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Genghis Khan, the fearsome Mongolian warrior of the 13th century, may have done more than rule the largest empire in the world; according to a recently published genetic study, he may have helped populate it too.
An international group of geneticists studying Y-chromosome data have found that nearly 8 percent of the men living in the region of the former Mongol empire carry y-chromosomes that are nearly identical. That translates to 0.5 percent of the male population in the world, or roughly 16 million descendants living today.
The spread of the chromosome could be the result of natural selection, in which an extremely fit individual manages to pass on some sort of biological advantage. The authors think this scenario is unlikely. They suggest that the unique set of circumstances surrounding the establishment of the Mongol empire led to the spread.
"This is a clear example that culture plays a very big role in patterns of genetic variation and diversity in human populations," said geneticist Spencer Wells, one of the 23 co-authors of the paper. "It's the first documented case when human culture has caused a single genetic lineage to increase to such an enormous extent in just a few hundred years."
Legacy of Genghis Khan
To have such a startling impact on a population required a special set of circumstances, all of which are met by Genghis Khan and his male relatives, the authors note in the study published in the American Journal of Human Genetics.
Khan's empire at the time of his death extended across Asia, from the Pacific Ocean to the Caspian Sea. His military conquests were frequently characterized by the wholesale slaughter of the vanquished. His descendants extended the empire and maintained power in the region for several hundred years, in civilizations in which harems and concubines were the norm. And the males were markedly prolific.
Khan's eldest son, Tushi, is reported to have had 40 sons. Documents written during or just after Khan's reign say that after a conquest, looting, pillaging, and rape were the spoils of war for all soldiers, but that Khan got first pick of the beautiful women. His grandson, Kubilai Khan, who established the Yuan Dynasty in China, had 22 legitimate sons, and was reported to have added 30 virgins to his harem each year.
"The historically documented events accompanying the establishment of the Mongol empire would have contributed directly to the spread of this lineage," the authors conclude.
Tracking the Y-Chromosome
The study looked at blood samples collected over a period of ten years from more than 40 populations living in and around the former Mongol empire.


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Fossilized sediment from New Jersey's salt marshes contains evidence of a migrating coast line. For some 2,000 years, up until the dawn of our modern warming era around 1900, the sea level off of what's now New Jersey was rising by about one to two millimeters a year, with the coast itself imperceptibly creeping inland. Today, the sea level is rising by three to five millimeters a year.
Perhaps that still doesn't sound like much. But this is the point of taking a very long view of history.
"The last time we saw rates as fast as this was 6,000 years ago," says Benjamin Horton, an associate professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania.
And what was happening 6,000 years ago? Temperatures were rising then, too, although they weren't as warm as they are today.
"Because we came out of a glacial period, oceans were warming, and ice sheets were melting," Horton says. "They're exactly the same processes that we're seeing today."
Horton and fellow researchers have used that fossilized evidence to reconstruct sea-level rise around New Jersey going back 10,000 years in research newly published in the Journal of Quaternary Science. To do this, they collected sediment cores drilled tens of meters below ground from coastal marshes, then examined the sediment back in a lab for microscopic organisms that only exist at specific depths below sea level. Salt marsh grasses also fossilized within the sediment were used to radiocarbon-date the samples.
The 10 maps contained in the GIF below show the movement of sea level at 1,000-year intervals leading up today:
The black outline represents the coast as it exists today. The "0" on the color bar above is sea level, with green, yellow, orange, and red areas showing elevation in meters above sea level, and teal and blue showing the depth of the ocean below it. For reference, this is the same land on a map you may more easily recognize, from Chesapeake, Virginia to Boston:
For coastal cities still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, this history should be particularly alarming.
"If you stood at Atlantic City on the boardwalk, at that same spot 10,000 years ago, the sea level would be 40 meters lower," Horton says. "You just have to think how far out it would be. It is thousands of meters beyond its present day location."
Communities along the New Jersey coast are already trying to restore beaches even as they slowly subside, hauling in sand from elsewhere. Horton suggests that that task – and the cost of executing it – will only grow bigger from now on based on what we now know about the historic trajectory of sea-level rise.
"The problem that we have is that people are unwilling to accept climate change, and we should just accept it," he says. "We have the ability now to start to think about what the rates of rise in the future will be."
Top image, taken in March, of a home destroyed by Superstorm Sandy in Mantoloking, New Jersey: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
Most of the time, a new study finds, landlords file for eviction because it tilts the power dynamic in their favor—not because they want to eject their tenants.
Among Democratic candidates for president, the politics of America's housing affordability crisis are getting complicated. Just wait until Trump barges in.
The city plans to fill some small but treasured sites with trees—a climate strategy that may also change the way Paris frames its architectural heritage.
It's wrong to exclude safe uses of housing because of who belongs to a household. Like family law, zoning ordinances should prioritize functional families.
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I think Cesar was the guy from Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition (another R* title), but older.
Cesar talks like he's Canadian with the eh's.
Courier Missions?
"The yay leaving San Fierro?" "Right.. but they're using bikes, CJ," "And they go cross country."
"You stole $XXX from the courier"
"you can try again every Wed & Sat" (yayo)...
"you can try again every mon & fri" (cash)...
I can't find these side missions listed anywhere on this site...
Wanted to get a page started for this, and any more info people have on it. ie, certain amount to complete, or infinate? Does it become some sort of asset? Is it required for 100% completion? --NssJ 03:34, 18 September 2011 (BST)
- Please post messages at the end of the page, not the beginning. There is an existing page about this but I highly doubt that is the correct name of the mini-mission. Check out certain walkthroughs like this one for more information if you want to add more information.--spaceeinstein 04:28, 18 September 2011 (BST)
I apologize. Normally I'd post last, but wasn't sure what to do with that little part... If it even still needs to be here, no author, etc. I just tried to line it off to the side for the time being... So, can i just cleanup and rename "big smoke's cash" with correct quotes and info from walkthrus and playing it, add links to mission sections for Cesar & Smoke so it can be found a little easier? --NssJ 21:13, 18 September 2011 (BST)
When I saw the Wikipedia article vor Clifton Collins Jr., I saw in his filmography list that he was going to voice Cesar again in Grand Theft Auto V, making a return. Any thoughts on this? Originalusername (talk|edits) 01:12, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
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If the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe goes on to meet the remaining requirements to build a casino in Taunton, there will be a rulebook of sorts in place to govern the facility.
If the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe goes on to meet the remaining requirements to build a casino in Taunton, there will be a rulebook of sorts in place to govern the facility.
The federal review period for the tribal-state casino compact came and went this past week without the Bureau of Indian Affairs rejecting it, meaning the agreement is essentially deemed approved.
Under the compact, the tribe would pay the state various shares of its casino revenue depending on its level of exclusivity in the Massachusetts gambling market. If the tribal casino is the only casino in the state, the tribe would pay 21 percent of its revenue.
If another casino opens elsewhere in Massachusetts, the share would drop to 17 percent.
In the event that Raynham Park is awarded a slots license, the Mashpee's payment to the state would drop by another 2 percentage points.
The tribe would pay the state nothing if another casino were approved in the southeastern region.
The major remaining hurdle for the Mashpee is getting a federal land in trust approval to obtain sovereignty over the land they have under option in East Taunton. Many observers say the application process is long and difficult.
Amid doubts over the tribe's ability to qualify for land in trust, the state Gaming Commission voted last year to accept applications for a commercial casino in southeastern Massachusetts. Commissioners say they will revisit the situation to gauge the tribe's progress before deciding whether to award a license.
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The dust that has settled from the November election has been replaced by a thick blanket of snow, a sure sign that the city inauguration is near.
Taunton's inauguration is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday at Friedman Middle School. Officials who won seats in the recent municipal election will be sworn into office for a two-year term.
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EAST MIDDLEBURY — Serena Eddy Moulton has fond memories of frolicking with other children in the huge yard at the Middlebury Cooperative Nursery School (MCNS) off East Main Street.
She would return to the MCNS in East Middlebury a few decades later as an adult to make some new memories, tending to the yard in which she once played while watching her own children learn and recreate there.
"One of the things that I loved most is you could invest time in the school in exchange for a reduction in tuition," said Eddy Moulton, who served a stint as "director of maintenance" at the parent-run MCNS. "It was a completely worthwhile investment."
Parents made such investments in the MCNS for more than 75 years, making it one of the longest running cooperative nursery schools in the state.
January 31, 2008
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
MIDDLEBURY — A change in a tax on Vermont hospitals included in Gov. James Douglas' fiscal year 2009 budget proposal could result in a $550,000 hit to Porter Hospital.
As a result of the tax change in the Douglas budget released last week Vermont hospitals fear they will have to raise fees and they won't be able to fund care for low-income Vermonters or a statewide effort to use electronic medical records more widely.
The health care provider tax is collected by the state of Vermont, which in recent years paid an equivalent amount back to hospitals in federal Medicaid money. That repayment was based the need of the community that the hospital served. But there is a limit to the Medicaid match, and in 2009 the health care provider tax would exceed that limit by $16 million.
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The VAHHS is requesting that the rate be reduced to 3 percent.
January 31, 2008
By JOHN FLOWERS
MONTPELIER — State Rep. Michael Fisher, D-Lincoln, on Tuesday filed legislation challenging the federal government's ongoing authority to call up National Guard troops to serve in Iraq, while urging Gov. James Douglas to bring home Vermont Guard soldiers now serving in that part of the Middle East.
Fisher discussed his bill with the Addison Independent on Monday and reiterated his plans at a news conference in Montpelier on Tuesday. Surrounded by Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin, D-Putney, and a dozen other lawmakers, Fisher argued that the 2002 federal authorization to call up the state National Guard had expired.
He added he believes the authority granted by the Congress to use military force was based on two specific purposes: to defend the national security based on a perceived threat from Iraq; and to enforce relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions against Iraq.
Fisher argued that Iraq no longer poses a direct threat to the U.S., given the fact that Saddam Hussein is now out of the picture and a new government has been elected. He added the changed conditions in Iraq mean that enforcing U.N. Security Council resolutions has now become a moot point.
"Congress gave the authority in 2002 for a specific mission in Iraq," Fisher said. "That mission does not exist today."
All of this means that Congress must authorize a new mission in order to legally keep National Guard troops in Iraq, or control of those Guard troops must revert back to state control, according to Fisher.
Since Fisher believes control has legally reverted back to the state, he is calling upon Douglas, in his role as chief of the Vermont National Guard, to "take all necessary steps" to bring Vermont Guard troops back from Iraq.
DAVE HEATH FLOODS the ice rink on Middlebury College's academic quad Thursday afternoon. Heath, who has worked on the rink for 28 years, was planning to return at midnight for a final coat. The rink is used by students for skating, hockey and an annual broomball tournament.
Independent photo/Trent Campbell
January 28, 2008
MIDDLEBURY — Starbucks will not proceed with plans for a new store off Route 7 South in Middlebury. The proposed coffee shop has apparently become a casualty of a recent shift in Starbucks' business plan calling for development of fewer stores in the U.S. this year.
"As you are no doubt aware, the Starbucks Corporation has entered a period of reorganization in the wake of its disappointing financial performance this past year," reads a recent letter to the Middlebury planning office from Christopher Hunt, a partner with Buffalo, N.Y.-based company Myron Hunt Inc. that was seeking to build the coffee shop on land adjacent to The Centre shopping plaza.
"Unfortunately for us, and for the town of Middlebury, as part of their process (Starbucks) has decided to halt development of many planned, yet un-built stores," the letter reads. "Accordingly, we are hereby withdrawing our application to amend the Hannaford shopping center P.U.D. (planned unit development) to include Starbucks."
Newly named Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has said his agenda will include refocusing on the "customer experience" in current stores and new products, while slowing the pace of new U.S. store openings. Starbucks also plans to close an as-yet undetermined number of underperforming locations.
Starbucks becomes the second major retailer to pull the plug on plans for a Middlebury store during the past three months. In early December, Aldi announced it would not proceed with a plan to locate a 17,000-square-foot discount food operation in the Middlebury South Village (MSV) development off Court Street. Aldi also cancelled plans to develop stores on a handful of sites in other parts of the state.
MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury selectmen on Thursday, Jan. 31, will seek public feedback on the concept of boosting the town's sales, rooms, meals and alcohol taxes by 1 percent to generate revenues for a new in-town bridge at Cross Street.
Thursday's hearing, set for 7 p.m. in the municipal gym, will be the first in a series of meetings and votes selectmen will need to convene if the town is to implement a series of "local option taxes." Board members are hoping to have those taxes at the town's disposal to pay down a portion of the estimated $16 million price tag of a proposed Cross Street bridge project.
Middlebury College has already promised to donate $9 million toward the project, which would link Main Street with Court Street across the Otter Creek, via Cross Street. Selectmen are hoping to cover the balance of the project costs through local option taxes and federal highway money, thereby eliminating the need to raise local property taxes.
At this point, selectmen are looking for the ability to implement all the available local option taxes — sales, rooms, meals and alcohol.
"The board is looking at all four, thinking it is the fairest way to distribute the burden," said Middlebury Town Manager Bill Finger. "It is also the most direct was to spread the (tax) base out."
Figures provided by the Vermont Tax Department show that a 1-percent local sales, meals, rooms and alcohol taxes would have netted Middlebury $725,319 in 2007. That, combined with the college's commitment of $600,000 annually over the life of a 30-year bond for the project, should more than cover yearly debt service payments, officials said. Finger said the town is still crunching numbers on the exact annual payments Middlebury will need to make a 30-year bond.
BRISTOL — After nearly two decades leading the Bristol Fire Department, Mark Bouvier has passed the mantle of authority to a younger generation. Second Assistant Chief John "Peeker" Heffernan took over as chief earlier this month from Bouvier.
"It was a combination of feeling that I've done what I set out to do, and sometimes there's the loss of the, if you'll pardon the pun, the fire in the belly," said Bouvier, 59. "It was a good time, I felt, to hand over the reins."
Two other senior officers — Fire Truck Captain Peter Bouvier (Mark's brother), and First Assistant Chief Peter Coffey — also stepped away from those posts on Jan. 5 because of other demands on their time.
Mark Bouvier has spent a total of 34 years in the fire department, with the last 18 years as chief and seven years before that as an assistant chief. Peter Bouvier was assistant fire truck captain for the past 19 years, and was assistant truck captain for one year before that. Coffey was first assistant chief for 19 years, and was the second assistant chief for one year before that.
All told, Peter and Mark Bouvier and Peter Coffey have spent 65 years as officers of the Bristol Fire Department.
Peter Bouvier and Coffey could not be reached for comment, but Heffernan said that they also were stepping aside partly due to other demands on their time.
Mark Bouvier stressed that he, along with the others, will still be around as members of the department, just not in leadership positions.
"I'm just stepping aside, not out," he said.
Heffernan said he was glad to know that the former officers will still be around to offer guidance here and there. "They said they were willing to help, and that's why I agreed to take the spot," Heffernan said.
LOUIS BEAUCHAINE, right, and Henry Cogswell build their version of the Great Wall of China at the Starksboro Cooperative Preschool.
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Sioux Falls Washington Hosts Sioux Falls Roosevelt in Late Season City Clash
As we inch closer to the end of the regular season in Class AA basketball, a sense of urgency can be found. Teams are fighting to keep their seeds for the district tournaments.
Tonight will be no different. The two top teams from District 1 and District 2 will face off tonight. Sioux Falls Roosevelt (14-3) will have their second meeting this season with Sioux Falls Washington (11-7). It was the Rough Riders pulling out a 64-55 victory in the first contest back on January 23rd.
Colton Kooima led Roosevelt with 22 points, while Chris Phillips added 17. Where the Riders struggled was containing Brett Stanley who scored a game-high 32 for the Warriors. Outside of Stanley, there wasn't much offensive production. Deng Geu was held to just seven total points, and Austin Hines had just five.
Since the loss to Roosevelt, Washington is 5-2 in their last seven. Four of the seven games went into overtime (3-1 in OT). The Warriors picked up victories over Brandon Valley, Lincoln, Sioux Valley, Brookings, and RC Central. Their two losses were to quality teams being Marshall, MN, and RC Stevens.
Roosevelt enters tonight's game on a three game winning streak. In that run, they have defeated Brandon Valley, O'Gorman, and Yankton. Their last loss was back on February 7th, a 53-46 decision to Marshall MN.
District 1 is all but wrapped up for the Rough Riders. They lead the division by six games, and have a four point lead in terms of seed points over O'Gorman. With three games left, Roosevelt is in full control.
District 2 is quite opposite. Washington currently leads the district while having one win less than Yankton (thanks to seed points). Brandon Valley is also right behind Washington, as they are fighting for the top seed in District 2. At stake tonight? Washington can earn 50 seed points for a win, 39 for a loss. This is their last chance at that many points as they will take on O'Gorman (8-11) where they can only earn 44 for a win.
Opening tip from Washington is scheduled for 7:00. @Jerrysworld991 will have the call.


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Learn to Program, Second Edition (The Facets of Ruby Series)
I was really impressed with Ruby. I ran through the 20 minute tutorial and then started reading this book. The book is great! The author teaches children so he knows how to hold your attention. It's fun! I honestly have never in my life seen a better introduction to programming for kids or beginners. So, hopefully, the kids will enjoy learning Ruby this summer. I'm pretty sure my son will like the idea of programming an old style, text based adventure game. When they're done with that, I'll show them Perl.


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|Safe Haskell
Constraints that restrict the bodies' movement.
- data Constraint a
- newConstraint :: ConstraintType a => Body -> Body -> a -> IO (Constraint a)
- redefineC :: ConstraintType a => Constraint a -> a -> IO ()
- setBiasCoefC :: BiasCoef -> Constraint a -> IO ()
- data Unknown
- forgetC :: Constraint a -> Constraint Unknown
- data Pin = Pin {
- pinAnchor1 :: !Position
- pinAnchor2 :: !Position
- data Slide = Slide {
- slideAnchor1 :: !Position
- slideAnchor2 :: !Position
- slideMinDist :: !Distance
- slideMaxDist :: !Distance
- data Pivot
- = Pivot1 {
- | Pivot2 {
- pivotAnchor1 :: !Position
- pivotAnchor2 :: !Position
- data Groove = Groove {
- groovePoints :: !(Position, Position)
- groovePivot :: !Position
- data Gear = Gear {
- data DampedSpring = DampedSpring {
- data DampedRotarySpring = DampedRotarySpring {
- data Ratchet = Ratchet {
- ratchetPhase :: !CpFloat
- ratchet :: !CpFloat
- data RotaryLimit = RotaryLimit {
- data SimpleMotor = SimpleMotor {
Common interface
data Constraint a Source
Represents a constraint between two bodies. Don't forget to add the bodies and the constraint itself to the space. The phantom type indicates the type of the constraint.
|Eq (Constraint a)
|Ord (Constraint a)
|Entity (Constraint a)
newConstraint :: ConstraintType a => Body -> Body -> a -> IO (Constraint a)Source
newConstraint b1 b2 type_ connects the two bodies
b1 and
with a constraint of the given type. Note that you should
add the
Constraint to a space.
ConstraintType type class is implemented by all
constraint types to allow them to be manipulated by the same
framework while retaining type-safety, consequently it isn't
redefineC :: ConstraintType a => Constraint a -> a -> IO ()Source
redefine constr type_ redefines
constr's parameters
on-the-fly, allowing you to dynamically change the
constraint's behaviour.
setBiasCoefC :: BiasCoef -> Constraint a -> IO ()Source
Sets the constraint's bias coefficient. By default it is
equal to the last value set globally with
setConstraintBiasCoef, which initially is
Forgetting the phantom type
These functions discard the phantom type of the constraint. They're useful, for example, if you want to put different constraints in a homogeneous data structure (such as a list).
An unknown constraint "type". Note that this isn't a
ConstraintType because you can't create a constraint of
Unknown type.
forgetC :: Constraint a -> Constraint UnknownSource
Completely safe function that discards the constraint type
(which is a phantom type). You can "remember" it again by
unsafeRemember from the
Unsafe module.
Constraint types
There are currently nine types of constraints. When appending a number to a property, we hint that it refer to one of the bodies that the constraint is intercting with (e.g. "Second anchor" is the position of the anchor on the second body in its coordinates).
Pin joint
A pin joint connects the bodies with a solid pin. The anchor points are kept at a fixed distance.
Slide joint
A slide joint is similar to a pin joint, however it has a minimum and a maximum distance.
Pivot joint
A pivot joint allows the bodies to pivot around a single point.
You may specify the pivot point in world's coordinates (so both bodies should be already in place).
Or you may specify the joint as two anchors (on each body's coordinates), removing the need having the bodies already in place.
Groove joint
A groove joint attaches a point on the second body to a groove in the first one.
Gear joint
A gear joint restricts the bodies movement to be coordinated as if they were attached like dented gears.
Damped spring
data DampedSpring Source
A simple damped spring. Generally this constraint
should be used instead of
|Eq DampedSpring
|Ord DampedSpring
|Show DampedSpring
|ConstraintType DampedSpring
Damped rotary spring
data DampedRotarySpring Source
A damped rotary spring constraint.
|Eq DampedRotarySpring
|Ord DampedRotarySpring
|Show DampedRotarySpring
|ConstraintType DampedRotarySpring
Ratchet joint
A ratchet constraint.
Rotary limit
data RotaryLimit Source
A rotary limit constraints the difference of angle between two bodies.
|Eq RotaryLimit
|Ord RotaryLimit
|Show RotaryLimit
|ConstraintType RotaryLimit
Simple motor
data SimpleMotor Source
A simple motor that applies opposite impulses to each body. The rate is used to compute the torque.
|Eq SimpleMotor
|Ord SimpleMotor
|Show SimpleMotor
|ConstraintType SimpleMotor


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Office of the President
The Mission of Baruch College
Baruch College of the City University of New York remains dedicated to being a catalyst for the social, cultural, and financial mobility of a diverse student body, reflective of its historical mission. Baruch College educates men and women for leadership roles in business, civic and cultural affairs, and academia. It offers rigorous baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs to qualified students who seek careers in business, public affairs, and the arts and sciences. Integrating professional education with the arts and sciences for undergraduates, Baruch College's faculty cultivates its students' analytical ability, critical thinking, cultural awareness, and ethical sensibility. The College's graduate programs focus on professional preparation that enables students to become leaders and innovators in their fields. The faculty's contributions to knowledge reflect a commitment to teaching, research, scholarship, public policy, and artistic creativity. Through executive education, continuing studies programs, and public events, Baruch engages the larger civic and international community that includes its supportive alumni, extending the College's visibility and nurturing its global reputation.


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Thin bowls and long spindles are prone to speed wobble, causing
difficulty in making accurate, chatterfree cuts. These rests counter
vibration and whip. The spindle steady-rest has three capture wheels
that adjust to support work from about 1/2" to 3" in diameter.
Similarly designed, the bowl steady (suitable for bowls up to
24" diameter) positions an adjustable dual-wheel head firmly
against the exterior of a bowl or platter to control shudder. Both
versions have a sliding base to allow best positioning.
The size of base clamp block you need (ordered separately) is dictated
by the distance between your bed ways. Before ordering the necessary
base clamp block, please measure the distance between your bed ways.
Made in Canada.
Order a clamp block to match the bed gap of your lathe.


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Bottle of 'DNA' eau de parfum, United States, 1993
Bijan, an American fashion designer, brought out 'DNA' perfume in the early 1990s. The bottle is shaped to mimic the double helix – the shape of DNA. The accompanying advertising showed Bijan (b. 1944) with his son and daughter and the caption read "DNA…it's the reason you have your father's eyes, your mother's smile".
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Glossary: DNA
DNA stores the information, or blueprints, of every cell and is located in the genes. It is made up of two strands which form a double helix that is linked by hydrogen bonds. It was first described in 1953 by Francis Crick and James Watson.
Glossary: double helix
The name for the shape of two strands of DNA when bound together into a twisted helix.


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Getting wide on that before we glassed up the molds, foam and clay to add some room… check out the KMR YouTube page. Link in bio! See what we are up to in the off season. @americanethanol @growthenergy @exedyusa #fuelsafe #evolvedinjection
FIELD PREP: FD Spec Corvette C6 Build EP: 11 is @mattfield777 is out!
happy to shout out the newest addition to @forrestwang808's list of sponsors for @formulad 2018 Pro1 season, @haltechecu. Haltech specializes in engine management systems including products that are compatible with Nissan, Ford, Yahama, Subaru, Toyota, and many more. make sure to show some support and give em a follow!
Internationally Known. @JCastroRacing of @NexenTireUSA ready for RD1: Streets of Long Beach Apr 6-7th. Who else is ready? Tickets on Sale Now: bit.ly/FDLB2018 Photo: @supadonkie | @drivemarketinggroup
New apparel items just added to #ShopGReddy.com – including this GReddy Sport Fleece Track Jacket – sizes Sm through 2XL now live!
happy to shout out the newest addition to @forrestwang808's list of sponsors for @formulad 2018 Pro1 season, @haltechecu. Haltech specializes in engine management systems including products that are compatible with Nissan, Ford, Yahama, Subaru, Toyota, and many more. make sure to show some support and give em a follow!
Hot off the charts. Follow *** *** ** @wisdmproductions ** @americanethanol @growthenergy @top1oil @exedyusa #fuelsafe
Ah-mazing day hiking up to a thermal river outside of Reykjavík. The steam made it a little creepy, but it was definitely worth the trek!
www.kylemohanracing.com www.built2apex.com @built2apex(@repost_via_instant)Rear mount 20B dry sump plate. Stay tuned for our pan customizer on the website and we're teaming up with @ara1_drysumptanks to bring full turn key dry sump systems to the rotary community this month. Keep pushing!
Making rear fenders! Video blog link in bio. 2018 we are getting wild!
@jake_hakaraia's D1 NZ spec c35 laurel with 600hp 2JZ. Jake will be making his way back to the states here soon and traveling with us for the 2018 FD season. gearing up to be an awesome year! make sure you follow @vapetasiamotorsports and @forrestwang808 to keep up with all things Get Nuts Lab related!
New liveries be applied today/night on @chrisforsberg64's and my FD cars. Going to be a long one here at @race.service. Since I can't tease anything just yet here's another shot.
Lots going down today at @race.service! New liveries are being applied tonight!
Ride or DAI. On Board with @daiyoshihara & @michaelessa Round 1: Streets of Long Beach – Apr 6-7th! Tag a Friend you are bringing! Tickets on Sale Now: bit.ly/FDLB2018 (link in bio)
We would like to announce that @kazuya_taguchi from UPGARAGE will be joining Team Jerry Yang Racing, Top One Oil, and @achillestire. Mr. Taguchi will be making his first Formula DRIFT USA debut in Round 1 Streets of Long Beach driving the VR38 powered 2014 Nissan GTR.
Don't Chase Dreams – Hunt Championships. Champ @JamesDeane130 hunted down by @RyanTuerck RD 1: Streets of Long Beach Apr 6-7. Tag a friend you are coming with! Tickets on Sale now: bit.ly/FDLB2018 (link in bio)
MJK Customs Toyota Crown on WORK Balmung BG1 F:20x10J / R:20×11.5J
WORK Wheels is proud to announce that @driftworks_ltd is now our official distributor in UK! Don't hesitate to contact them for info and pricing! www.driftworks. com
Shooting DROPPS Toyota AE86 N2 on WORK Meister S1 15inch now!
Do you guys fancy crazy lips? Because we just released new outer barrels for our WORK Meister M1 and S1 3 piece! Here is an example of how wide you can go with this Meister M1 18x15J -76mm (248mm lip!) #artofwheel
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Dream Project/ Todoroki Jidousha Toyota 86 on new WORK MCO Type CS F/R:18×10.5J +20mm #artofwheel
WORK just released 4 new colors for the Meister (S1 3pce, M1 3pce, S1R, M1R and CR01) and Seeker (CX, FX and SX) series! Let's put some color in our life! Contact your local distributor for more info. #artofwheel
Tokyo Auto Salon day 2! We still have WORK x @ilovetanoshi collabo T-shirts and hoodies… But they won't last long! Should we make some more? #artofwheel #tas2015
"laser tattoo" finish on this @weld_overdose WORK XSA 04C. You guys like it? #artofwheel
Last shoot of the day: Mercury 1000ps Formula D Z33 on WORK Emotion D9R 18inch. #artofwheel
New Imperial Gold finish (here on Durandal DD10.5). You guys like it? #artofwheel
Close up on this WORK Zeast ST2 concept by Sion (Special Order Program) 21inch. #artofwheel
Akinori Utsumi's D1GP Nissan Silvia on new WORK Emotion T7R #artofwheel
Checking out the production of our Super GT wheels at the factory today. Those beauties will go on the GAINER Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 no.10 this year! #artofwheel
WORK Meister M1 3pce with brushed barrel finish. #artofwheel
WORK Meister S1 3pce (original color) #artofwheel
WORK x @stancenation Emotion CR2P limited edition. Only few sets left… More info on www.stancenation.com #artofwheel #cr2p


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Deckers Outdoor Corporation, by the Chicago GBC law firm, filed a trademark infringement case against hundreds of partnerships and unincorporated associations in the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The partnerships and unincorporated associations are located in the People's Republic of China (中国) and other foreign jurisdictions. Deckers Outdoor Corporation alleges Trademark Infringement and Counterfeiting, False Designation of Origin, and violation of Illinois Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act against the partnerships and unincorporated associations.
The case number is 2017-cv-08746, Deckers Outdoor Corporation v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule "A"
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Debugging with node-inspector
HEADS UP! This article was written for an older version of node. More up-to-date information may be available elsewhere.
This was the fourth in a series of posts leading up to Node.js Knockout on how to use node.js. This post was recorded by node-inspector author and Node.js Knockout judge Danny Coates.
Check out this sweet screencast where Danny explains how to use node-inspector:
Hi this is Danny Coates. Since Node Knockout is coming up pretty soon I'd like to give you a quick introduction to Node Inspector, which is a graphical debugger for Node.
It's hosted on GitHub, you can go check it out there. Let's get started with the demo. To start the inspector I'm going to run it from the node-chat directory (node-chat is a sample application), like this:
$ node ../node-inspector/bin/inspector.js --start-brk=server.js \
--forward-io --profile
When I pass it the
--start-brk parameter we're going to end up with two processes; the one we're debugging will be a child process of the inspector process. If I quit the profile it'll also close down the node-chat app.
Let's pull up the debugger. Since I did
--start-brk intead of
--start I'm going to get a breakpoint on the very first line; it's useful for debugging short lived apps.
Let me walk you through the interface. We have three panels; Scripts, Profiles (which isn't active in the main branch yet) and Console. The console is a standard JavaScript console; it'll run whatever you type in there in Node's V8.
There's also a pull down menu of your JavaScript files, and some controls to step over, step in, step out and pause the script. There are also expressions to watch, and the call stack. You can step to any level in the call stack. Beneath the stack you can see your locally and globally scoped variables, followed by your list of breakpoints.
If you click on a breakpoint it'll jump to the relevant line in your code.
Let's step through the node-chat app, to see what's going on. One of the nice things is that you can do a mouseover on some code, and it'll give you a popup of what that value is.
It looks like we're setting some intervals, hooking up some routes... That join function looks interesting, let's stick a breakpoint there, and then continue. We can pull up a mini console view, and we'll see that we've got some output on stdout (which is the same thing as the output on the command line).
Let's go ahead an open a couple of node-chat windows. Back in Node Inspector, we should have hit the breakpoint. If we want to see what simpleJSON does but we don't want to step in, we can mouse over it and get the source code in a popup.
Let's step in to create session. Then let's step out, and add a watch on sessions. Watches will update every time you hit a breakpoint or step through the code. Let's play through, and see me join the chat.
One of the other cool things you can do is live edit the code. If you just double click in the code you can then enter text that will be executed the next time the code is run.
You can also use the console to execute stuff, and this'll run in Node. console.log output will appear on the forwarded stdout, and in the regular stdout in the terminal.
One more thing; even though it doesn't work in the current main branch it's cool, so let's have a look. You can take a heap snapshot at any time, and you get to see the total number of objects, and the size of everything. You can then run the app some more, and take another snapshot; it'll give you a comparison between the two snapshots. If, for example, a count keeps going up, you might have a memory leak.
That's really the quick tour. If you're interested, go check out Node Inspector on GitHub.
If you have any problems add an issue, and I'll look at that when I get a chance. Check out the Wiki for things that might be helpful.
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lksgrp necessitava di un nuovo design di logo e ha lanciato un contest su 99designs.
È stato scelto un vincitore tra 50 design presentati da 19 designer.
Need a clean vector art logo for start up insurance brokerage that will be selling health insurance on line.
Desired Color Scheme:
The following web colors must be used: #3C148B RGB 60/20/139 #FFCE02 RGB255/206/2 #9COAOA RGB 156/10/10 #D72800 RGB215/40/0
Desired Style:
Vector art using Illustrator - anything I need to make changes down the line
Accepted File Formats:
Adobe Illustrator .ai preferred
We are looking for a new logo for a start-up health insurance website. The name of the corporation is The Health Insurance Mart. The site is geared towards on-line shoppers of individual medical and life insurance with a primary focus on those who reside in Illinois and Arizona (USA). We are looking for something that is clean and new. We do not want the typical entwined snakes or Blue Cross type logo you see everywhere else. Think progressive and hip. You have free reign to be as creative as possible.
Maggiori informazioni su come funziona un contest di design o sui nostri servizi di design di logo.


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New Year Wishlist
Here's my expanded (as in non-bullet point-ed) wishlist for 2007. Wish me luck!
Bajaj begins greater production of the 220 DTS-Fi. Which proves to be a hit, with the company unable to figure out where the damn demand is coming from. Hero Honda is on a high, with the CBZ X-Treme and the new CD-Deluxe both over reaching their sales projections. Both customers are excited about the products. Which is a good sign. Honda sits on the fence and watches this. Yamaha plays hush hush even as news of a powerful, exciting model begins to filter out. Suzuki plays their strange game, holding its 125cc scooter close and not releasing any information whatsoever. Enfield push back the launch of their unit gearbox (again). Hopefully, March, they say. TVS is suprised at the sudden slump in December sales. Hopes to regain momentum in January. The CD-Deluxe and the CBZ X-Treme hit TVS' star performers - Star and Apache hard.
TVS unveils the first glimpse of their updated Apache. It's promising and expected to go on regular sale by early April. Till then, sales and enthusiasts likely to hold their horses. Yamaha plays hush hush as more news filters out regarding a performance oriented premium segment player. Suzuki quietly readies their scooter. Bajaj starts selling the Kristal, which is a mild success. Women seem to like the TVS Scooty Pep more. On the other hand, the new Bajaj 200 does rather well. At the expense of the 180, but still. The new bike is well received.
Suzuki unveil their scooter. Yamaha finally takes the wraps off their bike too. It turns out not to be a CBZ X-Treme beater at all. It's much bigger! Yamaha's stock with enthusiasts appears to be on the return. Bajaj unveil the first details of the Blade, expect to begin selling it by March. Kinetic resnares the spotlight by launching their first SYM-line scooter. It turns out similar to Suzuki's baby, the scooter battle is on.
The financial year rolls over with Hero Honda and Bajaj inches away from each other in sales terms. Hero Honda still leads. But only just. Bajaj consolidates its market share with unexpectedly strong sales for the bigger sales, and the Blade is another huge hit. The Blaze takes quite a hit from the Bajaj. The fuel injected Karizma comes out and proves to be qualitatively superior to the Bajaj, but expensive. Market outlook is uncertain. Yamaha take the wraps of a powerful new motorcycle, which easily bests both the Karizma and the P220. Enthusiasts, RD350 fans especially, celebrate late into the night. The Yamaha turns out to be expensive, and worth the expense. Suzuki's scooter is a minor hit, and proves to be the most popular of the manufacturer's line in India. Which isn't saying much, of course. Enfield is finally ready to take the wraps off its new line of integrated-box Bullets. Honda unveils an updated more aggressive Unicorn with alloy wheels and all. Sales finally edge upward.
Enfield shows off the more powerful, more sorted unit-gearbox Bullets. It works well and is quite powerful, but Bullet fans are unable to digest the slick shifts and clamour for the old gearbox. Sigh. Bajaj goes quiet for a while, notching up sales and keeps itself busy stabilising the supply. Meanwhile, Yamaha is under pressure to supply more and more of their bike. Smiles reappear on Yamaha faces. Suzuki wonders what they need to do and look to the Hayabusa for help. The sudden spurt in premium segment numbers catches Honda and TVS off-guard and both are unable to capitalise for now. TVS finally start selling the upgraded Apache. The Pulsar 150 remains the market leader, while the Unicorn, Apache slot into a scrappy third and fourth behind the CBZ X-Treme which is now doing an easy 22,000 units per month, without taking any sales away from the P150.
The slowest month in the calendar brings only one news. But it's big. New norms for 550cc and above multi-cylinder motorcycles are under consideration. On the table are emission and homologation waivers for these bikes, as long as sale price abroad is north of US$4500. Enthusiasts can finally start dreaming real dreams. CD100 buyers wonder what the fuss is. While naysayers smirk snidely.
Harley Davidson announces their India plans, naming the most unexpected of Indian partners. Honda also announce India plans, the CBR600RR is announced as the primary candidate. Kinetic launches the Euro, their second Italjet.
Yamaha joins the big bike wagon and decides to go the whole hog launching the R1 and becomes the first manufacturer to actually have a big bike on sale. The response, once more, is unexpectedly warm. Honda, HD et al put their CBU programs into high gear. Yamaha announces the launch of the R6 by December also. Rearset runs out to arrange the downpayment needed to get his grubby hands on the bike. The Wife looks on amused. But not disapproving.
Bajaj steals the March on all but Yamaha by putting up the Kawasaki ZX-6R and the ER-5 as the twin CBU inning openers. Enthiusiasts cannot believe the turn the year has suddenly taken. Rearset, meanwhile, finally gets his dream R1. Gets a numberplate with the obligatory small line at the bottom that reads 'We two R1.' rearset thinks that's funny. The Wife does not. rearset also feels sad that he can't plug his blog on the numberplate for two reasons 1) no space 2) that wouldn't be anonymous, right?
Suzuki, Honda, Harley and KTM launch bikes in India at one go. It's a packed month as the action hits the roof. Hayabusa? CBR600RR? Fat-Boy? SuperDuke? Oh yeah, baby. TVS launches their 200cc Apache with fuel injection. It's a great bike, but is lost in the glitter of the bigger products.
Kinetic launches the Jupiter 250 in India. The launch comes when Big bikes have stolen scooter thunder (again). Uh oh. The festive season sees a whole bunch of variants, upgrades and restickered small bikes. But the big news is huge discounts on the 2007 models of the big bikes, even as the motorcycle shows unwraps the latest 2008 goodies. All the manufacturer also announce plans for more models. And cruisers seem to be the flavour of 2008.
Press reports unnecessarily dramatic reports of MotoGP coming to India. Inside sources are quoted as saying that talks are far along. Sales of the big bikes are growing, and all those people who asked 'where are the roads?' are still asking that same question, but seem to grasp that big bike buyers are not looking for the answer. They're looking to upgrade to better, faster machinery already. Hooray!


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While previous versions of Visual Basic had some database facilities, with Visual Basic 6, Microsoft has created a robust, fully-fledged database programming language. VB6 includes a raft of highly effective database features and tools including hundreds of efficiencies, step-through wizards, and shortcuts that in most cases are extremely easy to understand and master. Among the most important of these are ADO Data Control, Data View window, Query Designer, DataRepeater Control, Data Environment Designer, ActiveX Document Migration Wizard, WebClass Designer, and Visual Data Manager. Visual Basic 6 Database Programming For Dummies is a friendly, no-nonsense guide for programmers already familiar with Visual Basic who want to take advantage of all of version 6 s powerful database features. Packed with real-world examples and plain-English explanations, it cuts through the jargon and shows you, step-by-step, how to:
Build professional-looking database programs Craft user-friendly interfaces and robust reports
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Getting connected with data controls and the Data Form Wizard
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We've heard it before — Americans don't like to read, they just want to ogle celebrities and watch shows about houses on TV. So how about a book that allows the reader to ogle celebrities and their homes to bring them back to reading? That's just what Michael Gross has provided in "Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles," which chronicles the history of L.A.'s biggest mansions and the people who have inhabited them over the last century.
Gross' subjects are A-list characters out of the city's history, like oil man Edward Doheny, who fell in love with the voice of a telephone operator and married her in his private railroad car, then went on to build the mansion Greystone for his son and his family. Starlet Marilyn Monroe makes an appearance too; she carried on an affair with movie mogul Joe Schenck in a house that was later occupied by Tony Curtis and then Cher.
Gross focuses on residences in the "Platinum Triangle," the area that encompasses Bel-Air, Beverly Hills and Holmby Hills. It can sometimes read like real estate porn, with paragraphs of jaw-dropping details about a type of extravagance that might have been scorned even by the very wealthy on the Titanic. But he also leaves the reader with a sense of history; we see the oil barons move in, then the overspending businessmen of the Roaring Twenties, the drugs and sexual liberation of the 1970s, and the extreme wealth that came during the Reagan era and still exists today. And there goes the neighborhood.
It should be of no surprise that from the very start, those with the cash to build opulent homes like Greystone, replete with gift-wrapping rooms, floor to ceiling murals and a barber chair installed in a black marble bathroom, also cycled through despair, divorce, bankruptcy and suicide. They weren't just celebrities, either, Alphonzo Bell, the founder of Bel-Air, reportedly refused to sell a home to a cowboy star, saying "I've made a law — not one acre of my land is to be sold to actors or Jews."
For some residents, it was the homes, and not any other accomplishment, that made them the kind of celebrities best suited for an "E! True Hollywood Story." If only E! had existed in 1938, when onetime nurse Hilda Olsen Boldt Weber, the wife of a millionaire bottle manufacturer whom she had nursed back to health, completed a 35,000-square-foot mansion that had marble floors throughout, five kitchens and 12 servant bedrooms. She entertained but was never respected, Gross says, and when the house became too expensive for even a millionaire bottle maker, she sold it. Hilda gambled away her sorrow, later committing suicide with a bottle of sleeping pills in Santa Barbara.
When celebrities did arrive in the neighborhood, they brought with them the self-destruction and just plain weirdness we've come to expect from the rich and famous. Gross uses their homes as an excuse to air their dirty laundry. He observes that Conrad Hilton, who married and divorced Zsa Zsa Gabor, moved into a mansion where he and his family ate off solid gold plates and "belched and farted audibly." And billionaire David Murdock, who lived in what was once the Hilton house, had a son who "passed through a phase in his late 20s and early 30s during which he performed at Los Angeles clubs as Eliphas Horn, the black-caped devilish half-beast front man of a goth band."
As more actors and writers moved into the neighborhood and magazines touted their glamorous lifestyles, many of Gross' subjects concluded that owning a glitzy Los Angeles mansion was a way to attain a successful entertainment career, not the result of one. Not surprisingly, those investments rarely worked out. Take the case of actress Jayne Mansfield, who married Mickey Hargitay, a former Mr. Universe from Budapest, bought a mansion and painted it pink. Her husband installed pink shag carpets, a white marble fountain "that sometimes spouted champagne" and a heart-shaped swimming pool, gardens and fireplace mantle. The couple went through a sordid divorce and Mansfield died in Mississippi when the car she was riding in crashed into a truck spraying mosquito repellent (her daughter, the actress Mariska Hargitay, was in the back seat and unhurt). It took more than a year to sell the house, which was infested with rats.
Gross' attention to detail about humans and their homes should make you want to pick up "Unreal Estate," which might be best described as what would happen if Us Weekly and Architectural Digest had a love child that was much smarter than either. The book provides a panorama of what was going on inside some of the most frivolous, gated houses on a hill that have ever existed; the only thing it lacks is a map of each home's location so we can go see them for ourselves. Gross' conclusions may not be jaw-dropping, but that's not a bad thing: He argues that the very spirit of the millions of people who have come west seeking fame and fortune resides today in the Platinum Triangle, where there is no such thing as too much.
We've heard it before — Americans don't like to read, they just want to ogle celebrities and watch shows about houses on TV. So how about a book that allows the reader to ogle celebrities and their homes to bring them back to reading? That's just what Michael Gross has provided in "Unreal Estate: Money, Ambition and the Lust for Land in Los Angeles," which chronicles the history of L.A.'s biggest mansions and the people who have inhabited them over the last century.


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New York, NY (September 1, 2008) - Pentoxifylline, a drug used to treat patients with circulation problems, may also benefit those with kidney disease caused by diabetes and other conditions. Specifically, pentoxifylline decreases proteinuria, the abnormal leakage of protein into the urine, according to two articles in the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation.
"When kidneys are healthy, very little or no protein appears in the urine," says Dr. Kerry Willis, Senior Vice President for Scientific Activities at the National Kidney Foundation. "Protein in the urine is an early sign that the kidney's filters have been damaged by disease, allowing protein to leak into the urine."
Pentoxifylline makes red blood cells more flexible to improve circulation in the smallest blood vessels of the body. It also has anti-inflammatory properties. Several small clinical trials have suggested that the drug decreases proteinuria caused by diabetes.
A research team at the Kidney Research Centre and the Ottawa Health Research Institute in Ontario, Canada, combined data from 10 of these studies to get a better idea of just how effective pentoxifylline is in diabetic patients.
A total of 476 patients were treated for approximately 6 months. Pentoxifylline substantially reduced proteinuria, particularly in patients with the highest levels of urine protein.
According to lead author Dr. Brendan B. McCormick, "Proteinuria is a strong risk factor for kidney failure, and by decreasing proteinuria, pentoxifylline may help in reducing the likelihood that a diabetic patient will end up needing dialysis."
In two of the trials, pentoxifylline was as effective as captopril, a type of drug called an ACE inhibitor used to treat high blood pressure and to protect kidneys in diabetic patients. This property may be particularly beneficial in patients who cannot take ACE inhibitors because of their side effects.
In the second paper, Dr. Tun-Jun Tsai and colleagues at National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei took this concept even further, looking at how well pentoxifylline worked in concert with losartan, another ACE inhibitor. The 85 patients had advanced kidney disease due to diabetes and to glomerulonephritis, a group of diseases that cause inflammation and damage to the kidney's filtering units.
After one year, proteinuria was reduced by an additional 40%.
An additive effect between pentoxifylline and ACE inhibitors is important, Dr. Tsai's group points out, because ACE inhibitors and drugs like them often lose their effects over time, and pentoxifylline represents a nontoxic option for boosting their effectiveness.
Authors of both reports call for larger trials to confirm their findings, and to see if pentoxifylline actually stops kidney disease progression.
"A positive finding in this context would be of profound significance because it would provide a novel and inexpensive therapy for the growing global epidemic of diabetic nephropathy," Dr. McCormick's team concludes.
The National Kidney Foundation is dedicated to preventing and treating kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well being of individuals and families affected by these diseases and increasing availability of all organs for transplantation.
To learn more about chronic kidney disease, risk factors and treatment, contact the National Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org or (800)622-9010.
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Have you seen the amazing debut gameplay trailer for Assassin's Creed III? It debuted today. Watch it clean. And then watch it up top, with commentary from me.
I saw most of the footage used in the trailer during a lengthy gameplay demo a couple of months ago. I wrote about it, but very much wanted you to see the game in action. Now that you can I'll talk you through what you're seeing and pause a few times to point out some of the things you might miss during your first viewing.
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Whiteboard Friday - On-Site Over OptimizationBlog Post: April 16, 2009
That is a pretty interesting test and absolutely reinforces what Rand was talking about. I have several search terms that I can't seem to get past #12 for. I'm beginning to wonder if that is what is holding me back. Did you only have one link in the footer pointing back to your homepage with your anchor text?
I'm still seeing a lot of websites that are getting away with the internal link farms built into their footer. Some of these sites are even ranking number one for some pretty competitive search terms (i.e. "Seattle real estate"). I'm surprised that they are still getting away with these tactics. If Google is devaluing these links, the site owners must have some other things that they are doing very right (or at least not getting caught for yet).


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JFK's Enduring Legacy in Peacemaking: Jeffrey D. Sachs
Many consider hatred and conflict inevitable, owing to a fundamental clash of values and interests. Fifty years ago, U.S. President J.F. Kennedy showed that peace could be achieved even in the most difficult circumstances. His courage, vision, eloquence, and political skills are an affirmation that the path to peace must always be preferred to the dead end of war.Read more


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