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The pitch video is only half the story! Check out these juicy Video Updates for important additional insight into the world of Kung Fu Superstar! Also, for more important information on the project, don't forget to check out the FAQ (bottom of the page)
Video Update #1: Gameplay and Controls
Video Update #2: Training and Learning Martial Arts
Video Update #3: Building (and playing) Fight Choreographies
Rewards Table
As we've got quite a lot of rewards to choose from (scroll all the way to the bottom to check them out), we put together this handy Rewards Table that greatly simplifies things
Project Description
In Kung Fu Superstar players follow the amazing journey of Danny Cheng, a young action cinema enthusiast turned international movie star.
Through his eyes, players will take part in explosive fight sequences across a multitude of movie scripts and movie sets, using real Kung Fu and other Martial Arts techniques. Players are taught these techniques in an intuitive and engaging training mode integrated within the game's main story.
Here are the game's 5 Core Values:
Good question! Well, the people who started Kinesthetic Games previously worked on some pretty high profile games. Here's some of them:
So we've got a good deal of experience doing this sort of thing!
It's been just over a year since we left our jobs and started working on Kung Fu Superstar full time. Since then we have been living off our savings. Absolutely everything you have seen and will see in our videos, we have accomplished with zero funding and through a lot of hard work, passion and love for the vision.
Why are we pointing this out? Because if you think that's impressive wait till you see what we can do with some actual budget behind us. We think that says a lot about our ability to carry out the project, even more so than our hardly negligible portfolio of past games worked on.
We couldn't agree more! And that's usually why most creators take to creating, because they really want something to exist that doesn't yet!
Honestly, why it hasn't been done yet? Our (somewhat pretentious sounding!) stab at an answer is that so far there hasn't been a team like ours that has tried doing it!
OK don't roll your eyes and click your tongues! Let us elaborate.
We think that in order to realise a project like this and make an actual good game out of it you need to:
- Have the required amount of experience on how to technically achieve the vision. We covered this in the previous question.
- Have the required amount of experience on and love for the subject matter (in this case martial arts). Key members of the team have many years of martial arts experience, have studied various different styles and have even won a few tournaments! Oh...and we all like Kung Fu movies :)
- Lastly (and this is very important) have the required amount of love for the vision. And we're not talking about love of the idea that your finished vision might be the next big soulless cash cow (there definitely seems to be enough of that love going around!). We're talking about the love of the idea of making a game that will delight people because of a deep emotional connection with the creative vision and its execution. Don't know what you think, but we believe kissing your decent paying job at a nice and stable environment goodbye to focus all your efforts and personal finances on your creative vision could be considered as a pretty substantial act of love towards it!
So to answer the original question, "why haven't we seen this yet?" We believe it's because there hasn't been a team that combines all 3 of the above attributes. Maybe 1 or 2, but definitely not all 3 of them. And you need all 3 to make it happen.
Ok so there's two things that you will mostly be doing in Kung Fu Superstar.
- Learning Martial Arts
- Fighting in the movies
The way we are approaching it though is that these are not two seperate modes. They're both part of the single player story, which unravels in both of these branches of the game.
The training gameplay will be very different to what you've come to expect from most "self development" type games. It will be a very story driven and interactive experience. The teacher character, probably the most important character in the game, is likeable, believable and comes with his own distinct personality and back story, which Danny discovers over the course of the game. He is also very clever and observant as he will utilise motion control technology to provide meaningful and accurate feedback to the player. This will be an authentic, engaging, story driven and highly interactive experience.
The fighting gameplay follows Danny's stuntman career in Hollywood and Hong Kong as he starts off small, taking on low paying jobs in b-budget movies and works his way up to international stardom. In the single player campaign Danny will work through the various fight choreography sequences from the different movie contracts he will be auditioning for. In the Director's cut mode the fight choreography script is fixed, so Danny has to make sure he sticks to it. In the Improv mode things are a bit more freeform (and challenging) as Danny gets to choose how to approach each situation to achieve maximum combat efficiency and drama. Fighting is possible either with traditional controls or motion controls and players can even swap between control devices on the fly!
We LOVE Kickstarter! Ultimately, we're creating this game for YOU and there's nothing that's ever connected creators with their audience in quite like the way Kickstarter does.
Not only can you help us get the project properly off the ground now, but in the months to come you can also keep a close eye on the development and together we can make sure that when it gets in your hands, it will be a game that you will love playing.
At the same time, it's a scary (and rather new) process for us to show you all the hard work we've been putting into the project at such an early stage. A lot of things are unfinished, others will be changed completely and many many things are yet to be done. In the traditional way of developing games it would be MONTHS before we would dare making such a step!
However we are confident that you will appreciate where we've taken the vision so far and the potential of where we can take it in the future!
Kinect does work and is great fun to use in certain games. Kung Fu Superstar is one of them. It all depends on how you design and implement the motion control gameplay in your game.
Also if you don't like motion controls you don't have to use motion controls. Ever. You can play the whole game on your controller.
Check out the Video Update 1: Controls and Gameplay for more visual details as well as Update 2: Designing Cleverly for Motion Control Hardware of Today (and Tomorrow) for more textual details
We're glad you asked because we spent AGES working on the Kung Fu Superstar rewards. But we think it was worth the effort as we've come up with some really cool stuff!
Our goal first and foremost was to create rewards that you would love owning and you would feel justified spending the money on. So we think you will agree we've priced everything VERY competitively and we've tried to create a LOT of different options to suit all the different budgets.
That did have the side effect of a rather lengthy reward system, but if you get confused, fret not, that's exactly why we created the Kung Fu Superstar Rewards Table, handily also found at the top of the page.
In short, depending on your budget (and how much you want to support us!) you can go either for a:
- White Sash Reward
- Brown Sash Reward
- Black Sash Reward
- Legendary Reward
In the White Sash Rewards group you can find the essential rewards like the download of the game, soundtrack and artbook. We really love physical rewards over here at Kinesthetic so we crunched the numbers and made the impossible possible: we included the physical copy of the game in the White Sash Rewards group!
The Brown Sash Rewards is where you'll find Limited Edition physical items like the Kickstarter t-shirt and hoodie, various really cool books, a collectible figurine of Danny and the USB Butterfly Sword, our very own design and an item we are really proud of!
The Black Sash Rewards group we created for fans who take their Martial Arts seriously. Here you can find really premium Kung Fu items like the handcrafted Baat Jaam Daos and the tailor made Kung Fu outfits. These items also come with exclusive premium in game content.
The Legendary Rewards are once-in-a-lifetime type things like video calls with the game's developers, studio visits and immortalisation through in-game character likeness.
As we standardise the specifications for the various physical rewards over the coming days, we will be sharing more details on them including concept images or photos where possible. In the meantime rest assured that each and everyone of the people we've reached out to for the rewards are experts in their specific fields and provide only top quality products.
We wanted to come up with a really special way to thank those fans who really want to extend their early and long term support to us. These LIMITED reward tiers were created exactly for that reason!
For each of these rewards, you basically get
- ALL White Sash Rewards
- Plus a selection of the Limited Edition Brown Sash Rewards
- Plus ALL Black Sash Rewards (at the Grandmaster tier)
- Plus the full scale Kung Fu Superstar game which will be developed right after Kung Fu Superstar: Origin (the Kickstarter game) at practically no extra cost.
These rewards provide maximum value for money at their respective price points and we hope they will act as a great way to say Thank You for your invaluable support!
We've seen so many awesome projects and beloved old games, be revived from their slumber on Kickstarter (we actually backed most of them!) and that's incredible to see and be a part of!
With Kung Fu Superstar we are trying to create something completely new. A new gaming genre effectively where you will be able to pick up the controller and frantically mash some buttons to take out the baddies or jump up from your sofa and pull off the most elaborate martial arts moves!
We've all been part of restoration. Now we invite you to be part of innovation!
Stay tuned as this is only the beginning of this campaign and we have a lot of surprises in store for you and do send us your questions! We're only a small team who have taken on a pretty massive challenge, but engaging with YOU, our fans, is currently our #1 Priority so we'll do our best to answer all your questions!
We will use this section as a general information dump on our rewards so anytime we've got some more details for you on a specific reward this is where you will find them.
Keep in mind that everything you see here is for illustration purposes only and the final product you will get in your hands may vary. That said, never forget that the people running this campaign are gaming geeks themselves, so when it comes to our rewards... we've got pretty high standards!
pound coin not included... ;) (scale reference...in case you were wondering)
If you've got any comments or questions with regards to any of our rewards, just get in touch!
Risks and challenges
RISK: The ambition and scope of this project are not to be underestimated. We're trying to innovate across multiple different fields (gameplay, storytelling, genre diversification, technical, art) and we have to make sure we don't spread ourselves too thin while developing Kung Fu Superstar
MITIGATION: We already have our hands full breaking new ground across so many different areas, that re-inventing the wheel is the last thing we're interested in. This is why since the very early days of development, we took the decision to build our tech on top of the best Engine and Tools pipeline for games development currently available: the Unreal Engine.
Using Unreal ensures we don't spend time building infrastructure and instead have more resources free to focus on what really matters: making the most innovative fighting game ever. Also the wide adoption of the engine across the industry means we're never sort of people with enough know how to jump straight into developing Kung Fu Superstar when we need the extra help.
Even so, making Kung Fu Superstar the best and most versatile fighting game ever is a massive undertaking and there may be times when the ambition will need to be adjusted in order to ensure the quality of the experience is not compromised.
Our goal first and foremost is to make sure what's there works well and is fun to play (and we've already achieved that to a large extent). This is something that we intent to always maintain and never compromise, as we grow the project in order to achieve the full vision.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Support, education and advocacy for recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
On ICDs and access to data
When it comes to data, patients aren't always trusted to care for ourselves. An antiquated view. After all, we're entrusted with managing all aspects of our lives: our finances, our careers, our investments... so why is it any different when it comes to health care? Think about it.
Thank you to Dr. Larry Chu and his talented team for this beautifully shot and edited short film.
7 comments:
- Joleen Chambers said...
Hugo Campos says what other patients have been saying: it is our information. We generated it. We paid our healthcare provider for it. It is ours. We are capable of being partners in our healthcare. With good information we can make good decisions.
- March 23, 2012 at 2:10 AM
I have worked for a device company for many years & prior to that worked in an Electrophysiology Lab. I will always provide hard copies of the data to patients upon request (and that actually happens more than you think). I have always answered patient questions & will show and explain the data to them if they ask. I would have no problem providing an electronic copy of the data to them if they provided the media. I strive to let the patient understand how the device & leads wires are working, how the battery is doing & any arrhythmias they might have had. And just for the record, I also have an ICD for Ventricular Tachycardia.
- March 24, 2012 at 12:20 PM
I am very proud. - M.Biagi
- June 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- Dr vk aggarwal said...
i wish to know that in a developing country like india where lot of patients are dying of malaria ,dengue,dehyderation ,during birth of a child ,pneumonia tuberculosis , hiv aids etc & patients do not have access to consult cardilogists ,is it worth to suggest an icd to every patient of heart failure with e.f of less then 30-35% without any detectable arrythmia, irrespective of the fact as to whether he /she will be attend to cardiologist/physians for check up for other complication of heart failure?
- July 19, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- Hugo Campos said...
Dr. Aggarwal, I do not know the answer to your question. My apologies. I'd suggest you refer to the guidelines put out by the Heart Rhythm Society:
- July 19, 2012 at 5:00 PM
Why is information about a person's body considered proprietary?
I am unfortunately now deeply involved in the Dense Breast Tissue Notification. The radiologist and my primary physician share this information every year. I was not at all aware there even was such a condition as dense breast tissue, no less the high rate of failure via mammography. The word "biopsy" scared me an a friend directed me to an alternate screening test called SonoCine. The two areas under consideration were shown to be clean, so the single fine needle aspiration would have come back clean and I would be sent home clean for another year. Thankfully SonoCine showed an invasive ductal cancer not seen on the mammogram, nor the hand held ultrasound done, and which CD's I had carried with me.
Governor Brown of California vetoed the bill last year, as he "did not want to scare women," he was also heavily lobbied to not allow it to pass. It has once again been brought forth and sits in committee, we are hoping this time to get it out and again give him the chance to redeem himself. I had the cancer surgery in 2011, did not get the breast density question answered until July 2012. I pressed and demanded to know. It is my body. I am not an automaton, I have a functioning brain, allow me to have the information and make an informed decision.
I am 100% behind your right to know. Go for it and so good to see you do have some excellent support.
Teresa Masters
Oceanside, Ca.
- August 13, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- Hugo Campos said...
Thank you for your insightful comments, Teresa.
- August 15, 2012 at 1:48 PM


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Deep Dive into the Effects of the POD HD Multi-Effects Processors: Stereo Delay
It's been a little while since my last Tips & Tricks blog post, but it's good to be back exploring some of the effects in POD HD multi-effects processors! We're well on our way through all 19 delay models in these bad boys, but we still have a few more to go.
About the Stereo Delay Effect
This week I want to talk a little about the Stereo Delay model in POD HD multi-effects processors.
This is a Line 6 original delay effect, so there's really no traditional "history" to the effect. When I asked Angelo Mazzocco, Line 6's Lead DSP and Embedded Systems Engineer about the Stereo Delay effect model, he said:
"The Stereo Delay model is just a straight digital delay on each side. The nice thing about it is you can have completely different signals feeding the left and right delays, and they stay separate."
This could definitely come in handy if you're the type of musician who likes to send a stereo signal into your effects chain.
The Stereo Delay effect is very clean and, in my opinion, sparkles just a bit. It's also quite versatile, not only for its ability to accept two discreet input signals and keep them separate, but also because it sounds great with low gain as well as high gain tones.
Stereo Delay Parameters
The Stereo Delay in POD HD multi-effects processors has five main parameters:
Left Time – This parameter sets the speed of the delay on the left side of the stereo field.
Left Feedback – This parameter sets the amount of repeats on the left side of the stereo field.
Right Time – Same as Left Time, only this applies to the right side of the stereo field.
Right Feedback - Same as Left Feedback, only this applies to the right side of the stereo field.
Mix – The amount of delay signal to mix into your dry signal.
If you've been reading my blogs you know I always include some tones and sound clips, and this blog is no exception. You can download the following tones, as well as all of my tones, at Custom Tone. Enjoy!
There's nothing fancy here. This tone is just a Blackface Dbl Norm amp model and a single Stereo Delay Effect. It sounds great if you have a guitar with humbuckers set to the neck pickups. If you're a finger style guitarist, this tone can work particularly well for you. The Left Time parameter is set to about 255ms and I have Right Time set to dotted ¼ notes. The Left Feedback parameter is at 60% while Right Feedback is set to 65%. I have the delay Mix set to 60% as well.
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For some reason I always find myself coming back to the Gibtone 185 model in POD HD multi-effects processors. I absolutely LOVE the way this little amp breaks up when you crank the Drive parameter. It sounds wonderful through a guitar sporting humbuckers with the pickups in the bridge position. Similar to how I set the delay effect in the RawStereoDly tone, I have the Left Time parameter set to 295ms and the Right Time set to dotted 8th notes instead of ¼ notes. The Left Feedback parameter is set to 50% while the right side Feedback parameter is set to 60%. The Mix parameter is once again set to 60%.
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I don't know what my infatuation with Reggae tones is, but every time I play with my POD HD500 I seem to try and dial in a better one. This particular tone is fairly straightforward, and showcases the Stereo Delay quite nicely. I'm once again using the Blackface Double Nrm amp model. The Left Time parameter on the Stereo Delay is set to 155ms and the right side Time is set to ¼ note triplet. The Left Feedback parameter is set to a lower 25% and the Right Feedback parameter is set slightly higher at 40%. I've got the Mix parameter set just above half way at 55%
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Ok. Here it is. That big 80's rock sound we mention in the POD HD manuals. It's really easy to dial in this type of tone using the Stereo Delay. You might want to tweak it to taste, but I think it's pretty close. I'm using the classic Brit J-800 amp model here. The delay parameters are set a bit differently here. I've got the Left Time set to a very low 80ms. The Right Time is set much higher to 500ms. The Left Feedback parameter is set to a whopping 80% while the right side Feedback is much lower at 20%. The Mix parameter is set to an even 50%. This is a fun tone.
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Hopefully I've given you some insight into the Stereo Delay effect and just how versatile of a delay it can be.
It can be used to create all sorts of tones, for many different musical genres. Experiment with it using headphones or a stereo amplifier setup, and you'll easily create a tone that just might become one of your favorites!
Next time we'll talk about the Sweep Echo delay effect. This unique delay sounds similar to the Tube Echo delay but adds a funky sweeping sound to the repeats.
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Submariner Windproof Rollneck Sweater in navy blue (BAL001)
Now £59.99Was £119.99
Product InformationWe are very excited to have sourced this traditional, original submariners navy sweater. Still made in the UK by a family owned knitwear company, these sweaters were issued by the War Office to the Navy during the last war.
When peace broke out, normality began to return and as cars were so expensive, for many people the choice of transport was two wheels, and so the British motorcycle industry flourished.
But in the forties and fifties, the concept of motorcycle wear didn't really exist and so riders inevitably turned to army surplus clothing.
They soon discovered that the best way of keeping warm on the bike was the submariners sweater. Made from pure English wool, they were designed for use in arctic conditions and so were perfect for a late night blast round the north circular or down to Brighton.
For a generation or more of riders they became the 'de rigueur' garment for wearing under a Wax Cotton, or even a leather, jacket.
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- Made from English wool
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Bobbi Kristina Taking Acting Gigs To Pay Bills?
HollywoodLife.com spoke to a source who tells us that the home Bobbi lives in that was her mother's is actually not hers and she has to pay rent!
Bobbi Kristina is working hard for the money! HollywoodLife.com spoke to insider who tells us that Bobbi isn't rolling in dough since inheriting her mother's estate.
"Whitney didn't own her town home in Atlanta," a source tells us. "She rents it and now Bobbi is having to pay rent."
We told you that Bobbi, 18, just landed her first acting gig on Tyler Perry's new sitcom For Better or Worse. Bobbi had told Oprah that she wanted to pursue acting and singing like her late mother.
Despite reports that Cissy Houston, Bobbi's grandmother, is trying to get Bobbi's boyfriend Nicholas Gordon evicted from the town home is false.
"Cissy can't get Nicholas out of the house because they don't own the house," the source says.
Do you think Bobbi is strapped for cash?
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Russia: "Nevskie Berega" 23-26 of February 2017
The traditional festival of beauty in St. Petersburg is a new WBA patronized event that takes place February 2017.
23-26 February 2017
Saint Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex,
Yuri Gagarin ave. 8
Hairstyling, nail-design and makeup open the championships for the Cup of Russia, which takes place at Saint-Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex. It is one of the most important competitions for professionals (master level) of the beauty industry. More than two thousand five hundred people from all over the world attend the competition.
Competitors have an opportunity to display their talents in the following directions:
- hairstyling (14 types of categories)
- nail-design (12 types of categories)
- makeup (3 types of categories)
- body-art (2 types of categories)
- stylists contest "Full Fashion Look" and "Fashion City"
- cosmetology contest
The competition prizes amounts to over 100 thousand Euros in products. The prizewinners are awarded daily. Competitors present their works and audience may observe the process of the works. Participants, who score maximal total points, become winners. Cups and prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place are given to both the participants and their models.
On the last day, the main awarding ceremony will be held at the central stage followed by a bright show-program. Nearly 10 thousand viewers watch the action from the rostrums, and hundreds of thousands of people are able to view the event online thanks to the live broadcast on the official site.


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VANCOUVER, Wash. - A judge has set bail at $1 million for a woman suspected of shooting her former supervisor at the Veteran Affairs campus in Vancouver, Wash.
The Columbian reports Deborah Lennon, a former Veteran Affairs employee, appeared in Clark County Superior Court on Thursday on attempted murder and other charges.
The victim, 45-year-old Allen Bricker, had sought a protection order against Lennon, alleging she was stalking him with unwanted daily emails pursuing a romantic relationship.
A Clark County District Court commissioner issued two temporary protection orders in January 2013 but denied a permanent order in March because neither Bricker nor Lennon showed up at a hearing.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office says Lennon went to Bricker's office Tuesday and shot him twice in the chest. He remains hospitalized with serious injuries.
Bricker is a VA regional financial officer and Lennon worked for him as an auditor.


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ahirai necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 14 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
Cayenne Consulting
Cayenne Consulting helps entrepreneurs seeking capital by developing business plans, financial forecasts, investor presentations, business strategies, marketing materials, etc.
Trade show attracting technology entrepreneurs.
We will be exhibiting at a small trade show and we require two posters, each 24" x 36", and a banner, 2' tall x 6' wide, to hang across the front of a table.
The 3 items should all be unique, but they should all include our logo, website address, and phone number. They should also mention some or all of our core services:
* business plans
* financial forecasts
* investor presentations
* strategy development
* market research & analysis
* competitor research & analysis
* company valuation
* turnaround consulting
* interim management
The designs should complement our website: http://www.caycon.com
The microscope is our main visual theme; we use an image we purchased on iStockphoto: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-ph…ose-up.php
It might be nice if one of our posters included a short quote from a client or from an investor. The other poster might briefly list the benefits of working with our firm. The third item might list some of the industries we work in. I'm open to suggestions, so please feel free to be creative.
Note: If one designer comes up with a great visual design and a different designer comes up with great copy, I may award part of the prize to each person.
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I have recently procured a Proline Tablet of which the specs can be confirmed at http://www.proline.co.za/our-products/tablet/AK888-13/technical-specs/#product.
As can be noted from the specs the tablet currently has Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) as operating system and as I use Ubuntu 11.01 as my laptop operating system I'd like to convert the tablet to run Ubuntu Touch.
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OAKLAND, Calif. — The last time the Nuggets were at Oracle Arena, a locker-room wall was punched, frustrations were aired and the franchise was on the verge of major changes.
The Golden State Warriors did that.
Because of the Nuggets' loss in a first-round playoff series last spring, a partially new set of players, under new leadership and with a new direction, entered the arena Wednesday night.
And all of that new helped the Nuggets come up with a new result — a win, 123-116.
If only it were May.
They had to hold on, but hold on they did in a thrilling victory over Golden State, which entered the game red-hot, winner in 12 of its previous 13 games.
Denver forward J.J. Hickson was in the middle of it all.
Golden State held a one-point lead when Hickson made a floater in the lane with 1:04 left to give the Nuggets a 117-116 lead. Hickson then got a steal and a dunk, was fouled on the play, but missed the free throw. Still the Nuggets remained ahead 119-116.
Then it was Hickson again, off a Ty Lawson miss, coming up with the biggest grab of the night, an offensive board, his 23rd rebound of the game, which sank Golden State. The Warriors had to foul, the Nuggets made free throws and the Warriors missed desperation shots.
A number of Nuggets made huge contributions to the victory.
Nate Robinson scored 14 points in the fourth and had a team-leading 24 for the game. Lawson and Wilson Chandler added 22 points apiece. Lawson also had 11 assists.
And Hickson, who made big play after big play, finished with 13 points and 24 rebounds.
The Nuggets did a good job of keeping the Splash Brothers — Golden State guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson — from hurting them at the 3-point line. The duo went a combined 5-of-18 from beyond the arc.
Shooting was not a problem for the Nuggets in the first half. They scorched the nets, hitting 61.9 percent from the field, including 45.5 percent from the 3-point line. Guard Randy Foye was unstoppable from everywhere. He slashed to the bucket and hit from deep on his way to 21 points for the game.
the Nuggets used a 10-0 run at the end of the third quarter to set up one of the most entertaining fourth quarters of the season. Golden State revved up its drive-and-kick game and collapsed the Nuggets' defense time and again from every angle.
But the Nuggets had Robinson, and he was on fire.
And because Robinson was so hot, he took full advantage, putting up shot after shot in the fourth, with stunning results. The Nuggets needed all of his late point production to set up their furious, fantastic finish.
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This is the fourth installment of Sunday Dinners, a biweekly column from our own Tom Hirschfeld featuring his gorgeous photography, stunning Indiana farm, and mouthwatering family meals.
Today: Tom gives us our daily bread -- it's braided, whole wheat, and topped with poppyseeds.
- Tom
Bodies are crammed into the elevator. I am in the corner smushed against the control panel and asking other riders repeatedly, "What floor?" I hear lots of twos, fives, and sixes, plus a few threes, before I finally get to push four for myself.
The elevator is still half full by the time it reaches my floor. The door opens with its standard ding. Not a soul stands waiting to board the car, but what does rush in instead is the amazing yeasty smell of baking bread. The smell fills the elevator car to capacity and the occupants let out a "man, that smells good"-style moan, wondering if the elevator cables will hold under the stress of all that goodness.
I mutter "excuse me" a couple of times and shuffle out the door.
I am giddy, nervous, and excited. This is my first day of culinary school and I couldn't have hoped for a better welcoming committee then then the smell of fresh bread.
The community college is housed in an enormous old insurance building, but what with all of its equipment, the school kitchen is packed tight. There is nothing organic about how industrial the kitchen feels, which I find strange.
But "industrial" is the reality, after all. This is about production cooking, not niche gourmet food -- and in any case, I come to love this kitchen. It really feels like a second home on many nights, finishing up a five-hour cooking lab at ten thirty in the evening.
Every day when I walk into the kitchen, I am greeted by the revolving deck oven. It is a beast with hot breath and spits out as many loaves of bread as you can put into it, and the telltale squeak of it slowly spinning round and round becomes a kitchen timer of sorts. It will be two more semesters before I get to take the yeast breads class, but when I finally get to use the deck oven it makes me feel like I'm a somebody.
Bread is different. Most of my culinary career has been spent trying to use up dead things before they spoil -- bread, on the other hand, is a living organic thing that I'm bringing to life. Making bread makes me feel like I can feed a community. I often think to myself, "If all else fails, there is bread."
So began my bread baking. Since then, on every Sunday and Wednesday for the last fifteen years I've found myself at home dusting the black granite countertop with flour. Now it's often with the girls standing on a stool next to me. As I removing the warm dough from its bowl to knead, I let them get their little hands in too. I feel the elasticity of the gluten against the palms of my hands as it fights back and forms, all the trapped air bubbles of yeast eventually making the bread rise and giving it crumb.
I have built up a repertoire. I make challah, flatbreads, Pullman loaves, Pain de Campagne, and a good rye. Over time I've come to make my breads with sixty percent or more whole wheat; to me, white flour is tasteless in comparison. The refrigerator feels empty if there isn't a pâte fermentée aging away for the next loaf of French bread, and there are always leftover cooked whole grains like brown rice and farro waiting to be incorporated into a nubby country loaf.
There are those days I feel it is a burden to make bread and I often wonder why I don't just buy it. I suppose if there was a good bakery nearby I would -- I might not even make bread at all.
I slide a braided country loaf into the oven.
On other days, I find it odd that it took going to culinary school to learn to make bread. Being male and not being in the kitchen with mom, I guess. Though my mother didn't really bake bread either -- oh, she made great beer bread. She even had a bread machine at one point. Bread baking just wasn't her thing. But then it doesn't seem to be most people's thing. Somehow I feel we are always told that we can't bake or cook, so we don't.
Sunday dinner is on the table. Tonight we eat in the dinning room. It is important to make a big deal out of dinner sometimes, and move it into a formal atmosphere. Give it some importance, some heft outside of the holidays.
We're having pot roast, nothing fancy. I tear into the loaf of warm bread, the smell permeating the room just like on the elevator all those years ago on that first day of culinary school. I hand some to Amy and the girls, then serve myself a piece. A bit of butter easily softens on the warm interior.
Farmhouse Whole Wheat Bread
Makes two 4"x8" loaves
2 1/2 cups warm buttermilk2 tablespoons honey1 tablespoon dry active yeast5 1/2 cups finely ground whole wheat flour1 to 1 1/2 cups unbleached bread flour1 tablespoon kosher salt1 egg3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softenedpoppy seeds1 egg white mixed with a tablespoon of water See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
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PointerPal necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 152 diseños de 39 diseñadores freelance.
We need a somewhat simple, clean logo for a software product called PointerPal, which is an easy-to-use software product for seniors/elderly. The logo should incorporate a dog/puppy of the 'pointer' breed.
PointerPal is easy-to-use software that allows seniors/elderly to check email, play games, browse the internet, etc... using a touch screen. You can see our existing site at:
We are rebranding to PointerPal and want a fun new logo but using our existing well-received color scheme.
The logo will be used for *everything*, from within our software itself, to trade-show booth backdrops, business cards, etc... so we need it in vector format.
- Logo should incorporate a dog/puppy of the 'pointer' species... a pointer looks likethis: http://www.petplanet.co.uk/petplane…ointer.jpg ... but we don't want a photo. Not too picky about what the dog is doing in the illustration - have fun with it, see what you come up with. The dog could incorporate light browns / greys if needed.
- Logo must be compatible with existing grey/blue color palette from http://mysoftshell.com/c/img/logo.jpg ... but as we said the dog/puppy could add light brown / beige to the mix. Basically soothing colors.
- The tagline: "Computing Made Simple"
- Must be able to get a copy of the original logo file where we can tweak fonts, etc..
- Would eventually like to get a 16x16 icon version of the logo
- Logo must NOT look high-tech or futuristic.. the target market is seniors/elderly.
- Simple fonts, nothing too fancy.
- The pointer dog/puppy should not be a photo
- The logo must NOT look too cartoon-like or childish... again the target market is seniors/elderly.
- Obviously must not look like PayPal or any existing companies.
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Cool video of an XJ and Zuk.
Cool video of an XJ and Zuk.
JEEP (Just Excuse Every Problem)
Diego's Deals
USMC .___o_o_
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I don't think I want to go sideways like that in a Zuk or anything else that has no doors haha
Hokie. Gobble Gobble Bitches.
My thought exactly. You really need to be fit to drive like that. They had to practically hang off of that handle pole the entire time in that position. Awesome video by the way, Pacifier.


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Nationwide Protest Break Out in Jordan over Fuel Price Hike
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(AMMAN, Jordan) -- Protests erupted in Amman and other cities around Jordan Tuesday after officials announced a fuel price hike. The government said the hike is necessary to help reduce the nation's $5 billion deficit, Agence France-Presse reports.
Under the new price bump, gas is set to increase 15 percent, or $0.53 per gallon. The hike will include a more than 50 percent increase on cooking gas.
Queen Noor, stepmother to King Abdullah II, tweeted Tuesday: "Praying that all in #Jordan keep safe during these difficult times. Let's try 2 help each other through."
Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio
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Below is a description of the most recommended exhibitions and museums when visiting Barcelona. To make sure you miss nothing, check what exhibitions will be open on the dates of your stay, because almost all the museums organize temporary exhibitions that are well worth a visit.
Main museums of Barcelona
MNAC: At the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC) (National Museum of Catalonian Art), you will be able to view the most important collections of Romantic art in the world.
MACBA and CaixaForum: Barcelona also has famous collections of contemporary art in museums such as the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) (Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art) and CaixaForum.
FC Barcelona Museum: If you are a football fan, a visit to the FC Barcelona Museum is a must.
- Admire the trophies, visit the pitch and the most private areas of the Cam Nou Stadium: the dressing rooms, the VIP hall, the press room, etc.
- Opening Hours: Monday to Saturday. 4th April - 9 October: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm.
- Arístides Maillol, entrance nº 7 08028, Barcelona
- The FC Barcelona Museum is located within the facilities of Camp Nou.


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Believe it or not, just over two months are now left in the countdown to the release of Marvel's The Avengers. The comic book movie studio has been especially busy cranking up the buzz surrounding its estimated $300 million superhero juggernaut over the last week, to help heighten anticipation for today's unveiling of a second official trailer.
The new Avengers trailer is now online and unlike previous trailers, it basically dives head-first into the plot of the film. While a good deal of the mystery surrounding Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his powerful alien army remains in place, the stakes have now been made clear and the stage is set for Earth's most powerful superheroes to unite in its defense.
Without further ado, we present the epic second official trailer for The Avengers:
Overall, there's a lot to admire in this new Avengers footage as far as sheer action spectacle and the scale of everything is concerned. Between sequences of Hulk rescuing a downed Iron Man and vast alien vessels laying ruin to metropolitan landscapes (among other noteworthy moments) it looks like Marvel's money has been well spent. More so, this is the first trailer to suggest that The Avengers may truly be worth the price of admission for either a 3D and/or IMAX screening, based on some of the more elaborate shots and action sequences teased here.
Rather than divulge the secrets of Loki's forces just yet, this new Avengers trailer instead highlights the clashing of personalities and difficult team dynamic between the various members of the Avengers Initiative. Chalk up another early point for writer/director Joss Whedon, as he appears to have recognized that the conflicts between the various superheroes who make up The Avengers are (in many respects) just as important as the exterior ones they're working against.
As for all those brief scenes where the Avengers are (literally) at each other's throats? Well, don't forget Tom Hiddleston's promise that Loki will be up to more mind games in The Avengers. Should be fun to see how that plays out, to say the least...
For a better look at the newest Avengers trailer, check out our screenshot gallery below:
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The Avengers stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Chris Evans as Steve Rogers/Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/The Incredible Hulk, Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, and Stellan Skarsgård as Professor Erik Selvig.
Look for The Avengers to arrive in 2D and 3D theaters around the U.S. on May 4th, 2012.
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So now I can put a pretty dress on the hanger and be all like "oh well, Miss Kitty, now aren't you the belle of the ball?" and "Heavens to Betsy! If that neckline plunged any lower, you'd be a certified plumber!" and then maybe if I was in a bad mood and feeling snarky I'd be like "Oh. I... like it. I do. But maybe, well maybe because you have more of a modest bust than I do, I don't know it just sort of hangs there and isn't really filled out as much on you. Like you can't even tell you have boobs in this. Yes, they're on the smaller side, smaller than mine, but you do have them at least." But I'd mostly be nice to the cat hanger I think, because she's seen me cry when I can't get my pants on.
So in conclusion: Crazy is dressing up a real cat, but Not Crazy is buying a cat hanger and then talking to it and making it your best friend.


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A Study to Compare the Use of Fluconazole as Continuous Therapy Versus Periodic Therapy in HIV-Positive Patients With Recurrent Thrush
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00000951
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 31, 2001
Last Update Posted : April 2, 2012
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
The purpose of this study is to determine whether it is better to treat patients with fluconazole on a continuous basis to prevent thrush (yeast infection in the mouth) from coming back or to wait and treat each episode of thrush.
Fluconazole is one of the most commonly prescribed drugs to treat thrush and other yeast infections. However, the number of patients with fluconazole-resistant thrush is increasing, and it is not known whether continuous or intermittent use of fluconazole leads to greater resistance. Therefore, it is important to determine the most effective treatment strategy.
|Condition or disease
|Candidiasis, Oral HIV Infections
|Drug: Fluconazole
|Phase 4
This study will evaluate two different management strategies for patients with advanced HIV infection who are at risk for recurrent and fluconazole-refractory oropharyngeal candidiasis. The treatment duration will be at least 24 months in order to evaluate the long-term effects of the treatment strategies on the development of fluconazole-refractory thrush. In addition to investigating antifungal treatment as it relates to fluconazole-refractory infections, the study will evaluate host factors and organism-related factors in order to increase our understanding of the pathogenesis of oropharyngeal candidiasis and fluconazole-refractory infections.
Prior to randomization to a long-term management strategy using fluconazole, patients are stratified into one of three groups according to their baseline CD4+ count (cells/mm3): 0-49, 50-100, and 101-150. Patients without oropharyngeal candidiasis (no thrush present) at enrollment and those patients who respond (no thrush present) to the initial acute therapy for an active infection are randomized 1:1 to one of two management strategies for fluconazole: Arm A (episodic therapy) or Arm B (chronic suppressive therapy with continuous fluconazole). Patients are then followed for a duration of 24 months after enrollment of the last subject. Patients with active oropharyngeal candidiasis at time of enrollment will be treated with fluconazole for up to 2 weeks and patients who respond (no thrush present) are then randomized to a long-term management strategy. Those who do not respond (refractory disease) to the acute treatment are permanently discontinued from the study. Women in both groups will have the option of being treated for vulvovaginal candidiasis either through or outside the study.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Enrollment :
|948 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase IV Randomized Study of the Use of Fluconazole as Chronic Suppressive Therapy Versus Episodic Therapy in HIV Positive Subjects With Recurrent Oropharyngeal Candidiasis
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2002
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|13 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
You may be eligible for this study if you:
- Are HIV-positive.
- Have a CD4+ cell count less than 150 cells/mm3.
- Had at least one episode of thrush in the 24 months before study entry.
- Have a life expectancy of at least 12 months.
- Weigh at least 88 pounds.
- Are 13 years of age or older (consent of parent or guardian required if under 18).
- Agree to practice abstinence or use effective methods of birth control during the study.
Exclusion Criteria
You will not be eligible for this study if you:
- Have an allergy to azoles.
- Have had 3 episodes or more of thrush within 12 weeks of study entry.
- Have a history of esophageal candidiasis.
- Have a history of fluconazole-resistant infection.
- Have an active opportunistic infection requiring treatment within 14 days before study entry.
- Have a fungal infection requiring certain medications.
- Have a severe liver disease (e.g., cirrhosis).
- Are unable to tolerate oral medications.
- Take certain medications.
- Are pregnant or breast-feeding.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00000951
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|Study Chair:
|Mitchell Goldman
|Study Chair:
|Scott G. Filler
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00000951 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
11297 ( Registry Identifier: DAIDS ES Registry Number )
|First Posted:
|August 31, 2001 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 2, 2012
|Last Verified:
|March 2012
AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
Antifungal Agents
Candidiasis, Oral
Drug Administration Schedule
Pharyngeal Diseases
Candidiasis, Oral
Mouth Diseases
Stomatognathic Diseases
Antifungal Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
14-alpha Demethylase Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Steroid Synthesis Inhibitors
Hormone Antagonists
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C9 Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 CYP2C19 Inhibitors


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Rally Towels Silent
Citizens Bank supplied rally towels for the fans for the final home game. For most of the night, the towels were silent as the Nationals swept the four-games series from the Phillies.
In the Nationals' history, they now have three four-game sweeps, two coming this month (Mets earlier in the month). If you combine the Nationals and Expos history, it is the first time the Phillies have lost a four-game series at home to that combo.
Roy-O pitched well and kept the Phillies in the game until a four-run eighth sealed the verdict. All six runs came with two out. The four runs followed what appeared to be a game-ending strikeout but the home plate umpire called the pitch a ball. That's the way it has been going for the Phillies.
Earlier a ball dropped in right field and Washington scored two runs.
The one Phillies run came with two out in the last of the ninth. The offense has scored 37 runs in the last 15 games, a 5-10 record. Phillies went into the game hitting .223 in those games. Four hits didn't help that average.
J-Roll, Shane and Chase combined were 0-36 in the series. They'll bounce back and someone will pay the price when they come out of it. From the All-Star Game until September 1, the Phillies scored the most runs in the league.
After the game, the Phillies bussed up the New Jersey turnpike for a weekend series in New York against the Mets. Then, the season ends with three games in Atlanta starting on Monday.
Ryan and Hunter are expected to be back in the lineup this weekend. Has there ever been a team that had its starting eight in more postseason than regular season games?
NLDS begins on Saturday, October 1. Rally towels will be back and so will the intensity and the offense.
Final Count
Phillies finished with an attendance total of 3,680,718, breaking the club record for the fourth straight season.
In the eight seasons at Citizens Bank Park, they've topped 3 million six times.
Alumni Views
What changes would you like to see in major league baseball? Question was posed to Phillies Alumni.
Mike Rogodzinski, (OF, 1973-75)
"There is no way a DH should be in the game of baseball. The first group of playoff games should be seven games not five. The four teams with the best records should be in the playoffs. Just because you won your division doesn't mean you're in the playoffs. Most of all, World Series should end in October. That means less days off between games."


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Lactose Intolerance
Lactose intolerance is the inability to completely digest lactose, the predominant sugar found in milk. If lactose is not absorbed properly, it ferments and this results in bloating, cramps, gas, flatulence, and diarrhoea amongst others. Lactose intolerance affects more than half of the world population. It may also the cause of baby colic. According to various studies, lactose intolerance accounts to more than half of wrongly diagnosed patients with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Lactose intolerance is the most common form of food intolerance; others include carbohydrate, fructose, and gluten. Lactose Intolerance can also be a side effect of gluten Intolerance. It can be treated with Lactase supplements (available in the Products section). Lactose intolerance must not be confused with milk allergy, of which comparison details are listed below.
What causes lactose intolerance?
Milk contains lactose, a disaccharide made of two sugars joined together. Our body is not able to absorb lactose unless it is broken down into two sugars. So to get around this lactase present in the lining of the small intestine splits lactose so it could be absorbed. The figure on the right shows lactose (top) broken down into two sugars by means of the lactase (centre) into glucose and galactose (bottom) two absorbable sugars.
If there is insufficient lactase, or nothing at all, lactose remains in the digestive system. This is fermented by the bacteria living in the large intestine resulting in excess gas, stomach rumbling and bloating. Severe intolerance leads to diarrhoea and other symptoms.
Who can get lactose intolerance?
Lactase activity is normally high in babies, although baby colic may be caused by temporarily lactase deficiency (see baby colic). After the ages of 5-6 lactase production starts decreasing in many individuals but the rate varies from one person to another and also between races. From the table below one can conclude that the majority of people in the world are lactose intolerant.
|Lactose Intolerance Around the World
Human Group
% Lactose Intolerance
|American Blacks
However there are other people irrelevant of what race or age they are that may develop lactose intolerance:
- Coeliac disease: this condition causes damage to the lining of the small intestine hence lactase is not produced
- Small intestine surgery: may become unable to produce lactase anymore
- Antibiotic treatment: may cause diarrhoea which damages lining of the small intestine temporarily reducing lactase production. Treatment can be accelerated with probiotics containing life bacteria
What are the symptoms?
Lactose left in our digestive system causes extraction of fluids (water) from the body into the guts (same as when drinking sea water) by a process called osmosis. The combination of fluids and lactose in the digestive system is an attractive combination for the bacteria living in the large intestine that will digest lactose producing gases associated with flatulence.
The symptoms are:
- Abdominal pain - cramps
- Bloating - caused by the formation of gases
- Flatulence - caused by the gases produced by the bacteria
- Diarrhoea - loose stools
- Borborygmi - may be audible to the patient and on physical examination
- Weight loss - if kept unattended
- Malnutrition - especially in babies
How can I avoid the symptoms?
One may work out how much milk/dairy can be tolerated before the symptoms kick in. This can, however, be tricky because most processed food contains hidden lactose. Abstaining from milk and dairy is a better solution but this can almost be impossible.
The best treatment to avoid the symptoms is by supplements of lactase enzymes. There are many commercially available lactase enzymes, but the best by far is Prolactazyme Forte that when tested at foodreactions.org proved to be the most effective and reliable product. It continues to work for several hours after intake and unlike many others the body never gets used to it. It is fully derived from plants and also suitable for vegans. This is now available world wide from foodreactions.org. Buy Prolactazyme Forte now>>>
There is also lactase enzyme in the form of liquid. This is handy to turn normal milk into lactose free saving you a lot of money. It is suitable for babies to avoid baby colic and ideal for those who like to drink milk or putting milk with cereals, tea or coffee for the breakfast etc. This is now also available at FoodReactions.org. See the Products section for today's offers.
How can I test for lactose intolerance?
The most common tests used to measure the absorption of lactose in the digestive system are the lactose tolerance blood test, the hydrogen breath test, and the stool acidity test performed on babies. These tests are performed on an outpatient basis at a hospital, clinic, or doctor's office. However, one can do a Homepage self-test in which after fasting for 12 hours a person drinks a large glass of milk taking nothing else for the next 3-5 hours. If symptoms develop one can be certain he/she has lactose intolerance.
lactose intolerance is not milk allergy.
Lactose intolerance must not be confused with milk allergy. Milk allergy is caused when our immune system thinks proteins found in milk are harmful, hence an immune response is triggered causing symptoms related to food allergy, such as rash, hives, swelling etc. However, some symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea can be common for both so it is important to read and understand the difference for better diagnosis.
|Lactose Intolerance & Milk Allergy Comparison
Lactose Intolerance
Milk Allergy
|not enough enzymes to breakdown the sugars, such as lactose consumed in foods.
|immune system thinks that some proteins in foods (such as milk) are of those of harmful bacteria, hence, an immune response is triggered.
|starts later in childhood but most common in adults, may be temporarily present in the form of colic in babies.
|starts usually from early infancy and more common in children who overgrow it, triggered in later adult life in some who never had it in childhood.
affect the digestive system only:
Some may experience vomiting. The magnitude of the above symptoms are inversely related to the amount of enzyme produced. Some people can produce less than others.
usually immediate and affecting more that one part of the body-
digestion: nausea, vomiting, stomach cramps and diarrhoea
skin: swelling eczema, hives
airways: wheezing, coughing, congestion and a runny nose
anaphylaxis: most known to happen in peanuts allergy but can be triggered by all sorts of food ingestion.


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Dramaturgy: Jan Tošovský
Sets and Costumes: Antonín Šilar
Assistant set designer: Zuzana Formánková
Music: Marek Doubrava
Motion cooperation: Zuzana Sýkorová
Sound design: Jan Veselý
Light design: Katarína Ďuricová
The current tumultuous era urges many to fantasise about a better world order. From the Silicon Valley prophets of the impending cybernetic age to the founders of local vigilante groups, everyone is living in their own utopia. Yet they fail to understand each other. The bankers, financiers, engineers, humanists and patriots use incomprehensible languages. We have lost the ability to perceive the desires, fears and feelings of those around us – and there is no dreamt-of Atlantis on the horizon. Following his acclaimed production Post-Velvet, the stage director Jiří Adámek has come up with a new play in which he broods over the situation in the Czech Republic amidst the current global turbulences. And, as he has done previously, he draws upon all kinds of documentary materials – newspaper and magazine articles, sociological and political essays, philosophy articles, also making use of conversations he has heard on public transport or in a taxi. Adámek's productions, harbouring an extraordinary musicality, do not only represent a novel type of political theatre, they also provide a view of ourselves, from a distance and with humour.
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It's a royal baby boy!
Now that we know it's a boy for Will and Kate, the next big question turns to a royal name. A terse statement Monday announced only the time of birth, the infant's gender and that mother and child were doing well. It gave no information about the baby's name, and officials would say only that a name would be announced "in due course." As the world waits for Will & Kate's baby to be named, kill some time creating your very own royal moniker. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would surely approve.
Landing gear fails on Southwest jet
The front landing gear of a Southwest Airlines flight arriving at New York's LaGuardia Airport collapsed Monday night shortly after the plane touched down on the runway, leaving several people with injuries. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says 10 passengers were treated at the scene, with six being taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The six crew members were taken to another hospital. The FAA is investigating, as is the National Transportation Safety Board.
Brewers' Ryan Braun suspended
The 65-game suspension of Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, though the specifics of his violation have not been revealed, increases the cloud over other players who have been linked to Major League Baseball's investigation into performance-enhancing drugs and the Biogenesis clinic in Miami. Will Alex Rodriguez be next?
Fewer parents can pay college tuition
As families continue to recover from the recession, they're relying less on their own income and savings and more on grants and scholarships to finance a college education than in previous years, according to Sallie Mae's How America Pays for College study released today.
Lance Armstrong talks Oprah backlash
Lance Armstrong makes his return to public cycling, and took time to sit down with the Des Moines Register and Gannett to talk about the backlash he received after his Oprah interview in January. Armstrong rode with an estimated 20,000 others this week during the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI). Check out the video above to hear what Armstrong had to say about his return to the seat of a bicycle.
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My grandfather, Elmer Gorry, used to work on the Orange Bowl Parade for NBC. In this pic he's with Barbara Eden (Jeannie from I Dream of Jeannie for those too young to know) and Joe Garagiola, center - I don't know who he is but apparently he used to be a Major League catcher and was a panelist on The Today Show. Barbara and Joe were both the hosts of the parade that year, which I believe was 1985.


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Kory Sheets has been the CFL's most dominant player this season.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders running back is not only leading the league in rushing with 1,149 yards, he's also on pace to become the most dominant single-season runner in league history. Sheets is on pace to finish with nearly 2,300 yards, which would shatter the current mark of 2,065 set in 1998 by former Montreal Alouettes star Mike Pringle.
The five-foot-11, 208-pound Sheets is the runaway favourite at the halfway point of the season for the CFL's outstanding player award.
Quarterbacks have traditionally dominated the annual vote by the Football Reporters of Canada, winning it 17 times since 1990. Running backs have won it three times over that span, with Pringle doing so twice (1995, 1998).
The other was Toronto's Mike (Pinball) Clemons in 1990.
The hard-running Sheets has helped the Riders (8-1) assume top spot in the ultra-competitive West Division with the CFL's best record. If Saskatchewan can remain there, it would give the squad home-field advantage for the conference final and a shot at reaching the Grey Cup game, which will be played at Regina's Mosaic Stadium.
The Riders are attempting to become the third straight team to win the CFL title on home soil following the B.C. Lions in 2011 and Toronto Argonauts last year.
Here's a look at the other award favourites heading into the second half of the regular season.
Outstanding Canadian
Calgary Stampeders running back Jon Cornish is putting together a record-setting season of his own. The veteran from New Westminster, B.C., was the CFL's top Canadian in 2012 after rushing for a league-high 1,457 yards — the most ever by a Canuck. He has already run for 809 yards — second only to Sheets — in 2013 despite missing a game with a thigh contusion. Earlier this season against Winnipeg, Cornish ran for 175 yards and scored a career-high four TDs, earning CFL offensive player and top Canadian weekly honours. Also worth watching is Winnipeg linebacker Henoc Muamba (57 tackles).
Outstanding Rookie
Receiver Craig Ellingson is having a season to remember. The six-foot-three, 197-pound rookie from Florida International is not only the Ticats' receiving leader with 41 catches for 632 yards and four touchdowns, but stands fourth in the CFL. Ellingson was impressive during Hamilton's training camp and hasn't missed a beat midway through his first CFL campaign, quickly becoming a favourite target of league passing leader Henry Burris. Also worth watching is Brett Jones, Calgary's starting centre.
Outstanding Lineman
A big part of Saskatchewan's offensive success this season is the club's offensive line and the anchor is veteran guard Brendon Labatte. The Riders certainly had high expectations for the six-foot-four, 323-pound native of Weyburn, Sask., when they signed him as a free agent prior to last season. He leads a front wall that not only creates running lanes for Sheets but also gives quarterback Darian Durant time to look downfield. There's a reason why the Riders lead the CFL in rushing yards and total offensive yards. But also worth noting is Riders' tackle Ben Heenan. The six-foot-four, 310-pound former Regina Rams star was taken first overall in the 2012 CFL draft and started 12 games that year at guard. The second-year pro was shifted to tackle this season and hasn't looked out of place.
Outstanding Defensive Player
Linebacker JC Sherrit won this award last year after recording a league-record 130 tackles. At the halfway point of this campaign, Montreal linebacker Chip Cox has 71 tackles, putting him on pace to shatter Sherrit's mark. The five-foot-nine, 185-pound Cox has also registered three sacks and an interception and is enjoying his best CFL season. Last year, the former Ohio University star recorded a career-high 82 tackles. Also worth watching are defensive lineman Alex Hall of Winnipeg (league-best 11 sacks) and Charleston Hughes of Calgary (eight sacks).
Outstanding Special-Teams Player
He's the CFL's leading scorer with 106 points, but what set Calgary Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes apart from the others was his incredible streak of 39 straight successful field goals. That run ended in Calgary's 35-14 road win over Toronto on Aug. 23 when Parades failed to convert from 22 yards out. It's the only field goal Paredes has missed in 27 attempts. Parades broke Paul McCallum's CFL record of 30 straight field goals July 29. In his third season with Calgary, Parades is 101 of 115 career attempts (87.8 per cent) and made 40-of-43 tries last year (93 per cent).


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End of payroll tax cut: The fallout
In February, President Barack Obama joined Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill in championing a payroll tax holiday that would help boost the moribund economy.
But now, that tax break has fallen largely off the radar — and ending it could take $125 billion out of the economy next year alone.
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Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle argue that the tax holiday — which expires after Dec. 31 — was always meant to be temporary, and seemingly everybody hates that it routes money away from the Social Security trust fund. Ending the 2 percent reprieve in the payroll tax would mean a tax increase for 160 million Americans.
"It never should have been enacted in the first place," Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) said. "It was a terrible mistake. But it was done and it should not be extended. It's got to end this year. Period. No more."
"I think there's growing bipartisan consensus that we can't continue, as a nation, to keep diverting such a critical revenue stream of Social Security," added Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), a senior member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
During a Congress characterized by paralyzing legislative gridlock, lawmakers twice butted heads over extending the payroll tax holiday — hung up both times by the dilemma of how to pay for the package. In December 2011, House Republicans refused to sign off on a Senate-passed payroll tax deal, capitulating only days before Christmas.
Capitol Hill rewound and replayed that fight in February after it tasked a 20-member conference committee to negotiate an agreement that would extend the lower payroll tax rate through the end of this year. After House GOP leaders gave up on a demand to offset the costs of the payroll tax holiday, Congress quickly passed the package and sent it to Obama's desk.
Now, those skirmishes appear to be long forgotten, and American taxpayers are set for a 2 percent tax increase in their paychecks in January unless Congress intervenes.
"I haven't thought about it since the conference committee, and nobody's brought it up," Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), a member of the Ways and Means panel who sat on the conference committee, said recently, telling a reporter that "you're the first person to bring it up."
"It's interesting," said Rep. Patrick Tiberi (R-Ohio), another top Ways and Means member. "Talking to the members [on Ways and Means], both Democrat and Republican, I don't think one member has asked me about that."
Still, the payroll tax holiday is a major component of the approaching, year-end fiscal cliff that lawmakers won't be able to avoid.
Much of the pre-election chatter has been dominated by the expiration of the Bush-era tax rates and the automatic budget cuts that would indiscriminately slash federal programs. But the expiration of the payroll tax holiday composes a significant chunk of the cliff — actually a larger portion than the budget sequester that has caused so much hand-wringing in Washington.
Michael Feroli, the chief U.S. economist for JPMorgan Chase, estimated in an April report that ending the payroll tax holiday would suck $125 billion out of the economy next year. In comparison, expiration of the Bush-era rates costs the economy about $280 billion and the sequester cuts to defense and domestic programs $98 billion, according to Feroli's analysis.


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Intel CEO Predicts Hybrid Designs Are "The Next Big Thing"
Above: Intel CEO Paul Otellini with a hybrid
Hybrid designs will be "the next big thing," Intel CEO Paul Otellini predicted at the company's annual investor meeting today. He showed off a couple of new Ultrabooks that convert from a traditional notebook design into a tablet. Intel is on track to sell more 22nm processors than 32nm ones by this fall.
During the presentation, he gave an overview of the company's plans for the cloud and data centers, personal computing, mobile devices, and the embedded market.
Above: Otellini and Intel's roadmap to sustained growth
Otellini began by describing how the market for computing is growing. In the mid-90s, computers were mostly used for productivity, and the total market was about 100 million units per year. By 2005, the focus moved to portability, and sales hit about one billion units per year. In 2015, he said, it will be about "ubiquity," with a market of 10 billion units a year. (Note: these are not all PCs, but clearly includes phones, tablets, and other devices.)
In the PC market, Otellini talked about "redefining the PC" and Intel's Ultrabook. Today, there are more than 110 designs, mostly based on the new Ivy Bridge processors.
Intel is on track to ship more than two million Ivy Bridge processors a week by the end of this quarter and, by this fall, the company expects to ship more Ivy Bridge processors (known as the 3rd generation Intel Core) than the older 32nm Sandy Bridge chips.
He showed off a number of designs, including Lenovo's IdeaPad Yoga, which flips from a notebook to a tablet, and a detachable keyboard design from computer maker Compal.
Such hybrid designs are likely to be "the next big thing," Otellini said. He doesn't think either Ultrabooks or tablets themselves are the end state of computing, but rather something in the middle.
The movement toward mobility and Ultrabooks is leading to much more innovation in machines, as companies compete to introduce new designs at mainstream price points.
Emerging markets are driving PC growth. Otellini noted that last year, China grew to become the biggest PC market (overtaking the U.S.). Brazil takes second place. By 2016, he predicted the largest markets will also include Russia and India.
In the data center business, he noted that 7 exabytes of data are created every day. Much of that data will be unstructured data, and between 2005 to 2015, the amount of storage required will multiply 25 times and the amount of transistors required will increase 200 times.
"From Teraflops to Milliwatts" is how Otellini described the company's upcoming data center products, ranging from the upcoming Knights Corner many-integrated-core product to the traditional Xeon processors that dominate the server business to microserver applications based on both Xeon and Atom processors.
To help do this, he talked about acquiring Cray's fabric technology, Fulcrum's networking technology, and developing storage and software solutions.
In the mobile maker, Otellini declared, "we intend to be a leader in this business." He cited both the company's Infineon baseband chips and the first phones coming out based on the 32nm Atom Z2460, known as Medfield.
Intel has a partnership with Google to push Android on x86 devices, and strong relationships with a few phone makers. Otellini recapped his comments from Mobile World Congress.
In tablets, he is particularly excited about the possibility of Windows 8-based tablets. He thinks Intel has an advantage over ARM-based architectures because of application and peripheral compatibility, as well as Intel's manufacturing advantages. There will be more than 20 designs from 10 system makers running Intel chips as of the Windows 8 introduction.
On the Atom roadmap, the company is now shipping 32nm chips, and moving to 22nm versions in 2013 and 14nm in 2014.
In "intelligent systems" (also known as embedded systems), the market is changing from devices that are fixed and unchanged to products that are more intelligent and connected. In particular, he pointed to the automotive market and the company's partnerships with BMW, Kia, Nissan, and Toyota.
In addition, he talked about retail experiences, such as intelligent digital signage applications from companies like Macys, Lego, Adidas, Kraft, and Coca-Cola. Xeon processors are beginning to be accepted in wireless communications infrastructure systems, with wins at Korea Telecom, Huawei, and Verizon.
All these markets come together in what Otellini called the "compute continuum," where the Intel architecture provides a single programming model for multiple platforms. As an example, he noted Intel's McAfee All Access 2012, which works on multiple platforms but will provide the best security on Intel platforms.
Otellini concluded by discussing the history and direction of the semiconductor industry. Citing the advantages of following Moore's law, he said that in the 40 years since the introduction of the Intel 4004, processors have gotten 4,000 times faster, use 5,000 times less energy per transistor, and are 50,000 times less expensive per transistor.
In the 1960s and 70s we had integrated design and manufacturing (IDM) companies and in the 80s and 90s saw the emergence of fabless semiconductor companies and the foundry model. In the 2000s, a number of the logic IDMs such as TI and AMD moved to foundries.
The evolution was, in part, the result of Intel's lead in manufacturing technology. The company had a three-year lead with strained silicon when it released it in 2003. In 2007, it introduced high-k/metal game technology, three and a half years before competitors. With the Tri-Gate technology, announced last year, Intel expects to have a four-year lead because it's not just capital expenses driving Moore's Law, but inventions in areas such as materials science.
Above: Otellini describes Moore's Law
Since Intel remains an IDM, it has common goals between design and manufacturing, including shared development and continuous improvement. As a result, Intel has seen a consistent decline in cost per transistor that will continue for the foreseeable future, including at 14nm. But that isn't necessarily true for the foundry model, Otellini conceded.
A 200mm factory used to cost $1 billion whereas a current 300mm factory can cost $5 billion and an upcoming 450mm factory (which he expects around the end of the decade) will cost around $10 billion. This, will result in "an inflection point in semiconductors," where many manufacturers will be forced to use commodity semiconductors and trailing edge technologies while IDMs will have increased differentiation and the best transistors.
Intel is on track for 14nm in 2013, for other processors behind that, and for smaller geometries beyond that. It is currently ramping three factories for 22nm (in Oregon, Arizona, and Israel) and three more for 14nm (in Oregon, Arizona, and Ireland).


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