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Sail Date: February 16, 2009
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Traveled As: Family (older children)
Room Type: Inside
The staff (room Stewart, wait staff, etc) were pleasant and personable. They seemed to care if you were having a good time and asked what they could do to improve your experience. We were having a good time until we were bombarded with some drunken passengers that had no regard for the personal space and who felt it was okay to proposition other passengers in front of their spouses. The entertainment staff seemed to push the fact that drinking alcohol equals having fun which made for bad behavior by some passengers. We do drink alcohol and did have a nice evening out for ourselves while our 13 yr old hang out with her age group and did activities (which she did most nights anyway).
I major flaw I saw was we had bought fountain cards for unlimited soda. The only place to get soda was at one of the bars. After our experiences with some other passengers behavior we were not happy and most reluctant to have our daughter go get soda on her own and we ourselves had to find quieter places to get our soda in peace.
I also felt as a first time cruiser with this line that I was not well informed of anything. We were advised by the Entertainment Director to seek out experienced cruisers for information. Upon our debarkment I did not have the proper form (which I was told they should have given me) to hand in which caused me to be screened by Customs and Border Patrol even though I hadnt bought anything to bring home that needed to be declared.
Pros: Activities for my 13 yr old.
Cons: All the encouragement to be drinking alcohol
Recommends Carnival Fantasy? Yes!
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What is an Appropriate Bar/Bat Mitzvah Gift for Twins?
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In the Jewish religion, turning thirteen marks an important life cycle event. A boy becomes a Bar Mitzvah (son of the commandments) and a girl becomes a Bat Mitzvah (daughter of the commandments). Reading from the Torah and chanting Haftorah, in addition to creating a mitzvah project, writing a D'var Torah and learning the blessings takes the better part of a year. There is a lot of work and intense study that takes place before the big day!Credit: www.freedigitalimages.net/ Boians Cho Joo Young
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If you are invited to celebrate this special day with friends, it is easy to choose a gift for the child's simcha. Money, jewelry or a special ritual object are all appropriate presents to give.
But there is a tricky area in Bar Mitzvah gift giving. What do you give a set of twins who are celebrating their special day together?
For twin girls celebrating, it is called a B'not Mitzvah. When it is two boys or a boy and a girl, it is called a B'nai MItzvah. For the parents, it is one party for both children, but for guests, it means two gifts and twice the expense.
Gift Giving Protocol for Twins-A PrimerCredit: www.pixabay.com
For parents of twins like myself, teaching others about twinship has been part of my role as their mother. My children are "twindividuals", two separate people who happen to have been born a minute apart. They have never been allowed to be referred to as "the twins", only by their individual names.
When birthdays and holidays rolled around, my children had to be treated as two different people. Giving twins one gift to share is bad form, unless it is an expensive video gaming system. If my children were a year apart and born on the same day or the same month, no one would think twice about having them share a gift-it would not happen. But with twins, people think they can do this and not have any issues.
Twins are two people, therefore you give each child his or her own gift.
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A situation parents of twelve and thirteen year olds run into is having their child invited to a B'nai Mitzvah, but the child is only friends with one of the twins.
What do you do about the other child? Do you give a gift or not?
While there is no definitive answer, there are different solutions to the problem that you can utilize. Which one you choose depends on your individual situation and what you are comfortable giving.
The first thing to do is give both children the same gift and call it a day. Is giving the same check or gift card really going to make a difference in your financial future? Is it worth obsessing over and over in your mind for thirty-six dollars or a gift of similar value? How many twin B'nai Mitzvahs will your child be attending?
You can give a bigger gift to the boy or girl your child is close friends with and give a lesser gift to the other child. The lesser gift can be a thing, like a piece of jewelry, so the price difference goes unnoticed.
If money is an issue, you can give a gift to each child that you purchased on sale and no one will know what you paid. For example, you can give twin girls a beautiful necklace, but make sure each one is different. Otherwise, it looks like you put little thought into the gift and you have a "one size fits all" mentality.
Last, you can just give a gift to the child's friend and not to the other child. While this is a bit uncouth, most parents of twins will understand and the kids will as well. Just think about how you would feel in this situation before you decide on this option. Is it worth looking bad and making someone feel badly for a few dollars?
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What do adults give?
Credit: www.pixabay.comIf you are an adult who has been invited to a B'nai Mitzvah, like it or not, this is going to be a big slap to your checkbook.
While no one can dictate the amount you give, the one thing you cannot do is give one gift to be divided in half. If your budget only permits a $100 gift, then you need to write two $50 checks. Separate checks and separate cards need to be given, as each child has been working and preparing intensely for this important occasion.
It is Jewish tradition to give gifts in multiples of 18 (chai-it means life). Guests giving a monetary gift may want to go in that direction.
How much money to give is always an interesting discussion. The amount given depends largely on what area of the country you live in and who is invited. Families give more than couples, so the amount you spend will also depend on that. On the East and West Coast, gifts given are higher than those in other parts of the United States.
But what if you cannot afford to give double what you normally would?
Savings bonds are a wonderful option. The dollar amount of the gift is higher, even though the initial cost is lower. My older daughter received some bonds for her Bat Mitzvah and I can tell you that now that they are close to maturing, having that extra money to pay for college expenses has been a blessing.
You can buy special gifts that will have meaning, such as kiddish cup or a set of Shabbat candlesticks. When my older daughter became a Bat Mitzvah, a friend of mine who is not financially well off at all bought her a gorgeous Shabbat set that she will use forever. It cost significantly less than the monetary gift her family could have afforded to give, but it is something my daughter will always have and use.
How much to give twins for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah gift has many different factors. You have to decide what you are comfortable giving.
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New Delhi: South Korean trade minister Kim Jong-hoon is likely to seek clearances for the much delayed Posco steel project in Orissa, when he meets his counterpart Anand Sharma here on Thursday.
"The ministers will discuss wide ranging issues that include fast-tracking of South Korean Posco steel project," an official in the commerce ministry told PTI.
The $12-billion Posco project of South Korea, the largest foreign investment project in India, has got stuck due to environmental issues.
The environment ministry has put the project, which seeks diversion of 1253.225 hectares of forest land for establishment of integrated steel plant and captive port in Jagatsinghpur district in Orissa, under scanner citing alleged green law violations.
Besides, the two ministers may also discuss issues like facilitation of visa, further upgradation of trade pact, possibility of opening Korean bank branches in India and progress in WTO talks, the official said.
These issues are likely to figure during Mr Sharma's meeting with Mr Jong-hoon on 20th January.
The two leaders are meeting to review the bilateral comprehensive trade pact, which was operationalised a year back.
The official also said that a joint statement would be issued after the review meeting.
After the implementation of India-South Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in January 2010, trade between the two countries went up by 45% to $15.6 billion during January-November 2010.
Under CEPA, tariffs are being reduced or eliminated on the maximum number of tradable goods between the two nations.
Yesterday, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee after meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Jeung-hyun said that two-way trade between the countries will double to $30 billion by 2014.
3i Infotech, a global provider of IT solutions, said that it has won a contract from Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd (MHEPL), to provide end-to-end IT infrastructure solutions. The project will be implemented in three phases over five years. No financial details were provided.
The engagement includes providing services like facility management, DC collocation/migration, managed services and server room build. This will enable MHEPL to build their IT Infrastructure highway and expand its bandwidth to implement their hospital information systems (HIS) an ERP applications across their various locations. It will also provide them flexibility in terms of operations and services.
Opto Circuits (India) Ltd reported standalone net profit of Rs56.22 crore for the quarter ended 31 December 2010 compared to Rs35.63 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Total Income increased to Rs164.71 crore from Rs110.57 crore from a year ago, the company said in a statement.
On Tuesday, Opto Circuits ended 10.55% up at Rs249.40 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, while the benchmark Sensex closed 1.11% up at 19,092.05 points.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Two 13-year-old Rowan County students face a possible yearlong suspension after getting caught with a .380 Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol at school, police said.
On Monday, one of those students at Erwin Middle School reported to an assistant principal that his gun had been stolen.
Police said the student who had brought the gun showed it to another student. Later, he noticed the gun was missing, police said.
After reporting the incident, both students were brought into the office and the gun was seized from the second student, police said.
Police said the students were also in possession of a magazine loaded with six rounds of ammunition, but the gun was not loaded.
After further investigation, police said that the student stole the gun from a parent's lockbox Sunday night.
The school is recommending a full year suspension of both students.
Both students will be charged for juvenile crimes, police said.


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Apparently, the decision by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to retain the portfolios of foreign affairs and defence is, politically speaking, an astute one. It puts him at rest about the two most sensitive jobs falling into vulnerable hands.
Foreign policy
Islamabad's foreign policy has long been outsourced to the military with the foreign minister merely a figurehead, enacting the script as given. The photogenic Hina Khar did a decent job of profiling the same, and with distinction. But no-one ever accused her of minding the store independently!
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, whom Khar succeeded as foreign minister, didn't quite cover himself in glory as the Pakistan People's Party's (PPP) chosen one.
He went along with the powerful security establishment in the Raymond Davis affair, for instance, where contrary to President Zardari's keenness to see the CIA contractor released on account of "diplomatic immunity" after he had killed two Pakistanis in broad daylight, Qureshi resisted the move with a nod and a wink from the security establishment.
This annoyed his party boss, who was eventually forced to lump it till such time the khakis wheedled out a deal with the Americans.
An aggravated Zardari merely pretended to swallow the insult, but soon forced a cabinet reshuffle in which Qureshi was demoted. But the parliamentarian from Multan refused to have anything to do with the "unattractive" agriculture ministry and, before long, quit the PPP altogether and joined Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
It is therefore, understandable for Sharif to keep the job with him. Obviously, the prime minister wants to be the master of his destiny by driving the relationship with important capitals like Washington, New Delhi, Kabul, Riyadh and Beijing - capitals over which, save for the last two, the military has a mind not necessarily in sync with Sharif.
The third-time PM wants to pursue an independent policy with India that banks heavily on trade. He understands that the surest way to divest Pakistan's fragile democratic system of its military overreach is to turn the economy around, and for which, it is perhaps, crucial that Pakistan realizes the full potential of trade with India.
The spin-off would be that the two neighbours would per force have to normalise relationship in other spheres - even the revival of a bilateral cricket series in the true sense with India touring Pakistan has great potential to restore normal and peaceful ties. India has long been favourably disposed towards Sharif, who wants to capitalise on this as a great CBM.
Potentially, such a relationship will free up the eastern borders thus providing room to focus Islamabad's energies elsewhere, purely in military terms.
However, it is easier said than done with the security establishment ever so wary of New Delhi. Unsurprisingly, the military leadership has already reportedly "advised" Sharif twice in the space of a fortnight or so to go slow.
Hina Khar wowed India with her gloss quotient, and even though it led to the clamour for a sustained composite dialogue, no-one was fooled by where the honed script was coming from, and how much of a chance the last PPP government had of breathing life into the process given its gingerly approach to issues it felt were not in its domain.
With Sharif, an industrialist to boot, there's a decent chance there will be movement in this crucial area of Pakistan's foreign policy - to kickstart the economy by easing trade barriers.
The PML-N supremo also wants to have a handle on defence. Again, it is understandable both in terms of his past aborted stints in power and the immediate past where PPP's Ahmed Mukhtar's unimpressive record as defence minister thanks to near-total lack of control kept the civilian government majorly out of the loop.
Ideally, the defence minister should be the PM's point man on military matters, but the PM himself taking charge of the Ministry of Defence is a stellar statement. Even though in practice, the military has tended to stamp its feet on the line, hopefully, in Pakistan's changed environment of today, it might not be all that easy to do so with a powerful PM.
Such a move also has an inherent damage-control benefit when you consider how, in late 2011, civil-military relations took a nosedive over the infamous Memogate, leading the-then prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to openly accuse the military establishment of running a parallel government.
In a battle of attrition that ensued, the prime minister ended up sacking the defence secretary in a derring-do that led to much chaos and immediate speculation of even a possible coup.
Having been bitten twice at the hands of the military, Sharif would be extremely wary of such an unintended implosion, and by keeping the defence portfolio appears to give the impression he wants to keep the lid tight. It may be that Prime Minister Sharif wants to test the security establishment's sincerity in cooperating with him before he feels comfortable enough to loosen his grip.
[Kamran Rehmat is the editor of Pakistan-based Pique magazine and a prominent political analyst]
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University of Toronto, Department of Medical Biophysics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ontario Cancer Institute/University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University Health Network, Techna Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In recent years numerous studies have shown the potential advantages of molecular imaging in vitro and in vivo using contrast agents based on surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), however the low throughput of traditional point-scanned imaging methodologies have limited their use in biological imaging. In this work we demonstrate that direct widefield Raman imaging based on a tunable filter is capable of quantitative multiplex SERS imaging in vivo, and that this imaging is possible with acquisition times which are orders of magnitude lower than achievable with comparable point-scanned methodologies. The system, designed for small animal imaging, has a linear response from (0.01 to 100 pM), acquires typical in vivo images in <10 s, and with suitable SERS reporter molecules is capable of multiplex imaging without compensation for spectral overlap. To demonstrate the utility of widefield Raman imaging in biological applications, we show quantitative imaging of four simultaneous SERS reporter molecules in vivo with resulting probe quantification that is in excellent agreement with known quantities (R2>0.98).
As biomedical research has vastly expanded our knowledge of biomarkers of diseases such as cancer in recent years, it has become clear than single markers alone will be insufficient to completely detect and diagnose most complex disease processes. While many tools exist to image single biomarkers in in vitro and in vivo model systems, the molecular imaging tools available for multiplex imaging are significantly more limited especially in the complex in vivo setting. In vivo optical imaging is best carried out in the near infrared (NIR) tissue "optical window" from 750 to 900 nm, where background tissue absorption and fluorescence are minimal, allowing for improved depth of detection and overall sensitivity. Conventional fluorophores emitting in the NIR have found numerous applications,1–5 but are inherently limited by their relatively broad emission profiles and fast photobleaching. Semiconductor quantum dots have improved brightness and photostability compared to conventional dyes, but their optimum excitation in the ultraviolet significantly limits applicability in deep tissue imaging, as well as having relatively broad emission spectra in the NIR6 and potential concerns regarding heavy metal toxicity from the core material. Using the example of multiplex tumour detection, the number of biomarkers necessary to differentiate early dysplastic changes from normal tissue may be >5; to image five distinct probes in the 150 nm wide NIR optical window in tissue quantitatively would require emission peaks on the order of 30 nm full width half maximum (FWHM) to avoid significant overlap between biomarkers. However, commercial 800 nm quantum dots have an emission peak width of >100 nm. Ultimately any approach based on fluorescence will face interference from the autofluorescence of the background tissues in vivo, which can significantly impact the sensitivity limits of an imaging technique.
Imaging agents that produce signal from surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) have been the subject of intense study recently; typically these agents are based on colloidal metallic nanoparticle (NP) cores that have reporter dyes adsorbed to the surface which give rise to a characteristic SERS spectrum. By changing the adsorbed dye, multiple "colors" of NPs may be generated and, as Raman peak widths are generally <5 nm FWHM, their potential for multiplexing greatly outstrips that of any other current imaging technique.7–10 The choice of core material, typically gold for in vivo use, may reduce toxicity concerns as compared to quantum dots.11,12 SERS NPs have been successfully used in ex vivo/serum based assays,9,13,14in vitro diagnostics,10,15,16 and in vivo imaging.7,8,17,18 Critically, however, all these studies have used either point-measurement or microscopic imaging approaches whereby complete Raman spectra are acquired pixel-by-pixel and later combined to form a complete image. This is pivotal as, at the long integration times needed for detection of dilute Raman agents (as compared to fluorescence), sensitive in vivo imaging of large areas with these approaches may require unacceptably long imaging times, during which the ability to capture any kinetic information is lost.
Widefield or global Raman imaging, where bandpass techniques are used to image distinct Raman bands directly, has been applied far less frequently than complete spectral acquisition approaches and almost exclusively in a microscopic imaging format.19–21 We have recently outlined an approach to extend widefield Raman imaging to detect SERS NPs using significantly larger fields of view than are possible in a microscopic configuration for in vivo imaging,22 but this prior work was restricted to a single spectral channel.
In this report we describe the construction of a widefield Raman imaging system designed for small animal imaging based on a high-throughput tunable filter module. We show that this tunable filter design is suitable for imaging numerous individual SERS peaks and that the resulting images enable quantitative analysis of SERS NPs at picomolar concentrations. We demonstrate that multiplex images can be quantitatively unmixed to recover the relative concentrations of different SERS reporters in an image and demonstrate, for the first time, quadruplex widefield SERS imaging in vivo.
SERS-active gold NPs were purchased from Cabot Security Materials Inc. (Mountain View, California) and consist of a 60 nm colloidal gold core, an adsorbed layer of the Raman-active molecules, and a 30 nm thick thiolated silica encapsulant layer that stabilizes the reporter molecule on the AuNP surface and provides a reactive substrate for bioconjugation steps. The four reporter molecules used were S420 (4,4'-dipyridyl), S421 (d8-4,4'-dipyridyl), S440 (trans-1,2-Bis(4-pyridyl)-ethylene), and S481(4-Azobis(pyridine)). Peaks selected for imaging were located at 1295 cm−1(S420), 1578 cm−1(S421), 1339 cm−1(S440), 1164 cm−1(S481).
The widefield Raman imaging system was designed for small animal imaging and consists of a high-power, single transverse mode laser source (CleanLaze 785, BWTek, Newark, Delaware) which is collimated and reflected onto the sample stage by a dichroic mirror (RazorEdge, Semrock, Rochester New York). Scattered light is collected by an objective and relay lens arrangement and laser light is removed by a notch filter (StopLine, Semrock) prior to entering the tunable filter module. The tunable filter is comprised of bandpass filters designed for operation at non-normal incidence (Versachrome 900/11, Semrock), which are offset so as to produce a transmission FWHM of approximately 4 nm from 810 to 890 nm. One of the filters was requested from red-shifted stock so as to maximize the tuning range of the composite design (to minimize the broadening of FWHM at near-normal angles of incidence). The filters are mounted on a precision encoded rotary stage (PRM1Z8, Thorlabs, Newton New Jersey), which has a bidirectional repeatability of ±0.1 deg which is equivalent to approximately 3.95 cm−1 in Raman shift. The filtered light is imaged onto a cooled electron multiplying charge coupled device (EMCCD) (iXon DV885, Andor, Belfast United Kingdom) which is air cooled to −70°C and operated in baseline-clamped mode. The field of view of the system was 2.2 cm2 at a working distance of 12 cm, with a pixel resolution of 50 µm.
As previously described,22 background removal was applied to all Raman images in a standardized fashion; images were acquired at spectral locations immediately blue/red shifted from the peak of interest in which there was no expected spectral components from any of the other SERS reporter molecules. The change in intensity between the two reference images was assumed to be linear and an estimated background signal level was interpolated on a per-pixel basis and subtracted from the measured peak image. In the case of multiplex experiments, images were also corrected by a compensation matrix to account for inter-reporter signal overlap. The compensation values were determined by imaging pure reporter molecule solutions in each bandpass channel and were fixed for each particular bandpass definition set—because the reporter spectra were stable over time, the compensation was only calculated once and applied automatically for all later imaging sessions.
As certain key determinants of image intensity (such as working distance and CCD gain) were not absolutely calibrated in the system due to the components used, the images produced cannot be quantified in terms of an absolute number of photons/solid angle/unit time. Images are displayed scaled by the integration time to present a relative number counts for a given instrument setup, similar to what is done with comparable fluorescence imaging systems.
SERS AuNPs were diluted in water and 200 μL aliquots of each concentration were plated in triplicate in 96 well clear-walled assay plates (Sarstedt, Montreal, Quebec). Raman bandpass images were acquired in each well for each reporter peak with an integration time of 3 s, averaged five times. Intensity data was recorded from an ROI corresponding to the known laser illumination area. To estimate the depth imaging capability of the system, a capillary tube filled with a dilute solution of S421 SERS NPs in various depths of a tissue-mimicking solution (1% Intralipid) having a reduced scattering coefficient of approximately μs′=1 mm−1 similar to that of soft tissue in the NIR with negligible absorption.23 Images were acquired at each depth with an integration time of 5 s, averaged five times. The sensitivity limit was estimated as the point at which a linear fit of the signal/background curve equaled unity.
All animal procedures were carried out with institutional approval (University Health Network, Toronto, Canada), using 8-week old female nude mice (Taconic, Hudson, New York). SERS-active or control (reporter-free) AuNPs were diluted to the desired concentration in acrylamide monomer solution (Sigma-Aldrich, Oakville Ontario) which was then polymerized to form an optically clear matrix that prevented the diffusion of the AuNPs over time in vivo. Mice were anesthetized using a mixture of ketamine/xylazine and placed on a heated stage under the Raman imaging system. A total of 25 μL AuNP-acrylamide discs were implanted in triplicate subcutaneously along the dorsum of the mouse and imaged directly. The laser spot size and power level were adjusted to remain at or below the ANSI skin exposure limit for CW 785 nm laser light. Images were acquired with an integration time of 5 s, averaged five times.
The NPs employed consisted of a colloidal gold core having a mean diameter of 60 nm with an adsorbed layer of Raman reporter molecules, followed by a 30 nm thick silica shell. The Raman spectra of the four dyes used in this study are shown in Fig. 1. The silica encapsulant ensures that there is no desorption of the dye from the colloidal core (leading to a signal decrease), nor any core–core aggregation of the gold NPs (leading to a possible signal increase) as a result of changes in the NP's chemical environment. This physical stability ensures that SERS peak intensities measured prior to use remain unchanged once the NPs are placed in a complex biological milieu, allowing for quantitative multiplex imaging.
785 nm excitation surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) spectra for the four reporter molecules used in this study—the peaks used to image each reporter in multiplex experiments are indicated by (*).
The relative SERS signal intensities of these NPs have been found to be stable over time in biological media, and show no signs of photobleaching/degradation over extended periods of continuous imaging.24 These findings contrast starkly with fluorescence-based imaging agents whose signal can be greatly influenced by small changes in pH or through processes such as chemisorption, and where photobleaching can reduce signals to undetectable levels in only a few minutes of continuous monitoring.25
In order to permit rapid imaging of multiple SERS peaks, it was necessary to implement a tunable filter with a sufficiently narrow bandpass to prevent cross-talk between probes, while still maintaining high overall transmission and fast switching between wavelengths of interest. The system uses excitation light at 785 nm to maximize tissue penetration in the "tissue optical window," and at this wavelength the majority of SERS peaks from the SERS NPs used are ∼2 nm FWHM. Acousto-optical tunable filters (AOTFs) and liquid crystal tunable filters (LCTFs) are available with bandpass widths of <5 nm FWHM which would be suitable for Raman imaging. However, since both designs recover only one polarization of light, when imaging diffusely scattered light in vivo their overall transmission decreases to typically <30%. The cost of large-format, imaging-quality AOTFs or LCTFs with a suitably narrow bandpass for Raman imaging is generally in excess of $20,000 USD.
The design of our system is shown in Fig. 2, and is based on two relatively inexpensive offset bandpass filters which are designed to be used in spectral-tuning applications. By varying the angle of the filters with respect to the incoming light the center wavelength of transmission shifts proportionately. The offset between the filters sets the overall composite FWHM of the filter system, which is constant over a linear tuning range of 400 to 1500 cm−1 (Figs. 3 and 4) while maintaining a transmission >90%. The filters are housed on an optically encoded rotation stage which has an effective positional accuracy of 3.95 cm−1 and changes between adjacent SERS peak locations in <1 s. The total cost of the two filters and rotation stage is approximately $3,000 USD.
(a) Schematic diagram of widefield SERS imaging system components—the sample is illuminated by laser light from a collimator (COL) via a dichroic mirror (DM), signal is collected by an objective lens (OL), relayed through a notch filter (NF) and tunable filter (TF) via a pair of relay lenses (L1, L2) on to a charge coupled device (CCD) detector. (b) Photo of imager configured for in vivo imaging with inset image of the tunable filter module with offset bandpass filters.
Measured full width half maximum (FWHM) of tunable filter as a function of center wavelength; the FWHM is fixed at approximately 4 nm from 810 to 890 nm, which corresponds to 400 to 1500 cm−1 at 785 nm excitation.
Measured center wavelength of the tunable filter as a function of the angle of incidence from the optical axis. This is in good agreement with the predicted value based on the effective index of refraction for the filter.
The SERS imaging system automatically applies our previously described background minimization approach22 by capturing predefined anti-Stokes/Stokes images for each SERS peak and interpolating the pixel intensities to determine the approximate fluorescence background contribution to each peak image, which is then subtracted. Crosstalk between channels is generally <5% and can be compensated for exactly using the a priori known spectral features of each SERS dye used and the measured instrument response as a function of wavelength. The degree of crosstalk between SERS channels is a function of the filter bandpass and the inter-peak spacing of the different reporter molecules and, by selecting imaging peaks that are well separated, spectral overlap is generally reduced to <1% such that compensation is not applied.
The system response was extremely linear (R2=0.998, Fig. 5) over a range of (0.01 to 100) pM of NP concentration, demonstrating a sensitivity which is two orders of magnitude better than commercial in vivo imaging systems with quantum dots.23 At present, the limit of detection (LOD) is set by the combination of the fluorescence background signal level of the specimen and the instrument noise, which for SERS NPs diluted in a 96-well high-throughput assay plate results in an LOD less than 0.01 pM. In the case of the assay plate there is little detectable fluorescence signal and the sensitivity is primarily limited by stray light in the imaging system—the tunable filter operates by reflecting light outside its bandpass and, for certain SERS peaks, the angle of incidence of the filter may reflect off-band light from the stage enclosure and into the CCD, which quickly leads to saturation. At concentrations above 50 pM the optical density of the SERS NP solution begins to limit the amount of light detected by absorption of both the excitation laser light and the Raman scattered signal photons.
Widefield Raman image intensity as a function of SERS nanoparticle (NP) concentration (S421). Triplicate 200 μL aliquots of each concentration were imaged in a clear-wall 96 well plate, error bars represent +/- standard deviation of the three replicates.
As shown in Fig. 6, the system response in vivo is also extremely linear (R2=0.995) and with a fixed integration time of 5 s has a LOD below 2.5 pM. At this concentration, the signal to background ratio (as compared to 40 pM reporter-free control NPs) is reduced to 1.20∶1, primarily as a result of the skin fluorescence which leads to CCD saturation prior to collecting a significant number of Raman scattered photons.
(a) Widefield Raman image of 80 pM SERS reporter molecules injected subcutaneously on a nude mouse dorsum, superimposed on a white light structural image (b) Results of serial dilution of S481 measured in vivo, measured in triplicate, demonstrating a limit of detection (LOD) below 2.5 pM using an acquisition time of 5 s.
To demonstrate the multiplex imaging capability of the system, drops of four spectrally distinct SERS NPs were placed on filter paper and illuminated simultaneously while the system imaged at each of the four individual SERS peaks, highlighted in Fig. 1. As shown in Fig. 7, the individual dyes were easily distinguished based on their unique spectral peaks, with <5% overlap between image channels. As each SERS peak being imaged produces a different intensity (area under curve in Fig. 1) that varies depending on how much of the peak is captured by the bandpass filter position, it is necessary to correct for this intensity difference prior to image quantification. However, as the silica-encapsulated dye spectra are extremely stable over time, it is only necessary to perform this calibration once for any selected set of SERS peaks.
(top row) White light (a) and S420/421/440/481 bandpass images (b)-(e) of spatially separated drops of each SERS probe on filter paper, the white circle highlights the laser illumination area. (bottom row) White light and bandpass images of the dorsum of a nude mouse injected with an equimolar mixture of the four SERS reporters. Images were acquired using an integration time of 5 s averaged five times.
To test this multiplex quantification accuracy a triplex mixture of varying amounts of three SERS reporter molecules was imaged in a 96 well plate: one reporter remained constant at 30 pM for all conditions, one increased from (0 to 50) pM, and the third reporter decreased from (50 to 0) pM over six discrete wells. SERS images were taken at all three peak wavelengths and the relative amounts of each were calculated from the known spectral intensities for each reporter. As shown in Fig. 8, the reconstructed amounts of each SERS reporter are in excellent agreement with the actual amounts in each well (R2>0.99). As the cross-channel overlap is generally <5% for the SERS reporters used here (e.g., S420 has a 4% spectral overlap with S421 and 2% with S481), the overall system sensitivity is not significantly different in the multiplex imaging case than when imaging a single reporter molecule.
(a) Widefield Raman bandpass image intensities from SERS NP mixtures in a 96 well plate: the concentration of S481 was held constant in all cases while the amount of S421 increased from (0 to 50 pM) in wells 1-6, and the concentration of S420 decreased from (50 to 0 pM) in wells 1-6. (b) SERS image intensities for each mixture as a function of the known concentration of each probe. Error bars represent ±1 standard deviation of triplicate wells for each case.
In the case of a defined imaging geometry, as in the high-throughput assay plate, the system can be calibrated absolutely against a known dilution series of SERS NPs to quantify the amount of each SERS reporter, allowing for truly quantitative multiplex imaging without the elaborate compensation schemes required in flow cytometry or other fluorescence-based techniques. Leveraging the facile multiplexing in SERS imaging, experimental samples can be spiked with a known quantity of a SERS reporter not used in the assay as an internal standard, thus compensating for any laser intensity variation over the course of an experiment, and so further improving the quantification accuracy.
To demonstrate the multiplex imaging capability of this system in vivo, four distinct SERS reporters were immobilized in an acrylamide polymer matrix and implanted subcutaneously into the dorsum of a nude mouse and images were acquired at each of the individual SERS peak wavelengths indicated in Fig. 1. There was no Raman spectral contribution from the matrix material at the measured peak locations (Fig. 9). As shown in Fig. 7, the SERS signal from four distinct reporter molecules were easily detected and separated against the relatively complex background tissue autofluorescence.
Raman spectra of pure acrylamide, 40 pM bare gold NPs encapsulated in acrylamide, and 40 pM S481 labelled gold NPs encapsulated in acrylamide. There is no spectral contribution of either the acrylamide matrix or the gold core to the Raman bands used for widefield imaging.
As a measure of the quantitative imaging possible with SERS NPs, an additional subcutaneous "cocktail" injection was created with varying amounts of each of the four reporter molecules. As shown in Fig. 10, each probe was detectable above background interference and the measured proportions of each probe based on image intensity are in excellent agreement with the known ratio (R2=0.986). As all the reporter molecules used in this study are structurally related, multiplexing at 4× and beyond does require compensation for cross-talk as many bands begin to overlap within the bandpass of our tunable filter (4 nm=65 cm−1 at 785 nm excitation)—as an example, S421 has a 10% spectral overlap with S420, 0.1% with S440, and 7.5% with S481.
White light (a) and S420/421/440/481 bandpass images (b-e) from varying amounts of each reporter molecule injected subcutaneously on the dorsum of a nude mouse. Unmixed Raman bandpass image intensity as a function of the known injected concentration for a quadruplex mixture of SERS reporters in vivo (f). Error bars represent ±1 standard deviation of three measurements from injections at different locations along the mouse dorsum. Images were acquired using an integration time of 5 s averaged five times.
Previous studies using widefield Raman imaging have exclusively used microscopic imaging arrangements and studied only the intrinsic Raman from solid semiconductor or graphene substrates.19–21 Prior in vivo SERS imaging studies have used only point measurement7 or microscopic mapping8 for quantitative multiplex detection of up to five reporter molecules injected simultaneously. The work here demonstrates, to the best of our knowledge, the first example of quantitative 4-plex widefield SERS imaging in vivo, and is a further demonstration of the potential of SERS imaging for molecular imaging. The distinction between the direct Raman imaging approach taken here and point-by-point spectral acquisition techniques used in prior multiplex imaging studies is most apparent when considering the imaging time for large area mapping: at a working distance of 12 cm, our system has a pixel resolution of 50 µm and requires <5 s per bandpass image to image low picomolar concentrations of SERS NPs in vivo using a 1 cm2 illumination spot with a power density at the ANSI skin exposure limit for 785 nm light. To create a spectral image using point rastering with equal pixel resolution and integration time (40,000 pixels at 5 s/pixel) while still maintaining the same low power density would require in excess of 50 h. An equivalent imaging time would require a pixel dwell time of only 125 µs, which is at the limit of what is possible with CCD detectors and would have a significantly lower SNR from such dilute amounts of SERS NPs. This improvement opens the door for the use of SERS imaging to study dynamic processes in vivo in applications, such as cell tracking or tracer biodistribution, in which the improved sensitivity and multiplexing ability would elucidate complex biological processes.
This time advantage comes primarily at the expense of spectral information, which in turn affects the ultimate multiplexing ability of the system; with the current commercially available SERS NPs each reporter molecule produces numerous Raman spectral peaks, some of which overlap or lie directly adjacent to peaks from other reporters. While this overlap can increase the accuracy of linear unmixing approaches in the case of complete spectral mapping,14 it has the opposite effect in the case of direct single-peak imaging as used here. The four reporter molecules used in this study are structurally similar and produce numerous peaks that almost completely occupy the tuning range of the filter (400 to 1500 cm−1). The amount of overlap between reporter peaks is also important in biological imaging applications where the relative amounts of various targeted SERS reporters may differ by several orders of magnitude—it is conceivable that a spectral overlap of a few percent from an overexpressed reporter in a tumor could obscure the signal from another marker at 1000× lower abundance. In practice this can be somewhat avoided by imaging only those peaks which are well separated spectrally, but the ability to do so diminishes as the degree of multiplexing increases. SERS NPs based on simple dyes with isolated Raman peaks26 would significantly improve the number of reporters that could be imaged without resorting to a full spectral imaging to quantitatively unmix the signals.
As a result of spectral overlap, the tunable filter center wavelengths used in 4× and higher-order multiplexing experiments are not simply the center of the SERS peaks shown in Fig. 1. Rather, the filter position is chosen to minimize the amount of signal from all the other dyes which would be included in the 4 nm/65 cm−1 passband, while maximizing the signal from the peak of interest. In some cases this can mean that the filter is positioned such that it only recovers 30% of the peak of interest, which limits the sensitivity to that reporter. This could be improved by narrowing the FWHM of the tunable filter (by increasing the offset angle), however, with the currently available commercial filters this would limit the overall transmission: with a passband width of 4 nm the overall filter has a transmission >95%, but at 2 nm the transmission falls below 60%. This is primarily determined by the steepness of the transition edge of the filter (currently fixed at 2 nm to switch from <5% to >95% transmission), which could be improved further by using a custom designed filter with a faster transition.
While the system sensitivity demonstrated here represents a significant improvement over fluorescence-based preclinical imaging systems, we do not believe that it represents the ultimate limit of the technique. As our approach collects the background fluorescence along with the Raman signal of interest and removes the background contribution post-hoc, the noise level and dynamic range of the CCD detector are the key determining factors for the overall system sensitivity. In this study the EMCCD is primarily designed for high-speed video imaging and not long-exposure, low-noise readout as would be optimal in the case of Raman imaging. The shallow gain register wells and 14-bit digitization significantly limit the dynamic range, so that at low SERS signal levels the CCD wells saturate with background signal photons before a significant number of Raman photons can accumulate on the detector. The low-light imaging version of the same EMCCD has active area wells that are 2.25× deeper and gain register wells with 9.125× higher capacity, which would improve the maximum exposure time prior to saturation by an order of magnitude. At present the EMCCD is thermoelectrically (TE) cooled to −70°C in air, which results in some dark noise in long-exposure images. This could be reduced by an order of magnitude by the addition of chilled water recirculation on the TE cooler, allowing for CCD temperatures of −90°C which is standard on most commercial fluorescence preclinical imaging systems.
We have demonstrated that direct 4-plex SERS imaging is possible in vivo, and that the relative amounts of each of the reporter molecules can be accurately determined from the resulting images. We found that the primary interfering effect limiting the in vivo sensitivity is the fluorescence of skin components such as collagen, NADH, and melanin.27 While relatively minimal when exciting at 785 nm, this is comparable in intensity to the measured SERS signals: endogenous compounds are typically present in the skin at micromolar concentrations or higher, while the SERS reporter molecules were used at low picomolar amounts. The ability to accurately subtract the fluorescence background through linear estimation was also limited by the reporters chosen here: there was not sufficient "blank" space between all the peaks to allow Stokes/Anti-Stokes images to be taken directly adjacent to each peak of interest, and in some cases the background images were separated by 10 nm or more. The extent to which this would influence the background estimation is entirely dependent on the sample: a 96-well assay plate has a very flat background spectrum which could be estimated from widely separated points, but the shape of the background in vivo depends on the other tissues present in the imaging volume. Spectral simplification to have sparse probe spectra with well-separated peaks should allow for better separation and allow for >5× multiplex imaging with good background rejection.
As currently implemented, our system has a practical depth of detection limit of approximately 5 mm in tissue (Fig. 11), primarily due to CCD background saturation. While improvements may be necessary to make complete depth mapping of large tumors possible, our primary application is endoscopic surface imaging for early cancer detection. The relatively large encapsulated SERS NPs used here have biodistribution properties ideally suited for topical application in endoscopy,12 and the utility is likely to be limited more by the penetration of the NPs into tissue than by the penetration of light. Surface imaging of SERS NPs also avoids the difficulties associated with attempting to quantify the amount of each reporter molecule as a function of depth. Since light attenuation in tissue varies with wavelength, increasing depth in tissue causes ambiguity: e.g., the signal from S481 measured at 864 nm could be 5% lower than that from S421 measured at 896 nm as a result of a 5% difference in NP concentration or to a 5% change in light attenuation. Hence, it becomes necessary to apply an appropriate tissue optical model: this is certainly possible and has been used in fluorescence applications,28,29 but adds complexity to the instrumentation required and to the image analysis.
We have shown that multiplex direct SERS imaging is achievable in vivo, and that the resulting images can be analyzed quantitatively to determine the relative amounts of each reporter molecule with high fidelity. There have been significant recent developments in SERS NP design and targeting in biodiagnostic applications, and the work here is complimentary to this, in that it provides a platform with which to study SERS-based contrast agents in vivo with spatial and temporal resolution exceeding other approaches by orders of magnitude. We are presently adapting this technology onto a clinical endoscope to allow for in situ SERS imaging to detect precancerous lesions in the esophagus, lung, and colon which have well-characterized biomarker targets in sufficiently low abundance that fluorescent endoscopy cannot detect the signal above the considerable endogenous fluorescence background. In parallel with this, we are revising the optical design to include a more suitable CCD, additional baffling to trap stray light, and moving toward independent control of the angular position of the two tunable filters. The last improvement would allow high-throughput, wide bandpass imaging for sensitive detection of only 1 to 2 well-separated SERS reporters, which could be quickly transitioned to a much narrower but lower throughput filter for higher-order multiplex imaging of reporter molecules with overlapping spectral features.
Raman signal intensity from 5 μL of S421 SERS reporter covered by an increasing depth of tissue-mimicking phantom material. Images were acquired using an integration time of 5 s averaged five times.
Funding was provided by the NSERC Strategic Network for Bioplasmonic Systems (BiopSys). P.Mc. is also supported by a Vanier scholarship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Patrick Z. McVeigh ; Rupananda J. Mallia ; Israel Veilleux and Brian C. Wilson"Widefield quantitative multiplex surface enhanced Raman scattering imaging in vivo", J. Biomed. Opt. 18(4), 046011 (Apr 16, 2013). ; http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.18.4.046011
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Amstelveen, Netherlands (PressExposure) April 17, 2009 -- Focus on tackling the economic crisis at the 7th participation of Avangate in the Russian event
Amstelveen, The Netherlands - Apr 14, 2009 - Avangate, full service provider of electronic software distribution and reseller management solutions for software vendors, today announced it will sponsor and participate at the Independent Software Developers Forum (ISDEF) Spring 2009. The event will take place 24-26 April, 2009 at the Baltika Hotel in Kaliningrad, Russia.
In a round table format, the spring edition of ISDEF is centered on how to work, live and develop during the recession. Avangate will contribute to "New strategies for saving money and generating new revenue during the current global economic crisis ", session held on the second day of the conference, Saturday, April 25 at 17:30.
The participation in this panel discussion is a reinforcement of Avangate's support for Russian speaking ISVs during the economic downturn, pinpointed by the launch in March earlier this year of an online presentation series, lead by "3 Steps to Boost Software Sales during the Crisis" (webinar in Russian). Following this line, Avangate also offers Russian software vendors help and advice on how to expand their businesses to international markets, with a dedicated .ru website and blog in Russian , together with expert commercial and legal support specifically tailored for companies established in the CIS.
About Avangate
Avangate provides electronic software distribution and reseller management solutions, assisting software companies worldwide in successfully selling their products online and at the same time efficiently managing a distribution network.
Tailored for software sales, the company's offer includes a full-featured secure eCommerce platform, results-driven web marketing services, an affiliate network and the ARMS reseller management system. Avangate's expertise in the software business can help vendors increase their visibility on the Internet, maximize access to additional selling channels and generate software sales online and offline.
More information can be found on the corporate website, at http://www.avangate.com and on the company's blog, at http://blog.avangate.com/


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Blizzard's Official World of Warcraft Forum
This lead in to the screenshot is like kissing your own sister: forced and awkward.
Most of us wear gloves, drink beer and suck while masturbating, so what is he trying to prove?.
Get paid playtesting from your home! Earn $200 a week while playing for 60 to 80 hours!
Next time he will be sure to hide the WoW when his mom's around.
What's cooler than being cool? Bragging about putting cold things on the genitals of others!
Friends in the game are much more likely to pay you the $20 they owe you sooner, too.
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So what do you cool bros think about Mike's hard lemonade? *dab*
"World of Warcraft" has been sucking in cash and fat peoples' souls like a Ghostbusters containment unit, so it only seemed appropriate that Something Awful start up a section devoted to such a noble game. The Art of Warcraft tackles all the hot button ingame issues, and much more!
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A simple Flash Mp3 Live Streaming player written in Haxe.
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- Kathy Brandt, Chairperson
- Lori Cirilano, Secretary
- Michelle Denk
- Brian Finley
- Cindy Mullins, Vice-Chairperson
- Jim Edson, Arborist
- William Cornman, Council Representative
- Kevin M. Flannery, Borough Manager
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The Shade Tree Commission, when requested by Council, shall consider, investigate, make finding, report and recommend upon any special matter or question coming within the scope of its work. The Shade Tree Commission shall study the problems and determine the needs of the Borough in connection with its tree planting program.
The Shade Tree Commission shall recommend to the Borough Manager and Public Works Foreman the type and kind of trees to be planted upon such Borough Streets or parts of Borough Streets or in parks as designated.
The Shade Tree Commission shall assist the Borough Manager, as well as the Council and Citizens of the Borough in the dissemination of news and information regarding the selection, planting and maintenance of trees within the corporate limits, whether the same be on private or public property and to make such recommendations from time to time to Council as the desirable legislation concerning the tree planting program and activities for the Borough.
The Shade Tree Commission shall work in conjunction with civic and public interest groups devoted to tree care and preservation.
The Shade Tree Commission shall convene Regular and Special meetings at which the subject of trees, insofar as it relates to the Borough may be discussed by members of the Tree Commission, Officers and Personnel of the Borough and its several divisions and all others interested in the tree program.
The Shade Tree Commission shall be responsible for reviewing the plans for residential, commercial and industrial developments in order to ascertain the number and size of trees proposed to be removed from building sites and to make recommendations concerning the retention of existing trees on said sites and the planting of new trees in areas where trees have been removed.
The Shade Tree Commission shall have the authority to investigate and recommend "Reasonable Conditions" to the granting of a permit in accordance with the terms of this Ordinance.
The Shade Tree Commission shall have the responsibility of inventory (and classifying as to location, species, size condition and evaluation) the existing public trees, as an integral part of the Master Tree Plan. This inventory shall be updated annually.
The Shade Tree Commission shall consider all existing and proposed buildings, utilities and environmental factors when recommending the planting of a specific species or other work for all streets and public sites within the Borough.
The Shade Tree Commission shall have the authority to amend or add to the Master Tree Plan at any time that circumstances make it advisable.
The Shade Tree Commission shall develop and maintain a list of desirable large, medium and small trees for planting in parks, along streets and on other public sites based on mature height. Lists of trees not suitable for planting in these areas shall also be created by the Tree Commission.
The Shade Tree Commission shall have the authority to formulate a Master Tree Plan. The Master Tree Plan shall include the inventory of existing public trees and shall specify the requirements for the care, preservation, pruning, planting, replanting, and removal or disposition of trees in parks, along streets and on other public sites and shall specify the species of tree to be planted in these areas. The Master Tree Plan shall be updated and presented to Council annually and upon their acceptance and approval shall constitute the official comprehensive Master Tree Plan for the Borough. From and after the effective date of the Master Tree Plan, or any amendment thereof, all planting shall conform thereto.


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Sparcraft has been associated with engineering excellence and innovation in the marine industry for over 30 years, specialising in the design, engineering and manufacture of masts, booms and rigging systems of the highest quality.
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Author has written 4 stories for Gone with the Wind.
Okay so I'm slightly bored of all my stories... Sorry all! I suppose I can't remember what I wanted to happen or I have no idea how to continue on the multi-chapter stories. Besides, I believe I will start writing for the fact that I love to write if I don't feel like I need to update to keep people besides me happy. The last few chapters have been more for my readers and not really for me. I think that if I want to continue loving writing and continue loving what I write I have to make a change and start writing for me. Plus, it will make the stories ten times better if I like them, right? Well, that's the theory.
And my obsession is spreading over onto the Marauders Era of Harry Potter and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (or more commonly known as CSI Las Vagas). On this account I feel slightly that I need to write for Gone With the Wind. It may sound stupid, but that was why I joined the site in the first place. It gave me a nice place where I could read things from people who understood why I loved such an old book. But now I have been introduced to other things and need to move from the 500 word long stories to actual writing. I believe strongly that this is the best way to do that. So here's what I'm doing; I'm starting a new account. It most likely will be all oneshots on numberous types of fiction. Maybe a few "twoshots" (if that is actually a word...) or a few chapter long fan fictions. Expanding my horizons and such.
I won't delete this account, just in case you like these stories but most likely I will not continue them. Sorry all readers of Someone's Watching Over Us! I just am completely uninspired on that and I would like to start with a clean slate. Again, I am terribly sorry, but I think it's for the better. It will make me enjoy all fanfiction.net has to offer me and will help my writing career I hope to continue.
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NfS Shift: Patch 1 ready for download
Yesterday PC Games Hardware reported about massive problems of Need for Speed: Shift. Now the first patch for the racing game has been released.
Patch 1 for Need for Speed: Shift has been released for download. But apparently the update is not dealing with all the problems that have been reported by the users since the game was launched. At least the readme doesn't indicate it.
The Changelog of Patch 1 lists the following improvements for Need for Speed: Shift:
This patch adds two new features: LAN (Local Area Network) play, enhancing the multiplayer experience and Mouse Support, providing full menu navigation through the game using your PC mouse.
No bug fixes are mentioned.
Have you already installed patch 1 for NfS Shift? Does it solve any problems you might have encountered before? Tell us about you experience. We also recommend our article NfS Shift crashes: Possible solutions for problems - Patch under way?
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A rare set of four aquatint hunt prints by Henry Alken engraved by J. Harris and published by Ben Brooks in London. This set is in good condition except for some wrinkling and minor water stains (pictured). It is rare to have four original prints all together. They are framed in dark stained oak and ready to hang. Aiken has deftly titled and annotated the images and if you close your eyes you can almost hear the beat of hooves and the cries of the riders as they pursue their quarry. Each frame measures 22 1/2" x 18 1/2". I believe these were framed in the late 19th century. The glass is old seeded glass with bubbles.
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Summah's Touch after Hat-Trick in Belmont Classic 2013
This weekend Adam Durrant's flying filly Summah's Touch will shoot for a black type hat trick at Belmont Park, the dual stakes winner one of the top chances in the 2013 Belmont Classic.
A nicely-bred daughter of Blackfriars, Summah's Touch is one of 13 three-year-olds engaged in Saturday's $80,000 Listed Belmont Classic (2200m) in WA.
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(AP) Rangers say Martha Wagner of Mount Desert fell late Sunday afternoon on a trail on Sargent Mountain. Searchers found her near the summit with facial injuries and a possible concussion. Because of the location and the time of day, rangers were concerned about getting Wagner down the mountain safely.
Rangers called in a LifeFlight helicopter and found a fairly level ledge where it was able to land. Ranger Richard Rechholtz says it was the first time a LifeFlight chopper ever landed on any of the mountains in the park.


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as the big and expensive machines sold today by General Electric, Philips Healthcare, and Siemens, it's the kind of thing that a first-responder/EMT can use to get a basic grasp of the problem, and refer patients to a specialty radiologist for more detailed analysis, Chutani says.
Mobisante has its eye on marketing its technology in the U.S. mostly to doctors who don't have access to ultrasound already—those in rural and community health practices, Chutani says. That's based on feedback it got from beta users, like Greg Brandenberg, the CEO of Columbia Basin Health Associates in Othello, WA, whose clinics tested an earlier version of the device. Many clinics here in the U.S. can't afford to pay the $20,000-and-up prices for handheld proprietary ultrasound machines like the ones offered by Bothell, WA-based SonoSite (NASDAQ: SONO).
"These systems are affordable enough that each of our clinics in rural eastern Washington could have one, which means we won't have to send our patients to facilities many hours away," Brandenburg said in a Mobisante statement. And, "since the devices are connected, it is easy to get a second opinion from remote experts."
Over time, Mobisante plans to seek out approval to sell its device in Europe, and in other regions around the world.
Chutani, who's originally from India, said he's particularly interested in putting his device in the hands of healthcare workers in Africa and Latin America—where ultrasound has never really become very widespread, usually because of cost. Pilot projects are being set up in the Philippines and Nepal, and Chutani has his sights set on India, too. Before moving ahead too quickly, he wants to make sure cultural sensitivities are respected in certain developing countries, where determining the sex of fetuses can raise problems, when families often want to have boys, not girls.
Those are important questions to ask years from now. For now, Mobisante is in position to start selling in the world's biggest healthcare market, after passing the technical scrutiny of the world's toughest health regulatory body. It will now be up to Mobisante to prove to doctors that its machine is good enough to warrant the $7,000 to $8,000 price tag.
If that's the case, Mobisante will be in position to do more development to keep driving down costs to the point that ultrasound for the masses gets realistic. That is clearly the kind of thing that could resonate in Seattle for a long time, and for a number of reasons.
"Seattle has very deep expertise in ultrasound and very deep expertise in mobile," Chutani says. "We couldn't have picked a better place to do this, especially when you start thinking about the global health expertise that's here, and what our solution can do for maternal and fetal health. We really lucked out."
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Half-sisters meet for the 1st time, after 85 years
05/27/2014 9:41amA woman in her 80s met her 94-year-old half-sister over the Memorial Day weekend — the first time the siblings had ever set eyes on each other.
Colombia chocolate thief sentenced to 5 months
05/27/2014 12:21pmIt's enough to make a candy junkie give up the sweet stuff forever.
Hunter confesses that Bigfoot body is a fake — again
05/27/2014 12:45pmRick Dyer has been touring the nation with what he claimed was the real-life body of a Bigfoot. Now he's come clean, admitting that the body is a fake. But he's not through making ludicrous claims about his Bigfoot research.
Anonymous "HiddenCash" creates social media frenzy
05/27/2014 5:01pmSomeone is dropping envelopes full of cash across San Francisco — and causing an international frenzy on social media.
Utah group to show off baldness on 'America's Got Talent'
05/27/2014 8:16pmBald Man Bongos is exactly what it sounds like. They will be on "America's Got Talent" ... likely in tonight's episode, and they are from Utah.
California couple's buried gold coins go for sale
05/27/2014 11:41pmA treasure trove of rare gold coins discovered by a California couple out walking their dog has gone on sale, with one coin selling for $15,000 on Tuesday.


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300 Student-Athletes named to Tusculum Athletic Director's Honor Roll GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Three-hundred (300) student-athletes have been named to the 2017 Tusculum College Athletic Director's Spring Honor Roll announced Doug Jones, TC Director of Athletics. Full Story
Tusculum finishes fifth in SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award standings ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Following a strong spring finish, the Tusculum Pioneers climbed four spots and finished fifth in the final 2016-2017 South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award standings. Full Story
School-record 316 named to Tusculum Athletic Director's Fall Honor Roll GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- A school-record 316 student-athletes have been named to the 2016 Tusculum College Athletic Director's Fall Honor Roll announced Doug Jones, TC Director of Athletics. Full Story
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Comedian Stephen Colbert, the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, will replace David Letterman as the face of The Late Show when Letterman retires next year, CBS has announced. Colbert, who is 49, has reportedly signed a five-year deal with the network.
Letterman, the longest-serving of all late-night hosts, has been a feature of the US evening schedules for more than 30 years. He announced his forthcoming exit during the recording of the 3 April edition of The Late Show, which he has fronted since 1993.
Several names were suggested to replace him, including Oscar host Ellen DeGeneres, whose daytime talk-show Ellen has collected 36 Daytime Emmy Awards; and Chelsea Handler, host of Chelsea Lately, who recently announced her intention to leave the E! channel when her contract expires. Yet Colbert was always considered the favourite for the spot.
The Late Show is perhaps the grandest setting imaginable for the comedian to finally shed the fake, ultra-conservative "Stephen Colbert" persona that he has cultivated with such success on The Colbert Report since its debut on Comedy Central in 2005. The show has won four Emmys: one for Outstanding Variety Series and three for Outstanding Writing. In the meantime, its host has published several bestselling books and even run for President.
Before launching his own show, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, whose host Jon Stewart was also thought of as a potential replacement for Letterman. Stewart and Colbert's cable shows attract a greater audience share in the crucial 18 to 49 age demographic than any of their broadcast network rivals, including The Late Show and NBC's The Tonight Show, for which Jimmy Fallon recently took over hosting duties from Jay Leno.
In a statement, Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS, said, "Stephen Colbert is one of the most inventive and respected forces on television. David Letterman's legacy and accomplishments are an incredible source of pride for all of us here, and today's announcement speaks to our commitment of upholding what he established for CBS in late night."
Colbert himself added, "Simply being a guest on David Letterman's show has been a highlight of my career. I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave's lead."Reuse content