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As a nutritionist, Vitamin D is one of those essentials, in my opinion. Although there are no RDI's (Recommended Daily Intakes) for the population at whole, the fact that we live in the northern hemisphere means that we have poor access to sunlight (the main source of Vit D). Dietary sources are few and far between (herring, mackerel, egg yolk) and I like to take 10ug each day (which is that recommended for pregnant and lactating women), but especially in the winter. The packaging refers to the EU RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) of which this 10ug tablets meet 200%.
H&B's Vitamin D3 tablets come in a translucent yellow bottle with a bright yellow lid. The first thing I noticed before even taking it to the till was how much packaging wastage there was. The tablets are tiny and don't even fill a quarter of the bottle - even 100 of them!
Each tablet is ~5mm diameter, which is pretty small! The lid has a flip top unlike other H&B supplements so my theory is that this is to help with dispensing. It's really easy to open and close although I'm not sure how it would fare in a handbag / travelling as mine sit on the kitchen worktop. Even with the flip lid, however, I find that the only reliable way to get the daily dose out is by unscrewing the lovingly designed flip top and sticking my finger in. Using the flip top method usually ends up with a good few in my hand / on the aforementioned worktop which then have to be picked back up (tricky when they are tiny!) and stuck back in the bottle.
I bought these when H&B were doing their penny sale, which makes them very good value. However, they do need to address the size of the packaging, which is quite wasteful. In addition, the size of the tablet needs addressed as this is something which would prove to be a real pain in the neck for someone with poor mobility of the hands.
I will buy again when H&B has an offer on.
I am reviewing a newer form of Holland & Barrett Sunvite Vitamin D3. The new tablet size is about a third smaller than the old one, but as they replace the old H&B Vitamin D3 I will review them here.
After being diagnosed with hypothyroidism but not improving despite thyroxine therapy, I went through every test imaginable to find out why - MRI, CT, ultrasound, and blood tests galore - but finally my endocrinologist said there was no reason for my persistent fatigue, but that certain vitamins supplements might help. This was a pretty last-ditch attempt, but I went with it anyway. Vitamin D3 was one of the vitamin supplements he suggested.
Most people will know that vitamin D is synthesised from sun exposure, and that it helps the body to absorb calcium, hence the product name 'Sunvite'.
Vitamin D deficiency is responsible for rickets. It is also responsible for other bone-softening diseases including osteoperosis. Low levels are also linked with cancer, multiple schlerosis, problems during pregnancy and general mortality. I don't have these illnesses (especially not the last one), but as I don't get out much due to my condition, I don't get the chance to absorb vitamin D from the sun as most adults would.
It is also something to consider for vegetarians and vegans (vitamin D can also be found in fish and meat, as well as fortified milk), people who cover themselves fully when outside for religious, health or fashion reasons, and those of African or Caribbean descent (as melanin in the skin can interfere with proper natural production of vitamin D). Plus, anyone living in the UK should consider taking vitamin D supplements, simply because the weather is often not conductive for the short but frequent sun exposure needed to synthesise vitamin D naturally. Vitamin D is safe for anyone to take, from children and pregnant or breastfeeding women to the elderly. Obviously it is paramount you contact your doctor beforehand to get the correct dosage, as it is possible to overdose, and that it may clash with other medications.
So what is vitamin D? There are two types of vitamin D: vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Vitamin D3 is approximately closer to the naturally occuring synthesisation of vitamin D due to sunshine striking bare skin (Cholecalciferol); Vitamin D2 is a synthetic form of vitamin D which is usually used to fortify foods (Ergocalciferol). Vitamin D2 metabolises poorly in the body and does not have a long shelf-life. Vitamin D3 is almost twice as potent as D2 and metabolises upto 500 times quicker. Sometimes you will find tales of D2 prescription medication (often on American websites) but that isn't really applicable, as D2 is a poor choice next to D3. Vitamin D3 is also hardly ever given on prescription here in the UK either, unless you have osteopersosis or (God forbid) rickets.
That's where these supplements come in. Holland & Barrett Vitamin D3 contain 25 'ug' or 1,000 IU (500% of the RDA of Vitamin D) in a small pill form. The pill is white, round and around 10 mm in diameter (it used to be 25mm). The new smaller pills are easier to swallow, but they are also easier to lose. When I dispense them from the bottle into my pill-box, I often lose a few on the floor as they are so small and hyperactive (and I am clumsy).
The bottle the pills come in is translucent yellow plastic with a flip-lid (a bit like a hundreds and thousands dispenser). As the bottle comes with no leaflet, information is given on the label. The yellow design is obviously evocative of sunshine.
The bottles come in variations of 100 or 250 pills, at strengths from 10 micrograms (ug) to 25 micrograms (ug). 25 ug is the strongest form available. The dosage is one a day, with a meal. I take mine with breakfast. The pill is tasteless and doesn't dissolve easily in the mouth or leave an aftertaste (which I am grateful for).
Ingredients in the supplements are as follows:
Bulking Agents (Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose), Anti-Caking Agents (Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide), Starch, Sucrose, Vitamin E (as dl-Alpha Tocopherol), Vitamin D3, Tricalcium Phosphate, Emulsifier (Acacia Gum).
Holland & Barrett guarantee these products are certified free of:
- No Artificial Colours, Flavours or Sweeteners.
- No Preservatives.
- No added Salt. No Milk, No Corn, No Lactose, No Gluten, No Wheat, No Yeast, No Fish, No Porcine, No Soya.
As this product could be recommended for a vegetarians and vegan lifestyle, is it friendly towards them? Yes and no. Industrial production of Cholecalciferol is produced via ultraviolet irradiation of lanolin in sheep's wool. Cholesterol is extracted from wool grease and wax wool alcohol from cleaned wool after shearing and then irradiated in a four-step process to create the basic molecule that forms Cholecalciferol. Thus, this product is obviously not suitable for vegans, as it uses animal by-products. Luckily for them, D3 is also industrially produced from lichen, such as Vitashine Vitamin D3, suitable for both vegetarians AND vegans for around the same price. Unfortunately, if you are a vegan, you will not find that product in Holland & Barrett and you will have to buy it online.
OK, so we know what's in it and what's not in it, but what happens when it's in you?
Within Europe, manufacturers of Vitamin D supplements or food enriched with vitamin D are allowed to state that their product supports:
- Normal function of the immune system;
- Normal inflammatory response;
- Normal muscle function;
- Reduced risk of falling in people over age 60.
So that's the good, now the bad... It is possible to overdose on Vitamin D3. This leads to over-absorption of calcium that harms the kidneys (presumably through calcium deposits / kidney stones). It is advised not to take more than 1 pill a day, but even so, you'd need to take over 10,000 IU over a long period of time to feel the effects of overdose. Obviously this is not recommended...
Holland & Barrett sell this product at £8.05 for 100 tablets and £18.15 for 250 pills. They are often included in the 'penny sale' promotion, where we often get 2 bottles (200 pills) for £8.06. A bottle of 100 pills would last 1 person taking 1 pill a day just over 3 months and 3 weeks.
Both my father and I take the tablets daily. Unlike the other vitamins recommended by my endocrinologist, I have not seen any obvious differences. However, neither of us have had any broken bones. Neither of us have had the flu, either, but we've both had colds. It is difficult to say whether the vitamin has worked or not, but we are both continuing to take it. It is also a lot safer than sunbeds or even going out in the sunshine without SPF lotion on (if that sunshine situation does indeed occur). The pills are not exactly a cool drink outside in the sunshine, but it's better than nothing.
Why is Vitamin D important?
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble vitamins which are essential in regulating the amount of calcium and phosphate in the body. It is often called the "sunshine vitamin" because the body can create vitamin D through sun exposure. For years its role in maintaining healthy bones and teeth has been known, but more and more studies are showing that it also plays a crucial role in maintaining a healthy immune system. In addition, studies are showing that low levels of vitamin D increase the risk of developing diabetes, muscle and bone pain, a number of cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia. There also appear to be links between vitamin D and allergies and asthma. In other words, Vitamin D is extremely important to many aspects of your overall health.
Why take a supplement?
Most doctors still say that the best way to get vitamin D is through exposure to the sun. However, this isn't always easy or even possible. Many factors affect your body's ability to produce vitamin D. Two of the biggest factors here in the UK are season and latitude. If you live above 40 degrees north latitude (London is 51 degrees north) you won't make much, if any, vitamin D in the winter (actually from October to April here in the UK). And our summers aren't always warm enough for the short but frequent spells of unprotected sun exposure necessary just to maintain healthy vitamin D levels. It is even harder for the elderly and people with darker skin to get enough vitamin D through sun exposure. There are a few foods, such as salmon, that contain vitamin D but not in great quantities. To make matters worse, once you are deficient, it is almost impossible to return to healthy levels without supplementation.
The current recommended daily amount of vitamin D across Europe is 200 iu. The NHS currently recommends supplementation for pregnant and breastfeeding women, all children from 6 months to 5 years, people aged 65 and over, people with darker skin, and those with limited sun exposure (including people who cover their skin for cultural reasons and individuals who are housebound for long periods of time).
The recommended daily amount of vitamin D in the USA is 600 iu (800 iu for people 70 and over). Even then many vitamin D researchers are convinced the government's recommendations for adequate vitamin D intake are far below what your body really needs. The current recommendations are enough to prevent rickets and provide decent bone health, but they do not appear to be sufficient to maintain a healthy immune system. Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, who heads the Vitamin D, Skin, and Bone Research Laboratory at Boston University School of Medicine says that studies show that you need an optimal dose of 1,000 IU of vitamin D a day to achieve blood levels of vitamin D that can protect you against chronic diseases.
Why am I personally taking a vitamin D supplement? My mum (who lives in Texas where the body can produce vitamin D year round) was tested to be vitamin D deficient. As she learned more and more about the importance of vitamin D she encouraged me to take a supplement since it was almost certain I wasn't getting enough vitamin D here in the UK (it was unlikely I was getting the recommended 200 iu per day, let alone the higher levels recommended by many experts).
It is impossible to overdose on vitamin D from sun exposure, but it is generally recommended that people taking more than 2000 iu per day of vitamin D supplements have their blood levels monitored. Too much vitamin D can lead to a build up of calcium in the blood and kidney problems. However, to reach this level of toxicity you would need to take 50,000 iu per day for several months.
***Holland & Barrett Sunvite Vitamin D3 tablets***
I bought a bottle of Holland & Barrett Sunvite Vitamin D3 10 μg (400 iu) tablets without doing much research. The tablets are discus shaped with a 1cm diameter and about 3mm height. I didn't find them too hard to swallow, but on a few occasions they didn't go down the first try (likely because I find the discus shape slightly harder to swallow than a capsule- but I'm really not very good at swallowing pills).
I won't list all the ingredients here, but the full list can be found on the Holland & Barrett website. However, I will point out these tablets contain gelatine so are not suitable for vegetarians. They also contain corn oil and soya. They do not contain any milk or wheat.
I took the recommended 1-2 tablets every day over a period of several months. I can't say I noticed any significant difference, but I'm reluctant to dam them since it can be hard to see the effects of this sort of thing without a blood test. However, I decided to switch to a different brand because I don't always absorb vitamins very well and often find different brands work better than others. I opted for Pure Encapsulation 1000 iu capsules. Shortly after taking the Pure Encapsulation Vitamin D, I started to notice a difference. Previously I would get painful skin (like a sunburn without the heat) several times a week. Now I only get the pain once or twice a month. I am reasonably confident this is down to the vitamin d, but the improvements didn't come while I was taking the Holland & Barrett Sunvite version, so I'm not convinced these tablets are all that absorbable, at least for me.
That said, they are fairly inexpensive at 100 for £3.29 (and currently on offer, buy one get another for 1p). They are also available in 25 μg (1000 iu) at £7.99 for 100 (also currently on offer, buy one get another for 1p).
I strongly believe everyone should at least consider taking a vitamin D supplement and these are reasonably priced, however, the amount of unnecessary additives and the lack of personal results leads me to conclude these are average, at best. I found Pure Encapsulations to offer better results (but they cost more).


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There's a loud splash off to his left, followed by the slamming, grating sound of metal banging against metal, water lapping at the glass where it doesn't quite reach all the way full at the top, but he can feel the vibrations rippling through it, jarring compared to the constant hum that's been present since he woke up in the see-through box. He considers ignoring it, whatever's just been dumped on the other side of the glass separating the two tanks, but there's a tingling clawing its way up his spine that has his side fans flaring, slowly. Something watching him. Intently.
The sharp, piercing, scratching noise is what makes his head snap up, green eyes meeting an almost back-lit unbelievable blue.
'You!' he hisses through their sudden connection, piercing through whatever wall the bright-fin may have had in place, darting up to uncoil from his place against the far side wall of his transparent cage, baring his teeth at the new addition to his prison.
The bright-fin's fans all flare just the same, his clawed fingers scratching at the glass separating their enclosures as he shifts into an immediately defensive position, baring his teeth. He's about to launch himself at the enemy, wall be damned, until realization dawns on him and instead he smirks, sharp teeth showing as their brief connection floods with his dark amusement.
'You poor fool, looks like you're in the same situation as me.'
The bright-fin leans back away from the wall slightly, his expression going steely.
'..What do you mean?' It's reluctant, but it feels like a small victory anyway. 'Where are we?'
'Nowhere good.' He sweeps his arms out in a mock grand gesture, indicating their identical imprisonment and the room of odd shapes and glinting squares on the other side of the glass. 'The world of the two-fins. You'll probably die here.'
The bright-fin's fans flatten somewhat, aggressively, blue eyes darting around to examine his surroundings a little better before they return to green.
'..If I'm dying here, chances are you will too.'
He hisses, tail lashing suddenly against the floor and propelling him quickly forward, hands landing on the glass near the bright-fin's with a resounding thud, water sloshing with the sudden movement against the crossed metal up above the cage.
'The only bright side to this is that we're in separate cages, so I won't get the chance to kill you quick. You'll die. Slow. And if I'm lucky I'll be here to see it.'
The bright-fin leans his head back from the glass slightly, face twisting momentarily and fans flaring briefly before he seems to steel himself once again. He's pushing his rage and dark satisfaction through the link and only getting an eerie silence in return, the bright-fin's not giving him the pleasure of his discomfort or despair, but that's fine, he'll take what he can get. It's not even that he really wants to see a slow painful death, he's seen enough of that to last him the rest of his days, what with the war they'd both been dragged from. The only thing that satisfies him is that he won't be the only one to die, at least one of his enemies will be going down with him. At least it'll be even.
The sudden question confuses him, shakes him from his grim thoughts, and he eases his posture enough to meet the bright-fin at eye level, quirking a suspicious eyebrow at the enemy.
"Why' what?'
'Why should we die here? We could try to escape. Both of us'
His expression goes incredulous, fans flaring again briefly with the emotion before he laughs, form hunching a bit with the motion.
'Why would you help me or I help you?' he straightens back up, looking his enemy in the eye, 'We're enemies, nothing more, nothing less.'
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'Maybe. But we have a common enemy, and we have a common goal. I would rather die on the battlefield than in here like some caged pet.'
He practically spits it through the makeshift connection, sharp teeth showing in a brief growl before he returns his attention to the fang-fin, staring intensely through the glass.
'..What's your name?'
He surprises both of them with the question, the bright-fin raising up a bit but not easing his defensive posture. He seems to be almost as long as himself.
'Castiel. ..Your's?'
'..Dean. I'm Dean.'
Dean straightens out his own posture, the end of his tail flicking slightly to keep him steady. Their hands are almost in the same spot on the glass.
'Hello, Dean. Shall we get started?'
Castiel turns his head slightly to look out at the room they're trapped in. Dean follows his determined gaze, seeing the two-fins now standing on the other side of the glass, staring at them with various expressions, awe, wonder, learning.
A smirk alights his face and he glances back to the bright-fin- no, Castiel, sharp teeth glinting just that bit from the overhead suns.
'Whenever you're ready.'
The two-fins won't even know what hit them.


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Continuing an energy-saving and environmentally friendly strategy. the Springfield Township Library will install new windows over the coming months.
Earlier in October, the Springfield Township Board of Commissioners approved a contract with GMI Contractors, Inc. to bring new windows to the library at a cost of $37,500 to the the township.
"The goal is to conserve heat, and it's also environmentally better," Library Director Audrey Blossic said.
Blossic said the new windows will help lower energy costs. This follows the installation of solar panels on the library's roof that promise to generate 30,000 kilowatt hours a year for 25 years.
"I decided that if I'm saving money on electricity, then I should look into heating as well, because it's expensive," she said.
The building was constructed in 1963, so the advances to heating and electricity techniques are warranted.
Blossic sought out a Keystone Grant to help pay for the windows. The matching grant will result in a final price tag of $74,500.
As for a timeline, Blossic said the library only awaits a contract signature from GMI Contractors, Inc. before work can begin.
Both Blossic and township manager J. Lee Fulton said they hoped windows will be installed by year's end.


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Update: Death Investigation in Graham, KY
Date of News Release: 10/16/2013
Graham, KY (Muhlenberg County) - The Kentucky State Police is currently investigating the death of a Graham couple.
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at approximately 1:26 p.m., the KSP Post 2 Madisonville was contacted by the Muhlenberg County Sheriff's Department and requested to conduct a welfare check at a residence located at 4123 State Route 175 South, Graham.
Upon arrival, troopers and detectives discovered the victims, Dune (no legal first name) 47 and his wife, Yolanda R. Dune, 35, both of Graham, KY, deceased in the living room of the residence. The preliminary investigation revealed that each victim appeared to have suffered from a single gunshot. Muhlenberg County Deputy Coroner Ricky King pronounced the victims dead at the scene.
An autopsy was conducted this morning at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Madisonville. The preliminary results indicate that each victim died from a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The investigation is continuing by KSP Detective Lonnie Kavanaugh. KSP Post 2 units and the Muhlenberg County Coroner's Office assisted at the scene.
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Death Investigation in Graham, KY
Date of News Release: 10/15/2013
Graham, KY (Muhlenberg County) - The Kentucky State Police is investigating the deaths of two subjects at a residence on KY 175 in Graham. KSP was contacted by the Muhlenberg County Sheriff's Department on Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at approximately 1:25 p.m. and requested to conduct a welfare check at the residence.
Upon Troopers arrival, a male and a female were located in the residence deceased. At this time, it appears both subjects had been shot.
The Muhlenberg County Coroner's Office pronounced both subjects dead at the scene. Further information, including the names of the deceased, will be provided pending the autopsy results. The autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, October, 16, at the State Medical Examiner's Office in Madisonville, KY.
Detective Lonnie Kavanaugh is continuing the investigation. KSP Post 2 units and the Muhlenberg County Coroner's Office assisted at the scene.
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Barnstable County Fair @ Cape Cod Fairgrounds
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Where: 1220 Nathan Ellis Highway
The Barnstable County Fair will celebrate its 170th birthday from Monday, July 21 through Sunday, July 27. This year's fair will include music on the main stage, carnival rides, motorsports and the most fried dough on Cape
Cod. Live music from country stars Dustin Lynch and Josh Thompson, as well as Vertical Horizon and Beatles tribute band, 164 - The Tribute.
In addition, WCOD will host an American Idol-style talent competition, the winner of which will win $1,000. There will also be a demolition derby on Wednesday and performances from Team Extreme FMX Motorcross.
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an updated look at modernism out of Sydney that believes not so much that form follows function but that form has a function
a Sydney based artist who has a fresh perspective on the still life that is at once beautiful and reflective
a fresh new look at modernism from another Sydney based firm that is worth looking into
a striking Sydney based firm that is developing some elegant work, believing that ignoring our five thousand year old history, is responsible for generating abstract and superficial buildings
we are looking at art and design from Australia and kicking things off with this talented firm out of Melbourne whose eccentric and sculptural work is quite notable
Porto based firm that has some clean and well detailed work and a web site that is original if nothing else
shows you what they are wearing in the fashion capitals, so you check before you go… interesting? I'm not sure
Barcelona based pioneer of interaction between nature, technology and architecture proposes new paradigms based in urban, social and cultural conditions emerging from information society
this table is created by stretching a very thin sheet of steel across a steel frame. Supported only at the ends, the ratchet strap moves the base of legs together, the frame acting as lever, pulls the top tight with 30 tonnes of force… nice!
swiss firm with offices in Uster, Diessenhofen and Andelfingen who do some great modernist contemporary work well packaged in a clean site… helps if you speak German
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LOUISVILLE , KY (WAVE) - A car wash will be held in order to raise money for the burial expenses of one of the city's latest murder victims.
Darius Miller, a Waggener High School student and new father, was shot early Sunday morning in the parking lot of the Walgreens at 35th and Broadway.
The car was will take place at that Walgreens from 11 to 3 Friday, August 2.
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- Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 26. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
- Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Light southwest wind increasing to 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
- Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 31. West wind 8 to 15 mph.
- Thursday Sunny, with a high near 45.
- Thursday Night A chance of freezing rain after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
2. Reader Comment of the Day: "Patch ate my first comment :( . Old laws are hilarious until they're used against you." Reader Kathy Custer, commenting on the story, "Are Old Laws Funny or Dangerous?"
3. It's Happening Today: If you are feeling hungry tonight and are looking for some terrific company, there is a FREE Community Dinner at 5:45 p.m. at 1 Church St. The Community Dinner Program is an interfaith program providing hot, nutritious meals in a welcoming environment to members of our larger community. Initiated in 1995 by First Congregational Church, the program is supported by a wide range of churches, businesses, and service clubs in Stoneham.
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Below are excerpts from The 2014 DuPont Challenge first place essays.Daniel Burgess, Junior Division First Place Winner
I was on the crux of the ascent of 14,000-foot Snowmass Mountain; to either side thousand-foot drops. We were alone. The sun was blindingly bright, but dark clouds were building. We had to reach the summit and descend before the lightning storms arrived. The massive permanent snowfield that gives Snowmass its name is not so permanent anymore. A warmer atmosphere causes it to disappear every summer, exposing the granite. As my Dad and I rushed up the mountain, we grabbed the massive, but unstable, boulders. Taking a dangerous or inefficient route wastes energy and risks a deadly fall. The air was crisp and the silence ruptured by strong, wailing gusts, but after spending the day in intense, high-altitude sunlight, the rocks were quite warm. Meltwater trickled underneath the rocks. The granite slabs felt strange, so much warmer than the air. As we reached the summit, thunder echoed in the distance. Then, lightning struck a nearby peak. I knew that if I were closer I could have heard the rocks crackling with static electricity. For the entire two-hour descent, with no cover from the lightning, it was a race for our lives.
We were fortunate to escape Snowmass safely. While driving out of the Rockies later that week, my thoughts became fixed on that harrowing, glorious afternoon. Driving north from Golden to Boulder, we passed many solar arrays. Several large arrays were on the rooftops of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, yet some were on businesses, and others on homes. I wondered if solar panels could produce more than electricity, if there might be an even more efficient design. I kept thinking about Snowmass: the intense sunlight, the trickling snowmelt warmed by the rocks, and the electricity in the air. Then I got an idea....
...Nowhere are solar cells harnessing the heat of the sun. They only use light to generate power. So my goal is to double the amount of electricity produced by solar cells, and add water heating capabilities by combining breakthrough technologies into one super cell.
The vision I had involved a multi-layered highly-efficient cell combined with a water heater. The top layer would be made of transparent, UV-capturing solar cell layered above a highly efficient silicon or germanium-based solar cell. A clear material that conducts heat would be situated above the opaque, reflective cell, with thin hoses running between the cells and against the heat conducting layer to heat water for the home.
I thought that if I was going to combine a solar cell with a water heater, why not go a step further and improve the photovoltaic cell itself? Because the ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths are not powerful enough to dislodge electrons in the semiconductors of standard solar cells, their energy is absorbed as heat. That is perfect for the thermal energy needed to heat water, but a small amount of electricity could still be generated from those wavelengths. A conversion rate of even a couple percent could boost a competing cell to rival the most efficient model on the market. After more research, I found that prototype cells exist that could generate electricity from UV wavelengths. I discussed my early ideas with a materials scientist and engineer from a green energy company, and he made some suggestions for research, and advised me to file a provisional patent, which I did....
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Plink. A single grain of sand skitters along hard, packed earth. As it tumbles past fields of lush, green rice, the Chinese farmers eyes widen and their hearts sink in fear. But what could a single speck, so small that it barely casts a shadow, carry with it to cause such a panic? The answer: dust storms. Each spring, strong winds create dust storms across the vast land of China, lifting dirt and sand particles into the air and unleashing turbulent, suffocating clouds that can reduce visibility to almost zero. But these fine-grained leviathans do more than demonstrate nature's awe-inspiring strength. These dust storms have caused damage akin to that of a large-scale earthquake, killing people, butchering livestock, obliterating crops, and forcing people to abandon their homes (Liu et al. 2004). Yet the effects of dust storms range far beyond those of rapid, merciless destruction. In stripping land of millions of tons of topsoil, dust storms can transform once-fertile lands into literal dustbowls--a process known as desertification (Brady 2013)....
As desertification wreaks havoc across the globe, scientists struggle to find a workable solution. A variety of techniques have been devised to combat desertification, such as planting rows of trees or shrubs known as windbreaks around the edges of fields (Hussaini and Irfan 2012), and mulching, the covering of land by a layer of sparse vegetation to fixate and enrich the underlying soil (Gabriels et al. 2008). However, the success of these methods has been limited by the high cost associated with their large-scale implementations. What solution, then, would not only be economically viable, but could also be implemented on a global scale?
The answer may lie in one of the oldest life forms on the planet: microscopic cyanobacteria.
Cyanobacteria are unicellular, photosynthetic prokaryotes that thrive in aquatic environments and are abundant in nature. With more than 3.5 billion years of biological history, cyanobacteria can be found in almost every terrestrial and aquatic habitat, such as oceans, lakes, damp soil, and temporarily moistened rocks in deserts. As one of the few bacterial groups that can perform both photosynthesis and respiration simultaneously in the same environment, cyanobacteria possess a remarkable hardiness that allows them to survive and flourish in a wide range of environmental conditions (Cabrillo College 2013)....
...Cyanobacteria sprays are emerging as a scientifically and economically feasible solution to battle desertification. The bacteria's omnipresence in nature provides an almost infinite supply of materials for the spray; application by spraying is both straightforward and cost-savvy; and the evolutionary robustness of the cyanobacteria allows them to survive as the ideal life-forms for arid and semi-arid conditions worldwide. Three billion years ago, cyanobacteria helped create the perfect environment for life to flourish on Earth (Cabrillo College 2013). Today, these ancient microorganisms may bring us salvation yet again in the fight against desertification--and ultimately, save our beloved planet from literally turning into dust.
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L.A. drivers are preparing for a 53-hour shutdown of a 10-mile stretch of the 405 freeway from July 15th to 18th, which could paralyze the whole area.
In true Hollywood style, L.A. Metro asked Estrada -- a.k.a. Officer Frank "Ponch" Poncharello -- to record the PSA (in English and Spanish) reminding drivers to stay away from the area during the closure.
Watch the English-language version after the jump.
Estrada starred in 'CHiPs' from 1977-83. In real life he serves as a reserve police officer, and he told TMZ that he's always happy to help out his fellow cops: "When law enforcement asks for help, the answer is always yes."
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Wow, I thought this would be an interesting read since my alt is a 70 resto shaman I use to help when our raids are short heals. But some of the advice is way off. You don't even really know what Healing Way does, and it is a huge boost when main healing a tank. Also Nature's Blessing is a nice boost to +healing as well as damage. You need to rethink some of those talents.


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tims probably read homestuck at one point because he thought it was the beginning of another cult thing
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my favorite digimon
tims probably read homestuck at one point because he thought it was the beginning of another cult thing
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oooooh okay okay I thought thats who you were talking about!! But no!! No I remember!! He is the one withe THE DOGE!! THE BIG DOG!
what a good dog
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didnt he jump out of a window one time??
I think that was cinderellas prince??? IN that sequel??
Erik has jumped off a couple of boats though.
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confession: I actually thinks chives are just okay
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thecapedraccoon replied to your post: haha omg miri p sure those girls are taking a picture for the gyaru magazine EGG, not actual fans of poultry products omg
boooooooo!! chives till I die!!
i can't even say 'nooo eggs' because I don't actually like eggs all that much
my plan is falling apart
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aaaw yeaaah!!! Congrats miri!!! look at all this success you are pouring everywhere C:
eheheehheee I'm pretty happy with myself!!!
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swimming anime!!
oh my god for a second I forgot about the meme and thought you were just really excited about swimming animes.
Okay im going to try and deduce the first episode from what I have seen on tumblr.
There are four dudes who like swiming but one in particular is like swimming/pool sexual and it borders upon inappropriate. He also has like 15 ab muscles, he works out a lot.
They were all swimming bros but then I think one of the boys might have nearly drowned when they were all young so they stopped being swimming bros and got kind of angsty?? In the mean time the red head turned into a wereshark of some sort so they all have issues outside of swimming as well. (I'm sure its a really complicated story which deserves its own anime as well.)
The little blonde kid wanted to get them all swimming again but the pool had no water in it and swimmingsexual guy was really disappointed. But then the blonde kid got naked and jumped in anyway?? Also he might be part dolphin I think, his leg looks like a tail anyway. I'm worried about his safety not only because of the weredolphin thing but he was jumping into a pool without water in it?? ull hit your head kid!! safety first!!
(obvs whatever school they went to didn't pay much attention to pool safety, i guess thats why the other kid almost drowned when they were younger)
There's a cat as well but I'm not sure if he likes swimming as much as the main cast. I guess we will find out next episode
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to turn into symbols or their gay friend to justify their open-mindedness for brownie points or whatever? I mean not always but damn thats what its felt like some times :C
That too!! I'm very glad to have avoided that myself because wow I can imagine how uncomfortable it would be to suddenly stop being 'you' and become… something else.
Something for someone elses enjoyment and use??
(and I am very sorry and upset that anything like that has happened to you :c *hugs* )
I don't even think everyone does it on purpose, but I don't think that means we can ignore it!!!
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yup you can comb through your wig! Better to start from the bottom and work your way up tho
oh good!!! A couple of hairs came out but I figured that was unavoidable (although I may have pulled out more then i /should/ have given I had no idea what i was doing)
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Drafted with the third overall pick in 2004 by Arizona, Larry Fitzgerald had some huge expectations to fulfill. He is a fan favorite among the fans here in the valley and has done great things in the community, he started his own charity to help fight breast cancer which unfortunately took his mom from him. Being at the stadium yesterday working during the Cardinals' game they announced his name during introductions, and the crowd let out a huge roar which probably was the loudest of the game.
Fitzgerald has the potential to be one of the greatest receivers to ever play the game. He already holds the records for most touchdowns 77, most receptions 764, and most receiving yards 10,413 in Arizona Cardinals history. Fitzgerald needs about four more quality years to solidify his hall of fame status. No doubt in my mind if the Cardinals could have surrounded him with an elite quarterback Fitzgerald could have been the second best wide receiver of all time. Because let's be honest nobody will ever break Jerry Rice's records, not in this day with defensive players being faster and stronger than in the past. Also Rice played 19 years in the league an extremely long period of time.
Fitzgerald willed this team to a Super Bowl with his record-breaking playoff performance. Still regarded as the best performance in history. The thing that makes him special is his ability to catch the ball in traffic. He doesn't care if he's being double teamed, if the quarterback gets the ball in his area he's going to come down with that ball, at 6'3′ he can out jump any corner in the league. Every Cardinals' fan hopes Fitzgerald retires as a Arizona Cardinal, but most know how this business works. Just this year the Cardinals cut Adrian Wilson also a fan favorite, and who had played his entire career in Arizona. While it wasn't a fan favorite move I'm sure fans would be much more upset if the same were to happen to Fitzgerald.


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To dream about a burial means that you have banished bad attitudes or behaviors and escaped from some negative condition. If you dream that you are burying someone alive, it is a sign of mental anguish.
To dream of a mausoleum represents a possible sickness, problem, or passing of a family member or peer.
To dream that you are in a mausoleum indicates that you will experience illness in the future.
To dream of a vault indicates a threat against your wealth and financial stability. There are people around you that may attempt to use charm or fraud to take it from you. It may also indicate your inner 'safe,' or the place where you keep your inner potential. When you dream of the safe, you need to consider looking at your true potential and putting it to good use.
To see an open vault is an indication that you may be rubbing your money in the noses of others.
To see a burial vault represents the personal sadness and grief you have experienced as a loved one passed away.
To dream that you are in a cemetery indicates that your life is filled with sorrow and anguish. There is an issue that is causing you great despair. This must be absolved or you could find yourself sinking into a deep depression.
To dream that you are at a graveyard indicates that there are things about yourself that you have let go. It can also be that you are afraid of what you don't know. This dream may also represent a period of mourning.
To dream of seeing a hearse indicates that you need to gear up and move on by letting go of the past and being open to the new changes that will take place in your life.
To dream of your own funeral represents some circumstance that you've been dealing with. You could be trying to bury some emotions or aspects about yourself, but your dream is telling you to pay attention to them. You could be hiding from a situation and hoping that it passes. If you are close to death, then a funeral could indicate your fears and concerns about your own demise.
To dream that you are attending someone else's funeral suggests that you are putting a past relationship where it belongs: in the past. You may be releasing negative emotions you've kept for so long. If the funeral is for an unknown person, then your dream is telling you to set aside some part of your past so that a new experience or person can enter. You should think about what aspect of your life you should part with.
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CNN's Zakaria Castigates GOP Primary Rhetoric as 'Incendiary'
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Liberal CNN host Fareed Zakaria whacked Republicans in his interview of faux-conservative presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, a clip of which aired on CNN Friday. Zakaria chided the rhetoric of the GOP primary as wanting candidates "to say incendiary things," and teed up Huntsman to bash his fellow candidates.


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Paul Krugman is (finally) wrong about something: Apple Macintosh
Summary: Nobel-winning economist and New York Times opinionator Paul Krugman tries to put into context Steve Ballmer's exit announcement, the history of the Wintel industry and the rise of smart phones. What's hindering Krugman's analysis is that he's a typical Windows PC end-user.
In a Monday opinion piece in the New York Times, economist Paul Krugman started off saying he wasn't much of a "tech geek nor a management guru" when it came to Steve Ballmer's future departure from the top spot at Microsoft. But he apparently decided that he does have a deep understanding of IT tech markets and history.
Yet he is mistaken on a number of important points about the Apple and PC markets and their histories and intersections.
Krugman notes that in 2000, Microsoft's share price hit its peak and the company "seemed utterly dominant." Of course, he's even wrong there: there's no "seemed" about it, Microsoft was totally dominant.
The odd thing was that nobody seemed to like Microsoft's products. By all accounts, Apple computers were better than PCs using Windows as their operating system. Yet the vast majority of desktop and laptop computers ran Windows. Why?
The answer, basically, is that everyone used Windows because everyone used Windows. If you had a Windows PC and wanted help, you could ask the guy in the next cubicle, or the tech people downstairs, and have a very good chance of getting the answer you needed. Software was designed to run on PCs; peripheral devices were designed to work with PCs.
This part Krugman has right. When a company has more than 95 percent of a market, its independent software developers, peripheral makers, and all the tiers of customers, from professionals to consumers, circle around the platform as the earth goes around the sun. But then he reveals his biases.
The story of how that state of affairs arose is tangled, but I don't think it's too unfair to say that Apple mistakenly believed that ordinary buyers would value its superior quality as much as its own people did. So it charged premium prices, and by the time it realized how many people were choosing cheaper machines that weren't insanely great but did the job, Microsoft's dominance was locked in.
Now, any such discussion brings out the Apple faithful, who insist that anything Windows can do Apple can do better and that only idiots buy PCs. They may be right. But it doesn't matter, because there are many such idiots, myself included. And Windows still dominates the personal computer market.
Here Krugman makes two fundamental errors: He says that it was Mac faithful who said that PC users were the idiots; and that it was Apple's fault that the Mac platform declined in the 1990s. These are commonly held common wisdom among PC users but are mostly wrong.
Mac users have always known that the Macintosh is the superior platform, from its hardware to its highly-integrated operating system. And they've never been shy of telling this to their Windows-using colleagues, friends and family. Yes, it's annoying.
However, it was PC users, and then Windows users, who thought (and said) that Mac users were the crazy ones: for paying more than a commodity PC, for straying from the dominant Wintel platform, and going with a computing platform that had a smaller peripheral and software base. Recall that it was Steve Jobs himself who used this internalized emotion as the theme for Apple's famous adverb-killing Think Different ad campaign.
Check Out: Recalling a summer when Steve Jobs saved Apple and the Mac
Worse in my eyes is that Krugman blames Apple alone for the decline of its customer base in the 1990s. In the late 1980s, the Macintosh was still a mainstream business computer and the platform was supported by enterprise groupware vendors and other important applications. With its unique graphical interface and strong support for graphics, the Mac was very popular in the higher education, science and technology, and publishing segments. And others. While a reporter at MacWEEK in the early 1990s, I interviewed a number of customers in the government: at NASA and in various military intelligence departments.
The Mac was purchased in volume purchases by a number of enterprise customers in select markets. For example, I recall reporting on Apple's significant presence at database conferences.
However at that very time, the Mac platform came under tremendous pressure from a many-years-long sales and marketing campaign by Microsoft and Intel. These companies came to large educational sites and enterprises waving gifts of technology deals and IT perks, but only for sites that went for Wintel. The sales presentations specifically targeted Apple, saying the company and the Mac platform were doomed. Technology directors were given passes to a special insider IT conferences so that could be in the know for product roadmaps and strategies.
The result was government and business policies forbade Macintosh purchases. No matter that a department or site might have a large investment in Macs, that Macs were actually better for the task at hand, and that the end-users preferred doing their computing on the Mac, the site couldn't continue to use Macs or buy replacements.
In school districts, PC-using parents wanted their children to use the same machines in school, despite calls from teachers that the stand-alone Macs already in the classroom were more robust and required much less support, had familiar educational software and did the job.
No matter. Apple was a failing company, one misstep, one failed product and one quarter away from ruin.
Krugman has the PC viewpoint of the computer market: All computers are alike and the cheaper the better. There's no point in buying a more-expensive brand. Apple customers like their fancy industrial design and the eye candy. PC users know better.
Check Out: Apple delineates its ecosystem: The Mac's new advantage vs. Windows
That common wisdom was proved wrong. The Mac returned with its move to the Intel platform, better quality and a support organization. It helped that many Windows users began to see that Apple wasn't going to die in the next quarter. In addition, missteps by Microsoft in the development of new versions of Windows and the terrible lack of quality from even reputable PC vendors opened customers to the Mac opportunity.
Oh, and then there were the product halos from Apple's successes with iOS.
At this summer's Apple Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC), the company said that the Mac's installed base was some 72 million, up 100 percent in the past 5 years. This growth is from switchers from Windows.
So, it appears that a growing number of "ordinary buyers would value its [the Mac's] superior quality as much as its own people did." That's no mistake, Mr. K.
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So now that Blizzard has announced a real world auction house for Diablo III items, what's your take?
Brenda Archer said...
Again, I'm ignorant about Eve, but this strikes me as much closer to the situation in Eve than the one in Second Life.
I haven't ever played Diablo and can't speak to what effect this will have on gameplay.
If it happened in WoW, I wouldn't hesitate to throw fifty bucks at the game to get things I liked, because I'm not giving my payment info to some scammer in the process (or encouraging shady activity). But it would feel like metagaming, very similar to the way multiboxing feels like metagaming (even though it's allowed, and it's how I set up my me, myself and I bank alt guild). So it would definitely be a change in gameplay.
Still very different from what happens in Second Life, where the users create content outside of the world and then import it to the world to sell to other players, with no impact on leveling - because there isn't any.
Part of the allure of vanilla WoW was actually the grind - the idea of being in a 3D world and interacting with it was new enough to be interesting in its own right. These days, an experienced player racing through something like the goblin start zone will feel like the game is nerfed, though much prettier and arguably more fun. Being able to buy your stuff would just nerf it even more, and I think it would be a bad move for WoW, at least for as long as people still are willing to subscribe.


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With five games this week, Minnesota Wild players dominate our recommendations in this weeks' Waiver Wire.
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The Avs' MVP, Matt Duchene is playing out of his mind and could be on his way to 80 points if he stays hot.
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Steven Stamkos headlined some players whose health status may have disappointed fantasy players
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In Washington, sightings of American Olympian John Carlson have been reported. Dan Pennucci discusses Carlson's mercurial production and highlights other blue liners on the rise this week.
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After a month-long slump, Nazem Kadri has found his game again, and has 14 points in his last nine games.
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Melanie Bloom: TIP: The Interpreters Program
The Interpreters Program is a class project designed to educate community members and university students about translation and interpretation services and needs in the Douglas County Court System. SPAN 4960/8960 Spanish in the United States students will have the opportunity to disseminate information in local Spanish-language media.
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The Nebraska University Consortium on Information Assurance (NUCIA) will hold a 3-day workshop at the Peter Kiewit Institute for students of the technology club at the Winnebago Boys and Girls Club, with which NUCIA has an ongoing relationship. Areas covered may include Linux, bioinformatics, graphic animation, and collaboration science. This project will increase technology skills of Native Americans, who are underrepresented in the information technology profession. UNO students will serve as workshop faculty, and thereby reinforce their own learning.
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Jeremy Harris Lipschultz: Media Literacy, Civic Participation, and Second Life: A Follow-up Online Immigration Dialogue to By The People
Students from UNO's Computer-Mediated Communication class (SPCH 4190/8196) and other New Media Consortium members will be invited to collaboratively participate in a follow-up discussion to the October 14 By The People deliberation of Nebraska immigration issues, which Dr. Lipschultz will be conducting using the Second Life virtual reality environment. Topics will include education, health care, and employment of immigrants, as well as mass media framing of these issues.
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Nintendo Wii: So much fun
Wii are so nerdy. After getting a hot tip that more Wii's would be available on Sunday, we waited in line last week to buy the brand new video game system. Amazingly were at the exact spot to get the very last ticket for the day (we felt like the kid in Willy Wonka).
After paying up, we ran home and set up the Wii and it is ridiculously fun.
Forget the days of sitting quietly on the sofa to play a game - we ended up moving things out of the way and playing Tennis (one of the games in Wii Sports, which ships with the console) in the living room all afternoon.
The wireless controller acts as a sort of magic wand - when it is your tennis raquet you completely forget how silly you look in the middle of the room, swinging wilding, trying for the match point with your fancy backhand.
It's super tiny, and the design is really nice and very intuitive. Setup was easy (it connected right to our wireless so we can download games from the internet directly) and it is backwards compatible to all Game Cube games.
Oh, and so far, the new Zelda is really good....
Nintendo Wii, available where you can find it for now (plenty are on the way, though, 2 million will ship worldwide by the end of the year), is $249.
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Why is this better than playing real tennis? sorry--I'm old-fashioned. I don't even own a DVD player.
luddite: does it have to be "better" than the real thing to be just plain fun? I love "real" tennis, and would prefer playing it to the Wii version, but that's not to say playing the indoor video game version isn't a good time to be had.
Janel: you've evoked gaming console envy. My little DS isn't cutting it alone now. And compared to the other two systems, the Wii is the most decor-friendly machine, with its size and vertical shape. Now if I can only find one!
great review. nice to meet a fellow gamer on AT. Afterall, that's part of creating a warm living space - spending time at home doing things you love.
i am a game geek too - i love ddr (dance dance revolution) - i know that's quite a public confession to make. it's fun when people come over. we all look like idiots with these dorky, very serious faces, legs flopping around all over the place... The whole house shakes, but we get some exercise and it keeps the spirits up.
if you've had a beer or two first, it can only get better. great for the winter blues.
i have to look at the wii - i watched the reviews on g4 (i am an olivia fan), but your review was more convincing. :)
luddite: No claims that it is better than real tennis, just that it is pretty amazing technology and lots of fun (and it has the added bonus that you can play in the middle of the winter in Chicago).
There is one drawback (someone just sent me this link)...folks are getting so into the tennis game that a website has already been started to chronicle the mishaps of flying controllers....
gregory and holly: Happy that you two are fellow geeky bloggers - all I can say is go go go find a Wii - it's so good!
hehehe. a couple of us did the same thing, except we waited in line all night friday and all day saturday so that we could have a big Wii party saturday night!
Pics of our little shindig are here:
we had multiple "stations" set up and folkds came by after bars called last call. fun fun fun.
count me on the wii bandwagon. my sweetie picked one up on launch day and we've been playing tennis, bowling and zelda. but really, i've found that making the mii to be really fun too. we've made loads of family members and friends with a frightening degree of reality!
No one with a computer should claim the name "luddite".
The wii looks like fun, but as I use a projector I'm more in the 360.
I want one of these! Right now my "gaming" is limited to on online chess; I've been reading up on Wii and Playstation 3 and am rather torn as to which way to go. The tennis game on Wii looks very entertaining (I can't believe Roger Federer doesn't have his own video game!), but I'd love to have the "24" game, and that is a Playstation platform.
Either way I'm definitely waiting until the Christmas madness is history and the store shelves are plentifully stocked before I pull out the plastic.


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