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Call me crazy, but I don't really understand the concept of guilty pleasures. Not to get all Lima Heights on you, but I likes what I likes — and I'll tell ya what I want (what I really, really want) in my life and on my iPod, be it Spice Girls or Was (Not Was) or even Billie Piper.
And so it goes without saying that I had a blast watching tonight's music-heavy installment of Glee, which centered around the New Directions' kids confessing their hidden obsessions with Barry Manilow, ABBA, Phil Collins, Wham, Bobby Brown and the Spice Girls.
Yes, I'd kill for an hour that put the NYC storylines front and center and eased up on the less dramatic Lima proceedings, but I'm tired of bringing up that gripe every week. (Oh wait, I just did.)
So if you were too busy watching "Fondue for Two" on YouTube, here's what you missed on an episode straightforwardly titled "Guilty Pleasures":
IS THAT A ROLL OF BREATH MINTS IN BLAINE'S POCKET OR WAS HE JUST HAPPY TO BE HUGGING SAM? | Blaine, worried by the sight of Sam stealing pasta from the cafeteria, offered his pal $50, which prompted Trouty Mouth to admit his guilty pleasure/secret skill: He wasn't hard up for food, he just digs making macaroni art. With Mr. Schue out sick with the flu, the dynamic duo took over New Directions and asked everyone to reveal their most embarassing musical obsessions via song. When Blaine, however, couldn't reveal his dark truth — a major crush on Sam — Sam let him off the hook, revealing he'd known all year and, frankly, found it flattering. The duo hugged it out, and the bromance continued!
KITTY GETS HER CLAWS TRIMMED | Brittany called out Kitty for being "a two-faced lying slut who no one can trust" during an appearance on Fondue for Two, which prompted the catty underclassman to make more of an effort with her New Directions cohorts. In the process, she caught the eye of Artie — and since Sugar seems to have dissolved into a pan of boiling water — don't be surprised if romance ensues.
JAKE SHOWS WHAT BROWN CAN DO FOR YOU | Jake got chastized for wanting to sing a Chris Brown tune (ewwwww!), then changed his mind under pressure from his female glee-club buddies. His subsequent followup on Bobby Brown didn't sit well with Marley, either, but she forgave and they smooched and I hate to say it but they're boring me silly right now. Give Ryder something to do, folks! What happened with the Manti Te'o business?
RACHEL MAKES BRODY AN OFFER HE CAN REFUSE | Despite Brody moving out of their apartment sans explanation, Rachel kept talking about reconcilliation, and so Santana leveled with her: He's just a gigolo. Rachel promptly confronted him with a wad of cash, wondering if it was enough to buy his time for dinner, but from that dig bloomed a mature conversation. Brody said he knew Rachel had slept with Finn when she went to Ohio for Schue's wedding — am I remembering it wrong, or didn't she basically admit it to him (as part of what seemed like an open relationship) when she got back to NYC? — and he knew she still loved him. Rachel revealed his suspicions were true: She loved Finn and was maybe using Brody to make him jealous. And now it was over — well, after a rousing duet on "Creep" that Rachel pretty much dominated. Oh, and they'll try to be mature and peacefully coexist at NYADA, so let's not expect any more Brody drama. Rachel thanked her roomies for tipping her off, pronounced herself ready to audition for Funny Girl and maybe even ready to date older men. Say what now?
Grades for this week's musical performances…
Sam, Blaine and New Directions: Wham's "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" | Grade: B+
Sam: Barry Manilow's "Copacabana" | Grade: B
Blaine: Phil Collins' "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" | Grade: B
The New Directions' Ladies: The Spice Girls' "Wannabe" | Grade: A-
Jake: Bobby Brown's "My Prerogative" | Grade: B
Rachel & Brody: Radiohead's "Creep" | Grade: A- (so happy to hear Lea Michele going for broke!)
Rachel, Kurt, Santana and New Directions: ABBA's "Mama Mia" | Grade: B (why can't the NYC folks ever do a song start to finish without Ohio butting in?)
The Week's Best Zingers
"Just curious: Are you gonna go over to his house and straddle him while he's passed out and rub some ointment on his chest?" –Sam, razzing Tina after her announcement about Mr. Schue's flu
"Two things: That cat has about three weeks to live, and this fondue smells like hot, acrid barf." –Kitty, making her introduction on Brittany's internet show
"I like to fart around old people and watch the look on their faces because they just assume they did it." –Kitty, confessing a guilty pleasure
Kurt talking about his boyfriend arm pillow and creepily/amusingly mentioning "Bruce's warm, nonjudgmental embrace."
"He beat up a windo at Good Morning America!" –Brittany, arguing to Jake why he shouldn't cover a Chris Brown song
Your turn. What did you think of "Guilty Pleasures"? What was your favorite musical performance? Take our poll below, then sound off in the comments!


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BOSTON — A former FBI agent who admitted taking payoffs from James "Whitey" Bulger is expected to be the next witness at Bulger's racketeering trial.
John Morris was the supervisor of former FBI Agent John Connolly, who was convicted of racketeering charges for warning Bulger in 1994 that he was about to be indicted, prompting Bulger to flee Boston. Bulger remained a fugitive for more than 16 years until he was finally captured in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.
Morris received immunity from prosecution and admitted he took $7,000 in payoffs from Bulger. He is expected to testify Wednesday.
The 83-year-old Bulger is charged in a broad racketeering indictment with playing a role in 19 murders during the 1970s and'80s. Bulger has pleaded not guilty and has denied being an FBI informant.
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An Intimate Look at Bruce Lee's Life
Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee, arrives in Hong Kong to kick off an in-depth exhibition on her father's life. Shannon Lee tells the WSJ's Dean Napolitano how she came to choose some of the pieces being displayed and shares her most cherished memory of her father.
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What Does Handmade Mean?
Revamp your small kitchen with the addition of an accent rug to complement your color palette and even to cover imperfections in floors.
Guide to Oriental Rugs
How To Combine Area Rugs In A Room
- Dhurrie rugs. These are thick, flat-woven cotton rugs made in India. They come in a variety of color combinations, pastels being the most popular. The designs on the rugs are geometric shapes, with animals, flowers and people woven in in a chiseled-looking fashion. Dhurries fit in well with most types of decor. Prices vary from $150 to $1,000, depending on size and quality.
- Bordered rugs. These are simply rugs of any size or shape with a base color in the middle and strips of border on the edges. The borders can be one strip in a coordinating color or several strips in two or three colors. Bordered rugs' uses are innumerable. They can be put under cocktail tables, dining tables or an entire living-room set or used as a foyer piece. Prices will depend on the quality of carpet used, the shape of it and the number of borders tacked on the edges.
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- Oriental rugs. These rugs have always been a symbol of wealth, and rightfully so, as they're quite expensive. They're a great investment, as their value never decreases and sometimes increases. The purchase of an Oriental rug should be preceded by careful study of the varieties available. Most are handmade. Silk Orientals are often woven with real gold threads, adding to the value. Wool Orientals are less expensive, though still a good investment.


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Corsair Announces Immediate Adoption of Enhanced Performance Profiles
Subject: Memory | May 15, 2006 - 11:53 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Fremont, CA (May 15, 2006) — Corsair® Memory,
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Duff McKagan Awarded High School Diploma
Congrats are in order for Duff McKagan. The ex-Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver bassist just received his high school diploma.
The musician got his diploma 30 years after dropping out of Seattle's Roosevelt High School in the 10th Grade. He took to his Twitter account to reveal to fans, "Finally got my high school diploma today. I did the not-so-popular 48-year-plan."
Many fans offered congrats on the occasion, and one of his peers, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry, also chimed in with some kind words. Perry stated via his Twitter account, "Congrats to Duff McKagan from me and Billie Perry on your long-awaited diploma."
McKagan, who earned his GED after dropping out, returned to his hometown Tuesday (June 19) to receive his diploma. He also gave a speech at the graduation event.
The bassist has not only achieved success in music but has also become a sought after advisor in the music industry for his financial advice. After completing business school in his 30s, McKagan launched the wealth management company Meridian Rock.


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The opening track, "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man," sets the tone for Martina McBride's 12th album, "Everlasting," an affectionate batch of remakes of pop and soul classics helmed by veteran producer Don Was.
Taking on Aretha Franklin from the outset could have been disastrous, but, as the country star does on the best tracks of "Everlasting," McBride makes no attempt to replicate Franklin's pyrotechnics. Instead, she finds her own low-key but effective way to the song's heart, allowing the listener to hear what makes the song timeless.
Jimmy Ruffin's "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" gets a similar treatment, with Was toning down its arrangement from the original's bombast in order to put the focus on McBride's rich vocal. The decision to use a small-combo sound with traditional instrumentation gives all these tracks richness and warmth.
Other surprising successes include a spirited but underplayed version of Van Morrison's hit "Wild Night" and an impassioned, completely kitsch-free version of Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is to Love Him," a 1958 No. 1 hit for his group the Teddy Bears.
McBride recruits two guest stars to perform duets, a gravelly Gavin DeGraw for Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me," and Kelly Clarkson on the raucous party anthem "In the Basement," originally done by Etta James with Sugar Pie DeSanto in 1966. Both guests bring a jolt of energy to the proceedings.
Some tracks keep too close to the well-known hit versions in arrangement and performance, including Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" and the Supremes' "Come See About Me." They're enjoyable, but McBride doesn't bring enough new wrinkles to distinguish themselves from the originals.
On the whole, though, McBride shows a genuine affection for her material on "Everlasting," and, with complementary production from Was, makes the album a rewarding listen despite some of the material's familiarity. Hearing her tackle some less well-known soul and R&B deep cuts would be even more of a treat; she has both the pipes and the affinity for the genre to pull it off.
"Everlasting" comes in two bonus-track versions. The Target CD has Otis Redding's "That's How Strong My Love Is" and bluesman Jimmy Reed's "Baby What You Want Me to Do," while the iTunes download contains versions of Sade's "By My Side" and Pink's "Perfect."


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I also have to say, the lighting was magnificent. I love seeing natural light used so well, and not forcefully
Also, your pacing just lulled me into the rhythms of the film...
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I think you'll dig the fact that it flowed perfectly at 4AM for me.
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September 2009
Making Needles in the Haystack Easier to Find
Online protein separation strategy helps detect low-abundance proteins
Results: A new online separation strategy to enrich low-abundance proteins from mouse plasma has improved proteome coverage and enhanced detection of the proteins by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. This strategy, designed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, is anticipated to have broad applications for biomarker discovery using mouse models.
Why it Matters: Most studies to discover disease biomarkers have focused on analyzing blood plasma or serum, the primary specimens to diagnose disease and monitor therapeutics. Despite technology advances, the dynamic range of plasma protein concentrations, which spans more than 10 orders of magnitude, is still a significant challenge for analytical detection technologies such as mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics.
To achieve in-depth coverage of the plasma proteome, many techniques have been developed to separate low-abundance proteins from plasma and enhance their detection by MS. One of the most effective and reliable is immunoaffinity chromatography using mixed antibodies for selected abundant proteins. This powerful technique selectively isolates and concentrates minor components of interest from complex mixtures using an immobilized antibody on a solid phase support. While this technique has provided promising results, detection of low-abundance plasma proteins is still limited by the number of proteins that the immunoaffinity columns can effectively capture.
Online IgY7-SuperMix separation for mouse plasma. Four different fractions, IgY7 bound, IgY7 FT, SuperMix bound, and SuperMix flow through (FT) corresponding to high- to low-abundance fractions were collected and separated on a 4-12% SDS-PAGE. The low-abundance plasma proteins were enriched in the SuperMix flow-through fraction.
Methods: To facilitate more effective biological and biomarker discovery studies using mouse models, PNNL researchers designed the mouse-specific IgY7-SuperMix immunoaffinity separation strategy that enhances the detection of low-abundance proteins within plasma. This is based on a similar strategy developed previously for analyzing human plasma samples (see "Improved Protein Separations System Developed by PNNL and Biotech Firm"). By applying mouse-specific IgY7 and SuperMix columns on-line in tandem, the SuperMix column can effectively capture more than 100 moderate-abundance plasma proteins in addition to the seven most abundant proteins captured by the IgY7 column. Moreover, the results from LC-MS/MS analyses of the SuperMix column flow-through sample reveal a more than 100% increase in proteome coverage compared to the results from IgY7 flow-through samples.
These results illustrate the potential for enhanced detection of low-abundance proteins and improved coverage of signaling pathways, as well as the reproducibility of the separation systems for identifying differential protein abundances.
Acknowledgments: Some of this research was supported by the National Institutes of Health
Experimental work was performed in EMSL, the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, a Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research national scientific user facility on the PNNL campus.
The research team included Jianying Zhou, Wei-Jun Qian, Angela Norbeck, Karl Weitz, Ronald Moore, David Camp, and Richard Smith, all PNNL; former PNNL scientists Brianne Petritis and Konstantinos Petritis, and Rohit Kulkarni, Harvard Medical School.
Reference: Zhou J, BO Petritis, K Petritis, AD Norbeck, KK Weitz, RJ Moore, DG Camp, II, RN Kulkarni, RD Smith, and W Qian. 2009. "Mouse-Specific Tandem IgY7-SuperMix Immunoaffinity Separations for Improved LC-MS/MS Coverage of the Plasma Proteome." Journal of Proteome Research 8(11):5387-5395. DOI: 10.1021/pr900564f
Related Highlight: Improved Protein Separations System Developed by PNNL and Biotech Firm


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Gala is an interesting one. For a long time, in the UK at least, they have been by far the leaders in the bingo market in terms of SEO (and to an extent pretty much everything else). Over time they have begun to slip and recently they took a massive link-based penalty. At least that's what it looks like based on the data we can see. Following this, they have recently redirected to the galabingo.com domain and away from the galabingo.co.uk. Whether this will buy them the time they need to clean up or not remains to be seen. However, it would seem that they are only minimally engaging in social media, which as the importance of social factors are only set to grow, could continue to cause them problems.
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ADELPHI — The president of the University of Maryland University College has been placed on indefinite leave, without explanation.
The chancellor of the state university system announced Susan Aldridge's leave in a short letter sent Wednesday to UMUC students and staff. A university system spokeswoman declined to elaborate on the reasons for Aldridge's leave.
UMUC is the largest public university in the United States, with more than 90,000 students. More than half are military service members, veterans and their families. Many live overseas and take classes online, although the university also offers face-to-face instruction.
The 60-year-old Aldridge has been president of the university since 2006 and has written and spoken widely on adult and distance education.
UMUC spokesman Chip Cassano says Aldridge's leave "came as a complete surprise to the university community."


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Catherine Scanlon's new class, "Doodle Magic," at My Creative Classroom is based on her book of the same name. Check it out here. (P.S. This class started this week already, but you can still enroll until Sept 27th.)
Debbie Hodge's Masterful Scrapbook Design is available for a special price this week only. Hurry over here to enroll before the Sept 23rd deadline for this deal.
"Oh Shoot 2" is a new online class to be taught by Candice Stringham at Jessica Sprague. Click here for more information.


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The Big Ten has been slowly but surely announcing new and extended bowl agreements over the course of the summer.
On Tuesday, the conference did so again with an extension with the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Additionally, the Big Ten has entered into an agreement with the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. The Big Ten will play in the bowls on a rotating basis during a seven-year period following the 2013-2019 seasons.
The Big Ten previously announced agreements with the Capital One, Outback, Holiday, Kraft Fight Hunger and Pinstripe bowls. The conference also announced a new bowl game in Detroit organized by the Lions franchise.
Below is a statement from Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany:
"The Big Ten has played bowl games in the state of Texas annually since 1995 and we look forward to continuing that tradition by participating in the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl and Heart of Dallas Bowl presented by PlainsCapital Bank. The opportunity to play in a historic venue like Cotton Bowl Stadium first drew us to the Heart of Dallas Bowl, and the hospitality of the people of Dallas and the charitable generosity of the bowl committee make this an ideal partnership. In addition, the agreement with the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will allow the Big Ten to maintain an annual presence in the state of Texas, which is home to a large alumni base from conference schools. These two postseason games in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area are welcome additions to our national bowl lineup."


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Germany's lower house of parliament will approve a fresh bailout for Greece on Friday in a vote seen as a test of Chancellor Angela Merkel's authority over her centre-right coalition less than a year before federal elections.
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The outcome of Friday's vote in the Bundestag is not in doubt but unease over the costs of the euro zone debt crisis and over talk of another write-down of Greek debt means the number of coalition lawmakers voting against will be keenly watched.
The package of measures to be approved is aimed at reducing Greece's debt load to 124 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2020. The government acknowledged for the first time this week that the bailout will mean lost federal revenues.
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who will deliver the government's statement in Friday's debate, said he was confident the package would pass comfortably and he defended Berlin's handling of the three-year-old debt crisis.
"We are trying to keep the costs and risks (of aid to Greece) as small as possible. We are just following the old rule of 'step by step'," he told a TV chat show late on Thursday.
Schaeuble said Germany was insisting on strict monitoring of Greece's reforms to ensure it met its fiscal targets but he also said the new conservative government in Athens was finally making headway in tackling the country's fiscal problems.
Echoing that view, Deputy Finance Minister Thomas Steffen told the economic council of Merkel's Christian Democratic Party (CDU) on Thursday evening: "The will for renewal exists (in Greece) ... I believe we have to give the Greeks another chance."
Others are less sanguine. All week, German newspapers have reverberated with predictions, including from some coalition lawmakers, that Germany and other euro zone countries will eventually have to write off some of their Greek debt holdings.
Jens Weidmann, head of Germany's central bank, said on Thursday the latest bailout did not mean the crisis was over.
"If Greece does not implement the agreed reforms and does not manage to put its budget on a solid footing, the effect of the new (aid) measures will evaporate," he said in a speech.
A minority of Merkel's lawmakers will vote against the package but criticism of the Greek bailouts within her coalition has softened in recent months after she decided the cost of expelling Greece from the euro zone would be far greater.
In a test vote on Wednesday, 15 of the 237 lawmakers in Merkel's own conservative bloc voted against the aid package and one abstained - though only about two thirds of lawmakers attended the meeting, participants said.
The Free Democrats, the CDU's junior coalition partner, expect about 10 of their 93 lawmakers to vote against or abstain, said a parliamentary source.
That means Merkel is heading for a bigger rebellion than in a Bundestag vote in July on a rescue package for Spanish banks, which saw 22 rebels from her centre-right coalition.
With the approach of next September's federal elections in Germany, the centre-left opposition is also starting to show greater reluctance to support Merkel's European policies.
The Social Democrats (SPD) and Greens will back the aid package but the SPD's challenger for the chancellorship, Peer Steinbrueck, told German television on Friday: "We will vote for it because we don't want our reliability as European partners left in any doubt. It has nothing to do with the government."
He has accused the Merkel government of deceiving German voters about the true costs of the Greek bailouts but it is difficult for the SPD to make political capital out of the issue as they are strongly pro-euro and support more EU integration.
"Basically they have no choice. If they behave in a way not supportive of the state, they will be berated as unpatriotic knaves," the head of the pollster Forsa, Manfred Guellner, told Spiegel magazine's online edition.
(Additional reporting by Stephen Brown; Editing by Sophie Hares)


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Doug Dillard, Legendary Banjo Player, Dead at 75
Doug Dillard, an accomplished banjo player who gained notoriety with his appearances on the 'The Andy Griffth Show,' passed away last night (May 16) after a trip to a Nashville emergency room, according to the Boot. The IBMA's Bluegrass Hall of Fame member was 75-years-old.
Born in Salem, Mo. in 1937, Dillard began playing guitar by the age of 5. By his teenage years, the young virtuoso was already a seasoned banjo player, crafting his skills performing in bands for both radio and television appearances. Dillard's most notable career highlights include his partnership with brother, Rodney, to form the Dillards. Their unique bluegrass sound caught the attention of television executives, which lead to recurring appearances on 'The Andy Griffith Show.'
After parting ways with the Dillards, the banjo player joined folk-rock group the Byrds for their first European tour. Shortly after, Dillard joined forces with the band's former member Gene Clark, forming Dillard & Clark -- a defining duo in the country-rock blend revolution.
As a studio musician, Dillard's progressive Grammy-winning banjo playing can be heard on albums from Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell, Linda Ronstadt, the Beach Boys and the Monkees. Actor-turned-bluegrass musician Steve Martin cites Dillard as one of his musical influences. As for Dillard, he found his way into the banjo world at the guidance of the legendary Earl Scruggs, who passed in March.
Details about a funeral for the banjo-playing great have yet to be announced.


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David Wang needed a new other design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 6 designs submitted by 2 freelance designers.
JennieBot is a random reminder engine that sends users email at random times prompting them to do nice things for their loved ones (who can be sons, daughters, husbands, wives).
The target market is anyone who is looking to improve the quality of their current relationship
I currently have an existing design, but I need a couple of more pages designed to continue my work. The site can be found at http://www.jenniebot.com.
I'm looking for these additional graphics:
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- favicon icon (16x16 px)
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It's fitting, we suppose, that the latest drama from a team that talks too much is the fact that the team isn't talking at all. And a head coach who never is at a loss for words is saying nothing.
Rex Ryan has yet to address the media, in any fashion, since the team finished a disappointing 6-10 season and G.M. Mike Tannenbaum was fired. (Other than Ryan's post-game press conference.) According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, Rex has since skipped town.
Per Mehta, Ryan isn't at the team's facility and he has flown out of town.
Ryan's Monday press conference was scuttled, and he didn't show for a radio spot with the team's flagship station. It's still unclear whether Rex is keeping quiet because his status remains in flux, or because the Jets have opted for silence as the G.M. search proceeds.
League policy requires the head coach to meet with the media at least once during the week after the team's final game. He has three days left.


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Hobbit Map of Middle Earth
Don't leave home without one
- Color map displays major regions of Middle Earth
- Displaying the world outside the Shire
- Mounted on wood
J.R.R. Tolkien's imagination of Middle Earth was detailed and complex. From the subcontinent of Beleriand of the First Age, East to the lands of Rhun, West to the Shire and South to Mordor, adventure and surprise were around every corner of the ancient lands.
Can you imagine being a little Hobbit traveling through Middle Earth over treacherous lands and obstacles? Now you can show off your knowledge of the landscape, and follow along your favorite character's adventure in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with this beautiful wood mounted map of Middle Earth.
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- Full color map of J.R.R. Tolkien's world of Middle Earth
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Mergelocal - Get Paid for Checking In
If you check-in EVERYWHERE you go, The Mergelocal app for Android and iOS helps you turn that need to tell people where you are into cash & prizes.
It looks as if businesses are finally understanding the value of social "word of mouth" and jumping in the conversations that millions of people are having via social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. Mergelocal aims to connect businesses with their more vocal customers by giving them opportunities to get paid to check-in and spread the word via social media.
Users can download the free app and gain for points for every Mergelocal check-in. The amount of points vary on the participating business, but when a user reaches 2,000 points, they can can be redeemed for cash via PayPal in $20 increments. The app launched with over 1 million restaurants and beauty salons that award points for check-ins, so there is a decent chance a local business in your area is on the Mergelocal list.
Want more stuff? Invite friends to use the app and automatically up your chances for monthly jackpots and other rewards like and free travel. The first 1000 people to check-in with Merglocal for iPhone and Android receives 200 extra points for the first check-in. So check it out and let us know what you think in the comments section.


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Two years, two states. In 2009, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad laid out a plan to end the decades-long territorial stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians. But by 2011, despite Fayyad's efforts, including a successful campaign to improve Palestinians' economic and institutional infrastructure — a kind of "if you build it, statehood will come" — the situation remained deadlocked.
This period of hope, progress, frustration and fracture is examined with equanimity and clarity by Israeli filmmaker Dan Setton in the absorbing documentary "State 194."
Setton focuses on the seemingly level-headed, optimistic Fayyad as he navigated the choppy waters of domestic politics and international diplomacy while pressing the United Nations for statehood and to make it its 194th member nation.
This globe-hopping film offers an easily digestible look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, past and present, while framing the roles of its recent key players. Although President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appear only in news footage, there are interviews with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, former Middle East special envoy George Mitchell, Netanyahu's senior adviser Ron Dermer and others. Fayyad, it should be noted, resigned from his post just last month.
With a two-state solution still elusive, "State 194" may feel a bit like yesterday's news — literally and figuratively. But as an aid to better understanding this vital, complex dispute, the film is definitely worth a look.
"State 194." MPAA rating: PG for thematic elements, smoking and brief language. Running time: 1 hour, 38 minutes. At Laemmle's Music Hall, Beverly Hills.


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Narayan G Avadhani, Ph.D.
Graduate Group Affiliations
Contact information
Department of Biomedical Sciences
3800 Spruce Street
Room 189E Vet
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3800 Spruce Street
Room 189E Vet
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-898-8819
Fax: 215-573-6651
Fax: 215-573-6651
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B.Sc. (Chemistry/Physics)
Karnatak Science College, 1962.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry/Genetics)
University of Bombay, 1969.
B.Sc. (Chemistry/Physics)
Karnatak Science College, 1962.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry/Genetics)
University of Bombay, 1969.
Description of Research ExpertiseThe research in Dr. Avadhani's laboratory is focused on the following aspects of mitochondrial genetics and regulation of mitochondrial membrane biogenesis in mammalian cells:
1. Mechanisms of dual targeting of cytochrome P450 and related proteins to ER and mitochondria and mechanisms of activation of the chimeric N-terminal signal by cAMP and other physiological factors.
2. Characterization of a novel mitochondria-to-nucleus stress signaling in cells subjected to mitochondrial specific genetic, and or, metabolic stress, which operates through altered [Ca2+]c, and the role of mitochondrial stress signaling in tumor progression and metastasis.
3. Regulation of cytochrome oxidase gene expression, and modulation of enzyme assembly/activity under chemical and oxidative stress conditions.
4. Role of mitochondrial stress signaling in Embryonic Stem Cell function/differentiation, and mammalian mitochondrial transcription under chemical and oxidative stress in ES cells.
Selected PublicationsIqbal Jameel, Sun Li, Cao Jay, Yuen Tony, Lu Ping, Bab Itai, Leu N Adrian, Srinivasan Satish, Wagage Sagie, Hunter Christopher A, Nebert Daniel W, Zaidi Mone, Avadhani Narayan G: Smoke carcinogens cause bone loss through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and induction of Cyp1 enzymes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110(27): 11115-20, Jul 2013.
Bajpai Prachi, Sangar Michelle C, Singh Shilpee, Tang Weigang, Bansal Seema, Chowdhury Goutam, Cheng Qian, Fang Ji-Kang, Martin Martha V, Guengerich F Peter, Avadhani Narayan G: Metabolism of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine by mitochondrion-targeted cytochrome P450 2D6: implications in Parkinson disease. The Journal of biological chemistry 288(6): 4436-51, Feb 2013.
Bansal Seema, Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K, Prabu Govindaswamy K, Milne Ginger L, Martin Martha V, Guengerich F Peter, Avadhani Narayan G: Human cytochrome P450 2E1 mutations that alter mitochondrial targeting efficiency and susceptibility to ethanol-induced toxicity in cellular models. The Journal of biological chemistry 288(18): 12627-44, May 2013.
Sleeper Meg M, Rosato Bradley P, Bansal Seema, Avadhani Narayan G: Mitochondrial dysfunction in myocardium obtained from clinically normal dogs, clinically normal anesthetized dogs, and dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy. American journal of veterinary research 73(11): 1759-64, Nov 2012.
Ren Ling, Hong Sung-Hyeok, Chen Qing-Rong, Briggs Joseph, Cassavaugh Jessica, Srinivasan Satish, Lizardo Michael M, Mendoza Arnulfo, Xia Ashley Y, Avadhani Narayan, Khan Javed, Khanna Chand: Dysregulation of ezrin phosphorylation prevents metastasis and alters cellular metabolism in osteosarcoma. Cancer research 72(4): 1001-12, Feb 2012.
Bansal Seema, Srinivasan Satish, Anandasadagopan Sureshkumar, Chowdhury Anindya Roy, Selvaraj Venkatesh, Kalyanaraman Balaraman, Joseph Joy, Avadhani Narayan G: Additive effects of mitochondrion-targeted cytochrome CYP2E1 and alcohol toxicity on cytochrome c oxidase function and stability of respirosome complexes. The Journal of biological chemistry 287(19): 15284-97, May 2012.
Tang Weigang, Chowdhury Anindya Roy, Guha Manti, Huang Li, Van Winkle Thomas, Rustgi Anil K, Avadhani Narayan G: Silencing of IkBβ mRNA causes disruption of mitochondrial retrograde signaling and suppression of tumor growth in vivo. Carcinogenesis 33(9): 1762-8, Sep 2012.
Srinivasan Satish, Avadhani Narayan G: Cytochrome c oxidase dysfunction in oxidative stress. Free radical biology & medicine 53(6): 1252-63, Sep 2012.
Avadhani Narayan G: Targeting of the same proteins to multiple subcellular destinations: mechanisms and physiological implications. The FEBS journal 278(22): 4217, Nov 2011.
Raza Haider, Prabu Subbuswamy K, John Annie, Avadhani Narayan G: Impaired mitochondrial respiratory functions and oxidative stress in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. International journal of molecular sciences 12(5): 3133-47, 2011.
Yan Carol, Avadhani Narayan G, Iqbal Jameel: The effects of smoke carcinogens on bone. Current osteoporosis reports 9(4): 202-9, Dec 2011.
Avadhani Narayan G, Sangar Michelle C, Bansal Seema, Bajpai Prachi: Bimodal targeting of cytochrome P450s to endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria: the concept of chimeric signals. The FEBS journal 278(22): 4218-29, Nov 2011.
Iqbal Jameel, Zaidi Mone, Avadhani Narayan G: Cell signaling. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1211: 3-8, Nov 2010.
Sangar Michelle Cook, Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K, Martin Martha V, Guengerich F Peter, Avadhani Narayan G: Identification of genetic variants of human cytochrome P450 2D6 with impaired mitochondrial targeting. Molecular genetics and metabolism 99(1): 90-7, Jan 2010.
Guha Manti, Tang Weigang, Sondheimer Neal, Avadhani Narayan G: Role of calcineurin, hnRNPA2 and Akt in mitochondrial respiratory stress-mediated transcription activation of nuclear gene targets. Biochimica et biophysica acta 1797(6-7): 1055-65, Jun-Jul 2010.
Srinivasan Satish, Koenigstein Alexander, Joseph Joy, Sun Li, Kalyanaraman B, Zaidi Mone, Avadhani Narayan G: Role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species in osteoclast differentiation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1192: 245-52, Mar 2010.
Bansal Seema, Liu Chuan-Peng, Sepuri Naresh B V, Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K, Selvaraj Venkatesh, Hoek Jan, Milne Ginger L, Guengerich F Peter, Avadhani Narayan G: Mitochondria-targeted cytochrome P450 2E1 induces oxidative damage and augments alcohol-mediated oxidative stress. The Journal of biological chemistry 285(32): 24609-19, Aug 2010.
Sangar Michelle C, Bansal Seema, Avadhani Narayan G: Bimodal targeting of microsomal cytochrome P450s to mitochondria: implications in drug metabolism and toxicity. Expert opinion on drug metabolism & toxicology 6(10): 1231-51, Oct 2010.
Sondheimer Neal, Fang Ji-Kang, Polyak Erzsebet, Falk Marni J, Avadhani Narayan G: Leucine-rich pentatricopeptide-repeat containing protein regulates mitochondrial transcription. Biochemistry 49(35): 7467-73, Sep 2010.
Guha Manti, Fang Ji-Kang, Monks Robert, Birnbaum Morris J, Avadhani Narayan G: Activation of Akt is essential for the propagation of mitochondrial respiratory stress signaling and activation of the transcriptional coactivator heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein A2. Molecular biology of the cell 21(20): 3578-89, Oct 2010.
Guha Manti, Pan Hua, Fang Ji-Kang, Avadhani Narayan G: Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A2 is a common transcriptional coactivator in the nuclear transcription response to mitochondrial respiratory stress. Molecular biology of the cell 20(18): 4107-19, Sep 2009.
Dong Hongbin, Dalton Timothy P, Miller Marian L, Chen Ying, Uno Shigeyuki, Shi Zhanquan, Shertzer Howard G, Bansal Seema, Avadhani Narayan G, Nebert Daniel W: Knock-in mouse lines expressing either mitochondrial or microsomal CYP1A1: differing responses to dietary benzo[a]pyrene as proof of principle. Molecular pharmacology 75(3): 555-67, Mar 2009.
Wegrzyn Joanna, Potla Ramesh, Chwae Yong-Joon, Sepuri Naresh B V, Zhang Qifang, Koeck Thomas, Derecka Marta, Szczepanek Karol, Szelag Magdalena, Gornicka Agnieszka, Moh Akira, Moghaddas Shadi, Chen Qun, Bobbili Santha, Cichy Joanna, Dulak Jozef, Baker Darren P, Wolfman Alan, Stuehr Dennis, Hassan Medhat O, Fu Xin-Yuan, Avadhani Narayan, Drake Jennifer I, Fawcett Paul, Lesnefsky Edward J, Larner Andrew C: Function of mitochondrial Stat3 in cellular respiration. Science (New York, N.Y.) 323(5915): 793-7, Feb 2009.
Chandran Karunakaran, Aggarwal Deepika, Migrino Raymond Q, Joseph Joy, McAllister Donna, Konorev Eugene A, Antholine William E, Zielonka Jacek, Srinivasan Satish, Avadhani Narayan G, Kalyanaraman B: Doxorubicin inactivates myocardial cytochrome c oxidase in rats: cardioprotection by Mito-Q. Biophysical journal 96(4): 1388-98, Feb 2009.
Galati Domenico, Srinivasan Satish, Raza Haider, Prabu Subbuswamy K, Hardy Michael, Chandran Karunakaran, Lopez Marcos, Kalyanaraman Balaraman, Avadhani Narayan G: Role of nuclear-encoded subunit Vb in the assembly and stability of cytochrome c oxidase complex: implications in mitochondrial dysfunction and ROS production. The Biochemical journal 420(3): 439-49, Jun 2009.
Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K, Sepuri Naresh Babu V, Avadhani Narayan G: Mitochondrial targeting of cytochrome P450 proteins containing NH2-terminal chimeric signals involves an unusual TOM20/TOM22 bypass mechanism. The Journal of biological chemistry 284(25): 17352-63, Jun 2009.
Sangar Michelle Cook, Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K, Tang Weigang, Prabu Subbuswamy K, Martin Martha V, Dostalek Miroslav, Guengerich F Peter, Avadhani Narayan G: Human liver mitochondrial cytochrome P450 2D6--individual variations and implications in drug metabolism. The FEBS journal 276(13): 3440-53, Jul 2009.
Biswas, Gopa. Srinivasan, Satish. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Dioxin-mediated tumor progression through activation of mitochondria-to-nucleus stress signaling. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(1): 186-91, Jan 8 2008.
Devi Latha, Raghavendran Vijayendran, Prabhu Badanavalu M, Avadhani Narayan G, Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K: Mitochondrial import and accumulation of alpha-synuclein impair complex I in human dopaminergic neuronal cultures and Parkinson disease brain. The Journal of biological chemistry 283(14): 9089-100, Apr 2008.
Biswas Gopa, Tang Weigang, Sondheimer Neal, Guha Manti, Bansal Seema, Avadhani Narayan G: A distinctive physiological role for IkappaBbeta in the propagation of mitochondrial respiratory stress signaling. The Journal of biological chemistry 283(18): 12586-94, May 2008.
Boopathi Ettickan, Srinivasan Satish, Fang Ji-Kang, Avadhani Narayan G: Bimodal protein targeting through activation of cryptic mitochondrial targeting signals by an inducible cytosolic endoprotease. Molecular cell 32(1): 32-42, Oct 2008.
Anandatheerthavarada Hindupur K, Sepuri Naresh Babu V, Biswas Gopa, Avadhani Narayan G: An unusual TOM20/TOM22 bypass mechanism for the mitochondrial targeting of cytochrome P450 proteins containing N-terminal chimeric signals. The Journal of biological chemistry 283(51): 36060, Dec 2008.
Srinivasan, Satish. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Hypoxia-mediated mitochondrial stress in RAW264.7 cells induces osteoclast-like TRAP-positive cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1117: 51-61, Nov 2007.
Sepuri, Naresh B V. Yadav, Sanjay. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Mitochondrial targeting of intact CYP2B1 and CYP2E1 and N-terminal truncated CYP1A1 proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae--role of protein kinase A in the mitochondrial targeting of CYP2E1. FEBS Journal 274(17): 4615-30, Sep 2007.
Hardy, Micael. Rockenbauer, Antal. Vasquez-Vivar, Jeannette. Felix, Christopher. Lopez, Marcos. Srinivasan, Satish. Avadhani, Narayan. Tordo, Paul. Kalyanaraman, B.: Detection, characterization, and decay kinetics of ROS and thiyl adducts of mito-DEPMPO spin trap. Chemical Research in Toxicology 20(7): 1053-60, Jul 2007.
Spear, Joseph F. Prabu, Subbuswamy K. Galati, Domenico. Raza, Haider. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K. Avadhani, Narayan G.: beta1-Adrenoreceptor activation contributes to ischemia-reperfusion damage as well as playing a role in ischemic preconditioning. American Journal of Physiology - Heart & Circulatory Physiology 292(5): H2459-66, May 2007.
Guha, Manti. Srinivasan, Satish. Biswas, Gopa. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Activation of a novel calcineurin-mediated insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor pathway, altered metabolism, and tumor cell invasion in cells subjected to mitochondrial respiratory stress. Journal of Biological Chemistry 282(19): 14536-46, May 11 2007.
Fang, Ji-Kang. Prabu, Subbuswamy K. Sepuri, Naresh B. Raza, Haider. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K. Galati, Domenico. Spear, Joseph. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Site specific phosphorylation of cytochrome c oxidase subunits I, IVi1 and Vb in rabbit hearts subjected to ischemia/reperfusion. FEBS Letters 581(7): 1302-10, Apr 3 2007.
Dasari, Venkata Ramesh. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K. Robin, Marie-Anne. Boopathi, Ettickan. Biswas, Gopa. Fang, Ji-Kang. Nebert, Daniel W. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Role of protein kinase C-mediated protein phosphorylation in mitochondrial translocation of mouse CYP1A1, which contains a non-canonical targeting signal. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281(41): 30834-47, Oct 13 2006.
Wang, Ying. Biswas, Gopa. Prabu, Subbuswamy K. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Modulation of mitochondrial metabolic function by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate through increased mitochondrial translocation of protein kinase Calpha in C2C12 myocytes. Biochemical Pharmacology 72(7): 881-92, Sep 28 2006.
Devi, Latha. Prabhu, Badanavalu M. Galati, Domenico F. Avadhani, Narayan G. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K.: Accumulation of amyloid precursor protein in the mitochondrial import channels of human Alzheimer's disease brain is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. Journal of Neuroscience 26(35): 9057-68, Aug 30 2006.
Prabu, Subbuswamy K. Anandatheerthavarada, Hindupur K. Raza, Haider. Srinivasan, Satish. Spear, Joseph F. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation modulates cytochrome c oxidase function and augments hypoxia and myocardial ischemia-related injury. Journal of Biological Chemistry 281(4): 2061-70, Jan 27 2006.
Biswas, Gopa. Guha, Manti. Avadhani, Narayan G.: Mitochondria-to-nucleus stress signaling in mammalian cells: nature of nuclear gene targets, transcription regulation, and induced resistance to apoptosis. Gene 354: 132-9, Jul 18 2005.
Biswas, G. Anandatheerthavarada, H K. Avadhani, N G.: Mechanism of mitochondrial stress-induced resistance to apoptosis in mitochondrial DNA-depleted C2C12 myocytes. Cell Death & Differentiation 12(3): 266-78, Mar 2005.
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University of Mary Washington sophomore John Bohlinger and senior Will Devlin were named to the 2012 Virginia Sports Information Director's Association's college division all-state men's lacrosse team.
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The East Siberian Sea Basin, which lies beneath the continental shelf east of the New Siberian Islands, is one of the better-known basins in a series of postorogenic (successor) basins in the East Siberian-Chukchi Sea region because of seismic-reflection profiles and...
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The USGS World Energy Project conducts geologic studies that provide an understanding of the quantity, quality, and geologic distribution of world oil and gas resources. Our geologic studies are conducted in an impartial manner and are performed in collaboration and partnership with energy experts within and outside government. Through synthesis and improved understanding of global oil and gas data, we shall establish a geologic basis for predicting energy production trends, we shall discuss logical implications and consequences of energy occurrence for public policy, and we shall provide for the education of society about energy issues.
Energy is critical to the health and vitality of U.S. and world societies. Historically, prosperity has been directly correlated with energy use. However, energy resources are unevenly distributed throughout the world, and exploration and development of those energy resources is risky. Some have argued that conflicting needs for sources of energy have been the principal causes for major world conflicts in the twentieth century. The World Energy Project provides geologic information and resource assessments which help reduce some of the risks and may directly impact public policy.
Credible scientific information on the abundance and geologic distribution of energy is critically needed for two ongoing national struggles. The first struggle has been for U.S. energy self sufficiency, particularly for petroleum. The U.S. is currently highly dependent upon other nations for the oil that constitutes approximately 50% of our energy use. The United States is an enormous producer of energy. We are currently the world's largest producer of oil, nuclear, and hydro power combined, and the second largest producer of natural gas and coal. However, the United States alone uses approximately one quarter of the world's supply of energy, but has only about 5% of the world's population. As of early 2000, the U.S. consumes almost 12 million barrels daily more energy than we produce (in oil equivalent); the shortfall is made up by imported oil. Despite the most technologically advanced exploration and production systems in the world operating in a deregulated environment, U.S. oil and NGL reserves have decreased 30 percent from the high in 1970. The primary reason petroleum reserves have not fallen further is the technological advances in exploration and production that provide additional reserves through the phenomenon of reserve growth. According to the Energy Information Administration, over the past fifteen years an additional million barrels of oil per day has been required to meet world energy demands. Survival of the oil industry within the U.S. today is a story of increasing the life of old fields technologically or exploring in very expensive areas such as the deep Gulf of Mexico or the Arctic.
The second energy struggle is outside the U.S. This struggle is economic, political, and technological, and is waged on the field of uneven geologic distribution of energy resources. The ongoing struggle for energy has been manifested in a military conflict in the Middle East, political struggles in the Former Soviet Union, and financial struggles throughout the world. In order to maintain prosperity, the United States seeks to fill its growing demand for energy internationally. The risks in other energy-rich areas of the world are numerous. New political, financial, and technical risks are added to all the risks traditionally associated with exploration and production of energy. U.S. petroleum companies have increasingly chosen to take their risks internationally because they feel that the greater financial risk overseas is offset by the potential for greater financial rewards. The immense aggregate risks overseas compound the overall financial risk to the Nation of the increasing cost of importing oil. More dollars are spent on buying foreign oil than on buying foreign cars.
The USGS World Energy Project provides public information and analysis to companies, investors and policy makers alike. Basic information for petroleum resource assessment in foreign lands, if available, is difficult to obtain. In the past only large multinational companies have performed such surveys and then only for the benefit of the individual company. USGS products are available to the public; industry, private investors, and the government have already indicated considerable interest.
The essence of the argument for the study of petroleum resources worldwide was captured in the recent strategic plan for the USGS in the Year 2005, where it was determined that increasing emphasis on international mineral and energy studies will be matched by decreasing emphasis on domestic mineral and energy studies. Outside the USGS, as noted above, this change has already taken place. The USGS World Energy Project provides science-based, impartial, comprehensive information for decision makers, policy makers, and the scientific and industrial community to help ensure that the U.S. has a stable supply of energy for future economic and societal needs.
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The World Petroleum Assessment Team has recently been updating assessments conducted during the comprehensive 2000 assessment as well as conducting new ones in areas around the world that were not examined previously. This work is being conducted using the latest assessment methodologies for both continuous as well as conventional resources.
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has completed an assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in all areas north of the Arctic Circle. Using a geology based probabilistic methodology, the USGS estimated the occurrence of undiscovered oil and gas in 33 geologic provinces thought to be prospective for petroleum. The sum of the mean estimates for each province indicates that 90 billion barrels of oil, 1,669 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and 44 billion barrels of natural gas liquids may remain to be found in the Arctic, of which approximately 84 percent is expected to occur in offshore areas.
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The USGS undertook this world petroleum assessment in order to provide impartial, scientifically based, societally relevant petroleum-resource information essential to the economic and strategic security of the United States. This assessment is based on extensive geologic studies as opposed to statistical analysis. A team of more than 40 geoscientists and additional supporting staff conducted the study over a five-year period from 1995 to 2000. The petroleum assessed occurs in fields exceeding a stated minimum size, which varies between 1 and 20 million barrels of oil equivalent in different areas, and in accumulation categories judged to be viable in a 30-year forecast span.
Tabular and spatial data in support of the 2012 World Assessment have been released and are available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-069/dds-069-ff/
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In support of the 2000 World Petroleum Assessment (DDS60), a series of geologic maps were captured, resulting in near global coverage of coarse resolution surface geology. Each of these maps were published as Open-File Reports on CD but are available for use in a variety of formats.
GIS Data
Petroleum Resource Potential GIS of Northern Afghanistan -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1179/
Geophysical Data
Aeromagnetic and Gravity Surveys in Afghanistan: A Web Site for Distribution of Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1204
Aeromagnetic Survey in Western Afghanistan: A Web Site for Distribution of Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1325
Radiometric Survey in Western Afghanistan: A Website for Distribution of Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1042/index.html
Airborne Gravity Survey and Ground Gravity in Afghanistan: A Website for Distribution of Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1089
Aeromagnetic Survey in Afghanistan: A Website for Distribution of Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1247/html/afghan_mag.html
Aeromagnetic Surveys in Afghanistan: An Updated Website for Distribution of Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1055
Interpretive Data
Identification of Mineral Resources in Afghanistan - Detecting and Mapping Resource Anomalies in Prioritized Areas Using Geophysical and Remote Sensing (ASTER and HyMap) Data -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1229
Notes on Interpretation of Geophysical Data Over Areas of Mineralization in Afghanistan -- http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1258
USGS Projects In Afghanistan
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Jorj-Cezar Munteanu, Embarcadero Technologies
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With an extensive range of active and passive safety features, D-MAX lives up to our commitment to get you home safely every day. 4x4 Crew Cab and 4x2 Crew Cab High Ride models achieve a maximum 5-star safety rating so you can have complete peace of mind.
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Reversing Camera
You'll have eyes in the back of your head with a reversing camera – perfect for tricky parking situations, hitching a trailer or reversing out of a busy driveway. (Available on LS & SX ute models only – accessory available for cab chassis models)
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The ultimate in active safety. Through a network of sensors throughout the ute, ESC can detect if you are over or understeering. It then commands ABS, TCS and the engine management computer to make sure you stay in control. It's like a third hand on the steering wheel, keeping you safe.
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In emergency situations, drivers can often panic when hitting the brakes. EBA detects emergency braking and takes over for you, applying maximum pressure to dramatically reduce stopping distance.
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The D-MAX ABS ensures your wheels don't lock up when braking in an emergency.
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Hill Descent Control electronically applies the brakes to ensure a smooth, controlled decent and will give you the confidence to tackle tricky downhill terrain.
Daytime Running Lights
Daytime running lights help improve the visibility of your D-MAX to others on the road even when your headlights are not turned on. (Available on LS grade models)
Electronic Brake-force Distribution
EBD spreads braking power to wheels that need it most, at the front or the rear, based on the load you are carrying. When fully loaded, this dramatically reduces your stopping distance.
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If the D-MAX detects any wheel spin the TCS applies brake pressure to the over-spinning wheels and gives you better control.
A longer wheelbase, wider wheel track and a low centre of gravity make the D-MAX more stable when turning corners or changing lanes at freeway speeds—even when fully loaded.
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For added driver control and safety, the electronic brake control will automatically engage the Hill Start Assist to prevent vehicle roll-back when starting on steep gradients (above 5.7 degrees).
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Designed to recognise early signs of dangerous trailer sway, Trailer Sway Control (TSC) automatically applies the brake on individual wheels, as well as reducing engine torque, to bring the trailer safely back under control.
As much as the D-MAX is designed to prevent you ever having an accident in the first place, we have to have some fail-safes.
With front, side and curtain airbags—plus pre-tensioner seatbelts that pull back when the airbags are activated—you and your passengers are protected on all sides.
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D-MAX's impact absorbing bonnet reduces the chance of injury to pedestrians in a collision.
D-MAX's large chassis rail cross-section provides exceptional impact energy absorption in the event of a frontal impact.
If you're unlucky enough to have an accident—or even if you happen to get stuck somewhere—we've still got your back. Every Isuzu D-MAX comes with a 5 years Roadside Assistance Program. So if you ever need help, it's just a phone call away.
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EDIT: The "Next Comic" links on http://spqrblues.com/d/20070803.html , http://spqrblues.com/d/20070815.html , http://spqrblues.com/d/20070818.html , and http://spqrblues.com/d/20070821.html are also broken.
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Sedona: A possible vacation destination
A friend did a spending fast last year and documented it on her blog. I thought it was brilliant. Although I didn't read about her experience until a month after she did it, I knew I wanted to do it in 2011. The time is now. I originally planned to do this in March, but she preempted my slight procrastination by initiating a challenge in February, so I am rising to the occasion.
What is a spending fast? Simply put: don't spend money. ever. You can pay your bills, fuel your car, and feed your family but that's it. As for feeding your family, you are on a tight budget. My friend sets a limit of $50 a week in groceries and no fast food. I am setting a slightly tighter budget of $160 for the month. Ben and I already lead a relatively frugal existence, so the $160 presents more of a challenge and that is what this is about: The challenge. I'm not going to lie, I'm hoping to add a little more money to our pre-deployment vacation fund, but I also want to push myself to get creative and think outside of the box when it comes to dealing with our budget. As far as gas, we are hoping to use our gas conservatively.
Valentine's will be our only outside expense. I certainly considered not really celebrating V-day, but Ben will be deployed during V-day next year, so I feel comfortable making a reasonable exception. This exception will most likely include homemade cards, dinner paid for with gift cards, and an exchange of thoughtful gifts that fall within a $15 price limit.
I will post updates on our progress as well as savings tips that I already employ along with new ones I learn throughout my journey. If you want to join in, please leave a comment so we can keep up with each other. I will probably do this until the middle of March.


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Hello everyone,
I would like to take this chance to invite everyone to the Illinois Trappers associations 50 anniversary convention to be held in Lincoln Illinois on October 5 & 6 at the Logan county fairgrounds. There will be a large list of demonstration's preformed by some of the best trappers in the country a long with other events for the whole family. We will have a free fish fry Friday night, and special activities for the kids this year as well. There will be special raffle's with all types of prizes from guns to gift cards,just a little something for everyone. There will be free camping this year,with only a $15.00 fee if you need electric,plus a a large list of supply dealers will be present to help outfit you for the coming trapping season. There will also be a band and a clogger group preforming for your entertainment as well. You only turn fifty once and this is a one in a lifetime event for the association,so please mark your calenders and make plans to attend this event. For more info please contact Mike Gragert 618-637-9061 for more details,thank…...RT
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So this is where I begin my story, with the BLOG FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY campaign by GAB and CARE!
Ten years ago, a history lesson at school on the Second World War and a lost opportunity to participate in a Model UN session owing to a health setback decided the career front of the funny trajectory that is my life.
Ten years ago, a history lesson at school on the Second World War and a lost opportunity to participate in a Model UN session owing to a health setback decided the career front of the funny trajectory that is my life.
I decided I would join the United Nations.
The lure was magnetic- I would stand as a representative of my country, or of an oppressed people. I would work with grass-root organizations and proffer them the benefits of humanitarian aid and assistance. I would be their voice. I would be their advocate. I would fight for them. I would ensure they would get justice.
But I would not be a feminist, I told myself. I would never, ever stand and scream hoarse saying that I wanted rights as a woman. I counted on myself as empowered, and found it ridiculous and outrageous when I heard cries that alleged they suffered "deprivation" of rights. I found it stupid that women would stand and argue in Parliaments, demanding that they be given legal rights. What legal rights, I'd wonder. I am not deprived of anything. Blame it on my upbringing. My parents brought me up treating me as a human being. I was never deprived of anything by virtue of my gender, nor offered any special treatment owing to my gender. I was normal, life was normal.
Bit by bit, I began uncovering the entire spectrum of work that had to go into making the dream real. Not meaning to forget the hurdles altogether, I'll save them for another post on another day, and for now, focus on the things I learned so far.
Ten years later, I found myself somewhere near my goal. Without the requisite educational qualification of a Masters' Degree, I had something like a foot in the United Nations through some volunteering opportunities. I soon grew to become part of feminist organizations that worked for women's rights.
And that is when the true essence of feminism- the grain of true activism separated from the chaff of jingoism- smacked me hard in the face. I learned the importance and imbibed the practicality of being a feminist for the woman in need, and not for the already empowered woman in greed.
When I worked with these organizations (I still do- I love each of them, sincerely), I was just a writer. That was what I was – a meagre nerd across continents and oceans from where these organizations functioned, staring at a computer screen and churning piece after piece after piece, following copious research. What difference are you making, anyway? I'd ask. My family would ask. My friends would ask. You're just writing. I'd tell myself. My family would tell me. My friends would tell me. Does your writing bring any justice to the ones in need? I'd ask myself. My family would ask me. My friends would ask me.
I have no idea. Does it make any difference? Did it make any difference?
To them, I don't know. To me, it did, it does and it will always do so.
When I wrote, I narrated the stories of women in distress. I told the world of real stories, of stories that were so real, they had to be fictionalized for the world to digest, of sordid and morbid realities that could leave you shaken. I told the world of the things women went through, children went through. I told the world what it already knew- or at least, most of the world already knew.
Stories of Rape.
Sexual Harassment.
Domestic Violence.
Honour Killings.
Deprivation on gender-based grounds.
Gender-based inequality.
And as I wrote, I grew. I grew because I didn't just tell these stories, I felt them. I realized that what were just words for me here was the reality, the harsh truth for a woman, miles away. I realized that as much as the world was "ahead", it was also terribly backward.
I travelled in my research. I went to war stricken Afghanistan where women bear the brunt of living a crippled life- facing domestic violence, honour killings, rape and an abject deprivation from their every right. I went to DR Congo where women still bear the brunt of Sexual Violence aplenty, and suffer indignities in the hands of the very society that should protect them. I went to different parts of India, where I learned of girl foetuses being killed in the womb because they were girls, where tribal women are forced to dance naked to be able to get a meal. I travelled to parts of the Middle East where women are the property of their men, and could even be killed or raped, with no one asking or questioning the impunity. I went to Nigeria, where girls are subjected to the harsh malpractice of genital mutilation, and their cries were so loud that they were silent. I went to Pakistan and Palestine, where women are subjected to the awful nightmare of murder in the name of protecting their familial honour. I went to South East Asia where girls are born into brothels, and lived their lives there, without knowing that they were made to live as slaves. I travelled to Kosovo and Houston, Texas, where their dirtiest secret is the filthy game of human trafficking that has many a woman under its fold. I went to Latin America where "poverty has a woman's face".
I realized that in the same world where a woman had the freedom to work as an equal with a man, a woman was also subservient to a man and could not work whatsoever. I realized that in the same world where a woman had the right to be educated, a woman was also forced to give up school because her society ordained thus. I realized that in the same world where a woman was free to choose who she would marry and when she would marry, a woman was forced to marry a man many years older than her while she would be a mere child. I realized that in the same world where women would be respected and their honour safeguarded with dignity, a woman would also be used as a miserable sex-slave. I realized that in the same world where women would be in charge of making peace, the bodies of women would be battlegrounds where war would be waged ceaselessly, devoid of all compunction.
I learned, quite simply, that there is something intricately linking the backbone of society and women. I realized that when one of those woven threads constituting the weft in the fabric is unravelled, society is crippled.
I learned that a culture of silence proves to the be the hotbed of a culture of impunity. I learned that the entire rigmarole is, but a vicious cycle just begging to be broken.
I may not be an expert. I may be far more ordinary than I know I am. I may lack expertise in totality, and "intellectually stimulating" might hardly be a justifiable title for the kind of stuff I write.
But I do know one thing. I am a drop in the ocean, but a drop, nevertheless. I am one among the scores of other women who serve as a conduit between the oppressed and the outside world.
And that is why I am proud to be a feminist.


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