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(Excerpts from Beyond Acceptance by Thom Dennis)
How long does grief last? Six months, a year, eighteen months, three to five years? I am inclined to believe that grief lasts a lifetime. One quick word of caution: this does not mean that I am suggesting that early grief will last forever! Grief changes over time. Grief looks and feels different at six weeks or six months than it does at six or sixteen years. Despite what the "experts" might say, those who have experienced a profound loss will tell you that feelings may change or dissipate, but they never really go away. The reality is that the task of adapting to life without a loved one remains an ongoing challenge.
Perhaps the error that most people make starts with the assumption that grief is over when you stop feeling sad. Grief is much more complex than just the feelings of sadness and yearning we feel when someone dies; it involves all of the thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations that we associated with the death of a loved one over the source of a lifetime. The loss will have physical, mental and spiritual consequences. It may require adapting to changes in economic status and in social relationships. It may challenge our sense of identity and sometimes force us to reevaluate the way we look at and live our lives. Like the ripples on a pond, the effects of grief extend long after the actual death.
Even many years later we experience what might be called, "grief spikes." These intense emotional reactions occur when a significant family event occurs such as a birth, graduation or wedding, when someone else dies, or whenever we face a new crisis or challenge. On those occasions, we are reminded of how much we miss the deceased and how drastically our lives have changed. We may feel angry at our loved ones for leaving us to deal with the problem on our own, but after a period of feeling sad, we usually resolve to carry on as best we can. However, it is normal to still miss or think about them every day for the rest of our lives.
Integrating the loss involves finding something to hold on to while simultaneously adjusting to whatever else life has in store for us. We are constantly creating "new normal." The task of integrating a loss is ongoing, but the good news is it will not be all misery and gloom. There may still be moments of sadness, but there will be plenty of happy, new memories created as well. Over time we may not even notice the subtle adjustments that are required. We just get better at something the more we do it. A man in a support group said it best when he concluded, "You don't get over grief, you just get better at it."
Even at the end of life the grieving continues. As we grow older and approach the end of our own journeys, our thoughts naturally gravitate toward our personal mortality. We use all of our previous losses as reference points, we engage in life review. We look over the whole course of our life journeys and think about the choices we have made. We remember people and examine events that have impacted us, and we grieve again about whatever needs to be grieved. Our goal for a peaceful death will depend largely on our ability to conclude that we did the best we could, given the circumstances. Our previous losses give us a guide for our own advanced directives and end-of-life decisions. Depending on our faith perspectives, we may look forward to the time when we will rejoin our loved one who have preceded us in death.
Many people say it is strangely comforting to learn that grief has no timeframe. They say it seems disrespectful to suggest that six months or a year is enough time to grieve someone they have invited into the secret recesses of their hearts. They were people who had a central role in our lives, and sometimes they are someone with whom we have shared a lifetime. Grief should never be measured in time. We would all be better served if we moved beyond the idea of acceptance and focused on finding the resources that will help us with the ongoing task of integrating the experience of loss.
Reprinted with permission from Grief Digest, Centering Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska, 402-553-1200. Grief Digest, Volume 8, Issue #2 (October 2010)
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What do OEMs and Healthcare have in common? This week, Pentaho is hosting exciting webinars featuring both topics. Attend both events from the convenience of your desk.
OEM Webinar – Wednesday, November 30th
Companies interested in embedding powerful analytics into their solution should make sure to register for a webinar exclusively for OEMs: Pentaho BI Server Content Integration. On Wednesday, November 30th, Anthony de Shazor, Enterprise Architect and VP of OEM Development Services, will explore the various strategies of exposing existing Pentaho reports and Analyzer reports in partner applications through lightweight integration technologies including HTTP and AJAX.
This is part of the exclusive OEM Tech Series. You can watch past OEM focused webinars here:
Healthcare Webinar – Thursday, December 1st
Rather than tell you the benefits of Pentaho Business Analytics for healthcare companies, we invited one of our customers to share their experience. St. Antonius Hospital is a leading clinical training hospital in the Netherlands with six outpatient locations servicing over 547,200 inpatients and 50,000 outpatients a year. Like many healthcare organizations, St. Antonius Hospital was faced with the challenge of improving patient care while reducing operating costs and complying with new government reporting standards, all the while lacking sufficient data analysis capabilities and a central data warehouse.
Attend the webinar on Thursday, December 1st to learn how St. Antonius used Pentaho to put business intelligence into the hands of doctors and administrators, enabling them to make better decisions that helped reduced emergency room turnaround times, streamlined operating room processes and improved preventive care.
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8 critical steps to take when you're the new staff
person at a church.
Good morning. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to
oversee a creative ministry to children from birth through sixth
grade, while reaching out to the community, touching the lives of
parents, and providing TLC to the teachers and other volunteers who
staff the myriad of ministries. All this must be done with a
limited budget, certain time constraints, and a too-small facility.
If you do well, congratulations. If not, we will disavow all
knowledge of you and your position.
So, you're a new children's minister? Maybe this is the first
staff position you've ever tackled. Or maybe you've been in
ministry for a long time and are finding yourself in a new
position. No matter your experience or title, you now have to pull
yourself together, take stock of your situation, and start plugging
away. But where do you start?
We've all found ourselves in positions where we're excited and
scared at the same time. No doubt, to a children's minister in a
new position, these feelings run at least as deep and as strong as
ever before. You may even be wondering, "Why did I ever say yes to
Now, take a deep breath and relax! Things will start looking up.
If they don't, I know someone who teaches a course on creative
Just kidding. Of course, you won't need that. You have a good head
on your shoulders and a wealth of resources available for ideas.
You also have a copy of Children's Ministry Magazine in your hands.
This is a powerful tool to have right now. If you do just a small
percentage of what you find in this issue, you'll be well on your
way to an effective ministry.
To get you started on the right path, follow these
•Network. You've heard the old adage, "There's safety in
numbers." It couldn't be truer in children's ministry. Find a
mentor or a group of children's ministers in your city to meet and
talk with on a regular basis. You may want to find someone in a
church situation that's similar to your own. At the same time,
there's wisdom in finding people in churches larger than yours
who've been in ministry for a long time. More than likely, they've
found new and innovative ways to meet ministry challenges. While
their programs may be bigger than yours, their successes, both
large and small, will help get your creative juices flowing.
As you meet and pray with these people, remember another old
saying I've appropriately borrowed from somewhere — "Nothing in
the world is original…it's adjusted, borrowed, or stolen — and
adapted to fit a need!"
•Learn. Don't try to do ministry without periodically
stimulating your brain cells. Find conferences, conventions, or
seminars somewhere — and go! Learning from others who've been in
the trenches is like learning from Yoda! ("Be successful, you
will," as Yoda would say.) After returning from a national
conference one year, my wife asked, "How was your time away with
the gurus?" She couldn't have been more on track. I had spent
quality time with hundreds of children's ministry gurus from all
over the country, in churches of every size and flavor, and I'd
been refilled and infused. With literally hundreds, if not
thousands, of combined years of experience at these national and
regional think tanks, we're all miles ahead if we take advantage of
the ideas and advice open to us.
•Build relationships. Perhaps the most important part of
building a children's ministry is building relationships with the
adults who serve with you. After all, without them your job would
be impossible! Making friends and keeping them should be a required
course for everyone in any area of ministry. Make this a high
priority. Never put relationship-building on autopilot.
Ministry is all about people — we know that. What we sometimes
forget is that children's ministry isn't simply ministry to
children. It's also ministry to those who minister to children. The
present and future of children's ministry must include ministry to
families. Include the parents in your planning,
relationship-building, and ministry. Equip adults to serve, train
children, and help parents do their jobs of raising these
all-important little ones.
•Start small, think big. You don't have to pull a rabbit
out of the hat right away. In most cases, the people who place us
in a children's ministry position trust us and our abilities.
They'll be patient and sympathetic with what we need to accomplish.
If they really do expect something big right away, see "Starting
With a Bang!" (below).


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COPPERAS COVE (November 13, 2012) --- A Fort Hood soldier is hoping to open a soup kitchen in Copperas Cove to help others in need and he says he's doing it all for the Lord.
Kenneth Younger legally changed his name to Soldier 4theLord eight years ago and now he's on a mission to open the soup kitchen in Copperas Cove.
He said he owns a licensed kitchen in Killeen but has seen the need for the soup kitchen in Copperas Cove.
For the past two months he's been cooking and using church parking lots in Copperas Cove to set up and pass out hot meals.
He hopes working with other organizations will lead to a permanent location.
"Then we can make it happen on a regular basis if we don't have a location we're going to do some sack lunches and ride around and drop some meals off to people but we just want to help," 4theLord said.
From 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. On Nov. 17, 4theLord and volunteers have set up a BBQ fundraiser near the Discount Tire in Copperas at 2621 E. Highway 190.
For more information call (254) 338-8447.


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Home > Food > Recipes > Cannellini and Dill Crostini
Cannellini and Dill Crostini
Categories: Entertaining, Finger Foods, Party Snacks, Quick to fix, Vegetarian
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Type: Appetizers and Snacks
Cannellini and dill make a great topping for crostinis.
Prep Time: 20M
Cooking Time: 15M
Serves: Serves 16
- 1 × 14oz (400g) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- 3 anchovy fillets in olive oil, drained
- 2 small fresh red jalapeño chile peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 scallions, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp olive oil, for drizzling
- 1/3 cup black olives, pitted and finely chopped
For the crostini
- about 2 tbsp olive oil
- 16 slices crusty baguette
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 garlic clove, peeled but left whole
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- Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). To make the crostini, pour 2 tbsp olive oil over a baking sheet, then gently press the bread into the oil on both sides. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from the oven, and lightly rub each slice with the garlic clove. Set aside on a wire rack to cool.
- Combine the cannellini beans, dill, anchovies, chiles, and scallions in a blender or food processor, and purée until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, and transfer to a bowl. Spoon the bean mixture over the crostini, drizzle with the olive oil, and sprinkle with the chopped black olives. Serve.
- Serve the cannellini topping with your favorite grilled fish and roasted vine-ripened cherry tomatoes.
- Canned cannellini beans make a great store-cupboard standby. It takes no effort at all to turn them into a topping for crostini or a dip for crudités or an antipasto platter.
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I made an animated main menu introducing my game. In the menu there is snow and fog to create a more alive feel to it. Now I want to add a hawk that randomly spawns and flies across the screen in the distance.
Any idea how I'd create a "path" for it to follow? The path would be a curved line or something for the hawk to follow to simulate realistic movement. I have no idea how to design this.
As a side note, I'm writing this game in Löve2D.


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The Hellion and the Highlander (Mass Market Paperbound)
Only one man could set her heart ablaze . . .
Lady Averill Mortagne learned to control her fierce temper as a young girl. But if her father insists on parading her before one more English lord who looks askance at her flame-colored hair, she'll simply scream Her only respite is the time she spends with Kade Stewart, the wounded Scot her brother brought home from the Crusades. Who could have imagined a Highland warrior would be the only gentleman around?
Lady Averill helped save his life, and for that Kade is truly grateful. She is also almost unbearably beautiful, but he could never subject such a sweet and gentle lady to the rough life of a Stewart laird's bride . . . or could he? When she braves an unexpected danger by his side, Averill will prove to Kade that her heart is as fiery as her hair . . . and that submitting to their scorching passion would be heaven indeed.
About the Author
Lynsay Sands is the nationally bestselling author of the Argeneau/Rogue Hunter vampire series, as well as numerous historicals and anthologies. She s been writing since grade school and considers herself incredibly lucky to be able to make a career out of it. Her hope is that readers can get away from their everyday stress through her stories, and if there are occasional uncontrollable fits of laughter, that s just a big bonus. Please visit her on the web at lynsaysands.net.


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The Robert A. Day 4 + 1 BA/MBA Program
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I study abroad and still complete the Day 4 + 1 program?
Yes. Most Day 4 + 1 students spend a semester studying abroad. The Day 4 + 1 Program is designed so that students can enjoy all of the options available at CMC. We encourage students to take their semester abroad in their sophomore year, but there are students who travel abroad as juniors and still complete the program.
Can I complete a double major?
Yes. It requires planning to make sure that all of your requirements are met for both majors, but there are students who complete the program with a double major from CMC.
Do I have to take classes in the order laid out in the recommended course of study?
No. These are guides to help you when choosing your classes. We encourage you to coordinate your general education and undergraduate major requirements with your faculty advisor. The section indicating the recommended curriculum lists the required classes, but there is a high degree of flexibility in the order in which classes are taken. We recommend that you arrange your classes to prepare yourself for your summer internships. Planning your classes is a collaborative process.
For more information, contact:
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On Sunday afternoon August 11th at 3:00pm, the Physical Fitness Team of A3 will be sponsoring a hike at Camp Caraway.
The group will divide into 2 groups for the hike based on difficulty. One group will use the gravel walkways around the camp. The other will be doing a moderately difficult hike of 3 miles over more challenging trails.
Please bring water and wear comfortable shoes. No dogs please.
Meet at Camp Caraway near the Conference Center at 3:00pm. The Camp is located off of Caraway Mountain Rd, west of Asheboro.
If you would like a ride or car pool to the Camp, meet at the Farmer's Market in Asheboro at 2:30pm on Sunday.
This hike will last about 1 1/2 hours.
Light refreshments and fellowship afterward.
This event is free and open to all who have taken the A3 Pledge. No reservations required.
For questions call Jim Rich at 625-2044 or 625-2993.


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Mandela, 94, Is Hospitalized
PRETORIA, South Africa— Nelson Mandela was admitted to an unidentified hospital overnight to treat a recurring lung infection, his second hospitalization this month, the South African presidency said on Thursday, sparking concerns over the antiapartheid icon's health.
A spokesman for President Jacob Zuma said late Thursday that Mr. Mandela was "responding positively" to treatment but remained in the hospital.
The 94-year-old former leader was admitted to the hospital shortly before midnight and was conscious, the spokesman, Mac Maharaj, said.
"Doctors found his lung infection had returned…and that warranted hospitalization immediately," said Mr. Maharaj. "Doctors are doing everything to keep him comfortable and treat the infection."
Mr. Mandela has battled a lung infection for decades, having been diagnosed with the early stages of tuberculosis while he was in prison. The latest hospitalization follows his admission in early March for what the presidency said was a scheduled check-up to manage his existing conditions, and a three-week stay in December to treat a lung infection and to remove gallstones. The frequency of his hospital stays has increased in recent months.
"We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray for our beloved Madiba and his family, and to keep them in their thoughts," Mr. Zuma said, using the leader's clan name, by which he is referred to fondly in his home country. "We have full confidence in the medical team and know that they will do everything possible to ensure recovery."
Mr. Mandela has largely avoided public view in recent years as his health has deteriorated. He made a rare appearance during the final of the 2010 World Cup held in South Africa, circling the field in a golf cart with his wife, Graça Machel. After his presidency, he largely stayed out of politics.
Mr. Mandela, elected South Africa's first black president in 1994 as a member of the African National Congress, served as president for one term after spending more than a quarter of a century behind bars for his efforts to end apartheid.
Mr. Mandela rose to international prominence for his vision of a country where people of all colors could live and work together peacefully. Progress toward that ideal has been slow.
In the past year, the ANC has suffered infighting as it elected Mr. Zuma to a second term as head of the political organization.
The government also has struggled to respond to labor unrest after police fired into a crowd of mine protesters last August, killing 34 people.
The ANC has come under mounting criticism for ineffective responses to the country's biggest problems, such as high unemployment and the widening gap between rich and poor.
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19 Nov 2012 6:02 AM #1
Sencha Products Integration
Actually I'm exploring Adobe Edge - PhoneGap - Eclipse for build Android Apps.
I'm interest to know, before buy, two things on Sencha Products:
1) How to import Animators exports or source project into Architects 2. Something like Edge-PhoneGap-Eclipse.
2) How to access to Android native resources from Sencha Architect 2. Like Phonegap-Android access to sensors, cameras, wifi, audio, etc.
It is possible? I try the Sencha Architect 2 Trial, I loved and is only 10 days left for decide if by or not.
Any guidance is welcome, sorry if the question is already in other topics.
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1) You can inport the CSS resource but the HTML you will either have to edit index.html after you save the project or insert it using JavaScript in a controller or something.
2) It doesn't seem like Architect has the Ext.device classes.Mitchell Simoens @LikelyMitch
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Which sex is the worst about washing up? Why is it so important? We've got the dirty truth on how and when to wash your hands.
Phenazopyridine for Urinary Symptoms
|Generic Name
|Brand Name
|Pyridium, Uristat
Phenazopyridine is available as a prescription medicine (Pyridium) and as an over-the-counter medicine (Uristat).
How It Works
Phenazopyridine is a pain reliever (analgesic) for the urinary tract. It comes in tablet form that you take by mouth (orally).
Why It Is Used
Phenazopyridine relieves urinary symptoms such as pain, burning, or the frequent need to urinate caused by urinary tract infections (UTIs), catheters, or injury or surgery to the area.
How Well It Works
Phenazopyridine provides short-term relief of urinary tract symptoms. But it does not eliminate the cause of symptoms, such as bacterial infection.
Side Effects
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
- Usually the benefits of the medicine are more important than any minor side effects.
- Side effects may go away after you take the medicine for a while.
- If side effects still bother you and you wonder if you should keep taking the medicine, call your doctor. He or she may be able to lower your dose or change your medicine. Do not suddenly quit taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to.
Call911or other emergency services right away if you have:
- Trouble breathing.
- Swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat.
Call your doctor right away if you have:
- Hives.
- Blue or purple skin color.
- Vomiting.
- Unusual tiredness (fatigue).
- Weight loss.
- Yellowing of your skin or eyes.
- Symptoms that are getting much worse, such as:
- Pain during urination.
- Having to urinate more often.
- Blood in urine.
- Not being able to urinate or not having much urine.
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
What To Think About
Talk to your doctor before using this medicine if you:
- Have allergies to any medicines, foods, or other things.
- Have kidney problems or hepatitis.
- Have a history of blood problems like hemolysis.
- Have an enzyme problem called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) or a family history of this problem.
This medicine will change the color of your urine to red or orange. This is temporary and harmless, but it can stain clothing and towels. Other body fluids may be discolored as well.
Don't wear soft contact lenses while taking this medicine. It can permanently stain your lenses.
Don't take more than the recommended dose or use this medicine for longer than 2 days without checking with your doctor.
Taking medicine
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Advice for women
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
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I've got a phone system for the company I work at. We have a line in for the FM radio, it plays music for when people are on hold. What would be the easiest way for me to have the radio fade out at timed intervals (every 5 minutes say) and play from a bank of 5 or 10 short pre-recorded company related messages. Is there a software solution out there for this, or a piece of hardware i can use?
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There are many commercial solutions available for this. If you don't like any of those, there is a pretty simple way to do it.
Pick up a compressor with a side-chain input, and some sort of two-channel mixer. An Alesis 3630 and Nady MM-141 come to mind, but you can use other stuff if you want.
Record a CD with your messages, spaced however you want them. Find a CD player and put it on repeat. Your CD player outputs in stereo. Hook one channel up to the sidechain input on a compressor and the other channel to one of the inputs on the mixer.
Hook your FM radio to the input of the compressor, and the output of the compressor up to another input on the mixer.
Hook the output of the mixer to the phone's music-on-hold input.
Now, what we are going to do is compress the music from the FM radio based on whether or not audio is coming out of your CD player. The idea is that with some tweaking, the sound of the FM radio will duck out of the way when your announcement comes on. The mixer mixes both sounds together, but the FM radio will have its gain reduced down a ton, so it won't be an issue.
On your compressor, set your ratio to infinity:1, your threshold around as low as it will go. Set the release to two seconds. Give it a listen. Experiment with the compressor settings if you'd like, particularly on attack and release.
Now, you will find that the announcement bumps right up against the FM audio when it starts. A very simple way around this... on your CD, record one channel with some sort of pilot tone. 1kHz at 0dB will do. The other channel should be the announcement. The tone should start a second or so before the announcement. This essentially cues the FM radio signal to get out of the way.
Let me know if this doesn't make sense, and I will try to explain it better. Best of luck!


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I just started using this ZTE Warp (on Boost Mobile) yesterday. I rooted and ROM'd it with Clockwork Mod and Shinjitsu 1.5b (1.5.1c and 1.5.1c-beta2 did not work, for some reason).
Everything is pretty awesome so far, but whenever I enable Wi-Fi, I lose all 3G service - not just data, I can't send or receive calls or texts - the phone says 'No Service'.
Any ideas? I'm pretty new to Android.


text: La da da, la da da. I know many of you are not going to find this lesson useful, but it is something that was requested a while ago by a member who wanted to learn "how to draw a French horn". I personally have never heard a French horn live or in music. Actually, I should rephrase that because I might have heard a French horn, but I just didn't recognize the sound. Anyways, these instruments are one of many interesting horn pieces that have a complex design work. The bent brass and tubing makes drawing a French Horn a but intimidating to tackle. I want to assure you that this tut won't be as hard as you think. So have fun, make music, or better yet make music with drawing music. I will return with fun and more interesting concepts later today. Adios and peace out.


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Lactate dehydrogenase A deficiency
Other Names for this Disease
- Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency type A
- Glycogen Storage Disease XI
See Disclaimer regarding information on this site. Some links on this page may take you to organizations outside of the National Institutes of Health.
rhabdomyolysis), which can lead to myoglobinuria (rust-colored urine indicating breakdown of muscle tissue) and kidney damage. A skin rash may also develop. The severity of the signs and symptoms varies greatly among affected individuals. Lactate dehydrogenase A deficiency is caused by mutations in the LDHA gene. This condition is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern.[1]Lactate dehydrogenase A deficiency is a condition that affects how the body breaks down sugar to use as energy in muscle cells. People with this condition experience fatigue, muscle pain, and cramps during exercise (exercise intolerance). In some people, high-intensity exercise or other strenuous activity leads to the breakdown of muscle tissue (
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- Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency. Genetics Home Reference. February 2012; http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/lactate-dehydrogenase-deficiency.
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- Genetics Home Reference (GHR) contains information on Lactate dehydrogenase A deficiency. This website is maintained by the National Library of Medicine.
- The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) provides information about lactate dehydrogenase deficiency. Click on the link to access this information.
- MedlinePlus was designed by the National Library of Medicine to help you research your health questions, and it provides more information about this topic.
Lactate dehydrogenase
LDH isoenzymes
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- The Monarch Initiative brings together data about this condition from humans and other species to help physicians and biomedical researchers. Monarch's tools are designed to make it easier to compare the signs and symptoms (phenotypes) of different diseases and discover common features. This initiative is a collaboration between several academic institutions across the world and is funded by the National Institutes of Health. Visit the website to explore the biology of this condition.
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Other Names for this Disease
- Lactate dehydrogenase deficiency type A
- Glycogen Storage Disease XI
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GENESEO, N.Y.--The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) released the current standings for the NCAA Division III Learfield Directors Cup and the Geneseo Blue Knights stand in 15th place of 161 scoring institutions with 160 points. There are approximately 440 institutions in Division III vying for Directors Cup points.
The Learfield Sports Directors' Cup was developed as a joint effort between the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) and USA Today. Points are awarded based on each institution's NCAA Division III championship finish in up to 14 sports -- seven women's and seven men's.
Geneseo is the top ranking New York State school, ahead of, among others, New York University (16th), St. Lawrence (20th) and Cortland (21st). The Knights received 72 points for their sixth place finish in men's cross country, 63 points for their ninth place finish in women's cross country and 25 points for their tie for 33rd place in women's soccer.
Six of the seven fall sports have been completed in the academic year-long competition. The final fall standings are scheduled for release on December 23, with winter standings released on March 18 and April 1, spring standings on May 27 and final standings on June 23, 2010.
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Alternatively, is it more productive to simply ignore any spelling or grammar mistakes and correct them all either when you're finished/every hour or so?


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Progressive Degenerative OsteoArthritis - 09-01-2008, 09:43 AM
I'm going to be very straight out with this: I DO NOT WANT PITY IN THIS THREAD!!! I want help, yes, but if I get a single post in this that simply says "o im so sorry" I will scream. -.-
For years, my mother has had awful arthritis in her knees; she's had surgery twice on them, but her new doctor says that could actually be making it much worse. Last year, she managed to break her leg after walking backward off a staircase (please don't ask. DX), and when she finally started working at the deli, her back started hurting, a LOT. Initially she ignored it, she's not one to complain much about anything and when you do hear her complain, something is really wrong.
She finally got her butt to the chiropractor after almost ten months straight of nothing but pain and agony, and we found out that she's got what the title of this thread says: Progressive Degenerative Osteoarthritis. It is NOT to be confused with Osteoporosis; this is affecting her lower back.
Her doctor gave her two options: Stay on her feet and work despite the pain, or sit on her ass (that's what he said, he's very frank) and get bloodclots in her legs.
Pretty obvious what she chose, considering she's still going to work.
My mom is 37, 38 years old for god's sake! She doesn't need to be put through this. We don't know how the arthritis got to her back, but if it's putting pressure on her spine then she's gotta have surgery to prevent it damaging anything. If that happens, I don't care what the school board says about social development*, I am getting homeschooled to take care of my mom because we can't afford a live-in or visiting nurse. She basically gave up college for me and my brother (she was 23 when I was born), and while I don't want to take the same chance of having to give up a good education just to take care of her, she's really gonna need help because she can't do anything without being in really bad pain and if she does have to get that surgery, it's really gonna hurt us all because of how the economy is becoming and I really don't know if our insurance will cover something like this.
What should I do? I really want to help my mom out, but she's incredibly stubborn and is STILL trying to do her usual work around the house. I'm not at home right now, hence why I'm typing this up (she'd probably kill me if she saw me typing this), but I need some advice pretty bad right now.
*=The school board for my county absolutely abhors the idea of homeschooling because apparently that means you become a social outcast. I frankly don't care, I'm already a social outcast. O_o
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
I'm not very good at giving advice,especially about something i don't know alot about (like this). But,i googled it and i found this site that has some info on Progressive Degenerative Osteoarthritis:
Medinfo: Osteoarthritis
Hope it helps a bit.
And about what you said about the homeschooling to take care of your mom was sweet,i would do the same.
My grandpa has sorta bad arthritis,mostly in his knees.It has gotten alot better over the years,mostly because he keeps active.He has had i few surgeries which i think have helped.He used to have to walk with a cane,but he doesn't anymore.I don't even think it bothers him any more,or if it does maybe only for a day or two and then he's fine.
I know how you feel. My mom has a kidney stone and gets these awful spasms in her stomach and leg sometimes. She getting real thin. Luckily, it's getting much better and she's starting to be able to eat a good amount again. She still has them, just not as often. I couldn't hang out with my friends as often as I would've liked this past summer. How sad. T.T
I guess the best advice I can give it stay strong. Make sure your mum knows about her condition and maybe she'll slow down before it gets a lot worse.
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Graie Alps > Mont Blanc GROUP > Aiguille du Midi > Climber's Log
Aiguille du Midi Climber's Log
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|Cosmiques Ridge
|Fantastic route, dry conditions. With Tariq Qureshi
|Posted May 11, 2011 5:21 am
|fun fun good fun
Date Climbed: Jul 28, 2010
|refering to the cosmique arette
|Posted Dec 17, 2010 12:28 pm
|Climbed via arete des cosmiques
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2010
|Stunning views.
|Posted Jul 25, 2010 9:53 am
|lazy way
Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2010
|paid the extra 3 euros to take the elevator up to the true summit. With a week of crappy weather preventing us from attemping any of the peaks we wanted to do (Dufour and Blanc), it was nice to still be able to get really high up. -6 C up at the top, overcast but great views.
|Posted Jun 2, 2010 9:49 am
|As a variation
|of the Cosmique arete. I was not too well after an awful night in the Cosmique Hut ..nausea/vomiting/headache/mild AMS..in the mornining i started but backed off the Cosmique Arete very early leaving my climbing partners to complete the climb. I ascendedthe ridge back to the station.
|Posted Mar 3, 2010 4:39 pm
|Cableway long way back
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 1989
|I don't know if it counts but i reached the summit by cablecar in '89 when i was 5 years old--> my first summit :-) well it probably started my addiction for mountains, should come back one day and climb it
|Posted Feb 12, 2010 1:31 pm
|Cheater's version
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2007
|First time it was the easy way (tram), next time I will chose a different one.
|Posted Nov 2, 2009 5:33 pm
|Does taking the cable car count?
Date Climbed: Jun 16, 2007
|I want to go back and climb it. Pics
|Posted Oct 19, 2009 2:14 am
|La grande Frenche Mountaine
Date Climbed: May 5, 2005
|It was a cool vista, even if we cheated. Next up, Mt Blanc.
|Posted Oct 13, 2009 9:50 am
|Just a peek
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2001
|Wish I brought my climbing gear to Europe!
|Posted Oct 4, 2009 3:13 am
|Arête des Cosmiques
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2009
|I climbed it via the Arête des Cosmiques route. Beautiful weather and fantastic route!
|Posted Sep 16, 2009 11:06 am
|Cheater's version
Date Climbed: May 5, 2005
|I feel bad for signing this log since I took the tram to the top, but I have been to the top, and intend on returning there someday to summit Mont Blanc. So I'll update then.
|Posted Sep 7, 2009 6:20 pm
|Dries Desmet
|Normal route climbed
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 2009
|Climbed in very snowy conditions for June! Very nice!
|Posted Jun 16, 2009 1:35 am
|Arete des Cosmiques
|A little late in posting, but what a great climb and spectacular area.
|Posted Mar 27, 2009 12:17 pm
|Arete des Cosmiques
Date Climbed: Jun 27, 2007
|My first climb in the Alps. Great introduction! Climbed with Miles Smart.
|Posted Mar 1, 2009 11:18 am
|Breathtaking views!
Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2008
|Magnificient day and unbeliveable views.
My first time in French Alps and I can only say.... Wooow!
Have to comeback one day and do some real hiking in this area!
|Posted Dec 7, 2008 9:08 am
|second time
|Second time to the top.
|Posted Aug 5, 2008 12:22 am
|Route Climbed: Arete des Cosmiques
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2008
|Gabi, Sev, Nicolas and I came from Zermatt to Chamonix, we picked the telecabine to A. du Midi. We did the climb of the ridge in the early afternoon, with sun and excellent conditions; just in time to pick the last cabine to Torino Hut. A great climb.
|Posted Jul 17, 2008 6:09 am
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
|The tram ride up was a little uncomfortable...they packed about 50 people inside it
|Posted Jul 2, 2008 5:02 pm
|Cosmiques Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 4, 2008
|Climbed in worsening conditions. Snowed on the last pitch. Tons of snow with so so stability made it interesting. Technical crux definitely not the real crux of the route.
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The start of the high school football season is always a time of great anticipation, but fans of several area schools will have even more to look forward to this year.
Oak Glen and Weir high schools, for instance, will both open new stadiums. Brooke, meanwhile, will unveil a new artificial turf field, Toronto will open its revamped stadium, and Steubenville's Harding Stadium will feature an expanded press box and other improvements.
The stadiums in Hancock County represent great improvements for facilities in the Northern Panhandle. The new Jimmy Carey Stadium and the Oak Glen Multi-Sports Complex, known informally as the Bears Den, are located on the respective campuses in Weirton and New Manchester.
Both are state-of -the-art facilities, featuring new amenities for fans and artificial turf playing surfaces. Weir High's first football game at its new facility will be played at 7 p.m. Friday, with a full slate of pregame activities set before the game against Indian Creek. Oak Glen will play its first football game at its facility at 7 p.m. Aug. 31 when the Golden Bears take on Wellsville.
The stadiums were built with money that was included in a $37 million bond levy Hancock County voters passed in November 2010.
The district also received $19 million from the West Virginia School Building Authority for construction of a new elementary school in Weirton.
When Brooke takes on Parkersburg at 7 p.m. Friday, the Bruins will be playing on artificial turf at home for the first time, thanks to the work of the Brooke County Schools Athletic Complex Committee, a volunteer group formed by the school board. The committee has entered into a lease-purchase agreement to provide the turf while continuing a fundraising campaign for the $500,000 project.
In Toronto, fans who attend the Sept. 7 game against Shadyside will be watching the game from Toronto's renovated stadium, which will feature a new facade, new seating and a new press box. Those improvements were made possible when voters approved in 2010 a 6.5-mill tax levy that covered a school improvement bond issue and a continuous maintenance levy. The stadium work is part of project that will see a new school built.
And in Steubenville, fans who attend tonight's doubleheader at Harding Stadium will notice the new press box. Funding for that project includes $100,000 from the Pugliese Foundation and $100,000 from the school system's permanent improvement construction fund.
These projects are all examples of what can be accomplished when members of the community come together to show their support for and their pride in their institutions, and all involved deserve to be commended for their efforts.


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Let $M$ and $N$ be $R$ modules ($R$ commutative with identity). Is it true that if for every prime ideal $P$, $M_P \cong N_P$ (as $R_P$ modules) then $M \cong N$ ? Clearly the question is true if $M$ or $N$ is zero. But what about the non-zero case !?
Here is an explicit counterexample:
Let $R^3$ be euclidean 3-space and $S^2$ the 2-sphere, embedded in $R^3$ as usual. Let $A$ be the ring of all real-valued continuous functions on $S^2$. Let $T$ be the $A$-module of all $R^3$-valued continuous functions on $S^2$ (so that $T\approx A^3$ is a free $A$-module). Let $M\subset T$ consist of all those functions $f$ such that $f(x).x=0$ for all $x$ (where "dot" denotes the usual inner product in $R^3$). Let $M'\subset T$ be the submodule generated by the identity function.
Observation 1: $M\oplus M'=T$. Thus, for any prime $P\subset A$, we have $M_P\oplus M'_P\approx T_P$. But over a local ring, any direct summand of a free module is free. Therefore $M_P$ is free.
Observation 2: $M$ can't be free. If it were, it would have a basis consisting of two triples $(f_1,f_2,f_3)$ and $(g_1,g_2,g_3)$ (the entries $f_i$ and $g_i$ being real-valued functions). This basis, together with the basis consisting of the single element $(x,y,z)$ for $M'$, would form a basis for $T$. It would follow that the matrix $$\pmatrix{f_1&f_2&f_3\cr g_1&g_2&g_3\cr x&y&z\cr}$$ has unit determinant; in particular the determinant is a function on $S^2$ with no zeros.
But it is a fact from topology that if $f(x).x=0$ for all $x$, then there is some $x$ such that $f(x)=(f_1(x),f_2(x),f_3(x))=(0,0,0)$. Thus the determinant of the displayed matrix has a zero at $x$. This contradiction shows that $M$ is not free.
Now let $N$ be a free $A$-module of rank 2. Observation 1 shows that $M_P\approx N_P$ for all primes $P$; Observation 2 shows that $M$ is not isomorphic to $N$.
No in general, per Fernando's comment. Yes if you have a single map $M\rightarrow N$ that localizes to isomorphisms at every prime $P$ (compute the kernel and cokernel and use your observation about zero-modules).


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I have used Win32::OLE to use the IE active x control. It has been really nice but becomes unresponsive at times with trapping so many events...I wanted to know if anyone has had similar problems....By the way im new to the forum nice to meet everyone.
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Each fall, in celebration of the start of the new academic year, Lehman College holds its annual Academic Convocation to welcome students to Lehman College and to honor faculty and staff. There is a formal procession of the faculty in academic attire and a program that recognizes faculty and staff recipients of Lehman awards for excellence in teaching, research, and service and features a keynote speaker.
Please encourage your students to attend the Convocation, as this first major event of the academic year is intended to introduce our students to the faculty and administrators and to make them feel they are at home at Lehman.
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Forrest Gump at Treasury
Jack Lew doesn't seem to know much about how or why he got paid.
Senate Democrats are in a hurry to confirm Jack Lew as Secretary of the Treasury before anyone notices his biography. Otherwise, liberal lawmakers might be embarrassed voting for a man who represents everything they've been campaigning against.
Investor in Cayman Islands tax haven? Check. Recipient of a bonus and corporate jet rides underwritten by taxpayers at a bailed-out bank? Check. Executive at a university that accepted student-loan "kickbacks" for steering kids toward a favored bank? Check. Excessive compensation with minimal disclosure? Check.
Like a financial Forrest Gump, Mr. Lew keeps walking into the frame of the business-political dramas of the last decade. But unlike the lovable movie character, Mr. Lew is playing the villain of liberal financial lore. One very compelling role, highlighted by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), was Mr. Lew's star turn as an administrator at a university that encouraged students to borrow from his future employers at Citibank.
Prior to working at Citi, Mr. Lew was the executive vice president for operations at New York University from 2001-2006. He was responsible for NYU's budget and finances. During his tenure the university agreed to recognize Citibank as its primary private lender for student loans. Citibank in turn paid NYU 0.25% of the value of the loans.
Mr. Lew and the school say that Citi offered the payments to NYU only after winning a competitive process to offer low rates to students. Mr. Lew says he doesn't recall much about the arrangement, and he responded to a Grassley inquiry by saying, Gump-like, "I do not believe that I approved the selection of Citigroup C -0.61 % as a preferred lender for NYU students."
We never thought it was the crime of the century for universities to get a cut of loan revenue when they recommended particular lenders to students. But politicians like Senator Max Baucus (D., Mont.) referred to these payments as "kickbacks." Yes, the same Max Baucus who has spent his career howling about the Cayman Islands. Yes, the same Mr. Baucus who has now forgotten how outraged he is while supporting Mr. Lew's nomination.
Anyway, after Mr. Lew had left NYU to work at Citi, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged in 2007 that the school's payments from Citi had not been adequately disclosed to students and that the school's policy toward Citi created a conflict of interest and violated state laws. NYU settled without admitting any wrongdoing and agreed to a new code of conduct.
We'd have thought this story would offend principled liberals, but then they're also giving a pass to Mr. Lew's fabulous compensation from the tax-exempt school. NYU students shoulder one of the highest collective debt burdens in the country as they struggle to afford one of the nation's most expensive universities. For those who claim after watching Mr. Lew's confirmation hearing that he doesn't understand finance, we say: Check out his NYU compensation package. He sure knows how to get paid.
According to a 2004 report in NYU's student newspaper, Washington Square News, Mr. Lew was paid $840,339 during the 2002-2003 academic year. This meant that Mr. Lew earned more than most of the country's university presidents that year, including his own boss, John Sexton.
After more Grassley inquiries and reporting by the New York Post, it's not clear whether even that astronomical figure covers all the compensation paid to this employee of an ostensibly nonprofit outfit.
The Post discovered in NYU's IRS forms that the school lent Mr. Lew at least $1.4 million. When Mr. Grassley asked the Treasury nominee about it, Mr. Lew said that the university "provided a mortgage forgiven in equal installments over five years, and an additional shared appreciation mortgage."
Mr. Lew says that NYU reported "income related to housing assistance" on his W-2, so it's possible the loan subsidy was counted in the $840,339 figure. We asked NYU and the Treasury to disclose Mr. Lew's total compensation from the school, including benefits. NYU suggested we review their public tax filings and White House spokesman Eric Schultz said only that, "Mr. Lew has answered more questions than any Treasury Secretary nominee in history. He has been fully transparent and responsive to the Committee and deserves a vote as soon as possible."
What Mr. Lew has told Mr. Grassley is that "in addition" to his salary, he received other benefits, including "a one-time severance payment upon my departure." The website for the Obama Department of Labor notes, "Severance pay is often granted to employees upon termination of employment." That's our understanding as well—severance is typically paid to employees being laid off. But NYU says he left voluntarily.
Why would the school shovel still more money to an employee as a parting gift before he heads off to Wall Street? NYU is a university that gets favorable tax treatment on the premise that it is pursuing an educational mission, not a commercial or political one.
The Grassley inquiry is unlikely to derail Mr. Lew's nomination, because Senate Democrats, the White House and most of the media really don't care. But Mr. Grassley is doing a public service in revealing how liberals redistribute income to themselves. And Mr. Lew is finally delivering educational value to youngsters by providing a lesson for the Obama era: If you want the big bucks, go into the world of taxpayer-backed enterprises.


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Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, yesterday rejected Iraqi claims that Saudi Arabia has adopted "negative positions" on repairing diplomatic ties with Baghdad and denied charges that Saudis were entering into Iraq through the Saudi-Iraqi border, Al-Watan Arabic daily reported today.
"The Iraqi government knows where the (foreign) fighters come from," said Prince Nayef. Prince Nayef also urged Iraq to improve border security to prevent the infiltration of Iraqis into Saudi Arabia.
Prince Nayef said the Kingdom wants only what is in Iraq's best interests and would not allow any harm against Iraq's government and people, Al-Watan reported. "The Kingdom only wants the welfare and stability of Iraq. "The Kingdom does what is in the best interest of Iraq and its people and the return of Iraq to its unity and sovereignty.


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Another tasty treat from Veganomicon. The special thing about these cookies is that my boys made them for me while I was at work. How great to come home and have the house smelling like chocolate!
Friday, April 11, 2008
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Posted by Vegan Dad at 10:47 PM
Labels: baking, Veganomicon
5 comments:
- veganforone said...
That's so sweet of them!!
- April 11, 2008 at 11:41 PM
- VeggieGirl said...
aww, what a sweet thing for your boys to do - talk about returning home to deliciousness!
- April 12, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- Anke said...
wow, your kids are great!
- April 12, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- Ricki said...
What great kids! And they've inspired me to take a closer look at my own copy of Veganomicon--those cookies look fabulous!
I've just caught up on your previous posts and must say "congratulations" on getting that restaurant to make changes! This very evening, my honey and I are going to my favorite Toronto-area restaurant, where they are always fantastic about vegan/vegetarian options. Unfortunately, we can only afford the place about twice a year, it's so expensive!!
- April 12, 2008 at 6:52 PM
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Are there hash functions that make use of pseudorandom functions. Precisely, I'm looking for a specification of a hash function based on PRF (and based on the security of such a primitive).
Note that a PRP is a PRF for a large enough block size. Hash functions based on block ciphers will probably be of interest to you.
There are some general schemes for using block ciphers to build hash functions. You may want to investigate them and what requirements they have for the underlying block cipher. Unfortunately, the PRP model is a weak requirement for a block cipher, schemes that use block ciphers often use stronger assumptions (like the MDC-2 hash is built on block ciphers by using the Ideal Cipher model).
For a modern example, the popular SHA-3 hash contestant Skein is based on the block cipher Threefish. You could investigate if/what PRF or PRP models are used in the analysis of Skein and Threefish.
A good place to look for such a construction is Building a Collision-Resistant Compression Function from Non-Compressing Primitives by Shrimpton and Stam (http://eprint.iacr.org/2007/409.pdf). This paper explains how to design a compression function from a random function. From a compression function, building a hash function is a standard problem and one frequent solution is to use the Merkle-Damgard construction.
The basic solution proposed in the above paper is to define: $$ H^{f_1,f_2,f_3}(V,M)=f_3(f_1(M)\oplus f_2(V))\oplus f_1(M), $$ where each $f_i$ is a random function from $n$ bits to $n$ bits and $M$, $V$ are the two $n$-bit halves of the $2n$-bit input to the compression function $H$.
PRFs are closely related to cryptographic hash functions. However, usually PRFs are built from PRGs (GGM construction), which in return can be created from cryptographic hash functions. However, the reverse construction is not trivial.
The security notion of both primitives is similar: If the PRF is drawn randomly from the PRF family, then the output of the function is indistinguishable from a true random function. However, for hash functions the security requirements are more concrete: collision resistance and preimage resistance. A true random function already has these properties, IF the domain and range of this function family is large.
However, PRFs are missing one property of hash functions: Being able to reduce an infite domain to a finite range (and still have the collision and preimage resistance).
How to do this? First you need a PRF family, which is compressnig a larger domain into a smaller range. If you have a PRF familiy which is not compressing, you can apply universal hashing to get a compression function. And with this compressing function you can build a hash function with the Merkle-Damgard construction, or a similar construction (e.g. Keccac sponge).


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Canon PowerShot A3300 IS 16 Megapixel Digital Camera- Silver for $79 + free shipping
Canon PowerShot A3300 IS - Digital camera - compact - 16.0 Mpix - 5 x optical zoom - silver
Wrapped in a sleek metal body, the PowerShot A3300 IS captures everything in stunning 16 mega pixel detail. Dynamic image stabilizer ensures that movies are sharp and steady.
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A very high resolution sensor produces stunning quality images, and allows printing of very large prints or cropping the image to achieve the desired composition.
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Very good technical review here,
It actually only cost me $71.10. Got a 14.85 discount applied at checkout for some reason. (New customer?) And apparently some other unknown discount that wasn't shown. Perhaps it's the extra 10% discount off cameras and other items through July 21st.
Bleh, never mind, my math be not so good. That 14.85 savings is the shipping discount plus the 10% off. Still only $71.10.
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Red Zone legend: Ansonia's Bubby Natowich
ANSONIA — As a grammar school kid growing up a 10-minute walk from the Ansonia High football field, Andy "Bubby" Natowich understood the importance football played in the blue collar town of tough, prideful immigrant families like his. He was so enamored with the Chargers that each day after school he would go watch them practice and dream of playing for them.
He invested himself so completely in the program that one day when he was in seventh grade he began crying when his older brother came home from a game at Naugatuck and told him the Greyhounds had beaten Ansonia, 73-0. Natowich vowed that when he got to play against the Greyhounds, he was going to make them pay.
As the Chargers starting quarterback his junior season in 1936, Natowich received his opportunity for revenge. He rushed for single-game state records of 451 yards and seven touchdowns against Naugatuck, mindful the entire time of what he was doing.
"Oh yeah," said Natowich, now 94. "The Naugatuck people were yelling, 'Take him out! Take him out! Take him out! He has enough.' I told the kids, 'No sir, not until we get 79 (points).Then we will come out.' I said we would get even with them, and we did. We beat them 79-0."
Obviously, Natowich — who now lives in Southern Vermont — established himself as a player to be taken seriously long before the era of prolific offenses.
Of the Top 25 single-game rushing performances of all time in Connecticut, only three pre-date 1990, and Natowich's Naugy game is the only performance prior to 1970 on the list. His 451 yards are still the fourth-most in state history and stood as the most for 66 years before Farmington's Brandon Williard (508 yards, 2002), Ansonia's Alex Thomas (518 yards, 2007) and Montville's Jeremiah Crowley (526 yards, 2013) surpassed him.
Natowich, arguably the first superstar in Ansonia's storied program, may have been a man before his time. While the state player of the year in 1938 had the quickness, toughness and instincts to rack up incredible rushing yardage, he could also throw the ball.
His dual-threat ability allowed him to set the state record for most points accounted for in a single game with 58 against Shelton his senior year. It was a record that stood for 73 years before Torrington's Brenden Lytton scored 59 against Wilby in 2010.
Natowich rushed for six touchdowns and three conversion runs (one point each at the time) while also passing for three touchdowns and a conversion against Shelton. Once again, a bit of prideful redemption was at play.
He said his sophomore year, Shelton beat the Chargers on a water bucket trick play. During a timeout, water was brought onto the field with a bucket to refresh the players. As play was ready to resume, a Shelton player carried the bucket to the sideline and put it down, but he never left the field of play. When the ball was snapped, he ran downfield and caught the game-winning touchdown pass.
"So we played them later on (my senior year) and we beat them, listen to this, 80-0," Natowich said. "We got them back."
His biggest college win as a halfback for Holy Cross was an upset of No. 1-ranked Boston College, 55-12, his senior year on Nov. 28, 1942 at Fenway Park. Natowich scored the final touchdown of that game and got tackled very late in the end zone by a frustrated BC player. He got up and hit the Eagles' player.
Things normally went badly for players or teams who incurred the wrath of the rugged Natowich, but the Boston College game proved to be a little different. The Eagles had planned a big celebration at the Cocoanut Grove Night Club that night to celebrate what they expected to be a win that would secure their spot in the Sugar Bowl with a chance for a national championship.
After being beaten by Holy Cross, the Eagles canceled their party. That night, the Cocoanut Grove burned down and 492 people died in the fire.
That fateful game was the last of Natowich's college career, but he was talented enough to get signed by the Redskins for $125 per game after a two-year stint in the Army.
"I got a letter from Washington, but then there was the war so I went in the service instead," said Natowich, the 10th oldest former NFL player still living. "I got discharged early, because I was hurt. So then I went to Washington to play. Oh that was a lot of fun, baby! Playing with Sammy Baugh."
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A friend is trying to make some auto-generated bingo boards, and LaTeX seems like an obvious choice - nothing fancy, just a 5x5 table with square cells, centered text, and line wrapping if necessary. After some searching, I'm at a bit of a loss on setting the vertical height of cells, though. How can I do this?
Given the length of the terms to put in the squares (e.g. "Speech Language Pathologist") I don't think it's reasonable to go for anything but a full sheet of letter paper. (They'll be printed, special paper would be a pain, and two on a sheet is pretty small for that.) Otherwise there aren't really any hard formatting requirements - a legible size, and might as well fill the page as long as you've got it. I'm sure I can adjust details, in any case.


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in https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=37194#txn-641389 I reopened a bug concerning a Perl crash in conjunction with the libreadline XS bindings. I attached the necessary debug information, but until now there has been no acknowledgement from the maintainer. I want this finally fixed; it's a major inconvenience to not have readline in Devel::REPL and the Perl debugger. My Perl guts and C夫 is nearly non-existent, so I can't do the usual thing and produce a patch on my own. So I would like to employ your help; more eyeballs ↔ shallow bugs and all that.
My questions to you:
- Can you reproduce this crash despite
-DPERL_USE_SAFE_PUTENV? If yes, let's compare what is the common factor.
- Do you know what is the cause and how do you go about finding it?
- I have a debugging perl and know how to use gdb, but where do I have to set a breakpoint to observe the crash properly?


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All other things being equal Halachically, if you have two people with Yahrtzeits one for a mother and one for a father, who has priority with regards to getting an Aliyah (and/or davening for the amud and/or saying kadish), and why?
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The halacha does not differntiate between one mourning for a mother or a father in terms of priority for any of the chiyuv davening activities. In fact, Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 26:16 states that even one who is mourning for both a mother and a father does not get priority over one mourning for another relative.
From sefer shraga hameir the one after the father has precedence. Since the father needs more zechusim in the next world since he had a harder time in this world. He has more mitsvot to keep and his yetser hora in sexual matters is a lot stronger like MZL which a woman does not have.


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Question: Let $\Delta$ be the unit disc in $\mathbb{C}$ and $\rho(z)|dz|^2$ be a complete conformal metric on $\Delta$ where $\rho(z)$ is continuous on $\Delta$. Let $a$ be the infimum of $p (p>0)$ such that $\iint_\Delta |\rho(z)|^pdxdy=+\infty.$
I guess that $a\leq 1$. Of course, generally $a$ depends on the complete metric $\rho(z)$. For example, w.r.t. the Poincare metric, $a=\frac{1}{2}.$ Also, one may consider the infimum of $a$.
Note. We only assume that $\rho(z)$ is continuous and complete on the unit disc.


text: Look how adorable Finn looks with a cheerful sweater on and a Santa hat. We almost never see Finn wearing anything else but his normal attire so seeing him in a thick sweater is sort of fun. I'm not going to say too much in this description because I just wanted to show you guys "how to draw Christmas Finn" for the holidays before they are actually here. The lesson should be pretty simple so enjoy this submission till your hearts content. I will return with some more fun that I'm sure you will all enjoy. Adios mi amigos and happy holidays.


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Hello Forum,
Inspired by the panoramas of John Law, who shot some nice images of the artwork of James Turrell when he was attending the PanoTools Meeting in Den Haag, I visited Kijkduin myself on October 10.
I shot there some panoramas with a handheld Fanotec prototype double monopod (the travel pole I demo'd in Den Haag) at varies heights (1.5 to 3 m) with a Canon 5D + shaved Tokina email@example.com + Fanotec RS-1 panohead + pole rotator + footplate.
For each pano I shot 6 images around and 1 shadow patch shot with a tilt of -15 degree, 1 zenith shot with a tilt of +60 degree tilt, for panorama #2 I also shot an extra nadir patch with a tilt of approx. -45 degree to enhance the image quality in nadir.
For all images the lens was shifted 12 mm forwards out of NPP to get the smallest footprint of the panohead as possible.
By zooming out to an extreme fov it is possible to get a "crater view" of pano #3,
I am sure I will visit the location more often, especially the view from the panorama top is very nice.
For our Dutch forum members, if you are living not far from Kijkduin and have a chance to visit the location I am sure you will not regret it (tip, bring a telelens with you).
See for the location the link below each panorama.
Below an image that could be part of Panorama Mesdag, the famous painting the PanoTools Meeting attendees visited on one of the excursions.
The image is shot from the panorama top with a compact camera with the zoomlens set at 500 mm (equivalent), the ships are sailing by Hoek van Holland at a large distance and are, although barely, visible in panorama #4.
I hope you like the panoramas.


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In a multisite setup, you can associate an existing user in the network to a site. The standard wp_insert_user function doesn't seem to have the proper logic to handle. How would I do this for multisite?
Also, is there a way to see if a given user is already associated with a particular site?


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This enables the Anniversery Maps in Reach, right? So it's essentially paying for the DLC and getting a full game too.
Sold out.
I still got mine, but it took a lot of time with customer service to do it. Call and say you can't use their "My Gofer" on it online and they might let you get one anyway in store.
My local Krap Mart had 5 in stock but would not price match.
I got mine because they tried to order it online and have it picked up at the store and couldn't get it to work for, like, a half hour. Then they just broke and gave it to me.


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text: I get so many weird requests and this one is no different. For those of you that play Amnesia, you will recognize this figure or statue. Here is "how to draw Stephano" from Amnesia, or otherwise known as Pewdiepie's guide during game play. He is a gold colored statue that stands around a foot high. He has a deep french accent when speaking, and when he does talk he often yells at Pewdie. Anyways, what more can I say about Stephano except have fun drawing him. I will meet you all back here in a bit so stay tuned in. Peace out people!


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I have a lelievlet and want to add a lignite and a mizzen mast. Therefore I need to know how much I need to change the shrouds, anyone can help me by explaining how?
What data do I need to have in order to calculate the new setting and how do I calculate them? And about the lignite, how can I know what the length should be?
With the mizzen I have another problem, how would I resolve the shrouds there and mizzen's sheet?
Below the image of an lelievlet I fetched quickly. The size of the sails together is 12m2 but the boat can take 16m2 (officially).
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The Old Globe Presents: 'The Last Romance'
- When Multiple dates from Jul 30 - Sep 5, 2010 [days & times]
- Where Old Globe Theatre, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit 3+
- Categories Comedy, Theater
- Cost $29 - $62
Above: Photo of actress Marion Ross holding a dog. Ross stars in the heart-warming romantic comedy "The Last Romance" at the Old Globe Theatre, July 30 through September 5, 2010.
Old Globe Associate Artist and television icon Marion Ross ("Happy Days," "The Drew Carey Show," "Brothers and Sisters") stars with her life partner, Paul Michael, in this heart-warming romantic comedy "The Last Romance" by Joe DiPietro ("Memphis," "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change").
On an ordinary day in a routine life, an 80-year-old widower decides to take a different path on his daily walk that leads him to an unexpected second chance at love. Richard Seer directs.
Schedule: July 30-September 5, 2010
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Mikey Jacobsen might be the most remarkable prep basketball player in the state, but almost no one knows it. A two-year starter at point guard for Woods Cross High, he's averaging about 5 points, 2 assists and 1 steal a game — modest numbers unless you know the rest of the story.
In a game against Layton earlier this month, Jacobsen scored the game-winning basket with 8 seconds remaining, improvising a dash down the lane for a layup after a play broke down. Against Roy, he sank a game-winning free throw with 8 seconds left.
But none of this matches the feat Jacobsen pulled off just to make the team and play the game. Every time Jacobsen makes a shot or a steal, every time he sprints down the floor, it's a testament to his determination and the support of parents, doctors, a personal trainer and a dedicated surgeon.
"I don't think you realize how remarkable it is that your son is playing basketball," a doctor told Mikey's parents. "Do you appreciate how unusual this is? He's a miracle."
A few years ago, Jacobsen couldn't lift an unweighted bar in the weight room, put on socks or shoes, shoot a basketball or do anything more strenuous than walking.
Jacobsen has full-curvature scoliosis, a deformity in which the spine curls from side to side like a country road. Quasimodo, the tragic figure in Victor Hugo's "Hunchback of Notre Dame," probably had scoliosis, although this is never stated in the book.
Jacobsen's condition was discovered in the sixth grade when he underwent a physical to play baseball. Nobody had noticed it until then, although Jacobsen's father, Eric, was constantly telling him to stand up straight and pull his shoulders back. For the next two years Mikey wore a tortoiseshell back brace 18 hours a day.
But, as the disease is wont to do, the condition continued to worsen. There are degrees of severity with scoliosis. When the curvature in the spine is between 20 and 45 degrees, a brace is used to correct it. When the curvature is more severe, surgery is required. By the spring of Jacobsen's eighth-grade year, his spine was shaped like an S and one of the curves was a whopping 70 degrees.
From the base of his neck to the base of his ribs, Jacobsen's spine is trying to rotate around itself, the way you'd twist a wet wash rag to wring it out. His spine is twisting from left to right, pushing the ribs upward and backward until they protrude out his upper and mid back to form what many would call a hunchback. Meanwhile, as the left-to-right twisting continues, the left side of his chest is pushed out more prominently than the right side and the right shoulder is pushed forward and downward. The symptoms are often less pronounced in youth, but worsen with maturity — the curvature in the spine bends an additional 1-2 degrees every year.
Lacking the stability of a straight spine results in added stress to the support structure around it, leading to pain and discomfort. At the end of the day Mikey liked to lie on the hard floor for relief. There was only one solution: surgery.
As fate would have it, the Jacobsens knew just the man to help them. While living in Arizona for several years when Mikey was a boy, the family struck up a close friendship with Dr. Dennis Crandall, a surgeon specializing in spinal injuries and deformities. He is the official spinal surgeon for the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns and Arizona State, as well as the Sonoran Spine Center. The entire family flew to Arizona to meet with Crandall about Mikey's scoliosis.
"They were scared to death," says Crandall. "This is their beautiful, healthy, teenage boy who has this horrible spinal deformity. They're a family with a culture of athletics and they're thinking, OK, he's done."
Eric, who owns an investment management firm called Jacobsen Capital Management, was an all-conference safety for the University of Utah football team. His wife Amy was a dancer. Their five children — Eliza, Mikey, Eden, Frank and Luke — are all heavily involved in sports (three of them work with a personal trainer).
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Many ITF-based taekwondo practitioners come to notice a difference between different ITF-based organizations with some groups teaching a direct, forceful style and others teaching a more timed, flowing style often referred to as a "sine wave" style. What are the defining characteristics of this "sine wave" approach to ITF hyungs/tuls and how did this style originate?
By reading the The Encyclopedia of Taekwon-do written by General Choi Hong Hi, the founder of Taekwon-do, one would find out that the sine-wave is a main characteristic of Taekwon-do and is part of the "Theory of power" that characterizes the style.
The sine-wave emphasizes relaxation on the upward motion and the contraction and explosion on the downward(final) motion. This allows you to put the weight of your body into the technique.
You can read more about the theory of power here: http://www.saskgtf.com/theory.html
Also the differences you see between ITF sine-waves in different practitioners is because the sine-wave has evolved over time and not all teachers will teach it the same way on each move.
The "sine wave" terminology is used, in my experience, to refer to a more bouncing method of footwork in forms. A linear, non-size-wave execution of kata, such as this performance from Shotokan, values direct movement, crisp end positions, and minimal up-and-down movement between stances. In contrast, this "sine-wavey" performance from ITF TKD exemplifies the up-and-down, more fluid method that the term refers to. Notice the exaggerated way that the practitioner settles into each step, and the alternating slow-fast cadence of each movement. This is dissimilar from the rather even pace that the Shotokan stylist uses.
I am not familiar with the origin of this style, except to note that preferences regarding the look and feel of kata performance naturally change over time and with different personalities in charge. But the salient differences seem to be:


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Does the following series converge? If it does, determine the appropriate limit.
The only thing i noticed so far is the occurence od the telescopic series via a transformation:
The ratio test delivers the result $k/(k+3)$ which renders it unhelpful, so I have to try something else. Now I have been thinking about finding an explicit expression for the partial sums
however I neither know, how do so nor do I know whether it suffices to show, that the partial sums will converge for $N\to\infty$ to conclude that the whole series will have a limit.
I need help on how to determine the the explicit expression of the partial sums and would like to know some good suggestions on what to do else.


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Ubuntu Edge gets price dropped one last time to $695
Canonical's next brainchild, the Ubuntu Linux powered Ubuntu Edge smartphone, has seen quite a response through its Indiegogo campaign, but with only two weeks to go they have a long way to go before their funding goal is reached.
The Ubuntu Edge campaign has seen a remarkable response from not only the general public, but as of recently big corporations too after Bloomberg LP made a $80,000 contribution for 115 unique Edge devices as well as training, among other things. Today, Canonical announced that they would be slashing the Ubuntu Edge's price to $695 for the remainder of the campaign, down from $775.
The move is widely being considered a step to gain more funding, as over $23 million is still needed within the next 14 days for the Edge to succeed. Canonical, however, says that lower manufacturing costs are to thank.