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For my home network, my gateway has a built-in firewall and my computers have their own firewall too. So far it's working fine.
I heard some of them said this configuration is better, as firewall from different vendors has it's vulnerability. Using both with the correct configuration provides dual protection. (Similar to Back-to-back deployment) If one is down, the other is still protecting it.
Some of the users prefers to have either software or appliance firewall, as they said less inspection and better network performance.
However, I have seen organizations with either using only appliance firewall or both appliance + software firewall.
What is the best practice for implementing / choosing different kinds of firewall setup?
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Using both with the correct configuration provides dual protection. (Similar to Back-to-back deployment) If one is down, the other is still protecting it.
For the home user, I agree with that approach -- in other words: a "belt and suspenders".
I'm a firm believer in a hardware as well as a software firewall. If malware can get through the hardware firewall, the software firewall is still there for protection.
Supplementing what Bugbatter stated, there really are two major types of "directional" malware: those that are "inbound" and those that are "outbound" There is no question that a hardware firewall does a great job of protection a LAN from inbound threats, e.g., port scans. However due to hardware firewalls' inherent design, they do not provide protection from outbound threats, e.g., Trojan backdoors for an example. Software firewalls, or HIPS, which can provide software specific protection, are far more effective in protecting systems from outbound threats. It is the correct combination of both types of firewall protection that offer the greatest protection. At bottom, however, you are the greatest factor in protecting your system from malware. Safe browsing, intelligent limiting of personal information, educating yourself and understanding the nature of malware threats, keeping your security suites up to date, etc., provides the greatest protection.
As PCBruiser noted, we're actually talking about a standalone device and a program that you run on your computer which are complementary to each other. While there's a small overlap in protection, using your residential gateway broadband router's firewall and a application firewall program on your computer should neither slow down your connection noticeably, nor should they conflict with each other, so there's no real reason not to use both, if you have them available.
Another useful reason to have a software-based firewall on your computer is if your network connection is shared with others (family members, friends, tenants, and so forth). In the the event another computer inside your network gets compromised with, say, a worm, your firewall should detect the connections from the infected computer and provide you with a warning and block the unauthorized network connection to prevent your computer from becoming infected.
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It's always good to use both(hardware and software) firewall to complement each other. We have 5 PCs in our home network sharing connection and each system has its own software firewall in addition to the gateway firewall and it's good as it makes us feel more secure.
Though a network may have all the security precautions hardware-software firewalls, antivirus/anti-malware, updates etc. rogues and some nasties are still able to get in so it's also very important that users are well-informed on safe internet browsing and using the computer with security in mind.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was reappointed Tuesday to a second five-year term despite concerns about the LAPD's disciplinary policies and openness with information.
The Police Commission voted 4-1 in favor of Beck's reappointment, with senior commissioner Robert Saltzman casting the lone dissenting vote.
President Steve Soboroff praised Beck for the elimination of a backlog involving the testing of rape evidence and for falling crime numbers in the nation's second-largest city.
FILE - This Feb. 4, 2014 file photo shows Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck speaks at a news conference at LAPD headquarters in Los Angeles. Beck on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014 was reappointed to a second five-year term by the department¿s civilian oversight commission. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Soboroff, however, also noted the commission's inspector general will be investigating reports of improperly classified crimes that may have lowered statistics on violent offenses.
Saltzman said he is concerned that Beck was not consistent and fair in his discipline process or appropriately transparent in dealings with the commissioners and the public.
He said the LAPD provides less information than it did under a federal consent decree issued in response to the Rampart corruption scandal involving alleged abuses by officers in the late 1990s.
Mayor Eric Garcetti supported Beck in his effort to be reappointed. He congratulated Beck during a news conference and said he would be a demanding boss.
The commission appointed by Garcetti generally supported Beck's reappointment, though members did speak about the need to improve communication and the discipline process.
Saltzman, who has served on the commission for seven years, preceding Beck's first term and through the end of the federal consent decree, said the chief had fallen short of expectations in ensuring fairness and consistency in discipline and in transparency and respect for civilian oversight.
"The good order of the LAPD depends on both the perception and reality that discipline is handled fairly and consistently," Saltzman said.
The independent commission sets department policy and determines whether it is followed in specific incidents. The chief has sole discretion over disciplining officers.
Saltzman spoke of a number of cases he saw as troubling because discipline was too lenient or didn't match punishment in similar cases. He also was concerned about limited discipline of officers whose conduct was determined to be out of policy.
"I find it especially troubling that the department provides the commission with less information now than it provided to us regularly when the department was operating under the federal consent decree," Saltzman said. "At the very least we should be receiving the same information ... certainly not less."
Beck said he was honored and humbled by the reappointment and added the process had been more difficult than expected and brought many lessons.
Beck said he would work on "ensuring we not only honor transparency in our speech but in our action."
Tyler Izen, president of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the officers' union, congratulated Beck on his reappointment and pledged to work with him to restore officer morale and reform the department's "arcane disciplinary system."
"We also would like to see him become an advocate for competitive, market rate pay and benefits," Izen said.
Garcetti announced Tuesday that the union and city had reached a tentative agreement that would equalize pay to officers hired at lower levels during recent tight budget years.
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It's very rare to see "Unreal Engine" and "survival game" in the same sentence. The big problem is that Epic's high-end blockbuster game engine isn't really designed for open-world style emergent gameplay. However, Flix Interactive is pushing the boundaries of the engine to whole new heights with Eden Star.
The game recently received its debut trailer, which you can view above. The trailer showcases some things you may not have expected from a first-person survival game, including the ability to destroy walls and pillars. I'm not exactly sure what the extent is of the physics-based destruction, but it's quite obvious that it plays a significant part in how players explore and progress through the world.
It's really hard to get a feel for the game but the concepts look really, really good. Being able to use the physics-hand to pick stuff up and throw it into things is pretty awesome. The light parkour mechanics and being able to scale through the environment by climbing around looks awesome. I'm curious just how scalable the environment is and whether you can climb on anything or just certain things?
The physics are also extremely intriguing, giving players the option to build up, fortify and structuralize a defense for the Eden Kit. It has a very similar premise to Sanctum and Edge of Space but with hints of gameplay from Psi-Ops and Half-Life 2 tossed in for good measure.
My main worry, however, is in how big the game world is and whether or not the game will function within instanced areas like many other Unreal Engine games out there, or if it will be open world like other survival games, such as Minecraft or Rust.
The reason I'm worried is because Epic's Unreal Engine was never really good for large scale environments and hosting tons of AI/player entities in a single shard. Most times Unreal Engine games keep things quite contained and in deathmatch sized arenas for performance reasons. I think one of the few games that really tried going large scale with the Unreal Engine (apart from APB: Reloaded) is Renegade X, the UDK-made indie game.
Nevertheless, if Flix Interactive can manage to churn out a compelling game with solid features that doesn't feel too compact, then Eden Star could easily prove to be a game worth keeping an eye on in the niche emergent sector.
The developers have big plans for the game and they will appear on Steam's Greenlight service soon. For now you can learn a little bit more about the world and the gameplay design by paying a visit to the official website.


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Ballard's apartment boom comes with risks
About 1,200 market-rate apartments are under construction in Ballard, with hundreds more in the pipeline. Industry analysts say the neighborhood is at risk of getting overbuilt.
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Few neighborhoods are being transformed more than Ballard by the apartment-development boom that is exploding across Seattle.
And few neighborhoods, say industry analysts, are more likely to get overbuilt.
About 1,200 market-rate apartments are under construction in this old Scandinavian enclave, now probably better known for its nightlife than for its Norwegians.
Developers from Chicago and Virginia are building big complexes where Jacobsen's Marine, Sunset Bowl, the Jetsons-style Denny's and other longtime Ballard businesses once stood.
When all those projects are finished, sometime in mid-2014, the number of units in complexes of 20 or more apartments in Ballard will increase by 70 percent — more than any other Seattle neighborhood.
And there's still more in the pipeline. Projects with another 750 or so units that haven't broken ground yet likely will be completed before the end of 2015, according to research firm Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors.
"They're doubling the inventory in that market," says researcher Tom Cain of Apartment Insights Washington, whose firm has developed similar projections. "That's just unbelievable."
Seattle's apartment boom extends far beyond Ballard. Nearly 8,400 units are under construction in the city now — the largest number in at least 20 years, according to Dupre + Scott.
Developers are building them because demand has risen, led by a demographic surge of young adults who prefer in-city living, at a time when there's little new supply.
Few projects were built during the recession. The last new complex in Ballard opened more than two years ago.
But analysts such as Cain and Dupre + Scott's Mike Scott forecast that, in a year or so, all the new construction will start to tip the balance between demand and supply.
Vacancies will rise, they say. Rents will stabilize, perhaps drop. Landlords will start offering tenants concessions like free rent again.
And the turnaround could be most dramatic in neighborhoods like Ballard where developers have been most active.
"That submarket is getting an awful lot of product in a very short time," says Scott. "It's bound to have an impact."
"It ... could be a disaster," Cain, whose clients are mostly landlords, wrote of Ballard nearly a year ago.
"Except, of course, for the tenants."
"It's going to get ugly"
For now, these are still the best of times for Seattle landlords.
Tenants are gobbling up new apartments almost as quickly as developers finish them. Pillar Properties, the multifamily subsidiary of Seattle's venerable R.D. Merrill Co., opened its 234-unit Lyric complex on Capitol Hill Nov. 1.
It's already 50 percent leased, says Billy Pettit, vice president of investments. And rents so far are averaging nearly $2,000 a month, more than Pillar had projected.
But Pettit says he has no illusions about the future. "The data just don't lie," he says. "Eventually, we're going to see increasing vacancies, increasing concessions, decreasing rents."
The big bump in supply isn't the only reason. Seattle land-use economist Matthew Gardner expects more renters, faced with higher rents, will decide instead to buy, lured into ownership by rising home prices and record-low interest rates.
He says he wouldn't be surprised to see some apartment projects convert to condos in 2013. The last time that happened was in 2009.
Owners of new rental projects, with loans to pay off, will do whatever it takes to fill units, Gardner says, and that will put pressure on other landlords to cut rents or offer concessions to keep up.
"By the end of 2013," he says, "it's going to get ugly."
Others are less pessimistic. Blake Carbonatto, a Wells Fargo vice president who underwrites apartment loans, told an industry gathering this fall that there's probably enough demand regionwide to fill the supply that's coming to market.
But he singled out West Seattle and Ballard as possible exceptions, neighborhoods of concern.
Putting on the brakes
Ballard is a trendy, walkable neighborhood with lots of restaurants, bars and shops. It has good transit access to downtown, including Metro's new Rapid Ride bus line.
Apartment developers Goodman Real Estate and AvalonBay Communities tout those amenities to prospective tenants on the websites of the Ballard projects they plan to open early next year.
But Ballard isn't a big employment center. Most people have to go somewhere else to work.
And that's one reason why Carbonatto, Pettit, Cain and others say it could be hit harder than other neighborhoods when and if the apartment market cools.
There are three times as many apartments under construction in downtown, Belltown and South Lake Union than in Ballard, according to Dupre + Scott.
But those are neighborhoods where people work as well as live. And they have thousands of apartments already — the market is bigger and better-established than Ballard, analysts say.
"Ballard is much smaller," Carbonatto says, and by 2015, "you're looking at a 123 percent increase in supply."
Such concerns already are influencing some developers' decisions. Pillar Properties had planned to break ground on a 124-unit complex in Ballard this fall.
A few months ago it put the project on hold.
Pettit says he looked at all the other projects under way in the neighborhood — including AMLI Residential's 304-unit complex, just across the street from Pillar's site — and decided "that's just not something I'm prepared to compete with at this time.
" At lease-up, we were all going to be cannibalizing each other," he says.
Around the same time, Pillar starting building a 258-unit project on Taylor Avenue North, near Seattle Center. It's two blocks from the Gates Foundation's headquarters, and within walking distance of Amazon.com's many office buildings.
One project made sense, Pettit says. The other didn't — at least not now.
Pillar is considering several options for the Ballard property, he says, including a retirement community: "From an investment standpoint, my long-term outlook for Ballard has not changed."
Developer Matt Griffin, whose Pine Street Group is completing a 654-unit high-rise complex in the Denny Triangle, expects the Seattle apartment market will get overbuilt over the next few years, and neighborhoods farther from downtown — like Ballard — will be harder hit.
But it won't last long, he adds: Demand will catch up.
"A good neighborhood for apartments is a neighborhood where you can walk, and where you have good transit," he says.
"Ballard has both."
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Tatum '03 Presents First 'Callings' Talkby Steve Charles • November 15, 2012 Share:
Josh Tatum '03 was so torn between potential careers as an attorney or in religious studies that he went to graduate school for both.
At the same time.
That journey and theological reflections that led him to see the practice of law as his God-given vocation made Tatum, an appellate attorney with Indianapolis firm Plews Shadley Racher & Braun, an ideal choice to be the first speaker for the College's "Callings" program. A collaboration between Associate Professor of Religion Jon Baer and Assistant Director of Career Services James Jeffries, "Callings" is an effort to help students reflect on the notion of calling or vocation as they shape their future plans.
During his talk, "Sinning Boldly: One Lutheran Lawyer's Trials in Discerning and Answering His Call," Tatum explained his decision to simultaneously pursue a master's of divinity and law degree at Vanderbilt University. As a Lutheran, he embraced Martin Luther's divergence from the Catholicism of his day that held that those with Holy orders were the only individuals called to a particular vocation.
"For Luther, all occupations could be callings," Tatum said. "Every occupation can be sacred, ordained. So we have a new responsibility to discern that."
In his junior year at Wabash, Tatum was trying to decide between the law and religious studies. He went to Professors John Fischer H'70 and Bob Royalty for advice.
"I needed to decide between one direction or the other," Tatum said. "I needed a tie breaker."
Both professors had the same solution: Do both.
Tatum enrolled in the J.D./M.Div joint degree program at Vanderbilt.
"One of the reasons I got my M.Div. was to give me time to think about vocation: What does it mean to be a layperson who wants to be active in the Lutheran church?"
During his Wabash days and before, Tatum had participated in summer programs for those considering the pastorate. His reflection at Vanderbilt led him to realize that his calling was to the law.
"I had learned that I could be a good pastor, but something wasn't clicking for me," he said.
His decision to pursue his law degree led him to work with men who became formative in his life, including former Indiana Chief Justice Randall T. Shepard, for whom he clerked from 2008 to 2009. He counts Shepard—along with Brian Hewitt and Wabash Professor Ed McLean H'03—as "saints" in his life.
"They were role models for me," Tatum said, calling Shepard "one of the best friends in the world, and a great human being."
But it was McLean who first influenced his eventual career path: "He talked about being a lawyer in a way that helped me see it was something worth doing."
Tatum challenged students to "think about what your life purpose may be." Paraphrasing Frederick Buechner, he added, "Our calling is where our skills and passion meet the world's needs. It's important to make a difference."
That's the very notion behind the Callings program, which Tatum is enthusiastic about to the point of seeing it as part of the College's responsibility. Add to that the fact that the late Wabash Professor Bill Placher '70 literally wrote the book on the subject: His Callings: Twenty Centuries of Christian Wisdom on Vocation was named a Top 10 book of the year when it was published in 2005. Tatum is pleased to see the work continuing.
"If you're going to equip young men to do anything they want," Tatum said. "You should probably equip them to decide what that is."


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We hear so much about the importance of education, but we hear little about preparing children for education.
If we are going to transform Rockford, we need to get a message to parents — education starts at birth! Parents, please sing to your baby and read to them soon after birth. Interact with them every day, count steps, name flowers and birds, etc.
When your child starts school, talk to their teachers, provide healthy meals, get your children plenty of rest and provide a safe, stable environment. What if every home had an hour of quiet every evening without TV or electronic devices.
Those of us who have already raised our families can read to neighbor children or volunteer at a school. Spending one hour a week as a reading tutor can encourage a teacher and make a difference to one or two children. Each of us can do something to transform Rockford.
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One of the Big Issue books to hit academia this year is Louis Menand's The Marketplace of Ideas. The book got some notice at the close of 2009 when an excerpt–"The Ph.D. Problem"–was published in Harvard Magazine. In this article, Menand argues that the production of people holding the doctorate is broken due to the length of time required to complete the degree and the lack of job prospects facing those who emerge. Menand's solution to the problem is to admit fewer people to doctoral programs and to shorten the time to degree.
I haven't had the opportunity to read the rest of Menand's book, but in connection with the recent 10-day seminar for CLIR Postdoctoral Fellows, I did read two different reviews of it. And it's on one of those reviews–Anthony Grafton's "Humanities and Inhumanities" in The New Republic–that I want to comment. These comments originate in something I briefly wrote for the CLIR seminar and in kinship with Mark Sample's assertion that such informal writing is "the first drafts of scholarship," I'm not going to clean them up that much. I'd rather circulate the ideas and revise as I get input.
After reading Grafton's review of Menand's book, I'm a bit puzzled. I don't really take issue with his characterization of Menand's argument as "curiously apathetic, and almost complacent." But I don't really see Grafton making much of an impact himself. After all, Menand makes a suggestion for changing something in the system (to wit, shortening graduate school). Grafton offers nothing except to say that (1) graduate school should be difficult, as "it is designed–badly, and clumsily, but not insanely [sic]–to attract and then to test people who think they have this sort of calling"–with his reference to a sense of a "call" and "conviction" sounding suspiciously close to the "love" that is supposed to motivate humanists and which Thomas H. Benton has skewered in The Chronicle; (2) that humanists must work to collaborate with others to try to create new pathways for knowledge–although he is remarkably (and admittedly) short on the details as to how this should happen; and that humanists "must learn how to use–and to create–new digital tools." This last point is absolutely correct, but again he's got no details to work on except for a vague notion of what we should all do and the recognition that including these tools in graduate education is going to make things "harder, since it will require even more skills than before."
Forgive me if I sound defeated, Mr. Grafton, but I think I prefer Menand's solution. At least he has the guts to offer us something we haven't tried in a while. There's been plenty done to make the humanities Ph.D. as difficult as possible, and it hasn't really effected change. That being said, I don't really believe that Menand's answer is correct. But Grafton seems emblematic of what frequently plagues the humanities: we are far too good at being critics and far too unpracticed in the work of (artistic / tool) creation.
What seems to be called for at this moment of professional and personal destruction created by graduate school in the humanities is a real revision to how things have been done. Unfortunately, I too am a better critic than I am creator. But I know other people with good ideas, and one of them is Ian Bogost, who wrote a fantastic essay in January of this year that posited the problem with the humanities is the humanists themselves. Grafton should read "The Turtlenecked Hairshirt"; it's shorter than Menand, and it ends with a solution to our increasing irrelevance (i.e., detachment) from the world around us: stop trying to be separate from (read, "above") most of the rest of humanity.
But Bogost's piece isn't a very specific answer to how we're going to fix things either. For that, perhaps we should turn to Marc Bousquet, who has written about how the university works (blog and book) and has suggested that the problems of the contingent faculty class could simply be done away with if we made all adjuncts into "real" faculty. It's obvious that there is a great need for teachers since more than 70% of undergrads in the US are taught by contingent faculty. If we would pay people equitably (and then either subsidized or charged students for the real cost of an education), we would solve the problem facing the humanities at the present. No more cannibalizing the young.
I believe that this employment balance has a lot to do with how we are perceived by the nation as a whole. How, in other words, can we expect the nation at large to take us seriously as people who are able to comment on the acts of humans in context of a broader cultural moment if we outsource the teaching of this cultural critique to underpaid non-faculty? If we are outsourcing the teaching and interpretation of this context and history, why shouldn't the rest of the nation outsource the role that humanists have traditionally played? Talk radio and shout television are, in part, the products of this outsourcing. We have Glenn Beck, in other words, because we have too many adjuncts.
I realize that such a comment may open me up to Bogost's critique–and in truth, I don't believe that only Ph.D.s are uniquely endowed to comment on culture. But is it any coincidence that the cultural role of the humanist has become marginzalized as those who teach the humanities become invisible and impermanent? Why should students or anyone else listen to someone whose own institution will not give her a job?
Perhaps neither Menand's nor Grafton's solutions (shorter graduate school or persistently lengthy graduate school) will fix this impasse. But it were a far, far better thing to do something than to do that nothing which we have already done.


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Vitamin B-12
Cherry Flavored Lozenge
Methylcobalamin, an active coenzyme form of vitamin B-12 is essential for cell growth and replication. It is more concentrated than other forms of B-12 in the cerebrospinal fluid where it can be used by the central nervous system. It donates methyl groups to the myelin sheath that insulates certain nerve fibers. It may also play a role in maintaining a healthy sleep-wake cycle, as normal nerve function.
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Rocco's line of Angels and Demons!
Thank you for supporting Rocco Tartamella's line of Angels and Demons action figures- 1st figure: The Archangel Michael
Inspiration The inspiration for The Archangel Michael Project came when my son had about a week straight of being afraid of the dark and nothing we did to comfort him was working. We tried talking him through it, we gave him a flashlight, we tried several different nightlights but none of these was working. Finally my wife told him to pray to the Archangel Michael for protection. Amazingly, this worked and mommy and daddy were able to get some sleep. However, the next morning he wanted to know all about this amazing archangel he'd learned about. So, I sat him down and showed him images of paintings and statues; I tried to explain his appearance based on scriptural depictions that I found online but he looked confused. As a sculptor, it is often easier for me to communicate through my work rather than to verbalize it, so I went to work. I wanted Michael to look incredible, so he needed to be highly articulated, have generous amounts of detail and of course awesome weapons, armor and wings. As a sculptor, toy designer and a professional with over 15 years experience in the toys and collectibles industry, I really wanted this action figure to rock so I put a lot of time, attention, passion and love for what I do into this project.
I've been asked by some supporters for a more in-depth description of who Michael is. Michael is one of God's strongest Archangel's, the one responsible for hurtling Lucifer out of Heaven. Michael is ever present in all humans life who call upon him for guidance and help. In metaphysics/medium ship, mediums call upon him to defeat negative energies/demonic entities that may be haunting or attacking people and places. In our line of figures he is depicted in his warrior attire and ready to defeat anything at anytime, his look is not time specific, but eternal and heavenly. In contrast the demons are going to look very ferocious, to make for a very intriguing toy line.
Specs The Archangel Michael action figure is at a 7 inch or 1:12th scale, since he is described as being very tall he will be in scale with most other action figures from various other lines. He features some 30 points of articulation so he can get into just about any pose you wish. His wings are also articulated with both ball joints where they attach to Michael's back and also pivoting joints to allow the wings to open to approximately 20" across when attached to the figure and extended. I've also outfitted the Archangel with a 10" spear, highly detailed shield and a flame sword, which we plan on casting in clear amber to give it the appearance of being on fire. As we move forward, with your help, I will be able to update you with images of the step-by-step progress, from early prototyping to paint scheme and ultimately when we reach our goal, the final production. We are also doing an exclusive to kickstarter, limited Archangel Michael in full figure amber so check out the rewards for more info. Though my son inspired this figure, it isn't intended for small children; there are small parts that could pose possible chocking hazards. So this is intended with the collector in mind.
Stretch Goal of $200,000- UNLOCK THE FIRST DEMON ACTION FIGURE!
You didn't think this was a stand alone figure, did you?! This Angel needs to fight some demons, and the first one up is a nasty one! Over 10 inches tall, this BEAST is a hulking adversary, pictures coming soon!
Instead of waiting for the next Kickstarter for this line, we can get him started right here right now, along side with the Archangel Michael figure!
About Rocco
Rocco Tartamella is an award winning commercial sculptor with fifteen years of experience in the toys, collectibles and entertainment industries. Rocco has sculpted hundreds of projects for various companies and has also added his talents as a character and concept designer, concept illustrator, and prototype master painter bringing projects from the concept stage to final production. Companies and intellectual properties that Rocco has been commissioned to sculpt for include Art Asylum, McFarlane Toys, Hasbro, UpperDeck's All Star Vinyl, Disney, Lucas Studios, Capcom, Onimusha, Street Fighter, NBC, Funko, Marvel, History Channel, A&E, American Pickers, Midway's Mortal Kombat, Diamond Select Toys, Elvira, Bowen Designs, Jakks Pacific, NECA, Jazwares, Little Ceasars, The Vatican, The Bradford Exchange Ashton-Drake, Mezco Toyz, Sideshow Collectibles, Chic-Fil-A, Extreme Games, Castle Age, and various private commissions. www.roccotartamella.com/
Rocco has also created and produced his own successful line of busts, statues, and jewelry:
Carved in History- a line of historical busts of people who helped shaped our world.
Artist's Anatomy- a line of anatomically correct models for artists and students.
Heart and Skull Jewelry- a jewelry line of pendants co-created with his wife and fellow artisan Krissie Tartamella.
*All of which can be purchased through Amazon:
Rocco has given tutorials for various magazines publications on sculpting and has a speed sculpting video that can be viewed on youtube:
Some Examples of Rocco's Past works:
Risks and challenges
The Biggest obstacles to occur would be the time frame of mass production. Depending on the time we start a project it takes anywhere from 5 months to 9 months to produce a run of action figures. It takes another month for overseas shipping.
There are always unforeseen issues that may happen, but we will post any issues that arise with our backers and keep the project fully up to date. Thank you again for the continued support!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Funding period
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Watch This Psycho Work Out!
With all the crazy stuff you already see at the gym, it's hard to be shocked anymore. The place is packed with meatheads, profusely sweated-upon machinery, panting humans, unnecessary yelling and even water-jug carrying neanderthals ... but this guy? We've never seen a workout like this before!.
Whether he's prepping for a date or warming up with the new form of Tao Bo, never before have we seen the after effects of mushrooms in a workout. Maybe we somehow lost this part of our P90X DVDs. Thanks for reminding us, dude!


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Poll: Cutback civil liberties to fight terror?
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Although worries about terrorism have edged up following the Boston Marathon bombings, a new national poll indicates only four in ten Americans say they are willing to give up some civil liberties to fight terrorism.
And according to a CNN/Time/ORC International survey, the public is particularly concerned about the government eavesdropping on their cell phones or reading their email.
The goal of a terror attack is to terrorize, and the poll, released Wednesday, indicates concerns over becoming a victim of terrorism are up slightly in the wake of the April 15 bombings, which left three people dead and more than 260 injured. The 40% who worry that someone in their family will become a victim of terrorism is up six percentage points from a 2011 CNN poll, conducted on the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
"But only a quarter are less likely to attend large public events like the Boston marathon, even though more than six in ten believe that the terrorists will always find a way to launch an attack regardless of what the government does," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.
The poll suggests that public attitudes toward terrorism and civil liberties have changed dramatically since 1995, when the deadly bombing of a federal office building in Oklahoma City first ushered in a new era of anti-terrorism measures that impacted the lives of ordinary Americans. Back in 1995, 57% of the country said that they were willing to give up some civil liberties if that were necessary to curb terrorism. Today, that figure is down to 40%, and it appears that the biggest change is in attitudes toward cell phones and email.
"After 9/11, 54% of Americans favored expanded government monitoring of cell phones and email. Now, the message is 'hands off,' " adds Holland. "Only 38% favor expanding government monitoring of those forms of communication."
The survey indicates that support for government monitoring of the internet is down eight points from right after 9/11, although there is still majority support, and there is widespread and growing approval of surveillance cameras in public places, possibly a reaction to the fact that the big breaks in the Boston bombing case came from security cameras in the area of the attack.
Another finding from the survey: Six in ten report that they are more worried about the government restricting civil liberties than they are that the government will fail to enact new anti-terrorist policies.
The poll was conducted for CNN and Time magazine by ORC International, with 606 adults nationwide questioned by telephone on Tuesday, April 30. The survey's sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points.AlertMe


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SUNNYVALE, CA, May 8, 2006 - SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage card products, announced today that it plans to sell $1 billion principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due in 2013 pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today. In addition, the Company expects to grant the underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional $150 million principal amount of Notes from the Company to cover overallotments.
The net proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including capital expenditures for new and existing manufacturing facilities, development of new technologies, general working capital and other non-manufacturing capital expenditures. Proceeds may also be used to fund strategic investments or acquisitions of products, technologies or complementary businesses. No commitments or agreements have currently been made for any specific acquisitions. In order to reduce the potential dilution from conversion of the Notes, the Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to enter into one or more hedging transactions on its common stock with the underwriters and/or their affiliates.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are the joint book running managers for the offering and Thomas Weisel Partners LLC is serving as a co-manager for the offering.
About the Offering
A preliminary prospectus supplement related to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will be available on the SEC's website www.sec.gov. Printed copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering may also be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014 (telephone no. 212-761-6775) and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street, New York, New York 10004.
The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus and prospectus supplement) with the SEC for the offering. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus and prospectus supplement to that registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and the offering. You may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Company, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and prospectus supplement if you request it by calling, if you are a retail investor, toll-free 1-800-584-6837 or if you are an institutional investor by calling toll-free 1-866-718-1649.
About SanDisk
SanDisk, the world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage card products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale, CA.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements regarding the Company's intended use of proceeds from the offering, may be considered forward-looking statements as that item is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be predicted with accuracy and some might not even be anticipated. Some of the factors that could significantly impact the forward-looking statements in this press release are discussed in the Company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement is qualified by reference to these risks and factors. These risks and factors are not exclusive, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release except as required by law. Additional information regarding these and other factors may be contained in the Company's SEC filings, including without limitation, the prospectus supplement relating to this offering, the Company's Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended January 1, 2006, and its Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 2, 2006. The Company's filings are available from the Securities and Exchange Commission or may be obtained on the Company's website at www.sandisk.com.
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com.
SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Mike Wong
SanDisk Corporation
(408) 548-0223
Lori Barker Padon
SanDisk Corporation
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Stacey Gagnon necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 89 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
We are a small Kitchen and bath design firm. We design and install complete renovations, including plumbing, electrical, flooring etc... We have been in business for over 25 years and are known for our creativity and innovative solutions to design problems. Our target markets are between 45-65 years of age, who are mainly traditional, and 35-45 who are typically contemporary.
Our target market is mid to high end, so we would like our logo to be sophisticated and proffessional. Some words that come to mind are, Timeless, unique, and quality because these are attributes we pride ourselves in.
PAYMENT METHOD: PAYPAL (unless other arrangments need to be made)
- Our logo can be shortened to "CKB" but must have the full name
- "Cambridge kitchens and baths inc." somewhere in it.
- We are also going to be revamping our website and letter head in the near future so we would like the logo to be versatile.
- for business card only- address
- name and title of employee
- website
- phone # and fax #
- We dont want a cheap looking logo ie: NO primary colours.
- We are a custom design shop, so we dont want to give the impression that we carry stock, all orders are special orders.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Iran claims to reduce enriched uranium stockpile
Nuclear chief says 20 percent uranium stocks have fallen significantly, as material is converted to fuel for research reactor
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran significantly reduced its stock of 20 percent-enriched uranium by converting it to reactor fuel, a senior official said, an announcement that appears to be a bid to ease international concerns over its nuclear program.
The West remains concerned over Iran's continuing production of 20 percent uranium, which is enriched to a higher level than that used to fuel most energy reactors and is closer to the 90 percent needed for a warhead. The US and its allies demand Iran halt all enrichment, which Tehran rejects.
The late Thursday announcement, from the government of moderate President Hasan Rouhani, appeared to be a signal to ease Western worries. Speaking to state television, Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the country's stocks of 20 percent-enriched uranium has fallen from 240 kilograms to around 140 kilograms as it is converted into fuel for a medical research reactor. Salehi said the remainder is also being converted.
"We have converted a remarkable part to fuel rod," Salehi said. "The amount of 20 percent-enriched uranium is small."
An August report by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog put Iran's stockpile 20 percent enriched uranium at 185.5 kilograms. Some 250 kilograms of the 20 percent enriched uranium is enough for a bomb — if it is refined more than 90 percent.
The West suspects Iran's nuclear program has military dimension. Iran denies the charge and says its program is for peaceful applications like power generation and cancer treatment.
Salehi's remarks came ahead of a new round of talks planned for later this month between Iran and the UN nuclear agency. Talks over the past years failed to reach any breakthrough.
It also came a few days after Rouhani showed a willingness to use his coming visit to the UN General Assembly as a point for resuming nuclear talks with world powers.
Earlier Thursday, the new Iranian envoy to the UN agency said in Vienna that Tehran was ready for more engagement to clarify its disputed nuclear program. However, Reza Najafi stressed Iran would never give up its "inalienable right to develop a nuclear program," the official IRNA news agency reported Friday.
"Iran is ready to engage and remove any ambiguity," Najafi said, according to the report. He added: "If other sides want a proper response, the West should speak to Iran not with a language of threats or sanctions but with a language of respect."
A disarmament expert, Najafi, 51, replaced former envoy Ali Asghar Soltanieh after Rouhani came to power in August.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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I just stumbled onto some stats pages under Team Enhanced stats on NHL.com that I thought I'd share.
View Statistics By: Game
Category: Enhanced
Report: Faceoffs by Zone
Rangers are 25th in OZ FOW%, 6th in DZ FOW%, 26th in NZ FOW% (basically, Dominic Moore).
They also have wins and losses when ahead, behind and tied, although for some reason they don't give you percentages on those, just totals. As with many of these displays, you can check out matchups, so in scouting tonight's game, you could see that the Rangers have won 48.4% draws against the Devils in their previous three meetings.
Report: Shot Type Breakdown
Rangers are 26th in the league in Back hand goals with 12, 10th in Slap Shot Goals with 20.
They have a number of shot types, goals based on shot types, along with missed types (Cross bar, Post, Over and Wide). Again, you can limit by team and opponent if you want.
Report: Game Report
This was a once very easy to find section of the NHL.com where most advanced stats sites would pull their data from. Now it's hidden down here, but the Summaries are all there with an added Shift Chart that give you a graphical display of the Home and Away TOI reports. Nice for seeing when a player gets benched or get visual view of pairings on defense or 5 man units, for instance:
Inexplicably, you can't filter or sort this Report by team, so you have to dig. You can change from season view to a date range though. Not great, but if you're trying to track down a game from Mid January, you can narrow the results.
Note: In all but the Game Report, you can remove the "Aggregate Results" check box and instead get a game by game report. So if you want to see how the Rangers faceoffs were in each game against the Devils, that can be done here.


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Living Longer, Healthier Lives with ResveratrolFebruary 2008
By David Nayor and Dale Kiefer
Back in 2003, longevity scientists became excited when the natural, plant-derived compound resveratrol was found to extend the life span of yeast cells by as much as 70%.1 What got scientists so interested was that the gene expression changes induced by resveratrol in yeast cells were similar to those thought to confer longer life in human beings.
Drug development companies are actively seeking to patent resveratrol-like molecules to create pharmaceuticals that would prevent and treat a wide range of age-related diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and even Alzheimer's. The good news for consumers is that they can obtain resveratrol compounds in low-cost dietary supplements today.
Resveratrol Basics
Resveratrol is a polyphenol most commonly found in red wine and grapes. It is also found in peanuts, certain berries, some pines, and the roots and stalks of Japanese knotweed.2
Resveratrol plays an important role in the plant's natural defense system against injury, infection, and disease. Researchers became interested in exploring the health benefits of resveratrol after they observed the surprisingly low rates of heart disease found in populations that consume a diet high in saturated fat and red wine.
Today, resveratrol is attracting attention for its unique ability to mimic the gene expression effects of caloric restriction, the only intervention that has been shown in peer-reviewed studies to prolong maximum life span and/or produce anti-aging effects in a variety of organisms, including mice, rats, dogs, and monkeys. These studies suggest that resveratrol may have similar health and longevity benefits in humans.
Many people find the prospect of long-term caloric restriction too difficult and uncomfortable. A better option would be to find a means to mimic the beneficial effects of caloric restriction through a healthy, convenient dietary supplement such as resveratrol.
Resveratrol: A Caloric-Restriction Mimetic
A 2003 study at Harvard University found that resveratrol mimics the effects of caloric restriction in yeast cells, boosting their life spans by as much as 70%.3 The following year the researchers went on to demonstrate that resveratrol slows aging in two standard laboratory animals, roundworms and fruit flies.4 That made resveratrol the first compound to show anti-aging effects in widely divergent species. Then in 2006, scientists in Pisa, Italy, showed that resveratrol's magic could be applied to more advanced animals— large doses of resveratrol extended the life span by more than 50% in a species of fish, Nothobranchius furzeri, which typically lives just nine weeks.5
In a study published in 2006 in the journal Cell, researchers in France found that resveratrol protects mice against diet-induced insulin resistance and obesity.6 Furthermore, mice given the resveratrol supplement demonstrated improved endurance levels during exercise. The researchers also studied the cell-signaling pathway in the mitochondria of these mice. Mitochondria are the power plants of cells, which are responsible for intracellular energy production. Resveratrol activated a protein in the sirtuin family (SIRT1), which then stimulated the activity of another protein involved in mitochondrial function. Other recent studies, including one conducted at the Joslin Diabetes Center, have found another member of the sirtuin family of cellular proteins that may play a major role in how fat is produced and stored, offering a new target for treatments to prevent obesity and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.7,8
The French researchers surmised that resveratrol helped control weight gain by enhancing energy expenditure.6 Since the study found a link between sirtuins and energy utilization, the researchers concluded that resveratrol may be helpful in the prevention and treatment of certain metabolic disorders, especially those related to mitochondrial dysfunction, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease—two neurodegenerative conditions that become more prevalent with aging.9
Resveratrol Supports Endothelial Health
Recent experiments have shown that the benefits of resveratrol include improvements in the health of the endothelial tissue lining blood vessels. This holds special significance for long-term cardiovascular health, as atherosclerosis is believed to begin when damage to specialized endothelial cells goes unchecked, leading to an inflammatory condition that culminates in endothelial dysfunction and possible vessel blockage.10-17
Resveratrol also benefits the circulatory system by eliciting a decrease in the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL); by fostering decreases in platelet aggregation; and by promoting relaxation of small blood vessels called arterioles.18-21 Collectively, these mechanisms benefit the overall health of the cardiovascular system by decreasing factors that contribute to the development of atherosclerosis, and by decreasing the likelihood of undesirable clotting, which, in turn, decreases the risk of stroke.22 Furthermore, new data indicate that resveratrol decreases the incidence of dangerous heart arrhythmias.23
One of the most intriguing of resveratrol's heart-healthy mechanisms involves the upregulation of endothelial progenitor cells (adult stem cells). There is emerging recognition by medical professionals that these adult stem cells are crucial components of cardiovascular health. In fact, scientists now believe that endothelial progenitor cells may serve as a key indicator of overall circulatory function and predict that levels of these specialized stem cells may one day supplant the lipid profile as the biomarker of choice for cardiovascular disease risk.13,24,25
Research within the past five years has shown that the number and functionality of endothelial progenitor cells, which are critically involved in blood vessel repair, are directly correlated with current and future cardiovascular wellness. To put it simply; the more of these endothelial progenitor cells one has in the general circulation, the more robust one's cardiovascular health is likely to be. Manufactured in the bone marrow, endothelial progenitor cells are low in patients with diabetes, hypertension, and/or cardiovascular disease, and their functionality decreases significantly with advancing age.26-28
Since the publication in 2003 of an article in the influential New England Journal of Medicine, scientists have increasingly focused on the activities of endothelial progenitor cells. In that landmark report, researchers from the National Institutes of Health noted that there is a "strong correlation" between the number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells and a patient's Framingham risk factor score.13 The Framingham score is a commonly accepted method of assessing an individual's 10-year risk of developing coronary heart disease. It takes into account risk factors such as LDL, HDL, and triglyceride levels, age, gender, history of smoking, and other factors.
Interestingly, research by Chinese investigators indicates that the influence of cholesterol levels on the development of atherosclerosis (and thus heart disease) may actually relate to the relationship between endothelial progenitor cells and cholesterol. On the heels of the New England Journal of Medicine article, Chinese researchers published a report, which concluded that high LDL may be damaging precisely because it reduces the number and functionality of endothelial progenitor cells.12
Experiments showed, "the number of endothelial progenitor cells was significantly reduced in patients with hypercholesteroemia (extremely high cholesterol levels) compared with that in control subjects."12 In patients with high total cholesterol and LDL, the ability of endothelial progenitor cells to proliferate, migrate, adhere to vessel walls, and induce the regeneration of vessels was impaired. As cholesterol levels increased, they found, endothelial
progenitor cell levels declined. Other investigators found that endothelial progenitor cell levels are depressed among patients with elevated homocysteine.29 Resveratrol, on the other hand, has been shown in the past year to increase the number of these crucial cells in the peripheral circulation, even at doses achievable by moderate red wine intake or through dietary supplementation.11,14,30,31
Resveratrol Produces Favorable Metabolic Changes
In a landmark mouse study published in the journal Nature, resveratrol countered some effects of a high-calorie diet, improving the health of the mice and increasing their life span, even though they did not lose any weight.32 These mice shared many of the problems of humans on an equivalent diet, including obesity, insulin resistance, and heart disease.
The study compared middle-aged mice fed a standard diet with those on a high-fat (60% of daily calories) diet, with and without high-dose resveratrol supplements. Over a two-year period, the resveratrol-fed mice on the high-fat diet lived as long as the ones on a standard diet and at least 15% longer than their untreated, obese peers. How much better off were the treated mice? The resveratrol-treated mice demonstrated improved insulin sensitivity compared with their obese counterparts who did not receive resveratrol, suggesting that resveratrol conferred important benefits for longevity and diabetes prevention.32 Additionally, the resveratrol-treated animals displayed greater numbers of liver mitochondria than animals who consumed a high-fat diet that did not contain resveratrol. The study further suggested that resveratrol might lead to better health and endurance than is usually seen in obese mice. Resveratrol's exact working mechanism is not yet known with certainty, but the researchers believe it may be activating SIRT1, a sirtuin protein that is thought to be involved with longevity.
The mouse studies also hinted that resveratrol induces basic metabolic changes akin to those produced by caloric restriction.6,32 Gene-expression analysis in livers of these aged and overweight mice indicated that resveratrol favorably modified some of the known metabolic pathways that are also affected by caloric restriction.32 Perhaps the most intriguing result of the recent mouse studies was resveratrol's ability to increase the number of mitochondria, the key cell components that serve as energy producers.6,32
Resveratrol's ability to restore function to mitochondria is especially exciting because it seems that restored mitochondria are more efficient than the aging mitochondria they replace, are less prone to churn out free radicals, and are more efficient at ridding the body of damaged cells that induce chronic inflammatory reactions. Caloric restriction appears to do the same thing, but is much more difficult to implement and maintain in humans.
Resveratrol's effect on mitochondria may be enough by itself to account for much of the compound's demonstrable effects in the mouse studies. It may account for the enhanced running abilities observed in the overweight mice treated with resveratrol. What makes the findings of these recent mouse studies so potentially significant to researchers is that humans have genes similar to those linked to resveratrol intake in the mice.6,32
Resveratrol and Cancer
In addition to its anti-aging and anti-heart disease effects, resveratrol may promote longevity through another avenue—that of fighting cancer, one of the chief causes of death in older adults.
When added to cells cultured in media, resveratrol has been found to inhibit the proliferation of a variety of human cancer cell lines, including those from breast, prostate, stomach, colon, pancreatic, and thyroid cancers.33
In 2004, a team of biochemists at the University of Virginia looked at resveratrol's role in blocking cancer growth and progression. Resveratrol appears to reduce the activation of nuclear factor-kappab (NF-kb), a protein that has been implicated in cancer by acting like a switch to turn on inflammatory processes.34,35 Resveratrol also enhances cancer cell sensitivity to certain immune cell-induced death mechanisms.34 Nuclear factor-kappab inhibitors like resveratrol may thus have important implications for increasing the effectiveness of anticancer therapies in humans.36
Researchers from the State University of New York at Stony Brook looked at the drinking habits of 360 red and white wine drinkers with similar lifestyles. White wine consumption had no association with colorectal cancer incidence. On the other hand, regular red wine consumption was linked to a 68% reduced risk of the cancer. The researchers believe that resveratrol was most likely the component in wine that was behind the apparent benefits.37 The findings confirmed results from an earlier study conducted by the same group showing that wine consumption reduced colorectal cancer risk by 45%.38
Last year, researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham examined resveratrol's potential in preventing prostate tumors. In the study, published in Carcinogenesis, the mice were given the resveratrol found in one liter of red wine per day. Mice who consumed a diet supplemented with resveratrol had a dramatic eight-fold reduced incidence of poorly differentiated prostatic adenocarcinoma, a type of prostate cancer with a poor prognosis. The mice that experienced the greatest cancer-protection effect consumed resveratrol in a powdered formula mixed with their food for seven months.39 Since it is medically inadvisable to consume one liter of red wine every day, this study points to the importance of resveratrol supplementation as part of prostate cancer defense.
An earlier study published in the Journal of Carcinogenesis found that dietary resveratrol helped prevent breast cancer in female rats. Starting at birth, rats were fed either a control diet or a diet supplemented with resveratrol. At the age of 50 days, both groups were exposed to a cancer-inducing chemical. The resveratrol-fed rats were significantly protected against breast cancer, demonstrating fewer tumors per animal and longer tumor latency (an asymptomatic period in this disease process). The researchers concluded, "our work supports the previous reports that resveratrol in the diet is effective at inhibiting…mammary cancer. We have shown that resveratrol can enhance maturation of the mammary gland as well as reduce cellular prolifer-ation and increase apoptosis (programmed cell death) in mammary epithelial cells, in a manner that is protective against mammary carcinogenesis."40


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1. Remove the 11am freeroll and start day 1a earlier. People who come for the freeroll will play the main event anyway, might as well start earlier so we can play at least 12 levels on each day 1 flight. This will also ensure a smaller day 2 field and a bigger field for side event.
2. Start the side event slightly earlier so people who didn't make day 2 won't feel so restless and take the earliest ferry home.
3. Make a small increase in main event buy in to $360 ($320+$40), this will push first prize money to at least $19k.
4. POY points for SNG is a creative idea but not really fair because only "privileged" groups of players can play. Either they have been eliminated early or they have made it to day 2 via day day 1a.
5. Cabin availability is a huge issue that needs to be resolved.
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Thank you for the feedback MS.
Kakis more feedback pls!!
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1. Poker room was not optimally used with a lot of unused jackpot machines laying around the room. Could probably fit 3-4 tables for cash games or tournament.
2. Should consider moving tournament schedule ahead to friday night for single table $50-$100 satellites or an extra side event.
3. Maybe it is time to change the structure of the main event? 30min levels give about 12 hands per level. Pretty fast structure, feels more like an online turbo tournament.
4. Could consider a special ferry for tournament players on sunday , after 10pm. Ferries were fully booked by 2pm , so if you were running deep in the main , you might have to take the next day ferry just because you missed the one at 6pm. This also allows a longer tournament weekend for players.
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1) New ship sucks! Leisure World was already not considered high-class, but compared to Amusement World it was still good! Food on AW was really bad. Size of casino is simply too small if one would like to gamble there besides poker. Layout of the ship also questionable.
2) Availability of cabins a huge problem which so far I didn't have on LW.
3) Also wouldn't mind to start Friday night already with some satellites.
All in all a return to Leisure World whenever possible would be more than appreciated!
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Your next tournament is scheduled same weekend as formula 1 in Singapore.
Maybe not have tournaments that conflict major events such as this as may affect attendees.
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just wanted to check with you.
The next tournament on 17th-18th September is already fully confirmed or stil subjected to changes?
Would need to make arrangements then.
Thanks for your update.
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Dates are confimed.
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CORVALLIS, Ore. >> USC tailback Javorius Allen was a non-entity under former coach Lane Kiffin, but he turned into a rising star Friday night after scoring three touchdowns and rushing for 133 yards in the Trojans' 31-14 victory over Oregon State.
Allen's best play was a stutter-step 52-yard touchdown run, where he juked a defender in perhaps the best run of the season for a USC tailback.
"I saw him coming up and made a move and went with my instincts on it," Allen said. "I'm glad the coaches believed in me and I just got a chance."
USC coach Ed Orgeron praised Allen's performance.
"He waited for his turn (and did not complain)," Orgeron said. "He has a heart of gold. He's a team player."
Rare sweep at stake
USC avoided a rare sweep Friday night. If the Trojans had lost to the Beavers, it would mark only the third time in school history the Trojans were swept by Washington State and Oregon State. The other two times were in 1957 and 2000. The 1957 team went 1-9, while the 2000 team went 5-7.
Willson starts again
Walk-on Chris Willson from St. Paul High School of Santa Fe Springs started his second straight game at tight end. Willson made a key block to allow wide receiver Marqise Lee to be completely uncovered on a 71-yard touchdown on the game's first play.
Regular starter Xavier Grimble, who missed last week's game with a sprained ankle, returned to play but did not look sharp.
Madden hurt
Starting tailback Tre Madden appeared to reinjure his hamstring. Madden got only one carry and spent most of the first half sitting on the trainer's table. He walked gingerly to the locker room at halftime.
"I'm sure it was (the hamstring)," Orgeron said. "It's been a lingering injury."
Rough quarter for Walker
USC's maligned offensive line got a couple more penalties in the first quarter thanks to offensive guard Aundrey Walker. He was called for holding and a false start.
Traffic problems
USC dreaded hosting a Thursday night football at the Coliseum and it might surprise Southern Californians that Oregon State experienced its own problems with a Friday night game.
Beavers fans coming from the Portland area faced a traffic nightmare, and it took more than an hour according to local traffic reports to go 12 miles from the main highway to Reser Stadium.
USC did not experience this problem because it stayed in Eugene, which is on the opposite side of Portland from Corvallis. Reser Stadium appeared less than half full at kickoff, though the crowd eventually filled in during the first quarter for a nearly full 45,379.
The increase in weekday games were the brainchild of Pacific-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott when he reached TV deals with ESPN and Fox Sports.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifty years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, nearly half of those who responded to a new poll said a lot more needs to be done before people in the United States would "be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
The Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C., found that 49 percent of those polled think "a lot more" needs to be done to achieve the color-blind society King envisioned in his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech. But 73 percent of black respondents and 81 percent of whites thought the two races get along "very well" or "pretty well."
The telephone poll of 2,231 adults, including 376 black Americans and 218 people of Hispanic descent, was conducted between August 1 through 11.
A quarter of the black Americans polled said the lives of blacks were better now than they were five years ago, when the United States elected its first black president, Barack Obama. In 2009, after Obama's election, 39 percent of black Americans expressed the same opinion.
"It's clear now that the rosy glow that followed that historic election has faded among both blacks and whites," said Pew Research Center senior editor Rich Morin. "We don't know for sure but it's reasonable to suggest that among the biggest reasons would be the Great Recession, which hit all Americans hard, but particularly blacks."
King's speech was the centerpiece of a march on Washington that drew some 250,000 people to the National Mall. [ID:nL6N0GN1S6]. In it, the famed orator described the lives of black Americans, telling the nation, "The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity."
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Thank You Pat
With the expected arrival of Raul Ibanez, the career of Pat Burrell in Phillies pinstripes appears to be over. Both are leftfielders.
The 32-year-old Burrell came to town as the overall first pick in the 1998 draft out of the University of Miami. He left with his name etched in the Phillies all-time record book. Consider:
Home runs, 251, ranking him behind Del Ennis (259) and Mike Schmidt (548).
RBI, 7th (827).
Extra-base hits, 8th (518).
Sacrifice flies, 8th (42).
Walks, 5th (785)
Strikeouts, 2nd (1,273).
Yes, Pat struck out but all sluggers do. Ryan Howard will some day pass Pat.
Some day, too, Pat will be back to be inducted into the Phillies Wall of Fame. His career certainly entitles him to that honor.
Pat will surface with another team and we wish him well. His last hit as a Phillie led to the decisive run that gave us the World Championship. We'll always remember that and much more about Pat.
Thanks for the memories.
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I'll always remember the hit in the World Series (just feet from being the game winning HR!), and the ride down Broad Street on the beer truck.
Pat had a turbulent time here in Philly, but he was a gamer. He never let the negative vibes get him down.
Thanks, and good luck Pat. Hopefully in the American League. I don't want to see your patented line drive home runs to left at CBP in another uniform.
From the triple off Billy Wagner at Enron (as it was called then) in his first game as a Phillie to the double high off the CF angle in CBP in his last game as Phillie, Pat brought a great attitude and tremendous class to the organization. He will be missed.
Pat the Bat signed with the Rays today, according to the Alert report on Comcast, and interview with Pat. I hope he does well there, except when he faces the Phillies! He will be good as a DH and as a mentor for the younger guys.
It will sure be strange not seeing him in Phillies pinstripes. I will miss you Pat! Good Luck with the Rays.


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Celebrations in SF after historic rulings
Emotions overflow, celebrations flourish in response to rulings
Wearing costumes, waving rainbow flags and hugging one another, supporters of same-sex marriage took to the streets Wednesday in San Francisco's Castro neighborhood and beyond, savoring what they viewed as a broad triumph of progress in a pair of historic U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
But those who have seen their spirits rise and fall during the long public fight over marriage also returned to lives that, at least on the outside, looked the same as the day before.
They paid bills, went to meetings, fed the dogs.
"Taking out the trash and doing laundry - the big gay agenda," said John Lipp, 47, an Alameda resident who married his husband, Peter Lunny, in New York last year.
On the one hand, nothing had changed. He was still married, still in love. On the other, everything had changed.
"This feels as real as it's going to feel," he said by telephone from New York, where he was working. "I feel like I can breathe. I feel they can't take this away from me anymore."
Lipp was in a meeting when the rulings came down. He had to hold back the tears that brimmed in his eyes.
In San Francisco emotions overflowed when the rulings were announced starting at 7 a.m. As some already-married gay couples rejoiced at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro, others said they would soon get hitched. People wept and blew bubbles amid the honks of passing cars, ambulances and police cruisers.
"This country has changed and we are really seeing that change today," said Brandon Brock, 31, as he stood alongside his husband, whom he married two years ago in New York. "And man, what a day!"
Practical matters
The Supreme Court's ruling on Proposition 8 may allow same-sex couples in California to marry within weeks, while its ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act has practical implications.
"Believe it or not, my tax preparer was the first to write me an e-mail," said Kevin Paulson, 54, who with his husband is among the 18,000 California couples who legally married in the months before Prop. 8 passed.
Filing jointly in California and single for the IRS has been "a nightmare," said Paulson, a San Francisco Sheriff's Department captain.
"I feel we are three-quarters of the way through the revolution now," he said. "Hey, I have a lot more civil rights than I did yesterday."
With anticipation of the rulings building over the last few weeks, hundreds of people packed into the San Francisco City Hall rotunda to wait for the rulings.
They were soon joined by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, City Attorney Dennis Herrera and nearly every other elected official in the city, as a tense silence was replaced by a joyous ovation.
"Welcome to the people's house!" Lee said to the boisterous crowd after the rulings were announced. "This is a historic day for all of us," he said. "We have struggled for many, many years. I want to thank all of you for sharing this moment. Gosh, it feels good to have love triumph over ignorance, equality triumph over discrimination."
Pigs do fly
In the Castro, Safiya Delaney, 28, wore a furry pink pig hat with flapping wings. She wore a sign on her back that read, "(Your name here), will you marry me? It's legal!"
"People said the gays would marry when pigs fly," she said. "Well, they're flying! They're flying!"
As night fell, thousands packed the neighborhood, dancing, cheering, hugging and waving signs along several blocks that were closed to traffic.
A marching band played "The Wedding March" while pink confetti and bubbles floated through the air.
This was the sort of scene Hank Cancel, 45, had waited for all day.
He woke early to hear the rulings, but had little time to celebrate before heading off to work.
"I knew exactly what I would be doing as soon as I got off work," he said, a white bridal veil and tiara on his head. "In just my lifetime, gay people couldn't join the military, couldn't adopt kids, marry. Who would have thought I'd live to see that all change?"
For some, joy was mixed with melancholy. Patrick Santana, 49, carried a large yellow sign that read, "For my fallen brothers who didn't live to see this historic day, I remember you tonight with love."
"I hope this just means it's finally over - that the next generation won't have the scars that I have," he said.
Still others celebrated eagerly, but shied away from an imminent "I do."
Jason Schupp, 38, said he was thrilled to have the option to marry in San Francisco, his home, but it wasn't something he was considering at the moment with his boyfriend of almost three years.
"If SCOTUS can help us find an apartment, that's where we're at right now," he said, laughing.
In Oakland, a crowd of about 50 people gathered in the early evening near the Uptown Art Park, where a block of Telegraph Avenue was closed to car traffic. Revelers painted the street in rainbow colors and wrote chalk messages on the sidewalk.
"I love my immigrant husband," one man wrote.
Rejoicing quietly
Yet not all gay marriage supporters took to public places to celebrate. San Francisco resident Lee Hawn, 59, watched the morning news at home and rejoiced quietly and privately, thinking of his husband, who died in 2010. Then he hopped on his bike to go to work.
"My first thought was the air is different. The sun is different," he said later. "I don't know what emotion that is. But I'm different. The world around me is different now."
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