text: Make these moves before the end of the year and reap the rewards. By Cameron Huddleston, Former Online Editor September 17, 2010 My husband is a to-do list fanatic. He makes lists for his daily tasks, for home repairs that need to be done, for things that need to be packed for trips -- for everything. And he insists that I do the same. Otherwise, he says, I'll never remember everything I have to do because I have so much going on in my life. Admittedly, I'm not as diligent about it as he is. But when I make the effort, I reap the rewards: better organization, less stress and a sense of accomplishment because I get things done that I've neglected (or forgotten) to do. I'm sure plenty of you are just as busy as I am. So I took the liberty of crafting a to-do list of things you should tackle this fall to improve your financial situation. Reap the rewards as you mark each item off the list. Sponsored Content 1.Review your health-insurance options. In October or November, most employees will be given a chance during open-enrollment season to make decisions about their health insurance benefits for 2011. Be sure to look closely at your options because employers will be making some changes to their plans as a result of health-care reform. See Health Insurance Changes for 2011 for more information. Advertisement 2. Boost your flexible-spending account contribution for 2011. If your employer is increasing deductibles and co-payments for your health insurance, as many are, then it's a good idea to put more money into your flexible spending account. An FSA lets you set aside pretax money that you can use tax-free for medical expenses.There is no maximum contribution amount for medical FSAs, although many employers limit contributions to $4,000 or $5,000 per year. Starting in 2013, the health-care-reform law caps annual FSA contributions at $2,500 per year. 3. Sign up for bank account alerts. Now that banks can no longer charge overdraft fees on debit-card transactions (unless you opted into overdraft protection), it's imperative to keep close tabs on your balance so your purchases aren't declined for insufficient funds. An easy way to do this is to sign up for your bank's balance alerts. See An Easy Way to Avoid Overdrafts to learn more. 4. Make tax-saving home improvements. The tax credit for energy-efficient home improvements expires at the end of 2010. If you have a furnace, windows, water heater, air-conditioning system or other items that need to be replaced, do it before the end of the year. See Tax Credits for Going Green to learn more about the credit and which improvements qualify for it. And see Everything You Need to Know About Replacement Windows. 5.Convert to a Roth IRA. If you've been trying to decide whether to convert your traditional IRA to a Roth, make up your mind soon so you can take advantage of a tax break. If you convert to a Roth in 2010, you're entitled to extra time to pay the tax bill on the converted amount. Although you will be taxed on the entire amount you convert, you can spread the bill over the next two years, reporting half of the conversion on your 2011 tax return (due in April 2012) and the balance on your 2012 return (due in April 2013). See our special report on Roth conversions to learn more. Advertisement 6. Undo a Roth. Say you converted a traditional IRA to a Roth in 2009 and paid taxes on the amount you converted. Then your account balance fell. You have until October 15 to undo that conversion to wipe out that tax bill. Then you can reconvert the account after 30 days back to a Roth and pay taxes on the shrunken balance. See Act Soon to Undo a Roth Conversion. 7. Boost 401(k) contributions. If you're in a position to contribute the maximum to your 401(k) this year ($16,500), go for it. If you're 50 or older, you can contribute up to $22,000. 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Whodeani111 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 164 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
Lily Nophasari
The Lily Nophasari brand is Lily's (the owner) 2nd brand in Bali, due to open in the popular Oberoi shopping district.
Lily Nophasari oozes sophistication. The brand is sleek and stylish with a youthful edge.
Lily Nophasari is an upmarket brand that creates sophisticated after 5, evening and club wear.
For the youthful and petite, Lily Nophasari fashion is targeting young women from mid to late teens through to late 20's.
Would like to see...
- Flowing/light lines. Fonts should be cursive and elegant
- Stylish, sophisticated and sleek
- Illustrative (if appropriate and fits theme)
- Open to color – must fit theme of prestige, sophistication, sleekness
Don't want to see...
- Bold and overbearing
- Rainbow or overly intrusive colours
- Cartoon like illustrations
Think class, glamour and sex appeal. This should relate back to the logo.
It should look 'expensive' and 'prestigious'.
This contest is quite open in terms of design, so look forward to seeing your interpretations of the brand.
I'll keep a close eye on the entries so please let my feedback guide you.
To follow are links to well known brand names that are along the lines of what we are after here.
Mango Studios http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EoWvOa2Bk…dios_2.jpg
Just Cavalli http://www.shopissimo.ch/shop/Produ…i_logo.jpg
Bebe http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/…1225919278
Rock and Republic http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/…c-logo.gif
Christian Dior http://cdn.famegame.com/share/uploa…20Logo.jpg
DvB http://www.boutique1.com/24/files/b…ge_542.jpg
Baby Phat http://nycscrubs.com/images/BabyPhat_logo1.jpg
Importantly, use the above links as a broad guide as to the style of logo we are after here (to be inspired) and 'not' as something to be copied.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.

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Roxy Kurze, frustrated with her husband's deterioraing health and need for a kidney, made a plea on Facebook, "Wishing a kidney would fall out of the sky so my husband can stop suffering," the Warren, Mich., woman wrote on her wall. "So if anyone knows of a live donor with type O blood, PLEASE let me know."
One did. Ricky Cisco, 25, of Royal Oak, Mich. saw her plea and decided to help. He donated his kidney and the transplant on March 30 was successful, according to the Detroit Free Press. (As it turns out, Roxy Kurze had met Cisco, a computer salesman, once before when he sold her a laptop.)
Cisco, who learned about the donor process before the surgery, said that he and Kurzes are now more than just friends, but "family." Cisco and Roxy Kurze's husband, Jeff, how see each other once a week.
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In a YouTube video, Cisco said that he had always wanted to be a hero but wasn't strong. "I can't save people in traditional ways, but I have an extra kidney," he said.
Others needing organs have also asked for donations on Facebook and been helped, including a 10-year-old girl who received a kidney from an anonymous donor, according to AllFacebook. Could Facebook be the new face of organ donation?
While one would like to think people are moved by altruism, pleas from photogenic people and well-written accounts may motivate most people. People like Cisco, who never thought about organ donation, suddenly thought about it as a possibility once he saw Roxy Kurze's plea. Perhaps organ donor and match sites should take note of the social network and its successes.


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Saturday, 13th. At 3 o'clock in the P.M. anchor'd in the Downs, and soon after I landed in order to repair to London.
Friday, 12th July, 1771
Friday, 12th. Winds at South-West, a fresh Gale, with which we run briskly up Channel. At 1/2 past 3 p.m. passed the Bill of Portland, and at 7 Peverell Point; at 6 a.m. passed Beachy head at the distance of 4 or 5 miles; at 10 Dungeness, at the distance of 2 miles, and at Noon we were abreast of Dover.
Thursday, 11th July, 1771
Thursday, 11th. Steady fresh breezes and clear weather. At 2 in the P.M. saw the Lizardland, and at 6 o'clock the lighthouse bore North-West, distant 5 Leagues, we being at this time, by my reckoning, in the Longitude of 5 degrees 30 minutes West; soon after 2 Ships under their Topsails between us and the land, which we took for Men of War. At 7 o'clock in the morning the Start Point bore North-West by North, distant 3 Leagues, and at Noon we reckon'd ourselves about 5 Leagues short of Portland. This Forenoon a small cutter built vessel came under our Stern, and inquir'd after the India Fleet, which, they said, they were cruizing for and had not seen.
Wednesday, 10th July, 1771
Wednesday, 10th. Pleasant breezes and Clear weather. At 6 o'Clock in the Morning sounded, and Struck ground in 60 fathoms Shells and Stones, by which I judged we were the length of Scilly Isles. At Noon we saw land from the Mast Head, bearing North, which we judged to be about the Land's End. Soundings 54 fathoms, Coarse, Grey Sand. Wind Westerly; course North 44 degrees East; distance 97 miles; latitude 49 degrees 29 minutes North, longitude 6 degrees 18 minutes West.
Tuesday, 9th July, 1771
Tuesday, 9th. Fore and middle parts a Gentle breeze, and thick, Foggy weather; remainder, a fresh Breeze and Cloudy. A swell from the North-North-West all day. Wind South Westerly; course North 21 degrees East; distance 100 miles; latitude 48 degrees 19 minutes North, longitude 8 degrees 1 minute West per Account, 8 degrees 7 minutes per Observation.
Monday, 8th July, 1771
Monday, 8th. Little wind and hazey weather. Swell from the Northward. Wind North-North-West to South-West; course North 46 degrees 45 minutes East; distance 43 miles; latitude 46 degrees 45 minutes North, longitude 8 degrees 54 minutes West.
Sunday, 7th July, 1771
Sunday, 7th. Gentle breezes and Clear weather. In the Evening found the Variation by the Amplitude to be 22 degrees 30 minutes West. At 9 A.M. Spoke a Brig from Liverpool bound to Porto, and some time after another from London, bound to the Granades. She had been 3 days from Scilly, and reckoned herself in the Longitude of about 10 minutes West, which was about 40 minutes to the Westward of what we found ourselves to-day by Observation. We learnt from this Vessel that no account had been received in England from us, and that Wagers were held that we were lost. It seems highly improbable that the Letters sent by the Dutch Ships from Batavia should not come to hand, as it is now 5 months since these Ships sail'd from the Cape of Good Hope. Wind North-North-East and North-West; course North 50 degrees East; distance 49 miles; latitude 46 degrees 16 minutes North, longitude 9 degrees 39 minutes West per Account, 9 degrees 29 minutes per Observation.


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Nokia has launched a new version of its mobile internet tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in Las Vegas.
The N800 replaces the original N770 which made its debut in 2005. Nokia appears to have responded to criticism that the previous model was slow by beefing up the N800's processing power. The N800 also runs under the Linux operating system like its predecessor.
Nokia also says that it has improved Wi-Fi and Bluetooth performance by delivering easier continuous connections. The device also now includes a full QWERTY touchscreen keyboard and has been redesigned to give it a slicker look.
To show off its new N800 Internet Tablet, Nokia has been running a variety of demos at CES. These include satellite navigation using GPS software from Navicore , calling and messaging, plus integration with RealNetwork 's Rhapsody digital music service.
Nokia has also teamed up with Skype to deliver mobile internet phone calls on the N800 which is expected to sell in Europe for 399 Euros (£267).


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Missed Mother's Day? No problem. Father's Day is around the corner? Sweat it not.
Ever played the role of tech support for either parent? Google's got you -- with easy-to-digest, two-minute, how-to videos. Tech Support Care Packages for parents. Genius.
Mom/Dad: Hi, do you have a second to help me with the computers?
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You: I sure do. What's up?
Mom/Dad: How can I make the Tweeters look bigger on my screen?? .... And how can I check if this nice Nigerian prince is really needing this much money from me? I mean, how does he know my email address?
You (typing furiously to pull up Google's Tech Support page): Tell you what, Mom. I'm sending you an email that will help you with both those problems, ok? Meanwhile, how's Mom/Dad/Dog/Neighbor?
It's all quite easy: users address the email to Mom or Dad, pick whether they are shocked/impressed/worried/jazzed about the parents' computer interests and then choose which videos will be the most help.
Here's one about phishing emails:


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Animator Sues Disney For Allegedly Ripping Off Her Short Film For Its 'Frozen' Trailer
from the sticking-it-to-The-(Mouse-Eared)-Man dept
Disney has always found overbearing copyright protection to be an integral part of its business model, so much so that it has lobbied hard for copyright extensions while plundering the depths of the public domain for source material, shortsightedly failing to realize that one action undermines the other.
Disney doesn't get named in too many infringement lawsuits, but like any studio with a big hit on its hands (in this case, Frozen, which just became the most successful animated film of all time), there's always the chance someone will come looking for a piece of the action. Unlike the multiple lawsuits filed against the creators of Avatar, this one, filed by animator Kelly Wilson, appears to have some merit.
Wilson's animated short film, The Snowman, has been all over the internet since its release in 2010. It was even entered in several animated film festivals where Pixar employees "were present and competing" in the same category. Wilson doesn't say she personally showed this to Disney employees but she infers that there were many, many ways anyone could have viewed her creation prior to Frozen's development. She does note, however, that Disney's personnel had been supplied with copies of the animated work in the past.
Plaintiff created The Snowman and submitted The Snowman—in part and in full—to Defendants as part of job applications on four different occasions from 2009 through 2012. The Snowman was also submitted via DVD to Defendants in 2010 as part of a job application from The Snowman's co-creator Neil Wrischnik. Disney has surreptitiously appropriated Plaintiff's valuable work The Snowman to create the FROZEN teaser trailer and the character of Olaf the snowman in FROZEN without any attempt to obtain authorization from Plaintiff or to accord her credit.What's interesting about Wilson's case are two things:
One, she isn't going after Frozen itself, but rather its first trailer, which featured a storyline remarkably similar to hers. However, Wilson is looking to grab a part of any and all profits made by the movie because the allegedly infringing trailer was used to promote the film.
Two, there are some very distinct similarities to her animated film, as she details in a series of screencaps contained in the filing.
Here's the two in motion for comparison:
Beyond that, her filing links to other websites and writers who noticed the similarity between the Frozen trailer and Wilson's work, including a Slate writer whose daughter was disappointed the actual movie wasn't just about a wacky snowman.
The case, as it's laid out by Wilson and her legal rep, is pretty solid. While there are a few areas that are rather gray (the similarities of any narrative -- antagonist/protagonist, ice is slippery, forest animals are exchangable, etc.), many of the smaller details seem to indicate there's been some copying going on.
The Snowman and the FROZEN teaser trailer present the exact same plot in exactly the same sequence… There is no difference in the plot between the two works, except that The Snowman is longer in running time and therefore has additional plot elements. Both works are about: (1) a snowman competing with animals for a carrot nose on slippery ice; and (2) the formerly adversarial animals acting out of friendship to return the carrot nose to the snowman...Wilson goes into much more detail in the filing, but her inclusion of independent parties who have noticed the similarities helps set this apart from other lawsuits in which the infringement noted was largely subjective.
[T]he artistic rendering of the snowmen in both The Snowman and the FROZEN teaser trailer is likewise substantially similar. Both snowmen are portrayed as awkward, insecure and clumsy, and both are portrayed as having lanky bodies with heads larger than their bodies... [Wilson notes that most snowmen are portrayed as having heads smaller than their bodies elsewhere in the filing.]
First, in The Snowman, the snowman competes with the rabbits on the slippery ice to retrieve the carrot. Similarly, in the FROZEN teaser trailer, Olaf the snowman competes with the moose on the slippery ice to retrieve the carrot. Second, in The Snowman, the snowman is able to take hold of the carrot before the rabbit does. Similarly, in the FROZEN teaser trailer, Olaf the snowman is able to take hold of the carrot before the moose does. Third, in The Snowman, the snowman loses his carrot nose to the rabbit when both he and the rabbit have a grip on the carrot but the rabbit ends up wresting control of the carrot from the snowman. Similarly, in the FROZEN teaser trailer, Olaf the snowman loses his carrot nose to the moose when both he and the moose have a grip on the carrot but the moose ends up wresting control of the carrot from Olaf the snowman..
We'll have to wait for Disney's response to see where this is going, but this lawsuit does look a bit more valid than others that have been filed in the wake of runaway successes. As much as I'd personally like to see Disney get smacked for infringement damages, I'm personally a bit hesitant to back Wilson's claims that an infringed short film is due a cut of the profits made by Frozen, especially considering the allegations only cover a trailer whose events are not part of the larger film.
In addition, the demands made might play right into Disney's hands. Wilson asks for Disney to account for "any and all profits" derived from the "exploitation" of The Snowman. Hollywood accounting has shown over the years that some of the most successful movies have yet to show a profit. Deploying enough creativity in the ledger could have Disney offering Wilson a cut of its "empty" pockets.
Filed Under: copyright, frozen, kelly wilson, the snowman, trailer
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Nice! Looks like a great build.
my $199 Apex G1 fal parts kit i got on wed of this week. i did the work on thursday.
i got 2 kits and sorted out the best parts for this build. i will build one more later.
i added a few parts,922r parts, cleaned up all the parts good, put them together, then refinished it.
i don't like the G1 handguards, so i use the imbel ones.
the last 2 pictures are after i buffed off the over spray.( it turns much darker) i used the rust-oleum specility hi-temp. black spray. after a week or so the finish will harden up enough. i will refinish it later when i get a park tank set up.
i like to test shoot them before i do the final finish.
vietnam vet 67-68
Nice! Looks like a great build.
Retired US Navy
NRA Life Member -- NAHC Life Member
"Take, sink, burn, or destroy the enemy fleet": Lord St.Vincent's orders to Nelson off Toulon, 21 May 1798
Pretty much spells it out, huh?
stg ron,
Thanks for the write up on the G1 kits. I look forward to seeing mine when the get here next Tuesday. What type of receiver did you use for the build? Nice job!
"If God had not intended for us to eat animals, how come He made them out of meat?" - Sarah Palin
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it is a $100 century receiver i bought few years ago when they had a big sale. i got a bunch of them. the only problem with any of them was some needed the threads where the barrel screws in chased with a tap. everything else works just fine. no more work than any of the other brands of receiver i have.
i have fal's and L1A1's built on several different receivers, so i know the difference and for the most part there is none. all brands can have problems. as long as it works i will use it. i don't get hung up on branding, some people do and it is ok wth me.
i have several fal's i have built for less than $300, but i bought them when the parts were a lot cheaper.
i am a very big fan of the fal's. for an overall good battle rifle i don't think there is anything any better than the fal.. i have had a very large collection of other military rifles, so i can say this. others may and will disagree, but that is also ok with me.
i also only buy type 3 receivers, i personally think the are a stronger receiver.
i am not a purest on my fal builds. if i like something different i do it.
some of my fal's i have sent off to ken kubin to install the barrel, locking lug, check timing, then i do the rest. ( these are for my grandsons) some i just do it all, those are mine to shoot.
i have several fal kits put back to build later, so the reason i bought these 2 G1 kits from Apex is so i can use the lowers for some special milled scope mounts i bought back in the 80's. they were made for the L1A1's with the verticle take down lever and didn't work well with most of the fal's with the horzional take down lever.
i am going to build another fal using the other G1 lower. this one will not have a bi-pod on it , but will have the scope mount. i will be using a higher power scope on it to get it out to around 1200 yards. just for fun......
vietnam vet 67-68
Did you do anything to the butt stock? It looks like a new one.
Great looking build. My money's going elsewhere at this time or I would have grabbed a kit or two myself. Thanks for sharing pictures, looks like APEX has another winner.
I have a daughter. I tell her, "911 is what you dial after you're raped. 1911 is what you should have before they try."
the stock i got with the kit is very good, no cracks, no big dings. i will refinish it later and it will look as good or better than the one i put on this one. i may just swap it out.
it takes time to refinish the wood and that i don't get in a hurry on it. i usually do 3 or 4 at a time, but i have to get in the mood to do it. that is the part of building i don't care for.
the picture is the stock that came with the kit. i am very happy with it.
vietnam vet 67-68
i agree that Apex has a winner on this. it has helped several guys to get into building a fal. i am helping a few guys now to get there's built. to me that is the fun part.
a couple years ago i would not have thought this was a good buy on parts kits, but today is a different day and time.
good luck on you project.
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vietnam vet 67-68
Nice build
Thanks for the pics and info.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
lol, thanks for the kind words sgt ron. My "projects" are spending dough on fixing my children's cars after unexpected breakdowns, paying for unexpected medical bills and vet bills on a sick pet.
Not that I'm lacking in kits, just drooled over getting a FAL (would have been my first). Next time!
I have a daughter. I tell her, "911 is what you dial after you're raped. 1911 is what you should have before they try."


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SKF Oil Projection System for Chain Conveyors
System description:
The SKF Oil Projection System for Chain Conveyors projects lubricant to the lube point without any direct mechanical contact with the chain. When the lubricant reaches the lube point, it penetrates by capillarity through the different components of the chain. A lubrication film is built up between the friction points and it reduces temperature and wear. It offers also an additional protection against corrosion and pollution as it prevents dust and particles from penetrating between the pieces.
The SKF Oil Projection System generally includes one or several electromagnetic pumps, one oil reservoir and a control unit. The chain is lubricated while it is running.
To get an optimal lubrication, very small amounts of oil have to be projected at the right moment on the lube point of the chain. A proximity switch detects the exact position of the chain, rollers or chain links, helping to determine the right time to project the lubricant.
The SKF Oil Projection System:
- extends the mechanical service life of the chain and increases its availability.
- improves operator safety by reducing the number of manual maintenance tasks.
- minimizes friction and chain wear, thus reducing the need for servicing and repair.
- Car industry: paint shops and drying kilns, transportation of parts, assemblies, power trains and complete vehicles.
- Food and beverage industry: Drying kilns, ovens, stoves, sterilization systems, slaughter houses.
- Miscellaneous: Escalators, luggage processing in airports, freight consolidation stations, etc.
Related documents
- Product brochure: 1-4106-EN (1.5 MB)


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Colorado Rapids midfielder Martin Rivero on the 3-0 win over Portland:
On the dominating performance of the midfield:
"That was the idea, to win the midfield. In the previous games, perhaps we didn't do that, but today we did so very well. The entire first half, we had the ball all the time and fortunately the goals came quickly. I think in the game was decided in the first half, they layed off a lot, and we dominated practically the entire game."
On being able to continue this form:
"That's the goal, to maintain some consistancy. That was we want most, to be able to get all the points possible, especially here at home. Now we have another game coming up, and we'll be after the three points again."


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Who Sang What's on Ya Mind? Da Brat feat. 22 , LaTocha Scott & Trey Lorenz
Release Date: 2000-4-11
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Thug Rap
length: 4:08
Ay homie
Ay yo
Shit wassup with you
What...I make ya horny huh (giggle)
I make ya horny huh (giggle) shit
You act like you want some nigga.....do you?
(Da Brat)
Di di di da di di di da di day
I'm on the dance floor and you up on it in every way
Day to day you think of me
Can't wait to get to the club to see my face just to smoke and drink with me
The DJ keep spinnin' the hot records
Make the whole table go crazy the first second
Third I'm ready and able to hit the middle
Under that disco ball so I could shake a little
This shit for yall who dance with me
Touchin' my ass and titties so frantically
Don't get carried away with it
I'll let you have a little fun if you play with it
Insatiably, when I cum I do it patiently
Cuz if it ain't all night its a waste to me
You been chasing me for the longest time
Like Billy Joel so please tell me what's on ya mind..nigga
Homie, you act like you want some
Now tell me, do I do I make ya horny huh
All up on me having a good time
I just wanna know what's going through ya mind mind mind (say 2x)
(Da Brat)
I put my hands on the back of your fade
And we danced till the crack of dawn came
To the sun raise up its on
Still got stamina to take you home
Brat the damager managed to handle any position handed to her
You wanna fuck with the funk bandit
Leave it alone when the sweat trinkle down my cleavage you can't stand it
And you ain't even believing you dancing with Brat
And making eye contact
Homie put your hands on my waist and occassionally
Run your fingers through my fresh ass braids and say to me
That you feel horny cuz I wanna know
If you want some of this I wish you tell me so
Cuz if I let you touch me I must want you to go
Home with me be alond with me to get some mo'
Cuz we smoke we drink we bump and grind
And even though I'm tipsy I wanna know what's on ya mind
Chorus: say 2x
Brat now let me rock it from a niggas perspective
No chick can neglect this
Just listen when I stress this
The bitch was breathless
Big lips so thick make me wanna drop draws
Star had me rock hard shaking like a pornstar
Uh huh wassup shorty
Won't you be my sweet lover friend what homie
Thug love homie Brat put you up on pink lemonade
That's why I don't attract rats with my serinades
Stack off plubicades
Lack when it comes to brains
More than 2 women I'mma stack'em then play the game
Rack'em they love my name 22
Cuz they figure amongst themselves can I really enject 2
With my nine inch source see me climb in the nookie screaming
Everything is mine while I'm grinding the pussy
Can you picture that what's on ya mind baby push me
I don't mind raiding the jar just to get a cookie, uh
Chorus: say 4x


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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A compound produced from fish oil that appears to target leukemia stem cells could lead to a cure for the cancer, U.S. researchers say.
Sandeep Prabhu, associate professor of immunology and molecular toxicology at Pennsylvania State University, said the compound -- delta-12-protaglandin J3, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish and fish oil -- targeted and killed the stem cells of chronic myelogenous leukemia in mice.
"Research in the past on fatty acids has shown the health benefits of fatty acids on cardiovascular system and brain development, particularly in infants, but we have shown that some metabolites of omega-3 have the ability to selectively kill the leukemia-causing stem cells in mice," Prabhu said in a statement. "The important thing is that the mice were completely cured of leukemia with no relapse."
The study, published in the journal Blood, said the compound kills cancer-causing stem cells in the spleen and bone marrow by activating a gene -- p53 -- in the leukemia stem cell that programs the cell's own death.
"The gene is a tumor suppressor gene that regulates the response to DNA damage and maintains genomic stability," Prabhu said.


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DHAKA, Bangladesh — The death toll from a tornado that ripped through 20 villages in eastern Bangladesh has climbed to 20 people, with another 200 hurt, a government official said Saturday.
Initial reports said at least 10 people were killed and a newspaper put the toll for the injured at 500 in the storm that lashed the distant villages in Brahmanbaria district on Friday.
On Saturday, local chief government administrator Noor Mohammad Majumder said the death toll had climbed to 20 people died, with another 200 injured in the powerful storm.
The local Prothom Alo newspaper reported that the 15-minute storm destroyed many homes and shops, and toppled a large number of trees and electricity poles.
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Two-thirds of fraud professionals surveyed for a recent conference said they want to be notified the same day a data breach is discovered if it could affect their customers.
The finding is not surprising and highlights the need for a national standard for data breach notifications.
With more personally identifiable information being maintained online or in systems subject to loss or exposure — and a growing underground economy based on the theft, sale and exploitation of this information — data security has become a major concern of both government and private enterprises. But standards for the notification of possible victims have not progressed past a patchwork of state and local laws.
The survey was done for the RSA Conference eFraud Network Forum, a one-day event focused on identity fraud. More than 100 professionals, about 60 of them working in the financial services industry, were questioned in March.
A little more than half of those questioned thought that recent economic troubles have resulted in an increase in attacks on data. As the legitimate global economy has weakened, security companies have reported an increasingly robust underground economy dealing in stolen information and credentials that can be used for identity theft and fraud.
Laws dealing with such problems have not kept up with the threat. Law enforcement is getting better as the legal tools for prosecution improve and agencies are becoming better trained. International cooperation also is slowly improving.
But there are no national standards for protecting data. Instead, there are differing standards enacted in the laws of 44 states as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The federal government has taken the lead in this area, as the Office of Management and Budget has set rules for how agencies are to handle personally identifiable data and breaches of that data. The simplest and possibly most effective of these guidelines: Don't keep any more data than necessary, and get away from using Social Security numbers as universal identifiers. Agencies also are required to report data breaches soon after they occur.
However, those requirements apply only to agencies, and breach notification still is internal. There is no standard for the circumstances under which victims are to be notified or how quickly notification should be made.
It appeared several years ago that such a standard would pass, but national security issues, a financial crisis and a presidential election got in the way. Now would be as good a time as any to establish a single set of rules for securing data and establishing what to do when that security is breached. Those dealing with financial fraud want it, consumers would welcome it, and organizations holding the information should also be glad to have a single set of rules to adhere to rather than a nationwide patchwork.
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"It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime."
Bill Clinton, addressing the subject of his administration's Iraq Liberation Act, which he signed into law on this day, October 31, in 1998 (it's only imperialism when the other guy does it):


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Drama Title: Human Casino
Korean Title: 휴먼 카지노
Revised Romanization: Hyumeon Kajino
Chinese Name: Human赌场 / 人体赌场 / 人类赌场
Genre: Drama
Language: Korean
Episodes: 1
Broadcast Place: South Korea
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast Period: September 25 2011
Air Time: Sunday 23:25 PM
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Followed by: Lethal Move
Plot Summary / Synopsis
Human Casino is a dark-themed drama about a woman who is thought to be missing by her fiancé. But it turns out that she has been abducted and kidnapped by gambling ring that use human lives as their stakes, and is in a risky situation.
Lee Jang-woo (이장우) as Lee Jae-seong (이재성)
Kim Jeong-tae (김정태) as Poong (풍)
Kim Min-seo (김민서) as Seo Jeong-seon (서정선)
Park Jeong-min (박정민) as Cha Tae-oh (차태오)
Moon Cheon-sik (문천식) as Il-sik (일식)
Lee Jong-goo (이종구) as President Han (한회장)
Bang Joong-hyeon (방중현) as Cheong-ho (청호)
2PM's Wooyoung (우영) – Special cameo appearance
miss A's Suzy (수지) – Special cameo appearance
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Production Credits
Director: Kim Sung Yoon (김성윤)
Screenplay: Heo Seong Hye (허성혜)
- The drama is 38th part of KBS "Drama Special" miniseries.
- 2PM's Wooyoung and miss A's Suzy cameo in the drama as the couple encumbered by casino scandal due to their connection with the PD Kim Sung Yoon through the KBS 2TV's Dream High. It's reported that they kiss in the episode that appears at the ending credit scroll.
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This is a mini-rant, a short essay refuting a common misconception among users of an Internet forum. If you think this essay is FUD, feel free to explain why on the essay's talk page.
- "A person is smart; people are dumb."
-- Tommy Lee Jones, Men in Black (1997)
Four out of the five major U.S. motion picture studios in the Motion Picture Association of America control major U.S. television news outlets:
- Comcast owns Universal Studios, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, and the last mile of high-speed Internet across much of the United States.
- The Walt Disney Company owns Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox, ABC, and ABC News Now.
- National Amusements owns Paramount Pictures and CBS.
- Time Warner owns Warner Bros. Pictures, CNN, and HLN.
Sony doesn't own a U.S. TV news outlet. Fox owns the Fox television network, Fox News Channel, and Fox Business Channel, but sold its movie studio in December 2017.
In a representative democracy, voters elect legislators based on two kinds of information: the issues and the candidates. The MPAA studios influence the law by using the news outlets that are part of the same media conglomerate to manipulate both kinds of information, framing the discourse favorably to the movie industry. It is claimed that the MPAA and other corporate media have become a fourth branch of government.
"If they're talking about it on TV, it must be important."
Even though individuals may be smart, the public tends to believe what the TV tells them to believe. If a news outlet reports on a particular criminal investigation, the audience assumes the case newsworthy, even if its result would affect less of the economy than some other topic. For example, if a TV pundit like Lou Dobbs routinely talks about illegal immigration, voters will take into account immigration policy. Or if no pundits routinely talk about copyright, even how it affects the millions of bloggers in the developed world, voters won't take into account copyright policy.
This means TV news tends to bury stories about legislation that helps the movie studios more than it helps the end users. Think back to 1998: the major networks failed to cover the copyright industry landgrabs known as the Copyright Term Extension Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and their ramifications on the availability of works and devices. And from 2006, when the public first learned of the existence of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, until 2010, when the first ACTA draft became public, which TV news channel covered it in a newscast? No matter how "fair and balanced" Fox News Channel claims to be, or how "fair and balanced" some say the combination of Fox News Channel and MSNBC is, neither one nor both is free enough from conflict of interest to a balanced view of the copyfight.[1][2]
Some claim that only geeks and people who work in the entertainment industry care about copyright, and a copyright story would bore viewers. But copyright legislation is important to anyone who wants to make fair use of a copyrighted work. This includes time- and place-shifting, de minimis use in another work, use in parody or other criticism of a work, etc. And this includes far more than geeks; copyright and the automated enforcement thereof touch everybody who has submitted a video to Dailymotion or YouTube. An occasional 60-second story in the 60-minute news loop typical of "headline news" shows, such as the cable news channels' daytime schedules, wouldn't be so long as to bore viewers, yet MPAA news channels are too conflicted to give even that.
"Ron Paul? Who's that?"
So you want to run for an elected Federal office in the United States. But without support from television news and the movie studios that run it, your campaign can't get its message out to a majority of voters in your district. Consider Ron Paul's 2008 campaign for President of the United States. Paul is a libertarian Republican who serves as a legislator in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 14th District of Texas. Though his campaign had wide support among Internet users, it crashed and burned among the general public when the major networks gave the campaigns of John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney so much more exposure. In fact, the debate moderators wouldn't let Paul get a word in edgewise.
Perhaps the most direct evidence for MPAA control over campaigns came in 2012 when MPAA president Chris Dodd "suggested in a Fox News interview that Hollywood would cut off campaign funds for President Obama and other lawmakers who withdrew support" for a federal mandate of censorship of foreign Internet sites allegedly dedicated to copyright infringement.[3][4]
- ↑ Michael Davis, Andrew Stark (2001). Conflict of interest in the professions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 019512863X.
- ↑ Lawrence Lessig (2011). Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress -- and a Plan to Stop It. Twelve. ISBN 9780446576437.
- ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Chris Dodd warns of Hollywood backlash against Obama over anti-piracy bill". FoxNews.com, 2012-01-19. Accessed 2012-12-29.
- ↑ Pamela McClintock. "MPAA Chief Christopher Dodd Says SOPA Debate Isn't Over, Defends Hosting Harvey Weinstein Even as He Attacked Over 'Bully'". The Hollywood Reporter. 2012-04-05. Accessed 2012-04-06.


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As I was doing research toward my dissertation in Ashfield, Massachusetts, last year, I came across a series of family letters written by a set of eight brothers (they had one sister, but she apparently wrote no letters). The Ranney brothers were all born between 1812 and 1833 in Ashfield, but all of them except the third son Henry went west—some farther than others. They wrote each other regularly for more than fifty years, and over a hundred of their letters are preserved at the Ashfield Historical Society. The collection probably includes most of the letters Henry Sears Ranney received from his brothers (he was apparently a very meticulous record-keeper, and served as Ashfield's Town Clerk for fifty years!), but not all. For example, there is no mention of the death at age 25 of younger brother Lyman, who was working for a merchant in Tahlequah and had written several letters home with interesting observations of the South and the Indian Nation. And unfortunately the collection does not include copies of letters Henry wrote. That's unfortunate, but not unexpected. Although blotter-books were widely used in this period to make copies of handwritten letters, this practice was usually reserved for business correspondence.
A collection of a hundred family letters spanning half a century is treasure for a historian interested in the lives of regular people. Because the writers were all brothers, there is very little time wasted on empty formality—they get right to the point and write about what's most important to the family. Reading the letters, we get a rare glimpse at the interests and concerns of a fairly normal American family, as they experienced life in the nineteenth century.
The Ashfield Historical Society has been great about letting me transcribe and post these letters, which I have begun to do at www.ranneyletters.com. In the long run, I hope they can become a resource for teachers looking for primary material on the Yankee Migration to the northwest, and for anyone interested in the voices of regular Americans in the nineteenth century. When I've completed the set (something over a hundred letters and several background essays on local history, research, etc.), I'm going to self-publish them into a paperback volume. As I prepare the material, I'm hoping to get feedback from people on what is useful and interesting; I'll use this when I prepare the final version for print. So if you get a chance, please take a look or tell people you think may be interested. And stay tuned, letters will be posted more or less daily.
The story begins in May, 1839, with a three-page letter from twenty-four year old Lewis George Ranney to his younger brother Henry. Lewis begins with the most important news: "our folks are well as usual." Their parents had moved most of the family to Phelps New York in 1833. Henry, sixteen at the time, had stayed behind in Ashfield. In early 1838, George Ranney bought 105 acres in Phelps for $5,000; a year later he bought another hundred acres for $2,800. Eldest son Alonzo Franklin Ranney had a two acre house lot in town, worth $500, and Lewis was living at home in 1839 when he wrote to Henry—but he had already decided by this time that he was going on to Michigan.
The contents of the letter reveal the topics that interested Lewis, that he knew his brother would want to hear about. First, news of both the immediate and extended family. In response to Henry's letter, Lewis lists the birth dates of all the siblings. Their mother, Achsah Sears Ranney, had eleven children in the 21-year period between age 23 and 44, and then lived to age 80. Nine of the children were alive in 1839. Lewis goes on to mention a couple of Ashfield acquaintances, and then tells Henry that their father wants him to send money. Funds will be tight in Phelps until the harvest, several months away, and their father "has had none from Michigan." This is a very interesting point, because it shows that the family is not only in contact over half the continent, but is financially connected as well. Money and information (and, as we'll see later, merchandise) flows in both directions between family members all over North America. We're mistaken if we assume that when people moved west, they cut their ties with family and went on their own. This web of continuity and connection is one of the most interesting aspects of the collection.


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Mississippi Stud Strategies
Success in Mississippi Stud is all about keeping the house advantage below 5%. Because hands are short and play is generally fast-paced, it is important to memorize some basic strategy before getting started. In this article, we present a quick overview of some of the most commonly accepted betting and playing practices in Mississippi Stud that will increase your odds of a good payout.
Ante accordingly
In most cases, players should be prepared to wager at least three times what they put down as their initial ante. Because Mississippi Stud has three betting stages, your odds of pushing or paying out change as the game progresses. Here are some recommendations for what to do at each step:
- Before seeing the first community card: If you draw a pair, the odds of getting a payout are in your favor. Feel free to make a substantial raise, possibly as much as three times your initial amount. If you draw an ace, a face card or a hand containing two numbers between six and 10, go ahead and raise, but do so more conservatively. In all other cases, fold.
- After seeing one community card: Each community card that is revealed will affect your probability of getting a payout. Raise aggressively if you have a hand that can push, such as any pair of sixes or higher. Make a more conservative bet if you have three cards of the same suit, a pair below six, three cards between six and ten, two or more face cards or aces, three consecutive cards or two consecutive cards that have the potential to form a flush.
- After seeing two community cards: Once the second community card has been revealed, bet aggressively if you have a hand that will pay out or push. With anything close, such as four straight cards or a pair below six, either fold or raise conservatively.
How to Play Mississippi Stud
Mississippi Stud is easy to learn and is based on Five Card Stud Poker. Players do not compete against the dealer. They win if their hands meet or beat a pair of Jacks and earn money based on a payout table. The best payout, for a Royal Flush, equals 500 to 1. A Royal Flush pays on all bets.
Getting Started
Players ante up before they receive their first two cards. The dealer places three community cards in the middle of the table, face down. After the players look at their first two cards, they may fold – and lose their ante – or they may make an additional wager of one to three times their ante.
The dealer turns over the first community card. The players may make an additional bet, following the same one-to-three times the ante rule. They may also fold. Once the players place their bets, the dealer turns the second community card, and the players repeat the process. After the dealer turns over the last community card, he settles all of the bets. Anyone who folds loses their original ante plus the following bets.
Any player who beats a pair of Jacks with their five-card hand – their two original cards plus the three community cards – wins according to the payout table. Some hands do not win.
The Mississippi Stud Payout Schedule
A Royal Flush pays 500 to 1.
A Straight Flush pays 100 to 1.
A Four-of-a-Kind pays 40 to 1.
A Full House pays 10 to 1.
A Straight pays 4 to 1.
A Three-of-a-Kind pays 3 to 1.
Two pair pays 2 to 1.
A pair of Jacks or better pays 1 to 1.
A pair of 6s or 10s is a push.
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First Person: Exploring the Unconscious Brain
By Sandra J. Ackerman
An interview with Nicholas Schiff about a continuum of brain activity.
An interview with Nicholas Schiff about a continuum of brain activity.
Sometimes in science, results that don't seem to make sense point the way to a gratifying insight. As a young man lay in bed, writhing and still barely conscious two years after a close escape from drowning, his mother gave him a small dose of the sedative zolpidem to help him rest. To her amazement, instead of becoming quieter, he awoke, recognized her, and even tried to speak. This case and others like it have fascinated Nicholas Schiff (below), the Jerold B. Katz professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Cornell University's Weill Medical College. Recently, Schiff talked with Sandra Ackerman, senior editor of American Scientist, about the hidden brain activity he thinks may be taking place in some patients who appear unable to respond.
News stories about the results of a major stroke or trauma to the brain seem to use a bewildering variety of terms to describe the patient's medical condition: coma, unconsciousness, vegetative state, and so on. How many different levels of consciousness really exist in the human brain?
Many—but for the purposes of this discussion, we can think of consciousness as a spectrum. At one end is our everyday consciousness, and at the other is total unconsciousness, as represented by coma. Actually, the term "coma" covers two very similar states: One is the kind of coma that results from a severe head injury or cardiac arrest, and the other is the state induced in a hospital setting by means of general anesthesia.
So anyone who has had general anesthesia has been in a coma?
Yes, general anesthesia is nearly identical to what we might call "natural" coma. At the other end of the extreme is normal consciousness, and we have a continuum of states in between. For example, "vegetative state" doesn't differ much from coma in terms of function, except that a person in a vegetative state has periods of time when the eyes are open and periods when the eyes are closed. A patient in a vegetative state doesn't show any response to stimulation or any evidence of purposeful movement.
What has happened over time is that as more and more people survive very severe brain injuries, we see a wider range of preservation of brain function in patients who all appear to be in a vegetative state. And we have discovered that some patients who appear this way really aren't anything like vegetative, in terms of their preservation of brain function and capacity. These patients have been misclassified as being in a vegetative state simply because they were physically unable to respond to a stimulus, but they were aware of it.
The next major point on the spectrum is the minimally conscious state, in which people show clear evidence that they have some level of awareness: They may track a moving object with their eyes, they may give you a thumbs-up or follow some other command, or they may even communicate inconsistently with words or gestures.
Then, typically, the next level that gets labeled is something called confusional state, where people can communicate but they're not oriented to what happened to them or where they are in time or other aspects of their personal history. After confusional state you have a range of cognitive capacities following recovery from coma, but they're all measurable on standard measurements that anybody would be tested on.
Those are the coarse-grained separations that are most standard, but of course there are many other divisions and flavors of consciousness that have been described.
And the conversational term "brain-dead," where does that come in?
Brain death is on the other side of coma, with no detectable electrical activity at all. It turns out that isn't the best way to diagnose brain death—the best way is to determine, by means of a brain-imaging study, that the blood flow to the brain has stopped. But the important thing is, brain death is death of the brain. It's irreversible.
I can imagine that the family members of someone who has suffered a traumatic brain injury could find it hard to take in all this information suddenly, in the midst of an an emergency.
Right. That's how it happens: They suddenly have to become educated in a whole medical field, at the worst possible time.
Tell me about your recent paper, in which you and your colleagues suggest the unconscious or minimally conscious brain may harbor some capacity that is activated by zolpidem.
What's most important about this paper is that all of the patients discussed, even though they had completely different kinds of injury—one had a severe traumatic brain injury, one had a near-drowning injury, one had multiple strokes—all looked nearly identical in terms of their brain electrical activity before they got the drug. We discovered we had very strong evidence that the patients were essentially oscillating at a very specific low-frequency range of activity, on both sides of the brain, and that it was highly synchronous—and the frequency of the oscillations suggested a precise mechanism that could underlie it. This model does a lot of work for us, because it fills in some pieces for thinking about how the injured brain may not function well, but yet still harbor the capacity to do a lot more.
So this study, even though it included only a small number of patients, was like a tiny window through which you may be able to see a much larger model of the unconscious brain?
Yes, and part of the reason I think that's true is that the theoretical framework we're using had been proposed even before these studies. This framework not only links together these ideas about structural brain injury but draws direct comparison to what happens in the human brain under general anesthesia—which we do know a lot about.
In the healthy brain, the drug zolpidem acts as a sedative—in fact, in its prescription form, it is used as a sleep aid by millions of Americans. Yet in your brain-injured patients, zolpidem has actually restored some measure of consciousness. How do you account for such dramatically opposite effects from the same drug?
When anybody goes under general anesthesia, in the initial phase they get a little tired and quiet, and in the second phase they have what we call paradoxical excitation—that is, they get agitated. That is the model for thinking about the zolpidem response: that second phase, when the brain goes into paradoxical excitation. These injured brains that have been quiet start to turn on and sort of catch a ride on a wave of excitatory activity, and then as the brain becomes more engaged, many different systems come online, and then there's more brain activity and it's powering a brief window of much higher level function.
What happens after initial treatment?
The effect of zolpidem wears off gradually, over several hours. Interestingly, though, in one of the patients we studied, who was receiving a dose of zolpidem three times a day, every day, there were slow accretions of baseline improvement. So there's evidence for carry-over as well. That patient started off in a minimally conscious state, but now his condition is improved even when he's off the drug.
Would you compare the effect of zolpidem on the unconscious brain to, say, kick-starting an engine?
No—surfers catching a wave is the better analogy, because once that wave rolls in to shore, they're not riding high on it any more. It's not a matter of getting the engine started and then the car just runs; as the drug wears off, the patient's function goes down—even for the ones who have gotten an accretion of improvement over time.
If there were one fundamental point that you would like the general public to understand about traumatic brain injury, or one specific piece of advice to give, what would it be?
The important thing to know is that when there's a diagnosis of brain death, the patient is dead. I would say that it's very important to express your wishes ahead of time and to have designated somebody who can make decisions on your behalf. An advance directive is important, but choosing someone to have healthcare power of attorney—somebody who can interpret the complexity of real-world situations that may arise—is much more important.
That's a useful reminder, because people almost never think about these things if they don't have to.
That's unfortunately true.
You hold faculty appointments at Weill Cornell Medical College both in neurology/neuroscience and in public health. What is the public-health component of your work?
Mostly ethics. But I'm not the ethicist; I work with an ethicist, Dr. Joseph Fins, so that we can translate the science into ethics properly. But even more, my work focuses on trying to figure out mechanisms of recovery and therapeutics and diagnostics. That's really the thrust of what I do.
Where do you see your brain research leading from here?
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text: Staff and volunteers at the National Aquarium are excited to announce the newest addition to the dolphin colony: At approximately 9 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10 Jade, an 11 year old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, gave birth to her second calf. At birth the calf was approximately 30 lbs and 2-3 feet long. The sex of the calf is undetermined at this time. The calf is very alert and appears to be healthy. It has been swimming along alongside Jade and Shiloh, a 31 year old experienced mother, taking synchronized breathes with Jade, and has started to nurse. The trainers are cautiously optimistic about its progress. Even with a successful birth and experienced motherly care, some 33% of calves do not survive their first year of life in either ocean or Aquarium settings. "We do everything we can to provide the right habitat conditions, nutritional needs and care for the mother and calf, their survival depends more on the mother than anything else," commented Sue Hunter, director of animal programs at the National Aquarium. "Jade is lucky enough to have two other female dolphins in the nursing pool who can assist her with motherly duties, and our staff is prepared to help with feeding if necessary." The new calf joins ten other Atlantic bottlenose dolphins in the Aquarium pools, including two other youngsters. Foster is Jade's first calf and will turn three in September. Bayley is the youngest of the dolphin colony and will turn two years old in July. Both appear to be curious about the new arrival but are staying out of the way of the mom and calf for now. To allow ample time for the calf and mother to bond, and for the calf to become accustomed to its new surroundings, the amphitheater will be closed for 24-48 hours and all dolphin shows suspended. As marine mammal trainers and veterinarians become confident that the mom and calf have had ample time to bond in a quiet setting and are ready for visitors and activity, the amphitheater will be re-opened for the public quiet dolphin shows and presentations. In the meantime, visitors can see most of the dolphins through the underwater viewing windows and interact with dolphin trainers and education staff. Over the next few months trainers and volunteers will monitor the progress of the calf through around the clock observations. The calf will live on its mother's milk for the first three months of life; trainers will begin to offer the calf fish at about 3 months of age. As the calf develops the Aquarium will determine plans to name it. The public is encouraged to visit WATERblog, the Aquarium's blog, and TXT the word DOLPHIN to 30644 to receive dolphin and other news from the Aquarium. message and data rates apply Categories: Animals


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by: April D. Byrd
Ava's work is praise worthy along with other talented black voices shaping media and film. For media creators young and old, it's good to see people who follow their passion and gain reputable success. There are a number of Black women media pioneers who are rising to the occasion and serving as inspiration, hopefully for more creatives to come. Here are a few play makers who are changing the game and leaving a legacy for the next generation.
Can you think of any other Black women in media and film who are changing the game? Tyra Banks, Queen Latifah, Karen Civil? You? Let us know your thoughts and picks in the comments section below. You can follow this conversation and the latest updates on Trey Anthony's Facebook fan page.
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Police say a television reporter was attacked in Berkeley while filming a segment called "People Behaving Badly" for KRON 4.
The Oakland Tribune reports ( https://bit.ly/177bUe7 ) that reporter Stanley Roberts was filming on Thursday outside Amoeba Music on Telegraph Ave. for a segment about the increase of panhandlers in the area.
Roberts said the men he was filming told him they did not want to be filmed, but the reporter insisted because they were in a public place.
Roberts says one of the men approached him aggressively, and then he was attacked from behind by another.
During the altercation, Roberts says he had his credentials stolen, and his $5,000 camera and a microphone damaged.
Berkeley police arrested the two men on suspicion of battery and felony vandalism.
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Nitroglycerin is used to treat congestive heart failure, to help prevent frequent chest pain caused by a heart condition known as angina, and to relieve pain caused by chronic anal fissures.
The drug is available under the brand names Nitromist, Nitrobid, Nitro-Dur, Nitrostat, Imdur, Isordil and Rectiv.
Nitroglycerin works by causing your veins to expand or dilate, known as venodilation. It also works on dilating the coronary arteries, contributing to the relief of angina.
If you are allergic to nitroglycerin or any of its inactive ingredients, you should not take nitroglycerin.
People who have very serious kidney problems should not take nitroglycerin.
You should not take nitroglycerin if you have:
People who take nitroglycerin for long periods of time may find that they seem to build a tolerance to the drug and that it appears to either have stopped working or become less effective. This is known as nitroglycerin tolerance.
The best way to avoid this problem is by taking what is called a "drug holiday," in which you go for a period of at least 10 to 12 hours of not taking the drug. Many patients find it most convenient to take the drug holiday overnight while they are asleep.
It's important to note that you should avoid changing brands (even between generic versions) because there any many different dosage forms and strengths of nitroglycerin.
Make sure that you are getting the exact dose that your doctor intended for you to have of this drug each time you take it.
It's not clear whether taking nitroglycerin during pregnant will harm the fetus.
Additionally, it still remains unclear whether nitroglycerin is found in breast milk, so it's not recommended that breastfeeding mothers take this medication.
Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant before taking this medication.
You should also alert your physician if you are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed.
Methemoglobinemia is a very rare yet serious blood disorder that can happen in people taking nitroglycerin.
Methemoglobinemia is caused by the blood not being able to carry as much oxygen as it normally would.
People with this condition may tire quickly, have trouble exercising as usual, become dizzy, lose consciousness, and have a bluish appearance to the skin and/or nails due to lack of oxygen in the body.
It is always important to share with your doctor and pharmacist all prescription, non-prescription, illegal, recreational, herbal, nutritional, or dietary drugs you're taking.
You should not take nitroglycerin if you are taking the following drugs:
If you are taking any of the following medications talk to your doctor about alternatives to nitroglycerin:
Severe reactions have been reported in cases where patients taking high doses of nitroglycerin were also drinking alcohol. It's best to avoid drinking while taking this drug.
To date, it remains unclear as to whether nitroglycerin is processed by the liver the same way as grapefruit juice.
To be on the safe side, it might be a good idea to avoid drinking grapefruit while taking this drug.
To prevent chest pain, you doctor may have you take extended release capsules of nitroglycerin in doses ranging from 2.5 milligrams (mg) to 6.5 mg, every six to eight hours.
Your doctor may gradually increase your dose until you reach the dose that works best for you with little to no side effects.
Nitroglycerin patches (Nitro-Dur) can be applied to the skin once a day and should remain on the body for a period of 12 to 14 hours.
It's best to apply the patch to a part of the body that has little or no hair, as long as the area is located somewhere in between the neck and knees. Many patients find it most convenient to place the patch on the chest or back.
Be sure to remove the patch after 12 to 14 hours to avoid becoming tolerant to the medication. Also, rotate areas or sides of the body where you apply the patch to avoid skin irritation.
In cases where you are actually experiencing chest pain, there are special nitroglycerin tablets that can be placed under the tongue. These tablets come in doses of 0.3 mg, 0.4 mg, and 0.6 mg.
In general, you can place one tablet under the tongue to dissolve after your pain begins. However, you should not take any more than three tablets within a 15-minute period.
If you suspect an overdose, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately. You can get in touch with a poison control center at (800) 222-1222.
If you miss a dose of nitroglycerin, try to take it as soon as you remember as long as it is not too close to bedtime or to the usual time of taking your next dose.
However, if it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and resume your regular dosing schedule. Don't double up to make up for a missed dose.
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Every year, for every kind of festivity or celebration, there has to be someone who hates on it and says the famous words "it's just too commercial, you know?!". And who has ever said that it is not? We all have enough brain to understand it.. but it's your choice to celebrate or not with the one you love.
If you do or do not, it doesn't mean that you love more or less.. If you buy or don't buy something for your beloved one, doesn't mean that you care or care less about him/her!
Love can have a lot of meanings.. I decided to celebrate it in all its meanings today.
I am sitting in a cafe drinking a tea and eating an orange, with surprised eyes of people who turn they're necks elongating them as if they were giraffes, because the smell of orange already arrived under their noses. I watched some videos of inspiring people and learned more or less how I want to become (the "more" because I'd love to, the "less" because it needs time). I am celebrating the love for myself, and accepting in this little solitary moment all my flaws, because it's not true that I don't like them, I am perfect in my own way.
I changed my sit and came in front of a table that looks at the street, and this is actually what I wanted to do. It's 19.30 now, and so many couples are walking hands in hands, looking curious, maybe searching for a restaurant for tonight's dinner! Some seem to speak, others prefer the silence. A homeless guy asks for money to people walking by and answering "no" as if they didn't have time, but for him is a day as all the others.
Some people walk alone, some nearly run to get somewhere, and some walk with the phones on their hands. But they all look kinda sweet and make me somehow smile. I am celebrating the love for human beings... all so different and all so beautiful! All like little planets in the Universe I'm in (Berlin), and all undiscovered but that impatiently wait to get discovered, they seek for attention (in a good way).
And I? I changed apartment and I'm staying at a friend's place for a little, but if I still had one, I would have spend it with my boyfriend watching some stupid movies, going to eat at our favorite restaurant and then returning home and eating again because we'd still be hungry for food and stupid movies.
But the plans changed, and the restaurant is the only thing that remains to us tonight, without counting my little luggage. I'm going to make the best out of what I'll have, and let all the good feelings flow... and I hope that you'll do so too!
Have a wonderful night, and spending giving and receiving love: to and from everything, everyone, but especially yourself.
With love (this has never been more on point),
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