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VisualLightBox is a free application that helps you easily generate online photo albums, web gallery website with a nice Lightbox-style overlay effect, in a few clicks without writing a single line of code.
Just drag&drop your photos to VisualLightBox software window, press "Publish" and your own css web site album with beautiful LightBox effects will open in the browser instantly!
No javascript, html coding, image editing, css, just a click to get your best web site album ready.
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- jQuery plugin or Prototype extension
- Floating and smooth cross-fade transition
- Slideshow with autostart option
- Windows & MAC version
- XHTML compliant
- Zoom effect with overlay shadow
- Rounded corners of overlay window
- Large images fit to browser window
- A lot of nice gallery themes
- Image rotating and hi-quality image scaling with anti-aliasing
- Automatic thumbnail creation
- Adding caption
- Built-in FTP
Lightbox gallery sample
The following image set is generated by VisualLightbox. Click any picture to run Lightbox gallery.
The example above is an in-page usage demo of Lightbox tool. The website gallery created with VisualLightbox tool is placed inside the website page. You can also check the full-page demo web gallery. This example takes whole browser area to show the gallery.best web site galleryThe photo gallery above is an in-page usage demo of Lightbox. The lightbox gallery created with VisualLightbox tool is placed inside the website page. You can also check the full-page demo slideshow. This example takes whole browser area to show the website gallery.
How to Use
Adding folders with images or images to css web site album.
From the Images menu, select Add images... Browse to the location of the folder you'd like to add and select the images. VisualLightBox will now include that folder. Or you can add the images (folder) to the VisualLightBox application window. The image is copied to your pictures folder and automatically added to your web photo gallery.
If you have included the images that you do not wish to be in the website image album, you can easily remove them. Select all images that you wish to remove from web site album, and select Delete images. from the Images menu. You can pick and choose pictures by holding the CTRL while clicking the pictures you like.
You can also use your Vista Photo Gallery projects (. Vgal) in VisualLightBox.
Adding caption.
When you select an image you'll see the various information about it, such as:
- Caption - you can enter any comment or text about the image (up to 512 symbols) in the website photo gallery.
- Path, Size - for each image, you will see the file name, full folder path; file size and date of last change.
Editing capabilities.
In this best web site album application you can easily rotate your pictures using "Rotate Left" and "Rotate Right" buttons.
Right click on the picture and select "Edit images." item to open the selected picture in your default graph editor. You can adjust the color of pictures, as well as fix red-eye and crop out unwanted parts of an image.
Gallery properties.
Change the name of your cool web page album, the size and quality of your pictures with Website Photo Gallery. From the Gallery menu, select Properties or use "Edit Gallery Properties" button on the toolbar.
On the first tab of the Gallery Properties window you can change the name of your website album and enable/disable the following properties: Slide Show, Auto play Slide Show, Zoom effect, Overlay Shadow.
On the second tab of the Gallery Properties window you can select the thumbnail you want to use, set the Thumbnails Resolution, Thumbnails Quality, Thumbnails Titles.
On the third tab of the Gallery Properties window you can select the templates, the size and quality of your pictures, set background color and change the watermark.
You can set up the various sizes for generated images.
Control the quality of output JPEG format image by defining output "Image quality" and "Thumbnail quality" parameters (0%�100%).
Save your photo gallery as project file.
When you exit VisualLightBox wizard, you'll be asked if you want to save your project. The project consists of the pictures you choose to put on your css web site album and all your settings. It's a good idea to save the project, because that will allow you to change the project in case you decide to do something different with future galleries. So click Yes, then enter a name for your project. To select the location of your project, just click the Browse folders button and choose a different location. Then click Save.web site album program Lightbox Swf Video
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VisualLightBox is free for non-commercial use.
A small fee is required for business use. VisualLightBox Business Edition additionally provides an option to remove the VisualLightBox. Com credit line as well as a feature to put your own logo to images. After you complete the payment via the secure order form, you will receive a license key instantly by e-mail that turns the VisualLightBox Free Edition into a Business one. You can select the most appropriate payment mode: credit card, PayPal, check, bank transfer etc. Also you can get Business Edition for free if you help with translating Visual LightBox into your native language, please contact us at for more info.ajax photo zoom
For general help, troubleshooting and feature requests contact Customer Support at Make sure to include details on your VisualLightbox version, browser, operating system and a link (or relevant code).art web site album
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* Another programmes have incredible functionality but no fantastic interface like your product! * I'd like to express my gratitude to your efforts on creating such a nice piece of program and best of all it's free! Keep out the good work and I hope to see new features in the near coming future to rate you 5 star!
* I find Visual LightBox (and lightbox2) a great tool and was about to proceed in its purchase.
Q:How do I control the SlideShow speed?
A:Open engine\js\visuallightbox.js and find the following code:
slideTime:3, // time to display images during slideshow
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The aim of this project is a design and an implementation of a messenger (e.g. Signal) combined with a blockchain (e.g. Hyperledger). The characteristics of blockchain (e.g. distributed architecture, consensus) shall be utilized for the operation of a messenger server. The final solution should be deployable via Docker.
At first, the core properties of blockchain and smart contracts, as well as possibilities in case of handling text, audio, and video messages, have to be examined. The user and server activities have to be summarized in a use case diagram. After that, a component model and sequence models have to be created to illustrate the architecture and the use cases. Considering functional and non-functional requirements, security issues, flexibility, and scalability should be attached with increased importance. The implementation should draw open-source software (e.g. Signal, Hyperledger). The final solution should be deployable via Docker and has to be demonstrated. A service-oriented architecture would be suitable.A project-associated documentation should contain a short literature review on blockchain and messengers as well as a detailed project description. The project report has to be written in conformance with VLBA guidelines.
Please contact Matthias Pohl or Sascha Bosse for further details.
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Screens for mitochondrial function in yeast identified compounds that increase the mitochondrial membrane potential and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels. Secondary testing with myotubes, fibroblasts, and PC-12 and HepG2 cells identified compounds increasing ATP levels in hepatocytes and compounds increasing ATP in fibroblasts.
Compounds are from TimTec screening collections: Diveristy SET, NDL-3000, and NPL.
Available identified hits and related compounds from primary and secondary screens described in the publication. Download Excel file with structural information
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Montague CR, Fitzmaurice A,et.al. Screen for Small Molecules Increasing the Mitochondrial Membrane Potential. J Biomol Screen. 2013 Jul 18.
The identification of small molecules that positively modulate the mitochondrial respiratory function has broad applications in fundamental research, therapeutic target validation, and drug discovery. We present an approach in which primary screens for mitochondrial function in yeast are used to efficiently identify a subset of high-value compounds that can in turn be rapidly tested against a broad range of mammalian cell lines. The ability of the yeast assay to successfully identify in a high-throughput format hit compounds that increase the mitochondrial membrane potential and adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels by as little as 15% was demonstrated. In this study, 14 hits were identified from a collection of 13,680 compounds. Secondary testing with myotubes, fibroblasts, and PC-12 and HepG2 cells identified two compounds increasing ATP levels in hepatocytes and two other compounds increasing ATP in fibroblasts. The effect on hepatocytes was further studied using genomic and mitochondrial proteomic tools to characterize the changes induced by the two compounds. Changes in the accumulation of a series of factors involved in early gene response or apoptosis or linked to metabolic functions (i.e., ß-Klotho, RORa, PGC-1a, G6PC, IGFBP1, FTL) were discovered.
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MedKoo CAT#: 576134
Description: H 29-50 is a biochemical.
MedKoo Cat#: 576134
Name: H 29-50
Chemical Formula: C12H19NO
Exact Mass: 193.1467
Molecular Weight: 193.29
Elemental Analysis: C, 74.57; H, 9.91; N, 7.25; O, 8.28
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Synonym: H 29-50; H29-50; H-29-50
IUPAC/Chemical Name: Benzenemethanol, 4-methyl-alpha-(((1-methylethyl)amino)methyl)-
InChi Key: PFKFCGHAGOLFNW-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChi Code: InChI=1S/C12H19NO/c1-9(2)13-8-12(14)11-6-4-10(3)5-7-11/h4-7,9,12-14H,8H2,1-3H3
SMILES Code: CC(C)NCC(O)c1ccc(C)cc1
Appearance: Solid powder
Purity: >98% (or refer to the Certificate of Analysis)
Shipping Condition: Shipped under ambient temperature as non-hazardous chemical. This product is stable enough for a few weeks during ordinary shipping and time spent in Customs.
Storage Condition: Dry, dark and at 0 - 4 C for short term (days to weeks) or -20 C for long term (months to years).
Solubility: Soluble in DMSO
Shelf Life: >2 years if stored properly
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A University of Florida scientist is researching a method to freeze and preserve orchid seeds, and besides aiding producers, it might also give endangered plants a better chance at survival.
Wagner Vendrame, an associate professor of environmental horticulture with UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, is trying to improve a technique known as cryopreservation, in which living cells or tissues are frozen in liquid nitrogen at minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit for later use. So far, his results from cryopreserving orchid seeds have been promising.
The Florida orchid industry generated more than $43 million in sales in 2011. It produces orchids for both the specialty and mass market using hybrid plants that can be cultivated and are thus not in danger of extinction as many orchid species are.
By freezing seeds, orchid breeders can store them for later use if they have space constraints and are only able to germinate a portion of their seed stock, said Vendrame, who is based at UF's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead. Freezing could also enable scientists to store endangered plants for future studies and restoration efforts.
"It could be a good means of preserving other types of plants that might be disappearing from the face of Earth," Vendrame said.
There are more than 30,000 species of orchids in the world, and Florida is home to 99 of them — the largest number of naturally occurring orchid species in the United States.
Of the native orchid species in Florida, more than half are either threatened or endangered, including the ghost orchid that was made famous with the book "The Orchid Thief" and the 2002 film "Adaptation," starring Nicolas Cage and Meryl Streep.
Overcollection and habitat loss are often the biggest threats to wild orchids.
In a study, published in the current issue of the journal Scientia Horticulturae, Vendrame's team used hybrid orchid seeds to evaluate two cryoprotectants, Supercool X1000 and phloroglucinol. These compounds are added to solutions used for pretreating living tissues before being frozen. Cryoprotectants are similar to antifreeze and minimize freezing damage to tissues by preventing the formation of ice crystals within cells.
The team treated one group of seeds in a solution containing Supercool X1000, another with a solution containing phloroglucinol, and a control group where the solution had no cryoprotectant added. After being frozen for 24 hours, scientists removed the seeds from the liquid nitrogen, thawed them and tried to sprout or germinate them. Successful germination meant a seed had survived freezing.
Adding Supercool X1000 to the pretreatment solution only increased seed germination by about 1 percent more than the solution alone. But adding phloroglucinol increased seed germination by nearly 30 percent.
Altogether, about 79 percent of the seeds treated with phloroglucinol germinated.
So it's pretty significant," Vendrame said. "These are excellent results."
The study is one of the few that has looked at phloroglucinol, which is extracted from brown algae, as a cryoprotectant for plants, he said.
Guillermo Salazar, a UF/IFAS Florida Yards and Neighborhoods extension agent in Miami-Dade County, is an orchid enthusiast who has studied the plants under Vendrame.
He attributes the fascination with orchids to their uniqueness and diversity.
"There are thousands of different species with diverse shapes, colors and scents," Salazar said. "And they can be found in a variety of ecosystems, from growing on cliffs to in trees and beside rivers. It just really makes them interesting, and you want to experience them all."
He said there are some orchid species that have disappeared completely and others that can only be viewed in private collections.
"If we could have the possibility to preserve a particular species that is endangered, then future generations would have the ability to enjoy them as well," said Salazar.
In addition to Vendrame, study authors also included Renato F. Galdiano and Eliana G.M. Lemos with the Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho in Jaboticabal, Brazil and Ricardo T. Faria with Universidade Estadual de Londrina in Londrina, Brazil.
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Source: Wagner Vendrame, 305-246-7001, ext. 210; email@example.com
Wagner Vendrame, an associate professor at the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, examines orchids in this file photo from 2004 by Marisol Amador/University of Florida/IFAS. Vendrame is researching a method to freeze and preserve orchid seeds, and besides aiding producers, it might also give endangered plants a better chance at survival.


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Or, as he put it, "swinging from both sides of the fence", which is what the Wiz center concluded after he watched some of Marbury's ridiculous live-streaming marathons from a couple weeks ago.
Haywood's latest quote about Marbury (he blogged about it on Yardbarker soon after they came out, as well) came during an interview with Hardcore Sports Radio and it went something like this:
At first it was cool, but after a while it just became disturbing. He's on YouTube crying with no shirt on for no reason, sweating while his boy's rubbing his shoulders. What's that about? That's like gay porn. I don't understand it. He's dancing to a song called 'Barbie Doll', doing like stripper moves. I have no idea what's going on with the guy, it's almost like he's trying to end his own career. There's not a GM out there that would touch Marbury right now… Have you seen the 'Barbie Doll' clip? Click on YouTube and go to Barbie Doll. There's no way any other professional athletes would wanna get dressed around this guy, because you gotta think something is a little, he's swinging from both sides of the fence."
Of course, you hate to see Haywood resort to homophobic insults but, at the same time, yeah, that Barbie Doll video is a little bit over the top.
Brendan Haywood: No Athlete Would Want To Get Dressed Around Marbury [SRI]


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The vanadium radox battery energy storage system (VRB) is a flow battery that is capable of storing energy in multi megawatt ranges and for durations of hours or days - from any available input source such as the grid, renewable resources or a diesel generator. The stored energy can be returned to the grid or supplied to a load as required and directed. The VRB is capable of being charged as quickly as it was discharged and is able to respond to all forms of power quality variations and can be operated in a UPS mode as well. For loads which require reactive energy, the VRB can provide VARS on a continuous basis either when charging or discharging. Flow batteries are further described in this previous post.
The durability and wide design options of vanadium batteries promise large markets for many applications, such as load leveling, storage in renewable energy systems (e.g. wind and solar) and uninterpretable power supplies.
VRB's are based on the patented vanadium-based redox regenerative fuel cell that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. Redox is the term used to describe electrochimical reactions in which energy is stored in two solutions with electrochemical potentials sufficiently separated from each other to provide an electromotive force to drive the oxidation-reduction reactions. In the VRB energy is stored chemically in different ionic forms of vanadium in a dilute sulfuric acid electrolyte. This creates a current that is collected by electrodes and made available to an external circuit. The reaction is reversible allowing the battery to be charged, discharged and recharged.
The cost is quoted in $/kWh or $/MWh since the VRB is an "Energy Storage System" and should not be considered a UPS or even a generator. Although the VRB provides the full UPS capability, its primary use is for energy storage for long periods, which UPS and conventional technologies cannot provide. As an approximate cost, systems are priced between $350-$600 per kWh, sizes ranging from a few hundred kW's to MW size systems. As the size of the system in kWh increases, the cost per unit decreases significantly. For example, a system rated at 100MWh would have an installed cost of about $325 per kWh. The incremental cost of storage for large systems is approximately $150 per kWh.
- The VRB has an availability of greater than 98%. It is designed for unattended operation with very low maintenance costs.
- No degradation from repeated deep charges and discharges. The system can be discharged and charged greater than 13,000 times (20% to 80% SOC) without deterioration in system efficiencies.
- System round-trip efficiencies between 70% - 78%.
- The VRB-ESS has a charge/discharge window of 1:1 - allowing off-peak charging for on-peak dispatch - a fraction of the time required by other battery systems and ideal for wind generation applications.
- Cross mixing of electrolytes does not lead to contamination of electrolytes
- Indefinite life of electrolyte (no disposal or contamination issues).
- Once charged, the electrolyte remains fully charged with low self-discharge.
This technology is one of the only socially responsible energy storage options in existence. As a "green" technology, the VRB is characterized by the lowest ecological impact of all energy storage technologies and is unlike most other conventional energy storage systems that rely on toxic substances such as lead, zinc or cadmium. The electrolyte is a solution of vanadium mixed with a dilute sulfuric acid, with about the same acidity as in a conventional lead-acid battery. Unlike lead acid systems however the VRB electrolyte has an indefinite life span and is reusable.
The electrolyte in vanadium reflux batteries is known as an "Aqueous Solution of Sulphates of Vanadium". It is made up of sulfuric acid, and emulsified vanadium particles. The electrolyte is pumped from separate storage tanks into flow cells across a proton exchange membrane (PEM) where one form of electrolyte is electrochemically oxidized and the other is electrochemically reduced.
The cell stacks are self-contained sealed devices that consist of many cells, each of which contains two half-cells that are separated by a membrane. In the half-cells, the electrochemical reactions take place on inert carbon felt, polymer composite, electrodes from which current may be used to charge or discharge the battery.
When charged electrolyte solution is allowed to flow through the stack, ionic transfer between the different forms of vanadium ions across a separating membrane will result in a balancing electron flow into an external circuit (DC current) and so complete the electrochemical path for discharge. Forcing current into the stack from an external source reverses the process and recharges electrolyte in the stack, which is then pumped back into the reservoirs.
The balance of components required for the installation of a VRB consists of PVC pipes for connection between the electrolyte storage tanks and the Cells Stacks, and pumps to circulate the electrolyte through the system. Where required, heat exchangers to maintain the operating temperature of the electrolyte are included. In cold climates the heat exchangers are not required.
VRB was pioneered in the Australian University of New South Wales (UNSW) in early 1980's. The Australian Pinnacle VRB bought the basic patents in 1998 and licensed them to Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) and VRB Power Systems. UNSW has recently developed a variant of VRB, the vanadium bromide battery which is being developed by V-Fuel Pty Ltd. This technology is not reviewed in this post.
VRB Power Systems Inc. of Vancouver, B.C. Canada is an electrochemical energy storage company that is commercializing the patented Vanadium Redox Battery Energy Storage System ("VRB-ESS") and has acquired the intellectual property rights and assets to the Regenesys Energy Storage System. In May 2005, VRB Power acquired a world-wide license to SEI's patents and technology (excluding Japan).
VRB Power Systems. electric storage systems (VRB-ESS) are intended for applications from 2.5kW's to 10MW's with durations of 2 hours and greater. VRB's vanadium products are aimed at two markets:
- The VRB-ESS is sized for telecom applications (2.5kW's to 10kW's - multiple hours) intended to replace lead acid battery backup systems.
- The VRB-ESS is designed for Utility and Remote Area Power Supply systems (less than 25kW's - multiple hours).
Cellennium Company Limited- A team of European scientists created a novel design architecture of the vanadium battery. This design is said to allow economical production for vanadium batteries in modular sizes as small as 3 to 5 kilowatts, thus potentially enabling wide spread use of energy storage for small, distributed applications. The technology of the new vanadium batteries is easily scalable to megawatt sizes.
This novel technology is now owned by Squirrel Holdings Limited; Cellennium Company Limited has acquired from Squirrel the rights of the use and development of the new vanadium batteries in Thailand. The Cellennium Company Limited has recently launched a program to commercialize these batteries. The new vanadium batteries are working successfully in the laboratory, and are giving excellent results. The unique features developed by Squirrel Holdings Limited are as follows:
- The electrolytes are fed through a stack of cells in series instead of in parallel as in other designs.
- The cells in a stack consist of pairs of high precision molded structural components designed for speedy "LEGO style" error free assembly with o-ring sealing to prevent leaks.
- The electrodes, sandwiched between novel glassy carbon bipolar plates and the cell membranes, consist of carbon fiber mats permeated by a system of fine channels to distribute the electrolyte through the whole area with very small flow resistance.
- The cells are placed horizontally in a vertical stack to make a compact and structurally stable unit.
- A novel hydraulic feature within the system allows the battery to be "black started'' from a state of total inactivity without the need for priming of the electrolytes from outside sources.
- Production of the electrolytes can be done modularly and electrochemically, operating at room temperature, without the addition of chemicals.
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI) has been involved in the development of redox flow cells since 1985 in collaboration with Kansai Electric Power. They have successfully built demonstration scale units for grid load leveling applications and have been building and installing commercial scale units in Japan since 2001.
SEI has 16 operational VRB systems in Japan, which include peak shaving, utility and renewable energy storage applications, and has developed a 42-kW cell stack. A 3 MW x 1.5 sec. plus a 1.5 MW x 1 hr system for Tottori Sanyo Electric has been operating since 2001 at a large liquid crystal manufacturing plant as a combination of UPS for voltage sag compensation and a peak shaver to reduce peak load.
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The VRB-ESS installation for Hydro Tasmania on King Island in Australia was completed in November 2003. King Island is a small remote location off the south coast of Australia that supports and operates 5 wind turbines ranging from 250 - 850kW and Four Diesel generators at 1.5MW each that act as a remote grid to supply power to the local residents. The 200 kW x 4-hour (800 kWh) VRB-ESS installation has been integrated with the wind turbines and diesel generators to form a 3-way hybrid system that improves power supply and quality to the community of King Island. The VRB-ESS is used to smooth the short term output variations in the wind generators and the customer loads while providing frequency and voltage control.
VRB Power Systems announced that it has sold a 30kW x 2 hour VRB-ESS to the South Carolina Air National Guard. The VRB-ESS will provide power quality enhancement and back-up energy supply for a tactical radar system in the event of grid disruption. The VRB-ESS system will improve energy efficiencies and economics by supplying backup power for 2 hours versus 10 minutes currently provided by a UPS system. Additionally, the VRB system has an expected 10 year (or greater) system life and the flexibility to add hours of power supply by simply increasing the volume of electrolyte.
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Cellennium (Thailand) Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan (no information available on website)
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Thanks to overwhelming support from a growing Puerto Rican community in Central Florida, Alan Grayson, the pugnacious Jewish Democrat ousted in the Tea Party wave of 2010, is returning to Congress after a historic landslide.
Grayson's success comes after the 18-point shellacking he took as an incumbent congressman two years ago. This time, he won by a margin of 62% to 38% in a newly drawn Orlando-area district, after a two-year effort to woo Puerto Rican voters.
"Florida's non-Cuban Hispanic voters — and even an increasing number of Cubans — typically vote Democratic," said Aubrey Jewett, professor of political science at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. "They supported Alan Grayson's re-election in large numbers, and seem quite willing to form an alliance with Jewish Democratic candidates."
At his election night victory party, at a nightclub called Salsa Latina, in Kissimmee, Fla., Grayson, facing an amped crowd of Latinos, seniors and young people on the small dance floor, began his remarks by quoting F. Scott Fitzgerald: "There are no second acts in American lives."
Grayson smiled and paused a beat for effect. "Clearly, he was wrong," he declared. The crowd erupted in cheers. A tall, volatile man with thinning hair, Grayson shot to instant celebrity soon after being elected to Congress in 2009 when he charged that the GOP alternative to Obamacare was to avoid getting sick. Beyond that, he warned in a 2009 speech from the floor of the House, "the Republican health care plan is this: Die quickly."
Grayson's pugilistic approach to politics earned him a bevy of supporters who loved him for the enemies he made. But the right-wing Tea Party surge of 2010 overwhelmed him in his closely balanced district and sent him to defeat.
His return was a product of cunning, stealth and money.
Grayson, 54, first used a fat campaign war chest and high-name recognition to pre-empt the Democratic field in the new, strongly Hispanic district he announced for shortly after his 2010 election loss. The winner of the GOP primary (in which few Hispanics voted) was an underfunded, ultra-conservative, Anglo trial lawyer named Todd Long — a twice failed congressional candidate with a DUI conviction who had to be removed by police from a Central Florida mall and in 2007 was found passed out on the sidewalk in Tallahassee. A vociferous opponent of immigration reform, he supported English as an official language and made disparaging remarks about undocumented workers.
"Todd Long is too extreme for Central Florida," Grayson crowed in a post-primary press release exulting in his opponent's victory. "He wants to raise the retirement age to at least 70, privatize Social Security, dismantle Medicare, eliminate federal student loans and drill for oil in Florida, both offshore and onshore."
Some Republican Party decision makers appeared to agree. Long was quietly elbowed off the stage when GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan spoke at a campaign event in Orlando. Several days later, Long told a conservative radio interviewer that he felt like he had been thrown overboard by the Republican Party. By the closing days of the campaign, Long was reduced to waving signs at intersections.
Long also made religion a conspicuous part of his campaign. He told the editorial board of the Orlando Sentinel that Grayson was "the most anti-Christian congressman probably we've ever had in our history." In a subsequent interview with Hispanic radio, Long charged that his opponent wanted to "kick Christianity out of this country." Notwithstanding the slur, Grayson agreed to debate Long on Rosh Hashanah. ("I'm no Sandy Koufax," he acknowledged.)
A graduate of the Bronx High School of Science, Harvard University and Harvard Law School, Grayson made several small fortunes before entering politics: in the telecommunications boom, on Wall Street and in his law practice, suing defense contractors for Iraq War profiteering. He largely self-financed his successful 2008 campaign and, once elected, built a national following among the Democratic base through speeches — which some considered outrageous — on the House floor.
Out of office for the past two years, Grayson nevertheless remained in the media spotlight through more than a dozen of appearances on MSNBC; an impassioned defense of the Occupy Wall Street movement on HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" and his support for the family of Trayvon Martin, the African American teen who was shot to death in Sanford, Fla., not far from his district. This exposure helped Grayson raise $3.5 million. Grayson enjoyed additional support from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which selected him as one of three "Majority Maker" candidates and poured some $2 million more into advertising for him. Long raised a paltry $91,000.
Grayson's enduring, grassroots support is undeniable among working- and lower-middle class voters, and among the area's small trade union movement. Notwithstanding his liberalism on other issues, his strong ties to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and down-the-line support for Israel on the 2008 Gaza War and on Iran, made him a liberal many pro-Israel activists—and donors—could also get behind.
Grayson made relatively few public appearances during the campaign, but at almost every one, someone would wait patiently in line to thank Grayson for using federal pressure to slow down bank foreclosures in the state while he was in Congress. His volunteers made an estimated 200,000 phone calls and walked most neighborhoods in the district.
The candidate's image among conservatives as an unhinged wild man notwithstanding, Grayson appears to have carefully plotted his political comeback even before he was ousted. In a 2009 interview with this reporter, already aware of the political dangers he faced in his closely balanced district, Grayson was already gaming the race for 2012.
Pointing to a large map of Central Florida, Grayson explained that whatever happened in the upcoming 2010 midterm election, the Republican legislature, in order to preserve area GOP incumbents, would be forced to carve out a new, predominately Democratic district that would include a part of his old district. The seat would be perfect for him in 2012, he said. What he neglected to anticipate was that some in the media and in the Hispanic community would claim that it was designed for a Hispanic.
The new 9th District is 43.4% registered Democratic, compared with 28.2% Republican. Hispanics constitute 41 % of the voting-age population but just 22% of registered voters. Grayson bridled at the implication raised in local media shortly after he announced his candidacy for the new district— soon after his 2010 defeat — that he was somehow hijacking a "Hispanic seat."
In fact, Grayson was largely able to pre-empt any Hispanic candidates in the 2012 Democratic primary, because while in Congress, he assiduously cultivated Central Florida's largely Puerto Rican, Spanish-speaking community. He brought hundreds of thousands of dollars of federally funded Spanish language, education, small business and development programs to the area — and not in just his district.
Grayson also supported issues important to Puerto Ricans, like a referendum on the island commonwealth's status and on the cleanup of Vieques, the island just off Puerto Rico long used by America's military for bombing practice. He collected his chits last April, when he was endorsed by the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, a leading civic organization in Puerto Rico that lauded Grayson as a "staunch advocate" of its cause.
It's clear that this kind of attentiveness to Hispanics will be increasingly crucial for Florida candidates whatever their own ethnic background. The state's Hispanic population grew by 44% over the last decade, and the Puerto Rican population alone — centered largely in Central Florida — grew by 76%, said Jewett, the University of Central Florida political scientist. A growing percentage of these residents are also actually showing up to vote. Currently 14 % of all registered voters are Hispanic, but they were 17% of the electorate in this past election. Thirty-nine percent are registered as Democrats, 29% as Republicans — a flip on the greater support Republicans enjoyed among members of this ethnic group until 2008.
"The main question about this alliance," Jewett said, "is whether Hispanic support would stay as strong if a Hispanic Republican were running against an Anglo Democrat, Jewish or gentile."
At his Salsa Latina victory party, Grayson accepted congratulations from half a dozen local Puerto Rican politicians. Then he pledged to continue his fight for universal health care and to reform tax policy. "Even the filthy rich have to pay their fair share!" he exclaimed, demonstrating, more or less, that some things about Alan Grayson just don't change.
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BEIJING (Reuters) – A 60-year-old American has died of the new coronavirus, the first confirmed non-Chinese death of the illness, U.S. officials said, as millions of Chinese began returning home after a Lunar New Year break that was extended to try to contain the outbreak.
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com July 13, 2009 While FN Herstal is much better known for its assault rifles (M16A4, etc.) and machine guns (M249 SAW, M240 MMG/GPMG, MK46, MK48, etc.), the company has also developed a line of pistols. One of them is the FN FNP-45 high-capacity (14+1 shots) .45ACP (also written .45 ACP) semi-auto pistol, …Read More »
Springfield Armory XD-45ACP Tactical and LE Service Model .45ACP Pistols
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Enthusiastic skywatchers have perhaps been wondering what has happened lately to Venus, the most brilliant of all the planets.
Since the end of January, Venus has been on a sort of winter and early spring sabbatical. It passed superior conjunction (appearing to go behind the sun as seen from Earth) on March 28 and has been invisible ever since, mired deep in our star's brilliant glare.
Nevertheless, with each passing day, Venus has been moving on a slow course toward the east and pulling slowly away from the sun's general vicinity. [Skywatching Events for May 2013]
Finally, during early May, it has begun to emerge as an evening "star" very low in the western twilight. On Saturday evening (May 11), it sets 27 degrees north of due west (10 degrees is roughly equal to the width of your fist held at arm's length) nearly an hour after sunset.
By June 1, Venus will set 80 minutes after sunset, giving even casual observers their first view of the famed "Evening Star." Venus is so bright that it can be spotted even through twilight very low in the west-northwest sky 45 minutes after sunset, so look early, preferably with binoculars.
Appearing as a brilliant white star-like object, Earth's "sister planet" will adorn the western evening sky through the remainder of this year.
Crummy summer viewing
Unfortunately, for most Northern Hemisphere observers, this is going to turn out to be a rather crummy evening apparition of Venus, especially during the summer months.
The reason for this lies in Venus' placement in the sky relative to the sun. From June 19 through Dec. 10, Venus will appear to have a more southerly declination than the sun. As a consequence, it will appear unusually low over the horizon right after sunset, especially through most of this summer.
On July 1, for example, observers living at or near 40 degrees north latitude will see Venus set just 1 1/2 hours after sunset. At mid-twilight, the planet will appear to hover only about 6 degrees above the horizon.
By Aug. 31, this situation will have improved only slightly, as Venus will still be setting only 1 1/2 hours after sundown and at mid-twilight will stand about 8 degrees above the horizon. At no time through July and August will Venus be visible against a completely dark sky, as it will set before the end of evening twilight. [The 10 Weirdest Facts About Venus]
The situation is better in the Southern Hemisphere, where viewers will see Venus pull well away from the sun and gradually soar progressively higher in the evening sky during July and August. For example, by the end of August, Australians will see Venus setting more than three hours after the sun, and the planet will appear more than 20 degrees above the horizon by the end of evening twilight.
An autumn improvement
During September and October, however, the view will begin to slowly improve for northern observers for three reasons:
1) Venus will be getting brighter as it rounds the sun and speeds toward Earth.
2) Twilight fades faster in the fall than in summer, leaving Venus to shine in a darker sky. By mid-September, Venus finally sets just after the sky has become completely dark.
3) Venus will shift over from the west to the southwest. Objects at a given altitude above the horizon in the southern part of the sky take longer to set than do objects at the same altitude in the west, so the difference between the setting times of the sun and Venus will increase, albeit slowly. On Oct. 1, Venus will set 1 3/4 hours after the sun, but this improves to nearly 2 1/2 hours by Halloween.
Venus reaches its greatest angular distance from the sun on Nov. 1, when it will be 47 degrees east of our star. The planet will be brightest in early December as it heads back down toward the sun, reaching its pinnacle of brilliance for this apparition on Dec. 6 at a lantern-like magnitude of minus 4.9. (On the astronomical scale, lower magnitudes signify brighter objects.)
By this time, Venus will be an eye-catching sight in the southwest sky for at least a couple of hours after sunset right on through the Christmas season. Venus then quickly fades, vanishing from view in early January 2014, and passes inferior conjunction (coming between Earth and the sun) on Jan. 10. Within a week it will reemerge as the "Morning Star" low in the southeast sky.
Between now and early January, repeated observation of Venus with a small telescope will show the complete range of its phases and disk sizes.
The planet is now virtually full (98 percent sunlit), and appears as a tiny, dazzling disk. It will become noticeably less gibbous by late summer. In early November, Venus reaches dichotomy (displaying a half-moon shape).
Then, for the rest of the year the planet displays a large crescent as it swings near the Earth. Indeed, those using telescopes will note that while the Earth-Venus distance is lessening, the apparent size of Venus' disk will grow, doubling from its present size by Oct. 9. When it has doubled again in size on Dec. 4, its large crescent shape should be easily discernible even in steadily held 7-power binoculars.
Venus will be one of three bright planets involved in what we at SPACE.com are billing as "The Grand Conjunction" later this month. Stay tuned for more details!
Editor's note: If you snap an amazing picture of Venus or any other celestial object that you'd like to share for a possible story or image gallery, send photos, comments and your name and location to Managing Editor Tariq Malik at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden Planetarium. He writes about astronomy for Natural History magazine, the Farmer's Almanac and other publications, and he is also an on-camera meteorologist for News 12 Westchester, New York. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebookor Google+. Originally published on SPACE.com.


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We continue telling you of rustic décor and today these are dining room designs. Rough wood, rough stone, a hearth, wicker furniture, lots of light and wooden beams on the ceiling make the base of a rustic dining room. Now start creating the atmosphere using fantastic rugs, natural finish furniture, tablecloths, checked patterns and accessories that bring coziness. Take light shades and you'll see how the space expands, make big windows and choose light décor pieces and the atmosphere would be airy and full of light. Don't forget about green plants and wreaths which would highlight your style. Enjoy your rustic dining room, it looks extremely cozy!
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This past weekend was awesome. My sister and my cousins came down from California to hang out with me. However, that was only part of the reason. Their coming over was part of an elaborate scheme to throw a surprise going-away-party for me. I was originally going to leave on August 11th, but that date was pushed back to August 26th. So they were a little early, but that actually made the event all the more surprising. It was actually funny in a way.
On Friday, I was at Sadhana's house, and I was telling her how excited I was that my family was coming over. However, truth be told, it did seem a little sudden, and I wasn't sure why exactly they were coming over right now. I mean, it is a bit of a trip. Sadhana seemed irritated that I would ask such a question. "Maybe they just want to spend time with you!", she said. I didn't know why she was so irritated, but it makes sense now. She didn't want me trying to figure things out and ruin the surprise for myself - she had been planning all this for quite a while now, collaborating with the rest of my friends and with my sister and my cousins. The other thing was when I talked to Rachna on Friday. I told her that I would be seeing her this weekend. That apparently caused her to get really flustered because she thought that I knew about the surprise party. But I just said it because my family was over and I wanted all of us to hang out. She started freaking out because she thought I anticipated the surprise party. Then there was my sister's odd behaviour. Whenever she was talking to Sadhana on the phone, she'd walk away from me so that I couldn't hear the conversation. It struck me as odd, but I didn't think much of it. It gets funnier though. We all planned to have dinner on Saturday, and I expected Sadhana, Rachna, and Suraj to be there. We all get to the restaurant and I walk in. I see Nasser, Shareen, Anthony, and his girlfriend, in addition to Rachna, Suraj, Sadhana, and Vibha. They all yell "Surprise!". So I said, "What are you yelling 'Surprise!' for?" I also didn't look the least bit surprised. Then as I'm sitting down, they say "This is your going away party!". But I respond, "I'm not going away yet". Eventually it dawns on me that this is a surprise, and when that happened, I was really surprised!
The party was a whole lot of fun. My sister got me a lovely going away present. Over the last week, she had been hounding me for some pictures - of my family and my friends. I eventually sent them to her. She used them to make a Calendar (2006). I was really touched - I don't think I could have got a better going away present. I know I'll be using it to mark the days until I come back home, and while I'm doing it, I get to look at pictures of my family and my friends. Rachna told me that it almost made her cry. And it's true - it was a very thoughtful and loving gift. Thank you Keerthikutty! Oh yes, then on Friday before I left work, Shareen started sending these odd emails out. Things like "Chocolate, Strawberry, Banana or Blueberry?" and "Blue, Orange, Green or Purple?". I had no idea what that was about, but I responded anyway. I said "Chocolate" for the first and "Blue and Orange" for the second question. It all fell into place when I got my cake - it was a chocolate cake with Orange and Blue icing.
I was touched that everyone had put so much and effort into planning this. Rachna and Sadhana had been planning all of this, and Sadhana had been in touch with my sister and my cousins for the past few weeks. They were trying to figure out their schedules, and how to get here. Shareen and Nasser had decided on using their house for the party, but their AC broke, and so that didn't go through. But it's the thought that counts!
On Sunday we went and saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which I thought was absolutely awesome. Johnny Depp made an awesome Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder did too) and he fully captured the eccentricity and weirdness of the character. Tim Burton's direction is awesome as usual, and lends his "Burtonesque" quality to the whole movie.
Ok, I know that some of what I'm saying aren't really spoilers because anyone who has read the book should know about them.
There were some really touching scenes in the movie. I remember when I first read the book, and I came across the scene where Charlie gets the Wonka Bar for his birthday. I remember the anticipation I felt as Charlie slowly opened the wrapping... and the disappointment when he found out that he didn't win the Golden Ticket. The movie captured that really well... I felt the same way I did when I first read the book so many years ago. Another scene that I thought was really heart-breaking, was when they show the backstory for Willy Wonka. Young Willy Wonka comes back home from trick-or-treating, and his dentist father (Wilbur Wonka, played by Christopher Lee) is going through the candy. He tells his son how bad the candy is for the teeth, and despite Willy's repeated pleas to have just one, tosses the whole basket into the fireplace. Young Willa Wonka's expression (orthodontic headgear and all) is absolutely heart-wrenching.
I am usually nit-picky about movies that have been adapted from books, but I thought this was a pretty good adaptation. The backstory about Willy Wonka didn't bother me too much either. All in all, a good movie.
After the movie, we went back home and chilled for a bit. After Michael got back home, all of us went grocery shopping and bought the ingredients to make some Mexican Food. We also bought fresh pineapples to make some piñacoladas. Josh came over as well, and we all started working together on making dinner. The dinner we made was delicious! We made Tacos and Taquitos which we ate with salsa, guacamole, and mexican rice. Oh yeah, and piñacoladas with fresh pineapples! After dinner, we sat around and talked for a while. I brought down both of Michael's guitars, and he also brought down my keyboard. We jammed for a bit with Dipu Cheta and Michael on the guitar, Prem on the percussion set on my keyboard, and with me singing. Good fun!
The next morning my cousins and my sister headed out. Dipu Cheta flew back to San Francisco, and Keerthi and Prem began their long drive back to Los Angeles. I had a whole lot of fun this last weekend. It's the best I've had in a while!


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Poll: Support slips for gun control
Backing for stricter gun control has weakened since the days immediately after the massacre in Newtown, Conn., according to a poll released Tuesday.
Forty-seven percent of Americans said the nation needs stronger gun laws in the latest CBS News poll — a 10-point drop since December, when support was at 57 percent.
But support is still higher than it was in April 2012, before mass shootings in Aurora, Colo., and in Newtown, where the murders occurred on Dec. 14. Then, only 39 percent wanted stricter gun laws.
Other polls have found stronger support for specific gun control measures, with more than 80 percent of Americans backing universal background checks and a majority supporting a ban on assault weapons.
The Senate is expected to consider gun control legislation when it returns from the Easter recess. The bill will contain a new gun trafficking law, universal background checks and mental health provisions. An assault weapons ban will be offered as an amendment.
The poll of 1,181 adults was conducted from March 20 to March 24. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.


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Hubble is an upgradeable, space-based telescope flying almost 600 km above most of our image-distorting atmosphere.
It is designed to take high-resolution images and accurate spectra by concentrating starlight to form sharper images than is possible from the ground, where the atmospheric 'twinkling' of the stars limits the clarity of the images.
Therefore, despite its relatively modest size of 2.4 metres, Hubble is more than able to compete with ground-based telescopes that have light-collecting areas (mirrors) that are as much as 10 or 20 times larger.
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Find out more about the spacecraft Hubble and see images of it in flight.
Hubble has made many contributions to science since its launch in 1990. With more than 15 500 scientific papers attributed to it, Hubble is by some measures the most productive scientific instrument ever built.
This section outlines the background to some of the key areas of research Hubble has contributed to. It is organised into the following pages:
- The Hubble Deep Fields: How Hubble has observed the furthest away galaxies and the most ancient starlight ever seen by humankind
- Age and size of the Universe: How Hubble has calculated the age of the cosmos and discovered the Universe is expanding at an ever faster rate
- The lives of stars: How Hubble has revolutionised our understanding of the birth and death of stars
- The solar neighbourhood: What Hubble has taught us about planets, asteroids and comets in our own Solar System
- Exoplanets and proto-planetary discs: How Hubble has made the first ever image of an exoplanet in visible light, and spotted planetary systems as they form
- Black Holes, Quasars, and Active Galaxies: How Hubble found black holes at the heart of all large galaxies
- Formation of stars: How Hubble observes stars as they form from huge dust clouds
- Composition of the Universe: How Hubble studied what the Universe is made of, and came to some startling conclusions
- Gravitational lenses: How astronomers use a helping hand from Einstein to increase Hubble's range
- Europe & Hubble: How the European Space Agency and European astronomers have contributed to this international project
- Multi-messenger astronomy: Visible detections of gravitational wave Sources
To keep up to date with the latest discoveries and images from Hubble, visit the news page, or subscribe to our mailing list.


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The resistance to Obamacare is writing a new chapter in U.S. history. It may well become the most unpopular law since Prohibition became an Amendment to the Constitution in 1919. By 1933, another Amendment repealed it.
Obamacare passed by a straight Democratic party vote on Christmas Eve in 2009. No Republican voted for it and, as one poll recently revealed, a third of Americans are still unaware it is the law of the land. A divided Supreme Court gave it a pass, calling it a tax, but it is a profoundly unconstitutional law insofar as the federal government may not pass a law that requires Americans to purchase something and to fine them if they do not. It is also playing havoc with the economy, delaying recovery as it deters hiring and encourages firing.
Nonetheless, a number of states have gone on record seeking to nullify its enforcement and some are doing the same as regards gun control. Arizona became famous when it passed its own immigration law in response to the federal government's failure to protect its border with Mexico. The proposed "Gang of Eight" immigration law is facing stiff opposition for its various provisions, most of which do not address the central issue of security on the southern border.
How out of touch is the President? He went to Mexico and blamed the violence arising from its drug cartels on America, saying "Most of the guns used here to commit violence came from America." He made no mention of the scandalous "Fast and Furious" scheme in which the ATF actually ran guns into Mexico, claiming they would track them. It took an executive order to throw a blanket of silence over it and a compliant media to ignore that scandal.
It is, however, Obamacare that poses the greatest threat to the nation, intruding on the patient-doctor relationship, robbing billions from Medicare to pay for it, requiring states to fund more Medicaid when many are strapped to meet other needs, and putting 16% of the nation's economy under federal control.
A total of twenty-seven states have filed suit against Obamacare. Two federal judges have upheld its individual mandate to purchase health insurance and two others have ruled that it is unconstitutional.
Twelve states have introduced versions of the Federal Health Care Nullification Act that was drafted by the Tenth Amendment Center. They include Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon, Alabama, and Maine. All declare that Obamacare is "hereby declared to be invalid, shall not be recognized, is specifically rejected, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect."
In South Carolina, on May 1st, the state House passed a bill that declares the bill null and void and goes a step further, criminalizing its implementation. Earlier Governor Nikki Haley, in her state of the state address, said that South Carolina does not want and cannot afford Obamacare, saying of the President's namesake, "not now, not ever."
The following day, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback sent a letter in response to Attorney General Eric Holder's opposition to its Second Amendment Protection Act, declaring it unconstitutional; essentially tell him to piss off. "The people of Kansas," said the Governor, "have clearly expressed their sovereign will." The same day, Missouri passed a comparable law protecting the Second Amendment.
Not since the years leading up to the Civil War was kicked off on December 20, 1860 when South Carolina voted for secession, has there been such open resistance to the mandates of the federal government by the states on a range of issues. Earlier, in 1832, President Andrew Jackson had threatened to send troops to South Carolina to enforce federal laws.
Nullification, however, will not succeed as a means to rid the nation of Obamacare. To Obama's dismay, his gun control law failed in Congress when even members of his party joined in voting against it. The fate of immigration reform remains unknown but it will come to a vote soon enough.
The reason why nullification will fail is embedded in the Constitution. The Supremacy Clause states "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the land; and the judges in every State shall be found thereby, any Think in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary, notwithstanding."
That has not discouraged the legislatures of many states from expressing their opposition to Obamacare, intrusions on the Second Amendment right of citizens to bear arms, and to demand the federal government enforce the laws regarding its borders.
There isn't a constitutional scholar that does not support the Supremacy Clause. The Heritage Foundation has a policy paper on the subject of nullification that says "there is no clause or implied power in either the national or the various state constitutions that enables states to veto federal laws unilaterally."
The states, though, can express their displeasure and their opposition to federal laws and that is what lies at the heart of the spate of nullification laws that have been passed. As sovereign republics, the states can and do express themselves and, through their elected Senators and Representatives, have the power in concert to repeal obnoxious and injurious federal laws.
That will be the fate of Obamacare.
© Alan Caruba, 2013