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Randle shows off at Hoopfest
DUNCANVILLE, Texas -- Now in the fourth year of its existence, the Thanksgiving Hoopfest at Duncanville High School just outside of Dallas has become an annual must-stop event.
On Friday, the nation's No. 2 player Julius Randle, reminded everybody of just how good he can be, while some of Dallas' next stars, such as Austin Grandstaff and Terrance Ferguson, impressed.
Randle dominant
The middle of the day's schedule provided quite a treat when 2013's No. 2 player Julius Randle and Plano (Texas) Prestonwood faced off with the No. 12 player Jarell Martin and Madison (La.) Prep.
The 6-foot-9 forwards squared off a bit when the teams weren't playing zones, and when they did it was a big-boy affair. Both Randle and Martin play with a high level of physicality and they are both guys who are already very strong.
Headed to LSU, Martin is a strong rebounder, runs the floor and can step out to make jumpers in pick-and-pop situations. He's not quite as athletic as North Texas forward Tony Mitchell, but some similarities can be seen in their playing styles.
Martin was very good, but when he wanted to be, Randle was on another level Friday. Dropping a game-high 29 points, the undecided senior power forward was quite impressive. Randle has always been a strong kid, but his frame has really been shaped up and he's added more explosion to his game.
He's always been very quick off the dribble and tough to stop in situations attacking the rim because of his size and quickness, but Randle has sometimes lacked lift in traffic.
That's no longer the case; he's gotten much quicker off the floor when jumping off of both feet and doesn't need to gather himself around the goal in traffic near as much as he used to. His jumper also looks reworked.
"I've been working hard on my jumper," said Randle. "You didn't see it as much today but I'm really trusting it and feeling comfortable with it."
Because he's so big and strong, onlookers often want Randle to play more around the hoop. He will do it when he needs to and the matchup calls for it, though and onlookers just have to understand that attacking from the perimeter and playing facing the basket is a big part of his game. It's also a big part of his recruitment.
"Everybody tells me I can play facing the hoop," Randle said. "Coaches like that I can attack off the dribble and that I'm versatile."
On the school front, Randle is still looking at the same six of Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, N.C State, Oklahoma and Texas.
He's visited the Gators and Wildcats officially and told Rivals.com that he'll visit N.C. State the weekend of Jan. 25. He also said he'll take visits to Kansas and Texas sometime in the next month or so. Like Texas, Oklahoma received a fall visit and Randle said that he may replace the Texas official with an official to OU.
Grandstaff goes off
Already a four-star prospect in the class of 2015, 6-foot-4 guard Austin Grandstaff from Rockwall (Texas) High, isn't exactly a secret. But, he's still a sophomore and coaches and fans are just starting to get familiar with him.
With more games like Friday's, Grandstaff's already-strong stock will continue to rise.
Scoring a day-high 35 points, Grandstaff was in attack mode and scored on an impressive array of pullups, floaters and quick-trigger jumpers. He was aggressive and hunted his shot, but Grandstaff was never selfish and also helped out on the glass while he racked up five assists and four rebounds.
He also came up big when his team needed him the most. As time expired, Grandstaff went deep on an inbounds play, catching a long pass, controlling himself and hitting a heavily contested runner from about eight feet as the buzzer sounded to win the game.
Oklahoma, Texas A&M, UMass and Arizona are among the schools that have been in to see the sophomore, while Syracuse, Alabama, Kansas, Nebraska and TCU have also been showing early attention.
Ferguson next?
The overall talent level at Dallas (Texas) Prime Prep is pretty silly. Senior four-star big men Jordan Mickey and Karviar Shepherd both rank in the top 50 nationally in the class of 2013, while junior point guard Emmanuel Mudiay is the No. 2 player in the class of 2014.
With all that talent and more, it's freshman shooting guard Terrance Ferguson who's really been generating a buzz of late.
Described to Rivals.com as a Ray Allen-like shooter, the 6-foot-4 (maybe 6-foot-5) freshman was pretty darned impressive on Friday afternoon. Obviously he's got a long way to go to be Ray Allen, but the skinny wing is absolutely a lights-out shooter from deep and he's got a long and rangy frame and looks to be a good athlete.
Right now, he's got it pretty easy as his talented teammates draw so much attention, he gets lots of wide open looks. But Ferguson looks to be the real deal and a no-brainer as a potential high-major prospect.
Friday notes
Oklahoma State has signed a good player who will fit its style in senior wing Leyton Hammonds. His 6-foot-8 listing is likely a bit on the generous side, but the Richland (Texas) High product is a wing with tremendous size, good athleticism and a nice-looking jump shot.
Hammonds moves pretty well laterally and has good length, which allows him to be a good defender and his handle isn't bad. Where we really liked Hammond was when he slid into the high post against the zone and acted as a versatile face-up four man who dished to cutters and hit elbow jumpers. When he gets stronger in the OSU weight room, we can see him playing some at the four so that the Cowboys can create matchup problems with quickness and athleticism.
Reigning state champions Dallas (Texas) Kimball is off to a slow start and looked a bit out of sync on Friday night. Kimball's wing trio of senior Keith Frazier and juniors D'Angelo Allen and Trent Brinkley is potentially as good as any in the country, and the three showed flashes in a loss to Richardson. A five-star shooting guard and one of the top unsigned players in the country, Frazier is a shooter with deep range, good athleticism and the ability to attack some off the dribble when he wants. Allen is a slasher and has the length and feet to develop into one of the country's better perimeter defenders while Brinkley is a solid three-star who plays with strength and has a good jumper. Frazier still seems to be a bit all over the map with his recruitment, but LSU, SMU, Texas and Texas A&M look to be emerging.
Dallas (Texas) Madison senior power forward Devante Robinson has a chance to really help out his recruitment this winter. A long and athletic 6-foot-8 power forward, the skinny Robinson has some skill to go along with his top-notch run-and-jump ability.
He's got to refine things a little, but his jumper looks pretty good to at least 18 feet, he has pretty good hands and his body is one that can be built on easily. Texas State, Oklahoma and UTEP have shown some early interest in the senior who has grades. According to his summer coach Erven Davis, Robinson is mulling the possibility of attending prep school to boost his recruitment.
Keep a close eye out for Madison (La.) Prep sophomore combo guard Brandon Sampson. A 6-foot-4 ball handler with a beautiful jump shot, the lengthy 2015 prospect has the look of a future high-major prospect. We're expecting that we'll be covering him plenty down the road.
While Austin Grandstaff provides the perimeter scoring, Elijah Thomas provides the interior punch. A 6-foot-8 power forward, the four-star sophomore is a broad-shouldered and tough big man with great hands. Thomas is a good athlete, but what stands out is how crafty he is in the lane and how he already understands how to use his body for position and to ward off defenders as he spins to either shoulder. Thomas fouled out on a highly suspect offensive foul call (apparently catching a pass is illegal in Texas), but had 21 points and double-digit rebounds before he went to the bench.
Dallas (Texas) Woodrow Wilson has a nice tandem of Division I signees Zach Colemanand Trey Washington. A long and skinny 6-foot-7 combo forward, Coleman is inked with UMass and looks like a nice player in the A-10. He operates well in the high post, runs the floor in transition and has some nice upside with his game. A sub six-footer, Washington is a speed merchant who really pushes the tempo. Wyoming added him late in the signing period and should be happy with the results.
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We start today's results with the day two show of the Greater Panama City Dog Fanciers Association. Peggy Hauck' line up consisted of the Black Cocker Spaniel, GCH CH Casablanca's Thrilling Seduction, the Whippet, GCH CH Sporting Field's Bahama Sands, the Kuvazs, GCH CH Szumeria's Wildwood Silver Six Pence, the Skye Terrier, CH Of Skyeline Captain Hook, the Miniature Pinscher, GCH CH Marlex Classic Red Glare, the Chinese Shar-Pei, GCH CH Jade East Do You Know The Way To San Jose, and the Puli, GCH CH Cordmaker Rumpus Bumpus.
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Weather Blog: Quick temperature swings ahead
Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! A much needed taste of spring is finally showing up across southern Wisconsin. While temperatures are gradually headed up, a few quick dips will remind us that winter has not left us. In today's blog we discuss the ups and downs and look ahead to highs in the 40s to near 50.
Let's start with a quick recap of the impressive top ten numbers that have been established this winter season in Milwaukee. The most recent 'top tens' include the 2nd most ice cover on Lake Michigan with almost 93% of the lake covered on March 5! This is second only to 1977's 93.1%.
The streak of consecutive days with snow cover continues and now stands at 89. This is the 2nd longest streak dating back to the 1800s!
Ice coverage and snow depth will take a hit in the coming days as temperatures climb above freezing. Highs today should reach 40 in spots before a cold front arrives this evening. Along and behind the front a few rain or snow showers are possible.
The WPC surface forecast map below is valid at midnight. Notice the cold front to the south and very light precipitation highlighted by the green outline.
Behind the front, the weekend should start a little cooler with temperatures in the low 30s on Saturday. As winds shift to the southwest milder temperature should flow back into the area on Sunday. The warm-up continues into Monday with highs in the 40s. If a wind shift holds off on Monday and sunshine sticks around highs may touch 50 very close to home.
One model is keeping temperatures in the 30s to low 40s on Monday. I think this is too low with surface winds out of a southwest to westerly direction. Just south of Wisconsin in parts of Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri temperatures will likely soar to 60+!
By Tuesday and Wednesday temperatures look to return to seasonal averages or colder. Expect some quick ups and downs in the temperatures the rest of March. This is typical, but the colder than average days will likely out number the warmer than average days.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
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Lexi Belle – Babe of the Day
One of the cutest actresses in the adult-film business, the amazing Lexi Belle started her career at the ripe age of 18. Since she began, she's been racking up awards and nominations at the highest levels of her industry. And just for kicks, she was also the 2014 Penthouse Pet of the year. No matter how you slice it, this is one performer who's talented in more ways than one.
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The cloud does not insist upon its form,
The wave does not force its way over the ocean,
So why should you clutch so tightly
Your little map?
Follow your heart
And know joy in all things.
The path of freedom
Has no markers,
Yet it leads to fulfillment;
The path of confusion
Is crowded with signs,
Pointing in all directions.
The Great Way is a humble, solitary path,
Leading Home:
Follow it closely and be guided.
How do you know you are on the Way?
When your map no longer serves you.
– Taken with thanks from dear Sister Krishna's Deciphering Spirituality blog.
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Dear Valued Readers,
I'm all settled into the new place and back online! "Danger Cave 1" is fully operational! I'll start posting on July 1st, barring unforeseen complications. I'd like to thank everyone who commented, e-mailed, and Tweeted their support during my absence.
Unfortunately, my internet connection's not quite as fast as it was back at my old place. My last house was in walking distance of a community college, so I had a lightning fast internet connection. My new place is so far out into the boonies that it's a ten minute drive to Store. That's not a typo. The nearest place of commerce is a small, windowless building labeled "Store."
There's a huge handmade sign hanging just outside Store's one windowless door promising crawlers. When I asked if the sign referred to doughnuts or bait, a man wearing overalls and a flannel shirt in ninety degree heat treated me to ten minute rant about how Store stocks BOTH as part of fiendishly clever marketing ploy designed to draw traffic both on the way to AND from the local fishing hole.
In case you were wondering, I bought the bait. Upon examination, it was the more sanitary option.
I would have been back online last week, but hijinks ensued when the AT&T guy who came to install the DSL modem I ordered pointed out that the old lady who lived here before me never bothered installing actual phone jacks. The two sockets I stupidly mistook for phone jacks were both itty bitty wall safes with absolutely no internet inside. My brother spent the entire week tormenting me by folding up little pictures of cats and stuffing them into said wall safes to simulate internet reception.
Until I adjust to the slower speed, my daily posts may be a little less frequent than prior to my hiatus. I sincerely hope that you'll stick with me through the coming adjustment period, because I'm creeping up on the poverty line and the ad revenue from this blog is only about three years of growth from pushing me over the threshold. Come on, dollar a day!
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Hooper Develops Web-Based System to Help Children Learn to Read
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Simon Hooper, professor of education, in the learning, design, and technology program, has been key in the ongoing design of a web-based learning analytics system that will help improve children's literacy. The system is designed to track performance over time and use the data to personalize instruction.
The system holds the potential to radically change the grading experience for teachers. A system could highlight possible errors, change the mechanics of the grading process, and provide access to data visualizations that enhance decision-making.
A well-designed scoring system could increase reliability, reduce grading time, improve teachers' ability to identify writing problems, and improve overall satisfaction with the assessment process.
The software includes separate interfaces for students and teachers. The teacher interface serves three functions: managing students, grading assessments, and viewing performance charts. The student interface establishes a space to type short essays, presents random prompts, allocates five minutes to type a response, and gives remaining-time reminders.
In a chapter recently published in the "Handbook of Design in Educational Technology," Hooper and his co-authors, University of Minnesota Professors Charles Miller and Susan Rose, outline the theory behind the software, the development process of the program, and implementation research over time.
The chapter chronicles four design cycles that date back to 2005. Initially, the group hypothesized that a computer-based grading system would allow for automatic data aggregation, eliminating the need for counting and recording students' scores manually. The design challenges have evolved along with the system.
"The design of the system is in a constant state of change. As soon as we take care of one set of issues, another seems to emerge," Hooper said. "For example, we designed the system for use on regular computers, but now many schools are changing to iPads, and we cannot simply translate from one system to the other. Also, we are constantly generating new ideas for how the system could be expanded."
The project began with the goal of improving efficiency in grading students' essays for elementary school Special Education teachers.
Initial research inspired the design of a more ambitious software system that the researchers hoped would produce reliable and valid academic growth data that could be used to monitor students' literacy performance. It was named Avenue DHH (i.e. Audio-Visual Educational Environments for Deaf or Hard of Hearing). As the project continued, the researchers replicated paper-pencil versions of both Maze and Slash tests, and auto-grading components were added.
A Maze test is a modified Cloze test, which is created by removing every seventh word from a text passage. Students complete the tests by writing into blank spaces the words they think were deleted. The Maze test provides a list of three words, the missing word and two distractors, that appear under the blank space.
Slash tests are text passages, displayed in upper case, in which the spaces between words are removed to create a continuous flow of characters. In print, students draw vertical lines where they believe word breaks should fall. On the computer, students click between words to insert (or remove) word breaks between the characters.
At the next stage of development, the researchers took the project in a different direction.
"At this point, an important shift occurred in our design; we introduced gaming features into the design. We were trying to be innovative and to move away from traditional ways of doing things," Hooper said.
The researchers were also able to conduct classroom feasibility analyses with DHH teachers and students. The primary focus was on establishing system-wide software stability. The initial system was designed to work for use with a handful of users. The upgraded system would have to function effectively for hundreds, perhaps thousands of concurrent users.
With the funding now available for nationwide implementation, the researchers are ready to conduct usability testing and implementation research. They will conduct a technological overhaul of the system, examine opportunities for data visualization for both teachers and students, and conduct a longitudinal study in which they examine the validity, reliability, and impact of the e-assessment system in K-8 classrooms.
"We have started testing out the system. We are conducting tests to examine the efficiency and effectiveness of the WordMark part of the software. Next semester we will be comparing data from the use of Slash and Maze with standardized achievement data to determine the validity of our system," Hooper said.
The team is starting to see a glimmer of light at the end of their research tunnel.
"I think we are getting close now, but an important question concerns how this system can be generalized to a mainstream population. Also, the big question will be how access to a system that automates/simplifies assessment administration, grading, data recording, and data representation, will help teachers in their decision-making processes," Hooper said.
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Justin Combs graduated High School with a 3.75 GPA. The 170-pound defensive back announced that he would be attending UCLA who gave him a $54,000 scholarship.
Justin's father P.Diddy is reportedly worth 475 million dollars. It seems simple…Diddy should pay for his schooling because he can…but then again, Justin worked hard for his scholarship, so is the answer really that easy?
"Regardless what the circumstances are, I put that work in!!!!," tweeted Justin. He is correct, he did put in the "work," but does that mean he should go to college for free when so many others struggle just to get that degree…
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News | February 15, 1965
NASA Determines Areas of Mars to Photograph
The areas on Mars that are expected to be photographed by the single television camera aboard Mariner IV have been determined by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Analysis of Mariner's flight path by engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, operated by the California Institute of Technology, pinpointed the areas.
The target areas were outlined in a notice requesting amateur and professional astronomers to observe the areas with ground-based telescopes. The areas can be seen a number of times over the next several months before and after the closest approach of Mars to earth in early March.
If the Mariner spacecraft is still operating normally when it flys by Mars, it will photograph the planet on July 14.
Recording of the first picture will occur when the spacecraft is approximately 8400 miles above the Martian surface. The camera will sweep an area some 4000 miles long from the northern hemisphere, where it will be Fall, down through the southern hemisphere, where it will be Spring.
When the first of up to 21 pictures is taken, Mariner's camera will be pointing at the northern Martian desert Amazonis. The camera's coverage will then sweep southeast below the Martian equator covering the Mare Sirenum, the southern desert Phaethontis, Aonius Sinus and into the terminator or shadow line. The spacecraft will be about 6300 miles above Mars for the final picture.
The picture taking sequence will begin about 8:25 P. M. EST. Some 25 minutes later, the final picture will be taken and after another 21 minutes, Mariner will reach its point of closest approach to Mars at a distance of about 5,400 miles.
The maximum ground resolution will occur near the middle of the photographic sequence when the camera is pointing nearly straight down toward the Martian surface in the area of the Mare Sirenum. At this point the photograph will cover an area approximately 150 miles on a side and the pictures should resolve prominent surface markings as small as two miles across.
Not all of the 4000 mile strip to be photographed will be covered by pictures since only a limited number of pictures can be stored on the magnetic tape.
The photographs will be stored in digital form on the tapes and played back to earth when Mariner has passed beyond Mars. Each picture will consist of about 250,000 bits of data and will be recorded at 10,700 bits per second.
Transmission rate is 8 1/3 bits per second so, during the playback sequence, it will take about 8 hours and 20 minutes to transmit each picture to earth. Each picture transmission will be followed by 1 1/2 hours of engineering data on the condition of the spacecraft and then the next picture will be transmitted. It is planned to repeat the playback of the pictures at least twice.
Mariner IV was launched November 28, 1964, and the general areas on Mars to be photographed were determined at the time of the mid-course correction to Mariner's flight path on Dec. 5. A requirement for the mid-course maneuver was to time Mariner's encounter period with Mars to coincide with the tracking period of the Goldstone Station of the Deep Space Net, in the Mojave Desert to insure maximum communication and command coverage.
It has taken a period of detailed analysis of tracking data since the mid-course maneuver to determine precise target areas.
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After weeks of speculation, Boardman head football coach Mark D'Eramo finally stepped down from his position.
News of D'Eramo's departure had been brewing around Boardman since about Thanksgiving, but nothing was ever confirmed. Boardman Athletic Director David Smercansky officially made the recent rumors true in an email on Saturday, Dec. 8.
"Mark has turned in his resignation," wrote Smercansky succinctly. "His departure is a big blow to the football program."
D'Eramo was the head coach for only two seasons, but those campaigns sure were memorable. In 2011, D'Eramo earned Federal League Coach of the Year honors by guiding the Spartans to a 5-1 league record and a conference crown. After losing their first two games that year by just eight total points, the Spartans shot back to win seven of their final eight to earn an invitation to the Division I state playoffs.
The Spartans' second season under D'Eramo was not as successful as their first one. Although Boardman began the year in a big way blowing out Cleveland Benedictine 35-6, Cardinal Mooney whitewashed Boardman a week later, 37-0. A four-game losing streak to end the season stopped the Spartans at 4-6.
Before taking over the head coaching duties from D.J. Ogilvie two years ago, D'Eramo was a longtime assistant football coach at the school. His relationship with the students and faculty as a teacher/coach were second to none. According to Smercansky, D'Eramo was a lot more to the Spartan students than just a head football coach with an 11-9 record.
"Mark devoted countless hours to the football program and the classroom," wrote the A.D. "Mark was an excellent coach and a great role model for the student athletes. He was a class act and well respected around the Federal League."
There is no timetable for the school board to hire a new head football coach. Many candidates both internally and outside the Spartan family will almost certainly be considered. Let's face it, being a head coach at a large, famous Division I institution like Boardman is a job that many suitors will pursue. One thing that is certain is whoever does finally step into the Spartans' top spot will have large shoes to fill.
"(D'Eramo) put a quality product on the football field every Friday," Smercansky surmised. "He will be missed."


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Sandy surge may affect jellyfish on N.J. beaches
- Stinging sea nettle jellyfish usually die off as bay waters cool
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BRICK, N.J. -- Amid all the destruction that Superstorm Sandy brought to Barnegat Bay, there's been one quiet thread of speculation: Could the storm -- with its massive, scouring ocean surge -- have gotten rid of the jellyfish?
Stinging sea nettle jellyfish won't appear in the bay until June, so it's far too early to tell how the storm affected the population, scientists say. By the end of October when the storm arrived, the jellyfish were already at least a month into the winter dormant stage of their life cycle.
"We start to see the medusa (free swimming) population drop off the middle, end of September," said Jim Vassilides, staff scientist with the Barnegat Bay Partnership, the federally funded office that coordinates research and conservation efforts on the bay.
As bay waters cool, swimming jellyfish lose energy and die off, leaving a huge population of tiny polyps -- basically clusters of baby jellyfish that adhere to plastic docks over winter, and start popping out new swimming jellyfish in late spring and early summer.
The Virginia and Maryland waters of Chesapeake Bay are infamous for their summertime sea nettle swarms, and scientists there have observed fluctuations after major hurricanes. But timing is everything, said Rebecca Burrell, head technician of the marine ecology laboratory at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, Md.
"In general, it's not just the strength of the storm, but the timing of a hurricane that plays a big factor in determining what is affected biologically," Burrell said. Fresh water washing down into Chesapeake Bay from rainfall and reservoir release can reduce salinity levels in the bay "which can both reduce jellyfish polyps ... and flush jellyfish out of systems."
The best example was Hurricane Agnes in 1972, a catastrophic event for the Chesapeake overall. Some 14 inches of rain fell in the bay watershed and flushed the bay, decimating salt water species. There was a dramatic reduction in sea nettles too, Burrell said.
The 1972 hurricane hit in June, just around the time sea nettle medusa start swimming in the bay, Burrell noted. By contrast, Hurricane Isabel in September 2003 had little effect. University of Maryland scientists "found no evidence of a hurricane effect on ... sea nettles, but this time period is also when jellyfish populations are generally declining seasonally anyway," she said.
It's possible Sandy's rain may have reduced the numbers of jellyfish polyps, Burrell said. But because each polyp can pop out several swimming adult jellyfish come spring "populations can rebound quickly because of the high reproductive potential," she added.
"That polyp stage makes them highly resilient," Vassilides said. During the Oct. 29 storm surge "that volume of water moving through the bay might have dislodged some of them. We don't know."
Vinyl and other plastics had become materials of choice for docks, over chemically treated lumber, a trend encouraged by scientific studies showing treated lumber can have some negative effect on the bay environment.
So bayside residents were stunned to learn all those sleek new plastic docks are ideal nesting spots for jellyfish polyps, as Montclair State University Paul Bologna has documented.
Lots of docks were ripped out or scoured by rushing water and sand. "With all those docks that got tossed around, is that going to have an effect?" Vassilides wondered. There are other factors going into Spring 2013, he added. With warm bay waters and a warm summer in 2012, people braced for an even bigger swarm of jellyfish than in the summer of 2011 in the northern bay.
"But that was totally not the case," said Vassilides, who heads a team that tests jellyfish-proofing nets at bay beaches, and works every day in the summer to drag nets in the bay and count the nettles. The 2012 jellyfish numbers were substantially lower, and this could be a tough winter for polyps, he said.
Sea nettles made a first big appearance in northern Barnegat Bay in July 2004, raising dread among boaters and environmental experts who knew them as an annual summer plague on Chesapeake Bay.
Scientists still don't know why their numbers exploded in Barnegat Bay. Theories range from the region's rapid increases in storm water flows carrying nutrients to the bay from growing suburbs, to warming average water temperatures, and overfishing that removed other fish and helped the jellyfish take over.


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Sunday, March 23, 2008
There is no difference between life and death
This photo shows John Cage and Daisetz Suzuki in 1962. Now playing is Cage's 36 Mesotics re and not so re Marcel Duchamp which is dedicated to the Japanese video artist Shigeko Kubota and includes this quote from the Zen teacher Daisetz Suzuki: 'There is no difference between life and death'. In the Harmonia Mundi recording the text is sung by Paul Hillier and spoken by Terry Riley. More on Daisetz Suzuki here and here.
Cage Talk, dialogues with and about John Cage is available from Boydell Press. Photo credit Yashuiro Yoshioka. Any copyrighted material on these pages is included as "fair use", for the purpose of study, review or critical analysis only, and will be removed at the request of copyright owner(s). Report broken links, missing images and errors to - overgrownpath at hotmail dot co dot uk
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Labels: buddhism, d t suzuki, john cage, paul hillier, shigeko kubota, terry riley, zen
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- pathogan said...
DT Suzuki had a face shown to the West{benevolent sage,correspondent of Merton,friend of Cage,etc.} and one shown east{proto-fascist,ultra nationalist pro war goose stepper].Somehow,ezra pound is strung out,still for being a fascist but DT Suziki gets a free ride?
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θάνατος οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ ζῆν.
Thánatos oudèn diaphérei tou zên.
"Death is no different than life."
Thales' philosophical view to the eternal philosophical question about life and death.
list of greek phrases, wikipedia :) little ancient quote!
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) -- One month after taking a remarkable flight, a World War II veteran in Colorado has passed away. At 101 years old. Col. Frank Royal died over the weekend.
Col. Frank Royal salutes after his final flight alongside White 33.
You may remember, recently he got a chance to take a ride with a warbird he once flew.
It's not often a veteran is reunited with the exact plane he flew. In fact, it's happened once at the Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs.
Col. Royal took a final flight with a plane he knew well. The veteran sat copilot last month in a chase plane flying beside a P-38. It wasn't just any P-38; he flew in that exact plane years ago, nicknamed "White 33."
"I'm glad I was able to be here and with so many of my family also. We've been visiting out here from time to time since they first brought it here from New Guinea and started working on it," Col. Royal said at the time.
The plane was damaged in a dogfight over Papua New Guinea. Eventually, it was brought to the museum.
On a chance encounter, while Royal's son was at the museum, he saw White 33 and knew right away.
"It was a nice flight. I got a good look at the B-25 with the White 33 right behind it up over the city and toward the mountains," said Col. Royal.
Family, friends and other veterans who lined the runway that day are now in mourning.
A remarkable reunion for Royal.
"Mentally, I was flying it," Col. Royal said when he got out of the chase plane.
"I'm hoping that I'll still be able to enjoy seeing, and perhaps even, my spirit taking a little ride in one now and again," he added.
Saluting the skies one final time. Funeral services are pending.


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Sup. David Campos appears to have finally succeeded in his years-long quest to prevent San Francisco employers from pocketing money the city requires them to use for employee health care costs after winning over two key supervisors to secure a veto-proof majority at today's [Tues/10] Board of Supervisors meeting.
His reform legislation on today's agenda will be amended by Campos, he told us, to win the support of Sups. Mark Farrell and London Breed. The changes phase out the loophole over three years, making 60 percent of the money in employee health savings accounts off limits to employers next year, 80 percent the following year, and not letting employers reclaim any of these funds by 2017.
"Even if we don't get to 100 percent right away, once you get past 50 percent it's a done deal, so I feel good about it," Campos told us, explaining that even the phased-in legislation will immediately discourage employers from using health savings accounts and to instead put that money toward private insurance or city-run programs such as Healthy San Francisco.
The veto-proof majority is key given that Mayor Ed Lee vetoed similar legislation in 2011, later signing a watered down compromise measure by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu that required employers to maintain the funds for two years before taking them back.
Campos said that reform clearly didn't work, with that total funding left over in the health savings accounts rising from about $60 million two years ago to about $90 million now. That outcome was predicted by Campos at the time, noting that employers had a disincentive to encourage employees to tap the funds.
"It didn't work. The numbers showed the money still wasn't being spent, which is what we said would happen," Campos told us.
Exacerbating the problem was the fact that the federal Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) placed new restrictions on how health savings accounts may be used, fro example banning their use on insurance premiums. Health savings accounts are widely considered far inferior to private insurance at providing quality healthcare, but federal law (ERISA) precluded the city from banning their use by employers to satisfy the city's health coverage requirement.
Supervisors who haven't yet committed to supporting Campos' legislation are Chiu, Scott Wiener, and Katy Tang, but Campos predicted they may sign on now that the measure has a veto-proof majority: "We're hopeful that with a veto-proof majority, it may be a unanimous vote at the board."
UPDATE 6/10: The board unanimously passed the measure on first reading, prompting a sustained standing ovation from the workers and labor advocates who filled the board chambers for the hearing.


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Paradoxes and Oxymorons
John Shoptaw: On "Paradoxes and Oxymorons"
The most popular poem in Shadow Train is its tantalizingly simple statement of poetics, "Paradoxes and Oxymorons." … The poem itself voices Ashbery's populist impulse to reach the common reader, who thinks poems are constructed on many interpretive levels. There is frustration on both sides:
[Shoptaw cites the opening 4 lines.]
On the "elevl plain" of this communications system, the paradoxical pair of poem and reader stands in for two lovers. A few pronominal substitutions bring the romantic discourse to the surface: "Look at me talking to you," "You miss me, I miss you," and so on. This homoerotic subtext connects the poem to the envoy of "Song of Myself": "Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, / Missing me one place search another, / I stop somewhere waiting for you." Ashbery gives a more explicit rendition of this romance in his suggestively titled "Or in My Throat" where he recommends poetry as an alternative to oral sex: "It's clean, it's relaxing, it doesn't squirt juice all over" [Shadow Train (New York: Penguin, 1981), p. 25].
In the second quatrain of "Paradoxes and Oxymorons" the reader interrupts the poet, as in an interview, with a few questions. … Like his paradoxical formulation "on the outside looking out," the oxymoron "A deeper outside thing" is an apt description of Ashbery's poetry, "not / Superficial," as he says in "Self-Portrait [in a Convex Mirror]," "but a visible core." What deepens Ashbery's level playing field are his random [John] Cagean procedures, a hugely varied "division of labor" between the poet and language: "And before you know / It gets lost in the steam and chatter of typewriters." If infinitely many monkeys are set before typewriters, the statistical paradox goes, they will sooner or later produce Shakespeare's plays. Ashbery's poem "has been played" like a record or a trick. But perhaps it is the reader's trick as well. In the communications system, the ideal reader now resembles the Divine Paradox: "I think you exist," the poet asserts, "and then you aren't there." In his final paradox, "the poem is you," varying the dedication "the poem is yours," Ashbery yields himself to the reader, who nevertheless continues to "miss" him.
From "Fearful Symmetries: Shadow Train" (Chapter 9) in On the Outside Looking Out: John Ashbery's Poetry (Cambridge: Harvard U P, 1994) 255-256.
Paradoxes and Oxymorons
Jody Norton on "Paradoxes and Oxymorons"
"Paradoxes and Oxymorons," while it doesn't express a Barthian or Pynchonian degree of interest in the construction of identity as a function of culture and history , is very much concerned with the poststructural question of the relation between language and identity. The paradox at the heart of "Paradoxes and Oxymorons" is that what is revealed, in a text that represents a subject, is the very representationality of that subject. Phrased as an oxymoron, the subject is true fiction.
This fiction of the subject, furthermore, is highly unstable. While the poem plays at being "plain"-spoken, it is too indeterminate for the speaker (objectified as "you") to comprehend. The speaker's response to his own question is evasive ("It is that") and vague ("other things"). And while he indirectly claims systematicity for poetic language in stanza two, that systematicity immediately turns out to involve "play." The transparency of the subject in language is "dreamed," a "role-pattern" which, like that of the Puritan saints, cannot be copied with assurance, since one's participation in "the division of grace" is "Without proof." "The poem, and ultimately the "you" that "The poem is," are "Open-ended," as readily lost as found "in the steam and chatter of typewriters."
The poem's deceptive appearance of formal regularity mimes the readily deconstructable coherence of its content (even as "The poem is you" deconstructs the illusion of the separability of form and content). The poem hints at hexameter, hints at accentual verse, and hints at end rhyme, without systematically practicing any of these. Its formal indeterminacy suggests the Postmodern "incredulity toward metanarratives" that the poem as narrative expresses. It is thus meta-ideologically transgressive-most importantly epistemologically: that the vaunted systematicity of language is only a mask for a deeper play implies that knowledge, conceived as truth in language, is not axiomatic but relative and contingent.
"Paradoxes and Oxymorons" suggests that identity is not only contingent, but also intertextual. Not only are "It," "you," and "I" interactive linguistic self-formations, "this poem," with its sense of language as play, represents subjectivity as comprised of multiple articulations, an "Open-ended" game that "before you know / It" "has been played once more."
Ashbery's speaker is deeply Romantic in visualizing an ideal correspondence between self and world-yet stringently Postmodern in depicting this world as ineradicably already representational, hence secondary, hence inconclusive. The Romantic pathos of the failure of connection between poetry and the subject, in stanza 1, is ironized by the punning sense of miss (to feel the lack of a person or thing) as misunderstanding (to lack meaning), and the oxymoronic, parodically sentimental allusion, in stanza 2, to the sad poem (no less nonsensical, on one level, than the idea of a sad math problem). The Romantic drive that continues to be shared by Ashbery's speaker, by Ashbery as a poet, and by other Contemporary poets, is the drive to comprehend one's subjectivity--the being/form, the being form, reflected to us from the shifting surfaces of our sociocultural waters.
From Narcissus Sous Rature: Male Subjectivity in Contemporary American Literature. Copyright © 1999 by Associated University Presses, Inc.


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"The Killing" is back from the dead...again.
Netflix is set to resurrect the AMC drama, which was canceled (twice!), for a final six episode run, the streaming site announced on Friday. Though a premiere date has yet to be announced, Netflix will make all six episodes of the drama's fourth and final season available at once to subscribers.
"The rich, serialized storytelling in 'The Killing' thrives on Netflix, and we believe that it is only fitting to give Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman) a proper send off," Cindy Holland, vice president of original content for Netflix, said in a statement. "We are looking forward to offering fans--both existing and new--a series that we know is perfectly suited for on-demand viewing."
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SCOOP: Netflix teams up with Marvel for four superhero series
"The Killing," which wrapped its third season in August, has put off its trip to the TV graveyard before; Though AMC canceled the series after its second season, it decided to bring Veena Sud's series back. The third season debuted to 1.8 million viewers, while the finale brought in 1.5 million viewers. (To find out what happened in the finale, read E!'s recap.)
"It's a true testament to 'The Killing' creator Veena Sud, and the stellar cast led so compellingly by Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman, that fans remained so passionate about the show, " Fox TV Studios president David Madden said. "We're gratified that our partners at Netflix recognized this."
This is just the latest big move Netflix has made as they recently announced a partnership with Marvel that will result in four live-action superhero series that will debut in 2015. All of the series will lead up to one big miniseries event titled "The Defenders." Netflix has garnered a lot of critical praise recently for its original series "Orange Is the New Black" and "House of Cards."


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Here's where we stand:
In ten days, it will all be over. Where will we be? Which two of those six teams will be watching the playoffs on TV?
East New York 89 63 -- Boston 88 64 1
Central Chicago 91 61 -- Cleveland 90 63 1.5
West Los Angeles 87 65 -- Oakland 84 68 3
Wild Card Cleveland 90 63 -- Boston 88 64 1.5 Oakland 84 68 5.5
After trading series with the Orioles and Blue Jays, the Red Sox and Yankees will meet at Fenway Park one week from tonight. I can't imagine the standings being too different from what they are now. The odds of either Boston or New York holding a four-game lead next week is slim, so the winner of the East will likely be decided in that three-game set.
I'm getting nervous just thinking about it now, so first things first:
Lilly / Chacon in the Bronx at 7:00; Arroyo / Cabrera at Camden Yards at 7:30.


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I have been making collages lately, out of old issues of Skirt! magazine. I have been having trouble finding it lately though. I WANT it to be deleivered to my door instead of me having to run around the city looking for it.
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We kick off this week with Yahoo! Weather, which brings you new weather features like heat maps and interactive satellite displays, as well as a prettier interface that features weather images relevant to your area. We've also got some new games: Fish Out of Water!, the latest from Halfbrick Studios, the minds behind Fruit Ninja […]
We kick off this week with Yahoo! Weather, which brings you new weather features like heat maps and interactive satellite displays, as well as a prettier interface that features weather images relevant to your area. We've also got some new games: Fish Out of Water!, the latest from Halfbrick Studios, the minds behind Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, and Knight Storm, a 3-D medieval-themed games with lots of jousting.
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Yahoo! Weather (Free)
What's it about? Yahoo! brings you all the weather data you could need to your iOS devices, including radar data and beautiful photos to go with it.
What's cool? Weather apps are usually pretty boring, but Yahoo! means to combat that perception by making Yahoo! Weather as beautiful and visually appealing as possible. For a start, it includes big, beautiful photos (pulled from Flickr) to go with its weather forecasts. You get the kind of data you expect – temperatures, precipitation, and so on – as well as live radar feeds, extended outlooks, interactive hear maps, satellite feeds, and sunrise and sunset times.
Who's it for? If you're in need of a strong weather app that's also nice to look at, Yahoo! Weather has you covered.
What's it like? Both The Weather Channel and Weather+ also offer useful takes on keeping you up on the forecast.
Fish Out of Water! ($0.99)
What's it about? Fish Out of Water! has players throwing various fish as far as they can by swiping, in order to skip them across the water and gain the most distance possible.
What's cool? Fish Out of Water! is kind of like the javelin event in track and field. Your goal is to throw three fish as far as you can, skipping them across the water along the way. The more skips and distance you pick up, the higher your score will be at the end of three throws. You also have a number of different fish to choose from, each with different properties and abilities that help them go farther or skip more. The key is to make good, clean throws, but also pick the right fish for the job to get high scores in all categories. The ability to join online "leagues" makes Fish Out of Water! fun and casual, while also being competitive among friends and players around the world.
Who's it for? Casual players, Fish Out of Water! is a fun way to kill five minutes, but you can still stay competitive with your friends on Facebook or Google+.
What's it like? Grab Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride, two of Halfbrick's other great titles.
Knight Storm (Free)
What's it about? Knight Storm puts players into the world of medieval warriors, with lots of jousting and tournaments to fight in, monsters to kill, and improvements to make on your kingdom.
What's cool? Players of Knight Storm take on the role of – you guessed it – a knight, who has recently inherited the throne of a kingdom. Your job is to make your realm better through a number of means, like earning money to make improvements to your city and forge new armor. You'll fight in jousting tournaments to make a name for yourself, and work through a single-player quest line that includes dealing with other countries and jousting along the way.
Who's it for? If 3-D knight duels and jousting sounds like fun, you'll enjoy Knight Storm.
What's it like? Try Horn and Wild Blood for more duels and medieval-themed action.
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You have a phenomenon that produces strictly positive or negative results.
delta = [1 -3 4 2 -1 6 -2 -7];
Marching through this list from beginning to end, mark a value with -1 if it is the greatest magnitude negative yet seen (strictly greater, not equal). Mark it with a one if it has the greatest magnitude in the positive direction (strictly greater, not equal). Just use a 0 if neither of these conditions have been met.
The result for the above example would be:
result = [1 -1 1 0 0 1 0 -1]
The phrasing might be a bit ambiguous, as magnitude swing could also be thought of as delta(i-1)-delta(i) instead of just delta(i). Nonetheless fun problem!
Nice question.
Nice problem
Officially not correct because it assumes that the first entry of x is 1, which is true for all testcases
Very nice the construct to avoid (for example) meshgrid!!
also the use of 'minus' to avois the use of double(...)-double(...)
Very interesting!
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Diltiazem is the generic form of the brand-name drug Cardizem, which is used to treat high blood pressure and control chest pain (known as angina).
It's also sometimes used to treat abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmia).
There are several other brand names of this medication, including Cartia, Dilacor XR, Diltzac, Taztia and Tiazac.
Diltiazem works by relaxing blood vessels and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. This type of medication is known as a calcium-channel blocker.
Diltiazem comes in a tablet, extended-release tablet, extended-release capsule and injectable form.
It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1982.
Some doctors have also prescribed diltiazem to prevent migraines, though the evidence supporting its use among people with migraines is not universally accepted.
Diltiazem may prevent chest pain if taken regularly, but it does not stop chest pain once it starts.
Diltiazem controls high blood pressure and chest pain, but it does not cure them.
It may take up to two weeks for you to experience the full benefit of this medicine.
Your doctor will likely start you on a low dose of diltiazem and then gradually increase your dose.
Your blood pressure and pulse will be checked regularly while taking diltiazem to determine your response to the drug.
Before taking diltiazem, you should tell your doctor if you have ever had:
You should also tell your doctor if you plan to have any type of surgery, including dental surgery.
There are not adequate studies to show that this drug is safe in pregnant women.
Diltiazem is excreted in breast milk, so women should not take it while breastfeeding.
Diltiazem can cause side effects. You should tell your doctor if the following symptoms are severe or do not go away:
Diltiazem can cause serious side effects. You should call your doctor immediately if you experience:
Many medications can interact with diltiazem.
Tell your doctor about all prescription, non-prescription, illegal, recreational, herbal, nutritional, or dietary drugs you are taking, especially:
Grapefruit and grapefruit juice may interact with diltiazem. Your doctor may advise you to follow a low-sodium diet while taking diltiazem.
This medication may impair your thinking and reaction time. Be especially careful when driving or performing any activity that may require you to be alert.
You should also try to avoid exposure to sunlight or tanning beds. Diltiazem can increase your skin's sensitivity to light and you may develop sunburns more easily.
The typical oral dose for adults with chest pain or high blood pressure ranges from 120 milligrams (mg) to 540 mg a day.
The immediate release tablets are typically given up to four times a day.
The extended-release formula is given once a day and should not be crushed or chewed.
If you suspect an overdose, contact a poison control center or emergency room immediately.
You can get in touch with a poison control center at (800) 222-1222.
If you miss a dose of diltiazem, take it as soon as you remember.
However, if it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and continue on your regular schedule.
Do not "double up" to make up for a missed one.
A: Diltiazem ER is the extended release formulation of diltiazem HCl and is designed to release the medication slowly into the body. It is important to swallow the capsule whole and not to crush, chew, break or open diltiazem ER. Diltiazem should be taken with a full glass of water. The difference between CAPINW and CAPSULEMYL is likely the manufacturer of the capsule. To accurately determine the difference between CAPINW and CAPSULEMYL it is best to contact your doctor or local pharmacy that dispensed the medication to verify. For additional information regarding diltiazem: //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/diltiazem Beth Isaac, PharmD
A: Generalized body aches are not listed as a side effect of diltiazem in the package insert. Muscle cramps, however, are listed as a possible side effect. Derek Dore, PharmD
A: Diltiazem is a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure and angina. Diltiazem should be taken with a full glass of water either with or without food. Some reports indicate that grapefruit or grapefruit juice may interfere with the absorption of diltiazem. Some reports of side effects include dizziness, headache, nausea and tiredness. It is possible that edema or swelling may occur from taking diltiazem. Anytime swelling is experienced, it is a good idea to consult with a physician to rule out any serious medical conditions. For more information on diltiazem please visit Everyday Health at //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/ Kimberly Hotz, PharmD
A: They are the same drug, but they are not interchangeable. They have different formulations and different AB ratings. What this means is that a pharmacist may not substitute generic diltiazem if Cartia XT is prescribed. Visit us here for more information: //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/lisinopril Matt Curley, PharmD
A: Your question concerns whether diltiazem (Cardizem) (//www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/diltiazem) can affect your ability to feel low blood sugar.. There are no documented interactions between diltiazem and Lantus [insulin aspart] (//www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/lantus). Studies that were done have concluded that diltiazem does not have any significant effect on lowering blood sugar.
A: Diltiazem (Cardizem and others) is used to lower blood pressure and treat angina (chest pain). The drug belongs to the group of drugs known as calcium-channel blockers because of the way it works. Diltiazem prevents the flow of calcium in muscle tissue to keep the blood vessels from narrowing, making it easier for the heart to pump blood through the body.
A: Diltiazem is a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure and angina. It should be taken with a full glass of water, either with or without food. Some reports indicate that grapefruit or grapefruit juice may interfere with the absorption of diltiazem. Reports of side effects include dizziness, headache, nausea, and fatigue. It's possible that edema, or swelling, may occur from taking diltiazem. Any time you experience swelling, you should consult with your doctor to rule out any serious medical conditions. Kimberly Hotz, PharmD
A: Diltiazem (Cardizem LA) is a medication used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and chest pain. Common side effects with diltiazem are hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure), bradycardia (abnormally low heart beat), headache, fatigue, weakness, drowsiness, constipation or diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, facial flushing, and difficulty sleeping. A normal heart rate or heart beat is 60 to 100 beats per minute. A heart beat less than 60 beats per minute is defined as bradycardia. Some people with a slow heart beat are completely healthy, for example athletes tend to have a slower heart rate. But for other people, a slow heart beat may mean that not enough blood is being pumped to the body. This slow heart beat can cause fatigue and other symptoms. If you are experiencing a slow heart rate, consult with your physician or cardiologist right away. This is not a complete list of the side effects associated with diltiazem. For more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications, particularly before taking any action. Tell your health care provider about any negative side effects from prescription drugs. You can also report them to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration by visiting www.fda.gov/medwatch or by calling 1-800-FDA-1088. Leslie Ako-Mbo, PharmD
A: According to the manufacturer of diltiazem (Cardizem), the most common side effects reported are dizziness, headache, cough, feeling tired, slowing of the heart rate, and swelling of the legs (peripheral edema). Swelling of the legs can add weight to the body. During clinical trials, peripheral edema occurred in about 4.6 percent out of 3,200 patients on diltiazem. In another study, swelling of the lower limbs occurred in about 6.8 percent out of 311 patients during therapy. The amount of swelling was not indicated by the drug manufacturer. Other side effects reported with diltiazem are weight loss, weight gain, diarrhea or constipation, nausea and vomiting. The manufacturer reports that about 1 to 3 percent of patients are affected.A search of the prescribing information for diltiazem (Cardizem) did not specifically list fat retention as a side effect. Drugs can cause weight gain in several different ways. Some can increase appetite or make you crave certain types of foods like those high in carbohydrates or fat. Other medications may slow down metabolism or cause fluid retention. However, the effect of prescription drugs on body weight is complex. Some drugs have no effect on weight, while others cause weight gain or weight loss. Also, the same medications can cause weight gain in certain individuals and weight loss in others. There are also drugs that initially cause weight loss and then lead to weight gain with long-term use. If you think a drug you are taking is causing weight gain, tell your health care provider. Do not stop any medication or change the dose without first talking to your provider. This is not a common side effect of diltiazem (Cardizem). For more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications, particularly before taking any action. Lori Mendoza, PharmD
A: A variety of skin rashes and pustules have been reported in patients taking Cardizem (diltiazem). Most aren't serious, but they should be evaluated by your health care provider. If you experience fever, sore throat, and headache with a severe blistering, peeling, and red skin rash, contact your doctor at once. This can be a sign of a serious side effect. For more information, go to //www.everydayhealth.com/drugs/diltiazem. Sarah Lewis, PharmD
A: Diltiazem ER (extended-release) is in a drug class called calcium channel blockers. Diltiazem ER is used alone or combined with other medications to treat high blood pressure. Diltiazem ER is also used to manage angina (chest pain). Diltiazem ER works by relaxing blood vessels, which in turn allows the heart to not have to pump as hard. Diltiazem also increases blood and oxygen supply to the heart. Diltiazem ER (extended-release) capsules are usually prescribed to be taken once or twice daily. The recommended administration of diltiazem ER may vary depending on the individual product being used. Thus, it is important to read all product information and consult with your doctor or pharmacist to determine if the diltiazem ER product you are using should be taken on an empty stomach or with food. In general, it is important to take diltiazem ER around the same time(s) each day and not take more or less of the medication than was prescribed by the doctor. Diltiazem ER, in most situations, should be swallowed whole and not chewed or crushed. Studies show that taking a medication at the same time every day provides a consistent level of the medication in the body. Also, getting into the habit of taking a medication at the same time each day provides a regular routine, which can help prevent missed doses. However, the best time to take a medication may depend on certain patient-specific factors and it's important to take medications exactly as prescribed by your healthcare provider. Thus, for more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications, particularly before taking any action. Regards, Derek Dore, PharmD
A: Diltiazem (Cardizem) is a calcium channel blocker used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), angina (chest pain), and some forms of irregular heart rhythms. According to the prescribing information for Cardizem, the brand-name of diltiazem, hyperglycemia (increased blood sugar) is a reported side effect. Common side effects associated with the use of diltiazem may include headache, dizziness, tiredness, nausea, warmth, itching, redness, or a tingly feeling under the skin. This is not a complete list of all possible side effects. Consult with your doctor if you have been experiencing hyperglycemia for proper evaluation. For more specific information, consult with your doctor or pharmacist for guidance based on your health status and current medications, particularly before taking any action. Patti Brown, PharmD
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Latest Update: 2014-10-27
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This Ferrari—Chassis Number 0680 MDTR—was purchased in unrestored condition by the current owner back in 1982. Since then the car has been completely restored, shown at Pebble Beach twice and competed in "at least" 130 vintage races. The V12 was recently rebuilt and features a little more horsepower (320) than "the average" 625 TRC Spider—by that we mean the other one.
It doesn't take an auction expert to see this car has all of the right attributes—super rare, vintage Ferrari, documented motorsports history—to start a high dollar bidding war amongst wealthy collectors. Currently RM has a pre auction estimate of € 3-3.7 million ($3.9-4.8 million) attached to the car, but we wouldn't be at all surprised if this amazing vintage Ferrari sells for more.
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Argument from admired religious scientists
The argument from admired religious scientists exists in several forms:
- "Isaac Newton, Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and other great scientists were religious, therefore it is possible to be both a believer and a scientist."
- "Isaac Newton, Galileo, Louis Pasteur, and other great scientists were religious, therefore there is no conflict between religion and science."
- "Francis Collins, Kenneth Miller, and other esteemed scientists believe in God. Are you saying you're smarter than they are?"
- "Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, Galileo, and others were creationists. Therefore creationism is scientific."
- Nobel prize winner Arno Penzias said "the observations of modern science seem to suggest an underlying, one might say, supernatural plan." [1]
- Hugh Ross talking about the fine-tuning argument[2]
- "To say that science has proved the Bible wrong is to swim against a powerful tide of intelligent testimony."[3]
- 1 Counter-apologetics
- 2 Variant: evolution was opposed by many admired scientists
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Religion and science[edit]
Only the first form of the argument is valid. The existence of scientists who believe in God does prove that it is possible to believe in God and still be a good practicing scientist.
The difference between the first and second forms of the argument is subtle but important: a scientist may, for instance, believe that God intervenes in the world by performing miracles. However, she is expected to set aside her belief in miracles while working as a scientist: there is no objective evidence for the existence of miracles. They are therefore, at best, a highly-speculative hypothesis.
Argument from numbers[edit]
The second form of the argument is simply ad populum, an appeal to popularity. Since most people in general believe in a god, and since all scientists are people, it makes sense that a high number of scientists believe in a god, whether or not this is derived from their understanding of science. However, this tendency toward belief does not make the assertion of any god being true.
The third form is a combination of the argument from authority and of the argument by intimidation. "X is true because Y says so" is a fallacy. The truth of a statement about the world does not depend on who believes it, but why they believe it. And smart people can still believe things that aren't true. Newton, for instance, was a believer in astrology and numerology and was even an alchemist.
The fact that a person is an expert in one field does not grant expertise in unrelated fields. The fact that a man is a brilliant auto mechanic does not mean that he is also an expert at baseball or cooking. Likewise, Newton's or Einstein's knowledge of physics do not give them special insight in theology.
Dead scientists and evolution[edit]
Creationists are fond of circulating lists of scientists who believe in divine creation. However, invariably most of the scientists on the list died before Charles Darwin presented his ideas. It is unfair to imply that these notable scientists would reject the theory of evolution, when they never had a chance to become acquainted with it.
Organizations like the Institute for Creation Research, Answers in Genesis, and the Discovery Institute also make this argument by touting the academic degrees of members of their staff. However, these scientists rarely do creationist research in their field of expertise.
Although one cannot prove this, it is likely that intelligent individuals who profess to believe in god only pretend to do so because they believe in beneficial consequences of belief but not in the irrational dogma supporting religious beliefs. They may think that belief in god and religion represents the best way at present to preserve civilization and pass on moral, ethical and cultural norms to the next generation. This seems to be consistent with the stances of Bill and Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who appear too intelligent to accept irrational arguments but nevertheless support religion. It is also consistent with the greater acceptance of atheists by more intelligent individuals as exemplified by the recent pro-atheist statement made by Queen Elizabeth regarding the value and worth of non-believing British citizens.
Scientists are less likely to believe in God[edit]
Although most people do believe in God, numerous surveys have shown that scientists tend to be far less likely to believe in God than the general public.
A 1996 survey in Nature indicated that 60.7% of randomly selected scientists express disbelief or doubt concerning the existence of God. Even more striking, however, was a 1998 survey that focused on members of the National Academy of Sciences. This survey discovered that only 7% of these members of the highest tier of scientific achievement believed in a personal God, while 72.2% were willing to state that they personally disbelieved in such a God.
The bottom line seems to be that the more highly trained a person is in science, the less likely they are to believe in God.
As a counter-point to lists of creationists who doubt evolution, the National Center for Science Education has produced their own list, known as "Project Steve."
The History of Science[edit]
Much of the weight of the argument vanishes when one understands the history of science. Richard Carrier and others have argued that religion and naturalism have always been in conflict and that science has simply won at this point. Famous scientists of the past were theists but they were theists because that was a reasonable conclusion one could draw from the evidence at hand. The Roman scientist Galen for example argued against the idea evolution (different from the Darwinian sense) by referring to the amazing designs of humans with references to valves, pumps, and ropes. And that from a natural standpoint this was an acceptable conclusion one could draw from the evidence. Galen's god was not all-powerful or perfect because bones were breakable and tradeoffs had to be made, and his beliefs were proportioned to the bulk of the evidence. Throughout history the evidence was such that reasonable people could be theist based on the evidence. Finally after Darwin, the endpoint to a functional epistemology was atheism rather than a rational deism. As such many historical scientists might well have been atheists had they have the evidence we had today. It is quite telling that the vast majority of top scientists before Darwin were theists and the vast majority after Darwin were atheists.
The lists of scientists therefore could simply be endemic of the most reasonable conclusion to draw from the evidence we had at some particular point in time.
Variant: evolution was opposed by many admired scientists[edit]
This argument has also been applied to evolution:
- "Opposition to Darwinism came immediately from many brilliant scientists.[4]"
Scientists are subject to human biases, such as the confirmation bias and it can be difficult for some scientists to accept recent breakthroughs. This does not invalidate the break through. Perhaps the most famous example is Albert Einstein's discomfort with quantum mechanics despite it being a highly successful theory. The vast majority of modern scientists accept evolution as true.


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Any GoT fans here?
Perhaps someone who hasn't read the books?
I really loved episode 2 of season 4! Not just because of the ending, but there was so much going on and the atmosphere was intense in many scenes. Amazing!
Not so sure about the most discussed scene in episode 3 though...
I am not against rape scenes, but this one seemed kind of odd, considering Jaime was going through a process of becoming a slightly better person (at least that's what I thought). As far as I know this was handled differently in the books, where the sex was consensual. I cannot get rid of the feeling that they wanted to make it even more shocking - but come on, you are brother and sister having sex next to the body of your murdered son! It's not like the scene would have been boring.
But I hope this did not ruin much, because I liked the direction Jaime's character took.
I am looking forward to epsiode 4 now, I hope I will find time to watch it tommorow.


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Interesting, I was imaginging almost the same shape, except rotated 90 degress counter-clockwise.
Yah, thats kind of what I've been imaging too. Though in my mind it was a fair bit larger and slightly more sparsely populated (or at least more spread out). I also for, some reason, imagined the island/continent shaped something akin to India or Greenland. I know this may a bit heady, but agreeing on what the political/social situation is like befor Oprahghost's char arives would help too.
I think the island needs a little more diversity too. Perhapse a few montains (or an entire chain), and maybe even an arid area to the south if it touches the equaitor.How far should we take this? Should the environments seem more naturaly created by the elements or artificialy created and placed in planed orderly places?
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Not that Fulton County Board secretary Renea Stuckey doesn't deserve a vacation.
She always did. But she's been doubling down even more since former county administrator Mike Hayes left in one of several efforts to cut expenses. Still, I would have liked to hear the debate on repairs to the ailing county courthouse. Missed it, since I didn't find out about the special meeting until it was over. With Renea on vacation, I didn't get notified.
Board chairman Bob Bucher called to apologize Friday and filled in some of the details. The board voted 9-8 to demolish the dome and tower because the bottom line is the bottom line.
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Pastors, laymen to gather to "declare God's power"
PLAINVIEW – Church staff members and laypersons from throughout the area will gather Feb. 21-22 in Plainview for the 84th Annual Panhandle-Plains Pastors' and Laymen's Conference, hosted by Wayland Baptist University.
One of the longest running Bible conferences in existence, the event will feature the theme "Declaring His power to all generations." Featured speakers include Chris Seay, pastor of Ecclesia in Houston and noted speaker on the postmodern movement; his father, Ed Seay, pastor of First Baptist Church in Magnolia; and Dr. Joel Gregory, former pastor and current editor of Chili Pepper Magazine.
Gregory and the younger Seay led the 2004 conference, garnering massive approval by attendees. The 2005 planning committee invited the pair to return, adding Seay's father and two others to the speaking lineup. Jesse Rincones, pastor of Alliance Baptist Church in Lubbock, and Dr. Tommy Brisco, dean of the Logsdon School of Theology in Abilene, will also bring messages during the conference.
The event is intended to help churches bridge the generation gaps when it comes to reaching the world for Christ, said Rev. Jackie Gestes, pastor of New Horizons Baptist Church in Lubbock and president of the 2005 conference.
"There are all kinds of challenges to declaring God's power to the generations, and there are different methods to doing this. We have to be careful not to change the methods so much that we change the message," Gestes said. "We're approaching the conference as a way to provide methods for reaching the generations for Christ in different ways. We want it to be represented by the music we offer at the conference as well as the speakers."
Speakers are intended to represent various generations and ways to reach those groups, Gestes said, noting that Gregory brings a sense of history to the conference, having spoken many years ago at the event, while Seay brings a younger perspective and is a draw to the postmodern crowd. Gestes also pointed out that Robert McKenzie, pastor of Good Shepherd Baptist Church in Lubbock, will speak on Tuesday morning, and Russ Murphy, university minister at Indiana Avenue Baptist Church in Lubbock, will speak on Tuesday afternoon, rounding out the diversity of speakers.
The conference begins at 11 a.m. Monday with special luncheon sessions to be held at Wayland. A men's session, titled "Taking the Gospel to the next generation," will be held in the multi-purpose room, with Chris Seay giving the Buster generation's perspective and Ed Seay offering the Boomer generation perspective. Lunch is provided by Wayland.
A women's Bible study and luncheon will be held in the McClung University Center, room 211, featuring Duanea Armes, Wayland first lady and a member of First Baptist Church in Plainview, as speaker. Corrie Igo, a Wayland alum and former journeyman, will present a missions testimony, and special music will be featured as well.
The general conference sessions begin Monday afternoon, with the first at 1:30 p.m. in Harral Auditorium. Each session features a format of congregational and special music, theme interpretations, Bible study, testimonies and a message. Musical guests include the International Choir from Wayland, a children's choir from First Baptist Church in Plainview, organist Jennie Lynn Hodges from Wayland, pianist and vocalist Denice Bridges from New Horizons church, the men's choir from First Baptist Church in Levelland, Nathan Futrell and the praise team from New Horizons church, and others.
Other sessions are planned for Monday evening at 6 p.m., and on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. A special Hispanic session is set for 6 p.m. Monday in Brown Chapel, with Frank Palos, BGCT Church Health and Growth associate coordinator, and Gus Reyes, ethnic consultant at the BGCT, speaking.
Representatives and directors of missions from the sponsoring Baptist associations are active on the program as well. Those associations include Amarillo Area, Lubbock Area, Permian, South Plains, Caprock-Plains, Mitchell-Scurry, Red Fork and Top O'Texas.
Other officers for the conference include first vice president Danny Andrews, layman from FBC Plainview; second vice president Ken Glidewell, layperson from FBC Paducah; secretary-treasurer Charles Bassett, Wayland vice president emeritus from Weatherford; and president-elect Steve Vernon, pastor of FBC Levelland.
The conference is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Office of Church Services at Wayland, (806) 291-1165.