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The blood
Blood is made up of liquid (called plasma) and solid cells. Blood cells are made in the bone marrow. Bone marrow is the soft, spongy substance in the centre of bones.
In adults, the most active bone marrow is found in the pelvic bone, shoulder bones, bones of the spine (vertebrae), ribs, breast bone and skull. Immature blood cells in the bone marrow are called stem cells. Stem cells can also be found in smaller amounts in the bloodstream. These are called peripheral blood stem cells.
All of our blood cells develop from stem cells. The process of blood cell development is called hematopoiesis. In the earliest stage of blood cell development, stem cells begin to develop either along the lymphoid cell line or the myeloid cell line. In both cell lines, the stem cells become blasts, which are still immature cells.
Lymphoid cell line
Lymphoid stem cells develop into lymphoblasts which develop into lymphocytes. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell. They are also called leukocytes. Lymphocytes help fight infection and destroy abnormal cells.
Myeloid cell line
Myeloid stem cells develop into red blood cells, platelets and some types of white blood cells. Red blood cells carry oxygen to all tissues of the body. Platelets form clots in damaged blood vessels to stop bleeding.
Myeloid stem cells develop into 2 different types of white blood cells, called granulocytes and monocytes. These white blood cells destroy bacteria and other foreign invaders and help to fight infection.
The main function of blood is to carry nutrients, gases, waste products, cells and hormones. Each type of blood cell has a specific job.
- Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. They also carry carbon dioxide from the body to the lungs so it can be breathed out.
- Platelets form blood clots in damaged vessels to stop bleeding.
- White blood cells help prevent and fight infection by destroying bacteria, viruses and other foreign cells or substances.
Types of white blood cells
There are many different types of white blood cells. Each type has a different job.
Lymphocytes make antibodies to fight infection. They are found in the lymph nodes, thymus, spleen, tonsils, adenoids and the bone marrow. They are also in lymphatic tissue in other parts of the body such as the appendix, small intestine and other parts of the digestive system and respiratory system.
The 3 main types of lymphocytes are:
- B cells make antibodies to fight bacteria, viruses and other foreign material such as fungi.
- T cells fight infection, destroy abnormal cells and control the immune response.
- Natural killer (NK) cells attack any foreign cells.
Granulocytes fight infection and become active in response to tissue inflammation. The 3 main types of granulocytes are:
- Neutrophils are the main cells that fight infection. They surround and eat, or ingest, bacteria.
- Eosinophils and basophils – both attack and destroy certain parasitic organisms and are activated during an allergic reaction.
Monocytes help fight infection by changing into cells called macrophages, which eat foreign invaders such as bacteria and waste from dying cells.
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New Hampshire man no longer top banana after losing life savings on carnival game
What a banana.
A New Hampshire man says he squandered his life savings playing a rigged carnival game in hopes of winning an Xbox game system.
Henry Gribbohm, 30, of New Hampshire, told WBZ-TV that he ended up losing $2,600 playing Tubs of Fun at a Fiesta Shows' carnival. The next day, he said he complained to a person running the game and was given $600 and a large stuffed banana with dreadlocks.
To some, a large stuffed banana may suffice, but Gribbohm later filed a report with the Manchester Police Department claiming that the game was rigged. The department told the station that it is investigating the matter.
Tubs of Fun is notoriously challenging. Gribbohm told the station that he practiced and thought he had a knack for it. But once the game began the balls started popping out of the water. His only explanation: "It's not possible that it wasn't rigged."
Like a down-on-his-luck Blackjack player, Gribbohm began making riskier bets to win back some money and told WBZ-TV that at one point he dropped $300 in a few minutes. He went home and got another $2,300, he told the station.
The game is operated by an outside party and Fiesta told the station that it will also investigate Gribbohm's allegations.
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Golden State Warriors (13 - 7) @ Charlotte Bobcats (7 - 12)
Start time: 4:00 PM PST @ Time Warner Cable Arena
Local TV: CSN Bay Area
Nat TV: None
Probable starters for the Golden State Warriors:
C - Festus Ezeli
PF - David Lee
SF - Harrison Barnes
SG - Klay Thompson
PG - Stephen Curry
Probable starters for the Charlotte Bobcats:
C - DeSagana Diop
PF - Bismack Biyombo
SF - Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
SG - Jeffery Taylor
PG - Kemba Walker
Game Thread: Warriors @ Charlotte Bobcats 2012-12-10
Talk about the upcoming Warriors game here
Moderators: Mr. Crackerz, JREED, Guybrush, 32
I think Barnesy has a little something to prove tonight, going up against the touted #1 SF in his draft. It'd be good to see Harrison take off and drop another 19 and 12 game in the bucket, but I'll settle for 16 and 8 if he can manage that. Definitely the most interesting matchup of the year so far, IMO (although, admittedly, I always enjoy the doppelgänger battles DLee has with his negative counterpart, David West).
Needless to say, I expect a W.
Needless to say, I expect a W.
32, I agree that Barnes vs. MKG would be interesting to watch. I think Harrison might actually end up being the better player, if he just doesn't play in streaks. It's not like he has bad nights, it seems like he just doesn't taking as much shots as he could, he needs to have more faith in himself. So, it's not just this duel, I want him motivated to prove himself every game, cause dude showed that he can straight out ball...and now we compare him to Green. I love Green, but he is nowhere near Harrison's talent, and all around player. He just looks more motivated, and is sure that he has nothing to lose, and is not playing it safe because of that. Barnes is carrying that weight of a high draft pick, and playing in a team with a lot of scorers doesn't help him, currently.
So why is Biedrins still on the team and playing?
Who the heck is Kent Bazemore? And why is Charlotte shooting so many FT's?
Guybrush wrote:Why the **** would you mention that girl at the start, when we were all happy waiting for the game? Had to ruin it for all, didn't you?
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@WarriorHawk87: Kent is a rookie, a guy that proved himself during the summer, and earned himself a roster spot. He can shoot, but he's not yet consistent, but he is a pretty good defender.
And for the second question...I don't know, and it's not that bad.
And for the second question...I don't know, and it's not that bad.
martin wrote:Guybrush wrote:Why the **** would you mention that girl at the start, when we were all happy waiting for the game? Had to ruin it for all, didn't you?
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every fan is a fan, man
Bandwaggon fan.
It's not enough that we sucked for so long, but now that we are good finally, we have celebrity fans that suck.
I agree that Barnes needs to be more assertive. It seems like he believes that he should get Thompson and Curry their shots first and foremost before he even considers shooting the ball. He needs to take the open shot and drive to the basket when the opportunity presents itself. The other 2 will still get their 20 shots off each and Lee can clean up the misses and get the put-backs. When Klay wasn't shooting well, we all saw how good Barnes was when took up the slack. Attack the basket!
I would say that 24 to 11 is a decent FT discrepancy


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« In Which It Comes Off With Time »
The Shine
by SUSANNAH BRESLIN
1. Ari Gold
Maybe a year or so ago, or maybe it was closer to two, I got a phone call from Ari Emanuel. In case you've never heard of him, he's a famous agent in Hollywood and the inspiration for Ari Gold, who is played by Jeremy Piven on Entourage. When I picked up the phone, a woman who sounded like she was Asian and maybe in an elevator said, "Will you hold for Ari Emanuel, please?" I said, "Yes," because that's what you do Ari Emanuel calls, or so I assumed. I don't remember what I was doing at the time. Probably nothing. I was probably wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt with food stains on it. I am sure it was not glamorous.
2. Rollergirl
I can't remember what Ari said, but it was something like, "You're the porn writer?" This was not exactly true. I had been writing about the adult movie industry on-and-off for a decade or so. I wrote about porn, but I was not a "porn writer," per se. I think I said, "Yes," because it seemed like the easiest answer I could think of. Then Ari started to speak very quickly about people named Mark and Lev and a famous director, and I had no idea who he was talking about or what he was talking about. I listened to him talk on at this speedy clip. I imagined him barreling out of an elevator with his frantic, frightened entourage of small, insignificant people in tow, and him climbing into a large car with blacked-out windows. He paused. I said, "Mark, who?" He said, "Mark Wahlberg."
3. Couple
Ari explained that Mark Wahlberg and his production company partner Stephen Levinson, who is at least part of the inspiration for Eric "E." Murphy, who is played by Kevin Connolly on Entourage, had a development deal with HBO, and they all wanted to make this TV show for HBO about the porn business. The way that Ari told it, they wanted to make it with this famous director, and, Ari said, the famous director, who I had the vaguest connection to on account of knowing one of his siblings, would only do the show if I was the one who wrote it. This seemed quite odd. It was hard to imagine that anyone important in Hollywood would only do something if they did it with me. I was not even fully dressed, or at least not dressed properly.
4. James Joyce
The reason Ari was calling me, or he had my number, was that at the time I was represented by Endeavor, which is what Ari's agency was called before it became William Morris Endeavor. Maybe six months or so before the phone rang, I had sent the first 30 pages of a novel that I was working on to a literary agent there, and he had signed me. The novel was about — well, frankly, it is hard for me to recall now. It was based in Porn Valley, of that I am sure, and I believe it was about a detective trying to find a killer on the loose in the porn industry. My agent thought it was brilliant.
5. Citizen Kane
After Ari stopped talking at me, I got off the phone, and I called up my agent. Ari had been wanting to do a TV show about porn "forever," the agent said. He was always shouting at people about it, telling people to go out and find him something that he could turn into a porn movie or TV show or what have you. Ari was into porn, from what I gathered. His interest seemed more than professional, to me. It was like a mission — it mattered. My agent got off the phone and called Ari. My agent called me back and said I had to write a treatment for my TV show about porn that I would be writing for Mark Wahlberg and the famous director. So I did.
6. Academy Awards
Somewhere along the line, I sent an e-mail to the famous director who was maybe going to direct my TV show. I told him what Ari had said. He e-mailed me back and told me to call him. Basically, what Ari had said the famous director had said was not exactly what the famous director had said, although the famous director had said my name when he was speaking to Ari about said project. I felt kind of stupid. It didn't matter, in a way, in that we kept working on my TV show. The famous director said Ari does stuff like that all the time. The famous director said that he, himself, had done stuff like that too. I guessed that I had forgotten that this is how it works in Hollywood. Like: The way you can tell an agent is lying is if their lips are moving. That sort of thing.
7. Marilyn Monroe
I wrote the treatment, and I sent it to my agent, and he sent it to Lev, and then I had to call Lev, because Wahlberg was too busy, and I was to pitch the show. This wasn't something that I really wanted to do. I called Lev, and it was pretty clear that he had not read the treatment. It sounded like he was at a kid's birthday party, which made talking about a show about porn awkward, what with small children screaming in the background and such. The whole thing didn't last very long, but it seemed like it lasted forever. It did not go well. In the end, they didn't make my TV show, and when I finished my novel and sent it to my agent, he said it didn't make any sense, and after that we stopped working together. And that was that.
8. James Frey
Last month, I read online that James Frey, who wrote a fake rehab book called A Million Little Pieces, had been hired to write the porn movie show that I had failed to make. According to Page Six, "The plot will focus on a giant video company under siege from Internet competitors and a girl from the Midwest whose boyfriend convinces her to move to Los Angeles to become a star." Which I guess is one way to do it. I don't know if the famous director is attached to the project being written by Frey. Reached by the New York Post, Frey said, "We're going to make a sprawling epic about the porn business in LA. We're going to tell the type of stories no one else has told before, and go places no one has gone before." Reading that made me want to vomit, partly due to the fact that it wasn't me saying asinine things to the Post, and partly due to the fact that James Frey is a total tool.
9. Missy
A couple weeks ago I sent Alex Carnevale, who is the editor of this site, an e-mail. I asked him if he wanted me to write something for the site. He e-mailed me back something like that he would like nothing more, but that he didn't have the budget to pay me. I said, I'm offering to do it for free. He said something like, great. I sent him a few story ideas. The first one was about porn, and the other ones were about other things. He picked the porn idea first, because editors always do. I said I wanted to write about this dead porn star whose name was Missy. She was really blonde, and she was really beautiful, and she was really tiny. I met her on a porn set 13 years ago. She had this high little voice, and she was married to a male porn star who was having sex with someone else in the same movie, and she had this inarguable angelic quality to her, which is not something you see a lot of in the porn business: angels. She was one of those people you never forget. I think she had that thing Dick Hallorann, who was played by Scatman Crothers in The Shining, called the "shine." In the movie, Dick says to the boy, "Well, you know, Doc, when something happens, you can leave a trace of itself behind. Say like, if someone burns toast. Well, maybe things that happen leave other kinds of traces behind. Not things that anyone can notice, but things that people who 'shine' can see." Missy had the shine. She kept on making porn movies after I met her. Eventually, she left the business and her husband, and she found God. She told the porn industry's version of Variety that she "had a mental breakdown and went crazy." She said, "Lord God and Jesus never left me and now I will never leave them." Of her time in the porn industry, she said, "I met something that was pure evil in that industry," and, she said, "I'm having premonitions of the end of time." In 2008, though, Missy died. She was 41, and she was living alone. Her family said it was an accidental overdose of her prescription drugs. They withheld the news of her death for a month so no one in the porn business would come to her funeral. I think about Missy sometimes. Mostly, it makes me sad. When you're in the porn business, you have to see the shine amidst the shit. Some people can't see it, though. There's a lot of shine if you know where to look, but if you can't see it, you don't.
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3 Doors Down to perform in Dubai
Dubai, December 5, 2012
American pop rock band 3 Doors Down will be among the four headline acts at the forthcoming Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival.
The group is set to perform on February 15, 2013 at Festival Park, Dubai Festival City, said festival organisers Chillout Productions.
"With Deep Purple and 3 Doors Down playing at this year's festival, fans will savour the presence of Grammy award-winning performers that have earned their respect throughout many years. Countless of their tunes are engraved in international pop culture," said Anthony Younes, CEO at Chillout Production.
He added: "The two remaining headline acts will be as exciting and we invite all music lovers from across the GCC to come and witness this amazing musical showdown."
The band recently confirmed the release of a Greatest Hits album, which includes three new tracks along with remix and re-mastered versions of their leading titles, Kryptonite, Here Without You and When I'm Gone. This album celebrates their extraordinary career and list of hits in the past decade.
"3 Doors Down were launched in 1995 in a small Mississippi town and developed as leading musicians and songwriters. In 2000, their first studio album 'The Better Life' sold over 6 million records. Since then, they have been regarded as pioneers in the rock genre with numerous platinum albums and an endless list of awards. Their lyrics constantly manage to touch their fans hearts and minds," reiterated Younes.
The current band consists of Brad Arnold on vocals, Chris Henderson on rhythm guitar, Todd Harrell on bass guitar, Greg Upchurch on drums & percussion and Chet Roberts on lead guitar.
"Their international acclaim is also a result of a humanitarian institute they founded in 2003, 'The Better Life Foundation', which gives back to communities by assisting needy children. Through their foundation, 3 Doors Down launched a series of annual charity concerts where renowned artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Switchfoot, Staind, Alter Bridge and many others have performed," said Younes.
The Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival 2013 is set to take place from February 14 to 22. – TradeArabia News Service


text: The University of Notre Dame is uniting to rally for sustainable, just peace in Sudan in preparation for a referendum there that could end in deadly violence. On Dec. 4, the University hosted an all-day "Playing for Peace" 3-on-3 basketball tournament and Stand with Sudan Peace Rally. In October, a delegation representing the Sudan Conference of Catholic Bishops visited Notre Dame's Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies to reach out to the Catholic community in the United States in advance of talks in Washington and New York to promote international engagement to help prevent an outbreak of violence. Following this appeal, the Notre Dame Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution expressing the student body's solidarity with the people of Sudan and calling upon the University to "express its support for full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement" and to "call attention to the urgency of securing a sustainable, just peace for all Sudanese."


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The rules for the awards are as follows:
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- Sleep! You guys have no idea :) And I really enjoyed the extra hour last night!
- Listen to music and sing really loud when I'm alone in my car
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Robert Pattinson takes a break from his "Twilight" duties to woo a slew of women in "Bel Ami," which had its world premiere at this year's Berlin International Film Festival. The film retells Guy de Maupassant's tale of social climbing in 19th century Paris, with Pattinson starring as a young seducer who takes advantage of some influential Parisian ladies (Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas abd Christina Ricci). The film arrives on VOD via Magnolia Pictures before opening in select theaters.
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VIDEO: Durant burns Nuggets for 36 points in preseason
HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — The drum beat has already begun for Kevin Durant.
The endless line of questioning, the non-stop speculation and the outright rumors (and lies) about what he's going to do as a free agent three summers from now is officially a part of our daily NBA conversation. I hate it for Durant and I hate for his Oklahoma City Thunder, whose organic quest for a championship has been one of the better storylines the league has seen in recent seasons.
"Small-market superstars dig in and battle the big-city superstars for supremacy." It had the makings of great drama from the very start … Durant and Russell Westbrook — and James Harden and even Jeff Green at one time — joining forces in OKC to challenge the establishment.
But like all good things, the reality and the bottom-line nature of the business threatens to derail it completely. ESPN's Jalen Rose has already fired the first shot, predicting that Rose will bolt for Houston and a seat alongside Harden and Dwight Howard on a championship quest those two stars are just starting.
"I think that after he plays out the couple years on his contract that he goes to Houston to play with Dwight Howard and James Harden," Rose said in this clip on Grantland.com's video YouTube channel.
That's a bold statement indeed, and based on the recent history of stars like LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Howard, one that should not be dismissed. The reality for all of these stars is that they will be faced with a similar stay-or-go dilemma at some point in their careers. And the entire drama will be played out in public, with a huge assist from social media.
I'm not nearly as convinced as Rose is about Durant bolting. Durant's response to Rose's claim in an interview with the Oklahoman's Darnell Mayberry should calm any immediate fears:
Q: Did you hear what Jalen Rose said about the Houston thing?
A: Yep.
Do you have any thoughts on that?
Nah, I'm here for the Thunder (laughs). I mean, that's all I can say. I'm not thinking far down the line at all. It's about today. Today we got better against the Chicago Bulls. I can't tell the future. I can't speak on that. That's his opinion. I'm just going to keep playing for the Thunder. I love playing here.
People probably will continue to say that for the next three years.
How do you deal with that?
I mean, just let them know I'm not thinking that far down the line, I guess. I mean, I love my teammates. I love where I live. I love playing for this organization. So I'm just taking it a day at a time.
But whatever the three-time scoring champ decides to do, whatever choice he makes in free agency in the summer of 2016, he will have earned the right to make a decision of his own. He's given the Thunder everything a city and its fan base could ever dream of, short of that Larry O'Brien trophy he is still pursuing.
If Durant decides in two years that he'd rather chase it elsewhere, so be it.
Thunder general manager Sam Presti lives with that reality daily. He knows that there are no guarantees in free agency, not even with a transcendent talent like Durant, whose loyalty to the Thunder has never wavered.
The doesn't meant these next two seasons won't be an absolute nightmare for Presti and his crew. That speculation that drives the day for so many will be magnified behind the walls of the Thunder's headquarters. The way LeBron left Cleveland, Carmelo left Denver and Dwight left Orlando has forced every team to take stock of their situations a bit differently.
And unlike a hometown star like Chicago's Derrick Rose, Durant's roots in Oklahoma City don't run deeper than the six seasons he's spent with the franchise.
The Thunder also have to deal with the reality of their own situation. There have been some dents in the organization's armor of late. When Westbrook suffered his knee injury during the 2013 playoffs, the entire world (and more importantly, the rest of the league) got a glimpse of just how vulnerable OKC can be when one of their big two is out.
That deep team that had home-court advantage in The Finals against the Heat two years ago is no more. They're no longer viewed as that precious team on the rise. They are now a part of the very establishment they were challenging just three years ago.
The perception of what this team is and the reality of what this team is presents the dilemma for Durant that is no doubt coming. Fearless predictions or not, Durant will be a free agent in the foreseeable future. He and his representation, as well as the Thunder's brain trust, need to be prepared to address it.
Whatever the final outcome, it is (and was) Durant's decision to make. If he's learned anything from his contemporaries and the way they handled their business, that should be at the forefront of his mind when we actually get closer to July of 2016. He has to own this decision!


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NM Tech President Lopez Named Again as NM Power Broker, Oct. 5, 2005by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Oct. 5, 2005 – New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López has been named again as one of the state's top "power brokers" by New Mexico Business Weekly in its recently published 2006 POWER Book. This marks the fourth year in a row the university president has been included in the annual directory of "who's who" among the state's business and political communities.
"López is president of the Council of University Presidents and has established a Ph.D. in industrial mathematics and a master's degree in electrical engineering at New Mexico Tech," the POWER Book profile on the Tech president states. "He also developed a $2-million microelectronic research, development and evaluation lab, and an optical surfacing technology company."


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When you correct a dark photo you will often notice that as you "shed light" upon its underexposed areas the noise in the areas shows up more abundantly. You can't do anything about it. You can only struggle with these inevitable consequences of exposure correction. Besides, they are not so difficult to cope with.
Let's compare one and the same fragment before and after the filtration: on the left is the original dark photo, in the middle - the result of image correction with AKVIS Enhancer, on the right - the result of noise reduction with AKVIS Noise Buster.
Let's take an underexposed photo and improve detail in the dark areas using AKVIS Enhancer. Pay attention to the people in the background - their faces are hardly visible.
Open the photo in a photo editor compatible with the plug-ins AKVIS Enhancer and AKVIS Noise Buster.
Call the AKVIS Enhancer plug-in (or use the standalone program) and adjust the settings: Shadows = 100, Highlights = 30, Level of Detail = 8, Lightness = 70.
The photo is dark, therefore we improve detail mostly using the parameters Shadows and Lightness. We set the maximum value for the first parameter and a bit higher value for the second parameter.
The parameter Level of Detail sets the degree of detail revealed. The higher the value of the parameter, the sharper the difference is between pixels having different colors. You can see more details, but the noise gets clearer, too. Earlier it was hidden in the shade, but the increase in Level of Detail made it manifest.
After the application of the plug-in with the above-mentioned settings the faces of the people in the background became visible, the noise became stronger too.
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Call the plugin (or use the standalone edition) and adjust the parameters.
We mostly see the color noise in the photo (green and red blots, especially manifest on the skin). To reduce the color noise adjust the parameters Noise Level and Smooth Level in the Color Noise section. Set new values for the Luminance Noise too: increase the parameters Noise Level and Smooth Level for the Luminance Noise.
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Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 17398 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke.DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER, BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!Just think of all the trillions and trillions of neurons that each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 493 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.
What this blog is for:
My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Beet juice
Finally found a bottle of this in my local grocery store. Even though it has 10% apple juice added it is not drinkable. I get it down by 1 part beet juice to 6 parts cranberry/pomegranate juice. Talk to your doctor, I know nothing. I'm sticking with pickled beets.
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Pollution is the problem. And Honda is part of the solution.
As a company, Honda has always had a great reputation of bringing innovative solutions to the table when it comes to environmental issues. And nowhere is that more true than in our powersports division. Many of our models have exceeded the stringent CARB (California Air Resources Board) emissions requirements years ahead of schedule. Our lineup of personal watercraft was pioneering in the use of purpose-built marine-spec four-stroke power plants to lessen water pollution. In fact, all of our motorcycle products for sale in the United States, including our scooters and closed-course racing bikes, have four-stroke engines. That's the kind of performance everybody can appreciate.
Our Commitment to Environmental Learning
Part of being environmentally responsible and being a leader is educating others to be responsible too. And that's why we set up the Honda OHV and Environmental Learning Centers. They're designed to provide environmental awareness and education to the community, and function as an expansion of our existing Honda Rider Education Centers. These rider education facilities teach riders how to ride safely and responsibly on- and off-road, and educate riders to the ethics of responsible land use.
Honda's OHV Environmental Learning Centers are the only educational facilities in the U.S. that provide state-of-the-art rider safety and training and environmental education within the same facility.
Our Contributions in the Industry
Honda works with many clubs and organizations in the industry towards the shared goal of environmental protection. For preservation and responsibility of our waterways, Honda serves as a contributor to the Personal Watercraft Industry Association and the American Watercraft Association. We're also a contributor to Tread Lightly, Inc., and the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council promoting safe, responsible, family oriented off-highway recreational experiences.
Honda Products Lend A Helping Hand
Honda products are also actively involved in many environmental rescue missions. One mission we are particularly proud of is the use of our Honda ATVs to help the single most endangered species of sea turtle. Joining a cooperative effort by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and the government of Mexico, Honda ATVs to patrol beaches in South Padre Island, Texas, and more than 100 miles of remote beach in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Project team members comb the beaches for nesting turtles, mark the sites, tag turtles, and collect eggs and relocate them to a protected area away from poachers, both human and animal.
"The Honda ATVs have proven indispensable to accomplish this part of our job," said Dr. Pat Burchfield, U.S. Field Group coordinator. "We have used Honda all-terrain cycles exclusively for more than 23 years. Our fleet has grown from one unit in 1978 to more than 20 units which we operate under the harshest conditions imaginable."
It's the Honda Way
Honda's products and corporate philosophy have always reflected our environmental concern. Whether it's helping you use energy more efficiently through better fuel economy, using recycled materials in our vehicles (aluminum is a great example), or building a product that lasts so there's no wasteful replacement, it's all part of how Honda does business. And it's why, when you choose a Honda, you not only are making a great choice, but you're making a responsible choice.
Developing our powersports products with an eye toward both maximum performance and bulletproof reliability is paramount, but there's a third credo to which Honda is dedicated just as seriously as the first two: delivering the safest ride possible.
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GreenResponsibility necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 126 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Miss Green Planet
We are a team of radical environmental activists who are not only very concerned about the state of mother earth, but are a little bit impatient with the greenwashing and the hype and the lip-service to the environment. Several years of discussion has led to the creation of Green Responsibility Outreach (GRO) as the true 21st century green marketing tool that replaces the time-worn soul-less CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). The Miss Green Planet is seen as a vehicle to help nurture a new generation of green activists, green models and green spokespeople for Corporate Green Responsibility. The Miss Green Planet debuts in Chicago, Illinois in September 2011. Regional, continental and national pageants start in December 2010. The Miss Green Planet becomes the 4th largest, among the most prestigious and probably the most important pageant in the World--after Miss Earth, Miss Universe and Miss World. Out of these international "big three", it is Miss Earth which portrays itself as an "environmental pageant". Miss Green Planet, thus, become the second largest environmental pageant in the world. It is bound to shake things within the international pageantry, as well as instill some hope and excitement in the fight against climate change and environmental movement as a whole. It's slogan is "Beauty for Eco-Change". It is a project-based pageant, as opposed to platform-based.
Young college-bound women and men mostly between 18 and 30, as well as environmentally conscious members of the population. The corporate world and media are also a target constituency. The pageant aims to have a broad appeal in all sectors of society- so that it is recognized as playing an important role in combating climate change and restoring destroyed ecosystems. Out of this group, the most important target group is young women who should immediately recognize the potential potency of the pageant in offering them a chance for actualizing their passion for environment. They can use the pageant experience as a vehicle to develop an understanding of who they are, what their life purpose is, create dynamic communication skills, learn time management and balance, strengthen their relationships, and establish a way of thinking that enables them to create the life they want to live, while helping heal the earth.
The logo should depict the real status of Miss Green Planet Pageant as a powerful event. Powerful events are are those that have a status of their own, that is separate from their relationship with commercial sponsors. An event that is respected and achieves substantial publicity on its own account will almost certainly have a powerful image or aura of its own among a wide public.
Please find the logos of the other three international pageants: 1. Miss World, 2. Miss Universe and Miss Earth. We really admire the Miss World logo--simple, but truly elegant and almost regal. As a designer of the Miss Planet Logo, you should pull no stops in depicting prestigie,glamor &glitter. Apart from Miss World, the Miss Star Tourism comes closest to what we would like. Below are key elements of the logo--NO 3D form at all. The images should be flat on the page.
1. Globe
2. 1, 2 or 3 images of lady contestants
3. Tiara
4. Color glittering Gold
5. Attractive glittering green--not the drab pale
6. Atmosphere of excitement, glamor. The ring-like photo helps demonstrate.
7. Elegant lettering. An example is attached showing the "Elite" model lettering.
8. The Brand name should actually be 2 words--"Miss and Planet, with the word Green in small letters sitting on top of the larger word "Planet". This is actually "Miss Planet". The word "Green" simply describes what type of planet.
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Please note: As of January 20, 2017, information in some news releases may be out of date or not reflect current policies.
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US Labor Department's MSHA releases mid-year mine fatality update
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today released a mid-year summary of mining deaths across the country. During the first half of 2013, 18 miners died in work-related accidents at the nation's mines, one less than in the first half of 2012.
Nine each were killed in coal mining and metal and nonmetal mining accidents. Six coal miners died in less than 30 days — four of them in West Virginia — which led to increased actions by MSHA. In both coal and metal and nonmetal mining, one of the miners killed was a contractor.
Among the nine coal mining deaths, two miners died in machinery accidents, three in powered haulage accidents, and two in roof fall accidents. One miner died in an accident resulting from exploding vessels under pressure when he was struck by a hydraulic cylinder on a filter press, and one was killed in a hoisting accident.
In metal and nonmetal mining, one miner died in a fall of highwall, one was killed in a machinery accident, and one miner died in an accident involving explosives and breaking agents. Four miners were killed in powered haulage accidents and two miners in falling material accidents.
"The one recurring element in the fatalities we've seen this year is that they were preventable. The final numbers released by MSHA earlier this month showed that 2012 had the lowest mining death and injury rates in the history of U.S. mining," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "Many mines operate every shift of every day, year in and year out, without a fatality or a lost-time injury. Mining workplaces can and must be made safe for all miners."
According to MSHA, fatalities can be prevented by using effective safety and health management programs in the workplace. Workplace examinations for hazards — pre-shift and on-shift every shift — can identify and eliminate hazards that kill and injure miners. Effective and appropriate training better positions miners to recognize and understand hazards and find ways to control or eliminate them. Furthermore, miners must be free to exercise their rights under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 and be full participants in maintaining a safe and healthful workplace.
To review MSHA's analysis of mining fatalities that occurred during the first half of 2013, along with best practices to help mining operations avoid similar fatalities, go to the agency's website at http://www.msha.gov/fatals/summaries/summaries.asp. This information also has been provided directly to miners, mine operators and mine safety trainers.


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Berkeley Town Hall Meeting Tonight on Banning Drones
Two Berkeley commissions are sponsoring a town hall meeting tonight on a recommendation that would ban drones in Berkeley. -more-
Two Berkeley commissions are sponsoring a town hall meeting tonight on a recommendation that would ban drones in Berkeley. -more-
An off-duty Berkeley police officer was stabbed several times and three others were injured in a brawl involving dozens of people outside a Burlingame bar on Saturday night, a police sergeant said. -more-
In the June 6, 2011 edition of The New Yorker", Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh looked into U.S. intelligence assessments of Iran's nuclear activities, paying particular attention to the 2011 National Intelligence Estimate's (NIE) investigation of the status of Iran's nuclear energy program. -more-
When it comes to terrorism and religion, white guys tend to get a pass. But should a terror suspect hail from an Islamic background – be they foreigners, exchange students, or US citizens — their religious beliefs routinely become a major focus of media coverage. -more-
Graffiti is not always up-against-the-wall and in-your-face. Sometimes you have to go looking for it. Sometimes it's hidden right underfoot — or, in some cases, under tire. Drive or walk down two popular North Berkeley streets, and you would never know there was a trove of remarkable underground art lurking beyond the concrete curbs and asphalt in the shadows east of Live Oak Park. -more-
The absence of an extra honorific will be explained forthwith. Your Consent Calendar item on the April 30 agenda, would re-zone nearly a mile of 4th St. in West Berkeley from light industrial to commercial without any notification to neighbors, or indeed to the light industrial firms or to the commercial enterprises, who may or may not welcome the extra competition from big box corporate stores.
Here, for the edification of all is item #26; your contribution to the quality of life in West Berkeley,
Consent Calendar (April 30, 2013)
26. Extend Commercial Zoning on Fourth Street and Gilman Street
From: Mayor Bates
Recommendation: Request the Planning Commission consider expanding Commercial West Berkeley (CW) zoning along: 1) Fourth Street to Virginia Street, 2) Gilman Street from Sixth Street to San Pablo Avenue (precise area indicated on map attached to Council report).
Financial Implications: Increased tax revenue and employment opportunities.
Contact: Tom Bates, Mayor, 981-7100 -more-
Dear Judi,
I have read and understood much of the text of Laura's Law, as it appears on the California Legislature's website. How can you say it isn't about forcing people, when "involuntary treatment" appears at the heading? -more-
On April 22, the Chronicle ran a story ("Pentagon chief stresses Israel's right to strike") in which US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel explained that, because Tel Aviv felt threatened by Tehran, it had the right to launch a pre-emptive attack on Iran.
When and if Tel Aviv decides to pounce, Hagel added, the US will be duty-bound to protect Israel. This news prompted the following letter to the Chronicle. The Chron's editors elected not to print it.
To the Editor / SF Chronicle:
I ran into Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel the other day.
I felt threatened, so I punched him in the face.
"Just deploying your 'George Zimmerman' theory of deterence," I explained. (Zimmerman, of course, is the self-appointed peacekeeper who stalked and killed a "suspicious," unarmed youth named Trayvon Martin.) -more-
Berkeleyans this week are mourning the loss of Estelle Jelinek, who died on Monday at the age of 78. Estelle possessed a fine intellect and considerable skill as a writer and editor, and she used these gifts on a wide variety of projects and causes, prompted by a strong social conscience and a kind heart. -more-
My day gets off to a better start when Jon Carroll has a column in the San Francisco Chronicle, which since I'm an old-school kind of person still appears on my doorstep in print. This doesn't happen every day, since the Hearst management which now runs the show over there seems to think that four times a week with frequent absences is plenty of exposure for columnists like Jon.
And I must admit that though I like cats I would prefer never to read 800 words about their cute antics, which is sometimes what Carroll thinks would make a fine piece on a slow day. I can take or leave his columns about the daily life of an aging home-based newsie, a topic I know only too well.
What he does best is two things: nonsense and soapbox. His goofy stuff is sometimes inspired. When I was an editor at Pacific News Service long ago he applied for a job there, submitting with his resume a couple of pieces which were pure Dada. I loved them and wanted to immediately offer him the position. I can't remember whether soberer heads overruled me—PNS always took itself very seriously— or whether he changed his mind, but he didn't get the job.
But it's Carroll's soapbox pieces—rarer and rarer these days—which are well worth the price of admission. Sadly, the price of admission has gone up. The Chronicle is now hiding its columnists online behind a pay wall, which means that fewer and fewer readers will see them.
Today's column is the kind of thing which deserves the widest possible audience, and it won't get it. I think this link will get you over the pay wall, and if you can find the piece, please read it. Not, of course, that I agree 100% with what he has to say, but it's a topic that everyone should ponder.
Just in case you can't read the column, here's how it begins:
"How do we measure our tragedies? Is an industrial accident that kills 14 more tragic than a bombing that kills three? Is it body count that makes the difference? Or is it the age of the victims, so that younger victims count more? Or is it defenseless victims?He goes on to suggest that the plant disaster story was perceived as less important because it was about the failure of government regulation, with attendant neo-con political overtones. Last night on MSNBC Chris Hayes nailed that topic with a detailed report on exactly why dangerous plants like this one continue to exist outside government safety standards.
"Do we ration our grief by some metric that determines where an incident falls on the tragedy scale? Assuming we don't know anyone involved, how do we decide how affected we will be by this shooting or that explosion? Does the news media have anything to do with it? After all, it is the media that sets the tragedy bar. From the media, we know that the bombing that killed three is more important than the fertilizer plant explosion that killed at least 14.
"We know that from the coverage. It was wall-to-wall search for the suspects. The search for the reasons for the industrial accident was sort of a nonstarter. It was, "Well, you know, fertilizer." Only a few news outlets asked questions about OSHA inspections and previous failures of the plant to follow the rules. "
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." For 58 million Americans, the Social Security system works satisfactorily. Therefore, many were surprised when President Obama suggested a fix, using the chained CPI for the cost-of-living adjustment. What's wrong with the Social Security system? -more-
In the current crisis on the Korean Peninsula the Obama administration is virtually repeating the 2004 Bush playbook, one that derailed a successful diplomatic agreement forged by the Clinton administration to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons? While the acute tensions of the past month appear to be receding—all of the parties involved seem to be taking a step back— the problem is not going to disappear and, unless Washington and its allies re-examine their strategy, another crisis is certain to develop. -more-
When one's brain is regularly deprived of oxygen, it can impair the thinking ability. This is one of the problems introduced by sleep apnea. -more-
►Among the number of modern & contemporary chamber music concerts lately (& see below for another), there's one intriguing program tonight at 8, Friday the 26th, at the Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street (between Mission & South Van Ness, 20 & 21 Streets) in San Francisco's Mission District. It features San Jose composer Brian Holmes' piece Updike's Science (Holmes himself teaches sciences, including astronomy, in San Jose), sung by splendid Lithuanian-American soprano Indre Viskontas with Ian Scarfe on piano, followed by Valinor Winds quintet playing Joseph Stillwell's Fantasy Pieces (a world premiere of a commission), Paul Schoenfield's Cafe Music by the Aleron Trio, Khachaturian's Trio for Harp & Clarinet played by Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano & Arnold Bax's Nonet, played by the Curious Flights Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Brenden Guy, founder & artistic director of the new series (who also performs clarinet on the Khachaturian piece, as well as on the Stillman--and plays with Berkeley Symphony). $10-$15. (415) 640-3165 -more-
Symmetry Theatre's engaging show at the Berkeley City Club, 'The Language Archive,' is going into its last weekend. A romantic fantasy that doesn't take its own metaphors too seriously, Julia Cho's play makes the funny juxtapositions of a researcher into dying languages (Gabriel Grilli) whose wife (Elena Wright) leaves him over his diffidence while he's monitoring a rustic ethnic couple (troupers Howard Swain and Stacy Ross) who speak the endangered tongue--but argue fiercely in English--as well as the researcher's lovestruck assistant (Danielle Levin), an Esperanto teacher-cum-kind of therapist (Ross again) and a familiar face in a bakery ... It's by turns charming, hilarious, offhandedly touching. -more-
"A Killer Story" by Dan Harder at the Berkeley Marsh has talented actors and a provocative message about the power of fear and conjecture. However, it's structure—extensive and overlapping monologues with only an occasional exchange of dialogue holds it back from gripping you as detective stories ought. It could easily be high-level radio drama with a 1940's touch. -more-
"The Arsonists" at Aurora Theatre on Addison in Berkeley does much outstanding work, and a lot of it happens when Mark Jackson is directing. -more-
My spirits absolutely soared today when, on my morning walk, I discovered "Telegraph Commons," a private residence for U.C. students. Located just a 3-minute walk to class and 2 blocks from campus at the corner of Telegraph & Channing, Telegraph Commons is a private dormitory providing a safe, clean and fun experience for students attending the University of California. It has the best value in town, with 118 spaces still available for the Fall semester. -more-
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The great evil leader of the Decepticons, Megatron, has been resurrected on Earth! Using a stolen key card modified by the legendary All Spark to rebuild his old body into a new form, he finally sheds his repulsive guise as an "Autobot" in front of his long-time and ignorant companion, Professor Isaac Sumdac, within his private lab in Sumdac Tower, and blasts through the Autobots' defense. Entering their small maintenance ship for the second time in fifty years, Megatron finally claims the true All Spark as his own after millions of stellar cycles of searching, and immerses it within his chassis, making him near-unstoppable. But through determined teamwork and trickery, Optimus Prime recovers the key card, and uses it to make the All Spark in Megatron's chest explode! Though with only minor injuries, Megatron kidnaps Professor Sumdac, and escapes with the other Decepticons. Then finally, the Autobot Elite Guard arrives on Earth a few days later, with the great and noble commander of the Autobots aboard, Ultra Magnus. Though initially doubtful of the claims of Optimus Prime's small Space Bridge maintenance crew, he sees that they are telling the truth, and tells them to keep up the good work, and continue to hold Earth safe as Decepticons throughout the galaxy rise up from word that their leader is still alive. Meanwhile, it is discovered that the All Spark was not destroyed, but rather fragmented and dispersed across Detroit. With new un-allied Cybertronians being created randomly across the city from All Spark fragments, Megatron on the loose, and Sumdac's young daughter, Sari, wrongfully evicted from her only home, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Prowl, Ratchet, and Optimus Prime have their hero work cut out for them... but they're up to the challenge.
While the self-fulfilling and arrogant Sentinel Prime was filling Ultra Magnus's audio receptors with horror stories of potential organic contamination from this Earth, and great mistrust & doubt of his former Academy classmate Optimus Prime, Jazz was more open-minded on both subjects. Though hearing troubling tales about giant organic alien spiders from Sentinel, Jazz was quick to realize that even though Earth and humans were vastly different from Cybertronians, they had their own ways of doing things that strangely struck a chord in him. Of particular interest to him was the fact that each human is created uniquely from all others- whereas all Autobots share similar structures and forms with unique Sparks. Trained in a higher level of Cybertronian martial arts than Prowl, this makes him equally sensitive and open-minded to things that others would not immediately recognize. And no matter what he does, he always puts a personal flair into it. This also certainly applies to his fighting style: cool, fast and impressive with his twin Energon-powered nunchaku- with which he can deflect energy shots, and slice through hard metal. Otherwise, the way Jazz figures, it just ain't worth doin' if he can't do it in style.
The voice of Autobot Jazz is performed by cartoon and television actor Phil LaMarr, as his only character in "Transformers Animated".
Jazz's vehicle mode (back) may no longer be a Porsche 935 Turbo, but it sure invokes the feeling of his original G1 disguised form, particularly with the red and blue stripes along the rounded nose. While no longer a racing vehicle, he retains the look of a sports coupe, though with the exaggerated styling of the "...Animated" line. The passenger section is lower than you might expect, and is flanked on either side by stylized extended side-view mirrors. Believe it or not, the front and side windows are actually made of the same transparent-turquoise ABS plastic, but for whatever reason, they have been completely blackened out [by whatever method]. Rather than being placed in back, the four exhaust pipes are located prominently on either side of the two doors. And in back, the tail lights are raised on high flairs above the back wheels.
One obvious paint error is found here: on the character's vehicle mode in the series, the red and blue stripes continue all the way up and over the car, but on the toy they occupy only the hood. The reason this was done, however, is because when Jazz is transformed, he has no blue and red stripes along the front of his lower legs... which are made up from the roof of the vehicle mode. (So, if this toy is true to the character's appearance in that regard, then does this mean his transformation is different in the series...? I'm inclined to say "No".)
Unlike most of the figures I've reviewed so far from "Transformers Animated", Jazz is one of the very few that does not have an assisting Auto-conversion feature. Not to spoil anything here--
"Spoil what exactly...?", you ask.
--but the only 'special feature' he has is his robot mode's weapon. Beyond that, you do it all yourself. (Of course- sarcasm aside- there's certainly nothing wrong with that!)
One thing about his transformation I will comment on, though, is that it's rather difficult to get the bottom panels of the lower legs to slip past the windshield when transforming him between either mode. While bending the hips helps a little bit, I'm afraid that someday that windshield might declare it's had enough, and finally crack or warp. (Unfortunately, the panel on the lower leg cannot be trimmed down by you because he needs it to stand upright!) So you're just gonna have to deal with it as is, and be aware that's you need to be both careful and patient.
Oh, also, you don't have to store his hands folded inwards 90° when he's in vehicle mode; they're just fine stored as if they're extended for robot mode.
Jazz's robot mode (back)- unlike his disguised form- does not nearly as closely resemble his G1 counterpart from 1984. Perhaps the closest comparison might be that the car's nose, wheel wells, and hood become his upper torso, and that's about it. While the roof and back of the car still become his legs, they are reoriented to point downwards and are placed on the front of his legs rather than the back. His head, while an original design, does carry one familiar trait- the light blue visor. The visor is transparent, so that when light shines on the back of his head, the visor will glow. (Does it work? It's a "Transformers Animated" figure- of course it works! And quite clearly too!) While he carries the now-trademarked large chin that all characters do in this series, his gray face is narrow with sharp features, similar to Prowl's. Because Jazz always appreciated hip-hop and pop culture, one awesome detail they added was a pair of black headphones molded directly into the sides and top of his head over his even more-subtle white flat cap-shaped forehead! Perhaps the most stand-out features of the arms other than their flexibility is the storage clips for the upward-pointing nunchaku on the outside of his elbows, and that his hands are opened up a little rather than being solid fists [which, notably, transforming toys in the "...Animated" line do not utilize nearly as much as its predecessors did].
Notice also that, not only is Jazz the first character toy to have a red Autobot symbol on his chest (all of the Autobots' are red on-screen), but he is the first release to display the winged Autobot logo created for the series which designates him as part of the Elite Guard.
As Jazz is a smooth operator in everything he does, his range of motion is equally fluid and impressive, with ball-&-socket joints in his neck, shoulders, wrists, and hips, and everything else twisting freely, including a waist joint! Perhaps the only objection I have with Jazz is that his 'headphones' bump into the back of his neck when turned side-to-side; so when he looks to either side, his head tilts downwards quite a bit, and he can't really look upwards. The proportions of the figure, also, are only slightly off from his on-screen counterpart- his lower legs are slightly longer than they should be, and his upper legs aren't long enough, but there is no interruption in style or function to be a problem. While the clips for his nunchaku do indeed shift to that upwards-position in the series, the weapons themselves do not appear- stored internally instead until needed. But here, since they are big enough, their correct orientation has them rising quite a bit beyond the elbows. While poseability is in no way a problem, if you wish, you can remove the weapons and leave their clips open to recreate the more series-accurate look. Perhaps this would be the only consideration of "kibble" I would apply to this figure other than the windshield on his back (which really doesn't get in the way of anything anyways).
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Jazz has only one weapon feature- two pairs of nunchaku (aka nunchucks), which are stored on the outside of his elbows. They can be easily separated from each other- each pair being tied together with small pieces of white string- and placed in both of Jazz's hands, though the curved sections will not fit at all.
This is another first for me in the world of Transformers®- I have never own any character by this name before (though I would certainly like to get a G1 ver of him). But I can tell that, like many of the characters from the first season, this one was crafted with a little TLC by the good folks over at Takara, and was brought to life by the wonderful animators over at Cartoon Network. You cannot look at this guy and deny that he is a tribute to the classic hip-hop-bot from the '80s, but now with a crafted body to match his personality and legacy. The poseability is awesome, and though he doesn't have any shooting weapons, the nunchaku, I thought, were a nice change from a blaster or missile launcher or- heaver forbid!- a sword; we haven't really seen that kind of weapon on a Cybertronian before. Even more-so than some of the other figures I have, the proportions chosen by the animation development team translates very well into toy form. I mean- headphones on a robot? That is an awesome idea, and, again, it fits the character! So, complaints? Other than having a difficult time getting his legs past that windshield when transforming him, not really. So, I give full marks and a high recommendation for the Deluxe-class Autobot Jazz figure. I hate to sound clichéd, but seriously... he rocks!
--Renewing the Charge--
[DISCLAIMER: This last section is not supported, advertised, or endorsed by either Hasbro, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, or Warner Brothers Records. It is a fan-supported effort completely independent from all companies affiliates with the 2007 film "Transformers".]
Not even a week after "Transformers" entered theaters on July 3rd and became a blockbuster, scores of fans were clamoring for a copy of the original musical score by Steve Jablonsky. However, WB Records said in an official statement that the score would not be released for the foreseeable future. In protest, a fan-supported online petition was set-up to persuade the record company to reconsider. By the end of two months, over 5500 signatures had been recorded (your's truly at #1112).
Victory for the signers was claimed when "Transformers: The Score" was released in October that same year, containing just-shy of one hour of the original score. Jablonsky also personally wrote to the creators of the petition thanking them for their efforts. The CD would go on to become the 32nd best-selling soundtrack on Amazon.com at the time of its release.
However, victory was short lived. Because the CD was so popular, it disappeared from shelves rapidly, and was not restocked. By the end of 2007- a mere two-and-a-half months later- new CDs were no longer being produced, but were still being sought after. Reports of online price scalping were not uncommon when stores ran out, easily selling for double the original prices. (Don't worry- I got my own copy in October, and loved every minute of it!)
. . .
Well, the folks at The Knight Shift who brought you the first petition have come back, and they are saying "Give the people what they want". I recently learned that a new Petition 2.0 is now up, and is accepting signatures once more. This new effort is directed at Warner Brothers Records, and is asking for an extended reissue of "Transformers: The Score", with the potential for additional original tracks to be added.
(Yours truly is petition signer #563.)
If you signed the original petition, I both thank you and ask you to put forth your effort on this new petition as well. If you did not sign the original petition, but got the CD, please sign this new petition. If you are a fan of Steve Jablonsky, please sign this new petition. If you are long-time Trans-fan, or you simply enjoyed the film the movie, then please sign this new petition. I thoroughly appreciated and enjoyed the original CD release, and I want others to share in it as well.
|Posted 2 September, 2008 - 11:42 by EVA_Unit_4A
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The only thing that bothers me in the least about this is the lower arms. Even a tiny bit more paint or molded detail would be nice. But that's a tiny gripe. Otherwise, it looks awesome, I'm definitely going after one.
The first review I saw of Jazz was Sean Long's video review ("transformersmatrix" on YouTube). But this is more comprehensive, and Sean can be annoying as hell, so I'm giving you the credit for selling me on this figure.
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Oh, God- TransformersMatrix's reviews are soooooooooo boring! And yeah- his accent doesn't help any.
But, what surprises me is how many early-releases he gets his hands on- that's why everyone goes to his channel on YouTube.
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He should do what I do; I have about 10+ different fake voices I switch around throughout the day. I don't even know why, I just do. Thankfully none of them have a Sean-esque sound.
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I know this is kinda neither here nor there, but my favorite YouTube TF reviews are from peaugh. They're short, sweet, and to the point. He doesn't go on about the cartoon or other fluff I don't care about. He just transforms the toy, illustrates the toy's features/gimmicks, warns you about stuff to look out for, and gives his opinion of it. Bam. Done.
And no accent. ;P
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im not 100% sure but i could have sworn that in the cartoon his nunchucks come out of his shins or just below his knees.. or maybe they didnt anyways, iv found that some of the most entertaining TF reviews come from- ilovemess, and- megaprime26 both have totally different styles and neither really reviews the latest and greatest TF's but they are highly recomended.
I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy - okay, give me the bomb
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That was my exact thought too when I saw the toy's placement of the nunchaku.
So, I went back and carefully watched Jazz's debut in "Elite Guard". And, to my surprise, they did indeed come from his elbows! Reason I say this is the ejection mechanism(s) in the series are squarish gray blocks- just like the ones on the toy- rather than being rounded white covers from his knees. Now it may seem confusing because it makes more sense to deploy them from his knees, but they truly do come from his elbows. The other thing you need to realize is that a little bit of TV magic was used to hide those weapons in there, so that's also why it was easy to miss, and why it looks so odd on the toy.
Thanks for bringing that up, because I'm sure others are/were confused about it, and I never thought to mention it since I thought that I was the only one who had made that mistake.
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Oh, and BTW, godmagnus1, that signature line of yours is absolutely fantastic! What's that from?
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ahh your right they do indeed come from his elbows. no doubt i was far to caught up in the moment while watching that episode.
haha thanks my signature is a line that ultra magnus uses in a transformers episode called "fight or flee" i think....
I've never seen anything this beautiful in the entire galaxy - okay, give me the bomb
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Ironically, I just got Jazz as well. I like him, but the only thing i wish were done differently was maybe some kind of locking mechanism to keep the chest down in robot mode.
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I, too, noticed the lack of a definable "click" when the chest was flipped over, but I thought it was just me or a minor & random manufacturing flaw.
But, as I say above, getting his heels past the front windshield is really trying, and my biggest gripe.
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Oh, that reminds me...
I didn't want to mention it in the review-proper, but for some strange reason, Jazz's torso and how it transforms reminds me vaguely of how movie Deluxe-class Concept Camaro Bumblebee's torso moves around and looks in the end. I don't know why- maybe it's how the shoulder joints inside tilt diagonally rather than being just straight; but the long panel behind his head, and the windshield on his back are undeniable...!
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Have you tried giving him "EXHAUST LASER NUNCHUCK WOLVERINE CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWS(TM)"?
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Cl-what??? Y- huh? Wha-? N- Claws? He ain't got no c--
(thinks for a moment)
...ohhhhh. Those claws... Huh- never thought of it that way. Hey- cool idea!
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If you're even remotely a Transformers fan,you have to see that "Fight or Flee" episode. Ultra Magnus' delivery of that line makes it one of the funniest things I've ever seen in a cartoon.
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I'm remotely a Transformers fan. I just haven't seen G1/G2 before.
Anyways, I looked up the Ep. on YouTube. You're right- that is a hilarious line!
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Finally got one. I was just being paranoid about the arms, they look fine. But I agree the chest really should lock down.
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Ironically, I just got Jazz as well. I like him, but the only thing i wish were done differently was maybe some kind of locking mechanism to keep the chest down in robot mode.
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One of my favorite Transformers sites online (reprolabels) is on top of Jazz's lack of cartoon accuracy.
In Animated Upgrade Pack #10, well... they fixed it.
AS you can see, this pack also has stickers for neck details on Jazz, as well as a good few other stickers included for Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime.
The way Hasbro botches up and or omits paint apps, it's good knowing there's fans consistently picking up the slack.
I guess it doesn't need to be said the Animated line alone has many a show-only app that needs fixing.
I used to be more of a purist... but these days, not so much. It blows you need to shell out AFTER buying the initial figure, but... well, how else are you going to get a faithful representation of a character without waiting 25 years for a "masterpiece" or "collector" version to be produced?
: /
(And even then...)
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Thanks for the info. I'll keep that in mind someday.
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