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UPDATE Issued at 653 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2016 A cluster of thunderstorms that developed across south central KY and north central TN continues to work its way northeastward during the 6am hour. While they seem to finally be losing steam, they did put down some quick torrential rainfalls along the TN/KY border, with several reports of flash flooding ongoing. The HRRR model is the only model so far that has picked up on this ongoing activity, and shows it expanding but losing strength over the next few hours. Based on radar trends over the last 15 minutes...this seems to be pretty well on track. Trended closer to the HRRR through the next few hours, with isolated to scattered pops expanding northeast through the CWA, before scattered pops take over across all of eastern KY for the afternoon. Also updated the sky cover to accommodate this increase in pops. Finally, loaded in the latest observations for temps, dew points, and winds, to make sure the near term forecast was on track with current conditions. All changes have been published and sent to NDFD/web. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Thursday) Issued at 405 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2016 Clouds were starting to increase in coverage at 7z, with a few showers starting to pop up across the central TN and moving into south central KY. Kept low end isolated pops in across the southern extent of the CWA to cover these isolated showers through daybreak. Otherwise, today should be much in the same as yesterday, with the stalled frontal boundary still located across the northern half of the state, and a warm, very moist airmass in place. As we head into the daylight hours, expect convection to begin popping here, across our northern CWA, then quickly spreading across the remainder of the CWA throughout the afternoon. Kept with scattered pops across the CWA through the afternoon given the uncertainty of where and when storms will actually form. This may need to be fined tuned a bit as convection starts developing today. PWATs continue to hover around the 2 inch mark today, so any storms that do develop will continue to be heavy rain producers. This, combined with very little directional shear, could lead to some training of storms as well, so will continue to monitor for any localized flooding concerns. Focus then shifts to the overnight hours tonight and heading into the day Thursday. The stationary front across the state will push slightly north of the Ohio River late tonight, and remain just north of the state through the day Thursday. Winds will take on a slightly more SW heading, and increase in intensity, allowing for a deeper pull of moist southerly air. This increase will be due to a deepening shortwave, which is expected to move across the mid Mississippi River Valley tonight, and then across Kentucky Thursday and Thursday night. This wave will interact with the stationary frontal boundary, as well as the phasing of the southern and northern jet streams, to create a large surge of warm deep moisture, and lift for which storms to develop. PWAT values for tonight will be well over 2 inches, and will continue to increase to between 2.25 inches and 2.4 inches in some places during the day Thursday. CAPE values and LIs remain decent from tonight through Thursday, but overall the more long/skinny nature of the CAPE and little wind shear continues to lend itself to heavy rain being the primary concern with any storm. Somewhat unidirectional flow in the mid and upper levels may lend itself to some training of storms, which would be worst case scenario for any peoples under these storm`s path. Flooding will likely be imminent, the question is how isolated will it be, and where will it occur. It may also play directly into which locations receive heavy rainfall today. No flood watch has been posted at this time by our office or any neighboring offices, but will pass along for the day shift for consideration. Temperatures today will continue to be warm and muggy, topping out in the upper 80s to near 90, with heat indices in the mid and upper 90s. With the introduction of thick cloud cover and heavy rains Thursday, temperatures will take a downward turn, with highs only in the low 80s. It will be wet, but a welcome relief from the heat. .LONG TERM...(Thursday night through Tuesday) Issued at 412 AM EDT WED JUL 27 2016 Upper troughing will remain locked in place from the northern Plains and upper Midwest through the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic into early this weekend, in between Great Basin to Four Corners anchored high pressure and the stagnant summertime Bermuda high. Multiple rounds of upper energy look to be in play, with the first and most significant at this point, being the one mentioned in the short term. Still some inconsistency in exactly how quickly and where this lead wave will skirt through eastern Kentucky. GFS/ECMWF solutions phase a southern stream impulse with the shortwave ejecting out of the upper Midwest and lower Great Lakes, thus slowing the coupled system`s eastward progression. The latest NAM is not as robust on the phasing of both systems and subsequently dampens the upper trough as it moves through the Tennessee Valley into Kentucky. There also still remains question as to how deep and therefore exactly where the surface low/wave will track. Nonetheless, a tropical-type airmass characterized by precipitable water values in the 2.25 inch range along with strong omega profiles and ample instability with CAPE in the 1-2 kJ/kg range, suggest a dousing of rain somewhere in vicinity of eastern Kentucky Thursday into Thursday night. Have raised pops to categorical mention Thursday evening to account for the overall consensus and better consistency in a slower dynamic progression. Even without an exact morphing of the southern and northern stream waves, lift will still be plentiful with the combination of energy aloft and in the warm sector of a stationary front near the Ohio River Valley. A flash flood watch seems very likely within the next 12-24 hours for Thursday, but will let a few of these uncertainties with respect to placement and timing refine themselves before pulling the trigger. Additionally, depending on how quickly storms move through Thursday, increasing deep layer shear to near 30-35 knots into the evening could suggest a better threat for organized updrafts and gusty downburst winds. Friday will bring scattered storms to the eastern portion of the Bluegrass ahead of the long-residence frontal boundary, with coverage perhaps somewhat limited by a spout of shortwave ridging following Thursday`s system. Additional waves of some degree look possible both Saturday and Sunday at this time, leading to scattered showers and storms once again, mainly confined to peak heating during the afternoon/evening timeframe. Late weekend into the first week of August looks to see upper ridging expanding east across the Great Plains and into the Midwest. Will keep isolated to scattered storms advertised at this point for early week with uncertainty as to how far east deep layer subsidence will build. Could get into a period of northwest flow and subsequent mesoscale convective system development toward the region. Nonetheless, temperatures will likely see a warming trend from more seasonable readings in the low to mid 80s through this weekend to mid to upper 80s with rising heights next week. Lows should generally reside in the mid-upper 60s before approaching the 70 degree mark next week. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Thursday afternoon) ISSUED AT 148 PM EDT WED JUL 27 2016 Clusters of showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop and track mainly east across our area this afternoon and evening, mainly along and ahead of a stalled frontal boundary. Current thinking is that the north and eastern portions of the area will receive the most rainfall through this evening. Tonight, did add in the mention of fog development and vis restriction after 3Z, though exact impacts will largely be dependent on the amount of rain each TAF site receives through this evening. A low pressure system will approach the area from the southwest tonight, bringing widespread heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to the area through at least tomorrow afternoon. These rounds of heavy rainfall will lead to variable VIS at the TAF sites, with CIGS degrading. Winds will generally be light and variable, though any stronger showers or thunderstorms could produce some brief gusty conditions. && .JKL Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && $$ UPDATE...JVM SHORT TERM...JMW LONG TERM...GUSEMAN AVIATION...JVM


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La Paz' famous places showcase the history of Bolivia's capital from its days as a Spanish colonial city to its present as the hub of a newly emergent democracy. Visitors will discover natural attractions that spotlight the beauty of the Andes along with sprawling markets where vendors sell almost everything. Visitors to La Paz, which is perched at over 12,000 feet above sea level, may take a few days to adjust to sightseeing at this altitude.
Mercado Negro sprawls for blocks throughout La Paz between the Witches' Market and El Cementario. Shoppers find an eclectic range of merchandise among its stalls, ranging from traditional handicrafts and handmade clothing to electrical components and produce. Every item has a designated section within the market. The Witches' Market that lines Calle Linares features the wares of La Paz' practitioners of magic. Shoppers buy love potions, good luck charms and amulets for warding off evil spirits. Merchants also sell components such as llama fetuses for use in homemade potions.
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El Camino de la Muerte, or the Road of Death, stretches for about 40 miles between La Paz and Coroico. Traffic travels on both sides of this mountainside road, which has an average width of about 11 feet and confronts drivers with plunges of up to 1,800 feet. La Paz' residents make offerings to the earth goddess Pachamama before taking their chances on this road, where between 200 and 300 people die each year. Adventurous travelers can book mountain bike excursions through tour operators in La Paz for a chance to rocket down the snaking gravel road. Mirador Laikakota, the large hilltop overlooking La Paz, offers panoramic views of the city below and Mount Illimani in the distance. A park at the summit hosts rides and playgrounds for children, along with several snack shacks.
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La Paz' Museo Nacional de Arte (mna.org.bo) showcases the works of the 17th- and 18th-century artists who lived in Bolivia during its colonial years, such as Gaspar Miguel de Barrio and Melchor Perez Holguin. The museum also features paintings and sculptures from contemporary artists, and is home to the wooden Virgen de La Paz statue, which the city's residents of 1781 believed exerted supernatural influence to protect them from an assault by the area's indigenous people. Bolivian workers completed the Palacio Presidencial in 1852, to which Bolivians soon gave the unofficial name of "Palacio Quemado," or "Burnt Palace," a reference to the damage caused during an 1875 insurrection when rebels set the palace ablaze. Tourists aren't permitted on the grounds, but when the president isn't in residence, guards sometimes allow visitors to look into the courtyard.
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Builders laid the Iglesia de San Francisco's original cornerstone in 1548 at its Plaza San Francisco location. Citizens later rebuilt the church, completing the current building in 1784. The original baroque facade that remains combines traditional Christian imagery with indigenous representations of snakes and dragons. Staff at the La Paz Cemetary cremate bodies 10 years after interring them, and families can place the urns in glass-enclosed niches within the cemetary walls. These niches provide enough room for families to tuck mementos of their loved ones alongside their remains, and the combined effect is of a museum commemorating La Paz' citizens, giving a glimpse into the lives of this city throughout its history.
- "La Paz Bolivia & Beyond"; Lougheed, et. al.
- Frommer's: La Paz, Bolivia: Shopping
- "101 Places Not to See Before You Die"; Catherine Price; 2010
- "Culture and Customs of Bolivia"; Javier Galvan; 2011
- "Frommer's South America"; Nicholas Gill, et. al.; 2010
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It is a fitness craze that has swept the world.
But zumba has also apparently led to a spate of injuries in
New Zealand - so many, in fact, that it has cost the Accident
Compensation Corporation more than $780,000 in claims in the
past two years.
ACC received 781 claims for zumba-related injuries in 2011,
at a cost of $375,572.
That was a decrease on the 875 claims in 2010, which cost the
corporation $405,375.
In 2009, just 16 zumba-related claims were made - at a cost
of $5629.
However, a Dunedin zumba instructor yesterday said the
numbers represented only a small number of the "thousands and
thousands" of zumba participants in New Zealand.
zumba is a latin-inspired dance-fitness programme, created by
Alberto Perez in the 1990s, which is now a feature at fitness
centres internationally.
The Otago Daily Times has obtained the number of
claims and costs of zumba-related injuries, which ACC can
only identify post-2009 on its database.
Figures relating to the 2006-11 period show rugby (at
$306,409,587) was the biggest sporting burden for ACC.
Football ($124,143,889), netball ($98,343,398), snowboarding
($31,252,522), skiing ($66,489,777), horse riding
($61,099,045), mountain biking ($23,801,427) and dancing
($23,594,600) had all led to a significant number of claims.
The most common injury in the 2006-11 period was soft tissue
damage to the knee, which included bruises and sprains, with
417 claims.
Other common injuries were to the back, ankle, lower leg and
Less common injuries were to the face, chest and head.
Dunedin zumba instructor Emily Rutherford said she had taught
classes of up to 200 people, and regularly taught classes
with 25 to 30 participants, and had not seen many injuries.
To avoid injury, she emphasised the importance of choosing a
qualified instructor as "there's a lot of variety in
"The main thing people need to be aware of is to choose an
instructor carefully and make sure your instructor is
Stretching after exercising was also important. Zumba
instructors should be guiding participants through a "cool
down" after each session.
The 2011 decrease in the number of specific zumba claims
could be a reflection of the quality of teachers and the
stability of the phenomenon, she said.
"There was just a huge boom when it first started and every
man and his dog claimed to be a zumba instructor."
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Being sedentary is the number one cause of death and disease
in both developed and non developed countries... how about we
do a cost benefit analysis for the benefit of all of these
people who are being active by participating in Zumba?
Furthermore in relation to rugby, the costs in ACC related
claims is minimal. It is not a wonder that people are
apprehensive to start excercise when one media source says
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Pit latrines: Another source of greenhouse gas emissions
Coal plants, landfills, and cows all release methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. But in a new study, researchers have highlighted yet another source of methane emissions: the pit latrines used by about 1.8 billion people around the world.
Pit latrines are crucial for sanitation in developing or rural areas without modern toilets. As the excrement decomposes, methane is released. But the amount of methane is unclear because emissions depend on local factors such as the groundwater level. Since the United Nations has declared improved sanitation a major goal for 2030, "it is vital for policymakers to have a comprehensive understanding of [greenhouse gas] emissions from on-site sanitation systems," the authors write in Environmental Science & Technology.
To come up with an estimate, the researchers studied water table data and sanitation surveys for 21 countries. Based on latrine use trends from 1998 to 2011, they then tried to predict usage in 2015.
In 2000, pit latrines worldwide released about 5.2 teragrams of methane, or about 2 percent of anthropogenic methane emissions, the study authors say. But because of China's ongoing urbanization and wastewater system improvements, the team predicts that the number will drop to 3.8 teragrams in 2015. Pit latrine use will rise in African countries such as Ethiopia as they work toward better sanitation, but not enough to offset the reduction in China. Overall, China, Bangladesh, and India will be the biggest emitters.
One way to reduce methane emissions would be to install other sanitation systems such as composting toilets. In Asia, using composting toilets instead of pit latrines would cost an extra $46 to $97 per ton of equivalent carbon dioxide emissions eliminated; in Africa, that figure would range from $57 to $944 per ton. But researchers still need to get their hands dirty and measure the methane released from pit latrines and composting toilets directly, the authors say. — Roberta Kwok | 24 July 2014
Source: Reid, M.C. et al. 2014. Global methane emissions from pit latrines. Environmental Science & Technology doi: 10.1021/es501549h.
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Optimizing the implementation of policy measures through social acceptance segmentation
This paper proposes Q-methodology as a technique for the identification of more homogeneous subgroups or 'segments' within a rather heterogeneous overall population when it comes to social acceptance of demand-restricting policy measures. Identification of such segments would allow policy makers to better tailor their future actions and thereby increase the chance for a successful implementation of the measures they propose. A set of 33 persons, selected in function of age, gender and car ownership evaluated the acceptability of a total number of 42 demand-restricting policy measures. Special care was taken that the final set of statements covered the four classically distinguished demand-restricting strategies, i.e., improved transport options, incentives for the use of alternative transport modes, parking and land-use management, and institutional policy revision. In addition, a balance between both 'hard' and 'soft' and 'push' and 'pull' measures was strived for. The results indicate that four different segments in terms of social acceptance of demand-restricting policy measures can be distinguished, i.e., travelers in favor of traffic calming, travelers against hard push measures, travelers in favor of demand restriction, and travelers against policy innovations. Besides the differences and similarities between these segments, the practical implications for policy makers are discussed, together with a series of specific recommendations and suggestions for future research.
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TUDOR Championship: Kaffer puts Risi Competizione Ferrari on pole at VIR
On the heels of the team's first TUDOR United SportsCar Championship victory, Risi Competizione's Pierre Kaffer claimed GT Le Mans pole for tomorrow's GT-only Oak Tree Grand Prix.
On the heels of their first TUDOR United SportsCar Championship victory, Risi Competizione's Pierre Kaffer claimed GT Le Mans pole for tomorrow's GT-only Oak Tree Grand Prix.
James Davison, meanwhile, gave TRG-AMR back-to-back poles in GT Daytona following a massive rebuild from a crash at Road America less than two weeks ago.
Kaffer took his No. 62 Ferrari F458 Italia GT to the top, posting a 1:43.797 late in the 15-minute GTLM session.
It bumped the No. 55 BMW Team RLL BMW Z4 GTE of Bill Auberlen from provisional pole and gave the Ferrari squad its second top qualifying run in the last three races after co-driver Giancarlo Fisichella's pole at Indianapolis.
Remarkably, Kaffer became the ninth different pole winner in the nine TUDOR Championship GTLM races to date as the team searches for back-to-back wins on Sunday.
Auberlen and co-driver Andy Priaulx will line up second, ahead of the No. 91 SRT Motorsports Dodge Viper SRT GTS-R of Marc Goossens in third, who reeled off a 1:44.072 late in the session.
Dirk Mueller (BMW Team RLL) and Jonathan Bomarito (SRT Motorsports) completed the top-five overall and in class.
The No. 3 Corvette C7.R qualified sixth in the hands of Antonio Garcia after a massive repair job following Jan Magnussen's accident in morning practice. While escaping serious injury, the Dane has yet to be cleared to race tomorrow.
The fate of the No. 911 Porsche North America entry, the other car involved in the accident this morning, remains unclear. Richard Lietz sustained a broken arm in the shunt and will fly home to Austria for surgery.
The car, due to be shared with Nick Tandy, did not set a time in qualifying.
GTD qualifying honors, meanwhile, went to TRG's Davison following a remarkable comeback of their own.
The Kevin Buckler-led squad was forced to miss opening practice on Friday as its No. 007 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 was still being put back together following a weekend-ending accident in warmup at Road America.
While having only received a replacement chassis on Wednesday evening, Davison and co-driver Al Carter were back on track yesterday afternoon.
Twenty-four hours later, the Australian put the car on pole.
Davison edged out the No. 22 Alex Job Racing Porsche 911 GT America of Leh Keen by 0.297 seconds, with the Dane Cameron-driven No. 94 Turner Motorsport BMW Z4 GT3 completing the top-three in class.
8Star Motorsports will start today's first segment of the Prototype Challenge race from the pole following a blazing lap set by Sean Rayhall in qualifying Saturday at Virginia International Raceway.
Rayhall pedaled the Takis-sponsored No. 25 Oreca FLM09 to a quick lap of 1:41.447 in the 15-minute qualifying session to give the Enzo Potolicchio-owned team its first TUDOR United SportsCar Championship pole.
It was more than one-second clear of the competition, outpacing the No. 52 PR1/Mathiasen Motorsports entry of Frankie Montecalvo by 1.105 seconds.
Per IMSA rules for the unique 45-minute double segment round this weekend, each team's Silver-rated driver qualified the cars and will also handle driving duties in this afternoon's first segment.
Rayhall will then hand off driving duties to his Gold-rated co-driver, Luis Diaz, for Sunday's second segment.
The pair of RSR Racing entries from Duncan Ende and Chris Cumming will line up third and fourth, respectively, followed by championship leader Jon Bennett in the No. 54 CORE autosport Oreca, who completed the top-five overall and in class.
All nine of the PC entries set times in qualifying, which will race alongside the IMSA Prototype Lites Championship. Andrew Novich claimed pole position in the Lites L1 class.
The first PC/Lites segment gets underway at 5:15 p.m. ET Saturday, with the finishing position determining the grid for the points and race-deciding segment two at 10 a.m. ET on Sunday.
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PFC Balkan Botevgrad
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PFC Balkan Botevgrad (Bulgarian: Балкан Ботевград) is a Bulgarian football club, playing in the city of Botevgrad. The stadium of the club is "Hristo Botev" in Botevgrad with capacity of 8,000 people.
The club was established in 1929 with the name "Stamen Panchev". In 1945 the club was renamed "Hristo Gurbov". Since 1947 the name is "Balkan". The main kit-colours of the team are green and white. In his history the club participated in either the second or the third Bulgarian division. Currently the team is playing in Bulgarian B Professional Football Group. From 2005, the chairman of the club is Tihomir Ninov. In 2007/2008 season Balkan finished 2nd in the Bulgarian South-West V AFG, but won promotion, because of the changes from the 2008/2009 season in Bulgaria's West and East B Groups. From 2008, the chief executive is the famous Bulgarian footballer Marian Hristov. The club qualified at the 1/8 finals of the Bulgarian Cup 2008-09 after defeating PFC Belite orli Pleven with 2:0 and beating PFC Lokomotiv Mezdra with 1:0 to make it to the 1/8 finals of the competition. Unfortunately, "Balkan" was eliminated by CSKA Sofia after a score of 5:0.
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- Bulgarian second division - 5th place (1978/1979)
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Patient Comments: Hyperparathyroidism - Symptoms
What were the symptoms you experienced with your hyperparathyroidism?
Comment from: Tired in Missouri, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: July 09
I first was aware that my blood calcium levels were high in 1998. My GI Dr. Had it rechecked to make sure I didn't have cancer. I was told I had osteopenia in 2003. When I had another bone scan in 2008 I was told I had osteopenia for sure. The scan done in 2003 was incorrectly interpreted and my Dr. Told me tat at that time I actually had the bones of an 18 year old. A bone scan done in May 2013 revealed significant thinning despite being on Boniva for 5 years. My primary physician had me do a 24 hour urine test which revealed high calcium. The was followed by a blood test check PTH levels which were also high. When I read the symptoms of Hyperparathyroidism I cried. I retired 2 years early because of low back pain, sciatica, and fatigue. I have headaches almost every day. I have an appointment with an endocrine surgeon 7/31. I'm praying for a surgery that will help me feel normal again!
Comment from: luckysilver51@yahoo., 25-34 Female (Caregiver) Published: May 06
My daughter has had severe bone pain, GERD, irritability, weight loss of 20 pounds (she is only 102 pounds now) depression, lethargy, and migraines. In early March she had several fainting episodes, and was in the ER twice. I insisted her MD do more tests. He found a high calcium and high PTH level. Her PTH was originally high, in the 160s, then 145.8. She has seen an endocrinologist, who just keeps doing more tests. I must add her vitamin D level originally was only 9, and her recent D level was 19 – still low. She has been taking 2000 IU's of D a day since March. Her bone scan showed some thinning of her bones. The MD wanted to wait to see how she does before going to a surgeon. She had a sestamibi parathyroid scan but we don't know the results. He wants to do more tests. I am very worried, because she had a couple spells in the middle of the night, where she felt like she would faint. We went to the ER again for a workup and now she is wearing a Holter monitor. I think she should have the surgery soon. I don't know why the endocrinologist is dragging his feet.
Comment from: corinne1961, 45-54 Female (Patient) Published: April 12
I am 52, but began getting kidney stones when I was young. I had gallstones as well. I've experienced UTIs, kidney cysts and a mass, heart problems, blood pressure spikes, joint pain and osteoporosis (broke my L1), extreme fatigue, low immune (sick frequently), weight gain, depression, lack of energy, can't concentrate or remember, and have high calcium. I have a number of family members on my mother's side (mostly female cousins and aunts) with similar problems. One of my relatives also has hyperparathyroidism, another who has had open heart surgery, and all have had bone loss. I'm waiting for my appointment to see an endocrinologist. I'm convinced it's familial hyperparathyroidism. And I've heard that osteoporosis is reversible once the parathyroid is removed.
Comment from: DoubleD, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: February 04
I felt tired all the time, had no energy and I could fall asleep sitting at the kitchen table and slowly was gaining weight. My doctor started me on Synthroid, low dose and increased it twice. I still didn't feel right. My last blood test showed very elevated calcium in my blood. If it's a simple operation to remove the bad nodes, that's what I'll do. It's no fun feeling this way.
Comment from: DianeElizabeth, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: January 10
I am a 55 year old woman who is presently awaiting surgery to remove another parathyroid gland. I diagnosed myself in 2010 after suffering terribly from severe symptoms of hyperparathyroidism, such as severe spasms in my legs, weakness, confusion, and more. I was hospitalized a month later with pancreatitis which was absolutely horrifying. I kept a very close eye on my labs which I insisted be done monthly or bimonthly. Then just recently I have not done it as often. A lab test in September dropped my jaw to the floor. What shocked me more than anything was that my high alk phos and calcium didn't raise any eyebrows in my physicians office until my own physician saw them. I wouldn't have know about them if not for my insistence to see the results. I've had a lot of surgeries in my life, primarily my spine, but this really upset me. It is very rare to have a recurrence and frankly the symptoms really suck. I should have it out in less than a month.
Comment from: Kaye, 65-74 Female (Patient) Published: September 21
A routine blood test showed a high level of PTH and rapid bone loss. Then a sestamibi scan showed up the location of my errant parathryoid gland. I have symptoms of osteoporosis, fatigue, sleeplessness and aching all over. Surgery is scheduled. What I don't understand is that the calcium level has only shown to be high once.
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Hi, there were some problems using #'inspect in CLISP with a HTTP frontend. Actually it did not work in Netscape on Linux at all (this happened with libc6, for instance; at least for me). I asked on the list before, and Bruno provided a partial workaround, but no fix. But patch back then was not that complete, too. Well, the problematic issues are as follows: * there was no real HTTP-header handling * connection-close and keep-alives were not handled * changes in the socket stuff in libc6 obviously caused resets that crashed the inspect-session. So, I think I have a working version of #'inspect now, that tackles all these problems. I've tested it with Netscape only, though. Before I commit it, I'd like some feedback, if this works for other people, too, or if there are some other 'features' ;). BTW, using lynx as a browser did not work for me in the old version. And it does not in this one. This might be due to run-program ... Anyway, please try it, and report any problems. Thanks. The file is attached. You can _load_ it into a running lisp, and might set sys::*inspect-frontend* and sys::*inspect-browser*. Cheers, Martin -- Homepage: http://www.atzmueller.net/ Email: martin@...
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Dysfunction meter: Cowboys vs. Vikings
The Dallas Cowboys are a joke. The Minnesota Vikings are a mess. But which struggling franchise qualifies as pro football's most dysfunctional outfit?
There can be only one.
As we argued last year, the NFL isn't just home to teams with lousy records; it's also home to utterly fouled-up organizations whose systemic bumbling and chronic ineptitude makes them the league's answer to failed geopolitical states.
Oh, and also pretty amusing, in a rubbernecking sort of way.
Think the Oakland Raiders, once tabbing a retired bed-and-breakfast operator to run their offense. Think last year's Washington Redskins, summoning a retired bingo caller to do the same.
Better yet, think this season's Cowboys and Vikings. Herein, a Page 2 report card to determine which is the most dysfunctional team in the NFL:
Ownership/front office
Rot starts at the top. Crap rolls downhill. If you absolutely, positively need to kill a zombie, shoot them in the head -- OK, you get the idea.
Cowboys: Owner Jerry Jones says he has a plan. And he does, given that he's the driving force behind both the Cowboys and the pleasure dome they call home. Thing is, this only makes Jones akin to a reform-minded, third-world dictator who builds a luxurious, Versailles-shaming parliamentary building, then wonders why his hand-picked government of cronies, kleptocrats, stooges and local warlords can't carry out his vision for a 21st century free-market democracy.
Honor roll moment: The Cowboys are paying roughly $19.2 million for their entire embattled offensive line (starters and backups), approximately $2.4 million less than they're paying for starting receivers Roy Williams, Miles Austin, Dez Bryant and Jason Witten. Bear Stearns wasn't that negligent.
Extra credit: Following the Cowboys' uninspired home loss to the resoundingly mediocre Jacksonville Jaguars, Jones said he was "dumbfounded" that his team was 1-7. Of course, Dallas was only 1-6 at the time.
Grade: For better or worse -- mostly the latter -- the Cowboys are a team built in Jones' surgically reconstructed image: defensible on paper, disconcerting in motion. D-minus
Vikings: Like Jones, Minnesota owner Zygi Wilf will spend whatever it takes to
get taxpayers to buy him a new stadium win. And like Jones, some of his recent moves have been questionable. Exhibit A? Handing head coach Brad Childress a four-year, $16 million, no-buyout-clause extension midway through the 2009 season, the equivalent of hitting the $160.00 BUY NOW button for an eBay item that has zero bidders and an opening price of $0.20.
Honor roll moment: Following the Vikings' 2005 "Love Boat" sexcapade scandal, Wilf said "this behavior will never be tolerated again." In August, Minnesota welcomed Brett Favre back with a three-man recruiting party, a private jet and hand-fed grapes, even though the sports blog Deadspin broke the first news of Favre's StergerGate sexting scandal nearly two weeks earlier.
Extra credit: Wilf was reportedly furious when Childress decided to waive receiver Randy Moss without first talking to the owner. Who gave Childress contractual authority to shape the Vikings' roster as he sees fit? Wilf. Oops.
Grade: In some ways, Wilf is a perfect storm of ineffective ownership styles: meddlesome where he should be hands-off (circumventing Childress by talking directly to veteran players), and passive where he should be hands-on (the Childress-Moss situation). On the other hand, it's hard to run a tight ship when you're busy comparing moving van rates between Eden Prairie, Minn., and Los Angeles. C
If high-priced corporate pep talks and quick-publish motivational books have taught us anything, it's that football coaches are akin to our best and brightest CEOs. Such as Jeffrey Skilling, Ken Lewis and John Thain.
Cowboys: Pop quiz! On the final play of the first half in a season-opening loss to Washington, Dallas could have taken a knee. Instead, the Cowboys threw a short pass that was promptly fumbled and returned for a touchdown, giving the Redskins a 10-0 lead in an eventual 13-7 Dallas loss.
After the game, Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips blamed the call on:
- A lack of communication between himself and offensive coordinator Jason Garrett;
- A lack of communication between the part of his brain that understands basic football strategy, the part that makes coaching decisions and the part that is awake;
- Ignoring the ASK MADDEN button;
- The rain, 'cause the rain don't mind ... and the rain don't care!
The correct answer? "A." And yes, we had to double-check.
Honor roll moment: Prior to a humiliating 45-7 loss to Green Bay that dropped Dallas to 1-7, Cowboys linebacker Keith Brooking told NBC that the team wasn't "playing to save Wade's job." You think so, Sherlock?
Extra credit: Hours before Phillips was sacked, the columnist for the official Cowboys team website called for his ouster. In literary circles, this is known as foreshadowing.
Grade: Dallas replaced Phillips with Garrett, the same guy who actually called the short pass that was fumbled in the Washington loss. Attention, Cowboys fans: If you have any warm memories of the Dave Campo era, now is the time to cocoon yourself in them. F
Vikings: The bad news? Childress reportedly is on thin ice, having irritated Wilf, sparred with Favre, blown off the press, antagonized much of his own locker room and nearly exchanged blows with receiver Percy Harvin. The good news? The Vikings head coach has never -- never -- said a discouraging word about team catering.
Honor roll moment: Childress traded a third-round draft pick for Moss -- a notorious diva -- then waived Moss less than four weeks later for diva-like behavior, which is like buying a super-sized order of french fries and cola before throwing away your meal because it's not good for you.
Honor roll moment II: During a 28-24 loss to Green Bay, Childress failed to challenge a touchdown by Packers tight end Andrew Quarless, who appeared to never have possession of the ball.
Extra credit: Speaking to ESPN, Vikings sources described the environment Childress has created around the team facility with the phrases, "we're walking on eggshells," "the air has been sucked out of the building" and "nobody's having any fun." Now get out there and win one for the Gipper!
Grade: At the time this sentence was typed, Childress had yet to be fired. Win one for the no-buyout clause! F-plus
You can't lose without players.
Cowboys: Little-known fact: The George Orwell-inspired expression "doublespeak" -- that is, language that deliberately disguises, distorts or reverses the meaning of words -- was coined before people began referring to the Cowboys' roster as "talented."
Honor roll moment: In an August radio interview, Jones said that "on paper," this year's Cowboys were the most talented team he's had since Dallas' 1990s Super Bowl-winning squads. Is Jones getting his assessments of his offensive line, running back and defensive backfield from happynews.com?
Extra credit: Since the 2007 season, Dallas has sent 36 players to the Pro Bowl -- more than any other NFC team -- yet won exactly one playoff game. Discrepancy? Not if you're a Cowboys Pro Bowler who wants to make sure he's fresh for Hawaii!
Grade: No matter how good Dez Bryant looks, at some point a club goes from being a group of talented underachievers to an untalented group that previously overachieved. And that point is 1-7. C-minus
Vikings: An optimist would note that Minnesota returned all 22 starters from a team that went 12-4 last season, sent 10 players to the Pro Bowl and came within a boneheaded Favre interception of possibly reaching the Super Bowl; a pessimist would note that the calendar reads 2010 and that time does not move backward.
Honor roll moment: In Minnesota's 14-10 loss to Miami in the team's home opener, Favre threw three interceptions -- two on the goal line -- lost a fumble in the end zone and finished with a JaMarcus Russell-like 44.3 passer rating, his lowest as a Viking. This never would have happened in 2009.
Extra credit: On a fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line during the same game, star running back Adrian Peterson ran behind star lineman Steve Hutchinson, only to get stuffed by a gang of Dolphins defenders just short of the goal line. This never would have happened in 2009.
Extra-extra credit: During a loss to New England, Moss appeared to give up on a catchable touchdown pass after getting bumped by a defender and earning a pass interference flag. This never would have happened in 2009, except at a Patriots practice.
Grade: Like their quarterback, the Vikings are older (average age: 29 years), beaten-up (see Rice, Sidney) and not as sharp as they once were; like Favre -- who just threw for a career-high 446 yards -- they may still possess enough residual muscle memory and cortisone shots to compete. Incomplete
Some teams fail with a whimper, others with a bang of fury on sports talk radio.
Cowboys: Dallas sports the NFL's second-worst scoring defense, rushing offense and giveaway/takeaway ratio. So there's actually room to get worse.
Honor roll moment: When Cowboys defensive end Igor Olshansky publicly ripped his team's offensive game plan, right guard Leonard Davis subsequently agreed with him and both men were correct.
Honor roll moment II: During a home loss to the Giants in which Dallas surrendered 497 yards of offense -- 200 rushing -- Olshansky celebrated a pair of meaningless fourth-quarter tackles with a Dirk Diggler-style high kick and a jig, then noted that he "takes pride in stopping the run."
Extra credit: The Cowboys' lone victory this season came against the Houston Texans. Too bad in-state bragging rights only matter in college football.
Grade: As of publication time, no UFL teams have issued a public challenge to the Cowboys. F-minus
Vikings: Minnesota has lost five games by a combined 32 points. In other words, the Vikings are just good enough to tease their fans with false hope before ripping out their still-beating hearts, "Temple of Doom" style, with inopportune miscues.
Honor roll moment: When Metrodome fans went from chanting "Fire Childress!" to "Let's go, Vikings!" during Minnesota's two-touchdowns-in-four-minutes miracle overtime comeback victory over Arizona, conveniently forgetting that their team needed a two-touchdowns-in-four-minutes miracle overtime comeback victory against a club quarterbacked by Derek Anderson.
Extra credit: Heading into the Arizona game, Favre's 11 interceptions and four fumbles led to 58 opposing points. And you thought Jenn Sterger's lawyers were the only ones poised to benefit from Favre's poor decisions.
Grade: Statistically speaking, the Vikings are ranked in the top half of most NFL team categories. They also play in the same division as Chicago and Detroit. Perhaps there's hope yet. C-minus
The 12th man gets a share of the credit, so why not a share of the blame?
Cowboys: During the Cowboys' home loss to the Giants, a female fan gave her boyfriend an impromptu lap dance, which was recorded and posted online. In related news: Somebody felt something approaching actual human excitement while watching the 2010 Dallas Cowboys.
Honor roll moment: Google the video mentioned above.
Extra credit: Dallas fans have broken out the paper-bag-over-the-head look. What, no Quincy Carter jerseys?
Grade: Dallas Morning News columnist and "Around the Horn" talking head Tim Cowlishaw called on Cowboys fans to boycott the team's home games -- but honestly, we just can't find fault with in-stadium lap dancing. A-plus
Vikings: No fan base should have to suffer this.
Honor roll moment: According to a Minneapolis Star-Tribune online poll of more than 40,000 Vikings fans, 77.6 percent want Childress fired immediately, 13.2 percent want him fired at the end of the season and 9.1 percent aren't paying attention.
Extra credit: On the Minnesota fan website purplepride.org, the "Official Fire Childress" message board thread is 209 pages long. Also, fans attending an NBA game between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Atlanta Hawks broke into chants of "Fire Childress!" Well played.
Grade: A podcast on www.firechilly.com -- active since 2008! -- argues that Childress isn't cool enough to have a nickname like "Chilly." Good point. A
X factors
All the dysfunctional stuff that didn't quite fit the other dysfunctional categories.
Cowboys: During the club's Green Bay debacle, Dallas fan LeBron James tweeted that "something has to change around Cowboy land. Some furniture moving asap ..." and "my Cowboys are officially the worst team in the NFL right now even thought the Bills are winless!" Who knew James' Twitter account was a source of cogent pro football analysis?
Honor roll moment: Psychology Today -- no, really! -- published an online article entitled "Why the Dallas Cowboys Suck," concluding that the team is a victim of misplaced confidence and negligent parenting. Hey, their guess is as good as Jones'.
Extra credit: In fairness to Jones, he hasn't publicly slagged Bill Parcells and Tim Tebow in more than six months.
Grade: Buck up, Dallas backers: no matter how far the Cowboys fall this season, they'll always be rated No. 6 on "Madden NFL 11's" release day rosters! F
Vikings: Between StergerGate and Moss, it's amazing Psychology Today decided to instead psychoanalyze the Cowboys.
Honor roll moment: Moss complaining about free food, even though he's an athlete and not a sportswriter.
Extra credit: The NFL banned Jared Allen's calf-roping sack dance, even though Allen has only 3.5 sacks this season.
Grade: Take away Favre and Moss, and Minnesota's dysfunction is all football-related. Then again, that's a lot to take away. C-minus
The most dysfunctional quotes of the season.
Cowboys: Said Phillips after a loss to Jacksonville, "The biggest thing I noticed overall is the fundamentals -- running, blocking, tackling, catching, covering, throwing." In other words, everything.
Honor roll moment: Said receiver Roy Williams after the Cowboys' 1-6 start, "We can go nine in a row." Williams wasn't talking about losses. We think.
Extra credit: Said Jones when asked if Phillips would be Dallas' coach for the rest of the season, "Yes." Three days later, Phillips was fired.
Grade: Said Jones after indicating that major changes were coming in the wake of the Green Bay loss, "Don't imply that my role is going to change at all. Don't do that. You'll get something stuck." Yes, like the Cowboys in mediocrity so long as Jones is the team's on-field architect. F
Vikings: Said Moss about team catering, "Who ordered this [expletive] stuff? I wouldn't feed it this to my [expletive] dog." Well, unless Bill Belichick prepared it.
Honor roll moment: Said Favre about the same catering, "I thought the food was pretty good." Almost as good as someone else's dubious behavior sucking up all the media oxygen.
Extra credit: Said Moss after the Vikings lost to his former team, the Patriots, "I'm going to leave the New England Patriots, Coach Belichick, man, with a salute. Man, I love you guys. I miss you. I'm out." Prescient!
Grade: Said Moss before his Patriots love-in, "This is no disrespect to the Minnesota Vikings and their organization." Randy, Randy, Randy -- you had us at your pledge to only answer your own interview questions. F
Final grades
Cowboys: On the plus side, Dallas' next coach and the agent for the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL draft should have great seats for the Super Bowl. F-minus
Vikings: By eking out a victory over Arizona, the Vikings didn't just keep their dimmed hopes alive -- they ensured that the Cowboys are 2010's most dysfunctional pro football franchise. D-minus
The Worst of the Rest
Arizona Cardinals: Has any professional locker room ever been more riveted by "Dancing with the Stars?" Grade: C-plus
Buffalo Bills: The worst kind of dysfunctional: bad and boring on and off the field. Could use a catering scandal to spice things up. Also, cutting starting quarterback Trent Edwards just three weeks into the season made Arizona's handling of Matt Leinart seem downright rational. Grade: D
Carolina Panthers: If you're not a hard-core fantasy football player, there's no way you can name more than five players on Carolina's roster. Grade: D
Chicago Bears: Bears are 5-3, but would be 3-5 if: (a) the Bills weren't still paying off their soul mortgage for the K-Gun era; (b) the NFL rulebook wasn't dumb. Chicago also features a coordinator duo in Mike Martz and Rod Marinelli who last led the Detroit Lions to the only 0-16 season in league history -- so in a sense, the Bears already are ahead of the game! Grade: C-minus
Cincinnati Bengals: With Carson Palmer, Pacman Jones, Terrell Owens and Chad Ochocinco, this would be an entertaining, relevant franchise in 2005. Grade: C-
Denver Broncos: Since starting the 2009 season 6-2, head coach Josh McDaniels has skippered the Broncos to a 4-12 mark. In a word: Zorn-esque. Grade: D
Detroit Lions: Nothing new to see. Move along. Grade: D
San Francisco 49ers: After the 49ers slipped to 1-5, Mike Singletary said of his team, "This is their finest hour." Hey Mike, you realize you're not coaching the Cowboys, right? Extra credit for being undefeated in Europe. Grade: D-plus
San Diego Chargers: Special teams only. Grade: F
Washington Redskins: From Albert Haynesworth's grumbling to Donovan McNabb's benching to bringing JaMarcus Russell in for a workout, there's no dysfunction the Redskins can't mend via Mike and Kyle Shanahan's obsession with cardiovascular fitness. Grade: C-minus
Patrick Hruby is a freelance writer and ESPN.com contributor. Contact him at PatrickHruby.net.
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Feud over pottery divides N.C. town
Published: Friday, September 5, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at 9:50 a.m.
SEAGROVE - Among the endless allegations of thievery, financial subterfuge and conspiracy, there is only this certainty: North Carolinians take their pottery seriously.
And that's about all outspoken potter Don Hudson can say without throwing himself further into a deepening dispute among the noted artisans living in an area of central North Carolina rich in natural clay, where pottery has flourished for more than 250 years.
The dispute has resulted in two pottery festivals in Seagrove scheduled for the same November weekend. One is new this year, the other has been held for the last 26.
The divide, and all the confusing reasons for a fight over pottery, can appear ridiculous to outsiders. But it's venomous for those involved, resulting in ugly propaganda, reports of a gunshot fired at one shop and allegations of assault. Attempts to settle it have gotten nowhere.
"It's crazy. It's doing huge damage, and they should get over it," said Charlotte Brown, author of the 2006 book, The Remarkable Potters of Seagrove and director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. "It's not over anything that matters. It's personal. Everybody stands to lose."
Even some customers are starting to take sides, said Michelle Kovack, an artist who paints pots thrown by her husband, Craig, and is neutral in the feud.
"They've got to realize, we're stuck in the middle of this," she said. "We're just trying to make a living."
Potters have carved out a living in the Seagrove area, about halfway between Charlotte and Raleigh, since the mid-18th century. It was founded by seven families who embraced the abundant clay underfoot.
Seagrove artists' fans include actors Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman, and the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tokyo. North Carolina governors have commissioned the community's pottery as gifts for world leaders.
All of which helps explain the passion that feeds a feud that has simmered for years and went public this summer.
The schism generally involves differences between potters who support the Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery - which is more of a welcome center with samples of local work - and artisans who have broken from it.
Some in the breakaway group also support the financially struggling North Carolina Pottery Center, which displays and promotes work from artists statewide, not just those based in Seagrove. It also sells pottery, which critics say hurts local artists and takes business away from their shops.
The center, which doesn't support either festival, has been the target of attacks by Hudson, a museum board member and a potter in nearby Sanford.
Hudson has published two articles that have infuriated some potters and written numerous e-mails, one of which resulted in legislative fiscal researchers examining the center's finances in August. The state auditor has since given the center a clean financial report.
Museum supporters operate the Seagrove Pottery Festival. It attracts 5,000 to 6,000 people to Seagrove - population 250 - each year and is considered one of the best festivals in the Southeast. Scheduled for the weekend before Thanksgiving, it gives potters a chance to make money before tourism slows in the winter and raises $50,000 to $60,000 for the museum.
"I know that people know that the economy is bad now, but really, for us, it's been dwindling for several years," Kovack said. "And it makes that show all the more important because the slow season is like January through March, maybe even April. And we need to make a lot of money at Christmastime to get us through that slow season."
Some museum supporters say the center has tried to steal the festival for years, though the former center director denies that.
Hudson tries to frame the feud around the center. He brought the simmering ill feelings to the public with a May article he published in the guide of a separate pottery gathering. The article, "Frankenstein's Monster," referenced the museum's efforts to start the center years ago.
Hudson accuses the center of playing favorites and planting "seeds of discord and strife in a community already under the stress of intense competition."
In doing so, Hudson didn't win any friends. The former attorney said in an e-mail that no one "has ever confused me with Mother Teresa."
The tone of the article upset many, including some of his museum board colleagues, who failed in an attempt to boot him. Two other board members and an office staffer resigned.
"I think Don in his heart thinks he's doing absolutely the best he can for us," said Judy Merritt, board secretary until she resigned in early June after the failed ouster attempt.
Word of a new event soon followed: the Celebration of Seagrove Potters, scheduled for the same weekend as the other festival. It began as a group of irked potters, but is now under the auspices of the Seagrove Area Potters Association, a nonprofit marketing group.
Phil Morgan, a potter renowned for his crystalline glazes, said the new event is part of "a vindictive attack to try to kill the museum because Don Hudson is associated with the museum."
Nonsense, said dissident group leader Ben Owen III, another titan of Seagrove and descendant of one of the community's founding families. He insists the new festival is about highlighting only Seagrove artists, and doesn't have anything to do with Hudson. That despite the festival, with an emphasis on pottery made in a specific Seagrove area, not including Hudson, who is based in nearby Sanford.
In the past few weeks, things have only gotten worse. Morgan said someone fired a gunshot into his shop on N.C. 705 - known as "Pottery Highway." Two other potters accused each other of assault.
Museum supporters are threatening to go to court, claiming the second festival doesn't meet town ordinances. In August, Hudson wrote a flier titled, "SewerFest," referring to the event's location: a vacant building beside a sewer lagoon. It includes a tribute to Richard Gillson, the longtime museum president who died in January after falling from a ladder at the museum. Hudson and his supporters defended the flier as political satire.
But Gillson's daughter, Deborah Gardner of Dunkirk, N.Y., said her father would be horrified.
"My father was a very outspoken man, but he never would have stooped to the level that Don Hudson has brought himself down to," she said.
On the 'Net:
Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery: http://www.seagrovepotteryheritage.com
Celebration of Seagrove Potters: http://celebrationofseagrovepotters.com
N.C. Pottery Center: http://www.ncpotterycenter.com
Seagrove Area Pottery Association: http://www.discoverseagrove.com
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