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I have been laughed at and made fun of for not opening my door to Jehovah's Witnesses, especially ones that watch me walk to my door then knock for 10 minutes since they know I'm there. But that's a whole different bag of cookies...
I agree that this is good advice. Hoax or not, I have been told since I was a little girl that if someone in a uniform approaches me, I am allowed to ask them for a close view of their badge. I have also been told of being able to call 9-1-1 (USA) and they somehow check if there is someone dispatched to watch a certain vehicle/certain area. This is because it's unfortunately a very real threat. Nowadays, unmarked cars are actually pretty obvious...they have 20 antennas and their license plates are required to end in "PD" (at least in OK they are)
I have also been told that when walking through a parking garage, day or night, in this day of cell phones it should always be known to someone else that you are entering/exiting a garage. There are too many corners and hidey holes, and there are some cases where "security" will offer you a ride to ground level, however they are not security at all. It's important to let people know where you are regardless, but in cases like these, sometimes paranoia can save you trouble!
Stephen King has a fairly recent book out that has a short story related to something like this...I could barely read it...I guess it made me squirm because I'm a girl and it was just a little too realistic for me.
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I've seen very similar tactics in the outback of Australia, mainly Western Australia. When i was over visiting my Aunty and driving between Perth and Port Headland there were similar tactics used by Aboriginals (indigenous Australians). In this case many people had been driving at night or through the day and either hit something or saw a body laying on the road. They would stop to get out and see if everything was ok only to be ambushed and in some cases killed not only for their belongings but because many indigenous Australian's have a strong hatred for settlers or immigrants.
Even the police would say to not stop and continue on to the next town / police station and advise them of what had happened.
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Originally posted by lbndhr
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Thank you for this information. The tactics they are using is playing with the human psychy in a deep way. I will most definately pass this information on. peace
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any time I can debunk a fear-mongering hoax to be a hoax, I will.
Just all angry that you got caught up in the hoax without using google?
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Conclusion & References (PA)
One of the founders of Delta Society, Michael McCulloch, may have said it best in 1981 with this quote describing the relationship and its impact between an animal and a human and the mission to continue the charge:
"In an age of research when it is tempting to reduce human emotions to biochemical reactions and to rely heavily on the technology of medicine, it is refreshing to find that a person's health may be improved prescribing contact with other living things. Members of the health and allied professions must continue to combine resources, work together in the spirit of cooperation, and never forget to 'cure when possible but comfort always.'"
More research is needed on animal-assisted programs to ensure their sustainability and future success. Some hesitation still exists on the behalf of some healthcare institutions, corporations and hospital chains over possible legal ramifications of allowing pets in their buildings. Hopefully, local organizations like Canine Assisted Therapy and Pet Partners will continue to be champions of the cause for many years to come. Their efforts and diligence in keeping the standards in place for human-animal interactions will allow more successful programs to exist in healthcare institutions and will open the door for more research to support the efficacy of these programs.
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Information Line US Department of Justice; 800-514-0301, TTY 800-514-0383 Retrieved April 2015 from http://www.ada.gov/svcanimb.htm
Arkow P. How to start a "pet therapy" program: a guidebook for health care professionals. Colorado Springs, CO: The Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region; 1998.
Baldwin, Kathleen M. Nursing Made Incredibly Easy. 2011 Nov-Dec; 9(6): 18 Animal-Assisted Intervention—Animals Helping Humans Heal.
CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health Care Facilities, MMWR, Vol. 52, RR-10, June 6, 2003
Definitions Development Task Force of the Standards Committee. Generic terms and definitions. Handbook for animal-assisted activities and animal-assisted therapy Renton, WA: Delta Society; 1992, 48.
Eggiman, Janet. (2006). Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy: A Case Report-Animal-Assisted Therapy. Medscape. October 11,2006
Ernst, Lorraine. Annals of Long- Term Care, 22 (10) 2014 October: 1-8
Fine, Aubrey. (2010). Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy. Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines For Practice.
Gurock, Peggy L. OTR, and Gurock, Noah D. June, 24, 2014 Animal-Assisted Therapy: Four-legged friends bring smiles to children with complex therapy needs.
International Association of Human Animal Interaction Organizations. The IAHAIO Prague guidelines on animal assisted activities and animal assisted therapy. Renton, WA: Delta Society; 1998.
Jackson, Justone. (2012) Spring, Animal-Assisted Therapy: Human-Animal Bond in Relation To Human Health and Wellness. A Capstone project submitted at Winona State University.
Lefebvre SL, Golab GC, Christensen El, et al – Working Group. Guidelines for animal-assisted interventions in health care facilities. Am J Infect Control 2008; 36:78-85
Lust, E., Ryan-Haddad, A., Coover, K., Snell, J. Consultant Pharmacist, 22(7) 2007 Jul: 580-5. Measuring Clinical Outcomes of Animal-Assisted Therapy: Impact on Resident Medication Usage.
Morrison, Michele L., Complementary Health Practice Review, 12 (51) 2007 January: 51-61. Health Benefits if Animal – Assisted Interventions.
Muñoz Lasa, S.; Ferriero, G.; Brigatti, E.; Valero, R.; Franchignoni, F. Panminerva Medica. 2011 Jun; 53(2): 129-136. "Animal-Assisted Interventions in Internal and Rehabilitation Medicine: A Review of the Recent literature"
Odendall, J.S.J., Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 49 2000 275-280. Animal- assisted therapy-magic or medicine?
Rondeau, Lynda; Corriveau, Hélène; Bier, Nathalie; Camden, Chantal; Champagne, Noël; Dion, Chantale. NeuroRehabilitation. 2010 Jan 1; 27(2): 155-163. Effectiveness Of A Rehabilitation Dog In Fostering Gait Retraining For Adults With A Recent Stroke: A Multiple Single-Case Study.
Uyemura, B. (2011). The Truth About Animal-Assisted Therapy. Psych Central. Retrieved on January 25, 2015, from http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-truth-about-animal-assisted-therapy/00010295.
Velde, B. P., Cipriani, J. and Fisher, G. (2005), Resident and therapist views of animal-assisted therapy: Implications for occupational therapy practice. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 52: 43–50. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2004.00442.x
U.S. Department of Justice, civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section. Service Animals. Retrieved on 3/18/2015 from www.ada.gov
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http://www.nsarco Definition of Emotional Support Animals. Retrieved on 2/22/15.
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History of Canine Assisted Therapy, Inc. ("C.A.T.")
C.A.T. is a non-profit organization that is not subsidized by government funding. Founded in 2009, C.A.T. is dedicated to providing pet therapy to children and adults who have developmental and physical challenges as well as those who desire comfort and companionship of a loving pet. C.A.T. improves people's lives physically, mentally and emotionally.
Co-founders, Debra Berger and Joann Jurgle, joined forces when they saw an unmet need in our community to provide safe, effective and efficient pet therapy for animals and humans. They began with a simple idea that started at Debra's dining room table where they developed proper certification and standards for volunteer management and programming. Among their first clients were nursing homes in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. C.A.T. has come a long way since operating at a dining room table. C.A.T. progressed to a 750 square foot office space with limited dedicated training space and today C.A.T. has evolved into a 2000 square foot office space with 80% dedicated to pet therapy training and education.
One of the early challenges was that pet therapy was not commonplace like it is now and people were not familiar with the concept. They knocked on doors and continued to be turned away. Their persistence and education has led to a premier "best in class" reputation and now people knock on their door essentially "begging" for their services.
In 2009, C.A.T. started with two (2) founding dogs and two (2) handlers. In less than five (5) years, C.A.T. has grown to 150 certified therapy pets and handlers providing services to over 100 facilities nationwide.
C.A.T.'s vision is to educate and teach people how therapeutic animals can change a person's life. Whether it is emotionally, physically or mentally. Whether a person is developmentally challenged, physically challenged, lonely or simply loves the companionship of a pet.


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The latest installment of highly successful Halo gaming franchise was a smash hit on its launch day as Microsoft announced Monday that it already sold US$220 million globally in the first 24 hours of sales.
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Halo 4, the first of the new Halo series trilogy, outperformed the previous mark set by its predecessor Halo 3, which generated $200 million in global sales on its launch day in September of 2010.
"We're thrilled that 'Halo 4' has emerged as the biggest U.S. entertainment launch of the year," said Microsoft Studios corporate vice president Phil Spencer.
Microsoft has already racked up $3.38 billion in sales since it launched the first-person gaming franchise in 2001. The enormous figures generated by Halo 4 on its first day prompted Microsoft's stocks to increase by 2.1 percent at $28.22 on Nasdaq.
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text: If America's presidential campaigns are to an extent keen contests over which candidate can master fast-changing landscape of communications technology, for now Barack Obama holds a clear lead over his challenger, Mitt Romney. According to a new analysis of how their respective campaigns are employing digital media to talk with voters directly, bypassing the traditional media, the Obama campaign managers have posted almost four times more content as that of Romney campaign. The former have been proactive on nearly twice as many social platforms. Also, his digital content has managed to engender far more response – double the number of views, comments and shares of his posts. Continue reading


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DeRozan, Raptors rout Knicks
Toronto, ON (SportsNetwork.com) - DeMar DeRozan had 23 points, seven rebounds and five assists as the Toronto Raptors defeated the New York Knicks 106-89 on Sunday afternoon.
Tyler Hansbrough scored 18 points off the bench and Jonas Valanciunas added 17 points and 10 boards for the Raptors, who have won four of their last six games on the heels of a 1-9 stretch.
"We just got to stay focused ... We have to take something from every game," DeRozan said.
Lance Thomas netted 24 points to lead New York, which has dropped five of its last six contests.
"It's tough to play from behind as long as we did. We kept fighting," Knicks coach Derek Fisher said.
The Knicks trailed by as many as 17 in the third quarter and 74-66 going into the fourth, but Ricky Ledo nailed a 3-pointer and recorded a three-point play in consecutive possessions to whittle the deficit to 78-72 early in the fourth.
Toronto, though, netted the next 12 points to regain control. James Johnson capped the surge with a reverse layup for a 90-72 cushion at the 7:31 mark and it cruised to the finish line from there.
Earlier, the Raptors raced out to a 13-4 start and led 27-23 following a quarter of play. They caused even more separation in the second.
Johnson's three-point play finished off a 15-4 Toronto surge for a 47-31 cushion at the 7:05 mark of the frame.
The Raptors took a 56-41 spread into the break.
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Raptors guard Kyle Lowry missed his second straight game due to a bruised back. Toronto improved to 2-3 without him this season ... Toronto, which shot 52 percent (39-of-75) from the floor, held a 52-38 advantage on points in the paint.


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Tribune accepts 126 mil shares in tender offer
EmptyCHICAGO -- Media conglomerate Tribune Co. on Thursday completed the first step of its move to go private, announcing it had accepted for payment 126 million of about 218.1 million shares tendered in an offer priced at $34 per share.
Preliminary results of the offer were announced last Friday.
The shares tendered represent approximately 90% of shares outstanding, with the shares Tribune is repurchasing representing about 52% of outstanding shares. Tribune will have about 117 million outstanding shares after the buyback.
The company said it will pay for the shares in cash no later than Tuesday and will return the shares it does not buy to the tendering stockholders at its own expense.
"The first stage of our transaction that will result in Tribune Company going private is now complete. We look forward to obtaining the necessary approvals for the next stage of the transaction and to completing the transition to a private company," Tribune Chief Executive Dennis FitzSimons said in a statement.
Shareholders must still sign off on the deal at a meeting this fall. It is planned to take effect in the fourth quarter.
The company sold more than $7 billion in loans to finance the offer, and because of market skepticism about the newspaper business, the borrowing rates were steeper than expected.
Tribune owns 11 daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, along with 23 television stations and the Chicago Cubs. It is being taken private under a buyout led by billionaire investor Sam Zell.
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The crowd was in rocking mode when Wizkid walked in at last night's Headies award, and it was evident with everyone jumping to their feet and chorous of his name was sang. He was ill. Nobody expected him to show up.
Entering into the venue, Wizkid snubbed his own excited fans that were screaming his name and not like they were bothered.
However, one fan had the worst kind of snubbing from Baba Nla as he was left with a stigma that would rock him for the rest of his life.
Wizkid cockily avoided the man and went ahead to hug the pretty woman he came to the venue with.
The snubbed man in question is TV presenter, actor and model, Caesar, who also happens to be music star, Eva Alordiah's fiance.
You can watch the video below.
However, Wizkid has denied allegations of being a snub
When one fan on twitter posted a video of the incident on the social network, Wizkid quoted the tweet and replied:
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Honestly didn't see my man! Love always! https://t.co/gP3xSqbGMn
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text: Amatrice's clock tower has survived quakes across the centuries. EPA/MASSIMO PERCOSSI 31 août 2016 Still standing: how an ancient clock tower survived Italy's deadly earthquake Brendan Duffy, University of Melbourne; Colin Caprani, Monash University et Mark Quigley, University of Melbourne Amatrice's still-standing ancient clocktower has become an iconic image from last week's deadly earthquake. But it is not the only unusual survivor.


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- (2017). Construction of a combinatorial library of chimeric tumor-specific promoters. BioTechniques 63 (3), 107–116 [+]
Gene therapy is a fast-developing field of molecular medicine. New, effective, and cancer-specific promoters are in high demand by researchers seeking to treat cancer through expression of therapeutic genes. Here, we created a combinatorial library of tumor-specific chimeric promoter modules for identifying new promoters with desired functions. The library was constructed by randomly combining promoter fragments from eight human genes involved in cell proliferation control. The pool of chimeric promoters was inserted into a lentiviral expression vector upstream of the CopGFP reporter gene, transduced into A431 cells, and enriched for active promoters by cell sorting. The enriched library contained a remarkably high proportion of active and tumor-specific promoters. This approach to generating combinatorial libraries of chimeric promoters may serve as a useful tool for selecting highly specific and effective promoters for cancer research and gene therapy.ID:2001
- (2015). Cancer specificity of promoters of the genes controlling cell proliferation. J. Cell. Biochem. 116 (2), 299–309 [+]
Violation of proliferation control is a common feature of cancer cells. We put forward the hypothesis that promoters of genes involved in the control of cell proliferation should possess intrinsic cancer specific activity. We cloned promoter regions of CDC6, POLD1, CKS1B, MCM2, and PLK1 genes into pGL3 reporter vector and studied their ability to drive heterologous gene expression in transfected cancer cells of different origin and in normal human fibroblasts. Each promoter was cloned in short (335-800 bp) and long (up to 2.3 kb) variants to cover probable location of core and whole promoter regulatory elements. Cloned promoters were significantly more active in cancer cells than in normal fibroblasts that may indicate their cancer specificity. Both versions of CDC6 promoters were shown to be most active while the activities of others were close to that of BIRC5 gene (survivin) gene promoter. Long and short variants of each cloned promoter demonstrated very similar cancer specificity with the exception of PLK1-long promoter that was substantially more specific than its short variant and other promoters under study. The data indicate that most of the important cis-regulatory transcription elements responsible for intrinsic cancer specificity are located in short variants of the promoters under study. CDC6 short promoter may serve as a promising candidate for transcription targeted cancer gene therapy.ID:2000
- (2012). Activity of the upstream component of tandem TERT/survivin promoters depends on features of the downstream component. PLoS ONE 7 (10), e46474 [+]
We spliced the promoters of the human telomerase and human survivin genes (PhTERT and PhSurv, respectively) widely used for gene therapy and known to have the broadest cancer type spectrum of activity. Two head-to-tail constructs were obtained: the PhTERT-PhSurv and PhSurv-PhTERT tandems. The splicing caused quantitative and qualitative changes in the promoter features. In both constructs, only the promoter proximal to the transcribed gene retained its ability to initiate transcription, whereas the distal promoter was silent, the phenomenon never reported before. However, the distal promoter modulated the activity of the proximal one by increasing its strength and causing an appearance of additional transcription start sites. We suggested that this suppression might be due to the presence of Sp1 transcription factor binding sites in both promoters and Sp1-bridges between these sites. Such Sp1-bridges might convert the tandem promoter linear DNA into a stem-loop structure. If localized inside the formed loop, the distal promoter could lose its ability to initiate transcription. To test this hypothesis, we constructed two modified double promoters, where the proximal PhSurv promoter was replaced either by a shortened variant of the survivin promoter (PhSurv269) or by the mouse survivin promoter. Both PhSurv substitutes were considerably shorter than PhSurv and had different numbers and/or positions of Sp1 sites. In modified tandems, transcription was initiated from both promoters. We also prepared two mutant forms of the PhSurv-PhTERT tandem with two or four Sp1 sites removed from the distal "long" PhSurv promoter. In the first case, the distal PhSurv promoter remained silent, whereas the removal of four Sp1 binding sites restored its activity. In the majority of studied cancer cell lines the efficiency of transcription from the hTERT-(shortened hSurv269) promoter tandem was markedly higher than from each constituent promoter. In normal lung fibroblast cells, the tandem promoter activity was considerably lower.ID:2002
- (2007). Identification of tissue-specific DNA-protein binding sites by means of two-dimensional electrophoretic mobility shift assay display. Anal. Biochem. 364 (1), 60–6 [+]
We developed a technique of differential electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) display allowing identification of tissue-specific protein-binding sites within long genomic sequences. Using this approach, we identified 10 cell type-specific protein-binding sites (protein target sites [PTSs]) within a 137-kb human chromosome 19 region. In general, tissue-specific binding of proteins from different nuclear extracts by individual PTSs did not follow the all-or-nothing principle. Most often, PTS-protein complexes were formed in all cases, but they were different for different nuclear extracts used.ID:5
- (2007). A map of nuclear matrix attachment regions within the breast cancer loss-of-heterozygosity region on human chromosome 16q22.1. Genomics 89 (3), 354–61 [+]
There is abundant evidence that the DNA in eukaryotic cells is organized into loop domains that represent basic structural and functional units of chromatin packaging. To explore the DNA domain organization of the breast cancer loss-of-heterozygosity region on human chromosome 16q22.1, we have identified a significant portion of the scaffold/matrix attachment regions (S/MARs) within this region. Forty independent putative S/MAR elements were assigned within the 16q22.1 locus. More than 90% of these S/MARs are AT rich, with GC contents as low as 27% in 2 cases. Thirty-nine (98%) of the S/MARs are located within genes and 36 (90%) in gene introns, of which 15 are in first introns of different genes. The clear tendency of S/MARs from this region to be located within the introns suggests their regulatory role. The S/MAR resource constructed may contribute to an understanding of how the genes in the region are regulated and of how the structural architecture and functional organization of the DNA are related.ID:693
- (2006). Identification, genome mapping, and CTCF binding of potential insulators within the FXYD5-COX7A1 locus of human chromosome 19q13.12. Mamm. Genome 17 (10), 1042–9 [+]
Identification of insulators is one of the most difficult problems in functional mapping of genomes. For this reason, up to now only a few insulators have been described. In this article we suggest an approach that allows direct isolation of insulators by a simple positive-negative selection based on blocking enhancer effects by insulators. The approach allows selection of fragments capable of blocking enhancers from mixtures of genomic fragments prepared from up to 1-Mb genomic regions. Using this approach, a 1-Mb human genome locus was analyzed and eight potential insulators were selected. Five of the eight sequences were positioned in intergenic regions and two were within introns. The genes of the alpha-polypeptide H+/K+ exchanging ATPase (ATP4A) and amyloid beta (A4) precursor-like protein 1 (APLP1) within the locus studied were found to be flanked by insulators on both sides. Both genes are characterized by distinct tissue-specific expression that differs from the tissue specificity of the surrounding genes. The data obtained are consistent with the conception that insulators subdivide genomic DNA into loop domains that comprise genes characterized by similar expression profiles. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, we demonstrated also that at least six of the putative insulators revealed in this work could bind the CTCF transcription factor in vivo. We believe that the proposed approach could be a useful instrument for functional analysis of genomes.ID:13
- (2006). Two-dimensional electrophoretic mobility shift assay: identification and mapping of transcription factor CTCF target sequences within an FXYD5-COX7A1 region of human chromosome 19. Anal. Biochem. 354 (1), 85–93 [+]
An approach for fast identification and mapping of transcription factor binding sites within long genomic sequences is proposed. Using this approach, 10 CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF) binding sites were identified within a 1-Mb FXYD5-COX7A1 human chromosome 19 region. In vivo binding of CTCF to these sites was verified by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. CTCF binding sites were mapped within gene introns and intergenic regions, and some of them contained Alu-like repeated elements.ID:9
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Specific binding of nuclear proteins, in particular transcription factors, to target DNA sequences is a major mechanism of genome functioning and gene expression regulation in eukaryotes. Therefore, identification and mapping specific protein target sites (PTS) is necessary for understanding genomic regulation. Here we used a novel two-dimensional electrophoretic mobility shift assay (2D-EMSA) procedure for identification and mapping of 52 PTS within a 563-kb human genome region located between the FXYD5 and TZFP genes. The PTS occurred with approximately equal frequency within unique and repetitive genomic regions. PTS belonging to unique sequences tended to group together within gene introns and close to their 5' and 3' ends, whereas PTS located within repeats were evenly distributed between transcribed and intragenic regions.ID:14
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Hornblower Lives! Three cheers for A&E!
John Botkin | Bay City, MI United States | 01/22/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A&E continues to treat fans of the Horatio Hornblower book series with two new movies. These movies are at least of equal quality, if not better, than the six previous films. Everything from the ships to the costumes to the sets hit all the notes and make you feel a part of the period. Likewise the stories and acting are fabulous. Horatio is given command of the Hotspur and is forced to deal with a new crew (with some old faces), the French, spies, and rebel Irishmen. Coming through with flying colors, Hornblower tackles the unthinnkable - marriage. This second film, Duty, is the best of the series. The central theme of 'duty' is so thoroughly woven into the fabric of the story that almost all of the relationships in the narrative are faced with the question of duty. Ioan Gruffud continues to give a truly inspiring performance as Captain Hornblower. He continues to let the character grow and mature, while at the same time maintaining the core identity of Hornblower - an honorable, intelligent, courageous soldier who is wholeheartedly devoted to Britain and her navy. The relationship between Hornblower and Admiral Pellew continues to become more of a father-son relationship. Paul McGann (of Doctor Who fame, among many other things) returns as Lt. Bush. McGann gives a strong performance as Hornblower's second in command, showing that that he is more than capable of both being a leading man and an excellent supporting character.Something that many may find as a negative is the lack of totally new music. Much of the score seems to be a reworking of the major musical themes found in the first four films of the series. Personally, I find this a 'plus.' It helps establish a certain continuity to the series that is nice. I always find myself grinning when the "Horatio has done it again" theme begins playing across the cheers or astonished looks of the other characters! For those of you who have seen the Gregory Peck film, Horatio Hornblower, the A&E series is just about to catch up (chronologicall) to the events portayed in that film. Let's hope that A&E continues producing the films until the complete life & times of Horatio Hornblower are done with such excellent acting and production values!Hip-hip Horay! Hip-hip HORAY! HIP-HIP! HORAY!"
Napoleon is back to his tricks but so is Horatio Hornblower
Lawrance M. Bernabo | The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota | 12/04/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"For the third set of Horatio Hornblower adventures the producers have returned to following author C.S. Forester's stories more closely. This time the the pair of two-hour made for television movies, "Loyalty" and "Duty," each stand on their own, although they occupy the same period of time, when Hornblower (Ioan Gruffudd) is in charge of H.M.S. "Hotspur," and war with the France of Napoleon Bonaparte starts up again.In "Loyalty," Hornblower and the "Hotspur" are dispatched to the shores of France to see if Napoleon intends to keep the peace. This mission comes as a welcomed relief to Hornblower, who has been idling on half-pay for a year, during which time he has captured the eye of Maria Mason (Julia Sawalha), the daughter of his landlady. However, what Hornblower does not know is that there is at least one traitor aboard his ship. If that was not a big enough problem, Hornblower has to deal with Styles being his new steward."Duty" begins with Hornblower being sick to his stomach for a different reason that finding his sea legs for once and then being dispatched on the "Hotspur" to find a missing ship. Along the way he picks up a young couple who were trying to get ashore. The husband has a French accent but claims to be Swiss, while the wife is an American. Clearly there is more to their story than they are telling. Meanwhile, once again Hornblower stumbles across one of Napoleon's plans against England and has to take matters into his own hands.Once again in addition to the grand adventures during the Napoleonic wars, the chief attraction of these Hornblower stories are the relationships between the characters. The relationship between Hornblower and Maria is on target with regards to the books and fans of the novels have to be impressed with the way the relationship between Hornblower and Bush (Paul McGann) is developed. But the masterstroke of these productions was the decision to extend the role of Robert Lindsay as Sir Edward Pellew, making him a constant presence in Hornblower's career. Every scene with Pellew is a delight, and at the end of these installments it will be Pellew's surprise for Hornblower that will move you more than Maria's news for her husband. That scene is indeed in the books, although not with Pellew, but having him do it is the highpoint of these stories.My only complaint about "Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures" is that I really want to see more of Hornblower on the seas and less on the land. I attribute the ratio to production concerns, so I understand the logic, but still would prefer to see a bit more seafaring. Of course, with "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" showing exactly that, it is hard not to want to see Horatio Hornblower giving Lucky Jack Aubrey a run for his money. Granted, the novels of Patrick O'Brian have a depth and detail well beyond Forester, but the Hornblower stories were always ripping good yarns and the commitment of this cast and crew to bringing us more adventures every couple of years deserves a trio of hurrahs. Gruffudd has found the role of a lifetime and apparently will spend a lifetime playing the role. When is the next set of adventures coming out?"
Horblower's back...and in command!
Tyson Torres | Arizona USA | 10/29/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Having viewed the Australian releases of "Loyalty" and "Duty" twice in the last two months, I can say that all the non-Australian fans without region-free players will find their wait has ended on a good note. Great casting, superior location shooting, and some unique special effects will make these DVDs can't miss for Hornblower fans. Old friends are back, and old foes, along with new enemies to deal with, and new allies as well. Look for plot twists galore, some excellent ship battles, and a very unique climactic battle in the midst of snow at sea.
Very close to being my favorites of the episodes, these are so well done as to rank very highly indeed. Four stars, since Horatio fans know, Hornblower is held to a higher standard!"


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UPDATED: State Sen. Jack Westwood, a Republican from Crescent Springs, confirmed to Pure Politics that he won't seek a fifth term in the state Senate in 2012, opening up a key seat in Northern Kentucky.
When he ends his term next year, Westwood will have served 16 years in the 23rd Senate District that covers much of Kenton County.
"Sixteen years seems to be me to be long enough," Westwood said in a phone interview Wednesday. "I don't have any specific reasons not to (run again). A lot of people object to having career politicians. It was never my intention to be there for 16 years."
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1. #SpeakYourMind for YEP's new campaign
Today the Yorkshire Evening Post launches an important new campaign to encourage people to talk about mental health and help challenge the damaging stereotypical assumptions that still surround the issue. More than 85,000 people over the age of 18 in Leeds have a mental health disorder such as depression or anxiety - and that's predicted to rise to 100,000 in the next 15 years. It is an issue that affects a combination of young and old across the city, as latest figures also show one in 10 youngsters aged between five and 16 have a mental health disorder, while suicide rates in Leeds among those aged under 65 are higher than nationally. Now the YEP's campaign #SpeakYourMind - which ties in with world mental health day today - is calling on people to get talking about mental health problems and help tackle the continuing stigma surrounding the issue.
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2. Barnbow lasses get new tribute
They were the secret victims of Leeds's efforts on the home front during the First World War, and a total of 35 women died in an explosion at the Barnbow munitions factory in Cross Gates in December 1916. At the time, the tragedy was hushed up and kept out of headlines for fear of denting national morale. Most of the buildings at Barnbow were demolished by the mid-1920s but the remains of the factory, which show its near-complete layout, have survived to this day. Now it has been announced that those remains have been added to the national heritage list by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a tribute to the victims of the 1916 blast and those who worked alongside them- those affectionately named the Barnbow lasses.
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3. University boss wants EU clarity
The Vice Chancellor of Leeds University has said hundreds of its employees from the European Union needed clarity on their future as he warned it had become more difficult to recruit top academics from Europe since the Brexit result. Sir Alan Langlands said the prospect of Brexit had created uncertainty for EU staff and students and people needed guarantees about their future. Leeds University has around 700 staff and more than 1,200 students from the EU. Around a sixth of its research income comes from EU sources. He said both staff and universities now needed clarity on what EU university staff members' status would be after the country has left the union.
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4. Ministers rule out foreign worker list
Top government ministers have ruled out forcing companies to publish lists of their foreign workers, as former Tory cabinet member suggested plans to collect the data were "repugnant". Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon and Education Secretary Justine Greening insisted the information was aimed at improving Government investment in skills training, and said it would never be made public or used for "naming and shaming". The plans were announced at the Tory party conference by Home Secretary Amber Rudd and have been widely condemned, with Labour calling them "xenophobic". Business groups rounded on the plans, while David Cameron's former senior adviser Steve Hilton branded them "divisive, repugnant, and insanely bureaucratic" - a view shared by former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.
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David Bell suffered extensive internal injuries, three broken vertebrae and a broken pelvis. Given only a 40 percent chance of survival, he beat the odds.
David Bell always looked forward to summer so he could work side-by-side with his grandfather on his Anthony farm.
"He lived for the summer. He liked nothing better than being out there with his grandfather," said Cheryl Riggs, a member of David's extended family.
This year, however, the 13-year-old suffered a serious accident on the farm on July 1, leaving him critically injured.
On Saturday, a benefit is scheduled at Jumbolair Aviation Estates in Anthony to raise funds to help pay David's medical bills.
David's accident happened while he was riding on the catwalk of an excavator driven by his grandfather, Terry Teuton. David noticed a grape vine entangled around the machine's exhaust and tried to untangle the vine. He did not notice they were passing near a tree. The teenager became pinned between the tree and the excavator, according to an account by Justin Teuton, David's stepfather.
David suffered extensive internal injuries and also had three broken vertebrae and a broken pelvis. Though given only a 40 percent chance of survival, David beat the odds. He spent 23 days at UF Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville, with his mother, Shannon Teuton, and her husband Justin at his bedside much of that time.
Two weeks after being released, David was back in the hospital after a blood clot formed near his neck. On Wednesday, he was back in Shands yet again, and facing an additional surgery related to his kidneys, Justin Teuton said.
"Before this complication, the doctors said it would be about three months before he was fully recovered. He is expected to make a full recovery," Riggs said.
David had hoped to attend Saturday's benefit to thank those who came, but may not be able to do so.
"We have sold more than 300 tickets already," Riggs said. "It overwhelming the support we have gotten from so many people. It's just been amazing."
While David has made advances, he also has struggled with a lack of mobility.
"He has to use a walker. They said he would have to use it while the hip heals. He was hoping to start school this week, but he couldn't. This is his first year in high school and he really wanted to try out for the football team," Riggs said.
David's grandfather has also struggled.
"As David heals, papa heals. They are so close," Riggs said.
Anyone interested in buying a ticket to the benefit can call Riggs at 266-5128, Tanya Van Wagner at 427-8441 or Debbie Roddenberry at 266-6855.


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Question 133: About superstition
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Question 133: What does the Gospel of Oneness say about superstition and religion?
Religion and superstition have been intertwined for a long time because various cultures and people groups have looked for external gods and forces outside of themselves in order to explain what was going on in their lives. Whenever people think they have to placate or supplicate to an external god, then superstitious practices will arise.
Some superstitions are relatively harmless such as wearing certain gems or symbolic jewelry to ward off evil. However, some superstitions can be very harmful such as the practice of human sacrifice to satisfy certain deities. That is rare in human cultures, but a more widespread superstition that was practiced in many cultures and religions around the world is animal sacrifice. Sacrificing animals was seen as a way to atone for personal and group sins. The animals became the scapegoats for human failings.
Religious rites and rituals can be turned into superstitions if they are practiced in a rote manner with no inner understanding of what the ritual means. The communion service or Eucharist in the Christian religion is an example. When people use it as an outer ritual to satisfy their desire to look and be religious, then it becomes a superstition they think will please God.
To be superstitious means to not take responsibility for ourselves. We have the power of God within us and we don't have to bow down to outer imaginary gods. If we have done something that we feel was wrong, we don't have to blame it on someone else or sacrifice an animal to make up for it. If we want our crops to grow and our businesses to succeed, then we need to take practical steps using our initiative and free will to make it happen.
In the Gospel of Oneness we realize that to be superstitious is to lack faith in our own powers, so we introspect in order to see if we are acting superstitious about anything. The goal is to become consciously aware of what we actually believe and then cast out superstitious beliefs so we can act with clear minds.
To affirm our own loving nature and our oneness with God and all life can also be a superstition if we don't deeply feel it within our own hearts.
We boast of our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational – but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?—Judith Viorst
To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. – William Inge
Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.—Edmund Burke
The religious superstitions of women perpetuate their bondage more than all other adverse influences—Elizabeth Cady Stanton


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Opel Senator C0519 Engine Trouble Code
Opel Senator C0519 if your catalytic convertor fails completely, you eventually won't be able to keep the car running. Your gas mileage will also be terrible, so you should try and fix it as soon as you can. Unfortunately, the average replacement cost is around $2,000 and you can't do it yourself unless you're an experienced mechanic.
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|OBD-II Diagnostic Chassis (C) Trouble Code For Engine
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Disconnected, dirty or fouled spark plugs are common causes for engines that won't start. Spark plugs typically need to be replaced every season or 25 hours of use. You should also check that the spark plug gap is set properly. If your spark plugs look good, problems with your ignition system can also preventing a spark. These can range from a faulty spark plug lead, shorted kill switch or flywheel key damage.
C0519 OBD-II Diagnostic Chassis (C) Trouble Code DescriptionC0519 engine trouble code is about Reverse Input Circuit.
Reason For C0519 CodeThe reason of C0519 OBD-II Engine Trouble Code is Fuel Composition Sensor Circuit Malfunction.
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As promised, more thoughts on environment design. So the other major thing that popped into my head after too much FC4 was the difficulty you face as a designer when you are not relying on those normal quantitative design processes.
The short version is that one of the really powerful tools that repeating gameplay gives you is to be able to extend the life of any given environmental set. Art is often one of the most expensive parts of game development and wringing the most out of what you have available is really important. We'll all really sensitive to things like over-repeated use of assets and there's not much worse than the sense of being cramped in a bland environment, so in terms of creating a powerful, engaging experienc, getting the kind of scale and density and uniqueness to the visuals you need to support that is really critical.
Let's take a couple of pretty diverse examples (actually they're only superficially diverse) - Far Cry 4's outposts, and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, particularly that first puzzle with the trains and the legs and the murder... murder... MURDER I TELL YOU (spoilers ahead).
So, any given outpost in FC4 uses a basic set of core assets, redressed and laid out to provide diversity in challenge of approach. But you've got your core building that becomes the safehouse, you've got the alarm post, you've got a cage with an animal. The repeating mechanics means you actually need this stuff to be repeated assets so they are more or less immediately recognisable. But, more importantly, the moment you hit an outpost, your exploration speed drops massively, and your approach to the game shifts into a new mode (this relates back to what I was saying on Friday). You case the place out, you check the angles, the approach, you move into a slower, strategic mode of thinking and basically spend a fair bit of time working the actual encounter through. That done, you've got the assault itself - or even better, a slow stealth approach which the game actively encourages - slowing play down further. Once that's done, you've then got additional time clearing the loot boxes and checking out the bulletin boards for jobs. That's a hell of a lot of time and content packed into a very small area - twenty plus times over. It's the easy way to make a 6-10 hour game last 50+ hours and it's tried and tested.
Ethan Carter uses the same basic design technique in a much more narrative, integrated fashion - it has too, because it's a game where the story occupies a central place in the experience rather than Far Cry's 'look, it's a just a rough conceptual peg to hang off really, now go and RPG a rhino' approach. But The Astronauts know their stuff, and part of that is the economy of production. Smart design isnt just a case of throwing everything at the project, it's about making sure the project gets made to the realistic production contraints you have available which translates into time and money and, mostly, the money it takes to have the time to make something. So puzzles get introduced, and it's not just a gameplay thing, because Ethan Carter isn't really a puzzle game, and I don't think it was a case of just playing lipservice to the perceived need for some form of mechanical gameplay introducing them. I'm not the only one to have talked about the difference between puzzle elements and lower level, task-based but not too challenging elements - let's call them intrigues - and it relates back to the earlier post about the need to preserve a particular cognitive frame or schema in how the player approaches the game. Ethan Carter introduces these intrigues, and tries to balance the concentration required to resolvers them against not pushing the player out of the narrative schema, and away from the core experience, which is the atmospheric, emotional being-in-the-world that is very evidently the core concern.
So why have them at all? I don't think this is a simple answer. Yeah, it's partially heritage, and the desire to make a game and the inclusion of interactive elements not (and I want to be SUPER clear about this) because The Astronauts did that mindless thing of including stuff-that-feels-like-gameplay-because-that's-what-games-need-right? - they are clearly smarter than that. It's obviously more the idea that there are specific and unique properties to interaction that increase being-in-the-world in a way that other mediums can't get at- agency, a sense of acheivement because your agency is clear, that kind of thing. But you can do without that. Gone Home largely does away with it all, Dear Esther pretty much completely kills it and both titles CLEARLY work, it's a simple case of sifting the available evidence to see that. So it's a useful plus, but not a given requirement.
However, what it does have is another, major, production-orientated added bonus that sprouts from the same Kyratian dirt as Far Cry's outposts. This might sound cynical, but I promise it's not - it's actually something to be celebrated because good design exists in the world, and finding a creative solution to a production issue that enhances the user experience is hard to do. Let's take the first puzzle in Ethan Carter - that train sequence. You find the train. You stop. You go inside the train, you check the front, you start to establish a line of thought about a solution. Then you go past the train, quite probably checking out all of the events along the track even though you can't do anything with them yet. You make your way down to the shoreline and eventually find the crank. You backtrack - potentially using a different route, hopefully using a different route as that's the holy grail of designing a backtrack (that is: hiding it or at least doing it in such a smart way that the player thinks 'that's a smart way of hiding a backtrack'), you return to the train, intrigue happens, you move the train. You spend a couple of minutes lining it up, after you've tried driving it all the way down to the blockage, because that's the sort of thing we all do as players. Then you look for a rock, and then and then and then... The space you are working with is not much bigger than a Far Cry outpost and you've spent probably upwards of twenty minutes in it, going backwards and forwards. The production principle is the same - there is a cost attached to producing that area, and it's smart to get as much value out of it as you can, in terms of the time a player is likely to spend in it, and the experience they are going to get out of it.
Indie games, particularly retro mobile titles, have been mining this rich seam for years now, balancing driving down production costs against wringing the maximum possible experience out of each asset invested in. It's much harder when you are making a more cinematic experience because the cost-per-asset rises hugely, but at the same time, so does the expectation of unique features. No-one criticises Thomas Was Alone on the grounds that it's just another rectangle, but you can't get away with the equivalent in Ethan Carter or Far Cry. Unless you've got an endless river of cash and time to throw at a project, in other words, you just have to slow the player down, and you've got limited options to do this. The traditional method is zombies, but its interesting how Bioshock Infinite, for example, got slammed for being so reliant on this method - introduce an expensive environment and make it pay its way by trapping the player in it for a suitable length of time by chucking enemies at them. Bioshock is probably more design-economical in that sense than Dear Esther. If there's nothing for a player to actually do in a space, the amount of time they are likely to spend in it drops radically, making the entire game itself a much riskier financial proposition. That might sound like I'm u-turning on my normal position that the 'a game's value is defined by it's length' argument, which I still maintain is basically lunacy and hugely damaging to game design (and exactly WHY Ubisoft seem to be driving towards cookie-cutter, micro-mission, icon-heavy design - we only have ourselves to blame if that's the case, with our demands that a title needs to swell and swell and have more and more stuff rammed into it because we can only quantitively asses it's value - ANYWAY -
The point is the challenge for us as designers. Ethan Carter does a good job for the most part of hiding the sense that it is keeping us in a holding pattern for any given environment (with the exception of that house puzzle, interestingly, as it's probably the only section of the game where it moves beyond intrigue into puzzle, breaks the narrative-schema into a more problem-solving one, and for me, loses much of it's punch for the duration of the task) - but again, I doubt The Astronauts are so wet behind the ears that they didn't have a repeating conversation during developing that basically went along the lines of 'how long will the player spend in this place'. We all do. Because we operate creatively, but also economically, because we also have to feed our kids.
There's another aspect to this as well, which relates directly back to the question of narrative schema and brings us full circle, and that's the almost direct mapping back from the question of economics to atmosphere. Games like Ethan Carter, and A Machine for Pigs, and Dear Esther, and Gone Home and Far Cry 4 are driven by atmosphere, sense-of-place, an emotional connection between player and system largely derived from the being-in-the-world, narrative schema. That takes time, player time, doing little time. You must create the time and headspace for a player to engage with the world, outside task-based schema, if you want them to feel connected to it. During an outpost assault in Kyrat, just like during our hunt for the crank in Red Creek, we are at our LEAST narratively connected. But the balancing act, the real skill of experience design comes from ensuring there is enough intrigue in the presented environment to engage us and slow us down enough for the sense of being-in-the-world to kick in. Some games, like Metro 2033 do it by alternating chaos and silence, using tension as a means to engage during quiet sections that gently let the emotional connection flourish and grow. We tried this in A Machine for Pigs, I don't think we did it particularly well, but in places we got close I think.
So there's a scale, and really what I'm saying isn't anything particularly new or innovative the more I think about it - we already know that packing in gameplay tends to detract from atmosphere (I've talked about this a lot before, about how the bit where you go back into the Ishimura in Dead Space 2, the long sequence WITHOUT necromorphs is by far the best bit of the game). But we also need to recognise that the situation is more complex than that. Firstly, that there is an economical imperative to maximising the experiential output of a given block of environment, and we shouldn't regard this as grubby or crass, it's just the nature of working in a commercial environment and there are ways of navigating it that can lead to powerful and deep artistic expressions. Secondly, and more importantly, the very sense of narrative and emotional engagement we are aiming for in story-centric games like Ethan Carter - and Everybody's Gone to the Rapture - are in part reliant on creating spaces with enough intrigue to slow the player down and create space for them to form deep bonds with the world. Walking that tightrope is the essence of experiential design.


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Monome Done!Friday, March 20th, 2009
It's done. Let's recap what it took:
- Almost a year.
- Two soldering irons (more related to time than anything else)
- One piece, custom milled Walnut enclosure, designed and produced by Mr. Guy Snover
- 64 low-intensity blue LEDs
- Some very careful drilling
- Some even more careful sanding (the button pcb had defects I had to fix)
- Lots of love
Can't wait to do it again and improve on the design. Next one has an accelerometer, smarter more ergonomic enclosure (for rolling!) and might be wireless. We'll see. Either way… it's gonna be tons of fun using this little guy in my upcoming Max patches.


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Thanks to Ray Pennisi, who somehow found a wonderful fix for an annoying bug in Internet Explorer 5.0. And it's buried on the Microsoft Web site, of all places. Ray was searching through the voluminous Microsoft Knowledge Base when he came across a document called "Partial Web Page Rendered If HTTP Stream Terminates Early," which describes a fix for a huge IE 5.0 problem: Web pages that only partially render. Generally, when this happens, you can hit the Refresh button and the page loads find the second time. But it's a huge annoyance.
No more: Simply download the fix found on this page and the problem is gone. It seems that Microsoft, who found the problem on or before April 17th, neglected to tell anyone that they had fixed it. You can find out more information about the bug, as well as the Intel and Alpha (NT) versions of the fix on the Microsoft Web site


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CoolerMaster Real Power Pro 750 watt Power Supply
SLi, Crossfire, 750GB hard drives, quad-core processors. These are just a few of the power-hungry technologies and products which need to be fed the watts. Do you really need to go all out and get a 1000watt power supply that is going to make your electric bill go through the roof? How about a power supply that isn't too big, but can easily handle the applications listed above?
Think of a number between 500 and 1000. I thought of 750. Coincidently, the power supply that I'm reviewing today is the Cooler Master Real Power Pro 750watt power supply. I'm going to rip this power supply up with a bunch of rigorous tests to see if it can handle what I do, but also to see its potential.
Cooler Master is one of the most well known companies in the computer hardware industry thanks to its line of superior cases. Will this power supply help Cooler Master's success in the power supply market? Let's dig in to find out all about this 750watt power supply.
Closer Look:
The retail box for the power supply was bulging. This either meant too much stuff or too much padding; let's hope it's the latter. The image on the front of the box is very simple and professional looking and it certainly catches the eye. The top of the box has a handle for easy transportation, as well as icons displaying some of the features of the power supply. The back of the box displays the specifications of the power supply, as well as a picture of the plugs and how many of each is included with the power supply. The sides of the box just have some information about the product, such as what type of power supply it is, whether it is a US type, Euro type, UK type and so on.
When you open the flap in the front, you'll see a huge manual resting on top of the power supply. The bigger the manual is, the more information it holds - which is always a plus. The cables are folded neatly and rest on the left side of the box; they look almost like a coiled up snake.
Once you take everything out of the box, you'll see what's included. With the power supply you get a huge manual, mounting screws, and a power cable.
Each side of the power supply displays the specifications, telling you how many amps for each rail, what the maximum power is, the maximum AC input and so forth.