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I'd always been big into ear piercings and at most had 8 before I had to take half of them out due to work but at 17 I began to fall in love with nipple piercings on females. Being 17 at the time, I couldn't just rock on up to my studio and get one though as they wont pierce female nipples on anyone under 18. I of course found a way (not a smart way, mind you) of getting around this.
The first time I pierced my nipple, it was self done. I did a lot of research prior to sticking a needle through my nipple and had ordered a 14g hollow needle, clamps and a 14g 16mm long barbell, both autoclaved, to do the piercing. After getting the equipment I was incredibly excited about giving myself this new piercing and that night set things up. After giving the bathroom a good clean I lay out my equipment and market a dot either side of my left nipple. I then washed both my hands and the area I was piercing with warm water and anti-bacterial soap and put the clamp over my nipple using 2 pegs to hold it closed. The piercing process did not go as smoothly as I'd hoped as I found it incredibly hard to stick a needle through my nipple but after a good minute of pushing, I made it through. I didn't find the experience all that painful but was very light headed at this point. After putting the barbell in the end of the needle (it was externally threaded, I did know better but was being reckless anyway) and putting it through I had my, albeit wonky, piercing. I gave it a salt soak and slapped a bandage on for the night. The piercing throbbed uncomfortably but I managed to get to sleep. By doing a salt soak 2 times a day for the first week and sleeping in a bra it seemed to be doing well, no signs of infection or much pain. During the second week however I had a runway show and the too long barbell (I hadn't switched to a shorter one and should have gotten a 12mm long in the first place due to my tiny nipples) got caught on a lace garment and ripped my nipple slightly. That night, only 12 days after piercing it, I removed the piercing.
I do know that it is incerdibly unwise to selfpierce something like a nipple and I do not know what possesed me other than want of this piercing to attempt it twice but I do not recommend it to anyone and strongly advise against it. Go to a studio.
The second time I had a pierced nipple was a disaster and I had the barbell in for less than 30mins due to incredibly shoddy placement. This time I ordered from the same place but a 12mm long bar.It was about 3 months after my first attempt. I set up the same way as last time and set out to pierce my right nipple but for some reason, wimped out half way through leaving myself with nothing but a bleeding and sore nipple. STUPIDLY I washed the blood off the needle and put it in my cup of hot salt water before marking up my left nipple. I didn't use clamps this time and just shoved the needly through in frustration with myself for having failed with my right. The needle went through and I could see at once it was on a strange angle. I put in the barbell (a much better size than last time) and watched a couple of youtube videos before taking it out as I did not want such a silly looking piercing.
This is where I surrenderd to the fact I was only 17 and had to wait a few more months to get it done because, I was sure as hell not going to get it right myself.
The day of my 18th birthday I went into my preferred studio and enquired about getting a nipple piercing. I was told that the piercer who did it wouldn't be back till 5 days later so to come back then. When I came back in, 5 days later, I went up to the counter and asked again before being told that, yes it could be done today. I payed my $45 and signed the form before being taken into the piercing room. The piercing room was small but clean and felt comfortable. After sitting in the chair the lady asked me to remove my top and bra and enquired as to which nipple she would be piercing. She put on a clean pair of gloves and with a new marker, marked me and had me check the placement. Once she was sure I was satisfied I sat back in the chair and she reclined it slightly. She then got a needle in packing which confirmed it had been autoclaved and changed her gloves before measureing me for a bar (I did not have a choice between bar and BCR which I liked as it meant she knew what she was doing for this part). She then changed her gloves once she had gotten out a barbell, also in packaging. She put a clamp on my nipple and told me to breath deeply and she'd insert the needle on 5. There was very little pain during the piercing and it went smoothly. She removed the needle from the plastic sheath and snipped the ends before removing the clamp. The jewelery was inserted, plastic removed and ball screwed on (internally threaded). A gauze pad was taped over the fresh piercing and I got to put my bra and top back on.
She then went over the cleaning routine with me and told me to see her if I had any problems with it. I was then informed that it was a 14g 10mm bar. I internally freaked out about this but thought 'she's a pro, she did a couple of your ear piercings, she knows what's right' and didn't mention it. Overal I was very pleased with how this went.
Healing went pretty smoothly apart from the bar being slightly too short. I have still not changed this 3 months after however as I have not had time and it has not caused any problems bar minor indentation of my nipple either side of the piercing. The only hiccup during healing was when I got a bad cold which caused my body to go on mega-defensive-mode and try to fight the piercing. There was a decent amount of pus and a small lum formed in my breast next to the piercing. I went straight to my doctor and was put on a course of anti-biotics to solve this and after 4 days, the lump was gone and the piercing fine again.
Technically I am still healing at 3 months in but apart from a little lymphing, there's nothing to report as it seems to have healed up just fine. I do need to go and get the bar changed at some point in the near future to comething slightly longer. If my nipple had swelled at all a 10mm barbell would not a have surficed but thankfully my nipple was a bro and didn't swell. This is a major mark against the piercer in an otherwise, perfect experience. I now also know to leave the tricky piercings to the piercers and am thankful that I am now 18 and able to get any piercing I want without the infuriating wait to be able to sign my forms.
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text: Today represented a significant anniversary in the history of the war. On January 14, 1861, Virginia's assembly approved the convention that considered its seccession from the Union. This is important because it began the movement towards secession of Virginia, which led to perhaps the finest officer in the United States Army at that time, Robert E. Lee ultimately resigning his commission to fight for Virginia and the Confederacy. Also on this date in 1862, "Stonewall" Jackson and his forces captured Romney. This just goes to show you how dates that may not seem important actually have more importance than we think.

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Season of bloom
I've discovered that gardening with ferocity forces you to pay attention to time in a whole new way. For example, I've known for a long time that this volunteer climbing rose — which simply appeared unbidden one year, shooting up out of a stickery shrub on the west side of my house — blooms in early summer.
But I'd never before clocked quite how hard and how fast it blooms. As in, by the time my first bouquet from it has wilted, it's DONE. As in, by the time I remember to tell an herbalist friend that it has buds galore for her project, those buds have popped, dried, and begun shedding their petals. As in, before I can change the batteries in my camera, it's almost spent.
This is a year of landscape transition, so there is nothing really new in the back yard except the lettuce bed and a Mexican sunflower that I didn't expect to return, opening its unassuming face in the
shade of the weedy, normal, seeded-by-birds sunflowers that seem to grow a foot every day. Out front, the evening primroses in the Proof of Life garden that I worried over are now opening their big, yellow, saucer-like blooms. I planted two varieties by accident: "Silver Blade," and "Comanche Campfire." All four Silver Blades came back, albeit infinitesimally slowly. But only one of three Comanche Campfires lived through winter — but the one that DID return came back super strong. I like Silver Blade's gray-green foliage, but check out the above photo: spent, speckled Campfire buds nuzzling each other.
Meanwhile, the callirhoe has completely taken over the flagstone path.
I was pondering buying more of these plants, also called winecups, to fill in the blank spots around and between them, never guessing that they'd go all territorial imperative on their bad selves. The solar birdbath fountain is getting so much use, I'm having to clean it weekly (and refill it daily). And I'm watching flower shoots on a "Bela Lugosi" daylily swell and get ready to pop.
But this, more than anything, tells me that, DANG, it IS summer: I strolled by the patio of a downtown Denver denizen who ALREADY has tomatoes. I don't mean plants, I mean RED RIPE FRUIT. Not making this up. There they are, in a pot on his or her patio. Three plants in a pot of gigantic proportions, and I say there just oughta be a LAW against having tomatoes fruiting already. They're snuggled up to the corner fence of a patio that is gloriously landscaped, all in containers. The placement of that tomato pot: it's just tantamount to bragging.
Sigh. Next year, next year, next year, I tell myself. I seeded my tomatoes indoors too early, then they spent an awfully long time in pots waiting for the weather to warm up. I put out a few in walls of water, but then I didn't leave those frost-protectors on long enough. Now I'm coaxing and babying them, urging them to put on leaves and stems and branches and pinching off buds that would result in tiny, too-soon pathetic fruit. Not everyone does that, but I think it helps. I want a big, bounteous, "slap'em on the grill and freeze them and plop them on pizza come winter" tomato harvest. Not a piddly few tomatoes, no matter how yummy.
Meanwhile, not just the Front Range that's awash in blooms and blossoms and fruit. If you want to see what's blooming in the high country — where all that snow has produced a late but glorious wildflower season, check out this story that ran in The Post's Tuesday LifeStyle section.
And speaking of things that seem to be finished just as they're beginning to bloom, it's time for our Grow section to fold its petals. If you've had fun reading it this spring, stay tuned to Digging In and to our Food, (Wednesdays) Lifestyle, (Tuesdays) and Room (Thursdays) sections for more gardening this year. We're not going away, we're just composting and harvesting, and the Grow stories that you see online will stick around and be updated all year.
In Friday's final section of the season, you'll find a lot of sweet treats: All about honeybees and what you need to keep them happy; how to learn to love your clay; and a host of other goodies. Enjoy. That's what the season of bloom is all about.


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Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation hosted a conference at 60 Wall Street address the need for innovation in affordable housing on July 17, 2012. The Foundation also announced a design competition that would award $250,000 in low-interest capital to build an innovative affordable housing model.
Titled "Lowering the Cost to Develop and Sustain Affordable Housing," the conference was co-hosted by Enterprise Community Partners, one of the nation's largest affordable housing development nonprofits. Leaders from the affordable housing development, finance, design and policy sectors around the country gathered to take part in the one day convening, which kicked off Enterprises' Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute.
The conference was conceived to identify new approaches to drive down the cost of developing and sustaining affordable housing in the wake of the economic downturn. Regulatory barriers and rising physical costs have resulted in decreasing availability of low-income housing, even as demand continually grows.
Gary Hattem, President of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and Managing Director of the Community Development Finance Group, and Terri Ludwig, President and CEO of Enterprise, welcomed the attendees and framed the issue at hand.
"The economic crisis has had a profound impact on housing availability and cost, especially for our lowest income families," said Hattem. "We now have more than 17% of all American households spending more than 50% of their income on housing. The demand for affordable rental housing has never been greater."
Ludwig urged participants to explore the potential for cross-sector cooperation in order to maximize the impact of their work.
"This issue is so big and cuts across so many boundaries that we need to see people collaborating outside of their traditional groups, whether its public-private, design and legal, or finance and policy. I challenge everyone to put narrower interests aside and recognize that progress depends on a systemic approach," said Ludwig.
The conference featured a unique format designed to encourage collective action. Instead of talks, panels briefly introduced the topics of conversation and were followed by group working sessions in which collaborative discussions were encouraged in order to generate fresh ideas. The topics covered were "Inefficiencies in the Affordable Housing System"; "Alternative Construction Approaches"; and "New Approaches to Affordable Housing without Subsidy." At the end of each round, groups were asked to share mutual commitments in affordable housing reformation that they will pursue over the 18-24 months. Enterprise and Deutsche Bank will facilitate collaboration through a website and ongoing meeting, communication and monitoring of the efforts.
At the convening's conclusion, Hattem announced that Deutsche Bank will hold a competition for innovative designs for building cost-efficient housing. Deutsche Bank has committed $250,000 in low-interest debt capital to aid construction of the winning proposal and additionally, along with Enterprise, is planning to raise a $100,000 grant for the winner of an additional policy competition.
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Theoretically, there's not a lot different between the roar of a great cat and the scream of a baby — except for volume and pitch.
At least that's according to scientist Ingo Titze's new research into the morphology of lion and tiger vocal cords. Both cats and infants have penetrating and loud cries which carry remarkably far, and that's thanks to their vocal folds, which are loose and gel-like in both cases. Because they're so wobbly, they vibrate irregularly making a dissonant and unpleasant sound.
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Said Titze:
"In both cases, we hear loud, grating sounds that grab people's ears. When a baby cries, the sound isn't pretty. The sound is basically rough. The vibration isn't regular."
The research also showed the the roars are loud and deep due to vocal fold's flat, square shape which can withstand the abuses caused by such volumes — not due to being heavy with fat as previously thought.
So while great cats might have a lot in common with screaming babies, do try not to mix the two of them up — or you could wind up making the zoo very unhappy.


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I think this rumor about Obi-Wan's kid/grandkid could lead to ...some Obi Wan movie(s).
If there isn't a scene with Max Von Sydow in an Imperial Admiral's uniform on the bridge of a Star Destroyer in this movie, than the entire project is a waste of time.
Max Von Sydow does seem to be a big question mark here. He wasn't present for the table read, or at least for the photo.
Also, no Kenny Baker in the photo. But what is he going to do at a table read?
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Braves show off power potential in win over Phils
Freeman, Uggla, J. Upton all hit home runs in Opening Day victory
ATLANTA -- If the first impression is indeed a sign of things to come, the Braves will have some fun frustrating opposing pitchers with the vast array of power hitters that fill their new-look lineup.
Freddie Freeman fueled an early power barrage against Cole Hamels, and Justin Upton introduced himself to his new hometown crowd with one of the three homers the Braves drilled on the way to opening this season with Monday night's 7-5 win over the Phillies at Turner Field.
"Hopefully, that is just the beginning," Freeman said. "We've got a very balanced lineup one through eight. It's going to be tough for pitchers to get through us."
Unfortunately for Hamels, he proved to be the first victim of this potent lineup that was upgraded this winter with the additions of B.J. Upton, who signed a five-year, $75.25 million contract in November, and Justin Upton, who was acquired from the D-backs via a seven-player trade in January.
On the way to allowing five runs in five innings, Hamels surrendered home runs to Freeman, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla. The three home runs were one more than he surrendered in 26 innings against the Braves last year and four fewer than he allowed in the 79 2/3 innings against Atlanta from 2010-12.
"They're going to hit a lot of home runs," Hamels said. "To keep them from hitting home runs, you have to keep the ball down."
Hamels' first mistake came courtesy of a low 2-1 fastball that Freeman elevated and sent to the back of the Braves' bullpen beyond the right-center-field fence. The two-run, first-inning home run marked the start of a three-hit season debut for the 23-year-old first baseman, who added a fourth-inning RBI single.
"There was a lot of energy, and we're a big energy team," Freeman said. "We like to have fun, and it's easier to have fun when you have a crowd like that."
Uggla further energized the crowd when he began the bottom of the second by turning on Hamels' 3-0 fastball and sending it deep into the left-field seats. The long blast gave the Braves an early three-run lead and provided the veteran second baseman some momentum as he attempts to bounce back from last year's frustration-filled season.
While Justin Upton's 2012 season was nowhere near as disappointing as Uggla's, he has entered this season determined to prove the D-backs were wrong to give up on him just one year removed from an MVP-caliber season.
After striking out in his first at-bat with the Braves and then lining out to deep right field in his second at-bat, Upton displayed his tremendous power potential by beginning the bottom of the fifth inning with a line-drive blast that sailed deep into the left-center-field seats.
"We had some opportunities early on in the game," Upton said. "Freddie picked me up a couple times. It just kind of rolled downhill from there. Everybody started swinging the bats pretty good. We got some knocks and were able to string some hits together."
While the home runs provided the early highlights, the Braves scored their decisive runs in the sixth inning with assistance from Chris Johnson and Gerald Laird -- a couple of offseason additions that did not generate as much hype as the Upton brothers.
After Uggla drew a walk to begin the bottom of the sixth against former Brave Chad Durbin, Johnson highlighted his two-hit Atlanta debut with a double. Laird followed with an RBI single to left-center field. Johnson then alertly raced to the plate as the Phillies turned a double play on Reed Johnson's grounder to left-handed reliever Jeremy Horst.
"We get a run there on a first-and-third double play," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "It was good heads-up baserunning by C.J., because the last thing you want to do is to end up at third base with two outs. He did a nice job of reading that they turned a double play. I think we were able to steal a run there."
The offensive eruption allowed the Braves to overcome the fifth-inning struggles endured by Tim Hudson, who allowed three runs and lasted just 4 1/3 innings. The Phillies kept things interesting by scoring a run against Eric O'Flaherty in the seventh inning and one more against Jordan Walden in the eighth.
Chase Utley's fourth-inning leadoff homer accounted for the only damage Hudson had incurred before Hamels fueled Philadelphia's two-run fifth with a single through the left side. Ben Revere followed with an 11-pitch walk that seemed to deflate Hudson, who exited when Jimmy Rollins and Utley followed with consecutive singles.
After Utley's two-run single brought the Phillies to within 4-3 and put runners at second and third base, the Braves called upon left-handed reliever Luis Avilan, who promptly struck out Ryan Howard. Avilan then intentionally walked Michael Young to load the bases before getting Domonic Brown to ground out to end the inning.
Avilan's ability to kill the fifth-inning threat and work a scoreless sixth allowed the raucous crowd to celebrate the arrival of this promising season in fitting fashion.
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What does FERPA require from colleges to be in compliance?
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Quentin H. Gibson, who is best known for his pioneering work on the kinetics of ligand binding to hemoglobins and the development of stopped-flow and flash photolysis instruments, passed away on March 16, 2011 in Hanover, N.H., at the age of 92.
Gibson was born on Dec. 9, 1918 in Aberdeen, Scotland. In 1926, his father was appointed director of the Linen Industry Research Association, and the family moved to Glenmore House, Lambeg, Northern Ireland, about 10 miles south of Belfast, where Quentin spent his youth among the research laboratories and the elaborate grounds. He enrolled in Queen's University Belfast, receiving an M.D. in 1944 and a Ph.D. in 1946. Gibson's graduate research was based on studies of the reaction of methemoglobin with ascorbate, which reverses methemoglobinanemia (1, 2). His work with D.C. Harrison on familial idiopathic methemoglobinanemia was the first to show a genetic disorder to be due to an enzyme defect. In the Belfast cases, the anemia was due to the loss of diaphorase I activity, which now is known as NADH methemoglobin reductase or cytochrome-b5 reductase.
From 1947 to 1956, Gibson was successively appointed a lecturer, senior lecturer, and reader in the department of physiology in the school of medicine at the University of Sheffield. During this time, he began close collaborations with F. J. W. Roughton, who in 1923 built the first rapid mixing device with H. Hartridge to examine the rates of O2 and CO binding to hemoglobin and red cells. Gibson, who was a skilled machinist, designed and built a stopped-flow, rapid mixing spectrometer (3) and a flash photolysis apparatus (4, 5) to re-examine these reactions and, with Roughton, showed for the first time that the major increase in iron reactivity during cooperative ligand binding does not occur until roughly three ligands have been bound. Gibson and his colleagues then used these instruments to examine a variety of enzymatic and globin reactions. The stopped-flow spectrometer was commercialized by Durrum (later Dionex) Instruments, Inc. and sold as the "Durrum-Gibson" instrument until approximately 1990.
While at the University of Sheffield, Gibson married and started a family. His wife, Audrey Jane (Pinsent) Gibson, obtained a doctorate from the University of London in 1949, where she discovered that selenite is required for the production of formate dehydrogenase in coliforms. After a year of study with C.B. Van Niel in California, she took a position in Sidney Elsden laboratory in Sheffield to characterize c-type cytochromes from photosynthetic bacteria. Like her husband, she had a long and distinguished career before her death on June 10, 2008.
In 1957, Gibson was awarded a professorship and the chair of the department of biochemistry at the University of Sheffield, replacing Hans Krebs, who took a position at the University of Oxford. Gibson brought together a remarkable group of biophysicists and enzymologists, including Gregorio Weber, Vincent Massey and Keith Dalziel, who each were elected either fellows of the London Royal Society or members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
In 1963, Gibson moved to the United States to take a joint professorship of biophysics and physical biochemistry at the Johnson Research Foundation and of physiology in the graduate school of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. While in Philadelphia, Gibson expanded his own work to studies of a variety of enzymes and, with Colin Greenwood, made the first measurements of bimolecular O2 binding to cytochrome c oxidase using a newly constructed flow flash apparatus, which set the standard for these types of measurements for more than 30 years.
In 1965, Gibson became the Greater Philadelphia Professor in the Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology at Cornell University, where he remained until his retirement in 1996. While at Cornell, Gibson was elected a fellow of the London Royal Society in 1969, became a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences immediately after becoming a U.S. citizen in 1982, served as an associate editor of the Journal of Biological Chemistry from 1975 to 1994, and received the Keilin Memorial Medalist Award and Lectureship in 1990.
During his early years at Cornell, Gibson and Richard DeSa automated the collection of data from all his rapid kinetic instruments, using minicomputers to provide the first millisecond digital readouts of kinetic data in enzymology. This technology was applied to a complete analysis of O2 binding. Both equilibrium curve and time course data were analyzed by combined analog and digital computing. Next, Gibson turned his attention to the problems associated with naturally occurring hemoglobinopathies, the properties of globins from a variety of plant and animal species, the differences between the alpha and beta subunits of human hemoglobin, and the rate of the R to T quaternary transition.
After developing a stomach ulcer in 1969, Gibson decided to spend his summers at Woods Hole, which he did from 1970 to approximately 1990. He and his wife Jane bought a house there and a sailboat, which he used every summer until Hurricane Gloria destroyed it in 1985. Jane taught in the summer microbiology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory, and Quentin went out on expeditions to collect fish blood with Frank Carey. After he returned to Cornell in the fall, his students studied ligand binding to fish Hbs, which showed unusual pH and temperature effects (6).
In the 1980s, Gibson's group constructed laser photolysis systems to examine internal (geminate) rebinding within the globin molecules at room temperature. These experiments then were used to determine pathways for ligand movement into and out of the protein matrix using site-directed mutagenesis in collaboration with a variety of laboratories. In the 1990s, Ron Elber helped Gibson implement the use of molecular dynamics simulations for interpreting the ultrafast picosecond and nanosecond recombination processes that were being measured in his laboratory with both native and mutant proteins.
In 1996, Gibson and his wife retired from Cornell University and moved permanently to Etna, N.H. They spent the winter months of 1996 to 2001 in Houston, Texas. There, Quentin worked in a kinetics laboratory set up for him at Rice University, continuing his collaborative studies with John Olson and George Phillips, while Jane worked in the microbiology department at the University of Texas Medical School Houston. This time period was highly productive and led to a detailed map of the pathway for O2 migration into and out of Mb. In 2002, Gibson decided to stay year-round in New Hampshire, but a small kinetics laboratory in William Royer's laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Medical School allowed him to keep doing experiments on hemoglobins until 2009, the year his last research article appeared in print. Even after he was unable to make the trip to Worcester, Gibson continued to advise the Royer lab on both experimental techniques and interpretations of kinetic data well into the last year of his life.
Gibson's career truly was remarkable. He published papers from 1943 to 2009, a span of almost seven decades. When he began his studies of hemoglobin in the 1940s, its structure was completely unknown, but when he ended his career, his papers described detailed movements of diatomic oxygen through a gate opened by rotation of the distal histidine and then its capture in well-specified cavities in the protein that were engineered by recombinant DNA technology, visualized by time-resolved X-ray crystallography, and analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations. In 2004, he wrote a detailed and amusing history of these changes in our understanding of hemoglobin kinetics (7).A few months before his death, the regents of the University of Sheffield recognized Gibson's contributions to science and to the reputation of their institution by granting him an honorary Doctorate of Science and establishing an eponymous lectureship. In January of 2011, he reflected peacefully and with contentment that this honor had brought his academic career full circle.
1. Gibson, Q. H. (1993) Historical note: methemoglobinemia – long ago and far away. Am. J. Hematol. 42, 3 – 6. 2. Gibson, Q. (2002) Introduction: congenital methemoglobinemia revisited. Blood 100, 3445 – 3446. 3. Gibson, Q. H. (1954) Stopped-Flow Apparatus for the Study of Rapid Reactions, Discuss. Faraday Soc. 137 – 139. 4. Gibson, Q. H., and Milnes, L. (1964) Apparatus for rapid and sensitive spectrophotometry. Biochem. J. 91, 161 – 171. 5. Gibson, Q. H. (1956) An apparatus for flash photolysis and its application to the reactions of myoglobin with gases. J. Physiol. 134, 112 – 122. 6. Andersen, M. E., Olson, J. S., Gibson, Q. H., and Carey, F. G. (1973) Studies on ligand binding to hemoglobins from teleosts and elasmobranchs. J. Biol. Chem. 248, 331 – 341. 7. Gibson, Q. H. (2004) Hemoglobin Kinetics – A Retrospect. Comprehensive Biochemistry (G. Semenza and A. J. Turner, Volume Eds.) 43, 101 – 197.
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Regardless of what you may think, no relationship is indestructible. Yes, there are great, epic romances out there, but even the most solid relationships will have some form of kryptonite.
It's not always a tragic, humiliating betrayal. Affairs aren't the only things that can cause a union to self-destruct. In fact, I think most romances fail because of seemingly innocuous, everyday annoyances that build up over months, years, or even decades. But all hope is not lost. Here are five sneaky relationship wreckers to avoid:
Low self-esteem. Women have a habit of being self-deprecating. We constantly complain about all of our flaws to friends, family, and worse, the man we love. Sometimes it's an attempt to solicit a compliment (i.e., "No babe, you don't look fat" or "You are just as beautiful as when we met"). But for a lot of us, it goes beyond fishing for compliments. We can't stop obsessing about our weight or wrinkles and that is very unattractive to a man. You don't want him to change the way he sees you — and this has nothing to do with that number on the scale. He didn't just fall for your looks, he was also lured by your coolness and confidence.
Nag, nag, nag. Yes, you have a right to complain about things. He may not take out the trash like he's supposed to or ever replace the toilet paper roll, but resist the urge to hound him all the time. It's hard, I know. But complaining about it every day will only make the both of you miserable. Where's the fun in coming home to a night full of nagging. Yes, those little annoyances will still be there, but don't harp on them every day.
Too much sex. That's right. Too much sex can be an issue if you don't have something else in common. I know couples that solve every argument with sex. Sure, it's fun, but there has to be something else that grounds the relationship. And it can't always take the place of talking things out.
Meddling in-laws. The relationship is just between you and your man even though it doesn't always feel like it. Despite your mother-in-law's so called best intentions, her advice and suggestions can really overstep bounds. It can be the source of endless arguments if you start becoming angry and resentful of the unsolicited input. Try to set some boundaries — tell the in-laws where their advice is appreciated and when it's best that you and your hubby handle things. Hopefully they listen. If not, move and don't leave a forwarding address.
Kids. I'd argue that this is an even bigger stressor on a relationship than financial problems. Children are a ton of work and no one really understands just how much until they have little ones of their own. Fights about who does the most and who does more are inevitable. Try to work out a division of labor plan. Of course you will still carry the lion's share, but he should have clear responsibilities too and be prepared to give you a much needed break.
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I have been impressed by Stoke. I really thought it would take a while for Mark Hughes to get them playing the way they are but - other than against Arsenal when they didn't keep the ball well enough and didn't do themselves justice - they have been outstanding. There was a lot of pressure on Hughes going into Stoke. I thought it was a big ask following Tony Pulis and wondered if it was a bad move, but it has turned out great so far.
People go on about Man United's tough start but Stoke had nightmare fixtures to start and have done great to get seven points from five games - and you'd like to think that Stephen Ireland could be a big player for Stoke this season.
When he was at Man City he was one of their best players but I don't know what happened after that because he just fell away. Hopefully his goal against Tranmere can kick-start him because the lad can play and has major, major talent.
As for Norwich, I can't remember the last time Ricky van Wolfswinkel touched the ball. He doesn't really get involved in the game and Norwich can't afford to have luxury players like that.
They got well beat at Tottenham a couple of weeks ago - it was only 2-0 but it could have been any score - and they had a shocker of a result at home to Aston Villa so it could be a really long season.
I am surprised that Wes Hoolahan hasn't had more of a look in because he gets on the ball and makes things happen, but he is missing out because they have gone for 4-4-2 instead of playing one up top and one in the hole.
That has really backfired, if I'm being honest.
Sunderland v Liverpool (3.30pm, Sun, Sky Sports 1 HD)
I am not surprised that Paolo Di Canio got sacked.
I am surprised that he went that quickly after bringing in 14 new players but I thought that if they ever started losing games the players weren't going to have his regime.
I think it's a bit too much for the players on a lot of money to go running to the chairman if they are not happy but at the same time you want to go out and play with confidence, not be a bag of nerves and have the manager belittling you.
I think any of Gus Poyet, Roberto Di Matteo of Gianfranco Zola would be a good fit as the next manager because there are a few Italian players in there, but the lad in there at the moment, Kevin Ball, won't let them down because he is a good coach.
I played against him a million times and what he will give them is fire and confidence and I wouldn't be surprised to see Lee Cattermole come back in because he is a Kevin Ball-type player who will get stuck in and win tackles.
They need that because they haven't go the players to play a "you have a shot, we have a shot" game, they need to rattle into teams and make it uncomfortable as possible and that is Cattermole all over.
Liverpool have had shocking defeats to Southampton and Man United this week. They shouldn't be getting beaten at home by Southampton and then they got knocked out by Man United's B team in the Capital One Cup.
It was Man United's reserves - if they picked the best team only Wayne Rooney and David de Gea would get in it - against Liverpool's strongest side, so for them to lose was massively disappointing.
Luis Suarez has got another game under his belt, though, and I would expect Liverpool to win this game. Ball will have his players ready but Liverpool should have too much class.
Everton v Newcastle (7pm, Mon, Sky Sports 1 HD)
Everton have got a steal with Romelu Lukaka on loan for a season.
I didn't think he would stay at Chelsea because he blows hot and cold - he is unbelievably brilliant or very poor - and that isn't good enough for Chelsea, but he will be great for Everton.
He is a part of an Everton squad that is stronger than last year; they have lost one very good player in Maroune Fellaini, but got three very good players in Lukaku, Gareth Barry and James McCarthy in return.
I don't think Fellaini fitted Everton's new style anyway. Roberto Martinez wants to get the ball down and play it, but Fellaini is good for when you want to get the ball forward quickly.
I know Newcastle lost at home to Hull last week but I'd like to think that they are not in trouble because they went to Aston Villa not so long ago and won quite easily.
Still, the Hull result was a shocker because if they had won they would have had four wins in a row including the League Cup, everything would have been rosy in the garden and they could have been on an Arsenal-like roll.
But now they are going to Everton and thinking: 'I hope we don't get beat because that will be two on the trot in the league and then we will be reeling again' - and I do think this will be a difficult game for them.
Everton are playing well - they were great against Chelsea and then to go to West Ham and win after going behind speaks volumes - and I think they will win again.
Tottenham v Chelsea
Out of these two teams, Tottenham have impressed me most this season. They look a really good, solid team and were outstanding against Villa in the cup with their squad players in the line-up which shows how much depth they have.
Plus, against Cardiff last week they won 1-0 but it was the most one-sided matches I have seen in the history of football, and they were superb against Norwich, so I make them favourites for this game against Chelsea.
Chelsea, though, are really stuttering.
When Jose Mourinho was at Chelsea before he came out with the quote 'park the bus', but he parked the bus at Man United and they have lost to Everton and home to Basel in the Champions League.
You'd have been surprised if Mourinho had lost two of his first 20 games, let alone two of his first five or six, and the Juan Mata situation is still a massive talking point.
For me, Mata should be in the team as he is one of Chelsea's best players but I think it was clever of Mourinho to leave him out completely against Fulham because if he was on the bench the fans would have been singing his name and there would have been uproar.
Aston Villa v Man City
I think Villa are going to struggle at home without Christian Benteke. The advantage they have got here is that Man City will have a go and that will let Villa play like they do on the road, where they are very, very good and have beaten Norwich and Arsenal. But I watched Man City last week and that's as good as it gets. If they play anywhere near that this could be any score you want.
Fulham v Cardiff
This is a huge game for Fulham. The fans have turned on Martin Jol - I don't know why because it is still quite early and even though they are in the bottom three they are having a go in games and have a few flair players. The fans will expect a win in this game and that puts more pressure on but Cardiff's defeat to Spurs, where they go played off the park and looked out of their depth, will be disheartening, and I think Fulham will win.
Hull v West Ham
Hull have surprised me because the one thing I could never see them doing was scoring enough goals. I thought they would keep clean sheets and be difficult to beat but I didn't see them doing enough at the other end because they didn't put threes and fours past many teams in the Championship. Steve Bruce is a very experienced manager and I think his team will beat West Ham to back up that great win at Newcastle.
Man Utd v West Brom
I think David Moyes showed a lot of bottle against Liverpool. I thought he had to win that game but he still stuck to his guns and played the lads that haven't been playing. Those guys went out and performed but it was a big gamble and if United had lost to their biggest rivals - again - the fans could have got restless. I respect Moyes for that and with the way Rooney is playing I don't see any way they don't beat West Brom.
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Southampton had a great result against Liverpool and I think they will beat Palace. It can be easier going to Liverpool than chasing a game at home but Palace are struggling badly. I really like Southampton's Adam Lallana but he seems to come off in every single game. He will be pleased to be starting but will find it disheartening to keep getting ripped off.
Swansea v Arsenal (5pm, Sat, Sky Sports 1 HD)
This is a big game for Arsenal because Swansea have done them before and they get around and pass it like Arsenal do - though I don't know what Swansea were doing against Birmingham in the cup. They are the defending champions and the competition is the only thing they've got a real chance of winning, but they put a weakened team, which I found extraordinary, but I think they will get a draw in this game because Arsenal will really miss Theo Walcott's pace.


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Aston Martin Vantage
Le Mans 2012
by Phil Wicks
Aston Martin by now should need no introduction, being one of the worlds most enduring sports car builders, although the concept of sports cars has changed over the years, there is still an element of 'hand crafting' about these cars. They are readily recognizable at a distance by their familiar grille pattern if nothing else.
The model in question is for the most part a reproduction of AMR's Vantage GT2 as raced at Le Mans in 2012. I say for the most part as the tail wing is missing and there is no evidence of it ever going to be there? On the real thing the pylons which support the wing are very tenuous and look extremely fragile. Perhaps SCX have decided to omit this delicate piece of modeling! But, I digress; it doesn't detract from what is left!
So, Aston Martin had had several years of LMP racing and decided it was no longer for them and to try their hand with something from off the production line. They had also competed with the DBR9 in endurance racing, also with mixed results; and with some rule changes in 2011 they entered the Vantage in the 80th Le Mans GT2 class. This was to be later changed to LMGTE Pro. Not a bad decision as the 97 car, driven by Stefan Mücke, Adrian Fernández
and Darren Turner finished 332 laps later in 19th overall and third in class in spite of leaving the track .
The car was predominantly the same as one from the showroom with the interior removed, with the exception of essential upgrades to chassis and driveline. The engine was AM's 4.5 litre V8. So after AMR's efforts to produce a credible track contender, what have SCX done to emulate this, mmmmmm?
I have to admit I was taken by this model at a recent race meeting and having looked over it decided it had a lot of attributes which would contribute to the model being a race winner. I have an SCX DBR 9 but struggled to get it into tip top track condition, eventually retiring it in favour of an SCX Porsche GT1. I think it was just too long and something more square was needed for the GT class. It will have big boots to fill as the GT1 I currently contest is almost unassailable with its RX – 42B motor, ten tooth pinion and MJK rear tyres.
Starting with a good look around the body it is obvious that the Gulf livery distracts you from the several external defects the model has. What are they? Well; first impressions tell me the paint job is a bit orange-peely and doesn't have that hard shine that even the real track cars do. Also the finer tampo in places is a bit ragged around the edges. Other detail like the fuel filler cap, recesses on the boot lid, antenna detail and front side grilles have also been ignored.
The front grille insert is loose in its recess and will need a spot of glue, one of the wiper blades swings about at random and apart from the rear lights being an unusual shade of pink, the paint has run onto the body. But most annoying is the fact that the right hand 'A' post is broken and detached from the windscreen at the top! Hopefully, some careful gluing will rectify this. One plus is that the door mirrors are flexible and should enjoy a long and healthy life. Not to worry too much though as this was not bought to be a shelf queen, and allowing for its price ($52.00 locally), I can live with a few defects, providing the mechanics come up to scratch!
Next up was to remove the body and give the insides the once over; three screws hold the body fairly firmly and once off the inside looks neat and tidy. Under the body the trademark copper conductor rails are neat and tidy….or are they? It transpires one of the rails has not been spot fixed to the body! Anther job for Superglue? The driver's tray is secure and the only extra work I would do to the body is to sleeve the body mounting posts as they are quite slim and look very vulnerable. I may just run this model with a loose motor pod negating the need to either disconnect the lights or bend the contacts up.
The chassis contains a few ideas which SCX has come up with in the last few years. Firstly, there are independent front wheels, these in themselves are a good idea if made well but they are a little bit wobbly, but providing they don't get any worse they should be ok. I will be applying a drop of Vaseline on the spindles to minimize any wear that may occur.
In the past I have had models shed wheels (F1's) after some use, as the spindles quickly wear down if left dry. Closer inspection of the guide shows it is a little sloppy but I have managed to remove this play in previous models by coating the slack parts with a layer of superglue and reassembling after drying.
Another idea I like is the motor pod which is supported by four pins and not two as has been commonly used more recently; although this idea is not a new one. First issue with the chassis is here. The pod itself is longer than the aperture it sits in. Not buy much, but enough to prevent the pod from working properly. This will be fixed by scraping the front and rear edges of the aperture and pod with a hobby knife to allow free movement. The pod is never completely loose as the springy contacts on the motor restrains the front end to a degree; time will tell if this needs changing.
The traction magnet is typical adjustable SCX and I can't imagine there being a situation where it cannot be adjusted to a useful level. For non magnet racing the motor and rear axle are tight in their locations and again, I'm not expecting issues with them. The motor is an RX- 42B which is rated at about 18,000 rpm but it is not hard to find another 1,000 – 1,500 rpm just by bedding in the brushes. The rear axle is a second source of concern!
The contrate is decidedly bowed, this has been caused by forcing the contrate over a knurled centre section on the axle; this expands the central hub of the gear and causes the crown to buckle under stress. Also, there was no effort involved in removing either rear wheel, one of which slipped off quite readily, and mysteriously there are no signs of damage or splitting on the hubs which often accompanies this behaviour.
The wheels too are a bit delicate and I expect I will spend some time reinforcing them too! The only consolation with this end of the model is that SCX have some of the best axle bearings, why's that' you say? They are a little sloppy which can be fixed but they are self centering, meaning they don't bind against the axle when assembled as they are allowed to float into the best position.
Lastly, SCX can make a good set of lights but it is not uncommon for the lights to stop working individually or completely! It is my experience that SCX lights are a bit susceptible to higher voltages and failure seems to come about if the models are run on too high a voltage! I also like the idea that they still use the little 3.0 m.m. LED's for the front, If your local group have night stage races then these lights will be more than ample as the beam from the lights appears to be directional, Most other makers use micro LED's which floodlight the immediate area only.
When I first got the model I suspected it was shorter than the DBR9 and this was confirmed fairly early on in the piece. It is also slightly narrower which isn't a big deal. Also the wheels are considerably smaller. I don't know if this is a modeling concession on behalf of SCX or if indeed the two models do have different sized wheels
So, for the price not too bad a model. I was disappointed with the 'A' post and wasn't surprised about the contrate. Nearly all the faults are simple fixes and it shouldn't be too long before the model is working hard for its keep!
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So now we have come to the 'to do' list and it goes something like this
Replace the contrate, probably with a Slot.it or similar.
Replace the pinion with a 10z brass gear.
Reinforce the insides of the rear wheels and sleeve the axle hole.
Sleeve the body mounting posts
Glue the 'A' post back in place.
Glue the grille in
Scrape the ends of the motor pod and the aperture
Lube the front hub stub axles
Take the slack out of the guide


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It's hard to objectively measure Perl's popularity compared to Python or Ruby. Even before nerds-central used job availability as a measurement, the ease of finding a job was a key requirement for me.
Who cares if I love Ruby if I can't use it for the 10 hours a day I'm working?
Anecdotal evidence
In the last twelve years I've had no difficulty finding plenty of Perl work. In the past couple of years, I've had a few calls about Python jobs, but probably ten times fewer than the number of Perl calls I get. Hold the front page – Perl is ten times more popular than Python.
Well, no. Of course I get a lot more Perl calls. I'm a Perl programmer, and my résumé mentions Perl all over the place. Anyone calling about Python must really be desperate!
But I notice that a lot of Python programmers working at Python-centric firms apply similar logic. All the folks they work with do Python, clearly no-one does Perl anymore. Thank goodness – Python is finally the winner it always deserved to be.
Why do people care?
Network effects are important. All other things being equal, a language with more users will get more libraries, will have more companies using it, will get more users, will get more libraries, etc. vs a language with fewer users. And, popularity aside, none of the big three scripting languages has a huge advantage over the others.
Except of course that Perl was the first mover.
So, what can you do if you don't have a real advantage you can point to? That's right – you trash-talk the leader, hope you can convince enough people there is a real problem and when they jump ship hopefully you'll be the one left with the positive feedback loop.


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I was thinking I was ready...0 comments Posted by Kari at 17:39
Kari is out for the evening with Auntie Shell. So I decided to take the girls out for dinner. Just me and the kids. On the drive to IHOP (That is where they wanted to go) I was marveling at the progress we have made over the last couple of years. I never would have taken them all to a restaurant by myself on purpose even a year ago. But now it is sooo easy.
My blood pressure has still not come back to normal.
Before we even got to the restaurant Madison was in tears because she somehow scratched her arm. No idea how she did that while strapped in her car seat, but for the rest of the evening she would continue to insist (EVERY TWO MINUTES) that she have a bandaid. Which I didn't have...
At the restaurant we settled into a booth and examined the kids menu. They each changed their minds about what they wanted at least once. Madison, between tearful pleas for a bandaid, changed her mind 6 times. Rylee was starting to get a little restless while waiting for the food so I asked her to open a creamer and pour in in my coffee. You know, practice the fine motor skills. I don't know why I thought that was going to be a good idea. I should have seen it coming... Rylee opened it and poured it fine, but then all her sisters wanted to do it too. They preceded to come dangerously close to full on meltdown when I told them no.
Then they needed to pee. So we all marched to the bathroom. The phrase "like herding cats" comes to mind. Someone must have slipped them some sugar, because they were going ape. I think I kept repeating something like "Come here, come here, come here, comehere, comehere, comeer, comeercomeercomeercomeer, STOP!" We got the usual "Are they all yours?!!" "Whoa! All girls?!!!" "Man, are you in for trouble!" comments on the way to the bathroom. Once in the bathroom Reagan immediately locked herself in a stall, Jordan started crawling on the floor, and Madison began crying for a bandaid again. Rylee was pretty good.
The food had arrived by the time we got back to the table. I started to cut up Madison's waffle. I looked up to see Jordan had filled her waffle with strawberry syrup and was holding it up with both hands and stuffing it into her mouth, syrup dripping everywhere. Madison, between loud calls for a bandaid, insisted on ordering powdered sugar. Rylee was taking bites large enough to choke a donkey and Reagan poured at least a third of a bottle of syrup on her chocolate pancake.
There was about 4 minutes of peace while they were engaged stuffing their faces. But then Reagan and Jordan had to climb under the table (only one banged her head and required a kiss this time), then stand on the seats and wave at people, and play with sugar packets while dipping their elbows in left over syrup. Madison continued to demand a bandaid between devouring her meal and a large portion of mine.
I got them all out to the car with about a hundred more comments like "Come here, come here, come here, comehere, comehere, comeer, comeercomeercomeercomeer, STOP!"
They argued amongst themselves all the way home.
I don't have the time or energy to proof read this so forgive the misspellings and runonsentences.


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DEFIANCE, Ohio – Defiance College recovered from an early misstep on Saturday but saw the visiting Bulldogs eventually pull away for the 27-6 victory over the Jackets inside Justin F. Coressel Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
It only took 63 seconds for Adrian to grab the lead, as Defiance lost a fumble on its first snap of the contest. AC pounced on the ball at DC's own 17-yard line and scored two plays later to grab the quick, 6-0, edge.
The Jackets steadied themselves however, drawing even two drives later with a 55-yard scoring march. DC kept the ball on the ground for five of the six plays in the drive, as Drew Kuesel and Rick Powell combined for 26 yards on the ground. The drive was capped by a two-yard scamper into the end zone by Powell to force the 6-6 tie with 7:56 remaining in the opening quarter.
The Adrian defense would settle in from there however, allowing just 135 total yards of offense from the Yellow Jackets over the final 52:56 of play. The scoring drought allowed AC to build a lead with a pair of touchdowns in the second quarter that gave the Bulldogs a 20-6 cushion.
Neither side dented the scoring column in the second half, until Adrian took possession inside DC's 15-yard line after a failed fourth-down try with 2:06 left in the game. AC capitalized on the field position and a fatigued Yellow Jacket defense to push the spread to its final 21-point margin.
Defiance was led by 69 yards on the ground from Kuesel and 51 yards on five catches from Brian Mircovich, while Tony Sierra had 12 tackles and Hunter Robertson ended with nine stops and a sack.
The Jackets (0-2) will begin Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play next Saturday, when it hosts Hanover (0-2) for a 1:30 pm start on Homecoming.