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How about the "OFA certified" part? Nonsense. Puppies cannot have their hips formally rated by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) until they are two years old. The Pennsylvania Hip Improvement Program (PennHIP) will evaluate hips at four months of age, but most pups advertised in the newspaper are much younger than four months. (See Your Dog's Health Screening Documentation).The parents, on the other hand, should have OFA or PennHIP certification in most breeds. Exactly what the parents should have in the way of health clearances depends on the breed, so do your homework before you start puppy shopping. Finally, if the advertiser blanks out when you ask about OFA or Canine Eye Registry Foundation (CERF) (pronounced "surf"), run as fast as you can in the other direction. Same thing if he tells you something like "I don't bother with that stuff; my dogs don't have those problems" or "My vet says their hips are okay." Unless his vet is an orthopedic specialist and he is using x-rays, his evaluation doesn't mean anything.
Does "champion bloodlines" sound impressive? It's not. If you go back three or four generations, most purebred dogs—even those from puppy mills—have some champions in their background. That's because, unfortunately, some people breed pet-quality dogs to make money, and some people breed the pet-quality offspring of those dogs. When you look at a pedigree, the dogs that matter most are the parents and grandparents of the litter. They don't all have to be champions, but about half the dogs in the first two generations (parents and grandparents) should have titles of some sort to show that their breeders were serious about proving the quality of the dogs, not just about filling their pockets.
How about those registered Peek-a-Poos in #2? That's not a breed, is it? No, it's not. But there are a few organizations around that will register anything for a fee. (I know someone who registered her daughter with one of them!) In the United States and Canada, the legitimate multibreed registries are the American Kennel Club (AKC), the United Kennel Club (UKC), and the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC). There are also a few registries that register only certain types of dogs (for instance, the National Stockdog Registry (NSDR) registers herding breeds) or only a single breed (Jack Russell Terriers, Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, and Australian Shepherds, among others, have independent single-breed registries). Again, do your homework so that you know what's legitimate for the breeds you're investigating.
If puppies are advertised as "registered," be sure it is with a legitimate registry. A number of so-called registries were formed so that people who have lost their registration privileges with the AKC and other legitimate registries can still have "papers" on their puppies. Know the standard registries for your breed of choice.
Now, the rest of ad #2. Five weeks old and ready to go? Yes, they may be weaned, but five weeks is way too young for a puppy to leave home (see Bringing Doggy Home). As for the presence of both parents, you'll have to use some judgment on that. Sometimes a breeder owns a dog and a bitch that truly suit one another in terms of individual physical and mental traits as well as pedigree. That's fine, if the breeder can tell you why she chose to breed these specific animals. It's great if you can see both parents, but don't be alarmed if the sire lives a plane ride away. Serious breeders often send their bitches to "outside studs"—studs owned by other breeders—because they want the specific traits offered by a specific dog. If a litter owner refers to her "breeding pair," or if she always uses the resident male for all her females, that's not a good sign. It usually means she's selecting the sire based on convenience and financial concerns (no stud fee), not on sound principles of selective breeding.
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One of your best tools as a puppy buyer is a basic knowledge of the breed you want. Get a good book from the library or go to the website for the breed's parent club, and learn the basics so that you know what to ask.
Now, what about those "rare silver Labs" in ad #3 (or rare white Boxers or rare long-haired Rottweilers?) Be careful about ads for anything "rare" in dogs. There are rare breeds, and in some breeds there are less-common colors that are still acceptable. But again, know your breed! Often colors and other traits are rare because they are not allowed by the breed standard. Sometimes they are disallowed for reasons that have nothing to do with suitability as a pet (although you certainly shouldn't pay more for a pup with a fault). But some colors are disallowed because with them come health problems. Finally, some traits are rare because the genes for them simply do not exist in certain breeds—meaning that the dog who has the trait is actually a cross. Such is sometimes the case with Silver Labs, which are either very poor specimens or are Labrador Retriever X Weimeraner crosses. The same applies to terms like "tea-cup" that are not part of the terminology used by responsible breeders. "Tea-cup" anythings are just very small individuals, and they often have health problems directly related to their size.
How about ad #5, the ad for several breeds? Or the breeder who runs a perpetual ad for puppies of one or two breeds? Look out! Raising puppies properly is exhausting, time-consuming work. Responsible breeders have one or two breeds, occasionally three, and they don't have litters all the time. Ads like that just scream puppy mill or really ambitious backyard breeder. There's no way that pups can be properly raised under such conditions. Please don't support that kind of irresponsible breeding.
Now let's look at the last ad, #6. It definitely sends a better signal than the others. Titles on the parents and grandparents suggest that their owners and breeders are serious about proving the dogs' abilities in competition, and the appropriate health clearances show they are interested in breeding healthy puppies. (If you don't know what the abbreviations stand for, ask when you call. In this case, vWB is von Wilbrandts disease, a bleeding disorder; OTCH is Obedience Trial Champion; CD is Companion Dog, an obedience title; and WC is Working Certificate, meaning she's passed a test of her retrieving instinct.) Not only that, but they don't want their pet-quality puppies to be used for breeding, and they have some requirements for their buyers other than cash on the barrel.
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In New York, basketball phenom Jeremy Lin continues to whip fans of the Knicks into a lather.
What does whip [somebody] into a lather really mean?
What does whip [somebody] into a lather really mean?
It's from whipping a horse to make it gallop faster. Taken to extremes, the horse sweats so much it looks as if it's covered in soap lather. They can and do die from such treatment. OP's context is slightly unusual - a more common form here would be whip into a frenzy (the fans aren't being flogged to the point of exhaustion - they're becoming feverishly excited, like a crazed mob).
I recently saw what at first seemed ridiculous exaggeration in the movie Bite the Bullet (1975). I thought the foam was way over the top, but my horse-riding sister told me it was credible (the movie involves a 700-mile "Endurance Race", so the horses would have been ridden pretty hard).
Thanks to @Hugo for pointing out that this somewhat unusual phenomenon occurs because horse-sweat is rich in latherin, a surfactant which encourages foaming. It can look extreme, but as this comment on the movie at amazon.com, says "Hopefully there was a lot of soap lather being used." I'll second that!
Several dictionaries include a definition of lather that refers to horse sweat. For example, from Merriam-Webster:
Here's an example from a 1793 Sporting Magazine:
I also found several veterinary descriptions of horse sweat looking like a lather. Not only that, there's even a horse-sweat protein called latherin. For example from Equine exercise physiology by David Marlin and K. J. Nankervis:


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"Globally the liquidity balance looks good as the industry rebalances itself to move away from export credit support, with its more expensive pricing, and more toward reliance on the commercial markets," said Tim Myers, vice president/general manager for Aircraft Financial Services at Boeing Capital Corp., the aircraft builder's financing and leasing unit.
Myers was among aircraft financing panelists at the annual ISTAT Americas conference for global professionals working to connect commercial aircraft financing needs with those seeking aircraft investments.
Boeing said that airplane financing globally is experiencing a rare balance among primary delivery financing sources – leasing companies, commercial banks, the capital markets, export credit agency (ECA) support and private equity and hedge funds among them – as global 2014 deliveries head toward an expected roughly $112 billion total.
"The new global agreement governing export financing is working. We're seeing balance between ECA and commercial market support. We have a strong presence by new players in the marketplace coming from the capital markets, growth in private placement transactions and new leasing firms coming into the space," Myers said.
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Speaking to the aircraft trading audience, Boeing shared its latest analysis on why used-aircraft financing has seen higher pricing than for new deliveries.
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Hi everyone! All I'm trying to do is create a NestedList and be able to view it, but it's not displaying in the iPhone simulator.
I followed this great guide: http://www.sencha.com/learn/intro-to...ist-component/ and it's exactly what I want but even following it step by step (or downloading the code and trying it in Xcode) does not work. I tried out the first basic list example and it worked flawlessly but for some reason the iPhone simulator is only giving me a white screen for this.
This is some code I tried taking from the API to see if I could get it to work from there (or understand it, I tried it in various ways): http://pastebin.com/xLin2PXF (ideas taken from http://docs.sencha.com/touch/1-1/#!/api/Ext.NestedList )
They both result in a blank white screen on the simulator so I figure I am doing something completely wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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The downstream trade group is calling on the US Congress to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), saying the law was based on erroneous assumptions of the market.
Charles T. Drevna, president of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM),
is calling on the US Congress to repeal the nation's Renewable
Fuel Standard (RFS), saying the program was based on erroneous
market assumptions.
Drevna testified Tuesday at a House Subcommittee on Energy
and Power hearing titled Overview of the Renewable Fuel
Standard: Stakeholder Perspectives."
Drevna characterized Congress enactment of the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 as a contract with the
American people -- one which promised steps toward energy
independence and national security, along with
added environmental protections.
He said that one major component of this energy legislation was
the RFS, which called for massive amounts of renewable
fuels to be blended into the nations transportation fuel
In 2013, we now know that the RFS is a program based
upon erroneous market assumption, obstacles that prevent the
safe consumption of ethanol at increasing mandated
levels, and many other unintended negative consequences,
Drevna said. In short, Congress should declare the
contract null and void and repeal.
One of the most urgent problems with the RFS, according to
Drevna, is the E10 blendwall, which represents the maximum
amount of ethanol that can be blended safely into gasoline
without damaging engines.
This year, consumer consumption will fall short of meeting the
mandated volumes of ethanol that are required to be blended
into the fuel supply, he said. And, while refiners are often
not the party blending ethanol into gasoline, they are the
obligated party responsible for ensuring that all mandated
levels of ethanol are introduced into US fuel supply.
When the gasoline supply contains the maximum amount of ethanol it can handle, as is
expected this year, refiners must purchase ethanol credits or
Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), to make up the
shortfall and show compliance with the RFS.
Drevna told the subcommittee that this blendwall has driven the
price of RINs from 4 to 7 cents in January to as much as $1.48
for the week of July 15, forcing refiners to make difficult
When refiners are unable to purchase sufficient RINs
for compliance, they may be left with only bad options, which
force them to reduce the amount of fuel they supply to the US
market. Likewise, importers of gasoline, also obligated
parties, will look elsewhere to market their product,
Drevna said.
Drevna said the AFPM trade group is not anti-ethanol or anti-biofuels, adding
that both can play an important role in the fuel mix if safely
integrated into the fuel supply and accepted by consumers.
"AFPM does, however, oppose mandates and subsidies because
they limit consumer choice, stifle innovation, and in the case
of the RFS, are harmful to consumers, he said.
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Does ethanol make any sense? Based on corn it takes about as much energy to produce as it delivers. It has lower fuel economy than gasoline and at a higher cost. it diverts corn from the food supply thus increasing food prices. Modify the RFM to only support an "R&D" level of ethanol production until such time as ethanol (or other bio-based fuels) make sense. For example, cellulosic-based ethanol.
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5 Bizarre Factors That Secretly Make Criminals Target You
Crime is everywhere, and all of us are just victims waiting to happen. Especially you. Yes, you: You've just got a face that formally requests punching. And until RoboCop technology advances significantly, you'll have to either accept your role as the underworld's punching bag, or try some of these handy criminal deterrents ...
#5. Whether or Not You Have a Baby Picture in Your Wallet
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Losing your wallet is like dropping your ice cream cone for adults. And depending on the location of the loss, you might have as little as a one-in-five shot at getting your wallet back. And if you do, don't expect your cash or credit cards to be part of the exchange. Once you've called the bank and made peace with the loss of your sandwich punch card (one goddamn hole away from a free footlong), there's not much left to do. You could cling to the slim hope that whoever has your wallet is sympathetic to your plight, but people who swipe wallets aren't generally considered "super chill dudes," so this isn't likely to happen. Your ice cream belongs to the ground now, and you just need to deal with it.
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"I hope you're lactose intolerant, motherfucker."
Well, unless you remembered to commemorate your little bundle of joy in your wallet. Or somebody else's bundle of joy. Really, any picture of any baby will do. Because as long as there's a baby picture in your wallet, you have much better odds of getting it back. (Note: We know how your brain works, and we are not advocating temporary baby theft -- just grab a stock photo off the Gerber website, friend.)
In an effort to see where common criminals draw the morality line, a group of researchers dumped 240 wallets in random locations and tracked which ones came home. Some of these wallets were equipped with a charity donation card, while others were stuffed with pictures of babies, puppies, families, or elderly couples. Some contained absolutely nothing aside from sweet, anonymous cash.
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It might help if Jackson looked a little cuter on the $20.
Only 15 percent of wallets containing nothing but money showed back up, while a mere 20 percent of those with charity cards did so. Photos of the elderly only returned 28 percent of the wallets, no matter how hard grandpa brought his selfie game. Wallets with baby pictures, on the other hand, were returned at an incredible rate of 88 percent. Even adorable puppies (53 percent) didn't come close. Clearly, realizing that the welfare of a small human is on the line flips the Empathy Switch in pretty much everybody, even wallet thieves. Sure, criminals are jerks, but they're not monsters: They see a baby picture in that lost wallet and they realize they'd be stealing from a young parent who probably needs the cash, or at least an infant who's really got his shit together.
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Don't be too impressed; no matter how sound his 401(k) is, you're still the one with dry underwear.
#4. Whether or Not You Have a Stupid "Rob Me" Walk
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Muggers don't pick their victims at random. And while you might assume they take mostly things like size, age, gender, and general hygiene (or lack of it) into consideration, there's another measure of a mark that's far stranger: It's all in how you walk.
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Case in point: Infants taking their first steps make excellent theft targets.
A group of researchers discovered this by secretly filming three days' worth of people walking through a high-risk neighborhood. They then showed their creepy stalker tapes to a group of prisoners, and asked them who looked like the easiest targets for crime. After the cons made their selections, researchers studied the tapes again, breaking down each person's movement style through 21 different categories. By and large, non-victims walked with medium strides, moved their body contra-laterally, and swung their feet instead of lifting them. In other words, "normal" walking. Anybody with a shuffling, nervous, uncertain, skipping, backwards, or otherwise "weird" gait was mugger bait.
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Rookie mistake. No skipping adult has any money in the first place.
So there you go: Just walk totally normally and you'll be fine. No, normally. That's ... not how you usually walk, right? Well, now you're thinking about how you walk -- don't do that. Oh God, so many muggers are coming for you right now. For the love of God, get those knees up!
#3. Whether or Not You Pay Inside at the Gas Station
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The best thing to happen to gas stations are those little card readers at the pumps. You never have to go inside again, unless you're jonesing for an almost certainly poisoned burrito or an even more toxic bathroom stop. Gas folk aren't bad folk, per se; they're just not your folk. Trust us: The gas jockey is four deep into a six pack of PBR and wants to see you about as much as you want to see him. Everybody wants you to stay outside, but you need to go in. Because those convenient card readers are rip-offs waiting to happen.
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Ditto the Scratch-N-Win cards, if you decide to get adventurous inside.
It's called skimming, and it's one of the simplest forms of theft out there. Because U.S. credit card technology hasn't been updated since the 1970s, and because banks would rather lose a lot of your money than spend a little of theirs updating the system, it's frightfully easy for criminals to steal data from unsuspecting consumers who swipe their magnetic strip-equipped cards. It's all thanks to a tiny little computer chip slipped behind the pump's card slot.
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In an age of smartphones, the ATM hack in Terminator 2 somehow still gets the job done.
Skimming is a big deal as of late -- it's on the rise in 20 U.S. states, and roughly a third of all Americans report being victims. These operations can sometimes net the criminal hundreds of thousands of dollars; on rare occasions, even millions. Short of breaking open every pump to check for skimmers (generally frowned upon by the gas folk, who have a litany of hexes and curses to inflict should you incur their folksy wrath), the best way to avoid being defrauded at the pump is to just not pay there.
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Maybe all the aggressive panhandlers should be a clue to not flash the wad.
But if you glance inside and it looks like the clerk really doesn't want to put down that Palahniuk novel, you can use a credit card at the pump (or charge your debit as a credit) -- that way, at least the skimmers won't pull your PIN number, and you stand some sort of chance of recouping any losses from the credit card company. Also, use the pumps closest to the store if possible, since most crooks tend to target the pumps farthest from the clerks. After all, they don't want to risk the curse of the gas folk either.
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Dr. Trinity J. Bivalacqua is an assistant professor of urology, oncology and surgery at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include surgical treatment of genitourinary sarcomas, prostate, bladder and penile cancer.
Dr. Bivalacuqa graduated from Tulane University with undergraduate, graduate and medical degrees. He joined the faculty after completing his general surgery and urology training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. He also completed an American Urological Association (AUA) Foundation Fellowship.
Dr. Bivalacqua's main areas of expertise include radical surgical procedures for sarcomas and invasive bladder cancer and reconstructive surgery of the urinary tract following radical cystectomy or pelvic exenteration. He has expertise in open, endoscopic, laparoscopic and robotic surgery, and he offers individualized treatment options for patients with a wide range of genitourinary malignancies. His other areas of focus include surgical management of erectile dysfunction (inflatable penile prosthesis) and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (Green Light Laser Prostatectomy and open simple prostatectomy).
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Urology (2009)
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Dr. Bivalacqua maintains an active research portfolio in order to improve the care of cancer patients. A major focus of his research lab is to develop novel molecular-based targeted therapies for bladder cancer and preservation of erectile function in prostate cancer patients undergoing radical prostatectomy using novel agents.
Dr. Bivalacqua's basic, translational and clinical research is funded by peer-reviewed awards and he has recently been acknowledged for his accomplishments in research with several grants including a Career Development Award from the National Institute of Health (NIH), the Patrick C. Walsh Prostate Cancer Research Fund, and the American Urological Association (AUA) "Rising Star" Award. He serves as principal investigator for clinical trials in both prostate and bladder cancer including the only tissue engineered bladder cancer clinical trial in this country.
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Improving Sensitivity of Urine Cytology for Bladder Cancer
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Sundi D, Wang V, Pierorazio PM, Han M, Partin AW, Tran PT, Ross AE, Bivalacqua TJ. "Identification of men with the highest risk of early disease recurrence after radical prostatectomy." Prostate. 2014 Jan 22. doi: 10.1002/pros.22780.
Musicki B, Bivalacqua TJ, Champion HC, Burnett AL. "Sildenafil promotes eNOS activation and inhibits NADPH oxidase in the transgenic sickle cell mouse penis." J Sex Med. 2014 Feb;11(2):424-30. doi: 10.1111/jsm.12391.
Kates M, Gorin MA, Deibert CM, Pierorazio PM, Schoenberg MP, McKiernan JM, Bivalacqua TJ. "In-hospital death and hospital-acquired complications among patients undergoing partial cystectomy for bladder cancer in the United States." Urol Oncol. 2014 Jan;32(1):53.e9-53.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2013.08.024.
Sundi D, Wang VM, Pierorazio PM, Han M, Bivalacqua TJ, Ball MW, Antonarakis ES, Partin AW, Schaeffer EM, Ross AE. "Very-high-risk localized prostate cancer: definition and outcomes." Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2013 Nov 5. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2013.46.
Chalfin HJ, Gurda GT, Hammers HJ, Netto GJ, Bivalacqua TJ. "Renal cell carcinoma presenting with brain metastasis from a 1.6 cm primary tumor." Can J Urol. 2013 Oct;20(5):6965-7.
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- 2nd Prize Resident Essay Contest: Laboratory Science, America Urological Association, 2008
- Best Poster, American Urological Association (AUA) Annual Meeting, 2011
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Johns Hopkins University, 2007
- Outstanding Surgical Intern, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
- 1st Prize Resident Essay Contest: Laboratory Science, Mid-Atlantic Section AUA, 2007
- Arnold M Seligman Award for Most Outstanding Surgical Resident, Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, 2004
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I have a question about hyperbolic 2-torus, from now on donoted by $\Sigma_{2}$
Actually I've tried to prove that for a group $\Gamma \subset \textrm{Isom}^{+}(\mathbb{H}^{2})$ represented by $\Gamma = \left< a,b,c,d~~|~~[a,b][c,d]=1 \right>$, $a$,$b$,$c$, and $d$ are hyperbolic element in $\textrm{Isom}^{+}(\mathbb{H}^{2})$(which fix 2 points only on $\partial \mathbb{H}^{2}$.) if and only if $\mathbb{H}^{2}/\Gamma =\Sigma_{2}$. "If"-part is easy so I mainly consider "only if"-part.
It can be verified that one could make $\Sigma_{2}$ by pairing sides of a hyperbolic regular octagon which has angle $\frac{\pi}{4}$. Let the pairing isometries be $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$ and $\delta$$\in \textrm{Isom}^{+}(\mathbb{H}^{2})$. Then they generate a holonomy group, or deck transformation group of $\mathbb{H}^{2}$ with the relation $[\alpha,\beta][\gamma,\delta]=1$, where $[A,B]=ABA^{-1}B^{-1}$. Note that $\alpha$, $\beta$, $\gamma$ and $\delta$ should be hyperbolic elements.
Now the question is following :
For $\Gamma$, is there ALWAYS an 'corresponding' octagon(not necessarily regular) which is a fundamental domain for $\Sigma_{2}$?? I mean the side-pairing of the octagon induces $\Sigma_{2}$ and the paring maps are exactly $a$,$b$,$c$, and $d$.
Or, is it possible that the octagon is weird(?), for example, some of its edges intersect each other not at a vertex but at an middle of an edge? (in this case, the boundary of the octagon has self intersection.)
(I might have heard that sometimes the 'weird case' occurs but I'm not sure.)
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WELLSBURG Employees at Graphics Packaging International in Wellsburg celebrated a co-worker's 60th anniversary with the company this week.
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NEW BRAUNFELS (October 4, 2012) --- More than a dozen Killeen firefighters are now more prepared to save stranded Central Texans and each other during dangerous flood situations.
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As Bob has already said several times throughout Day 1, methods are simply named blocks of code. Since methods have names, you can call them by name and their code blocks will execute. This video explains when to do this, how to create and call the method, and how to both pass values into a method and retrieve values from a method.
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Very nicely done - thanks :)
You really knows how to explain this stuff in a very efficient way. C# is easier than I thought, since we master the syntax everything is bread and butter. Thanks, Bob.
Nicely done...
I keep getting "Hello World, (0)" when I hit the button. What am I doing wrong? Here is my code (the video resolution isn't clear enough for me to tell if I am using the correct characters) :
{ textBlock1.Text = superSecretFormula("Bob"); } private string superSecretFormula(string myName) { return string.Format("Hello World, (0)!", myName); }
@Pairoj: It looks like you put parenthesis around your zero instead of curly brackets, which I suppose would mean the program sees the zero as nothing special. You would want your final line to be: return string.Format("Hello World, {0}!", myName);
What's the program your using to record on screen?
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Orbiting Mars are two moons, Phobos and Deimos. This is a picture of the largest of the two moons, Phobos, which comes from the Greek word for fear. Phobos is only 17 miles across, and its orbit around Mars is only 8 hours long, zipping across the sky from the western horizon to the eastern horizon.
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Is any algorithm known for determining whether or not a multivariate polynomial with integer coefficients can be written as a sum of squares of such polynomials?
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I was a huge fan of Silent Hill 1 + 2 but simply never got round to playing any of the others ... I was wondering if any of the games after 1+2 had connected storylines or characters ? (seeing as there are 8? games now ive found it hard to keep track of everything thats going on in the world of Silent Hill)
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I don't believe Silent Hill 4 started out as a Silent Hill game.
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CRETELLA, Valerie M., passed away on November 12, 2012 at home with her daughter and sons by her side in Severna Park, Md.
Valerie was born December 9, 1924 in Shadyside, Ohio, a daughter to the late Felix Paul Green and Barbara Green.
Valerie grew up in Shadyside, Ohio, and moved at a young age to Detroit, Mich. where she worked at Capitol Airlines. While living in Detroit, she met and married Coast Guard Officer, Henry A. Cretella. After Detroit, Valerie lived in many cities from Brownsville, Texas, to Cape May, New Jersey, before settling in Severna Park, Md. in the 1970s.
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Valerie is survived by her daughter Anne Marie Cretella; two sons, Mark Cretella, and Stephen Cretella; one grandson, Michael Rosario Cretella; one niece, Carolyn Rhodes; and two nephews, Greg Green, and Ron Green.
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Twomey Sauvignon Blanc:
- Base Ingredients: shellfish, lean white fish, chicken breast, turkey
- Bridge Ingredients: tender herbs, mint, tarragon, basil, cilantro, dill, all citrus, red bell peppers (raw or roasted) buttery olive oil, flaky butter crusts, yeasty bread, goat cheese, Gruyère, ricotta, mozzarella, feta, Castelvetrano olives, curry spices, sour cream, yogurt, roasted garlic, Dijon mustard, capers, prosciutto, eggplant, sun dried tomatoes, pine nuts, almonds
Twomey Pinot Noir:
- Base Ingredients: pork, pork belly, toasted chicken, veal, rabbit, quail, most seafood
- Bridge Ingredients: roasted garlic, fried eggs; roasted root vegetables, tomato-based sauces, gastrique sauces (with controlled sweetness and acidity, chicken jus, Olives, Dijon mustard, fennel, eggplant, rosemary, oregano, sage, sun dried tomatoes, pancetta, prosciutto.
Twomey Merlot:
- Base Ingredients: duck breast, leg confit, rack of lamb, squab, braised beef, grilled salmon, venison
- Bridge Ingredients: roasted garlic, sauces, olives, Dijon mustard, eggplant, mushrooms, rosemary, oregano, sage, demi-glace sauces, red beets, aged sheep's milk cheese, juniper, most nuts
Silver Oak Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon:
- Base Ingredients: grilled salmon, tuna, roasted beef, lamb, veal, venison, squab, duck, mushrooms, eggplant, red beets
- Bridge Ingredients: mushrooms, roasted beets, demi-glace sauces, cream, butter sauces, most nuts, hearty herbs, aged cow's milk cheese
Silver Oak, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon:
- Base Ingredients: grilled NY steak, veal, buffalo, lamb
- Bridge Ingredients: demi-glace sauces, complex Indian spices (not hot), olives, mushrooms, red beets, eggplant, roasted tomatoes, rosemary, sage, thyme, basil, walnuts, pecans, aged cow's milk cheese


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Menopause and Perimenopause: A New Phase of Life
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Menopause: What Is It?
Menopause is not a disease, but rather the point in a woman's life at which she is no longer fertile, and menstrual periods have ceased. Menopause can be accompanied by physical symptoms in some women, like hot flashes or night sweats. It can also be seen as a positive beginning of a new phase of life, with opportunities to take preventive action against major health risks.
What Causes Menopause?
Age is the most common cause of menopause. The ovaries gradually lose their ability to function with advancing age. There are other causes of menopause, since some surgeries and medical treatments can induce menopause. These causes include removal of the ovaries, chemotherapy for cancer, and radiation therapy to the pelvis.
When the uterus is removed (hysterectomy) without removing the ovaries in a premenopausal woman, menstrual periods cannot occur, but the hormonal changes characteristic of menopause will not occur.
When Does Menopause Start?
The average age for natural menopause is 51, but it can occur earlier or later. Rarely, women may reach menopause as early as 40 or as late as 60 years of age. Women who smoke cigarettes tend to have earlier menopause than nonsmoking women. There is no way to predict in advance precisely when a particular woman will reach menopause. Menopause is confirmed when a woman has not had menstrual periods for 12 consecutive months.
Before Menopause, Perimenopause
The transition to menopause and the time approaching menopause are referred to as perimenopause. During this time the ovaries are still functioning, but their function has started to decrease. It's still possible for a woman to become pregnant even if she is showing signs of perimenopause, because she may still ovulate.
Menopause: What to Expect
The experience of menopause is different for every woman. Some women have few complaints, while others have severe symptoms that affect their quality of life. When menopause occurs suddenly (as a result of chemotherapy or surgery), the transition can be difficult. In the following slides, we will discuss some common symptoms of menopause.
Menopause Sign: Period Changes
With approaching menopause, a woman's menstrual periods may change. They may get shorter or longer, lighter, or heavier. The interval between periods may increase or decrease. If you have concerns about changes in your periods, talk with your doctor. Sometimes, conditions other than menopause can also cause changes in your period.
Menopause Symptom: Hot Flashes
Hot flashes are a common symptom around the time of menopause. A hot flash is a feeling of warmth that tends to be concentrated around the face and neck. It can cause flushing, or reddening of the skin, in these areas as well as the chest, arms, or back. Hot flashes vary in their intensity and can be followed by sweating and/or chills. They last anywhere from 30 seconds to 10 minutes. Women can help reduce the symptoms of hot flashes by dressing in light layers, exercising regularly, using a fan, managing stress, and avoiding spicy foods.
Menopause Symptom: Sleep Issues
Hot flashes can occur at night and result in night sweats. The following tips can help you sleep well if you are having night sweats:
Menopause Symptom: Sex Problems
Along with menopause, women experience lower levels of the hormone estrogen. One of the effects of lowered estrogen levels is vaginal dryness, which can result in painful or uncomfortable intercourse. Water-soluble lubricants can help overcome this problem. If lubricants are not effective, contact your doctor. Vaginal creams and suppositories can be prescribed to ease vaginal dryness.
Another effect of hormonal changes is a change in libido, or sex drive. This may improve or worsen, but it is important to remember that other factors besides menopause can affect libido. Stress, sleep disturbances, medications, and anxiety can all affect sex drive. Your doctor can help you find ways to manage the changes in your sex drive if they occur.
Finally, although fertility ends at menopause, women of all ages are still susceptible to STDs, so safe sex is still important.
Managing Severe Symptoms
Hormone therapy can help alleviate many of the troublesome symptoms of menopause, but hormone therapy is not without its own risks. Your doctor can help you weigh the risks and benefits of this treatment. Low-dose oral contraceptive (birth control) pills are one option for perimenopausal women to help manage symptoms. Other potential treatments that can help relieve symptoms include antidepressants, blood pressure medications, and lifestyle modifications.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Long-term use of hormone therapy has been associated with an increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, and breast cancer, so it is recommended that the lowest dose of hormones that are effective be taken for the shortest time possible. There are a number of different types of prescription hormone therapies, and your doctor can help you find the best solution if you require this treatment.
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy
The term "bioidentical" hormone therapy has been used to refer to hormones derived from plants prepared individually for patients at compounding pharmacies. Some FDA approved prescription products are also "bioidentical" in the true sense of the word. Some doctors feel that compounded "bioidentical" hormone products are safer, but the US FDA does not approve these products.
Alternative Menopause Treatments
Many women try alternative treatments for menopausal symptoms. According to the US National Institutes of Health, there is too little well-designed research to prove the benefits of therapies like red clover, dong quai, soy, or black cohosh. If you decide to try these remedies, or other herbal products, be sure to discuss this with your doctor. Some botanical or herbal supplements can interact with prescription drugs.
Menopause Health Risks
Health risks associated with menopause include a greater risk of heart disease and osteoporosis. Heart disease remains the number one cause of death for women in the US. Declining estrogen levels may be partly to blame, but hormone therapy is not recommended for postmenopausal women to decrease these risks because it is associated with health risks of its own.
Menopause: Staying Healthy
It's never too late to start living a healthy lifestyle. Regular checkups should include a measurement of cholesterol, blood sugar, and blood pressure. And don't skip routine preventive screenings such as mammograms. You can work with your doctor to establish a plan for a healthy lifestyle including a nutritious diet, physical activity, and stress management skills.
Active Menopause Is a Must
Regular physical activity is important at any age, and especially as a woman transitions to menopause. Aerobic exercise strengthens the heart, and weight-bearing exercises to maintain bone strength are two important components of an exercise program. Regular exercise can also help keep weight off and elevate your mood. Even if you weren't active before, you can start to increase your physical activity at any age.
Menopause: A New Era Starts
Many women find that menopause is a time to celebrate a new phase of life rather than grieving for lost youth. Christian Northrup is a physician and writer who recommends that menopause be used as a time to explore sources of pleasure and joy, fill yourself with positive thoughts, love yourself, and revive your sex life.
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I dont really want to use linux mint 14 cinnamon, but I love the interface. Is it a good idea to stick to Ubuntu and run cinnamon on it? Does it work 100% fine?
Another thing: is it a good idea to put cinnamon interface on top of Lubuntu? Is it still going to be a fast, reliable system?
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GATESVILLE (October 12, 2012)--The Turnersville Fire Department is hosting a raffle for a picnic table and a gift certificate to Academy Sports.
A $2,000 gift certificate will be awarded and a separate raffle will be held for a 6-foot wood picnic table.
The table is valued at $200.
Ticket prices are one entry for $5 or 5 entries for $20.
If writing a check, specify what raffle the entry is for, the fire department said.
The drawing will be held November 4 at 1 p.m. during a BBQ fundraiser.
The meal lasts from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
A silent auction will get underway and door prizes will be awarded.
Checks for the raffle can be mailed to:
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A Butler county couple was indicted today on federal charges of stealing more than $1.5 million from Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, a Wichita-based company that owns assisted living centers in Kansas and Missouri, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.
In Kansas, the company has facilities in Wichita, Topeka, Kansas City, Olathe, Lawrence, Emporia, Salina, Dodge City, Fort Scott, Parsons, Arkansas City, Newton, Sterling and Clay Center.
Brent A. Shryock, 43, Augusta, and his wife, Lori A. Shryock, 50, Augusta, are charged with four counts of mail fraud. The indictment alleges the crimes occurred while Brent Shryock was employed as information systems director for the company. He was in charge of all computers, telephones, video information and electronic equipment, including the purchase of new or replacement equipment for PMMA, Presbyterian Manor, Aberdeen and Ashfield facilities.
The defendants are alleged to have created four fictitious companies: LGR Technology, Innovative Software Solutions, DT Solutions and Microtech Solutions. The indictment alleges the initials in LGR Technology stood for "Let's Get Rich." The defendants used the fictitious companies to submit fraudulent invoices to PMMA, Presbyterian Manor, Aberdeen and Ashfield.
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison and a fine up to $250,000 on each count. The FBI investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Alan Metzger is prosecuting.
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The Anatomy of the Central Nervous System
Cancer of the Brain and Spinal Cord
Signs and Symptoms of Brain Tumors
The central nervous system (CNS) is made up by the brain and spinal cord. This complex system controls both things that we intentionally think about and do, like walking and talking, and essential body functions that occur without specific thought on our part, such as breathing and digesting food. The CNS is also involved with the five senses of seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, and smelling, as well as emotions, thoughts, and memory.
The brain is a soft, spongy organ that is made up of nerve cells and tissue. It is divided into three major sections: the cerebrum, the cerebellum, and the brainstem.
The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain, and is divided into two halves, called the right and left hemispheres. The right hemisphere controls the left side of the body and the left hemisphere controls the right side of the body. Each hemisphere is further divided into sections called lobes. There are four lobes in each hemisphere: the frontal, parietal, occipital, and temporal, and each lobe is responsible for certain functions.
The cerebellum is much smaller than the lobes of the brain, and sits at the back of the brain under the cerebrum. It is responsible for balance and coordination and controls complex actions like walking and talking.
The third part of the brain, the brainstem, connects the brain to the spinal cord. It controls some of the most important and necessary body functions, such as breathing and maintaining body temperature and blood pressure. It also controls hunger and thirst.
The spinal cord is made up of bundles of nerve fibers, called vertebra. It starts at the base of the brain and extends a little more than halfway down the back. Spinal nerves connect the brain with other nerves throughout the body and carry messages back and forth between the brain and the rest of the body.
In order to protect the central nervous system from injury or damage, several protective barriers exist. Three thin membranes, called meninges, cover the entire brain and spinal cord forming a thin protective layer. In addition, a thin, watery fluid, called cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), cushions the brain and spinal cord and offers further protection. CSF is produced in four hollow spaces in the brain, called ventricles, and flows through the ventricles and in the spaces between the meninges. It also brings nutrients from the blood to the brain and removes waste products from the brain. The bony structures of the skull and vertebra provide the final layer of protection for the central nervous system.
The causes of central nervous system tumors are not known, and scientists cannot explain why brain tumors develop in healthy adults. Certain factors, however, have been identified that may increase a person's chance of developing a brain tumor. For example, workers in the oil refining, rubber manufacturing, and drug manufacturing industries have higher rates of certain types of brain tumors. Researchers are also studying families in whom multiple members have developed the same type of brain tumor to see whether heredity plays a role. They are also looking at the connection between viral infections and exposure to radiation and the development of brain tumors. There is no research to suggest that head injuries cause or increase a person's risk for developing a brain tumor. Because most patients diagnosed with a brain tumor have no identifiable risk factors, it is believed that brain tumors result from a number of factors acting together.
Tumors which start in the brain are called primary brain tumors and are classified according to the kind of cell from which the tumor seems to originate. The most common primary brain tumor in adults comes from cells in the brain called astrocytes that make up the blood-brain barrier and contribute to the nutrition of the central nervous system. These tumors are called gliomas (astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, or glioblastoma multiforme) and account for 65% of all primary central nervous system tumors. The following table explains other types of brain tumors, the cells from which the tumors most likely come, and the functions of those cells.
|Type of Tumor
|Cell of Origin
|Produces a substance called myelin, which covers the nerves and helps information to travel quickly between the brain and other parts of the body.
|Lines the ventricles and aids in the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid.
|Cover and protect the brain and spinal cord.
|Part of the immune system, the body's primary defense against infection and foreign substances.
|Schwann cell
|Produce the myelin that protects the acoustic nerve, the nerve of hearing.
|Primitive neuroectodermal cell or Primitive nerve tumors (PNET)
|These cells normally do not remain in the body after birth.
Cancer from other parts of the body can spread to the brain and cause secondary tumors through a process called metastasis. Although it is possible for cancer from anywhere in the body to spread to the brain, it happens most often with cancers of the breast and lung. The cells of a metastatic brain tumor resemble the cells of the organ where the tumor started, not brain cells. For example, if a tumor starts in the breast and spreads to the brain, the cells of the brain tumor will resemble abnormal breast cells, not abnormal brain cells.
As a brain tumor grows, it invades the healthy tissue in the brain, often causing further deterioration. Because of the limited space within the skull, the tumor may place pressure on the brain. There may also be a buildup of fluid around the tumor, a condition known as edema. Both of these may cause frequent headaches that are often unrelieved by over-the-counter medications. Headaches are the most common presenting symptom for patients with brain tumors.
Since all of these symptoms can be caused by other problems, you must be seen by a physician to have your symptoms properly evaluated. Your physician may refer you to a neurologist, a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the brain and central nervous system, or to an oncologist, a doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer.
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Medicaid and growth of unionization
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Pro-union leaders argued that putting home-care workers under collective-bargaining rules would allow them to collect fair compensation. However, although they would have been categorized as government workers, they would have been ineligible for state pensions or other benefits. The measure also would have created a registry providing background checks and training, and would ensure quality health care for patients.
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Professor Gary Francione Argues Abolitionist Position in New Book About Animal Rights
December 21, 2010 –"As a practical matter, animal welfare regulation simply does not work," writes Gary Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, in the new book The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation? (Columbia University Press, 2010). Animal protection laws lead neither to the end of animal exploitation nor to a reduction in the use of animals. They only, he argues, make society feel more comfortable about exploiting animals while perpetuating the fundamental immorality of animal use.
Instead what Francione proposes and defends in this debate-style book is "ethical veganism," which is the rejection of all animal products. "Ethical veganism is the only position that is consistent with the recognition that for purposes of being treated as a thing, the lives of humans and nonhumans are morally equivalent."
Professor Francione, who also carries the title Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Scholar of Law and Philosophy, is the author of numerous books and articles on animal rights theory and animals and the law. In The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation?, he debates Robert Garner, a professor of politics at the University of Leicester who specializes in the philosophy and politics of animal protection. The book pits Garner's welfarist approach, which focuses on regulating animal use and making it more "humane," against Francione's abolitionist approach, which maintains that as long as animals are property, laws requiring "humane" treatment will provide very little protection and will generally be informed by customary industry practices. Moreover, Francione argues that, as a matter of moral theory, we cannot justify using animals as human resources, however "humane" it may be.
According to Stephen Clark, associate editor of the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, "The authors debate practical and theoretical issues clearly, honestly, courteously, and with all the appropriate passion. Neither persuades the other, but both together must persuade many that change is needed."
Professor Francione has a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Rochester and an M.A. in philosophy and J.D. from the University of Virginia. He clerked for Judge Albert Tate, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was an associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore before joining the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He joined the Rutgers faculty in 1989. Francione and his colleague Adjunct Professor Anna Charlton started and operated the Rutgers Animal Rights Law Clinic from 1990-2000, making Rutgers the first university in the U.S. to have animal rights law as part of the regular academic curriculum. In addition to animal rights, he teaches courses on criminal law, criminal procedure, jurisprudence, and torts.


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Hockey talk anyone? I would hear that phrase frequently right about this time of the month for so many years. The Stanley Cup had long since been awarded, the draft and free agency were still weeks away, and the last thing anyone was really interested in talking about were snow, ice, sticks, and pucks. That time is no more. I used to believe pro hockey had a season and an off-season. Now I'm convinced that hockey has become a 365-day sport and business. 2013 is clearly an anomaly because of the NHL lockout and 2014 may even be more so because of the Olympics, but consider this: Should the Bruins and Blackhawks go the full seven games, by the time the Stanley Cup has been handed out there will be roughly 70 days until training camps commence for next season. That's barely more than two months! And when you factor in those aforementioned events such as the draft and free agency, two months is going to fly by pretty quickly. Even from a Rampage standpoint, Friday marks the three-month mark until the NHL pre-season game between the Panthers and Dallas Stars at the AT&T Center. So unlike previous years, hockey fans starving for news and information about their favorite team aren't going have to go around asking "hockey talk anyone?"…
…The question I get asked most often during the summer is which players will come back next year? While neither I (nor most people frankly) can be certain until the puck drops, there's a pretty good road map to figuring out the Rampage roster in 2013-14.
Forwards under contract include:
-Quinton Howden
-Drew Shore
-Nick Bjugstad
-Vincent Trocheck
-Garret Wilson
-John McFarland
-Logan Shaw
-Jonathan Hazen
-Anthony Luciani
-Mattias Lindstrom
Defensemen under contract include:
-Alex Petrovic
-Jonathan Racine
-Josh McFadden
Goalies under contract include:
-Dov Grumet-Morris (AHL)
-Michael Houser
Restricted Free Agents include:
-Colby Robak
-Scott Timmins
-Jon Rheault
-Zach Hamill
-Brendon Nash
-Michael Caruso
-Jacob Markstrom
Unrestricted Free Agents include:
-Andre Deveaux
-Greg Rallo
-Nolan Yonkman
-Brian Foster
-Eric Selleck
-Tyson Strachan
AHL Contract Free Agents include:
-Jared Gomes
-Justin Vaive
-Zach Miskovic
-Jack Combs
-Jed Ortmeyer
-John Lee
-Evan Barlow
So tabulating the numbers, the organization right now has 10 forwards, three defensemen, and two goalies that are currently under contract for both their AHL and ECHL affiliates. That means there are likely 8-10 forward spots, five defensemen spots, and one goalie spot that needs to be filled between now and the time training camps open in September. It is commonplace that teams will either sign or trade most if not all of their restricted free agents, but there are a couple of caveats. Colby Robak and Scott Timmins are entering their fourth seasons on NHL contracts meaning they will have to pass through waivers if they are assigned to the AHL. Similar to what happened with James Wright last season (picked off waivers by Winnipeg in January), that leaves Florida with the decision of either signing both players and risking losing them for nothing, or perhaps trading them to acquire future assets. Additionally, Zach Hamill would fall into the veteran category (320 or more games played) next season while Jon Rheault and Michael Caruso would both fall into the veteran exempt category (260-319 games played), and the organization would need to decide whether those players fit those veteran roles accordingly considering the veteran restrictions (No more than five veterans and one exempt allowed per game, excluding goalies) in the AHL. Again, it's a very fluid situation and there will be plenty of new bodies that show up in San Antonio in the fall, but this at least gives you a blueprint to work off of as free agency draws near…
…The AHL will return to two cities for the 2013-14 season that it used to call home. In April the Minnesota Wild announced they would be relocating the Houston Aeros to Des Moines, Iowa and the Wells Fargo Arena. This will be Des Moines' second try with AHL hockey with a third different organization following previous efforts with the Dallas Stars (2005-08) and the Anaheim Ducks (2008-09). Ironically, that franchise is now the one currently playing at Cedar Park Center after being acquired by the Stars back in 2010. Last Friday, the Vancouver Canucks announced a multi-year deal with the city of Utica, New York to place their newly purchased AHL franchise (formerly the Peoria Rivermen) in the Mohawk Valley. Utica has a long hockey history having hosted eight professional teams since 1981, and was the former home of New Jersey's top affiliate for six years where it was coached by longtime hockey greats Tom McVie, Herb Brooks, and Robbie Ftorek. Other well-known NHL legends that once skated at the Utica Memorial Auditorium (the "AUD" as it is often referred to) include Bill Guerin, Bobby Holik, and Martin Brodeur. While conference re-alignment and schedules will be announced later this summer, expect Des Moines and Utica to both be in the Western Conference and likely opponents of the Rampage giving San Antonio hockey fans a chance to see the league's newest teams up close and in person.


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On my Mac Book Pro 15" the screen is corrupted when I try to launch BIT.TRIP RUNNER. The game appear to launch correctly as I can hear the game music after some time (probably time to load the game), and I can quit it using ESC key.
After looking in the Steam forum (first topic, second topic), it appears to be caused by a default resolution that is not supported by the monitor, and the solution is to change the resolution used by the game, or to switch to windowed mode by using ALT+ENTER (does not work on Mac).
However, the path given in the thread is a Windows path. So I'd like to know what is the equivalent path on the Mac platform.