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The Health and Safety Committee meets quarterly and the meeting schedule is listed in the calendar.
For more information about Health and Safety in the Denver Area Council, please contact Health and Safety Committee Staff Advisor, Dave Whitner at 303.455.5522.
These are organizations that are not affiliated with the Denver Area Council, Boy Scouts of America but are available to teach First aid to both youth and adults. Please make sure that the course that you take are ones that are required by the Boy Scouts of America to participate in Outdoor Activities or for advancement.
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Berry Gordy Jr
Berry Gordy Jr. built an empire and a whole new sound from the ground up.
With his unerring ear for infectious chart-toppers, Gordy Jr. blazed trails through a new sonic landscape. Never again would anyone say that black pop music is niche after his reign.
Berry Gordy founded and presided over the musical empire known as Motown.
As a young black man working in often inhospitable times, Gordy endeavored to reach across the racial divide with music that could touch all people, regardless of the color of their skin. Under his tutelage, Motown became a model of black capitalism, pride and self-expression and a repository for some of the greatest talent ever assembled at one company. The list of artists who were discovered and thrived at Motown includes the Supremes, Jr. Walker & the All-Stars, the Temptations, the Four Tops, the Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Jackson 5 and Martha and the Vandellas—but the artists alone were not the whole story. Motown's staff songwriting and production teams (e.g., Holland-Dozier-Holland) and in-house musicians (including such unsung heroes as bandleader/keyboardist Earl Van Dyke and bassist James Jamerson) contributed immeasurably to the Motown sound. The idea of a self-contained operation exuding soul from its every pore was all part of Gordy's grand design.
The rags-to-riches story began in Detroit's inner city where Gordy, born the son of a plastering contractor in 1929, dreamed of making his mark on the world. Stints in the army and as a boxer and record-store manager preceded his entree into the creative and entrepreneurial side of the music business. In the mid-Fifties Gordy began writing songs for local R&B acts and quickly acquired a local reputation as a songwriter, producer and hustler. His first break came in 1957, when Brunswick Records bought a song of his called ""Reet Petite"" for Jackie Wilson. In 1959 Gordy ventured into independent production with singer Marv Johnson, enjoying a few modest hits such as "Come to Me." In 1960 Gordy leased another hit single—"Money" by Barrett Strong—to Anna Records, a label owned by his sister. Then he decided to launch his own company: Tammie Records, which was changed to Tamla and eventually joined by the Gordy, Soul and Motown imprints. All of these labels were overseen from a Detroit house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard that Gordy dubbed "Hitsville U.S.A."
The first hit of any size for the fledgling company belonged to the Miracles, a vocal group led by Smokey Robinson. "Way Over There," released on Tamla in 1960, sold a respectable 60,000 copies. Its follow up, "Shop Around," reached Number Two on the pop charts and launched Motown into the national market. Overseeing the whole operation from its founding in 1959 to its sale in 1988 was Berry, who insured that Motown's stable of singers, songwriters, producers and musicians took the concept of simple, catchy pop songs to a whole new level of sophistication and, thanks to the music's roots in gospel and blues, visceral intensity. At Motown, notions of "formula" were transformed into works of art in the hands of singers like Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, Smokey Robinson, Levi Stubbs (of the Four Tops), David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks (of the Temptations), Diana Ross, Martha Reeves and Stevie Wonder.
Gordy touted Motown as "the Sound of Young America." Its roots may have been in gospel and blues, but its image was one of upward mobility and good, clean fun. At Gordy's insistence, Motown's men and women of soul attended in-house finishing school, where they learned how to comport themselves onstage and in social situations. Gordy, by all accounts a stern taskmaster, instituted an internal program of "quality control," including weekly product evaluation meetings that he modeled after Detroit's auto-making plants. At the same time, the working environment was sufficiently loose and freewheeling to foster creativity. In Gordy's words, "Hitsville had an atmosphere that allowed people to experiment creatively and gave them the courage not to be afraid to make mistakes."
Motown generated literally hundreds of hit singles, but one statistic bears especially eloquent testimony to Motown's success. In 1966 the company's "hit ratio" (the percentage of records released that made the national charts) was seventy-five percent, an awesome figure. In its Sixties heyday, Motown's parade of hits revolutionized American popular music. After Motown, black popular music would never again be dismissed as a minority taste. For more than a decade, Berry Gordy and his talented cohorts translated a black idiom into the Sound of Young America. Aesthetically, no less than commercially, Motown's achievements will likely remain unrivaled and untoppable.
Inductee: Berry Gordy Jr. (born November 8, 1929)


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Community support for the Fulmer Public Library has helped it reach a significant goal. Sheridan Media's Chris Foy has the story.
The Fulmer Public Library has reached their goal of raising $343,000 - to soon be matched in part by a state endowment. Library director, Cameron Duff.
In 2008, the Wyoming state legislature backed a matching endowment for all public libraries across the state. Duff explains.
Duff says Governor Matt Mead added an extra amount to the supplemental budget to go towards the state library system. If approved, it would provide libraries that raise enough money an endowment from the state.
He says the goal of the endowment process was to allow libraries across the state to create a fund and invest for the future - and that he's grateful for the support from the community.


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Let $p$ be a prime, $n\gg p$ not divisible by $p$ (say, $n>2^{2^p}$). Are there two permutations $a, b$ of the set $\{1,...,n\}$ which together act transitively on $\{1,2,...,n\}$ and such that all products $w(a,b)=a^{k_1}b^{l_1}a^{k_2}...$ of length at most $n$ satisfy $w(a,b)^p=1$ (here $k_i,l_i\in {\mathbb Z}$)?
Update: Following the discussion below (especially questions of Sergey Ivanov, here is a group theory problem closely related to the one before.
Is there a torsion residually finite infinite finitely generated group $G$ such that $G/FC(G)$ is bounded torsion? Here $FC(G)$ is the FC-radical of $G$, that is, the (normal) subgroup of $G$ which is the union of all finite conjugacy classes of $G$.
For explanations of relevance of this question see below (keep in mind that the direct product of finite groups coincides with its FC-radical). Note that if we would ask $G$ to be bounded torsion itself, the question would be equivalent to the restricted Burnside problem and would have negative answer by Zelmanov.
If the answer to any of the two questions above is negative for some $p>665$, then there exists a non-residually finite hyperbolic group.


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From Bioarchitecture.org
Immunology is a broad branch of biomedical science that covers the study of all aspects of the immune system in all organisms. It deals with, among other things, the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and disease; malfunctions of the immune system in immunological disorders (autoimmune diseases, hypersensitivities, immune deficiency, allograft rejection); the physical, chemical and physiological characteristics of the components of the immune system in vitro, in situ, and in vivo. Immunology has various applications in several disciplines of science, and as such is further divided.
Histological examination of the immune system
Even before the concept of immunity (from immunis, Latin for "exempt") was developed, numerous early physicians characterised organs that would later prove to be part of the immune system. The key organs of the immune system are thymus, spleen, bone marrow, lymph vessels, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues such as tonsils, adenoids, and skin. When health conditions warrant, immune system organs including the thymus, spleen, portions of bone marrow, lymph nodes and secondary lymphatic tissues can be surgically excised for examination while patients are still alive.
Many components of the immune system are actually cellular in nature and not associated with any specific organ but rather are embedded or circulating in various tissues located throughout the body.
Classical immunology
Classical immunology ties in with the fields of epidemiology and medicine. It studies the relationship between the body systems, pathogens, and immunity. The earliest written mention of immunity can be traced back to the plague of Athens in 430 BCE. Thucydides noted that people who had recovered from a previous bout of the disease could nurse the sick without contracting the illness a second time. Many other ancient societies have references to this phenomenon, but it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries before the concept developed into scientific theory.
The study of the molecular and cellular components that comprise the immune system, including their function and interaction, is the central science of immunology. The immune system has been divided into a more primitive innate immune system, and acquired or adaptive immune system of vertebrates, the latter of which is further divided into humoral and cellular components.
The humoral (antibody) response is defined as the interaction between antibodies and antigens. Antibodies are specific proteins released from a certain class of immune cells (B lymphocytes). Antigens are defined as anything that elicits generation of antibodies, hence they are Antibody Generators. Immunology itself rests on an understanding of the properties of these two biological entities. However, equally important is the cellular response, which can not only kill infected cells in its own right, but is also crucial in controlling the antibody response. Put simply, both systems are highly interdependent.
In the 21st century, immunology has broadened its horizons with much research being performed in the more specialized niches of immunology. This includes the immunological function of cells, organs and systems not normally associated with the immune system, as well as the function of the immune system outside classical models of immunity.
Clinical immunology
Clinical immunology is the study of diseases caused by disorders of the immune system (failure, aberrant action, and malignant growth of the cellular elements of the system). It also involves diseases of other systems, where immune reactions play a part in the pathology and clinical features.
The diseases caused by disorders of the immune system fall into two broad categories: immunodeficiency, in which parts of the immune system fail to provide an adequate response (examples include chronic granulomatous disease), and autoimmunity, in which the immune system attacks its own host's body (examples include systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto's disease and myasthenia gravis). Other immune system disorders include different hypersensitivities, in which the system responds inappropriately to harmless compounds (asthma and allergies) or responds too intensely.
The most well-known disease that affects the immune system itself is AIDS, caused by HIV. AIDS is an immunodeficiency characterized by the lack of CD4+ ("helper") T cells and macrophages, which are destroyed by HIV.
Clinical immunologists also study ways to prevent transplant rejection, in which the immune system attempts to destroy allografts or xenografts.
The use of immune system components to treat a disease or disorder is known as immunotherapy. Immunotherapy is most commonly used in the context of the treatment of cancers together with chemotherapy (drugs) and radiotherapy (radiation). However, immunotherapy is also often used in the immunosuppressed (such as HIV patients) and people suffering from other immune deficiencies or autoimmune diseases.
Diagnostic immunology
The specificity of the bond between antibody and antigen has made it an excellent tool in the detection of substances in a variety of diagnostic techniques. Antibodies specific for a desired antigen can be conjugated with a radiolabel, fluorescent label, or color-forming enzyme and are used as a "probe" to detect it.
Evolutionary immunology
Study of the immune system in extant and extinct species is capable of giving us a key understanding of the evolution of species and the immune system.
A development of complexity of the immune system can be seen from simple phagocytotic protection of single celled organisms, to circulating antimicrobial peptides in insects to lymphoid organs in vertebrates. Of course, like much of evolutionary observation, these physical properties are often seen from the anthropocentric aspect. It should be recognised, that every organism living today has an immune system absolutely capable of protecting it from most forms of harm; those organisms that did not adapt their immune systems to external threats are no longer around to be observed.
Insects and other arthropods, while not possessing true adaptive immunity, show highly evolved systems of innate immunity, and are additionally protected from external injury (and exposure to pathogens) by their chitinous shells.
See also
- immune system
- autoimmunity
- list of immunologists
- history of immunology
- serology
- Immunodeficiency
- Wikibooks Immunology Textbook
- Goldsby RA, Kindt TK, Osborne BA and Kuby J (2003) Immunology, 5th Edition, W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, New York, ISBN 0-7167-4947-5
External links
- BMC: Immunology- BioMed Central:Immunology is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles.
- Nature Reviews Immunology (journal home)
- Overview at Medical College of Georgia


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Throw out the warm milk and even those therapeutic beds. The soothing sounds of the ocean or a lite rainstorm could be the cure to insomnia if one Bay Area company has played its cards right.
A Campbell-based company is making waves (sorry for the bad pun) with its new table top device that hopes to empty your wallet for a good night's sleep.
Adaptive Sound Technologies has developed a sound machine called called Ecotones claims it is smarter than your average sound machine. The new device, which sells for $299, promises to add additional soothing sounds if it detects a disturbance in the room. So imagine you are sleeping to a soft rainstorm in the Guatemalan rain forest when your neighbor's dog decides to bark nonstop at the moon, well Ecotones will hear the dog bark and add soft sounds to drown out the meddle mutt so you can continue to sleep. Pretty sweet.
The machine has a wide library of sounds from "babbling brooks to cricket chirps to fireside crackling," CEO Sam Nicolino Jr., told our friends at the New York Times.
"We trick the ear into thinking it is listening to something pleasant," he told the Times.
The machine uses a microphone to detect any noise that shouldn't be there and will respond accordingly to help ease your sleep. Sounds good.


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Originally from Ironman.com
Germany's 2008 Olympic gold medalist, Jan Frodeno, was at, or near, the lead throughout the swim and bike before blowing away a stacked field on the run as he set a new course record in Oceanside. Canadian Heather Wurtele trailed off the bike, but ran her way to the title as she also set a new course record while winning the women's race.
Frodeno on fire
It was hardly a surprise to see Andy Potts and Frodeno lead the way out of the water at Oceanside Harbor. Potts routinely leads the first leg of almost any triathlon he races (he's a former college swimmer), while Frodeno's ITU career was filled with front-pack swims. Those two were quickly joined by another former ITU star, Matt Chrabot, on the bike. That trio led the way throughout the 56 mile ride. Behind them a large group would eventually form, but even super-bikers Sebastian Kienle (two-time IRONMAN 70.3 world champion) and Andy Starykowicz (fastest IRONMAN bike split ever – 4:02 in Florida last year) couldn't get closer than a couple of minutes to the lead group.
Once on the run the race quickly became the Frodeno show as the German opened up a minute gap on Potts in just over a mile. The lead grew throughout the 13.1-mile run as Frodeno's 1:11:49 run split, the fastest of the day, was quick enough to get him to the line 20 seconds faster than Pott's time from last year – the German's 3:49:25 set a course record.
Potts hung on for second, while Kienle overcame a three-minute deficit after the swim to work his way to the final podium spot.
Frodeno credits his impressive 2014 racing to being healthy at last after struggling with an Achilles tendon injury that forced him to drop out of the IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship last year. In July he'll take on his first full-distance race at the IRONMAN European Championship in Frankfurt – an anxiously awaited debut.
Wurtele wins again
A few years ago Heather Wurtele typically required a lead off the bike in order to win races. Those days are long gone, though. The Canadian has shown she can post super-quick run splits when needed. Two weeks ago, in winning IRONMAN 70.3 Monterrey, Wurtele posted a 1:19 run split – today she went even faster (1:17:56) to run her way to the win here in Oceanside.
The day began with Meredith Kessler and Julie Dibens leading the way out of the water. Dibens, in her first race after taking a year off to recover from foot and knee surgery, would pull away on the bike, enjoying a lead of around two minutes on a group of that included defending champion Heather Jackson, Meredith Kessler and Wurtele.
Once on the run, though, there was no stopping Wurtele, who moved to the front by the four-mile point of the race and never looked back. Jackson gamely tried to stay within touch of the tall Canadian, but would eventually finish just over a minute back as Wurtele broke Jackson's course record (set last year) with her 4:13:12 clocking.
Kessler managed a third-place finish just weeks after her win at IRONMAN New Zealand, while Dibens managed to hold off Caitlin Snow by 30 seconds for fourth.


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Adolphe Quetelet (1796-1874)
Adolphe Quetelet was the first scientist to apply statistical methods to humans in a systematic way. Quetelet had studied astronomy and mathematics in France, and learned how French astronomers used probability to make their measurements of star positions more accurate. He reasoned that it should also be possible to apply these techniques to the measurement of human features and so created a new scientific discipline, which he called 'social mechanics'.
He created the concept of the 'average man', who would exhibit the average features of all individuals. Quetelet used these methods to define what should count as normal physical and mental features, believing that comparing the features of individuals against this 'average man' would allow scientists to detect the underlying mechanisms which determine normal and abnormal features.
In 1835 Quetelet published a description of his new science under the title A treatise on man and the development of his faculties. The body mass index, which classifies people's weight as normal or abnormal, has its roots in Quetelet's work.
Related Themes and Topics
E H Ackerknecht, 'Villermé and Quetelet', The Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 26 (1952), pp 317-329
B P Cooper and M S Murphy, 'The death of the author at the birth of social science: the cases of Harriet Martineau and Adolphe Quetelet', Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 31A/1 (2000), pp 1-36
T M Porter, 'The mathematics of society: variation and error in Quetelet's statistics', British Journal for the History of Science, 18/1/ 58 (1985), pp 51-69
A Quetelet, A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties (Edinburgh: W and R Chambers, 1842) [available online]
The Body Mass Index (BMI) is a way of working out if a person is over or under weight. It is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in metres. The resulting number is then divided by height in metres again. Currently it is suggested that a healthy BMI lies between 18.5 and 25.


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Despite the fact that there happen to be improvements in both road and vehicle safety, accidents involving vehicles on the roads in the UK are still a regular occurrence in our country. Sadly, data shows that a lot of us will likely be involved in a severe accident on the road at least one time in ones life.
Should you be involved in a road traffic accident, it is best to consult with a legal specialist that can help you through the often confusing legal system to help you receive the damages settlement you are entitled to.
Will Legal Action Be Taken?
Not every car or vehicle accident will result in legal action with regards to making a claim for road accident compensation yet if there were not any major personal injuries, you might be eligible to recuperate losses for your property along with other expenditures from the opposing drivers insurance provider. The probability of legal actions will in most cases be decided on the extent of monetary damage that has resulted due to the road traffic accident.
What Causes Road Traffic Accidents?
There's lots of conceivable factors for accidents on the road which can be summarised beneath:
Poor Driving
As you may have guessed, this is certainly hands down the biggest contributing factor of most accidents on our roads. Basic mistakes in thinking along with other little factors all equate to typical bad driving practices, for example neglecting road signs, driving to fast, driving to close to the vehicle in front and other reasons besides.
Bad Road Layout
Local authorities may be liable for a road accident if badly situated or confusing road signs, traffic signals, road works or barriers for example are certainly an instrumental variable to a road accident. Factors such as these mixed in with other possibilities such as dangerous road conditions can easily be the cause of serious road traffic accidents resulting in injuries and sometimes much worse.
Hazardous Driving Conditions
Bad weather will and does play a role in road accidents that can arise due to numerous factors. Hazardous road conditions demand the motorist take special care and attention whilst driving. Drivers must remember to consider these hazardous weather conditions while driving to prevent themselves from inducing a car accident. If you've heard or know the weather is going to be bad before you head out on your journey whether short or long it's best to be prepared for what problems or scenarios may well lie ahead.
Not Being Alert
Motorists are frequently sidetracked and can raise the possibility of a car accident. Regardless if from inside the vehicle or outside the vehicle it is an issue that all of us should come to be far more conscious of. Reading while driving, whether a map or even a book, fiddling about with the car radio or satnav, checking your hair in the rear view mirror or trying to control children in the vehicle are common disturbances that can lead to road traffic accidents.
Road accidents also happen because of the reduced capability of a vehicle's driver to focus and concentrate properly and therefore put both you, their-self and anybody else around in danger.
Dangerous Vehicles
Another cause of road accidents can be illegal or dangerous vehicles being on the road. There is a reason why our vehicles must pass an MOT test to ensure they are road legal. However sometimes other factors may be involved such as an unknown fault on a vehicle may be a contributing factor in a road accident.


text: After hearing opposing viewpoints from officials and residents of Willoughby Hills and Richmond Heights, the Cuyahoga County commissioners unanimously voted to approve the county airport's master plan at their meeting. Officially, the commissioners on Thursday granted permission to the county Department of Development to submit a master plan, airport layout plan and runway safety area study for Cuyahoga County Airport, in Richmond Heights, to the Federal Aviation Administration. Of those plans, perhaps the biggest sticking point for opponents is the proposal to extend the airport's runway by 900 feet -- to 6,002 feet total -- which some fear will bring increased air traffic, pollution and noise as well as decreased home values and qualities of life to those in neighboring cities, which also includes Highland Heights. "We're going to continue fighting this as it moves into the next stage," said Kevin Malecek, Willoughby Hills City Council president. "We'll be there every step of the way, as we have been since the beginning." That next step will include an environmental assessment of the airport property. Should everything in the $31.2 million plan come to fruition, construction wouldn't start for about seven years, and the overall process may take as long as 10 years. "I'm pleased the commissioners approved it but recognize there's a long road ahead of us," Cuyahoga County Airport Manager Kevin Delaney said. "From our perspective, it's a step in the right direction." The airport master plan was up for a vote last April and busloads of area residents attended a meeting to voice their opposition. The commissioners then tabled the measure, allowing time to discuss a sale of the airport to the affected cities, effectively allowing them to control its future. Shortly before casting his vote, Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones noted that approving the master plan wouldn't necessarily close the door on talks of that nature, and might in fact add "more urgency" to such discussions. "The arguments that have been made by opponents to Alternative 38 have been expressed eloquently," Jones said. "But when all is said and done, what compels me to make the vote I'm going to make is that by acting today, we don't preclude further discussion and we don't preclude further debate." Paul Oyaski, director of the department of development, which oversees the airport, agreed. "We can still negotiate a sale after Alternative 38 is approved if there's a serious buyer," said Oyaski, referring to the alternative that, in addition to extending the runway, would also reroute nearby portions of Richmond and Bishop roads as well as add landing safety measures and noise-reduction features. Thus far, "no local government has come forward with a serious proposal to purchase the airport," said Oyaski, indicating the county identified only one entity with the financial wherewithal and debt capacity to purchase the airport -- Lake County. But Lake County commissioners have indicated they had no interest in purchasing the airport. However, during the public comment portion of the meeting, Willoughby Hills officials said they never received a response regarding a letter they sent to the Cuyahoga commissioners in April requesting more information surrounding a possible sale. "I was under the impression there would be an open dialogue, but that dialogue never occurred," Willoughby Hills City Councilman David Reichelt said. "I'm profoundly disappointed." Willoughby Hills Mayor Robert Weger said he received a call from a county official Wednesday evening offering to sell the airport to his city for $100 million. "Where did that figure come from? A private company couldn't even make that kind of commitment without background information," Weger said. "We don't understand how the commissioners can authorize somebody to make an offer like that without due diligence." Also voicing opposition to the plan was Richmond Heights City Council President David Roche and Willoughby Hills City Councilmen Ray Somich and David Fiebig, the latter of whom referenced letters of opposition from state Sen. Tim Grendell, R-Chester Township, and state Rep. Lorraine Fende, D-Willowick. Three people, all of whom have operations at the county airport, spoke in favor of the plan to extend the runway. Each indicated the changes would allow them to take longer flights, take more flights and make safer landings. Oyaski agreed. However, he said that even with the commissioners' approval of the plan, there's still no guarantee the project will take off. "We cannot say with any degree of certainty today that the FAA will provide the $25 (million) to $30 million necessary for the project," he said.


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Herbert List «Graphic Expression»
April 2, 2013
by Herbert List
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With the collaboration of Peer-Olaf Richter, director of the Herbert List Estate, Magnum Gallery present an exhibition of vintage photographs by Herbert List (1903–1975).
«This show at Magnum Gallery attempts an unexpected view on the work of acclaimed photo artist Herbert List, by showing unpublished images of his early years. At the time List started to work for Magnum in 1952 the style of his visual language was that of Human Interest photo essays depicting peoples life: On the street, at their work, or in their home. But the late close observer of people started his career quite differently.
List was a shy, almost introverted young men when he met Andreas Feininger in 1930 and was introduced to the Rolleiflex. Infected by the style of Bauhaus and New Objectivism they went picture hunting, frequently by night. List was fascinated by the way the world looked at night. It also might have corresponded with his streak for Romanticism. Therefore his early style stretches between the direct view of the object as it appears and the expressive and mysterious aesthetic aspects of the object in specific perspective or lighting conditions. He almost got lost in the world of objects and their shapes. At this time the only people he would observe with the lens closely and frequently intimately were friends.
It is here that he mastered the formal aspects of his art with images that seem to avoid depicting people. And if they appeared on the scene they look almost like anonymous extras or staffage. Some wear masks or are replaced by dummies, statues or plaster masks. List shows the life and world of things. He tried to document how they relate and talk to each other, by mastering the absence of the individual by its showing objects. Some of his most famous pictures spring from here: Sunglasses at Lake Lucerne, Bicycles at the Baltic Sea or a cigarette in a luminous ashtray.
The selection at the gallery shows an unusual selection of List photos. These early architectural or landscape images are ancestors to the master still life of Lists Fotografia Metafisica or his innovative visual exploration of antic Greece. They are cool and sometimes distant, expressive and sometimes mysterious. For sure they are an important piece to the puzzle of the oeuvre of this important artist.
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Join the growing movement for responsible Medicaid reform.
With the federal government looking to make drastic budget cuts, Medicaid is in serious peril.
ADAPT, a grassroots coalition of disability rights activists, is leading an effort to gather thousands of civil rights advocates in Washington, D.C., to rally for responsible Medicaid reform. The message: Destroying our safety net is not a way to save money.
Housing Works is jumping in. Join us!
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Our Pestalozzi scholarship programme is investing in the secondary education of high achieving, but low income, students who would not be able to complete their secondary schooling without our support. These young people are selected on the basis of their potential to become future leaders who will have the ability to positively impact the lives of many others.
The immediate indirect impact is on the families and communities of each Pestalozzi scholar. They raise the aspirations for their peer group and those who come after them. They volunteer in schools, clinics, environmental programmes and community focused groups. Our rule of thumb is that every Pestalozzi scholar will have a positive impact on at least 10 other people before they leave Pestalozzi.
Our alumni break the cycle of intergenerational poverty, meaning that they have a significant impact on the generations who follow behind them. A comparison of career paths of the Pestalozzi alumni with the occupations of the students' parents shows how their education has helped the alumni progress into much better paid occupations.
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Tennis Legend Arthur Ashe in U.S. Commemorative Stamp
Arthur Ashe, humanitarian and world class tennis star, will be immortalized on a commemorative postage stamp to be issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2005.
The announcement came during the unveiling of the stamp image as part of the Arthur Ashe Kids' Day presented by Hess, which kicks off the 2004 U.S.
Open. The ceremonies took place in the Stadium bearing the tennis legend's name. Ashe's image, a photo by Michael O'Neill used on the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine naming Ashe 1992 Sportsman of the Year, is the first Sports Illustrated cover photo ever featured on a postage stamp.
"Arthur Ashe was a man who was unafraid to redefine the boundaries of his world," said Henry A. Pankey, Vice President, Emergency Preparedness, U.S.
Postal Service, at the unveiling. "Through his efforts -- on and off the court -- he pushed us all to make the world a better place."
As the first African American man to win Grand Slam tennis Tournaments—Wimbledon, and the United States and Australian Opens—Ashe followed his on-court accomplishments with a lifetime of activity devoted to humanitarian endeavors. His commitment to social issues led him to establish foundations that help disenfranchised youth, and support the fight against AIDS, which he had contracted from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. Ashe also organized efforts to oppose South Africa's apartheid rule, a rule that ended in 1994.
Before succumbing to AIDS-related pneumonia in 1993, Ashe spoke before the United Nations General Assembly and urged nations to increase their efforts and funding in the war against AIDS. He acquired the disease following a tainted blood transfusion.
Born July 10, 1943 in Richmond, VA, Ashe learned to play tennis on Blacks-only Brook Field playground under the tutelage of local black tennis great Ron Charity. Recognizing his son's talent, Arthur Ashe, Sr. supported his training while raising Arthur and his brother John without their mother, who died in 1950.
Several years later, Ashe's father married Lorene Kimbrough, adding her two children, Robert and Loretta, to their combined family. Though racial barriers excluded Ashe from tennis competitions in the South, his tenacity and enthusiasm for the sport never flagged. Seeking other opportunities to compete, Ashe spent a year in St. Louis before attending UCLA.
Eventually Ashe played in the world's foremost tennis championships, acquiring a long list of wins, among them three Grand Slam tournaments. Ashe became the first African American to represent the United States on the Davis Cup team, playing in 32 Davis Cup matches and winning 27 during his tennis career. A heart attack and ongoing heart problems, however, forced him to retire from competition in 1980, but not from tennis. As the first African American to captain the Davis Cup team, Ashe led the team to win the cup in 1981 and 1982.
Earning numerous honors throughout his life, Ashe was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1985, and hailed Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year in 1992. He died Feb. 6, 1993. Four years after his death, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) named the new 23,000-seat U.S. Open tennis facility Arthur Ashe Stadium and Commemorative Garden at its opening ceremony in Flushing Meadow, New York City.
Ashe is survived by his beloved wife, photographer Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, and their daughter, Camera, now 17 years old.
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text: In 1892, Scandinavian inventors and adventures, Lindqvist and Svenson created the first soot-free, lightweight packable cook stove. They called it 'Primus.' Since that day, Primus has aided the triumph of adventurers and outdoorsmen across the globe. From the slopes of the Himalaya, to the deep arctic, to the undeveloped world, Primus has been everywhere. At Primus, they are constantly spurred by the desire to develop and design the most innovative outdoor products on the planet; enabling adventurers to achieve and go all the way.


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For both the PC infected with a virus or malware, and the PC that you are creating the bootable media on, you'll need PCs with the following minimum requirements.
- Operating system.
- Windows 7 with SP1, or higher
- Windows 8.1
- Processor. Windows 7, Windows 8.1: 1 GB RAM or higher
- Video resolution. 800 X 600 or higher
- Available hard disk space. 500 MB
For the PC infected by a virus or malware
- The PC must have the same Windows operating system (OS) architecture (32-bit or 64-bit) as Windows Defender Offline. Bootable media created on any version of Windows can be run on any other version of Windows. The only thing that needs to match is the architecture of Windows Defender Offline and the OS of the infected machine.
- BitLocker must be disabled to use Windows Defender Offline.
For the PC on which you create the bootable media
- Administrator account. A user account with administrator privileges to create the bootable media.
- Internet connection. An Internet connection to install and download the latest virus and spyware definitions for Windows Defender Offline.
- Internet browser. Windows Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher, or Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher.
- Media. A CD, DVD, or USB flash drive with at least 250 MB of free space.


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I am the essence of overconfidence! I am speculation, adventure; the spirit of pursuit; the stag howling for its winsome yet anonymous mate. I am the love call of evolution; the perfume and color of the flowers as they offer their pollen to the gentle buzz of the bees. I am sex itself, gentlemen. I am life. I am appetite!
Monday, April 09, 2012
Vaali Vs Karna
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Atleast karna had loyalty/gratitude/vaaku etc as a reason(apart from hatred toward arjuna, ofcourse) to have sinned, but vaali never did have any valid reason apart from misplaced hatred toward sugriva.. right? So why do conclude like what you have done?
- Monday, April 09, 2012 9:22:00 PM
What is more fascinating is that the Karma also follows the third person, the common one in both the stories. In the first story He hides behind a tree and kills. In the second story, a hunter hides behind a tree and kills the one, mistaking Him for an animal.
- Monday, April 09, 2012 10:11:00 PM
I agree, Karna said worstu shit about Draupadi during the dice game. Maybe he was taking revenge for how Draupadi insulted him in her swayamvara. Either way for a guy who is supposedly full of good qualities should have forgiven and forgotten.
He continuously boasted about his abilities but repeatedly came second best to Arjuna. He couldn't defeat Drupada at Drona's behest. He along with others were defeated single handedly by Arjuna at the end of the Pandavas' incognito period. I dunno why people consider him equal, nay better than Partha.
According to Valmiki Ramayana, He does not exactly hide and kill Vaali. He does hide but he comes out in the open and shoots Vaali. Most modern retellings have it like Rama shoots from behind a tree but he does not.
- Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:50:00 AM
Let's talk about suryaputra Dravid and Indraputra Tendulkar, who is worstu fellow ba?
- Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:27:00 AM
- Hawk Eye said...
1st anon,
some other post in some other time - i will write as to why i think vali is better. But the reason you actually quoted for liking him is the same reason why i dont.
- Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:28:00 PM


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What courses do I need to complete the program?
Please look over the checksheet in the Advising Handbook.
How do I find out when courses will be offered?
Most courses are not offered every semester. However, we have a regular, predictable schedule of Core Courses, and a fairly regular schedule of electives. You can find out when courses are offered in three ways:
- Both the 2003-2009 Curriculum Checksheet and the 2010 Curriculum Checksheet note {in this type of bracket} the semester the courses are expected to be taught, if we have that information.
- There is an Expected Schedule of Core Courses with a list of courses offered each fall semester and each spring semester.
- There is also a Two-Year Schedule of Courses.
{Unfortunately we cannot guarantee that all of the courses will always be offered in the semesters indicated, but in general you can expect them to be offered at that time.}
How do I know that I will be able to complete required courses before graduation?
You must PLAN AHEAD and be aware of when required courses are offered, especially as you approach graduation. In particular, be aware that some of our required courses may be taught only once a year. The best way to plan ahead is to discuss course scheduling with your adviser and fill out a Semester-by-Semester Plan of Courses. Consult your adviser in your second major to ensure there will not be conflicts with their requirements.
Do courses have prerequisites? How do I find out what they are?
Many of them do, and we plan to add more prerequisites in the future to make the curriculum more efficient for students. Prerequisites are listed in three places.
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- The Next Semester Course List that comes out every semester includes the prerequisites.
How do I learn what the ES courses are about?
Course descriptions are found on this website. You can also check for recent course syllabi.
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Students declare a major at the Registrar's Office in Dempsey. Students in their first semester at UWO can declare an ES major and be assigned an adviser. To qualify for assignment to an Environmental Studies Faculty Adviser, the student must declare Environmental Studies as the student's major and be in academic good standing with the University. Faculty Adviser assignments are made by the Director of Environmental Studies, David Barnhill. Students should set up an appointment to discuss the program with him: David Barnhill, 424-0746, Swart 324. At that time, an adviser will be assigned to the student. The adviser may change as the student progresses through the program.
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text: Sharm El Sheikh is on a peninsula overlooking the Strait of Tiran at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba. Its strategic importance led to its transformation from a fishing village into a major port and naval base for the Egyptian Navy. It was captured by Israel during the Sinai conflict of 1956 and returned to Egypt in 1957. A United Nations peacekeeping force was subsequently stationed there until the 1967 Six-Day War when it was recaptured by Israel and officially renamed Mifratz Shlomo, Hebrew for "Gulf of Solomon"; but the name "Sharm El Sheikh" or "Sharm" stayed in general use. Sharm El Sheikh remained under Israeli control until the Sinai peninsula was returned to Egypt in 1982. Tourism industry in Sharm El Sheikh is considered the core of development. The development in the city offers an exclusive world of luxury and elegance. A fantasy world of space and style is there comprising glamorous low density resorts, exclusive sports' facilities, unparalleled food courts and shopping Centres. Sharm El Sheikh's major industry is foreign and domestic tourism, owing to its dramatic landscape, year-round dry and temperate climate and long stretches of natural beaches. Its waters are clear and calm for most of the year and have become popular for various watersports, particularly recreational scuba diving and snorkelling which many consider to be among the best in the world. Coral reefs, under water and marine life, unmatched anywhere in the world, offer a spectacular and dazzling time for divers. There is wide room for scientific tourism with diversity in marine life species; 250 different coral reefs and 1000 species of fish.


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text: And now the moment we've all been waiting for…have they been able to keep their New Year's resolution for another month? Well, of course we have! But I will say, it is getting increasingly difficult, especially when it comes to taking care of our 7-year old and his crippling addiction to Skylanders. The bad weather (and minor flooding in our shop) has made for a rather dull month in terms of purchases, but we have been keeping busy, don't you worry! The next couple of months should prove to be interesting, with our desire to completely redo our back yard from re-claimed materials, and as well, finish up some other pesky household projects. Now that the focus is off of getting our downstairs showroom space renovated and open, we can focus a bit more attention back on our home, which is, admittedly, a neglected space since we opened the shop 2 years ago. Read more


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Actress Kelly McGillis, best known for her role as Tom Cruise's love interest in the 1986 blockbuster movie "Top Gun," and Melanie Leis joined in a civil union in Collingswood, N.J. on Sept. 15, The New York Times reported.
McGillis, 53, who was previously married twice, met Leis, 42, in 2000 when the latter was a bartender at a restaurant that McGillis co-owned with her then-husband Fred Tillman. Both McGills and Tillman have two children: Kelsey, 20, and Sonora, 17.
The actress told SheWired.com in 2009 that she is a lesbian. In explaining that interview to The New York Times recently, McGillis said: "That was one of those moments when somebody asked me a question, my kids had gone from home, so I really didn't have to protect anyone by skirting the question, and I just decided to be absolutely honest."
Aside from "Top Gun," McGillis has also appeared in other films such as "Witness" and "The Accused." Her latest project is the horror film "Stake Land."
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Read Richard III's "Now is the winter of our discontent" soliloquy below with modern English translation & analysis.
Spoken by Richard, Richard III, Act 1 Scene 1
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths;
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments;
Our stern alarums chang'd to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visag'd war hath smooth'd his wrinkled front;
And now,–instead of mounting barbed steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,–
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
But I,–that am not shap'd for sportive tricks,
Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time
Into this breathing world scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them;–
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to spy my shadow in the sun,
And descant on mine own deformity:
And therefore,–since I cannot prove a lover,
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,–
I am determined to prove a villain,
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous,
By drunken prophecies, libels, and dreams,
To set my brother Clarence and the king
In deadly hate the one against the other:
And if King Edward be as true and just
As I am subtle, false, and treacherous,
This day should Clarence closely be mew'd up,–
About a prophecy which says that G
Of Edward's heirs the murderer shall be.
Dive, thoughts, down to my soul.
"Now Is The Winter Of Our Discontent" Soliloquy Translation:
At last, our winter of troubled history has been transformed into glorious summer by my brother, King Edward, and all the clouds that had gathered threateningly above our house lie safely buried in the depths of the ocean. Now we're wearing the wreaths of victory and we've removed our battered armour and our weapons of war and hung them up as decorations. The blast of battlefield bugles have been usurped by the musical accompaniment to the dancing that's had taken the place of serious military marching. People now smile easily instead of wearing the grim frowns of war. Instead of putting the fear of God into the enemy by charging towards him on armoured horses we're charming ladies with dance steps to the tunes of seductive lutes.
That doesn't suit me. I'm the wrong type for sexual games; I wasn't cut out to admire myself in a mirror. I am badly shaped and lack the looks to feel at ease swaggering in front of a pretty, flighty girl. For me such activity has been curtailed. I've been cheated out of good looks by nature; deformed, not fully developed, because of the premature birth that sent me into the world barely half formed, and even then, badly. Nature has made me so ugly that dogs bark at me as I limp past them.
This weak, tedious period of peace bores me: I have nothing to do, unless I want to sing songs about my own deformity whenever I catch a glimpse of my shadow in the sunshine. And so, since I could never fill these beautiful days of peace by being a lover, I've made up my mind to be a villain and stir up these idle days of pleasure. Indeed, I've already used drunken prophesies, lies and dream interpretations to set dangerous plots in motion to turn my brothers – Clarence and the King – against each other. And if King Edward was as fair and even-handed as I am cunning, false and treacherous, Clarence is going to be locked up this very day because of a prophecy that says that "G" will murder Edward's children.


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Suicide bomber hits north Mali, troops clash in capital
A suicide bomber blew himself up in northern Mali on Friday as a dramatic turn towards guerrilla tactics by Islamists and an outbreak of fighting among soldiers in the capital show the war is far from won for the embattled nation.
In Mali's first ever suicide bombing, an attacker drove up to a group of Malian troops in Gao, the largest town in the north, and detonated an explosive belt, wounding one soldier, said First Sergeant Mamadou Keita.
The Islamists who occupied northern Mali for 10 months have resorted to guerrilla warfare after being ousted by French-led troops who on Friday took control of the strategic town of Tessalit near the Algerian border.
Many of the rebels are now believed to be holed up in the remote hills of the far northeast.
In the capital Bamako infighting in Mali's deeply divided military erupted as soldiers attacked a camp of elite paratroopers loyal to ex-president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was ousted in a March coup.
The putsch was launched by soldiers from Mali's poor and ramshackle army after their humiliation in the north at the hands of well-armed rebels fighting for independence for the Tuareg, a northern people who have long complained of being marginalised by Bamako.
A month later, "Red Beret" paratroopers loyal to Toure launched a failed counter-coup. Fighting between feuding factions left about 20 people dead.
Friday's gunfight broke out after the paratroopers refused to be absorbed into other units and go to the northern frontline.
"From 6:00 am (0600 GMT) heavily armed soldiers, from all units, attacked the camp," said Yaya Bouare, one of the "Red Beret" soldiers inside the camp, adding that there were many wounded.
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I have another tutorial on an internet meme. This one is about as scary, or scarier than Slenderman or Horrifying House Guest. Up next we will be learning "how to draw The Rake", step by step. This character is almost similar as far as story line goes. He is a creepypasta just like Slenderman. He has been floating around the web in videos, as artwork from various artists, and his image has also been used in blogs. The Rake was created back in 2005 by an unknown artist. His image was uploaded to 4chan's /b/ board with the message "hey /b/ let's make a new monster'. Ever since the post, the character creation took on a whole new plot. The Rake is a skeletal figure with a screaming face and creepy look. He has no hair, his skin is extremely pale, and he is often seen in the background of home videos. Anyways, this tutorial will take you on a journey to the unknown as you drawing The Rake. I shall return so stay tuned in. Adios people and like always, enjoy!
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Reposted from Life Extensionhttp://blog.lef.org/2012/05/train-your-brain-better-memory.html
By Michael A. Smith, MD
While seemingly innocent, this loss of mental focus can potentially have a detrimental impact on our professional, social, and personal well-being. So is there anything we can do about it or are we simply destined to suffer from slow reaction times and forgetfulness?
Your Brain Needs Exercise TooNeuroscientists are increasingly finding that there's actually a lot that can be done. It turns out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental workouts can significantly improve our basic cognitive functions.
Thinking is essentially a process of making neural connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to excel in making the neural connections that drive intelligence is inherited. However, because these connections are made through effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can expand and fluctuate according to mental effort.
But there's a problem. If your brain cells aren't connecting to each other, your brain exercises will all be in vain. So let's first increase the number and enhance the quality of brain cell connections. To do this, you need magnesium threonate.
Enhancing Nerve Cell ConnectionsYour brain consists of about 100 billion neurons. On average, each neuron is connected to other neurons through about 10,000 synapses. The theory is pretty straight forward: The more connections you have, the better your memory, the faster your brain processes information, and the better your attention and focus will be.
This is where magnesium comes into play, as it's needed for all of those connections. Unfortunately, magnesium is one of the minerals most deficient in the American diet. And chronic deficiency has long been shown to negatively affect brain function. So you may be thinking that you need to start eating more magnesium-rich foods and supplementing with it. And you'd be right.
However, most magnesium supplements do not readily cross the blood-brain barrier. To overcome this obstacle, an innovative form of magnesium, called magnesium threonate, has been introduced. Threonate is a vitamin C metabolite that acts as a carrier to help magnesium enter the brain. Other forms like magnesium chloride, gluconate, and even citrate don't cross into the brain very well at all.
In preclinical models, L-threonate boosted magnesium levels in spinal fluid by an impressive 15% compared to no increase with conventional magnesium.1 Even more compelling, animal models revealed improvements of 18% for short-term memory and 100% for long-term memory using the threonate form of magnesium.1
Now that you have new and improved nerve cell connections, exercises designed to enhance brain function can actually work — or at least work better. Below we'll take a look at a few of these exercises.
Brain Building Games & ExercisesYou may have heard the term "mind-body connection" as it applies to healing and health. But did you know there really is a physical connection between the brain and the rest of your body?
In some places, your brain connects with your muscles and in other places it connects with your skin and internal organs. There's vast highway of communication lines that need to be repaired and serviced throughout your life.
A great way to repair and service your brain-body connections is through brain exercises or "brain games." The brain games fall into 4 categories:
- Memory & Recall
- Attention & Focus
- Cognition & Problem Solving
- Speed & Spatial Reasoning
Memory & Recall — Chess, Cards & CrosswordsThat's right, chess. Playing a game of chess every day is actually great for your short-term memory. A chess master can hold an unbelievable number of strategies in their short-term memory.
Crosswords or games that involve a lot of possible options for your brain to juggle are great as well. And card games like bridge and even blackjack (where you cheat by counting cards) can also help to enhance memory.
Attention & Focus — Read & RecognizeOkay, reading comprehension is really not a game but it does require concentration, attention and focus. Games that require you to memorize a pattern or picture and then recognize what's missing on a new screen are awesome for attention. It's important to realize that short-term memory is strongly linked to your attention span.
Cognition & Problem Solving — ArithmeticThe most popular problem solving games involve numbers. Here's one example, it's called Side By Side. The object of the game is to arrange seven numbers, so that no two side-by-side numbers add together to make another number in the row.
For example, if the row of numbers contains a seven, three and four, you cannot place the 4 and 3 side-by-side because they equal 7, one of the numbers included in the original list. There are literally thousands of free problem solving games on the internet. The Problem Site has several available. Have fun!
Speed & Reaction Times — Video GamesYes, you can play video games especially if you want to improve reaction times. There's no reason we older adults can't use a joystick or controller with the same speed as a 21-year-old. We just need some practice.
Try out a Nintendo Wii. Armchair sports are great for anyone who wants to stay alert. All those new activities will help to speed up the transmission of neurons and improve your reaction times.
Want to read more on this topic? Check out our health protocol on age related cognitive decline.
What ideas do you have for improving your brain function? Please share them with us in the comments below!
- Neuron. 2010 Jan 28;65(2):165-77.


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How to Sync E-mail Accounts with Your iPhone 4S
You can sync account settings for your e-mail accounts in the Sync Mail Accounts section of the Info pane of your iPhone 4S. You can synchronize all your e-mail accounts (if you have more than one) or individual accounts, as shown in the following figure. Just select the appropriate check boxes.
The iPhone syncs with the following mail programs:
Mac: Mail
PC: Microsoft Outlook 2003, 2007, or 2010
Mac and PC: Gmail and Yahoo! Mail
E-mail account settings are synchronized only one way: from your computer to your iPhone. If you make changes to any e-mail account settings on your iPhone, the changes will not be synchronized back to the e-mail account on your computer. This is actually a good thing.
By the way, the password for your e-mail account may or may not be saved on your computer. If you sync an e-mail account and the iPhone asks for a password when you send or receive mail, do this: On the Home screen, tap Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars. Tap your e-mail account's name, and then type your password in the appropriate field.
Ringtones, music, podcasts, iTunes U courses, books, and video (but not photos) are synced in only one direction: from your computer to your iPhone. If you delete any of these items on your iPhone, they are not deleted from your computer when you sync. If you purchase or download items directly to your iPhone using the iTunes app or App Store app, those items are synced back to your computer when your iPhone syncs. And if you delete anything you've purchased — movies, songs, TV shows, or whatever — you can download them to your iPhone at no charge with the iTunes or App Store app's Purchased section.


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Comic 55 - Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #4
3rd Feb 2010, 10:20 AM
Chapter One
Numero Deux
OFPF: Return of the Kang
Video Game #1
four score and several fishermen ago. . .
Video Game #2
Jone Ass
Traffic Violation
Best MMO Ever
Video Game Comic #3
Another Brick in the Wall (Part I)
The Very Special Christmas Special Edition
Can people on TV really see me, or am I just paranoid?
Dick move
Video Game #4
With fury, I spite thee
A very important message from OFPF
All is quiet, on
A world in white, gets underway
Video Game #5
From the makers of Time and Space, comes
Wiki Jokes
What kind of friend would ignore a sick friend?
Keep it gay
Ask Bill - Black people in MY white suburb?
Video Game #6
By unpopular demand,
That's my Bush
I totally meant George H. W. Bush yesterday
Now how will I get to Hollywood?
Video Game #7
The Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #1
Grampa V. Sam Walton
An Alternative Ending
Taco Bella Lugosi's Dead
And how, a real politician
Change you can believe in.
Jesus takes the wheel
Everyone loves Frank Caliendo
Everyone loves blue boobies
Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it,
Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #2
Not exactly relevent
There's no joke today
The Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #3
Back in half black
We can work it night by night
True story, I heard it on the internet
Video Game #8
Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #4
Video Game #9
Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are
Don't you think I look cute in this hat?
If he hears,
Video Game #10
Previously, on Law and Order
Disorder in the Court :D
Because obviously weather = climate
Retard, retard, retard, retard, retard, retard,
Video Game #11 - Happy Valentines Day!
Whose got two thumbs and loves hookers?
Will things ever be the same again?
You, tah.
Glenn Beck's secret crush
Happy Black History Month!
Victim of Circumstance
Are you ready for the number 3?
Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #5
The Glenn Beck of Yesteryear
What God Wants, God Gets
It's 4:20 - Do you know where your health care is?
Meet the new boss.
I never wanted a sequel
The Internet is for [CENSORED] (Part 1 of 2)
The [CENSORED] is for [CENSORED] (Part 2 of 2)
A chilling post script
The Meek Shall Inherit My Debt
The Great Googleroni Predicts the Future
Racist Guy Struggling to Stay Racist #6
A special presentation.
The Continuing Adventures of the Sub-Par Troll! #1 - #3
Talkin' 'Bout the Real Monkey Man
Jihadu Sentai al-Qaeda Seven
Sucking Caucus
Why don't you get a Dodd?
Happy Daylight Savings!
History According to Texas
Sub-Par Troll #4 - 6
Bad Romance
If it was good enough for Ben Franklin, surely, for Sam Walton
Video Game #12
Video Game comic is dead
Get it legal
The Sub-Par Troll and a black guy
Racist Guy gives advice to the Tea Party.
I would watch a Bush & Clinton reality show
A new series within a series
No (real) update today, but you can thank this guy.
I </3 the 80s
Apple spelled backwards is Elppa (sounds Russian to me)
Barack Obama verses the World
Transformed at Last...!!
God hates queers
Men died in Nam for YOUR FREEDOM
The Hippie Girl Struggling to Stay Hip #1
Secret Muslim = Secret gay?
The Party of Lincoln
. . . but then I got high
Bunnies, chicks, and eggs, all covered here-in
God, are you there? It's me, Stan.
The last time OFPF will comment on Rush Limbaugh
Parallel me
dun dun dun dunananana
Stan is thoughtful
A series of hurr?
Creationism: or is it?
Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)
Popey, you're a rich man!
Michael Savage hates illegal? :O
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 1 of 8)
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 2 of 8)
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 3 of 8)
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 4 of 8)
Smoke up!
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 5 of 8)
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 6 of 8)
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 7 of 8)
Stan's Final Stan(d) (Part 8 of 8)
Whose got two thumbs and out-Jackson'd Andrew Jackson?
"life is killing me"
Oh, repressed sexuality
Racist Guy Struggling to Make Sense of Arizona's new Immigration Law
The King of Kings
Guilty Pleasure
OFPF, featuring music!
I took a nap and forgot to make a new OFPF
I was going to write the title in spanish
Oily to bed, oily to rise
And the Lord doth sayth: "Twinks don't count."
The oily bird gets the worm
Sub-Par Date
Fish has legs (Part 1)
Fish has legs (Part 2)
This shit again.
Sub-Par Melanin
Inbreeding in action
Racist Guy has a few words for the conspiratorial right-wing.
Science or wankfodder?
Artistic Rage (Unleashed)
Sunday means Republican Jesus!
"hungry for heaven"
Get a swift correction
Draw Mohammed Day! (with Stan)
Fuck a Fred Phelps
From Kentucky, with love
R Jesus has something to say
Sub-Par Sexuality
Paul/Paul '12
We'll have a gay ol' time
We'll have a gay ol' time 2
We finally got a piece of the pie.
Super Presidential Taskforce - Americanger
True story
Racist Guy calls out bullshit
It's a miracle
Boobs win.
Mo's comin' at'cha, mon
Epic Burn
(R) Jesus explains himself/God
It's Ramadan at Ground Zero
With Apologies to Moe Howard
Sub-Par Existence
The real cost of a nuclear energy plan
With apologies to Curly Howard
today's comic is awesome
Inspiring message
OFPF Number 91: Untitled
Religion for the lulz
The Lord is not happy with Obama
Waaaaaah, Jedi!
Toy Story 3
Just as likely as the alternative
Jesus used to be kind of a giant dick
That woman is an idiot
Sub-Par Erections
Happy birthday, computer man.
Revenge of the Durrs
Mindless self-indulgence
One more for the road
Damn kids and your Nintendo Sega Saturns!
Today with Rutherford B Hayes #5
More Rutherford B Hayes #6
Sub-Par Health
Sarah & God
Are you ready for the number 2?
You got to break free
Happy Independence Day
would you suffer eternally, or internally?
nothing seems to redeem ohio
Vote Prop 19, CA!
Ol' Crusty Face Jenkins: Holy Day
Inevitable conclusion
Child rape is only cool if you're cool.
Bristol Palin
Mel Gibson is fucking crazy
Sub-Par Diagnosis
Ol' Crusty Face Jenkins: Goldener Rule
New words
Sub-Par Self-Pleasure
Racist Guy thinks black people need to get better at racism
Good night, and good luck.
making up for yesterday
welcome to the machine
Ol' Crusty Face Jenkins: Transexuals
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Famous Female Models
List of famous female models, listed by their level of prominence with photos when available. This greatest female models list contains the most prominent and top females known for being models. Featuring the hottest models who became actresses, this list includes models who married rock stars and supermodels who married ugly celebs. There are thousand of females working as models in the world, but this list highlights only the most notable ones. Historic models have worked hard to become the best that they can be, so if you're a female aspiring to be a model then the people below should give you inspiration.
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Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001, with several minor television and film roles, and played a regular role on the Hope & Faith television sitcom. In 2004, she made her film debut with a role in the teen comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. In 2007, she co-starred as Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character, in the blockbuster action film Transformers, which became her breakout role. Fox reprised her role in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Later in 2009, she starred as the eponymous lead in the black comedy horror film Jennifer's Body. ...more on Wikipedia
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Angelina Jolie Pitt is an American actress, filmmaker, and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress. Jolie made her screen debut as a child alongside her father, Jon Voight, in Lookin' to Get Out. Her film career began in earnest a decade later with the low-budget production Cyborg 2, followed by her first leading role in a major film, Hackers. She starred in the critically acclaimed biographical television films George Wallace and Gia, and won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Girl, Interrupted. Jolie's starring role as the ...more on Wikipedia
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Scarlett Johansson is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in North. In 1996, she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in Manny & Lo, garnering further acclaim and prominence with roles in The Horse Whisperer and Ghost World. She shifted to adult roles with her performances in Girl with a Pearl Earring and Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, for which she won a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role; both films earned her Golden Globe Award nominations as well. Roles in A Love Song for Bobby Long and Woody Allen's Match Point earned Johansson two more Golden Globe Award nominations. Her subsequent films ...more on Wikipedia
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Lindsay Dee Lohan (born 2 July 1986) is an American actress, model and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine advertisement and television commercials. At age 10, she began her acting career in a soap opera; at 11, she made her motion picture debut by playing identical twins in Disney's 1998 remake of The Parent Trap.Lohan rose to stardom with her leading roles in the films Freaky Friday, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Mean Girls and Herbie: Fully Loaded. Her subsequent roles include appearances in A Prairie Home Companion and Bobby. In 2004, Lohan launched a second career in pop music yielding the albums Speak (2004), A Little More ...more on Wikipedia
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Well, sort of. Actually, the premature and incorrect congratulations came from Macy's, who, unfortunately ran an ad prematurely notifying Miami Herald readers that Heat Championship T-Shirts were now available for sale at Miami Macy's locations. Hah! That's pretty funny considering that 1. the Heat didn't win the 2011 NBA championship, and 2. the Heat didn't win the 2011 NBA championship.
I have to say that I did watch the Finals with a close eye and am very happy that the Dallas Mavericks finally won an NBA championship. I'm happy for Dirk Nowitzki and I am happy for Jason Kidd, two players that I have been following for a very long time. In fact, throughout the playoffs, I was reppin' a vintage Kidd replica jersey circa 1994. It's about damn time that the both of the won some hardware.
By the way, if you're interested in picking up an official Dallas Mavericks 2011 NBA Championship T-Shirt, you can grab one now at the NBA Store.
With that said, in 2012 it will be all about one red Rose and the Chicago Bulls.