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Published on April 18, 2009
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On this episode of G Living's Room101 we interview Josh Tickell, the author of Biodiesel America and director of the new 2008 Sundance Award winning film, Fuel.. On G Living Room101, Biodiesel Amercia Author Josh Tickell talks about why Biodiesel is the alternative fuel answer for America. He also talks about his new film, Biodiesel America which won at this years Sundance.
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DiminishingSkills wrote:jb wrote:I hear you John. And not that I can't claim guilty as charged. I just think it is different now and this region has taken too many body blows economically to support all big 3 anymore. Very different world demographically since softballs rained from the Terminal Tower. The NBA has always been a distant third in our collective affections in NEO, and I don't know if another nadir can be supported. I do agree TMLP is the X Factor.
I'm not trying to take your passion away from you. Makes you fun to read, for sure. If Bron announces he's staying, Ralphie on Christmas morning five seconds after opening the Red Ryder BB gun will have nothing on you.
Don't want to threadjack, so maybe sit on this until sometime after the decision (excuse me, The Decision), but ... really, is the world THAT different? Cleveland's industrial economy was in the crapper then, and it is today. And I'm not convinced that our region as a whole is worse. You've got huge (and growing) healthcare and legal markets here, but that story never seems to play as well as the grainy, black-and-white images of rusting smokestacks.
If anything, I think we're seeing good old democracy for two of our three sports teams. In most markets, if you put out a good product, people will come to your door ... if you don't, they won't. And that's as it should be. The Indians not drawing isn't a symptom of the region being unable to support a third sports team ... it's a symptom of them sucking shit, and being perceived as a blundering team that will continue to suck shit, and playing in a sport that is organized to keep all but the top few sucking shit. The Cavs have drawn very well when they've put winning teams on the court. They haven't when they haven't. Blah blah blah "Occam's Razor" blah blah blah.
As for the Browns ... well, that gets into a whole 'nother realm of the fan psyche.
That's enough for now ... like I said, we can put this on ice till a time when it doesn't have a fairly major story pushing it out of the way.
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Skip to comments.NBC: Chicago Gun Restrictions Ineffective Because of Gun Rights Elsewhere
Posted on 02/01/2013 6:02:23 PM PST by chessplayer
In a report at the top of Thursday's NBC Nightly News, correspondent Kevin Tibbles fretted that "Despite bylaws that prohibit gun shops within city limits...Chicago appears to be awash in guns." A sentiment that echoed ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer, who on Wednesday announced to viewers that the whole nation was "awash in guns."
The declaration from Tibbles teed up gun control advocate and UCLA law professor Adam Winkler to claim that problem with Chicago's gun restrictions was that they were not universal: "Chicago certainly has strict gun control laws. But the difficulty is that outlying areas outside of Chicago and in other states, neighboring Illinois, don't have strict gun control laws, and the guns easily flow into Chicago because of that."
Because in fairy world, there are no guns and no one ever gets hurt, ever. This is fairy world, right?
You would think NBC would finally be embarrassed after being caught lying so many times. But no.
Maybe they should ask their president what he knows about guns being walked to gangs in Chicago.
So, let me understand the argument. Chicago's strict gun laws don't work for the reason that criminals don't abide by them, and acquire guns in other places to bring into Chicago. Thus, they knowingly violate the law. Is this the argument?
So, logically, this means that America must be entirely disarmed from sea to shining sea. And then, when guns are smuggled across our borders because the lawful are willing to pay for them, the solution will be what?
How progressive can be so stupid and oblivious to human nature is truly a wonder.
The only real solution will then be a global government which has made illegal the possession of firearms to everyone ... except of course to itself. When that happens everything will be wonderful, right? Right?
What's the difference? It CAN'T be the people, can it?
Commie Pigs NEVER deviate from the PARTY line.
Stalin complained vehemently that communism was failing in the Soviet Socialist Republic, BECAUSE ALL THE SURROUNDING STATES PRACTICED CAPITALISM!
Once we get all those surrounding capitalist pigs to become good communists, THEN AND ONLY THEN will Marxism succeed.
I wonder why we are so different than Chicago.
The reason is obvious to me. The folks in my neighborhood are law abiding Americans. They speak the American language. They go to work everyday. And except for the one liberal at the end of the street they do not want any help from government other than building roads, prisons and maintaining a strong military.
The big and obvious question is, "If honest citizens in Chicago had the right to own guns, and use them for self defense, how quickly would it end the killing rampage?"
Seriously, nowhere in the country where there is gun freedom is there anything like the insanity in Chicago. So it raises the question: are people in Chicago defective, or just defenseless?
Their elected leaders assume they are defective. Incapable of having their God-given rights. That they can only be controlled by an armed police, but they are too irresponsible to protect themselves. So it is better that the people of Chicago live in fear as the prey of criminals.
If their own leaders think they are defective, then the rest of us should assume that maybe their leaders are correct, and that there is something about Chicago that makes people behave like animals.
One Million Moms look more like about 100 PMSed Troglodytes.
All these sandwiches that will never be made...
It is illegal all across the country to distribute cocaine.
Does that mean there is no cocaine in Chicago?
It's a media numbers thing.
3 yrs after 9/11 there were an additional 4 million jobs and the media called it a "jobless recovery".
3 yrs after the 08 meltdown there were 7 million LESS jobs and the media call it the "new normal".
Cocaine is medicinal.
You are not sensitive.
5th grade Chicago math wizard proves a statistical correlation between "Chicago being awash in guns" to "Chicago being awash in politicians and criminals".
Oh Jeez, you done gone and jogged the ol memory machine.
You get the "Nail On Head" award for that one.
People like you are the salvation from the "low info" voters and the bane of little Joey Goebbels worldwide.
LOL, watch yer back my friend.
Thanks for the post.
Then why is crime higher where the guns are easier to get?
No matter where they come from, if gun availability is the cause of crime, then de facto, crime should be higher where guns are easier to come by.
Hey, is dis kinda like de gubmin refusing to police our southern border gainst dem illegals comin in frum Mexico? But dey wants to police de chitown borders from de rest of Illinois and Indiana from guns? Is dat be right? Mebe dey kin mek dat work. But, me be nots, cuz guns don't vote.
At least when some of Holders people come to my nearby mini-metropolis and get caught with coke and guns, we have a judge that hands down 30 year sentences like candy
So why aren't the places where Chicago's guns come from as bad as Chicago?
Build a wall, don't let any evil guns in.
Maybe the surrounding communities sell guns to protect themselves from the citizens of Chicago.
Kinda like the gun restrictions in Mexico are ineffective because the ATF is illegally running guns across the border?
Yes, that is the ignorant argument.
That's amazing! Mexico has the same problem.
Guess what top two nation states supply them?
It ain't the USA
"I wonder why we are so different than Chicago"
My guess is that you are not surrounded by inner city black and Hispanic gang bangers and gansta rapper wannabes.
Chicago Gun Restrictions Ineffective Because Freedom Still Exists Elsewhere
No, his argument is that utopia is hampered by too much freedom.
The obvious answer is for Baraq and Rhambo to deputize the Million Moms for Gun Control and send them into Chicago next summer to round up all the illegal guns
Thats a great idea, after that they can go on a national tour and clean up all the bad places.
It is illegal all across the country to distribute cocaine.
Does that mean there is no cocaine in Chicago?
By their reasoning, it must be cocaine free. No drugs whatsoever in Chicago. Not even pot.
I have a condo on s. south shore drive, (facing east, all water views) I been trying to sell for 2 years. I can't give the place away. It's right next to where Obama held his wedding reception. (South shore center, very rough south side Obama hood)
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Ah, it's nice to have a bit of diversity, isn't it? You know, embracing other cultures and ways of life, and tolerating them and whatnot. Sure, people can't buy guns here in Chicago, but they can right across that highway, or over there, or on the other side of the river. Isn't it just wonderful that we can accept those other jurisdictions as they are without wanting to impose our own morals upon them? Because, after all, can we be really sure what right and wrong really is?
Chicago is awash in neo-Nazis and their 50 IQ savage spawn. Diane Sawyer is the fascist honeypot where Rahm dips his beak. And the UCLA professor is a sewer pipe for everything flushed down the Chicago toilet.
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Yes, I guess that is correct. We are white.
And just where did MOST of the thousands of guns recovered in Chicago last year come from? IE; Where were they originally purchased? 1) Illinois. Huh? 2) Indiana. OK
3) Mississippi Mississippi????????
Thanks to Cam Edwards for this info.
I'm getting sick of the liberal Marxists who have been pushing gun control for 30 yrs or more. Perhaps congress should draft and pass a bill criminalizing any action by politicians and govt employees to infringe on our 2nd ammendment .this includes shills at every level (fed,state,county,local). It should be rated a felony with 2-5 yrs in prison. If the swine took an oath to defend our constitution, then perjury should be an additional charge. If their actions resulted in lowering the security of our citizens,then Treason should be considered.
Bingo people, this will also apply at the national level. Create a nationwide ban and only the criminals will have it. There is absolutely no rational reason to believe whatever you ban will not still be available - to those with a disregard for the law.
Yes...you are correct...this explains why no one can get their hands on cocaine because it has been made illegal in all areas of the country ... the same goes for crack, but not for weed because it is still being snuck in from the legal pharmacies in California. Make sense?
To #12: "How white of them"
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Mr. Speaker, the FDA Week announced on January 27 that the FDA Office of Criminal Investigations reportedly questioned some individuals about the data on ruptures of Mentor breast implants.
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In view of these allegations, can the minister assure us that there will be an investigation of the special access program to prevent this type of implant from ruining the lives of thousands of women?
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Mr. Speaker, Health Canada and this government are committed to ensuring that Canadians have access to accurate, complete and up to date information regarding the potential risks and benefits of medical devices available in Canada.
Health Canada is in the process of creating a feasibility study in regard to a Canadian breast implant registry with an independent external organization. This registry could be a potential benchmark for a surveillance tool. We are committed to evidence based research and to ensuring that Canadians have the best risk-free medical devices available. We are committed to ensuring the safety of all Canadians.
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I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of His Excellency Liu Peng, Minister, General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China.
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Business of the House
Oral Questions
June 2nd, 2006 / 12:05 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, I know there is a general interest in the House regarding Bill C-15, an act dealing with agricultural cash advances. There have been some consultations about how the legislation might be expedited and perhaps some progress in those consultations, although I know when we get into these kinds of discussions, there are various caveats, conditions and trade-offs that are attached to the deliberations.
Due to the pressing circumstances that many farmers are facing and because the legislation may alleviate some of those pressures, at least in the short run, I wonder if hon. members could agree by unanimous consent, without attaching trade-offs, conditions and other issues that relate to other House business, to proceed with Bill C-15, to deal with it at all stages, and to send it on its way to the Senate for it to be dealt with there.
I do not think there is any dispute about the substance of the legislation, but if we get into the business of attaching conditions about this bill, that bill or the other bill, I think we will be in a hopeless morass.
I wonder if there is a will in the House, in the interests of farmers, to simply dispose of Bill C-15 right now, get it done, get it off to the Senate, and hopefully farmers can benefit from that legislation at the earliest possible date rather than making it conditional on a whole bunch of other things.
Business of the House
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
Niagara Falls
Rob Nicholson Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, certainly we support Bill C-15. We are the government, of course, that introduced it and we know of its importance to farmers.
I will make the same offer to the hon. gentleman that I have been making. I think we can get to Bill C-15 this afternoon. The orders of the day have Bill C-9, the conditional sentencing act. We are very interested in completing that. It will not be government members, but some hon. members of the NDP who I believe have some additional speakers and perhaps the Bloc. We are prepared to hear them, but certainly at the conclusion of those speeches, we will be open to having this matter put before Parliament and passing it at all stages.
We will wait for the members of the NDP and the Bloc because I certainly want to accommodate them and get their comments on Bill C-9. I know that bill is important to them, as it is to the government, but as soon as that is completed and time allowing, we would be prepared to put Bill C-15 through at all stages. I thank the hon. member for the suggestion.
Business of the House
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker Bill Blaikie
I take it from the government House leader's remarks that there is no unanimous consent to move such a motion at this time, so we shall proceed to the daily routine of business.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Brian Pallister Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the second report of the Standing Committee on Finance in relation to Bill C-13, an act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on May 2, 2006. The committee reports the bill without amendment.
Child care
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour today to present a petition signed by a number of residents of Saskatchewan who indicate their very strong agreement with the agreements that were signed last year between the Government of Canada and the province of Saskatchewan with respect to early learning and child care.
They note that these agreements would provide for a very substantial boost in the number of child care spaces available to the families that need that service in Saskatchewan. They call upon the Government of Canada to honour the agreements that were entered into, together with the full funding over the five year term.
Canada Post
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12:10 p.m.
Patricia Davidson Sarnia—Lambton, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in the House today to present a petition on behalf of my constituents of Sarnia—Lambton. The petition calls on the Government of Canada to instruct Canada Post to maintain, expand and improve its network of public post offices.
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12:10 p.m.
James Moore Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, as I have done a number of times in the House, I am pleased to present again another petition signed by a number of my constituents and in fact people from across Canada. The petition deals with the issue of date rape drugs. This is an issue that I have been raising in the House for five and a half years.
The petitioners call upon the government to have tougher laws with regard to date rape drugs, making the precursor to the development of date rape drugs more difficult to get and calling for stiffer penalties for the cowards who use date rape drugs to attack women.
Child Care
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Ken Boshcoff Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present.
The first petition is on child care and early learning, signed by several hundred people with regard to their concern to reinstate the program.
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Ken Boshcoff Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
Mr. Speaker, my second petition is with regard to the concern of Canadians on raising personal income taxes on the very lowest categories. I hope that the government will take that under advisement in a very serious manner.
Citizenship and Immigration
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Lynne Yelich Blackstrap, SK
Mr. Speaker, the Holy Spirit parish justice committee in Saskatoon has asked me to present these petitions on behalf of its congregation. I do so out of respect for their strong Christian beliefs and values.
The petitioners request that the House lift barriers that prevent refugees from reaching and being welcomed into Canada. The Holy Spirit parish justice committee calls upon the House to reform Canada's refugee and immigration program to increase the number of refugees that Canada accepts annually, to ensure full access and due process for these refugees, and to speed the immigration process for reuniting refugees and their families.
I am proud to present these petitions on behalf of the Holy Spirit parish justice committee from my riding in Saskatoon.
Questions on the Order paper
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
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The Greater Rochester Enterprise Inc.'s International Business Council next week will honor firms engaged in doing business abroad at its annual Trade Banquet & Expo.
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A curved silhouette and simple, clean lines define this expertly built crib. Built to last, it offers three height options to accommodate a growing baby.
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Relay for Life teams set up displays and booths, creating a carnival-like atmosphere that lasts throughout the night. The main focus of the event are the thousands of luminaria, purchased by people, that are signed with the names of cancer victims and survivors. They glow throughout the night along the oval track, reminders to those who walk the track throughout the night of the good work they are doing.
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THUMBS UP: The Brown County Historical Society did a tremendous job last year, setting up its exhibit "Never Shall I Forget," commemorating the 150th anniversary of the US-Dakota War of 1862.
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Potential to be a great race - but too expensive & no medalIn full: The route itself is a good one, and on any other day, I'm sure it would be beautiful. But the rain & cold made it truly miserable. The marshalls around the course were great, firing out encouragement.The downsides for me :* Far too expensive for a small event* No medal* No toilets at start - they were closed at Sykes Lane.* 20 minute walk to start is too far* Course clocked at 26.45 miles* No contingency for poor weather - no undercover protection at the finish.* Inadequate bag store (only a small carry bag accepted) - especially in that weather, when lots of dry/warm clothes would have been required.Date of review: November 6, 2012
In short: Wet, muddy, tough, memorableIn full: This was my 2nd RTT and had a great time. Yes it was tough, far muddier than last year but thoroughly enjoyed it. Organisation was excellent - the beer tent was a welcome sight at the finish, if not a little pricey. A definate fixture in the race diary.The pasta party was a joke though - £5 for mediocre portion of warm pasta. Far, far to expensive, no where near enough, hence the massive queue and the chippy afterwards! Either make it better value, by giving larger portions with a piece of fruit and a bottle of water or charge less, much less !! I could have fed our entire 20 strong club contingent for less than a tenner!!Date of review: August 22, 2011
In short: Another great & memorable raceIn full: Thank you to the organisers for having a word with the bloke upstairs and stopping the rain & hail ! ;-)A great, truly memorable race. Beautiful countryside, excellent organisation, great atmosphere but OMG killer hills. Who needs an ice bath when you can drop yourself in the lake!Date of review: May 24, 2011
In short: Marathon : excellent organisation, great support, penny pinching goodiesIn full: The positives are, as always, the organisation was impeccable and the support from the crowd and marshalls in particular was great. Thanks to the Marshall at 25 miles who gave me his bottle of water. Leicester is a definate one for the diary from now on.On the negatives, dissapointing not to see any stalls selling running related kit - only a burger stall and an ice cream van in attendance.Most dissapointed not to receive a cotton tshirt as in 2009 (that was a great tshirt), especially as the was no goody bag! A bottle of water, a banana and a generic medal (same for half and marathon). Smacks of penny pinching.Date of review: October 11, 2010
In short: 10 secs gained in the early mile is a minute lost at the end.In full: A good race, and I'd forgotten how undulating this course was. The good bag and t-shirt were good.My mediocre performance is however insignificant compared to the poor runner receiving CPR near the finish (and another runner in the recovery position further up the road). I can't comment as closely as the previous poster. What I can say is that the St Johns were running in the opposite direction, I can only assume to get suitable equipment. I can say also, that at our own 10K race, we paid for a paramedic. I truly hope that the guy was ok?Date of review: September 26, 2010
In short: 5th time running - best yet - pb again :-)In full: This is the 5th consecutive year running nottingham, and it is definately the best it's been this year.Plenty of marshalls, water, drinks etc. A very nice goody bag, nice medal.It is an expensive race by comparison with others, but it doesn't seem to put people off.Date of review: September 12, 2010
In short: Excellent race - In full: Excellent race, great atmosphere especially the drummers at the start and finish. Photos are at www.runner-photos.co.ukDate of review: May 4, 2010
In short: Excellent - everything went perfectly - silk smoothDate of review: March 21, 2010
In short: Excellent race - one for the diary.In full: A glorious day, excellent organisation, great course, 5 water stations, technical tee, nice goody bag, 2 VERY steep hills, but the rest of the course is pretty fast.Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: Wet & hilly - but excellent!In full: The heavens opened for about 5 miles - ok I'm wet now - you can stop raining !A challenging undulating/hilly course - well marshalled - how loud was the start pistol !Not a PB but a course best for myself by 7 minutes.Date of review: November 29, 2009
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The gap between performance, feature-set and capabilities of Intel Xeon and Intel Itanium central processing units (CPUs) is closing. Nonetheless, IA64 microprocessors will still be needed by certain customers, according to the manufacturer.
Last week Intel Corp. unveiled its code-named Knights Corner chip, which is specifically designed to accelerate high-performance computing (HPC) tasks, and earlier this year the company unleashed its Xeon-series microprocessors that support reliability, availability and scalability (RAS) features, which are essential for mission critical applications that are served by the Itanium chips. Nonetheless, the world's largest maker of chips is confident that the Itanium products will still be needed both in mid- and long-term future.
"Itanium enables Intel and HP to compete in the high-end, mission-critical UNIX market. Many in the industry believe that the combination of HP-UX and the Itanium architecture provides an exceptionally strong mission-critical solution, suitable for mainframe replacement. The Itanium architecture is at the base of a multibillion dollar business for HP, as well as being an important business for Intel," said Patrick Ward, an Intel spokesman for Itanium business unit.
Last Monday Intel unveiled its Knights Corner device that targets high-performance computing segments, such as exploration, scientific research and financial or climate simulation, which will be made on Intel's 22nm manufacturing process and will feature "more than 50 processing cores" on a single chip, something that promises exceptional performance. The vast majority of workloads will still run best on Intel Xeon processors, and the Knights Corner will only help to accelerate select highly parallel applications. Earlier this year Intel launches Xeon CPUs that support Machine Check Architecture (MCA) Recovery, a feature that allows the silicon to work with the operating system and virtual machine manager to recover from otherwise fatal system errors, a mechanism until now found only in the company's Intel Itanium processor family and RISC processors.
"The recent Intel announcement of many integrated core (MIC) chips targets high-performance computing, not the mission-critical market that Itanium-based systems target. As you know, customers in the mission critical markets value the stability, reliability, and the vendor ecosystem backing their mission-critical solution. The latest, fastest processor is not their priority. Running the software their business depends (often UNIX-based) on a highly stable and reliable platform is crucial for them. Supplying that high-end mission critical market is a very big business for HP as well as other companies like Bull in Europe and Itanium OEMs in Japan and China. That is where Itanium-based systems earn billions of dollars," added Mr. Ward.


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Sun Dolphin Watertender 9.4 Row Boat
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The Sun Dolphin® Watertender Row Boat is a cost-efficient rowboat with a durable Fortiflex high density polyethylene hull construction. Use as a yacht tender or as a fun vacation boat at your lake cottage. Large seating areas include recessed beverage holders and built-in oarlock sockets. This rowboat meets CE and US coast guard safety standards.
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- Dimensions: L 9'4'' X W 55'' x H 21''
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Rated 5 out of 5�by olde coot Great little boat Great little boat that I use to fish for lake trout. I've added reel holders on each side and an anchor winch at the bow. It's too bad, however, that the "curvy" insides of the boat waste so much space. But, the price was right. I bought mine about 7 years ago, and, since I'm the only one that goes fishing in it, it's just fine, very stable. I did take it out on a local large lake and gave up since the wave action there was tossing me around too much to fish. Boat is very very responsive, with lots of flotation. I got caught in a rainstorm that quickly put 5 or 6 inches of water in it, but got back to the launch with no problems. July 17, 2013
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Rated 5 out of 5�by jimmyboater great boat this is a great little boat, i use to fish out of. its stable and gets around where larger boats wont. its very easy to clean and maintain. it fits in the bed of my truck and is light enough for one person to load/unload. February 18, 2012
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In this tutorial you will learn how to install CUBRID PHP driver on Mac OS X using CUBRID CCI driver.
CUBRID PHP driver has a dynamic dependency on CCI driver. We have built a custom CCI driver for Mac users. You can download either 64 or 32 bit version. Once you download it, you need to copy the contents of the /lib directory /usr/lib and the contents of /include directory into /usr/include. The following example illustrates how to extract a 64-bit version.
tar zxvf CUBRID-CCI-184.108.40.20609-x64.macosx.tar.gz sudo cp CUBRID-CCI-220.127.116.1109-x64/lib/* /usr/lib sudo cp CUBRID-CCI-126.96.36.19909-x64/include/* /usr/include
First, download the source code of the latest version of CUBRID PHP API from PECL repository. Then extract it. Below is the example which illustrates how to extract the source code of PHP API version 8.4.1.003.
tar zxvf CUBRID-8.4.1.0003.tgz
Now, run phpize inside CUBRID-8.4.1.0003 source code directory to prepare CUBRID PHP API extension for compilation.
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This project is to wholly replace the currently-installed WelcomeSwitch, adding better maintainability and functionality.
Code and board files live at the i3Detroit Github page.
- Timer to show time to picture.
- New IP camera for picture of switch-flipper.
- Better integration into website.
- IRC integration.
- OAuth support for Twitter.
- Better physical switch.
- Tie-in to OpenAccess.
Finish Twitter code. Finish/replace IRC code (currently using phenny, which kind of sucks.) Write IO code, BeagleBone target. Read switch, preferably on interrupt. Trigger camera, software/hardware?. Run SPI-connected 7-segment display for timer. Status LEDs.
- Better website integration, maybe SpaceAPI instead of site-hosted file?
System integration Camera? Display alternating date/time when not counting down
Custom cape for IO (with OpenAccess stuff too) and power Switch tie-in, likely replacing switch guts with microswitch.
Gut and refinish switch box. Mounting of box, camera, power supply.
- Twitter code
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- Display cutout done with air nibbler (rough), die grinder (less rough), Dremel grinder (almost not rough), and hand files (smooth)
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- Display is glued to smoked acrylic with acrylic glue, and glued into slot with hot glue
- OpenAccess integration/replacement.
- Website-hit tie-in to alert space if switch is off and people are looking...
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A learning community is a group of students that are actively engaged in learning together and from each other. Learning communities are a cohort-based, interdisciplinary approach to education. Learning Communities at Gateway Learning communities at Gateway Community and Technical College are called LinC courses (Learning In Communities). In most learning communities, no more than 25 students are enrolled in two classes that are intentionally paired with each other. Generally, LinC pairings consist of a developmental course and a general education course, or a general education course and a program core course.
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The state's long-term economic health requires that we continue our commitment to fiscal discipline. Government must continue to spend the taxpayer's money more efficiently, so ultimately the State needs less of it. The Office of Management & Budget (OMB) brings together the financial and auditing functions of our state in order to serve these goals. On his first day in office, Governor Pence ordered the OMB to undertake a new government efficiency review and a review of all state regulations. In his first week in office, Governor Pence proposed a budget that was honestly balanced, funded our priorities, held the line on spending, provided broad-based tax relief for Hoosiers, and built our reserves. Through these actions, OMB will continue to strengthen the fiscal discipline that positively contributes to the economic health of the State.


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I recently purchased the Gigpro to compliment my JJB sound board transducer and also to give it an active current to boost the gain:
The Gigpro made the pickup come alive and it sound much fuller. My only draw back is the bass control. Not really sure how the Bass control and High Pass notch work together. My understanding is the Bass control-controls the 80hz and the notch controls the 10-200hz roll off. I always keep the Notch at about 160hz roll off. Technically speaking, this should roll off the 80hz Bass controls function automatically but...it does not. I can still hear the 80hz being dialed down or up. Not sure how this is so. Is the High Pass starting path after 80hz?
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The purpose of this study is to examine whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to improve speech in chronic stroke patients with aphasia. Aphasia patients can have problems with speech production. The rTMS procedure allows painless, noninvasive stimulation of human cortex from outside the head.
Chronic aphasia patients have been observed in our functional magnetic resonance brain imaging studies to have excess brain activation in brain areas possibly related to language on the right side of the brain (opposite side to where the stroke took place). It is expected that suppression of activity in the directly targeted brain region will have an overall modulating effect on the neural network for naming (and propositional speech) and will result in behavioral improvement.
Cerebrovascular Stroke
Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive
Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Improve Speech
- Number of pictures named on the Boston Naming Test, and naming subtests of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam [ Time Frame: 2 months and 6 months after the completion of a series of TMS treatments ]
- Number of words per longest phrase length, propositional speech, BDAE [ Time Frame: 2 months and 6 months after completion of a series of TMS treatments ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2002
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|June 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Real rTMS
These patients receive a series of 10 Real rTMS treatments, only. There is pre-testing, and post-testing at 2 months and 6 months after the last Real rTMS treatment.
Device: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive
10 rTMS treatments (90% of motor threshold, 20 minutes, at 1 Hz) to specific right hemisphere area of brain cortex; 5 days per week for 2 weeks at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; or at the Neurology Department, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research is to investigate whether repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can improve speech in chronic stroke patients with aphasia. TMS allows painless, noninvasive stimulation of brain cortex (1 cm x 1 cm). Slow (1 Hz) rTMS appears to decrease excitability in the targeted cortical region of interest (ROI) leading to measurable behavioral effects. Chronic aphasia patients have been observed in our fMRI work (and others) to have increased activation in right (R) Broca's and other R language homologues during language tasks. It is hypothesized that suppression of activity in a directly targeted right hemisphere (RH) ROI will have an overall modulating effect on functionally connected elements of the distributed neural network for naming (and propositional speech), and will result in behavioral improvement. Patients are studied with overt naming fMRI brain scan pre-and post-rTMS at the Boston University Center for Biomedical Imaging.
The rTMS treatments in Boston take place at the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School under the supervision of Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D. We plan to study 20 nonfluent aphasia patients (>6 Mo. poststroke). An additional 20 patients will be studied at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, H. Branch Coslett, M.D., who is a P.I. on that subcontract. This is a blinded, randomized, sham-control, incomplete crossover design. Naming and language tests (and overt naming fMRI scans) are obtained pre- and post- rTMS. All fMRI scans are covered under the PI's VA Merit Review Grant.
Treatment Design: Multiple Baseline Language Evaluations (x3) are performed at Entry (Boston Naming Test, BNT; and Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam, BDAE). Primary Outcome Measures are BNT; and Naming subtests and Spontaneous Speech (cookie theft picture description) from the BDAE. Naming ability for Snodgrass & Vanderwart (S&V, 1980) pictures is also tested at Baseline. Patients are randomly assigned to receive a series of either Sham rTMS followed by a series of Real rTMS; OR they receive only the series of Real rTMS. The Sham series is identical to the Real, however, no magnetic pulse is emitted from the coil, although the patient hears the same clicking sound emitted from the coil. Due to space limitation here, only the Real rTMS treatment schedule is described.
There are two rTMS Phases: During Phase 1, the single, best RH cortical ROI to suppress with rTMS to improve picture naming, is determined for each patient. Real rTMS (1 Hz, 90% motor threshold) is applied for 10 minutes, in separate rTMS sessions, to each of 4 different RH cortical ROIs (R ant. BA 45; R post. BA 45; R BA 44 and R M1, mouth). S&V Picture Naming is tested immediately before and after each ROI has been suppressed with rTMS. The single RH ROI which is associated with at least a 2 SD improvement (above Baseline S&V Naming), immediately following 10 minutes of rTMS to suppress that cortical area, is considered to be the Best Response ROI for that patient. We have observed that suppression of R post. BA 45 to be the Best Response area in 9 previous aphasia cases. During Phase 2, the Best Response ROI from Phase 1 is suppressed for 20 minutes, 5 days per week, 2 weeks. All patients receive follow-up BNT and BDAE testing at 2 months following the 10th Real (or Sham) rTMS treatment.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|45 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Right Handed
- Single, Left Hemisphere Cerebrovascular Stroke
- Must be 6 months poststroke onset
- Native Speaker of English
- Clinical Diagnosis of Aphasia
Exclusion Criteria:
- Intracranial metallic body from prior neurosurgical procedure
- Implanted metallic devices: pacemaker, medication pump, vagal stimulator, deep brain stimulator, TENS unit or ventriculoperitoneal shunt
- Past history of seizure within 1 year
- Pregnancy
- History of substance abuse within last 6 months
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00608582
|United States, Massachusetts
|VA Boston Healthcare System, Jamaica Plain Campus, Boston University Aphasia Research Center (12-A), 150 So. Huntington Ave.
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02130
|Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, 330 Brookline Ave, Kirstein Bldg., Dept. of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02215
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3 W. Gates Bldg.
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4283
|Study Chair:
|Margaret A Naeser, Ph.D.
|Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
|Principal Investigator:
|H B Coslett, M.D.
|Department of Neurology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
|Principal Investigator:
|Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D.
|Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Margaret Naeser, Research Professor of Neurology, Boston University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00608582 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|NIH-DC05672 R01DC005672 Boston Medical Ctr IRB-H22484 VA Boston Healthcare IRB-1145
|Study First Received:
|January 24, 2008
|Last Updated:
|January 29, 2015
Keywords provided by Boston University:
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Repetitive
Treat Naming
Chronic Stroke
Randomized, Controlled Trial
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Communication Disorders
Neurobehavioral Manifestations
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 24, 2017


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