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CD & DVD Case MOD - Printable Version
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CD & DVD Case MOD - ronie - 2009-03-03 18:30
[updated to version 2.0]
This mod for the PM3.HD skin will show your CD & DVD cover art in a nice case. I am by no means a skinner and my image graphic skills are practically non-existent.
So, with that beings said, there might be some flaws here and there (haven't found one yet though).
All in all (IMHO) the results are very pretty.
The DVD case looks like this:
And the CD case like this:
Some examples of this mod in other views:
installation is easy:
- extract the 2 images from the zip file to the 'media' subfolder of the PM3.HD skin
- extract the xml files to the '720p' subfolder (you might want to back up the 720p subfolder first!)
You can download this mod here or there.
If you're not using the default PM3.HD skin, but the PM3.HD_TV_Movies Mod by Jezz-X, get it here or there.
If you're using the PM3.HD_TV_Movies Mod by IllumiNaughty, get it here or there.
changelog v2.0:
- cleaned up the code a bit
- slightly modified the images
- removed empty cases
- updated the xml files to SVN r19100
- added support for:
- list view
- thumbnail view
- media info view
- dvd thumb view
- home window
- slideshow
- visiluasation
- menus
- tv shows
- change cd case to match the dvd case
- add support for:
- 3d coverflow
- album info view
- dvd info view
- kizer - 2009-03-04 01:42
Could you change your mod not to display any cases if there none opposed to any empty case?
- yadster - 2009-03-04 17:42
These look very nice. Also agree with the above poster, as what often lets a skin down is when you don't have a thumb for a particular film/tv ep/music etc. Having the option of not showing anything would imho improve the look.
- ronie - 2009-03-04 22:08
Sure, no problem. I'll add a modified version as soon as it's ready.
Just one thing, by default the PM3.HD skin WILL show an icon (some kind of 'loudspeaker') if there's no cover-art in Music library view. Want me to remove that one too ?
- ronie - 2009-03-07 18:49
Ok, i added a link in my original post to a version which won't show an empty case when there is no cover available.
- yadster - 2009-03-07 21:39
I'm gonna sound like a complete numpty but where do I put the png's??
- ronie - 2009-03-07 23:28
yadster Wrote:I'm gonna sound like a complete numpty but where do I put the png's??
Feel free to ask. The .png files go in the media subfolder of the PM3.HD skin.
Should be something like /usr/share/xbmc/skin/PM3.HD/media if you're using linux.
For windows i think it's C:\Program Files\XBMC\skin\PM3.HD\media.
- yadster - 2009-03-07 23:57
I popped the files in the MEDIA folder but I'm using the xbox version.
- empty - 2009-03-08 00:50
How about an offical integration with an on/off option?
btw. looks great, mediastream needs this too
- ronie - 2009-03-08 02:57
yadster Wrote:I popped the files in the MEDIA folder but I'm using the xbox version.
I don't have an xbox, but there should be a ..\skin\PM3.HD\media
and ..\skin\PM3.HD\720p folder somewhere too.
empty Wrote:How about an offical integration with an on/off option?
That's entirely up to Jezz_X ;-)
- yadster - 2009-03-08 13:09
[quote=ronie]I don't have an xbox, but there should be a ..\skin\PM3.HD\media
and ..\skin\PM3.HD\720p folder somewhere too.
That's where I placed the files originally but when the cases didn't show up I assumed I was doing it wrong. I deleted all the cache files etc and am using the latest t3ch build but can't get either frame to show. :confused2: Thanks for all your help, and like an above poster said this deserves to be integrated into PM3HD.
- rudeboyx - 2009-03-10 15:37
on xbox music case shows but dvd dosent. also are there any plans to impliment the cases in to over views other than fanart. ie visulisation info bar and home page etc?
ps awsome mod. adds a touch of class to the greatest skin
- ronie - 2009-03-11 18:07
rudeboyx Wrote:on xbox music case shows but dvd dosent. also are there any plans to impliment the cases in to over views other than fanart. ie visulisation info bar and home page etc?
Not sure what's causing the problem on the xbox. I've downloaded the latest T3CH build, extracted the skin and tested it on a linux pc. It's working fine.
Maybe there's some issue with the dvdcase image, maybe the xbox can't handle certain types of .png files? I'll check if there's anything 'wrong' with the image files.
As for other views, i've just finished 'media info', 'dvd thumbs', 'list' and 'thumbnail' view for the video library. Currently i'm working on those views for the music library.
I will look into the visualization and home views next. Maybe, just maybe, i'll have a go at the coverflow view too.
- yadster - 2009-03-12 16:33
I downloaded the PM3.HD skin from the SVN and added the files and built the xpr file but I still can't get the frames to show.
- ronie - 2009-03-20 16:39
yadster Wrote:I downloaded the PM3.HD skin from the SVN and added the files and built the xpr file but I still can't get the frames to show.
I'll upload a new version in a few days. Hopefully it will give less issues on the xbox, but there's no way for me to test this.
It will have support for other views, besides fanart, too.


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Next up will be DC going to the 9th Circuit Court trying to overturn a 2008 U.S. District Court ruling that the Siegel family had successfully reclaimed their copyright to Superman and were owed profits from 1999 – a ruling Larson references in the aforementioned open letter. Also, it's likely that Toberoff will look for ways to appeal today's ruling.
This fight isn't over, but WB gets to move forward with the Man of Steel movie and lots of Superman comics in the meantime.
Creators' rights are still a hot topic in today's comic book industry, with prominent creators often leaving the "Big Two" companies to actually have fair deals working with their own creations at other companies, and Marvel and DC both seeking out cheaper talent from other countries. There is a long history of bum deals being given to comic creators – Alan Moore will tell you quite a bit about that relating to his dealings with Watchmen and DC's decision to start exploiting that.
It's sad that creators and publishers can't agree on fair compensation. But money makes things ugly.

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The agreement of Breit-Pauli and Dirac R-matrix collision strengths for iron peak elements: an Fe14+ case study
Berrington, K.A. and Ballance, C.P. and Griffin, D.C. and Badnell, N.R. (2005) The agreement of Breit-Pauli and Dirac R-matrix collision strengths for iron peak elements: an Fe14+ case study. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 38 (11). pp. 1667-1678. ISSN 0953-4075Full text not available in this repository. Request a copy from the Strathclyde author
In calculating collision strengths and excitation rates for electron impact on moderately ionized iron peak elements, one might question whether the Breit-Pauli R-matrix method is sufficiently accurate as compared with the Dirac R-matrix method. We test this for Fe14+ by removing as far as possible any variation in algorithmic features, such as the energy mesh and target state expansion, as opposed to genuine differences between the two approaches. We find the average difference between the Breit-Pauli and Dirac R-matrix effective collision strengths is only 6%, which confirms the hypothesis that if one gets the Dirac and Breit-Pauli target states close, and resolves the resonances adequately (we use up to 384101 points), then the Dirac and Breit-Pauli collision strengths are in good agreement. We finally tabulate the best converged effective collision strengths for T = 10(5)-10(7) K for all transitions involving the lowest 10 levels of Fe14+.
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Unpopular as his crusade may be, Federal Air Surgeon Fred Tilton is right to shine a spotlight on sleep apnea in the pilot community. But the way he broke the news of the proposed screening program surely raised hackles: it did not adhere to rulemaking protocol and to pilots it appears invasive beyond the agency's charter. The doc got off on the wrong foot, and his stated goal of using body mass index (BMI) as the matrix for unearthing sufferers, while in line with medical opinion that BMI is a leading indicator, has some shortcomings. BMI is one indicator, but it will not weed out everyone struggling with sleep apnea. "Struggling" is no exaggeration for someone trying to cope with severe OSA.
I'm not a fan of reading about other people's medical problems, and I would have preferred to continue to keep the lid on my own sleep apnea. But Tilton has thrust the condition into the consciousness of pilots, and I feel some duty to share my experience with severe sleep apnea–from which I have to draw one overriding conclusion: untreated, the condition is seriously incompatible with the demands of piloting.
The big relief for me that accompanied a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea was that it revealed the cause of the chronic exhaustion that had sapped my enthusiasm for pretty much everything. I had grown steadily more fatigued and exhausted with each passing year for seemingly as long as my declining powers of memory could recall.
In the shower each morning, as I leaned against the tiles wondering why I was so utterly drained after a night in bed, all I wanted to do was curl up on the floor of the enclosure and sleep. I would pull off the road en route to work or returning home to doze for a few minutes and try to fend off the overwhelming urge to sleep. During brief forays into something resembling sleep at night, I would dream I was unable to breathe but told myself it was only a dream, when in fact I was indeed suffocating from lack of oxygen. A core reflex would yank me out of it and restart breathing until the next stoppage. This went on all night, every night, and I was unaware of it.
Activities and pursuits that used to excite me or at least hold my interest lost their luster, including flying. In 2002, although I didn't know it then, I flew an aircraft for the last time–this after 30 years spent flying something new and exciting every month, photographing it and writing about my impressions of flying it. It had been the dream job for this kid who grew up thinking about little else other than aircraft and flying. What on earth had happened?
There was no conscious decision to quit flying the airplane I had spent three years building and flown for 300 hours, or to quit flying any other aircraft for that matter. Flying was another victim of my declining enthusiasm for anything other than just struggling through the basics: keep the magazine accurate, hold onto my job so I could make the mortgage payments and function as father and husband as best I could. I searched for factors that might explain my condition. Was it the daily round trip of 125 miles on New Jersey's clogged roads just to get to and from the office, in addition to the often long hours devoted to AIN between the northbound and southbound drives? Was it the exercise I surely needed but couldn't find the time for or summon the energy for? Was I trying to cram too much into too few hours? Was I just not cut out for the pace of modern life?
In the meantime, supposedly like all Brits, I kept a stiff upper lip and carried on. Eventually my wife, concerned about the periods of nocturnal silence that suggested my usual snoring had taken a more serious turn, persuaded me to undergo a full sleep study (an expensive overnight polysomnography that AIN's medical insurance covered).
The results of my initial sleep study spelled bittersweet relief. Fewer than five stoppage events an hour–a five on the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) doctors use–is regarded as normal; anything above 30 on the AHI is classified as severe OSA. My AHI number was 87, meaning a stoppage on average every 42 seconds, severe enough that the medics terminated the test prematurely and slapped a CPAP mask on me for the remainder of the night.
I hadn't had a good night's deep sleep for years, maybe even decades, and now I had the evidence for what was causing the debilitating fatigue and utter exhaustion.
Body Mass Index
My six-foot frame and 210 pounds equate to a BMI of 28.5 (officially "overweight" until I drop to 183 pounds/24.8 BMI), so me and my 87 stoppages an hour would slip through not only the FAA's initial net of 40 BMI (officially "obese class III") but also its proposed second-stage net of 30 BMI (officially "obese class I").
To be caught in the first net of 40 BMI, I'd have to weigh 295 pounds. To be caught in the second net of 30 BMI, I'd have to weigh 220 pounds. If I weighed 295 pounds, I'm not sure I'd even fit in most cockpits and would likely be on warning at most corporate operators to slim down or find another line of work.
The FAA is targeting pilots with a 17-inch neck circumference as well as a BMI of 40 then 30. Medical studies show that overweight people are more prone to suffer from sleep apnea because the structure of their neck and throat encourages the airway blockage that causes OSA, but is the FAA also using sleep apnea as a lever to eject seriously obese people out of cockpits because of the long list of health risks their weight poses? If the agency is intent on weeding out every last sleep apnea sufferer, it's not going to execute a full purge by focusing on BMI and neck size. On the other hand, it might purge cockpits of morbidly obese pilots.
The Civil Aviation Medical Association (which represents aviation medical examiners) had this to say in a letter to FAA Administrator Huerta objecting to the agency's proposed policy on OSA: "The FAA is not tasked to provide long-term prognoses, but rather to determine the likelihood of pilot incapacitation for the duration of the medical certificate."
"Pilot incapacitation" suggests a sudden, unanticipated, disabling event such as a heart attack, which is why a professional pilot's physical includes an EKG to provide the FAA some guidance in determining the likelihood of cardiac incapacitation during the validity of the medical certificate sought. OSA presents a more subtle type of incapacitation, so the FAA could argue that by targeting OSA it is trying to identify existing, chronic, undiagnosed and subtle incapacitation of the human condition most difficult to evaluate and too prevalent in accidents: judgment.
Some of aviation's lobby groups have been quick to claim that not one flying accident has ever been attributed to a pilot's sleep apnea, but the logic of that assertion, in the context of my experience with OSA, is lost on me. There are plenty of accidents that cause pilot readers of the NTSB's final report to shake their heads and say, "Why on earth did he do that? What was he thinking?"
It is entirely within the realm of possibility that a pilot's thinking was warped by the relentless exhaustion of severe undiagnosed or undisclosed sleep apnea. Sleep apnea cannot be dismissed as a possible accident cause simply because it has never been cited specifically in an accident report. It's incontrovertible that fatigue clouds judgment, witness all the studies of circadian rhythm and flight and duty times as they relate to safety. What's more, those studies assume that a tired pilot sinks into deep, restorative sleep when he finally enters the land of nod at the end of the duty day. That is not the case for a pilot living with untreated OSA.
The Treatment
Unlike many readers of this magazine who might find themselves in this predicament, I was fortunate in that I was able to quietly quit flying, don a CPAP mask every night, hold onto my livelihood and enjoy the prospect of someday flying my (sufficiently light) airplane again on the strength of my driver's license alone–no requirement to undergo, and possibly fail, an FAA third-class physical. If I took and failed an FAA physical, the driver's-license route would be shut off. So I never underwent an FAA physical since I quit flying.
In this preliminary stage of sleep apnea screening for the professional pilot population, the fallout from a diagnosis of OSA is a big question: will the OSA sufferers weeded out by the FAA physical have an income safety net for the time they are out of the cockpit, whether that be six weeks or permanently? Will they go to the bottom of the list of 55,000 pilots already awaiting special-issuance medical recertification? Clear answers at this stage are elusive. With a waiting list already that long, the FAA is clearly ill equipped to deal swiftly with the OSA sufferers it banishes from cockpits.
In my case, connecting to a CPAP machine every night has been a passport back to the land of nod, with a commensurate improvement in my outlook on life and my ability to function. But the process is a royal pain in the rump, and I look back fondly on the time I could go to bed in short order rather than spend the requisite 15 minutes to clean the mask, clean my face of any oils for an airtight night-long fit and top up its humidifier reservoir with distilled water. That tiresome routine never changes. Fortunately, the alien sensation of hitting the hay with a mask and air hose strapped to my face became familiar quite quickly.
Does CPAP work? For me it does, and I am reminded how well it works if I succumb to the temptation not to wear it and wake up feeling, once more, as if I haven't slept all night. OSA has not gone away, but at least the CPAP, its Hobbs now headed for 9,000 hours, keeps it at bay.
What Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)?
OSA is a condition marked by pauses in breathing during sleep, despite efforts to breathe, and it usually reduces blood oxygen saturation, introducing the potential for organ damage in the long term. The obstruction to normal breathing is caused by relaxation of the muscle tone in the neck and throat, which leads to collapse of the soft tissue into the airway at the back of the throat. These pauses in breathing typically last between 20 and 40 seconds.
Doctors treat OSA either by having the patient sleep with a dental mouth-guard device inserted at bedtime that moves the lower jaw down and forward, or they prescribe some variant of CPAP/VPAP/APAP (continuous/variable/automatic positive airway pressure) device, which pumps a measured flow of air at a pressure chosen by the doctor into a mask worn over the nose or mouth or both to keep the airway open. A weight-loss and physical exercise program can also be part of the treatment. Medication and surgery are not generally regarded as effective.


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Team captain ... enters 2012 tied for sixth in school history with 14 career goals ... tied for ninth all-time with eight career assists ... tied for fifth in Valpo history with 36 career points ... tied for eighth on the career charts with five match-winning goals.
2011: Appeared in all 19 matches for the Brown and Gold, starting the final 15 contests of the season ... a Second Team All-Horizon League selection ... earned Horizon League Player of the Week accolades on Sept. 19 after scoring match-winning goals against Green Bay (Sept. 16) and at Bowling Green (Sept. 18) ... led Valpo with six goals, ranking fifth in the Horizon League, and three assists ... 15 total points on the year tied for seventh in the conference and are tied for 10th on the single season list at Valpo ... scored goals in five straight matches from Sept. 9 against IUPUI through Sept. 23 against Campbell ... had a three-point match with a goal and an assist against IPFW (Aug. 21) ... fired 35 total shot attempts ... scored on six of 13 shots which were on goal ... tallied three match-winning goals, tied for sixth on the school's single season charts ... voted to the Horizon League's All-Academic Team ... selected to the 2011 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-Central Third Team ... named to the Horizon League Fall and Spring Academic Honor Roll ... earned Valparaiso University Student-Athlete Presidential Academic honors.
2010: Played in 17 matches, making 14 starts as a sophomore ... scored Sept. 3 in the win at IPFW ... tallied 14 shots on the year, six of which were on goal ... registered a season-high four shot attempts at home against Loyola (Chicago) on Oct. 1 ... named to the Horizon League Fall and Spring Academic Honor Roll ... earned Valparaiso University Student-Athlete Presidential Academic honors.
2009: Started all 21 matches for Valpo as a freshman ... a Second Team All-Horizon League selection ... named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer Team ... shared the team lead with seven goals on the season, tying for seventh in school history for a single season ... led the Crusaders with 19 total points, sixth most in school history ... tied for third all-time at Valpo with five assists in a single season ... first collegiate goal came against Michigan on August 23 ... tallied the match-winning goal against Ball State (Sept. 3) and Green Bay (Sept. 25) ... first collegiate assist recorded against Liberty on Sept. 18 ... had three-point matches at Youngstown State (Oct. 16) and against IPFW (Oct. 25) ... 16 of 29 shots on the season were on goal ... had a season-high four shot attempts at Cleveland State on Oct. 18.
Prep: A four-year letterwinner for the Stars ... a two-time All-State selection in Minnesota ... named Missota Conference Player of the Year in both 2007 and 2008 while earning All-Missota Team honors three times ... a finalist for Miss Soccer in Minnesota ... led team to three Missota Conference championships ... team was state runner-up in 2008 ... led school to 19 victories as a senior ... set school record with 53 career assists ... played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Elite ... club team was seven-time state champion and three-time Region 2 semifinalist ... club team was ranked among the top-10 in the nation ... a member of Minnesota's Olympic Development Team and region camp participant ... a member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Rachel is the daughter of Bob and Laura Lee Hoaglin ... majors are sports management and marketing ... born Nov. 28, 1990.


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Known as "Boston's Elder Statesman of the Blues," vocalist Weepin' Willie decided on a music career after getting hooked on the polished, urban blues style pioneered by the likes of B.B. King, Bobby Bland, and Joe Williams. Remarkably, it took Willie 50 years of working the clubs as an MC and singer before he got his first record deal (with APO) in 1998. The resulting album, At Last, on Time, was co-produced by Mighty Sam McClain and its release garnered Willie some belated recognition for his hard-earned life as a bluesman.
Born William Lorenzo Robinson in Atlanta, GA, in 1926, Willie grew up as a field worker drifting from farm to farm along the East Coast. After finishing a three-year stint in the army in 1948, Willie moved to Trenton, NJ, where he began MCing jazz and R&B gigs under the name Willie the Weeper. Over the next decade he warmed up the stage for a long line of entertainers passing through Trenton, including B.B. King, Lloyd Price, Titus Turner, and Bill Doggett. At the same time, Willie also discovered his own talent as a singer and he began fronting a blues combo led by saxophonist Jimmy Taylor.
In 1959, Willie moved to Boston and changed his stage name to Weepin' Willie. Through the '60s he found steady work as an MC, including a regular gig opening for R&B singer Tommy Hunt. When Hunt decided to move to England, Willie stayed behind and joined forces with bassist Buddy Johnson to form the Buddy Johnson/Weepin' Willie All-Star Band, which lasted until Johnson's death in 1998. Willie subsequently took over the band, which then became known as Weepin' Willie and the All-Star Blues Band. Notable All-Star alumni include sax players Gordon "Sax" Beadle (of the Duke Robillard Band), Lynwood Cooke (of Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson's Magic Rockers, and Emmett Simmons (a former James Brown sideman who has performed with Willie on and off since 1964).
Prior to 1999's At Last, on Time, Willie had only recorded once, cutting "Can't Go Wrong Woman" for the 1991 Tone-Cool compilation Boston Blues Blast, Vol. 1.


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Six OF Swords DETAILED MEANINGMovement
On my Six of Swords card, shadowy figures drift from turbulent waters into safer currents. Brightness breaks through cloudy sky and the Castle indicating safe haven can be glimpsed in the distance.
After the harrowing experience of the five of swords the six offers relief and allows the seeker to drift towards a more secure phase of their existence. Problems will have been resolved and mental turmoil will have been processed leaving behind a calmer state of mind. This card is a paradox, the inherent difficulty of the suit of swords, combined with the feelings of relief indicated by this card, show an interesting and enlightening period lies ahead. Though the vessel is drifting into safer waters, the final destination indicated by the Castle has not yet been reached. Problems are fading away, however, the two-dimensional feeling of the figures in the boat indicate that we are not safe until self-limiting patterns of behaviour are truly left behind. This card indicates residual anxiety surrounds the seeker with regard to all aspects of their life. The future, by its very nature, remains unknown, the cards that surround the Six of Swords in any reading must come under scrupulous interpretation. When this card appears the seeker has surmounted many obstacles, has learned many hard lessons and is ready to accept that the future is set to improve. Outmoded friendships and destructive patterns of behaviour must be left behind in the turbulent waters of the Six, a fresh cycle begins with this journey.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
CONTACT: Matt Finer, Save
The renowned
In a letter written to the President and Environment Ministry of Ecuador, some of the world's most preeminent biologists, including Jane Goodall, E.O. Wilson, Stuart Pimm, Paul Ehrlich, Peter Raven, Gary Meffe, and Tom Lovejoy, called on the Ecuadorian government to prohibit the construction of the proposed Petrobras road. And in a separate letter, seven leading researchers from the Smithsonian Institution called on Petrobras to reconsider its plans to build the new access road into the Park.
"Yasuni may well be the single most biodiverse
forest on earth," said Stuart Pimm of
"Based on Smithsonian research conducted around the world on trees, mammals, and insects, we can demonstrate that Yasuni is one of the most diverse forests on Earth," said Elizabeth Losos of the Smithsonian. "We strongly recommend that Petrobras consider a no-road policy to protect the remarkable biodiversity of the area."
Given its unique location at the intersection of the Andes, the Amazon, and the equator, Yasuní National Park is home to a large stretch of the world's most diverse tree community, contains the world's highest known insect diversity, and is among the world's richest sites for birds, amphibians, and mammals.
The biologists
emphasize that the no-road option would not limit oil development, but would greatly
minimize the environmental impact to the primary rainforest.
These letters join two other scientific responses issued in recent months in regards to the impacts of the proposed Petrobras road. In January, the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), the world's largest scientific organization dedicated to the study and conservation of tropical ecosystems, unanimously passed a resolution calling on the Ecuadorian government to prohibit the construction of the proposed Petrobras road.
"Building a new road in the Amazonian frontier
is like opening Pandora's Box," said William Laurance of the Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institution in
Last November, 59 leading neotropical researchers from institutions in 10 different countries (dubbing themselves the Scientists Concerned for Yasuni) wrote a letter to the Presidents of Ecuador, Brazil and Petrobras strongly recommending the proposed road be stopped.
One of them, Dr. Anthony Di Fiore, a researcher from NYU who has been studying primates in Yasuni for 11 years, said "New roads provide hunters with easy access to previously untouched areas. Populations of large monkeys, such as woolly monkeys and spider monkeys, are especially vulnerable to this added pressure."
"We concluded that the negative impacts caused by new access roads in primary rainforest environments can not be effectively controlled," said Margot Bass, Executive Director of Finding Species and lead editor of the Scientists Concerned for Yasuni report. "Thus, we strongly recommend that all planned and future oil extraction in Yasuni utilize a roadless "off-shore" model."
Elaborating on the "off-shore" model, Save
America's Forests staff ecologist Dr. Matt Finer explained, "We are advocating
for a new policy that treats the primary rainforests of
The Petrobras road would transect the territory of an indigenous Quichua community and would enter the ancestral territory of the Huaorani, the native inhabitants of the Ecuadorian Amazon.
All four letters were delivered this week to
the Ecuadorian Embassy in
The Wilson, Goodall, Pimm, et al. letter was
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Yes, Rex Ryan, son of Legend-in-This-Town Eagles coach Buddy Ryan and current head man for the Jets, was spotted at a Carolina Hurricanes game last night—wearing a Flyers jersey.
Not surprising that a Ryan would be a Dave "The Hammer" Schultz fan. Here's some audio from an interview he did on the spot. Rex would later change into a Hurricanes jersey... Above photo via Joe Ovies on twitter.
After the jump, a picture you don't want to see—Ryan changing into the Canes jersey that some ice girls brought him. You've been warned.
Second pic via The Big Lead, who, unfortunately, has more pictures from this event.


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- Management of anesthesia equipment failure: a simulation-based resident skill assessmentWilliam B Waldrop
Howard and Joyce Wood Clinical Simulation Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
Anesth Analg 109:426-33. 2009....
- Simulation-based assessment of pediatric anesthesia skillsJames J Fehr
Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Anesthesiology 115:1308-15. 2011..The purpose of this study was to develop a set of relevant simulated pediatric perioperative scenarios and to determine their effectiveness in the assessment of anesthesia residents and pediatric anesthesia fellows...
- Simulation in pediatrics: the reliability and validity of a multiscenario assessmentMary E McBride
Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Duke, UNC grads urged to find challenge in hard times
Posted May 12, 2012
Updated May 13, 2012
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Robed graduates marched solemnly into commencement ceremonies Sunday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University to hear from high-profile speakers about the risks and realities of the world that faces them. Despite cloudy skies, the mood was sunny for proud parents and their grads, many of whom carried signs acknowledging that Sunday was also Mother's Day. Your photos: Class of 2012
At Duke, journalist and author Fareed Zakaria accepted an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters before listing for graduates the many reasons their future looks bright.
The economic downturn, conflict abroad and climate change are real problems, he noted. "But I want to sketch out for you, with perhaps a little bit of historical context, the kind of world you are really entering into," he said.
Bloomberg: Tar Heel tips for 2012 grads
He listed examples of technological, medical and educational advancement over recent decades. "What I am pointing out is that there have been extraordinary challenges over the last 50 years, 75 years ... but we have overcome them," Zakaria said.
"When we look forward to the problems we face ... keep in mind these problems are real, but the human reaction and response to them is also very real. ... We forget that there are these extraordinary opportunities that human beings have to solve these problems. That is what you will be doing. And what I urge you to remember is that you will have a profound effect when you do that," he said.
At Carolina, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped into school spirit quickly with the "Tar" ... "Heel" call and response. "I wanted to start this morning by shouting something," he joked.
Class of 2012 graduates from Duke, UNC
Bloomberg offered graduates seven pieces of advice:
- Teamwork is everything.
- Assist others.
- Risks are necessary.
- Hustle, always.
- Elbows occasionally have to be used.
- Education is a lifelong journey.
- Love what you do.
Sunday's ceremonies wrapped up a busy graduation weekend across the state in which thousands of college graduates got encouragement from high-profile national figures.
First lady Michelle Obama regaled graduates of North Carolina A&T in Greensboro with the story of the four students who started the sit-in movement for desegregation more than half a century ago. She said their actions are an example of what young people can do to change the world.
"It all started because a small group of young people had eyes open to the injustices around them," Obama said. "Being engaged means not simply recognizing what's wrong, not simply complaining about and talking about our problems, but acting." 2012 commencement speeches
Alumnus and San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers saluted graduates of North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The record-setting quarterback who graduated from NCSU in 2003 told more than 5,200 graduates to identify their priorities and then plan to protect them.
"You are on the brink of your greatest challenge yet; don't take that step without a firm commitment to your priorities," Rivers told graduates. "On what foundation will you build your future?"
The nation's top law enforcement officer, U.S. Attorney Eric Holder, told 245 law students graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to think about the legacy they will build.
"You are among the most prepared to affect meaningful change no matter what path you chose," Holder said. "With all that you possess and all that you have been given, you have a special responsibility to our nation and to this world."
Holder, the first African-American attorney general, was chosen by a committee of law students to address the graduating class.
Rev. William Barber, president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, told graduates of North Carolina Central University to fight against injustice.
"You live at a turning point in history," Barber told 536 graduates at NCCU. "If our values are right and our budgets are just, we can build a better society. We can finish the job of being, in word and deed, one nation under God with liberty and justice for all."


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January 8 2013
Recap: Strong 2013 start for Johnson
By Ann Miller, for PGATOUR.COM
KAPALUA, Maui — A jaw-dropping matinee performance blew Dustin Johnson to the top of the windblown Hyundai Tournament of Champions leaderboard on Marathon Monday.
After six practice rounds and three days of watching brutal winds wipe out the start of the 2013 PGA TOUR season, Johnson got revenge on Kapalua's Plantation Course in Monday's first two rounds.
He shared the first-round lead with Mark Wilson and Nick Watney at 4-under 69 in the morning, despite a trio of three-putts. When he sank a five-foot eagle putt on the 36th hole of the day, Johnson had a 6-under 66 and a three-shot lead over defending champion Steve Stricker.
The 66 looked uncommonly easy. The longest putt Johnson made was eight feet and that was for par. He two-putted for birdie on three holes and chipped within four feet three more times. On the final hole, he launched a 6-iron 243 yards and the eagle had nearly landed.
"I thought it was going to come up a little bit short, but it ended up fine, just perfect," Johnson said. "It was rolling down there pretty close to the hole and I made it."
Johnson's scintillating performance, in winds that still were some 30 mph at times, was no surprise. At 28, he is trying to become the first TOUR player since Tiger Woods (1996-2001) to win a tournament six straight years out of college.
He had nine top-10s last year, including a win at the FedEx St. Jude Classic that got him the Hyundai invitation. He ranked fourth in driving distance (310 yards) and finished eighth in the final FedExCup standings.
"He's such a good player and he's got length on his side and he's got a lot of talent," said Stricker, who was suffering from a "shooting pain" down his left leg and limping noticeably. "It's going to be tough to make up three shots on him here. I wish I was feeling 100 percent.
"I could be feeling better tomorrow, who knows? But you know, we never know, either. That's why you play. I mean, three shots, two shots can be erased really quickly, one hole."
Stricker turns 46 next month and has decided to cut his schedule "in half" this year. He is ranked 18th in the world, and the last time he did not break par at Kapalua was in 2002. He is 86 under in his last 19 rounds here.
Twenty of these players head to Oahu after Tuesday for the first full-field event of the year. The Sony Open in Hawaii starts Thursday at Waialae Country Club.
Johnson Wagner, who won at Waialae last year, has a share of 10th going into the final round. He was ninth at Kapalua a year ago.


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LASIK in 2006 - 6.5 Years Later! - Raleigh, NC
Hi! If you're wanting to know if this is worth it down the road, the answer is yes! The only negative I have is the loss of my close-up vision. I had worn glasses for distance since the seventh grade. Slightly OCD, I was very aware of my frames in my field of vision. I would frequently look at their edges throughout the day, which caused tension / headaches. And if they didn't sit... READ MORE
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I'm 40 years old, 5-8', 160 pounds (under active thyroid doesn't help). I have 8 children, one c-section when the placenta separated, the rest were unmedicated , uncomplicated births. I am po day 2. I had TT with lipo to tummy, hips, inner thighs, and neck, and breast lift. I've done this to repair an abdominal split, and since I'd be knocked out and sliced and diced anyway, why not get my... READ MORE
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We picked up a brown K-Way jacket at Bronkies close to Derek's Dilemma on Sunday (25/09). We asked around as we were one of the last groups to leave.
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When the Farmers Alliance of this county was organized, he was one of the very first to unite with it, believing that it was a move in the right direction, and that it would result in only good to the entire country. He was the first president of the county alliance, and retained that honorable position up to the time of his election to the position he now occupies.
Mrs. Flynt has represented his county in every meeting of the state alliance since its organization and took an active part in formulating the action of the celebrated cotton bagging meeting, when it was determined to throw off the yoke of the jute bagging trust bondage.
As illustrative of the esteem with which Senator Flynt has always been regarded by his fellow citizens, and the amount of confidence they have always had in his ability, it may be mentioned here that he was unanimously elected to represent Taliaferro county in the late celebrated road congress, held last year in Atlanta, at a mass meeting of the citizens of his county, when he was not present and had no knowledge of its proceedings.
Senator Flynt is a thorough democrat. Long before the alliance was thought of he was chairman of the democratic executive committee of his county, and has been a member of the congressional democratic executive committee of the tenth district quite a number of years and has represented his county frequently as a delegate to the different congressional conventions. He is not only thoroughly identified with the agricultural and political interests of his county, but is also thoroughly alive in its educational development.
He was, in 1887 elected to the position of commissioner of education of his county, and has continued to hold that position up to his election to the office of senator with honor to both himself and the interest he has so creditably illustrated in his administration.


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Hey Bungie Community! In my wanderings through these forums, someone asked me: "What are the Exo?" I'm a really philosophical guy, so I started my answer to help out and tell him what we know, but as I dove deeper it developed into a discussion not only of what an Exo is, but what it means to "be" Exo. The remainder of this post is my answer to him (heavily edited and expanded), and I wanted to share my thoughts with all of you to maybe provide a new perspective on, and perhaps a new appreciation for: the race of Exo. With that introduction, I give you: Exploring The Exo: The Exo were war machines designed and built by humans. The Traveler wiped their memories of all of the time before and then blessed them with true sentience. The Exo are true thinking, feeling beings now. They are still machines inside and out, but they absolutely have full and evolving personalities like everyone else. The Exo must confront their lack of mortality (an Exo lives forever with effective maintenance), to my knowledge they cannot mate or reproduce (I'm fairly certain the secrets of building the Exo was lost in the collapse as well), and that they cannot remember any of their existence before the Traveler uplifted them. There are both male and female Exo. I believe this is only for the purposes of defining themselves as having a male or female persona now that they are sentient, rather than for mating capability. The body types are likely different to accent and celebrate that "choice." I know gender isn't a choice per se [at birth], so when each Exo was uplifted by the Traveler, it was likely "born" in that moment and must have realized that they were either one or the other. That issue of gender without gender roles may be another of issues that every Exo faces. They also have no childhood, no learning process through years of experiences under the guidance of parents to make them who they are. They were static. One moment they did not exist from their own perspective, and the next moment they did. Its like their entire personality, all of who they are... was just given to them, handed down from on high, rather than developed over years of growing up and experiencing things. Its gotta be a shocking way to enter the world, and it can't be comforting to know that SOMETHING ELSE decided who YOU were going to be. To look at another possibility, assume for a moment that when they were born in that moment of uplifting it was as if they knew nothing at all (emulating a human newborn), then they would have learned everything from humans (in the Golden age and early stages of the collapse there were no Awoken, and those who existed in the dark ages lived almost exclusively on the Reef. This would make it very unlikely for an Awoken to have ever "raised" an Exo). What would that mean for them? How alien would it feel to sit down to a family dinner when you cannot grasp the concept of food? As children, these Exo would not have been smaller than their adoptive parents, they would in most cases be physically superior. By what method then could a young Exo be disciplined? As a sentient being, every Exo should be vulnerable to feelings like pride or anger. How would a proud and self aware Exo take orders from a mother or father figure whom they could beat to a pulp in seconds? Why must he or she listen to those who cannot enforce their own rules? In the end I don't know if one or either of these cases is the truth concerning the uplifting of the Exo, but both possibilities are rife with unique challenges that simply are not faced by members of any other race. The Exo are philosophically pretty cool. They can make really interesting characters, especially when/if they learn that their entire race were once unthinking slaves used by humans for protection and warfare. This event raises some wicked questions. How does that make them feel about the robots that we see doing all of the menial labour in the tower now? Would they understand that the use of a non sentient machine is different from slavery, or would they see what they could have been and be disgusted? Even better, how does that make an Exo feel about being a Guardian?A being brought back from the dead for the singular purpose of protecting the City by roaming the solar system and killing every single threat to its inhabitants? Does that diminish them once again into no more than slaves used by others for protection and warfare?With the knowledge of his or her race's past available to them, An Exo guardian might feel more like a slave than a hero. As if we didn't have enough degrees of separation already, the Exo also don't sleep which is admittedly badass and quite useful, but could also be very lonely in a world of Humans and Awoken. Could this make Exo society self contained? When the Humans and the Awoken of the City go to sleep (I can't comment on the sleep patterns of the Awoken, they may not match those of humans, but lets assume for now that they're similar), the Exo population in its entirety remains exactly the same. Naturally they could spend this time together, and no member of the other races can be there for them all the time. Eventually the differences in schedule and culture could lead to many Exo folk drifting away from organic society, preferring their own kind exclusively. There are likely no rituals for eating, there are none for sleeping, waste excretion is a non issue. Routine maintenance could be better understood by those who also perform it upon themselves, and of course there must be many other issues besides. In addition, organic races would eventually be surpassed in knowledge and wisdom by the Exo, who have lived every moment since the moment of uplifting to the present (with the exception of those who died and were raised as Guardians, they/we clearly missed a big chunk of time). The sheer number of experiences they have would make most Exo very wise and interesting people. This raises another interesting question. Does the Exo have limited memory storage space? Of course it probably does internally. Exo memories were never designed by humans, but rather were "granted" by the Traveler. The physical computational memory used by them as machines of war before their transformation is certainly quite significant, but is that how they record their memories now? If that was so there would be a defined limit to what an Exo can know and remember. This is true for all races, but the Exo may be forced to actively pick and choose which of its experiences, which parts of its life to simply erase. At first glance such an ability is both a blessing and a curse. It is also one more thing that may prevent the Exo on a fundamental level from fitting into the human societies we all know. Moving on from there, we've assumed so far that as sentient mechanical beings the Exo are fully emotionally capable... so then what in Gods name does an Exo do when they fall in love with an organic? It could happen to an Exo as easily as to a Human, and as any wise person understands, we can't choose who to love. The Exo don't need sexuality as part of their companionship, but its presence in organic life could make that a serious barrier to her (or him). They could not produce offspring with that person, and if they were exclusive romantically, they would condemn their partner to a life with no sexual component, and more importantly no children. Then, even if all that works out, when the Exo's organic partner dies, they have to continue on alone. Nevermind all of the potential social stygma around the idea of organic/synthetic relationships. Like I said earlier, the Exo are philosophically very interesting. Just by virtue of their birth race they can be quite tragic characters. They must shoulder burdens we can only even wonder at. They see a World they cannot be a part of that has existed since before they themselves were even an idea. They owe the Traveler their "existence" (in its Cartesian definition), but they would not exist without the Humans who built their bodies. All they are, the good and bad, was someone else's decision. Do they love the others for making the right decisions, or hate them for making the wrong ones? Should they thank us for their existence, or blame us for the pain they suffer because of it? There is an old saying that "To 'ere is human, to forgive, divine." The Exo are neither. Thanks for reading -Thoughtfully yours, TheDestined
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Edited by OujiFuta: 8/12/2014 4:48:17 AMOne, amazing post. Made my day. I read this whole thread! My input and ideas focus on love and sexuality. I read the few who mentioned that love would be false love, if not probable. I would say in their current situation and even for all guardians that companionship a friend or fireteam out in the galaxy would bring a lot of positive into their own existence. Better survival chance, someone to share the burden of fighting the darkness, maybe rousing conversations. Yeah you will have lone wolves but undoubtably there are perks to traveling with others. Us and The Exo sentience have the ability to respect, like special qualities, and favor others! If you had the choice you would go with guardian you liked most and growing more connected with more time spent together. The way you feel about a best friend or family member is a love unlike the one that drives us to copulate. This is the love i believe Exo could experience. When the galaxy is filling with darkness you hold onto those who xan fill your world with light and you protect them. I would say Exo's, for not have the wiring like our biology, would not have sexuality preferences. With only a physical gender but not a reproductive one they probably do not see the reason of their own gender needing to be an issue on those they like most. I believe that if the other they liked enough to be inseparable, Exo will learn of the others potential desires, and lusts of the bedroom. Brining me to my other thought. If we built these robots during the Golden age and can do ok with technology after the collapse, hard to not imagine some smart or very curious being to have tried in creating sexual organs or devices for Exo's. If pleasure could be programmed, Or maybe already programmed from original creation. If they made to protect us should they not relate to the human experience even if they will not share in it all? However since they are not bound by typical human sexuality and Love making practices they could be crafted some unique sex bits. Imagine, only if you dare, an Exo knowing the secret desires of their best buddy is getting roped up. Using said knowledge having a custom part built that is long thick cord filled with pressure sensors that would activate joy and if possible exhilaration feedback. Tying up said bestie with what could be best called a very long sex orga and both sharing some form of bliss. But more conventional means would probably be the popular option for sex related upgrades. However if pleasure cannot be possible what other method would make an Exo go as far out of their way for someone else to do such lewd things? To show their respect? To earn respect? Provide a more personal usefulness and he pride of doing so(why i have come up with ideas of alternate appendages than a robo wang)? Or, to share the happiness they receive from the conversations and time spent with their bestie, but on a higher level? Last little bit of say is some idea to why the Exo were created with difference in bodies and faces and minds. Variety would help their acceptance. If they were all carbon copied they would be a literal walking stereotype. If people had fear or doubt or concerns it would brew negative thoughts about Exo's entirely and you cannot have broken team like that on the battle field. If one carbon copy Exo made a mistake we would say all of them do that. They would be seen more as animal and separate to how we see ourselves and treat each other. The creators needed us to work well with them. All looking the same creates stronger connection to the Exos but less to us. even having humans and Exos turn on another. My thoughts a little less cohesive but touching on points i wanted to flush out more. PrinceFuta
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Happy New Love 2013!! May the love you are be experienced now. May you love and recognize the love you are in another. I consider the work I do with bereavement, crisis support, as love in action. I call this process Love sessions. Because frankly they are. So where is this love that Jesus, Buddha, mystics, prophets have spoken of, it is in the best gift we can give ourselves, the present.
Just by your presence, which is listening without thought, we can help in healing. Listening fully with the presence. Some call this awareness. Awareness exist now. It is the place that has no labels, questions, thought about anything, it is the essence of the presence experiencing itself in another.
Our individual minds talk all day long, and it is up to us to know ourselves. That is our purpose. To discover that we are love and that love is far more real then the stories we create through fear. We are distracted by this mind, the mind is in search of happiness, but happiness already exists. The mind doesn't recognize that because the happiness it seeks is peace of mind. So we have to be aware of the mind. The mind is not a good leader, it is awful. The decisions it makes when left alone are selfish. As we begin to step into awareness, we begin to understand that the heart is more powerful, and uses the mind. So the mind is a better servant to the queen (the heart).
So in our love session, we begin to bring into light this mind, and allow the heart complete safety to express and live freely now. Now is freedom. So this 2013, let it be guided by your hearts, and let your minds be in service to the heart.If you would like to inquire on this process, then feel free to contact me and schedule a session for the NEW YOU! Lead from your heart. Be more creative, laugh more, travel, and love to adventure. Express from your heart!!
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Here is an environment painting Im trying to get finished. I have not gotten the hang of painting environments yet so they give me a headache.
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Here is an environment painting Im trying to get finished. I have not gotten the hang of painting environments yet so they give me a headache.
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Quality work here. Your life drawings are really nice and show that you have a good eye for details. Its just a question of transferring more of that knowledge into your imaginative work.
Thanks again Flanagan. You are right about the backgrounds sometimes looking too soft. Especially when drawing buildings and other such hard objects it becomes apparent. I will work on that. I will...
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Some really nice drawings here. I think your cartoon characters are very nicely done. Lots of personality. I cant think of much to critique at this point but I will take another look when I am not...
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I drew some characters for a comic project. I think this one fits in here quite well.
Thanks again, raminafshari. Im glad you like it. Here is some more.
You seem to be doing all the right things when it comes to studies and you have some neat ideas in your imaginative work. I dont know what else to ad that hasnt already been said at this stage....
The gangster painting really caught my eye here. Great depth and colours going on there.
There is excitement in your brush.. and thats good!
I also much appreciate your links to other great artist. Lots of good inspiration.
I tried to draw a plane but failed.
Detail of something unsatisfactory. Values are messed up.
Thanks for the nice comments. Time to update.
Thanks a lot, raminafshari. Flattery will get you far!
Finished this guy.. I think.
Indeed! I have also noticed that women who arent getting any tend to draw men as giant walking penises. This offends me gravely.
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Love Triangle History
Season 13Imogen is still reeling from her recent break-up with Fiona. However, she is still determined to make the most of her summer by working at Degrassi's summer camp with the local children. On her first day there, she sees Adam (who is sitting glumly during a meeting) and her spirits are lifted. Adam, meanwhile, is sad that Becky will be leaving town for the summer to work as a lifeguard in Florida alongside her family. Imogen assumes that the distance has forced him and Becky to break up, but Adam says that he and Becky are still "rock solid". He confides in her about his fears about all the guys that will be flirting with Becky while she is away, but doesn't want to seem as an overly jealous boyfriend who asks too many questions. To his relief, Imogen offers to do the job herself with the exchange that he be her "camp bestie" all summer to which he agrees.
Later, the three are at a Fefe Dobson concert. Imogen begins asking Becky about her time away from Adam and in Florida. She asks if she will be hanging out with her old girlfriends down in Florida during her summer job, but Becky reveals that the majority of her co-workers will be guys who are "so funny". Adam is clearly upset by this detail and remarks casually that they "aren't as funny as he is" and Becky smiles and tries to kiss him when Imogen pretends to sprain her ankle. Adam goes off to get her some ice, leaving the two girls alone.
Imogen says that being surrounded by oys all summer will be "pretty tempting" for her. When Becky says that she will be surrounded by boys all summer as well, Imogen says that the only one not revolting to her is Adam. This remark causes Becky becomes suspicious that Imogen has developed an interest in Adam. She firmly tells Imogen that Adam has a girlfriend, and makes her point clear by kissing him passionately when he returns. Adam, surprised, asks what the kiss was for. Coyly, Becky suggests they go somewhere "private". Excited, he thanks Imogen for "whatever it is she said" assuming she said something to put Becky into her current mood with him. Becky leads Adam into the crowd, assumingly to make out, as Imogen looks away sadly.
Becky and Adam are then seen kissing him in the middle of the hallway, as Drew and Dallas see them while going over a check list. Dallas remarks, "Counselors getting busy? Check, check and check"!" Drew smacks Adam on the back of his head and reminds him that the campers were arriving soon. Adam says that Becky was leaving for Florida and Drew gives him five more minutes and winks at him. Becky and Adam attempt to resume their make out session when Imogen jumps onto Adam's back, interrupting them, while saying they had to attend to the kids who were about to arrive. Adam attempts to leave when Becky says that she actually has to talk with him before she officially left. Imogen tells Adam to hurry.
Becky finally confides with him about her suspicions that Imogen likes him and doesn't want him to spend anymore time with her. Adam asks Becky if she doesn't trust him, but Becky assures him that isn't the case. She asks him to promise that he won't be around Imogen anymore. Despite being hesitant, Adam agrees to it and leaves to resume his camp duties. Becky gives him one last lingering look, obviously fearful for the worst as Adam is clearly unsettled himself.
Drew partners him up with Imogen to be counselors for the Iguana's group. Adam attempts to switch co-counselors, but Drew is too busy to hear him complain and he meets up with Imogen. He says they have "one small problem" and Imogen immediately knows that it's Becky. Adam tells her that Becky thinks she has a crush on him. Imogen insists there has to be something she can do to fix it; Adam suggests getting different counselor partners and convince Drew they couldn't work together. His idea clearly upsets her.
During the first activity to remember names with the kids, going around in a circle saying your name and something you like, Imogen skips Adam during the game. When a girl camper points this out, Imogen claims to have never heard of him and continue with the next camper. Adam calls her rude and Imogen begins to childishly repeat what Adam says, resulting in the two swatting each other, calling each other a jerk and Adam pulling Imogen's hair. Drew breaks the two up and sends them outside the school to settle the fight out. Once outside, the two briefly fight even more when Adam now thinks she must be out to break up his relationship. Imogen insists that isn't her intention and Adam demands to know why she doesn't want to switch partners then if that isn't the case.
Imogen reveals she doesn't want to switch groups since she doesn't make friends easily and "wrecks everything she touches" and just simply likes him as a person. Feeling sympathetic, Adam suggests they can be "secret friends", but pretend to hate each other for Becky's sake. This including to remain co-counselors. Imogen is ecstatic and the two begin to go inside to assure Drew they can work together. As they get up, Imogen says that she hopes that Becky realizes how lucky she is to have him as a boyfriend. Adam has a quick worried look on his face and says, "Me too".
In About a Girl, Imogen walks into the resource center to find Adam on FaceRange looking at pictures of Becky and Todd. Adam tells her that he wishes he could delete the photos, she asks him if she knows Becky's password, which he does, and he logs onto her account and looks at conversations between Becky and Todd. Adam notes that they talked about almost everything except for him and Imogen suggests looking under a nickname. Later on Imogen is in the gym with Adam, Drew, and Dallas when Adam decides that he's going to impersonate Becky and send Todd a message to say she's not interested and to leave her alone, Imogen disagrees with the plan and doesn't think it will work, but he goes through with it anyway. Back at the Torres house, Imogen is in the basement with Drew and Dallas when Adam comes down with pizza for all of them. When Adam gets a phone call from Becky, Imogen scarcastically says "Yay."
In Cannonball, Adam tries to make up with Becky and, taking some advice from Drew, sends her 'apology roses'. He receives a package back from her and is excited. However, he is disappointed to open the box and to find the roses he had sent to her. Drew and Dallas urge him to get over Becky, saying it likely she is over him and moving on in her life. Dallas, offering advice, suggests he hook up with Imogen to get over her. Adam insists, "I don't want to get over Becky. I love her." However, Dallas insists she is over him and urges him to do the same. Imogen smiles and waves at him and Adam plasters on a smile and waves back, contemplating his choices. Taking Dallas up on his advice, Adam tries to develop a chemistry with Imogen as a distraction from his constant thoughts surrounding Becky. This includes giving her flowers and complimenting her on her looks. Soon he is shortly distracted when the two take cover from the rain in the back of a van. With sudden sexual tension when Imogen takes her shirt off to change, Adam kisses her and the two begin to make out.The moment is killed when Drew walks in on the two and awkwardly takes chocolate, marshmallows and graham crackers for s'mores for the campers. As he closes the door, he mutters, "Definitely over Becky". Suddenly struck with realization that the hook up did nothing to help him get over Becky, Adam stares as Imogen leaves the car to attend her camp counselour duties. Adam passes by Drew and says he's just going to turn in. Drew says he is going to miss the campfire sing along, but Adam complains that he feels like he's going to puke. Drew thinks he just ate some of Dallas' food, known to be bad, but Adam says it is about his kiss with Imogen. Drew asks what the problem is since they are both consenting adults who are single. Adam tells him Dallas told him that hooking up with Imogen was supposed to help him forget about Becky, but now all he can do is think about her. Drew says that since they were together for a while, it is going to be a longer process to get over her. Adam again firmly declares that he doesn't want to get over her, realizing that he sincerely loves her.
- This is the second love triangle that Adam and Becky have been in. The first was with Missy Parker. The third was with Todd.
- The love triangle ended when Adam died in a car accident.
- This love triangle is similar to the J.T.-Liberty-Mia love triangle where the center of the love triangle dies and the two girls were left in a conflict.
- They were all members of the Degrassi Drama Department.
- Start: Summertime (1301)
- End: Cannonball (1306)
- Reason: Adam realized that getting together with Imogen wouldn't help him get over his feelings for Becky and that he still wanted to be with her.


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About two years ago an anesthesiologist friend of mine decided to open a MedSpa in Miami Beach, close to my house. Only because he was offering me a good deal did I decide to go in and do something about the amount of hyperpigmentations and fine lines that were slowly invading my face.... plus I was very curious. I think I went in about three or four times. I was satisfied and much of my "age-spots" went away. But now looking back, and now having gone to someone else, I realize my friend was a anesthesiologist and not a skin care professional. My first experience with IPL could have been so much better.
I started a series of six IPL treatments two months ago. I just got out of number three. Though not a doctor, this guy knows how to work this machine and really bring out all the best IPL has to offer. He utilizes three different hand sets (green, yellow, red) in different areas of my face for different purposes at different intensity levels. My doctor friend just zapped me willie-nillie with the same hand set at an intense level and did not go below the beard line nor perform anything post-treatment. The new guy tags the IPL with first spraying my face with something that looks like an airbrush that delivers oxygen with some type of liquid. It feels great and cools down the skin as does the cooling mask that comes last.
For a 41 year old man, my skin looks great.... if I do say so myself :) And I'm happy that I decided to go below the beard line. My facial hair has thinned out and in areas disappeared. Think of all the money I'll save on razor blades! My skin is even-toned, pores have shrunk.... lines are still present, though a bit diminished, but I think that is a job for Mr. Botox.
In both cases the pain was a factor. The doctor used numbing cream..... that he didn't leave on long enough. The new guy uses something like an iced rolling pin. I prefer the latter. As there is less pigmentation and less hair, there is less pain. Hope this helps.