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Does treatment during acute or early HIV infection alter the virologic or immunologic set point or delay the time for initiation of therapy? As of yet there are no conclusive, scientific data. However, two multicenter, German cohorts (Prime-DAG and Ac-DAG) that have been recruiting patients with recent HIV infection (documented to have occurred in the past six months) have given us new insights into this issue.1
Of the 200 patients who were identified since 2001, 144 received some form of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), while 56 did not. This was not a randomized study, and those who were treated had much higher median HIV plasma viral load measures (more than 500,000 versus 240,000 copies/mL) and lower CD4+ cell counts (453 versus 621 cells/mm3). Of the patients who received HAART, 98 stopped treatment after a median of nine (range 1.2 to 28.7) months, with a median CD4+ cell count of 797 cells/mm3, and 79/98 had plasma viral load measures below 50 copies/mL.
The analysis presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference compared the 98 individuals who stopped treatment to the 56 who never received HAART in terms of the time to a CD4+ cell count of less than 350 cells/mm3 and/or an HIV plasma viral load of more than 100,000 copies/mL, representing a disease stage at which the initiation of HAART should be considered.
Over the period of observation, similar proportions of both groups (37/98 [38%] versus 20/56 [36%]) reached the pre-established endpoint. However, those who had received HAART reached this endpoint much later (after 14.3 versus 8.3 months, P = .016) -- a difference that may be even more significant in patients who have baseline HIV plasma viral load measures above 50,000 copies/mL. The authors concluded that "early treatment of primary HIV infection delays the time until possible treatment indication in patients presenting with high viral loads during seroconversion."
These data are quite impressive, representing one of the largest cohorts of patients with acute/early HIV infection to have been so carefully evaluated. It is now quite clear that the maintenance of an undetectable viral load after time-limited HAART in acute or early HIV infection will be an unusual phenomenon. If any benefit of therapy exists, it will manifest as a more favorable set point and/or a measurable delay in the need to initiate HAART.
These observational data were, by the very design of the study, clearly biased against showing such a benefit. Patients who received treatment had more advanced disease at baseline, while the time to the need to initiate (or re-initiate) HAART was not counted from the time of initial diagnosis. In my opinion, if we add this period of time, the potential benefit of therapy could be as much as three years rather than six months. Finally, the cohort included patients who were infected well after developing a full antibody response to HIV, and this may represent a group that would benefit less significantly from therapy. Their inclusion in this study would dilute the potential benefit of the intervention that could have been measured. Because of all of these considerations in the context of a non-randomized study, the information presented in this poster cannot be taken as conclusive. However, the fact that it supports the hypothesis -- that a benefit of a time-limited course of HAART may exist -- justifies the conduct of randomized, controlled clinical trials comparing treatment to observation in patients with "recent" HIV infection. The definition of "recent," however, must be rigorous and designed to ensure that the population that may benefit the most from the proposed intervention is recruited. The endpoint of such studies must no longer be the maintenance of an undetectable viral load after treatment is discontinued, but must be based on the achievement of clinically significant virologic and immunologic benefits.
We are indeed fortunate that such studies are currently underway in North America2 and Australia,3 although they are unlikely to yield a definitive answer for a few years. In the meantime, it appears sensible to make HAART available to individuals with early HIV infection, if such individuals (in consultation with their health care providers) feel this is the most appropriate course of action to take.
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If you're going to drink wine, get the good stuff! This wall plaque is a reminder to all you vino lovers that it's okay to splurge - especially when wine is involved!
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Ryleigh's Oyster has expanded, and for that Baltimore County should be thankful.
Ryleigh's is a big name in Federal Hill, where it stands out as a slightly more sophisticated dining and drinking option in a sea of crazy bars more focused on volume than quality.
In early November, Ryleigh's owners opened a second location, dubbed Ryleigh's Oyster Hunt Valley (though it's technically in Timonium, in the Padonia Road location locals call "that place that used to be Gibby's").
So how does this downtown restaurant translate in the county? Based on our experience, very, very well.
Scene & Decor On a Thursday night a couple weeks after opening, Ryleigh's was slammed. Not surprisingly, the crowd skewed a little older than in Federal Hill, though in the back room, where an impressive oyster bar and drinks bar reside, there was a pretty good party.
Like the downtown location, Ryleigh's space is good-looking, with blue walls adorned with oyster-related quotes and dark wood accents. There's also a heated tent covering an outdoor bar. According to owner Brian McComas, Ryleigh's hosts live music outside after 10 o'clock on Fridays and Saturdays — though he doesn't expect the new location to be quite as busy, late night, as the Federal Hill spot.
Appetizers Patrick Morrow, Ryleigh's much-celebrated executive chef, is in the kitchen at the new location, and his food is creative and well-executed. But before we ordered cooked apps, we went for oysters.
A mixed dozen on the half shell — six Chesapeake Bay Wilds and six of Ryleigh's house oyster, the Avery's Pearl — was briny, nicely shucked and professionally presented on ice with cocktail and mignonette sauces, Tabasco and lemons ($1 per oyster during happy hour).
We especially loved the Avery's, harvested from the Hog Island area, for their intense salt and plump texture, but the Wilds — a little larger and harvested via hand-tonging — were also a treat.
With the oysters quickly dispatched, we dug into the grilled calamari ($12), which is served over a smattering of pea shoots, cabbage and a powerful, chunky kim chi sauce. The combination was intense and wonderful.
Entrees Rockfish, served over grits and a thick puree of smoked tomatoes ($23), was simple and smart. Ryleigh's pays attention to its ingredients — some come from McComas' mother's Hunt Valley farm and others come from the restaurant's brand-new rooftop garden. That care — and the kitchen's skill — pay off in dishes like the nicely cooked, well-seasoned rockfish, which could've been boring, but wasn't.
Hanger steak isn't our favorite cut but Morrow's version ($26) was excellent. Cooked just to medium rare and paired with hearty oyster mushrooms and a gorgeously cooked, quivering egg, the steak may have converted us to the hanger side.
Drinks Ryleigh's wine and beer lists are carefully edited, and also somewhat pricey. A floral glass of Pine Ridge Chenin Blanc-Viognier ($10) from California paired nicely with the calamari and rockfish; it was also more interesting than what we see on a lot of wine lists.
The Revolution Malbec ($8), a more standard menu option, was equally satisfying with the steak.
Dessert A trio of warm chocolate chip and pistachio cookies ($5) were rich and sweet but we were most taken with what was on the side of our plate — several dollops of creme anglaise. It took the dessert from homespun to exceptional in a blink.
Service Speaking by phone, McComas admitted he was surprised by how crowded the new Ryleigh's was in its first weeks. In some ways, that's great; the place had buzz.
But also, the wait staff seemed harried, constantly rushing from place to place. Our waitress did a good job for the most part. She knew the menu and had a great attitude. But little things slipped through the cracks: The cocktail sauce with an oyster shooter never appeared, our water glasses stayed empty.
Those are little things, though, and details that often work themselves out as the staff gets used to the pace of a new restaurant.
And if the tables around us were unhappy with any of those small glitches, we didn't hear it — the people sitting behind us were in for their second meal in a week.
If they are any indication, so far, the county seems to love Ryleigh's.
Ryleigh's Oyster Hunt Valley
Back story: Opened in early November, this Baltimore County outpost of the popular Federal Hill oyster house and bar launched to big crowds and excited diners. County-dwelling fans of the Ryleigh's Oyster downtown location will be pleased that the new restaurant shares the same fun-casual vibe and attention to detail in the kitchen as the original, without the drive into the city.
Parking: Lot behind building
Signature dish: Ryleigh's oysters are as cold, briny and well-presented as they need to be — and with "Oyster" in the name, that's a high bar. The house oyster, named Avery's Pearl after owners Brian and Jennifer McComas' younger daughter (the oldest is Ryleigh), is salty and fresh, served neatly tucked into ice with lemons, cocktail and mignonette sauces and a bottle of Tabasco for heat-lovers. But don't limit yourself to bivalves; executive chef Patrick Morrow's menu is focused and creative.
TVs: eight
Where: 22 W. Padonia Road, Timonium
Contact: 410-539-2093; ryleighs.com
Open: 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily
Credit Cards: All major
Reservations: Not currently accepted
Bottom line: Great oysters and creative entrees in a busy, fun setting.


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... send me 10%.
Tut, tut. I shall ask for only 1% of the first license (rounded down: $0.00), 2% of second license (rounded down: $0.00), 4% of the third license (rounded down: $0.00),...
Clearly, my offer is much more generous than Glonoinha's, so I urge you to take me up on it.
In either case, just ask them honestly what there budget for the project is. Do this
No no no, don't do that! Your costs have nothing to do with the price a customer will be willing to pay. One of the basic tenets of capitalism is that goods trade at or near their perceived value. If that value exceeds your cost, you make a profit (congratulations!), if not you take a loss. How much profit you make is direct compensation for the value you added to the parts you obtained before selling the result to your customer. This is the true meaning of "value added" (not to be confused with the "value added reseller", a synonym for "retailer").
Once they quote a budget, if it's reasonable, take 80% of it. If it's not reasonable, say so. That'll make them want to come back.
Now that's good advice, or at least almost. There are two schools of though on deals: "Everyone should feel some pain" and "Everyone should feel happy". The former is based on non-recurring sales, where you can squeeze all the profit you want and then scorch the ground. The latter assumes that your repuration with this customer is valuable to you, and theirs with you likewise. If you believe in recurring sales (usually a good thing!), you should always leave some money on the table, although I'd say 20% is too much.
If I'm going to get a good, simple answer that puts money in our pockets for our work, it will be here.
Yep: get a lawyer. Also, don't ask for legal advice on Slashdot.
If you can't meet the contract's terms, the license won't be your real problem.
So true.
There are two major issues here:
a) Do you have an enforceable contract? For delivery of 1000 units of something to a customer I've never dealt with before, I want my lawyer to look over the purchase order/contract and tell me it's OK. The lawyer will tell you whether or not they can back out of it after you've bought parts/assembled boards and leave you screwed and how to fix that. Lawyer's cost will probably be less t
It's true that you did this in the wrong order - you should have had an agreement with price first - but that's water under the bridge, and it sounds like you have a decent working relationship with your customer, which is worth more than any signed contract.
You could always ask them what they think is fair, and what they would like from you in the future. This might sound naive, but they might come back with an offer
When it comes to copyrights and licensing, the law is on your side to begin with. If you deliver 1000 units with your software, and no license, then they can use the software in the usual way, but they cannot redistribute, copy, etc., etc.
If these guys have only one customer and no contract and have already turned over samples, they should watch out. The code might be deemed a "work for hire", especially if they took cash to produce the samples. If so, the copyright rests with the customer, not the pro
Ridiculous! You do not need a license to use software (or any copyrighted thing). You need a license to make an otherwise illegal copy of the software legal.
In other words:
Figure out how much it has cost to develop/will cost to deliver, double that, there's your price
My first job was at a tiny company with less than 10 employees that sold I/O boards and embedded controllers on the retail industrial market.
The general rule I learned was take 5x parts cost and consider that your base price. Next, look at the competition and adjust that base in the right direction (our niche was a low-cost specialized I/O supplier) so we came in a little lower. Unless it was a custom job, we
After you get out of bankruptcy, try to remember this incident, mmkay?
Negotiate payment BEFORE A SINGLE LINE OF CODE IS WRITTEN. Your contract starts with a MINIMUM amount, which MAY INCREASE depending on the work involved in the project. Don't EVER give the client a chance to screw you, BECAUSE THEY WILL.
An agreement to agree is not an agreement. You're in a really strong position. But you may have trouble convincing the other party of that.
When you need to do some heavy-duty convincing, go with one of the major intellectual property law firms. I use Townsend and Townsend and Crew [townsend.com]. I've spent about $50K with them over the last decade, and it's been worth many times that.
Lawyers are overpriced and their use should be tempered with common sense. Find a good contract lawyer.
Write-off the first six as prototypes/examples?? Ouch!!
Do you have sense of self-preservation? Your customer has a stronger business sense than you and your partner!!
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Utilize the Rome SAN for backup in addition to daily tape backups. The SAN will then synchronize via DoubleTake (mirroring software) to the Cartersville SAN. This will provide another level of redundancy to our backup strategy.
As of February 2009: This project is nearing completion. We are waiting on EAS to migrate Appworx mail delivery from Absinthe to Heart/Mail. At that point we can uninstall Exchange 2003 from Absinthe and shutdown the old server.


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Ontario's solar market is boomin' baby.
California-based market research firm iSuppli came out with a report today that forecasts rapid growth of solar PV installations in Ontario, though warns of a bottleneck in production during the first half of 2011 as developers struggle to meet stricter local content requirements. In 2009 Ontari0 had 69 MW of installed PV, but iSuppli said that will grow by 272.5 per cent to 257 MW in 2010. Stricter rules requiring 60 per cent local content will kick in next year, however, and that will create a supply crunch that slows down growth until the last quarter of 2011 when local manufacturing catches up with demand. As a result, we'll see growth of 75.5 per cent in 2011 as installations climb to 451 MW. In 2012 we'll see that number climb past 600 MW.
Mike Sheppard, a PV analyst with iSuppli and author of the report, says companies that have set up local manufacturing in Ontario will benefit the most during the 2011 crunch. According to an iSuppli press brief, "Firms like Canadian Solar, SMA, Fronius and Silfab are stepping in to meet the demand for local solar components, building module and inverter manufacturing facilities in Ontario."
Sheppard acknowledged that Ontario's decision to shut down all coal plants by 2014 and its introduction of a Green Energy Act and feed-in-tariff program are driving the explosive growth in PV. He called Ontario's FIT program "North America's first comprehensive guaranteed pricing structure for electricity production from renewable fuels sources including solar PV, bio-energy waterpower and wind." The program, according to iSuppli, "could have a major influence throughout North America."
This is a positive evaluation, but I don't think it's as positive as it could be. As I outlined earlier, module manufacturers alone are setting up local production facilities with a combined annual capacity of more than 1,000 MW. Not all will be built, but iSuppli seems to think that actual installations will be limited to between 150 and 200 MW a year. If that ends up the case, we could end up having some major oversupply issues in Ontario by the end of 2011. But given the huge volume of FIT applications being received by the Ontario Power Authority and amounting to potentially several thousand megawatts, I'm wondering if iSuppli is low-balling its forecast.


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Teaching English Speaking and English Speaking Tests in the Thai Context: A Reflection from Thai Perspective
To successfully assess how language learners enhance their performance and achieve language learning goals, the four macro skills of listening, speaking reading and writing are usually the most frequently assessed and focused areas. However, speaking, as a productive skill, seems intuitively the most important of all the four language skills because it can distinctly show the correctness and language errors that a language learner makes. Since English speaking tests, in general, aim to evaluate how the learners express their improvement and success in pronunciation and communication, several aspects, especially speaking test formats and pronunciation need to be considered. To enhance Thai learners' English performance and the quality of the speaking tests, this paper has three principal objectives. First, this paper presents English language teaching, as well as teaching English speaking in the Thai context. Then, it highlights the significance of the test format as it is the main tool and indicator for scoring performance and analytic rating methods. Lastly, the paper addresses major problems found in the speaking tests to elucidate certain facts about learners' speaking ability and English instruction in the Thai context. Some pedagogical implications of the study are discussed for learning and teaching speaking to second or foreign language learners.
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In honor of Memorial Day, the LBJ Library and KLRU will host an extraordinary event honoring the achievements of African-American servicemen and women and their contributions to the freedoms we cherish on Wednesday, May 26, starting at 6 p.m. RSVP here
The event will feature a screening of the documentary For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots and a panel discussion. It is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. Panelists are scheduled to include Clarence Sasser, one of two living African American Medal of Honor recipients; Rich Hull, Producer, Love of Liberty; Frank Martin, Director, Love of Liberty; Dr. Betty Moseley Brown, Center for Women Veterans.
Ten years in the making, For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots, uses letters, diaries, speeches, journalistic accounts, historical text, and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African-American servicemen and women since the earliest days of our country. The story, introduced by Colin Powell and hosted by Halle Berry, spans the Revolution to the inauguration of President Obama and examines why these heroic men and women fought so valiantly for freedoms they themselves often did not enjoy. It portrays an honest account, stirring in the telling and leaving an indelible mark on mind and heart.


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Newark, NJ – A teenager was forced to strip naked and then was repeatedly whipped with a belt because his father apparently didn't pay off a $20 debt. The street beating was captured on cell phone video as the alleged attacker and bystanders laughed, and Newark police are now investigating.
According to the New Jersey Star Ledger: "For 90 seconds, the boy is mercilessly whipped with the belt while the group continues to laugh at him, demanding he tell the camera that it's a 'dog eat dog world.' "At the end of the video, someone announces the amount of money that sparked the vicious attack — a measly $20 … "Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio said he was infuriated by the video and dispatched three separate detective squads to find the man holding the belt in the clip, which he called 'sickening.' " 'You don't know how bad I want to see the kid who did that taken into custody,' he said." Investigators are apparently probing one or more Twitter accounts that may be associated with the video.
According to an update from CNN, three suspects have apparently now been taken into custody:
"Three men were charged for aggravated assault, conspiracy, possession of a weapon, and robbery after they allegedly stole $20 from the victim. A 25-year-old woman who was present during the attack has also been arrested on drug charges, which include alleged 'possession of 20 bricks of heroin.' "
Cory Booker, the mayor of Newark who is trying to run for US Senate, called he incident "shocking" and added that his city does "not tolerate this level of cruelty."
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This is very cute. It's the smallest fold up travel clock I have. It has a very good quality Swiss/German made movement in it, although at present it has a broken spring. This was another flea market find a few years ago. A nice piece! I know a little about Solo, the maker, but can anyone contribute? Thanks! :)


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I love reading obituaries – particularly old ones! Okay, in terms of the general population, I guess that's a little strange. But for the average genealogy buff/family historian, it's probably normal. In fact, if you visit my genealogy website, you can find many obituaries that I have transcribed for my various family lines.
Obituaries written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are often very different than the ones written now. I love the phrases they used – "worthy and useful citizen," "interesting child," "much esteemed," and the somewhat jarring "[insert name here] is no more." Continue reading


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Community:GTA IV Gripes/Weapons
|This is a Community page on Grand Theft Wiki.
This is the official Grand Theft Wiki GTA IV Gripes list.
For now, this page is open to everybody. If there is any abuse of this page it will be locked, and all submissions will have to go through the Discussion page.
The "Gripes" on this page are intended to warn new players of things they may not like about the game.
The "Rebuts" on this page are intended to explain to new players why some gripes may not be a "gripe" for all players.
Please do not repeat other people's gripes. Also, no silly/stupid/idiotic/explicit/racist gripes or rebuttals.
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- Find the appropriate sub-page for your gripe.
- Make sure your gripe hasn't already been mentioned.
- Start a gripe with {{Gripe}}, then follow with your gripe.
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- Start your rebuttal with :{{Rebut}}, then follow with your rebuttal.
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Early GTAIV screenshots showed a possibility of customizing weapons with flashlights or sights. In addition, half the weapons shown in screenshots or artwork don't appear in the game, like the SPAS-12 and MP5NA3.
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- I don't see that idiot "dignifying" you with a proper answer, but I'd say the SPAS12 images are just concept art drawn by people who largely don't have a lot to do with the content of the game. The MP5 is interesting and I wouldn't be surprised to see it in the DLC, since I'd rather have a real MP5 than whatever that SMG is supposed to be.
Ammo limits are really, really annoying.
- This is personal opinion. Ammo limits are not so low that it's difficult to complete missions. In fact, it's more than enough.
What if you are confronted against FBIs and NOOSE patrol teams? If you're very low on ammo, then you're completely defenseless and then you die. Like in GTA SA, there were no ammo limits (you can store 900 rockets, have 7000 pistoms, SMGs, have 900 Flamethrower containers, etc.). Besides, Ammo limits are very humiliating.
Well, by the time the limit is gone, there won't be any real-good reason to utilize it. It would have been much better to just have it on while a person was going through the storyline missions and not after.
But he could at least hold more than 8 rockets. That's not enough.
That's f***ing retarded. The ammo limits are in place for the multiplayer, so people don't just amass 50 RPG's and dominate everyone, and for the new stats they have, like the time wanted on six stars that compel you to actually run from the police instead of holing yourself up and bombarding them with RPGs indefinitely.
There are not enough "special" weapons like the chainsaw, the golf club, the pool cue, or the fire extinguisher like there were in GTA San Andreas.
- If you check the page under features it explains why many of the weapons have been removed.
This is a game where a man is able to hide several large weapons under his coat and who is killed thousands of times and recovers perfectly 12 hours later. Not the most realistic already, and throwing in a few fun weapons like the M60 or Flamethrower wouldn't do any major harm to that vibe.
Who cares!? It's fun to go light old people on fire! With no Flamethrower or other super weapons massacres become harder and you can't that that sick pleasure of castrating a cop with a Katana. I WANT MASS MURDER SPREES! I don't care for realism! Just murder! Oh, and believe me, taking away super weapons won't save R* from lawsuits!
Weapons are now seen on top of buildings, which is harder to find.
- How many people leave sniper riffles in the gutters in Time Square?
Tear Gas and Satchel Bomb was removed.
- Tear gas was completely useless in the main storyline of GTASA other than to knock out some guards. And the Satchel bomb has been replaced with Packie's car bomb.
Maybe not 2000, but surely more than 8.
Weapons stores are few and far between.
- That is explained in game by the mayor's "Crackdown" on weapons
- Or you could just call up Little Jacob for general weaponry. It's not that big of a problem to drive to a gun store every few days to restock on expensive stuff like RPGs.
Little Jacob doesn't sell all the weapons, so an expensive trip to the gun store is required.
True, but he doesn't sell Combat Pistol ammo, RPG ammo or regular shotgun ammo.
Dual-wielding weapons is no longer possible.
Maybe not a shotgun, but pistols are easily dual wieldable.
You can't use free-aim because the targeting reticule automatically locks on to pedestrians, so you'll have to use your Sniper Rifle to shoot pigeons. Even if you try and force the aiming reticule off of the pedestrians, it will simply lock on to another pedestrians, so there is no way to make the aiming reticule let you aim yourself.
- If you hold the aim trigger all the way down it targets a person, if you hold it part of the way down you can move the reticule around to aim how you please, like shooting through the windshield of a moving car to kill the driver.
Where is the fire extinguisher?
The Fire Extinguisher has the ability to douse the flames from burning barrels, burning cars and pedestrians. It can even be ruptured and exploded by a gunshot, thus you can even blind cops, enemies even pedestrains to make the escape.
The silenced pistol was removed
- It was a weak weapon, and removed due to the "Crackdown" on guns, because of its huge ability not to be noticed by the cops.
Shooting ranges is no longer featured.
- Thats because Ammu-nations got shut down.
- Niko doesn't have time to add a flash light onto his M16, does he?
- GTA is not Rainbow Six, so weapon add-ons are not needed. A laser sight and a reflex scope may sound okay, but there's no first-person iron sight aiming with weapons outside of the sniper rifles. And it may be possible that Mayor Ochoa is positively terrified of anything relating to firearms, that he's went and banned all firearm-related accessories in Liberty City.
The Molotov Cocktail does'nt spread flames all over the ground, even if you throw 20 of them to the ground, and yet the fire still dies out, thus dramatically reducing realism.
- Molotov Cocktails didn't start forest fires in GTA:SA, so why should they start now? Rockstar could not possibly produce a game that is completely faithful to the real world.
You don't even get to use your weapons (when out of ammo) as meleé weapons.
- That would probably require integration with the already-difficult melée combat system that it was too much of a hassle for Rockstar to implement.
If a black man in the nineties could obtain a lock on Rocket Launcher from a government agent's house,I'm pretty sure an illegal immigrant could get a flamethrower from a Jamaican arms dealer,no offense intended.
- Sorry to inform you, but flamethrowers have been deleted from Grand Theft Auto IV. If Rockstar had indeed left the flamethrower in the game, it would probably take the shape of an M2-2 or a Lifebuoy/Ack Pack type device. Both are extremely unwieldly contraptions, having tanks which go on the user's back full of volatile fuel and compressed air, and only having an effective burn time of ten seconds. Not very easy to use in face-on combat.
Could you explain that in Person talk?
- That's about as crystal-clear as it gets. Flamethrowers are not like assault rifles; you can't just insert a fresh magazine and go. You need to fill the gas tanks, charge them with the compressed air, which requires two people, and you need to be frugal with the fuel, because after ten seconds it's all used up. Plus, a fully-fueled and charged flamethrower weighs in at about 64 pounds/29.03 kilograms, so running and gunning is not a viable option. Rockstar opted for realism in GTA IV, and that's about as realistic as it gets.
Okay so how come GTA SA has no realism? Neigh,how is it realistic the man carries sooo man guns and soooo much ammo in just ONE shirt.Where is Niko even keeping these guns?!It makes no sense!
This guy came to America on what is essentially a floating door.If he's a veteran ,Niko should have a massive array of weapons at his disposal.I think there would probably be flamethrower amongst those lines.But still,touche" my adversary for a good argument.
- Flamethrowers haven't been seen in combat since the Second World War, and are highly restricted in America, classified as Destructive Devices under the 1934 National Firearms Act and very, very hard to come by, even for Little Jacob. This is not a debate forum, it is a gripe page, and I wish to keep it as such.
They took out all the strange weapons(Rocket Launcher,Dildo,Chainsaw)
- First of all, the RPG is still there. Second of all, why would Niko need a dildo? Third, well, there are no tool stores to get a chainsaw.
I said Rocket Launcher not RPG. There is a difference. Second, Niko could shove a dildo down a cop's throat to slow him down and lastly Niko could buy a chainsaw online. HA!
- Okay, so whats the difference between Rocket Launcher and a Rocket Propelled Grenade? Unless you're talking about the bazooka from GTA III or the Heat Seaking Rocket Launcher from GTA San Andreas, I can see your difference. Second, do you even know what a dildo is supposed to be for? It's a sex toy, not a weapon to shove down a persons throat. Niko isn't a master of torture, and he's seen his share of torture of enemies or POW's. By the way, what the hell is that HA! at the end for anyway? Are you making fun of me?
- The chainsaw was tremendous fun at first but it got old pretty quickly after Vice City. It's loud and bulky and, in GTA San Andreas, lacks the satisfying blood effects and has somewhat worse animations. I'd rather have two well animated melee weapons (like the knife and the bat) than half a dozen of them, most of which serve the same purpose. Pool cue, shovel, golf club? I don't miss them. The flamethrower would be fun to show off the wonderful flame effects of the RAGE engine, but molotovs make a lot more sense so why not just use those? And the dildo... please, that was only included as a joke weapon in the first place, that doesn't mean it has to be a permanent fixture in the 'arsenal'.
- Okay, so whats the difference between Rocket Launcher and a Rocket Propelled Grenade? Unless you're talking about the bazooka from GTA III or the Heat Seaking Rocket Launcher from GTA San Andreas, I can see your difference. Second, do you even know what a dildo is supposed to be for? It's a sex toy, not a weapon to shove down a persons throat. Niko isn't a master of torture, and he's seen his share of torture of enemies or POW's. By the way, what the hell is that HA! at the end for anyway? Are you making fun of me?
I'm just going to replay to that first Rebut.Specifically the dildo thing.I DO know what a Dildo is and yes it would be a great torture weapon.Could you keep your focus with a dildo shoved inside your throat,touching your intestines?No.No you couldn't.
They took away the best gun and one of my my favorites. The minigun. It's kind of sad that a freakin' ex-navy guy can't use a gun that is VERY common in that line of bissness.


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England batsman Kevin Pietersen has accepted substantial undisclosed libel damages from optician giant Specsavers, after an advertising campaign implied he may have tampered with his bat.
The company used a picture of Pietersen in their "should have gone to Specsavers" campaign in August, and also across their online social media accounts.
The advertisement followed reports firstly in Australia during the summer Ashes, claiming the England star may have used a special tape on his bat to prevent the detection of edges by Hot Spot cameras - which Pietersen denied.
Hot Spot cameras are generally used to detect contact made by the ball. When contact is made friction, and therefore heat, is generated, which usually shows up on camera as a bright spot.
These cameras can be invaluable for proving the result of a match, and at the time Pietersen tweeted: "How stupid would I be to try to hide a nick when it could save me on an lbw appeal, like in first innings where Hot Spot showed I nicked it."
Specsavers have accepted the 33-year-old did not behave in this manner, and have agreed to pay substantial damages, as well as his legal costs.
The advert was immediately removed from circulation both online and in newspapers, and his solicitor confirmed that the claims were completely unfounded.
Pietersen has since confirmed on his official Facebook page that the money received will be donated to charity.
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FDLE busts Opa-Locka cop for kidnapping man who wanted to complain about police brutality
Here's a good way for police to temporarily stop people from complaining against them -- only to wind up in jail. The press release:
MIAMI - Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Miami Regional Operations Center, arrested of German Bosque, 49, on charges of kidnapping, a first degree felony, a violation of section 787.01 Florida Statues, and tampering with witness/victim/informant, a third degree felony, section 914.22 (2) (f) Florida Statues and battery, a first degree misdemeanor, section 784.03 Florida Statutes.
Investigators allege that on Aug. 3, 2011, Bosque illegally handcuffed and detained the victim at the Opa-Locka Police Station after he tried to file a complaint. Earlier the same day, Bosque allegedly punched the victim while responding to a domestic call.
When the victim tried to file a complaint against Bosque, investigators believe Bosque forcefully escorted him from the lobby, handcuffed him and placed him into a holding area. The investigation shows the victim was held against his will for a short time and was never given the opportunity to file a complaint.
FDLE began its investigation in Feb. 2012 after a complaint to the State Attorney's Office was forwarded to FDLE.
Bosque turned himself in today around 5 p.m. at FDLE Miami Regional Operations Center and was booked into the Miami Dade Main Jail. He is being held without bond. Bosque was terminated from Opa-Locka PD in October 2012.
The State Attorney's Office, 11th Judicial Circuit will prosecute this case.


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Iggy Pop and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino Collaborate on Song for HBO's 'True Blood'
Generations of rock stars collide on a new song composed for HBO's hit vampire drama, 'True Blood.' The episode that will debut July 8 will feature Iggy Pop and Bethany Cosentno of indie band Best Coast duetting on 'Let's Boot and Rally.'
The song was written specifically for 'True Blood' by the show's music supervisor, KCRW DJ Gary Calamar, and James Combs. Perhaps unsurprisingly to anybody who has ever watched 'True Blood,' Iggy Pop had been looking to get involved with the drama. "Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a 'True Blood' fan and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind," Calamar wrote. "We sent Iggy the demo of [the song]. He loved it and said sign me up."
Cosentino, who released her second Best Coast album, 'The Only Place' in May, "dug the song the most and jumped at the chance to sing with Mr. Pop," according to Calamar.


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With the return from Sedona, I'm reaffirming my commitment to Three A Week…my mental shorthand for ride counting. My criteria:
1. A ride must be at least 90 minutes of actual ride time to count. (Preferably longer).
2. Must ride at least 3 times per week. (Preferably more).
3. No more than 1 ride per week can be indoors–regardless of weather. (Preferably none).
The first criterion is aimed at a fitness goal that can only be achieved by consistently working on my speed and endurance over intermediate periods of time.
The second criterion is aimed at fitness and fun. If I commit to the TAW, I'll do it. And even on days when a ride starts out as less than fun, I've found that getting out and spinning improves my spirits. But with my personality, I prefer to have an objective standard to meet. TAW is doable with my schedule.
The third criterion is aimed solely at fun. Sounds odd, as there are a lot of weather circumstances that may make riding outside not fun. But getting out and riding outside is exactly what makes cycling enjoyable, regardless of weather. If I don't commit to #3, cycling could become an exercise routine–and I tire of exercise routines quickly. The variability of the outdoors–and the ability to ride different trails, different roads, and different towns on each ride–keep it engaging for me.
This morning, as if to test my commitment to TAW, the weather delivered single digit temperatures + wind + winter's darkness + crusty, cruddy snow. The first 10 minutes or so were cold and uncomfortable, and made me reconsider the #3 criterion (if not the first two as well). But after settling into a rhythm, I warmed up, the bike warmed up, and a cruisin' we went. Because we haven't had any real snow in Illinois yet (2 snowstorms), I'm still learning a lot about bike handling in different types of snow. As that experience base builds more, I'll have a future post on different riding techniques for different snow conditions.
At the outset, though, I would note that the relaxed riding position on my Mukluk 2, coupled with the setback Thomson Masterpiece seatpost, puts me in an ideal position to run very low rear tire pressure and have enough traction to grunt through just about anything I've found. I'm looking forward to doing some back to back comparison with a Pugsley in the snow, to see how the more aggressive riding position (which puts more weight on the front tire) changes the handling and traction. Riding in the snow last year on my Rumblefish, I frequently had to dramatically shift my weight rearward to maintain traction and forward progress. That hasn't been an issue thus far with the Mukluk–predominantly because of the seating position. And with that relaxed position, the Jones Loop bars offer the perfect angle, reach and leverage to be able to manhandle the Big Fat Larry's up front around.


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Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the expansion of its OpenShift Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) Partner Program in line with the launch of its on-premise OpenShift Enterprise PaaS product. With this, the OpenShift Partner Program introduces several new partner categories and welcomes new partners into its expanding cloud ecosystem.
The original OpenShift Partner Program launched in May 2011 with the introduction of the developer preview of the OpenShift Online PaaS offering available from Red Hat. The program was designed to foster a broad, rich partner ecosystem that would address the rapidly changing developer requirements for PaaS and that would build on the robust open certified ecosystem available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and JBoss Enterprise Middleware. Since the launch of the OpenShift Partner Program, Red Hat has been working with a broad range of partners to address customer needs while generating mutual value. The OpenShift Partner Program expands today to better address the needs of customers as the PaaS industry and technologies evolve.
The updated OpenShift Partner Program features three partner categories, including:
- Community Partners
Building a community cartridge is the first step for any partner interested in engaging with OpenShift. A cartridge is a configuration template or script that enables a third-party addition or extension to OpenShift. Partners looking to engage with OpenShift can start by understanding the steps required to create a cartridge and can begin developing in collaboration with OpenShift through the open source OpenShift Origin project at the Community Partner level. The Community Partner program category enables partners to reach a committed developer base and to help broaden their exposure.
- Certified Partners
This program category allows partners to further extend their market reach by building on the engagement with the OpenShift community that was initially enabled by the Community Partner category. Certified Partners can gain extended access and exposure to current OpenShift customers with an opportunity to bring their solution to market in collaboration with OpenShift. This category is aimed at partners with the capability to bring a wide range of functionality that is complementary to OpenShift's own PaaS functionality through technologies such as middleware, development frameworks, datastores, IDEs and management tools. Partner offerings can run directly on OpenShift, either online or via OpenShift Enterprise, or can themselves be a hosted service offering that integrates with OpenShift through web APIs.
- Powered by OpenShift Partners
The Powered by OpenShift program category is designed for partners who are actively using OpenShift to power their own Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications and solutions. Powered by OpenShift partners will gain the opportunity for close alignment with the OpenShift roadmap. Current Powered by OpenShift partners are already leveraging the OpenShift online service available at openshift.redhat.com and can also take advantage of OpenShift Enterprise.
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"Our OpenShift partners have provided great extended value to developers using an open PaaS platform to date and we're excited to expand the reach of our ecosystem further to continue to meet the evolving needs of developers and customers. Our customers demand choice so our goal is to work broadly with partners to make complementary partner technologies and products available, along with Red Hat's own offerings, to address customer needs. As Red Hat moves its PaaS strategy and portfolio forward today with the availability of OpenShift Enterprise, we are looking for our OpenShift Partner Program takes a big leap forward as well."
Kowsik Guruswamy, CTO, Blitz.io
"We are thrilled to continue working with Red Hat's OpenShift PaaS Partner Program. Our user trials are powered in part by OpenShift, which allows developers to use Blitz without even needing an application or website to test it. OpenShift users can use Blitz against their applications for capacity planning and to see where and how they need to optimize for performance. It's an incredibly beneficial partnership that makes a lot of sense."
Ruben Daniels, founder and CEO, Cloud 9 IDE
"Working with OpenShift has made it very cost-effective to offer our workspace feature, which is the container where our users do their coding. By leveraging the multi-tenant model, we can run multiple workspaces on the same virtual machine and turn them on and off depending on which user is active. This allows us to offer our service very inexpensively—something that's very important to our business model."
Ed Albanese, vice president of Business Development, 10gen
"MongoDB is one of the most popular cartridges on OpenShift as developers look to build a new generation of applications using agile development to manage diverse data types within datacenters built to scale out, not up. The availability of OpenShift for on-premise environments empowers an expanded class of MongoDB developers to build dynamic applications in any datacenter, be it on-premise or hosted."
Bill Lapcevic, vice president of Business Development, New Relic
"New Relic and OpenShift understand that in order to meet the evolving needs of these enterprise developers, providing the tools and technology they need will be critical to success. OpenShift is one of the few PaaS platforms that is focused on addressing the growing need of enterprises as they move to the cloud and that's why New Relic is thrilled to be a part of the OpenShift Partner Program expansion. As part of our commitment to the enterprise, New Relic has offered its SaaS APM solution free of charge to OpenShift customers so that they have the deep visibility into application performance they need to build business-critical apps that meet high standards for performance, stability and scalability."
Andi Gutmans, CEO, Zend
"Enterprises today are focused at finding new agile and robust ways to build web and mobile applications. PHP has been at the center of enabling this new class of applications. The combination of Zend Server and Red Hat OpenShift together provide an excellent choice to develop, deploy and manage the next generation of enterprise applications."
For more information on the OpenShift Partner Program and OpenShift Enterprise, join Red Hat executives for a virtual press conference webcast announcement at 11:00 a.m. ET on Nov. 27. The webcast will also be available for replay. To register for the live broadcast or to access the replay, visit https://vts.inxpo.com/Launch/QReg.htm?ShowKey=11748.
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The jury read a verdict in the murder trial of William Balfour, the man charged with murdering Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew.
Balfour was found guilty on all counts and faces a mandatory life sentence. Hudson, her fiancé and her sister were on-hand when the jury announced the verdict on May 11, 2012.
The jury, which consisted of six men and six women, deliberated for about 18 hours over three days and heard testimony from more than 80 witnesses and were introduced to nearly 500 pieces of evidence during the trial, before coming to their decision.
Hudson and her family left the courthouse without talking to reporters. Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said that Hudson was "emotional, but relieved" about the verdict.
"We have many people to thank but our first thank you is to God, always. We are so grateful to prosecutors James McKay, Jennifer Bagby and Veryl Gambino and State's Attorney Anita Alvarez and her team for their dedication and tireless work from the beginning," Hudson said in a statement on her official website. "We have the best police department and they have been with us every step of the way. We thank all of the State's witnesses who came forward on our behalf. We have felt the love and support from people all over the world and we're very grateful. We want to extend a prayer from the Hudson family to the Balfour family. We have all suffered terrible loss in this tragedy... It is our prayer that the Lord will forgive Mr. Balfour of these heinous acts and bring his heart into repentance someday."
Hudson went on to quote 2 Corinthian 4:3-4, writing, "And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them."
Hudson took the witness stand in April and broke down in tears during her testimony. The singer was the first witness called by prosecutors and spoke for 50 minutes describing her close relationship with her mother and her family's apprehension of her sister Julia Hudson marrying Balfour.
"None of us wanted her to marry William," Jennifer Hudson said, according to WLS, the Chicago-based sister station of KABC, OnTheRedCarpet.com's parent company. "We did not like how he treated her."
Prosecutors said Balfour, the 30-year-old ex-husband of Hudson's sister, shot the family in a jealous rage because Julia Hudson was dating another man. The bodies of Hudson's mother, Darnell Donerson, 57, and brother, Jason Hudson, 29, were found shot to death in the family's home on Oct. 24, 2008.
Hudson testified that she flew down to Chicago to be with her family and identify the bodies of her mother and brother. She later put up a $100,000 reward to find her nephew, Julian King, but the 7-year-old's body was found three days later. Hudson also identified his body as well, according to the WLS report.
Hudson's fiancé, David Otunga, was in the courthouse and Hudson sat next to him once her testimony was over.
Balfour pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. The Oscar-winner's singer Julia Hudson also testified at the trial, later that day. She said that her ex-husband was prone to jealousy and described threats he made.
"He said, 'If you leave me, you will be the last to die. I'll kill your family first,'" Julia Hudson said, according to the Associated Press. Under cross-examination, Julia Hudson admitted she was still having sex with Balfour days before the slayings.
During opening statements, Defense Attorney Amy Thompson suggested to jurors that the murders might have been a result of Jason Hudson's alleged drug dealing.
Julia Hudson testified that Jason Hudson owned .45 caliber gun, the type of weapon prosecutors allege the murder used in the killings. She added that the gun was stolen from Jason Hudson's home twice. The first time it was returned, the second time gun never resurfaced.
Hudson, the 2004 "American Idol" finalist and 2007 Oscar winner for her role in "Dreamgirls, has stayed away from interviews about the murders but briefly spoke about her mother and brother during an interview on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in February 2011.
"I try to do everything to say, 'OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she's happy and she's smiling down at me from heaven?'" Hudson said. "And that's what I try to go by and walk by."
Since the traumatic event the singer welcomed a son with fiancé David Otunga named David Daniel Otunga Jr. on August 10, 2009.


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The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to four motor vehicle traffic crashes in northeast Missouri during the Christmas and New Year's holiday periods, in addition to making one arrest for driving while intoxicated. Officers investigated two non-injury traffic crashes in the Troop B region during the Christmas period and two traffic crashes with injuries during the New Year's holiday.
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COAL COUNTY, OK -- An OSU Extension building is in the works for Coal County.
Monday morning, Commissioners chose an architecture company that will design the extension office. Economic Development Director Allen Leaird says they plan to build the office off HWY 75 in Coalgate.
Currently the extension office is located in the court house. Leaird says the new building is a way to give back to OSU and to expand what they do in the community.
"They do you know a lot of things for the county, for the farmers, for the ranchers in the community, 4-H, the calf and livestock shows, and stuff that really goes into the roots of what Coal County is and Southern Oklahoma is," Leaird said.
If all goes as planned, Leaird says the building will have four offices, storage units and a conference room.


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Architecture Junior Ryan Barney awarded 2013 SURE grant
Architecture Junior Ryan Barney awarded 2013 SURE grant to continue scholarly project, "The Polyhedral Atlas: Contemporary Parametric Design Applications." Under the mentorship of Professor Daniel Lopez-Perez, Barney's research centers on broadening existing inquiry into the Polyhedral Atlas and exploring and expanding contemporary parametric design applications from the atlas. Barney was previously awarded the 2012 SURE grant, along with classmate Jacob Bruce, to pursue the project "From Space-Frames to Space: Experiments in Light Construction," also under the guidance of Professor Daniel Lopez-Perez.
See Project Statement below:
Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
The Polyhedral Atlas: Contemporary parametric design applications
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For architectural designers who are exploring new shapes using generative algorithms, Grasshopper® is a computer aided design (CAD) algorithm editor tightly integrated with the 3-D modeling tools on the Rhinoceros CAD modeling software for architects and engineers (http://www.grasshopper3d.com/) which will eventually become the industry standard in architectural 3-D digital modeling. This plug-in has become increasingly valuable for architects who seek to examine spatial structures parametrically, by giving them the means to easily manipulate complex geometry. Grasshopper has revolutionized the world of 3D modeling through the writing of parametric definitions that allow for the controlled transformation of digital forms. Graduate research all over the world is exploring this tool in their design studio classes, and it has produced an entire community of architects and architecture students interested in parametric design of spatial structures. This research is a further application of the ongoing undergraduate research project spearheaded by architecture majors under the direction of Architecture department faculty member Daniel Lopez-Perez. This proposal seeks to broaden the research of the Polyhedral Atlas by exploring contemporary parametric design applications from the documentation of the Polyhedral Atlas.
The "Polyhedral Atlas" is a design resource project spearheaded by architecture majors under the direction of Architecture department faculty member Daniel Lopez-Perez. This ongoing undergraduate research project investigates the concept of "lightness" in architecture by exploring strategies of doing "the most with the least", i.e. lighter building envelopes, less materially intensive manufacturing practices, and thus more environmentally responsive spatial systems. In order to innovate in the present, the project picks up the research lines of the past, thus leading to better design decisions for the future. "Lightness" in architectural terms means literally exploring light structures that use minimum material for maximum structural and environmental performance, while at the same time developing more efficient and sustainable methods of construction. This research project aligns with that of Adriaan Beukers and Ed van Hinte, and references their book Light-ness where they claim that there will soon be an inevitable renaissance of minimum energy structures. Nature provides many examples of this concept, as natural forces and processes always lead to low energy structures on different scale levels. The smallest living organism cannot survive without reducing inner structural stress under all circumstances. The Polyhedral Atlas uses these lessons learned from nature's most basic organizational systems as design parameters for architectural investigation.
The research is a further application of the work of prolific architects, engineers, and educators, specifically Konrad Wachsmann (USC, 1901-80), Robert Le Ricolais (Penn., 1894-1977), Mies Van der Rohe (Chicago, 1886-1969), and Frei Otto (Stuttgart, 1925-), who performed structural research that deepened the exploration into the relationship between man-made and natural structures as a way to achieve a more comprehensive and sustainable method of construction. Blurring the line between "organic" and "inorganic" as in natural processes—the research looks for ways in which it can innovate with respect to architectural design. These pioneers of light architecture and their research into structural and architectural form becomes the starting point for the Polyhedral Atlas as a way of cultivating an understanding of light-construction and sustainability in contemporary practice. These projects embody the search for the potentials inherent in light-construction through the creation of more environmentally responsive, deeply structured spaces that host an endlessly heterogeneous mix of program creating new forms of civic space. The thinness of these structural and formal systems speaks to the increasing necessity of lighter footprints and processes of manufacturing for our built environment in the face of its challenges of today. Finally, the possibility of arriving at a more responsive and lighter building envelope is also interested in the cultural and political dimension of the diaphanous, open plan spaces that these lightweight structures provide.
This new research focuses on how grasshopper can be integrated with the research already conducted by defining how these structures are arranged and variable mathematically, giving the Atlas a series of geometric definitions for exactly how variation in these structures can occur, and what that means for the space produced. Initially, the project will involve scripting the definitions for the catalogue of spatial structures. A scripted definition is a formulaic geometrical and parametric description of digital models. The geometrical constitution of a parametric definition establishes the part-to-whole relationship in these models and their aggregations. The scripting of definitions for these aggregated structures pursues the logic inherent in the two forms of spatial aggregation: tessellation (two-dimensional aggregation of base units) and polyhedral aggregation (three-dimensional aggregation of base units), and allows for a manipulation of these structures by varying the inputs of a formula that defines the appearance of the structure.
The goal of this research is to understand exactly which elements of these structures are capable of manipulation through mathematical investigation using the Grasshopper software. Furthermore, Grasshopper is a tool that is currently seldom taught outside of graduate school classrooms. This research would give the student involved a large advantage over those entering graduate school, while also producing a significant addition to the student portfolio which is an essential element of the graduate school application. The work completed will be uploaded onto the project website as a critical addition to the online version of the catalogue, the domain for which is stated above following the project title. This will take place over a 10 week period using the digital resources in the Architecture studio (Camino, Room 43) which provides all necessary modeling programs and design tools, while under the direct supervision of Daniel Lopez-Perez. This project aims to submit this documentation for publication in a variety of forums such as the Journal of Architectural Education in the "design research" category, online, while also seeking other publication opportunities.
Adriaan Beukers and Ed van Hinte, Lightness. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 2005: 8-9, 110-113
Davidson, Scott. "About Grasshopper." Grasshopper - Generative Modeling for Rhino. Nurbs, n.d. Web. 08 Feb. 2013.
John Borrego, Space Grid Structures, Skeletal Frameworks and Stressed-Skin Systems. MIT Press, 1968: 1-4, 80-131


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Scientists create neurons with symptoms of Parkinson
Once again, a research study we invested in at its earliest stages has resulted in a major advance in the battle against Parkinson's disease.
With initial funding from The Parkinson Alliance, researchers at Stanford University and the Parkinson's Institute have created, in the laboratory, a line of cells that sicken and die like the cells in the brain of a person suffering from Parkinson's disease.
Now, for the very first time, scientists can directly observe the process by which neurons fail, and, even more important, begin to test treatments that may slow the decline of the neurons.
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This brings me on to my other reason for cutting it off. I stopped colouring my hair several months ago now. My hair has quite a peppering of grey (or nordic blonde as the hairdresser referred to it) and the difference between my natural colour and the brassy remains of colour on the length had been getting on my nerves for a while. The thought of cutting out all the old colour has been niggling at me for a while, but I've talked myself out of it previously.
Both Xiao of Messy Wands and Kate from Drivel About Frivol must be credited with inspiring this radical change. I used this Pinterest board that Kate linked to, to create a montage of pictures to take to the hairdressers. The hairdresser was fantastic too, she gave me lots of styling/drying tips and planted the seed of an idea to try out some wild colours that will only show up on my grey hair. Anyway, I'll stop blithering now and show you what it looks like.
Thankfully, none of the children cried when I came home or said they hated it. Although, Mr. MB did make fun of me this morning when I had a rather spectacular case of spiky bed head. I'm looking forward to getting to grips with styling it over the Christmas holiday.
I shall leave you with a quick look at my current festive manicure. I'm wearing China Glaze Ruby Pumps and thanks to some diligent(ish) use of Dr. Lewinn's Renunail, my nails are in much better shape at the moment.


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What is the first thing a national champion does after winning a title?
"I went with my friend to Krispy Kreme," Malakai Nichols, 10, said. "Ben Ng and I went on my birthday."
If doughnuts are the secret power source for Juneau Youth Wrestling Club's achievements, then expect every athlete within the City & Borough of Juneau to get addicted.
Nichols and Camden Erickson, also 10, each won national age group wrestling titles at the 2013 ASICS/USAW Kids Freestyle and Greco Roman National Championships in Orem, Utah recently.
"I felt good," Nichols said of the achievement. "Awesome. I like wrestling because you get to travel and meet new friends and have fun."
Erickson said he was in disbelief.
"I had worked so hard," Erickson said. "I could not even believe myself. I was in shock basically. When I won I was like, 'Did I really just do that?'"
Members of the JYWC Tornados, Nichols and Erickson, and teammates Jahrease Mays (age 11), Dominic McDonald-Cox (11), Nathanial Houston (10) and Ben Ng (11) qualified for nationals by battling through the 2013 Western Kids Regionals in Pocatello, Idaho in June.
Nichols, wrestling for his fifth year, said his favorite discipline is Greco Roman.
"You don't really have to shoot for the legs," Nichols said. "You use your arms and all that stuff."
Nichols said his favorite move was an arm-drag, which involves holding the opponent's head and arm, placing his right leg back and using all his weight to pull the opponent down.
"It is kind of like a hip throw," Nichols said.
Erickson said the hardest part was all the conditioning for regionals.
"We did a lot of sprints," Erickson said. "That was one of the most challenging parts, but fun."
Erickson favors one of wrestling's most lethal holds.
"My favorite pinning combination is the cross-face cradle," Erickson said. "I have quite a few but that is my favorite. It is a little painful."
At the Idaho Western Regional Tournament, in Greco Roman, Erickson placed first in the Intermediate 120-pound class, Nichols placed first (Intermediate 103) and Houston (Intermediate 65), Mays (Novice 70), McDonald-Cox (Novice 75) and Ng (Novice 120) all competed.
In Folkstyle, Erickson placed first, Nichols placed fourth, Ng placed sixth, and Mays, McDonald-Cox, and Houston all competed.
In Freestyle, Erickson placed first, Nichols second, Ng sixth, and Mays, Houston and McDonald-Cox competed.
At nationals in Utah, Erickson and Nichols each took first place in Greco, Ng placed fifth and Houston, Mays and McDonald-Cox all competed.
In the nationals Freestyle, Erickson took first, Nichols second, Ng fifth and Houston, Mays and McDonald-Cox all competed.
"I should have listened to my coach, and not tied my opponent up," Nichols said of his title loss. "He said not to tie up because my opponent knew I was going to do an arm throw."
Coaches for the team were Josh Houston and Warren Mays.
"Malachi seemed to have the jitters in the first tournament," Houston said." He didn't do so well in that tournament but then it clicked for him. He ended up taking first the next day during the Greco tournament and continued to dominate his brackets for freestyle and at nationals. It was like he was two different kids and once he was comfortable there he just kept winning."
Erickson struggled finding competition that was his own weight and age during the season and at regionals, meaning a lot of his matches were exhibitions that required he bumped up in weight classes.
"He went down south trying to find that even competition he'd been waiting for," Houston said. "At nationals he finally found competition his age and weight. Camden did go out a little nervous in his first regulation match but then calmed down and won."
Mays is one of the JYWC vets who attended last year's tournaments and did well.
He moved up an age division this year and saw some new faces and familiar ones in front of him on the mat.
"Jahrease wrestled like the top level competitor that he is," Houston said. "Barely missing the podium in all his tournaments. Quite honestly I would say he probably had the biggest talent pool in his brackets. The fact that Jahrease is able to stay in there and be competitive with them as a first year novice says a lot about his abilities."
McDonald-Cox had more opponents in his brackets than any other.
"Dominick faced a hard road down there," Houston said. "He's right in the middle of weights for his age and his brackets showed it. I believe one of his brackets had 49 kids in it. This was Dominick's first year of organized wrestling and competition. He went down and won several matches and looked like a seasoned wrestler."
Ng also was a regional and national wrestler last year and moved up a weight division this season.
"Ben had to face the challenges of moving up an age division," Houston said. "Every time a kid moves up the competition gets better and stronger. I think Ben like all our first year novice guys understood that this year would be a difficult challenge and a building year for them to come back stronger next year."
Nate Houston went to the tournament with no expectations other than to get the experience of top-level competition.
"As his father, my expectation of him is the same as my expectation as a coach of the other kids, to wrestle 100 percent every second of the match," Josh Houston said. "That is exactly what Nate did. He was in the biggest brackets for the intermediate age division and faced kids way more qualified that him. Nate came down with a positive attitude, wrestled to his full potential and came away with a couple of wins over some highly ranked competitors. I can be proud of his accomplishments down there not only as his father but as a coach, too."
Mat time and experience is a key to making better wrestlers. All six of these grapplers will be wrestling at Floyd Dryden Middle School next season. The school allows fifth graders in the program.
And beyond that?
"We all want to go to the Olympics and wrestle," Nichols said. "I also like basketball and baseball."
Erickson has similar aspirations.
"Of course I would like to make the Olympics," Erickson said. "And NCAA college. I would like to go to Stanford and wrestle for them. That is one of my goals. I like to play football and soccer and to hunt and fish also."
Nichols said his favorite pre-match food is not Krispy Kreme, but Gatorade chews. Erickson has similar tastes.
"I might say bacon," Erickson laughed. "I like Gatorade and PowerAde before matches. I don't really eat a lot before."


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With The xx presumably just exiting New York City after last night's sold-out Terminal 5 show (some video from which has already popped up here), and buzz surrounding their sophomore LP reaching a steady roar, it got us thinking about the band's main appeal. Records with two lead singers, one male, one female, have a specific power to them that's denied other band configurations. Romance, or more bluntly, sex, is the primary reason. It's hard to listen to two people singing together, without imagining some kind of personal entanglement. The ways different groups play into, or against, that human need has been one of pop music's endlessly fascinating aspects.
Accordingly, we pieced together 20 of the finest records whose quality is dependent on the interaction of one male and one female singer. Whether singing together, or trading off over a record's running order, it's cross-gender chemistry that makes these albums immortal. For purity, we've excised bands with an "everybody gets their turn" approach (so no Fleetwood Mac, no Belle & Sebastian, no New Pornographers or Broken Social Scene). More painfully, perhaps, we've even chucked out the Sonic Youths and Yo La Tengos of the world, bands whose primary man/woman story is complicated by the presence of an undeniably vital third wheel (Lee and James cannot just be photoshopped out of those pictures).
These are records of two people coexisting. In love, in conflict, or in something else entirely.


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Members of Lafayette High School's band won't be the only Kentuckians marching through Pasadena, Calif., on New Year's Day for the annual Tournament of Roses Parade.
The Bands of America Honor Band, made up of teenage musicians from across the nation, includes 14 Kentuckians. And Grant Knox, 17, a senior at Bryan Station High School in Lexington, will be one of four drum majors leading the 300-piece ensemble.
"I'm very excited," said Grant, who has been Bryan Station's drum major for the past two years. He will fly to California on Dec. 27 to begin preparation.
Grant's mother, Vicki Knox, a lab technician at the University of Kentucky, said her son decided to put together a videotape application for the Honor Band after hearing from several friends in the Lafayette Band that they would be going.
"He did it all on his own and we thought, yeah, right," she said. "And then he heard that he had been accepted as one of four drum majors."
Knox said the Honor Band application was typical for her son, who from an early age has set goals for himself and worked hard to accomplish them.
She was working as assistant daycare director at the Salvation Army in Lexington when Grant was 5 years old. He was fascinated by the organization's brass band and kept saying he wanted to learn to play an instrument.
"He didn't want to go home one day and our minister came through and said, 'Grant, what's the matter?' He said, 'I want to play a horn,'" his mother said. The band leader said that when he was old enough to get a sound out of a mouthpiece he would start teaching him. Grant did it immediately.
Grant has been playing with the Salvation Army band since he was 10 and is now an assistant teacher. He said he also arranges music for Bryan Station's pep band. Grant plans to study either music education or political science in college, possibly at Murray State University.
Knox said her health will prevent her and her husband, David, a letter carrier, from making the trip to California. But they will be in front of the television New Year's Day to watch for their son.
The Honor Band has performed twice before in the Tournament of Roses Parade, in 2005 and 2009. The organization's website says these other Kentuckians were chosen by video audition for the Honor Band:
Jessica Adams, Grant Arnold, Tanner Calvert, Trevor Rosania and Travis Rosania of Montgomery County High School in Mount Sterling; Grey Arnold of J.B. McNabb Middle School in Mt. Sterling; Kristin Darland and Rebecca Palmer of Henry Clay High School in Lexington; Alex Hezik of Campbellsville, a student at Western Kentucky University; Elizabeth Howell of Lexington, a Lafayette High School graduate; Kristen Shearer of Bourbon County High School in Paris; and Emily Shouse and Hannah Shouse of Louisville Male High School.


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The Rev. Rickey Payne is fascinated with history, especially the history of his church, Emanuel Reformed.
The Rev. Rickey Payne is fascinated with history, especially the history of his church, Emanuel Reformed.
From an outdoor brush arbor altar, to log buildings to the E-shaped brick structure that stands today, "people are still here praying 200 years later," Payne marvels.
With that in mind, the church will celebrate its 200th anniversary Sept. 28-29. The festivities start at noon Sept. 28 with a lunch.
"I'm thinking about people at that altar 200 years ago praying for the start of this church," Payne says. "It's just amazing the church has survived for so long. And we're in unique company with Davidson County having so many older churches."
The cemetery at the church, located on Emanuel Church Road near East Davidson High School, is on the National Historic Registry. "We've got some graves that date back to 1808, and maybe some older," Payne says. "We're hoping to get the community interested. Maybe we can have some self-guided tours."
The public is invited to what the church is calling a "reunion weekend," Payne says. The church is attempting to locate former youth members from 1975 to present.
"Shane Roberts, our former youth minister from Landis, will be here on Saturday night. We'll have various things going on, including dunking booths.
"But, above all this is about God and glorifying God. Yes, we want to take at look at our history, but God's prevalent in the midst of this. It's all about praising and honoring him."
The church averages from 80 to 90 worshippers each Sunday.
"We have a congregation that is very active in the community," Payne says. "Many of them volunteer for the Cooperative Community Ministry and the Fairgrove Resource Center. They are constantly trying to help."
The first building structure, a two-story framed edifice, was known as Bowers Meeting House, and completed in 1814. It burned in 1902, according to church history documents. Another structure was built in 1902 and contained a bell tower. That building was enlarged in 1926.
A fourth house of worship was built in two phases and completed in 1953. In 1992, facilities were added to meeting the needs of the handicapped.
Emanuel Reformed is sometimes called "the church on the hill" by those in the community.
Prior to 1946, Emanuel was part of various charges in Davidson County. In 1946, it became a separate charge.
The celebration begins with a hot dog and hamburger luncheon Saturday. Activities for youths and adults are planned, such as cornhole and a horseshoe tournament. Later in the day, a pasta salad supper is planned.
Roberts will bring a brief message, and his gospel singing group will perform.
Former pastor the Rev. Bob Thompson will deliver the Sunday sermon. A covered-dish meal will follow on the grounds.
"You only turn 200 years old once," remarks Henry Morris, who has been a member of the church for 45 years. "Our church started just 37 years after our nation was founded."
Morris has pulled together pictures, hours of videos and historical information concerning the church. It can be accessed at emanuelreformedchurch.com.
Dwight Davis can be reached at 249-3981, ext, 226 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Update: 4:25 p.m.- Ginger Lea Jefferson, 57, Toledo. was convicted of stabbing her daughter-in-law, Kerry Lea Jefferson, 32, twice in the neck at a residence in Tama on Sept. 25, 2013,on Tuesday afternoon. Just before a Tama County District Court Jury returned that verdict, Dustin Jerome Jefferson, 38, was charged with 1st degree murder or aiding and abetting the murder. This charge was filed shortly before the verdict was returned on Tuesday by Tama Police Chief Jeff Filloon. Dustin Jefferson is the son of Ginger Jefferson and husband of Kerry O'Clair-Jefferson.
The complaint states, in part, "Dustin Jefferson, "did unlawfully and wilfully having mailce and aforethought, willingly and deliberately with premeditation killed Kerry O'Clair Jefferson or did act to aid and abet in the crime of murder in the 1st degree."
Update: 3:25 p.m.- May 27, 2103-- Ginger Lea Jefferson, 57, Toledo, was found guilty of 1st degree murder in Tama County District Court in Toledo. The jury deliberated about two hours before returning the verdict. Jefferson was ordered held for sentencing by Judge Stephen Jackson Jr. Conviction of 1st degree murder is not a bondable offense.
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Dustin Jerome Jefferson appears in Tama County Magistrate Court in Toledo on Wednesday, May 28. Bond on a charge of 1sdt degree murder or aiding or abetting a murder was set at $1 million by Magistrate Richard Vander Mey.
News-Herald/John Speer
Jefferson was found guilty of stabbing her daughter-in-law, Kerry Lea O'Clair-Jefferson, 32, to death at a residence in Tama. It occurred on Sept. 25, 2013.
Watch for additional updates and coverage of the verdict in The Tama-News-Herald.
Update- 12:45 p.m.- Tuesday, May 27- The 1st degree murder trial of Ginger Lea Jefferson, has gone to the jury in Tama County District Court in Toledo. The jury was on a lunch break at 12:30 p.m. and expected to resume deliberations this afternoon.
Jefferson faces the charge in the death of her daughter-in-law Kerry Lea O'Clair-Jefferson, 32.
Earlier: At Toledo Chronicle early deadline for Memorial Day, the 1st degree murder trial of Ginger Lea Jefferson was set to resume on Tuesday morning, May 27.
Jefferson's co-defense attorney Mike Jones told The Chronicle more evidence would be presented then on behalf of his client.
More than 50 subpoenas for witnesses had been served according to online court records in the case.
Jurors were dismissed on Thursday afternoon about 4 p.m. and instructed to return at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
Jones said the next step would depend upon possible presentation of prosecution rebuttal evidence.
Closing arguments are then expected to follow with the case possibly to the 12-member jury yet on Tuesday.
Jurors were seated Monday and Tuesday of last week and began hearing opening arguments and prosecution witnesses on Tuesday.
Jefferson, 57, of Toledo, is accused stabbing her daughter-in-law, Kerry Lea Jefferson, 32, causing her death on Sept. 25, 2013, at a Tama residence.
The prosecution contends Jefferson confessed to the crime.
Defense attorneys Aaron Siebrecht and Jones maintain the 10-minute window in which the crime happened is subject to doubt on the circumstances.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Iowa Attorney General Laura Roan and Tama County Attorney Brent Heeren.
Jefferson has been held in the Tama county Jail in Toledo on $1 million bond since her September arrest.


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AyaDiefair wrote:melmargaret wrote:Stephenie did say in an interview or PC (I can't remember....) that they did somehow manage to pay taxes. I'm sure the government would get suspicious so they would change surnames once in a while.
O.o Really? Maybe because Carlisle is a doctor...That would really suck. But, on the other hand, they could just think the Cullen family line likes to pass their names along to their kids. lol
Oops, this is off topic. ^^;
It's not too off topic. Haha. But people don't usually pass down girl's names unless it's a middle name.