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By Wayne A. Thorp
Pick up any technical analysis trade magazine, and inevitably you will run
across companies and practitioners marketing technical analysis trading
systems. Like any other type of investment strategy or methodology, a
popular way to determine how one system stacks up against another is by
comparing annual returns. While these numbers are helpful in separating the
winners from the losers, it is important to keep in mind that a multitude of
factors impacts the performance of any trading system.
When judging the efficacy of a system's reported performance or the
performance of a system you create, keep in mind several issues:
· Are the performance figures based on backtesting or actual trading?
· Is the system optimized and, if so, how does it perform over "hold-out"
· How does it handle income reinvestment?
· Are there any tax implications?
· What are the assumptions inherent to the system itself—commissions,
slippage, and money and risk management stops?
This article will walk you through a general discussion of how these elements
can impact the financial performance of a trading system.
When confronted with the results of a trading system, your first thought
should be: How were these results generated? If a system claims returns of
25% a year, is this based on actual trading or historical backtesting?
Backtesting involves testing a system using a set of historical data. Results
based on actual trading have a greater degree of credibility because returns
are generated over actual trading conditions as they happen. Secondly, results
based on backtesting are more easily manipulated to generate the highest
possible return (the practice is called optimizing).
However, backtesting using historical data is the most efficient manner to
derive system performance statistics. Backtesting is the fastest and most
popular way to gauge the potential profitability of a trading system. The
process of backtesting involves running a system over historical data. The end
result is system performance statistics that show how the system would have
performed had it actually been used over that time period. In order to
backtest a system, all you need is the historical database.
Ideally, whenever you backtest a system, you want to use a "significant"
amount of data in order to capture as many different market phases as
possible. The amount of data you will require depends, in part, on the system
you are testing—real-time, tick-by-tick systems require several days or weeks
of tick data while end-of-day systems will need at least several years of daily
data. The bottom line, however, is that the more data you have, the more
complete the picture you can draw from your backtesting results.
A drawback to historical backtesting is that results are based upon events that have taken place in the past. Therefore, the most you
can hope to learn from backtesting is how a system may perform. There
is no guarantee that what has happened in the past will repeat
itself going forward. The usefulness of backtesting lies in its ability to
provide insight into how a system may react in various market conditions.
Backtesting can often show you if a system works better during
trending markets compared to trading (sideways) markets, or vice
versa. You should also keep in mind the period over which a system is
backtested. If backtested results cover "odd" periods, this should
serve as a red flag for possible manipulation. Companies sometimes
only report results for the periods in which the system performed best. If the results are for the period 1992 through 1999, you should ask
yourself how the system did during the market downturns of 1991 and
2000. Often, the performance of the system outside the reporting period
will have an adverse affect on the overall performance. Ideally, you
would like to have system results
that cover several market cycles— both good and bad.
A final thought to consider is how a system performed in comparison
to a "buy and hold" strategy. The whole idea behind trading a given strategy is to garner greater returns
than if you simply bought the stock and held it over the period. If you cannot outperform such a strategy, you need to go back to the drawing
board and try again.
Optimizing is the process of "fitting" a trading system to a specific set of data. For example, suppose you are using a simple moving average system that generates buy signals when the closing
price moves above the moving average and sell signals when the
closing price moves below the moving average line. Optimizing
would run the system over the data, testing varying moving average
lengths to find the period that netted the largest gain or the smallest loss.
The problem with optimizing is that you are finding the best set of
parameters for a fixed period in the past. However, there is no guarantee
that the past will repeat itself. While optimizing isn't necessarily a bad
thing, it is easy to fall into the trap of over-optimizing. In the end, you
may have a system that performs spectacularly in the optimization
period, but falls apart when tested over any other period.
One way to validate or disprove the effectiveness of optimizing is through the use of a "hold-out" period—a set of data over which the system is not optimized. Returning to our earlier example, let us assume
you have 20 years of historical data for backtesting. A hold-out technique
to follow would be to optimize the system over one half of the
data (10 years) to arrive at the optimal moving average period
length. From there, you would then test the optimized system over the
second half of data. If the results from the two 10-year periods are
comparable, you can be more confident that the system will
perform in a similar manner over other periods and, most importantly,
going forward. If, on the other hand, the results over the last 10 years
differ dramatically from the first 10 years, you should begin to question
the viability of the system.
You should be aware of a few factors that, while today's software
does not take them into account, can affect the overall performance of a
trading system. The receipt or reinvestment of
dividends is an issue that is not handled by most technical analysis
programs. However, it can have a significant bearing on a system's performance. If you trade stocks that pay dividends, the dividend income received will have a positive impact
on performance. Another issue that few, if any, trading system packages explicitly account for is taxes. Depending on
your holding period—short-term or long-term—the marginal tax rate on your gains will differ. Those holding an investment for over one year are
subject to the long-term capital gains rate of 20%. If you hold an investment for less than a year, gains are
viewed as income, which is taxed at your marginal income tax rate.
Depending on your income tax bracket, therefore, you would need
to generate a higher rate of return to overcome the tax effects as compared to someone holding their investment(s) for more than one
When you construct a trading system, the assumptions you make
(or fail to make) play a role in how well your system may perform.
These assumptions involve initial equity position, trading on margin,
the handling of short trades, commissions, time and price slippage,
risk and money management stops, and interest earned on idle balances.
Initial Equity
The initial equity amount is the amount of money you have in your
account before you begin trading. By beginning with a sizable amount of
equity, you gain greater flexibility in the form of entering a larger position, which, in turn, can generate larger total dollar gains (or losses).
Typically, by entering with more money, you can stay in the game
longer. This is especially true if you plan to short stocks. Short sellers
hope to profit from stock price declines by borrowing stock and
selling it first, then buying the stock later at a lower price and returning
the borrowed shares. When a stock is sold short, your potential loss
extends well beyond your initial investment. Depending on who you
ask, you will probably receive different answers regarding the
"ideal" equity balance. Ultimately, it is up to you, just be sure you can
afford to lose it!
Short, Long, or Both?
One critical issue involves how to deal with sell orders. When a sell is
triggered, you could sell your long position and go to cash, or you can
elect to be more aggressive and "double down." This involves selling
your long position and establishing a short position in which you profit if
the security decreases in value, but you lose money if the security goes
up in value.
Margin investing is a delicate topic that investors should understand
before attempting. Margin is money you borrow from a broker, similar to
a loan, that you then use to buy stocks. You cannot buy all stocks on
margin: Those priced below $5, certain other Nasdaq stocks, and
IPOs within a certain period of their introduction are excluded.
Brokers are regulated by the Federal Reserve as to how much
credit they can extend to their clients. Currently, you can initially borrow
up to 50% of the value of your marginable securities for stocks. For
example, assume you have $10,000 in a margin-approved brokerage
account. This means you can purchase up to $20,000 of marginable
securities, with 50% coming from you and 50% from the brokerage.
Another way to word it is that you have $20,000 of "buying power."
The amount you are able to borrow on margin fluctuates on a
daily basis as the prices of the marginable securities rise and fall. If
the prices increase, so too does the amount you can borrow. The
opposite holds true as well: As prices fall, the value of the marginable
securities—your collateral—falls as well. If the value of your margined
securities falls below a predetermined minimum level, you will receive a
"margin call" from your broker. At this juncture, you are required to
either liquidate part of your existing position or send in more money to
bring the value of your account back above the predetermined level;
or your broker can sell your securities without calling.
Investing on margin carries with it risks and rewards—it magnifies the
effects of gains and losses. Returning to our $10,000 margin account example, let us assume you buy 1,000 shares of stock priced at $20.
You pay for this transaction by borrowing $10,000 from your
broker and using your $10,000 from your account. If, in a year, the price
rises to $40 a share, the value of your investment has risen from
$20,000 to $40,000. If you sell the shares and pay back the $10,000
you borrowed from your broker (including margin interest—interest
charged by the broker for the privilege of using their money), you
would have roughly $30,000 remaining—$20,000 of which is profit to you.
On the other hand, if you simply use your $10,000 to buy 500 shares
of the $20 stock, your profit would be roughly $10,000. In the first
example, you would have made $20,000 on a $10,000 investment,
while in the second you would have made $10,000 on that same
$10,000 investment. Just as margin can improve your profit, it can also worsen your losses. If the $20 stock you initially bought on margin falls to $15 a share, the investment value falls from $20,000 to $15,000. After paying back the $10,000 you borrowed from the broker, you are
left with $5,000 of your original $10,000. Without margin, the 500
shares you bought at $20 would now be worth a total of $7,500.
With margin, you lose $2,500 more than you would have using only
your own money. Be aware, too, that in our examples we did not
account for commissions, margin interest, or capital gains taxes,
which, as we have discussed, will impact the bottom line.
People tend to forget what a dramatic impact commissions—the
fees paid for buying and selling securities through a broker—can
have on the overall success of a trading system. To get a more accurate picture of a system's profitability, it is important
to figure in the commission costs. This is especially important
for a system that generates numerous buy and sell signals, which will
dramatically lower the profits or increase the losses of a system. Commissions can vary greatly
depending on the type of security
you are trading and whether you are
using a deep-discount broker or a
full-service one.
Another element that many traders lose sight of is the fact that
you will rarely be able to enter or
exit a trade at exactly the same price at which the trading signal
was generated. If your system is based on end-of-day data, a buy or
sell signal will be generated after the market close. Realistically, your first
opportunity to act on the signal is at the open the next day. The difference
between the price at which the signal was generated and the price
at which your order is actually filled is called slippage. When testing a
trading system, it is important to account for slippage; otherwise the
trading results are overstated. Some
software programs allow you to specify slippage in dollar or percentage
terms, while others allow you to build in a time delay between the signal and order execution.
Perhaps the most useful tool in
developing a trading system is a stop. Compared to commissions and
slippage, which are costs associated
with a system, stops are more of a system "tweaking" mechanism.
Stops are user-defined points where a position is closed out. When a
stop is triggered, the position is closed regardless of the current
status of your trading rules. Stops allow you to limit your losses should
a trade go against you. The stops
you specify in a trading system are similar to stop-loss orders you can
place when executing a trade. As the
name suggests, a stop-loss order is designed to stop a loss. If you
purchase a stock for $30, you can
protect yourself against the possibility
of it falling in price by placing a stop-loss sell at $30. A market order
to sell the stock is placed if the stock
falls below $30.
There are several strategies using stops when creating a trading
system, the most popular being breakeven, inactivity, maximum loss,
profit target, and trailing stops.
Breakeven stops close open positions when the closed-out value
of the position equals the amount at which the current trade was opened.
The stop is placed at the price where
the trade could be closed and the proceeds generated would equal the
equity value when the trade was
opened. Inactivity stops will close an open
position when the security's price
does not generate a minimum percent or price change within a
specified time period. If you specify 1% as the minimum change and 20
as the number of periods, the system
would automatically close any long (short) positions where the security's
price has not increased (decreased)
by at least 1% within any 20-period time frame.
Maximum loss (max loss) stops are
useful as a risk management strategy, because you can specify the
exact percentage or dollar amount of your total equity you wish to risk on
a given position. These stops close an open position when the losses resulting from the trade exceed the
specified maximum loss amount. Profit target stops exit a trade
once it reaches a predetermined profit level. Therefore, if you specify
10% as the profit target, open positions will be closed when they
generate a 10% profit (after commissions). Lastly, trailing stops close open positions when a specified amount of
the current open position's profits is
lost. Each time a position's profits reach a new high, the trailing stop is
moved to a level that allows a
specified portion of the position's profits to be lost.
You are also able to specify the number of periods to ignore in
trailing stops. For example, if you instruct the system to ignore three
periods, the trailing stop will lag by
three periods. Therefore, the last three periods' profits or losses will
be ignored when determining the current stop level. Such lags are
useful in filtering out price swings.
However, you need to exercise caution when using trailing stops.
They are not designed to limit losses, but to lock in profits.
Idle Interest
Depending on the type of system you are using, there may be times
when you are not in a trade. This means that all long trades have been
closed and short trades covered.
Ideally, you will be earning some interest on this "idle balance." The
interest you might earn is influenced by several factors, including the
brokerage firm you use to execute
your trades, the cash accounts available, and the size of your
Now that you know what to
consider when testing a trading system and examining the results in
general terms, let's take a look at an
example of how these factors can impact the performance of an actual
system using historical data. For this article, we used MetaStock 7.0 by
Equis International. Before you can begin testing a
system, you obviously need to have a system to test. A trading system
can be as simple or as complex as you can imagine—from a moving
average crossover system to one consisting of several highly evolved
indicators. For our example here, we use a 50-day exponential moving
average (EMA). The exponential, or exponentially weighted, moving
average is calculated by taking a percentage of today's closing price
and applying it to yesterday's moving average, with greater
emphasis placed on the newest price. (To learn about exponential moving
averages, refer to the August 1999 AAII Journal article, "An Intro to
Moving Averages: Popular Technical Indicators" on our web site.)
With our system, buy signals are generated (and short positions
covered) when the closing price
moves above the 50-day exponential moving average. Likewise, long
positions are closed and short positions are entered when the
closing price falls below the 50-day
exponential moving average. This system may seem overly simplistic,
but it illustrates the elements we have been discussing when evaluating,
testing, and optimizing a trading system.
To show how the factors such as
commission, slippage, and stops can impact the overall performance of a
trading system, we must have a benchmark against which to compare
their impacts. Therefore, we begin by presenting a system that, in
effect, ignores many of these issues.
Using Walt Disney, we ran our initial test over the 20-year period
from November 3, 1980, to October 31, 2000. The only assumptions we
made for this test are that we handle
both long and short trades and that we begin with a non-margin account
balance of $10,000. We do not
account for commissions, slippage, stops, or interest on idle balances.
Running this "sterile" system resulted in a net profit of
$20,603.32 over the period. While
the system made money, it fell well short of the return netted by a buyand- hold strategy. If you had bought
$10,000 of Disney stock at the
beginning of the period and sold it at the end, you would have earned
$384,480.56! At this point, it is evident that this system needs some
improving before it is ready to be traded in the real world. Next, we apply our assumptions to
the system, individually first and then in combination. We begin by
testing our system assuming that we borrowed 20% of our equity on
margin. Although federal regulations
allow you to borrow up to 50%, we recommend this only for experienced
traders who are well-versed in the implications of trading on margin.
Trading on margin had a slightly
negative effect on this system—we netted $20,461.44, or $141.88 less
than what we would have earned had we not traded on margin.
However, if we had followed a buy
and hold strategy using margin, we would have earned an extra $97,000.
Then we tested the system assuming that we pay a $15 commission
for each trade generated by the system—$15 for each buy and $15
for each sell. The 807 buy and sell
trades the system generated over the 20-year period cost us $12,105 in
commissions. However the true cost was $14,101.46 since the money
spent on commissions can not be
spent on trades which may cost us on profitable trades or save us on
losing trades. Obviously, depending
on the price you pay for transactions
and the number of trades you place,
the amount you pay in commissions
can vary significantly. Accounting for slippage, we
instructed the system to execute trades at the opening price the day
after the signal was generated. This adds a greater degree of realism to
the system since signals are not generated until after the close of
trading for the day. This "delay" in
execution had a tremendous impact on the overall performance of the
system—a net loss of $1,604.27, or
$22,207.59 less than the "sterile" system.
In a system such as this, which is fully invested, idle interest is not
much of a consideration. In fact, the only interest we earned on our idle
balance was during the first 50 days of the system. Since there was no 50-
day exponential moving average during this period, we were not in
any trades and we earned $60.
Lastly, we entered in our protective
stops for the system. The two we used were a trailing stop and
max-loss stop. Our maximum-loss stop closes a trade if it loses 2% of
our remaining equity. Therefore, in
essence, we are risking 2% of our equity per trade. Remember, however,
that because of slippage, we
run the risk of losing more than 2% on a given trade. Our trailing stop
risks 20% of our profit while ignoring one period to filter out
random price swings. Implementing
our stops into the system has a significant positive impact—it netted
$102,050.32, $81,447 more than the
sterile system. Having discussed all of our factors
in isolation and showed how they
impact the performance of our system, it is time to see how they
work in tandem with one another. Our last test combines all of the
assumptions we have covered, and
the end result stands in stark contrast to the result we first arrived at.
In this case, our system exhausted all of the equity in our account, leaving
us with a loss—an ending amount of
$9,999.46. Overall, the system generated 502 trades, which cost us
$7,530 in commissions. Furthermore, our idle balance earned
$268.96 over the 3,630 days the
system was out of all trades, due in large part to a lack of liquidity to
execute trades. Obviously, this
system needs some work before it is ready for actual trading!
What sometimes gets lost in the discussion of trading systems is the
fact that, although they are mechanical in their generation of buy and
sell signals, most programs are not capable of executing their orders for
you. Therefore, the performance of
your system is ultimately contingent on whether you execute each and
every trade when you are supposed to. The most difficult thing for many
traders is not creating, testing, or
optimizing a system, it is actually following it in real-time.
Depending on the type of system
you are trading, you may have to devote a significant amount of time
to monitoring it and executing trades. Intraday systems, those based
on real-time or intraday delayed data, may require your undivided
attention through the course of a
trading day. End-of-day systems, while not demanding the same
attention, require daily examination. Therefore, time is another intangible
cost associated with following a systematic trading strategy.
It is clear from our discussion here that many forces are at work when
you trade a system. Commissions,
slippage, protective stops, idle interest, margin, and short trading
all in their unique way influence a trading system's results.
Comparing the results of our initial test where we ignored many
of these factors to the results generated
when we integrated them shows how important it is take them all
into consideration when evaluating or testing a trading system.


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By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
May 2, 2008 - The MV-22 Osprey has proven itself in Iraq, and Marine officials are applying the lessons learned in the first operational deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft to current operations. "We're immensely proud of the Marines of Tilt-Rotor Squadron 263, who took on the challenging task of the first combat deployment of the Osprey," Lt. Gen. George J. Trautman, deputy commandant for Marine Corps aviation, said here today.
The MV-22 takes off and lands as a helicopter, but flies like an airplane.
Trautman, squadron commander Lt. Col. Paul Rock, MV-22 pilot Capt. Sara Faibisoff, and crew chief Sgt. Danny Herrman briefed Pentagon reporters on the squadron's deployment to Iraq. The unit deployed from Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., in September 2007 and returned last week.
Trautman said the decision to send the MV-22 to Iraq was the right one. It gave the Marines and soldiers in Anbar province "the best assault support aircraft" ever made, he said.
The MV-22 handled every mission it was assigned, Rock said. The unit flew more than 2,500 sorties during its seven-month deployment, with each of its aircraft flying an average of 62 hours per month. Rock said before the deployment, officials forecast each MV-22 would fly around 50 hours per month.
The aircraft was easier to maintain than the CH-46 helicopters it replaced. The 46 is 1950s-based technology, and mechanics put in 24 hours of maintenance on those aircraft for every hour in the air. The MV-22 took about 9.5 hours of maintenance for every hour of flight.
The squadron deployed with 10 aircraft. "On any given day, about seven aircraft were mission ready," Rock said. "That was more than sufficient to meet our daily taskings."
The biggest surprise for the Marines was the vastly increased payload and greatly increased range the Osprey brings to the mission. Herrman said that, in loading the aircraft, he would often run out of cubic space rather than exceeding the weight the aircraft could handle.
The range and speed of the aircraft also were pleasant surprises. Faibisoff told of flying a medical evacuation mission on Christmas Day. She picked up a Marine with a ruptured appendix in a remote base well south of Al Asad Air Base. The aircraft was able to launch and get the Marine to medical help in 56 minutes -- well within the "golden hour," a rule of thumb that gives an ill or injured person the best chance for survival if treated within the first hour of being stricken.
"We were off deck within 15 minutes of receiving the call and headed for a zone about 90 miles south of Al Asad," she said.
Computer software makes the aircraft easy to fly, and it was able to handle the desert environment, Faibisoff said.
The aircraft flew raid operations and scout missions, and conducted tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel. The squadron also flew alert missions and casualty evacuations.
"The overwhelming majority of what we did was general support -- taking people, gear, combat equipment all over the very large battle space," Rock said.
The combat conditions in Anbar province had improved to such a degree that the aircraft never had to fly into a landing zone while hostilities were under way. Still, Rock said, squadron aircraft came under small-arms fire once and rocket fire once. "Taking advantage of the aircraft's performance (means that) somebody's opportunity to engage us is very short," he said.
The Marine Corps is looking at adding an all-aspect, all-quadrant weapon on the MV-22.
"The system we're looking at now with the [U.S.] Special Operations Command is an all-aspect weapon that would be mounted in the belly of the aircraft," Trautman said. The weapon will fire in any direction and be controlled by a gunner inside the airplane.
Another MV-22 squadron is operating at Al Asad Air Base today. The service will create two more squadrons each year.
"We're on a journey to exploit a new and revolutionary technology," Trautman said. "We're going to continue to learn lessons and we're going to continue to improve and we're going to work hard to exploit the capability this aircraft."
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One for the older CWers maybe. But I thought that the ongoing run of excellent rockumentaries on BBC 4 might have caught the eye of a few of us. I particularly enoyed the first two episodes in the 'Punk Britannia' series, and the Ziggy Stardust programme was really excellent. Not so fussed about Quadrophenia, but that might just be me.
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Sam Jameson, A.J. Clark, Josh Clark and Hunter Hoffman won their weight classes for Glenwood at the Rollin Dyer Wrestling Invitational on Friday.
Five antique tractors from Mills County have begun a month-long journey to their new home in western Europe.
The tractors were among 25 sold during an auction last month at the Robert Leick property north of Glenwood. Four of the tractors sold to online bidder Marc Geerkens of Belgium belonged to Leick. The fifth was owned by Elmer Niemoller of Mineola.
On Feb. 7, Glenwood Community School District voters will have an opportunity to vote on a new Revenue Purpose Statement directing the school district's spending of its 1-cent sales tax revenues.
Glenwood's Ryan Sell was among four Omaha firefighters recognized last week with a Medal of Courage for their efforts in saving the life of a man trapped in a collapsed trench earlier this fall.
Sell and fellow members of the Omaha Fire Depart-ment's Special Operations Team rescued 41-year-old Jeff Schnider during a delicate 3 1/2-hour operation on Sept. 16. Schnider, a plumber, was laying pipe in a new subdivision in west Omaha when the trench gave way.
Fremont-Mills had 12 different players score in an 89-23 victory over Heartland Christian last Tuesday.
Fremont-Mills led 26-8 after a quarter and 51-14 at halftime.
The Knights' Corey Morrical led the way with 16 points and Jace Kemp added 14. Logan Wood chipped in with 10 points while Chase McCollum and A.J. Scarborough added eight points each.
Zach Nichols led Heartland Christian with 15 points.
Fremont-Mills 52,
Underwood 42
Katie Sowers and Devin Laughlin combined for 30 points as East Mills got its first win of the season with a 47-37 victory over Sidney on Friday.
The East Mills boys basketball team had its 20-point first-half lead trimmed to as few as six in the second half before a fourth quarter Wolverines run put Sidney away 53-38 in Corner Conference basketball on Friday.
The trio of Glenwood wrestlers reached the finals and the Rams placed sixth as a team at the West Des Moines Valley Invitational on Saturday.
Colby Taylor and Luke Neitzel combined for 35 points for Creston in a 61-54 victory over Glenwood in boys Hawkeye 10 Conference basketball on Friday.
The Glenwood girls stayed perfect on the season with a 75-45 Hawkeye 10 Conference victory over Creston on Friday.
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Quoted from Christopher1
I have taken many methyl B12 supplements - including sublingual ones that are supposedly more effective.Well, my doctor said I was heterozygous for MTHFR. He gave me B12 injections.WOW! 45 minutes after my first short - I feel incredible. I highly recommend this! :DHow come the injections are so much better than the sublingual ones? I would assume that - after 4 years on the SWAMI diet - I would have enough intrinsic factor? ??)Thanks in advance for the explanation!
Quoted from Lola
was it not cyanocoblamin?
Quoted from DoS
Do you eat ghee? Also sometimes it isn't the B12 you aren't getting, it is the transport for it. There are things that increase absorption of B12.
Quoted from Damon
FYI:Typically when people are deficient in some B-vitamin they do feel incredible once they start supplementing it. However, that superior feeling usually doesn't endure more than a few days, a week at most..Sorry
Quoted from Henriette Bsec
Well some can´t fix it :-/ when we age our ability to absorb b12 gets less.But my guess would be O friendly probiotic and lots of beef broth and ghee.My mother and grandmother - both O neg ( secs) lost their ability to absorb it and got severe migraines- both had /have b12 shots every 3 months = no migraine and no side effects.
Quoted from ruthiegirl
I would think that having the B-12 shots as often as needed is a good short term solution- it puts your body back into balance while you work on rebuilding your gut. Of course healing is possible as long as you're still alive, but sometimes healing is faster and sometimes it's slower. Why not take advantage of modern medicine (B-12 shots) to keep up your energy levels during that process? This particular intervention is safe and effective; but it's annoying to have to deal with going into the doctor frequently and the shots are uncomfortable.
Quoted from Henriette Bsec
I agree with Ruth as well :)My mum gets the injections at home btw every 3 months so not much hazzle.
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I've tried lots of methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin. Neither came close to what I feel with injections of methyl B12 into the muscle.
Quoted from Lola
tell us if those injections contain the cyanocobalamindown here, all pharmacies only sell those ....the methyl form is not available cause it is not cheap ;)
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Also sometimes it isn't the B12 you aren't getting, it is the transport for it. There are things that increase absorption of B12.


text: Adrie Kusserow, professor of cultural anthropology, recently published her second book of ethnographic poetry, Refuge (BOA Editions Ltd). The poetry probes culture and globalization with poems about Sudanese refugees based in Uganda, Sudan, and the United States, especially the "Lost Boys of Sudan." Reviewer Renato Rosaldo, author of Culture & Truth, wrote, "Kusserow's splendid verses bring us devastatingly close to the recent horrors of the southern Sudan and its lost boys. Her ethnographic gaze is compelling and her poems plunge us into unfamiliar social worlds, bringing us the news we need to know. Both anthropology and poetry stand enriched by her work." Adrie's first poetry collection Hunting Down the Monk was published by BOA Editions in 2002. Her most recent international fieldwork trips support girls' education in South Sudan and Youth Media Literacy and Gross National Happiness in Bhutan.


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My Dad, Julian S. Mark
I (Jane Mark Moritz) want to extend my warmest thanks to all of you who have so kindly sent their condolences regarding the death of my Dad, Julian S. Mark. My father was truly an amazing man. Here is his complete obituary:
Commando, Captain, Football Player, Dentist And One Great Poppi
Dr. Julian S. Mark died on August 6, 2010 in Stamford, CT. He was 87 years old and died of natural causes.
Born on July 31, 1923 in New York City, the son of the late Harry and Pauline Mark, he received his B.S. from Tufts University in 1945. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II as a Naval Scout Officer—the forerunner of the Navy Seals—completing a reconnaissance mission of an amphibious landing area on an island off the coast of Okinawa, ten days prior to the U.S. landing.
Stabbed in his proverbial "stern" during one night time pre-landing patrol, he was unaware of his wound until he was making a verbal report to the beach commander back at his ship.
Later, as commander of a Navy landing ship off-loading supplies and men in Vietnam following the end of the Pacific War, he and a fellow officer on shore leave were surrounded by Vietnamese guerillas who mistook them for French Naval Officers. Ironically they avoided death by shouting "American, American."
After the war, he played football for the NFL's Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals) during the 1946 season. He earned $250 per game, money he put towards Dental School. Mark left the team when a spot opened up for him at Georgetown University School of Dentistry, where he was also a part-time assistant foot ball coach.
Although he had an imposing 6'7'' athletic frame, he was known as much for his engaging charm and warmth.
Dr. Mark came to Stamford with his wife, Rebecca Mark, in 1950 after graduating from Georgetown Dental School. He retired two years ago.
Once during the 1960's, Stamford Democrats ran him for Congress against a strong incumbent Republican. As he called it, it was strictly a straw dog candidacy.
A man who strongly believed that every human being could make a difference, he devoted much of his time to education and social service. In addition to spending 34 years as an instructor and an assistant professor at the post graduate School of Dentistry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, he was appointed by Governor John Dempsey to be the Dental Advisor to the Connecticut Commission of the Mentally Retarded from 1954-1956, campaign chairman of the Stamford Jewish Federation, a director of the Stamford Jewish Center, a director of Jewish Family Services and a director of the Aid for the Retarded. He was a volunteer dentist of the Catholic Medical Mission serving for one month at a time in Jamaica, Haiti, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador and Nicaragua. He was also a volunteer dentist in Israel on two occasions and in Byblos, Lebanon served as the dental paleontologist with a distinguished group of archaeologists.
For the past 43 years he had also been an alumni interviewer for students applying to Georgetown University. At age 80, he began a new career as a hospice volunteer at the Visiting Nurses Association.
In addition to his wife to whom he was married for 62 years, he is survived by 5 children; 3 daughters, Susan Mark Hamlin of Los Gatos, California, Stephanie Mark of Stamford, Jane Mark Moritz of Westport, Connecticut and 2 sons, Andrew Mark of New York City and Joshua Mark of Jerusalem, Israel. He is survived by 13 grandchildren nobly named Amanda Brady, Nathaniel Hamlin, Kathy Hamlin, Rachel and David Mark, Sam, Harry and Michael Moritz, Orly, Talia, Aharoni and Aliza Mark and William Malkevich; daughter and son-in-laws Betsy Devine, Marina Malkevich, Chris Hamlin, and Joshua Moritz; nephew Martin Teicher and neice Carol Kupferman.
Funeral services were held on Sunday, August 8, 2010 at Agudath Shalom Synagogue chapel, 301 Strawberry Hill Ave. in Stamford at 2PM and burial was at the Agudath Shalom Cemetary on West Hill Road.


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LEWISBURG, Pa. — Jose Carmena will give the talk, "Neural Adaptations to a Brain-machine Interface," Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell University.
The talk, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University's Social Science Colloquium series, "Emerging Minds: Seeking Meaning in a Physical World."
Carmena is the principal investigator with the Brain-Machine Interface Systems laboratory at the University of California-Berkeley, where he also serves as an assistant professor of electrical engineering, cognitive science and neuroscience.
"I will give an introduction to the field of cortical brain-machine interfaces (BMI), powerful tools that use brain-derived signals to control artificial devices such as computer cursors and robots," Carmena said of his upcoming talk. "I also will give a summary of exciting results from our lab showing that the brain can consolidate prosthetic motor skill in a way that resembles that of natural motor learning. This will be followed by an outline on the emerging directions the field is taking towards the development of neuroprosthetic devices for the impaired."
AI and robotics
Carmena holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Valencia as well as a master's degree in artificial intelligence and a doctorate in robotics from the University of Edinburgh.
He has been the recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Sloan Research Fellowship, the Okawa Foundation Research Grant Award, the UC Berkeley Hellman Faculty Award, and the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Key scholars, new perspectives
"This yearlong series is exploring the nature of the mind with talks by key scholars," said series coordinator Joseph Tranquillo, assistant professor of biomedical and electrical engineering at Bucknell.
"Questions about the nature of our minds and identities have been posed for millennia. Since the beginning of the 20th century, however, technological and scientific advances have enabled the ancient questions about mind and self to be revisited in new ways," Tranquillo said.
"The result of these cross-disciplinary studies has been the emergence of new perspectives on a wide range of issues including the relationship between the brain as an organ and the mind as a concept, the existence of a universal human nature, the production and appreciation of art, the boundaries of our free will, the goals of our health and education systems, and the extent to which our behavior is motivated by evolutionary imperatives."
The final event in the "Emerging Minds" series is a talk on March 10 by neuroscientist David Eagleman, who will discuss neuroscience and the law.
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While setting up my JRB BMB for the first time this weekend, I noticed that I could adjust the location of the tri-glides to be closer to the trees or closer to the suspension rings while still maintaining the 9.5' spacing between the rings. Not knowing if it mattered, I decided to split the distance between tree and the ring.
Is there a rule of thumb for the location of the tri-glide with respect to the trees and suspensions rings?
Also I tied a knot in the standing end of the webbing, at the triglide to protect against any slippage, but I wasn't happy with the resulting knot.
Is there a preferred or recommended knot for that application? Is the knot required [besides for my peace of mind]?


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The Mushroom Man - Many people are interested in photography. Some specialize in portraits, others landscapes. Taylor Lockwood specializes in -- are you ready for this? -- mushrooms! His hope is once you see his work you'll not only understand why, but that you'll see fungi in a whole new light. Lucky's "Jaws" Swim - Da-Dum. Da-da-Da-Dum. In the summer of 1975, the movie "JAWS" terrorized nearly everyone who saw it. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer is finally ready to conquer his fear. And he wants company. Da-Dum. Da-da-Da-Dum. Silver Stars - Are you ready to move your body? Meet the Orlando Magic Silver Stars, a group of 50+ dancers who shake their things in front of huge NBA crowds. Find out why they do it and how they got up the courage to shine! Cycling Star - Marty Jemison is an internationally-known cyclist who has competed at not one but two Tour de France events. These days, he's paying it forward by taking everyone from weekend enthusiasts and potential champions under his wing. Hit the road with the cycling star.
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Mountain Cloud Boys (mission)/Walkthrough
The following is a walkthrough of the Mountain Cloud Boys mission in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Find a car, and take Woozie to the nearby storehouse in Chinatown, just behind Wu Zi Mu's Apartment. Stop in the red marker, and follow Woozie. Suddenly, pedestrians are screaming and running for their lives. There seems to be a disturbance. Woozie notices that the gate is open, which is unusual. The Blood Feather Triads are dead, and there is fire everywhere. A garage opens, and a triad explains that he was too scared to fight, so he hid in there. Woozie demands to know what happened. The Da Nang Boys caught them by surprise, and wiped out the Blood Feather Triad. They're coming back!
A car arrives containing four members of the Da Nang Boys, and a health bar appears for Woozie. Kill the Da Nang Boys and protect him. Walk out of the alley and two more sets will appear, this time on bikes. There are many more around the corner, including as a sniper. Leave no survivors. Get in the car with Woozie. The Da Nang Boys are blocking the exit. Carl reverses out of the alley. Now, you must kill all the chasers. Perform a drive-by. Once you have killed them, make your way back to Woozie's place. He gives you a reward, and mission is accomplished.
Video walkthrough
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My God! It's Tebow!
...is that Bob Seger?...
More of the best examples of horrific and embarrassing parenting on Facebook.
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Parents who were previously limited to humiliating, berating, and otherwise damaging their children in person have discovered they can do so in front of a much larger group of people on Facebook. The obvious lesson here is never, ever accept your mom or dad's friend request they may not even notice. And God help anyone whose parents find out about Twitter. Let us know in the comments of any others you see around the Web!
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A home for all animals at Godot
My love for animals has grown tremendously over the past year. Last summer, I spent three months in Washington, D.C., interning at Double R Productions. I had the experience to complete a civil service project while I was there. For this project, I found an animal shelter, Lucky Dog Animal Rescue, based out of Washington.
Lucky Dog is a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing homeless and abandoned animals, primarily dogs from high-kill shelters and owners who can no longer care for them.
I spent the day interviewing foster families at Lucky Dog adoption events, which have been held weekly with the help of volunteers since the rescue was established almost two years ago. I learned how this organization, unlike other shelters, does not have its own facility. Fortunately, all rescued animals stay in the comfort of foster homes until they are "showed off" to the community at these adoption events in hopes of finding a permanent home.
As I downloaded the photos of all the animals that needed a home, I knew I could not leave Washington without helping at least one animal.
Needless to say, the day I left Washington to return home, I had a three-month-old tabby kitten in the seat beside me. "Metro," who received his name after the subway in D.C., now lives a happy life at my home, sunbathing on his favorite window seal, climbing up the screen door to catch bugs and chasing shadows on the wall.
I cannot afford, nor have the time, to care for another animal, but I hope others can. This is why I am starting this column: To feature two animals a week from the Gateway Humane Society in Falls Creek that deserve and need permanent, loving homes. I am hoping this column will inspire people to adopt, and also shine a light on community members who share the same love for animals as I do.
Sharing that same love for animals is Lana Laughbaum, a New York City native who has dedicated more than 20 years of her life rescuing animals in need.
The Godot Animal Sanctuary, in Punxsutawney, is where Laughbaum resides with more than 180 acres of land all dedicated to more than 300 animals that no one else would care for.
Every animal brought to the sanctuary has arrived with a tragic story. These animals are not healthy, or come to the shelter because their owners no longer want or can care for them. And it's not a place for animals to be dropped off in hopes of finding a new home. Godot Animal Sanctuary is home to "the animals that no one else would ever give a chance."
"Don't just look away from animal abuse, or think that someone else will make the call for the abused animal," Laughbaum said. "Animals cannot speak for themselves."
Living by the mission statement "Helping the ones no one else will help," Laughbaum and her staff of about eight to 10 people care daily for each and every animal at the sanctuary. The animals are basically unadoptable, from the deaf, blind, diseased, to those who were close to death from abuse. These animals might be a reason for many to never adopt, but for the sanctuary, animals such as these are welcome, and all have names to match their personalities.
Each staff member feeds the animals, cleans the pens and performs a full body exam daily to check for any problem with each animal.
"My staff is wonderful," Laughbaum said. "They do not just come in every day and do the basics. Every animal is examined to make sure they maintain a healthy weight and great health. They also play with the animals and really give each animal their attention to make them feel at ease and loved."
Laughbaum and her staff work with and are members of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Council. Godot is also certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a recognized Wildlife Habitat to help house and care for animals such as deer, turkeys, possums and many more to get them well enough to be released back into the wild.
Other services provided are Red Cross assistance for housing family pets during times of crisis; feral cat aid and rescue; a spay and neuter program; a perpetual care program; educational programs; and animal rescue.
"We try to do everything pro-animal we possibly can," Laughbaum said. "If it doesn't seem 100 percent pro-animal, we don't do it."
Throughout the sanctuary, there are "feeding houses" with birdseed and other animal grains for the many birds, squirrels and chipmunks that call it their home. There are 20 birdhouses, 15 birdbaths and a forthcoming meditation pond.
Other animals at the sanctuary include cows, horses, pigs, llamas, flightless birds, rabbits and more. Each animal has its own living space on the 183-acre estate.
The Godot Animal Sanctuary is a non-profit rescue organization that exists on donations from people within different communities. While it isn't open to the public, it supports learning groups such as the Girl Scouts that want to learn how to care for animals. It is also open by appointment for those who donate.
The rescue's staff also strives to be true animal rescuers for the unadoptable animals. A poem titled "I Am an Animal Rescuer" is posted on the sanctuary Web site, with lines like, "My job is to assist God's creatures ... I was born with the need to fulfill their needs ... I take in new family members without a plan, thought or selection ... I have bought dog food with my last dime."
"When I started to do this, I had a mission," Laughbaum said. "This was not going to be a sanctuary that takes in the healthy. I am dedicated to helping the unadoptable animals, and giving them that second chance they all deserve."


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Home values expected to drop 10-15% in newest review
The last time the city performed a revaluation in 2009, property values declined by an average of 28 percent with the values of commercial and retail properties taking a bigger dip than residences.
This year, City Tax Assessor and Collector Ken Mallette expects the values will drop again, but not as much.
"I'm not optimistic with the way the economy is going. There's no bounce back. It's kind of leveled," he said Tuesday. He expects property values to take another 10 to 15 percent decline in the statistical revaluation, which is in the preliminary phases of starting and should be completed by April of next year and in place for the 2013-14 tax bills in July.
Compared to full revaluations where field agents visit each property, a statistical valuation is based on recent sales that are then used to arrive at percentage changes by neighborhoods. Field agents will visit those homes that have been sold since July 1, 2011 and will use those in setting values.
Vision Government Solutions Inc., the company that performed the 2009 statistical revaluation, won a $420,000 contract for the work. Of that amount, 60 percent will be paid by the state. The next full revaluation will be done in 2015.
While commercial properties were the big losers in 2009, Mallette believes homes in the range of $300,000 and less will take the largest hit this time. And of residential properties, he expects multi-family units of two to six families to see the greatest decline.
"There's a glut in the market and they were among the first to be under water [a situation where the value of the property is less than what it was bought for or the mortgages it is carrying]," he said. He cited an example of a Providence Street six-unit complex that recently sold for less than half of the $400,000 it had been bought for. Most of these multi-family properties are in the neighborhoods of Norwood, Oakland Beach, Conimicut and Apponaug.
The median value of a Warwick single-family home following the 2009 statistical revaluation was $206,000, a drop of $24,000 from 2006. Overall, real estate values for the city dropped from $11 billion to $9 billion.
"Where value has held seems to be on the waterfront," Mallette said.
With 39 miles of shoreline, Warwick has a number of waterfront communities with many of the higher priced homes on Warwick Neck, Buttonwoods and Potowomut. Sales of these homes have slowed with the burst of the real estate bubble leaving few comparisons on which to base a statistical revaluation. That was the case on Warwick Neck in 2009 when houses on the east side of the peninsula were valued significantly higher than the other side, prompting a neighborhood outcry and a second look by Vision. A review was conducted and the values were adjusted.
Under the system, homeowners who have held their property for more than a year as of this July shouldn't get a visit or hear from Vision until next March or early April when all property owners will be notified of values. They are then given several weeks to schedule a hearing with Vision personnel to review the value and to contest it. Values of all city properties will be online and in printed documents at the assessor's office that can be used for comparative purposes.
If after this review a property owner remains unsatisfied, they can appeal to the board of assessment review. And from there, they can appeal to Superior Court.
In the 2009 revaluation, 1,200 property owners sought initial hearings with about half of that number appealing to the board. Mallette said about 70 carried their appeal to court, of which half remain to be settled or adjudicated.
Commercial values are frequently the most contested. Those values are largely based on income rather than comparative sales, and property owners are urged to complete forms reflecting income and expenses, which they should be receiving shortly.
Mallette, who with this as his third revaluation of his career, which is more than any other assessor, is well versed with the vagaries of the market. He has seen property values soar to peaks in the 2006 revaluation and then take a nosedive as they did in 2009.
He's seen it on a personal level, too.
Mallette bought his house in 1987 for $120,000. At one point, he said, the bank was willing to loan him $260,000 using the property as collateral, which he is pleased he didn't take.
Mallette believes he could get $120,000 on a quick sale now or $150,000 if he was prepared to wait, "which means the house has gone down," he said.
Vision staff will carry a photo ID, a letter of identification from the Tax Assessor's Office and will have their cars registered with the Warwick Police Department.
So they're not going door to door? Then I won't to throw garbage on my front yard and knock a fence down.
They are their to get a fair evaluation, but you still dont have to let them inside if you are uncomfortable. Most of the value is determined by sq feet and outside condition.


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TORONTO - The Canadian dollar headed higher Thursday amid mixed data on whether the U.S. economic recovery remains on track.
The loonie gained 0.43 of a cent to 90.65 cents US.
The Commerce Department says the U.S. economy grew at a 2.6 per cent annual rate from October to December, slightly more than previously estimated, as consumer spending rose at the fastest pace in three years. Analysts had been expecting a growth rate of 2.4 per cent.
The release coincided with figures from the U.S. Labor Department that found jobless claims fell 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 311,000, the lowest since late November and a hopeful sign that hiring could pick up.
Despite that encouraging data, however, the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes fell for the eighth straight month in February, indicating that real estate sales will likely slow over the next few months.
Last week, the loonie was pressured after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it could start raising short-term interest rates as soon as next year.
"With the Fed shifting away from its dovish tone it suggests a strong U.S. economic backdrop and therefore an improved global growth outlook, which has supported all the global growth assets...," Camilla Sutton, chief currency strategist for Scotiabank (TSX:BNS), said in a note Thursday.
Sutton said there's a potential that a weaker Canadian dollar will persist if Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz lags the U.S. in making similar policy changes, which is what is expected to happen unless there are greater signs of a strengthening economy north of the border.
In another note, Scotiabank said it anticipates the Canadian currency will remain weak through mid-year before stabilizing by the end of the 2014 at about 89 cents if the U.S. economy continues to improve. However, it expects the loonie to weaken further to 88 cents US in 2015.
"The Canadian domestic backdrop is uneven, with expectations of an improvement in net exports and business investment slow to materialize, adding to well-established concerns over general economic slack," the note said.
Meanwhile, commodities were mixed as May crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange climbed $1.01 to US$101.28 a barrel. June gold bullion fell $8.60 to US$1,294.80 an ounce while May copper gained three cents to US$2.99 a pound.


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According to Savannah Morning News news researcher Julia Muller, I've written more than 1,500 columns for the paper over the last 12 years.
How'd that happen?
It doesn't feel like I've written more than 1,100.
At this time of Thanksgiving, I'd like to thank the many regular readers of my columns both in this section and in Do on Thursdays. Twelve years ago, I would never have guessed that there was so much demand for these newsy updates about city life.
And I never would have expected that so many readers would tolerate my wonky, occasionally tedious, delving into data about the job market, real estate and other vital but less-than-exciting sectors.
I generally try to connect a few dots in these columns - to put specific developments in the context of larger trends.
Are there any trends for which we should be thankful this year?
We are fortunate to live in a city where so many citizens are passionate about the past, present and future.
Sometimes those passions conflict with or even completely contradict each other. But vigorous discourse might be the best path for a communal vision to emerge.
Consider recent discussions about crime in the city. As we hash over different strategies, we create chances for changes that will make life better for law-abiding citizens.
As I've said here before, I'd put the emphasis on eradicating obvious street level crimes. I've never understood why Savannah has allowed the same corridors to be plagued by drug dealing and prostitution for decades.
We should be thankful that Savannah's economy seems to be rebounding from the doldrums of the weak recovery.
Sure, there are many uncertainties, and many hardworking citizens continue to struggle.
But we've seen steady improvement in our local employment data. And the housing market probably bottomed out a few months ago.
If you're suspicious of data, just look around at all the major developments in and around Savannah's core.
There are active plans for new hotels, new apartments, our first Whole Foods and myriad other projects that should generate jobs and improve quality of life.
We're seeing significant underutilized parcels of land in the heart of the city converted to more appropriate uses.
Last weekend even brought word that investors are again looking at mixed-use development on Hutchinson Island. That's a tall order, mainly because of the poor vehicular access, but the effort is another sign that the city is emerging from the long slump.
Whatever you're thankful for, I hope you have a pleasant Thanksgiving.
City Talk appears every Sunday and Tuesday. Bill Dawers can be reached via firstname.lastname@example.com and http://www.billdawers.com. Send mail to 10 E. 32nd St., Savannah, GA 31401.


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Logan 400 North Roadway Improvements
Monday, Jun. 24, 2013
Access to the Utah State University campus via Champ Drive from 400 North has been affected due to ongoing roadway improvements. While access is still limited, the end is in sight. Completion of the 400 North (US-89) roadway and safety improvements between Main Street and Canyon Road at the mouth of Logan canyon is expected Friday, June 28.
Anticipated projects and work dates are below.
June 24-25: Microsurfacing operations will continue Monday and Tuesday on 400 North between Champ Drive on the USU campus and Canyon Road at the mouth of Logan Canyon.
- 400 North will be restricted to one lane in each direction in the work zone.
- One-way flagging operations will be in effect at the mouth of the canyon.
- On-street parking along 400 North will not be permitted during the work.
- The two eastern-most USU parking lots on the south side of 400 North will be closed Monday and Tuesday and USU patrons will be asked to park in the western-most lot (700 East) on those days.
Monday, June 24: Crews plan to microsurface the north side of 400 North between Champ Drive and Canyon Road.
- Cross-street access to/from 400 North will be closed at 1200 East and 1500 East to accommodate proper curing of the newly placed micro-seal. Traffic will be detoured to 1350 East as an alternate.
- Champ Drive, entrances to USU student housing and 1350 East will remain open during the work.
Tuesday, June 25: Crews plan to microsurface the south side of 400 North between Champ Drive and Canyon Road.
- Cross-streets, accesses on the north side of the street and access to the U.S. Forest Service Visitor's Center are expected to remain open during this work.
June 24-27: Motorists should expect intermittent single-lane restrictions throughout the week between Main Street (US-91) and the mouth of the canyon for miscellaneous spot patching, lane striping and installation of pavement messages.
Construction crews will work Monday through Thursday (June 24-27) from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
Those with questions or concerns can contact UDOT.
Phone: 435-770-4114
Email: email@example.com
Web: www.udot.utah.gov/go/logan400north


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When I first started to watch clips of Tattooed under Fire by Nancy Schiesari, I started to see an outline of a unique story that needed to be brought to public television. I saw young men and women just out of high school who were preparing to go to war in Iraq as they as visited a local tattoo parlor near their base. There they revealed their American pride, their concerns and their fears about going over to fight. Then the film provides more revelations upon their return from Iraq. Each soldier gives their own personal perspective giving us the sense of the human and cultural cost of war. Tattooed under Fire gives a perspective and an experience that very few of us will ever experience in our lifetime.
As an independent producer, Nancy Schiesari has shown her skill in transitioning the original Fort Hood Diaries project into Tattooed under Fire. The early cuts that I saw have now been polished into this one-hour documentary. I want to thank her for listening to the many voices providing her with direction to finish this film. I also want to thank the folks from ITVS and with the LINCS project with the assistance in getting this program ready for air. They have provided lots of support to get this program on many of the public television stations. And the good news is that many of the public television stations around the country are planning to air the program in November around Veteran's Day.
Tattooed under Fire is an excellent contemporary documentary that provides a unique look into our world. It is worthy of your viewing time. Look for it on your PBS station. Check local listings for days and times.
Tattooed under Fire can be seen on KLRU on Tuesday, November 10 at 9:00 pm and Thursday, November 12th at 1:00 am.
— Maria Rodriguez, senior vice president of programming


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Framework: CF052 – cf052_0203_v2
2 - Primary or Horizontal Divisions
3 - Secondary or Vertical Divisions
Part of series: CF052 Circular Flow 052 – Parallel Processes
Series Keywords: parallel process, parallel flow, tandem processes, dual work flows, work flow intersection, process integration, flow integration
There are two variations that can be used to illustrate parallel or tandem process or flows, dual work flows, process or flow intersections and/or integration. The two variations are:
- v1 – two separate flows to be used as semitransparencies that overlap. The circular flow on the left flow outward to the left and the circular flow on the right flows outward to the right. The overlap, which creates an intersection, is in the middle. These frameworks are not just two circular flows that have been mirrored and used together. Notice that the intersection in the middle has a differently shaped departure point than the other flow segments. This vividly communicates that a union if the two individual circular flows has taken place.
- v2 –two separate flows to be used as solid colors. The intersection point is a field separate from the two flows and can be colored independent from the two flows. The series example shows how to use this version. Notice that the intersection field is different for the 6-segment flow (also illustrated in the series example).
Notice also that the series example uses two flows with different numbers of segments. You can combine two frameworks to tell a very specific story.
This series is just like CF051, but it has wings. If you want a circular flow without arrowheads (wings), then download frameworks from CF051.


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amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Published Thursday, February 23, 2012
The eleventh annual TREAT Asia Network Meeting brought together leading scientists, clinicians, and advocates from across the region to reflect on the past year's work and strategize about next steps in the network's fight against AIDS in Asia. Taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, from 9-13 November, the meeting included workshops on the adult and pediatric HIV observational research databases as well as studies to evaluate HIV drug resistance.
Dr. Adeeba Kamarulzaman from Malaysia at the2011 TREAT Asia Network MeetingTREAT Asia Director Dr. Annette Sohn provided a summary of the program's progress in 2011. "Our network right now is the largest it has been in the history of the program, with 21 adult sites, 22 pediatric sites, and 17 laboratory sites," she reported.Dr. Sohn also noted that a key accomplishment in 2011 was the five-year renewal of funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support TREAT Asia's role as the regional representative to the International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA). Dr. Gerald Sharp of the NIH later presented an overview of IeDEA and discussed the potential for global linkages between TREAT Asia and other IeDEA regions.Throughout the meeting, participants heard research and education updates from across the region, such as presentations on acute HIV infection in Thailand from Dr. Jintanat Ananworanich, sensitivity training for providers working with men who have sex with men (MSM) in Indonesia from Dr. Evy Yunihastuti, and a study of tuberculosis in Taiwan from Dr. Arthur Chen. Additionally, amfAR's Vice President and Director of Public Policy Chris Collins joined the meeting to present on global HIV/AIDS policy issues. He identified access to medicines, harm reduction, and country ownership as potential policy concerns in the Asia-Pacific region.TREAT Asia network members, Dr. Yi-Ming Arthur Chen from Taiwan and Dr. Chung Ki Patrick Li from Hong Kong, with amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost
A recurring theme during the meeting was the desire to turn the network's research findings into a solid evidence base that might be used to influence funding patterns, HIV-related policy, and standards of clinical care in the region. Looking forward, meeting participants identified future priorities for the network, including addressing questions of how best to quantify its impact and strategically communicate its findings to target audiences.Speaking at the meeting, amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost said, "I am happy that amfAR can continue to see TREAT Asia as a real jewel in the crown of our programs."
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When you think of your orange juice in its infancy, you probably envision neat rows of leafy green citrus trees in Florida or California — Tropicana and other companies' have helped seal that image in our minds.
But the reality is that a lot of our orange juice comes from Brazil — about 14 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Now the safety of those imports is in question, prompting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to hold back all orange juice imports from overseas, Bloomberg reports.
Why all the fuss? Last month, low levels of a fungicide, called carbendazim, were found in orange juice products that contained juice imported from Brazil. The chemical is approved for use in Brazil but not in the U.S.
This week, the FDA apparently decided this was pretty serious. In a letter to the Juice Products Association, the FDA said it is sampling import shipments of orange juice and will deny entry to shipments that test positive for carbendazim.
"We have initiated testing of orange juice both at ports of entry and in the United States," Michael Taylor, the FDA's deputy commissioner for food, told ABC News via email today. "Very preliminary results show levels well below the level of any safety concern."
This also means we're likely to see higher orange juice prices quite soon. According to Reuters, U.S. orange juice futures jumped almost 11 percent to an all-time high on Tuesday, and juice industry analysts say they will likely keep climbing.


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Technological innovation in the mobile space has been swept aside by marketting innovation.
It is now defined as: "4G = Whatever the major US carriers are selling today"
Feeling the same way here. My guess is this isn't so much a 'softening' of the definition, as some director at ITU throwing up his hands and yelling "Fine! They want to call it 4G, they can call it 4G! If anyone's looking for me, I'll be in the 4G bathroom, taking a 4G shit from all the 4G burritos I had at lunch."
I have a brilliant idea. Let's just measure wireless internet speed the same way we do consumer broadband -- by the actual speed of the service, rather then using all these "-G" codes. Honestly, "2.75G"? Talk about splitting hairs!
But then they'd have to admit that 4G and 3G are sometimes exactly the same.
But then they'd have to admit that 4G and 3G are sometimes exactly the same.
http://gizmodo.com/5704797/verizon-lte-speed-test-insanely-fast [gizmodo.com]
I would be happy with 7-10mbps (the slow results). My 3G tends to be around
First of all, the "-G" codes are quite notable. Transition from 1G to 2G (from analog to GSM) was a massive technological leap. Transition from 2G to 3G was also massive leap (effectively brought usable internet access to mobile devices). The transition from 3G to 4G is supposed to be something comparable to those two: Something that is a massive step forwards in terms of tehcnology and/or really does revolutionize the way we use mobile devices. That being the case, it's pretty simple and useful to look at
And while that slows things down in America the rest of the world will just quietly carry on rolling out next-generation infrastructure such as this [tele2.se]. It's available now, my Swedish isn't good enough to spot what kind of technology it is but 80Mb wireless broadband sounds pretty 4G to me.
Explain to me how exactly LTE and Wimax don't count as technological improvements over UMTS and EVDO? They are both a switch over to a pure IP based network rather than tunneling it through GPRS. They both offer better speeds than 3G technologies. And they are a much bigger step forward than the switch from LTE to LTE Advanced or WiMax to WiMax 2 will be. This move by ITU just recognizes reality and chooses to draw the line between 3G and 4G to match where the fundamental tech changes are actually occurring
I call bullshit on your call of bullshit. 3G delivers about
Technological innovation in the mobile space has been swept aside by marketting innovation.
Precisely. The focus is on the label applied to the technology, rather than on the capabilities of the technology itself.
Well, I just skimmed it, but it didn't make anything clearer. What I get from it and understand is this:
If you have a phone that says its 4G, it's lying.
But do you really? Think of it this way, most people don't have a clue what 3G is other than that service that lets me view facebook on my phone without waiting a day for the page to load. Most consumers assume 4G is the next iteration of the number, and take it to mean exclusively "the next thing after 3G that will be faster". If marketing companies claim WiMax is 4G, and it is faster who ultimately cares what the specific standards are.
I mean consumers will buy based on marketing, and sometimes based on the tech specs. If 4G according to the carriers meet a certain speed requirement, then who's the standards body to say that no we'll reserve 4G for something even faster after devices have already started shipping and advertising money has been spent. Ultimately the consumers who are buying their 4G device will get the latest and greatest faster technology and the fact that the definition changes doesn't make their phone suddenly slower.
I'm glad the ITU apparently caved, the tech world is confusing enough as it is without one term meaning many different things.
The ITU defines what 3G and 4G mean, and who can call their services by those names.
No, they don't. The ITU defines what "IMT-Advanced" is. They do not define what "4G" means, nor do they have the tiniest smidgen of legal authority to regulate who can use "4G" to refer to their services.
Realistically speaking, the ITU program even to define what IMT-Advanced is a complete waste of time. It is not an actual technical or interoperability standard, just some sort of bureaucratic bragging right. Butterfly cla
As the most advanced technologies currently defined for global wireless mobile broadband communications, IMT-Advanced is considered as "4G", although it is recognized that this term, while undefined, may also be applied to the forerunners of these technologies, LTE and WiMax, and to other evolved 3G technologies providing a substantial level of improvement in performance and capabilities with respect to the initial third generation systems now deployed.
So they're not relaxing the standard; EDGE is still 3G
I think you just earn a degree in marketing for that.
For $2,000 I'll build you one that goes to 12.
It basically means you get broadband speeds 14mbps, pretty simple I just a lot of people here are over analyzing it and all parroting the same message. Basically you don't want to have a dozen different names for a certain set of speed.
If you name your service a dozen different names, it does no one any good. Maybe Super-4G will probably be 20mbps but I think they are all in the general range there.
Get over it....
All this activity over the definition of 4G?...What does the term actually mean?
It basically means you get broadband speeds 14mbps
Interesting, considering my carrier states that the theoretical maximum on their network is 24mbps and they have a 3G network (UMTS). Oh, and it does go that fast in some areas too.
I assumed this would happen [slashdot.org] back in October and was modded troll. "That only happens in America!" Greed is universal.
PS, I'm shocked -- SHOCKED!
...which nobody can deny is a marketing hoax perpetuated by HSPA+ carriers. Time for a single grand unified body of generation number definers.


text: I 've just come from a rather fascinating meeting of the minds, this year's Berlinale Keynotes, a conversation around urban cinema and architecture. Panelists included architects Norman Foster | Foster+Partners, London and Wolf D. Prix | COOP HIMMELB(L)AU, Vienn, filmmakers Deyan Sudjic | DESIGN MUSEUM, London and Heinz Emigholz | Pym Films, Berlin, MK2 founder Marin Karmitz | MK2, Paris, and urban planner and branding specialist Li Edelkoort | Edelkoort Etc., Paris. The conversation focussed on the future of cinemas as urban spaces with three special presentations from Foster, Karmitz, and Prix. There is much to digest from this discussion, specifically connections between cinema and public space, impacts of the digital sphere on the social sphere, how cinemas can act as centers of urban space, as well as use of the cinema as a means for political and capital gains. I hope to further discuss this conversation later this evening. Expect the post to include ideas such as the airport as the future cinematic space, the use of surfaces as screens, and searching for cinemas future in its past. Right now I'll indulge in some of that past at a rare screening of Fasbinder's Rio das Mortes.


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[EXTENSION] multimodelform/jqrelcopy Solutions for clientside cloning
Posted 20 December 2011 - 07:34 PM
Set this to false and let me know if it works for you.
Posted 30 December 2011 - 03:31 PM
Joblo, on 20 December 2011 - 07:34 PM, said:
Set this to false and let me know if it works for you.
Is (multiple) file upload feature supported in version 3 ?
(BTW, yes $showAddItemOnError works great for me, thanks for this great extension)
Posted 05 January 2012 - 04:40 AM
The multiple file upload feature is not supported in 3.0, it was not in my mind when working on 3.0.
But maybe (not tested) you can merge this solution with the original code.
Posted 06 January 2012 - 04:51 PM
Thanks. I will be able to test the new $showAddLink property in my next project. I can't test it now because I already modified the extension to completely hide the new blank item form on an error and just show the invalid data. Due to time constraints I did not fully document my steps, but can revisit it upon your request.
One new issue is conditional form config depending upon row data, like showing a drop down on a field if the row's usertype is admin, or a normal text input on the field if the row's usertype is a signup.
Posted 09 January 2012 - 11:59 AM
urgent, on 06 January 2012 - 04:51 PM, said:
To fix this I just wrote a jquery each function to cycle through each of the elements, and a parent.find() to retrieve the other element's value. Then it was simple to update the drop down.
Posted 17 January 2012 - 01:50 PM
i have a problem with the id passed from group (RegistroFactura) to member (OrdenTrabajo), when i try to save the error summary say "groupid cannot be blank"
can anybody helpme
heres is my create method
public function actionCreate() { Yii::import('ext.multimodelform.MultiModelForm'); $model = new RegistroFactura; $model_ot = new OrdenTrabajo(); $validatedOt = array(); if (isset($_POST['RegistroFactura'])) { $model->attributes=$_POST['RegistroFactura']; if(MultiModelForm::validate($model_ot,$validatedOt,$deletedItems) && $model->save()) { $masterValues = array('id_rf' => $model->id); if (Yii::app()->getRequest()->getIsAjaxRequest()) { Yii::app()->end(); } else { if(MultiModelForm::save($model_ot,$validatedOt,$deletedItems,$masterValues)) { $this->redirect(array('view', 'id' => $model->id)); } } } } $this->render('create', array( 'model' => $model, 'model_ot' => $model_ot, 'validatedOt' => $validatedOt, )); }
Posted 18 January 2012 - 03:06 AM
Try to set the groupid to 0 before validating the model.
public function actionCreate() { Yii::import('ext.multimodelform.MultiModelForm'); $model = new RegistroFactura; $model_ot = new OrdenTrabajo(); $validatedOt = array(); if (isset($_POST['RegistroFactura'])) { $model->attributes=$_POST['RegistroFactura']; $model->groupid = 0; //<-- add this if(MultiModelForm::validate($model_ot,$validatedOt,$deletedItems) && $model->save()) { ... }
Or see this topic if it's an issue of the detail-table.
Posted 18 January 2012 - 07:47 AM
Posted 18 January 2012 - 09:29 AM
one member can have many profiles
the group, members and profiles only in 1 form
the problem maybe is to create a good relation between profile and member, because the members are dynamically created
Sorry for my english, im from CHILE
Posted 18 January 2012 - 10:06 AM
Posted 19 January 2012 - 08:09 AM
Joblo, on 18 January 2012 - 10:06 AM, said:
i try it, but i dont understand the extension :s,
there is no possible with multimodelform extension?
Posted 20 January 2012 - 04:02 AM
Posted 30 January 2012 - 06:43 AM
i've posted a topic in the main forum, but it may be a problem related to multimodel:
My link
Thanks for helping me.
Posted 11 February 2012 - 12:26 AM
relCopy has a limit option. Using the group/members example I'm able to pass this option, but the results aren't what I was hoping for. It seems that the limit is reset after the page reloads. So say the limit is 5, I can add four rows (total of five if we count the initial blank row), save, then come back and add another 5 rows. The desired behavior is that once I reach x number of rows, I can no longer add rows and there are no blank rows on load.
Anyone with a suggestion as to how I could make the limit option work, especially after reload? It seems like I could somehow count the rows and add or not based on that count versus the limit setting. I'm not strong with jquery (or javascript in general) so any help is greatly appreciated.
Posted 12 February 2012 - 04:20 AM
It should be an easy exercise to hide the 'Add item' link and the 'empty row', if the limit is reached on showing the records.
But the problem is, if the 'delete' link of each row has to be still visible.
When the user deletes a row (so the limit is not reached), a javascript workaround is necessary to show the 'Add item' and the empty input.
And this is not so easy to implement...
Posted 21 February 2012 - 03:13 AM
when datas are shown in tableview mode, key fields always appears, even if the correspondant field value is hidden.
It works fine in normal view.
Posted 21 February 2012 - 05:31 AM
Can you tell more details: your formConfig, your fields, how are they defined as hidden ...
Posted 21 February 2012 - 07:00 AM
<!-- ajout multimodel --> <?php $relStudentClassFormConfig = array( 'elements'=>array( // lorsqu'on n'est pas en mode tableView, inutile d'afficher class_id (mais en tableview il faut le faire, il y a un bug a l'affichage) // question posee sur le forum yii 'class_id'=>array( // 'type'=>'hidden', 'value'=>$model->class_id, 'default'=>$model->class_id, ), // modif affichage student_id /* 'student_id'=>array( 'type'=>'text', ), */ 'student_id'=>array( 'type'=>'dropdownlist', 'items' => $data2, ), // fin modif affichage student_id 'class_status'=>array( 'type'=>'dropdownlist', 'items'=>array(0=>'---',1=>'présent',2=>'absent'), ), )); ?> <?php $this->widget('ext.multimodelform.MultiModelForm',array( 'tableView'=>true, // true: permet d'avoir les donnees affichees horizontalement 'id' => 'class_id', //the unique widget id 'formConfig' => $relStudentClassFormConfig, //the form configuration array 'model' => 'relStudentClass', //instance of the form model 'validatedItems' => $validatedRelStudentClass, 'showAddItemOnError' => false, // permet de ne pas ajouter une nouvelle occurrence de relStudentClass si celle en cours est en erreur 'data' => empty($validatedItems) ? $relStudentClass->findAll( array('condition'=>'class_id=:classId', 'params'=>array(':classId'=>$model->class_id), )) : null, )); ?> <!-- fin ajout multimodel -->
the problem is the field class_id.
I made capture of using hidden line or not.
I used multimodelform 3.0 but modify some code (i wanted no "add item" for my form).
Hope these elements will help you to help me!
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Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:18 PM
I am hoping someone can tell me how to do the following:
I went through the code of the multimodelform.php, but couldn't find a way to not display the "Add Record" or "Remove" links. I am pre-populating the form with static data, so there is no need to display them. Can you tell me how to remove those links?
Also, I do not need an empty record at the end of the form. Is there a way to not display that either?
Any help would be appreciated.
Posted 23 February 2012 - 12:20 PM
urgent, on 09 January 2012 - 11:59 AM, said:
Hi, can you show\explain how you did this? I would like that functionality as well, but my scripting is limited by my knowledge.