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November 13, 2008
Snowflake Derby set for December 14
Information/Entry Form
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—The annual Snowflake Derby has been scheduled for Sunday, December 14, at 2:30 p.m. CST on the campus of the University of Southern Indiana. Entry fees for pre-registered runners are $15, while race-day registration will be $20. Race-day registration will run from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Physical Activities Center.
All pre-registered entries must be received by December 8 and pre-registered runners will receive a Snowflake Derby knit running cap on race day. Knit running caps will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. If supplies run out, the caps will be mailed to all participants as soon as possible.
This year's event will be run entirely on grass and dirt (or mud) trails. Hills, hay bails, log jumps, and creek crossings will all be part of a terrain that varies from flat, to rolling hills, to short, steep inclines and declines. The start and finish will be at the Screaming Eagles Valley Cross Country and Disc Golf Complex on the south end of campus.
Awards go to the top three male and female finishers overall, plus the top two male and female finishers in the following age groups: 15–under, 16-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-over. Food and drinks will be provided after the race.
All proceeds from the events benefit the USI cross country and track and field programs. For an entry form or more information, call USI Head Cross Country/Track and Field Coach Mike Hillyard at (812) 465-1232 or contact him via email.
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Hypertension/High Blood Pressure Health Center
Know Your Blood Pressure Numbers
In this article
How Often Should I Get My Blood Pressure Checked?
- If your blood pressure is normal (less than 120/80), get it checked at least every 2 years or more frequently as your doctor suggests.
- If your blood pressure is borderline high -- systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 or diastolic blood pressure of 80 to 89 -- check it at least every year or more often as your doctor suggests. Depending on whether or not you have other medical issues, this number might be considered too high.
- If your blood pressure is 140/90 or higher, talk with your doctor as this is high blood pressure and requires a doctor's attention.
Can I Check my Blood Pressure at Home?
Monitoring blood pressure at home is important for many people, especially if you have high blood pressure. This helps you and your doctor track blood pressure more closely to determine if treatment is keeping it controlled.
Your doctor may also suggest that you check blood pressure at home if he/she thinks you may have "white coat hypertension." This occurs when the stress of being in a doctor's office increases your blood pressure, but it's normal at home.
Ask your doctor to recommend an easy-to-use and reliable home blood pressure monitor. Make sure the size of the blood pressure cuff itself (the inflatable part that wraps around your upper arm) fits properly. If your arm is too large for the cuff, the blood pressure number may be elevated even if it's really normal. Ask your doctor for a larger cuff to get an accurate reading or make sure you buy a home blood pressure monitor with a cuff that fits you.
Wrist blood pressure monitors can also be accurate when used appropriately. Follow the directions that come with the device.
No matter which type of blood pressure monitor you have, it's a good idea to take it into your doctor's office. You can compare your doctor's reading to the reading on your home monitor. This helps assure that your home blood pressure monitor is accurate.
Before you take your blood pressure, it's recommended to avoid caffeine, cigarettes, and exercise for at least 30 minutes prior to the test.

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What is the difference between ice cream, gelato, and sorbet? They look different, but are they made differently?
First of all, the names vary a bit from country to country, or the ingredients do. I'll explain the most common names/ingredients.
The main difference is in the ingredients used. Sorbet is basically water + sugar + fruit, while ice cream and gelato is milk/cream + sugar + fruit. So the last two are more 'creamy', while sorbet is more 'icy'.
You can say that ice cream is a type of gelato, but there still is a difference. More sugar in gelato, more butterfat (the percentage of fat in the milk/cream) in ice cream.
You can read quite a lot about ice cream on wikipedia.
1) Custard ice-cream with eggs milk and cream.(Quite a high portion of eggs) 2) Ice-cream (dairy) 10% upwards of milk fat (milk & cream) 3) Gelato less than 10% butter fat but upwards of 16% sugar (needed to balance recipe) 4) Sorbet fruit, water and some milk to give it body 5) Water ice fruit water and sugar
Gelato is kind of Italian icecream, which has more sugar & Fat content .


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May 13, 2013
Reds, whites and greens – golf in the Winelands
Larry Gould
Larry Gould is a Frenchman by birth, an Englishman by education and a South African by choice.
He is a former international hotelier, having worked in Europe, USA, the Caribbean, East Africa and the Seychelles. During this time in the hospitality industry he earned the nickname the "Golfing Hotelier" because of his passion for the game.
He came to South Africa in 1979 for a three-week holiday and never left. He told us: "I fell in love with the scenery, the beaches, the mountains, the people and, as a Frenchman, the wine!"
In South Africa he has been the General Manager of Fancourt in George, and with the advent of democracy and the impending tourism boom he identified the need for a guide to local golf courses for international golfers.
For the past 18 years he has produced his regional guides The Larry Gould Guides to Golf (where to play and where to stay).
"Many professional golfers are wine aficionados, and worldwide recognised names have launched or are in partnership with vineyards throughout the world." This quote is by golf and travel writer Michael Cunningham, writing in the Wineries Refined magazine in British Columbia, Canada.
Cunningham has been to Cape Town and admits that in South Africa we certainly have our own golf and wine Legends, with Ernie Els, Retief Goosen and David Frost very much on the leaderboard of this international trend.
He readily admits that amateur golfers visiting South Africa, who are also interested in the grip of the grape, have an abundance of choice – especially in the Cape, where wine routes abound around the golfing choices on offer.
An example is the Constantia Wine Valley, the oldest wine-growing area in South Africa. In this valley, "on course" the golfer can enjoy Westlake's flat golf experience and its deserved reputation for its social atmosphere. Within easy distance, the Royal Cape, South Africa's oldest golf course, offers a traditional classic layout, while the Steenberg Golf Club is at the heart of historic vineyards and superb real estate and hotel developments. The course has immaculate manicuring throughout, and the Constantia Valley backdrops add scenic pleasure to the challenge.
"Off course", the historic Steenberg Winery is enhanced by the Bistro Sixteen82 restaurant, a modern, sophisticated daytime venue with a very welcoming pool terrace. It has succeeded perfectly in the fusion of food and wine.
On my last visit, I had the memorable Namibian crab risotto, which can be chosen either as a starter or a main course – it still makes me salivate as I reminisce. Red crab, charred corn, asparagus and crème fraiche are the ingredients, and the visual and smell sensations emphatically add to the pleasure. To complement this wonderful dish, I chose the Steenberg Sauvignon Blanc Reserve 2011. Green figs, asparagus, lime and nettle on the nose and a beautiful creamy lingering aftertaste was a perfect match for the food.
There is also another restaurant choice at the Steenberg Hotel on the estate – this is the more formal and classic Catherina's Restaurant, which has an added bonus in the Graham Beck champagne bar.
Buitenverwachting and Constantia Uitsig both have award-winning restaurants, while the Jonkershuis Restaurant, at the famous Groot Constantia Wine Estate, offers a marvellous choice of traditional Cape Malay dishes in spacious surroundings. The cellar is worth a visit!
There are also other wonderful venues in the valley for a golfer to sample wine and food after a scenically splendid round of golf. There are wine farms and historically famous hotels, such as The Alphen Hotel, where the hip Rose Bar is a favoured meeting place for the in-crowd. At the Cellars-Hohenort hotel, the Greenhouse Restaurant is regularly voted as a top-10 restaurant in South Africa and, under the talent of chef Peter Tempelhoff, it is a must-visit when in the Constantia Valley.
As Michael Cunningham reminded me, the words of Robert Percival, an English officer arriving in the Cape in 1796, ring true today: "Every stranger who arrives at the Cape makes a point of visiting the village of Constantia and those famous wine plantations: for these, with the Table Mountain, are looked upon as great and first objects of curiosity at the Cape."


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Average retail gasoline prices in Nebraska have not moved in the past week, averaging $3.18/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 1,150 gas outlets in Nebraska. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $3.24/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Nebraska during the past week, prices yesterday were 1 cent per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 16.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 19.1 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 1.3 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
"With just hours to go before Christmas, it appears that the national average may set a new all-time record high, barely edging out 2011 as the most expensive average for gasoline on Christmas Day," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. "The bad news likely won't stop there- gasoline prices in six out of the last seven years have increased between Christmas Day and January 15 of the following year. If the national average rises to at least $3.26/gal before New Years Day it will mark the highest start for gas prices ever on the first day of the year," DeHaan said.
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In The Wealth of Nations, the word economy appears frequently (as it should, being a book on economics). However, once (so far), it has been spelled œconomy. Upon researching the term, it's the archaic spelling of economy. Why would Adam Smith have used two spellings of economy? Are/were there slight distinctions between the meanings?
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The room was bathed in fanned rays of yellow light, the glare of the streetlight outside the window only partially shuttered out by the Venetian blinds.
It wasn't a terribly cluttered or fancy room; bunk bed at one end, desk at the other, two closets and chests of drawers, mirror, and bookshelves. The walls were grey cinderblock, and the floor was institutional brown tile, a choice of a practical rather than esthetic nature.
But that wasn't to say that the room had no character; far from it. It wasn't easy for a lowly teenager to make a dent in the Establishment's effort to create anonymous conformity, but it could be done.
The center of the floor was covered by a huge Persian rug, and the walls were adorned with Roger Dean landscapes: here an ethereal stone staircase over a cloudy sky, there a desert island floating in the clouds, and over there a huge mesa, a lake at its top, sheeting down water on all sides.
And there weren't many other rooms in the building that would have had furniture like that next to the desk: a keyboard stand with a small synthesizer, a pair of boxy guitar amps, a beautiful old Les Paul on a stand, and a hideously-customized old Rickenbacker bass beside it, a sort of "American Gothic" with guitars instead of the old farmer and his wife.
The bunk bed was occupied, top and bottom, and gentle breathing could be heard from both of the beds. Up top, two bodies were intertwined under the thick blanket, sleeping the sleep of the beloved.
Down below, a single body was stretched out and gently snoring, head thrown back on the thick pillow, arms and legs akimbo. Suddenly, a tiny rustling motion came from beneath the blanket on the lower bunk. A small, moving lump appeared under the blanket, slowly and laboriously moving across to the edge of the bed. At the edge, it hesitated, trembling, then cautiously nosed out from under the covers.
Benjamin's penis was going exploring.
It looked to the left and right, carefully sniffing the air for anything out of the ordinary and listening for any strange sound that might mean trouble. Satisfied at last, it gathered itself carefully, and jumped lightly down onto the carpet, glans first.
It was an undignified way to land, that was for certain, but it knew from experience that it was a hell of a lot nicer than landing on its balls.
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1 Benjamin Penis Was Going Exploring As It Looked To The Left And Right | 2 Benjamin Penis Gazed Up Fearfully And Wondered If Austin Penis Felt Same Way | 3 Benjamin Wasnt Allowed To Kiss Too Hard Because She Be Too Sore To Play Clarinet | 4 He Scratched His Groin And Swung His Legs Out From Under Covers Smacking His Lips | 5 Benjamin Held Up Hand And Waved Frantically Making Disgusted Faces | 6 Benjamin Gorge Catapulted Into His Throat At Sight Of Her And His Grin Turned Demonic | 7 Charles Was Holding With One Arm Gently Caressing Smooth Curve Of Lauren Hip | 8 Lauren Jingled Hers Lightly And Was Instantly Rewarded With Kiss From Charles | 9 For Her Cold Borscht My Heart Bleeds If World Depended On Concern For Her Feeling | 10 I Love You And I Miss You And Couldnt You At Least Give Me An Explanation | 11 His Grin From Ear To Ear As He Gave Austin Then Benjamin Food-Spilling Whack On The Back | 12 He Found Himself Eyeing Shift And Ripple Of Her Buttocks As She Walked | 13 Jocelyn Heavy Breasts And Sinuous Torso Had An Appeal All Their Own | 14 Austin Slid Teasing Hand Down Her Belly And Over Her Pubic Mound Searching For Her Clitoris | 15 She Relax Her Throat Muscles And Take His Entire Penis Down Her Throat Without Gagging | 16 My Face Is Cold And I Got Snow Down My Pants That Really Sucks Serious Dick | 17 Her Smooth Wet Pussy Clasped And Released His Manhood And He Gently Suckled On Her Breast | 18 She Lapped Up Softly Glowing Semen From His Shrinking Penis Licking It Clean | 19 Dropping His Pants I Can Beat Off Without Having To Listen To Them Whisper Sweet Nothings | 20 Henry Was Sprawled Out On Couch Reading Paperback And Notes Of An Acoustic Guitar | 21 He Set Guitar Down And Threw Both Arms Around Lauren Bearing Her Down To Carpet On Her Back | 22 Lauren Rolled Charles Over And Slowly Rub Herself Up And Down Against His Thigh | 23 Lauren Who Was Obviously Doing Her Best To Come As Quietly As Possible On Charles Thigh | 24 At Your Service Madam And He Took Her Proffered Hand And Kissed It | 25 My Tits Never Look That Good Without A Bra On As Lauren Thought Worriedly | 26 Flower Gave Her Sort Of Smile One Gives An Adorable Young Child | 27 This Guy Is Like Total Fuckhead And Thinks He Can Create Trees | 28 What The Hell So Special About Cum That Glows In The Dark | 29 What Funny Word For Underwear And I Wonder Where It Came From | 30 She Was Wearing That Shapeless Nightgown That Zipped Up To Her Chin With Little Lace Collar | 31 Her Parents Used To Walk Around Naked So She Wouldnt Have Any Hangups And Stuff | 32 She Unzipped Her Nightgown From Her Collar To Her Waist And Let It Fall To The Floor | 33 Her Oval Face With Aristocratic Neck And Most Beautiful Breasts Benjamin Had Ever See | 34 He Found Himself Staring At Her Again Entranced By The Way Her Breasts Swung As She Moved | 35 Benjamin Erection Wilted As He Dropped To His Knees And Held Her Tightly As She Began To Cry | 36 Samantha Looked At His Penis Which Was Already Erect Again | 37 He Ran After Lauren As She Grabbed Her Coat And Stormed Out Front Doors Fuming | 38 I Saw You Whole Fucking Night Drooling All Over That Little Cunt Like Goddamned Sled Dog | 39 Just Stuck-Up Brat From Crystal City Who Think She Can Just Waltz With My Man | 40 She Would Stuck Her Face In Your Crotch If I Hadnt Been There And And You Know It | 41 They Stood Huddled Together Under Her Coat Kissing Tenderly For What Seemed Like Hours | 42 She Went Rigid Keening Like Wolf As Her Orgasm Swept Over Her And Mingled In The Night | 43 An Attractive Young Woman Was Struggling On With Young Man Who Was Trying To Hold Her Wrists | 44 Austin Eyes Were Fastened On Her Crotch And On Small Bulge That Went Utterly Unnoticed | 45 She Began To Rub Her Hands Up And Down His Penis Outlined Against Crotch Of His Jeans | 46 One Hard Tug And Her Tights Were Around Her Knees Exposing Her Wide Full Hips Unadorned | 47 He Planted His Dong Against Her Pussy Lips And She Was Sucking Him In With Wet Slurp | 48 What The Fuck Do You Know About Getting Trapped Into Doing Shit You Dont Want To Do | 49 You So Fucking Narcissistic Enough To Make Them Puke And That Is Why It So Obvious | 50 Benjamin Settled Down Onto Bed And Ran His Hands Down Amazing Curve Of Samantha Broad Back | 51 Her Fist Released His Penis And He Began Kissing Down Her Body And Sucks At Her Huge Nipples | 52 He Licked And Sucked And Drove His Tongue Between Her Outer Lips To Caress Entrance To Her Cunt | 53 Benjamin Body Tensed As Long Wet Tongue Licked His Penis And Gently Kissed His Balls | 54 Samantha Swallowed And Swallowed Again Downing Every Drop Of Hot Thick Semen He Gave He | 55 He Sent Samantha Off To Shower And Dress With Kiss And Had Promised To Meet Her | 56 Sexy She Was In Clinging Silk That Was Unzipped Halfway To Her Waist And She Foregone The Bra | 57 Benjamin Threw Down Newspaper Disgustedly And Kicked It Into Corner With Curse | 58 Coming! Coming! Coming! Fastback Drawled Tying On His Apron As He Sauntered Back To Stendorf | 59 Pussy Alert - He Hissed Sotto Voce Smiling And Waving Out Window At Them | 60 Cant Get Pregnant From Singing - Fastback Grinned Heaving Umpteenth Rack Of Clean Dishes | 61 Student Had Left Valentine Day Party After Yelling Threats Against Female Arcadia Student | 62 She Let The Letter Fall From Her Fingers And Looked Back Down At The Bed | 63 He Sucked Life And Sanity Out Of You So He Could Always Have Someone Around To Practise With | 64 He Needs Nice Girlfriend That He Can Fuck At Night By Day To Keep Himself In Trim | 65 She Looked Into His Eyes Hint Of Her Old Fire Smolder And Gave Him Quick Hard Hug | 66 Benjamin Was Surrounded By People Running Hands Through His New Buzzcut And Fingering | 67 She Moved Away From Him As He Moved Closer To Her And She Found Herself Running Out Of Couch | 68 You Were My Friend Before You Were My Girlfriend And If You Arent Still My Friend | 69 Will Losing Me In Your Bed Be Such Terrible Loss When We Had Wonderful Times Together | 70 Lauren Dug Into Her Jeans And Pulled Out Something Which She Undid And Showed To Benjamin | 71 He Caressed Her Firm Breasts Feeling Conical Nipples Erect As He Rolled Them Beneath His Thumbs | 72 He Tried To Slip A Hand Into Her Panties With Finger On Her Clitoris But They Were Too Tight | 73 He Felt Like She Would Suck Out His Penis As She Plunged Her Head Effertlessly To Base Of It | 74 He Crawled On Top Of Her With His Cock At Entrance To Her Vagina And Eased Himself Into Her Gently | 75 I Do Not Want To Be In Any Sort Of Relationship With You Ever Again And I Deserve Better Than You | 76 Her Breasts Slick With Sweat And His Saliva Slipping Up And Down Length Of His Penis | 77 Benjamin Eyes Shut As Cry Of Utter Agony Echoed In His Ears Bringing Music To A Halt | 78 She Came Over And Stood Behind Benjamin Chair Bending To Hug His Shoulders And Kiss His Cheek | 79 We Spent The Whole Week Together And We Were So Happy And Then He Asked Me To Marry Him | 80 Samantha Said Throatily Leaning Forward Giving Benjamin A Good Look Down Front Of Her Blouse | 81 She Tossed Bra Away And Slid Her Hands Down Her Hips To Reveal Her Lush Golden Curls Of Pubic Down | 82 He Thought Tearing Open Condom Package And Rolling Cold Latex Onto His Shaft With Grimace | 83 He Grabbed Her Breasts Squeezing Them And Rolling Her Huge Nipples In His Fingers As She Moan | 84 He Hugged Her Hard Feeling The Agony Of Loss Mixed With Weary Knowledge That She Was Right | 85 If He Not Repsonsible Enough To Wear Condom Then You Have To Be Protected With Pills | 86 She Eased Herself Down Onto Benjamin With Her Breasts Teasing Sparse Hair Around His Nipple | 87 Are You Trying To Tell Me That You Were Fucking Me In Your Sleep | 88 I Know I Gonna Hate Myself In Morning For Admitting It But You Guys Are Right | 89 Nobody Could Get Decent Results Out Of Him But With Benjamin In Control He Was Real Pistol | 90 He Made It A Point Not To Complain Since He And Austin Had Been Friends Ever Since | 91 He Whirled In His Chair Suddenly Cocking A Finger Behind Him - You See That Girl Over There | 92 Young Women Were Attractive But One Stood Out - Wide-Shouldered Girl With Long Silky Brown Hair | 93 Across The Room Other Young Ladies Were Whispering To One Another Excitedly As Benjamin | 94 I Think You Are Amazingly Sexy - You Ve Been Undressing Me With Your Eyes Since You Sat Down Here | 95 You Can Paractice With Them And Write Changes They Need Then We Do Some Serious Rehearsing | 96 She Really Loves You A Lot Benjamin - More Than I Do - More Than I Ever Could | 97 She Began To Stroke Crotch Of Benjamin Pants And He Kissed Her And Rolled Her Over Onto The Bed | 98 Benjamin With One Hand Up Her Skirt And Under Her Panties And Dipped Finger Into Her Dripping Cunt | 99 She Stood Up Straightening Her Skirt And Kissed His Penis As He Started To Pull Up His Pants | 100 I Have Friends Everywhere - Two Women Who Love Me And Yet I Am Alone - Something Not Right | 101 Jocelyn Came With Her Pudgy Legs Tanning In Sun And Her Breasts Swaying Under Her Loose | 102 What Happened To Regal Jocelyn - He Wondered - The Haughty And Proud Mistress Of The Ivories | 103 Benjamin Stood Looking Savoring Her Scent And Soft Breasts That Had Pressed Against His Chest | 104 She Motioned Behind Her To Tall Young Man Who Was Standing Up And Buttoning His Shirt Casually | 105 He Took Her In His Arms And Reveled In Her Soft Breasts And Her Gentle Touch On His Lips | 106 Benjamin Arm Arced Upward In Blur And Paladin Heard Something Whip Past His Ear | 107 She Stepped Into Her Room Closing Door Behind Her And He Heard Rummaging Sounds | 108 We Going To Fuck Till We Drop So Think Of It As Temporary And Concentrate On Making It Good | 109 I Know Difference Between Making Love And Being In Love And We Made Love For A Long Time 110 You Son Of A Bitch - She Moaned - Bucking Up And Down As His Hands Tightened Over Her Breasts | 111 Austin Looked Benjamin Over As He Struck Dignified Pose In His Black Gown And Mortarboard | 112 Lauren Ran Her Hands Down Hem Of Her Dress Uncomfortable Under His Gaze | 113 She Was Down To Bra And Panties When She Was Startled By Timid Knock At The Door | 114 She Stripped Off His Clothes And He Soaked Through His Skin Wrinkled And Icy To The Touch | 115 She Slipped Her Arms Around His Waist And Fondle His Penis Which Was Nearly Hard | 116 We Run Out Of Hot Water Anyway And I Can Fuck You In The Shower Some Other Time | 117 She Spread Her Labia Apart Exposing Her Vagina And Deftly Slipped The Cap Into Her | 118 He Knelt Down Before Her And Buried His Face In Her Groin With His Tongue Finding Her Clitoris | 119 Has Your Pussy Been Lonely Without Me? He Kiss The Nipple Gently Rolling It Across His Tongue | 120 I Slept With Austin - She Said With As Much Dignity As Her Tears Pouring Down Her Face | 121 He Was Lonely With Hose Monster Like Jocelyn Sucking Him Dry Every Night | 122 Samantha Sitting With His Nose Probing Her Pussy Leaning Forward And Kissing | 123 What The Heck Jocelyn - Can I Hug You Without Getting Kicked In The Groin | 124 He Bounded Up To Meet Them - Gave Austin A Hard Hug Then Followed Suit With William | 125 Why Werent You Guys Doing Something More Suited To Just The Two Of You | 126 You Cant Do It With Two People Any More Than You Can Do A String Quartet Properly | 127 Samantha Eyes Were Bright As Benjamin Sweating And Shaky With Exhaustion Set Down The Bass | 128 We Need More Students Like You To Keep Our Professors In Line | 129 He Noted Her Repetition Of Hug And Kiss With Austin And Her Avoidance Of William | 130 No Luck - He Sighed To Himself As He Sat Down And Poured Drinks For The Ladies | 131 Two Ladies Slid Their Chairs And Run Their Fingers Through His Hair And Nibble His Ears | 132 She Was Smiling Radiantly In A Tight T-Shirt Knotted High Under Her Breasts | 133 Benjamin Looked Inside Huge Swollen Balloon Stuffed Chock-Full Of Fulfilled Sex Fantasies | 134 The Man Who Fucked You Silly For Three Months Straight And Then Got Tossed Out On His Ear | 135 He Came Up Here To Visit His Sister For Weekend And Jocelyn Talked Him Into Her Room | 136 Samantha Pushed Him Bodily Over To The Stage And Austin Handed Him The Mic | 137 Samantha And Lauren Had Adjourned To Ladies Room And Benjamin Was Having One Last Beer | 138 There Helluva Lot Of Evidence To Contrary If All I Wanted Was Sex Object Not Samantha | 139 Are You Telling Me That Every Time We Made Love You Were Coerced Into It And I Was Raping You | 140 Benjamin Gave Lauren Quick Hard Hug Then Held Her At Arms Length And Shook Her Sharply | 141 Benjamin Saw Samantha Bury Her Face In Her Hands As Lauren Take Her In Her Arms And Hold Her
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System: Xubuntu 12.10 x86
I installed the Ati drivers using the Software Center, everything apparently whent fine (no error messages).
After rebooting the system i get a black screen. The system responds to input (if i press the power down button it closes gracefully) but is completely unusable. From the boot menu i can decide to load the root terminal, but i have no idea of what to do in order to remove the drivers.
Following some guides i looked for:
- the Xorg.conf file in /etc/X11
- /usr/share/fglrx/fglrx-uninstall.sh
- /usr/share/ati/fglrx-uninstall.sh
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I'd like to learn Cantonese, does anyone know some good resources (books, websites) that provide a thorough introduction into the language? I know that the pronunciation is a lot harder than in Mandarin, so the resource should contain audios as well.
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I agree with others who say you should work with a native speaker to help you with pronunciation. However, having a grammar book will be immensely helpful as well, since many native speakers are often unaware of their own language's grammar (many will often say "that's just how you say it" without knowing why; I've also heard native speakers assert that Cantonese doesn't have grammar).
For this, I recommend the series of books by Virginia Yip and Stephen Matthews. Basic Cantonese and Intermediate Cantonese are very good in my opinion. They also have a more comprehensive reference that covers almost any question you may have about the intricacies of Cantonese grammar; it would be an excellent study companion.
There isn't much in terms of (good) teaching materials for Canto, unfortunately. The best/least crappy is probably CUHK's Yale-China Chinese Language Centre (CLC)'s coursework, but it is not publicly available -- ie you have to attend the classes to get your hands on the books and CDs.
I would anyway recommend against attempting to learn the basics of Cantonese unsupervised. While learning the grammar and vocabulary from a textbook is doable, there's no way you can learn the pronunciation without a (trained) native speaker making your life miserable until you manage to pronounce something that might sound like Cantonese -- and more importantly who'll train you to distinguish the 6 tones. And just be happy that it's only 6 and not 7 like 50 years ago (the high-falling tone, while still mentioned in some dictionaries, has fortunately gone the way of the Dodo).
Some resources for learning Cantonese,
Good starter sites:
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Surprised no one mentioned Pimsleur ...
I took 1 year of Cantonese at my Jr. College back in 2001. These audio CD's could help a BIT with pronunciation, but there really is no replacement for native speakers and conversation (over dim sum?)
Try out http://www.cantoneease.com Just type the Chinese Characters in Traditional Chinese. The reading will be displayed along with tone contour.
Its probably too late but try CJK Viewer, an Android app that romanizes Chinese to Cantonese. Copy and paste any Chinese text articles from the web and learn to read Cantonese through Jyutping.


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What Is a Stroke?
A stroke occurs when a blockage to the brain's blood supply occurs. Stroke symptoms (for example, loss of arm or leg function or slurred speech) signify a medical emergency because without treatment, blood deprived brain cells quickly become damaged or die resulting in brain injury, serious disability, or death. Call 9-1-1 if you notice stroke symptoms developing in someone.
Stroke Symptoms
Cal 9-1-1 if any of these symptoms occur in someone suddenly:
- Difficulty speaking
- Difficulty understanding or confusion, especially with simple tasks
- Difficulty with muscle strength, especially on one side of the body
- Difficulty with numbness, especially on one side of the body
- Severe headache
- Vision changes (in one or both eyes)
- Difficulty with swallowing
- Facial droop on one side
Stroke Test or FAST test : Smile, Wave, Talk
The F.A.S.T. test helps spot symptoms. It stands for:
- F means face: If one side of the face droops, it's a sign of a possible stroke
- A means arms: If the person cannot hold both arms out, it's another possible stroke sign
- S means speech: Slurring words and poor understanding of simple sentences is another possible stroke sign
- T means time: If any of the FAS signs are positive, it's Time to call 9-1-1 immediately
Stroke: Time = Brain Damage
Remember the FAST test for stroke; the T in FAST also means the longer time the blockage of blood (usually due to clot formation) to the brain, the more damage to the brain can occur. In some qualified patients, the use of a clot-busting drug may be used to dissolve the clot and restore blood flow. For many patients, the time span to diagnose and treat such a clot is usually 3 hours (some clinicians suggest a bit longer time). Often, patients do not qualify for this treatment. There are also some risks like bleeding associated with this treatment that may cause problems.
Because treatments are sometimes difficult to qualify for and because damage to brain cells can happen quickly, strokes are a leading cause of long-term disability in people.
Diagnosing a Stroke
There are two main types of strokes (ischemic and hemorrhagic) and they are treated differently. They are often emergently diagnosed by a head CT scan (or, rarely, an MRI).
Ischemic Stroke
This slide shows a CT scan of an ischemic stroke, which is responsible for about 80% to 90% of all strokes. Ischemic strokes are caused by clots that reduce or stop blood flow to the brain. The clot may develop elsewhere in the body and just get stuck in a brain vessel or the clot may originate in the blood vessel.
Hemorrhagic Stroke
This slide shows a hemorrhagic stroke using an MRI image. The circle insert diagrams what composes a hemorrhagic stroke. A blood vessel in the brain breaks open and blood escapes into the brain under pressure, compressing other blood vessels and brain cells causing damage and death. This bleeding into the brain is difficult to stop and is more likely to be fatal to the patient.
'Mini-Stroke' (TIA)
"Mini-strokes" (also termed transient ischemic attacks or TIAs) are temporary blockages of blood vessels in the brain. TIAs can produce mild stroke symptoms that resolve. TIAs often occur before a stroke happens so they serve as warning signs that the person may need stroke preventive therapy.
What Causes a Stroke
Common causes of stroke come from blood vessels both outside and inside the brain. Atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) can occur when plaque (deposits of cholesterol, calcium, fat, and other substances) builds up and narrows the vessel making it easy for clots to form and further occlude the vessel. The clots can break free only to occlude smaller blood vessels inside the brain. The blood vessels inside the brain itself can accumulate this plaque. Occasionally, weakened vessels can burst and bleed into the brain.
Stroke Risk Factors: Chronic Conditions
Common conditions that increase a person's risk for strokes include high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, diabetes, and obesity. People can reduce stroke risks by addressing these problems in consultation with their doctor.
Stroke Risk Factors: Behaviors
People can also reduce their stroke risk by altering some aspects of their lifestyle. For example, people who stop smoking, begin a consistent exercise program, and limit their alcohol intake (two drinks per day for men, one per day for women) can decrease their risk.
Stroke Risk Factors: Diet
One of the best ways to reduce stroke risk is to eat a diet that has low fat and low cholesterol to reduce the chance of plaque formation in blood vessels. Foods high in salt may increase blood pressure. Cutting back on calories can help reduce obesity. A diet that contains a lot of vegetables, fruits, and whole grains, along with more fish and less meat (especially red meat) is suggested to lower stroke risk.
Stroke Risk Factors You Can't Control
Unfortunately, there are some risk factors that people cannot control, such as family history of strokes, gender (men are more likely to have a stroke), and race (African Americans, Native Americans, and Alaskan Natives all have increased risk for strokes). In addition, women who get strokes are more likely to die from the stroke than men.
Stroke: Emergency Treatment
Emergency stroke treatment depends on the type of stroke. Ischemic strokes are treated by methods designed to remove (dissolve) or bypass a clot in a blood vessel while hemorrhagic strokes are treated by attempts to stop the bleeding in the brain, control high blood pressure, and reduce brain swelling. Hemorrhagic strokes are more difficult to treat.
Stroke: Long-Term Damage
Strokes that cause long-term damage are usually severe and/or not treated or treated after large sections of the brain have been damaged or killed. The type of damage depends on where in the brain the stroke occurred (for example, the motor cortex for movement problems or the brain area that controls speech). Although some problems will be permanent, many people that do rehabilitation can regain some or many of the abilities lost in the stroke.
Stroke Rehab: Speech Therapy
If a stroke damages a person's ability to use language and to speak or swallow, rehabilitation, usually performed by speech therapists, can help a person regain some or most of the abilities they lost initially with the stroke. For those who have severe damage, rehabilitation can provide methods and skills that can help a person to adapt and compensate for severe damage.
Stroke Rehab: Physical Therapy
Physical therapy is designed to improve a person's strength, gross coordination, and balance. This rehabilitation helps people, after their stroke, regain their ability to walk and do other things like using stairs or getting out of a chair. Regaining fine motor skills like buttoning a shirt or using a knife and fork or writing a letter are activities that occupational therapy is designed to aid.
Stroke Rehab: Talk Therapy
Some people have problems coping with their new disabilities after a stroke. A psychologist or other mental health professional can help people adjust to their new challenges and situations by using talk therapy and other methods to help people with reactions such as depression, fear, worries, grief, and anger. It is common for most people to have these emotions and reactions after a stroke.
Stroke Prevention: Lifestyle
The methods previously discussed that may prevent or decrease a person's stroke risk are essentially the same for people who have had a stroke (or TIA) and want to prevent or decrease their chances of having another stroke. In summary, quit smoking, exercise, and if obese, lose weight. Limit alcohol, salt, and fat intake and get into the habit of eating more vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and more fish and less meat.
Stroke Prevention: Medications
Medications are usually prescribed for people with a high risk of stroke. The medicines are designed to lower risk by inhibiting clot formation (aspirin, warfarin and/or other antiplatelet medicines). Also, antihypertensive medications can help by reducing high blood pressure. Medications have side effects so discuss these with you doctor.
Stroke Prevention: Surgery
There are some surgical options for stroke prevention. Some patients have plaque- narrowed carotid arteries. The plaque can participate in clot formation in the artery and can even shed clots to other areas in the brain's blood vessels. Carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure where the surgeon removes plaque from the inside of the arteries to reduce the chance of strokes in the future.
Stroke Prevention: Balloon and Stent
Some clinicians also treat plaque-narrowed carotid (and occasionally other brain arteries) with a balloon on the end of a narrow catheter; inflating the balloon pushes plaque aside and increases the vessel's lumen (opens up the vessel). This opened artery then is reinforced (kept open) by an expandable stent that, when expanded, becomes rigid.
Life After a Stroke
About two-thirds of people (over 700,000) that have a stroke each year survive and usually need some level of rehabilitation. Some who get clot-busting drugs may recover completely, others will not. Many people who have disability after a stroke can function independently with therapy and rehabilitation methods. Although the risk of having a second stroke is higher after the first stroke, individuals can take the steps outlined in previous slides to reduce this risk.
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I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this or discuss this.
When I'm looking for help, sometimes I want advice, either in the form of a solution or in the form of a strategic suggestion, even one that approximates a solution. It can be helpful to approach the problem in a different way, or to have someone help me uncover the root of the issue.
Sometimes, due to outside forces, I cannot accept approximations or new ways to tackle the problem. The root issue is not at hand in these circumstances. In my work, this happens all the time with customer requests. If my customer wants it painted green with a red teddy bear holding a pink balloon on the side, any advice on picking better color schemes or using more professional themes is irrelevant.
In an effort to cut to the chase on questions requiring direct answers, and also to signify that advice is welcome on advice type questions, I'm wondering if there is a standard phrase, tag, or acronym that could be mentioned at the top of these questions. Perhaps it's something you type in the first line of the text box, before you ask your question.
The only other way to do this is to completely explain your position every time you ask a question, else you may face the wrath of people who are quick to offer solutions that do not fit the bill. Many times, these people are also quick to tell you you're doing it wrong. It can be a waste of time for both parties.
This would also be helpful to me as a responder. If I see that the OP is asking for a response that answers the original question and I am unable to do so, I don't have to waste my time coming up with alternate solutions. Not only that, I won't have any basis for disappointment when I don't receive any points for my thoughtful, well-reasoned answer.
Similarly, if the OP is asking for advice (or any kind of answer), they can signal that and I might be more likely to jump in and participate.
As I'm imagining it, this type of phrase, tag, or acronym could save so much time. Perhaps, though, this is too much wishful thinking.
Perhaps, in a future version of the software, it's just a checkbox.
[ ] I only want direct answers.
Unchecked means you're open to all types of responses. Checking it displays some kind of visual indicator. Not a warning. Just a nice friendly visual. It's not meant to be a "Experts Only; Go Away!" type of thing. Just a suggestion to indicate the type of response the OP is looking for.
Does that make sense? Is this already being done and I'm missing it?


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Oh dear, well I'm sure you will attack me for this on one level or another, but all that aside, what an agenda you seem to have, Simon! Your attack in the guise of an assessment carries no weight with me, but I don't suppose that stresses you one bit.
Mme. Hermine
I'm not attacking anyone, nor am I attacking you. And I think that's a bit rich to accuse me of attack when I've been accused of being of the gutter, unlearned, bringing down the tone and quality of this board.
Why on earth is frank, open discussion and debate considered attack? I have no agenda, and I'm actually getting a bit irritated at having nefarious, prurient ulterior motives put upon me, when believe me Mme. Hermine, truly there are none there.
However, if you would like to clarify exactly what my agenda is, I'd be delighted to know, as I am currently mystified as to what it might be.


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New Year's Eve Fun!
Location:Hilton Head Branch
Date & Time:Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 2:00pm
It's our annual New Year's Eve Party for kids in kindergarten and older. We'll share a silly story or two, play games, solve riddles, and try out some tongue twisters before learning about some unusual international traditions that are supposed to bring you good luck in the New Year!


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Let $\mathcal{O}$ be the $\sigma$-algebra on $\omega_1$ generated by its countable subsets. Is there a ($\sigma$-additive) probability measure on $\mathcal{O}$ that is not concentrated on a countable set? (I am trying to construct a real random variable whose support has size $\aleph_1$.)
Another nice example is related to this. Let $\Omega$ be the set of all countable ordinals, with its order topology. I may write $\Omega = [0,\omega_1)$. Note that the last point is missing, but any countable subset has a supremum in $\Omega$. Topologically, $\Omega$ is not compact, but is locally compact and pseudo-compact: Indeed, even stronger, any continuous function $f : \Omega \to \mathbb R$ is eventually constant. The linear functional $\Lambda$ that assigns to each continuous function $f$ this eventual value, is what we want. As usual, there is a measure $\mu$ so that $\Lambda(f) = \int_\Omega f\,d\mu$ for all $f$. This is a good example of a measure with "empty support". For every point $t \in \Omega$, there is a neighborhood $A$ with $\mu(A) = 0$.
The $\sigma$-algebra you describe includes all the sets of one element. Due to the countable additivity of measure, we conclude that the measure of any countable set is determined by the sum of the measure of its elements.
Suppose the set of positive-measure elements is uncountable. Then some countable set must have infinite measure. Proof: Consider the sets $\{x|\mu(x)\}>\epsilon$. For some $\epsilon$, this must be infinite. Choose a countable subset. (Clever ZF-without-choice mojo may enable you to construct a counterexample here).
If you're okay with that behavior, then the counting measure is an example.
If you're not okay with that behavior, then all measures will look like the sum of Michael Greinecker's measure and a measure of countable support. (Let $S$ be the set of positive-measure elements and $T$ another set, then $\mu(T)=\mu(S\cap T)+\mu(T-S)$, the first being the sum of its elements and the second $0$ on all countable sets, and therefore equal on all co-countable sets.)
Note: I think Gerald Edgar's measure is the restriction of Michael's measure to the Borel measure space.


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A Model for Disrupted Sleep In Schizophrenia?
20 November 2012. A new study published in Neuron on November 8 finds that sleep architecture is altered in a rat neurodevelopmental model proposed to mimic some of the features of schizophrenia. A team of researchers led by Matt Jones of Eli Lilly and Company in Surrey, United Kingdom, describes a coordinated relationship between different types of cortical and hippocampal oscillations in non-REM (NREM) sleep in control rats, but demonstrates a decoupling of these oscillations in rats treated in utero with methylazoxymethanol-acetate (MAM).
Sleep disturbances are common in schizophrenia, and include alterations in both rapid eye movement (REM) and NREM sleep (Wulff et al., 2010). In fact, improved quality of sleep is rated as an important treatment goal by patients (Auslander and Jeste, 2002). Abnormal sleep architecture is correlated with cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, leading to the hypothesis that sleep problems may, in part, underlie the impaired cognition (Manoach and Stickgold, 2009).
Individual oscillation properties are preserved
In the current study, first authors Keith Phillips and Ullrich Bartsch investigated several prominent oscillations of NREM sleep that underlie memory consolidation—cortical delta waves (0.3-3 Hz), thalamocortical sleep spindles (10-15 Hz), and hippocampal ripples (120-250 Hz) (Diekelmann and Born, 2010)—using electroencephalography, local field potential, and unit recordings of rats. They studied the sleep architecture of two groups: control rats and those exposed to the mitotoxin MAM during embryonic development, a proposed neurodevelopmental model for schizophrenia. MAM treatment interferes with the division and migration of neurons, and researchers can target different cortical circuits by varying the dose and timing of delivery. Rats treated with MAM on embryonic day 17 show several features reminiscent of schizophrenia, including cognitive impairments, as well as glutamatergic and GABAergic dysfunction (Lodge and Grace, 2009; see also SRF related news story; SRF news story).
In the current study, MAM-17 rats displayed normal circadian rhythms and REM sleep, but showed a reduction in their amount of NREM sleep. The researchers next examined the neurophysiological features of this impaired NREM sleep, finding reduced delta wave power, and spindle density and amplitude in MAM rats at visual cortex recording sites. In contrast to these posterior abnormalities, the mechanisms of delta wave and spindle generation in motor cortex, as well as hippocampal ripple properties, were largely unaffected by MAM treatment.
Relationship between oscillations is altered
The researchers next analyzed the temporal relationship between oscillations. In control rats, delta wave coherence was observed between the motor and visual cortical electrodes, with the motor cortical delta waves preceding the visual cortical ones, consistent with the anteroposterior direction of travel reported previously (Massimini et al., 2004). However, this coherence was reduced in MAM-treated rats, suggesting an impaired propagation and synchrony of delta waves.
The phase locking, or timing, of thalamocortical spindles relative to delta waves was also impaired in MAM rats at motor cortex electrode sites, but preserved at visual cortex sites, consistent with a posterior disruption of network activity. In addition, the coordination between hippocampal ripples and prelimbic cortical spindles was disrupted in the MAM group. In the control group, ripple power peaks preceded those of spindles, and spindle power modulated ripple power, consistent with a prior study (Clemens et al., 2011). However, this modulation was either completely lacking or greatly reduced in MAM rats.
Phillips, Bartsch and colleagues then examined whether the spike timing of single units was altered by MAM treatment, finding that the timing of prelimbic cortical and hippocampal units was shifted, and that prelimbic cortical units were less phase locked to spindles in MAM rats than controls. In addition, in control rats, those units with the strongest spindle phase locking fired more spikes during ripples than the units that were not as strongly phase locked. However, this relationship was absent in MAM-treated rats, further suggesting reduced ripple-spindle coordination and hippocampal-prelimbic cortical decoupling during NREM sleep in MAM rats.
Thus, MAM rats exhibit impaired propagation of cortical delta waves and incorrectly timed spindle oscillations during NREM sleep, resulting in impaired coordination with hippocampal ripples and altered spike timing. As for a mechanism underlying the decoupling of oscillations during NREM sleep, the authors suggest that the abnormalities in parvalbumin interneurons observed both in schizophrenia and the MAM model may play a role, since these cells are involved in the generation of cortical oscillations (Lodge et al., 2009; Gonzalez-Burgos et al., 2011). The authors conclude that our study serves to emphasize that disrupted thalamic-cortical-limbic network activity during sleep must therefore be considered alongside waking activity as a therapeutic target in schizophrenia and related diseases.—Allison A. Curley.
Phillips KG, Bartsch U, McCarthy AP, Edgar DM, Tricklebank MD, Wafford KA, Jones MW. Decoupling of sleep-dependent cortical and hippocampal interactions in a neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia. Neuron. 2012 Nov 8 ;76(3):526-33. Abstract


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I was reading a paper where I came across the following argument :
For any x in M and for a geodesic ball B(x; epsilon) in a compact Riemannian manifold M with injectivity radius bigger than or equal to epsilon, and for any smooth eigenfunction f of Laplacian on M, we have :
the square of f(x) is <= C times ( the square of L^2 norm of f over B(x;epsilon) + square of L^2 norm of L(f) over B(x:epsilon)),
where L(f)= Laplacian of f, where C is independent of the Riemannian metric on M.
I was unable to see, with my limited Analysis knowledge, why this is true, but they mentioned that it follows from Sobolev's and Garding's inequality, for which they referred to S. Agmon's "Lectures on Elliptic boundary value problems"... still it is unclear to me.
N.B.: ihe injectivity radius of a manifold is the smallest of all numbers r such that I can have a geodesic ball of radius r around each point of M. e.g. injectivity radius of the sphere of radius 1 with standard metric is pi, injectivity radius of R^n is infinity etc.
Any help ? Thanks in adavance !


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Three-Year-Old Cries All the Time
Q: My 3-year-old boy tends to cry a lot -- usually at home and occasionally at day care, when some boy takes a toy away from him. I have looked in several books on how to address this issue but many seem to address only crying for babies. In the morning, we have to approach him very carefully so as not to upset him, or he will burst out in tears. When we ask him if he wants to go potty, he may either say OK or start to cry. Sometimes the slightest thing will set him off and we never know what that will be. Depending on his mood, he may just accept our response without crying. He cries so intensely and so loudly, that we can't understand what he is saying, so we have been putting him in time-out until he has stopped crying and is able to communicate to us. We tell him to stop crying (and many times yell this in order that he can hear our words over his loud cries) and that we will not listen to him when he is crying. I am sure that this is not the right way to approach his crying fits, but we just can't let him run his own life without any regard to our intentions. Please recommend some techniques for helping him to control his emotions. Thank you.
A: I applaud your efforts to help your son as this situation is a very frustrating one. Wouldn't it be nice if 3-year-old's were able to use words at all times when they are angry, frustrated, or frightened. Your son's crying (and exaggerated crying at that) has become almost a generalized response to all things that are uncomfortable for him to deal with. Truly, at three he does not have the available sophisticated emotional/social/verbal responses to react in ways that are much more easy for you to take.
I find it encouraging that you mention he cries only occasionally at day care and then usually when some child takes something from him. It appears that this generalized crying behavior occurs, ,for the most part with you at home. Time-outs are not going to accomplish much; they tend to be overused in situations like yours and no real alternatives really get developed. Yelling at him so you can be heard sounds rather futile also.
Right now, the three of you are locked in a behavioral pattern that needs to change; continuing your same responses and expecting different results from him is not logical. I think changes in his emotional responses will come far more readily if you change some of your responses. He is receiving considerable attention for his crying; this behavior has given him too much "power" and he doesn't know how to relinquish it. Unless he has some truly deep-seeded fear(s) that keep him on the verge of tears, he is having a difficult time breaking out of this secure crying pattern.
I would begin a change in your behavior pattern by focusing on two fronts. First, I would find many occasions when you are together with him or alone one-on-one to show your appreciation of him, physically and verbally; create situations where it's easy for you to praise him. Second, act in a rather paradoxical manner if he begins his crying. Here are a few paradoxical responses that can begin to break his rhythm: (1) When he begins to cry, ask him if he could cry louder right away because you have something nice you'd like to do with him and you don't want to wait too long to do it. (2) Tape record his crying and have the tape cued up so that when he begins you can press the button and hear him cry on tape; when he cries, play the tape and leave the room saying, "I wonder if we can tell which crying is (son's name) and which is the tape crying." (3) Designate a crying chair or cushion or spot on the couch or floor and say to him at odd times when he isn't crying, "You can go and cry there now if you want or you can do it later." All these suggestions may seem odd but I have used paradoxical techniques often in my practice with kids and seen their locked-in habits change. With changes from you he will change in time.
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David Lewis was one of the great philosophers of our time. He was a genuine philosopher, his focus was on theoretical metaphysics. And he had something to say about mathematics. His last book - he only wrote four - was Parts of Classes (1991). It had a strong set theoretical - and as you may guess mereological - impact.
I wonder if there is a thorough mathematical analysis of - some of - Lewis' concepts and arguments, subsequently or unknowingly (see Michael's answer below).
I am especially interested in his concept of natural properties which he introduced in New Work for a Theory of Universals (1983), and whether and how this concept might be applicable to mathematics.
Very brief summary (just a teaser): To each set corresponds a property. Such properties are abundant. To the definable sets correspond a restricted but still very large family of properties. Natural properties in turn are very sparse, play a prominent role (at least in Lewis' metaphysics), have to be grasped somehow intuitively, and it's not clear, how they and their corresponding sets can be characterized.
PS: I found an announcement of a talk on Natural Properties in Mathematics. Does anyone have a transcript of this talk or something like that?
PS 2: Here is an older question of mine asking for natural properties in arithmetics.


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The 5 Craziest Ways Public Schools Are Trying to Make Money
#2. Just Plain Cheating the Test Scores
Cheating is an unforgivable sin in any academic setting. In most cases, students caught cheating face, at a minimum, failure on the assignment -- and more severe cases can lead to suspensions or expulsion. And why not? You need to send that goddamned message early: You can't get ahead by cheating.
Unless you are a human person living on Earth.
Ah, but there's one little complication. It's not just the students that benefit from a good test score; federal funding is tied to test scores for programs like No Child Left Behind. So everybody has motivation to rig the game a little.
"What's this? A goddamn apple isn't going to secure my salary. Stop crying and get me a B-."
And so, in a classic case of "do as I say and not as I do," teachers in Baltimore and Atlanta school systems were caught changing scores on the standardized state tests. If you're thinking they did some complicated hack of the computerized records or distributed answers to students, they weren't quite that sophisticated. No, they literally went test by test, erased the wrong answers and filled in the correct ones. By hand. On hundreds of tests.
Granted, you can totally tell when an answer has been erased, and it doesn't take a rocket scientists to notice that virtually every changed answer was now correct. But, the teachers behind this apparently felt that no one would find it suspicious that hundreds of students had multiple moments of enlightenment in which the correct answer suddenly dawned on them.
Pictured: "enlightenment."
They were wrong. The tests were flagged by the automated test checker that verifies the test results. What? You mean somebody checks these things?
George Washington Elementary alone estimated that "hundreds of state test booklets" had been altered, while the Atlanta schools found an estimated 250,000 answers changed. By hand. Hey, criticize their ethics, but these people were willing to goddamn work for it.
#1. Inflating Enrollment Numbers With Cash and Prizes
It's hard enough to get kids to come to school, and when they have to report to a dilapidated school system where they might, you know, get shot, it can be damn near impossible. And truancy can be a big problem for a school, as its funding is tied to how many kids are actually filling desks.
Great turnout today, guys.
Detroit Public Schools, however, found an answer to all of that. See, they lose money if kids don't show up, but the people in charge of the funding aren't there every day to keep count. No, Michigan funds its public schools based on the amount of students that report on two state-mandated "count days." These count days are announced in advance, and state funding equates to about $7,550 per student that shows up to school on that day, which translates to an assload of cash for the school system. Therefore, Detroit's schools pull out the stops to make sure that the kids show up on these days no matter what.
"I don't care if you and your sister are upset, your Grandma's death just cost us over $15 grand."
This means a "count day" will feature everything from free ice cream to in-class parties. Some schools hold basketball tournaments during school hours. Bethune Academy, among others, had a movie/popcorn day with the promise of lots of game playing. Duffeld School promised "free time and a day of fun" while Gardner Elementary was giving away "special gifts for attendance."
None of that boring learning for you today now that you're in school. Here's an Xbox.
That's right; when all else fails, bribe the damn kids to come to school. It's not like it's a law to attend or anything.
Most of the schools, in fact, were having raffles for door prizes throughout the day, including bikes and MP3 players. Detroit City High School even raffled off free extra credit; we're not sure how that doesn't constitute academic fraud, but hey, whatever works for them. On top of this, students also get entered into a larger raffle for prizes including a 42-inch plasma flatscreen TV or a laptop computer. And all of this is just for walking in the goddamned door.
"Well done for existing, Tommy! Have a lollipop."
Are they teaching the kids a bad lesson? We're not even sure any more. Because the lesson seems to be one that applies fairly well in the real world: When times are desperate, you do whatever it goddamn takes.
For more ways educational institutions have lost it, check out 8 Real Grade Schools That Went Completely Insane. And see what you should really be learning in The 10 Most Important Things They Didn't Teach You In School.


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After a couple of sudden inexplicable acute asthma attacks leaving me with 50% of my lung capacity for a while and an Advair drug addict for life; after a trip to England on an aircraft that caught fire; after a diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder which I have been battling for years with the help of anti-depressants and therapists; after a collision mid-Pacific with a descendant of Moby Dick that sunk the boat I was on and a couple of freezing encounters with Patagonian glaciers and ice cap, I was really looking forward to a nice and quiet year of work.
Until I got a call from my OB/GYN -
"I have found some kind of tumor on your cervix. I have never seen this before. Hopefully, the pathology lab will know."
The pathology lab did not know, and five nationally-renowned pathology labs later, I received seven different diagnosis, all pointing at a different type of soft-tissue sarcoma. And, they could all have been right.
This poses a problem as oncologists rely heavily on pathology reports to make treatment recommendations. After consulting with 17 oncologists in the US, UK and France, I received eight different recommended treatment plans. And they could all have been right.
They ranged from some that I liked a lot because they would preserve my fertility - well, for a little while longer - to some that frankly sucked because they would render me sterile immediately. No one could quantify their risk given our current understanding of the disease. I had to make important life decisions with little to no data. Since my disease had no name and turned out to be unique, I called it "Alien".
Oncologists were telling me "Don't gamble with your life, this may be your only shot at survival. Relapsed sarcoma has no known cure today." and I opted for the most aggressive treatment, renouncing forever to pregnancy. I went through two IVF cycles in-between surgeries to freeze some embryos and ovarian tissue. My hopes as a mother are now all concentrated in a small tank full of liquid nitrogen.
How did that make me feel? -
The physical aspect of this little battle was the easy part. Yes, I have had more pelvic exams in the past 6 months than in the past 15 years, rectal exams are unpleasant; yes, the successive treatments were painful and made me feel sick and tired and yes, the hormones from the IVF cycle drove me up the wall. The hardest part of my journey is way beyond that. Our bodies have an amazing ability to re-bounce despite their inherent fragility. What hurts the most is anything that throws your mind in disarray, that confuses you, that blurs the line between good and evil. Anything that sends you running around crying 'why me' - anything that burns the minute you caress the subject with hesitant thoughts. Especially when you lose something you thought would be yours forever, just because you were born with it.
I want to live, I want to get back to sailing and sports, get back to work, get back to Improv and writing. I want to travel, jump, run, feel mad and go fast.
I also feel deeply sad. I may have buried Alien but I will never feel a child growing in my womb. I will most probably not have a biological child with a future husband. I have lost something that meant the world to me. Anything that reminds me of motherhood and babies is excruciatingly painful right now.
My journey will be complete when I have accepted my loss, learned to focus on what I have gained and when I have moved from assisted to giver. An entire community supported me. I need to feel re-instated as an active citizen of this little family.
What's next? -
Alien made sure that I'd always remember. He left me a red-ish irregular scar at the bottom of my abdomen. It runs from side to side and looks like a big smile.
The first time I faced it, I thought I'd be afraid. Instead, I was curious. I followed the contour of the scar with a light finger, wincing when I would put a little too much pressure. I cried over that smile that may never fade - but soon I couldn't resist and my mouth took the shape of this little souvenir.
Slowly, a most unexpected feeling crept up. I felt satisfied. This is me now with a smiley face forever drawn on my skin, reminding the world of how incongruous life can be. I tried to imagine the ugly spiky face of Alien, drooling with acid and getting comfy in my belly. I couldn't grab hold of this idea for very long. It was replaced by this soft and tender smile, looking happily at the existence that lies ahead of me.
My battle with Alien and its cousins is not over. I want to raise a medical army so no one ever has to go through the same ordeal. I am building BeatSarcoma, our battleship.
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Seems like every time we cook anything in the oven the fire alarms (in-home system, all connected) go berzerk. is there any way to make them "less sensitive"? We do blow/vaccuum them out gently here and there but it doesn't seem to help.
The obvious (but ultimately unhelpful) answer is that the heat/smoke from your cooking is setting off the alarm. So what you have to do is reduce the heat/smoke getting to the alarm.
There are a number of things you can do:
There is more than one type of smoke detector / fire alarm, so it's really hard to say without knowing what you have.
Now, for the actual fixes ... if it's a photo one, odds are, it's damaged and needs to be replaced. If it's ionizing, try hitting it with some canned air or a blast from a compressor to blow out any dust and adjust the sensitivity (but it might be a bad circuit, and then it needs to be replaced). Temperature ones mean you have to find where the switch is, and adjust the trigger, which I don't recommend ... you're better off just not having it near a place that gets really hot.
I'd also follow DA01's hint, and clean the oven. It's quite possible that there's something in there that's burning off, and is enough to set off an ionizing detector.
And, if that fails ... replace the smoke detector. Most companies only rate 'em for 10 years of operation. And the 'test' button only really confirms the battery & alarm, not the detector itself. You need to blow smoke at them or use a candle to really test them.
Ionization detectors are the most prevalent style installed in residences. This is largely due to a lower cost, but they aren't necessarily the best. They have more false positives (nuisance) alarms and are frequently removed or disabled, which does absolutely no good. We had a fatal cooking fire just last year because of this very phenomenon. Couple this with the fact that they take longer to alarm (up to 20+ minutes) in a smoldering fire, illustrates that you are better served by switching to either a dual sensor unit, or a photoelectric style for your home. Here is the text of an email I send out regularly on this subject.
Investigative news footage regarding different types of detectors- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnlkiZC0dd0 and http://youtu.be/cwl1biSvTiY
Interesting program from a father of a fire victim from the OSU fire tragedy in 2003- www.uc.edu/cas/firescience/forms/SmokeDetect.pdf (The first several slide are heartbreaking)
The first 10-15 minutes of this presentation is very informative- www.uc.edu/cas/firescience/Bennett/fire_detector_seminar.asx
Position paper from two different State Fire prevention associations- the Southwest Ohio Fire Safety Council ( www.uc.edu/cas/firescience/forms/SmokeDetectorsSOFSC5-10.pdf )and the Central Ohio Fire Protection Association ( www.libertytwpfire.com/files/MiscDocs/position_paper.pdf )recommend utilizing photoelectric. or dual sensor units.
Do yourself a favor and install photoelectric, it may save your life.
We have this problem at our place and 9 times out of 10 the answer is to turn down the heat and stop burning dinner. Even if the food isn't burned the grease is way too hot and it is vaporizing.
Make sure your oven is clean, we like to do Shake and Bake chicken regularly, but to avoid smoky chicken splatter grease we have to stay on top of cleaning the oven. After cleaning the oven I usually turn it up fairly high to burn off any residual soap. I do this with the windows open.
Range hoods, as have been suggested, will greatly help this problem. Clean the grease filter and if necessary upgrade the fan.
Like the previous user answered, "use the cooker hood's extractor fan to help divert the fumes". Since I don't have an extractor fan, I placed a fan nearby so if I cook anything that tends to create a lot of smoke, I turn it on and/or open doors to let


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Might as well sign him. We could do alot worse than EDS. He'd come "semi" cheap, we wouldn't have to use a draft pick on a center this year then, and with the money saved on signing him vs. high priced free agent centers, we could use some of that money towards signing A-Rod, Clay and Raji long-term. Probably not the center you want to hook your wagon to for the next 10 years but good enough at this time.Hide replies
I still think they need to draft someone, just not in the first round. They don't have a backup C on the roster.
I didn't take benching Saturday for EDS as a sign that they were high on EDS. I think he was just the next best option after Saturday was clearly playing quite poorly.Hide replies
I think that may be the most important point in this whole discussion BMS. I really like EDS, great underdog story, maybe even a viable long-term center (I can't be sure) but it would be a pretty exceptional story to go from cut from two teams not even 2 years ago to filling in for 4 games for an under-performing vet to long-term.
Think about it, they didn't even want to do that for Wells when Wells was declared the best linemen on the team by the HC (second in command really) before hitting FA.
On the flipside, if both Rodgers and Saturday think EDS is capable (I thought they were both sincere), those are some big time peers to give their blessing to you (when they didn't have to do so in public).
EDS being cut and brought back isn't all that unique. It happens frequent enough with young players that need time to develop. Look at Breno Giacomini. I think the Packers cut him twice, signed him to the PS at least once, and he eventually ends up starting in Seattle because he couldn't stick with GB.
agree BMS...he was and IS the Next Man Up...I still don't see a long term contract heading his way...
They need EDS, he's the man, tatts and all. Go gett' m....baby..!!..
EDS is a guy that you love to have on your team. He's also a guy you hate to have on the field actually playing. You can live with EDS as a backup that plays a few games every year - especially since there is nothing else on the roster - but he's a guy you'd always be looking to upgrade. Give him the mid-tender, draft well, let him play out the year and move on.Hide replies
You maybe right but they are thinking differently it would seem. Unless he wants more money than they are willing to pay. In that case they could very well do what you are saying.
It seems like they are feeling him out before the draft I'm thinking.
just because they are talking It doesn't mean he will be signed for sure.
i'm not sure how any of us could be in position to suggest how good of a center EDS can be.
the words and actions of the ones who would know suggest he's better than most think.
PB- While I think there's some truth to your statement, when you always assume the coaches/GMs know best, how do you explain the times they make mistakes? Also, isn't it the role of fans to be so into a team that they speculate on discussion boards... why even post if we can't comment on EDS (or any other player's) talent?
The thing here what PB states is that we cannot really truly tell how good a center EDS is. We are not up front and center but watching from a TV or high up in the bleachers. Coaches/GM's watch the player up close and personnel see them work at practice and understand the role of the player on the field. Coaches and GM's VS the Fans (constant Bloggers) the question is who wins? the men who scout for a living or the pizza man? Yes we can debate we have our opinions and share them but that does not mean us bloggers know more than the guys who work football for a living with no other distractions and who watch tape and evaluate the players performance. Would you take anyone's post here above Ted Thompsons or MM's view on the player?
As much as you do not like the player does not mean MM or Ted will not like the player regardless according to this article it looks like EDS will be our center for the future until one player beats him out of the position.
Also, don't you guys all think there's some level of gamesmanship going on across the board? Thompson may sincerely think EDS is incredible and give the press a sign that he wants a long-term deal... or he may be throwing some bait out there so other teams don't entirely buy into the idea that GB needs a center (think about the draft repercussions if EDS is signed long-term vs. RFA at a mid-tender).
Thompson is way too thrifty and crafty to show his cards completely at any position let alone before the draft when the draft is his primary way to build a franchise. Even with Rodgers in the early days, he drafted a QB in the second (whom prior to flopping was viewed as a legit 1st round talent).
Teams lament all the time about a certain guy they were targeting getting picked one or two slots ahead of their time on the clock.
Never thought he could be throwing the dogs off the trail Milk, very astute observation.
i doubt anyone here REALLY knows what kind of center EDS can be. we can't watch him consistently enough and we don't even know what his blocking assignments are to begin with.
so, yes, the coaches and personnel are easily the best ones to assess that information.
i do know this, many in the organization have spoken very highly of EDS when offered the chance. the o-line appeared to be much more stout when he replaced saturday and he graded out well by most analysts, particularly in the run game.
The coaches and personnel guys make several bad decisions a year (Jeff Saturday) so I have no problem forming an opinion about EDS. McGinn has never said he's close to being special. Neither has Larry McCarren. No other team is bidding up for his services. All that evidence supports what I saw--he's ordinary.
they didn't make a bad decision on saturday.
they gambled that he had one more year left in his body and he didn't. that's they way it goes.
"(EDS) packed a heavy punch against pass rushers and held up well against stunts. A better center than guard, he allowed all three of his sacks and all five of his penalties from LG. Of the seven O-linemen that played, he yielded the fewest pressures (10½). Didn't have a faulty shotgun snap and seemed to handle the mental part of the game without a hitch. Will be hard to dislodge from the lineup."
notice the last sentence.
i imagine mccarren also liked what he saw because EDS played well.
teams aren't bidding for anyone yet because they're not allowed to. that would be "tampering". not to mention they don't even know who is available.
they didn't make a bad decision on saturday.
they gambled that he had one more year left in his body and he didn't. that's they way it goes.
"(EDS) packed a heavy punch against pass rushers and held up well against stunts. A better center than guard, he allowed all three of his sacks and all five of his penalties from LG. Of the seven O-linemen that played, he yielded the fewest pressures (10½). Didn't have a faulty shotgun snap and seemed to handle the mental part of the game without a hitch. Will be hard to dislodge from the lineup."
notice the last sentence.
i imagine mccarren also liked what he saw because EDS played well.
teams aren't bidding for anyone yet because they're not allowed to. that would be "tampering". not to mention they don't even know who is available.
I agree with PB, how can you declare that EDS will forever be inadequate after 4 starts at C?
He likely signs a 3 year deal, so he has a chance to cash in when he is 29 and proves he is worth good money. On the flip side, a 3 year deal gives the Packers a chance to determine if he is worth keeping around for the long haul. They draft someone in the later rounds this year to develop and serve backup duty until they decide if they want EDS as the long term C.
Looks like GB isn't taking a center early this year.
I liked what I have saw with EDS who is still a young player who has potential of being a special player. Our OL was getting thrown back early on with Saturday when EDS got moved to the Center position with Barclay coming in the OL DID get better as the season went on. I will agree with Packer brass to re-sign him and make him our starting Center for years to come.Hide replies
I still don't understand the "Special" that you are seeing...the guy was a SIEVE at Guard, looked completely lost and overmatched, and was an obvious upgrade at Center due to Saturday being old and out of time in NFL years...we have not seen enough of EDS to call him the Center of the Future but I still think he is being given every chance to take that job and run with it...3 year deal max...
Wait a second, weren't you one of the people hoping they draft Barrett Jones, or am I remembering incorrectly?
who...me or koolaid?
I think there is a massive amount of chess being played here. It's pre-draft but also time to think about RFA tendering... on a team that builds from the draft. What better thing to do to confuse your competition than to say "hey we think this guy is worth a first round tender."
The drafting game involves a pretty big mix of playing it coy and doing due diligence especially at slot #26.
Make no mistake about it, I think the Packers like ALL their players. The question is ALWAYS at what price for the role you want them in compared to what's reasonably available in FA or draft. Unless EDS transformed completely in one orbit around the sun, this is a guy whose struggled to make multiple teams in the past year or two. I like the guy a lot but I doubt he's "the future" to warrant a long-term deal before the draft. If they want him long-term, why not RFA this year and work out the long-term later?
If Thompson thinks Barrett Jones or Frederick is the best player at #26 (or wherever he trades up/down to), he'll take a center.Hide replies
Some folks are very high on Frederick...............word is he's better suited to the power blocking schemes than he is at zone blocking. Since he's never played in a zone blocking scheme no one knows if he can thrive in it.
I wouldn't complain if Ted took either of those 2 guys.
Heck he could trade out of the 1st round and pick 2 times in the 2nd for all I know.
I don't know whether its all planned or what regardless I think teams will choose who they feel will help their team get better I think EDS deserves to continue his career with all his accomplishments this year. He stepped up when asked and over exceeded expectations. If a player beats EDS than he beats him. Whatever the Packers do I think we will truly see who is our center through training camp and pre-season. I won't complain if we take an OL in the 1st round but I truly don't think that will happen. I see a lot more great choices on defense in the first round that can fall to us.
there's no chess in signing a guy to a deal. if they sign EDS to a multi-year contract, that would suggest they feel good about him. if they don't sign or tender him, that suggests they don't.
everything so far suggests the packers really like him.
i don't think it impacts the draft because ted will still take the top guy on his board. if that happens to be a center, it only helps the roster that much more.
Well if you have 4 guys dead even and one of them is a center after you just signed a guy to a multi year deal I think it would effect your pick.
In that instance I would draft for the greatest need because that only stands to make your team better whlle doing it more good.
The chess part milk was talking about is making all the other teams think your not going to draft a center early by talking contract with EDS.
i hear what milk's saying.
i don't think other teams would dismiss anything from thompson. even with a deal for EDS, the packers could still draft and develop another center.
i would think if thompson really feels the center is the best guy on his board, he'll take him. if there are other equal options, he'll consider them.
i don't think it's any different than most other positions on their team. they can always look to the future.
many times the future comes earlier than anticipated. i wouldn't rule anything out regardless of what they do with EDS.
I honestly don't think any of the other teams would care who the Packers draft. they will pick who they feel would benefit their team.
PB- I think the paradox is, due to there being "no chess in signing a guy to a long-term deal" (especially an underdog, twice-cut final 53 type, before the draft) that's the exact reason Thompson wouldn't do the long-term if he can use RFA. Unless his agent is saying "well go to FA for certain in 2014" I don't see what chips EDS has to force that.
It's kind of like if you already had an option to secure a guy (through RFA) you had only really seen for 4 games at center, why would you do long-term now? You could even RFA the guy and work out the long term deal in season.
You may be right and tomorrow it's announced that he's signed long-term but I'd find that WAY out of character for TT unless it's a super cheap deal for "starter" money. This is Rodgers' prime, he needs a top of the line center if possible. If they think that's EDS, I hope they're right! I like the guy's story.
This is why I really love the draft. This is a great discussion, thanks for your thoughts fellas (and dudettes if they're posting too).
Good points PB about still drafting a center to develop if he's the best player at the spot they end up drafting.
In a game where injury is fairly likely at all levels of positions, getting a versatile, talented G/C would make sense for GB's immediate and future success (possibly LT too, which makes Fluker interesting since some say he could go inside to guard).
Rodgers won't be extended till 2014 so we have room to extend Raji and Matthews and room to extend Shields, EDS and Crabtree this year. Also one can hope Rodgers will take note to Brady's big deal that greatly helped the Patriots.
And just like in chess, sometimes just being direct without any trickery is the most baffling for the opponent (making the long-term signing possibility even more productive/healthy).
There is some truth/precedence to lesser talented linemen making it at center (Saturday was that storyline, Wells similar, etc). And we know the Packers can't pay top-dollar at EVERY position with the cap... maybe they know they have a good thing with EDS and can get him for fairly cheap if they go for a multi-year now rather than later?
I mean the championship year... it's just about 100% true that if Thompson didn't trade up for CM3 in CM3's draft year, they don't win it all (who knows what that Pats would have done with CM3 but I bet they'd have a post-spygate championship with that big of a playmaker joining them)...
even more interesting, the Bears were right about to pick both Starks and Burnett. The Bears may have been 1-2 pieces away from a championship themselves in 2010 and they might have missed by 1-2 draft slots really. The "game of inches" is also the "game of missing/hitting 1 draft slot ahead of your competition."
Ray Lewis another example... GB may have another championship around the time Lewis won his first (2000 I believe it was?) if he lands in Wolf's lap. All hindsight but also foresight when you think about how sure Thompson's team must have been about CM3 when others weren't.
you as well, milk.
clay matthews.
what a goldmine that move was.
the benefit i see with a deal for EDS is the cap hit would be less than a 2nd round tender.
with him being the leading option at center, i can't imagine they would want to play out the year on a 1-year tender. if he turns out good, a new deal would then cost them more. if they do a deal now and he bombs, they can just cut him with probable minimal damage on the cap.
in other words, i see no reason not to do a deal unless they know he's not the guy.
Just out of curiosity, what do you guys consider a long-term deal? I bet he doesn't sign for anything longer than 3 years. The Packers keep him around for probably a reasonable price which is still significant regardless of who they draft. If they draft a C high because he is the BPA, then the two compete for a starting job in 2013. If EDS loses the job, he ends up being a good G-C backup for the 3 years. EDS doesn't have much incentive to sign for longer than that, because he wants a better contract than what he will get this year. 3 years will be plenty of time for him to prove that he is worthy of a bigger contract.
i could see a 2-3 year deal for about $1.5-2M per year, TD. couple million up front.
Bradys deal in NE will have NO bearing on ARodg whatsoever...why would you expect a HOF caliber starting QB who is due to "cash in" give his team a "discount?" I can see a "cap friendly" deal...but in NO WAY do I expect ARodg to say "ya know, Im due to make literally Millions upon Millions of dollars, and the market says that Im worth it, BUT, Tom just did his team a favor so I may as well too..."
I always thought he'd be back; whether he starts or not at center...my guess is yes.Hide replies
agree...I see him being given every opportunity to succeed at the position, on a 1 year deal, to protect the Pack in case things go severely downhill...
The offensive line play improved significantly when EDS took over at center last year. I think he can be an effective center, the kind of guy that you don't need to worry about. As long as the money is fair, I think it's a good idea to get the position taken care of.Hide replies
spot on
"Significantly"... due to Saturday being a Turnstile...we haven't yet seen what EDS will look like after a dozen games...not sayin' he CAN'T do it, Im just sayin' the book is still OUT on whether he can...
The agent variable is really interesting here. I bet Parker is really playing up the Wells/Saturday dilemma: "see you took a gamble on a one-year rental and it cost you; sign my client long-term."
I think the key difference is, pound-for-pound at the time Wells moved on, he was a better option at center than EDS is now. EDS has youth and possible further development on his side though (I think Wells was 30 at the time he signed with St. Louis, no?).Hide replies
i thought that was funny, too, milk.
not even pound-for-pound. straight up, wells was really good in 2011. back in 2004, i never envisioned he would be that good.
I think what also played a part in Wells' departure was the fact that he constantly had to keep fighting for his job...every other year a guy got drafted that was the "Center of the Future" in Packerland, and that stuff just HAS to get old when your a starter...
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