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Like St. Patrick's Day in March, Cinco de Mayo is an imported holiday that has taken on more importance here than in its home country. It is not Mexican Independence Day which is in September as some think, but rather a commemoration of the victory of a meager Mexican army over the much-better-armed French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
It seems, though, that the battle triumph takes a back seat to tequila-fueled margarita fests in watering holes across the land. It's a party-hearty day more than anything else, and with the help of a St. Petersburg, Fla., mixologist, we've got some ideas to bring the festivities home.
We asked Jason Fackler of Mandarin Hide to put his spin on a Cinco de Mayo cocktail, and he shared three thirst-quenching beauties that put the margarita to shame. Two combine tequila with citrus notes and a third with mocha accents to take Mexico's native spirits to a new level.
Fackler gets specific on tequila brands in his recipes, and one calls for mezcal, a more rambunctious Mexican spirit made from the maguey agave plant. Tequila comes from the blue agave plant that grows in Tequila, Mexico, and around the state of Jalisco. Not all tequilas are 100 percent blue agave; if they are, they'll say so on the label.
Well-stocked liquor stores might carry the brands he uses in these cocktails; some are small-batch and fairly expensive. If you can't locate the brands Fackler suggests or don't want to spend the money, you can find substitutes. All three cocktail recipes call for aged spirits.
Blood & Smoke
Serves 1
Mezcal is a more smoky alternative to tequila. Recipes courtesy of Mandarin Hide, St. Petersburg, Fla.
1.5 ounces Ilegal Reposado Mezcal or another aged mescal
3/4 ounce Solerno Blood Orange Liqueur
1/2 ounce agave nectar
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice
Splash grapefruit juice
Orange peel, garnish
Place all ingredients, except orange peel, in a shaker and strain over ice in a short glass. Garnish with a wide orange peel.
Piña Basilio
Serves 1
3 chunks fresh pineapple
2 large basil leaves
2 ounces Herradura Reposado Tequila
1/2 ounce lime juice
3/4 ounce agave nectar
5 dashes Angostura Bitters
1 pineapple-leaf garnish
Muddle the pineapple and basil in a shaker. Add ice, tequila, lime juice, agave nectar and bitters and shake well. Strain over fresh ice in a Collins glass. Top with fresh pineapple juice, if necessary. Garnish with a pineapple leaf.
Serves 1
This cocktail is a spin on Mandarin Hide's espresso martini, normally made with vodka. Tequila and coffee go great together, and this drink is proof. Note: Chocolate bitters can be substituted or left out completely.
2 ounces Don Julio Añejo Tequila
3/4 ounce Kahlua
1/2 ounce dark crème de cacao
1 shot of espresso Bittermens' Xocolatl Mole Bitters (optional, see note)
Place all ingredients in a shaker, except bitters, and pour into a martini glass. There will be a nice foam at the top from the espresso. Add a few drops of bitters, if using.
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Funeral services were held Saturday for Grammy award winner Johnny Mann.
The Hollywood composer and conductor died at his Anderson home June 18.
The funeral was held Saturday morning at St. John's United Methodist Church.
During his career, Mann released 42 albums, won two Grammy's and had his very own television show.
Mann was also the voice of Theodore in "Alvin and the Chipmunks."
Mann was 85-years-old.
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We had a wonderful time on our Family Easter weekend, our whole family was camping and we stayed in the cottage .It was wonderful even though we don't have a Camper we enjoyed everything there was to offer at River Ranch. The Cottage was perfect, spacious rooms, great kitchen, everything you could ask for. Coffee on the screened porch every morning was so peaceful. We look forward to a return trip in the future. When our kids were little in the 80's and 90's we went there often this is the first trip there in almost 10 yrs and we were amazed at how Westgate has updated the ranch with positive amenities for the whole family to enjoy young and old. Our Grandchildren loved all the baby farm animals at the petting zoo. Renting the Golf Cart was a plus. We brought our bikes and enjoyed a lot of bike riding . . .
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We needed a break from the New England cold and couldn't have asked for a better location to enjoy a week in Florida. We've never been to Lake Wales before but it was the perfect location to hit the east coast and the west coast during our Florida vacation. Rick's place was perfect - clean and well equipped and with a terrific waterfront view to enjoy. The place is fabulous - peaceful and tranquil but with amenities that kept us active - swimming, tennis and we even took a relaxing boat ride with some terrific neighbors that we met. In fact, the whole community seemed friendly and hospitable. Mary and I would definitely recommend this wonderful rental to anyone looking for a clean, affordable rental in a great location. James and Mary Talbot Nashua, New Hampshire


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Nearly all the chicken raised in the United States is grown by farmers who contract with "vertically integrated" companies that own the chickens as well as the entire supply chain, from hatcheries to feed mills to processing and packaging plants.
…growers have no way to verify the data used to calculate their pay or dispute a performance penalty when they receive their settlement checks.
Farmers and ranchers are unable to bargain effectively with purchasers of major ag commodity products in the United States. They are thwarted by monopsony (buyer) market power produced by disparate information, opaque markets, and concentration so intensive there are simply too few firms at the marketplace, in a competitive bidding setting, to sell their beef, pork, broilers, dairy products and many other agricultural commodities. (Source)
"With Thanksgiving fast approaching and stomachs growling for some homecookin', we made a special trip upstate to talk turkey with Farmer Ryan of Fitzgerald Farms who provided Plovgh members with fresh birds this holiday season.
After the two-and-a-half hour drive, we arrived at High Falls Co-Op where Ryan works four days a week when not tending to his poultry. He greeted us downstairs among the spices and shelves, and brought us out to his truck where the turkeys were kept cool.
"Turkeys are a big investment," he told us as he loaded the plump birds into our car. While chickens typically need eight weeks to mature, turkeys require five and a half months. This holiday has been a long time coming for Ryan and his fellow farmers, and lucky for him, he sold over 500 turkeys this year.
Ryan grew up around chickens and is vehemently a poultry-over-produce kind of guy. "After seeing the work that went into growing vegetables, I thought it was too hard," he confessed. Well, that's alright with us – his fresh eggs and birds convince us that he made the right choice.
Once the coolers were filled to brim with turkeys, he wished us a "Happy Thanksgiving" and we were off for the city; Over the river and through the woods to bring you a fresh alternative this turkey day."


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This one dates back from 2004. Finally got around to finish it. I guess it's kind of about Jesus.
Wanted to write something in my native tongue. So here it goes, my first song in swedish.
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VPlayer Video Player apk 3.0.1 for Android [unlocked]
Requires Android: 2.1 and up
Size: 5.3 MB
Details: VPlayer 3.x is the next generation of VPlayer, with a new design!
Watch videos with HW accelerated decoding and rendering to HD MKV/AVI/MOV/FLV/TS/M4V/3GP for most Android devices.
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Play Youtube.com videos and xvideos.com directly in VPlayer!
This is a free trial for 7 days with full features. Please buy 'VPlayer Unlocker' to continue use VPlayer.
VPlayer is a HW accelerated Media player for android. It use HW video decoder at various containers and audio codecs combination.
Dual Core/High end devices ( Sensation , Galaxy S/S2 , Nexus-S ) can play 720p even 1080p MKV/AVI/MOV/FLV/TS/M4V/3GP.
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The Year of the Flood. In some ways, In a Perfect World by Laura Kasischke reflects the tropes of romance literature: a stewardess, unlucky in love, has a chance meeting with a dashing pilot, falls in love, and gets married. The reader knows from the outset that this romantic set-up is soon to be ironically twisted. If the first line of the book, "If you are READING THIS you are going to DIE!" can be dismissed as the poisonous ranting of a rebellious stepdaughter's diary, the fact that a famous music star (I'm no spoiler; read the book if you want to find out who) dies of a mysterious illness dubbed the Phoenix Flu in the first few pages cannot. This flu becomes a pandemic, and like Daniel Defoe's historical novel, A Journal of the Plague Year, Kasischke's novel chronicles, through the experiences of one family, the ravaging of family, neighbors, and society the disease causes.
The novel deftly manages the downward arc of a crumbling society and the character arc of Jiselle, the aforementioned stewardess, as she progresses in her role as caretaker of the children of a largely absent father. The other character to experience significant development is Sara, the teenage rebel. The background against which that development occurs is what makes it moving, as the story itself--a stepmother winning the heart of a rebellious daughter--is somewhat predictable. The husband, the dashing pilot, is very much a figure out of romantic fantasy, crossed with the hard truth that he is virtually never home.
The writing is mostly excellent, although there are a couple of false notes. At one or two points, descriptive passages strike one as overly precious; but of course, this language is ultimately a set-up for the more serious situations that follow. Around the middle of the book, there is a bit of an inconsistency involving a radio; Jiselle listens to it during a power outage at one point, and then a couple of chapters later, she cannot listen to radio during one of the many outages because all the household's radios are plug-in. The working of the radio or not, however, is not pivotal for the plot, but rather a setting and mood-establishing item.
The ending of the book is quite powerful and well written, and overall the story is moving and even haunting. It deals powerfully with themes of love, loss, and survival. Overall, I can recommend this book despite minor imperfections. The Kindle edition is $8.79; the paperback price is $10.07.
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Red Vacuum
Colleen Chen
Mikhail sweated as he turned the enormous crank. It had to be done every twenty-four hours—a half hour's cranking and the device would continue to function. He'd been doing this every day for ten years, the responsibility having passed to him when his father died.
He left the hardware room and went back to his dacha. "Did the money come, Anna?" he asked.
His wife shook her head as she served up his borscht.
Mikhail swore. "It's been a month they haven't sent anything. Without money, we can't stay here any longer. And we can't keep sending the radio signals."
"But, Misha, it has been your family's responsibility to send the signals for thirty years now. What will happen if you stop?"
"Probably nothing. It's just a typical Communist job my father got—lots of work, and no purpose. We leave tomorrow for the city, where I will find work that pays."
23 hours later, the short, monotonous buzz-tone that had been produced on the frequency 4625 kHz roughly 25 times per minute, 24 hours a day, stopped for the first time since 1982. And all over the world, vacuum cleaners that had been sold by vacuum cleaner salesmen for the past 30 years came alive. Cordless or corded, robot or stick, heavyweight or handheld, none remained blocked by a signal that had kept them dormant, passive, inanimate.
"Do you believe in abolition of private property?" one vacuum cleaner shouted at a woman in California, who'd bought the vacuum to help her deal with her cat's shedding.
"What—you talk?" the woman said.
The vacuum cleaner sprayed a fine mist on the woman, who began to melt. The mist was a biochemical compound that reduced the woman to a puddle of liquid. Then the machine vacuumed her up.
"Are you a member of the proletariat?" the vacuum cleaner asked the cat.
"Meow," it said, and was promptly obliterated.
All over the world, the vacuum cleaners asked their owners questions to determine their political allegiance. Most were unprepared, and thus they met their doom. Only where people were already indoctrinated in communist philosophy did some get the answers correct, but then the vacuum cleaners would go on to ask more difficult questions—to explain the stages of communism, for instance, or to explain the logic behind centrally planned economies.
Vacuum cleaners killed, then left their houses, activating their secret nanopower technology so as to be free from the cord. They went down streets, asking their questions. Soon, thousands of people were fleeing the cities, and vacuum cleaners could be seen chasing pedestrians and cars.
It was a day of mayhem before Mikhail, stopping off at a bar after work, saw it on the news. Vacuum cleaners were killing thousands of people worldwide. In Russia, they were all apparently converging upon one location.
They were headed for his dacha.
Mikhail ran all the way to his flat. Anna was just arriving home in the car, and he jumped in. "The dacha—hurry! We must activate the signal again."
They sped by a few vacuum cleaners on the road, but there were more ahead.
Were they too late? The building beside the dacha was surrounded by vacuum cleaners, all buzzing. A rumbling could be heard from the sky—and before Mikhail's horrified eyes, an enormous spacecraft shaped like a vacuum cleaner was materializing in the sky.
"We are too late," Mikhail cried. But he got out of the car and ran, straight towards the hardware building.
"Are you a member of the proletariat?"
"Yes!" he shouted.
"What is the stage of history after socialism," another vacuum asked.
To forestall any other questions, Mikhail began to recite all the communist quotes he could think of, while dodging vacuum cleaners right and left. "Workers of the world unite—abolish the wages system—from each according to his ability—"
And he was in. He grabbed the crank and began to turn. It squealed, and then slowly, the buzz-tones began again.
The vacuum cleaners outside fell silent. The great vacuum in the sky listened, then said in a tremendous voice, "Not yet, then?"
"Not yet," Mikhail replied shakily.
The spacecraft rumbled, then turned and disappeared.
Mikhail gave the crank one more turn before collapsing on it, sobbing.


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The rookie K-Pop boyband shared with us some entertaining insights into their daily lives
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Repackaged after a change in members, South Korean rookie boyband A-Prince (formerly known as TAKEN) is eager to show off their brand new side with an impending comeback. In Singapore for the very first time, the five-member group will debut their upcoming single "Mambo" (tentative title) at their showcase this afternoon.
Despite their 'princely' labels, Sungwon, Minhyuk, Seungjun, Siyoon and Woobin did not shy away from exposing each other's weird habits at the press conference yesterday. Who knew that "Cutie Prince" Siyoon snores and sings while in dreamland, and that "Prince of Prince" Sungwon was once found crying in his sleep in the middle of the night?
Every clique needs a mood maker, especially when the boys literally have to face each other round the clock living together in the dormitory. During the interview with xinmsn, A-Prince was gleeful to share with us some interesting trivia about their daily lives. Agreed by all the members, leader Sungwon was pointed out as the one who always cheers up his dongsaengs (younger brothers) whenever they are worn out from their training.
Naming himself as the umma (mother) of the group since he is the eldest member and is thus responsible for taking care of the other four lads, Sungwon then chose rapper Minhyuk for the role of the appa (father). However, Siyoon was quick to respond to the claim, saying, "It's the opposite!"
"I think that fathers are 'scarier' and strict, so Sungwon fits the "appa" figure more. Minhyuk, on the other hand, looks after us like our mums," he explained.
Although Siyoon considers himself as the best chef in the group, the rest of the members seemed to think otherwise as they revealed that maknae (youngest member) Woobin, who celebrates his 17th birthday today, actually cooks better than the "Cutie Prince". When asked on the dish that he is good at, the young chap answered abashedly, "Ramyeon!"
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Samsung Galaxy S4 miniCompare8.5 reviewThe Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini is a Galaxy S4 look-alike with a smaller screen and less hardware muscle. The device comes with a 4.3″ Super AMOLED qHD display, a dual-core processor and the TW Nature UX 2.0 on top of Android 4.2.2.+ View Specs
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Motorola Moto XCompare8.5 reviewThe revolutionary Moto X lets you customize every nook and cranny of the outer appearance, down to your own boot animation, and headphones to match your back cover color. Every aspect of the phone was rehashed in line with the function it performs, rather than chasing the specs-o-meter. Moto went with OLED, as it makes possible the Active Display notification function, but it is a standard RGB matrix OLED, so you still get plenty of true pixel density, "without wasting power on pixels most people can't see". The X8 processor might have "just" two CPU cores, but it is rethought from the ground up to make the always-on environmental awareness of the phone possible with power-sipping extra processing cores. The 10 MP camera might not be in line with the 13 MP on current flagships, but is the first to utilize the Clear Pixel technology that lets it soak much more light, and so on.+ View Specs
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Nokia Lumia 1020Compare8.5 reviewThe Lumia 1020 combines the groundbreaking PureView Phase 1 and Phase 2 mobile camera technologies of Nokia for the first time. It matches a big 1/1.5" 41 MP sensor with optical image stabilization tech, and allows 3x lossless zoom without any moving parts in photo, and up to 6x in 720p video mode. The six-element lens ZEISS optics and Nokia's pixel binning technology add to the unrivaled picture and video quality that are more akin to a prosumer camera than to a humble mobile phone. Nokia didn't stop here, though, and equipped the Lumia 1020 with HAAC mics capable of high-fidelity stereo recording, for the ultimate media machine on the go.+ View Specs
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Nokia Lumia 520Compare8 reviewNokia 520 is an affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone with 4" IPS WVGA display, 5MP camera and powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor.+ View Specs
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Nokia Lumia 1520Compare9 reviewNokia's first phablet marks a watershed moment as the first Windows Phone with 6" Full HD display, quad-core Snapdragon, record four HAAC mics, and a 20 MP PureView camera with lossless zoom and OIS.+ View Specs
9Nokia Lumia 1520
Apple iPhone 4sCompare8.5 reviewThe iPhone 4s is a gradual step over the iPhone 4 improving the internals, but keeping the look and feel. At the same time, though, it brings a reworked iOS 5 and introduces Siri, a personal voice assistant allowing you to vocally communicate with the iPhone. It comes with a 3.5" screen with a resolution of 640 x 960 pixels, but on the inside there's a twice more powerful dual-core A5 processor. It also improves connectivity a notch, bringing 14.4Mbps HSPA download speeds. The back is where an 8-megapixel camera resides and it's capable of recording 1080p videos.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy S5 ActiveCompareThe Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has a 5.1-inch screen with resolution of 1080 x 1920. A quad-core 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 CPU is under the hood along with the Adreno 330 GPU. 2GB of RAM and 16GB of free memory is on board. The back and front facing cameras are 16MP and 2MP respectively. Android 4.4.2 is pre-installed out of the box.+ View Specs
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LG G FlexCompare8.5 reviewThe LG G Flex is a smartphone curved to follow the contour of the face. It also features the rear key first introduced in the LG G2, as well as a "Self Healing" coating on the back cover. On the specs side it includes a 6'' curved P-OLED display with 720 x 1280 px resolution, 2.26 GHz quad core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 gigs of RAM, 32 GB storage space, 13 MP rear camera and 2.1 MP front one, all that run by Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0Compare6 reviewThe Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 adopts the "Samsung look" - all plastic with a single physical home key encircled by a menu and back button (on-screen buttons are gone), and the rear camera is positioned centrally. But look at the spec sheet, and you won't notice an inch of a difference. The Galaxy Tab 3 has a 7-inch 1024 x 600 pixel display, a 1.7GHz dual-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM and 8GB or 16GB of internal storage. It's also got a 3-megapixel rear and 1.3-megapixel front cameras. Yes, that is exactly the same configuration last year's Galaxy Tab 2 had. After carefully comparing the spec sheets, we did notice a single difference- the Galaxy Tab 3 is lighter with a weight of 0.66 pounds (302 g) compared to the 0.75lb (344 g) on the second-gen tablet. It's also got narrower bezel, saving you a total of 0.44 inches (1.13cm) on the Y axis.+ View Specs
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Apple iPhone 5cCompare9 reviewThe iPhone 5c replaces the iPhone 5 in the Apple stable, inheriting its internals, like the A6 processor, 4" screen and 8 MP camera, but wraps them up in "unapologetically plastic," candy chassis that can be mixed and matched in many colors with the new slotted cases. It is Apple's first take at the upper mid-range concept, and runs the newest iOS 7 without a hitch.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3Compare7.5 reviewThe Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 truly deserves its name for its among the largest handsets to ever see the light of day sporting a massive 6.3-inch 720p screen. Providing processing power is a dual-core 1.7GHz processor backed up by 1.5GB of RAM for smooth multitasking performance. With an 8-megapixel camera on its back, the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 should be a decent snapper given the right circumstances, while that 1.9MP front-facing cam will come in handy when you're in the mood for a video chat. There are also 8 or 16 gigs of on-board storage, 3200 mAh battery and LTE connectivity.+ View Specs
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BlackBerry Z10Compare7 reviewThe Z10 is a fully touchscreen BB10 device sporting modern specs, with cool patterned soft-touch material on the back. The screen is 4.2" LCD with 1280 x 768 pixels, making for a pixel density of 356 pixels per inch. A 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and 2 GB of RAM are the power under the hood, and there are 16 GB of internal storage, as well as the all-important microSD card slot. You will need all the RAM, because BB10 is a true multitasking system, like Android, so everything remains how you left it, or moves on under the hood, but is available at all times.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy S4 ActiveCompare8.5 reviewWith the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active we get a 5" 1080x1920 pixels Full HD LCD display in a 9mm thin phone, a quad-core 1.9 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, an 8 MP camera on the back, LTE/HSPA+ radio, infrared beamer, 16 GB of internal memory plus a microSD slot, a decent 2600 mAh battery, and Android 4.2.2 to run it all, with all the goodies of the latest TouchWiz Nature UX. The outdoorsy features don't stop with the IP67 certification, making the phone dust- and water-proof up to three feet deep for up to 30 minutes. Samsung has thrown in the "Glove Touch" mode, which lets you operate the display with mittens on, and the "Aqua Mode" in the camera app interface, which helps make better underwater pictures and video. Long-press the volume key up, and the powerful LED light becomes a torch, and that same volume rocker down can be used as a camera shutter key directly from locked mode.+ View Specs
8.5Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Samsung Galaxy S III miniCompare8.9 reviewThe Samsung Galaxy S III mini is an affordable 4.0-inch handset that comes with the latest of Android, 4.1 Jelly Bean. The interesting thing about the handset is that it has all the unique features that came in the original S III: TouchWiz with the S Voice assistant, SmartStay that shuts off the screen when you're not looking at it and S Beam with tap to share for songs and files as big as 10MB. Hardware-wise, the Samsung Galaxy S III mini is a mid-range device with 4.0-inch Super AMOLED WVGA (480 x 800-pixel) screen, 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 5-megapixel rear camera and microSD slot.+ View Specs
8.9Samsung Galaxy S III mini
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0CompareThe Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 comes with a 8-inch (800 x 1280 resolution) display, quad-core SoC, running at 1.2GHz and 1.5GB of RAM. Other features include Andorid 4.4 KitKat, 16GB internal storage, microSD slot, 3-megapixels back camera, and a 4,450mAh battery.+ View Specs
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Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0Compare9 reviewThe Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 is an 8-inch Android tablet by Samsung with S Pen functionality. It features a 1,280 x 800-pixel TFT screen, powered by a quad-core 1.6GHz processor, all running on Android 4.1.2. Its most notable features are the extremely thin body, expandable storage and light weight. It comes in a 3G or Wi-Fi version.+ View Specs
9Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
LG Optimus G ProCompare8.5 reviewThe LG Optimus G Pro is a high-end Android smartphone offering one of the largest screens to ever grace a handset's front. Its 5.5-inch IPS-LCD display has a resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels, which translates to excellent pixel density and impressive level of image detail. But at the same time, LG has made the phone as narrow as possible by minimizing the width of the bezel surrounding its screen. Under the hood of the LG Optimus G Pro we see a powerful quad-core Snapdragon 600 SoC running at 1.7GHz alongside 2GB of RAM for seamless multitasking - specs that place it pretty high in the hierarchy of current Android smartphones. The main camera offers 13MP of resolution while the 2MP front-facing camera can take 1080p videos. Further specs include a massive 3140mAh battery, 32GB of internal storage, and a microSD card slot.+ View Specs
8.5LG Optimus G Pro
Nokia Lumia 925Compare7.8 reviewNokia is taking to the stage today, and announced the Lumia 925, a pretty metal-rimmed Windows Phone 8 device, which was long-rumored under the Catwalk codename. We've got a 4.5" 1280x768 pixels HD AMOLED display with the ClearBlack filter, which Nokia said is its brightest OLED used to date, and can be operated with gloves. The phone is made of polycarbonate, but sports an aluminum side frame, which also serves as the antenna, and the 8.7 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash and optical image stabilization, as found on the Lumia 920. Nokia said the camera algorithms have been significantly improved as well, so all that is left now is to gauge what changes are there from the first samples. The wireless charging capabilities from its predecessor are here as well, but via a cover, hence the phone is much, much thinner and lighter than the 920, at 8.5 mm and 139 grams, respectively. There is LTE and HSPA+ 4G connectivity, a dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon inside, the typical 1 GB of RAM plus 16 GB of internal memory, and a 2000 mAh battery to back it all up.+ View Specs
7.8Nokia Lumia 925
Amazon Fire PhoneCompare6.5 reviewThe Amazon Fire Phone is a 4.7-inch device with outstanding 720p display with great outdoor visibility, a 2.2GHz quad-core chip, and a 13-megapixel optical image stabilized camera. The phone also features 2GB RAM, 32/64GB of internal storage and stereo speakers. The Amazon Fire is not just about the technical details - it's packed with services like Mayday and Firefly.The most notable feature of the Amazon Fire Phone, however, is the much rumored 3D effect, achieved with four front-facing infra-red cameras.+ View Specs
6.5Amazon Fire Phone
Nokia Lumia 635Compare8 reviewThe Lumia 635 features a 4.5-inch ClearBlack display with FWGA (480x854) resolution and run on Snapdragon 400 quad-core CPU, 512 MB of RAM and a 5-megapixel shooter. It will be available in five colors with the option of changeable plastic back-panels shells.+ View Specs
8Nokia Lumia 635
Samsung Galaxy S4 ZoomCompare8 reviewSamsung just outed the rumored Galaxy S4 Zoom cameraphone, and it is every bit as resemblant to the Galaxy Camera concept as on the leaked pictures before. The mian differences are that it is more compact, achieved by limiting the zoom level to 10x instead of the 21x on Samsung's Android camera, and it has voice calling functions, not only data connectivity. At the front it resembles a Galaxy S4 Mini, with the same 4.3" 540x960 pixels Super AMOLED display, but is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Exynos 4212 processor, aided by 1.5 GB of RAM, 8 GB of internal storage plus a microSD slot for expansion, and, of course, that sweet 16 MP camera with 10x optical zoom on the back and optical image stabilization. Android 4.2 is running the show, and the phone packs a 2330 mAh battery to power it all up. The body is officially 15.4mm thick, yet in the camera lens part, which has a zoom ring, that goes to 25mm, and the typical grip bulge is here as well, so it is more of a compact camera with phone functions than anything else. Still, it is the first phone with 10x optical zoom, Xenon flash and all the bells and whistles of manual control over your photos and videos, like aperture, exposure and white balance settings, as well as no less than 26 preset shooting modes, including exotics like Baby, Golf and Smart Suggest, where the camera app tells you which shooting modes are suitable for the current scene.+ View Specs
8Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom
Apple iPad miniCompare8.5 reviewThe iPad mini is a thinner, lighter, cheaper variant of the iPad as we know it, with a smaller screen and form factor that makes it even more portable than its larger sibling. Thanks to its 4:3 aspect ratio, the iPad mini is actually superior to 7-inch tablets with a wide ratio. That is due to the more surface area available on the device's screen, which results in a richer web browsing experience.+ View Specs
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BlackBerry Q10Compare7 reviewWith its hardware QWERTY keyboard, the BlackBerry Q10 follows in the footsteps of many legacy smartphones made by RIM. The four rows of hardware keys are situated underneath a high-resolution, 720 by 720 pixel touchscreen measuring 3.1 inches in diagonal. The back of the BlackBerry Q10 is made out of a fancy, glass-like material that is claimed to be stronger, thinner, and lighter than the plastic used in many handsets today. The company's re-imagined BlackBerry 10 operating system runs on the device.+ View Specs
7BlackBerry Q10
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1CompareThe Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 comes with a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 resolution) display, quad-core SoC, running at 1.2GHz and 1.5GB of RAM. Other features include Andorid 4.4 KitKat, 16GB internal storage, microSD slot, 3-megapixels back camera, and a 6,800mAh battery.+ View Specs
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Apple iPad AirCompare9.2 reviewThe iPad Air is Apple's fifth generation full-sized iPad tablet, and the name is definitelly fitting for this remarkable device. It is only 7.5 millimeters thin and weighs just 469 grams, making it the lightest slate of this size. Its screen is identical to the one we know from its predecessor - a 9.7-inch Retina Display with oleophobic coating and resolution of 1536 by 2048 pixels. Under the hood, Apple has chosen to install its A7 chip, which is the very same 64-bit SoC powering the iPhone 5s. As a result, the new iPad is two times faster than the previous model. With the 5MP iSight camera, one can take detailed photos and 1080p Full HD videos, while the FaceTime HD front-facing snapper is ideal for video chats and self portraits. Connecting to the internet is done either via Wi-Fi, or over a 4G LTE network, should you choose a cellular-enabled iPad Air model. Apple's iOS 7 operating system is loaded onto the tablet, with iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote apps included at no cost.+ View Specs
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Hey Vagabonds, I know you've all have been loving our 10 for 2010 countdown that started last Tuesday. We had tons of fun picking and writing about the bands as you may remember the first band we featured was a Brooklyn based duo Hank & Cupcakes. We chose them because of the incredible sound that amazingly only the two of them produce and their crazy stage presence. After their show at Cameo a few weeks ago they granted us an interview. Learn how New York City has influenced their music, the differences between life in Israel and America and why they absolutely love it here. Not only are they fantastic musicians, but also two of the coolest people you'll ever meet.
MusicVagabond (MV): We noticed that you never use your real names even on your site its Hank and Cupcakes. Are those your performance personas?
Hank & Cupcakes (H&C): No one ever pronounces our real names correctly, so we thought we would make it easier for everyone. Sometimes it's a stage persona, but mainly because it's easier for everyone to remember.
MV: We read in your interview with Indie Sound you met while in the Israeli Military and played in a band together. Is it common for bands to form in the military?
C: A good way to break into the industry would be to get into the military bands. In Israel musicians try really really hard to to get in to these bands. They're very very hard to get in to. It's like a lot of auditions, really serious, really scary, hard auditions.
MV: I also read that you played in a three piece acoustic for eight years. What's the common denominator between that and the sound we hear now?
C: The common denominator is that we're still creating minimalist music even though it's totally different to our acoustic band. We came back from studying music in Cuba and decided that we were coming to New York and starting a new project. We did the acoustic thing for a very long time. It was very revealing and it was very personal and really hard for me to get on stage and be so open in front of the crowd. I was showing my gut and I just wanted to do something fun and groovy and less serious and deep where people are just sitting and staring at you.
MV: When you decided to move to New York did you think a lot about what your NYC audience would be like? Did you tailor your new style to that audience?
C: We didn't know what kind of audience we were coming to because I'd never even been to New York other than on connecting flights when I was ten years old! But, what I did do was start writing songs in English and in a natural way they become a little lighter because Hebrew is a very heavy language and made me write heavier words. Writing in English is a little less personal for me; it's easier for me to write more poppy stuff. The actual language has more of a flow.
With Hank & Cupcakes, there was no actual plan. We were just experimenting. It didn't come out of any intention other than the fact that we knew we were coming to New York and were working on new material in English.
H: For me this is like… It's my big chance, you know, to create something that has an impact on people.
MV: If you're in Israel you feel like you chances are through?
H: There are a lot of interesting things about Israel and I don't think that the music scene is one of those things. Even though there are a lot of very very good and interesting Israeli musicians in Israel and New York. This place is where everything is really happening, on a very global scale.
You come here and just by walking in the street and walking into venues you can listen to bands that actually make what is going to be heard on the radio in the next few years. I feel that. It's amazing and I think even though the US is capitalist and I say this because we talked about capitalism when we spoke about Cuba, even though this place is capitalist, I can see people here who really live an idealist life and who don't give a fuck about money they just do their art regardless of anything that stands in their way. That's one of the things we're looking for.
C: We're very inspired. It's filling us up with energy. The music community is great, we make really nice friendly connections with other bands.
MV: What's your favorite song off the EP? What was your writing process behind it?
C: I don't really have a favorite song. I mean "Ain't No Love", "Pleasure Town" and "She's Lost Control" I guess are our favorites. It changes depending on the day and our mood! Usually my favorite song is the newest song we're working on because I'm all psyched up, it's new and fresh and we haven't played it a million times.
MV: What's it like to play songs over and over again. We can't imagine.
C: It's very interesting and challenging to play it over and over again to rediscover it every time. They become like old friends or lovers, you keep finding more depth.
MV: Do you feel like the songs change every time you play them?
C: If it changes it's a good sign. We never change the structure of the songs but if the energy changes it's a good thing. It means that it has life.
MV: What is your inspiration behind your lyrics?
C: I can tell you what "Ain't No Love" is about. It's about my first experience riding the subway when we got to New York. It was very weird for me that nobody makes eye contact. I'm used to people making eye contact even if they are strangers. I had a hard time getting used to riding the subway, I didn't know what to do with myself so I tried wearing dark glasses but I found that drew attention to me because you can't see my eyes so people feel more free to look at me so then I felt even weirder. Then I tried listening to music and I would take out my ear phones and put my head down. It was really really really weird for me, that's where I wrote that song.
H: When you're in Tel Aviv and you walk into the bar, it doesn't matter who you are. You open the door and all the people in the bar turn around and look at you. The feeling is, who just came in? Who the fuck do they think they are coming to this bar!
MV: When do you plan on releasing a full album?
C: Ummm, once Sony gets us our record deal! (We all laugh - MV) or any of those big guys. We're very much hoping to get a deal and have the opportunity to record seriously with a big budget and time to do it and make it sound amazing.
MV: Are you working on new material?
C: We're adding songs all the time. It usually takes us a very long time to get a new song together because it's just bass and drums and it's trickier to get it interesting and sound really full, you know because it's not a regular four piece band it's very challenging. It can take us three months to finish a new song. We're really slow but we rehearse everyday to make up for it!
H: Not only that, we have a million things to do. It's not like we can rehearse all day. We play every day and we are a very serious band, but we have a shitload of things to do and there's life too.
C: I just bought a piano, so song writing is gonna go up.
MV: Where is the piano?
C: We placed it in our apartment. We have a roommate and he didn't know about it until he came home and found it in a very very narrow space that we call the living room, but it's just an extension of the kitchen.
H: He looked very concerned about it.
MV: Do you think he was upset?
C: He was nice about it. He's a musician too.
H: Don't you wanna ask any personal questions about our sex lives or anything like that?
MV: Nah, but we can only imagine that it might be really wild (We all laugh)
Make sure to catch Hank & Cupcakes who will be playing a show this upcoming Friday, February 5th at Pianos in the Lower East Side. Click here for show details


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A big welcome to Alex Hughes author of the new Mindspace Investigations urban fantasy series debuting with CLEAN (published on September 4, 2012 from Roc). You can read Abigail's review HERE. If you are a fan of Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files, this is a series you won't want to miss. Even better, Alex is giving away a signed copy. See details below.
Alex Huges' Top 10 Things She's Done For Research in the Mindspace Investigations World
I recently got a question from the audience while at a panel at DragonCon. Someone wanted to know what kind of research I had done for the book, and that got me thinking. I started pulling out old research notes, and realized I had done a lot more work over the years than I had remembered. Here's what I got.
I realize going back through this list that I came up with initial ideas from my existing knowledge and then figured out what I needed to know from there. I'm extremely grateful to the many people and professionals who've shared their time and expertise with me, and I look forward to a lot more stories!
Alex Hughes
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Available on September 4, 2012 from Roc
A RUTHLESS KILLER—OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND I used to work for the Telepath's Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn't entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get scary to do it—real scary. Now the cops don't trust the telepaths, the Guild doesn't trust me, a serial killer is stalking the city—and I'm aching for a fix. But I need to solve this case. Fast. I've just had a vision of the future: I'm the next to die.
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27 Responses to Top 10 List & Giveaway: CLEAN by Alex Hughes
Thanks for a great post and congrats to Alex on the new release! I really want to read this book
I'd rather be a telekinetic. I think it would be too hard and overwhelming to read minds.
Thanks for a great post and congrats to Alex on the new release! I really want to read this book and it's on the top of my wishlist
I'd rather be a telekinetic. I think it would be too hard and overwhelming to read minds.
I would pick telekinetic. I wouldn't want to hear what everyone was thinking
Telekinetic so I could get my house clean w/o much effort :).
I'll say telepath. If not just to help out maneuver the ever so lovely GOP. (Does that count for using the powers for good or evil? )
Telekinetic. Household chores would be so much easier.
Telekinetic, for sure. I'd rather not know what people are really thinking. And, like several have mentioned above, would be a great help with household chores!
I look forward to reading this one.
Telekinetic, I don't want to know what people are thinking…it would be really overwhelming.
I pick telekinetic because I'm not sure I'd want to know what everyone is thinking. Thanks for the giveaway.
I think telekinetic because it sounds too hard to turn off telepathy.
Definitely telekinetic. After reading the Sookie Stackhouse books, I don't ever want to be telepathic.
I'd rather be a telekinetic, I used to have dreams that I could move things with my mind lol. i'd be scared of some of the things i might learn by reading minds!
I would rather move things with my mind.
I would rather be a telekinetic, I think. I'm a bit lazy sometimes and this would help with the organizing of my boxes of books so that I can see what I have so I don't buy any more duplicates.
I would most definitely want to be a telekinetic. The thought of being able to be in someone's head kind of freaks me out.
Can't I have both? I could really use both! LOL!
That is a very tough decision but I would go with telepath. If you can know what the other person is thinking you can manipulate them (if you so choose) to do what you want rather than having to lift a telekenetic finger.
Telekinetic. Thanks for the chance to win!
i dont think id like to know what people are thinking about me so id choose telekinetic
I would so rather be a telekinetic (move things with your mind) as I have NO desire to know what others are thinking…can you imagine walking through a crowd?! UGH!
Telekinetic!! I don't care about what others think, but the ability to move objects is a different story. So cool.
I would love to be a telepath so I know what people are thinking.
Ohhh….that's a really tough one. At the moment I would prefer telekinetic.
Telekinetic. Frankly, there is a lot that I'd rather not hear.
Telekinetic…I have enough things in my head without adding from anyone else


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Summary: A tale of vengeance, true love, and cannibalism Being born undead can have its disadvantages, such as eternal youth and flawless beauty ---things most unsuitable for a witch. Hiding behind the guise of a grimy old crone, the witch is content living outside Fort Stalwart with her unlikely band of allies: a troll named Gwurm, an enchanted broom, and a demonic duck named Newt. She leads a simple life filled with spells, potions, and the occasional curse. So when a White Knight arrives at Fort Stalwart, the witch knows her days of peace are at an end. The Knight is just days in front of a horde of ravenous goblings, and Fort Stalwart lies right in the horde's path. But the goblings are just the first wave of danger, and soon the witch and the Knight must combine forces on a perilous quest to stop a mad sorcerer from destroying the world. Filled with menace, monsters, and magic, A Nameless Witch is a properly witchly read by the award-winning author of Gil's All Fright Diner and In the Company of Ogres .
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It's a historic weekend in Memphis as the Grizzlies look to dig out of an 0-2 deficit Saturday night in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.
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We know athletes have their special ways of preparing for games. They have rituals. Grizzlies public address announcer Rick Trotter knows all of the players' rituals. Before has to be energetic in front of over 18,000 inside the FedExForum, Trotter gets pumped up for games by watching the players go through their rituals before they check in the game.
"Each of them has a little ritual they do, whether it's Marc Gasol slapping the scorers table," Trotter said. "Jerryd Bayless likes to run his hand through the chalk before he comes into the game. Z-Bo (Zach Randolph) comes down press row, fist bumping people. All those things get me going."
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From Proteopedia
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Crystal structure of the human carbonic anhydrase II in complex with STX 641 at 1.85 angstroms resolution
The synthesis, SAR, and preclinical evaluation of 17-cyanated 2-substituted estra-1,3,5(10)-trienes as anticancer agents are discussed. 2-Methoxy-17beta-cyanomethylestra-1,3,5(10)-trien-3-ol ( 14), but not the related 2-ethyl derivative 7, and the related 3- O-sulfamates 8 and 15 display potent antiproliferative effects (MCF-7 GI 50 300, 60 and 70 nM, respectively) against human cancer cells in vitro. Investigation of the SAR reveals that a sterically unhindered hydrogen bond acceptor attached to C-17 is most likely key to the enhanced activity. Compound 8 displayed significant in vitro antiangiogenic activity, and its ability to act as a microtubule disruptor was confirmed. Inhibitory activity of the sulfamate derivatives against steroid sulfatase and carbonic anhydrase II (hCAII) was also observed, and the interaction between 15 and hCAII was investigated by protein crystallography. The potential of these multimechanism anticancer agents was confirmed in vivo, with promising activity observed for both 14 and 15 in an athymic nude mouse MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer xenograft model.
Structure-activity relationships of C-17 cyano-substituted estratrienes as anticancer agents., Leese MP, Jourdan FL, Gaukroger K, Mahon MF, Newman SP, Foster PA, Stengel C, Regis-Lydi S, Ferrandis E, Di Fiore A, De Simone G, Supuran CT, Purohit A, Reed MJ, Potter BV, J Med Chem. 2008 Mar 13;51(5):1295-308. Epub 2008 Feb 9. PMID:18260615
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[CAH2_HUMAN] Defects in CA2 are the cause of osteopetrosis autosomal recessive type 3 (OPTB3) [MIM:259730]; also known as osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis, carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome, Guibaud-Vainsel syndrome or marble brain disease. Osteopetrosis is a rare genetic disease characterized by abnormally dense bone, due to defective resorption of immature bone. The disorder occurs in two forms: a severe autosomal recessive form occurring in utero, infancy, or childhood, and a benign autosomal dominant form occurring in adolescence or adulthood. Autosomal recessive osteopetrosis is usually associated with normal or elevated amount of non-functional osteoclasts. OPTB3 is associated with renal tubular acidosis, cerebral calcification (marble brain disease) and in some cases with mental retardation.[1][2][3][4][5]
[CAH2_HUMAN] Essential for bone resorption and osteoclast differentiation (By similarity). Reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. Can hydrate cyanamide to urea. Involved in the regulation of fluid secretion into the anterior chamber of the eye.[6][7]
About this Structure
3bet is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Homo sapiens. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
See Also
- Leese MP, Jourdan FL, Gaukroger K, Mahon MF, Newman SP, Foster PA, Stengel C, Regis-Lydi S, Ferrandis E, Di Fiore A, De Simone G, Supuran CT, Purohit A, Reed MJ, Potter BV. Structure-activity relationships of C-17 cyano-substituted estratrienes as anticancer agents. J Med Chem. 2008 Mar 13;51(5):1295-308. Epub 2008 Feb 9. PMID:18260615 doi:10.1021/jm701319c
- Eriksson AE, Jones TA, Liljas A. Refined structure of human carbonic anhydrase II at 2.0 A resolution. Proteins. 1988;4(4):274-82. PMID:3151019 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.340040406
- Leese MP, Leblond B, Smith A, Newman SP, Di Fiore A, De Simone G, Supuran CT, Purohit A, Reed MJ, Potter BV. 2-substituted estradiol bis-sulfamates, multitargeted antitumor agents: synthesis, in vitro SAR, protein crystallography, and in vivo activity. J Med Chem. 2006 Dec 28;49(26):7683-96. PMID:17181151 doi:10.1021/jm060705x
- ↑ Venta PJ, Welty RJ, Johnson TM, Sly WS, Tashian RE. Carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome in a Belgian family is caused by a point mutation at an invariant histidine residue (107 His----Tyr): complete structure of the normal human CA II gene. Am J Hum Genet. 1991 Nov;49(5):1082-90. PMID:1928091
- ↑ Roth DE, Venta PJ, Tashian RE, Sly WS. Molecular basis of human carbonic anhydrase II deficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Mar 1;89(5):1804-8. PMID:1542674
- ↑ Soda H, Yukizane S, Yoshida I, Koga Y, Aramaki S, Kato H. A point mutation in exon 3 (His 107-->Tyr) in two unrelated Japanese patients with carbonic anhydrase II deficiency with central nervous system involvement. Hum Genet. 1996 Apr;97(4):435-7. PMID:8834238
- ↑ Hu PY, Lim EJ, Ciccolella J, Strisciuglio P, Sly WS. Seven novel mutations in carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome identified by SSCP and direct sequencing analysis. Hum Mutat. 1997;9(5):383-7. PMID:9143915 doi:<383::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-5 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1997)9:5<383::AID-HUMU1>3.0.CO;2-5
- ↑ Shah GN, Bonapace G, Hu PY, Strisciuglio P, Sly WS. Carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome (osteopetrosis with renal tubular acidosis and brain calcification): novel mutations in CA2 identified by direct sequencing expand the opportunity for genotype-phenotype correlation. Hum Mutat. 2004 Sep;24(3):272. PMID:15300855 doi:10.1002/humu.9266
- ↑ Briganti F, Mangani S, Scozzafava A, Vernaglione G, Supuran CT. Carbonic anhydrase catalyzes cyanamide hydration to urea: is it mimicking the physiological reaction? J Biol Inorg Chem. 1999 Oct;4(5):528-36. PMID:10550681
- ↑ Kim CY, Whittington DA, Chang JS, Liao J, May JA, Christianson DW. Structural aspects of isozyme selectivity in the binding of inhibitors to carbonic anhydrases II and IV. J Med Chem. 2002 Feb 14;45(4):888-93. PMID:11831900


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The selection of Mac Miller as DJBooth staff pick for Best Emcee of 2011 may have come as a surprise to many, but it's not just us saying that he's one of the most promising rhymesayers to hit the scene in a long minute; the Pittsburgh spitter also has some of rap's most respected players in his corner. As proof I present album cut Of the Soul's newly-released official remix, which finds Miller joined by representatives of two legendary crews. Posdnous of De La Soul and Wu-Tang icon Raekwon handle the record's front two-thirds, lacing ID Labs dreamy, piano-led sample work with, respectively, solid advice ("Just watch the game and make sure it doesn't swallow your soul.") and protective tough-talk ("F*ckin' with my favorite white boy you'll have your head hit a brick."). Miller closes proceedings on a high note, proving himself more than worthy of his illustrious company in an allusive, tightly-wound new closing 16. Fans can find Of the Soul's album version and much more on Mac Miller's 2011 freshman set, Blue Slide Park. Keep it locked for release details on the artist's yet-unscheduled forthcoming mixtape, Macadelic.
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Remarkable information was leaked to local newspapers in the Lodi terrorism case. It appears that the Lodi suspects, Hamid Hayat and his father Umer Hayat, have told federal officials that at least 6 other men were training at the jihad camps in Pakistan to undertake a US-based attack on financial institutions and government buildings:
The Sacramento Bee reported that Hamid Hayat and his father Umer Hayat contended in FBI documents that a half-dozen other men were trained in jihadi camps in Pakistan. The pair reportedly alleged that the men were recruited by Muhhammed Adil Khan and Shabbir Ahmed (shown above on the upper right, and at bottom), two Pakistani imans involved with the Lodi Muslim Mosque.
In FBI interviews, the Hayats alleged that the men took direction from Ahmed, the iman at the mosque. Over Ahmed was Adil Khan, who followed the orders of the terrorist training camp's operator Fazler Rehman. He is reportedly a follower of Osama bin Laden.
According to the documents, the elder Hayat told investigators the camp attendees were taught to target U.S. financial institutions and government buildings. He reportedly identified the men but they were not identified in the Bee report.
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Geelong CEO Brian Cook has turned down the Gold Coast Photo: John Donegan
The AFL's Gold Coast franchise has been dealt another blow, with preferred CEO candidate Brian Cook announcing he has agreed a new contract with reigning premiers Geelong to keep him at the Cattery for another three years.
A week after Michael Voss turned down the coaching role at the new club to take up an assistant's role at the Eagles, Cook said he had further challenges ahead at Geelong.
"The decision was not easy but I feel that over the past decade we have come a long way to become a good club and the challenge is now to become a great club," Cook said.
"We need to continue to grow our brand, increase our supporter and membership base, continue to develop Skilled Stadium and keep the team at the forefront of the competition.
"The club has come a long way in the past decade, but we still have a way to go to reach the goals that we have set for ourselves. That is a challenge for me and everyone associated with the club.
"I have received a number of attractive offers in recent times and thank those organizations for their interest.
"In particular I wish the GC 17 consortium all the best in their quest with the new club, and I look forward to them joining the AFL in 2011."
Cats' president Frank Costa was understandably delighted that the former Eagles CEO had agreed to stay at his club.
"I have often said that Brian is the greatest recruit that we have ever had," Costa said.
"Our board is thrilled that Brian will lead us on the next part of our quest to become a great club. I know I speak for all members and supporters when I say this is a great result for both the club and Brian and we are all looking forward to the next three years."
Appointed CEO of West Coast in 1990, Cook's nine years at the Eagles saw the club quadruple its membership, dramatically increase revenue and become the first non-Victorian club to win the AFL premiership.
He was appointed CEO of Geelong in 1999.
AFL Chief Operating Officer Gillon McLachlan said despite turning the job, Mr Cook was adamant that the Gold Coast expansion would be a success.
"Brian saw the role as both a great challenge and a unique opportunity to build a new club but said a combination of family reasons and the opportunity to continue to build Geelong had determined his decision," Mr McLachlan said.
"We respect Brian's decision and thank him for his interest in considering the challenge of taking on the Gold Coast role."
Mr McLachlan said the AFL and GC17 would now go to the market and advertise for the role.
"We have certainly had plenty of interest from many people in both the football industry and in business and we will now go through that process to find a CEO," Mr McLachlan said.


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The biggest hit of Karisma Kapoor was Raja Hindustani(1999). She won several Best Actor awards for this movie, including the Filmfare Award. Her movie Dil Toh Pagal Hai(released in 1997) won her a National Award for the Best Supporting Actress.Answered by Anvin Raj, 29 May '08 12:53 am
Raja Hindustani(1999).Answered by sudesh, 29 May '08 06:19 am
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she had two great hits. One was raja Hindustani where she falls in love with a taxi man (aamir kahn). The story revolves around how they deal with their problems after their marriage which is done against the very wishes of karishmas dad. Then there is Dil to pagal hain where she falls in love with shahrukh khan but khan loves madhuri dixit.Answered by ChaluTakla, 29 May '08 02:05 pm
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as a solo actress..raja hindustani.. altough the movie was a hit due its music n songs ... n a kiss-scene bet the lead actors.Answered by divya menon, 29 May '08 12:57 am


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The Dancing With the Stars cast is quite the doozy for this upcoming season. From annoying reality celebrities like The Situation to retired athletes such as Rick Fox (and yes, I totally had to look up who that was), all of the characters stars will be bringing their, er, something special to the table. Here are 10 things we hope to see this next season.
What sorts of shenanigans do you think (or hope) will go down this season? Who's your favorite cast member?
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It's not too late to enter the South Side Pie Challenge! We have room in every category for your pie: creme, nut, sweet potato/pumpkin, and fruit. Your $25 registration fee, payable via paypal, will go straight to the Hyde Park/Kenwood Hunger Programs, including their food pantry and soup kitchen.
Not a baker? Then join us as a volunteer and serve pie! Here's the link:
If you can't volunteer you may just wish to bring your family and friends and come eat pie for $3 a slice, with coffee generously donated by Robust Coffee Lounge. In addition to pie there will be local musicians and activities for kids (but really, who needs more than pie?).
Join us this Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m at Ray School, 5631 S. Kimbark, as we celebrate all things pie, honor local bakers, and raise money for a great cause!


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The road is made by walking
A few months ago, while sitting in awful traffic once again on my way home from work, this phrase from Spanish poet Antonio Machado's poem "Cantares" popped into my head. As I sat in my car, I was making myself dizzy trying to decide if the business idea I had been researching intensely for the past few months was the opportunity I had been searching for for the last few years. As I let out a deep 'please get me out of this car' sigh, these words popped into my head:
Cantares is perhaps Machado's best known poem. A poem whose words I knew by heart because they are the first thing you see when you walk into my mother's house in Puerto Rico. I have looked at those words thousands and thousands of times and yet, despite knowing them to be part of a beautiful poem, I had never had them pop into my head like that.
Here's one of the better translations I found:
wanderer, there is no road,
the road is made by walking.
By walking one makes the road,
and upon glancing behind
one sees the path
that never will be trod again.
Right before this happened, I was going back and forth attempting to reconcile my experience from the prior 8 years as an entrepreneur with what lay ahead. Struggling to answer questions which I only knew to ask because this time wouldn't be my first time around. I had been going through that struggle for a few days before that moment in the car, but until then, I kept getting stuck in a mental stalemate which prevented me from taking the necessary next step. Strangely this one verse from a much longer poem happened to clear my mind and compel me to act. In one swoop, it puts the past in perspective and tells me that the only way to get to where I want to go is to start moving and make the path as I travel.
I chose to share this moment in part because it points to a deep connection I have with some words and a work of art I was lucky enough to look at every day for many many years. More importantly, I'm sharing this because that new journey begins today. As of today, accompanied by a small team of very bright people, we are starting a new company named Acompli.
We wont be sharing much about what we're building for now. The reason for this is because products are what matter, and until ours is built, talking about it is simply not that helpful. Before you dismiss this as another Silicon Valley 'stealth' BS move, try and keep in mind I've seen this movie a few times before. One of the big lessons I learned then (and many times since) was the price of unmanaged, lofty expectations. Still, I will continue to share thoughts and progress about what's going on at Acompli as we ramp up. My hope is that the bits I share, including this post, will be helpful to others who may be standing at the edge, wondering whether to take that next step into a new venture.
"Golpe a golpe, verso a verso"
[For those curious about the picture above, it is the calligraphy piece in my mother's house. The calligraphy was done by my late stepfather Guillermo Rodriguez Benitez, an incredible artist, businessman, and human who chose to hang this at the entrance of the home he shared with my mom. He must have known these words would someday compel me to stop pondering, and get going.]