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This paper describes a new liquid dispensing/aspirating system that is capable of producing micron-size spots/droplets for molecular biology research and analysis. In particular, the application is focused on deoxyribonucleic-acid microarray fabrication with the goals of uniform spot morphology, smaller spot size, higher yield, more efficient use of biological materials, and the capacity to handle high viscosity liquids. The new system is based on active sensing and control and it is part of a fully integrated robotic microarray system for genomic and proteomic applications. The prototype system handles thick liquids such as 100% glycerol as well as aqueous solutions and generates uniform spots in a contactless manner with controllable spot size ranging from 80 microns to 200 microns. Note to Practitioners-Microarraying is a powerful tool that enables the expression profiling of a vast quantity genetic/proteomic materials in parallel. Current printing technology includes photolithography, impact pins, inkjet, etc. Although these designs have been successful in printing spot size down to 100 microns, a new approach is needed to handle the order of magnitude increase in density while reducing cost. The SmartPin described in this paper is a sensor-based motion-controlled print head created for printing the next-generation microarrays. It is capable of depositing any aqueous samples (e.g., deoxyribonucleic acid, protein, etc.) and has the flexibility and cost advantage of the printing approach and yet possesses high performance and telepresence accessibility. The system utilizes an optical-fiber-based sensor probe for both sensing and sample delivery. Sensing is then integrated with computer control so that it can generate the microarray with fully controllable spot density and size. By maintaining a uniform gap distance between the pin tip and the target slide, performance and reliability are enhanced. The current work is at the prototype development state and will need further refinement for commercialization.
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Permastore Limited is a UK registered company established since 1959 providing substantial experience in the engineering and manufacture of bolted modular tanks & silos. Internationally recognised as the world's leading dedicated Glass-Fused-to-Steel tank & silo manufacturer, Permastore has supplied more than 300,000 structures in over 110 countries worldwide. PERMASTORE ...
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Labiotest offers solutions meant to improve air quality by zeroing malodorous emissions in compliance with norms and, most of all, following tested procedures that are harmless as regards health and environment. Labiotest offers a wide range of services and solutions for the control of odors, chemical contaminants and dust. The approach of Labiotest is based on a complete ...
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SPL-Beatty Limited, a groundwater consulting firm. It is recognized for its innovative and unique solutions to environmental problems. Brian Beatty, P.Eng., senior hydrogeologist, has over 35 years of experience, and our team consists of experienced environmental professionals, including hydrogeologists, engineers, geologists and technologists. We developed systems to ...
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Gulf Aqua Care
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For the last three decades AL SANIE GROUP ® committed its resources and efforts to participate in developing the national economy, this is why we involve our activities in strategically needed projects. Due to the growing demands on water supplies, we are advancing our businesses in improving the infrastructure of water treatment and water resources management as an ...
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GENEQ inc. has been a leading supplier of testing and measuring instruments for over 25 years. We built our reputation by supplying our customers with high quality products and services. GENEQ inc. is a Canadian distributor of Scientific Instruments for the Environmental field: Gas detectors, Weather stations, Water quality instruments, HVAC instruments, Water Level ...
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Ecology and Environment, Inc. (E & E) is a recognized global leader in environmental management. We have the depth of knowledge, breadth of experience, and multidisciplinary resources to provide clients with smart, innovative solutions to a full range of environmental problems. Employing nearly 1,000 respected experts in 85 engineering and scientific disciplines, E & E ...
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Oil Pollution Environmental Control ltd, (OPEC ltd) design, manufacture and supply products and systems for all types of oil pollution worldwide. Oil Pollution Environmental Control ltd is a UK based Company that was formed in 1980 to continue with the development and to capitalise on previous developments of specialist oil skimmer devices, namely mop skimmers which had ...
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Kore Technology Ltd. has been in business creating scientific instruments based on Time-of-Flight mass spectrometers since 1991. We have delivered over 200 analytical instruments to researchers around the world.Kore specialises in designing and building customised mass spectrometers, related components, and other vacuum-based equipment. We are able to offer instrument ...


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NAPLES (AP) -- A Naples woman has filed suit against her ex-husband, saying she is not getting her fair share of a Florida Lotto prize the couple won 13 years ago.
Helene Dinand, 37, said she gets $60,000 annually from her ex-husband, Marcel Imbert, 63. Dinand's share is about one-sixth of the estimated $359,800 post-tax sum Imbert receives each year from lottery officials.
Imbert's attorney, Vicki Ho, said Dinand is getting the $60,000 because that's all she asked for when the couple divorced in 1997.
"Helene requested the settlement and the division of proceeds, and she received what she requested," Ho said.
Dinand said she was not represented in the divorce. She has hired attorney David McElrath to represent her in the civil suit, which does not have a scheduled start date.
McElrath said Dinand never intended to settle for $60,000 annually. She claims that amount were her share of the annual interest on the winnings, which she thought were building in a trust.
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The couple held one of five winning tickets from the April 7, 1990, drawing worth $58,320,000 -- then the largest jackpot in Florida Lotto history. They selected to accept their share in a 20-year annuity, but now, at Dinand's attorney's request, the Florida Lottery has stopped issuing those annual payments until the lawsuit is settled.
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Possible offline four-player multiplayer mode is suggested with the line "Even though it may be offline… I want to play multi-BOY!", and new music is also implied with "Guiter music are good but music from castanets, triangles, and maracas is something I'd like to listen."
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Namco declined to comment on any updates when approached by Eurogamer, but the game has 47,685 players so far and GIRL has already reached the moon–hopefully that's enough to give Keita Takahashi ample reason to create more content.
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William Owens Now Says 'It Is Ridiculous' to Focus on Gay Marriage in the Election
After spending months attacking President Obama over his stance on gay rights and telling African American voters to stop supporting Obama in order to punish him for favoring marriage equality, William Owens of the Coalition of African-American Pastors told the Christian Post that he thinks it's "ridiculous" for the marriage issue to dominate political debate. "We have more problems than any other group and here we are taking about gay marriage," Owens said. "It is ridiculous."
Owens, a liaison for the National Organization for Marriage, was quoted in an article where one pastor warned that the use of "the civil rights struggle to promote the sexual appetites of the homosexual agenda is an affront to the dignity of black people" and where the author described black Christians as conflicted over whether to support Obama due to his "surprise announcement in late May that he now supports same-sex marriage." What the article fails to mention, however, is that the latest polling shows Obama leading Romney among black voters by an overwhelming 94-0 percent.
On the front burner is President Obama's surprise announcement in late May that he now supports same-sex marriage. While he solidified his support among liberals, many black voters viewed the issue in a different light. Even more so than some traditionally white conservative denominations such as the Southern Baptist Convention, predominately black churches have long held that homosexuality and specifically same-sex marriage, is a sin.
Plus, the language that gay activists use in comparing the fight for what they term "marriage equality" to the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s and 60s is insulting to many who marched along Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma and other places.
"Using the civil rights struggle to promote the sexual appetites of the homosexual agenda is an affront to the dignity of black people," Dr. J.M. Hunter of told The Christian Post. "No other group in America has had to suffer the wicked injustices as did African blacks who were forced to provide hard labor with no compensation, and their American descendants."
During the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte two weeks ago, a group of black clergy calling themselves the Coalition of African-American Pastors held another in a series of press conferences to call on black Christians to withhold their support from President Obama until at a minimum, he agrees to meet with the group to justify his support for same-sex marriage.
Asked if the White House has answered his initial request for the meeting first made in mid-summer, the group's leader, the Rev. Bill Owens, was quick to reply. "Not a word, not a single word," he told a group of reporters in Charlotte.
Owens, who marched for civil rights in Nashville and Memphis in the 1960s said he believes the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted and that the National Association for the Advancement of Color People is simply just a puppet of Democratic Party leaders.
"At a minimum black Christians should think for themselves and vote for the person that best represents their beliefs," said Owens. "We have more problems than any other group and here we are taking about gay marriage. It is ridiculous."
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Running Time: 112
Director: Michael Danze
Company: VCA Pictures
Cast: Dale DaBone, Kyle Stone (straight), Mia Smiles, Miko Lee, Randy Spears, Chris Cannon, Claudia Adkins, Fujiko, Nick East
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aphrodite9 dragons dinosaurs and cyborgs oh my! by nebezialWatch
©2014-2016 nebezial
made with SCIENCE! XD
a bit more of a preview for issue 9 of aphrodite 9
(not final)
a bit more of a preview for issue 9 of aphrodite 9
(not final)
you forgot one important thing... THE SKELETON WITH A GUN!!!
Those Dino's are very bad ass. Is that a t-Rex behind the spino?
I love you for embracing feathered theropods with such wild abandon. We need more artists who don't see carnivorous dinosaurs with feathers as being any less intimidating than the "traditional" scaly ones.
soo sick, i love the idea of ancient modern tech.
love the feathery spinosaurus
Cyborg wyverns, rocs, spinosaurids, griffins, allosaurids, ... !!! Awesome!
And the dinosaurs have feathers! Makes it even cooler!
And the dinosaurs have feathers! Makes it even cooler!
Beautiful work, as always.
g from fb ... still love when u do these epic scenery amazing work
Cyborgs. Dinosaurs. Badass and completely awesome, without a trace of Hollywood cheesiness.
Pretty cool sketch, always love your rough lines and dinosaurs.... which reminds me ....
I love the different collossal creatures, they so beastly and vicious looking.
My army is ready the stage is set. Dinosaurs and cyborgs = pure awesomeness.
so good!
This is super cool !
That's like my child hood dream right there.
This is legen...wait for it...dary!
so amazing!! love your art style as well its really great! oddly reminds me of banner saga.
This would make a great start as a Comicbook. Now if this was only real Washington, DC could be surrounded by dinosaurs and dragons the Pres might more submissive and spur Congress into action.
I've been using this as a reference for what makes good fantasy art, it's really inspiring me... so keep it up!
Very cool, I love it!! Armored dinosaurs, can't loose!!
I love the feathered dinos
Where do they get the food to feed these giant animals?
Yay, finally Dinousaurs who can shoot lasers... pew, pew, pew!
This is awesome man I love the colour work
Everytime i get passed the initial awe sense of your work you drop something more viewtiful to remind me that you are improving more and more
So much awesome packed into one picture!
You draw THE coolest creatures...
I like the feathered Spino/Baryonix: it makes my cool-sense tingle!
LOL my new fav saying: MADE WITH SCIENCE!!!!!!! XD
this will be my generations brave heart
Such a slap of epicosity across the face.
this is so cool, amazing job!
You should seriously draw more dinosaurs, your amazing at them.
OMG this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
this is awesome my favorite part is the guys face and the dragon beside him XD well done
My name is Hood-Craig...and I have Dinosaurs!
The no--back-neck armor of the red guy kinda makes me think of a krogan ... x)
We need to throw money at projects like this! This is what are scientists should be working on! Who needs better ways to treat cancer when you have giant mechanized dinosaurs?!
Very much cheers to you and yours.
Very much cheers to you and yours.
I want one.
Best Concept i´ve ever seen!!
The beast with the metal plating and big horns sort of reminds me of the Balrog from LOTR. Great artwork


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Now available on creeds website, Ships by July 14th 2014, 100ml for 300 Dollars
hi get this one a42c14a01
love both of them
hi, has anyone tried LT42B13Q01
Thanks for confirming, i also have this batch and its superb.
2 sprays and you can still smell it after 14+ hours, great stuff :)
very classic
Also what i feel is in an AC environment this cologne is a Gem.
I wore this A42C14A01 batch yesterday at 8pm, partied,slept,had a shower and now at work. I can still smell this on my wrist.
Also got tons of compliments at the party :smiley:
This batch is not...
Jubilation XXV Amouage
My uncle used to wear this all the time, this is a absolute gem.
The current ones are just ok.
Would love to get my hands on this, anyone knows where to get the vintage juice.
How do you like it ?
This is not fake.
I think Dolce & Gabbana The One
Trying to get my hands on Essenza :)
Hi, just wanted to check if someone has tried this one.
MI for sure
Got the bottle of 1 Million never liked it .
When i was in Paris i smelled this batch. I think this was pretty balanced.
Go back a couple of thread people have got this batch.
Spray it on your skin and see what happens. I have 2 samples and this batch which is a 120ML bottle. Let do a proper test lol and get back to you.
hi, i posted this in the Aventus thread. There is nothing wrong with A42C14A01 batch.
I have tried 4 different samples of Aventus, this maybe little fruity but the dry down is the same. I get 9-10...
Hi i got this batch from Paris, I feel its less smoky but its the same at the dry down.
Are you sure you have smelled this one A42C14A01
Will get this for sure.
when is this coming out.
Pure Malt
MI by Creed!!
After 2 year this thread has come alive.
Read all three pages and had a laugh :lolk:
Terre D'Hermes is fantastic.
Le Male
Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue
Mighty Aventus :coolold:
Mine is A3213T01, got it from London, Selfridges.
sorry for the late reply.
Smell is same at the dry down, dont worry just enjoy the juice.
Start with Aventus good for all occasions.
Tom Ford - tuscan leather
Its a beautiful scent but does not last long.
Max 5-6 hours, got the 2012 batch.
Got the new A42C14A01 2014 batch from paris.
its very balanced, i think this is a very nice batch.
i agree on this.
Mighty Hermes :)
My cousin bought this batch from Paris as i mentioned earlier.
Thanks for this :thumbsup:
A42C13ZZ01 this is the right batch?
anyone using it
its good just bought a bottle few weeks back.
Has anyone tried batch A42C13ZZ01 my cousin in paris will pick it up.
i think they all are same after the dry down.
tried 2 batches.
super buy :)
i have the german one and its good, never tried the Uk one.
Creed Himalaya
Terre d'Hermès
black Aoud is superb
This is the 2014 batch, how is it?
MIghty Aventus!
Aventus or Green Irish Tweed :)
thierry mugler pure malt
it has to be Pure Malt.
for me it has to be issey miyake bleue homme and EA diamonds
awful stuff ;)
i picked up Thierry Mugler pure malt, 1 Million and Le male ;)
GIT is great and it grows on you.
other you should try himalaya, aventus and silver mountain water.
i agree got this one and it smells really good.
Montale Black Aoud but try the sample and wait for the dry down :)
^^ year 2011
MI is a beautiful fragrance and good for summers.
i love GIT and MI so buy both :smiley:
Git all the way
i really like Back to black :)
i have always bought mine from the creed boutiques.
peace of mind.
Get it i love MI .
Hi, I am getting batch number A42813w01 120ml
If someone has this one could you please tell me how this is .
Creed MI and loving it :)
Issey MIyake Sport
Superb Choice :)
Which batch numbers creed boutique new york selling ?
Need to get a bottle for my brother.
L'EAU D'ISSEY this is one frag which has always got me compliments..wearing this since 1999
Others are:-
Dolce & Gabbana the one
Millesime Imperial
Dont have any other choice :)
Finally got Tom Ford Tabacco oud and Creed silver mountain water.
hi has anyone bought from this seller
check out Selfridges in london and creed store in paris.
Read all i dont think anyone has the T01 batch.
Hi got the T01 batch, longevity is 4-5hours which i think is less but smells goods.
Bought creed millesime imperial and love it.
This is my first post but following this website for sometime now.
I purchased a bottle of Creed green irish tweed from london(self ridges) in december and the batch number is A3212T01. I...


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Model > Natacha
Stylisme > Natacha & me
Make up > me
Stylisme > Natacha & me
Make up > me
ton boulot et ce genre de jolie modèle... ça envoie du pâté!!! je suis définitivement fan!
Very sexy outfit and pose
Beautiful... its so nice to in shape fetishist girls,,,
Many many thanks!
lovely natacha
I am completely enamored with this lovely girl.
very sweet
Great picture
Most gorgeous!
Très jolie photo & modèle
I love it
Great shot and lovely model..
That happens when talented people work together, to achieve an outcome. Being the great shot, along with starting with a quality subject with a knowing, of what her most attractive traits are. While many less experienced models have no idea of what are their best presentation. So talented people came together to create, enjoyable art.


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Well, he does look good with his shirt off, so that's one redeeming quality.
Not really Andrew, that's just a trick he does with some string and mirrors.
I'd be much more accepting of David Blaine spending a week tied up in Andrew's apartment than any of the public shit he's done.
Amen, brother. Can't stand that guy. Plus, I can't stand the whole fretful girlfriend routine either. It's garbage.
However, I thought Andrew's post was really funny.
Amen: What's the "fretful GF" routine?? Do Blaine stunts actually feature such a thing?
at least he's not dane cook.
WTF is a sub bottom?
I think I would call Mr. Blaine a masochistic attention-whore. He's the spiritual brother of Steve-O and the Jackass boys. It's just that Mr Blaine tries to clothe his tendencies in more lofty circumstances and rationals.
Masochistic attention-whores can sometimes be entertaining in small doses. However, I don't think Blaine is one bit *submissive*...
Do you guys get Darren Brown over there? Maybe on BBC America or whatever. He's a British magician who's way better than Blaine and doesn't get into all that cod mysticism that Blaine does. Brown is interesting because he stresses that it is illusion and nothing magical, and goes as far as explaining how his tricks work and how he uses suggestion to get the desired result to happen. Much more interesting and refreshing than having to sit through Blaine's mumbo-jumbo.
I don't quite get the hostility. Weren't most of Houdini's "magic" tricks similarly exhibitionist (or at least highly public) stunts and spectacles?
I guess Houdini was an "escaper" rather than a "sufferer", but still ...
I've heard Blaine say basically the same thing about his big publicity stunts, that he thinks they're relatively lame and not as interesting as his real tricks, but that they're essential for marketing himself and that Houdini did the same thing. But even his small-scale magic, like card tricks and the like, is not well respected among other magicians. He's apparently not very smooth to the trained eye.
Dave, I am totally with you. That guy completely sucks and is an annoying attention hog! Just thinking about him makes me aggravated.
No you don't get it! He's spotlighting common assholes (no proctologist intended). Waint no, I thought we were talking abut Borat. My bad.
I agree with Schmader's assessment that Blaine's stunts are "some perverse combination of a need for attention and a need to suffer." It's true. But the difference is that I don't judge Blaine for it. He seems like a pretty morose guy that has some dark days in his past. This is his warped way of working through it. I find it interesting.
Blaine has spoken many times about his admiration for Harry Houdini. He is basically doing the same thing as his hero. Death-defying stunts. Houdini provided some bizarre entertainment a century ago, and Blaine is doing it now. I don't get too chafed about it.
Yeah, my chafing is weird and personal and stems almost entirely from the final footage of any Blaine stunt, where our hero is shown in dire physical/mental condition—trembling, dehydrated, almost in shock—and yet he still manages to give a weary wave to all those people who are presumably being saved through his suffering. It's just gets so tortured and Jesusy, and when you realize that any and all suffering he's endured was entirely self-inflicted and self-serving, it just leaves a bad, bad taste in my mouth, one I try to get rid of by spitting at Blaine over the internet.
But I'm sure he's an otherwise fine human being. I'm just tired of ignoring the huge white elephant in the middle of the room that is Blaine's weird, driven masochism.
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Amy Pond
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Alex Kingston
River Song
Recurring Role
At the very end of the episode, a clock in Amy's room is shown changing from 11:59am to 12:00pm, which should be in the middle of the day, however it is night outside. This may not be a production error, because when the clock changes to 12:00pm, the date changes as well which should only happen when the clock changes to 12:00am.
At the end of the episode it is revealed that Amy is from 2010. However this doesn't add up. At the start of "Eleventh Hour" the Doctor can be seen hanging from his damaged TARDIS above London. The O2 Arena (previously the Millenium Dome) can be clearly seen making it at least 1999. The current time Amy is from 14 years after that (as clearly stated at the end of that episode) so the earliest time she could be from is 2013.
The date on which the crack originates is the scheduled UK air date of the last episode in the series.
The Doctor gives his age as 907, which would mean four relative years have passed since the events of Voyage of the Damned.
It would also mean that one year has passed between this and The End Of Time (or he's at least had a birthday) as he told Wilfred he was 906 in that.
The Weeping Angels are seen moving on-screen for the first time. This disproves the thought that their habit of turning to stone when being observed extended beyond the fourth wall, to the viewer.
In the episode "Blink", it is said that if an Angel touches you, you get sent back in time, and the Angels feed off of the life you would have lived. However, in this episode the Angels are physically killing the group, which the Doctor begins to say (before being interrupted) is not how they usually kill.
The Doctor: It's nice in here. Consoles, comfy chairs, a forest. How's things with you?
Angel Bob: The Angels are feasting, sir. Soon we'll be able to absorb enough power to consume this vessel. This world and all the stars, and worlds beyond.
The Doctor: Well, we've got comfy chairs, did I mention?
Angel Bob: We have no need of comfy chairs.
The Doctor: I made him say "comfy chairs."
Father Octavian: Doctor, we're too exposed here. We have to move on.
The Doctor: We're too exposed everywhere, and Amy can't move. And anyway, that's not the plan.
River Song: There's a plan?
The Doctor: I don't know yet, I haven't finished talking. Right, Father, you and your clerics are going to stay here and look after Amy. If anything happens to her, I'm hold every single one of you personally responsible, twice. River, you and me, we're going to go find the primary flight deck, which is... (licks his finger and sticks it in the air) a quarter of a mile straight ahead. And from there we're going to stablize the wreckage, stop the Angels and cure Amy.
River Song: How?
The Doctor: I'll do a thing.
River Song: What thing?
The Doctor: I don't know, it's a thing in progress. Respect the thing.
The Doctor: Can I trust you, River Song?
River: If you like. (laughs) But where's the fun in that?
The Doctor: River Song, I could bloody kiss you!
River: Oh well, maybe when you're older.
Father Octavian: We have to move, or the Angels could be here any second!
The Doctor: Never mind the Angels, there're worse things than Angels.
(the lights go out. When they come back on, an Angel has Father Octavian in a stranglehold)
Father Octavian: I beg to differ, sir.
The Doctor: Amy, you need to start trusting me. It's never been more important.
Amy: But you don't always tell me the truth.
The Doctor: If I always told you the truth, I wouldn't need you to trust me.
The Doctor: I'll be back for you as soon as I can.
Amy: You always say that.
The Doctor: I always come back.
Amy: So what's wrong with me?
River: Nothing, you're fine.
The Doctor: Everything, you're dying.
River: Doctor!
The Doctor: Yes, you're right. If we lie to her, she'll get all better!
Angel Bob: Hello, Doctor? Angel Bob here, sir.
The Doctor: Ah, there you are, Angel Bob. How's life? Sorry, bad subject.
Amy: Okay, so we've basically run up the inside of a chimney, yeah? So what if the gravity fails?
The Doctor: I've thought about that.
Amy: And?
The Doctor: And we'll all plunge to our deaths. See? I thought about it.
River: (to the Doctor) You, me, handcuffs... Must it always end this way? (said with a smirk)
River: You'll see me again quite soon. When the Pandorica opens.
The Doctor: The Pandorica? Ha. That's a fairytale.
River: Haha, Doctor, aren't we all? I'll see you there.
The Doctor: I'll look forward to it.
River: I remember it well.
The Doctor: (fighting off Amy's advances) Amy, listen to me. I am 907 years old. Do you know what that means?
Amy: It's been a while?
The Doctor: Ye... No, no, no! I'm nine hundred and seven, and look at me. I don't get older, I just change. You get older, I don't, and this can't ever work!
Amy: Oh, you are sweet, Doctor. But I wasn't really suggesting anything quite so... long-term.
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Say I have domain.com/php/ with all my php functions, then I share a ftp account with the front-end developers for domain.com/frontend/, now the frontend can do their work and call "../php/" functions. Is this safe to assume my php code are protected? Or another way of asking, is there anyway for them to see the php source code or somehow copy/include those files then display them?
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Whether you're a beginner or an experienced developer, you can contribute.
You could restrict the user by jailing them to a folder:
This way they would have access to the folders to create the files. Then simply give them the path to which PHP files are needed. Or create an object or PHP function template to allow them to call access
Pseudo code:
You can use the UNIX account system to make files unreadable to certain users. The problem is, if the PHP files can include each other, they can read each others sources. You can use an RPC system to hide the backend code. The frontend would only communicate with the RPC interface, and it wouldn't need to read the sources of the backend code.
For example, on the frontend:
on the backend, you could have
The disadvantage of this implementation is that you can only pass JSON serializable objects. Of course you can use Protocol Buffers for serialization instead. You don't even need to use HTTP, but I used that since you probably already have an HTTP server if you are running PHP.
Keep in mind that the RPC interface only needs to be available to localhost! And most importantly for your use case: the sources do not need to be readable by the developers of the frontend. Since it is not publicly accessibly, you could consider using something like PHPDaemon for the backend since that makes it easier build a proper REST interface.


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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Liz Carlyle ushers listeners once again inside the mysterious St James Club, where passion and secrets simmer behind the elegant façade of Victorian London. In her deliciously intriguing The Bride Wore Scarlet, Carlyle does historical romance absolutely right—as a determined young beauty's desire to gain entrance into the secret all-male society places her under the powerfully sensuous spell of the group's ruthless and enigmatic leader. Fans of Amanda Quick and Gaelen Foley are going to love this Bride!
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Intriguing...engaging...an illicit delight." (Stephanie Laurens)
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"I liked it! Loved the Heroine!"
Wow I enjoyed this second book in the FAC series much more than the first book. I really loved the heroine Anais, she was strong, funny and very witty, took zero crap from anyone and spoke her mind. The hero was really good too.
The story line and plot was good, a little bit of kidnapping, and sword fighting. The chemistry between the hero and heroine was hot and steamy, plenty of sex but not too much. There was quite a bit of dialogue too. I love dialogue in the books I read.
I like the "Gift" story in these books, it's different but not too out there to be considered paranormal. (I do read paranormal books too, and like them)
As for the narrator she did a fantastic job. I did speed her up to 1.25 speed but that is just my preference, she did fine at regular speed as well. She made the men sound like men and gave everyone their own distinct voice.
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It's been pretty cool so far with all sorts of story lines: Can Kooch finally win a major, will the ballad of Ricky Fowler continue to be sung, and last but not least can Kevin Na finish let alone win with the swing demons he has to contend with. Kevin alone is a reason to load up on the booze; I can hardly watch him without my eyes bulging and lips pursing. I think his odds of suffering a breakdown are better than his odds of winning but he has been amazing none the less. Zach Johnson is still in it, Curtis is still in it as well as a couple of the Europeans. Heck, Mickelson and others can get in on it if the pressure gets to the leaders. I think it's going to be great golf drama but my money is on Fowler; the kid's a freak.
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The Windows Explorer in Windows 7 has got to be one of the worst ones yet, I think only superseded in annoyances by the one in Windows Vista.
Typical sequence of events:
- Win+R to open the Run dialog.
- Type in let's say W: and hit Enter.
- Explorer opens there, and I start typing a folder name, let's say Music.
- Once it's selected I hit Enter, except the default selection is the column header, so the first Enter only re-sorts my view by Name.
- I hit Enter again, and this time, finally, it enters my folder.
- I start typing something, let's say Stratovarius, but I mistype it, get the ding sound, and end up at let's say Santana.
- I immediately want to start retyping Stratovarius, but I can't. Ever since Windows 7 they've increased the delay it takes to be able to retype something to kingdom come. I have to either idle for a few seconds waiting for it to reset, or use the mouse, or figure out where in the window I am relative to what I wanted and try to use the arrow keys. Either of those are really quite annoying when before W7 it used to be so easy, you could immediately retype something from scratch.
Anyone know of any solutions for this? I'd gladly trade the Vista and 7 Windows Explorers back for the one in XP if I could. :(


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Recent studies have shown that changes in global mean precipitation are larger for solar forcing than for CO2 forcing of similar magnitude. In this paper, we use an atmospheric general circulation model to show that the differences originate from differing fast responses of the climate system. We estimate the adjusted radiative forcing and fast response using Hansen's "fixed-SST forcing" method. Total climate system response is calculated using mixed layer simulations using the same model. Our analysis shows that the fast response is almost 40% of the total response for few key variables like precipitation and evaporation. We further demonstrate that the hydrologic sensitivity, defined as the change in global mean precipitation per unit warming, is the same for the two forcings when the fast responses are excluded from the definition of hydrologic sensitivity, suggesting that the slow response (feedback) of the hydrological cycle is independent of the forcing mechanism. Based on our results, we recommend that the fast and slow response be compared separately in multi-model intercomparisons to discover and understand robust responses in hydrologic cycle. The significance of this study to geoengineering is discussed.
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Volume 35, Issue 2-3 , pp 423-434
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- 2010-08
- 10.1007/s00382-009-0583-y
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- 2. Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
- 3. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Santa Clara, CA, 94035, USA


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Thrombophilia and priapism
Version of Record online: 28 JUN 2008
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00957.x
BJU International
Volume 83, Issue 1, page 155, January 1999
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Quigley, M. and Fawcett, D.P. (1999), Thrombophilia and priapism. BJU International, 83: 155. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00957.x
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A 16-year-old Caucasian boy presented with a 32-h history of priapism; it was painless but had become uncomfortable. He was mildly asthmatic but otherwise well. Partial detumescence was initially achieved with cavernosal aspiration and ephedrine injection. His priapism continued and he had a saphenocorporal shunt/circumcision 48 h after admission. The priapism resolved over the next few days but he continued to have low-grade pyrexia. He developed symptoms and signs of a pulmonary embolism although his V:Q scan was within normal limits. His symptoms improved with heparinization. A thrombophilia screen revealed he was heterozygous for factor V Leiden, as was his mother. He was commenced on life-long warfarin. He has had no erectile function since the priapism.
Thrombophilia refers to familial or acquired disorders of the haemostatic system that result in an increased risk of venous thrombosis. Resistance to activated protein C (APC) is the most common inherited risk factor for venous thrombosis. Most cases of APC resistance are caused by a point mutation in the factor V gene, referred to as the factor V Leiden mutation; the mutation carrier rate is 4.4% [1]. While this may not fully account for this boy's priapism, considering thrombophilia as an aetiological factor has important implications for treatment. It may be that early anticoagulants are needed. Thrombophilia screening may increase our knowledge about so-called idiopathic priapism, which is usually considered responsible for one-third of all cases [2]. To the authors' knowledge, no link between priapism and resistance to APC has previously been described. No association between priapism and other well established thrombophilic defects such as anti-thrombin, protein C or S deficiency, has been reported.
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- 2Priapism: a three phase concept of management according to aetiology and prognosis. Br J Urol 1986; 58: 113–8, .


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Congrats everyone. Jeff Fortenberry says he is going to give the $4,000 in campaign contributions he received from Duke Cunningham to the Lincoln People's City Mission. You can read about it in this Omaha World Herald article.
I know several reporters who called Fortenberry's office yesterday after getting our press release about the petition. They were asking him repeatedly if he was going to donate the money. Your efforts led to his donation to a worthy charity!
Even though Fortenberry complied with our request, there is still more to be done. He still has not given up the $20,000 in contributions from Tom Delay. Please continue to sign the petition and tell your friends to as well!
You made a difference yesterday. Not only did your actions bring attention to Fortenberry's connection to the culture of corruption in the Republican Party, but it ended with the People's City Mission receiving a plump donation just in time for the holidays.
For those of you who don't know much about the mission, it is a homeless shelter that is filled to maximum capacity. One of my last stories as a reporter was at the Mission this summer. The Director told me requests to stay there were skyrocketing, in part due to an increase in the number of women and children leaving domestic abuse situations with nowhere else to go.
Because of you, those families in need will have a better holiday season. Great job!
Donate the Dirty Dollars
As you might have noticed on our homepage, the NDP has created a new online petition asking Rep. Jeff Fortenberry to donate $4,000 to charity. Four-grand is the amount of money the 2004 Fortenberry campaign received from Rep. Duke Cunningham's American Prosperity PAC. Cunningham's money is contaminated by the more then $2 million dollars in bribes he took.
Cunningham was near tears as he admitted how appalling his behavior was. "The truth is I broke the law, concealed my conduct and disgraced my office," Cunningham told reporters.
Fortenberry should make the same acknowledgement by donating the $4,000 he received from Cunningham's dirty money to a charity right here in Nebraska.
Use your voice and tell him to do so by signing our petition:
You can also check out the NDP Press Release by clicking here.
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Health Care Cure
This is the sixth in a series of guest blog posts touching on various aspects of health care. Maryjean Lyon is the Universal Health Care Chair for the Omaha Branch of the American Association of University Women.
There is no sound reason for the scandalously expensive and inadequate health care system in the U.S. A "landslide" percentage of Americans want a government administered system that would cover all citizens. We already have the money. It only needs to be redirected.
Models for national health systems have been working for decades in all other industrialized countries in the world. They protect their entire populations at half or less of our per capita cost and have better health outcomes. Our own "pre-drug-law" Medicare is another usable model. We don't need to reinvent the wheel.
The steadily increasing cost of health care is undermining our nation's physical and economic well-being. The number of uninsured stands at 45 million and rising. Health connected bankruptcies are growing. Companies are cutting back employee insurance coverage, reducing numbers of workers and/or moving overseas. Eighteen thousand people are dying each year for lack of insurance. Even young millionnaires worry about the effects of health care costs on their futures.
Compounding the problems, the solvency of Medicare, our popular health program for seniors and the most effectively administered part of our entire private/public health care system, is endangered by the nefariously complicated 2003 Medicare drug law now going into effect. The Bush White House insisted it would cost "only" $400 billion, but Medicare's chief actuary now estimates it will cost $1.2 trillion ($720 billion from taxpayers) over the next ten years. Much of this is a giveaway to drug and insurance corporations. Since the law does nothing to curb drug prices, the one thing for which seniors were pleading, that estimate is most likely low. Some think the intent of this law is to destroy Medicare.
The drug law should be repealed and replaced with "Medicare for All" legislation that would include power for negotiating lower drug prices, as other countries have, and extend the program to cover all citizens just as it now covers all seniors.
It is time for compassionate common sense leadership on this issue.
-Maryjean Lyon
Universal Health Care Chair for the Omaha Branch of the American Association of University Women
Health Care That Is Always There
Richard Lombardi was the Kansas/Nebraska Coordinator for the National Health Care Campaign in 1993 and 1994. The slogan was "Health Care that is always there."
The National Health Care Campaign, proposed by President Bill Clinton, was the last 50 State-Campaign by the Democratic National Committee. From the Fall of 1993 through the Summer of 1994 the Democratic National Committee operated a national field campaign known as the National Health Care Campaign to support President Clinton's Health Care Security Act, which if passed, would have provided every American citizen with 'health care that would always be there'. To date, this bill was the most heavily lobbied legislation in the history of the United States. Somewhere between $150 million to $225 million was spent primarily to stop this legislation from passing. A majority of those funds were expended for the most comprehensive grassroots campaign short of a Presidential election this country has ever seen.
This fight for America's hearts, minds and votes on America's most precious issue…health…continues 10 years after the defeat of the national health care proposal. All the fear that was sowed by opponents of national health care coverage has actually come to pass even without the passage of national health care. More employers than ever don't provide health care: employers providing health care plans fell from a high of 85% in 1988 to 59% in 2004. The current Health Care Finance System delays care and shifts costs to more expensive medical expenditures. This has become the major factor in our lack of competitiveness in the international marketplace. General Motors will tell you that the cars produced in Canada are produced for $1500 cheaper because Canada provides a rational health care system for their citizens. America ranks 22nd in the world in life expectancy rates despite spending the most on the business of health care. Statistics prove a basic fact: if you don't have health care coverage, you die sooner. Currently, 45.8 million Americans do not have health insurance coverage. This is equal to the cumulative population of twenty-four states.
Universal health care in the United States is an issue worth fighting for. Even at the lowest point of the national campaign to discredit the Clinton Plan, over 50% of the people said they still wanted some kind of universal health coverage. The National Democratic Party should have stayed the course on this issue because this issue is about our soul. It is the fundamental test of all of us as a community. Although some may see this as a right, I see it as an obligation we have to one another. To provide the opportunity for all citizens to access the essential health care services is an act of justice. Too many politicians got scared away from this issue, when we needed them most.
"Health Care that is always there" is the only direction on health care that America hasn't taken yet, thus fulfilling the Winston Churchill observation: "Americans will ultimately do the right thing, but only after they have tried everything else."
-Richard Lombardi
This is the fifth in a series of guest blog posts touching on various aspects of health care. Lombardi worked as an advisor on President Clinton's 1993 Healthcare Initiative.
Stenberg, Small Schools Praise Judicial Activism
From our Friend Kyle at New Nebraska Network
This week, former Nebraska Attorney General and three-time Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Don Stenberg won a surprising victory on behalf of rural, elementary-only "Class I" school districts, at least temporarily saving them from forced consolidation under a 2005 legislative bill.
The AP reports:
A state law requiring all elementary-only schools to merge with larger districts was put on hold by a judge Monday.
If the schools are dissolved as current law requires in June 2006, "a fair opportunity to vote in a meaningful manner will not be available," Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt Jr. ruled.
Supporters of the elementary-only, or Class I schools, sought the injunction to have the law suspended in case voters repeal it in the November 2006 election. The school merger repeal will be on the ballot, thanks to a successful petition drive.
The law requires the districts to be dissolved in June, 4 1/2 months before the vote.
Should the law be allowed to continue, the November vote would then "represent a meaningless exercise in futility," Merritt said in his ruling….
"Obviously we're happy about the decision but also feel it's fair," said Matt Nessetti with Nebraskans for Local Schools, a group that spearheaded the drive to repeal the law. "Our whole goal initially was to give the people a voice about this."
While enough signatures to put the question of repealing the law on the ballot, petition circulators fell about 26,000 short of enough to have automatically suspended the law without legal action….
The judge agreed with arguments made by Don Stenberg, a candidate for the U.S. Senate and a former three-term state attorney general who represented the small schools. He said that because a vote to repeal the law would be meaningless unless the law were suspended, the court would be justified in issuing the injunction.
This all comes on the heels of a November 4th Omaha World-Herald editorial, providing some much needed historical context to this legal battle:
Backers of Class I schools collected enough valid signatures this year to put Legislative Bill 126 on the November 2006 ballot. That would be almost exactly 20 years after voters destroyed LB 662, the last attempt to force mergers of Class Is with K-12 school districts.
But small-school backers failed where their 1980s predecessors succeeded: They were unable to get enough signatures to suspend the merger law pending the vote.
The state constitution, to put it bluntly, couldn't be more clear. Article III, Section 3, says petitioners need valid signatures equal to 5 percent of the state's registered voters to put a law passed by the Legislature on the next general-election ballot -- but 10 percent if they also want the law suspended until then.
These percentages have been in place since 1920…The differing thresholds, then, have been known for 85 years.
So, first, congratulations Mr. Stenberg. There's just one problem here -- your "victory" flies in the face of one of the most fundamental principles on which your campaign for the Senate is supposedly founded -- putting a stop to activist judges.
As Stenberg's campaign website vows, "JUDGES SHOULD BE LAW ENFORCERS, NOT LAW MAKERS."
In this situation, the law was perfectly clear, and Stenberg -- for all his empty campaign promises -- specifically asked the judge to disregard Nebraska's constitution. He didn't just want law made -- he wanted it violated….and that's exactly what he got.
To be honest, I'm not all that eager to see these school districts closed and I certainly don't mind voters, on principle, having a say in their government. But, the Constitution was clear here -- it had stood this way for 85 years! What, might I ask, could possibly be a more "activist" decision than this show of blatant disregard for Nebraska's most fundamental rules of law?
Right decision, wrong decision -- who can say? Likely, that now rests in the hands of the voters. But, what is clear here is Don Stenberg's utter and complete hypocrisy. I can appreciate different perspectives on the role of the judge and the courts in public policy, but this case should forever preclude Stenberg from ever again condemning judicial activism because that's exactly what he asked for and got -- no question about it.
As this situation illustrates, Stenberg is an empty suit personified willing to say anything to get elected. His complete reliance on Republican talking points and "talk radio" rhetoric is so devoid of honest and critical thought that it almost makes me sorry for the man. Then, I remember that he served three terms as Attorney General and still holds out hope to be a Senator, and suddenly I realize it's the people of Nebraska with whom my sympathies truly lie.
Dake: Life, Liberty, and Happiness Not Covered by Heath Care Policy
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to 21st Century America, the land where all are created equal. Just make sure that you can pay the premiums on a good health insurance policy so you can be on the "greater than" side of that equation.
Thanks to Scott Kleeb and Jim Esch for making health care such an important focus in their campaigns. As supporters of their positions, Democrats need to use some real numbers to demonstrate how great the problem has become. A look beyond past years of rhetoric (most recently the failed Clinton Health plan) should prove to everyone that American health care, like so many of the industries which we once lead the world in, has gone by the wayside. The following numbers are from 2003, the latest date for which the data is available.
● Total national health expenditures increased by 7.7% over 2002. That was four times the rate of inflation in 2003.
● In 2004, employer health insurance premiums increased by 11.2%, nearly four times the rate of inflation.
● The annual premium for an employer health plan, covering a family of four averaged nearly $10,000.
● The annual premium for single coverage averaged $3,695.00.
● Between 2001 and 2003, increases for national spending for prescription medications averaged 14%.
● Health care spending is 4.3 times the amount spent on national defense.
● In 2000 the United States spent 15.3% of its gross domestic product on health care. It is projected that the percentage will reach 18.7% in 10 years.
● Although nearly 45 million Americans are uninsured, the United States spends more on health care than other industrialized nations and those countries provide health insurance to all their citizens. In comparison, health-care spending accounted for 10.9% of the gross domestic product in Switzerland, 10.7% in Germany, 9.7% in Canada and 9.5% in France.
● Employees spending for health insurance coverage has increased 126% between 2002 and 2004.
● For businesses owners, keep this in mind, the premiums for employer-based health coverage rose by 11.2% in 2004, the fourth consecutive year of double-digit increases.
● The annual premium that a health insurer charges an employer for health plan covering a family of four averaged $9,950, or $829 a month in 2004.
Six times in the past century efforts have been made to introduce some kind of universal health insurance in America, and each time those efforts have been rejected. Instead the United States has opted for a makeshift system of increasing complexity and dysfunction. Americans spend $5,267 per capita on health care every year, almost 2
A Winning Team?
Do you remember this picture?
Yep, it's the same Dick Cheney who's being grilled by the press over Independent Counsel Fitzgerald's report of the outing of CIA agent Valarie Plame. And he's with…Congressman Jeff Fortenberry!
The same Jeff Fortenberry who voted to slash funding for the USDA, accepted $20,000 from Tom DeLay, and said he'd support privatizing Social Security.
Why start publicizing this picture now?
Well, maybe because a majority of voters in Fortenberry's district can't stand Dick Cheney. You heard me right…Vice President Dick Cheney's approval rating in Nebraska is at a whopping 41%. It's pretty obvious that this poll and last month's poll of President Bush are evidence that the Nebraska Republicans are being squeezed for their lack governing.
Let's see if Fortenberry will extend an invitation to the VP to come back to the district, now that Cheney has a lower approval rating than he does.
Achelpohl: Omaha Party a Success
Last evening I attended the Organizing Party hosted by Frank Barrett in Omaha. I was very pleased to see all the new faces at the event. About 40-45 people showed up to share their concerns about the way our State and federal governments are being led. Like I said, there were several people I have never seen at NDP events, who expressed interest in getting Democrats elected in 2006, and doing what they can to help out.
State Senator Gwen Howard, Second Congressional District Candidate Jim Esch, Board of Regents Candidate Lawrence Bradley and other Democratic candidates were present for the event.
Before the 6:30 p.m. conference call with Governor Dean, I explained what the DNC's "50 State Strategy" is doing for states like Nebraska and how this strategy is translating to our own "93 County Strategy." We also talked about the opportunities for 2006, including State legislative races, defending Sen. Ben Nelson's seat, promoting and electing our other great candidates, and building the NDP. After the call, we held a 30 minute interactive session so that folks could learn more about what the NDP is working on and how they can contribute, and we learned about some of their ideas on how collectively we can elect Democrats.
The rest of the evening was spent watching the new Wal-Mart movie, courtesy of Chris Jerram and the Douglas County Democratic Party. Overall, the party was a great success and I am delighted to hear similar reports from around the state.
Finally, many thanks to my dear friend Frank Barrett for opening up the best place in town, Castle Barrett, for our get-together. Frank reported his eighth grandchild was born yesterday. Best to you Frank.
-Steve Achelpohl
Nebraska Democratic Party Chair


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