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the '/home' directory can be in yet another partition. Since I have 30Gb of space, I'll give the remaining 9GB (30Bg-15Gb-6Gb) to /home.
the '/home' directory can be in yet another partition. Since I have 30Gb of space, I'll give the remaining 9GB (30Bg-15Gb-6Gb) to /home.
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Installation instructions for a MacBook Pro
Main steps:
1) Backup your data.
2) Partition your OS X drive.
3) Install boot loader.
4) Install (& update) Linux, first adding boot, Linux, and swap partitions.
5) PlanetCCRMA-lize your Linux.
Acquiring Fedora Media
You can borrow Install DVD's from SysAdmin anytime. You can also download your own to your Mac, by visiting Fedora. Make sure to download the i386 version, not the x86_64 even though your Mac is 64bit. Many programs have yet to be ported to 64bit.
You can save a bunch of time and consternation by checking the media integrity right away. Use the following command line to determine the SHA1SUM checksum (takes a few minutes).
openssl dgst -sha1 Fedora-9-i386-DVD.iso
Compare this output string to the one provided by Fedora [1]. Ignore the verify instructions on that page, they are for Linux, but you can find the checksums here: 'Install DVD/Rescue CD > i386' The checksums strings should match exactly. If not, you've got a corrupt download, and you'll have to try again. This doesn't happen often, but it's worth the extra few minutes.
Burn your downloaded image (the '.iso' file) to DVD with Disk Utility: Images > Burn ... Disk Utility can be found here: /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility
Prep the Mac (resizing and the bootloader)
1. Update firmware (run software update or download latest OS from Apple)
2. Plug into power source; connect to internet via Ethernet.
2. Start OS X Disk Utility (Utilities menu): select top hard drive icon, click "Partition" tab.
Here's what it looks like before you do anyting.
You can now reduce the size of your Mac HD partition by selecting the target size of your new smaller partition. I chose a size of 50GB for PlanetCCRMA. You'll need at least 15GB for all PlanetCCRMA packages, plus some extra for your home directories. The choice is up to you. You have two options: Enter the target size (total HD size - 30GB, for me) directly in the field: 'Volume Information > Size' or under 'Volume Scheme' drag the botton right corner of the box up until your desired size shows in: 'Volume Information > Size'. Click "Apply", wait (can take some time).
You can see here the space for your new installation at the bottom of the 'Volume Scheme.' This is where Linux will go.
3. Install rEFIt. rEFIt install instructions [2]. It's a pretty straight forward Mac install.
Reboot to check rEFIt install (might take 2 reboots, we've found). A nice looking rEFIt screen shows before OSX boot but after the Apple chime.
This next part takes about 30 minutes.
Install Fedora from DVD
1. Make sure your Fedora disk is in the drive bay.
2. Reboot.
3. rEFIt will present you with a screen where you can select (with the arrow keys) the 'Linux penguin ('Tux') with the DVD' (rather than the apple) to boot from the Fedora install DVD. The machine will boot from the DVD and you'll be presented with a Fedora Install screen.
4. Unfortunately, how to take screenshots during install on the Mac has eluded us, so we'll have to stick with text descriptions (this is too bad).
- at the first screen choose: Install or upgrade an existing system, then press return/enter. The Mac will boot into the Fedora Installer.
- Media Check: skip it if you are comfortable you have a good disk (say it's been used successfully before), or check the disk media by selecting OK then Test (takes about 10 minutes). Select OK. The disk ejects. Just reinsert it. Give it time to spin up before you do anything (say 1 minute). Select Continue.
Fedora 9
- the X server starts and we enter the installation screen in earnest. Click Next at the first screen.
- choose your language, Next
- choose your keyboard layout, Next
- 'Network Devices:' select 'Set the hostname: automatically via DHCP. Unless you know that you need to change something else here, just click Next.
- set your Time-Zone, Next
- enter a root password, Next
(Note: you may start to see an annoying increase track-pad sensitivity. hope they'll fix this soon.)
Linux Partitioning
This description assumes you are only dual booting Mac OS X and Fedora.
"Your boot partition ought to be a primary partition, not a logical partition. This will ease recovery in case of disaster, but it is not technically necessary." [3]. So, we don't really need a boot partition.
You'll need to make a minimum of 2 partitions, but a third for a
/home directory may be wise, since it will be left alone when you need to upgrade, making upgrades easier.
- From the first drop-down menu: Create custom layout; click Next.
You can see a graphical layout of your hard drive. There's a tiny partition at the left for EFI [4] of type
vfat, then a large partition of type
hfs+ which is your Mac OS X, and remaining Free space (for Linux). In this space, we'll create additional partitions to accommodate: '
/', '
swap' and '
the '
/' partition for PlanetCCRMA should be greater than about 15G.
the '
swap' filesystem partition should be 2 x RAM up to 2GB, and an additional 1GB for each 1GB of RAM after that. So for me, I have 4Gb RAM so I'll make a 6Gb swap. The swap file system acts like physical memory, went RAM fills up.
the '
/home' directory can be in yet another partition. Since I have 30Gb of space, I'll give the remaining 9GB (30Bg-15Gb-6Gb) to
- select the Free partition. click New when you'll find the 'Add Partition' dialog box. Select
swap under 'File System Type.' For 'Size (MB)' enter the size in megabytes for your
swap. Make sure 'Fixed Size' is checked, under 'Additional Size Options.' I entered 6000 for 6Gb. Click, OK.
Note: Nothing we've done so far in the installation has been written to disk. When we finish the partitioning scheme, here, the installer will begin to write to disk: establishing partitions and file systems, then starts installing packages.
- select the Free partition, again. click New when you'll find the 'Add Partition' dialog box. For 'Mount Point' select '
/' from the drop-down menu. 'File System Type' is 'ext3.' 'Size (MB)' should be the size in megabytes for your system partition ('
/' or 'slash')
Click "Next", accept defaults for next few sections.
Finish Fedora Install & Update, PlanetCCRMA-lization
6. Finish Fedora installation -- click "Next" to install Fedora.
7. Reboot computer, choose Linux Penguin icon from rEFIt menu, boot into Linux, follow instructions to do system setup.
8. Update Fedora: while plugged into Ethernet internet, in a terminal as root (su) type:
~> yum upgrade
This can take two hours or more, depending on size & download speed.
8. PlanetCCRMA Fedora 8 installation
9. Soundcard detection via: System>Administration>Soundcard Detection.
rEFit boot loader What is EFI [5]? Installation instructions [6]
Fedora8 on MacBook Pro (Santa Rosa 3,1)
Dual Booting OS X and Fedora 8 on MacBook Pro


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The Drive Shift Undergoes Changes, With Some Risks
The shift lever – a device familiar to generations of car buyers – is undergoing a rapid evolution of the sort rare in nature, but increasingly common in the automotive world. Joe White reports. Photo: Lamborghini.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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I silent ... some show on before we get to whether this is a good idea a walk us through some of the new shifting devices Hossain on the road ... well you've got the of the Ram ... fifteen hundred truck twenty thirteen model with the one with the eight speed transmission ... has Aer rotary knob it's a it's a it's a it's about the big across a new twist it to go from park to drive ... but you don't have a bigger industrial strength shift lever in this in this truck ... um there are there are cars that Avalon number of cars to the German luxury cars ... that have this time a vestige ill will saddle up on alongside the steering wheel ... it's where the old shifter colony is to be but it's it's much smaller its many about that big in Yukon afflicted with your finger ... um and then of life when my favorites Lamborghini has has gone to a travel system which I think is familiar to fans of certain types erasing ... of its paddles on the steering wheel and you don't like this ... but there's no stake in the console ... and it's ... you know it's it's all about real estate inside the car ... that they they think that customers would rather have more space for stuff then I advise Chrome of ... a leather clad shift ... lumber ... but on the manual cars a stick shift that don't don't don't you just love southern flank pushing the clutch down and and jamming bet that his stake into the various different places and then let not the clutch and more in my mind just like the best by the end it all U ... 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Senate diplomatically cousin Weston likes began seeing ... a lot of them and then they swear I come from when the manual at manual stick the animal that that out because you can on you know quickly switch found one man had been banned for Proteas you know last fall ... what it yes it in Europe I think there's many more cars than in the United States are still sold with a metal transmission via what even those manuals are becoming automated ... and and I think that as more ... transmissions of of all kinds become automated and an a and this we become electronic systems ... which the car makers are going to do because they need to get weighed up they don't want to carry around the cables in the in the levers and the knots in the vaults ... you wanna get all that stuff out ... and and make this into an ice age when more of an electronic later we ... devise ... so even there I think your Tennessee this evolution ... as rapid evolution iOS hidden nature so much bigger saying it here ... well one of one of the things on about privacy you need to win the anemone up on you need to keep their eyes on the road a new mines in GM ... one of the summing last I think about is not a problem that it's risky because im actually thinking about an important part of a thriving which is which kid to be and ... yet you know I've had this problem when you get into one of these cars for the first time in years the autonomic nervous system response to this shift gears you know you know it did own about the what ... the first couple of times it is you have to learn it again ... um I find some designs are easier than the other side of the Rams shift knob design I got that right away some of the little paddles that that that new kind of like a joystick those are little harder ... because you're not sure exactly where you are so The return to center um and and that spot if you're not used to it ... so that's actually concerned believe me ... the car guys and in the car women are are very concerned about not taking off their customers with these things because they've already done that ... with a lot of the infotainment systems that they put in the last two years ... no show ... 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2010-09-29 / Columnists
Pets, Pets, Pets
The search for Westminster's Sensation Continues
With the Babylon/West Islip connection, the Wagstaffs, a prominent West Islip family, were the link behind Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) setting up "shop" at Babylon in 1880, and were the reason the fledgling kennel club relocated their clubhouse and kennels from New Jersey to our neck of the woods.
Westminster stayed in Babylon until 1904. Then the club moved back to New Jersey because shoots of pigeons released from underground traps were declared illegal in New York. Thankfully, New Jersey passed the same ban a few months later. Soon after, Westminster gave up on the ideas of pigeon shooting grounds and cooperatively owned kennels. Meanwhile, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show remains the second oldest continuous sporting event in the U.S., one year younger than the Kentucky Derby.
Before Westminster's arrival, the wealthy Wagstaff clan already settled on a large tract of land spanning both sides of Montauk Highway (then South Country Road) in West Islip. In 1827, Dr. Alfred Wagstaff Sr. purchased the Bergen farm alongside a pond and built his summer estate - Tahlulah - which means "running waters". (Once an elegant Italian mansion visited by Presidents Cleveland and Taft, the home was torn down in 1935. TheWest Islip Library grounds are there now.) At one time, Wagstaff land stretched from the pond to Howells Road, making Alfred Sr. the largest L.I. landowner until the Vanderbilts arrived. Two streets in West Islip-Wagstaff and Tahlulahare reminders today.
Thedoctor's property passed to his two sons: the more famous - Alfred Jr. - a Civil War Colonel, State Senator, board member on the Brooklyn Bridge Committee and honorary ASPCA president, and his sibling - Cornelius DuBois Wagstaff – one of the 18 WKC charter members. Cornelius owned Tahlulah Kennels where he bred field dogs. During the first WKC show of 1877 he exhibited an Irish Water Spaniel and Irish Setter while his daughter Mary also entered her Pug at the Garden.
Since Westminster wanted a sportsmen club close to NYC where many members and guests resided, CD Wagstaff found 64 lovely acres in Babylon near Southards Pond. Westminster leased and then purchased the land. Besides being a home for the nearly 200 field/show dogs, the parcel would host the club's publicized pigeon shoots. The new WKC getaway would be a convenient ride by train. The LIRR even set up special express service for select WKC shoots.
CD Wagstaff himself bought the land bordering the WKC acres on the north (near present day Sunrise Highway and N. Babylon Cemetery). I find no evidence that he put a structure there, but rather think he wanted a buffer to secure WKC privacy plus protect WKC kennels at the north edge of the tract.
CD Wagstaff was from a moneyed class, as were most WKC members. Describing the grand opening lunch at the existing farmhouse/clubhouse in the 3 April 1880 Chicago Field, Wagstaff expresses his desire to keep the "common folk" away from club festivities. Under the pen name "Tahlulah" he writes: "The site selected by the club as a permanent locations is one of the finest on the county…..The roads to the west and the south keep away any nuisances in the shape of small tenements…and is a distance of only six minutes drive from the Babylon depot and one hour from New York."
When WKC came to Babylon, this 18th C. farmhouse served as their original clubhouse. It has been moved twice - first to become the superintendent's lodging, and later after a fire to where it stands today on Livingston Avenue. CD Wagstaff drew up the plans and served on the building committee for the new $8,000 WKC clubhouse. This Queen Anne Victorian had about a dozen bedrooms and a dining room that could seat 50. If I knew precisely where Wagstaff put the new clubhouse, I would definitively know where Sensation, Westminster's mascot Pointer, is buried.
Outside of tasks for WKC, CD Wagstaff, unlike his brother Alfred Jr., didn't appear to hold any "real jobs". He enjoyed a life of privilege. Society pages are filled with notes of his family on extended trips abroad, attending fancy receptions with other patricians, and even mention of a guest getting a speeding ticket. "Cocks Law" was an early speeding ordinance. On Aug. 15, 1902 the Brooklyn Eagle reported that a Mrs. Lucy L. Howe of Manhattan, a summer resident, accompanied by Mrs. C. DuBois Wagstaff was arrested for violating Cocks Law while driving at a high rate of speed on West Main Street in Babylon. Mrs. Howe denied that the auto could go that fast, but promptly paid her $5 fine.
Today I visited Babylon Rural Cemetery to recheck the dates on Wagstaff's grave. His tombstone is the large Celtic cross one sees when entering from Deer Park Avenue. CD Wagstaff, the man who brought Westminster to Babylon, lived from 1845-1919, and his wife Amy Colt Wagstaff from 1858-1934. Their two children merely have initial markers, but on this trip I noticed something else. There is one additional grave in the family plot- "Lucy Lapham Howe- 1865 to 1943" who just happens to be the speed demon summer guest.
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: Two shelter dogs displayed exemplary behavior at the Buddy Cares Fair last Saturday. They loved everyone. "Sugar" # 93242 a blue Pit was the model breed ambassador even though she entered the shelter last April after having another of multiple litters. Her ears look like they were cropped with a pocket knife. Upon spaying her, the vet found a scar and fishing line of some sort in her chest. Despite previous awful treatment, Sugar is a very agreeable gal. "Katie"#93562 is a young Terrier found at KMart. Thispetite pup was Ms. Congeniality. These dogs deserve wonderful homes. Cats: "No Name"- cinnamon C-7; "Snuggle"- gray C-10- both declawed.
Female Dogs: sweet Jack Russell and Boston Terrier with a tail- in Puppy Room; long timers-"Lydia, Brownie, Star, Jinni, Asia". Male Dogs: "Blue" #93487 Shep mix; Clumber Spaniel mix #93531.
**Free Rabies Vaccine and Heartworm Testing Clinic hosted by Last Hope Animal Rescue- Sun. Oct. 10th from 11 am to 3 pm at Pampered Paws, 325 Union Blvd., Holbrook. Yes, the clinic is really free. See www.lasthopeanimalrescue. org or call 516-223-6673.


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Sukiyaki Western Django (US - BD RA)
Gabe checks out two great tastes that taste great together - Miike and Django.
The Genji and Heiki clans bring their century's long feud to a small Nevada town in search of the hidden treasure rumoured to be hidden there. Following years more of bloody fighting the game is changed when a solitary gunslinger with no name comes into town looking for work. After witnessing his near supernatural skill with a gun, both clans begin to fight for his allegiance. But the stranger has plans and allegiances all his own.
Sukiyaki Western Django is a potent and expectedly wacky mix of two of my favourite things—Spaghetti Westerns and Takashi Miike. Miike filters the familiar tropes of the already post-modern genre through his super-saturated and ultra-violent pop lenses, and vomits forth a bastard step child that only the most glit-edged cult movie fan could love. The film is colourful beyond all reason, witty despite its inflated sense of broad comedy, and most importantly, an entertaining take on a tired formula.
Miike has slowly grown from a capable technician into a truly incendiary modern filmmaker, and has often proven a more acute authority of his craft than most of his form over function contemporaries, who tend to lose control of coherency while embracing their flash. In my review of the director's second attempt at children's entertainment, The Great Yokai War, I praised Miike for his intuitive streak, and once again he manages to create indelible and creative images on a small budget and quick turnaround. Sukiyaki Western Django isn't a defining film for the director, and some of his most exciting work here is reminiscent of Wisit Sasanatieng's Thai 'western' Tears of the Black Tiger (which doesn't share Miike's sense of pacing), but it may be Miike's most accessible movie yet. Though the R-rating is justified and well earned, and the tonal shifts may be considered too sudden for mainstream audiences, Miike tones down his signature vicious streak in favour of more exciting action, and slightly lighter sense of humour.
Despite the title, and early word, Sukiyaki Western Django isn't a remake of Sergio Corbucci's seminal and often mimicked Spaghetti Western classic Django. There are a few clever visual cues that point towards the original Django (a coffin carrying a giant gun, some headstone names), but mostly this is yet another remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, which was most notably recreated by Spaghetti Western godfather Sergio Leone as Fistful of Dollars. Accounting for Yojimbo and Fistful's statements on American Western, and their post-modern nature, Sukiyaki Western Django is actually some kind of third generation comment on popular Westerns (a post-post-post modern film?). To this end the film is chock-full of in-jokes and references, not only referring to Corbucci, Leone, and Kurosawa, but to just about every other home town influence on Miike's craft. The Kurosawa homage runs the deepest, including a gang leader obsessed with Shakespeare, and a character named Akira.
Like Tarantino's Kill Bill movies, Miike's film will likely divide viewers between those of us susceptible and accepting of a feature that runs on referential imagery rather than traditional narrative, and those of us bored by statements on films we've never heard of. Tarantino's films are ultimately stronger because of a more natural appropriation of story, and more compelling characters, but Miike doesn't suffer any of QT's self-indulgence… besides the scenes where he suffers QT's self-indulgent acting (which manages to almost kill the film at every turn). Miike isn't able to make an 'important' film with the material, but I don't think I'd consider it disposable entertainment, though I'm guessing Miike's less supportive critics aren't going agree with me.
Miike's pallet is just about colourful enough to induce an epileptic seizure, and his contrast levels are enough to blind a gopher. Needless to say, the whole thing lends itself well to the abilities of Blu-ray. The director and his cinematographer Toyomichi Kurita (whose non-Miike credits include a whole bunch of Tyler Perry movies) take a page from the book of Kill Bill and change up the look repeatedly throughout the film, depending on time, place, and the script's emotional needs. The results are a clear cut case of style over substance, but it's hard to resist these harsh whites, deep shadows, and over-saturated colours. Picky viewers may complain about a few bleeding hues, but I'm reasonably sure this was Miike's desired effect. I wouldn't call this a reference disc, but you aren't likely to find brighter or more solidly represented colours on many other live action discs.
Sometimes the transfer can become very grainy, but this is also obviously done on purpose to further the over-the-top stylization. Besides this textured grain there's no artefacting or dirt to speak of. Details vary depending on the scene, but for the most part, present tense, outdoor sequences are quite sharp, especially the final scenes in the snow. Some earth tones exhibit very minor compression noise and some of the harder white edges are slightly blocky, but otherwise you aren't likely to find much to complain about here.
Miike's love of cartoons and his occasionally 'unrefined' sense of humour can be heard all over this 5.1 Dolby TrueHD track. Spaghetti Westerns were not known for their audio subtlety, but in impersonation Miike and his audio technicians have stepped over the line into the definitively silly. Bullets ricochet, heads move left to right with a deafening zip, falling objects whistle like Acme bombs, but possibly the coolest thing about Sukiyaki Western's hyper-stylized soundtrack is the use of modern restructured traditional Spaghetti Western gunshot sounds. This is the first time those familiar, flat and tinny little kabooms have actually packed a wallop. The real wallop is reserved for the giant chain gun, which pumps bullets into all channels, and throbs into the LFE. The most common surround effect, however, is that of the omnipresent dusty wind.
Kôji Endô's score is a predictable but pleasant mix of traditional Ennio Morricone music, traditional Samurai music, with a slightly modern flare, including electric guitars and hip-hop drums. The Japanese version of the original Italian character theme is especially amusing. The score comes to life most effectively during the exotic dance scene, which is supported by a super bassy didgeridoo. Concerning the dialogue track, the back of the box isn't lying when it refers to the language spoken as English. As part of this whole weird experiment Miike opted to record the Japanese actors speaking phonetic English. Unfortunately, most of the dialogue is so butchered that the English subtitle track is a requirement.
Our rather slim extras begin with a fifty-two minute long making-of featurette, made up of oodles of behind the scenes footage and interviews with the key players, all narrated in Japanese. The featurette's pacing is lethargic, and the presentation pretty dry, but there are some moments of fun, including the actors waxing a little too philosophically about their rather threadbare characters, Miike displaying a strictly hands on approach, and the actors complaining about the difficulties of speaking phonetic English. Next up are a series of deleted scenes (not in hi-def), all of which would've slowed the film's breakneck pace, and a collection of trailers. The collection's second disc only contains a digital copy of the disc. First Look gets an extra point for sending a deck of movie themed playing cards with the disc, though I'm not sure they'll be made for sale with any releases of the disc.
Takashi Miike will always be an acquired taste, no matter how hard he tries to be mainstream, but Sukiyaki Western Django might be the crossover he was looking for. There isn't a lot of meaning beneath the surface, but the film's energy is infectious, and its colourful photography is sweeter than most eye-candy. If the concept of a Miike directed Fistful of Dollars remake sounds appealing you probably won't be disappointed with the final product, though you probably shouldn't be expecting much else. I believe that this is the first ever Takashi Miike feature-length film ( Imprint is a short) to find its way onto a high definition disc. The extras are pretty weak, but this Blu-ray disc's hi-def video is the ideal way to see the super-stylized film, outside of a theatre, of course.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray release.
Review by Gabriel Powers
Cinque Member Join Date: June 2007 Location: United States Posts: 710
Well, it's been a while since I sat in front of a TV and got mind-raped by a Miike production (IZO). This very well sounds like the next great Miike mind-frag. I'll have to pick this up....
i12bnmovie Member Join Date: September 2006 Location: United States Posts: 258
Sounds like a winner. I will have to give it a shot.
Ringo Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5
What I'd like to know is what are the differences between the 98min. R1 release and my 120min. All Region copy.
They should have also put regular english subtitles on the disc.
This is a friendly Miike at work here, nothing like VISITOR Q (his best film in my opinion), GOZU or IZO. This is much closer to CROWS ZERO than anything else.
Overall this is a really good movie but it would have been even better and enjoyable if it'd been in Japanese.
They should have also put regular english subtitles on the disc.
This is a friendly Miike at work here, nothing like VISITOR Q (his best film in my opinion), GOZU or IZO. This is much closer to CROWS ZERO than anything else.
Overall this is a really good movie but it would have been even better and enjoyable if it'd been in Japanese.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,721
Cinque wrote: Well, it's been a while since I sat in front of a TV and got mind-raped by a Miike production (IZO). This very well sounds like the next great Miike mind-frag. I'll have to pick this up....
This is really the closest Miike gets to mainstream, it's no 'mind-f**k' like Gozu or Izo, and it's no disturbing comedy like Ichi the Killer or Visitor Q.
Ringo, I guess I didn't do my research, I didn't realize there was a 2 hour cut.
This is really the closest Miike gets to mainstream, it's no 'mind-f**k' like Gozu or Izo, and it's no disturbing comedy like Ichi the Killer or Visitor Q.
Ringo, I guess I didn't do my research, I didn't realize there was a 2 hour cut.
Ringo Member Join Date: April 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 5
About the 120min. uncut version, it can easily be found on ebay for cheap but it also lacks english subtitles.
But I find it a little bit too long so in this rare case maybe trimming 10min. of it isn't a bad thing. I just wish I knew what they cut out before rebuying it.
But I find it a little bit too long so in this rare case maybe trimming 10min. of it isn't a bad thing. I just wish I knew what they cut out before rebuying it.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,835
I saw the preview for this. I have to check it out soon. Thanks for the review, Gabe.
lionel Member Join Date: June 2008 Location: United States Posts: 162
i want to see this.
Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 2,032
I caved in and bought it.$14 at Best Best. Hated it, found it to be derivative with to much going on. The acting is just silly. The only scene I enjoyed was the final showdown and it does have fantastic visuals. Perhaps rent worthy.
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian
Disc Details
Release Date: 11th November 2008
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 English, Dolby Surround 2.0 English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Deleted Scenes, Making-Of Featurette, Trailers, BD Live, Digital Download
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Takashi Miike
Cast: Kaori Momoi, Koichi Sato, Quentin Tarantino, Takaaki Ishibashi, Teruyuki Kagawa
Genre: Action, Comedy and Western
Length: 98 minutes
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Mysore (district)
Mysore is a district in South Karnataka in India.
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The biggest Tibetan settlement outside of Tibet is near Bylakupee village. There are about 20 villages around here.
Between the 3rd and 4th camps is the large Nyingma monastery, Namdrolling Monastery, which contains the Golden Temple. In the Golden Temple there are 3 statues of Buddha, one 60 Ft. high and the other two 58 Ft. high. These are gold plated copper statues that have been consectrated by having scriptures and small stupas placed inside. This monastery is popular with lay people who attend rituals (pujas), and visitors are very welcome to stroll around the monastery grounds and may freely turn the prayer wheels and circumambulate the stupas. According to Tibetan belief, turning prayer wheels disseminates the prayers to the five directions. 'Wind Hourses' (Lungta), which are flags enscribed with prayers, have the same function.
The Golden Temple and the Temples at Sera are quite different, so if you are around don't miss them both.
How to get Here See how to get to Sera at the next section, and from Kushal Nagar take a rickshaw to the Golden Temple.
One of the 3 biggest monasteries of Tibetan Buddhism outside of Tibet is Sera Jhe (also: Sera Jey) monastery. In Sera you will find a village of almost 5,000 monks in Sera Jhe and Sera Mey monasteries.
The village has 3 guesthouses (A simple double room is 125 Rs. and has an attached bathroom with hot water), which the profits from go into the hospitals and school in Sera. The profits from the shops and the internet cafés also help sponsor the monastery.
There are a few temples in the village, don't miss the 'New Sera Mey Temple'. visitors are not allowed to get inside the temples during poojas.
Smoking and alcohol drinking is not allowed in the village, except inside your room in the guesthouses.
It's useful to buy the booklet "Welcome to Sera" (15 Rs.) in the shop opposite Siddhartha guesthouse or at the Tibet Network internet café.
How to get to Sera Take a bus to Kushal Nagar from Mangalore (about 5 hours, deluxe bus is advised on this road) or Mysore (about 2.5 hours). From Kushal Nagar take a rickshaw to Sera (6 km. 30 Rs., at the evening it's 50 Rs.).
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posted by Amjith Ramanujam on Fri 1st Aug 2008 15:32 UTC, submitted by Daniel Sieger
Today, support for metadata journaling has been added to NetBSD's implementation of the Berkeley Fast File System (FFS), eliminating the need for lengthy file system checks after a crash or power failure. Support for converting existing file systems to use the new journaling capabilities is provided as well. See the official announcement for all the details.


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The connection was 'discovered' by The Prior Art's Joe Mullin, back in late April. The company in question is MobileMedia Ideas LLC, a company without any products of its own. It acquired a number of patents from Nokia and Sony, 122 to be exact, and is now using those patents to sue several smartphone makers earlier this year, including Apple, HTC, and Research In Motion. MobileMedia Ideas is owned by the MPEG-LA, and its CEO is Larry Horn, who also happens to be the CEO of the MPEG-LA.
MobileMedia Ideas owns patents covering "call handling, speed dial functions, database searches, audio download and playback, and still picture and video processing", which is pretty broad when you think about it. Interestingly enough, this allows the MPEG-LA to collect money from companies like Apple, who is part of the MPEG-LA, in two different ways: through licensing fees, and by suing them through subsidiaries like this one. Of course, Apple, as a licensor, also receives money back from the MPEG-LA, but we don't know how much that is.
The Prior Art interviewed Larry Horn about this, but the CEO doesn't see any conflicts of interest arise from him being CEO of both the MPEG-LA as well as of the patent troll. "We've been threading that needle for 14 years," he told The Prior Art, "[At MPEG-LA], we've run eight patent pools. Some companies are owners of patents in one pool and not in another. Some are users - licensees - in one pool, and not in another. Our mission in each pool is to proactively and vigorously license the patents to the market, on behalf of our licensors."
"At MPEG-LA, we've always gone after anybody in need of a license, to offer them one," Horn continued, "You get no favoritism just because you happen to be a licensor in one program. If somebody gives us the right to license their IP in one context, they have to expect we're going to license someone else's IP in another context. Our credibility is based on that."
Mullin explains, however, that MobileMedia Ideas and the MPEG-LA are very different in structure and intent. The MPEG-LA only governs its several patent pools - it doesn't actually own the patents in question, since ownership remains with the licensors. MobileMedia Ideas, on the other hand, is a classic patent troll, owning patents it bought from other companies, without actually having any products of its own.
Another interesting aspect is that Nokia and Sony each hold a 10% stake in the patent troll, which raises the question whether or not the company might be part of a proxy war against Apple considering the Apple vs. Nokia troubles. Horn claims the company is not part of a proxy war, since it owns its patents outright, and decides for itself what to do with them.
What this story illustrates - apart from the idiocy of the US patent system, obviously - is that despite the reassuring cuddles from Apple, Microsoft, and its supporters, the MPEG-LA is anything but afraid of playing dirty patent games. It would be one thing if the patent troll was merely owned by the MPEG-LA, but having the same CEO only makes it all the more clear.
The MPEG-LA is shackling the web (and beyond) to H264 and its patents, so that it will be able to collect royalties until the end of time, and sue anyone who dares to step out of line. Their behaviour is harming innovation, and a direct threat to the freedom of the web. MobileMedia Ideas' patent troll behaviour is only a taste of what's to come if we allow H264 to ruin the web even further.
You'd almost start to prefer video over Flash. Almost.


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Project B - More On The Update and Post-Processing Framework
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Engine Post-Processing Framework
I feel really bad about my last post. I feel like I made it too quickly and I did a poor job of explaining things. Because of this, I'm going to try to explain things a little better.I want to give more details of what is in the demo that I posted earlier. Though I talk a lot about the GUI, actually the first thing that I worked on was the post-processing framework. What is post-processing, basically with it, you can achieve all sorts of effects by running the entire completed scene through another set of shaders. You can use it to achieve effects like glow, motion blur, and many other things.
Here's an example of glow being created as a post-processing effect. From Genesis SEED, out IGF entry last year
This was the first system that I worked on because I wanted to fix a bug in it. I also wanted to design a really robust framework capable of handling many different kinds of effects.
How to do Post-Processing
The basic idea of post-processing is first render the screen to an auxiliary buffer instead of the back buffer. This auxiliary buffer can then be set as a texture to a shader. Then render a full screen quad of the texture using some effect shader. To perform different effects, you may need more than one auxiliary buffer. This is shown below.
The demo that I included in my last post used a glow effect. To perform glow, it uses the alpha channel to determine which areas should glow. The scene is first rendered to an auxiliary buffer. Then I use a 1/4 size buffer and render the entire scene to that buffer using a filter to only write pixels whose alpha value is set. Then I perform a vertical blur and then a horizontal blur. The final blurred texture is combined with the original image and then rendered to the back buffer. If you download the demo from my last post, you can take a look at the HLSL shaders.
Making a good post-processing framework isn't that hard. There's a good article on the subject here.
Some Cons
You have to be careful though. As you will be rendering the entire screen multiple times, you can lose a lot of speed. One way to speed things up is by using 1/2, 1/4 or even 1/8 size intermediary auxiliary buffers.
I hope this was useful. Check out my previous post to download the demo and see this and my GUI in action.
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Amy M. Johnson
Amy M. Johnson
Amy M. Johnson, 40, of Bryant, passed away Monday, Feb. 27. She was born Oct. 26, 1971, in Little Rock to Sandra Anthony.
Amy was preceded in death by her grandfather, Elmer D. Rollon.
She is survived by her son, Christopher Gipson and his fiancee, Michele Byerly of Benton; her mother, Sandra Anthony of Benton; a sister, Deanna Kinchen and husband Daryl of Benton; her grandmother, Reba Rollon of Benton; two nephews, Cody Gourley and wife Meagan and Chad Gourley; a niece, Caitlyn Gourley; several aunts and uncles; and a special friend, Kelly Shoemaker and son Robbie.
Ashby Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
A memorial service conducted by family is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3, at River Street Church of Christ.
Online guest book: www.ashbyfuneralhome.com.


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A new developer will try to jumpstart the stalled Savannah Quarters community.
Medallist Development on Friday sold the remainder of its 1,800-acre portion of the 2,600-acre upscale subdivision to SunCal, a California-based developer specializing in master-planned communities. Savannah Quarters is located in west Chatham County at the Pooler Parkway-Interstate 16 interchange.
SunCal pledged a smooth transition for owners of the approximately 200 Savannah Quarters homes, according to a letter to homeowners penned by Medallist's local representative, David Cecchele. SunCal does not plan to make any "noticeable changes" in staff or operations and intends to "maintain an atmosphere of continuity in the community," according to the letter.
Contacted for further comment, Cecchele referred all questions to SunCal. SunCal did not respond to requests for interviews or transaction details, including the purchase price.
The economic downturn and housing slump undercut Medallist's efforts to grow Savannah Quarters. The community's master plan, released in 1999, called for 4,800 homes. Early returns were positive, with Medallist's Greg Norman designing the Savannah Quarters Country Club to anchor the development.
Medallist even bought out its original partner, Southbridge developer Hall Development, in 2003. Medallist built a glitzy clubhouse as part of a multi-million dollar infrastructure improvement.
But several commercial projects planned as part of the community, including an entertainment complex, stalled as the recession neared. Interest in luxury homes soon followed.
Property values plummeted with the downturn and only recently have home sales picked up. Homebuilder Mungo has bought close to 60 lots since mid 2011 and has built and sold homes on close to half of those while developer EPCON will shortly begin work on the second phase of its Fairways townhomes and villas. The Fairways currently has 38 units sold or under construction.
There are currently 60 ready-to-build lots, 11 single-family homes and four townhomes listed for sale on the Savannah Quarters Realty website.
"Our hope is that with new ownership in place they will ramp up the marketing program to really kickstart ownership on that side of the community," said Gary Turnbull, COO of the Fairways development. "We see it as a real positive for us because momentum builds on itself. The more overall activity in Savannah Quarters, the better for all of us."
SunCal's reputation provided encouragement to residents as well.
The privately held company has been developing communities in California since the 1930s but only recently stretched east, buying into projects in Las Vegas, Chicago, Austin, Texas and suburban Washington, D.C. The company has invested more than $100 million in acquiring or expanding stalled communities in recent years.
Savannah Quarters will be the company's first Savannah-area project.
SunCal's background in development, as opposed to Medallist's in banking, bodes well for Savannah Quarters, resident and homeowners' association representative Ron Bachner said. Medallist started as a joint venture between Australia's Macquarie Bank and Norman's Great White Shark Enterprises.
"SunCal's business development and marketing expertise will certainly further development of Savannah Quarters," Bachner said. "Medallist looked at everything from a banking environment perspective and not a business development environment perspective. The sale is a positive move."


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Grammar Nazis: Useful Language Experts, Or Elitist Snobs?
from the well-this-ought-to-be-fun dept
Salon is running a review of a new book by English professor Jack Lynch, called The Lexicographer's Dilemma, which argues that grammar nazis should chill out. Grammar rules are mostly to make people feel elite, not to make them any clearer, according to the book. Again, I have no problem with basic grammar rules for the sake of clarity, but focusing too much on the rules over the clarity is a mistake, and it's nice to see at least some "experts" agreeing.


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EDITOR'S NOTE — The following article was compiled by Cecil Yancy, Paul L. Hollis and Ron Smith of the Farm Press Editorial Staff.
The National Peanut Growers Group (NPGG) will present three policy options in pre-farm bill testimony to the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. The proposals are designed to help stem the tide of imports and "keep peanut farmers in business," says Bob Sutter, CEO of the North Carolina Peanut Growers Association.
At a late February meeting in Atlanta, NPGG voted to include the following three options in testimony: A marketing loan program, a marketing base program and a program with a Step 2 arrangement similar to the one in cotton.
"At the present time we are supporting the testimony of the grower group," Sutter says. "We aren't singling out one option. We want to try to get the best thing for the producers."
The marketing loan option would set up a program similar to corn. Producers would be able sell an unlimited amount of peanuts without a price-support level. The loan rate would be $500 per ton. It would be figured from the loan rate, the Loan Deficiency Payment (LDP) and the adjusted world price.
Agricultural Market Transition Act (AMTA) payments would be made to quota owners and producers. USDA would have discretion to limit production to hold down costs. Support for this option came mainly from the Southeast.
The marketing base option would have a $500 per ton loan rate and would work similar to the current program. For example, the buyer would pay $500 for the peanuts. The owner and the grower would split a 15-cents per pound transition payment.
Under this option, there would be a limited amount of production eligible for the $500 loan rate. In effect, it would be called a marketing base. Production would be distributed based on a peanut farmer's past production history. The amount of production eligible for the loan would increase because it would slow down and reverse the trend in imports, Sutter says.
The third option would keep the same program in place, with a $650 per ton support price, a cost of production escalator and a Step 2-type arrangement similar to that in place for cotton.
Under the Step-2 arrangement, the farmer would be paid $650 at the buying point. The first purchaser then would be able to redeem the peanuts at a cost less than $650. "If the adjusted world price is $450 per ton, then the government would make up the difference in a Step 2-type arrangement," Sutter says.
Peanut farmers in the Virginia-Carolina area favor the Step-2 option, Sutter says. "It gives us a way to keep the production control system in place and at the same time allows us to compete with imports," he says. "The V-C area is very reluctant to move away from quota."
The Georgia Peanut Commission recently voted to support changing the federal peanut program to a market loan program, thereby eliminating the no-net cost provision of the current program.
Randy Griggs, executive director of the Alabama Peanut Producers Association, says he isn't sure his group wants to "draw a line in the sand" and favor one proposal over another.
"Things will evolve, there will be give and take, and we want to maintain flexibility. We'll inform our board members of these proposals, and we'll see about the reaction in Washington, D.C. All of the ideas did something to address our competitive situation with the imports. A lot of folks would like to see a price increase and keep things as they are, but that can't happen if we want a healthy peanut industry," says Griggs.
Some things never change, he says, and that applies to opposition to the current peanut program. "We still have congressional opposition to the program. The elements that have opposed us in the past still are organized, and we still stand out as being different when compared to other major commodities," says Griggs.
"If we continue under the current peanut program, we'll reduce the demand for quota peanuts which means quota will be cut. Otherwise, peanuts will go into the government loan and be crushed at a cost to the government. Under the current program, that'll mean increased assessments for U.S. growers."
There are, however, more peanut-state congressmen in leadership positions than ever before, and that's good news for growers, he adds. "There's a push to have a program where peanuts are similar to other commodities. If you're in with other commodities, you don't stand out as much, and opponents don't target you quite as much. We want to be responsible, but we've learned our lesson with the current no-net cost program."
Growers must understand, says Griggs, the devastating impact that the GATT and NAFTA trade agreements soon will have on U.S. peanut production. Under the agreements, tariff rates on imported peanuts eventually will be phased out.
"If we continue under the current peanut program, we'll reduce the demand for quota peanuts which means quota will be cut. Otherwise, peanuts will go into the government loan and be crushed at a cost to the government. Under the current program, that'll mean increased assessments for U.S. growers.
"The cost of U.S. peanuts to the manufacturers must be competitive with imports if this industry is to survive. The risks of doing nothing — of keeping the current program — are reduced demand, reduced quota, government costs and grower assessments,"he says.
Dan Hunter, executive director of the Southwestern Peanut Growers Association, says a Step 2 program, similar to that in place for cotton, could provide a framework for domestic peanut marketing that would help keep farmers in business at considerably less cost to the government than a marketing loan plan.
"This concept would provide a stimulus for the U. S. peanut producer and maintain domestic processing and manufacturing," Hunter says.
Under a Step 2 program, growers would receive a price feasible to staying in business, including cost of production increases. Processors and manufacturers would be allowed to buy peanuts at world market prices for U.S. consumption. The government would make up the difference between world price and established support price.
Hunter explained the concept recently to a peanut growers' meeting in Caddo County, Okla.
"If the cost adjusted price support rate for the producer was $650 per ton and the determined world price was $500 per ton, Step 2 cost would be $150 per ton. Cost to the government would be $180 million ($150 per ton times 1.2 million tons of domestic quota)."
"Under Step 2, producers would not receive benefits directly from the government and would not be subject to payment limits." Hunter says Step 2 makes more sense than a marketing loan for a number of reasons.
"A marketing loan does not consider the unique mechanics necessary for peanut marketing," he said. "Peanuts are a semi-perishable commodity. We can't store them for extended periods of time, as we can cotton and grains. We have to move them into the market relatively quickly." Step 2 also would cost the government less money than a marketing loan, "which in some cases exceeds $700 million a year."
Hunter says current cost attributed to peanut domestic support by the World Trade Organization is $347 million per year. Even at a $400 world market price, the Step 2 program would cost considerably less ($300 million versus $700 million in the marketing loan or $347 million under the current system).
Under a marketing loan program, Hunter says, "Oklahoma peanut growers would be forced out of business. A quota buyout would put them out of business sooner."
Hunter believes the Step 2 plan should garner support from all aspects of the peanut industry.
"Growers benefit by maintaining the price support structure. Processors and manufacturers can buy high quality, domestic peanuts at world market prices, eliminating the price incentives for foreign peanuts without trade distortion since the program levels the market and does not undercut it. "And government outlays would be far below current WTO costs and estimated marketing loan expenditures." Peanuts produced primarily for export could be supported at a higher rate using a flexible loan incentive concept, Hunter says. "If a $300 per ton export loan incentive was in place, the producer could produce for the export market or utilize Association loan pools made more attractive by an improved loan rate, without relying solely on purchaser contract," he says. Costs, he says, should be minimal because market signals would dictate production for export and the support rate expense would be offset by returns from alternative oil and meal markets. Hunter says Congress understands that the 1996 farm act created a hardship for U.S. peanut growers. "They realize that they cut too much," he said. "That's one reason they approved a $30 per ton supplement for quota peanuts last year ($16 per ton for additionals). "We need $60 per ton for 2001, considering the higher costs for fuel."
That would help for the short-term," Hunter said. "But long-term, we must devise a program that will get more money in farmers' pockets."
Hunter says as talks on peanut program proposals begin he "hopes we are not constrained to a no-net cost approach. "Long-term challenges will remain with WTO and NAFTA. But we don't need to write a farm bill based on what might occur in trade negotiations." Hunter says. "It's time we wrote one for farmers."


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The Italian Election: What Chance for Berlusconi?
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, may be down in the polls but remains the best-known face of Italian politics. WSJ's Stacy Meichtry assesses how he might influence a future government even if he does not top the poll. Photo: Getty.
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It's by Federal Glass and is in their Yorktown pattern. Date circa 1950s-60s. It is a pretty bowl and it is something you should treasure for the memories it holds. It's not a big bucks kind of piece, but the up-side of that is that you can feel comfortable using it.
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ROCKFORD — A former legal professional turned nonprofit leader and an agency that advocates for children and families were honored tonight during the Register Star's annual Excalibur and Excelsior awards ceremony.
INSIDE: Winner profiles, finalists and award history
ROCKFORD — A former legal professional turned nonprofit leader and an agency that advocates for children and families were honored tonight during the Register Star's annual Excalibur and Excelsior awards ceremony.
Both Paul Logli, who received this year's Excalibur award, and Children's Home + Aid, which took home the Excelsior award, were previous nominees, but their strategies for winning were a bit different.
Eileen Liezert, regional vice president for Children's Home + Aid Northern Region, joked that she didn't draft an acceptance speech because she thought it could be a bad omen.
"Now I'm feeling very overwhelmed," Liezert said as she accepted the award. "It's just a real privilege to be able to be here accepting this award. With the other (finalists), I knew that there was really tough competition, and we're so pleased and honored to be in this position this evening."
Logli, on the other hand, kept the crowd entertained with jokes about how he thought he had a better chance of winning the Powerball lottery game than the Excalibur award, which he'd been nominated for a total of five times. He told the crowd that no more Susan Lucci jokes were allowed.
"My family has started to call this evening Passover," Logli joked. "I've been carrying around this acceptance speech since 1985. I will delete the references to our Mayor John McNamara, our Gov. James Thompson, but in the words of our president, 'Like America, Rockford is a shining city upon a hill.'"
Logli, in all seriousness, said the award was "truly an honor, and I am humbled."
"We have so many things going for us, and we have a lot of challenges," Logli said of the Rockford community. "But there's nothing, there is no challenge in this community that we can't overcome just by working together. And nobody's going to come riding to our rescue. It's up to us."
This is the 42nd anniversary of the Excalibur award and the 34th for the Excelsior award. Register Star Publisher Josh Trust reiterated the significance of the honors during the awards presentation at Giovanni's Restaurant & Convention Center, 610 N. Bell School Road.
"This year has been full of change — all over the world and right here in our own country," Trust said. "Because of these changes, the need is immense and the calling for those who give is stronger than ever. Those we honor here tonight are a shining example of what it means to give."
Logli is well-known in the Rockford area after serving as Winnebago County state's attorney and a circuit court judge.
He currently serves as president and CEO of the United Way of Rock River Valley.
Children's Home + Aid Northern Region, founded in Rockford in 1939, provides adoption services, child and family counseling, early prevention in the community, foster care, intact family services and youth services. It also runs MotherHouse Crisis Nursery in Rockford.
Several attendees at Thursday's event said they were happy to see the Excalibur/Excelsior awards still being distributed after so many years.
"We wanted to come and support and also congratulate those who have served this community well, especially the service projects, also fundraising for underserved projects, and we're excited to be here," said Herbert Johnson Jr., senior pastor at Rockford's Liberty Baptist Church.
"The beauty of these awards is that it exemplifies all that is good about our community, from a spirit of caring to community involvement," said Linda Niemiec, vice president of development for Crusader Community Health, which won the Excelsior award in 1985.
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Profiles of the winners
Name: Paul Logli
Age: 63
City of residence: Rockford
Occupation: President/CEO, United Way of Rock River Valley
Education: Born in Rockford, attended parochial schools and Boylan High School; Bachelor of Arts, Loras College, Dubuque, Iowa; juris doctorate, University of Illinois College of Law.
Professional background: Assistant state's attorney, Winnebago County, 1974-77; private law practice, 1977-81; associate circuit court judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, 1981-86; Winnebago County state's attorney, 1986-2007; circuit court judge, 17th Judicial Circuit, 2007-08; president/CEO, United Way of Rock River Valley, 2008-present.
Family: Wife, Jody; sons, Peter, Benjamin and Jacob
Community involvement: Illinois Growth Enterprises board of directors; Blackhawk Area Council Boy Scouts of America Advisory Board; Rockford Health Council board of directors; Rockford Public Library board of trustees (chairman); Rockford Area Illini Club Board; Rockford Rotary Club member.
Name: Children's Home + Aid
Address: 910 Second Ave., Rockford
Phone number: 815-962-1043
Website: childrenshomeandaid.org
Founded: The state organization was founded in 1883, and the Rockford group started in 1939.
President and chief executive officer: Nancy Ronquillo is the president and CEO of the statewide Children's Home + Aid. Eileen Liezert is the regional vice president and the person who answered these questions on behalf of Children's Home + Aid.
Regional board chairwoman: Cheryl Church
Number of staff: 103 in the organization's northern region
Number of volunteers: Liezert said the organization is in the process of hiring a part-time volunteer coordinator because of growing needs. The group has several interns and at least 25 volunteers working at any given time.
Annual budget: $6.8 million
Biggest fundraiser: Jazz on The Rock, which typically occurs in June. It raised about $38,000 this year.
Mission: To provide help, hope and opportunity to children and families.
Services: Adoption, child and family counseling (adoption and guardianship preservation, early prevention in the community, pregnancy and early parent counseling), foster care, intact family services (extended family support), parent support (Healthy Families Illinois, MotherHouse Crisis Nursery) and youth services.
How many people do you serve: About 2,000
Accomplishments: Champion of Youth Award from the Blackhawk Area Boy Scout Council of America, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Adoption Excellence Award, United Way of Rock River Valley awards for in-house campaigns
The finalists
Excalibur: The Rev. David Beauvais, Barb Berman, Jody Deery, Paul Logli, Rudy Valdez
Excelsior: Children's Home + Aid, Rock House Kids, Rock River Valley Pantry, Rockford College, Youth Services Network
About Excalibur
The Excalibur Award was established by the Rockford Register Star in 1971 to annually honor an individual whose outstanding community service and commitment have made the Rock River Valley a better place to live, work and raise families. The winner receives a crystal Steuben Eagle.
About Excelsior
The Excelsior Award was established by the Rockford Register Star in 1979 to honor an organization or institution whose work has a positive effect on life in the Rock River Valley. The winning organization receives a plaque and check for $500.


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Well it was another one for the books! Coyotes and Broncos – first place on the line.
For the first time since the infamous "Palm Tree" game in 2004 the Coyotes emerged victorious at Kellogg Gymnasium – 66-58. The Coyotes wanted it just a little more. The shots didn't fall early but the Coyotes compensated for that by dominating on the glass and taking care of the basketball.
Bryan LeDuc was nothing short of spectacular with 25 points and 17 rebounds. The transfer from University of the Pacific was also considering Cal Poly before choosing Cal State so the game was likely personal.
He had his way in the paint with the Broncos post duo of Dwayne Fells and Tobias Jahn no match.
The Broncos stayed in the game with 3-pointers which has not been a weapon in the arsennal to this point. But depth is an issue, especially with three games in five days and coach Greg Kamansky playing basically seven players.
So the Coyotes steal one away from home.
Cal Poly will be there in the end. It always is, And last year the Broncos were 5-5 after the first round of conference play and ended up in a national championship game. So 5-2 isn't looking that bad.


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No makeup artist under the sun has been able to master a faux glow quite like Scott Barnes. The gifted beauty guru is well-known for giving celebs an undeniable radiance and can transform any client from fresh faced to oh my freakin' god in a few snaps. Since giving J.Lo her signature glow back in the day, the makeup pro has released not one, but two how-to tomes. And, as if he wasn't busy enough, Barnes also beautifies a bevy of Hollywood's Betties on and off the red carpet (Kate Hudson, Beyoncé, and Gwyneth Paltrow included).
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smokey eyes and cozy knits
Outfit Details:
sweater – H+M
cut off shorts – Free People
dot tights – Madewell
otk boots – c/o Alberto Fermani
messenger bag – Ben Minkoff
eye makeup – Too Faced Return of Sexy palette (brown section)
lipstick – Bobbi Brown Roseberry layered with Smashbox Posy Pink
When it's cold outside, my giant sweaters and boots come out and most of my jewelry is neglected, since it's a little too chilly for metal on skin. But I've always said that makeup is my favorite accessory, so I tend to go a little more dramatic in the winter. Ultra bold lips or a smokey eye add enough to an outfit to forgo most other accessories. As much as my thin Floridian blood detests the dropping temperatures, I've always loved to layer my clothing like I have to wear everything, all at once – and I can't pass up an opportunity for a dramatic eye.
I've been taking a lot of photos indoors, these days, so you're finally starting to see more of my apartment. Once I figure out a way to get a decent shot in my living room (It's in the middle of the apartment, so it doesn't get a lot of natural light), I'll take you on a little tour of the place.
While I'm cozy and indoors, Cotton's Style Search Squad is out and on the move. We already finished our search in the Northeast , but there are still a lot of cities left where they're scouting cotton style for a chance to win $2,500 and a VIP trip to South Beach for Cotton's 24 Hour Runway Show. If you missed your city's date or are too far from the remaining locations (check the list here), you can submit your look online. There will be one winner from each region, and they're also giving away $1,440 each week to one lucky winner. You guys need to enter, because I want at least one of my readers to go to South Beach with us! No need for chunky sweaters and boots, there.


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A winner was selected from 20 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
We would like a top-notch design that is definitely non-traditional, dynamic and engaging.
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Would prefer a white background but very open to creative suggestions!
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Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
This project is for the design of un-coded home page and sub page website templates for a very contemporary and family-oriented Church based in London that reaches out to the young and old alike.
The project deliverables will be layered PSD templates and JPEG images ONLY. One template for the home page and one template for a sub page (ministries).
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ANDERSON, S.C. – The Cobra men's tennis team fell to No. 24 ranked Anderson University 9-0 on Saturday afternoon in a Conference Carolinas men's tennis match. The loss brings the Cobras' record to 1-9 on the year and 1-5 in conference play.
Coker's best shot at a win came in doubles play as the No. 1 pair for the Cobras Evan Schreiner (Seneca, S.C.) and Rick Vliegen (Landgraaf, Holland) lost 8-5.
The Cobras will now prepare for their next match on Thursday, April 1, when they travel to Banner Elk, N.C. to take on Lees-McRae College in a conference match starting at noon.


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A little blue bird made a pretty big deal last week in Boulder.
Twitter Inc., the San Francisco-based social networking company that built a $25 billion market cap off tweets of 140 characters or less, snapped up Boulder-based Gnip Inc., a longtime partner that provides social media data to a variety of firms.
The acquisition — which potentially carried a nine-digit price tag — has significant implications not only for Twitter and the growing realm of "big data," but also for Boulder, a startup-laden city that has seen big tech players such as Google and Microsoft acquire locally bred firms and eventually stay and maintain growing offices.
"We're never going to be Silicon Valley, and we don't want to be," said Sean Maher, director of Downtown Boulder Inc., an organization that represents businesses — including firms like Gnip — that are based in the city's heart
"But I think we have room for growth in the tech scene without impacting our quality of life and the great things about Boulder that make it so special."
Big move for big data
Early Tuesday morning, Twitter and Gnip announced the transaction that sent the social web and financial media abuzz.
Specific terms have not been disclosed, but investors fawned over the move, causing shares of Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) to soar nearly 11.4 percent on heavy volume.
It was Twitter's largest daily stock gain since the company's market debut last November.
Since its founding in 2008, Gnip raised about $6.6 million through equity finance rounds. Investors in the firm included Boulder's Foundry Group, SoftTech VC and First Round Capital.
In 2010, Gnip was the first company granted access to Twitter's "firehose," the complete stream of its public social data. Gnip has similar firehose agreements with sites such as Foursquare, Tumblr and WordPress.
Gnip also provides access to data from dozens of other companies, including Facebook, Flickr, Google+, Reddit and YouTube. Gnip's technology can help companies filter the information to better identify trends.
Gnip's customers — who hail from an assortment of industries such as advertising, financial services and retail — can use the trove of real-time and historical data to help determine how people are responding to a new brand, where a company's stock might be heading, and what people thought about a Super Bowl ad.
'Only begun to scratch the surface'
In a blog post on Tuesday, Twitter's Jana Messerschmidt, vice president of global business development and platform, wrote that bringing Gnip into the fold would help Twitter provide data directly to its customers.
Gnip, she wrote, "has only begun to scratch the surface."
"Together we plan to offer more sophisticated data sets and better data enrichments, so that even more developers and businesses big and small around the world can drive innovation using the unique content that is shared on Twitter," she wrote. "We will continue making our data available to Gnip's growing customer base. And with the help of Gnip's Boulder-based team, we will be extending our data platform — through Gnip and our existing public (application programming interfaces) — even further."
The Gnip deal comes on the heels of Apple's acquisition of Topsy Labs, a social media analytics firm that is one of the four companies with access to Twitter's firehose, for a reported $200 million.
Walter Knapp, CEO of the newly formed Sovrn, a Boulder-based firm that uses data to drive online advertising buys, said the Gnip and Twitter deal puts a clear lens on the value of organization of big data.
"It's a tough business to process and make sense of the massive flows of this consumer-generated data," he wrote in an e-mail to the Camera. "Moves like this further highlight the value of those sorts of businesses."
While Sovrn "plays in the middle of this big data paradigm," Knapp said that his biggest concerns of the rise of big data relate to privacy.
"As data becomes the currency of modern businesses, we need to make sure the collection, storage and access to this data are understandable and transparent to the consumer and ensure that consumers have the ability to opt-out of this collection," he said.
Big deals
The acquisition of Gnip came on the same day as ad exchange marketplace MoPub — which Twitter acquired in September for a reported $350 million — entered into an agreement with Oracle Corp.
The two deals show that Twitter is placing greater importance on the provision, aggregation and use of data to drive its business forward, said Brian Wieser, a senior analyst with Pivotal Research Group LLC.
Weighing factors such as employee count, revenue projections, size of peer companies and comparable transactions, Wieser estimated Gnip sold for "several hundred million dollars."
"It's a field that Twitter has never developed internal competencies around, yet they know that there is money to be made with their data," Wieser said in an interview with the Daily Camera.
Twitter generated $70.3 million in "data licensing and other revenue" during 2013. Revenue in the category, which consists of data licenses and mobile advertising exchange services, increased 48 percent from the year before and accounted for roughly 10.5 percent of Twitter's total sales last year, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
In its most recent annual filing with the SEC, Twitter disclosed that 72 percent of its data licensing revenue was generated by its top five data partners, and that expectations were for that category's revenue as a percentage of overall sales would continue to decrease over time.
"There are billions of dollars spent on data ... the field's wide open," Wieser said. "Where it gets interesting is to the degree that Twitter can use these competencies in an amount that's synergistic."
It remains to be seen how Twitter will integrate Gnip and what the relationship will mean to existing Twitter customers such as Topsy and Datasift, and Gnip clients, Wieser said.
He added that he expects to glean more information when Twitter reports earnings on April 29.
Twitter, which is in a quiet period prior to that earnings release, could not be reached for comment.
Officials for Gnip and its local investors declined to comment.
Big move for Boulder
Until that time, a couple ways to predict how the acquisition will play out at Gnip's 85-person office at 1050 Walnut St. in downtown Boulder is to look at how Twitter treated similar transactions and how past suitors of local tech firms have acted.
In the seven months since acquiring MoPub, Twitter has pretty much left alone the New York-based firm, Wieser said.
"They're kind of running it as a separate business," he said.
Noting Bluefin Labs, a Boston-area social analytics startup that Twitter acquired for reportedly $90 million, and the purchase of Cambridge, Mass., startup Crashlytics, Twitter's Boston presence essentially has turned into an East Coast headquarters, he added.
"They end up with tons of satellite offices because they need talent wherever that talent is," he said.
Downtown Boulder Inc.'s Maher said he is under the impression that Gnip's executive team and employees are happy in Boulder and are settled here.
"When you buy a tech company, you're buying the brains that are part of the company and the talent that is part of that company," he said.
In 2006, Google Inc. acquired Boulder's @Last Software, a startup known for its 3-D design tool SketchUp. Days later, Microsoft Corp. announced plans to acquire Boulder-based Vexcel Corp., a company developing remote-sensing technologies.
Both Google and Microsoft maintained and eventually expanded their operations in Boulder, relocating other services here in the process.
AppDirect, a San Francisco-based cloud service marketplace firm, acquired Boulder's Standing Cloud last year. Since that time, AppDirect has moved forward on plans to double the 12-person workforce and further integrate the Boulder office with its companywide operations.
"I think what draws us so much to Boulder is the great startup entrepreneurial vibe," said Daniel Saks, AppDirect's chairman and co-chief executive officer. "San Francisco brews a certain kind of energy and we think it's important to have diversity. We think that Boulder is an interesting other hub that can be extremely creative."
It also was easier to hire out of Boulder, he added.
The "continued startup ecosystem" should only continue that, he said.
'A great company with awesome culture'
When Gnip applied for and received a flexible rebate incentive of $45,000 from the city of Boulder in 2012, the company's officials expressed their desire to stay downtown, said Liz Hanson, the city's economic vitality coordinator. Hanson's office has remained in contact with Gnip as part of the city's overall primary employers retention efforts.
"The larger company recognizes the benefits of the workforce being in Boulder, how employees wanted to be in Boulder and then kept their presence here," she said.
Ingrid Alongi, CEO of Boulder-based Quick Left's consulting business, said she believes Gnip's expertise in infrastructure could help Twitter expand its services.
While one of the biggest concerns in any acquisition is the preservation of culture, Alongi, a former Gnip employee who was laid off from the firm in 2009, said she thinks Gnip's current direction can be maintained.
"Will the Boulder office still have the same vibe and fun feel, or will the acquisition change things? Will upper management's roles change in a way that makes them less accessible to the people that are used to having access to them?" she wrote in an e-mail to the Camera. "These are likely some of the concerns that people have.
"But I am confident the leadership team at Gnip will be able to continue creating a great company with awesome culture."
Contact Camera Business Writer Alicia Wallace at 303-473-1332 or email@example.com


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Pesticide use in the early twentieth century brought with it some problems. Many of the so-called "natural" chemical pesticides in use before 1940 were extremely toxic. They included sulfur, copper, oil, nicotine, arsenates, formaldehyde, and micurate bichloride. These were all sprayed on crops, and little was mentioned of their hazards at that time.
The world market for pesticides has exploded since the 1940s. Approximately $13 billion worth of pesticides were being used every year by 1986. The breakdown of pesticide use in 1984 was as follows: herbicides, 43 percent; fungicides, 18 percent; and other pesticides, 39 percent. The United States uses more pesticides than any other country. In 1984 we used 34 percent of all pesticides; Eastern Europe and Russia used 8 percent; Latin America, 10 percent; the Far East, 16 percent; and Western Europe, 19 percent. The rest of the world used the remaining 13 percent.
Pesticides have made an important contribution to both food production and disease control. It is estimated that 45 percent of the world's potential food supply is lost to pests: 30 percent to weeds, pests, and diseases before harvest, and another 15 percent between harvest and use. Some estimate that at least one third of the crops in Third World countries are lost to pests.)
Despite the fact that pesticides have aided in the control of malaria, schistosomiasis, and filariasis in tropical countries, there are still 150 million cases of malaria and about 250 million cases of schistosomiasis and filariasis each year in the world. There is no way of knowing and no way to calculate how many lives will be saved or improved by the use of pesticides to control diseases and increase our food production. Likewise there is no way to calculate how many lives will be lost from pesticide use either. Some dangerous pesticides that are banned or restricted in North ,America and Europe have been unloaded on Third World countries.
There were about 1,200 pesticide chemical compounds, combined in 30,000 different formulations and brands in the United States in 1981. The United States used about 900 million pounds of pesticides in that year. Approximately 334 million pounds of pesticides or 5-10 percent of the entire world's supply was used by California alone in 1977. (2)


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Kerri Lynn Spraktes, 45
Kerri Lynn Spraktes, 45, of Arco, Idaho passed away peacefully in her sleep of diabetes complications on July 13, 2013.
She was born December 7, 1967 in Blackfoot, Idaho the daughter of Robert Burroughs and Nancy Lott.
She was a graduate of Mackay High School class of 1986, and spent her working years in the nursing field. Her bright spirit and loving heart will be missed by many.
Kerri was preceded in death by her older brother, Jeff Burroughs, whom she adored.
She is survived by her devoted husband, Mark Spraktes of Arco; son, Sage Spraktes of Idaho Falls; her parents, Robert Burroughs of Mackay and Nancy Thomas of Blackfoot; siblings, Trevor Burroughs of Blackfoot, Stephanie Burroughs of Mackay and Samantha Burroughs of Boise; grandparents, Hugh and Frances Lott of Blackfoot.
A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Lost River Funeral Chapel. The family will meet from 12:00 Noon to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
Interment will be in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Arco, Idaho.
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Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in HIV-Infected Patients Taking Antiretroviral Therapy
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00286767
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 3, 2006
Last Update Posted : November 5, 2018
|Tracking Information
|First Submitted Date
|February 3, 2006
|First Posted Date
|February 3, 2006
|Last Update Posted Date
|November 5, 2018
|Study Start Date
|February 1, 2006
|Primary Completion Date
|Not Provided
|Current Primary Outcome Measures
|Original Primary Outcome Measures
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|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00286767 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures
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|Current Other Outcome Measures
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|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title
|Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in HIV-Infected Patients Taking Antiretroviral Therapy
|Official Title
|A Cohort Observational Study Evaluating Predictors, Incidence and Immunopathogenesis of Immune Reconstitution Syndrome (IRIS) in HIV-1 Infected Patients With CD4 Count Less Than or Equal to 100 Cells/microL Who Are Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy
|Brief Summary
This study will investigate what factors may lead to the development of immune reconstitution syndrome (IRIS) in HIV-infected patients and what the outcome is after IRIS. It will also seek to better define and describe the syndrome. IRIS is a condition that can occur in HIV-infected people following the start of antiretroviral therapy. The sudden improvement of immune function with this therapy can cause an unexpected worsening of diseases the patient already has, such as tuberculosis or fungal infections, and development of fever, enlarged lymph nodes or other complications, or even uncover a previously silent disease.
HIV-infected people who are at least 18 years old, whose CD4+T cell count is 100 cells per microliter or less, and who have not previously been treated with combination antiretroviral therapy or have taken the drugs for less than 3 months and more than 6 months before screening for this study may be eligible to participate. Candindates must also live within the wider DC area so that acute problems after therapy initiation will be evaluated at NIH. Candidates are evaluated before starting therapy with a medical history and physical examination, blood and urine tests, electrocardiogram, chest x-ray and CT scan of the chest, tuberculin skin testing, apheresis, and possibly an intestinal (gut) and lymph node biopsy (surgical removal of a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination). For apheresis, blood is collected through a needle in an arm vein and spun in a machine that separates the blood components. The white blood cells and plasma are removed, and the red cells and platelets are returned through the same needle or through a needle in a vein in the other arm.
Participants have a complete history and physical examination and additional blood tests, including genetic studies, upon entering the study. They start taking anti-HIV medications, prescribed according to the current standard of care, as well as medications to treat other infections, and treatment of IRIS, if needed. The study lasts about 4 years. Patients return to the clinic at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks after the entry visit, then every 12 weeks (about every 3 months) until week 48 (the first year), and then every 16 weeks (about every 4 months) until the end of the study. At most visits, patients have a medical history, physical examination and blood and urine tests, including CD4+T cell count and HIV plasma viral load measurement. Apheresis is also done at weeks 24 and 48 and then once every 48 weeks. Intestinal and lymph node biopsies (optional) are also done at weeks 24 and 48. A syphilis test and PAP smear (for women) are done yearly. and plasma, cells and serum are stored at almost every visit for immunologic studies.
|Detailed Description
A cohort observational study evaluating the predictors, incidence, clinical presentation and immunopathogenesis of Immune Reconstitution Syndrome (IRIS) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) infected patients with CD4 Count less than or equal to 100 cells/microL who are initiating antiretroviral therapy.
Immune reconstitution syndrome (IRIS) is a clinical syndrome that has been described in HIV infected patients after initiation of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART), and is characterized by paradoxical acute worsening of an underlying opportunistic infection or AIDS-defining illness. There is no widely accepted syndromic definition, the pathogenesis of the syndrome is unclear and there is no specific therapy. The syndrome is more common in patients with low CD4+ T cell counts (less than 50 cells/microL) and in those with certain underlying infections (e.g. mycobacterial or cryptococcal infection) and is typically observed when there is evidence of response to HAART and while patients are still at risk for other opportunistic infections (OIs) or AIDS defining illnesses (e.g. pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia or cytomegalovirus [CMV] retinitis). The incidence of IRIS varies depending on the studied population and is very frequent in developing countries creating significant diagnostic and therapeutic challenges as well as utilization of limited health resources.
DESIGN: International observational cohort study. Participants will be evaluated at baseline and followed according to the protocol follow up schedule after initiation of antiretroviral therapy for a total of two years. Acute symptoms that may be representing manifestations of IRIS will also be evaluated at additional acute care visits if necessary.
DURATION: Enrollment is ongoing. Each volunteer will be followed for at least two years. Total duration of the study will be approximately 8 years (including the optional extension phase in US).
SAMPLE SIZE: Approximately 600 patients will be enrolled, 200 in Kenya, 100 in Thailand and 300 in US. (enrollment is US will continue until approximately the other sites are full). Based on the incidence of IRIS in patients with low CD4 counts (approximately 20-40 percent), we anticipate strong power (approximately 90 percent) to identify baseline factors predictive of IRIS.
POPULATION: HIV-l-infected men and women, age greater than or equal to 18 years, antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naive with CD4+ T cell counts less than or equal to 100 cells/mm(3). Participants will be recruited and followed at three sites: the broader Washington DC, Kericho, Kenya and Bangkok, Thailand areas.
REGIMEN: Participants will be initiated on ART according to the clinical standard of care. If an OI or other AIDS defining illness is identified prior to or during screening or at any point during the study, they will also be treated according to standard of care.
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|Study Design
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Target Follow-Up Duration
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|Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
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|Study Completion Date
|November 1, 2018
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|18 Years to 99 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
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|Thailand, United States
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) )
|Study Sponsor
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
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Rear Differential Bushing Set | 05-09 Subaru Outback
Energy Suspension makes parts in 2 colors. Red and Black.
How are these two colors different?
The only difference between the red and black parts is that most Black Energy Suspension parts are Graphite Impregnated. This serves to help self lubricate the bushings. The Red parts do not have this characteristic. Aside from the actual color and the lack of being Graphite Impregnated - the red parts are essentially the same as the black.
I thought that the RED parts were harder and more performance oriented?
This is a common misconception. The red parts have the same durometer (hardness) as the Black parts and differ only in their actual appearance (color) and the fact that they're NOT graphite impregnated like the Black parts.
Why do people buy the red parts when they're not Graphite Impregnated like the Black parts?
In the end this is really because some people simplylike the color Red more than Black.
I thought Energy Suspension Made parts in Yellow and Blue as well?
Unfortunately Energy Suspension stopped producing these colors a long time ago and they are no longer available on the market.