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Oneway Stronghold Scroll Chuck
Oneway's scroll chucks provide several powerful and versatile self-centering stock holding functions. Their jaws can expand within a
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Oneway chucks can be used on almost any lathe. Threaded taper-lock mounting adapters, available to fit a wide variety of lathes, center themselves perfectly in the
chuck body, which can then be screwed onto your lathe's spindle nose. Two of the most popular sizes, 1"-8 tpi & 1-1/4-8 tpi, are cross-threaded right- & left-hand
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There are three scroll chuck models, Talon, Oneway and Stronghold; your choice can be determined by size and budget. Stronghold is the heavyweight; if you turn large,
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Any kind of digital creative content – whether it is a simple newspaper advert, or a large hoarding, or laying out a complicated magazine or a newspaper – comprises of handling text. Creating such a content for regional audience with software not supporting Indian scripts is like driving a left-hand-drive car in India – not comfortable at all.
How does a customer-oriented company like Adobe approach these users in the Indian subcontinent? Internal research shows that users in India are comfortable using English interface for software – what's really needed is the ability to compose and handle text in Indic scripts, more so in text publication workflows.
While the publishing workflow is largely based on Adobe InDesign and we started supporting 10 of the most popular languages in Adobe InDesign CS6, there was a need to bridge the gap with other publication workflows utilizing Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Adobe did so with the latest release of Creative Cloud products by introducing Indic script support in Photoshop CC and Illustrator CC. Users can now compose their text in 10 regional languages, generate world class print output, and still be within their beloved Adobe environment.
The Creative Workflow
Common workflows in creation of digital content involve extensive flow of content cross InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. Photographs are clicked with the digital cameras and are beautified in Photoshop. These are brought into Illustrator and converted to vector images and are further used as a part of an art work. Small sections of these images (even raster forms) could as well be converted to form a brush stroke in Illustrator CC. A complex artwork including raster images and vector art is finally rendered to print through an InDesign document, which blends this graphic with text stories to give a phenomenal impact to readers.
Such meshed workflows often use text at various places, and the users ought to be able to work with that text whenever needed in the workflow. They don't want to wait until the artwork is placed into InDesign for them to be able to insert text in regional languages.
Covering the entire flow
As a creative professional, one always wonders if they could do some raster handling in Illustrator, or some type handling in Photoshop, or some vector handling in InDesign. All of these are possible with Adobe software today, and that makes using these three in our publication workflows so very seamless. Not only that, we also want to create that beautiful type effect in Illustrator using Indic characters in our regional language. We want to give titles to our Photoshop banners in our own language. And much more…
With the latest CC release, joining the excitement of the amazing features, Photoshop and Illustrator also provide support for Indic scripts as in InDesign.
What's more? The overall experience with Indic scripts has been made far richer with a number of bug fixes.
Adobe Fonts:
In addition to extending Indic script support to Photoshop and Illustrator, we appreciate the need for Adobe fonts in languages other than Hindi. Well-designed Unicode fonts that support Indian scripts can enhance productivity and cross-compatibility of content created by creative users, including the content creators, the designers, and the editors. We thus took this initiative of providing this beautiful set of fonts, starting with Adobe Devanagri.
- Adobe Devanagri was introduced in CS6 timeframe, and has now been extended to include the Marathi script as well.
- A completely new font, Adobe Gurmukhi has also been introduced. This will come pre-installed for users to start creating content in Punjabi. Also, fonts for more Indian languages are on their way!
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Beat the Streak Report: Friday, Aug. 8
Weekend Picks
Garret Anderson, OF, Angels
.442 AVG during 13-game hit streak
.414 AVG since All-Star break
Jose Reyes, SS, Mets
8-for-15 (.533) vs. FLA RHP Ricky Nolasco
.362 AVG over last 12 G
Carlos Lee, OF, Astros
10-for-28 vs. CIN RHP Bronson Arroyo
.360 AVG since All-Star break
Mark Teixeira, 1B, Angels
10-for-21 (.476) vs. NYY LHP Andy Pettitte
.355 AVG since All-Star break
Yesterday's picks, results
Placido Polanco: 1-for-4
Lance Berkman: 3-for-5
Top 5 current leaders
(yesterday's pick)
1. bassman, 30 games (Jose Reyes)
2. taswanso, 26 (Lance Berkman)
3. cali_kid, 25 (Lance Berkman)
3. eduneversaydie, 25 (Lance Berkman)
3. vidrohater, 25 (Lance Berkman)
BTS season leader: Robert Paradise, 48
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
BTS leader bassman reached the elusive 30-game plateau courtesy of Jose Reyes, who went 1-for-5 in the Mets win over San Diego. Reyes tripled off Padres starter Josh Banks to help bassman maintain his hold on the top spot heading into the weekend.
Meanwhile, yesterday's five-way, third-place knot was cleared up as two competitors dropped out of the Top 5. One fan fell into sixth place when his pick, Jermaine Dye, did not play in Chicago's loss to Detroit, while another saw his streak revert to zero after Albert Pujols went 0-for-2 with a pair of walks against the Dodgers.
Four members of the Top 5 were among the 16.8% of contestants who made Lance Berkman Thursday's most-picked player. The Astros slugger rewarded those who showed faith in him by delivering a stellar 3-for-5 effort against Josh Fogg and the Cincinnati 'pen.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Lance Berkman (HOU): 16.8%, 3-for-5
2. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 6.7%, 1-for-4
3. Alex Rodriguez (NYY): 6.6%, 0-for-4
4. Albert Pujols (STL): 6.4%, 0-for-2
5. Matt Holliday (COL): 4.3%, 2-for-7
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I'm out boys, Randy Winn didn't come through with a hit and there's not enough games left to get to 57. Sucks cause my second choice was Matt Kemp.
go for the 48 now
I don't know, I might…but the chances of that happening are slim to none lol
Actually I probably won't play anymore lol..yano wat would suck? If I, or anybody, started tomorrow, went for the 48, beat that and got to 52 or watever the max is you can get at for this season and yeah you get 10K but knowing you were less than a week away from a million but you had to stop because you ran out of time..


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"The cause of death was complications related to a chronic injury," Glenn said.
News of Young's death came two days after his family said in a statement that he was "gravely ill."
The 22-term representative wasn't on the House floor for the vote on reopening the government and raising the debt ceiling. Just last week, he announced that he wouldn't run for another term.
"It's my time," the 82-year-old told the Tampa Bay Times in a phone interview. As to why he was retiring, Young said, "I don't know that I would pick out one thing. It's a lot of things."
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Kolb spent the summer testing and characterizing the devices in the RIT Center for Detectors. In September, she and her colleagues irradiated three of the detectors at Massachusetts General Hospital Francis H. Burr Proton Therapy Center to imitate the damaging effects of space.
The posters Kolb presented in Florence, and the paper published in the conference proceedings, describe those results, which measure the usability of the radiation-damaged detectors.
Early this fall, she won a fellowship from NASA's Earth and Space Science program to compare and contrast the new Geiger-mode photodiodes with two other single-photon detectors— linear-mode avalanche photodiodes and electron-multiplying charge-coupled devices. But most of her original work and contributions will have to do with the GM-APDS, Kolb says. Her dissertation will recommend the best single photon counting device for specific NASA applications, including the detection of exoplanets—or Earth-like planets outside our solar system—high-contrast imaging, adaptive optics and array-based LIDAR.
"Kim's research has the potential to dramatically transform our perception of the universe and also our ability to probe the human body," says Don Figer, director of the Center for Detectors at RIT. "She has been more deeply embedded in the center's research than any other graduate student we have had, and she is now in a unique position in the world to do the most meaningful development of new photon-counting detectors."
Kolb initially joined the Center for Detectors as a senior undergraduate in the microelectronics program. After gaining industry experience, she returned to RIT on a fellowship from the military contractor BAE Systems to pursue a master's degree from the Center for Imaging Science.
"I feel really lucky," she says. "There's a lot of opportunity that I've been given that I feel I need to live up to."
Results from Kolb's research on the Geiger-mode photodiodes will further the center's bid to develop technology suitable for NASA exoplanet missions and to uncover the physics behind mysterious dark matter and the universe-accelerating force dark energy.
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Madison – Paul H. "Paulie" Heenan, of Madison, Wisconsin, age 30, died November 9, 2012. He was born August 29, 1982 in Madison, the son of John H. and Doris J. "Dorie" Heenan. He had recently returned to Madison after living in New York City for eight years.
A graduate of Oregon High School, Paul was well known in the local community as a talented musician and recording engineer. He found a creative outlet in writing and recording his own music, and performing with different rock bands. He was a passionate and respected musical collaborator, nurturing and supporting the careers of other artists in the Madison area and in New York City.
He had an aptitude for mechanics, electronics and carpentry, skills that he developed while working on projects alongside his dad. A loyal and dependable friend, Paul was your go-to guy for lending a helping hand or repairing broken stuff: your car, your computer, your heart. A compassionate person, he espoused civil rights, animal welfare and human dignity. From his mother, he and his beloved sister Emily learned a love of nature, art and wildlife.
Paul enjoyed reading, especially his favorite authors Mark Twain and Kurt Vonnegut. His life-long love of learning helped him to be a spirited conversationalist on many topics, from music and science to politics and philosophy.
Outgoing and engaging, with a dry and often irreverent sense of humor, Paul was the sort of person who made friends easily, and adopted many of those friends as members of his family. That so many of these friendships endured through time and distance is a testament to his genuine and caring nature.
He is survived by his wife Sarah Mae Saslaw of Portland, Oregon; parents John H. and Doris J. Heenan of Oregon, Wis.; grandmother Joyce Heenan, Stoughton, Wis.; sister Emily Heenan of Raleigh, North Carolina; Emily's partner Kyle VandenLangenberg; aunts, uncles and cousins; his beloved German Shepherd Dog Nico; and many loving friends. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Richard P. Heenan; and grandparents, George Outhouse and Evelyn Outhouse.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, November 13, 2012 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at CRESS FUNERAL HOME, 3610 Speedway Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53705. A memorial service will follow at 6:00pm.
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Thanks everyone who has commented on my latest projects, you totally make my day! And to all my new followers, you rock. Today I just wanted to quickly post about the EASIEST curtains you will ever make in your life. Or that have ever been made. Ever.
I bought two twin sheets for my husbands and I's Halloween costumes. We went as Aphrodite and Ares the God of War. Yep, here we are:
Such posers... and my husband will probably KILL me if he knows this is up here. Or be really proud of himself. I can't decide which. We had a picture together, but my husband gets bored like, well, like a 5 year old would and he had his costume off after 2 hours. So I was the only one in costume in the pic, which is lame.
So, ANYWAY, I had these leftover sheets from Halloween and decided they would probably do as panels for the nursery. Most sheets come with a wide casing at the top already so all I did was cut a slit on each side of the casing on the back side so the seam and front stay the same. Just cut the slit wide enough in the casing to go over the curtain rod. Then I just draped extra fabric from another project over the top to give it a slight more feminine look. I wanted the curtains to be white to keep the light fresh in the room. The sheets were $4 a piece at Walmart, which is a hecka ton cheaper than buying real curtains or buying the fabric. Plus I didn't really have to do anything, which is a major plus, and just my style... :)Can't get better than that!
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Diego the Butcher just left the country to spend some holiday time with his family in Argentina. While there, hell be filming a bunch for Good and Evil and is also meeting up with the 411VM crew. Plus, Diego just finished working with the Osiris crew on his new pro model shoe, expected to be out in August 2004.
Kevin Barnett is Toy Machines new filmer / flow team manager. He just moved into Diegos Long Beach apartment where he and Diego will become the odd couple.
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Bill Nagel – Publisher - Bill Nagel joined the San Francisco Chronicle as Publisher & CEO in 2018 and is responsible for all aspects of the media company. The Chronicle is the largest newspaper in Northern California. Previously, Nagel was Vice President of Audience and Operations at Cox Media Group, where he was responsible for growing the digital and print audience business at CMG's newspaper markets. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Shared Services at Tribune Publishing, responsible for growing the company's manufacturing, distribution and classified operations businesses as well as leading its strategic sourcing division. He held various corporate positions running marketing, circulation and operations for Tribune after being promoted from the Los Angeles Times, where he guided the growth in profitability of its circulation, manufacturing and delivery businesses. He also had responsibility for the Times' marketing division and launched the company's digital subscription business. Nagel joined the Times after a successful stint as Senior Vice President of Business Channels for the San Diego Union-Tribune, overseeing both consumer and advertising revenue development. In addition, he was instrumental in developing and executing the Union-Tribune's business strategy, including managing the launch of several successful new products. Nagel started his career with the Chicago Tribune in 1988. He holds a BS degree from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Northern Illinois University.
Audrey Cooper – Editor-in-Chief - Audrey Cooper is the editor in chief of the San Francisco Chronicle, the first woman to fill the role in the company's 151-year history. She is also the youngest woman ever named as the top editor of a major U.S newspaper-based company. San Francisco magazine has declared her one of the city's most powerful women. Editor and Publisher magazine named her one of the world's "Top 10 Women to Watch" and Advertising Age named her one of their "Top 40 under 40."
Mick Cohen – SVP of Consumer Sales for Hearst Newspapers - Mick Cohen is SVP of Consumer Sales for Hearst Newspapers. Mick oversees the management of a consumer strategy that helps ensure the group achieve its digital revenue and volume goals. Mick is also responsible for the execution of consumer sales and engagement initiatives for Hearst Newspapers. Mick joined The Chronicle in 1997 as a market research analyst and quickly worked his way up through a series of promotions to circulation director and then to vice president of circulation. In 2003, he won the Hearst Marketing Excellence award. He left The Chronicle from 2004 to 2007 to serve as director of acquisition and retention for the Dallas Morning News. Mick earned a Master's Degree in International Trade and Diplomacy from the University of Kentucky.
Renee Peterson – VP of Human Resources - In her role, Peterson designs and implements relevant, business-driven human resources practices for Hearst's growing stable of 22 dailies and 64 weeklies reaching more than 42 million unique visitors across the U.S. with related mobile websites and digital products. With more than 4,000 employees across the nations, Hearst Newspapers also operates digital marketing services and directories businesses under the LocalEdge brand. Before joining Hearst in 2013, Peterson was director of human resources for Hargrove, Inc., a general contractor for trade shows, events and custom exhibits, from 2011 to 2013, and director of the HR business partners group at Electronics for Imaging from 2010 to 2011. From 1996 to 2009, Peterson held various HR leadership positions at McAfee, Inc./Secure Computing Corporation.
Grant Marek - Editorial Director - SFGATE - Grant Marek runs SFGATE, the 25th largest digital publication in the U.S., and second largest in California, reaching 20-25 million people monthly. He oversees a talented, 20-person digital-only team and leads daily production of editorial content. He also oversees all site operations, from section layouts to video partners, utility tools for readers, to programmatic and passive revenue drivers. Prior to joining the Hearst family, he's had myriad editorial roles with outlets such as Thrillist, Yahoo! Sports, The San Francisco Examiner, WHERE Magazine, The Bold Italic, and Sports Illustrated.
Christina Howell – Vice President, Finance - Christina joined the San Francisco Chronicle in April 2016 where she is responsible for financial planning, analysis and accounting. Prior she was head of global FP&A for StubHub, the global ticket marketplace. Previously she was VP Finance, Transformation at Levis Strauss & Co where she also held numerous finance positions over a decade in corporate, brand and supply chain finance. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy and has a Bachelor's degree in politics from Bristol University.
Ginger Neal – Senior Vice President, Advertising - Ginger Neal joined the San Francisco Chronicle July 2015 and is responsible for driving revenue through new strategies, business models and modern sales tactics. Previously, she served as Chief Revenue Officer of the Post Bulletin; headed the turnaround as President of Lion Heart Digital, a digital advertising agency; oversaw digital for Impremedia corporation as Senior Vice President, a Hispanic newspaper, and as Chief Executive Officer launched and funded a startup Modestyle, a backend ecommerce solution for clothing manufacturers. Her media career started at the Orange County Register where she oversaw new business and launched a variety of new revenue streams including ocregister.com in 1995.
Sarah Morse Cooney – Vice President, Marketing - Sarah Morse Cooney is the VP of Marketing for the San Francisco Chronicle/SFGATE. She is responsible for developing strategic multi-platform programs that drive sales revenue, implementing and managing in-house marketing objectives and tactics that shape the brand, drive circulation acquisition and retention goals, and identify strategic partnerships that enhance local community relations and grow incremental ad spend. Prior to joining the Chronicle/Hearst, Sarah oversaw Marketing for Dwell, a media company devoted to modern architecture and design, from 2012 to 2014. From 2007 to 20012, she held various Marketing positions at Veranda/Hearst Magazines. Sarah has served on the board of the Chronicle Season of Sharing Fund for the past two years. Sarah holds a bachelors degree from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.


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Semper/Exeter is a proactive solution provider acting as a source of trusted knowledge and expertise to the specialty printing and packaging industries. Our family of sales and customer service professionals are dedicated to developing long-term, personal relationships with you to enrich your product offering, expand your innovation and qualify your value.
We develop and implement programs to help manage your paper needs.
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Semper/Exeter is a distributor and converter of paper, paperboard, plastics and films. Thats the short version of what we do. But its all the other things that we can do for you that would take up a lot more words on this page. Yes, were a paper and plastics provider but we like to think of ourselves as project consultants. We have years of experience counseling printers, box makers, tube winders, paper retailers and more on how to find that right fit. Custom-made products are our specialty. Just take a look at our Paper Finishing & Converting tab to see more. Then give us call.


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Severance pay is authorized for full-time and part-time employees who are involuntarily separated from Federal service and who meet other conditions of eligibility.
To be eligible for severance pay, an employee must be serving under a qualifying appointment, have a regularly scheduled tour of duty, have completed at least 12 months of continuous service, and be removed from Federal service by involuntary separation for reasons other than inefficiency (i.e., unacceptable performance or conduct).
An employee is not eligible for severance pay if he or she is serving under a nonqualifying appointment; declines a reasonable offer of assignment to another position; is serving under a qualifying appointment in an agency scheduled to be terminated within 1 year after the date of the appointment; is receiving injury compensation under 5 U.S.C. chapter 81, subchapter I; or is eligible upon separation for an immediate annuity from a Federal civilian retirement system or from the uniformed services. The employing agency must determine whether an employee was provided a reasonable offer, as defined in 5 CFR 550.703.
The following appointments are qualifying appointments for severance pay eligibility:
The following types of appointments are nonqualifying appointments and do not convey eligibility for severance pay:
To be eligible for severance pay, an employee must have completed at least 12 months of continuous service by the date of separation. This continuous service may consist of one or more civilian Federal positions held over a period of 12 months without a single break in service of more than 3 calendar days. The positions held must have been under one or more qualifying appointments; one or more nonqualifying temporary appointments that precede the current qualifying appointment; or an appointment to a position in a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard that precedes the current qualifying appointment in the Department of Defense or the Coast Guard, respectively.
If an employee expects to be involuntarily separated and resigns, the employee is considered to have been involuntarily separated if he or she resigns after receiving a specific written notice that he or she will be involuntarily separated by a particular action effective on a particular date; or a general written notice of reduction in force or transfer of functions which-
However, a resignation is not considered an involuntary separation if the specific or general written notice is canceled before the separation (based on that resignation) takes effect. Resignations under any other circumstances are voluntary separations and do not carry entitlement to severance pay.
An employee's severance pay fund may consist of two parts-the basic severance pay allowance and an age adjustment allowance, if applicable.
The basic severance pay allowance consists of-
The weekly rate of basic pay for employees with variable work schedules is determined based on the weekly average for the last position held by the employee during the 26 biweekly pay periods immediately preceding separation. The regulations at 5 CFR 550.707(b) provide specific instructions on calculating the weekly rate for various types of variable work schedules, including part-time work and seasonal work. For information on how to calculate the approximate amount of severance pay for employees with non-variable work schedules, please see the "Severance Pay Estimation Worksheet."
The basic severance pay allowance is augmented by an age adjustment allowance consisting of 2.5 percent of the basic severance pay allowance for each full 3 months of age over 40 years.
Rate of basic pay means the rate of pay fixed by law or administrative action for the position held by the employee, including, as applicable, annual premium pay for standby duty, law enforcement availability pay, straight-time pay for regular overtime hours for firefighters, night differential for prevailing rate employees, locality payments, and special rate supplements. Rate of basic pay does not include additional pay of any other kind. (See definition of rate of basic pay in 5 CFR 550.703.)
An employee may not receive a total of more than 52 weeks of severance pay during his or her lifetime.
The following types of service are creditable for computing an employee's severance pay:
Severance pay accrues on a day-to-day basis following the recipient's separation from Federal employment. Severance payments must be made at the same pay period intervals that salary payments would be made if the recipient were still employed. The amount of the severance payment is computed using the recipient's rate of basic pay in effect immediately before separation. Severance payments are subject to appropriate deductions for income and Social Security taxes. Severance payments are the responsibility of the agency employing the recipient at the time of the involuntary separation that triggered the current entitlement to severance pay. The regulations at 5 CFR 550.709 provide more details on the accrual and payment of severance pay.
If an individual entitled to severance pay later accepts a position with the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia, he or she is no longer eligible for severance pay and severance pay is terminated. The employing agency must then record on the appointment document the number of weeks of severance pay the individual has received. If the employee again becomes entitled to severance pay, the agency from which the employee is involuntarily separated must recompute the severance pay allowance on the basis of all creditable service and the individual's current age. The agency must deduct the number of weeks for which severance pay previously was received from the number of weeks it would take to exhaust the recomputed allowance.
If an individual entitled to severance pay is employed by the Federal Government or the government of the District of Columbia under a nonqualifying time-limited appointment, severance pay is suspended during the life of the appointment, but resumes (without being recomputed) when the employee separates from the nonqualifying time-limited appointment. The resumed severance payments are the responsibility of the agency that originally separated the individual involuntarily.
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Tivoli Audio's PAL radio has been out for several years and while it's pretty pricey, it remains one of our favorite portable speakers. ("PAL" was allegedly an acronym for "Portable Audio Laboratory.")
Over time Tivoli has done little to change the
As far as I can tell, the 1.92-pound PAL BT is virtually identical to the standard PAL, both of which come in multiple color options. The one difference is that the knob that allows you to toggle among "off," "AM," and "FM" settings adds a fourth "BT" option -- that stands for Bluetooth, of course. Note that the AM and FM bands remain totally analog; Tivoli has not added support for digital HD Radio.
Once you turn the knob to BT, the unit goes into pairing mode and becomes discoverable from Bluetooth-enabled devices such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops. You can then wirelessly stream music -- or any audio -- to the PAL BT from up to 30 feet away. And depending on your environment, that range may extend to 40 to 50 feet.
While there's no "aux" switch on the knob, plugging in a standard 3.5mm cable to the rear input overrides the radio or Bluetooth signal so long as it's connected.
The PAL was always impressive because it played louder and offered more detailed sound than its 6.25 x 3.69 x 3.88 (HWD) dimensions would indicate. As Steve Guttenberg wrote in his
He noted the unit's strong battery life (it's rated at 16 hours) and a couple of other nice features. Then, in the conclusion of his review, Guttenberg told CNET readers that, "for just $130, the PAL makes a great traveling companion."


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Straight from her organic garden on the Fifi and the Flowertots™ TV show, Fifi and her best friend Bumble will be visiting Bluestone in Pembrokeshire, West Wales on 8th May.
The fun-loving Fifi and Bumble will be performing two high energy 'Fifi's Rock with the Tots' mini shows, as well as meeting and greeting young Fifi fans at intervals throughout the day.
Bluestone is also offering a special midweek break package at the luxury short break resort.
"Fifi and Bumble are adored by her young fans and we are delighted that the pair are coming to Bluestone to meet our young holiday-makers and perform their exciting mini show. It's going to be a great experience for young and old alike," said Yvonne Buckingham, Head of Marketing at Bluestone
"We're sure everyone at the Resort will have a great time and they can also enjoy the rest of their break at the Blue Lagoon water park or in the Adventure Centre."
Bluestone's special midweek break starts from £14 per person per night. Fifi's Rock with the Tots mini show takes place on 8th May 2013 at no extra cost.
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Chapter 1
Remember how I said when Doug was gone it was a really long week? I wasn't joking. See, it all started last Saturday...
(cue flashback music.)
Saturday (Day 5 of Doug's absence) :
I had a baby shower to go to and while I was gone, there was a little...incident.Our friend and neighbor Janelle was babysitting. She's a senior this year. She's mature. She's competent. She has 4 younger siblings. She doesn't take any nonsense from pip-squeaks. And she cleans my house.
I put "Mega Mind" on the computer and left hoping the kids would just chill and let Janelle do my dishes or something!
Things were going well until Sam started picking a fight with Max. Nothing big, just some annoying teasing. No big deal--until she tried to put him in "time-out".
Sammy's response was to have one of his nuclear melt-downs. Now, these have become standard fare around here lately, but this is the first time Bammers has subjected a babysitter to his weeping, wailing, knashing of teeth and physical assault. (And did I mention throwing things? He threw the lid to the toy box across the room and shattered it.)
He unleashed on Janelle.
Evidently, she kept calm, and eventually (she said he yelled for about 30 minutes) got Sammy calmed down and left him in his room "until your mother gets home!"
When I finally did come home we all talked about it. Sammy said sorry and gave Janelle a hug. After she left I had him write and deliver an apology letter. Then I mentioned the following:
"It is not okay to hit or hurt people. In fact, Janelle could have called the police because you were attacking her. It's called 'assault'. It's not okay. If you attack anyone again, I'LL call the police."
I'm not big on idol threats.
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At the Scalapck user guide Appendix A.3 matrix redistribution,
For PxGEMR2D, it can do the following job:
" For instance, they maybe used to take a matrix on one process and distribute it across a process grid, or the reverse."
Can some one give me a sample code to make the above description more clear? I am trying to distribute a local array across the process grid. I tried several times, and donot know how to do it.
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PLYMOUTH, N.H. - The winter sports teams at Plymouth State University are gearing up for pre-season training, with the beginning of the 2004-05 seasons less than two months away.
The Panther winter sports schedules are now available online. The men's and women's ice hockey teams and the women's swimming and diving team all open up the weekend of Nov. 12-13, while the men's and women's basketball team and the wrestling team begin competition the weekend of Nov. 19-20. The official alpine skiing season starts on Jan. 14-15, 2005.
The links to the winter schedules are below. All schedules are subject to change.
PSU Men's Basketball Schedule
2004-05 PSU Women's Basketball Schedule
2004-05 PSU Men's Ice Hockey Schedule
2004-05 PSU Women's Ice Hockey Schedule
2004-05 PSU Men's and Women's Alpine Skiing Schedule
2004-05 PSU Women's Swimming and Diving Schedule
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Author J.K. Rowling just gave her fans a magical holiday present: 12 new "Harry Potter" items for the 12 days of Christmas.
Starting Dec. 12, every day at 1 p.m. London time, "brand new writing by J.K. Rowling and even a new potion or two" will pop up on the Pottermore fan website, read a newsletter sent to members today.
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At least some of the new stories will focus on Draco Malfoy, Harry's platinum-haired, Slytherin-residing school rival.
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Even as Rowling has embarked on new fiction for general audiences, she continues to revisit the wizarding world she created.
She released an in-depth treatise on the villainous Dolores Umbridge on Halloween, also via Pottermore. Her story featuring Rita Skeeter's "coverage" of the Quidditch World Cup, published back in July, also served as a much-needed fix for those jonesing to know more about how Harry, Ron and Hermione turned out.
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half-life,measure of the average lifetime of a radioactive substance (see radioactivityradioactivity,
spontaneous disintegration or decay of the nucleus of an atom by emission of particles, usually accompanied by electromagnetic radiation. The energy produced by radioactivity has important military and industrial applications.
..... Click the link for more information. ) or an unstable subatomic particle. One half-life is the time required for one half of any given quantity of the substance to decay. For example, the half-life of a particular radioactive isotoperadioactive isotope
or radioisotope,
natural or artificially created isotope of a chemical element having an unstable nucleus that decays, emitting alpha, beta, or gamma rays until stability is reached.
..... Click the link for more information. of thorium is 8 minutes. If 100 grams of the isotope are originally present, then only 50 grams will remain after 8 minutes, 25 grams after 16 minutes (2 half-lives), 12.5 grams after 24 minutes (3 half-lives), and so on. Of course the 87.5 grams that are no longer present as the original substance after 24 minutes have not disappeared but remain in the form of one or more other substances in the isotope's radioactive decay series. Individual decays are random and cannot be predicted, but this statistical measure of the great number of atoms in the sample is very accurate. The half-life of a radioactive isotope is a characteristic of that isotope and is not affected by any change in physical or chemical conditions.
half-lifeThe time taken for the number of atoms of a radioactive isotope to be reduced, by radioactive decay, to one half. The mean life is the average time before decay of a large number of similar elementary particles or atoms of a radioisotope. Mean life is equal to 1.44 times the half-life.
the average time required for the number of radioactive nuclei in a sample of a radioactive substance to be halved. If N0 radioactive nuclei exist at a time t = 0, the number of nuclei N decreases in time according to the law
N = N0eλt
where λ is the disintegration constant. The quantity τ = 1/λ is called the mean life of the radioactive nuclei. The half-life T1/2 is related to λ and τ by the equation
T1/2 = τ 1n 2 = (1n 2)/λ = 0.693/λ
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The time required for one-half of a given material to undergo chemical reactions.
The average time interval required for one-half of any quantity of identical radioactive atoms to undergo radioactive decay. Also known as half-value period; radioactive half-life.
1. the time taken for half of the atoms in a radioactive material to undergo decay.
2. the time required for half of a quantity of radioactive material absorbed by a living tissue or organism to be naturally eliminated (biological half-life) or removed by both elimination and decay (effective half-life)


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Chaz Bono is dancing right past the controversy surrounding his casting on "Dancing With the Stars" — and he's not even the dancing type.
"I like it, but I'm kind of an introvert," he said from the nondescript dance studio where he has been rehearsing for the hit ABC show for up to five hours a day. "My natural tendency is to go in, not show off. I get embarrassed really easily, which is something you have to get over on this show."
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Bono will be over it by Monday night, when he and 11 other celebrities, including actors, TV personalities, and sports stars, will make their ballroom debut on the season premiere of "Dancing With the Stars."
Of the 11, Bono may be the most controversial: As the show's first transgender contestant, the 42-year-old author and activist has been the subject of hateful blog posts by some viewers and conservative media groups. Some have even called for a "Dancing" boycott.
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But other groups, such as the Transgender Law Center and the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, have lauded his casting and urged their members to support Bono's appearance on the show.
Meanwhile, he and professional partner Lacey Schwimmer are too focused on their cha-cha to listen to all the chatter and they're confident that once the show begins, the controversy will fade as quickly as its requisite spray tans.
"I feel like if people who are on the fence just watch the show, I think they're going to feel comfortable with me pretty soon," said Bono, wearing double knee braces under his long basketball shorts. "I'm a really kind of regular guy. I think I'm a pretty nice guy. My heart is in the right place and I think if people just watch, they'll see that."
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Though his casting on "Dancing" makes him the most visible transgender person in America, he doesn't feel pressure to make any kind of statement.
"No, other than to do my best dancing," he said. "That's the statement that I'd like to make: that I'm an OK dancer. That's about it."
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"I just hope people understand that he's just like everybody else and he's here on a dancing show to shake his groove thing," said Schwimmer, Bono's instructor and partner.
Coaxing out Bono's inner groove thing, however, isn't always easy, she said. Despite his legendary showbiz roots, Bono is pretty reserved. Though he opened up to the world about his transition from female to male in the Emmy-nominated documentary "Becoming Chaz," dancing in front of millions almost feels more intimate.
"It's completely different because I've never done this before," he said. "I can sit down and talk to Oprah about myself or subjects that I'm really comfortable with and that I really know and have information to put across, but I'm not a dancer. All I know about dancing is what I've learned in less than (three) weeks!"
And the process has literally been painful.
"I have aching everything," Bono said.
"He's using muscles he never even knew he had," Schwimmer added.
The two, who never met before they were cast together on "Dancing" and now call themselves Team Schwaz, have developed an easy chemistry, sometimes finishing each other's sentences.
They talk about the tattoos they'll get to commemorate the show, crack jokes about their age difference and laugh about Schwimmer's love of legwarmers. She's 23 and thinks the fashions of the "Flashdance" era are the coolest. She has promised she won't force Bono to wear "a hot pink catsuit with legwarmers," but one gets the idea she'd really like to.
Bono has been too busy with the intricacies of ballroom dancing — "posture, the head in the right place, arm movement, fingers" — to think about the sequins that may await him. He said he's left the design of his costume completely up to Schwimmer.
He joined the show to challenge himself, he said, and wasn't really a "Dancing" fan until after he signed on and watched a bunch of past seasons to prepare.
"It's so positive, it's very wholesome, and though I know some people think that I'm not, I actually am," he said. "I appreciate that there's stuff on this (show) that the whole family can sit and watch. It's positive and it's people trying to do their best and having breakthroughs. There's nothing salacious about this show, and I appreciate that."
He has devoted himself full time to dancing, and when it came time to film a freestyle segment for the show, Bono made his partner proud.
"He was kicking and turning and jumping and shimmying," she said. "He mixed a little bit of disco, '80s and Fred Astaire."
"I guess it is in me," Bono said, "but I have to dig deep to get it."
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OTTAWA - Heavy workloads and high turnover at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans could jeopardize the federal government's ability to protect Canadians from the dangerous impacts of industrial projects, say internal government records obtained by Postmedia News.
The warnings were made before the federal government started a series of multi-million-dollar budget cuts to scientific research and monitoring programs across several departments.
The internal records, released under access to information laws, suggested scientists and policy experts at the fisheries department were already overworked in efforts to assess the environmental impacts of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia.
"Continuity of DFO team members throughout the above process is critical to providing clear, consistent, and defensible advice, positions, and permits," said an internal government management plan drafted in March 2010 at the fisheries department.
The Harper government is expected to adopt legislation this week that rewrites Canadian environmental laws.
The changes include removing existing protections that prohibit pollution or harm to fish habitat, and replacing it with new provisions that would prevent "serious harm" to specific types of fisheries considered to be of commercial, recreational or aboriginal value.
Other proposed changes would eliminate thousands of environmental assessments for new projects, weaken protections for species at risk and limit public participation in environmental reviews of industrial projects.
At the same time, the government confirmed on Wednesday it would eliminate more than 100 jobs in the fisheries department, including a substantial reduction in habitat officers.
Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield told the Union of Environment Workers president Todd Panas in a June 14 letter that some of the changes to laws are necessary since the existing legislation offers "few tools to authorize pollution other than by detailed regulations." He also said the new regime would "provide flexibility and establish new tools to authorize deposits of deleterious substances."
Ashfield has declined a request to explain his remarks, referring questions to his department, which later referred the questions to Environment Canada, where a spokesman was not immediately able to provide a comment.
The internal government records indicated the fisheries department was already facing "staffing" problems, and "high turnover" in September 2010.
"Timely advice from science requires significant advance planning," said an internal presentation prepared for fisheries department staff working on the environmental assessment of Enbridge pipeline.
The records also indicated the department anticipated a "high workload" for its scientists, engineers and other staff during a regulatory phase of the Enbridge project prior to construction.
One senior scientist suggested in internal correspondence a complete environmental review of the project would be difficult to complete based on the federal government's timelines.
"Individual stream crossing review is quite time and energy intensive, and unfortunately, is limited to snow-free times of year,' wrote John Summers, senior habitat biologist, in email sent to other fisheries department colleagues on Jan 23, 2011.
"I'll be going great-guns again after snowmelt, but there will definitely be additional back-and-forth discussions with the proponent as we work to minimize impacts etc. I'm not sure yet how this will translate into effects on the MPMO (federal Major Projects Management Office) timelines, but will do my best to adhere to them."


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State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA)
What is SONYMA?
The State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) is a public authority that was established by the state government in 1970. SONYMA was created to provide low- and moderate-income residents of New York with opportunities for affordable homeownership. Programs exist under this agency to help all kinds of borrowers and each features competitive interest rates, no prepayment penalties, low down payments, and down payment assistance.
Types of SONYMA mortgage programs:
Achieving the Dream – Features lower interest rates than any other SONYMA program. Available to lower income first time home buyers.
Low Interest Rate Program – The standard SONYMA mortgage program for a first-time homebuyer purchasing either a newly constructed or existing home
How SONYMA works:
Like with most loans, SONYMA will require employment history, asset documentation, rental verification, and an acceptable credit history. SONYMA loans can only be used on primary residences and no commercial activity is allowed.
- Are a first-time homebuyer in the state of New York
- Have low to moderate income
- Are looking to purchase a primary residence
- Want to take advantage of down payment assistance
For more detailed information about SONYMA please visit their website here.


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Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (Rancho) was first founded in 1888 to serve farming families who could not afford medical services. In the 1950s, a polio epidemic struck Southern California. Clinical teams at the time reorganized to provide more comprehensive rehabilitative services. Through this reorganization Rancho transitioned into the internationally recognized hospital it is today.
As the only rehabilitation hospital in Los Angeles County's Department of Health Services, Rancho serves a unique and vital role in patient recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration. The hospital specializes in brain, neurology, orthopedic, pediatric, spine injury, and stroke rehabilitation. Each year, the hospital provides care to approximately 4,000 inpatients and 71,000 outpatients, making it one of the largest rehabilitation centers in the nation.
Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center promotes and supports a patient and family centered approach to care delivered in a context sensitive to the importance of relationships. Rancho does not restrict, limit, or otherwise deny admission to our facility, clinical care, visitation privileges, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, ethnicity, language, culture, size, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socioeconomic status, physical or mental ability or disability.
A Leader in Research
Rancho has an illustrious history in shaping rehabilitation research. In 1955, Dr. Vernon Nickel developed the halo device. Dr. Jacquelin Perry introduced groundbreaking studies on gait analysis in 1992. In a 2011 partnership with MIT, Rancho began using robotic technology to help children with cerebral palsy.
The history of Rancho's research serves as a foundation for its future. Through the Rancho Research Institute, clinicians at the hospital continue to conduct vital research and contribute internationally recognized publications to the field of rehabilitation.
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For more than two decades, Rancho has ranked as one of the top rehabilitation hospitals in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. The hospital serves as a branch campus of the University of Southern California Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Allied Health professions, and is affiliated with universities throughout the nation. Rancho is accredited by The Joint Commission and the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
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Olive leaf extract is a rediscovery of a substance used in ancient Biblical times. This substance is derived from the plain olive leaf (Olea europaea) and has multiple health applications The ancient Egyptians may have been the first to make practical use of the olive leaf using it in the mummification of their kings. In later cultures, olive leaf extracts were used as a popular folk remedy to relieve fevers.
The following information is from historical medical literature.
The first formal medical documentation describing the use of the olive leaf to cure severe cases of fever and malaria appeared around the 1850's. For example, a simple healing remedy using olive leaves was published in 1854 in a Pharmaceutical Journal. More recently, Italian researchers found the olive leaf extract (oleuropein) had the capacity to lower blood pressure in animals. Oleuropein is a substance found in the olive leaf. It is classified an iridoid which is a structural class of chemical compounds found in plants. Other European researchers confirmed this finding and determined that olive leaf extract also increased blood flow In the coronary arteries, relieved arrhythmias (irregular heart beats), and prevented intestinal muscle spasms.
In the late 1960's, research by Upjohn Laboratories showed that elenolic acid, a substance derived from olive leaf extract, killed viruses. Among the viruses tested were herpes and influenza. Elenolic acid was also effective against parasitic protozoa and bacteria. It was also found to counteract a variety of viruses associated with the common cold in humans.
Olive leaf extract has been successfully used by doctors to treat a wide variety of infections. It may be especially helpful in viral infections as there are few other natural substances that have as much positive research and clinical results.
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About the Teaching Series, Handout Apologetics
Christian apologetics is that which deals with answering any and all critics who oppose or question the revelation of God in Christ and the Bible. This study explores a whole host of doctrines important to the church and defends them all against common objections and misconceptions. Working through this series will challenge and equip you to defend the faith.
John H. Gerstner (1914–1996) was a Professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary and an authority on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards. He pastored several churches before accepting a professorship where he taught church history for over 30 years. He was also a visiting professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Ill., and author of many books and articles.


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Seth MacFarlane's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" is like a political documentary, because it will likely divide audiences faster than a debate between a tea party candidate and a socialist.
The film's detractors will argue that humorous flatulence jokes began and ended with "Blazing Saddles," the gold standard of comedic Westerns. They'll say that the many F-bombs are just a cheap attempt to punch up punchless dialogue. They'll find little cleverness in MacFarlane's attempts to satirize the Old West, because so much of the material is cliched and obvious (and not in a way that successfully satirizes movie cliches). They'll pooh-pooh MacFarlane as a nonactor, whose protagonist is too whiny to be any sort of hero, even in a comedy.
On the other side will be the viewers who aren't afraid of lowbrow humor and like that director and co-writer MacFarlane, who shares screenwriting credits with Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, mixes in just enough cleverness with the foul-mouthed infantile jokes. An overwhelming chunk of this crowd will be young men not old enough to remember Mel Brooks or, say, the underrated, more subtle 1985 comedy "Rustlers' Rhapsody."
I get both sides, though I've seen far too many lowbrow comedies that worked beautifully to get much out of "A Million Ways to Die in the West." While I can appreciate some of the well-worn gags here (I, too, have wondered why no one in the 19th century was allowed to smile in photographs), I didn't find myself actually laughing until the movie was about three-quarters done. By then, it was too late.
MacFarlane plays Albert Stark, a smart but cowardly Arizona sheep farmer in 1882. His devotion to mediocrity drives his girlfriend and town hottie, Louise (Amanda Seyfried), into the arms of Foy, the dapper owner of the town's moustachery (Neil Patrick Harris, who, as usual, looks like he's enjoying every minute). As Albert, MacFarlane misses more than he connects. It's almost as if he doesn't think his jokes are funny enough and has to push until the audience winces. The idea of Sarah Silverman playing a prostitute saving herself for her boyfriend, Edward (Giovanni Ribisi), until they're married is funny — until we have to endure a misplaced body fluids joke (that was funny once, and only once, in "There's Something About Mary").
Albert's luck changes when Anna (Charlize Theron), wife of the territory's most notorious villain, Clinch Leatherwood (played with little inspiration by Liam Neeson), hides out in town. Theron's Anna is refreshingly natural. She takes Albert under her wing to prepare him for a big gunfight and, of course, falls for him, setting up the big conflict once Clinch hits town.
A few funny bits appear along the way (excitement over real paper money, a random bull wreaking havoc, a well-placed cameo from the star of a huge 1980s film). But those moments are swamped by gags about feces, urinating, slavery and anal sex, and some skull-crushing violence. I get it — Seth MacFarlane specializes in clever lowbrow humor. But, as shown in his animated TV series "Family Guy," MacFarlane is best when he challenges his own imagination, instead of merely settling for the lowest common denominator. So many of the bits in "A Million Ways to Die in the West" feel like they were just jammed into the script at the last minute.
Strangely, things take a sharp turn toward movie's end, once Albert gets captured by Indians and the drugs kick in (Albert's, not MacFarlane's, though one never knows). Suddenly, the satire becomes sharper, and MacFarlane's weird imagination produces the movie's most hilarious scenes, by far.
But it's too little, too late. If MacFarlane was hoping to make a new generation's "Blazing Saddles," he failed amid an avalanche of dumb. Next time, he should use the good jokes first and build from there.
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Suicide rates are up alarmingly among middle-aged Americans, according to the latest federal government statistics.
They show a 28 percent rise in suicide rates for people aged 35 to 64 between 1999 and 2010. Rates for children and younger adults, and people over 65, didn't change much over the same time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
"Most suicide research and prevention efforts have focused historically on youth and the elderly. This report's findings suggest that efforts should also address the needs of middle-aged persons," CDC researchers wrote in the agency's weekly report in death and disease.
The CDC didn't look at why suicides might be up. Other reports have shown a link between bad economic times and suicides, although the American Association for Suicidology denies this. The National Bureau of Economic Research says the U.S. experienced a recession from 2007 to 2009.
But the association says unemployment and home foreclosures -- both of which soared during this time and both of which remain high -- do lead to more suicides.
"The findings in this report suggest it is important for suicide prevention strategies to address the types of stressors that middle-aged Americans might be facing and that can contribute to suicide risk," said Linda Degutis, director of CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
The CDC had already noted a worrying trend for suicides. "Suicide deaths have surpassed deaths from motor vehicle crashes in recent years in the United States. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides," the CDC's Nimesh Patel and Scott Kegler wrote in their report.
They teased out the data by age and sex and found a clear trend for people who usually are at the height of career and family responsibilities -- those aged 35 to 64. "Annual suicide rates for this age group increased 28 percent over this period (from 13.7 suicides per 100,000 people in 1999 to 17.6 per 100,000 in 2010), with particularly high increases among non-Hispanic whites and American Indians and /Alaska Natives," they wrote.
They also found an increase in three methods of committing suicide: hanging or suffocation, poisoning and guns.
Men are far more likely than women to commit suicide, but suicide rates rose more for women than for men. Suicide rates increased 32 percent for women and 27 percent for men, CDC said.
"The greatest increases in suicide rates were among people aged 50 to 54 years (48 percent) and 55 to 59 years (49 percent)," the CDC said.
The American Association for Suicidology says economic recessions don't normally affect suicide rates.
"Although US suicide rates did increase slightly during the years of the Great Depression, reaching a peak rate of 17.4/100,000 in 1933, subsequent US recessions have not been found to lead to increased national rates of suicide in the period of or immediately following each recession," the group says.
The latest numbers suggest suicide rates for middle-aged Americans now surpass the peak during the Depression. And there's another possible explanation.
"There is a clear and direct relationship between rates of unemployment and suicide," the suicidology group says in its statement.
"The peak rate of suicide in 1933 occurred one year after the total US unemployment rate reached 25 percent of the labor force. Similar findings have been documented internationally. At the individual level, unemployed individuals have between two and four times the suicide rate of those employed."
The group also raises concern about the home foreclosure rate. "More than a million people recently have lost their homes, about as many as did in the Great Depression when the population was about half what it is today. For most Americans, our homes are our primary investment and the locus of our identities and social support systems. When combined with the loss of job, home loss has been found to be one of the most common economic strains associated with suicides."
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment peaked at 10 percent in 2009. It's been above 5 percent since 2008 and is currently around 7.6 percent. Home foreclosures have also soared.
- Military suicide rate hits record high
- Economy blamed for spike in suicides
- Downturn raises worries about recession's real costs


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Big first frame all Rafters need to sink Scorpions
Shaffer, Parker lead the Salt River offense as Schultz delivers on hill
Richie Shaffer's first full professional season didn't go exactly as he'd hoped. Shaffer had starred at Clemson and played well in his professional debut after the Rays made him 25th overall pick of the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. But that success didn't continue as he advanced to Class A Advanced Charlotte.
Shaffer hit .254 with a .308 on-base percentage. He felt he had gotten away from some of the things that had made him a successful player in college. So, in the Arizona Fall League, he has tried to return to the approach that made him a first-round pick.
Thursday, Shaffer showed his potential. The Rays' No. 9 prospect went 2-for-3 with a stolen base and an RBI, helping Salt River to a 4-2 victory against Scottsdale at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The victory moved the Rafters within a half game of first place in the East Division with six games to play.
"I had a good approach," Shaffer said. "I wanted to stay within myself and I had some pitches to hit and I didn't miss them."
Despite striking out once Thursday, Shaffer still has more walks (15) than strikeouts (14) this fall. He said that ratio is one of the things he wanted to improve after striking out 106 times and walking just 35 times in 122 games this season.
"Being patient was something that worked for me," Shaffer said. "In the regular season, I was a little aggressive and ended up swinging at pitches I didn't want to hit. Out here, I'm trying to trust that if I get my pitch, I can hit it. I'm getting in more hitter's counts.
"It's something I've been working on a lot, so it's good to see some positive results out of it."
Shaffer helped give Salt River an early lead Thursday. After Scorpions starter Aaron Northcraft walked the bases loaded in the first inning, Kyle Parker hit a two-run single. Shaffer followed with a sacrifice fly to give the Rafters a 3-0 lead.
"I thought we did a great job of jumping on them early with that three spot," Shaffer said. "Then our pitching carried us into about the [fifth], when we got that insurance run."
The Rafters were held to six hits, but didn't need much offense the rest of the game. Andy Burns scored two runs and Tim Wheeler, the Rockies' No. 10 prospect, went 1-for-2 with a run and two walks.
Salt River's pitching staff didn't need any more run support as right-hander Bo Schultz continued his solid fall. For the fifth straight start, the D-backs' farmhand completed five innings. He did allow nine hits, but he limited the damage to one run in the fourth and another in the fifth.
The Scorpions fared no better with Schultz out of the game, as three relievers limited them to one hit in four innings. Four Scorpions had multiple hits, but they were unable to get the timely hit they needed. Alex Dickerson, the Pirates' No. 13 prospect, went 2-for-4 with a double and a run.
As the season nears its final week, Salt River is in a close race with Mesa in the East Division. The winner will play in the AFL Championship Game on Nov. 16.
While Shaffer knows the end of the season is fast approaching, he said he will use all the time he has left in the AFL to keep learning and growing as a player. He said the most important lessons he has learned in his first full professional season have been about the mental aspect of the game and he wants to be able to keep building on them and take some momentum into the offseason.
"I'm learning who I am as a player and what I'm capable of," Shaffer said. "These are a lot of things that some of the veteran players that are here have already figured out. But that's what the fall league is for young players like me."


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Well adapted to desert life, Joshua Trees spread across the Mohave Desert. Joshua Tree National Park.
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Mission Carmel garden.
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Afternoon stroll on Ka'anapali Beach.
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Bona-fide Torrance-based, non-profit groups may submit events to be included in the Torrance citywide calendar pending approval. The City of Torrance Citywide Calendar System Administrator (Office of Cable and Community Relations) is responsible for determining which events are appropriate for posting and then approving a calendar entry. The administrator also has the capability to submit the event to other calendars so that your event may be posted on more than one calendar if appropriate. Events must occur within Torrance city limits to be considered for inclusion and submitted within the categories already identified within the calendar. Upon submission, the following information should be included: How To Submit
Co-Rec Club
- Date: 11/08/2019 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
- Location: Ken Miller Recreation Center
3341 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance, California 90503
- Introduction: Co-Rec Club is a co-ed recreation program for 6th, 7th and 8th grade Torrance Middle School Students!
Join us for another fun filled night with great friends and amazing music!
ADMISSION: Members $3 and Guests $5 (All guests must have a current Torrance middle school ID).
This program is sponsored and supervised by the City of Torrance Community Services Department. Co-Rec provides dances and activities throughout the year for Torrance middle school students. Memberships for 2019/20 will be available for $15.00. Please bring your school ID or a current middle school schedule.
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Were you ever making a text adventure and you were stuck in the middle of the story, and either 1) didn't know where to take the story, or 2) didn't know what tasks you should have the player complete in order to advance through the adventure?
I was stuck on #2 for a while. #1 was an interesting ride: I had a premise and developed in my head where I wanted to go with it, and it kind of evolved fluidly into a pretty solid story outline as I made the game. #2 was where I was stuck. I have the game about 20% to 25% complete (just a guess, as I'm stil not sure of the scale of the game), but it was so large that I divided the game into "Days" so it doesn't overwhelm the adventurer. The player must complete specific tasks of one day in order to advance to the next one. The first "day" has a few tasks that can be carried over, but as the game has become better-defined, it seemed logical to make sure that certain tasks be completed, so that future tasks aren't "closed off" and the game be made unwinnable.
The point is, that I needed to find certain tasks to drive the game forward. So for a while, the development was at a standstill. I had finally come up with a task, but needed subtasks and puzzles for the character to figure out. Again, my ability to think of how to do this kept me stuck for a while. Eventually, I added a new character to the game, who fit in quite perfectly. Now I had some direction, and although there were a few things I had to resolve, I got the game progress rolling again!
Did anyone else have programming (OR STORY, or both) blocks like this? And do you have advice to offer other game designeers based on what you did to get out of it?


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Students with disabilities may find that studying abroad presents a set of challenges to address before and during their time away. Laws and cultural norms that impact accessibility vary from country to country. While potentially challenging, these considerations are manageable and should not inhibit an international experience. In order to best prepare for your experience abroad, it is important to discuss your disability and how it relates to your study abroad experience early-on during the preparation process.
The community of students with disabilities is large and diverse, and we in the CSB/SJU Center for Global Education are dedicated to assisting all of our students in finding a study abroad experience that will be safe, accommodating, and exciting. While the goal is to facilitate reasonable accommodation on any program, there may be some program locations that have an especially successful track record for proactively accommodating disability needs. A study abroad advisor in CGE can help you explore program options and consider how any disability-related needs might be reasonably accommodated depending on the location and program you select.
- CSB/SJU Disability Services If you have a disability or a condition which requires support through accommodations, please contact our disability specialist.
- Mobility International USA Provides resources for students with disabilities who are considering study abroad.
- Disability Travel and Recreation Resources Numerous resources for disabled travelers to all parts of the world.
- A World Awaits You Online Journal Free online journal that includes interviews with people with disabilities who have participated in a wide range of international exchange programs.
- CSB/SJU Joint Human Rights Policy and Complaint Procedure If you believe you may have been discriminated against.