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Looking for a great way to give leftover meat loaf a whole new taste? Try this simple stuffed peppers variation sent in by Greg Greinke from Round Rock, Texas. "The tasty filling in these tender peppers gets its zip from salsa and cumin," he comments.
Stuffed Peppers Recipes
- 4 medium green or sweet red peppers
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 teaspoons canola oil
- 2 cups cubed cooked meat loaf
- 1-1/2 cups cooked rice
- 1 cup salsa
- 1/4 cup minced fresh cilantro
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Pinch pepper
- 1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
- Cut top off peppers and remove seeds. In a large saucepan, cook peppers in boiling water for 3 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water; set aside.
- In a large skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil until tender. Remove from the heat; add the meat loaf, rice, salsa, cilantro and cumin. Sprinkle inside of peppers with salt and pepper. Stuff with meat loaf mixture.
- Place in an ungreased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Southwest Stuffed Peppers in Quick Cooking
July/August 1998, p39
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"Tried these tonight. Only had 5 green peppers, but had some red peppers in my refrigerator. Used those for the rest. It's even better with the red peppers! They are not as bitter as green."


text: Sunday Comics Needs New Strips. Give Us the Names of Some Good Prospects.Owen Good12/02/12 6:00pmFiled to: feedbackWebcomicsoutreachSuggestionsReader participationsunday comics100EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkIt's been a year since we added a new comic to our Sunday Comics lineup, and as we are down to nine features, when we usually published 10, and some others have been updating inconsistently, it's as good a time as any to roll out the Sunday Comics Deathmatch overhaul that we last ran in 2010.AdvertisementEveryone loves the funnies and everyone loves complaining about the funnies, so this is going to be a no-holds barred up-or-down vote on everything we have—existing strips, plus any new prospects. Before we do that, we need to hear suggestions from you for what should be on this page. If you read one elsewhere that you think should go here, now is your chance. We'd like to hear it in the comments. Going back to 2010's overhaul, I'm repeating the qualities, in order of importance, that we're looking for in good comic strips.1) The strip must be gaming-focused even if every single strip is not about a gaming subject. Everyone is permitted to go off-topic once in a while. We need something that, again, is generally about video gaming and gamer culture. But a comic strip that mentions video games, even frequently, when its subject is something else or more broad (for example, if Foxtrot was a web comic) is not viable.Advertisement2) The strip is currently publishing and regularly updated. Regularly means at least one strip a week. This can't be stressed enough. Some artists may skip weeks here or there, and that's fine. But we need to see one with a demonstrably consistent publishing history. One published every other whenever-I-feel-like-it is not going to work.3) It's gotta be drawn well. We can't have MS Paint-looking web comics. If it's done in a deliberately minimalist visual style (for example, the excellent XKCD) then it must be an exceptionally well written comic (for example, the excellent XKCD. Which is a comic about a thousand things, one of them occasionally games.)With these in mind, when you post a suggestion, please post the URL where the web comic lives. Suggestions with links are going to get looked at first. Suggestions that need a Google search stand less of a chance of success. Suggestions that are "Oh man, you should totally get that strip that had the joke about the game and the guy in it," are kinda worthless.SponsoredOf course, publication in Sunday Comics depends upon the permission of the artist, which we'll be working to get. We're also going to evaluate things editorially before putting up the final candidate pool next week. But I'm certain we'll get more than enough worthwhile nominations here, enough that we can have a robust comic strip deathmatch voteoff and give you the Sunday Comics you want.With that in mind, let's hear what you've got in mind.Reply100 repliesLeave a reply

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July 28, 2009
The late Greg Scott, left, gets a close-up view of Willie Nelson's technique during an impromptu jam session. A mutual friend arranged a golf outing, years ago, for Scott and Nelson on the island of Maui. Afterward they sat down to share a few tunes.
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text: The On Stage 7362B Single A-Frame Guitar Stand is a sturdy, compact stand designed to hold one guitar, either acoustic or electric. This guitar stand features heavy-duty 1 x 1/2 inch tubing, Velveteen rubber and a uni-construction design which means that there are no parts to lose. A tilt back design combined with a splayed foot print and rubber end caps for added stability. The On Stage 7362B's A-Frame design has capabilities like no other! Not only can it fold flat for travel, as well as nest together with other stands for storage, it can be used to hold various small amps and mixers. On Stage 7362B Single A-Frame Guitar Stand Features


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This report describes the historical weather record at the Rockford (Rockford, Illinois, United States) during 1979. This station has records back to March 1951.
Rockford, Illinois has a humid continental climate with hot summers and no dry season. The area within 25 mi of this station is covered by croplands (66%), grasslands (28%), built-up areas (3%), and forests (2%)
Daylight saving time (DST) was observed at Rockford, Illinois during 1979. There were two time changes during 1979:
1979 was not a leap year, so it has 365 days and no February 29th. The first leap year before 1979 was 1976 and the first after was 1980.
The summer and winter solstices and the spring and fall equinoxes mark the passing of the seasons. They fall on nearly the same day each year, with differences of a day or two depending on the year. In 1979 they occurred on:
Spring Equinox | Wednesday, 21 March 1979. |
Summer Solstice | Thursday, 21 June 1979. |
Fall Equinox | Sunday, 23 September 1979. |
Winter Solstice | Saturday, 22 December 1979. |
The hottest day of 1979 was August 7, with a high temperature of 91°F. For reference, on that day the average high temperature is 82°F and the high temperature exceeds 90°F only one day in ten. The hottest month of 1979 was July with an average daily high temperature of 82°F.
Relative to the average, the hottest day was December 23. The high temperature that day was 55°F, compared to the average of 31°F, a difference of 24°F. In relative terms the warmest month was December, with an average high temperature of 38°F, compared to an typical value of 32°F.
The longest warm spell was from December 19 to December 28, constituting 10 consecutive days with warmer than average high temperatures. The month of December had the largest fraction of warmer than average days with 71% days with higher than average high temperatures.
The coldest day of 1979 was January 11, with a low temperature of -23°F. For reference, on that day the average low temperature is 12°F and the low temperature drops below -7°F only one day in ten. The coldest month of 1979 was January with an average daily low temperature of -1°F.
Relative to the average, the coldest day was January 15. The low temperature that day was -23°F, compared to the average of 12°F, a difference of 35°F. In relative terms the coldest month was January, with an average low temperature of -1°F, compared to an typical value of 13°F.
The longest cold spell was from January 29 to February 14, constituting 17 consecutive days with cooler than average low temperatures. The month of February had the largest fraction of cooler than average days with 89% days with lower than average low temperatures.
The longest freezing spell was from January 21 to February 20, constituting 31 consecutive days with temperatures strictly below freezing.
The clearest month of 1979 was September, with 57% of days being more clear than cloudy. The longest spell of clear weather was from September 15 to September 21, constituting 7 consecutive days that were clearer than they were cloudy.
The cloudiest month of 1979 was November, with 73% of days being more cloudy than clear. The longest spell of cloudy weather was from August 16 to August 24, constituting 9 consecutive days that were cloudier than they were clear.
This station reports both the quantity of liquid precipitation and categorical observations of precipitation (e.g., moderate rain, or heavy snow). Both are subject to erroneous reports, but the former is particularly prone to false reports, especially ones indicating an excessive quantity of precipitation. Please bear this in mind when reading the extrema reported in this section.
The day with the largest quantity of precipitation was April 25. That day saw 2.043" of liquid (or liquid equivalent) precipitation, compared to a median value of 0.134". The month with the most precipitation was April, with 4.705", compared to a median value of 3.156".
As determined by quantitative measurements, the longest dry spell was from May 20 to June 4, constituting 16 consecutive days with no measured precipitation. The month with the largest fraction of dry days was September, with 93% of days reporting no measured precipitation at all.
The month with the largest fraction of days with at least some measured precipitation was March, with 55% of days reporting some measured precipitation.
This station reports when significant weather events (including precipitation) are visually observed at or near the station. Such events do not always correspond to measured quantities of liquid equivalent precipitation, such as when the event is near by not at the station, or in the case of solid precipitation that does not melt in the collection basin.
The day in 1979 with the most precipitation observations was January 13. There were 24 hourly weather reports that day (out of a maximum of 24) in which some form of precipitation was observated at or near the station. The month with the most precipitation observations was January, with 216 hourly present weather reports involving some form of precipitation.
As determined by the present weather reports, the longest dry spell was from May 23 to June 4, constituting 13 consecutive days with no observed precipitation. The month with the largest fraction of days without observed precipitation was September, with 87% of days reporting no observed precipitation at all.
The month with the largest fraction of days with at least some observed precipitation was March, with 74% of days reporting some observed precipitation.
In this section we consider only those weather reports that indicate liquid precipitation. For the purposes of this analysis, we include thunderstorms even though some thunderstorms are not accompanied by liquid precipitation.
The month of 1979 with the largest number of those reports was April, with a total of 104 reports. The day with the largest number of those reports was March 3, with a total of 15 reports.
This station reports both when snow is observed to be falling and the measured depth of the snow on the ground. Both are subject to erroneous reports, but the latter is significantly less reliable. Please bear this in mind when reading this section.
In this section we consider hourly weather reports that contain an observation of falling snow. These reports do not necessarily correspond to accumulation.
The first reported snow fall in 1979 was on October 23; the last was on April 28. The month of 1979 with the largest number of those reports was January, with a total of 199 reports. The day with the largest number of those reports was January 13, with a total of 24 reports.
Snow depth on the ground is an optional and inconsistently reported part of standard weather reports. It is rarely reported more often than every six hours, it is often skipped, it is often reported erroneously, and a snow depth of zero is normally not distinguished from a missing report. These issues (particularly the last one) make it hard to collect statistics on snow depth with any confidence. To overcome this issue, we base our statistics on only those reports with present non-zero measurements of snow depth. Reports that fail to mention snow that is present, and reports that do not report snow depth because there is no snow on the ground are excluded because they cannot be distinguished from one another.
The first reported accumulation in 1979 was on November 26. The last day of the snow season with snow reported on the ground was March 28. The day with the deepest snow depth was January 16, with an average snow depth of 26.8" over the course of the day. The longest stretch of time during which there was always snow on the ground was from February 9 to March 20 (40 consecutive days).
Humidity is an important factor in determining how weather conditions feel to a person experiencing them. Hot and humid days feel even hotter than hot and dry days because the high level of water content in humid air discourages the evaporation of sweat from a person's skin.
When reading the graph below, keep in mind that the hottest part of the day tends to be the least humid, so the daily low (brown) traces are more relevant for understanding daytime comfort than the daily high (blue) traces, which typically occur during the night. Applying that observation, the least humid month of 1979 was May with an average daily low humidity of 42%, and the most humid month was March with an average daily low humidity of 67%.
But it is important to keep in mind that humidity does not tell the whole picture and the dew point is often a better measure of how comfortable a person will find a given set of weather conditions. Please see the next section for continued discussion of this point.
Dew point is the temperature below which water vapor will condense into liquid water. It is therefore also related to the rate of evaporation of liquid water. Since the evaporation of sweat is an important cooling mechanism for the human body, the dew point is an important measurement for understanding how dry, comfortable, or humid a given set of weather conditions will feel.
Generally speaking, dew points below 50°F will feel a bit dry to some people, but comfortable to people accustomed to dry conditions; dew points from 50°F to 68°F are fairly comfortable to most people, and dew points above 68°F are increasingly uncomfortable, becoming oppressive around 77°F.
To take some examples, and basing our categorization on the daily high dew point in 1979, January had 31 dry days, no comfortable days, and no humid days; April had 23 dry days, 7 comfortable days, and no humid days; July had 1 dry day, 13 comfortable days, and 17 humid days; and October had 20 dry days, 11 comfortable days, and no humid days.
The highest sustained wind speed was 64 mph, occurring on October 23; the highest daily mean wind speed was 24 mph (October 23); and the highest wind gust speed was 59 mph (April 5).
The windiest month was March, with an average wind speed of 12 mph. The least windy month was July, with an average wind speed of 7 mph.
Visibility is the maximum distance at which a given reference object or light can be clearly discerned. In the United States, visibilities that are greater than or equal to 10 miles are typically reported as 10 miles.
The day of 1979 with the lowest average visibility was March 19, with an average visibility of 0.5 mi. The month with the lowest average visibility was March, with an average visibility of 6.7 mi. With an average visibility of 13.2 mi, the month of June had the highest average visibility.
The cloud ceiling is the altitude of the lowest layer of clouds that are at categorized as broken (mostly cloudy) or overcast (cloudy). If no such cloud layer exists then the ceiling is unlimited and no value is reported.
The day of 1979 with the lowest average cloud ceiling was May 16, with an average cloud ceiling of 49'. The month with the lowest average cloud ceiling was March, with an average cloud ceiling of 4475'. The month of May has the highest average cloud ceiling, with an average cloud ceiling of 13635'.


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A supernatural thriller adapted from Matthew G. Lewis' (now cult) 1796 gothic novel, THE MONK traces the corruption of a 16th Century, pious Capuchin Monk.
Abandoned at birth at the gates of a Capuchin monastery in Madrid, Brother Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel), raised by the friars, grows up into a preacher admired far and wide for his fervor. Ambrosio is feared for his righteousness and believes he is immune from temptation – until the arrival of a mysterious apprentice undermines his convictions and leads him down a dangerous path of sin, corruption and murder.
Starring Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy, Sergi Lopez, Catherine Mouchet, Jordi Dauder, Geraldine Chaplin, Roxane Duran, Frédéric Noaille, Javivi Gil Valle, Pierre-Félix Gravière, Martine Vandeville
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Of all the tracks on Obie Trice's finally soon-coming Bottoms Up album, it's "Richard" that is easily the most anticipated. Why? Well, for one, it features production from boom-bap maestro Statik Selektah. But beyond that, it just so happens to feature a guest verse from longtime Trice collaborator Eminem, who absolutely snaps following some opening bars from his fellow Detroit native. Trice rips it, too, but, honestly, we're just hoping this leads to more tracks from these two and some more Em guest verses in 2012. Stream "Richard" below. Bottoms Up drops April 3.
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How to Scan Film Negatives with a DSLR
Well, lets just say I've gotten better at this over the last couple of years. The left image was one of the first I've "scanned" with my DSLR, and the one on the right I've just rescanned using the techniques described below (higher resolution available here). Right now I can get higher resolution and better image quality that what street labs give you on CD.
I've seen many articles on the web explaining the basics of digitising film negatives or transparencies with a digital camera. The basics are quite simple: you take a photo of a negative into a light source and invert. That's it. But that alone led me to scan negatives that looked like the one on the left, above. Because I've never seen one tutorial that told me "the whole story" of how to do it properly, I've decided to put together what I've learnt during the last two or three of years of scanning film with my DSLR.
First of all: Why?
Street labs can usually scan the film but I?ve got bad scans and missing/cut frames more than once. Also, when you scan, you make some artistic decisions over contrast and colour that are often definitive. By leaving these decisions to a machine or someone else, you are losing control over your creative freedom.
I often develop film myself and I don?t own a film scanner. Even if I did, good film scanners cost a fortune and I get better quality from scanning the film with my DSLR than I would if I used an average scanner.
Very precise control over colours, highlight and shadow curves, while making use of the vast film dynamic range.
These are my reasons, you may obviously have different ones. Some people do this because it?s faster than using a scanner, but that depends on how much time you spend post-processing, and I do spend a bit more than I would like to admit, but it is a time spent doing something that gives me pleasure, not pressing buttons on a poorly designed software and waiting for a tedious scan.
All the following instructions have the objective of achieving the best possible resolution, colour depth and dynamic range out of the film, while keeping image noise as low as possible. Also, I aimed at keeping the whole process as quick as possible. I think each time I?ve made a scan I?ve got better results than the time before, because I keep improving the process and now I?ve got to a stage I?m quite happy with the results.
What You Will Need
Ideally, you need a DSLR (any would do) because of the higher colour/bit depth. But the same basic principles would apply to even a point and shoot if that?s what you?ve got;
Again, ideally you should either use a macro tube with a prime lens or a macro lens, but if you don?t have any of these, your kit lens will also do the job, with a bit of loss in usable resolution, due to cropping. Kit lenses work just fine for medium format;
A light source, preferably a flash wirelessly triggered, but a well lit wall, the sky or even a computer monitor will work;
A white translucent, clean surface, such as an acrylic board. This is only needed if you?re using a very close light source, such as a flash;
A piece of cardboard or wood and a couple of clamps are useful.
If you?re using a flash, you will need either a cable or a wireless trigger. You could set up your flash as slave and trigger it with the in-camera flash but you would have to do it in a way that it wouldn?t get any light reflecting off the film surface, which may be a bit hard.
Setting Up the Hardware
The basic idea is pretty simple, you need a diffused, homogeneous light source, a way to hold your film, and a digital camera focused on the film. Because you'll be focusing at a very close distance, the depth of field will be very narrow, so focusing precisely and keeping the distance between the film and the camera exactly the same throughout the scanning. In order to achieve this, several people developed different techniques, such as using a shoe box, simply a tripod and a glass table, or even a tube made from toilet paper rolls. I have tried variations of these in the past and ended up developing my own film holder using laser cutted mdf (schematics for hand or laser cutting can be found on thingiverse, with instruction of how to build it). I've designed this because it allows me to setup and scan a whole roll very very quickly, with very high precision! The instructions below are broadly independently of which type of film holder you are using.
Setting Up the Camera and Flash
What you need is to pick the sharpest lens you've got, and make it focus close enough so that the picture in the film, fills up the camera sensor as much as possible. The combination of equipment that works best for me is a 35mm 1.8G Nikon lens with a small 20mm macro extension tube. You can find very cheap extension tubes on ebay for whichever camera brand/lens mount you've got. I'm using a tube with auto-focus controls to let me use the focusing motor on the lens, which saves me some time and some headaches when finding out all the film I've scanned is just so slightly blurry (which did happened to me once or twice).
After making sure that the camera is focusing precisely on the film, you must keep everything stable enough not to bump into some of the parts during scanning. This is one of the main reasons I've designed the scanning tool: to make sure the distance between the camera and the film stays precisely the same. Having focused the lens, you will want to configure a couple of things in the camera:
Turn auto-focus off. This makes sure that the camera won't try to change focus every time you take a picture.
Set the white balance to the warmest possible colour (such as incandescent or candle lighting), for colour negative film. Some cameras let you manually configure the light temperature so push it all the way to the warm side. This is because colour negatives have a brown film backing, so we want to neutralize it's colour as much as possible. We could also do this in post-production, but it's a good idea to do it at this stage to avoid unnecessary noise, and use as much of our camera's colour depth as possible.
Set the exposure mode to Manual and set the aperture to f8 and the exposure time to around 1/125. Most lenses have their sharpest aperture at around f8 and we do want the sharpest possible image, don't we? I set the speed at 1/125 because it's about the slowest I can use in order to sync my flash properly and it's fast enough that all the room light is "blacked out" in the photo (which means no weird reflections on the film).
Select the base (usually the minimum) ISO. This lets us avoid noise as much as possible. It's usually either 100 or 200.
Set the flash to manual and select a medium strength.
Shoot in RAW! This allows you to use all the available colour depth, which will be much needed since we will increase the contrast of the final image quite a lot later on (which is the main cause of noise, and that's why the above settings and some hints I'll talk about later are so important).
I usually place the flash at about 30cm away from the film and make it shoot through a cardboard box so that the light doesn't splash all over the room and cause unwanted reflections on the film. I have also cut a small hole in the cardboard box and place a lamp above it to have some light shine through the negative and make my life easier when focusing.
Scanning the Film
This process is pretty much straightforward, once you?ve set up everything correctly, you just shoot, slide the film to the next frame and shoot again. Just make sure you have put the film in the right way and not inverted, as it will make your life easier later on.
One thing I usually do is to try to ?expose to the right? which means to make the picture as bright as possible without blowing out the highlights (make them completely white, thus loosing image data/detail/texture). The way I do it is to set my camera to show the pictures on ?Highlights? mode, which makes it obvious when I?m making a mistake. You may also use the Histogram for that. So what I do is to keep the flash at its highest strength as long as it doesn?t blow out the highlights and when it does, lower it by a stop or two, and then raise it again for the next picture.
You should end up with something that looks like this:
You may use any RAW development tool such as Lightroom, Aperture, Camera RAW or Capture One. I usually use Adobe Camera RAW (the RAW development tool that pops-up when you open RAW files on Photoshop) and occasionally Capture One when I just can?t reach the desired colour in Camera RAW, such as with underwater shots (Capture One has wider envelopes for white balance values, for some reason). The screenshots were taken from Adobe Camera RAW but you can do pretty much everything I explain here with any other package.
The first two steps affect all the images in the same way, so we start by selecting all images. We can now crop out the black borders. I like to leave the rough border to act as a frame but that?s obviously optional.
Invert Colours (for negative film)
While keeping every image selected, the next step is to invert the colours, to get a positive image. This can be done going to the Point tab of the Tone Curve Settings in Lightroom and moving the left point of the curve to the upper left corner and the right point to the lower right corner. In Capture One I do this by going to the Exposure Tab and under Levels, and moving the lower left point to the right and the lower right point to the left.
White Balance
You can now select a single image at a time and as a starting point, use the auto white balance tool to get a good approximation of the original colour. You should use the tool on the greyest point you can find in the photo. In the example photo, I?ve chosen to pick the white band of the dress. You may try several different points until you find one that more closely matches the correct colour. You may now use the colour temperature sliders to reach better colour settings. Just remember that because you have inverted the curves, the slides now work in the opposite way, so if you think the image is too blue, move the slider towards the temperature slider towards the blue end. The same applies to the green-pink Tint slider.
Auto White Balance gave me the following, which I had to adjust slightly, for it's a bit too green/blue. I won't be able to correct for all the blue excess at this stage because Lightroom trims the white balance envelopes, but we can correct that afterwards in the curves panel, as you can see on the next step.
Contrast Curves
This is perhaps the most interesting and creative part of the post-processing as it lets you capture all the awesome dynamic range of film, with a great level of control over the tone, highlight and shadow curves.
Go back to the Point Tone Curve Panel now. Because we have inverted the colours, the left end of the curves represents the highlights and the left, the shadows. You can look at the histogram to check where each of these ends begins, and move the end points closer this image envelope, but not too close to the limits. This will allow us to reach a smoother curve. Keep an eye on the picture to avoid trimming highlights or shadows.
You can now increase the contrast at will by adding points in the middle, looking at how the curve affects your image. In this case I was mainly looking at the skin tones and how the parts in the shadows develop into sun lit highlights (which is one of the good things about shooting film, if this shot was taken with a digital camera, the highlights would probably either be blown out or have a bad-looking yellow tint). I usually end up with something like this:
You may notice that even after moving the temperature slider all the way towards the blue end, I still get a blue tint. This can be corrected by changing the curves on the different Red, Green and Blue channels. We can do that by selecting the appropriate channel in the Point Tone Curve panel. Notice that inside the channels, the curve is not inverted, so the darker end is on the left side and the brighter, on the right. So, in this example, to achieve the image on the top, I moved the left end of the blue and green channels a bit to the right and added one or two middle points in each channels to control the middle of the curve. Do this until you?re happy with the final image. You may want to go back to the RGB curve to make some final adjustments. In the end, I got the following curves to produce the image on the top:
After changing the curves for the individual channels I got to this:
As you can see, the greenish blue tint is gone because I've moved both G and B curves down. After that I also noticed the image had a slight undesirable red shadow but overall it could use a warmer tone so I added one point in the lower half of the R channel and moved it below the diagonal, and another in the upper half and moved it a bit upwards. In the end I made slight adjustments to the RGB channel to accommodate the colour changes I've made.
This process takes some time (although you?ll get quicker with experience, and it definitely takes more time explaining than doing) and it?s probably the one where you will loose the most part of the whole process but for me, it?s also the most creative and rewarding step!
After this you may want to use the Spot Removal tool to remove blemishes, dirt or scratches and then select all the images and hit ?Save Images??. It?s also a good idea to select sRGB instead of the default Adobe RGB colour space by clicking those blue parameters on the bottom of the window. Adobe RGB (or aRGB) was supposed to cover a broader colour space but due to poor implementations, it brings some problems when printing or showing the image on the web.
Have fun and tell me about your results or any doubt you may have related to this process!
About the author: Paulo Ricca is a photography enthusiast and computer science PhD candidate based in London. You can visit his blog here and his Flickr photostream here. This post was originally published here.


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Curiouser And Curiouser At Amex
Leah Nathans Spiro'It's bizarre," says Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. analyst Michael A. Lewis. "It's peculiar," says Harvard business school professor Jay Lorsch. "It's sad," says a shareholder.
That's not the reaction American Express Co. hoped for when it named the card giant's new boss. After months of damaging uncertainty and a failed coup, the AmEx board kept James D. Robinson III, 57, as chairman. His protege, AmEx President Harvey Golub, 53, was named chief executive.
That raises questions about where the power lies. Both will share a renamed Office of the Chief Executive. And Robinson will become chairman and CEO of AmEx' Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc. So he'll report to Golub as CEO, while Golub reports to the board--over which Robinson still presides.
"Nobody knows who is running the show," says Dean Witter's Lewis. "Is Golub? Is he still accountable to Robinson? Who is the board's allegiance to?" Adds Harvard's Lorsch, an expert on corporate boards: "I don't like to see an ex-CEO become chairman, because it makes it hard for Golub. You are living in the shadow of your predecessor."
'COMFORTABLE.' AmEx director Richard M. Furlaud dismisses the complaints. He says Golub "enthusiastically endorsed" Robinson's new role, and Robinson "is comfortable working for his former subordinate." Golub confirms those views and notes: "I'm moving into what is now Jim's office," adding that he's "accountable to the board," while Robinson "reports to me inside the company."
Still, the notion of a chairman, Robinson, stepping in to run an operating division seems, at the least, unusual. "That, I have never heard of before," says Lorsch. "It's as if President Clinton became Secretary of Defense in the middle of a war and reported to the Vice-President," says E. Wilson Davis, an analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison & Co.
The stock market's take was not auspicious. AmEx shares dropped 10% in the two days following the news, in part because of AmEx' disappointing earnings report. Profits dropped 39% in '92, to $243 million. And while other brokerages have been raking it in, Shearson only broke even. With special charges, it racked up a miserable $166 million loss.
For months, a handful of dissident directors have been using AmEx' poor performance to push for Robinson's ouster. They apparently took their case to the media. The dirtiest linen was aired just prior to the board meeting in a nasty piece in The New Yorker on why some directors didn't like Golub.
But they proved no match for Robinson, a savvy boardroom politician. Over the years, Robinson has forged close ties with his handpicked board. AmEx' 1992 proxy discloses that Director Henry A. Kissinger got a $350,000 consulting fee from AmEx. Robinson and director Drew Lewis, CEO of Union Pacific Corp., sit on each other's boards, and Lewis' son manages some money for AmEx. (Lewis and Kissinger did not return calls.) By the time the board met on Jan. 25, many members were eager to take action because the leaks about board strife were making them look bad. And on Jan. 27, three dissidents, former Mobil Corp. CEO Rawleigh Warner Jr., Fund American Cos. CEO John J. Byrne Jr., and Williams Co. CEO Joseph H. Williams, announced their resignations.
'DO OR DIE.' The biggest surprise in the shuffle was Robinson's takeover of Shearson. "Jim feels a personal obligation to get this done. He is in a do-or-die situation with Shearson," says a source close to the situation. The shift shocked Shearson executives, especially Howard L. Clark Jr., whom Robinson installed as CEO in 1990 and who is now being moved aside, to vice-chairman. Clark Jr. was a Robinson loyalist, but an anti-Robinson campaign by his father, former AmEx CEO Howard L. Clark Sr., soured relations between Robinson and Clark Jr. Also stunned were J. Tomilson Hill and Richard S. Fuld Jr., who were recently promoted to co-presidents of Shearson. Clark Jr., Hill, and Fuld declined comment.
Robinson will have his hands full at Shearson. Clark had made progress in repairing Shearson's balance sheet (BW--Aug. 22). But he never controlled the firm's bloated costs.
Despite the turmoil, a prominent shareholder, money manager Mario Gabelli, applauds the changes. That optimism could depend on two things that are far from clear: Robinson relinquishing control and Golub assuming it.


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Food Network and Cooking Channel Announce New Programming
Cooking Channel Announces Programming Slate
Food Network New Series and Returning Favorites
NEW YORK - April 20, 2010 - All burners are firing at Scripps Networks Interactive in the food category, with Cooking Channel and Food Network unveiling new shows for 2010, it was announced today by Brooke Johnson, President, Food Category for Scripps Networks Interactive.
Cooking Channel, the newest network from Scripps Networks Interactive, will launch May 31st. The network by food people, for food people will feature a diverse lineup with new, original shows including Unique Eats, Foodography, Drink Up, Cook Like an Iron Chef hosted by Michael Symon, and Foodcrafters with Aida Mollenkamp. The network will also feature the U.S. premiere of shows like Food Jammers, Indian Food Made Easy, and Caribbean Food Made Easy.
Unique Eats
Premieres: May 31
Unique Eats spotlights America's most exciting and revolutionary restaurants, providing the first look and the last word in everything extreme in food today. The locations range from high-end dining rooms to casual neighborhood treasures and even roving eateries with no permanent addresses.
Happy hour comes to Cooking Channel with Drink Up! hosted by Darryl Robinson, a.k.a. "Dr. Mixologist," of the Hudson Hotel in New York City. From the first pot still, producing fiery drops of proto-vodka to today's creative and complex cocktails served by mad-scientist mixologists in sexy lounges, Drink Up! shows viewers how those drinks got into their hands.
Aida Mollenkamp uncovers the hidden handmade food secrets found across the country. Travelling from coast to coast, she unlocks these culinary treasures and show viewers how to bring them all home.
Food has shaped the way our culture and world have evolved around us. Hosted by CBS Sunday Morning's Mo Rocca, Foodography showcases these cultural food themes by taking a look into the past, present, and future of iconic, classic, and trendy foods.
Food Jammers
Each episode of Food Jammers features a high-impact, low-fi culinary contraption conceived, designed and constructed in the Jammer's warehouse studio. This tasty, madcap food odyssey satisfies viewers' cravings for unusual viewing adventures.
Spice Goddess
Bal Arneson reveals the power of using fresh, wholesome ingredients to make delicious, simple, everyday Indian meals. In each episode, Bal delves into the world of herbs and spices and show how just a pinch of this and little bit of that can put pizzazz into any dish.
Indian Food Made Easy
Chef and food writer Anjum Anand brings a lighter, fresher approach to classic Indian dishes, making simple, mouth-watering meals. Anjum helps friends and viewers overcome their fears of planning, preparing and making Indian food by guiding them through shopping and dispelling the myths around Indian cuisine.
Cook Like an Iron Chef
Premieres: July
Iron Chef Michael Symon teaches viewers the skills and techniques needed to cook like an Iron Chef! Along the way, Michael is joined by chef challengers and other Iron Chefs who reveal their mysterious methods in tackling secret ingredients.
Caribbean Food Made Easy
Premieres: August
Levi Roots travels around the United Kingdom and the Caribbean revealing how delicious Caribbean food can be created at home with easy-to-prepare, mouth-watering recipes using fresh, healthy and readily-available ingredients.
Classic Cooking Block
Premieres: June 1
This block features: Julia Child and Galloping Gourmet. Bon Appetit!
Food Network features the debut of new primetime series 24 Hour Restaurant Battle, Food Trucks (WT) and Kid in a Candy Store, plus the return of fan-favorites, The Next Iron Chef: Season Three, Works Cooks in America: Season 2 and The Next Food Network Star: Season 7.
Premieres: June 18th at 10pm ET/PT
It's cupcake vs. cupcake in Food Network's tastiest competition yet! In each episode, four of the country's top cupcake bakers face off in a series of challenges testing their creativity, flavors and presentation, vying for the right to present their cupcakes at a major event. They will be judged on taste and presentation, and only one baker will win the gig.
Hosted by renowned chef Scott Conant, each episode of 24 Hour Restaurant Battle features dueling teams of aspiring restaurateurs who have 24 hours to conceive, plan and open their own restaurants for one night. Once the doors open, diners will be served along with Scott and a rotating panel of judges representing three areas of expertise: restaurant marketer, restaurant reviewer, and restaurant investor. The winning team receives $10,000 in seed money toward realizing their dream!
Adam Gertler's mission is to find the best, most outrageous, most innovative, and also most loved sweet treats in the world. Adam travels the United States to visit bakeries, restaurants, food carts, and factories where America's favorite candies are produced. From wild and wacky twists on traditional favorites like deep fried cupcakes or sweet beet ice cream to the most scrumptious and creative candy, cakes and frozen snacks in the country, this sweet joyride makes viewers feel like a kid again.
Premieres: August 15th at 10pm ET/PT
Tyler Florence hosts as seven teams of the country's best food truck cooks hit the road to saut� their way across America. Each week, the teams that sell the most food in the challenge city race to the next episode, and the losing team drives home. One food truck team comes out on top and wins a $50,000 grand prize!
Premieres: Fall 2010
Kitchen Stadium once again opens its doors to find a new culinary warrior in the sizzling primetime series The Next Iron Chef, hosted by Alton Brown. The reality competition challenges top chefs from around the country in a series of demanding situations, testing their culinary skills and mental toughness for the ultimate prize: to become an Iron Chef.
Premieres: 1st Quarter 2011
The most hopeless cooks in the country return to compete in the high-stakes elimination series, Worst Cooks in America. Robert Irvine (Dinner: Impossible) joins Anne Burrell as host and competitor to put the recruits through a culinary boot camp they won't soon forget! At stake for the last two standing is the chance to cook for a panel of esteemed culinary critics and to win the grand prize of $25,000.
Premieres: 2nd Quarter 2011
Food Network's number one series, The Next Food Network Star, returns for a seventh season. This season follows new hopefuls competing for the ultimate dream job: his or her own Food Network show. With this coveted prize on the line, the finalists strut their star power and culinary chops for host Bobby Flay and the selection committee to see if they stack up against the competition.
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2014 NHL Draft Profile: Sam Bennett
by FloridaPanthers.com Staff / Florida PanthersLeading up to the 2014 draft, FloridaPanthers.com will be highlighting some of the top prospects to look out for. With the number 1 pick, the Panthers have a lot of players to choose from. What direction and who will they pick?
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Academy Award winner and salad dressing king Paul Newman shares a passion for speed and despite being 82 years old, is still actively competing in SCCA sanctioned auto racing. After appearing in the film "Winning" back in 1969, Newman developed an interest in amateur racing has been competing since the early seventies. Today he drives in the GT-1 class and his race car of choice is the Chevrolet Corvette.
This weekend Newman will be competing at the 60th Annual Glen Nationals at Watkins Glen International. Test day was Friday and driving the #82 Corvette, a reference to his age, Newman drove a best lap of 1:55.7, which was a half second off the time posted by his 62 year old teammate Mike Brockman, also driving a Corvette.
Paul is no stranger to the winners circle. Just this year he has scored one pole, two SCCA regional-class wins and a second place finish. Newman has won four amateur national championships, the last being in 1986 and in 1995, at 70 years old, became the oldest driver to win at the 24 Hours of Daytona.
Newman's crew chief, Bill Lloyd says "His competitors are amazed at how quick he is at his age. He's an inspiration for a lot of drivers, both young and old."
Newman's #82 Corvette produces 640 horsepower and has a top speed of 185 mph. In addition to car's number referencing his age, his trademark initials "PLN" (Paul Leonard Newman) are scripted above the door.
Update: Paul finished in 4th position at the Glen Nationals. He had his work cut out for him after his cool suit failed. His racing team mate, Mike Brockman finished in second place just 10.410 seconds behind the 1st place finisher Simon Gregg. All three drove Corvettes…
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The lady pictured above was attacked by a pit bull. Her entire face was almost ripped off. She survived and is able to tell her story.
She says the attack occurred after a male pit bull accidently stepped on a puppy. The female pit attacked the woman, dragging her to the ground before going for her face. The attack lasted 20 seconds. She needed hundreds of stitches and reconstruction surgery.
Closer to home, 9-year-old A.J. Sterling of Sheboygan is still recovering from facial injures he suffered this month after being attacked by a pit bull. In this unprovoked attack, the dog was being walked by a 12-yearold girl when the dog lunged at A.J. The boy's cheek was ripped off.
I've owned several dogs. Years ago I had two pits (Lady) and (Diamond). I've also owned a Chow Chow (Teddy) and an Akita (Kumo). And while the Chow and the Akita were aggressive, I trusted them around other people. I never trusted my pits the same way.
Pit bulls attack more people than any other breed. Some pits are trained for the sole purpose of fighting. Banning a breed is hard because responsible dog owners are hurt and all pit bulls are not bad. But the breed has been banned in several Western European countries, and many towns and cities in the U.S. and China. Not all pits are bad, I know, Pete from the Little Rascals was a pit bull.
But I believe if you own this breed, then you should have to undergo certain conditions. Such as a: fenced in yard that is at least 8 feet high; high risk insurance on your dog; and a very large fine if your dog attacks someone.
In the Sheboygan case, we learned that the dog was a rescue dog. Knowing this, it baffles me to think that the owner would allow a child to walk this powerful dog.
This link shows you just how many people pit bulls attack each year. It is far greater than any other breed of dog.


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Marilyn Katz received her formal training in sociology and political science at Tulane University and Northwestern University. She provided "security" for the radical Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who participated in the Chicago street riots during the Democratic Party's 1968 national convention in that city. During the Days of Rage riots (also in Chicago) in October 1969, Katz introduced protesters to a new weapon they could use against the police: a cluster of nails that were sharpened at both ends and fastened in the center. Police later reported being hit by golf balls with nails through them, as well as by excrement. Years later, Katz would insist that her "guerrilla nails" were merely "a defensive weapon" to prevent "possible bad behavior by the police."
When SDS imploded in 1969, Bill Ayers – whom Katz has known since the former was 17 – helped create the terrorist Weather Underground from its ranks. In 1971-72, Katz would lead another SDS remnant to form the New American Movement (NAM), a combined Old Left-New Left organization that included Communist Party USA members from the 1930s. Rabbi Michael Lerner was among its early founders, though he soon left to start his own organization. NAM's primary political text, entitled Basic Marxism: What It Is & How to Use It, revealed the group's devotion to the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.
For most of the 1970s, NAM's local chapters ran socialist "schools" open to the public with little national structure. The L.A. school listed as the first point in NAM's "basic perspective," its belief "that a socialist revolution will be necessary to solve the problems of the U.S." NAM declared that its "solidarity with the Third World grew out of a correct reaction to United States chauvinism." A 1973 NAM manifesto stated:
"We admire, and draw inspiration from, many accomplishments from the Russian, Chinese, Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions…as representing, on balance, very positive steps forward in human history…we deeply value Lenin's contributions to revolutionary theory and practice…We identify with Lenin's revolutionary spirit and determination; we agree with his critique of mechanistic determinism and economism, his writings on the nature of the state, his approach to creating a 'revolutionary alliance of the oppressed,' and his treatment of nationalism and imperialism."
Katz, through NAM, founded the Reproductive Rights National Network in 1977-78. A sympathetic author summed up this organization's objectives:
"The long-term goal was to develop an 'offensive movement' [against the pro-life movement] that could fight for a more comprehensive set of demands as the conditions for 'free choice,' including child care, national health-care, high-quality education, and guaranteed income."
In 1983, NAM's local chapters merged with Michael Harrington's Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee to form the Democratic Socialists of America.
That same year, Katz founded MK Communications, Inc., a public-relations firm bearing her initials. The firm's clients have included the ACLU, Amnesty International, Chicagoans Against War & Injustice, the Harold Washington 1983-1987 Mayoral Campaign, Lloyd Doggett's 1984 Senate Campaign, Human Rights Watch, the Illinois Campaign for Choice, the Illinois Coalition Against the Death Penalty, the socialist publication In These Times, the MacArthur Foundation, Mother Jones, the National Community Development Initiative (for the Rockefeller Foundation), United Auto Workers - Local 719, UNICEF, Project Vote, the Habitat Company, the Joyce Foundation, History Makers, and numerous City of Chicago accounts.
As an aide to then-Chicago mayor Harold Washington from 1983-87, Katz did public-relations work for the developers of the "Presidential Towers," a HUD-financed initiative that moved homeless people out of Skid Row in hopes of moving the upper middle class into their place.
In 1996 Richard M. Daley, who had succeeded Washington as mayor seven years earlier, collaborated with Katz and the Chicago Seven to do PR for that year's Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The Chicago Tribune's John Kass reported that Daley, even as he laid off a thousand city workers, gave "Katz and other public-relations firms five-year contracts that could pay them as much as $5 million each." As part of Katz's work for the city, she wrote press releases for the Chicago Transit Authority, which was then headed by Valerie Jarrett.
Katz called on her radical rolodex in 2002, when she and former SDS national secretary Carl Davidson founded Chicagoans Against the War in Iraq (CAWI). Katz and Bettylu Saltzman organized the 2002 antiwar demonstration where the little-known state senator Barack Obama gave his famous speech opposing the Iraq War, calling it a "stupid" conflict and a conspiracy by Republican strategist Karl Rove to "distract" from the (by-then recovering) U.S. economy. This speech made Obama the choice of his party's left wing in the 2008 presidential race.
In 2003, Katz put her new organization to work for the Democratic Party. CAWI – which lists "allies" like MoveOn.org, Code Pink, International ANSWER, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and World Can't Wait – trained 200 people to register voters that year.
In 2004 Katz and Carl Davidson co-authored an article, "From Protest to Politics," urging radicals to support Democrat John Kerry for President. In the piece, Katz and Davidson agreed:
"[I]t is true that the next president of the U.S. will represent one or another imperialist grouping…We should do this without illusions. The day after Bush's defeat, the U.S. will still be an imperialist power."
In 2005 Katz and Davidson collaborated to write the book Stopping War, Seeking Justice: Essays in a Time of Empire.
In August 2008, Katz and her old SDS comrade Don Rose (who mentored David Axelrod, another friend of Katz) met with a reporter from In These Times to discuss the 40th anniversary of the Days of Rage riots in Chicago. When asked if she had learned anything from the violence, Katz first accused the FBI of having "assassinated" 28 Black Panthers; she then depicted those mythical murders as "a wakeup call where we saw the underbelly of our own country." Asked whether, "in this age of terrorism," she regretted her past radical actions, Katz replied, "I regret nothing." She did add, however: "I would have to say for me permanently, I would probably reject violence as a useful form of revolution." (Emphasis added.)
Today Katz is a friend of Valerie Jarrett, Barack Obama, and Michelle Obama. Barack Obama initially met Katz through his first job at a law firm run by Judd Miner. The New York Times reports that Katz "gave him [Obama] entry into another activist network: the foot soldiers of the white student and black power movements that helped define Chicago in the 1960s."
Biographer Liza Mundy quotes Katz as saying that the moment Valerie Jarrett introduced Michelle Obama to her friends, Michelle "was recognized as brilliant and beautiful, and immediately accepted into a very sophisticated social circle." Mundy describes a May 2008 fundraiser (for Democratic Socialists of America member Jan Schakowsky) which Katz attended and Michelle Obama addressed.
From their common social circle, Katz was welcomed into the Obama 2008 presidential campaign. Like Code Pink radical Jodie Evans, Katz became a bundler for Obama, and a member of his national finance committee. According to Public Citizen, Katz raised at least $50,000 for the Obama '08 campaign.
After seeing one friend (Barack Obama) elevated to power, Katz tried to convince disgraced Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to appoint Valerie Jarrett to Obama's open U.S. Senate seat. The Times describes Katz as "a friend" of Jarrett's who encouraged the latter to step out of Obama's shadow and "be the sun." Katz tried to schedule lunch with Governor Blagojevich's wife, Patti, to advocate for Jarrett's appointment. When that failed to materialize, Katz (according to Rod Blagojevich), contacted the governor and told him that if he were to appoint Jarrett to the U.S. Senate, Obama's people would help him raise money from their network of contributors across the United States. Federal investigators alleged that an unnamed individual suggested a three-way deal for Blagojevich to appoint Jarrett to the seat, take a position with the SEIU-affiliated "Change to Win" labor coalition, and then have President Obama bolster the organization.
Ultimately, nothing came of Katz's overture. Jarrett opted to stay in the White House, where she became part of the Obamas' inner circle.
In December 2008 Katz was elected to the national steering committee of the United for Peace and Justice anti-war coalition led by Leslie Cagan, a longtime committed socialist who aligns her politics with those of Fidel Castro's Communist Cuba.
Katz is a leader -- officially called a "partner" -- of the pro-Democrat political consulting firm, Democracy Partners.
This profile is mostly adapted from the article, "Valerie Jarrett: The Next Van Jones," written by Ben Johnson and published by FrontPageMag.com on September 14, 2009.


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Hypothermia in Acute Ischemic Stroke - Surface Versus Endovascular Cooling (HAIS-SE) (HAIS-SE)
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Condition | Intervention | Phase |
Ischemic Stroke Thrombolysis Hypothermia |
Device: ZOLL Thermogard XP Device: BARD/Medivance Arctic Sun 5000 |
Phase 2 |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | HAIS-SE (Hypothermia in Acute Ischemic Stroke - Surface Versus Endovascular Cooling): A Randomized Trial Comparing Surface Versus Endovascular Cooling in Awake Stroke Patients Treated With Thrombolysis |
- Body core temperature [ Time Frame: 0 to 48h ]Primary endpoint: Time to primary target body core temperature (34°C) after hypothermia-induction.
- Efficacy [ Time Frame: 0 to 48h ]Secondary efficacy outcome measures include the amount of patients reaching the primary target body core temperature (34°C), the time-frame until reaching 35°C body core temperature, temperature stability during maintenance and rewarming.
- Tolerability [ Time Frame: 0 to 48h ]Tolerability outcome measures include a specific Hypothermia Participant Experience Questionnaire (HPEQ) and the Bedside Shivering Assessment Scale (BSAS) plus correlation with skin temperature, EMG and sNIRS.
- Practicability [ Time Frame: 0 to 48h ]Practicability outcome measures include a specific Hypothermia Nursing Staff Experience Questionnaire (HNEQ).
- Safety [ Time Frame: 0 to d90 ]Safety outcome measures include the analysis of (severe) adverse events (e.g. bleeding complications, pneumonia). 0 to 48h: Dose needed of anti-shivering medication, level of sedation (RASS, GCS and BIS), safety laboratory including specific coagulation parameters and monitoring of cerebral auto-regulation including cNIRS and BIS.
Estimated Enrollment: | 60 |
Study Start Date: | August 2012 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | November 2015 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | August 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Active Comparator: Endovascular cooling
Endovascular cooling using the cooling device ZOLL Thermogard XP with ZOLL Quattro cooling catheter
Device: ZOLL Thermogard XP
Induction of hypothermia with 1L cold crystalloid infusions (0,9%NaCl or Ringer's solution). Cooling catheter placement at the earliest 30min after end of thrombolysis.
Other Names:
Active Comparator: Surface cooling
Surface cooling using the cooling device BARD/Medivance Arctic Sun 5000 with BARD/Medivance Arctic Gel Pads
Device: BARD/Medivance Arctic Sun 5000
Induction of hypothermia with 1L cold crystalloid infusions (0,9%NaCl or Ringer's solution) and simultaneous start of surface cooling.
Other Names:
No Intervention: Control group
Best medical treatment following international stroke guidelines
Detailed Description:
Mild hypothermia improves outcome in patients with global cerebral ischemia after cardiac arrest. Via animal models hypothermia has been identified as the most promising neuroprotective therapy in focal cerebral ischemia as well. But the prove of clinical benefit in patients with acute ischemic stroke is still missing: Most likely due to the prolonged time window until hypothermia-induction (14 h) in previous studies. In addition, feasibility of the method through which hypothermia is applied is crucial for a broad implementation of hypothermia in stroke therapy. Surface versus endovascular cooling have never been compared in a prospective trial in awake stroke patients.
HAIS-SE is evaluating for the first time ever in a randomized controlled trial efficacy, tolerability, practicability and safety of endovascular versus surface cooling in awake stroke patients.
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ischemic stroke
- Intravenous thrombolysis within 4.5h from symptom onset
- Informed consent of the patient
- NIHSS score ≥ 2 and ≤ 20
- Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 90 years
- Placement of cooling catheter / cooling pads within 6h from symptom onset
Exclusion Criteria:
- (Expected) intubation (e.g. for interventional treatment)
- Pregnancy
- Body weight > 120kg
- Body height < 150cm
- Life-expectancy < 3 months
- Fever > 38.5°C at screening
- Known hematologic disease with increased risk of thrombosis (e.g. cryoglobulinemia, cold agglutinins, sickle cell anemia)
- Known vasospastic vascular disorder (e.g. Raynaud's phenomenon or thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Possible compression of the inferior vena cava (e.g. due to tumor) or vena cava filter
- Acute pulmonary embolism
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Severe cardiac insufficiency (NYHA ≥ III)
- Threatening ventricular dysrhythmia
- QTc-interval > 450ms
- Bradycardia < 50/min
- Sick-Sinus-Syndrom
- AV-block > I°
- Severe infection with bacteremia or sepsis ≤ 72h
- Severe renal (GFR < 30ml/min) or liver insufficiency (Child-Pugh C)
- Myopathy
- Known intolerance or allergy against acetaminophen, buspirone, clonidine, magnesium sulphate or pethidine.
- Treatment with MAO-inhibitors ≤ 14 days
- Acute closed-angle glaucoma
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01665885
Germany | |
Stroke Unit, Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg | |
Heidelberg, Germany, 69120 |
Principal Investigator: | Sven Poli, Dr. med. | University Hospital Heidelberg |
Responsible Party: | Dr. Sven Poli, MD MSc FESO, Dr. Sven Poli, Consultant Neurologist, Principal Investigator, University Hospital Heidelberg |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01665885 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Study First Received: | August 13, 2012 |
Last Updated: | February 16, 2015 |
Keywords provided by University Hospital Heidelberg:
hypothermia induction of hypothermia non invasive cooling external cooling surface cooling endovascular cooling |
cooling catheter stroke shivering neuro monitoring coagulation |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Stroke Ischemia Cerebral Infarction Hypothermia Cerebrovascular Disorders Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |
Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Pathologic Processes Brain Infarction Brain Ischemia Body Temperature Changes Signs and Symptoms |
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD, also frequently referred to as Super Sonic, was a planned version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Sega Mega-CD.
The Sega Mega Drive version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Sonic the Hedgehog CD are thought to have at one point been the same thing, likely separating at an early point in development when a disgruntled Yuji Naka and several members of the original Sonic Team migrated from Sega of Japan's offices in Tokyo to Sega of America (or specifically, the Sega Technical Institute) in California - travelling to where Sonic the Hedgehog was actually popular, as opposed to staying in Japan where the reception had been more lukewarm.
The entirety of the story is unclear, and many former developers seem unaware of the situation, however Sega spent a large part of 1992 promoting four different versions of Sonic 2 - the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear ports, all of which shipped, and a Sega Mega-CD version which did not. Development on Sonic 2 CD is thought to have began with an aim of launching after the aforementioned versions, however the project was axed, potentially as a response to Japanese Sonic 2 sales, and became an entirely separate game, Sonic CD.
Slightly enhanced Mega-CD ports of Mega Drive games were not uncommon during the early 1990s, and Sonic 2 CD appears to have followed a similar pattern - the addition of CD quality audio, cutscenes between levels and the potential for more stages were all announced by various sources, though very little seems to have been demonstrated and may relate soley to the Japanese-led Sonic CD project.
An enhanced port of the original Sonic the Hedgehog was also announced around this time before being canned.
No gameplay of Sonic 2 CD was ever demonstrated, however during mid-1992 members of the gaming press appear to have been given access to some sort of unconventional prototype or rolling demo. The footage bears very little resemblence to what is found in Sonic 2 - it may have been intended for loading screens, or to act as a simple test for Mega-CD hardware.
File | Date | Source | Article type | Title and comments | Writer(s) | Review score |
1992-08 | Megazone #23 | News | "Sonic II" Brief mention of a Mega-CD version of Sonic 2, scheduled for an Australian release in early 1993. |
1992-09 | Sega Visions #9 | "Sega Interview" After an interview with Yuji Naka, Sega Visions claims that a Sega Mega-CD version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 is coming, with extra levels and "special bonus rounds" between zones. |
1992-09 | Joypad #12 | Preview | "Preview: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - Sonic II Sur Mega CD" |
1992-10 | Mean Machines Sega #1 | Preview | "Mega CD Sonic Update" Short article describing the game as an enhanced version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 called "Super Sonic". |
1992-10 | Mega #1 | "Top 100: Sonic the Hedgehog" While Mega explains its decision to rate the original Sonic the Hedgehog as the third best Mega Drive game available in the UK, it briefly alludes to Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and a Mega-CD game, Super Sonic. |
1992-10 | Mega #1 | "Mega Mouth" Later in the issue, Mega briefly predicts a Mega-CD port of Sonic 2, but is likely speculating at this point. |
1992-11 | Electronic Gaming Monthly #40 (Sega Force) | "CD ROM Showcase: Sonic the Hedgehog 2" |
1992-12 | Electronic Gaming Monthly #41 | Preview | "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" A brief mention at the back of this Sonic 2 preview, suggesting Sonic 2 CD exists. |
1993-01 | Mega #4 | News | "Super Sonic" Mega reminds its readers of Super Sonic. The magazine pairs this with a screenshot of the original Sonic the Hedgehog, though does not otherwise suggest the two games are linked. The publication merely confirms "high quality" music is on the cards. |
1993-02 | Mean Machines Sega #5 | News | "Sonic Speaks!" Short article about the game, still called "Super Sonic" at this point, and how voice acting will be included. |
1993-04 | Sega Force #16 | News | "Gutter Talk!: Sonic CD Slips Up" UK magazine Sega Force reports that sales of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in Japan have fallen below expectations, leading to a rethink in Sonic CD's development. No longer will it be an enhanced version of the Mega Drive game. |
1993-06 | Computer and Video Games #139 | News | "Super Sonic" Brief mention of the game, still referred to here as "Super Sonic", said to be released in Japan "any week now". |
Steve Keen |
Sonic the Hedgehog games for the Sega Mega Drive and its add-ons | |
Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) | Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) | Sonic & Knuckles (1994) | Chaotix (1995) | Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island (1996)
Sonic Eraser (1991) | Sonic Spinball (1993) | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993) | | Sonic Classics (1995) | |
Prototype versions | Unreleased games |
Sonic 2 | Sonic CD | Sonic Spinball | Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | Sonic 3 | Sonic & Knuckles | Knuckles in Sonic 2 | Chaotix | Sonic 3D | Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega-CD) | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD | Sister Sonic | Sonic-16 | Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Limited Edition | Sonic Sports | Untitled STI Sonic Game | Sonic Mars |
Unreleased Sonic the Hedgehog Games | ||||
Sonic's Edusoft (Master System) |
Sonic Sports (Sega 32X) |
Sonic X-treme incarnations:
Untitled Isometric Game (Mega Drive) |


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- 2. Riggs Campaign Responds to False Attacks
Cave Creek, Arizona – One of Frank Riggs' opponents in the Republican gubernatorial primary election has circulated an inflammatory and wildly inaccurate mailer to Republicans statewide. In it, he alleges that Riggs "cites a single vote while he was a Congressman from California two decades ago as his 'experience' in fighting illegal immigration." In fact, Riggs, an Army vet, ex-cop and three-term U.S. Congressman, has substantial experience fighting illegal immigration.
These are the facts:
1) Riggs has been on the front lines of law enforcement as a police officer and deputy sheriff. He's actually worn the badge, put his life on the line, enforced the law, and arrested illegal immigrants for committing crimes!
2) As a Congressman and Vice-Chairman of the California Republican Congressional Delegation, Riggs helped secure the funding to build the fence on California's border with Mexico which now extends into the Yuma Sector of Arizona's border with Mexico. Riggs has promised to work with the Arizona congressional delegation to get the funding to secure the Tucson Sector of the border.
3) Riggs introduced and forced a vote on legislation patterned after California's Proposition 187 to prohibit federal taxpayer benefits for illegal immigrants. That was in 1998!
4) According to Numbers USA, the nation's largest organization, with two million members, advocating immigration reduction and opposing amnesty, Riggs received a grade of "A" for his congressional voting record. The organization "scored" 11 key votes during Riggs' three terms in Congress and ranked Riggs on those votes, not on a single vote as his opponent alleged. Riggs' votes were on congressional legislation to reduce chain migration; reduce refugee and asylum fraud; reduce amnesty entitlements; reduce anchor baby citizenship; reduce illegal immigration rewards; and reduce illegal immigration at borders. Here's the proof.
The same opponent also claimed in his mailer that Riggs "condemned SB 1070," yet this statement has been on Riggs' website for months: "I strongly support the provisions of SB 1070 that would allow a local law enforcement officer to detain and arrest an individual when they have probable cause to believe that person is an illegal alien violating our country's immigration laws. – See more at: On the Issues - Frank Riggs. Riggs also has the endorsement and support of former State Senator and State Senate President Russell Pearce, the principal author of SB 1070!
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- 3. Gila County GOP Headquarters: Grand Opening & Tom Morrissey Fundraiser - July 19
The Gila County Republican Committee announces its Grand Opening at the Payson Republican Headquarters this Saturday, July 19, starting at 10:30 am. Sheriff Joe Arpaio will cut the ribbon at 12 Noon.
Other special guests include candidate for Arizona Senate Tom Morrissey (LD18) and former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce. Senator Pearce was the primary author of SB1070. That was the law that allowed a local law enforcement officer to detain and arrest an individual when they have probable cause to believe that person is an illegal alien violating our country's immigration laws.
Click HERE to see the flyer. Please share with your friends and neighbors.
Tom Morrissey Fundraiser
Following the Grand Opening, there will be a fundraiser on behalf of Tom Morrissey, starting at 1:00 pm, to be held at Mount Cross Lutheran Church, 601 E. Highway 260, Payson. Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be the Guest Speaker. He will be joined by special guest former Arizona Senator Russell Pearce.
It is critical that Tom Morrissey win the Arizona Senate race against Jeff Dial in Legislative District 18. Jeff Dial is one of 14 legislators that the Gila County Republican Committee voted to censure, along with Gov. Brewer, for their role in passing Medicaid Expansion. See GCRC Resolution to Censure Gov. Brewer and 14 State Legislators. In contrast, most Republicans stood firmly opposed to this damaging vote. See Arizona State Legislator Heroes.Tom Morrissey was the Chairman of the Arizona GOP from 2011-2013. He was also the Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal for the Federal District of Arizona (Retired). Seating is limited. Tickets are $30 each, or 2 for $50.
Click HERE to see the flyer. Please share with your friends and neighbors.
For more information, please call the Republican Headquarters at 928-472-GILA (4452). They are open from 9 am - 6 pm, Monday through Friday.
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- 4. Why Conservatives Support Frank Riggs for Arizona's Next Governor
When all else fails, please, study the candidate's record. The best indicator of future performance is past performance. Promises are meaningless without a record of performance that backs them up.
Frank Riggs has a very long principled conservative record, both in and out of office. He has stood firmly even when his stand was unpopular, because he had considered all the facts. His previous experience in the U.S. Congress has armed him with many facts that others don't have. Having served in Congress, he knows how to get things done at the federal level.
Frank Riggs's grasp of multiple, complex issues is impressive. Whether it's Common Core (Arizona's College and Career Ready Standards), Parental Rights/Educational Choice, Medicaid Expansion, Border Security, Private Property Rights, the Budget, the Right to Bear Arms, the EPA's threat to Arizona's economy, Arizona's Sovereignty, Water, Forests/Forest Products, Rural Issues, the Muslim Brotherhood, etc., Frank Riggs demonstrates indepth knowledge and leadership.
He is blessed with a high intellect and is his own man. He bristles at the idea of having any "handlers," which he neither wants or needs. He also stands up graciously under pressure and won't be intimidated.
There are few elected officials who have this capability. Former Senate President Russell Pearce, who recently endorsed Frank Riggs for Governor, is one of those people. You might remember him as the author of SB1070, which, among other citizen protections, gave Arizona's local law enforcement officers the authority to detain and arrest an individual when the officer has probable cause to believe that person has violated federal immigration law.
You might not know that Senator Pearce fought hard and successfully on behalf of parental rights and school choice. You also might not know that, like Frank Rigss, Russell Pearce served honorably in law enforcement. Click HERE to learn more about Russell Pearce's incredible record.
Highlights of Frank Riggs's own Incredible Record Include:
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- 5. Diane Douglas to be Special Guest on Tonight's Russell Pearce Show
Please tune in to 960 AM The Patriot and join former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce and special guest Diane Douglas on Saturday, May 24 at 7:00 pm. Diane is running for the Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction against John Huppenthal. Diane has been endorsed by nationally recognized conservative political commentator, blogger, and author Michelle Malkin. Superintendent Huppenthal recently referred to anyone who opposes Common Core as "barbarians at the gate."
This is a live broadcast. Please call in at 602-508-0960. www.ThePatriot.com.
Topics: Education, whose job is it? Common Core, School Choice, Standards, Accountability, Parental Rights, and much more.
Also in the studio will be Tom Husband, former Chairman of Maricopa County Republicans, and Royce Flora, Maricopa County Chief Deputy Treasurer.
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- 6. Darla Dawald to be Special Guest on Russell Pearce Show - Saturday Night
Please tune in to 960 AM The Patriot and join former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce and special guest Darla Dawald on Saturday, April 5 at 7:00 pm. Darla is running for the Arizona State Legislature in LD8 against Frank Pratt and T J Shope. Both of these men voted for the Medicaid Expansion. Darla is a constitutional conservative and the National Director of the Patriot Action Network.
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- 7. The Russell Pearce Show: 960AM The Patriot
The Russell Pearce Show has launched on 960AM The Patriot; Arizona's leading conservative hits weekend primetime radio
(Phoenix, AZ)—The Russell Pearce Show has officially launched on 960AM The Patriot, serving the Phoenix media market and also available live online to a national audience. 960AM The Patriot is owned by Salem Communications, a prominent national Christian and conservative media and publishing company which 99 radio stations in 38 markets, and the conservative blogs Townhall.com and Hotair.com.
The Russell Pearce Show airs live in prime time every Saturdays from 7:00PM to 8:00PM, immediately following Liberty Storm with Shane Krauser, and will feature weekly guests and take calls from listeners. The audience call-in number is (602) 508-0960.
"I am thrilled to once again bring a strong conservative voice to Arizona's airwaves," said Russell Pearce. "And I'm excited to continue being a thorn in the side of liberals who think America's best days are long gone. They're wrong. Our nation is worth fighting for and Arizona Constitutional conservatives and Tea Party Patriots are proof."
The Russell Pearce Show will soon launch a corresponding website, Facebook and Twitter page, and Pearce said he would continue his state and national speaking engagements to further energize conservatives in 2014 and beyond.
For more information about former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce:
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- 8. Medicaid Expansion Presentation: August 20, Leisure World
Please come to hear former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce tomorrow, August 20, at 7:00 pm, who will make a presentation on "Medicaid Expansion in Arizona." This event will be held in the Rec 1 Ballroom at Leisiure World, 908 S. Power Rd. Please come to learn all you can about this issue. Ask to be directed to the Pearce event at the main gate. There will be a table set up for people to sign petitions. Contact: Diane Andersen 480 395-5515 for more details.
- 9. Chicago Shootings since Wednesday: 55, 9 Dead
As of Saturday morning, July 6, fifty-five people have been shot across Chicago since Wednesday. Nine are dead. Two boys, ages 5 and 7 among those seriously hurt. Chicago, with a population of 2.7 million people, has some of the most stringent gun laws in America. Chicago is home to President Barack Obama.
On the other hand, Arizona has some of the least stringent gun laws in America. You do not even need to own a concealed carry permit to carry a firearm. In Phoenix, with a population of 1.4 million people, as of last Wednesday, through Saturday morning, no one was shot, and no one lay dead.
Question: Do gun laws keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and the insane? No, gun laws keep firearms out of the hands of law-abiding citizens who use them to protect themselves.
For more information, see Just Facts - Gun Control. You also might want to thank Russell Pearce for standing up for Arizona citizens in protecting our 2nd Amendment Rights. While an Arizona Senator, he authored SB1108, making Arizona #1 in the nation in Second Amendment freedoms. See The Russell Pearce Record.
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- 10. 1070 Turns Three While Amnesty Looms
by Sen. Russell Pearce, former president of the Arizona State Senate and current board member of the Arizona Conservative club and chairman of BanAmnestyNow.com. Portions of this article appeared in the May 12, 2013 Sunday edition of the Arizona Republic.
SB-1070 has been extremely successful!
SB-1070 is now three years old. All but a few small pieces have been upheld as constitutional by the highest court in the land, and "America's toughest anti-illegal immigration law" is not only on the books here in Arizona, but working quite well. Crime rates are dramatically down. Our state, county, and city governments have saved hundreds of millions of dollars in K-12 education with fewer illegal aliens in the classrooms, and saved tens of millions more in social services.
Illegal aliens have taken lives. More than a dozen Phoenix police officers have been killed or maimed by illegal aliens. Cochise County rancher Robert Krentz was murdered during the debate on SB 1070. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was murdered near the border, and the list goes on.
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The Indian Ideology
Second Enlarged Edition
ISBN(s) | 978-93-83968-09-1 |
Pub. Date | September 2015 |
Pages | vi, 238 | Dimensions | 8.5 x 5.5 in | Rights | For Sale in South Asia Only |
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Today, the Indian state claims to embody the values of a stable political democracy, a harmonious territorial unity, and a steadfast religious impartiality. Even many of those critical of the inequalities of Indian society underwrite such claims. But how far do they correspond to the realities of the Union? If they do not do so, is that simply because of the fate of circumstance, or the recent misconduct of its rulers?
The Indian Ideology suggests that the roots of the current ills of the Republic go much deeper, historically. They lie, it argues, in the way the struggle for independence culminated in the transfer of power from British rule to Congress in a divided subcontinent, not least in the roles played by Gandhi as the great architect of the movement, and Nehru as his appointed successor, in the catastrophe of Partition. Only a honest reckoning with that disaster, Perry Anderson argues, offers an understanding of what has gone wrong with the Republic since Independence.
The 'Idea of India', widely diffused not only in the official establishment, but more broadly in mainstream intellectual life, side-steps or suppresses many of these uncomfortable realities, past and present. For its own reasons, much of the left has yet to challenge the upshot: what has come to be the neo-Nehruvian consensus of the time. The Indian Ideology, revisiting the events of over a century in the light of how millions of Indians fare in the Republic today, suggests another way of looking at the country. Marx, urging his contemporaries to 'face with sober senses their real conditions of life', furnishes an example of how that might be done.
- Independence
- Partition
- Republic
- Note to the Second Edition
- Interview with Praful Bidwai
- The Indian Ideology and Its Critics
Index of Names
Index of Authorities
Perry Anderson brings together a set of arguments that will be received with disquiet by the scholars and ideologues who have constructed a celebratory, self-righteous consensus about the Indian Republic. Instead of writing off the unspeakable violence and egregious injustice in our society as aberrations in an otherwise successful model, Anderson points to serious structural flaws and the deep seated social prejudices of those who have administered the Indian State in the decades since Independence. It is important to read this book seriously, with equanimity and an open mind, instead of flinching and turning away from it.
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Perry Anderson teaches history at the University of California at Los Angeles. He is a very well known and respected Marxist scholar whose books have influenced at least three generations of students all over the world. He has been a long time... Read more
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