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It looks really nice and refreshing You forgot to include "users" in search dropdown, I use to pretty much
AMAZING CHANGES ! This is unique!
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Popular pages are the (right now even unique) best way to try to get some exposure of us, authors. Please, do not underestimate it!
Nice changes, a little dark, I miss the colors
Would be better for the usability if the fixed left panel had tooltips.
I would like to still have the possibility to search through the forum for specific posts.
On the Search Result page (with no matches) it is still possible to search in the forums, but there are two "Forums" drop down choices, one for the file type "Forum" and one for the actual forum of tf.
Nice re-design. The new drop down colors look pretty good in quality.
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Love the optimized search function. This site is closing in on perfection!
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High on the menu: cannabis spaghetti features at Italian foodfest
By Pamela Barbaglia
LONDON (Reuters) - Any Italian will tell you: pasta is healthy and makes you feel good. But what about spaghetti made from cannabis?
Farmers from southern Italy presenting their wares at a London food festival this week say their hemp pasta, oil and bread won't get you high, but do provide a healthy, tasty alternative to the traditional, wheat variety.
"Hemp food is truly organic," said Marzio Ilario Fiore, 30, whose farm in the Molise region produces hemp oil and flour. "Hemp requires no pesticides, no fertilizers, and only moderate amounts of water." Cannabis is most often associated with the psychoactive effects of marijuana, but some strains of the plant can also be cultivated for food.
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Subject: Zip=junk!!??
Author: benman
Hi all,
I'm new to TMF and I've been reading the messages in this forum over the last few days to try to get a handle on IOM's prospects. I must say, I'm disappointed in what I've seen. Most of what I've seen seems to be childish and unfounded rants. Here's what I've learned from the stock evaluator at quicken.com...
I used the "comparison" feature to compare IOM to similar stocks in the same industry. IOM was compared to EMC, SEG, LXK, QNTM, NTAP, STK, WDC, MXTR, CREAF, RDRT, HTCH, XIRC, KMAG, HMTT. Here are the results in a nutshell...
1) most of these companies had a high or a non-existant P/E. A few were better than IOM, but not very many.
2) The 5 year EPS of IOM is projected to be 30.61%. This is considerably better than just about every other stock in the category (most were negative!).
3) The price to sales ratio was 1.38. This is also considerably better than just about every other stock in the category. If you read your MF stock valuation articles, you would know that P/S is considered the next best indicator for companies without meaningful P/E's.
4) Revenues per employee... $595,000. Again IOM was fourth best on the list.
5) Debt to Equity... 0.81. IOM was middle of the pack on this one.
|"My only agenda is to make an informed decision. I don't know about everybody else, but I'm here to make money. Everything I see tells me that IOM is in front of the pack in its industry."
Now, theres some hard numbers for us to discuss. If somebody has other sources to refute these results, then I'd love to hear about 'em. My only agenda is to make an informed decision. I don't know about everybody else, but I'm here to make money. Everything I see tells me that IOM is in front of the pack in its industry. And I certainly consider it a plus that its main competitor just bit the dust. That being said, do I think IOM is a good buy from a very conservative point of view... heck no (thats why I also have some GM stock in my portfolio)! But do I expect a good pop in the price after the 21st, you bet!
Also, is there technology that exist that is better than Zip, Jaz, Clic!, etc? I'm sure there is. But hey, I'm a programmer and I can't count all the ZIP drives I see in the office. Historically, its not always been the best product that becomes the household name.
And one other thing. The statement was made that IOM lost liquidity over the last week. I pulled up a 1-week chart of IOM with an overlay of the DOW, S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices. I don't see that it did any worse in it performance than the overall market. IOM didn't lose any more funding this week than any other stock out there.
Zip=junk?? C'mon folks! Lets act like grownups and have a rational discussion!
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Wow. I wonder if S&W's constant Johnny Cut Corners design changes are catching up with them.
This is a discussion on Trouble W/ S&W 500 Mag within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Guys I thought, since we seem to read this area the most, I wanted to send this out for your review. Mods? please feel free ...
I thought, since we seem to read this area the most, I wanted to send this out for your review. Mods? please feel free to move it to another area if need be.
I sold a New in box, S&W 500 Mag 4 inch on Jan 31, 2005.
The Guy came in last week, showing us some scars on his left ear from what he called "back blast" from hot powder.
TODAY........... He came in with the gun. Dropped it on the counter, and showed us, including me, damage from the cylinder to barrel fit.
This gun came from the factory, NOT SPACED CORRECTLY, making the gun shear lead to the left of the barrel. we were stunned to see the Customer was NOT hurt or killed. THE CUSTOMER HAS PLACED A TOTAL OF 12 RNDS THRU IT. Thank God he brought it in before a Catastrophic Failure ocurred..
I wrote it up, and prepared to send it back to S&W for repair/replacement.
I just wanted to let all of you know this issue, so you may be informed of the safety concern. THE PROBLEM MAY ONLY BE WITH THIS PARTICULAR WEAPON, and no others..
I shall keep all of you updated with more info as soon as possible
Note: He Is asking for a replacement weapon, as he says it's a HUGE pleasure to shoot it!
Why Waltz when you can Rock-N-Roll
Wow. I wonder if S&W's constant Johnny Cut Corners design changes are catching up with them.
Euc........you should have seen this gun...........It was almost as the timing was waaay off, and I took a feeler gage between the forcing cone to the cylinder/chambers, and it measure d.0015 (one thousanth and 5 tenths) This was not consistand on all chambers, (they ranged between .0015 to .0035 on alternating chambers)..almost as if the cylinder was not machined or broached properly., or the cylinder wasn't bored properly to center alignment of the ejector rod. Thus making chamber alignment to the BBl, almost impossible..Originally Posted by Euclidean
Why Waltz when you can Rock-N-Roll
Id say the cylinder wasn't line bored properly or the timing is way off because the hand is short bent etc .. Also there have been some reports of cylinder locks cracking but that was early 8"ers
Got any pics??
I haven't had any problems with Mine.
With every generation of everything they've made in recent years, S&W makes a less and less refined and less finished product on the average. They keep cutting out quality and gunsmithing for automation and easier assembly it seems, while keeping their prices the same.
I sincerely hope they don't put themselves out of business.
Ya don't cut to many corners with something like this the lawsuit if a 500 went up would be pretty bad
That sounds bad Bob - and on the face of it inexcusable.
At very least it shows some very poor QC.
I'll be interested to know if you get a report back from Smith on that very gun.
Chris - P95
NRA Certified Instructor & NRA Life Member.
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is like owning a piano and assuming that you are a musician!."
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ChrisOriginally Posted by P95Carry
Watch for this in the TV and News....also the gun mags too.....This Customer is VERY "ticked" off to say the least.. He thought the "powder burns" on his ear were just that, but a couple sutures proved lead shavings.. he's going to pursue something, especially if Smith doesn't address this safety issue. I'll get some pix before they send it out..
I just hope this case is isolated to this particulare revolver.
Why Waltz when you can Rock-N-Roll
Heck - lead shaving cuts sure ain't no ''powder burns" ! Anyways to get any powder burns that far back would be all but impossible.
So - looks like Smith will have to tread real gently here to avoid a near scandal. As the saying goes, ''watch this space''!!!
Yes - take some good close-ups if feasable Bob.... including his ear if at all possible - document the whole deal.
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Bob Do a timing check if you can see how bad out of time
dang, hate to see a .500 Kb. that would be catastrophic all right.
C3, Can you rule out anything that the customer did to the weapon ?? I haven't heard of anything similar to this happening with a .500 (any bbl length) in the past. I would be very interested in knowing any and all details as I am real close to buying one of the custom shop 500's. This is especially sad because this tells me that not only was the manufacturing process flawed,but so was the assembly,AND,the QA process,which is the ultamate FUBAR. The S&W people failed it's customers in a big way with this one. Just as I was slowly"coming back around".
And let me ask this are you sure its shaving lead at the forcing Cone? The comps can throw some stuff back at ya not the amount this guy is claiming but some
Yes........it's all over the cone (lead shavings) It's almost as if they began to fit the Bbl to the frame, and stopped. The forcing cone is not a flat surface. It's been ground on one side and not finished on the other........thus, not a flat surface in relation to the cylinder.. (kind of like taking a file, and filing off one side so that it's not at a 90 degree relation to the other flat surface it meets.. I'm going to place the gun on a pistol rest, and run a dial indicator on the cylinder, to make sure it's not out of round on the center. Timing is off, as the action binds up, particularly on every other, or two adjoining chambersOriginally Posted by Bud White
Why Waltz when you can Rock-N-Roll
I doubt if Smith & Wesson will put in writeing as what was actualy wrong with the gun. Most companys don't due to libility concerns. Im supprised the user got to shoot it 12 times. I guess he was real lucky the gun didn't come apart.


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When a couple breaks off their engagement there are, inevitably, tears, resentment and perhaps a bit of sheepishness when telling family and friends that the big day is off. And while the ex-bride may wonder if she can still return the dress she already had altered, the ex-groom probably ponders the fate of the diamond engagement ring he bought for the lady with whom he'd planned to spend the next 40 or so years. Can he get his money back? Should he return the ring to the store? Should he, in a moment of sporting chivalry, let his former fiancée keep it? Or should he keep it for himself, for no other purpose than to remind himself of the misery he suffered from the most painful breakup of his life?
Apparently, former Indy contributor Tom Zoellner (he wrote the paper's Nov. 13, 2003's "Qworst" cover story) is a glutton for punishment. After his fiancée Anne broke up with him (sliding the diamond solitaire off her finger and handing it back to him herself), Zoellner not only kept the ring but felt literally haunted by it, the breakup and, ultimately, the story of the diamond itself. In his new book, The Heartless Stone: a Journey through the World of Diamonds, Deceit, and Desire, Zoellner's attachment to the engagement ring he bought for his bride not-to-be becomes the catalyst for a profoundly reflective, incredibly researched history of the diamond industry. Zoellner's story takes us through his travels to 10 countries on six continents, unraveling the answer to a not-so-simple question: Why is this stone—which is not so rare in nature—responsible for so much of the world's desolation, bloodshed and secrecy?
"When I was in Africa seeing the tremendously bad circumstances these guys worked in," Zoellner explains in a recent telephone conversation, "and seeing the ease in which diamonds are smuggled, I began to see the misery this rock brings to so many people around the world. It made me think of my own participation in it and my own diamond, which I had left over from this engagement that ended two years prior. I found myself thinking about that diamond, thinking about that broken engagement the entire time I was in Africa, and the sort of personal resonance I had with this little thing, this diamond ring."
While the The Heartless Stone's seedling was a personal breakup that left, among other things, one diamond solitaire of slightly over a carat in its wake, Zoellner's exploration moved beyond heartbreak to uncover unsettling information.
"The trade in blood diamonds continues," maintains Zoellner, who now lives in New York City. "Despite assurances from the industry, there are diamonds being mined in very bloody circumstances in Angola; in India, where 92 percent of the world's diamonds are polished, child labor is enforced in the polishing factories. It's very easy to pass off a diamond as coming from somewhere it hasn't. They're very difficult to trace and one can easily erase the history of a dirty diamond and pass it off as clean. Chicanery and greed and even violence has trailed the diamond like a mist, almost from the first time people decided it was a valuable stone."
Zoellner isn't the first to reveal that diamond mining, especially in Africa, is responsible for the deaths and abuse of workers, but he uses his journey to probe deeper into the issues surrounding the industry. He not only uncovers new information about the practice of mining today, but—in an eye-opening history of diamond advertising—forces readers to reckon with our own store-bought illusions, which create not just a desire for diamonds, but a literal demand. When Zoellner bought a ring for his fiancée, he did only what the culture expects of any decent, well-intended young man. Doesn't a real man show the depth of his love by the quality (and size) of his engagement ring?
"There's a romantic image around the diamond," Zoellner says, "which has very little to do with what a diamond actually is, which is—unfortunately—a source of great squalor, misery and violence in the places where it's produced. Every place, particularly the United States, has its own set of mythologies surrounding this otherwise worthless product. A diamond is nothing without its mythology. The mythology is where the money is, otherwise a diamond is just a worthless rock, good only for tools."
While Zoellner himself may yet marry, he says he'll never buy another diamond. And his progress through The Heartless Stone leads reader and author alike to an ever-evolving story—as troubling as it is fascinating—of a gem that tells as much about us as it does about a dirty rock.
"And what," Zoellner writes at the end of his first chapter, "gives diamonds their hard and remorseless beauty, really? Whether they emerge from the death of a star or the life of plankton makes no difference, for these chips from the earth are nothing more than an empty cage for our dreams—blank surfaces upon which the shifting desires of the heart could be written. A diamond is a philosopher's stone of the existential variety, for it is like the world itself: spoken into existence only through whatever meaning we choose to assign it."
Tom Zoellner will read from and sign copies of The Heartless Stone at Shakespeare & Co., 103 S. Third W., Thursday, June 15, at 7 PM.


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The cards, sent over successive years, feature photos of young William and Harry growing up and are signed by the royal couple with festive greetings.
Also for sale is a rare photo of Marilyn Monroe at her school graduation.
Amid a sea of fresh faces, the then innocent 15-year-old can be seen in the panoramic shot of the whole class year at Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High School in Los Angeles.
Monroe was then known as plain Norma Jeane Baker in the summer of 1941 but within a few years would become a model, actress and global sex symbol.
The photograph, which measures 8 x 24 inches, is expected to sell for up to £1,500 when it goes under the hammer at the auction in Stockport, Cheshire, next week.
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LIGONIER TOWNSHIP — Homer-Center improved to 4-1 by edging Ligonier Valley, 232-235, in a Heritage Conference boys' golf match at Champion Lakes Golf Course on Tuesday.
Homer-Center's Logan Dellafiora posted a 41 and was the mealist. Andrew Gaydosh added a 45, John Capitosti carded a 48, and Colin Moore and Alex Arone each had a 49.
Dylon Kuhn led Ligonier Valley with a 42. Brandon Silvis and Al Vigliotti each fired a 47, and Phil Cornell had a 49.
Both teams play Thursday. Homer-Center plays host to Northern Cambria, and Ligonier Valley (3-2) travels to Saltsburg.
• BURRELL TOWNSHIP — Jake Shirley fired a 39 and was the medalist in Blairsville's 230-274 win over Saltsburg in a Heritage Conference match at Chestnut Ridge Golf Course.
Jake Swiencki added a 43 for Blairsville, and Tyler Jasper carded a 47.
Katie Traeger and Carrie Muir each shot a 51 for Saltsburg.
Blairsville (3-3) plays host to United on Thursday, and Saltsburg (0-5) welcomes Northern Cambria on Monday.
IHS boys move to 3-0
Indiana blanked Greensburg Salem, 3-0, in a WPIAL Section 1-AA boys' soccer match at Fifth Street Field on Tuesday.
Braydon Sharbaugh scored two goals to pace Indiana. Cole Rosenberger added a goal and an assist, and Michael McKelvy and Hunter Pitzerell each had an assist. Goalie Corey Denlinger made four saves.
Greensburg Salem won the junior varsity match, 4-0.
Indiana (3-0, 1-0 section) travels to Mount Pleasant on Thursday.
IHS girls sweep Ford City
Indiana swept winless Ford City in a WPIAL Section 4-AA girls' tennis doubleheader at the White Township Recreation Complex on Tuesday.
The Indians won both matches, 5-0.
In the first match, Lucy Bujdos, Megan Clawson and Kate Palko each won in straight sets in singles play. The doubles team of Kylie Horvath and Carly Morrow won in straight sets, and the team of Margaux Marcus and Jennifer Han followed suit.
Clawson, Morrow and Marcus each won in straight sets in singles play in the second match. The doubles teams of Eugina Chun and Nyla Numan and Elle Varner and Jean Marie Stalteri each won in straight sets.
Indiana (5-0, 3-0 section) travels to Burrell on Wednesday.
Penns Manor opens with win
KENWOOD — Penns Manor opened the season by sweeping Glendale, 25-2, 25-10, 25-6, in a non-conference girls' volleyball match Thursday.
Mallory Drahnak notched 15 assists to pace Penns Manor. Mary Roach added six aces, and Sarah DaBella and Taylor Rainey each had five kills.
Penns Manor won the junior varsity match, 25-6, 25-6.
Penns Manor plays host to United on Thursday.
Calvary Baptist drops match
CLYMER — Mount Zion Christian Sdefeated Calvary Baptist, 25-20, 15-25, 25-23, 27-25, in a non-conference girls volleyball match Tuesday.
Megan Plants led Calvary Baptist with eight kills, 15 service points and four aces. Amy Frick added nine kills, and Kayla Chambers tacked on 12 service points.
Calvary Baptist (0-1) plays host to Blue Mountain Christian in the opening round of the Patriot Invitational Tournament on Friday.
Junior high teams score wins
LIGONIER — Homer-Center defeated Ligonier Valley, 47-27, in a ninth-grade girls' basketball game Tuesday in Ligonier.
Haley Dies scored a game-high 12 points to lead Homer-Center. Madison Valyo added eight points and 11 rebounds, and Emily Worcester tacked on 13 steals.
Ligonier Valley won the seventh- and eighth-grade game, 23-19.
• KENWOOD — Rena Enterline scored a game-high 23 points to lead Blairsville to a 46-26 win over Penns Manor.
Catherine Martin added 15 points for Blairsville.
Maddie Weaver scored eight points to pace Penns Manor.
Blairsville won the seventh- and eighth-grade game, 19-9.
• MARION CENTER — Purchase Line edged host Marion Center behind 19 points from Megan Faught.
Mariah Syktich scored eight points for Marion Center.
Marion Center won the seventh- and eighth-grade game.
• ARMAGH — Casey Cameron scored a game-high 12 points to pace United to a 16-7 win over Saltsburg.
Isabel Satler scored four points to lead Saltsburg.
United won the seventh- and eighth-grade game, 16-15.
Indiana rolls over Altoona
Indiana shut out Altoona, 30, in a seventh-grade football game Tuesday.
Luke Thomas scored on 65- and 18-yard runs, David McElravy raced 21 yards for a score, and Ryan Dixson hauled in a 45-yard scoring pass from Luke Thomas. Mikail Bajwa, David McElravy and Chase Cunningham scored two-point conversions.


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Wet Blanket Dude: Why I Don't Like Brackets
Brackets bug me. I'm sure it has something to do with money I lost betting on Gonzaga one time. But there's a bigger issue for me and this brackets business sucking in all the office workers in North America this month.
Maybe it's because I like basketball more than horse racing that makes me such a wet blanket around March Madness time. All around me, people play these bracket games, mostly checking off random choices about schools they couldn't identify. Forget about the players. Most people turn this college tournament into a "Make Money by Watching TV" scheme. Maybe being on the hook for cash and prizes generates a kind of interest that watching these student athletes compete for a chance at immortality just can't match for some reason. I think the reason I like to bet on horseracing is because it distracts me from the sadness of realizing that these beautiful animals have been bred to do only one thing: run around a track. This is not the case in the NCAA tournament. These students come from everywhere, and they are all going places. That's what I love. That's what makes this event so special and so different from a glitzy casino sweepstakes.
Did I mention that Gonzaga is my team? They play in beautiful Eastern Washington State. There are lots of Native Americans in the largely Catholic student body. The unlikely place and people at Gonzaga gives the Gonzaga story an added Cinderella charm for me. Gonzaga also always breaks my heart in the NCAA tournament, but I don't care. It's all these students, playing for all these teams that matter most to me. What's not to love about these players, for any of the teams? They are playing at the top of their game, in front of the biggest audience of their lives and most have no chance at all at ever playing after they graduate. This means these games, for most of the players, are the last high profile basketball games they will ever play. From the NCAA it's back to pickup ball, maybe a league here or there. Some might coach, and some may never pick up a basketball again.
That's the beauty for me. I marvel at the drama of all these ending and beginning moments in the NCAA tournament that make it like no other sporting event. So many young people graduating with degrees in engineering, pre med, mathematics, aerospace, English, and I suppose there are also a few Physical education majors out there as well. Their whole careers lie before them even as we watch their runs in competitive basketball wind down. Think of it: If the students started playing intramural hoops back as far as sixth graders, they have probably been playing competitive basketball longer than anything they've ever done, save eating, walking and reading schoolbooks. And now it's all ending while the rest of their lives beckon.
It's not just the players. I even love watching the marching bands in the stands. They too get a piece of this "Hi, Mom!" moment on national television. In the cutaway shots, you've got Fred and Janey over there playing baritone horns for Xavier. The shiny brass Utah State glockenspiel looks both proud and goofy up there next to the trombones like a military flag. (Did you know that Utah State has a 100% graduation rate?)
I love the real cheerleaders in the NCAA tournament. They are acne-faced multi-sized college kids, not like the perfectly coiffed NBA or NFL supermodel wannabes. The cheerleaders get a piece of the magic too. You can see them crying their eyes out for their schools, win or lose. The March Madness sweepstakes I like to watch is this along-for-the-ride roulette game of people swept onto center stage, only to disappear into a cloud of memory. All these tournament images on the court and in the stands just float away when the games are over and take their place as still photos, home videos, and scrapbook memories for people whose lives will lead them somewhere unimagined during these exciting March Madness days, soon to be so, so long ago.
I still remember the last moment of the 1982 NCAA finals. Patrick Ewing of Georgetown and Michael Jordan of North Carolina were two brilliant students playing in their last college game. Ewing lost that game and Jordan won it when unknown Georgetown student player Fred Brown made a bad pass to NC star and Jordan teammate James Worthy in the final seconds. Unlike most everyone else in the tournament that year both Michael and Patrick went on to hall of fame careers in the NBA, while poor Fred Brown faded into an initially painful obscurity. That's not the end of the story, though.
Regardless of their heroics playing professionally, Ewing and Jordan have always remained, for me, frozen in that last riveting game. Patrick Ewing went to the New York Knicks and never won a Championship, repeatedly facing and losing to Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls, who it seemed could never lose. Fred Brown's life moved on, becoming a successful financial planner, even though he still hears about that nasty bad pass from time to time. Ewing and Jordan, for all their stellar NBA stats, never matched that dramatic NCAA finals game when everything was at stake and both of them were nobodies to most of America.
The betting and the money of brackets get in the way of all that NCAA magic, by my way of thinking. It substitutes our generic horseracing gambling experience for the once in a lifetime moments for all these students. I don't begrudge anyone their brackets and may the best team win and all that, and the best players make the best deals with the NBA. But I'll be watching for the faces I've never before seen and will never see again. They may not all come out on top, but in my view they all win. Now … Go Gonzaga.


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Sunrise Chapel Mennonite Church, a member of the Conservative Mennonite Conference, was formally organized in 1982 in Harlan, Indiana.
In 2012 the leading minister was Lael Barkman and the congregational membership was 60.
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Hershberger, Brenda. Anabaptist (Mennonite) Directory 2012-13. Harrisonburg, VA: The Sword and Trumpet, 2012: 56.
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Address: PO Box 2, Harlan IN 46743-0002
Phone: 260-657-5955
Website: Sunrise Chapel
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Many patients believe more health care is better health care. However, in most cases, it is simply more. Less-expensive interventions are often more effective. For example:
- One study found that a greater percentage of strokes have been prevented in the last decade by making sure patients took aspirin than by developing more potent anti-platelet medication.
- Older men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer can choose active surveillance rather than invasive treatment without losing quality of life.
- Recovery from small heart attacks was as successful on drug therapy as with invasive vessel-clearing procedures.
- Similarly, 22 percent of elderly Americans had coronary bypass surgery or balloon angioplasty in 1990, compared with 2 percent of Canadians. However, the 30-day death rate after a heart attack was the same for each nation.
There are other examples of expensive care that does not do much good:
- One out of 5 heart defibrillators are implanted without solid evidence that the devices will be helpful. They are implanted to shock an irregularly beating heart back into a normal rhythm. They work well in patients with advanced heart failure, but they have been ineffective in other patients. The procedure costs $35,000 and may cause unnecessary harm.
- Americans spent nearly $86 billion in 2005 on imaging, physician visits and medication for back and neck pain – most of which did not improve the patients' conditions.
- Medical imaging – which includes CT, PET and MRI scans – has become a $100 billion business. However, studies show 20 to 50 percent of the procedures should not have been done because they neither helped diagnose patients nor helped determine their treatment.
The apparent heart-defibrillator overuse is an example of what is often called "technology creep." After a device is approved for use in a high-risk population, its use expands to a larger, lower-risk population, for whom risks outweigh the benefits. This, in a nutshell, is a major contributor to runaway medical costs and clinical waste. It is not the technology itself. It is technology utilized beyond its original intent – often to recoup its original cost and to bolster profits.
Imaging costs have grown at twice the rate of other health-care technologies, including laboratory procedures and pharmaceuticals. A contributing factor is the financial incentives of self-referral. Federal regulations prohibit physicians from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients to services in which they have a financial interest. However, an exception is allowed if physicians have equipment in their offices – presumably for patient convenience.
Patients of doctors who own or lease MRI equipment are more likely to be scanned for lower back pain. A 2011 study showed an increase of nearly one-third for primary-care physicians and 13 percent for orthopedists. Orthopedic patients who were scanned were 34 percent more likely to have back surgery – meaning the scans induced more surgery. The study's authors point out there is no definitive evidence that either MRIs or surgery improve outcomes for lower back pain.


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Hello, friends!
This summer I worked on my Fett costume. Since I have it was not possible to order a kit from ebey or abroad (I live in Russia) decided to do something out of scrap materials.
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The Wizards don't know where they'll start or who they'll play, but the NBA has already announced that Monday will mark the start of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Washington advanced to the second round for the first time since 2005 with Tuesday's 75-69 victory over the Chicago Bulls and will face the winner of the first-round series between the top-seeded Indiana Pacers and eighth-seeded Atlanta Hawks. Atlanta has a 3-2 lead over Indiana and will host Game 6 on Thursday at Philips Arena.
By eliminating the Bulls in five games – a first for the franchise in a seven-game series – the Wizards gave themselves plenty of time to recover from a physical battle. The Wizards have have won eight of their past nine games but don't seem to be worried about possibly being rusty when they return to action.
"It means a lot," Bradley Beal said of eliminating the Bulls in five games, "because get a little rest now, but it shows that we've been through so much this season and it showed our continued growth. We played great basketball in this series and we can only continue to get better."
If the Hawks are able to complete the upset, Game 1 will be at Verizon Center. The Wizards would become the first fifth seed to have homecourt advantage in the second round since 1994, when Utah defeated Denver, which had upset the top overall seed, Seattle, in the first round.
A series against Indiana would begin at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, where the Wizards have lost 12 straight, dating back to April 11, 2007. The Pacers won both games in Indianapolis this season by a combined 47 points. But Indiana has been imploding since March 4, losing 17 of 29 games. Washington has gone 17-10 over that span, including a 91-78 victory over the Pacers on March 28 at Verizon Center.
The Wizards won the season series against the Hawks, 3-1, with the only loss coming in overtime when Al Horford made a jumper over Trevor Booker as time expired. Horford has been sidelined since December with a torn right pectoral muscle and isn't expected to return for the playoffs.
"No matter who we're going to play in the next round, we're going to approach it the same way with a defensive presence and the offense will take care of itself," Beal said. "For now, we have to be proud of what we're doing but at the same time staying humble and continue to move forward and stick together as a team."


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i have had my heart and mind set on a tummy tuck for some time now. finances have prevented it, until now. and now that i have that worked out, i have 2 family members telling me that i'm being selfish for spending the $ on this n telling me to get over myself! i have worked hard to loose 80 lbs, its frustrating to have to deal with loose saggy skin after the weight loss and having 4 kids! my kids have everything they want and need and ive made sacrafices from day one to see to it. they are older now, and want for nothing. my house is full of electronics, driveway looks like a small car lot, top dollar earphones and name brand clothing...and now im the selfish one?! i apologize for the venting, but it irritates me that ppl, esp family, would be so unsupportive and judgemental! esp considering that they dont live in my home or contribute to my financial status in any way. jealousy? perhaps. hoping they can talk me out of it so theres more $ available for lunches, shopping trips, and weekends at the beach, which i have paid in full many times with them in tow? probably so! they sure weren't calling me selfish then! has anyone else dealt with this neagativity concerning your cosmetic procedures?


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"Congrats to the class of 2012! I loved being Vice President of my graduating class, and planning a Venetian Moonlight Masquerade prom. I made it through six years of middle and high school at the Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, and I am graduating ranked in the top 30th percentile of my class. I have also completed 9 college courses at local community colleges, and I can't wait to begin my real college experience! I'm a future UCLA Bruin with a passion for science and the romance languages."
"The red bathing suit means I save lives, all day, every day (I totally could have been on Baywatch). I'm a junior lifeguard, and a cardiovascular surgeon in the making. I am driven to become a flying doctor, and I am proud of the fact that I made the decision to become a cardiovascular surgeon at the age of five. I'm thrilled that I had the opportunity to complete the Junior Lifeguard program at Venice Beach for about five consecutive summers, and I am also proud that I was able to stay active and fit as a youngster."
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PTCL Marketing Campaign in Towns of Lahore
After the town base marketing campaign in far away towns of providence Sindh to promote PTCL products and services. Now in towns of Lahore to extend the reach of its customers marketing campaign has been initiated.
Objective of campaign is PTCL's customer engagement drive, BTL base creatively design campaign fully covering all communication mediums to ambience the light of its products and services.
Kiosk activities, sales camps and outdoor branding starts in the areas of Wahdat Road, G1 Market Johar Town, Samanabad, Pak Arab Housing Society, Davis Road, Shahdara, Model Town Link Road, MM Alam Road Gulberg, Karim Block AIT, Faisal Town, Neela Gumbad Anarkali, Dharampura, Gulberg Center, Liberty Main Market, Icchra, Jalal Sons Gulberg, Rahat Bakers Cantt, Dharampura Lala Book Depot, Sawera Store Shadman, Liberty Main Market, Al-Fateh Store Liberty, Al-Fateh Store DHA, CSD Shop the Mall and CSD Shop Cavalry Ground.
This campaign successfully enables the customers of PTCL to on hand experience the products and services on the spot. Also PTCL offering on spot sales services for convince of its customers.
Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) is the largest telecommunication company in Pakistan
The company provides telephony services nation-wide and is the backbone for country's telecommunication infrastructure despite arrival of a dozen other telecommunication companies
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"Portlandia" Book Is Chock Full Of Hipster Activities [Pics]
For fans of the satirical TV series, the Portlandia Activity Book encompasses all the hilarity a reader could ask for.
Fans of IFC's hit series Portlandia are familiar with the show's brand of Northwestern hipster humor. Now they can take all the fun of Portland, Oregon and its two artsiest inhabitants with them using The Portlandia Activity Book, published by McSweeney's.
Written by the show's two stars, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, and its co-creator Jonathan Krisel, the book is filled with puzzles, games, and cut-outs suitable for any craft brewery trip, indie concert, or house party. Dazzle friends with your innovative conversation starters and stoppers, out-of-the-lines unicorn drawing, and even newly acquired online retail critique skills.
This spiral-bound activity book for adults is able to capture the satirical spirit of the show, showcasing the type of humor that has helped it amass a substantial cult following. It's sure to provide laughs to the show's many fans, and maybe even convince some hold-outs that the show is a worthwhile venture.
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If you are talking about your first oil change, it is critical that it be done. Modern engines are built to much tighter tolerances than your father's engine but they still need that first oil change as any metal that is produced by the new engine breaking in must be removed.
If you plan on trading the car in the future, you are going to want a service record that the maintenance was done.
And why spend all the money you did to own an Audi than treat it like a Ford.
Yeah, obviously it isn't the cars first oil change otherwise there wouldn't be a record of the last one done 4,000 miles ago in May...
I have no intention of treating it like a Ford, just asking a very basic question question but I guess I should just keep questions to myself if it will only draw disdain from some when trying to figure out basic maintenance items on a new car. My other VW's manuals say 10,000 miles or once a year depending on which comes first.
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"The Sport quattro is Ugly." Ex-Audi Designer Peter Birtwhistle Makes Us Cry.
by, 11-23-2010 at 10:05 AM (19332 Views)
Here's a headline you don't see every day. Audi Sport Quattro "is ugly popped up on our daily news search over on AutoCar.co.uk. Seems the designer of the Audi homologation special and rally icon Peter Birtwhistle was a bit critical of the car in some comments made to the UK weekly car mag about the more modern quattro Concept.
Birtwhistle, now chief designer for Mazda Europe, sited difficulty in strtching the quattro look over the Audi 80 was difficult. "Although we did what we needed to do, it looks awful," said the Mazda design chief and former Audi designer.
Okay, we're not blind. We can see the snubby Sport quattro wasn't exactly a Ferrari 250 of any ilk but that's kind of the point. The original Audi quattro and Giugiaro penned 80 were both icons of the late 70s and early 80s Block Design Era. Though not the most elegant, the more brutish Sport quattro was the culmination of that era, mixing in purely functional cues for improved engine ventilation, wider track and shorter overall length to make the car more agile (albeit skittish) on the tight rally courses where long wheelbase quattros were forced to do a 3-pointer. Any changes were simply needed for a better overall performer and thus made the car that much more beautiful in the eyes of racing and performance minded petrolheads. The car's ugliness was its beauty.
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Selena Update
-Selena posted a new diary blog on her myspace. She's currently back in the studio recording a song for "Another Cinderella Story," co-starring Drew Seeley. She also uploaded a video to her youtube from her flight to the DC Games. In the video you'll spot Moises Arias (Hannah Montana), Jennifer Stone (Wizards) and Roshon from Camp Rock.


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Nov. 1, 2010
Four former Tennessee basketball players were selected Monday evening in the NBA Developmental League Draft, including guard Chris Lofton, who was taken with the sixth pick of the first round by the Iowa Energy, the NBA minor league affiliate of the Chicago Bulls and Phoenix Suns.
Other former Vols chosen were JaJuan Smith, Bobby Maze and Scooter McFadgon.
Lofton (2005-08), one of the most highly acclaimed players in Tennesee history, earned second team All-America honors twice (2005-06 & 2006-07) and a pair of third team All-America accolades (2004-05 & 2007-08).
The 2006-07 SEC Player of the Year left the Vols first all-time at Tennessee, first in SEC and third in NCAA history with 431 3-pointers made.
Lofton became the sixth player in school history to score 2,000 career points, finishing with 2,131 career points to rank fourth all-time. Lofton's 193 career steals are third all-time at UT. In additon, he owns Tennessee single-game records for 3-pointers made (9), attempted (20) and percentage (5-for-5) and possesses single-season records for 3-pointers made (118), attempted (307) and per game (3.80).
Smith (2005-08) was selected with the 14th pick of the sixth round (94th overall) by the Maine Red Claws, the affiliate of the Boston Celtics and Charlotte Bobcats. At UT, Smith earned Second Team All-SEC honors as a senior, averaging 14.4 points per game during the 2007-08 season.
Maze (2009-10), who was apart of the Vols' historic Elite Eight run last season, will team with Lofton as he was also by the Energy with the sixth pick of the seventh round (102nd overall). Maze started 36 games for the Vols as a senior, leading the team in assists (3.2), free-throw percentage (.840) and ranking fourth in points (9.4).
McFadgon (2004-05) was selected third in the eighth and final round (115th overall) by the Austin Toros (San Antonio Spurs). The two-year letterman, who earned team captain honors as a senior, was the SEC's fourth-leading scorer as a junior averaging 17.6 points per contest.
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Now watching: Denise Richards' Diet
Keywords: Denise Richards, dieting, celebrity news
There's a bit of scrutinizing going on in the way of Denise Richards. Richards & boyfriend Richie Sambora were recently at a charity event together – and the press is all over her food intake, or lack there of. Photos show an über small salad in front of Richards that appears to be untouched. They're comparing her plate to Sambora and his daughter's – who both have rather large salads.
Did anyone stop to think, perhaps she was the only one who ate the damn salad? And that it was actually the other two plates that were untouched? Or maybe she was just busy snacking on the basket of breadsticks all night and was already full. Who cares!? Richards, in no way, is looking unhealthy or under nourished. Some people in this world are trim and fit by nature… Give the girl a break!


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Muzaffarnagar, Sept 17: JD(U) MP Ali Anwar Ansari was on Tuesday prevented from visiting the riot-hit areas here and detained at the railway station by the UP police.
Circle Officer, Sanjeev Bajpai said Ansari was detained as a preventive measure in view of the situation in the region. Ansari said, "The state government has no problem when Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi visited the area but it is resorting to such action against us when our effort is to bring peace in the trouble-torn areas."
JD(U) MP Ali Anwar Ansari was prevented from visiting the riot-hit areas.
The JD(U) leader, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, said he wanted to visit the family members of the journalist killed in the clashes and also meet a group of people associated with social activist Medha Patkar, who was sitting on a dharna.
He was detained at the GRP station. "The government is not allowing us to go there. I am not somebody who will provoke communal feelings...There is no curfew in the area, so under what rule we have been prevented from going there," Ansari, who has been leading an organisation of backward Muslims, All India Pasmanda Samaj, said.
In-charge of UP Pasmanda Samaj Israr Ahmed Saifi and some other members of the organisation were also detained.


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A Shady Grove man was seriously injured Saturday morning, Nov. 9, when he darted into the path of an on-coming vehicle.
John Travis Aman, 25, was running east on County Road 14 in the westbound lane with headphones on his ears, affecting his hearing, Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) Trooper W. Brian Lundy reported.
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Bloomberg's Jonny Thaw's story: Google Says It Made Mistake in Design of Online Store, includes comments from Google's Marissa Mayer who said that the design of the Google Video home page (which received a makeover yesterday) didn't do a good job of promoting content that was available for sale from the new Google Video Store.
From the article:
"We made a big mistake, "Mayer, who oversees all of Google's search products, said yesterday. "You can't come out and launch a product like Google Video and say `CSI' and `Survivor' are there if they're not on the home page."
However, Mayer said the response to Google Video has been "absolutely fantastic."
The remainder of Thaw's article includes a number of stats from Nielsen//NetRatings including:
- Google's video site attracted 3.04 million U.S. users in December
- Microsoft Corp.'s MSN video had 9.46 million users
- Yahoo video site had 2.15 million
As far as iTunes go, Thaw also uses Nielsen//NetRatings numbers to report that iTunes has a user base of numbered 20.7 million and according to Apple, they've sold sold 8 million videos and TV shows since October, when the video iPod debuted.
Finally, Thaw points out that at this point copy protected material purchased from iTunes can be played on portable devices or laptops that are not connected to the Internet.
Other services in addition to iTunes including MovieLink, Vongo (my new fave), and CinemaNow (all three U.S. only services) do allow for offline viewing of downloaded content.
Brad Hill and Nathan Weinberg point out the new look of the Google Video Home Page. Both note that the new page offers 24 thumbnails of programming for sale. If you're interested in a comparison, here's a screen cap of the previous Google Video Home Page.
In terms of promoting video content for sale, shortly after the Google Video Store launched, Google was promoting content like CSI and NBA highlights with links on the primary Google home page. A post on Searchblog and then one on our site discussed if this was a promo for a Google service or an advertisement since the content being linked to was for sale.
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When going to Ireland for the first time, I wasn't exactly sure what to pack.
And apparently I wasn't that good at it, because upon arrival I realized that I forgot my all-important toothbrush! Since then, I have become a master packer. I am pretty sure I could pack us up and be ready to go in under an hour.
Outlined below is the Ultimate Ireland Packing List. This is the one we actually used for the past three trips. It has everything that we could need for a trip to Ireland.
I should mention however that an Ireland packing list is personal. Everyone has different needs. Use this one as a guide and write-in anything that you think you would need to add.
A couple of packing tips:
- "Pack half as much and take twice the money." If you think you need to bring more stuff, you very well may, but most people don't.
- You probably won't even need to take everything on this list.
- If you forget something, you can buy it in Ireland most of the time. It is always fun to act like a local anyway.
- Don't buy new if you don't really need it—See something on here you would like but don't already have? Improvise.
- If packing for more than week, you won't need any more than this. Drop off laundry at a launderette in town and pick it up clean and folded at the end of the day.
- Travel light. It makes things easier in the long run.
- 8 Pairs of Underwear & 3 Bras
- 8 Pairs of Socks
- 1 Sleepwear Set
- 3 Pants
- 6 Shirts & 4 undershirts
- 1 Sweater/Fleece
- 2 Sets of Comfortable Shoes (or 1 Walking & 1 Hiking)
- 1 Belt
- 1 Hat
- 1 Scarf
- 1 Waterproof jacket
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- Floss
- Wash cloth
- Shampoo
- Conditioner
- Body Wash/Soap
- Deodorant
- Razor
- Shaving Cream
- Hair Brush
- Hair Ties
- Hair Products (e.g. Gel, Hairspray)
- Make-up
- Chap Stick
- Tissues
- Hand sanitizer
- Baby wipes
- Earplugs
- Cotton Balls (For Windy Conditions)
- Sunscreen
First Aid Supplies & Other Toiletries:
- Band Aids/Disinfectant
- Pain Reliever (Tylenol/Aspirin)
- Imodium/Pepto-Bismol
- Motion Sickness Medication
- Vitamins
- Vitamin C Drops
- Feminine Hygiene Products
- Contact Lenses
- Safety pins
- Fingernail clippers
- Q-tips
- Tweezers
- General Medications in original bottles with labels
Travel Gear
- 1 Medium Size Suitcase
- Daypack/Backpack or Purse
- Luggage Tags
- Money belt
- Dirty laundry bag/trash bag
- Packing Cubes
- Extra plastic bags: Quart & Gallon
Travel Documents/Money:
- Plane Tickets
- Passport
- Copy of Passport in Separate Safe Location
- Driver's license
- Health Insurance Information
- Travel Insurance Information
- Wallet
- 100 Euros cash
- Credit/Debit Cards
- Current Bank Statement
- Front & Back Copies of Credit/Debit Cards including Contact Info in Separate Location
"Keeping You Organized" Ireland Binder:
- Ireland Itinerary
- Directions
- Bed and Breakfast Reservations
- Car Rental Reservation Information
- Michelin or OSI Ireland Map
- Key Attraction Information and Coupons
- US & Irish Emergency Numbers
- Journal/Notebook
- Pens
- Receipt Holder
- Business Cards/Contact Info
- Addresses to Mail Post Cards
- Cell phone & Charger
- Camera & Charger—If Batteries are Required Bring Extra!
- Memory Cards
- Ireland Adapter
- Alarm Clock Device (Cell Phone/iPad)
- E-reader/Notebook
- Associated cables
Random Bits:
- Travel Books/Guides
- Snacks
- Empty Refillable Water Bottle
- Airplane Entertainment
- Walking Sticks
- Small flashlight
- Umbrella
- Sunglasses
- Music CD or 2 for the Car
- Plastic Cutlery for Picnics
- Extra Space!
Write Your Additions:
- _______________________________________________
- _______________________________________________
- _______________________________________________
- _______________________________________________
In the Weeks Before You Leave:
- Check passport does not expire within the next six months
- Check credit/debit card expiration dates
- Call credit card/banks & set travel notification to Ireland
- Check out what hospitals are covered by health insurance and understand claim process
- Decide if travel insurance is right for you
- Get about 100-150 Euros from your bank
- Hold Mail
- Pay all bills due while gone
- Re-confirm reservations with bed and breakfast owners/Indicate time of arrival
- Leave itinerary, contact information with loved one at home
The Day Before You Leave:
- Clean-out wallet (no need to take everything)
- Charge all camera batteries
- Clean out fridge/Wash the dishes/Take out trash
- Pack food for airport and plane
- Check-in for flights online
Double/Triple Check in the Moments Before You Leave:
- Turn down thermostat
- Unplug electrical items
- Passport
- Plane Tickets
- Driver's License
- Camera/Phone
- B&B Information
- Car Rental Information
- Map


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How to Protect Yourself From the Zombie Apocalypse [VIDEO]
Well, dumb people on ridiculous drugs are eating people's faces, organs, and generally causing mayhem.
But is it really drugs? Doubtful. I'm pretty sure this is the beginning of the end…the Zombie Apocalypse.
Media reports keep saying these people were under the influence of 'bath salts'…but I say that's all part of a cover up! I bet the government has been using 'bath salts' as the code name for zombies for YEARS!
Hey, even the CDC is taking this seriously:
Now, I know what you're thinking, "Laurie's lost it. This girl has gone nuts. She's totally gone off the deep end."
Hey, it's all fun and games until a zombie limps your way. Then what?
Ah, yes, from the fine folks in Nebraska (Obviously this video is violent, we're talking ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, people!!!):
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Yes, that's right, Zombie Max bullets. For when you need to take the "un" out of undead.
You can roll your eyes all you want, but those Zombie bullets are apparently flying off the shelves. Those Huskers know that Zombies don't play! Don't leave this until the last minute. You'll be sorry. Then you'll be Zombiefied!
So what does the CDC recommend? Well, you can see their list HERE.
Stay safe out there people.
As for me, I plan to stock plenty of booze and ask them to party. Who doesn't like a party?? Even a zombie's gotta get down at the end of the day…
How are you preparing for the Zombie Apocalypse? Share your ideas below!


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Re: Part Function
As you say, Q1 is a 96 x 96 matrix, i.e., a list of 96 lists, each of which has 96 elements. Hence Part[Q1[[k]],1] (which you may also write as Q1[[k,1]] or even Q1[[k]][[1]]) has a clear meaning. The expression Q1[k,1] is meaningless (since Q1 is not a function) and will return exactly the same thing you typed as input. (Unless, of course, you have previously defined an Array (q.v.) with the name Q1, but that is another matter). By the way, use of uppercase is not recommended for the first letter in the names of variables, as they may be confused with Mathematica symbols.
> From: fnajmy at gmail.com
> Subject: Part Function
> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:34:45 -0500
> I have a Mathematica script containing the following line:
> v[k_] := SetAccuracy(2*(Part[Q1[[k]],1]),45]
> where Q1 is a 96 x 96 matrix.
> Is Part[Q1[[k]],1] the same as Q1[k,1]? If not, what is it returning?
> Any help appreciated.


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My Last Day
As I was leaving prison today I noticed a man standing on the corner. He was wearing nice pants and a dress shirt. He had a knapsack thrown over one shoulder and was wearing sunglasses while talking on a cell phone. I didn't think anything of it until he looked over and saw me and yelled, "Doc! Hey doc! Remember me? You helped me, you really did. I'd hug you but I know that wouldn't be appropriate."
Frankly, I didn't recognize him at first. I knew who he was after he called my name, but just to see him standing there, well, the context was quite different and he looked very very different from his appearance in prison.
Anyway, he was doing great. He had a place to live, a job, was going to AA regularly, staying clean. He was waiting for his ride to pick him up for AA. His phone rang and he picked it up. "It's my ride," he said. He told his ride: "Hey, guess what? I'm standing here with the doc who saved my life!" His ride pulled up, and the driver immediately started waving and hollering at me too. My patient said, "You remember him? You saved his life too." I had seen the driver maybe twice, just a few days after he had been arrested. I remembered him, remembered that he had never been in trouble before, was facing serious charges and was pretty upset. Then the driver quoted to me, word for word, something I had said to him four years before that had helped him get through incarceration.
As they were driving off they pointed to me and said, "You keep doing what you're doing. You keep helping people."
I don't have any trouble admitting that I choked up a bit and by the time I got back to my car I was in tears.
You see, today was my last day as a fulltime prison doc. After about fifteen years I've decided that for my own sanity I'd need to cut back to part time and go back to doing another job I've always enjoyed doing (more about that later). This was quite the experience to have as I'm going, literally, out the door. It's the experience I'll remember the next time I hear someone knocking docs who do med checks instead of psychotherapy, or saying that prison doesn't help anybody.
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The old saying 'Sell in May and go away' looks to have come true again with the S&P/ASX 200 Index (^AXJO) (XJO.AX) looking like it will close the month of May down nearly 5%.
There were few places to hide. The banks were all sold off over the month, with the majors all down more than the index. Commonwealth Bank (CBA.AX) held up the best, losing 8% while Westpac (WBC.AX), arguably the most expensive of the 'big 4', fell the most, down nearly 16%.
The mining services sector also had a shocking month with many mining service firms issuing earnings downgrades, which in turn led to significant share price falls. Two victims included UGL (UGL.AX), which dropped 29%, and Transfield Services (TSE.AX), which fell a whopping 41%.
Even the defensive blue chips like Woolworths (WOW.AX) and AGL (AGK) weren't spared, with both companies suffering a 9% drop in their share prices.
Perhaps surprisingly, BHP Billiton (BHP.AX) and Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) were two companies that outperformed the index over May. Rio's shares lost just 1%, while BHP bucked the trend and gained nearly 7%.
Foolish takeaway
While 'sell in May' is a catchy saying, Foolish investors know better. Trying to time the market is a pursuit that is unlikely to be profitable in the long run. Markets will rise and fall in the short term but in the long run they have a canny habit of going up. So selling and trying to time your re-entry before the market bounces back in the hope of gaining a few percentage points is unlikely to be a winning strategy in the long run.
Rather than worrying about timing the market, investors are better served spending their time valuing businesses. This process can help investors avoid owning overpriced stocks, which fall back to earth when the market eventually wakes up to the fact.
On the second part of our little ditty – 'going away' – is not for our Foolish selves either. It's exactly when markets get the jitters and volatility increases that we get excited. This is when some of the best opportunities can arise.
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Armenia: At a Glance
- Current IMF membership: 189 countries
- Armenia joined the Fund on May 28, 1992; Article VIII
- Quota: SDR 92.00 million
- Republic of Armenia: 2012 Article IV Consultation and Fifth Reviews Under the Extended Fund Facility and Under the Extended Credit Facility , February 5, 2013
- Republic of Armenia: Request for Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility; Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Armenia, March 31, 2014
- Latest Macroeconomic Data for Armenia; April 2017
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Office Activities
Policy Challenges for Armenia in the Context of Regional and Global Economic Shocks
Presentation by Teresa Daban Sanchez, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia; March 24, 2016; hosted by the Caucasus Research Resource Centers program (CRRC) And March 25, 2016; hosted by Economic Department of Yerevan State University
May 26, 2016
Policy Challenges for Armenia in the Context of Regional and Global Economic Shocks
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May 26, 2016
Women, Work and the Economy: How to Foster Women Leadership in Armenia and in the World
Presentation by Teresa Daban Sanchez, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia; March 1, 2016; Leadership School
April 26, 2016
Teresa Daban Sanchez Interview with Azatutyun
February 24, 2016
New Tax Code as an Important Step to Improve Business Environment in Armenia
Presentation by Teresa Daban Sanchez, IMF Resident Representative in Armenia at a Conference "Enabling Environment for Sustainable Enterprises (EESE)", organized by Republican Union of Employers of Armenia and International Labour Organization, February 18, 2016.
February 24, 2016
IMF's Work on Armenia
IMF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation and Completes Fifth and Final Review of Armenia's Extended Arrangement
June 23, 2017
Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East and Central Asia Update
April 30, 2017
IMF Staff Concludes the Fifth and Final Review under the Extended Fund Facility Arrangement and the 2017 Article IV Visit to Armenia
April 12, 2017
Republic of Armenia : Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement and Request for Waiver and Modification of Performance Criteria-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Armenia
December 13, 2016
Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Middle East and Central Asia Dept.
Series: Country Report No. 16/380
IMF Executive Board Completes Fourth Review of Armenia's Extended Arrangement
December 7, 2016
Regional Economic Outlook
Caucasus and Central Asia: Is the Worst Over?October 2016
Fiscal accommodation and exchange rate adjustment have helped the Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA) mitigate the immediate impact from large and persistent external shocks, particularly the slump in commodity prices and weaker growth in key trading partners. Growth is starting to recover, but these shocks have left the region with increased fiscal, external, and financial sector vulnerabilities, along with less policy space and weaker medium-term prospects. Policies should continue to support growth in the near term where policy space is available, while aiming to reduce vulnerabilities over time, including through the formulation of credible multiyear fiscal plans, modernization of monetary policy frameworks, and strengthening of financial supervision. Structural transformation to diversify away from commodities and reduce reliance on remittances is needed to improve medium-term growth prospects, boost job creation, and avoid a deterioration in living standards. Read the report


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