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Why have male artists often been more successful than female artists ? I think one reason is that men can be more comfortable using many people's energy for their ideas . Woman can fall into caretaking everyone in the group . This drains a woman's energy instead of building it . Men can sometimes drain the group for themselves . This makes for big projects and miserable groups. I know that it is possible for a group to build a strong , exciting energy that inspires everyone and doesn't exploit anyone . I'm thinking about how to do this for my large streetart installations .
When I started yarnbombing I really didn't want to have a crew . I wanted to make art that was about my own fun – not about how supportive could I be to everyone else . I wanted to be known as Streetcolor , I wanted to get some anonymous fame . Later I joined with The Russian and I found working with a partner made me more daring and got me to yarnbomb every week. And it was more fun to yarnbomb with someone . If I could resist thinking I had to take care of her .
After I had fully satisfied my needs for attention I started to have new needs. I needed to make really big installations that I could do with a museum and I persuaded The Oakland Museum Of California through The Oakland Standard to let me yarnbomb their building. This installation is taking 6 knitters for the inside and over 18 for the outside . I'm really enjoying this bigger energy-everyone having fun as one – everyone supported by art.
Yarnbombing has taught me that the whole world is an art gallery . I have been looking at chain link fences for years wanting to bead them . I started beading these fences a few weeks ago near my home . I like the contrast of the coarse barren metal with the shining delicate beads ,you have to come close to the fence to see all the beauty of beads . Now I want to cover the whole world with beads.


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Sun, sand and surf traditionally rank high on a family's Oahu to-do list, but these days multigenerational travelers are eager to expand their horizons. Travel agents are fielding more requests for fresh adventures that the whole gang can enjoy, and the island is responding with a riot of original pastimes for parents and kids alike. The following are five Oahu travel trends for families visiting the island.
Bonding at the SpaGone are the days when hotel spas only catered to adults. A case in point is Laniwai, the Disney spa at Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, where tots participate in themed makeovers, teens craft their own Hawaiian body polishes and guests of all ages relax together in the Ohana (family) treatment room.
"A family spa experience has great wellness and health benefits," said Laniwai spa director Lucia Amasio. "Our goal is to give guests quality time to connect and enhance their family vacation."
Discovering the North ShoreIn years past, most families stayed close to Waikiki, but now they are hopping in a rental car and hitting the road. According to Marilyn Clark of Lighthouse Travel in Huntington Beach, Calif., clients often head to Oahu's North Shore to slurp shave ice, explore unspoiled beaches, check out the surf town of Haleiwa and see the sacred sites of Waimea Valley.
Eating Like LocalsDining together always creates memories, but many of today's families are going off the tourist grid to sample local eateries. Some of Oahu's mom-and-pop cafes are just a stone's throw away from Waikiki.
Injecting an equal dose of fun into family meals are Oahu's food trucks, serving everything from plate lunches to island-sourced shrimp. A handy place for visitors to find these rolling restaurants is Eat the Street Hawaii, part of Oahu's expanding roster of casual culinary events.
Experiencing Island CultureAgents are noticing that Hawaiian culture is trending upward as well. Bishop Museum — with its interactive exhibits, adventure center and planetarium — is becoming a top pick for parents and kids looking to dig deeper into local lore. Another cultural favorite is Iolani Palace.
"Adults and children are intrigued that Honolulu has a royal palace," said Clark. "I suggest that families visit on Friday afternoons, when the historic Royal Hawaiian Band performs on the palace lawn."
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The UK student section's been having a bit of trouble filling up this season. And Chester, one of Kentucky Sports Radio's favorite callers, has himself a theory.
"There's been too much of an emphasis at that school...about UK being a research place."
"We have to go over to the football games, they march out all these smart people out there. I'm fine with that. I'm happy for them to be smart and have great success and the professors and do all that stuff. But..."
"We got a bunch of these people coming in from other countries, which I'm fine with. But they need to learn and understand about sports!"
One of the hosts dares to raise the idea that the point of a school is to educate. Chester's response?
"That's bull. That's bull—Well, it's true. But educate them on this: sports."
So, Chester's wonderful. (And not running a university, so harmless.) But he does tip his hand a bit when he reveals his definition of a smart student as someone who "can read books real fast."


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ArchitectsMarsino Arquitectos Asociados - Jorge Marsino P., María Inés Buzzoni G.
LocationSan Ignacio 414, Padre Hurtado, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Design TeamClaudio Santander, Beatriz Marin, Rodrigo Martinez, Daniel Iraguen, Andrés Cea, Alejandro Eliash
Site Surface8,827.48 sqm
ClientUniversidad Central de Chile
Area32406.25 sqm
Project Year2009
The Project for the Universidad Central de Chile new Building originates as a result of a Master Plan developed in our studio. The aim was to establish its stance and presence in front of the Almagro Park and to solve the growing needs of space for its different schools.
A building is proposed considering,, on one hand, the requirements for classrooms and offices with a centrally managed Lecture Room building, first of its kind in the University, and on the other hand, the integration of two existing buildings in the new whole, both Law and Business Schools, which strongly reflects 90's architecture image.
In view of this, it is decided to propose two new buildings, one for classrooms and other for offices, which efficiently cover the specific requirements for the housed activities –MEP systems, circulations, etc. It is decided as well to create a new roof to link and to join the whole lot, altering the existing buildings last floors and using them for classrooms.
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Boceprevir Drug Combination for Hepatitis C Treatment in People With and Without HIV
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01443923
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Unable to complete enrollment due to newly approved treatment options.)
First Posted : September 30, 2011
Results First Posted : July 13, 2015
Last Update Posted : July 13, 2015
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- Study Results
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
- Standard treatment for the hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a combination of the drugs peg-IFN and ribavirin. However, this treatment is not very effective in people with a serious type of HCV (HCV genotype 1) and also in people who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection. Researchers want to add a new drug, boceprevir to see if it can improve treatment results in people with both HCV genotype 1 and HIV. Boceprevir used in combination with peg-IFN and ribavirin has been recently approved for the treatment of people with HCV genotype 1 infection only, and is currently being studied in those with HIV and HCV.
- To test boceprevir, peg-IFN, and ribavirin as a treatment for HCV genotype 1 in people with HCV monoinfection compared to those with both HIV and HCV infections.
- Individuals at least 18 years of age who have HCV genotype 1 infection, and have not received interferon treatment for HCV
- Half of the study participants will also have HIV infection.
- Participants will be screened with a medical history and physical exam. They will also have blood and urine tests.
- Participants will also have heart and liver function tests, and answer questions about mood and depression.
- Those in the study will receive ribavirin tablets to take twice a day, and peg-IFN to inject under the skin weekly.
- Two weeks after starting treatment, participants will have blood tests to study the treatment.
- Four weeks after starting treatment, participants will start taking boceprevir three times a day.
- Participants will have regular study visits with blood samples and other tests. The length of therapy will depend on the level of virus detected in the blood at several clinic visits. Those who do not respond well to the medicines at 12 weeks will stop treatment. The full length of treatment is 48 weeks.
|Condition or disease
|Hepatitis HIV/AIDS
|Drug: Boceprevir Drug: Peg-Interferon-alfa 2B Drug: Ribavirin
|Phase 4
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|4 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Single Group Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|An Open Label, On-Treatment Trial to Assess the Effect of HIV-1 Coinfection on Therapeutic Responses Using Boceprevir, Peg-Interferon-alfa-2b and Ribavirin in HCV Genotype 1, IFN Treatment-Naive Subjects With or Without HIV-1
|Study Start Date :
|September 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|September 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|September 2013
Active Comparator: 1-HCV
Hepatitis C Mono-infected
Drug: Boceprevir
Drug: Peg-Interferon-alfa 2B
Drug: Ribavirin
Active Comparator: 2 HCV/HIV
Hepatitis C and HIV co-Infected
Drug: Boceprevir
Drug: Peg-Interferon-alfa 2B
Drug: Ribavirin
- Efficacy, Defined as Sustained Viral Response (SVR) Six Months After the End of Specified Treatment. [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]
- Change in Early HCV Viral Load Kinetics Between Mono and Co-infected Subjects [ Time Frame: Day 0, Day 7 ]
- Safety and Treatment Outcome Measures Stratified by ESA Use [ Time Frame: 6 months ]
- Proportion of Subjects Who Are Receiving HAART Who Remain With an HIV RNA & lt; 400 Copies/mL and Those With HIV RNA & gt; 400 Copies/mL at End of Treatment [ Time Frame: End of Treatment ]
- Efficacy (SVR) Rates as Predicted by Viral Response at the End of the 4-week lead-in Therapy With PEG/RBV and Comparison Between HCV Monoinfected and HIV/HCV Coinfected Subjects [ Time Frame: 6 months post treatment ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
To be eligible for participation on this protocol, a participant must satisfy all of the following conditions:
- Be greater than or equal to18 years old and have an identifiable primary care provider.
- Have documented chronic HCV infection by demonstration of a positive test for hepatitis C antibody and HCV RNA of 2,000 IU/mL or greater.
- Infected with HCV GT-1 virus.
- If coinfected, have either documentation of HIV-1 infection by licensed enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) confirmed by a Western Blot or history of HIV RNA of 1,000 copies/mL or greater.
If coinfected, must meet one of the following prior to enrollment:
- If on a stable non-NNRTI or non-PI antiretroviral regimen that HAS NOT changed within the past 6 months, must have an HIV-1 VL of less than 400 copies/mL for at least 3 months; or
- If on a current antiretroviral regimen that HAS changed within the past 6 months, have an HIV-1 VL of less than 50 copies/mL for at least 3 months; or
- Be a long-term nonprogressor as documented in the medica record.
- Have histopathologic features consistent with chronic HCV infection at the time of enrollment. A liver biopsy within 3 years (36 calendar months) prior to screening may be used as the baseline biopsy. Participants can opt out of a liver biopsy if they had one more than 3 years prior and have a contraindication, such as receipt of chronic anticoagulation therapy. Participants with decompensated liver disease are excluded from the study.
- Are na(SqrRoot) ve to prior IFN-based treatment for HCV.
- Have CD4 cell counts greater than or equal to 100 cells/mm(3).
- Willing to have genetic testing.
- Not pregnant or breastfeeding. Serum pregnancy test must be negative at screening for female participants.
Agree not to become pregnant if a female of childbearing potential while on the study and for at least 6 months after stopping RBV. Because of the potential teratogenic effects of RBV treatment, subjects and their partners must remain abstinent or use two methods of birth control, which may be selected from the following list (oral contraceptive concentrations are decreased, and may not be effective when used during BOC treatment and, therefore, are not included in this list):
Surgical sterilization of either partner
Intrauterine device
Male or female condoms with or without a spermicide
Diaphragm, cervical cap, or sponge
- Male participants who are not documented to be sterile must agree to either abstain from intercourse or consistently use a condom while their female partner (if applicable) agrees to use one of the appropriate medically accepted methods of birth control listed above from the date of screening until 6 months after the last dose of RBV.
- Be able and willing to either learn to safely inject medication or find another person to inject the medication for him/her.
- Be willing to allow storage of blood or tissue samples for future research.
Co-enrollment Guidelines:
Participants may be enrolled in other NIH protocols as long as the amount of research blood drawn does not exceed the acceptable NIH guidelines and the protocol does not include other experimental therapies (including expanded access/compassionate use of HIV antiretrovirals).
A participant will be ineligible to participate on this study if any of the following criteria are met:
- Use of other experimental therapies (including expanded access/compassionate use of HIV antiretrovirals) within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer), prior to enrollment.
- Current use of an efavirenz-based (or other NNRTI) or protease inhibitor HIV antiretroviral regimen.
Use of any of the following medications within 6 weeks prior to enrollment.
Alfuzosin (Uroxatral )
Alprazolam (Xanax )
Atorvastatin (Lipitor )
AZT or zidovudine (Retrovir )
Carbamazepine (Tegretol )
Cisapride (Propulsid )
Colchicine (Colcrys ) - If patient has renal or hepatic impairment.
DDI or didanosine (Videx )
d4T or stavudine (Zerit )
Delaviridine (Rescriptor )
Digoxin (Lanoxin )
Drosperinone (Yaz )
Efavirenz (Sustiva )
Ergonovine (Ergotrate )
Ergotamine (Cafergot )
Etravirine (Intelence )
Ganciclovir (Cytovene )
Immunosuppressive therapy (including oral steroids)
---Use of any use of any immunosuppressive therapy, including systemic steroids (prednisone equivalent of greater than 10 mg/day) for a duration of 6 weeks or more within 6 months prior to enrollment. Use of inhaled/nasal steroids should be avoided.
Isoniazid or INH (Ingredient in Rifater )
Ketoconazole (Nizoral )
Lovastatin (Mevacor )
Methylergonovine (Methergine )
Midazolam given orally (Versed )
Nevirapine (Viramune )
Phenobarbital (Luminal )
Phenytoin (Dilantin )
Pimozide (Orap )
Pyrazinamide (Ingredient in Rifater )
Rifabutin (Mycobutin )
Rilpivirine (Edurant )
Sildenafil (Viagra ) - Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors are prohibited when used for pulmonary hypertension
Simvistatin (Zocor )
St. Johns s Wort
Tadalafil (Cialis ) - Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors are prohibited when used for pulmonary hypertension
Thalidomide (Thalomid )
Theophylline (Slo-Phylllin )
Triazolam (Halcion )
Vardenafil (Levitra ) - Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors are prohibited when used for pulmonary hypertension
Warfarin (Coumadin )
Zalcitabine (Hivid )
There may be other brand names for these products listed above.
- Has ingested silymarin (milk thistle), s-adenosylmethionine (SAM-e), glycyrrhizin, Sho-saiko-to (SST), or other herbal supplements that may be either liver beneficial or toxic, within 28 days prior to enrollment.
- Mixed HCV genotypes (e.g., 1 & 2, 1 & 3, 1 & 4) (mixed genotype 1a/1b can be included).
- Has any other known, or clinically suspected, cause of liver disease, including active hepatitis B.
- For participants with cirrhosis, a Child Turcotte Pugh score greater than 7, or Child s B or C cirrhosis.
Certain abnormal hematological and biochemical parameters, including:
- Neutrophil count less than1000 cells/mm3
- Hemoglobin less than10g/dL
- Platelet count less than or equal to 50,000 cells/mm3
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate less than50 mL/min/1.73 m(2), calculated automatically by the NIH lab using the original MDRD (modification of diet in renal disease) study equation
- Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and/or aspartate aminotransferase (AST) greater than or equal to10 time ULN
- Prothrombin time International Normalized Ratio (PT-INR) less than2 and/or on chronic anticoagulation medications
- If total bilirubin is greater than 1.5 mg/dL, then direct bilirubin can be no more than 70% of the total, up to a direct bilirubin of 2.0 mg/dL.
- Alpha-fetoprotein less than20 ng/mL, unless an ultrasound, computerized tomography scan (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been performed to rule out hepatoma.
- Hepatic mass suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma as detected by ultrasound scan, dual-phase CT, or MRI.
- History of esophageal or gastric varices.
- Any neoplastic disease or any nonmetastatic skin, cervical, or anal cancer that has been resected in the past 5 years EXCEPT Kaposi s sarcoma not requiring systemic chemotherapy.
- Prior organ transplantation other than cornea or hair.
- Evidence of severe cardiac disease (greater than or equal to Grade 3 congestive cardiac failure, symptomatic coronary artery disease, significant arrhythmias, or uncontrolled hypertension) despite intervention or medical therapy.
- Evidence of severe chronic pulmonary disease with functional impairment.
- Severe psychiatric disorder that would interfere with adherence to protocol requirements, and that is not stably treated.
- Evidence of autoimmune disorders including inflammatory bowel diseases, psoriasis, and optic neuritis.
- Evidence of an uncontrolled seizure disorder defined as more than 1 episode of generalized seizure within the past year.
- Chronic pancreatitis based on clinical history.
- History of severe retinopathy.
- History of hemophilia.
- Any hemoglobinopathy (e.g., Thalassemia, sickle cell disease).
- Active systemic infections other than HCV and HIV-1.
- Evidence of gastrointestinal malabsorption, chronic nausea, or vomiting.
- Has any systemic illness that will make it unlikely that the participant will be able to return for the required study visits.
- Any condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, contraindicates participation in this protocol.
Exclusion of Children:
Because there are insufficient data regarding the safety and efficacy of BOC, PEG, or RBV in the pediatric population, children are excluded from this study.
Exclusion of Women:
Pregnancy: Pregnant women are excluded from this study because the effects of BOC, PEG, and RBV on the developing human fetus are unknown. Preclinical animal data indicate that the use of RBV treatment during pregnancy is potentially teratogenic.
Breastfeeding: Because there is an unknown but potential risk for adverse effects in nursing infants secondary to treatment of the mother with BOC, PEG, or RBV, breastfeeding women are excluded from this study.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01443923
|United States, District of Columbia
|Unity Health Care, Inc./DC General
|Washington, DC, District of Columbia, United States, 20002
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|Principal Investigator:
|Shyamasundaran Kottilil, M.D.
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|Responsible Party:
|National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01443923 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 30, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 13, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|July 13, 2015
|Last Verified:
|July 2015
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ):
Immunological Response
Virological Response
Resistance Mutations
Viral Kinetics
Hepatitis C
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis A
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Peginterferon alfa-2b
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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|2009-10-09, 20:34
|Link #43
It's the year 3030...
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Spaceport Colony Sicilia
Age: 34
For me, Itachi is a hero, insofar as the nobility of his goal. How he chose to go about achieving that goal can be seen as villainous (as it certainly was), but the goal is what's important, in my eyes.
This is best illustrated in his fight with Sasuke, particularly the end. I suspect that, as soon as he saw Sasuke, Itachi knew that Orochimaru was inside him, looking for an opportunity to get out. My suspicion is that Itachi's thinking was something to the effect of "Well, fuck. I can't do what I came here to do, because I have to kill Orochimaru now." Had that situation not transpired, I suspect Itachi would have been able to convince Sasuke that what he did in the past was a necessary evil to eradicate the far greater evil of the present.
My guess is that Itachi knew that he could not defeat Madara, but saw that ability in Sasuke. He had planned to try and explain that to Sasuke, but was unable to do so because of the whole Orochimaru situation. As it stands now, we know that Sasuke has, essentially, become Madara's pupil, which I consider to be precisely the opposite effect Itachi intended.
Brutal though his tactics were, I think that his end-game had the best intentions in mind. While I realize "the road to hell is paved with good intentions," I respect Itachi's attempt to quell this evil through the means he thought most appropriate, and consider it unfortunate circumstance that his plans could not fully come to fruition.
|2009-10-09, 22:50
|Link #46
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA
Age: 30
I don't think it was a disappointment, just tragic. I don't think it's dissapointing because before it was revealed, I always found it fishy that someone that smart, calm, and caring could turn that quickly. I always figured there was a motive that was rational.
|2009-10-10, 05:40
|Link #48
Dreamer King
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: lost - with no intention to be found...
Age: 33
Idk, there was definite badass points with him slaughtering his entire clan just to test out his power! He didnt need the lame goal of ruling the world, but the awesome indifference of how strong he can be...!
No one has even cared to explain why Itachi chose to mind fuck both Kakashi and Sasuke when at the time they where both devoted Konoha Ninjas - the village he was so meant to dearly love.
Its kind of like Kisihi made him badass/heartless on his first appearance and then added the "twist" of him caring of the village - without the explanation of his actions with Kakashi and Sauske. Explain Kishsi! Thats why I call shenanigans or BS!!!
That or hes a tragic and kinda dumbass hero...
|2009-10-10, 05:49
|Link #49
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
As for sasuke, the explanation is that he did that to fuel sasuke's growth. He wanted sasuke to grow as powerful as possible, as soon as possible. The best way to ensure that was to fill him with the lust for revenge against Itachi
|2009-10-10, 07:07
|Link #50
Dreamer King
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: lost - with no intention to be found...
Age: 33
The fact that Sauske hates Konoha village didnt work too well for Itachi's plan of saving the village either? lol
If he could make up anything in Sauske's mind wouldnt the easiest thing to put was Madara as the person behind the massacre of his clan...after all he did help/ was behind the events of that night. Sasuke could have been training just as strong, (well lucky the 5th Hokage came back otherwise he would still be in the hospital) knowing another Sharingan user was behind his clans destruction.
Logically its so messed up it could easily have been that Kishi, change his mind long after those events and decided to give Itachi a "heart"...
|2009-10-10, 10:34
|Link #51
good-natured spirit
Graphic Designer
Who said he was a hero? ^^
|2009-10-18, 23:12
|Link #54
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
He may had noble goals, but what he did to achieve it does not make him a hero. Joining up and helping a megalomaniac in his goals for world domination and destruction, killing his entire family and clan, destroying several lives under orders of Madara and Pein. He is not quite anti-hero or anti-villain, he seems to be in between. He cannot be a hero or a villain for certain.
|2009-10-19, 02:56
|Link #55
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Pacific Northwest, USA
Quite honestly, Itachi does not fit the definition of an anti-hero. First of all, an anti-hero is a protagonist who achieves goals and realizes ambitions that are the antithesis to that of a hero. Kishi establishes Itachi as an antagonist from the very start of the series, ergo he does not fit the bill of an anti-hero. He does, on the other hand, fit the bill for an anti-villain:
an antagonist who achieves goals and realizes ambitions that are the antithesis of a villain.
Really, all the discussion has been about is how much of a badass Itachi is, and essentially what his intentions are. This definition sufficiently establishes Itachi as an anti-villain. He is an antagonist, his goals are contrary to that of the two main antagonists of the series, which accounts for a portion of the anti-hero defintion. The outcome is not what he would have wished, that much is certain. But the implications of his chosen outcome was that he was never truly loyal to Akatsuki, or even the Uchiha clan, but rather he chose to remain loyal to Konoha; which is a direct contradiction to the where the loyalties of Madara, Orochimaru, and the rest of Akatsuki lie.
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Naruto is the main protagonist in the series. He is setting the bar. He is a naive character who would never kill an innocent person even if he was put into a difficult position like killing one to save a million.
Itatchi is the oppesite of this, and therefore he is the atagonist. It's the age old question we see allot in Asian stories; Kill a few to save many?
The movie Hero comes to mind, in which Jet Li plays a almost Immortal-like Warrior who has to make a choice of weather to assassinate the Emperor of the most powerful Dynasty in the east, or let the Emperor go through with his plan and unify China under one banner to end Wars. Dying for the greater good.
Itatchi is tragic as he puts all the pain on his shoulders.
I wondered why such a cleaver strategist and Genjutsu user did not try more, to play Danzo and the Uchiha clan up against each other, or re-concile with the Third in a way, that both would be exposed.
I guess you could argue that if that would happen, there would Riots and War within Konoha, and it would end with Death.
I just think that such a smart person(perhaps the smartest in the Series.. Even more than Shikamaru) would be able to find away.
Killing your entire Clan is so drastic and extreme. I don't know if it was too much for his characters motivation, but I loved the way he had set everything up, and how he gave Sasuke all those things, like the black flames and set up the traps for Madera. It was a great setup that showed Itatchis genius.
He was laid back, incredible skilled and admired by everybody. His demise was the fall of a person who struggled his entire life with the skills that was given to him.
In that sense, Madera's fall is much more tragic. As he celebrated himself, became bitter and was a loser and nr. 2 in many ways. If you think about it, Madera is ultimately much more of a bad bad guy.
There was explanations and flawed logics and ideologies for everybody from Orochimaru to Pain to Zabuza to Gaara to Itatchi...
But Madera was the case who was asking for it.
Anyways, I think Itatchi was a tragic honorable atagonist.
|2009-10-20, 12:15
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Location: Seattle,WA
Itachi seem's more like an Tragic Hero. Ultimately, everything he did was for the greater good even giving naruto a portion of his power ( in doing so, he probably anticipated Sasuke joining up with Madara). He'd tried to undermine Akatsuki and save Sasuke.
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Itachi is definitely a Tragic Hero. The faith of his Clan and his own upbringing is what influenced his decisions. While I do poke fun at Kish for his lack of development in most of his character, Itachi is by far the most well planned character. All in all this discussion is pointless for anyone to call him a villain that would be absurd.
|2009-10-20, 23:39
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Location: Pacific Northwest, USA
Seriously, calling Itachi a hero is like calling George W. Bush smart.
Though he may be a tragic figure, his character is anything but a hero. Arguments could be made for an anti-hero, weak as they may be. His conduct, personality, and development most suit that of an anti-villain. The intentions exhibited in this case would look to be heroic, but himself and the his methods are nothing short of villainous. Looking at the entirety of his life ex post facto you will see a heroic attempt at restoring the honor of an ashamed and secretive clan, in fact, he even set up retribution for himself in the form of Sasuke revenge. He himself knew that he was a villain and sought accountability for his crimes. A tragic hero would of had a big problem with almost all of Itachi's actions but not necessarily their outcomes. If a person is to be ascribed their worth by the outcomes of their actions, than an argument may be made for Itachi's heroism. Rather, if a person's actions define who they are, as I believe they do (and also every other deontologist ever), Itachi's character must be described in terms of what he does rather than the consequences that they produce.
|2009-10-21, 11:43
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Join Date: Jan 2004
His idea of "peace" is just as twisted as Danzou, Pain and Madara's. His mind was totally warped from the ninja war he experienced in his childhood, otherwise he would've realised that to utterly slaughter one side (including elderly and infants that couldn't fight in the first place) is worse than the war he prevented. He was a villain.
He was an awesome character, his whole life was tragic, but he was still a villain.
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- August Noble, accused in Boulder raccoon death, accepts plea deal
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A University of Colorado student set to stand trial beginning today on felony animal cruelty charges for beating a raccoon to death instead pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty this morning.
Nicholas Foti, 20, was sentenced by a judge to 12 months probation and will be enrolled in the Boulder Restorative Justice Program, said Deputy District Attorney Jenny McClintock. Foti declined to comment when reached by phone this morning.
According to police reports, witnesses said Foti, along with Lucas Holton, 19, and August Quinn Noble, 19, beat a raccoon to death in the 1000 block of 11th Street on Nov. 7, 2011.
Foti told police he hit the animal with a baseball bat to scare it, then decided to "put it out of its misery" when he saw that it was seriously injured, according to a police report. However, witnesses said the men were yelling "Get it!" in excited tones.
All three were initially charged with aggravated animal cruelty, a felony. Foti originally pleaded not guilty in April and was set to go to trial today but instead took the plea deal this morning.
The other two men in the case had already taken plea deals. Holton pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor cruelty to animals in April and received one year of probation. Noble pleaded guilty in February to one count of false reporting and received a 12-month deferred sentence. A second count of aggravated animal cruelty was dismissed. Both were also enrolled in the Restorative Justice Program.


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Students simulate the process of remote sensing by using common materials to represent Earth's different ground coverings and a light meter to represent satellite instruments. The concept of albedo and its importance in Earth's radiation budget... (View More) are introduced. The lesson uses the 5E instructional model and is part of the book, "Tour of the Electromagnetic Spectrum." (View Less)
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This is a lesson about using gravity to assist in spacecraft navigation. Learners will relate an elastic collision to the change in a satellite's or spacecraft's speed and direction resulting from a planetary fly-by, often called a "gravity assist"... (View More) maneuver. Both hands-on and online interactive methods are used to explore these topics. (View Less)
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Spring Has Sprung! The Annual QND Spring Show Is March 22 And 23
QND students will perform in their Annual Spring Show entitled "Jukebox Saturday Night".
The Mary Ellen Orr Auditorium on the John Wood Community College Campus will host the show. The campus is located at 130 S. 48th Street in Quincy. Reserve your tickets early, because performances sell out very quickly.
Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Advance ticket orders may be placed by contacting Michele Reichert at 217-257-7366 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
Tickets are also available at both County Market locations in Quincy and will be sold at Quincy Notre Dame during school lunch periods, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. the week of the show, March 18-22.


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KnowledgeBase 00040: Dictionary Link Records
Developers moving to multivalue systems from relational databases are often surprised by the frequent need to include large numbers of TRANS() operations or T-conversions in dictionaries to retrieve data from a secondary file. QM's L-type link records allow developers to simplify such dictionaries.
The L-type Record
The L-type dictionary record has the form
1: L 2: Id expression 3: File namewhere Id expression is a QMBasic expression that constructs the id of the record to be accessed in the secondary file and File name is the name of that file.
As an example, the QM demonstration database includes a SALES file in which the ITEM field contains a multivalued list of items in an order. These item codes are the record ids to the STOCK file.
Using TRANS() in an I-type item, we could retrieve the price of an item with a dictionary item such as
1: I 2: TRANS(STOCK, ITEM, PRICE, 'V') 3: MD2 4: Price 5: 6R 6: MA typical dictionary might contain many I-types that retrieve different items from the STOCK file, requiring us to redefine the relationship between the two files every time. In this example, the relationship is provided simply by the ITEM value but it might be much more complex, resulting in repetition of the complex expression with a corresponding increase in maintenance effort and a greater chance of a typographical error going unnoticed.
We could instead create an L-type record named, perhaps, STK.
1: L 2: ITEM 3: STOCKThis defines the relationship between the two files but does not identify a particular field to be retrieved. Using this link record, the I-type to retrieve the price references the link name and the name of the field to be retrieved, separated by a percent sign.
1: I 2: STK%PRICE 3: MD2 4: Price 5: 6R 6: MWhen comparing the two methods for just one retrieved field, it may be hard to see the advantage but in a dictionary that defines access to many different items from the secondary file, the gains become clear.
Using Links
The query processor allows use of links as part of a query sentence without needing a dictionary item at all for the specific field to be retrieved. Whereas we could do this with an EVAL expression such as
LIST SALES EVAL "TRANS(STOCK, ITEM, PRICE, 'V')"this now becomes simply
Links can also be used as data items inside I-type expressions:
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Whether you're planning, starting or growing your business, the Victorian Government's Small Business Bus can help you to develop your business ideas and capabilities.
Delivered by experts from the Small Business Mentoring Service (SBMS), the on board mentoring sessions can help you to identify a clear direction for your business, discuss key issues and priorities, and develop an action plan to achieve your goals.
Five free 45-minute sessions are available from 10am until 4pm.
Please note that only one session is available for each business, and bookings are essential.
Simply select your preferred time from the drop-down list above and click "Register" to confirm your booking. In the event that your preferred time has already been booked, you may add your name to the waiting list for this session by clicking "Add to Waitlist." You will then be contacted in the event of a cancellation.
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Baruch College's Mishkin Gallery Presents Revisiting A Legacy: Paintings by Five Contemporary Chinese Artists
NEW YORK, NY - March 1, 2013 � Baruch College presents the exhibition Revisiting a Legacy: Paintings by Five Contemporary Chinese Artists at the Mishkin Gallery from Tuesday, March 19 to April 16, 2013. An opening reception will take place on Monday, March 18 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
In Revisiting a Legacy, the artists appropriate aspects of their cultural legacy to create their own postmodern commentary on Chinese history and traditional life. For example, Sun Xiuting re-envisions the Chinese masterpiece Night Banquet of Han Xizai by Gu Hongzhong from the 10th century by painting it in an impressionistic style. Sun embellishes his version of the banquet with additional colors and details. He transforms the more austere painting from the 10th Century into a lavish, painterly vision of the same event, and he paints it in a western style.
Zhang Hui's paintings of the "modern girl" refer to traditional Chinese paintings of women, but Zhang drastically changes the imagery by giving the young woman a cigarette and depicting her in a cartoon-like style. Memories of traditional customs and daily life are formed into visual images by Chaolun Baatar and Guo Qingfeng, while the abstract markings of Yi Xuan recall stone carvings from the Han dynasty. All of these artists draw from their rich cultural heritage, but they also transform their references into a new vision that is distinctly their own.
J. Young Art co-organized the exhibition and produced the catalog.
Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m. and Thursday, noon to 7:00 p.m. The Mishkin Gallery, located at 135 E. 22nd Street at Lexington, is free and open to the public. For questions about the gallery, call Sandra Kraskin at (646) 660-6652.
About Baruch College:
Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world.� For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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I used to think that electric heating could never be justified—for any reason. As energy guru Amory Lovins said in the 1970s, using electricity for heating was "like cutting butter with a chain saw." It just didn't make sense to use such a high grade of energy for such a low-grade energy need.
But since then, electric heat pumps have become widely available. This has changed my mind and I find myself recommending electric heat all the time. In fact, a new house that my wife and I are planning in southern Vermont will have electric heat—from a heat pump. Let's find out what heat pumps are, and why they make sense.
What I thought about as electric heat in the 1970s, when Lovins' preaching was ringing in my ears, was electric-resistance baseboard heating. With electric-resistance heat, electric current is converted directly into heat. Special "resistance wire" is used that resists the flow of electrons, producing heat in the process. Electric-resistance heat is most commonly delivered through baseboard "radiators," but it can also be delivered through radiant ceiling panels, fan-driven convection heaters, and radiant-floor systems.
Electric-resistance heating is 100% efficient—each kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electric energy is converted into a kWh of heat. However, that only considers the conversion efficiency in the unit—and does not factor in the utility transmission losses or the efficiency of the source (see "Improving Source & Site Efficiency" sidebar).
Instead of using electricity directly to produce heat, the electrical energy can be used to move heat from one place to another—like from outdoors to indoors. That's the basic principle of a heat pump: it extracts heat from the outdoor air (air-source heat pump) or from the ground (ground-source heat pump) and delivers that heat inside the building.
The idea of moving heat from a cooler to a warmer place is counterintuitive, but it's exactly what your refrigerator does. Peter Temple, an architecture professor Keene State College, refers to this concept as "pumping heat uphill." While electric resistance is 100% efficient at converting electricity into heat, a heat pump can deliver (move) two to four units of heat for every unit of electricity it consumes.
Every substance that is at a temperature above absolute zero (about –460°F, where all molecular motion stops) contains heat energy. Cooler objects have less heat energy (energy of motion of the molecules) than warmer objects. But even air molecules at 0°F have enough heat so that we can extract some, and leave the air just a little cooler than it was before.
A heat pump's coefficient of performance (COP) is the ratio of energy delivered compared to the operating energy. A heat pump with a COP of 1 delivers 1 unit of heat for each unit of electricity consumed—no better than electric-resistance heating. A COP of 2 provides twice as much heat from the electricity consumed. That can be thought of as 200% efficiency—though it really isn't a measure of efficiency, since the electricity is used for moving, rather then generating, the heat. Some heat pumps, in some situations, can have a COP as high as 5 or 6.


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If this were the Chronic 2001 and I an accomplished Hip-hop artist, I would say, "It's a Digital Adventure day-" followed by a racial slur. It isn't and I am not, so I will just go on to say that Digital Adventure have got a couple of front-pagers today. This time, the cute cake-eater, Aimi Hoshii has been captured in a pretty comprehensive photo/video book. Fans of gravure and cuteness be ready.
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Bald Eagle
Threats to Bald Eagles
Bald eagles were very negatively affected by DDT, a pesticide that was not banned in the US until 1972 though its dangers were known in the early 1960s. It wasn't lethal to the bald eagles themselves, but the DDT they ingested weakened the shells of their eggs to the point where the eggs cracked under the weight of an adult eagle.
Thanks to the banning of DDT in 1972 and the passage of the landmark Endangered Species Act in 1973, this colossal bird of prey recovered at a faster pace than conservationists had ever expected. Today, illegal shooting of bald eagles is considered the biggest threat to their survival. Other threats include lead poisoning from eating ducks that have consumed lead shot, power line electrocution and habitat loss.
Reasons for Hope
The bald eagle has made a tremendous recovery over the past several decades thanks largely to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In June of 2007, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announced the removal of the bald eagle from the list of species protected by the Endangered Species Act. The Fish and Wildlife Service will monitor bald eagles for a 5-year period as required by the Endangered Species Act. The announcement marked a successful milestone in the species' recovery from the brink of extinction.
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Wingspan: Females around 7 feet; males around 6 feet.
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Tomato processors have joined the California Tomato Growers Association (CTGA) in establishing a group to promote the health benefits — and consumption - of processing tomatoes.
The Tomato Products Wellness Council took shape late last year as 16 processors united with the association to work for increased consumption the crop through collaborative research and communication of findings to consumers.
Selection of research priorities and projects are the first order of business, and publicity functions will follow. The council is based at the association's headquarters in Stockton and is directed by consultant Rodger Wasson.
In a display of cooperative spirit between vigorous competitors, representatives of Campbell Soup Co., Del Monte Foods, and H.J. Heinz Co. explained during the recent CTGA annual meeting in Modesto why they joined the council.
Chor San Khoo, vice president, nutrition and global health, Campbell Soup Co., noted that tomato is the top vegetable ingredient in their product line of soups, sauces, and salsa and exceeds $1 billion in sales in North America.
"Consumers already believe that vegetables are a safe way to healthy eating. One out of two consumers we surveyed in 2005 is aware that tomato products have health benefits," Khoo said.
Eat too little
However, she said, only 20 percent of consumers follow through and actually consume vegetables in adequate amounts.
"There is a tremendous gap between what they consume and what they believe they should to meet the guidelines. It is important for us to find ways of using tomatoes as a safe way for consumers to eat more vegetables and fill the gap."
She went on to say that from Campbell's perspective it is very important that they participate in and help shape the council. "The bottom line is we are looking for new growth opportunities in the tomato products category."
She listed four points they seek through the council: first, to convince consumers that substantial health benefits are available; second, to communicate these results rapidly on a sustained basis; third, to dispel any myths about tomatoes; and fourth, to provide ways to help consumers consume more tomato products.
"We feel the council can provide an independent, focused, and shared-cost approach to fund new research that can talk about health benefits of tomatoes," she said. "For the first time we have a means of discussing issues among growers, manufacturers, academia, and regulators."
Lawrence Hawley, director, nutrition and regulatory affairs, Del Monte Foods, said they are interested because the council can gather more vital information than the company can by itself.
Del Monte, whose diversity spans from tomato products and processed fruits and vegetables to seafood and pet foods, wants to provide convenient products for families on a continuous basis, he said.
Needs information
"We want people to believe what we say about nourishing foods, and we need information that will bring home the message in their daily lives. They need to know there is real, solid science behind what we are talking about."
Also needed are proven, practical research results with real people and real products, Hawley added. "There's a lot of academic research that uses model systems or specialized diets and is not really clear about what people are really eating to gain healthy benefits. We need to craft messages that are truly resonating for consumers."
Del Monte, Hawley said, joined the council to gain more information. "We need more proof of tomato benefits. A lot is written in the scientific literature, there's a lot to be discovered, and there are serious constraints on what we can say, based on gaps in knowledge and regulatory restrictions."
H.J. Heinz Co.'s director of global nutrition, Ida Marie LaQuatra, rounded out the panel and said her company joined the council simply "to sell more tomato products."
While there's excitement about the healthy aspects of tomatoes, much of it, she said, is not being communicated. "Based on national surveys, we know that tomatoes are a good food and because of the frequency that people eat them they are one of the top five food sources of many nutrients. All the research on phytochemicals in tomatoes makes it a very exciting time," she said.
What's needed, she offered, is a vehicle to connect academic research and processors. Through the council, "we can craft research that is practical for the consumer."
Targeted research
The alliance, she continued, can provide targeted research and communication that not only conveys the general fruit and vegetable message but the tomato message in particular, which tends to get lost among the others.
"Tomatoes are sort of a taken-for-granted vegetable, and we'd like to see them in the spotlight. Specifically, process tomatoes have a message we can communicate. Consumers already like tomatoes, so we have a foot in the door to get them to increase consumption."
LaQuatra said the tomato industry, following the example of the dairy industry, can provide industry-wide scientific information on tomatoes to consumers growing more cynical about messages from single companies.
The council is funded by annual membership dues of $7,500 for growers, processors, and brand representatives. Additional funding is from voluntary grower and processor contributions of 2.5 cents per ton of raw product. Tomato product brands also will contribute toward approved research projects and generic public relations.
Don Cameron, CTGA chairman and Helm grower, hailed the council as a first step in sealing the interests of growers and processors, typically in tense, adversarial price negotiations each season, for the benefit of the entire industry.
"Now I challenge growers and processors," Cameron said, "to come together to create a multi-year contract to keep the California processing tomato industry strong and unified so it does not go the way of other commodities in the U.S."
CTGA president Ross Siragusa predicted the council will "give consumers credible, scientific validation for processing tomato consumption."


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Directory structure
The directory structure of a COE install will look like this:
Is created when puppet is installed. It should essentially contain this on the appropriate branch (usually multi-node). This repo contains the manifests and templates directories where the one part of COE will reside.
Contains the site.pp, which is used to customise the install in common ways, such as configuring the network settings and defining which nodes to manage. Site.pp is internally documented and will be different for each site. This directory also has core.pp and cobbler_node.pp: core.pp is used to provide a clean interface between the Openstack puppet modules and the user-facing site.pp; cobbler_node.pp is specifically targeted at managing the cobbler module. The scripts in the directory are helpers that perform the following functions:
clean_node.shIs used to wipe the puppet cert of a node and set it to install on next boot. Usage:
clean_node.sh $target_node
puppet-modules.shIs used to install all the modules in modules.list via apt. Usage
reset_build_node.shWill clean up the build node so that a subsequent puppet apply will test with a (roughly) clean slate. Purges installed packages, removes var directories and some config files. Usage:
reset_nodes.shRemoves all nodes from cobbler db and then runs puppet to insert them again. Usage:
Contains a template for
/etc/network/interfaces. This can be modified by sites that have complex networks to meet their requirements. It is applied via a late command and not directly managed by puppet.
The second file in this directory can be used to move IP addresses between physical nics and Openvswitch ports and is not needed in the majority of cases. It is controlled by
numbered_vs_port in site.pp.
/etc/puppet/modules or
Either of these locations can be used to house the puppet modules. The COE apt packages will install them to
apache cobbler concat drbd horizon memcached naginator openstack puppet rsync sysctl apt coe corosync glance inifile monit nova openstack_admin quantum ssh vswitch apt-cacher-ng collectd dnsmasq graphite keystone mysql ntp pip rabbitmq stdlib xinetd
Understanding the install sequence
Because COE handles both provisioning of the base OS and deployment of applications the install sequence for a node is quite long. The install takes the following steps:
- COE puppet modules and manifests are installed on the build node from either git or apt
- Puppet apply is run on the build node, which does the following:
- Cobbler is installed on the build node
- The Ubuntu 12.04 install image is loaded into cobbler using
- The out-of-band information for the target node is inserted into the cobbler database
- A preseed file is created to automate the install, which has the following in the late command:
- Sets puppet to run after the node has booted, depending on whether
autostart_puppethas been set
- Sets the puppetmaster address and sync interval in
- Syncs to the build node ntp server
- Optionally disables IPv6 router advertisement
- Optionally installs the ethernet bonding module
- Sets
/etc/network/interfacesbased on
/etc/puppet/templates/interfaces.erbin the late command
- HTTP posts to cobbler on the build node to say that the install completed successfully
- HTTP posts to cobbler on the build node to request no more install boots (so the machine will receive a PXE command to boot from local disk instead)
- The target node is rebooted using the clean_node.sh script on the build node, or by hand, which will install ubuntu and run everything in step 2.4
- The target node will finish the install, reboot, then boot into the newly installed OS
- If
autostart_puppethas been set, the node will run puppet agent, and install everything needed for either a control or a compute node.
Most of the complexity here is tied up in the late command. If you need to add a system module and want it to be available as soon as the system reboots (for example ethernet bonding) then this is the place to put it. In the manifests folder, there is


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Is this Samsung's answer to Apple's iPad mini?
Posted on 2013-01-25 by contributor001
Samsung will announce a new Android tablet, the Galaxy Note 8, at a mobile trade show next month, a company executive revealed to reporters earlier this week. But the unveiling has come a little early, if these photos from an Italian technology site are to be believed.
Digital Day Revolution published these pics of what definitely looks like a mid-size Samsung tablet, smaller than the Galaxy Note 10.1 but slightly larger than the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. As the name implies, the Galaxy Note 8 will be a tablet with an 8-inch screen, very close in size to the iPad mini.
From the photos (more are below), the overall design of the new tablet is very close to the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone, with similar curved sides and a front-facing camera (with dual sensors) positioned on the bezel along one of the shorter sides (since users tend to hold smaller-screen tablets vertically). It also sports a physical home button, which is found on the GSIII but not on the Note 10.1.
The Note line's trademark stylus appears to be housed in the tablet's lower-right corner. There's a rear camera, too, but doesn't appear to have a flash.
The original article cites some specs for the tablet, although the sources are unknown. Take these, like any rumour, with a grain of salt:
Screen aspect ratio is 16:9. Resolution is 1,280 x 800
5-megapixel rear-facing camera
2GB of RAM
Photos courtesy of Digital Day Revolution
Mashable is the largest independent news source covering digital culture, social media and technology.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/tablets/is-this-samsungs-answer-to-apples-ipad-mini-20130125-2day1.html#ixzz2IyN2TeCV
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Guilt-Free Garlic Parmesan Zucchini Noodles Pasta Recipe
How to make our 20-minute zucchini noodle pasta recipe with garlic, tomatoes, basil, and parmesan cheese. Jump to the Zucchini Noodles Pasta Recipe or watch our quick recipe video showing you how we make it.
We are in love with this easy recipe. There's fresh zucchini, tomatoes, basil, parmesan, and lots of garlic. The best part? It only takes 20 minutes to make. By the way, if you are looking for more vegetable noodle recipes, take a look at this Creamy Avocado Lime Sweet Potato Noodles recipe.
Guilt-Free, 20 Minute Zucchini Pasta
This is such a quick and easy recipe. It's adaptable, too. We love this with 100% zucchini noodles, but a combination of spaghetti and zucchini is great.
Here's another easy zucchini recipe! Try our Garlic Butter Sauteed Zucchini
This pasta recipe is all about fresh ingredients. The zucchini should be firm and the tomatoes sweet. If you have a hard time finding good, flavorful tomatoes, it is better to use canned. We love canned San Marzano tomatoes as well as the options from Muir Glen.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Easy Mediterranean Zucchini Pasta Salad Recipe with cucumber, tomatoes, and feta. Low-carb and delicious!
How to Make Zucchini Noodles
- The easiest way to make zucchini noodles is to use a spiralizer. They make long, curly noodles in minutes. This is a great tool to add to your kitchen.
- You can also use a julienne vegetable peeler. These come in at under $10 and might even be hiding in your kitchen gadget drawer right now.
- Most mandoline slicers will make noodles, too.
- You can also use a standard vegetable peeler and make wide noodles.
Once you've got noodles, you're ready to cook them.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: How to make our 25-minute sweet potato noodles recipe with a creamy dairy-free avocado sauce. Jump to the Creamy Avocado Sweet Potato Noodles Recipe.
How to Cook Them
Zucchini is mostly made up of water so cooking it can be tricky. Here are our tips for cooking it well.
- Don't peel the zucchini. Peeled zucchini noodles are mushy and have little crunch. Plus, it adds a step and we're looking for dinner on the table fast.
- Don't salt the zucchini ahead or time or while it cooks in the pan. Salt draws out water from the zucchini. This will make it less crunchy when it's cooked. Since salt makes things taste good, we prefer to salt the sauce and not the zucchini.
- Don't overcook. The noodles should be cooked to al dente (just like pasta). This means they will look wilted, but still have a crunch.
Since zucchini has a tendency to become watery, we do our best to reduce this as much as possible in our recipe. Even so, you will still find some water left at the bottom of the serving bowl. This is okay with us. The liquid mixes with tomato, garlic, cheese, and olive oil, so it's delicious. By the way, if you are looking for more ways to use up zucchini, here's our parmesan basil zucchini chips recipe for you. They are addictive.
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: We love quick, fresh dinners. These soba noodles tossed with basil pesto hit the spot. Jump to the Pesto Shrimp Soba Noodles Recipe. Also gluten-free!
Guilt-Free Garlic Parmesan Zucchini Noodles Pasta Recipe
We're in love with this easy zucchini pasta recipe. There's fresh zucchini, tomatoes, basil, parmesan, and lots of garlic. Plus, it only takes 20 minutes to make. Make this with 100% zucchini noodles or swap half of the zucchini for regular spaghetti for a heartier meal.
You Will Need
4 medium zucchini (about 2 pounds)
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic (3 to 4 cloves)
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, depending on how spicy you like the pasta
2 medium tomatoes, chopped, see note (about 12 ounces)
1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
1 cup basil leaves, torn into pieces
1 teaspoon cornstarch
2 teaspoons cold water
Salt, to taste
- Prepare Noodles
- To Finish
Trim and spiralize the zucchini (see notes below for how to do this without a spiralizer). Cut extra long noodles so that they are about the length of spaghetti.
Add olive oil, garlic, and the red pepper flakes to a large, deep skillet. Turn to medium heat. When the oil begins to bubble around the garlic, add the zucchini noodles. Toss the noodles with pasta tongs and cook until al dente — they should be wilted, but still have a crunch; 5 to 7 minutes. Do not let the noodles cook any longer or else they will become mushy. As they cook, keep tossing so that all the zucchini noodles have a chance to hit the bottom of the skillet.
Stir in the tomatoes, basil, and parmesan cheese. Cook for one minute.
Use pasta tongs to transfer the noodles, tomatoes, and basil to a serving dish. Leave the liquid in the skillet.
Bring the liquid to a simmer. Combine cornstarch and cold water in a small bowl then whisk into the simmering liquid. Cook, while whisking, until the liquid thickens to a sauce; about 1 minute. Taste the sauce and season with salt.
Pour the sauce over the zucchini, tomatoes, and basil. Finish with more parmesan cheese on top and serve immediately.
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- How to make Zucchini Noodles without a Spiralizer: The spiralizer is not the only way to make noodles. You can use a julienne vegetable peeler or a mandoline. You can also use a standard vegetable peeler to make wide noodles or ribbons.
- Don't be surprised if after the pasta has been sitting, liquid collects at the bottom of the serving dish. This is okay with us. The liquid mixes with tomato, garlic, cheese, and olive oil, so it's delicious.
- Nutrition Facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA Supertracker recipe calculator to calculate approximate values. We omitted salt from the calculations since you will need to add to your tastes.
If you make this recipe, snap a photo and hashtag it #inspiredtaste — We love to see your creations on Instagram and Facebook! Find us: @inspiredtaste
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January 21, 2019, 9:36 pm
This is the first dish I've made using my spiralizer. Wow! It's delicious. This recipe is at the top of the favorites list! Thank you!
January 10, 2019, 6:39 pm
My first time cooking zucchini noodles and this is very good. I added mushrooms and used fresh tomatoes.
January 9, 2019, 9:39 pm
Yummmm thought it was too much zucchini….so only used two bad mistake … super yummy and super easy ..but follow the directions lol


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In an effort to prevent further spread of emerald ash borer in Kansas, the Kansas Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will set 441 traps to detect whether the plant pest is present.
Kansas is participating in the USDA survey to monitor known emerald ash borer infestations and detect unknown beetle populations.
"Emerald ash borer was detected in Wyandotte County in August 2012, but we are hopeful that we do not find any additional infestations in the state" said Laurinda Ramonda, KDA state cooperative agriculture pest survey coordinator. "These traps are an important monitoring tool. In the event of infestation, early detection would help KDA limit the spread of emerald ash borer."
KDA will set up 65 traps in nine counties, including Butler, Jewell, Leavenworth, Neosho, Osborne, Pottawatomie, Russell, Shawnee and Smith. The rest are being put up by USDA. The purple, prism-shaped traps are coated with nontoxic glue. While they pose no risk to humans, pets or wildlife, the glue can be messy if touched. Kansans are encouraged to report downed traps to the Kansas Department of Agriculture at 785-862-2180.


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Dole-office civil servants allowed Twitter but no Facebook
Dole-office civil servants allowed Twitter but no Facebook
The fine line between tools and timewasting
By Anna Leach • Get more from this author
Posted in Government, 12th September 2011 09:57 GMT
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Twitter is fine for civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions but Facebook is strictly banned, the Minister for Employment Chris Grayling ruled in a response to a written question by Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson.
As well as tweeting, Work & Pensions department staff are permitted to upload employment information and make professional contact on fine-and-serious CV site LinkedIn, but any poking or liking is strictly out of the question – as are many personal email sites, according to the DWP press office.
Grayling declared: "The department recognises social media is a valuable tool for engaging with jobseekers and partners. All staff have access to LinkedIn and Twitter for business use and the department actively uses social networking to communicate with customers."
But they can't go actively communicating with customers on the biggest social medium of them all – Facebook: "Access to some internet sites from departmental computers is restricted or blocked. This includes Facebook."
However, Grayling said communications workers could still pop on to Facebook because their roles "involve use of social media".
However a DWP communications worker told us that not all communications workers were allowed on Facebook – presumably only ones who really need to visit the site get the magic go-ahead – and our source did confirm that DWP computers were blocked from Facebook as a default.
Sadly the DWP press office refused to answer our question about whether any particular breaches of information triggered the ban, or if the Facebook-enabled comms workers were resented by their colleagues for their unlimited access to Web 2.0.
They told us: "The Department takes a view about which websites are appropriate for staff to have access to. Facebook and many personal email websites are blocked from staff use. Communications colleagues with access to Facebook use it for business purposes."


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text: thanks guru. Yea I did those drills a numbe rof time on a different peace of paper so that I wouldnt have to write in the book. I thikn I have them down cold. Just seemed like Iw as wasting a whole weekend though because I had nothing to study. And being that I have to improve 20 points kinda made me feel uneasy, I dunno.In my TM class we didnt get to the sequencing fames at all! Some stupid girl was asking non-sotp questions about every single WRONG LR answer choice, and that too kup soo miuch time. Today we'll have t ofinish lesson one's games, and do lesson two. I hope that we will cover everything though with sufficient detail.


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Seth Rogen and Zac Efron have bested the web-slinger at the box office.
Rogen and Efron's family-versus-fraternity comedy "Neighbors," was the top draw for moviegoers this weekend, unseating last week's champ, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
According to studio estimates Sunday, the R-rated "Neighbors" debuted with $51 million in ticket sales, pushing Spidey to second place with $37 million.
The Cameron Diaz-Leslie Mann comedy "The Other Woman" held onto third place in its third week of release, while "Heaven Is for Real" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" rounded out the top five.


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A recent study by former colleagues of mine from Oak Ridge National Laboratory raises some interesting questions about the future direction of U.S. nuclear fuel cycle. My colleagues have been presently engaged in a scientific triage study for used nuclear fuel disposition options. One of the largest parts of their work has simply been in collecting the massive amount of data on the 67,600 metric tons (1 MT = 1000 kg) of commercial used nuclear fuel in the U.S., including issues such as how long it was burned in the reactor, the fuel type, and the initial enrichment, with an objective of being able to accurately characterize the composition and location of every used nuclear fuel assembly presently in the U.S. (I also am tangentially involved in this work, funding an undergraduate for data collection and am hoping to expand my role into doing modeling work in support of this effort).
The overall goal of this work is to support a more informed decision framework to specifically look at how we deal with spent fuel inventories in the U.S. - in other words, performing a triage analysis on what fuel would be the best candidates for various fuel cycle options (including direct disposal versus recycling). Given that some fuel is inherently going to be less suitable (read: more expensive) for recovering actinides as future fuel material, the goal is to sort out what can be disposed of immediately and what might be preserved for future fuel cycles.
Their (surprising) finding was that of the present
inventory, 98% of the current used fuel inventory (by mass) could be disposed of without leaving open the option of future retrieval while
still allowing for the ability to facilitate a future closed fuel cycle
in the U.S. This conclusion was based upon the assumption that the U.S. would eventually open a fuel reprocessing facility; even under this assumption most of the present inventory of used nuclear fuel is not needed to support such a cycle. Some of this is simply due to the large inventory of used
nuclear fuel in the U.S. - at nearly 68,000 metric tons of heavy metal
with the largest fuel reprocessing centers having a throughput on the
order of 1,000-1,500 MTHM per year, there is simply more "legacy" fuel
out there than a typical facility would ever usefully process.
decision analysis was based on several factors, including the value of
material which would be recovered (older fuel tends to have less
plutonium available for recovery, and the plutonium is of lower
quality); complexity (older fuel has other complicating factors such as
different types of cladding material - like stainless steel - which can complicate potential recovery and
thus make it less preferable to newer fuel), and simply the amount of
material needed to sustain a closed fuel cycle (given the time before
such a facility would come online, it is anticipated more than
sufficient inventories would be present to sustain a closed fuel cycle
without drawing into older fuel). Likewise, they considered what fuel assemblies might be useful to future reprocessing research efforts by DOE (such as used, highly-enriched fuel from naval and research programs).
To many who advocate exploiting the resource potential of used nuclear fuel (myself included), this is a jarring conclusion. There has always been a tacit assumption in mind that domestic reprocessing would not only include future inventories of used nuclear fuel, but help to alleviate the pressure on current demand for geologic repository space by making use of the readily available inventories out there. Yet beyond looking at what is economically practical (i.e., prioritizing the most valuable fuel for recovery), the report brings in an eye-opening reality - given the fact that the U.S. has spent the last thirty years committed to a once-through fuel cycle track, there is simply more used fuel than a single modern reprocessing facility would have capacity to handle, especially given the stable influx of fuel coming out of future reactors which would form the foundation for a future closed fuel cycle. As a result, much of this "legacy" fuel becomes unnecessary to support such future fuel cycles.
A more important implication relates to geologic disposal itself. The plans for the (now likely former) Yucca Mountain site called for a 50-75 year "retrievability" window; in other words, the repository was to be operated for an extended period which would allow for retrieval of used fuel out of the repository for other uses. (After the retrieval period, it was generally assumed if no use case had emerged by this point, permanently closing the repository was the most reasonable option).
Designing a repository with future retrievability in mind doesn't come for free; it essentially adds another engineering constraint (read: cost) to the problem and ultimately requires further analysis of how the repository will perform in containing waste in addition to the "post-closure" period. (It also tends to bias one's choice of geology - a feature of salt-based repositories like WIPP is that they are explicitly not designed to be retrievable - the heat from nuclear waste packages generally causes salt to plastically deform around waste packages, effectively "sealing them in.")
Thus, figuring out what spent fuel has little potential prospect for future recovery represents an technical triage which can help simplify a future repository design (as well as open up options for where such repositories might be located). In essence, separating out the "wheat" (fuel more useful for recovery) from the "chaff" (fuel which has limited potential for recovery) allows for a more intelligent approach to used fuel disposition which can ultimately make constructing a future permanent geologic repository cheaper and easier.
Of course, the standard caveat applies: the hardest part of opening any geologic repository has never been technical so much as it has political. Nonetheless, the ORNL report offers a rather bracing conclusion as to what a future U.S. fuel cycle may look like, even if the decision is made to restart reprocessing in the U.S. Ultimately, the vast majority of the current inventory of used nuclear fuel may yet still be destined for direct disposal, simply due to the realities of waiting over three decades before finally deciding to reconsider our rather ill-fated national decision to abandon a closed nuclear fuel cycle.


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by Tom Utescher
As the NCAA's fall college signing period began in the middle of the month and area student athletes inked their national letters of intent, rowers dominated the proceedings at Mount St. Joseph Academy. Out of the nine seniors who made commitments in writing, all but one were members of the Magic's varsity eight, which could be one of the best crews in the distinguished history of the program.
The lone exception was Flourtown's Burke Brabson, one of the chief offensive threats on the Mount St. Joe lacrosse team. The niece of MSJ president S. Kathleen Brabson, the MSJ attacker decided before the start of the school year to continue her career at La Salle University.
The only member of the Mount's V-8 who hasn't picked her college is three-seat Lauren Matchett, who, as a sophomore, has another two years to ponder her pick.
Some of the Magic boatmates won't be seeing the last of each other after they graduate. Boston's Northeastern University has successfully recruited both coxswain Erin McElroy and six-seat Katie O'Connell, who was a member of the 2011 U.S. Junior Developmental Team over the summer.
Two-seat Rose Ehrlich and seven seat Julie McGlynn will both be making the short trip downtown to Drexel University.
Five-seat Darian DiCianno, a varsity eight rower since her sophomore year, is travelling farther afield, having signed on with the University of Southern California. The other three are heading south; bow rower Emily Carbone to Georgetown, stroke Dana Lerro to Duke, and four-seat Dana Zielinski to Clemson.
While Brabson verballed to La Salle back in July, other seniors needed a little more time to make up their minds, such as McElroy. Just before the start of the signing period, the coxswain was on her way home from an official recruiting visit in Florida, and called the Northeastern coach from an airport concourse to say she'd be joining the Huskies.
In the end, all nine athletes got the important but tedious process of college selection out of the way, and may now focus on their final months of Mount St. Joe sports.


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Village Lane, England
Desmond K. Thole 5/17/2006 2:11:04 AMGreat detail Brenda very nice composition. I am at the moment in the UK. I am an American living here until July then home to Penn Valley, Ca.
Jeffrey W. Reed 5/30/2007 5:32:37 PMan interesting capture...i noticed the uper story windows are in need of repair #4348557
Brenda Tharp 6/4/2007 2:36:23 PMThe entire house is in need of stabilizing, in my opinion! About 500 yrs old, these houses...but they look like a fairtale village, all crooked like this. I love England's old villages! #4365427
Philip Sanders 10/2/2007 3:35:11 AMTypical English scene .. lovely shot ... #4872234
Aurelia Ruiz 3/21/2008 2:06:32 AMi am afraid with homes in england that are as old as this, there is very lil they can replace or change because its protected by law to preserve the buildings how they are. I figure if the buildings here are 500 years old they are Grade Listed I or II #5671548
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Deals send stocks edging higher on Wall Street
NEW YORK (AP) — A handful of corporate deals helped nudge the stock market higher despite a disappointing report on the economy.
Amgen surged after the biotech giant said it plans to buy Onyx Pharmaceuticals for $10.4 billion. The deal would give Amgen three approved cancer treatments and several others in clinical trials.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose four points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,667 as of noon Monday.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 24 points, or 0.2 percent, to 15,034. The Nasdaq composite rose 21 points, or 0.6 percent, at 3,679.
Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods plunged 7.3 percent last month, the steepest drop in nearly a year.
Amgen gained $9.64, or 9 percent, to $115.29. Onyx rose $6.62, or 6 percent, to $123.58.


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July 07, 2004
How you discipline your children could make or break their self-esteem, so how hard is too hard when it comes to discipline? Dr. Phil talks with parents who feel their spouse disciplines too hard.
Swearing and Yelling
Lito thinks his wife Jill's cursing and yelling is too hard on their children. Jill says she's harsh because she doesn't feel respected as a step-parent.
Will Jill change the way she speaks?
Spanking with a Spatula
Jason wants to bust his wife, Tressa, for using a spatula to spank their daughter. Tressa defends herself saying she uses a spatula because she can't hit hard enough with her hand.
Will Tressa learn other ways to discipline?
Drill Sergeant Dad
Becky says her husband John's drill sergeant ways are terrifying her 5-year-old daughter so much, that she hides from him. John believes kids need to know who's the boss in the house.
Will John give up his military ways?


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Karolina Wozniak — Babe of the Day
Karolina's a 22-year-old model originally from Warsaw, Poland now living in Miami.
Outside of that, not much is known about the provocative Pole. Her name is strikingly similar to tennis temptress Caroline Wozniacki, but we've never seen her bat around fuzzy balls.
She's got a hint of Megan Fox to her with a dash of Stephanie Seymour? Whomever her agent is needs to get on the ball and quick. The girl's got potential to be a Victoria's Secret Angel and snag the cover of SI's Swimsuit Issue. We'll take Playboy as well since she's previously done nudes.
Expect her to land on next year's list of the Most Mind-Numbingly Hot Women. Just remember who 'broke' this talent to the world. Pay it forward, my man.
Age: 22 | Location: Miami Beach, FL | Ht: 5′ 9″ | Wt: 121 lbs | Measurements: 35D-23-34
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