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Game 46 vs. SAC: You gotta love it baby, and how!!!
There was just so much to love today.
You gotta love Hot Rod, of course, and those few moments of pure, blissful, nostalgic contentment when Locke handed over the mic and Hot Rod slipped right into the driver's seat and did the play-by-play.
You gotta love AK for everything he brought to the floor tonight, attacking the rim with ferocity, and for the last of his 5 blocks that put the game away.
You gotta love the attitude with which Sap came to play and the seven assists he had to go along with his 32 & 14.
You gotta love our undrafted rookies…you gotta love Memo and the Ronnies and the bench and you know what? You just gotta love the Utah Jazz, baby.
I am going to say it (this is HUGE for me): NO TRADES.
January 31, 2010 3:54 am
I am loving this team too. But I still think they need to make one more trade or acquire one more big guy. They are looking like contenders, but they can't hang with LA or Den in the playoffs even playing like this. They don't have the size. Or else they need to be willing to play Fesenko in the playoffs. Something. I still think one more trade would help.

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Pratt & Whitney Hosts Special Olympics Floor Hockey Competition
Fulfilling their philanthropic mission to support non-profit organizations in their goals, Pratt & Whitney was once again sponsor and host to the floor hockey competition of the 32nd annual Special Olympics Winter Games.
Opening ceremonies took place on March 1 at the Pratt & Whitney Hangar & Museum in East Hartford, Conn., where Pratt & Whitney and Special Olympics representatives addressed an enthusiastic crowd. Special guests included Gov. Dannel Malloy, East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc and Father Michael Gallasso from the parishes of Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Peace in East Hartford. The Pratt & Whitney Screamin' Eagles Jazz Band and the Pratt & Whitney Chorus provided music for the ceremonies.
Following the presentation of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Honor Guard and the East Hartford Police Department Honor Guard, a rousing round of applause was given to the athletes, partners and coaches of the Special Olympics teams of: Favarh Serpents, Favarh Vipers, Hamden/New Haven Mighty Ducks, Hamden/New Haven Nighthawks, Hamden/New Haven Bruins, HARC Capitols, Newington Wolf Pack, Newington Whalers, Trumbull Tigers, West Hartford Lionhearts, Gengras Moose, Groton Red Wings and Mansfield/Tolland.
present to our host, Pratt & Whitney," said DiNino. "Accepting for Pratt & Whitney will be Tizz Weber, director of communications for Pratt & Whitney. Tizz has also been a long-time volunteer and supporter of SOCT."
Dan Widing, also a Global Messenger, led the crowd in repeating the official Special Olympics Oath, "Let me win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt."
The Officials Oath was read by Gary Voccio, followed by the lighting of the Flame of Hope by John Brixner of the Mighty Ducks, who was passed the torch by Tom Madera from Eastern Connecticut State University and the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Connecticut.
"It is now my honor to officially declare the Floor Hockey venue of the 2014 Special Olympics Connecticut Winter Games officially open," said Mayor Leclerc. "Good luck to all the athletes, and may everyone thoroughly enjoy the weekend."
With the cue to, "Let the games begin," hundreds of spectators, coaches and volunteers witnessed the athleticism , determination and skill of the competitors, as they played throughout that day and the next.
Events on Sunday, March 2 included an Awards Ceremony where, again, crowds gathered to cheer on the athletes as they accepted medals on stage for their accomplishments. Also known as the Games of Welcome and Acceptance, this celebration of human spirit seemed infectious, with those watching as well as competing showing outward joy with smiles and hugs for one another, posing for celebratory photographs and dancing in the aisles.
Special Olympics Game Director David Erasmus, who is the accounts manager, New Business Office, at Pratt & Whitney, said he attributes the success of the weekend mainly to the volunteers. "Without them, we could have not had these games."
Erasmus coordinated a volunteer committee of five individuals from Pratt & Whitney (himself, Jameson Mayr, Nancy Hemingway, Cindie Esposito and Bob Gallipeau). Many dozens of volunteers also worked in the facility on behalf of Pratt & Whitney and the Special Olympics.
Erasmus said the two-day event was also successful due to, "being able to use the Pratt & Whitney Hangar & Museum facilities, the dedication and commitment of the coaches, the athletes and their families and friends."
According to their website, www.soct.org, the mission of the Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Pratt & Whitney and Otis are Bronze sponsors of the Connecticut Special Olympics Winter Games. UTC is also a Partner Sponsor of Special Olympics Connecticut as well as Presenting Sponsor of the Summer Games.


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Startup Saves Money, Launches Fast and Iterates with Google App Engine
A startup called CaptureToCloud uses Google App Engine to build and host a powerful cloud application aimed at simplifying how people capture digital content and collaborate with others. CaptureToCloud allows users to easily capture web pages, email, images and documents and share them with others through social networking tools. The San Jose, Calif.-based company is able to rollout improvements quickly and easily, with a minimal IT staff.
The principals of CaptureToCloud explored several infrastructure-as-a- service (IAAS) systems before starting the company in 2011. They soon realized those services required considerable effort to set up and maintain, and CEO Ramon Nunez wanted a lean IT infrastructure.
"We didn't want to spend time installing and maintaining operating systems," explains Fritz Mueller, Vice President of Product Management. "Even if those systems are in the cloud, we still would have had to worry about things like bugs and security patches. We basically would have needed to manage the infrastructure systems ourselves."
A platform-as-a-service (PAAS) solution, in which the provider manages the operating systems, proved more feasible. By easing setup and administration challenges, the service would free Mueller and his team to spend their time improving the CaptureToCloud application.
Nunez and Mueller were attracted to Google App Engine and the idea of running their service on Google's reliable, highly scalable infrastructure.
"Being able to focus on features that add value to customers, instead of solving infrastructure problems, has been a key advantage. It allows us to respond to feedback quickly and improve our service."
Fritz Mueller Vice President of Product Management, CaptureToCloud
"Google App Engine allowed a fast time to market and cost-effective scaling without sacrificing security and reliability," Nunez says. "As our company grows, we'll be able to easily accommodate new users."
Google App Engine allows Mueller's team to build and deploy new software releases within 10 minutes. This makes it easy to refine and improve their app. In addition, developers can deploy multiple versions of code in parallel, so they can test new features without having to take down the existing version.
"Users can be logged onto the service at the moment we're putting up a new release, and App Engine will move them over from the old release to the new one," Mueller says. "The transition is seamless."
Mueller and his team rely on a number of Google App Engine features to improve service, including:
- The High Replication Datastore, which replicates data across multiple centers to help keep users' data safe
- Automatic scaling, which handles usage fluctuations
- The intuitive App Engine dashboard, which helps them monitor performance
The company also relies on other Google tools to strengthen its application. A tight integration with Google Apps, for instance, allows users to link Google Docs and Gmail messages directly into their collections so that all the content about a project or topic can be found in one place.
The CaptureToCloud app has been downloaded more than 18,000 times to date and has a near-perfect user rating on the Chrome Web Store, Google Apps Marketplace, Google Play and other sites where it is listed. Mueller attributes this partly to the ease with which developers can refine and improve the app using Google App Engine.
"Being able to focus on features that add value, instead of solving infrastructure problems, has been a key advantage," he says. "It allows us to respond to feedback quickly and improve our service."
Mueller estimates they have saved more than $70,000 on servers and rack space by using Google App Engine. In addition, they haven't had to hire additional staff to manage an in-house system, saving over $300,000 per year.
Both startups and established companies can benefit from Google App Engine, Mueller says. "It can help companies that are further along scale their systems as they add customers, rather than having to keep ordering and installing servers and risk having excess capacity at times," he notes. "The ability to incrementally scale as much as you need – no more, no less – is a great advantage."


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Monday, 4 October 2010
Secrets to Save $ on Medical Expenses
This is for people living in the USA. If you don't live in the USA, feel free to pass on to people living there.
Today Dr. Oz's show was all about how to get discounted and free medical services and medicines and dental or eye care. If you missed it, here's the link. http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/dr-oz-s-insiders-guide-cost-saving-secrets-doctors-offices?hs317=billboard_1
The Surgeon General tells the new helps that the gov't put into effect on Sept. 27, 2010.
- Children are now covered by health insurance until age 26
- Insurance must now cover all preventative tests and can not charge you a co-pay or deductible on those.
- Every state has an insurance plan available if you have been without insurance for 6 months.
- go to http://www.healthcare.gov/ more info that will save you money.
Other things mentioned:
- You can buy eye glasses frames online for $8 if you go to the various eye product sites. You can put in a picture of yourself and it will put different frames on your picture so you can see how they will look. www.eyebuydirect.com
- Many labs have a discount card, but you have to ask for it. It offers 30-50% off of urinalysis and blood tests.
- Free pap smears are offered on the 2nd Friday of each January, for cervical cancer day. Visit www.ncc-online.org to find out more, or call your doctor or local hospital to see if they participate in the event.
- Many places offer free breast exams and mammograms in October, Breast Cancer month. Call your local hospital to see if they are participating. Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act provides low-income and uninsured women free or discounted access to mammograms. Go to www.cdc.gov, or call 1-800-CDC-INFO for more information.
- Many doctor's offices offer a discount for those paying cash or who have no insurance. Call around to find doctors that offer to do these things.
- VA, county hospitals, free clinics are cheaper than private clinics and hospitals. To find free clinics in the USA, go to www.freeclinics.us & www.hrsa.gov
- Cheapest place to buy vitamins/supplements are online or a discount store (Walmart, Target, Costco)
- Don't be afraid to negotiate price with the doctor or dentist, especially if you are having a hard time financially. The receptionist or nurse is not the one to ask, directly ask the Dr. or dentist. This is especially helpful if you are getting multiple procedures.
Prescriptions savings:
- Walmart offers meds at $4 per month supply, some are $10 per 90 day supply.
- Some meds can be bought at double dose and split. For example, if you take 20 mg. of a medicine, it is often cheaper to buy the 40 mg. and a pill splitter and split the pills. Ask your pharmacist which can and cannot be split. If your pill has an extended time release feature, it can't be split.
- You can get loyalty cards from many pharmacies, that offer discounts or points that can be used on other products.
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Cyber Safety at PLU
Read on to become familiar with the following cyberspace hazards and understand the possible consequences of your internet choices. A key point to remember:
PLU will NEVER ask you to reveal your password
or other such personal information via email!
Phishing Scams
Phishing is identified by a seemingly legitimate email request to verify your bank account, IRS records or other important personal information. These messages ask for you to click on a link or reply to an email to the 'bank' and enter your SSN, bank account number or other personal information. ALWAYS contact the organization by phone to ask if the request is legitimate. Do not click on the link since it will not take you to your bank or other known legitimate locations.
Important information about requests from PLU:
You may receive a message from an account that appears to have an official PLU email address. Recent messages appear to come from "firstname.lastname@example.com" or "PLU.EDU". The subject line may contain wording such as "VERIFY YOUR PLU.EDU EMAIL ACCOUNT NOW" or "CONFIRM YOUR PLU.EDU E-MAIL ACCOUNT IMMEDIATELY!!!".
These messages are NOT sent by PLU Information & Technology Services. They are rather clever phishing scams that have been around for several year and target universities by asking people to provide their e-mail account usernames and passwords. Once they have this information, they use it to log into the university Webmail system and send out thousands of spam e-mails from the account.
PLU Information & Technology Services will NEVER ask you to reveal your password or other such personal information via e-mail. If you receive any other such e-mails in the future, never hesitate to e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com and ask about its veracity.
If you did reply to the e-mail with your username and password, please change your password immediately. This will prevent your account from being used as a source of spam.
Like to test your knowledge of phishing?
Take the quiz below:
Phishing and Spam IQ Quiz – click here
Spyware and Spam
Spyware is software that has the ability to gather information from your computer without your knowledge and provide the data to others for marketing or illegal purposes. This software can also slow your computer and the network to a crawl. You can read more here.
Since there is no single anti-spyware program that will protect your computer completely, it is advisable to install two anti-spyware programs. Among the more popular are:
- Ad-Aware
- Spybot Search and Destroy
- MalwareBytes Anti-malware
- Defender by Microsoft
Spam is otherwise known as junk mail and includes unsolicited email. Spam often promises riches if you follow the instructions of the message. Don't believe everything you read. The 'delete' key is your friend. PLU's mail servers block over 94% of all spam sent to PLU addresses.
If you use Gmail, you can tag suspected spam messages by selecting the email message and clicking the "Report spam" button at the top of the page. Click here for more info.
Instant Messaging, Chat rooms, Facebook, MySpace, Blogs and Other 'Social' Online Networks
These are places on the web to gather with people with whom you think you might want to associate. Learn how to protect yourself online. Any information you put online will 'live' on the web for a long time.
P2P and File Sharing
Sharing music or other such files, legally or not, could end up installing spyware on your computer. It's best to play it safe and protect your computer and your future by not participating. You could end up paying legal fees instead of your tuition. Visit the following sites for important information:
Campus-Wide Email Messages on Cyber Safety
Tips for the PLU community on how to protect yourself online.


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Nestled in the heart of Westwood, the Pico Playhouse now offers "The Old Settler." Opening September 1, 2013, the play runs through October 27, 2013.
Written by John Henry Redwood and produced by JVO Productions in association with Alan Naggar and Michele Rose Naggar of InterACT Theatre Company, it's directed by William Stanford Davis.
The play stars Ruby Hinds, Jolie Oliver, John Roderick Davidson and Crystal Garrett in a bittersweet comedy of two women who must test the bonds of sisterhood during the Harlem Renaissance of 1943. This funny and yet moving story centers around 55 year old Elizabeth (Ruby Hinds) and her younger sister, Quilly (Jolie Oliver), as middle aged sisters who share a Harlem apartment during WWII. When a strapping young man, Husband (John Roderick Davidson), fresh from South Carolina's backwoods, who has come to New York to search for his former love, Lou Bessie (Crystal Garnett), takes a room as a boarder, a romance blooms between him and the lonely Elizabeth, causing old hurts and new tensions to rise between the sisters.
While the story was slow in the first act, the tension built as the play continued ending with a rousing finale. Singing of Ruby Hinds and Jolie Oliver enhanced the telling.
As the first scene begins, Elizabeth and her sister, Quilly, are returning from a funeral. The two immediately make sharply contrasting impressions on us with their first appearances. Elizabeth is dressed entirely in black, while her sister sports a "white dress with a gold sash and some medals affixed to her chest. On her head is a white fez, with a gold emblem of a scepter on the front and a gold tassel."
These differences in appearance point to underlying differences in outlook and temperament that persist and develop throughout the play. No sooner do they come through the door than they begin to bicker—more or less their constant mode of conversation. They squabble about everything from household chores to proper deportment at a funeral. But the most serious source of friction between them is the newly arrived roomer in the apartment, Husband Witherspoon, a young man of 29.
When Husband, having lost track of Lou Bessie, invites Elizabeth out to dine with him, they return to the apartment to find Lou Bessie there and berating him for hanging out with an 'old settler."
The term 'old settler' refers to a woman pushing forty who isn't married and doesn't have any prospects. Naturally this upsets Elizabeth who orders the young girl out.
The superb acting was enhanced by Thomas Brown's set design, Carol Doehring's lighting, Grace Goodson-Witcher's costumes, Rob Corn's sound, and aided by Harold Erkins as assistant director and Ari Radousky as stage manager.
Originally performed at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Conference in Waterford, Connecticut (1995,) it was then seen by the Russian Theatre Union (1996) and then Moscow (1997). Recognized for many awards, the play was adapted for TV and presented by PBS, staring Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad.
The current production was first workshopped at the Beverly Hills Playhouse in 2009 and moved people so much that Jolie Oliver was convinced to bring the story back to the stage. With the help of producer, Alan Naggar, she conducted a kickstarter campaign to fund the play.
Tickets cost $32 and the shows occur on Friday and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 3 pm. The Pico Playhouse is located at 10508 W Pico, Los Angeles, 90064. For reservations call 323 960 7712.


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After advancing to the AFC Championship, Peyton Manning was confronted with questions about a report that an offseason medical exam will determine his NFL future. He's not worried about his neck. He's just worried about when he'll be able to get his hands on a cool, crisp, refreshing Anheuser-Busch InBev Bud Light.
You can't buy this kind of publicity! Actually, you can. This may not play well in Coors country, but there's a reason Manning is the league's darling: Bud Light is the official beer of the NFL, an honor that only costs it $200 million a year.


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(Costa Mesa, CA) October, 2013 – Whenever people talk about stories that involve con men and grifters, a number of quality movie titles come to mind: "Diggstown," "Catch Me if You Can," "House of Games," "Now You See Me," and, of course, "The Grifters." There are also the television shows "Leverage" and its British counterpart, "Hustle." And then, there is the film that broke the mold: George Roy Hill's Oscar award-winning masterpiece, "The Sting." For any story that deals with scams and scammers, amoral and emotional slight-of-hand, and lots of money being taken away before the victim knows what's happening, certain prerequisites must be fulfilled: the characters have to be intriguing, the dialogue must be snappy and sharp, the plot must be intricate where the audience actually has to pay attention (brain-deadness is absolutely forbidden), and, if possible, there must be a twist. To film this complex genre is difficult enough, but to write and produce a theatre production that deals with grifters and "the long con" adds to the challenge even more so. Fortunately, at South Coast Repertory, the playwright, director and the stars grab that challenge by the throat with the World Premiere of FAST COMPANY. Newcomer scribe Carla Ching creates an entertaining tale involving family, the grifter life, and a valuable comic book.
It was the scam to end all scams. Blue Kwan (Jackie Chung) collaborates with her brother H (Nelson Lee) in stealing the world's most valuable comic book: Action Comics #1, featuring the debut of Superman. All goes well until H breaks the Number One Code of grifting in order to pay off a gambling debt: never backstab your own crew, which is exactly what he did with Blue when he took off with the comic after the scam, leaving his sister in the lurch. With her reputation on the line---after all, a grifter being swindled by her own brother can make anyone look like an amateur, Blue asks the only two people she can "trust" for help: Francis (Lawrence Kao), her other brother who has forsaken the grifting lifestyle by performing card tricks and death-defying stunts in Vegas, and Mabel (Emily Kuroda), the matriarch of the Kwan clan, who knows every scam and con in the book in order to perform her own machinations behind her children's backs.
To say any more would give away the plot turns and twists, as well as the delightful character quirks that are revealed in the play, and this is due to the playwright Carla Ching. The dialogue snaps like a whip and the plot propels the audience through scene after scene without the sensation of being rushed. The characters are far from Asian stereotypes: every character is thoroughly fleshed out, showing a side in the story that comes as a surprise each time a character tells a certain story about their life as a grifter. Ching's voice as a playwright is strong, and as she creates more works, she will evolve and emerge as a new dramatic force in the years yet to come.
The collaboration between Bart DeLorenzo's direction and the scenic design, lighting design, and projection design (Keith Mitchell, Tom Ontiveros, and Jason H. Thompson, respectively) are impressively fluidic and dynamic in keeping the audience entertained from beginning to end. The retro lighting and computer graphics, along with the captions of certain scenes and scams, move as though it were a film being produced on the stage instead of a play, and bravo to DeLorenzo and his design crew for orchestrating such a vibrant setting for the story.
Every single cast member is perfect for their respective roles. Chung's Blue wonderfully balances her sensitivity and vulnerability with a type of street wisdom that she would do anything to get her thieving brother to return what is owed to her, especially if it means hiring a notorious torturer called "The Dentist." Kao's comic timing is masterful as he believably displays Kao's loyalty to Blue, while still giving hints that even though he has the gift to grift, he is sickened by the damages his family has caused to their marks; he is clearly the "conscience" of the clan. Lee's H is both charming and desperate as a gambling addict who wants to leave the life not because of the moral implications, but because he's simply not good in grifting. And Kuroda's Mable is a true dysfunctional matriarch whose desire for her family to be the best con artists in America is severely flawed when she emotionally scars her children in different capacities. The chemistry between all four artists is magical and that is the key of Fast Company's success as a world premiere at South Coast Repertory.
Peter A. Balaskas is a journalist, fiction writer, editor, and voice over artist.
Fast Company opened October 6-27 2013
South Coast Repertory: Julianne Argyros Stage
655 Town Center Drive,
Costa Mesa, CA 92628-2197
Photos by Debora Robinson (except noted otherwise)
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The larger hurricane I got ages ago at Walmart or JoAnn or something for less than $10, and the two smaller ones were from a dollar store.
After one coat, the glass will just have a bit of a reflective shimmer to it, but you will still be able to see through it.
I let the beads of vinegar-water sit for 20 seconds or so, depending on how long I had let the paint dry, and then it was time to begin!
For the purposes of this tutorial, I recreated the distressing process on a piece of glass from a small picture frame so I could take photos to illustrate how I achieved this specific finish:
- I took a paper napkin, folded it up and dampened it with the vinegar-water solution. I wanted everything that came in contact with the finish to be soft (kind of like fine sandpaper instead of rough, get it?)
- I took the damp napkin and gently dabbed (up and down, not side to side) the beads of vinegar, and voila! The vinegar had started to eat away at the paint (this worked better if I only let the paint dry a few minutes rather than an hour or so... I had to rub a bit more on drier paint).
- Then I gently started to rub the damp napkin in circles to widen those distressed areas and start sloughing off more of the paint. I found that using the pads of my fingers when rubbing with the napkin, versus the tips of my fingers, helped lessen the pressure and the chance of giant flakes of paint coming loose:
- Use your judgment to achieve your 'ideal' look -- I sprayed a bit more vinegar on and then rubbed very lightly because I wanted a scattering of very tiny holes too, not just the larger ones I had rubbed off:
- I finished it off with one or two very light coats of the Looking Glass spray paint, to add a bit of dimension to the spots that had no paint -- I still wanted them to glow, shimmer, look a tad mirror-y... pick your word!
Update: Wondering if the Looking Glass spray paint is necessary? Check this post out...


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12 to 1
How do you figure 12 runs Monday night and 1 last night? Only explanation I know: "That's Baseball."
Doc was masterful once again but offense just couldn't get it going. Threw 132 pitches, most in the majors this season.
Got to give credit to Duke, Pittsburgh's best pitcher. Win ended the Pirates' 6-game losing streak at Citizens Bank Park. Previous win: August 8, 2008.
Ryan had his fourth 3-hit game of the season; he leads majors with 18 multi-hit games. He's hitting .438 in his last 12 games.
Baseball 101
147 women are here today for an all-day event. Program includes panel discussions in the Diamond Club, instructional sessions on the field with the coaches, media conference with Ruben, team nutritionist session, radio talk with Larry Andersen and Scott Franzke, plus other things. Oh, breakfast, lunch and tonight's game.
Event sold out in five minutes this spring and a second one is coming later in the season.
We used the basis of this event to schedule the Phillies Alumni Luncheon in the Diamond Club, June 3. Gillick, Giles, Green, Daulton, Luzinski, Musser and Campbell will be there for talking baseball.
Few tickets remain.
Pre-Game Tent Party
Phillies Alumni will be part of tent parties at Citizens Bank Park. The first two are this Saturday night and Sunday afternoon, but both are sold out. Marty Bystrom will be there on Saturday; Dickie Noles, Sunday.
Next one on the schedule is Father's Day, June 20 with Darren Daulton. Tickets are available online or by calling 215 463 5000.
Next Post
My wife is having knee surgery on Friday so my schedule is kind of up in the air for a few days. Will try to post as often as possible, skipping Saturday and Sunday as I've been doing.


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Yes, there are many mechanisms where genes are transferred from one organism to another (most notably, gut microbes tend to pick up genes that help digest food from the microbes that live on that food).
This is not a targeted or directed process...it is part of how life exists, how life, evolution, and "biological time" unfolds. It isn't strictly random....there is some reason to how this works (a leaf is likely to harbor microbes that can metabolize some aspect of that leaf....it isn't just random chance that if I start eating that leaf that genes that would help me metabolize that leaf are shared with my already present gut flora).
50,000 people (more or less) die in car accidents every year. Some of this is more or less random...and we are willing to accept that (the value of car transportation outweighs the cost in life). ...but in any case where such deaths are not random (ie, drunk drivers, poorly maintained cars, no license, etc), we take great pains to eliminate. What if those 50,000 deaths were not random...what if they were targeted?
Exactly. A random vehicle death is not the same thing as a targeted vehicle death. The same mechanism (a car running someone over) is at play, but one is punishable, and one is not.
The lottery is the lottery (and people play it) because it is a random system. If the lottery were rigged so that only beekeepers won, how many non-beekeepers would buy tickets?
GMO's rely on mechanisms that do exist in nature....but once we start applying these mechanisms in a targeted, human centric manner, we are no longer doing anything natural. What are the consequences? I have some ideas, but essentially it's like going into Vegas with loaded dice.....you might win some money, but the fact that you can "win at will" throws the entire casino system out of balance.


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KnitCast 33 – Lee Meredith
Lee Meredith of Leethal Knits tells me about any gauge knits, why you should make a game of your knitting and trying to make a wedding dress over 24 hours.
Index of Lee's patterns on Ravelry
Competition Winner!
The winner of last month's competition is Carla of Tiny.Angry.Crafter. Congratulations Carla!
The music used for the KnitCast theme is called Knit Away by Stephen Wheel. Thanks Stephen! His new album, Snow Angels is out now!
Remember that you can subscribe to Knitcast in iTunes and other podcast aggregators so that you get each new episode automatically. Here's the podcast feed. You can also follow Knitcast on Twitter . You can get in touch by emailing me – feedbackATknitcast.com remembering to replace the AT for an @ – or by using the email form in the Contact section at the top of the page. You can leave a comment here or contact me via Ravelry my username there is knitcast. You can also join the KnitCast group on Ravelry. If you want to check out what I'm up to outside of KnitCast my knitting blog is Scifiville.com.


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Can A Naturepedic Crib Mattress Help Mom Get More Sleep?
Can A Naturepedic Crib Mattress Help Mom Get More Sleep?
When I was pregnant with my son, I had very unreal expectations in the sleep department. I was told the baby would sleep 12 to 15 hours a day and would be eating about every four hours. That added up fine for me – baby eats at 8:00 p.m., sleeps until midnight, eats again, sleeps until 4:00 a.m., eats again, sleeps until 8:00 a.m. – I shouldn't have any trouble fitting 7 or 8 hours of sleep in there, right? Wrong; oh so very wrong.
In case you're not initiated, it goes more like this: baby eats then gets to sleep about 8:30 p.m. You have some things to finish up; you hit the sack at 11:00. Baby wakes up hungry at midnight. You feed him, but he's tired and keeps falling asleep. So the eating process is very slow. An hour later, he's fed. But now he's awake, smiling and gurgling, and he wants to play! An hour later, he's ready to go back to sleep. Now there's two hours left until the 4:00 a.m. feeding. You have a little trouble getting back to sleep and, an hour after you finally doze off, it's feeding time again. This time it doesn't take quite as long but, still, it's 5:30 before you get back to sleep. At 7:00 a.m. you're woken by your husband getting ready for work, and the 8:00 a.m. feeding follows shortly thereafter.
You've had since 8:30 p.m. the night before to get 7 or 8 hours sleep, but you've only slept 3 ½ hours! And this could go on for months. Obviously, the solution is to get the baby on your schedule as soon as possible so he, and you, can sleep through the night.
Can a Naturepedic crib mattress help? While I certainly can't say an organic cotton crib mattress free of PVC/vinyl, phthalates and other potentially harmful chemicals will help a baby sleep through the night, look at it this way: Studies have linked phthalates to a lot of health problems: hormonal and structural reproductive development in boys, asthma and rhinitis in both male and female children, and effects on the pituitary, thyroid, thymus, ovaries, testes, lung, kidneys, liver, and blood in animal studies – more human studies are needed.
Really, how well would you sleep with that going on?
p.s. If you're interested in a print of the fabulous painting above, "Sleeping Mother" by Christian Krohg, click the image.


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Q: How do I eat everything I'm supposed to for good health without gaining weight?
Smaller portions and smart food swaps. If you don't eat enough fish, for example, that could mean you're having too much of something else. So when you add fish to your diet, eat less of a different food, like red meat.
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Card Express is a pioneer in the prepaid MasterCard and Visa industry. We are responsible for numerous successful corporate gift and incentive programs. While we have been around for some 14-odd years, we are currently in the process of a rebirth. Through this process we hope to update our brand and our image, thus bringing our legacy of excellence into a new skin.
Our target clients are those responsible for creating and/or corporate gift and incentive programs, ranging from Ad/Marketing agencies to executives at large organizations. These are professional people who are used to a certain level of quality and professionalism. With that being said, the end users (cardholders) are everyday people. They will also be accessing our site. While we want to gear the site towards our corporate clients, we also want it to be simple and fresh enough to appeal to the end cardholders as well.
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2. Bottom Navigation: About Us, Contact Us, Jobs, Community, Privacy Policy, Sitemap
3. Should include attractive graphics linking to our Facebook and Twitter pages
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1. Navigation to other pages, consistent with the home page navigation layout
2. Area for content
Creative considerations:
- Consider the current website as a foundation, but not as a strict template. Be creative! (If we were happy with what we have, we wouldn't be seeking a new one!)
-Try to create something fresh, clean, exciting, overall Web 2.0ish
-Be innovative and progressive
- Would like to stick with a blue color scheme.
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Princess Geisha
I posted an article earlier about Cate Blanchett and Katie Holmes at the Armani Prive show during Haute Couture week in Paris. Click here for a refresher.
Just reviewing the pictures from the runaway and every look came with a head garnish. Kinda like... a British wedding? Inspired by the one on April 29th?
Check it – dress after dress, model after model, accessorised by a hat/fascinator situation, with a little bit of Asian hostess flavour. You into it? The head situations, yes. The clothing... meh. If you've been reading my column for a while, Armani doesn't make me want to punch myself in the face from excitement anymore. This... this dangerously approaches Chinese Mall territory, at least to those of us who frequent the Chinese Mall.
If you're interested, don't bother spending $20,000 on one of these gowns. Mrs Chow at Hello Love Me Fabric and Designer will do it for you for 500 bucks. Or less.
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SAN JOSE — A man just shy of his 21st birthday was identified as the victim of a deadly weekend shooting that capped a violent three-homicide day in the city, police said.
Justin Watkins, 20, of San Jose, died Sunday night near Oak Grove High School. Sgt. Jason Dwyer said neither a motive nor suspects were known as of Tuesday morning.
Officers were called to the 100 block of Hayes Avenue at 10:11 p.m. and found Watkins, suffering from a gunshot wound, near the Orchard Park Apartments. Investigators said they have scant leads in the case.
Anyone with information about the case can contact Detective Sgt. Steve Bustillos or Detective Jaime Jimenez at 408-277-5283 or leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP (7867) or with svcrimestoppers.org.


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California experts are usually described as divided over how to fix the state's governance and budget challenges.
But in a new report, the public policy firm Kersten Communications looked at a wide variety of plans and writing about constitutional reform -- and found a striking amount of agreement.
In particular, those who have written on reform (full disclosure: my own book, California Crackup, is among the documents quoted) agree on the major areas that need to be addressed, according to Kersten: the initiative process, the relationship between state and local governments, legislative term limits, the consolidation of power in the executive branch, and election reform.
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"Experts may differ somewhat on the specifics of each proposal, but have found an extraordinary amount of common ground in most of the major reform issue areas," Kersten concluded.
So if California's would-be reformers agree generally on what needs to be done, why haven't we done it?
Kersten's answer: There's no one with the money and political influence to lead the effort.
"California lacks reform champions with the ability to provide or raise the resources to get the job done," Kersten concludes.
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Pelargonium sidoides is a plant in the geranium family that grows in South Africa. It has heart-shaped leaves and narrow flowers of deep, saturated red. It has a long history of traditional use in southern Africa for treatment of respiratory problems. The root is the part used medicinally.
What is
An alcohol extract made from Pelargonium sidoides has become popular in Germany as a treatment for various respiratory problems, including acute bronchitis , the common cold , sinusitis, pharyngitis (sore throat) , and tonsillitis. 1 Fairly large studies have been performed to substantiate some of these uses.
For example, in one double-blind , placebo-controlled study, 468 adults with recent onset of acute bronchitis were given either placebo or a standard alcohol extract of Pelargonium sidoides 3 times daily for a week. 2 The results showed a significantly greater improvement in symptoms in the treatment group as compared to the placebo group. On average, participants who received the real treatment were able to return to work 2 days earlier than those given placebo. Benefits were also seen in 2 other double-blind, placebo-controlled studies enrolling a total of almost 350 people with acute bronchitis. 7-8,11 When researchers pooled the results of four well-designed, placebo-controlled trials, they found that a standardized extract of Pelargonium performed significantly better than placebo at reducing the symptoms of bronchitis by the seventh day of treatment. 10 Given this evidence, Pelargonium appears to be effective for acute bronchitis.
Another double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolled 143 children aged 6-10 years with a nondangerous form of strep throat (technically, non-group A beta hemolytic strep tonsillopharyngitis). 3 On average, the total duration of the illness was reduced by 2 days in the treatment group as compared to the placebo group.
Note : Only a medical test can distinguish between the relatively nondangerous form of strep throat studied in this trial (non-group A strep) and strep throat of the potentially very dangerous A form (group A strep). For this reason, physician supervision is essential. See the Strep Throat article for more information.
Finally, a double-blind study of 133 adults who had just come down with the common cold found that use of a standardized pelargonium extract at a dose of 30 ml three times daily significantly reduced the severity and duration of symptoms as compared to placebo. 9
It is not known how Pelargonium sidoides might work, but its action is hypothesized to involve both direct antibacterial effects and immune function modification. 4-6
A typical adult dose of the tested standardized root extract is 30 drops three times daily. For children 6-11, this dose is typically reduced to 20 drops three times daily. However, other products beside the tested formulation may vary in strength. Therefore, we recommend that you follow the label instructions.
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In clinical trials enrolling a total of over 2,500 adults and children, use of the tested, standardized extract produced few side effects, other than the usual occasional allergic reactions or digestive upset. 1 However, comprehensive safety testing has not been completed. There is no reliable evidence regarding safety in children under the age of 6, pregnant or nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease.
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Forget to use your turn signal? Prepare to be pecked to death by tiny, fierce, flu-suffering hummingbirds. Ok, maybe not. Maybe your lane-change transgression will earn you a spot in the looney bin, after having been beeped and vibrated into a meltdown by Iteris's latest driver-assistance invention — the explicitly named Lane Departure System. The LDW system — which Nissan just today presented with its 2005 Global Innovation Award — was first offerred as an option on 2005 Infiniti FX SUVs, and is now an option on the new 2006 Infiniti M luxury sedans. According to the company, over 10,000 LDW units have been shipped to Infiniti to date. The system employs a mounted camera and proprietary software algorithms to monitor lane markings in front of a vehicle. If a driver drifts out of lane unintentionally (i.e., no signal) they system starts making with the beeps and vibrations. Insanity comes later.
The cars of the future will annoy the hell out of you if you dont use your turn signal [Transport Trends]
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Sylvia Mathews Burwell lists improved efficiency and effectiveness among goals.
President Obama's choice to head the Office of Management and Budget elicited enthusiasm from Republicans as well as Democrats on a key Senate panel on Tuesday, though several used the confirmation hearing as a chance to lay down markers on issues of regulatory overreach, tax reform and the value of cost-benefit analysis.
Sylvia Mathews Burwell, a Clinton White House veteran currently heading the Wal-Mart Foundation, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee her primary focus will be to "contribute to achieving balanced deficit reduction, increased efficiency and effectiveness in how government works, and targeted investments that grow the economy and create jobs." She stressed the need for more emphasis on the management side of OMB, and said she hoped to "contribute to ensuring OMB is a place where talented people want to go and that the institution is strong for other administrations."
Burwell was introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., who has known her since she was an 8-year-old in West Virginia, and who noted "she could have made a fortune" in the private sector but chose public service.
Committee Chairman Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., welcomed her experience in the public and private sector at a time when the problem of "longstanding vacancies in senior positions throughout the federal government" has become so prevalent that it creates executive branch "Swiss cheese." Eying the larger fiscal picture, he added that "Burwell's prior experience in government has prepared her well to lead during this challenging period for our nation, a time when we can no longer afford to avoid making the tough choices necessary to put our nation on a responsible and sustainable long-term fiscal path."
Burwell's confirmation prospects were also portrayed as bright by such perennial Republican critics of the Obama administration as Sens. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona.
Hints of coming policy clashes came from Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who asked her to defend the government's current regulatory regime against charges from small businesses that rules cost them millions of dollars with little gain for health and the environment. He also confronted Burwell with figures showing that opportunities for business to comment on proposed rules had declined over the past 20 years.
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who was budget director under President George W. Bush, asked why OMB under acting director Jeffrey Zients was late with the required regulatory agenda documents in 2012 and solicited her views on the coming debate over whether independent regulatory agencies should be subject to the same requirements for performing cost-benefit analysis as other agencies.
The skepticism toward regulation was echoed by Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., who, while praising Burwell's leadership skills, said she hoped to see OMB "bypass the Beltway mentality and ratchet down the zealous regulators with their 'I want to make the world perfect' way of thinking."
Burwell said she believed OMB's approach to regulations should "promote health, safety and the environment at the same time it considers economic growth, information and jobs." She said part of leadership's responsibility is to "make sure that the right voices are at the table" and that the agency's "culture, thought process and approach allows small business to interact with OMB."
Speaking on the day of release of a key Government Accountability Office report on reducing agency duplication and waste, she called GAO an important partner for helping OMB set priorities. She cited the need for private-sector-type performance metrics for agency programs and personnel reviews under the 2010 Government Performance and Results Modernization Act.
And she stressed the value of using information technology and transparency to bring in citizenry and businesses during the rulemaking process while also permitting "departments to see what other departments are spending." With the website USAspending.gov, Burwell added, "it's important to decide whether the audience is the people seeking funds or the American public."
A top priority, Burwell said, would be "to make sure I have good relationships with others in the Cabinet." Her overall priorities would include "regular order and relationships," which includes timely responses to congressional budget and appropriations panels; "effective use of both management and budget parts of OMB so we can grow the economy in the short and long term;" and respecting OMB as an institution.
Asked by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., whether she supported additional revenues to resolve the budget stalemate, she said, "Yes, I believe we need a combination of spending reductions and revenues to get to the numbers we're trying to get to on a path to reducing the debt-to-[gross domestic product] ratio."


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DETROIT, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Jonathan Ericsson's blast with 4.5 seconds remaining in regulation time Sunday handed the Detroit Red Wings a 3-2 win over Los Angeles.
The Kings were trailing 2-1 in the final minute when they pulled their goalie for an extra attacker and managed to get the equalizer when Alec Martinez scored on the rebound of a Kyle Clifford shot.
But the deadlock was short-lived as the Red Wings responded almost immediately.
With time running out, Ericsson corralled the puck at the right point and unleashed a shot that Kings goalie Jonathan Quick slowed down, but it trickled between his legs and into the net for the decisive score.
Damien Brunner and Pavel Datsyuk also found the net while Henrik Zetterberg added two assists for Detroit, which reeled off its third straight win.
Jimmy Howard turned aside a season-high 45 shots to earn the victory.
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Classes resumed on Thursday for the students of Sandy Hook Elementary School for the first time since last month's massacre in Newtown, where a gunman killed 20 first-graders and six educators.
With their original school still being treated as a crime scene, the more than 400 students are attending classes at a refurbished school in the neighboring town of Monroe.
Attendance on Thursday was good, officials said. There were no issues at school and students were excited to see their friends and get back to school.
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"A lot of them were happy to see their friends they had not seen in a while. They were excited about the new school," Monroe Police Lt. Keith White said. "They were all brought together as a class for the first time since the tragedy and teachers got to meet with the students."
To help ease the return, therapy dogs were brought in and several students spent a little time with them, White said. Counselors were also available.
Gov. Dannel Malloy called the effort to return to school "Herculean."
"It is the stuff that Connecticut is made of," Malloy said.
Law enforcement officers have been guarding the new school, and by the reckoning of police, it is "the safest school in America."
The school district said parents who want to be close to their children were welcome to visit and stay in classrooms or an auditorium throughout the day and some parents took the opportunity. The lecture hall was full and parents had the opportunity to meet with school board members, White said.
Parents were encouraged to have their children take the bus to help them return to familiar routines.
Still, Newtown Superintendent Janet Robinson said officials will do their best to make the students feel at ease.
"We will go to our regular schedule," she said. "We will be doing a normal day."
Returning students, teachers and administrators were met by a large police presence on a sunny and cold day with temperatures hovering near 10 degrees. Several police officers were guarding the entrance to the school, and were checking IDs of parents dropping off children.
When police were asked how long a large police presence would remain at the school, White said the decision would be evaluated on a week to week basis.
"We're going to focus on the school. Again, the students' safety is of utmost importance to both towns," White said.
"We don't want them to think this is a police state. We want them to know that this is a school, and a school first, and that's a place where some to learn, enjoy their friends and grow up," White said in response to another question.
On Wednesday, the students and their families were welcomed at an open house at their new school, which was formerly the Chalk Hill Middle School in Monroe but renamed as the Sandy Hook Elementary School.
The new building was decorated like a winter wonderland, filled with snowflakes people from around the world sent to the Connecticut PTSA to help make the students feel welcome. Students received gift boxes with toys inside and shared joyful reunions with teachers.
"Right now, Chalk Hill has been transformed from a middle school to a very cheerful, nurturing elementary school," Robinson said.
Former principal Donna Page is leading the school, and Robinson called this a "godsend" to help the transition process.
One father, Vinny Alvarez, took a moment to thank his third-grade daughter's teacher, Courtney Martin, who protected the class from a rampaging gunman by locking her classroom door and keeping the children in a corner.
"Everybody there thanked her in their own way," he said.
The gunman, Adam Lanza, also killed his mother at the home they shared in Newtown before driving to the school and gunning down 26 people, including the school's principal. Lanza fatally shot himself as police arrived. Police haven't released any details about a motive.
Numerous police officers on Wednesday guarded the outside of the Monroe school, which is about 7 miles from the old school, and told reporters to stay away.
"I think right now it has to be the safest school in America," Lt. White said.
Teachers attended staff meetings at the new school on Wednesday morning and were visited by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy before the open house, White said.


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Bathyuriscus rotundatusA very common Mount Stephen trilobite
Trilobita (Order: Corynexochida)
Trilobites are extinct euarthropods, probably stem lineage representatives of the Mandibulata, which includes crustaceans, myriapods, and hexapods (Scholtz and Edgecombe, 2006).
Species name:
Bathyuriscus rotundatus
Described by:
Description date:
Bathyuriscus – a variation of the earlier trilobite genus name Bathyurus, originally based on the Greek bathys, "deep," and the Greek oura, "tail," thus, a trilobite with a deep tail.
rotundatus – from the Latin rotundus, "round," presumably alluding to the rounded outline of the dorsal shield.
Type Specimens:
Type status under review – UMMP 4884 (9 specimens), University of Michigan Museum of Paleontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Other species:
Burgess Shale and vicinity: Bathyuriscus adaeus Walcott, 1916, from several localities higher in the Bathyuriscus-Elrathina Zone on Mount Stephen, Mount Odaray, and Park Mountain.
Other deposits: other species of Bathyuriscus have been described from numerous localities elsewhere in the Cambrian of North America.
Middle Cambrian, Bathyuriscus–Elrathina Zone (approximately 505 million years ago).
Principal localities:
The Trilobite Beds and other localities on Mount Stephen. Fossil Ridge in sections stratigraphically below the Walcott Quarry.
Brief history of research:
Bathyuriscus rotundatus was first described in the same 1887 publication as several other important Mount Stephen trilobites. Carl Rominger initially used the name Embolimus rotundata for partial specimens of this trilobite, and named a second similar species in his collection Embolimus spinosa (now known as Zacanthoides romingeri). In 1908, Walcott revised Rominger's original species name to yield the combination Bathyuriscus rotundatus, still in use today (Walcott, 1908). Along with the co-occurring Elrathina cordillerae, B. rotundatus is a signature fossil for the Middle Cambrian Bathyuriscus-Elrathina Zone in the southern Canadian Rockies.
Hard parts: adult dorsal exoskeletons may be up to 5 cm long and are narrowly oval in outline, with a semicircular cephalon, a thorax of nine segments ending in blade-like tips with short spines, and a semicircular pygidium without spines.
The long glabella reaches almost to the anterior cephalic border; the posterior portion is narrow and parallel-sided, while the anterior third expands rapidly forward. There are four pairs of lateral glabellar furrows, with the two front pairs angled forward and the posterior pair directed obliquely back. The eyes are relatively long and lie close to the glabella. Broad free cheeks are extended back into short genal spines. The pygidium is slightly smaller than the cephalon, with a well-defined narrow axial lobe of five rings and a terminal piece; four pairs of pygidial ribs are usually visible. The exoskeleton is mostly smooth externally, but very well preserved specimens may show faint anastomosing ridges on the free cheeks.
Unmineralized anatomy: not known.
Extremely common in the Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds, where it rivals Ogygopsis klotzi in abundance.
Maximum size:
50 mm
Life habits:
Epibenthic, mobile
Feeding strategies:
Carnivorous or deposit feeder
Ecological Interpretations:
Bathyuriscus rotundatus was a mobile epibenthic trilobite. Because we have no direct evidence of limb structure, its feeding habits are uncertain. It may have been a deposit feeder and opportunistic scavenger. Like Ogygopsis, Bathyuriscus may occur as fully intact individuals (probably carcasses), with the free cheeks missing, inverted, or rotated (presumed moults), and as scattered pieces. Some show evidence of healed injuries that may be predation scars (Rudkin, 2009).
RASETTI, F. 1951. Middle Cambrian stratigraphy and faunas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 116 (5): 1-277.
ROMINGER, C. 1887. Description of primordial fossils from Mount Stephens, N. W. Territory of Canada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1887: 12-19.
RUDKIN, D. M. 2009. The Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds, pp. 90-102. In J.-B. Caron and D. Rudkin (eds.), A Burgess Shale Primer - History, Geology, and Research Highlights. The Burgess Shale Consortium, Toronto.
SCHOLTZ, G. AND EDGECOMBE, G. D. 2006. The evolution of arthropod heads: reconciling morphological, developmental and palaeontological evidence. Development Genes and Evolution, 216: 395-415.
WALCOTT, C. D. 1888. Cambrian fossils from Mount Stephens, Northwest Territory of Canada. American Journal of Science, series 3: 163-166.
WALCOTT, C. D. 1908. Mount Stephen rocks and fossils. Canadian Alpine Journal, 1: 232-248.
WALCOTT, C. D. 1916. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology III. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 64(5): 303-456.
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Polished glassLight dirt can be removed with clean water and a soft sponge or cloth. Conventional glass cleaners can also be used. More severe staining should be removed by applying a mild household cleaner directly to each spot. Paint stains can be removed with methylated spirit, acetone or white spirit. Rinse subsequently with copious amounts of clean water. Do not use sharp-edged tools (razor blades, scrapers) as they can leave scratch marks.
Satined glassTo keep the satined glass in good condition, the slightly rough surface needs to be treated with greater care than polished glass. Soiling can be washed off in the usual way using plenty of water, a soft sponge, a shammy leather or commercial glass cleaner. To avoid clouding, the counter top should be dried using a clean cotton cloth, wiping repeatedly in the same direction.
Limestone and sandstoneImpregnation cannot make natural stone, such as limestone or sandstone, totally resistant to stains. Therefore, do not allow fluids to stand for hours on the counter top; remove them immediately. The following tips nevertheless help to preserve natural stone`s appearance: Materials that contain lime, such as sandstone and limestone, can be eroded by acid maintaining the stone`s natural condition over the years can therefore only be guaranteed by avoiding the use of any acidic cleaning agents. Caustic detergents and also vinegar or lemon-based cleaners should definitely not be used, as otherwise the lime within the natural stone will mix with the acid and change into gypsum causing the colour to fade and the polished surface to become tarnished.
GraniteAcid-proof materials, such as granite for example, are relatively resistant to getting dirty. Polished surfaces can simply be cleaned with water. Use of any abrasive cleaning agents should certainly be avoided. The amount of water and detergent used should be kept to the minimum required. Stubborn dirt should be removed spot by spot using a brush and, if necessary, a pH neutral cleaning agent. Universal and domestic cleaning agents, such as washing-up liquid, are not suitable for cleaning natural stone. They clog up the pores and over time make the surfaces look greasy.
Wood effect laminateNo special care and cleaning products are necessary for wood effect laminate surfaces. The best protection is daily cleaning with a moist cloth that is able to alleviate slight dirt at an early stage without issue. Always use a dry cloth for drying off afterwards. For stubborn stains (e.g. lime deposits), allow a mild cleaning agent without abrasive components to take effect for a short time, and then wipe dry. Do not use furniture polish and wax-based cleaning agents. They tend to fill structures in the veneer surface and become an adhesive layer that binds in the dirt.
Real wood veneerReal wood veneer surfaces can be wiped off with a dry duster. Please ensure that you always wipe in the direction of the wood grain so that all dirt is removed from the pores. A damp chamois leather or fine-pore sponge cloth should ne used to remove more stubborn dirt. A mild detergent can be added to the water, but no cleaning agents containing abrasive materials, acid, solvents or grease may be used! Cleaners containing ammonia, acetone, nitro and synthetic resin thinners are not suitable. This applies also to furniture and wax-based cleaning agents, which can accumulate in the wood surface structures.Careful drying with a soft cloth is essential in all cases.
Lacquered finishesFor cleaning, use a soft, damp cloth and wipe the surface without applying great pressure. Then wipe dry with a soft cloth. For this purpose, use a household, water-soluble cleaning agent. Do not use aggressive or abrasive agents, or polishes and wax. Moreover, Alape advises against using a steam cleaner. Normal glass cleaners are much more suitable for removing stubborn dirt. High-gloss surfaces exhibit visible signs of use more quickly than matt surfaces. Therefore, high-gloss surfaces need to be handled more carefully. After a long period of use, slight scratch traces may arise. These do not impair use.
ChromeUse a washing-up liquid solution to remove slight dirt. Alternatively, treat the surface with a chloride-free glass cleaner. Subsequent polishing with a soft, dry cloth gives the surface a dazzling shine. Please avoid the use of products which contain hydrochloric acid, acetic acid, cleaners containing soda or solvents, abrasive powders or bleaches/silver cleaners.
MirrorsNot all cleaning agents are suitable for the mirror surfaces. Chemical agents such as alkaline lyes or acids should not be used as a general rule. Glass cleaners can also damage the mirrors coating if used incorrectly over longer periods of time. It is thus important to use large amounts of clean water. This avoids the abrasive effect of the dirty particles. We recommended adding gentle washing-up liquid to warm water as an additional cleaner for stubborn stains. Wring out the window chamois well before you clean the mirror surface. When you wipe the mirror dry, pay particular attention to the lower mirror edge. Remove any drips with a soft, dry cloth.
Glazed steelNormal dirt can be easily removed with a soft, damp sponge or cloth. We recommended using a commercially available, non-abrasive household cleaner for cleaning purposes. Aggressive cleaning agents and devices can damage the surface and should thus not be used. As limescale deposits can attack the surface in the long term, the basin and washstand should be cleaned regularly to avoid the accumulation of limescale in advance. If limescale deposits should arise nonetheless, you can remove them by using a lukewarm water-vinegar solution thinned in the ratio 1:1. Important: do not use vinegar essence that has not been thinned. Then rinse well with water.
Glazed steel with easy-care surfaceThe easy-care surface forms a barrier between the glazed steel and the partially aggressive deposits that arise particularly in the case of water containing limescale. The barrier alters the surface tension and allows drops of water to drip away more optimally. However, an easy-care surface nonetheless does not prevent very small amounts of water from remaining in the basin, and limescale residue from remaining after evaporation. The easy-care surface allows you to remove such deposits without you having to apply force. Long-term damage from limescale deposits is prevented. To remove dirt, we recommend for you to use a soft, non-scratch sponge, and a commercially available, non-abrasive household cleaner. Never use aggressive cleaning agents that scratch the surfaces and thus can damage the surface protection. The same applies to cleaning devices that can be damaging or abrasive to surfaces.
FirnisMinor soiling can generally be removed with a soft, damp cloth. Stubborn soiling can be removed using a mild soap solution. Any damp surfaces should then be wiped dry. Do not use cleaning products which are aggressive, abrasive or contain alcohol or solvents. Polishes and waxes should also not be used. Alape also advises against using steam cleaners or tools with sharp edges, e.g., razor blades.


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Ambient light – like heaven inside
We have walked this Earth for almost seven million years. We have used electric lights for just over 100 years. Natural light is our frame of reference and that is what affects us most. Natural light makes us feel good. It makes us more alert and happier, and makes us perform better. We call it ambient light, and it is often ambient light which forms the basis of Fagerhult's newly-developed lighting solutions.
Like the sky
Ambient light works in the same way as the sky. When we go outdoors, we take in light in the same way – from the sides and above. The sky reflects light from all directions. A lot of light is distributed across a large surface, and the pupil expands and takes in light. These are the perfect conditions for the retina to absorb light. Light from large surfaces also means greater light intake – which makes us more alert. That's what ambient light is!
Ambient light as a measurable concept
Fagerhult has been developing solutions with combinations of direct and indirect light for a long time. Indirect light is reflected by walls and ceilings – just like the sky.
We have also carried out several research studies on the idea of ambient light. They show that ambient light of 100 cd/m2 contributes to creating work and school environments where people are more alert and also feel and perform better. This is why we are now introducing ambient light as a measurable concept in our lighting planning. Read more about the ambient light studies.
Read more about the studies in ambient light
Count on ambient light
To determine the light levels in a room, the luminance of the ambient light can be calculated by adding up the vertical mean luminances on the four walls and the horizontal mean luminances on the ceiling and calculation surface (i.e. the work surface or floor) and dividing them by six.
By using an increased amount of ambient lighting in planning, we can also create more wholesome light environments. This is why we are developing new solutions which are better adapted for people and which also reduce energy consumption.


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This may depend on whether you are booking in low season ( November to March ) or high season ( April to October ). There may also be times when your preferred dates coincide with major trade fairs or localised events, during which periods hotels often increase the cost of their normally discounted rates to us as room availability is more scarce. We will always endeavour to find you the most competitively priced hotel rooms.
Prices change depending on a whole range of factors so it's not possible to predict. Some hotels offer their best rates far in advance then raise them as rooms fill up. Others leave their rates high until the last minute and then drop them. Our recommendation is to book when you see a price which suits you at the time.
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In order to offer these exclusive deals, we had to promise to only show them to our members. Quite simply, the rates are so low, they don't want to be seen advertising them on the main site.
As soon as you either sign in or register. Once you have, you'll see the full details of your hotel so you know exactly what you're booking well before making a reservation.
Quite the opposite. Our 'Members only' hotels are all from top brand names and get awarded their rating in exactly the same way as every other hotel on the site.
General questions
Hotel details are displayed online. If you have a specific requirement, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Most hotels do offer these, but they vary between properties.
For legal and safety reasons, many hotels do not accept booking from unaccompanied children and we strongly recommend that you contact us prior to booking, as children under 18 may be refused accommodation if they arrive without a responsible adult.
The hotels we offer on Skoosh are heavily discounted and, like cheap airline tickets, we have stricter cancellation charges than companies selling full price rooms.
Our site is secure - upon entering your details, these will be encrypted. We store a minimum of customer information and we never pass this on to any other company or supplier.
Some hotels offer parking facilities either on-site or nearby - most levy parking charges which will vary, approximate fees are shown (where known) in our hotel information pages.
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Check out time is usually around 11:00 a.m., however, please ask at your chosen hotel as they may offer a late check out facility ( this usually carries a small fee.) Most hotels will allow you to leave your luggage at reception and collect it before leaving for the airport.
This is a standard requirement in most hotels worldwide and is only taken as a precaution, so as to guarantee payment of any incidental charges (such as telephone calls, room service etc.). But on check-out, the hotel will usually give you the option of paying by cash instead.
Some hotels may levy daily or weekly charges for room safe's or gym/leisure facilities and where these are confirmed to us, we will always display them.
You can request no-smoking rooms as part of your reservation. Please note that it is a request only as few hotels will guarantee this option. For special requirements such as disabled facilities please email us and we will contact the hotel to check if they can accommodate your request.
Continental breakfast will typically consist of croissants, rolls or bread, jams and marmalades, tea / coffee and fruit juices. Buffet breakfast will usually consist of croissants, rolls or bread, salami and other meats, cheeses, yoghurts, cereals, fruit, jams & spreads, tea / coffee and fruit juices. There may also be some hot food choices, such as sausages, eggs and bacon.
Yes, provided you give us a minimum of 48 hours notice so that we can advise the hotel. We will not charge you for making a name change although, very occasionally, the hotels may levy a charge to us. In these cases, we will ask you if you wish to accept the charge before going ahead.
Most of the rooms offered through Skoosh are en-suite, however, we will advise you when they are not by clearly stating 'shared facilities', which means there is a bathroom for your use (but not private) along the corridor from your room.
En-suite facilities always include a shower or a bath, or both, a basin and a WC. Many hotels will not guarantee either a shower or bath specifically but, if you have a preference, please state it when making a booking and we will pass your request on to the hotel.
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The eclipse project uses the following convention for the Export-Package manifest attribute:
- ALL Eclipse SDK plugins must list ALL of their packages in their MANIFEST.MF files.
- API or not. If you have a package on your plugin's classpath, it must be listed.
- New? List it! Old? List it! Borrowed from a friend? List it!
Exceptions to this model should be taken up with the PMC.
Notice that this puts us in exactly the same situation as we have always been in. Everyone has the ability to see everything. The community's desire/need for the freedom to access non-API is overwhelming. In fact, this forms a critical part of the Eclipse ecosystem by allowing experimentation and investigation.
This approach is NOT at odds with, and is fundamentally separate from, our ongoing work to get control over the API and help developers stay on "the right path". That effort is supported by the addition of the component.xml files, the use of "x-internal" and "x-friends" annotations on export entries and the PDE/JDT work to more accurately model the runtime classpath at development time.
The PDE Tools > Organize Manifest operation will do the work for you, all you have to do is invoke the operation from time to time.
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If I were to ask most of our readers how often they upgrade, I would imagine that the typical answer for MOST of our readers would be once every 2 years. We have some readers that will do the six month cycle with a product, and even a few that change their system more than they do their underwear. With the number of revisions and new product launches that we see, it certainly is easy to make changes nearly weekly to your system. Some of the changes certainly are substantial, most are not. The question that has been bouncing around in my head over the last few months is, "Have we reached a technology plateau?" Now every tech company out there wants us to think the answer is no. And there certainly are advances being made with every release. I guess the bigger question would be, "Have we reached a plateau of the need for faster computing for where software and user needs are at?" Is it worth the money to upgrade to get 2fps faster for gaming, or to rip that DVD 3.78 seconds faster than we could have before? I personally hate answering those questions, because I am, and always will be, a tech guy. I love gadgets, I love new technology. I love the smell of new PCB in my house. Therefore, and I know I am not alone, I will likely always be trying out the new stuff as soon as it hits the shelves (and sometimes earlier, thanks to LR).
I say all this because we get the chance to look at the new chipsets from AMD today. We have the new AMD 790GX with the 750SB in house in the form of the ASUS M3A78-T motherboard, and we have been anxious to get you some numbers and other details about this board. So, sit back and relax! Let us do the testing for you, and then you can make your own decision on if a shopping trip (Whether to a virtual or b&m store) is necessary!
First off, let's take a look at the chipset layout to see how things are connected.
The diagram shows the AMD 790GX platform architecture. The AMD 790GX Chipset (Northbridge) is connected to the AM2+ socket through the HyperTransport 3.0 link and the AMD SB750 Chipset (Southbridge) through the A-Link Express II interface. Some of the enhancements of this chipset are the ability to now run RAID in RAID 5, and the Advanced Clock Calibration. Hybrid Crossfire is also supported with a capable ad-on graphics card.
Next, take a look at the 790GX Chipset layout:
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|WCC Overview
Anand vs Gelfand, 2012
Moscow, Russia
The World Chess Championship 2012 was a match between the defending world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and challenger Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the World Championship Candidates Knock-Out Tournament.1
The match took place from May 10 to 30, 2012, in the Engineering Building of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The prize fund was approximately 2.5 million US dollars.
The match format was 12 games, with the first game on May 11. The normal FIDE tiebreak protocol was in place: should the match be tied 6-6 tiebreaks would first employing rapid games, then blitz games, and finally an Armageddon game if needed. The time controls for the classical games was 120 minutes for the first 40 moves, add 60 minutes after move 40, add 15 minutes and the increment +30s/move after move 60.
The first half of the match saw the players tied after six fairly short draws. Gelfand drew first blood in game seven, in which Anand made some provocative or inaccurate moves and Gelfand held a commanding position. The very next day, revenge was had in game eight when Gelfand got his queen trapped on move 17--the shortest loss in WCC history! Then after four more draws, the match headed into overtime. Remarkably, only one of the first 12 games (#9) had lasted long enough to reach the time control at move 40.
Known for his prowess at rapid play, Anand was the clear favorite going into tiebreaks. After a see-saw victory in the second rapid game, and two more complicated draws, Viswanathan Anand defended his
title once again.
FINAL SCORE: Anand 8½; Gelfand 7½
Reference: game collection Anand-Gelfand WCC 2012
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