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Question 1 of 30
"Ghostbusters" was released in what year?
Any discerning Stuff You Should Know fan should know that it was released in 1984. Or as Josh likes to call it, "year zero."
Question 2 of 30
What was the original movie rated?
There is a little bad language and some mild violence, so the movie earned a solid PG rating.
Question 3 of 30
True or False: "Ghostbusters" was the highest grossing film of 1984.
Although it was a huge success, it came in second by a slight margain to a little movie called "Beverly Hills Cop."
Question 4 of 30
What is the running time for "Ghostbusters?"
95 minutes
105 minutes
Ever the efficient filmmaker, Ivan Reitman brought the movie in at a tidy 105 minutes.
125 minutes
Question 5 of 30
What major movie studio released "Ghostbusters?"
Columbia Pictures
Pay attention to the beginning of the film and you'll know that it was a Columbia Pictures release.
Paramount Pictures
20th Century Fox
Question 6 of 30
How much money did it cost to make the movie?
$76 million
$50 million
$32 million
It was 1984, people. Thirty-two million dollars for a comedy was a lot of money back then, and it was the budget for "Ghostbusters."
Question 7 of 30
True or False: "Ghostbusters" was nominated for more than one Academy Award.
True. The movie was nominated for best visual effects and best original song.
Question 8 of 30
Which two writers got an offical writing credit?
Bill Murray and Harold Ramis
Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis
Yes, Harold Ramis was one of the writers. So was Dan Aykroyd.
Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis
Question 9 of 30
Who earned an uncredited nod as a contributing writer?
Rick Moranis
Did you guess Murray? You're wrong. It was Rick Moranis, eh.
Bill Murray
Ivan Reitman
Question 10 of 30
Bill Murray starred in what role?
Dr. Peter Venkman
If you've seen the movie just once, you probably know that Murray played Dr. Peter Venkman.
Dr. Raymond Stantz
Dr. Egon Spengler
Question 11 of 30
In her first major film role, which actress gave a breakout performance as the Ghostbusters secretary Janine?
Mercedes Ruehl
Sigourney Weaver
Annie Potts
Sigourney Weaver was the romantic lead, and Mercedes Ruehl wasn't even near the movie. That leaves Annie Potts.
Question 12 of 30
Aykroyd and Ramis originally wrote Bill Murray's role for which actor?
Steve Martin
John Belushi
Dan Aykroid wrote the role of Venkman for his best friend, John Belushi, whose untimely death prevented him from playing the part.
John Candy
Question 13 of 30
The role of Winston, the fourth Ghostbuster, was orignally written for which actor?
Billy Crystal
Eddie Murphy
A young Eddie Murphy was the first choice for the role that ultimately went to Ernie Hudson.
Richard Pryor
Question 14 of 30
Which legendary cinematographer shot "Ghostbusters"?
Conad Hall
Gordon Willis
Laszlo Kovacs
Any of these guys would have been great, but Ivan Reitman was lucky to have Laszlo Kovacs behind the lense.
Question 15 of 30
Which two media personalities made cameo appearances as themselves?
Dr. Ruth and Morely Safer
Phil Donahue and Dan Rather
Larry King and Casey Kasem
How about some of those names to take you back? The right answer, though, is Larry King and DJ Casey Kasem.
Question 16 of 30
What makes Ray Parker Jr. feel good?
Getting slimed
If you missed this one, then turn in your movie fan credentials and go to sleep. Bustin' makes Ray Parker Jr. feel good.
A nice massage
Question 17 of 30
Which future pop star had an uncredited role as "birthday girl" at the young age of 13?
Debbie Gibson
Long before she was Deborah, little Debbie Gibson played the role of birthday girl.
Alanis Morissette
Question 18 of 30
Which adult film star made a brief appearance as "man behind barricade?"
John Holmes
Ron Jeremy
It's a quick shot, but the face of adult film star Ron Jeremy is hard to miss.
Rocco Siffredi
Question 19 of 30
Which basketball star also had a cameo appearance as himself?
Wilt Chamberlain
Dr. J
Bill Walton
Fans of the Portland Trailblazers should recognize basketball legend and Deadhead Bill Walton, playing himself.
Question 20 of 30
True or False: "Ghostbusters" is an all-time top 30 grossing movie when you adjust for inflation.
Close, but no ectoplasm for you. "Ghostbusters" narrowly missed the all-time adjusted gross top 30 at No. 32.
Question 21 of 30
The role of Louis Tully, played by Rick Moranis, was orginally written for which actor?
John Candy
Although it's hard to imagine anyone besides Moranis, John Candy would have made a fine Tully.
Steve Martin
Randy Quaid
Question 22 of 30
What was the original setting of "Ghostbusters" before Harold Ramis changed it?
Turn of the Century New York City
San Francisco
New York City in the future
Because of cost fears, the original script that set the movie in the future was abandoned. Aykroyd's original vision had a futuristic New York City with teams of Ghostbusters all over the city.
Question 23 of 30
In the original script, Gozer was a normal man in a business suit and was almost played by which actor?
Paul Reubens
You're just dying to work Steve Martin into this movie aren't you? Sorry, it was Pee Wee Herman himself who turned down the role.
Steve Martin
Michael Keaton
Question 24 of 30
Although the lower half of the building really exists, which noteworthy real-life building inspired the model for the re-worked top half of Dana's apartment?
The New York Public Library
Transamerica Building in San Francisco
Continental Life Building in St. Louis
Check out a picture of the Continental Life Building sometime and you'll see that it was the obvious inspiration for Dana's apartment building.
Question 25 of 30
Which song did Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" lose to at the Oscar Awards?
Stevie Wonder -- "I Just called to Say I Love You"
Those were all nominees, but nobody puts Stevie Wonder in a corner. He just called to say he loves you.
Kenny Loggins -- "Footloose"
Phil Collins -- "Against All Odds"
Question 26 of 30
Ray Parker Jr.'s hit song peaked at which top 10 position?
No. 2
No. 1
The theme song went all the way to No. 1 and stayed there for three weeks.
No. 5
Question 27 of 30
Which singer has gone to battle with Ray Paker Jr. over the years in multiple lawsuits, starting with an accusation that Parker stole the main "Ghostbusters" riff?
Hall and Oates
Lionel Richie
Huey Lewis
Lewis alleged that Parker stole from his song "I Want a New Drug." The matter was settled out of court, and Lewis was sued years later by Parker after he made comments regarding the matter on VH1's "Behind the Music."
Question 28 of 30
At the end of the movie, more than 50 pounds of what was dumped on character Walter Peck?
Marshmallow cream
Shaving cream
Shaving cream took the place of the marshmallow when the Stay-Puft man was blown to bits.
Whipped cream
Question 29 of 30
Bill Murray's participation was contigent on what?
That he would be the highest paid actor on the movie
That his salary would include a percentage of the profits
That Columbia Pictures would finance the movie "The Razor's Edge" for him to star in
Murray has never been about the money. He wanted to get his pet project made -- "The Razor's Edge."
Question 30 of 30
What was the original name of the movie in Dan Aykroyd's first version of the script?
"Ghost Smashers"
As cartoonish as it sounds, "Ghost Smashers" was the original title of the movie.
"Ghostbusters Incorporated"
"Ghost Exterminators Incorporated"


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While Apple's products don't have a stylus, the company still claims that the Samsung stylus-endowed designs infringe on its patents.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 is a particularly thorny pain in Apple's side. It features a friendly pen-input technology that Apple's iPad lacks. Samsung has
gained quite a bit of ground on Apple
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And by asking to ban Jelly Bean devices, Apple can hope to not only kill shipments of older Samsung smartphones to the U.S., but also to kill Samsung's full lineup of phones.
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Judge Koh, despite allowing the record jury verdict, recently struck down
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While Judge Koh did acknowledge that the Tab 10.1 was found to infringe on Apple user interface patents, she argued that was insufficient to ban the handsets.
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On an interesting note Judge Koh agreed to hear arguments from Samsung that look to toss the $1B USD jury verdict on grounds of juror misconduct. The claims don't deal with the share-holding family members; that interest was clearly disclosed and ruled okay by Judge Koh.
However, one of the jurors did not reveal, when directly questioned if they had ever been involved with a lawsuit, an important case win which they were the defendant. Specifically, the juror had been sued by a hard-drive manufacturer that now controls Samsung's old hard drive business -- Seagate.
The jury foreman in the record verdict against Samsung "accidentally" forgot to mention he had been sued in the 1990s by a Samsung subsidiary. [Image Source: Walt Disney]
Basically, the juror had signed a note promising to pay Seagate, but did not, leading to a breach of contract suit. In other words, that juror, Velvin Hogan -- who also happened to play the pivotal role of jury foreman -- seemingly would have a huge bone to pick with Samsung.
In light of that undisclosed bias, Samsung's attorney's
are pleading
with Judge Koh to toss the verdict and grant a retrial with a new foreman who doesn't conceal potential legal grudges against their firm.
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Native Hawaiian and Other U.S. Pacific Islander Population, Census 2000 and Census 2010
1. The numbers by national origin do not add up to the total population figure because respondents may have put down more than one country. Respondents reporting several countries are counted several times.
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Two more intra-squad matches in GatineauGATINEAU, Que. (November 26, 2012) – The Men's national Volleyball Full time Training Centre will host two more intra-squad matches beginning this week on Friday November 30 followed by another on December 21.
Both encounters are slated for the Centre Sportif in Gatineau. The public is invited to attend the two events and admission is free. For both games the doors open at 4 p.m. and the match starts at 5 p.m.
"These matches are a great way to keep us in touch with the Ottawa-Gatineau community," said Full Time Training Centre head coach Vincent Pichette. "We are always getting requests for these matches. It's an event the players and fans always look forward too."
The matches will feature national team members Adam Kaminski of Chatham, Ont., Louis-Pierre Mainville of Notre-Dame-de-l'Isle, Que., star setter Dustin Schneider of Brandon, Man.,and Stephen Gotch of Okotoks, Alta.., Also playing are the Hoag brothers, Nicholas and Chris, who are the sons of national team coach Glenn Hoag of Gatineau.
"It's great to have some senior guys here," said Pichette. "They have played in big competitions like the world championship. Louis-Pierre and Dustin are both coming back from injury and they are recovering very well, so this is a good test for them."
Other promising talent such as local star Jonathan Sloane of Winchester and Terrel Bramwell of Mississauga, Ont.,are featured as well. Bramwell was included in the Sports Illustrated Faces in the Crowd last year after leading Humber College to the national title.
"Jonathan has been one of our biggest surprises this year," said Pichette. "His progression has been fast. He is tough physically and very disciplined in training. His performances are always improving."
The first intra-squad match was held on November 2nd
The 15 players are split into two teams – Red and Black- for the matches.
Here are the line-ups for the upcoming match:
Black Team
Jay Blankenau, Calgary, Alta.
Marc Howatson, Victoria, B.C.
Rudy Verhoeff, Calgary, Alta
Jonathan Sloane, Winchester, Ont.
Allan Meek, Sherwood Park, Alta.
T.J. Sanders, London, Ont.
Adam Kaminski, Chatham, Ont.
Red Team
Louis-Pierre Mainville, Notre-Dame-de-L'Isle, Que.
Zack Diboll, Portage La Prairie, Man.
Nicholas Hoag, Sherbrooke, Que.
Graham Vigrass, Calgary, Alta.
Chris Hoag, Sherbrooke, Que.
Dustin Scheinder, Brandon, Man.
Terrel Bramwell, Mississauga, Ont.
Stephen Gotch, Okotoks, Alta.
For more information: Volleyball Canada, tel: (819) 246-1112


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Do you enjoy the great outdoors? Are you a friendly, outgoing person? You would be a great campground host!
People from around the world visit Kootenay National Park to relax, experience the great outdoors and learn about Canada's natural heritage. You can join them by volunteering as a host at one of our campgrounds.
Campground hosts greet visitors and provide them with information. They volunteer for four hours a day, five days a week (including weekends). In return, hosts have free entry to the park for a year, a free campsite while they volunteer, a site tour and many other benefits.
Volunteers are encouraged to stay for a minimum of two weeks and to provide their own self-contained camping unit (RV, truck camper or tent trailer).
For more information e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or telephone 403-522-1203.
The Lake Louise, Yoho and Kootenay field unit periodically has opportunities for adult Canadians wishing to participate in research, monitoring, and communication activities of the wildlife program. These opportunities do not duplicate the regular work duties of park staff, but extend the wildlife program through volunteer citizen monitoring, assistance to park researchers, and public outreach communications. Volunteer assignments are usually based either at Radium Hot Springs in Kootenay National Park, or near the community of Field in Yoho National Park. Bunkhouse accommodation is sometimes available, however volunteers are responsible for their own transportation costs to the park, and for meals and other personal expenses. A wider range of opportunities may be available to volunteers with their own vehicles.
Volunteer assignments may take place in Yoho or Kootenay National Parks, or in the Lake Louise district of adjacent Banff National Park. Volunteers will be able to work with park staff, experience the spectacular outdoor setting of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, and develop a unique appreciation for the wildlife of these world-renowned national parks. Assignments are dependent on the availability of staff members to monitor and administer the volunteer program. Volunteer assignments usually last one to several months and entail a full-time commitment, however, part-time assignments are sometimes available for local volunteers with their own transportation and housing.
Qualifications for volunteers vary with different projects, but typically include the following:
Please send your expression of interest, complete with names, addresses and phone numbers of at least two employment or academic references, to:
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Manti-LaSal National Forest is hoping to have their motor vehicle use map out in two-three weeks. This map will outline all roads and trails open to motorized travel on the Manti-LaSal.
Commissioner Gary Kofford was concerned about the 150 feet rule. This rule states that campers can't get off the road more than 150 feet. Kofford is concerned because several dispersed camping spots on the forest are at the end of short roads and most of them more than 150 feet off the road. He wondered how this dispersed camping would be handled. Mesia Nyman, district ranger, said they recognized from the discussion they had in public lands in May that something would need to be done to allow these campsites to remain open. The forest service with the help of the public lands council will begin marking and designating these traditional, established dispersed sites as open or closed. It is their intent to keep as many of these open as possible.
Commissioner Kofford said they could also change the 150 foot rule to 300 feet which would help. Nyman said they considered that but decided that posting the camp areas as open or closed would work.
Commissioner Kofford was concerned that this could be confusing. What campers think is an appropriate spot and what the forest service considers appropriate could be two different things. Nyman said there shouldn't be any confusion, because things will be the same as they have always been. The forest service has had the 150 foot rule since 1989.
Howard Sargent, forest supervisor, spoke of the planning rule for the forest service. The new planning rule has been in place since April. There have already been some lawsuits filed on the new planning rule. The local forest service is taking a wait and see approach. They also think there will be changes when a new administration takes over in Washington DC.
Sargent said the wild and scenic river planning meetings went well and they had good participation and good comments from the local people. They received hundreds of comments and the team is working on the comments. Some segments in Utah will possibly be designated and Sargent said they would represent Utah well in the wild and scenic system.
Commissioner Sitterud said he has received calls from grazers who are concerned they wouldn't be able to do any water projects on the forest. Sargent said right now there is much confusion about this due to House Bill 58. Sargent said if the United States has a vested water right then they could work on them. If not then there isn' t a clear answer yet. Commissioner Sitterud said he thinks if a structure is already in place the grazers should be able to maintain it. Sargent said that is the feeling of the forest service too, but there haven't been any decisions made yet. Nyman said the forest service does have some water rights for cattle in the Pines and Quitchumpah areas and others which she would have to research.
The forest service thanked the county for the boat dock at Joe's Valley. Nyman said the forest service road is passable up to Willow. The Division of Wildlife Resources is plowing the road into Duck Fork. The road into Potters and over to Millers Flat is not yet passable when it is the barriers will be removed. In Huntington Canyon from Old Folks Flat down is open and taking reservations. Everything above still has snow. Nyman reported the Order of the Arrow scouts will be doing their national project beginning on June 16. Their opening ceremonies will be June 14 at 8:30 p.m. The scouts will work removing tamarisk in Buckhorn Draw and at Joe's Valley. The scouts will be spending $400,000 on the project and the local forest service will be spending approximately $80,000 on chemical and personnel for the project.
The project will set the tamarisk back 30 years. The forest service has historical photos of the tamarisk in the draw which will be used for comparisions.
Other forest service projects for the summer include: treating vegetation at the Black Dragon, treating pinyon and juniper at Joe's Valley and the Reeder pavement project. The Crandall Canyon monument at the mine site is moving along and will be done by Aug. 6.
Editors note: We regret to inform our readers that Howard Sargent, forest supervisor passed away over the weekend at his home in Durango, Colo.


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Four years ago when drug trials started, families dealing with the genetic disease Fragile X were filled with optimism.
For the first time, they had hope that their loved ones might get a break from the anxiety, agitation, communication and cognitive problems of Fragile X. Perhaps they'd even be able to learn.
Upbeat stories trickled out. Teenagers were able to hold their first real conversation. Boys stopped hitting themselves and knocking their heads against walls. Families were able to eat out at restaurants, celebrate birthdays, do some of the "normal" things that define other people's lives but never theirs.
"You could taste it," Katie Clapp said about the community's optimism.
Then the good news stopped.
The drugs failed in multiple trials. Novartis, a leader in the field, said a few weeks ago that it would end its research into the drug mavoglurant. Seaside Therapeutics, a Massachusetts start-up working on a different drug, arbaclofen, has essentially shut down.
This is a familiar story in drug development: enthusiasm and hope, followed by years of effort and then failure. Barely one in 10 drug candidates makes it through development. Then the search for promising science, money and community support has to begin all over again.
"We are not giving up, said Clapp, mother of 24-year-old Andrew Tranfaglia, who was diagnosed at age 2 with Fragile X.
These drug trials were unusual because they were the first to address the underlying symptoms of both Fragile X and autism, a condition now believed to affect one in 68 school-age children with social and communication problems and repetitive behaviors.
And the drug trials seemed to work for some, including Tranfaglia, who was taking mavoglurant, which tamps down some overexcited signals in the brain. When he started the drug, he began to smile more, his mother said.
"A calm but complete smile that went from his mouth to his eyes," Clapp said. "It's amazing that a medicine could do that."
But to declare a medication trial a success, drug developers have to predict what the drug will do and then show that it performs as promised. The improvements Tranfaglia experienced weren't predicted, so they couldn't be measured or credited to the medication.
Arbaclofen showed even more promising results in a subset of patients — but not overall, said Robert Ring, chief science officer for the advocacy group Autism Speaks, which helped fund the research. "Many of us who saw the data really do believe there was a response that's worth following up," he said. Now, the challenge will be finding someone to pay for another clinical trial that will cost millions, if not tens of millions.
Roche, which had partnered with Seaside on arbaclofen, has a third drug in trials called RG709, which is similar to Novartis' mavoglurant. Its trial in children accepted its final patients last month. Results routinely take a year or more to analyze before being made public.
Clapp, who runs a research and advocacy group for Fragile X called Fraxa, said there are two other possible drug candidates she'd like to get into clinical trials: lithium and minocycline. Both are old drugs that are not protected by patents, so no drug companies will fund the research, though. Clapp, of West Newbury, Mass., will have to fundraise herself to pay for the studies.
In the meantime, Clapp said she's counted the number of mavoglurant pills her son has left — enough to get him through August.
"Obviously, I'm very scared about that," she said. "It's going to be a last, sweet summer."


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Top 5 Legal Mistakes to Avoid
Back when I practiced law full time, I saw entrepreneurs make silly legal mistakes all the time, and while some were fairly benign, others were disastrous. What I learned is that knowing which pitfalls to watch out for can make all the difference between business success and failure.
Here then are the five most common legal mistakes that small business people make, and should be avoided:
- Starting the business as a sole proprietorship instead of a corporation. Individuals and partners are liable for all debts and obligations in sole proprietorships and general partnerships. If you start the business as one of those two kinds of entities, and the business encounters a legal problem, your personal assets will be at risk. But if instead of a sole proprietorship or partnership, you start the business as a corporation, LLC or limited partnership, you avoid that possibility and thereby you greatly reduce your risk.
- Not documenting partners rights and responsibilities. With the excitement and all of the things to do, it is easy when starting a business to not clearly delineate who will do what. Yet that can be a big mistake. Just imagine what can happen when you think that you are in charge of day-to-day operations — and your partner thinks the same thing. Therefore, founding shareholders or partners should have a written agreement that addresses the following questions:
- How much time and effort is each person expected to contribute?
- Who will do what?
- How much capital will each person contribute?
- What happens if the business needs more capital? What happens if one person leaves the business?
- What happens if one person dies?
- Ignorance of the law. An old legal maxim is, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse." And it's true. Not knowing your legal rights and responsibilities can get you into a heap of hot water. So, here is what you need to learn:
- Basic contract rules.
- How to avoid being considered negligent.
- How to protect your ideas and inventions via copyright, patent and trademark law.
- Basic employer-employee regulations.
- The governmental regulation of your industry.
- Not having written agreements. All of your important business agreements should be in writing for several reasons. First, oral agreements are difficult to enforce and sometimes are not enforceable at all. More importantly, memories fade over time, people change their stories and people "remember" the agreement differently. Putting it in writing avoids these problems.
- Getting involved in litigation. Litigation fees can put you out of business. Beware the lawsuit!
Creating An Employee Stock Ownership Plan
One trait I have noticed, shared by the great, most successful small businesses, is that they often give employees a stake in the business; an ownership share. Rather than it being just another place to work and draw a salary, a small business that an employee partially owns makes that employee a committed entrepreneur. As a result, they usually are more motivated, more dedicated, and more conscientious.
So it is a smart idea to consider if you want to keep the best people on staff.
For employers and employees alike, the most popular employer-sponsored retirement plan is the 401(k) since contributions are tax deductible for employers and tax deferred for employees. Although participation is optional, employees today know they need to fund their own retirement and usually appreciate the opportunity to do so.
Investments made by the 401(k) contributions can be made by employees or by the plan administrator; know however that with a 401(k), the more options you give your employees, the more expensive administration will be. Expect administration costs to be at least $1,000 a year as reports must be filed with the IRS, the Department of Labor, plan participants, and so forth.
The question that you the small business owner must answer is whether you can afford to match funds contributed by employees. It is expensive to match employee contributions dollar for dollar, even if the dollars are tax deductible.
Either way, to set up a 401(k) plan, or some other tax-deferred retirement plan, you need to speak with a financial planner or your accountant.
There are also three types of stock ownership plans that you could implement:
- Stock Options: Here, your business would award the option to buy company stock at a specified price, and the employee then has a certain amount of time to exercise the option and become a part owner of the company. Approximately 10 million employees in business both public and private hold stock options at any one time.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP): These are a sort of retirement plan akin to a 401(k), although in this case, instead of creating a diversified portfolio, with an ESOP, the retirement funds are invested in the stock of the employer. Under this scenario, the company contributes cash to buy its own stock (usually from the owner) which is then shared among the employees. There are significant tax benefits available under this plan. It is estimated that about 8 million employees invest in ESOPs.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plans (ESPP): These allow employees to buy stock at a discount (usually around 15%.) The employee can then either sell the stock for a profit, or simply hold onto it.
While it is true that you will be giving up part of your equity to create some sort of an employee stock ownership plan, the benefit is that in the process you will be creating a more motivated workforce. For more information on creating some sort of employee stock ownership plan, contact the National Center for Employee Ownership at www.NCEO.org.
Getting the Most from Your Chamber of Commerce
Want to know an easy, affordable way to grow your business? I will share this secret with you: Join your local chamber of commerce. Indeed, chambers of commerce can be one of the best friends your small business can have.
Think about it: The whole purpose behind a Chamber of Commerce is to help small businesses succeed. Indeed, over 85% of U.S. Chamber members are small business owners. And what kind of business are you involved in? Right, a small business. So your local Chamber is a place committed to your success.
At your local Chamber, will find a host of programs and resources intended to make your life easier and your business more profitable. And considering that most small businesses are out there all alone, having a network of like-minded entrepreneurs on your side can really be nice.
Let's consider the various ways a Chamber of Commerce can help a small business:
- Programming: Much, nay, most, of the programming done by Chambers is intended to help their members grow their businesses. Chambers bring in speakers, offer educational seminars, create informational newsletters, host luncheons, spotlight successful members, facilitate small business counseling, supply relevant demographic materials, sponsor business expos, and offer a variety of other programs intended to help grow members' businesses.
- Networking: As indicated, one issue many small business owners have is that they are out there on their own, without a whole lot of support from anyone else. But if you join your local Chamber, that will change in two significant ways.
- First, you will suddenly be mixing with a host of like-minded people – small business owners who, like you, are juggling payroll, taxes, a tough economy, and home life. There will be people to bounce ideas off of, and ideas from others that can be applied to your business as well.
- Second, Chambers of Commerce regularly have mixers, offering you the chance to meet and do business with your fellow Chamber members.
- Lobbying: Legislation of all sorts on the state and national level have profound impacts on small businesses. However, most small businesses have neither the time, resources, understanding, nor desire to lobby on a particular bill. That's another place where a Chamber of Commerce can help.
According to the United States Chamber of Commerce, "We're the loud voice you need to be heard in the political arena, to represent the important issues that affect small businesses. With your input, we can make a difference and provide tangible results."
- Getting involved: Chambers always have a variety of committees that allow you to participate in your community on issues of importance to you. By joining one of these committees, you can make a difference and have your voice heard.
- Discounts: Chambers offer their members discounts and deals on everything from health insurance to computers to education, and on.
So yes, joining a chamber of commerce is usually a very good idea.
The Bankruptcy Option
I know that bankruptcy is a frightening word, but I also know that it need not be. I spent many years as a bankruptcy lawyer and came to appreciate the bankruptcy process and how, in the right circumstances, it can really help a business. Bankruptcy puts you back in control of your business finances. If you are at a place where bankruptcy is an option, then it is safe to assume that things are pretty tough right about now. I bet the creditors are calling, threatening to sue, or already suing you and your business.
Bankruptcy can reverse all of that.
So the first piece of good news is this: As soon as you file your paperwork, the bankruptcy court issues an order called an "automatic stay." The stay is a federal court order sent to all of your creditors telling them to leave you alone. No more calls, no more threatening letters, nothing. They can take no actions to collect their money after you file — even lawsuits are halted by the stay. The stay puts you back in the driver's seat of your company's finances.
There are four types of bankruptcies available to your business. The type you file depends upon your situation and goals. Below are the four types (Note: Each "Chapter" is a chapter in the bankruptcy code.)
Chapter 7: Most individual bankruptcies are Chapter 7s. For an individual it is a good process since it is quick (four months or so), relatively inexpensive, and almost all debts are completely wiped out (called "discharged" in the lingo.)
The problem for a business is that Chapter 7 (also known as a straight bankruptcy or liquidation) shuts down the business. If that is your goal, great, because that is what will happen. If your small business files a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, all operations will cease, the business will go out of business, and a bankruptcy trustee will be assigned to sell the assets of the business for the benefit of your creditors. All business debts will be discharged, as will all personal debts if the business is a sole proprietorship or a partnership.
If your goal is to stay in business, then consider one of the other chapters below.
Chapter 11: When you hear about a company emerging from bankruptcy, that is a Chapter 11 they are emerging from. A Chapter 11 is used to restructure the business. Under this chapter, exiting management of the business continues to run the business, although the bankruptcy court must approve significant business decisions.
Creditors are appointed to a committee that works with the company to develop a plan of reorganization. The plan may allow the company to pay 10 cents on the dollar to its creditors, or it might be 100 cents. It all depends. Once he plan is fulfilled he debts are paid (it usually takes several years) the company emerges from bankruptcy.
Chapter 12: Chapter 12 is for farmers only.
Chapter 13: Chapter 13 is like a mini Chapter 11. Whereas Chapter 11 is usually used by larger corporations, Chapter 13 is a reorganization plan for smaller companies that want to keep their doors open, such as sole proprietorships. While not the optimum path you wanted your business to take, bankruptcy is not as bad as most people fear. Sometimes, you just need a little forgiveness to get back on track.


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Comics is a tough business. Even now, with seemingly nine out of ten movies in the theaters tied somehow to graphic novels or comics, it's still a surprisingly tough business, marred by an uneven playing field dominated by multi-billion dollar corporations, a single distributor system, and an outdated sales force. As an independent comic creator, until very recently the challenges of competing with Messrs. Batman, Superman, Spiderman, and Wolverine seemed insurmountable. Thank god for technology.
The decision to syndicate my new graphic novel Tumor on the Amazon Kindle was an easy one. I love my Kindle. I'm an avid book reader, with a couple dozen bookshelves lining every bit of free wall in our apartment. But I also suffer from an abnormality of the eye that makes reading a difficult chore for me. The Kindle gave me back my love of books. I can read for hours on end, with no eye strain, plus I have a built-in dictionary for when Vonnegut uses big words that may or may not be made up, and access to virtually any book I can imagine -- usually for about $9.99.
The Kindle represents a new way for artist to reach audience. While the web has offered that same connection, it's always been tied to a computer, leaving you staring at a bright white screen, and thinking about all of the work you should be doing instead of reading some guy's unpublished novel which he's syndicated on his blog, backwards, meaning you have to start at the end, and work your way up the screen, thereby screwing up the flow and--
The Kindle represents a seamless method to purchase and read content. You buy the book, and it magically appears on your screen a second or two later. The playing field becomes quite a bit more even. People will still be drawn to bigger authors or titles, but, for the people who want to seek out your work, they actually can. The same can't be said of most comic shops, or, for that matter, most bookstores. In effect, by removing the physical commodity, we've opened up the marketplace to endless options. It's no longer a question of whether to stock Batman OR Tumor, because they're both there, all the time, waiting to be downloaded.
So what about the screen? Granted, the screen's a bit small on the Kindle 2 for a comic book. The dimensions are slightly off, and it's about 10% smaller than digest size (the size of a manga). We compromised by cutting the pages in half, thus allowing them to scale out further on the horizontal, while still maintaining the reading flow. The contrast on the screen is pretty impressive, considering the technology, and, frankly, I really enjoy reading my book on the device. Plus, with the iPhone Kindle App, you can also read it on the bright, zoomable screen of your iPhone or iPod Touch. It really is the best of both worlds.
Some people complain that the device is black and white, and comics are in color. That's not true. There is an entire world of gorgeous black-and-white comics, with rich traditions in the old newspaper strips of Windsor McCay, through the sub-culture work of R. Crumb, and on to the violent dark world of Frank Miller's Sin City. Even the venerable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles started out as a tabloid size, newsprint black and white comic. But yes, that means for the most part, you won't be seeing Bruce Wayne and his various boy targets prancing on to the device in the immediate future. If you ask me, that's not a bad thing.
The renaissance of the graphic novel means realizing that while we all wish to some degree that we were Spiderman, there's more to the medium than just guys punching each other and dating super models. There's also a rich world of story, an entire medium that's wholly born of the 20th Century, so resonant that it's what they use to explain what to do if you're in an airplane crash on the piece of paper shoved in the back of the airplane seat. Comics are in our lives, and they communicate with us in amazing, startling ways that have far more potential than whatever villain the X-Men are fighting (and then recruiting, and then fighting again where he turns bad).
Is the Kindle the killer device for comics? Not yet, but, it's getting there. With my book, we made a conscious decision in the creative process to help address the limitations of the device, and turn them into positives. At its heart, Tumor is a pulp detective story. To have it readable on the pulpy screen of the Kindle evokes, perhaps subconsciously, the look and feel of Black Mask or Weird Tales – books that were printed on newsprint during war time.
Also, Noel Tuazon's art features a very simple line, with a retro style that transfers crisply on the device. Combine that with pages reformatted into half-page intervals, and you end up with a wholly unique way to read the story. In fact, there are flourishes that will be noticeable in the Kindle edition that will be lost when the book is released in the Hardcover edition later on.
Like most things with art as commerce, there are sacrifices. I think all of the opportunities to reach new audiences, make the comics affordable to new readers, and to try something new and different make them worthwhile sacrifices.
- Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov. Joshua Hale Fialkov is the writer of the critically acclaimed graphic novel Elk's Run, the cult hit Punks the Comic, and Tumor, the first original comic on the Amazon Kindle, published by Archaia Comics. He lives in Los Angeles, California.


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text: OverviewBack to top Twinlab - Daily One Caps Multivitamin & Mineral with Iron - 60 Capsules Item# :69984UPC# :027434009041 Brand:Twinlab Size/Form:60 Capsules Ship Weight:0.63 Servings:60 Dosage:1 Capsule(s) Twinlab - Daily One Caps Multivitamin & Mineral with Iron - 60 Capsules Twin Lab Daily One Multivitamin and Mineral Caps with Iron are a higher potency multi-vitamin and mineral supplement. Twinlab Daily One Caps with Iron contain a blend of 26 nutrients including FloraGLO lutein, a powerful antioxidant associated with eye health and extra folic acid to help support a healthy heart. One cap is all you need to get 100% or more of the daily requirements for 19 important vitamins and minerals. Twinlab Daily One Caps with Iron have no added flavorings, salt, artificial sweeteners, colorings, preservatives or salicylates. Twinlab Daily One Caps Features Help Promote Healthy Eyes Extra Folic Acid for Healthy Heart New Iron (source) Provides Prolonged Absorption About TwinlabTwinlab has had had one simple and over-riding objective for nearly 30 years. To bring you products that are based on the latest science, and are manufactured to the highest level pharmaceutical standards. This is Twinlab's mission for everything that has their name on it: vitamins, minerals, sports nutrition products, special formulas and amino acids. Twinlab's herbs are sold under the Nature's Herbs brand, and their herbal teas under the Alvita brand, but the commitment and standards are the same. Twinlab's leadership is reflected in the firsts they have brought to the market: The first complete line of amino acids The first complete line of fish and marine oils The most advanced and complete array of antioxidants All-capsule vitamin and mineral line well tolerated by allergic individuals But Twinlab is not only motivated to be first, they are driven to be best. Twinlab insists on their own manufacturing (trust can't be transferred), which takes place in their state-of-the-art facility in American Fork, Utah. All told, Twinlab produces more than 500 different products. Why so many? Because everyone has their own needs, yet everyone has the same goal: to live healthier, to achieve wellness, to derive the maximum quality of life each and every day. To the extent Twinlab helps you achieve this, they consider it a privilege.


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A delicate look uniquely designed. Confetti glass, rosettes and butterfly glass tiles work together in tones of pink, red, cream and light green for a beautiful look. Confetti glass is made using thin glass chips arranged on the casting table before the glass is poured, and thus pressed into the glass sheet as it is formed. The panel design offers a unique touch as an accent lamp.
Made from glass, resin and metal, this lamp measures 13"H x 5-1/2"W and weighs 3.7lbs. The lamp uses one 25-watt Type B bulb (not included) and operates on an inline switch. Low level of assembly required (approximately 5 minutes). Clean with a damp, clean cloth. Dry with soft, clean cloth. UL approved; for indoor use only. Made in China.
Please Note: We make every effort to ensure colors are represented accurately online. However, due the nature in which these lamps are crafted, slight color variations in stained glass are normal and help to make each lamp beautifully unique. Also, the appearance of the colors in the shade will be dependent on the lighting in the room. Cloth shades with a pattern may vary because of how the fabric is cut.
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text: What's The Worst Game You've Ever Bought?Kirk Hamilton2/19/14 6:30pmFiled to: tell us dammitkotakucorebad games3.6K38EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Not everything is worth the price we pay for it. In fact, some games aren't worth the disc they're printed on. Advertisement Today I thought I'd ask you guys about the worst games you've ever bought, the ones you really regretted purchasing. You could've put that money toward a new blender, or a cool pair of pants!Weigh in in the comments, and please include a picture or video from the game in question, the name of the game, and why it was the worst game you've ever bought. I'll go first.Reply3560 repliesLeave a reply


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4Arthropod-borne and Infectious Diseases Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Quantitative PCR assays are now the standard method for viral diagnostics. These assays must be specific, as well as sensitive, to detect the potentially low starting copy number of viral genomic material. We describe a new technique, polymerase chain displacement reaction (PCDR), which uses multiple nested primers in a rapid, capped, one-tube reaction that increases the sensitivity of normal quantitative PCR (qPCR) assays. Sensitivity was increased by approximately 10-fold in a proof-of-principle test on dengue virus sequence. In PCDR, when extension occurs from the outer primer, it displaces the extension strand produced from the inner primer by utilizing a polymerase that has strand displacement activity. This allows a greater than 2-fold increase of amplification product for each amplification cycle and therefore increased sensitivity and speed over conventional PCR. Increased sensitivity in PCDR would be useful in nucleic acid detection for viral diagnostics.
PCR is a key technique used in molecular biology to amplify specific regions of DNA; the amplified product is traditionally detected by gel electrophoresis. The emergence of quantitative PCR (qPCR) using fluorescent probes or dyes now allows amplification and analysis simultaneously, conferring rapid detection and quantification of target DNA. qPCR also enables higher throughput with a reduced risk of cross-contamination, as there are no post-PCR manipulations. The amplified product in qPCR can be detected by either nonspecific DNA binding dyes, for example SYBR green, which binds to any double-stranded DNA present, or by probes that hybridize to specific target sequences (1-4).
In virus detection, qPCR has now become the standard technique, as it is quick, sensitive, and easier to perform than the more traditional method of culturing the virus in cell lines (5). Virus culture can take up to 2 weeks, depending on the virus, and the result can be hindered by the presence of antibodies in the patient's serum. qPCR is also being used over serological analysis, which detects antibodies specific to the virus in a patient's serum. Serological analysis prevents early, rapid diagnosis, as antibodies are generally only produced 6–14 days after infection. Serological analysis is also not possible when trying to detect the presence of virus in samples that are not human serum, for example in arboviral vectors such as mosquitoes. Nucleic acid detection with qPCR has a further advantage of quantifying the copy number of virus in a patient's plasma, which can be vital for monitoring some diseases (6).
Conventional PCR uses a pair of primers and therefore produces a maximum of a 2-fold increase in amplicon per amplification cycle. We have developed a modification to PCR that uses more than one pair of primers; we call this variant polymerase chain displacement reaction (PCDR). Nested primers are designed that flank the region of interest; when the outer and inner primers are extended, the extended strand of the outer primer causes displacement of the extended strand produced from the inner primer (Figure 1). The polymerase used in PCDR is a modified Taq DNA polymerase that possesses strand displacement activity and lacks 5′ to 3′ exonuclease activity; therefore degradation of the inner primer extension product does not occur. In PCDR, we use a dual-labeled probe, which has a quencher at the 3′ end and a fluorophore at the 5′ end. When there is no target present, the two ends of the probe come close to one another, in a random coil, resulting in the fluorophore being quenched; once there is template for the probe to bind to, the quencher and fluorophore are separated, allowing fluorescence to be generated (7). PCDR allows more than two amplicons to be produced after each amplification cycle and therefore greater sensitivity and increased speed of assay. An increase in the sensitivity of amplification assays would be beneficial in diagnostic uses for virus detection where there is a low starting copy number or where sensitivity is lost by PCR inhibitors present in crude extracts (8).
Figure 1. Schematic showing the mechanism of PCDR. (Click to enlarge)
Another advantage of using multiple primers in PCDR for viral detection is due to the high frequency of mutations that occurs in viral genomes, producing multiple subtypes with a high level of genetic variation within each virus (9, 10). Primers are very specific; therefore detection via PCR is vulnerable to false negatives due to genome sequence diversity. In viral diagnostics, PCR primers need to be designed so that all subtypes are identified and new subtypes could possibly be recognized. In one study, four commercial quantitative viral load assays for HIV were tested with a panel of diverse patient samples taken from multiple regions and as few as 88.6% were positively detected from 97 plasma samples. These false negatives were found to be due to mutations in the primer or probe binding sites (6). A single pair of primers is more susceptible to false negatives due to these mutations, whereas if four primers are used together, as in PCDR, it is much less likely that mutations would occur in both primer binding sites and therefore amplification would still occur.
To determine if sensitivity and speed could be improved by PCDR in viral detection, we developed an assay to identify the presence of dengue virus sequence. Dengue virus (DENV) is a positive strand RNA flavivirus that has four distinct serotypes (DENV1–4) and is the causative agent of dengue fever (11). Dengue is a mosquito-borne disease that is endemic in more than 100 countries, with an incidence that is rapidly increasing (12-15). While dengue fever presents with flu-like symptoms, this can progress to dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can be fatal. This usually occurs if the patient is infected with a second DENV serotype. PCR assays have been developed for the detection of dengue viral RNA. Some of these assays are capable of serotyping and/or able to quantify the viral load, which may be an indicator of disease severity (16). Only one PCR assay for DENV has been commercialized to date (RealArt; artus/Qiagen, Valencia, CA, USA) (17). The other in-house assays developed include nested reverse transcriptase PCR, where the result is visualized by gel electrophoresis (18-20); however this is not suitable for high-throughput diagnostics, and therefore multiplex quantitative assays have also been designed, including one-step quantitative reverse transcriptase and multiplex quantitative assays (21-24).


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What the Election Results Mean for the Parkinson's Community
- Nov 09 2010
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) has received an update from the Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) regarding the results of the mid-term elections and what they mean for the Parkinson's community. PAN offers their analysis of the results below.
Lame-Duck Session
Congress will return on November 15 for a lame-duck session, probably lasting just two or three weeks. (A "lame-duck session" is one that occurs after an election but before the new Congress is sworn in.) Yesterday's election results make it much less likely that the lame-duck session will address much substantive legislation – even though funding for government agencies, expiring tax cuts, our Parkinson's national data system bill, stem cells, the Medicare physician fee fix, and other important issues are hanging in limbo. Watch for most issues to get kicked into next year.
Funding for Research
Further delay of final congressional decisions on government funding would be a mixed bag at best for Parkinson's research. It is possible that Congress could decide to fund the entire Fiscal Year 2011 through a "continuing resolution" at 2010 levels. Unfortunately, that would mean the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would not receive its proposed $1 billion increase and the new Cures Acceleration Network would not get its planned $50 million to get the program started. A continuing resolution would, however, extend the $25 million for Department of Defense Parkinson's research program. We will certainly keep you posted.
With respect to the appropriations committees, both the House and the Senate will need to appoint several new members in the coming weeks. But the good news for us is that Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), a friend of NIH research, will remain as Chairman of the relevant Senate Appropriations Subcommittee, and Representative C.W. Bill Young (R-FL), a friend of the Department of Defense Parkinson's research program, will become Chairman of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
With respect to authorizing committees, the Parkinson's community should also come out pretty well. With Republicans taking control of the House, one of the Parkinson's Caucus Co-Chairs, Representative Fred Upton (R-MI), is in line to become Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over a great deal of our health legislation. Senator Harkin will remain as Chairman of the Senate HELP Committee, which handles health issues in the Senate.
Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease
With over 100 newly-elected Members of the House and 16 freshmen Senators, the new Congress will have a lot of new personalities. That means a host of new members for us to recruit to join the Congressional Caucus on Parkinson's Disease. The eight current Co-Chairs of the Parkinson's Caucus – evenly split between four Republicans and four Democrats; four House Members and four Senators – will all remain in place next year. (Caucus Co-Chair Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) was already slated to leave the Senate after his primary defeat in May).
Obviously, everyone in Washington is still analyzing what the election results will mean. PAN will be looking more in depth at what the changes might entail for the Parkinson's community, both for the remaining weeks of this Congress and for next year, so please stay tuned!
PAN is the voice of the Parkinson's community in Washington, DC. In 2010, PDF is supporting PAN with a grant of $200,000.
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