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No no no impossbile - the blondes or the goths win -- im getting a vibe!
blonde hair is my kryptonite! you can put a blonde wig on a pillow and i'd find it hotBUT i do agree now that after the 2nd episode the sisters are hellahot
Well at least Shana got that facial that she needed, lol.
Quote from: Michael D on November 11, 2007, 10:19:13 PMNo no no impossbile - the blondes or the goths win -- im getting a vibe! You and your blondes and that penis thing ! Michael-- the sisters are so much hotter than the blondes! Open your eyes not your --get past the fake blondes!
Two different individuals at SUCKS have stated that the finish of AR12 is between Marianna and Julia and Ronald and Christina and that the women win. That is the first finish spoiler I have seen.
I'm just curious as to HOW spoiled this season is? Because sometimes the way people say things in a topic... "Oh they seem like they're doing badly now but for some random reason I think they could hit their stride and start kicking ass!" It makes it seem spoilerish and that kinda stuff really sucks, ya know? The TAR forum is one of the best forums here as far as spoiler avoidance and people being polite with them, so, if any of you guys are doing the "spoiled speculation" thing, it'd be appreciated if it stopped. =) (Look at what happened with the ANTM thread. Awful.) Of course if there aren't many spoilers for this season then there's no need for any fear hence my first question.
Spoilers say Marianna and Julia win.
A reliable source of mine says Marianna and Julia wins, beating out Ronald and Christina in a very close race. P.S. Sorry for the ****ty season.
i heard that mariano and julia win too from a very reliable source.
I heard that Phil explodes and turns into a giant lizard and eats the teams at the finish line from a VERY reliable source!
Probably just an eel.
Just re-watch TAR4 when they were in Amsterdam and had to grab the eels to get a clue.
Georgia peach:What's page 1 about then???In fact what's the difference between spoilers and speculation?
Those would be spoilers =)I have a quick ques. I thought i was going bonkers, but the someone posted something on sucks of two girls running in Croatia and the picture of them was from the back [so you only saw the back of there heads] and i could have sworn seeing this too. Is it a picture or just like a pic of production or something. Or am i just insane?
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Netflix will make you salivate with Chef's Table [Trailer]
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Netflix has announced that it's new docu-series Chef's Table will be debuting as a six-part series and will land on the popular streaming service on April 26th. Chef's Table focuses on six world-renowned chefs, and show them each doing what they do best - making amazing food that is eloquently plated. Here's a list of the chefs that will appear, and the restaurants they represent:
- Ben Shewry Attica Restaurant in Melbourne, Australia
- Magnus Nilsson Fäviken in Järpen Sweden
- Francis Mallmann El Restaurante Patagonia Sur in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Niki Nakayama N/Naka Restaurant in Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Dan Barber Blue Hill Restaurant at Stone Barns and in New York City, USA
- Massimo Bottura Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy
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Limited edition Sonos Blue Note PLAY:1 celebrates 75 years of jazz
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Sonos has announced a new, limited edition model of its Play:1 speaker in the Blue Note edition. Produced in collaboration with Blue Note Records, this Play:1 sports a gradient blue hue that strays from the typical white and black shades that Sonos has stuck to over the years. It's a way to commemorate the 75 years that the iconic jazz label has been in business. According to Sonos, painting the Play:1 this unique solor of light blue to navy was no simple task, requiring the use of robots and hand-painting to get the right look. The end result is what you see above. It'll cost you $249, which is a $50 premium over the standard Play:1, but with that you also get access to the exclusive Blue Note on Sonos radio station, with customized playlists from some of the best names in the jazz game. If you want one of the Blue Note Sonos Play:1 units, you'll likely have to act fairly quickly--the company is making only 4,100 of them. They'll be on sale on the Sonos Web site sometimes in the next few weeks.
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The sun will set on 2014 in just a few hours, and we are just in time with our annual top 10 list of the most-watched Gear Live video episodes. Over the past year, as expected, there was a bunch of Apple gear that made the list, with the release of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The launch of the WWE Network was also groundbreaking, and our walkthrough proved to be the second most popular video of the year. Other items, like a tutorial on upgrading Xbox One controllers, a look at the Fitbit Force, and a how-to on installing the Nest Protect also proved popular as well.
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Purported iPhone 6 review video leaks ahead of Apple event
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Apple is set to begin it's major We Wish We Could Say More event in just over 20 minutes, where the company will announce the new 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus. However, it looks like someone may have beaten the company to the punch on the unveiling of the device. The PhoneEvaluation YouTube channel, based in China, has a 7-minute look at what appears to be a 4.7-inch iPhone 6 unit. No telling how accurate it is until Apple shows us the real thing, but if we had to guess, you'te looking at a genuine iPhone 6 in the video. We've embedded it below for your viewing pleasure. It'll kill time before the Apple event kicks off.
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Giveaway: Jawbone mini Jambox, UP24, Bodyguardz!
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It's summertime, and we've got a few items we're giving away to bring the fun to a whole new level. Courtesy of AT&T here in Seattle, we've got a Jawbone mini Jambox, Jawbone UP24, and a Bodyguardz tempered glass protective cover for the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s. Here's a little more on each item and why we think they're perfect for this Summer Bundle Giveaway:
- Jawbone mini Jambox: Okay, for real, who doesn't wanna have music with them when by the pool or at the beach? A lot of us have a seemingly unlimited amount of music accessible by our smartphones and tablets, and the mini Jambox allows you to stream it over Bluetooth. At the next family BBQ, you'll be the star of the show.
- Jawbone UP24: Fitness wearables are all the rage these days, and if you like tracking your stats or are looking for a motivational tool, then it's easy to see why. With the UP24, you can monitor your fitness throughout the day, and even track your calories and water intake. At night, it'll even keep track of how well you are sleeping, which is probably not well if you're out camping in a tent. The device connects to your smartphone or tablet using Bluetooth LE, so the battery lasts a full week, and there's no plugging anything in to sync.
- Bodyguardz Screenguardz Pure: I always thought it was kind of silly for people to protect their smartphone screens with a thin plastic film. The Screenguardz Pure is a super-thin piece of tempered glass that can actually take a real beating, and exceeds the hardness of steel. That's protection.
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Watch the Google I/O 2014 Keynote here, live! [Video]
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Google I/O 2014 kicks off today, with the big keynote starting at 9:00 AM PDT / 12:00 PM EDT, and you can join in and watch the presentation in the player above. What are we expecting to hear about during the Google I/O 2014 keynote? Well, the biggest piece of news will likely be the reveal of the next version of Android, likely Android 5.0. We'll get a look at the future of Android smartphones and tablets, in addition to set-top boxes. Google will be showing off a new Android TV set-top box, which is interesting since Google TV hardware failed so miserably over the last few years. Wearables should also be big today, with Google Glass and Android Wear devices getting some stage time. Google also typically releases Google+ updates during the I/O keynote as well.
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Giveaway: Absolute LoJack Premium Family Pack
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We've been taking part in the Absolute LoJack #DigitallyDark challenge, giving up our smartphones for a full 24 hours to emulate what it might feel like to have them stolen. As part of the campaign, we're giving away an awesome Absolute LoJack Premium Family Pack. That gives the winner give 1-year Absolute LoJack premium subscriptions, which can be installed on any Mac, PC, or Android devices they own, giving them the ultimate in protection with a guarantee that they'll get the device(s) back in the event of theft. If it isn't back in your hands in 60 days, they'll give you $1000 to help replace the laptop, and $600 for a tablet or smartphone. How cool is that?
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Apple posts video of OS X Yosemite redesign [Video]
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Apple has posted the OS X Yosemite design video that it showed during the WWDC 2014 keynote, which shows a bunch of the new features and design elements found in OS X 10.10. In case you haven't seen WWDC (although you can watch the WWDC 2014 keynote video in its entirety,) this video covers the larger design language updates, and the more subtle changes to the dock, icons, traffic light buttons, etc. It also gives a look at the new AirDrop functionality, Finder, Messages, Notification Center, and all the rest of the OS X new hotness.
You can check out the video after the jump.
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Amazon seemingly set to reveal Kindle smartphone in Seattle on June 18
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Amazon has released a new video that teases what we expect to be its new Kindle smartphone. You can see people in the video interacting with...something...whatever it is, it has been masterfully cut from the footage. The users are all impressed, saying things like "It moved with me!" and "How does it do that?" while swaying back and forth. Of course, the rumored Amazon smartphone was said to include six cameras near the display that would track the movement of your head in order to provide an interactive, glasses-free 3D user interface.
While the video, which we've embedded below, doesn't give away much of anything, what we are expecting is a smartphone with a 4.7-inch display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, 13-megapixel camera, and 2GB RAM. And that crazy software UI. As you can see in Amazon's teaser image above, the device is black, and has a beveled rear edge. The company has planned a big launch event in Seattle on June 18th, where we'll bring you all of the news as it's announced. For now, check out the video after the break.
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Watch John Oliver's brilliant Net Neutrality rant, and then take action
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Last week on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Oliver did a fantastic segment that lasted over 13 minutes talking about the issue of net neutrality and the work (or, lack thereof) that the FCC is going to address it. He broke it down perfectly and in true John Oliver fashion, touching on all the important points while keeping it light and funny. Then, at the end, Oliver called for the Internet commenter trolls to unite and head over to the FCC Web site to make their voices heard on the net neutrality forum. The result? The FCC site collapsed under the pressure. Seriously, I encourage you to watch the segment, which we've embedded here in this post. After you do, head on over to the FCC Web site and let them know to put a stop to this ridiculousness.
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Saving Pennies or Dollars is a new semi-regular series on The Simple Dollar, inspired by a great discussion on The Simple Dollar's Facebook page concerning frugal tactics that might not really save that much money. I'm going to take some of the scenarios described by the readers there and try to break down the numbers to see if the savings is really worth the time invested.
Laura writes in: roasting a whole chicken, only costs about a dollar more to buy it cooked at Sam's Club and mine didn't taste as good
For starters, part of the problem may have been your technique. I use a default "beer can" technique whenever I roast chickens, in which I insert a tin can or a beer can into the cavity of the chicken. The can is mostly full of some sort of liquid with various herbs and spices, such as garlic and peppercorns. When the chicken is roasting, the entire chicken is balanced on the can.
I do it this way in both the oven and on the grill and it works great in either context. The flavor and moistness of the meat is wonderful when finished.
I'd highly suggest looking for an oven-roasted "beer can" chicken recipe and using it for your next chicken roast. It really does produce a wonderful whole chicken.
Now that we have this issue out of the way, the real question is whether or not the amount saved on buying a whole roasted chicken is worth the additional time. I went to my local Sam's Club to find prices on roasted chickens. I found whole chickens for sale for $0.89 per pound and pre-roasted chickens for $1.29 per pound. Assuming I buy a four pound bird, I'm saving about $1.60 buying a raw chicken.
So, what about the prep time? I can take a chicken out of the package, insert a can into the cavity, and have the chicken in the oven in about five minutes, according to my own estimate. It would then take roughly an hour for the chicken to roast, which is passive time. I'd then have to stick the tray upon which the chicken baked into the dishwasher, but that time is negligible.
So, if you assume that you have plenty of time to prep your own dinner, roasting your own chicken is the way to go. You're saving $1.60 (in this example) for about five minutes of work.
However, the key thing to remember is that when you're buying that whole roasted chicken, you're basically paying for convenience. There are evenings where busy families simply don't have an hour to set aside while the food cooks in the oven.
This is the voice of experience here: on evenings where my children have soccer or tumbling class, it can be a juggling act to get a home-cooked meal on the table at any reasonable dinner time.
Lining up a recipe in the oven like this can be a trick, so we often use a slow cooker for meals on these nights. For us, a slow cooker is the best solution to the family time crunch that many families seem to have in the evenings. It enables us to have a lot of flexibility with regards to when we get a meal on the table.
There's also the health factor. When you prepare food yourself, you have much more control over the ingredients in it. Food sold in stores has a lot of questionable things done to it, from food coloring to imitate freshness to all sorts of artificial things to enhance flavor through chemistry. If I have a choice, I'll pass on this.
So, if I were doing this, I'd never buy a whole roasted chicken unless it was an emergency. If I had time, I'd enjoy the $1.60 in savings I got from putting five minutes of prep work into the chicken. If I knew I wouldn't have the time, I'd set up a slow cooker meal. The only time I would consider it is if I had planned to have a lot of time, but something unexpected changing that schedule.


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Dalton Gray and John Fritz from Camdenton High School have been selected as members of the 2013 NAfME All-National Honor Choir sponsored by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).
Dalton Gray and John Fritz from Camdenton High School have been selected as members of the 2013 NAfME All-National Honor Choir sponsored by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME).
Gray and Fritz will join more than 670 of the most musically talented and skilled high school students in the United States to perform at a gala concert on Oct. 30, 2013 in Nashville, Tenn.
These exceptional students will prepare challenging music that they will perform under the baton of four of the most prominent conductors in the United States: Dr. Peter Boonshaft, Miriam Burns, Rollo Dilworth, and Rodney Whitaker.
The NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles, consisting of a concert band, symphony, orchestra, mixed chorus, and jazz ensemble, are organized by members of the National Association for Music Education.
The concert band and symphony orchestra will each have approximately 150 instrumentalists, the jazz ensemble will have 20 instrumentalists, and the mixed chorus will have approximately 350 vocalists.
Eligible students have qualified for their state-level honor ensemble program and competed against top students for a spot in these national honor ensembles.
The 2013 NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles will perform for an audience of thousands on Wednesday, Oct. 30, in the Presidential Ballroom of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, in Nashville, Tenn. For program and ticket information please visit http://musiced.nafme.org/all-national-honor-ensembles/.
National Association for Music Education, among the world's largest arts education organizations, is the only association that addresses all aspects of music education.
NAfME advocates at the local, state, and national levels; provides resources for teachers, parents, and administrators; hosts professional development events; and offers a variety of opportunities for students and teachers.
The Association orchestrates success for millions of students nationwide and has supported music educators at all teaching levels for more than a century.


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It's never too late to be an entrepreneur.
In last week's episode of "Shark Tank", two grandmothers from Yelm, Washington landed a $250,000 investment from Mark Cuban and Barbara Corcoran for their Ice Chips Candy company.
In exchange for the cash, Beverly Vines-Haines and Charlotte Clary gave up a 40% stake in their company, even though they were only looking to give up a 15% stake.
But these two are not your typical entrepreneurs. Vines-Haines used to be a romance writer and Clary has a B.S. in Natural Health. And between the two of them, they have 37 grandchildren.
"You'd think 37 grandchildren would keep us busy enough," Vines-Haines says. "But while our friends are out scrapbooking and quilting, we've developed a major business."
They started off as two grannies in a garage hammering away at the hard candies to break them into smaller pieces.
The Ice Chips are made with Xylitol, a healthy, natural sugar alternative and come in 17 different flavors.
But before the two grannies set out on their venture, they were told that no one could make a hard candy out of Xylitol.
Now, they're selling Ice Chips all over the world and are on track to hit $1 million in sales by the end of the year.
"Those are some sweet numbers," FUBU founder and investor Daymond John said.
With help from the sharks, they hope to start distributing on a larger scale.
Corcoran liked the idea and loved how the candies come in different shapes, so she initially offered them $125,000 for a 33% stake. Kevin O' Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, tried to join in on Corcoran's deal for a 40% stake, but she refused to do business with him.
She will, however, do business with Cuban. While there were other offers on the table from Mr. Wonderful and John, the two grannies felt Cuban and Corcoran would be a better fit for their personalities.
While these two women took the big money from the show's investors, some Shark Tank contestants do not. Check out: 23-Year-Old Turns Down Big Money From Mark Cuban.
Here's Vines-Haines and Clary's pitch, below. Zip to 29:16 to watch the grannies land their big investment.


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Free Apps Available with Windows 8
The Windows 8 Start screen comes stocked with several free apps, each living on its own square or rectangular tile. Every tile is labeled, so you know what's what.
The tiles for some apps, known as live tiles, change constantly. The Finance app tile, for example, constantly updates with the stock market's latest swings; the Weather tile always tells you what to expect when you walk outdoors.
The Windows 8 Start screen shows only some of your apps; to see them all, right-click a blank portion of the Start screen and choose All Apps from the screen's bottom.
You may spot some or all of the following apps on the list, ready to be launched at the click of a mouse or touch of a finger:
Calendar: This lets you add your appointments or grab them automatically from calendars already created through accounts with Google, Hotmail, or Microsoft's new Outlook.com website.
Camera: This app lets you snap photos with your computer's built-in camera or webcam.
Desktop: Choose this to fetch the traditional Windows desktop, which runs the Windows programs you've used for the past decade.
Finance: A live tile, this shows a 30-minute delay of the Dow, NASDAQ, and S&P. Choose Finance to see the usual charts and graphs of fear and uncertainty.
Games: Designed mostly for Xbox 360 owners, this app lets you see your friends and gaming achievements. You can explore new games, watch game trailers, and buy new games for your console.
Internet Explorer: This miniversion of Internet Explorer browses the web full screen, with nothing to get in the way: no menus, no tabs; just you and the current page. (When you're through, press the Windows key on your keyboard to return to the Start screen.)
Mail: This app lets you send and receive e-mail. If you enter a Hotmail, Outlook.com, or Google account, the Mail app sets itself up automatically, stocking your People list, as well.
Maps: Handy for trip planning, the Maps app brings up a version of Microsoft Bing Maps.
Messaging: This app lets you send text messages to friends through Facebook, Microsoft's Instant Messenger, and other systems.
Music: This app plays music stored on your PC. But Microsoft hopes you'll buy music from its store, as well.
News: Visit here to read the news of the day, compiled from news services.
People: The beauty of the People app comes from its openness. Once you enter your accounts — Facebook, Twitter, Google, and others — the People app grabs all your contacts, as well as their information, and stocks itself automatically.
Photos: The Photos app displays photos stored in your computer, as well as on accounts you may have on Facebook, Flickr, or SkyDrive.
Reader: This handy app reads documents stored in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). It jumps into action when you try to open any file stored in that document. (Most manuals available on websites come in PDF format; you can also find them attached to some e-mails.)
SkyDrive: This term describes the Microsoft Internet cubbyhole where you can store your files. By storing them online in SkyDrive, you can access them from any Internet-connected computer.
Sports: You can find sports news and scores here, as well as a way to add listings for your favorite sports teams.
Store: The Windows Store is the only way to add more apps on your Start screen. (Programs you install through your Windows desktop also add shortcuts to the Start screen.)
Travel: Resembling a travel agent's billboard, this app lists travel hotspots, complete with maps, panoramic photos, reviews, and links for booking flights and hotels.
Video: This works more like a video rental store, with a small button that lets you watch videos stored on your computer.
Weather: This weather station forecasts a week's worth of weather in your area, but only if you grant it permission to access your location information. (Unless your computer has a GPS — Global Positioning System — the app narrows down your location by closest city rather than street address.)
The bundled Windows 8 apps work well within the confines of the Start screen. Unfortunately, Microsoft configured the Windows 8 desktop to use some of these Start screen apps rather than standard desktop programs.
On the desktop, right-click a file and choose Open With. A menu appears, letting you choose which program should handle the job.
For more information about Windows 8 and its features, explore Windows 8 For Dummies, available online.


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How does this medication work? What will it do for me?Risperidone belongs to the group of medications known as antipsychotic agents. These medications are used to treat mental and emotional disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Schizophrenia can cause symptoms such as hallucinations (e.g., hearing, seeing, or sensing things that are not there), delusions, unusual suspiciousness, and emotional withdrawal. People with this condition may also feel depressed, anxious, or tense. Bipolar disorder was previously referred to as manic depressive illness; it causes alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Risperidone is also used for the short-term treatment of behavioural problems (such as verbal or physical aggression, suspiciousness, and agitation) in people with severe dementia of the Alzheimer type that has not responded to non-drug approaches and when there is a risk of harm to self or others.
Medications like risperidone are thought to work by correcting the function of nerve pathways in certain areas of the brain.
This medication may be available under multiple brand names and/or in several different forms. Any specific brand name of this medication may not be available in all of the forms or approved for all of the conditions discussed here. As well, some forms of this medication may not be used for all of the conditions discussed here.
Your doctor may have suggested this medication for conditions other than those listed in these drug information articles. If you have not discussed this with your doctor or are not sure why you are taking this medication, speak to your doctor. Do not stop taking this medication without consulting your doctor.
Do not give this medication to anyone else, even if they have the same symptoms as you do. It can be harmful for people to take this medication if their doctor has not prescribed it.
What form(s) does this medication come in?
Risperidone by Meliapharm is no longer being manufactured for sale in Canada. For brands that may still be available, search under risperidone. This article is being kept available for reference purposes only. If you are using this medication, speak with your doctor or pharmacist for information about your treatment options.
How should I use this medication?The dose of risperidone varies according to needs and the condition being treated.
For adults with schizophrenia, the dose is usually started at 1 mg to 2 mg per day (given either once or twice per day) and increased slowly over several days to 4 mg to 6 mg per day. Lower doses are often used for people with low blood pressure, kidney problems, or liver disease. The safety of risperidone has not been established beyond a maximum dose of 16 mg per day (8 mg given twice daily).
For seniors with schizophrenia, the dose is usually 0.25 mg given twice daily to a maximum daily dose of 3 mg.
For behavioural problems in people with severe Alzheimer type dementia, the usual starting dose is 0.25 mg twice a day. This dose is slowly increased every 2 to 4 days to a usual dose of 1 mg per day (0.5 mg twice a day). This dose may be increased to a maximum of 2 mg per day (1 mg twice a day).
For adults with mania associated with bipolar disorder, risperidone should be taken once daily, starting with 2 mg or 3 mg daily. This dose may be increased to a maximum of 6 mg daily.
Many things can affect the dose of a medication that a person needs, such as body weight, other medical conditions, and other medications. If your doctor has recommended a dose different from the ones listed here, do not change the way that you are taking the medication without consulting your doctor.
Risperidone can be taken with or without meals. The oral solution should not be taken with cola or tea. Risperdal M-Tabs® should be used whole and not split into halves.
It is important to take this medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor. If you miss a dose, take it as soon as possible and continue with your regular schedule. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue with your regular dosing schedule. Do not take a double dose to make up for a missed one. If you are not sure what to do after missing a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist for advice.
Store risperidone at room temperature in a dry place (not the bathroom), protect it from light, and keep it out of the reach of children.
Do not dispose of medications in wastewater (e.g. down the sink or in the toilet) or in household garbage. Ask your pharmacist how to dispose of medications that are no longer needed or have expired.
Who should NOT take this medication?
Risperidone should not be taken by anyone who is allergic to risperidone or to any of the ingredients of the medication.
What side effects are possible with this medication?
Many medications can cause side effects. A side effect is an unwanted response to a medication when it is taken in normal doses. Side effects can be mild or severe, temporary or permanent. The side effects listed below are not experienced by everyone who takes this medication. If you are concerned about side effects, discuss the risks and benefits of this medication with your doctor.
The following side effects have been reported by at least 1% of people taking this medication. Many of these side effects can be managed, and some may go away on their own over time.
Contact your doctor if you experience these side effects and they are severe or bothersome. Your pharmacist may be able to advise you on managing side effects.
Although most of these side effects listed below don't happen very often, they could lead to serious problems if you do not check with your doctor or seek medical attention.
Check with your doctor as soon as possible if any of the following side effects occur:
Stop taking the medication and seek immediate medical attention if any of the following occur:
Some people may experience side effects other than those listed. Check with your doctor if you notice any symptom that worries you while you are taking this medication.
Are there any other precautions or warnings for this medication?
Before you begin taking a medication, be sure to inform your doctor of any medical conditions or allergies you may have, any medications you are taking, whether you are pregnant or breast-feeding, and any other significant facts about your health. These factors may affect how you should take this medication.
February 18, 2015
Health Canada has issued new information concerning the use of risperidone. To read the full report, visit Health Canada's website at www.hc-sc.gc.ca.
A previous advisory on Apo-Risperidone, Ava-Risperidone, CO Risperidone, Dom-Risperidone, Jamp-Risperidone, Mar-Risperidone, Mint-Risperidon, Mylan-Risperidone, phl-Risperidone, pms-Risperidone, pms-Risperidone ODT, Pro-Risperidone, RAN-Risperidone, Risperdal, Risperdal M-Tab, Risperidone by Meliapharm, Risperidone by Sanis Health, Riva-Risperidone, Sandoz Risperidone, and Teva-Risperidone (risperidone) was issued on November 14, 2013. To read the full Health Canada Advisory, visit Health Canada's web site at www.hc-sc.gc.ca.
Body temperature regulation: Risperidone can cause body temperature changes. If you are taking this medication you should take precautions when there is a risk of exposure to extreme heat or cold, strenuous exercise, or dehydration, or if you are also taking anticholinergic medication. Discuss with your doctor about how to prevent body temperature issues.
Diabetes: A risk of aggravating pre-existing diabetes has been linked to risperidone and other antipsychotic medications. If you have diabetes or are at risk for diabetes (e.g., family history of diabetes, obesity), discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Drowsiness/reduced alertness: Risperidone may interfere with activities requiring mental alertness. Those taking this medication should not drive or operate machinery until they are reasonably certain that risperidone does not affect their ability to carry out these activities safely.
Heart conditions: If you have a heart condition such as angina, heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and if you have had a heart attack, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Kidney problems: If you have kidney problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Liver problems: If you have liver problems, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Low blood pressure: Risperidone may cause a lowering of blood pressure when rising from a sitting or lying position, or a racing heart rate, especially during the few weeks of treatment. If you feel dizzy or lightheaded or feel your pulse is racing, and this feeling does not go away after a few minutes, call your doctor. Because this medication can cause dizziness or lightheadedness, do not get up too quickly after you have been sitting or lying for prolonged periods.
Low white blood cells: Risperidone may cause a lowering of white blood cells. If you have a history of low white blood cells or are on medication (e.g., chemotherapy) that can cause low white blood cells, monitor for any signs of fever or infection and seek medical attention if symptoms occur.
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS): Risperidone, like other antipsychotic medications, can cause a potentially fatal syndrome known as neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS). If you notice the symptoms of NMS, get immediate medical attention. Symptoms include high fever, muscle stiffness, confusion or loss of consciousness, sweating, racing or irregular heartbeat, and fainting.
Parkinson's disease: Risperidone may cause deterioration in the condition of people with Parkinson's disease. If you have Parkinson's disease, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Phenylalanine: Orally disintegrating risperidone tablets contain phenylalanine.
Seizures: Risperidone may increase the risk of seizures, especially in people who have had seizures in the past. If you have a seizure disorder or a history of seizures, discuss with your doctor how this medication may affect your medical condition, how your medical condition may affect the dosing and effectiveness of this medication, and whether any special monitoring is needed.
Tardive dyskinesia (TD): This syndrome consists of potentially irreversible, involuntary, and repetitive movements of the face and tongue muscles that may develop in people who take certain antipsychotic medications. Although TD appears most commonly in seniors (especially women), it is impossible to predict who will develop TD. The risk of developing TD increases with higher doses and long-term treatment. If signs and symptoms of TD develop during treatment with risperidone, contact your doctor as soon as possible.
Weight gain: With long-term treatment, weight gain (averaging 2.3 kg) has occurred in those who take this medication.
Pregnancy: The safety of risperidone for use during pregnancy has not been established. Risperidone should not be used during pregnancy unless the expected benefits outweigh the potential risks. If you become pregnant while taking risperidone, contact your doctor immediately.
Breast-feeding: Risperidone passes into breast milk. Women should not breast-feed while taking risperidone.
Children and adolescents: The safety and effectiveness of risperidone have not been established for use by children and adolescents under 18 years of age.
Seniors: There may be a higher risk of strokes, heart attacks, and deaths associated with the use of risperidone by people with dementia. Talk to your doctor about the risks and benefits of using this medication. If you notice the following signs and symptoms, get medical attention immediately:
- signs of a stroke: sudden weakness or numbness in the face, arms or legs (often on one side of the body); speech problems; vision problems; balance problems or dizziness; confusion; sudden severe headache with no known cause
- signs of a heart attack: discomfort or pain in the chest, back, neck, jaw, arms, or stomach; sweating; shortness of breath; nausea; lightheadedness; feeling of impending doom
What other drugs could interact with this medication?
There may be an interaction between risperidone and any of the following:
If you are taking any of these medications, speak with your doctor or pharmacist. Depending on your specific circumstances, your doctor may want you to:
- stop taking one of the medications,
- change one of the medications to another,
- change how you are taking one or both of the medications, or
- leave everything as is.
An interaction between two medications does not always mean that you must stop taking one of them. Speak to your doctor about how any drug interactions are being managed or should be managed.
Medications other than those listed above may interact with this medication. Tell your doctor or prescriber about all prescription, over-the-counter (non-prescription), and herbal medications you are taking. Also tell them about any supplements you take. Since caffeine, alcohol, the nicotine from cigarettes, or street drugs can affect the action of many medications, you should let your prescriber know if you use them.
All material copyright MediResource Inc. 1996 – 2019. Terms and conditions of use. The contents herein are for informational purposes only. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Source: www.medbroadcast.com/drug/getdrug/Risperidone-by-Meliapharm


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RICHMOND, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech soccer team fought a hard battle Sunday afternoon, forcing the second place Colonels of EKU to bring everything they had into play. The Golden Eagle attack turned on the pressure, but Eastern Kentucky walked away with a 2-0 OVC win.
The Colonels started things in this one, scoring in the 18th minute on a rebound off a brilliant Jordan Brown save. They added an insurance goal late to wrap up their third Ohio Valley Conference victory.
The Golden Eagles attacked strong throughout the game, forcing the EKU goalkeeper and defense to come up big in several instances. The Colonels did just that and also put on an attack of their own, taking 19 shots and putting 11 on goal. Tech took just nine shots, but over half were on goal.
Brown held her own, collecting nine stops in the match and keeping the high powered EKU attack off the scoreboard following the first goal until the 83rd minute. Brown ranks first in the OVC in saves with 90 as well as saves per game with 6.92 per contest. She already ranks ninth on the Tennessee Tech all-time list for career saves and sixth in shutout victories with three.
Tech will return to action on Sunday, Oct. 14 when they play Belmont for the first time as an OVC opponent. The Golden Eagles will host the Bruins on the Tech Soccer Field at 2 p.m. CT and try to even its OVC record from 2-3-0 to 3-3-0 with a win.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), a national leader in the study of alcohol and substance abuse issues, launched a new website this week.
The new site, buffalo.edu/ria, is part of UB's Digital Communications Transformation project, a multiyear initiative to create and manage effective and informative websites for the university's units.
"We are very excited about the new website and its potential to inform our colleagues and the community about the excellent work we do here at RIA," says Kenneth Leonard, PhD, director of RIA.
Highlights of the website include information about RIA scientists and their research programs, latest news, seminars, training opportunities, substance use fact sheets and photo galleries of recent RIA events, presented with easy navigation and eye-catching graphics.
"Our goal is to create a site that will be of value to researchers in the addictions field, potential postdoctoral associates and to the public at large who seek the latest information on substance abuse research," Leonard says.
RIA is a research center of the University at Buffalo and a national leader in the study of alcohol and substance abuse issues. RIA's research programs, most of which have multiple-year funding, are supported by federal, state and private foundation grants. Located on UB's Downtown Campus, RIA is a member of the dynamic Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and helps promote UB's strategic focus on research initiatives.
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In April 2012, I wrote about "The Summer of Karl," noting new developments for Karl Strauss Brewing Company. That included the 24-year-old stalwart, which is known for having been ahead of most local operations in most respects, keeping up with younger competition by installing a tasting room at their production facility. That project took some time and underwent some design changes, but last weekend, it officially debuted to the public.
Karl Strauss' tasting room is installed in the southwest corner of its main brewery (5985 Santa Fe Street, Pacific Beach). The space was designed by Public Architecture + Planning is outfitted in reclaimed barrel wood, concrete, steel and other materials that tie its aesthetic in with the brewery it's a part of.
Visitors can taste year-round beers along with specialty offerings from 20 taps (plus a beer engine that will be utilized for weekly casks), then sample them at a large table in the "barrel room" or lounge in a spacious outdoor beer garden. As with most local tasting rooms, food trucks will also be welcomed and provide food options, but guests are welcomed to bring their own food if they prefer.
Originally, the tasting room was going to include a second story touring area where visitors would be able to climb a staircase and get a bird's eye view of the brewery and cellar. Unfortunately, once work got underway, it was deemed unfeasible and had to be scrapped. But visitors are granted views of the facility's brewery, quality control lab, and bottling line. All in all, the space falls right in line with Karl Strauss' other venues while offering an all-new experience for the company's patrons.
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As the RIAA's investigative arm, MediaSentry is a big part of every story written about the music industry's legal campaign. One of the company's executives testified in the Jammie Thomas trial, and every complaint filed by the RIAA includes MediaSentry's printed screencaps of shared P2P folders. One defendant is arguing that those screencaps aren't enough, and MediaSentry is fighting her attempts to force the company to disclose more data about how it goes about hunting down P2P users.
UMG v. Lindor is a three-year-old case pitting the recording industry against a widowed New York woman in her mid-50s who has never used a computer; the PC in question was her late husband's. A forensic search of the PC in her home has turned up no evidence of the files, and the only evidence tying her to any copyright infringement is the username jrlindor@kazaa that was flagged by MediaSentry.
Given that the case is likely to hinge on the identify of jrlindor@kazaa, Lindor's attorney, Ray Beckerman, wants more insight into MediaSentry's investigative techniques. To that end, Lindor obtained a subpoena last November ordering MediaSentry to turn over materials related to its investigative techniques in general and the investigation of Lindor in particular.
MediaSentry has resisted the subpoena, though in January it turned over a handful of documents to Beckerman. According to a subsequent court filing, the response consisted primarily of "pages and pages of objections" but little or nothing in the way of data sought by the defendant. The stuff that's missing is fairly significant. Beckerman is seeking copies of the original files created by MediaSentry in its investigation, correspondence between the company and the RIAA related to the case, its testing methodology, packet logs, protocols, and the source code of MediaSentry's software.
The RIAA's legal team is doing its best to keep Beckerman from getting what he wants. In a late February filing, plaintiffs' counsel accused Beckerman of attempting to "obfuscate the simple facts of this case by erroneously claiming that SafeNet [MediaSentry's parent company] has improperly withheld responsive documents." In fact, the RIAA says, everything needed to mount a defense was handed over "long ago." The RIAA's legal team says that the information sought by Beckerman is "highly sensitive, proprietary information that far exceeds the scope of this case."
Not so, says Beckerman in a filing submitted earlier this week. Calling the confidentiality argument "a ruse," Beckerman says that SafeNet has been given a blanket confidentiality stipulation and protective order and that the company's assertions of privilege are "frivolous" at best.
"We do not believe SafeNet has made any kind of case for prohibiting us from examining its source code under an appropriate protective order. But if the Court should feel otherwise, it should at least direct SafeNet to turn over working copies, so that we can test their operation," reads the filing.
The judge presiding over the case has also directed the record labels to cough up data on the actual losses incurred for each of the 38 songs that Lindor is accused of infringing. Beckerman hopes to use the information as part of his argument that the statutory damages sought by the RIAA are unconstitutionally excessive. If Lindor's legal team is able to get the data it's looking for from MediaSentry, it may be able to cast serious doubts on MediaSentry's investigative methods. If those methods can be shown to be substandard, incomplete, and inconsistent with industry-accepted best practices, they could lead a jury to look at the data collected by MediaSentry with a very skeptical eye. And with neither side showing any interest in a settlement, UMG v. Lindor appears headed to trial.
Further reading
As you might expect, Ray Beckerman has a comprehensive directory of documents related to the Lindor case. Of particular interest to this story are the subpoena, motion to compel a response, the RIAA's letter opposing the motion to compel, and Beckerman's most recent response.


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GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile hero New Year's Day (Street Cry {Ire}-Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union) has been officially retired and will stand stud at
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to Ben Glass, racing
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I don't want to be holding my breath every time I work
him."Mr. and Mrs. West decided that, rather than
trying to make more money and go on with him, that
the best thing to do was just retire him. Sesamoids are
nothing to mess with, so we just went ahead and made
the decision to retire him."
New Year's Day opened his account with a rallying
third-place finish going 5 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar
Aug. 17 and returned to earn his
diploma there going a mile
Aug. 31. Subsequently
freshened, the bay returned in
style with an impressive come from-
behind tally over favored
Havana (Dunkirk) in the Breeders'
"It's tough, but it's part of the
business," Baffert said. "It's so
disappointing because we were
really looking forward to what he
could accomplish and were really
looking forward to the Classics. I
haven't been this excited about a
horse since Point Given running in the Classics. It's
disappointing, but the horse is going to be fine."
Baffert added, "Any time you are dealing with a
sesamoid, it is a tough call. But with a horse of this
caliber, I would never feel comfortable. It is not going
to affect his everyday life, but for racing, it is a different story."
New Year's Day, bred in Kentucky by Clearsky Farms, retires with a record of 3-2-0-1 and earnings of $1,154,000. Produced by GII Bonnie Miss S. and GII Davona Dale S. heroine Justwhistledixie, New Year's Day brought $425,000 as a KEESEP yearling.
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Gold River Real Estate
Gold River is an expansive and lush planned community located near Rancho Cordova but still in an unincorporated area of Sacramento. It is bordered by Highway 50, Hazel Avenue, the American River, and Sunrise Boulevard, with Gold Country Boulevard being the main (slow and scenic) thoroughfare.
Overseen by the Gold River Community Association, the area is actually comprised of more than 25 subdivisions, or "villages," each named for a historical person. The villages range in size, some comprised of just a few homes, others spanning a few blocks, but they are all consistently stylish and well kept. The association, along with a strong effort from residents, strives to keep the area pleasant and appealing.
There's plenty of opportunity for fitness and recreational activities, with miles of bike trails winding through the area and easy access to the American River Parkway. Gold River Park is a small four-acre park featuring play structures, horseshoe pits, picnic areas and a soccer field. There's also the Gold River Racquet Club, with swimming, tennis, racquetball and squash courts, as well as fitness classes and youth programs.
The Sacramento Aquatic Center sits just on the other side of Hazel and also offers an array of classes – from kayaking and stand up paddling (SUP) to windsurfing and waterskiing.
Gold River Discovery Center is the resident elementary school and shopping can be found at the nearby Gold River Town Center on Sunrise. A number of restaurants are also close by, including Il Forno Classico, which was featured in Sacramento Magazine.
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Project: Democratic National Convention (2008, 2012, 2016)
Role: Sustainable Event Strategy and Implementation
The 2008, 2012, and 2016 Democratic National Conventions took place in Denver, Colorado, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, respectively. The conventions brought together delegates, members of the press, and guests.
TSI managed the sustainability plan for the conventions, which included comprehensive stadium waste diversion plans with 3-bin Eco Stations and a trained Green Team volunteer corps.
Project: Religions for the Earth Conference
Role: Event Sustainability (ISO 20121 and APEX/ASTM)
At the Religions for the Earth conference, held from September 19-21, 2014, at Union Theological Seminary, over 200 world religious leaders convened to discuss the moral and spiritual imperative of responding to the ecological crisis. Often speaking across faith and geographic lines, participants mined their own traditions for earth-honoring resources and explored ongoing efforts to fight climate change and environmental degradation. Timed to coincide with the UN's summit on climate change and the People's Climate March, spiritual leaders connected the devastation in the global South with the economic paradigm of the global North, identifying a sickness both spiritual and material.
Along with the conference, a multi-faith service held on September 21 brought together thousands of people at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Speeches and reflections by Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Al Gore, Rev. James Forbes, and Vandana Shiva, among others, called the congregation to commit to climate action.
More info: centerforearthethics.org
Project: Inception Movie Premiere
Role: Event Sustainability Management
Warner Bros. presented the premiere of the movie Inception at the historic Mann's Chinese Theatre with the tented gala affair at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood, California. Given Leonardo DiCaprio's passion for environmental causes, the event required utmost attention to detail and served as an example of successful sustainability planning. Additionally, the gala affair raised funds for Al Gore's Alliance for Climate Protection.
TSI designed and implemented the event's sustainability plan which brought compost and recycling collection to the Mann's Chinese Theatre for the first time since opening in 1922.
Project: Quantya
Role: Cleantech Business Development and Marketing Strategy
Quantya SA was formed in Switzerland with a mission of creating a line of high-performance, fun and efficient electric motorcycles and scooters for today's environmental conscious individual. "Swiss Electric Movement" is the result of eco-conscious motorcycle enthusiasts who started the development and distribution of zero-emission high performance electric motorcycles.
TSI worked with the team at Quantya USA to bring the massive success of the Quantya electric motorcycles to the US market. The scope centered around developing the business and marketing strategy to enter the US electric motorcycle market.
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More info: www.quantya.us
Project: Specialty Coffee Association of America
Role: Sustainable Event Policy and Implementation (ISO 20121 and APEX/ASTM)
As an organization, the Specialty Coffee Association of America has always understood the importance of sustainability in everything they do. As part of a dedicated effort to make environmentally beneficial changes to their annual Exposition, SCAA selected TSI to develop a Sustainable Events Policy. To assist SCAA in the beginning stages of plan development, TSI hosted a Visioning Session at the SCAA corporate offices in Long Beach. This one-day session was key in producing fundamental themes for the organization's sustainability goals. Based on the results of the visioning session, TSI composed a final Sustainable Events Policy for SCAA. This policy was developed in accordance with APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards and ISO 20121:2012 Events Sustainability Management Systems.
More info: www.scaa.org
Project: Sustainable Meetings Conference
Role: Sustainable Event Production and Management (ISO 20121 and APEX/ASTM)
The Green Meeting Industry Council, an international industry association for sustainable event professionals, selected TSI to produce their annual conference entitled the "Sustainable Meetings Conference" for two years in a row. In accordance with APEX/ASTM Environmentally Sustainable Meeting Standards, TSI has also managed the sustainability measures for the event and developed an industry case study on best practices for event sustainability. TSI worked closely with the planning committee to develop the concept and program for a conference focused on educating attendees about the new APEX/ASTM green meeting standards. TSI's design team created the conference web site, online marketing strategy and worked with developers on a custom iPad and mobile application for attendees.
More info: www.gmicglobal.org
Project: Rally to Restore Sanity
Role: Event Sustainability Management (ISO 20121)
The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear was a gathering that took place on October 30, 2010 at the National Mall in Washington, DC. The rally was led by Jon Stewart, host of the satirical news program The Daily Show, and Stephen Colbert, in-character as a conservative political pundit.
TSI implemented a comprehensive event sustainability plan for the production which addressed waste, energy, materials, transportation, water, and stakeholder education. The Green Team effort involved recruiting and training local volunteers to main the 3-bin "Eco Stations" to help educate attendees on recycling, composting and waste diversion.
The public transit plan also succeeded to the extent that the event set a public record for the most public transit rides on a Saturday in Washington D.C.
More info: wiki page
To view the Rally: video
Project: 24 Hours of Reality
Role: Climate Change Expert Presentation
Presented by former Vice President Al Gore's The Climate Reality Project, 24 Hours of Reality is a live global event covering the climate crisis in every region of the world. On this day of action, we stand up together and demand real solutions to the greatest challenge of our time. Over the course of this multi-media event, world leaders, scientists, cultural icons, and everyday heroes discuss the shared challenges facing our planet caused by carbon pollution and point the way toward a better tomorrow.
It's a day when climate change becomes a personal priority for people everywhere and when audiences become activists. When the world comes together and embraces the reality that there is no challenge we cannot overcome.
Jaime Nack, Founder and President of TSI, served as an expert presenter on two sessions during the 24 hour broadcast which reached over 16 million viewers.
More info: 24hoursofreality.org
Project: Sustainable Brands
Role: Sustainable Event Management (ISO 20121)
TSI served as the Sustainable Event Certification Partner for the 2013 Sustainable Brands Conference held at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego, CA. In this role, TSI worked with Sustainable Brands to develop a Sustainable Event Management Policy and conduct a sustainability audit of the 2013 Conference. This involved a comprehensive review of all event management practices, partners and vendors and reporting on event sustainability efforts in accordance with the ISO 20121 standard.
More info: www.sustainablebrands.com/events/sb13/sustainability
Project: Women In Green Forum
Role: Event Production and Event Sustainability (ISO 20121 and APEX/ASTM)
presented in Frankfurt, Germany (global green event award)
The Women In Green Forum is TSI's flagship conference series. The goal of the Forum is to highlight women's impact on the environmental arena and provide opportunities for women to learn about careers in sustainability. The annual Forum combines general sessions, interactive workshops, an expo, and more. Featured speakers have included White House Cabinet Members (US EPA Secretary), Fortune 500 Sustainability Officers, CEOs of cleantech companies, policy makers, community leaders and youth leaders.
More Info: womeningreenforum.com
Twitter: @WomenGreenForum
Facebook: Women In Green Forum Page
LinkedIn Group: Women In Green Forum
Instagram: Women In Green Forum
Project: Global Green PreOscar Party
Role: Event Sustainability Management
Global Green USA's Annual Pre-Oscar® Party is THE green event of Oscar Week. Over 700 guests including celebrities, eco-luminaries, environmental companies, political leadership and headline press from around the world gather to celebrate sustainable solutions and hear the latest green messages from some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
The evening culminates an intimate dinner, followed by live musical performances by headline performing talent, including top DJ's who spin the night away.
TSI managed the event sustainability plan including a comprehensive waste diversion system (compost, recycling, landfill stations), sustainable sourcing policy, and oversight of production and set materials.
More info: globalgreen.org and #GreenPreOscar on Twitter
Project: Cleantech Open Global Forum
Role: Event Planning and Sustainability Management
The Cleantech Open is a not-for-profit organization that runs the world's largest accelerator for cleantech startups. Our mission is to find, fund and foster entrepreneurs with big ideas that address today's most urgent energy, environmental and economic challenges. Since the founding in 2005 by leaders in Silicon Valley and Boston, the organization has established itself as the leading force for accelerating clean technology entrepreneurs.
TSI managed the design and production of the 2015 Cleantech Open Global Forum - the annual conference which involves the final competition of the winning teams from all of the competitions across the globe and a gala dinner affair. TSI also implemented a comprehensive event sustainability plan for the venues in Silicon Valley and San Francisco.
More info: 2015 Global Forum
Project: Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator's GloSho
Role: Event Planning, Management and Sustainability
GLOSHO is the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator's (LACI's) Cleantech Global Showcase — an annual summit held in downtown Los Angeles. GLOSHO offers the opportunity for cleantech thought leaders and stakeholders from around the world to meet and exchange ideas, facilitate trade and investment, celebrate entrepreneurship, and further innovation.
TSI produced the inaugural GLOSHO conference in 2013 which attracted over 450 attendees to the JW Marriott at LA Live in Downtown LA. Due to the event's success, TSI produced the 2nd and 3rd annual events while increasing attendance, sponsorship support and media attention.
More info: glosho.la
Project: PEV Fast Charger Network
Role: Partnership Development, Grant Writing and Community Education/Outreach
Working alongside the South Coast Air Quality Management District, TSI managed the effort to build out a Southern California Fast Charging Electric Vehicle Network (DCFC Charging Stations). TSI was responsible for coordinating project partnership support and developing successful grant applications for the California Energy Commission's alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure programs to secure more than $1 million of financial support for the network of 28 fast charging stations.
More info: www.socalfast.com
Project: Riverside Restorative Growthprint
Role: Economic Development Strategy, Stakeholder Relations and Community Outreach
The Riverside Restorative Growthprint (RRG) combines two plans: the Economic Prosperity Action Plan (RRG-EPAP) and the Climate Action Plan (RRG-CAP), which work in conjunction to spur entrepreneurship and smart growth while advancing the City of Riverside's GHG emission reduction goals. The adoption of the RRG will result in actions to reduce GHG emissions that align with the City's planning priorities and its vision of a future "green" economy based on sustainable businesses. The RRG-EPAP identifies the measures and strategies in the RRG-CAP with the greatest potential to drive local economic prosperity through clean-tech investment, entrepreneurship, and expansion of local green businesses.
TSI partnered with ESA and National CORE to develop a comprehensive plan to map out the City of Riverside's Climate Action Plan and tie GHG emission reduction efforts to economic development activities. TSI served as the project lead for the RRG-EPAP and conducted stakeholder outreach and engagement to ensure that the plan included feedback from various groups within the city limits and conducted an online crowdsourcing campaign to pull ideas from across the globe. This unique approach allowed Riverside to capture the best and most innovative ideas and roll them into a roadmap for future economic growth tied to environmental targets.
More info: www.riversideca.gov/planning/rrg/


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This searchable digital collection (entitled, Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive) presents images of manuscripts and digital transcriptions from the Adams Family Papers including the complete correspondence between John and Abigail Adams, the diary of John Adams, and the autobiography of John Adams.
The Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment was the first military unit consisting of black soliders to be raised in the North during the Civil War. Browse online presentations of photographs and broadsides relating to a notable Civil War army regiment.
In the years between 1764 and 1776, America truly became a nation. Using letters, diaries, broadsides, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, and engravings, this website brings those tumultuous years to life for students of all ages. The site is organized around fifteen key topics and features more than 150 documents from the Society's collections. Additional resources include primary-source-based lesson plans developed by middle- and high-school educators, study questions, and contextual essays.
With a fast and comprehensive search tool new in summer 2010, this is the digital edition of the content of the previously printed editions of the Revolutionary-era Adams Papers, a long-standing documentary edition prepared at the Massachusetts Historical Society. This digital edition includes all text of the historical documents, all editorial text, and a single index with consolidated entries for the 16 printed Adams Papers indexes. Another forthcoming digital edition will present the Winthrop Papers, a documentary edition created at the MHS.
This website allows users to browse and search all 246 photographs and 29 additional illustrative items from Margaret Hall's typescript narrative, Letters and Photographs from the Battle Country, 1918-1919. As a member of the American Red Cross in France during World War I, Massachusetts-born Margaret Hall worked at a canteen at a railroad junction in the town of Châlons. On her return home she compiled a typescript narrative from the letters and diary passages that she wrote while overseas. Her words offer a first-hand account of life on the Western Front in the last months of the war. She also copiously illustrated the text with her own photographs, which depict soldiers, canteens, and the extensive destruction and ruin following the war.
Read and examine materials offering a range of perspectives about the Boston Massacre. Included are letters, diary entries, pamphlets, broadsides, newspaper accounts, printed depositions, orations, trial notes, and even bullets recovered from the site. Use a comparison tool to closely view any two of seven featured images side by side.


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Measuring points with extremely high process temperatures require these special ceramic protection tubes. Made from special materials, it serves as protection from mechanical and chemical damages in the process and increases the life span of the used sensors. This leads to: Cost savings for maintenance of the measuring point, quality improvements of the products and increased plant safety. It is designed as replacement part for the high temperature TC thermometer TAF11 by Endress+Hauser.
Long lifetime by usage of innovative protection tube materials with increased wear and chemical resistance
Long term stable measurement due to sensor protection with non-porous materials
Replaceable parts
Область применения
Applicable for steel treatment (annealing), concrete furnaces and primaries. Accessory for high temperature assembly TAF11.
Process temperatures up to +1600 °C (+2912 °F).


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Fiber to the desk (FTTD) has long been the dream of those that manufacture and install fiber-optical cable. So far fiber's dominance has proved to be an elusive goal. Though it boasts unlimited bandwidth and unchallenged structural integrity, fiber's higher price and trickier installation have kept it from becoming a serious contender to copper for the FTTD market. That is until now.
Copper data wiring gets ugly The new varieties of copper data cabling-Cat. 6 and 7-are problematic to say the least. To put it briefly and bluntly: The standards that exist are not real standards. Cable and device manufacturers are using different bandwidth (signal speed) figures, the testing equipment costs a ton, and the tests get more complicated all the time. And if you ever thought there was any built-in slop in Cat. 5 installation requirements, it's gone now. To make matters worse, the new Cat. 6 wiring will be 20% to 60% more expensive than Cat. 5 wiring (depending upon whose figures you believe.) This is in addition to the costs associated with the installer being blamed for installations that do not operate as advertised.
Fiber is cheaper Don't believe me? Let me show you why. Those of you familiar with structured cabling and the EIA/TIA 568 standard will recognize the standard network-cabling layout shown in Fig. 1. Note how many hubs there are in this design - one on each floor of the building. These hubs are necessary for a single reason: Copper wiring has severe distance limitations. That is, if you try to run copper data links for more than 100 meters (including vertical portions of the run, and all patch cords), the network will not work.
Now, look at Fig. 2 on page 18F. This network uses fiber-optic cables to create what is called a collapsed backbone architecture. Now, count the hubs-only one, right? This is a big advantage with a fiber network (fiber has little difficulty with longer distances). And do not miss the ancillary savings that this architecture provides: No power circuits are required for the hubs, equipment racks, backboards, UPS systems, conduits, and other small items. In addition, the labor for these items is also eliminated.
If hubs are not required on each floor, neither are the datacom closets. These dedicated spaces can be eliminated. That not only eliminates significant costs, but also frees up space for other uses (more space for which the owners can charge rent).
Does reality matter? And if so, when? Please don't pass this question off as frivolous-reality often takes a back seat to "everybody's doing it," "I've never seen that before," "don't make waves," and a hundred similar slogans. If reality mattered all that much, people would have switched over to fiber the first or second time they had to replace a three-year old copper data cabling system. We've now gone through proprietary cabling systems-Cat. 2, 3, 4, and 5-and we are moving on to Cat. 6. Yet most people think that fiber is too expensive because it has a 10% to 15% higher initial cost (You're not supposed to think about the fact that it lasts for decades). In the final accounting, using the collapsed backbone architecture saves somewhere between $200 and $500 per network computer in total. The total premium for fiber electronics over copper electronics is $100 to $200 per node.
The question that faces us is not whether people should change over to fiber, but whether the cost of ignoring fiber has become too great to bear. It may be that it has, or will be very soon.
A new viewpoint The old network paradigm (pattern) was a smart network center and dumb equipment at the ends. This is how the telephone companies were (and are) set up; with complex switches and call accounting equipment at the phone company facilities, and low-tech telephones on your nightstands.
The new paradigm is quite opposite, with relatively dumb network centers and brilliant personal computers at the end of the line. Internet messages from one computer to another contain their source and destination addresses, and routing is done in hundreds of semi-smart locations rather than at the center. This arrangement is perfect for fiber because fiber's endless bandwidth makes up for network intelligence. Note also that this dumb network is a whole lot cheaper to use than the smart network.
The bottom line here is that the overall economics of the new data world dictate that more bandwidth is so valuable that it is virtually inevitable everywhere. That includes up to and inside buildings. Many new data services will be coming along in the next few years. In the data-networking world, bandwidth is the mother of invention. Only fiber can give such bandwidth.
The final effect of this paradigm shift is that fiber is moving into the office building one way or another. And as fiber comes into the building, networking people begin to get comfortable with it. Eventually, they will get comfortable enough to go all-fiber, which will eliminate the need for a fiber/copper interface in the main telecom closet. Not a major savings, but not entirely insignificant.
Is fiber to the desk inevitable? No, fiber to the end of the line is not inevitable, although it's probably as good a bet as you're going to get. The one technology that could displace fiber inside buildings is wireless datatransmission. If true high-bandwidth wireless technologies can be developed, and if they operate at very low costs, they could take fiber's place. But this is quite unlikely. Indoor wireless networks have been tried before, and have always come up short for most uses. There are problems with speed, radio-frequency interference and antenna placement. Maybe some genius inventor will come up with a host of new ideas that can work together to make wireless networks a reality, but it's not likely.
When the pain of using copper becomes great enough and the advantages of bandwidth are seen well enough, then the masses will change to fiber. I for one, hope it happens very soon.


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What Was the Year's Most Significant Story?
It was a year in which the economy mended in the U.S and Japan, stock markets set records and the U.S. avoided intervention in another war. But the past year also saw a typhoon that killed thousands, a deadly attack on a shopping mall in Africa and a bombing at the Boston Marathon that left three dead.
Here is a list of 20 major news events of 2013. Which one do you think was the most significant? Make your selection below. We'll tally the results at the end of the month.


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Car2Go back up and running after disruption | News
WASHINGTON (WUSA9) -- car2go is back to full service, according to the company's Facebook page.
"car2go is back up and running throughout the entire car2go Home Area! Our teams have identified and addressed the issue that caused the temporary service disruption and are working to make cars available for members," the car2go Facebook post said.
car2Go, a popular rental smart car service in DC, experienced outages overnight in the DC area.
The company did not mention what caused the disruption.


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OFA kicks off climate-change push
Organizing for Action kicked off a push on climate change Thursday designed to lay the groundwork for legislative action.
The pro-Obama advocacy group is releasing a video calling out members of Congress for denying science that shows climate change is a threat -- the group contends that as many as 240 lawmakers in 2011 argued it was a hoax, and the video features clips of a litany of lawmakers including House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.).
"Right now, way too many lawmakers in Washington flat-out refuse to face the facts when it comes to climate change," OFA executive director Jon Carson said in an email to supporters. "We're never going to make real progress on this issue unless members of Congress get serious. Instead, some of them have made a habit of publicly mocking it. We thought it was time to call them out for denying what's basic science."
Climate change joins OFA's expanding portfolio of campaigns, which so far has included gun-control, immigration, the budget and state-level issues in New York and Illinois.


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Mary Magdalen Hughs
Mary Magdalen Hughs, at her residence in Pope county, aged 71 years and 10 months.
Mrs. Hughs professed faith in Christ and joined the Baptist church about fifty years before her death. She was a faithful Christian always at peace with the church. Some of her last words were inquiring after the peace of the church. But she leaves her labor of love for the crown. " Be thou faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of new life." She was the mother of twelve children, four of who she survived, leaving eight to mourn her loss in tears.
We do not mourn as those that fear
Without a hope divine
We know our mother left her cares
For that celestial clime
Her affectionate son. A. H.
Arkansas Evangel, Little Rock, Arkansas
August 9, 1883