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(Jan 2, 2005) - Despite a late game rally by the ETSU offense, the Lady Bucs fell 61-58 to conference leader UTC today in
After taking an early 13-4 lead at the 13-minute mark, the ETSU defense allowed the Lady Mocs to quickly near the game at 19-16 as the lead shrank to just three. Mayes paced the Bucs in the early minutes scoring eight of the first nine ETSU points, while two Laura Hall free-throw's kept UTC in contention mid-way through the first half of play. The Bucs offense stalled at the 19-point mark as UTC finished the first half on a 14-2 run taking the 30-21 halftime lead into the intermission.
The Bucs were plagued with poor shooting during the first half, hitting just 33 percent (9-27) from the field while managing just a 3-8 tally from the charity stripe. Mayes had a game-high 12 points at the half, while Candace Gibson (Warner Robbins,
ETSU started the second half much as they ended the first, poor shooting and turnovers led to the Mocs starting the second with a 12-5 run to hold the 42-26 advantage with 15 minutes remaining in the game. The Lady Bucs offense quietly began to regroup behind a steal and lay-up by point guard B.J. Banjo (
Two Katasha Brown free-throws with 21 seconds remaining gave UTC the 60-56 upper hand until Banjo sped down the floor hitting a lay-up sending the Mocs lead to just two points with 15 seconds on the clock. After an ETSU timeout the Bucs still had a chance as Brown hit jus the one of two free-throws; however a Lady Bucs turnover in the final seconds of play solidified the 61-58 victory for UTC.
The Lady Bucs shot considerably better in the second half hitting 60 percent of their shots to give them a 46 percent (23-50) finish for the afternoon. The Mocs hit just 36 percent of their shots (21-58); however 45 total rebounds compared to just 31 by the Bucs helped propel UTC to the SoCon win. Leading the way was Mayes with a game-high 23 points, while Banjo finished the afternoon with 18 points, two assists and a career-high six steals in the loss. Gibson finished with just two points and a team-high 10 rebounds, however her two blocks give her 22 for the year, good enough for a 1.8 bpg. average.
ETSU will continue SoCon action when they host Davidson on Jan. 8 in a game slated for a 7:00 p.m. start time. The game will be broadcast live on C-SET television network as well as on the Buccaneer Sports Network with pre-game and play-by-play analysis.


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|2012-12-02, 19:34
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but due to the nature of the said booklet....
The mods gonna go witch hunting... it's better you ask him thru pm than in the thread post...
|2012-12-02, 19:37
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Left for TFF
|2012-12-02, 23:01
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Heads or Tails?
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Where did you get this, Nanya? I'm interested in this rare development. Can anyone translate the panels? How did Fate become a full blown Yandere and what is Yuuno saying with a disappointed face.
|2012-12-03, 03:20
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Heads or Tails?
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In short, this doujin is all about Yuuno's reverse-reverse r*pe(?) of revenge for all the physical abuse Fate has done to him in the OMAKE?
The whole thing - I got to see.
I Thank you Nanya for buying this. This doujin needs immediate translating.
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|2012-12-05, 13:07
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This is the wrong thread but I couldn't resist after seeing the last image in old iron's post
Ugh why did I decide to become a knight. This sword weighs a ton. Signum groaned weighed down by her recently acquired armed device.
"Wow that's a big sword you got there siggy," a male voice called out. "You have a lot more magical power than I thought." the slightly older male said patting her on the head.
"Yes," Signum stammered staring at the ground as her crush Beowulf.
"Once you get the hang of your device let's have a match. There aren't to many sword users around now a days." Beowulf said before heading to the training fields.
"Ok," Signum stammered.
"It's a date then" Beowulf called out as Signum watched his retreating form.
hehehehehe a date with Beowulf..... I guess studying to be a knight was worth it after all .......Physically and emotionally spent Signum fell to the ground her sword still cradled in her arms.
"Signum are you alright," Shamal called out to her day dreaming friend.
"Beowulf," Signum sighed.
Oh great she has that idiot on her brain again..... "Signum you're going to be late for class," Shamal said shaking her friend.
"Date with Beowulf," Signum sighed again imagining the glorious battle they would have and the romantic dinner afterward.
"Here let me try," Zafira said shifting into his wolf form as he approached the pair. Standing in front of the sitting girl he proceeded to give her face a long slobber filled lick, her once perfect coiffed hair now a disheveled wet mess.
Signum's eyes shot open as disgusting wolf slobber slowly flowed down her cheek. "Zafira...." Signum growled as a red aura slowly formed around her. "Run," Signum said as flames enveloped her blade.
Shamal shook her head in amusement as Signum tried to turn Zafira into roasted wolf.
|2012-12-05, 13:44
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Location: Pennsylvania
It's not from a fanfic. It's more like a quick idea that popped into my head as I perused the forum while taking a break from studying. Beowulf was just a name I picked to give a young Signum some one to be a fan girl over since that was the feeling I got from that particular image. Plus, the idea that Signum first became a knight so she could get closer to the guy she was crushing on, is highly amusing.
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Treatment Overview
An IUD is a small, T-shaped plastic device that is wrapped in copper or contains hormones. The IUD is inserted into your uterus by your doctor. A plastic string tied to the end of the IUD hangs down through the cervix into the vagina. You can check that the IUD is in place by feeling for this string. The string is also used by your doctor to remove the IUD.
Types of IUDs
- Hormonal IUD. The hormonal IUD releases levonorgestrel, which is a form of the hormone progestin. The hormonal IUD appears to be slightly more effective at preventing pregnancy than the copper IUD. Hormonal IUDs prevent pregnancy for 3 to 5 years, depending on which IUD is used.
- Copper IUD. The most commonly used IUD is the copper IUD. Copper wire is wound around the stem of the T-shaped IUD. The copper IUD can stay in place for up to 10 years and is a highly effective form of contraception.
How it works
Both types of IUD prevent fertilization of the egg by damaging or killing sperm. The IUD also affects the uterine lining (where a fertilized egg would implant and grow).
- Hormonal IUD. This IUD prevents fertilization by damaging or killing sperm and making the mucus in the cervix thick and sticky, so sperm can't get through to the uterus. It also keeps the lining of the uterus (endometrium) from growing very thick.1 This makes the lining a poor place for a fertilized egg to implant and grow. The hormones in this IUD also reduce menstrual bleeding and cramping.
- Copper IUD. Copper is toxic to sperm. It makes the uterus and fallopian tubes produce fluid that kills sperm. This fluid contains white blood cells, copper ions, enzymes, and prostaglandins.
You can have an IUD inserted at any time, as long as you are not pregnant and you don't have a pelvic infection. An IUD is inserted into your uterus by your doctor. The insertion procedure takes only a few minutes and can be done in a doctor's office. Sometimes a local anesthetic is injected into the area around the cervix, but this is not always needed.
IUD insertion is easiest in women who have had a vaginal childbirth in the past.
Your doctor may have you feel for the IUD string right after insertion, to be sure you know what it feels like.
What To Expect After Treatment
You may want to have someone drive you home after the insertion procedure. You may experience some mild cramping and light bleeding (spotting) for 1 or 2 days.
Do not have sex, use tampons, or put anything in your vagina for the first 24 hours after you have an IUD inserted.
Your doctor may want to see you 4 to 6 weeks after the IUD insertion, to make sure it is in place.
Be sure to check the string of your IUD after every period. To do this, insert a finger into your vagina and feel for the cervix, which is at the top of the vagina and feels harder than the rest of your vagina (some women say it feels like the tip of your nose). You should be able to feel the thin, plastic string coming out of the opening of your cervix. It may coil around the cervix, which can make it difficult to find. Call your doctor if you cannot feel the string or the rigid end of the IUD.
If you cannot feel the string, it doesn't necessarily mean that the IUD has been expelled. Sometimes the string is just difficult to feel or has been pulled up into the cervical canal (which will not harm you). An exam and sometimes an ultrasound will show whether the IUD is still in place. Use another form of birth control until your doctor makes sure that the IUD is still in place.
If you have no problems, check the string after each period and return to your doctor once a year for a checkup.
Why It Is Done
You may be a good candidate for an IUD if you:
- Do not have a pelvic infection at the time of IUD insertion.
- Have only one sex partner who does not have other sex partners and who is infection-free. This means you are not at high risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), or you and your partner are willing to also use condoms.
- Want an effective, long-acting method of birth control that requires little effort and is easily reversible.
- Cannot or do not want to use birth control pills or other hormonal birth control methods.
- Are breastfeeding.
The copper IUD is recommended for emergency contraception if you have had unprotected sex in the past few days and need to avoid pregnancy and you plan to continue using the IUD for birth control. As a short-term type of emergency contraception, the copper IUD is more expensive than emergency contraception with hormone pills.
How Well It Works
The IUD is a highly effective method of birth control.
- When using the hormonal or copper IUD, fewer than 1 woman out of 100 becomes pregnant in the first year.3
- Most pregnancies that occur with IUD use happen because the IUD is pushed out of (expelled from) the uterus unnoticed. IUDs are most likely to come out in the first few months of IUD use, after being inserted just after childbirth, or in women who have not had a baby.
Advantages of IUDs include cost-effectiveness over time, ease of use, lower risk of ectopic pregnancy, and no interruption of foreplay or intercourse.1
Other advantages of the hormonal IUD
Also, the hormonal IUD:
- Reduces heavy menstrual bleeding by an average of 90% after the first few months of use.
- Reduces menstrual bleeding and cramps and, in many women, eventually causes menstrual periods to stop altogether. In this case, not menstruating is not harmful.
- May prevent endometrial hyperplasia or endometrial cancer.
- May effectively relieve endometriosis and is less likely to cause side effects than high-dose progestin.
- Reduces the risk of ectopic pregnancy.
- Does not cause weight gain.
Risks of using an intrauterine device (IUD) include:
- Menstrual problems. The copper IUD may increase menstrual bleeding or cramps. Women may also experience spotting between periods. The hormonal IUD may reduce menstrual cramps and bleeding.1
- Perforation. In 1 out of 1,000 women, the IUD will get stuck in or puncture (perforate) the uterus.1 Although perforation is rare, it almost always occurs during insertion. The IUD should be removed if the uterus has been perforated.
- Expulsion. About 2 to 10 out of 100 IUDs are pushed out (expelled) from the uterus into the vagina during the first year. This usually happens in the first few months of use. Expulsion is more likely when the IUD is inserted right after childbirth or in a woman who has not carried a pregnancy.1 When an IUD has been expelled, you are no longer protected against pregnancy.
Disadvantages of IUDs include the high cost of insertion, no protection against STIs, and the need to be removed by a doctor.
Disadvantages of the hormonal IUD
The hormonal IUD may cause noncancerous (benign) growths called ovarian cysts, which usually go away on their own.
The hormonal IUD can cause hormonal side effects similar to those caused by oral contraceptives, such as breast tenderness, mood swings, headaches, and acne. This is rare. When side effects do happen, they usually go away after the first few months.
Pregnancy with an IUD
If you become pregnant with an IUD in place, your doctor will recommend that the IUD be removed. This is because the IUD can cause miscarriage or preterm birth (the IUD will not cause birth defects).
When to call your doctor
When using an IUD, be aware of warning signs of a more serious problem related to the IUD.
Call your doctor now or seek immediate medical care if:
- You have severe pain in your belly or pelvis.
- You have severe vaginal bleeding.
- You are soaking through your usual pads or tampons each hour for 2 or more hours.
- You have vaginal discharge that smells bad. You have a fever and chills.
- You think you might be pregnant.
Watch closely for changes in your health, and be sure to contact your doctor if:
- You cannot find the string of your IUD, or the string is shorter or longer than normal.
- You have any problems with your birth control method.
- You think you may have been exposed to or have a sexually transmitted infection.
What To Think About
The IUD is most likely to work well for women who have been pregnant before. Women who have never been pregnant are more likely to have pain and cramping after the IUD is inserted. They are also more likely to expel the IUD. But they can still use the IUD.
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) concerns have been linked to the IUD for years. But it is now known that the IUD itself does not cause PID. Instead, if you have a genital infection when an IUD is inserted, the infection can be carried into your uterus and fallopian tubes. If you are at risk for a sexually transmitted infection (STI), your doctor will test you and treat you if necessary, before you get an IUD.
Intrauterine devices reduce the risk of all pregnancies, including ectopic (tubal) pregnancy. But if a pregnancy does occur while an IUD is in place, it is a little more likely that the pregnancy will be ectopic. Ectopic pregnancies require medicine or surgery to remove the pregnancy. Sometimes the fallopian tube on that side must be removed as well.
IUD use and medical conditions
An IUD can be a safe birth control choice for women who:
- Have a history of ectopic pregnancy. Both the copper IUD and hormonal IUD are appropriate.
- Have a history of irregular menstrual bleeding and pain. The hormonal IUD may be appropriate for these women and for women who have a bleeding disorder or those who take blood thinners (anticoagulants).
- Have diabetes.
- Are breastfeeding.
- Have a history of endometriosis. The hormonal IUD is a good choice for women who have endometriosis.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerSarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerFemi Olatunbosun, MB, FRCSC - Obstetrics and Gynecology
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aus Metalab, dem offenen Zentrum für meta-disziplinäre Magier und technisch-kreative Enthusiasten.
I hope no-one minds that I set up a little bit of the metalab wiki to work on the reprap project.
This is a robot that I hope to have done for roboxotica which starts this Friday. The noble goal is to be able to print out shot glasses!
If you would like to help that would be great. I'll be at metalab every night all week, but feel free to email me at brepettis AT gmail.com or call me at 43 650 4186390.
Urgent: Supplies needed! If you can give, lend or sell me the following things, that would be great
- Power supply: 12 volt computer power supply... the kind that come in beige boxes will work I think.
- Skate Bearings
- Non-Metric and metric drill bits and taps
- 3 Stepper motors beefy ones would be good, but if you just have an old printer we could probably extract them.
Here are the parts of the project. If you can help on them, great!
Interested in helping?
Put your name here. Everyone who works on the bot, gets their name on the bot.
- Zach Smith
- Marius Kintel - Can help with electronics and Arduino firmware hacking


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WSHH Australia Tour: Adelaide Edition
WSHH landed in Australia, and headed straight to Club Apple in downtown Adelaide to host a party featuring the city's hottest DJ's and unsigned artists. Afterwards, Q and the rest of his team hit the local mall and the beach before heading off to Melbourne.
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Showcase July 2014: The order of attentional shifts determines what visual relations we extract
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The order of attentional shifts determines what visual relations we extract
Audrey L. Michal, David H. Uttal, and Steven L. Franconeri
Northwestern University
Related research:
- Franconeri, S. L., Parrott, S., & Uttal, D. H. (2012, January). Visual processing of spatial relationships. Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center (SILC) [Northwestern University]. [URL]
Consider the graph below, which plots levels of friction for various materials. If you wanted to know the relationship between the friction levels for carpet and vinyl, how would you explore the graph? Linguistically, there are two ways to frame this relationship: that carpet has higher friction than vinyl, or that vinyl has lower friction than carpet. Our recent experiments demonstrate that the choice of which ordering is constructed is tightly linked with the way that students explore the graph with their eyes, and that these 'perceptual routines' can have substantial impact on the efficiency of relational extraction.
Figure 1: A typical bar graph depicting levels of friction for multiple materials.
A relationship between two items can be framed in multiple ways depending on which item is the target and which item is the referent. For instance, the relationship between carpet and vinyl can either be framed as "Carpet has higher friction than vinyl" (target = carpet, referent = vinyl) or as "Vinyl has lower friction than carpet" (target = vinyl, referent = carpet; Clark & Chase, 1972). Although this distinction is subtle, it has important consequences for how we interpret relationships depicted by graphs and other symbolic representations. Despite our intuition that these alternative interpretations exist simultaneously our visual system, recent evidence from our lab suggests that we can only visually process one of these framings at a time. While we can quickly pull out surface-level information from the graph (e.g., one of the bars is very tall, all the bar heights are different, etc.), we cannot simultaneously extract that the carpet bar is higher than the vinyl bar and that the vinyl bar is lower than the carpet bar (Franconeri et al., 2012). This limitation may stem from the need to deploy singular spatial attention to an object in order to match its visual properties to its spatial location (Treisman & Gelade, 1980), and this type of matching is critical to relational processing (Hummel & Biederman, 1992).
In support of this, in a previous study, we used eye tracking to show that people judge size relations of bars (e.g., is bar A > bar B?) by inspecting the bars one at a time. On each trial, we showed participants two bars that differed in height, and we varied the relative left/right locations of the shorter and taller bar from trial to trial. Participants responded whether the depicted relation had a [short tall] or [tall short] configuration. We assessed the order in which participants inspected the bars by measuring where participants looked first (i.e., toward the taller or shorter bar). Most participants were biased to look toward the taller bar first, regardless of whether the taller bar was on the left or right. This suggests that most participants framed the size relationship using the taller bar as the target and the shorter bar as the referent. Thus, the order in which people inspected the bars depended on how individuals interpreted the relation.
In the previous study, we did not specify how the size relation should be interpreted; in other words, it was up to the individual to decide whether the taller bar or the shorter bar was the target. How might attentional strategies change if people are instructed to interpret a relation in a specific way? For instance, if a person is asked "Does carpet have higher friction than vinyl?" for the graph shown in Figure 1, are they more likely to look toward the carpet bar first since the relation is framed with carpet as the target?
To test this prediction, we recorded eye movements and response times (RTs) while participants viewed simple graphs depicting relative quantities of fruits (limes, blueberries or oranges). The experimental procedure is outlined in Figure 2. On each trial, participants viewed a question (e.g., "Are there more blueberries than limes?"; "Are there fewer oranges than limes?"), followed by a simple bar graph. Participants then answered the question using a "yes" or "no" response. As in the previous study, the relative left/right locations of the bars representing the target (i.e., first queried fruit) and referent (i.e., second queried fruit) were varied from trial to trial; thus, any biases to look toward the bar representing the target first should occur regardless of whether the target bar is on the left or right. In addition to measuring biases for looking towards the target bar first, we also measured biases for looking towards the left bar first, as left-to-right processing is ubiquitous in Western culture (e.g., Dickinson & Intraub, 2009).
As a secondary hypothesis, we also tested for age group differences in the task to see whether attentional strategies for relation judgments develop over time. Thus, we tested separate groups of six year-olds, eight year-olds and undergraduates on the same experiment.
Figure 2: Experimental procedure and visual routines of interest.
Our results are shown in Figure 3. Biases toward one bar or another (left/right on the top row, and referent/target in the bottom row) can be seen in the shift of the dot clouds toward one bar or another. In addition to measuring participants' overall biases to look towards the left bar or target bar first, we plot each participant's average RT as their dot height, allowing a view of the correlation of the strength of each individual's bias with RTs.
Figure 3: Correlations between response time (RT) and first saccade biases as a function of spatial location (left/right bar) and relational role (target/referent).
Since inspecting the target bar first should frame the size relationship in the correct way, we predicted that the target-bar-first routine would be the more efficient routine. In contrast, since the target bar was equally likely to appear on the left and right side, a consistent left-bar-first routine would only lead to a correct framing of the relation on half of the trials (i.e., only for trials in which the target bar appeared on the left). Thus, we predicted that participants with strong target-bar-first biases would be more likely to extract the correct relation framing and respond more efficiently (i.e., faster responses overall), whereas participants with strong left-bar-first biases would be less likely to extract the correct relation framing and respond less efficiently (i.e., slower responses overall).
The six year-old and eight year-old groups showed a strong bias to look towards the left bar first, whereas undergraduates did not show a bias toward either the left or right bar. In line with our predictions, RTs were negatively correlated with leftward biases for both groups of young children, suggesting that children with stronger leftward biases were slower to respond. In contrast, there was no relationship between leftward bias and RT for undergraduates.
For eye movement patterns defined by target-first routines, only the eight year-old and undergraduate groups showed a significant bias to look towards the target bar first. Additionally, RTs correlated with the strength of target-first biases for both of these groups, such that stronger target-first biases were associated with faster RTs. Six year-old participants showed neither an overall target-first bias nor a relationship between target-first bias and RT.
Taken together, these results suggest that there are both optimal (selecting the target object first) and sub-optimal routines (selecting the left object first) for extracting visual relations in graphs, with children showing a greater tendency to attend sub-optimally. The order of attentional shifts accounted for a significant amount of RT variability and thus appears critical for framing 'directionality' of visual relations. Importantly, these results suggest that even seemingly simple graphs are not always intuitive; young students in particular may benefit from guidance about how to inspect graphs in ways that best support comprehension.
- ♦ Clark, H. H., & Chase, W. G. (1972). On the process of comparing sentences against pictures. Cognitive Psychology, 3, 472–517.
- ♦ Dickinson, C. A., & Intraub, H. (2009). Spatial asymmetries in viewing and remembering scenes: Consequences of an attentional bias? Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 71, 1251-1262.
- ♦ Franconeri, S. L., Scimeca, J. M., Roth, J. C., Helseth, S. A., & Kahn, L. E. (2012). Flexible visual processing of spatial relationships. Cognition, 122, 210–227.
- ♦ Hummel, J. E., & Biederman, I. (1992). Dynamic binding in a neural network for shape recognition. Psychological Review, 99(3), 480–517.
- ♦ Treisman, A. M., & Gelade, G. (1980). A feature-integration theory of attention. Cognitive Psychology, 12, 97–136.


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Encouraging Safe Schools
Harassment could deny a student the right to an education free of discrimination and could threaten a student's physical or emotional well-being, influence how well a student does in school and make it difficult for a student to achieve his or her career goals. Also, the courts have made it clear that, where harassment is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it interferes with benefits protected by law, it creates an illegal "hostile environment."
Racial Harassment
After investigating a complaint, OCR found that an African American student was subjected to disparaging comments and physical threats because of his race. The student's parents removed him from the school district because it failed to take appropriate action to end the harassment. The district agreed to reimburse the family $3,000 for expenses in transporting the student to and from his new school district and will cover the cost of psychological counseling.
|"Racial prejudice is a reality in America. It hurts many of our citizens.
As a nation and as a government and as individuals, we must be vigilant in responding
to prejudice where we find it."
President George W. Bush
Disability Harassment
OCR found that a student with cerebral palsy was continually teased, hit and called names by other students and that school officials did not take sufficient steps to end the harassment. The school district agreed to publish and implement effective disability harassment procedures, train all staff on the procedures and maintain a recordkeeping system.
Preventing Harassment
OCR participated in several state initiatives aimed at preventing hate crime, harassment and bullying. Following the events of September 11, 2001, OCR responded to numerous requests for technical assistance to prevent harassment of students, teachers or other persons perceived to be Arab Americans or of Middle Eastern or South Asian origin.


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Men who took high-dose vitamin C supplements doubled their risk of developing painful kidney stones, a large prospective study found.
During more than a decade of follow-up, the fully adjusted relative risk for kidney stones among men using vitamin C supplements was 1.92 (95% CI 1.33 to 2.77), according to Agneta Åkesson, PhD, and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
However, there was no risk associated with taking multivitamins (RR 0.86, 95% CI 0.62 to 1.19), Åkesson and colleagues reported online in a research letter in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Some evidence has suggested a link between ascorbic acid and kidney stones, because some urinary excretion of the vitamin is in its oxalate form, and "urinary oxalate is an important determinant of calcium oxalate kidney stone formation," the researchers explained.
However, because uncertainty about the association has persisted, the Karolinska team analyzed data from 23,355 men enrolled in the Cohort of Swedish Men study, and found 436 cases of new kidney stones.
The men averaged 59 years of age and body mass index was 26.
The stones developed at a rate of 310 per 100,000 person-years among vitamin C users, but only 163 per 100,000 person-years among nonusers.
The relative risk with adjustment just for age was 1.90 (95% CI 1.32 to 2.73).
With additional adjustment for body mass index, dietary intake of vitamin C and other nutrients, alcohol use, and education, the relative risk was 1.95 (95% CI 1.35 to 2.81).
The final multivariate model, with the relative risk of 1.92, adjusted further for coffee and tea consumption, smoking, hypertension, and diabetes.
The risk was particularly high for the men who reported taking more than seven vitamin C tablets per week (RR 2.23, 95% CI 1.28 to 3.88), Åkesson and colleagues reported.
They acknowledged that they had no information on the specific doses used, but noted that most vitamin C preparations in Sweden contain 1,000 mg per tablet.
They also pointed out that these findings apply only to men, who are more likely than women to develop kidney stones, and cautioned against assuming that dietary vitamin C contributes to the hazard.
While these results will need to be replicated in other studies, "it seems prudent to advise that high-dose preparations be avoided, particularly by those with a history of kidney stones," they concluded.
In a comment accompanying the study, Robert H. Fletcher, MD, of Harvard Medical School, traced the history of vitamin C and disease from 1753, when British medical officer James Lind published a report of sailors with scurvy improving when given limes.
Enthusiasm for vitamin C rose in the 1970s, when Linus Pauling advocated its use for prevention of the common cold, as well as for protection against cardiovascular disease and cancer.
"Unqualified support from a famous scientist perpetuates belief in an idea up to a point, but in the longer run evidence wins out," Fletcher wrote.
Randomized trials since then have clearly demonstrated that vitamin C supplementation failed to prevent disease, and the current analysis confirmed the findings of another cohort study, that high doses can contribute to men's likelihood of developing kidney stones.
Fletcher also pointed out that although the study authors controlled for many possible factors that could influence kidney stone risk, there also may have been residual confounding from variables such as the use of steroids or loop diuretics, or problems such as immobility or dehydration.
He described it as "unfortunate" that the researchers were unable to determine the dosages used, noting that the recommended minimal daily intake is 40 to 90 mg for adults and that in the U.S., the upper level for intake unlikely to harm is 2,000 mg per day.
Another way of interpreting the data would be that high-dose vitamin C could be responsible for an additional kidney stone each year for every 680 users.
"This is not an insignificant risk. But more to the point, is any additional risk worthwhile if high-dose ascorbic acid is not effective?" Fletcher asked in conclusion.
The study was funded by the Swedish Research Council/Research Infrastructures and the Karolinska Institute.
- Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner
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JAMA Internal MedicineSource Reference: Thomas L, et al "Ascorbic acid supplements and kidney stone incidence among men: a prospective study" JAMA Intern Med 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2296.
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JAMA Internal MedicineSource Reference: Fletcher R "The risk of taking ascorbic acid" JAMA Intern Med 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2305.


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By Kevin Siembieda
News and Updates first . . .
Books are selling, the new website is getting close to going live, a lot of Palladium gamers are voting on our poll and offering very helpful observations and suggestions about Palladium products, as well as ideas for the future. Awesome, keep them coming. As for the staff, we continue to work like maniacs and could use a break, but can't afford to take the time. In fact, Wayne is coming in on Saturday to get some extra work in. I hope to be writing vampires, vampires, vampires!
UPDATE: New Palladium Website goes live next week. The website is almost done and ready to debut. Mark Dudley saw it yesterday for the first time and thought it was outstanding, saying, "This will turn some heads." We think so too. The new look is more dynamic, cleaner, easy to use, updated, and fun. That's the good news. The bad news, I've spent most of the week working with Rex and Wayne on it. Whew, there's a lot more work to these things than you'd think, and I'm not even doing the heavy lifting. If all goes according to plan, the new website will go live Monday or Tuesday evening. Keep your eyes peeled.
UPDATE: Palladium's Facebook numbers are increasing. We are only TWO people away from hitting 2500 people who like the page, we're seeing around 2,000 active users a month, and I've been posting a lot more the past two weeks, as are Alex and an increasing number of freelancers. Plus, we plan to do more with the page in the months ahead. Join the fun.
UPDATE: Online sales. I'm happy to report online sales are up this week and finally hovering around the level we like to see them. With any luck, sales will remain strong for a while or even continue to climb. They should, as Palladium continues to build momentum with the regular release of new titles, and growing excitement over our plans for the future. Best of all, folks are clamoring for the two Rifts® Vampire titles, as well as Rifts® Lemuria, Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook and Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames. So I guess I'd better start writing and editing faster!
UPDATE: Rifts® Thundercloud Galaxy™ – the book shipped last week, gamers are loving it and we're seeing a lot of positive response to it. As we had anticipated, people are surprised but delighted with the content. We continue to see a large number of gamers purchasing one or two additional books with their Thundercloud Galaxy™ order; typically Armageddon Unlimited™, Dimensional Outbreak™, Rifts® Japan, Rifts® Lone Star™ orThe Rifter #54. Get your copy today.
For a preview of the book, go to DriveThruRPG.com to get the free PDF download. It is easy to create a free account and only takes a couple of minutes. The free Armageddon Unlimited™ Sneak Preview is also available.DriveThruRPG.com is a good resource for getting The Rifter® #1-48 and to fill in your RPG library with first edition copies of Rifts®, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, and other game lines as well as books such asNightbane® Book Four: Shadows of Light™ and both versions of the The Mechanoids® RPG (1985) and The Collected Mechanoid Invasion® Trilogy (1981-1983).
UPDATE: Rifts® Japan and Rifts® Lone Star™ are back in stock and also selling well.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampire Kingdoms™. I've spent most of the week clearing my schedule so that I can finish rewriting Vampire Kingdoms with little interruption in the next week. I'm burning with ideas and writing is going well.
UPDATE: Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook. I'm kinda working on this book at the same time as Vampire Kingdoms, making notes and kicking material that doesn't fit in the Kingdoms' rewrite into the sourcebook.
UPDATE: Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook. No movement on this title this week as my energy has been spent elsewhere. I did have a nice talk with Tommy Yune and he was glad to hear we want 2-4 Robotech books out by the end of the year.
UPDATE: Rifts® Lemuria. Must assign art.
I approved the new cover composition and color sketch for it Wednesday. It will be another crowd pleaser. Epic. And scary. I look at the cover and I think, holy $%@+ that's happening on Rifts Earth! Oh yeah. ;)
UPDATE: Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three. I actually made a few notes for this book this week.
UPDATE: Alex. Work is progressing well at Alex's fire damaged home. A new roof goes on next week and interior work continues. I think electrical (whole house needs to be rewired) and furnace happen next week. Alex has been handling the mounting costs and is starting to get excited now that very visible progress can be seen. He hopes to be back home by the end of the month. The strain on him and his family has been difficult. Fingers crossed.
BACK IN PRINT: Two popular Rifts® titles are back and ready to ship:
- Rifts® World Book 8: Rifts® Japan™
- Rifts® World Book 13: Lone Star™
Also recently brought back in print:
- Rifts® Dimension Book™ 6: Three Galaxies™
- Rifts® Black Vault™
- Rifts® Mercenaries™
- Aliens Unlimited™ – A Heroes Unlimited™ sourcebook
- Rifts® Baseball Caps
Murmurs from the Megaverse®. As promised, I have been posting a lot on Facebook, but haven't posted in Murmurs from the Megaverse® yet this week. I'll try to remedy that today or over the weekend.
Palladium Presence at A-Kon – June 10-12, Dallas, Texas. Reminder to fans in the Dallas-Houston area that Megaversal Ambassador, Kenneth Haun, is running Palladium gaming events at A-Kon. Join the fun. Sorry, none of us can make the event.
Palladium to attend Gen Con Indy – August 4-7. We mention this every week because we want to make sure everyone knows and swings by our booth. Spread the word. Even though there are no "official" Palladium gaming events there are always a bunch of "unofficial" games. Please stop by the Palladium booth to chat and get autographs, pick up new books and back stock titles, and have some fun. Palladium people you'll get to meet include:
- Kevin Siembieda
- Wayne Smith
- Nick Bradshaw (artist)
- Michael Mumah (artist)
- Brandon Aten (writer)
- Matthew Clements (writer; tentative)
- And others to be announced.
QueenofGhouls.com – Kathy Simmons has another 2-3 new zombie creations going up on her store by Sunday (two just sold!) – including one of her popular "crawling zombies" suitable for outdoor and indoor display. Kathy creates astonishing, real looking, life-sized Halloween props. I can't tell you how often these "ghouls" have scared the heck out of me. In fact, it happened just last week.
Happy Birthday Wayne. That should have been part of last week's Update because Wayne's birthday was last Sunday. We're celebrating it tomorrow. Hmm, is it my imagination, or is Wayne moving a bit slower since his birthday?
That's the news and specific updates I can think of; now read about what's happening Behind the Scenes.
We are thrilled with the amount of input we are getting from our last two Weekly Updates about the future of Palladium and what YOU would like to see, as well as our online poll and the suggestions and comments that have come with it. Keep 'em coming.
On the subject of possible changes to the core rules, Alex started three new threads: Rules changes – a little, Rules changes – medium level and Rules changes – a lot.
Momentum. We feel like we are making strides on a number of projects and target milestones already. The new Palladium website goes live next week (shooting for Monday or Tuesday), our Facebook page is attracting an audience, sales are up, and we are collating a ton of data on numerous projects and ideas. I think we have more new books in waiting for final editing and printing, and more in development than at any time in our history.
Palladium is making a buzz. I have asked you to make some noise and spread the word about Palladium and our plans. Well, you are doing a good job, because there is a lot of excellent discussion. Let's keep it up! Do not underestimate the power of word of mouth. Keep talking about Armageddon Unlimited, Thundercloud Galaxy, the upcoming Rifts® Vampire books, your favorite games and sourcebooks and positive movement at Palladium Books. Posts and chatter by freelancers, staff, YOU and me on Facebook, the Palladium website and elsewhere (especially elsewhere) is creating mounting excitement and positive discussion.
I'm even happy to hear from Palladium's critics and nonbelievers. We need to hear what people think, believe and want. I'm sure many of the things we are researching and considering will delight a lot of people. I'm also certain we won't go far enough or give some people everything they want. I learned a long time ago you can't please everyone, but we listen to EVERYONE and consider every point of view. In the end, all you can do is what you think is best and try to satisfy as many people as you can, and that's exactly what we plan to do.
I don't blame the doubters for some of their assumptions and negativity, especially those who have commented that they've heard some of this before and nothing ever came of it. They're right.
We've had a lot of plans over the last several years after the Crisis of Treachery that we have been unable to make a reality. Some of the things we are talking about now include some of them. All are things I've wanted to do for a long time, but couldn't. I'm not making excuses, I'm trying to explain that not only did we have to face the emotional and economic aftermath of the Crisis of Treachery, but we were clobbered with one disaster, loss and crisis after another, and it took its toll. It took its toll on all of us.
I wish people could understand everything Palladium has gone through. Palladium has faced one debilitating challenge after another since the Crisis of Treachery, and as much as we strived to do more, we just couldn't. It's been a crucible, but we've come out of it stronger and more driven.
So why can you expect results this time? For a number of reasons.
1. I'm different. Somehow my head is sharper and more focused than it has been in a long time. Somehow I've been able to recharge my creative batteries and I'm fired up on every level, from the creative to business.
2. I don't know about you, but the Palladium crew and I, as well as our freelancers and friends,are sick and tired of disaster. We're tired of limping along. We want Palladium strong. We want to stretch our creative wings and produce products, in a variety of mediums, that will blow your minds and make you squeal with delight like a child on Christmas morning.
3. I'm taking charge to shape Palladium's destiny into one of rebirth, creativity and success. I'm soliciting input and ideas and seeking inspiration from my staff, my writers, my artists, and from you, as well as other resources.
4. I've empowered my brilliant freelancers to cut loose like they never have before and create amazement. I want them to dream and dream big.
5. I've challenged the Palladium creators to strive to meet your expectations and then exceed them. Only their "A" game is acceptable.
6. Palladium's freelance writers, artists and other associates have never been as committed and driven to create for Palladium and make things happen. Plus Palladium has seen an influx of highly motivated new talent helping us to turn aspirations into reality. Rex Barkdoll and his work on the new website is just one example.
7. We are taking action. For those who might think these are just words, they are mistaken. We are highly motivated and making things happen action. Even before the Creators Conference, we've been researching, organizing, formulating plans and setting the groundwork for a better future.
Just words? Hardly. You are seeing thing happening already.
- The Creators Conference was dynamic action that has set into motion many positive endeavors.
- The efforts of Mark Dudley and our weekly meetings move Palladium closer to doing comic books every week. My many other meetings and telephone calls every week are more action.
- The Facebook page is tangible action.
- The new Palladium website going live next week is positive action.
- The release of upcoming books is welcomed action.
- Will there be stumbles and delays, yes. Will it stop our forward movement, no.
8. YOU are the final part of the equation for success. And we need you to make it all possible. You can start by telling us what we're doing right and the areas you'd like to see changed or improved. Don't stop there, offer suggestions on how we can make those changes. Tell us what types of products you'd like to see. Should we be doing new T-shirts, coffee mugs and prints? Do you want to see other items? If so, like what? Tell us your ideas for celebrating Palladium's 30 Year Anniversary (an accomplishment worth celebrating). And fear not, our Number One goal is RPG products for all of our game lines.
Please take a minute to participate in our poll. Indicate what products and areas you would like to see Palladium expand into.
Click here to vote in our ongoing poll.
If the Crisis of Treachery taught me anything, it's that we can accomplish anything when we work together. Where there is a will, there is a way. We know that to be true. Your response to the Crisis has proven it.
I keep saying, exciting times are coming, but I think they are already here. Thank you for being part of it. Keep those imaginations burning bright and game on.
– Kevin Siembieda, Publisher
This is the ultimate guide to magic for Rifts Earth. All the magic spells, magic tattoos, Techno-Wizard items, magic weapons, equipment, body armor, restraints, parasites, symbiotes, magic items, Bio-Borgs, Automatons, Iron Juggernauts, and more from Rifts® World Books 1-23, Sourcebooks 1-4, and Siege on Tolkeen 1-6, collected into one big reference.
The book is done, at the printer and awesome. Great ideas, great art, unique new alien races available as player characters, weird creatures and monsters, secrets of the Gene-Tech, weapons of the Dominators, ancient ruins, colony creation rules, adventure galore and much, much more.
The Scramble is the mad dash to claim and colonize the thousands of worlds of the Thundercloud Galaxy. Colonists flock to the Thundercloud filled with dreams. Space Pirates and an array of cutthroats also flock to the galaxy, guns in hand, ready to rob and fleece the colonists. Lawmen and heroes are in great demand, and the opportunities for clever adventurers are said to be without limit. As the civilizations of the Anvil and Corkscrew Galaxies scramble to colonize the Thundercloud, they are beginning to realize the galaxy holds more riches, beauty, horrors and secrets than anyone has ever imagined, making it a place of discovery, adventure and treachery like no other.
Thundercloud Galaxy™ is a perfect companion to the rest of the Phase World®/Three Galaxies™ based Dimension Books as well as the Minion War™ series. Players can be pirates, raiders, brigands or hired guns, or they may be explorers, adventurers, Spacers, or any number of heroes trying to protect the colonists or the indigenous peoples of countless worlds and colonies. The possibilities are truly limited only by your imagination.
This fan-favorite sourcebook is filled with high-tech wonders, magic and monsters. There are 20 O.C.C.s (Occupational Character Classes) that range from the traditional ninja and samurai to power armor, giant robots and cyborgs.
The Coalition State of Lone Star is a wild and woolly place of contrast and conflict. The Coalition States claims the entire State of Texas as their own, but they only control a small corner of it. It is here, at the Lone Star Complex, that the CS engages in genetic engineering and creates the famous Dog Boys and a host of other mutants. The rest of the state is held by the Pecos Empire – an empire of bandits, outlaws and rebels. The perfect companion to Rifts® New West™, Rifts® Spirit West™ and Rifts® Machinations of Doom™.
Kevin Siembieda is reorganizing, tweaking, expanding and updating one of the most popular Rifts® World Books ever published: Vampire Kingdoms™. This will include some new artwork and an expanded page count. The book will be updated and expanded in much the same way as Kevin did with Rifts® Sourcebook One a few years ago. Best of all, it will be accompanied by the Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™.
Trouble is stirring in the Vampire Kingdoms as ambitious vampire lords, ladies and misanthropes seek to expand their power to dominate more mortal life forms.
Written by Kevin Siembieda and a handpicked selection of other writers, this sourcebook explores the vampires of Mexico and their kingdoms in ways you never imagined. Tons of new data, adventure ideas and revelations.
This Robotech® sourcebook will be an early 2011 release.
At last, the underwater realm of Lemuria. The people and history of Lemuria, new magic, sea herbs and healing, sea monsters, and more.
The Minion War spills across Rifts Earth, where demons and infernals hope to recruit allies and use the Rifts as gateways of destruction. Their influence shakes things up across the planet, especially at locations where demons and Deevils already have a strong presence. More details to follow, but for now, 'nuff said.
Data about the chaos and madness of the early days of the Great Cataclysm, and the brave men and women who tried to stem the tide of destruction and save lives, the First Responders.
Armageddon Unlimited™ is the ultimate good vs evil setting and adventure. The fate of the world hangs in the balance and only you can stop its destruction as demons and Deevils fight for control of the Earth and bringing about the end of life as we know it.
Armageddon Unlimited™ is more than an epic world-saving adventure, it is also a sourcebook jam-packed with new powers, magic, weapons and Power Categories that can be incorporated into any Heroes Unlimited™ campaign. This book can be used as a standalone adventure sourcebook for Heroes Unlimited™ or as a pivotal plot in an expansive Minion War™ campaign. Get a free sneak preview of the book from DriveThruRPG.com.
Aliens Unlimited™ brings alien beings to your Earth-based Heroes Unlimited™ setting and enables you to take your Earth heroes to alien worlds. This sourcebook has everything you need to launch an alien based campaign or galactic adventures, or introduce alien invaders, villains, heroes and campaign ideas.
Aliens Unlimited™ makes the perfect resource and companion to the Thundercloud Galaxy™ or any of the Rifts® Dimension Books and Minion War™ series. Looking for some new space aliens, villains and monsters to add to your Thundercloud Galaxy™ orMinion War™ campaign? Need some unique Splugorth slaves? Demon henchmen? Take a look at Aliens Unlimited™ (and the Aliens Unlimited™ Galaxy Guide™ companion sourcebook); easy to adapt.
A guide to the Three Galaxies, this book takes a look at dozens of solar systems, notable planets, select alien races, people, civilizations and monsters, as well as space anomalies, spaceships and more. This is another sourcebook that is ideal for campaigns involving the Minion War™, the Thundercloud Galaxy™, Phase World® and adventures in the Three Galaxies.
For generations it has been rumored the Coalition States maintains a Top Secret facility where it locks away and stores all the magic weapons and items it confiscates from adventurers and mages. The CS, of course, denies these rumors, but they are true. And the truth is revealed for the first time in this epic sourcebook packed with secrets and magic items. Do your characters dare to rob the Black Vault?
This fan-favorite sourcebook presents everything you need to create and run a mercenary company on Rifts Earth. It includes creation rules, new Occupational Character Classes such as the Professional Smuggler, Thief, Safecracker, Spy, Bounty Hunter, Master Assassin, and others, plus a treasure trove of mercenary weapons, vehicles, gear and arms dealers.
Back by popular demand. A black Rifts® Logo on a khaki baseball cap with black trim. Looks great and fans love it! Makes a great gift.
This is a great resource for getting out of print Palladium titles and other select books. We've made 90 titles available as PDF digital downloads from DriveThruRPG.com. This is a great way to try Palladium products and get access to out of print RPG source material. Some notable titles include.
- Splicers® RPG
- Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, First Edition Rules.
- Boxed Nightmares™ for BTS, First Edition Rules.
- Nightbane® Book Four: Shadows of Light™.
- The Mechanoids® RPG and The Mechanoid Invasion® RPG Trilogy.
- Palladium Fantasy RPG®, First Edition Rules and select 1st Edition sourcebooks.
- The Rifter® issues 1-48.
- The Best of The Rifter®
- Deluxe Revised RECON® RPG and Advanced RECON® Sourcebook.
- And more – go to DriveThruRPG.com and check 'em out.
- Armageddon Unlimited™ – New – Available now!
- The Rifter® #53 – New – Available now!
- Rifts® World Book 20: Canada – Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Dark Conversions – Back in print – Available now
- Palladium Fantasy RPG® – Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Game Master Guide – Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® World Book 5: Triax & The NGR – Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook – Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® China One – Back in print – Available now
- Rifts® Megaverse® Builder – Back in print – Available now
– Rifts® Baseball Cap – BACK IN STOCK
– Rifts® Dimension Book™ 6: Three Galaxies™ – BACK IN PRINT
- Rifts® Black Vault™ – BACK IN PRINT
– Rifts® Mercenaries™ – BACK IN PRINT
- Aliens Unlimited™ – A Heroes Unlimited™ sourcebook – BACK IN PRINT
- The Rifter® #54 – New – Available now.
- Rifts® Dimension Book™ 14: Thundercloud Galaxy™ – New – April 25.
- Rifts® World Book 8: Rifts® Japan™ – BACK IN PRINT – Ships April 25
- Rifts® World Book 13: Lone Star™ – BACK IN PRINT – Ships April 25
- Robotech® New Generation™ Sourcebook (tentative)
- Rifts® WB One: Vampire Kingdoms™, Expanded & Updated
- Rifts® Book of Magic (back in print)
- Rifts® Vampires Sourcebook™ – New
- Rifts® World Book™: Lemuria – New
- The Rifter® #55 – New
- Rifts® Megaverse® in Flames (Minion War™ crossover) – New
- Rifts® Chaos Earth™: First Responders Sourcebook (as soon as we can slot it in)
- Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Three
- Robotech® UEEF Marines and other Robotech® sourcebooks.
- Rifts® sourcebooks
- Rifts® Chaos Earth™ sourcebooks
- Palladium Fantasy®: Mysteries of Magic™ Two & Three
- Palladium Fantasy® other sourcebooks
- Warpath™ Urban Jungle RPG
- And other good stuff. Lots of other good stuff!
The Queen of Ghouls: Life-Sized Halloween Props
Check out the new creations by Palladium's very own Kathy Simmons. See her new zombie, Jack Skellington and Sally, with more new creations on the drawing board. Each Halloween prop is truly life-sized (most are 6 feet or taller – Jack is almost 8 feet) and seem almost alive.
Each is an all-weather, life-sized Halloween prop that can handle rain and snow, and is a one-of-a-kind work of art (no two are exactly the same). Each looks frighteningly "real." All come apart and fold down to slightly larger than a king-size pillow for easy storage. Comes with easy instructions, a plastic storage bag, and the lawn stake to stand it up in your front yard. Indoor stand sold separately.
Types of "Ghouls" include: Zombies (all kinds!), killer clowns, wizards, witches, devils, grave ghouls, scarecrows, executioners, mad doctors, deadly nurses, vampires, werewolves, and more. Kathy's also now offering an array of hand-painted Halloween signs, signs with heads and bodies hanging from them, witch's brewing pots, Halloween centerpieces and more. Best of all, her high quality creations are much more affordable and imaginative than most competitors or mass produced items in a store, making them affordable Halloween fun.
If you think the photos online look good, you should see them in person. A typical "ghoul," as she calls her creations, costs $129-$259. You can see some of her work at her Queen of Ghouls™ Ebay store – queenofghouls.com.
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Back in February, we raved, yes raved, about Denon's CEOL RCD-N7 hi-fi and it's back on our radar but this time it's a bit more mysterious – Noir, even. The gloss black CEOL Noir shares the same AirPlay, internet radio and network music streaming capabilities as the shiny white original and will be on sale for £500, without speakers, come September. That should chime with our gothic autumn wardrobe nicely.
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The recent strength in the European single currency has fueled concerns of further pain for the struggling euro zone, prompting French President Francois Hollande to call for reforms to the international monetary system.
(Read More: France's Hollande Calls for Stable Euro Policy )
Since the European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi promised to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro in July last year, investor sentiment for the single currency has surged.
The euro closed roughly 2 percent higher at the end of 2012, and has been one of the strongest performing currencies this year. Year-to-date the euro has gained nearly 3 percent against the dollar, 12 percent against the yen, 3.3 percent against the Australian dollar and 6.8 percent against the pound sterling.
However, industry participants are now fretting over whether too strong a currency could derail Europe's recovery by dampening export demand.
Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for the euro zone rose to a 10-month high of 48.6 in January, up from 47.2 in December, suggesting signs of a recovery. However, France's PMI slipped to a four-year low.
(Read More: Euro Zone Showing Signs of Recovery, Optimism Builds)
Currency analysts said the rally has further steam in it and could ramp up pressure on struggling euro zone nations including France, Spain, Italy and Greece.
Jesper Bargmann, head of G11 spot foreign exchange for Asia-Pacific at RBS Global Banking and Markets, sees the euro rallying another 5-10 percent by the year-end.
"The fear has gone and has moved to caution. People are moving out of safe haven currencies and Asian-yielding currencies and back into the euro," he said. "Nothing is needed to spur the euro on as this is a strong trend."
"However, factors that could derail it include anything that hurts global risk appetite, such as the resurgence of trouble in the European peripherals for example," he added.
Bargmann added that the recent strength of the euro is a real concern for European economies, especially as policymakers have limited power to control the single currency.


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|2012-02-21, 00:30
|Link #63
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: City of Heroes, Indonesia
I think Lancelot not Ash's first dragon. Nine year ago when Silvia want to met mother dragon, she was injured. Then she met a boy that help her and carry Silvia in the back to mother dragon together. But the boy give up his dragon because he has not much fortune to nurture the dragon. So he give the right of the dragon larvae and give it to Silvia. Lancelot born from Silvia's seikoku. And Silvia vow to become A great Dragon Knight for his(the boy) share too.
BTW, is Eco the descendant or reincarnation of the Rosa Maria's dragon? Because Milgaus said that the name "Eco" was right to Eco coincident or not.
What I want to know is Julius, Silvia's older brother. What happen with him? It seem that he commit a crime. But what?
|2012-02-21, 00:45
|Link #64
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2007
(3)He killed his own dragon, which is a big crime in their world. As for why, it was explained in Vol 4.
|2012-02-21, 03:27
|Link #66
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: City of Heroes, Indonesia
The boy does not have money to nurture dragon. So he give up the dragon larvae.
Ash have dragon even tought the birth took much time. Dragon eat a lot 5 times per day. So, i think he has considerable mount of money to nurture dragon.
Because of that, I cannot think Ash and the boy as the same person.
But Silvia find the back of Ash has the same feeling when she was carried in the back by the boy 9 years ago.
So... this is confusing?
|2012-02-21, 12:33
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I don't remember the details, so don't quote me on this. But it seems to me that those who can bring dragon to the world is treated as an elite, so it is possible that the country funds the cost of the raising the dragons. I do remember that there were special personal in the school who take cares of the dragons. Did it mention that the student has to pay for these guys?
I doubt cost was the factor of giving up the dragon. As for who the boy is, well, the last picture in the Vol5 illustration that I have linked earlier says everything.
|2012-02-21, 17:02
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I only read up to volume 3 but:
It seems like the one who likes Ash at this point is Eco, Silvia, Jessica and Luca. Eco and Silvia are Tsundere.
It was either volume 2 or 3 but Ash and Eco kissed by accident. That's about it. Eco was "drunk" because she was eating a candy given by Rebecca. The candy includes an ingredient which makes baby-dragons drunk.
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Luca is the girl in the cover of volume 3. She is a "Dragnar" and she also belongs to the student council. She didnt appear for a while because her dragon was ignoring her because of her trauma of falling of the dragon.
Jessica is the girl who appears in chapter 8 of the manga. The one looking for the "Silver Knight". She joins the student council after finding out Silver-Knight's identity, which is Ash. Her pal(dragon) is a Hydra.
|2012-02-21, 17:23
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And like which is the most common type of dragon you can get?
PS sry if im askin too much I just find this a bit interesting since there isn't much info i hv to go on apart from, the manga
|2012-02-21, 17:27
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Well he got his pal he is a "Breeder". But his pal hasnt evolved and he can turn into a Ark-Dragnar for a temporally time only. Since the requirement forbeing a "Dragnar" is making your pal evolve, Ash can't obtain the "Dragnar" I think. Unless he gets a special treatment because he can become a Ark-Dragnar for a certain time.
Also I'm not sure which dragon is the most common. But every on starts of with the either three dragons. This really reminds me of pokemon.
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ummmm..... i dont think Eco can evolve...
then again, she's not the typical dragon...
Also i dont think ash can be put in a category since he is able to ride any dragon...
Has the novel hinted any other person able to ride anyone's pal?
Argh... nom id beg u to translate this series.. however DxD has priority in my book so i'll shoot anyone that tells u to translate this over DxD.
We need more nom's in this universe... about 50 of them, and the world would be perfect... :P
|2012-02-21, 20:29
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^ Sylvia's sister haven't fall for him yet, but there're hints Rebecca already have.
And Eco really doesn't need to evolve anymore, Her true form is already as huge as a castle, or even bigger
Lol, we indeed need more nom in this world
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|2012-02-21, 21:14
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i have three questions?
1. is luca an elf?
2. why did silva sister slash her clothes off in vol 2 and do they get along?
3. silva other sister from vol 5, does she have a crush on ash?
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@n0m@n do you have any plans to make summaries of this series. I'm just asking because I've read the manga up to the current chapter and I've seen the manga/novels raws.
The series itself is interesting and I really like Silvia because I have a thing for tsunderes. I'm just asking if you are or planning to...that's all.
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1. Yes! Luca is elf. The future leader of elf. Because elf has ceremony where the leader mush riding dragon, luca mush be can to riding dragon. But 3 month ago she has accident when she falling from dragon and injured. Gawain (Luca's dragon, one of dragon that has title "Dragnar" in the school) does not want to let Luca get injured anymore. So, Gawain ignore Luca and ran away to die alone.
2. It's punisment of what happen with Necromancer Dragon incident. Veronica assume that Silvia didn't do anything at that incident and disgrace the royal family.
3. I don't know. But Ash already become Silvia's. I don't think Mirable will stole Ash from her sister.
BTW the conversation about the the one who will become the next king is Silvia husband is true? And engagement about Silvia and Glenn, is it just veronica teasing Silvia or she is serious?
|2012-02-21, 23:08
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2. ok, i had the feeling it was something like that.
3. I never said "steal" I was wonder about it because the last picture in vol 5 shows ash getting kissed from Mirable.
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UB and BNMC give Fruit Belt leaders tools to succeed
Release Date: March 29, 2013
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Leaders from across the City of Buffalo and UB joined together Wednesday to congratulate the graduates of a leadership training program offered to two-dozen members of the city's historic Fruit Belt neighborhood near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC).
Over the course of four months starting in the fall, these 24 business owners, residents, parishioners and Fruit Belt property owners learned how to become more effective leaders in the community through the Active Conscious Communities Training (AC²T) program provided by UB, the BNMC, Roswell Park Cancer Institute and Kaleida Health. With this training, graduates are better prepared to engage more frequently with partners, acting in the best interests of all Fruit Belt residents.
"Going through this training has been a wonderful experience for me," graduate Freida Joyce said during the graduation ceremony in Roswell Park's Gaylord Cary Conference Room. Originally from Buffalo, Joyce left the area for a time before returning in 2003 to take over Café at Masten & Eaton, the business her father started in the 1960s. Joyce decided to join the AC²T program after seeing an announcement for it in UB Today, the university's alumni magazine.
"I got to meet a lot of people from the community that care about the neighborhood and the direction that Buffalo is going in," Joyce said after the ceremony. "It's wonderful that the university and the medical campus are bringing the neighborhood together to let them know we're not going to be left out."
From the AC²T leadership program emerged a Fruit Belt community advocacy group called the Orchard Community Initiative (OCI), which is committed to improving the quality of life in the neighborhood. That community dedication coincides with the objectives of UB 2020, President Satish K. Tripathi said during his remarks during the graduation ceremony.
"Your leadership in the fields you represent – business, industry, health care, education and beyond – will provide the foundation for a strong and vibrant future for our city and region," Tripathi said, adding that the university looks forward to continuing to partner with leaders in the Fruit Belt and across the city.
Although they've graduated from the program, participants' work isn't done; in many ways, it's just beginning. Patrick J. Whalen, BNMC chief operating officer, presented the group with a check from the medical campus for $7,500 to use toward initiatives that benefit the Fruit Belt. The group's first effort involves hosting a signature event in the neighborhood to help bring together what can sometimes be a fragmented community. Additionally, some of the graduates also will receive scholarships to attend a Leadership Buffalo program in 2014.
OCI members said they look forward to working together for the betterment of the Fruit Belt. "I think we have finally got the collective vision that we are going to rise and we are going to be successful in our mission, and whatever program we decide to do with the $7,500, it's going to be a united front," said Zaid B. Islam, an AC²T graduate.
City of Buffalo leaders expressed optimism and excitement for the group. "I'm very thankful that we have citizens like you who are working to make a difference in the community," said Mayor Byron W. Brown. "When we all work together, we can make this the kind of community that we all want it to be."
"There has to be somebody in our community who stands up for what's right," said pastor and Buffalo Common Council Member Darius Pridgen, adding that he is "thankful to UB and to all who participated" in the AC²T program for bringing together a new group of community leaders.
The Active Conscious Communities Training program builds upon the work of the BNMC's "Four Neighborhoods, One Community" planning process, which began several years ago, said Ekua Mends-Aidoo, BNMC project associate. The initial group had approximately 40 people, of which 24 stuck with it to do something special for their community, attending a minimum of four group mentoring sessions on weekday evenings and Saturdays.
"We acknowledge that although we were doing good work individually, what we could accomplish together would be great," said AC²T graduate Alexander Wright, a UB Law graduate and executive director at Urban Christian Ministries. "No one group or one interest can unilaterally make a decision. We are forced, in OCI, to take a holistic approach to problem-solving. This is a heavy job. And to do any job, one must have the appropriate tools, which UB provided for us by way of the training we received here."


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Using the Firmware Updater
It is aparent, like all of the Linkstations, that the firmware does not want to update the firmware if the LS-GL reports the same firmware version as the the one to be that's to be sent to the LS-GL (i.e. a modified firmware). The work around is to:
- Add to lsupdater.ini
[SpecialFlags] Debug = 1
- Change in lsupdater.ini
VersionCheck = 1
VersionCheck = 0
- Open linkstation_version.txt in any text editor (i.e. vi). Edit either the BOOT=, KERNEL=, INITRD=, or ROOTFS= (this is the main firmware and filesystem) to choose what to update by changing the version to a higher number.
- i.e. by setting rootfs to a higher number, the filesystem will get updated, but uboot, kernel, and initrd won't get updated.
- Steps originally drafted by Georg.
Note: We are not positive if only one segmet (i.e. rootfs) will get updated. This method must be fully tested to find this out.
jonli, should I move the following more technical part about Erics excellent work into a separate section? - Georg
Updater Specifications
- As EricC documented on the LS-GL side clientUtil_server handles the update process and replies to various "ACP"-Commands, which are similar for the LS-GL and the Kurobox:
- LSP Commands
- 8020 ACP_Discover
- 80A0 ACP_?? Possible Password?
- 8B10 ACP_?? Sent after 8080 and contains the filename. TCP File transfer starts after reply
- 8B20 ACP_?? Sent after TCP file transfer
- LSP Responses
- C020 ACP_Discover_Reply
- COAO Reply of 80A0
- CA10 ACP_CMD_Reply
- CB10 ACP_??_Reply 8B10
- CB20 ACP_??_Reply 8B20
- CB21 Sent after CB20. Same format with data changes Update complete?
- KuroBox Commands
- 8020 ACP_Discover
- 8090 ACP_Info_HDD
- KuroBox Responses
- C020 ACP_Discover_Reply
- Looking at the command word
- Bit 15 = 1
- Bit 14 is 0 for command and 1 for reply
- Bits 11 to 8 appear to be the command class
- Bits 7 to 4 appear to be the command in the class.
- Bits 3 to 0 appear to be a sequence number in the response.
- The updater on the LS-GL receives ziped images and tries to unzip them by testing for the following passwords
- 1NIf_2yUOlRDpYZUVNqboRpMBoZwT4PzoUvOPUp6l
- aAhvlM1Yp7_2VSm6BhgkmTOrCN1JyE0C5Q6cB3oBB
- YvSInIQopeipx66t_DCdfEvfP47qeVPhNhAuSYmA4
- IeY8omJwGlGkIbJm2FH_MV4fLsXE8ieu0gNYwE6Ty
Custom Updater
See Opensource_Firmware_Updater and LS-GL Custom Updater Thread for more information.
Todo: Import information from the forum here.


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Multi-Column Primary Key support
Currently Django models only support single column primary keys. Support for multi-column primary keys would allow Django to better integrate with legacy databases (whose schema cannot be changed and have multi-column primary keys). There are a lot of details to get right here, but done right, it would allow for more flexibility in data modeling.
Current Status
Current state is that the issue is accepted/assigned and being worked on, and there is a partial implementation at http://github.com/dcramer/django-compositepks. The implementation allows having composite primary keys. However, support for composite keys is missing in
ForeignKey and
RelatedManager. As a consequence, it isn't possible to navigate relationships from models that have a composite primary key.
- http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/eac7c296c3797f5a for David Cramer's initial patch
- http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers/browse_thread/thread/4b2370a0652d9135 for the composite foreign key API design
Major Issues
Taken from Jacob's comment on Ticket 373 There are three basic problems in dealing with composite primary keys in Django.
- A number of APIs use "obj._meta.pk" to access the primary key field (for example, to do "pk=whatever" lookups). A composite PK implementation would need to emulate this in some way to avoid breaking everything.
- A number of things use (content_type_id, object_pk) tuples to refer to some object -- look at the comment framework, or the admin log API. Again, a composite PK system would need to somehow not break this.
- Admin URLs; they're of the form "/app_label/module_name/pk/"; there would need to be a way to map URLs to objects in the absence of a primary key.
mjm: I'm not very familiar with Django's internals, but I suspect the first point's answer lies somewhere near the observation that a CK needs a compound data structure. In Python the obvious choices are a tuple (or list, probably interchangeably) or a dictionary. I've actually used sequences; the obvious drawback is that they require an agreed-upon convention as to the order of the components. If I were doing it over again I would give very serious thought to using mappings, at least for things that hold key values.
Hmmm, that handwaving seems to much of what I have to say about the second point as well. Not sure just how that can not break some code, though. In my work using sequences I chose - not without some pain - to make all keys be sequences (and all keys' names were sequences, too). This is at least consistent, and the changes were straightforward. The fact that strings are themselves sequences actually made it more difficult, since overlooked cases would (often) misbehave rather than tossing an exception immediately - a point in favor of using mappings, maybe.
As for the last item, obviously a choice has to be made, and some existing cases will change. I wouldn't call the result "broken", since only hand-generated admin URLs would have a problem (well, bookmarked ones, it occurs to me, if anyone actually does that). Is anyone really concerned about making admin URLs slightly less easily hand-generatable?
Proposed Solutions
Proposed solutions for the admin URL issue:
"/app_label/module/pk1,pk2/" --
does not support text primary keys which include a comma. URL encoding to the rescue!
"/app_label/module/pk1/pk2/" --
With support for a generic view on just "/pk1/" (like the date based generic view)
mjm: From Adrian's remark about how greedy the admin URL matching is, I take it that the entire tail is taken to be the key matter. This wouldn't change: the admin code decides how it will recognize key part boundaries, and it generates URLs that conform to that. The discussion about allowing a partial key spec to select a set (rather than a single record) seems to me a diversion at this level. It does point out a [some?] non-unique selection criteria that might be especially useful to have supported automatically. I would expect a selection based on matching one (or some) of a CK's columns to look the same as if that selection were configured for non-PK column(s), I think.
Alternative methods
- notnotpeter: Currently, you can "fake" it by declaring one of the keys to be primary in Django and adding a unique constraint to the model. (needs more info...examples?)
- mjm: This only works when there is a non-compound unique key to use, if I understand what's being proposed here. As such, it may be workable as a way to squeeze a design that naturally has CKs into Django, but it's of no use for working with an existing schema that has only the CK.
- djansoft: It can be done using unique-together.
- Tobu: You can't use just one key. A use case for illustration: a NamespacedTag model with a CK made of a namespace and a name. The primary key can't be just the namespace or just the name since that would be ambiguous. The only solution (and I dislike it since it is bad modelling and forces database accesses to be serialized on a counter) is to use an AutoField.
- toszter: Call me nutty, but why not declare any number of columns as primary key in your model, which django then uses to create a "hidden" pk_composite column that's just a hash of the three pk values in the row? When you do a lookup on a pk, you assume the ENTIRE combination of values is the primary key, nothing more or less. So when you look up according to the values needed to create the full pk_composite, the hash always computes and if the hash algorithm is public, can be used off the URL, the querystring in db lookups, and just about anywhere. Seems pretty simple in my mind but then again I am not going into great detail here.
Links / Notes
http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/373 Rails/ActiveRecord doesn't support this natively, but http://compositekeys.rubyforge.org/ is an add-on which does Composite Primary Key Design Notes


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Effective Monday, February 12, Karee Buffin joins the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) Epidemiology Resource Center (ERC) Surveillance and Investigation team as the new Vaccine-Preventable Disease Epidemiologist. She replaces Wayne Staggs, who now serves as the Invasive Infection Epidemiologist (as of November 5, 2006).
Karee joined the ISDH in June 2004 as a Public Health Investigator with the Immunization Program. She conducted investigations of vaccine-preventable diseases, promoted immunizations, and provided education regarding immunizations and the diseases they prevent in Immunization District 5, which encompasses much of east-central Indiana. Prior to joining the ISDH, Karee worked as an Immunization Program Technician and Vaccines for Children (VFC) Field Liaison for the Delaware County Health Department. Karee also has clinical laboratory and phlebotomy experience.
The ISDH Surveillance and Investigation team has undergone many changes during the last year. To ensure that your request is routed appropriately, please refer to the table below. You may contact anyone on the team by calling 317.233.7125.
|Robert Teclaw
|State Epidemiologist
|Jim Howell
|Veterinary Epidemiologist
|Pam Pontones
|Director, Surveillance and Investigation
|Tom Duszynski
|Director, Field Epidemiology
|Donna Allen
|Field Epidemiologist, District 1
|Robert Allen
|Field Epidemiologist, Districts 7 & 8
|Steve Allen
|Field Epidemiologist, District 9
|Brad Beard
|Field Epidemiologist, District 3
|Karee Buffin
|Vaccine-Preventable Disease Epidemiologist
|Stephanie English
|Field Epidemiologist, District 6
|Tina Feaster
|Tuberculosis (TB) Epidemiologist
|Ryan Gentry
|Quality Control Epidemiologist
|Karen Gordon
|Field Epidemiologist, District 10
|Sandy Gorsuch
|Field Epidemiologist, District 5
|Lynae Granzow
|Enteric Epidemiologist
|Antoniette Holt
|Minority Health Epidemiologist
|Tracy Powell
|Advanced Analysis Epidemiologist
|Shawn Richards
|Respiratory Epidemiologist
|Wayne Staggs
|Invasive Infection Epidemiologist/School Health Liaison
|Jean Svendsen
|Chief Nurse Consultant/Bloodborne Pathogen Coordinator
|Mike Wade
|Syndromic Surveillance Epidemiologist
|Mona Wenger
|Field Epidemiologist, District 2
|Mike Wilkinson
|Hepatitis C Epidemiologist
|Jennifer Wyatt
|Field Epidemiologist, District 4