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Hugo Chávez Death: Fixing the U.S.-Venezuela Relationship Won't Be Easy
Diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Venezuela have fallen to pieces.
March 6, 2013 -- The death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez removes one of the United States' foremost geopolitical foes from Latin America, sparking hope among U.S. officials that the ensuing changes could lead to improved relations in the region. But it won't be easy.
The United States and Venezuela have shared a rancorous relationship since Chávez was first elected in 1998. Chávez angered multiple U.S. presidents by establishing ties to regimes in countries like Cuba and Iran that are hostile to the United States, and for fomenting anti-U.S. sentiment in other nations in the Western Hemisphere. And the Chávez regime repeatedly accused the U.S. of plotting to overthrow his rulership, fueling distrust between the two countries.
See Also: 10 Outrageous Quotes by Hugo Chavez
Relations have become so frayed that the U.S. and Venezuela have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010.
Those tensions were evident even on Tuesday, the final day of Chávez's life. Venezuela expelled two U.S. embassy officials from the country on allegations they tried to destabilize the country. Upon their ejection, Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro even suggested that U.S. interests were behind the cancer that eventually claimed Chávez's life.
But now that Chávez has passed away, elected officials see an opening to reestablish ties with Venezuela.
See Photos of Hugo Chavez Through the Years
"Hugo Chávez ruled Venezuela with an iron hand and his passing has left a political void that we hope will be filled peacefully and through a constitutional and democratic process," Senate Foreign Relation Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement. "With free and fair elections, Venezuela can begin to restore its once robust democracy and ensure respect for the human, political and civil rights of its people."
"It is my sincere hope that Venezuela's leaders will seek to rebuild our once strong friendship based on shared democratic and free enterprise principles," added Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The path, however, could be difficult.
Venezuelan officials have said a new election will be called within 30 days. That contest will likely pit Maduro against Henrique Capriles Radonski, an opposition leader who touts free market policies and is perceived as friendlier to the U.S. But it's not clear that Capriles will fare better than he did in October, when he was defeated by Chávez.
The former president sparked a passionate and loyal following among Venezuela's poor and lower-classes that's morphed into a strong social movement, known as chavismo. Maduro, who will lead the country on an interim basis and is considered the front runner, has pledged to continue Chávez's work. But experts are divided on whether chavismo can outlive its charismatic namesake.
Some foreign policy observers believe that, even if Maduro wins, ties could improve between the U.S. and Venezuela.
"I think it is an opportunity for us to step into a new relationship with Venezuela," Former U.N. ambassador Bill Richardson, who met with Chávez in 2008, said on MSNBC. "The opposition candidate Capriles is pro-U.S. The vice president Maduro is not pro-U.S., but is, I think, going to be more pragmatic than Chávez."
Still, the U.S. will have to work to improve its image and standing in Venezuela following nearly a decade-and-a-half of anti-U.S. sentiment being imbued into the country's government and political culture.
Dan Restrepo, a former senior Latin American affairs advisor in the Obama administration, told Univision that Maduro's decision to expel U.S. embassy officials on the day of Chávez's death "doesn't bode particularly well that the current Venezuelan government is particularly interested in a different relationship with the United States."
"Now you're going to have a different political dynamic in Venezuela. The system without Chávez is going to be different. Nobody knows exactly how different and what direction that's going to go," he added. "There is a change coming and it could take a bunch of different forms."
Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas and Americas Society, said that it's in Maduro's political self-interest to maintain Venezuela's current tack against the United States.
"My strong belief is that Maduro is going to keep relations with the U.S. in the deep freeze because he has to establish his own legitimacy," he said in an interview with ABC/Univision. "He doesn't have his own base of support. He's got to keep tensions high with the United States." Tried and true tactic."
In a statement, President Barack Obama said his administration would seek to build a "constructive relationship with the Venezuelan government" moving forward, adding that the U.S. supports policies that "promote democratic principles, the rule of law, and respect for human rights."
That's a long road, given how deep the divide runs. Venezuela has some of the richest oil and natural gas reserves in the world and Chavez spread that wealth to many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean enabling him to curry influence. For example, in 2001 the Chávez government helped bail out Argentina, a regional power, from a financial crisis, a move that helped him gain popularity there. He has also built ties with left-wing governments Bolivia and Ecuador and helped financially backstop the Castro government in Cuba.
During his presidency, Chávez earned the scorn of U.S. officials for cracking down on his political opposition and hostile media outlets. He also had a knack for spinning conspiracy theories against the American government. For example, in 2002 he accused the U.S. of being involved in a failed coup attempt.
Chávez also made overtures to Cuba's Fidel Castro and to Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who lead governments that are also hostile toward the United States. A Univision documentary that aired last year revealed that a Venezuelan consulate official in Miami was involved in plotting cyber attacks on the U.S. that allegedly involved agents from Iran and Cuba.
The U.S. government expelled the Venezuelan official, Livia Acosta Noguera, from the country and Venezuela eventually shuttered its Miami consulate.
But on a key economic front, Venezuela's government has taken a pragmatic approach to the United States. The South American nation remains one of the top contributors to the U.S.'s oil imports, ranking in the top four last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
"Oil is their political weapon, but with the U.S., they never used it," Richardson said.
Eric Farnsworth added that the Venezuelan people have not traditionally been anti-American throughout their history and it may be possible for a leader to eventually bridge the gap between the two nations.
And it is uncertain whether Venezuela can sustain its efforts to enrich its neighbors with its oil wealth. The country has a gaping budget deficit, which was exacerbated by the millions of dollars in foreign aid doled out by Chávez. That has done damage to the nation's domestic economy.
But regardless of what happens next, any healing process will will take time.
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"This isn't going to change one day to the next, you're going to build out a constructive relationship piece by piece starting with small things if you have a willing partner in Venezuela," said Restrepo.


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Jamie Moyer had as good an all-around game last night in St. louis as you will ever see form a pitcher, let alone a 44-year-old. He played the game as if he was in Souderton High School. He always plays it that way.
**He won his seventh game (six scoreless innings) and all seven have come after a Phillies loss. Since he came east last August from Seattle, the Phillies are 9-2 when he starts after a defeat.
**He singled to start a five-run inning and scored from second on a Shane Victorino hit.
**He scored with an old-fashioned feet-first slide at home plate. He bounced up, grabbed Victorino's bat that was lying there and sprinted to the dugout.
**He took a hard grounder by Albert Pujols off his left knee, scrambled after the ball, flipped it to Ryan Howard as he took a bellyflop on the grass. It was the last out and guess what, he sprinted to the third base dugout again.
**He laid down a sacrifice bunt that led to another run.
**He didn't drive the bus back to the hotel simply because there was no bus. The hotel is two blocks away. He probably sprinted.
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"When I hit the ground (run-scoring slide), I was surprised. I felt like I was on marbles. And it wasn't because of any speed," Moyer.
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A long-time Power Line reader and old drinking buddy of mine from my mis-spent youth of the Reagan years writes in with the following observations:
The whole Chick-fil-a thing got me curious about the companies that have been targeted for boycotts etc. by the Left in recent years. The results are interesting.
Wal-Mart has been targeted by the left for at least 20 years. Here's their stock chart since Jan. 1, 1990:
Whole Foods was targeted by the Left in 2009 when its CEO expressed doubts about Obamacare. Here's their stock chart since 2009:
McDonald's has been blasted for supposedly making kids obese. Here's their stock chart since 2000:
And, of course, we'll always have ExxonMobil. Here's their stock chart since the Exxon Valdez:
This suggests a new investment strategy: whenever the Left proposes to boycott or demonize a company, treat it as a massive buy signal. We might even have to start our own hedge fund: how does the Power Line Socially Irresponsible Fund (PLSIF) sound for a name?
Too bad Chick-fil-a is privately owned, or I'd buy the stock. (Note to consumers out west: another privately-owned food outlet that has conservative principles—both theologically and politically—is In-and-Out Burgers. Best. Burgers. Ever. Just ask Donnie. Be sure to order "animal style." You In-and-Out veterans–and Big Lebowski fans–will know what I'm talking about.)


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I just had a new furnace installed (Lennox G71MPP) which is supposed to have variable stages, up to 60. However, after looking at the diagnostic code on the furnace, I've noticed only the following three codes appear at different various times:
I know the "H" stands for heat and the last three digits represent the CFM. However, my concern is that the unit is only running in stage 1 or stage 2.
After reading a very helpful older thread:
...I would think that I should see 2 digits between the H and A, representing the variable %.
For example, "H63A720" would mean the heat is running at 63%, right?
Since I am only seeing 1 digit after the H (either a "1" or "2"), is my furnace only running in two stage mode?
Also, the previous thread discussed checking the dip switches. I'm not sure how to find my dip switches. Any pointers?
If anyone else has a Lennox G71MPP that can verify how to determine if the furnace is running in true variable mode instead of two-stage mode, I'd greatly appreciate any tips.
Thanks so much!
My setup
Furnace = Lennox G71MPP
AC = Lennox XC13
Humidifier = Aprilaire 600a
Thermostat = Honeywell VisionPro 8000 (3H / 2C)


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Antwerp, Belgium – June 22, 2015: Every few months Mourik, an international specialist in cleaning technologies for petrochemical sites, is asked to remove catalyst in a reactor of a large refinery in Antwerp (production capacity: 360.000 barrels per day). To cool down the reactor, they count on Atlas Copco Rental.
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Mourik uses a high pressure drill rig to remove catalyst from the reactor. To remove the remaining coked catalyst, Mourik's workmen need to go inside the reactor and remove it manually with a pneumatic hammer. However, a temperature of around 45°C inside the reactor makes it impossible for the men to enter, so Mourik needed to find a way to cool down the reactor. That's where they contacted Atlas Copco Rental.
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We proposed to inject cool, dry, 100% oil-free air into the reactor. This air is generated on site by our equipment and monitored by our operator 24/24. We use a set-up of a PTS1600, CDE47 dryer, HD95 aftercooler, chiller and generator. The chiller allows us to cool down the dry air to 3°C. Even negative temperatures are possible when using glycol as coolant.
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Atlas Copco Rental has lived up to its name of being a reliable, innovative company that always puts safety first. They came up with a completely new solution: using compressed air instead of nitrogen to cool down a reactor ... By injecting cool, dry, 100% oil-free compressed air we are able to create improved working conditions for our workmen. This new method allows us to respect health and safety regulations while entering a reactor. In addition, the allowed working times inside the reactor are significantly longer, resulting in faster transit times."
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Specialization: Labor, Work, Professions and Organizations| Social and Critical Theory| Sociology of Culture, Mass Media, and the Arts| Gender and Sexuality
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is immediate Past President of the American Sociological Association. She is known
for her studies of gender and work, particularly women in the legal profession. She has also written critical analyses of theories and research on gender inequality.
Epstein has engaged in many research projects, among them studies of women lawyers, including glass ceiling issues and part-time work. She also has studied men and women communications workers (AT&T) and is currently engaged in research on identity and socialization processes among public interest attorneys. She has had grants from the Atlantic Philanthropies, the Russell Sage Foundation, The Sloan Foundation, The Ford Foundation, The National Institutes of Mental Health, and the Professional Staff Congress of the City University.
Among her other activities she has been a fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and the MacDowell Colony and a visiting professor at the Stanford Law
School. She was a White House appointee to the Committee on the Economic Role of Women to the Council of Economic Advisors and an advisor to the White House on Affirmative Action. She has also done
consulting work for major corporations. She is a winner of the Jessie Bernard Award of the American Sociological Association (2003) and the Merit Award of the Eastern Sociological Society (2004).
Epstein is on the Executive Council of the American Sociological Association, and has served as Chair of the sections on Occupations, Culture, Sex and Gender, Theory and Law.
Her publications include: The Part-time Paradox: Time Norms, Professional Life, Family and Gender (Routledge, 1999); Women in Law (1981; paperback edition, 1983; Second Edition [with a new Preface and
Epilogue], 1993, University of Illinois Press), for which she received the 1981 SCRIBE's Book Award and the Merit Award of the American Bar Association; Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender and the Social Order,
(1988); Yale University Press; Access to Power: Cross-National Studies of Women and Elites (1981); The Other Half: Roads to Women's Equality (1971); and Woman's Place: Options and Limits on Professional Careers (1970); "Glass Ceilings and Open Doors: Women's Advancement in the Legal Profession,"Fordham Law Review, Nov. 1995, and with Arne Kalleberg, Fighting for Time: Shifting Boundaries of Work and Social Life (2004); "Great Divides: The Cultural, Cognitive, and Social Bases of the Global Subordination of Women," American Sociological Review, 2007; as well as numerous articles and book chapters.


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"When Harry Met Salvatore"
A gay take on a great scene from one of my favorite movies, and arguably one of the best romantic comedies of all time (which I just gladly rewatched).
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Harry: You realize of course that we could never be friends.
Sal: Why not?
Harry: What I'm saying is — and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form — is that gay men can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.
Sal: That's not true. I have a number of gay male friends and there is no sex involved.
Harry: No you don't.
Sal: Yes I do.
Harry: You only think you do.
Sal: You say I'm having sex with them without my knowledge?
Harry: No, what I'm saying is they all WANT to have sex with you.
Sal: They do not.
Harry: Do too.
Sal: How do you know?
Harry: Because no gay man can be friends with a man that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with him.
Sal: So, you're saying that a gay man can be friends with a man he finds unattractive?
Harry: No. You pretty much want to nail 'em too.
Sal: What if THEY don't want to have sex with YOU?
Harry: Doesn't matter because the sex thing is already out there so the friendship is ultimately doomed and that is the end of the story.
Sal: Well, I guess we're not going to be friends then.
Harry: I guess not.
Sal: That's too bad. You were the only person I knew in San Francisco.
But, at least Harry doesn't have to worry about Sal faking an orgasm (ala Meg Ryan)!
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Fall is actually a wonderful time to get in some refreshing runs, and fight the holiday pounds we all appreciate so much. Those rich, comfort foods entice us as the temperature drops and we search for a tasty way to warm our bodies.
Well, here's a way to make room for more of those delectable pumpkin pies, sweet potato casseroles and hot chocolates topped with whipped cream. The local region offers many "trots" and races, for all types of runners wanting to fend off the pounds this season. Dig out your gloves and beenies for fall race season!
Girls on the Run 5K Fun Run
- Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 9:30am
- Truckee, CA (Truckee River View Sports Park)
- This family-friendly community event is a great fun run! All proceeds benefit Girls on the Run: a prevention program for young ladies ages 8-13. Through support in the local community, GOTR seeks to build confidence and self-esteem of women of the future.
- www.girlsontherunsierras.org/5k-fun-run
32nd Annual Apple Hill Harvest Run
- Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 8:25am
- Camino, CA (ParaVi Winery)
- Choose from three courses: 8.5 mile, 3.5 or a .5mile Kids' Fun Run. Dating back to 1979, the Apple Hill Harvest Run began as a way to prolong "tourist season" in Apple Hill, and now attracts more than 2,000 participants a year. All proceeds benefit local Camino schools, and a percentage goes toward the funding of two educational scholarships. Why not run around beautiful ParaVi Vineyard and benefit the education of local students?
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35th Annual Donner Lake Turkey Trot
- Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 9:30am
- Truckee, CA (Donner Lake West End Beach)
- This is a pleasurable run for the whole family to get ready for ski season! Adults and young adults can register for the full 7 miles around Donner Lake while the younger ones run the Mashed Potato Mile. You can't beat the course at Donner Lake; fairly flat in elevation on the North Shore, although there are some shorter hills to tackle on the South Shore of Donner.
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Hello all,
I am curious to some of your opinions/experience dealing with relationships with a semi-religious person. Also, I would like to hear what role you believe religion should play in a relationship, being that one is atheist and one is not.
I have been in a relationship for going on nine months with someone who claims to have a relationship with their "god", yet does not attend church, but at times feels she is very well committed to religion and connected to her Catholic ways. Our agreement is basically if I don't make any religious comments, the whole "atheism" conversation is ignored. I sit and contemplate on a daily basis as to how I should go about trying to handle this, whether I should stay or go?
My question/discussion for you all is to get your opinion or past experiences dealing with this type of situation. My main question is if it's possible for a relationship to work with someone who is somewhat religious, where religion plays no part in my life. Has anyone had success with this sort of events? I feel that in the long run, raising a family would cause major problems being that religion is involved, even though it is to a small extent in her life.
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Speaking of doing the math, I've always felt that older men should marry younger women, because women age faster than men.
Seriously, think about it - a man, 40, marries a 20-year old girl, half his age - by the time he's 60, she's 2/3 his age, by 80, 3/4 - see where I'm going with this? If they live long enough, she'll be older than HE is!
My main question is if it's possible for a relationship to work with someone who is somewhat religious, where religion plays no part in my life. Has anyone had success with this sort of events?
It can work. I have been married for a few years now to... well, my wife, and she is religious. When we first met she used to attend church weekly, and her family is extremely religious.
You need to be able to discuss it without either of you getting mad and just being able to agree to disagree. We talk about it from time to time, but we never get angry at each other or argue. Now, 3 years on, she doesn't go to church at all, still believes but never really talks about it, and respects my right to not believe and to criticize the harm that religion has caused.
I feel that in the long run, raising a family would cause major problems being that religion is involved, even though it is to a small extent in her life.
This is a big deal. This is a topic that you need to discuss if you really think that you want kids with this girl. You cannot avoid this topic. In my case, we luckily both had the same view on raising kids; letting them learn and question as much as possible, teach them how to think not what to think. Religion, in our case will not play any important role in their lives, at least until my mother in law decides to get involved.
But, that is an issue you need to establish ground rules for if you see any future with her, and if you cannot agree on it, then either don't have kids, or find someone else.
Speaking of mother-in-laws, don't get me started --
My son, like father, lacks religious beliefs - his wife, a Mexican-American, is a devout Catholic. Her mother, using a combination of religious fervor and Native-Mexican (Indio) voo-doo, rubbed an unbroken egg all over my first, newly-born grandson, to remove the "evil," then broke and flushed the egg. I wish I could have been there, I would have scrambled and fried it and ate it for breakfast, with just a dash of catsup and maybe a drop of hot sauce.
Wow. Yeah, my mother in-law doesn't do voodoo, but she is Mexican and a very very devout Seventh Day Adventist. So, I am expecting a "baby bible" as the first gift for our first child.
But luckily, my wife and I both agree that we will not allow her to give any religious paraphernalia to our kids.
Well, I'm sure SHE doesn't think of it as voo-doo, that's my own description.
In theory, it can work-- but only if both sides are willing to agree to disagree and to communicate openly without it turning into a battle of wills (or worse). It sounds like your lady friend is thus far unwilling to do either of these things. In fact, it sounds like perhaps it's her way or no way. Whether it's religion or how to manage finances, this attitude does not lay a promising foundation for a lasting (and overall happy) relationship. Best of luck to you.
My ex-wife is Catholic, and there was a little bit of religious friction, but we mostly respected each other. Most important (to me) is the kids became atheist, even though they were exposed much more to religion than atheism. We considered religious schools for them for academic advantages, but got lucky and found a public school that was rather exceptional.
My parents and her parents didn't impose any beliefs on us, which we know can be stressful for some families. So I'd say our differences gave our kids a wider perspective, especially considering how important we felt it was to travel worldwide and learn respectfully from other cultures.
However, I feel so strongly about atheism now that I want relationships where we can talk more freely about groupthink and other worldviews. So perhaps ironically, my family experience with religious differences was positive, but now, after kids, I want a relationship with more intellectual openness and more focus on skepticism and inquiry.


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Linux - The New 'Hot' Job Skill
Aug 6, 2009 4:00 AM PT
There are many reasons to love Linux, as geeks around the world already know, but recent news adds yet another to the already long list of glorious virtues: It has now been named the No. 2 hottest IT job skill.
Yes, Linux has claimed the second spot on research firm Foote Partners' list of hottest noncertified IT skills, behind only Java EE/SE/ME. Rounding out the top five are virtualization, Microsoft .Net and NetWeaver.
The Hot List rankings are based on the growth in value of the various skills over time, along with premium pay levels and IT spending trends, among other factors. For Linux, the lofty ranking stems at least in part from a 50 percent increase in the value of Linux skills over the past year -- in the past six months alone, that value increased by almost 30 percent, according to Foote.
The job market, in general, may be under a dark cloud these days, but how's that for a silver lining?!
'I Can't Buy a Linux Job'
The good news, proudly proclaimed in a Datamation article, was picked up on Linux Today -- where it had garnered some 3,300 reads within a week of its posting -- as well as on TuxWire and Free Software Daily, among others.
Not everyone, however, felt it rang true.
"I often wonder where these statistics come from," wrote cww in the comments on Datamation, for example. "In my part of the world, I can't buy a Linux job. I've been a Linux 'Consultant in waiting' for a decade.
"I have begun to suspect this is like the ever popular 'Shortage of Qualified people' myth that is perpetuated by so many companies, where qualified actually means willing to work 60 hrs a week for $14k/yr," cww added.
Ever alert to even the faintest hints of controversy, Linux Girl's debate-o-meter began to go off as soon as she read that comment. Next stop: the streets of the blogosphere for some down-to-earth insight.
'Always Has Been'
"Linux has always been a 'hot' skill anywhere other than a Microsoft shop," Slashdot blogger drinkypoo told LinuxInsider.
"When I went to work for Silicon Engineering (now a division of Creative), I built Linux-based systems to serve as X terminals replacing *SPARCstation 1s and 2s* -- no joke," drinkypoo said. "The hilarious part is that even then -- 12 years ago -- it was cheaper to build a fairly fast system along those lines with a 19-inch monitor than to buy a used SS1+ pizza box with guts, and maybe no disk."
Linux is continuing to gain acceptance largely because of the low cost, drinkypoo pointed out. "If you're building a cluster, Linux can save you literally tens of thousands or more on licensing costs, as compared to a commercial Unix or to Windows," he explained. "In this age of recession and cost-cutting, Linux has the opportunity to make major inroads in corporate markets, as it does every time the belts are tightened."
Bottom line: "As Linux gains momentum, there are only more reasons to require Linux experience on the resume," he said.
Focus on Embedded
"Yes, I can believe it," Montreal consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack agreed. "Good Linux admins are hard to find, and I have people who email me from places I used to live, wondering if I'm coming back so they can hire me again."
Linux will be "hot," but not in the way some might think, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet told LinuxInsider.
Specifically, embedded Linux is where the real growth will be, he asserted: "Those guys that can squeeze more functions into less space with less cycles and less power will the big boys of the next gen."
No 'Big Players'
This is an area where "the big players" -- Apple and Microsoft -- "simply aren't even in the game," hairyfeet noted.
"Apple? Has a kick-butt product in mobile OSX but refuses to put it on anything but Apple hardware, so they aren't a threat," he explained. "MSFT? Anyone who has used Windows Mobile knows why it got the nickname 'Wince,' because it is just awful. They simply haven't figured out how to give a good experience on those tiny screens, and I'm betting will be too busy pumping up Win7 and X360 to worry about WinMobile for a while."
Of course, Linux could get derailed in the mobile space "if RMS gets nasty and comes out with an even more anti-business GPL V4," hairyfeet opined. "His GPL V3 has already caused a rift where Linus won't actually put the kernel under V3 because he thinks that RMS has gone too far; who knows if RMS will cook up some more anti-business like his anti-TiVo parts of V3?"
'Pick Up Gumstix or Beagleboard'
After all, the only thing "more locked down than a TiVo is your average cellphone," he noted. "If RMS demands that those phones be hackable to satisfy his four freedoms, I could see corporations dropping Linux like the plague for Wince, even if it is a worse experience."
Nevertheless, for someone getting into Linux now, "I would suggest they pick up something like a Gumstix or Beagleboard and learn how to work embedded," hairyfeet said.
"While there will always be a job for Linux gurus, thanks to the Web, those jobs don't necessarily have to be here" in the United States, he pointed out. "But when designing a new product, they aren't going to want to risk corporate espionage by allowing the crucial design phase to be handled out of country. That means embedded Linux developers to code all these little gizmos."
'The World Is Waking Up'
This year "has been a perfect storm of combined storms that have built over several years: cost and complexity of IT, 'green' IT, the inability of M$ to innovate (Vista), malware, prosecution for anti-competitive practices, the netbook, etc.," blogger Robert Pogson told LinuxInsider.
Said storm has been "strong enough to knock M$'s client income back 29 percent year over year in Q4," he noted. "The world is waking up to the reality/necessity of reduced dependence on M$."
As the marketplace shifts, "one point of friction has been the availability of GNU/Linux geeks," he asserted. "Universities and colleges have been cranking some out; many are self-taught because the system is open."
'Growing Demand for the Uber-Geek'
Yet "many IT departments have in-house knowledge sufficient to know what is possible, but perhaps not with the experience of having 'been there and done that,'" he added. "This creates a growing demand for the uber-geek who can organize and implement a project of some complexity and importance."
Indeed, many operations are multiplatform and require expertise with many systems, Pogson pointed out; "that is becoming a more important retarding force than simply lack of expertise with GNU/Linux. Large organizations can afford to have experts on each system, but smaller organizations cannot."
Of course, "with the cloud, perhaps businesses will not need in-house expertise in everything," he suggested.
'It Will Become Even Hotter'
Linux is often the cornerstone for projects more ambitious than the IT department could otherwise take on, Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project, told LinuxInsider. As a result, "I think it will become even hotter in coming years than it is now," he said.
Total cost of ownership (TCO) studies that were part of Microsoft's "Get the Facts" campaign presented data that support this conclusion, Travers added.
"Although TCO was higher in most categories of Linux use than it was with Windows, a lot of the overruns were due to hiring consultants to provide implementation support," he explained. "Given the scope of the consulting fees in the papers, I doubt that this was limited to planning and installation, but must have included a fair bit of customization as well."
'Even More Demand'
In short, "businesses were choosing to spend more on Linux solutions than on Windows solutions," he noted.
"This does match my experience," Travers said. "However, the basic reason why companies do this is that they can get solutions which are more manageable to them, which match their needs better, etc., than they can with commercial, off-the-shelf software."
Such costs "will continue to increase rather than come down because the software will be better, hence more money can be spent optimizing it to the business in order to extract an even higher return on investment," Travers predicted. "I think it is safe to say that Linux skills will be in even more demand in five years than they are today."


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A note on differences when calling callbacks as "variable functions" without the use of call_user_func() (e.g. "<?php $callback = 'printf'; $callback('Hello World!') ?>"):
- Using the name of a function as string has worked since at least 4.3.0
- Calling anonymous functions and invokable objects has worked since 5.3.0
- Using the array structure [$object, 'method'] has worked since 5.4.0
Note, however, that the following are not supported when calling callbacks as variable functions, even though they are supported by call_user_func():
- Calling static class methods via strings such as 'foo::doStuff'
- Calling parent method using the [$object, 'parent::method'] array structure
All of these cases are correctly recognized as callbacks by the 'callable' type hint, however. Thus, the following code will produce an error "Fatal error: Call to undefined function foo::doStuff() in /tmp/code.php on line 4":
class foo {
static function callIt(callable $callback) {
static function doStuff() {
echo "Hello World!";
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Visit Vocations Toronto at www.vocationstoronto.ca, a resourceful site in answering these questions.
If we were to think of something similar today, it would be like reading
The Catechism of the Catholic Church in public and everyone weeping because
people can see how far we are away from the teachings of our faith. The
deepest response would have to be the same as these chosen people of own:
God has called us and we want to do only His will. That will was shown to
the Chosen People in the Law given to Moses. It is shown to us today in
the teachings of the Catholic Church.
Today, far too often, we find ourselves seeking only what we want to be
true or what we find convenient for us to be true. Following Jesus Christ
in His Church is a demanding exercise and demands our whole life. Together
you and I form the Church, but never by ourselves and never without the
authority established by Christ to guide and direct His Church. The First
Letter to the Corinthians includes the description that we have today of
how we are all one and how we are called to work together for the glory of
When we separate ourselves from the Church, we separate ourselves from
Christ. Today many Christians no longer believe in the Church. They
profess faith in Christ but do not see the importance of belonging to the
Church. This is part of the struggle with individualism in our own time:
we want to believe but we want to believe only our own version of faith.
We do not want to be given the teaching of the Church if we disagree with
it. We end up following, not Christ, but only ourselves.
The Gospel of Luke today is at the beginning of the public ministry of
Christ. He reads the Prophet Isaiah to his fellow townspeople and then
tells the that the Scripture is fulfilled their, in their midst. We know
that through the ministry of Jesus lots of people followed Him. We also
know that lots of people did not follow Him because they did not want to
accept His complete teachings.
This is the same today. The challenge of this Sunday is this: will we
follow Christ in His Church or will we go our own way? We cannot claim to
be following Christ if we do not accept what He teaches. Jesus tells us:
come, follow me. Let us walk with Him and in Him find our peace.
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Nebraska newest prison will soon open for business. The first inmates arrive at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution later this month. It will open in three phases, eventually housing nearly 1,000 prisoners, including the most serious offenders in state custody.
The new prison was built to ease overcrowding in Nebraska's prisons - the state penitentiary alone has nearly 500 more inmates than capacity. People living near the prison hope it serves another purpose - boosting the local economy. That's why they spent more than $2 million to bring it to southeast Nebraska.
"Statewide's" Mike Tobias takes you inside for a tour of the $73 million facility, and looks at the impact on its neighbors outside the walls.


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This is my first post to the forum. Just recently started using the Metageek products insider Office and Chanalyzer - great stuff and great guys to work with both on the sales and support side.
I was at my local library the other day and had my laptop with me so decided to fire up insider Office to see what their wireless environment looked like. It was terrible. They broadcast 2 SSID's one called "staff wireless" (which is protected) and another called "library" which is open. From the info inSSIDer showed they are using routers from a company called Senao which I have to say is a new one on me. They must have multiple APs operating on 2.4GHz only since inSSIDer shows 4 active SSID/channel assignments 2 for "staff wireless" and 2 for "library.
Both "staff wireless" APs are set up for 40MHz operation one using channels 1 + 5 the other using 3 + 7. It's not a large space and the signal strengths from where I was sitting (not far from the desk) were -54db and -60db. So they must be creating an awful lot of noise for each other depending on which AP's actually have clients attached to them.
One of the "library AP's was set up for 20 MHz operation using channel 11 with a signal strength of -52db. The other set up for 40MHz operation using channel 9 + 5 at a signal strength of -67db.
What puzzled me (other than why anyone would set things up this way) was that the physical view of things in inSSIDer did not show the "staff wireless" AP running on channels 1 + 5. Just the one on channels 3 + 7. It did show the mac address ending in Fx which implies virtual SSID's are in use. But I thought that would mean both would be using the same channel assignment.
So my questions are:
1. Can you have virtual ID's using different channels in the same AP (is this a Senao feature)? Or am I misunderstanding something (which is more likely).
2. Why does inSSIDer not display both virtual SSID's on the physical view if they are using different channels?
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DOVER — To increase pedestrian safety on Chestnut Street, a midblock crosswalk sign has been installed, with an additional sign to be put in place next week.
The signs, which were delivered to the city and assembled on Thursday, are yellow with solar powered blinking lights warning drivers of the crosswalk.
According to Community Services Director Doug Steele, crews brought the signs to Chestnut Street on Thursday, expecting to install one at the corner of Fourth Street and another at the corner of Third Street by the railroad track. However, only the Fourth Street sign could be installed.
"Crews brought the signs to the site and made the decision to adjust the one near the railroad track for visibility reasons and did a dig safe for the post relocation," he said.
Dig safe is a program where all utilities are notified that the city needs to dig in a certain area, according to Steele.
"We are only installing a sign post, but there might be electrical conduits or gas," Steele said. "This is a law we have to abide by where utilities have 72 hours to mark the area."
Steele expects the second, and final, midblock crosswalk sign to be installed by the railroad track by late Monday morning.
"The sign is already assembled, it is just a matter of digging the hole," he said. "We wanted to be able to put it in right the first time."
The signs are being installed after 55 traffic incidents in this location were reported in the past ten years, including one that resulted in the death of Dover resident, Cathy Allen, in 2006.
In December, Jaclyn Cote, a city resident, spoke publicly at a City Council meeting about how she was hit by a vehicle while crossing the street by St. Mary's Church, located at Chestnut and Third Streets, over the summer. She suffered a number of injuries and spent weeks in physical therapy. She began a petition to bring awareness to the crosswalk and educate others on the benefits of a pedestrian push button.
The petition, located at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/dover-crosswalk now has 952 signatures, 752 signatures more than Cote's goal. Although a midblock crosswalk sign is not a pedestrian push button, Joyal said a local engineering firm has contacted the city with interest in working at no cost to reconfigure and design Dover's crosswalks, where the option of a pedestrian push button will be discussed.
In the mean time, city officials ordered these midblock crosswalk signs. They were ordered shortly after hearing Cote's story. The two signs and all of the required hardware cost $3,437. In addition to the signs with the flashing lights, non-lit pedestrian signs have been attached to the back of the lit signs.
According to City Manager Michael Joyal, the goal of the signs is to slow vehicles down on the street and alert them to crossing pedestrians.
"As soon as the dig safe checks are complete, our crews will install the post and remaining sign/lights," he wrote in a public statement.
The railroad track and the hill on Chestnut Street are two of the reasons why this crosswalk has become notoriously dangerous. According to Cathy Allen's husband, Tom, speed is also an issue.
Allen's son, Michael, is happy to hear the signs are being installed.
"I think that it is wonderful that not only has the public become more aware of the situation and how dangerous some of the crossings in our community can be, but that the City has taken the initiative to tackle the issue and hopefully come up with a solution to make all crosswalks in Dover safer to use," he said.
Steele said he has not seen the signs at night, but that the lights are bright and noticeable.
"I'm just hopeful that it makes the area safer for people crossing the road," he said.


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Saturday, September 10, 2011
Blessings. I has them.
The whole back yard smells like flowers.
And there are other less heady but equally climby and spilly things further down the back.
Given that one of the things getting me down is the treacherous weather, reverting to grey and wet and windy and freezing after that glorious brief breath of spring, it's hard to believe that half an hour ago when I took these photos, the sky looked like this.
9 comments:
- tracy said...
You don't get hayfever, do you?
- September 10, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Kerryn Goldsworthy said...
Nope. Just as well, don't you think?
- September 10, 2011 at 7:41 PM
- Frances said...
Love jasmine. Love the scent. But, in the plant world it is a boa constrictor.
- September 10, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Kerryn Goldsworthy said...
Alas, along my fence it is in competition with two other bigger boa constrictors: a rampant but non-bearing passionfruit vine and the dreaded asparagus fern that was planted before my time. I would much rather just have the jasmine, though the passion flowers are quite amazing. I get flowers, just no fruit.
- September 10, 2011 at 8:30 PM
- Elisabeth said...
Don't tell me, now its slate grey and raining down hail. It's like this in Melbourne, too. Ahh the joys of living in the bottom half of Australia.
- September 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- tracy said...
The passion flowers are incredible, aren't they? I quite like climbing boas (except the pollen, not a fan of the pollens).
- September 10, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- Barbara Temperton said...
Glorious, Kerryn. My accommodation over on the coast the last few days had a jasmine in full flower at the end of the verandah. I bundled up against the cold, but sunny, day and camped on a couch nearby with my work. Bliss. And it didn't bother my hay fever at all (love antihistamines)!
- September 11, 2011 at 12:12 PM
- persiflage said...
You might has them, but Ise rather read verbs as writed or spoke
Plese doan tek ofense
- September 11, 2011 at 1:58 PM
- Kerryn Goldsworthy said...
Perisflage, it's a LOLcat joke. Google I Can Has Cheezburger, if you don't know it already.
- September 11, 2011 at 3:08 PM


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Enhanced Edition versions of classic Dungeons & Dragons RPGs Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, and Planescape Torment are coming to consoles.
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Fantastic PC games such as Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment, and others are coming to consoles.
GOG puts over 150 of its most wishlisted games on sale
In GOG.COM's latest sale, you can safely assume at least one game you need made the list.
Fallout: New Vegas designer departs Obsidian
Fallout: New Vegas and Planescape: Torment designer Chris Avellone has bid farewell to Obsidian Entertainment.
Obsidian's Chris Avellone discusses his career as designer
Chris Avellone has been designing games in some capacity for over 16-years, and he had discussed his career and the challenges it has brought in a new interview. It's a must-read for anyone thinking about getting into the design side of the games industry.
GoG's D&D Dynamo Stacking Promo is quite awesome
GoG.com is holding a really nice weekend deal called the D&D Dynamo Stacking Promo. It contains enough D&D titles to shake a stick at, including Baldurs Gate, Icewind Dale, Neverwinter Nights, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, The Temple of Elemental Evil, Planescape: Torment and others. If you want all 10 games, it will run you $21.10. […]
Torment: Tides of Numenera dated December 2014
Torment: Tides of Numenera developer inXile Entertainment has dated its spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment for December next year.
Planescape license up for grabs, says Wizards of the Coast
Wizards of the Coast has said it would "absolutely consider" licensing its Planescape Dungeons & Dragons setting, despite suggestions from InXile that the publisher had shut down negotiations.
Planescape: Torment sequel gets Avellone's blessing
Planescape: Torment has been rumoured for the sequel treatment following chatter from Obsidian's Chris Avellone and one of the writers on the original Chris McComb. As Avellone is too busy with the Project Eternity Kickstarter, he has given McComb his permission to proceed with the game with Wasteland 2 developer InXile's help. Set geekgasm sensors […]
Planescape: Torment designer hints at follow up
One of the designers of Planescape: Torment has hinted that a follow-up may be on the way, just as word arrives that inXile holds a related trademark.
Diamonds of D&D pack on GoG gives you nine games for $30
A Diamonds of Dungeon & Dragons pack is available on GoG.com. It comes with nine games for $30.01: Baldur's Gate 2 Complete, Baldur's Gate: The Original Saga, Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, Icewind Dale Complete, Icewind Dale 2 Complete, Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Edition, Planescape: Torment, and The Temple of Elemental Evil. Head […]
Planescape Torment: This is what a spiritual successor would look like
Planescape Torment was a revelation when it launched in 1999, setting a new standard in RPG story-telling. Developer by Black Isle and designed by Obsidian's Chris Avellone, the developer has revealed how he would tackle a spiritual successor to the game in great detail.
Avellone "very tempted" by D&D-free Planescape Kickstarter
Legendary RPG designer Chris Avellone has some idea of where a crowd-funded follow up to Planescape: Torment, and it doesn't involve sticking to the Dungeons & Dragons ruleset.
Impulse has D&D Anthology: The Master Collection on sale for $10
Impulse is holding a really, really nice sale for those of you interested in PC games based on the D&D Universe or who are just RPG fans. Called the Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection, the pack contains Baldur's Gate 1 & 2 plus expansions, Icewind Dale 1 & 2 plus expansions, Planescape: Torment, […]
Two classic RPG bundles due November 15
Atari has announced two new PC collections of its Dungeons & Dragons-based back catalogue, including Planescape: Torment, Neverwinter Nights, Baldur's Gate, and The Temple of Elemental Evil.
Obsidian CEO considers return to Planescape: Torment
The idea of a sequel to beloved PC RPG Planescape: Torment isn't completely off the table, admits Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart.
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Vin Scully says he and his wife Sandy and his daughters once made a three-week trip to Australia some 20 years ago.
"We went parasailing, where they take you out in a speed boat, get you up in the air, drop you in a river and then the boat comes back and scoops you up," Scully was explaining on the phone from his hotel in Sydney, Australia on Friday morning, the day before the Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks start the season with a two-game series at the famed Sydney Cricket Ground.
"I was the first to try it, then Sandy, then the kids. And when it was over, I said to the boat captain: 'You don't waste any time getting us up out of the water.' He said, 'That's because of all the fresh-water crocodiles.' It was nice of him to just throw that in there."
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World Down Syndrome Day: Sandy Wolf honored, grants given at Denver celebration
Thursday was World Down Syndrome Day and the Denver observance included the announcement of $1.3 million in research grants and the presentation of the Global Down Syndrome Foundation's 2013 Community Leadership Award to philanthropist Sandy Wolf.
Wolf is vice president of the Melvin and Elaine Wolf Foundation, which has been the primary underwriter of Colorado Ballet's Be Beautiful Be Yourself Dance Class for Children with Down Syndrome since 2010.
The $1.3 million in local Down syndrome research grants were announced by Tom Blumental, executive director of the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome.
The 14 recipients of the Crnic Grand Challenge Grants were chosen from 36 proposals from scientists in the University of Colorado system and were awarded to researchers from various disciplines at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.


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Key Prescription Pearls For Diabetic Orthotics
It is typically easier to heal a diabetic foot ulcer than it is to prevent recurrence. Once you've healed the ulcer, the next challenge is to minimize pressure at the site of the old ulceration or the site of a boney prominence. If the patient has never had an ulcer but has a high risk for ulceration, then employing pressure off devices is essential for prevention.
Obviously, the large majority of diabetic foot ulcerations are preventable. There are several keys to prevention, which include organized treatment protocols, early detection, aggressive wound care, orthotics and appropriate shoes. For this column, let's take a closer look at orthotic management and materials.
Initial diabetic patients should be screened for the risk of ulceration. This includes evaluating their circulation (i.e. pedal pulses, subpapillary venous plexus filling time, and ankle brachial indices if the vascular status is questionable) and their protective threshold via a 5.07 Semmes Weinstein monofilament test. In addition, be sure to check for boney prominences or sites of old ulceration.
Based on this exam, you should be able to classify the patient into a foot risk category, which will help you choose an appropriate orthotic (See Table 1 on page 16). The pre-fab orthotic can be purchased OTC or through a lab. The most common materials are Spenco with an EVA shell and ppt in the forefoot extension. Some labs have a trilaminate of plastazote (two different densities) and one layer of ppt.
Using proper orthotics and shoes will save many feet from unnecessary amputation and infection. You can employ these devices for initial treatment, but it is vital to recognize when these devices are inadequate and when there is a need for surgical intervention in the diabetic patient. It is often necessary to perform surgery first and then utilize orthotics and special shoes for long term foot/limb salvage.
The biomechanics of the foot often increase plantar pressures in the diabetic foot, more so than in the rest of the population.1 This is primarily due to peripheral neuropathy which may result in the diabetic patient being unable to feel abnormal pressure points during gait. This leads to increased motion of the affected joints and subsequently increased shear forces. In a patient with abnormal pronation, there are often higher pressures under the first metatarsal head and medial aspect of the heel, which may lead to ulceration.
The Benefits Of Custom Orthotics
There are several goals of using custom-made orthotics for the diabetic patient. When a high risk patient comes in for his or her initial office evaluation, it is vital to recommend a custom device to help prevent ulceration. Orthotics will help improve ambulation by controlling pronation and minimizing stress on the muscles of the foot and leg. The more a diabetic patient can stay active with walking and exercise, there is less chance for the possibility of other diabetic complications such as heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and eye disease. This is a direct result of improved blood glucose control.
You may also use custom orthotics to treat foot ulcers. Although it is ideal to heal the ulcer first, it may not always be the best thing for the patient. Some patients must stay active and continue to walk in shoes, depending upon their job or general health conditions. We typically recommend waiting until an ulcer is less than 1cm before using an orthotic. If you use an orthotic with an open ulcer, you can place it inside a below knee cam walker for maximal benefit. When it's absolutely necessary, you may place the orthotic in the shoe.
In our experience, once diabetic patients stop walking, their general health and mental health quickly deteriorate. Having a foot ulceration for several months or years has a tremendous effect on their quality of life and morale. Therefore, prior to utilizing an orthotic for an open ulcer, we typically employ a total contact cast or felt to foam dressing with an aperture to offload the ulcer. Once the ulcer is healed or less than 1 cm, then we dispense the orthotic.
Why do orthotics work in the diabetic population? Several studies have demonstrated that they decrease plantar pressures, reduce shear forces and shock, redistribute force and limit abnormal pronation. In a study by Albert and Rinoie, they determined that you could reduce the plantar pressure under the first metatarsal head and medial heel by 30 to 40 percent with a custom made orthotic. Using an F-scan system, researchers also found the total contact area of the foot had increased, thus redistributing force.2
What Type Of Foot Are You Treating?
Prescribing a diabetic foot orthotic also depends on the type of foot you are treating. We prefer to categorize diabetic feet into two general categories: The rigid foot type and the flexible foot type. As with all orthotic prescription writing, you need to consider the diabetic patient's weight, which influences the durability and longevity of the device.
The rigid diabetic foot type would include patients who are s/p Charcot neuroarthopathy and pes cavus deformities. Ideally, you want to use softer orthotic materials for these patients. It is our preference to use an EVA shell or 1/4-inch Pelite with a Nickleplast forefoot extension. The EVA comes in different densities. We prefer to use a medium density material. The nickleplast is more durable than the traditional pink plastazote or ppt. We then utilize a leather top cover, which conforms to the foot well, and an aperture/release at the ulcer site.
The rigid foot type prescription should also include a wide width, deep heel cup and minimum cast fill. If the patient has pre-ulcerative lesions or healed ulcers in the midfoot area, you can incorporate an intrinsic "sweet spot" into the orthotic shell. This will allow for off weightbearing of any osseous prominence. You can fill this intrinsic "sweet spot" with poron (ptt) to allow additional cushioning for the healed ulcer.
The flexible diabetic foot type would include patients who have abnormal pronation and a flexible flatfoot. Ideally, you want to use firmer materials with more support. We often prefer a black plastazote shell or a flexible polypropylene. We recommend using a nickleplast forefoot extension, leather top cover and aperture/release at the site of the ulceration.
For the flexible foot type, your orthotic prescription should include a normal width, deep heel cup, minimum cast fill and an aperture for any forefoot lesion.
We recommend using more of a "slot" accommodation of the lesion rather than the "punch" out accommodation. It appears the slot accommodation allows for more effective re-distribution of pressure. When forefoot accommodation is required, nickelplast and medium density EVA appear to be most effective.
Emphasizing Control Of The Diabetic Foot
In recent years, the biomechanical podiatric community has become more aggressive in controlling the diabetic foot rather than simply supporting and accommodating lesions. For the diabetic flexible flatfoot, you should consider using the medial skive technique as well as a small amount of inversion to minimize medial pressure secondary to excessive pronation of the subtalar joint. To control this flexible flatfoot, you need to cast the diabetic patient in the traditional non-weightbearing neutral suspension cast or a semi-weightbearing cast.
The materials we choose for the diabetic patient will often help prevent new ulcerations and recurrent ulcerations. Durability is an important factor in prevention. Orthotics should be checked every three months for signs of deterioration. Once an orthotic has thinned out, it will no longer provide the original pressure reduction. It is common that diabetic patients will go through three to four pairs of orthotics in a year, particularly those who have the rigid foot type.
Shoes are an important aspect of prescription writing for any patient. When dealing with the diabetic patient, it becomes crucial to control the flexible foot as well as support the rigid foot type. Initially, you should consider the ready-made extra-depth shoes, such as Rockport's Prowalker, SAS's Freetime or Timeout.
If you see a need for further control of forefoot lesions, consider adding an extrinsic metatarsal bar to the ready-made shoe. This addition will allow you to provide easier propulsion and off weightbearing of the forefoot. You can also prescribe a rocker-bottom shoe for the diabetic patient, who appears to have an apropulsive gait. Any good shoemaker in the community is able to incorporate either a metatarsal bar and/or a rocker-bottom addition.
Most prosthetists will dispense pre-fab plastazote type orthotics for extra depth or custom made shoes. These are often in layers of pink and white plastazote with occasional poron or ppt. These devices do not control the foot well and typically wear out in one to two months, depending upon the activity level of the patient.
Final Notes
Emphasize to your patients that the biomechanics of their feet affect their risk for ulceration and that a custom-made device will provide better protection. Indeed, it is our role to protect the diabetic foot from ulceration and to explain to our patients that what they can't feel can hurt them. n
Dr. Feit is a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is the Director of Research at the San Pedro Peninsula Hospital Residency Program. He is also in private practice in San Pedro and Torrance, Calif.
Dr. Kashanian is a Diplomate of the American Board of Primary Medicine and Podiatric Orthopaedics and is a consultant for ProLab Educational Institute. She is also in private practice in Northridge, Calif.
Dr. Steinberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics/ Podiatry Service at the University of Texas Health Science Center.


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The honorees be honored during pregame festivities prior to the Washington Nationals series finale against the San Diego Padres on Sunday, April 27 at Nationals Park. This year, the renowned sports club will enshrine the following inductees:
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"As a native Washingtonian, and a huge sports fan, it is a thrill to induct this new class of honorees into the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame," said Charlie Brotman, co-chair of the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame and Founder/CEO of Brotman-Winter-Fried (a division of Sage Communications). "We now have more than 100 members in this exclusive club, all of whom have helped further the high standards of athletics in the Greater Washington community."
Driesell won 348 games in 17 seasons (1969-86) as head coach of the Maryland men's basketball team, building the Terrapins into a perennial ACC contender. He developed such players as Tom McMillen, Len Elmore, John Lucas, Albert King and Buck Williams.
Under the guidance of Driesell, Maryland won the National Invitational Tournament in 1972 and the ACC Tournament Championship in 1984.
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Weller coached four All-Americans (Vicky Bullett, Jasmina Perazic, Debbie Lytle, Deanna Tate) and amassed 499 wins at the helm.
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After nearly four decades of hanging around at the Embarcadero BART Station, waving at incoming and outgoing trains, a grimy character so familiar it eventually blended into the walls is retiring.
"Legs," the 50-foot-tall, 7,000-pound rope sculpture that has hung on the east wall of the station since it opened in 1976, will be carefully dismantled, removed from the station and returned to its creator, noted textile artist Barbara Shawcroft, 84, who lives in Davis.
The decommissioning of the public artwork is scheduled to start Friday when BART crews will erect scaffolding. Early next week, workers will dismantle the sculpture using detailed instructions prepared by the artist. By the end of the month, "Legs" will be part of BART's past, much like grungy brown upholstered seats and free parking.
There's some debate over whether the sculpture was installed in 1976 or 1978, but it was commissioned at a time when macrame and burnt orange were popular. While it may have had the appearance of oversized macrame, Shawcroft, a professor emeritus of the UC Davis School of Design, has said it's a Neolithic technique known as knotless netting.
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Michael Cabanatuan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @ctuan