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This week the royal family hit a new low when the possible future king, if the monarchy last that long, was off playing at what they call "the sport of king's" or in other words he was blasting away with both barrels at any animal that got in his way, on a wealthy pal's estate in Spain, although it is reported that he was only looking for wild boar maim or kill.
All of this was happening a day before the royal hypocrite will be participating in a UK Government hosted conference on the illegal wildlife trade along side the other well know small animal murderer, his father charles. The conference will also signal the launch of a campaign jointly run by these two hunters called laughingly "Let's Unite for Wildlife!" which aims to highlight the devastating impact of poaching animals such as rhinos, and elephants and calls for international action.
I wonder if anyone has sat these two idiots down and explained that the best way to "Unite for Wildlife" is to put their guns away and stop shooting at anything and everything that twitches?
But then I suppose if they can make their campaign "Let's Unite for Wildlife!" a success it will clear all of the riff raft out of the shooting game and leave it just for the super rich all of which would be far more to the taste of these two cold blooded animal killers.
The royal family regularly visit the sprawling 37,000-acre Finca La Garganta estate to kill things, this time william was accompanied by his ginger haired brother. Because although kate likes to kill things as much as any cold blooded royal this time she couldn't because happily the royal couple have worked out that the sound of guns blasting here, there and everywhere tends to annoy the nannies because it makes the baby cry and her advisers have warned that public opinion, even the royal loving Brits, would take a dim view of her accompanying the royals for a shooting spree and leaving the baby at home with the nannies so she sloped off to the Caribbean instead to sun herself in a $20,000 a week Caribbean bungalow while the prince was busy shooting wild boar in Spain, all of course paid for by the hard pressed UK tax payer.
Why shiver with the rest of the UK and have to endure the reports of UK citizens losing their jobs and then their homes and the 'tedious' reports of so many ordinary working people who are still in work but have to visit food banks to feed their children when you can sun yourself and relax by a pool? Why kate indeed?
It's alright being a royal isn't it kate?
Obviously I have to declare my interest when writing a blog such as this one so that you, dear cuddly reader don't think I am bias. I honestly believe that the George Washington and his merry men, the Bolsheviks and Oliver Cromwell had the right idea and that is why although I am English I live in a republic!
About the Author
The Cat is one of the most successful feline authors in the history of Catkind. His sharp elegant wit has produced the bestselling book 'Getting Out – Excerpts from a Cat's Diary' and of course the much plagiarised gag of the same name which appears on all of the funniest joke sites on the internet.
Copies of the Cat's masterpiece of feline literature 'Getting Out – Excerpts from a Cat's Diary' and his latest wonderful book 'The Cat's Travelogue' can be purchased at a bookstore near you or from the internet at Amazon.com and here for the Travelogue The Cat's Travelogue Paperback Edition or at what The Cat calls his www – wickedly wonderful website here www.thecatsdiary.com where you can not only learn more about me the genius Cat but also play my games they are all paw picked by me and have been described as "exactly what free on-line games should be, fun, free and fantastic."
I would like to tell you all about something new and rather nice that you can get from the Apple iBooks store, no not 'Getting Out – Excerpts from a Cat's Diary' and his latest wonderful book you have been able to get that for ages, no something else rather wonderful. You can get John Woodcock's brilliantly illustrated book the first in the series called 'The Trams of Prague'
This heavily illustrated books created especially for iPads, Pods and Phones called Tram No 6 is the Naughtiest of Trams and it looks amazing.
If you would like to get this exceptional book the easy way, just click on this link:
Trams of Prague – Tram No6 is the Naughtiest of Trams
Don't forget dear cuddly readers one and all that my translator's heavily illustrated book has just been made available at the iBookstore or iTunes – what was it with Steve Jobs and all of the 'i's'?
To get whizzed straight to the store whatever it's called just click on the picture of the cover of that wonderful book below.


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Protein and messenger RNA levels of plasminogen activators and inhibitors analyzed in 22 human tumor cell linesQuax, P.H.A. (author), van Leeuwen, R.T.J. (author), Verspaget, H.W. (author), Verheijen, J.H. (author), Gaubius Instituut TNO (author)In 22 human tumor cell lines the regulation of production of plasminogen activators urokinase (u-PA) and tissue-type (u-PA) and their inhibitors PAI-1 and PAI-2 was studied. These four components may determine the net plasminogen activator activity, which is often associated with tumor development and metastatic processes. The amount of specific...article 1990
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Regulation of plasminogen activation, matrix metalloproteinases and urokinase-type plasminogen activator-mediated extracellular matrix degradation in human osteosarcoma cell line MG63 by interleukin-1 alphade Bart, A.C.W. (author), Quax, P.H.A. (author), Löwik, C.W.G.M. (author), Verheijen, J.H. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Plasmin-mediated extracellular proteolysis has been implicated in the degradation of bone in normal and pathological conditions. Normal and malignant osteoblasts can produce both tissue-type plasminogen activator (t- PA) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA). We have used the osteosarcoma cell line MG63 to address the question of...article 1995

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Moo-ving people toward compassionate living
It is our hope that this footage will bolster your resolve to help end animal cruelty. We encourage you to share this information with others and also visit our Activism Section for information on what you can do to make the world a better place for animals and humans.
(09:53) From Kinship Circle
If I told you something claims to save lives, but actually leads to injury or death; that taxpayers hand over $12-18 billion for it yearly; and that the only ones getting rich are corporate purveyors with a harmful product - you'd probably get angry.
But if I told you that "something" is animal research, chances are you'd tell me about "necessary sacrifices...to save human lives...especially the children."
In reality, animal experimentation is a multi-billion dollar business. It is a broken model inspired by profit.
Every drug sold is animal tested. That's the law. But in recent years, at least 1734 drugs proven safe for human use in animal studies were recalled due to Adverse Drug Reactions (U.S. Food and Drug Administration records). ADRs are the 4th leading cause of USA deaths. Approved medical products harm 2 million people annually. At least 100,000 die (Journal of the American Medical Association).
In 2012, Big Pharma brands will rake in $156.3 billion. Generic drugs will earn another $52.8 billion. These moneymakers are rushed through sloppy, duplicative animal experiments to get to a pharmacy near you as quickly as possible.
According to C. Glenn Begley, former head of global cancer research at Amgen, many landmark "discoveries" published in prestigious journals, most gleaned from animal experiments, cannot even be reproduced a second time!
"It was shocking. The pharmaceutical industry relies on these studies for drug development," Begley notes in Nature Journal, March 2012. Failure is blamed, in part, on animal models "irrelevant to cancers" or other disease, used in an academic setting that fosters "poor science, even fraud, as researchers compete for funding."
If too many "discoveries done in animals are wrong," as Begley and others from the research industry admit - why does National Institutes of Health annually lavish $12-18 billion taxpayer dollars on medical schools, mostly for animal experimentation?
Perhaps the WHY does not count as much as the IS: Animal research IS awarded more funding, more quickly, than sophisticated animal-free technologies. Animal studies facilitate tenure for university researchers required to churn out papers with new findings.
Never mind that many findings are absurd, a lot of "curiosity experiments" about how animal response to stimuli (that a human would never encounter) might somehow relate to human behavior. Research grants help pay university utility bills and overhead unrelated to medical science.
Animal research is not about "saving the rat or the child" as the anti-animal rights contingent likes to say. Animal research is about flawed science that delays medical progress and harms humans.
When viewed in this light, animal research becomes a:
Human rights issue
Patient rights issue
Consumer rights issue
Taxpayer rights issue
It ought to concern anyone who cares about:
Government overspending
Corporate corruption
Health/safety for themselves, their children...
Where is public outcry over research fraud, like the outcry over tobacco industry fraud? Shouldn't medical products be labeled, "WARNING: This product is proven safe for use in animal experiments - but may cause disability or death in humans."
If you are an animal advocate, watch Kinship Circle's film to reframe your messaging and promote animal-free research systems. If you are like the majority who know little about a subject that directly affects your well-being, watch Kinship Circle's film.
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text: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ANGELA DODGETHURSDAY, OCT. 11, 2012 PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICERhttps://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/(713) 567-9388 HOUSTON - Alleged members or associates of the notorious Texas Mexican Mafia (TMM) prison gang have been indicted for trafficking in heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, firearms violations and for distributing explosive materials, United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today along with FBI Special Agent in Charge Stephen L. Morris and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steve McCraw. Those arrested today are alleged members or associates of the TMM gang who allegedly make money by trafficking heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine and by selling firearms. Among those charged included Michael Mares, 50, an Onalaska police officer who knowingly provided firearms to a convicted felon on two occasions, according to the indictment. Also taken into custody in the Houston area were Robert Arechiga, 34, Alexander Garcia, 39, Adam Guzman, 43, George Maldonado, 45, Jorge Montemayor, 36, Juan Sarmientos, 45, Tony Valdez, 37, and Michael Villarreal, 32. They are expected to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Milloy tomorrow. Ruben Esparza, 34, was arrested today in the Corpus Christi area where he will make his initial appearance before being transferred to Houston, while Jose Cerda, 26, and Michael A. Villarreal, 22, were taken into custody in the San Antonio area. Francisco Galvan, 46, was taken into custody just moments ago at the Texas-Mexico border. Three others - Carlos Romero, 30, Gilbert Gonzalez, 41, and Enrique Bravo, 38 - are considered fugitives and a warrant remains outstanding for their arrests. Photos are attached. Anyone with information as to their whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI at 713-693-5000. Anonymous tips can also be provided through the website www.stophoustongangs.org. Also charged in this case are Juan Deluna, 40, Johnny Reyes, 51, Ricardo Sanchez, 33, Valentin Ayala-Guiterrez, 51, Ernesto Villarreal, 35, Eric Gomez, 36, Armando Villarreal III, 23, Rene Gonzalez, 44, and Alvin Valadaz, 42. These nine defendants are currently in custody and are expected to appear before a U.S. magistrate judge on these charges in the near future. According to the 22-count indictment, the TMM formed in the early 1980s in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). The indictment alleges the defendants conspired with one another and others from 2008 through October 2012 to procure illegal drugs and distribute the drugs to numerous associates involved in drug trafficking in order to carry out the business of the gang. Alleged gang members also illegally sold numerous assault rifles, other guns and even detonation cord during the course of the investigation, according to the indictment. The four-year investigation resulted in the return of a sealed indictment Oct. 4, 2012, which was unsealed following the execution of arrest warrants early this morning. If convicted of the conspiracy charge, the defendants face a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years imprisonment and a $10 million fine. All substantive counts carry an equal or lesser possible sentence depending upon the amount of drugs involved. The charges are the result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation which included agents and officers with the FBI, DPS, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Police Departments in Baytown, Houston, Pasadena and Katy, Bureau of Prisons, Harris County Sheriff's Office, TDCJ-Office of Inspector General and the U.S. Marshals Service. The cases will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Tim S. Braley and Mark Donnelly. An indictment is a formal accusation of criminal conduct, not evidence. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until convicted through due process of law. ###


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Ace Fekay, MCT, MVP, MCSE 2012/Cloud, MCITP EA, MCTS Windows 2008/R2, Exchange 2007 & 2010, Exchange 2010 Enterprise Administrator, MCSE 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Microsoft MVP: Directory Services
Active Directory, Exchange and Windows Infrastructure Engineer and Janitor
Original publication 4/30/2013
Ace here again. I thought to touch base on DNS zones, and more so, focus on what AD integrated zones are and how they work. This blog almost mimics my class lecture on this topic. Check back for updates periodically, which I will notate with a timestamp above with whatever I've added or modified.
This topic was also briefly discussed in the following Microsoft Technet forum thread:
Technet thread: "Secondary Zones?"
AD Integrated Zones AD Database Storage Locations
First up is a background on the various parts of the Active Directory database and what gets stored in them. This will help understand where DNS data is stored as I discuss it later in this blog.
The Active Directory Data Store (the AD database):
There are three possible storage locations for DNS zone storage in the Active Directory database:
- DomainNC – This was the only available location with Windows 2000. This replicates to all DCs only in a specific domain.
- DomainDnsZones partition – Introduced in Windows 2003 and used in all newer operating systems. This replicates to all DCs only in a specific domain in the forest.
- ForestDnsZones partition. This replicates to all DCs in the forest.
You can see how not all partitions are replicated forest wide. It depends on the partition:
Ok, Now the DNS Basics:
- A Secondary is a read-only copy
- A Secondary zone stores it's data in a text file (by default in the system32\dns folder)
- A Secondary gets a copy of the zone data from the Primary
- A Primary is the writeable copy
- A Primary stores it's zone data in a text file (by default in the system32\dns folder)
- There can only be one Primary, but as many Secondary zones as you want.
- You must allow zone transfer capabilities from the Primary zone if you want to create a Secondary.
- AD integrated zones do NOT need zone transfers to be allowed (see below for specifics)
Active directory Integrated Zones changes this a bit:
AD Integrated zones are similar to Primary zones, however their data is stored as binary data in the actual AD database and not as a text file. The specific place in the AD database depends on the DC's operating system version and replication scope, which means what "logical" part of the physical AD database it's stored in, which will affect which DCs in the forest it will replicate to.
- The "only one Primary Zone" rule is changed by introducing the Multi-Master Primary feature. This is because the data is not stored as a text file, rather it is stored in the actual, physical AD database (in one of 3 difference logical locations or what we call the Replication Scope), and any DC that has DNS installed (based on the replication scope) will be a writeable copy.
- The zone data is replicated to other DCs in the replication scope where the data is stored (based on one of the 3 logical locations)
- Each DC in the replication scope that has DNS installed, will automatically make available the zone data in DNS
- Each DC that hosts the zone can "write" to the zone, and the changes get replicated to other DCs in the replication scope of the zone/
- The DC that makes a change becomes the SOA at that point in time, until another DC makes a change to the zone, then it becomes the SOA
- An AD Integrated zone can be configured to allow zone transfers to a Secondary, but the Secondary CANNOT be a DC in the same replication scope as the zone you are trying to create as a Secondary, otherwise the DC you are attempting to create the Secondary on will automatically change it to AD integrated, since it "sees" it in the AD database. In some cases, if this is forced or done incorrectly, it can lead to duplicate or conflicting zones in the AD database, which is problematic until fixed.
And if you install DNS on another DC, the zone data will *automatically* appear because DNS will recognize the data in the AD database. AD integrated zones can also act as a Primary zone for secondary zones, whether they are on Windows machines, BIND (on Unix) or any other name brand.
Remember, AD integrated zones still follow the RFCs, but have more features.
Duplicate or Conflicting zones?
Since I touched based on duplicate and conflicting zones, you may want to check if they exist in your AD database. You have to check each partition, and if you have more than one domain, you have to check the DomainDnsZones and DomainNC of each domain. You may even have to check it on multiple DCs in various AD Sites to see if they all "see" the same copy or different copies. You would be surprised what I've seen with AD replication problems and seeing different DCs "seeing" something different in its own database. This issue also manifests as a symptom in more than just a DNS problem, where you create a user on one DC and it never replicates to another DC.
Using ADSI Edit to Resolve Conflicting or Duplicate AD Integrated DNS zones
Primary Standard Zone, Secondary Standard Zones & Zone Transfers
Zone transfers allow you to create a read only copy (a Secondary zone) on another DNS server, that will pull a copy (transfers) from the read/writable zone (the Primary zone).
Primary and Secondary zones store their data as text files.
On a Windows machine, the zone files can be found in the \system32\dns folder with a file name such as "domain.com.dns". You can have numerous read only copies, but there can only be one read/write of that zone.
Please keep in mind, the authoritative DNS server listed in the registrar for a public domain name (zone) does not have to be a Primary, it's just the host nameserver listed as authoritative. It can get it's data from a Primary that is not listed, hence the writable copy is actually hidden and protected from public access.
Do I need Zone transfers Allowed for AD Integrated Zones if I do not have Secondaries Zones?
The short answer: NOPE.
The reason is that the term "AD Integrated" means the zone is stored in the AD database, and the zone will replicate to other domain controllers within the same replication scope (domain-wide or forest-wide) automatically as part of the AD replication process.
By default, AD integrated zones are configured to not allow zone transfers.
Allowing zone transfers is an option provided to support non-DC DNS servers, BIND or any other name brand DNS server that you want to allow zone transfers to a secondary on those servers.
Rotating SOA
Additional security options of AD integrated zones, is one of the feature of AD integrated zones, as well as the fact that there can be more than one Primary zone copy of it. This is because all DNS servers that host the zone in a domain or forest has the ability to be a writable copies and becomes the actual "start of authority" (SOA) of that zone when a specific DC/DNS accepts a write operation, such as a client machine registering, or the DC itself updating its SRV records.
For example, if a DC updates it's SRV and other records at the default 60 minute interval (all other machines register every 24 hours), it will update its data into the DNS server listed as the first DNS address in the network card. This server now writes it into DNS and NOW becomes the SOA of the zone. That data is replicated to other DC/DNS servers with default AD replication. Now all other DC/DNS servers will see the change.
To further explain, since the zone is AD integrated, each and every DC in the replication scope of the zone, can accept changes, due to an AD integrated zone's Multi-Master Primary Zone features. Based on the definition of what an SOA is, that is being the DNS server that's authoritative to accept writes, therefore, whichever DC/DNS accepted a change to the zone, that specific DC/DNS will become the SOA for that moment in time. Then when the next DC/DNS that accepts a change, it will now become the new SOA. The SOA constantly changing in an AD environment is accepted, and default behavior.
That is why you can watch the SOA name on AD integrated zones change. The data is replicated automatically as part of the AD replication process because it is stored in the AD database.
Active Directory-integrated DNS zone serial number behavior (SOA default behavior)
Configure AD Integrated Zones
(When converting to AD integrated zones)
Quoted: "Only primary zones can be stored in the directory. If a zone is configured on other domain controllers as a secondary zone, these zones will be converted to primary zones when you convert the zone to AD integrated. This is because the multimaster replication model of Active Directory removes the need for secondary zones when a zone is stored in Active Directory. Conversion of the zone from secondary to primary will occur when AD DS is restarted."
Understanding DNS Zones
Understanding stub zones: Domain Name System(DNS)
Jan 21, 2005 – The master servers for a stub zone are one or more DNS servers authoritative for the child zone, usually the DNS server hosting the primary …


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Saint Patrick Prayer
In my message this past weekend, we prayed as a congregation a prayer written by Patrick, who brought the gospel to Ireland in the 5th century. It is a powerful "spiritual warfare" prayer that reminds us of who we are in Christ and who He is in us. Here's the prayer:
I arise today through a mighty strength,
The invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.
I arise today through a mighty strength:
the strength of Christ's birth and His baptism,
the strength of His crucifixion and His burial,
the strength of His resurrection and His ascension,
the strength of His coming on Judgement Day.
I arise today through a mighty strength:
The virtue of the love of seraphim,
In the obedience of angels,
In the hope of resurrection unto reward,
By virtue of prayers of patriarchs,
predictions of God's prophets,
preaching of the apostles,
the faith of confessors,
the purity of holy virgins,
and the deeds of righteous men.
I arise today to witness a mighty strength:
The power that created Heaven,
The power that created the light of the sun,
The power that created the brightness of the moon,
The power that created the splendor of fire,
The power that created flashing lightning,
The power that caused the swiftness of winds,
The power that laid the depths of the seas,
The power that founded the earth's stability,
The power that formed all rocks.
I arise today through a mighty strength:
God's power to guide me,
God's might to uphold me,
God's wisdom to teach me,
God's eyes to watch over me,
God ear to hear me,
God's word to give me speech,
God's hand to guard me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to shelter me,
God's host to secure me:
Against the snares of the devil,
Against the temptations of vices,
Against the lusts of nature,
Against everyone who shall wish me ill,
Whether far or near, many or few.
I invoke to my aid all such virtues of mighty strength:
Against every merciless, hostile power,
Which may assail my body and my soul,
Against the incantations of false prophets,
Against idolatries deceits,
Against all knowledge the blinds the soul of humanity.
I arise to day through a mighty strength:
Christ to protect me today
Against every poison, against burning,
Against drowning, against wounding,
That I may receive abundant reward.
Christ with me, Christ before me.
Christ behind me, Christ in me.
Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
Christ on my right, Christ on my left.
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down,
Christ to every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
I arise today through a mighty strength,
The invocation of the Trinity,
Through a belief in the Threeness,
Through a confession of the Oneness
Of the Creator of creation.


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Getting the Wine source
To get the Wine source code, you need to have Git installed on your system. From the command-line, run:
git clone git://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git wine-git
For much more information about using Git with Wine, see GitWine.
Patching Your Git Tree
Often times, developers post test patches for users to test their programs with. Though this may seem overwhelming, it's quite simple. Simply download the patch (likely from bugzilla, or possibly from e-mail) and copy it to your wine source folder (often ~/wine-git/). Then run:
patch -p1 < patch_name.diff
This will patch the source code. It should return something similar to this:
patching file programs/winecfg/Pt.rc
Once this is done, simply compile again:
./configure && make depend && make
And rerun your program:
./wine "C:\Program Files\Program Name\program.exe"
See, that wasn't hard! Now if you're going to be testing any other programs, you don't want your tree cluttered with patches you were testing for another program. To reset your git tree run:
git checkout -f
This will undo any uncommitted changes in your local git tree.
Reverting Patches in Git
If you've been the victim of a regression in wine, you probably want to revert that patch in your local build. While you can use git-revert, it's pretty messy. Instead, use git show along with some terminal voodoo:
git show c959867510703a100106f292cd26cb8f489236bb | patch -p1 -R
This will show the patch in question, pipe this information to the patch program, and revert it.
patching file programs/winecfg/Pt.rc
Once this is done, simply compile again:
./configure && make depend && make
And test:
./wine "C:\Program Files\Program Name\program.exe"
cd "$HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Program Name"
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The Therapeutic Goods Act, Regulations and Orders set out the requirements for inclusion of therapeutic goods in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods, including advertising, labelling, product appearance and appeal guidelines. Some provisions such as the scheduling of substances and the safe storage of therapeutic goods, are covered by the relevant State or Territory legislation.
Australian legislation in full text is available from the Attorney General's Federal Register of Legislation.
If you intend to rely on any legislation referred to on this website, you should access copies of the official versions. These instruments are amended from time to time and may, on occasions, be replaced or new instruments made.
On this page: About legislation | Acts & regulations | Legislative instruments | Other legislative information
About legislation
- About the Australian therapeutic goods legislation
The Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 sets out the legal requirements for the import, export, manufacture and supply of therapeutic goods in Australia
Acts & regulations
- Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
- Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990
- Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations 2002
- Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989
- Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Regulations 2018
Legislative amendments
Legislative instruments
- Authorisations
- Excluded goods orders, determinations and specifications
- Groups orders
- Instruments
- Listing notices
- Manufacturing principles & guidelines
- Medical devices notices & standards orders
- Orders that goods are therapeutic goods
- Pharmacopoeias
- Product information
- Single therapeutic goods orders
- Special access scheme rules
- Specifications
- Therapeutic goods advertising code
- Therapeutic goods determinations
- Therapeutic goods orders


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Students learn expertise in the geosciences by being involved with classroom learning experiences and undergraduate research.
Our location and small class sizes give us the opportunity to break from the traditional lecture method of teaching. We believe that students learn best when actively participating. Students work on meaningful projects in class and lab even at the introductory level, and through experiences students learn skills that are directly applicable to their careers. We also strive to get students in the field whenever possible to experience geology and apply their education.
Each student, individually or as part of a small team, completes an original research project, under the guidance of faculty, that demonstrates to employers and graduate schools the ability to complete a major assignment, to work independently, analyze information, and to write and speak effectively.
The senior capstone requirement (3 to 6 credits) may be achieved in several ways, reflective of the diverse interest and background of the student body: a senior thesis (GEOL 499; 4 or 6 credits), a Senior Seminar in Geology (GEOL 495; 3 credits), an internship with research responsibilities, or a summer research program.
In each case, there must be faculty approval of the experience as a capstone course prior to the beginning of the project. Although the capstone experience is largely independent work, it is expected that, as with a traditional course, the amount of time expended to the capstone will be proportional to credit. For example, a 3-credit capstone course could require at least 9-12 hours of work per week.
We highly value field experiences in all of our classes, from our introductory geology Liberal Studies courses to topical courses at the upper level. There is no better place to see geology and learn how to make appropriate scientific observations, apply classroom knowledge, and hone skills than outside in our local and campus environment, on field trips to nearby areas such as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or even on trips to a different continent! Through class field trips, projects, and research, our students gain valuable experience that allows them to become competent professionals upon graduation.


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Oasis Appreciation via Lars, Loudness wars, and The Greatest Moments in R 'N' R History Series #6 [Mirror Main "Day" Page Mega Post With Videos]
Post below is backlogged and time stamped as Oct 31, 2014 but was Posted today 11/19/14. Today we present "The Oasis Appreciation Post". I have to start out by Continue Reading →


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ACParadise Network: American Cosplay Paradise American Cosplay Experience American Cosplay Snapshots
Started getting into the whole cosplaying thing relatively recently. Quite enjoying the experience so far =D
Recent Updates
Newest Favorites
Newest Fans
Recent Comments
- saku says, "I laughed way too hard at this XD"
- For Elekid from Pokemon
- kels says, "YOU LOOK SO YOUNG HEREE WUT HAPPENED LOL"
- For Andy from Advance Wars
- ava_star says, "Nice Kuroshitsuji cosplay! I haven't seen many people cosplay from the Indian arc."
- For Agni (Arshad) from Black Butler
- tokiyoh says, "Nii-saaaaannnnn! XD It's kind of sad we only had guys. Need more girls!! But still, it was fun! Need to play more 8D"
- For Kaito from Vocaloid


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From Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance, a list of facts and very strong opinions about the nature of time.
4. You live in the past. About 80 milliseconds in the past, to be precise. Use one hand to touch your nose, and the other to touch one of your feet, at exactly the same time. You will experience them as simultaneous acts. But that's mysterious - clearly it takes more time for the signal to travel up your nerves from your feet to your brain than from your nose. The reconciliation is simple: our conscious experience takes time to assemble, and your brain waits for all the relevant input before it experiences the "now." Experiments have shown that the lag between things happening and us experiencing them is about 80 milliseconds.
5. Your memory isn't as good as you think. When you remember an event in the past, your brain uses a very similar technique to imagining the future. The process is less like "replaying a video" than "putting on a play from a script." If the script is wrong for whatever reason, you can have a false memory that is just as vivid as a true one. Eyewitness testimony, it turns out, is one of the least reliable forms of evidence allowed into courtrooms.


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Australians are used to heat. But not like this.
Adelaide was the hottest city in the world on Thursday as temperatures there peaked at 44.2°C. Authorities scheduled blackouts to prevent a meltdown of a power grid strained by energy-hungry air conditioners for the fourth consecutive day, and one Twitter user posted a image of a 51.5°C thermometer reading from the dashboard of her car.
In the island state of Tasmania, tar is melting on the roads. In Melbourne, Victoria, play at the Australian Open tennis championship was halted as the mercury headed towards 43.4°C. A ball boy and a player collapsed and water bottles melted on court.
"Ours is the sort of business you can use to track temperature and sales of frozen yoghurt are probably triple what they were during the peak pre-Christmas period," says Dean Jones, owner a fro-yo store in Eastland Shopping Centre, where thousands of Melbournites are seeking sanctuary from the heat. "We've already had a power outages," adds Jones. "The lights are flickering on and off because they're so hot."
Beyond the discomforts and inconveniences of Australia's latest extreme weather event is the promise that vast swathes of bushland – and the homes, towns and farms of the people who live there – will go up in flames. The last time a heatwave of this magnitude struck Australia's southeast, it preempted Black Saturday — the 2009 megafire that razed more than 2,000 homes and killed 173 people, making it the worst natural disaster in the nation's history. Tens of thousands of firefighters have been put on standby and were bracing for hellish conditions Friday as high winds and lightning strikes combined with the searing heat to create extreme wildfire conditions.
"These next four days promise to be among the most significant that we have faced in Victoria since Black Saturday," acting state Premier Peter Ryan told reporters earlier this week.
That promise is already making good. A massive 13,000 hectare blaze that has already claimed a life charged towards three towns in the Gippsland area east of Melbourne Friday morning, and dozens more fires are burning not just in Victoria but across South Australia and New South Wales.
Even without fire, the heat can be deadly, especially for elderly Australians. Heatwaves are the most significant medical emergency in Australia's southeast, thought to be responsible for the annual deaths of more than 1,000 people aged 65 and over. The heatwave that preempted Black Saturday claimed 374 lives — more than double the number who perished from the smoke or flames.
All this hot air begs a question: is global warming at fault?
"There are a bunch of factors that cause heatwaves," Professor Mick Raupach, director of the Australian National University's Climate Change Institute, tells TIME. " "But what climate change does is build up extra energy in the atmosphere that load the dice and puts the weather on steroids, so heatwaves become longer, hotter and more widespread. They are going up in all three important metrics."
Things could heat up much more in Australia's southeast unless significant reductions in the emissions of heat-trapping gases take place in the immediate future.
"If the trend in global warming continues, we're going to see average global temperatures increasing by 4°C to 5°C by the turn of the century," says Dr Sarah Perkins, a research fellow at the University of New South Wales currently working with the Climate Council on a heatwave report. "The changes we are seeing now coincide with an increase in average global temperatures of 1°C. So it's quite scary to think what would happen with a 5°C increase.
"If we don't change our ways, heatwaves in Australia won't be considered events," she says. "They'll be normal."
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Publication Acceptance Date: 5/26/2010
Publication Date: 1/1/2011
Citation: Place, G.T., Reberg-Horton, S.C., Carter Jr, T.E., Smith, A.N. 2011. Effects of Soybean Seed Size on Weed Competition. Agronomy Journal. 103:175-181.
Interpretive Summary: Weed control is the biggest obstacle for farmers involved in organic soybean production. One answer to this problem is to produce a bigger soybean canopy that covers the ground sooner and shades out weeds better. Increased size of soybean planting seed may be one way to produce a larger canopy in the first weeks after emergence. A rapid way to get large seed for planting is to process seed through a seed cleaning and sizing machine, and then save the larger seed as planting stock. The purpose of this study was to test the efficacy of this approach. We took several bushels of seed of three soybean varieties and sized the seed into five classes. These seed size classes were then planted and compared for canopy grow-off and ability to compete with weeds. Over three locations, the larger seed showed an increased ability to produce a large canopy size and suppress weeds, as compared to the small seed size classes. These results suggest that this seed sizing tactic might be a useful approach in organic farming to improve soybean's competitive ability with weeds.
Technical Abstract: Organic soybean producers must rely on various, nonherbicidal tactics for weed management. Increased soybean seed size may be one method to increase the competitiveness of the soybean canopy. Soybean varieties Hutcheson, NC-Roy, and NC-Raleigh were separated into four or five seed size classes. Seed sizes ranged from 5.15 mm to 6.75 mm diameter. This range of seed size resulted in seed weights of 10 to 20 g per 100 seed. Each seed size class was grown in weedy and weed free conditions at Kinston, NC during 2007 and 2008 and at Plymouth, NC during 2008. Redroot pigweed (Amaranthus retroflexus L.) overseeding was done to create uniform weed densities. Increasing soybean seed size resulted in greater soybean canopy coverage with the greatest effect at 3 weeks after emergence (WAE) (P<0.001, P=0.003, and P<0.001 at Kinston 2007, Kinston 2008, and Plymouth 2008, respectively) compared with 5 WAE (P=0.02, P=0.07, and P=0.02 at Kinston 2007, Kinston 2008, and Plymouth 2008, respectively). Plants from larger seed sizes had more soybean biomass in all sites when grown with weeds, but in only two sites under weed free conditions. Larger seed size improved soybean competitiveness by increasing petiole length and plant height. In the two sites with higher weed population densities, planting larger soybean seed reduced weed biomass at 7 WAE . Results suggest that use of larger planting seed may improve weed control in organic soybean production.


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Over the centuries, opera composers and librettists have created scores of spectacular roles for sopranos.
It's true that many of the most familiar and beloved soprano roles involve operatic characters regarded, perhaps justly, as stereotypical -- fictional women who all too often occupy the standard ground of lovesick innocents, pining away for men who have more on their minds than just romance. Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madame Butterfly comes to mind.
Then there are the vivacious soprano characters who take advantage of their beauty to seduce their way to positions of fame and fortune, only to be denounced as harlots, and worse, by the same men who put helped to them there. Think about Violetta in Verdi's La Traviata and the title character in Massenet's Manon.
However these roles are analyzed, and perhaps criticized, the characters and the sopranos who portray them have become wildly popular. Playing such roles demands an extraordinary range of technical mastery, dramatic expression and musical artistry, and singers have been rising to meet those challenges for centuries now. Still, of all the great soprano roles in operatic history, there's one that may cover more dramatic territory, and demand more of those who perform it, than any other.
The title character in Bellini's Norma is a role with emotions ranging from haughty and demanding, to desperately passionate, to vengeful and defiant, and the singer must convey all of this while confronting some of the most treacherous vocal music ever written.
If that weren't intimidating enough for any singer, sopranos portraying Norma must also carry the burdens of tradition. Both the opera and and its composer have become almost synonymous with the specific and notoriously torturous brand of opera known as bel canto (literally, "beautiful singing"), a style whose aficionados are often brutal when assessing its practitioners.
In the early decades of the 19th century, bel canto composers, who also included Rossini and Donizetti, concentrated on sheer beauty of tone and vocal agility. Their long, flowing lines, built from luscious melodies, are often extremely difficult to perform; singers have to maintain the line and support the tone, over phrases stretched out to seemingly endless lengths.
Though Bellini died when he was 33, having written only 10 operas, his music may be as close as anyone came to pure bel canto, and Norma has become emblematic of everything the style came to embody.
Since the opera's premiere, at La Scala in 1831, the title role has both challenged and inspired generations of the world's finest singers, including one from the current generation -- the exciting young Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva. On World of Opera, host Lisa Simeone presents Yoncheva as Bellini's Norma in a production from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London. The cast also includes mezzo-soprano Sonya Ganassi as Adalgisa, and tenor Joseph Calleja as Pollione.


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The new pamphlet, called "Pleasure," has sparked some opposition from those who believe it encourages promiscuity among teens in a country that already has high rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
The National Health Service in the city of Sheffield produced the booklet, which has a section called "an orgasm a day" that encourages educators to tell teens about the positive physical and emotional effects of sex and masturbation, which is described as an easy way for people to explore their bodies and feel good. Like more traditional sex education guides, it encourages demonstrations about how to use condoms and other contraceptives.
Some professionals have hailed the new approach as a welcome antidote to traditional sex education, which they say can be long on biological facts but short on information about the complexity of human relationships.
The booklet suggests ways in which teachers can encourage sexual awareness and responsibility while teaching young people that sex is something that is meant to be enjoyed.
Steve Slack, who helped produce the leaflet as Director of the Center for HIV & Sexual Health in Sheffield, said one goal is to help young people learn to resist peer pressure and delay having sex until they are emotionally ready.
"Far from promoting teenage sex, it is designed to encourage young people to delay losing their virginity until they are sure they will enjoy the experience," he said.
Slack said some of the ideas in the booklet came from the Netherlands, which is well known in Europe for its liberal attitude toward sexual behavior.
But the pamphlet is condemned by some educators who believe it will lead to more casual sex among teens.
"Some of it is good sense, but I think it's wrong is to suggest that 16-year-olds should wantonly enter into having sexual intercourse for pleasure," said Anthony Seldon, headmaster of Wellington College, a school for teens. "I think this is medically wrong and emotionally wrong and will increase teenage pregnancy and impact negatively on the formation of a long-term loving relationship."
He said teens should be taught about the value of a long-term commitment, not simply about the pleasures of sexual intercourse.
Ruth Smith, news editor of Children & Young People Now magazine, said one goal of the new booklet is to help young people become more comfortable with their sexuality and to let them know they can speak out if they are abused or forced into a situation they don't like.
"Research shows young people feel pressured to have sex before they're ready," she said."This booklet is intended to give them the skills to discuss it. It's not a license to go out and have sex, it's saying if you do, do it, wait until you're ready and enjoy it. It makes them more confident and more able to say no."
She said the instruction guide will not be given to students but is intended to suggest ways in which teachers can start a conversation about sex.
"It's trying to find what works with young people," she said.
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