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LIGO observes merger of neutron stars
The UO LIGO team played a major role in today's announcement of the observation of a binary neutron star merger — see Around-the-O. In addition to the gravitational waves, the event GW170817 was accompanied by gamma-ray burst GRB 170817A and a large range of other observations from the electromagnetic spectrum, including the signatures of heavy element synthesis. Several journal articles on the gravitational wave observations were published today in conjunction with the press conference in Washington DC. At least 38 separate papers were also set to appear today from astronomical observers.
David Wineland to Join UO Physics Faculty
Nobel Laureate David Wineland will join the UO Department of Physics as a Knight Research Professor in the fall. He will work closely with the Oregon Center for Optical, Molecular and Quantum Science and help mentor students and young faculty in the UO's physics department.
You can read the full article here: http://around.uoregon.edu/wineland
Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know
A new general-audience book on quantum physics authored by Professor Michael Raymer – Quantum Physics, What Everyone Needs to Know – was published in June 2017. The book developed as a text for the Science Literacy Program (SLP) course he has taught the past few years to introduce nonscience majors to quantum physics, and explain modern developments in quantum technology. Raymer said, "Thinking about how to explain such abstract concepts as "quantum non-locality," coupled with practical methods such as quantum cryptography, has been great fun. A near-future revolution in quantum technology may be right around the corner, and it's worthwhile for the interested reader to learn about it."
David Wineland Public Talk
Physics is co-sponsoring a public presentation by Nobel Laureate David Wineland on May 30 at 7PM. Read all about it here.
Note that the public talk is in addition to the Physics Colloquium that Dr Wineland will be presenting at 4PM that day.
Special Colloquium details:
When: Tuesday, May 30th, 4:00pm
Where: Pacific Hall 123, with a reception starting at 3:40pm in the Paul Olum Atrium, Willamette Hall
Speaker: David J. Wineland, NIST, Boulder, Colorado
Title: Single-atom Optical Clocks
With the availability of spectrally pure lasers and the ability to precisely measure optical frequencies, it appears the era of optical atomic clocks has begun. In one clock project at NIST we have used a single trapped Al+ ion to make a clock based on an ultraviolet transition. With single ions, uncertainties in systematic effects are smallest, reaching a fractional frequency error of Df/f0 = 8.0 x 10-18. At this level, many interesting effects, including those due to special and general relativity, must be calibrated and corrected for.
Host: Michael Raymer
UO Physics Team Featured in the Oregon Quarterly
An all-star team of UO experts representing five scientific fields is developing a novel implant that may one day restore sight lost to retinal diseases well enough to read, drive, and see color.
Professor Taylor says this work builds on the UO's 60-year tradition encouraging scientists in different fields to join forces. It also provides a glimpse of things to come from the UO's new Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, whose mission is to make new treatments and technologies available as quickly as possible by applying a practical focus to insights gained from fundamental research.
You can read the full article here: http://oregonquarterly.com/regenerating-vision?utm_source=ato03-15-17
Scott Fisher receives Teaching Award
Gift Bolsters the Vision for UO's Pine Mountain Observatory
Around the O featured a story about the generous contribution to PMO. You can read the full article here: http://around.uoregon.edu/content/gift-bolsters-vision-uos-pine-mountain-observatory?utm_source=ato02-01-17
The Roundhouse Foundation, a Sisters-based philanthropy dedicated to celebrating and raising community awareness of the arts in Sisters and Central Oregon gifts almost $90,000 to PMO. A contribution that will help expand public outreach and educational programs at the 6,300-foot mountaintop observatory, improve access for undergraduate students conducting research at the site and upgrade key astronomical equipment.
Clausen, O'Leary updates
(1) There will be a Celebration of Life for Shannon O'Leary and Adam Clausen at Lewis and Clark College on Saturday January 28 at 2:00 PM. Billy Scannell will be collecting items to bring to the Celebration – He will give discuss at the start of the Jan 12 colloquium.
(2) Donations to help support their son Felix:
Tragic loss of two UO Physics PhDs
Former UO Physics graduate students Shannon O'Leary (2008 PhD, Hailin Wang advisor) and Adam Clausen (2007 PhD, Jim Isenberg advisor) were killed in an automobile accident on Dec 26. Their 4 year old son Felix survived the crash.
Click here for the report from the Oregonian.
Jim Brau has been named associate director for physics and detectors for the Linear Collider Collaboration
(from Around the O)
University of Oregon particle physicist Jim Brau has been named associate director for physics and detectors for the Linear Collider Collaboration, an international organization uniting particle physicists, accelerator physicists, engineers and other scientists preparing for the next generation of particle colliders.
Brau will be guiding the final push toward the planning and construction of the experiments at a new linear collider that would complement the Large Hadron Collider.
"Oregon will continue to be a leader in the worldwide collaboration on this exciting opportunity to explore even further the physics of the energy frontier," Brau said.
You can read the full article here: https://around.uoregon.edu/content/brau-help-lead-international-effort-next-generation-collider?utm_source=ato12-07-16


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The pro-public union protests in Wisconsin over the past month have marked a major turning point in the American political debate over an elite-backed austerity agenda, declares Frances Fox Piven, perhaps America's foremost authority on social protest movements.
Piven is a longtime activist for welfare mothers and the poor (earning her an unending stream of diatribes from Glenn Beck, resulting in a rash ofdeath threats) and the author of several classic books on social protest, including Poor People's Movements and Challenging Authority.
"We are on the cusp of a great movement to resist and roll back that corporate domination by banks, energy companies and war profiteers," Piven and fellow activist/academic Professor Cornell West write in The Nation. They believe that the Wisconsin model of resistance against the elite agenda of endless cutbacks for working people, undertaken in the name of balancing the budget, must be spread across the nation. To help that happen, Piven and West are promoting a national teach-in April 5 on fighting the austerity agenda that will be conducted on dozens of campuses.
The teach-in will begin with live-streaming of a session with a panel of experts dissecting the sweeping assault on union wages, benefits and rights along with massive cutbacks in social programs benefitting working families, students, and the poor, and outlining strategies for resistance.That segment will be followed by localized discussions analyzing specific threats by elite groups across the nation.
The Wisconsin protests are crucial to build upon, says Piven, because they have reflected a profound rejection of the elite notion that state and federal deficits necessitate more sacrifices for working people but continued incentives and tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy. (In Wisconsin, for example, Gov. Scott Walker originally justified the public union-destroying bill signed March 11 as a vital part of a badly needed "budget repair" measure. His website insisted that "Collective Bargaining is a Fiscal Issue.")
The Wisconsin uprising was largely unpredictable, says Piven. "It's always hard to assess when people are going to be able to see beyond the clichés and fabrications of politically powerful. ...
"In Wisconsin, maybe this maneuver was just too obvious, maybe the elites have tried it too many times, " she reflects. "When it becomes this transparent, when we are told that we must have cuts in rights and earnings for public sector workers, food and health while taxes are being cut for corporations, it becomes clear that it is a manufactured crisis.
"We may have come to thispoint of rebellion because of the over-reaching by the big banks and corporations, [which] demanded a bailout with taxpayer money, paid themselves so lavishly, pushed for more tax relief, and then turned around and are claiming a fiscal crisis."
Second, the Wisconsin rebellion--with protesters both occupying the interior of the State Capitol and surrounding it outside with tens of thousands of people--exemplified a remarkable degree of solidarity.
"What struck me was the extraordinary solidarity," stresses Piven. "We expect young people to be in the forefront of social movements, but they came out in solidarity with the public workers. This almost signals a new era in protest politics. High-school kids came out for their teachers." said an almost-incredulous Piven.
Participants in the Wisconsin rebellion widely understood that the real stakes in the fight were the relentless corporate drive to push down wages and destroy social programs by crushing union and drive up profits by extracting more tax breaks. As Piven points out, the post-WWII "social compact" between employers and labor, although often exaggerated, reflected acertain equilibrium where corporations offered relatively high wages to build up domestic spending and fuel their future profits in exchange for labor agreeing not to question fundamental management decisions.
But with corporate globalization and the shift of jobs to low-wage nations and the rise of free-spending elites in Mexico, Brazil, China and India, Americans became more dispensable both as workers and consumers. "The corporations and banks are more and more predatory. They no longer see American consumers as their sole or even main market. Now we can sell the cars to anyone. This greatly weakens the model on which the social compact relied."
Unperturbed by growing inequality or worried about social disorder, Corporate America and its CEOs have effectively seceded from the rest of society. They are earning vastly more, with the CEOs of the largest 100 corporations earning 1,723 times as much as their workers and accumulating vast wealth while ordinary Americans are suffering from mortgage debt—and a record number of foreclosures—and students are weighed down by heavy loan burdens.
As they sit on a record $1.9 trillion in accumulated savings, American-based firms created 1.4 million jobs overseas in 2010 while the much lower number created at home were often part-time or temporary. Domestic job creation in the 1999-2010 decade was virtually zero, compared with 20% to 38% in every decade since 1940.
Along with staging a virtual "capital strike" when it comes to job creation, Corporate America's giants have successfully whittled away at the share of taxes they pay to educate children, provide healthcare and nutrition, assist the disabled and elderly, and maintain the nation's infrastructure. The real deficit lies in badly-needed public investments, as economist Jeffrey Sachs argues:
The first thing I would do is ask the rich to pay their way, because everything that we need, whether it's helping our kids to start out life with a safe daycare, proper nutrition and a decent school, or whether it's increasing the quality of our infrastructure, whether it's being able to sustain the science and the technology that brought us to where we are today, whether it's the creating a new energy system, requires some public funding.
And we don't have that right now because the taxes on the top have been cut, the corporate tax rates have been gutted by tax havens and secret agreements of the IRS with the U.S. companies to allow them to keep all their money abroad through transfer payments, schemes and many, many things that have really gutted our tax system.
But corporate leaders, the Republican leadership, many top Democratic figures like Obama spokesman Jay Carney, and an unending stream of pundits (e.g., David Brooks 'unwritten austerity constitution") promote the notion that rather than rein in tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy, it is programs and services vitally needed by poor and working people to which fiscal discipline must be applied.
As Sachs stated,
[W]e have a large budget deficit and what we're being told is, oh, the only thing we can do is slash the most basic public services.
That formula is being rejected in Wisconsin, and Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West hope to spread that spirit of fighting back with the April 5 teach-ins.

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Tremain, Garrick 1941- :This week's specials...Civil Union cakes. Otago Daily Times, 22 June 2004.
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A disconcerted woman sees two wedding cakes in a bakery shop window. One has two men on the top, the other has two women.
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This adorable gift box/bag is perfect for a bottle of lotion or soap and it comes with a matching mini gift card. Thanks, Michelle for the wonderful project and visit CPC for directions!
Monthly Archives: August 2010
August CPC Project #7
My August CPC Project
Here is my August CPC Project – a Birthday Calendar. You can find the directions at Craft Project Central. Hope you like it!
August CPC Project #6
August CPC Project #5
August CPC Project #4
August Pacific Stampers Meeting
One of the great benefits of being in the Pacific Stampers group is the awesome talent that each individual adds to the group! Every month, we have our monthly meeting on the first Friday and I was FINALLY able to attend one (haven't been to one in a while). Each month, we take turns being project lead and this cute project was designed by Naoko. I loved it so much, I ended up making 12 more! Contact me to find out how you can be a part of our group!
Happy Birthdays!
Today is my daughter's 5th birthday! Happy Birthday Sharissa! Hard to believe that she's five years old already! She has just started Junior Kindergarten; she's no longer a baby! 😦
A dear friend of mine also celebrated his birthday this past week and this was the card and tag I made for him.


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Ballbusting in ancient Egypt. This long version features kicking in the balls in addition to riding crop ball smacking. Cleopatra, in a stunning near-naked sexually explicit ensemble, punishes an ebony slave with a riding crop. She has him place his penis on the arm of her throne then she smashes his poor penis with a riding crop but it is not enough she tells him to place his balls on the am of the throne and she spanks his balls with a riding crop then she has him lay over the arm of the throne with his ass in the air for even more humiliation as she beatdowns his perineum with even more brutalization with the riding crop. Finally he comes, then comes blud. Realistic sound effects cause you to wince as the slave is subjected to savage ball abuse. This is the 6-min riding crop and kicking MP4 version.
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I haven't deliberately lied to you. I promise. But I seem to have accidentally misled myself – and thus you – into thinking that I don't make detailed plans.
However, yesterday I found myself ironing. (Which I hadn't planned, but the ironing fairy was away. Again.) And while I was doing it my mind was wandering and I swear I found myself having the following thought:
"If I go to visit my parents in half term and then I'm only home for a day before I have to take that trip to the south west and then I only have another two days before we go away again… Maybe I should plan what the boy and I are going to wear for that fortnight so I can make sure we have enough clean clothes."
Quite apart from the fact that it is impossible to plan what an eight year old is wearing (he would disagree, insist on wearing something else and then spill baked beans on everything) – how on earth is that the thought of a person who doesn't make detailed plans?
For years I have carried this image of myself as a spontaneous, fly-by-the-pants-seat type of person. And yet, it appears, I am actually in danger of carrying out wardrobe and laundry planning.
However, I stand by my previous point. When it comes to the big things, I do still avoid planning and wing it. I don't know where my business will be in six months, let alone six years. I'll follow my nose, see what happens, follow up opportunities. And by micro-planning the things which I can control, I can free up time and head space to roll with, cope with and even take advantage of all the many things which I can't control.


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Open Level Vinyasa Intuitive Flow Community get together at the beautful park in Coogee is a great way to start your weekend... all levels are welcome from begginers to the advanced... there will be some guitar and Tibetan singing bowl music and possibly more!
Please bring your mat and wear yoga gear.
This is DONATION based event so please bring some cash(how much you can afford, min $5). All the money goes to simply making this live... great opportunity to meet new people and share the practice in a fresh air breathing space with ocean views...
If the weather conditions aren't good, we will reschedule for another day.
See you down there dear yogis.


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Adam Caplan of ESPN is reporting that the Bills will match the Rams' restricted offer sheet to OL Ryan Groy.
Groy signed a two-year, $5 million contract with the Rams that included $3.5 million fully guaranteed. The Bills had five days to match the offer and it appears as though Groy will be headed back to Buffalo for the next two years.
The Bills used an original-round tender on him that will cost them $1.797 million for the 2017 season, which gave them the right of first refusal for any offer sheet he received from another team during free agency.
Groy, 26, originally signed on with the Bears as an undrafted free agent out of Wisconsin back in 2014. The Bears later traded Groy to the Patriots for Matt Wells, but he didn't last long in New England.
Groy played briefly for the Buccaneers before the Bills signed him to their roster during the 2015 season.
In 2016, Groy was active for all 16 games and was rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 23 center out of 38 qualifying players.


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Lenovo-owned Motorola will announce the Moto Z2 Play smartphone, along with four new Moto Mods in India today at 12 pm. Here's all you need to know.
Lenovo-owned Motorola will announce the Moto Z2 Play smartphone, along with four new Moto Mods in India today at 12 pm. Unveiled last week, the smartphone is coming to India just seven days after its global launch. Motorola's new Mods include – JBL SoundBoost 2, Moto TurboPower pack, Moto Gamepad, and Moto Style Shell with wireless charging. The devices will be up for pre-booking on Flipkart as well as offline stores starting today. Moto Z2 Play comes in Lunar Gray and Fine Gold colour options. Motorola will have a live stream on its official YouTube channel showcasing the launch event as well. Moto Z2 Play is the mid-range premium phone, successor to last year's Moto Z Play.
Motorola has announced several offers for people who pre-book the phone. Under Moto's 'hello finance' offers, users can pre-book the phone for just Rs 2,000 and pay the rest of the balance at 0% interest in 10 months. Moto's without interest EMI offer is only valid through Bajaj or Homecredit. Alternatively, buyers can swipe their credit card to convert the payment into EMI without any interest at select stores. There are offers on Mods as well, though they have not been revealed by the company just yet. Moto's 'hello armor' is supposed to be packed with products "to put you worries aside".
Moto Z2 Play is the successor to Moto Z, and Moto Z Play smartphones announced last year. It is thinner at 5.9 and packs a smaller battery when compared to the original Moto Z Play. Moto Z2 Play gets the new Snapdragon 626 processor and comes with 4GB RAM, and 64GB ROM options as well. Moto Z2 Play features a 5.5 Full HD Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. It runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat. The rear camera is 12MP with 1.4um dual autofocus pixel, ƒ/1.7 aperture, laser autofocus, and phase detection autofocus. Z2 Play sports a 5MP front camera with 1.4um and ƒ/2.2 aperture.
Moto Z2 Play is powered by an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 processor clocked at 2.2 GHz, with Adreno 506 GPU. It comes with 3GB/4GB RAM and 32GB/64GB of internal storage. The memory is expandable up to 2TB via a microSD card. Moto Z2 Play is backed by a 3,000mAh battery, which is claimed to last for up to 30 hours. It supports company's TurboPower charging technology, offering up to 8 hours of use in 15 minutes. Moto Z2 Play can be charged to 50 percent in 30 minutes.
Dimensions of Moto Z2 Play are 76.2 x 156.2 x 5.99 mm. It weighs 145 grams. The smartphone sports a water repellent nano-coating. It supports nano-SIM card. Sensors on the device include a fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, ambient light, gyroscope, magnetometer, proximity, and ultrasonic. Just like its predecessor, the Z2 Play has 16 magnetic pins at the back called Moto Mods connector to attach Mods. Other connectivity options include USB Type-C port and a 3.5mm headset jack. It supports wi-fi 802.11 a/b/g/n 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz, Bluetooth version 4.2, NFC, A-GPS, and GLONASS.
Moto Mods
JBL SoundBoost 2 can be snapped onto Moto Z2 Play to give the smartphone a sound boost. It doesn't require pairing, promises a 10-hour built-in battery life. It comes with a splashproof coating. JBL SoundBoost 2 weighs 135 grams.
Moto TurboPower pack adds an extra day of battery life (3,490mAh) to Moto Z2 Play. The Mod is USB Type-C compatible and can be charged to 50 percent capacity in 20 minutes.
Moto GamePad has a 1035mAh built-in battery. It comes with dual control sticks and four action buttons. Moto GamePad doesn't require Bluetooth pairing. Dimensions of Moto GamePad are 226 x 75.9 x 24.4 mm, and it weighs 140 grams.
Finally, the new Moto Style Shell support wireless charging. The shell can be snapped on Moto Z smartphones to charge a via wireless pad. They come in four designs – Ebony Burl Wood, Grey Herringbone Nylon, Cateye Wood, and Floral Print.
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A new charity shop has opened up in a prime position in Matlock Bath.
The shop, which will help raise funds for the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline, was launched by Wendy Watson on Friday.
It takes the place of the former Gifts Galore shop in South Parade, which has been empty for months.
Wendy, of Over Haddon, near Bakewell, was Britain's first woman to have both breasts removed in order to avoid developing breast cancer, which runs in her family. She founded the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline, which to date has helped thousands of women.
If you would like to volunteer at the shop, call the National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline on 01629 813000.


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NOLRA's 2nd Annual Holiday Party
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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NOLRA's 2nd Annual Holiday Party is the perfect opportunity to meet and speak with current NOLRA members. You will be able to learn about the organization's many benefits while enjoying complimentary wine and tapas from Rambla!
Attendees will also have the opportunity to vote for the 2012 Board of Directors!
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EP President Visit to Spain
Press Release
The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, will pay a visit to Madrid, Spain, on Friday, 10 February.
Programme of the visit:
- 11:15 - Meeting with the Speaker of the Congress of Deputies, Ana Pastor, and the President of the Senate, Pío García-Escudero (Cortes Generales).
- 12:00 - Joint press point.
- 12:30 - Meeting with the Prime Minister of Spain, Mariano Rajoy (La Moncloa).
- 13:35 - Lunch hosted by HM, King Felipe VI of Spain (El Pardo)
- 17:00 - Press Conference (European Parliament Information Office)
- 18:00 - Meeting with the ONCE foundation, an organisation working on integration and accessibility of people with disabilities (European Parliament Information Office).
- 19:00 - Exchange of views with Spanish SMEs.
Antonio Tajani was elected to the presidency of the European Parliament on 17 January for a two and a half year term until the next European elections in 2019.
His presidency's goals are to bring the European Parliament closer to citizens, while fulfilling his institutional role as a representative for Members of the European Parliament, the directly elected representatives of over 500 million EU citizens.
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I watch a lot of micro-budget indie movies, and one thing I like to see is when the filmmakers don't let their lack of money hold them back from telling stories with a large scope or from exploring any sort of genre they want to. Writer/director Addison Heath's upcoming film MONDO YAKUZA appears to be a prime example of that.
An action/revenge film, MONDO YAKUZA tells the story of
Ichiro Kataki, a violent Yakuza gang member travels to Melbourne, Australia after his beloved sister Yuko is brutally murdered by a group of criminals. Hell bent on vengeance he teams up with Cassidy Arizona, a lady of the night with a vendetta of her own...
A film working from a set-up like that has the potential to be a whole lot of fun, and the newly released trailer makes MONDO YAKUZA look very entertaining to me, with moments reminiscent of movies I love like EL MARIACHI and KILL BILL.
MONDO YAKUZA stars Kenji Shimada, Skye Medusa, Glenn Maynard, Rob Stanfield, Cris Cochrane, and Saya Minami.
I am really looking forward to this movie now, and am intrigued to learn more about Heath's works.


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by Ronald Hoffman, M.D., C.N.S.
Our hormones play a major role in how fast we age. The action of the glands is complex. In part, they act in synch to advance the life cycle according to biological plan. Alternatively, they may go haywire, promoting disease states associated with the aging process.
Since hormones influence the pace of aging, considerable research is underway to evaluate the feasibility of "replacement therapy" to forestall degenerative changes. Menopausal treatment with estrogen and progesterone has been advocated over the years by many gynecologists, but the story doesn't end here. The uses of testosterone, the adrenal hormones like DHEA, growth hormone, and melatonin are being investigated, too.
The sex hormones, which are deliberately programmed for decline, are obvious targets for intervention. In women, menopause is distinct. In men, the "andropause" is less clearly demarcated, perhaps masking testosterone's importance. The adrenal androgens, too, best exemplified by DHEA, may pace aging in both sexes through a change of life, newly dubbed "adrenopause" by hormone researchers.
Other hormones like insulin and thyroid don't always change with age. Insulin and thyroid hormones may go up, stay the same, or go down. Perhaps least understood are pituitary growth hormone and melatonin, endocrine factors whose production tapers markedly with age. The feasibility of using these hormones is only just now being explored.
Estrogen and progesterone Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with estrogen and progesterone has been widely advocated to prevent osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. However, a recent major U.S. study showed a significant risk for breast cancer and heart problems among older women taking pharmaceutical-based preparations of HRT. In addition, HRT was shown to have less favorable effects on boosting cardio-protective HDL levels in overweight postmenopausal women than in women at healthy weights.
The benefits of estrogen in maintaining skin elasticity and thickness, relieving menopausal complaints, enhancing mood, libido and memory, and even forestalling Alzheimer's have been described. While the majority of women do not, in my opinion, require hormone therapy with estrogen, the value of its companion hormone, progesterone, may be underestimated.
Natural progesterone, too, (but not artificial drugs like Provera) may provide their own cardiovascular benefits. Natural progesterone, in addition to enhancing fat breakdown and preventing blood clots, counteracts carbohydrate craving that may promote obesity and cardiovascular risk. In addition, progesterone can relieve menopausal symptoms like hot flashes, reverse osteoporosis, and enhance mood and libido. Natural progesterone can be prescribed in oral capsules, or it can be applied to the skin. The latter form is available over the counter as wild yam extract in health food stores and nutritional pharmacies.
An unsung hero in the arena of natural hormones is vitamin D. Recent research shows the active form of vitamin D, 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, can inhibit the development of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and lupus, as well as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The anti-inflammatory power of vitamin D is well established. In addition, a recent meta-analysis concluded "oral vitamin D supplementation between 700 to 800 IU per day appears to reduce the risk of hip and any nonvertebral fractures in ambulatory or institutionalized elderly persons."
Testosterone Much has been said of testosterone's youth-perpetuating effects. It is the chief hormone of libido in both sexes, and libido is popularly identified with youthful vigor. But testosterone may exert an even more far-reaching spectrum of anti-aging effects.
Studies reveal that low testosterone is associated with accumulation of mid-abdominal fat, a hallmark of cardiovascular risk. Cardiologists in Denmark urge testosterone replacement in diabetes, heart disease, and circulatory problems in both men and women. Surprisingly, in view of the male predominance of cardiovascular disease, evidence favors a heart-protective effect of testosterone. It activates cholesterol elimination, prevents blood clots, improve pumping action of the heart, and favors energy production in blood-starved tissue through its promotion of ATP activity. No wonder Danish physicians have documented the reversal of foot gangrene and angina with the use of testosterone.
Testosterone enhances other parameters of human aging by retarding age-related loss of skeletal muscle, reversing insomnia, depression, and fatigue, and conferring protection against auto-immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, found to occur with greater frequency in women. Testosterone is also a cardinal hormone for preventing osteoporosis.
Adrenal hormones The adrenal is a complex endocrine organ whose activity impacts aging in a variety of ways. First, it is thought by some scientists that stress-induced chronic elevations of adrenaline promote heart disease, high blood pressure and even immune system damage. At the same time the adrenals become stressed, midlife levels of the adrenal androgens, best exemplified by DHEA, begin their downward cascade.
DHEA works mostly by slowing an inefficient pathway of energy production in the body. Research has shown up to a 25% lifespan extension with addition of DHEA to animal chow.
DHEA is being explored in relation to autoimmune conditions, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Recent epidemiological evidence points to an inverse relationship between DHEA levels and age-related illnesses including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, immune disorders, malignancies, and neurological dysfunction. In postmenopausal women, DHEA supplementation has been shown to increase levels of growth hormone (GH), and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), both known to be neuroprotective, but which are reduced with aging. This particular study suggests that DHEA should be considered an effective hormone replacement treatment.
DHEA's anabolic and immune-enhancing effects have led to its use as an adjunctive treatment in AIDS and for helping weak and elderly patients respond better to vaccines. Its preventive effects extend to many forms of cancer. Replacement of DHEA in individuals with adrenal insufficiency has been shown to exert beneficial effects on well-being, mood, and sexuality. Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome are known to benefit from DHEA. Blood tests can diagnose inadequate levels, and supplementation can be prescribed by a knowledgeable physician.
Thyroid Thyroid function runs an unpredictable course with aging. Production of thyroid hormone may soar, remain steady in old age, or decline inexorably. More perplexingly, tissue resistance to thyroid hormone may emerge with illness or advanced years, resulting in de facto hypothyroidism despite normal test results. Morning underarm temperature is believed by some to be a gauge of thyroid adequacy. Thyroid hormone preserves youthfulness in several ways. Enhanced thermogenesis offsets fat accumulation and improves lipid profiles. Mood, libido, hair, skin, and nails are enhanced. But excess thyroid supplementation or hyperthyroidism are associated with increased risk of osteoporosis and dangerous heart palpitations.
Insulin Insulin has emerged in recent years not merely as a regulator of sugar metabolism, but also as the villain responsible for a process that may be central to aging known as the metabolic syndrome, or "Syndrome X." A term coined by Dr. Gerald Reaven and associates at Stanford University, Syndrome X is a myriad of consequences of insulin overproduction including: ~ Elevated cholesterol and triglycerides-particularly the combination of high triglycerides and low HDL
~ Waist circumference of >35" for women and >40" for men
~ High blood pressure
~ Borderline diabetes
According to The Center for Science in the Public Interest, 43% of Americans over the age of fifty have Syndrome X.
The hallmark of Syndrome X is abdominal fat, which insulin overproduction accentuates. Syndrome X patients, therefore, go on to develop premature heart disease. On the way to a first heart attack, they may complain of feeling "tired all the time."
In addition, insulin may impair immunity and promote osteoarthritis. High levels of insulin may play a role in glaucoma, a frequent accoutrement of hypertension and diabetes.
Prevention or reversal of Syndrome X is achieved with lifestyle modification, with aerobic exercise and low carbohydrate ("Salad and Salmon") diet as their cornerstones. Helpful nutrients include chromium, vanadium, magnesium, vitamin E, the Omega 3 essential fatty acids, and formulations such as Diaxinol and Wellbetx PGX. DHEA has also been shown to reduce obesity and curb diabetes in rats. An anti-diabetes drug called Metformin, also known as Glucophage, is used to curb Syndrome X when natural agents don't suffice.
Growth hormone Despite the dangers of pituitary growth hormone, its age-related decline has made it another appealing candidate for use in anti-aging therapies. Research has explored the role of growth hormone replacement in humans to slow age-related deterioration of muscle mass and strength. Impressive improvements in fat-to-lean ratio and muscle strength were documented. Growth hormone also plays a role in wound healing and immune surveillance.
The rejuvenating and invigorating reputation enjoyed by growth hormone has prompted well-publicized abuses, chiefly among athletes. But one has only to recall a rare disease called acromegaly to recognize the perils of injudicious growth hormone self-administration. Acromegaly is a condition of growth hormone over-production. Facial deformity, swelling of feet and hands, arthritic complaints, and excess body hair characterize acromegaly. The osteoporosis and diabetes growth hormone excess frequently engenders are an even greater threat to longevity. Moreover, growth hormones may even stimulate the growth of certain cancers. Growth hormone remains illegal in the U.S. except in the treatment of growth failure in children of short stature, adult growth hormone deficiency due to rare pituitary tumors, and muscle-wasting associated with HIV/AIDS.
Melatonin If estrogen and testosterone can be thought of respectively as the Venus and Mars of longevity hormones, melatonin is its Pluto. Mysterious and at home in darkness, melatonin is the unique product of the pineal gland located deep within the brain. It seems to operate independently of the complex orchestration that links the activity of the other hormones of the endocrine system. Its cue is the daily cyclic variation in light. While previous research has focused almost exclusively on melatonin's role in pacing the body's day/night rhythms, new findings suggest it may exert potent anti-aging effects.
Melatonin production declines steadily with age, undermining sleep patterns in the elderly. Since the rest provided by sleep may support regenerative processes, melatonin may thus indirectly retard aging.
But additional direct anti-aging effects of melatonin are becoming recognized. Melatonin functions as a premiere anti-oxidant, retarding DNA damage experimentally induced by exposure to carcinogens and radiation. It may act to counter degenerative changes in the brain, reverse certain forms of depression or schizophrenia, and retard accelerated aging such as that which occurs in Down's Syndrome (a model for Alzheimer's disease.) Further research will attempt to better clarify the role of melatonin, explore its safety, and define strategies for its use. Meanwhile, a profusion of melatonin products are being introduced in health food stores, perhaps prematurely.
The therapeutic window The importance of a variety of hormones in slowing aging has only recently been recognized. The challenge is to understand their complex interplay and determine the therapeutic window for intervention which is both effective and non-hazardous.
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3. Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Willett WC, Wong JB, et al. Fracture prevention with vitamin D supplementation: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. JAMA. 2005;293(18):2257-64.
4. Perrini S, Laviola L, Natalicchio A, et al. Associated hormonal declines in aging: DHEAS. J Endocrinol Invest. 2005;28(3 Suppl):85-93.
5. Genazzani AD, Stomati M, Stucchi C, et al. Oral dehydroepiandrosterone supplementation modulates spontaneous and growth hormone-releasing hormone-induced growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 secretion in early and late postmenopausal women. Fertil Steril. 2001;76(2):241-8.
6. Brown-Borg HM. Antiaging supplement holds promise to halt age-related cognitive deterioration. Exp Biol and Med. 2004;229:367-8.
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|Does anyone know if you can propagate it from cuttings? If so, how? My neighbor has a male tree and I would like to get a cutting or two. My neighbor has already given permission.
Jan 28, 2015 9:43 PM CST
|Yes, you can propagate the Gingko from cuttings. Using rooting hormone, keeping the medium damp and making a plastic 'greenhouse' covering it may take about 8 weeks more or less. You should always take more cuttings than you need as some may not cooperate. If you end up with extras there is no problem sharing them later with fellow gardeners in your area.
My personal preference is to use the Forsyth Pot method. http://garden.org/ideas/view/g...
Others may chine in to share their favorite tricks and tips. Good luck!
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|Thank you so much for the info.
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Jan 29, 2015 12:22 AM CST
|No, please don't take any cuttings now. Best to wait. Here, read these two links.
This link has some detailed information about where and how to take the cuttings and how to prepare them.
On this link scroll down about 1/3 of the way to find details for propagation by cuttings:
Oh, I forgot to say...if you document the process with photos you can write an article for All Things Plants to help others learn. You could try using different mediums or methods to see which works the best.
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|Thanks for the info. This looks fairly straightforward. I'll see if I can remember to take pics.
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|@Zencat , I was searching to see if Ginkgo trees could be propogated from cuttings, and found this thread. Was wondering if you had success with your cuttings? Thanks.
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|Unfortunately, no. Life got in the way of trying this and I didn't get a chance to start. Maybe next Spring.
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Nothing. There is no black and white in sound. Sound is not subservient to visual analogies. Listening is not secondary to vision.
Words on Sounds – What is Black & White in Sound?
What is Black & White in Sound?
If the color spectrum of vision is analogous to the audible frequency spectrum of sound, what is the aural analog to black & white photography? In sound, we often say that timbre/texture is 'sound color' – reinforcing this analogy. Removing color from an image leaves the simple fact of intensity of light. Does 'removing' timbre from sound even make sense in this same way?
Black & White = Silence & Noise?
The first thought would hold that this equation is true. If black is the absence of color and white is the presence of all colors [1] then, at first glace, this idea makes sense. White noise is defined similarly to white light, but in the range of humanly audible sounds: all frequencies, equally strong [2]. And on the other hand, silence certainly seems analogous to the absence of color.
But on further thought, I'm not sure the analogy is all that accurate.
Does this image look white to you? It doesn't to me, either. It's 'white noise' in a visual greyscale representation. Clearly, white noise is not white. It's a mixture of a number of different frequencies/intensities. White noise in sound has a timbre, just as this visual white noise has texture.
We often describe rushing water, or ocean waves as nature's sources of aural white noise. Would we say that this is nothing but intensities, with no timbre? Obviously not. It clearly has texture and timbre.
And as for black equating to silence, I have trouble with that one, too. I can see a black object, but I can't hear a silent sound.
So much for that analogy…
What is black & white in sound?
How do we remove timbre from sound, the way we can remove color from an image? How do we get an aural analog of black & white images?
1. Color theory of light – see, for example: http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-design/are-black-and-white-colors
2. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_noise
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"And as for black equating to silence, I have trouble with that one, too. I can see a black object, but I can't hear a silent sound."
Technically, no, you cannot see a black object, assuming it is in fact perfectly black. You can see only that it occludes other objects. So in that sense (ahem) black is equivalent to silence.
However, there is a difference in these sensory modalities that can be explained by recourse to the philosophy of perception. Let's be quite particular and suppose that a black silent cube is on a table. Black is a quality of the cube, the fact that it does not reflect light. Silence is not a quality of the cube; it is not even a quality of sound. Silence is instead the (imaginary) absence of sound. (It might be worth reading Casey O'Callaghan's book on this.)
So it would perhaps be more correct to equate the silence of the cube to the absence of the cube. There is no cube on the table. And it is black.
"Though what has 'express' to do with 'understand' or 'experience'? "
I am now lost, I think, since I didn't use either of those last two quoted words in the passage you excerpted. Neither did you, in the passage I responded to!
And yes, this lack of a Reply on some messages is odd.
Wow, this conversation is covering a lot of territory! Would be good to have some other voices. But anyway, thanks for engaging. Meanwhile..
"To my understanding, it is not only language that works in analogy and metaphor. The basis of modern understandings of cognition posits that we learn something new by relating what we don't (yet) know to what we already know."
This is not my area of expertise, but it is my understanding that the ''conceptual metaphor'' (CM) theory is not without its problems. A search turned up a paper by Matthew S. McGlone, "What is the explanatory value of a conceptual metaphor?", in which he demonstrates how both the strong and weak formulations of CM fail. The argument made sense to me.
But besides this, not all relationships are metaphors and analogies; most are relationships of some other type. (Otherwise we wouldn't need the words "analogy" and "metaphor" as special cases!) Yet we can still learn these not-metaphorical and non-analogic relationships. And we store these by forming physical relationships in our brain that are certainly not metaphors and analogies, since they are electro-chemical.
"I take this to mean that we live in a world of analogy and metaphor."
I am sure we do not. Yes, we live in a world of relationships. Some of these, primarily those that are linguistic, might also be analogy or metaphor. Any stronger statement is suspect.
We could get this discussion back to sound by discussing source-bonding. This relationship of sound to implied source might be analogous to how analogies themselves function in language. 😉
Worse yet, I misquoted REO Speedwagon! That will teach me to post at 4am.
Nonetheless similes and metaphors are more similar than different, and my point stands despite my (bad) example.
Yes, we agree on the main points but I wanted to tease out some of the details. Hopefully others can join in since I wouldn't want to belabour the issue further. I look forward to any further posts.


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The French FM told reporters that his answer to the US top diplomat was: "It is in the interests of the US taxpayers to have a Europe that is secure and is strong politically and economically ... You don't want a weak Europe, broken into bits and feeble."
Ayrault didn't specify if Tillerson, who flew to Russia right after the Italian meeting, responded to his comment.
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Hey everyone, happy Sunday to all!! I hope you are having a very relaxed day! I have some exciting news to share with you all! I am the newest member of the Glitter N Sparkle Design Team! I'm so happy to be working with these talented ladies and the card I'm featuring today is part of their "Anything Goes" challenge.
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Here's the card I created using one of the images from Polkadoodles: Eden Cherry Blossom:
First, I added some dash lines using my white Sakura Gelly Roll Pen.
I then set it aside to begin working on the image.
For the image, I used my alcohol markers to color her in and here's a list of the colors i used:
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-Hair- E70, E74, E79
-Flowers- V20, V22, RV52, RV55, Y00, Y18, B12, B14
-Background- B12, B14, 0, G40, G43, G94
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I used my Recollections Black water color marker to ink the edges on the image and white card stock layer.
To attach it to the card base I used foam dots.
Then I used a Stardust Gelly Roll pen to add some sparkle to the background and Wink Of Stella on the flowers.
Next, I added some Recollections flowers and the sentiment along the bottom.
To dress up the card base a bit, I adhered some pink circles and doilies that I had in my stash.
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I hope you enjoyed this project for today!!
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Click on Peg to shop or the pictures below
Wednesday, 8 February 2017
Dragon Fly Dreams background technique
Today I am sharing a card we made in a recent class using Stampin' Up! inks and the Detailed Dragon Fly Thinlits - love this bundle
For the Dragon Fly after die cutting I coloured it using Stampin' Write Markers
A little bit of Gold Foil Card - I forgot to add this to the pictures below but you can add it to your basket by searching for Gold Foil Card
I used my Clarity Brushes to create the blended colours
Thanks for stopping by and don't forget if you spend £45 or more you can choose a FREE item from the Sale a Bration brochure and there are 3 more items coming! they will be available from 21st February!!
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I love reading your comments, and I always try to reciprocate! Bloggy love is something that ought to be shared, not hogged. :) Thank you for sharing!
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The Key Elements of Great Chairs
Understanding What Makes a Massage Chair a Good Purchase One of the best parts about coming home from work at the end of a long day is that you'll finally have the chance to relax. With people working at a wide range of jobs that leave them feeling stressed out or full of pain, there is a huge market for things we can add to our homes that will make us feel much more relaxed once we've been able to stop working. What you'll find is that there are a lot of different reasons why you might want to get some major pain relief in order to feel better. For anyone who loves to relax, a good massage can be something that will be able to relieve aching muscles and joints after a busy work day. What often stops people from getting a professional massage, though, is the cost and time commitment. For those who would like to be able to get the same types of results without needing to be able to spend a ton of money, a massage chair can really end up being a good choice. You will probably want to check out the information in this post in order to find the best possible combination of qualities in a top massage chair. More than anything else, you're going to want to ensure that the massage chair's layout is going to be able to help you relax and soothe the parts of your body that tend to hurt the most. This generally means that you have to test out the chair in person before making your purchase. Because everyone's body is going to be a little bit different, you can really start to see why it can be a good idea to ensure that the chair you're considering will really get to you in the places you need help the most. Although you might have to try out a few chairs before finding the right option, the time you spend will be well worth it.
Finding Parallels Between Equipment and Life
Naturally, it's also going to be a good idea to seek out the sort of chair that will simply provide you with a comfortable seat. You'll find that it becomes a lot easier to choose the best possible chair when you spend a bit of time really testing out each option.
Finding Parallels Between Equipment and Life
There is no doubt that a massage chair will be something that can really end up improving your daily life. There is no doubt that you'll fall in love with your massage chair once you've managed to determine which one is the perfect fit for you.


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Has anyone else been a little bored with Alexa's style over recent months? I was until I saw all these pics of her at London & NY fashion week. She is still so skinny but she looks better, maybe it's the hair, anyhow her outfits are getting me excited for the autumn/winter season ahead of us. Welcome back Alexa.
I especially heart this first outfit.
via tumblr x
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Alexa Chung ~ Fashion Week.
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no, i love her style! but yeah what is with her weight loss? great post hun. if you get a sec, i have new post, would lov to here your thoughts! xReplyDelete
I've always admired her simple style. Love the bat jumper and the grey belted coat.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFriday, 21 September, 2012
I love Alexa's styel. Adore the bat jumper from Topshop! Was going to buy it yesterday but tooooo expensive before payday!ReplyDelete
You are looking gorgeous in grey coat. I like your smile.ReplyDelete
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i m nt happy with this phone......software has been corrupted 3 times......now even key pad also nt working.....plz plz don't buy this phone only westage of money....
dear i have the solution of ur problems jst update the software of ur cell thn all ur problems will b finished
Hi friends it's very nice phone but low speaker and autometically swithched off and some time handset will be hanged . nearly 10 minits
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I am also USE fine,,, but lose camera,, i think major problem my mobile set software,,,,but really good handset & smart mobile NOKIA 60303 Classic.
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With security settings how can I unlock the codes. I want to change then to mine
ashish, 21 May 2011hw is its camera............?the clarity of the camera is graet. 3.2mp with flash light superb clarity
This phone is great, stylish and the metal casing is nice. I use this phone for browsing the internet and its quite fast, use operamini for better and faster browsing. Camera is good for a 3mp shooter. But the only problem of this phone is the loudness of its ringtone, you cant easily notice when the phone is ringing specially on crowded places, the ringtone is too soft. But when it comes to music player, this phone is excellent, try to use other headphones too aside from the headphones provided.
Hey guyz. Nokia 6303 c is a gud fone. It has 3.2mp camera. Long battery. My fav in thiz fone is the sensor in fone(right of the nokia emblem) it help 2 save battery lyf. And helps the brightness rating. Thnx nokia
Abdulski, 03 Jul 2011I use my Nokia 6303c. I browse with it all day and the phone battery is very very good. For th... morehow many cost
I use my Nokia 6303c. I browse with it all day and the phone battery is very very good. For those who really like the phone should go ahead and get one. 2348057985521
very bad cell.plz don't buy dis phone.i m telling u on my exp.
I m using dis phone since sep 2009.for simple use it iz gud,but 4 intenet it iz very bad.its applications corrupted very early.


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Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port, town (1991 pop. 78,800), Cheshire West and Chester, W central England. Ellesmere Port is located on the Manchester Ship Canal near its junction with the Shropshire Union Canal and the entrance into the Mersey estuary. It is an important oil-refining and distribution center for imported commodities such as iron ore and grain. It also has dye works, auto manufacturing, and various light industries.
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WARNING: THE MOD CANNOT BE USED IN ONLINE MULTIPLAYER AND WILL NOT SAVE TIME TRIAL ( i think)
The Ferrari SF70-H Monza livery, used during the Italian GP for the 70 Year Anniversary. The Scuderia Ferrari logo on the engine cover is replaced with the 70-year logo, just like in the real one and in front of the WEICHAI sponsoring, is also the 70-year logo.
Upcoming Features:
70 Year Team Kit
Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen Italian GP Helmets
Constructive criticism and any feedback would be appreciated, as well as requests.
First with the ferrari.erp,
Open your F1 2017 game save > open asset groups > f1_2017_vehicle_package > teams > ferrari > wep > replace existing ferrari.erp with new ferrari.erp
Then with the ferrari_decal_a.tga.mipmaps
Open your F1 2017 game save > open f1_2017_vehicle_package > teams > ferrari > textures > replace current ferrari_decal_a.tga.mipmaps with new ferrari_decal_a.tga.mipmaps
Done, launch game!
SF70-H Ferrari Monza Livery (70 Year Anniversary) 1.1
Here is my version of the Ferrari Monza livery they used for the 70 Year Anniversary


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Skip to comments.Handwriting on the wall for Susan Rice
Posted on 12/10/2012 7:39:39 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Why would the New York Times choose to publish an attack on Susan Rice ("a surprising and unsettling sympathy for Africa's despots") in its Sunday edition? The Times turned over prized op-ed real state to Salem Solomon ("an Eritrean-American journalist who runs Africa Talks, a news and opinion Web site covering Africa and the global African diaspora"), who signaled the UN Ambassador that a nomination to be Secretary of State would not be a bed of roses. Just in case she felt that going on those five Sunday shows and playing a meat puppet mouthing whatever she was told to say about Benghazi deserves some sort of reward.
I see it as a sign that President Obama has decided that confirmation hearings for Rice would be so politically costly that he would be better served by another nominee.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
He will find someone worse than her, if that is even possible. He is great at finding the absolute worst characters.
It is not a big tent. It is a big bus.
I always though Obama would nominate Rice despite Benghazi, but now that the NY Times has come out against her, I think that some ranking Democrat in the Senate is going to whisper that nominating her is not a good idea.
John F'n Kerry.
I say he goes with Alec Baldwin.
RE: He will find someone worse than her,
John Kerry is the other name being considered.
Let's watch the Old White Man's Party try and beat that and the MSM once Benghazi has cooled down. Tea Time?
RE: Tea Time?
Where were they this year?
I still think he might nominate her out of sheer arrogance. Obama thinks he now has absolute power to do whatever he wants, and will see it as his way of rubbing the Republican's noses in it.
Under the Old White Man's Party bus. ;)
"He will find someone worse than her, if that is even possible.
John F'n Kerry."
1. Kerry appears to be tired of being in the Senate and would love all of the honors and travel and such associated with being Secretary of State.
2. Getting Kerry out of the Senate would allow Obama to put his pal Gov. Deval Patrick on the catbird seat to become Senator-for-life, since Patrick can name a placeholder until the special election to be scheduled on a date convenient for Patrick's election to the Senate—or, even better for Patrick, the MA Democra legislature can repeal the special-election statute so that whoever is appointed to the Senate gets to serve until the next general election, which in this case would be until November 2014 (when the seat is up anyway), and thus Patrick can resign and let Lt. Gov. Tim Murray become governor and appoint Patrick to the Senate.
3. Allowing Tim Murray to become governor in January 2013 (but not prior to January 4, so that he would serve less than 2 years of Patrick's term and thus be eligible to run for governor in both 2014 and 2018) would clear the field for Murray for the 2014 gubernatorial nomination and give him a leg up in the general against (probably) Scott Brown.
So it's a Win-Win-Win for Democrats. the only losers would be the American people, but we know how little Democrats care about us.
0bama will choose Rice anyway. He enjoys doing what America expects him NOT to do (and vice versa).
Charlie Crist?
Because the left wants john kerry at UN, or State. He's the worst possible choice. He has been an America-hater much longer than 0bama.
Sounds about right, send another homo into the world community, from a closet homo.
Sounds about right, send another homo into the world community, from a closet homo.
Louis Farrakhan is probably in the running
I'm sure the NYT would much rather have Kerry in that spot. Ya know the guy who was in vietnam and then trashed everything about this country.
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The new head of the women's Orange Order has said she is both "honoured" and "humbled" to take the top post.
Joan Beggs, from Newmills in Tyrone, replaces outgoing Grand Mistress Olive Whitten, who held the position for 17 years.
Mrs Beggs, a grandmother and former auxiliary nurse, was nominated by her peers at a recent meeting in Armagh.
She said: "I am fully aware of the responsibility that has been bestowed upon me, but will do my utmost to serve the interests of our membership at all times and to ensure the association continues to go from strength to strength.
"In doing so I pledge to promote the Christian and reformed faith, and strongly defend and uphold our Orange heritage."
Mrs Beggs also paid tribute to her predecessor, adding: "We wish her God's richest blessing for the future."
The Association of Loyal Orange Women of Ireland has active lodges across Northern Ireland, as well as maintaining a presence in the border counties of Donegal and Monaghan.
In addition to Mrs Beggs, both the head of the Orange Order – Edward Stevenson – and the Royal Black – Millar Farr – are also from Tyrone.