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When you leave a haunted house, Something might try to follow you home.
Those paranormal-reality shows on television make ghost hunting look great, but Deb Bowen cautions it's not all fun and games.
When you leave a haunted house, Something might try to follow you home.
Bowen remembers a psychic investigation one night aboard the Battleship USS North Carolina memorial. Danny Bradshaw, longtime Battleship custodian and author of "Ghosts on the Battleship North Carolina," was about to give her a lift in his car.
"The minute we shut the car doors, I could sense this presence," Bowen said. "It was just awful. I went home, took a bath, washed my clothes and started cleansing the whole house."
What happened, Bowen said, was that some kind of entity or thought form, something with extremely negative energy, had tried to hitch a ride.
Unsuspecting ghost hunters can pick up invisible, immaterial parasites, Bowen said. That's one reason she's conducting a workshop Friday on how to protect oneself from psychic attacks for the next meeting of Port City Paranormal, the local psychic investigation unit.
Skeptics of all things paranormal may have serious reservations, but Bowen is the real thing, said Port City Paranormal's co-founder, Jane Anderson.
"Deb's one heck of an investigator," Anderson said. "She's one of the few people who can tune into the emotions of a site almost immediately. She's very intuitive."
"My job is to go on investigations and preferably not say a word," Bowen said.
Her insights are used as back-up for the audio and video recorders, the Gauss meters and other electronic gear that provide the backbone for Port City Paranormal's investigations.
Sometimes, however, she intervenes. Once, while the group was probing an older house downtown, Bowen sensed the presence of the spirit of a woman who had been alive during the 1950s.
"I asked her if she remembered the Miljo," Bowen said, mentioning one of Wilmington's most famous drive-ins from the period. "All of a sudden, the meters just lit up."
Bowen, a trained social worker with graduate degrees, talked gently to the spirit, saying that her friends and loved ones had moved on to the Other Side and that perhaps it was time for her to go as well. In the end, Bowen said, "A kind of breeze went through the house" and the readings went away.
Bowen respects the professionalism of her PCP colleagues.
"They're very respectful to the forces on the other side," she said. "They don't yell at them like they do on TV.
"Don't say nasty things to the ghosts," she added with the hint of a chuckle. "They have feelings, too."
Psychic shields
Not all psychic entities, though, are as benign or friendly as the spirit from the '50s.
These negative entities can latch on to people or places, psychics say, causing loss of memory or energy, depression or anxiety. They might even manifest themselves through poltergeist phenomena: loud, unexplained noises, or objects being moved around or knocked to the floor.
The entities often make themselves known by flashes of light or certain smells,
You can do a lot to defend yourself from such entities, Bowen said. Crystals can help. So can certain herbs. (Sage is particularly potent.) Visualization techniques often work: "Imagine yourself in the middle of a big disco ball," Bowen said, suggesting the mirrors on the ball reflect the negative energy and act as a shield.
If you're a Christian or a believer in some other faith, prayer is very strong, she said.
People can make themselves vulnerable to psychic entities, Bowen said. Many poltergeist incidents, she explained, can be traced to a teenager in the house playing with a Ouija board or tampering carelessly with occult matters. A good housecleaning will do a lot of good.
"These things thrive in dirt and chaos and filth," Bowen said.
In extreme cases, Bowen sometimes performs a cleansing or blessing.
"This isn't like an exorcism," she said, but it can involve sprinkling holy water and burning incense. (Again, sage aromas are thought to be especially potent.)
Not all entities are evil, Bowen emphasized. Some, like the Miljo lady, "just (do) not want to go away."
Psychic phenomena were part of Bowen's life from an early age.
"My mom talked to folks on the Other Side all the time," she said.
It wasn't until the 1980s, though, that Bowen felt she could "come out of the psychic closet." On a parallel path, she built a career as a social worker (she has closed her office but still teaches) and as an actor in local theater productions such as "Steel Magnolias" and "Morning's at Seven."
Bowen now does readings periodically at Poplar Grove Plantation or on request. She does podcasts and periodic workshops and telecourses.
One favorite topic: Coping with "energy vampires." Don't picture Count Dracula or Edward Cullen – think more along the lines of Debbie Downer.
"We encounter people like this every day," Bowen said. "They just drain our energy. When you leave those people, you think, 'Lord, I'm exhausted.'?"
When countering the negativity, boundary setting is important, Bowen said: "'No' is not a dirty word."
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Newsletter 34, January 2015 - The Past, Present, and Future of Gruhn Guitars on our 45th Anniversary
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On January 2, 1970, Gruhn Guitars Inc. started life with an inventory of twenty-two instruments. Though what we consider to be vintage instruments now were nowhere near as old then...
January, 2015
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Newsletter #33, April 2010: The Vintage Instrument Market
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This newsletter is a seven-part series on the vintage guitar market, written in 1991. Needless to say, prices today are significantly different than they were then and the market has gone through many...
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How a Zoologist Became a Guitar Animal
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May, 2008
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Golden Era instruments
When I opened the doors to my shop in January 1970, people did not use the term Golden Era, but we were well aware of the profound difference between the current new instruments and used instruments of certain periods. We considered post-1965 Fenders and Gibsons to be very poor...
September, 2007
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Lower interest rates, rising rap music, falling sales of new guitars, and the vintage guitar market
The Federal Reserve's half-point drop in interest rates on Sept. 18 has caught everyone's attention - consumers as well as the financial community. It's the first such cut in four years, and it's...
March, 2007
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Endangered woods: Immediate action requested
A proposal currently being considered by the board of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna) would restrict international trade in pernambuco wood and would make it virtually impossible for violinists to legally...
September, 2006
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Collectors vs. musicians
Periodically, and usually in periods when prices on vintage fretted instruments are rising rapidly, we hear more and more complaints that rich collectors are pushing prices so high that the finest guitars, mandolins and banjos are being taken out of the hands of...
March, 2006
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Are vintage guitars really good investments?
We've stated numerous times through the years that vintage fretted instruments have proven to be excellent investments, that they often outperform the stock market, and that they are unique among investments and collectibles because you can play them...
November, 2005
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A visit to Vermillion and the need for repairs
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September, 2005
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Guitar players and guitar designers
A request for a newsletter focusing on Chet Atkins' influence on music and the guitar industry prompted some thoughts about the contributions famous musicians have made to fretted instrument design through the years. In this day and time, with dozens of...
July, 2005
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Walter Carter, who has just returned to Gruhn Guitars after 12 years, contributed this month's newsletter.
Culture shock and the Elvis factor
During my 12 years away from Gruhn's, I never thought of myself as an outsider to the vintage guitar business. After all, I was Gibson's historian for...
March, 2005
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Surviving the shark feeding frenzy
It has been my observation over the past five years that competition to buy premium guitars, banjos, and mandolins has become more and more fierce. The 'shark lines' at the entrance to guitar shows have become a virtual blood bath, but the number of clean original...
January, 2005
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Which vintage instruments offer the best utilitarian value?
January 2005 marks the 35th anniversary of Gruhn Guitars. During these years, the market for fretted instruments has gone through tremendous change. Looking back from when I first started collecting vintage instruments in 1963, the...
December, 2004
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Investing in fretted instruments
One of the most frequent questions I receive is "What instruments do you recommend for investment potential?" A close second is "How much will my instrument be worth five or ten years from now?"
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October, 2004
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Thirty-five years of ups and downs in the vintage business
Since the establishment of Gruhn Guitars in January of 1970 my business and the guitar market in general and certainly specifically the vintage guitar market have experienced enormous growth. Gruhn Guitars started out as GTR Inc. with...
September, 2004
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Juggling business and artistic activity
I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Michelle Newman of San Antonio, Texas, while sitting next to her on a flight from Atlanta to New York City. During the course of our conversation we found that many of the frustrations encountered by artists...
July, 2004
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The consequences of amplification for acoustic and electric instruments
The June newsletter on the subject of acoustic instrument amplification resulted in such a flurry of reader feedback that I have decided to continue on the subject of amplification in general for both acoustic and electric...
June, 2004
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Acoustic instrument amplification
I am frequently asked for advice on amplifying acoustic instruments. There are currently so many different systems available that it is impossible to cover all of them in the space of any newsletter, but I certainly have opinions on the subject and will share them....
May, 2004
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Investing in vintage instruments vs. the stock market
I am frequently asked, "How much will my guitar be worth in 10 years?" Some customers think I can tell them with a high degree of certainty how much their guitar will be worth 20 years from now. Not long ago one customer asked me after an...
March, 2004
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Guitar manufacturing on the Pacific Rim
Most of the guitars, banjos and mandolins my customers use and collect have been made by major manufacturers such as Martin, Gibson and Fender or a few superb handcrafters such as D'Angelico and Stromberg, but over the years, by far the greatest number of...
February, 2004
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The state of restoration and repair
When I first opened my shop in 1970 I used to joke that if I lost a finger on my left hand for each independent luthier producing fine quality hand made guitars suitable for professional use on stage or in the studio, I would still have at least as many usable...
January, 2004
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What the heck is this thing?
Riding back from the Columbus Guitar Show with Jay Pilzer and Gruhn Guitar intern for three weeks, Matt Grimmer, caused us to wax eloquent discussing the complexity and confusion of model lineups by major guitar manufacturers today. In the "Good Ole Days" model lines were...
December, 2003
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When I first met Hank Williams Jr. in late 1968, I was a graduate student at the University of Tennessee in the Psychology department where I was studying animal behavior. I had a small apartment off campus in which one bedroom was filled with guitars. There wasn't much wheeling and dealing to be done in Knoxville...
October, 2003
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It is an obvious fact that vintage instrument prices today are incredibly higher than they were in the mid 1960s when I first started collecting. However, it was in fact much harder to find vintage collectibles back then than it is today. Whereas now there are hundreds if not thousands of vintage instrument dealers...
September, 2003
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As both a dealer and appraiser of vintage fretted instruments I am faced with the daily necessity of placing dollar values on instruments. Any appraisal or price determination is to a certain degree the subjective judgment of the particular dealer or appraiser involved, however, the figures that I or any other...
August, 2003
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Vintage guitars, banjos, and mandolins have proved to be a great investment over the years. Unfortunately as the value of these instruments has escalated so has the incentive to make more and more convincing forgeries. When I first started out collecting in the mid-1960s, it was virtually unheard of to see copies of...
July, 2003
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This past weekend, Friday July 18 through Sunday, July 20, Nashville played the role of host to the Summer NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) show at the Nashville Convention Center located one block from Gruhn Guitars. Exhibitor setup days were Wednesday and Thursday so we at Gruhn Guitars saw literally...
June, 2003
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I have previously written a newsletter on the topic of what factors, in my opinion, combined to result in a truly superb instrument. This month I shall express my opinion as to what factors combine to define a collectible instrument which may, in turn, prove to be also a good investment.
I frequently tell people...
May, 2003
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I have long been of the opinion a fine fretted instrument is one of the ultimate pieces of art. Unlike a painting which is designed only to be seen or a piece of sculpture which can be seen and touched but not really appreciated with any other sense, a musical instrument can be seen, touched, and heard. It is an entirely...
April, 2003
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We live in a time of great technological as well as social change. The computer age has brought with it digital recording, MP3 copying and numerous gizmos and gadgets that have greatly changed the lives of musicians. As with most new technologies, this can be a mixed blessing. Digital recording techniques make it...
March, 2003
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Readers' response to the newsletters has been overwhelmingly positive. Your comments and questions are greatly appreciated. I make an effort to personally respond to all emails I receive. This time around I would like to respond to a few of the questions and concerns I have received from readers.
In my previous newsletter discussing and contrasting the differences in manufacturing techniques and...
January, 2003
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When I first opened my shop in January 1970, the state of guitar making was vastly different from the current scene. The market was dominated by far fewer manufacturers than today -- Martin, Fender, Gibson, Gretsch and Guild. Martin was and still is an independent business, but at that time Fender was owned by CBS, Gibson by Norlin, Gretsch by Baldwin, and Guild by Avnet. Martin had greatly increased...
December, 2002
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Moultonborough senior connects past, present to be named Parker Scholar of the MonthBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 16. 2014 9:56PM
MOULTONBOROUGH — The revolutionary educator Francis Wayland Parker may not have had Google on his mind when radically changing the way students were taught in the late 19th century. But Moultonborough Academy's use of the software's file storage system would meet with his approval, wrote Seunghyun Yeo, the Francis Wayland Parker Scholar of the Month for January.
"The biggest thing I drew from his philosophy ... was that he made (learning) really student-based," said Yeo, who goes by "Angela." Parker, a Bedford native who pushed progressive education models, believed students should be engaged, "rather than being a sounding board for a lecturer and rote memorization."
Moultonborough Academy has integrated his ideas through two programs, according to Yeo.
Panthers Achieving Work Successfully, or "PAWS," provides pupils with 45 minutes each day "designed to stimulate more interaction among students and teachers," she wrote in her essay.
Yeo, an 18-year-old senior, said she recently used that free period to talk about J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" with a literature teacher, even though it wasn't on her class syllabus.
"He helped me catch the finer nuances and thematic elements of the book and we examined the more complicated characters together," she wrote.
The other program she highlighted in her essay makes use of Google Drive, allowing several students to collaborate on a single project from any computer. Yeo wrote that one classmate was able to update a shared project while on vacation in Florida.
"Of course, Francis Wayland Parker would never have imagined communication the way we do it today with technology," she said. But, she said, "the basic principles" of his embrace of technology and thinking imaginatively still apply.Beyond essay writing, Yeo is first in her academic class, is the top player on her varsity tennis team and, along with her older sister, Michaelle, restarted the discontinued quarterly student newspaper three years ago. Yeo said journalism may become a career option and spent the latter half of a 20-minute phone call with a reporter grilling him about a career in print media.
This is the second time Yeo has had an essay selected, having received the honor while a sophomore two years ago.
"I was definitely really, really excited to hear I was selected," she said.
The Francis Wayland Parker Scholar program is sponsored by the New Hampshire Association of School Principals, in cooperation with the New Hampshire Union Leader, Lifetouch Studios and the Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Northern New England.
Other nominees for January were: Sarah Allwarden, Exeter High School; Carolyn Ebner, Plymouth Regional High School; Gregory Pratt, Manchester High School West; Josh Brown, Inter-Lakes High School; and Benjamin Papp, Manchester Central High School.


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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union has taken its big first step toward keeping busted banks from costing taxpayers billions and dragging down government finances.
After another marathon meeting, finance ministers from the 27 EU member countries agreed Thursday to give the European Central Bank the power to act as a banking watchdog for the 17 EU countries that use the euro — and for those non-euro countries that want to join.
The ECB-based supervisor could take away a bank's license, investigate institutions, and financially sanction banks that don't follow the rules.
As long as the EU Parliament approves the decision, the supervisor could be up and running by March and would slowly ramp up its responsibilities until fully operational a year later.
A single, central, supervisor is considered essential to helping Europe protect itself from future banking crises. It will be quicker to intervene once banks start getting into trouble than the current system of 27 national regulators, sometimes overly protective of home banks.
It also opens the way to let Europe's €500 billion ($653.85 billion) emergency bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, lend money directly to struggling banks rather than through their governments.
This move is key to helping Europe out of its current financial crisis and breaking the link between banks and government debt. When a bank gets into financial trouble, it can only ask for a bailout from its national government. Since banks are essential to keep an economy running, the temptation is for governments to bail them out. Yet that can wreck government finances.
The bank-government doom loop has been a major factor worsening the finances of countries like Spain, Greece, Ireland and Cyprus. Guaranteeing bank losses put Irish state finances under water and forced it to seek bailout loans from the other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund. Spain has needed eurozone loans to bail out banks wrecked by real estate loans that aren't being repaid. Bailing out Greek banks was a key part of the country's two bailouts totaling €240 billion.
Analysts welcomed Thursday's decision on a single supervisor as a step in the right direction. But what's needed next, they say, is a full "banking union" — a single rule book as well as coordinated plans for helping lenders in trouble. The banking union would include a resolution authority that could carry out a recapitalization or restructuring of a busted bank as well as Europe-wide deposit insurance.
Thursday's decision "is a first step on a long road toward banking union. It's not banking union," said Nicolas Veron, senior fellow at the Breugel think tank in Brussels and a visiting fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC.
"It enables Europeans to open the next chapter."
The agreement reached in the small hours of Thursday was the result of a series of compromises. The original plan drawn up in the summer was to have the supervisor directly responsible for all the eurozone's 6,000 banks. This was objected to by Germany, which has a large number of small savings banks often with close ties to local politicians.
Under Thursday's deal, the ECB will now directly supervise banks with more than €30 billion ($39.23 billion) in assets, or which have assets worth more than 20 percent of annual economic output in a given country. That could be between 100 and 200 banks, officials said.
That's a flaw, said Veron. "It makes the system less robust," he said, calling it a necessary political compromise. "It was the price to pay to move forward. I think the glass is more than half full."
Veron said the new measure will probably capture about 70-80 percent of the eurozone banking system by assets, including all of Europe's big banks such as France's BNP Paribas, Germany's Deutsche Bank and Italy's UniCredit. It will also probably cover many larger regional banks such as Germany's local state banks and the trouble-prone Spanish savings banks.
The ECB can on paper intervene in any bank, but would leave the day-to-day supervision of smaller ones to local authorities, raising questions about how effective supervision would be.
Ahead lies hard bargaining over a resolution authority. Leaders have also debated the exact conditions for banks getting money directly from the European bailout fund — in essence, having taxpayers all over Europe finance the cleanup of individual countries' financial disasters. As things stand, Spain and Ireland are still stuck with the debts they ran up bailing out banks. Some countries argue the ESM could be tapped only after national treasuries, leaving the bank-government link at least partly still in place.
Eurasia Group analyst Mujtaba Rahman said the new supervisor by itself won't sever the link between governments and banks because "member states are still on the hook" for bailouts. Yet, the step is "absolutely an improvement compared to the starting point. None of this infrastructure existed before."
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"The Good Wife": "Hit the Fan," the episode we've all been waiting for, in which Will (Josh Charles) reacts to Alicia's (Julianna Margulies) decision to leave Lockhart & Gardner to start another firm with colleague Cary (Matt Czuchry) has finally come due.
"The Good Wife," now into its fifth season, is unarguably the best drama on a broadcast network and one of the best dramas on television, full stop. Year after year (married) creators Michelle King and Robert King have overseen a miraculous combination of character drama and legal procedural. What began as a vehicle for Margulies exploring what happens to the wronged political wife after the humiliating news conference quickly became a strong ensemble piece with an incomparable floor-to-ceiling cast: Christine Baranski, Archie Panjabi, Alan Cumming, Chris Noth and a host of A-list guest stars.
Emanating a dialed-down control more usually seen on British TV, Margulies made Alicia both an everywoman and a cipher, torn between the pain of betrayal and her sense of duty, between insecurity and ambition. Thus far, she has always erred on the side of the angels -- "Saint Alicia" is how she is known in Chicago's political circles.
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But now, with her defection from Will, who hired her when no one else would (albeit perhaps for romantic reasons), Alicia seems to have finally been infected by the personal callousness she fought against as a political wife. Situations must change for a series to remain vital, and Will certainly has loyalty issues of his own, but how far into darkness the show will take its conscientious lead remains to be seen. Not too far, one hopes, but any adult drama that can build this kind of tension in Episode 5 of Season 5 is a show worth sticking with. CBS, Sundays, 9 p.m.
"The Returned": For those who consider themselves too high-brow for "The Walking Dead" or any of the many fine supernatural tales unwinding on TV today, we give you "The Returned," a six-part French supernatural thriller debuting Halloween night on Sundance.
Yep, that's right, the undead and subtitles. (French majors, I sense some easy extra credit.)
In a small mountain town, people presumed dead for several to many years begin showing up, seemingly untouched by time or decay, as confused by their status as friends and family members are. Carefully paced and lovingly shot, what seems at first to be a psychological exploration -- what would people do, really, if their prayers were answered and their dead returned to them -- slowly builds to something more sinister. (Hint: Not all the Returned are beautiful children.) Secrets emerge, relationships unravel and soon even the idyllic setting shades ominous.
A satisfying creep fest that even the eggheads among us can watch without guilt. Vive la France! Sundance, Thursdays, 9 p.m.
"Dracula": One can only hope this will be the last incarnation of Transylvania's most famous resident, though undoubtedly he will show up at some point consulting with Sherlock Holmes or having tea with a Bennet sister or two. Certainly he is on the road to moral reclamation and civilization here, played by Jonathan Rhys-Davies (with, it must be said, a truly deplorable American accent) more as sword of vengeance than blood-sucking monster.
Oh sure, he still sucks blood -- beware pretty Victorian women passing through London's smoky haze! -- but now he's got a plan, and a purpose. Reanimated by traditional foe Van Helsing (Thomas Kretschmann, because Hugh Jackman would still rather just forget), this Dracula wants to bring down the vampire-hunting Order of the Dragon, a secret society vaguely Inquisition-based that deprived him of his beloved wife all those years ago.
But soft, that wife is back, now in the form one Mina Murray (Jessica De Gouw), ace feminist med student and girlfriend of indigent (is there any other kind) journalist Jonathan Harker (Oliver Jackson-Cohen.) So now Drac wants revenge and possibly another shot at love. It's all quite silly if you think about it too hard, which NBC is very much counting on no one doing. Victorian London, secret societies, a vampire with a broken heart and a six-pack, "Dracula" has it all -- as well as a twinkle in its eye; Dracula is also battling to prevent Western society from becoming dependent on petroleum -- lifting the silliness to the level of potential great fun. NBC, Fridays, 10 p.m.
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"Homeland": Last week, Showtime's consistently overly analyzed series threw many a recapper into a postmortem tizzy. For almost Three Whole Episodes the audience was led to believe (if they did, and personally I didn't) that Clare Danes' super-agent Carrie Mathison was suffering not only from a complete bipolar breakdown, but a complete personal betrayal by her mentor/boss/father figure Saul (Mandy Patinkin).
Then (spoiler alert) in the final moments it was revealed to have all been a ploy, masterminded by Saul to draw out more terrorists and perhaps even that pesky lead that's been plaguing the CIA since "Homeland" began.
Although it's perfectly possible that the upcoming episode will be totally devoted to Brody (Damian Lewis), cooling his heels in Caracas, more likely it will return Carrie to her whiteboard and the narrative driver's seat. Whether or not this will satisfy the more demanding viewers remains to be seen, but "Homeland" remains one of the few genuine thrillers on television so, personally, I don't care. Showtime, Sundays, 9 p.m.
Fox moves premiere date of 'Almost Human'
'Sherlock's' back, and he's hanging with 'Downton Abbey'
'American Horror Story's' Jessica Lange at ease in shadows
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Caption: "The French Market-The Hen Trader"; shows a woman vendor with basket, holding a chicken, a girl by her side, and boy who has apparently purchased two chickens. Also published in Edward King, The Great South (Hartford, Conn., 1875), p. 49 who describes this scene on his visit to the market in New Orleans.


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Bucknell rallies to edge Dartmouth
October 19. 2013 9:52PM
Bucknell rallied from a 7-3 deficit after three periods to top Dartmouth College, 17-14, at Hanover.
Dartmouth fell to 2-3 overall, while the Bison improved to 2-4 and snapped a four-game losing streak to the Big Green.
Matt DelMauro ran in from 15 yards 59 seconds into the fourth period for Bucknell and C.J. Williams scored on an 11-yard run about four minutes later.
Dartmouth junior quarterback Alex Park hit junior wide receiver Bo Patterson for a 21-yard score in the final minute.Merrimack 51, St. Anselm 9: Senior quarterback Joe Clancy completed 38 of his 56 passes for 441 yards and six touchdowns to lead the Warriors, who improved to 4-3, at Grappone Stadium.Junior quarterback Andrew Murphy was 24 for 39 for a touchdown for St. Anselm, which dropped to 0-7.
Merrimack led 20-9 at the half and broke things open with 21 points in the third quarter.Bridgewater State 56, Plymouth State 28: At Plymouth, senior quarterback Mike McCarthy passed for 276 yards,
ran for 110 and accounted for seven touchdowns to lead the Bears.
BSU's offense racked up 512 yards of total offense and the Bears improved to 4-3 overall and 3-2 in the MASCAC.
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I recently purchased a Ruger LCP 380 and I'm looking for suggestions on a good defense ammunition. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
A federal appeals court ruled today that it will not reconsider the earlier ruling that stated the Illinois concealed carry ban was unconstitutional. This is a major victory for Illinois.
Has anyone heard any updates on the CCW status in Illinois?


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Scotty McCreery Shares a Few of His Favorite Things – Exclusive Video
Scotty McCreery recently sat down to talk about what he's most looking forward to this Christmas. His wish list is, not surprisingly, humble. It's the simple joys of the holidays that the North Carolina-born singer says are his favorites come December 25.


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A double foil serpentine fronted pen cabinet with curved 3mm glass. The case front drops down on special hand made hinges running parallel to the cabinet giving access to the pens. The Pens are supported by adjustable Pink Ivorywood cylinders running along a serpentine Lyrical line. The Cabinet can provide space for 25 valuable Pens. To close the cabinet, the Case Front is pushed up and back relocating a hidden handmade stainless steel lock with locking arm.
These cabinets really pushed the boundries out in precision cabinet making techniques. Highly complex construction while looking minimal.
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Erythema multiforme
What is erythema multiforme?
Erythema multiforme is a skin disorder that's considered to be an allergic reaction to drugs or an infection. Symptoms are symmetrical, red, raised skin areas that can appear all over the body, although they seem to be more noticeable on the fingers and toes. These patches often look like "targets" (dark circles with purple-grey centers). The skin condition may be chronic and usually lasts for two to four weeks each time.
Most often, this disorder is caused by the herpes simplex virus. It has also been associated with mycoplasma pnemoniae as well as fungal infections. Other causes may include the following:
- An interaction with a certain medication
- Other infectious diseases
- Certain vaccines
The following are the most common symptoms of erythema multiforme:
- Sudden red patches and blisters, usually on the palms of hands, soles of feet and face
- Flat, round red "targets" (dark circles with purple-grey centers)
- Itching
- Cold sores
- Fatigue
- Joint pains
- Fever
The symptoms of erythema multiforme may resemble other skin conditions. Always consult your doctor for a diagnosis.
Treatment options
Specific treatment for erythema multiforme will be determined by your doctor based on:
- Your age, overall health and medical history
- Severity of the condition
- Stage of the condition
- Your tolerance of specific medications, procedures or therapies
- Expectations for the course of the condition
- Your opinion or preference
Erythema multiforme minor is not very serious and usually clears up with medication to control infection or inflammation. However, if a person develops a more severe form of erythema multiforme (erythema multiforme major), the condition can become fatal. Erythema multiforme major is also known as Stevens-Johnson syndrome, and is usually caused by a medication reaction rather than an infection.
Treatment may include:
- Treating the infectious disease causing the disorder
- Eliminating any medication causing the disorder
- Cool compresses
- Corticosteroids
- Antibiotics
It is recommended that if you have symptoms of erythema multiforme, go to your emergency room or call 911. If a large area of skin is involved, it is an emergency situation.


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The beginning history of the darkness is as long, convoluted and often times cliché and sterile as any comic that has stayed around into the illustrious triple digit milestone. That is, until last year, when Top Cow/Image decided to hit the reset button on the continuity of their line of original creator owned characters through the diligent work of Ron Marz's "Artifacts", which, effectively reset the universes of The Darkness and Witchblade respectively. (DC and Marvel aren't the only ones that fall victim to the convoluted continuity curse.)
The current writer of The Darkness, David Hine (who wrote the brilliantly original meta comic Bulletproof Coffin), has effectively weaved and orchestrated a new and refreshing genesis of life to this comic. The once tired and worn character cliché of the mob/gangster that was Jacki Estacado has, for all intents and purposes, been altered and updated, and now we have a whole new, dynamically exciting era of the darkness to contend with. And trust me, if you have never read this comic, now is the time to catch up and start, because you are missing out on a brilliantly crafted horror comic!
Yes that's right, "The Darkness" has become a forcefully vicious horror comic now. All of the potential this comic had in the beginning is finally unleashed and able to shine through Hine's writing and ideas. Its exceedingly violent and gory, its craftily lustful and sexy, and it basks in all its vulgar splendor, but, most of all, it's fun and funny. Theres a part where one of the new darklings that have been unleashed upon Jackie makes a statement that he will "make sex with his corpse long time," which had me cracking up. It was a great moment of vulgar levity.
Oh and did I mention the best part? It's completely filled with Lovecraftian lore in its current story arc, which has this reader completely enamored and enthralled. If it weren't for H.P. Lovecraft, modern horror would not exist.
This issue of the series is the second part of the new story line called "The Age of Reason," and it picks up right where the last issue left off (as most comic books tend to do.) Aram has once again become the bearer of the darkness, stealing it from the doppelganger version of Estacado that became the pure manifestation of the darkness itself. Aram was the longest running darkness bearer, and, in this issue we find out he was quite the tyrannical genocidal demigod in his time, ruthlessly and remorselessly killing possibly millions of people.
The magnificent 2-page splash in this issue of that scene where Aram describes this evil deed, which is drawn by Jeremy Haun, is beautifully crafted and executed. The sprawling scene of Aram in full darkness armor as he discusses walking on a ground made of corpses is chilling, with the imagery of the apocalyptic earth being overrun with darklings, butchering and devouring all life while the ground is littered in abandoned corpses. He does it all while looking and sounding completely badass, making Estacado look like an infantile amateur as a darkness wielder.
Eventually, Jackie talks Aram out of his darkness-induced possession through a very elegant philosophical statement about a deplorable killer having a conscience, which brings a new depth to the character of Estacado. The anti-hero reigns supreme these days, and the character of Estacado is not any different. The issue ends with the doppelganger being consumed back into Jackie and him once again assuming the mantle and full power of the darkness within himself, leading you into the next issue.
I would be remiss if I didn't talk about the amazing art in this comic, which, besides the story, is another reason to start buying this book. As I wrote earlier, Jeremy Haun is an amazing talent and a perfect fit for this comic. His art is so interesting to look at that you want to dissect and stare at some panels and pages longer for than you spend reading the words. Bringing Hauns' drawings to life is the vividly coherent color palette that John Rauch uses to magnify what Haun has done. Rauch uses lots of neon greens, interweaved bright pinks and purples, intertwined with dark greys and blacks and whites; everything is pleasing to the eye.
This comic is a wonderful confluence of art and storytelling on so many levels that I cant recommend this current run enough.


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The following are frequently asked questions about Skyrim, read on for details.
EditWhat is the maximum level skills can reach? Some skill levels appear to cross 100.
Some items raise your skill level (e.g. Necklace of the Major Squire raises Light Armor 17 points). Without equipment or potion modifiers, the maximum level is 100.
EditWhy don't I have a follower? Is it because my last follower is dead or because I haven't completed a quest?
While both of those things are possible reasons to not be able to have followers, sometimes the game can get bugged and all followers you approach will say "Looks like you've already got someone." There is a fix for this if you have completed the Dark Brotherhood Questline and have upgraded the Dawnstar Sanctuary. If you head to the Sanctuary and attack an initiate to the point where they will attach you back, and then pay the fine to Nazir, you will be able to pick up followers again.
EditHow do I purchase a home?
After you defeat the Dragon near Whiterun, the Jarl will reward you with the title of Thane and allow you to purchase a home in the city. Speak to the steward. He will sell you a key to the home for 5000 gold. See: Houses.
EditI just bought a house in Whiterun, but where is it?
Your home is called Breezehome. It's located between Warmaiden's and Belethor's General Goods and across from The Drunken Huntsman. Walking straight on the path from the main gate, Breezehome is the second building on the right.
EditCan I become a werewolf-vampire?
In the base game, you cannot. Being a Werewolf will wipe out the disease that causes Vampirism. However, in the Dawnguard DLC, you can become both a vampire and a werewolf. Details are scarce on how to achieve both vampirism and lycanthropy at this time.
EditHow do I get to High Hrothgar?
While you can make your way to the top of the highest point in Skyrim by doing the backwards butt shimmy, it's easier to take the 7000-step path up to the top. You can find the start of the trail just outside of Ivarstead to the NW of town. However, be prepared for some tough fights against Frost Trolls, Sabre Snow Cats and the like. Ivarstead is located in the SE portion Skyrim.
EditIs same-sex marriage in Skyrim?
In response to a tweet about whether or not Skyrim would support same-sex marriage, suggesting "the subject seems hush hush," Peter Hines, VP of Bethesda PR, wrote, "Not hush hush, just not making a huge deal out of it. You can marry anyone."
Source: Skyrim Has Same-Sex Marriage
EditWhy is everyone saying, "By the Eight," unlike Oblivion?
Talos has been banned by the Empire of Tamriel, since he was the ninth god people can no longer say the phrase, "By the Nine," without taking a trip to the local prison in Imperial cities.
EditWhat's in the Collector's Edition of Skyrim?
Naturally, Bethesda will release a Collector's Edition of Skyrim alongside the standard version. The Collector's Edition includes a 12" statue of a dragon, an art book, a "making of" DVD and a large, cloth map of Skyrim's world. The Collector's Edition will be available for $149.99 in the US.
Source: Skyrim Collector's Edition Revealed
EditWhat pre-order bonuses are available?
|Retail Outlet
|Pre-order Bonus
|Best Buy
EditVoice Cast
Developer Bethesda revealed a handful of names for known actors providing voices in Skyrim, including some Oscar nominees. The list includes:
- Christopher Plummer
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Insider
- Max Von Sydow
- The Exorcist, Minority Report
- Joan Allen
- The Contender, The Bourne Ultimatum
- Lynda Carter
- Wonder Woman
- Michael Hogan
- Battlestar Galactica
- Vladimir Kulich
- The 13th Warrior, Smoking Aces
- Claudia Christian
- Babylon 5
- Diane Louise Salinger
- Carnivale
- Renee Victor
- Weeds
- George Coe
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- Jim Cummings
- Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Goofy Movie
Source: Skyrim Voice Cast Announced
EditWhere did "an arrow to the knee" originate from?
Speak to any guard in Skyrim, and they will state that they once were an adventurer like you, but then they took an arrow to the knee. There is also a video feature about this meme.


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What list of the top 50 restaurants "fit for foodies," puts San Francisco in first place, Chicago in second with Boston, Seattle and New York (yes, New York) jockeying for third? The Diners' Choice Awards, brought to you by the 10 million reviews from OpenTable diners.
"These restaurants have been singled out for being able to satisfy the folks for whom dining is practically sport," said Caroline Potter, OpenTable's chief dining officer, in a release on the awards. "Those avid, passionate eaters, often armed with cameras who take careful notes and relish every bite."
OK, so the 50 restaurants, listed in alphabetical order, were chosen "based on feedback collected from OpenTable diners between September 2010 and August 2011," notes the release, and "received the highest scores for being 'fit for foodies' from OpenTable diners."
San Francisco's first place win with 14 awards to Daniel Patterson (Coi), Melissa Perello (Frances) and Thomas Keller (The French Laundry), among others, was probably helped along by the fact that OpenTable, Inc., the online restaurant reservation business, is headquartered in San Francisco.
And it's good to see Chicago's grab six awards for chefs Stephanie Izard's Girl & The Goat, Graham Elliot's Graham Elliot and Paul Kahan's Blackbird and The Publican, plus Shin Thompson's Bonsoiree and Dale Levitski'sSprout.
But it makes us wonder where these "foodies" have been eating? No Avec? No Xoco/Frontera Grill/Topolobampo? No Gage? Who do you think is missing from this list?


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This Week In Island History
Compiled by Sue Maden Week of November 23
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, Nov. 24, 1911
Fifteen of the young men of the town assembled at the recently equipped rifle range at the Clarke property on Southwest Avenue Friday evening. The range was tried by all the prospective members, but only an informal score was kept. This showed, however, that there is material for some good marksmen and also that some members have much to learn about shooting. One shooter scored straight misses, to find afterwards that a patent sight had not been unshielded.
In spite of the high wind, several fishing parties from Newport visited the island Sunday to try their luck from the rocks of Beavertail. A heavy sea was running at the point and most of the men returned with poor catches, not having been able to find a safe place to fish.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, Nov. 28, 1936
At the Thanksgiving assembly at the Thomas H. Clarke School, the pupils of the sixth grade, Miss Clara Lewis, teacher, directing, presented the following play, "The Grateful Family."
There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Jamestown Women's Club Thursday afternoon at Maplewood, the president, Mrs. William P. Bates, presiding. Mrs. Parker Armbrust presented a "Drama Program." Mrs. Frank J. O'Connor gave a book review of "Arctic Adventure" by Peter Freuchen.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 21, 1961
Jamestown elementary school pupils are working mainly from books on or below their grade level, Anthony J. Miller, superintendent, informed the School Committee at its meeting last night. None are using material in advance of their grade level.
The operation of a Texas type tower automatic light to replace the Brenton Reef Lightship off Newport has been delayed for the fourth time because of heavy seas which prevented floating equipment from operating. The Coast Guard has announced changes for Beavertail Light, Jamestown, effective Dec. 22. It will be changed from flashing white to flashing green. The candlepower will be reduced from 250,000 to 130,000. From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 22, 1961
John B. Foley, acting general manager (report to the Jamestown Bridge Commission that) the gross revenue for the first 19 days of Nov. 1961, compared with the same period last year was $2,232.63 or 24 percent increase. This is due mainly to the large payment received from the Navy this month. The vehicle count for this period was 4,085, or 18 percent ahead.
Judge Edward W. Day, in United States District Court on Monday, granted the petition of 17 members of the Jamestown Protective Association to amend their complaint against Commerce Oil Refining Co. to accuse the company of "vexatious re-litigation."
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 21, 1986
The ongoing battle over two ramps in the cross-island bridge road design may delay start of the road's construction. From the Newport Daily News,
Nov. 25, 1986
Isle Council Weighs Golf Course Options.
During Monday night's Town Council meeting (the town administrator) divulged two different scenarios – weighing cost of municipal services against revenue from taxes for a development on the 76-acre site. Town officials have signed a purchase agreement with owners of the golf course for $2.1 million. That agreement will be decided Dec. 8 at a special fi- nancial town meeting.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 21, 1996
Residents last week called for a town-wide referendum vote on the proposed extension of East Ferry's steel pier. As proposed, the extension would be 24-feet wide, 270-feet long, and include an 80- foot double width section for use as a crane operation area and fuel dock, a ferry pier between 130- and 160-feet long and a wave screen.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
Nov. 21, 2001
Federal funds to put the town's waterline have been reduced from $450,000 to $250,000 by the U.S. Senate Conference Committee, but town officials continue to say they are pleased that the town is getting federal money.
Jamestown finally has a beautiful new piano to call its own. The seven-foot concert grand from Schimmel will make its formal debut at the "Donor Thank You" concert on Nov. 30 at the community center.


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UC Irvine Extension To Host Military Education Benefits Webinar
School Receives "Military Friendly School" Designation for Second Year in a Row
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Nov. 6, 2012 12:23 PM
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Choosing the ideal career path and the right education provider can make all the difference for veterans looking to maximize their GI Bill and other military benefits. To help the growing number of veterans make an informed choice about continuing education, University of California, Irvine Extension will hold a free webinar titled, "Understanding Veterans Education Benefits." The Nov. 15 webinar will assist active service military members and retired veterans who desire to successfully make the transition into a civilian career. As a recipient of the Military Friendly Schools® designation for two consecutive years, UC Irvine Extension has the support resources that veterans seek and provides the learning environment that recognizes the needs of military personnel. The 2013 Military Friendly Schools® list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America's military service members, veterans, and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.
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UC Irvine Extension's free webinar "Understanding Veterans Education Benefits" will be held on Thursday, November 15, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. PST and is open to active veterans, active duty, reservists or retired members of the U.S. military. Topics to be covered include the G.I. Bill benefits, the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account and the value of UC Irvine Extension's certificate programs in helping individuals achieve their career goals. To register for the free webinar, please visit http://www.unex.uci.edu/services/events/.
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OCZ Technology recently unveiled the highly anticipated Vertex Limited Edition (LE) Solid-State Drive and we have run our benchmark suite on it and are ready to show you what it can do. The Vertex LE 100GB and 200GB SSDs use the Sandforce SF-1500 controller and Intel MLC Flash in order to come with factory rated transfer speeds of up to 270MB/s read and 250MB/s write!
The OCZ Vertex LE is one of the fastest SSDS that we have ever seen here at Legit Reviews. It was able to give the Intel X25-M G2 160GB SSD and Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB drives a run for their money in many of the benchmarks. We were able to reach read speeds of up to 290MB/sec. and write speeds of up to 240MB/sec in ATTO on the Vertex LE and that was impressive. We were able to get much higher than the 270MB/s max read speed, but we were unable to reach the advertised max write of 250MB/s on our test system in any benchmark. The Vertex Limited Edition SSD has just 5,000 pieces available and with performance results like these they shouldn't be around for too long.
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LONDON (AP) — Centrica PLC, the owner of British Gas, is pulling out of plans to build four new nuclear power reactors in Britain, citing uncertainty over the overall cost of the project.
Centrica said in a statement Monday that pre-development costs were approaching a cap of 1 billion pounds, ($1.6 billion) and that a detailed assessment convinced the company not to proceed with the project.
The move comes four years after Centrica struck a 2.3 billion pound deal with Electricite de France SA (EDF) to take a stake in EDF's nuclear business in Britain.
Centrica said its 20 percent interest in the eight existing nuclear power stations in Britain is unaffected by Monday's decision.


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In some cases, they do need a high-performance network. But in many cases, the server--or the application running on that server--cannot take full advantage of a high-speed network, even if they can take advantage of SSD.
While the options for high-speed networking are increasing and getting more affordable, it's still a considerable investment to upgrade a storage network infrastructure. Not only is there the cost of the physical components like switches, cards, and cabling, there's also the time required to reconnect each new server.
[ For more advice on affordable SSD storage, see How To Choose Best SSD For Midsize Data Centers. ]
This combined cost can be difficult to justify, especially if the server or application can't take full advantage of the new network. But in many cases, SSD can make a significant performance difference, even on a slow, un-optimized network. We proved this in our labs during a recent test drive.
If you don't have the budget to upgrade your network infrastructure, or if your servers can't take advantage of that upgrade, you have several options. One is to install a system designed to take advantage of SSD anyway. As I mentioned, some database applications see a significant performance increase simply by adding SSD and not upgrading the network.
Another option is to add SSD to the server using a drive form-factored SSDs or PCIe SSD. As I discussed in a recent article, one solution is to install PCIe SSD in the most performance-sensitive hosts in your environment and then leverage the PCIe for memory swap space and as a read cache.
The storage network is still necessary to save new or changed data (writes), but that's all it is needed for. Reads come high-speed directly from the host's PCIe bus, so the storage network is essentially cleared for only write traffic. The result is improved performance for both read and write.
In some cases, you might need shared read and write flash performance. This is more economical if flash capacity can be shared across hosts via a network, but you still don't necessarily need to upgrade the network. As I discussed in another recent article, some SSD systems now including built-in networking and can support direct attached 1GbE connections. Simply trunk 2-4 connections per host to provide the performance they need at a price the data center can afford.
If you don't have the budget or the applications to justify a high-speed network upgrade, try enhancing your existing infrastructure for an affordable way to increase performance.
Even small IT shops can now afford thin provisioning, performance acceleration, replication, and other features to boost utilization and improve disaster recovery. Also in the new, all-digital Store More special issue of InformationWeek SMB: Don't be fooled by the Oracle's recent Xsigo buy. (Free registration required.)


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Motorcycle with hybrid powertrain
A future concept with environmentaly friendly techniques.
The purpose was to find a future concept for custom motorcycles, without a "real" engine, sound or traditional design. I wish to attract a cool target group. The hybrid power train is not as beautiful as the traditional custom engine. (v-twin) How does that affect the esthetical function? The keyword for my design
is "powerful elegance".


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Chinese exports climbed 7.2% in August from a year earlier, the General Administration of Customs said in Beijing yesterday. That compared with the 5.5% median estimate of 46 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Economists forecast the central bank will reduce its monthly $85 billion in asset buying by $10 billion at its meeting on Sept. 17-18. John Kerry stated over the weekend: "I don't believe that we should shy from this moment; the risk of not acting is greater than the risk of acting."
Equities: The SEP13 E-mini S&P 500 (CME:ESU13) is trading up 8.5 points to 1662.50, above a key short term 200-EMA at 1657. We believe this market is trading higher mainly because of positive economic data from Europe and China, but also in the wake of a nonfarm payrolls report last week that caused investors to have second thoughts about a tapering announcement this month at the next Fed meeting. We are looking at the 1684 level as a key resistance level. 1678 would be the level we think will be good resistance before 1684. We believe the overall trend is bullish, and we also think the market will likely not make any major moves higher before the mid-month Fed meeting. Also, the market could be susceptible to the downside if there is an official approval issued for limited military strikes on Syria. This could be the poison arrow to the market at this point.
Bonds: The SEP13 U.S. 30-year bonds (CBOT:ZBU13) are up 23 ticks to 129'24. This is interesting because the S&P 500 is up as well, and leads us to believe that the markets are potentially in a trade today dictated by a pullback in September tapering expectations. We have our next upside target approximately one point higher at 130'28 and key support at 129. We believe that this region below 130 could be a region from which the bonds have a small rally, especially if the Syria situation does escalate to a U.S. strike.
Currencies: The SEP13 U.S. Dollar Index (NYBOT:DXU13) has quickly reversed its bullish tone from last week and is now trading down 37 ticks to 81.79. We look at 82.50 as the key decision level for this market. As discussed, it looks like the overall markets are trading as though a September tapering announcement is less likely. Also, the other key currencies like the Aussie, the euro, and the pound are all higher today, with the British pound leading the way at 89 ticks higher than Friday's close. U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said Britain's economy is turning a corner and is in the early stages of a recovery. We have 158.40 and then 159.75 as key upside targets for the pound. The SEP13 Aussie is also strong today, and we would not be surprised to see the Aussie break out higher above its key 92.50 resistance.
Commodities: The key commodities such as gold and oil are not experiencing big moves today, but OCT13 WTI crude oil (NYMEX:CLV13) is down below the $110 level today. It is trading down $.77 to $109.76. We focus on $110.22 as the key line in the sand for this commodity. If crude can stay above this level, we look for it to head higher to a technical target of $112.32. If it cannot stay above $110.22, we could see it head lower to $107.65. We are watching OCT13 sugar futures today. The global sugar surpluses for this year and the next are narrowing as rising population could mean accelerating demand in developing nations from Nigeria to China and Indonesia. The key level for OCT13 sugar (NYBOT:SBV13) is $16.95, and the breakout level looks like $17.30. Today sugar is up .10 to $16.90. We believe that the global growth story could mean sugar reverses its recent downtrend and could head higher above $17.30.


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Alouatta belzebul
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Alouatta belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766)
Common Name(s):
Alouatta belzebul ssp. tapajozensis Lönnberg, 1941
Mycetes belzebul ssp. mexinae Hagmann, 1908
Mycetes bicolor Gray, 1845
Mycetes discolor Spix, 1823
Mycetes flavimanus Bates, 1863
Mycetes rufimanus Kuhl, 1820
Simia beelzebub Bechstein, 1800
Simia belzebul Linneus, 1766
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Hill (1962) listed five subspecies of the Red-handed Howler Monkey, Alouatta belzebul: A. b. belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766) (restricted by Cabrera [1957] to the Rio Capim, eastern Pará); A. b. discolor (Spix, 1823) from Gurupá, Pará; A. b. ululata Elliot, 1912, from Miritiba, Maranhão; A. b. mexianae Hagmann 1908, from the island of Mexiana, in the Marajó Archipelago, Brazil; and A. b. nigerrima Lönnberg, 1941 (restricted by Cabrera [1957] to Patinga, Amazonas).
Cruz Lima (1945) listed the form nigerrima Lönnberg 1941 as a full species. Cytogenetic studies also indicated that A. b. nigerrima is sufficiently distinct as to warrant species status (Armada et al. 1987; see also Lima and Seuánez 1989), and that it is more closely related to seniculus than to belzebul (see Oliveira 1996). Groves (2001, 2005) and Gregorin (2006) list it as a distinct species.
The taxonomy and distributions of A. belzebul have been reviewed by Langguth et al. (1987), Bonvicino et al. (1989) and Gregorin (2006). Groves (2001, 2005) did not recognize any subspecies for A. belzebul: the forms discolor, mexianae and ululata were given as junior synonyms of A. belzebul (Linnaeus, 1766). Here we follow Gregorin (2006) who recognized the forms belzebul, discolor, and ululata as full species and placed mexianae as a junior synonym of A. discolor.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A2cd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Veiga, L.M., Kierulff, C. & de Oliveira, M.M.
|Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)
Listed as Vulnerable as there is reason to believe the species has declined by at least 30% over the past 36 years (three generations) due primarily to hunting and habitat loss. The isolated subpopulation in the Atlantic Forest is in a much more critical condition with only 200 individuals surviving.
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|Alouatta belzebul occurs in the lower Amazon, states of Amapá, Pará and Maranhão and in north-east Brazil, in the Atlantic forest of the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Piauí, Pernambucoo, Paraiba and Alagoas. It occurs in a small area of southern Amapá and on the islands of Marajó and Caviana in the Amazon estuary. It is limited to the east of the rios Xingu and Iriri. The range limits of Alouatta discolor and A. belzebul south along the lower Amazon are poorly understood and confused. Bonvicino et al. (1989) attributed the howler monkeys on Marajo and the other islands of the Amazon estuary to the form discolor, but Fernandes (1994) subsequently identified the howlers on the islands of Marajó, Caviana and Mexiana as A. belzebul (Gurupá, he found, was occupied by Alouatta macconelli). Gregorin (2006), likewise identified A. belzebul as the howler occupying Marajo, Caviana and Mexiana. Bonvicino et al. (1989) also identified a howler from the Rio Pracupy, Portel (their locality number 35) just south of the estuary as A. discolor. Ferrari and Lopes (1996) suggested, and Gregorin (2006) confirmed, its identity as A. belzebul, and not A. discolor. This would mean that discolor would be confined to a narrow strip to the immediate south of the Rio Amazonas extending west from Gurupá, across the Xingu.
Coimbra-Filho et al. (1995) argued that A. belzebul once occurred throughout the north-east (except the coastal populations now ascribed to A. ululata) as far as the left (north) bank of the Rio São Francisco. Neiva and Penna (1916) recorded the species on southern Piaui at the beginning of the early 20th century (see Coimbra-Filho et al. 1995). They have been eliminated from a large part of this range by hunting and the almost total elimination of their forests (Coimbra-Filho and Câmara 1996).
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil (Alagoas, Maranhão, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Tocantins)
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|Extremely common in some areas (such as Marajó), but very rare in the Atlantic Forest portion of the range (Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Paraíba and Pernambuco). There are around 200 individuals surving in a total of 10 isolated locations: six populations in Paraiba, two in Rio Grande de Norte, one in Pernambuco, and one in Alagoas. The largest population in the Atlantic Forest is in Pacatuba in Paraiba with about 80 animals. There have been five registered local extirpations from forest fragments in the last 50 years.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|Occurs in a mix of habitats including lowland Amazon rainforest, Marajó várzea forest, and fragments of the northern Atlantic Forest.
The howler monkeys are the large leaf-eaters of the South American primate communities. The molar teeth are particularly adapted for their chewing leaves through shearing. Like the spider monkeys, they are prehensile-tailed, with a naked patch of skin on the under surface at the tip. Their most characteristic feature is the deep jaws which surround the enlarged larynx and hyoid apparatus, a resonating chamber. It is with this enlarged and highly specialized voice box that they produce their howls (grunts, roars and barks). Howling sessions, usually involving the entire group, can be heard particularly in the early morning and are audible at distances of 1-2 km (Drubbel and Gautier 1993).
Fourteen is a large group, and they can usually be seen numbering four or five or up to 11 or so individuals. There is usually only one dominant male in the group (occasionally two), others being sub-adults, or juveniles, along with a harem of two to five females. Unlike the spider monkeys, and related to the large proportion of leaves in the diet (up to 50% of the annual diet), the howler monkeys generally have quite small and broadly overlapping home ranges, of 5 ha up to 45 ha, depending on the type of habitat (Neville et al. 1988). Pina et al. (2002) studied two groups of 5-6 and 7-9 individuals (each with just one adult male and two adult females), with home ranges of 13.5 ha and 18.05 ha, respectively.
Howlers are the only New World primates which regularly include mature leaves in their diet, although softer, less fibrous, young leaves are preferred when they are available. Their folivory and ability to eat mature leaves is undoubtedly one of the keys to their wide distribution and the wide variety of vegetation types they inhabit. Mature fruit is the other important food item, especially wild figs (Ficus) in many regions, but they also eat leaf petioles, buds, flowers (sometimes seasonally very important), seeds, moss, stems and twigs, and termitaria. The diet of two A. belzebul groups in the Caxiuanã National Forest was studied by Souza et al. (2002). They were largely folivorous but would switch to fruits whenever available, especially during the wet season.
Adult male weight 7.27 kg (n=27), adult female weight 5.52 kg (n=26) (Peres 1994a)
Adult male weight 6.5-8.0 kg (mean 7.3 kg, n=27), adult female weight 4.85-6.2 kg (mean 5.5 kg, n=26) (Ford and Davis 1992).
|Major Threat(s):
|In the Amazon, the species is widespread, although they are hunted. The Amazon populations have suffered severely from forest loss throughout their range in southern Pará over the last decade. In the Atlantic Forest population, the major threat is the fragility of the remaining small forest patches to stochastic and demographic affects (habitat loss and fragmentation has been mainly due to sugar-cane plantations).
|Conservation Actions:
In the Atlantic Forest, the species occurs in Guaribas Biological Reserve, Paraiba (2,71 ha) (re-introduced), RPPN Pacatuba, and RPPN Mata da Estrela. In the Amazon, it occurs in a number of protected areas, including Caxiuanã National Forest (200,000 ha) (see Jardim and Oliveira 1997; Pina et al. 2002), Gurupí Biological Reserve (272,379 ha) and Tapirapé Biological Reserve (99,703 ha).
It is listed on Appendix II of CITES.
|Veiga, L.M., Kierulff, C. & de Oliveira, M.M. 2008. Alouatta belzebul. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T39957A10298051. . Downloaded on 16 October 2018.
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While walking through the First National Bank parking lot, I noticed this sign: "No overnight parking or skateboarding." I hadn't realized there was an issue with overnight skateboarding. Are Durango police combating this problem? Should we live in fear of overnight skateboarding becoming an epidemic? Do we need to install time locks on our children's skateboards? Just wondering. – Rob
The scourge of skateboarding is a major concern, judging from the number of notices posted throughout town.
And it's not just overnight skateboarding. Riding the contraptions in broad daylight is equally verboten.
Dozens of signs throughout downtown mince no words: "No riding bicycles, skateboards or skates on sidewalks." In addition, there are the "Dismount Zone" designations at each street corner.
This all stems from Section 17-62 of the municipal code, which regulates rolling recreation on public property within the Central Business District.
And by "regulate," the law means prohibit any "rolling devices," except for those used by people with disabilities.
The bank's parking lot, while being within the district, is private property – thus First National establishes its own blacktop governance, especially regarding that which occurs in the wee hours.
However, certain pavement-based nighttime activities, especially ones involving money, are strongly encouraged. For instance, you can drive up to the bank's night drop for deposits or withdraw some cash from the 24-hour ATM in the middle of the parking lot.
When it comes to multimodal transportation involving wheels mounted to a thin board, the local constabulary doesn't let scofflaws off the hook.
A representative at Durango Municipal Court said there are a couple of skateboarding tickets seen each month – hardly an epidemic "and none were issued for 'overnight skateboarding,' " the court worker said with a chuckle.
Just for the record, a first improper skateboarding ticket is $30, the second is $60 and the third violation results in a court date.
Despite bumper stickers attesting otherwise, skateboarding is, indeed, a crime.
This is especially true for "overnight skateboarding" at Durango Skate Park.
By law, all city parks are closed from midnight to 5 a.m., leaving no opportunity for dropping in at Fassbinder by the light of the silvery moon.
And to answer your question about skateboarding youths running amok, the city has measures to thwart nefarious nocturnal nonsense.
The municipal code states that whippersnappers age 16 and younger are subject to a 10:30 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew weekdays and midnight-5 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
So rather than slap a time lock on your grom's skateboard, why not actually supervise the minor?
Anyway, this brings up an interesting tangential issue. It's clear the city doesn't want people skateboarding downtown, so it spent a ton of money on the Durango Skate Park where skateboarders can ride legally.
Likewise, it's clear the city doesn't want dogs to run off leash. So the city spent a ton of money on a dog park where canines roam free.
What of smoking?
It's clear the city doesn't want anyone to smoke and has banned tobacco use practically everywhere even though smoking is legal.
Why, then, hasn't the city established a "smoke park," where adults can light up and enjoy a puff or two?
It's a Kool idea with some Merit. But the city isn't likely to rush Pall Mall into such a plan. Smoking opponents see this as a Lucky Strike against tobacco accommodation.
Perhaps the city leaders can think about this.
Overnight, of course.
Alas, there's no way this idea will skate past City Council.
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Police say two young Pennsylvania newlyweds lured a man to his death with a Craigslist ad because they wanted to kill someone together.
Sunbury police say 22-year-old Elytte (EL'-ee-ott) Barbour was charged Friday night in the death of 42-year-old Troy LaFerrara. Barbour's 18-year-old wife Miranda was charged Wednesday.
Investigators say the Elytte Barbour told police the couple planned the killing.
He previously told The Daily Item of Sunbury his wife acted in self-defense when LaFerrara groped her after hiring her as a "companion."
Authorities say the Selinsgrove couple picked up LaFerrara on Nov. 11, three weeks after they got married.
Elytte Barbour allegedly choked LaFerrara with a cord while Miranda Barbour stabbed him.
LaFerrara's body was found in an alley.
The Barbours had recently moved from North Carolina.
Sunbury is about 100 miles northwest of Philadelphia.


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I am a freshmen in college and have a decent amount of experience in webpage building and wanted to get into hosting webpages for companies. The problem is, i have no idea where to start:
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Antioch College is deeply saddened by the loss of Philip Rothman, Antioch College professor of education, emeritus on Monday, October 6, 2014. He was 92 years old. Born in Philly in 1921,... › MORE
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Jack Agüeros – Then and Now
September 16, 2015 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmFREE
Join us as we celebrate the life and legacy of Jack Agüeros: community activist, poet, fiction writer, playwright, and former Director of El Museo with a staged reading of his plays Ye Tragical Historie Of Doctor Pedro Albizu Campos and Notary Sojac. Post-performance discussion moderated by award-winning author Claudio Iván Remeseira, featuring Crystal Field, Artistic Director of Theater for the New City, Puerto Rican Soprano Eva de La O, and Nelson A Denis, author of the recently published book, War Against All Puerto Ricans.
Directed by New York City based director Oliver Conant, whose projects include a Spanish Romeo y Julieta in Washington Heights.
Co-sponsored by The Institute of Latin American Studies at Columbia University.
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Don't Blame Women For the Climate Change
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I just strangely wonder - struck for a while since reading some information about gender and climate change. The first confusing information I have read is the correlation between gender and climate change. In fact, women contribute to climate change. So, should we blame my mother when the climate is changing? Let's check below for some references!
We know that the effects of climate change will vary among regions. It means each country changes greenhouse emissions with different levels and percentages. As we know, it occurs due to humankind activities living in each country especially for women and men.
From the above, we can conclude that there is a significant relation between gender and climate change. It is so imperative to analyze if women or men will contribute to climate change. Factually, in developing countries, women form disproportionately large activities which cause the increase of greenhouse emissions. For instance, women in rural areas tend to take everything from local natural resources for their livelihood, because of their responsibility to secure water, food and energy for cooking and heating. So by over exploiting local natural resources, it will be a direct and indirect bringing about environmental degradations, where these degradations will produce GHG emissions and not properly allow the trees of being reservoir for carbon catching.
The proposed solution from the overview of United Nations activities in relation to climate change, Report of the Secretary General (A/62/644) in January 2008, is: "The challenge of climate change is unlikely to be gender-neutral, as it increases the risk to the most vulnerable and less empowered social groups. In the formulation of global and national approaches, as well as in the strategic responses to specific sectors, gender awareness, substantive analysis and inclusive engagement will be necessary."
Gender awareness should be well concerned because it is a strategic way to tackle climate change. We can't blame women, especially mother. All people should be responsible and don't justify who the wrong is…Women and men are responsible for this general problem.


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CMD420 Seminar in Communication Disorders
A capstone course in disorders of fluency, articulation and phonology, motor speech and voice focusing on current research and theories. Treatment options will be emphasized.
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I don't usually post on writing mechanics, but this easily correctable error has shown up in my life so many times in the past week that I thought a quick lesson was in order.
First, why don't you test yourself? Read the following sentence, and see if you can pick out error. Then scroll down a bit, and see if you got it right:
"I'd like a double order of tiramisu." Jan said.
The error is very common, and very easy to miss—even when I'm doing professional editing, I often overlook it on first reading. It should be written thus:
"I'd like a double order of tiramisu," Jan said.
Do you see the difference? It's that little comma after tiramisu, which is a period in the incorrect sentence.
I think many writers make this mistake because they're so used to putting a period at the end of a sentence, and I'd like a double order of tiramisu is a complete sentence. Except that it's not, in this case: Jan said completes the sentence (in fact, Jan is the subject of the sentence and said is the verb). Since we can't have two periods in one sentence, the comma is used to separate the clauses.
Now, here's a slight variation of the sentence:
"I'd like a double order of tiramisu." She said.
Do you see the problem there?
I see this error quite frequently, too. The correct way of writing this:
"I'd like a double order of tiramisu," she said.
In this case, the common error is in capitalizing the pronoun she. Again, writers have the habit of beginning a sentence with a capital letter, and since she follows a period, it must be the beginning of a new sentence, right? But since the period is wrong, so is the capital letter.
This combination of comma-inside-end-quotes followed by either a proper name or an uncapitalized pronoun also works for verbs other than said.
"Don't start eating without me," Jan requested.
"Don't start eating without me," she insisted.
Oh, and if the punctuation mark inside the end quotes is a question mark or an exclamation point, it's considered like a comma for purposes of capitalization:
"Don't start eating without me!" she shouted.
"What did I tell you about eating my dessert?" she demanded.
Finally—if the action of the speaker following the sentence in quotation marks uses a verb other than said or a substitute for said (shouted, whispered, mumbled, retorted, etc.), then that action needs to be in its own sentence, with its own capital letter.
"I can't believe how delicious this tiramisu is." Jan smacked her lips.
"I can't believe how delicious this tiramisu is." She reached for a second helping.
1. Write several sentences of your own that contain dialogue tags and are correctly punctuated and capitalized.
2. Ask a question or make a comment.
Now--two requests from me:
1. Please tell other FaithWriters about these lessons.
2. Don't forget to use the Critique Circle for more detailed critique than you'd typically get in the Writing Challenge. You can enter previous Writing Challenge pieces there, too.


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On July 31, the city of Durango will ask voters to clean up a perceived injustice in the city charter. The mail-in election could impact all future franchise votes.
Voters would remove the restrictions that limit votes on city franchises to property owners who are registered to vote in Durango.
These qualifications are believed to have contributed to the defeat of the La Plata Electric Association franchise agreement this spring because renters could not participate.
Nor could residents whose property is owned by a trust, such as City Councilor Dick White.
Councilor Paul Broderick estimated that half of city voters were excluded from the franchise vote in April.
The irony is that most renters have electric bills in their names.
Unlike the franchise vote, all voters registered in Durango could participate in the July 31 election to change the city charter, City Manager Ron LeBlanc said.
Ballots were mailed Friday. If a voter does not receive a ballot by Tuesday, a ballot can requested at City Hall.
On election day, July 31, the clerks office will have extended hours, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The midsummer vote then could set up a do-over election in November on the franchise agreement with LPEA.
The loss of the 20-year LPEA franchise agreement has put a $20 million hole in the citys budget over 20 years.
Under a franchise agreement, the city had charged LPEA with a 4.67 percent franchise fee, which LPEA had passed on to consumers on their electric bills.
The City Council has not officially decided about another vote on an LPEA franchise agreement. Some details of a new franchise agreement still must be finalized, such as how to calculate the franchise fee.
Officials have discussed basing the franchise fee only on consumers electricity charges, rather than all LPEA charges.
The City Council would need to have public hearings about the proposed agreement in August in order to make a Sept. 10 deadline for submitting ballot language to the county elections office.


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DailyDirt: Memories Are Not As Reliable As They Used To Be
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- The Tet1 gene has been found to be critical to the process of "memory extinction" which allows older memories to fade. If this gene can be controlled, there could be gene therapies for dealing with traumatic memories (or other situations where enhanced memory extinction would be desired). [url]
- Most people generally believe that traumatic experiences are especially unforgettable and memories formed under duress are the most accurate memories -- but most people are wrong. Memories -- even traumatic memories -- can be manipulated, and hundreds of studies involving thousands of subjects show that all kinds of memories can change and be mis-remembered. [url]
- Drug addicts could someday be treated with a kind of memory manipulation. A study of former heroin users re-trained these addicts to "forget" various cues that might trigger cravings for heroin, and the positive results could potentially be applied to other addictions. [url]