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Free agent catcher A.J. Pierzynski and Florida have mutual interest, according to the Palm Beach Post. But the Post also stated the $6.75 million salary Pierzynski earned last year could raise caution among Marlins officials, who are contemplating the future of slugger Dan Uggla.
Well, if you give us Mike Stanton we'll pick up A.J.'s salary. Hey, I think you were interested in Ozzie Guillen. We can throw him in too. How could you say no to that?I'm kidding of course about about that trade!


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Some of her publications are available on the Internet. See for example:
Substantia Nigra Stimulation Influences Monkey Superior Colliculus Neuronal Activity Bilaterally Ping Liu(1) and Michele A. Basso(1,2) J Neurophysiology 2008. First published June 25, 2008. (1)Departments of Physiology and (2)Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. (If the above link doesn't work, try this one: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2525708/?tool=pubmed.)
UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin sent a letter to all university staff trying to explain the situation.
Neither the Wisconsin State Journal nor Chancellor Martin provided much detail on the reasons for Basso's suspension. In fact, problems associated with Basso's lab began to be documented and to generate internal discussion by at least 2003.
Basso herself was anxious to keep those details out of the public's view. This may have been related to her 2006 testimony before WI Congressman Petri's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security's Legislative Hearing on H.R. 4239, the "Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act." The subcommittee's hearing seems to no longer be available, but a rebuttal to the claims Basso made during the hearing is. See: Letter to Howard Cobb, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, May 25, 2006.
Of particular note, and germane to the situation at hand, are the following assertions in her sworn testimony:
She made these sworn statements on May 25, 2006. But for the preceding three years, UW Research Animal Resource Center vets, the university officials charged specifically with direct monitoring and assuring federal regulatory compliance of researchers' approved protocols, had been citing her lab for serious problems. See for instance the minutes from a special meeting of the medical school IACUC held on October 30, 2003. See too the September 30, 2006 Grad School IACUC minutes.
"It is critical to point out that biomedical research is subject to very strict regulations and oversight."
"We have an animal care and use committee for each school at Madison and an all campus committee that oversees all schools. My research meets or exceeds all standards set by the USDA, Public Health Service Policy as well as local guidelines for the care and use of non human primates in research."
"We abide by the well-known 3R principle concerning the use of animals. Whenever we can, we reduce the numbers of animals used, we replace the animal model with some other or we refine the technique we use to ensure maximal well-being of the animals."
"Working on animals is a privilege that neither I, nor my colleagues take lightly."
It seems fairly clear that her claims about exceeding federal standards were self-serving at best. But now, only years later, we read the Wisconsin State Journal's article and the Chancellor's veiled apology for the university's failed oversight of her activities.
What the Chancellor and the paper didn't tell the public about Basso's work are the details of the lab's many and continuing problems. This, in and of itself, is cause for grave concern; it at least appears to be a cover-up and an effort to keep the details out of the public discussion. If the university and the paper had any communication about how the story might be reported, then this could be a conspiracy to confuse the public or at least to limit the scope of the scandal.
In a letter dated May 4, 2009, written to William Mellon, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research Policy, Janet Welter, DVM, Chief Campus Veterinarian, summarized in clear and unambiguous language, the history of problems associated with the Basso Lab.
The May 4, 2009 letter was purportedly included in the binder of information that the university gave to the Wisconsin State Journal, and from certain statements in the article, this appears to be true. You can read Welter's letter to Mellon here.
How should we balance the statement made by Basso that tap water is chlorinated sufficiently to sterilize materials that will be placed in living brain with Chancellor Martin's claim: "The particular case at issue concerns a UW-Madison researcher whose work on brain function in non-human primates has been published in major international journals and whose research is widely considered among her peers to hold promise for the treatment of disorders as debilitating as Huntington's and Parkinson's disease"?
Basso's "peers" are likely other scientists also using animals and not making any more progress than she is. Martin must not have felt it wise to mention Basso's supporters by name.
Does it make any sense to believe that someone with a poor grasp of germ theory will lead us to a cure for complex neurological diseases, or that someone who disregards the veterinary advice of her own institution's vets is genuinely refining the techniques she uses "to ensure maximal well-being of the animals"?
The bigger questions here seem to be:
1. Why did the Wisconsin State Journal keep the details so vague?
2. Why did the university allow Basso to run amok for so long?
3. Why did the university reinstate her, particularly after it banned Ei Terasawa from using monkeys for two years?
4. Why has the university refused to provide any documents regarding the Basso case in response to formal open records requests from its critics?
5. Why would anyone believe anything the university has to say about its animal care and use?

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North Texas Auto Theft Task Force
The North Texas Auto Theft Task Force (NTATTF) consists of experienced auto theft, auto burglary and insurance fraud detectives that strive to reduce auto thefts, auto burglaries and insurance fraud by acting as a liaison for other law enforcement agencies to identify theft patterns and develop intelligence that leads to prosecution and restitution from those responsible. The areas that are covered in Dallas County consist of four major highways that can lead anyone across the country. They are north and southbound Interstate 35 and Interstate 45, as well as east and westbound Interstate 20 and Interstate 30. These areas are prime targets for auto theft and their related crimes in Texas.
To find out more about VIN Etching, contact the North Texas Auto Theft Task Force at 214-653-3430. Ask when the next free VIN etching event is! We also do 68a inspections (trailers).
The NTATTF is funded by grants that are awarded to different agencies through the Texas Burglary and Automobile Theft Prevention Authority (ATPA). The general fund was established by legislation that requires the collection of a $1.00 premium annually on each vehicle insurance policy issued in Texas. The fee is assessed of all agencies insuring vehicles in Texas, and is collected for ABTPA by the Texas Comptroller of public accounts.


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It's an established part of the current gaming landscape, for some perhaps even their favourite, but in a recent interview Microsoft's Michael Wolf reminds us it won't always be here.
Asked by nefarious pirate Brian Crecente whether the service was eventually "going to go away", Wolf replies "Personally, I'd say absolutely, yes."
"I think digital distribution has to be like that. I don't think XBLA will be leaving soon. It is an incredible platform. We have XBLA fans, I don't think it's going to be announced anytime soon. One thing Microsoft has proven is that we continue to try and adapt and innovate in experiences."
What he's getting at is that, when the great digital future eventually arrives (it's taking its sweet time!), we won't need a distinction like we do with XBLA. Heck, I don't think we need it now (we rarely distinguish between retail and XBLA games for professional purposes here), but that's another argument for another day.
While we got what he was saying, Microsoft's PR handlers hit the panic button regardless, and issued the following statement to Game Informer:
Xbox LIVE Arcade is and will continue to be the premier destination for quality downloadable games at a great value, boasting an ever-growing, eclectic library of hundreds of games, spanning every genre. We are committed to providing new downloadable games for Xbox 360 and continuing our work with 1st and 3rd party developers on the platform. We have no plans to dissolve the service at this time.
No, guys, we got it. Relax!
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Paxton's dominating start keys sweep of Halos
Rookie fans nine over seven frames; Mariners 3-0 for first time since '95
ANAHEIM -- A Mariners pitching staff with a lot of questions coming into the season continued providing stunning early answers Wednesday night, when rookie left-hander James Paxton stepped up with seven shutout innings as Seattle completed a three-game sweep of the Angels with an 8-2 win.
The Mariners are minus All-Star right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma and top young prospect Taijuan Walker due to spring injuries, but Seattle outscored the Halos 26-8 in the series and opened the year with a 3-0 record for just third time in franchise history and first since 1995.
It was Seattle's first series sweep at Angel Stadium since 2006, and the first time the Angels were swept in a three-game season-opening series since 1992.
Though the Mariners have precious little starting experience behind ace Felix Hernandez, Paxton followed Erasmo Ramirez's strong start Tuesday with an even more dominant outing as the 6-foot-4 rookie held the Angels to two hits and two walks with nine strikeouts in a smooth 99-pitch performance.
"That was pretty impressive," said Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon. "I don't know what else to say. I can add a lot more adjectives, but he was outstanding. It was quite a performance."
Catcher Mike Zunino's three-run home run in the sixth paced the offensive outburst, but Paxton was the story of the game for Seattle as the 25-year-old Canadian ran his scoreless streak to 16 straight innings dating back to last year.
Paxton was outstanding in four September starts as a late-season callup last year and now is 4-0 with a 1.16 ERA in five Major League outings.
"This was right up there with that Kansas City start last year," said Paxton, who blanked the Royals for seven innings with 10 strikeouts in his 2013 finale. "I got in a groove and just felt really good."
Paxton's next start will be Tuesday in the Mariners' home opener against the Angels at Safeco Field.
"He was hitting his spots," Angels first baseman Albert Pujols said after an 0-for-4 night. "He was pretty tough. He was going from 91 to 98 miles per hour. No effort, too. He has a great future ahead of him. I'm pretty sure we're going to see him next week, too. Obviously he made his pitches when he needed."
Zunino said Paxton picked up right where he left off last year but has added an improved cutter that comes in on left-handers and is comfortable pounding inside against right-handers as well with his lanky, over-the-top delivery.
"When it's 97 [mph] and he's 6-4 and elbows and arms and knees coming at you, no one ever seems comfortable in there," Zunino said. "If he can continue to command the baseball in and out of the zone, he's going to have a lot of success this year."
The Mariners beat Angels standouts Jered Weaver and C.J. Wilson in the first two games, then knocked off newcomer Hector Santiago in the series finale, cranking out 13 hits and again taking advantage of the Halos' bullpen in the late innings.
Zunino's three-run blast came after Fernando Salas replaced Santiago in the sixth as the Mariners broke the game open with four runs in that frame and then added back-to-back solo home runs by Justin Smoak and Corey Hart in the top of the ninth.
Smoak went 2-for-5 and is batting .462 (6-for-13) with two home runs and seven RBIs, while Hart's bomb was his first as a Mariner after signing as a free agent.
"Corey's at-bats got progressively better throughout the night, and he capped it off with a good one," McClendon said. "It was really good to see that. We need him to be successful if we're going to be successful."
Rookie right fielder Stefen Romero picked up his first Major League hit with a single in the fourth, then greeted Salas with an RBI double in the sixth. When Zunino followed with his first homer of the season with Romero on second and Hart on third, the Mariners were in control.
"It was just one of those where I was looking at the guy's pitch breakdown, and he was sort of 50-50 on fastballs and sliders with runners in scoring position," Zunino said. "He just left a slider up. I was really honestly just trying to hit the ball in the outfield so Corey could tag and I was able to run into one."
Shortstop Brad Miller got things started again with a hustle double in the third, sliding under the tag of Howie Kendrick on a throw from right fielder Kole Calhoun, then scoring on Robinson Cano's single up the middle.
"He's a good player," McClendon said of Miller. "He's a rug rat. He goes at it pretty good. That's why I like him in the two-hole."
The RBI was Cano's first as a Mariner, and the new $240 million second baseman continued producing early and often, going 2-for-4 with a walk. Cano has reached base in 9-of-15 plate appearances in three games, hitting .455 (5-for-11) with four walks.
Miller continued his own hot start with a 2-for-5 night and is hitting .333 with four RBIs. For the Mariners, it was the perfect way to start a new season as they head now to Oakland for four games with the A's.
"It's definitely something to build on," said Zunino. "We're excited about it, we're playing good baseball and hopefully we can carry that over."
"Seattle came and brought everything," Angels third baseman David Freese said. "They pitched, hit and played defense. And we didn't do very much of any of that."


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So if all goes well we have only seen half of the wave. I hope we see some at NYCC but expect SDCC.
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COLUMBUS – The Columbus Crew announced today that it has re-signed forward Jairo Arrieta. The Costa Rican forward returns to Columbus for his third campaign in Black & Gold. Per Major League Soccer and club policy, further details of the contract were not disclosed.
"We are pleased to welcome Jairo back to the club. He's an extremely hard-working player and a dedicated teammate," said Crew Sporting Director and Head Coach Gregg Berhalter. "As he's shown throughout his time in Columbus, Jairo has the talent to score goals and we look forward to his continued contributions in 2014."
Arrieta has made 44 appearances – including 39 starts – with the Crew since originally signing on April 26, 2012. During his time in Columbus, the forward has scored 12 goals and added eight assists. After a nine-goal, four-assist clip in 18 matches in 2012, Arrieta matched his career high in assists (four) and game-winning assists (three) while also missing a portion of the season on international duty with Costa Rica during 2013. Of his 15 total caps with Los Ticos since 2011, 11 of them were earned during this calendar year as the Nicoya, Costa Rica native made nine starts and scored four goals across call-ups for the 2013 Copa Centroamericana, international friendlies, 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifying and the 2013 Gold Cup.
Prior to MLS, Arrieta spent five seasons with Deportivo Saprissa from 2006-2012, where he scored 45 goals in 161 appearances in the Costa Rican First Division and CONCACAF Champions League. He was also the goal scoring runner-up in the 2011 Campeonato de Invierno. Saprissa won five Costa Rican First Division championships during Arrieta's time with the club. His career began with Brujas FC in 2004 in the club's inaugural season. While at Brujas, he appeared in 56 matches and scored 11 goals over two campaigns.
The Crew begins the 2014 season at D.C. United on Saturday, March 8. Before then, the club continues preparation for the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and preseason training. For more information on catching the Black & Gold in 2014 – visit TheCrew.com/tickets.
TRANSACTION: Crew re-signs forward Jairo Arrieta.
Name: Jairo Arrieta
Pronunciation: HI-row arr-EE-eta
Position: Forward
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 150
Born: August 25, 1983 in Nicoya, Costa Rica
Hometown: Nicoya, Costa Rica
Citizenship: Costa Rica
Acquired: Originally signed via Discovery on April 26, 2012 and was re-signed on December 18, 2013
Professional Experience: Crew (2012-2013), Deportivo Saprissa (2006-2012), Brujas FC (2004-2006)


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Gripple Limited, the world-beating manufacturer of its eponymous wire joining devices, is on the brink of being named the International Business of the Year in the 2015 UK Private Business Awards.
One of four finalists in the International Business of the Year category of the prestigious awards scheme, the Sheffield-based employee-owned company was selected from more than 2000 entrants – an unprecedented number in the scheme's history.
With bases at home and abroad and a growing range of innovative, patented products, Gripple has become the generic brand in construction suspension, seismic, civil construction, agricultural and viticultural markets.
The UK Private Business Awards, sponsored by PwC, recognises success and celebrates the best in the private sector, highlighting and rewarding the achievements of individuals and companies alike. The judging panel comprises some of the country's top performing CEOs, including Lord Rose.
Gordon Macrae, Gripple's special projects manager, commented: "To have got this far is a fantastic accolade for everyone in the business. Congratulations to them all for their tremendous effort".
The winners of The 2015 UK Private Business Awards will be announced at a formal evening event to be held in London on Wednesday 30th September 2015.
Gripple's success so far in this awards scheme follows its chairman, Hugh Facey and Ed Stubbs, who is now its managing director, being listed in 100 of the most influential individuals in UK manufacturing.
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Container Loading PRE-LOAD 2019-11-16
Where this container is going
What's a container loading?
When we ship bikes overseas through our International Programs, we have to pack them into a huge sea freight container as tightly as possible. With careful packing we're able to fit up to 500 bikes (plus parts) in one container, but this is no easy feat! We need all the volunteer help we can get, so this is where you come in! Helping out at a container loading is hard work, but very rewarding. You'll meet new folks and feel great knowing that your energy is helping bring affordable transportation and economic development to communities in need.
Let us know you're coming!
RSVP for this Loading
Thanks for registering. This is very helpful for us to know how many people to expect. We will see you soon!
Attending this loading
There is a PRE-LOAD on Saturday 10am-2pm and a MAIN Container Loading Sunday 8am-6pm. If registering, please indicate which one you plan to attend, and register for each date separately if you plan to attend both. Thanks!
The event is RAIN or SHINE.
- Volunteer for the whole day or help out for an hour – we'd love to see you!
- Breakfast and lunch will be provided on MAIN Container Loading day.
- The warehouse does not have heat or A/C and will be open to the air, so bring weather appropriate clothing.
- Also bring a pair of work gloves, or something similar, if you have them because you will be carrying a lot of old dusty bikes.
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Greasy Riders
Friends Scott Estro '03 and Bob Hatton '02 take a cross-country trip in a car fueled mostly by waste vegetable oil.
When Bob Hatton '02 and Scott Estro '03 met, they were "your standard college kids," living on the 12th floor of West Tower and more interested in pizza than in a pioneering adventure in a vegetable oil–powered car. At least that's how sociology major Scott tells it.
But over the next three years the two men changed, according to Scott. "The excellent, broad liberal arts education we got at IC, as well as the general culture in
"I took Environmental Biology in my freshman year with Professor John Confer," says Bob, who majored in drama and minored in religion. "That really opened my eyes." Scott credits politics professor Tom Shevory's Sociological Economics class with awakening him to broad political and economic issues.
Then in 2005 Bob went to the Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance in Trumansburg, just a few miles northwest of
"I knew I would need a car starting in August 2005," says Bob. "I wanted to minimize the [ecological] impact, so I researched WVO vehicles. I bought a 2002 diesel Jetta for the purpose of getting it converted."
A converted diesel engine (car, truck, generator, boat, tractor, or heavy equipment) can still burn regular petroleum-based diesel fuel if WVO is unavailable. WVO must be filtered and warmed before it goes into the engine, so most vehicles run on a combination of regular diesel, biodiesel (which is derived from vegetable rather than petroleum sources), and vegetable oil fuels. "If you have a relationship with a restaurant, a lot of times you can get vegetable oil for free," Bob says. "It cost me roughly $2,300 to convert my car, and I'm less than a year away from recovering that expense in saved fuel costs."
The environmental advantages to using WVO include decreased engine exhaust particulate emissions and, its proponents say, no new carbon pollution (the CO2 produced was already removed from the air by the plants from which the oil is made). WVO is a superior lubricant that results in less engine noise, and because it contains no sulfur it does not contribute to acid rain.
After driving his converted car locally for a year with great success, Bob decided to drive it to the west coast, using only vegetable oil as fuel. Scott eagerly signed on for the adventure, and on August 8 the two set out from Long Island for
Soon after they headed out, however, trouble hit.
"When I picked the car up after the conversion," Bob admits, "they told me how to maintain it, but I don't think I took it all in. I'm not mechanically minded and I wasn't used to doing my own maintenance, so I missed some signs when things weren't running right." By the time the guys hit
After this hard-learned lesson, Bob and Scott had few mechanical difficulties. Their primary challenge was finding fuel. They had planned to make it to
It also proved to be hard to locate WVO sources in unfamiliar cities. In
Several times they located restaurants with excellent WVO, only to discover that the oil was already spoken for. When they couldn't procure WVO, they had to try to find biodiesel, and if they couldn't do that, they were forced to use petroleum diesel. By journey's end they had burned an almost equal amount of WVO (97.8 gallons) and petrodiesel (90.78 gallons.) They'd also burned five gallons of B100 biodiesel. Even so, they saved an estimated $310.70 in fuel overall.
"One thing I'd do differently," Scott says," is spend more time in Chicago looking for clean oil and refilling our jugs to get us through the rural Midwest, because it was a lot harder to find oil than I thought it was going to be." Bob adds, "[I should have] researched biodiesel retailers and co-ops more." The men have since found a good website: www.biodiesel.org.
Scott and Bob hope their adventure encourages others to switch to a less environmentally damaging way to travel. It's not hard to do, but as Scott points out, "the infrastructure that exists to support the use of petrofuels makes it so easy for people to just continue to do that." Yet as awareness increases about the environmental and financial benefits of WVO vehicles, perhaps an equivalent infrastructure will grow to support their use. One day, Scott and Bob hope, it will be as commonplace to see people fueling their cars outside the Chinese Buffet as it is now to see them lining up at a Shell station.


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Maison Martin Margiela for H&M Men's Collection Preview
After a first look here and a look at the campaign of the Maison Martin Margiela for H&M Collection, we are actually quite surprised that so many images of the much anticipated collaboration have already leaked.
Today we get an actual look at the men's portion of the collection, previewing full looks of the 'Replica' range for the mass retailer. The images give a first comprehensive overview of the pieces that you can expect to release to see in stores starting November 15th.
Check out the looks in the gallery above.
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"Superb….Ackroyd describes the London More knew, the ferment of humanism to which he contributed, and the contemporary appeal of Catholicism."
—The New Yorker
"Brilliantly conceived….Ackroyd's vividly human More is…imperfect yet inspiring."
"This is the first biography of More to have absorbed the small revolution in Reformation scholarship of the last twenty years….The innovation is that he is able to see More as a particularly sensitive and elegantly playful representative of a vibrant, late medieval Catholic England."
–Andrew Sullivan, The New York Times Book Review
"Impressively thorough….This stunning book corrects…mistaken impressions of More."
—Chicago Tribune
"A sensitive, well-informed work that will be of value to anyone seeking a deeper knowledge of More's personal history."
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For most steelheaders and warmwater anglers, line control and casting distance are of the utmost importance, and the Clearwater 107-4 is the perfect rod for the job. The added length provides astonishing mending ability and more than enough power to turn over hefty flies and corral larger fish. Ideal for most light saltwater and steelhead applications, and perfectly suited for float tubing, the Clearwater 107-4 is a unique, versatile, and shockingly affordable alternative to some higher-priced specialty rods. Saltwater reel seat with cork-and-EVA foam fighting butt.
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A sad lump of coal in the stockings of Leverage fans, TNT has cancelled the series after five seasons. But there will be one final present under the tree in the form of one more new episode of Leverage on Christmas (Tuesday) night at 9pm. Previously series creator and executive producer Dean Devlin had written that they'd prepared the fifth season finale as a series finale just in case in case it wasn't renewed. So it sounds like fans will at least get the closure they want.
TNT's Leverage has thrilled audiences with its delightfully intricate plots, its "stand up for the little guy" attitude and its terrific performances from stars Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Christian Kane, Beth Riesgraf and Aldis Hodge. But after five wonderful years, it's time to say goodbye. Leverage will come to a close on Christmas, Tuesday, Dec. 25, at 9 p.m., with a series finale that stands as one of the show's best episodes.
We are honored to have worked with executive producer Dean Devlin, Electric Entertainment, creators John Rogers and Chris Downey, and all the cast and production crew on Leverage. We look forward to exploring new opportunities to work with them again in the future. We also want to thank the
Devlin penned a letter thanking TNT, the cast and crew and of course, the fans of the series.


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Different denominators -- The LCM
THERE IS ONE RULE for adding or subtracting fractions: The denominators must be the same -- just as in arithmetic.
Add the numerators, and place their sum
The denominators are the same. Add the numerators as like terms.
To subtract, change the signs of the subtrahend, and add.
Problem 1.
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Different denominators -- The LCM
To add fractions with different denominators, we must learn how to construct the Lowest Common Multiple of a series of terms.
The Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of a series of terms
For example, consider this series of three terms:
pq pr ps
We will now construct their LCM -- factor by factor.
To begin, it will have the factors of the first term:
LCM = pq
Moving on to the second term, the LCM must have the factors pr. But it already has the factor p -- therefore, we need add only the factor r:
LCM = pqr
Finally, moving on to the last term, the LCM must contain the factors ps. But again it has the factor p, so we need add only the factor s:
LCM = pqrs.
That product is the Lowest Common Multiple of pq, pr, ps. It is the smallest product that contains each of them as factors.
Example 3. Construct the LCM of these three terms: x, x2, x3.
Solution. The LCM must have the factor x.
LCM = x
But it also must have the factors of x2 -- which are x ·x. Therefore, we must add one more factor of x :
LCM = x2
Finally, the LCM must have the factors of x3, which are x· x· x. Therefore,
LCM = x3.
x3 is the smallest product that contains x, x2, and x3 as factors.
We see that when the terms are powers of a variable -- x, x2, x3 -- then their LCM is the highest power.
Problem 2. Construct the LCM of each series of terms.
e) ab, cd. abcd
We will now see what this has to do with adding fractions.
Solution. To add fractions, the denominators must be the same. Therefore, as a common denominator choose the LCM of the original denominators. Choose abcd. Then, convert each fraction to an equivalent fraction with denominator abcd.
It is necessary to write the common denominator only once:
simply multiply ab by the factors it is missing, namely cd. Therefore, we must also multiply 3 by cd. That accounts for the first term in the numerator.
multiply bc by the factors it is missing, namely ad. Therefore, we must also multiply 4 by ad. That accounts for the second term in the numerator.
multiply cd by the factors it is missing, namely ab. Therefore, we must also multiply 5 by ab. That accounts for the last term in the numerator.
That is how to add fractions with different denominators.
Each factor of the original denominators must be a factor
Problem 3. Add.
At the 2nd Level we will see a similar problem, but the denominators will not be factored.
1 − A fraction.
Example 5. Denominators with no common factors.
When the denominators have no common factors, their LCM is simply their product, mn.
The numerator then appears as the result of "cross-multiplying" :
an + bm
However, that technique will work only when adding two fractions, and the denominators have no common factors.
Solution. These denominators have no common factors -- x is not a factor of x − 1. It is a term. Therefore, the LCM of denominators is their product.
Note: The entire x − 1 is being subtracted. Therefore, we write it in parentheses -- and its signs change.
Problem 5.
Solution. We have to express a with denominator c.
Problem 6.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Author Coetzee Speaks at UAlbany, Oct. 12
New York State Writers Institute Hosts Rare Public Appearance by South African Novelist, in Conversation with American Author Paul Auster
ALBANY, N.Y. (October 5, 2012) -- In a rare public appearance, Nobel Prize-winning South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, a giant of world literature, will engage in conversation with major American novelist Paul Auster about their friendship and soon-to-be-published body of personal letters. The event, hosted by the New York State Writers Institute, will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 12, in the main theatre of the University at Albany's Performing Arts Center. The talk, which is free and open to the public, occurs in conjunction with UAlbany's Fallbany/Homecoming weekend.
The correspondence began in 2008 when Auster sent a letter proposing an ongoing dialogue on any subject -- "Let's strike sparks off each other," he said. The correspondence has since grown into a collaborative meditation on friendship, childhood, marriage, art, politics, unfavorable literary reviews, travel, immigration, sports, translation, bigotry, South Africa, Israel, Palestine, insomnia and Franz Kafka, among other subjects. The collection will be published first in Dutch in 2012, and subsequently in English as Here and Now (2013).
South African author and Nobel Prize Winner J.M. Coetzee will speak at UAlbany on Oct. 12, as part of UAlbany's Fallbany/Homecoming weekend of activities.
Born in Cape Town to Afrikaner parents, Coetzee pursued a Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin, and went on to teach for three years in the English Department of SUNY Buffalo (1968-1971), where he began his first novel, Dusklands (1974). He is the first author to win the Booker Prize twice, and has written a number of novels regarded as classics of contemporary world literature, including In the Heart of the Country (1977), Waiting for the Barbarians (1980), Life & Times of Michael K (1983, winner of the Booker Prize), The Master of Petersburg (1994), Disgrace (1999, winner of the Booker Prize), Elizabeth Costello (2003), Slow Man (2005), and Summertime (2009). His work explores the agony of Apartheid and its aftermath, the nature of power, gender relations, personal cruelty, censorship, and animal rights.
Written as a fictional biographer's investigations of the life of the "late" author John Coetzee, and a sequel to his fictionalized autobiographies, Boyhood (1997) and Youth (2002), Summertime earned Coetzee his third "shortlist" nomination for the Booker Prize.
The Irish Times reviewer said, "This is the third installment of a life so reserved, so repressed, so seething with polite rage and restrained despair that it could only be approached through a third-person voice... it is wonderful stuff. But then, Coetzee is wonderful: edgy, black, remorselessly human, witty, and often outright funny... Summertime is offbeat and deliberate, elusive and truthful."
Coetzee's 1999 novel Disgrace, about a disgraced South African college professor and his lesbian daughter, was adapted as a 2008 motion picture starring John Malkovich.
Famously private, Coetzee rarely gives public appearances even in his native South Africa and adopted home country of Australia. He has appeared only once before with Paul Auster in connection with the forthcoming collection of correspondence -- at the Kingston WritersFest in Kingston, Ontario, in September 2011, a ticketed event that attracted a sell-out crowd of more than 700 people. Unlike the Canadian event, the Albany event is free and open to the public.
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The findings come from one large UK hospital. But researchers say the results could extend to similar medical centers, too.
The study, reported in the European Heart Journal, looked at records from 2,571 patients treated for a more serious type of heart attack known as a ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI. Those account for about one-fifth of all heart attacks.
The best treatment for STEMI is emergency angioplasty, where a balloon-tipped catheter is threaded into the arteries to push aside the blockage causing the heart attack. Often, a tiny, scaffold-like device called a stent is left behind to keep the artery open.
One question has been whether STEMI patients who land in the hospital at night or on weekends might fare worse than those who arrive during "business hours." That's a possibility because during off-hours, senior staff would likely be on call rather than at the hospital.
In this study, though, patients who had an angioplasty during off-hours were no more likely to die in the hospital: 4.6 percent of them did, versus 4.3 percent of patients treated on a weekday between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Their longer-term outlook was also similar. Over the next year and a half, 11 percent died, compared with 12 percent of patients treated during weekday hours.
The study was done in a large hospital that does a lot of cardiac procedures, said Dr. Mohaned Egred of Freeman Hospital and Newcastle University, the senior researcher on the work.
He thinks the results could be similar at other big medical centers with experienced staff and a "robust efficient activation system" that gets STEMI patients into treatment quickly.
"What the public can take away is that if they arrive with a heart attack at a high-volume, well-staffed center, their treatment outcome will be the same whether they arrive during normal working hours or out of hours," Egred wrote in an email to Reuters Health.
Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, co-chief of clinical cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, agreed there is good news here for patients.
"Some, but not all, prior studies have suggested that quality of care, rapidity of treatment, and clinical outcomes may be less favorable in (heart attack) patients presenting during off-hours," Fonarow said in an email.
But in a study of 379 U.S. hospitals, Fonarow and his colleagues found that while off-hours patients waited a bit longer for angioplasty, their survival rates were the same as those of patients treated during weekday hours.
"Together these studies suggest there have been significant gains made by hospitals in providing high-quality care and excellent clinical outcomes for patients presenting with STEMI, irrespective of the time of day or day of the week," Fonarow told Reuters Health.
Still, that doesn't mean all hospitals provide the same care, day or night.
The hospitals in Fonarow's study were all part of the American Heart Association's "Get With The Guidelines" program - which was designed to improve heart attack patients' care. The performance at those hospitals could be better than at other centers.
And Egred said that more studies, particularly at smaller hospitals, are still needed.
Milder, "non-STEMI" heart attacks can often be treated with medication, though many patients end up having an angioplasty. However, Egred said, those patients would typically not need an emergency procedure on the spot.


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Quote from: Leyviur on January 23, 2012, 11:28:17 AMThe problem, I think, are recording companies and publishers, who at the end steal from artists far more than actual piracy does and are the biggest sponsors of shit like this. It's almost always publishers/recording companies/etc that crusade against this and frankly I'm getting tired of the U.S. government's kowtowing and turning our country into a corporate government. I consider it damn near to regulatory capture, if it isn't already.Because they're the ones losing money. I can break out industry numbers about how much a new act makes, how much it costs to promote a single song, how much of each sale goes to the artist once they repay their advance etc. There's a reason the industry is losing money, and it's not because I have a 20G of stolen music on my hard drive. And dyeager, the research is out there. You don't think the RIAA, the big four record companies, and their lawys don't make sure it doesn't get coverage or legitimacy?
The problem, I think, are recording companies and publishers, who at the end steal from artists far more than actual piracy does and are the biggest sponsors of shit like this. It's almost always publishers/recording companies/etc that crusade against this and frankly I'm getting tired of the U.S. government's kowtowing and turning our country into a corporate government. I consider it damn near to regulatory capture, if it isn't already.
The O'Dwyer case is an awful example. When you comply with a cease and desist and then post up a new website that says "fuck the police" on it, you're flouting the law, and should expect repercussions. O'Dwyer's been put up as some kind of poster child for the free speech cause by guys like Jimmy Wales, but it's stupid. O'Dwyer was in the wrong. Is the force being used excessive? A bit, sure, but he's still a bad example. Proponents need to use better examples if they intend to actually fight an abuse of the law.
Yeager, I don't defend Megaupload for that, the whole point of contention about this debate is the government being tremendous asshats.
This is how the record industry works (if you want, I will dig up my essay for the sources):If you're signed to a major label, this is what your financial situation looks like. The average advance is $125,000. This is to cover the expenses of recording and touring. Promoting a single nationally costs $1,000,000 on average. This is all money you have to pay back. Until the record company recoups these expenses, you do not make any money from your albums, your concerts, or your merchandise. Virtually all contracts for a new act require that you sign your stage name and any music you will record over to the record company. I don't have the sources on hand (they're in an essay I wrote on my laptop), but the break even point for this is 250,000 copies. Some estimates put this number as high as 500,000 copies. 95% of artists fail to achieve this level of sales, and will sell anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 copies of their album. The most common scenario is that the record company releases them from their contract, but retain the rights to their music. This means you are not allowed to perform the songs you wrote under the name everybody recognizes. As a bonus, you owe the record company whatever you fell short of paying back, $10,000 on average. So let's talk about the 5% who do make it. Think people like Madonna, Eminem, or Michale Jackson. How much do you think they get from a single CD sale? If you guessed .15 on average, you would be correct. Remember back when a CD was the most common way to listen to music? Remember how much we payed for them? $18 fucking dollars. Now, most people who buy music are doing so with an online site for .99 a track (keep in mind though, 85% of all downloads are illegal). The artists are making fractions of a penny from these sites. What's worse, because music is still promoted the same way it has been since the 1920s (see: a single on the radio), people are now are forgoing the album experience for the songs they recognize, netting the artist even less money. The independent music industry fares much better. There are no advances here, typically. Both the artist and the company assume the risk. They split the costs of recording (much cheaper, anywhere from five to ten thousand), but the artist needs to support their own tour. Advertising is usually done by word of mouth, and records are sold at barely above cost. College radio plays (or played) a pretty big role in getting them exposure. That's the trick here, really. Without any sort of apparatus to broadcast your name nationally, getting your name out there is the hard part. However, it happens. A band like Sebadoh was able to sell 10,000 copies of one of their albums in the early 90s without the advertising power of Sony or whomever. And they made more money than people who sold 200,000 copies of their album. With the internet, it happens far more easily. There are two important technological developments in the last ten years. First, the cost of recording has come down significantly. I can make a demo on my iPad with Garage band ($5 app) for example. The second is social media. People are recording and listening to music at a rate that has never been possible. The internet is basically functioning the way word of mouth used to, except it's gone national. Regardless of the size of the label you're signed to, the majority of the money you will make comes from touring. How do you get people to show up for your shows? Getting your music out there. The primary difference between the two is that being signed to a major label has an incredible amount of overhead, which is why album sales matter more here. However, for independent acts, which comprise the majority or artists out there, their overhead is low enough that piracy does not lose them all that much money, which is why they're usually happy to give it away for free if that translates into a bigger audience. In short, piracy, at least in regards to the music industry, is an invented problem. The big players are upset because their predatory business practices are becoming less and less profitable as fewer musicians need to rely on them to provide a support structure. The best thing that could possibly happen is for Sony and the other big three record companies to implode so the model of the independent artists can become the dominant paradigm.Note: if you need clarification on something, just ask. This is long and I typed it in a hurry.


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Crew Head Coach Robert Warzycha
General thoughts on the game:
"I think it was a tough game for us, playing against a very good team. We know what they are capable of doing. They pass pretty well and create a lot of chances. So, we had to be very compact and very organized. We finished our chances well, two crosses on the ground. The second half, we were very confident defending. Being in the right places, too bad we didn't catch them once in a counter attack. But with heat like this, I'm pleased with the performance. And obviously, nobody got hurt so that's very important."
On scoring early:
"I felt like today, we played to win from the first minute. We knew what we had to do. The players were very confident. That was different. I think the game in Chicago; we lost the ball probably three or four times in a row in the first minute and then a good team punishes you for your mistakes. We lost the ball too close to our goal. Today, that wasn't the case. I think we were a very clean. "
On Danny O'Rourke's comeback from injury:
"He has a lot of experience. He's probably not 100-percent fit, because he hasn't played since the Seattle game. He can manage the game, especially at the end of the game when you have to have somebody on the field with experience to step up and win the ball in the middle. He did that."
Crew Midfielder Eddie Gaven
On starting off strong:
"We were able to come out pretty sharp tonight. We didn't give (RSL) too much time to play. We scored two nice goals in the first half and it made the game so much easier for us going into the second half, which we definitely needed because we started to get a little bit tired towards the end. It was nice that we already had that 2-0 cushion. It was a good win overall."
On his goal:
"Josh [Williams] played a great ball. I kind of slid at it. It was a little bit in front of me. I thought it was going over when it came off my foot, but luckily it hit off the post and went in. It was a great play by Josh to be able to take a touch, hit it to me, open in the box, I'm just happy it went in."
On Tony Tchani playing in a central role:
"Tony is a great player (in that role). He's really good on the ball, he makes good runs, makes very good passes. And as you saw tonight, he can also finish. He scored two really nice goals these past two games. He's making those late runs into the box that are so dangerous for other teams to defend. He's been playing really well in there for us."
Crew Midfielder Tony Tchani
On his confidence after scoring two goals in two games:
"I never give up. I keep on working hard and just believe that whenever the coach calls me, I'll get out there and give my best."
On his goal and Emilio Renteria's assist:
"First, Emilio fell on the ground. I stopped for a little bit. When he kind of beat the guy, I sprinted because if Emilio just put it right there, I'm just going to hit it on target and I did."
Real Salt Lake Head Coach Jason Kreis
On missing players like Jamison Olave and Kyle Beckerman and how it impacted the loss:
"Only thing wrong with having that type of mentality about how important your players are is that you demean the other players and for me there's no reason to do that. The guys came in and gave it everything they had. I think the first goal was a bit of a communication mistake and the second goal came off a corner kick. I think the players have an appreciation of how we are getting scored on but are struggling to take care of it right now. We're in a difficult patch, every team goes through them and we haven't really had one until now. It's a long way until the end of the season, we have some players who are out injured, so we need to stick together and keep reminding ourselves that right now we're not getting the job done but still believe that we can. At some point it'll come right for us."
On losing three games in a row:
"I think that we've put a lot of pride in doing things like not losing three in a row. It feels different. Losing two games in a row at home puts us in a place that we aren't familiar with. If we look at tonight , we were still creating some chances that on any other night had our forwards been a little sharper we would score a goal and that would give a different complexion to the game. I still believe in this group, they are going to need to lead themselves a little bit out of this."
On the power outage in Columbus and its impact on the game:
"It's not ideal, but the biggest issue was the uncertainty involved. I think that in situations like this there should be a backup plan in place so we could move forward with it quickly."
Real Salt Lake Defender Nat Borchers
On the goals:
"I think it was poor defending on our part. I think we made two mistakes, one off the run of play and one off a set piece and they punished us for it. We didn't punish them for their mistakes, we had some chances and we just didn't get the job done."
On giving up a goal late in the first half:
"You just can't give up goals in the last five minutes of halves. We always talk about managing games and that is a time in the game where you absolutely cannot give up goals. We got broken down on the play that resulted in the corner kick and we weren't good enough on the corner kick to stop [Gaven] from scoring."
On the having no power at the hotel all night and it disrupting their routine:
"You like to make excuses in this business but you can't. I think we did everything we could to prepare physically and mentally for this game and they went through it too. We just didn't bring our A game tonight."
Real Salt Lake Goalkeeper Nick Rimando
On the three-game losing stretch:
"I think it's mental mistakes, I think we know how good we can be and we have to stick to the basics and details and remember what got us this far. There's nobody in this locker room that doesn't think we can't continue to do better. We're just not getting the results right now and I think they're coming from mental errors. They beat us on two goals that we could've done better on but they beat us fair and square, we didn't beat ourselves this time."
On the importance of missing players like Olave, Beckerman and Grabavoy:
"They are definitely important but at the same time, the guys gotta get in when other guys aren't available and they have to show up. Maybe we're not as deep as we think we are but at the same time when that player comes in he has to do his job. It's a team effort not just one player's job, It's a cliché and it's true but we have to stay positive and move forward. "


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Thymus vulgaris, or commonly known as Thyme is one of the ancient herbs famous for its ornamental, medicinal and culinary uses. The oldest use of Thyme was traced to the Egyptian period when they use the herb as an ingredient for embalming dead bodies. Greek people prefer to use thyme as an additive to their hot bath, said the Medical News Today.
Thyme has a variety of uses in terms of helping in treating different kinds of illness and protecting the body from infection (Photo Credits)
A report by A Modern Herbal said that a 1931 study by Maud Grieve reported Romans using thyme in processing cheese and alcoholic drinks. While another study quoted Hippocrates for saying the thyme is one of the culinary herbs they grow and eat in the countryside, and even use it for treating respiratory illnesses back in the days. These reports make thyme tea health benefits really promising for the modern day. Learn how thyme tea bags can slow aging.
Thyme for the Kitchen
Soups and stews will taste even more fabulous with thyme's essential oils mixed with it. Chefs will testify that thyme brings out the best flavor in meat and poultry meals. Aside from its mouth-watering goodness, eating thyme with your meals can provide mental, physical, and emotional relaxation leaving the whole system energized.
"He who drinks a cup of thyme tea instead of coffee in the morning will soon feel the beneficial effect: enlivened spirits, great comfort in the stomach, no coughing in the morning and an overall well-being," stated Abbess Hildegard von Bingen in Natural News. Find out how to make thyme tea recipe for upset stomach.
Thyme for the Health: Health Benefits of Drinking Thyme Herbal Tea
Thyme is known for its pleasant taste and smell, and behind that is a substance called thymol which is a potential antioxidant. Thyme tea health benefits have been continuously growing since researchers keep finding new things about thyme. A lot of its flavonoid components like luteolin, naringenin and thymonin have been used in many treatments.
Cough and colds can be very frustrating since no medicine can easily make it go away. But the next time you catch, a cup of thyme tea would be the best beverage to drink. A study from the University of Maryland Medical Center reported in Live Strong says that thyme can aid in treating bronchitis and coughs. The German Commission E already approved the use of thyme for drug preparation. Some drinkers suggest lemon thyme tea for cough and colds since it tastes and works like wonder.
Furthermore, it relieves indigestion, helps kill bacteria that cause acne, and reduces the risk of hypertension or high blood pressure.
Aside from thyme tea, thyme essential oil can be added to your regular bath for soothing and relaxing feel while enjoying the warm water.
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BC Review: HBO's "No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"
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HBO's No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, based on the best-selling novels by Alexander McCall Smith, premieres Sunday, March 29, at 8 p.m. ET. Below is a selection of reviews from TV critics around the Web.
"This show has no vivid artistic ambitions, only transparent status-seeking aspirations. A prestige project, it's one of the network's excursions in hounding after industry esteem and dinner-party kudos at the expense of all else."
-Troy Patterson, Slate
"It doesn't feel like an HBO series, if there is such a thing…it created an innocent little series that would make the Hallmark people proud."
-Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle
"Most important, however, is the purpose of the show. Here is a slow and careful exploration of the dark and sunny rivers that run through the human soul, the ever-teetering balance between good and evil that keeps the world spinning."
-Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times
"The charm is disarming…I'll be interested to see whether the gentle, genial No. 1 Ladies can carve out a regular Sunday-night audience amid amazing races, cold cases, and desperate housewives."
-Ken Tucker, Entertainment Weekly
Ladies is McCall's attempt to counter some of the stereotypes many of us have about Africa, and to share and explain the affection he has for a world where gentility and formality still have a place.
-Robert Bianco, USA Today
"There is a slow-growth, artisanal quality to the franchise, and the series, which stars an excellent Jill Scott as Precious, remains true to it. Anyone impatient with languorous pacing on television is at orange-alert risk of feeling fidgety."
Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
"It feels like the most vibrant and accessible new show the pay cable channel has introduced in years."
-Alan Sepinwall, The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.)
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AMPS-It's everybody's problem
Despite all the clamor in the security world about the looming analog deadline, this mainstream news article points out the more widespread panic about analog getting the axe. Since I've personally experienced tunnel vision about this issue from a security-only perspective, I enjoyed reading about irked GM customers who discovered that the cars they bought were equipped with analog OnStar units that wouldn't work come February and couldn't be upgraded despite being less than five years old. BUT, GM did issue some customers a $500 voucher towards the purchase of a new GM vehicle ... And people say the US car industry is floundering. AND, I thought the author did a decent job of including the woes of the security world in the article--towards the bottom of course, but how else will they get you to read the whole thing? However, this article, I can't say the same for. It too was about the analog issue, but frankly, it was just awful. Here's a few of my favorite choppy sentences (granted, it is broadcast writing - never trust anything you hear on television): In home security and fire alarm systems, the change only effects back-up systems. Primary systems function using land phone lines. But if those lines are ever effected by weather or cut by burglars the security system switches to its back-up. The back-up is usually a cellular phone line. If the connection is analog, it must be changed or else security companies would never receive an emergency signal alerting it to call 911. "As long as your [land line] telephone is working, we're going to receive signals from the [security system]," said Vinton security expert Scott Bolen of Alert Security Services.


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Nyack-on-the-Hudson Dining Commons
The Dining Commons is located on the third floor of Boon Campus Center with a spectacular view of the Hudson River. The maximum occupancy of the Dining Commons is 400 but is typically setup with 295 chairs and 56 tables. The Nyack-on-the-Hudson Dining Commons can also open up to the Hudson & Palisades Room to accommodate a larger group.
Hudson & Palisades Room
The Hudson & Palisades Room is located on the third floor of Boon Campus Center just off of the Nyack-on-the-Hudson Dining Commons. Each room has 11 tables and can seat 66 in the traditional configuration, allowing for a maximum occupancy of 132, but can be arranged to accommodate your needs. There is a divider between the Hudson Room and the Palisades Room that can either be closed or opened. The Hudson Room can also open up to the Nyack-on-the-Hudson Dining Commons to accommodate a larger group.
Shuman Hall: Presidents Hall and Patio
Shuman Hall, a Tudor-style stone mansion, was completed in 1930 and used as a personal lodge until 1937, where it remained primarily vacant until it was used to shelter WWII refugee children from Europe from 1939 to 1945. The lodge was acquired by the college in 1954 and still retains much of the original decorative elements including turrets, octagon rooms, winding staircase, elaborate bathrooms, fabric wall coverings and hand-painted ornamentation. Shuman Hall primarily houses many of the administrative offices, but also houses President's Hall.
President's Hall is located on the first floor of Shuman Hall, and originally housed the college library before it moved in 1994 to its current location in the Bailey Library Building. President's Hall is equipped with a projection screen and may be setup auditorium-style (maximum seating 100), seminar-style (maximum seating 50-60, 10 rectangular tables sitting 5 or 6 each) or banquet-style (maximum seating 60, 10 round tables sitting 10 each). Outside of President's Hall through a beautiful pair of French doors lies a large patio that has a splendid view the Hudson River Valley and can be used as extended banquet space for larger parties during the warmer months. The patio can seat a maximum of 60 banquet-style using 6 round tables sitting 10 each.
Simpson Hall: Room 200 A&B
Simpson Hall was the first building built at Nyack College's current location to accommodate the growth of the college, then a Missionary Training Institute based out of New York City. Construction began on April 17, 1896. The four-storied building, standing on four acres, measured 250 feet by 70 feet. The building was rebuilt on its original stone foundation in 1981, retaining its striking Victorian design.
The second floor conference room can be arranged banquet-style to seat 75 to 100.


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Hoekstra family
Hoekstra is the name of two Mennonite families in the Netherlands, many members of which have served as preachers. The ancestor of the one family was Sytse Benedictus Hoekstra (1698-1768), whose biography and descendants are given in the article under his name. Important members of the other Hoekstra family were Freerk (1760-1837), and his grandson Johannes (1836-1908), preacher at Middelstum (1861-1874) and Wolvega (1874-1879), where he promoted the restoration of the meetinghouse and dedicated it in 1875. In 1879 he retired to Apeldoorn where he organized a chapter of the Nederlandsch Protestantenbond and shared in the founding of the Mennonite congregation.
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Leiden, 1911-1937: I, 1120 f.
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, 8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918: IV, 87.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Hoekstra family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 13 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoekstra_family&oldid=120505.
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CAPTAIN Keiron Cunningham says St Helens will take out their Challenge Cup frustration on their Super League rivals.
Saturday's agonising 32-28 semi-final defeat by old foes Leeds means Saints have fallen at the penultimate hurdle for the last two years and need to win the Grand Final if they are to avoid a second successive trophy-less season.
Cunningham's men are level on points with second-placed Warrington going into their next game against Mick Potter's future employers Bradford but the coach has just five days to pick his players up from their shattering defeat at Huddersfield's Galpharm Stadium.
Saints led 18-8 at half-time and were also 22-14 and 28-26 in front in a dramatic second half before Leeds stand-off Danny McGuire settled the pulsating encounter with his second try seven minutes from the end.
"It was good to be part of it," said Cunningham, who managed to put on a brave face after missing the chance to end his Saints career with a ninth Cup final appearance. "It was pretty intense and very nerve-wracking. It was a very hot day so it was tough to get around the field for everyone and defences weren't on top.
"Neither side got control of it. Leeds just got up at the right time but we still had our chances. Although we had a 10-point cushion, you're never safe against Leeds."
Already resigned to being without England scrum half Kyle Eastmond, Saints were dealt a bitter blow before kick-off when his half-back partner Leon Pryce was also ruled out through injury.
The influential stand-off, who by his own admission was playing his best rugby for Saints, picked up a neck injury in training that could yet end his season.
He is to rest for three weeks before undergoing a second scan and, if there is no improvement, he may need an operation.
"It was a big blow losing Leon and we had half-backs who hadn't run together all week but you deal with adversity," said Cunningham.
"You just get on with it and I thought we made a real good job of doing that."
Saints conceded the first try to Ryan Hall but the magnificent Paul Wellens, Cunningham and Francis Meli all hit back with tries before half-time to put their side in control. They stayed ahead thanks to Matt Gidley's effort and James Graham's 70th-minute try looked to have sealed a trip to Wembley before McGuire broke their hearts.
"Everyone is dejected," admitted Cunningham. "We've been building all week for this and everyone was confident."


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I'll find the datasheets and post them - I have one on my pc at home.I will try the capacitor, but I'd love to _understand_ what's going on as well as just fixing it. Is the cap idea what they cal a 'decoupling capacitor'? Why do we get the linkage in the first place.Thanks for everyone's help!
What it did not seem to do was 'hold' the value of the pot when the wiper was lifted if i had it connected from A1 to ground.does that make sense?
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You continue, looking for landmarks; a twisted pine tree in the distance, a shallow lake off to the side. "That must be Blue Lake," you mutter. Then, farther on, "No, THAT must be Blue Lake." A man approaches, big and barrel-chested, a flannel jacket over soiled coveralls. A rifle rests against his right shoulder. You slow and begin to speak, but the man shakes his head and gestures vaguely toward his ear with all three of the fingers on his left hand. You form a word, but suddenly realize the futility: He is deaf. Fear settles into your shoulders, making them ache. But this does not seem to be the fear of wandering further into the darkening wilderness. You have been lost in the north woods before, in more remote places than this, in worse weather, and with much more at stake. This fear is different, somehow more dangerous because you cannot identify it.
By the time you get back to the trailer it's almost midnight. The full moon provided barely enough light to travel by, but the tangles of vegetation finally gave way to wider, more familiar trails. Your arms, hands, neck, and face itch terribly, small welts rising on your skin.
You wake sweating in the night, traces of a nightmare like wisps of dark smoke on the horizon. You sit up and look out the window at the yellow moon; in a few minutes it will sink behind the pines. In the distance, a loon. A coyote. A gunshot. You get up, light the lamp, and pull a suitcase out from under the bed. You remove three thick stacks of twenty dollar bills from the others and weigh them for a moment in your palm. You pick up a pen and two crumpled manila envelopes from the cracked formica table. The addressee on the first: Mrs. Anna Lund. The addressee on the second: Mr. Bill Nichols. One stack of bills goes in each envelope. You take a few bills off the third stack and stuff them in your pocket, then throw the remainder back in the case and kick it under the bed. You've just turned off the lamp when you hear a wet snuffling from below the window, followed by grunts, and a series of bumps against the side of the trailer. You freeze until the noise fades into the distance and there, in what remains of the moonlight, you laugh grimly. One problem solved, another created. As you lay your head back on the damp pillow, eyes following the willowy shadows on the ceiling, you decide to wait for dawn. This is fear. This, then, is Wisconsin.


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Toyota Speedway at Irwindale - Learning From SoCal
From The Driver's Seat
Every January in Southern California, you'll find many racing teams making a long trek to Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Teams come from across the country to compete in the Toyota All-Star Showdown. The Showdown usually features three races, the biggest of which is the 250-lap NASCAR Camping World East and West series race. The race is known for being extremely competitive and full of crashes.
This year didn't disappoint, the Showdown produced numerous crashes and an amazing finish where Joey Logano made a last lap move on then leader Peyton Sellers. Joey drove into the corner way too deep and slammed into the side of Sellers. Sellers hit the wall along with Logano. Logano was able to get the car straightened back out and cross the finish line ahead of Matt Kobyluck. Logano was penalized for his last lap encounter with Sellers, disqualified from the event, and finished 40th. Matt Kobyluck took the checkered flag home.
Needless to say, the fans were going crazy, as this type of racing is nothing new to them. The track is a wide half-mile with very little banking, allowing drivers to run comfortably three-wide for multiple laps, which produces plenty of fender-banging action.
OK. I can hear all of you readers out there saying, All right, we have heard all this already! Which is true, everyone who's ever been to Irwindale has come back saying the exact same thing. But what impressed me most about the track was what happened after the Camping World race
There were two more races scheduled, a 75-lap Late Model race and a 150-lap Super Late Model race. However, an abundance of rain during the week forced cancellation of qualifying for both events. So, the promoters were in a predicament. With 47 Late Models and 51 Super Lates, some cars were going to be sent home without the opportunity to even try qualifying for the event. Or were they?
The officials at Irwindale met with NASCAR, pitching the idea to let everyone race. The decision was made to draw for starting positions and then let every car that showed up start the race! How long has it been since we've seen 50 cars on a half-mile?
It doesn't matter that both races were crash-filled and eventually had to be cut short because of Irwindale's curfew. Not only did all 98 cars take to the track, but also each person received a check for starting their race. Unreal! They could have easily cut both fields down and sent drivers home and had every reason to do so. But I've got to commend Irwindale for allowing teams the opportunity to get on the track. I also have to highlight one driver. Andrew Myers drove from the 31st spot and finished Second. This was more impressive considering he only had 55 laps to do so.
Like I said, we could learn a lot from the tracks out in Southern California.
Tragedy Strikes The Racing WorldJust prior to press time, Matt Hawkins, winner in multiple series, which include the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series, and the ARCA Re/Max Series, passed away at the age of 21. Hawkins was an up-and-coming star; he not only won in his first start in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup but accomplished the same thing in the ARCA Re/Max Series. Matt lost his life after an incident involving an accidental gun discharge.
I had the privilege to race against Matt on multiple occasions, and can honestly say that I don't know of another driver who ran me cleaner than Matt did. I didn't know him very well, however, he treated me like I was his teammate.
Everyone at Circle Track and Gibson Motorsports was saddened to hear that Matt passed away. Our deepest thoughts and prayers are with the Hawkins family and friends.


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New: ON MENTAL ILLNESS:Anxiety Revisted, Again
Anxiety attacks are common for people with a major mental illness including when not part of the diagnosis. Some people with mental illness believe that they have a mixture of mental illnesses, e.g.; a little bit of everything. Their symptoms do not fit neatly into one or two categories. This is not uncommon and it may be related to being medicated. Anxiety can put a damper into a person's activities. If it is allowed to, anxiety will quickly grow into a giant specter and will take over large parts of a person's life. Anxiety seems to feed on its own energy.
A pet cat or dog can be helpful. I had a cat for fifteen years that would sit on my chest and would take away my discomfort. After he passed away I began to feel anxiety on a daily basis at a consistent time of day.
Meditation can be helpful but not always. Sometimes the body will produce anxiousness despite almost any meditative effort to alleviate it. However, I doubt that there are very many Zen masters who get anxiety attacks. If they do, they are not telling us about it.
Anxiety can be caused by phobias. In this instance, it is possible to move through the anxiety, get to the other side of it, and eliminate the phobia. Anxiety in which the cause has not been identified is harder to deal with.
Unlike with anxiety, you can't move through psychosis and fix it by getting to the other side. The "other side" of psychosis is just more psychosis. It is caused by a major malfunction of the brain often requiring physical intervention, as in medication.
Unlike with psychosis (which seems to be a pretty clear situation) attempts to treat anxiety through medication may have mixed results. If anxiety is ruining a person's life, and if it isn't resolvable through therapy of some kind, medication may help. Benzodiazepines, such as Clonazepam are often prescribed. However, Benzodiazepines can be habit forming.
When treating anxiety strictly with medication, a mental health consumer may find that in order to take enough medication to wipe out the anxiety, they must put up with a tremendous amount of sedation. I tried Clonazepam as a treatment for my recurrent anxiety, and it didn't agree with me. In fact, my memory of the three days I tried it are kind of blacked out. My wife reported that I did nothing but sleep and that I also had reduced intelligence. I decided it was better to put up with my anxiety than it was to deal with taking Clonazepam. This is not a truth that will apply to all people. Some people may have much better luck taking this drug than I.
I recently had a lot of anxiety concerning a trip to the Oakland Airport to drop off my wife and to pick her up. The car stalled on the way to the Caldecott Tunnel, and it also hesitated a lot when going uphill. It is a temporary replacement car that I got after my car accident. At some point, on the way to picking up my wife, my anxiety peaked. And then, a moment later, it was gone and I was comfortable. The condition of the vehicle isn't affected by this; it still is not dependable for long distances. However, now I have considerably less anxiety while driving.
Sometimes, the right kind of therapy seems to deal with anxiety more powerfully than anti-anxiety medication. As a last resort, anxiety can merely be tolerated, and eventually it will usually subside.
Anxiety attacks, unlike cases of severe psychosis, are often treatable without psychiatric drugs. There is no political or dogmatic approach here-I am simply observing what works and what doesn't work, in different situations.


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Surf fans win fight to stop Newport wall
By David Filipov and Todd Feathers
Plans to repair this portion of the famed Cliff Walk in Newport, R.I., were fiercely opposed because of threats to the surf below.
NEWPORT, R.I. — In the litany of devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy's terrible force, the collapse of an approximately 25-foot stretch of sidewalk along the rocky shore of Rhode Island would, at first glance, seem to be a speck unworthy of attention.
But this is Newport, and that damaged path is part of the renowned Cliff Walk, which wends its way between the spectacular ocean views and the fabled mansions that lure tourists from across the globe to the tip of Aquidneck Island. Not only that: The waves that crash off the portion of the cliff near Ruggles Avenue are considered to be among the best in New England for surfing.
For weeks, the city has seen a growing swell of opposition to a state proposal to repair the walk in a way that residents said could have permanently altered the break of the waves, threatened undersea life, ruined the surfing, and harshed everyone's mellow.
"Ruggles is a natural playground; it shouldn't be destroyed," Sid Abruzzi, owner of the Water Brothers surf shop in Newport, told a packed town meeting Wednesday night. There, to thunderous applause, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling on the state not to damage the surfing spot.
On Friday, the outcry turned to cries of satisfaction. After a marathon meeting with residents, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation abandoned its proposal to effectively thicken the sea wall with 25 feet of armor stone with the help of two temporary jetties that would have jutted 200 feet out into the Atlantic, according to officials who attended the meeting.
"That idea was kind of shot down," said state Representative Peter F. Martin.
"Ruggles is saved," Abruzzi said on Friday.
Martin said the residents and state officials began studying how to repair the wall without affecting the unique features of the shoreline that allow surfers to ride 10-to-20-foot waves stirred up by storms. The waves break in such a way that surfers can end their ride, or "kick out," a safe distance from the rocky shore.
Department of Transportation officials could not be reached for comment late Friday.
No one suggests Newport's problem is anywhere near the scale of the other damage caused by Sandy, which killed at least 147 people and destroyed huge swaths of coastline in New York and New Jersey.
But the storm inflicted enough damage on the Cliff Walk to require some emergency repairs — that everyone agrees on. The 3.5 mile path is one of the state's biggest tourist attractions.
What is also true is that in a town where maritime grandeur is a prime lure, surf is sacrosanct.
"What would we call the Breakers if we didn't have the surf?" quipped City Councilor Justin McLaughlin, referring to one of the iconic mansions. "The Building?"
The trick to repairing the Cliff Walk is access. Roads are too narrow and too far from the damaged sections for construction equipment. A private owner has denied use of his land, which abuts the damaged section of the walk near Ruggles Avenue. Transportation officials had argued that the jetties were the easiest and quickest way to get equipment in place to make the fixes, which the state estimated in January would cost $8 million.
Department of Transportation officials have acknowledged that they may have underestimated the importance the Ruggles surf break holds in Newport.
"I think it's safe to say that we were not aware of the sensitivity surrounding this particular location," Robert Smith, deputy chief engineer, said Wednesday.
The jetties, even if they were in place only for a few weeks, would have almost certainly altered the break of the waves, and most likely changed currents and deposited sediment, said Richard Murray, a oceanography professor at Boston University. If the project dragged on longer, the effect could have persisted even if the jetties were removed, he said.
Dave Livingston of Newport, R.I., at the shoreline near Ruggles Avenue, an area considered prime for surfing.
"It would be awfully hard to remove the blocks at the bottom which are going to be buried in sediment," Murray said. "Then you've got permanent change."
Dave McLaughlin, Justin McLaughlin's son and the cofounder of Clean Ocean Access, a grass-roots environmental group that had gathered more than 6,000 signatures from 49 states to get the state to reconsider its proposed fixes, said the prime surfing grounds are only one byproduct of the shoreline near Ruggles Avenue. The hard bottom sea floor is a unique marine habitat, he said, and the area is used for fishing and swimming. The wall, he said, would have damaged that shoreline and made access difficult.
Abruzzi and other residents say the Cliff Walk needs only localized repairs. The sea wall at the base of the collapsed section, they say, is still solid after weathering decades of storms. Traveled for centuries before local landowners began to develop it into a more permanent passageway in the late 19th century, the walk sits atop 300-million-year-old rock.
"The cliff is not coming down," said Sid Abruzzi, owner of the Water Brothers surf shop in Newport, R.I.
"The cliff is not coming down," said Abruzzi.
The collapse of the sidewalk, said Martin Casey, a local builder, is more likely a result of poor construction and maintenance of the walkway itself.
"If maintenance were given more attention, it wouldn't get into a state of disrepair," Casey said at Wednesday night's meeting.
The ultimate decision on the next stages of the project will be made by the state's Coastal Resources Management Council, whose members also had concerns about the necessity of the temporary jetties, said spokeswoman Laura Dwyer.
For now, Newport residents are savoring the success of their effort.
"This has really been a fantastic experience," said Justin McLaughlin, the city councilor. "This is government in action."
Todd Feathers can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @ToddFeathers. David Filipov can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @davidfilipov.
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