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I've written before about Myspace for Millionaires sites such as asmallworld and Diamond Lounge. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. Asmallworld, while growing quickly, has gotten too big for some members' liking. Diamond Lounge, the London-based firm that started as a social- and business networking site, has morphed into a "dating and networking site." (Not to be confused, of course with sugardaddie.com.)
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Spire acquired Ms. Aaronson's previous business, Suzanne's Files — which offered "quality lifestyle for discerning people." Spire gets access to Suzanne's Files' reported 55,000 members with an average income of $250,000. Spire will also draw on that business's database of reviewed content.
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I believe ownership made a lame attempt to boost attendance for the final homestand by having yet another ceremony honoring the 2004 team. This was no more than an attempt to give the crowd a "feel good" moment in a dreadful , horrible season. How many times can you keep bringing back Wakefield, Varitek, Millar and Pedro? I think they want us to forget how horrible the year has been by having multiple pre-game and post-game parties.
I mean seriously some of the former players were not vital members of the team (Jason Schiell, Dave McCarty???) and too many very important members were not there. How do you honor this team without having Schilling, Damon and Ramirez? I didn't see Bill Mueller , Orland Cabrera or Bellhorn, either. Did I tune in too late or were these 6 starting players omitted or unavailable?
Oh, Nomar was there. Kind of perplexing because he wasn't a member of the World Series winning team, he was traded at the deadline. But , of course, the fans love him and ownership has forgiven him for not being a positive clubhouse guy.
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Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is a newly discovered disease that has been associated with the use of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents in patients with severe renal disease, most commonly those on dialysis
If the patient has risk factors for kidney disease (> 60 years, diabetes, systemic lupus erythematosis, history of renal disease, multiple myeloma), a BUN/creatinine must be performed within 1 month of examination
Consultation with a radiologist is suggested before administrating Gd contrast agents to a pediatric patient or a patient with a eGFR of <60 ml/min/m2
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Guidelines for Usage of MRI Gadolinium Contrast Agents
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ephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) is a new disease, first observed in 1997 and described in 2000, which occurs in patients with moderate to severe kidney disease, most commonly those on dialysis. The association between NSF and gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents was first noted in 2006 among patients who were being treated in a dialysis center in Austria. By December 2006, over 210 cases of NSF had been reported to occur in patients who had received Gd contrast agents and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory. Since then, many more cases have been identified. The prevalence of NSF in patients with stage 5 renal disease (Table 1) has been estimated to be 3-13%.
NSF is characterized by rapidly progressive skin hyperpigmentation, thickening, tethering to underlying fascia, and stiffening that can result in joint flexion contractures. It is painful, debilitating, and is associated with significantly increased mortality. Skin changes develop in the extremities, most commonly in the legs, and progress over a period of days to weeks (Figure 1). Skin changes rarely affect the torso and do not affect the face. NSF has been found in patients of all ages with renal failure. Skin biopsies show increased numbers of dermal fibroblasts, increased deposits of mucin, and abnormal distribution of collagen bundles (Figure 2). The condition was first called nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) but its name was changed to NSF when it was recognized that the disease affected more than the skin. It is now known that fibrotic changes can occur in both cardiac and skeletal muscle, the genitourinary tract, lungs, diaphragm, and dura mater. NSF may stabilize, but rarely remits and there is no consistently effective therapy.
It is not yet proven that gadolinium is the causative agent. Nevertheless, the relative risk of developing NSF in a patient with severe renal failure after Gd contrast agent administration has been estimated to be more than ten-fold. Most cases have been observed in patients with Stage 5 renal failure (estimated glomerular filtration rate, eGFR, of <15 ml/min/m
; Table 1) who were being treated by hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. About 10% of cases have occurred in patients with Stage 4 chronic kidney disease (eGFR, 15-30 ml/min/m
). Other clinical conditions that have been suggested to be associated with NSF include dependent edema, a history of deep vein thrombosis, a history of recent surgery (especially vascular surgery), hypothyroidism, erythropoietin treatment, elevated serum ionized calcium or serum phosphate, acidosis, and active inflammatory disease. Skin changes may develop as early as within a month of exposure to Gd contrast agents to as long as 39 months after exposure, with symptoms appearing more rapidly in patients who have received higher doses of Gd contrast agents.
Table 1. Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
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Figures 1.
Characteristic skin changes seen in a patient with NSF showing hyperpigmentation, skin thickening, and joint flexion contractures.
Photographs courtesy of Jonathan Kay, M.D.
Although the mechanism of the development of NSF is not known, there is speculation that the slow disassociation of gadolinium from the chelate and its deposition in tissues, an effect that is likely to be much more significant in a patient with renal failure, may contribute to its onset. For example, in a patient with an eGFR of 2-10 mL/min/m
, the half life of Gd contrast agent is about 34 hr, compared to 70-90 minutes in a patient with normal renal function in whom >98% is removed from the body within 12 hours. The rate of dissociation varies among the five Gd contrast agents approved for use in the USA. It has been suggested that the risk of developing NSF appears to be greatest with the use of gadodiamide (Gd-DTPA-BMA, Omniscan™), which may be more likely to release free gadolinium than some other agents but NSF cases have being identified among patients who have been exposed to other more stable Gd contrast agents. Thus, at this time caution must be exercised with the use of all Gd contrast agents.
Because the association of NSF and gadolinium is newly discovered and data are still emerging on the pathophysiology of the disease and the extent of the problem, guidelines are still evolving concerning the use of Gd contrast agents. The current MGH guidelines are summarized in Figure 3. It is recommended that BUN/creatinine blood work be performed in all patients with risk factors for kidney disease (Figure 3) before the administration of Gd contrast agents. In the case of patients >60 years and patients of all ages with conditions listed in Table 2, the blood work should have been performed within 1 month before receiving Gd contrast agents. All pediatric patients should be approved for Gd contrast agent injection by a pediatric radiologist before the injection is administered. Multihance™ will be used in all pediatric patients. Patients aged 18-60 with no known risk factors for kidney disease are not required to have a BUN/creatinine test.
Figure 2.
Histologic sections of affected skin on the lateral thigh reveal a modest proliferation in fibroblast-like cells (arrow) and mucin (blue-grey deposits, arrowhead) without associated inflammation within the superficial and deep dermis (H&E, 100x, panel A). A ver Hoeff's elastin stained section highlights the elongated elastic fibers (arrowhead) in close apposition to brightly eosinophilic dermal collagen bundles (arrow) (panel B). Immunohistochemical staining for CD-34 reveals strong positive staining of spindle-shaped dermal fibroblasts (panel C) with increased numbers of Factor XIII positive cells throughout the dermis (panel D).
Images courtesy of Rosalynn M. Nazarian, M.D.
Figure 3. Guidelines for Usage of MRI Gadolinium Contrast Agents -
Flow chart courtesy of Hani H. Abujudeh, M.D.
Guidelines for Usage of MRI Gadolinium Contrast Agents
The Radiology Department is able to calculate the eGRF from the documented creatinine value of all patients. If a patient has an eGFR of >60 ml/min/m
, Gd contrast agent can be administered if it is indicated for the imaging study. If the eGFR is between 30-60 ml/min/m
, a single dose (20 ml) of Gd contrast agent within 24 hours can be used. A higher dose can be given if there is a medical necessity and the risks discussed with the patient. If the eGFR is <30 ml/min/m
, no Gd contrast agent should be used unless there is urgent medical necessity, in which case it can be administered after obtaining informed consent.
In patients who are on dialysis, a non-contrast MRI or alternate imaging modality should be considered. The decision to proceed with a contrast enhanced MRI can be made if the radiologist and referring physician decide that the benefit to the patient outweighs the potential risk. If Gd contrast agent is administered, hemodialysis immediately following the MRI examination should be considered. Peritoneal dialysis is not adequate to remove gadolinium from the body. If contrast-enhanced MRI is absolutely necessary in at-risk patients, the lowest effective dose of Gd contrast agent should be used. At MGH, gadobenate (Gd-BOPTA, Multihance™) will be used in at-risk patients.
Further Information
The understanding of NSF and its management is still evolving and it is to be expected that the MGH imaging guidelines will be updated in the future.
For further questions on NSF, please contact
Hani Abujedeh, M.D.
, Director of Patient Safety Committee, MGH Department of Radiology (617-726-8366) or
Jonathan Kay, M.D.
, (617-726-7938), Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology Division, MGH Rheumatology Unit.
We would like to thank Drs. Abujudeh and Kay for their advice on this issue and Rosalynn M. Nazarian, M.D., MGH Department of Pathology, who provided us with the pathology slides.
This article provided useful information about the appropriate use of imaging studies:
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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
(2007) Nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy associated with exposure to gadolinium-containing contrast agents--St. Louis, Missouri, 2002-2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 56: 137-41
Kanal E, Barkovich AJ, Bell C, Borgstede JP, Bradley, WG, et al. (2007) ACR guidance Document for Safe MR Practices. AJR Am J Roentgenol 188: 1474-74
Kuo PH, Kanal E, Abu-Alfa AK and Cowper SE. (2007) Gadolinium-based MR contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Radiology 242: 647-9
Leiner T, Herborn CU and Goyen M. (2007) Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis is not exclusively associated with gadodiamide. Eur Radiol Apr 26 [Epub ahead of print]
Marckmann P, Skov L, Rossen K, Heaf JG, and Thomsen, HS. (2007) Case-control study of gadodiamide-related nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. Nephrol Dial Transplant May 4 [Epub ahead of print]
Morcos, SK. (2007) Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis following the administration of extracellular gadolinium based contrast agents: Is the stability of the contrast agent molecule an important factor in the pathogenesis of this condition? Br J Radiol 80: 73-6
Todd DJ, Kagan A, Chibnik LB, and Kay J. (2007) Cutaneous changes of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis predict early mortality and are associated with gadolinium exposure. Arthritis & Rheumatism, in press.
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A quiet evening in Kanto region, at the sound of a rumbling washing machine, a single mother is reminiscent of her son's exciting adventures as a Pokemon Master, Delia is looking through the basement window. The sky is bright since the rain has stopped. It's been raining all day, she couldn't hang the clothes outside.
As she fold her son's favorite shirt she remembers when he was traveling the world in search for all Pokemon with his little Pikachu and competing in the leagues. She finishes to fold clothes that was hung in the basement all day, lift the basket and goes upstairs.
As she head to her son's bedroom she notices that it's pretty silent. It's too early for him to go to bed already and he would have told her if he had left. She sneaks a peek in the room, but she does not see him. She moves in and notices a few clothes lying around and the closet door open. Nothing unusual for her
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Earlier questions and answersAnswered questions: 1142. Yet unanswered questions: 5.
Har man alla Nasum-låtar som någonsin spelats in när man äger alla 4 nasum-Cd:na och Grind finale?
Inte direkt en fråga men Splitter vill tacka för att vi blev omnämnda i shift-bookleten. Tack som fan för er support!
Jag vet inte om du vart informerad men vi var i kontakt med eran bokningskille i december för att boka in ett nytt Nasum/Splitter-gig i Huddinge i början av året. Det slog som en käftsmäll när Mieszko bekräftades saknad. Synd att vi inte får spela ihop något mer!
Kul att läsa om konserter du går på, men vad är du för en konserttyp Är det banging längst fram som gäller eller är det taktfast nickande/klappande i mitten/längst bak?
Jag vet att min fråga kan vara en av dom dummaste på mycket länge, men jag vill bara veta,
tycker du om gruppen The Locust?
And what distortion did Nasum use for their guitars?
i would like to ask if i could host the sonx of your mp3-section on http://www.goreking.de ? not all just 5-10.
a little video would be cool, too.
and i need some necrony-stuff for the upcoming goregrind-classic-section.
please say yes!
cheers torge
The Brazilian Tribute is Comming!
i´m looking for a close-up photo of mieszko in a good resolution and quality to use it for a tattoo. i´ve been looking in your galaries, but there was only one pic that seems to fit (galarie 8 pic 2). i want a picture that embodies mieszko´s energy and passion, so i think a live-pic would be best. maybe you can help me out somehow by sending me a link or something else helpful? Exspecially your lyrics mean so much to me, so the tattoo will quote the song "fury": "When the seas calm down but only then will our fury finally sleep" Thank you for so much you don´t know! Kai email@example.com
nasum is an inspiration to all forms of extreme music, thank you for enlightening us, and our music world.
I have a little proposal for you.. It´s comming along a "Brazilian Nasum Tribute" (with only Brazilian Bands). We still have a long way to go...
But First I need your Authorization!? And if there´s any way you could help it (photos, bio, memory of Miesko...), I would really appreciate that.
my contact if you need is: firstname.lastname@example.com
Nasum are one of the main reasons we got together and made some of our own grind. The DIY ethic is important. I will continue to spread the word of the bands great work in Australia.
We wrote a song called 31/12/04 when the death toll reached over 50 000. Then we found out about Mieszko. We are currently recording this and other songs in our home studio.
If you have time can you check out our first song at
Ben Terror
eller måste man skynda sig fort som fan att beställa någon av de få som finns kvar?
Could you please put the media section online again?
I'd like to be able to download your backgrounds/wallpapers again... ;)
1)what is Nasum guitar tuning/setup?
2)how can i get the human 2.1 album? is it still around?
2. "Human 2.0" can be bought from me. "Human 2.01" (the Japanese edition) can be bought from Japan. There is no "Human 2.1"! / Anders
First of all, the new Nasum.com design is very Great !!!
Here's my question : On the "Collapsed" compilation released by Ritual Records in Japan, there is a live version of "Shadows" among others.
I tried to buy this very nice item, but it's out of print.
I thought this song was (without doubt, he he...) on Grind Finale, but as I saw the song list, it wasn't the case...
Do you think it 's possible to find this song anywere ? Impossible to find it for download...
Perhaps can you add the song in the Grind Finale song list ??!? he he he...
What does the voice in the beginning of "Stormshield" say exactly? I comprehend part of it, someone having dedicated his life to making money etc... I love the song btw.
Then in the beginning of "Just another hog" someone says something in Swedish. I thought it was something like "Are you blind, deaf or stupid!?" in English. What might that be?
Sample in "Just Another Hog" (from the movie "Tillsammans"): "Fattar du, ta inte det här personligt, men du är så jävla dum i huvudet, du är så jävla lurad!" roughly traslated to "Don't take this personal but you are so fucking stupid, you are so fucking fooled!". / Anders
Plz understand: We just LOOOOOVE raw sound and I fell in love with Miescasdsadko's guitar as soon as I heard it. So please reconsider. thx
Undrar om du har kvar samma trummor som på Helvete inspelningen? I så fall undrar jag vad den "färgen" kallas, och om det är lackat, oljat trä eller om det är är s.k "wraps" runtom. Har själv ett DW set o funderar på att byta utseende på dom, jag gillar utseendet på ditt set.
p.s spelar du alltid barfota lr? hehe
Japp, jag spelar alltid barfota. / Anders
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The complete biography of Nasum covering the entire history of the band, from the early years to the end of band in 2004... And a slight addition of the 2012 Farewell return. To the biography
The definite guide to the Nasum discography with lots of photos of every release, along with all possible information and comments written by Nasum's Anders Jakobson. To the discography
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A complete run down of each and every show Nasum performed from the first one in 1995 to the final stage appearences in 2012. To the showarchive
Lyrics to all Nasum songs, organized release by release. To the Lyrics
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Kitten Forever: Half serious, half party, all punk
Almost two weeks into their 23-date tour, Kitten Forever have miles to go before they load in for the night. When they arrive at Funny World in Phoenix, it's likely that they'll deal with those same old stares when they carry in the drum kit. Add to that the same old condescending offers of help with the heavy amplifiers, the same shocked expressions that say it all. After seven years, the group members are immune to it, and besides, there's a glimmer of hope on the horizon.
At the moment, the Minneapolis trio of Corrie Harrigan, Laura Larson, and Liz Elton are leaning around a crackling speakerphone in their van, sweating buckets in the southwestern heat. Parked outside of Salvation Mountain, the technicolor desert art piece a couple of hours inland from Los Angeles, the trio is taking a brief respite on the now-familiar route to Phoenix. They've got more shows at DIY venues over the next couple of nights, and the scrappy basements and makeshift art-gallery stages feel like home.
"It doesn't feel so exclusive, in a way," explains Harrigan. "To be surrounded by your peers, who are really into your music and what you create. It's just a little more fun I guess."
"We were all, for lack of a better term, raised in a punk or DIY environment," Larson continues. "It's important for us to stay connected to that scene always."
The sonic fury of Kitten Forever is best witnessed in such a makeshift space, while pressed up against the bodies of the community that calls it home. When there's no stage mediating the distance between your inhibitions and their rallying intensity, you're instantly part of the party. The culture wars outside cease to matter for a moment of catharsis as the band crashes through minute-and-a-half blasts, splitting time between smashing the patriarchy and more gleeful pursuits.
"That's the vibe of the band in general: half serious and half party," Larson says. "It's like a confrontational party or something." "But in a very inclusive, nice way!" Harrigan adds.
Though they've occasionally been derailed while members attended school, Kitten Forever have remained a vital piece of the Twin Cities' feminist punk community since their debut in 2006. Out of a desire to play shows at the house they shared, Larson and Harrigan invited Elton to sing for their new group.
"We really wanted to be like a disgusting L7," Harrigan says. "Like a grungy, gross all-girl band that threw our tampons at people, but we ended up being polite and poppy anyways."
The band's instrumentation was relatively set in stone for the recordings from that earlier era, 2008's Born Ready and 2009's Magical Realism EP, with Larson playing bass and Harrigan on the skins. After returning from hiatus in 2012, the three women had honed their versatility in the off season. Now, each member can trade instruments. The resulting payoff of this experiment was almost immediate for their songwriting, and broke a persistent block.
"With just bass, drums, and vocals, how do we keep ourselves from falling into a songwriting rut?" explains Larson. "We would run up against walls a lot just doing the same things all the time."
Trading axes allowed Kitten Forever to add new depth to their 2013 sophomore album, Pressure. It harnesses Harrigan's sassy yowl on lead single "Famous Friends" and Larson's more sardonic, PJ Harvey-like vocal on "Rat Queen." Harrigan and Larson do such a seamless job of supplementing Elton's trademark cheery defiance that the careless listener might not notice. "We can kind of read each other's minds a little bit," says Harrigan.
The songs on Pressure are undoubtedly the best Kitten Forever have recorded, and the raw but beefed-up production from Hollow Boys mastermind Ali Jaafar finally delivers an album worthy of their live show. "We really felt like we got the big sound that you get when you're listening to a band in a basement," says Larson, "but it's also clean and listenable."
Pressure contains 13 songs in its 22 minutes, which allows the album to fit comfortably into the unique format of a double 7-inch, and it's been selling really well on tour so far — particularly in the aforementioned DIY venues with strong female communities of their own. "Whenever there's a resurgence of anti-women culture or legislation, there's always a resurgence of feminist-oriented thought to counteract that," Larson says.
"On tour I think we've been experiencing a lot more women in bands than I personally have ever seen before," adds Harrigan, "there's so many girls and women at shows, there's so many in bands now, way more than even just a few years ago."
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A lot of news today, the big one being that Brendan Shanahan will return to the Devils, "although he has yet to agree to a contract.":http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=262692&lid=headline&lpos=topStory_nhl
Circle Feb. 9 on your calendar. That's the next time the Rangers face New Jersey. If nothing else, the move adds some more intrigue to the Atlantic Division.
Then there's Bobby Sanguinetti getting the call from Hartford for tonight against the Senators, but not getting a chance to play.
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Iowa State head coach Paul Rhoads returned the affection of the crowd.
"If you saw the look on our players faces when they walked among you here tonight, you would have a full appreciation for how much they appreciate your support," Rhoads said. "We have a team, there is not a bit of selfishness in the whole bunch and we won it as a team today."
The 28-21 win over Texas was Iowa State's first ever in the series between the two teams and came in the eighth-ever meeting between the schools.
"I want to recognize our coaching staff that worked so hard getting ready for this game," Rhoads told the crowd. "But it was the resilience of our players who bounced back from two tough losses and played so well today. Now we want to get ready to host Kansas in front of a partisan crowd next Saturday."
Each of the captains, quarterback Austen Arnaud, running back Alexander Robinson, safety Michael O'Connell and defensive end Rashawn Parker spoke to the assembled fans. Saturday's win over the No. 22 Longhorns was the first Cyclone victory over a ranked opponent on the road since beating No. 16 Oklahoma in 1990.
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Regretting the laxity and callousness with which people are put behind the bar while trials move at a snails pace, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that no adjournment shall be granted by any court in drug cases. It also passed a direction to set up exclusive courts in states to handle such cases.
A Bench of Justices D k Jain and J S Khehar passed a slew of directives to ensure that the rights of accused to speedy trial is not diluted due to the existing lacuna in the trials conducted under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
The court also called for the notification of a Code of Criminal Procedure provision prescribing stern rules against adjournments. We direct that no NDPS court would grant adjournments at the request of a party except where the circumstances are beyond the control of the party. This must be treated as an exception... Adherence to this principle would go a long way..., it said while incorporating a suggestion by amicus curiae Anita Shenoy.
It directed courts to return to the erstwhile method of holding sessions trials and examining witnesses on consecutive days over a block period of 3-4 days. The court said that those accused in NDPS cases should be given chargesheets and other documents in electronic form.
The Bench passed several directives for putting in place required infrastructure and engaging trained manpower for swift trials. Each state, in consultation with the High Court is directed to establish Special Courts to deal with offences under the NDPS Act. The number of these courts must be proportionate to, and sufficient for, handling the volume of pending cases in the state, ordered the court.
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Mine is a Social Ownership Directory of People and Products
"We are trying to do something that's never been pulled off -- to build a platform where it is easy for people to share what they've bought," says Mine co-founder and CEO Pierre Legrain. "We are about creating a directory of ownership, of people and their recent purchasing history of items they want to share."
At first glance, this may remind you of the ill-fated startup Blippy, which allowed people to see what their friends were purchasing with credit cards in real-time.
"So it turns out that almost nobody wants people to check out their purchases," was the memorable way Alexia Tsotsis started off her Blippy obit in TechCrunch in May 2011.
OrderAhead Makes It Easy To Order Takeout Food
Ordering food for pickup can sometimes be problematic.
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After all of that, it's not uncommon -- once you get back home or to your office -- to discover that mistakes have been made.
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Most people this holiday season will have spent a lot of money shopping in those good old brick and mortar stores in malls, probably with a smartphone in their pocket the entire time.
A few will have taken the effort to locate the best deals and coupons ahead of time, and to clip or print them out, and then actually remember to bring them along on the shopping trip.
The rest of us, however, will have missed out on some pretty good deals.
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Wrapp Aims to Make Online Gift-Carding as "Easy as Saying Happy Birthday on Facebook"
As I key in these words, so many gift cards are being exchanged across the US that–if you listen closely–you can almost hear them swishing by, rather like reindeer pulling an invisible sleigh.
It's estimated to be roughly a $110 billion/year market and the average American now gives about five gift cards per year–the vast majority of them right now, during the holiday shopping season.
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This holiday season, there is, of course, a vast array of flashy tech gadgets, including many product upgrades, available for you to buy for those on your list.
Beyond all the tablets, e-readers, and HD-TVs, however, are other gifting options, including some that you may not have considered yet.
Dropcam's Online Video Monitoring Includes Growing Number of Public Cams
SF-based Dropcam, which provides HD WiFi Video monitoring and online DVR recording so you can check on your kids, pets, or anything else remotely, manages a massive amont of of video in the cloud.
"We take in more video than YouTube by an order of magnitude," says company co-founder and CEO Greg Duffy. "And that video is accessible for all devices, laptops, android, iOS, including the iPad from anywhere in the world."
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New research from the smart shopping service BuyVia indicates that 40 percent of all shoppers are "showrooming" this holiday season, i.e., taking photos or scanning or examining products in retail stores with mobile apps before deciding where to buy those products at the best price.
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If you like buying fresh food at the farmers market and supporting local farmers, you've got a brand new option as of today in San Francisco, and that is to set up your own localized weekly delivery site and manage it online.
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A little more than six months ago, Yan-David Erlich was sitting in a restaurant when he noticed a waiter bring a black-and-white coloring pad plus some crayons to the children sitting at the next table.
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Fyodor [[{{Patronymic}} Mikhailovich]] Dostoevsky was a 19th century Russian author, famous for writing ''Literature/NotesFromUnderground'', ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'', ''Literature/TheIdiot'', and ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''. A deeply philosophical writer with a nuanced understanding of human psychology, Dostoevsky is credited with being, depending on your view, either a forerunner or a founder of modern existentialism.
The funny thing about Dostoevsky is that he's really two different authors separated by a four year stretch of imprisonment and exile to Siberia in 1849. Pre-1849, Dostoevsky wrote two novels (''Poor Folk'' and the incomplete ''Netochka Nezvanova'') and several short stories, including the much filmed ''White Nights'' and novellas. His involvement with a circle of armchair revolutionaries and pamphleteers led him to be rounded up and imprisoned by the state and he was sentenced to be executed by firing squad. At the last moment, right when Dostoevsky was lining up to be killed with his friends, a message of pardon arrived and everyone was sent to prison instead. Biographers consider this a "mock execution", that is none of them were ever going to be killed in the first place but were put through the ringer of being on "Death Row" as a form of psychological torture. One of Dostoevsky's friends went insane as a result of this ordeal. This incident had a phenomenal influence on his life and worldview and the Dostoevsky who returned from prison was a changed man in every sense of the term. Formerly, a kind of liberal interested in applying Western ideas to Russia, he became an anti-Radical Orthodox Christian conservative whose works explored characters who are contradictory, divided and full of neurosis and trauma, much like the author himself.
He's really remembered for the work he turned out after he came back from exile. Having had a religious experience while in prison, he spent the rest of his life exploring themes such as free will, guilt, religious awakening, and the effects of nihilism. His most famous novels are all critically-acclaimed for being thought-provoking explorations of the human condition in the face of suffering and despair.
If Dostoevsky wasn't the [[TropeMaker clear "father"]] of the PsychologicalThriller, he certainly [[TropeCodifier set the standard for future practitioners of the genre.]] In addition, his thematic and philosophical emphases link him strongly to the roots of FilmNoir--particularly the appropriately-named ''Crime And Punishment''.
Dostoevsky is known as "the Mad Russian" for two reasons:
* Something that tends to throw some readers off is that Dostoevsky's characters are all mad. Not literally mad, but they are all motivated by ideas instead of normal human drives. Because of this, several of the characters across his oeuvre tend to fall into molds or archetypes based on the ideas they represent (Sonya from ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'' and Alyosha from ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'' fall into a distinct category, as do Raskolnikov and Ivan Karamazov from the same books respectively), and his characters and their actions are symbolic of these ideas.
* As a reaction against the European philosophies that were becoming popular in Russia in his time, Dostoevsky wrote in a rural, slavophilic/Russian style, emphasizing national unity and what would be the equivalent of "family values" in 19th century Russia.
Or maybe he was called "the Mad Russian" because the mindgames in his plots are [[GambitPileup so mind-bendingly complex]] [[MindScrew one has to be mad to understand them.]] They devote [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotDidactic university seminars]] to studying Dostoevsky's prose, and they can get away with it because the symbolism [[RuleOfSymbolism is real.]]
Dostoevsky is featured as a character in the novels ''Summer in Baden-Baden'' and ''The Master of Petersburg''.
!!Works by Fyodor Dostoevsky with their own trope pages include:
* ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment''
* ''Literature/TheIdiot''
* ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov''
* ''Literature/NotesFromUnderground''
!! Notable adaptations of his works include:
* ''White Nights'' was adapted into ''La Notti bianche'' by Creator/LuchinoVisconti, ''Four nights of a dreamer'' by Creator/RobertBresson, and loosely adapted into ''Two Lovers'' by James Gray.
* ''The Double'' was adapted by Creator/BernardoBertolucci as ''Partner'' and ''Film/TheDouble'' by Richard Ayoade, starring Creator/JesseEisenberg.
* ''The Gambler'' was adapted as ''The Great Sinner'' (A MGM adaptation by Robert Siodmak, with a screenplay by Christopher Isherwood, and Creator/GregoryPeck). Loose modern-day adaptations include Film/AlexAndEmma and Creator/MartinScorsese's ''[[Film/NewYorkStories Life Lessons]]''.
* ''Literature/NotesFromUnderground'' has few direct adaptations, but it's most famous influence was on ''Film/TaxiDriver'' to the point that Creator/MartinScorsese and Creator/PaulSchrader consider it a SpiritualAdaptation.
* ''Literature/TheIdiot'' was adapted into a notable film by Creator/AkiraKurosawa and an obscure Indian film by Mani Kaul starring Creator/ShahRukhKhan.
* ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'' was loosely adapted as ''Der Mörder Dimitri Karamasoff'' a Soviet-German co-production by Feodor Osep, starring Fritz Rasp (of ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' fame) and Anna Sten (who appeared in some MGM films). It's more well known for the 1950s Hollywood adaptation by Richard Brooks starring Creator/YulBrynner.
!!Other works by Fyodor Dostoevsky provide examples of:
* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: Though without sexual meaning, many, if not the most relationships in his books are female-led and man is submissive. Dmitri Karamazov even says "I believe that every good man must be kept under the heel of some woman!", which may be the view of Dostoyevsky himself (or not).
* AuthorTract: Liable to appear at any given time in his books. However several critics note that what appears to be AuthorTract turns out to be different from Dostoevsky's own ideas.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Pyotr Verkhovensky, whose family name is formed from "verkhovenstvo", which means "supremacy" in Russian.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: The gang of terrorists in ''Demons'' starts as one, but throughout the novel they change their goal form destroying the authorities and liberating everyone to installing a crueler regime and enslaving 90% of the population.
* ByronicHero: Stavrogin from ''Demons'' is a particularly nasty deconstruction; it's lampshaded early in the book that this character type was common in Russian literature (and society) at the time.
* ChristianityIsCatholic: Averted. Although he was a devout Christian, Dostoevsky ''loathed'' Catholicism (especially the Jesuits), and he saw the raw, innocent spirituality of Russian Orthodoxy as an antidote to it. An AuthorFilibuster in ''The Idiot'' is devoted to this.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: A important plot point in ''Demons''.
* {{Doorstopper}}: He wrote very thick novels.
** There is actually a very good reason for this: Dostoevsky, like most Russian (and European in general) novelists of the time, had his work published in installments by literary magazines which paid by the page or word; the longer the work, the more money you made.
** Also for most of Dostoevsky's career he wrote short stories and novellas -- ''Poor Folk, The Gambler, The Double, White Nights, The Eternal Husband, Notes From Underground'' -- he only wrote ''four'' major novel-length narratives, but [[TropesAreNotBad those are among the best ever written]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: ''The Idiot''. To a certain degree ''Demons'' as well.]]
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: "Shigalyovism", the philosophy of the terrorist group from ''Demons''.
* UsefulNotes/{{Epilepsy}}: Dostoevsky was a famous real-life epileptic who often suffered periodic fits. His family and friends noted that his fits came suddenly without warning and that he would describe his trance-like state and visions in considerable detail. This eventually made its way into his books where many characters, notably Prince Myshkin and Smerdyakov are epileptics and a lot of MindScrew comes from their descriptions of their fits.
* EsotericHappyEnding: ''The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree'', where titular beggar boy, who is abused by his alcoholic parents, freezes to death during during Christmas, but he dies happily, because he saw Christ in his DyingDream and felt that he is beloved by God.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Stavrogin is described as absolutely charming and beautiful, like a prince from a fairy tale, while in fact, he is a depraved murderer, pedophile and rapist.
* FallenCreator: InUniverse, Karamzinov from ''Demons'', who had been one of the greatest Russian writers in the past, but then he JumpedTheShark.
* TheGamblingAddict: Most of the characters in "The Gambler", as well as Dostoevsky himself. Some of his books were published to dodge angry book-keepers.
* TheGulag: ''Notes from the Dead House'', which describe Dostoyevsky's imprisonment in Siberia. Also a rare non-Soviet example of this trope.
* HenpeckedHusband: Anton von Lembke from ''Demons'' is a spineless doormat for his wife and is generally a weak-willed person. The narrator says with total contempt that he was a virgin when he married his wife, while she wasn't.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: For an artist with such a colorful life, Dostoevsky has been fictionalized in books like ''Sumer in Baden Baden'' by Leonid Tsypkin and ''The Master of Petersburg'' by J. M. Coetzee.
* JekyllAndHyde: The early novella "The Double", as you might have guessed from the title.
* LonersAreFreaks: Dostoevsky's books feature characters who are loners, social rejects, the mentally ill and other freaks. His sympathetic portrayal of their alienation from society struck a chord with several modernist writers and made him highly popular among existential philosophers. What people often miss is that Dostoevsky doesn't romanticize this status at all, as seen in ''Notes from Underground''. His works show how poverty, breakdown of family relations, genuine social dissatisfaction and callous cruelty makes such figures easy to indoctrinate into radical politics or other kinds of dangerous abstract ideas. About the only response to such alienation Dostoevsky can find is either authentic religious belief, ThePowerOfLove, forgiveness and compassion.
* TheMasochismTango: The marriage in the short story "A Gentle Creature". (Alternately, the relationship between any given Dostoevsky character and any other given Dostoevsky character.)
* MisaimedFandom: [[invoked]]
** A posthumous example. Dostoevsky wrote about revolutionaries or aspiring radicals, social rejects, outsiders and featured characters who tend to scorn family values and religion. This made him influential on leftists, philosophers, freethinkers and young adolescents despite himself being a conservative Orthodox Christian Russian writer.
** One delicious irony for the Great Russian is the fact that his books influenced Creator/FranzKafka and UsefulNotes/SigmundFreud and several other Jewish writers like Isaac Bashevis Singer despite being, unfortunately, an anti-Semite like many Russians of his time.
* MindScrew: Of course!
* NiceGuysFinishLast: The protagonist in the story "White Nights".
* NietzscheWannabe:
** Dostoevsky codified these characters in many of his books. Raskolnikov is perhaps the archetypal example. Other examples include The Underground Man and pretty much ''all'' the young radicals in ''Demons'' (although Stavrogin and Verkhovensky stand out), and Arkady in ''The Adolescent''.
** Bear in mind that this is a case of UnbuiltTrope since Dostoevsky was a rough contemporary of Nietzsche but did not read his books, while the latter read his books after formulating some of his beliefs and noted how Dostoevsky anticipated his ideas.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: If there is a ManipulativeBastard in his book, he ''will'' use this trick.
* PsychoForHire: Fedka The Convict, psychotic murderer and robber, who acts as paid muscle for Verkhovensky's gang in ''Demons''.
* ReignOfTerror: Dostoevsky saw this as the inevitable outcome of radical movements, as he illustrates in ''Demons''.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: ''Demons'' is a blatant fictionalization of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Nechayev Sergey Nechayev's case]].
* SchoolgirlLesbians: Eponymous protagonist of ''Netochka Nezvanova''. Probably the UrExample.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Dostoevsky's books tend to break the scale, as they have the entire range of behavior -- from the most idealistic to the most cynical, with everything in between -- existing ''at the same time'', while being inconclusive as to what wins out.
* TakeThat / NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Karamzinov from ''Demons'' is widely seen as a caricature on fellow writer, Turgenev.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: "The Double", though it's narrated through third-person.
* {{Tsundere}}/SourOutsideSadInside: Many of Dostoevsky's female characters fit into one of these types (see the pages for more details). As did Dostoevsky's RealLife mistress Apollinaria Suslova, [[AuthorAppeal which may explain some things]].
* WesternTerrorists: ''Demons' '' plot revolves around such a group. Though it must be noted that the Nihilists of 19th Century Russia ''were'' the [[TropeMaker original]] terrorists.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''The Brothers Karamazov'' was intended to be the first part of a much longer series of books. [[AuthorExistenceFailure Dostoevsky died before he could write any of the others.]]
** Also, he never finished ''Netochka Nezvanova'', one of his first works. He started it before his imprisonment and by the time he was released his pre-occupations had drifted far from the pre-Prison writer.
* WifeHusbandry: Taken to a nasty extreme in the short story "A Christmas Tree and a Wedding".


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If it has almost been thirty years, the Nikopol trilogy remains a major work for many fans of comics and after attempting the adventure of filmmaking in 2004, Enki Bilal is now turning to video games. The author did not entrust the adaptation of the first component to anyone and it finally all logic that White Birds, the studio Benoit Sokal, who took charge of the project. A project in a game point & click adventure that arrived on PC and for which we do not know too sadly on Ground.
Nikopol is Choublanc?
Before talking about the game itself, it is important to clarify things, especially for fans of comics Enki Bilal. Indeed, if Nikopol: Frequently Asked Immortals focuses on the first part of the famous trilogy, it is however not a real adaptation. The developers indicate that their game is inspired by the scenario Enki Bilal. In fact, used the cartoon not know in advance what is happening throughout the adventure and, similarly, those who do not already Nikopol will not have the impression of come as a hair on the soup, not including the events told nothing.
The developers have used a staging "BD" for all cinematic
Therefore, it is not even matter to embody the hero of the comic strip, Alcide Nikopol, but his son, a painter without the support which his talents at the service of a religious splinter group that tries to oppose Choublanc dictator. In addition, if the Paris of 2023 is, as in the comic book, divided into two districts and places visited by the player directly from the work of Bilal (the apartment of heroes, the cemetery of Gorgon, the Metro, various changes were made. The fascist government of Jean-Ferdinand Choublanc turned into religious dictatorship, and as players we will have to save the life of our father.
During the five chapters in the adventure, Alcide Nikopol Junior must however also attention to its own existence in turn threatened by various hazards such as a species of bug or terrifying soldiers Choublanc. It is also the first "breach" of the canons of Nikopol adventure game: it is possible to die and it is usually in small sequences limited time that must be addressed as soon as possible. These sequences are not very numerous, but can boost certain sections of the game and it is not wrong. The rest of the time, Nikopol works effectively as a pure point & click.
Developers have adopted a subjective view representation and the player must traverse very successful graphics boards to discover objects or issues for its progression. Via the mouse, you can rotate the entire 360 degrees and discover the whole place where we are. By dragging the mouse pointer across the screen, we discover the interactive features, objects and the ability to move then activates an inventory with ease world with the right mouse button. So a simple interface that allows the atmosphere to settle and the player to concentrate on the puzzles.
Reapproaching elsewhere at a small Nikopol concern at this level and developers seem to have all difficult to balance things. , the graphics, drawing characters and entire sets can truly rediscover happiness with a certain work of Bilal. Unfortunately, the atmosphere does not settle completely, because the player is constantly "embarrassed" by riddles based on pure logic and that some players will undoubtedly Crisp. The difficulty level is something very subjective, but many adventurers will no doubt hold on these puzzles.
Conversely, other players may find the challenges too few records and this time the problem is with life. There is no question of asking dozens of hours of play, but when used bouclent entire history in just five hours, you know that something is wrong. So hard to be excited about this first stage of the Nikopol trilogy. This is all the more regrettable that the creators had successfully avoided the pitfall of return too frequent in these games and also had skilfully out of the trap game over the death of the hero, although sometimes frequent, never really damaging, it takes a few moments before the fatal outcome.
Correct in the sense of the term, this is how we could summarize this Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals. Well produced and with a genuine atmosphere, the title of White Birds, however, suffers a net balance problem: too easy and too short for habitual point & click and minds the most logical, it may run ass in those math puzzles too much at the highest point. Nevertheless, the principle of small sequences "action", the successful adaptation and the very successful scenario leaves us feeling pretty good so we await with some impatience the return of Nikopol for the second series of the trilogy of Enki Bilal.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post815514054971750676..comments2016-05-26T06:06:27.855-07:00Comments on Down the Line!: Quote of the Day: Nole on FedRich Rodriguezhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-30639147181374568942008-06-19T03:45:00.000-07:002008-06-19T03:45:00.000-07:00I kinda wish this kid would shut up already instea...I kinda wish this kid would shut up already instead of harping on about Fed's year. No matter the topic he's gotta mention Rog's struggle. "I like my chances at Wimby and Fed's losing. I won a grand slam and Fed's losing. It's a great year for tennis and Fed's losing. I'm a mouthy child in need of some f-ing media training and Fed's losing."email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-54949272524467589502008-06-19T03:23:00.000-07:002008-06-19T03:23:00.000-07:00djoko is seriously obsessed with federer, and yes,...djoko is seriously obsessed with federer, and yes, he should be more worried bout nadal. nadal PWNED djoko on clay and firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-37541910732306164162008-06-19T03:00:00.000-07:002008-06-19T03:00:00.000-07:00Djoko couldn't even handle Nadal in Queen's final....Djoko couldn't even handle Nadal in Queen's firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-43362725064673314762008-06-18T22:49:00.000-07:002008-06-18T22:49:00.000-07:00I love the drama! I think it's funny that Nole kee...I love the drama! I think it's funny that Nole keeps talking crap about Fed (although of course I'm a big Roger fan!). It's kinda childish, and reveals a level of Roger obsession I thought only us fans were capable of. It's actually not too helpful for him, I think. Roger isn't scared of Nole. Do you think Nole will ever talk crap about Rafa, or is he worried Rafa will beat him up? I personally, would not want to piss Rafa off.

Rafa's the bigger long term threat to Nole, just given their similar ages.freakyfriteshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-39256820886863875612008-06-18T18:06:00.000-07:002008-06-18T18:06:00.000-07:00i love when ballers speak out but i hardly think f...i love when ballers speak out but i hardly think fed is "worried"...i mean he is the 5-time defending champion on his fave surface. if he's going to feel the most confident it's at wimby.

nole just likes to stir the pot - it gets him in the press and that's clearly where he love to be. the way he works the press reminds me of how boxers go about taunting their opponents before a match.Richhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-14716352248964626802008-06-18T16:18:00.000-07:002008-06-18T16:18:00.000-07:00Let's hope that was just a wrong use of "term". Th...Let's hope that was just a wrong use of "term". That said, I am still not a fan of Novak.thedoublebagelhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-7969955169950307562008-06-18T15:13:00.001-07:002008-06-18T15:13:00.001-07:00Since when saying the truth or speaking out what e...Since when saying the truth or speaking out what everybody is thinking is arrogance? I think Nole has a point. Fed just has to prove everybody is wrong. That's all.

Can't wait to see Nadal vs. Fed email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-25180131545251516192008-06-18T15:13:00.000-07:002008-06-18T15:13:00.000-07:firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-70970711996482255952008-06-18T14:42:00.000-07:002008-06-18T14:42:00.000-07:00let's hope he doesn't get a wimbledon title! i'm w...let's hope he doesn't get a wimbledon title! i'm wondering if he's going to shake the arrogance and become a mature man, ala agassi, or if he's just going to keep getting worse. this time last year i still found him charming. now i wish he would just play tennis and shut firstname.lastname@example.com