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The future of Catholic high schools?
Late last year, I blogged on the decision of the Priests of Holy Cross, Indiana Province, to close Notre Dame High School for Boys (my alma mater). A few months later, I wrote a piece for the National Catholic Reporter detailing how province came to that difficult decision, and how the school would go on. I had hoped to bump the article here when it was published, but NCR firewalled the piece. Wisely, the paper recently opened its online archive to the masses (for a limited time). So for those of you still interested in following the story, click over to their Web site to read my piece. (It requires a few cumbersome steps: first you have to click a button to gain access to their archives; then you have to look in the back-issues area for the April 6 edition.) Alternatively, you can click here to read a copy of the piece that's archived on LookSmart. A sample:
The collision between high ideals and stark realities is becomingincreasingly common across the shifting landscape of Catholic educationin the United States, yet rarely is the conflict as vividly displayedas in the story of Notre Dame High School and the Holy Cross Indianaprovince. This tangled saga illustrates the crunch of the decliningnumber of priests and religious with the continuing dedication oflaypeople to Catholic education, while questions of ownership andCatholic identity add intrigue to the outcome.
Of the 1,203 Catholic high schools in the United States, 42 percentare sponsored by religious communities. The dwindling numbers ofreligious and their increasing financial burdens have forced manycongregations--such as the Jesuits and the De La Salle Brothers--tomove their schools to a two-tiered governance model. In such a model, apredominantly lay board oversees the daily operations of the school,while some powers are reserved by the sponsoring community, usuallyinvolving property and religious identity. "Congregations are realizingthat this is a way to continue the mission of their schools," accordingto Notre Dame Sr. Mary Frances Taymans, executive director of theSecondary School Department of the National Catholic EducationalAssociation. "Knowing the role they want to sustain over time has to dowith mission and charism," Taymans explained, these congregationsunderstand that "it's time to turn these institutions over."
But sometimes a governance transition is out of the question. Whena sponsoring community decides to close a school, according to Taymans,"usually the lay board and parents say they want to try to keep itopen." In those cases, "congregations tend to agree to maintainsponsorship, but not financial responsibility for the school," Taymanssaid. In the case of Notre Dame High School, however, that was never onthe table. When asked how the Indiana province decision compares tonational trends in Catholic secondary schools, Taymans said, "It tendsto go differently."
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I was struck by the concern among some in your story about how Catholic a Catholic education can be without brothers, sisters and priests.I would also ask how Catholic that education might be when, in our diocese, half or more of the students are typically nonCatholics seeking an alternative to urban public high schools.One wonders to what extent Catholic schools have simply become private schools. With the tuition bills to match, since the supply of cheap and highly trained and educated teachers has dwindled with the dwindling populations of religious communities.
As a teacher in three different Catholic high schools for the past 12 years, I can say that there is a real battle going on for the soul of Catholic high schools. Some have done very well with maintaining a Catholic identity while others are really in straits. While I completely believe that it IS possible to have solidly Catholic high schools without Religious and priests, they desperately need committed Catholics (of the Commonweal type or whatever). Unfortunately I have come across more and more non-practicing Catholics teaching in Catholic schools and one rightly wonders have effective these teachers will be in passing on the faith if their own faith is lukewarm or non-existent.
Very interesting case study, Grant.(Very much by-the-way, I became a confirmed atheist when my religion teacher at a Catholic high school, a practicing Catholic, NFP-observant laywoman said that since all definitions of God fall short, therefore all world religions are equally valid. )I would think that one of the many reasons a religious congregation would begin a high school ministry has to do with developing religious vocations. So one of the factors in a pullout might be the non-feasiiblity of that goal nowadays, when vocation decisions are often made after college--a delay that communities recommend. There might be a parallel in the decline of Religious-sponsored high schools with that of minor seminaries.
Kathy,Yes, vocations are certainly a major reason for religious communities to sponsor schools, although historically, I don't think the drop in vocations is the primary reason sponsoring communities pull up stakes. Money and personnel shortages are the main culprits (although, as I demonstrated in my article, those reasons seem not to have applied in the case of NDHS). Anthony,Would you say more about the kinds of Catholic schools you've taught in? NDHS is a decidedly blue-collar school--this isn't to say it doesn't provide an excellent education, but the school doesn't pay well at all. Most of the teachers who stay on for decades at cute-rate salaries have done so because of their commitment to the kind of education the high school provides--namely, Catholic. I wonder if more "elite" (hate to use the word) Catholic schools have more of a problem with faculty whose commitment to their school's Catholicity is less than ideal.
Yes, I have taught in what some might consider more "elite" Catholic high schools. However, all these schools have a considerably large number of younger faculty who try out teaching for a few years. Although they may not be more than a third of the faculty at any one time, their youth and general lack of interest in the Catholic identity of the school definitely affects their students. In addition I have also had considerable dealings with other Catholic high schools (diocesan, inner-city etc), and they too tend to hire a large number of young teachers (early 20's, right out of college). Many of these men and women are also not particularly interested in the Catholic dimension of the school, though nevertheless do an excellent job.
Anthony, does the curriculum weave some religion into the disciplines taught? Or is it more or less ghettoized into a separate class? Does the school promote faith-based community/social projects? Just wondering what a school like the one you describe, good as it may be, really offers that's any different from a good public school with CCD "on the side."Thanks for letting us learn from your experience.
"Just wondering what a school like the one you describe, good as it may be, really offers that's any different from a good public school with CCD 'on the side.'"Egads--it has to. I have a hard time believing many Catholic high schools are weaving "the Catholic angle" into, say, their economics courses. At least not explicitly. But, of course, there's much more to a Catholic high-school experience than what takes place in the classroom: everything from prayer before class to weekly Masses, from student Eucharistic ministry programs to service-learning courses and retreats. These add up to a culture that public schools plus CCD will never provide.
Well, to be honest most classes don't begin with a prayer; fewer English teachers seem interested in topics like the "Catholic novel" or even taking faith seriously when analyzing a text. And in general, when you have an increasing number of non-practicing Catholics (or non-Catholics) on a faculty, faith is just not on the radar screen. And as far as social justice work? Sure, this happens but kids often don't see the connection between the works of charity and justice and their baptism, their identity as Catholics and what that demands of them.I may sound overly pessimistic but I am not trying to be. There is still lots of good things going on in Catholic high schools. However, in some ways many Catholic schools are where the universities/colleges were in the late 60's and early 70's. However, I think their identity is changing rapidly but most are not seeing this. Often the "Catholic" dimension comes out in a strong way when alumni dollars are on the line, but as far as the day to day life of the school, all is hanging in the balance
I don't think you're being overly pessimistic. I do, however, think it's important to point out that the school I reported on--quite typical for Chicago-area Catholic high schools--does practice all the items in my list, and more. Of course, the school can carry on these traditions because they were established by the Holy Cross priests. And NDHS, too, faces what all Catholic schools across the country must be facing: the generational drift from Catholic beliefs, practices, and culture.
Grant, I'm not trying slam Catholic high schools (though our experience with them was not good). Just sayin' that it sounds like, from Anthony's response, that "Catholicity" in some schools is pretty diluted.I also wonder if the "elite" angle is getting strengthened. Tuition at my kid's elementary school (in a rural area) was a couple thousand bucks a year. It would be interesting to look at the annual family income of kids who attend Catholic high schools as well as the level of "Catholicity" to get some kind of picture of what's going on across the board.My guess is that Catholic schools do better in predominantly Catholic countries where the state helps fund those schools. In the U.S., the system builds rancor between public schools--which claim private schools siphon money away and that's why they're falling apart--and parochial schools, whose parents complain that they pay public school taxes but receive none of the benefits.
Clarification: Our experience with Catholic elementary schools--not high schools--and the rather opaque process by which the diocese runs all its schools was not good.
Jean--didn't think you were slamming Catholic high schools (although how bad would one have to be to qualify as no better than public school plus CCD--in terms of Catholicity?). I have no doubt that Anthony's testimony is accurate (he's a very trustworthy guy); but there are many other schools that do it fairly well. A program like UND's ACE attempts to train and form the next generation of Catholic educators. Those efforts must be supported.
Just a note from the hinterlands (as one contributor to this blog referred to San Antonio)... Having taught in a Catholic high school here, and knowing others who did, I can attest that our reason for leaving was not due to any lack of commitment to passing on the tradition. We left because we simply could not afford to teach there. It wasn't a matter of being unwilling to make a small financial sacrifice; we were unable to pay our monthly bills and support our own children on a Catholic school salary. Those teachers who remained almost always had a second source of income: there were several retired military officers and a few women with CEO-type husbands. The financial situation may differ in other parts of the country, but I suspect that it is a nationwide problem. Are Catholic schools becoming enclaves for the elite? I just checked the website for a Marianist institution here in town and the yearly tuition is roughly $8000 ! Could the average middle-class family afford to send more than one child there at the same time?
In at least one Catholic high school (the only one in our immediate area, which one of my children attends) I too have some concern about the diluting of the 'Catholicity' and the slow evolution into an 'elite', 'Christian' school. Already it has followed others on the road from a 'Jesuit school' to a school that 'educates in the Jesuit tradition'. Most of my sons friends there are not Catholic, but Protestants who's parents are looking for an alternative to the public schools. Since they're also generally fairly well off, I think the school cannot help but be influenced by the need to cater somewhat to that potential pool by subduing its 'Catholicity'.In freshman year, only one semester of reglion class. Weekly mass (optional, and according to my son very lightly attended). No CCD/faith formation. I know many of the faculty are faithful and practicing, but some are not, and indeed some have even complained that they felt the Mass was too exclusive because non-Catholics were advised not to take communion (but to join in prayer and worship, more or less the standard thing one finds in a missalette), and this was 'exclusive' and made them feel left out or singled out. It's still a great school and I know the lay people now in charge care deeply about these things, but there's no question it's under the pressure of these modern times. The Catholicity is there, but a student has to take initiative and go after it / seek it out now, rather than being surrounded in it.I also completely agree with Joanne about the salary issues wrt attracting and holding quality teachers. In some cases it's good -- the teacher who stays there when they could easily get a better paying position is clearly motivated by something other -- but obviously it also deters a lot of otherwise excellent prospects.RM
During my years in an all-male Catholic high school (1962 - 1966), we had daily religion class, Mass on holydays, no community service experiences save one isolated instance, and (if I recall) little to no references to Catholic faith/religion in our other courses. Clergy made up, I'd guess, about half the faculty.My parents could not afford the full tuition and other expenses so I "work-studied" my first two years. A newspaper route paid my junior year, and a summer job in a fur store took care of my senior year.I'm not prepared to make a judgment either way on the issue of saving or closing Catholic schools, parochial and/or secondary. Just sharing my experience.

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You have been informed that your recent Pap smear showed some changes in the cells of your cervix. This needs further study. This document will help you understand the changes and the probable course of management.
The Pap test was introduced as a cervical cancer screening test in 1943 by Dr. George Papanicolaou, for whom it is named. The Pap test examines cells from the cervix, or the mouth of the womb that is located at the top of the vagina.
Normal vaginal discharge contains cells which are shed from the cervix and uterus. Samples of these cells are taken for the Pap test. For this reason, you should not douche or use tampons or vaginal medication for at least 24 hours before the Pap test is done.
During the gynecologic examination, a speculum is inserted into the vagina so that the cervix and vagina can be seen. The doctor or nurse inserts a cotton-tipped swab or gentle cytobrush into the cervical opening (cervical os) to sample endocervical cells. Next, the examiner gently scrapes the cervix the outside of the cervix (portio) with a small spatula in order to get samples of the discharge containing cervical cells.
These samples are placed on one or two glass slides, and are sent to a cytologist for detailed examination under a microscope. A cytologist is a specialist, who is trained in the interpretation of Pap tests. A report is sent to your doctor with a classification of the test results and a description of the cell changes.
Several different classification schemes have evolved over the years for characterizing Pap test results. Unfortunately, this is a continuing source of confusion. The outdated Class system originally developed by Papanicolaou has been replaced by the CIN grading system and the Bethesda System. CIN stands for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and implies an underlying aberration in proliferation of cells. In most cases, this is a precancerous lesion that is easily treated with nearly 100% cure. Both the CIN grading system and the Bethesda System are in widespread use today. The table below compares the various nomenclature used to classify squamous cell abnormalities seen on Pap test:
Classification of Squamous Cell Abnormalities
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|Low-Grade SIL
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|Moderate Dysplasia
|High-Grade SIL
|Class III
|Severe Dysplasia
|High-Grade SIL
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|Carcinoma in-situ
|High-Grade SIL
|Class IV
|Invasive Cancer
|Invasive Cancer
|Invasive Cancer
|Class V
Glandular abnormalities are more difficult to classify. Glandular cells that are seen on the Pap test most commonly come from the endocervix. However, other glandular epithelial surfaces in the female reproductive tract may shed cells that are visible on the Pap test. Endometrial cells may appear on Pap tests and reveal underlying abnormalities. Because the female reproductive tract is open to the abdominal cavity via the Fallopian tubes, occasionally, cells from the ovary, Fallopian tubes, peritoneum or other interabdominal organs may be seen on the Pap smear. Glandular cells on the the Pap test are classified as follows:
The cervix is the part of the uterus that extends into the vagina. There are two types of cells which line the cervix, one lines the outer cervix (portio) and another lines the inner cervix (endocervix). There is a distinct junction between the two cell types called the transformation zone. The Pap test is taken from this area because this where dysplasia (pre-cancer) and cancer most often arise.
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Metaplasia - Metaplasia is generally described as a process of cell growth or cell repair which is benign (not cancerous). This process normally occurs in unborn babies, during adolescence, and with the first pregnancy. Studies have shown that metaplasia is present in more than one half of all women at some point in their development.
Dysplasia - In dysplasia, there is an increase in the number of cells formed, which do not mature as expected. This changes the inside of the cell. The higher the grade of dysplasia found on the cervix, the more likely that it will progress to invasive cancer. For this reason, dysplasia is thought as a "pre-cancerous" condition. Dysplasias are nearly 100% curable if managed appropriately. A small proportion of mild dysplasias (CIN I or low-grade SIL) will regress without treatment. However, it is not possible distinguish between dysplastic areas of the cervix that will return to normal and dysplastic areas which will progress and ultimately become cancer.
Inflammation often results in mildly abnormal Pap tests. These may result in the diagnosis of CIN I in the CIN grading system, ASCUS in the Bethesda System or changes consistent with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infection. An inflamed cervix may appear red, irritated, or eroded. Some of the common causes of cervical inflammation are:
When the inflammation is treated and cleared, repair through metaplasia usually will follow. In several months, a repeat Pap test will often then be normal.
All abnormal Pap smears require further evaluation. If the abnormality is minor (i.e. inflammation, or HPV changes) your healthcare provider may choose to repeat the Pap test in a few months. If the abnormalities have persisted or worsened, colposcopy is indicated. Colposcopy will enable your physician or nurse to make a more accurate diagnosis.
Colposcopy - A colposcope is a lighted microscope that is used to magnify the cervical tissue during a pelvic examination. The colposcope is used to visualize abnormal areas of the cervix and vagina which are too small to see with the naked eye. The entire transformation zone must be seen. The colposcopic examination is an office procedure and is no more uncomfortable than a routine pelvic examination. It takes 5 to 10 minutes to perform. During the examination, the examiner may take small samples of cervical tissue (biopsies). Another specialist, a pathologist, will examine the tissue samples and cells. These diagnostic biopsies will guide further management.
From the examiner's perspective
From the patient's perspective
Cone Biopsy - A cone biopsy is a minor operation which is usually performed in an outpatient surgical facility. In the operating room, the physician removes a cone shaped tissue sample from your inner cervix. This tissue is sent to a pathologist for detailed examination under a microscope. This procedure does not remove any of your reproductive organs and should have little impact on your future ability to become pregnant. If only dysplasia is found in the cone specimen, then often no additional treatment will be required. However, if invasive cancer is discovered, additional treatment (i.e. surgery or radiation therapy) is indicated. Therefore, a cone biopsy may be considered as therapeutic (if all of the dysplasia is removed) or diagnostic (if it discovers a worse problem that requires additional treatment).
Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) The LEEP procedure is similar to a cone biopsy in that it removes a tissue sample from your cervix. Likewise, a pathologist examines the tissue under a microscope. The LEEP procedure has the advantage of being easily performed in the office with local anesthesia. However, the LEEP procedure and cone biopsy are not equivalent and your physician will recommend which is the best option in your case.
Cryosurgery - Cryosurgery is another treatment option. This procedure is done in the doctor's office. During the procedure, the doctor freezes and thereby destroys the dysplasia on your cervix. You may notice a brief unpleasant cold sensation during the freezing procedure. A disadvantage of cryosurgery is that no specimen is obtained for the pathologist to examine in order to exclude the possibility of invasive cancer.
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You can call someone "chicken" or "chicken hearted" for being scared. Mind it, its not coward which is serious. Is there a funny slang expression like "chicken" in French?
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Poule mouillée (lit. "wet hen") is close: it means a person who lacks courage. It isn't as widely applicable as chicken: you can't use it as an adjective, and it's not as natural as in English to use it as an interjection (though you can say "Espèce de poule mouillée !", which is roughly equivalent to "You [are] chicken!"). It is usually constructed as "X est une poule mouillée". For example, a child might launch a race and taunt the other children by saying "le dernier arrivé est une poule mouillée".
Where English children would shout "Chicken!", I think French children would shout "oh, le peureux". Another childish phrase that's close is "t'es pas cap'" (short for capable), meaning "you don't dare" (and hence can translate "I dare you").
There's another (mostly childish but not only) slang term that hasn't been mentionned yet :
It's very commonly used, and never to refer to someone with a "legitimate" or understandable fear. Its use implies that the scare is clearly disproportionnate to the real threat.
(However, let's note that it fails to match the use of chicken in the expression to play chicken.)
If you want to be rude while talking to a really close friend you could say "tapette" or "t'es une tapette !" which also stands for gay.
Don't use that if that person is actually gay, that would really be homophobic.
There is a wonderful film starring Marion Cotillard called (I think) Jeux d'enfants, in which two kids play a game of chicken throughout their lives. The expression they use (I think) is 'cap pas cap'. The English title of the film is 'Love Me if you Dare', so you get the feeling.
t'a la frousse ? means "are you (too) scared to do it ?
I noticed that recentely more and more people (me included) started to use the word " canard " ( = duck ) exactly like english people use "chicken" , to mean that someone is not very brave in funny slang.
It's dated and probably more "cowardly" and less funny than you wanted, but the "faux-ami," "Capon/(caponne)" (without the "H" in "chapon"), works as both an adjective and a noun to communicate the idea of "a chicken/poulet (the animal) being afraid" in one word.


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@wootvan: I just SAW this comment. Oh my, let me clear up a few things. I should warn you the user name is a play off my family name it has little to do with anything else and NOTHING to do with me being a Lord of the Rings fan, I am not.
I do like shiny things, what girl doesn't? My family goes in for gold rings.
I wouldn't recommend getting ANYTHING from this site (graveyardmall.com). They take forever to mail their stuff and some people have filed complaints with the BBB on their customer services. I just had to ask for a refund for them taking too long on a purchase. They took my money but never sent the items. They kept telling me it was "just mailed yesterday". I was surprised they actually returned my money other people haven't been so lucky.


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Is there an easy way to empty out an install of a standalone Geoserver jar (i.e., delete all the examples) or do I have to do it through either the admin GUI or the RESTful interface? Can I just delete or munge some files in the work directory? Or is there a command line switch to tell it to never unpack the examples in the first place?
download the war file and deploy it, then login and make all customizations (remove layers, adjust defaults, etc) until it suits you.
Now shutdown the servlet container, zip the geoserver directory and rename the resulting geoserver.zip as .war and you're done. A .war file in fact is just a .zip file in disguise.
IMPORTANT: when zipping the geoserver directory do it from inside the directory itself, not from the parent (which would be webapps if using tomcat). To check that you have done everything all right open the zip file: it should not have a lonely geoserver directory in the root folder.
it works pretty much as above since the standalone installer is just an archive of geoserver deployed in a self-contained servlet container: unzip, start, customize, shutdown and zip again.
Geoserver stores all its configuration in xml files in the data_dir directory. For the meaning of each folder and/or xml file see the official documentation.
After reading teh docs it seems clear that removing everything under the following directories will get you an empty geoserver:
Bootnote: The directions given at top still hold true, the above is just another way of clearing layer configuration data. I recommend that the the user also sets other important params like username/passwords, security and memory settings, logging, etc before going into production.
For what you want, I think it's best to build your own wars. According to this thread, a war with an empty data directory is the default behavior if you check out the sources and build it.
Here are some guides to get you started on building your own war.
I actually found a way that, at least in chef, is a little easier than any of the above. Rather than repackaging Geoserver to remove the examples or removing them after Geoserver unpacks them, you can create a minimal data directory with only the required files in it, and Geoserver will assume it's already unpacked the data directory.
The minimal data directory contains all the subdirectories in the documentation and the top level files. There may be less required, but I discovered this solution worked.


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Library to screen 'Spider-Man'
WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Public Library will be showing the PG-13-rated film "The Amazing Spiderman," starring Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone, at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Call (304) 737-1551 to reserve a seat and popcorn.
Crochet group
meets Wednesday
WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Public Library's crocheting group will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The group is for adults, beginners through experts. Bring your own supplies and projects. There will be assistance and instruction available for participants who need it. Call (304) 737-1551 to register for the free group.
Colliers church
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COLLIERS - As the holiday season gets under way, Olde St. John Episcopal Church at Eldersville and St. John's roads will be selling assorted cookies and gently used Christmas decorations from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 8.


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This question is motivated by an exercise called "The Star-ship Enterprise's Problem" in Williams's book "probability with martingales", it can be stated as follows:
Suppose the control system on the spaceship has gone wonky. All that one can do is to set a distance to be travelled. The spaceship will then move that distance in a randomly chosen direction, then stop. The object is to get into the Solar system, a ball of radius $r$. Initially, the spaceship is at a distance $R(>r)$ from the sun. It can be proven with the help of martingale theory that the probability
$$P(\text{the spaceship gets into Solar system })\leq r/R$$ You can find one proof here.
So I wonder if there are some other examples in probability theory, they are interesting enough(of course interesting is an subjective manner) , can be easily formulated and understood by ordinary people, and are also nice applicaitions of Martingale/Brown motion/diffusion/percolation theory?
Here I add another well-known examples: The Equidistribution Problem in number theory, it can be solved by ergodic theory. It has a nice formulation as the reflection of a billiard ball on the table, see Hardy's book "An introduction to number theory".


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I'm looking to put up a website with worksheets that I make and they will need to have graphics in them. The worksheets will be available for download for free. Where can I find images that I can use in these worksheets without infringing on copyrights? I'm not sure I can just use free clipart.
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I would look at Creative Commons and see if that may apply and work for you. You can also check out the Crystal Clear Icon set. Here is the license to determine if it will work for you.


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The latest projections from the National Weather Service show this weekend's rains sliding through the area a little faster than originally forecasted. While the thinking had been that rain could linger in Butler County through about 1 p.m. on Saturday, the latest outlook has the bulk of the precip clearing us before lunchtime. Showers are expected to begin during the overnight/early morning hours, peaking around sunrise. Forecasters still don't anticipate any severe weather, though we could hear some rumbles of thunder. Additionally, since the system will be moving at a pretty good clip, that should limit the potential for a heavy rainfall event.
All this spells much better news for the weekend's festivals and events… be sure to check the forecast before heading out in the morning, in case anything changes, but hopefully that umbrella won't need to stay up for long!
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I always thought it was stupid, but then went for it when I found a game I wanted (free with subscription) and it ended up being cheaper. Although I don't get to keep the game after my subscription, I don't really mind, it's a pain to resell games anyhow. The games that come with a subscription are usually big ticket, and I hate buying new games. 50 bucks for 5/4 years? Sure!
If I already subscribe - will this add on to my subscription?
Yes the new subscription will be attached to the end of their current subscription plan
Just remember, the "bonus games" are not yours to keep after your PlayStation Plus subscription ends. However, if you purchase any discounted games during that time, those are yours to keep.
Also remember - these aren't 'bonus games'... they're the same 'free' game rentals that I and any other current subscriber has access to.
'Bonus games' makes it seem like the games are an added reward for buying something now.


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He's been called Kentucky's collective memory, and is credited with knowing more about the state and its past than anyone.
At 99, Kentucky Historian Laureate Dr. Thomas D. Clark has not only written about the major developments in his adopted home state, he's seen many of them firsthand.
And from his unique perspective as the chronicler of the commonwealth, Clark isn't afraid to speak out when he sees the state's lawmakers repeating mistakes or its industries failing to live up to their potential.
Born in Louisville, Miss., on July 14, 1903, Clark graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1928, obtained his master's degree in history at the University of Kentucky in 1929 and his doctorate from Duke University in 1932. He became chairman of the University of Kentucky history department in 1942.
His books include The Emerging South, The Southern Country Editor and A History of Kentucky, which the Lexington Herald-Leader called, "a watershed text that served the state for more than a half century.''


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Parish Church of St. Stephen's with Lainston, Hants [photo by John Cleverley]
St. Stephen's Nave
Parish Church of St. Stephen's with Lainston, Hants from the South East
|Find St. Stephen's Church
Parish Records:
NB: These transcripts are copyright and may be reproduced only for personal useBaptisms 1609-1930
Marriages 1630-1930
Burials 1628-1919
These records are in the form of PDFs. If you have difficulty reading them you can set Adobe Reader to read them outloud. In Adobe Reader choose View - Read out Loud - Activate Read out Loud. Then again select View - Read out Loud - then choose between Read to the end of the Document or Read this page only.
NB the results will be rather bizarre but perhaps better than nothing!
For records after 1930 and for any other information please contact: email@example.com
Get Acrobat Reader [for pdf files] Church services and other events:
See Benefice Home page
Sparsholt Bell Tower
Sparsholt Church of England Primary School
For contact details of the churchwardens: Please see here
The church, a typical Hampshire structure of flint and stone, is very prominent on raised ground in the centre of the village. Pagan inhabitants may have used the site for worship before the Saxons constructed a simple wooden building, which began the tradition of Christian worship in that place. Its dedication to St Stephen is not common in the British Isles.
The present church is essentially the result of the Victorian renovation and expansion in the 1880s, when William Butterfield, architect of the Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester, was employed by the Rev. E.D. Heathcote, then fairly recently arrived as vicar, to remedy the ruinous state of the old building. The tower was strengthened and topped by a wooden belfry and spire, now covered with cedar shingles. The chancel was extended and a north aisle built to include space for the organ and a vestry. The old wooden gallery was taken down and part of it used as a screen between the organ space and the chancel.
During this work several intriguing and interesting discoveries were made. The bones of a horse, which might have been buried alive, were unearthed at the east end in what may well have been early rites connected with churchyards. A chalk coffin containing the burial wrappings of a medieval priest, a pewter chalice and paten were discovered in the region of the pulpit. The coffin can be seen outside the church by a blocked up entrance to the chancel. The pewter ware is in the treasury of Winchester Cathedral. The medieval church had been brightly painted and a fresco was revealed behind the altar showing St Stephen. This could not be preserved but there is an extant contemporary watercolour of it and the stone canopy over the original was repositioned above the south door.
There are several attractive memorial windows, including two in the south aisle. One commemorates Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart, son of the vicar and a distinguished soldier, who died in the Sudan in 1885 and the other, based on a Burne-Jones design, was commissioned by Samuel Bostock of Lainston House following the death of his infant son in 1893. The space over the panelling separating the nave from the bell tower has been filled with a magnificent modern engraved plate glass memorial to Brian Sutton Downward of Deane House, who died in 1980.
On the wall of the south aisle is a memorial to Helen, who was born in Sparsholt and sent by the vicar to train as a nurse in London where she met and married Sir George Buxton Browne, a highly respected surgeon. The earliest memorial in the church is on the north wall of the chancel and records the Rev. Edward Stewart, born in1808 and vicar from 1842-1875.
The 1887 Walker organ was moved to the northwest end of the church in 1957 and a Lady Chapel established in its place. In 2007 the organ was returned to its original position, making it more user-friendy for the choir and congregation. This has opened up the west end of the north aisle and created opportunities for further development of the church space in response to the changing needs of the twenty-first century.
The church has an enthusiastic band of ringers and a fine ring of six bells, whose history dates from 1742 when three bells were hung in an oak frame of typically vernacular construction. In 1829 an fourth bell was added and the frame extended. In the twentieth century, as part of the coronation celebrations for Edward VII, a fifth bell was added. Ninety years later, in 1995, the old wooden frame was replaced by a metal one and a sixth bell added creating a distinctive and improved ring.
Outside the church, the churchyard contains some interesting nineteenth century tombs on the bank at the west end and also an eighteenth century chest tomb to John Locke to the north-east of the chancel. An ancient mass dial can be seen on the south wall of the chancel by a blocked up doorway that once gave the priest direct entry into the chancel. The churchyard is also of interest as a site of ancient meadow and produces a wealth of flowers, encouraging wild life, and a range of mosses and lichens.
Elizabeth May
Notes: The Church can comfortably seat 115 congregation, mainly in pews; with additional chairs, a maximum of 161 guests could be seated in addition to the Bride, Groom and Bridesmaids.
Following a recent restoration, our acclaimed example of a traditional pipe organ leads the music; a sound system with microphones and inductive hearing loop is installed.


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The age of a domain has a value, and figure the age of a link does too. How would you estimate the age of a link, and would you limit the age to the age of the domain?
It's hard to determine the age of specific links retroactively because you would have to know when the search engines found the links, however, in some cases if the links are within articles you can look at the date the article was published, many sites especially news sites include the date.
Also you should be able to get approximate dates going forward using something like majestic SEO if you bought a link report each month and stored them in a database you could keep track when they first appeared in the report.
Majestic SEO also has a back link history report, which shows aggregate numbers of links they've discovered pointing to a certain domain over time, this usually sufficient to get a historical view of competitors linking habits and much more efficient for most webmasters.
The age of a domain plays in a little bit when considering SEO. This rule is setup to avoid people creating multiple sites for SEO purpose and thus using them to promote a single site.
I have never heard of any SEO importance being given to the age of link. Doesnt mean that it isnt so.
My primary concern is this. Good SEO principles start with the design of your site, how your content is structured, written and how your site is coded.
Next focus on exposure, making sure that your content is properly aggregated and focus on building backlinks of real value.
After that, get back to business. There is a point where you are focusing on SEO far too much and taking energy away from your product or customer service.
Something of a trick question.
The age of the link dates to the time the link was made a part of the content associated with the domain - given that it is effectively possible move content's association between domains, it would be difficult to determine how old the link is if you are not actively monitoring the internet for the content in which the link occurs in the same way a search engine would.
To the second part of your question, the age of the domain is not a delimiter for the link's age (for Google, at least) because the link may have originally existed in content at domain0.com before domain0.com's content was permanently redirected to domain1.com - the metadata used to calculate the value of the link transcends domains and, theoretically, the value of the link would as well.


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Race Car Chassis - Race Car Design BasicsWritten by on July 22, 2010 Designing Your Chassis For Maximum Performance
What I find from talking to hundreds of teams throughout the season is that many racers know more about his/her chassis and how it's built than ever before. That is because the competition has moved ahead in its knowledge. Just to keep up, let alone pass the winners, in any class be it Dirt or Asphalt, we need to have knowledge.
The beginning of your success starts with knowing all of the technical details about your chassis. This is true for all stock cars no matter what class or racing surface you run on.
Let's compare your chassis to your motor. If you have the luxury of having a good engine man tuning your motors, you will know that he/she is aware of every detail of how that motor is built, the components installed, and what is important to have for maximum power output.
In stark contrast to engine knowledge, most teams know very little about their chassis construction. That situation is rapidly changing whereby many top- and midlevel teams and more and more car builders are aware of the critical components and design issues that must be incorporated into the chassis.
Just a few years ago, if you visited most chassis shops and asked where their moment center (roll center) was located, they would either tell you it wasn't important or that they didn't know and didn't care. There was a very good reason for that. At that time, no one, including myself, knew what the MC did, much less where it should be located. Things have changed dramatically.
The MC syndrome is just one example of how technology has rapidly advanced over the past few years to where we can now define many important design issues related to the race car chassis. If we can define those areas, then we can make changes to our chassis to make them better. The chassis builders too can incorporate the proper design into the new chassis they build. And believe me, they are doing just that across the board, for Dirt and Asphalt chassis.
It's a wonderful time to go racing when, given the right knowledge, we can properly set up our cars to be competitive right from the start. In the past, it could take several months or years to find the sweet spot for our setup and some teams have never found it. Let's take a look at the most important aspects of chassis design and why they affect our handling and performance so much.
Moment Center Design
I don't care if you race on dirt or asphalt or ice for that matter, the front moment center design is the most important aspect of performance in your chassis. Sure, it's not the only aspect, just the most important. Up front is where it all begins.
Do you want to know how I know that? I know that because I continually hear from racers from all walks of racing say the same thing over and over again. When they took charge of their frontend design and corrected any deficiencies in the design, the car literally came alive. Once the car turns well, all of the other important aspects of setup can be properly dealt with.
The MC must be in a certain location for each type of racing and racetrack. The two most important considerations are camber change for both front wheels and MC static and dynamic location. We must develop a frontend design that will offer the least camber change while also positioning the MC where it will do the most good to promote the proper dynamics for the frontend.
With the softer spring setups, we will have a greater degree of camber change, but we can still minimize it to a certain extent. Frontend design is much different for those setups than with more conventional setups. That is why you can't successfully change from one to the other without a redesign of your front suspension.
We have offered articles on proper location for the MC in the past, but suffice it to say that the lateral location of the MC belongs somewhere near the centerline. We see good results on flatter and slicker tracks with it in a more left position from centerline. For higher-banked tracks and ones with more traction, we need for it to be somewhat right of the centerline, but not too far.
The height of the MC is a product of upper control arm angles mostly and the best height is directly related to the correct camber change design. Like we said, different setups require different control arm angles to minimize camber change. When we achieve a good camber change layout of the arm angles, the MC height will usually fall in somewhere above ground and below 4 inches. We never shoot for a particular height number as opposed to the defined numbers for lateral location for a particular application.
The point is, we now have the tools to know where the MC is located and to redesign our cars to improve on the MC design. There are several fine geometry software programs that will tell you where you are. If it takes a cutting torch and welder to get what you need, then so be it. I have taken brand-new cars, plenty of times, and just cut them up to relocate the pickup points on the frontend. Remember that once you buy your car, it is yours, not the car builder's. Do what is necessary to provide your team with what it takes to win.
The car builders have taken note of the above. Many cars today are designed so you can adjust the heights of the pickup points to fine-tune the MC. If the car builders have done their jobs, the MC should be close and will need minor tweaking to compensate for different track configurations as well as different setups.
Proper Steering System
A short-track steering system must have certain "qualities" in order for the car to track well and the driver to be able to comfortably drive the car the entire race. The way we look at frontend design has changed somewhat with our new view of chassis setup and design.
In the past, when teams ran un-balanced setups, the left front tire did very little work as evidenced by the cooler tire temperatures. The rear suspension "out rolled" the front suspension and excess load was then transferred to the RF tire in the turns. If we introduced Ackermann Effect (added toe when we turn the steering wheel left) to the front steering design, it did help make the LF tire work harder to help turn the car and that was fine for those times in racing history. The overall setup picture is much different now.
In both dirt and asphalt racing circles, we see more and more teams working to balance their setups. The dirt cars now keep the LF tire on the track through the turns. The asphalt teams are seeking a balanced conventional setup and many are opting for the big bar and softer springs setups. The large sway bars used in the BBSS setups force the LF tire to carry more load than ever before.
Since the LF tire is working harder, we must eliminate the Ackermann Effect. If we do not, the front tires will fight each other and both will lose traction. So, Ackermann is not needed when we start using the LF tire. Make sure when you improve your frontend geometry and balance your setup that you check for the presence of Ackermann and get rid of it if you have it.
Caster and Camber
Caster and camber split is not designed the same as in years past either. With the advent of power steering on a large scale, we need less overall caster and less split than was used in the past to help us turn the steering wheel. We now see caster in the 1-3 degree range, and with asphalt cars and the split is 2-3 degrees at most. On longer, banked tracks, the split is reduced even more.
The use of anti- and pro-dive is also being experimented with. Antidive works great to reduce frontend dive on entry when applying the brakes. It works using the force of the brake pads gripping the rotors. The beauty of antidive is that the more you need it, the more there is.
Harder application of the brakes might produce more chassis dive. It also produces more antidive effect and therefore, more control of chassis dive. But what about when you need chassis dive?
Teams have been experimenting with using pro-dive on the left front suspension and antidive on the RF suspension. This promotes dive on the LF, thereby lowering the LF corner of the car for a more efficient aero-downforce effect. This is very tricky and other components, including shocks, must be adjusted to compensate for this effect in order to keep the car stable on entry. This is definitely not for the novice racer to try.
Changes to the camber must be made when balancing the setup. The LF tire will carry more load and do more work requiring more positive static camber. The RF tire will do less work and require less negative camber than when running an unbalanced setup. Be sure to stay on top of your tire temperatures and/or tire wear for dirt racers, so that you can adjust the front cambers to match the new dynamics of the balanced setup.
Rear Moment Center Design
The rear moment center location is important to the dynamics of the rear suspension. There seems to be a misunderstanding of the effect that the RMC has on the dynamics of the rear suspension. Here is how it's defined in automotive dynamics books written 60 years ago. The "theory" presented here has been proven many times over.
The angle of the Panhard bar can have a profound effect on the redistribution of loads on the four tires at mid turn and this affects the handling of the car in a separate way from MC dynamics.
The race car "feels" the rear MC midway between the top of the two springs (top mounts of the shocks on coilover systems) and the height as an average of the height of the ends of the locating device. A Panhard bar or J-bar has two ends and the average height of those ends is the rear MC's height.
Experiments have shown that lateral placement of the rear locating device does not change the dynamics of the rear suspension. That is not to say that how the device is mounted and where doesn't change the handling of the race car. There are several mounting trends that produce marked changes to the handling of the car due to artificial load redistribution.
Mounting the J-bar or Panhard bar to the left side of the chassis has a loosening effect when the car corners. This helps a tight car, but is one of those crutches we sometimes talk about. On dirt cars, angling the bar with a left-side chassis mount, and the left end higher than the right end, does have a profound effect on handling.
If the bar is angled inline with the right rear tire-contract patch, a lot of force is directed onto that tire. This helps cut through the dry powder on extremely dry slick tracks. If the track were more moist and tacky, it would be better to flatten out the bar and maybe move it over to a righthand chassis mount. This has been done with good success on touring Dirt Late Models under those conditions.
Rear Steer and Rear Alignment
How we design and place our rear trailing links has a lot to do with how our car will handle. As the car moves vertically, the rearend will most likely steer to a certain degree depending on the design. Rear steer design goals are very different between dirt cars and asphalt cars. We also need to make sure the static alignment of our rearend is correct. No matter how we end up at mid turn, the rearend should be squared to the centerline of the car when the chassis is at ride height.
On asphalt, we can only tolerate a very small amount of rear steer and most of the time we are better off with close to zero rear steer. On dirt, some teams incorporate lots of rear steer to the right into the suspension. The degree of steer is directly proportional to the amount and direction of vertical movement associated with the right and left rear suspension systems.
We can simulate the degree and direction of rear steer in our race cars by duplicating the movement of the rear suspension. If we take visual reference to the position of the wheels in the wheel wells during cornering, we can get sufficiently close to replicating the suspension attitude with the car in the shop. We could then support the chassis at levels similar to the way the car looks on the racetrack and then measure how far each rear wheel moved and in what direction. It may surprise many how far the rearend steers under some conditions.
If more or less steer is desired, changes can be made to trailing arm angles, and so on as you are simulating the rear steer and the results can be measured. This is an excellent way to learn how arm-angle changes relate to rear steer magnitude.
Spring Location and Angles It is an engineering fact that the less angle from vertical that we have in our shock/spring design, the more efficient and consistent our setups will be. Many cars are designed with excess coilover shock angle. This results in a low net wheel rate and also a variable rate spring with diminishing rate over compression travel.
On many four-bar dirt cars, the rear coilovers are mounted at a high degree of angle. This does two things: 1) High angles with the tops in closer to the centerline than the bottoms reduce the spring base that the chassis sits on and increases the roll angle of the rear suspension. 2) It reduces the wheel rate causing increased roll angle due to the soft spring rate. That is exactly why some cars will lift the LF wheel off the track more easily than other cars. Moving the top of the springs out toward the wheels will offer more stability in the car.
With high spring angles in the rear, as the car rolls, the angle increases and the rate decreases. With high spring angles at the front or rear, with every inch of chassis movement vertically, the spring will move less providing a lower rate of resistance to chassis roll. This is a variable that we just don't need in our race cars. Variables mean that handling will change based on different entry lines and the different banking of the higher and lower grooves.
If we can get to know our cars before the season starts, we can then make critical decisions on the front and rear design that can produce more consistent handling and better performance. All it takes is a little time and some effort. This winter, think about your overall chassis design. Work on the areas we have discussed here.
Remember, it's your car to do what you want with. We are all scientists and inventors at heart, so live up to your natural tendencies and get to work on that car. Cut and weld if necessary. A can of paint will hide the work done and keep curious eyes from discovering why your car works better than others of the same make. That's the fun part of doing it yourself and experiencing the positive results.
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The most basic design of your chassis will largely determine how much success you will have. You need to have all of your settings correct even before installing the body.The position of the moment center is critical to how the front suspension will perform. A car that does not turn well, no matter what spring/shock changes are made, probably has a poor MC design. We now fully understand the function of the front moment center and how it affects our handling. When the MC is located left of centerline, the frontend is more efficient, meaning it's softer and rolls more easily. This is because the moment arm is longer and applies more overturning force. This is ideal for most dirt tracks and flatter asphalt tracks.A MC located more to the right of centerline is proper for higher-banked tracks with more grip and where higher g-forces are generated. Note that the effective moment arm is shorter than when the MC is more to the left.Steering geometry is an area where we can give up a lot of performance if not designed correctly. A good laser alignment system or just a pair of strings can alert you to steering problems such as excess Ackermann. Your wheels need to turn together, almost the same amount within tenths of a degree, not whole degrees.Our overall objective in designing and setting up our race cars is to end up with a dynamically balanced chassis. This means that both ends of the car are working in sync and desiring to do the same thing, and that "thing" can be defined as roll angle. We need this for any and all setup types. This condition, once we find it, assures us that all four tires are working to their highest capacity. The results are improved speed and consistency.Caster and camber settings in the front suspension affect the feel of the car as well as the positioning of the contact patch in the turns. We have learned that with modern steering systems we need less overall positive caster and caster split between the front wheels. There is also a small amount of caster change when utilizing antidive and pro-dive.Many car builders are incorporating adjustable upper control arm plates and slotted lower mounts so the teams can design the proper control arm angles for optimum moment center design as well as camber change. The adjustability also allows us to incorporate antidive into the front suspension.The rear moment center function and dynamic properties were defined 60 years ago. That part of the science of automobiles has not changed. The chassis feels the lateral location of the rear MC at a point lying midway between the tops of the springs and the MC's height is the average of the height of the two ends of the locating device, be it a Panhard bar or J-bar, or the center of a Watt's link.When we mount the Panhard bar to the left side of the chassis, we introduce a jacking effect as the car negotiates the turns. The left end of the bar will desire to roll up and over the right end causing an artificial load distribution change that will increase the RR tire loading. This is a common setup on Dirt Late Model cars, but very detrimental for Asphalt cars.
We should always align our car so that the rearend is square to the centerline of the chassis and where the right-side tire-contact patches are in line. Many handling problems can be traced to poor alignment. This problem will never be overcome until you properly align your car.Rear steer can be adjusted on an asphalt car by changing the angles of the trailing links. These angles are very critical and even small changes can have a profound effect on the handling of your asphalt car. Dirt Late Model and Modified cars' rear suspensions, as shown, are mostly either of a four-bar design or a swing arm. Both are adjustable for angles of the links so that we can easily control and dial in desired rear steer characteristics. The science of dirt car setup is as complicated and challenging as any race car that exists.Spring angles have an effect on the roll stiffness of each suspension and therefore the roll tendencies. We must take this into account when trying to balance the two suspension systems. Excess front or rear spring angle will promote suspension roll over. If related to the rear, we will see three wheeling of the car.


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As a non-native speaker of English, I have been perplexed by the phrase "in the sequel" as used in textbooks, lecture notes, and even research articles. None of my linguistically inclined native speaker friends have seen it outside of mathematical literature, and the relevant Oxford English Dictionary definition of "sequel" suggests mathematical usage is non-standard:
The ensuing narrative, discourse, etc.; the following or remaining part of a narrative, etc.; that which follows as a continuation; esp. a literary work that, although complete in itself, forms a continuation of a preceding one.
What I've inferred from context is that it means something along the lines of "for the rest of this book/paper/text", especially as it's usually used to introduce notation and/or convention.
Some examples:
We hope that the relation between linear transformations and matrices is by now sufficiently clear that the reader will not object if in the sequel, when we wish to give examples of linear transformations with various properties, we content ourselves with writing down a matrix.
--Paul Halmos, Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces, p. 86
[Here, and in the sequel, Card(S) denotes the number of elements in the finite set S.]
--J.P. Serre, Local Fields, p. 64
In the sequel we shall denote by ∅ the empty set and by {pt} a set with one element.
-- Pierre Schapira, Algebra and Topology course notes, p. 8
In the sequel, we will denote by L(C ) the configuration space of any convergent CFG C.
--E. Goles et. al., Sandpile Models and Lattices: a comprehensive survey, Theoretical Computer Science, 2004, Vol 322, Issue 2, p. 398
So my actual question is two-fold.
What does the phrase actually mean?
When is its use warranted over the use of phrases such as "for the rest of the book/paper/text"?


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She was a lobbyist before she entered the legislature. I've even worked WITH her on a couple of bills years back. She's not an irrational hoplophobe. She IS a Democrat liberal ideologue who follows the party line. You'd be surprised (or not) at how many liberal anti-gun Democrats own guns themselves. But that doesn't get in the way of their ideology. (I have no idea if Sherry owns a gun or not, but many of our avowed enemies in BOTH Washingtons DO own guns. Years ago, now-retiring Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) was found with an AR-15 in his DC apartment. I don't blame him -- I'd like an AR in my room if I lived in DC, too.)JW
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Temporary Treatment for Sprains and Breaks
You see children with broken arms or fingers much more often than you do adults. It's a good thing, too. Bones get more brittle with age. An adult's broken arm would take longer to heal, and it might lead to chronic pain. Besides, adults rarely consider getting autographs on a cast "fun." But ask most children about a broken arm or leg, and they will proudly show you colorful, graffiti-covered casts (that are usually gray with dirt).
Whether it happens to a child or an adult, a sprain or a fracture can be serious. Depending on its location, a broken bone can be life-threatening. It can lead to shock, a weak pulse, or breathing difficulties. And at the very least, a sprain or break hurts—a lot.
The steps you take to treat a sprain or break until you can get professional care can make the difference in whether a break heals correctly and in proper alignment. It might determine, for example, whether a nose will be permanently out of joint (excuse the expression).
The Differences Between Sprains and Breaks
How are sprains and breaks different? Not by much. A sprain is kind of like a strain at the bone itself; its muscle fibers, connective tissues, or ligaments have been stretched to the max or wrenched completely out of whack.
As you might guess, a break goes one step further: the bone actually breaks. In fact, a break doesn't have to occur only at muscle junctures, such as the elbow or ankle. Bones can break anywhere along their mass, from lower arms to upper thighs, from buttocks and hips to collar bones.
Only with an x-ray can you definitely tell whether a bone is broken. Because sprains and breaks can look similar, you should treat a sprain as if it were a break, and you should have it x-rayed. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Signs of bone injury or joint sprain include:
- Feeling or hearing an actual "snap"
- Bluish discoloration or bruising over injured bone or joint
- Abnormal position of limb
- Inability to move a limb on one's own
- Excessive pain at injury site
- Swelling, numbness, and tingling near injured bone or joint
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2008 Shades of the Past Car Show - Heatin' it up at Pigeon ForgeWritten by Chuck Vranas on January 1, 2010 26th Shades of the Past, September 5-6, 2008
Stopping to check out the 26th Annual Shades of the Past Hot Rod Roundup in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in September added a definite level of cool to our must-see list with everything that the area had to offer. It was amazing to learn that the Great Smoky Mountains encompass 500 thousand acres of Southern Appalachian wilderness with 95 percent of it being forest and 800 miles of trails for hiking and exploration. Held at the lush Smoky River Ranch, you entered into the expansive venue and it was easy to find just the perfect spot to settle into and enjoy the weekend. With over 175 vendors on hand there was plenty to see and check out while you walked the grounds taking in plenty of new ideas for your ride. Friday was the day that the Shades Top 25 was selected (from 2,875 vehicles in attendance) in addition to the notifications of who was to receive the specialty picks. The winner of the cash prize in the amount of $20,000.00 went to Ken Smith, and it got even better after that when the superb turn-key Deuce coupe built by Alloway's Hot Rod Shop was presented to lucky winners Robert and Pam Lawson. You can check it all out at www.shadesofthepast.com
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Coated in a dramatic layer of cinnamon pearl, Will Hudson's '50 Ford coupe had a wicked stance thanks to Air Ride bags combined with a Fatman front end while a Ford 351-inch mill gave it gusto.A definitive 50's style gave John and Edith Bauer's Deuce plenty of classic good looks with its un-chopped lid combined with full fenders, tasty scallops, wide whites, and a nifty front nerf bar.Andy Kubicsko's '36 Ford drop-top was as nice as they come covered in liquid red gloss complimented by a Heidt's IFS for a cool stance. Scorching power was from a Ford 427ci V8 while an interior by Paul Atkins kept it comfy.If Ron Wilson's '57 Ford Ranchero didn't get your pulse racing there was no hope for you! The two-toned hauler had loads of go from a 351-inch Ford while a slammed suspension gave it just enough attitude.As subtle as they come and packed with dramatic lines, Darryl Rogers' Deuce was easy on the eyes with its soft green and creme color combination, laid back windshield, and stylish good looks.
It's not every day you have a chance to see a '40 Ford coupe brought to the level that David Walsh accomplished. Built by T&T Customs, the former Ridler Great 8 contender left the crowds in awe with its countless updates and details.A Top 25 winner at the event, Steve Legens' '36 Ford combined subtle colors with an in the weeds stance, numerous body mods, and a perfect wheel and tire combination to make it a standout.Starting with a Dearborn Deuce body matched to a chassis by The Roadster Shop, Joe Stuban nailed it with a killer euro-look combining jet black gloss, chrome wires, and gold-wall tires. Neat!Without a doubt, the wildest ride of the weekend had to have been James and Ellen Boyer's '41 Willys with its eye-searing lime and black vibe accented by tribal flames, dazzling huffed mill, and decadent interior.Dipped in Sunset Copper, Don Smith's hammered Deuce had everything you could imagine in the right place. A highly detailed Ardun-topped Flathead with injection grabs you first then the rest of the car pulls you in like a kid in a candy store. Wow!We were sure envious of Ken Smith's sweet daily-driven '50 Ford with its mild shave and deep marine blue body. It gets plenty of go from a warmed over Flathead packed with a Clay Smith stick and topped with Edelbrock heads.Don't try and adjust the channel. . .Jean Lancaster's 3/4-scale Deuce runs a blown V-8 60 Flathead and gets loads of looks everywhere she cruises. That's our old pal Bret Sager with his stoke full-sized Deuce roadster in the background.Larry Thompson's classic '40 Ford convertible was the ultimate cruiser. Awash is deep blue and accented by a tan top, the car was razor sharp and treated to numerous custom touches.
Greg Puryear's '33 Ford coupe was wearing just enough patina to make us imagine finding it in a local barn after countless years of rest. Urged by a built Flathead sporting Offy heads, you know it had plenty of horses on tap.Powered by a built 276ci Flathead mill built by Harold Smith, Jim Poss' '36 Ford cabriolet was hopped-up just enough to make it a healthy cruiser on the open road where its formal good looks would command plenty of attention.Dipped in a vat of DuPont Boyd red, Mack McNabbs' swoopy '33 Ford speedster was as slick as they come while wearing big-inch wheels and a long aggressive stance.Wrapping up a 14-month build, Bill Kenifeck's '32 Ford got its go from a scorching hot 468ci Chevy Rat while an icy cool vanilla spray-job gave it a calming look.


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Frequently Asked Questions About Pregnancy
In This Article:
Safety and Misc.
Can my car's seatbelt harm my unborn baby?
Definitely continue to buckle up throughout your pregnancy. The lap belt should fit snugly under your belly bulge, and the shoulder belt should be positioned between your breasts. Don't worry about your belt putting pressure on your baby. The baby is well protected by amniotic fluid and layers of tissue, muscle, and fat. It's much more dangerous to you and your child to go beltless and risk being injured in an accident.
Will coloring my hair hurt my baby?
To date, there is no conclusive evidence that hair color use in pregnancy is dangerous. If you are concerned over a possible risk, you may opt for a vegetable-based or temporary color treatment until your baby is born. Some experts also recommend holding off on all chemical hair treatments during the first trimester.
What are my chances of having twins?
Your chances of "twinning" are actually not bad-about 1 in 90 births result in twins. If fraternal twins run in your family, your odds are slightly higher. The number of twins and multiple births has skyrocketed over the past several decades, and the incidence of higher order multiples-which include triplets, quadruplets, or more-grew a whopping 404 percent between 1980 and 1997, but has experienced a slow but steady decline since 1999. Twins are more common then ever, however, with 119,648 twin births occurring in 2000.
The Centers for Disease Control attributes approximately two-thirds of all U.S. higher order multiples to the use of fertility treatments, also known as assisted reproductive technology (ART). Over 37 percent of all successful pregnancies from ART result in a multiple fraternal birth.
National statistics also reveal that more women are waiting until their thirties and forties to have children, and the increasing twin rate may reflect that reality. Women over 35, especially those who have had a previous multiple birth, have an increased chance of having multiples.
You will have fraternal twins if two separate eggs are fertilized by two separate sperm. Three times more common than identical twins, and based on heredity, these fraternal fetuses have their own placentas, may even be different sexes, and may not look more like each other than ordinary brothers and sisters in the same family.
When a single fertilized egg separates into two distinct halves, identical twins are the result. These unborn babies share the same placenta, are always the same sex, and will have the same genetic makeup and similar physical characteristics.
Carrying two or more babies will put a lot more stress on your body, and your doctor is going to monitor you much more closely than if you were expecting one baby. Early detection of the babies using ultrasounds and by taking blood tests to measure your hormone levels will help keep you on track.
What is umbilical cord banking?
The umbilical cord blood contains stem cells, those blank slate cells from which all organs and tissues are built. Cord blood collected immediately after birth is placed in a collection kit and flown to a facility where it is cryogenically frozen and "banked" for later use if needed. The theory behind cord banking is that if your child ever develops a disease or condition requiring stem-cell treatment, the cord blood can be thawed and used for her treatment. If it matches certain biological markers, cord blood can be used to treat other family members as well. However, banking is cost- prohibitive for many and requires an annual storage fee for as long as you would like the cord blood frozen.
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The project, located in northern Alberta, is expected to have an initial production capacity of 90,000 bpd over two phases and an estimated project life of up to 40 years. The project is currently under review by regulators, according to company officials. The contract value was not disclosed.
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Engineers and designers are highly skilled individuals. Forcing them to enter design changes using tables, forms and spreadsheets is unproductive and uneconomical, and it increases the likelihood of human error—this is the way that most instrumentation software systems currently work. For too long, software vendors have denied engineers and designers the simple practicality of a graphical visual engineering interface with "drag and drop" capability and inbuilt intelligence, ensuring changes are automatically replicated into all the associated data and databases.
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Perhaps this belongs on stackoverflow, but since it could have some applicability to non-tech contexts, thought I'd post here.
Is there a word that means "make something that is variable constant"?
For example, in programming, I might have a variable
queueSize that could be set to different values for different queues. Later I decide to make this a fixed (constant) value for all queues. What is a word to describe this conversion?
A real-world (non-programming) example is converting from a variable tax-rate to a flat (constant) tax-rate. I proposed below that, in light of this example, the word
flatten could be used to answer my question. However, this word does not conventionally mean "to make constant", and has other meanings in the context of several programming languages.
To be clear, I'm not looking for a word/expression the means changing a variable from one type to another (casting). Rather, I mean keeping the type the same, but changing a field from a variable to a constant value.


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Is there a way to reset the skew or perspective effect applied to a smart object?
Setting the warp setting in free transform from custom to none shows no effect.
Otherwise I have to export 50 smart Objects by hand :(
Is there a way to reset the skew or perspective effect applied to a smart object?
Setting the warp setting in free transform from custom to none shows no effect.
Hate to say it.. but you can't. Transformations, other than scale, permanently alter the SO.
You can always double-click to open the SO, then drag-drop that layer to the document again and recreate a straight SO. But I realize this doesn't help when having to export many files.
If you hit apple+T to transform the smart object again, tranform options pop up at the top of the screen. If you orinally changed the scale, the scaling changes will appear in the percentages. Simply type in 100% in both to bring it back to full size. If you warped it, click the warp button and select "None" from the drop down menu at left, restoring it to it's original shape. It'd be nice if there was a simple button to press to reset it, but for now there's just this.
Not sure why selecting "none" isn't helping you. Maybe there was a transformation made prior to converting it to a smart object? In my experience (albeit limited), this resets any transformations I've made.
I guess the only option then is to go to Edit -> Transform -> Scale and drag the corners until both the object's horizontal and vertical edges are completely straight. Then you can set the width and height to 100% and the object should be back to normal.
Although there is no button for resetting warp transformations, you could create one.
Just go to Window -> Actions and use the box that pops up to record your actions. Then, in the top right corner there is a button from where you can select