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For controlled trials of acupuncture, use our preferred reporting criteria based on the STRICTA Guidelines, which are at: www.stricta.info/ or in: MacPherson et al. Standards for reporting interventions in controlled trials of acupuncture: The STRICTA recommendations. J Altern Complement Med 2010;16(10):ST1–ST 14.
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Sample References: Journal article: Jobst KA. Acupuncture in asthma and pulmonary disease: An analysis of efficacy and safety. J Altern Complement Med 1996;2:179–206.
Book: Ersser SJ. Nursing as a Therapeutic Activity: An Ethnography. Avebury, UK: Aldershot, 1997:371.
Edited book: Fulford KWM, Ersser SJ, Hope T, eds. Essential Practice in Patient-Centered Care. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1996.
Chapter in a book: Van Wijk R, Wiegant FA. Physiological effects of homeopathic medicines in closed phials: A critical evaluation. In: Endler PC, Schulte J, eds. Ultra High Dilution Physiology and Physics. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994:81–98.
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Sabayon 3.5 Feature requests/ideas
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 20:24
If you guys have any suggestions, ideas or feature requests i think now is the time.
Stories about Sabayon, roosters, hens and chickens, on Linux
Code: Select all
# USE Flag Definition
# Change Log:
# * Enabled gnome, gtk, and gtk2 as per my personal preference.
# * Deleted 'qt' (which isn't used as a flag anwhere), and added
# 'qt3', 'qt4', and 'qt3support' flags.
# * Deleted -gtk1, but didn't enable it. Just left it out.
# * Added opengl, sdl, png, and gif flags.
# * Added mpeg flag.
# * Added 'arts' USE Flag since KDE appears to already be compiled
# that way, but I'm not 100% sure I want it.
# * Conflicting esd entries (both -esd and esd) resolved to esd enabled
# * Conflicting kereboros entries (entered three times) resolved
# to kereboros enabled.
# * libao removed (not a valid flag). 'ao' is a valid flag, but sabayon
# is currently working fine without 'ao'.
# * Deleted 'commercial' tag. Not used anywhere.
# * Deleted 'streams' tag. It's not used anywhere. Leaving the similar,
# active 'stream' tag, and added the 'gstreamer' tag.
# * Deleted 'exscalibar' flag, no longer in use.
# * Deleted 'switch_all_desktops' tag. Not used anywhere.
# * Deleted 'livecd'. Sabayon needs this for livecd distribution,
# the end-user doesn't in a desktop environment.
# * Deleted 'webservices' flag. Not used anywhere.
# * Deleted 'chm'. This flag is used by beagle, and I have removed
# beagle from my system.
# * Deleted 'spreadsheet'. Not used anywhere.
# * Deleted second 'dv' instance (in there twice).
# * Deleted 'dvi'. Only used in evince, which I don't have loaded.
# * Deleted 'ext-man', 'ext-rtf', and 'ext-tex'. They aren't used anywhere.
# * Deleted 'asf'. Not used anywhere.
# System/Hardware/Core Libs
USE="nptl nptlonly udev hal dbus acpi -apm kqemu startup-notification libnotify \
sysfs fat xfs ntfs reiserfs reiser4 quotas \
pam_console pwdb kerberos krb4 -winbind ole avahi \
cdr pda ipod zeroconf lm_sensors gnutls mdnsresponder-compat unicode \
usb aiglx 3dfx mmx subversion slang lzo rar 7Zip bzip2 \
X opengl cairo glitz freetype truetype xscreensaver new-login xprint \
nvidia dlloader xosd dga dri xcb fftw bidi slp "
# Networking - Server
USE="${USE} apache2 xsl xml php sockets samba cups ppds foomatic-db imap libclamav \
mysql sql sqlite "
# Networking - Client
USE="${USE} firefox moznocompose moznoirc moznomail javascript \
nsplugin flash irc rss jingle lj rdesktop "
# Perl / Python / Other Languages and Interpreted Languages
USE="${USE} ruby java mono pascal ada "
# Media (Sound, Image, Video)
USE="${USE} esd alsa -oss voice mp3 x264 aac lame mp3rtp ogg vorbis \
gsm speex flac live audiofile openal pulseaudio sndfile sdl \
win32codecs musepack real quicktime dts \
jpeg mjpeg png gif tiff svg mng xpm wmf pdf gs djvu gd \
libcaca aalib gimpprint gphoto2 dv skins \
xine xinerama ffmpeg mpeg dxr3 mythtv v4l2 v4l xvid dvb dbox2 \
dvd theora a52 css dvdr dvdread cpudetection cdda xvmc vcd \
stream gstreamer network fame lcd scanner "
USE="${USE} kde qt3 qt4 qt3support kdeenablefinal kdehiddenvisibility \
arts artswrappersuid musicbrainz amarok visualization config_wizard kipi \
povray extraicons extramodules mail speech clearcase "
# Gnome / GTK
USE="${USE} gnome gtk gtk2 -evo -eds wxwindows guile -beagle "
# Unsorted
USE="${USE} plugin inkjar effects xen "
I strongly disagree. Portato needs to stay for sure.-Replace Portato with Kuroo.
Well, a new issue 0.81_rc1 was released on 31 August 2007 and a 'lite' version on 10 September 2007 so, to paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated. I have to say that I like Kuroo and use it a lot. Having read the dire warnings about Kuroo in the Forum, for several months after discovering SL I was too scared to use Kuroo to install packages, only using it to browse Portage and doing all my emerging via the command line. Then I thought I'd 'risk' giving Kuroo a try and was surprised to find it to be very usable, and have used it frequently since.wolfden wrote:Kuroo isn't developed any more, look at it's website.

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Vehicles with engines of up to two litres can have their roadworthiness checked; an option to include a check-up service is also available
Customer Reviews
What You'll Get
Choose Between Two Options
- £22.50 for an MOT and a wheel alignment check
- £79 for an MOT, a wheel alignment check and check-up service
Please note that no promo codes are valid in conjunction with this deal
The Fine Print
Expires 90 days after purchase. Limit 3 per person.
Booking: 1. Find your local participating centre on the location list attached. 2. Contact your local centre to book, see all the centres and contact details here. 3. Present your Groupon upon arrival.
Restrictions: 48-hour cancellation policy. Valid only at participating locations. Valid on all passenger vehicles with engines up to 2 litres only. Excludes commercial vehicles. Specialist oils are will incur a surcharge. Vehicle drop-off at your local Protyre centre. Valid only for option purchased. Subject to availability.
About Protyre
The experienced team at Protyre provide a medley of automotive services. MOTs, wheel alignments and air-conditioning services are available alongside brake, engine and exhaust system inspections. The centre, which boasts fitting over 1 million tyres each year, also stocks tyres of leading brands and offers motorbike servicing and tyre fitting.


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Eating healthy seems to be the "it" thing for New Yorkers nowadays, and where' better to find those fresh produce than a local greenmarket?
Last year, Forest Hills hosted its first greenmarket, and attracted a large number of local shoppers. Located on the South of Queens Blvd at 70th Ave, in front of the Forest Hills Post Office, the market offered a variety of fresh produce, from handpicked vegetable and fruits to free range poultry and wild-caught fish.
The greenmarket was so well received by local residents, the market is coming back again and even earlier this year. Instead of starting in July like last year, vendors are ready to set up their stands in spring, and the market will officially open on Sunday, April 7.
Jane of Dipaola Turkey Farm, a family-run turkey vendor, is extremely excited about returning to Queens. "It went really well last year," she said, when this paper caught up with her on Friday and the granddaddy of all greenmarkets in New York – the Union Square Farmers Market. "I think all the vendors did really well, that's why we are starting a little early this year." said Jane.
A few tables away was Las Delicias, a bakery that specializes in homemade bread and pastries. Chris, who was busy wrapping goods for a customer, said that they are always getting better and better.
"There's some new products this year," he said."We are really looking forward to it."
Another famous bakery that's returning is Bread Alone Bread, which is widely recognized for its mouthwatering whole grain breads. The manager said they did so well last year, many customers from Forest Hills asked them why they didn't stay all year round.
"This year, we are thinking about setting up two stands because it was too congested," said the manager.
Get ready Forest Hills shoppers, because the greenmarket is coming back to town.


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The Vatican Information Service is a news service, founded in the Holy See Press Office, that provides information about the Magisterium and the pastoral activities of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia...[+]
The Vatican Information Service is a news service, founded in the Holy See Press Office, that provides information about the Magisterium and the pastoral activities of the Holy Father and the Roman Curia...[+]
Last 5 news
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Vatican City, 6 June 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI focused his catechesis during this morning's general audience on his recent trip to Milan, his first pastoral trip as Peter's Successor to that Italian archdiocese where he had participated in the seventh World Meeting of Families.
The Holy Father recalled the first stage of his journey, which had taken him to Piazza del Duomo, heart and symbol of Milan, where he had exhorted the hundreds of thousands gathered to greet him "to live the faith as part of their individual and community experience, their private and public life, so as to create a stable and authentic 'well being' on the basis of the family, which must be rediscovered as mankind's most important heritage".
That evening the Holy Father had attended a concert at the La Scala opera house, in which "the notes of Beethoven's ninth symphony expressed that aspiration to universality and fraternity which the Church tirelessly seeks by announcing the Gospel; a fraternity which bursts forth in the famous 'Hymn to Joy'". At the end of the concert, he said, "I spoke of the contrast between this ideal and the dramatic events of history, and of the need for a God Who is near, Who shares our sufferings, as my thoughts went to so many of our brothers and sisters who are suffering because of the earthquake". Benedict XVI also recalled how he had spoken of the family in the third millennium. "It is in families that we first experience how human beings are not created to live closed in themselves, but in relation with others. It is in the family that the light of peace begins to burn in people's hearts, so as to illuminate our world".
On Saturday, addressing priests, religious, seminarians and Church leaders in the cathedral of Milan, the Pope had reaffirmed "the importance of celibacy and consecrated virginity, which was to dear to the great St. Ambrose. ... These are a luminous sign of love for God and for our brothers and sisters, founded on an increasingly intimate relationship with Christ in prayer and expressed in the total gift of self".
Benedict XVI then went on to recall how, in the stadium of San Siro, he had invited young people who had recently received or were about to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation "to say their free and responsible 'yes' to the Gospel of Jesus, and to welcome the gifts of the Holy Spirit which mould them as Christians and enable them to live the Gospel and to be active members of the community".
During his meeting with representatives of government, industry and the world of culture, the Pope had emphasised the fact that "the legislation and activities of State institutions must always be at the service of individuals, safeguarding them in all aspects, beginning with the right to life which must never be deliberately suppressed, and reconsigning the specific identity of the family founded on marriage between a man and a woman".
At the "Celebration of Witnesses" in Milan's Bresso Park the Holy Father had responded to questions put to him by a number of families. "I wanted to provide a sign of the open dialogue that exists between families and the Church, between the world and the Church", he said to the faithful at his general audience. "I was greatly struck by the moving testimonies of couples and children from different continents on the important issues of our day: the economic crisis, the difficulty in reconciling work and family, the spread of separation and divorce, and existential questions which touch adults, young people and children alike. I wish to recall what I have often said in the past in defence of family time, which is threatened by the imposition of work-related commitments. Sunday is the day of the Lord, the day of man, a day in which everyone must be free, free for the family and free for God. By defending Sunday we defend man's freedom".
At Mass on Sunday 3 June for the close of the seventh World Meeting of Families, also celebrated in Bresso Park which "was transformed into a kind of open-air cathedral", Benedict XVI had launched a "call to build ecclesial communities increasingly similar to families, capable of reflecting the beauty of the Blessed Trinity and of evangelising not just with the word but by irradiation, with the power of a love that is lived, because love is the only power that can transform the world".
More than one million people had attended the gathering in Milan meeting which was, the Holy Father concluded, "an 'epiphany' of the family. Families were present in their many different forms, but also in that unicity which is their fundamental identity: a communion of love founded upon marriage and called to be a shrine of life, a small Church, a cell of society. A message of hope went out from Milan to the whole world, a message backed up by real experience that it is possible and joyful, though demanding, to experience a faithful love 'forever', open to life; it is possible to participate as families in the mission of the Church and in the construction of society. ... May the experience of Milan bring abundant fruits to the Church and favour increased attention to the cause of the family, which is the cause of man and of civilisation".
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Brush fire conditions favorable; Firefighters say use caution
Fire officials warn lit cigarettes can be dangerous
While April showers are what most of us think of this time of year, until the rain comes, you have to keep a lid on any outdoor burning.
"This particular time of year people are getting out their campfires, starting outdoor cooking, and all those things combined can be extremely dangerous," said Glenn Usdin with Lancaster Township fire department.
A drier-than-usual winter, low humidity, plus high winds has ground conditions across the Susquehanna Valley ready to go up in smoke.
"Red Alert means the fire conditions are really ripe for brush fires, wildfires, and that's very dangerous here in the Susquehanna Valley because we have so many homes in areas that were farms just a few years ago, so we have areas of brush right alongside areas of the homes," said Usdin.
Fire departments are prepared as much as they can be for brush fires, but at this time of year, there's almost no such thing as a small brush fire.
"When a fire occurs, we have to call lots and lots of extra help because of the wind conditions the fire can spread very, very rapidly," said Usdin.
A brush fire broke out Wednesday near Muddy Run recreation area in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, proving how easily fire can get going under red alert conditions.
"You shouldn't do any outdoor burning at all in the daylight hours when a red alert is in effect," said Usdin.
That means no grilling out, no campfires and no cigarette butts out your car window as those can be like lit matches.
"A lit cigarette butt, when thrown out, has a couple hundred degrees in the burning ember and can catch some of this very dry brush up very, very quickly and before you know it, you have a fire," said Usdin.
Usdin adds those discarded cigarettes are even more dangerous because the drivers just take off, a fire starts and nobody notices until it's really big.
Thursday is not expected to be quite as windy, so not as dangerous, but still higher fire warnings until we see some rain.


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"Friends with Benefits" premiered this weekend on Starz. It's last year's romantic/sex comedy starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake.
Kunis plays a professional head-hunter who successfully recruits a web editor (Justin Timberlake) for GQ magazine. As she's the only person he knows in New York, the two stay connected even after the employment contract is finalized.
Each of them have recently experienced romantic difficulties and both are frustrated with the very concept of romance. Yet they both still pine for sex…
Whatsoever shall they do?


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MF Global Trustee Heeds Call from Stabenow and Roberts, Agrees to not Pay Bonuses to MF Global Executives
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), the Committee's Ranking Member, today applauded MF Global Trustee Louis Freeh for heeding their call to drop any possible plan to pay bonuses to MF Global executives. MF Global's bankruptcy last year, the eighth largest in U.S. history, resulted in a loss of as much as $1.6 billion of the firm's customer's money. Thousands of farmers, ranchers and small business owners are still owed tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"It would have been absolutely outrageous if bonuses were paid to the very people who were in charge as MF Global went bankrupt and lost its customers' money," Stabenow said. "Families across the country who had accounts with MF Global are still waiting to get their money back. I am glad Mr. Freeh has agreed that the people in charge should be held accountable, not rewarded with bonuses."
"Victims of the MF Global collapse still waiting on their own money to be returned can rest assured that at least the executives that may have put them in this position will not be rewarded for the mess they created," Roberts said.
On March 15, following news reports of possible requests for bonuses for MF Global executives, Senators Stabenow and Roberts sent a bipartisan letter to Mr. Freeh, signed by all of their colleagues on the Agriculture Committee, urging him to drop any proposal to award bonuses to top executives. Mr. Freeh responded on March 16 and declined to commit to the Committee's request.
Senator Stabenow and Roberts then cosponsored a bipartisan resolution opposing the bonuses. That resolution passed the Senate unanimously on March 27.
Last December, Senators Stabenow and Roberts convened a hearing to investigate the collapse of MF Global, where top executives testified and indicated that they didn't know where customer money had gone. Two of those very executives were among those who may have received bonuses.
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To pin apps to the taskbar
- Press and hold (or right-click) an app, and then select More > Pin to taskbar.
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- Press and hold (or right-click) the desktop, then select New > Shortcut.
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Come out Saturday June 16 to celebrate Juneteenth!
Stop the Injunctions Coalition and Phat Beets are teaming together to co-sponsor a day-long community celebration at Phat Beets fresh new kitchen spot: 942 Stanford @ Lowell Street! The film Black Power Mixtape and 2pac's music will be playing all day long: it's his birthday and our ally Phat Beets is honoring the many ways the Black Radical Tradition has been keeping the struggle burning in the Bay Area for years. See you there!


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Coherence means the connection of ideas at the idea level, and cohesion means the connection of ideas at the sentence level. Basically, coherence refers to the "rhetorical" aspects of your writing, which include developing and supporting your argument (e.g. thesis statement development), synthesizing and integrating readings, organizing and clarifying ideas. The cohesion of writing focuses on the "grammatical" aspects of writing.
One of the practical tools that can help improve the coherence of your writing is to use a concept map. The concept map is also known as "reverse outline" since you make an outline of your paper after you have finished the main ideas of your paper. Write down the main idea of each paragraph—which is called a topic sentence—on a blank piece of paper. Check to see if the topic sentences are connected to the thesis statement of your paper or if you have strayed from your main argument. As you repeat this process, it will help you become more aware of how to develop your argument coherently and how to organize your ideas effectively. Here is a concept map template you can use.
Cohesion is also a very important aspect of academic writing, because it immediately affects the tone of your writing. Although some instructors may say that you will not lose points because of grammatical errors in your paper, you may lose points if the tone of your writing is sloppy or too casual (a diary-type of writing or choppy sentences will make the tone of your writing too casual for academic writing). But cohesive writing does not mean just "grammatically correct" sentences; cohesive writing refers to the connection of your ideas both at the sentence level and at the paragraph level.
Here are some examples that illustrate the importance of connecting your ideas more effectively in writing.
The hotel is famous. It is one of the most well-known hotels in the country. The latest international dancing competition was held at the hotel. The hotel spent a lot of money to advertise the event. Because the hotel wanted to gain international reputation. But not many people attended the event. (The connection of ideas is not very good.)
The hotel, which is one of the most well-known hotels in this region, wanted to promote its image around the world by hosting the latest international dancing competition. Although the event was widely advertised, not many people participated in the competition. (The connection of ideas is better than in the first example.)
The latest international dancing competition was held at the hotel, which is one of the most well-known hotels in this region. The hotel spent a lot of money on advertising the event since it wanted to enhance its international reputation; however, it failed to attract many people. (The connection of ideas is better than in the first example.)
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Pianist Norman Bemelmans Performs Works by Mussorgsky, Debussy and Liszt
Friday, March 22, 2013
The UNC Wilmington Office of Cultural Arts presents a piano concert by Norman Bemelmans, "Pictures at an Exhibition: Music by Mussorgsky, Debussy & Liszt," at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 2 in Kenan Auditorium.
Resident pianist Bemelmans explores the rich connection between visual and performing arts with a program featuring the epic suite Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, inspired by the works of artist and architect Viktor Hartmann. The evening also includes a selection of works by Franz Liszt and Impressionist tone paintings by one of the most evocative of musical colorists Claude Debussy.
An active recitalist in both the US and Europe, Bemelmans has toured professionally under the sponsorship of Pobitzer Artists International and the Franz Liszt Foundation. His most recent tours of Europe featured works by Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin - composers for which he has received wide critical acclaim.
Tickets are $18 for the general public, $15 for UNCW faculty and staff and free for UNCW students with a valid ID*. For tickets and information, call or visit the Kenan Auditorium Box Office, Monday - Friday, noon - 6 p.m., 910.962.3500 or 800.732.3643.
Artist Biography:
Born into an Austrian family prominently involved in the arts, Norman Bemelmans gave his first public solo concert at the age of seven. He has studied with international luminaries Jean Houpt, Stefan Bardas, Richard Cass, Patrizia Benkman and Ozan Marsch and toured professionally under the sponsor ship of Pobitzer Artists International and the Franz Liszt Foundation. From 1993-2000 he served in Atlanta as the Executive Director for Georgia Public Radio, Georgia's 14-station public radio network, and in 2005 was appointed the Director of Cultural Arts at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. An active recitalist in both the United States and Europe, Mr. Bemelmans' interpretations of the works of Franz Liszt and Frederic Chopin in particular have received enthusiastic critical acclaim.
*UNCW student tickets must be purchased in person at the box office and are subject to availability; limit one per student; valid photo id required at time of purchase and upon entry to the performance.


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A few pics from Eric of Haunted Overload, showing the pre-Halloween snow storm effects on his haunted attraction.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Halloween Snow
A few pics from Eric of Haunted Overload, showing the pre-Halloween snow storm effects on his haunted attraction.
9 comments:
- NecroBones said...
The vortex inside the mouth of that thing is a fantastic photo. I love it!
- November 3, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- RahneFan said...
That middle one is almost enough to make me hang it up. Wish I lived near NH.
- November 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM
- Goneferalinidaho said...
Wow. It looks like one of the greatest Halloween movies that was never made.
- November 3, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- NoahFentz said...
I'm surprised they did not lose power. I read on facebook that Pennhurst had to shut down on Saturday before Halloween due to power loss. This little storm was a doosie...
Not a big fan of snow and Halloween props but these pics are awesome!!
- November 3, 2011 at 3:07 PM
- Autumnleaf said...
It's other-wordly! I don't think you could get effects like that again if you tried. I only hope it didn't damage any of their props.
- November 3, 2011 at 3:51 PM
- K.O. said...
WOW!!!!!! It's even more beautiful (though I wouldn't have thought that was possible) with snow!
- November 4, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- K.O. said...
And I gotta say: that green tunnel effect was spectacular in person. I stood there gaping at it until the ghouls scared me away from it! Really effective.
- November 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- Jason-v said...
Simply stunning!
- November 5, 2011 at 12:16 AM
- MorbidMariah said...
The snow makes it especially eerie. Awesome pics.
- November 5, 2011 at 2:07 PM


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Tesla Motors is recalling more than half of its new $109,000 electric Roadster sedans to address a problem with the vehicle's steering, the automaker said Thursday.
The San Carlos automaker said the recall will fix rear bolts that were improperly assembled by Lotus, the contract manufacturer of the Roadster chassis.
And yes, they will make house calls.
The recall affects 345 Roadsters from the 2008 model year assesmbled between March 2008 and April 2009. The electric car company has delivered nearly 500 Roadsters, spokeswoman Rachel Konrad said.
The government said Lotus was recalling 27 Elise and Exige vehicles from the 2009 model year to address similar problems.
A Tesla owner complained about poor steering around wide turns, leading the company to investigate. No injuries have been reported.
Tesla said the car's electric powertrain was not affected by the recall. The company plans to send technicians to owners' homes to tighten the bolts and provide a full inspection and software upgrade free of charge.
Tesla, named for Nikola Tesla, a pioneer in developing efficient uses for electricity, was founded in 2003 with $40 million in venture capital from investors such as Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.


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What's on in Llangollen
Sun Inn Open Mic Night
This is a lovely community event, where people can come along and listen or take the opportunity to get up on stage and perform with their own instruments or the in house piano or guitars.
Wednesday open mic at The Sun Inn is normally hosted by either Chris Ingram from The Glendale family or David Burton. Both of whom are talented musicians in their own right.
01978860079 or 01978447985 for any questions about our weekly open mic event.
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From Proteopedia
Structure of human purine nucleoside phosphorylase H257F mutant
Structural highlights
[PNPH_HUMAN] Defects in PNP are the cause of purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency (PNPD) [MIM:613179]. It leads to a severe T-cell immunodeficiency with neurologic disorder in children.[1] [2] [3]
[PNPH_HUMAN] The purine nucleoside phosphorylases catalyze the phosphorolytic breakdown of the N-glycosidic bond in the beta-(deoxy)ribonucleoside molecules, with the formation of the corresponding free purine bases and pentose-1-phosphate.[4]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The X-ray crystal structures of human purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) with bound inosine or transition-state analogues show His257 within hydrogen bonding distance of the 5'-hydroxyl. The mutants His257Phe, His257Gly, and His257Asp exhibited greatly decreased affinity for Immucillin-H (ImmH), binding this mimic of an early transition state as much as 370-fold (Km/Ki) less tightly than native PNP. In contrast, these mutants bound DADMe-ImmH, a mimic of a late transition state, nearly as well as the native enzyme. These results indicate that His257 serves an important role in the early stages of transition-state formation. Whereas mutation of His257 resulted in little variation in the PNP x DADMe-ImmH x SO4 structures, His257Phe x ImmH x PO4 showed distortion at the 5'-hydroxyl, indicating the importance of H-bonding in positioning this group during progression to the transition state. Binding isotope effect (BIE) and kinetic isotope effect (KIE) studies of the remote 5'-(3)H for the arsenolysis of inosine with native PNP revealed a BIE of 1.5% and an unexpectedly large intrinsic KIE of 4.6%. This result is interpreted as a moderate electronic distortion toward the transition state in the Michaelis complex with continued development of a similar distortion at the transition state. The mutants His257Phe, His257Gly, and His257Asp altered the 5'-(3)H intrinsic KIE to -3, -14, and 7%, respectively, while the BIEs contributed 2, 2, and -2%, respectively. These surprising results establish that forces in the Michaelis complex, reported by the BIEs, can be reversed or enhanced at the transition state.
Neighboring group participation in the transition state of human purine nucleoside phosphorylase.,Murkin AS, Birck MR, Rinaldo-Matthis A, Shi W, Taylor EA, Almo SC, Schramm VL Biochemistry. 2007 May 1;46(17):5038-49. Epub 2007 Apr 4. PMID:17407325[5]
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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One of my most highly anticipated video games of the year is being released soon - Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts, if you haven't been caught up in the hype for this game yet check the video below, it looks like a fantastic game for those of us who like to build things!
It looks like other Banjo fans have been waiting patiently for this game too and have tried to pass the time by creating some nice papercrafts in anticipation :)
Banjo Kazooie Relaxing Papercraft
Kazooie in backpack Papercraft
Honeycomb Papercraft
Banjo Washing Machine
Jiggy Piece
Mumbo's Head
Beehive Papercraft
Cheato - for the cheaters out there!
That should keep you going till the game drops!


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Compare cheap flights from Cairns to Mali
Compare and book cheap flights from Cairns (CNS) to Mali with Skiddoo. Use the Skiddoo flight explorer to find the cheapest time to fly to Mali from Cairns on a range of leading airlines. Save with our exclusive Cairns to Mali flight deals online today.
Mali is a noncoastal country surrounded by Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Algeria, Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea on all directions. It is also the home of three World Heritage Sites: Timbuktu, Bandiagara and Djenne.
Timbuktu, Bandiagara and Djenne
Parents often tell their kids that if they do not behave, they will be sent to Timbuktu. It is a negative depiction of the place, as Timbuktu is very rich in history, culture and natural beauty, which is the reason why it is a World Heritage Site. Djenne and Bandiagara are also very diverse in their own way, and tourists flock to these sites every year.
Other activities
Salt caravans and boat trips are just two Malian activities that tourists should try in their lifetime. They will experience how it is to live among the natives of Mali.
There are cheap flights that can be booked on Skiddoo to Mali. Book yours now.


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Remember we told you to check out the latest issue of Philadelphia Magazine for an article on Juliet Hope Wayne and the Philly comedy scene? Well, now that article is available online.
Philadelphia will have three chances to see Louis CK at the Merriam Theater (250 South Broad St.) this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Comedian Deconstruction returns to L'etage this Thursday with their annual Dirty Show. This month stand-up comedians Dave Terruso and Kricket Lee will be deconstructed by improv groups Cock Hat and Bed Savage.
This Friday Wyatt Cenac (The Daily Show) will perform at The Trocadero Theater (1003 Arch St.) Tickets are available online.
The Day Drinking Americans Comedy Tour will make a stop at The Raven Lounge (1718 Sansom St.) for a show featuring John Tole and Ian Stuart with locals: Ryan Shaner, John Nunn, and Tim Butterly.
The Sideshow returns to The Arts Parlor (1170 South Broad St.) this Friday with a show featuring stand-up comedy from Trevor Cunnion, improv from Cake Bear and Whisper, and necrosexuality from The Necrosexual.
Saturday is Durty Comedy Night at Durty Nelly's Irish Pub (701 E Macdade Blvd Folsom, PA) with a show featuring stand-up from: Kricket Lee, Mike Rainey, Rick Mirarchi, James Hesky, John McKeever, and Mike Jansen.
Philly's Comedy Underground comes to Circa 1212 (1212 South St.) this Saturday for a show featuring comics Mikey Garcia, Lou Misiano, Alejandro Morales, Pete Steele, and Caitlin Feeney.
This Sunday comedian Todd Barry brings his Crowdwork Tour to The Urban Saloon (2120 Fairmount Ave.) for two entire shows of riffing and bantering with the audience. The 8pm show is already sold out, but tickets are still available online for the 10pm show.
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This is in memory of Robert Peabody, a husband and father working a second job to support his family, assigned to a dangerous task in an unsafe workplace, poisoned by a nuclear reaction. There are lessons to learn, may we not forget them.
It's been almost thirty years since the Three Mile Island disaster put a halt to the expansion of nuclear power in the US. Public opinion was already turning against the industry. Once promising cheap, clean electricity, the power plants in fact required massive taxpayer subsidies to build and a special exemption from liability in case the worst happened.
The worst almost happened at Three Mile Island …
Although the TMI-2 plant suffered a severe core meltdown, the most dangerous kind of nuclear power accident, it did not produce the worst-case consequences that reactor experts had long feared. In a worst-case accident, the melting of nuclear fuel would lead to a breach of the walls of the containment building and release massive quantities of radiation to the environment. But this did not occur as a result of the Three Mile Island accident.
The worst-case accident occurred in 1986 at Chernobyl.
Today, a generation after the gas lines and bitter winters of the 1970's, we're again caught unprepared. We still depend on foreign oil and large, centralized power plants. Investment in alternative energy has been cut to a trickle since Ronald Reagan. The nuclear industry is portraying itself as a clean, green savior. Safety concerns are dismissed as a superstitious fear of radioactivity…
In more than 500 reactor years of service in the United States, there has never been a death or a serious injury to plant employees or to the public caused by a commercial reactor accident or radiation exposure. Says Philip Handler, president of the National Academy of Sciences: "Nuclear power is the safest major technology ever introduced into the United States." link
In fact, a Rhode Island man was killed on the job by radiation exposure. In 1964 in Charlestown, Rhode Island, Robert Peabody was working the second shift at the United Nuclear waste processing plant. The training was minimal, supervision lax and written policies inadequate. Peabody, a Navy vet and mechanic, had picked up a second job to support his large family. When he came on the evening shift, no one warned him that a container full of radioactive water was more concentrated than what he usually handled. When he emptied it into a larger tank the highly concentrated sludge set off a fission reaction…
A blue glow filled the small room as the radiation charged the air with electricity. Peabody was blown flat on his back. The force of the blast also sprayed radioactive solution onto the tower ceiling, 12 feet above. Some of the volatile fluid gushed over the tank lip and onto the floor. The entire plant was instantly filled with the sound of screaming sirens.(Providence Journal, Sunday Journal Magazine 'Chain Reaction' 3/11/90)
[ 'Chain Reaction' is not available online free of charge. Yankee Magazine has an online article that covers the same incident, with more technical detail. This is some buried history that the Journal should re-publish.]
Two other workers who responded to the accident were exposed to a second, smaller fission reaction.
Robert Peabody was doomed in an instant, but it took him 49 hours to die. Turned away from Westerly Hospital, he was driven at top speed to Rhode Island Hospital by ambulance driver John Shibilio and placed in an isolation room. His widow attributes her cancer to the minutes she held her dying husband's hand. Everything he touched had to be decontaminated or burned. His remains were cremated. He left nine children.
His death, and the corporate denial afterward, is an example of the weak regulation and lack of accountability that leaves workers unprotected. The danger to the public is not imaginary.
The nuclear industry likes to compare its safety record to coal. But much of the danger of coal mining is a matter of priorities. Worker safety is balanced against profit. A mine accident is a disaster for the miners and their community. A nuclear accident such as Chernobyl sends radioactive particles across national borders. Millions are unaware that they are exposed. These particles contain elements that do not degrade for many thousands of years, that accumulate in our bodies and concentrate up the food chain, capable of causing cancer and birth defects many generations after the accident.
The Peabody family was left bereft and in poverty. Robert Peabody was blamed for the accident that killed him.
EVEN AS PEABODY was admitted to the hospital, United Nuclear was working to discredit him, blaming "human error" and "ineptitude" in newspaper accounts of the accident. In addition to assuring the public that any radiation released into the atmosphere was insignificant, company officials said that Peabody had violated plant safety procedures by pouring the contents of the 11-liter "safe" bottle into the "unsafe" chemical tank. (Providence Journal 3/11/90)
No danger to the public. No blame to the corporation. They say it's different now. Trust them.


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Pistachio must be exposed to cool temperatures during late fall and winter to produce adequate bloom and pollination the following spring. This exposure to cool temperatures is called 'chilling' and the threshold for an adequate bloom and yield response is called the chilling requirement.
However, although it is known that the chilling requirement for pistachio is relatively high, compared to almond or citrus for example, the chilling requirement is not known precisely. How a tree 'measures' chilling physiologically is not known. Sunlight may interact with temperature to alter the chilling requirement. Bright, sunny days during the winter appear to interfere with tree dormancy and the accumulation of chilling. As of this writing, in early January, it looks as if chilling may be inadequate to promote an even bloom in the spring of 2006 in many areas of the San Joaquin Valley.
Inadequate chilling is associated with the following: an extended bloom period, uneven bloom with even the cool side of a tree blooming days ahead of the warm side, and poor synchrony of bloom between male and female trees. Orchards with elevational differences may show differences in bloom timing of days between trees on the hilltops versus those in the swales. These differences can result in poor pollination that reduces yield, and can adversely affect the uniformity of nut maturation, which will require a grower to make two or three harvest passes through the orchard.
Measurement methods
The amount of chilling that a tree accumulates is estimated by various methods. One method simply involves adding up the number of hours less than 45 degrees that occur from Nov. 1 through the end of February. Using this method it can be demonstrated that compared to the past six years, the southern San Joaquin Valley is in a deficit chilling situation. The winter of 2005-06 in the southern San Joaquin Valley has also been characterized by frequent bright, sunny days.
Although, admittedly, the chilling requirement is not well understood, we do have an approximate feel for knowing when we do not have enough. In general, work by U.C. Farm Advisor Bob Beede in Kings County and UC Extension Specialist Louise Ferguson located at the Kearney Research and Extension Center in Parlier, determined that the Kerman female variety and the Peters male variety required about 550 accumulated hours of chilling below 45 degrees to achieve a minimum of 50 percent bloom of male and female flowers. At 800 hours, 80 percent of the female and male flowers bloomed.
Unfortunately, the number of blooming flowers required to achieve adequate pistachio yield are not known. Large yields of pistachio (over 5,000 pounds per acre) in large orchards have been achieved when as little as 600 to 650 hours have been accumulated during the period from Nov. 1 to March 1. However, this season, it appears that many areas of the San Joaquin Valley will not accumulate 600 hours of chilling.
Even more alarming, in the past there appears to have been an interaction between accumulated chilling and whether the tree was in its 'on' versus 'off' year in the alternate bearing cycle. Inadequate chilling going into an off year can change the disappointment in yield that is normally associated with an off year anyway, into a disaster.
'Off' year expected
Most orchards in the San Joaquin Valley have experienced two relatively on years in a row, so 2006 is expected to be an off year for many orchards. Low chilling can also keep 6th, 7th and 8th leaf orchards that would normally be expected to begin or continue producing economic levels of yield, almost entirely vegetative.
Short of hauling snow from the Sierras, there is not much a grower can do to lower orchard temperatures or shade the trees from winter sunlight. Interestingly, in the 1990s, UC Farm Advisor, Bob Beede noticed that applications of insecticidal petroleum oils, applied to dormant pistachio trees in January and February, resulted in an early bloom of pistachio trees and a more uniform bloom. In some years, the application of the oil increased yields. Petroleum oil was applied at the rate of 6 gallons of oil in a spray volume of 200 gallons per acre.
Oil-treated trees bloomed even earlier than if they had had sufficient chilling. Generally trees treated in the period of Jan. 15 to Feb. 15 performed the best. Apparently, pistachio growers on some of the Greek islands have been applying oil to improve flowering for decades. Unfortunately, applying dormant oils to pistachios for improving bloom and pollination in years of inadequate chilling is not on the label of any petroleum oil. In fact, with the apparent disappearance of Volck Supreme oil from the marketplace at least for this year, only one 470-weight oil, Britz Supreme Spray Oil, appears to be currently registered for use on pistachios as an insecticide.
Britz supreme oil is registered for use to control certain scale insects in pistachio. Coincidentally, an excellent time to control pests like the European fruit lecanium scale is in the January and February time period. Pistachio trees have been damaged by petroleum oil sprays, and this damage has generally been associated with a breakdown of the oil emulsifier as a result of dirty spray tanks. Petroleum oils are best applied from clean tanks and free from mixes with other materials.
Hopefully, temperatures will cool in the coming weeks, and additional needed chill hours will be accumulated in January and February. If not, the pistachio industry may be in for a potentially disappointing season.


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Apple chief executive Tim Cook showed off a new version of the OS X 10.8 dubbed Mountain Lion that uses a lot of the same features from the company's much-loved iPad. In fact, the company is using the iPad in the OS X 10.8 marketing material, calling it "Inspired by iPad."
The new operating system will feature Apple's messaging service, notification app, gaming center, sharing and integration with the company's online service iCloud -- seemingly borrowing straight from the iOS. The Wall Street Journal suggests this means that all of Apple's products are "destined to converge."
CNET also seems to point this out, calling Mountain Lion sprinkled liberally with "iOS fairy dust."
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Messages, as it's called in Mountain Lion, will replace iChat, the chat software Apple includes out of the box. Users will still get access to IM networks like AIM, Yahoo, and Jabber, though Apple's added compatibility with the same iMessage service that was introduced as part of iOS 5, which Apple says has now served up 26 billion messages since its October launch. Messages can be used to send and receive iMessages with these users for free, and the conversation can be picked up and continued from any device with that same Apple ID and iMessage enabled.
Basically this means if you use iMessage, write notes or reminders on an iPhone, it can be seen and retrieved from any Apple device, including Mac or iPad, because of iCloud.
Most iPad users will notice the new Mac OS is looking very familiar with notifications accessible from any screen and a finger-swiping motion allowing it to open on the side. There are built-in share sheets to send information to social media outlets, and the new OS will also support a feature called AirPlay Mirroring, which lets users view what's on the screen of their iOS device and Apple TV.
The one big difference from the iOS is Mac's new Gatekeeper, an Apple security feature to defend the machine against increasing malware attacks. All the features on the new Mac OS can be viewed at the Apple site.
Cook said the Mac is a vital part of the company and benefiting from the success of the iPhone and iPad, especially in China. However, despite his enthusiasm, Macs only represent about 5.4 percent of global PC shipments in the last quarter of 2011. Granted, it has grown slightly from the year before (4.5 percent) but it's small potatoes in comparison to the iOS cash cow. Apple's revenue rose to 73 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011, but its money from Macs fell from 20.3 percent to 14.2 percent.
Apple has also decided to rid itself of the "Mac" in Mac OS X and changed it to OS X Mountain Lion. While some may say this is more proof that Apple is downplaying the importance of its PCs, it may be more likely that it's trying to promote its iOS operating system -- and the Mac has simply become a peripheral of iOS devices.


text: This collection of unique wall art is primarily inspired by Buddha, the world-renowned teacher, philosopher and spiritual leader who achieved enlightenment while meditating under a fig tree in ancient India. It is believed that by studying his calm gaze and serene posture, one may begin to unravel the mysteries of inner harmony and personal peace. Also represented here is another important figure in eastern tradition: Happy Buddha (or Laughing Buddha), also known as Budai or Hotei. His large features and plump appearance suggest happiness and plentitude, and his image is a great way to encourage an optimistic attitude. Wall hangings are made by skilled artisans in Indonesia and Vietnam using natural materials and handed down craftsmanship techniques.


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Jennifer Lopez attempts a big jump and falls down on her ass while performing her new song "Louboutins" at the 2009 American Music Awards at L.A.'s Nokia Theatre on Sunday (November 22).
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Thankfully she's pushin' plenty of cushion as the 40-year-old singer got back up right away, got into a costume change and finished off her knock-out performance.
Watch J.Lo falling on her ass at the AMAs below! Start at the 2:35 mark…
Later in the evening, Adam Lambert also took a tumble during his performance.
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Festivals & Events:
Historic Walking Tours of Telluride
Beginning June 5, every Thursday through August $15 non-members, $13 students $10 members (tickets include free museum admission) Join long time local Ashley Boling for this fun and lively tour about town! Learn more about the people, buildings, and events that make Telluride unique. Purchase tickets at the Telluride Historical Museum.


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Louisville, Kentucky
For nine months the owners of PsychoMania have been busy turning an abandoned movie theater into the Louisville area's newest haunted house. September 13th the media and 150 special guests are invited to a private Gala Opening Event! The outside theater lights will fire back up along with skylights! There will be a reception in the lobby where you can mingle with drinks, snacks and a live haunted organist.
This is a way to visit a haunted house in a more relaxed and less hectic pace and get a chance to talk to the owners and designers.
Sort of like the thing that Hauntcon does.
AND YES! The haunted house will open! Guests will be given a ticket. Proceeds from this charity event will go to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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Only an uneducated racist would draw this conclusion. Perhaps the author of this thread ought to buy a dictionary and look up the word in question sometime. But he won't, because he's too stupid and lazy to do so.
shakin, and some of our other friends here should get their minds out of the gutter and read some books for a change. We'd all be better off for it.


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The following document outlines the conceptual framework under which the Inter-Agency Task Team on Comprehensive Condom Programming (IATT/CCP) operates. It concludes with a 10-step approach to scale up comprehensive condom programming in individual countries.
IATT was created to enhance condom programming on behalf of the United Nations system and other partners. Also, to mobilize the members of the development community to support the goal of comprehensive condom programming in a coordinated and strategic manner, and assure that adequate levels of human, financial and technical resources are available on a sustainable basis to global and country stakeholders.


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Best car leap: Blake Griffin or Kobe Bryant?
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: By now, you've seen it.
You've seen Kenny Smith pull a 'Bundini' and rep for Blake Griffin like he was former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali.
You've seen the choir pump up the Los Angeles crowd by belting out the R. Kelly classic 'I believe I can fly'.
And you've seen Griffin leap the hood of a car, catch a Baron Davis alley-oop, and throw down a fierce two-handed jam, which won the Clippers superstar the 2011 Slam Dunk Contest.
However, Griffin didn't invent the car leap. He simply mastered it.
A few years ago, Lakers great Kobe Bryant made news when he jumped an Aston Martin. 'The Black Mamba' didn't dunk a basketball, but his aerial antics –despite reportedly being aided by special effects- impressed.
Watch the clips and tell us in the comment box below if Griffin or Bryant did the best job hurdling a car.
(Kenny `Bundini` Smith. The choir. And Griffin leaping a car.)
(Kobe: `I got this.`)
–Oly Sandor.
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I'm not sure if someone have done Datetimepicker in ST2, but have seen couple of those in ST1.
You can have a look into https://github.com/tomalex0/SenchaTo...Datetimepicker.
Screenshots are available at https://github.com/tomalex0/SenchaTo...ree/master/img
I have also setup few examples to get a better idea of implementation of DateTimePicker and DateTimePickerField.
Have a look and let me know any issues.


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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The New Mexico State men's basketball team defeated Chicago State, 84-55 in the Pan American Center Saturday night.
The Aggies improve to 20-8 on the season and 9-3 in WAC play, while Chicago State falls to 10-14 overall and 5-5 in the league. The 20th win of the 2013-14 season marks the fifth time under head coach Marvin Menzies that NM State has reached the 20-win mark.
Renaldo Dixon led the Aggies with 20 points, while also leading the team in rebounds with nine. DK Eldridge added 17 points, followed by Mullings with 15. The Aggies shot 55.8 percent from the floor on the night while holding Chicago State to 40.4 percent.
"This gives us a frame of reference on what we need to do on the road," said head coach Marvin Menzies. "We have a lot of little things to improve on and we hope to continue to move forward. We made adjustments at halftime and challenged our guys tonight."
NM State set the pace right from the beginning of the game, jumping out to a 14-3 lead with 14:48 to go in the first half. Mullings led the Aggies with eight points during the opening minutes of the game. The Aggies continued to role, scoring the next seven points of the game to make it 21-3 with 12:29 to go in the half.
The Aggies maintained an 18-point lead with 7:22 left in the half. At this point in the half, NM State was shooting 57.9 percent from the field, while holding Chicago State to just 28.6 percent shooting. The Cougars continued to fight and got the score to within 14 points at 35-21 with 5:20 to go in the half.
Two monster dunks, one by Mullings and the other by Eldridge swung the momentum back in the Aggies favor, extending their lead to 39-23 with 3:57 left in the first half. Despite Chicago State's best efforts, NM State continued to hold a commanding lead and went into the locker room at the half up 51-31.
Eldridge led the Aggies in the half with 11 points, followed by Mullings with 10. As a team, NM State shot 63 percent in the half, while holding the Cougars to 42.2 percent shooting. The Aggies also out rebounded the Cougars 22-12 in the first half.
Over the opening minutes of the second half, the Aggies and Cougars traded baskets, as NM State held a 21-point lead at 58-37 with 15:18 to go in the game. NM State continued to put their foot on the gas over the next four minutes of play opening up a 27-point lead over the Cougars at 66-39 with just over 11 minutes to go in the game.
The Aggies seemed to be on cruise control as they maintained a big lead with less than eight minutes to play in the game, holding a 69-43 lead. As this point, NM State was shooting over 59 percent from the floor. Mullings and Eldridge paced the Aggies.
In the final eight minutes of the game, the Aggies emptied the bench, getting some of the reserves valuable playing time. Dixon paced the Aggies in the final minutes of the game, scoring a quite 16 points with 3:32 still to play in the game, as NM State held a 75-51 lead. They went up by 30 with 1:51 after a Buovac free throw, giving NM State an 83-53 lead.
In the end the Aggies were just too much for Chicago State on the night, as NM State won 84-55.
The Aggies will be back in action on February 20 as they travel to Edinburg, Texas to face Texas-Pan American. Game is set for 6 p.m. (MT)


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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1988 to assess the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the understanding of human induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for mitigation and adaptation. The IPCC has completed four full assessment reports, guidelines and methodologies, special reports and technical papers. For more information on the IPCC, its activities and publications please see the IPCC homepage.
The IPCC has three working groups:
This is the Working Group II website. In its reports, Working Group II assesses the scientific, technical, environmental, economic and social aspects of the vulnerability (sensitivity and adaptability) to climate change of, and the negative and positive consequences for, ecological systems, socio-economic sectors and human health, with an emphasis on regional sectoral and cross-sectoral issues. At the 29th Session of the IPCC (31 August - 4 September 2008 Geneva, Switzerland), new Working Group II co-chairs were elected to oversee development of the Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability volume of the Fifth Assessment Report: Dr. Chris Field of the United States and Dr. Vicente Barros of Argentina.
The TSU plays a strong scientific leadership role, both in content for Expert Meetings, Special Reports, and the Fifth Assessment Report, as well as in management of the complex communications and implementation associated with IPCC activities. The TSU facilitates the work of the hundreds of volunteer authors and participants who contribute to these products, and ensures wide dissemination of the findings to a broad range of audiences from the lay public and students to the scientific community and an array of stakeholders. The TSU is housed at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, USA. More information on the organization of Working Group II and information for contacting members of the TSU is available here.


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Another Weird Idea: Sixgun and Planet
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For those of you who don't know what "sword and planet" is, it's science fiction in which our lone Earthling hero is thrown onto an alien planet with generally low technology and must fight to survive. Examples include Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series (A Princess on Mars, etc.) and some of Jack Vance's work (particularly the Planet of Adventure series). The excuse for swords being the weapon of choice varies from decaying cultures to alien oppressors.
Recently I've been thinking about what I'll call "sixgun and planet", basically the same premise but the available technology is closer to the Old West's. Examples abound, from the anime Trigun to the short-lived TV series Firefly. The question remains, though, why is technology stuck at that phase.
One answer I came up with a long time ago: electronics simply don't work on the planet's surface. (My original idea was for a fantasy planet, but this is more interesting.) Any device that relies on an electrical current will malfunction and then stop. Even electric lights and arc welding don't work. Oddly, though, other electromagnetic phenomena function normally: light transmission, chemical bonds, and nerve impulses, to name three. This has some amusing consequences:
- Avionics will fail, so once you land on the planet, you're pretty much stuck. The only two ways off-planet are miraculous alien technology and launching a rocket with no control circuitry whatsoever, a.k.a. the Wile-E-Coyote method).
- The only source of light and heat, apart from the sun, is burning things. Since it's a different planet, it may not have petroleum. Let's assume it doesn't, although it has some equivalent to coal so they don't have to burn forests.
- Ships in orbit can still drop items to the settlers, made with high technology but able to operate in the planet's weird anti-electronic field. Thus an orbital can manufacture, say, a functional Babbage engine (which was beyond Victorian Age capabilities) and air-drop it to settlers. Likewise, a solar-powered or flame-powered laser could signal said orbital, and a large enough collector could even make a laser cutter (the size of a barn).
- Other technologies do work, like optics, chemistry, and biotechnology. A telegraph would use light instead of electrical currents, like the "clacks" in the Discworld series. Genetically engineered organisms may take over some functions of machines, like chemical analysis. Potentially even photonic, psionic, or quantum devices might work as long as they have no electronic parts. So the human population might be very medically advanced, except for delicate surgeries (since heart monitors, etc. won't work).
- One can mix in other genres, like steampunk (those clockwork controls are really precise), supernatural horror (there's something on this planet that ignores bullets), pulp (daring escapes from alien ruins!), or investigation ("I'm the new marshal, and I'm ... from Earth.").
Part of my interest in this setting is figuring out what would work and what wouldn't. Also one can imagine social stratification based on available technology, from the city-folk who get Babbage engines and the best bio-tech medicines, to the frontiersmen who have only a Winchester, an axe, and an oil lamp. Throw in alien aborigines, ultra-tech artifacts from a forgotten age, and mysterious ultra-terrestrial entities that might be responsible for the anti-electronic field, and you might just have something.


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2 Koreas to Re-Open Factory Park in Trial Run
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) - North and South Korea agreed to re-open a shuttered industrial park on a trial basis starting on Monday, the South's Unification Ministry said in a statement, in a sign of a further thaw between two countries that remain technically at war.
Pyongyang appears to have softened its tone after threatening Seoul with retaliatory nuclear attacks earlier this year for what it termed "provocative" joint military exercises with the United States.
The industrial zone is located a few kilometers inside North Korea and was closed when Pyongyang pulled its 53,000 workers out in April amid rising tensions.
North and South Korea have agreed to stage reunions between families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War for the first time since 2010, in a sign that Pyongyang and Seoul are taking tentative steps towards confidence-building measures, Reuters reported.
In February, North Korea set an immediate challenge to incoming South Korean President Park Geun-hye by staging its third nuclear test in response to stricter sanctions imposed by the United Nations after a long-range missile test by the North.
Pyongyang cut off all links with the South after the nuclear test was condemned and said it was ready for war.
The two Koreas will aim to attract foreign investors into the Kaesong industrial zone, a rare source of foreign currency for the North, the ministry said. The Unification Ministry is responsible for handling inter-Korean relations for the South.
In a bid to compensate for losses incurred by the shutdown, factories there will be exempt from taxes for the rest of this year, the ministry statement said.


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The Boeing 787. The Dreamliner. The plane that keeps letting my hopes down is supposedly finally taking to the skies during a live webcast tomorrow morning, sometime after 10 a.m. PST. Let's just hope this isn't another letdown.
You can find updates on the flight status, and the actual webcast right here and you can place your friendly wagers on whether this'll be a success or not in the comments. [New Airplane —Thanks, Dustin!]


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This study will be conducted at 32 PPMI sites worldwide, and is currently seeking volunteers over the age of 60 who do not have Parkinson's disease (PD) to participate. The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is the sponsor and a co-funder of PPMI, a $60 million study. In addition to funds committed to PPMI, MJFF has partnered with the Alzheimer's Association and The W. Garfield Weston Foundation to fund additional analysis of data from PPMI and its Alzheimer's counterpart, ADNI.
PPMI aims to identify biomarkers of PD, even those that may be detected before the onset of motor symptoms. Identifying these early biomarkers, or risk factors, could ultimately help doctors diagnose and treat the disease earlier. Loss of sense of smell, for example, is a common but little-noticed symptom that may occur years before the onset of motor symptoms or a PD diagnosis.
You may already know that Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease and is joined in this category by other diseases such as Parkinson's. Today, researchers are finding that these conditions share some of the same underlying biology. That's why we are excited to share with you the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative (PPMI), a trial that is focused on Parkinson's, but is directly contributing to understanding all neurodegenerative disorders, especially Alzheimer's disease.
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