
Maple Sauce
1/3 cup maple syrup (the real thing)
½ cup Muir Glen or other gluten-free ketchup (I used Annie's)
2 teaspoons gluten-free honey mustard (I used 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard to which I added about 1 tablespoon of honey)
2 teaspoons McCormick or other gluten free mild curry powder (I used about 3 teaspoons)
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Heat the olive oil in a non-stick skillet and cook the portobellos and swiss chard until soft. Remove from heat; cool then process, along with the roasted red pepper by pulsing the food processor on and off until the vegetables are in an even dice. Scrape into a large mixing bowl.
Put the raw carrot, cooked brown rice, and nuts in a food processor and mix until the mixture forms a coarse meal. Toss into the mixing bowl with the other vegetables and the crumbled waffle. Add the herbs, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire and spices. Add the beaten egg and stir the mixture until well-blended.
Press the mixture evenly into an oiled loaf pan.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Make the sauce by combining all the sauce ingredients with a whisk. Optional: add a spoonful of brown sugar to the sauce.
Pour the maple sauce over the top of the veggie loaf and bake for about 45 minutes, until the loaf is firm and cooked through. Remove the loaf from the oven and allow it to rest. This eases cutting and serving, though the slices will still be a bit fragile while warm. Yum. Delicious. More please:).
Oh, yes, the new potatoes. I used my new and wonderful Kuhn-Rikon pressure cooker to cook the new potatoes. From the time it reached high pressure, it took 3 minutes. They were done. Then I cut them in half and placed them cut side down in a saute pan into which I had poured some olive oil, letting them saute until nice and crisp. A great complement to the veggie loaf and green salad.
Took the meal to an outdoor picnic and concert on the green near our house. As summer is beginning to wean, as the nights are cooling off and reminding us that fall is not that far away, this satisfying-down-to-my-toes meal was a lovely way to spend this August evening.


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Percentage Tape Drive Utilization in Opscenter
Percent Drive utilization for each library is not available in Opscenter and the heat map report (which does not provide correct information even in Opscenter 126.96.36.199- Case open with Symantec) cannot be exported to Excel file. This would have been helpful in capacity planning i.e. adding more drive in a particular library and rescheduling backups at a time when there is lesser load on tape library. If Utilization data could be exported in excel file and reports could be generated and presented to higher Mgmt for their level of Understanding.
It would have been nice if Symantec had bought in all the features present in Veritas Backup Reporter (Category:Backup Tape Drive -- Report Type :Historical Report Data : Percent Tape Drive in Use) . In Opscenter Tape drive in use in only avaiable for Count and Total and NOT Percent tape drive in use.
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Dueling rallies at the Capitol on Wednesday over expansion of Medicaid eligibility foreshadowed what's expected to be a long, vitriolic fight today in the state Senate about the future of Arizona's health-care program for the poor.
Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid plan is expected to be offered as an amendment to a budget-related bill during debate on the fiscal 2014 spending plan, which is scheduled to begin this morning, officially putting the enormous health-care policy package in play and moving the governor one step closer to realizing her top legislative priority.
A bipartisan Senate coalition supports Brewer's plan, including Majority Leader John McComish, R-Phoenix, who will sponsor the amendment. But Republican opponents likely will introduce a slew of their own amendments aimed at killing, or at least weakening, the measure while making their case that Medicaid expansion is financially unsustainable.
Both sides have engaged in a sometimes emotional, rancorous debate that's included TV ads, direct mail to targeted legislative districts, e-mail blasts, skeleton props and a GOP official comparing Brewer to Judas.
The pro-expansion side has been heavily funded by the health-care industry, while anti-expansion forces recently received funding from a national conservative group to target McComish and four other GOP senators.
Headlining her fourth Medicaid rally on the House lawn Wednesday, Brewer told hundreds of cheering supporters that people's lives and the state's economy are at stake, but she drew catcalls from opponents on the perimeter.
"Medicaid restoration deserves a vote by the legislators," she said, taking a swipe at House Speaker Andy Tobin's proposal to put the matter before voters in a special election.
"I knew there would be opponents. I don't think the opponents realized how hard we were going to fight," Brewer said. "This is a fight worth fighting for."
Brewer wants to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care overhaul that she had once strongly opposed, broadening eligibility to 133 percent of the federal poverty level to bring in roughly 350,000 people and keep about 60,000 from falling off the rolls. Federal funds would pay for most of that, and a proposed tax on hospitals would raise additional federal funding and cover the state's increased share, leaving an estimated $55 million for the general fund.
Senate President Andy Biggs' budget, introduced Tuesday, does not include expansion. Instead, Biggs wants to use $135 million from the state's contingency fund to continue an enrollment-capped program that covers childless adults.
Biggs, R-Gilbert, who once introduced a bill to eliminate the state's Medicaid program, has said he won't allow a Medicaid-expansion measure on the floor, but a majority of senators can amend the bill and force a formal vote.
In contrast to the blaring music, phone banks and bleachers set up for the Brewer rally, about three dozen people gathered on the Senate lawn at noon to hear conservative blogger Bill Whittle warn that Medicaid expansion will bankrupt states and the country.
Rep. Warren Petersen, R-Gilbert, a leading Medicaid opponent, joined Whittle and GOP Reps. Eddie Farnsworth of Gilbert, Kelly Townsend of Mesa, David Livingston of Peoria and Carl Seel of Phoenix.
"It's going to collapse our economy," Petersen said.
The amendment McComish plans to offer today is expected to hew closely to the plan Brewer unveiled two months ago, which includes a "circuit breaker" to roll back coverage if federal funding falls below 80 percent of the costs of insuring adults with incomes between 100 percent and 133 percent of the poverty line.
Karen Smith, who attended the pro-expansion rally as a member of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, said her son lost an array of services and his job after Brewer and lawmakers froze the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System in 2011 to help balance the budget. He would regain health insurance under Medicaid expansion.
"That means he can get counseling and move on with his life," Smith said. "It means that he can work again."


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CLEVELAND — They finished in last place again, way out of playoff contention. The Red Sox were never really in the race.
And yet, as the season ended long before New England's trees burst with color, the future didn't look so bleak in Boston.
"I'm proud of what we did here," interim manager Torey Lovullo said. "I couldn't be more thrilled with what they did to lead into 2016."
The second straight disappointing season for the Red Sox concluded Sunday with a 3-1 loss to the Cleveland Indians, who got a solid outing from Danny Salazar and finished their own inconsistent campaign one game over .500.
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This is probably already posted in these forums somewhere*, and it's got little to do with being car-free, but it does show that for at least this one motorist, his luxury car is so important to him that it's worth inflicting extra agony on the parents of a young man he killed (while speeding at almost twice the posted limit).
Here's the link, but I just pasted the whole thing below it. Enjoy the declining dignity of humanity!
*Edit: Oops. Yes, was posted in Advocacy and Safety yesterday. I am bearer of old news. Oh well.Driver Who Killed Teen Sues for Damage
By HAROLD HECKLE, AP
21 hours ago
MADRID, Spain — A speeding motorist who killed a teenage cyclist is suing the boy's parents over damage to his luxury car, the government says.
Enaitz Iriondo, 17, died instantly in August 2004 when businessman Tomas Delgado's Audi A8 crashed into him at 100 mph near Haro in northern Spain, an Interior Ministry traffic report said. The speed limit was 55 mph.
Iriondo was not wearing reflective clothing or a helmet, the ministry report said. As the sun had set when he crossed the path of Delgado's car from a side road, a regional court found both parties at fault and closed the case, the report said.
Delgado, whose insurance company paid Iriondo's parents $48,500 in compensation for their son's life, filed a suit in late 2006 to recover $29,400 in damages to his car and car rental costs, the ministry traffic report said.
"It's the only way I have to claim my money back," Delgado was quoted as saying by the newspaper El Pais, which first reported the story on Friday. El Pais said a ruling was expected next week.
Iriondo's parents were shocked.
"It's the final straw, a stab in the back," Iriondo's mother, Rosa Trinidad said, according to El Pais. "Before the lawsuit we thought the poor guy would find it hard to live the rest of his life with the thought of having caused our son's death.
The European Union's statistics office says Spain recorded 113 traffic fatalities per million inhabitants in 2004. The average for the 25-nation bloc was 95. In 2006, 3,016 people died on Spain's roads.


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- How about a safe for work version of the Colin Farrell sex tape. [WOW Report]
- Colin Farrell is suing Perez Hilton. It's a toss up. [Perez Hilton]
- A fat Jared Leto is not a pretty Jared Leto. [City Rag]
- Leif Garrett was charged this morning with possession of heroin after his arrest in the Pershing Square subway station over the weekend. I'm sure 90% of you have no idea who Leif Garrett is. [LA Times]
- Brad Renfro has pleaded not guilty for allegedly trying to buy heroin from undercover officers. That's funny. [Court TV]
- While Howard Stern thinks that plastic surgery is gay, he went and had a nose job anyway. Does that make Howard Stern gay? [Daily Dish]
- Was Heath Ledger a sore loser at the Golden Globes (he didn't hit any after parties), or was he just being a good father by heading home to be with his newborn. [News.com.au]
- Kelly Clarkson and Simon Cowell are in a little bitchfight over song rights. [Reuters]
Nibbly Things: The Colin Farrell Sex Tape Goes PG, Sort Of
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I am of the 10% who know who Leif is, but I wouldn't have known him from that picture taken yesterday….WOW.
Perez Hilton site is currently down. Did Colin's lawyer shut him up for good? Guess only time will tell.
wow – my childhood is ruined now because of leif garrett's photo the other day. I guess this is what happens after you go on a really bad reality show like star dates (e! channel)?


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Despite therapeutic advances, cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in both California and Europe. New insights into disease pathology, models to expedite in vitro testing and regenerative therapies would have an enormous societal and financial impact. Although very promising, practical application of pluripotent stem cells or their derivatives face a number of challenges and technological hurdles. For instance, recent reports have demonstrated that cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs), which are capable of differentiating into all three cardiovascular cell types, are present during normal fetal development and can be isolated from pluripotent stem cells. induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived CPC therapy after a myocardial infarction would balance the need for an autologous, multipotent stem cell myocardial regeneration with the concerns of tumorigenicity using a more primitive stem cell. However, translating this discovery into a clinically useful therapy will require additional advances in our understanding of CPC biology and the factors that regulate their fate to develop optimized cell culture technology for CPC application in regenerative medicine.
Cardiac cell therapy with hiPSC-derived cells, will require reproducible production of large numbers of well-characterized cells under defined conditions in vitro. This is particularly true for the rare and difficult to culture intermediates, such as CPCs. Our preliminary data demonstrated that a CPC niche exists during cardiac development and that CPC expansion is regulated by factors found within the niche microenvironment including specific soluble factors and ECM signals. However, our current understanding of the cardiac niche and how this unique microenvironment influences CPC fate is quite limited. We believe that if large scale production of hiPSC-derived CPCs is ever to be successful, new 3D cell culture technologies to replicate the endogenous cardiac niche will be required. The goals of this proposal are to address current deficiencies in our understanding of the cardiac niche and its effects on CPC expansion and differentiation as well as utilize novel bioengineering approaches to fabricate synthetic niche environments in vitro. The development of advanced fully automated in vitro culture systems that reproduce key features of natural niche microenvironments and control proliferation and/or differentiation, are critically needed both for studying the role of the niche in CPC biology but also the advancement of the field of regenerative medicine.
Heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases are the #1 killer in California. Despite medical advances, heart disease remains a leading cause of disability and death. Recent estimates of its cost to the U.S. healthcare system amounts to almost $300 billion dollars. Although current therapies slow the progression of heart disease, there are few, if any options, to reverse or repair damage. Thus, regenerative therapies that restore normal heart function would have an enormous societal and financial impact not only on Californians, but the U.S. more generally. The research that is proposed in this application could lead to new therapies that would restore heart function after and heart attack and prevent the development of heart failure and death. We will develop the techniques to expand and transplant human cardiac progenitor cells. Combining tissue engineering with human pluripotent stem cells will facilitate the creation of new cardiovascular therapies.
Project Synopsis:
This application aims to understand how cardiac progenitor cell (CPC) expansion and differentiation are regulated by the niche and to apply this knowledge to control CPCs in vitro, enabling their ultimate application as a cardiac regenerative therapy. First, the applicants plan to characterize the endogenous human CPC niche and engineer 3D niche matrices. Next, they will investigate the mechanisms by which the identified niche proteins and engineered 3D environments regulate human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived CPC (hiPSC-CPC) expansion and differentiation. Finally, the group will perform a screen to identify optimal matrices to support hiPSC-CPC proliferation and multipotency.
Significance and Innovation:
- This proposal addresses an important question. Stem cell therapies are already in clinical trials for cardiac disease and the applicant makes a good case that CPCs, once optimized for expansion and engraftment, could have improved therapeutic efficacy over cells currently in use.
- Understanding the CPC niche could also advance other stem cell therapies.
- The application is not particularly innovative in its proposed methods or materials.
Feasibility and Experimental Design:
- The research plan is logical and its feasibility is supported by preliminary data. Specifically, these data support the role of two endogenous niche proteins in CPC proliferation, the applicants╒ ability to engineer 3D niches, and their ability to identify human endogenous and hiPSC-derived CPCs using surface markers.
- The experimental plan is complex and sophisticated, which was cited as both a strength and a weakness. One reviewer noted that the three Aims are not well-integrated and lack a cohesive objective or hypothesis. This reviewer was particularly concerned that different materials are used to simulate the CPC niche in different aims.
- Reviewers had mixed opinions about the application╒s focus on the role of structural niche factors and exclusion of soluble factors that also may regulate CPC behavior. One reviewer described this as a serious omission, while another felt that its inclusion would render the plan overly complex.
- One reviewer suggested that the development of stage specific reporter genes could facilitate analysis of the screening studies in Aim 3.
Principal Investigator (PI) and Research Team:
- The PI is excellent and has the appropriate experience and track record in both cardiovascular research and tissue engineering.
- The overall team is very strong. It is enhanced by collaborations with both the Partner PI, who provides expertise in laser capture microdissection, and the Co-Investigator, who provides high throughput matrix screening capability.
- There are risks associated with coordinating a research project between three groups in three separate locales. However, the established relationship between the PI and Partner PI assured reviewers that this arrangement is feasible.
- Reviewers did express concern that while the project requires generation of adequate numbers of hiPSC-CPCs, the team lacks a human pluripotent stem cell expert.
Responsiveness to the RFA:
- The proposal is highly responsive to the RFA as it characterizes the fate of a human pluripotent stem cell derived progenitor as well as the mechanisms by which engineered microenvironments regulate cell fate.


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25.3: Aromatics
Lesson Objectives
The student will:
- describe the bonding in benzene.
- define aromatic compounds.
- name simple compounds containing benzene.
- draw simple compounds containing benzene.
- benzene ring
In this lesson, we will focus on another category of organic compounds called the aromatics. One common building block of aromatic compounds is benzene. Benzene is composed of a 6-membered carbon ring commonly represented by the resonance structures below.
Benzene was discovered in the 1820s by Michael Faraday, but it took more than 40 years to determine the actual structure of benzene. The German organic chemist Friedrich August Kekulé is credited for discovering the benzene structure in 1865. Legend has it that Kekulé discovered the benzene structure upon awaking from a dream of a snake biting the end of its tail.
A compound classified as an aromatic doesn't necessarily have to have a pleasant smell, although many aromatic compounds do have a pleasant odor. Vanilla (structure shown below) is an example of a pleasant-smelling aromatic compound. In comparison, napthalene (structure shown below) is the chemical found in moth balls with an unpleasant smell. In short, aromaticity has to do with structure and not smell.
Benzene Structure
As indicated in the introduction, there are two possible structures of the benzene molecule .
Both of these structures represent resonance structures of the benzene molecule. Recall from the chapter "Covalent Bonds and Formulas" that resonance is the theory that describes compounds whose electronic structure is not represented by any one Lewis structure, but by an average of several structures. This theory, proposed by American chemist Linus Pauling, can be used to explain the structure of benzene. Although the structure shows alternating double and single bonds, all of the bonds are actually the same length. Carbon-carbon single bonds are long, while carbon-carbon double bonds are in length. For benzene, however, all of the carbon-carbon bonds in benzene are in length, so they are neither single nor double bonds. As a result, you may sometimes see a benzene structure represented as follows:
A benzene ring, then, is a structure that contains a ring represented by equivalent resonance structures. Benzene is an important compound in organic chemistry because of its properties and the vast number of compounds in which a benzene ring is an integral part of the structure.
Benzene is a part of many everyday items. Examples of structures where the benzene ring is an integral part of the structure include aspirin, saccharin, and aspartame (structures shown below). Aspirin is a common painkiller, while both saccharin and aspartame are artificial sweeteners. Aspartame is commonly used in soft drinks and diet drinks.
Naming Benzene Structures
All of the carbon atoms in the benzene ring have one hydrogen atom attached. If we were to replace one of these hydrogens with a branch from Table below, the naming is simply the name of the branch plus "benzene."
Name the following structure.
Solution: ethylbenzene
When there is more than one substituent on the benzene ring, then there has to be a way to determine the position of each branch. We number the carbon atoms the same as we had done for the alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes.
By numbering, we have a way to methodically determine the location of each branch on the benzene ring.
- The branches are both methyl groups
- The locations of the methyl groups are on carbons 1 and 2.
- The name of the molecule is 1,2-dimethylbenzene.
An alternate naming system is given for molecules with two substituent groups (two branches). Alternate names are provided in Table below.
|Location of branches
|Prefix symbol
|carbons 1 and 2
|carbons 1 and 3
|carbons 1 and 4
The prefix "ortho-" indicates that the two substituents are on adjacent carbon atoms. The prefix "meta-" indicates that the two substituents are on carbon atoms with one carbon atom between them. The prefix "para-" indicates that the two substituents are on opposite carbon atoms. Therefore, 1,2-dimethylbenzene could also be named ortho-dimethylbenzene, 1,3-dimethylbenzene could also be named meta-dimethylbenzene, and 1,4-dimethylbenzene could also be named para-dimethylbenzene
Name the following structure.
- The branches are one methyl group and one ethyl group
- The locations of the methyl groups are on carbons 1 and 4.
- The name of the molecule is 1-ethyl-4-methylbenzene or, according to Table above, ethylmethylbenzene.
You may have noticed that in Table above, the number of alkyl groups acting as branches is more limited for benzene than for alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. When the alkyl group becomes larger, the benzene ring is sometimes considered the branch, and the alkyl group is considered the parent chain. As a branch, benzene is known as a phenyl group.
In this case, butane is the parent chain, and the benzene ring is a side chain. This molecule would be named 2-phenylbutane.
Drawing Benzene Structures
Drawing benzene structures works in a similar way as drawing alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. Consider the following example.
Draw the structure of dinitrobenzene.
Lesson Summary
- A benzene ring is an organic structure that contains a carbon ring with alternating double bonds.
- Resonance refers to a condition occurring when more than one Lewis structure can be written for a particular molecule. The actual electronic structure is not represented by any one of the Lewis structures, but by the average of all of them.
- The electrons in the pi bonds of the benzene molecule are delocalized because they are not confined to a particular pair of carbon atoms.
- As a substituent of a hydrocarbon chain, benzene is known as a phenyl group.
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity, Kotz, Truchel, Weaver; Thompson, 2006.
Review Questions
- Define aromaticity.
- When is the benzene ring referred to as a phenyl group?
- Name the following structure.
- dibromocyclohexene
- 1,3-dibromocyclohexatriene
- 1,3-dibromobenzene
- 2,4-dibromobenzene
- Which formula represents an aromatic compound?
- How many different possible structures of trichlorobenzene exist?
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Name the following structures.
- Draw the following structures.
- fluorobenzene
- diethylbenzene
- 3-phenylhexane
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Graphic novels, the combination of a comic book and a novel, have come a long way since first appearing in the 19th century. In 1986, Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus won the Pulitzer Prize for literature. More recently, Hollywood has adapted numerous graphic novels into films. Today, the genre has entered the medical marketing and education world as a potentially excellent tool to communicate a message.
Why Go Graphic?Graphic novels communicate more clearly, simply, and effectively than many other communication vehicles. As a result, they reach diverse audiences, adapt to multiple media, and make complex ideas simple.
The graphic novel can appeal to almost everyone from kids and adults to consumers and professionals. They communicate to any and all reading levels—from far below average to the most sophisticated. The "pictographic" nature of the graphic novel even makes it one of the few tools that can reach the non-reader. The graphic novel appeals to people who have no access to, or no interest in, a computer. Yet the genre also can adapt to a rich, interactive experience that appeals to the most avid computer user. And in a graphic novel, traditional rules can be broken. For example, people don't have to be black, white, or brown; they can be orange. That definitely redefines "diversity advertising."
The graphic novel can be printed—as a book, a series of comic books or comic strips, flyers, or posters. It can also be taped to the wall, handed out, mailed, projected at a meeting, posted on the Web, filmed for TV, or adapted for PowerPoint or keynote presentations. You get the versatile point! It can even be recreated "live" for special events. Furthermore, a target audience can experience a graphic novel in virtually any setting. It requires no special equipment, laptop, or television. It can be read casually or studiously, in private or public. It can be an individual's personal experience, or shared.
In serial form, the graphic novel supports substantial character and plot development, plus the exploration of complex subject matter. Over a series, a graphic novel can introduce several characters in multiple situations exploring a wide range of issues. When a vehicle that was once perceived as escapist entertainment addresses intellectually and emotionally complex issues in a mature way, the impact can be powerful. A good graphic novel can illuminate a topic, change behavior, sell a product, and teach buyers how to use it (or sellers how to sell it).
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As a child, you may have received small comic-style books from your doctor or dentist that covered subjects such as vaccinations, hygiene, or toothbrushing. These were forerunners of the graphic novellas being implemented today in medical marketing and education. Two examples stand out as major milestones—one from the 1990s and one that launched over a year ago and is currently running nationally.
In the '90s, the New York City Health Department developed a black-and-white comic strip series called Decision that followed characters dealing with HIV. The strips initially appeared in subway cars, and then were compiled into comic book form for handout. When the third issue invited readers to suggest the next events in the evolving story, the health department was inundated with suggestions. After several more issues, the health department decided to stop making Decisions, but it became regarded as a breakthrough in new applications for the graphic novel form and remembered as a very effective campaign.
In 2007, the National Kidney Foundation developed a graphic novella called Hope & Main, the "first reality series of, by, and for the dialysis community." Hope & Main serves as a centerpiece of an ambitious multimedia campaign. A pharmaceutical company funded the first year (six installments) of Hope & Main with a non-restricted educational grant. Their goals were to 1) support a unique solution to the need for "pictographic" education about dialysis issues, and 2) strengthen the company's marketing position in the dialysis community.


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Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 12:20 pm
|Photo: Ramble On
|Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and other world leaders, including the former Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland, are endorsing a new report that calls for a paradigm shift in global drug policy.
The 24-page paper, by the Global Commission on Drug Policy, argues that the decades-old "global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world."
"Political leaders and public figures should have the courage to articulate publicly what many of them acknowledge privately: that the evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates that repressive strategies will not solve the drug problem, and that the war on drugs has not, and cannot, be won," the report said.
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|Neill Franklin, LEAP: "As a former narcotics cop on the streets, I saw how the prohibition approach not only doesn't reduce drug abuse but how it causes violence and crime that affect all citizens and taxpayers, whether they use drugs or not"
Law Enforcement Against Prohbition (LEAP), a group of police, prosecutors and judges who have waged the "Drug War" on its front lines, is cheering the report and its conclusions.
"It's no longer a question of whether legalizing drugs is a serious topic of debate for serious people," said Neill Franklin, LEAP's executive director and a 34-year veteran police officer from Baltimore, Maryland. "These former presidents and other international leaders have placed drug legalization squarely on the table as an important solution that policymakers need to consider.
"As a narcotics cop on the streets, I saw how the prohibition approach not only doesn't reduce drug abuse but how it causes violence and crime that affect all citizens and taxpayers, whether they use drugs or not," Franklin said.
The former Presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland, and the Prime Minister of Greece will be among the world leaders calling for a paradigm shift in global drug policy.
Some of the world leaders who signed on to the Global Commission on Drug Policy's report will speak at a press conference and teleconference on Thursday:
When: Thursday, June 2, 11 a.m. (EST)
Where: The Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. (Beekman Suite)
USA Telephone: 1-800-311-9404 (Password: Global Commission)
From Outside USA: 1-334-323-7224 (Password: Global Commission)
The full report will be available at www.globalcommissionondrugs.org.
(Those italicized will be at the press conference. Those speaking are italicized and underlined):
- Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations, Ghana
Louise Arbour, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, president of the International Crisis Group, Canada
Richard Branson, entrepreneur, advocate for social causes, founder of the Virgin Group, cofounder of The Elders, United Kingdom
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former President of Brazil (chair)
Marion Caspers-Merk, former State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Health
Maria Cattaui, Petroplus Holdings Board member, former Secretary-General of the International Chamber of Commerce, Switzerland
Ruth Dreifuss, former President of Switzerland and Minister of Home Affairs
Carlos Fuentes, writer and public intellectual, Mexico
César Gaviria, former President of Colombia
Asma Jahangir, human rights activist, former UN Special Rapporteur on Arbitrary, Extrajudicial and Summary Executions, Pakistan
Michel Kazatchkine, executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria , France
Mario Vargas Llosa, writer and public intellectual, Peru
George Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece
George P. Shultz, former Secretary of State, United States (honorary chair)
Javier Solana, former European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Spain
Thorvald Stoltenberg, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Norway
Paul Volcker, former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve and of the Economic Recovery Board
John Whitehead, banker and civil servant, chair of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, United States
Ernesto Zedillo, former President of Mexico
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Real Butts
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This site is closed.
Taking a cue from various reality sites out there, Real Butts prowls the streets for the most luscious and most willing bums to film in some hardcore fun. To sum up nicely, they're looking to "spread butts everywhere."
Now admittedly, the chicks here are pretty darn hot. They range in type from skinny blonde to buxom redhead. One thing remains constant though, they are quite willing to disrobe and show off their gorgeous bodies for the lucky filmmakers. Each of the 87 RealButts episodes contains a new babe taken from the streets of sunny Florida.
For the most part, the content of the videos is strictly solo…. No hardcore fucking here. There are a couple of special episodes where two chicks are picked up and convinced to have a little lesbian fun, particularly in the hot episode called "how to teach your best friend to lick". The episodes are filmed in quite an amateur manner and the available downloadable videos reflect that. They are, unfortunately, low quality endeavors and each of the clips lasts around five minutes.
As with most such reality sites, digital pictures have been taken from the videos and reflect that in theirmedium – poor quality. Still given that Real Butts is chock full of some of the hottest amateurs around, you can overlook such mundane quality. Its just amazing what real women walking down the street will do for a little cash or just to be on camera.
One thing that you need to know is that this site isn't updated regularly any longer. The last update was over a year ago, so you have basically just the existing archive to satisfy your craving for amateur gals.
Luckily, you have access to the entire network of reality sites that the producers here offer. These include such devious places as Bang Bus and Ass Parade. When you combine all of the content on these sites, it's a pretty good value for what you're giving up for one membership.
If you're looking for a lovely place where the cutest and sweetest amateurs come to disrobe and have some fun, then Real Butts is for you. Since it isn't updated any longer, the amount of content is pretty static, but you have an entire network of other sites at your disposal, so trot on over and peek at the cuties within.
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iLuv i111 Splitter with Dual Volume Control
Share the love with this splitter adapter with dual volume control. This compact device conveniently allows you share your favorite music with a friend. The dual volume control makes it easy for both parties to listen to music at their own preferred volume levels.


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I have a terrible dilemma on Saturday.
My wife's family are big Badger supporters and we have 6 tickets to the Neb-Wisky game. I'm fired up and looking forward to the atmosphere but the game starts at 7pm.
....obviously ISU game is at 6pm.
My question-
I'm a Clone zone subscriber. Is there any way to get access to radio via CZ on a Droid? Othewise, what are my options to listen to the game?
(obvious answer is to sell the tickets to idiot Husker fans for $400/piece and charter a small plane to Ames)
Can you get one of the radio stations from a radio app? Like I heart radio?
Originally Posted by delt4cy
I'm a Clone zone subscriber. Is there any way to get access to radio via CZ on a Droid?
There is a CZ premium app for Droid. I think it costs ~$5. Get that, and since you're already a CZ subscriber, you should be able to get live game audio.
Get the Cyclone.com premium app and have an audio subscription to CloneZone and you will be able to here the game.
By the way, good tickets are going for $4000 to the wisky knu game. Sell the 6 tickets for $24,000 and have a great time.
Yeah, I have TuneIn, radio apps, etc. but I always run into the streaming getting blocked. That's why I ended up getting Clone Zone.
I didn't know there is a CZ premium app. Kind of a bummer it's $5 but worth it to listen to the game..let's hope. Thanks guys-
Only problem now is battery life.
Let's make a deal. Find me a buyer and I'll share some of the profit with you. I think the in-laws would be up for that!
Tell the in laws the tickets are sold for$24k but you must deliver them in person to lincoln on Friday amnd then stop back at Ames to buy a scalper ticket to the UT game.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
That is the price I heard over the weekend.
If you are serious, I know a ticket broker.
Let me know the location.
Originally Posted by NebrClone
That is the price I heard over the weekend.
If you are serious, I know a ticket broker.
Let me know the location.
My boss and some college buddies of his got tickets on the 40 yard line, 30 rows up for 300 per ticket, on Stubhub. I would think 4 grand is a gross exaggeration.
EDIT: just checked Stubhub - with the exception of club seating, $1200 is the most expensive ticket. Plenty of seats for ~$250.
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Madison is an awesome college town and the atmosphere up there will be unreal for this game. $250 for a ticket to that game doesn't seen too bad. I'd never pay that for a college game, but compared to other prices for big games that seems cheap.
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Glee Season 3 Song Spoilers: Music from Episode 6, "Mash Off"
Now that Rory (Damian McGinty) has added his sweet falsetto to New Directions and Shelby (Idina Menzel)'s new glee club, The Troubletones, has rocked the McKinley High show choir boat with their recent performances, it's time for a good ol' fashion MASH OFF! And Glee's Season 3, Episode 6 features just that. Here's what we can expect:
- "You & I" / "You & I" (Lady Gaga / Eddie Rabbitt)
- "One Way or Another" / "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (Blondie / Pat Benatar) performed by Santana (Naya Rivera) and Finn (Cory Monteith)
- "I Can't Go For That" / "You Make My Dreams Come True" (Hall & Oates) performed by New Directions, with solos by Rory and Quinn (Dianna Agron)
- "Rumour Has It" / "Someone Like You" (Adele) performed by Mercedes (Amber Riley) and Santana
- "Oklahoma!" (from Oklahoma! musical) performed by young Sue Sylvester (Colby Minifie)
Puck (Mark Salling) will perform Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" (complete with a fantasy scene) sparked by the kiss he and Shelby in Episode 4, "Pot O' Gold." Yowza.
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Launch Radio Networks is reporting that AUDIOSLAVE have filmed the video for "Be Yourself", the first single from their new album, "Out of Exile". The clip was filmed in an old hotel in downtown Los Angeles, and frontman Chris Cornell told Launch the group modeled the concept after THE BEATLES' film "Let It Be". "The idea really was coming from 'Let It Be', just the way the footage looked to me," he said. "If you watch 'Let It Be', the look of the film makes the band look like it's an important happening. I just wanted to look important, like things looked when I was a child."The "Be Yourself" video will arrive later this month. AUDIOSLAVE's second album, "Out of Exile", is due out on May 24. It's the follow-up to the group's self-titled, double-platinum 2002 debut. AUDIOSLAVE — who feature in their ranks former SOUNDGARDEN singer Cornell and three members from RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE — begin touring on April 14 in Las Vegas.
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so im still in recovery from the 28th op (april).
Still on crutchersish none at home, 1 at school and 2 if im really tired or sore which tends to be alot! wondering if anyone else has a prosthesis, mines in my hip to knee from ewings sarcoma…..
Id love to hear about yours and recovery time too coz mine seems to be a lot longer than last time…..


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Waukesha Unveils 18V220 Gas Engine
In September 2004, Waukesha Engine purchased the technology rights to Wartsila's W200D and W220SGD high-speed engines. The 18V220 (bore x stroke, 220 x 240 mm) has been the main focus of the company's attention as they ready the engine as a gaseous-fueled generator driver.
In its 18-cylinder configuration, the "new" 18V220GL produces 3300 kW, with a BMEP of 16 bar and it has NOx emissions of 1.6 g/kWh.
"This acquisition gives Waukesha a competitive product in the 1.5 to 3.2 MW range for the global power generation market," said Waukesha's President, Tom Laird, at a recent introduction of the engines at the company's headquarters in Waukesha, Wisconsin, U.S.A. "Since the acquisition, we have not only been working on various technology upgrades to the existing engine platform, but also working to bring the product to market. Part of bringing this to market involves re-educating the market on this product.
"This engine now gets us well entrenched into the larger-sized output categories for power generation," Laird noted. "We are seeing unbelievable interest in this product from countires where they are beginning to develop their natural gas infrastructure." In addition to the technology upgrades, Waukesha is making significant investments in its infrastructure to be able to manufacture this product, according to Laird. He estimated that 18V220s will be available for shipment in late 2006.
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A suicide always leaves lingering questions with those left behind and evokes deep feelings of guilt. So is the case with Eberhardt, Nameless's ex-partner, who commited suicide. Nameless is plagued by guilt and goes on an obsessive quest to find the answer as to "why" Eberhardt did it. What drove him to the edge? While pursuing this question Nameless deals with an accidental death or suicide of a former client. His search for answers to that killing leads him into the realms of abuse and the question of whether justice is really ever served by revealing an interpretive truth. Are the victims sometimes the guilty ones even though they have been miserably abused? Is justice a cut and dried formula that we mete out indiscriminately without regard to the circumstances? Come and join Nameless on this painful quest as he attempts to get answers. This is Pronzini at his best in story telling.
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Recently, couples have been looking to The Hunger Games books and movie for beautiful, outdoor wedding ideas. While a futuristic tale of teens battling to the death may seem like a strange place to glean wedding inspiration from, we've seen proof positive that extreme fan-dom of any sort can result in some particularly awesome themed weddings!
Since we've seen a bevy of lovely Hunger Games-inspired stationery, hair & make-up, and table setting ideas in Hunger Games-themed photo shoots like the ones on Green Wedding Shoes or The Wedding Chicks, we thought we'd showcase a few particularly Katniss appropriate wedding dresses! That's right, these are gowns that you can run in, leap in, and if necessary, fight to the death in (hopefully the in-law tension won't be THAT high on your big day).
This lines on this Grecian-influenced style from Shopbop.com give it a definite archery vibe. Just swap out the designer pumps for knee-high boots, then grab your bow, throw on your quiver, and run for the woods!
This gorgeous silk georgette J.Crew tank wedding gown features funky, organic ruffles that cascade down the bodice and skirt. This unconventional style reminds us of the progressive fashions of The Capitol – but it has just enough woodland whimsy to look right at home on Katniss.
The open silhouette of this Calvin Klein trapeze dress from Nordstrom allows you to bend, twist, climb, and dodge any (metaphorical) flying knives that might get thrown your way. Plus, it'll look extra romantic with a chunky, single braid flowing down one shoulder.
The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins drew part of her inspiration for the book from the Greek myth of Theseus – so it's fitting that goddess-style one-shoulder gowns, like this Alice + Olivia, number remind us so much of her heroine, Katniss.
This futuristic frock from Shopbop.com seems particularly Panem-esque. The flowing jersey construction allows for total freedom of movement, and the sheer cut-out panels show off your toned arms and torso – and mimic the shape of Katniss' deadly weapon of choice!
Brides, let us know – which dress is the winner of this stylish battle royale? Want even more survivalist wedding inspiration? Check out this amazing parachute wedding decor idea – OR this amazing assortment of Day Of The Dead wedding cakes!
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By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ in News
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 12:20 pm
|Speak Truth 2 Power
There were at least three CIA safe houses in the Bay Area where LSD experiments were performed on unwitting subjects from 1955 to 1965, reports Troy Hooper in a major article in SF Weekly. The apartment, boasting sweeping waterfront views, was just a short trip up the hill from North Beach's rowdy saloons.
Inside, prostitutes paid by the government to lure clients into the apartment dosed their unsuspecting johns with acid-laced cocktails -- while martini-swilling CIA agents observed their every move from behind a two-way mirror. The two-way mirror in the bedroom gave the agents a close-up view of all the action.
The government -- remember, this was during the height of McCarthyism and the Red Scare -- wanted to know how hallucinogens could be used to coax confessions from prisoners or war, or captured spies. And what better way to examine the effects of LSD than to dose unsuspecting citizens -- apparently at random -- in New York City and San Francisco?
Just a few months ago, a construction crew pulled microphones, wires, and recording instruments out of the walls of the Telegraph Hill property, still there from 50 years ago.
Working girls would pick up johns in the bars and restaurants of North Beach, then bring them back to the Telegraph Hill safe house for experimentation and observation. Besides that, seemingly random San Franciscans were dosed on acid apparently for no other reason than that their paths crossed with CIA agent George H. White, who headed up the MK-ULTRA operation in the Bay area.
White wrote in his diary how he regularly slipped acid to civilians at local beaches, and in city bars and restaurants. Even unsuspecting dinner guests at White's home were surreptitiously given LSD. (Ironically, White, an alcohol fan, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1975.)
There were also two other Bay Area safe houses where CIA agents dosed unsuspecting citizens. People from all walks of life were potential targets.
Testing on unwitting individuals was finally suspended -- at least officially -- in 1964. But for whatever reason, the CIA safe houses in San Francisco and New York continued to operate for about a year and a half longer.
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The numbers were great for the Clark County Fair, manager and CEO John Morrison said Sunday afternoon, just a few hours before the 10-day event closed.
He said he expected attendance to be in the "mid- to high 250,000s." The best attendance in the past decade was 264,998 in 2008, Morrison said.
He credited "near ideal" fair weather for the good fortune. Last year, when extreme heat hit, attendance was about 219,000.
Folks were hungry, too, Morrison said.
"Saturday, we had an all-time record for concessions," he said. An average Saturday would bring in about $167,000 for food vendors, while Saturday's was estimated at $225,000. The fair receives 25 percent of food sales.
As for rides, revenue was up about $54,000 through Saturday.
The fair also sells space to 275 commercial vendors, which brings in $400,000.
The fair has no debt, Morrison said.
Morrison said he was particularly proud of several things, including:
• "This was the fourth year that we were able to keep gate and parking prices the same."
• "We offered a wide range of things for people to see … a new set of experiences."
• "I'm happy we were able to bring the draught horses back." Those horses put on demonstrations — including wagon pulling, log pulling and plowing — seven times. The horses come from five Clark County farms and visitors were able to greet and pet the big fellas.
• The fair had five paid amphitheater shows last year but took three of the five this year and staged them for free in the grandstand. "It was positively reacted to," Morrison said. Alan Jackson and Avett Brothers performed in the amphitheater but the grandstand hosted Kutless, Blue Öyster Cult and Kip Moore.
Challengesre main in running the fair, Morrison said.
Traffic flow and parking can be tough because the fair has just 5,200 parking spots near the midway. An additional lot on 179th Street just north of the fairgrounds can be used.
People complain the fair is too expensive, but Morrison said buying in advance gets you an $8 ticket instead of $10 at the gate and a $30 ride bracelet becomes $22 when purchased in advance.
Any other problems?
"We had a rabbit get out this year," Morrison said. The bunny was AWOL overnight but found in the morning in a corner of the barn.


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Because they were probably paid a ton of cash and – more importantly – because it was built into their contract, Sammi Giancola, Ronnie Ortiz Magro and Deena Cortese partied like they were college students at MTV's Spring Break celebration at The Palms Resort & Casino in Las Vegas today.
Is it me, or does Deena's face look like it's smoothed and polished by more than a loofah? Why are her eyes closer to her temples than they are to her nose? She's become Sammi's minime!


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The AS45GTR from Shuttle is one of the latest products to be released by this veteran motherboard company and it shows promise as a feature filled enthusiast board that should catch some market attention.
Built on a four layer PCB in the ATX form factor, the board sizes in at 305mm x 244mm and should fit any standard or larger sized case. The rear I/O panel is also standard and requires no additional I/O shield for a proper fitting installation. A 300W or higher PS is highly recommended for better system stability.
One cool thing to notice is the motherboards gold plated connectors and blue colored PCB. Having a blue PCB enhances the boards visually quality and can only truly be enjoyed if enclosed within a case that has a see-through window. Having gold plated connectors increases the reliability of your drive cables making a solid connection.
Based on the new SiS 648 HMAC/ 963 MuTIOL Chipsets that seems to be getting praise around the net, the motherboard supports an adjustable 400/533MHz FSB allowing use of both the older and newer Intel Socket 478 P4 based processors for maximum flexibility in your choice of CPU.
The AS45GTR supports up to 2GB of 2.5V PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory and 3GB of PC-1600-PC2100, it can offer bandwidths up to 2.7GB/s when using DDR333, which is essential in order to sustain the bandwidth demand from the host processor, as well as the multi I/O, and AGP master buses.
You can use memory modules from 64MB-1GB in the PC1600-PC2100 variety but with PC2700 the board only works with two DIMM slots limiting your memory support to a 2GB max. The board only supports PC2700 in a four-bank configuration meaning that the last DIMM slot must remain empty.
You can use the latest DDR400 or PC3200 memory but performance is not really increased as much as system overclocking becomes more stable when using the faster speed rated memory that handles the increased frequency better than the garden PC2700 variety.
Featuring five PCI slots and a 4X/8X Pro AGP port, the board is up on its technology. The AGP port supports all the latest features including the new 8X standard including Fast Write Transactions for better bandwidth and increased performance.
For your hard drive and optical devices this board has the mother lode and offers the user a vast variety of options. Starting off with native ATA133 support via the standard Dual ATA controllers, two ATA133 RAID controllers and then an additional two Serial ATA150 controllers means serious drive support.
Having Serial ATA support at the moment is a little early but hopefully by Christmas we will begin to see these type of drives hitting the shelves in time to garner our holiday cash. This little leap can do bounds for your multimedia environment as faster transfer rates equates to smoother video and audio playback.
USB 2.0 is becoming evident on most serious players motherboards and Shuttle, not one to usually miss a beat has USB support that rivals most product currently available. Featuring on-board support for a total of six 1.1 or 2.0 USB ports. Two are located on the rear I/O and four are available via cables that connect by way of headers located on the board.
For sound you get a moderate solution that comes in the form of the AC97 Codec that although will work for your sound provider offers a limited amount of options. The audio has six channel speaker support and has features including digital in which connects by an included cable.
Overclocking and hardware monitoring are available from within the AWARD BIOS environment as well as options for protecting your system from CPU fan failure or overtly high system temperatures. The motherboard has a 4MB flash programmable AWARD BIOS that is very user oriented and will be shown further later in the review.
That about wraps up what the board is made of. The retail box includes two ATA cables, one floppy cable, one driver CD, one manual, one Digital in cable, two external USB cables and two Serial ATA cables. Let us now move on to the setup section of this review shall we. Read on and see what the AS45GTR combined with the AWARD BIOS offers up to the enthusiasts and overclocker.


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does the SVP have a polar alignment scope?
It's an option, not stock.
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Posted 09 September 2009 - 05:15 PM
does the SVP have a polar alignment scope?
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Posted 10 September 2009 - 11:08 AM
talk about one eyed facts. True, it takes a few minutes to align and setup a GOTO mount, but once it's done, you're generally going to be a LOT quicker at finding things than with a manual setup.
Do some of you guys simply eschew automated functionality simply because you're backwards and old fashioned I wonder?
Having GOTO is especially nice with fainter, hard to see objects. And if the OP wants to get into astro imaging later on down the track, GOTO is a boon as well.
Bashing something just because you want to be anachronistic isn't wise imho.
me too! My equatorial mount is always in "manual" mode.
By the time others are done aligning their GOTO mounts I"ve already viewed several DSOs.
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Posted 11 September 2009 - 12:07 AM
So, you're implying that GOTO is a waste of time by your post it seems. I mean, why use GOTO when you can do it manually, so much quicker (please note sarcasm in my tone). Sorry, but you ain't everyone. You're one person. If non GOTO floats your boat, fine, but to carry on and act like manual mounts are the ONLY way to go, which is what it seems many in this thread have done, is ridiculous. It's a tool, use it. That's my motto. Eschewing modern technology just to make a point of "look at me, I'm good" is rather egotistical imho, aka as a pi$$ing contest in Aussie land. I won't say what most Aussies think of those types of people.
Posted 11 September 2009 - 02:42 AM
All of the examples you just gave are worthless and irrelevant because none of the "outdated" options you sarcastically deride (except possibly the cooking one) actually teaches a useful fundamental skill. Using a turntable doesn't teach you to listen to music any better, driving a horse and cart doesn't teach you how to get to a destination any faster, boiling bathwater over an open fire doesn't get you any cleaner, and using non-voicemail home phones doesn't let you communicate any better. On the other hand, learning how to use a manual equatorial mount with no GoTo WILL make you a better astronomer, even if (when?) you eventually step up to GoTo.
I could go on and on...and on. Deliberately not taking advantage of technology that makes life easier as a user is just silly and being old fashioned.
GOTO mounts have made it a lot easier for people to get into astronomy, and that is a *good* thing. I guarantee you that if we all reverted back to your old fasioned way of thinking, the number of people getting into astronomy, and astro imaging, would be tiny by current numbers.
This isn't intended as a personal attack Luigi, I'm trying to use some solid examples of ordinary technology that we mostly take for granted, and use, instead of doing things the "old" way.
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MY,MY, folks aint we having fun here ? 8 ball says different stroks fer different folks. ifen you dont like one gets the other. lookin is whats counts.
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Hi Charlie
Posted 16 September 2009 - 06:06 PM
Ok everyone, I made it out tonight before the clouds made it in. I aligned with Polaris and swung to the south (Vega was buried in clouds) and found a bright star to align with and set the RA and Dec. After this I tried to hit Casseopeia. If I didn't have a 90, I would have been peering through the legs of the tripod. So I failed in getting this set correctly.
In aligning on Polaris without a polar scope, I tried my best to center it within the scope mounting hole. By this Thursday, that hole will be holding a polar scope. I know this will help in getting closer to the objects, but if I am resting my cheek against the tripod I am in deeper trouble than I thought.
I may have swapped the upper and lower numbers of RA when I set up the southern star, and switched back again going back north. The other question is how do I determine what is postive or negative on Dec?
Maybe I need to resign myself to star hopping and be done with it til I get a goto system, or scrap the mount and get an altaz. Either way the frustration point has been found.
Posted 16 September 2009 - 07:24 PM
Oh, my God man, rejoice in your mistake. You have blundered into an intelligent, excellent set up.
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Pretty Little Liars Season 4 Premiere: Spencer and Toby Investigate the Fire (VIDEO)
Pretty Little Liars boss Marlene King promised more Spoby in Season 4, and it looks like we're getting it!
On the Pretty Little Liars Season 4 premiere, entitled "A Is For A-l-i-v-e," Spencer and Toby investigate the rubble left after the house fire. Spencer is digging for any clues about Red Coat she can find. Could Red Coat really be Ali?
"What if it was Ali? What if she brought us here because she's ready to come home?" Spencer asks Toby.
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Marin Marais (1656-1728).
Marin Marais was born in Paris in 1656 and there he died in 1728. Marin Marais occupies in the 2nd half of the 17th century the place Saint Colombe occupies in the 1st half of the century in the sphere of viol writing. Indeed, he represents the peek of that musical tradition, being that in the 18th century the viol was quite simply abandoned in favour of the cello.
Besides being a viol player, Marin Marais was a renowned composer, and his main influence in this field was Lully. Having already performed in the king's orchestra, Marais became director of the Paris Opera, composing operas like "Alcione", chamber music and five volumes of viol pieces. In fact it is for these pieces that Marais is best known- In those five volumes of viol pieces accompanied by a "basso continuo" a great aesthetic sense and virtuousism stand out. And in Louis the 14th's court none other was equal a virtuoso except for Forqueray, known as "le diable" (the devil), being that Marais was surnamed "l'ange" (the angel).
Apart from these viol pieces, there are other chamber music pearls, like the "Sonnerie du Mont de Saint Geneviéve à Paris" , for two violins and 2basso continuo", among other pieces for chamber sets.
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I went to the Trout River Fish Company about a month ago to buy a bushel of oysters. My only requirement was that they NOT be from oil slicked waters. I asked a lady salesperson if she had any oysters available, she said she did and how much would I like. My father, 73 years old and oblivious to the dangers of petrol-coated foods, told her we wanted a bushel. I interrupted and asked where they were harvested and she said: "Louisiana". I apologized and explained I wasn't comfortable with foods coming from that location. Then, as my back was turned, I heard her say: "Well, the government says they're safe to eat!" To which I replied: "Is it cheaper for the government to pay BILLIONS of dollars to those fishermen and their families that have lost their livelihoods due to the spill, not to mention the other industries that were stomped on by the spill? Or cheaper AND easier for them to say: "It's ok to eat the fish there."? I also told her that she couldn't PAY a representative of government to eat seafood from those waters, but they'll tell the public all day long that it's safe for US! Then, today, I ran across THIS on CNN.com:
If you're not responsible enough to your customers to purchase from waters unaffected by the BP spill, FIND A NEW PROFESSION! I've purchased seafood from Trout River Fish Co. for over 30 years, but I won't anymore. I didn't appreciate the saleswoman's attitude, basically implying that I wasn't entitled to my concerns for my health and that of the guests I would have served that food to. That's like a server dropping your food on a dirty floor and then giving you attitude when you refuse to eat it.I feel that they are putting people in danger and the people in this area should be warned of it. Some people may not think to ask where the oysters are coming from because we, in Florida, almost always assume that our oysters are harvested from Apalachicola, FL. If a child or elderly person were to eat oysters tainted with petrol and the dispersant used to "clean it up", it could be deadly! If someone is immune compromised, they would be in grave danger by ingesting chemically infected seafood. PLEASE!! If you're planning on purchasing seafood, and you've heard that the GOVERNMENT says it's safe from Louisiana, Mississippi, or the eastern coast of Texas, IT'S NOT TRUE!! The seafood, especially oysters, crabs, and shrimp because they are filter feeders and STOCKPILE the chemicals in the water, are NOT SAFE TO EAT. They won't be for the entire lifetimes of the people living during that spill! If you go to Alaska and dig just INCHES into the shore, you'll find OIL from the Exxon/Valdez spill that occurred in 1989!!!! I have friends in those areas, and there are MASS reports of skin disorders, headaches, respiratory disorders, and even oil-slicked RAIN that started just weeks after the spill there. If these people are producing these symptoms WITHOUT eating the seafood from those waters, imagine what could happen if you DO eat that seafood.
The folks at Trout River Seafood know their business from experiences down through the family over the years during the good times and the slower times.They not only know the business, they are very wonderful people and you will just enjoy meeting them and enjoying their excellent products. I know, because I have and I lovethem and their products. Stop in and tell them Uncle Bill sent you. ...
What else could you want in a fish house? There's hundreds of rods & reels and countless fishing tackle to pick from. They even have an on-site rod and reel technician who can fix anything. A three generation family business thats a landmark on the northside of Jacksonville. I've been going there over 25 years.
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Vegan Shepherds Pie
Mashed Potatoes (top layer):
5 russet potatoes
½ cup plain unsweetened almond milk (hemp milk for nut alternative)
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons Himalayan salt (or good sea salt)
½ cup coconut oil or grapeseed oil
3 tablespoons vegan cashew cream cheese (http://www.theearthdiet.org/5/post/2012/11/cashew-cheese.html)
1. Boil russet potatoes.
2. Mash potatoes and mix in all other ingredients!
Bottom Portion:
1 yellow onion chopped
2 carrots chopped
3 celery stalks chopped
½ cup peas
1 tomato diced
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (thyme, basil, rosemary, oregano, basil, marjoram)
2 cloves garlic chopped finely
1 cup Portobello mushrooms
1 cup lentils (pre-cooked )
1. Sauté all ingredients together until thoroughly cooked.
2. Add lentils towards the end.
For Shepherd's Pie:
1. Heat oven to 400 degrees (ºF) or 204 Celsius.
2. Put bottom portion in an oven safe dish.
3. Put mashed potato layer on top.
4. Add nutritional yeast as the 'cheese' on top.
5. Bake for 20 minutes.
6. Enjoy!
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About Pulp Creative Paper
Since 2000 when Pulp first opened its doors, it has bloomed into a treasure trove for paper fashionistas, and those who just can't help but be drawn into this beautiful, colourful and creative space. Tracey Martin and Nicky Crowley graphic designers, sold Pulp Creative Paper to Sabina Fatt in September, 2010. The girls had employed Sabina, a graphic designer & illustrator, for 3 years. Tracey and Nicky had nurtured and grown Pulp Creative Paper for 7 fantastic years, they loved every moment of it.
There is something quite magical about Pulp. Your senses are treated to a dazzling display of paper accoutrements and a beautiful assortment of gifts. The space has been created to encourage creativity no matter how little of it you think you possess. There is a selection of papers from around the world, A4 size and large size sheets for wrapping, framing or to decorate with. Standard size envelopes are available with a variety of different sizes, colours and textures to choose from, more than 200 couture-quality style ribbons and a unique range of gift cards. Gift-wrapping for customers is available.
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Greenville police say they are investigating their first murder of 2009.
It happened early Friday morning on Chestnut Avenue. Police says Jessie Ray Staton was shot.
One neighbor told WITN News that she heard 5 or 6 gunshots around 1:15 a.m.
Another neighbor says a woman came to his door asking for help. He saw the 34-year-old man lying on the ground, moaning and bleeding from his abdomen.
That man tells us it looked like Staton was shot while inside a car and fell out onto the street. Police say the victim later died at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.


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Contact: Edward L. Sweda
e-mail to media[at]tplp.org (use @sign)
August 17, 2006
The importance of today's decision will be minimized by the racketeering defendants, but the historic finding and remedies imposed by the Court will 1) forever brand the cigarette companies as racketeers; 2) energize trial attorneys and provide a powerful set of documentary and testimonial evidence and findings of fact to bolster cigarette litigation; 3) undermine the credibility of the companies as they try to push into emerging markets around the world; and 4) serve as a powerful antidote to cigarette company attempts to portray themselves as responsible corporate citizens.
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., f/k/a Philip Morris
Incorporated, et al.,
Case No. 99-2496.
For background on the trial, please see
The United States Government's Racketeering Lawsuit against the Cigarette
Industry (pdf) by Mark Gottlieb, Edward Sweda, Jr. and Sara D. Guardino (at
The Decision:
Judge Kessler's Final Opinion weighs in at around 1,700 pages. Much of it is dedicated to presenting the Court's Findings of Fact which articulately describes the despicable history of the defendants' deadly misdeeds over half a century. For example, over the first 200 pages, Judge Kessler describes:
In Section 1959 of the Opinion, Judge Kessler summarizes the Defendants' scheme to defraud consumers by stating:
The Court also rejected the cigarette companies' long-standing strategy of stating that "everybody knew" that their products were dangerous while simultaneously claiming that "nobody knows" what causes lung cancer and other cigarette-caused diseases. Judge Kessler asks at Section 1361, "if everybody knew" that smoking and nicotine were addictive, then why were Defendants publicly, vehemently, and repeatedly denying it?" She goes on to observe that, "after reassuring the smoker that smoking was not bad for her health, and was not addictive, Defendants then blamed her for being unable to stop using the product they had so successfully marketed with false information."
Remedies Ordered by the Court
See the Court's Remedial Order
The Court has the power to issue remedial orders to prevent and restrain the defendants from committing future violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute under which the lawsuit was filed. The scope of available remedies was narrowed significantly after a controversial 2-1 decision by a panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued in February, 2005 that reversed Judge Kessler and found that the remedy of disgorgement, the taking of ill-gotten gains, was not available and, furthermore, remedies needed to be forward-looking and seeking to prevent new violations rather than backward looking and seeking to punish or correct past misconduct.
Within these significant constraints, Judge Kessler, expressing some frustration with the limitations imposed by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, fashioned the following remedies:
Some remedies that the Court did not issue in addition to disgorgement included a national smoking cessation program and national counter-marketing program. This saved the Defendants billions of dollars.
From Blueprint to Treasure Map
The findings of fact set forth by the Court lay out with great detail exactly how the cigarette companies worked together to defraud the public, leading to incalculable injury to their customers. Everything the Judge describes has been proven to the Court through the submission of documents and testimony. It tells a shocking story, but beyond that, it gives trial lawyers representing the Defendants' injured customers or their estates an unprecedented tool for persuading juries in subsequent proceedings.
It is difficult to imagine that trial attorneys will not seize the opportunity provided by this decision to file tens of thousands of new cases in the near to mid-term. This Opinion, combined with the effect of a major state supreme court decisions in Massachusetts and, particularly, Florida, that have greatly benefited plaintiffs, adds dramatically to the cigarette companies' legal woes.
Obviously, the cigarette companies will appeal the finding of liability for engaging in racketeering to the DC Court of Appeals and, perhaps eventually, to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Government should appeal the 2005 finding of the appeals court that drastically reduced the scope of remedies. The Government sought to appeal that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court last year, but the appeal was reject as premature because the trial court had yet to issue its Opinion. If the Government is successful in such an appeal, it could reopen the remedies process.
One remarkable aspect of this trial was the allegations of political interference from political appointees at the Department of Justice in the final weeks of the trial. These allegations are part of a lawsuit brought against the DOJ by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW). They also led the judge to allow a group of membership-based public health organizations to act as interveners or parties to the remedies portions of the trial. A leading member of this group of organizations, the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, has indicated that the remedies order should be appealed.
Mark Gottlieb, Director of the Tobacco Products Liability Project at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, noted that, "while the lack of a large payout by the Defendants is unsatisfying, the findings of fact and conclusions of law issued by Judge Kessler are absolutely devastating for the cigarette companies. They are now adjudicated racketeers. Trial lawyers will take advantage and lawmakers, policy-makers, and the public will be shocked to learn how these companies' wanton disregard for their customers and their unbridled greed led them to commit the atrocities described by the Court."
See our Mid-trial Summary Report (2-4-05) (pdf)
See our Pre-Trial Backgrounder and Q&A on the case


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Summer Internship - Research Projects at National Chemical Laboratory [Closed]
OrganizerNational Chemical Laboratory(Research Organisation)
Important Dates
Deadline: October 31, 2012
Eligibility Undergrad Level,Grad Level
Type of Opportunity Internship/TrainingTags
Published OnOctober 7, 2012
The National Chemical Laboratory, located in Pune , India a research, development and consulting organisation has a successful record of research partnership in chemistry and chemical engineering. The NCL Innovations is the resource center of NCL that supports and promotes technology innovations within NCL.
The summer internship/ short term projects at NCL Inovations is an excellent opportunity for students interested in research to experience it in the premier institute for their final year projects or summer training coming summer.
Internship Details :
The successful applicants of recognized educational institutes all over India will be allowed to access the research facilities of NCL under the supervision of one or more of NCL's scientists in the fields of chemistry / chemical engineering / life sciences / plant molecular biology and other areas of interest to NCL scientists.
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Interested Students having a passion for research work in the various fields of study mentioned above can apply. The applicant must have a good academic record with an interest and aptitude to pursue research.
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Hey there fellow Cyclonefanatics. Its almost that time of year, No Shave November is about to begin. Join me in saluting your manhood with "No Shave Novembeard". A Prize will be awarded to the best beard at the end of the month! So sign up today!
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I started in September.
Watching tv one night there was a commercial for Duck Dynasty. I told the girlfriend I wanted to grow my beard out like those guys. She challenged me to let it go for a month because she thought it would drive me crazy. I've trimmed it up a couple times but have mostly let it go. She has now been reminding me that it has been over a month.
I started this week. Last shave was last Saturday
Beardtober...that is all.
You guys should post picts of your Beards, would make for a good thread. If you are interested in signing up, you can PM me as well.
I can't stand the itchiness so I never make it past a week.
Kansas wears Adidas.
Getting facial hair caught in the collar of a polo sucks. More often than not that's what causes me to shave.
I'm growing a playoff beard but I'm pretty sure we would have to win a state title for enough growth for anyone to notice
Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
I started a month ago... Still going strong, except for the neck beard. I'm hoping to keep mine through shotgun season.
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No beards at work which sucks because I hate shaving.
Eyes closed, head first, can't lose.
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I can't stand the itchiness so I never make it past a week.
I'm with you except I never make it past 2 days. Can't stand the feel of it.
I don't do beards. You know...strong chin, defined jawline...nbd
Originally Posted by 3TrueFans
No beards at work which sucks because I hate shaving.
I can't remember the last time I was clean shaven...
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I can't remember the last time I was clean shaven...
We're still talking about beards, right?
I think a nice beard is what man should do as his right of passage!
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Memorial Park – Brentwood – Roller Skating Rinks in Brentwood MO
Memorial Park - Brentwood Roller Skating Rink is a 1 floor outdoor roller skating rink that is open year round. Roller skating sessions for All Ages are available at Memorial Park - Brentwood. Pickup hockey is also offered.Memorial Park - Brentwood Rol