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Commerce Main Street will hold its Independence Day celebration from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 29. There will be fireworks, music, vendors, food and inflatables, as well as a concert featuring the Shane Dalton Gang.
For more information, call 706-335-2954.
The City of Nicholson will hold its Independence Day celebration on Saturday, June 30, at the Nicholson City Park. Events start at 4 p.m. with the fireworks to be presented after dark. Entertainment will be provided by The Wild Hares.
The annual Jefferson Freedom Festival will be held Saturday, June 30, from 5 to 10 p.m. on the square in downtown Jefferson.
There will be live music from "The Grains of Sand," a fireworks show, free concert, food, retail vendors, games and more.
For more information, visit www.mainstreetjefferson.com or call 706-367-5714.
An array of festivities in downtown Braselton are planned for the "Celebrate July 4th" holiday. Food vendors will line the perimeter of Town Green in the heart of the historic downtown. Families are encouraged to bring chairs or blankets.
Local favorite "Moby Dick" will perform from 5-9 p.m. presenting family-friendly music. The traditional parade will begin at 6 p.m. starting at the Braselton Tech Center and traveling through downtown. Fireworks will cap the evening.
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What is this sextexchange thing?
Sextexchange is a constrained writing experiment/sex robot based on a tweet format started by Patricia Lockwood. It's a way to anonymously send creative sexts (preferably funny, sexy, thoughtful, silly, or all of the above) to strangers and friends who are also playing the game.
Brendan Adkins, of course. If you'd like to check out some of his other weird, senseless, hilariously genius projects, try the game Starpilot, or his podcast, The Children's Hour of Knowledge.
Why haven't I gotten a message back?
Before launching sextexchange, the bot's creator did not realize that Twitter limits DMs to 256 in 24 hours. This significantly restrains the activity of the account, and is unlikely to change any time soon. If you haven't received a response to your sext, it's probably because the account is near or at that limit. A short-term solution has been capping sexts-per-person to 10 per 24 hours, so sext wisely.
It is also possible that not enough other people have been sending sexts, so the pool of responses the bot has to choose from is too limited to submit a response to you. However, if you never receive a response, contact Brendan and let him know.
What does "easy, tiger" mean?
It means that you're over the limit allowed for sexts-per-person in 24 hours. Because Twitter limits an accounts' DMs to 256 in a 24 hour period, peoples' sexts are capped to ensure more folks get to play. Wait a few hours, take a cold shower, and spend some time crafting some really excellent sexts for when you're back in the game.
Ahhh! I got all my responses at once, and now I can only rate the most recent one! What happened?
Unfortunately this is a side effect of playing a game through Twitter DMs. If you want to ensure that you'll be able to rate each sext you get, it's best to always wait for a response and send yours out more slowly.
Why am I seeing repeats on the SextExchange site?
The page pulls paired sexts from the last day or so, since it's fun to see what sexts other people are sending/receiving. Also, you'll occasionally see some truly magnificent random pairings. It will often pull the same pair more than once, or you might see repeats because you're seeing the sext in the "someone sent this" category, and then in the "and got this back" category.
It's probably worth noting that if you're talking publicly about which sexts you're receiving, it's possible for people to figure out which ones you've sent based on the site. (Unless you're talking about sexts you've received much earlier in the game.)
Why are the "someone sent this" sexts rated?
They have presumably been received by someone else playing the game and rated by the recipient.
How are the leaderboard stats determined?
The algorithm is secret and may change, but it's based on upvotes and downvotes a players' sexts have received. People with extraordinarily high hit rates (positively ranked vs. number sent) are marked on the leaderboard as well.
One of my sexts got flagged. What does this mean?
It means that someone was offended by what you sent, or maybe just really didn't like it. That person won't receive any more sexts from you. If you send hate speech or spam, you will be banned. And always remember: be careful, be generous, be kind.
I'm offended/unsettled by something that was sent to me. What can I do?
Reply "flag" and the sext will be reviewed for content. You won't receive any more sexts from that player, and they could be warned or banned from participating in the future. If you aren't able to flag a sext (because of multiple responses) or want to talk about it to someone, email Brendan.
What's with the weird star tweets coming from the sextexchange account?
You're seeing people playing Starpilot, another (scarier) Twitter game made by Brendan.
I'm not comfortable with my sexts being posted on the site/my name being listed on the leaderboard. What can I do about this?
Email Brendan and he can work on an exception for you. He's very nice like that.
Why won't my emoji work?
Emoji just don't work. I wish they could, but they can't.EMOJI WORK NOW! BOOM 🎉
I noticed an error on the site, a glitch in the exchange, or have an idea for a feature that might add something to the experience. Where can I send those?
Contact Brendan, who has already devoted way too many hours to making his sex robot work.
I don't like this game.
Hopefully not frequent and not really a question, but I'm sorry about that! You don't have to play. Just unfollow the sextexchange account and we can pretend this never happened.
What are some of your favorite sexts so far?
I'm so glad you asked, person looking at this page. There have been a lot of funny, sexy, and magically fantastic ones, although of course everyone's taste/sense of humor differs.
Since what I think doesn't really matter,I've asked Brendan to put in some that he likes best:
- sext: "You see," said Luke, with a sly little grin, "I've learned to do a lot of things without using my hands." Han's breath caught as he f
- sext: Siri, google "how to draw an ASCII penis"
- Sext: your voice scrapes the bottom of my stomach, and fills me to the brim
- sext: who are you wearing?
- Sext: when I try to be sexy, it's just funny, and when I try to be funny it's kind of sexy; so then I came up with the clown suit striptease
- Sext: You make me feel brave.


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Well, I finally decided to do it. I have been contemplating starting a blog for several months now. I don't actually know why it was such a difficult decision, when all I wanted was a place where I could write down a few thoughts and share my own life experiences with… the world wide web? I guess so!
I am currently a in school trying to push through the last few weeks of craziness before the Christmas break. But as usual, here I am creating a brand new blog on a Sunday evening rather than being the studious student I know that I am.
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Date of Award
Spring 1-1-2017
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Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
First Advisor
Michael J. Brandemuehl
Second Advisor
Moncef Krarti
Third Advisor
John Z. Zhai
Fourth Advisor
Wil V. Srubar
Fifth Advisor
Jason Woods
A large number of building energy simulation programs are used to evaluate indoor conditions and energy performance of buildings. Every building energy modeling tool calculates the heat and moisture exchange among the outdoor environment, the building envelope, and indoor environments as a fundamental component of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) loads. While all tools account for moisture flow through the envelope by infiltration, almost no users calculate moisture diffusion through the envelope or moisture storage in the building due to excessive computation time and unavailable material properties. However, research has shown, and work in this dissertation has confirmed, that significant errors in energy consumption predictions occur when moisture exchange is ignored, especially in hot and humid climates. This dissertation explores the impact of moisture exchange in building energy models and develops recommendations for improving simplified moisture exchange calculations under circumstances where the errors are the greatest.
A research model has been developed to model detailed heat and moisture transfer in building envelopes, based on the HAMT model in EnergyPlus, which allows for the examination of both vapor and liquid transport mechanisms. The detailed model is validated through international benchmark tests and is used as a reference model to test simpler methods. Models for conduction transfer function (CTF) and effective mean penetration depth (EMPD) methods have also been developed.
The research explored the opportunities to improve existing simplified moisture exchange models, specifically the heat and moisture transfer function (MTF) methods and the EMPD method. The MTF method accounts for transport of moisture vapor, but ignores liquid transport mechanism. An analysis was conducted to assess the impact of liquid transport on overall heat and mass transfer under various external environmental conditions for walls made of different building construction materials. Results indicate that liquid transport mechanism can have a significant impact on moisture flow through some construction materials, specifically concrete and gypsum, at high relative humidity. However, sensible and latent fluxes on the inside surface of multi-layer walls are not significantly impacted by the presence of liquid transport in the heat and moisture transfer calculations model. It is concluded that changes to the MTF model to account for liquid transport are not warranted.
The EMPD model accounts for cyclic moisture storage at the surface of building materials and assemblies. As an extension of the conventional EMPD method, which accounts for buffering only on the inside surface, a two-sided moisture penetration depth model is proposed and evaluated how much the EMPD model at the external surface would influence thermal and moisture transfer at the inside surface. The results indicate that the two-sided EMPD model has no significant impact on inside sensible and latent heat fluxes.
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Blogging, Painting, & SlackingMay 20th, 2009
Over the long weekend I did a lot of miniature painting, maybe too much. Combined with some guitar playing and my generally unhealthy lifestyle my back and my thumb on my painting hand were really sore. But that isn't what this post is about. It is to show off some of the models I've completed over the last few days as well as some WIP pictures.
I'm gradually building towards an appearance at Astronomi-con Vancouver. The Nurglings are just remnants of an old idea as I can't use them in my CSM army anymore.
The main focus of my efforts was to get a squad of Chaos Havocs complete with four autocanons finished. They are pretty spiffy, too spiffy for the time and energy I have available. More pictures and in-progress pictures can be seen over at the B&C.
I'm also working on a new lord to lead my forces at Astro. This is the base and the demonic mount for the Chaos Lord who I've dubbed Hewhocannotbenamed.
This conversion was the fourth I completed but the most popular one over at the Bolter and the Chainsword. I outlined how I built it over there too.
This Havoc may have been the most work. I kinda made things up as I went. I got the Imperial Guard Autocanons off eBay then when the time came I just dug into my bit box and built them.
I haven't completely abandoned Nurgle. These Nurglings were bought for another army idea, which never came to be due to my MBA and the new Chaos Codex. I used these guys to test out some colors which you'll see or not see in my Astronomi-con Vancouver army.
I haven't been doing much and frankly I don't miss it too much, but I have a knack for it and have been helping the folks over at Greening the Inner-city get up and running.
I do however have a whole bunch of tabs left open in Opera of stuff I was considering blogging about. So since this as good as things get here goes.
Google announced a new feature called "me" which may be aimed at getting into the Social Networking site game, beyond Orkut, or it could be an attempt to centralize your info online, help you build your own brand online. I was surprised it didn't get more attention, but maybe it did. I don't read too many IT blogs or websites anymore.
To that end or some other way I ended up at Ego Surf, so I tried it. I got a pretty good score all things considered. It was a long time ago but I took a screen shot. You can try to beat mine if you care…
As I mentioned above I've been blogging more at WordPress.com and have written about the differences between it and self hosting. One feature that is cool is instant findability. It still hasn't resulted in more than three dozen readers in a single day for our blog though…
WordPress is getting into the social networking game with BuddyPress. I think there are more than enough of these sites with Facebook and LinkedIn the clear winners in the circles I move in.
At work and I guess on people's political agenda is the revitalization of Chinatown. There are some cool new businesses we're working with in and around this. Maybe that'll give me more Entrepreneurial Cred.
I actually painted a lot on the long weekend, so much so it hurt. Of course if I took better care of myself or had better posture… I just cleaned out my blogging backlog, or the best of it.
I also had to call in sick today. It goes without saying I wish things were better, however some people still don't believe me and they just don't care how much their words and actions hurt me.
I haven't forgotten though they've tried to ignore me out of existence. Today was not a good day and I went through mazes in my mind and conversations that should have happened, maybe they will still happen, but some people lack courage and they certainly haven't been my friends.
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Monday, 3 February 2014
The red witch
Another Red Riding Hood-inspired outfit from Enchantment. This mesh gown is from Peqe and comes in two ombre shades; red to black or black to red. There's a matching hood included which you can wear or not as you please, and there are three different sizes to help accomodate your hair.
The gown isn't entirely innocent as there's a skin-revealing cut-out at the back. I think it could be a great option for a sorceress or priestess - someone with a little magic and maybe even some menace to them.
The customisable necklace is from Aisling at the Fantasy Gacha Carnival - this one is the rare, which comes with a hud for multiple texture change options.
Additional jewelry comes from Bokeh (also at Enchantment), Magic Nook and Soedara, while the skin is from Belleza at Collabor88 (this round will be changing over very soon).
Outfit: Peqe - Riding Hood Gown + hood (at Enchantment)
Necklace: aisling. GAIA - Necklace Gold (rare) (at Fantasy Gacha Carnival )
Rings: Bokeh - Enchanting Red's Ring (at Enchantment)
Bracelets: Magic Nook - Celtic Dream Bracelet (Gold)
Face chain: Soedara~ Gold Face Chain Captured
Hair: LaViere- Natsya/DarkChocolate
Skin: Belleza- Ria Pale 1 Br (at Collabor88)
Shape: Self-made
Hands: Slink - Avatar Enhancement Hands
Eyes: IKON Lucid Eyes - Coffee
Photo taken at Sands of Time
Posted by Adora Whitesong at 11:52
Labels: Aisling, Belleza, Bokeh, Enchantment, fantasy, Fantasy Gacha, gown, iheartslfeed, Ikon, jewelry, LaViere, Magic Nook, Peqe, priestess, roleplay, second life, soedara, sorceress
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At 10 years old, Cru was hooked on motocross — he got his first motorcycle and started riding circuits. By age 12, he was racing.
Why motocross? Because the adrenaline is "unlike anything else," he says. It clears the mind and keeps the heart rate up. It also keeps Cru at his ideal shape, because to do it, you have to be fit.
When Cru's dad was seriously injured in a motocross accident, he hit the track even harder. Pushing through jumps and ruts are what helped him work through the pain until his father was released from the hospital.
Cru's ultimate advice: don't let fear stop you from doing what you love. "Don't worry about what people think," he says. To see how he stays fearless and focused on his #ideal, check out his video below:


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Case Summary: 14-cv-13184
Plaintiff Christine Ralton brought an action against Defendant Collecto, Inc., for an alleged failure to pay her proper prevailing wages while she was employed by Defendant. Defendant, a debt collection agency, won a contract with the United Stated Department of Education to collect student loan debt. In 2005, Defendant hired Plaintiff as a Loan Recovery Specialist. Plaintiff stopped working for Defendant under the federal contract in 2011, when she moved to a new position in Defendant's compliance department. Plaintiff alleges that from 2005 to March 2011, Defendant was paying her less than required by the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act (SCA).
In this video, the Court hears oral arguments from Plaintiff and Defendant on a Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiff argues that, pursuant to the SCA, Defendant should have paid her substantially more than what she was being paid while working for Defendant under the federal contract. Defendant argues that Plaintiff has no standing to bring this action because the SCA does not provide employees with a private right of action against their employers for failure to pay prevailing wages. Defendant also argues that Plaintiff's claim is barred by the statute of limitations because the complaint was filed more than three years after any alleged violation. The Court grants Defendant's Motion to Dismiss.
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- Motion to Dismiss filed 8/8/2014 (Doc #5)
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There are several thing that led to my career shift into the wine industry. But the bottom line is I really love EVERYTHING about it. The vineyards, the harvests, the hard work, the winemaking, the aging, all the technical aspects, etc…
BUT, that is me. I have been told by friends that if/when they hear someone ask me a wine related question they run for the hills. Because wine (and wine making) is SO INVOLVED I tend to stumble into long winded responses that can put people to sleep.
That said, I was recently asked by a friend at an Israeli winery to help them out with an English version of their "technical spec sheet" – something they have been told by their importer is very important in the marketing of their wines. While I was thrilled to help out, I wondered, DOES THE AVERAGE WINE CONSUMER REALLY CARE ABOUT STUFF LIKE "ph", "TA", BRIX AT HARVEST, etc…?????????
More on this topic in future blog posts, but I welcome any thoughts…
Happy '08!
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Rest in peace, David Bowie.
Rest in peace, David Bowie.
I've seen a tweet going around that says people under the age of 44 are almost as likely to use Youtube for research purposes as they are Wikipedia.
Given that the tweet is being passed around in academic circles, I suspect the meaning of "research" is meant to be understood as scholarly research, which would be kind of appalling.
However, if you look at the actual question, it asks what sources people have used for "information." I guess I'm just as guilty as anyone else, then, because Wikipedia has some great stuff about the Battle of Lepanto and Steven Universe, but it's not great for figuring out how to replace a door handle in a 1998 Toyota Corolla.
These two men had more of an effect on my life than you'd think.
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For various reasons, this is a bad time to be starting a new project, but I had been planning to do this for quite a while. I've written a little about work and software development here, but The Phantom City never seemed to be the most appropriate place. So, for those ideas, I present The Clockwork Mind!
I really need to get back into writing more, and hopefully one blog will inspire the other. On most subjects, I'll be here. On programming, software development, and management, I'll be over there.
…It rises from the crypt, seeking to take vengeance upon those who left it for dead!
Okay, really, I just restored The Phantom City from the most recent personal backups I could find to bring it out of its 2.5-year slumber. My previous "lifetime" hosting was for the lifetime of the company, not my own, and even though another company valiantly jumped in at the last minute to honour those plans, my server was one of the few that couldn't be successfully transferred before the shutdown.
I decided to take a break from blogging, and I didn't see a new host I was particularly enthusiastic about until someone recently mentioned WebFaction. Shared managed hosting for developers with one-click installers that work? Sign me up! I've been using cloud servers to play with various things, but I like to tear them down and build them back up, so it's not really ideal for blog hosting. Plus, after a long hard day of securing other people's servers, I kind of like being able to depend on someone else to take care of one of my own. (The link above is an affiliate link. I don't know what I get if you sign up using it, but why not?)
Anyway, I think I'm up to date through the shutdown as far as content, but I still need to fix a bunch of links and images. Plus, I just jumped a whole bunch of versions of WordPress, so I'm still figuring out how to replicate some of my old blog functionality. Much better themes available, though. We'll probably never get back the classic theme, unless I can find where the backup with those source image files went in the last ten years, but we'll always have the favicon to remember it by. Besides, I'm getting older, and the large text is comforting to me.
Well, let's see how this goes. My Facebook statuses have been trending longer and longer, so it's about time I moved them to their natural home, where they can embiggen the spirits of us all. 🙂
Well, there goes my sense of social contribution. Sony will be removing the Life with Playstation client from the PS3 with the 4.30 update. The client, which contributed processing time on the PS3 to medical research using folding protein models, was used by around 15 million people to contribute over 100 million hours of calculations.
My system has a little over 500 nights' worth of calculations under its belt, which would be about 3000 hours. I figure my function has been to supply money for power for the PS3 to keep doing important work. Now what's my purpose, and what's it going to do? 🙂
Here's hoping Sony changes their mind, or figures out some other way to use those processing cycles.
Courtesy of The Escapist.
So, I'm sure everyone has heard about Mitt Romney telling rich folks the election is running against him because 47% of people don't pay taxes, expect handouts, etc. Not sure why anyone would be surprised. This has been a common conservative talking point this year, particularly in the primaries, and Rush Limbaugh uses it all the time.
Some things about the 47% who don't pay taxes:
1. There is some percentage of genuinely poor people in there. Progressive tax rates are a good way of allowing the poor to take care of themselves as much as possible, without direct government aid. Need all of your money to survive? Keep your money. It's simplicity itself. Now, we can argue about social welfare programs and benefits targeted at the poor, but that number isn't 47%, and is only related to the 47% in that both include the poor.
2. Big contributor to the 47%: Seniors on Social Security. If you make below a certain amount in addition to your Social Security income, you don't pay taxes on that Social Security income. How should we "fix" that so everyone is contributing equally and the 53% can feel better about life? Tax Social Security benefits? That would be just as idiotic as the current Social Security taxation scheme, where the federal government sends money to people and then turns around and has to collect that money back. Wouldn't it be better to just cut the benefits the same amount and lose some of the bureaucracy?
3. Also a big contributor to the 47%: Families making below a certain amount who get the Earned Income Tax Credit. Not personally fond of this one, but I doubt too many people want to get rid of it. (Seriously, I get children are expensive, but why the heck is the federal government paying us to have them? Why not just give us a more progressive tax scheme and better-targeted social welfare, and let parents figure out how many children they can afford, as they did pre-1975?)
4. And, my personal favorite: Mortgage interest deductions. Don't get me wrong, we claim them every year. But is it genuinely a federal interest to encourage buying houses instead of renting?
Who benefits from factor 2? Seniors! Who mostly benefits from factors 3 and 4? Middle-class white people! You know, the folks Mr. Romney wants to come out and vote for him in 2012. Which is why he keeps talking about defending Medicare, and Social Security, and keeping the expensive parts of Obamacare and Bushcare….
Personally, I don't want to vote for a person who, when talking to rich donors, draws a vision of the entire population as producers and parasites — guess which role the donors get to play — but then turns around on his commercials and talks about how much he wants to defend all of the entitlements he so contemptuously dismissed in his rich donor speech.
On Saturday Night Live this weekend, Jay Pharoah — playing President Obama — said that though he might not have a lot going for him in this election, he's always got Mitt Romney to help out. True words.
Update: How nice to be reminded of some of the folks in factor 1 — a substantial portion of our own enlisted soldiers — by a man who done lost his mind back during the Bush 43 Presidency. (And yes, trying out neoconservative foreign policy once doesn't mean anything. Supporting it for the entire Bush 43 and Obama administrations, no matter what, means you're an addict.)
Update, redux: Let's all be reminded: Never corner a Carter. They fight mean.
Update, yet again: Reason has a good quote:
The price of public generosity is massive and, at the individual level, largely hidden. Far from thinking of themselves as victims, most net recipients think they're the ones pushing the wagon. This is the misconception that needs to go away.
And yet another Update: This is how much a family of four, with one spouse working, would need to make to pay income taxes, thanks to tax breaks. Hmmm…only one parent working…tax breaks equaling lower effective tax rates…I thought this was supposed to be the Republican Dream. Instead, Mr. Romney gets his talking points mixed up and says you're a parasite. Thanks, President Reagan, for the tax breaks and tax rates that make this person a parasite!
So, listening to the Republican National Convention, I just heard Tim Pawlenty trying out a line about the Presidency being Barack Obama's first job. I thought this was odd, since he was obviously in public service for a while beforehand, but decided to examine the President's career to see when he had worked in the for-profit private sector. (You know, the only real jobs at the RNC.) Turns out he was a lawyer for a civil-rights-oriented law firm before running for Illinois State Senate. He was also a professor at a private university, but that probably doesn't count for the RNC.
I decided to look at Pawlenty's record. After law school he worked as a labor lawyer, and then was vice president at a software company. Otherwise, just one political job after another. Seems familiar, somehow.
On the other hand, I've worked at three different for-profit companies in just the last few years. (It's all been government contracts, though. I didn't build that.) Does that make me more qualified for the Presidency than Tim Pawlenty? I know he didn't get a lot more votes than I did in the Ames Straw Poll.
First, go read Mike Munger's My Dog Does Not Own My House.
While the analogy is interesting, it isn't complete. How about this?
The group of homeowners decided they needed 18 dogs to keep them safe. First, they provided food for 15-20 or so, depending on the generic food harvest. Then, they decided to provide food for 12 for the next ten years, no matter what the harvest.
When the dogs pointed out they needed food for six more, the homeowners said no. The dogs weren't really interested in running off 6 of their own, and the homeowners insisted on 18 dogs' worth of protection.
For some reason, in the past, the homeowners committed to letting the dogs incur debt for the group of homeowners, so the dogs did so to get the extra food. This caused great consternation among the homeowners, who did not like the debt. So one of the dogs says, however clumsily, that as long as they want 18-dog service, they're either going to go into debt or need to give them more food.
This causes great debate between those who want 10 dogs, and those who want 20, both of whom want to pay for as little food as possible. (Oddly enough, it doesn't seem to matter whether the homeowner lives near the edge of the community near the bandits and beasts or not. What matters is how convinced the homeowner is that they individually can whip those bandits and beasts, and whether or not they were down with the collective dog thing in the first place.)
As a natural result, the homeowners hold an election to see who'll be Top Dog, and both of the candidates promise 18 dogs' worth of protection for the low, low price of either 10 dogs' worth of food or 13 dogs' worth.
Not sure the coercion is all on the dogs' side. We know most of the foolishness and responsibility isn't.
Interesting link included to Nozick's Why Do Intellectuals Oppose Capitalism? Pretty sure most people, like me, are fine with meritocracies as long as the merit system favors them and they = elite, and populist when that doesn't happen.
Update: Our current system? It's kind of like the dog analogy, except with the addition that some homeowners' houses are considered more valuable for reasons spanning from collective valuation, to buying votes, to their willingness to contribute snacks to the Top Dog, and they get more dog attention.
You were a great actor. Thanks for the performances.
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And were excellent in all of them. You reminded me of my home and that always made me happy.
Update: The Knight Shift has a good remembrance, including Griffith's most famous comedy routine.
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Paliperidone-related gynecomastia and treatment: a case report
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Hyperprolactinemia is a frequent adverse effect of typical antipsychotics and atypical antipsychotics such as risperidone, amisulpride, and paliperidone. Side effects due to hyperprolactinemia are less frequent in males and sometimes these symptoms are overlooked. The management of a patient with antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia must be patient specific. The recommended treatments include reducing dose of the offending antipsychotic, switching to another antipsychotic, using dopamine receptor agonist, adding sex steroids or aripiprazole to the treatment. In this report, a case that developed gynecomastia in the second month of the paliperidone treatment is presented, and its treatment is discussed.
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In general, antipsychotic drugs used in the treatment of psychotic disorders are classified as typical antipsychotics, acting by dopamine receptor antagonist, and atypical antipsychotics acting by serotonin-dopamine antagonism and/or interacting with dopamine receptors in various forms (mesolimbic selectivity, weaker D2 receptor blockade, rapid cleavage of D2 receptors and partial dopamine agonism) (1). When the function of the neurons in the Tubo-infundibular dopaminergic pathway extending from hypothalamus to hypophysis are inhibited by antipsychotic drugs, prolactin release increases. This situation, hyperprolactinemia, can be asymptomatic or can lead galactorrhea, amenorrhea, gynecomastia and sexual dysfunction in short term, and tumorigenesis and osteoporosis in long term (1-4). These side effects can disrupt treatment compliance and lead to serious health problems in the long term (4).
Atypical antipsychotics, which have weaker D2 receptor blockade compared to the strong serotonin receptor blockade and have greater effects on the mesolimbic system than the effects on the nigrostriatal system and the tuberoinfundibular system, raise the prolactin levels less than the typical antipsychotics (1,2,5). Antipsychotic related hyperprolactionemia incidences have been reported to range from 42 to 93% for women and 18 to 72% for men (6). The paliperidone, active metabolites of risperidon and amisulpride, and risperidon's itself are known to cause hyperprolactinemia (7). Studies on paliperidone have been limited (8). On the other hand, it is considered that aripiprazole does not increase prolactin levels with the partial agonist action on D2 and D3 receptors, and even restores hyperprolactinemia induced by other antipsychotics (9,10). In this paper, a case of gynecomastia after paliperidone use, and its treatment is presented.
A 23-year-old male patient referred to our outpatient clinic with complaints of enlargement in one breast. His medical history revealed that his first admission to the psychiatry was at the age of 15 due to reluctance and malaise. He used sertraline 50mg/day for a short time due to similar complaints 2 years ago. Approximately 7 months ago he was referred to psychiatrist by his family because of self-talk, increase in the number of religious devotions, visual hallucinations, hearing sounds, nervousness and aggression. He was warning his friends about what they should do to prevent harm from demons. He was admitted to the hospital twice in short intervals with the diagnosis of "acute psychosis". His HBsAg was positive. He was prescribed paliperidone 9 mg/day and quetiapine 25mg/day and the complaints have been decreased with the treatment. Quetiapine was discontinued at follow up examinations. He used bornaprin for a short time for extrapyramidal system (EPS) findings. In the second month of paliperidon treatment he referred to internal medicine clinic upon noticing a mammary growth. Hormon analyses (thyroid function tests, total testosterone, estradiol levels) were normal. The ultrasonography of the breast was reported as "a hypoechoic tissue of 8x14mm without a distinct border in the left mammary retroareolar area (primarily interpreted in favor of gynecomastia). Then the patient
was referred to our clinic.
Mental examination of the subject revealed that; his associations were slow, his affect was monotonous, did not define positive psychotic symptom, the memory and orientation were natural and he had psychomotor retardation. Prolactin level was determined as 136.3ng/ml (normal prolactin level is <25ng/ml in women, <20ng/ml in men). Paliperidone was decreased to 6mg, and aripiprazol 10mg/day was added. Since the patient was an adult, he was diagnosed as psychotic disorder and has switched from another antipsychotic, aripiprazole was started in moderate doses. In addition to hyperprolactinemia EPS developed with paliperidon treatment. Therefore it was planned to switch from paliperidone to aripiprazole and continue with monotherapy. The patient was reevaluated 10 days after the treatment switch. No positive psychotic symptoms were found, the prolactin level was 22ng/ml, and the growth in the breast tissue was resolved. Paliperidone was reduced to 3mg/day on the 14th day of the treatment with aripiprazole and completely terminated at the first month of treatment. Treatment of the patient, who has been in remission for approximately 6 months, is continued with aripiprazole 20mg/day and quetiapine 25mg/day.
It has been reported that hyperprolactinemia develops more frequently in females and younger patients, and the risk increases with higher drug doses (2,9). Our young male patient has been treated with paliperidone, an atypical antipsychotic that is commonly known as causing hyperprolactinemia. In addition to galactorrhea, hyperprolactinemia leads to hypogonadism, sexual dysfunction, infertility, and amenorrhea due to hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis suppression. While in female patients the symptoms are immediately noticeable, in male patients these symptoms are less frequent and are sometimes overlooked. Prolactin levels are elevated within a few hours after initiation of treatment, and elevated hormone levels can persist for a long time after cessation of therapy (9). Gynecomastia, that occured in the second month of the treatment in our case, is a rare side effect among male patients. Gynecomastia may be unilateral, or unilateral as seen in our case.
In the treatment of hyperprolactinemia due to the use of antipsychotic drugs, it is recommended to reduce the antipsychotic drug dose, to change the antipsychotic, to add dopaminergic agonist or sex steroids in treatment (11). Treatment with aripiprazole has been reported to be an effective and safe alternative in the treatment of antipsychotic-associated hyperprolactinemia (12). In our case, due to the EPS and gynecomastia related with paliperidone, a gradual transition from paliperidone to aripiprazole was planned. Paliperidone was reduced from 9mg/day to 6mg/day, and 10mg/day aripiprazole was added to treatment. It was seen in the follow-up visits that the prolactin levels decreased to normal ranges and gynecomastia regressed without exacerbation of psychotic symptoms.
There is controversy regarding whether or not to check prolactin levels before starting the treatment. Some authors recommend routine screening, whereas others do not recommend or recommend screening for just high-risk drugs and patients (11,13,14). There is no consensus on whether the patient's prolactin levels should be monitored at follow up visits, either. While some authors recommend quarterly or annual prolactin levels evaluations, treatment guidelines generally recommend analyzing prolactin levels when the patient develops symptoms (11,13,14). According to the Schizophrenia Treatment Guideline of the Psychiatric Association of Turkey it is recommended: a) to check the baseline prolactin level of all patients, b) to repeat prolactin analysis after 3 months in patients who have no signs of hyperprolactinemia in the follow-ups, but use risperidone, paliperidone, amisulpride or typical antipsychotic drugs, c) in case of moderate elevation in prolactin level, to question symptom progression and effects and to repeat prolactin test every 6 months; and d) in case of a significant elevation in prolactin level, either to change medications or to treat hypogonadism.
In conclusion antipsychotic-induced hyperprolactinemia is a condition that can disrupt treatment compliance and lead to serious health problems in the long range. There is no consensus about screening and follow-up of prolactin levels. Therefore, it is of great importance to question the side effects due to hyperprolactinemia in high-risk drugs and patients, especially in male patients where symptoms can be overlooked. Treatment of hyperprolactinemia should be patient specific.
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CADS2015 and RTEST2015 (www.rtest-conf.org) will have joint welcome reception and opening remarks. All attendees registered for either of these two conferences can attend all keynote speeches but can only attend the registered technical program.
Day 1: October 7, 2015
|Welcome Reception (CADS/RTEST)
|Opening Remarks (CADS/RTEST)
|Keynote Speech #1: Prof. Onur Mutlu
|Poster Session 1 (Break)
|Session 1: Cache and Processor
|Lunch & Break
|Session 2: Energy & Power
|Keynote Speech #2: Prof. Enrico Bini
|Session 3: Security & Malware Detection
Day 2: October 8, 2015
|Session 4: Circuit & Modeling
|Keynote Speech #3: Prof. Nader Bagherzadeh
|Poster Session 2
|Lunch & Break
|Keynote Speech #4: Prof. Joerg Henkel
|Session 5: Arithmetic
|Best Paper Announcement & Concluding Remarks
Day 1 (Wednesday): October 7, 2015
Keynote Speech #1: Prof. Onur Mutlu (CMU)
Wednesday: 9:00AM-10:20AM
Title: Rethinking Memory System Design for Data-Intensive Computing
Poster Session 1
Wednesday: 10:20AM-11:00AM
- Sedigheh Farhadtoosky, Milad Bagherian Khosroshahy, and Mohammad Hosein Abedi. Improved Layout Implementation of Mini-MIPS in terms of Power, Performance and Chip Footprint
- Sajjad Mozaffari, Bardia Azizian, and Mohammad Hadi Shadmehr. Highly Efficient Alpha-Beta Pruning Minimax Based Loop Trax Solver on FPGA
Session 1: Cache and Processor
Wednesday: 11:00AM-12:00AM
Session Chair: Amir-Hossein Jahangir (Sharif University of Technology)
- Mehrdad Biglari, Kamyar Mirzazad Barijough, Maziar Goudarzi, and Behnaz Pourmohseni. A Fine-Grained Configurable Cache Architecture for Soft Processors
- Abolfazl Ghavidel, Mohammad Hajibegloo, Abdorreza Savadi, and Yasser Sedaghat. LTS: Linear Task Scheduling on Multiprocessor through Equation of the Line
- Peiman Pourmomen, Hamid R. Zarandi, and Mohammad Rasekh Jahromi. Series memristors: A hardened memory cell design against read faults
Session 2: Energy and Power
Wednesday: 13:30PM-14:30PM
Session Chair: Mahdi Fazeli (Iran University of Science & Technology)
- Kolsoom Mehrabi, Behzad Ebrahimi, and Ali Afzali Kusha. A Robust And Low Power 7 transistors SRAM Cell Design
- Bagher Salami, Abdorreza Savadi, and Hamid Noori. GreenDPA: Thermal-Aware Execution of Data Parallel Applications
- Heikki Kultala, Joonas Multanen, Pekka Jääskeläinen, Timo Viitanen, and Jarmo Takala. Impact of Operand Sharing to the Processor Energy Efficiency
Keynote Speech #2: Prof. Enrico Bini (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa)
Wednesday: 15:00PM-16:00PM
Title: Challenges in the Design of Resource Constrained Cyber Physical Systems
Session 3: Security and Malware Detection
Wednesday: 16:30PM-17:30PM
Session Chair: Siavash Bayat-Sarmadi (Sharif University of Technology
- Ziba Eslami, Nasrollah Pakniat, and Mahnaz Noroozi. Hierarchical Threshold Multi-Secret Sharing Scheme Based on Birkhoff Interpolation and Cellular Automata
- Peyman Khodamoradi, Mahmood Fazlali, Farhad Mardukhi, and Masoud Nosrati. Heuristic metamorphic malware detection based on statistics of assembly instructions using classification algorithms
Day 2 (Thursday): October 8, 2015
Session 4: Circuit and Modeling
Thursday: 8:30AM-9:50AM
Session Chair: Keivan Navi (Shahid Beheshti University)
- Majid Moghaddam, Mohammad Hossein Moaiyeri, and Mohammad Eshghi. A Low-Voltage Level Shifter Based on Double-Gate MOSFET
- Seyed-Hosein Attarzadeh-Niaki, and Ingo Sander. Integrating Functional Mock-up Units into A Formal Heterogeneous System Modeling Framework
- Alireza Abdoli and Ali Jahanian. A General-Purpose Field-Programmable Pin-Constrained Digital Microfluidic Biochip
- Amir Mokhtar Chabi, Arman Roohi, Hossein Khademolhosseini, Shaahin Angizi, Ronald F. Demara, and Keivan Navi. Cost-Efficient QCA Reversible Combinational Circuits Based on a New Reversible Gate
Keynote Speech #3: Prof. Nader Bagherzadeh (University of California, Irvine)
Thursday: 10:30AM-11:30AM
Title: A Review of Some of the Challenges and Opportunities for Internet of Things (IoT)
Poster Session 2
Thursday: 11:30AM-12:00AM
- Ehsan Moradi, Mahmood Fazlali, and Hadi Tabatabaee. Fast parallel community detection algorithm
- Dariush Abedi and Ghassem Jaberipur. Coplanar QCA Serial Adder and Multiplier via Clock-Zone Based Crossovers
- Sied Ali Ansarmohammadi, Saeed Shahinfar, and Hamid Nejatollahi. Fast and Area Efficient Implementation for Chaotic Image Encryption Algorithms
Keynote Speech #4: Prof. Joerg Henkel (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Thursday: 13:30PM-14:45PM
Title: Dark Silicon and Dependability
Session 5: Arithmetic
Thursday: 15:15PM-16:00PM
Session Chair: Ghassem Jaberipur (Shahid Beheshti University)
- Vahid Jamshidi, Mahdi Fazeli, and Ahmad Patooghy. A Low Hybrid MTJ/CMOS (4-2) Compressor for Fast Arithmetic Circuits
- Somayeh Timarchi, Negar Akbarzadeh, and Amir Abbas Hamidi. Maximally Redundant High-Radix Signed-Digit Residue Number System


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Ok dudes idk if vertical siggs are allowed but here goes :
Got voodoo from the hon fan kit
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and a note about how i am doing this.I am downloading and saving all of the valid submissions and putting them into a folder which onthe date that this ends will be uploaded to PhotoBucket.Then from there i will post them all saying who made it and a number beside it so in a poll that will be above this new thread will have all the options.If we have to many people submitting it will be plan B and you will just say on the thread what number and it will be recorded manually.Note:All of this will be put into a new thread which will be under the voting section of signature of the month.And then if you are to lazy to check there and vote the results will be posted here and there
Ok dudes idk if vertical siggs are allowed but here goes :
Got voodoo from the hon fan kit
you can enter it as long as it follows the rules of D3Scene
My next one I'm entering.
Ok i have got every ones who has posted one so far.kepp up the posting.But remember max 3 submissions
Well here is my submission. When I make more I will just edit this post.
Because this 1 is too big I re sized it. But I would like to leave the original sized one here 2.
The small 1 that is able to enter the contest.
Last edited by mr_ice; 02-27-2010 at 10:03 AM.
In that case I will make two more
@ mr.ice: Yes it is too big the max. signature size is 500*200 so yeah just make smaller
@Pan: You are aloud 3 submissions total so feel free to post two more
mr.ice haha : ) Always ame background : ) Lovely one xD


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RATING: 5 Keys RESULT: Win REMAINING: 14:30
Are you prepared for an epic battle of wits with a brilliant criminal mastermind? You'd better be, because the Evil Genius will see you now.
Bill Occam was dead. They said it was an open/shut case: textbook suicide. While we didn't agree, we just wanted to put this nasty chapter behind us; just clean out his apartment and move on with our lives.
The hallway seemed never-ending. To most people, it was just another hallway leading to another rundown apartment. To us, well, we might as well be falling down the rabbit hole. We stand frozen outside of his door as a feeling of dread washes over us. "What is wrong with me? There is nothing to be afraid of," we each think. We steel ourselves and open the door…
As long-time friends of Occam, we knew something just didn't add up – and although we told even ourselves that our purpose for returning to his apartment really was solely to collect the remainder of his belongings, I think we all knew that once we stepped foot inside it would be up to us to solve a mystery.
It's finally time to go head to head with the Evil Genius behind Occam's untimely demise – but will this battle bring a finale at last, or just the end of Chapter 1?
Our experience starts in a seedy back alleyway; it's the kind of place that makes you question if you were to scream for help, would there even be anyone around to hear it? We may not have even continued this far had it not been for the annoyed glances from the property manager we pulled away from his dinner break to let us inside. After unlocking Occam's front door, he tells us we're on our own, adding even more apprehension to the scene of the rundown old apartment we're about to enter.
Once inside, the decor is that of a fairly standard apartment. There's really nothing extraordinary to catch our eye. And while – in any other review – that would be the set up to discuss how much of a let-down the scenic is, Occam's Apartment is the stark opposite. This place doesn't feel like a standard apartment for lack of effort; to the contrary, clear effort went into creating a world where it feels so well-lived in.
Dirty dishes in the sink. Food in the fridge. Even empty – dirty – Chinese food take out containers left on the end table next to the couch. In his bedroom, Occam's clothes fill the drawers, and notes and papers litter his far-too-modest-to-be-productive work area.
This place doesn't feel like a standard apartment; it unquestionably is a standard apartment.
The quest to solve the mystery of what happened to our old friend Bill Occam plays out like a classic detective story – and while every escape room we've seen naturally starts with searching the room for clues, that directive takes on a whole new meaning in a world so well created to feel like a true to life crime scene.
Nothing in Occam's world, when viewed from our own real world, comes across as a "puzzle for puzzle's sake." Much to the contrary, each and every step smoothly progresses to the next logically, fluidly and in such a themed manner that it feels more like a story unfolding than just another game.
Even "necessary evils" that tend to hinder many of the best of game's storyworlds fit into place within Occam's Apartment. The property manager tells you he'll be back to lock up in one hour, and checks an actual digital clock next to the couch to tell you what time it currently is. It's a perfectly tongue-in-cheek way of starting your proverbial countdown timer without ever breaking the fourth wall. Hints are handled over the telephone – and always fully in character – delivered by a fellow spy checking in on your progress.
And when you near the end of your mission, it won't be dramatic music or a ticking sound effect from a monitor that builds up your adrenaline; No, no – this world is real, and whether or not you initially planed to become this involved – now, you are. The Evil Genius just framed you for his crimes, and your clock ticking down is now literally the police pounding on the outside of the apartment's door – the only door – screaming at you to open up and surrender.
Evil Genius Escape Rooms came to us very highly regarded by several key industry folks who in their own right tend to be very tough critics. Honestly, it created a situation wherein The Evil Genius had some very lofty expectations to meet.
Like a true criminal mastermind worthy of his legendary alias, he managed to exceed them.
Chapter 1 had everything we look for in a game experience. Believable scenic that brings the world to life. Logical, intuitive, original puzzles that seamlessly exist within the storyworld. And it's all tied together by a compelling story that makes us active participants in the conflict, with clear consequences that impact us directly to inspire a sense of urgency.
And what's better than that – this is only Chapter 1. Evil Genius Escape Rooms have chosen to follow an ambitious cinematic-style path where each game is a chapter in a single over-arcing narrative. Each chapter builds to the next, and by the end, you'll know the true story behind the infamous Evil Genius himself. There's just no better way to inspire repeat visits each time a page is turned to the next Chapter in this tale.
And for us? Well, we're here to tell you about it- so clearly we found a way to sneak past the police, and at least for now, we can say we won the first battle against the Evil Genius – but this war is far from over.
Venue: Evil Genius Escape Rooms
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Number of Games: 2
Duration: 60 minutes
Capacity: 6 people
Group Type: Private / You will not be paired with strangers.
Cost: $38 per person (for 2 people) or $32 per person (for 3-6 people.) You must book a minimum of two tickets.
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We thank Evil Genius Escape Rooms for inviting us to play this game. Although complimentary admission was generously provided, that in no way impacts the opinion included within this review.