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Do you suffer from stubborn and persistent acne that will not go away despite using expensive topicals and treatments?
Do you die a little inside when someone complains about a tiny pimple on their skin while you suffer from at least 20? (Me so many times).
Do you not want to resort to prescription medication just yet? (Both painful and can be over the top expensive).
You've come to the right place, then!
My acne started 10 years ago and I ended up with a considerable amount of pimples by the age of 15. To make it even worse, I didn't know what I was doing when I popped my pimples and accumulated at least 100 scars all over my body. Around 1 year ago, I made a huge change and decided to take care of my skin, (also the body's largest organ!)
Not only did my face suffer, but my legs, back, arms, chest, and butt did as well, (sorry TMI, but I'm trying to be honest here).
Basically, I was getting acne all over my beside my lower legs.
I only have one picture of me with my acne, for obvious reasons. I was so ashamed and embarrassed by my acne, especially when all of my had the clearest skin. (And I was half Korean, and Korean's have some of the most beautiful skin in the world).
Firstly, let's talk about the basics of acne.
What is acne?
Acne is a skin condition that affects the skin's oil glands. When the hair follicles get clogged with oil and dead skin cells, pimples form.
What I did to get rid of my acne
1. Cut out dairy
Since dairy is known for messing with our body's digestion, it only makes sense that my skin would suffer. When your body can't digest toxins and eliminate it, the skin is the organ that takes the hit first.
If you think you can't give up dairy, opt to only have it on pizza a couple times a month.
You will want to vomit and feel extremely ill after (I would know), so I'm forewarning you. Give it up altogether and opt for dairy-free cheese (Miyoko is amazingly good, but keep in mind, it is just as addictive as regular cheese but doesn't have all the bad stuff dairy has). Oh, and nutritional yeast is beyond amazing, but packed with vitamins and is really good for your body.
Fun Fact: Did you know that dairy is one of the most inflammatory foods out there? This is why doctors recommend patients forgo dairy to reduce their arthritis, joint pain, and osteoporosis. (Did you know the U.S. has one of the highest rates of osteoporosis in the world, despite all the milk we drink?).
2. Cleanser brush
After my skin started clearing up a bit, I decided to start cleaning my skin, and not just with some soap and water. I bought one of the cheapest face brush on Amazon and started scrubbing away my face every night.
One night I was lazy and cleaned my face with my usual routine of soap and water, but a couple hours later decided to do it the real way. A ridiculous amount of dirt and makeup came off, and I made it a goal to clean my face every single night no matter how tired I was.
You can get the brush that I use here. It comes with 3 rotating speeds, a brush for the body, exfoliator, massager, and more.
Tip: Wash your face with the cleanser in the morning, after a workout, and before you go to sleep.
Benefits to cleaning your skin:
- skin will look younger over time
- sleeping with makeup on will deprive it of essential nutrients
- you're prone to larger pores if you forgo washing your face
- prevents excess oil production
- skin repairs itself at night (so makeup and dirt need to be cleaned off)
3. Change Your Pillow Case
Dermatologists recommend changing your pillowcase once a week. If you have oily prone skin, you should be doing it twice a week. Also, consider silk pillowcases since they don't absorb or trap oils like cotton pillowcases do.
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4. Tea Tree Oil
Tea Tree is both a fantastic makeup removal and for acne treatment. Once your acne disappears, Tea Tree Oil can also be used for getting rid of the scars that are left behind from acne. Benzoyl Peroxide is a popular ingredient used in most acne products, but there are many negative side effects associated such as dry, red, peeling skin.
The oil is known for reducing inflammation and redness in the skin due to it having strong antibacterial and antifungal compounds.
Tea Tree Oil is also great for many other uses, such as treating cold sores and psoriasis.
For the price at $5.99, this type of treatment can't be beaten.
You can 100% pure Tea Tree Oil here.
How to use Tea Tree Oil: If higher than 15% dilute the oil with water. Pour a few drops onto a cotton ball or Q-tip and dab onto a pimple. Leave it on overnight or for a few hours.
5. Use a Toner
Toners help keep pores clear and prevent blackheads from forming. They're also great for preventing minor breakouts from reoccurring, so it's good to use one most of your acne is gone.
I use Thayer's toner, and the 8,000+ Amazon reviews speak for itself.
Related: 9 Easy Ways To Lose A Pound A Week
6. Stop Touching Your Face
This includes both picking at your pimples and trying to pop them, or simply just resting your hand on your face. There are so much bacteria on your hands that are easily transferred to the face every time you touch it. This eventually creates those pustules (small blister containing pus) all over your face.
If you currently pick at your pimples, do a quick Google search on acne scars and I almost guarantee you'll touch your face a lot less.
If you can't help but squeeze your pimples, I highly recommend using actual extractors instead of your fingers. An entire acne kit is $8 and it'll treat whiteheads, blackheads, and more. Check it out here.
7. Wear breathable workout clothing
Wearing tight and form-fitting clothes might sound like a good idea during a workout, but these types of clothing are the worst if you have issues with acne.
Fabrics like polyester block air flow, which increases the oil production in the glands. Cotton clothing does the exact opposite as they facilitate air flow. Cotton picks up the excess sweat, which is why it's one of the best fabrics to wear when working out.
And in case you don't already, you should definitely shower immediately following your workout.
Sitting in the clothes you worked out in can lead to breakouts all over your body.
Related: What you eat is one of the most important parts of achieving healthy skin. Learn about healthy skin and everything else related to health in this 200+ page ebook here. Included is a 14-day meal plan and is packed with tons of useful information.
8. Clean your cell phone
You take your cell phone everywhere, set it down on countless counters and tables. Even worse, most of us take our phone to the gym, where bacteria is infecting the entire place. Also, we touch money, door knobs, and plenty of other things that other people touch, and many of those people are putting their hands in places we don't want to know about.
So think about that every time you touch your face.
Clean your phone with iKlear. This spray is specifically made for the phone. Keep in mind that most harsh bacterial washes cannot be used on your phone, so think about that before you put germ-x on your phone.
9. Drink enough water
A steady flow of H20 will assist your skin in fighting breakouts. When your kidneys are overloaded with toxins, your face tends to break out, and a way to eliminate those toxins is by getting enough water every day.
Drinking 6-8 glasses a day is a good amount of water for the average person, but if you do any kind of strenuous exercise, I recommend drinking 2-3 glasses more.
Below, you'll see a photo of me of when my acne started, and I rarely ever drank water. I lived off of extra large 99 cent sodas from the gas station and my face was drenched in oil and my back acne was insane. I'm wearing loads of makeup in this photo (can't you tell? LOL), to cover up all of my pimples and acne scars.
Related: 10 Ways To Eat Healthy On A Budget
What you should NOT do:
- Don't put toothpaste on your skin
- Don't overeat greasy foods
- Overuse face cleaning products
- Don't overuse exfoliating scrubs
- Hard scrubbing of the skin
And as always, if you're a woman, there are some things we simply can't avoid during a certain time of the month. I'm still working on my acne scars, but I rarely ever get pimples, and my face used to be full of them. Below is a photo me and my skin that I'm now proud of!
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In a hole four metres deep near Ta Ngil Hill, in Banteay Meanchey's Preah Netr Preah district, five men labour in the heat breaking stone to sell.
The stone is used to carve many kinds of artistic items such as Buddha statues and ornaments for the home, but the work is extremely difficult.
Some families in Preah Netr Preah district have been doing this job for many generations, and makers of art-ifacts in many provinces of the Kingdom have long relied on stone from this site.
Moeurng Seng, 44, is a third-generation stone-cutter. He is carrying on a tradition established by his grandfather, and his father brought him to the site as a child.
"I came here to break stone when I was young. My father brought me to here to work," he says.
Moeurng Seng says people began digging in this area long ago to find knife-sharpening stones and kitchen tools, but later on the stone began to be carved into all kinds of ornamental items.
"Now, people use it for many purposes, especially to carve [artifacts] and produce everything."
Moeurng Seng says the stone in this area has become popular for carving big statues.
"The stone here seems fragile and easy to carve. More important, it has very good colour," he says.
Two sites in Preah Netr Preah district — Ta Ngil and Chornhchaing mountain—have colourful stone suitable for carvings, and many artworks have been produced from stones found there.
Moeurng Seng also learnt recently that stone in Preah Vihear province has inspired carvers because, unlike most stone, which is a similar colour to cement, it is a lotus-like shade.
Working in a deep hole covering 200 square metres, Moeurng Seng and his fellow workers are eager to find big pieces of high-quality stone because it fetches a better price and carvers always need it for larger statues.
"Carvers needs bigger stones," says Moeurng Seng, who explains that "bigger" means between 500 kilograms and a tonne in weight.
Small stones are cheaper and are used to make simple things such as knife-sharpening stones.
Finding big stones is a difficult task, however. "It's fairly rare to encounter big stones, because stone has a lot of stitching inside. Sometimes, it can take a month to find one," he says.
Stones cut by Moeurng Seng have been ordered by carvers in Siem Reap, Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham.
In the past, taking stone required lots of manpower, because cutters need to follow the size of the stone through its stitching.
Nowadays, machines are used to help with the cutting.
Moeurng Seng says that until 2007, 10 families in the area were engaged in this trade. After that, most of them stopped because of the difficulty of the work and because the market for stone was depressed. Now only three families continue.
"When there was no market, some of them migrated to work in Thailand and some changed jobs to work far away for other people," he says.
Moeurng Seng says the work is difficult because it involves expending a lot of energy in the hot sun. Sometimes heavy rain falls, making the task even harder.
During our interview in late June, Moeurng Seng was able to sell between 300 and 400 kilograms of stone for 50,000 riel (US$12.50). He explained that stone was cheap, but accessing it was difficult.
"We do it every day, so it becomes normal work. But we feel crushed when a stone is damaged and we have to throw it away," he says.
Moeurng Seng's family depends on stone-breaking to survive. Because of the hardship he has experienced, he never encouraged his four children to follow his career; instead, he has sent all of them to school to prepare for different jobs. His eldest son has just finished grade 12.

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One player's adventures in the World of Warcraft. Hunters, Paladins, Raiding, Mythic Plus.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Tinfoil Hat Time
So Tuesday, I mentioned that I thought BioWare was planning on a short window from announcement to release because they wanted to keep any of their competitors from bringing out something in the same time frame that could take away from their launch. I said they were wrong, and now I'll explain what I meant.
I think Blizzard is ready and waiting for the release date announcement. They already have a content package ready to go to counter SWTOR. if you recall, one of the mysteries of Patch 4.2 was what happened to the other half of it. We were supposed to get two raids, a Firelands raid, and an Abyssal Maw raid. We got some line from Blizzard about how it wasn't ready or something. Honestly I don't even remember. I think it is ready and Blizzard is holding it. They will unveil the Abyssal Maw as a mini patch to go right after SWTOR's launch is announced.
Of course Kaplan has to go poo poo my theory by stating Abyssal Maw was dropped because the story wasn't good enough. Come on, when has Blizzard dropped anything because of story? His comment will be long forgotten when they release Abyssal Maw. Besides, when has a silly little thing like the facts ever derailed a juicy conspiracy theory?
I have to be careful to not see everything Blizzard and BioWare are doing as jockeying for position in the MMO Market. It's just hard not to. You've got the established old bull, and now you've got this young upstart trying to horn in. Case in point is the new Transmogrified Blizzard has announced for 4.3. BioWare has stated there won't be an appearance tab in SWTOR. What a great way for Blizzard to have a feature they know SWTOR won't have. It also allows them to leverage all the old classic art images they've used over the years.
Honestly, if I was still playing Honorshammer as my main, I'd be a lot more excited about the transmogrified than I am. Although, I do have a nearly full set of T2 on my Hunter including Rhok'delar. It would be pretty cool to raid in that.
4 comments:
- Elladrion said...
I think you're missing the real reason. Abyssal maw was dropped for "story reasons" *wink* *wink* becuase it wasn't compelling *nudge* *nudge*. So blizzard leaves out a raid that people had no vested interest in, which lets them release the main and final raid on deathwing right at the same time as TOR releases.
It also lets them end cataclysm and move onto a new expansion, which it seams they are very keen on doing. They wanted to try some stuff with cataclysm that wound up not working so well, and lost almost a million subscribers for it. And TOR has the credentials in setting and production company to really take a lion's share of the rest of them if blizzard doesn't do something, so they're giving the players a few things that they've been clamoring for all at once: a bank for old gear that seems like it will be account-wide and a way to change how you look while keeping your stats. Plus the tanking changes on top of that.
Worked for me, I renewed my account that I was gonna let expire yesterday.
- August 18, 2011 at 1:15 AM
- Ted said...
That's brilliant. I wish I had thought of it.
Welcome back, by the way.
- August 18, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Dick said...
But Blizzard releasing new features, or any other high profile MMO doing it, is good for us gamers. It will mean BioWare will have to work to put that into the game, because players want it.
Look at AOE looting. If Rift hadn't done it and it been such a huge success, then we probably wouldn't have seen it in SWTOR. But now we have it in there, and we are better for that.
- August 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM
Deathing VS Sith is the battle the Maw is gone ie to small to stand up to the Sith it will be Deathwing to the rescue erm well you get the idea
- August 22, 2011 at 1:53 PM


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Shrewsbury recently became the fourth community in Massachusetts to receive StormReady certification from the National Weather Service.
StormReady is a nationwide, community-driven safety program focusing on improving preparedness and communication between local officials in the event of severe weather emergencies.
StormReady is a nationwide, community-driven safety program focusing on improving preparedness and communication between local officials in the event of severe weather emergencies.
Representatives from the National Weather Service and the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency honored Shrewsbury's efforts during a Board of Selectmen meeting last Monday. Director of the Shrewsbury Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) Michael Filiere and Deputy Director James Arnold were presented with certificates and two road signs acknowledging the achievement.
"We're delighted with the designation of Shrewsbury as a StormReady community," said Filiere. "The overriding concern for the Shrewsbury Emergency Management Agency is to make our community a safer place for its residents to live, work and play."Sen. Edward Augustus, who attended the presentation, agreed. "I think this is an important step," he said.
Southwick, Taunton, Worcester and the Six Flags Theme Park in Agawam are the only other Massachusetts locations with the designation. Nationwide, 1,156 sites in 50 states are StormReady.
A representative from the National Weather Service said a number of other communities in Massachusetts are currently working to achieve the certification including Boston and Harvard University.
Despite its distance from the typically harder hit coastal areas, Central Massachusetts is no stranger to storms and has had major weather emergencies in the past such as the tornado that swirled through the area on June 9, 1953, killing 94 people and causing $62 million in damage. It was the most devastating storm to hit the country that year and is the deadliest tornado in New England history.
Shrewsbury Selectman Bruce Card, who was 26 at the time, lived through the event and said many more lives may have been lost if it wasn't for the number of underground cellars New England homes have.
"The devastation was unbelievable," he said. "It was quite an experience, I certainly hope it never happens again."
In order to achieve the StormReady certification, communities must meet several requirements, including communication preparedness and emergency command center organization.
Shrewsbury was able to hit each requirement spending only $500. The money went towards 10 new weather radios that were placed in town departments, according to Filiere who runs his department with a $2,100 annual budget.
"Everything else, we just built on what was already there," he said.
Being StormReady allows Shrewsbury to receive severe weather warnings from the National Weather Service through "specific area message encoding" (SAME) radios, Emergency Alert, Internet, cable and broadcast radio and television and law enforcement teletype.
The SAME radios were strategically positioned in the Shrewsbury Fire and Police departments, the town manager's office, school department, light department, parks and recreation department and with the director and assistant director of SEMA.
Other weather radios were also placed in all the town's public schools.
Hayden Frank, a Taunton weather forecaster who works with the National Weather Service, was pleased with Shrewsbury's accomplishment."Shrewsbury has done an outstanding job," he said.
In addition to the radios that were placed throughout town, warning sirens will be installed at the three fire stations to give people the earliest possible notification of a storm, according to Frank.
Selectmen Chairman John Lebeaux praised Filiere for his work to get the certification and expressed pride in the town's achievement.
"It's great to be getting some notoriety here tonight," he said. "I think this is a wonderful thing."
The application process to become StormReady is extensive, according to Filiere.It took him approximately seven to eight months to complete.
After three years the town will have to be re-certified to retain the designation.
Eric Tsetsi can be reached at (508) 490-7466 or email@example.com.


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We're all in business to fulfil a need of our customers and to get paid as a result, therein lies a possible problem, payment. There are a couple of different types of slow payers, there are those that will always pay and are super reliable, such as government departments or large corporations who often pay invoices on a net 60 or 90 day payment arrangement. Then there are the bad type of slow payer, those who are unreliable and who you worry may not pay you and often only do, once you have chased them endlessly or threatened legal action.
It's important to differentiate these two types of slow payers. If you are prepared the handle the first type, you can deal with them, but the second type is just painful to handle and can be a killer to your business. The tips below will help with any type of slow payer but are mainly directed at the slow and unreliable payer.
Have an Ironclad Contract
The basis of your business relationship should be detailed in a contract, having a contract in place helps you ensure on-time payments, and also helps you deal with issues that arise.
Choose Clients Wisely
You can avoid a lot of issues with late payments by choosing your customers carefully. Always do your due diligence on any new client to ensure that they're a good fit with your business and that you're a good fit with theirs and take up references.
Build Relationships
If you build a relationship with every client they're going to be less likely to want to ruin that relationship by not paying you on time. Make a point to check in with clients (how's things call), share industry news, fun stories, news clippings and more. As you build that relationship they'll appreciate you even more.
Tie Payment to Ownership of the Work
If you put a paragraph in your contract and on your invoice that the work (or products) performed during the billing period transfers' ownership after full payment received and processed, the client will be more likely to pay faster because they want to be able to use the work.
Stop All Future Work until Payment Is Made
A big key to slow payment issues for the second type of slow payer is to stop all work until payment is made. This can work extremely well if they're on a deadline of some type and you realize that they need the rest of your work to finish, their contract.
Collect Payment in Advance
In many cases you can avoid the issue of slow payment by simply collecting payment in advance. This can work well with a lot of types of services, especially project-based work that doesn't include an hourly component. But even hourly work can be billed in advanced and charged against the payment.
Even if you can't collect full payment upfront, it's generally possible to collect the vast majority of payment prior to completion of a contract, for example fifty percent due with order, thirty percent on approval of something and the balance within fourteen days of completion.
Send Invoices Fast
Don't hold on to invoices, instead send them out immediately upon completion of the work, stage payment milestone or the time period involved. If you wait too long to send the invoice, the client might forget about needing to make payment and use that cash elsewhere.
State Payment Terms on the Invoice
As well as having terms in your contract, remind your client of your payment terms by putting them on your invoice under terms of payment. This will help them notice that you're expecting payment on time and the consequences of not doing so.
Offer a Discount for Fast Payment
I'm not a favor of this one myself however I know a lot of people are. Offer a small discount for fast payment. Offering discounts as low as 3 percent will entice your client to pay you faster in order to qualify for the discount, because everyone likes saving money.
Charge a Late Fee
Be careful about actually charging a late fee to a client who will eventually pay but who is typically slow. You don't want to risk losing a reliable client even if they are often late at paying their invoices. But, if you have a client you know you will not work with again, go ahead and implement late fees if your contract allows it.
Pick the Phone Up and Make a Call
Don't be afraid to call clients who've not paid their invoice on time. It's important to assume that it's a simple mistake that they haven't paid before you call so that you don't sound angry or frustrated. You'll be amazed at how far a phone call can go to clearing up a late payment.
Finally, try to be a couple months ahead when it comes to your business expenses and especially your salary requirements. If you are 60 to 90 days ahead of the curve, you won't be as pressured to deal with late payers. Dealing with slow payers is part of doing business in many cases, but you can eliminate most issues with late payments by thinking ahead and working with the client to ensure prompt payment.


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|20 Oct 2010
You could burn out the voltage controller on mobo with non-identicle ram.
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|21 Oct 2010
ok thx, now I have 2 x 1gb ddr 2 800mhz ocz value cl5.
So, if I understood you all I can now add every ddr2 800mhz ram, no matter to the other specs..
Right ????
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|21 Oct 2010
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
This is asked often, and the answers are always varying, misleading, and confusing...so let me try to give you the simplest answer:
Anytime you add memory or differing speeds, brands, timings, etc....you run the risk of it not working at all, not running stable when it does, or causing issues under a load.
If you want to eliminate as many variables as possible, and give yourself the best possible chance of having a stable system, ALWAYS match the memory. There's really no reason to save a few bucks on unmatched RAM, as the money saved won't help if you have issues down the road.
There are few rules to follow when building your own system, but some are ironclad, and offer no logical reason to ignore, such as match your memory, and don't skimp on a PSU.
Besides, you already know that memory plays nice with your board, so again...why take unneccesary risks?
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|21 Oct 2010
because my RAM can no longer be bought, and I don't wanna spend 150 bucks on all new RAM (or an single 4gigs RAM card), so I AM trying to buy the exactly same ram but the only available is the exactly same ram BUT 1000 GHz.
And so I come to my next stupid question...
Can I do this: Combine OSZ vlaue 1 GB DDR II 800 GHz WITH OCZ value 1 GB DDR II 1000GHz or APACER 1GB DDR II 800GHz or KINGSTON 1GB DDR II 800GHz
What of thet would be the best ?
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|21 Oct 2010
Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Memory,Desktop Memory,240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM,2GB (2 x 1GB),DDR2 800 (PC2 6400),1.8V
$39-54 a pair. All 1.8v which is what you want. You don't want the highvoltage gaming RAM.
Newegg is in my opinion the best electronics outfit on the net. I've spent well over $2,000 in the past few years. Excellent customer service if you have a problem.
OCZ Gold is $41 + $4 shipping. Best match. DDR-2 800 CL-5 1.8v
Newegg.com - OCZ Gold 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model OCZ2G8002GK
OCZ product page.
OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold GX XTC Dual Channel *EOL OCZ Technology
OCZ EL DDR2 PC2-6400 / 800MHz / Gold GX Edition / Dual Channel
The PC2-6400 Gold Edition is the ultimate memory solution for contemporary graphic-intensive PC titles and memory-hungry applications to provide unsurpassed reliability and performance for enthusiasts on a budget.
The new OCZ PC2-6400 Gold GX Edition utilizes the latest OCZ heatspreader design. XTC (Xtreme Thermal Convection) Heatspreaders allow increased ventilation and heat dissipation due to an innovative honeycomb design providing more direct access to the actual memory ICs.
As part of the award winning OCZ Gold GX series, the PC2-6400 Gold DDR2 edition is built with leading edge technology designed and qualified with special selection of premium components to maximize performance.
OCZ PC2-6400 products are 100% hand-tested to ensure compliance with stringent quality standards. In addition, each member of the OCZ Gold GX PC2-6400 family is backed by an industry-leading lifetime warranty, toll-free technical support and the exclusive EVP (Extended Voltage Protection) coverage.
With its ultra-fast performance, high quality and reliability, the OCZ PC2-6400 Gold GX XTC edition is a perfect memory upgrade for memory-hungry systems where performance is key but your budget is tight.
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|21 Oct 2010
As long as the sticks are rated for the same voltage and the timings are the same (or similar) then it's usually fine.
If you download CPU-Z you'll see what your RAM CAS latency timings are. If this your RAM , then it's rated for 1.8v @ 5-6-6-15.
Any newer RAM should be 1.8v @ 5-5-5-15 as it's easier to run tighter timings 'looser' than it is to run them too 'tight' - that's where a lot of mix matched RAM stability issues stem from.
The most important spec of the two is the voltage though.
Some of those linked in the post above should suffice.
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|21 Oct 2010
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|21 Oct 2010
The only other choice I saw suitable was Crucial with CL-6 timing.
Newegg.com - Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model CT2KIT12864AA800
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|21 Oct 2010
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|21 Oct 2010
The 1000 probably won't work. VERY slim chance.
The others maybe. Speed is right but I have no idea on the voltage.
If they require 1.8v then they probably will. Not a guarantee.
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"A decade later I'm still a Mac user, but that's not to say I've been terribly impressed with the way Apple has evolved the OS over the years," Sullivan writes. "Major thematic changes seem to arrive slowly on the Mac. For instance, Siri was introduced in the iPhone back in 2011, and it took until 2016 to arrive on the Mac. Newly announced features tend to look cool in the demos but ultimately don't help my day-to-day productivity very much… To me, macOS has lately offered precious little to get excited about."
"I began to feel differently when I saw Apple software vice president Craig Federighi introduce the new macOS [Mojave] last week at the company's annual developer conference," Sullivan writes. "His demo was convincing: I got that 'ooh I want that' several times as I saw new productivity features I could imagine myself actually using. In terms of practical, useful new features, I would argue macOS Mojave even outshined iOS 12 during Apple's WWDC demos… I sensed some envelope pushing going on around this year's macOS, and that can only be good. Mojave may not have been the most important OS refresh – that was reserved for iOS – but it may have been the most ambitious."
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Think it's fine to let your little one stay up late a few times a week? Think again. A new study shows that a child's sleep can be connected to his or her weight later on in life. The research out of Massachusetts General Hospital took a sample of over 1,000 kids between the ages of 6 months and 7 years and found that the children who got the least amount of shut-eye were the ones more prone to higher BMI and higher amounts of overall and midsection fat (which is the most dangerous kind of fat, linked to a higher risk of diabetes and heart disease). Doctors and parents have always known what poor sleep can do to health (ever see an overtired toddler?), but these latest findings show that lack of sleep can affect our children's metabolism for life.
It's worth noting that the study, which followed the children for several years, can't say for sure whether the missed sleep actually caused the kids to put on fat or if other factors the authors didn't take into account were the true culprit. But one theory that connects lack of sleep and weight gain is the ebb and flow of appetite hormones that control hunger.
Of course there will be times when our kids should get to stay up late or skip a nap, but this study reiterates the importance of establishing healthy sleep routines for kids early on. The National Sleep Foundation recommends that kids between the ages of 1 and 3 get between 12 to 14 hours of sleep per day; kids between 3 to 4 years old get 10 hours a day; and children aged 5 to 7 get over nine hours per day. It may not be possible to get the suggested amount every single day, but it's key that parents make sleep a priority for their children as often as possible -- as much as your little ones may dislike you for it.
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These women are just a few of our clients at Crossfit Central that are currently pregnant, and most of them have been hitting it even harder over the past few months determined to stay focused throughout the pregnancy. The strength and perseverance of these ladies impresses us all. Many of these girls are in the early morning classes, so just remember next time you try and hit the snooze button, you just might get showed up by "Momma"!
Below are testimonials from a few of our girls describing their Crossfit experience while undergoing such an amazing time in their life. They prove that working out and staying fit is not only fun while being pregnant but also essential!
Melanie (3rd from left): I love the fact that you can scale all Crossfit WOD's to suit your own physical needs. This has let me do Crossfit while pregnant and not sacrifice my fitness level. I hope that staying active through the pregnancy will enable for an easier labor and delivery...fingers crossed!
Amber (3rd from right): I have been Crossfitting for several years and knew that keeping up my regimen would be important during my pregnancy. The coaches are great and help me modify moves when appropriate. I believe that Crossfit has enabled me to have an incredibly comfortable pregnancy- no back pain, sickness, or out of control weight gain! Thank you for keeping me and baby strong, we are now ready for our final workout...delivery!!
Cindy (2nd from right): When I found out I was pregnant I continued with my 2 days a week indoor and added 2-3 additional workouts in that I found on the crossfit Moms website. I found that my energy levels stayed high and I gained only the recommended 20-25 lbs, rather than the 40 I gained with my first pregnancy. My daughter was born strong and very healthy, and I will be back in Crossfit as soon as possible to drop the few pounds of remaining weight!
Jasmine (2nd from left): The fittest I have ever been was right before I found out I was pregnant, I had completely changed my diet and was eating all organic, and I was also in the best shape of my life thanks to Crossfit. I am a pretty cautious person so I have scaled my workouts back a bit, but I refuse to believe that we should not be lifting more than 10 lbs or getting our heartrate above 140. My focus now is staying healthy and maintaining my fitness throughout the pregnancy. I use Crossfit not only to retain my fitness but also for to keep me sane, he helps me and my baby feel good!
"My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength." -- Michael Jordan
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Labels: crossfit moms, crossfitting pregnant, exercising when pregnant, expecting mothers, personal training, womens workouts
3 comments:
- ~Melisa said...
Wow! That's awesome dedication. Go CrossFit Moms!!
- October 5, 2010 at 1:45 PM
- Jennifer said...
Love it!!! I too continued to CrossFit my entire pregnancy and I am positive that it helped me with my extremely easy labor!! Keep it up girls, it's definitely worth it!!!
- November 25, 2010 at 6:27 PM
- Unknown said...
Good to know about your clients. Want to buy new workout clothes for my workouts and looking for good quality workout leggings. Have heard that these are quite comfortable for daily workouts and planning to buy them online.
- November 25, 2016 at 9:12 PM
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In this form you should enter a valid Username and corresponding password to gain access to the control panel. You can choose a Language of the interface which will be used for the menu, fields' headings, hints, help and other messages. Also you can choose a theme for the control panel interface. Later you can change the selected password, language and theme in the Control panel settings module. The data required to work with the panel is kept in the browser cookie during one hour after the last request, therefore, if you access the control panel from another computer, we recommend that you reset these data by clicking the (1) icon.
You can log into the control panel using access privileges of any other user. Thus, entering with root permissions, the welcome message (2) will inform you about your location. Clicking the corresponding link will return you to the previous level.
The control panel has a built-in help system. If something is not clear for you, move the mouse cursor over the selected icon or the field to view the hint (3). To get brief information about any of the modules of the control panel move your mouse cursor over the icon(4).
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Allegiant Travel (NASDAQ:ALGT) had a rough September, as a maintenance issue related to many of its evacuation slides led to widespread delays and flight cancellations. Allegiant had to issue about $1 million in refunds to customers while also incurring additional costs to lease planes from other airlines to get passengers to their destinations.
Yet despite all those handicaps, Allegiant managed to post a record profit last quarter. This strong result is yet another reminder that Allegiant is perhaps the most consistent airline in the industry in terms of financial performance. Shareholders have reaped big gains from that success over the last 10 years, and there is plenty of room for growth going forward.
Another good quarter
Allegiant grew EPS from $0.87 to $0.91 in Q3 despite the financial impact of its slide maintenance problem and investments the company is making to support future growth. A 5.8% year-over-year increase in fuel efficiency was the main driver of Allegiant's financial improvement.
EPS also grew faster than net income because of the company's share repurchase program, and the company bought back another 491,000 shares during the quarter. In fact, Allegiant has the most aggressive policy of returning cash to shareholders of any airline. Allegiant's strong balance sheet makes this possible -- the company has significantly more cash than debt.
Let the good times roll
While Allegiant already has a very lean cost structure that is rivaled only by Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE), it continues to work to push costs down further. Allegiant introduced its first Airbus A320-series jets earlier this year, and the company expects Airbus jets to make up a quarter of its fleet by the end of 2015.
These Airbus aircraft are at least 15% more fuel-efficient than the MD-80s that are the backbone of Allegiant's current fleet. They will also be significantly more reliable and will require less maintenance work because they are younger. Lastly, the Airbus aircraft will be able to serve some routes that are not feasible with MD-80s.
Expansion continues
One of the best things about Allegiant for investors is the company's solid long-term growth profile. Allegiant is adding 12 new cities to its route map over the next two quarters, and has 29 new routes scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter alone.
International service is one long-term opportunity that Allegiant's management has been pursuing recently. Allegiant is currently making the necessary technology improvements to support international service and working through the regulatory issues. However, Allegiant President Andrew Levy is very confident that the company will start service to Mexico by the end of 2014.
This will open a host of new route opportunities for Allegiant that fit right into its business model. The company plans to fly from smaller cities in Mexico to U.S. leisure destinations like Las Vegas, while also flying from smaller U.S. cities to Mexican resort areas.
Foolish bottom line
Allegiant's strategy of constantly pushing down costs and focusing on underserved markets has made it the most consistent airline in the U.S. in terms of profitability. Its ability to earn a record profit in spite of last month's evacuation slide snafu showcased that strength. Moreover, the company's current growth initiatives give shareholders a lot to look forward to in the years to come.
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A lot of commotion still going on in the comments of the invade/not-invade post. I'm still waiting for you pro-war (as in invade Iraq) people to make yourselves known and heard over there.
national (weblogging) pet peeve week
The second week of October (this being that week) is National Pet Peeve Week.
I've got a ton of them. People not using directionals when they drive, chewing with your mouth open, talking over another person, getting on the elevator before people have had a chance to get off, coming into someone's office every day to drink their coffee but never offering to actually buy the coffee once in a while, people who refuse to listen to your point of view, well...I could go on. For a very long time.
You know what lends itself to all kinds of pet peeves? Weblogging. Hey, we could make a new holiday. National Weblog Pet Peeve Week. The word "peeve" sounds funny when you say it a whole bunch of times.
What's your weblog pet peeve?


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Vyckie Garrison with present a special program for HFCF on Friday, April 15, 2016, 6 p.m., at the YWCA Bridge Center, 127-40 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC. The program is free and open to the public. You are invited to bring light snacks to share.
Please RSVP at the HFCF Meetup.com site, by clicking here. (You will need to create a free Meetup.com account and join the HFCF group on Meetup to respond.)
You can also find this event on the HFCF Facebook page.
Vyckie was once a prominent member of the Quiverfull community, a rapidly growing Christian fundamentalist movement that bans birth control and encourages huge, "Biblical families" such as the Duggar Family of TLCs 19 and Counting fame.
Garrison edited and published a Christian "pro-life, pro-family" newspaper for 16+ years in northeast Nebraska while home-churching, home birthing, and home schooling seven children. She made waves when she left the Quiverfull movement, divorced her husband, and began speaking out against the lifestyle.
Vyckie has appeared on Al Jezeera, CNN Tonight, Inside Edition, The Joy Behar Show, The Secret Lives of Women, The Story with Dick Gordon, as well as numerous podcasts and radio programs including Thom Hartmann, The Friendly Atheist, The Thinking Atheist, Living After Faith and Godless Bitches.
Garrison is The American Atheist Association's current Atheist of the Year.
She is a well-respected adversary of Biblical patriarchy and the damages that it can inflict. She started the blog "No Longer Quivering" to provide support to women and children who are escaping abusive religious movements and to provide the public with accurate and compassionate information on the unique challenges faced by the spiritually abused.


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Thank you Mafalda! As for all of you lovely readers stay tunned for our next week's guest!
Until then, have a great weekend and be creative :)
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Your Friday at first seemed so totally different from any of my Fridays here in New York. And yet, the beautiful way in which you describe your Friday, and the lovely photos that you also share, really showed me that there is much that we do have in common.
These Friday reports are immensely fun and educational and inspirational.
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Frances, your words realy made me smile, it's true: on the other side of the Atlantic, with a completely different life probably, but still we can share interests, tastes and even points of view with each other. :)
I agree with both of you, these posts are super interesting and educational.
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Vintage Floral 'Ombre' Bunting :
While I have made many vintage floral fabric buntings in the past I have never made a floral 'Ombre Bunting'.
This week over at shop contemporary handmade is the Make it Work Challenge - Week 4.
This week, designers were asked to create something 'for home' with the theme being ombre.
Ombre is the latest trend that has been sweeping the nation.
Some great entries this week.
I'm happy with the end result of this sixteen (16) flag bunting in various 'yellow toned' vintage retro preloved fabrics and is one of a kind (OOAK).
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They do actually find dead body's of babies under the monasteries . The Vatican tortured him and tried to kill him several times. The Vatican is responsible for the creation of Islam. The church is actually led by the "black" pope who is a Freemason. The Catholic Church is lying to millions of people.
While I generally think that the Vatican and the Catholic church are very shady and untrustworthy, I tend to not believe most conspiracy theories. They are usually lacking in evidence. This one is no exception. From what I know about him and about what he has stated, the things that he have said have no basis in reality.
Alberto Rivera's conspiracy theories about the Vatican and Jesuits were not true. Turns out that it was just a theory that he made up to get some attention. They turned out to not be true and he thought that the Jesuits were even responsible for the formation of the religion of Islam.
Any time I see an instance where people try to confirm conspiracy theories, I immediately know that I'm going to be in for a long, poorly thought out ride. The conspiracy with Jesuits is just one of so many Vatican related conspiracies, the vast majority (or all) of which are false.
Alberto Rivera's conspiracy theories about the Vatican and Jesuits were not true. If they were true, they would be more than just a conspiracy theory. Alberto Rivera was just another wack job who wanted to have attention so he made up some crazy stuff about the Vatican and Jesuits to get it.
Alberto Rivera was a mentally ill man who blamed everything that happened in the world on Catholics, especially the Jesuits. To listen to him, the Jesuits were even responsible for the formation of the religion of Islam. The fact that the Jesuits didn't form until the 15th century had no bearing on Alberto's lunacy. The man was a crackpot.


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Most of this session happened about 2 months ago, so forgive me if I am a bit hazy with the details.
For our first session, the usual cast was in tow:
- Drummden, Human Ranger 1
- Zar, Drow Monk 1
- Illyra, Elf Cleric 1
- Tark, Gnome Barbarian 1
- Edgar, Human Rogue 1
To start off the session, we find the party hitching a ride with a supply caravan out to the aptly named frontier town, King's Reach (get it?). Having some time to kill before they reach the town, the party begins with the usual introductions. I don't quite remember all the backstories (or if they were really mentioned), but I'll try to update this part when I find out. At some point during the trip, Edgar manages to snatch a few unattended scrolls and a potion or two, though he has no idea what they say or do, and decides to introduce himself to the rest of the party in the best possible way, with a gift.
A side note about Edgar: As you may or may not have noticed, he is being played by yours truly. The reason for this being that we may decide to switch GMs at some point during the campaign, so I have included a character for myself in case I get the opportunity to play. However, Edgar is generally with the party for roleplaying purposes. Being a tremendous coward, he strays from combat and really only becomes useful when encountering a trap or lock. Regarding the scrolls and potions, I had the players roll for one minor magic item during character creation, and figured this would be a good way to introduce both Edgar and the items to the party.
Back to the adventure at hand, the party arrives in King's Reach about midday, and I believe some proceed to help with the unloading process. Upon finishing, they explore parts of the town. Drummden goes to the blacksmith to inquire about the types of weapons and armor he has, and the details on specially ordering items, specifically a well made longbow. The smithy is happy to help with prices on the armor and melee weapons, but says that Drummden would do best to find a fletcher to make the longbow. Unfortunately, there exists no such fletcher in King's Reach yet, so he instead decides to try the town marketplace, filled with new supplies from back South, which Edgar has been busy surveying.
Meanwhile, Tark and Illyra head to the local inn, the Drunken Dragon. Among the patronage are a few farmers, merchants, and a couple mercenaries. Tark, feeling the need to establish himself in town, decides to challenge the two mercenaries to a drinking competition. Illyra sits down alongside him (for moral support, I assume). Tark downs tankard after tankard, somehow managing to hold his own against the two mercenaries, who take this quite good-heartedly. This was a point in which the party could have hired some extra help for their expeditions, but elected not to for one reason or another. They engage in some small talk with the barkeep about what's been happening in town, and who they should go to for a paying job. The barkeep replies with what he's heard about recent town activity and the whereabouts of two of the most likely employers that he knows of, a local botanist named Bartholomew, and the head clergyman of the local temple to Abadar, patron of wealth.
After leaving the smithy, Drummden makes his way toward the somewhat crowded marketplace, inquiring about the longbow to various merchants. Elsewhere in the marketplace, a commotion has broken out. Curious, he arrives to find Edgar being strong-armed by what looks to be a local militia member. (Through a series of varying rolls made by Edgar to try to steal from one of the merchants, it is determined that while he does pick up a valuable looking ring, he is caught in the process.) Illyra and Tark also arrive on the scene, along with Zar, who, being a Drow, has been skulking through the presumably dark alleyways in town. A conflict with the guards and merchants almost erupts, but is calmed by the combined diplomatic prowess of Tark(!) and Illyra.
With the conflict resolved, the rest of the party is told about potential work from the botanist and clergymen, with the botanist being decided as the easier employer. They meet the botanist shortly after, asking for work. He tells them that he generally doesn't collect many flowers that would put him in any sort of danger, however, a alchemist friend of his, Simon, has a garden of very beautiful basilisk roses, and he would very much like to have some of these. Stating that he will pay 5 gold per rose, he gives them the location of the alchemist's manse, on the southern coastline of a Lake Bright to the northwest. Bartholomew reveals that he would go there himself, but has some cash to spare and would rather not risk his own life out in the Northwyld.
Though I'm not certain, I don't remember any time being spent on gathering supplies, the party simply heads out to find the manse. A combination of having no map and having never navigated the Northwyld made the trip very tough for them. Thanks to a failure or two on the survival checks, they were quite lost somewhere between the town and the manse. It was at this point that the first combat of the game erupted. Owlbear ambush! Checking it's stats, I began to realize what it meant to be truly unbiased or balanced. The combat went fairly poorly at first, with a couple PCs dropping to low hit points almost immediately. Fortunately for the party, I wimped out on them, causing the owlbear to retreat after taking a decent amount of damage. The players did help out my decision, though, with the clever use of a command spell. This would be one of hopefully few times in which I took it easy on the party.
After finally managing to pass a survival check, the party is able to get a bearing on their surroundings and make their way to the manse. It is a fairly small building atop a cliff side on the edge of what appears to be Bright Lake. About 300 feet away from the estate, the party stops to observe a figure patrolling around a small well. A successful knowledge check shows that the creature was a Tengu, a raven-like humanoid. The party spends a short time discussing this, which is interrupted by the declaration of Drummden's player that he will "fire off an arrow." This turns out to be a poor decision, as his arrow flies hopelessly over the Tengu, alerting it of his presence. It darts off towards the manse, and disappears over the edge of the hill. The party moves up to the well, and manages to find some gold pieces hidden in a removable brick in it.


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Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is a powerful tool for nanoscale chemical analysis.1,2 This Raman spectroscopy technique is based on the same mechanism as the surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) effect;3 local electric fields are strongly enhanced in the vicinity of a metallic surface due to the coupling of its plasmon resonances with the excitation light. In TERS, this metallic surface takes the form of a sharp metal tip, usually an atomic force microscopy (AFM) or scanning tunneling microscopy probe coated in silver or gold. One of the key features of TERS is that chemical information can be obtained without requiring any special sample preparation, meaning the sample can be measured in situ. TERS can achieve excellent spatial resolution, which, in principle, is only limited by the size and shape of the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) probe tip apex. The setup of TERS also ensures there is no variation of enhancement across a sample and automatically allows correlation of surface topography with chemical information.
As is the case with SERS, the development of the metallic surface that provides the enhancement of Raman scattering is essential to the success of TERS and must be optimized to realize the full potential of the technique. Commonly, there are two main approaches to produce TERS-active probes: either creation of an SPM tip by electrochemical etching of a thin wire4,5 or modification of an existing SPM probe by metal evaporation or nanostructuring.6,7 More recently, dielectrophoresis (DEP) has been proposed for manipulation of single silver nanoparticles at the apex of AFM tips and produce TERS probes.8,9 However, the main limitation of these offline techniques is that the apex geometry is often difficult to control and the delay between fabrication and use often leads to tip contamination, oxidation, and mechanical damage (in particular for silver tips). In-situ fabrication techniques based on laser-induced synthesis of nanoparticles at the apex of AFM tips have been reported,10,11 but these techniques have not provided sufficient reliability to allow reproducible TERS.
Here, we report the use of DEP to deposit gold nanoparticles at the AFM tip apex rapidly and in a reproducible manner. In DEP, electric field gradients can be used to manipulate and guide the growth of metal nanoparticles.8,9 The strength of the force from which the effect arises can be finely tuned since it depends on the medium, the shape, size and electrical properties of the particles, and the frequency of the electric field. The fabrication of the gold TERS tips by DEP was carried out directly on a conductive AFM; therefore, TERS measurements can, in principle, be performed immediately, thus minimizing the risks of contamination, mechanical, and electrostatic damage during handling.
Experimental Methods
A typical conductive AFM setup was used to functionalize iridium-coated conductive silicon probes with a resonant frequency of 45 to 95 kHz, spring constant of 0.5 to , and manufactured tip radius of (MFP-3D, Asylum Research) (Fig. 1). The surface for experiments was a piece of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite that was freshly cleaved and placed into a sample mount with electrical contacts. The AFM probe was loaded into a holder containing an in-built transimpedance amplifier of gain with a feedback resistor, which can measure the current at the probe-sample junction by biasing the sample with a suitable potential.
This holder was connected to the graphite and sample mount to form a circuit. After tuning the cantilever and approaching the surface, the tip was calibrated for force and electrical measurements. A small O-ring was placed in the middle of the graphite and filled with a suspension of 10-nm diameter thiol-passivated gold nanoparticles in water, forming a meniscus. The vertical position of the tip was set to the point just before the deflection started to increase and the tip was about 50 to 100 nm above the surface of the graphite. The frequency generator was then set to the desired frequency and voltage, which was applied over a certain time period to establish DEP between the graphite surface and the tip apex of the AFM probe.
TERS measurements were performed on a purpose-built instrument consisting of an inverted Raman microscope (Olympus IX71) and integrated AFM with a piezoelectric xy-stage (Nanowizard II, JPK Instruments).12 The instrument was equipped with a 532 nm continuous wave laser (Laser 2000, UK), a water-immersion 1.2 NA objective (Olympus), and a double Czerny-Turner Raman spectrometer with a ruled grating and a back-illuminated CCD (Andor Technologies, UK).
p-ATP monolayers were deposited onto glass coverslips coated in a thin film of silver. First, the glass coverslips (VWR International) were cleaned with a variety of solvents and etched with a piranha solution of 3:1 sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide () (Sigma Aldrich, UK) for hydrophilicity. Then a thin film of silver was thermally evaporated in vacuum (Edwards) onto these coverslips at a pressure of 10 to 7 mbar and evaporation rate of 0.3 to . The coated coverslips were immersed in 10-4M p-ATP methanol solution for 2 h and then rinsed in methanol to ensure one molecular layer was adsorbed. One of these coverslips was then placed into the combined AFM and Raman spectroscopy system along with the AFM probe to be investigated.
Results and Discussion
During DEP, clusters of gold nanoparticles were deposited on both the graphite surface and the AFM tip. The deposition of gold nanoparticles on the surface can be used as an indication of nanoparticle cluster growth on the probe. This was evidence of DEP being generated, as material was being trapped between the tip of the AFM probe and the graphite surface. The voltage and frequency being applied to the system were tuned to deposit a small amount of material on the surface at the exact position of the tip (Fig. 2).
The frequency of 1 MHz and voltage of 10 Vpp was found to produce suitable, reproducible results. In addition, the size of deposition was able to be controlled by varying the period of time over which the voltage was applied to the system, from around 30 to 120 s. This growth on the graphite suggested that nanoparticles were collecting and aggregating between the tip apex and the surface, and then breaking apart to form structures on each. This was the clearest indication from any AFM measurements that DEP was being established and reproducibly functionalizing the probes inserted into the setup. When higher frequencies and voltages of around 15 MHz and 20 Vpp were applied to the system, large differences in the force curves recorded before and after applying these voltages indicated that a large amount of material had been added to the tip of the AFM probe (not shown). These force spectroscopy results were supported by a number of imaging parameters that were monitored over the course of these experiments. There was a large variation in the deflection of the cantilever and the vertical position of the tip, which suggested a reduction in the distance between the tip and the surface of the graphite. There was a significant increase of about in the spring constant of the AFM cantilever, indicating that the probe had gained mass.
The probes fabricated at 10 Vpp and 1 MHz were capable of scanning the surface of graphite and producing reasonable topographical images of it [Fig. 3(a)]. There was an obvious deterioration in imaging quality before and after performing each DEP experiment as material (Au nanoparticles) had accumulated and been added to the surface. The AFM probes functionalized with DEP were analyzed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) [Figs. 3(b) and 3(c)]. The AFM probes exposed to DEP had a significant clustering of nanoparticles at the tip apex. The chemical nature of this growth was analyzed quantitatively with EDX; alongside the expected elemental composition of an AFM probe, spectral data revealed an abundance of gold within the region of the tip apex (5% to 10% weight). This analysis confirmed that the growth consisted of Au nanoparticles, assembled from suspension at the tip apex of the AFM probe by DEP. It is the location of this growth that makes these probes suitable for TERS studies.
The TERS activity of the functionalized AFM probes was investigated by bringing the tip into contact with a monolayer of p-aminothiophenol (p-ATP) deposited on a thin silver film and measuring its Raman scattering. p-ATP is an ideal molecule for reliably determining electric field enhancement as it contains a thiol group () that attaches to a metallic surface to form a single monolayer. Additionally, the Raman scattering of this structure is extremely weak, therefore any signal detected at low laser powers and short exposure times must arise from some form of enhancement of the scattering. However, the deposition of the p-ATP on the silver films allows higher enhancement due to the gap-mode TERS.13,14
A region (similar size to the laser spot) of the coverslip was selected to record a Raman mapping. These mappings were performed to locate the position at which the tip apex of the AFM probe is aligned with the laser spot. This is essential to achieve efficient electric field enhancement and is the most challenging aspect of creating a successful TERS setup. Commonly, the probe is scanned across the laser beam while its back-scattered light is directed to the spectrometer CCD or a photodetector to be monitored. For reproducibility, the system is often aligned automatically using a piezoelectric stage and feedback mechanism. However, this setup was not possible with the instrument at the time of these experiments. Instead, the tip apex of the AFM probe was roughly aligned with the position of the laser beam using the crosshair of the optical camera. The area around this point was selected to record a chemical mapping. This time, the AFM probe was moved in a raster pattern while the sample was kept stationary [Fig. 4(a)]. Chemical mappings were constructed with a laser power of just and a step size of just 25 nm, acquiring a Raman spectrum at each position at a rate of 5 s per pixel. The area of the Raman band at ( stretching) in each spectrum was calculated after subtraction of a local linear baseline and used to build a spectral mapping 1 pixel at a time. If the AFM probe and laser spot were aligned within the area of this mapping, there would be a single pixel or small collection of pixels that were a much higher intensity than the rest.
Before taking any measurements with the functionalized AFM probe, control experiments were carried out with untreated probes [Fig. 4(b)]. Raman mappings were recorded with this probe both in contact with the p-ATP monolayer and slightly retracted, each at a rate of three accumulations of 10 s per pixel. This extended exposure time was required to detect the unenhanced Raman scattering that was expected from these measurements. Consequently, none of the spectra showed any sign of TERS (no individual pixel showed higher enhancement). In contrast, TERS activity was observed in Raman mappings when the functionalized AFM probes were used [Fig. 4(c)], at only 5 s integration time. These mappings contained a bright pixel (), suggesting the alignment of the AFM probe with the laser beam at that position. Although the gold clusters deposited at the apex of the AFM probe were larger than the step size of , the spatial resolution in TERS is smaller than the size of the apex, in particular, in gap-mode TERS.14 However, from analyzing the spectrum of this pixel, it could be seen that it varied from the rest of the mapping in more ways than just intensity. The Raman bands in this single spectrum are slightly shifted in frequency from their positions in the unenhanced Raman spectrum of p-ATP. The spectrum of the high intensity pixel also consists of different enhancements for different bands and contains extra bands that are not present in the spectra of the rest of the mapping. These aspects of the spectrum are consistent with those associated with SERS and TERS,1516.–17 which arise from the variation in the selection rules of conventional Raman spectroscopy.18,19 Therefore, the combination of these spectral features with the obvious increase in the signal provides evidence for TERS and the ability of AFM probes functionalized by DEP to activate the effect. While TERS of molecular monolayers has been reported previously using tips fabricated by DEP of silver nanoparticles, this is the first report of using DEP to build TERS probes based on gold nanoparticles deposited by DEP. While gold tips have been reported to exhibit lower enhancements compared to silver probes, they have typically better stability and lower risks of contamination/oxidation compared to the silver counterparts.20
The potential of DEP for in-situ functionalization of AFM tips with gold nanoparticles for TERS studies has been demonstrated. These probes were developed within a conductive AFM setup consisting of a purpose-designed cantilever holder and a sample mount with electrical contacts connected in a circuit with a frequency generator. Force curves recorded before and after applying a voltage to the system indicated successful DEP. At voltages of 10 Vpp and frequencies of 1 MHz, clusters of gold nanoparticles were deposited on the graphite surface as well as on the AFM probe. The position of these depositions was consistent with the location of the tip apex at the time of applying a voltage to the system, suggesting the trapping and growth of material between the tip and the graphite surface by DEP. It was found that these voltages and frequency over a period of 30 to 120 s provided suitable results for this application.
SEM and EDX analysis confirmed that the material deposited at the tip apex was a cluster of gold nanoparticles that could potentially activate TERS. These probes were assessed for TERS with the combined AFM-Raman system. Raman mappings were recorded by raster scanning the tip across the laser beam focused on a monolayer of p-ATP. The detection of an enhanced Raman spectrum only at a single point in these mappings (when the tip apex and laser were aligned within 25 nm) indicated successful TERS. Further optimization of the DEP may allow fabrication of stable TERS probes with predictable signal enhancement properties.
We thank the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC Grant EP/P502632/1) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC Grant BB/J020877/1) for financial support.


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BACK IN the late 1970s, Bjorn Borg bestrode the world tennis scene like a colossus, winning five successive Wimbledon Men's Championships, and thrilling millions of armchair sports fans with his Nordic coolness, short white shorts, and apparently invincible skill.
Beating Mcenroe
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
Oran Mor, Glasgow
Until, that is, his reign was ended by a fiery New York kid called John McEnroe, whose outraged cries of "You cannot be serious" rang around the world.
The children who were rising five back then are 40 now; and one of them is writer and performance artist Jamie Wood, whose brief meditation on masculinity, and on the role of those mighty tennis stars in shaping his childhood ideas of how to be a man, plays at the Traverse this weekend. Performed by Wood in a cosy jumpsuit and lion hat – soon discarded in favour of a white vest and tutu – Beating McEnroe is a light-touch patchwork of childhood memory, beguiling graphics, thoughtful text, stylised dance-like movement, and slightly over-insistent audience participation, all put together in the hand-knitted and intensely self-conscious style currently fashionable among Fringe performance artists.
At just over 50 minutes, Wood's show is too laid-back for my taste, long on ironic self-awareness, short on substance and drive. The subject, though – a gentle boy's struggle with the competitive element of conventional masculinity – is a strong and touching one; and although it's a slight evening for a full-whack ticket price, there's undoubtedly a growing market for this kind of participatory theatre, where the artist involved doesn't so much present a show, as invite us, very gently, to start rehearsing one with him.
Leviathan opens in the back garden of a council house in Wales; there's a railway passing by, a view of the mountain, and a woman called Maeve – late fifties, sharp-tongued, unstoppable – trying to hold things together. The main problem is her daughter Karen, a psychiatric nurse who has slumped into a catatonic state following an incident at work, of which we gradually learn through her fierce internal monologues. And then there's Karen's beautiful twentysomething daughter Hannah, who has clearly inherited her grandmother's feisty spirit, but whose life is also shadowed by anxiety, unwanted pregnancy, and worse.
It's not always easy to watch, this piece from Sherman Cymru of Wales, the first 2015 Play, Pie And Pint show to transfer to the Traverse next week. Written by emerging Welsh playwright Matthew Trevannion, it lays on the misery just one layer too thick; and in Rachel O'Riordan's slow-moving production, Maeve and Hannah shuffle awkwardly around Karen's armchair, rather than whirling around it like twin storms round a vortex.
What's striking, though, is the ferocious quality of Trevannion's writing, veering from sharp comic dialogue to exquisite psychological observation; and then plunging into the strange, almost epic poetry of Karen's monologues, as she longs to merge into the stuff of nature. And for all its slightly awkward twists and turns, the play offers three beautiful, haunting performances from Siw Hughes, Claire Cage and Gwawr Loader, as three women without men, except where men push destructively into their lives, leaving Maeve to get on with picking up the pieces.
Seen on 12.03.15 and 09.03.15
• Final performances at Traverse and Oran Mor today; Leviathan is at the Traverse from 17-21 March


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Shuttleworth: Ubuntu Cloud, Mobile Equally Important; Android Battle LoomsMay 02, 2013, 19:00 (0 Talkback[s])
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What's more important: Ubuntu's success in cloud computing or on mobile devices? The answer is both, according to Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth. During a quick conversation with me at the recent OpenStack Summit, Shuttleworth said Ubuntu must succeed both in the cloud and mobile worlds. Here's why.
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Barbecued Chicken
50 split chicken breasts or chicken pieces
Barbecue Sauce:
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 cup margarine; melted
1 cup onions; chopped fine
2 cups brown sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1 tablespoon paprika
2 teaspoon white pepper
1/2 cup worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup lemon juice; bottled
4 cups catsup
1-1/2 quarts water; use chicken drippings as part
4 tablespoons cornstarch; dissolved in 1 cup of the water
Lightly salt and lay chicken pieces close together in greased baking
pans. Cover and bake at 350°F for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and
drain drippings. Spoon barbecue sauce over chicken and bake
uncovered 30 to 40 minutes or until browned.
TO MAKE SAUCE: Mix ingredients and let come to a hard boil. Simmer
20 minutes. Makes 1 gallon.
YIELD: 50 Servings
The Church Kitchen, by Doris Box
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Purchasing a new means of transport in another member-state and bringing it to the UK: new means of transport purchased from returning HM Forces and UK diplomatic personnel
HM forces and diplomatic personnel posted to other member-states are normally granted relief from VAT in the host member-state, and no liability for VAT is incurred when they return the means of transport to the UK.
Although normally it is vehicles that are purchased by the personnel, relief can be granted for boats and aircraft too provided they are for the personal use of the purchaser (and not, for example, for a sailing club).
There is further information on HM forces personnel and on diplomats in VATNMT7000 and also in Section 4 of Notice 728 New means of transport.
Dealers may take into stock means of transport purchased from members of HM forces and diplomats based in another member-state. Provided such means of transport have been granted relief from payment of charges in the host member-state, vehicles have been registered for road use in that member-state, and any conditions set out in VATNMT7000 guidance are satisfied they cannot be considered to be new means of transport. The normal VAT accounting rules for second-hand goods will apply.
Further information on this is given in Notice 718 Margin schemes for second-hand goods, works of art, antiques and collectors' items. See also VATNMT8300.


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James L. Dalby's "Baby Names for Boys," Angelo Tropea's "Goldmine of Baby Names: Boys!" and A. J. Daniels' "500 Female and Male Names for Writers" are all books that provide lists of boy names. The websites NameBerry.com and RandomNames.com both offer alphabetical lists of boys' names, as well.
Dalby's "Baby Names for Boys" contains an A-to-Z list of over 5,000 boy names. Tropea's "Goldmine of Baby Names: Boys!" offers a list of over 20,000 boy names and variations. It also contains lists of popular boy names by year, decade, century and geographical location, as well as lists of popular boy names in sports and entertainment. Both books offer the meaning and origin of each name that they list.
Daniels' "500 Female and Male Names for Writers" offers separate lists of female and male names. The lists are meant to aid writers in naming their fictional characters.
NameBerry.com contains a separate list of names for each letter of the alphabet. Once visitors to the site select a list, they can click on individual names to view their origins and meanings.
RandomNames.com offers an A-to-Z list of boys' names, as well as separate lists for each letter of the alphabet. Visitors to the site can click on individual names to view their meanings and how many "likes" the names have received from other site visitors.


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Destiny: The Taken King crowned #1 in UK Video Games Chart
Destiny: The Taken King has debuted at #1 in the UK Video Games Chart.
The majority of the sales (57%) for the expansion were for the PlayStation 4, with the Xbox One accounting for 34%. Meanwhile, 7% of the sales were on Xbox 360, with just 2% for the PlayStation 3.
Last week's other new releases, Forza Motorsport 6 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, took #2 and #3 respectively, with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain dropping into fourth.
Mad Max makes up the rest of the top five.
1. Destiny: The Taken King
2. Forza Motorsport 6
3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2016
4. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
5. Mad Max
6. Super Mario Maker
7. Grand Theft Auto V
8. Disney Infinity 3.0
9. Rugby League Live 3
10. Lego Jurassic World
11. Gears of War: Ultimate Edition
12. Minecraft: Xbox Edition
13. Until Dawn
14. Call of Duty: Ghosts
16. Minecraft: Playstation Edition
17. Dying Light
18. Madden NFL 16
19. Destiny
20. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare


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Category: Teaching and Outreach
28 Posts
Introducing the new audio Classics Confidential
Classics Week at Hitchin Girls' School!
Meet the Director of the Institute of Classical Studies
The Future of the Humanities, with John Paul Russo
Teaching the Classics through Performance, with Mary-Kay Gamel and T.H.M. Gellar-Goad
Classic Raps, with T.H.M. Gellar-Goad
Drama, Myth, Teaching and Outreach
Bringing Homer's Iliad to life, with Antony Makrinos
Classics Outreach at Oxford, with Mai Musié
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Marine Debris and Sargassum Fish Assemblages
Title: Examining Microplastic Occurrence in Gut Contents of Sargassum-Associated Juvenile Fishes
Funding Agency/Contractor: NOAA Marine Debris Program
Duration: July 2014 - October 2015
Background: A key habitat in coastal and open Gulf of Mexico (GOM) waters is the floating Sargassum (Sargassum natans and S. fluitans) complex. The pelagic brown algae represents an oasis of structure in the open ocean and supports a large and diverse assemblage of marine fish and invertebrates, including many early life history stages. Fish larvae and juveniles presumably utilize these pelagic habitats as protection from predators, but Sargassum may also provide enhanced feeding opportunities and serve to concentrate organisms with flotsam-seeking behaviors.
Sargassum, therefore, serves as pelagic "nursery habitats" for many important fisheries species, including grey triggerfish, tripletail, and mahi mahi, as well as ecologically important forage fish species, such as butterfishes and flying fishes. For these reasons, Sargassum has been designated as Essential Fish Habitat in the South Atlantic, but currently it is not afforded the same protection in the GOM.
Sargassum is a near-surface habitat, and as such, it is subject to oceanographic processes (e.g., Langmuir cells, frontal zones) that aggregate floating objects, including marine debris, and in the case of the Deepwater Horizon event, surface oil, dispersant and related compounds. Relatively little is known regarding the impacts of marine plastics (which often brakes down into "microplastics") within valuable Sargassum nursery areas. Research associated with marine debris in the Pacific gyre suggests microplastics can be consumed by fishes, but to date, this has not been documented in the GOM. Microplastics, if consumed by fishes, may serve as a vector for toxic compounds that adhere to their surfaces.
Objectives: A first step in examining if this issue warrants further study is to determine whether or not microplastics are being consumed by Sargassum-associated juvenile fishes. The goals of this pilot research effort are to:
- Quantify and characterize juvenile fish assemblages and co-occurring debris collected in Sargassum mats and/or weedlines.
- Determine the microplastic frequency of occurrence in the guts of Sargassum-associated fishes.
- Determine the "natural" diet composition in the guts of Sargassum-associated fishes.


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The GAFSP Steering Committee has decided to establish three seats to represent Civil Society Organizations. The role of the CSO representatives is to inform/consult with their constituents on GAFSP, and represent and advocate their views on their behalf to improve the working of GAFSP. The Asia representative is Dr. Sang Yaing Koma, Adviser to Farmer and Nature Net, a producer organization, and the Executive Director of CEDAC, an NGO, both based in Cambodia.
The Asian Farmers' Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA), was tapped, as a support organization, to provide technical, administrative and logistical support to the CSO representative to facilitate (1) consultation among Asian CSOs; (2) dissemination of information to Asian CSOs; and (3) dialogue between the Asian CSO representative and other members of the Steering Committee.
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Several months ago Lucas came across a Bible Stories for kids book and asked if I would buy it. He seemed really excited about the book and it was easy enough for him to read, so I said yes. It quickly became one of his favorite books; but it only has a handful of stories.
So when the Tyndale Blog Network was offering a book called Bible Stories that End with a Hug by Stephen Elkins to review I thought Lucas would enjoy this book as well ... and it has 75 easy-to-understand Bible stories.
This hard cover book is a great way to introduce younger kids to the stories in the Bible. It has charming illustrations and short descriptions of the stories that will keep a child's attention. Each page also contains a Bible verse, lessons on how to apply the story to your child's daily life, and a special 'hug time' at the end of each story. For example: the story on Love, Listen, and Obey features the verse from Exodus 20:12: Honor your father and mother. Then the lesson talks about honoring your parents by loving them, listening to them, and obeying them. Then it is Hug Time! "Give the one who honors their father and mother a great big hug."
It's a great way to end the night with a bedtime story followed by a great big hug.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Bible Stories for Kids
Posted by Michelle at 3:11 PM
Labels: book review, Lucas, video
2 comments:
- Sabrina said...
Very cute! I had a book of Bible stories when I was little simply called "The Book For Kids." Same concept, minus the hug at the end. Loved that book. Still have it too. :)
- Story Twentyfour said...
Kid's likes to listen the stories they will enjoy.
big stories for kids
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Hello Lovelies!
I spent near on a year lusting over Zoya polishes, taunting myself by looking at the new collections and having a little strop every time i was reminded that they don't ship to the UK. Sad face. So on my recent trip to the States Zoya was at the top of my hit list. I was a bit underwhelmed with the selection that the Ulta i visited had, but with a few trips i managed to pick up some right beauties! I also grabbed a couple of China Glaze ones too as they had a 3 for 2 offer on that i just couldn't refuse. In a way it was kinda good that they didn't have the best selection, or i could of easily picked up double what i had! Anyways, on to the pretties!
Paper Chasing - Fairy Dust - I Herd That - Frostbite
I only own two other China Glaze polishes which i adore so i didn't really need an excuse to pick up more. I love I'm Not Lion from their Safari range and as I Herd That is pretty much the gold version of it i had to have it! If i remember rightly these were around $7-$8 each, so not the cheapest, but you can find China Glaze online in the UK for around £5 a bottle.
Nidhi - Daul - Gilda - Meg - Charla - Opal
After all my lusting for months on end i finally got my hands on some Zoya, only to find when i arrived home that there is now a website that stocks them in the UK for just under £6 a bottle, DOUBLE WIN. I'm not sure how up to date they are with collections or how reputable a company they are but they have quite a few colours i want... Luckily for my bank account my spending ban has well and truly kicked in and quite frankly, i have enough! But if you'd like to check out the website click here!
Mimi - Myrta - Feifei - Ivanka - Sarah
I don't think i could even pick my favourite out of these because they are just SO pretty. As you can see I'm a fan of sparkly, glittery, bright colours! I'm not really a dark or nude nail kinda gal, although I'm loving the berry shades that are everywhere right now, so i may have to make an exception. I am SO thrilled i managed to pick up so many pretties, i think i am pretty stocked up on polish for a while!
Whats your favourite Zoya colour? Let me know!
Whats your favourite Zoya colour? Let me know!