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LONGMONT — Police are looking for a man who reportedly approached a group of 13-year-olds on Sept. 28 and tried to coax one to leave with him, according to reports.
Cmdr. Jeff Satur said officers followed up on a possible lead on the man's identity, but it didn't pan out.
According to reports, the man approached a group of five 13-year-olds at about 9 p.m. on Sept. 28 at Twin Peaks Mall and tried to persuade one of the teens to leave with him and for the others to give him their phone numbers. They refused and reported the incident to mall security. The security officer saw the man leave the mall to the southwest riding a white mountain bike.
The man is described as being in his late-20s or early-30s, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, with a thin build and a dark complexion. Police reported that he may be Hispanic, Middle Eastern or Indian and that he spoke with an accent.
Police released a composite sketch of the man Monday morning.
Satur said officers would like to speak with the man and that investigators do not know what his intentions were. Police did not release information about the invcident until Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Longmont Police Department at 303-651-8501.

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With the free agent market falling from under the feet of the guys who got to it, the guys who didn't are locking in their money.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, Dolphins defensive tackle Randy Starks signed his franchise tender today.
He becomes the fifth franchise player to sign his tender (joining Branden Albert, Michael Johnson, Henry Melton and Anthony Spencer), guaranteeing his one-year contract. In Starks' case, that's a $8.45 million deal for the coming year.
It's not what he might have made in previous free agent markets, but this year is proving to be unlike others, and not for the good of the players, forcing them to effectively punt and wait a year hoping conditions improve.


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While manufactured homes have come a long way from being associated with trailer parks, Nexterra Green Homes takes the idea of houses built in a factory, and then assembled on site, to a new level of sophistication. Not only are the four Nexterra Green Homes - soon to appear in Toronto - modern in design, they will be LEED Platinum; in other words, as environmentally friendly as it gets.
Gary Lands and Barry Campbell (a friend) founded Nexterra Green Homes. Gary runs the day-to-day operations of the company. One of the first misconceptions he clarifies is that the main advantage of a prefab is that it's less expensive. "A manufactured home is good value, but I think it's more that it's a better way to build," Gary says. "Workmanship is more precise in a factory environment. Weather conditions don't impact the quality or timing of the work. We can also control costs better in a plant as well."
He also trumpets the environmental angle: "There's far less waste in a factory, and the waste that is created can be easily recycled," Gary says. As for whether building a house in modules creates issues, he insists there aren't any. "It's the opposite," Gary says. "The modules have to be structurally very strong for transport. You get a very soundly constructed house this way."
After Gary and Barry founded the company, they engaged LivingHomes, a leading designer of prefab homes in Santa Monica, Calif. Working together, they spent considerable time planning their first project - four homes on an urban ravine in North Toronto. With a concept in mind, they surveyed different factories in Canada to construct the modules. Eventually, choosing a plant in Indiana because of the team's eagerness to work on a custom project, and because they had experience making modules to Canadian building standards.
The construction of the modules took only a few weeks. Once shipped to the site, they were installed on the foundation, and a local contractor took over to install geothermal heating and cooling, the water and electrical components and to finish the interiors.
Don't today's building codes make most houses environmentally better? "They help, but codes don't come close to our standards," Gary says. "And they certainly don't pick countertops or finishes that are environmentally appropriate, or appliances that are the best green choice."
One of the fascinating things about this project is that the houses are strikingly modern. "Barry and I wanted to build houses we like, both in terms of environmental concerns and their style. We admire modern."
(How refreshing that the pair didn't assume a traditional design would be an easier sell, and thus make it the default build.)
Gary explains the architect of the houses is in sync with those who favour modern design. Ray Kappe, a legendary modern architect born in 1927, was a California designer and pioneer in the 1960s and '70s of modular design. His open-plan approach allowed for both spatial fluidity and what he believed were plans that were less expensive to build. His portfolio is the epitome of California cool, featuring elegant beach cottages in Malibu and houses in canyons around Los Angeles beautifully integrated into their natural sites.
You'd think local building officials would go out of their way to make houses such as Nexterra's as easy as possible to produce. Aside from the usual bureaucratic confusion and lack of communication between areas in the building department ("We don't talk to that department, you'll have to-) that nearly everyone who has ever been involved in such situations experiences, building something different - even if demonstrably better - is not for the faint of heart in Toronto. You have to be a bit of a zealot to stick with it. I think Gary and Barry's resolve will be rewarded when their first homes go on the market. For a three-plus bedroom house on a ravine in Toronto, finished to LEED Platinum standards, if you like modern, $1.7million sounds like a deal to me.


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Traits of Jupiter in Taurus
Taurus is possibly the most cautious of all signs, the most realistic too. It's also a sign which is able to enjoy sensual pleasure more than any other, because the sense of touch is heightened. Jupiter in Taurus in reality has no dignity, since Taurus is ruled both by Venus and Moon, both by domicile, triplicity and exaltation. The nature of Jupiter is enthusiasm, faith, expansion and long distance travelling, the nature of Taurus is staying in one place all through existence and watching the trees grow, and waiting for the good fruit to be ready. Jupiter in essence has little patience for Taurus caution, and patience and so is unhappy in this sign, generally speaking. Taurus Jupiter is the fine artist who paints quickly, literally throwing the paint onto the canvas, because it's fun, the fine artist who maybe has got the patience, but would rather take chances on something new, the artist who paints on very large canvasses, but hasn't got the time to focus on minute details. Taurus Jupiter has qualities which incline it towards pacifism, both sign and Planet do not appreciate violence, in fact violence is abhorrent to this placement. Having said this, it's not to say that Taurus Jupiter is guaranteed peace, far from it, since this is peregrine Jupiter. Those with this placement though have something that they value and wish to protect, which is why they are motivated to bring about peace, financially it is fortunate, though not necessarily on ethical or moral grounds either, since banks to do have ethics by nature.
Some people with Taurus Jupiter prominent include: Pablo Picasso, F.D: Roosevelt, Howard Hughs, Virginia Woolf, David Icke, Vladimir Lenin
Jupiter ruler of capitalism
Jupiter of itself has power over democracy and the capitalist system and it is easy to see that when Jupiter is doing well, western capitalism is also doing well, generally speaking. With the entrance of Sun into Sagittarius each year, western nations which celebrate the PAGAN festival of Christmas symbolised by a big fat man (Santa) who brings presents and puts them under a tree (Capricorn). Typically during the Capricorn phase trade dries up because all the money is spent during the preceding Sagittarius period, and Capricorn indeed requires total cutbacks and a sense of contraction in order to begin again, hence the January sales.
The forecast for 2011-2012
Jupiter goes direct in January, which will be a boon to the banks and to solid investments, because these are said to be Taurus institutions. Those who invested in "safe" investments such as gold, etc. should sell what they have during this period so as to make a profit. The Taurus Jupiter period, which lasts until June 2012 provides some degree of financial stability in a system which is under the influence of altogether different and possibly more powerful and deep seated changes. If there was a time when capitalism dried up, it would be during Jupiter in Gemini, the detriment of this sign, and indeed if you look back to the financial crash of 1929, this placement was in effect. Gemini is of course all talk and no substance, Gemini has no faith, it relies on hard facts, and capitalism of the west is entirely driven by optimism and faith, gambling, which as stated above belong to Jupiter's natural home, Sagittarius and Pisces. Interestingly right now is a great time for the artistic world with Jupiter in a sign which is slow and tedious and is able to create great masterpieces of not just painting, but sculpture too, since Taurus is a very physical sign. During this period, until June 2012, the banks will expand and financial services will have a certain amount of luck. The only problem with the direct station of Jupiter in January is that it is partile opposition to a Libra Saturn, since both these planets are in domicile of Venus and Venus is in Aquarius at this time, Saturn takes precedence. The financial expansion from the word go will be opposed, and the luck which the stock market has will be kept in check.


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Healthcare Industry News: pancreatitis
News Release - January 24, 2013
Amarin Announces Market Introduction of Vascepa(R) (icosapent ethyl) Capsules for the Treatment of Very High Triglycerides (VHTG)First and Only FDA Approved Pure-EPA Omega-3 Prescription Therapy Now Available
Vascepa Reduces VHTG Without Raising LDL Cholesterol
BEDMINSTER, N.J., and DUBLIN, Ireland, Jan. 24, 2013 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Amarin Corporation plc (AMRN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health, today announced that Vascepa(R) (icosapent ethyl) capsules, a therapy for patients in the United States to treat severe (>=500 mg/dL) hypertriglyceridemia more commonly known as very high triglycerides, or VHTG, is now available by way of physician prescription, and will be supported with a national commercial launch on January 28, 2013.
Vascepa is the first FDA-approved VHTG therapy to have demonstrated, in published controlled clinical trials, significant reduction in levels of triglycerides without elevation in levels of LDL-C and with a tolerability and safety profile similar to placebo. LDL-C is commonly referred to as "bad cholesterol" and is a primary cardiovascular risk factor. Vascepa also significantly improved many other important lipid parameters including apo B, non-HDL-C, TC and VLDL-C.
"Guidelines for the management of very high triglycerides state that reducing TG levels is the primary focus of therapy in patients with VHTG, due to the fact that severe hypertriglyceridemia contributes to the risk of acute pancreatitis," said Eliot A. Brinton, MD, Director, Atherometabolic Research, Utah Foundation for Biomedical Research, and Vice President, American Board of Clinical Lipidology. "Ideally, therapy that lowers very high triglycerides should not elevate LDL-C -- a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but other VHTG therapies substantially raise LDL-C."
"Amarin has worked closely with leading clinical experts and regulatory authorities to bring this important new prescription pure-EPA omega-3 therapy to patients with very high triglycerides," stated Joseph Zakrzewski, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Amarin. "Other approved products for treating very high triglycerides have long been associated with raising LDL-C -- commonly called bad cholesterol. Vascepa is the first prescription medicine for VHTG that does not raise LDL-C while significantly reducing very high triglycerides and providing a spectrum of additional lipid treatment benefits with a tolerability and safety profile similar to placebo. We expect this to be an important consideration in patient care as we educate physicians and other providers about the product."
About Vascepa(R) (icosapent ethyl) Capsules
Vascepa(R) (icosapent ethyl) capsules, known in scientific literature as AMR101, is a patented, pure-EPA omega-3 prescription product in a 1 gram capsule.
Vascepa(R) (icosapent ethyl) is indicated for use in the United States as an adjunct to diet to reduce triglyceride (TG) levels in adult patients with severe (>=500 mg/dL) hypertriglyceridemia.
The effect of Vascepa on the risk for pancreatitis or on cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia has not been determined.
Amarin is currently conducting a cardiovascular outcomes study called REDUCE-IT. This study is designed to evaluate the efficacy of Vascepa in reducing major cardiovascular events in an at-risk patient population on statin therapy.
The only reported adverse reaction with an incidence >2% and greater than placebo in Vascepa treated patients was arthralgia (2.3% for Vascepa vs. 1.0% for placebo).
About Severe (>500 mg/dL) Hypertriglyceridemia, or VHTG
Severe hypertriglyceridemia refers to a condition in which patients have very high (>=500 mg/dL) levels of triglycerides in the bloodstream. Amarin estimates that approximately 4 million people in the United States have VHTG. Official U.S. guidelines for the management of VHTG state that reducing triglyceride levels is the primary lipid treatment goal in patients with VHTG levels to reduce the risk of acute pancreatitis.1 According to The American Heart Association Scientific Statement on Triglycerides and Cardiovascular Disease (2011), triglycerides also provide important information as a marker associated with the risk for heart disease and stroke, especially when an individual also has low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or HDL-C (often referred to as "good" cholesterol), and elevated levels of LDL-C (often referred to as "bad" cholesterol).
1 Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III): Final Report. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; September 2002. Publication No. 02-5215; Oh RC, Lanier JB. Management of hypertriglyceridemia. Am Fam Physician. 2007;75(9):1365-1371.
Glossary of terms used
apo B (apolipoprotein B), EPA (icosapent ethyl), LDL-C (Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol), non-HDL-C (total cholesterol less "good cholesterol"), TC (Total Cholesterol), TG (Triglycerides), VLDL-C (Very Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol).
About Amarin
Amarin Corporation plc is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the commercialization and development of therapeutics to improve cardiovascular health. Amarin's product development program leverages its extensive experience in lipid science and the potential therapeutic benefits of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Vascepa(R) (icosapent ethyl), Amarin's first FDA approved product, is a patented, ultra pure omega-3 fatty acid product comprising not less than 96% EPA and is available for use by prescription for the treatment of severe (>=500 mg/dL) hypertriglyceridemia. For more information about Vascepa visit www.vascepa.com. For more information about Amarin visit www.amarincorp.com.
Forward-looking statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the efficacy, safety and therapeutic benefits of Vascepa, clinical trial results, the clinical importance of certain biomarkers and the impact of Vascepa on such biomarkers, the timing of a commercial launch of Vascepa, and the commercial potential of Vascepa. These forward-looking statements are not promises or guarantees and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include the following: uncertainties associated generally with the commercial success of new pharmaceutical products, such as Vascepa; and Amarin's lack of experience as a company with commercializing pharmaceutical products. A further list and description of these risks, uncertainties and other risks associated with an investment in Amarin can be found in the "Risk Factors" section of Amarin's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Amarin undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances or otherwise except as required by law.
Amarin's product candidates are in various stages of development and are not available for sale or use outside of approved clinical trials, except as it relates to the approved indication described herein. This press release is intended for communication with investors. Nothing in this press release should be construed as marketing the use of such product candidates.
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Is 'everything in moderation' good advice?
A scientist has some vegetation in the lab. He takes a sliver of one of the greens, makes a slide and looks at it through his microscope. He sees a collection of cells.
When you break it down, that is what we are too, along with our genetic blueprint for our cells. Assuming you have a normal genetic blueprint, your health will then come down to that which effects cellular health.
So is 'everything in moderation' good advice in relation to this?
Yes and no.
It's a good idea, but it's also a vague one.
There was a study done stating the one thing that long lived people usually have in common is that they do things in moderation.
The concept being that if you do everything in moderation then that is the best way to live. It's good advice in that way, but it's also useless to most people.
It sounds to me, while this was a valid conclusion in many regards, that the study was lacking in depth and awareness of many critical factors (and so completely left them out).
While its true that our health, well being and longevity is best served by not overdoing or underdoing work, exercise, play, partying etc… don't we already know this? I mean wouldn't you expect that the longest lived people will nearly always not have done extreme things in their life.
But most people don't do extreme things and yet illness, cancer and heart attacks are very common and have increased markedly over the last century.
What's the real difference?
If you take an individual who feels fine, but unwittingly has health issues that will accumulate over time and end up in an illness at some point (and it could be in 20-30 years), telling him to do 'everything in moderation' is probably not going to help him.
Here's why:
He/She is probably already doing things reasonably and in moderation. If you take an average 40 year old person; they work 40 hours a week, don't drink alcohol too often, have hobbies they enjoy and eat reasonably well.
I don't want to be grim, but that person, on average, will experience a lot of health issues at some point.
This is the norm from an 'everything in moderation' point of view. So it's a largely meaningless statement.
What's meaningful is physiological stress and epigenetics (physiological stressors flipping bad genes on and good genes off).
A person's current and future health will be determined by that. It will also influence longevity and heavily influence quality of life in later years. We can also be totally unaware that our body is very stressed.
So what influences physiological stress?
– Traumatic memories, negative beliefs/interpretations (these are usually subconscious, so again we can be totally unaware of them). WHO estimates that 85% of all illness is caused by stress. Psychologists conclude that most stress is caused by unhelpful interpretations and/or actions in relation to those. Consequently, this factor is probably the biggest influence on health and well being.
– Chronic lack of certain nutrients (macro or micro), which is far more common than realised, even in developed countries
– Eating too much (adequate nutrients but a balanced calorie intake is required)
– Excess adipose tissue or body fat
– Bacteria, virus, fungus (you can have a large pathogen load that is causing havoc that can be hard to detect for nearly all physicians, they can even be inside cells)
– Environmental toxins which can accumulate in tissues
– Too much or too little work
– Too much or too little physical exercise
– Bad habits and addictions
– And so on.
There are ways to successfully address all of these factors, but the point is that this is the make or break with health, well being, longevity and quality of life in later years. These are the concrete issues. I would say in most cases 'everything in moderation' will ignore these things, and so won't do the job.
The longest lived and healthiest people in the world are the Okinawans. They live on a secluded island off Japan.
They meditate and exercise daily, eat fish, chicken, seaweed, vegetables and rice from lands that they naturally replenish with nutrients. They don't overeat. They also disregard treating symptoms with toxic pharmaceuticals and instead use natural medicines to help facilitate the body to heal itself without side effects.
Five times as many Okinawans live to be 100 years old as their compatriots elsewhere in Japan – and Japan has the highest life expectancy of any country. Okinawans also usually die of old age and not from any disease (they have drastically different rates of illness and prolonged illness to the west). Therefore, they usually have a high quality of life right up to when they die.
They also have many fighters in their 90's, who are still able to whoop guys half their age! In other words, they also retain strength, speed and flexibility a lot more than their counterparts in other nations.
Could it be that they have a great weather system, are wealthy, have unique genes or are secluded from infectious diseases?
The weather is no different to lots of places.
Okinawa is poor – Japan's poorest region in fact. It has had its fair share of hardship – it has been invaded many times over the centuries and suffered heavy losses in the second world war. Studies suggest that when they emigrate, Okinawans quickly lose their health advantages – which means it's not about genetics.
Unfortunately, their lifestyle is also starting to change as other influences come into their culture.
However, if we go back to factors that cause physiological stress and successfully address those things we can mimic their results and even better them!
I go into these factors and how to address them in a lot more depth in my report, The Health and Energy Code, click here for more information.


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I also like the look of him salivating while looking at the racquet. I know that feeling.
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Bankruptcy, whether you are a person or a California municipal government, is a tough, lonely process. If you're a city, you may be able to get out from some commitments, but you're likely to have to start over, by yourself, in a weakened position.
That's why struggling cities do -- and should -- avoid bankruptcy court. It's also why predictions of mass bankruptcies -- beyond those in Stockton, Vallejo, Mammoth Lakes, and now San Bernardino -- are unlikely to come true.
But struggling cities have real problems, and face real pain. And since bankruptcy is such a problematic option, what should they do?
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News from around the country and around the globe
The answer: share their pain. With other cities, preferably ones they love.
Here's some relationship advice for California municipalities: don't go bankrupt. Consolidate. Hook up with neighbors and see if you can share services, or maybe even get married. Economies of scale can be real -- and lead to real savings. California already has far too many cities in the state--nearly 500. And since municipalities are the biggest spenders in the state -- we are at or near the top in national rankings in public employee compensation, especially for law enforcement -- there's potential for real savings via consolidation of cities.
But how to find compatible partners?
Someone should come up with a Match.com for cities, an online dating site for those who want to get together and do some hot-and-heavy consolidating.
Because it's best not to face fiscal crisis alone.
Lead Prop Zero blogger Joe Mathews is California editor at Zocalo Public Square, a fellow at Arizona State University's Center for Social Cohesion, and co-author of California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It (University of California, 2010).
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A Classic New England Barn in the Fenderson hillside garden in New Hampshire, the perfect
setting for a collection of Asiatic Primula and many rare plants, including trees and shrubs.
Last weekend, as I started my vacation ( actually a 'staycation', to allow me to work on a new venture that I will announce here in a week or two - one that will change everything.), we visited the garden of Kris Fenderson, not only a friend of ours, as well as a bit of a distant neighbor in New Hampshire, but also the Kirs Fenderson the rest of the world knows, that of respected garden designer, author and an expert on the Genus Primula. Kris researched and authored on of the few guides to the Genus, A SYNOPTIC GUIDE TO THE GENUS PRIMULA by G.K. Fenderson, still a respected key to the species and available on some rare book sites, since it is currently out of print. Kris' home was inspirational, high on a mountain slope reached only be following a remote unpaved New England road up a wooded hillside on the border of Vermont and New Hampshire.
This is one of those garden locations where you begin to anticipate the experience for before reaching the destinations, for like many gardeners with vision, Kris carefully selected his habitat long before building a garden. A gift the best garden designers have, like Fletcher Steele, is the innate sense to craft a garden in the perfect location,that being one that already is essentially a garden of nature. The steep, single lane dirt road that leads up to Kris's nineteenth Century home ( maybe eighteenth?) helps set the tone for the garden, with native birches lining gushing mountain streams, then deep woods of Hemlock and Beech, Hornbeam and Maple, one eventually emerges into a meadow that suddenly is a garden, whether Kris planted it or not.
One cannot tell where the garden actually begins or ends, but there are hints, such s the drifts of Asiatic Primula along a stream that crosses the road, or to the really keen eye, some faded Meconopsis clump, virtually unheard of in these parts of the country, except in the gardens of Wayne Winterrowd, a neighbor of Kris' , and who sort of made the culture of the sky blue poppies from Tibet and Nepal famous for a moment, in their book, 'A YEAR AT NORTH HILL". On my bedside at the moment is their newest book, A LIFE OF A GARDENER, and in it, they reveal the secret, that Kris Fenderson was the one who actually shared his Meconopsis with them. I have never met Mr. Winterrowd, but had hoped that someday we could either meet or live as they do, knowing fascinating people, grow the most interesting plants, and live where cars cannot be heard. Perhaps we are closer than I thought. And, now, knowing the less than romantic history of the Meconopsis, actually coming from a friends' garden, I am feeling a little more 'in', and less like an outsider.


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First new Galileo satellite arrives at ESA for space testing
The first satellite of Galileo's next phase has arrived at ESA's technical heart in the Netherlands for a rigorous set of tests to check its readiness for launch.
This first Galileo Full Operational Capability – FOC – satellite is functionally identical to the first four Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites already in orbit, the operational nucleus of the full Galileo constellation, but has been built by a separate industrial team.
Like all the other 21 FOC satellites so far procured by ESA, the satellite's prime contractor is OHB in Bremen, Germany and the navigation payload was produced by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in Guildford, UK.
This first FOC satellite arrived by road at ESTEC's Test Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, on 15 May to undergo a series of tests simulating different aspects of launch and space environment. The comprehensive test programme will validate the new design and all the satellites to follow.
A unique facility for Europe, ESA's test centre has all the facilities needed to validate a satellite for launch under a single roof.
Thermal vacuum testing will simulate the temperature extremes the satellites must endure in the airlessness of space throughout their 12-year working lifetimes. Without any moderating atmosphere, temperatures can shift hundreds of degrees from sunlight to shadow.
Other activities on the schedule include shaker and acoustic noise testing – simulating the vibration and noise of launch – as well as electromagnetic compatibility and antenna testing, placing the satellite in chambers shielded from all external radio signals to reproduce infinite space and check that its various antennas and electrical systems are interoperable without harmful interference.
Each satellite will offer the full range of Galileo positioning, navigation and timing services, plus search and rescue message relays, their accuracy ensured by onboard atomic clocks kept synchronised by a worldwide ground network.
"The Galileo FOC satellites provide the same capabilities as the previous IOV satellites, but with improved performance, such as higher transmit power," explains Giuliano Gatti, the Head of the Galileo Space Segment Procurement Office. "They are to all intents a new design that requires a full checkout before getting the green light for launch.
"By fully validating this satellite, the second flight model due to follow it here at beginning of June, and the third one due to arrive in ESTEC at middle of July, we gain full knowledge of their characteristics, and the further satellites in the series will require less rigorous functional testing."
The first four Galileo IOV satellites, launched in 2011 and 2012, were provided by EADS Astrium with Thales Alenia Space Italy responsible for integrating the satellites and Astrium in Portsmouth, UK, providing the navigation payloads. They provided their first navigation fix in March 2013.
The first FOC satellites are due to be launched together on a Soyuz from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana this autumn, with two more due to follow by the end of the year.
A European partnership
The definition, development and In-Orbit Validation phases of the Galileo programme are being carried out by ESA and co-funded with the European Commission (EC).
The subsequent FOC phase is managed and funded by the EC. The Commission has delegated the role of design and procurement agent to ESA for the FOC phase. At the same time as the satellites are being assembled on a production-line basis, ground stations are also being established on far-flung European territories around the globe.


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Companies can develop powerful insights about how individual businesses and strategic initiatives contribute to value creation by using the BCG Value Lens. The approach starts with a company's business and financial plans and translates them into estimates of future contribution to overall company TSR.
The BCG Value Lens has four key components.
The Value Lens isn't just for public companies. It's also used by private companies to assess the value creation potential of their businesses and to guide value creation strategies.


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"Have at least some good deeds that you do, kept secret between you and your Maker"
I got this from a good friend of mine. The quote is so lovely and so meaningful.
We live in a different time from our ancestors. We live in a world where everything is just a status away, a tweet away, an instagram away etc. Sometimes people these days do thing with an incentive to tell the world about it. We are all guilty of it at some point.
We tell the world our routine; what we eat, what we buy, why we do it etc.
People could be benefited from those but sometimes it could also draw jealousy. And from there onward, things could be a bit of a mess. I guess we should always filter things that we are about to share if we can or if we want to.
Going back to the quote. Some people always tell the world about the good things that they've done, about their religious routine etc. Maybe it's good to inspire people but this is an absolute reminder to all of us. We should always have good things that we do being kept as a secret between us and Allah alone. If you could do that, that's pure sincerity because you don't need to tell others to validate the good things that you had done and you don't need others to convince you of the good things that you had done. Trust me, we are just human after all. We always do this. If we don't tell the world, sometimes we tell it to our family or our best friend or a stranger or anybody else.
Start count your good deeds and see if anybody else know about it. Start keeping it as a secret between you and Allah alone.
The only person you should be telling is yourself so that you can always outrun yourself to be better each and every day.
"Work hard in silence, let your success be all your noise"
Monday, May 19, 2014
"Have at least some good deeds that you do, kept secret between you and your Maker"
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The folks at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum in Harrogate, TN have unveiled their latest exhibit, an exploration of the ways advertisers, filmmakers, politicians, and practically everyone have invoked Lincoln in the decades since his death. "Lincoln in Memory: The 16th President in Personal and Cultural Recollections" relies heavily on original material from the museum's vast holdings to illustrate Lincoln's role as a cultural icon.
I got the chance to see this exhibit when it was under construction, and it was a rather surprising experience. I worked at the ALLM as a student intern and later as a staff member, so I'm pretty familiar with the collection, but this exhibit includes quite a few items that were new to me. It's an impressive assemblage of Lincolniana: movie posters, original pop art, ads, calendars, propaganda, etc.
A brief description of the exhibit is available here at the museum's website. I strongly recommend a visit. The ALLM has one of the finest Lincoln/Civil War collections anywhere, and it's just a stone's throw from the beautiful Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.


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November 25, 2005-Tank Job
We've been out to Mong Kok a few times this week spending Honkers (Hong Kong dollars, 8 to 1 US dollar) buying parts for the new water tanks we've been putting in.
What a job!
In order to replace the water tanks, which, after 18 years, were leaking a bit too much, we had to dissasemble the whole back of the boat. That took a day in itself. Then the old tanks had to come out. That involved a bit of fiberglass grinding, and a lot of pulling and tugging, and I had to remember which way they would fit going out the hatch, but we did it.
A great stainless welder in Aberdeen made some new tanks for us, stainless this time, not aluminum, and Judy and I took the boat over on Monday to pick them up.
They looked nice.
Then, another dissassembly job in the back of the boat, and finally, the new ones went in.
After two and a half days, we had the job finished.
Its really nice to have new water tanks.
Click Here for all the Hong Kong photos
Fred & Judy, SV Wings, Hong Kong


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Theme: Flower Power
Location: Rush Ranch – Eastern Oregon
My kitchen window faces the morning sunrise. Three crystal prisms hang there in the sun, splashing brilliant rainbows against the walls. I take a deep breath and give thanks for all the small things and all the big things that can only exist through the grace of God. My family. My home.
I look out upon the upper fields of the Rush Ranch. Sunflower (The wild mustang) is racing back and forth across the field this morning, expressing her displeasure that Lacy (the calm and gentle horse) has been taken away for the summer. Lacy belongs to a neighbor teenager, and every summer he and Lacy become part of a "Great Train Robbery" show in Sumpter, Washington. Sunflower loves having Lacy with her all winter, and hates it when Lacy goes away for the summer. I hate it, too, because I am sad for Sunflower. But Sunflower does have the two neighbor horses to visit with, across the fence. There is "Whinny", the beautiful white Arabian, and "Scratchy", the Shetland. Can you tell that they were named by the three neighbor girls, all under the age of 8? The Arabian is such a beautiful and graceful animal; it deserves a name worthy of him, don't you think? Something majestic and royal, like "Sir Lancelot", "Apollo", or "Michelangelo".
(That's Scratchy in the foreground, and Sunflower in the back. Sunflower has
been rolling in the dirt, as you can see…..)
Scratchy is forever escaping his place of residence, and running over here to spend time with our horses. Over here, he can share in the apple and molasses-coated oats that my husband feeds the horses for a treat. Scratchy has never met an apple that he didn't like. We actually miss Scratchy when his owner comes over to collect him. Each horse has their own treat bucket, even scratchy. Husband dishes out the treats, and our lab then tries to steal the apples from the buckets before the horses get them. In the summertime, both horses and dogs can go pick their own apples directly from the trees, so this game of swiping apples is a winter sport.
Our lab is 10 years old this month. We have had him since he was a few weeks old. A neighbor's dog had puppies, and our "Murphy" was a runt. We immediately fell in love with him. He now takes Rimadyl each day for his hip, and it is a funny routine that occurs EVERY morning. Husband gives him a Rimadyl, and Murphy immediately spits it out on the floor. The husband says "You need to take that – it's your medicine". Murphy picks it back up and eats it. EVERY morning. Murphy has his share of quirks too numerous to mention – he usually carries a toy in his mouth – We call it his security "boo-boo". Usually a stuffed squirrel or frog. He won't pass through a door unless it is wide-open. He barks if my husband gives me a hug or smooch in the kitchen. When he goes for a walk with my husband, he barks for a full minute to let everyone know that he is VERY happy, taking his dad for a walk.
This month I participated in a free "Crochet Along", also known as a "CAL". Rebecca over at Yarn + Chai led over 20,000 people on a CAL to make her Malia tote. It was fun seeing all of the different colors people used, and how they enhanced the bag with lining or special findings. The pattern is still free and people are still signing up, so head on over there is you want to try something new. This is my first bag I've ever made, and first time working with mercerized cotton. I learned a lot and enjoyed the camaraderie. Here is my result:
The theme for the monthly Blog Train over at Pixelscrapper is Flower Power. Here is a link back to the blog train forum. All kits are free to download, but will have different terms of use. As always my work is free for you to use, both personal and commercial. All I ask is that you pass along a kindness to a stranger this month.
I will have another download for you in about two weeks, so sign up for email alerts if you want to know when I release a new download.
Have a great month!


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Optical continuous flow cryostat suitable for a wide range of applications: the window material and geometry can be specified to allow spectroscopy with excitation energies from gamma rays through to the far infrared.
Designed for experiments requiring optical access to the sample, the Janis Research ST-100 includes the following components:
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text: Imagine diving into digital archives, excavating previously unappreciated images from other worlds, and electronically piecing them together to present new pictures to our world. That's what The Planetary Society, in partnership with UnmannedSpaceflight.com, is pleased to host – an archive of amateur-processed space images. Contribute your image or learn how to make your own.


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ReggieNet: Gradebook Clinic
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Students and instructors will use a new Gradebook in ReggieNet starting in the fall of 2017. This tool offers new features and a new, more "spreadsheet-like" experience for instructors. Join us for this one-hour workshop, where you'll learn the ins and outs of this updated resource through hands-on experience. You'll leave prepared to use the new Gradebook on your first day of classes. Special Faulty Prep Week sessions do not require registration. Simply walk in, sit down at a computer, and start learning! We recommend that you plan to arrive a few minutes early. Parking is limited around our building, so please consider walking.
If you are brand-new to using ReggieNet, consider attending one of the "Getting Started with ReggieNet workshops instead (which will include a look at the new Gradebook tool).


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Stick pins in my eyes
Posted by Smokey Stover on September 03, 2005
In Reply to: Stick pins in my eyes posted by Russ Cable on September 02, 2005
: : : : I am curious to find the origin of the phrase "I would rather stick pins in my eyes".
: : : It might be just a made-up phrase with no particular antecedent, or it might mean something like, "I would rather stick pins in my eyes, as though I were a voodoo doll, than accede to your demand." I believe that you might hope that sticking pins in the eyes of a voodoo doll representing some particular person would blind that person. Or I'm wrong. SS
: : There are quite a few phrases going the rounds in which the speaker describes some extreme form of self-mutilation that s/he would rather perform: e.g. "I'd rather chew my own leg off", or "I'd sooner pull out my own intestines and use them for sausage casings". I suspect that "I'd rather stick pins in my eyes" may just be another variant on this hyperbole. (I just love to get the chance to say "hyperbole", it's one of my favourite words.) VSD
: Then there's the childhood oath: "Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye"
I always learn so much on this site. As often as I have heard "Cross my heart and hope to die," I never got to hear the second clause, "stick a needle in my eye." And I, too, like the word hyperbole, and all its relatives except "hype," which I very actively dislike. SS
- Stick pins in my eyes Victoria S Dennis 03/September/05
- Stick pins in my eyes Lewis 05/September/05


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even more riviting is the forecast of what Could happen
as derived by DoD guru Andrew Marshall - the 80 something "yoda" who came up with strategic missile defense.
At first the changes are easily mistaken for normal weather variationallowing skeptics to dismiss them as a "blip" of little importance and leaving policymakers and the public paralyzed with uncertainty. But by 2020 there is little doubt that something drastic is happening. The average temperature has fallen by up to five degrees Fahrenheit in some regions of North America and Asia and up to six degrees in parts of Europe. (By comparison, the average temperature over the North Atlantic during the last ice age was ten to 15 degrees lower than it is today.) Massive droughts have begun in key agricultural regions. The average annual rainfall has dropped by nearly 30% in northern Europe, and its climate has become more like Siberia's.
Violent storms are increasingly common as the conveyor becomes wobbly on its way to collapse. A particularly severe storm causes the ocean to break through levees in the Netherlands, making coastal cities such as the Hague unlivable. In California the delta island levees in the Sacramento River area are breached, disrupting the aqueduct system transporting water from north to south.
Megadroughts afflict the U.S., especially in the southern states, along with winds that are 15% stronger on average than they are now, causing widespread dust storms and soil loss. The U.S. is better positioned to cope than most nations, however, thanks to its diverse growing climates, wealth, technology, and abundant resources. That has a downside, though: It magnifies the haves-vs.-have-nots gap and fosters bellicose finger-pointing at America.
Turning inward, the U.S. effectively seeks to build a fortress around itself to preserve resources. Borders are strengthened to hold back starving immigrants from Mexico, South America, and the Caribbean islandswaves of boat people pose especially grim problems. Tension between the U.S. and Mexico rises as the U.S. reneges on a 1944 treaty that guarantees water flow from the Colorado River into Mexico. America is forced to meet its rising energy demand with options that are costly both economically and politically, including nuclear power and onerous Middle Eastern contracts. Yet it survives without catastrophic losses.
Europe, hardest hit by its temperature drop, struggles to deal with immigrants from Scandinavia seeking warmer climes to the south. Southern Europe is beleaguered by refugees from hard-hit countries in Africa and elsewhere. But Western Europe's wealth helps buffer it from catastrophe.
Australia's size and resources help it cope, as does its locationthe conveyor shutdown mainly affects the Northern Hemisphere. Japan has fewer resources but is able to draw on its social cohesion to copeits government is able to induce population-wide behavior changes to conserve resources.
China's huge population and food demand make it particularly vulnerable. It is hit by increasingly unpredictable monsoon rains, which cause devastating floods in drought-denuded areas. Other parts of Asia and East Africa are similarly stressed. Much of Bangladesh becomes nearly uninhabitable because of a rising sea level, which contaminates inland water supplies. Countries whose diversity already produces conflict, such as India and Indonesia, are hard-pressed to maintain internal order while coping with the unfolding changes.
As the decade progresses, pressures to act become irresistiblehistory shows that whenever humans have faced a choice between starving or raiding, they raid. Imagine Eastern European countries, struggling to feed their populations, invading Russiawhich is weakened by a population that is already in declinefor access to its minerals and energy supplies. Or picture Japan eyeing nearby Russian oil and gas reserves to power desalination plants and energy-intensive farming. Envision nuclear-armed Pakistan, India, and China skirmishing at their borders over refugees, access to shared rivers, and arable land. Or Spain and Portugal fighting over fishing rightsfisheries are disrupted around the world as water temperatures change, causing fish to migrate to new habitats.
Growing tensions engender novel alliances. Canada joins fortress America in a North American bloc. (Alternatively, Canada may seek to keep its abundant hydropower for itself, straining its ties with the energy-hungry U.S.) North and South Korea align to create a technically savvy, nuclear-armed entity. Europe forms a truly unified bloc to curb its immigration problems and protect against aggressors. Russia, threatened by impoverished neighbors in dire straits, may join the European bloc.
Nuclear arms proliferation is inevitable. Oil supplies are stretched thin as climate cooling drives up demand. Many countries seek to shore up their energy supplies with nuclear energy, accelerating nuclear proliferation. Japan, South Korea, and Germany develop nuclear-weapons capabilities, as do Iran, Egypt, and North Korea. Israel, China, India, and Pakistan also are poised to use the bomb.
The changes relentlessly hammer the world's "carrying capacity"the natural resources, social organizations, and economic networks that support the population. Technological progress and market forces, which have long helped boost Earth's carrying capacity, can do little to offset the crisisit is too widespread and unfolds too fast.
As the planet's carrying capacity shrinks, an ancient pattern reemerges: the eruption of desperate, all-out wars over food, water, and energy supplies. As Harvard archeologist Steven LeBlanc has noted, wars over resources were the norm until about three centuries ago. When such conflicts broke out, 25% of a population's adult males usually died. As abrupt climate change hits home, warfare may again come to define human life.


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After many conferences and travels, this summer I had some time to write and prepare new sessions for the next wave of conferences. In reality I am just doing that, even if I already restarted traveling for consulting and training. So expect new content about DAX and Tabular coming in the next months! Starting to see real customer adopting Tabular is showing many new challenges and there is still a lot to learn and to create.
If you still didn't started working on Tabular, well, you should. As I always say, as a BI developer you should be able to choose between Tabular and Multidimensional, and in order to do that you should know both of them! One thing that I don't like very much about marketing is that "Tabular is simpler", because it's often translated in "Tabular is for simple projects" when this last statement is not true. Actually, I see a lot of good reasons to adopt Tabular in complex data models, especially in non-traditional scenarios. I know, this is because I love to understand what are the actual limits of a technology, and I'm learning that there is simple a lot of space of improvement also for Tabular. It's already fast, but it could be faster!
How can you start? Well, first of all, by reading our book. Then, by attending to our SSAS Tabular workshop. There is an online edition of the workshop on September 3-4, 2012 (hurry up if you want to register), and there are already several dates planned for the next months (and others will be added soon!). And, of course, by installing SQL Server 2012 and trying to create models over your databases. If you are too lazy, just start with PowerPivot.
As soon as you start working with Tabular or PowerPivot, you will see that there is one important skill you need: learning DAX. In the next few days I should publish an article that I'm finishing these days about best practices using SUMMARIZE and ADDCOLUMNS. If only someone published this article one year ago, I would have saved many hours of my life. But, you know, flight manuals are written in blood… and someone has to write!
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We don't study every subject every day. We don't study every subject every week. Take math, for instance. After the math grid obsession of several weeks ago, the girls didn't touch any purposeful math activity for weeks afterward.
Sure, they built with LEGOs and blocks. Sure, they did math games on Jump Start. Sure, they played Quirkle and Sorry and Monopoly Junior. Sure, they helped me mix and measure in the kitchen. That's all math. But neither girl felt like doing any traditional math exercises--no Cuisenaire rods, no pattern blocks, no worksheet pages, no abacus, no computation, no word problems. So we didn't.
Everything comes around, however, and if you give it time, everything gets done in its own time, and if you give a kid freedom and choices, eventually she'll choose everything. This I believe.
And that is to explain to you that we are now in the midst of a math renaissance. There are Cuisenaire rods. There are pattern blocks. There are worksheet pages. There is the abacus. There is computation. There are word problems.
There's a new computer math game that has the girls entranced (We're doing the free two-week trial of DreamBox, and so far it's a hit).
Will had me find and print different dot-to-dot puzzles from the internet, because her 1 to 100 dot-to-dot book has grown too familiar.
Sydney declared that Jump Start Preschool was "easy and boring, and I've played all the games," so up she goes, and she's now a kindergartner.
When the girls begin to make these kinds of choices, then I know to offer them more purposeful math activities as projects. I have an actual list, on account of I don't like to have ideas live only in my head. When a kid comes to me and wants to do something together, but she doesn't already have a project in mind, I read to her from the list.
4. Color mixing with food coloring and water.
To do this project, Sydney helped me drag every clean Mason jar out of the cabinet and fill it with water. To color the water, we didn't actually use food coloring, but the True Color Tablets from Steve Spangler Science, a Christmas present for the girls from their Grandma Beck.
We played with these tablets a LOT of ways:
I wrote out equations/recipes:
They also REALLY enjoyed making up their own complete equations:
The tablets fizz as they release their color, so it's quite exciting to dump them in then watch to see what you've got:
After every clean Mason jar in the house was filled with colored water, do you think that we just poured them all back out again?
No, we did not! I had a special project in mind for all that colored water, which I'll show you later...


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Video doc helps HIV-positive patients reduce risky behaviors
A computer-based interactive risk assessment and risk reduction counseling program using a video doctor sharply reduces sexual and drug risk behaviors by HIV-positive patients, according to UCSF researchers who developed and tested the intervention.
"Our most striking finding was that many of our intervention arm participants eliminated risky behaviors altogether-38 percent who reported unprotected sex at baseline reported no vaginal or anal sex without a condom after the intervention. Forty-four percent who had been using drugs at the first visit had stopped using all drugs at the conclusion of the study," said lead author Paul Gilbert, ScM, senior research associate at UCSF.
The program, named Positive Choice, was tested at five San Francisco Bay Area outpatient clinics among HIV-positive patients waiting to see their providers (to view clips of the video doc program, click on Positive Choice and scroll down). The results of the study are published in the April 9 issue of "PLoS ONE."
A total of 917 patient participants were screened for the study using the Positive Choice video doctor program. The program then randomized those reporting risky sexual or substance abuse behaviors-about half the sample- to either the intervention or the control arms. Even among those participants who continued risky behaviors, those in the intervention arm had three fewer casual sex partners and reported five fewer days of drug use in the prior month.
"We need better ways to support patients' healthy decisions. Positive Choice is an efficient, user friendly way to use clinic waiting time to help HIV-positive patients reduce risky behaviors, which not only benefits the wellbeing of the patients but also supports broader public health goals," said co-author David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, director of the Epidemiology Prevention and Interventions Center at San Francisco General Hospital.
Positive Choice uses the video doctor to simulate the ideal doctor-patient risk counseling conversation. Interactive video clips using an actor-portrayed doctor are matched to patients' answers from assessment questions allowing the omission of any non-relevant counseling. The counseling sessions, which last an average of 24 minutes, end with a prompt to patients to discuss the risky behaviors with their healthcare provider during their regular appointment following the video counseling session.
"Positive Choice does not replace a patient's healthcare provider, but facilitates and supports an important dialogue. Key features of the program are that it was developed so anyone can easily use it-even those with low literacy skills-and it can target multiple risk behaviors. In addition, the program meets or exceeds the CDC's best evidence criteria for HIV behavioral prevention interventions," said study senior author Barbara Gerbert, PhD, professor in the Division of Behavioral Sciences, Professionalism, and Ethics and director of the Center for Health Improvement and Prevention Studies (CHIPS) at UCSF.
Co-authors include Daniel Ciccarone, MD, MPH; Stuart Gansky, DrPH; Stephen McPhee, MD; Sophia Calderón, and Alyssa Bogetz from UCSF, and Katherine Clanon, MD, from the East Bay AIDS Education and Training Center, Oakland, CA.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, provided funding for the research.
The Center for Health Improvement and Prevention Studies is the research arm of the Division of Behavioral Sciences, Professionalism, and Ethics, which is within the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, UCSF School of Dentistry. CHIPS conducts research projects to increase understanding of the many ways that patients receive help from health care professionals and the health care system in changing their health-related behaviors.
The Epidemiology Prevention and Interventions Center at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center is a component of the AIDS Research Institute (ARI) at UCSF. UCSF ARI houses hundreds of scientists and dozens of programs throughout UCSF and affiliated labs and institutions, making ARI one of the largest AIDS research entities in the world.
Paper available on the PLoS website:


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Somewhere in Los Angeles, a beautiful evolved soul spreads her magnificent glory throughout the streets of Hollywood. This soul lies within the smart and sexy actress – Elsi Eng. Elsi is a muse, a lion heart, and now a "True Blood" vampire.
Five years ago, Elsi Eng was living as an expat in Hong Kong. She was young and jobless. She dragged her over-sized suitcase and moved from place to place like a wild child. She was struggling to settle down in Hong Kong, and ended up sleeping on someone's couch for more than 3 months. Her prestigious degree in Psychology did not land her a desk job that her parents had hoped for her.
It was a time when she felt like the sky was falling down on her. Elsi was so far away from home, and truly lost in life. She packed her suitcase again and moved to Thailand, an even more foreign country, hoping for a miracle while soul-searching. She was down on her knees, asking God for an answer to her destiny. During that time, an unexpected love affair happened, between her and a TV show called "True Blood". She fell madly in love with the show from the first episode. This show gave her hopes in life, when she had no job, no home, and no one whom she could lean on.
Feeling inspired, Elsi started re-thinking everything, re-evaluating her life. She finally realized that her priorities lie in an area that she was always afraid to pursue – ACTING. The burning desire to get on this show turned Elsi's fear into courage. She decided that she would do whatever it takes to act on "True Blood". With haste, Elsi moved to Los Angeles, and enrolled in the Master's Acting program at New York Film Academy. The rest is history.
Elsi made her official debut on "True Blood" last month, in season 6 episode 9, as a new badass vampire character. Her sex appeal created buzz on the Trueblood Forum after the episode was aired. Audience from everywhere wondered, "Who was that gorgeous Honolulu Asian vampire?" "What's her story?" and "Are we going to see more of her?"
For Elsi, God has already answered her prayer. After following this show religiously for 5 years, she never stopped dreaming. Now True Blood has returned her love by blessing her first time TV appearance! She is so grateful, because the very show that she loved unconditionally has loved her back generously.
Read more about Elsi Eng, join her on facebook, twitter and instagram!


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I'm dying. Seriously. I'm so totally dying. Alexander Skarsgard in Fifty Shades of Grey?!?!?!
Of course I would watch ASkars play absolutely any role -- plumber, bank teller, stuttering monk with a patch over one eye, ANY ROLE -- but bad boy with a taste for bondage Christian Grey?!
Skarsgard is so perfect for the part I can't even stand it. Even HE knows it! That's why his adorable ears perked up when he heard about the as-yet-uncast lead:
"He's got a sex chamber? My character has that on True Blood. He's got his little dungeon ... I was born to the play that part."
Ian Somerhalder? Puh-leeze. Chris Pine? Not even. Ryan Gosling? I'm not mad atchu, baby ... but nope.
Skarsgard. For. The. Win.
More from The Stir: '50 Shades of Grey' Actor Buzz Heats Up: Gosling, Pattinson, Efron ... Oh My!
Of course the obvious next question would be: Which actress is worthy of playing opposite ASkars as Christian's object of lust, Anastasia?
The answer? NO actress is worthy of such an honor. Hmph. But since the movie probably won't get made without a lead actress, I guess I'd have to suggest ... ummm ... yeah, sorry, can't think of anyone. And don't say Kristen Stewart -- she already has a vampire! No fair!
Do you think Alexander Skarsgard would be perfect in Fifty Shades of Grey?
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Such a tough evening, on one hand you have to be thrilled with the Cubs coming back two different times in this one, on the other, throw strikes!!! The Cubs offense was up to the task tonight, but the pitching was dreadful, it started with Edwin Jackson, and ended with Pedro Strop, and James Russell.
Edwin Jackson "walked" away with a no decision in this one, and probably deserved worse. Jackson worked 4.2 innings, giving up six runs on nine hits, while walking four (yuck), and striking out four. Pedro Strop, who got the loss, worked a third of an inning, giving up one run, while walking two, and striking out one. The issue in this one was James Russell coming on and failing to do his job against Pedro Alvarez, he walked Alvarez to load the bases and Russel Martin delivered a game winning sac-fly.
Starlin Castro! What a night from Castro, he was 3-for-4 with two home runs, four RBI's, and two runs scored. It was Castro's first time hitting two home runs in a major league game, it was awesome to see, Castro is now hitting .310 on the season, look at that. Emilio Bonifacio continues to get hits, almost every time up to the plate, he was 3-for-5 with an RBI, a stolen base, and a run scored. Anthony Rizzo is also going well at the plate right now, he was 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored in the loss.
I'll leave you with this… STOP BUNTING! Goodnight.
Game Highlights:
Bonifacio's RBI Single
Castro with a Three-Run Bomb!
Castro Goes Deep Again!
Rizzo RBI single
Renteria gets ejected


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Sterling K. Brown and Chadwick Boseman are throwing their support behind pro football players who took a knee in protest of President Donald Trump.
The actors commended players in the National Football League who sat, knelt or raised their fists in defiance during the national anthem on Sunday. The players responded after Trump said anyone who knelt during "The Star-Spangled Banner" should be fired, and used a profane term to describe such a player.
Brown and Boseman star in the upcoming film "Marshall" about Thurgood Marshall, the first black on the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. & World
Boseman called the players patriots, saying America is born out of people being revolutionary.
Brown said Trump has brought ugliness to the surface and "we can no longer remain silent."


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New S50 Carbon Fiber airbox with internal filters.
I got word from John (S14power.com) in Germany that he has modified their S50 airboxes to have an internal air filter, much like the CSL box for the S54. (E46 M3)
This is great news for those that have dropped one in an E30. There isn't much room to install a filter on the end of my intake due to the limited space caused by the ABS unit and Larger PWR radiator.
The only negative to these is that you don't see the intake trumpets as well since they are hidden. This is probably necessary because of the internal filter. Still looks sick though!
John's boxes are some of the best in the business and he's a great guy to work with, so don't hesitate to purchase from him.
Here are the pics and link to pricing for this and other boxes as well:
8 Comments
04 November 10, 1:56pm
Beautiful work
07 January 12, 5:48am
Can you modify this airbox to save the brake booster of an E30 swap?
17 March 12, 3:28am
The link to pricing is dead, any update on pricing? These look great! I couldn't find this version on s14power.com anywhere.
17 March 12, 3:53am
12 June 12, 1:02pm
Hi can you say me where can i go to buy this airbox?
i´m too interested
The "parts" section of s14power not work
12 June 13, 1:07am
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To follow-up on previous article Wine Snobbery 101, I bring you an interview with Erika Strum, avid food enthusiast and blogger, not to mention wine aficionado!
Erika Strum is Internet Marketing Manager at Wine Enthusiast Companies which is her family business. She first became involved in wine and technology by working in search engine optimization, completing her WSET Advanced Certification and
starting her own personal blog, StrumErika.com maintaining a blog, http://blog.winemag.com/editors/author/estrum/. She is involved in all divisions of the business from an online marketing perspective through email marketing plus editing and writing for the UnReserved blogs and Winstons' Wisdoms, the catalog blog. She also enjoys keeping on top of social media trends and democratizing wine, so that all wine lovers have a voice.
At Your Palate: Hey Erika! First, tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? What do you do? What makes you an expert on wine?
Erika Strum: Hi Shaya. OK, well I work in my family business: Wine Enthusiast Companies. The business started 30 years ago, in 1979, so we just celebrated our anniversary 🙂
AYP: Mazel tov! 🙂
ES: We are comprised of a wine accessories catalog and online retail site, WineEnthusiast.com, where we sell anything from stemware to storage and basically all of the wine accoutrements that people need. We also have a magazine featuring wine ratings from our team of expert tasters as well as recipes, travel and viticulture pieces. Thirdly, we are a wine retail business called WineExpress.com, where we sell wine online.
AYP: That sounds pretty impressive and a great wine resource. How well represented are the kosher wines; in the magazine, online for purchase, ratings, etc?
ES: At WineExpress we've tried selling a few kosher wines but they never seem to do well 🙁 Our only shot is around Passover. But we've also never taken a big inventory position on them, so it's hard to say whether it's our selection, or a lack of interest. At the magazine we have an editor who is assigned to kosher wines, so there is definitely a focus on it.
AYP: Very cool. I know that the kosher wine world is growing at a very rapid rate and the quality and vastness of selection has been getting better every few months. Erika, what happened 30 years ago that got your family to embark on Wine Enthusiast?
ES: Well, my Dad was selling wine for Gallo. He has always been a great salesman and he travelled around to restaurants in the city selling wine. So he was pretty into it. One evening, my parents went to a cocktail party and brought wine and the host didn't have a corkscrew. They got the idea that there really wasn't a great resource for people to find a nice selection of wine accessories, and that they should be more widely available, and present in every home.
AYP: Very cute…
ES: So they mailed their first catalog with a few pages and a couple of products out of the attic of our old house and then the business blossomed over time.
AYP: So cool! True American entrepreneurship!
ES: Yea I guess so!
AYP: At what point did your love of wine take hold?
ES: It took some time because I think when you're younger (and I definitely drank wine at a young age) there's a natural instinct to reject what your parents do, or to think it's not cool. Maybe I took it for granted a bit
AYP: *chuckle* I hear that…
ES: And then I went on my own and I worked in Napa [Valley, CA], and I think kind of being independent made me love it more and get involved at my own pace.
AYP: What'd you do while in Napa?
ES: I worked at Robert Mondavi, where I led the tours there for a Summer. It was my dad's idea and I was scared at first to go by myself and not know anyone! I was younger then. It was really an awesome experience, and I learned a lot about viticulture, vinification, tasting, and the average wine consumer from talking to the people on the tours!
AYP: Whoa! Hold on a sec…you threw out a few sesquipedalian words…..Viticulture? Vinification?
ES: Viticulture is basically, learning what goes on in the vineyard and Vinification is the study of the winemaking process.
AYP: Cool – did you find that it was overwhelming to learn what is seemingly a complicated process?
ES: It was very overwhelming. Everyone was older than me and we had a lot to learn but I just kept treading water and trying my best to keep up! Once I started doing the tours I realized that the average person knew far less than me anyway.
ES: So I think wine education is really important; I got some very bizarre questions on those tours.
AYP: What do you find are the most common misconceptions about wine?
ES: There is a lot of misinformation out there.
AYP: Oh, I'm sure! What were the bizarrest?
ES: People would ask: When do they add the raspberries? There is confusion that the aromatics are actually added to the wine, when in fact, these are all just naturally occurring from the grapes themselves. I think one of the most common misconceptions is that good wine has to be expensive. You can get a delicious bottle for $9.95. Maybe not a delicious kosher wine though ;). I find that a lot of the good kosher wines are very expensive and that's unfortunate.
AYP: I was going to say – do you think the same idea translates to kosher wine… :). Truth is, I think many of the good kosher wines are actually imported from Israel and Europe so I imagine that already puts the cost of the wine already in a higher cost bracket….Very few good kosher wines are actually produced here in the states…
ES: That's true, though it's not the case for non-kosher wine, you can find Italian bargains for under $10 for example, so I'm not sure that's the reason. I think it's more lack of demand for higher quality and not as much competition, so people can charge whatever they want.
AYP: Well, I think the next reason it's still expensive is because there's still a much smaller target audience for kosher wines than there are for non-kosher wines, so the vineyards and wineries are producing much smaller batches and so each case still probably costs more….
ES: Right, less demand.
AYP: Exactly what you said 🙂
ES: Also, the labor costs are probably more expensive, especially for non-mevushal.
AYP: I can't imagine why that would be though…there's no special process in kosher wines, especially in non–mevushal wines that would incur a higher labor cost. (*NOTE: mevushal wine refers to a halachic term which literally means the wine is "cooked." Today, most mevushal wines undergo a pasteurization process). What do you think are some of the key things people should look for when on the hunt for a good bottle of wine? what's your criteria for evaluating a new bottle of wine to buy?
ES: Well for me, I think about regions first and foremost. A lot of people look for pretty labels, but, for example, I usually say to myself, "hey, I haven't had a Portuguese wine in awhile, let's see what they have from Portugal." You can also consult a buying guide for thousands of ratings before you hit the store.
AYP: Why start by narrowing down a region first?
ES: That's how I do it personally; I think about what I'm in the mood for. I think it's good for people to try a few types of wine and see what suits them from different places I mean. Get to know your own palate.
AYP: So once you've narrowed down a region or country, what's next?
ES: Well, then you decide: red or white, the grape that you want, and how much you'd like to spend. Maybe you think about the occasion: is it for a meal, a party, a special occasion? What food are you eating and what pairs well, etc…
AYP: So you're basically recommending that someone do their research first 🙂
ES: Or ask someone, or use a guide.
AYP: So, I have a question that pertains to the different kinds of stemware out there. It seems as if every type of wine has its own special glass. Are the different glasses all that important?
ES: Yes, the shape of the glass concentrates the aromas in a different way. For example, a red wine with a large bouquet needs a generous sized glass so you have room to swirl and you can appreciate the whole nose. A white wine often has more delicate aromas so it requires a more narrow bowl to concentrate them. That being said, your wine will still taste good either way (as long as it's a good wine)!
AYP: Of course. What about champagne flûtes? What about its shape really enhances the drinking of sparkling wines?
ES: It prevents the bubbles from dissipating and the same about the aromatics, it concentrates them.
AYP: Interesting. So different wines can taste very differently in stemware suited for one type of wine over another?
ES: Yep.
AYP: That's very cool. From your experience, which regions or countries in the world have you found an abundance of high quality wines?
ES: Everywhere! Almost every country in the world is producing wine now. Of course you have the "Old World:" France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Portugal.
AYP: Interesting – any relatively new places where you've had some interesting wines?
ES: lately I've tasted a lot of New York wines and I've been really impressed. It's a shame there is barely any kosher wine being made in New York, I think it could be a great market but I don't think people perceive NY wines as being of high quality.
AYP: Maybe one day….
ES: There is a lot of education to do there as well.
AYP: This all sounds pretty amazing Erika! Thank you for your insights and tidbits of information 🙂
ES: My pleasure
To contact Erika Strum, feel free to visit her blog at WineMag.com or by email at email@example.com


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To commemorate the launch of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment's first foray into 2D to 3D conversion specifically for Blu-ray 3D release, the movie studio has released a Limited Edition Gift Set version of I, Robot 3D featuring a life-size model head of Sonny, the star robot.
It's so limited, in fact, that the set has sold out on Amazon.co.uk, being listed at £164.93 and above from marketplace sellers, and Pocket-lint had to get ours from Fox itself in the US where it is claimed only 4,000 were made.
This perhaps also explains why ours came without the Blu-ray discs. Fox titles tend to be region locked and US discs would be useless in our players. Many people do have US players over here though, so if that includes you, you might want to have one shipped in. Will cost you, mind.
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There's two things about the head itself that are mighty impressive. First, it is genuinely life-sized. When we visited Fox Studios to find out how the 2D to 3D conversion was made (a process we'll be revealing in full soon) we were also treated to a showcase of props from the original film. One of those was a full-sized NS-5 robot from the film, Sonny himself, if you like. We can guarantee, therefore, that the Limited Edition model is to scale.
The second thing is that it is remarkably robust and heavy. Not only are the details impressive (albeit made of plastic on the whole, where the real one was metal and plastics), but it also really feels like a substantial product.
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U.S. apparel company VF Corp. and private equity firm Altamont Capital Partners bid 526.8 million Australian dollars (US$556 million) for the company Monday afternoon, matching an existing bid from a former director and private equity partner. Billabong's shareholders have gotten their hopes up only to see bids fade in the past but there's good reason to believe this time may be different.