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Well I have had this less then 24 hours and some things were fine, but it was a little slow, So I wanted to know about the ram upgrade. The reason I bought this was to have a device the could be modded with a little work to help some friends in the deaf community have a communication device when there was not an interpreter around. Well this will take some work to work, I just took photos to see it all in parts. Also was not afraid of bricking (making a desk paper weight) this that much as much as other one that actually do function well. I will get a photo of the screw that is hidden.
here you go and the link to all of them is
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v221/ ... %20%20400/
comparison between 2 machines
the two screws that hold down the keyboard. One you can see the other you have to cut through the warning sticker on the back to get it out. I will retake that photo soon and post it for you. I think re doing the ribbon cable for the mouse was harder then the keyboard. the keyboard is the same as the Tonka net book (sylvania g meso book) but the zzz is a G in a circle on the G.
top side of the motherboard
one of the screws to get the mother board off (bottom right screw is black)
the other screw to get the mother board off(upper left screw is black)
those were taken after taking off the screen, So I cheated that some
back side
the ram(the more i look at this the more i think i am wrong)
I know there are some of the photos that are poor quality, but I was using a 5 year old digital camera that has been dropped a few dozen times.


text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - What is your favourite season? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What is your favourite season? Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Next Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Hobbies View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Joy-winterJoined: 14 Dec 2005Posts: 7Location: Yang Zhou, Jiangsu Provience, China Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 7:15 am Post subject: What is your favourite season? Hello everyone.Nice to meet you!! Winter is my favourite season, so I get my name si Joy-winter. I like Christmas Day and it also in winter; I love snow and it still in winter. I think all of the beautiful things are all in winter^-^ What si your favourite seaso boys and girls??_________________I'm a happy girl in a happy world! ^_^ Back to top jxtommyJoined: 10 Dec 2005Posts: 11 Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: en Spring_________________Free is not free! Back to top Joy-winterJoined: 14 Dec 2005Posts: 7Location: Yang Zhou, Jiangsu Provience, China Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2005 11:02 pm Post subject: Spring?? You like spring? Maybe, it's a nice season and everything awake in this season. But, do you have any reason??Please tell me!! _________________I'm a happy girl in a happy world! ^_^ Back to top eidiosn12Joined: 13 Jan 2004Posts: 2 Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 3:06 am Post subject: well , definitly, I like summer, because i am in australia. Back to top FlyawayJoined: 23 Apr 2005Posts: 37 Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:57 am Post subject: My favourite season is AUTUMN not cold and not hot,but comfortable!And I was born in the romantic season!!!!!!! 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That's why my nickname is 'seasons'. I had lived whole my life in Korea before I moved to the US in Nov, 2000. You know what? The favorite season is changed if you move to another climate area. When I was in Korea, I loved Winter most and here in Michigan, I hate Winter which is too long and overcast. So currently Summer is my favorite season. Back to top Lilly 90Joined: 12 May 2005Posts: 34 Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:41 am Post subject: hi I LOVE SPRING!!! I was born in spring and I think it's really beutiful when everything return to life... I love it...It's so romantic ^_~'_________________Sunrise...Sunrise...Looks like morning in your eyes... 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Slash: Money Would Not Be Determining Factor for a Guns N' Roses Reunion
Slash has moved on with his career, as have many of his former Guns N' Roses bandmates. Even Guns N' Roses have moved on, with Axl Rose fronting the group that features a completely different lineup. But still, there are always questions about if a reunion of the original band will ever take place.
Slash, while speaking to New York's Newsday, said he feels that a full reunion will never happen. He tells the paper, "I think that time is sort of passed at this point, but there was a period where big wads of cash were shaking in our direction. I think the concept of getting the band back together based on money is not going to happen."
As it was, a good portion of the original group turned up for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction earlier this year. The guitarist says, "Given the history of the band, it really doesn't seem that bizarre [that there was drama surrounding the ceremony]. Originally I didn't want to deal with it. It was a big, unanswered question up until the 11th hour. We made do with what we had, and it turned out to be a really cool experience."
This year also marked the 25th anniversary of the group's debut disc, 'Appetite for Destruction.' Looking back on the landmark release, Slash stated, "It doesn't seem like that long ago. The concept of a quarter of a century is crazy. It's become a very iconic record, and I'm proud of that. One of the most significant things about it is being considered a must-have for everybody's rock and roll collection."
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Bill Jordan, the creator of Realtree Camouflage, will receive two prestigious awards from the University of Mississippi on Oct. 13 when it hosts Auburn at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium.
A native of Columbus, Ga., Jordan (BBA '73) will be one of seven alumni who will be recognized during pregame ceremonies for having received the university's Alumni Association's highest annual honors. The game is part of the university's homecoming weekend festivities.
"This is a tremendous honor to be recognized by Ole Miss," Jordan said. "The university has a fine tradition of turning out business leaders and athletes. My time there certainly created some of the greatest memories of my life."
Created in 1974, the Hall of Fame honors those select alumni who have made an outstanding contribution to their country, state or the University of Mississippi through good deeds, services or contributions that have perpetuated the good name of Ole Miss.
Jordan will also by honored by the Ole Miss Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame with its Distinguished American Award as part of the pregame ceremonies.
The Distinguished American Award is presented by the Ole Miss Chapter to individuals who have carried the lessons learned on the football field into a life of service to their community.
After earning All-State honors as a receiver on Columbus High School's football team, several major colleges recruited Jordan heavily in football and basketball. Jordan decided on football and chose Ole Miss, primarily because of an abundance of good hunting and fishing within a short drive of the Oxford campus.
Jordan earned two letters as a wide receiver while playing for Coach John Vaught and Coach Billy Kinard. He played on two bowl teams at Ole Miss and started several games despite a problematic hamstring injury that sidelined him several times throughout his college career.
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Rob's got the ultimate risk/reward team IMO. Ladd, Ennis, Stastny, Jagr, Kessel, Yandle, Kovalchuk, Crosby all have huge potential returns. But the potential has to be rewarded and present to pay off.
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When the U.S. Justice Department charged Standard & Poor's with fraud earlier this month and demanded $5 billion in restitution, it was the culmination of the Obama administration's four-year pursuit of alleged financial chicanery masquerading as sacrosanct credit ratings.
Two dozen lawyers were assigned to a probe they called "Alchemy," for the medieval pseudo-science that tried to turn lead into gold, as the department modeled a federal case on an analogy for failed mortgage-debt packages. They dug into 30 million documents, found cooperating witnesses and say they've got the evidence to win in court on an issue President Barack Obama since 2009 has been saying helped bring the U.S. economy to the brink of collapse.
"From the beginning of our effort to deal with the crisis, we had the ratings agencies high on the list," former Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat and co-author of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial regulation law, said in a telephone interview. "Our only frustration is that we couldn't come up with better ways to deal with them, but we did everything we could think of in the legislation to restrict them."
A review of legislative and regulatory documents and interviews with current and former administration officials shows that frustration with New York-based S&P, the nation's largest ratings firm, Moody's Corp. and Fitch Ratings has existed almost since Obama took office.
'Brink of Collapse'
What started as an effort by Obama's Treasury Department to right a system reeling from the worst financial breakdown in eight decades has now become a Justice Department lawsuit seeking $5 billion from S&P's parent, McGraw-Hill Cos., after months of failed settlement talks.
The Justice Department, 16 states and the District of Columbia are suing the firm for fraud. Attorney General Eric Holder called its practices "egregious" and his deputy Tony West, the department's third-ranked official, said the company played "a significant role in helping to bring our economy to the brink of collapse."
The fight has so far cut more than $3.9 billion off McGraw- Hill's market value, pushed the yields on its $400 million of bonds due November 2037 to the highest level since March 2011 and may threaten company's viability.
S&P says it will "vigorously" defend itself from claims the company says are without merit. The Justice Department says it's ready for court. It also doesn't rule out renewed talks.
Because S&P is the only ratings company sued by the U.S. so far, some in the financial community say the case is retribution for the 2011 decision by S&P to downgrade U.S. debt.
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"Why S&P? They didn't do anything that Moody's or Fitch didn't do," said Peter Schiff, chief executive officer of the brokerage firm Euro Pacific Capital Inc, based in Westport, Connecticut, in a telephone interview. "The whole thing to me stinks and looks like it's their way of getting back at S&P."
Holder, the attorney general who has been in the Obama administration since 2009 as officials first started figuring out what to do about the ratings companies, denies any link.
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The administration's criticism of the quality of S&P and other raters' products predates the downgrade, starting soon after Obama took office.
"Credit ratings often failed to accurately describe the risk of rated products," the Treasury Department said in the financial regulationWhite Paper presented by then-Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to lawmakers.
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S&P, which had made internal changes before Obama took office to address its failures in the subprime mortgage crisis, supported parts of what would become the Dodd-Frank Act. Aimed at preventing a repeat of the $700 billion bailout of the banking industry, the law created a mechanism to seize and wind down the largest banks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a new regulatory structure for the $639 trillion global swaps market.
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In March, 2010, a company lobbyist sent an e-mail to Senate Republican staffers suggesting that lawmakers band together to block the proposal from reaching the Senate floor, according to a copy of the e-mail obtained by Bloomberg News. McGraw-Hill spent more than $3 million lobbying lawmakers in 2009 and 2010, the two years of the financial regulation debate in Congress, according to federal disclosures.
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While the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission concluded the ratings firms were "key enablers of the financial meltdown," Congress and the administration struggled to find consensus on how to reduce the reliance on ratings. Corporations, banks and even governments were required to seek a stamp of approval before bond offerings primarily from just three firms: S&P, Moody's and Fitch, half-owned by Fimalac SA of Paris and half owned by Hearst Corp.
Michael Barr, the Treasury Department official who led the administration's efforts to rewrite financial rules, said Dodd- Frank has helped increase transparency in the ratings, gave the Securities and Exchange Commission oversight, removed an existing legal liability shield attached to the companies, and reduced the mandated reliance on their work.
It stopped short of a complete restructuring of the industry dominated by just three firms, pushing against proposals that that would have placed the government in a dominant role in the marketplace, he said.
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"You can't just change it completely overnight," Barr, a former assistant Treasury secretary and now professor at the University of Michigan, said in a telephone interview.
The SEC has adopted new rules and modified others. It has created an office to oversee and develop rules for the industry.
Still, "fundamental reform of the credit-ratings agencies was an area where Dodd-Frank fell short," said Aaron Klein, a former Senate and Treasury Department staff member involved in the drafting and implementation of the law. Klein, now director of the FinancialRegulatory Reform Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center, said he hoped the lawsuit would force lawmakers and regulators to take a fresh look the industry model.
While the SEC was working worked to carry out the changes, aimed at reducing reliance on credit ratings, political gridlock gripped Washington.
Government debt reached $14 trillion and Republicans were trying to force the administration to cut spending. That's when S&P reached its Aug. 5, 2011, decision to downgrade the U.S. for the first time in the nation's history.
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However zou had the intuition in what concerns the energy united in the human hypostasis. As I said the divine energy is not self subsistent but can en-hypostasiate in different hyposteseis, even human, which leads exactly to deification, not in the sense that we become gods by nature in the pagan sense of the word but we become sons of God in Christ and we (actually not exactly we, but the saints of God the persons who fulfilled their humanity to perfection by the "entelecheia" of virtues and commandments of God) may say that we become god not by nature but by grace and by the adoption in Christ from the part of God. This is not pantheistic at all, since we don'd divinise nature and don't become gods but united with god through his uncreated divine energies.


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"A dedicated resource guide for the restoration enthusiast who is looking for information on restoring the early square piano!
I confess, doing biographies on yourself was never in my comfort zone, and I attached the material below from the standard issue I use for board seat web pages and speaking engagements, with the bit about pianos thrown in for the benefit of this particular site. But in general, I became interested in early keyboards while still in college, having encountered a kit clavichord that a physics professor had made, and subsequently bumping into the extraordinary pianist Raymond Dudley who was gracious enough to help properly introduce me to the world of the early fortepiano. A kit-built Zukermann Flemish harpsichord in 1980 and conversations with David Way sealed the deal, but with the advent of the internet, the exposure to early pianos and English square pianos really took me to a new level. I have been actively building copies, and researching and restoring the early antique pianos since 1998, making me a novice yet. Paul Polletti has stated that he did not begin to really understand the builders art until about his 15th fortepiano, and in that I concur. Once I have my 10,000 hours in, I might know something about the subject. Until then, this site works best when I hear from those of you out there who have paid your dues. For you I make available these pages, to record what we know about the technology of early pianos, and particularly those early squares!
Thomas Strange "
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"At the center of my harpsichord making are two different designs from the eighteenth-century French tradition. Although similar in size, these designs and the choices of materials result in timbres that are virtually at opposite ends of the French category. One, after Benoist Stehlin 1760, has a sweet soft-edged sound, and the other, after Taskin 1769, has the typical Taskin sound, sharp-edged, focused, and commanding. Both are rich and full-blooded, but the Stehlin is perhaps a music room instrument and the Taskin a concert-recital instrument. By different choices of materials, each of these sounds could be shifted towards each other. ..."
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"I have been making harpsichords for over thirty-five years, starting in Boston at the Hubbard harpsichord workshop, where I learned woodworking in the kit shop and voicing and finishing in the custom shop. I later went to work for Eric Herz in Cambridge, where I did cabinetry in his harpsichord shop. In 1986 I moved to Indianapolis, where I worked as head cabinetmaker and case designer at Goulding and Wood Pipe Organ Co. Even though employed by others all these years, I have still managed to make harpsichords in my own workshop. Having a one-man operation affords me creative and quality control throughout the entire project start to finish. I do everything from choosing the wood and other materials, designing, building, painting, and finally voicing the completed instrument. Soundboard decorating, however, is subcontracted to expert painters. I can also do carved and gilt stands and benches for my instruments as well as for other existing harpsichords. I take time to make sure everything is done to the customer's satisfaction and my own as well. I take pride in my experience and training and in my continuing work, and I am gratified by my customers' praise and satisfaction with my work.. ..."
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"Richard Kingston has produced over 300 instruments, all grounded in the best of the styles and techniques of the historic makers. Kingston and his instruments have been featured in articles published in Southern Living and Southern Accents magazines. The Best Report surveyed harpsichord makers and ranked the work of Richard Kingston with the top few of all extant makers. He has lectured on harpsichord construction techniques and styles, has served on numerous workshop faculties and has been the subject of an interview by the award-winning radio news magazine All Things Considered broadcast by National Public Radio. In 1991, Richard Kingston received the Spivey Award for Excellence in Instrument Building. The jurors were unanimous in their decision to award him top honors. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"Early keyboard instruments are the focus of the R.J. Regier workshop where we:
- design and build new fortepianos and harpsichords based on period samples
- repair, restore and maintain old instruments
- lease instruments for concerts and professional use
- tune and maintain instruments for performance and recording "
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"PianoGrands is an antique piano dealer that carries an unrivaled collection of antique grand pianos and antique upright pianos renowned for their superb sound, skillful construction and refined aesthetics. The combination of the finest materials, responsive actions and old-world craftsmanship of famous makers results in a rich, rewarding sound and exhilarating playing experience.
To complement our antique grand and upright pianos, we also carry a fine line of contemporary harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos and kits. These superb instruments are replicas of historic keyboards. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"After years of playing in school and community bands and orchestras, Paul Irvin was introduced to Bach, Baroque and the harpsichord while studying in college. Soon after receiving his B.A. in chemistry in 1969, he built his first harpsichord from a kit. Dissatisfaction with a second kit caused him to abandon it to begin researching the historical harpsichord. This study resulted in instruments of his own design, based on historical principles. Word-of-mouth demand turned his hobby into a career of custom designing harpsichords and clavichords, a career now in its twenty-third year. ...
We are committed to providing the finest quality Early Keyboard Instruments and professional Service. As you explore this site we hope you find it an informative and enjoyable way to learn more about us and the world of early keyboard instruments. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)
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"The building of keyboard instruments began over 300 years ago. The development started with the organ and the Harpsichord, continued through the pianoforte, and reached its high point with what today is known as the modern grand piano - which remains until now virtually unchanged. (The Golden Years of grand piano construction were between 1825 and 1925).
Grand pianos belong as much to the appreciation of art as the works of Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, or an authentically restored historical building, all of which have both high artistic and material value. Recognizing this has given me the exciting idea to create a renaissance of antique instruments for the pleasure of both art and music lovers.
An antique grand piano, more or less 100 years old, presents a unique form of aesthetics, both in music and appearance as well as an instrument and as the focal point of a home. When one considers how many famous pianists or passionate piano players have already played on one or another of these grands (and how many are yet to play upon them), it is imperative to save these magnificent instruments from decay and to give pianists and their entire surroundings the joyous gift these pianos can offer.
With this conviction in mind, Palace Pianos has for the sale exclusively of grands that have been found mostly in their original magical conditions, maintaining their original tone quality. Every year more than 50 pianos are sold world wide and we feel it is our duty to follow the 19th-Century motto: Build good instruments and you will never have to worry about selling them. .."
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I have been building clavichords and harpsichords since 1977. Using traditional materials and methods, I am known for instruments of rich character and 'color,' and for attention to details of touch and reliability. I work alone, which allows me to focus all my energy and passion on each instrument.
It is very important, I believe, that I am a player myself. All of my instruments receive a proper playing-in, and I expect them to satisfy my own demands as a player before I send them out into the world.
I have built instruments for the Indiana University Early Music Institute, Reed College, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Brigham Young University, Southwest Oregon Community College, the University of Oregon, Willamette University, Central Washington University and Boston University. My private clients value their privacy, and I respect it. But I will be happy to refer serious inquiries to them for an independent view of my work, as well as of my timeliness and general business practices ...
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"The Organ Clearing House was founded in 1959 for the preservation of pipe organs which need new homes. Our extensive list of distinguished vintage instruments provides our clients with an attractive choice less expensive than the purchase of a new pipe organ. We are typically able to provide complete instruments at approximately half the cost of a comparable new pipe organ.
In addition, we are equipped to provide a full range of services including assessment and consultation, dismantling, packing, and shipping, erecting and installing organs.
The contemporary world of church music offers many artificial substitutes for pipe organs to be used for the musical leadership of public worship. We at the Organ Clearing House suggest that there is no real substitute for a pipe organ, and we maintain that pipe organs are frequently available through our resources for half the cost of an equivalent new instrument. Often, a church can purchase, renovate, and relocate a pipe organ for the cost of an upscale electronic substitute. And always, a professionally installed pipe organ will outlast those substitutes.
Even modern pipe organs are built using ancient principles. Centuries old instruments are in regular use throughout the Christian world, proving that obsolescence is evas ive. Well maintained, thoughtfully used pipe organs do not become doorstops! .."
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"I build and repair historic keyboard instruments as well as tune and service modern pianos in San Diegos North County. My current offerings include Harpsichords, Clavichords and Fortepianos."
"My philosophy is simple. I endeavor to make the best instruments both tonally and constructionally as I know how for the most reasonable price to the customer. I am well aware that there are many people who would love to own a handcrafted instrument but the price is just out of their reach. It is my belief that a well-made clavichord, harpsichord, or fortepiano should be affordable to almost anyone who truly wants one."
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Nov 19,1937-June 7,2008
MARGARET F. HOOD, fortepiano and harpsichord designer and maker, died June 7, 2008. Margaret was born Nov. 19, 1937 in New York City and grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut. She graduated from The Greenwich Academy in 1954 and continued her education at Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts where she pursued her interests in philosophy, religion and art. Upon graduation cum laude from Mt. Holyoke in 1958 Margaret continued the pursuit of her intellectual and academic interests at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. Along with her academic work Margaret did calligraphic and artifact restoration work for the Bade Archeological Museum at PSR. At graduation in 1961 she was awarded a Danforth Fellowship at Duke University for the following year. Margaret's youthful love of horses remained with her throughout her life. She developed her skills not only in riding but in training in the English traditions of jumping, cross country and dressage. Boxes of ribbons attest to the level of her success in horsemanship. Margaret came from a family of painters and she continued the tradition with an extensive repertoire of styles and techniques. She added to that tradition by applying her artistic talents and skills to the painting of historically appropriate paintings and decorations on the lids and soundboards of harpsichords. In the 1970s Margaret began a career as a builder of historically correct reproductions of early keyboard instruments, harpsichords, clavichords and fortepianos. She was for a time an agent for Zuckerman Harpsichords and then, after extensive research in Europe and the US, she founded her own company, Margaret Hood Fortepianos [http://fortepianos.pair.com].She proceeded to build instruments of her own design, based on her research and analysis of surviving original instruments and the written records from the time in which the instruments were built. Her instruments and her scholarship have earned her a national and international reputation as a builder of exceptionally fine instruments, particularly reproductions of the pianos of Nannette Streicher, whose instruments were highly praised by Beethoven and were his preferred choice to play in performance. Margaret also earned national and international recognition among Beethoven scholars and early music performers for her research and publications with regard to Beethoven and the instruments of his time. In addition, Margaret wrote and published two technical manuals, one on repair and maintenance of harpsichords, and one on repair and maintenance of fortepianos. Margaret was united in marriage with C. Ellsworth Hood in 1961. She is survived by her husband, Ellsworth, her daughter, Vivian Andrea, and her son, Thomas William. With her passing the world of music has suffered a loss of immense proportions and her family a loss greater still. A private memorial celebration of Margaret and her life will be held by the family at a later date."
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Goddamn you have slayed me tonight Pudd! So amazingly beautiful shots of our Madonna! Merry Christmas to me.
Hey Pud, you've done it again! Live to Tell is Our Lady Madonna's best artwork, the moment Madonna became a darling of Rock Critics!!!!!!
Live to Tell-Her best ever artwork!!!!! Madonna Forever!!!!


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So do I need to put on xc lycra to practice tricks?
Bike Check: Jamie Goldman's Santa Cruz Blur LT 9
Sweetest Bike Check to date? Possibly. Check out Jamie Goldman's half-carbon, half-aluminum Santa Cruz Blur LT. Relax, have fun...we sure did!
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Now I don't feel so bad about your bike that I ran over with my car
Clever,Im mouving to Bend and Im going to jump Jamie's yard,Spomer will vouch for me won't ya bro.
Thumbs down for the uggs.........Thumbs up for the "best investment of your life" ! haha
Nice Jamie
lovin the bar spins....
sweet ride, I've got the same knee brace problem.
30 second shock swap out? Whatever, I can swap the rear shock on my hardtail in half that time.
I really lliked my first generation Nomad and have come close to buying a the new VPP2 model more than a few times. However, as time goes on the Blur LT2 is looking more and more appealing. Yo Yo Yo Check This Out's bike above along with Voreis' LT2 have to be doing wonders for Santa Cruz's sales of that bike.
screw the bike - talk to me about those Uggs! Booyah!


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UC Davis Children's Hospital has received the Excellence in Life Support Award from the international Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) for its Extracorporeal Life Support Program. The program provides lifesaving support for failing organ systems in infants, children and, in some cases, adults.
The Excellence in Life Support Award recognizes centers worldwide that demonstrate an exceptional commitment to evidence-based processes and quality measures, staff training and continuing education, patient satisfaction and ongoing clinical care. UC Davis Children's Hospital also received this award in 2012.
The ELSO Award signifies to patients and families a commitment to exceptional patient care. It also demonstrates to the health-care community an assurance of high-quality standards, specialized equipment and supplies, defined patient protocols and advanced education of all staff members.
Extracorporeal life support (ECLS), also known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO, is one of the most advanced forms of life support available to patients experiencing acute failure of the cardiac and respiratory systems. The ECLS machine does the work of the heart and lungs, artificially oxygenating the blood and returning it to the body, allowing the patient's heart and lungs to rest and heal.
Recipients of the Excellence in Life Support Award are designated as Centers of Excellence for having demonstrated extraordinary achievement in the following categories:
• Excellence in promoting the mission, activities and vision of ELSO
• Excellence in patient care by using the highest-quality measures, processes and structures based on evidence
• Excellence in training, education, collaboration and communication that supports ELSO guidelines and contributes to a healing environment
At UC Davis Medical Center, ECLS is performed by a team of highly skilled physicians, nurses and cardiovascular perfusionists trained to provide extracorporeal life support. All patients treated using ECLS have a bedside nurse dedicated to the care of the patient as well as a second, specially trained nurse committed to the management of the ECLS machine. A physician trained in ECLS technology manages or co-manages each of the patients on ECLS, and a UC Davis Medical Center perfusionist is available at all times to assist with the equipment and patient management.
"Our extracorporeal life support program is a model for quality, interprofessional care at UC Davis. I'm proud of the commitment of our whole team to reach this level of achievement," said Laura Kenny, assistant nurse manager and ECLS coordinator at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at UC Davis Children's Hospital.
ECLS frequently is used in newborns with severe lung disease; older children treated with ECLS fall into several categories, including children who have severe pneumonia or other infections and those with acquired heart disease, such as myocarditis or cardiomyopathy. ECLS also permits the hearts of infants and children who have undergone surgery for congenital heart disease to rest and recover following surgery.
The Extracorporeal Life Support Organization is an international consortium of health care professionals and scientists who are dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel therapies for support of failing organ systems. Crucial is the promotion of a broad multidisciplinary collaboration. The primary mission of the Organization is to maintain a registry of, at least, use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in active ELSO centers. As appropriate, registries of other novel forms of organ system support are within the purview of ELSO. Registry data is to be used to support clinical research, support regulatory agencies, and support individual ELSO centers. ELSO provides educational programs for active centers as well as for the broader medical and lay communities. For more information, visit elso.org.


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Think of it as a simple formula: if you've been hired (and paid handsomely) to protect what is, you're going to be congenitally ill-equipped to imagine what might be. And yet the urge not just to know the contours of the future, but to plant the Stars and Stripes in that future has had the US Intelligence Community (IC) in its grip since the mid-1990s. That was the moment when it first occurred to some in Washington that US power might be capable of controlling just about everything worth the bother globally for, if not an eternity, then long enough to make the future American property.
Ever since, every few years the National Intelligence Council (NIC), the IC's "center for long-term strategic analysis," has been intent on producing a document it calls serially Global Trends [fill in the future year]. The latest edition, out just in time for Barack Obama's second term, is Global Trends 2030. Here's one utterly predictable thing about it: it's bigger and more elaborate than Global Trends 2025. And here's a prediction that, hard as it is to get anything right about the future, has a 99.9 percent chance of being accurate: when Global Trends 2035 comes out, it'll be bigger and more elaborate yet. It'll cost more and still, like its predecessor, offer a hem for every haw, a hedge for every faintly bold possibility, a trap-door escape from any prediction that might not stick.
None of this should be surprising. In recent years, with a $75 billion collective budget, the IC, that historically unprecedented labyrinth of seventeen intelligence agencies and outfits, has been one of Washington's major growth industries. In return for almost unfettered funding and a more-than-decade-long expansion of its powers, it's promised one thing to the American people: safety, especially from "terrorism." As part of a national security complex that has benefitted enormously from a post-9/11 lockdown of the country and the creation of a permanent war state, it also suffers from the classic bureaucratic disease of bloat.
So no one should be shocked to discover that its forays into an anxiety-producing future, which started relatively modestly in 1997, have turned into ever more massive operations. In this fifth iteration of the series, the authors have given birth to a book-length paean to the future and its dangers.


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After 41 years in the business, one might think that an entomologist would run out of new things to talk about.
Not so, says Ron Smith, long-time Auburn University Extension entomologist, who says there's always something new and different in the world of crop insects.
There are sporadic and incidental pests and then there are others that can be counted on to cause problems every year, said Smith, speaking at a recent Certified Crop Advisor Training in Auburn, Ala.
One of those sporadic pests is the garden fleahopper, a small insect that has been found in Mobile County, Ala., in recent years, he says.
"This past year they were also in Baldwin and Monroe counties, on cotton as well as in peanuts. They will speckle every leaf in the field. One of our growers applied a pyrethroid this past season, but it wasn't very effective. We think it's an economic pest in those fields where it occurred."
Grasshoppers continue to be a problem from central Alabama into the southern portion of the state, especially in reduced-tillage situations, says Smith.
"They're in the field during the cotton seedling stage — when they can cut off the stems — and they're out there by the thousands per acre. I would call them a risk insect because they're a risk to stands, and with the cost of seed and technology today, you have to manage this risk just as you would an insect later in the season.
"I don't think we'll ever have an exact, established threshold for grasshoppers, and the problem is much greater where we have reduced-tillage.
"When growers do their winter wheat burndown in March or April is when we'd want to mix something in there with the herbicide to target grasshoppers in the immature stage," says Smith.
Almost anything labeled for cotton at the lowest labeled rate will kill immature grasshoppers, he continues.
"We could add a couple of ounces of Dimilin, and that would give us some residual control through the spring because there's always the possibility there would be some infestation from field borders again.
"If you wait until later, like in May, most of the grasshoppers will be adults and you can't kill them with a sledgehammer. There's nothing you can do to wipe out adult populations. The problem ends when cotton gets to the fourth or fifth true-leaf stage," says Smith.
The three-cornered alfalfa hopper also can be a pest of cotton, he says. "I wouldn't say they were tremendously economic, but you'll see a stunted, peculiar type of red cotton plant associated with girdling by three-cornered alfalfa hoppers. You'll also see that problem in soybeans. On cotton, they're worse during dry springs and in field borders."
Smith says he gets a lot of call each spring about the burrower bug, but the consensus is that it's not an economic pest of seedling cotton. It's a different species from the one that causes problems on peanuts, he adds.
Brown marmorated stink bug
"The brown marmorated stinkbug is one we'll likely see in the future on both cotton and soybeans, but probably more in home gardens and on vegetables and fruits," says Smith.
"It's a native of Asia. It first showed up in Pennsylvania around 2000, and it's moving south into the Carolinas, causing severe problems on fruits and vegetables. It's now in soybeans in Virginia and North Carolina.
"We know they like cotton and corn, and they will be a lot more damaging than the stinkbugs we have today because their snout is bigger and stronger, and they can go through an older cotton boll better than our regular brown and green stinkbugs. They also can go through a corn ear more readily. They will be a major pest at some point.
"They are good hitchhikers, so we either already have them here or we're going to have them — it's just a matter of time. We should be okay with controlling them with the materials we have, such as the pytrethroids."
Snails, slugs and pillbugs all can cause economic stand losses in cotton, but most of the losses are from slugs, he says.
"They're under the crop residue in the daytime, and people associate their damage with the pillbug. But of these three, slugs pose the greatest threat. They're more common in cotton planted behind corn because there's more residue, and they're more common in wet springs.
"There are no effective controls for any of these — you just have to take the loss and replant if necessary."
The kudzu bug has become a popular topic of conservation for growers, says Smith.
"They are very small when they are hatched, and the adults are not as big as a stinkbug. A lot of people don't see the immature stage on the stem, and that's probably the most critical damaging stage.
"In 2009, they were found around Athens, Ga., and in 2012, they were spread throughout Alabama and scattered into Mississippi and Tennessee. They're also great hitchhikers.
"They are a major pest of soybeans in the Carolinas and in Georgia. Yield losses are up to about 50 percent, but on the average, where they've conducted a lot of trials, the average loss is about 20 percent in the untreated plots."
Kudzu bugs are stress inducers, says Smith, causing fewer pods per plant, fewer seed per pod, and reduced seed size.
They move from kudzu to other hosts such as soybeans in mid-June to mid-July, and early planted beans are at the greatest risk.
"You can survey them with a sweep net or visually survey them. We're looking for one adult per sweep, but the key is the presence of these immature bugs on the plant stem.
"That's when we want to spray. If you spray whenever you see adults in a field, you'll be spraying every week all summer once they get into soybeans.
"My counterpart in Georgia last year properly timed one insecticide spray and controlled them in Tifton. That was around July 20-25.
"I'm saying one or two well-timed insecticide applications will be all that is needed. In Alabama, that would be from July 15 near the Gulf Coast to Aug. 1, in the Tennessee Valley."
Several insecticide options
Several insecticides give effective control of kudzu bugs, he says, including pyrethroids. "If you spray too early they will come back on you," notes Smith.
The red-banded stinkbug is a native of South America and was first found in Louisiana, he says. It can be damaging on soybeans.
"They're more difficult to control than the green stinkbug, and we've seen them near the Gulf Coast and as far north as Prattville, Ala. They are susceptible to cold weather, so they should stay a problem in the southern part of the state."
Caterpillar pests of soybeans include soybean loopers, green clover worms and velvetbean caterpillars, says Smith.
"Last year we had a mixed population throughout the state with all three species. If you've got any loopers in the population, you have to switch chemistry. The pyrethroids do a very good job on clover worms and velvetbean cateripillars. If you've got loopers, you'll have to go with a different chemistry."
Cowpea aphids were seen this past year in peanuts, he says, and imidacloprid chemistry is recommended for their control. It was the first time aphids had been observed feeding on peanut pegs in Alabama.
"Fall armyworms have been with us on pasture, hay and turf for three consecutive years. We're not doing a good job of detecting them as early as we need to.
"They will feed on soybeans and peanuts, but they don't like cotton. You'll need to look at pastures on a schedule with a sweep net. They will stay with you from early summer up until frost."
The future of Meymik 15G, the aldicarb replacement for Temik, remains uncertain, says Smith.
"The active ingredient is still waiting in China for a formulating plant to be approved, funded and constructed in south Georgia. So, there will be no Temik replacement for 2013, likely not in 2014, and maybe never."
Smith adds that methyl parathion will no longer be available after the 2013 season.
New scouting techniques, thresholds
Sweep nets, says Smith, have proven to be a good insect survey tool in peanuts, soybeans and even in cotton for those who want to look for live stinkbugs rather than damaged bolls.
The more drilled beans you have, the more you'll need a sweep net, he says.
This past year, Smith says Extension began promoting a new threshold for making foliar sprays for cotton thrips.
"The first true leaf stage is the ideal time to apply foliar sprays. We want to do that especially where cotton is planted before May 10, because that would be in the heavy thrips window. This is based on multi-year, multi-state research from Alabama to Virginia."
As the pigweed problem continues to spread, and growers increasingly move to residual herbicides, some of those herbicides will stunt the growth of cotton and inhibit root growth, says Smith. "Anything that inhibits growth below ground also impacts it above ground and keeps it in the susceptible thrips window for a longer period of time."
Smith says he thinks stink bugs remain the greatest potential economic insect of cotton, particularly in central and south Alabama.
"Populations have been low in the last couple of seasons, but I don't think they'll always be low. We think the colder winters of 2009 and 2010 repressed stinkbug populations during those growing seasons, and the extreme heat and drought in June of 2011 suppressed the populations."
It's important to remember that stink bugs have two key reproductive periods, he says.
"Corn and other non-pod hosts are used by stink bugs in the spring, and then there's a late-summer population explosion on soybeans. They don't do much reproducing on peanuts, and they do a limited amount on cotton.
"It seems that in wet seasons, stink bugs carry more boll rot organisms on their snouts, which they use to penetrate and get into the bolls. So you get more boll damage in wet seasons than in dry seasons."
When scouting for stink bugs in cotton, pull a random boll sample, advises Smith.
"Looking for stink bug damage on bolls is the best tool for cotton. We want to pull one boll per acre and no less than 25 per field. Then, we want to crush those bolls and look for any signs of warts or deteriorated tissue.
"Early on, there aren't a lot of bolls at risk, and this threshold changes as we get into summer. Stink bugs cause the most damage at about week three through six of bloom, about a four-week period.
"Use a 10-percent damage of internal boll threshold. Crushing bolls takes a lot of time, so crack the bolls until you reach a threshold. If you pull 25 bolls, after you reach the third one with internal damage, you're over 10 percent, so you throw away the rest of them. That'll save a lot of time."


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Taxpayers to pay for BBC inquiry into sick Jimmy Savile fiasco
THE huge bill for mopping up the BBC's mess caused by the Jimmy Savile shambles will be paid by taxpayers.
They will clearly be expensive, partly because of the number of lawyers involved
Corporation chiefs have revealed mounting legal fees triggered by the widespread sex abuse allegations had now topped £1million.
And it will be viewers who will have to "bear the costs" through their £145.50 TV licence fees.
During a grilling by MPs yesterday, BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten said the inquiry costs would rise further, adding: "They will clearly be expensive, partly because of the number of lawyers involved."
He also defended the £450,000 pay-off to outgoing Director General George Entwistle.
Although only in the job for 54 days, Entwistle demanded double his entitlement plus £45,000 in "extras".
The BBC had already paid out £186,000 in recruitment fees for the search which led to his appointment.
And Lord McAlpine, 70, got £185,000 in libel damages after Newsnight wrongly outed him as a paedophile.
The inquiry bill into how Savile's abuse went undetected is already £200,000.
Justifying the deal agreed for Entwistle, 50, to walk, Lord Patten said: "£450,000 is one hell of a lot of money. If we wanted him to go quickly without a fuss in a way that was co-operative then those were the terms ... otherwise employment legislation may take effect.
"We had to deal with it quickly there and then.
"I am afraid we must bear the costs, however much they are."
Lord Patten, 68, also defended having 13 other executive jobs when MPs asked how many hours he devoted to the BBC.
He said the BBC's reputation and morale had taken a knock but added: "Anyone who rubbishes the BBC should be forced to watch Italian, French or American TV for a week."
Meanwhile Operation Yew-tree, the police inquiry into the Savile abuse scandal, has cost £2m so far.
Met Co mmissioner Bern- ard Hogan-Howe, 55, told MPs it involved 30 officers probing alleged abuse by Savile and showbiz figures.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 3rd Feb 2007 16:54 UTC, submitted by Adam S
"Future versions of Windows are going to bear little resemblance to what we've heard so far officially - and unofficially - from Microsoft and the individuals who love to leak tidbits about the company. In fact, according to one of my reliable tipsters, the new and reorganized Windows organization, led by Senior Vice President Steven Sinofsky, is trying to wean folks completely off the Windows code names they have been using for the next couple of releases of Windows. Welcome to the brave new world of 'Windows 7' (a boringly named complement to 'Office 14', the successor to Office 2007)." More here.
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For more information on nutrition, health and wellness, see the following resources.
The Alzheimer's Association works on a global, national and local level to enhance care and support for all those affected by Alzheimer's and related dementias. Local chapters can be located through the national website.
The mission of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is to provide optimal care and services to individuals confronting dementia, and to their caregivers and families through member organizations.Their website provides information about their services, publications, membership, care giving tips, and events.
CaringKind provides free information, assistance and support for those with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. CaringKind is NYC's leading expert on Alzheimer's and dementia care.
The Cancer Information Service is a program if the National Cancer Institute that provides the latest cancer information to patients, their families, the public and health professionals.
A comprehensive resource provides information, education and recipes for patients, survivors and health professionals.
American Cancer Society offers guidance, support and information regarding cancer prevention and treatment, research and volunteering in the community.
CancerCare's professional oncology social workers provide free emotional and practical support for people with cancer, caregivers, loved ones and the bereaved. Services include counseling, support groups, educational workshops, financial assitance and publications.
SPOHNC is dedicated to raising awareness and meeting the needs of oral and head and neck cancer patients through its resources and publications.
Healthy cooking for people touched by cancer.
CookForYourLife.org is a free cooking website that serves cancer patients, survivors and their families. Their website provides users with easy-to-make, healthy recipes, instructional videos and informative articles. They are the only cooking website with a unique search tool to help users find recipes to suit their needs as they go through the rigors of cancer treatment. Contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship provides patient education information and advocates for better cancer treatments and services.
Provides information for patients and caregivers on prostate cancer, treatments and current research.
®Tell Every Amazing Lady About Ovarian Cancer Louisa M. McGregor Ovarian Cancer Foundation also known as ®T.E.A.L. promotes public awareness and education of the signs, symptoms and risk factors of Ovarian Cancer, while providing support to survivors and raising funds for research in order to find the cure for Ovarian Cancer. ®T.E.A.L. also offers free workshops to survivors, their families, and other members of the public at their Community Center in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn.
Caregiver SOS provides free tele-learning sessions for family caregivers on a variety of important topics related to caring for a loved one. Social connection to other caregivers is fostered through various social networking sites.
The Caregiver Action Network connects caregivers with valuable resources, advice from caregiver voices, peer support, care giving information, and acts as an advocate for caregivers free of charge.
Eldercare Locator is a public service of the U.S. Administration on Aging. It is a nationwide service that connects older Americans and their caregivers with information on Senior Services.
Family Caregiving Alliance is a public voice for caregivers, illuminating the daily challenges they face, offering them the assistance they so deserve, and championing their cause through education, services, research and advocacy.
Formerly known as the American Dietietic Association, the Academy's website is a great resource for nutrition information and can help you to find a Registered Dietitian in your area.
Info on food, cooking, nutrition and physical activity for all age groups - baby through teen! With plenty of practical tips for both parents and kids.
Launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, Let's Move! is America's move to raise a healthier generation of Kids. It is dedicated to overcoming the challenge of childhood obesity by putting children on the path to a healthier lifestyle.
New York State Department of Health website contains information on many health topics. This website offers information in both English and Spanish.
For assorted health and wellness information for New Yorkers, click here:
For information on a variety of health and safety topics. Information is available in Spanish and many other languages.
The mission of the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health is to strengthen knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements by evaluating scientific information, stimulating and supporting research, disseminating research results, and educating the public to foster an enhanced quality of life and health for the U.S. population. The site is a good resource for anyone who has questions about dietary supplements.
POZ chronicles the HIV epidemic, both in the States and overseas.
For up-to-date HIV/AIDS treatment information and more. In English and Spanish.
The latest information on AIDS research.
HIV/AIDS information in English and Spanish.
Public policy education information.
The National MS Society is a collective of passionate individuals who want to do something about MS now—to move together toward a world free of multiple sclerosis. Their website provides information about MS, living with MS, current research and to locate a local chapter.
The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation is concerned with the physical, emotional, and social impact on people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and their families. MSF strives to ensure the best quality of daily life for those coping with MS through implementation of an extensive array of patient services.
The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today. Their website provides information about understanding Parkinson's, breaking research updates, getting involved with Team Fox, and tools and resources for researchers.
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF) is a leading national presence in Parkinson's disease research, education and public advocacy. The website provides information about the disease, research updates and social networking opportunities and much more.
Home Food Safety raises consumer awareness about the seriousness of food poisoning and provides easy solutions in handling food at home and includes Spanish translations of website materials.
FoodSafety.gov is the gateway to food safety information provided by government agencies.
Provides food safety education and Spanish references.
Food safety education in English and Spanish.
For help finding food sources in your neighborhhood and for information about food policy, see the website below.
To learn about the Food Bank's programs, click here.
To learn more about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as Food Stamps), and to see if you may qualify, click here.
For New York City Greenmarket locations and more, click here.
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