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Venaxis, Inc. (Nasdaq: APPY), an in vitro diagnostic company focused on obtaining FDA clearance and commercializing its CE Marked APPY1 Test, a rapid, protein biomarker-based assay for appendicitis, recently announced the appointment of Stephen A. Williams , M.D., Ph.D., Chief Medical Officer at SomaLogic, to the Company's Board of Directors. Dr. Williams brings his experience in diagnostic imaging and biomarker discovery to the Venaxis Board.
Steve Lundy , President and CEO of Venaxis, stated, "We are happy to welcome Steve to our Board and look forward to the benefit of his deep experience, both in diagnostic imaging, which is relevant to our market development and commercial strategy for the APPY1 Test, as well as in clinical biomarker validation, which will be instrumental to us in our evaluation and development of future Venaxis products."
Dr. Williams stated, "The APPY1 Test is an excellent example of how characterization of clinically relevant biomarkers can produce useful tools for addressing important diagnostic challenges. With the potential to reduce the safety risks associated with current diagnostic imaging techniques in the emergency setting, I believe there is significant clinical need and utility for the APPY1 Test. I am excited to join the Venaxis Board and to support the further development and commercialization of this, as well as potential future, biomarker-based diagnostic products."
Dr. Williams joined SomaLogic in 2009 as Chief Medical Officer. Prior to his time at SomaLogic, Dr. Williams trained as a physician at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, University of London, and following his internships, returned to the same institution for a Ph.D. in medicine and physiology. He subsequently performed three years of residency in diagnostic imaging at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1989 he joined Pfizer U.K. in experimental medicine and worked on a variety of programs including asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, migraine [eletriptan], depression [sertraline] and urinary incontinence [darifenacin]. He moved to the U.S. in 1993 with Pfizer and worked on programs in inflammatory bowel disease, stroke, psychosis [ziprasidone] and head injury. He created the clinical technology group in 1997, which became a worldwide function on five research sites with the objective of validating clinical biomarkers and measurements, and was named vice president in 2006. Dr. Williams served on the National Advisory Council for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering from 2004-2007 and the executive Committee of the Biomarkers Consortium run by the Foundation for NIH from 2005-2007. In process initiatives, he led or co-led initiatives in diagnostics, biomarkers, quality of drug candidates, and guidelines for development teams to make the decision to start Phase 3 trials.
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My brain, my thinking,
always dominated
my life.
and wisdom traditions,
tantalized me
with information
on how to think of life,
and perhaps
how to live it.
I gave lip service to the importance of
my body,
but it was still mostly
a transport
for the Brain;
a pack animal,
a maintenance issue.
I wore my body,
more than WAS
my body.
Becoming involved in REIKI
which is all about the flow of
helped me to FEEL
and experience information
and healing
throughout my being,
and not just to
think about it.
Be-ing in wellness
is better
than describing it!
Who needs to figure it all out
(I wondered)
if intuition in the present
timely reveals
just what one needs
to know
Recently, I had the privilege
of listening to
3 generations of a local family
known as preservers of
Hawaii's ancient wisdom:
Pualani Kanaka`ole Kanahele,
Kekuhi Kanahele,
& Kaumaka`iwa Kanaka`ole.
[ Part I Here ]
My ears perked up when they began discussing
what it is like to live
with the ancient chants
in day to day life.
Hawaiians did not write things down.
They saw deeply into the essence
of the information
that they wanted to preserve,
and created a chant
which was passed down
throughout their long history
as a people.
Pualani said that Big Island chants
contain the geological history
of that island.
This confirmed what I had noticed:
The Kumulipo,
the Hawaiian Creation Chant
of the Very Beginnings,
resonates deeply
with modern science's
Big Bang version.
The chants tell in detail
the geological history of this specific place,
the island of their creation.
Chants describe the pouring of the lava,
what first grew here,
and describe in deep detail
the weather patterns that arise
from these conditions.
"This is the same space we live in,
just in a different
time frame."
Pualani told us.
"These chants are still applicable."
The information of the chants
still applies.
And as new land is poured,
this is all made obvious
to observation.
It is indeed awesome
to see first the land's
cooling, the first ferns,
lichen, and small creatures
that set up house-keeping
just as chanted
for thousands
of years
I would say that
Hawaiian geological understanding,
and astronomical observation,
not to mention navigation
and psychology
are now understood to be
far superior
to the western versions
that claimed superiority
over them
after 'contact.'
" To chant
is not just about
One's feet must be flat
to the `Aina (Earth).
The tone and pitch
and reverberation
are all key parts of the chant, "
Like a Gregorian Choir,
Buddhist chants,
the Muezzin's call to prayer,
the throb in a Rabbi's throat,
or the frequency
of a medical laser
rightly tuned-
changes will occur,
results will come.
"Natural phenomena
reply and respond
when we chant,"
Pualani shared.
" Words combined with
certain rhythm
and melody
open a portal,
a channel.
Hawaiians of old
were sensitive to the
information and energies
that emerged.
Each phase of the moon,
every night,
teases and stimulates
different plants,
and energies
down here.
This information
remains valid today,
and still guides the activities
of many farmers,
gatherers, fishers.
Some nights
are pointless for fishing,
some are not to be missed!
"Different moons
different responses."
Under the 'Hua' Moon
it is easy to get pregnant,
lava too is effected
by the same 'pulling'
of this moon's energy.
The moon
at the time of your birth
is a key part of
Hawaiian astrology,
determining much
about your health,
and character.
Wonder what the moon looked like
on the night of my birth?
" On a deep level
all life responds
to salt, water
& movement."
told us.
"The 'Wai-Principle'
is in all life.
Wai (fresh water)
and Kai (salt water)
are interdependent aspects
of one truth.
Wai could not exist
without Kai;
Kai could not be
without Wai
also being.
And we creatures
could not exist
without the relationship
between both of them."
"Hawaiian philosophy
must be practical,
& applicable.
Ku, Kane,
and the other Hawaiian gods
are primary phenomena,
not mere teaching stories
or magical beings
from a time of myths."
" Our way of knowing
with generations
of hearing oral chants,
of creating new ones,
and we do this all the time
around home. "
The word 'Orality'
was used, as were
other scholarly terms
and concepts
by these veteran scholars,
respected educators,
and noted Kumu
of Hawaiian wisdom,
demonstrating their great
ability to live, move,
and act
in multiple realms.
must remain
part of our experience
as a people,"
Explained Kaumaka`iwa,
who had just arrived from
the airport.
" Canoe? Airplane?
no matter.
We must put the 'New'
in 'Canoe'."
" There is much residual
new chants are being
Rarely do I speak of this
(this is me, Cloudia)
The venerable Hawaiian
who taught me
some of the old ways
many years ago
ended the time
of instruction
with a session
in which each of us
was expected to affect
natural phenomena,
simply, observably.
And so we each did.
I did.
The Hawaiians of old
recognized the familiar energy
of Jesus
when taught the gospels.
they well understood.
What they didn't understand
was the emotional ignorance
of those strangers
from across the seas
who did not LIVE
this love,
but instead made of it
a magic formula of belief
and a rationale
of disrespect
and thievery.
Thanks for looking in!
Any comment
you care to leave will be valued-


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I have heard a number of comments made about this newspaper and yours truly the past several weeks that are unwarranted or straight out inaccurate.
I have personally been accused of not doing enough with regard to reporting or for not offering an opinion of my own about the recent shooting that tragically took place in our county involving Marine James Dixon, the Appling County Sheriff's Department and the Georgia State Patrol SWAT Team. From my vantage point, this has been one of the most divisive issues I've ever witnessed in our community.
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The vintage cabinets in my kitchen are finished in amber shellac. Over the years I've been slowly stripping off the old, deteriorating shellac and replacing it with new. The birch wood underneath has developed a nice 80 yr old patina and when the new shellac goes on it has that familiar nice warm honey glow.
This brings us to the new cabinet that will also have an amber shellac finish. As will the new maple crown moulding that will be installed.
The new wood does not have the nice patina of the old wood....so, I have been working hard to devise a method to get the new cabinet to match the old.
I've been experimenting with scraps of birch (cabinet) and maple (crown moulding). I also use waxy, amber, liquid shellac (if you are a purist, waxy shellac is what you use to replicate the look of a vintage finish - even though it's oh-so-trendy to use dewaxed shellac flakes right now). I've been experimenting with different cuts of shellac (thickness) and number of layers. However, I had not been able to get a good match.
All of a sudden yesterday, I got to thining about a house tour I took a few years back. I hunted down the handout I received that day (I amazingly had it in a folder). The folks at one house replicated the look of vintage shellac pretty sucessfully using a stain & rubbed poly finish.
I thought to myself, I could use the stain to replicate the patina of old birch and then go ahead and finish with the amber shellac.
Ha, it worked. At the top of the first photo below you see a short piece of vintage baseboard & cap. The short board below it has been stained and has one coat of shellac. When I add the next coat of shellac, we should have a match. The photo below that shows how thwe wood scraps started out pre-stain & shellac.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Warm Glow
The vintage cabinets in my kitchen are finished in amber shellac. Over the years I've been slowly stripping off the old, deteriorating shellac and replacing it with new. The birch wood underneath has developed a nice 80 yr old patina and when the new shellac goes on it has that familiar nice warm honey glow.
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Happy (early) birthday to me.
It matches my pink phone. I figured every girl should have one of each.
Of course there also is a pale yellow, but I've run out of outlets......
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Sunday, June 28, 2009
Pink & Puffy
I'm still working in my kitchen, but here's this from my garden in the meantime.
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Don't Go Looking for Trouble
I have been working on my kitchen. Having fixed the stove vent hole, I needed to work on stripping the wood baseboard trim. The new cabinet will be installed in this corner.
Before I started working on the trim, I told myself that in no uncertain terms I was not to go looking for trouble. I was to strip the wood & call it a day.
Yea, well.
I was stripping the wood trim & got to thinking that it may be easier to install the new cabinet - not to mention get the old finish off - if the trim was removed from the wall. It took me the better part of an afternoon to slowly pry that never-before-removed baseboard away from the wall.
The trim was off & I stripped off the shellac using dentatured alcohol.
While I was working on the trim....I got to thinking. The lower part of the plaster wall was originally scored to make it look like tile. Some of the crispness of the scoring was lost over the years under layers of paint.
Wouldn't it really be the time to take off those layers of paint?
You see where this is going....
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Labels: Kitchen
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Disappearing Act.
The stove vent hole as it stands today. And how it looked originally. I'm rather proud of my handiwork.
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Labels: Kitchen
Friday, June 05, 2009
In Spite of the Drought
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Who really wrote The Bible? Is it the "greatest story ever told?" How has The Bible influenced modern literature and politics? How do we get the most out of scripture in the age of smartphones and social media?
Explore the past, present and future of this sacred text as we review Old and New Testament stories, discuss the spectrum of Christian movements from Gnosticism to Catholicism, study various translations and interpretations of scripture, examine the controversial life of Jesus, and rediscover The Bible in a whole new light.
*Note: This is a fun, interactive class for people of all beliefs. You do NOT need to be a Christian to attend. There will be no preaching, and no agenda. Just an objective look at one of the world's most celebrated (and argued) sacred texts.
- Handouts including maps, timelines and diagrams of the Bible's meaning and origins
- Deeper understanding of the world's most celebrated (and argued) sacred text
- A glimpse into life during biblical times
- A vision of how Christianity has changed and evolved over the last 2,000 years
- Learning from others by interpreting various Bible verses in a group setting
- A safe and open environment where asking questions is encouraged
- In-person connection with people who love learning about what other people believe
"I really enjoyed the open and inviting atmosphere of Reading the Bible in the 21st Century. Everyone felt that no matter their level of awareness, they were free to participate. Joran presented the topic and involved the participants in interesting ways through a variety of teaching/learning methods.
It was just a wonderful class to attend that supported my personal spiritual path and journey."
– Gary A.
"Reading the Bible in the 21st Century put me in a space to think and mold and solidify what I believe, especially about the traditional Bible stories. I also enjoyed listening to others' interpretations and perspectives as well."
– Clyde K.
Joran is an international speaker, author, life coach, interfaith minister, musician and marketing professional with over 20 years of experience in media, community-building and events.
Joran is the author of Sentences and The Mountain and The Snow. He is also co-author of Transform Your Life: Expert Advice, Practical Tools and Personal Stories and Integral Church: An Interfaith Handbook of Ceremonies and Rituals.
He is the founder of Interfaith Week in St. Petersburg, FL as well as Integral Church — an interfaith organization committed to community service, religious literacy and personal transformative practice. Joran is an ordained minister and holds a certificate in Religious Literacy from Harvard Online. He serves as President of Interfaith Tampa Bay, chaplain emeritus at Unity Spiritual Campus in St. Petersburg, and an Ambassador of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.
He has shared the stage with Barbara Marx Hubbard, Ken Wilber, Jane Goodall, Dr. Stan Grof, Michael Beckwith, Matthew Fox, Lynne McTaggart, Amy Edelstein, Howard Rheingold, Nate Silver and Gary Vaynerchuck and has spoken about topics ranging from marketing to spirituality at campuses and conferences around the world, including Barcamp; Creative Pinellas' Academy; International Academy of Design and Technology; Building the New World Conference in Radford, VA; South by Southwest in Austin, TX, Parliament of the World's Religions in Salt Lake City, UT and Integral European Conference in Siofok, Hungary.
Metta Center of St. Petersburg
4554 Central Ave. Unit F, St. Petersburg, FL 33711
This class is BYOB (bring your own Bible). $35 in advance. Seating is limited.


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One of the most striking things about de la Iglesia's films is that his love of movies and film history is evident in almost every frame. He also has a love of dark and sexual humor that could almost border on the juvenile if the framework of his pictures wasn't so sophisticated. Maybe it's just that the morals over in Europe are a little looser, or perhaps we've gotten ourselves a little too high-strung here in the States, but some of the sexual sight gags and scenarios in his films could be a real shock to the system. Having grown up in the late 70's and early 80's, I am more than comfortable with this type of comedy.
The premise of 800 Bullets is simple. A spoiled young boy, Carlos (Luis Castro), is being raised by his corporate executive mother. During a move he discovers a box with some pictures of his father and grandfather in them, except these aren't just any old pictures, but actual movie stills. His mother Laura (Carmen Maura), a corporate executive, has never told him about his father, except that he died when Carlos was very young, so he asks his grandmother about the pictures and discovers that his grandfather, whom he has never met, was a stuntman (and even Clint Eastwood's double) on many American films that were shot in the Almeria region of Spain. His father was also a stuntman and died performing a stunt in a film supervised by his grandfather.
Obsessed with finding out more about his father's death and meeting his grandfather, a real life movie star, Carlos ditches a skiing trip, instead making his way to Almeria. What he finds when he gets there is a dilapidated town, Hollywood, Texas, built from the sets of countless "Spaghetti Westerns" over the years. The residents, all former or aspiring stuntmen, put on a Wild West show daily for a meager stream of bored and bloated foreign tourists. His grandfather, Julián (Sancho Gracia), wants nothing to do with him however, until he and some of the crew get busted by the local police and need the boys "emergency" credit card to bail them out. Afterwards, it's an all out party, as Carlos and Julián bond over beer, cards and women, literally (while there isn't anything too salacious happening, the very image of the young Carlos in bed with the very beautiful and very naked Sandra (Yoima Valdés) could be more than some people may be able to handle).
Eventually Laura discovers Carlos' whereabouts and heads to Almeria to bring him home. To get even with her father-in-law for "corrupting" her only son, she convinces her company to buy the Almeria property for the site of a new amusement park. Determined not go down without a fight, Julián convinces the other denizens of Hollywood, Texas to stand up and fight back. Purchasing 800 bullets to replace the blanks they regularly use in their firearms, the rag-tag band of would-be actors wages a last stand. Not wanting to be left out of the action, Carlos heads back to join his grandfather when he sees the action unfolding on TV. Things reach a head when Laura realizes that Carlos has gone back to Julián, and as the violence continues to escalate, she tries to make amends.
As I said before, de la Iglesia's films are not for everyone, and even though 800 Bullets is decidedly lighter in tone than Dying of Laughter, it's curious blend of sex and violence may turn off some people to the otherwise weird and wonderful "family" storyline within. This is a film by and for film lovers, especially those whose tastes tend to wander to the left of the dial. De la Iglesia is one of the most interesting directors working in Spain today (that statement does not include Almodóvar, who in my opinion has since transcended the label "Spanish filmmaker" with his last few releases) and one to watch for the future.
The DVD:
Picture: The movie is presented in a widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The transfer was great with a crisp, clear picture and his trademark bright, bold color palette throughout.
Audio: There is a Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 Track (with optional English Subtitles) which sounded good to me, even though I don't speak Spanish. The full audio mix was great, with rich sound effects and terrific music throughout.
Extras: Included as Extras on this DVD are a "Making of…" Featurette (which thankfully included behind the scenes footage of Carlos' more compromising scenes), two Photo Galleries, the Theatrical trailer, as well as, trailers for other TLA Releasing DVDs.
Conclusion: While not as audacious as his previous Dying of Laughter, there's still a lot to like in this film. Álex de la Iglesia is certainly a director with a unique and somewhat twisted vision, but I would take one of his movies over half-a-dozen of the safe, paint-by-numbers fare coming out of Hollywood these days. De la Iglesia's newest film, Ferpect Crime, is currently making the festival rounds, so I suggest you track it down and pick up the 800 Bullets DVD while you're at it. It definitely comes Recommended.


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Tagged: Matt Stairs
4-25-11 PNC Park
Today was the make up game of Friday's rained out contest between the Pirates and Nationals.
When the gates opened, I ran in and found my first ball of the day in the front row near the bullpen.
I only got one other ball during the Pirates portion and it was a home run ball that probably was catchable by myself or Nick, but we both missed it and it bounced back onto the field. Evan Meek picked it up and tossed it to me for ball #2.
I also glove tricked ball #4 in left field when the Nationals were hitting.
My fifth ball of the day was a home run hit by an unknown righty. I made the clean catch here:
I then struck up a conversation with ex-Pirate Tom Gorzelanny. I asked him if he still had all the Dave Matthews Band CDs that I sent him a few years back. He said yeah and then started talking to me about DMB for a bit.
During the conversation, a batter hit a line drive that bounced on the warning track. I snagged it as it skipped off the warning track just to my left without moving or breaking conversation with Gorzelanny.
I was planning on asking him for a ball, and that ground rule double had just ruined it.
Anyway, the Nationals weren't taking much initiative in collecting the balls from the warning track, so I glove tricked ball #7 here in left field,
and glove tricked #8 in section 141.
I was then tipped off by ex-ballhawk Andrew McDonald about another ball, and glove tricked that one for #9.
My tenth ball of the day was thrown in right field by Doug Slaten, who seemingly hooked up every fan on the wall.
After a few missed opportunities for home runs, I tracked down a Matt Stairs home run for Ball #11 that landed in the second to last row on the wall.
That was all for batting practice.
During the game, I decided to sit in the club seats because there was virtually no one there. Many fans stayed home to watch the Penguins game.
Here's a view of the field from the club seats:
I had a perfect chance at a foul ball. The place was virtually empty.
In the second inning, new Pirate Brandon Wood made his bucco debut.
He took the first two pitches he saw. On the third John Lannan offering, he took a rip. He fouled the pitch off into the second deck. I jumped out of my seat immediately and went running throw the row to try and make the catch.
I ran to the end of the next section and made the catch at the end of the row seen here:
It was ball #12 and my first game ball of the season.
Here's the catch:
And showing the ball off:
The catch was featured on Sportscenter as a lead in to their top 10 plays.
Anyhow, it rained on and off throughout the rest of the night, so I spent some time between innings in the club level to stay dry.
Here are today's baseballs:
And the sweet spots:
Game: 12 balls (4 hit, 2 thrown, 5 device, 1 found)
Season: 77 balls (29 hit, 17 thrown, 21 device, 10 found)
Games: 11 games
Average: 7.00 balls per game
Career: 1,199 balls
Attendance: 12,457
2010 through 11 games: 77 balls (0 balls behind last year's pace)
7-23-10 PNC Park
This entry will be short and sweet.
Upon entering the stadium – this was the scene:
The Pirates were big babies and didn't take batting practice today. I can't remember the last time a team didn't take batting practice during a night game on a sunny day.
It was pretty hot and humid today, so I'm guessing John Russell didn't want to get his players tired, despite only scoring two runs the night before. Memo to Russell: Your players are major leaguers, not little leaguers.
Luckily, there was a ball in the outfield that Carlos Garcia came out to retrieve. He had been working with an infielder at second base.
Game: 4 balls (1 hit, 2 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 322 balls (172 hit, 73 thrown, 33 device, 44 found)
Games: 50 games
Average: 6.44 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 900 balls
Streak: 146 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 18,611
8-27-09 PNC Park
I was late to this game due to a prior commitment. By the time I got to the gate, the line had swelled to the back of the Clemente Bridge. The Pirates only employ one ticket scanner for the first half hour, so this was going to take forever to get into the stadium.
I stood in line impatiently until 5:02, thinking about all of the missed opportunities. I then remembered the Trib Total Media Hall of Fame club entrance. Its the team's restaurant entrance, and it opens at 5. I hurried over to the Hall of Fame Club entrance, and there was no line. I immediately had my ticket scanned, grabbed a t-shirt (It was a T-shirt Thursday), hopped on the elevator, and hustled through the restaurant to the stairway that led down to left field. I was able to make it into the bleachers by 5:06.
I got ball #1 from Pirates reliever Chris Bootcheck. A ball rolled to the wall, and I moved down to the front row, and put in a polite request. Chris turned and threw me the ball. I was on the board.
There was only one right handed batter in the Pirates' last BP group – Brian Bixler, and I would have to wait for the Phillies to come out and hit to get some more baseballs.
Yesterday, the first group was all right handed batters, and it was an amazing round of non stop home runs. However, today, there were three lefties in the first group, thereby cutting down on hit ball opportunities.
I caught ball #2 off the bat of Jason Werth. I had moved back two rows from where I usually stand, since Werth hits for decent power. He hit a home run into section 136. I ranged to my right. The ball was just out of the reach of another ballhawk, and I was able to make the grab.
When a left handed batter came up to hit, I noticed that Matt Stairs was coming over to the left field corner to pick up three baseballs. I went down to the front row and asked Matt for a ball. He hooked me up with ball #3. He also tossed the other two balls into the stands. What a good guy.
Soon, I noticed a gap shot that rolled to the 410 sign in left center field near the bullpen. Cole Hamels was making his way over to pick the ball up, but another ball was hit at him, causing him to momentarily forget about picking up the ball at the base of the wall. I quickly went over and glove tricked the ball, for ball #4 of the day.
Ball #5 was a home run that landed in the section near the foul pole. I ran over and picked the ball up off of the ground. It had bounced back towards the field, hit a bleacher, and began rolling right towards me. I have no idea who hit it.
Pedro Feliz provided me with ball #6. He hit a home run right at me that I snagged on the fly.
It was now 5:30, and season ticket holder time was ending. The first 30 minutes of batting practice is much easier to get baseballs, because there is virtually no one there. At 5:30, a throng of fans sporting Phillies gear descended upon the bleacher area. I decided that I was going to leave the area and head over to right field.
I boxed out another fan in pursuit and picked up ball #7 of the day, #500 of my career. Not exactly the greatest way to snag a milestone ball, but I got the job done.
About half way through this year I had set career ball #500 as a
secondary goal to snagging 300 in 2009. With these goals met, I could
probably make these my two new goals:
1) Snag 63 balls in September, so as to get to 400 balls in 2009.
2) Snag career ball #1,000 before the end of next season (2010).
A few rounds later, I would go on to catch ball #8, a line drive that found its way directly to me. I made the two handed catch and got a nice little round of applause from a group of Phillies fans sitting behind me.
I stayed on the right field wall for the third group, which included Matt Stairs, but got shut out for the round. Stairs hit two balls directly at me, but they completely cleared the right field wall, and ended up floating in the Allegheny River.
For the Phillies' final batting practice group, I headed back over to left field. It was packed.
I wouldn't be able to have much range at all. Predictably, I wasn't able to catch any home runs, as there were maybe three hit during the round, and none of them were in my vicinity.
I did manage to get ball #9 from Cole Hamels.
Hamels tossed a ball to some Phillies fans in the front row. The ball went between them and literally fell right into my glove.
Batting practice then ended, and I was stuck on nine balls. I needed to get one more. Double digit games are rare, and this would be my sixth career game snagging 10 or more balls if I could somehow just snag one more.
Then, I saw it. A ball had been left on the warning track in center field. An easy glove trick job and I would have 10 balls on the day. I made my way over, but there was some new female usher that told me I wasn't allowed to be in the section without a ticket. Realizing arguing would get my no where, I decided to let that ball go. There was another ball that had been eating away at me for some time.
It's been there at least a month. A ball has been tucked in the far corner on top of a concession building in the outfield concourse.
I had decided that I was going to snag that ball today, as I didn't want to let any more time pass, as the ball was likely deteriorating as time went by.
I had placed a cup at the end of my river device, which is a ten foot pole. I climbed up the stairs, looked on top of the roof, and stretched out the pole to the maximum length. However, I was coming up just short of being able to reach the ball. Frustrated and feeling my opportunity get away, I stood on the railing to try and reach the ball. Then, the cup fell out. I was screwed.
I walked down to the concourse, collected my thoughts, and …
got the ball. At my descretion, I've chosen not to reveal the details, but I've got a witness in my friend Nick. The ball will count as an easter egg – which will count as a hit ball. The ball ended up not being a device ball after all.
My arms got filthy from this snag. Also notice that the ball had started to detiorate a little bit. The leather had dried out signicantly, and it was also faded a bit. It didn't matter, it was ball #10.
Today's baseballs:
Sweet spots:
Game: 10 balls (6 hit, 3 thrown, 1 device)
Season: 337 balls (178 hit, 99 thrown, 60 device)
Games: 69 games (7 of which didn't have BP)
Average: 4.88 balls per game
Career: 503 balls
Career Double Digit Games: 6
Streak: 84 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 24,470


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Fluoride increases lead concentrations in whole blood and in calcified tissues from lead-exposed rats
By Sawana RMM (a), Leite GAS (a), Saraiva MCP (a), Barbosa Jr. F (b), Tanus-Santos JE (c), Gerlach RF (a)
(a) School of Dentistry of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo
(b) School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo
(c) Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo
The authors note that, "Higher blood lead levels have been reported in children living in communities that receive fluoride-treated water." They cite the two papers on Masters and Coplan (1999, 2000).
The authors designed an animal experiment to see whether fluoride co-administered with lead increases lead concentrations in blood and calcified tissues. It is important to note that the fluoride compound that they used was hexafluorosilicic acid, one of the silicon fluorides used as fluoridating agents in over 90% of the water supplies fluoridated in the US. Hitherto, nearly all animal experiments have used sodium fluoride.
METHOD: Four groups (i.e. a control group; a fluoride group; a lead group; a fluoride plus lead group) of female (Wistar) rats and their offspring were exposed to different drinking water preparations from 1 week prior to mating until offspring were 81 days old. The drinking water preparations used in the four groups were:
1) The Control Group received water containing maximally 0.1mg/L of fluoride and 0.5 µg/L of lead.
2) The Fluoride group (the F group) received water containing 100mg/L of fluoride (administered as hexafluorosilicic acid)
3) The Lead group (the Pb group) given 30mg/L of lead (administered as lead acetate)
4) The Combined Lead and Fluoride group (the F + Pb group) given 100mg/L of fluoride as hexafluorosilicic acid and 30mg/L of lead as lead acetate
Blood and calcified tissues (enamel, dentine, and bone) were harvested at day 81 for lead and fluoride analyses.
RESULTS: Higher blood lead concentrations (over three times) were found in the fluoride plus lead group compared with the lead group (76.7+/-11.0mug/dL versus 22.6+/-8.5mug/dL, respectively; p<0.001)." Two- to 3-fold higher lead concentrations were found in the calcified tissues in the fluoride plus lead group compared with the lead group (all p<0.001). Lead concentrations were found to be 2.5 times higher in the superficial enamel, 3 times higher in surface bone, 2 times higher in whole bone, and 1.7 times higher in the dentine when the animals were co-exposed to fluoride, thus indicating a consistent rise in the amounts of lead found in whole blood and calcified tissues in the F+Pb Group. CONCLUSIONS: The authors concluded: "These findings show that fluoride consistently increases blood lead and calcified tissues lead concentrations in animals exposed to low levels of lead and suggest that a biological effect not yet recognized may underlie the epidemiological association between increased blood lead levels in children living in water-fluoridated communities." Probably anticipating the usual criticism leveled against animal studies of this type by pro-fluoridation zealots, the authors of this study carefully address the issue of the concentrations of both lead and fluoride used in this experiment. They write:
The concentration of lead in drinking water used in the present study is considered a low concentration for rodents (Leasure et al., 2008). However, while the fluoride concentration used in the present study could be considered relatively high for rodents (100mg/L or ppm), this concentration was chosen because it produces plasma fluoride levels that are comparable with those commonly found in humans chronically exposed to 8mg/L of fluoride in the drinking water, which is a concentration known to cause severe fluorosis.FAN's comment: In essence these authors have provided a well-designed animal study supporting the epidemiological findings of Masters and Coplan.
Since this study was based on a hypothesis derived from epidemiological evidence from thousands of children (that fluoride from the water might increase BPblevels), we felt that we had to maximize fluoride concentrations to observe its influence on lead levels in this proof-of-concept animal study. Although children are not chronically exposed to high concentrations of fluoride (100ppm) by means of drinking/cooking water, children are frequently exposed to high levels of fluoride during their first years because of the many sources of fluoride available to them. Since fluoride is not considered a toxic agent, it is widely available through mouth rinses, toothpastes, tablets, besides the fluoride present in drinking water, beverages, and food. Indeed, the widespread presence of fluoride increased the prevalence of fluorosis in the USA (Pendrys, 2000) and in other countries (Leverett, 1986; Jackson et al., 1999; Tabari et al.,2000; Tsutsui et al.,2000; Pereira et al.,2000). Therefore, it is likely that young children may experience episodes of exposure to high levels of fluoride, which may cause their BPb (blood lead) levels to increase and produce more lead toxicity.
A reason for major concern is the fact that exposure to increased amounts of lead and fluoride occurs at about the same age (1-3 years). Some studies of fluorosis prevalence point to a higher degree of fluorosis in front teeth and first molars (Ismail et al., 1990), which is an indirect measure of dose that indicates that the children receive the highest fluoride doses when their front teeth and first molars mineralize(at ages 1-5 years). This is about the same time when BPb levels are the highest in children. Infact, the exposure of children to lead apparently peaks at 12-36 months of age, which is the time when toddlers experience prominent hand-to-mouth behavior (Binns et al., 2007). Therefore, this is a critical time when systemic exposure to fluoride should be minimized, since fluoride may increase lead accumulation, and any preventable exposure to lead should be avoided (Binns et al., 2007).
No one can deny that even very low levels of lead exposure can compromise the intellectual development and behavior of young children. If, as this experiment shows in animals, and Masters and Coplan may have found in epidemiological studies, that lead exposure (from any source) is increased by the presence of fluoride in the water, in any rational world this should force the end of fluoridation immediately. What parent in their right mind would knowingly allow the possibility that their child's mental development be impaired in exchange for some slight and questionable benefit to their teeth. However, without the mainstream media and the majority of environmental organizations involved in this issue it is hard to get this information to parents. Thus the chances are that this study will be ignored, like the landmark NRC (2006) review, by those governments determined to continue fluoridation whatever the costs to public health.
As each new scientific study makes the practice of water fluoridation more and more unjustified one feels as if one is caught up in some Kafka novel. We are trapped by a text that was written in 1950 when the US Public Health Service endorsed fluoridation with practically no science on the table. This endorsement set off such a cascade of endorsement dominoes from "professional" bodies that no one seems to have the guts to say was a terrible mistake. All one's efforts to point out - like the little boy in Hans Christian Anderson's famous tale - that the emperor has no clothes are met by derision by the modern day courtiers at the CDC and the ADA. Science has been subordinated to authority and public policy has become the plaything of the arrogant.
Meanwhile, for those who care for their common man this study is another critically important piece of ammunition in the battle to end this sordid practice worldwide.
The abstract of the paper can be accessed at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20188782?itool=Email.EmailReport.Pubmed_ReportSelector.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=6


text: The new year brings the next in a long line of found footage films that are coming our way. Director William Brent Bell of "Stay Alive" fame brings us "The Devil Inside," a movie about demonic possession, religion, science and mental illness. The good news: This one actually looks like it might be pretty promising. The movie is about a woman named Isabella who is trying to find out the truth behind an exorcism performed on her mother years ago that resulted in the murder of three people. On her journey, Isabella becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms and luckily a camera is present to record all of the jump scares we see in the trailer. "The Devil Inside" hits theaters this Friday, January 6th.


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This is a family literacy program for parents and their pre-school aged children.
Families learn together in sessions that include stories, songs, guest speakers, and hands on learning activities. There is no charge, walk-ins are welcome.
This program is in partnership with Rocky Community Learning Council. Families with babies are welcome to join in and enjoy some complimentary coffee and adult conversation.


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Next Week is National Parks Week NYC - Check Out Parts of Ken Burns' New Film & Much, Much More
African Burial Ground National Monument photo: Matthew McDermott
Not only is next week Climate Week here in New York City, it's also National Parks Week (Sep. 21-27). As part of that the National Parks Conservation Association has a whole bunch of events going on:The full event listing is available at the Feel Free website, and includes film screenings, opportunities to volunteer doing environmental clean up, surf casting clinics, walks, cruises, and all sorts of cool educational/entertaining events.
But the whole week really hinges around the Feel Free National Parks Celebration in Central Park on Wednesday night. Starting at 7pm the event will include clips from Ken Burns' new film "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", as well as musical performances by Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, Alison Kraus, and others.
Ensuring the National Parks Legacy
Touting the week, NPCA president Tom Kiernan said,
As we prepare for the centennial of our national parks, we invite New Yorkers to joing us at this celebration of these national treasures. Our national parks preserve some of America's most stunning landscapes and commemorate some of the country's most important ideas and ideals, from national icons like Yellowstone to New York's own Statue of Liberty and Governors Island. As the Park Service enters its second century, we must ensure this legacy lives on for our children and grandchildren to enjoy.
There's More to NYC's National Parks Than That Green Statue in the Harbor
In case you feel so inspired during the week, here's the listing for National Parks and Monuments in New York -- including the African Burial Ground National Monument (pictured above) and the newly moved and being renovated Hamilton Grange (below). History buffs really can have a field day with all the period rooms, historical documents and artifacts at the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (second image below) over on East 20th Street.
UPDATE: Virtual Tours Now Online
The National Parks Conservation Association informs me that virtual tours of some of the parks, monuments and historic sites in New York are now available. Check 'em out: New York Parks Videos
More info: Feel Free - A Cause for Our National Parks
National Parks
Ken Burns Films America's Best Idea: National Parks No Child Left Inside: Economist on National Parks
A Helping Hand From Toyota to the Yosemite National Park Fund


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Yee Haw! So you have a cowboy size appetite and are looking for some grub, then Pecos Bill is the place for you. Located in Frontierland, Pecos Bill Tall Tale Inn and Cafe is an enormous quick service location offering fajita platter, burritos, rice bowls and salads.
Offering an extensive amount of indoor seating as well as outdoor, this restaurant is a popular location for its options and size. The menu was updated on Oct. 1, 2015 with all new menu items. The menu offers something new and exciting for guests who like something other than burgers and chicken.
Service: Quick Service
Cuisine: American/Southwestern
Meals: Lunch and dinner
Location: Frontierland, Magic Kingdom
Hours: 10:30 am – park closing
Disney Dining Plan: Quick-service and snack credits
Tables in Wonderland: Not accepted
Dining Tips
- This is a very popular quick service location so lines get very long during peak season.
- If you are looking for the ooey-gooey nacho cheese sauce, it sadly has been removed from the toppings bar.
- Guests who like to collect souvenir mugs will be excited to see that they have a Country Bears Jug now available.


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I can't remember how long it was since I last burned a DVD, Most movies are shared now via the internet, or on a thumbdrive, but I was recently doing a course and they required me to submit a recording of myself on DVD! Here is how to record a video on your iPhone and then burn it to a DVD.
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Chris Russell
Chris Russell was appointed as one of Her Majesty's Inspectors in 2006.
Prior to joining Ofsted, Chris worked in secondary schools, including as a headteacher. As an HMI he worked in the quality assurance team, and was a senior HMI in Ofsted's South East region.
Chris was appointed to the post of director in 2014. He initially worked in the East Midlands and North West regions, and was also responsible for local authority inspections and multi-academy trust reviews. He took over as regional director in the South East region in 2016.
Regional Director, South East
Ofsted's Regional Directors are responsible for Ofsted's performance in a particular region. Each Regional Director leads a team of highly skilled inspectors to support improvement through inspection.
Previous roles in government
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- Regional Director, East Midlands


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Below the fold, so to speak, all the recyclers think the tax is a great idea. Yeah! We'll recycle them!
Of course they would! You just gave them FREE MATTRESSES! And they didn't have to do a thing!
All CA did was take the burden of bearing the cost for collecting all these mattresses just lying around everywhere and placed it on the consumer.
If this were really such a great idea, the recyclers wouldn't need what can only be described as a GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
As far as the landfills are concerned, if the state would do the right thing and allow gasification of trash, a huge part of the problem would go away.
Isn't this really just another example of Crony Capitalism?


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Data Center
Finding the Right Cloud Mix for Your Business
Marketers often mangle the term "cloud." This happens so often, the definition of exactly what the cloud is, and how various types of cloud services differ, is frequently lost. No wonder so many SMBs find it difficult to develop the right cloud strategy for their business.
In a nutshell, a public cloud is a data storage service run by a third party that maintains an organization's data in the third party's data center. For example, Dropbox, Box, Carbonite, Google Drive and Office 365 are all public-cloud offerings. A private cloud, on the other hand, stores a company's data in its own data center, while a hybrid cloud mixes the two approaches — public and private — because not all of a business's data files have the same storage, access and security requirements.
Private-cloud supporters tout security and control. They host their data on their hardware, so they control it completely. Mandatory for some regulated industries, private clouds dominate in large com- panies. Why? Because these are the businesses that can most afford to own and operate their own data centers. And to deploy a private cloud, they have to buy and manage advanced storage systems, which means a large upfront cost.
Public-cloud advocates tout low prices, easy access and the security expertise of the service provider. Clients encrypt files before sending them over the Internet, and stored files are encrypted by the service provider.
The Selection Process
Organizations too often place the cart before the horse when it comes to developing a cloud strategy. They argue about which type of cloud is best for their needs before taking the basic steps to properly categorize their data.
When a company is planning a cloud deployment, it must first identify the data it intends to share. Next, it should ascertain which users will access that data. A discussion of the type of cloud services to employ should not happen until these first two steps are completed.
After identifying the data, a business may find that some of it is regulated (such as financial services and medical data), while other data may be too sensitive to leave the organization (employee personal information and proprietary research, for instance). Determining which users require access to a particular set of data will likely turn up a small subset of the employee base. Critical data files shared by only a few people are perfect for a private cloud.
The first step will also identify large amounts of data that may be suitable for a public cloud. Departmental shared data, for example — particularly in distributed companies — is a natural for a public cloud. Online backup services that store files offsite for redundancy and disaster recovery purposes are the most common use of public clouds by companies large and small.
Not an Either/Or Decision
Most companies wind up using a mix of public and private clouds. For example, an organization may decide that a particular function — say, backup — would work best under the hybrid-cloud model.
Housed in another office, a private cloud could store and provide access to critical research reports, while a public-cloud solution could back up less critical employee work files to a third-party provider.
This hybrid approach would keep critical and regulated files close at hand while cutting down on infrastructure costs by using a service provider for storage of other files. In both cases, the backed-up files should be far enough off-premises so that they would be protected in case of a disaster affecting the business.


text: Match Centre List of Players Host City Referees Tweet Share Change to GMT time Change To Local Time List of Players 1 Tatyana Mashkova 2 Irina Tsimbalova More Info on the Team 1 María Jose Orellana 2 Maria Andrea Orellana Aragon More Info on the Team Host City The Hague - Hofvijver The Hague is known as the International City of Peace and Justice, but is also a hub for sport and culture. The Hague is the Host City of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015. The world's top beach volleyball athletes will be playing here at a floating stadium on the Hofvijver pond, in the very heart of the city. More Info About the City Referees Rodrigue Innocent Deuboue Tchialeu NationalityCanadaBirth Date3/14/1978Birth PlaceNkongsamba - CameroonBeach International Referee Nominated2012 Osvaldo Sumavil NationalityArgentinaBirth Date6/23/1969Birth PlaceSanta Rosa - La PampaBeach International Referee Nominated2009


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Drop-in (All levels) £10 per class / £45 for 5 / £80 for 10
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MASHED CAULIFLOWER ! I discovered this great recipe in The South Beach Diet book if I remember well, a few years ago. It's so simple. Instead of potatoes, use cauliflower.
You may have noticed by now that I'm not very good with giving quantities in savoury recipes but I think you can play it by ear. Just start with a little bit (of butter, milk) and add more to suit your taste as you cook.
- I steamed a whole cauliflower.
- I then melted butter in a saucepan (about 1 tablespoon I'd say).
- Added the cauliflower to the saucepan and a dash of milk (two tablespoons) and mashed it.
- Stirred well and added salt, pepper, grated cheddar.
- And served :-)
Ingredients: cauliflower, butter, salt, pepper, grated cheddar.
P.s: And as usual, I cooked the whole cauliflower in order to freeze some and now have some home-made frozen mashed cauliflower for another day :)


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Warm, fragrant and earthy sage, combined with brown butter, makes this simple roasted acorn squash fabulous and elegant. Slideshow: More Delicious Roasted Vegetables
How to Make It
Preheat oven to 400°. Line a baking pan with parchment paper.
Heat the butter in a skillet over medium heat. Butter will foam, then settle down. Continue to cook until the butter just begins to brown and develop a toasty, nut aroma. Stir in the brown sugar and sage leaves. Cook for 30 seconds more and then remove from heat.
Toss the acorn squash with the sage-brown butter mixture and season with salt and pepper.
Place the acorn squash on the prepared pan. Roast for 20 minutes, turn the squash over, and continue roasting for 10 minutes or until tender. Serve with the brown butter and sage leaves spooned over the top of the acorn squash.


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A Reflection
A reckless little slut: Inspiration for a digital narrative is born
About seven years ago, my then-three year old sister walked up to our mother and proudly pronounced her a "reckless little slut". She had no idea what she was saying of course, but that hilarious memory has stayed with me for a decade. She had borrowed the phrase from the 2008 PG film Mamma Mia. This got me thinking; in the context of the film, the word 'slut' was contextually appropriate – Donna is recalling her regretful, youthful actions with disgust. Out of context, when used by my younger sister, it became inappropriate.
One word, two settings, two very different levels of appropriateness. Where is the meaning in this? Why is it so hard to judge?
Although I wasn't certain of the direction of my project initially, I knew it would be in the area of profanity in film. It interests me to hear of the history of profanity in cinema; the word 'damn' uttered in Gone with the Wind in 1949 sparked outrage, yet nowadays that same word could pass without incident. Why? With this in mind I created a generic survey on profanity in various spaces. The findings, as summarised in the video, were that the word 'c#nt' was deemed as the most offensive. This view was seconded by the research of Ofcom, a television regulatory body located in the United Kingdom. Given this strong view, and my recollection of numerous Hollywood films which have featured the word in recent years, I decided to narrow my focus to the use of the word 'c#nt' in cinema. Then, just like magic, my research question formed itself in front of my eyes: is the c-word ever necessary to tell a story?
Primary Data
I produced a survey on my blog to determine social acceptances on the use of profanity in society and in cinema. 66% of my questionnaire was numerical; respondents were required to rank words or select them. The final question was much more open; asking respondents for a discussion of their views on profanity in cinema. I filtered through in an attempt to discover a pattern, a unanimous vote or ideal of what is appropriate in cinema, but there was none.
The complexity of the results captured in the survey illustrated the density of ethnographic research; sometimes numbers just aren't enough. Qualitative research is imperative for ethnographic discovery and understanding, yet its subjective nature makes it extremely difficult to collect and navigate.
The five minute word limit was restrictive; I'd have liked to explore and contrast more examples and go further into the ambiguous nature of television rating guidelines, yet I had to choose the most important elements to incorporate into the narrative. I spoke about the history of cinema, in particular its development into a semi-public. When televisions grew popular in the home, the audience for cinema changed. I focused on contrasting the profanity in the 1949 film Gone with the Wind with the 2012 films Ted and Mental. It was difficult to organise and sort through the data I collected due to its qualitative nature; what is true to one person isn't necessarily true to another, even with all outside factors equal.
I chose to compose a YouTube video because I have very little experience doing so, yet this is something I would like to become more skilled at for future projects. I found it to be an effective tool to construct a comparison between the aforementioned films. I also chose to publish it on WordPress because I am confident using it and I enjoy the convenience of having all my projects and assessments in one place.
Such a diverse collection of responses, some of which are discussed in the video, seemed to be loosely (but not exclusively) related to age. Younger participants, aged below 25, were quite lax in what they deemed to be appropriate for cinema. Many had no issue with even the most extreme words being used in film. As the respondents became older, racial slurs, which seemed inoffensive and humorous to the younger audience, were a strict no. The oldest respondent was my grandfather, who remains opposed to the notion of profanity in cinema.
"I consider that use of any of these words reveal a writer who is short on language skills … I have been known to walk out of films relying on excessive use of obscenity"
Whilst undertaking my comparison of the use of 'c#nt' in Mental and Ted, I discovered the contextual argument for profanity in film. Initially I just did not see why that word in particular was the best choice for those films, however studying them more closely, I discovered that in Mental, it uncovered layers of the characters and reinforced the themes of the film and its story. Ted, on the other hand, seemed to throw it in purely for the sake of it, and it is my belief that multiple other words could have replaced it. This has shown me that the legitimacy of profanity in cinema is purely spatial; its capacity to belong in a film is dependent upon its context and audience.
Usefulness to Media Industries
Research of this kind could prove to be valuable to media industries. From a linguistic sense, this study suggested the immense impact profanity has on some audiences, particularly older ones. In terms of advertising and powerful film genres, the use of various swear words could prove to be powerful in imprinting a message on the consumer mind and potentially swaying public opinion. Spatially, the study also used the case study of Australia, where 'c#nt' is often used colloquially, to demonstrate the contextual balance of profanity. In an increasingly globalised world, research such as this could be used by international companies who wish to market their products, be it films or otherwise, to an Australian or otherwise foreign market. The format of this project is brief enough to be of interest to industries, as suggested by Duncan Green.
Future Research
In the future it would be interesting to expand on my findings here. A much more comprehensive study over a wider audience and a wide range of films from different genres, decades and ratings would be an interesting way to compare profanity in film.


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Flight Rising for Fun and PROFIT
As many of you know, I play a game called Flight Rising and I have since it began. I even contributed to the Kickstarter! I am shivaesyke on Flight Rising.
This little writeup is for my friends, considering they boggle at my methods and the millions in treasure I manage to accrue. That's not a difficult feat, even though you will see people complain about this aspect CONSTANTLY. So here's what I do to amass large amounts of treasure in a short amount of time.
#1 – By cheap PRETTY dragons, with genes.
#2 – Breed your pretty dragons with other pretty dragons.
#3 – SELL your pretty dragons! When a new gene appears and if you're lucky enough to get at least one or two, compare to dragons already on the block. Set your price near comparable dragons already listed. I usually set mine a bit higher. Otherwise, I set all my chicks at 75,000 treasure for 7 days. If they do not set, I lower it by 5k every 3 days until it gets to 50K, then I name them and prepare to exalt them, but keep them at 50k for 7 day settings until it's time. I have sold absolutely horrendous dragons for 75K and MORE. Sometimes, I randomly set a dragon I feel is pretty for 100k just to see what happens and yes, I have sold them. I have 9 million treasure at the time I'm writing this. 😀 It's mostly from dragon sales.
#4 – Expand your lairs fully. Set your breeders and rotate through them. I hatch a nest every day. If my lair seems to be getting full, I stop hatching nests until more space frees up. I just count the eggs and spaces open for chicks. I have a good rotation going so that my lair is never actually full. I sell an average of one dragon a day.
#5 – I still exalt, but by the time I do exalt, I don't feel bad about it if it's a dragon I think is pretty. There are a few. 😀 They get a name, they get leveled up to level 8. I exalt them when their color comes up (biggest bonus) or when they hit two of the bonus lifters minimum. So I get 15K if I only have one match, or almost 20k with modifiers. It adds up.
#6 – I use Culex's leveling guide found in the guides section of the forum. (Link later, can't log in from here) I have a fully leveled team for rapid leveling in the coliseum. I stay OUT of the highest area. I also have various other leveled dragons using the same formula spread out all across the spectrum. Why? I use them for grinding during the end of the month festivals AND leveling at the same time!! I run them through far lower levels than they are to make them last longer until they don't generate enough points to level a third dragon. I might spend an hour a day actually playing.
#7 – Against popular, and I might add, dumb advice, I do NOT autosell anything from my inventory. I have seven stacks of many items and hoard them. I turn them in to Swipp if it's profitable and the hourly turn in if I'm around. You get better prices for many things, like familiars this way. I do check my familiars against AH prices when they pop up and then list them for the going rate if they're higher. Otherwise, I tend to sell only my apparel and familiars in the AH – FOR GEMS primarily. I had 10k gems before Facet and Crystal came out! 😀 The other reason for hoarding is when a special item goes through Swipp… I was able to get a bunch of the lovely snakes and cats that came through in the last few months while the prices were high. I gave some away to friends, sold others for massive treasure.
#8 Festivals. I grind and I buy the items that will not be released later. I pass on the bracelets, because they are repeat every year and concentrate on familiars and apparel. Because of the stupid Night of the Nocturne event, I will be concentrating my future festival buys on apparel and ignoring the familiars. I found it very annoying that the festival bears dropped in GREAT NUMBERS from random chests, crashing the market for those bears. :/ Normally, I hold onto these items until a few months prior to the festival coming around again. This is a LONG game, and a very profitable one. I get over 1k gems on those familiars at the right time.
#9 Back to the dragons. DO NOT SELL YOUR DRAGONS FOR UNDER 50K. I repeat that. DO NOT SELL YOUR DRAGONS FOR UNDER 50K. Put it in your bio that you will not do this. Why? Because there's no need to sell any dragon under that. Just exalt it. You may say: But I could sell it for an immediate 5k or 10k or some other lower number. Yes, and you could also sell it for 50k if you do not give anyone the option for it at 10k and just say you're going to exalt it.
How did I come around to this? I was looking for a dragon with a specific coloring and because I wanted a common breed, they were being mass exalted as worthless, yet… I wanted one. I realized, all those cheap dragons, they're never really available. If someone tells you, pfft, I'm not paying you 50k for a dragon I can pay 10k for, shrug it off, because it'll take them awhile to find that cheap dragon and they might all be exalted anyway. 😀 Lots of people will pay you the 50k! It's a fair price and you are setting it as YOUR floor. Eventually, someone looking for that dragon will pop up and grab it… and I've sold some very ugly dragons for 100k that I randomly bred just to spin the wheel on a pair of dragons. Otherwise, just level and exalt.
Yes, I get people coming to be asking if they can pay a more reasonable price or what not and I just say, that's the price. I'm not lowering it. (However, I do lower it when people ask nicely without 1.) complaining about how poor they are or 2) calling me unreasonable. :D) They have that perfect dragon available for their needs/wants or I just EXALT it.
#10 – I hold dragons for people if they want me to and make it clear I will do it. I don't mind holding them, because the price won't lower. 😉 I also do not take gems for dragons. It's very simple why. The exchange rate for gems is ridiculous. I can find items in the AH that are going for an equivalent of 200 t to 1 gem and then I can find items that go for 1,000t to 1 gem! 😀 The rate is not exact, so I do not accept payment in gems unless it's at MY rate, which I sit at around 250t to 1 gem.
That's about it. I just check in, grind for a short amount of time, let my dragons sit around on the AH (I have a Onenote page I copy my sales to weekly and then track them from there, recording the prices.). Oh yeah, one more thing, watch the registration windows. Sales go up after a couple of days on everything. THAT'S when I do mass listings of apparel.
Oh, I also maxed out my turns so all I do now is dig. 😀 All my food comes from the coliseum. 😀 I don't buy food anymore, because it got really expensive and there's so much of it, it's a pain to list, so I just sit on it and use it for turnins and feeding the dragons. 😀
– Tiff (I know there are a few typos,… for some reason, I can't see them in the edit screen. I'll fix them later.)


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Find where Mauti has taken Grent Direhammer.
Well, that explains why Mauti seemed smaller... The real Mauti has run off with Grent Direhammer, but being the wise hunter that he is, he has fired flares off so you can track him. Find Direhammer before it's too late!


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Gomperts SN, Brück A, Locascio JJ, Rentz DM, Becker JA, Memole L, Carmasin J, Sperling RA, Growdon J, Johnson KA. Regional burden of Aβ-amyloid relates to cognitive function in Parkinson's disease. Human Amyloid Imaging 2010 Meeting Abstracts. 2010 April 9;
Abstract:Isolated cognitive impairments and dementia are common in Parkinson's disease (PD). In this study, we evaluated the extent of Aβ accumulation in non-demented PD individuals and the relation of global and regional Aβ to cognitive impairment.
35 non-demented PD subjects underwent neurological examination, cognitive testing, and PiB PET. To assess regional amyloid burden, 20 subjects also underwent high resolution MRI for Freesurfer processing and partial volume correction. 16 cortical ROIs that are associated with high amyloid deposition in Alzheimer's disease were selected for analysis. PiB DVR values in ROI were left-right averaged. The 35 PD subjects (men/women = 26/9) had a mean age of 69 years, education of 16.5 years and Hoehn & Yahr stage of 2.3; the mean MMSE was 28.
Global, non-partial volume corrected PiB DVR (with cerebellar reference) ranged from 0.98 to 1.57 (mean±SD: 1.18±0.14), and did not differentiate those with (n=15) and without (n=20) specific cognitive impairments (defined as CDR-sum of boxes score [CDR-SOB]>0). Across 11/16 ROIs, partial volume corrected regional amyloid burden correlated with increased impairment on CDR-SOB (pThese results suggest that Aβ-amyloid accumulation is a frequent finding in non-demented PD patients and that regional amyloid burden relates to cognitive performance in PD, supporting the possibility that Aβ may be a risk factor in PD for developing dementia.
This research is supported by the Michael J Fox PD Foundation.
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Around 574 business entities in Armenia are operating without water usage permits in Armenia, as RA Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan reported to RA Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan at the consultation held on the groundwater resources in Ararat Valley.
Khachik Hakobyan presented that around 205 drilled wells stopped operating as a result of overexploitation of water resources. As of 2016, some groups of springs providing water to Sevjur River, one of the most waterful rivers in Armenia, have disappeared leading to the significant reduction of supplying water to Sevjur River. The surface of Akna Lake and its natural yield have essentially reduced. In 2013-2014 the irrigation of over 8000 ha in 29 communities was endangered.
In 2014 more water was let out from Lake Sevan than it was designed by law. Since 2014 up to now 56 wells were liquidated in Ararat Valley, 63 were conserved and 330 wells were brought to valve regime, as a result of which the amount of saved water amount made up 908.5 million m3.
'We shall present a very harsh and specific plan of actions and we strictly estimate the limit which shall be spent on the fish, we shall make approbations with entities dealing with fish business. If water is stolen, it shall be prevented, and what about tariffs, if these figures are correct, harsh prices shall be set close to logic. From now on everybody must perform their functions in the strictest manner,' the Prime Minister said.
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This week I started with the 3 Day Refresh. It was my first time doing it and to be honest, I was a little nervous.
Before I go into my review, here is a little video explaining why I did it, and what is included.
As I prepared to start, here were some of my concerns.
Would I be too hungry?
Would I stick with it?
Would I lack energy?
Day 1 I felt amazing. I LOVED how light and clean I felt doing it. I don't know how else to explain what it felt like. Just eating fresh fruits and vegetables was refreshing (for lack of a better word!).
Day 2 was my most difficult day, I did feel hungry early on in the day. I am so thankful I had my challenge group to check in with so I stayed on track!!
Day 3 was easier, I wasn't hungry, but I just wanted to eat – hahaha.
Even though I dealt with some hunger and mild headaches, I absolutely LOVED how I felt. My mind was clearer, my energy level was high the whole time. I didn't feel like I was dragging at all. I plan to cut dairy, grains, animal protein and sugar from my diet once a month. Felt REALLY good.
I also love how I slimmed down and lost some pudge around my mid-section. I feel like if I stay on track with my eating from now until Thanksgiving I will not have anything to fear from indulging on Turkey Day!
This is the perfect program to do after a weekend at Disney, or a cruise, or holiday season. It's like hitting that reset button on your body. My cravings were literally NON-EXISTENT! Love – love – love this program!
If you are interested in trying it, send me a message! I'd love to chat with you about your particular goals and situation to see if this would be something that would work for you. I can also help coach you through the program and give you guidance after the 3 days are over. Let's do this!!


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we turn the spigot counter clockwise and they seem to sense it within nanoseconds. the cool water cascades in a mist through the wild bird area in the back yard and the little beaks explode with mirth and chatter as they flit the branches of our serviceberry bush. never used to pay much attention to these little guys until marriage introduced me to recognition of finer things.
years ago, when hiking alone in various wild areas, i would hear the long sustained call of the chicadee when looking for his mate in the spring. it was so repeated and monotonous that i just called it the monotony bird when asked. but they have a lot of vocabulary. the best is the cheery chatter of falling water on a hot day.


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HOUSTON - A specific type of T helper cell awakens the immune system to the stealthy threat of cancer and triggers an attack of killer T cells custom-made to destroy the tumors, scientists from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the early online edition of the journal Immunity.
The role of Th17, one of only four known types of T helper cell, opens a possible avenue for overcoming cancer's ability to suppress or hide from the body's immune system, said senior author Chen Dong, Ph.D., professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Immunology. Dong and colleagues found that Th17 stifled development of metastatic melanoma tumors in the lungs of mice.
"While there is much work to be done, these preclinical findings imply the possibility of taking a patient's Th17 cells, expanding them in the lab, and then re-infusing them as treatment," Dong said. Development of a vaccine to stimulate Th17 cells would be another possible application.
Dong earlier discovered the existence of Th17 cells and established that they secrete the inflammatory protein interleukin-17 (IL-17). His lab showed that overexpression of IL-17 contributes to both autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.
"Th17 cells also are found in a variety of solid tumors and we wanted to know whether these cells promote cancer or play a preventive or protective role," Dong said.
Their research showed that mice made deficient in Th17 cells and then injected with a strain of melanoma that gathers in the lungs experienced aggressive cancer growth compared to mice with normal levels of Th17. At 16 days, tumors in the knockout mice had fused together and coated the lung so extensively that they were no longer countable.
Next, they tested Th17 for preventive effect, injecting Th17 cells primed with tumor-specific antigens and the melanoma cells at the same time. At 16 days, mice with Th17 had low or barely detectable levels of cancer while control mice had a heavy tumor burden in their lungs.
A third set of experiments tested a treatment effect, showing that mice injected with Th17 after they already had melanoma in their lungs had a 75 percent reduction in tumor burden compared with normal mice.
In all experiments, mice with Th17 also had higher levels of several categories of immune system cell than did those with normal or suppressed Th17.
T cells are lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell produced by the thymus equipped with receptors that recognize and bind to antigens, pieces of invading organisms presented to the T cells by dendritic cells. The bound antigen converts the T cell to T helper cells that secrete signaling molecules called cytokines to launch an appropriate immune response. Helper cells, in effect, guide the adaptive immune response.
In the Immunity paper, additional experiments outlined the specific pathway by which Th17 suppresses tumors:
The research was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health, M. D. Anderson's Center for Targeted Therapy, a Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Scholar Award to Dong, and a Trust Fellowship of M. D. Anderson.
Co-authors with Dong and first author Natalia Martin-Orozco, Ph.D., are Yeonseok Chung, Ph.D., Xuexian O. Yang, Ph.D., and Tomohide Yamazaki, all of the Department of Immunology; Pawel Muranski, M.D., and Nicholas Restifo, M.D., both of the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health; Sijie Lu, Ph.D., of M. D. Anderson's Department of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cell Therapy; and Patrick Hwu, M.D., and William Overwijk, Ph.D., both of M. D. Anderson's Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology.
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Thank you for clarifying. However, I thought that the word "casts" in the combat log indicates a spell rather than an ability. Did I get that wrong?Black dragons' innate Summon Insects is a bespoke ability, not identical to the third-level druid spell.
(I guess because the insects are just under the dragon's command?)
It's only missing the Panic effect of Creeping Doom, possibly since dragon's already have an innate fear ability. Neither bypass MR unmodded.
What does that mean, what is an innate spell type?"Casts" indicates it's spell type isn't "Innate"