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THIS POST IS LINKED TO WATERY WEDNESDAY. Click on the links to visit other watery posts.
We are pleased to report that the Pacific Ocean is still there. Whenever we're back visiting Oregon, we always have to go check on it. Not much changes in our absence -- the Ocean always does just fine without us.
The Oregon Islands at Coquille Point near where we stayed at Bandon last week. It was a little grayer and cloudier than when we last visited -- a year ago in October. (Click here for those brighter pictures.)
During the years we lived in Springfield, we visited the Oregon Coast as often as we could and we've stayed at pretty much every Coastal town and most campgrounds from Brookings to Astoria.
No matter what the weather or what time of year, Bandon was a favorite -- and it still is.


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Written in 1993 this book was about the new and re-discovered animals of the twentieth century. This is a book which can be read, dipped into or used as a reference work. It is most readable and fascinating account of some of the world's weirdest and wildest wildlife. Unlike similar works it is not solely devoted to mammals but covers the whole animal kingdom. It is well researched and authoritative. A must read for anyone interested in natural history, conservation, or even detective stories since that is what many of the discoveries and rediscoveries are. The only improvement I could have suggested would have been a summary appendix in date order but you cannot have everything.
Dr. KARL P N SHUKER (born 1959) is a British zoologist living in the West Midlands, England. He is currently working as a full-time freelance zoological consultant, media consultant, and author, specializing in cryptozoology, for which he is internationally renowned. During the course of his continuing researches and writings, he regularly travels worldwide, and also appears frequently on television and radio.
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The second part of Week 3 was spent assisting retouching images for a recent collaboration Kaela shot for Mt. Lebanon Floral. From the first intro to retouching she demonstrated, we went over her retouching workflow from start to finish, and techniques that allows her images to look flawless and, ironically, untouched when it comes to editing.
I am so in awe to have been a part of editing a shoot so absolutely breathtaking! Wonderful work and an incredible shoot to everyone involved. Below is a look book created by Kaela with the final images made by an amazing team, listed below as well.
Team Credits:
Floral Design: Mt. Lebanon Floral
Photography and Wardrobe: Kaela Speicher
Retouching Assistance: Leah Schonauer
Hair: Natosha Durr
Makeup: Shana Lohr
Model: Grace Hogan
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Double boat wakesurfing, or "double surfing," also called "surfing the spine" is a wakesurfing term referring to the ability to surf both frontside and backside waves simultaneously. This feeling is obtainable in the sport of river surfing and with the right equipment, crew and professionalism, it can be enjoyed on the lake behind the boat. For years the World Wake Surfing Championships has showcased a double wake surf exhibition during its practice sessions. It is a very difficult maneuver, but if pulled off and ran smoothly, can be very fun.
How to double boat surf? The most important part is having the right people and the right equipment: the boat and the driver. Here is a great video by Doug Shih featuring "2 Centurion Enzo's Double Boat Bowl Wake Surfing" as he calls it. Notice how the first boat stays in a direct line and maintains speed:
Most importantly, like any watersport activity, please be safe. According to legendary double wakesurfer Jeff Page, it is important to "Always check your local laws and wear Coast Guard approved vests before attempting double boat surfing. All parties should be aware that this is a dangerous task and things can happen. We do not recommend it." But if the lake/river is empty and you have enough space to attempt, here are a couple things you should keep in mind-
1. ) The rope should be about 30' off of your pole you'll want it just a head of the spine, so test the length first. Speed about 13.5 mph., but will vary depending on weight and type of the boats used. It helps to have two boats that are similar in weight and style. Do not use inboard/outboards, or outboards.
2. ) The tow boat should drive in a straight line setting your speed on your speed control. The second boat should slowly, come in on the left or port side of the tow boat, with no speed control on. The driver can control the speed and distance between the two boats, ( 10 feet + or -) while the tow boat simply drives straight and watches for traffic. Match speeds and maintain a distance that creates a perfect spine. You don't have to be overly close or overly weighted down to get the perfect wave. We are behind two large v-drives with the side tanks filled 60%. Our front tank is filled 100% and back side sacks at 100%.
3. ) As the boats slowly come together, the surfer will feel a push of the wave. It is important to keep holding on to the handle as you learn to stay in the sweet spot of the spine. If you glide down into the trough too far you will loose the wave and slide out the back. If you are falling out the back, you need to pump the board to get back in. Use your weight to shift forward and back to stay at the peak of the wave. When the rider falls slowly come to a stop and restart the process.
Double Wakesurfing Today? Today double wake surfing has gotten a little bit easier thanks to the SUPATX crew who have introduced SUP boards designed with wake surfing in mind. This is a lot easier because the bigger the board the more buoyancy you will have, plus you have the ability to get way back in the white wash and wake pocket and can even paddle back in to catch up. If you are going to try this out, then you might as well enjoy the ride with a big, buoyant and speedy paddleboard versus small wake surfboards that require professional skill. "It is so much easier to do than with a normal wake surfboard; you can even surf tandem or with your dog," says Buck Ashcraft with SUPATX. "I got to give credit to the boat drivers who need just as much skill as the surfer. Get used to SUP wakesurfing first with just one wake. Once you master frontside (body facing the wake), try backside."


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Paris Parc's Unveiling
Jean Chambaz, president of Sorbonne University, placed the virtual cornerstone of Paris Parc, a building dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship.
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I Martha Louise Granum do solemnly swearIt was truly an honor to serve my country, to care for not only
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evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the
office on which I am about to enter. So help me God
wounded and sick service members but also their family members. No one can truly appreciate the countless sacrifices that our active duty service members make each and every day. I was fortunate to see first hand how much these brave men and women give up in order to serve our nation. This Veteran's Day, I ask us all to remember the words of Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, chaplain, USMC who wrote
It is the soldier, not the reporter who has given us freedom of the press
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the soldier, not the campus organizer who has given us the freedom to demonstrate
It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.
now, get off the computer, and go make sure you are flying the colors today, ok?


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The rush of cars, like lazy waves, woke me from my sleep this morning to the cold whisper of air against my skin from the ceiling fan. Outside the window, a crow is calling from its perch on the telephone wires. A man, in his Hawaiian shirt is strolling down the sidewalk with his coffee in hand. The golden sunlight that is so native to California is crawling it's way across the eastern face of the houses across the street. Everything is as still as a photograph. The palm trees stand so motionless, they look like they have been painted here, instead of grown.
I have not been back to Los Angeles for many years. I tried moving here when I was younger, after being signed to a new modeling agency whose headquarters were here. I lasted a handful of days before putting everything back in my beat up red Subaru and driving straight back from where I came. I would love to write a glowing report on LA, but the reality for those of us who are energy sensitive, is that we dread coming to LA. LA is one of the hardest cities in the nation to be in. It is as if Los Angeles is a vacuum like vortex. As it spins, it sucks people who feel an internal emptiness in with it. And it spits people of a higher vibration out and to its periphery. California is littered with high vibrational towns and cities, places where the consciousness is far beyond average. And sometimes it feels as if all of those high vibrational places are here to balance the black hole that is Los Angeles. Like any city, I am sure that small pockets of positive consciousness exist. I am sure that the people who love this city will not appreciate my "evaluation" of this city. But I have spent a lot of time here and so, I am able to give you the full energetic picture of what is occurring here.
The dominant negative vibration in Los Angeles is poisonous ambition. LA's poisonous ambition makes it one of the most "cut throat" cities in the world. To say that something is cut throat, means that there is a competition here that is so fierce and intense that ruthless measures are taken in order to succeed or win. Greed, vicious competition, emotional separation, lack of compassion and the drive for power abound. There is a startling shallowness to the consciousness of LA. To generalize, there is an inner emptiness to the people here. Like scavengers, people feed off of success and social status. They feel that something is missing. Their hearts are crying out to be seen and heard, but to show any sign of emotion is to show vulnerability and to show vulnerability in a city like LA, is to be used as a stepping-stone by someone else. The idea that you can become important by making someone else unimportant or better by making someone else worse, has not gone out of style here. The people of Los Angeles need two things desperately. The first is compassion and the second is intimacy, both of which revolve around genuine connection to other people. It is difficult to connect with someone when they will not give you more attention than their cell phone. It is difficult to connect with someone when they are scanning the room for someone who might be more important than you. And it is difficult to connect with someone when they are surveying you for how you might be of use to them later. Los Angeles is one of those places on earth where if you are not born here, deep inner conflict and wounds lead you here.
People move to Los Angeles to make a success of themselves. It is the absolute epicenter of fame. Now fame in and of itself is not a bad thing at all. But the shadow that drives people towards fame, wreaks havoc on people's lives. The people who move here have very much in common with each other. Early on in life, their families did not understand them. They felt insignificant. They felt unseen and unheard and invalidated. Fame is validating. Success is validating. And so the people who come here are on an endless quest to make themselves important. It is an attempt to "prove themselves" to the original people who should have loved them, but whom invalidated them instead. It is an endless quest to make themselves more impressive, more beautiful, more rich and the list goes on. Many children who are born here are born to parents who have in fact made a success of themselves. They are second generation significance addicts. Forever hanging in the shadow of their hyper-successful and often famous parents, they are desperate to become something more than just their parent's child.
The hole where validation and love should be, behaves like a vacuum, sucking everything into itself. The insatiable hunger can be felt on the people here. To get very aggressive with the metaphor, they do not want to connect with you; they want to see how they can feed off you. This energy is what drives energy conscious people out of Los Angeles, to the contrast of the surrounding cities and towns. Massive shadow work is needed here to put people in touch with the deep absence they feel in the core of their being.
Ironically, hundreds of years ago when this was a native settlement poison oak used to litter the Los Angeles area. Poison oak only takes over in places where the consciousness of the beings inhabiting a location feel defenseless and vulnerable to attack. This feeling of being defenseless to attack is still a dominant vibration within the collective consciousness of the people here. It renders people defensive as well as distrusting. Like any floodplain, many parts of Los Angeles are devoid of vital energy because the energy drains from the land straight into the sea. Like moths to a light bulb, people in LA are pulled to the sea. It is the great stabilizer. The ocean, like the emancipated soul of the city, sits to the west, always offering it's energy and it's depth of spirit. People venture there to find themselves again and to feel something.
The dominant positive vibration is ambition; ironically the positive flip side of poisonous ambition. Ambition is the strong desire and inspiration to do something or achieve something, which involves strong determination. Ambition, which is pure intrinsic motivation is emotional expansion at it's finest. People move to Los Angeles to chase their dreams. And for many, their dreams are actualized. The day that we stop chasing our dreams is the day that our species is done for. Contrary to popular belief, doing what is sensible and rational will lead you to a no more safe, meaningless and fruitless life. And the people of Los Angeles have it in them to teach the rest of the world to throw caution to the wind and to go for it no matter what. Now if we could hold each other's hands while we "go for it" instead of destroy each other in order to "go for it", the emotional expansion and progression coming from this city would be unparalleled. With its finger controlling the world's entertainment, Los Angeles plays the biggest role in determining where humanity places its focus. We know what the outcome is when humanity places it's focus on destructive things. But imagine the power of placing the world's focus on things that positively fed the human soul. That is the potential of LA, the potential to set trends in the mindset of the world. And if you ask me, it's the best reason to live here. If you really want to make a difference, you really have the opportunity to do that here. It is heaven to me to imagine what would happen if the truly conscious, took over LA.
I must admit that I'm a bit nervous for tomorrow's workshop. In general, the people who attend these workshops are so conscious and connected to others that they have unlimited interest in, and patience for, processing and healing. But in a town like LA, where entertainment moves at such a fast pace you can hardly keep up with it, I am worried that some people might come to the workshop looking for entertainment or a "show" and thus be disappointed with the pace of true healing as it happens on the stage. I hope that by admitting to that insecurity, it will be a shadow that will not longer follow me around.
The benefit to being in a looks obsessed city is that to be looks obsessed is to be health obsessed and so it is easier to find vegan and raw food restaurants here than anywhere. As you know, my favorite part of travel is the opportunity to try out new restaurants. I could not be more excited if I tried to sample the health conscious cuisine here. I am going to gather energy for tomorrow's workshop by gravitating towards stress free activities today like visiting the beach and enjoying food and spending time in the little galley sized apartment that I rented. It will be a little test to see if I can spend a whole day in a state of ease.
In honor of my energy critique of Los Angeles, I'm going to leave you with a little sentence for thought…
"Heart without ambition is like a bird without wings and ambition without heart, is like wings without a bird." –Teal Swan-
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Clinical Psychologists in West Perth
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Upcoming: Girls Helping Girls
6-week groups focusing on friendships, communication skills and emotion regulation.
Groups scheduled to run Term 3 2019:
- Girls aged 10-12: Tuesdays starting 6th Aug (4 – 5:30pm)
- Girls aged 8-10: Thursdays starting 8th Aug (4 – 5:30pm)
Each group will be coordinated and co-facilitated by Dr Suzanna Russell-Smith (Clinical Psychologist) along with Masters-level Clinical Psychology students from the University of Western Australia.
Location: Vivid Psychology in West Perth
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WOD 3 "Team Glashütte"
3 Person Team, as many reps as possible in 10 minutes of the triplet:
- Chest to Bar Pull Up
- Lateral Box Jump 24"
- Kettle Bell Swing 1.5/1 pood
1 Athlete per station all working at the same time. Rotate to stations and partition reps in any way.
There will be 1 judge per station counting reps.
*** Scaled= Pull Ups, Lateral Box Jumps 20", Kettlebell Swing 16kg/12kg ***
WOD 4 "Spaten"
3 Person Team Against a 10 Minute clock
- Max rep 135/95 Overhead squat
In relay format, each member must row 500M. When athletes finish their 500M portion, he/she may commence the OVERHEAD SQUATS. 1 barbell set up is shared. 2 athletes may work at once during the OHS.
There will be 2 bar set ups- 1 at #135 for men and the other at #95 for women.
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Michael Stangarone feature by Moshier Law
Michael Stangarone's involvment with a case involving a Canadian women's plea to have her abducted child returned has been featured by Moshier Law. Please take the time to read their article The Hague Convention and Relocation of a Child Interstate or Internationally.View More
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Earlier this week on our Facebook page we shared this delightful picture of a Springfield woman who was vital to our local history.
There were a few guesses (Clementine Buchwalter, Lillian Gish, Mrs. Jeremiah Warder, and Orpha Westcott), but no one got the answer….
This is Miss Zoe Johnson, a name associated with much of the county's history found in the historical society's archives. A lifetime Springfield resident, Zoe was born in 1879 to Ortha and Mary Helen (Randolph) Johnson. Aside from the scant information found in her 1962 obituary and her listings in the Springfield city directories, very little is known about Zoe, but to those of us who have been through many different collections in the archives, her helpful essays and spidery scrawl are well known. Her occupations listed in the directories over the years included seamstress, secretary, stenographer, and clerk, but it was her time as a research worker for the W.P.A. Historical Records Survey and as part of the Federal Writers' project that helped to preserve much of our county's history.
Between the years of 1936 and 1941 she collected bits and pieces of historical information on all sorts of local subjects, yet she gained very little (if any) acknowledgement. For more than 30 years Zoe's research papers sat untouched with the historical society until they were surveyed and organized by David M. Butera in 1972. Her papers include typed essays on dozens of subjects, , news clippings, transcripts, W.P.A. survey sheets on cemeteries and churches, handwritten notebook pages (some in undecipherable shorthand), and hundreds of scraps of paper, littered with more of her notes. Much of Zoe's collected historical information was used in the 1941 Springfield and Clark County W.P.A. guide.
We truly appreciate Zoe Johnson's hard work to record our local history! The delightful 1899 photograph of her at Antioch is the only image we have. To give you an idea of the breadth of the topics she covered, here is a link to the archival collections the contain portions of her research materials:http://bit.ly/1jOe33x.


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Based in Llanelli- Wales, our client, a major supplier to the Aerospace industry is one of the leading global suppliers to both Military and commercial aircraft. They specialise in manufacturing exterior and interior composite designs for optimum weight saving and structural performance.
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In this video we learn how to make a dress out of an old flannel & t-shirt. First, measure your body on the bust. Then, take an old shirt and mark the measurement on there. Then, cut where you marked the shirt leaving 1/2" extra. After this, attach the top of the dress to the flannel by sewing it with either a needle and thread or a sewing machine. After this, take the part that you cut off and sew it to the bottom of the dress. When finished, try this on and enjoy wearing your new homemade dress for no cost to you!
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The Privilege of Eating Disorder Recovery.
I want to say something right off the bat: my recovery was not easy. I will never pretend that any part of living with and overcoming mental illness is effortless. My journey out of the heart of an eating disorder began many years ago and continues, albeit in a different form, to this day. My disorder could never have been overcome were it not for the conscious effort and work I put into my own healing: the therapy, the yoga, the reflection, the writing, the education, the tedious process of rewiring my brain and its habits day in and day out for years. All of that was me, my work, my heart and soul.
But it would be a disservice to everyone to try and pretend that my transformation happened in the absence of countless privileges that many are not so lucky to have.
My recovery process began with a hospitalization. On a sunny spring day in May of 2013, I was unexpectedly shipped off to Lucille Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California. Quite luckily (although I didn't view it as such at the time), my family lived only a few hours away from one of the top eating disorder treatment facilities in the world. The girls I shared the beginnings of my treatment with had traveled from all over the state and country to work with Stanford's medical team there, desperate for some kind of support in their struggle. Many of these girls and their families had no clue how they were going to pay for not only the treatment itself, but for the additional costs that come alongside it: the travel, the room and board for the families who were desperate to be by their loved one's side, the time off of work or school to be there.
At the time I was oblivious to this. I hated the hospital. I hated being scrutinized and mistrusted by the doctors and nurses. I hated being confined to a bed or wheelchair. I hated the humiliation of peeing into a plastic cup on the floor of the bathroom, being monitored down to the excrement of my ailing body. I hated the dull, grey walls and the piles of blandly terrifying food placed in front of me every two hours. I hated it all. I could scrape together not even an ounce of gratitude for anything about my time there.
The average cost of inpatient eating disorder treatment is $30,000 dollars a month. The median household income in the US is $53,719.
It's no surprise, then, that only 1 in 10 eating disorder patients have access to treatment.
While I struggled to find gratitude for my hospitalization, countless families would have given anything to switch places with me. My family didn't think twice about moving forward with my treatment: they were in a position where finances likely didn't even cross their mind when thinking about getting me help. Both my parents had stable jobs. Neither of my parents were worried about taking time off to take me there. But not everyone has that kind of security, not everyone has the luxury of avoiding thoughts such as, "Can we afford that?" when a doctor tells you that your child is in need of such an intervention.
I can't even imagine coping with financial stress during a time already filled with turmoil. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses, how are you supposed to maintain your sanity knowing that someone you love is suffering from such a disease and your financial situation could be the limitation between their recovery or continued struggle? What a deeply unfair situation to be placed in for everyone involved.
I have yet to mention, of course, the key element of insurance.
When I was hospitalized, I was only able to use my insurance because my doctor admitted me on the grounds of physical symptoms of my disease. I was diagnosed with dehydration, malnourishment, and a weakened heart: that's what my insurance was told. Mental illness was not even mentioned, and had it been, the cost of my treatment would have been insurmountable compared to what we paid in actuality.
Although in 2008 Congress passed The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which sought to equalize the coverage for physical and mental healthcare, it failed to specifically recognize eating disorders as a legitimate mental illness, allowing insurance companies to deny coverage to those who seek help. In 2016, the 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama. This was remarkable due to the fact that it was the very first legislation to directly address eating disorders and prevent insurance companies from denying treatment to sufferers of mental illness.
And yet, many Americans do not have or can afford health insurance. About 44 million Americans have no health insurance, and an additional 38 million have inadequate health insurance for their needs. When patients have inadequate or non-existent coverage, the likelihood of their recovery from an eating disorder plummets. For many sufferers, intensive medical treatment or inpatient supervision and guidance is absolutely key to success. To recover from an eating disorder means to literally interrupt compulsive, dangerous behavior and rewire the brain's habits into something healthier. All of this, of course, must be done while trying to improve the body's physical health as well as the mental health.
96.7% of eating disorder specialists surveyed "believe their patients with anorexia nervosa are put in life threatening situations" due to treatments being cut short when insurance coverage is denied.
If patients fear they cannot afford treatment, they will continue to be discouraged from taking on the already-difficult task of recovery. A study analyzing the cost benefits of eating disorder treatment found that the lower the BMI of a patient, the more expensive treatment is, likely due to the intensity and length of the necessary treatment for such a physically severe case. That means, of course, that those who need help the most are the least likely to be able to afford it.
Without treatment, up to 20% of sufferers die. Only 10% of eating disorder patients get recovery. It's a simple math problem with a simple solution: early and effective treatment is the key to winning the game of recovery, and losing means death.
I'm remarkably lucky. Hard working towards my recovery? Sure. But it's against all odds that I was in a position to receive and afford treatment. I am an abnormal case in that when things started going downhill I had a financially secure family ready to get me the help I needed as soon as possible. I had access to therapy, doctors, nutritionists, yoga classes. I had so many opportunities that gave me the freedom and peace of mind to be able to fully focus on healing myself. Most people don't have that.
What if I had been born into a different life? What if I'd never had the intervention of the hospital? What if I'd never been taken to a therapist, weekly, for years? What if I'd never been able to afford a membership at a yoga studio?
In all likelihood I'd be dead, or if I was lucky, jumping from one relapse to another.
I believe recovery is possible for every person. But I don't believe it's always accessible to those who need it most.
It's no secret that the American healthcare system needs an overhaul and some serious changes to impact this issue (and many others), but that won't happen overnight. As we uplift ourselves through our personal recoveries, it's important to keep in mind those who also need uplifting. The disparity of mental health treatment in this country needs changing, and it needs changing fast. It pains me to think of the young men and women out there who feel like recovery isn't possible for them due to their circumstances or financial means. Keep sharing your stories. Keep speaking out about mental health. Keep normalizing mental health treatment. As we destigmatize our stories, we move towards a world of equal opportunity recovery for everyone.
Free resources for those seeking help:
Lotus Center Free Support Groups
Eating Disorder HOPE Text Chat


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|Condition or disease
|Other: Genetic analyses
Show Detailed Description
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|37 participants
|Observational Model:
|Case Control
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Genetic Study of Nephrolithiasis in Gouty Diathesis
|Study Start Date :
|May 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2010
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2010
|Patients with gouthy diathesis
Other: Genetic analyses
|Healthy subjects
Other: Genetic analyses
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|10 Years to 85 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- male and female, ≥ 10 years of age
- uric acid or calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis
- urinary 24 h pH < 5.5 in absence of high animal protein intake (urinary sulphate excretion <25 mM/24 h after one week of low animal protein intake)
- familial history of kidney stones (at least two first or second degree family members affected)
- written informed consent according to the Declaration of Helsinki guidelines
Exclusion Criteria:
- renal colic in the 4 weeks preceding evaluations
- excessive gastrointestinal alkali loses
- inability to fully understand the purposes of the study or to provide a written informed consent
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00149305
|Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases
|Ranica, Bergamo, Italy, 24020
|Principal Investigator:
|Erica Daina, MD
|Mario Negri Institute
|Responsible Party:
|Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00149305 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 8, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 9, 2015
|Last Verified:
|October 2009
Gouty diathesis
Acid uric nephrolithiasis
Kidney Calculi
Disease Susceptibility
Kidney Diseases
Urologic Diseases
Urinary Calculi
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Disease Attributes
Pathologic Processes


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INFO: My "Retro Vault" reviews are not scored. Instead, I just talk about why I have fond memories of whichever game I'm writing about at the time. Generally, I won't pick out any bad games for the Retro Vault feature, so scoring them is essentially useless anyway. Enjoy the read.
It feels like an eternity ago when I first played Shinobi on the Sega Game Gear. This game came out in 1991, probably about two or three years before I played first played it on my Game Gear. I was a wee little munchkin at the time, only eight or nine years old. The fact that I enjoyed this game as immensely as I did back in the day when I was so young says something significant, because this was a very rough game!
There is very little that I can probably fault this game for as I look back on it now. Sure, there weren't many features and there was practically no story, but it made up for all of this by having soul destroyingly difficult gameplay. Like many older games, Shinobi didn't have alot of stages. This game only had five in total. "Only five stages?!" … is what I hear you cry out. Yes, only five, and the first four can be completed in any order.
Despite the fact that there are only five levels, only one of them happens to be anything less than hellishly difficult, and that is the highway stage. Take it from me, this is the level you'll want to beat first! Even though the level is a breeze, the boss is pretty overwhelming. It is a plane that swoops down quickly from left to right while suicidal maniacs crawl up to you and blow themselves up over and over. It sounds rough and it certainly can be, especially when you take into account how hard the boss can be to hit. The plane moves so quickly and the collision detection with it is so odd that you're bound to take a significant beating. Just check at the video I've posted at the bottom if you need further proof.
The point of the game is to rescue your fellow ninjas from the four initial stages before going after the final boss in the fifth and final stage. You can swap between your main character (red ninja) and any ninjas you've rescued at any point in the game, and they all have different techniques. The red ninja attacks with a sword, the pink ninja throws bombs, the yellow ninja shoots some kind of chi projectile, the blue ninja uses a grappling hook, and the green ninja throws shurikens. They all have unique special moves as well, and they have passive abilities such as wall climbing and water walking.
Aside from questionable collision detection, the second thing that makes this game very hard is the small screen size. I remember having problems on the Game Gear and I've also had recent problems when I emulated the game. The screen is just so small that most mobile enemies appear almost right in front of you and you'll probably take damage unless you have quick reflexes. Thankfully, stationary enemies don't cause as much grief.
This game sounds really awesome for a Game Gear game, and I remember rocking out to the soundtrack as a kid. Yes, I was that nerdy. I absolutely loved the music in this game when I was young! It's still pretty cool to listen to, as I find it to be very nostalgic.
Shinobi was probably my favourite game on the Game Gear, and I highly recommend it even today, as it's a challenging and fun platformer. I won't give out any rom links or anything and I won't openly encourage the use of a rom. I feel that I'm scott free since I used to own a legal copy, but maybe I'm not? Regardless, it was fun to play this game again recently. Check it out if you're able to and you love old school platformers.


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I was a good girl this morning and -- despite a dental-phobia strong enough to make me sick to my stomach while driving -- went to the dentist first thing. I now have a big jar of antibiotics and an even bigger jar of nasty medicated mouth rinse.
This afternoon I was feeling a bit hungry, and I decided a dill pickle would hit the spot. I have two jars of pickles -- I opened up the first one and bit into a pickle. It tasted like cucumber in water. It's a very old jar, so I figured its "dillness" must have worn out, although I didn't know dill could do that. So I tossed it away and opened up my newer jar. I took a bite and it also tasted like water! That's when I realized that this mouthwash is so nasty and changes my taste buds so drastically that sour dill pickles taste like water. Weird!
Anyway I'm hopeful that the antibiotics will quickly have me feeling back to normal. That would be a good thing, because right now all I want to do is sleeeeeep, and I really need to do my taxes instead.


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Wine Touring to unearth Mornington Peninsula Terroir
There is a moment when the spirit of the vineyard is revealed. One may think one knows wine and yet, on this day, one truly discovers it.
Out on a perfectly still autumn day, two couples on a tailor-made wine-lovers tour dropped into a few wineries to taste freshly minted 2018 Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir.
Tasting young Ocean Eight and Principia Pinot Noir out of barrel brings focus to winemaking styles; structure, aroma and flavour. But young wines drawn from their oak treasure chests also provide insight into the growing season and the terroir of the vineyard.
These wines (both MV6 clone) showed traits defined by their unique terroir. The Ocean Eight exhibited a perfumed, plucky cherry character while the Principia was richer, dark fruited and more succulent. These differences can be traced to the warmer, seaside down-the-hill site and the cooler up-the-hill Main Ridge vineyard.
When these Pinot Noirs are bottled, they are sirens for the place from where they came. Throughout the journey, terroir is a fascinating stamp on a distinctive regional character of lighter, elegant Pinot Noir.


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Over the past couple of months I've had problems with swelling in my knee and then ankles. The problem started in my right knee. I'd been swing golf clubs every other day for a few months. Then on the other days I'd take my 10 mile mountain bike ride. If you want a good workout then buy yourself a mountain bike. They give you plenty of resistance training due to the knobby tires and overall weight. My Series 3 TREK mountain bike weighs over 35 pounds. And with 21 speeds you can keep yourself rolling along at a good pace. I get my 10 mile round trip done in about an hours, with one short break. And if you do have swelling in your leg and ankle joints, one recommendation is riding your bike. When my knee started giving me problems I went to see my doc bud Dave Stewart of Nutrition Works here in Scottsdale. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR2QIRe9xo4 Dave's wife recommended I use a rub on heat called 'Sore No More'. I got a knee support (pull over type) and started applying the rub on 'Sore No More'. Within a week or so the pain in my knee stopped. problem was that somehow that problem went south into my right ankle. And my ankle started swelling so bad it looked like I had Elephantiasis in my ankle.
I was in so much pain I had to stop riding my mountain bike. I had to start walking with the assistance of a walking hiking pole. As I put weight on my left ankle to compensate for the right ankle, my left ankle started having the same problem. So now both of my ankles were swollen. Went back and visited my doc Dave and he recommended a herb boxers use for swelling. This helped a little but nothing great. I then thought I'd go to the VA hospital and get some advices. The poor vets, don't stand a chance in hell their. I got an appointment the next working day which surprised the hell out of me. I was thinking maybe the VA doctors would recommend a steroid shot, like pro-athletes gets. Instead I got the same old BS. Can we stick a hose up your ass and take some of your blood and Oh by the way. Take 600 milligrams of IBUPROFEN 3 "Times" a day. After this disappoint with the VA hospital. I decided to take a couple of weeks off and rest. An go do some traveling. Thinking keeping off my feet and driving would be a great cure. Plus I'd go to the Gulf of Mexico in Port Aransas Texas and soak my ankle in the salt water. Seemed long hours of driving were just as bad on my ankles as walking and the salt sea water seemed to off no help. I even packed my ankles in mud at the beach hoping it would draw out the poisons in my ankles. This had no effect either and for 2 days in Port Aransas I got blasted with Chem-trails. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdDn_7Pepsw
And 'old wives tale' called RICE I started doing, as the IBUPROFEN was doing little to help the swelling. Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation or RICE. I was listening to Santos Bonacci talking and he brought up the values of Cell Salts. And that they were a specific Cell Salt for every Astrological Sign. I'd remembered taking these salts back in the early 70s. So I went back to doc Dave and told him about what I'd learned about Cell Salts. Now depending on what sign you are, you should be ingesting these Cell Salts daily. And certain Cell Salts are good for certain healing processes. Dave had Arnica Montana 30X Cell Salt on his shelf, which is for 'bruising, and muscle soreness'. Dave also had Kali Mur 30X which is for the Gemini sign, which was the month given to me as my month of birth. On the bottles these Cell Salts come is, 'Homeopathic Medicine'. And 'Homeopathic Medicine' is what Dave prescribes, even to the real doctors who visit him. I'd already spent a ton of money and "Time" doing other things for the swelling in my ankles. So I gave doc 20 or so dollars and took my Cell Salts home. I started doing 4 tablets of each, 4 "Times" a day. Within a days or so, my swelling was going away. I was starting to seeing blood veins in my right ankle again. Called Dave to say, 'by golly I think we're onto something here'. As any person of health, Dave likes feedback from those he tries to help. Dave was unaware of the Astrological Sign connection to the Cell Salts, but now he is. I got Dave and his wife Karen listening to Santos's interviews on You Tube now. lol Here is some more information about Cell Salts.
Aries - Potassium Phosphate, said to be good as a brain food helpful for nerve and brain imbalances. Foods containing this salt include Parsley, Beans, Beets, Carrots, Linseed Meal, Peanuts, Milk, Buttermilk, Cheese and Avocados.
Taurus - Sodium Sulphate,, said to be good in regulating the water supply in the body system, decreasing or increasing it as needed. Foods containing this salt include Cauliflower, Lettuce, Cabbage, Turnips, Radishes, Onions, Egg Yolks, Celery, Brussel Sprouts, Kohlrabi, and Milk.
Gemini - Potassium Chloride, said to be good for forming and distributing fibrin throughout the body, thereby moderating coagulation. When clogging occurs, it is associated with sinus and throat problems as well as fibrous growths. Foods containing this salt include Cheese, Egg Yolks, Radishes, Coconuts, Lentils, Carrots, Spinach, Asparagus, and Sauerkraut.
Cancer - Calcium Flouride, said to be good for muscle and ligament tonicity, (thus helping prevent muscle prolapsis) as well as healthy teeth enamel. Foods containing this salt include Turnips, Asparagus, Beets, Goat Cheese, Kelp, Garlic, and Pineapple.
Leo - Magnesium Phosphate, said to be good for healthy nerve tissue, thus assisting nerve transmission. Foods containing this salt include Cauliflower, Cabbage, Asparagus, Beechnuts, Almonds, Whole Wheat, as well as fruits such as Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Grapefruit, Figs, Gooseberries, Peaches, and Cherries.
Virgo - Potassium Sulphate, said to be good for circulation of oils through our body, which supposedly assists digestion and kidney function, as well as excretion of toxins through the skin. Foods containing this salt include Cauliflower, Lettuce, Cabbage, Onions, Celery, Brussel Sprouts, Tomatoes and Cucumbers.
Libra - Sodium Phosphate, said to be good for balancing the acid-alkaline function in our bodies, thus helping all acid conditions which affect the nervous system. Foods containing this salt include Cottage Cheese, Eggs, Buttermilk, Brown Rice, Tomato juice, Cirtus fruits and juices, Whole Wheat products, Lentils, Vegetable Greens, Asparagus, and Parsley.
Scorpio - Calcium Sulphate, said to be good for building and sustaining epithelial tissue, thus supposedly good for all skin diseases. Foods containing this salt include Cauliflower, Lettuce, Cabbage, Turnips, Radishes, Onions, Egg Yolks, Celery, Brussel Sprouts, Kohlrabi, and Milk.
Sagittarius - Silica, said to be good for building and maintaining skin, hair, nails, and nerve coverings, as well as removing decomposed matter from the skin. Foods containing this salt include Endive, Barley, Oats, raw Cabbage, Cucumber skins, Shredded Wheat, Rye and Whole Wheat products, Spinach, Peas, Carrots, Gooseberries, and Strawberries.
Capricorn - Calcium Phosphate, said to be good as a bone builder and helpful in any bone disease. Foods containing this salt include Parsley, Beans, Beets, Carrots, Linseed Meal, Peanuts, Milk, Buttermilk, Cheese and Avocados.
Aquarius - Sodium Chloride, said to be good for regulaitng the water supply throughout the body, thus affecting elimination and how "cool" or "hot" we are regardless of the temperature. Foods containing this salt include Onions, Celery, Tomatoes, Almonds, Apples, Spinach, Peaches, Pecans, Lentils, Sauerkraut, Eff Yolks, Swiss chard, and Roquefort and Goat Cheese.
Pisces - Ferrous Phosphate, said to be good for transporting oxygen throughout the body, thus aiding circulation which assists the purifying and stimulating of internal organs. Foods containing this salt include Raisins, Prunes, Plums, Grapes, Figs, Oranges, Spinach, Currants, Mushrooms, Dates, Beets, Wheat Bran, and Lima Beans.
As you can see from this chart, there are no dead animals listed. This BS you need to slaughter some poor animal for a proper diet, is just that BS. There is nothing in dead animal carcass that your body needs. You body needs fresh nutrients from the plants that were provided for you and nothing else. As you can see from the chart above, the building blocks for a good healthy life are found in the plants.
Aussie gun control
Australian Gun Law Update
From: Ed Chenel, A police officer in Australia
Aussie gun control
It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by a new law to
surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by our own
government, a program costing Australia taxpayers
more than $500 million dollars.
The first year results are now in:
Australia-wide, homicides are up 6.2 percent,
Australia-wide, assaults are up 9.6 percent;
Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!
In the state of Victoria
lone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent.(Note that
while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not
and criminals still possess their guns!)
While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady
decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically
upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed
that their prey is unarmed.
There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and
assaults of the elderly, while the resident is at home.
Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public
safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was
expended in 'successfully ridding Australian society of guns....' You
won't see this on the American evening news or hear your governor or
members of the State Assembly disseminating this information.
The Australian experience speaks for itself. Guns in the
hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control
laws affect only the law-abiding citizens.
Wanted to share this with readers, sent to me from a subscriber to my You Tube channel.
This passage is from The Enchantress b y Michael Scott page-466. Vegetarian, Billy decided. When all this excitement was over and done with, he was turning vegetarian. Vegan, actually. Nothing that crawled, walked, slithered or swam was going int...
This is a passage from The Enchantress, by Michael Scott--page 231--Short and squat, it looked like a crocodile walking on two legs. It was five feet tall and thick bodied, its skin gnarled and scaled, with the flat wedge shaped head of a crocodile. Enormous, slit-pupiled bronze and gold set eyes set wide apart on the top of its head penetrated the gloom. When it opened its mouth, it revealed rows of jagged teeth and a thick unmoving white tongue.
-Niten had seen serpent folk before: they turned up in the legends of just every country on earth, and many of the nearby Shadow Realms were [populated by lizard creatures. Almost without exception, the lizards despised the mammals and the mammals feared the lizards.
This passage is on page 232 of The Enchantress by Michael Scott. Maybe Quetzalcoatl thought the sight of the Spartoi would terrify the humans into submission. But then, in Niten's experience, The Elders were often remarkably ill-informed about the race they wanted to rule and the world they wanted to control.... And the Spartoi moved. Lightning fast, the lizard's shield came up and Niten's sword screamed off it in a blaze of sparks.
Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory, the second philosophy." -Alexander Dumas
"Now, I-I, also I, here present -incontestably, I- am going to write an order to which I am certain you will give credence, Baisemeaux turned pale at the icy assurance of manner. It seemed to him that that voice of the bishop who was just now so smiling and cheerful, had become funereal and sad; that the wax lights changed into the candles of a mortuary chapel, and the glasses of wine into chalices of blood. Aramis took a pen and, and wrote. Baisemeaux, in terror, read over his shoulder.
"A.M.D.G., wrote the bishop; and he drew a cross under these four letters, which signify ad majorem Dei gloriam, "to the greater glory of God"; and thus he continued, It is our pleasure that the order brought to Monsieur de Baisemeaux de Montlezun, governor for the king of the castle of the Bastille, be held by him good and effectual, and be immediately carried into operation. (Signed) D'Herblay, "General of the order, by the grace of God."
This passage is from page 95 of a book written by poet Robert Bly called Iron John. The older men in the military establishment and government did betray the younger men in Vietnam, lying about the nature of war, remaining in safe places themselves, after having asked the young men to be warriors and then in effect sending them out to be ordinary murderers. And so the demons have a lot to work with in recent American history.
This is a passage from pg 61 of Iron John by Robert BlyThe average american child by eighteen has seen four thousand hours of commercials, yet very few televisions have been smashed by axes, very few presidential debates interrupted by "activists", very few increases in the military budgets stopped by mass protests. Blake roots passivity in the earliest childhood. Struggling in my father's hands, Striving against my swaddling bands, Bound and weary I thought best To sulk upon my mother's breast.
During the last thirty years men have been asked to learn to go with the flow, how to follow rather lead, how to live in a non-hierarchical way, how to be vulnerable, how to adopt consensus decision making. Some women want a passive man if they want a man at all; the church wants a tamed man - they are called priests; the university wants a domesticated man-they are called tenure track people; the corporation wants a team-worker, and so on.
In Blake's time the corporations were called charter companies, and he said: I wander thro' each charter'd street, Near where the charter'd Thames does flow, And mark in every face I meet, Marks of weakness, marks of woe. Passivity increases exponentially as the educational system turns out "products".
Send me your thoughts and I'll always share with others. We all grow together!!!
Bill Donahue Gnostic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk6429w9-U8
From the 'Tibetan Book of the Dead'
'Great Introduction to the Intermediate State of Reality' pt. 11
O, Child of Buddha Nature, these buddha-bodies (that you see before you) are neither large or small, but perfectly proportioned, and they are (all adorned) with there respective ornaments, (costumes), colors, postures, thrones, and hand gestures. The array is made up of (central) couples (of male and female deities), forming five distinct clusters and each cluster of five is encircled by an aura of five-colored lights. All the male bodhisattvas of the (five) enlightened families who accompany the male (buddhas), all the female bodhisattvas of the (five) enlightened families who accompany the female (buddhas) and the entire Mandala will arise (before you), perfectly and simultaneously. So recognise them! They are your meditational deities!
O, Child of Buddha Nature, from the hearts of the male and female buddhas of the five enlightened families, the light rays of the 'four pristine cognitions combined', very fine and clear, like a spiders web, will dawn before your heart, (like the) entwined light rays of the Sun.
First, the sheet of radiant white light rays, bright and awesome, (indicative of) the pristine cognition of reality's expanse, will emanate from the heart of Vairocana, and touch your heart. Above this sheet of light, a white seminal point resembling a mirror facing downwards will arise, emanating light rays, extremely radiant, bright and dazzling, adorned with five distinct seminal points of like nature, each of which in turn will be adorned by greater and lesser seminal points, (forming an array) with no center or horizon.
(Second), a sheet of radiant blue light, (indicative of) the mirror like pristine cognition, (will emanate) from the heart of Vajrasattva. Above this, like a turquoise bowl facing downward, a radiant blue seminal point will arise, (also) adorned by ( an array of) greater and lesser seminal points.
(Third), a sheet of radiant yellow light, (indicative of) the pristine cognition of sameness, (will emanate) from the heart of Ratnasambhava. Above this, like a gold cup facing downwards, a radiant yellow seminal point will arise, (also) adorned by (an array of) greater and lesser seminal points.
(Fourth), a sheet of radiant red light, (indicative of) the pristine cognition of discernment, (will emanate) from the heart of Amitabha. Above this, like a coral bowl facing downwards, a radiant red seminal point will arise, extremely luminous and dazzling, (resplendent) with the luminosity of pristine cognition. It too will be adorned with five distinct seminal points of like nature, each of which in turn will also be adorned by greater and lesser seminal points, (forming an array) with no center or horizon. All of these (lights and seminal points) will indeed arise, and touch your heart.
Well 21 December 2012 is behind us now and the future is supposedly going to be much brighter. All the doom and gloom never materialized that many predicted. And just a reminder that neither the Hopi or Mayans said that the World was going to end on the 21 December date. That was the media hype of 'constantly be afraid'. But be sure new bummers are on the horizon, created solely for the masses. After the hype of 2012, I hope folks realize what is being done to them. Just a big ass 'dog and pony' show, that instills fear in folks minds. My biggest fear is that these staged mass shootings will continue. The only thing stopping to bring forth a single World government is America's guns. And these mass killing are being done so folks just get tired of the killings and give up there guns. Unlike 911 when most of what was left of Americans freedoms were taken away overnight. These killings will be a drip, drip, drip effect. Until the subconscious is broken down. When Americans are demanding other Americans give up there guns. Even though most will realize the killings are staged by the 'powers'.
"God" bless to everyone and in hopes we all grow more and more Spiritual every day. For this is the biggest fear of those who want to control the masses. Spiritual Beings cannot be controlled or killed off. The Spiritual Being is protected by the Laws of Nature. If folks want to act like those who want control over them, then they are subject to the punishment. Rise above the animal instincts in your reality and then you are not governed by the same aspects. After all this is what your life in all about, your Spiritual growth. The Material World was created to control the masses with debt. Everyone needs to feel right in there own skin, know there place in the Universe. Freedom to move about, explore, learn and share. Debt limits all these aspects of life. Debt turns you into a prisoner in your own home. Real Freedom from debt will be the new Horizon, this I hope for humanity.
"God" bless on this Sunday afternoon, may you have sweet dreams with soft landings.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
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Unconfirmed claims from a report by Gizmodo, UK says that Samsung's foldable smartphone may not be available to everyone and will have a huge price tag up to $2500.
Gizmodo's UK source, which they verify to be a Samsung employee, says this groundbreaking device will be offered through a limited number of channels only in the UK. It will be offered in Samsung stores SIM-free and if through carrier EE it will be either SIM-free or on contract.
If true, Samsung's foldable smartphone's debut will be unlike its flagships Galaxy S and Galaxy Note which are offered by almost all major carriers and it is unknown at the present time if it will be harder to purchase in the US compared to its former top of the line models.
No mention either of installment plans being offered but its hard to imagine Samsung and EE wont be, considering the price tag is rumored to range from $1900 to $2500 according to this employee.
There will be different models of the foldable smartphone and so there will be different ranges in prices. The most expensive of course will be for the device offering the highest internal storage and RAM. Previous rumors had it that the highest price would be $1850 but most recent rumors have it far exceeding that by $750.
This isn't too surprising since $1000 price tags have been pushed recently by the smartphone industry. And it sounds as though Samsung is pushing forward the higher pricing of devices going beyond that bracket if it does list its best smartphone at $2500!
Earlier this month at the Samsung Developer's Conference (SDC) it's foldable smartphone was on display giving attendee's a sneak preview of what it will look like and how it will operate, especially the folding of it using its Infinity Flex Display: going from looking like a smartphone to opening up and looking and working like a tablet using a multi-active window with the ability to run at least three apps at the same time.
While these features were demonstrated at the SDC event other features of its design were not shared and were kept secret.
Samsung hasn't yet made a final decision on naming its new foldable smartphone device which could end up being Galaxy X, or Galaxy F or Galaxy Flex.
A report coming out of South Korea, Samsung's home country, is that come next February 2019 at the Mobile World Congress, Samsung's foldable smartphone will be officially announced and released.
But it is also rumored that LG may also unveil a foldable smartphone next year at the global stage for innovation, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which is scheduled to be held from January 6–11, 2019.


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SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters For PC – Free Download
SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters Review
The instant messaging and chat apps are still clearly dominated by WhatsApp and its more than one billion users worldwide. It is still the preferred one, perhaps because of its sobriety, although obviously, if all your contacts use it, you will also use it. But that does not mean that other apps are not used to communicate that incorporate multimedia resources … such as Snapchat, based on sending images. An app of messages in photo and video and video calls Among this type of apps we find SNOW – Video calls, Selfies, Filters live for Android, application used by more than one hundred million people around the world and that also offers image editing through stickers and live filters. Online communication without limit. These are the main features and functions of SNOW Selfie: Communicate with your Facebook contacts and those in your phone book. You can also add them using QR codes. Make video calls between contacts by adding stickers to the live image. Record videos and apply different facial effects before sending. Create Stories and share them with your contacts during a certain time. You can add to them the photos and videos that you have shared in a chat. Set a special configuration for the videos and images you send, just like you can do in other apps like Snapchat. Optional preview of chat messages. Respond to messages directly from notifications. At the beginning we talked about the sobriety of WhatsApp … something that you will not find here. It is true that the interface it has is diaphanous and not at all strident, but if you download the APK you will see how it is circumscribed to that group of applications aimed at an audience that is looking for informal communication, such as LINE. Now, if what we want is to use the application on a PC … we are afraid that this will not be possible so it better resorts to others like Skype. That's right, they do not have the possibility to apply stickers, filters and others to your communications, but at least you can use them from the desktop or the browser without having to go through Android emulators and others. On the other hand, what we miss in SNOW Selfie Motion Sticker is the certification that our communications are secure. It is not a trivial matter, as you already know, given the continuous cases of data theft and hacking that occur continuously.
SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters Gameplay Images
Recommended: Karbonn Titanium Dazzle Specs
How To Play/Download SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters on PC
Follow the instructions below, it is very easy and takes about 5-10 minutes to complete the game.
- Download Bluestacks.
- Run and install.
- Open the BlueStacks app and set up your Google Play Store with your Gmail.
- Sometimes it is necessary to check the phone.
- After that, search for 'SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters'
- Click the Install button next to the game icon.
- When you're done, you can find and play the SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters in the 'All Apps' or 'My Apps'
More Tips for SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters on PC
- If for some reason Bluestacks does not work for you, you can try any other emulator from the list of the Best Android emulators for PC.
- Sometimes, when you play SNOW – Video Calls, Selfies, Live Filters, bluestacks ask what you have to pay, but you can download some applications. Whenever prompted, select 'Install apps' and continue to use them for free.
- You can set your keys in bluestacks. You can assign a specific key to a specific location. And there are options to tilt, sweep, hit, move up / down / right / left … etc.
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Ten explosive devices were found in near a residential neighborhood in Netanya on Tuesday. Police sappers neutralized bombs.
The devices were discovered by a construction worker in an area where a horse ranch previously owned by the Alperon crime family once stood.
The worker gathered the bombs, placed inside a shipping container and called the police.
It remains unclear who hid the explosive devices at the site.
A police official said the bombs were apparently intended for criminal purposes.
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Harley-Davidson still enjoys a considerable share of the Swiss motorcycle market. During this 2018 event, big and reputable dealers like Baechli Harley-Davidson and Buendnerbikes came to show their new creations at proximity of the Official display and just across the Indian Motorcycle one. Swiss Moto, like Swiss Custom, is a show letting you understand the country's market specificites. Even Big Daddy the Rat's Hole Show made the trip to Zurich for a bike competition. (photos @ H. Roesler for C. Huze)
4 Responses to "Seen At Zurich Swiss Moto (February 22-25)"
Mar 2nd, 2018 at 11:46 am
A gas tank that looks like it's carved out of stone. Now THAT is different… and way cool!
Mar 2nd, 2018 at 12:36 pm
The sissy bar on the chopper (6th pic from the top) should be angled back a little more. The knuckle motored chopper (5th pic from the bottom) looks real nice.
Mar 2nd, 2018 at 1:01 pm
That green shovel hardtail reeks of pulchritude.
Mar 2nd, 2018 at 5:37 pm
I wanna ride the red sportbike thing with the Indian X-wedge motor
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Back in the days when I had pre-schoolers, I was outside chatting with some moms, all of us happy to be free from our winter weary homes on a beautiful spring day. My eyes did a routine scan for the two boys who belonged to me on the kid crowded field. I couldn't believe what I saw.
A group had gathered around my two year old, and were taking turns kicking him. He would fall over and then get up, only to find himself sprawled on the grass again. And what was most horrifying to me was that his brother, (who was four), was in the circle of older boys. I raced to the aid of my little son and grabbed his brother's hand and hurried inside. My two year old seemed okay. I think I stopped the activity before he realized he was a victim. His brother needed a time out and so did I, so I sent him to the stairs and then collapsed on a chair. I had worked very hard to nurture sibling alliance over the past year and had so hoped that my two sons would love and care for each other. I felt angry, hurt and betrayed. But I had seen, in the past, how important it was to access the child's perspective and so I summoned my self-control and went to the stairs. I asked calmly, looking into his anxious eyes, "what were you doing out there?"
"We were playing a game where we took turns kicking my little brother."
"Did you think that was a good game?" I asked, carefully postponing my fury until I'd finished my inquiry.
"No" he said, "I didn't want to play that game at all. I wanted to dig tunnels in the sandbox. But you said that if I wanted to have friends I had to do what they wanted sometimes, and not always what I wanted, and that's what they wanted to do." He burst into tears.
Ah, it was true. I did say that. We were new in the neighborhood and I was giving my son advice on how to make friends. But I'd forgotten that he did not know all the caveats and contexts that are assumed with such counsel. In his little four year old mind, he was just doing what mommy said. He was sad and confused. I wrapped him in my arms and began to explain.
It all worked out happily that day but it easily could have gone awry. I could easily have not noticed the 'game' in time and my little son could have been hurt physically and probably more importantly, hurt emotionally. It would have been very easy to assume that there was no possible explanation valid enough for what I had just witnessed with my own eyes. It would have been easy to punish my oldest son with no questions asked. I mean... really! What's there to ask when you see your oldest son and his friends kicking your 2 year old son?
But there was an explanation. A good one. An explanation where something I had said was part of the problem. When we unravel problems, we often find, quite unexpectedly, that some of the threads have their origin in our hands. When we are calm and open to this, the problem can usually be corrected. That day I was reminded again how important it is to listen carefully in order to untangle the ancient what-you-heard-is-not-what-I-meant communication knot
We had a long conversation about brothers and kindness and loyalty. We talked about how confusing it can be to feel one thing and be told another. My oldest son told me about other times when he had felt like that and we all hugged. "Friends will come and friends will go but brothers are forever" we marched around the room and chanted loudly.
So my counsel to parents (or anyone in any kind of relationship) is this. Even when things look incontestably, irrefutably, undeniably crystal clear from where you're standing, if the other person is behaving in a way that hurts, confuses or angers you, give them a chance to explain. Inquire in a way that does not put them on the defensive. Take a time out before talking if necessary. But give the relationship the gift of intentionally opening yourself to their perspective. I have never ceased to be surprised at what is going on in other people's minds on occasions when I had simply assumed what I thought was perfectly obvious from the circumstances.
If you can't do this, call me. Seriously. It's totally worth it.


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It can be stressful to pack for girl's holiday. Often, we are so wrapped up about what to wear for each day or for some occasion, we forget to bring the actual essentials of what we actually need!
So, I have compiled a list of what to pack! This way, you will know for sure what you will not be forgetting.
How often do you pack high heels only to get to the location, and realising the streets are cobbled? Packing a variety of flat shoes would be useful in this scenario. If it is for beaches, try packing some cute flip flops and sliders. Otherwise, for cities and if you are planning a lot of walking wear some cute trainers, and later, switch to some dressy flats! For days to lounge in your accommodation, bring one small slippers so you can avoid stepping on the sand from the beach!
Beach Bag
I am guilty about this. I usually chuck one bag into my luggage assuming it would be a one size fit all scenario, and realising later, it is not beach ready. So, guess who ends up carrying everything? From a personal experience, do consider a beach bag into your luggage, as you can chuck all the necessities such as sun cream, a bottle of water and beach towels into your bag.
Wanting to wear something that is comfortable is universal. So, why deny yourself some women's loungewear in your luggage? Get some classic rib jersey as part of your everyday wear on your girly holiday! This way, you can chill on holiday without worrying about running out of outfits to wear.
Makeup and travel bag
You do not need to bring your entire makeup bag contents with you on your girly holiday. It will probably take up too much space in your luggage, and the chances are you may not even apply everything on a daily basis. Think about it, the sun will probably beat you to it and melt some off your face. Go show off your tan, and apply a bit of lipstick, highlighter and waterproof mascara instead.
You should definitely do bring some sunscreen, after-sun, toothbrush and toothpaste in your bag too and you will be holiday ready! Other last minute essentials are your up to date passport, travel adaptor, and accommodation address with the contact details too!


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Now this is interesting…. will we see NVIDIA and AMD producing their next GPUs with the new GDDR6 VRAM?
"AMD will be launching the first consumer graphics card with HBM2 in a few months with its next-gen Vega GPU architecture, but later this year Micron will be launching its new GDDR6 technology.
GDDR6 will eventually replace GDDR5, but not the faster GDDR5X, by 2020 according to some reports. GDDR6 is capable of 16Gbps bandwidth, up from the 10Gbps on GDDR5X, and up significantly from the 7-8Gbps from GDDR5.
Micron is bringing up the release of GDDR6 because people are upgrading their graphics cards every 3 years, rather than 5 years or so."
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Google is close to settling a three-year European antitrust probe with "much better" concessions to allay concerns over blocking rivals such as Microsoft from internet search results, two sources said. A settlement with the European Union's regulator would mean that Google, the world's biggest internet search engine, would escape a possible fine of as much as $5 billion or 10 percent of its 2012 revenue.
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Lucas Grainger-Brown
Lucas Grainger-Brown is a Melbourne-based writer and former management consultant to the federal government. He is currently completing PhD student and tutor at The University of Melbourne, focusing on national identity and globalisation in the Howard era. He has written for numerous journals and news media and has authored two novellas, a short story collection, and the novel Cleopatra's Daughter (2016).
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DIY Hardwood Plank Floors from Plywood
Update: We have now done this to THREE rooms in our house and we love them all. They have survived summer grass clippings, winter wet, salty boots, my high heels pounding them before I leave for work, and many family parties with drink spills.
DIY Hardwood Floors
We bought our lovely 1980's home knowing that we would have to put in some work to bring it up to date and to align with our tastes. We painted and stained the trim in the dining room within just three weeks of moving in, knowing that we would have to address the heinous carpet eventually. I really wanted to put in hard wood floors but they are very EXPENSIVE! With two kids, a mortgage, student loans, and other projects in the house to do, we just did not want to splurge on traditional hardwood flooring. Maybe someday.
Next, we looked at the engineered wood flooring. Even that was expensive and I could not really justify the price for something I knew I would have to replace in about 10 years. I felt like this flooring thing was out of my reach. Expensive and unaffordable for our current lives. A normal person might settle for laminate or bite the bullet and wait.
I am not normal. I am impatient. So I started snooping around the hardware store and the internet to see if I could find a suitable alternative. I read about folks using plywood as an inexpensive alternative to traditional hardwood flooring. A DIY project. Hook, line, and sinker, I was in.
Awful carpet!
First: prep the floor
First things first, you have to remove the old stuff. We had to get rid of (horrid) carpet. T pulled up the carpet and the padding, rolled them right up and carried them to the curb. Then he pulled up the baseboard and put them in the garage. We did not get rid of them because we had to put them back up after the flooring was down. They stayed in the garage during project time.
Next, you have to get the garbage left behind by the old stuff. In our case, this was the staples the builders used to lay the carpeting. I have to say that the number of staples they used was absolutely asinine. Nevertheless, we had to remove them all. I vacuumed all of the other residual stuff up with the shop vac. Now we had an area to work with.
Second: prep the floor boards
We used red oak plywood boards from Home Depot. The boards were about $50 each (sometimes they are on sale for $35!) You can find them here. T had Home Depot cut the boards for a nominal fee. They were cut into 8 inch strips and WITH the grain.
We had a major issue with the first time we ordered the wood. They cut it AGAINST the grain. Why would anyone do this? I have no idea. We took them back and Home Depot graciously replaced them. It sounds simple now but believe me, it was a fiasco that wasted the better part of a day. Moral of the story: make sure you specify that the wood is cut with the grain.
While you're at Home Depot or the hardware store, make sure you pick out a stain. For this room we used a very dark stain since it went with the rest of the items in the room, but we used something lighter (that I actually prefer) for the family room.
Next: Sanding
Invest in a decent sander. I purchased a random orbit sander from Amazon. T used either 120 or 150 grain sandpaper to do the floors. He says they both work well.
You have to sand every single one of the boards and it is a slow process. This was the most time consuming part of the project.
Next, to get a more smooth finish, you should sand each board by hand with 220, and then 400 grain paper. We have learned to divide up this work. Usually he does the random orbit and the 220 and I run over it all with the 400.
We just completed our THIRD room this way. We did the floors in our bedroom. This time, we nailed them down and THEN stained them. It went a lot faster! I would only do it this way from now on because it saves a ton of time. Don't forget to wipe up the excess stain!
Staining is fun because you are getting close, but very messy! We have developed a process for staining. I first put on rubber gloves (like medical grade stuff that I use when I'm cleaning up barf) to keep the stain off of my skin. Next I put an old sock over the hand that I am going to use to stain. Then I dip a rag into the can of stain and apply it to the board. Once you apply the stain, you should run over the board with a dry rag to remove the excess stain. We have done these inside and outside. The darker ones were our dining room and the lighter ones went into the family room. You can find the lighter the stain here, it's Dark Walnut in Varathane. And here is the darker stain, it's called Kona.
We put the wet boards on old pallets in our grass and let the sun dry them. Once they are dry we stacked them and either moved them to the garage or basement depending on how long we wanted to wait before laying them in the room.
The second time we did this we started the boards inside during the winter and leaned them against a wall to dry. Then we put them in the basement until we were ready to lay them. (Months later.)
Third: lay them down
Once the boards were dry we arranged them in the room with spacers. When we did this again in another room, we skipped this step. Every time we did the project it was during a hot month and we figured that with the imperfections in the board edges, the fact that it was not going to get much hotter in our home, and the way they ultimately looked when they were laid down, this was not really entirely necessary. I would recommend checking it out for yourself and certainly using the spacers in a colder time of year.
As far as layout pattern we just did one row from one side of the room, then started the next row from the opposite wall. You can see in the photo above that this creates spaces up against the wall.
T measured these smaller spaces and cut boards individually to each space. It would make sense that they would all be about the same size, but oddly, they were not. So each one has to be cut slightly separately. If you have baseboard to put back up, it does cover small spaces from the wall. So it gives you a little wiggle room.
Fourth: secure the boards with liquid nails and a nail gun
This is the REALLY fun part. We used liquid nails to fix them down to the floor. I linked to the gallon size container because you need a large amount. We used a grout spreader to lay this. I recommend doing one row at a time, and then making sure they are where you want them before you nail them into place with the nail gun. We don't own a nail gun, fortunately our next door neighbor does and let us borrow it.
We did two nails on each end of the board and two in the middle since they are long planks, in order to make sure they stay down.
At this point it really comes together. I got really excited to see what the floor would ultimately look like when we were done.
EDIT: This is when we stain them now!
Fifth: clean them up!
After we swept up the debris and vacuumed (thankfully we were gifted a shop vac at some point) the floors were still dusty. We were not sure how to clean these, but I just took a chance and used my swiffer wet jet and it worked just fine. A small amount of stain came up, very small, but it was fine. This worked so well that I used this method with subsequent rooms.
Finally: finish it off!
So now you have wood floors and you need to protect them. I did a bunch of research into polyurethane products to figure out what was the best to use in our house.
We settled on a water based poly so it would dry faster and not eat our insides with the chemical smell. It's really a solid product and holds up well to the rough and tumble of kiddos, high heels, snow boots, and wild family parties. You can find it here. I have also used it for MANY other projects like shelves and we coated our dining room table with it when we refinished it (after a forking incident - that's right ... forking.)
You need a special applicator to lay the poly on the floor. It has a space to fit a handle that you would screw in like a push broom handle. You might already have one of those or you can pick one up at Home Depot. Make sure that you follow the instructions on the package for the lambswool pad and rinse it before you use it or you will end up with fibers stuck in your poly coat.
The poly goes on kind of thick and it looks milky when you first lay it down. Don't despair. It dries clear and even if you just do a decent job of coating the whole floor. We waited about six hours then applied a second coat.
Freshly finished with poly
It looks wet, slightly cloudy, and weird. Don't worry, it dries beautifully.
You're done!
Now you need to let it dry. We let ours dry overnight then moved the furniture back in. Laying our own flooring has been one of the most gratifying projects we have ever done. It completely changes the look and feel of the room. The dining room after is below, and I have included some before and after photos of the family room and office. It was such a large space that we had to do that project in two phases (which, being impatient, I obviously hated.) Just look at the before and after photos and you can see that it was well worth the time and effort.
Some more photos with the rug and decorated for the holidays.


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Ronaldo hat-trick takes Portugal past Sweden
Tuesday 19 November 2013
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Sweden 2-3 Portugal (agg: 2-4) Zlatan Ibrahimović scored twice in five second-half minutes to give Sweden hope but Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick took Portugal through.
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Cristiano Ronaldo once again proved the difference between Portugal and Sweden in the second leg of their FIFA World Cup play-off.
Portugal had edged the first instalment on Friday thanks to a solitary goal from the Real Madrid CF forward, who earned them a 2-0 aggregate advantage with the opener in Solna. However, two goals from Sweden talisman Zlatan Ibrahimović gave hope to the hosts, until Ronaldo added two more of his own to complete a memorable hat-trick and secure Paulo Bento's side a place at next summer's finals in Brazil.
A cautious start to the game was not indicative of what was to come. As demanded by coach Erik Hamrén, Sweden had far more possession than in Lisbon, yet still they rarely threatened. While Ibrahimović was operating from deeper than normal, Ronaldo was as menacing as ever, chancing his arm on three occasions in the opening period.
Sweden, though, had a better opportunity after the interval, Sebastian Larsson forcing Rui Patrício into a point-blank save. However, Portugal then unleashed a lethal counterattack which ended in João Moutinho teeing up Ronaldo. Sweden now needed three to go to Brazil. Ibrahimović got two of them in five second-half minutes, heading in from a corner and drilling in low from a free-kick, to get the Friends Arena on its feet.
However, just as Sweden believed again, Ronaldo turned it on once more. He produced another lightning break and another stylish finish but he was not done there, running onto another Moutinho pass and firing past Andreas Isaksson to rubber-stamp his team's progress.


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