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AUBURN HILLS, MI – It's official: Viper will return this year to the stage of some of its most impressive past road racing performances – the historic 24 Hours of Le Mans in France.
SRT Motorsports today accepted an invitation from the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest) to field two SRT Viper GTS-Rs in the LM GTE Pro class of the 2013 24 Heures du Mans, June 22-23, officially returning the Viper sports car to one of the most prestigious automobile endurance races in the world.
The Viper finished one-two at the 24 Heures du Mans in GTS class competition three consecutive years – 1998 to 2000.
"Racing is truly a part of the illustrious history of Viper and a proving ground for the SRT brand," said Ralph Gilles, President and CEO – Street and Racing Technology Brand and Motorsports, Chrysler Group LLC. "Historically the Viper GTS-R has enjoyed great success at Le Mans, so we couldn't be more excited and proud to accept the challenge to return to France and continue composing the next chapter in the history of Viper racing at such an historic venue."
Beth Paretta, Director of Marketing and Operations – SRT Brand and Motorsports, and SRT Motorsports driver Marc Goossens were on hand at today's press conference in Paris to officially accept the invitation.
"The new SRT Viper GTS-R represents a rebirth for us in road racing by bringing an elevated level of technical sophistication to the track," Paretta said. "The invitation to return to the 24 Heures du Mans gives SRT Motorsports and the SRT Viper GTS-R the opportunity to compete on a stage with the best sports car teams from around the world."
SRT Motorsports teamed with Riley Technologies, based in Mooresville, N.C., on the design-and-build process of the SRT Viper GTS-R. Two identically prepared cars returned to competition last year at Mid-Ohio, the first of four test-and-tune races in preparation for a full 2013 schedule in the GT class in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) presented by Tequila Patron.
In addition to Goossens, drivers returning to the SRT Motorsports lineup for 2013 will be Tommy Kendall, Kuno Wittmer, Dominik Farnbacher and Jonathan Bomarito. Additional team announcements will be revealed at a later date.
The Viper's successful racing heritage began in 1996 with its first racing entry, the original GTS-R, which earned five international GT championships and the 1997 to 1999 FIA GT championships in addition to the three consecutive one-two finishes at the 24 Heures du Mans in the GTS class.
The Viper posted an amazing overall win at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona in 2000 – the first for a production-based American car. Viper also captured GTS class and driver's championships in ALMS competition in 1999 along with the series' class, manufacturer's and driver's championship in 2000 before retiring from the series.
About SRT and SRT Motorsports: The Chrysler Group's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) brand uses a successful product development formula featuring five proven hallmarks: awe-inspiring powertrains; outstanding ride, handling and capability; benchmark braking; aggressive and functional exteriors and race-inspired and high-performance interiors to remain true to its performance roots. The SRT lineup in the 2013 model year features five vehicles that are world-class performance contenders and bring the latest in safety technologies and creature comforts. The Chrysler 300 SRT8, Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, Dodge Charger SRT8 and Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 are joined by the SRT flagship Viper and Viper GTS models, which are making their highly anticipated return to the high-performance sports car market. The engineering expertise within SRT extends well beyond its high-performance street vehicles. Technical support for the Chrysler Group's various racing programs is provided by the astute engineers at SRT Motorsports, where lessons learned on the race track directly translate to improved vehicles for the company's customers.
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Quick take: Yogurt (yoghurt) cheese with garlic and olive oil
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has an article about how to make yogurt (or as they spell it in the UK, yoghurt) in the Guardian. I did not want to go to the trouble of making yogurt from scratch, but I had a big pot of plain yogurt that needed to be used up so I made a sort of variation on the yogurt cheese balls further down on the page.
Yogurt cheese, in case you are unfamiliar with it, is just plain yogurt that has been drained of much of its liquid. To make it, just line a sieve with some porous cloth like cheesecloth, muslin, a coffee filter or even a couple of paper towels, spoon the yogurt in, and put the sieve with a bowl underneath in the refrigerator for at least a few hours. The more you let it sit, the drier it will become.
I strained about 2 1/2 cups of yogurt mixed with 1 teaspoon of sea salt from Friday evening to Sunday morning, by which time it had become the consistency of whipped cream cheese. I put this into a bowl, grated one garlic clove over it and drizzled on some extra virgin olive oil and mixed it up. It was the perfect spread for freshly baked hot savory scones.
I've never been a big fan of very sweet yogurt, so this savory yogurt spread may make more breakfast appearances.
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Hi Maki,
I recently started making my own yogurt at home. I bought a Salton one quart yogurt maker and have good success making it. This past weekend, I tried making a batch with goat's milk and it didn't quite set, it's a bit liquid. I do not put powdered milk in mine at all, it's just milk and the started.
And although I have read about how easy yogurt cheese is to make and how tasty it is, I still haven't tried it yet. Cuz usually the yogurt is finished before I even think about straining it.
Your post is a reminder for me to try it soon.
Making yoghurt at home seems
Making yoghurt at home seems to tie in nicely with rising food prices: Hugh has captured the current mood in the UK, as I have found myself making yoghurt again since my favourite no-fat live brand almost doubled in price. However, I can't manage the temperature monitoring, etc. I have found a foolproof solution for me: use UHT skimmed milk, so there's no need to pre-heat. I know there are issues surrounding UHT milk, but I have chosen to ignore these! So, 1 litre UHT, 1 tablespoon skimmed milk powder, and I large tablespoon of live yoghurt. Keep warm, then ten hours later, pop it in the fridge for 2 hours, and that's it.It works out at 1 litre for about 50p, compared with over £1 for 500ml. I use it to extend the yoghurt which I buy, so it's good value. If I'm honest, it's so more-ish that I probably eat double the amount of bought yoghurt...
greek style yogurt
i believe that the drained yogurt is often also called 'greek style' for its consistency. it's funny that you have this post up now because i have just drained off the whey in a batch that's sitting in my fridge right now. i'm ok with having this yogurt in my daily morning meusli but i think i'll make this savory spread for breakfast tomorrow! thanks maki!
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Hello! I tried this following your instructions and it tastes great! thanks for posting it! ^^
PS: I also made okowa following your recipe on Just Bento, and it tastes really good, except that the bottom burnt itself to my rice cooker. As in, properly black and burnt... lol. It's come off, thankfully - with a LOT of scrubbing and soaking... I guess I got the estimates a bit wrong? or the rice cooker just isn't used to glutinous rice... :P
How much cheese did you get
How much cheese did you get from that 2.5 cups (in presumably about 36 hours) ?
Yum, yum, yummy
I just ran across your site and am going to make this right now. PS. I love your web-art!
Re: Quick take: Yogurt (yoghurt) cheese with garlic and ...
I have been making my own yogurt with instant powdered milk for several months. I heat the water to about 100 deg. F. and just add the milk powder to that. I make mine in a crock pot which I preheat to the same temp. I check temp frequently and try to keep it there. I drain about a quart per day. When drained I mix equal parts with melted Velveeta. Then I add cumin, onion and garlic powder, dried dillweed, oregano, parsley, sage, chili powder, salt, and pepper to taste. This comes out tasting like the stuff they put in taco dip trays, but a whole lot cheaper. I also use it as a sandwhich spread and chip/pretzel dip. I use plain drained yog with jelly or fruit as a topper on cooked cereals. Yummy! Gosh, now you made me hungry, gotta go eat!
Kefir vs yogurt
Kefir, much like yogurt, is a healthful dairy product made from cultured milk. They are both good sources of protein and high in calcium, potassium and B-vitamins, while each offers a unique blend of beneficial gut bacteria. But is one healthier or better than the other? kefir vs yogurt


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Inspired by beautiful colors and light, Kristen's artwork reflects the discoveries she makes in studying God's creation. As a follower of Jesus, Kristen takes joy in internalizing and recreating the world around her.
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Report Seeks To Erase Occupation
Benjamin Netanyahu has a bad habit of pretending he's Houdini — sticking his head in a noose, scaring everyone half to death, then wiggling free at the last minute. The difference is that Houdini's viewers got to watch from their seats, while Netanyahu's audience is stuck inside the noose with him. And the noose gets a little tighter every time.
Bibi's latest misadventure is the so-called Levy Report, a legal opinion on West Bank settlements that he ordered up last January. Briefly put, it finds that regardless of what the world believes, the occupied territories aren't occupied, illegal outposts aren't illegal and Israel is entitled to settle its citizens where it chooses.
The report was supposed to offer a way to avoid a clash with the settler movement, which wanted an end to outpost demolitions. The report removes settler pressure and instead puts the prime minister on a collision course with America and the world community.
Written by a three-member committee headed by former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy, the report turns Israeli legal and diplomatic doctrine on its head. If adopted, it would put Jerusalem dangerously at odds with Washington, the European Union and the United Nations Security Council. It would tear up Israel's 2003 signature on President Bush's Road Map, which requires dismantling 60 outposts and ending new construction. It would open the way for some 4 million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to demand Israeli citizenship, turning Israel into a binational rather than a Jewish state. Netanyahu has praised the report but hasn't said whether he'll adopt it. Much of his cabinet favors it.
Curiously, the central claim, that the West Bank isn't occupied, isn't new. Israel has been saying so since it captured the area from Jordan in 1967. It cites the language of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the international treaty that governs treatment of civilians in occupied war zones. The treaty claims jurisdiction over cases where one treaty member-state captures the territory of another member-state. But the West Bank wasn't Jordan's to lose. Jordan annexed the area during the 1948 war of Israeli independence, after the Palestinians refused to create their own state under the U.N. partition plan. Nobody but Britain and Pakistan ever recognized Jordan's annexation. In 1967 Israel captured a no-man's land, not covered by Geneva.
It's a reasonable reading of the text. Unfortunately, not one nation in the world accepts it, despite 45 years of Israeli lobbying. Every other nation interprets the convention as covering the West Bank and Gaza, whatever the phrasing. Even Israel has accepted the treaty as a guideline for its army's administration of the area, since there's no other body of international law to follow. Israeli courts have consistently ruled that the area is under military occupation, which simply means the army is sovereign there, not Israeli civil law.
The alternative to army rule would be claiming Israeli sovereignty. That would mean either giving Israeli citizenship to all the Palestinian residents, resulting in a binational state and ending Zionism, or else creating two classes of citizenship and defying international laws on apartheid. The second alternative would invite international sanctions, or worse, the sort of multinational military force that intervened when Iraq tried to annex Kuwait in 1990.
Instead Israel has maintained an uneasy truce with the rest of the world by voluntarily applying the Geneva rules except the parts it rejects, like the ban on settling its citizens in occupied territory. Meanwhile, it waits for final ownership to be determined in negotiations, as required in Security Council Resolution 242 in November 1967. That resolution required Israel to withdraw its troops "from territories occupied in the recent conflict." In return Israel would get full recognition of its "right to live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries."
The resolution was painstakingly precise. Israel and America fought to exclude the word "the," as in "withdraw from the territories," in order to preserve Israel's right to try keeping some of the land in negotiations. Israel's position has remained for 45 years that since the area belonged to nobody, Israel has as much right as anyone else to put in a claim. Notably, nobody objected to the word "occupied."
That's where the Levy Report represents a departure. The report calls on Israel to abandon the notion that its legal claim to the West Bank is as good as anyone's and announce that it has sole claim. It calls on an eccentric legal doctrine that's been circulating for years on the fringes of the far right and surfacing with increasing vigor in recent months, as settlers and their allies grow bolder.
The notion is that the operative international treaty governing sovereign rights to historic Palestine — today's Israel, the West Bank and Gaza — is the post-World War I San Remo Resolution. Drafted by the victorious European allies in April 1920 and later incorporated into the League of Nations charter, the treaty assigns Great Britain the Mandate to govern Palestine and orders implementation of the 1917 Balfour Declaration. To be clear, the treaty calls for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people." That, advocates say, constitutes a binding, still-valid international commitment to make Palestine into a Jewish state.
Unfortunately, establishing a Jewish homeland in Palestine is not the same thing as making Palestine into a Jewish homeland. Zionist leaders fought mightily throughout the summer of 1917 to win a British declaration "that Palestine should be reconstituted as the National Home of the Jewish people," but they lost. "The" national home became "a" national home to protect the citizenship of British and other Diaspora Jews. Establishing the home "in" Palestine fudged the question of how much land would be Jewish, to allow future negotiating.
The spurious notion that Balfour and San Remo promised all of Palestine to the Jews has little to do with legal history and everything to do with religious zealotry. And typical of zealots, its advocates ignore the mischief their actions invite.
Netanyahu must have known what he was getting when he chose the panel. Levy was for years the high court's most reliable supporter of settler interests. He was the sole dissenter to the 2005 court decision that upheld the legality of the Gaza disengagement and reaffirmed Israel's obligations under "the rules of belligerent occupation." In choosing Levy, was Netanyahu laying out an ideological marker? Juggling competing interests? Improvising? Or just living dangerously? The only certainty is that he's slung another noose, and he's got Israel in there with him.
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At least 27 dead, 600 wounded in blasts, official says
PM designate says "the situation in Lebanon reached a very critical stage"
Acting prime minister, U.S. Embassy in Beirut call for calm
The explosions struck Friday near two mosques
A pair of blasts in Lebanon, the magnitude of which have not been seen since the 1980s, is raising fears of heightening sectarian tensions.
The two powerful explosions ripped through neighborhoods near mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Friday.
At least 27 people died and 600 were wounded in the bombings, Lebanese Red Cross head George Kettanah said. State media reported that the toll could be much higher.
The death toll of these explosions is high compared with the political assassinations that have occurred in the past eight years in Lebanon, but the bigger fear is that civilians could become targets anywhere in the country.
While the motive for the attacks was unclear, the state-run National News Agency said they appeared to target mosques run by imams with ties to Syrian rebels.
Lebanon has been the scene of increasing sectarian violence recently, including battles between supporters and opponents of the regime in Lebanon's neighbor to the east, which is currently torn by a bloody civil war.
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The first blast occurred near the Sunni al Taqwa mosque, the National News Agency said.
The second occurred minutes later near al Salam mosque, another Sunni mosque that is close to the residence of acting Prime Minister Najib Mikati, as well as Samir Al-Jisr, a Sunni member of parliament, and the former head of the country's Internal Security Forces, Ashraf Rifi.
Rifi is despised by Hezbollah and Lebanese politicians friendly to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
It was unclear whether any of those figures were targets of the attack, but the news agency said the mosques' two Salafist sheikhs were unharmed.
Mikati is not in Tripoli, the National News Agency reported.
The second blast produced a crater 5 meters (16.4 feet) across and damaged six nearby residential buildings, the news agency said. More than 60 cars were incinerated, the news agency said.
Eyewitness video posted to YouTube purporting to be of the al Taqwa blast showed thick smoke, flames and what appeared to be burning vehicles. Another video posted to Facebook showed a large plume of smoke rising into the air near what is said to be the mosque site.
CNN could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the videos.
Mikati issued a statement via Twitter condemning the bombings.
"We urge our children and brothers in Tripoli to practice self-restraint, and we pledge to them that we will always stand by them, especially during these critical times," he said.
"Tripoli and its residents he will prove once again that they are stronger than the conspiracy and will not allow the strife to undermine their resilience and their faith in God and the homeland," the acting prime minister tweeted.
Tammam Salam, the man designated to become Lebanon's next prime minister, cut short a private trip to Greece after the explosions.
"The crime of Tripoli is further evidence that the situation in Lebanon reached a very critical stage and requires us to be on high alert on the political, national and security levels in order to eradicate the internal strife, and we have to deal with the political decisions in the country with the highest degree of national responsibility," he said in a prepared statement.
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut also condemned the violence and called on Twitter for "calm & restraint."
Hezbollah also condemned the attacks, saying in a statement that the explosions were part of a "criminal scheme aimed at sowing seeds of strife among the Lebanese."
Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite group, is active in southern Lebanon and has been sending its fighters to Syria to help the government there.
A car bombing in a southern suburb of Beirut this month rocked a Hezbollah stronghold, killing at least 22 people and injuring hundreds.
CNN's Nada Husseini contributed to this report.


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- Buy a HULTET bamboo dish 45cm.
- Cover it with golden acrylic paint, front and back.
- Look for a picture or a drawing of a hibiscus flower you like put it in the size you like and print it out, then cut it out trace it on the dish.
- Look for tendrils samples you like, or draw the lines freehand on the dish.
- Fill in the black background with acrylic paint.
- For the tendrils, you need 3D glue for foils (it dries up transparently, but it remains sticky).
- Cover the tendrils completely let it dry!!
- Apply the décor foil irregular (I've used a little red and bronze at the edge and covered the rest with gold). Important: the metallic or coloured side has to be above! Press on well and peel it off, repeat this step as often as necessary.
- Paint out the flower with red acrylic paint, add some golden paint at the center.
- Nail a hook on the back edge and another one at the wall of your choice… and don't forget to put a light on it!!
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from the January 2003 edition of the Orthodox Observer
NEW YORK. - The new official Archdiocese logo appears for the first time in the January 2003 issue of the Orthodox Observer.
The new design changes have resulted from a revision process, the purpose of which is to visually reflect the continuity and progress that characterizes the work and ministry of the Greek Orthodox Church in America.
In its 80-year history in the Western Hemisphere, the Greek Orthodox Church has endeavored to communicate its visual identity with clarity, consistency, and uniformity by using a distinct and recognizable logo in its print and digital media, written publications, and stationery.
From its incorporation in New York state in the 1920's until today, the Archdiocese has undergone significant organizational developments, always with the aim of best serving the spiritual needs of her faithful.
History reveals that developments in the structure of the Archdiocese prompted logo design changes.
To date, the Archdiocese has used seven logos since its establishment. Each of these has possessed unique characteristics reflective of the identity of the Archdiocese at given times in its history.
Logos are important because they communicate identity through unique and recognizable symbols. Also important in communicating the identity of an institution, uniformity and consistency are ensured by use of a logo.
Finally, logos give insights into an institution's history. This is true for our Archdiocese.
From 1961 until 2002, the seal evolved to include a visual representation of North and South America in the background, the jurisdictional territory of what was formerly the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America until 1996.
Two additional changes to the seal, seen in 1961 and 1996, have been retained in the new version, as they more accurately reflect the ecclesiastical, spiritual, and canonical identity of the Archdiocese.
The first was inclusion of the term "Orthodox" in the formal name, the "Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America" (italics added). The second change was the addition of the words "Ecumenical Patriarchate," along its edge.
Today, within the circular inscription of the new seal is a cross whose flared arms terminate in tear-drop-shaped serifs or roundels.
This iconographic type of cross, also known as "cross pomme," appears as early as the sixth century and was associated with the True Cross of Christ.
It is this large silver cross form that was erected in the Forum of Constantine in Constantinople, possibly during the reign of Theodosius I (379-395).
Certainly by the eighth century, it was identified as the form of the cross Constantine beheld in the sky before his victorious battle at the Malvian Bridge. This association was maintained throughout the duration of the Byzantine Empire.
At its center is a disc bearing the combined letters of X and P—the monogram of Christ—the Chi-Ro—that Constantine witnessed in a dream and later adopted as the official symbol for the shields of his soldiers and the imperial standard, the labarum.
Adjacent to the four cross arms are the letters IC XC NIKA: Jesus Christ conquers. Again, this is a reference to Constantine's vision in which the luminous cross in the sky was inscribed with the words: EN TOYTW NIKA—by this (sign), conquer.[1]
With the official launching of the new logo, each metropolis, parish, institution, and organization of the Archdiocese will be issued official guidelines on its use and presentation together with a CD of camera-ready templates for use on stationery and other printed material, and for the electronic media.
The guidelines will assist with proper and consistent usage throughout the Archdiocese, offering a unified presentation and consistent appearance on related materials.
Additionally, each metropolis, parish, and institution will receive an Archdiocesan flag.
The new logo has officially debuted on the cover of the 2003 Archdiocese Yearbook.
[1] Description of Archdiocesan seal courtesy of the Very Rev. Archimandrite Joachim Cotsonis, Ph.D.


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WASHINGTON – Something's fishy in the Chesapeake Bay, and that's good news.
The number of bay anchovies has increased. Environmentalists with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science explain the bay anchovy is an important food source for other fish, like striped bass and bluefish.
In the annual report card from the Center, the health of the bay has improved, going from a D+ rating in 2011 to a C for 2012. Among the good signs, less nitrogen is turning up in the waters of the bay, and the water clarity is improving.
"I'm cautiously optimistic about the health of the Chesapeake Bay," Bill Dennison with the Center for Environmental Science said in a written statement. "We are seeing progress in our efforts to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus levels. In addition, water clarity, which had been declining, has leveled out-and may even be reversing course."
Summer drought conditions last year limited the amount of storm water runoff entering the bay, the center says.
Hurricane Sandy and Tropical Storm Lee had little environmental affect on the bay.
Despite the overall improvement, the health of the Mid Bay region is declining.
WTOP's Kate Ryan contributed to this report. Follow @kateryanWTOP and @WTOP on Twitter.


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Publication Accès libre Hoydens, Harridans, and Hyenas in Petticoats : Jane Austen's Juvenilia and their contribution to eighteenth-century feminist debate(2008) Hunt, Sylvia; Ready, KathrynThis dissertation is a study of Jane Austen's juvenilia, including "Lady Susan" and "Sir Charles Grandison: or the Happy Man", a collection of work undertaken between the years 1787 and 1794. Although often viewed by modem critics as apprentice pièces for the six novels written in maturity, thèse taies also exhibit deep reflection and involvement in the Enlightenment's feminist movement and feminist opinions on female éducation, and économie and marital dependency, issues the mature novels would explore, but in a less obviously transgressive manner. Although Austen acquiesces to public and political pressure later in life in order to achieve her ambitions of publishing, her early works show a palpable dissatisfaction with the situation of women. Most scholarly criticism of the juvenilia concentrâtes on either the parody of sentimental fictioji or its biographical content. Some attention has been paid to her feminist leanings in this literature, but no thorough survey has yet been done that analyses ail of the juvenilia in this light. This dissertation hopes to rectify that situation and shed light on the early feminist views of Jane Austen in ail of the taies belonging to her juvenilia. When considering an interpretive approach to the juvenilia for this dissertation, Harold Bloom's théories of intertextuality and influence were selected. Admittedly Bloom's theory is decidedly sexually biased in that it deals with the six canonical maie Romantic poets, and uses Freudian vocabulary. However, since création (or procréation) is also a female process, and equality in parent-child relationships is not exclusively maie, Bloom's theory can be modified to include female authors in their struggle to find their own créative voices. Another reason for using the Bloomian theory of influence is that Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar refer to him as their model of female authorial development in Madwoman in the Attic, the research that is used as the basis for this dissertation's feminist argument. Their study lays the groundwork for a re-examination of the historical manifestations of self-imaging in literature and how such self-imaging has been based on gendered socialization. The analysis of the juvenilia clearly demonstrates that Austen's early works are not simply parodies of contemporary literature. Instead, they contribute to the feminist debate of the period, aligning Austen with radical feminists like Mary Wollstonecraft.


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Cross-posted from the Wonk Room.
In a passionate keynote address, green jobs leader Van Jones exhorted the 10,000 youth climate activists at the Power Shift conference in Washington, D.C., to "shift the power" and lead the clean power revolution. He argued that both parties need to be held accountable for their failures, and that activists must explain that the climate movement isn't just about "hippie power" but that it is a vision of liberty and justice for all.
Van Jones had harsh words for the national political establishment. "You have to be wise enough to hold both parties to high standards," he said:
While they're stuck on stupid in DC, your generation is rising.
Van Jones also discussed President Barack Obama, who hired him as a green jobs adviser but then let him go after Jones' politics and person came under a relentless barrage from Fox News' Glenn Beck. Jones argued that President Obama is like the friend who has the potential to be an A-plus student, but is only getting C's and D's. Jones told the assembled youth from campuses around the nation they can be a "hero for making sure your friend gets an A-plus on his presidency."
Van Jones described how we have a civilization "fueled by death" — fossil fuels from plants and animals that died millions of years ago:
We pull out of the ground death. We burn death in our power plants. Why do we get shocked when we get death in our sky as global warming, death in our oceans as oil spills, death in our children's lungs as asthma and cancer?
The strongest moments of his speech came when he discussed America's basic principles, in the context of arguing with "your uncle Joe" who watches Fox News at the Thanksgiving table. "Don't you believe in liberty?" Van asked. "Shouldn't we have the right as Americans to be energy producers?" he asked. "Shouldn't we have the right and liberty to be free from energy companies who dictate how much we pay, what air we breathe?" Coal and oil companies try to divide us with cultural stereotypes and political ideology, when a green economy is actually the truly American economy:
The stereotype is that solar power is just hippie power. But it's also cowboy power, farmer power, rancher power, and Appalachian mountain power!
Van Jones addressed the Tea Party movement that sees him as a "terrorist" and "communist." "I'm glad our sisters and brothers in the Tea Party are talking about liberty," he said. However, he said, they're missing something important. The Pledge of Allegiance doesn't just talk about liberty being integral to our nation:
The Pledge of Allegiance says liberty and justice for all!
With his voiced raised to the diverse crowd, Van Jones said "justice for all" includes justice for minorities, justice for women, justice for gays, and justice for the poor.
"Shift the power!" Van Jones concluded to thunderous applause.


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Not to be outflanked by rivals, Intel has released the $99 Minnowboard Max, a tiny single-board computer that runs Linux and Android. It is completely open source – you can check out the firmware and software here – and runs a 1.91GHz Atom E3845 processor.
The board's schematics are also available for download and the Intel graphics chipset has open-source drivers so hackers can have their way with the board. While it doesn't compete directly with the Raspberry Pi – the Pi is more an educational tool and already has a robust ecosystem – it is a way for DIYers to mess around in x86 architected systems as well as save a bit of cash. The system uses break-out boards called Lures to expand functionality.
Intel is interested in this space mostly because it has been out of it for so long. Raspberry Pi runs a Broadcomm system-on-chip with a 700Mhz ARM processor and is probably one of the most popular SBCs available. The Minnowboard brings Intel's low-power Atom processor back into the hands of hackers and makes Intel relevant in that space again – at least that's the goal.
The new board is available from the manufacturer, Circuit.co.


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I've hired a studio assistant, who is turning out to be more like a Girl Friday and all that goes with.
Perhaps eventually I'll be able to start writing again.
It looks hopeful.
The circus train is moving. We have shaken some dust.
Hoping you are having a good entering into of the insanity that is winter holidays. And all that goes with.


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Chad Johnson -- History of Domestic Violence
Chad Johnson History of Domestic Violence
Chad Johnson is no stranger to domestic violence -- TMZ has learned the former NFL star was secretly found guilty of battering a woman in 2000 ... 12 years before he allegedly struck again.
According to court records obtained by TMZ, Johnson was arrested for misdemeanor domestic battery in L.A. on February 7, 2000 ... just before he began playing football for Oregon State University.
Sources close to the case tell us the victim was his GF at the time ... and she told police the football star had slapped her in the face after he accused her of cheating on him.
According to court records, Johnson -- 22 years old at the time -- pled no contest ... and the court found him guilty of domestic battery.
Johnson was sentenced to 3 years probation and ordered to serve 45 days in L.A. County Jail. But Johnson struck a deal with the court which allowed him to avoid jail ... as long as he completed 30 days of graffiti removal work with CalTrans. Johnson was also required to complete a 12 month batterer's counseling program and ordered to stay 100 yards away from the victim.
But Johnson didn't complete his probation requirements in a timely manner ... according to court records, he blew off the hard labor AND the dom. violence program for years.
After a judge tacked on an additional 15 days of graffiti removal, Johnson finally completed his legal obligations in 2002 ... when he was a member of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Now, Johnson finds himself in a similar situation ... having been accused of battering a woman once again ... his wife Evelyn Lozada.
Johnson told police he did nothing wrong this time around. He's expected back in court soon to enter his plea.
We called Johnson's lawyer. He had no comment.


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Summary: 14 October 2010, Brussels - Speech by Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, on "A renewed commitment to children's rights" at the 5th European Forum on the Rights of the Child
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am very pleased to welcome you to the 5th European Forum on the Rights of the Child.
This meeting is particularly important because it is the first after the Lisbon Treaty introduced historic changes to the European Union. The EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights is now legally binding. Children's rights form part of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.
Under Article 24 of the Charter, children are explicitly recognised as citizens with their own rights. This recognition marks a significant advancement towards seeing children not just as in need of protection but also as independent and autonomous holders of rights.
In 2006 the Commission issued a Communication "Towards an EU Strategy on the Rights of the Child". Since then, the protection and promotion of children's rights has been high on the European Commission's agenda.
Four years on, we all know that violations of children's rights still happen, and at alarming levels.
In 2008 an estimated 20% of children in the EU were living under the poverty threshold. Everyday, vulnerable children face discrimination in accessing school or health care services - basic rights in the EU. About two and half million people are victims of human trafficking worldwide, according to the International Labour Organisation. 43% of these victims are sexually exploited. Children represented almost half of the victims.
The Communication of 2006 strengthened the EU's capacity to address children's rights and improved its consultation with stakeholders.
The 116000 hotline for missing children is one of the achievements. When I was Commissioner for Information Society, I required Member States to reserve the six-digit number range starting with 116 for services of social value in the EU.
Reserving 1-1-6-0-0-0 was the first step. Unfortunately, the hotline works in only 13 Member States. This is not good enough. I am going to send a clear message to the other 14 Member States to make sure that a good quality hotline service is offered in all 27 Member States.
Externally, the EU addressed the Rights of the Child in its development cooperation with third countries and through multilateral fora, namely the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council. The EU has also used its weight in global trade to attach measures promoting children's rights to preferential market access agreements.
I am currently preparing a new Communication on the rights of the child. It will establish a new enhanced EU Strategy, building on the achievements of the past, and looking forward to new challenges, bearing in mind that a lot remains to be done.
We consulted widely while preparing this strategy.
a) Public consultation
During this summer's public consultation, we received 120 contributions from citizens, public authorities and various organisations, including many of you here today. Thank you. We have been carefully analysing this input.
I can already highlight some of the points raised in the responses:
• there are high expectations of the EU to lead efforts to ensure the protection, promotion and fulfilment of children's rights;
• while the rights of all children must be protected, there is a need to target children in the most vulnerable situations;
• to do this, we need data;
• there is a need to involve children, and to do that, we also need to step up communication activities.
b) Child Participation: Qualitative study with children
I support the view that full recognition of children's rights requires that children are given a chance to voice their opinions and participate in the decisions that affect them.
Providing children with the means to express their views at EU level is an extremely complex task. It is an ongoing process and is a priority.
We decided to consult children directly. The results of this consultation will be presented later this morning. As I said, this is a beginning.
What did the children tell us? Most of all they want the right to participate, especially in areas of life that concern them most. Whether it is school, jobs or family problems, children want to be active participants in the decisions that directly concern them; they want to feel that their opinions count.
They want more support where it is needed and they want adults to respect their freedom to be children.
They want adults to listen to them, to trust them and involve them more in decisions taken "in their interest".
They want to be informed about their rights and about how to claim them - at school and on the internet. They want to know how to be protected from violence.
So, what are the main orientations for the new Strategy?
An ambitious EU Strategy must be comprehensive but needs to be translated into specific actions. My objective is to develop an evidence-based child rights approach in all relevant EU policies and actions affecting them. I want to put forward a number of concrete actions to be carried out at EU level and offer the Commission's full support to Member States.
I will implement the priorities defined in the Stockholm Programme which asked to pay particular attention to four major areas: child-friendly justice, fighting violence against children, protecting vulnerable groups of children and fighting child poverty. The Communication will of course also address horizontal issues, such as child participation or mainstreaming.
On child-friendly justice
When children have to deal with justice systems, their rights can be limited or overlooked in all sorts of ways. Are they well represented? Do they have the necessary information to exercise their rights or defend their interests?
Effective access to justice and active participation of children in administrative and court proceedings are basic requirements to ensure the protection of children's legal interests.
Children often participate as vulnerable witnesses or victims in criminal judicial proceedings. Children sentenced to custody and placed in criminal detention structures are particularly at risk of violence and mistreatment.
Our proposals will be designed to bring these proceedings closer to citizens and make them friendlier to children.
On fighting violence against children
It is our responsibility to prevent and protect children from violence. Too many children are still victims of trafficking, sexual abuse, exploitation and pornography. Children may be particularly vulnerable online, since they are often on-line without guidance from parents, care-givers or teachers.
Violence among children in schools has been a topic of discussion in the media. Bullying is a widespread phenomenon and can affect virtually any child in any educational setting. With the advance of modern technologies, cyber-bullying has become more and more frequent.
Adults often do not appreciate the seriousness of bullying and cyber-bullying. However, children from all across the EU see this as one of the major problems in their daily lives.
Protecting children in vulnerable situations
Many children around the world still do not get the attention they deserve from society and authorities. They are virtually invisible. Invisibility means vulnerability.
This is the case for many children: those who are orphans, missing, refugees or displaced; those with disabilities, children in institutional care or detention; and those who are trafficked or forced to be soldiers. The list is very long.
The children who find themselves in these situations can suffer from lack of access to health care, education and other basic services. They can be exposed to neglect, abuse and violence which endanger their mental and physical health, well-being and life. This is why children in these situations require and deserve special protection.
Fighting child poverty
Invisibility can also come from poverty. There are over 100 million children and young people aged 0-18 years in Europe. At least 20 million of them are at risk from poverty, with the risk of falling into poverty increasing as the effects of the economic crisis continue to be felt. The number of children living in poverty in the world is staggering. Fighting child poverty and promot¬ing child well-being is a key priority for achieving children's rights inside and outside the EU.
Role and added value of the EU
When I say that I want a high level of protection for all children in the EU - I mean all children. We have to drive policy-making and measure progress. The EU is spending a considerable share of its budget on policy areas that affect the rights and well-being of children, most notably through its structural funds and development co-operation instruments, but little is known of how they really affect children.
Experience with the implementation of the 2006 Communication has revealed a significant lack of reliable, comparable and official data. Gaps in knowledge about the situation and needs of the most vulnerable groups of children should be addressed as a matter of priority. This is a practical problem but we have to deal with it to make the rest of our policies effective. Instead of working in the dark, we should change the light bulb.
The Commission is changing the bulb: we have developed mechanisms to monitor the conformity of draft legislative and non-legislative actions with children's rights. The EU must be beyond reproach in that respect whenever making legislation. Very soon the Commission will present a communication on the strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights which will explain how to reinforce the assessment of the impact of new legislative proposals on fundamental rights, including children's rights.
It is my intention to enhance and give more visibility to this work, which remains one of the core tasks of the Commission as the guardian of the Treaties.
Finally, there is room for improvement in terms of co-operation between all stakeholders.
Ensuring the respect of the rights of the child is a common responsibility. The European Parliament has always been supportive of the Strategy and holds regular dialogues with national parliaments in which issues related to the rights of the child can be discussed. The Presidency leads the work of the Council of Ministers and plays a key role in ensuring the high level of protection for children that the European Council has asked for. The Committee of the Regions gathers representatives from local authorities that have a crucial role to play in designing and implementing policies for children. The Council of Europe has a wealth of experience in promoting the rights of the child in Europe and is active on a number of crucial policy areas. The Ombudspersons are in touch every day with the reality of children in the Member States. UNICEF offers precious guidance to the EU and to its Member States in the implementation of the UN Convention. And civil society is present, and active, inside and outside the EU.
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the moment to renew our commitment. We all have a role to play in promoting and ensuring the respect of the Rights of the Child, each one of us with different tools. Expectations are very high. I am ready to do my part.
Thank you.


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Tonight (9/14, at 7:00 pm), the Mondo Gallery in Austin will be exhibiting the artwork of Mondo artists Robert Brandenburg and Craig Drake. FilmDrunk was offered the opportunity to exclusively debut the above piece from Brandenburg. Obviously, it's a pretty big deal. What? Don't look at me like that, ya boy got connections. (*throws up Cheetos-stained gang sign*)
Artist Robert Brandenburg will be reinterpreting classic movie posters by adding embellishments to the original one-sheets for the Mondo show. His subtle and sometimes not-so-subtle tweaks to iconic art are sublime, adding new meaning to familiar poster art from movies like Deliverance, Manhattan and more.
Robert Brandenburg is a self-taught artist with 40 years of professional experience. He's had solo exhibits at the Middletown (Ohio) Fine Arts Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Dayton Museum of Natural History, and Gallery1988 (Venice) in 2012. Mr. Brandenburg was born in Middletown, Ohio in 1954 and continues to reside there.
Obviously, a piece in which Free Willy gets harpooned in the side (click to enlarge it for the full experience) and dragged into a rubber boat as he bleeds to death was right up our alley. If this could somehow include someone getting farted on and a corgi in a top hat, it would be the FilmDrunkest image of all time.
The Brandenburg/Drake show starts today and runs through October 6th.


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Google AdSense is the easiest and most common way to monetize your website or blog. The problem is that most webmasters and bloggers earn only a few dollars per month, because they think that the only thing they have to do is just place AdSense code on their site and wait to make thousand of dollars.
Here are a few tips that will improve your AdSense earnings even without increasing your site's or blog visitors.
1. Build a custom color palette for your ads. Select colors that fit to the style and colors of your site. Preferably, you should choose colors that already exist on your site. For example if the background of your site is white and the links are blue, you should choose the same colors for the background and the titles of your AdSense ads. (white background and blue titles). If you make this small change, you will get many more clicks from visitors because these ads will be seen as links of your site.
2. Place the AdSense ads on the top and the right side of your site. AdSense ads should be the first thing that visitors see when they visit your site and not be hidden. You will be amazed what difference AdSense location can make when you see your earnings.
3. Try to automate the insertion of your AdSense code into the website pages using SSI (or server side included). Ask your web administrator if your server supports SSI or not. How do you do it? Just save your AdSense code in a text file, save it as "AdSense text", and upload it to the root directory of the web server. Then using SSI, call the code on other pages. This tip is a time saver especially for those who are using automatic page generators to generate pages on their website.
4. Tell Google which ads to serve in your site or blog. Most people do not know that Google gives you the option to target a specific part of your page, which you can optimize with the keywords that you like. (Of course, it should be part of your content and not just a paragraph with repeated keywords). The only thing you should do is to add two lines of code inside the HTML on each page;
The code is the following:
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If you are using wordpress and you are not familiar with html coding there are a lot of plugins that can do this automatically (just search for targeted AdSense plugins)


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Project 3 - Evans
"Fibrosis in the Tumor MicroEnvironment"
Speaker: David Brenner, Project Leader
Presenting the research under the Research Project:
Effect of Underlying Liver Diseases on Fibrosis induced by Superfund Toxicants
Seminar Title: "The role of oxidant stress and NAPOH oxidases in liver fibrosis "
The UCSD Superfund Research Center holds a monthly Seminar Series in which participating laboratories, including Principal Investigators, postdoctoral trainees, and students report on their research plans and progress. The scientific presentations are followed by free discussions. These seminars play an essential role in disseminating data between the laboratories, as well as providing an opportunity for all members of the program to interact on a regular basis.
The seminars are mandatory for supported students of our Training Core and postdoctoral fellows that are supported by the research projects. All the Principal Investigators of our Center are encouraged to attend and there is always at least one representative from each Project and Core. Many collaborative activities, especially those between biomedical and non-biomedical projects, have resulted from these meetings.
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"A mechanism of CCl4-induced liver injury and fibrosis: The role of mitochondrial quality control regulated by Ubc13"
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"Aisle 17 – Genetics of Fibrosis"
Project 7 - Schroeder
"Molecular Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Detoxification and Accumulation in Plants"
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"UGTs and Tumorigenesis"
CEC/RTC - Pezzoli/Al-Delaimy/Zaslavsky
"Community Engagement and Research Translation"
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"Detection of toxicant chromate and recent approaches to arsenate"
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To reduce wait times and improve the voter experience, the Maricopa County Elections Department is more than tripling the number of voting locations for the March 17, 2020 Democratic Presidential Preference Election.
On Election Day, voters will have 229 voting locations, including 40 locations that will serve as vote anywhere locations. The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved the full list of locations this week.
"My number one priority during my term as Chairman is to run great elections. This Board, in partnership with the Recorder, is putting the resources into making sure we do right by voters," said Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Clint Hickman, District 4. "Today we approved 229 voting locations for the March 17th Presidential Preference Election, more than tripling the 2016 number. I would like to thank the Elections Department for their hard work and planning to ensure we are successful, as well as county staff who answered my call to volunteer their time in service of best-in-class elections."
The Elections Department reviewed historic turnout models, mapped voting patterns and worked with community partners to increase polling locations from 60 in 2016 to 229 this election.
In addition to increased polling locations, under the new joint management structure with the Board of Supervisor and Recorder Adrian Fontes, the Elections Department has purchased new tabulation equipment, nearly doubled the amount of full-time staff and invested in a voter education campaign: BeBallotReady.vote.
The Presidential Preference Election is the voter's chance to select their party's nominee for President of the United States. Unlike Arizona's traditional primaries, the Presidential Preference Election is not an open primary. Only the Democratic Party has chosen to participate in the election on March 17, 2020.
Only Democrats registered by February 18, 2020 are eligible to vote in this election. The Republican and Libertarian parties opted out of this election. Those registered without a party, commonly referred to as independents, are not eligible.
Find the full list of polling places and office addresses at Locations.Maricopa.Vote.


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Nasa fears of Apollo 11 moon rock black market revealed by UK scientist
Fears moon rock would be sold on the black market prompted a raft of security procedures to follow the Apollo 11 samples to Britain.
Dr Grenville Turner obtained one of the first 16 lunar specimen allocated to research groups in the UK, following the first landing on the moon 50 years ago this month.
According to the 82-year-old, Nasa insisted safes were used to store fragments, and sent security personnel on a visit to ensure they were being handled appropriately, amid concerns that they could be illegally traded.
"They were worried about the black market in moon rocks and so they had these rules about storage facilities and they also had very careful legal contracts so that we couldn't sell them," Dr Turner told PA.
"They sent security people round to check how you're looking after them and a lot of my samples were held in glassware.
"We had to have a safe and I had an alarm system on them.
"When the first ones arrived I spoke with a local safe person to lend me a safe and fix it up so that it would contact the police if someone tried to break into it but we just did that until we got our own safe.
"We had to keep a very strict list of when samples were split into different amounts one way or another and we had this great long table of the sequence of events.
"That wasn't a problem until you had to send things back and you had to fill in all these forms.
"They weren't difficult, they just wanted to make sure that there wasn't a black market.
"I think there have been examples when some have been sold and they have got onto it pretty quickly."
Dr Turner was in his 30s when he enlisted to work out the age of rocks taken from the moon by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin during the Apollo 11 landing in July 1969, a moment that propelled his career and led to him being elected to the prestigious Royal Society in 1980.
"The thing I was measuring was the age," he explained.
"The basalts which are from the mare regions, the so-called seas, they range from 3.2 billion up to 3.8 billion, but this was a major period of volcanic activity on the moon and after that the amount of volcanic activity decreased."
The scientist, who believes he is only one of two original principal investigators from the UK still living, decided to put the "soot-like" moon dust that he had also received on display in a Sheffield museum, attracting more than 34,000 people.
"I wasn't interested in the soil, that would just screw my equipment up," he explained.
"All I did with the soil is put it on display for a short time in the local museum, I didn't have it on for very long because it was a pain collecting it every day and putting it into the safe.
"The crowd was absolutely astonishing, people trailed all the way around the inside the museum and out onto the street and around the park next to the museum, waiting to see this bit of dirt… it just looked like soot."
After keeping hold of the samples for several years, Dr Turner had to eventually return them to Nasa.
"It's nice to look back and think that you were a part of it," he said of Apollo 11's 50th anniversary.
"I really started to make a name for myself after that, because I had been doing some work on meteorite measuring, meteorite ages, but the community of people who analyse meteorites is actually quite small but then working on the moon and working on a new technique that nobody else has used."


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Most accommodations in Provo have washers and dryers in the units, so pack light. You can wash your clothes conveniently at your whim and dry swimsuits before repacking. If your resort doesn't offer laundry facilities or a laundry service, you'll find a dry cleaner/laundry facility next to Beaches on the Lower Bight Road. There is also a dry cleaner in the complex just south of Graceway Gourmet IGA, as well as one on the extension of Leeward Highway.
If you travel with a carry-on, remember that airlines allow only 3-ounce bottles of liquids. Don't worry: it's not too expensive to buy sunscreen at the Graceway IGA supermarket. There's really not a huge bug problem in the Turks and Caicos, but sometimes after a rain or at dusk you might get a bite or two, so you will end up needing to bring or buy some repellent.
Almost all the resorts and villas have hair dryers and give you shampoo, conditioner, and a small box of laundry detergent. Check ahead to be certain. "Bring half the clothes and twice the money"—words to live by.


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Most of the popular new PVR cards sold for Windows XP MC, known as "Blackbird", haven't hard drivers to use with Linux/Myth.
We have been working on these drivers and released an alpha version at http://plutohome.com. Pluto even has a self-booting kick-start CD that will automatically install & configure everything for you, including a ready-to-go Myth system. It's the fastest and easiest way to get a MythTV PVR up and running, and also installs Xine, Asterisk and our own software to give you the most advanced media & entertainment, home automation, security, telecom & computing system, controllable with your Symbian Bluetooth mobile phone, as well as PDA's and Webpads.
We're working hard to harden the drivers as quickly as possible and would like as much feedback as possible. These 2nd generation cards are lower in price and offer better picture quality than the current models supported in IVTV, so be sure to check them out. A list of all the compatible cards, known as "Blackbird" cards, is found on our website.
- http://plutohome.com - click 'support', 'support site', and choose "CX88 Blackbird Drivers" from the projects menu
- Info for Linux hackers


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Hawaii junior golfer earned highest qualifying score of anyone going to finals in 12-13 age group
The main event in Augusta gets underway Thursday. But in Hawaii last weekend, some of the best junior golfers hit the golf course for the Annual Drive, Chip and Putt Championship including one young hot shot from Oahu's North Shore.
Mia Cepeda finished in a tie for 8th in her age group. But the experience is one that will last a lifetime.
"I don't know who my favorite player is probably Sergio Garcia. And for the women, I don't know. Maybe Danielle Kang or Michele Wie," said Mia Cepeda.
It's pretty easy to see Mia Cepeda is a student of the game. And equally easy to see she had golf clubs in her hands by the time she could walk.
"I've been golfing since I was like four years old and I did my first tournament when I was like five. Like when I had plastic clubs and I've pretty much been doing it my entire life," said Cepeda.
The kids clubs are long gone, and her game, like herself, has matured quite nicely.
"It definitely took some time for me to get committed to it but I really like it now. My dad really liked golf when he was younger. He just got us into it and I just fell in love with it," said Cepeda.
And she's parlayed that love of the game into some serious early success. She says she gets nervous when the stakes are high but the Oahu North Shore resident showed no signs of nerves at Torrey Pines when she qualified for the National Drive, Chip and Putt finals.
"It didn't sink in right away but it felt really amazing. I knew I did good but I didn't realize that I actually did it . But that day I wasn't nervous and I did everything really well and I got it done," said Cepeda.
Getting it done is quite the understatement. She performed so well she earned the highest qualifying score of anyone going to the finals in her 12-13 age group. Excelling in all three skills.
"I like to think that I'm pretty good at all of them equally. But I would probably say I'm better than most people at chipping. I'm not like the longest driver. Putting, I'm pretty good at but I think I'm the best at chipping," said Cepeda.
And the Kahuku Intermediate student has always had someone pushing and supporting her every step of the way. She and her sister Ava have grown up playing golf together. They travel often for junior tournaments. And when they're home they practice at Kahuku Golf Course. A windy, picturesque nine holes tucked away on the North Shore. Now, even at her young age, there seems to be a total understanding of the privilege she enjoyed, to walk the lush fairways of Augusta National.
"I just want to remember being able to play there. I want to remember doing well there because this is pretty much a once in a lifetime experience," said Mia.


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Soft drink
A Soft Drink (also known as Liquid Snap) is a dangerous substance that could induce 'sobering down'. This dangerous condition can cause heightening of fear, inability to talk like a Tang, and makes women appear as ugly as they are. Such drinks need to be consumed with love, or preferably with Molson Canadian.
The addition of alky-hol to any soft drink makes it safe for consumption, and vastly improves the flavor of noxious substances such as kool-aid.
The famous legal case brought against the makers of Stinkpop™ in 1982 proved that soft drink consumption does indeed make women impotent. 72 women brought the class action against the company after being unable to produce an erection. They received $100,000 in damages, and Stinkpop was taken off the market. Since then it is mandatory that all soft drinks include the disclaimer "This substance may make your mojo fail".
The subject of Pop versus Soda has arisen many times. However, Oscar Wilde was the one to finally end the debate with his cataclysmic phrase:
"I drank pop once. My abdomen exploded. I wouldn't recommend pop, as I am now abdomenless. Soda, however, is much more clean, environmentally friendly, and can teach your kids how to pay their taxes."
Soft drinks were invented with the intent of mind control. The government tested soft drink's mind control abilities and realized it was useless. They threw it into the same room as LSD where it was later found by interns and massed produced along with LSD, and other failed mind control devices (see chairs).
Unfortunately, the original interns split up due to the fact that some liked the coke variant of the original recipe and others liked the Pepsi variant.
These interns, now billionaires, saw that soft drinks had an addictive quality to them and began changing their recipes little by little to appeal to wider demographics. Doing so gave birth to Dr. Pepper, Fanta, Vanilla Coke, Pepsi Max, and Root Beer.
List of pop[edit]
Dr. Eggman invented pop. Here is a list of various different types of pop:
- Silk Worm Pop
- Bort Pop
- Old Man's Horrible Breath Pop
- Dandruff Pop
- King of Pop
- Mammal Walking Having Peculiar Smell Pop
- Dylan's Honey-flavored Sock Pop
- Sunfart Pop
- Armpit and Woopie (A&W) Pop
- ChinaMan Brown Pop
- Monstrous Testicular Infusion Soda
- Drew Lecker pop
List of soft drinks[edit]
- Any food that can be consumed with a straw. e.g. milk, jello, or mashed potatoes
- Any beverage with less than 40% alcoholic content
- A cowardly drink, such as soy milk
- Stored in cans made from recycled Robots.
- American beer
- Bacon in a Bottle
- Breastmilk
- Coca Cola
- Fecal E.Coli
- Kool-aid
- Mountain Dew, the Nectar of the Gods
- Mosquito semen
- Soylent Green (People)
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Python 101, the book I am authoring is nearly finished. I had a couple of "proof" copies produced by Lulu to verify things were laying out correctly and to help me find mistakes. Seeing it in print is pretty cool. It also made some oversights pretty obvious, although they're all cosmetic in nature.
Anyway, right now I am just going through the book and doing some final edits. I also have an appendix to add and I am currently waiting for two more illustrations to be finished. The book is still scheduled to launch in June, 2014. You can actually pre-order the ebook now. I will add a link to the softcover when it's ready for purchase, probably sometime during the first week of June.
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Daiki Suzuki first encountered Woolrich back in the 1970s, as a buyer for the first store to carry the line in Japan. It's fitting then, that the designer would go on to design a high-end line for the 180-year-old company. He's also the man behind the New York label Engineered Garments. We caught up with the surf aficionado to talk about his nautical spring line and the state of menswear.
Woolrich Woolen Mills is available at Blackbird, Forward and Odin
How do you keep the two labels separate as you create?
Woolrich has to be intrinsic with the original brand. So I always work under that specific sense. I start on that line first and when I finish, then I begin designing Engineered Garments. Anything that wouldn't fit for Woolrich can often work for EG.
How did you develop your appreciation for Americana?
Growing up, there was a big moment in Japan when it seemed everything was coming from the US—specifically California lifestyles like the hippies and outdoor sports. There was also Ivy League fashion from movies like The Graduate, Animal House and Love Story. I was a teenager back then and so naturally, I was really inspired. I've been doing it in my own way ever since.
Why do you think it's had such a resurgence?
I'm not certain why, but maybe people needed some new direction in men's fashion. Thom Browne and some others came at just the right time to show their own take on American style which, in a sense, became much more hip than classic Ralph Lauren.
What should I pack for my first business trip?
- Matt, OH
With nearly every airline imposing a baggage fee nowadays, if you can get away with flying with just a carry-on, do it.
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O'Driscoll makes Stead-y start
Jon Stead's last-gasp winner earned Bristol City boss Sean O'Driscoll a 2-1 victory in his first home game in charge against Ipswich.
The former Tractor Boys striker won the match with 60 seconds remaining to give the side rock-bottom of the npower Championship a huge three points in their battle against relegation.
The visitors led at half-time thanks to the recalled Daryl Murphy but, just two minutes after the break, substitute Steven Davies levelled with a fine finish.
And it looked like the sides would draw 1-1 for the second time this season until Stead's late intervention.
Bristol City came into this match without a goal since New Year's Day but their chances of ending that barren spell were boosted by the return of top scorer Sam Baldock to the starting line-up alongside Ryan Taylor.
While Baldock had been passed fit following injury, Taylor had to be withdrawn after just 15 minutes with an arm problem and was replaced by Davies.
That early change of strike partner did not seem to phase Baldock who had the first real chance of a quiet opening to the match with a 21st-minute volley from inside the box that was deflected just inches wide of Scott Loach's goal by Tommy Smith.
At the other end the visitors had their first chance of the match three minutes later, David McGoldrick controlling the ball on his chest before firing wide.
And the former Nottingham Forest man played a part in the game's opening goal on the half-hour mark. McGoldrick flicked the ball to the recalled Murphy, who drew Tom Heaton in before coolly firing home his sixth of the season.
City, who have conceded more goals on home soil than any other team in the division, then came very close to letting in the 35th of the campaign eight minutes before the break when Lee Martin somehow missed the target from six yards after being found by McGoldrick's cross.
There were missed opportunities before the break for Davies, with a free-kick held at the second attempt, and Liam Kelly, as they looked to score the first Robins goal for 342 minutes.
And just two minutes after Sean O'Driscoll's first half-time team talk at Ashton Gate they did just that. Louis Carey's raking ball found Paul Anderson and the former Liverpool winger's reverse pass found Davies, who finished from a tight angle to draw the home side level.
Ipswich were stung into action by that 47th-minute equaliser and Murphy could have scored his second of the afternoon three minutes later but he nodded over the bar from inside the six-yard box.
Anderson thought he should have had a penalty with 12 minutes to go when he felt Bradley Orr handled the ball inside the box but his protests were waved away.
At the other end Heaton made a big double save with six minutes to go to deny Aaron Cresswell and then Martin as he looked certain to score.
And just when it looked like the sides would have to settle for a point, debutant Brendan Moloney stood up a cross which Davies knocked down into the path of Stead and the striker kept his cool to earn a vital win.
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[This article was contributed by the SQL Azure team.]
Just like SQL Server, SQL Azure fully supports local transactions. TechNet has released an interesting wiki article more about how SQL Azure handles transactions, as well as describing some of the basics. I would suggest taking a look, just to get more up to date on what capabilities SQL Azure has to offer.
Let me know if you would like more article highlights like this in the future. We love hearing from our readers about what topics they want to see next.


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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas…in Disney World!
As we look forward to the holiday season in Walt Disney World, let's take a look at when to expect the artful (and edible) decor to go on display this year! Several Disney deluxe resorts showcase massive holiday gingerbread displays, and we've got info and photos about where and when to see them below!
And if you're really craving all there is to know about the holidays in Walt Disney World, it's time to treat yourself (or a friend!) to the DFB Guide to the Walt Disney World® Holidays 2012 e-Book! We've included all of the gingerbread displays, when to visit them, and more!
The gingerbread displays at Disney's deluxe resorts are created by the Walt Disney World Food and Beverage team. Sometimes you can even watch the chefs put on the finishing touches! In addition to the beautiful displays, storefronts at each display sell yummy treats, and 2012 limited edition Gingerbread Display pins!
Grand Floridian Gingerbread House
As your eyes try to take in the enormous Christmas tree in the lobby, your sense of smell will lead you toward the 16 foot tall Gingerbread House located in the Grand Floridian Resort. Stop by November 19th – December 31st!
It takes over 400 hours to bake the 10,000+ pieces of gingerbread! Look closely and you may even see puffs of smoke coming from the chimney!
Don't forget that you can purchase a treat made from a classic Austrian gingerbread recipe right inside the Gingerbread House!! Freshly baked items will include cookies, ornaments, and miniature houses.
Chip 'n Dale are featured on the 2012 Limited Edition pin for the Grand Floridian Resort gingerbread house!
Here's a Tip: Gingerbread House Decorating demos are held Monday through Saturday in front of the house. You can see a video here:
BoardWalk Inn
A Holiday Gazebo will highlight a beautiful scene made of gingerbread and chocolate from November 16, 2012, until January 5, 2013. Don't forget to look for Hidden Mickeys!
Stitch will again be the focus of this year's display at the BoardWalk, and he'll be selling goodies from his very own Bakery once again! The storefront will feature a miniature replica of our favorite Boardwalk Bakery, except in this scene Stitch has mischievously taken over the place.
We'll see Lilo in the background, and delicious treats will be sold from this store. Each day, cast members will be present while they decorate miniature gingerbread houses for purchase. Stollen bread, Gingerbread shingles, and a Limited Edition pin featuring Stitch can be purchased at Dundy's Sundries.
Contemporary Resort
Chefs will create a 17 ft. holiday tree on the 4th floor concourse again this year for display November 15, 2012, through January 2, 2013. Guests will love the holiday ornaments, candy canes, and presents that complete this scene.
Here's a Tip: This exhibit will include 14 Hidden Mickeys, 136 lbs honey, 211 lbs flour, 101 eggs, 27 lbs spices, 15 lbs sugar syrup, 98 lbs icing, 151 lbs of chocolate and over 2,000 gingerbread shingles! My holiday baking isn't looking quite as intimidating now. 😉
We loved the specialty Gingerbread houses with chocolate monorails running through them last year!
A classic gingerbread recipe will help create the gingerbread cookies, shingles, and ornaments. Linzer, Snowflake, Chocolate Peppermint, and Butter Cookies will be for sale here.
Look for the Holiday Gingerbread House Limited Edition Pin!
Beach Club
The Gingerbread carousel is a tradition at the Beach Club during the holiday season. It's a mind-boggling creation made of chocolate ponies, handcrafted poinsettias, hand-painted chocolate Disney characters (themed differently each year!), and over 100 pounds of icing.
It's fun to look for the hidden Mickeys too! And we love the Gingerbread Castle that sits nearby atop a table. We can expect to see this display from November 17, 2012, to January 4, 2013.
A gingerbread house will be created as a storefront for house-made goodies. Choose (if you can! :-)) between cookies, Gingerbread house kits, Gingerbread houses, stollen bread, and even chocolate covered cookie lollipops!
A limited edition pin will feature Ariel and the Carousel, and will be released November 15th (TODAY!!).
Here's a Tip: Children can decorate their own gingerbread men in the lobby on Friday and Saturday afternoons. Ask the Concierge for information.
Yacht Club
The annual Holiday Village Train set will take to the tracks once again! Yes, that's a sugar rock mountain and village! Also, a gingerbread house may debut on November 17th at this location in 2012. Let us know if you see it!
Don't forget to look for all of your favorite food locations along the train route — including Beaches and Cream and the Captain's Grille!
Liberty Inn
At the Liberty Inn at Epcot's American Adventure, Santa's Bakeshop will be revealed! This house will be made of gingerbread using over 800 pounds of sugar! Christmas cookies along with hot and cold beverages will be sold from the house as they were last year.
(Psst! Last year they had Egg Nog and hot cider here, so if either of those is a draw for you — head to Epcot!)
A Limited Edition Pin Signing with Disney Chef Yolanda Lazo (artisan of the gingerbread house) will take place on November 23, 3-4pm.
We're looking forward to checking these gingerbread treats out for real in just a few days! Can't wait to share photos with you on facebook and twitter!
Want More Disney Holiday Details?
We've captured everything you need to know about visiting Disney World during the holidays — including over 200 full-color photos! — in our DFB Guide to the Walt Disney World® Holidays 2012!
Pick up your copy TODAY for $3 off using code HOLIDAY at check-out!
What is your favorite Christmas display at Walt Disney World? Share your must-see displays in the comments below!
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Even with access to a nice table saw, cutting full sheets of plywood can be difficult. Here is an alternate method I like to use to break down sheets to pieces of a more manageable size. It also works well as a way to accurately cut plywood if you don't have a table saw.
I set my shop boxes to a lower height, and turned the I-beams 90 degrees. This puts the plywood at a convenient height, and the saw blade will nick the edges of the beams rather than cut a slot across the flat surfaces. You can also do this with regular sawhorses, with two or three sacrificial 2 x 4s spanning them. You want the plywood to be fully supported as you make the cut , you don't want the cut off piece to drop as the cut nears completion.
In addition to the circular saw, all I need is my tape measure and framing square, a shop-built jig, and a couple small clamps. For a minimal investment, I can cut plywood as accurately as I can with a table saw, though it does take a bit longer.
The key to success is careful measuring and layout, and the jig that guides the saw. The jig is made from two pieces of 1/2″-thick Baltic birch plywood. The bottom piece is about 8″ wide, and the top piece is about 1-1/2″ wide. Both pieces are about 60″ long. The top piece is glued to the bottom one, leaving about 1″ of space for the clamps. The only critical dimension is to leave a space from the edge of the skinny piece to the edge of the wide piece that is bigger than the distance from the edge of the saw's baseplate to the edge of the blade.
After the glue has dried, run the saw against the fence, trimming off the bottom piece of plywood. The jig is now set so that the blade of the saw will cut precisely to the edge of the jig. To use it, simply clamp the edge of the jig to your layout line, keeping the edge of the jig on the edge of the piece you want to keep. Set the depth of the saw blade so that it will be about 1/4″ below the bottom of the plywood when you cut. Set the edge of the saw's base against the edge of the fence and make the cut.
Here are the completed stands with the plywood tops and shelves in place. I glue the plywood down with yellow glue, using narrow crown staples to fasten them to the edge of the board below. You can also use nails or screws.
If you make any of these for your own shop, or come up with a variation or improvement, send me a photo of the results. I'll post the interesting ones here on the blog.
Here are some supplies and tools we find essential in our everyday work around the shop. We may receive a commission from sales referred by our links; however, we have carefully selected these products for their usefulness and quality.


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A Citizen Warrior Fighting the Good Fight in Terre Haute
A READER and dedicated counterjihadist named Ramachandra got a letter published in the Tribune Star on March 4, 2011. With his permission, we are republishing it along with our congratulations on his persistence and clarity. Here is his letter:
The pitfalls of understanding Islamic law
In the Feb. 6 Tribune-Star, syndicated columnist Diana West states (referring to the Islamic world) that "their freedom is not necessarily our freedom." In fact, language is a major impediment in understanding Islam, as pointed out by Gregory Davis in his book, "Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World."
Davis mentions the following issues:
When the Islamic world refers to the "establishment of justice," it means the "the establishment of Sharia." Sharia is Islamic law which mandates the subjugation, oppression and exploitation of non-Muslims and women; hardly something that the free world would term "justice." Islamic law institutionalizes male Islamic supremacism, to the detriment of non-Muslims and women. Thus "Islamic justice" constitutes "injustice" for non-Muslims and women.
When Sayyid Qutb, the guiding light of the Muslim Brotherhood, affirmed that "Islam is a Religion of Peace" in his book, "Islam and Universal Peace," what he meant was this: "Islam seeks the subjugation of the whole world under Sharia. When Sharia becomes universally triumphant, peace will reign; therefore Islam is a Religion of Peace." Thus the "peace" of Islam can only be achieved after non-Muslim civilization has been destroyed.
Islamic virtues such as "mercy," "forgiveness," "kindness," etc. apply toward other Muslims, not to mankind in general. In fact, being unfriendly to non-Muslims is considered a virtue in Islam. (The Koran, Surah 5 Verse 51: "Believers, take neither the Jews nor the Christians for your friends"). Thus "virtue" in Islam is what would be considered "rude behavior" in the West.
Islam forbids suicide, but in Surah 9 Verse 111, The Koran promises paradise to those who "kill (non-Muslims) and are killed" in the cause of Allah. Thus while suicide is forbidden by Islam, it becomes a virtue in "suicide bombings," if it results in the killing of non-Muslims.
Both Western society and Islam forbid rape, but "rape" means very different things in the two societies.
In the West, rape is any form of nonconsensual sexual intercourse. However, in Islam, consent is not required of "those women whom one's right hand possesses," that is, non-Muslim women captured during jihad (The Koran, Surah 33, Verse 52). Thus non-consensual sexual intercourse with non-Muslim women captured during jihad is lawful under Islamic Law. Thus what would be considered rape in the West is a lawful act in Islamic Law.
Indeed, language is an impediment in understanding Islam.
— Ramachandra
Are you looking for something you can do that would make a difference? Here's something: Write clear, persuasive letters to the editor of your local paper, and keep writing and clarifying and improving your ability to communicate until you get something published. This is not the first letter Ramachandra has written to the editor. This isn't even the first letter he's had published. He persists and he succeeds. He's an example for us all.
Here's another letter to the editor, published in Terre Haute: The contradictions of 'peaceful' Islam.


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A bit of a mixed bag of things spotted on my travels around Auckland over the past couple of weeks or so. First, Onehunga, where a mural has been freshly installed (these shots taken 21 August).
Painted by members of Onehunga's YMCA Raise Up n Represent group. I recognised the origami peace cranes straight off, but it took a while to notice the stylised pixellated version of One Tree Hill (without the tree, of course. If we ever get to have trees once more on the mount, will they be added later?)
It's meant to be "hip hop" and "digital", according to artist Adrian Jackman. I can see that they've succeeded.
At the other end of the spectrum, and across the Manukau Harbour at Mangere Bridge shops, this old mural still lingers in behind the main street, facing the library carpark. There used to be a hangi takeaways here, apparently, and this was done as part of the advertising. A bit of Kiwiana, found unexpectedly.
At the back of the Karangahape Road shops, this mural along an otherwise dull streetscape of carpark entries and loading bays. Sorry I didn't get a better shot without the fantail at the end washed out by the sun -- a friend had offered me a ride to Mt Albert that day, and I didn't want to keep him waiting.
Advertising, yes -- but I do rather like this mural spotted in Dominion Road's Eden Valley shops.
More of my past landscape about to vanish -- the Avondale Book Exchange has gone, the shop now a household goods store. I wonder how long the illuminated sign will last. Photographed this week.
Finally, the Maori waharoa or gateway leading to a cycleway formed up Puketapapa/Mt Roskill (Winstone Park), with State Highway 20 in the background.
If there are any interpretive signs in the vicinity, I couldn't see them -- which is a pity. I'd liked to know the story behind the gateway, and this stone (above). Yes, they're nice, but seriously -- unless you have some kind of explanation on the ground, installations like these are just about as good as lawn ornaments. They're pretty in the landscape, but the story is lost. Just my personal opinion.


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There have been stories of the paper being printed to pulp. No commercial advertising. Of The New Age lying in reams in government offices. If you are a Telkom customer, news is that you're supporting the Gupta's New Age.
Read why in TechCentral's story on how Telkom is handing The New Age millions: Exclusive: The New Age newspaper, controlled by the Gupta family, is being paid R1m in sponsorship fees for each of the 12 business breakfasts it's hosting in the 2012/13 financial year.


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A couple of things
Pretty sure it's not a series 3 Chromebook, the Samsung Series 3 was an older x86 line. It is an xe303 though.
Also on the SD slot, if you get one of these -
And stick in a microsd card, then cut the USB side off the adaptor with nail scissors (it still works fine) you have a flush-fitting SD slot. I agree it's a bad design. Also you can then install Chrubuntu on the SD and you have a fully-featured little laptop with awesome battery life :)


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Studies have shown that older adults with dementia (a brain disorder that affects the ability to remember, think clearly, communicate, and perform daily activities and may cause changes in mood and personality) who take antipsychotics (medications for mental illness) such as paliperidone have an increased risk of death during treatment. Older adults with dementia may also have a greater chance of having a stroke or ministroke during treatment.
Paliperidone is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of behavior problems in older adults with dementia. Talk to the doctor who prescribed this medication, if you, a family member, or someone you care for has dementia and is taking paliperidone. For more information, visit the FDA website: Web Site
Paliperidone is used to treat the symptoms of schizophrenia (a mental illness that causes disturbed or unusual thinking, loss of interest in life, and strong or inappropriate emotions). Paliperidone is in a class of medications called atypical antipsychotics. It works by changing the activity of certain natural substances in the brain.
Paliperidone comes as an extended-release (long-acting) tablet to take by mouth. It is usually taken once a day in the morning with or without food. Take paliperidone at around the same time every day. Follow the directions on your prescription label carefully, and ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain any part you do not understand. Take paliperidone exactly as directed. Do not take more or less of it or take it more often than prescribed by your doctor.
Swallow the tablets whole with plenty of water or other liquid. Do not split, chew, or crush the tablets. Tell your doctor if you cannot swallow tablets. Your doctor will probably prescribe another medication to treat your condition.
Talk to your doctor about how you are feeling during your treatment. If your symptoms are still bothersome, your doctor may gradually increase your dose, not more often than once every 5 days.
Paliperidone controls the symptoms of schizophrenia but does not cure the condition. Continue to take paliperidone even if you feel well. Do not stop taking paliperidone without talking to your doctor.
This medication may be prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information.
Before taking paliperidone,
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise, continue your normal diet.
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember it. However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one.
Paliperidone may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms or those listed in the IMPORTANT WARNING section, call your doctor immediately:
Paliperidone may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
Keep this medication in the container it came in, tightly closed, and out of reach of children. Store it at room temperature and away from excess heat and moisture (not in the bathroom).
Unneeded medications should be disposed of in special ways to ensure that pets, children, and other people cannot consume them. However, you should not flush this medication down the toilet. Instead, the best way to dispose of your medication is through a medicine take-back program. Talk to your pharmacist or contact your local garbage/recycling department to learn about take-back programs in your community. See the FDA's Safe Disposal of Medicines website ( Web Site) for more information if you do not have access to a take-back program.
It is important to keep all medication out of sight and reach of children as many containers (such as weekly pill minders and those for eye drops, creams, patches, and inhalers) are not child-resistant and young children can open them easily. To protect young children from poisoning, always lock safety caps and immediately place the medication in a safe location – one that is up and away and out of their sight and reach. Web Site
In case of overdose, call the poison control helpline at 1-800-222-1222. Information is also available online at Web Site. If the victim has collapsed, had a seizure, has trouble breathing, or can't be awakened, immediately call emergency services at 911.
Symptoms of overdose may include:
Keep all appointments with your doctor.
Do not let anyone else take your medication. Ask your pharmacist any questions you have about refilling your prescription.
You may notice something that looks like a tablet in your stool. This is just the empty tablet shell and does not mean that you did not get your complete dose of medication.
It is important for you to keep a written list of all of the prescription and nonprescription (over-the-counter) medicines you are taking, as well as any products such as vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements. You should bring this list with you each time you visit a doctor or if you are admitted to a hospital. It is also important information to carry with you in case of emergencies.