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Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
That Japanese proverb, featured in a cartoon in the March 16 edition, says much about the resilience of the Japanese people
The earthquake and tsunami, rising concern over nuclear disaster and harsh winter conditions combine for the worst crisis facing the Japanese people since World War II.
The tsunami spawned by the strongest earthquake to ever strike Japan has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands. Thousands more are missing.
Here in Hood River, we feel a strong bond with Tsuruta, Japan, making the devastation on the northeast coast of Honshu island feel somehow closer. Our hearts are with our neighbors across the Pacific.
For the past week, our community was blessed with the presence of youth and adults from Tsuruta, who flew to the U.S. on the day of the earthquake and have been here enjoying the sights and events in the Gorge while anxiously conscious of the plight of their countrymen.
And the people of Hood River County are stepping up to help out. These are some of the ways this is happening:
• Taste of Tsuruta. This annual Sister City event, always a delicious success, takes on new meaning April 2; all proceeds will be sent to the Tsuruta Sister City program for that community to determine how the funds can best be of service. (Details on page A1.)
• Prayer vigil on Friday. A collection was raised at a March 18 prayer vigil at Riverside Community Church, organized by Gorge Ecumenical Ministries.
• Mt. Hood Meadows ski nights for Mercy Corps, March 23-24 (see 3 to Go, on page A1, for details).
Mercy Corps is working to help survivors of Japan's earthquake and tsunami with its longstanding partner, Peace Winds. Donations will be used to meet immediate and longer-term needs of earthquake survivors.
Certainly it will take much to help the hundreds of thousands of displaced people stand up again after the quake-and-tsunami caused them to fall down. The work will take years, but we hope that the people of Tsuruta know that we stand with them.
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by Hugh Gilmore
For my wife, Janet, and me, even a small pursuit can feel like an adventure. While others of our friends walked the Great Wall of China this year, or climbed the ruins of Machu Picchu, one the focal points of our return to Montreal last week was to find the lady who sculpts with cake icing.
We'd discovered her work last year when we ate dinner al fresco at the Espace la Fontaine café (in la Fontaine park, near the Rue Rachel entrance). After eating, we went inside to look around.
Two colorful photographs drew us over. Details of larger pieces, the photos showed swirling, intricate designs in bright colors that suggested ancient patterns found in classical or eastern art, such as one sees on tiles or tapestries or in mosques.
On closer examination, several surprises were revealed: The designs were three-dimensional, applied to the side of a weatherbeaten clapboard wall, and, most surprising: made of cake icing.
We were delighted by this charming discovery, Janet especially so. She loved its playful aspect. We admired them for a few minutes and moved on into our evening's walk through this most charming of city parks.
That might have been the end of our interest in this subject, except that four weeks ago, preparing for our annual return to Montreal, Janet told me, "I tracked down the woman who did those icing sculptures we saw in the park cafe last year."
I asked how.
"I stopped trying to be logical and simply asked Google, "Woman who does cake icing sculptures in Montreal."'
"And you found her?"
"Better than that. We have an appointment to meet her in her studio and possibly buy one of her photos."
I thought, Oh, sticky wicket. What if I like her work but don't particularly want to own either of those photos we saw? Then I've pestered her and wasted her work time for nothing.
Janet added, "I sent you a link to her website."
Shelley Miller was born in Saskatchewan, Alberta, but came to Montreal to study art at Concordia University. She stayed on and now lives in the Plateau du Mont Royal section of Montreal, where she maintains her office and studio. Although she considers drawing her first love, more than twelve years ago she started her icing work and she has achieved international fame for the work she's done.
I wish I could illustrate this article with more photos, but you can see lots of visuals of her work at her site (ShelleyMillerStudio.com). Links on the site will open to news feature stories about her and her projects.
We went over to Shelley Miller's studio the morning after we arrived. Shelley is petite, attractive, and remarkably articulate. She greeted us warmly, and we talked for a little while we looked at some of her photographs. Like other artists who work with 'ephemeral' materials (think Andy Goldsworthy, for one), she sells photographs of her work. We chose a beautiful photo of a faux tile installation she'd done in Brazil. She told us the children who lived next door were amazed that someone would come to their neighborhood and cover the walls with delicious, edible icing. ( Of further wonder, Shelley says she does not bake!)
The visit left us feeling charmed and enriched. We felt as though we'd made a friend. We bought one of the Brazilian tile photographs.
And, there was more to come. Shelley Miller works in other media than icing, despite the type-casting. She's worked with sand sculpting and hand-beaten tin baking pans, for example. And at quite the other extreme, she had a commission from the Commission scolaire de Montréal to create for the École des métiers de la restauration de Montréal (a Restaurant and Trade school – they serve meals there, reservations only – see their website) a 9-foot-tall Ductal concrete sculpture dedicated to the eternal nature of books and reading as part of the learning process. The piece is called "Circulation."
To find it, you must go to the school at 1822 boul. de Maisonneuve West. Facing the school building, walk outside, along the left, to find the arches that lead into the rear courtyard. The piece is both monumental and inspiring. From the artist's website: "It was created by using a negative mold made from actual books. Left behind is the trace of the pages and titles of all the books. The result is a fossil, shaped like a cross-cut section of old growth tree."
You can see a detailed step-by-step view of its creation and installation by going to her website, previously mentioned.
I wished I had a big-enough hoop-stick so that I could have rolled it home to Chestnut Hill and installed it in one of our sculpture parks. There I could sit and ponder the questions Shelley Miller proposes: "What if books become fossils? What if trees become fossils?"
More next week, including our return to "Slowness Day" in the park.
Hugh adds: This just in, from a noted local actress, "Hugh, Loved your 'Scenes from a Bookshop' book! What a gem! Just started reading 'Malcolm's Wine' and loving it, can't put it down. Your fan …" Name withheld through discretion. Both books available through Amazon.com.

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Five days after being displaced by fire, Ledyard couple return to say 'I do'
Ledyard — If Brian Osborne learned one thing from the fire that destroyed his house but spared his children, his girlfriend and the family's two dogs, it was this: "Life's too short. There's no point waiting when everything can be taken away tomorrow," he said.
One of the only items that survived the wind-driven blaze at 15 Chapman Lane in Gales Ferry on Monday was the engagement ring Osborne planned to give his girlfriend, Megan Hunley, but hadn't yet. He said he'll never forget a firefighter finding the ring and holding out his gloved hand with the charred box. The ring was untouched.
"I cried," Hunley said. "I just cried."
On Saturday, the couple married in front of the burnt house, surrounded by about 40 friends and members of the Gales Ferry Volunteer Fire Co.
Hunley said that before the fire, she'd wanted Osborne to ask her father's permission before they married. Then it all changed.
"I could have lost him that day and that would have been devastating," she said. "And that was enough for me to realize nothing else matters."
The couple married dressed in the clothes they escaped the fire in: Hunley in pajama pants and an Under Armour shirt; Osborne in soot-stained shorts and a T-shirt. The children, Hanna, 12, and Carter, 8, wore sweats, gym shorts and T-shirts. Their friends also wore whatever they were dressed in the day of the fire.
The blaze tore through the house swiftly, burning about one-third of the structure, enough to make it a total loss.
The family was eating lunch at the time. Osborne said he'd been cleaning out the garage earlier and had burned some cardboard outside, then put the fire out with water. He said firefighters suspected an ember may have been lit and blown back into the garage.
The couple said they don't know how long the house had been burning. But when they looked through the sunroom window, "it was just black smoke" outside, Osborne said. Hunley rushed out with the children and the family's two Golden retrievers. Osborne ran out and tried to extinguish the fire with water from a hose. He realized in seconds it was hopeless.
Then he ran back in to grab the keys to his truck because he feared it would explode.
The fire was first reported at 1:16 p.m. Gales Ferry Fire Chief Anthony Saccone said firefighters arrived to find flames blazing on the outside of the Cape Cod-style home and pushing through blown-out windows toward the inside. The sunroom had been destroyed completely before firefighters arrived.
The family's black-and-white cat, Bugsy, died in the fire.
Later that afternoon, firefighters searched for items that were precious to the family. They found an 8-by-10 picture of Osborne's mother, who died in 2010, and the gold charm bracelet that belonged to Hunley's grandmother.
Osborne also told a firefighter of the small blue box on top of the headboard in the bedroom.
"Then when he came out, I can remember it so vividly," Osborne said. "He had a big leather glove on, like for fighting fires, and he held his hand out, and I just saw it sitting there." He opened it, found the ring, and dropped it in his pocket.
Osborne and Hunley met in 2000, dated on and off, went their separate ways and married other people. They they both divorced. A mutual friend, Cori Miller, who'd known Osborne for years and went to college with Hunley, put the couple back in touch after she heard both were single again.
"I thought they always belonged together," Miller said.
Billy Daly, a friend who met Osborne when they both lived in Groton, has been having the family stay in his house since the fire. Daly found a justice of the peace, a photographer and cooked half the food for the reception.
He understands knowing when someone is the right person, he said. "My wife and I knew each other two weeks and I proposed," he said. They've been married 15 years and have three children.
On Wednesday morning, less than two days after the fire, Osborne asked Hunley to go downstairs with him where they could be alone. Then he asked her to marry him.
They weren't 18 and he wasn't waiting, he said. Osborne, a sonar technician on the USS Springfield, turned 34 on Thursday. His wife, a police officer in Indiana, is 33.
Hunley felt the same. "After you go through something like that, you realize life is short and I didn't want to wait anymore," she said. "All that mattered was he showed up and we were both there."
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November 22, 2012 10:23 ET
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Nov. 22, 2012) - The wait is almost over as 30th November marks the launch of the hotly anticipated Wii U. The latest home console from Nintendo boasts more variety of gameplay than ever before. The console incorporates multiple unique features including the Wii U GamePad, which offers a second window into the videogame world. Many of the features that make Wii U unique in the gaming landscape can be seen in the 24 thrilling launch games which are to be made available to purchase as packaged games on the same day the Wii U console hits the market.
Three launch hardware packs are available to choose from along with the strongest line-up of launch software in Nintendo history. These include third-party heavy hitters such as FIFA 13 from Electronic Arts, Activision's Call Of Duty®: Black Ops II and Ubisoft's ZombiU™, as well as Wii U games developed by Nintendo such as Nintendo Land and New Super Mario Bros. U.
Below is the full list of upcoming packaged Wii U games that will be available on launch day:
Publisher: Title(s)
505 Games: Funky Barn
Activision: Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, Skylanders Giants™, TRANSFORMERS PRIME™
Disney: DISNEY EPIC MICKEY 2. THE POWER OF TWO
Electronic Arts: EA SPORTS™ FIFA 13, Mass Effect™ 3 Special Edition
NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe: Ben 10: Omniverse™, Family Party: 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade, TANK! TANK! TANK!™, TEKKEN TAG TOURNAMENT™2 Wii U Edition
Nintendo: Nintendo Land, New Super Mario Bros. U
SEGA: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed™
Tecmo Koei: Warriors Orochi®3 Hyper
THQ: Darksiders®2
Ubisoft: Assassin's Creed ® III, Just Dance®4, Rabbids ® Land, Sports Connection™, Your Shape®: Fitness Evolved 2013
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment: Batman: Arkham City™ Armoured Edition, Game Party™ Champions
Players can choose between a white console in the Basic Pack and a black console in the Premium Pack, about which further details can be found at the official Wii U website. Players will also be able to get their hands on a limited edition ZombiU Premium Pack, which has the same contents as the normal Premium Pack but instead of Nintendo Land features the ZombiU game and a Wii U Pro Controller.
Anticipation has been building in the months leading up to the launch day and Wii U sampling events are still taking place up and down the country. Fans in UK can try out the unique functions of Wii U and a selection of its launch games line-up at the latest Wii U event taking place.
Metro Centre, Newcastle: 22nd - 25th November
Hyper Japan, Earls Court, London: 23rd - 25th November
The Gadget Show Live @ Christmas, Excel, London: 30th November - 2nd December
Westfield, London: 6th - 9th December
The Centre, Milton Keynes: 13th - 16th December
Arndale, Manchester: 3rd - 6th January
For more information about the tour and for regular updates on the events and locations, visit www.nintendo.co.uk/events.
In addition, make sure you check the Wii U Facebook page for further local event details, as well as YouTube for the latest Wii U videos. Don't forget that the Iwata Asks series of interviews is also available to provide in-depth information on the multiple features of Wii U.
Whether playing together with friends or alone, Wii U delivers brand new entertainment experiences and aims to change the way you interact with your TV in your living room. Wii U is available across Europe along with 24 launch day games to choose from on 30th November 2012.
For further details:
Wii U website http://wiiu.co.uk
Wii U on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/WiiU.co.uk
Nintendo of Europe on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendoeurope
Nintendo UK on Twitter https://twitter.com/nintendouk
Wii U on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/NintendoWiiUUK
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Moberly Area Community College students, faculty and alumni can help save lives at American Red Cross We Challenge U blood drive
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. (Jan. 2, 2014) — To help ensure a sufficient blood supply this winter season, Moberly Area Community College is hosting an American Red Cross We Challenge U Blood Drive at its Kirksville campus on Jan. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All presenting donors will receive a commemorative We Challenge U T-shirt, while supplies last.
"We thank Moberly Area Community College for accepting the challenge from the Red Cross," said Scott Caswell, CEO of the Missouri-Illinois Blood Services Region. "Donating blood is an easy way to volunteer, and it helps patients in need."
To make an appointment to donate or for more information, Moberly Area Community College students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public may call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.
College and high school blood drives account for as much as 20 percent of donations given through the Red Cross. The We Challenge U program encourages college students to get involved in the community by organizing blood drives and recruiting friends and faculty to give blood during winter months.
Moberly Area Community College Blood Drive
Jan. 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Moberly Area Community College Kirksville Campus, 2105 E. Normal in Kirksville, Mo.
Prior to donating blood, donors will register, complete a brief health-history screening and have their blood pressure, pulse rate, temperature and iron level checked. The entire donation process takes about an hour, but the actual blood donation takes about 10 minutes. Refreshments are provided at the end of the donation process.
How to donate blood
Simply call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver's license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age (16 with parental consent in some states), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in generally good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements.
About the American Red Cross
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.


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BATS Global Markets issued a note to clients late Wednesday warning that a "system issue" allowed hundreds of thousands of transactions to be processed at prices that were different from the best ones available in a situation that has been ongoing since 2008.
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The exchange operator said that under certain conditions short sales would be executed at a price equal to or less than the best available price. U.S. securities rules stipulate that trades must be executed at the best available price. A short sale is a bet that a stock will go down that is made by temporarily borrowing a stock with the intent of later returning it a lower price.
The issues occurred on both of BATS' securities exchanges, called BZX and BYX, and its options platform. The problems for BZX and BYX began occurring when each exchange commenced operations as so-called national securities exchanges, in 2008 and 2010 respectively. The issues started occurring on the options platform in 2010, also on the day it commenced operations.
Between the two securities exchanges, there were more than 440,000 incidents reported. On average, the BZX exchange, which processes considerably more volume than BYX, logged 410.1 incidents a day since 2008. The options exchange logged 617 incidents in total.
A BATS spokesperson said the net impact to its customers was less than $500,000 total over the four-year span, although the company declined to comment further. BATS said in the notice to traders that it expects the issues to be resolved by the middle of January.
BATS' exchanges account for between 12% to 13% of U.S. equity trading daily. This fresh round of issues comes after the company ran into a slew of problems that forced it to pull its initial public offering from its own exchange in March of last year. It competes with other operators like NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) and Nasdaq OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ).


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If you are not cyrstal clear about what permissions are or if you simply don't know how to use them, then John has produced the article for you. John will discuss permissions on the Unix platform and how you can embed permission commands from within a PHP application.
In the past few columns written on www.onlamp.com, I have been discussing using PHP's file I/O capabilities for manipulating both files and directories. This week, we'll take a slight detour from a strictly PHP-related subject and discuss file permissions in Unix systems. If you are using PHP in a Windows environment (or other environment without a permission system), this column may not apply to you.
How Permissions Work
Before we can explain how permissions can be used from within PHP applications, you'll need a little background on how permissions work in general. Although today's column only discusses Unix permission-related commands, these commands directly relate to their PHP counterparts discussed in my next column. If you haven't ever really worked with the permissions system in PHP (or need a refresher) read on.
In a Unix environment, all files and directories are owned by two different entities -- a user and a group. (A group represents multiple individual users.) Likewise, each file in the file system has three different permission sets which determine who can access a particular file or directory. Specifically, every file in a Unix system has the following permission sets: user-level, group-level, and global-level.
For each permission set, three different flags exist: read, write, and execute. If a particular user does not have the read flag set, he will be unable to read the desired file (or the files in a directory). Likewise, if a user does not have the execute permission on a file, she will be unable to execute that program. When a user creates a file, that file automatically is owned by the user and group to which the user belongs. In order to change the owner of a particular file the chown Unix command is used as follows:
[user@localhost]$ chown theuser thefilemask
where theuser represents the username to change the file mask specified by thefilemask. Please note that this command can only be executed by a user who has super-user privileges (such as root).
Changing the group to which a file belongs to is done via the chgrp Unix command. Unlike chown, which requires super-user privileges, chgrp can be used by any user. The one restriction that applies is that chgrp will only allow the user to change the group of a file as long as the user belongs to that group. For example, a given user who belongs to the groups foo and bar can change the group of a given file to either foo or bar but not foobar -- because he does not belong to that group.
As I mentioned, for a given file there are three different permission levels that apply to each file and directory: the user-level, group-level, and global-level. Each level is independent of the other, and is used to permit read, write, or execution access for the given file. From a Unix console, one can see the owner, group, and permissions assigned to these three groups by executing the ls (list) command in a given directory and specifying the -l (long) tag as shown:
[user@localhost]$ ls -l
rwx-w-r-- 4 php mygroup 4096 Nov 7 15:52 mydirectory
In the above example, the directory mydirectory is owned by the user php and belongs to the group mygroup. The string drwx-w-r-- identifies the permissions.
If the permission has been granted (read, write, or execute) then that letter will be displayed for the particular group. Otherwise, a dash is shown. Thus, in the example above, this particular file has been given read, write, and execute permissions for the owner of the file (the user php). However, those who belong to the group mygroup can write to this file, while the remainder of people (global) can only read the file. The one flag that hasn't been identified yet (the first character, d) identifies this particular file as a directory.
Although permissions are fairly simple for normal files, they take on a slightly different meaning when applied to directories. Specifically, read permission is required in order for a user to view the contents of the directory. Write permission allows a user to create or remove files within the directory. Execute permission is required in order to access the directory at all. Note that a user with write permission to a directory will be able to delete any file in that directory, even if she lacks write permission for that file.
So how does one modify the permissions of a file? Unix permissions are handled through a command called chmod:
[user@localhost]$ chmod 755 thefilemask
In the above example, 755 is the numeric representation of the permissions to set, and thefilemask is the file mask of the affected files. Note that only the owner or a group member may modify the permissions of a file. There are two different ways to assign or to revoke permissions for a file -- one text-based and the other numeric-based. Because PHP does not provide means to modify permission values using the text-based method I will only discuss the numeric method.
The permissions of all of the permission groups can be represented by different numeric values. Added together, this represents the complete numeric permission value. The values of the different permission levels are:
In order to give read and execute permission to the file's owner, write permission to the group, and read permission to everyone else (global) the permission value would be:
+ 100
+ 20
+ 4
= 524
Applying these permissions to the file is as simple as using the chmod command:
[user@localhost]$ ls -l
-rwx-w-r-- 4 php mygroup 4096 Nov 7 18:52 myfile
[user@localhost]$ chmod 524 myfile
[user@localhost]$ ls -l
-r-x-w-r-- 4 php mygroup 4096 Nov 7 18:60 myfile
That's it for today's column. Although no PHP commands were actually discussed, having a reasonable understanding of the Unix permission system (especially when working with files) is critical to PHP applications. Without being familiar with this subject it is very easy to open up your scripts to malicious users. In my next column, I'll take the Unix commands discussed today and apply them to the counterpart PHP functions.
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World Evangelical Alliance Makes New Appointment to Respond to Global Social Injustices
Christine MacMillan has been appointed as the World Evangelical Alliance's Senior Advisor for Social Justice in a move made to help "evangelical Christians respond to the injustices in our fractured world."
The new appointment has been made through the creation of a new position within WEA's structure, and will look to further strengthen WEA's engagement in social justice.
As part of her new role MacMillan will provide advice to the WEA leadership on key issues as well as assisting in the coordination of efforts of WEA's social justice initiatives.
"We are thrilled that Commissioner Christine MacMillan has joined our WEA team. She brings tremendous experience, wisdom and Biblical insight," said Dr. Geoff Tunnicliffe, Secretary General of the WEA. "Christine will serve as a highly valued member of our team as we seek to discern how we as evangelical Christians respond to the injustices in our fractured world."
MacMillan is an experienced appointment for the role; according to the World Evangelical Alliance release she brings more than 30 years of experience in addressing social justice issues on three continents.
MacMillan has worked extensively with the WEA before, and was previously appointed as WEA's Spokesperson on Human Trafficking in 2008, and more recently helped launch the group's Global Human Trafficking Task Force in 2009.
Until July this year, she also served as the first Director of the International Social Justice Commission of the Salvation Army.
In a statement released by the WEA, the alliance states: "In her new role as Senior Advisor for Social Justice she will interact with WEA's Commissions and Initiatives that are involved with social justice in order to advise and assist in framing the work of social justice with a biblical foundation, and discover points of interaction between the various initiatives."
MacMillan will also act as a public spokesperson on social justice issues and strengthen WEA's engagement with the United Nations, as well as various global institutions and national governments.
MacMillan has also said, "My role with the World Evangelical Alliance anticipates viewing issues at depth with those who experience injustice. When social justice is the measure then people's names and stories are what counts. The Jesus of Good News is propelling the church to live right while righting wrongs."


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Small Animal In Vivo Imaging Antibody Labeling
Optimal labeling of antibodies for in vivo applications
Antibodies that are fluorescently labeled for use in animals have more stringent requirements than antibodies labeled for other types of applications. The SAIVI™ Rapid Antibody Labeling Kits are uniquely designed to provide the rigorous requirements to control the degree of labeling (DOL). This control is accomplished by limiting the number of fluorescent molecules covalently attached to the antibody (Figure 1). It is crucial to restrict the DOL for antibodies used in vivo compared to other types of antibody applications, in order to maximize the desired signal at its target location while minimizing accumulation in the liver (Figure 2). Antibodies labeled with the SAIVI™ Rapid Antibody Labeling Kit are ideal for in vivo use.
Non-invasive optical imaging in small animals is best achieved with antibodies or proteins labeled with near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores. AlexaFluor® dyes that emit in the NIR 700-900 nm spectrum are ideal for labeling antibodies to be used for in vivo imaging. Dyes in this range are critical to maximize the penetration of the signal while reducing autofluoresence from nontarget tissues. This highly sensitive detection can often be viewed to 3 mm or more, depending on the instrument used for visualization.
Figure 1. Conjugated antibodies used for in vivo applications have a limited and controlled number of labels attached.
Figure 2. A DOL of 2.4 provides ideal fluorescence intensity of the target while limiting intensity in the liver.
An anti-CEA (Invitrogen) antibody targeting colon cancer xenografts in mice show the optimal DOL for the fluorescence antibody to be 2.4, as imaged with the CRi Maestro™ In Vivo Imaging System.
For a more detailed explanation of the effects of DOL on fluorescent antibodies used in vivo see the Bioprobes 52 article.
Get the Best Results with Antibodies for in vivo Imaging Applications
In addition to the DOL control reagent, the SAIVI™ Rapid Antibody Labeling Kits include a novel column that has an easy to use pre-measured slurry and is specifically designed for a fast, 10 minute prep time and short wash step. The removal of azide is not required as it is for other columns resulting in additional time savings. This protocol results in high yields of ready-to-use antibody every time (Figure 2). The chart below compares the use of these kits, and shows multiple advantages of using the SAIVI™ Rapid Antibody Labeling Kits for all in vivo applications.
Figure 3. High yields with 0.5 – 3.0 mg mouse polyclonal IgG-680 conjugated according to kit protocol.
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|DOL Control Reagent
|None, kits optimized for DOL in 4-7 range not in vivo applications
|Optimal 1.5-3 DOL for in vivo applications
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|Sterile filtration; azide removal required
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Paul McCartney Thinks 'Meat Free Monday' Could Help Save the Planet
He might be busy picking up Grammy nominations for his latest album, but Paul McCartney still has time to pursue humanitarian efforts -- and his latest involves trying to get you to set aside one day a week to stuff your face with something other than meat.
Dubbed 'Meatless Monday,' McCartney's plan has been presented to world leaders currently taking part in a global climate change conference, in the hopes of raising awareness of the environmental effects of industrial meat farming.
As NME reports, a copy of McCartney's letter has gone out to a number of political figures, including the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It reads, in part:
Although more and more evidence is coming to light showing how the growth of the global meat industry is having alarming environmental consequences, the impact of the livestock sector on global warming does not yet seem to have been acknowledged ... I therefore call upon you to bring this issue to the attention of the conference and encourage the adoption of policy and individual actions, such as a weekly meat-free day ... Encouraging initiatives such as Meat Free Monday would make a considerable difference to the future of the planet.
While it seems unlikely that McCartney's efforts are going to make much of an impact in anyone's diet, it also seems pretty reasonable to assume that a sizable percentage of humans are already leaving meat out of their diet at least once a week, if only for the sake of mixing things up once in awhile and/or maintaining a harmonious relationship with their colons. How about you -- are you eating meat every day? Are you willing to observe 'Meat-Free Monday'?


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|A color blocked kitchen in gray and white! (above)
So many styles mixed in one space but they work...the farmhouse style feeling kitchen with its gray (maybe soapstone counters), the rustic country knotty pine wide plank wood floors, the Palm Beach like rattan furniture in the den and then the mid century dining table and Hans Wegner chairs in the dining room. Doesn't feel like all of those styles should work together but they do.
Nice, bright, airy, convivial space. Perfect for cooking big meals and inviting lots of people over.
|The kitchen island features gray soapstone counters and white cabinet doors framed in a light gray....love the see-through glass door refrigerator too! (above)
|The farm house kitchen sink in white and with a lovely picture window (above)
|The kitchen with its knotty pine hardwood floors also opens up to the dining room with a mid-century modern table and Hans Wegner chairs. (above)
|Mosaic tile backsplash covers the wall behind the stove and sink. (above)
I would leave it as is...although I might change out the round pendant lights...not sure but I might.
Happy Wednesday.
P.S. Soooo many of you have asked about the turquoise painting in my living room featured on Monday's post. I went to the artist and will reveal who it is by tomorrow and more of his latest work! Please stand by.
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Haunted Passion
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- Published By: eXtasy Books
- Author: Tianna Xander
- Page: 29
- Word Count: 7275
- Publication Date: October 23, 2012
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Will Jeni survive All Hallow's Eve and the day of the dead in an Irish castle filled with haunted passion?
When Jeni makes a trip to Ireland on a whim, she finds the impossible. The two men she's dreamed about most of her life are nineteenth century ghosts! Despite that, they want her with the same heat that they have displayed in her dreams for the last several years. Will she survive a night in an ancient castle filled with haunted passion?
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APC has recently published a new guide for the everyday computer user on how to make more ecological choices when using technology. The Practical guide to sustainable IT offers a detailed, hands-on introduction to thinking about sustainable computing holistically; starting with the choices you make when buying technology, and the software and peripherals you use, through to how you store and work with information, manage your security, save power, and maintain and dispose of your old hardware. Suggestions and advice for policy makers are also included, along with some practical tips for internet service providers.
Written by IT expert and environmentalist Paul Mobbs, the purpose of the guide is to encourage ICT-for-development (ICTD) practitioners to begin using technology in an environmentally sound way. But its usefulness extends beyond this to everyday consumers of technology, whether in the home or office environment.
The guide was developed on behalf of the Association for Progressive Communication (APC), with funding support from the International Development Research Centre. It forms part of APC's work on ICTs environmental sustainability.
"The importance of this book is it's not just a practical guide — yes, the 'how to' details are there —- but what makes this book remarkable is that Paul has integrated these practical considerations with a broader world-view on sustainability. It suggests a way of looking at the world beyond technology, at how we live in it, and what we need to do to lessen the catastrophic impact we're having on it," says APC's ICTs and environmental sustainability programme coordinator Alan Finlay:
The guide is divided into 11 units which build thematically on the ones that have come before. They can be read consecutively, or separately. The "unit" approach allows the sections to be updated over time, extracted for use as resource guides in workshops, or shared easily with colleagues and friends.
"If we're going to have access to these technologies in the future, without harming the planet or depleting the resources from which they are manufactured, we must learn to plan our use of information systems… minimising their environmental impact," Mobbs writes in his book. "We can all play our part, and the practice of sustainable computing will go a long way in helping to tackle the environmental crisis facing our planet," he says.
The book is available online for free download by unit or as a whole.
The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is an international network and non-profit organisation founded in 1990 that wants everyone to have access to a free and open internet to improve lives and create a more just world. www.apc.org
More about APC's ICTs and environmental sustainability programme: greeningit.apc.org
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Frank Zappa's 'Roxy by Proxy' to be Distributed by Fans
The career of Frank Zappa has been nothing if not innovative. Nearly 20 years after his death, his estate is continuing his tradition by coming up with a new way of licensing his music, by allowing his fans to serve as independent distributors.
Between now and Dec. 28, the Zappa Family Trust is selling master duplication copies of 'Roxy by Proxy,' 76 minutes of previously unreleased songs from Zappa and the Mothers of Invention's performances at the Roxy in Los Angeles on Dec. 9-10, 1973. Other songs from Zappa's 1973 Roxy dates were released on 1974's 'Roxy and Elsewhere.'
For $1,000, fans will get the music, liner notes and artwork so that they can make copies and sell them on their own or give away as gifts. Licensees can charge whatever they feel the market value is for the CDs, however, they must pay Zappa Records a mechanical royalty of $1.20 for every copy sold or delivered.
"You are the ones who want it and you are the ones we need to help us make it happen," the Zappa Family Trust said via press release. "This is also a big Thank You to all the fans that are ready willing and able to participate in the ultimate adventure of distributing this record. We are grateful – and we are hopeful that you will show us how to do it better than it has ever been done before."
The Zappa family is hoping to raise enough money from the sales of 'Roxy by Proxy' to complete production on film and home video versions of 'The Roxy Performances.' For complete information about the project, visit its website.


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U.S. stocks have taken a beating since the November 6 election, as all three major market indices are down more than 5% since.
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But talk to some traders and they'll tell you they expect all indices to hold to gains made earlier in the year, though the fiscal cliff remains the top concern for the market. Indeed, the S&P 500 is still up some 7.7% since January despite the recent rout.
According to the latest Charles Schwab Active Trader Sentiment Survey conducted on October 20, more than half of participating traders gave the government a D or F grade for pursuing policies that encourage investing. The grade is more representative of frustration from a government that, to this point, hasn't been able to agree on much of anything in terms of fiscal policy. For the last few months, markets remained keenly focused on the presidential election – and dropped sharply when they left Washington sharply divided. But it took no time at all for markets to refocus on the fiscal cliff, which is becoming an increasingly bigger concern as the year end nears.
Despite negative sentiment over the potential for fiscal disaster, 60% of traders surveyed say the stock market will end this year higher. "I think what the traders expressed was the market will end higher this year than where it started. The markets are still up 9.5-10% for the year. It would be catastrophic to think we could wipe out those returns between now and year's end," Randy Frederick, Managing Director of Active Trading and Derivatives at Charles Schwab said. If the fiscal cliff scenario -- a combination of deep spending cuts and increased tax revenues -- goes into effect by its December 31 deadline, there's a very real probability for U.S. to fall into a recession at the start of next year. But Frederick said the likelihood of driving straight off the cliff with a resulting economic recession is slim. The more likely scenario is the government to come to a kind of middle-of-the-road compromise, and if that's the case, he said markets are poised to perform well for the remainder of this year and into 2013. What the markets need from the government is relatively simple: Any kind of indication that compromise is on the horizon. "If the fiscal cliff does not get resolved, or we don't get some kind of guidelines that Washington is working cooperatively, we're in for more rough markets until we get clarity. We can expect pretty good declines between now and year's end," Frederick said. "I wouldn't be surprised at all with a 3%, 4%, 5% downturn between now and then. I hate to think that would happen, but it's all in the hands of those in Washington." In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs' (NYSE:GS) chief U.S. economist, Jan Hatzius, outlined what the firm sees as the most likely scenario to come out of the fiscal cliff conundrum. The investment bank expects taxes to rise for upper-income earners, a sequestration scenario to soften and taxes on lower and middle-income earners to remain at their current levels. The firm noted it expects an agreement from leaders in Washington by the end of 2012, but says it's a "close call" – and notes a failure to reach agreement by year's end would result in more uncertainty and greater drag on growth. The line of uncertainty is drawn when the 112th Congress puts temporary stopgap measures – like another debt ceiling increase – into place and punts the hard decisions to the 113th Congress set to convene at the beginning of next year. In a research note from asset-management giant BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) on Thursday, senior advisor Bob Doll outlined his prediction for the near-term effects of continuing debate in Washington over the nation's fiscal woes. He believes the market has not priced in any kind of significant chance of a "grand bargain" out of Washington in which both Republicans and Democrats can agree to some kind of plan to avert a financial crisis, or a high likelihood the nation's leaders will take no action at all. "Rather, markets seem to be predicting that Congress and the Obama Administration will be able to engineer some sort of short-term gap measures that delay or dull the immediate impact of the fiscal cliff, leaving many of the hard decisions on hold until next year," Doll wrote in the note. If that happens, Frederick said the markets are in for more declines. "We were in a slow, quiet decline before now. And within a matter of a couple of weeks, we watched the Dow give up 1,000 points with very little spike in volatility," he said. "That's difficult to trade in because there don't appear to be volatile issues, but people are watching their portfolios dwindle on a daily basis. And it all depends on how much clarity we get out of Washington."


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Monday, September 21, 2009
Sunday morning blues
A few hours later, when the household is up and awake, and humming with action, I am accosted by my children. The elder one makes an observation about Eminem. Perhaps a word of explanation is in order here. The kids are inordinately fond of rap music and its practitioners. People like Eminem, Fifty Cent, a gentleman named- I kid you not- T-Pain, and many other worthies who wish to influence the world through their hair and tattoos, instead of mundane things like wisdom, courage and intellect. As I was saying, the elder one makes the observation that, should Eminem convert to Islam, he could call himself Muslim Shady. I go "huh?" at him in the way only a doofus father can. He explains that Eminem, for reasons best known to him, calls himself "Slim Shady". Muslim Shady was a play on Slim shady. "It was a joke, Annie!" he tells me, with a sad look in his eyes which clearly reveal his estimation of the hopelessness of the older generation.
Younger son is studying. I'm pottering about in the living room, trying to get the TV started with the remote. Missus watches in serene amusement for about 5 minutes and then points out that I am using the cordless phone. "Try using the remote. It works really well with the TV, though I don't know why that should be so". She revels in these kind of shots. I give her my coldest "Dignified Silence" look, completely wasted on her because her mom has called up from Mysore and they are exchanging very sotto voce remarks about something. This means
a. Someone is getting divorced
b. Someone is getting married
c. Someone is having a child
d. They are discussing the latest Chinese GDP numbers.
Ok, perhaps not 'd.'
Anyway, I digress. I was talking about the younger son. With his mom in a long conversation over the phone, he is like a political activist just released from prison. Brimming with things to say, if you know what I mean.
"Annie" he goes, "is reproduction a bad thing?"
"Ask your mother. She'll be happy to tell you." I try to slink away, but he's not having any of it.
"I'm asking YOU"
"I, er, no, not really. I mean, reproduction is, like, very necessary for life. But of course, we don't discuss it very openly er.. er.. "
"Why not?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"Why don't we discuss it openly?"
"Well, I think... that is... I think your mother would be better placed to answer that."
"She's going to be on the phone for an hour, you know. That's grandma on the line."
"I know." Sigh. "Ok, why are you asking me this NOW?"
"Well it says here, in this textbook that I'm reading that 'reproduction in any form is expressly prohibited' "
Rascal.! He was stringing me along. I try to clout him one on the side of the head but he's like Muhammed Ali, dodging and weaving around while I get shorter of breath.
25 comments:
- Shruti said...
wheee!! next time onwards, always think what the other meaning could be! :)) kids kids!!
- September 21, 2009 at 3:59 PM
- indiegurl said...
i LOVE LOVE LOVE how they call you annie! You are SO annie!
and your younger son is very hot. if he were slightly older.... hmm..
- September 21, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Cynic in Wonderland said...
you should get your kids to start a blog. wait they probabaly HAVE a blog somewhere.
- September 21, 2009 at 5:47 PM
- Rithish said...
Conversations between your Kids & You remind me of Calvin & his Father. :-D
- September 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Kids are your type, surely. As far as reproduction is concerned, make sure they know the anatomy first. My son once asked, seated next to me in an airplane, hands sleepily straying on my crotch, "Why is your rectum so hard?" That is hard to explain. Anatomy first, reproduction next.
- September 21, 2009 at 7:06 PM
- narendra shenoy said...
@Shruti - Yeah. One lives and learns. Actually, most of the time I don't seem to learn on a permanent basis
@indiegurl - Yes, Annie is a sore point. Especially when they call me that aloud in malls and other public places. People give me the look.
@cynic- They are not allowed to, by their mom, on the grounds that they spend far too much time on the computer as it is. It is a matter being actively agitated by them.
@ritish - I might be wrong, but they evaluate me pretty lowly when it comes to brains. Parenthood!
@rambodoc - LOL! I'm actually worried that they know both the anatomy and the physiology better than I do. They go to a stateboard school and are familiar with more words for the reproductive organs than Mr. Roget lets on in his thesaurus
- September 21, 2009 at 8:48 PM
- SRK said...
The firs thought that came to my mind on reading the title was "you mean, Sundays have mornings?"... aah, the joys of bachelorhood!!!
and yeah, your kids rock! or rap!
- September 21, 2009 at 9:02 PM
- Ram's back said...
Whats with the Annie bit? Does it mean Dad in Konkani?
- September 21, 2009 at 10:00 PM
- Juggler said...
The second son seems to have rare talent when it comes to keeping you on your toes!
Amen to SRK :-)
- September 21, 2009 at 10:09 PM
- narendra shenoy said...
@srk - I remember the days when I too could sleep at will. Ichcha-shayani, like the "ichcha-marani" Bhishma. All gone, damn. Now I wake up at 6 whether I want to or not.
@ram - Father, in Konkani, is "Anna". My kids, aided and abetted by their mother, remorselessly anglicised this to "Annie", despite my active protests. And now it has stuck.
@juggler - The younger one revels in pulling my leg. Well enjoy your sunday morning sleeps-in, you disgustingly young people!
- September 21, 2009 at 10:18 PM
- What's In A Name!? said...
haha, the smart kids!
you should've said, "reproduction without "permission" is a bad hting"
- September 21, 2009 at 10:44 PM
- narendra shenoy said...
@what'sinaname - LOL!
- September 21, 2009 at 10:50 PM
- maxdavinci said...
I live just off 8 mile rd, incase the young bambaiya rappers ever wanted to visit!
- September 21, 2009 at 11:22 PM
- Arun Sundar said...
I, while in 7th grade, asked my 'so-well-read' classmate how does this reproduction work. He said all I have to is to get married and on the first night, touch my wife's cheek, switch the lights off and go to sleep. A baby will be born in 10 months.
The genius he was, grasped so much from the erstwhile tamil movies.
- September 22, 2009 at 12:18 AM
- buddy said...
papa sher, beta sawa sher :D
- September 22, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- mentalie said...
and i thought your son called you annie because of your naivety :) i almost died laughing over your post, first line to last. and then i read rambodoc's comment...my belly hurts!
- September 22, 2009 at 12:52 AM
- Sid said...
LOL! Political activist released from prison :D
And Arun Sundar's classmate's knowledge is funny as well. Then there are also hero-heroine see each other and flowers giggle, pigeons chirp...
What was that about Chinese GDP!
- September 22, 2009 at 1:29 AM
- le embrouille blogueur said...
Haha ..... you and my son share the same alarm I guess ... only in his case ... he actually does do the needful in bed .... you can tell your son that he has a fellow fan of Shady ... lol !!!
- September 22, 2009 at 11:01 AM
- Ram's back said...
That's incestuous. "Anna" means elder brother in tamil.
- September 22, 2009 at 11:48 PM
- Pooja said...
Adding to the rapper trivia - he's actually called Fitty Cent. Methinks that maybe it's a new genre - lisp rap.
As to hushed phone gossip - we totally dig the weekend family calls too, lol...
- September 23, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- Vanilla Fierce! said...
LOL @ muslim shady :)
- September 24, 2009 at 12:53 PM
- Absolutely Normal Chaos said...
Muslim shady, huh? Smart kids you got there! I'm reading this and thinking -- wow, that's probably what Dad feels when I tell him about Twitter. Sigh. Parents.
I normally never get around to reading long blog posts, considering my lack of patience. But this one kept me going! Some great humour in there!
- September 25, 2009 at 5:29 AM
- Drenched said...
Hahaha! I love this Annie habit of your kids! :D And your younger son's reproduction talk reminds of this common joke in which a little boy comes home after his first day at school and asks his mother, "Mum, what's sex?" The mum gives him a detailed explanation covering all aspects of the subject. When she has finished, the little boy produces an enrollment form which he has brought home from school and says, "Yes, but how am I going to get all that into this one little square?"
- September 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM
- Rahul Rao said...
I just learnt the meaning of Sotto Voce. Thanks, Mr. Shenoy.
- October 28, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Deepak Gopalakrishnan said...
You should seriously consider releasing an anthology of your posts as 'Families for Dummy 42 year olds' or something, Anna! :D
- December 16, 2009 at 12:09 AM


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Life used to be easy for the 911 Turbo. It would show up for a supercar shootout, win the acceleration and braking tests and be commended for its challenging handling only the experienced could exploit. Sometimes it would win simply on respect alone.
Then the horsepower wars escalated and the playing field leveled. The Turbo came under assault from all directions: Ferrari and Lamborghini improved their game, while Audi and Mercedes joined the party. But it was the Nissan GT-R that would be the really painful wake-up call – it out-gadget'ed, out-tech'ed and simply out-ran the Turbo for a lot less coin.
Add to that cars like the 662hp Shelby Mustang or 580hp ZL1 Camaro making the 500hp Turbo look inadequate and you've got the recipe for a meltdown.
Luckily, Turbo owners don't have to back down from a challenge because their car is also a tuner favorite. Horsepower figures from tuned engines have risen to stratospheric heights in the past few years. Big numbers can take a lot of work and deep pockets, of course. But owners who wish to stay ahead of the pack need to investigate their options.
One of the latest is AWE Tuning's Project 750R. Focusing primarily on the ECU, turbos and exhaust system, AWE was able to integrate everything to create a steroidal bump in power while still retaining daily drivability.
Starting with a six-speed manual 2010 997.2 Turbo, AWE replaced the stock exhaust system with parts of their own design. Their headers were made of 321-grade stainless steel, while the 3" stainless-steel exhaust houses 200-cell cats before the gas is ejected through bullet-style mufflers.
The factory Variable Turbine Geometry turbos spin larger forged aluminum compressor wheels developed by AWE and BorgWarner in a joint venture. The housings were also machined to accept the compressors.
The vanes retain their ability to change angle to create optimum airflow. However, maximum boost rose from 14psi in Sport mode to 20psi, which is sustained throughout most of the powerband, only tapering off close to redline.
The bigger turbos required high-flow intercoolers to move enough air, which in turn contributed to faster spool times.
Although the injectors and fuel pump remain stock, AWE worked with longtime partner GIAC to optimize the engine management. Logging extensive hours on the dyno and on the road, the combined modifications are good for 700hp at 6590rpm and 617 lb-ft at 4710rpm on 93-octane, according to AWE. Switching to 100-octane race gas will give peak output of 750hp, hence the "750R" title.
The engine fired instantly and settled into a steady, insulated metronome of controlled explosions. The AWE exhaust is loud enough to let you know it's not stock, but didn't overwhelm with reverb or low frequency droning.
Without it, you couldn't tell the engine was modified when you pull away because even the stage 2.5 Sachs clutch felt stock.
Once underway, there's practically no lag because the turbos get in on the act early, providing good motivation. And like a stock Turbo, it doesn't take much throttle to get that unmistakable turbo-torque surge – the tacho needle barely moves but you can feel your backside being pressed into the seat.
During our test drive we played tag with AWE's modified Audi TT RS on the highways around Philly. The RS would open a sizeable gap after a slow corner, only to be reeled in easily by the Turbo. This highlighted the divide between 400hp and 700hp, or a middleweight's reactions versus a heavyweight's power punch.
Traffic wasn't kind to us, but we were able to feel the full effect of the torque curve: it's more like a plateau than bell-shaped, except this plateaus much higher than stock.
Step on the throttle and you feel the weight transfer press on the rear-end. Then, like a jet leaving an aircraft carrier, it seared the asphalt and catapulted toward the horizon. There's no let up, just a relentless pull towards redline. Try to block out the sounds of wind and inhaling intercoolers and you might be able to hear a ripping sound – that's the fabric of space/time being torn to shreds.
Power reaches the ground via 235/35 front and 305/30 rear Bridgestone Potenza RE050A tires. They were fitted to AWE's custom forged five-spoke wheels that measure 19x8.5 and 19x11.5", respectively.
Keeping them in contact with the tarmac, AWE chose Bilstein DampTronic coilovers for their adjustability and ride comfort, even on rough East Coast roads. They were firm and controlled without being abusive to your spine.
To slow things down, the tuner installed a Brembo Gran Turismo brake kit consisting of six-piston calipers front, four-piston rear with 15" two-piece drilled discs all around. As you'd expect, pedal feel was exceptional: firm and easy to modulate.
The exterior remained stock save for a carbon Vorsteiner rear wing and AWE's signature graphic treatment.
The company prides itself on building daily-driven supercars that perform better than stock, yet are no more difficult to slog through rush hour traffic. In our opinion, they nailed it with Project 750R, which gave up nothing in terms of comfort or drivability but certainly delivered where you want it most!
2010 Porsche 911 Turbo
3.8L six-cylinder with AWE/BorgWarner VTG turbos, AWE stainless steel headers, exhaust and intercoolers, AWE/GIAC software
six-speed manual transmission, stage 2.5 Sachs clutch
Bilstein DampTronic adjustable coilovers
Brembo Gran Turismo six-piston calipers f, four-piston r, 15" cross-drilled rotors all round
Wheels & Tires
19x8.5" f, 19x11.5 r AWE Tuning forged wheels, 235/35 R19 f, 305/30 R19 r Bridgestone Potenza RE050A tires
Vorsteiner carbon rear wing, awe graphics


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Why Contributing to Your 401(k) May Be a Bad Decision
The one thing that retirement planners almost always tell their clients is to max out their 401(k). MarketWatch's Jim Jelter says they may be wrong and discusses five reasons not to buy into your company's 401(k). (Photo: AP)
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Diversified manufacturer 3M (NYSE:MMM) has tapped Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) CEO Muhtar Kent to serve on its board of directors, effective April 1.
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The St. Paul, Minn.-based maker of Post-its and Scotch tape said Wednesday that Kent, 60, will bring "valuable insight and management experience" to 3M's board.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Mr. Kent to our board," said 3M CEO Inge Thulin. "He is a talented and proven global business leader."
Kent was appointed CEO of Coke in 2008 and Chairman of the Atlanta-based soft drink maker in 2009. Prior to his current position, he served as chief operating officer and was president of Coca-Cola International.
Active in the global business community, Kent is also co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum, a fellow at the Foreign Policy Association, a member of the Business Roundtable and chair of the Business Council of the World Economic Forum.
Shares of 3M touched a 52-week high of $102.46 in Wednesday morning trade.


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After graduation in June of 2010, Career Services invited 688 UW Bothell graduates to participate in a survey designed to measure employment statistics and the utilization of other services offered byCareer Services. We received 156 responses for a return rate of 23 percent. Here are some of the results:
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The Gold Coast Titans have added further strike power to their backline for next season with Melbourne centre Beau Champion today signing a three-year contract with the club.
Champion will join the Titans from next season until the end of 2014 after being formally granted a release from the final years of his existing contract with the Melbourne Storm.
The 24-year-old will join rising superstar Jamal Idris in the Titans backline for next season, adding further depth and strike power to a roster which already includes fellow flyers Kevin Gordon and David Mead.
The 186cm, 96kg centre, who has represented City Origin over the past two years as well as the Indigenous All Stars, said he had enjoyed his time at the Storm but for personal reasons had elected to make his move north to the Titans.
Titans Coach John Cartwright said Champion will provide the club with a real presence in the backline from next season.


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We asked you: As the shutdown lingers, what message do you want to send to your federal lawmakers? Here's what you said:
"They need to end this. My grandma gets a government check every month and she depends on that to pay rent and take care of herself. This hurts her and it affects a lot of low-income people." Marcus Middle, 24, Georgetown, student
"There are people who have been waiting for Obamacare who have chronic health problems, who really need this to kick in. It may work, it may not, but we have to take a chance on something. We can't just shut down the government. We have to keep moving forward. No step forward is a step backwards." Shawna Hardin, 29, West Ashley, health and wellness consultant
"I already see the impact. We are taking our children on a field trip that is all about science (to Bull Island), and one class was able to go ... and the other class wasn't. We have all these children who are waiting to take part in this great experience that was given as a grant. It's a great way to reinforce the things they learn in class, and now they're not able to go. I really don't see that as being fair to them for lawmakers to prove a point." Stacey Shoecraft, 48, teacher, Mount Pleasant
"I hope they get together to get it right. Compromise. And put these other folks back to work so they can pay their bills." Jeryl Canty, 49, skilled worker, North Charleston
"Get moving. Get negotiating, and put people back to work. There's a trickle-down effect. People don't get paychecks and then businesses suffer. It's not just federal employees being affected. ... This an avoidable disaster. Quit playing games with our economy. The country is thought of as a safe haven now, but that could change. ... This sends a horrible message." Elaine Worzala, 52, Mount Pleasant, director of the College of Charleston School of Business' Carter Real Estate Center
"There's a time when governing requires compromise. And I would like to see folks sit down at the table to compromise. Right now, no one party is in control. Democrats have control of the Senate and Republicans have control of the House. So people will have to give up something and compromise." Gibbs Knotts, 41, Mount Pleasant, political science professor at the College of Charleston
"My message to lawmakers would be that if it requires a government shutdown (only about 15 percent of the government is affected) to get to fiscal responsibility, to stop borrowing money and to produce a balanced budget, then keep the government closed. Republicans have to stop capitulating to the bullies in the Senate and White House." Nancy Corbin, 68, retired DoD civilian employee, rural Berkeley County
"If I could, I would like to remind lawmakers of their sworn duty to SERVE the people. After the incident at the Capitol and White House, lawmakers should be ashamed to continue to furlough the very people who protect them and keep them out of harm's way. When our founding fathers wrote the Constitution, they did so with the intent to 'guard against faction.' Well, factionalism has now taken over our government. Our country was founded on the necessity of compromise, and when we fail to do so our entire nation suffers." Melissa Watson, 36, teacher, Goose Creek
"I would tell them to do their job." Matt Eldridge, 45, of Charleston, owner of The Rutledge Avenue Inn
"I'm sure it affects a lot of people and their jobs and their income and supporting their families. I know there's a lot of people that aren't working right now, and I don't know like what the furlough means — if they are going to get paid later or if they're just not going to get paid. I don't know what that means, but I'm sure it does affect them and I know it would affect me." Kim Hoffman, 34, of Moncks Corner, surgical assistant at Shelbourne & Associates
"It is a disgrace. They do not have our interests at heart. Run the government like you should run your household. Please hold yourself to the same standards. They should be on the same benefits plan for you as the rest of the country. If there is no money, then the program (Obamacare) does not get funded. If we cannot pay for it, then it does not get done." Dawson Cherry, 49, a practice manager at S.C. Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in North Charleston and a Mount Pleasant resident
"I would like to ask our federal lawmakers to work together to rectify the main issue facing our country and that is the federal deficit. I would like the Senate to create and pass a realistic budget as required by law, which should be based upon the revenue of the government, not how much the government can borrow. Then this should be approved and passed by Congress, so we all can move on. Also, I would like all federal lawmakers to be required to go online and purchase an insurance plan being offered by the 'Affordable Health Care Act.' " Joe Calandra, 56, a physician who lives in Mount Pleasant
"You're not focusing on the important things in the country. You're focusing on yourselves. You're not doing what's right." Courtney Odom, 22, Summerville, retail
"Stop crying. Stop crying. Stop crying. I work every day. I work two jobs. Health care is expensive. People who aren't healthy enough to work need it. People like myself who are healthy enough to work, I need it for myself and my family." Shawn Simmons, 33, Summerville, custodial supervisor
"Huge numbers of hardworking people will be hurt tremendously by the Washington politics. ... They didn't get the job done and now people who are marginalized and barely able to survive are hurt the most." The Rev. Donnie Woods, 59, executive presbyter, Charleston Atlantic Presbytery, West Ashley
"While each party is blaming the other, both parties are accountable. It's irresponsible to allow a shutdown of the government in any case. It sends the wrong message domestically as well as internationally." Teresa Campagna, 42, medical language specialist, Mount Pleasant resident
"Members of both sides of Congress as well as the president are to blame for the shutdown. It's not like this was only a possibility in the last few days, weeks or months. ... It is more than a possibility we will see a first-ever federal default which would cripple not only the American economy but that of the world as well." Joe Campagna, principal productions engineer, 43 Mount Pleasant resident
"Get your act together and get it done! You can't print what I really want to say to them." Jacki Middleton, 51, financial case manager at Charleston Area Senior Citizens, Charleston
"Why wait until the last minute every time? They had a year to do this. And the Republicans are just so stubborn. They hate Obama." Michael Larnish, 75, retired, Charleston
"Do your job. The whole country is watching. My wife is a programmer and has a lot of government clients and she doesn't have a lot of work because they aren't allowed to spend any money." Norman Adelsflugel, 46, James Island, film mechanic
"It's shameful. We owe it to our military to pay them on time. People vacationing and visiting national parks aren't able to get in because they won't compromise and work together. They need to negotiate and compromise." Karen Paxton, 56, Kiawah Island, homemaker
"Washington is completely dysfunctional, and 'we the people' are paying the price. Can you imagine if everyone who worked for Apple was suddenly told tomorrow, 'Come in for a few hours and then you are on indefinite furlough.' Who operates this way? Tell the lawmakers to open the government back up immediately and then deal with their issues." Jon Goldfarb, 45, Charleston and owner of orderonsite.com
"With all due respect, this is not what we sent you there to do. Please turn your attention to ways you can really serve your constituents, such as correcting the major problems flowing from the Biggert-Waters flood insurance changes." Pat O'Neil, 65, member of Sullivan's Island Town Council and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at MUSC; director, MUSC Weight Management Center
"Congress' unwillingness and inability to compromise demonstrates that they (Republicans and Democrats) are more concerned with their political ideology than doing what is best and right for the people of our country. We are suppose to be the most powerful and strongest country in the world. What kind of message are we sending to the rest of the world when our elected leaders cannot make decisions to take care of our own country?" Thomasena Stokes-Marshall, 70, Mount Pleasant Mayor Pro Tem
"Over 8.9 million moms and kids under 5 will not have milk to drink or food to eat because of the shutdown (covering the Women's, Infants and Children food nutrition program). Tea party Republicans are playing politics with children's lives — and celebrating. Pathetic." Richard Hricik, chairman, Charleston County Democratic Party
"It is clear that the federal government is not equipped to enroll citizens in the health insurance exchanges. I would like to see an agreement from the House and Senate to delay implementation of the Affordable Care Act for at least another year to iron out all of the glitches. It is also clear to me that the administration is trying to inflict pain on the people by furloughing more people than necessary and closing public access to self-sustaining parks and monuments. It was disgraceful to see our World War II veterans blocked from entering the monument erected in their honor." John Steinberger, chairman, Charleston County Republican Party


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I have been making digital designs for several years; now I'm ready to see what they look like on fabric. As of Dec 25, 2012 the store is now open! Well, the door is just opened a crack and a few items placed on bins on the sidewalk.....I have a backlog


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the 1-yard line. On the next play, UW-Whitewater scored to take a
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Photo by Ryan Tipps, D3sports.com
By Ryan Tipps
SALEM, Va. -- During a night of intermittent rain that may have dampened the game's momentum but not its spirit, Mount Union's chances for an 11th Stagg Bowl victory didn't slip away until the team's final drive with barely a minute left.
- UW-W finishes three-peat
- Stagg Bowl XXXIX live chat
- Keith McMillan's Year in Review
- 2011 All-America team
But while the late-game turnover on downs sealed the Purple Raiders' fate in the 13-10 loss, the game's defining moment came earlier, within just a few feet of the goal line. Midway through the third quarter, UMU quarterback Matt Piloto was swallowed by a horde of UW-Whitewater defenders, popping the ball from his hands and giving the Warhawks prime real estate at the 1-yard line.
It became the only touchdown the Purple Raiders would give up all day, and it came on the shortest of fields.
The Whitewater defense "forced us into mistakes. And good defenses do that," Piloto said. "To be a better offense, we need to eliminate those mistakes and take advantage of the opportunities we have."
Building up to Stagg Bowl XXXIX, a large focus was on both teams' defenses, especially as Mount Union battled injury and other difficulties with its offense. UMU ranked second statistically in the nation in defense, giving up just 203 yards per game. Under the lights in Salem Stadium, they gave up about their average: 210.
Despite giving up yards to the Warhawks during the first drive, Mount shut them down with a red-zone interception by Chaz Jordan. The pattern held most of the game, with the Purple Raiders snuffing their opponents' efforts and squeezing a lot out of the game. They even brought in an extra defensive lineman and pulled a cornerback to stifle UW-W running back Levell Coppage, the D3football.com Offensive Player of the Year. Overall though, it wasn't enough.
"We played well defensively," said Nick Driskill, the D3football.com Defensive Player of the Year. "We could've made some plays here and there that could've changed the game, but you can't blame any one side of the ball. "
Coach Larry Kehres credited the speed and smarts of both defenses, which made this the lowest-scoring Stagg Bowl since Mount's 10-7 win against St. John's in 2000. The Purple Raiders defense kept the game close at the break and opened the door for halftime adjustments that the team is known for.
"We wanted to have a chance in the fourth quarter and not let the game get away from us," Kehres said. "Certainly, we hadn't done enough on offense. We had to do more."
Mount was able to string together longer drives in the second half, helped in part because they were able to use the receiving corps better and lean more on rusher Jeremy Murray, who gained 59 yards on the day.
"We were able to spread the ball out to a few different receivers, get our running game going, kind of just balance our offense and keep them guessing as to what we were going to do," said Piloto, who threw the Purple Raiders' only touchdown late in the fourth to A.J. Claycomb.
But he also noted the heat he felt from the defensive line, including instances that led to the fumble inside the 5. He was also sacked three times for a loss of 26 yards.
"Any time a defensive line can get pressure on a quarterback and make him do things he's not normally used to doing, make him alter his throwing motion with his feet, obviously it's going to make it more difficult to move the ball," said the junior, who like last year stepped up to fill the starting role after Neal Seaman was injured earlier in the year. Seaman did play one series, totaling 20 yards rushing and passing, before aggravating his injury.
This is the third year in a row Kehres and his team have weathered a loss on Division III's biggest stage. He has enjoyed his own good years in the past, and he notes that amid everything, it's irresponsible for a team to think of itself as untouchable.
"I would've hated that, to have our team think we were untouchable. That's probably when you're touchable," the long-tenured coach said.
Having been on both ends of the scoreboard in Salem since 1993, Kehres has had opportunity to be celebratory and consolatory with his team when necessary.
On Friday, though, mired in disappointment, he said he was at a loss of what to tell his players.


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Radcliff man pleads not guilty in death of son
Radcliff man pleads not guilty in death of son
RADCLIFF, Ky. —
A central Kentucky man has pleaded not guilty to upgraded charges in the death of his infant son.
The News-Enterprise reported 23-year-old Jarrod D. Davis of Radcliff entered the plea Tuesday to charges of murder and abuse. Originally, he had faced a charge of second-degree manslaughter.
Davis told police he found his son, Ja'Vion, dead in his crib, but later said he had dropped him causing the child to hit his head. A medical examiner found blunt force trauma to the baby's head and several other injuries.
An indictment says Davis "wantonly engaged in conduct that created a grave risk of death" to the one-month-old child. It also accuses him of "intentionally" abusing the infant.


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Upstate man dies in Oregon river
Upstate man dies in Oregon river
GOLD BEACH, Ore. —
An Upstate man died Friday after falling in an Oregon river when his raft got stuck in a rapid.
Bishop says Steven D. Hoyer, 57, of Spartanburg died Friday at Blossom Bar, a Class IV rapid in the wild section of the popular the Rogue River.
Curry County Sheriff John Bishop said Monday he is waiting for the body to be examined by the medical examiner to know whether Hoyer drowned or died of a medical issue.
Bishop said Hoyer was wearing a lifejacket and a helmet as he tried to free his raft from a line of rocks known as the Picket Fence.
Hoyer initially told others along the river he was fine, but was not conscious when people got to him at the bottom of the rapid.


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1:30 pm
Ask This Old House "Upgrading a Neglected Urban Patio; Hanging a Heavy Mirror" Landscape contractor Roger Cook heads to San Francisco to upgrade a neglected urban patio. Then Roger, along with host Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva and plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, asks, "What is it?" Afterward, Tom shows Kevin how to hang a heavy mirror on a wall. D
2:00 pm
American Woodshop "Outdoor Keyed Deck Chairs" These interlocking chairs are hard to find yet easy to make. D
2:30 pm
Rough Cut - Woodworking with Tommy Mac "Octagonal Lazy Susan" Not only is the octagonal shape beautiful to look at, but the inlaid veneer of birdseye maple and beeswing mahogany really make the piece magnificent.G
3:00 pm
MotorWeek "Mini Cooper Coupe" Road Test: 2012 MINI Cooper Coupe. Road Test: 2012 Toyota Yaris. Goss' Garage: Used Car Inspection. D
3:30 pm
America's Heartland Farm researchers in Illinois use smart phones to battle world hunger. One California firm brings in a glowing white crop of.salt. D
4:00 pm
NOVA "Ice Age Death Trap" In a race against developers in the Rockies, archaeologists uncover a unique site packed with astonishingly preserved bones of mammoths, mastodons and other giant extinct beasts, opening a vivid window on the vanished world of the Ice Age.G
5:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow "Eugene, OR - Hour Two" Host Mark L. Walberg joins appraiser Jeffrey Schrader at the Willamette Heritage Center at the Mill, site of the former Thomas Kay Woolen Mill, to discuss the history and current values of World War I uniforms. Highlights include: a circa 1800 New England Chippendale chest-on-chest; an 1846 map of Western America; and an early 20th-century Russian presentation sword from the reign of Tsar Nicholas II, purchased by the owner for $500, and valued between $75,000 and $100,000. Part 2 of 3G
6:00 pm
Antiques Roadshow UK "Retrospective" Host Fiona Bruce introduces a mix of some of the series' tastiest morsels. Then some new additions to the ROADSHOW's team of specialists talk about what it is like to join the gang.G
6:30 pm
Rick Steves' Europe "The Best of Slovenia" In the little-visited and underrated alpine country, Rick begins in the capital city of Ljubljana, enjoys the mountain resort of Lake Bled, ventures into the Julian Alps, goes spelunking in a gigantic cave, and swims with Slavs in a charming Adriatic port.G
7:00 pm
The Lawrence Welk Show "The Italian Show" Aladdin, the show's resident Italian, acts as host for much of the show. The Lennon Sisters boat down a Venice canal singing "Santa Lucia." Barbara and Bobby dance to "Tarantella." Joe Fenny sings "O Sole Mio."G
8:00 pm
Are You Being Served? "Hoorah for the Holidays" Staff members are excited when the store management offers them a tour while the store is closed for redecorating.G
8:31 pm
Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "The Boyfriend" Convinced Emmet is too overawed by her personality to invite her to join the cast of a musical, Hyacinth invites him to coffee and bursts into song.G
9:01 pm
Last of the Summer Wine "Will Stella Find True Love with Norris Fairburn?" When a blast from a hunting horn he has just purchased from Auntie Wainwright brings an angry response from Stella, Hobbo is convinced that Stella needs a man. He sets out to find one for her in the village.G
9:32 pm
Outnumbered Mom's Auntie Angela comes to visit to show off the American therapist she has married. Dad is determined to avoid a major incident as they all go out for dinner.G
10:02 pm
The Red Green Show "No Duct Tape" Everyone panics when the Lodge runs out of duct tape and the local hardware store is back-ordered. Red uses a frozen turkey as a toboggan return. Ranger Gord gets struck by lightning.G
10:30 pm
Vicar of Dibley "Arrival" The Dibley Parish Council asks the bishop to provide them a new vicar following the death of their 90-something man, who had held the post for years. When the new vicar arrives, Parish Council Chairman David Horton finds their new man is a woman.G
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Doctor Who Four "The Poison Wall" The Sontarans activate their master plan and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth. As interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive. Part 2 of 2G


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Available To: Students
ResNet and ResNet-Alt are becoming NAU and NAU-Device. Find out more >
NAU is committed to providing excellent wireless service in all areas of every residence hall. This is a service that you expect and were promised. NAU wireless is all you need—as long as there is no interference. In an effort to reduce interference on the ResNet wireless network, personal wireless routers are not allowed on campus.
There are two wireless networks on campus. The first, called ResNet, is a secure WPA2-Enterprise encrypted network. To access it, connect to the network as normal and then enter your user ID and password when prompted. Also be sure to accept the security certificate when prompted to do so. The second network, called ResNet-Alt, is an open network available for devices that do not have WPA2-Enterprise capability (game consoles, DVRs, internet TVs, etc...).
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Zupponn wrote:Each player will come up with their character's name and class. These are entirely up to you guys. They can be as specific or as detailed as you want. You can even create a short paragraph about your character. I don't care. All I want is to be able to create a minifig for the character that is somewhat what he/she should look like. The less you give me, the more liberty I will take in the minifig's creation.
Next, I want each player to come up with 1 or 2 items for their character to be equipped with. The items are Ranged Weapon, Close Combat Weapon, Shield, and Explosive. Again, you can be as specific or unspecific as to what these items are and I will try and match what you want as best as I can. I just need you to categorize each one of them with one of the 4 categories. If you just want to give me the category, then that's fine too.
Each player will have 5 skill points to spend to create their character. Stats are loosely based off of the Brikwars rules. You may spend your skill points on Skill, Move, Armor, Ranged Weapon, and Close Combat Weapon to a maximum of +3 skill to that attribute. These skill points will improve the appropriate skill or weapon by +1 skill each. (Note: If you have more than 1 Ranged or Close Combat Weapon, please refer to them as Ranged Weapon 1 or 2 or Close Combat Weapon 1 or 2)
Character Skill Chart
+0: 1d6
+1: 1d6+1
+2: 1d8
+3: 1d10
+0: 5"
+1: 6"
+2: 7"
+3: 8"
+0: 4
+1: 5
+2: 6
+3: 7
Ranged Weapon
+0: Use:3, Range:6", Damage:1d6
+1: Use:3, Range:7", Damage:1d6+1
+2: Use:3, Range:8", Damage:1d8
+3: Use:3, Range:10", Damage:1d10
Close Combat Weapon
+0: Use:2, Damage:1d6
+1: Use:3, Damage:1d8
+2: Use:4, Damage:1d10
+3: Use:3, Damage:2d6
Use:2, 1d6 damage parry or 2" shove
Use:Once, BOOM!
Please format your submissions in the following format or they will be ignored and/or mocked/laughed at, and you will cry:
(Item1, Item2)
(Skill Point 1)
(Skill Point 2)
(Skill Point 3)
(Skill Point 4)
(Skill Point 5)
War Hammer, Shield
Close Combat Weapon
Close Combat Weapon
Each character is going to have 1hp, just like a normal minifig, so if your character dies, then that's the end for you (unless they get raised as a zombie or something). There will also be a system sort of like the Almighty Benny system where if the GM (me) decides that an action preformed by a character is awesome and/or badass, then they will be awarded a skill point to be allocated as soon as it's received. These actions can include killing 3 enemies with one blow, slaying a dragon single-handed, or preforming a 900 while using your fallen enemy as a skateboard. I am also planning on having some skill points be given out for doing predetermined actions in the game that I will know about, but you guys won't. The giving out of skill points is to promote exploration and awesomeness in the game, which is what I believe makes a game fun.
I will probably take about 5-10 players. Preferably your characters should be neutral or aligned with the Third Alliance. If your character isn't either of those than that's fine too.


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The nearly 14,000 members include academics at universities, two- and four-year colleges, museums, historical organizations, libraries and archives, but also independent historians, students, K–12 teachers, government and business professionals, and countless people who, whatever their profession, possess an abiding interest in history. …"
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Helping Small Business With Taxes; Flying Private
Here are a few ways advisers can grow their business. Plus, here's how advisers can help small business owners reduce their taxes. And, a look at owning a share in a private jet. WSJ Wealth Adviser's Veronica Dagher reports.
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