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I enjoyed attending MAX last week. The best part was putting some faces to names of people who had previously been cyber-personalities.
We did a pre-conference lab on LiveCycle best practices. For the lab I prepared four exercises on various aspects of form design. For those who weren't able to attend, I'll post those exercises as a series of blog entries.
Exercise #1: Measure and Improve JavaScript Performance
In this exercise we optimized a fairly simple script – a few lines in a loop. Depending on your machine, you should be able to improve the performance anywhere from a factor of three up to a factor of seven.
Open EX1 Performance Tests.pdf in Designer.
There are 50 subtotal values that need to be totaled. Each total has a test button that executes the Total script 500 times and measures the performance.
Note the 4 variations of the sum function:
- Test 1: The original (slow) version of the calculation
- Test 2: A copy of Test 1 that you will improve.
Look at the hints in the code comments in order to improve the script.
- Test 3: The solution
- Test4: Same calculation expressed in FormCalc
Understanding the solution:
- Undeclared variables are very expensive to reference
- Javascript variables are far less expensive to reference than XFA objects
- Evaluate as few dots as possible. e.g. c.d is faster than a.b.c.d
- Dots evaluated inside a resolveNode(s) expression are faster than dots evaluated in JavaScript objects. E.g. resolveNode("a.b.c") is faster than a.b.c
Why is FormCalc faster?
All references to XFA objects from JavaScript involve a round-trip from the script environment to the XFA processor and back. These round trips are expensive.
FormCalc runs native in the XFA processor and there are no round-tripping costs.


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With more than half his life spent in the entertainment business, it's safe to say country music icon Kenny Rogers has played his aces. The proof lies within his prolific recordings, film roles and countless corresponding awards and honors.
"I'm kind of a student of this business," the 75-year-old singer recently told CMT.com in Nashville. "I think the people who survive in this business are people who are what they say they are. Look at Johnny Cash. Look at Elvis and Dolly."
Dressed in blue jeans and a buttoned black collared shirt, Rogers' cordial and professional demeanor was as magnetic in person as seen onstage. In fact, he's approached his successful profession with this same savvy.
But don't think Rogers is ready to cash in his chips now. Instead, he's reshuffled the deck, releasing his first album in seven years, You Can't Make Old Friends.
"You have to let the business sort itself out," he noted of the cyclical nature of the music industry.
"There's only two ways I can compete. I can do whatever everybody else is doing and do it better or do something nobody else is doing. You don't invite comparison. And that's the road I choose to go on."
In addition to recording new music, Rogers has also released the paperback version of his best-selling autobiography Luck or Something Like It, co-written the novel What Are the Chances and will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame alongside Bobby Bare and the late Cowboy Jack Clement later this month.
"How do you say 'thank you' for that?!," he said of the honor. "I'm glad it happened now rather than at the peak of my success because I had so much going on then, I don't think I could have appreciated the gravity of it."
Noting his wife and several children will be in attendance, Rogers is looking forward to sharing this honor with his family.
And while being recognized for his past musical contributions, his newest musical project finds the celebrated singer right in his wheelhouse. Carefully selecting each song for You Can't Make Old Friends, the 11-track collection showcases his effortless ability to bring not only social storylines to life but also his signature sweetheart ballads.
"I'm lucky I have a good basis of hits to start with, but mostly I think my strength is picking songs," Rogers said. "I think I find great songs, and it's harder now because the great songwriters are giving the great songs to a different group of people. But there's also certain songs that group of people can't do — and I can."
Numbers like "You Had to Be There" weave an intricate plotline of an absent father visiting his son in prison while "Dreams of the San Joaquin" paint a cinematic plotline of a migrant worker struggling to send his wife meagerly wages.
"I get a big thrill out of doing something that has some social statement," he said of the song. "To just sing words doesn't mean anything to me. I like for them to say something and I like to make people think."
Fans will also be pleased to hear sprinklings of Rogers' heartening tunes as a balance next to his weightier subject matter. Songs like "Look at You," along with the cover of Bryan Adams' "When You Love Someone," set the stage for the seasoned performer's delicate yet strikingly strong vocals.
What's more, he's recorded the project's title track with Dolly Parton, rekindling the charismatic pairing that wowed country listeners over 30 years ago with their sexy, trail-blazing smash, "Islands in the Stream."
"What we have is, we flirt — and we flirt consistently," Rogers noted of their musical chemistry, also squelching past rumors of a possible affair.
"It's more honest and fun than legitimate," he said. "She flirts with me, and I flirt with her, and that's what makes it work. We don't just stand and sing songs together."
Penned by renowned songwriter Don Schlitz, who also wrote Rogers' "The Gambler," the new duet revisits this adoring pair who have traded in their once lustful lines for a slower and gentler approach, creating an affectionate ode to everlasting friendship.
"We're such close friends," Rogers said. "I know that she loves me, and I love her. It's an unusual relationship, but I think it works for both of us."
Reflecting on his longevity in this business, Rogers said he was 19 when his musical mentor Kirby Stone, founder of the '50s group the Kirby Stone Four, pulled him aside to let him in on a little secret.
"Believe it or not, it's not all wet towels and naked women," Rogers recalled of their conversation. "If you treat it like a business, it'll treat you back like a business.'
"It's a piece of advice that puts things in perspective. It's not about partying. It's about doing your job and doing it well. He influenced me, and I think that's one of the best pieces of advice I've ever had career-wise."
Beginning in jazz and later joining the New Christy Minstrels in the '60s alongside Kim Carnes and Gene Clark, Rogers went on to enjoy chart-topping feats a few years later as part of the group the First Edition with hits like "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" and "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town."
But his international superstar status was solidified after he embarked on a solo career in the '70s, producing game-changing hits like "Lucille," "She Believes in Me" and the multiplatinum selling single "The Gambler" to name a few.
He credits fellow Country Music Hall of Fame members like Cash, Merle Haggard and George Jones with influencing his sound but admits he learned about rhythm & blues from listening to Ray Charles. After hearing his idol's groundbreaking album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Rogers wanted to move an audience the way Charles moved him.
"I remember asking him one time, 'How do you know when to do those little soul-things?'"
Charles replied, "'Kenny, if you have to think about it, they're wrong.'"
"That's the truth," Rogers chuckled. "B.B. King was on a TV show one time and he was lip-synching. He was playing a guitar solo that was on the record, but he wasn't playing the same thing. And we said, 'B.B., do you mind playing what you played on the record?' And he said, 'Kenny, I can't be there but once.'"
"And that's when you learn about soul music," Rogers smiled. "That's why I think country is the white man's rhythm & blues. It's where the heart is. It's where the soul is."
But if there's one person Rogers credits for setting his personal life in the right direction, it's not his musical influences or mentors but rather his mother. Despite only having a third grade education, her words of wisdom helped steer the course of his life, even when the cards seemed stacked against him.
"She said, 'Son, be happy where you are. Never be content to be there. But if you're not happy where you are, you'll never be happy,'" he recounted.
Smiling he added, "Through the downs, I've always been happy. I'm just a happy guy."

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Cory Doctorow takes a moment to remind folks going into the bookstore to get his book Little Brother that they need to go into the Young Adult section, not the science fiction section, and then talks about the YA section of the bookstore being something of an undiscovered country, where cool things happen because no one is looking. I think this is an interesting description of the situation because, from a retail point of view, it's really got things backwards — if we're comparing which section of the bookstore is the undiscovered country, Young Adult or Adult Science Fiction/Fantasy, it's SF/F by far, because the simple fact of the matter is that YA kills Adult SF/F, not only in general sales, but specifically in sales the bestselling science fiction and fantasy books in their respective sections.
I have a friend with access to BookScan, which tracks book sales through stores and retail outlets, who at my request checked the aggregate bestseller list sales of adult fantasy and science fiction against the sale of YA fantasy and SF. Without mentioning specific numbers or titles, my friend says that last week, the top 50 YA SF/F bestsellers outsold the top 100 adult SF/F bestsellers (adult SF and F are separate lists) by two to one. So 50 YA titles are selling twice as much as 100 adult SF/F titles. The bestselling YA fantasy book last week (not a Harry Potter book) outsold the bestselling adult fantasy book by nearly four to one; the bestselling YA science fiction title sold three copies for every two copies of the chart-topping adult SF title. And as a final kick in the teeth, YA SF/F is amply represented at top of the general bestselling charts of YA book sales, whereas adult SF/F struggles to get onto the general bestselling adult fiction charts at all.
That serious adult science fiction/fantasy readers don't seem to know any of this is a) a feature of the opaque nature of book sales, in which no one publicly talks about actual units sold and b) a feature of the apparent short-sightedness of adult sf/f readers, who are missing a genuine literary revolution in their genre because the YA section is a blank spot on the map to them, if not to everyone else. "Here there be dragons" has been replaced by "Here there be pre-teens" or something of the sort. This attitude is especially puzzling when you consider how many SF/F readers got their start with books like the Heinlein juvies, the fantasies of Susan Cooper and John Christopher and Madeleine L'Engle and so on.
I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again: The most significant SF writer right now is Scott Westerfeld, whom it seems most adult science fiction fans still have not read and indeed barely know exists. In a sane world, Westerfeld would be a hero to adult science fiction readers, because he's pretty much single-handedly flown the flag for science fiction to teenagers, thus saving the genre's bacon for another 20 years. But: He's YA. So he doesn't count.
Now, don't feel sorry for Scott because of this. He's crying all the way to the bank, he is, because by any sane measure he's almost certainly the single best-selling science fiction author out there right now. The people to feel bad for are all the adult science fiction readers who haven't read his Uglies series and by extension are missing the formative SFnal experience of an entire generation of readers — which also happen to be excellent books. Why Scott hasn't even been nominated for a Hugo yet is unfathomable today, and I expect will be seen as unforgivable in 20 years, when many of his readers have become published writers.
To get back to Cory, I think it might be possible that he'll miss a few early sales by some of his adult fans not going into the YA section. But I also and strongly believe that he's going to make those sales up, and pretty quickly, as he's introduced to a new and very avid set of readers, who are primed for more thought-provoking science fiction (it's absolutely no coincidence one of the front cover blurbs for the book comes from Westerfeld). Cory's potential audience has just gotten a lot bigger. It helps his book rocks.
Ah, now we know why you wrote Zoe's Tale, you say. Well, I won't lie to you. A couple of years ago Patrick Nielsen Hayden and I were talking about the possibility of me writing something that would be teen-friendly, because it's good business sense, and also because I'm a huge fan of the idea of writing smart science fiction that younger readers will enjoy. When OMW readers started asking for a story with Zoe, it seemed like a natural fit. I didn't write it specifically as a young adult book, but I did write it so that we could go to young adult booksellers (and librarians, and readers) and say "this could work for you too."
Now, inasmuch as don't believe we're marketing ZT as YA, at least at first — when you go to the bookstore to find it, it'll be in the SF section, not the YA section. But who knows? Maybe they'll be a chance for cross-pollination there. If Cory can help get the adult science fiction/fantasy readers to venture into young adult, maybe I'll be lucky enough to help convince some YA readers to take a trip to the science fiction and fantasy section. I would be happy to be part of such a tag team. And lucky, frankly.


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Interim "Daily Show" host John Oliver said San Diego Mayor Bob Filner's sexual harassment scandal is so "disgusting" it breaks the "Eww-o-Meter."
The comedian Wednesday judged each alleged incident on a scale of "ew" to "ewwww" based on how much the details "make your skin crawl."
After airing clips of victims sharing their stories, which included an unwanted French kiss, a pat on the rear, and inappropriate touching on other body parts, Oliver responded by yelling 'eww' and jumping up and down.
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He also compared the accusations against Filner to the mayoral scandal brewing in New York City.
"Say what you want about Anthony Weiner, but at least his texts don't leave a physical residue on your face," Oliver said, in reference to a victim's claim that Filner allegedly "slobbered down" her chin.
But Oliver did call out Weiner for comparing New Yorkers' strength after the 9/11 terrorist attacks to the candidate's own refusal to drop out of the race for mayor after his sexting scandal. Weiner "crossed the line" with that comment, Oliver said.
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We all know that clickwrap agreements are preferable to browsewrap agreements, assuming, of course, the objective is to establish binding contracts between participants in online transactions. Nonetheless, some online platforms still (try to) rely on browsewrap agreements to establish terms of service. That avoidance of best practices gives us situations like the recent case of Hussein v. Coinabul, LLC, in which a federal court in Illinois refused to enforce a forum selection clause in a "bitcoin to gold marketplace" browsewrap agreement.
Plaintiff alleged that he sent about $175,000 worth of bitcoins to defendants in June 2013, expecting to get gold in return. (Plaintiff alleges he transferred 1,644.54 BTC. The average exchange value in June 2013 was $107.82/BTC. You can get historical bitcoin price data here: http://www.coindesk.com/price) When the gold never arrived, plaintiff sued for fraud.
Defendants moved to dismiss, citing a forum selection clause contained in a browsewrap agreement found on its website. That purported agreement required all disputes to be heard in the state courts of Wyoming, and for Wyoming law to apply. The court denied the motion to dismiss, finding that the browsewrap agreement afforded plaintiff neither actual nor constructive knowledge of its terms and conditions.
The court observed that the hyperlink that directed users to defendants' Terms of Service was listed among ten other hyperlinks at the bottom of each page. (See this Wayback Machine capture of the website from June 2013).
As for lack of actual knowledge, the court credited plaintiff's allegations that he did not review or even know of defendants' Terms of Service when he entered the bitcoin transaction. And there was no evidence to the contrary in the record.
And as for lack of constructive knowledge, the court found that the hyperlink, "buried at the bottom of the webpage – [was] without some additional act of notification, insufficient for the purpose of providing reasonable notice."
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:18 pm
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What does everyone use to split open melon, squash and pineapple?
I'm rethinking my knife collection, currently consisting of only a paring knife and a nakiri. My current collection does not allow me to split open big, raw vegetables and fruits. I'm thinking about adding a BIG knife for those tasks.
My question: what does everyone else use?
I'm thinking cleaver or butcher knife.
Thanks for any ideas!
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I have a 10 inch Wuesthof chef knife that does winter squash just peachy keen....
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pineapple normally I whack with the 8 inch chef - it's not so beeg , , ,
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I found a deba cleaver that mentions acorn squash as one of the things it cuts. So, my search is over. Thanks for the input!
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I use a large chef's knife.
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For watermelons, pineapples, cantelopes, and honeydews I use a 12" Tojiro chef's knife. For squash I use a combination of knives (utility for peeling, chinese cleaver for splitting, and chef's knife for choppnig).
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Dilbert wrote:
I have a 10 inch Wuesthof chef knife that does winter squash just peachy keen....
and watermelon
pineapple normally I whack with the 8 inch chef - it's not so beeg , , ,
I'll also take the 10" Wusthof chef knife. Works just fine.
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Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:42 pm
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CynthiSu wrote:
What does everyone use to split open melon, squash and pineapple?
I'm rethinking my knife collection, currently consisting of only a paring knife and a nakiri. My current collection does not allow me to split open big, raw vegetables and fruits. I'm thinking about adding a BIG knife for those tasks.
My question: what does everyone else use?
I'm thinking cleaver or butcher knife.
Thanks for any ideas!
Something sharp, something long and preferably thin. And, something I can whack with a wooden kitchen mallet if I need to.
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I use a 12" chefs knife, as much as I like those fancy knives, I get Tramontina's w/NSF white handles at the restaurant supply. They're cheap and really work well. chefjeff
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Large chef knife.
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Well, I do
a cleaver, because when you need one, you need one. However, I seldom use it, unless I am, for example, hacking up a raw chicken in order to make stock, and I don't much care how pretty the result is.
By "butcher knife," I think you probably mean a chef's knife. My chef's knives are the most important knives in my arsenal. I have two: a large one, and a smaller one. A nakiri is sort of the same thing, but they are a bit more delicate. If you prefer the Japanese knives, a deba bocho can take the place of a chef's knife. Whichever you choose, a good, sturdy, large knife like this is almost indispensable in any kitchen.
BTW, a deba bocho is also frequently referred to as a kitchen cleaver, but is not at all the same thing as the heavy, sturdy, and rather clumsy thing many people think of as a cleaver.
So, regarding your poll, my answer, apparently, is "yes," until I understand exactly what you mean by the names you are using for the knives.
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8" chefs should work fine for everything, just keep it sharp. No point in spending money on a cleaver when a chefs knife has so many other uses.
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I used cleavers for a long time, but after receiving some really good chef's knives one Christmas, they haven't been used much.
Unless I need to chop through bones, or split a large gourd or melon, I can't imagine anything that a cleaver could do better than a chef's knife.
However, I would never get rid of my cleavers. It is just too much fun to hack things in half like Conan the Barbarian.
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I use a cleaver for the squash and a really long chef's knife for the melons.
With acorn squash, I start the cut until the cleaver is firmly embedded in the squash, then lift both knife and squash like a hammer and bring it down on the counter with a good whack.
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I found out yesterday that I have a DNA match with a person that triangulates with John Adair (1753-1815) as the common ancestor. I also learned that the Adair family had some Cherokee ties. However, it is a bit unclear to me how John Adair fits into this picture. Let me explain:
First, there are conflicting stories on where he was born. Some say in the New World, some say Scotland and some say Ireland. HOWEVER, I did read in several paces that his father, Dr. James Robert Adair {along with his brothers and father} left Europe for America approximately twenty years BEFORE John Adair was born.
Secondly, there is an issue of who John's mother was. I read on some family trees online some more self-conflicting stories. A few family trees stated that his mother was named Esther McBride, who was born in Connecticut YET John was born in Ireland. To make matters even more confusing, the same tree stated John Adair was half Cherokee.
Lastly, I don't know how much, if any, Native ancestry John had. Some say he was half-Cherokee, others fully European but I've only found one scholarly look at his father. Here is a link:
If anyone here knows anything about the Adair family and the heritage of John Adair, it would help.
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I have come across four or five John Adair, but your dates match Gen. John Adair, born in America. I don't know much about the family. I have one Adair female who married into a side branch of my family.
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I was researching a possible choctaw/cherokee ancestor by the name of Mary Vaughan and a digital copy of the record i was looking at from like 1895 or 1900 said he died and in the notes it said to see Adair, Adams that was the end of my research couldnt find anything more not even sure if the Vaughan lady was my ancestor or not because it was so difficult to find enough records on her. research was done on ancestry.com
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I too am a descendant of a John Adair ( my 5th GGF ) that came from Antrim Ireland, born in Ireland in 1732 and died in what is now, Fountain City Tennessee, in 1827. He was born to Christian Adair and Barbara Jotter Yoder born in Ulster Ireland in 1734 and died in the same place as John. I've included a link below that tells about his life after reaching the mainland.
They had a son that came to the mainland with them named John Adair II. John also had a brother named James Adair that came to the mainland that married a Chickasha woman and lived among the various indian tribes trading with them for more than 40 years and he wrote a book called "History of the American Indians" which is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.
They had a son that came to the mainland with them named John Adair II. John also had a brother named James Adair that came to the mainland that married a Chickasha woman and lived among the various indian tribes trading with them for more than 40 years and he wrote a book called "History of the American Indians" which is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) James Harden scored 17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, and the Houston Rockets rallied to win their fifth straight, 87-84 over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Harden's drive to the basket gave Houston (16-12) an 85-84 lead with 39 seconds left. He drove again to make it a three-point lead with 11.7 seconds to go and scored 15 of the Rockets' final 17 points.
Omer Asik added nine points and 17 rebounds for the Rockets, who edged the Wolves after beating their previous three opponents by at least 22 points.
Alexey Shved shot an airball on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer that could have tied it for the Timberwolves.
J.J. Barea scored 18 for Minnesota (13-13), and Shved added 16. Kevin Love had 12 rebounds, but scored just seven points on 3 of 14 shooting. He missed all seven of his 3-point attempts.


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This is actually something that I've recently added to my book, Love Your Kindle Fire: The ILMK Guide to Amazon's Entertablet. Well, I've submitted it, along with updates with my experience with other sections. It will probably take a couple of days before the update is in place, but I wanted to try to do it about a month after release. If you've already purchased the book, I will ask Amazon to give you the option to get the update…but I've done that once already when I did corrections, and I never saw an e-mail offering me the updated version. I really hope they do, but if not, you have it here. 🙂 I also figure I may want to update the book again after the next software update, if it makes significant changes. I don't know how Amazon will feel about me asking for updates to be sent out repeatedly, though. Oh, and these aren't all the apps I've gotten…but if I hadn't really tested one, I didn't include it (unless it came pre-installed).
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Amazon Santa (free) ***
Amazon released this one on November 30, 2011. It's a wish list app for kids, basically. What they've done is limit the access to items that are "kid friendly" in several categories (music, everything, books, video games, toys and games, movies and TV). Each user can create a list and add things to it by clicking on them. It's sort of like having the Sears Wishbook when you were a kid (if you are old enough to remember those…if you are, you may enjoy a nostalgic look at them at Wishbook Web). You can save the Wish List at Amazon, and "send it to Santa". In order to do some things, you need to have signed into Amazon through the app.
Angry Birds Seasons (free) ****
If you haven't played Angry Birds yet…run away! Avert your eyes…do not gaze directly into the time-sapping vortex! 😉 It's been incredibly popular, and is quite addictive (here's a YouTube parody combining Angry Birds and Star Trek: The Next Generation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkBws1yx5HA). There are several versions, and you can get a free one with ads or pay a small amount without ads. The game play is fine on the Fire…better than on my phone, I'd say, because of the larger screen.
Audible (pre-installed) ****
Audible.com is owned by Amazon, and does audiobooks (see the Music and other audio section for more). I like the app. I've never been much of an audiobook listener…I prefer text-to-speech (where the device reads a book out loud to you using software). However, I do find the controls here reasonably intuitive, and the audio starts very quickly when I press play (remembering where I was when I was last listening). It would be nice if the shop was more obvious (click Menu-My Library-the shopping cart icon at the top of the screen), but outside of that, it works fine.
Bocce (free when I got it) ***
It's a simple little game…virtual Bocce Ball. I got it when I was out at a company event at Campo di Bocce (in Livermore, California). I was basically just showing off my Fire. While we were waiting to play the real thing, I connected to the restaurant's wi-fi. No problem to do, by the way, even though you need to acknowledge terms and conditions. When you have to do that, a box pops up on your Fire to allow you to go to the page to do that. So, I showed some people a YouTube clip on how to play Bocce, and downloaded this free game. You can set it on three different levels. Playing is fairly intuitive. The music (and waves crashing on the shore) is inoffensive…not always true in apps. It's a very simple game…good for kids, I'd say.
Bonsai Blast (both a free version and a ninety-nine cent version) ***
I got the paid version as a Free App of the Day. It's a simple little game. You shoot colored bubbles at a line of colored bubbles…when you get three of the same color in a row, they pop and disappear. You may have played similar games on other platforms, like Bust-a-Move. You can play an adventure version, or a survival version. There's not much to it…you tap where you want the balloon to go. I find I lose interest in it pretty quickly, but not bad for five minutes in line. Might be good for kids.
It's fortunate that I got this as a free app…I didn't find the game play effective. Some of you may have spent a good part of your youth playing Breakout. That's what this is like…bricks at the top of the screen and a bouncing ball. You slide your paddle back and forth at the bottom of the screen to bounce the ball up to break the bricks. I've played my share of Breakout, but this one just didn't have the right feel for me.
ColorNote ****
This is one of my absolute essentials. I use it at work…I'm often in places where plugging in a laptop is inconvenient. You start a note, you write the note, you can e-mail the note. All easy enough to use. You can set a reminder, you can make a list, and you can search your notes very simply. It's what I need to make the Fire a productivity device for me. That means I can bring my Fire to work, right, boss? 😉
Contacts (pre-installed)
Honestly, I haven't used this. When I need contacts (in e-mail, for example), the other app seems to handle it. There isn't a way to import directly from your e-mail list. I'm not saying it's good or bad, but since it was included, I thought I'd mention it. It just hasn't been friendly enough to be useful for me at this point.
This was a free app of the day for me. It's one of the more challenging sports games. Expect to have a learning curve on this one…you probably won't win the first time you play. It will feel more like a sports game on a console…this one isn't simple, and could be frustrating for kids. If you have someone who actually likes working to conquer a game, though, this is a good choice…if they like tennis, of course.
Dabble ****
My Significant Other is a big word game player. This one has been great! You need something which is challenging but is pretty purely based on knowing words and strategy. The only luck is what tiles you get. You are arranging "tiles" into words. The longer the word, the higher the multiplier for the letter values…using an "x" in a long word is better than using it in a short word. Every single tile can be used to make the two, three, four, fix, and six letter words on the "rack". I find I can make all the words…but that doesn't necessarily get you the highest score. I did find the way to make multiple profiles for individual players a challenge, and it takes some time getting used to how to move the tiles (one tile replaces another, so that's part of the game…it's a bit like sliding around those puzzles in a square that are missing one piece). Still, I'd recommend this one.
Drawing Pad ****
I got this as a Free App of the Day. It's fun and simple. I was waiting to pick up my car, and there was another adult there with a child…maybe three or four years old. I let the kid play with Drawing Pad (with the adult's approval). No problem…started drawing right away with a big smile. The controls are simple…you draw with your finger. You can use several drawing tools (including ones that leave a trail of stars or hearts), and you have "stamps" that are pictures, like animals or cars. You can rotate, relocate, and resize those. You can also e-mail the picture, if you like. You aren't going to make your company logo with this, but I like it. Great to entertain kids. If you need a more sophisticated drawing program, see SketchBook Mobile below.
Email (pre-installed) *****
This is the best way I've ever had to check my e-mail, bar none. It was easy to set up my accounts…and it will combine them all into one unified mailbox. I don't have to log-in every time I want to e-mail…it's just there. You can search your e-mail, sort it many ways, reply, delete it without opening it (long press), see more from the same sender (long press), and compose. It will help you automatically set up Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and AOL. Amazon also gives you a list of the settings for several other popular services, so you can configure them manually: Manual Settings for Some POP3/IMAP E-mail Providers. If you are using Outlook, though, I think you'll need to get an app for that. I haven't tested one yet. This is a big plus for me…recognizing that it will only update e-mail while you are wi-fi connected, of course. They can be read offline, though.
Entertainment Weekly (free) ****
I read EW every week cover to cover, and have been a print subscriber for years. The big caveat on this app is that you must be a print subscriber to be able to get it. That's unfortunate…I'm sure people would pay to subscribe to it. I may figure out a way to have them not send me the paper edition…I'd prefer to just get it digitally. You also can't increase the text size, or switch to a "text view". However, even though I have some issues with small print, I can read it (barely). You can't generally zoom the images. It is nice to have the interactive elements…you can tap something to watch a trailer for a movie about which you are reading, and you can often tap to buy something. It was pretty easy to navigate it, having both thumbnails of the pages and being able to click a cover headline to go the story. This could replace my print subscription…but I'd like that option to increase the text size in the future.
ES File Explorer (free) *****
I consider this one essential! I use it every couple of days. It lets you work with your files in a manner similar to Windows. Download something and don't know where it is? Use this to find it. You can delete files. It even has an editor…I can read Project Gutenberg books in it, for example, and edit them if I want to do that. I can highlight (just long press a word, choose Select Word…you can then slide the markers with your finger to select more text). I can copy and paste (long press a highlighted section to choose Cut or Copy). I've pasted from there into ColorNote (see above). This is highly recommended…it massively increased the usability of the Fire for me.
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Fandango (free) ***
I've used this site on a number of devices. I don't usually buy movie tickets through it, I just get the information (our favorite theatre isn't likely to be sold out on the days we are seeing the movies we are seeing). It lets you search by movie or by theatre. Unlike on a device with GPS, you'll enter your location manually…not as handy when you are traveling. I'd like more search and display options. For example, I'd like to be able to specify that I want to see a specific movie at a bargain matinee and see the options around my location across theatres easily. Still, it's a good app to have.
Fruit Ninja (free version) ***
This game has a big following and some cultural impact. Jeff Bezos gave it a shout-out at the Kindle Fire launch event, and it shows up in a trailer at my local movie theatre (the one where they tell you to leave your apps and such outside the movie theatre itself). It's simplistic, and that can be good. Fruit flies up in the air, you slice it with your finger. There are bombs, too…don't slice those. It's one of what I call a "backstop" game…like practicing tennis by hitting your ball against a wall or a backstop…over and over again. I'm guessing most people enjoy it for the first minute…and some for many hours after that.
Gallery (pre-installed) **
This should be very easy, but I just don't get the flow of it. It should be showing me my media that I put on the device…pictures, video…maybe audio, not sure about that. It just doesn't. I've put pictures on my Kindle Fire. They don't appear in the Gallery app (although they are on the Carousel as individual items). It mentions albums, but there don't appear to be any instructions to tell me how to create and organize those. There certainly may be more instructions at Amazon online about this, but it's not very intuitive.
Help & Feedback (pre-installed) ***
This one is listed as an app, but it's the same thing you get in the Settings Gear. I like the ability to give feedback about specific features, but there is no search function (despite that feature being on many screens on the Fire). It also tends to take you to the website. That's understandable, since the help information may change, but there could be more help actually on the device (for when you are away from wi-fi). It's not that it doesn't work…it's just that it could work better.
Hulu Plus (free) ***
I love information…in many forms. I get that people think that Hulu Plus is worth paying a monthly fee to get. I pay a monthly fee for Netflix. However, I'm not going to pay for Hulu Plus. I got the free trial, and there is good content. I can get good content other places. Even with Hulu Plus (unless this changes after the trial), I'm still seeing some ads. I don't find the search intuitive…I don't seem to have a genre browser on my Fire (which I do on my computer for Hulu). I realize that this is just a benefit for people who already pay for the service, and that's probably nice. The Netflix app gives me benefits that Netflix on my TV doesn't…I don't feel like this gives me enhanced value. It looks great, but as someone who isn't subscribing already, it isn't worth it to me to start on the Fire.
IMDb (pre-installed) ***
This is one of my favorite sites on the web…I visit it every day. It has a reliable database on movies and TV,and brings you recent box office information and other news (it's owned by Amazon). I have an IMDb news feed as part of my Pulse set-up (see below). However, the functionality in the app is much less than I get on my computer. It works, it's fine…I just can't do that much with it on the Fire. It may be unreasonable, but I want my Fire apps to be as useful as visiting a website on my desktop and/or give me more options.
Kids Place (free) *****
This is an absolute game changer for the Kindle Fire. I highly recommend it. At the time of writing, one of the biggest concerns people express about the Kindle Fire is the lack of parental controls.This free app resolves a lot of those issues. If someone is determined to get around it, of course they can. To prevent accidents, though, like stumbling on to an adult website or accidentally buying something, this apps works very well. The basic idea is that you set up a new homescreen, and put in there what you want your child to access. It takes a four digit PIN (Personal Identification Number) which you select to get out of that area to get to other things. That's just part of it, though. You can also turn off the web browsing. No web browsing, no buying. One interesting option I found was to add the Launcher app into the Kids Place. That lets your child use the familiar interface of the homescreen, but that doesn't give them access to the internet (if you've blocked that). They still can't launch apps you haven't allowed. Combining that with the Amazon Kindle app lets them select and read books you have put on the device (but not download new ones, either from your archives or from the store). They can still look at what is in your archives, though. I can absolutely see using this even if you don't have kids. It's nice to be able to see just the apps you want. There could still be some improvements (I'd like to be able to place individual books in the Kids Place, for example), but this is an incredible value enhancement for the Kindle Fire.
List Master Pro ****
I got this one as a Free App of the Day. I've certainly used it. You make lists with it, and you can check them off and add comments. It works fine for what it does. One nice touch is that, as you mark an item as completed, it can resort to the bottom of the list. That's been handy doing holiday shopping. There are several types of lists as templates. You can export your list as CSV (Comma Separated Values), which can be imported easily into other programs (like Excel or Google Docs…I've tested both). You can also make sublists. Overall, it does what you want it to do.
Netflix (free) ***
This one only helps you if you have a Netflix account (which many people do, of course). I like the design of it…searching is easy, and I love that it shows me videos that I have already started (very helpful). However, I (and others) have encountered an issue with the video and audio not syncing properly on some titles. If they can get that straightened out, this would certainly deserve a higher rating. I have hopes that will happen in the future, and if you happen to pick videos that don't have the issue (and you are already a Netflix member), you'll probably love this.
Old Time Radio Player (free) ****
"Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear…" Before we had TV in our homes, we had radio programs. Sitcoms, adventure, drama, science fiction…very much like the TV choices that would follow (even reality shows, like Candid Microphone…which would become Candid Camera for TV). OTR Player lets you stream (only when connected to wi-fi) Old Time Radio shows (many of which have fallen into the public domain, so they are no longer under copyright protection). The sound quality is decent, and the controls are okay. There aren't tons of choices here, but you can probably find something to try. If you've never listened to OTR (Old Time Radio) before, this is a good way to give it a try. It's an ad-supported app, but they are fairly unobtrusive (no audio ads, just display adds on the player page). NOTE: since you can't download the files from the app, this is not going to work for most people in the car. I do download OTR from other sources (see the Music and other audio section).
Pandora (free) ****
For music lovers, this has been a killer app on the internet. You suggest an artist or a song and Pandora builds radio stations of similar music for you. It's actually quite a complicated process. They use musicians to classify characteristics of each song. That works: I often hear songs that I've never heard before that I like. You can thumbs up and thumbs down songs to improve selections. On the Fire, you do get the warning about how much data this is going to use…but since you are using wi-fi, that doesn't really matter. You can buy songs from the app if you want to have them when you aren't connected. It's great to have playing while you are working on things (or at least, that's how I work best). It can play in the background while you are using other features of your Fire (interestingly, you may hear both streams of audio if your other app has its own). What's keeping it from being five stars? You do hear short ads on it (maybe after three songs or so), and (not that there is much they can do about this), it does use your battery relatively quickly. You can listen while plugged in (if you were having a party, for example).
Pool Bar HD ***
I got this as a Free App of the Day. The game play is nice, and there are quite a few options. You don't actually see the players, although you do get to choose one. It doesn't take long to figure out the basics, and you could play it for hours. It's a good game to show off the graphic capabilities of your Kindle Fire. However, it is huge: installed on my Fire, it is 51.39MB. That's considerably larger than any of my other apps, I think. Bonsai Blast is 7.10MB, Bocce is 424KB, Cross Court Tennis is 22.36MB (see above for all of those).
Pulse (pre-installed) *****
This has been amazing! It's transformed the way I get information, and given me back the sense of discovery of a daily newspaper. You create pages and choose newsfeeds (from blogs and such) to put on there. I have a page just for Kindle news, for example. The navigation is slick: my blogs look better in Pulse than they do on the websites. I can generally read the stories offline (but some feeds are only previews). That means I always have something new to read at lunch at work. Pulse alone justifies the Kindle Fire for me. Yes, it could be a bit more configurable (I'd like to be able to change the order of the pages, and I haven't found that). There may be equivalent programs on other tablets. For me, though, it makes my day.
Amazon Shop (pre-installed, not tested)
Actually, I've played around with a little bit…not enough to review it.
I got this as a Free App of the Day. It's a much more sophisticated drawing tool than Drawing Pad (see above). You can do layers, choose different tools, and so on. It's from Autodesk, the company that brought the world AutoCAD. I don't find it very intuitive, but this is not my area of expertise. The lag when drawing with my finger is noticeable, but I think you'd adjust to it quickly. If you truly need to create art, this is probably a good bet. If you are just a casual user, I think it may be too complex. I also didn't see an easy way to e-mail an image from the app.
TextPlus (free) **
I wanted to be able to text from my Fire. This one works for that, and even allows you to set up group texts, which is great. However, it has one major drawback, which I confirmed by seeing it listed at their website. The notification sounds don't work on the Fire, so you don't know when you are being texted! If they can fix that, this would move up considerably in my estimation. It has some very nice features. You can establish a conversation with several members…and it remembers it. That means you could use it in a hurry to send out a message to several people. Let's say you have a group of coworkers who go to lunch together. You can enter their contact information once, and each day before lunch, text where you want to go. Everyone sees it and can respond. Now, if they'd just deal with those sounds!
Tiny Flashlight (free) ****
Geeky to have this? You bet. Has it helped me out? Many times. It turns your Fire (or your cellphone, which is where I had it first) into a flashlight. It has other features, too: you can do warning lights, a police-like flashing light, different colors. Super simple, but I find it effective. I assume it eats the battery some, but I've never turned it on long enough to test that. It is ad-supported. It's not tiny at 2.3MB (but it is small), but I'm keeping it on my Fire…you never know. Hey, maybe they should have a "Firelight" setting…with flickering flames. 🙂
WiFi File Explorer PRO *****
Quite simply, you need this app. Well, you especially need it if you don't already have a data cable to transfer files from your Fire to your computer. Those of us who had earlier Kindles already have those, but not everyone does. What does it do? When you open the app, it gives you an address to enter into the browser on your other device (such as a computer). The files on your Fire are then visible. You can upload to your Fire and download from it. You can do more sophisticated things, like creating directories and playlists. Obviously, don't do this on a public network (or at least, don't let people see the address), and don't forget to exit using the menu. It appears to me it is only broadcasting to the network to which it is connected…I don't think you need to worry about your neighbors seeing it (as long as you've protected your network). No need to carry a data cable (the computer doesn't need any software installed). Your Kindle Fire is incomplete without this app, in my opinion.
Feel free to give me your opinion about any of these, or to suggest others…
This post by Bufo Calvin originally appeared in the I Love My Kindle blog.


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Our Fishing Tackle Store has the U.K's largest selection of beach fishing tackle including possibly largest selection of Sea Fishing Rods available in the UK. Since we have opened the North West's biggest fishing tackle store we have had some serious expansions in our carp fishing tackle range, our Coarse and Match Fishing tackle range and our lure range. Our Carp fishing tackle range has set a new standard. We have created bespoke displays with several bivvies & brollies erected from the biggest names such are Fox, Aqua, Trakker & Nash to name a few. Our Coarse and Match fishing tackle section has probabably the largest expansion of all. We have installed a custom Pole Alley which has a minimum of 30 poles out test at any time. We have also installed and stocked some custom bays stocking full ranges of tackle from brands such as Frenzee, Preston Innovations, Map, Daiwa, Rive, Korum and Garbolino. We have had a large expansion of our lures especially for Bass, Pike and Perch. We have had a custom tank installed for testing any lures and for demonstrating new techniques such as dropshotting. For all big Cod hunters Norway is definitely the place to go. We specialise in all of the most popular products of Norway Fishing Tackle available. We stock all the right rods, reels, jigs, accessories and terminal tackle you will ever need to catch the Cod of a lifetime.
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Here at Gerry's Fishing we know that only the best baits catch the best fish, so we are now able to provide both fresh and frozen baits to you from our shop in Morecambe. In our selections of fresh sea fishing baits we offer Black Lugworm, Blow Lugworm, Ragworm and deadly white ragworm as well as fresh peeler crabs for the sea fisherman, with maggots, lobworm and garden worms being offered for coarse and game fishermen.
Our bait is supplied as fresh as possible so you get the best chance to hook the monster of your dreams!
In our frozen bait section, we have perennial favourites like frozen mackerel and frozen sandeels (available in different sizes), plus a great range of frozen black lugworm, herring and mussels - we even stock frozen razorfish, sardines and smelt alongside frozen squid - all of these baits are fantastic for monster Cod fishing and have accounted for many specimens over the years.
Also in our range of frozen baits are small Trout, coloured Sprats and Perch - perfect for deadbait fishing when after Pike and Zander. These frozen baits keep a long time and when thawed are easy to cast, staying on the hook even when lobbing out a long way.
You'll find many other types of frozen bait available at our shop and we can post out to you if you're in the mainland UK!
Our range of sea fishing tackle is second to none and includes everything you could possibly need for sea fishing whether you prefer boat, rock or beach fishing.
We stock some of the best sea fishing rods available from top manufacturers like Abu, Ron Thompson and Zziplex, with a range of bass rods, beach rods, and flattie rods which allow you to cast further, getting to the bigger fish with ease.
We stock fishing rods for every type of sea fishing, so if you're into monster Cod and Ling we have boat fishing rods which can handle that too - we even stock a great range of uptide rods if you fancy casting away from the boat's 'shadow' - a great tactic when the fish are a bit nervous!
Our sea fishing reels section offers some of the sturdiest and technologically advanced reels on the market for sea fishing, whether you're lure fishing, out to catch wily Bass or off to Norway to catch monster Cod and Halibut
We offer a massive range of beach multipliers, some with both magnetic and centrifugal brakes which mean you can concentrate on your cast without worrying about getting a 'birds nest' when your weight hits the water.
For the lure fisherman, we offer a great range of top quality fixed spool reels which are built to last from Abu, Daiwa, Penn and many more big brands as well as economy models if you're just starting out on your fishing adventure.
Our range of boat fishing reels includes both traditional star drag multipliers and lever drag multipliers for bigger, faster fish. All of our sea fishing reels are tested by manufacturers to make sure they can take the punishment metered out by heavy fish, so you're assured of excellent service from your new reel, whether you're after Mackerel or Monkfish!


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text: First Published Results from National MS Society-Funded CCSVI Study March 5, 2013 Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have published their first results from a National MS Society-supported study investigating CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency) using several different imaging techniques to examine blood outflow from the brain. For the first portion of the study, the team, purposefully unaware of any participant's diagnosis, used Doppler ultrasound to investigate venous drainage in 276 people with and without MS. They report much less prevalence than previously reported by other groups and no statistical difference between those with MS and those without MS. The study, by Andrew D. Barreto, MD, Jerry S. Wolinsky, MD, and colleagues, was published early online in the Annals of Neurology. Background: In June 2010, the National MS Society (USA) and the MS Society of Canada committed over $2.4 million to support seven new research projects on the role of CCSVI in MS, a postulated abnormality of blood drainage from the brain and spinal cord in MS originally reported by Paolo Zamboni, MD (University of Ferrara, Italy). In the interim since the Society-funded studies began, there have been conflicting results reported on the prevalence of CCSVI in MS, and the emergence of reports of CCSVI in people who do not have MS. There has also been variability in the methods used to study this phenomenon, including by Dr. Zamboni. The Society-supported projects examine the structure and function of veins draining the brain and spinal cord in people representing a spectrum of MS types, severities and durations, and compare them to structure and function of veins in people with other diseases and healthy volunteers. The studies incorporate high standards of experimental blinding and controls designed to provide objective results. One of the seven teams has now published first results from a portion of its comprehensive study at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Dr. Wolinsky assembled an expert team with diverse specialties to increase understanding of CCSVI. They tested several imaging methods including ultrasound, the relatively noninvasive imaging techniques using an MRI machine and intravenous contrast agent, and direct radiologic investigation of the major veins by direct injection of veins with radio-opaque contrast. The goal was to validate a reliable diagnostic approach and to demonstrate that CCSVI is specific to MS and contributes to disease activity. The collaborators in this project, all from University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, include the Chief of Vascular Interventional Radiology (Alan M. Cohen, MD) the director of the neurosonography laboratory (Dr. Barreto), the Chief of Cardiovascular MRI (Larry A. Kramer, MD), and expert MS neurologists (Drs. Wolinsky, Staley A. Brod, John W. Lindsey and Flavia Nelson). The study: This was a single-center study that enrolled MS and non-MS volunteers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. MS participants were 18 to 65 years. Of 206 recruited, 128 had relapsing-remitting MS, 48 had secondary-progressive MS, 15 had primary-progressive MS, 12 had clinically isolated syndrome, and 3 had progressive relapsing MS. There were 70 non-MS volunteers, including 37 with other neurological diseases, 22 with cerebrovascular diseases, and 11 healthy controls. For the first portion of this comprehensive study, the team focused on using Doppler ultrasound to evaluate venous drainage in a blinded fashion (meaning neither the technician performing the scan, nor the professional reading the scan, knew the disease status of the participant). The team utilized a standard Doppler ultrasound machine rather than purchasing the specific machine used by Dr. Zamboni's team. The protocol used to evaluate extracranial and intracranial vessels using criteria consistent with those originally published by Dr. Zamboni (J Neurol Sci 2009;282:21-27) is described in detail in the published paper. They report that 82 out of 276 (29.7%) participants fulfilled at least one of five criteria for anomalous venous outflow proposed by Dr. Zamboni; 13/276 (4.7%) fulfilled two criteria consistent with CCSVI; none fulfilled more than 2 criteria. CCSVI was found in 7.14% of non-MS participants and in 3.88% of MS participants, a difference that was not statistically different. There was no significant difference between MS subgroups, and also no significant differences between MS and non-MS subjects for measures of cross-sectional areas of the internal jugular veins or for venous flow rates. The team concludes that they find less CCSVI than previously reported by other groups, and that their findings do not support the idea that CCSVI is causally related to MS. They are now focusing on whether ultrasound can be complemented or supplanted by MRV and/or transluminal venography. UPDATE: Additional imaging results have now been published - Read more The authors describe some of this study's limitations. First, it is from a single center, and they did not use multiple trained sonographers and image interpreters. However, they point out that they also obtained alternative neuroimaging results which were blinded to the results reported from ultrasound, and these results will be published in a future paper. The team did not test whether the neurosonologist remained blinded to the diagnostic status of participants, but note that all subjects were instructed not to discuss medical history. They also did not assess venous anomalies such as dysfunctional valves, which were not described in the original CCSVI articles but were added to consensus protocols after this study began. Finally, they did not have participants repeat testing, so it is not known whether abnormal findings would be reproduced at a later point. Comment: This thorough study adds to a growing body of evidence exploring the phenomenon of CCSVI. Additional results expected from this and other teams in coming months should shed further light on CCSVI and its implications for people who live with MS and for advocacy organizations such as the National MS Society, whose research focuses on speeding research toward stopping MS, restoring function, and ending MS forever.


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