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The last thing on the mind of someone who has just had a joint replaced is to move that joint, but at Evangelical Community Hospital's Joint Replacement Program, that's exactly what happens within a day of surgery.
Evangelical's orthopaedic surgeons have performed 3,450 replacements since the inception of the program in 2005. The program continues to flourish as more and more patients of all ages seek better mobility and function. In 2013 alone, the program saw a 13% increase in patients seeking total joint replacement.
For those receiving knee, hip, and shoulder replacements, mobility in the future relies on immediate and ongoing physical therapy after surgery. In charge of that recovery process, is Evangelical's trained rehabilitation team consisting of physical and occupational therapists.
"Some people may feel asking a person to put weight on and move a new joint is unthinkable, but moving right away promotes better movement in the future," said Kara Rothermel, Director of Rehabilitation Services at Evangelical Community Hospital.
Evangelical's Joint Replacement Program focuses on patient and family education, including the awareness that therapy is integral to success. Part of the program is informative, pre-operative education through classes and consultation. The detailed sessions thoroughly prepare patients to go into surgery expecting to put in hard physical work to get the most out of their new joint.
Rothermel continued, "A patient's motivation and commitment are huge factors in long-term outcomes. We ask patients to try their very best when taking part in the program. The surgeons give their best, the rehab team offers their best, and the patients are the final factor in the best outcome equation."
The day after surgery patients are asked by therapists to be up and moving. This is true for knee, hip, and shoulder replacements. This starts with activities of daily living including using equipment to aid them in getting dressed, walkers to provide support, and instruction on how to properly move to get ready for their day.
In their rooms, joints are stretched and worked to prepare for movement and exercises are taught one-on-one to each patient. These exercises are the same ones that will be done at home on their own to promote the most success for the new joint.
Patients are encouraged to walk to the rehabilitation gym with the assistance of a therapist to guide and correct them in how they are moving on the new joint. On the way, they practice how to negotiate stairs and are spoken to about their individual home situation and setup. They are given instructions on how they might handle common tasks such as getting in and out of the car, maneuvering tight spaces in their home, and avoiding trips and falls.
Once in the rehabilitation gym, joint replacement patients join fellow replacement patients for group sessions where the education component is emphasized. They also go over the same exercises they've been taught individually, in order to increase their understanding and independence in the exercises for their home program. The sessions create a sense of camaraderie among the patients who are going through the same challenges. Patients are also introduced to real-life scenarios such as using the fully outfitted bathroom to practice maneuvering in and out of the bath tub and using the sink and toilet.
Another essential element is that of the coach. Each patient is encouraged to bring a coach to support them through the process of surgery and recovery. The coaches work with the patients during group sessions and learn how to motivate and guide them with the expectation that this same rehabilitation will happen at home without the direction of the trained therapists. Joint replacement patients have a short and meaningful hospital stay, generally going home on the third day. In-hospital therapy sessions, both group and individual, prepare them for the rehabilitation work that will continue after discharge. Most patients will then receive outpatient physical therapy, which is usually 2-3 times per week.
"Our program is grounded on solid basics in rehabilitation - restore motion, strength, and mobility. Our role is to provide the patient with the resources and knowledge to take their joint replacement success into their own hands. We are their instructor, their cheerleader, their greatest advocate. Our only goal is to give them the rehabilitation tools and a good foundation toward improving their quality of life," said Rothermel.
For more information on Evangelical's Joint Replacement Program and rehabilitation, call 1-888-447-6563.
Evangelical is a non-profit organization that employs approximately 1,460 people and has more than 170 employed and non-employed physicians on staff. The Hospital is licensed to accommodate 132 overnight patients, 12 acute rehab patients and 18 bassinets. The Hospital serves residents throughout the Central Susquehanna Valley, including those living in Snyder, Union, Northumberland, and Lycoming Counties.
Margaret Woodhead of Shamokin Dam puts on her shoes, an activity of daily living, after having a total hip replacement two days earlier. Assisting her in managing every day tasks with her new hip is Nicole Shovlin, MOTR/L, Occupational Therapist and a member of Evangelical's team of rehabilitation experts.
Margaret Woodhead of Shamokin Dam is instructed by Nicole Shovlin, MOTR/L, Occupational Therapist, how to maneuver in and out of the bath tub in the fully outfitted bathroom in the rehabilitation gym of the Center for Orthopaedics at Evangelical Community Hospital. The bathroom was created solely to aid total joint replacement patients in learning how to properly move their new joints during every day activities. The education provided by therapists prepares them for their return to home and the therapy they will need to do after discharge from the Hospital.

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You cannot expect for one to tell you "the keys of the success", nobody does that. Even if you were to listen big entrepreneurs, they won't tell you "Okay, do this and do that.". All you can expect is an idea (Most of the time vague.)
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NFA welcomes the opportunity to address the Commission's recent questions on self-regulation and self-regulatory organizations. NFA has always been a strong supporter of self-regulation and we believe it is the best model for regulation in the futures industry. That having been said, NFA also recognizes that there may be enhancements that can be made to the current system to make it an even stronger regulatory framework. We commend the Commission for nearing a conclusion to its study of the self-regulatory process.
Since NFA does not operate a market, and is a not-for-profit organization, it does not face many of the issues confronting exchange-SROs. As a result, a number of the issues raised in the Commission's request do not apply to NFA. We will limit our comments in this letter to those issues that directly affect NFA.
Question 1 - Is the present system of self-regulation an effective regulatory model for the futures industry?
Question 4 - What is the appropriate composition of SROs' boards of directors to ensure the fairness and effectiveness of their self-regulatory programs?
SRO members are an important component on any SRO's board. The knowledge and experience that these individuals bring to the board is critical. There are often several ways to address a regulatory issue, and SRO members are usually the best qualified to determine which method will address the issue most efficiently - providing the necessary protection to customers and other members while minimizing the burdens on regulated individuals and entities.
SRO members should also have a voice in how they are regulated. Not only are SRO members knowledgeable, they also have a real interest in ensuring that the self-regulatory process works and that the public has confidence in the integrity of the markets and the system. Their knowledge, combined with their interest in a successful self-regulatory process, help to ensure that the process is both fair and effective.
It is also important to remember that in many instances, the members of an SRO can be subdivided into different categories based on the nature of their business. Each category should be represented on the board because they represent different interests and may approach issues with a different perspective. It may also be appropriate to subdivide categories based on other factors, such as size. In many instances, the interests of a large firm are different than the interests of a small firm.
NFA's Board provides one model for this type of structure. Our Board is comprised of representatives from contract markets, FCMs, IBs, CPOs, CTAs and the public. The contract market, FCM and CPO/CTA categories require that a certain number of representatives come from firms based on the size of the Member - ensuring that both large and small entities are represented. The IB category requires that one IB board member represent guaranteed IBs and the other represent independent IBs.
As discussed more fully in Question 5, public directors also play an important role on an SRO's board. Participation by public directors ensures representation for the retail public and other end users who must have confidence in the way the market operates. Again, however, the board should be structured to ensure that they do not dominate the actions of the board.
The underlying principle for determining board composition should require that an SRO have a diverse board that represents the interests of all the SRO's constituents, including the public, and incorporates appropriate check and balances so that no one constituency can dominate the board.
Question 5 - Should SROs' boards include independent directors, and, if so, what level of representation should they have? What factors are relevant to determining a director's independence?
At NFA, a public director is one who is not an officer, director, partner, employee or beneficial owner of more than 10 percent of the equity stock of any NFA Member. This definition allows for a diverse group of public directors. NFA's public directors have included bankers, academics, former Congressmen, and end-users, among others. We believe that there should be diversity within the public representative category, but we do not believe that the category should be limited to individuals without any industry connections. Many of our public representatives have been individuals with industry experience or affiliations, such as end-users and a former CFTC chairperson. NFA has found that public representatives with industry experience have brought unique perspectives to the board and have made many positive contributions to NFA's success.
Question 6 - Should self-regulation be overseen by an independent entity within an SRO? If so, what functions and authority should be vested in such an entity? At least two futures exchanges have implemented board-level regulatory oversight committees ("ROCs") to oversee their regulatory functions in an advisory capacity. Commenters are invited to address any strengths or weaknesses in this approach.
ii. Should SRO disciplinary committees report to the board of directors, an independent internal body, or an outside body?
Answer - Members must be involved in the disciplinary process because they bring a depth of knowledge that public representatives do not have. As with board composition, however, no one constituency should control an SRO's disciplinary process, and disciplinary committees and hearing panels should be structured so that neither the respondent's colleagues nor its competitors control the decision to issue (or not issue) a complaint or determine the outcome of the proceeding. Since non-members are neither colleagues nor competitors, including them on disciplinary committees and hearing panels helps to strike the proper balance.
CFTC Regulation 1.64(c) requires NFA to have at least one non-member on each disciplinary committee and hearing panel that considers an action against a board or disciplinary committee member. NFA Compliance Rule 3-17 conforms to that requirement but goes much further by requiring each three person hearing panel to include at least one non-Member regardless of the type of case or whether the action is against an NFA board or disciplinary committee member. Compliance Rule 3-17 further directs the Chairman of the Hearing Committee to appoint panelists with diverse interests. In addition, NFA Bylaws 704 and 707 require, respectively, that at least one-third of the members of NFA's Business Conduct Committee and Hearing Committee be persons who are not Members or Associates or employees of Members. NFA believes that using non-members on hearing panels not only enlarges the pool of qualified individuals from which we can draw but also enhances the perception of fairness.
NFA does not believe, however, that disciplinary committees and hearing panels should be required to have a majority of non-members or a non-member chairperson. Diverse disciplinary committees and hearing panels and appropriate limitations on a chairperson's authority to act alone provide all the checks and balances necessary.
NFA's disciplinary committees do not report to any body, although they are appointed by the Board. All decisions of the disciplinary committees are subject to a full review process, including appellate rights to an Appeals Committee that is a subset of the Board and, from there, to the Commission.
Question 9 - What information should SROs make available to the public to increase transparency (e.g., governance, compensation structure, regulatory programs and other related matters)? Are the disclosure requirements applicable to publicly traded companies adequate for SROs?
Information on NFA disciplinary proceedings is also readily available to Members and the public. Decisions issued in disciplinary and membership cases and membership responsibility actions taken by the Executive Committee are posted in our BASIC system and are searchable by year and rule number, as well as by respondent. Complaints and answers are also included in BASIC, and all pleadings are available to the public upon request.
NFA believes that the framework in which NFA provides regulatory services also guards against potential conflicts. First, NFA prices its regulatory services to merely recover the costs associated with providing the service. Since NFA does not make any profit in providing these services, we have little economic interest in keeping clients satisfied by not investigating matters or recommending disciplinary action.
In addition, NFA's Regulatory Services Agreement ("RSA") requires an exchange that does not follow our recommendations on investigating a matter or initiating a disciplinary action to provide a written explanation to NFA as to why the exchange disagrees with NFA's recommendation. This creates a clear paper trail that the CFTC can review in connection with a rule enforcement audit or at any other time upon request. Additionally, each RSA contains a relatively short termination provision whereby NFA can terminate the RSA without cause if it disagrees with an exchange's regulatory decision.


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Full Report from Victorville
By Francisco Salazar at ringside
Light Heavyweight Gayrat Ahmedov might not have expected much with Demetrius Davis based on his won-loss record. That was thrown out the window as Davis came to fight and almost pulled off the upset against the world-ranked contender. Ahmedov won a close eight round majority decision on Saturday afternoon before a sold-out crowd of about 900 at Karma Club in Victorville, CA.
The bout headlined an eight-bout "Thunder in the Ring" card, presented by Don Chargin Promotions in association with Jorge Marron Promotions.
Ahmedov is a four-time national amateur champion from his native Uzbekistan. Rated in the top 15 by one sanctioning body, Ahmedov claimed a regional title two bouts ago, knocking out Douglas Otieno in August.
Ahmedov made his United States debut in his last bout, knocking out Harley Kilifan in the first round of a six round bout in January. He, along with Welterweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov, is promoted by KZ Event Productions, headed by world champion Beibut Shumenov.
Prior to his bout with Ahmedov, Davis had lost his last six bouts in a row. In a career that began since 1987, Davis has pulled off upset victories over then-contender Joseph Kiwanuka and most recently, a unanimous decision victory over Rowland Bryant last January.
Davis' awkward style worked well for him in the first couple of rounds. Davis was able to
work the body of Ahmedov with left hooks, eventually following it up with occasional hook to the head.
Ahmedov began to stalk Davis around the ring, attacking the body as well. Ahmedov began to mix in an occasional right hand to the head during the middle rounds.
Davis would switch back and forth from a conventional to a southpaw stance, using any angles to land to the body as well. It was in the fifth round that Ahmedov landed vicious shots to the head, which Davis seemed to take well.
The best round of the fight was the eighth round as Davis was busier, probably sensing he was down on the cards. Although Davis was busier, Ahmedov landed the harder punches. Both traded heavy punches in the middle of the ring. Davis looked as though he scored a knockdown with a left hand, but referee Jack Reiss ruled it a slip as he pointed out that both fighters' feet were tangled.
One judge scored the bout 76-76, while the remaining judges scored the fight 77-75 for Ahmedov. Fightnews.com scored the bout 77-75 in favor of Ahmedov.
Ahmedov, from Las Vegas, NV by way Andijan, Uzbekistan, goes to 14-0-1, 9 KO's. Davis, from Washington, D.C., falls to 19-20-5, 7 KO's.
Welterweight Ravshan Hudaynazarov knocked out Anthony Mora in the first round of a scheduled six round bout.
Hudaynazarov wasted no time as he went right after Mora. The taller Mora was effective in fighting from a distance, mostly countering to the head of Hudaynazarov.
Halfway through the first round, Hudaynazarov landed a left hook to the body that dropped Mora to his knee. Mora barely beat the count, attempting to keep Hudaynazarov again at a distance.
Right before the bell, Hudaynazarov landed another vicious left hook to the body, dropping Mora to a knee. Mora did not beat the count of referee Jack Reiss, being counted out at 2:59.
Hudaynazarov, from Las Vegas, NV by way of Andijan, Uzbekistan, improves to 11-0, 9 KO's. Mora, from Denver, CO, drops to 15-6, 10 KO's.
Heavyweight Sergey Karpenko won by knockout after the first round after his opponent Anthony Mooney did come out for the second round.
Both fighters had their moments in the opening round of the scheduled four round bout. Karpenko landed the more effective punches to the head, as Mooney did his best to work the body.
After the first round, Mooney complained of dizziness, blinking repeatedly and looking dazed. The ringside doctor checked on Mooney thoroughly, but when it looked as though Mooney was even having difficulty standing, the doctor advised referee Ray Corona to stop the bout.
Karpenko, from Big Bear, CA, goes to 1-1, 1 KO. Mooney, from San Diego, CA, falls to 2-2.
In the opening bout, Lightweight Jesse Roman stopped William Fisher in the second round of a scheduled four round bout.
The southpaw Fisher, who was making his professional debut and lives in the Victorville area, was giving up height and reach to Roman. Roman dropped Fisher with a counter left hook to the head in the first round. Fisher got up and bravely fought back, but did not have the strength to trade with Roman.
Fisher opened the second round on the offensive, attempting to counter to the head of Roman. However, it was short-lived as Roman dropped Fisher to the canvas with a lead right hand. Fisher tried to survive, but Roman hurt Fisher with a right hand to the body then followed up with an accumulation of punches, prompting referee Ray Corona to stop the bout at 2:09, just as Fisher was falling to the canvas.
Roman, from Santa Ana, CA, goes to 3-0, 3 KO's.
In a four round Middleweight bout, Eric Garcia won a lackluster four round decision over Steve Macomber.
The more athletic Garcia countered only one punch at a time, a lead right hand or left hook as Macomber stalked him around the ring. There were very little exchanges in the first three rounds of the bout.
Garcia was more active in the fourth round, landing more right hands to the head of Macomber. However, he did not follow up, allowing Macomber to recover and even throw back punches. Towards the end of the round, Macomber looked like he was in survival mode.
All three judges, including Fightnews.com, scored the bout 40-36.
Garcia, from Rancho Cucamonga, CA, goes to 4-1-1, 1 KO. Macomber, from Lakeside, CA, drops to 3-7-1, 2 KO's.
– Light Heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov, Junior Welterweight Julio Diaz, Welterweight Antonio Diaz, contender Unbeaten Super Bantamweight Michael Franco, and Flyweight Anthony Villarreal took in the action from ringside.
– Unbeaten Michael Franco was supposed to fight on the card. However, his opponent backed out of the fight and a suitable opponent was not found in time.
– A moment of acknowledgement was made in between fights for Lorraine Chargin, wife of Don Chargin, who is battling cancer. Fightnews.com sends its prayers for Lorraine for a healthy recovery.
– Three MMA bouts rounded out the card.
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The China Post news staff Friday, July 6, 2012, 12:57 am TWN
South Korea inaugurated a new mini-capital, Sejong City, on Monday July 2, with 16 of the government's ministries and agencies to be relocated there by 2015. The mini-capital, with 120,000 inhabitants, is currently a miniscule creature compared to Seoul, a metropolitan area comprising a fifth of the country's population at 10 million people. However, the very concept of moving the capital — or transferring parts of the government apparatus to another city — is one that has been considered by Taiwan as well, with various proposals in the past suggesting a relocation of the nation's administrative organs from Taipei to cities in Southern or Central Taiwan.
The need to address housing prices, and to a lesser extent the divergent standards of living between the north and other parts of Taiwan is perhaps the most compelling reason for undertaking such a project. The skyrocketing costs of homeownership are hurting Taiwan's younger generation. Taipei is the envy of the rest of the country because of its command of financial institutions, transportation, and consequently resources such as elite universities and hospitals. Taipei is thus a magnet for foreign businesses, whose presence feeds the loop of resource monopoly.
To counter such a trend, with ill side effects such as overcrowding and unaffordable housing costs, plus the associated urban issues such as poor air quality and traffic congestion, dividing the capital is an option worth considering.
The same issues that South Korea is seeking to address should motivate Taiwan to carry out a serious re-evaluation of its own national urban and countryside development schemes, long bogged down by bureaucratic inertia and the tendency to dismiss the proposals as untenable due to the complexity of the enterprise. Premier Sean Chen in April offered a measured demurral, saying that he will carefully assess the proposals, and that the complexities of the potential project are daunting due to the country's established commercial systems being already in Taipei.


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Contributions to North American ethnology.
Washington : Government Printing Office, 1877-1893
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John Wesley Powell; Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region (U.S.); Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
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|At head of title: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, J.W. Powell in charge.
After 1879 published under supervision of the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Vol. 8 not published. cf. List of publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1913, p. xvi.
|8 volumes in 9. : illustrations, plates, maps ; 30 cm
|I. [pt. 1] Tribes of the extreme Northwest / by W.H. Dall. [pt. 2]. Tribes of western Washington and northwestern Oregon / by Geo. Gibbs. 1877 --
II. The Klamath Indians of southwestern Oregon / by Albert Samuel Gatschet. 2 v. 1890 --
III. Tribes of California / by Stephen Powers. 1877 --
IV. Houses and house-life of the American aborigines / by Lewis H. Morgan. 1881 --
V. [pt. 1] Observations on cup-shaped and other lapidarian sculptures in the Old world and in America / by Charles Rau. 1881. [pt. 2]. On prehistoric trephining and cranial amulets / by Robert Fletcher. 1882. [pt. 3]. A study of the manuscript Troano / by Cyrus Thomas. 1882 --
VI. The Cegiha language / by James Owen Dorsey. 1800 --
VII. A Dakota-English dictionary / by Stephen Return Riggs ; ed. by James Owen Dorsey. 1890 --
IX. Dakota grammar, texts and ethnography / by Stephen Return Riggs ; ed. by James Owen Dorsey. 1893.
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Re: defining consecutive variables
On 5/5/09 at 5:37 AM, jbiggs2 at uoregon.edu (Jason) wrote:
>I have a code where I need to define a large number of variables as
>matrices, called q1,q2,q3......qn. I'd like to be able to define
>them all without writing out n assignment lines, so a Do loop seems
>appropriate to me but I don't know how to assign sequential variable
>names. This gets the job done but it is really ugly IMO
>f[x_] := Table[x RandomReal[], {n, 5}, {np, 5}](*for example*)
>Do[ToExpression["q" <> ToString[n] <> "=f[n]"], {n, 0, 40}]
>at the end of which I have 41 matrices which I can call as q0,q1,
>etc. Is this the best way to accomplish this task?
The code below illustrates how this can be done. I've limited
the number of variables created to 5 and used integer data
simply to make it easy to show the code works. The same
principle can be used for any list of data. Note, this solution
assumes there are no existing variables with assigned values
with the same names. If this is the case, this code won't work.
In[1]:= MapThread[
Set[#1, #2] &, {Table[ToExpression["a" <> ToString[n]], {n,
5}], Range[5]}];
In[2]:= a1
Out[2]= 1
In[3]:= a5
Out[3]= 5


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Sept. 3, 1997
USC Women's Soccer Heads to Pepperdine, Then Opens Home Schedule With UC Santa Barbara
THIS WEEK: The USC women's soccer team (1-1), led by 1996 Pacific-10 Conference Coach of the Year Jim Millinder, meets local rivals Pepperdine (1-0) and UC Santa Barbara (0-2) this weekend. The Women of Troy head to Pepperdine on Friday (Sept. 5) for a 4 p.m. match, then have their first home game on Sunday (Sept. 7) against UC Santa Barbara at 1 p.m. at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Women of Troy, now in their fifth year of existence, are coming off their best-ever season with a 15-5 record in 1996, and went 4-3 in the Pac-10 for a tie for fourth place.
OPPONENTS: Pepperdine is 1-0 after defeating Cal State Northridge, 4-1, earlier this week. The Women of Troy lead the all-time series, 4-2, against the Waves and have a four-game winning streak. Last season USC won at the Coliseum, 2-0 ... UC Santa Barbara is 0-2 in 1997, with a 2-1 loss to Loyola Marymount and a 1-0 loss to San Diego State. USC is 3-1 all-time against the Gauchos, and has won the last three. In 1996, USC won a 3-2 overtime game in Santa Barbara.
LAST WEEK: The Women of Troy began 1997 with a split of their first two matches. At Iowa State last Friday (Aug. 29), USC got off to a shaky start before rallying for a 5-1 win. Sophomore midfielder Kim Clark scored two goals and added an assist, and freshman forward Megan Orach, sophomore forward Kaylee Whitfield and junior midfielder Erica De Vitis scored the other goals. Then, the Women of Troy headed to No. 6 Nebraska, where they battled the talented Cornhuskers to a near-standstill before falling, 2-1. The Women of Troy fell behind, 2-0, in the second half before Clark's goal off a free kick cut the lead in half. Junior goalkeeper Karin Puccinelli was impressive with seven saves.
KIM CLARK: Sophomore midfielder Kim Clark, expected to be one of USC's stars this season, is off to a great start. She was named Pac-10 Player of the Week on Tuesday (Sept. 2) after scoring three goals and getting one assist for a total of seven points against Iowa State and Nebraska. After one week, she leads the Pac-10 in scoring. Clark is almost halfway to her 1996 season total of 15 points.
KARIN PUCCINELLI: Troy's starting goalkeeper, junior Karin Puccinelli was solid in goal the first two games. After one week, she leads the Pac-10 with 10 saves. Seven of them came against Nebraska, including the block of a penalty shot in the 88th minute, and two consecutive saves on short blasts in the 75th minute.
FRESHMEN: Four true freshmen made an impact in the first two games of the season. Forward Megan Orach (Huntington Beach, Marina HS) scored the game-winning goal against Iowa State. At one point against the Cyclones, Katie Ticehurst (Los Alamitos, Mater Dei HS), Andrea Warner (Dana Point, Dana Hills HS) and Susie Mora (Mission Viejo, Santa Margarita HS) made up an all-true freshman line of defenders. Orach, Ticehurst and Warner started both games.
NOTES: USC has never lost a season opener, winning all five. The Women of Troy have won three of their four home openers ... USC was without two of last year's starters against Iowa State and Nebraska because of injury: sophomore forward Isabelle Harvey (knee) and sophomore defender Christina Kushnir (quadricep). Harvey, the Pac-10's top scorer in 1996 and an honorable mention All-American, is recovering from surgery to her left ACL but should return for the Pac-10 season. Kushnir is expected to play this week.
COACH MILLINDER SAYS: "These are two games against local rivals so we need to come to play. Pepperdine has two very good scorers and is very, very tough up front. If we can stop them and put pressure on the ball, we'll be in good shape. Santa Barbara has a new coach so we'll have to see how they do things now. The key in both of these games is to play hard. We have to jump on these teams early and play up to our potential."


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Wow, probation! That ought to make them worry!
This is a discussion on Flash Robs within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Security Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Retailers Increasingly Worried About 'Flash Robs' - WSJ.com The National Retail Federation says that flash-mob attacks were reported by 10% of the 106 retailers it ...
Retailers Increasingly Worried About 'Flash Robs' - WSJ.comThe National Retail Federation says that flash-mob attacks were reported by 10% of the 106 retailers it surveyed in July, a group that included department stores and big-box chains, as well as grocery and drug-store operators.For the first time the trade association included advice for handling flash mobs in its recommendations to its members about controlling crowds during big events.The 19-year-old suspected of organizing the (Sears) flash mob pleaded guilty in September to misdemeanor shoplifting and conspiracy charges and was sentenced to two years' probation.
So, just another risk to be aware of. There's a bunch of common sense stuff here, but as an individual, I would just head for the closest exit asap.
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Wow, probation! That ought to make them worry!
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That's crap. They let him plead to misd shoplifting instead of going for burglary.
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Caliber 28 Stability
I''m almost ready to purchase a 1988 Caliber 28 -- which is all the things reported in the tow posted SailNet Reviews
My wife and I are just 60, beginning sailors w/ only limited experience on other boats [19'' Flying Scotts, 28 O''Day, 31'' Irwin]. We will sail on the Chesapeake Bay; our intended use is Weekend Cruising, Week-long Excursions [1/yr..?] and Evening Picnics. We expect to "out-grow" the 28'' when we''re resdy to do more long-range cruising.
We''re attracted to the Caliber 28 because of its sound construction, good ventilation, good accomidations and potential to sail well, esp tacking upwind. The boat we''re looking at is rigged for single-handed sailing [Durchman Flaking, all lines lest to cockpit] My only reservation is whether the boat is "too light, bouncy & tippy" for in-experienced sailors
* the 10''-10" wide beam should make it "Stiff",
* BUT the Capsize Ratio = 2.25 [anything over 2.0 = CAUTION, get more info...].
* BUT the 3600# Ballast is 50% of the 7200# lbs displacement <-- perhaps this "counteracts" the suggested instability of the high capsize ratio
What can you tell me about "how it sails..?
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First of all, as a new sailor you would not be aware that the Capsize Ratio really does not include many of the key factors that determine whether a boat is likely to capsize or not. The Capsize Screen Ratio and the Motion Comfort Index are both surrogate formulas that produce results that can be so misleading that any reliance on these formulas is makes no sense and in the worst case is a bit dangerous.
I know that I have explained this to you before but here it is again, both of these formulas were developed at a time when boats were a lot more similar to each other than they are today. These formulas only have limited utility if used to compare boats that otherwise are extremely similar. Neither formula contains almost any of the real factors that control motion comfort or seaworthiness. Neither formula contains such factors as the vertical center of gravity or bouyancy, neither contains weight or buoyancy distribution, and neither contains any data on dampening, neither contains the vertical center of effort of the sail plan, all of which really constitute the major factors that control motion comfort or the likelihood of capsize.
I typically give this example to explain just how useless and dangerously misleading these formulas can be. If we had two boats that were virtually identical except that one had a 1000 pound weight at the top of the mast. (Yes, I know that no one would install a 1000 lb weight at the top of the mast.) The boat with the weight up its mast would appear to be less prone to capsize under the capsize screen formula, and would appear to be more comfortable under the Motion Comfort ratio. Nothing would be further than the truth. That is why I see these formulas as being worse than useless.
As to the Caliber 28, first of all, this is not a light boat by any stretch of the imagination. A moderate displacement 28 footer would be somewhere around 5500-6000 lbs. My last boat was a 4100 lb 28 foot performance cruiser. So if anything at 7200 lbs the Caliber is on the stoggy side of the weight range. While 10''-10" is on the beamy side for a 28 footer, this beam is carried at the deck, and not so much at the waterline. I doubt that this will be a ''stiff boat'' meaning with its deep canoe body and comparatively normal waterline beam, I would not expect this boat to have a lot of form stability. The Caliber 28 actually only has 3100 lbs of ballast, and with its shoal draft (meaning that the ballast is carried fairly high in the boat relative to the center of buoyancy), and a ballast ratio down around 42%, (Which become substantially less when loaded to go cruising), I would not expect this to be an overly stable boat. What saves the Caliber 28 from being "tippy" is that they are a bit under canvassed and so do not have the sail area to be quickly overpowered. On the other hand, the Chesapeake is a light air sailing venue and boats like the Caliber are a bit shy of sail area for our venue. As a result, there will be a lot of decent sailing days that may be lost to you.
It is not that the Caliber 28 is a bad boat for a first boat. They are reasonably well constructed. They sail half way decently. They are not as responsive as would be ideal, and lack tiller steering, both of which are very helpful if you really wanted to learn sail well, but the Caliber 28''s are a reasonable platform, albeit an expensive one for what they are, to get out there and putter about without getting into to serious trouble. They do not point upwind especially well, but they are not total slugs either. Any 28 footer will take some abuse from the Chesapeake Bay''s famous chop, but a 28 footer or less is really a good size boat for a first boat and a nice size for poking around the Bay. I had my last boat which was also a 28 footer for 14 years and really loved that size for poking into all kinds of neat places. As much as I love my current 38 footer, I sometimes miss the handiness of my former 28 footer.
Good luck,
Caliber 28 Stability
What IS the Capsize Screening Ratio based on?
Caliber 28 Stability
The capsize screening formula only has two factors, the gross weight of the boat and its beam. The formula does not include such extremly major items as sail area, or draft for example. It first becomes widely circulated shortly after the Fastnet Disaster as a short hand for comparing light vs heavy boats. That seemed logical at the time that the formula was developed because the only popular light weight boats of that era were early IOR boats which had notoriously high vertical centers of gravity, comparatively deep canoe bodies, lots of flare and heeled form stability, and very little dampening.
If you attempted to develop a formula during the period that the Capsize Screening Factor was developed and which was so simple that it took away all of the real factors that control the likelihood of a capsize, you would have only two types of craft to lok at in developing your numbers. At that point in time you only had traditional heavier weight sailing craft and early IOR boats, so you would of course conclude that weight was a major factor in predicting capsize.
BUT, in the twenty five years of studies that have followed the Fastenet Disaster, and the initial period of advocacy of the Capsize Screen Formula, weight in and of itself has been pretty much proven to have no real impact on predicting stability and the likelihood of capsize, which is why when the CE developed its STIX (Stability index), the formulas included so many other factors as well. Without sail area and vertical center of effort, weight distribution, buoyancy distribution at various heel angles, draft and keel area etc., any single formula that attempts to rate the likliness of a capsize is bound to be grossly misleading.
Caliber 28 Stability
I think you''ve done a good job of identifying the uses to which you''ll put your boat and the C28 choice doesn''t strike me as especially contrary to them. It does strike me that you seem to be concentrating on this capsize issue in excess when there are other factors that are really important WRT your satisfaction with the boat - examples being draft and functionality of the cockpit (for sailing and relaxing), or berth dimensions and an easily used & stout anchoring system. I liked to hear you mentioning ventilation because that''s another such example. Where the concern for capsize comes from - for Bay sailing, where weather f''cast info is abundant and all your sailing is likely to be ''voluntary'' and on a ''one day at a time'' basis - I''m not sure.
I think it''s a real shame that the Caliber has a wheel, both because it''s going to be a boat with which you refine your sailing skills and because it''s a nuisance (and add''l maintenance task) that you could easily do without. If you''ll look around the marina, you''ll see I''m representing a tiny minority viewpoint...but were that my potential choice, I''d look at weather the ''emergency tiller'' set up could be retrofitted as a standard tiller system and consider removing the pedestal and wheel. It probably wouldn''t be a functional arrangement, but that effort at examination reflects how much of an improvement such a change potential holds. (I''d stick the pedestal back on when its time to sell).
How will the Caliber sell when it''s time to move up? They strike me as uncommon enough to be somewhat more difficult to move.
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President Bush has consistenly been incorrect on every effort to crush Islamic fundamentalists. In each case, his actions have only served to increase the number of terrorists and make civilians suffer even more. The last thing any Muslim nation needs is to be "helped" by George Bush.


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If you are serious about sending this to your government officials, you might want to double check your date of 1974 for Lockerbie.
This is a discussion on "Slow on the uptake, was I." within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; said Yoda... or something like that. I mean, it's not an "AGENDA" or a "CONSPIRACY" ....It can't be... but.... c'mon... a conspiracy, a preordained agenda? ...
said Yoda... or something like that.
I mean, it's not an "AGENDA" or a "CONSPIRACY"....It can't be... but.... c'mon... a conspiracy, a preordained agenda?
It's just liberal folks thinking they must do SOMETHING and they just can't think objectively and reasonably and logically... All conservatives and moderates know that... The extremists just focus on what they think is the cure and you can't get them off their dime... And then we duke it out with them in the press and on the telly (with Piers, fer criminetly's sake). And we lose...
But then, through the miracles of modern cough medications... Dayquil equivalent and a double dose of Nyquil equivalent last night... It came to me in a vision from God... or maybe just a waking dream... But now I see. It's a miracle, I tell ya... But I still have the cold.
Okay, okay... Enough humor. this is a bit long... I like to research my notions and flesh them out. sit back, relax, read; and see what you think.
I was thinking this morning about my recent trip to Arizona. On a commercial airline. I took my firearm with me... checked luggage... ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS... My one real gun caused less delay than my wife's 2 "FAKE" knees. she had to wait for a pat down... I didn't even have to open the TSA approved case to show 'em my gat was unloaded... EASY PEASY.
Okay Charlie, so what's the point?
The point is this... It's the history of airport security.
In 1955 there was an airliner bombed in the US (bomb was on board the aircraft, planted by a son hoping to cash in on mom's life insurance)44 dead.
1960 first suspected suicide bomber kills 34 by bringing down the aircraft with a suitcase bomb.
1961 first hijacking of a US plane... to Cuba. Gov't starts placing armed guards on planes if requested by FBI or the airline.
1969 several hijackings to Cuba... Must have been a bunch of cigar aficionados back then, too... FAA develops Psychological profile of hijackers, and suggests metal detectors...Eastern Airlines was first to implement.
1970 First Sky Marshals on planes after Arab terrorists blow up planes on the ground after releasing all passengers.
1971 D.B. Cooper
1972 Lots of hijackings, and one bomb threat which was thwarted. Introduce bomb sniffing dogs... all carry on luggage must be run through metal detector or hand searched. Armed guards at boarding checkpoints
1974 X-rays of carry-ons and metal detector screening of passengers. Because of a bomb that went off near a Ticket counter
1988 X-rays of checked baggage and matching passenger to bag. Mostly because of Lockerbie (flight 103)
2001 We all know what happened on 9-11... Just some box cutters...
And the rest, as they say, is history...
So what's the point, Charlie..? My popcorn's getting cold.
The point is this.
Over the decades of air travel during which numerous terrorist acts (and cheap tourists wanting "real" cigars) involving aircraft, we have not banned airplanes, or box cutters, or guns and ammunition on aircraft...
We have tried to do a couple of things... We have made every effort, and increased those efforts, to keep madmen with guns or weapons from boarding planes. We have not banned guns (or any other potential weapons) on aircraft. We have simply not allowed the passengers to board with them in their possession.
And, in case the madmen are inventive and creative and can figure out some new weapon with which to hijack an aircraft, we have secured the cockpit, armed the pilots (some anyway), and put armed security on board aircraft (some anyway).
The target is not the objects they carry, but the PERPETRATORS... the PEOPLE... THE MADMEN... it is those we try to stop...
Guns are on planes every day.... Some, I'm sure, are AR 15's, with every tactical weapon-of-war geegaw and option available... And some may even have 30 round, ahem, "clips" and one or two may even have a hundred round drum, packed in the case with the firearm. And most airlines, per TSA rules, will allow 11 POUNDS OF AMMUNITION to be packed with the weapon!
We have to stop the people... simple really... banning the object will not stop terrorist acts. Stopping the people who commit them, will.
The problem... Everybody hates TSA and the freedoms it curtails. But, we got a ton of folks working for TSA and a ton of technology to check for the objects... and it costs MONEY, lots of MONEY.
There are more schools (probably) in the US than there are aircraft... But, we have got to protect the kids... and the best way to do that is to use the TSA model... modified but not cheap.
On arrival to school, the kids have to go through metal detectors. And, probably have a school ID with picture and RFID chip.
Armed security keeps everyone but teachers administrators and staff from entering the school without reason, and screening (just like the airport). Most everyone goes through the metal detectors.
Some teachers and administrators, and staff (volunteers) are armed and trained to use the arms (just like some pilots). Once the majority of kids are in school... the school is locked down... seat backs and tray tables in the upright position, please.
Others who have reason, and ID, and are known to the staff may be allowed into the school during the day... metal detectors, and screening by staff, escorted to the proper class, etc.
Our children will be safe.
Banning assault rifles, extended mags, and other objects, will only mean that some terrorist (or some kook) will innovate using non banned items like fertilizer and diesel fuel to take out a school. Even the boys at Columbine, during the last AWB, had bombs... bombs that never went off... in addition to their firearms.
So, the solution is simple... it is expensive... and it does not infringe on our rights.
The alternative is a direct grab for our rights. and will also be expensive, and may even cause a civil uprising.
Whew... Now I have to parse this down to fit in a letter to the editor... and posting on facebook and letter to my senators, reps and POTUS.
Sorry for the length.
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It could be worse!
I suppose
If you are serious about sending this to your government officials, you might want to double check your date of 1974 for Lockerbie.
And you might want to take the Yoda part out
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Yeah, the Lockerbie timeline seems a decade off, but other than a typo or two (and I'm as guilty as anyone for fat-fingering a keyboard) it's a quality product with, like, REAL thought and time put into it.
I agree. It's just a shame we have to consider such measures because of a few nutjobs.
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So you mean it's about the behaviors and not the instruments?
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But that is rational and well thought. It will never fly.
Infowars- Proving David Hannum right on a daily basis
It is logical, rational and well thought out, but not practically implementable. Look at the cost of TSA alone.
Look at the abuses perpetrated by TSA. Then apply that to x number of schools and teachers and to kids,
and the nuts will merely move on to the malls (already did the theaters).
The mental health aspect is where the work needs to be, it won't be easy, won't be cheap, and maybe can't be
done at all for various reasons, but there would be benefits to society that would exceed the saving of life. At least a
few of the nuts would perhaps get "repaired" to a point at which they are not only not a danger but are productive.
Truth is, our problem needs a multi-pronged approach. Just focusing on security won't do it. Just focusing on
guns or magazines, won't do it. Just focusing on mental health won't do it. Just hardening obvious targets (the ones
last hit, a in closing the barn door after the horse is out) won't do it. And nothing can be done without the
big bucks necessary, which presently few want to pay.
If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.
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Hop, more of the excise taxes from ammo and firearms could be diverted...? Maybe... And a slight increase, if needed?
It could be worse!
I suppose
Good article. I get your points and I think they make a lot of common sense...logical and rational. The problem is the government folks who have an agenda and have already made up their minds about the solutions and are not open minded to listen to other, better solutions.
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Progressives are immuned to logic and truth. I really don't believe that they can be educated.
Either vote them out or be ruled by them.
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Holy Smokes! For the love of all that is good and holy, KEEP ALL TSA STUFF OUT OF SCHOOLS!
I hate when people type with all caps. But really?
I wholly reject the idea of pat downs and detectors at schools. Because when they fail to work, and they will, then they'll implement those body scanners there.
You got it right on about the problem being the people, not the tools. But the TSA model is just more of the same, just like gun control. It won't work and it will just further erode our rights.
The problem is we have criminals. Dirty, rotten, maggot infested, evil criminals. What we have to figure out is why people become criminals; why they choose evil. This fight begins and ends in the hearts and minds of the people.
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All that sounds fine but not always practical. Event last Friday with minimal mercury vapour lamps on at start plus tungsten lighting pulsing on dimmers. Also loads of blue LED effect spots swirling around!!!!! Just added a 1/4 CTO and went for it, shot RAW and med jpgs. Still can't get a skin tone that I would be happy with as changing lighting across the 500+ frames.
Sometimes you just have to accept that we can only do what we can do within the constraints of our working environment.
On a positive not the 600EX RT seems a sturdy tool at the moment. I may have to sell some of my older flash units to get another to see the main benefit sooner rather than later of the RT. Actually wuld probably be good to shift some of the PW's to help fund the change as well!
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Nigeria sect clashes kill at least 68 - officials
Gun battles between Nigerian security forces and an Islamist sect killed at least 68 people in two days of fighting in northern Nigeria, authorities and hospital sources said Saturday.
Militant group Boko Haram, which wants to impose Islamic sharia law across the country split roughly equally between Christians and Muslims, has been blamed for scores of shootings and bombings in Nigeria's remote, semi-arid northeast, including a spate of attacks in the past few weeks.
Nigeria's army killed more than 50 members of the sect during fighting Thursday and Friday in the northeastern city of Damaturu, the force's chief of staff Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika said in comments published in local media.
Three soldiers also died, he added.
There was a major encounter with Boko Haram in Damaturu and we overran their stronghold and their ammunition site, Ihejirika said.
They came with sophisticated and heavy weaponry including GPMGs (machine guns) and bombs but our trained soldiers subdued them.
Hospital sources in Damaturu said they had counted 50 bodies so far, but most of the dead were civilians.
So far 50 bodies have been deposited at the mortuary by the military and police operatives, a hospital worker told Reuters by telephone. They were ... seven policemen, two soldiers and 41 civilians.
In a separate incident in the city Friday, suspected sect members opened fire on a group of policemen shortly after prayers, killing four, police said.
Residents said Damaturu was quiet Saturday, but surveyed by a heavy military and police presence.
Everywhere is so tense here. There's nobody on the street except security men. The bodies of those killed are being removed from the mortuary ... Our town is virtually a ghost town, Usman Mamman, a Damaturu resident, said by telephone.
At least 11 people were killed in another shootout in the remote northeastern city of Maiduguri, Boko Haram's heartland on the threshold of the Sahara and bordering Chad, Niger and Cameroon, Thursday, a morgue official said.
Clashes between security forces and the sect, whose name roughly translates as Western education is forbidden, have become increasingly frequent in the past couple of weeks, as the north's simmering conflict escalates.
There was no immediate comment from Boko Haram, which rarely makes public statements.
Before this year, the Islamist insurgency was largely contained in its heartland in Maiduguri. It has since has spread to other parts of the north, including neighboring Yobe state, where Damaturu lies.
The town was the scene of the most deadly Boko Haram assault to date, when 65 people were killed in a wave of shootings and bombings on November 5 that left churches, police stations and mosques reduced to smouldering rubble.
This year the Islamists struck the capital Abuja twice, including a suicide car bomb attack against the U.N. headquarters that killed 26 people.
President Goodluck Jonathan, a southern Christian who has dismissed the Islamist rebellion as a temporary setback, made no mention of the violence in a statement Saturday afternoon to mark this year's Christmas celebrations. He focused instead on his economic promise of national transformation.
(Additional reporting by a reporter in Maiduguri; Writing by and additional reporting by Tim Cocks; Editing by Myra MacDonald)


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First the hero would have to purify. To purify we must find a deserted place (like an empty room with only a bed, or some place outside like in a forest) and stay in this place fasting (going without food but drinking some water) and praying, for as long as we can (prophets did it for 40 full days). It must be a deserted place with no riches and no humans to talk to, this is how we become worryless, and not by emptying our minds by force. When we fast and our stomachs finish digesting all the food that we ate and the impurities it sucks from our bodies, it stops digesting, so all the energy that goes to our stomachs for digestion goes to all of our body and it heals. Being in prayer purifies the mind and this allows for the energy that is all around us to enter into our bodies and so we are filled with it. After some time we become powerful beings of light and we can materialize our desires by simply doing as if though we already had what we wanted during prayer, or by faith that is a thought that we keep coming back to.
Then the hero must take a sword. The sacrifice that the priests offer to the Lord Yahuwah can forgive any offence, so that anything bad we have done to others never come back to us, however, I am not sure if this includes the offence of killing others.
Then the hero starts his adventure, he explores cities, towns, villages, ect. He enjoys the wonder of the things he sees and experiences, like peoples with different races, languages, customs, different buildings, he tastes their foods, contemplates their music, ect. With the power of his faith he can reach any destination of planet Earth in a matter of seconds, however, he can make it more interesting if he wants, like travel by horse, by boat, by ship, by air, ect.
As the hero explores and adventures he is always looking for a person who would be willing to listen to him (he searches the heart) to teach him the Truth that Jesus revealed. He teaches them:
-those who go full will go hungry and those who go hungry will go full, those who cry will laugh and those who laugh will cry, god humbles the great one and exalts the humble one.
-when you make up a party do not envite your friends who would then invite you back and you would be fully paid, instead invite the poor because they are not able to pay you back and in this way you get blessed by the Lord; if someone hits you on the right cheek offer him the left, if someone tells you to carry his load for a mile carry it two miles.
-The sacrifice that the priests offer to the Lord Yahuwah can forgive any offence, any bad thing we have done to others is forgiven, so that it never comes back to us.
-Jesus went into the desert where he fasted for 40 full days, then he began doing miracles; if you do as if though you already had what you wanted during prayer, then it would come true; faith is just a thought we keep coming back to; anything that is not done by faith is sinning.
-about sexual relations: husbands do not deny your wives, wives do not deny your husbands, it is not sinning, but you should go back to fasting and prayer from time to time; if someone divorces he must wait until his expartner dies, for him to be able to marry again, if he marries before, he is guilty of making his expartner commit sexual immorality; raise your children with christian teachings (and the 10 commandments that resume in 'love everyone as you love yourself, and love God over everything); if you want to be wealthy you must make justice to the poor and not have an exaltive personality; work hard and do not be lazy.
-if you want to be taken to the Lord's home planet: pray always that you will be found worthy to escape all the bad things that are coming.
-whoever has left families for Jesus' sake and the scriptures, will receive a hundred times more persecutions, tests, schemes, in this present age, and eternal life in the age to come; sell all your riches and give the money to the poor, by doing this you will have riches in the Lord's home planet.
-but the one who says: 'God have mercy on me, a sinner', and goes and sins, mercy will be shown; the body is going to die beacuse of sin but the spirit will be saved because it is righteous; to live according to the spirit means love, joy, kindness, goodness, patience, humility, faithfulness, selfcontrol.
-the living will not go up ahead of those who have died, the dead shall rise first, then together with those who are alive and remain, will be caugh up in the clouds to meet our Lord Jesus in the air, and we shall always be with the Lord.
-those who are not found worthy to escape will receive a final test, a world ruler will order all humans to take a mark on their hands or forehead in order to be able to buy and sell, we must not take it, we will be put to death but the Lord Jesus will later resurrect us to become eternal life.
-we are not wresstling against a human opponent, we are wresstling against the rulers of this world and against the wicked spiritual authoritites that control evil in the heavenly realms (rulers of the Universe that include Satan and his angels); Jesus said: from the time that John the Baptist preached the message until now the Lord's home planet has suffered violent attacks and violent men try to seize it; but if the Lord Yahuwah is for us, who can be against us.
The hero would also drive out demons, heal leprosy, heal the sick, the blind, ect.
If someone invites the hero into his home, the hero must say: 'peace be with you'. If the home is deserving (like they invite us food, or drink, or tell us to sit on their couch), we let our peace rest in it.
If someone is willing to follow the hero in his adventure to help him spread the Truth and make justice to the oppressed, he invites them. He makes them purify and they also take a sword.
If the heroes need to eat, they would pray for fruit fields or trees, or hunt for meat, or fish, then they would make a fire, cook it, and eat it. If they need to sleep, they would look for a place to lay down and rest, like on the grass. There is no need to shower, with the power of their faith they would keep themselves clean all the time. If they need more energy they would separate and go to a deserted place to purify.
As the heroes explore and adventure they will be persecuted by evil people, including the rulers of this world and the rulers of the Universe. If someone tries to harm the heroes, they would use their sword or fire from their mouths to defeat their opponent and defend themselves. Sacrifice can forgive any offence, but I am not sure if this includes the offence of killing others.
If the heroes find any type of oppression in any place (like witchcraft, mind control, slavery, terrorism, ect), they would make justice to the oppressed by punishing the evil oppressors with death.
The heroes will then become kings with Jesus and rule the Earth for 1000 years. They become eternal life and live in the kingdom that will have no end, and they also enjoy the wonder of traveling the Universe, explore and adventure planets, reveal the truth to the righteous beings, and make justice to the oppressed by punishing the evil oppressors with death, forever and for fun.
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I am a fairly advanced Adobe Priemere and After Effects user but regardless of how comprehensive these softwares are,I can never trade UVS's super-friendly interface, ease of use and getting basic functionalities just right. I have been using ulead since 2004 and honestly, this little video editing software is worth every penny because it caters to beginners to advanced users and does it very well.
Great review.
Oh..Merry Xmas & a happy new year to everyone...Escaping the winter "just like swallows".
By the way, it is version 12, in Corel's weird numbering system, X = roman 10. Hence CorelDraw X4 etc...
arse, and I'd just forked out for adobe's software, too!
It's a great bit of software, but you won't be disappointed with Premiere Elements 7. They're both really good. VideoStudio is a tad easier to use, but Elements is that little bit more powerful.
I recently bought a new Samsung digital camera (NV100 HD)which records video in HD using the h.264 codec. I thought the pro X2 accepted video files of this kind but I keep getting 'unable to open file'... 'file format mismatch'. Disappointed to say the least. Am I missing something?
That should work. I've tried H.264 files from other Samsung camcorders with Pro X2 and they were fine. Are these MP4 files?
Yes they are .mp4 files. Running a file through gspot reveals...
Codec: avc1 Name: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC
mp42: MP4 v2 {ISO 14496-14}
- avc1: MP4 Base w/ AVC ext {ISO 14496-12:2005}
10250 kbps Qf: 0.371
1280 x 720
Audio: mp4a: MPEG-4 AAC LC 48000Hz 128 kb/s tot , stereo (2/0)
This is the highest HD setting (for video) that the camera uses. In the camera settings it is set at ... HDMI Size: 1080i Video Out: PAL
I downloaded a trial version of Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0 and it accepted the files. However I'm used to using Videostudio, and would prefer to continue using it if I could figure out how to import these files.
Thanks for your help.
I haven't tested the files from digital cameras so much, but have found in the past that the MP4s they produce can be troublesome for editing. If you could find a way to post a short clip for me to download I could try it out. I have all the latest editing apps installed on a test PC, and the last versions on another, so I can see where the file works - it's something I do with every camcorder I review anyway.
Having used a lesser and previous video editor from Corel (DVD Moviefactory6) this release essentially takes Moviefactory, adds several bells and whistles (good ones), tries to make it more intuitive (fails at it by removing the usefull stuff and slows down in spots) and then disappoints by stumbling badly at writing HD discs. Support is available, but because of the design they cannot assist. Too bad. I enjoyed using the older Moviefactory.
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One of the most interesting things about writing a column is that I never know what's going to excite you readers. I figure I have three communities of readers, and their interests don't always overlap. Many of you read this column in print, and others get it through InfoWorld's Security Watch newsletter (which is cleverly plugged at the end of this column; don't miss it). Finally, there are those of you who either deliberately look me up online or stumble across the column some other way.
The last group is really unpredictable. For example, a couple of months ago, I wrote a column discussing some Linux security enhancements that had come out of a National Security Agency project. The Linux-NSA column attracted something like 50,000 hits in the first couple of days it was online, which is about ten times what usually happens. I don't know what it will prove if this week's installment peaks similarly; it might indicate only that some people will read anything that mentions Linux and security in the same sentence.
And since I took over this column at the beginning of the year, I don't think any topic has generated as much e-mail from readers as when I wrote a few weeks ago about the futility of banning e-mail attachments (see "Banning attachments is like tying an arm behind your back and expecting results," March 5). Some of you who wrote were offering products that tried to address the problem with either hardware or software. Don't call me; I'll call you.
A lot of you wrote to point out an intermediate solution to the attachment problem: banning executable attachments. This works if your filter can tell what's an executable and what's not. For example, in a Windows shop, you can usually assume that a file whose name ends in .exe or .vbs is something that should be examined thoroughly. Unfortunately, it's easy for an attacker to camouflage the sucker by compressing the hostile executable into a zip file and sending that file to 10,000 users in an organization. Sure as shooting, one of the myriad users will have an unzipping tool, probably one that will run the concealed program with a single click. Other readers mentioned that you allow executables through if they are zipped; that's probably the best compromise if you insist on moving executables by mail.
Quite a few of you pointed out that Microsoft -- or at least its Outlook and Outlook Express applications -- was the root of the problem. I agree, for the most part, that applications shouldn't be blindly executing code with system-level privileges, but I got my Microsoft-bashing out of the way last week, so 'nuff said on that subject.
One theme that kept surfacing in your e-mails was the "stupidity of end-users," who can't get it through their thick skulls that they need to be a lot more careful about opening attachments, even when they know who the source is. Given that many of these e-mail virus/worm attacks use the address book of an unsuspecting victim, a little paranoia in this respect among users would go a long way. Even my mother knows better than to open an attachment that looks sketchy. Of course, she had to learn the hard way. It's a good thing that the Navidad virus is relatively benign, or else my Christmas vacation would have been even busier.
One reader told me that his company was essentially following my (facetiously offered) advice about gluing drive doors shut. In lieu of using any anti-virus packages, they use "stern warning" stickers that say something like, "If you use SneakerNet in this shop because the network's down, expect to find yourself in hot water." That's just backwards.
A few of you pointed out that I was discussing a problem without offering any solutions. Gee, I thought that's what columnists were supposed to do. Seriously though, discussing solutions in the context of Microsoft's inherently insecure e-mail software is like deciding what kind of paint you're going to put on the barn once the fire's out.
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- Height: 58m
- Bolts: 12
- Pitches: 2
- Breakdown: 5.7+ 33m, 5.9 25m
- Ascents: 10
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This climb is above the lower (right) end of the main Grand Canyon wall.
From the bottom of the canyon, hike along the small trail rightwards, until it doubles-back (with fixed rope) up some 3rd class slab, as you would if you were going to set top-ropes for the main Grand Canyon walls. As you finish the roped slab, and come out near the top of the first climbs, look right (down into canyon is left) and you will see a bolted anchor, and bolts heading up from there. This is where the climb starts.
Actualy the route climbs in 2 pitches and raps in 2 pitches with one 60m rope ( there is a dedicated rap station quite directly under the top anchor) P1 slab & easy climb to the base of the more vertical wall. P2 traverse left to start climbing right facing corner and up the crack to top belay
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Saturday night included teaching points for the Bearcats and likely some property damage for many fans. The win against Providence was wilder than a Tuesday night with Charlie Sheen. Otherwise known as status quo in the absurd Big East.
You can complain about the frustration of the final six minutes all you want. (BTW, yelling at the TV=ineffecitve coping mechanism) If you expected anything less than fighting and clawing for a road win by any means necessary in this conference you could use a trip to Dr. Phil.
Of seven BE games on Saturday, three went to OT, one ended on a Dwight Hardy game-winner and another with the No. 7 team in the country being run off the court at WVU.
The equivalent of an easy road win came from Georgetown, who survived by six points at USF.
One game seperates fourth and 10th place right now. One.
At the end of the day, the impressive effort of the first 34 minutes and resolve in overtime far outweigh the evaporation of the 16-point lead.
All together now: A win is a win is a....
Let's eat...
--- The Bearcats (21-6, 8-6) tied their most wins in the Big East. They were 8-8 in 2005-06. Take a second to think about that accomplishment. What did you say about this team the day after Lance Stephenson declared for the NBA Draft? What was your prediction for how many Big East wins they would earn?
I can tell you all the Big East coaches thought enough about the Bearcats to vote them 12th preseason.
Now they are 8-6 and in the mix for a bye in the BE tournament with four games to play. Think about that and give Mick Cronin the ovation he deserves.
--- Cronin spoke in the postgame on 700WLW about being too tentative while holding onto the lead late in the game. Instead of attacking over the press, they were holding the ball and falling right into Providence's traps.
Unfortunately, this team is still learning how to salt away wins. All three wins over the last four game stretch have concluded with some issues down the stretch. Even against Louisville, Cronin wasn't happy with the amount of dribbling and execution over the final minutes.
If you take a look at the numbers, it's strictly a matter of inexperience in close games this season.
Team/Games decided by 0-5 or OT/Total
Notre Dame/6-0/6
St. John's/7-4/11
Seton Hall/2-6/8
So, 11 of the other 15 teams in the Big East have played in double the number of games decided by five points or less or in OT. To be 3-1 in those games is worth celebrating, but winning without the dramatics of DePaul or Providence -- and even the loss in the final minute against St. John's -- spotlight the next lesson that needs to be learned by this particular bunch.
--- SNY College Insider Jon Rothstein came away impressed by the urgency the Bearcats showed this week.
--- So, where do the NCAA tourney hopes sit? The magic number myself and many others connected to the UC program have been using all year is 10 wins in the Big East.
The rest of the schedule is as follows:
@ No. 9 Georgetown
vs No. 13 UConn
@ Marquette
vs No. 9 Georgetown
Find a way to win two of the final four and what happens in the Big East tournament will likely be inconsequential. Beating Georgetown the way they are playing right now will be tough. They've won 9 of 10 with three of those wins against teams that were ranked in the top 15 at the time.
Though, learning some lessons from the first game in DC then being able to bring them to Fifth Third two weeks later will allow a distinct advantage.
UConn for all their national ranking and hype are 8-6 in the league and haven't played well on the road of late.
They were smoked by double figures at St. John's and @ Louisville -- both teams UC beat this year, in case you forgot.
Marquette has lost five of its last eight, but own home wins against Syracuse, Notre Dame and WVU. And they will be playing with their backs against the wall on the bubble.
For what it's worth, if I'm ranking the winnability of the final four games, it goes like this:
1. UConn
2. @Marquette
3. Georgetown
4. @Georgetown
--- To the Bracket Matrix!
--- Random thought: Being selected into the tournament would be a great accomplishment, but given the mediocrity throughout college basketball, it would be far from crazy to say UC could win some games there as well.
--- Cronin talked after the game about being happy to see Dion Dixon regain some confidence in his shot against PC. He scored 16 on Saturday, Dixon's highest total since Jan. 15 against Syracuse (18).
Tommy G put together this feature on the Bearcats leading scorer for Bearcats Sports Weekly.
--- Chad Brendel with a game recap of Providence and even more of what Cronin had to say postgame with Dan and Chuck.
--- Scott Springer wrote this piece on the building blocks of Cashmere Wright, Sean Kilpatrick and Justin Jackson last week, but I never did link to it. Here it is, great points from SS.
--- Speaking of Cash, Bill Koch wrote a story about his production. He scored 20 points against Louisville and recorded his first double-double (11 points, 11 assists) against Providence.
Wright is the difference between this team being good and being great. No doubt about it.
--- Some quality off the field of play work from UC. Mitch's Mission had a playdate on Saturday and Mitch is looking great.
--- On to some randomness...
--- Big win for the St. Veronica Vikings third-grade basketball team on Sunday over Seven Hills thanks to the intense defense and hustle from No. 33 Kaden Dehner. They only scored 16 points, but a lot of college hoops teams could learn something from their efficiency on the fast break.
--- Chris Rock ate lunch with a reporter from Esquire and he posted the transcript. Still the best standup of our generation, IMO.
--- Best beards in college hoops? Yes, please.
--- One hundred years from now, people will look back at 2010 the same way we look at this video from San Francisco 1905, supposedly the earliest video recording. A crazy thought.
--- The irony of the Cincinnati Commandos taking shots at the Bengals is they were pushing Peter Warrick as their big name this season, who caught many passes much the same manner of that stuffed Tiger.
--- Sneak peaks at The Hangover II make me happy.


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Before every Arsenal fixture, we'll bring you a Scouting Report on the Gunners' next opponents.
Former Arsenal midfielder Stewart Robson will give his pre-match view and you can get his post-match verdict in our Talking Tactics feature on Arsenal Player.
Arsène Wenger and his side host Stoke City in the Premier League on Sunday so, to find out more, we also asked journalist Michael Baggaley for his thoughts and analysis.
"Stoke haven't performed well after games played in the Europa League this season and all Arsenal fans will hope for a similar display to the one which got them trounced at Sunderland. Indeed, their Europa game on Thursday may force Tony Pulis to mix up his side on Sunday.
"As yet, Stoke have failed to cause Arsenal too many problems at the Emirates since their return to the top flight due to their inability to counter Arsenal with genuine pace."
"It's usually a 4-4-1-1 formation, with Jon Walters playing between the midfield and the striker.
"Obviously Stoke have the reputation for being more direct than most in the Premier League and they are probably completely the other end of the spectrum from how Arsenal play. They don't make any apologies for that.
"They don't try and pass it around the back a lot, they try to get it forward and then build once the ball is in the opponent's half. It's been very successful over the last few years, more so at the Britannia Stadium than away from home. I think that is the one thing they will be looking to improve on this season.
"Being realistic I think they will try and keep the game tight rather than get at Arsenal - the Emirates is one of the most difficult places to go and play. I think they will get men behind the ball and deny Arsenal space in the Stoke half. If the game stays tight they'll look to get chances as the game wears on.
"Peter Crouch, who should play, will try and keep the ball for Stoke in the Arsenal half. Walters will do a very important job tracking back and causing problems for Alex Song - he will be a very important player.
"Pennant unfortunately missed on on Thursday with a slight hamstring problem so there is a question mark over whether he will play on Sunday. But he has been playing particularly well on the right wing so if he does play he will be a vital player.
"Stoke's two wingers are actually very important to the way they play. They are expected to get back and help the full-backs and then relieve pressure on the defence going forward. There's a perception that Stoke just hit it long but it is too simple to say that. There was a big difference when Stoke came to the Premier League. They signed Matthew Etherington halfway through the season and he made a huge difference. Suddenly they could keep possession a lot better.
"They have only lost two games all season and they were both away matches - Swansea and Sunderland. They both followed Europa League nights - the whole Europe experience is new to Stoke but obviously teams like Arsenal have done it for years. Generally they're still working out the best way to do that.
"I'll be optimistic and say a 1-1 draw, but I wouldn't put my mortgage on it."


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Cathy Speronis was in for this month's Cooking with Cathy. She made Mediterranean dishes. The first one dish Cathy made was Roasted Delicata with Honey & Oregano. You can find the recipe below:
Roasted Delicata with Honey & Oregano
1 large Delicata squash
4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
1 Tbsp. & 1 tsp. clover honey
1 tsp. dried Mediterranean oregano
Kosher salt
Fresh ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 425°F. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil, shiny side up and set aside.
Wash and dry Delicata squash. Remove ends and slice into 1/2″ slices.
In a small saucepan melt the butter with the honey and oregano. Stir to combine.
Brush the slices of Delicata on both sides with the butter mixture and place onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 10 minutes. Turn slices over with a spatula and cook for an additional 5 minutes until flesh is tender.
Remove from oven, brush the slices with remaining butter and serve immediately.
Cathy also told us about an upcoming event that is happening in Bangor. The annual Dancing with the Greeks is taking place Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. The dance is being held at Wellman Commons-Masonic Center, located at 300 Union Street in Bangor. If you would like more information on the dance you can log onto cooksotasty.com.