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startuphook_establish, startuphook_disestablish - add or remove a startup hook
#include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/systm.h> void * startuphook_establish(void (*fn)(void *), void *arg); void startuphook_disestablish(void *cookie);
The startuphook_establish() function adds fn to the list of hooks invoked by dostartuphooks(9) at startup. When invoked, the hook function fn will be passed arg as its only argument. The startuphook_disestablish() function removes the hook described by the opaque pointer cookie from the list of hooks to be invoked at startup. If cookie is invalid, the result of startuphook_disestablish() is undefined. Startup hooks should be used to perform one-time activities that must happen immediately before the root and swap devices are configured, but after normal device autoconfiguration. Startup hooks are, like shutdown hooks, implemented via the more general dohooks(9) API.
If successful, startuphook_establish() returns an opaque pointer describ- ing the newly established startup hook. Otherwise, it returns NULL.
It may be appropriate to use a startup hook to provide potential root or swap devices that have delayed configuration. The iop(4) shows an example of this usage.
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Marilyn Geewax
Marilyn Geewax is the senior business editor for NPR's National Desk. Besides assigning and editing business stories, Geewax regularly discusses economic issues on Weekend Edition Sunday.
Geewax was previously the national economics correspondent for Cox Newspapers' Washington Bureau. Before coming to Washington in 1999, she worked for the Cox flagship paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, first as a business reporter and then as a columnist and editorial board member. She has also reported for the Akron Beacon Journal.
In 2004, Geewax earned a master's degree at Georgetown University, where she focused on international economic affairs. During 1994-1995, she studied economics and international relations at Harvard as a Nieman Fellow. She was also a Davenport Fellow at the University of Missouri, and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Ohio State University.
From 2001 to 2006, Geewax taught a business journalism class as an adjunct professor at George Washington University.

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Bluebirds upset Big Sam's Hammers
Kenny Miller scored in stoppage time as West Ham began life in the npower Championship with a shock 1-0 home defeat to Cardiff.
Kenny Miller scored in stoppage time as West Ham began life in the npower Championship with a shock 1-0 home defeat to Cardiff.
Sam Allardyce's first match in charge of the Hammers, who are favourites for promotion back to the top flight, was heading towards a damp squib of a goalless draw as the rain lashed down at Upton Park.
But Miller crashed a dramatic winner on his Cardiff debut as West Ham were given a stark reminder that the Championship may not be the cakewalk the bookmakers are predicting.
Scott Parker should have put the home side ahead after 10 minutes when he found himself bearing down on goal but his touch let him down and Anthony Gerrard was able to make the challenge.
Frederic Piquionne - preferred in attack to Carlton Cole - also had an early opportunity but his shot was blocked by the legs of Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall, while Kevin Nolan headed wide and Freddie Sears blazed over.
Allardyce has also managed to keep hold of Robert Green, another member of Fabio Capello's squad, for the time being and the keeper was called into action to pull off a smart save from Don Cowie's header.
Green also had to tip Peter Whittingham's free-kick round the post as Cardiff finished the first half strongly while West Ham's early promise faded.
After the break Matt Taylor, another of Allardyce's summer recruits, tried to breathe some life into his new side. First the ex-Bolton midfielder cut inside and drove in a low shot which Marshall palmed away, then his strong run and cross was turned onto a post by Piquionne.
Defender James Tomkins thought he had broken the deadlock but his header was blocked on the line by Whittingham, while Marshall saved from Pablo Barrera a minute from time.
And as the clock ticked into stoppage time Miller, who had hardly had a sniff all game, collected a pull-back from substitute Rudy Gestede and lashed the ball past Green, who got a hand to the ball but could not keep it out.


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When photographer Jennifer Loeber's mother died, Loeber began to photograph her belongs as a way of coping with her grief. She matched her photos with vintage pictures that her father had taken of her mother and posted the pairs on Instagram. The resulting series, "Left Behind," is a poignant memorial, both deeply personal and universal.
The everyday objects that remain when loved one dies become an instant museum of sorts, freezing that person in time. A favorite pearl ring will never be replaced by a diamond; an unmatched glove will never be matched to its mate. A used lipstick, valueless in itself, becomes a cherished object, chosen and applied by the person so missed. Many times these everyday objects are the most touching and the most difficult to dispose of.
"I found myself deeply overwhelmed by the need to keep even the most mundane of my Mom's belongings when she died suddenly this past February. Instead of providing comfort and good memories they became a source of deep sadness and anxiety and I knew the only way I would be able to move past that was to focus on a way to interact with them cathartically. I had recently become active on Instagram and realized that utilizing the casual aspects of sharing on the app was a way to diminish my own sentimentality towards the objects my Mom left behind."
Reframing the objects allowed Loeber to experience them without searing grief. Instead of the items feeling haunted, they became imbued by fond memories of her mother's life. By matching them with her father's photos she was able to make a fitting memorial to her mother, one that was less about personal pain than about remembrance.
"My dad refused to hold a traditional funeral service because he and I believe you should celebrate a life, not mourn it. I'm sure this body of work falls in line with that concept." (Source)


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U pdate: In the 7 or so months since we first published this story, Facebook's market cap has more than doubled, and reached $50 billion.
Click here for an updated the list of Facebook's billionaires and soon-to-be billionaires >>
Earlier: Last we looked at the private markets where Facebook stock is traded, the company had an implied valuation of well over $22 billion.
That means lots of Facebook employees, ex-employees, investors and other stakeholders are, on paper, wealthy enough that their children and their children's children will never have to work.
And when Facebook finally IPOs sometime in 2011 or 2012, that paper wealth is going turn into spendable cash.
Hello, yachts and huge houses!
But who at Facebook owns how much stock?
In his upcoming, brilliantly-reported, must-have-if-you-care-about-business book, The Facebook Effect, Fortune editor David Kirkpatrick solves the mystery.
Go buy David Kirkpatrick's brilliantly-reported, fast-paced book, The Facebook Effect - now!


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An attorney for an accused big-money madam isn't offering just legal arguments to get her out of jail — he's ready to offer her his home.
In the latest eye-catching turn in the case surrounding Anna Gristina, lawyer Peter J. Gleason said Monday he'd put up his $2.5 million Manhattan loft as security for her $2 million bail — and to have her be under house arrest and electronic monitoring there with her family — even as he and her court-appointed attorney sparred publicly over Gleason's role in the case.
"I really have a fundamental belief in justice, and I despise what I perceive as someone being bullied," Gleason said outside court, where a judge set a hearing for Thursday on the unusual bail plan. ". I want them to move in with me."
Prosecutors oppose the bail request, saying it raises ethical questions.
"There is serious concern (about) having a lawyer put up any sort of bail, much less his home," Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Charles Linehan told the court.
State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he wasn't convinced there was an ethics problem but wanted to research the issue further.
Accused of running a high-priced prostitution service for 15 years and boasting of having law-enforcement connections, the Scottish-born Gristina has pleaded not guilty to promoting prostitution. Prosecutors say the 44-year-old mother of four and pig rescuer from Monroe, N.Y., was heard during their five-year investigation saying she'd made millions of dollars.
Gleason, however, said Monday she doesn't have "two nickels to rub together." She was trying to start a legitimate dating service, he says.
The case has been splashed across the front pages of the city's tabloid newspapers for days, and Gleason has become the public face of her defense. Working for her for free, he has spoken to gaggles of reporters outside the courthouse and gone on morning television shows to counter the allegations against her.
His role has engendered questions from the judge — who prompted Gleason to acknowledge in court Monday that he has never tried a felony case — and tensions with her court-appointed lawyer, Richard Siracusa. Siracusa, a veteran defense lawyer, was put on the case before Gleason got involved at the behest of a Gristina family friend.
Gleason told the judge Monday that Gristina wanted Siracusa off the case — and, moreover, wanted the highly unusual privilege of picking a taxpayer-paid replacement. Judges sometimes will replace an appointed lawyer if the attorney and defendant can't get along, but the defendant doesn't generally get to choose the new attorney.
"She's an intelligent, stoic, strong-willed person who has very, very sound ideas on the type of person she wants to represent her," Gleason said.
He said Siracusa hadn't visited her in jail and hadn't told her in advance about a court hearing last week that was conducted without her, among other complaints.
Siracusa, on the other hand, said Gleason had "been nothing but a hindrance to me."
After a short court break, however, Siracusa said he had consulted with Gristina and believed they could resolve their differences.
Wearing a black-and-white herringbone sweater and her bobbed, honey-blond hair in waves, Gristina watched keenly but said little during the proceedings, besides briefly assuring the judge she understood his remarks.
Meanwhile, Gristina's co-defendant, former matchmaking service recruiter Jaynie Baker, remained at large. Defense lawyer Robert Gottlieb said he had contacted prosecutors on her behalf, but he declined to say Monday whether she planned to turn herself in.


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Celebrating 10 years of jazz at The Ocean Institute, Dana Point, a sold-out crowd came together for two evenings of incredible music, fabulous food and, most importantly, a purpose of raising funds to support the institute's educational programs. They accomplished their goal with style and success, raising $180,000 net.
The jazz and gourmet dining event unfolded on Feb. 3 and 4, presented by organizers at The Ocean Institute in conjunction with partners 94.7 The Wave radio, which was represented by anchors Pat Prescott and Kim Amidon.
Producer and jazz artist Rick Braun once again was at the helm of the fundraiser, joining fellow artists David Benoit and Mindi Abair in helping attract the sold-out jazz loving crowd.
The festivities began on the evening of Friday, Feb. 3, with a less formal program supported by some 290 patrons, who came to hear Braun and friends, while sampling delicacies from IL Fornaio and wines hosted by Pear Valley Vineyards.
For the big gourmet dinner night on Feb. 4, another 200 guests came for sunset cocktails and hors d' oeuvres created by Newport's Balboa Bay Club & Resort and Park Hyatt Aviara Resort. This was followed by an out-of-this-world, four-course epicurean extravaganza prepared by a Who's Who roster of local culinary talent, including chefs from The Ritz Carlton Laguna Niguel, Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa, St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort & Spa and The Montage Laguna Beach.
Perhaps it is unfair to tease the reader with a review of the dinner, but here is a sampling of exceptional highlights. The Israeli artichoke bisque served in espresso cups was warm and comforting, and was a welcome sight to party goers on the cold February night. In addition to the soup, oysters adorned with caviar in a sea urchin sauce treated the taste buds and took one on a voyage deep into the Pacific Ocean.
Arugula, goat cheese, winter grapefruit and beet salad with a smoked almond vinaigrette for the starter salad was a clean simple salad, which prepared the tongue for the meal to come. The brightness of the flavors were only rivaled by the high notes of jazz star Rick Braun.
And much like Braun complementing saxophonist Mindi Abair, this gave way to a luxurious; pa- seared jumbo sea scallop with warm blood orange vinaigrette. The scallops tasted as fresh as if they had been taken off the shores near The Ocean Institute, followed by an entrée of beef filet.
Spotted in the dinner crowd and enjoying the smooth sounds of jazz were Maria Barney, Robert Kline, Bonnie and Patrick Fuscoe, Reggie Jackson, Charyl and Dennis Assael, Denise and Steven Eisenberg, Robert and Kathy Levenstein, Bryan and Jeanne Stirrat, Roger and Juniel Worthington, and Debby and Brian Steel.
Following dinner, a live auction preceded the jazz performance by Braun, Benoit and Abair.
Chaired by super-dedicated local residents Tim McMahon and Jens von Gierke, the two -night event was possibly the best in its 10-year history. To date, more than $735,000 has been raised at the annual jazz party. The money goes toward supporting immersion-style educational programs in various aspects of ocean-related subject matter, reaching an estimated 115,000 students and public visitors to the institute each and every year.
To learn about the Ocean Institute, visit http://www.ocean-institute.orghttp://www.ocean-institute.org.
THE CROWD runs Thursdays and Saturdays. B.W. Cook is editor of the Bay Window, the official publication of the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach.


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ACC Morning Five: 11.21.11 EditionPosted by mpatton on November 21st, 2011
Well…when it rains, it pours. And good lord did it pour following the ACC's perfect 26-0 start. The conference has since gone 8-8 with absolutely hideous losses from Boston College (getting beaten by Holy Cross might be OK, but by 22?), Clemson (at College of Charleston would be one thing; at Littlejohn is another), and supposed-upstart Virginia (TCU is an acceptable loss… in football).
- ACCSports.com: Mike Krzyzewski sounded a little like Dean Smith when he talked about win number 903 and retirement. Although he acknowledged the record was a big deal, Coach K deflected much of the credit to his former players. He also doesn't have a set goal for wins or seasons as he looks to retirement. Rather, to quote him, "my thing probably will not be as planned. I'll know. I'll just know." This seems the general sentiment for hypercompetitive coaches. Gary Williams obviously just knew after last season. Smith just knew in 1997.
- TarHeelBlue.com: Roy Williams has filled out his coaching staff with a couple of former players in Bobby Frasor and Jackie Manuel. Technically they aren't coaches. Frasor is the assistant video coordinator and Manuel is the strength and conditioning coordinator. Coincidentally, both alumni-turned-employees played for Williams' championship teams in 2005 and 2009.
- Baltimore Sun – Tracking the Terps: You can criticize Mark Turgeon for many things, but not about his candidness. After a blowout loss to Iona (an experienced team which many will likely predict to upset someone in the Big Dance), Turgeon said: "This is the biggest challenge I've ever had in coaching. It's not even close. To me, the kids have got to care more. I've taken over programs before that were picked low in their league, but the kids did what they were supposed to do." Turgeon's attack feels risky to me. He has a young team that's also shorthanded. Terrell Stoglin only took up point guard duties just last week because of Pe'Shon Howard's injury. At the same time, lack of effort needs to be nipped in the bud immediately. As Turgeon is showing, it's a delicate balance one has to walk as a high-major college basketball coach.
- Charlotte Observer: In the wake of Ryan Harrow's transfer, Lorenzo Brown has really stepped up for NC State. Against Princeton he dropped 16 points and dished eight dimes — including one for the game-winning shot to Deshawn Painter. On the game-winning play the Charlotte Observer's JP Giglio said, "it was the kind of assertive play N.C. State has been missing from the point guard position for the better part of 20 years." I'm not sure I'd go that far, but Brown has game and will be the X-factor for a young, talented Wolfpack team.
- Lexington Herald-Leader: Jerry Tipton set out to answer the question, "since the John Wooden-led UCLA dynasty ended in 1975, which program sets the standard for excellence?" Unsurprisingly Seth Davis, Robyn Norwood and Blair Kerkhoff all chose either Duke or North Carolina at the top spot. Jay Bilas hinted at an elite tier of programs that included eight teams. I'd tend to agree, although Kentucky should be very close behind.


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McCutchen, Jones homer, Pirates beat Brewers 6-5
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones hit consecutive homers and James McDonald struck out eight and won for the third time in four starts when the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 Sunday, June 3rd.
McDonald (5-2) held the Brewers to four hits and a walk, and only one of the three runs he allowed was earned. He pitched out of a jam in the sixth inning, then departed after throwing 100 pitches. He gave up a run for the first time after 13 scoreless innings, ending the longest scoreless run by a Pirates pitcher this season.
Joel Hanrahan pitched a shaky ninth for his 14th save of the season. Brooks Conrad led off with a solo home run, and pinch-hitter George Kottaras walked before Norichika Aoki hit into a game-ending double play.
Clint Barmes hit a solo shot off John Axford in the ninth that extended the Pirates' lead to 6-4.
Martin Maldonado, called up earlier this week to replace injured catcher Jonathan Lucroy, hit a solo shot in the seventh for his first major league home run, and got Milwaukee within one.
McDonald led off the fifth inning with a single, and scored on McCutchen's homer. Jones later made it 4-2 Pirates by homering for the second day in a row.
Rod Barajas added a solo homer in the top of the sixth. Brewers starter Michael Fiers (1-1) gave up four runs and eight hits with eight strikeouts and a walk in five innings in his second big league start.
Nyjer Morgan homered for the second time in three days for Milwaukee, after ending a streak of 138 plate appearances without a homer — or RBI — to start the season on Friday night.
With two outs in the first, Taylor Green hit an RBI double and Rickie Weeks singled in a run against McDonald, who struck out Cody Ransom to end the inning.
He retired 14 straight battrs before Morgan hit a solo home run with one out in the sixth inning to cut the Pirates lead to 5-3.
Morgan's solo homer in the first inning Friday night snapped his major league record of 138 consecutive plate appearances without an RBI to start a season.
Brewers slugger Ryan Braun was held out of the lineup for a second consecutive day after aggravating a right Achilles tendon injury and hurting his right hip sliding into second base on Friday night.
Braun pinch-hit for Ransom with runners on first and second in the eighth but flied out deep to right to end the inning. The Brewers were without third baseman Aramis Ramirez, who left Saturday night's game with a strained left quadriceps. Green got the start at third Sunday.
Barmes hit an RBI single in the second to get Pittsburgh on the board.
The Brewers scored two unearned runs off of McDonald in the first when Morgan reached on an error, stole second, and scored on Taylor Green's double. Rickie Weeks followed with a run-scoring single.
NOTES: The Brewers have used a new starting lineup in each of the last 17 games. Casey McGehee, a member of the Brewers playoff team last year, got a start at third base for the Pirates on Sunday. Pirates rookie first baseman Matt Hague's hitting streak ended at eight games after going 0 for 4. He had hit safely in every game in which he had played since being promoted from Triple-A Indianapolis on May 25. Brewers pitcher Randy Wolf entered the game as a pinch runner in the ninth.


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Formula 1: Sauber sign deal with Ferrari for 2018
Sauber have signed a "multi-year" engine deal with Ferrari from 2018.
The move, a day after Sauber cancelled their planned switch to Honda engines next year, is a continuation of a relationship that started in 2010.
Sources say the deal is likely to see Formula 2 frontrunner Charles Leclerc, a Ferrari protege, promoted to Formula 1 with Sauber in 2018.
The deal is for latest-spec engines the Ferrari works team will use - Sauber are using year-old engines this season.
The team this year run Swede Marcus Ericsson and German Pascal Wehrlein. Ericsson's backers are part-owners of the team but Wehrlein is funded by Mercedes.
Team principal Frederic Vasseur said the partnership would "allow us to move forward swiftly and efficiently".
So Wehrlein is out. Spec engines and FINALLY!!!!!! a developement team for Ferrari.


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"The cloud is not the cloud without the network." Those were the words of NTT America CTO Doug Junkins during his keynote presentation at Monday's day-long Cloud Carrier Forum, one of several breakout summits that took place on the first day of the Cloud Connect conference in Santa Clara, Calif., produced by UBM TechWeb, parent to InformationWeek.
Junkins was speaking to a standing-room-only mix of cloud industry stakeholders including telcos; cloud infrastructure and management solution providers; enterprise consumers; and software as a service (SaaS) and cloud application providers. The message--practically a constant theme throughout the day--was that carriers like AT&T and Verizon are uniquely positioned to be the preferred providers of an array of cloud-based services to enterprises--everything from virtualized networks to public and private infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. It's just a matter of time before the telcos recognize the opportunities, realign their currently siloed businesses, and embrace more of a "Telco 2.0" culture.
One point that was consistently made during the Forum: Not only do the carriers already own the networks across which all cloud-based data and content is already trafficked, they have a decades-old and relatively bulletproof track record in delivering secure and highly available services.
[ For more, see Four Things I'd Like To See At Cloud Connect. ]
The opportunity for both carriers and enterprises alike is not to be underestimated since the land grab for cloud computing customers is far from over. According to Heavy Reading senior analyst Ari Banerjee, cloud computing will account for a bare 13% of the global enterprise IT spend in 2013, leaving plenty of traditionally spent IT budget to be disrupted by the cloud. (Heavy Reading is the research arm of Light Reading which is also a division of InformationWeek's parent UBM TechWeb.) That percentage is likely to climb through the decade as more IT pros begin to recognize that just about everything (including their networks) can be very cost-efficiently virtualized, and more organizations follow the lead of federal programs like the U.S. government's Cloud First initiative, whereby agencies are required to consider cloud computing alternatives ahead of on-premises options.
Further explaining why carriers are well-positioned to take their piece of that pie, Banerjee detailed how the carriers "own the network, they own the subscribers, they are used to delivering five nines availability, they know how to provide turnkey applications and services to hot market segments like [small and midsize businesses] SMBs, and much like the way that Amazon got started in the business of IaaS-provision, they have data centers with extra capacity."
Deep business and operations support systems (B/OSS) experience is another arrow in the quiver of telcos. Running and billing for highly available and scalable on-demand cloud-based services depends on the presence of equally scalable and available B/OSS--just another discipline that's already in the wheelhouse of all the major telcos.
Given telcos' background and existing role in delivery, the actual business opportunities are too numerous to list. For example, the economics of the telcos' data centers aren't substantially different from those of Amazon's or Rackspace's. There's no reason telcos can't deliver compute services like Amazon's EC2 or storage services like Amazon's S3, providing all of the necessary management infrastructure for migrating workloads from private to public clouds and even between multiple public clouds.


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Share your Christmas card ideas on ScrapScene! Please click here for details on how to submit your card idea. See all previously featured cards here.
Today's card, for Day 15, is by Karen Conner. She made the card below by creating her own background paper using Chlorox bleach! Read on to learn more about this fun technique!
"Used a SU Christmas Tree stamp & stamped it on green cardstock using CHLOROX. Pour some on a papertowel folded in a container. Then I sponged distress ink over top of a snowflake die. Then I took a white gel pen and outlined the snowflake on the whole sheet. I used the background paper on the card."
Karen is a new member of the Nice Crane Designs team and she used their wonderful images on this card.
Thanks, Karen! Please visit her blog here and also click here to see another card she made like this one.


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It Might Make Your Hair Stand on End
By Jennifer Donovan | Published
Boy Scouts are discovering that science can be pretty exciting. In fact, it can make your hair stand on end.
At Michigan Technological University's Youth Programs tent—the only university exhibit in the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree Technology Quest complex—Scouts can touch the shiny ball of a Van de Graaff generator, a simple electromagnetic device that will literally make their hair stand on end. They can also run through (or over) Oobleck, a strange substance that displays the properties of both a liquid and a solid.
They will learn how to use liquid nitrogen to make 60-second ice cream. They will also get to ride a hovercraft powered by a leaf blower and try a Rubens' Tube, a physics experiment that demonstrates the relationship between sound waves and sound pressure by making flames dance to music. The Boy Scouts will also be doing a DNA demonstration in the Michigan Tech Youth Programs tent.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Boy Scouts to discover for themselves the fun and excitement of science and technology," said the University's Youth Programs outreach director Steve Patchin.
Patchin and his staff have created a travelling science road show called "Mind Trekkers" that includes the Jamboree activities, and they take it all over—to Green Bay, Wis., and Grand Rapids, Mich, for example—wherever large groups of impressionable young people gather. Their goal is simple: to get kids hooked on science.
The hands-on activities are a perfect complement to the state university's mission—to prepare the next generation to create the future for an increasingly technological world. And they exemplify Michigan Tech's commitment to hands-on education.
Every one of the 40,000 to 50,000 Boy Scouts attending the 10-day Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia will have at least one opportunity to participate in Michigan Tech's Technology Quest activities. Those who complete at least one activity will receive a custom-designed Boy Scout Jamboree shoulder patch.
Seven Michigan Tech students, four University staff members and the associate dean of the College of Engineering will be at the Jamboree, as will Ned Dake, a 90-year-old Michigan Tech graduate who became an Eagle Scout in the 1930s and continues to work with the Boy Scouts to this day.
Michigan Technological University is a public research university, home to more than 7,000 students from 54 countries. Founded in 1885, the University offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science and technology, engineering, forestry, business and economics, health professions, humanities, mathematics, and social sciences. Our campus in Michigan's Upper Peninsula overlooks the Keweenaw Waterway and is just a few miles from Lake Superior.


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darkness.com needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
Add flavor to an existing background image.
We have an existing background image branding our sites offerings and want to theme it with various events by making usually small changes.
The original:
Some examples in the recent past that I've done:
The original images to work with are below, background and bottom.
Please look at http://www.darkness.com/ for the layout and make sure the image customization isn't hidden behind the central table so that it's effect is lacking or missing.
If you win this contest, I would be interested in other customizations for various events or holidays. Please do not enter if you are not available to complete a set of customizations over the next few weeks.
- Yule, Christmas inspired theme
- Several small elements while keeping the central theme
- Some possible ideas:
- a santa hat on the header raven
- snow drift across the header letters
- mistletoe
- maybe a dark holly wreath across the foreheads of the faces on the left and right
- maybe a small candle or few somewhere
I don't want to lose the central theme or overwhelm it completely distracting from the existing image and theme.


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Phone: 503-823-2375
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Phone: 503-823-2375
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The City was proud to join ROSE CDC, in the grand opening of Greenview Terrace yesterday.
The City invested nearly $3 million in HOME Funds and partnered with Oregon Housing and Community Services and Network for Oregon Affordable Housing (NOAH).
In his remarks, Commissioner Dan Saltzman shared his views on how bringing 31 affordable units to low-income earning families in East Portland is the City's idea of a sound investment.
Greenview Terrace is at a transit hub, only six blocks from the MAX and the 20 bus line right outside. These allow residents access to living wage jobs, high performing schools, fresh and healthy foods and all the opportunities that our city provides.
The Portland Housing Bureau utilized the HUD Section 3 Program, which creates contracting opportunities for low- and very-low income people and businesses from our local community.
Greenview Terrace met and exceeded its Section 3 goals. This project set goals to work with 30 percent of new hires and 10 percent of existing contractors who are low-income earners from the local community. The actual numbers are 88.89 percent for new hires and 21.44 for existing contractors.
Portland Housing Bureau also exceeded its 20 percent goal for minority, women and emerging small businesses contracting on projects we invest in. We achieved 29 percent participation for the total construction contract.
The rehab to this building focused on green energy upgrades to improve efficiency and reduce costs for both residents and owners.
Because of the Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration grant awarded to the City of Portland by the HUD Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control, we invested $180,000 to address lead hazards at Greenview Terrace. Those resources allowed us to protect 36 children from the harmful effects of lead poisoning, which can cause permanent learning and behavior problems.


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Postgres is the enterprise-class open source database used by some of the largest companies in the world to handle all types of workloads. Companies like VMware, Microsoft (through its acquisition of Skype), Apple and Facebook (through its acquisition of Instagram) are all PostgreSQL users. So too are the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Fujitsu, NTT, Sony-Ericsson, Sony Online Entertainment, the U.S. State Department and Yahoo. Postgres has reached a boiling point and things are about to really heat up in the database space. Ed Boyajian, CEO at EnterpriseDB, has outlined five reasons why Postgres has reached a tipping point.
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Two deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, including one from the Crescenta Valley Station, were treated for minor injuries following a fight with a suspect and a related car crash in Altadena Saturday afternoon.
The suspect and three motorists involved in the collision were also taken to area hospitals with minor injuries, Sheriff's Sgt. Brian Mann said.
Deputies with the Altadena Sheriff's Station were responding to a family disturbance call in the 200 block of Galbreth Road in Altadena at about 3:30 p.m. when the clash erupted between deputies and a man at the location.
The man's identity was not immediately available.
A patrol car heading from the Crescenta Valley Station to assist the Altadena deputies crashed into a vehicle at the intersection of Woodbury Road and North Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, Mann said.
The injured motorists were not connected to the initial incident, he said.
-- Joe Piasecki, Times Community News
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Aqua Yoga
Name: Aqua Yoga
Date: May 7, 2018
Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM EDT
Website: http://www.practiceyoga.com
Trip Builder: View Trip
Event Description:
AquaYoga is a fun, friendly introduction to yoga. With easy stretches and no weight bearing exercises, it's good for all levels of fitness. We wrestle with pool noodles and have fun (and gossip) for the hour. You'll make friends and get some exercise at the same time! This class takes place all year long- in the outdoors during the summer, and indoors the rest of the year. Hope to see you in the pool!


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website for learning languages
everyone who wants to learn a language (currently 7 languages are supported)
we are http://www.babbel.com and we want to optimize
the design of the progress bars on our website.
Register for free on http://www.babbel.com (a language learning website)
and you'll see the current progress bar on your (logged in)
homepage at the bottom of the big gray course box.
The current progress bar is missing next an previous buttons
which should be included in the new design.
We don't want a completely new look, just a slight an noble
enhancement that doesn't clash with the rest of the website.
A similar progress bar is shown in the top menu when you start a tutorial.
The design job is to create a design for the progress bar on the homepage with:
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By Ryo Sumikawa
Off the Tourist Track is not about the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. Instead it's about little-known places such as Omine-okugake Trail spanning Nara and Wakayama Prefectures.
This 170-km trail connects Mt. Yoshino with Kumano-hongu Taisha Shrine, the most difficult route among the pilgrimage spots in the Kii Mountains, and designated a World Heritage site. In the Nara Period (710 - 784) this trail was used for training by a founder of the Shugendo Buddhist sect and became popular on the journey to Kumano Shrine during the Edo Period (1600 - 1867).
The most famous part of the Omine-okugake Trail is the first half, from Sanjou-gatake to Hakkyou-gatake. The two-night, three-day course from Horakawa to Zenki is popular and is introduced in Lonely Planet's Hiking in Japan. Women are still prohibited on Sanjou-gatake, while Hakkyou-gatake is one of Japan's hundred famous peaks, and the highest point in the Kansai area at 1,914 meters.
I recently walked Minami-okugake, the last half of the trail. The first half is quite challenging, and there are few people on this low altitude section. The top is covered with trees so there is no panoramic view, and with no mountain huts, you have to carry in your camping gear.
But the real reward is as you approach Tamaoki Shrine; you will be shocked to see such a distinctive ancient shrine deep in the mountains, and there is a huge Japanese cedar over 1,000 years old. Here you can enjoy piece of history and have the woods all by yourself. You'll be glad you chose Minami-okugake—the path less traveled.
The entire trip will take four nights and five days and cost about ¥58,000.
Ryo Sumikawa (aka boss monkey) is an editor at BE-PAL as well as the travel magazine b*p. Website: http://bp.way-nifty.com
Trip Length: 4 nights & 5 days
Approximate Trip Cost: ¥58,000(self catering)
DAY 1: Arrive Zenki Shimokiyama Village. (Nara) and stay at Konakabou(reservation necessary). Price: ¥4,000 (self-catering); Tel: 072-834-1074
DAY 2: Zenki to Minami-okugake path. Stay at Heiji-no-Yado(unattended hut).
DAY 3: To Hanaorizuka and Tamaoki Shrine.
DAY 4: To Kumano. Stay at Oguriya Inn at Yunomine hot spring. Price: ¥8,000 with meal (reservation necessary). Tel: (0735) 42-0103
DAY 5: Visit Kumano-hongu-taisha Shrine in the morning. Take a bus to Shirahama Airport and return.


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Geomate.jr Now Supports Pocket Queries
By now you've probably heard of the Geomate.jr – a rugged, affordable, easy-to-use geocaching GPS. And you've probably heard that there's no need to plan ahead or type in any coordinates as the Geomate.jr comes preloaded with about 250,000 geocaches covering all 50 U.S. states. And you may also have heard that with an Update Kit, you can load complete geocache lists for anywhere in the world or setup your own private geocaching course. But have you heard that the Geomate.jr now supports Pocket Queries? Yep, that's right – you now have the final say of what gets loaded onto your Geomate.jr. Armed with an Update Kit and mygeomate.com, just select your Pocket Query and load it into any Geomate.jr!
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The Vancouver Art Gallery presents exhibitions of work by artists ranging from historic masters to leading-edge contemporaries. These include major thematic exhibitions, presentations of solo artists and smaller, more focused showcases. In a typical year, 2 to 3 exhibitions are borrowed from other institutions and 10 to 12 exhibitions are developed in-house, drawing on our permanent collection and loans of works from around the world. In addition, the Gallery tours a few of its exhibitions each year.
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Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery
What is a museum collection? How does it reveal the personalities and particulars of an institution? For eighty years, the Vancouver Art Gallery has been acquiring artworks, and drawn exclusively from this permanent collection, An Autobiography of Our Collection considers the fascinating history of collecting at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The exhibition uses the concept of autobiography to explore how objects in a museums collectionand the collection as a wholeare charged with narrating an institutions history, identity and aspirations. It considers the different figures who have played defining roles and reveals other forces that have shaped and re-shaped the Gallerys personality, position and self-understanding.
Rather than creating a singular, cohesive story, this exhibition accentuates how the history and identity of an institution are fragmented, full of layered notations and self-perceptions. Collections, like human beings, are always in flux and under self-revision. An Autobiography of Our Collection incorporates the voices of many individual artists, collectors, museum staff and others who have shaped the narratives of the Vancouver Art Gallery. The exhibited work is both contemporary and historic, spanning from Emily Carr to Shirin Neshat and Andy Warhol to Brian Jungen. The more than eighty artists on view will also include B.C. Binning, Reg Davidson, Gathie Falk, Robert Frank, Andreas Gursky, Won Ju Lim, Robert Rauschenberg, George Segal, Takao Tanabe and Lawrence Weiner.
An Autobiography of Our Collection reveals the rich and diverse web of stories and ideas which together describe something of this place, while highlighting the long and colourful history that has brought together one of the most compelling collections of art in Canada.
Organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery and curated by Ian Thom, senior curator, historical, and Heidi Reitmaier, independent curator.
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A Printhead Error Is Appearing on a Lexmark E250d(n), E350d, E352dn, or E450dn Printer
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A Printhead Error message indicates that the printhead (laser scanner) unit inside the printer is not working correctly.
NOTE: On the E250d(n) models, all service errors are signified by the flashing of all of the lights. To determine if this is a printhead error, quickly double-press the button to see the secondary code. If the !, , and lights are the only ones blinking, a printhead or a motor failure is indicated. For more information on deciphering the error lights, click here (PDF file, 255KB).
If this is the first time you have seen the error, power off the printer. Wait for ten seconds or more before turning it back on. This gives the printer a chance to reset.
Power the printer back on. If it goes to the Ready state, try printing again. Should the error not return, continue using the printer. Otherwise, proceed with the next step.
If this is an intermittent error, you may want to check the printer's power cable and how it is plugged into the wall.
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You may also want to try plugging the printer into a different wall outlet to see whether the printhead error continues. This will eliminate the power source as a possible cause of the issue.
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1. Re: Packages @core @basemsavy Apr 5, 2012 2:51 PM (in response to Cristian Roldan)
The easiest way to determine this is to run:
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on the appropriate OS and version (it varies).
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'Fiscal Cliff' Hangs Over Consumer Spending
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The economic benefits of the holiday spending season could be compromised by the threat of looming tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff." Though most consumers say they are not limiting their spending due to these concerns, a third of Americans, 33%, have cut back on personal spending as a result of the budget showdown in Washington, D.C., according to Bankrate's December Financial Security Index. This month, the index dropped to 95.6, the lowest of 2012.
"If that 33% each spend 10% less and the others spend the same, consumption goes down by 3.3%," says Robert Barone, Ph.D., an economist and portfolio manager at Universal Value Advisors in Reno, Nev.
"The fiscal cliff can't be making it better. Consumer confidence took a horrible plunge in November -- but I can't tell whether this was due to Republicans losing confidence because (former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt) Romney lost or because of the looming fiscal cliff. Probably some of both," he says.
The survey respondents who did say that they have cut back on spending were much more likely to be Republican or Independent voters, at 42% and 38%, respectively, compared to 24% of Democrats.
Consumers earning less than $30,000 per year were more likely to say they have curtailed spending, at 43%, than the highest earning cohort. Only 25% of those earning $75,000 or more say they are spending less due to fiscal cliff concerns.
If Americans truly are spending less, it could be reflected in the gross domestic product, an indicator of how fast -- or slow -- the economy grows.
"Consumer spending is two-thirds of the economy. It's a big driver," says Jeff Nauta, CFA, CFP professional and principal at Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors in Belmont, Mich.
Battering the almighty consumer
The fiscal showdown comes at an inopportune time of year. Retailers typically rake in the majority of their profits in the fourth quarter. In addition, Superstorm Sandy has diverted discretionary spending dollars to repairs of storm-damaged homes rather than gifts or dining out.
Watch Greg McBride break down the poll results.
With several events conspiring to undermine consumer spending, teasing out the specific influences is complicated, according to Chris Christopher, a senior principal economist and director of U.S. and global consumer markets with IHS Global Insight, a global market information and analytics company.
Though most consumers ignored the tax and spending showdown all year, fiscal cliff fears may have started to drag on consumer confidence right after the election.
"You sort of notice, especially with the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, that (confidence) was climbing up to the presidential election. And then after the presidential election, it took a hit. The politicians were talking about the fiscal cliff almost the day after the election," Christopher says.
"Our analysis of Black Friday and online sales looks pretty robust. However, we do think that getting into the month of December that consumer spending won't be as strong as it would be otherwise if the fiscal cliff issues weren't around. People are not going to cut back completely, but they're going to be a little cautious. One, because confidence is lower, but two, they're a little worried that maybe coming into the new year, they'll be paying higher taxes," he says.
Nauta says taxes have been the main focus of his clients with regard to the fiscal cliff.
"If taxes are going up, consumers are going to spend less," he says.
As resilient as consumers have been this year, tying up the loose fiscal ends in a neat bow before the end of the year would soothe economic fears -- at least until the next crisis. Congress doesn't have to put it under a tree, but resolving the problems would be a nice year-end present for everyone.
Copyright 2012, Bankrate Inc.


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The mission of the Housing Authority of Racine County is to be the leader in making excellent affordable housing available for low, very low, and extremely low income families in Racine County. Through effective management and responsible stewardship of public funds, we will forge effective partnerships to maximize housing-related social and economic opportunities. We will foremost promote home ownership and also self-sufficiency and urban stability.


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What manga do you want to see adapted most, regardless of how popular or publicized they are?
The mystery I'm referring to is the fact that Mysterious Girlfriend X (among other names), the highly touted and incredibly awesome manga by Ueshiba Riichi, still hasn't been adapted into an anime.
And some of you may be saying, "Haven't you said this before?" Well the answer is a clear and well defined "Yes," but I don't feel like looking for that post where I actually said things about Mysterious Girlfriend X. I'm pretty sure I only said "This manga is awesome!" like 50 times anyway ( it is very, very awesome).
Look at some of the shit that's been adapted from manga. We've got shows like Boku was Tomodachi ga Sukunai, which is a good manga if you ask me, and is well deserving of an adaptation, but there's only a little more than a dozen chapters out (as I write this). Comparatively, Mysterious Girlfriend X has over 60 chapters released, and far exceeds Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai in terms of….well…..everything?
Then we have all of that fanservice shit that comes out every season, and then the cutesey anime that comes out……you know, all of the generic, cliche anime.
Mysterious Girlfriend X is anything but cliche. It's easily (to me) the most intriguing manga that I've read in recent memory (granted, I've stopped watching Gantz, Claymore, and Berserk because I want to wait until they've had a significant amount of chapters released). I mean, look at the main female character, who ranks number one on my top ten female manga character list. She could carry (oh wow I just farted smells TERRIBLE) any anime on her back, but in MGX, she doesn't even need to, because the plot, while simple for the most part, is intriguing as a plot can be. And with a girl like this:
I guess I'm just bitter. Truth is, there's a lot of great manga out there that I would love to see become anime:
- Inu Neko Jump
- Ai Kora
- Girlfriends
- Onani Master Kurosawa
- Franken Fran
- Gantz (again)
- Claymore (again)
- Iris Zero
- The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer
- Psyren
- Otoyomegatari
- Sankarea *Just found out that it got green lit for an anime adaptation!!! Can't wait!!!
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One day I was looking WordPress documentation to find some methods to add author box, I come across with this $contactmethods which can be used to add or remove fields from contact information section of WordPress. I am using 3.0 and I tried only on this version so not sure if it will work on older version of WordPress.
You need to add some lines of code in the Theme Functions (Functions.php) file comes in your theme. This is useful when you want to add your Twitter or Facebook account in you author profile page. Also, in the code you can add code lines to remove any existing field from contact info page. If you just want to remove existing profile field then do not use code to add new fields from the below snippet. Here is the code snippet for that, which you can add before ?> OR right after <?php -
function add_myExtra_ContactMethod( $contactmethods ) { // Add Twitter $contactmethods['twitter'] = 'Twitter'; // Add Facebook $contactmethods['facebook'] = 'Facebook'; //Remove Jabber / Google Talk unset($contactmethods['jabber']); return $contactmethods; } add_filter('user_contactmethods','add_myExtra_ContactMethod',10,1);
After adding this, if you will look into User Profile page, you will see 2 new profile fields and 1 Google Talk profile field missing -
Here is one more field which you may want to add to use in Authors profile display and that is for gender. Gender info you can later use to write "His/He" or "Her/She" in general description. For this just add something like this in above mentioned code -
// Add Gender $contactmethods['sex'] = 'Sex (male/female)';


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6 Definitions of Dam
The meaning of the word dam, the definition of Dam:
n. - A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.
n. - A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.
n. - A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.
n. - A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace.
v. t. - To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.
v. t. - To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.
The word "dam" uses 3 letters: A D M
Direct anagrams of dam:
Words formed by adding one letter before or after dam, or to dam in any order:
e - dame made mead i - amid diam maid n - damn p - damp r - dram s - dams mads u - duma maud
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BC: Summer 2009
2: Summer is finally here!
3: "It's a beautiful day, don't let it get away."
4: Emily loves her watermelon! Little Maggie wants to be just like her big sister!
5: Snorkeling July '09
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15: Always have a blast at the beach!
17: "A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken" - James Dent
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NOTICE: Ellagic Acid is a natural nutrient found in many potent anti-cancer fruits and nuts. By itself, it is not a cancer treatment, but it is important to understand the importance of this nutrient when putting together your cancer treatment and especially your "cancer diet."
Chapter on Natural Treatments For Advanced Cancer Patients
How It Works
Ellagic acid is a naturally occurring polyphenolic constituent found in 46 different fruits and nuts such as grapes, pomegranate, red raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, and walnuts. "[Ellagic acid] prevents the binding of carcinogens to DNA and strengthens connective tissue, which may keep cancer cells from spreading." (1) Ellagic Acid has the ability to inhibit mutations within a cell's DNA. Furthermore, it is considered to be a cancer inhibitor which has the ability to cause apoptosis or normal cell death in cancer cells.
5 Ways Blueberries Fight Disease
1. Kills cancer cells.
2. Stops the growth of tumors.
3. Inhibits and stops mitosis-cancer cell division, and apoptosis; normal cell death.
4. Helps prevent cancer and birth defects.
5. Can work as an antibacterial.
Ellagic Acid
First, ellagic acid kills cancer cells:
Healthy cells have a normal life cycle of approximately 120 days before they die. This process is called apoptosis (natural cell death). The body replaces these dying cells with healthy cells. Conversely, cancer cells do not die. They multiply by division, making two cancer cells, then four, eight, 16, 32 and so on. In lab tests, Ellagic Acid caused the cancer cells to go through the normal apoptosis process without damaging healthy cells. Chemotherapy, radiation and most conventional treatments cause the death of cancer cells and healthy cells indiscriminately, possibly destroying the immune system in the process. Ellagic Acid is clearly the sensible choice. (2)
Second, ellagic acid stops the growth of tumors:
Rats that consumed 5-10 percent of their diet as freeze-dried black raspberries and strawberries showed dramatic reductions in the growth of precancerous cells and tumor progression, the researchers found. And in other animal tests, Stoner told Reuters Health, the berries reduced colon cancer growth by 80 percent. The Ohio Department of Agriculture supported the research Stoner presented at the meeting. (2)
Third, ellagic acid causes G-arrest:
The Hollings Cancer Institute at the University of South Carolina has conducted a double blind study on a group of 500 cervical cancer patients that had everyone excited. Nine years of study have shown that a natural product called Ellagic acid is causing G-arrest within 48 hours (inhibiting and stopping mitosis-cancer cell division), and apoptosis (normal cell death) within 72 hours, for breast, pancreas, esophageal, skin, colon and prostate cancer cells. (3)
Fourth, ellagic acid helps prevent cancer, birth defects, etc.
European medical studies also demonstrate that Ellagic Acid is known to lower the incidence of birth defects, promote wound healing, reduce heart disease, and may reduce or reverse chemically induced liver fibrosis. (4)
Fifth, ellagic acid does a lot of other good things:
From Dr. Glen Halvorson's Book, Chemopreventive Properties of …Phytochemicals, we learn that ellagic acid is antibacterial, [it] destroys the H. pylori bacteria responsible for stomach ulcers, [it] protects the liver and liver function, [it] binds with carcinogens (chemicals that cause cancer) making them inactive, [it] prevents carcinogens from binding to DNA [and it] reduces glucose levels (aids in management of diabetes). (5)
Sixth, ellagic acid (i.e. from ellagitannins), is combined with glucose, making sure that cancer cells get a larger dose of ellagic acid than normal cells because cancer cells consume about 15 times more glucose than other cells. This means cancer cells probably get far more ellagic acid than normal cells:
Although ellagic acid is the bioactive agent that offers protection, the phytochemical is generally ingested in the form of another biochemical called ellagitannin. Plants produce ellagic acid and glucose that combine to form ellagitannins, which are water-soluble compounds that are easier for animals to absorb in their diets. Consequently, small amounts of ellagitannins derived from natural sources may be more effective in the human diet than large doses of purified ellagic acid. (6)
Here are some comments about blueberries:
Extremely rich in a wide range of powerful antioxidant flavonoids (phenolic compounds). Blueberries/bilberries have more anthocyanins than any other food – three times more than the second richest source, green tea. They are also high in quercetin and ellagic acid – two other powerful flavonoids.
Flavonoids can also attach themselves to proteins, modulating the action of enzymes, including the kinase enzymes necessary for cell proliferation. In this way, they are a very useful complement to cancer therapy. When high doses of flavonoids are taken, all cell proliferation is inhibited; but this does not harm normal cells which can simply 'rest' – however, cancer cells cannot survive in the resting state.
Flavonoids also lower blood sugar levels, can restrict angiogenesis, help to keep nitric oxide within a healthy range and raise the body's level of the endogenous antioxidant glutathione. Berries are also rich in vitamin C. (Original Page Down)
Here is how it works:
Ellagic Acid is a phenolic compound that has become known as a potent anti-carcinogenic/anti-mutagenic compound. It also has antibacterial and antiviral properties. Ellagic Acid itself is not thought to be naturally present in plants. Instead, polymers of gallic acid and hexahydroxydipenoyl (HHDP) are linked to glucose centers to form the class of compounds known as ellagitannins. When two gallic acid groups become linked side by side within a tannin molecule an HHDP group is formed. Ellagic Acid is the result when the HHDP group is cleaved from the tannin molecule and spontaneously rearranges. It is the ellagitannins that are present in red raspberries. (7)
Supercharging This Treatment
At the current time, ellagic acid supplements are generally not used as a stand-alone treatment for cancer. Rather, ellagic acid supplements are usually used in conjunction with other treatments. However, ellagic acid is found in fruits and nuts that are part of major alternative cancer treatments, such as the grape cure, Budwig Flaxseed (when walnuts are used), the Raw Food diet, etc.
It would probably be a mistake to take ellagic acid supplements without also consuming many natural, whole, raw foods that contain ellagic acid in order to get necessary enzymes and other synergistic nutrients.
The Hope For Cancer website, linked to below, uses an Ellagic Acid protocol and has had good results with lung cancer patients.
An alternative cancer treatment should be a complete treatment protocol. Do NOT forget to study the complete treatment protocol for Stage I, II and III cancer patients and the complete treatment protocol for Stage IV cancer patients:
Treatment For Stage I, II and III Cancer Patients
Treatment For Stage IV Cancer Patients
Site – Comments
- Ellagic Acid Vendor
- Hope For Cancer – Complete Ellagic Acid Protocol w/graviola
- Driscoll's – Major articles on berries, Ellagic Acid, Quercetin, etc.
- Oregon Berries – Excellent article on Black Raspberries, Ellagic Acid, etc. (need Adobe Acrobat)
- Washington Red Rasp. Comm. – More than 125 scientific studies referenced.
- Vendor – Red Raspberry Extract


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Bog Whortleberry Facts
Bog Whortleberry is another name for Bog Bilberry. The binomial name for Bog Bilberry is Vaccinium uliginosum. Also known as Bog Blueberry, Bog Huckleberry, Ground Hurts, and Northern Bilberry. Other species of Bilberry include Vaccinium myrtillus, or Bilberry, Vaccinium caespitosum, or Dwarf Bilberry, Vaccinium deliciosum, or Cascade Bilberry, and Vaccinium ovalifolium, or Oval Leaved Bilberry.
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Red berries protect the arteries
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George Strait Cancels CMT Music Awards Performance
George Strait was set to perform at the 2013 CMT Music Awards tonight (June 5), but the death of his father has forced him to cancel.
John Byron Strait died on Tuesday at the age of 91.
Strait had just finished his 2013 touring commitments, wrapping up the first leg of the of the two-year Cowboy Rides Away Tour on Saturday night in San Antonio. John Strait had been hospitalized for a month, according to a statement from the singer's representatives.
It has not been announced who will fill Strait's performance slot at the awards show. Jason Aldean will host for the first time, also performing his new single 'Night Train.' In addition, he'll sing with rocker Lenny Kravitz.
Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Hunter Hayes, Luke Bryan and the Pistol Annies are a few of the other performers. Bryan, Eric Church and Miranda Lambert lead all nominees with four each. The 2013 CMT Music Awards start at 8PM ET.
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Carl Johnson sees Ryder digging for the drugs buried in his backyard.
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|Ganton, Los Santos
Home Invasion is a mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas given to protagonist Carl Johnson by high-ranking Grove Street Families gangster Ryder from his house on Grove Street in Ganton, Los Santos.
The mission begins with Ryder asking Carl Johnson to help him get some gun crates from a war veteran. The mission takes place in the night time in order to get his weapons without waking the veteran up.
Ryder and Carl arrive in the house where Carl has to sneak into the house to get the weapons. After getting three crates, the two go to a lock-up so they unload the truck. In this mission Carl must remain silent once inside the house and if he makes too much noise the veteran thinks he is having a nightmare. If this happens twice he'll wake up and call the police.
(Ryder's backyard. Ryder digging in his backyard.)
Ryder: Damn! Where the fuck...?
Carl Johnson: Man, what you doing? Digging graves?
Ryder: Damn, where the fuck I put it man?
Carl Johnson: Put what nigga?
Ryder: Man, the fucking water! I need a little something before I deal with things!
Carl Johnson: What things fool?
Ryder: My homie, LB - he told me about this army motherfucker who's got all the guns we need. Not that old school Emmet bullshit either!
Carl Johnson: I'm down. Let's roll.
Ryder: Yeah, you always down, homie. Apart from when you ain't around here.
Carl Johnson: Nigga, fuck you.
Ryder: Damn! Man, you want some of this?
Carl Johnson: No, man - I'm cool on that. Where we going?
Ryder This till overlooking East Beach. Better yet, we wait until it's dark. Catch the motherfucker while he in bed.
Carl Johnson: Yeah, I'm feeling that.
Ryder: Yeah, yeah, that's it, that's it... C'mon nigga, what you waiting for? Look!
Carl Johnson: Let it go!
(On night. Ryder and CJ with Boxville truck)
Ryder: Get in fool!
(CJ and Ryder drive to East Beach)
Ryder: Where is this old motherfucker? Where in hell is he?
Carl Johnson: Relax, man. We ain't there yet.
Ryder: Yeah, right, Carl. You always right. That's my homie. Mr. Right.
Carl Johnson: Shut up.
Ryder: You can't stop me.
Carl Johnson: Who can't?
Ryder: Whatever.
(Colonel Fuhberger's, East Beach. Ryder and CJ)
Ryder: Let's storm the place.
Carl Johnson: Hold up. Let's creep in, grab the guns, then bounce out.
Ryder: Yeah, yeah I got it - ninja style! Right... COME OUT YOU OLD BASTARD!
Carl Johnson: Shut up!
Ryder: He can't stop me, you buster, Carl! OK, fool, in you go - I'll keep watch.
(CJ enter the house. He sneak and get the first gun. He take the gun to the truck)
Ryder: Keep it coming, CJ!
(When CJ bring the second gun)
Ryder: What I tell y'all? We making a killing!
(When CJ bring the third gun)
Ryder: You a natural house-breaker, homie!
(If CJ bring another gun)
Ryder: There's plenty more in there, homie.
(If CJ bring another gun)
Ryder: Take him for everything you get!
(If CJ make a noise)
Colonel Fuhrberger: Get off my ridge, you Viet Cong bastards!
If CJ make noise again)
Colonel Fuhrburger: Thieving commie bastards!
(When CJ enter the truck after take the guns)
Carl Johnson: Let's get up out of here!
(If CJ got enough guns and Colonel Fuhrburger is woke up)
Ryder: That pussy called the cops, I'm gonne smoke 'em.
Carl Johnson: Let's just get this stuff outta here. You dumb bastard shermhead.
(CJ and Ryder go to the lockup.)
Ryder: A'ight, now we straight. LB's got a storage down on Seville Boulevard Famillies' turf we can use.
Carl Johnson: I'm on it! Seriously, Ryder-man, you gotta give up them stick.
Ryder: What? I'll give up the water if you give up being a busta.
Carl Johnson: Hold it right there, homie
Ryder: Buster!
Carl Johnson: Forget it.
Ryder: Forget you, fool!
Carl Johnson: One day, you're gonna wish you hadn't piss me off!
Ryder: Did I hear something? Sounds like the busta complaining again!
Carl Johnson: Man, this is childlish.
Ryder: Man, i ain't talking you to no more fool.
(CJ and Ryder arrive at the garage)
Ryder: You see I told you, simple.
Carl Johnson: Yeah that was a real breeze.
Ryder: Say CJ, you gotta get it in your head that this is everyday shit homie.
(The player is told they can perform bulgaries at night)
Carl Johnson: Ok look, I'm tired I'll see you later
Ryder: A'ight holmes, just think about what I said
- When CJ and Ryder are driving the van to the lock up, CJ tells Ryder that he's gonna wished he had never pissed him off. This could be a reference to the mission Pier 69, where CJ kills Ryder for betraying Grove Street.
Ryder tries to loudly taunt a sleeping Colonel Fuhrberger into confronting him and Carl Johnson.
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Regular Car Reviews' latest piece is a scathing takedown of one of the most disappointing cars of the last decade, one that's so audacious its name implies it's better and "smarter" than all the other cars on the road. Hardly.
Maybe things would be better if the Smart had a real manual gearbox instead of the lackluster automated manual. Maybe we wouldn't hate it as much if our U.S. market Smart had the hyper-efficient diesel engine they get in Europe.
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Amazon River, Portuguese Rio Amazonas, Spanish Río Amazonas, also called Río Marañón and Rio Solimões, the greatest river of South America and the largest drainage system in the world in terms of the volume of its flow and the area of its basin. The total length of the river—as measured from the headwaters of the Ucayali-Apurímac river system in southern Peru—is at least 4,000 miles (6,400 km), which makes it slightly shorter than the Nile River but still the equivalent of the distance from New York City to Rome. Its westernmost source is high in the Andes Mountains, within 100 miles (160 km) of the Pacific Ocean, and its mouth is in the Atlantic Ocean, on the northeastern coast of Brazil. However, both the length of the Amazon and its ultimate source have been subjects of debate since the mid-20th century, and there are those who claim that the Amazon is actually longer than the Nile. (See below The length of the Amazon.)
Where is the Amazon River located?
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The vast Amazon basin (Amazonia), the largest lowland in Latin America, has an area of about 2.7 million square miles (7 million square km) and is nearly twice as large as that of the Congo River, the Earth's other great equatorial drainage system. Stretching some 1,725 miles (2,780 km) from north to south at its widest point, the basin includes the greater part of Brazil and Peru, significant parts of Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, and a small area of Venezuela; roughly two-thirds of the Amazon's main stream and by far the largest portion of its basin are within Brazil. The Tocantins-Araguaia catchment area in Pará state covers another 300,000 square miles (777,000 square km). Although considered a part of Amazonia by the Brazilian government and in popular usage, it is technically a separate system. It is estimated that about one-fifth of all the water that runs off Earth's surface is carried by the Amazon. The flood-stage discharge at the river's mouth is four times that of the Congo and more than 10 times the amount carried by the Mississippi River. This immense volume of fresh water dilutes the ocean's saltiness for more than 100 miles (160 km) from shore.
The extensive lowland areas bordering the main river and its tributaries, called várzeas ("floodplains"), are subject to annual flooding, with consequent soil enrichment; however, most of the vast basin consists of upland, well above the inundations and known as terra firme. More than two-thirds of the basin is covered by an immense rainforest, which grades into dry forest and savanna on the higher northern and southern margins and into montane forest in the Andes to the west. The Amazon Rainforest, which represents about half of the Earth's remaining rainforest, also constitutes its single largest reserve of biological resources.
Since the later decades of the 20th century, the Amazon basin has attracted international attention because human activities have increasingly threatened the equilibrium of the forest's highly complex ecology. Deforestation has accelerated, especially south of the Amazon River and on the piedmont outwash of the Andes, as new highways and air transport facilities have opened the basin to a tidal wave of settlers, corporations, and researchers. Significant mineral discoveries have brought further influxes of population. The ecological consequences of such developments, potentially reaching well beyond the basin and even gaining worldwide importance, have attracted considerable scientific attention (see Sidebar: Status of the World's Tropical Forests).
The first European to explore the Amazon, in 1541, was the Spanish soldier Francisco de Orellana, who gave the river its name after reporting pitched battles with tribes of female warriors, whom he likened to the Amazons of Greek mythology. Although the name Amazon is conventionally employed for the entire river, in Peruvian and Brazilian nomenclature it properly is applied only to sections of it. In Peru the upper main stream (fed by numerous tributaries flowing from sources in the Andes) down to the confluence with the Ucayali River is called Marañón, and from there to the Brazilian border it is called Amazonas. In Brazil the name of the river that flows from Peru to its confluence with the Negro River is Solimões; from the Negro out to the Atlantic the river is called Amazonas.
Physical features
The length of the Amazon
The debate over the location of the true source of the Amazon and over the river's precise length sharpened during the second half of the 20th century, as technological advances made it possible to explore deeper into the extremely remote locations of the Amazon's headstreams and to more accurately measure stream lengths. Beginning in the 1950s, explorers of the region cited various mountains in Peru as possible sources, but they did so without taking precise measurements or applying hydrological research. An expedition in 1971, sponsored by the National Geographic Society, pinpointed Carruhasanta Creek, which runs off the north slope of Mount Mismi in southern Peru, as the source of the river. This location became widely accepted in the scientific community and remained so until the mid-1990s—although a Polish expedition in 1983 contended that the source of the river was actually another stream, nearby Apacheta Creek. (The Carruhasanta and Apacheta streams form the Lloqueta River, an extension of the Apurímac.)
With the introduction of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology in the 1990s, researchers again attempted to navigate the entire length of the Amazon. The American geographer Andrew Johnston of the Smithsonian Institution's Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., employed GPS gear to explore the various Andean rivers that flow into the Amazon. Using the definition of the river's source as being the farthest point from which water could flow into the ocean and where that water flows year-round (thereby eliminating those rivers that freeze in winter), he concluded that the source was Carruhasanta Creek on Mount Mismi.
By the early 21st century, advanced satellite-imagery technology was allowing researchers to match the river's dimensions even more precisely. In 2007 an expedition that included members of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research and other organizations traveled to the region of Carruhasanta and Apacheta creeks in an attempt to determine which of the two was the "true" source of the Amazon. Their data revealed that Apacheta was 6 miles (10 km) longer than Carruhasanta and carries water year-round, and they concluded that Apacheta Creek was indeed the source of the Amazon River. The team then proceeded to measure the river's length. As part of this process, they had to determine from which of the Amazon's three main outlets to the sea to begin the measurement—the Northern or Southern channels, which flow north of Marajó Island, or Breves Channel, which flows southward around the western edge of the island to join the Pará River estuary along the southern coast of the island. They chose to use the southern channel and estuary, since that constituted the longest distance from the source of the river to the ocean (at Marajó Bay); according to their calculations, the southern outlet lengthened the river by 219 miles (353 km). Their final measurement for the length of the Amazon—from Apacheta Creek to the mouth of Marajó Bay—was about 4,345 miles (6,992 km).
This team of researchers, using the same technology and methodology, then measured the length of the Nile River, which they determined to be about 4,258 miles (6,853 km); that value was some 125 miles (200 km) longer than previous calculations for the Nile but nearly 90 miles (145 km) shorter than the length the group gave for the Amazon. These measurements infer that the Amazon may be recognized as the world's longest river, supplanting the Nile. However, a river like the Amazon has a highly complex and variable streambed—made more so by seasonal climatic factors—which complicates the process of obtaining an accurate measurement. Thus, the final length of the river remains open to interpretation and continued debate.The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Landforms and drainage patterns
The Amazon basin is a great structural depression, a subsidence trough that has been filling with immense quantities of sediment of Cenozoic age (i.e., dating from about the past 65 million years). This depression, which flares out to its greatest dimension in the Amazon's upper reaches, lies between two old and relatively low crystalline plateaus, the rugged Guiana Highlands to the north and the lower Brazilian Highlands (lying somewhat farther from the main river) to the south. The Amazon basin was occupied by a great freshwater sea during the Pliocene Epoch (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago). Sometime during the Pleistocene Epoch (about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago) an outlet to the Atlantic was established, and the great river and its tributaries became deeply entrenched in the former Pliocene seafloor.
The modern Amazon and its tributaries occupy a vast system of drowned valleys that have been filled with alluvium. With the rise in sea level that followed the melting of the Pleistocene glaciers, the steep-sided canyons that had been eroded into the Pliocene surface during the period of lower sea levels were gradually flooded. In the upper part of the basin—in eastern Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia—more-recent outwash from the Andes has covered many of the older surfaces.
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river…dissolved load of the lowermost Amazon averages about 40 parts per million, whereas the Elbe and the Rio Grande, by contrast, average more than 800 parts per million. Suspended load for the world in general perhaps equals two and one-half times dissolved load. Well over half of suspended load is…
river: Hydraulic geometryThe lower Amazon, with a slope of less than 7.6 centimetres per 1.6 kilometres, flows faster at the bankfull stage than many mountain streams, at 2.4 metres per second. According to the assumptions made, an optimal velocity equation in hydraulic geometry can predict a slight increase, constancy,…
Brazil: Drainage>Amazon River, which is the centrepiece of the most extensive river system in the world, and by other systems that are notable in their own right—the Tocantins-Araguaia in the north, the Paraguay-Paraná-Plata in the south, and the São Francisco in the east and northeast. Numerous…
South America: Rivers…system is formed by the Amazon River, which stretches some 4,000 miles (6,400 km) across equatorial South America. The volume of water it carries surpasses that of all other rivers, constituting one-fifth of the total flowing fresh water of the world. About 6,350,000 cubic feet (179,800 cubic metres) of water…
conservation: In fresh water…tropical rivers such as the Amazon River and its tributaries hold a large fraction of the world's freshwater fish species. Tropical lakes, particularly those in the Rift Valley of East Africa (
seeEast African Rift System), also have large numbers of endemic species.…
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Get a strainer installed in the supply - keep the crud out of the system
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A filter after the pump is all that's necessary. Some like this....click here
Pulling off an end head of each zone would work.
If you do add a filter, I would recommend installing a Pressure Relief Valve on the pump. It should have one either way.
Sunday, April 29th 2012, 8:46am
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The output side of the pump should go like this....Pump...Spigot....Pressure Relief Valve....Filter....Ball Valve.....System
I like having the filter before the ball valve so I can close the valve, clean the filter, and not have all the water drain out of the mainline.
The size of the filter is generally dictated by the size of mainline. I.E., a 2" mainline would use a 2" filter. However, depending on the amt. of silt coming from your well, a larger filter would buy more time between cleanings. A few of our installed shallow well systems include a "Filter Manifold" comprised of 3- 1 1/2" filters, due to the amt. of silt the well produces.
Micron size is determined by the size of particles coming out of the well. On average, a 100 mesh screen is most suited to eliminate the size particles that cause problems for sprinkler valves and heads.
If you are serious about installing this filter, please take the time to install a Relief Valve. Cheap insurance against a burnt out pump. Especially with Miami Heat!
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Apart from some pants being put on the wrong way, she was in a pretty good state when Mrs. Sunshine returned with the mother-in-law who had driven her home and wanted to say hi to the grandchild. I could give good answers to all the standard questions like "Did she eat her dinner?", "Did she poo any?" and such. However, on this particular day we were out of the wet hand tissues that we use to wipe her hands with after dinner and when Mrs. Sunshine asked about it the conversation went something like this:
Mrs. Sunshine: (happy that everything had gone seemingly event free) Oh, did you find the wet tissues to wipe her hands with, I noticed that the package on the table had run out?
Salaryman: (also in a good mood) No, but I just one of the asswipes instead!
Mrs. Sunshine: (shocked) You used the asswipes?
Salaryman: (still in a good mood and somewhat expected this reaction) Well yeah, it's the same thing with water based moist tissue paper after all.
Mrs. Sunshine: (still in shock) Yeah, I know, but they're meant to wipe her butt not her mouth!
Salaryman: (still upbeat) Don't worry, I don't think the ones I used for her hands had been used before, might be good to use them on the other end once in a while to mix things up!
Mrs. Sunshine: (relenting) Fine, as long as she was a good girl...
Grandmother Sunshine had listened in on the conversation in the background and also went through the five stages of grief pretty quickly, but was still shaking her head and went to check on toddler Sunshine to make sure that the asswipes had not given her any lasting scars.


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Don't look now but games are attacking from all sides... some in 3D! Check out what the staff at Shacknews is playing and let us know what you're up to this weekend...
By the time you're reading this, I'm going to be on a plane back to Canada. After a long wait at the airport, getting a Social Security number, procuring a bank account, and signing a one-year lease on a new apartment... I'm exhausted!
Now it's time to go back to the "motherland" and pack up my stuff and get it shipped out to my new home in California. Good thing the flight back to Toronto is a long one, because I have some Nintendo 3DS games to review this weekend!
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- Garnett Lee: I'll be hunkering down again with Shift 2 Unleashed as I get into the meat of its racing for our review. I also want to get some time in with The 3rd Birthday. I'll also be starting into SOCOM 4 for our upcoming review.
- Alice O'Connor: [Tea. Crumpets. The usual.]
- Xav de Matos: On my many plane rides back to Canada, I'll be rocking my Nintendo 3DS for as long as the battery lasts. I'm tasked with reviewing Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, so it'll be a busy time in the air.
- Jeff Mattas: I'll be testing my armchair general abilities against real humans with some Total War: Shogun 2 multiplayer, and then try to win a handful more races in Motorstorm: Apocalypse's career mode. Maybe I'll even get back into Dragon Age 2, if I'm lucky.
- Steve Watts: It's looking like a very 3DS weekend: Ridge Racer and Steel Diver for review, plus Lego Star Wars, Nintendogs, Street Fighter IV, and Ghost Recon when I can squeeze in some time.
- Ozzie Mejia: Playing through Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley and X-Men Arcade, both of which I got ridiculously cheap on April Fools Day. It almost makes up for having to endure all those April Fools Day pranks! Almost...
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