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Safety & Health Assessment & Research for Prevention (SHARP) Research for Safe Work
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This page describes the research projects that have been conducted by SHARP since its inception in 1990. Reports describing the findings of these studies are listed on SHARP's Publications page.
Project descriptions
- Developing strategies for injury and illness prevention.
- Exploring specific risk factors and health problems.
- Tracking health conditions related to work.
- Testing methods for identifying risks.
Developing strategies for injury and illness prevention
Evaluation of Washington State's ergonomics rule implementation
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded SHARP to evaluate the implementation process of Washington State's ergonomics rule. The study was completed in 2004. The rule was repealed by voter initiative in 2003. The overall goal of that project was to evaluate whether the implementation of the Washington State ergonomics rule increased employer and employee awareness of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and their workplace risk factors. The expectation was that increased hazard identification and control activities in establishments covered by the rule would ultimately reduce the burden of WMSDs in Washington State well before enforcement began. To accomplish these goals SHARP surveyed Washington businesses in 2001 and 2003 on the extent of WMSD hazards in their workplaces and on any steps they were taking to address these conditions. These surveys were followed by site visits conducted by University of Washington researchers. Trade association and union newsletters and journals were monitored by University of Washington Department of Communications researchers, for increases in articles on ergonomics awareness. Washington's WMSD workers compensation claims were also monitored over the study period. The results of this ergonomics study are available from SHARP. Completed.
Healthy Workplaces project
In 1999, the State legislature provided funding that enables SHARP to determine the relationship between financial health, organizational health and worker health in Washington businesses. SHARP's "Healthy Workplaces" project will examine patterns of best practices in a given industry by conducting an industry-wide telephone survey and workplace site visits. Also, by analyzing several statewide administrative databases, we are able to evaluate employment and revenue growth, workers' compensation claims, and the potential for worker exposure to hazardous chemicals. This information will assist in the development of strategies that both enhance economic performance and improve worker health. Ongoing.
Participatory ergonomics in bareroot tree nurseries
Agricultural workers are exposed to the same risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders as workers in other industries such as meat packing and construction. SHARP is conducting an ergonomics intervention study, partially funded by NIOSH, in bareroot tree nurseries in Washington State. The primary objective of this research project is to assess the effectiveness of a participatory ergonomics program at identifying and eliminating or reducing exposure to risk factors associated with work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Participatory ergonomics involves the active support and involvement by management and support in the identification of ergonomics problems and in the development of economically and technically feasible solutions. Completed.
Seattle-King County ALERT (Adult Lead Exposure Reduction Testing) project
Information from the lead users survey helped identify businesses for this educational intervention project which is funded by a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). With the ultimate goal of reducing the number of lead-overexposed workers, SHARP provided information and assistance to King County lead-using industries, such as auto radiator repair shops, glass manufacturers, and firing ranges, in order to facilitate increased blood lead testing, exposure monitoring, and the use of exposure controls. Linked with the Adult Blood Lead Registry, this project integrated case-based surveillance activities and hazard surveillance to help prevent occupational lead poisoning. Completed.
Heat stress determination and management
Industrial Hygiene and Ergonomic team members assisted an aluminum reduction facility in a joint labor/management heat stress evaluation. SHARP personnel provided technical assistance by applying technologically innovative approaches to the problem of working in a hot environment. Completed.
Drywall project
At the request of drywall industry labor and management, SHARP investigated the use of several different devices for manually handling drywall boards. A one-person handle and two person handles were compared to using no assistive device. Measurements included muscle activity (electromyography), heart rate and perceived exertion. Although awkward postures were reduced with the one-person handle, the weight of the handle was a problem. The small two person handles reduced the physical load compared to using no handles. Please contact SHARP for a copy of the report. Completed.
Exploring specific risk factors and health problems
Prospective study of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders
The objective of this study is to evaluate the relationship between work-related factors and the development of non-traumatic soft tissue musculoskeletal disorders of the upper extremities, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis. Approximately 1,000 workers will be followed prospectively for 3 years to determine the interactions between different work-related and individual risk factors on both incidence and persistence of musculoskeletal disorder symptoms, clinical findings, and compensated injury claims. Manufacturing sites and hospitals are participating in this NIOSH-funded study. Ongoing.
Indoor air quality issues in Washington State workplaces
SHARP is actively involved in investigations of workplaces contaminated with toxigenic molds and other microbiological contaminants. SHARP staff have recommended qualified private industrial hygiene companies to perform sampling of contaminated workplaces; participated in site visits with L&Is industrial hygiene consultants and compliance staff; collected preliminary samples for analysis; provided oversight on more extensive sampling conducted by a private industrial hygiene company; reviewed previous industrial hygiene investigations; coordinated a workplaces application for a NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation; worked with L&I's Chemically-related Illness (CRI) unit to ensure that IAQ-related claims are handled by the appropriate claims managers; conducted a Health Symptoms Survey and provided the results to treating physicians and the CRI unit; and addressed IAQ questions posed by employees, building managers, and employers. SHARP also provided WISHA with technical support for its regional directive on indoor air quality (356 KB PDF). Ongoing.
Nursing homes
Nursing home workers are at high risk for musculoskeletal disorders, particularly back and shoulder disorders. The majority of these disorders are related to resident handling activities. SHARP began working with a local nursing home to develop a prospective study of those combinations of resident handling loads that may predict back and shoulder disorders. SHARP received a NIOSH NORA (National Occupational Research Agenda) grant to evaluate the effectiveness of several different kinds of interventions to reduce back and shoulder disorders due to resident handling activities. Using industry wide surveys and selected site visits at baseline and follow-up, SHARP will be able to assess whether implementing a "zero-lift" environment reduces these resident handling related disorders. This study will continue until 2001 in order to evaluate short-term and long-term effects. Completed.
Exposures to metalworking fluids in Washington machine shops.
Metalworking fluids, including cutting oils, coolants, and machine oils, are composed of numerous potentially toxic substances, and can be contaminated with bacteria, fungi, and microbial toxins. Overexposure to these substances has been associated with cancer, skin conditions (such as dermatitis), and lung diseases (including asthma and pneumonitis). SHARP is performing a comprehensive evaluation of the potential exposures posed to Washington state workers and is working with federal, state and local agencies concerned with hazardous waste reduction to evaluate the potential for health problems associated with recycling metalworking fluids and extending their working life. A fact sheet for workers and a resource for employers and health & safety personnel are available that describe the hazards associated with using metalworking fluids and provide suggestions for controlling toxicity and exposure. Ongoing.
Work-related disorders of the knee in Washington State, 1990-98
There were 7,822 claims due to knee disorders per year in the Washington State Fund workers compensation database. 5,432 of these were due to soft-tissue disorders, such as strains and sprains, or inflammation or irritation of joints or bursae (fluid-containing sacs around the kneecap). Among the soft-tissue disorders, there were 218 claims, consistently diagnosed as patellar bursitis (bursitis of the knee) or tendinitis. Except for patellar bursitis and tendinitis, knee disorders had, in most cases, a sudden onset and were associated with falls, slipping or tripping. A gradual onset was seen only in 5 percent of the cases. Bursitis or tendinitis of the knee had a gradual onset in more than half (52%) of the claims, typically as a consequence of abrasion against a hard surface. These latter disorders were seen in occupations such as carpenters and floor workers, masons, stone workers, and tile setters. They were also seen in plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning work and among employees of general building contractors. Completed.
Falls in the construction industry
The construction industry is at high risk of injury in general, and is at particular risk of fall-related injuries. A study of workers' compensation claims was undertaken to examine this problem. The study describes fall injuries in this industry and trends over time and examines injury rates in Washington construction companies before and after they were inspected by WISHA and cited for violating the fall protection standard. We found that those companies that were inspected and cited had a greater decrease in fall-related compensable claims after the WISHA inspection than those companies (of the same size and industry type) who had no inspection. Please contact SHARP for a copy of the report. Completed.
Health and satisfaction in the office work environment
Working with the Environmental Protection Agency, SHARP took a comprehensive look at what makes a healthy office work environment by studying their own Labor & Industries coworkers. Reductions in hand/arm and shoulder/back symptoms were observed that were mostly associated with employees' perceptions of improvements to the physical work environment. Completed.
Violence in Washington workplaces
Two 1995 projects examined violence in Washington workplaces. The first was a review of existing data sources, including the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, the BLS annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, and Washington State workers' compensation claims. High-risk industries and occupations were described. The second study was a mail survey of high-risk retail businesses to determine their safety practices and their experiences with robberies and related injuries. Completed.
Potential illness outbreak in a county police department
When a potential illness outbreak involving chronic fatigue and Epstein Barr virus infection occurred in a county police department, SHARP collaborated with the Department of Health in an investigation. Medical records for possible cases were reviewed and a report summarizing findings was distributed to the police department and the local health district. Completed.
Staff assaults in psychiatric hospitals
High rates of accepted workers' compensation claims reflect the severity of the assault problem faced by state employees at Western and Eastern State Hospitals (approximately 18 to 23 injuries per 100 working nursing staff per year). At the request of the legislature, SHARP staff surveyed local hospital employees, interviewed patient groups, and reviewed workers' compensation and incident report files. This effort identified several steps that could be taken to reduce the number of assaults. Completed.
Occupational injuries among adolescents
Between 1988 and 1991, approximately 17,800 workers' compensation claims were filed for work-related injuries and illnesses among workers aged 11 to 17 years. These claims were analyzed and a summary report is available. Completed.
Tracking health conditions related to work
Work-related asthma (WRA) surveillance and prevention
During the Summer of 2000, the State Board of Health adopted a revised Reportable Conditions Rule for the State of Washington. In accordance with this rule, all health care providers and health care facilities in the state are mandated to report any known or suspected case of WRA to the SHARP program. SHARP collects cases of WRA from workers' compensation data and provider reports to describe the incidence and distribution of WRA in Washington State and to target resources for appropriate prevention activities. Results of baseline surveillance were published in the report, Workers' Compensation Based Surveillance of Asthma, Hospitalized Burns, and Adult Blood Lead Levels, 1994-1998. Information concerning SHARP's WRA surveillance system is available from our Occupational Health Surveillance Library. Ongoing.
Work-related burns surveillance and prevention
During the Summer of 2000, the State Board of Health adopted a revised Reportable Conditions Rule for the State of Washington. In accordance with this rule, SHARP is authorized to develop voluntary reporting agreements with health care facilities to collect case reports of work-related burn injuries requiring hospitalization. SHARP collects case reports from workers' compensation data and provider reports to describe the incidence and distribution of these serious injuries and to target resources for appropriate prevention activities. Results of baseline surveillance were published in the report, Workers' Compensation Based Surveillance of Asthma, Hospitalized Burns, and Adult Blood Lead Levels, 1994-1998. Information concerning SHARP's work-related burns surveillance system is available from our Occupational Health Surveillance Library. Ongoing.
Adult Blood Lead Registry
Exposure to lead can cause damage to several organ systems including the nervous, renal, blood-forming, and reproductive systems. Blood lead levels for Washington State adults are reported to the State Department of Health and tracked by SHARP. From May 1993 to December 2000, the registry received test results for over 29,000 workers. Approximately 4% of the tested individuals had blood lead results greater than or equal to 25 micrograms per deciliter, the level of concern for occupational lead overexposure. SHARP sends educational materials on workplace lead exposure to all workers with elevated blood levels. Information concerning SHARP's adult blood lead level surveillance system is available from our Occupational Health Surveillance Library. Ongoing.
Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE)
This NIOSH-funded project tracks, investigates, and distributes information about work-related fatal injuries with the goal of preventing work-related fatal injuries. Ongoing.
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Washington State
SHARP has been tracking back and upper extremity claims incidence using State Fund data. Several reports have been issued describing the magnitude and cost of these problems, as well as the industries where workers are at highest risk. In the 1998 report, SHARP reported the use of a "Prevention Index" that combines the ranks of the number of claims and the rate of claims by industry to better focus prevention activities. SHARP expects to issue an updated report at the beginning of each year. Information concerning SHARP's WMSD surveillance system is available from our Occupational Health Surveillance Library. Ongoing.
Occupational Skin Disorders project
Funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the aim of the Occupational Skin Disorders project was to design and test an experimental epidemiological surveillance system for occupational skin disorders. On average, there are about 900 approved dermatitis-related workers' compensation claims filed each year. With the help of a medical provider network, we found the number of claims was an under-representation of the true number of cases in the state. Data collected from the workers' compensation system and network of medical providers indicated that the majority of cases were being caused by "chemicals", soap and water, vegetation, latex gloves, and unknown sources. The data demonstrated high rates of skin disorders in the advanced composite-using industry, health care industry and agriculture. We conducted several site visits and developed educational materials. The most recently developed materials were on the hazards and control of poison oak and poison ivy in agriculture and the prevention of hand dermatitis in the health care setting. Completed.
Lead users survey
This project was undertaken to identify the number of Washington workers who are at risk of developing lead poisoning and to learn more about the workplaces where they are employed. SHARP conducted a mail survey of approximately 1,800 non-construction Washington businesses that were potential lead users. Survey responses indicated that only a fraction of lead-using businesses conduct workplace air-lead sampling and employee blood-lead testing. Completed.
Nail guns: an emerging hazard
Injuries due to pneumatic nailers ("nail guns") have increased from 298 accepted claims in 1991 to 490 accepted claims in 1998. The rate increased from 2.6 claims/10,000 full time equivalent workers per year to 3.5 Claims/10,000 full time equivalent workers per year. Most of these injuries were among wood frame builders. The proportion of claims due to "nail gun" injuries among wood frame builders more than doubled from 2.5% in 1991 to 5.7% in 1998. As with many health and safety hazards, using safety controls and periodic training can reduce the number of injuries. SHARP distributed a surveillance report with our findings in December 1999. Completed.
Testing methods for identifying risks
Identifying and ranking the most hazardous workplace chemicals
The SHARP HazChem project is aimed at identifying the most hazardous chemicals in Washington workplaces and the workers who are using them. SHARP distributed a survey to over 1500 safety and health professionals and labor groups across Washington State. Identifying these chemicals will help SHARP target the most hazardous industries for research, education and outreach. Ongoing.
Biomechanical Assessment System for Ergonomics (BASE)
To establish cause-effect relationships between workplace risk factors and musculoskeletal injuries, reliable quantitative measurement data are needed. Before simple and economic tools for ergonomic task evaluations can be used in field inspections, they must be validated by more sophisticated and reliable quantification methods. SHARPs application of technology for objective measurement of ergonomic risk factors in the field is an Ongoing process. Current work includes: physical exposure quantification tool selection, sampling strategy, data acquisition procedures, data processing techniques, data reduction method, and data interpretation. Ongoing.
Assessing physical stress in old and new poultry processing plants
Over the years, poultry processing plants have had high incidence rates for upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders. The present study is designed to quantify physical exposures on the upper extremities when performing different poultry processing tasks, and muscle fatigue during a work shift. This study includes two parts: one for physical exposures at jobs of an old poultry processing plant, and another at jobs of a new plant where new technology is used and many risk factors seem have been reduced. Completed.
Pinch gripping and forearm load
High force on the hand and wrist is associated with carpal tunnel syndrome and hand tendinitis. Handling heavy objects and/or grasping objects improperly can generate high force on the hand-arm muscular system. Using the technique of surface electromyography (EMG), muscle activity can be measured while performing task activities. SHARPs studies in a poultry processing plant and a sawmill showed that using the fingers to separate slippery chicken meat involves significantly more pinch gripping than handling heavy lumber. We found hat the poultry job required significantly more forearm muscle effort than the sawmill job, and that pinch gripping requires substantially more forearm muscle effort than power gripping. Consequently, the draft ergonomics regulation recently proposed by L&I has identified the 2 lb. pinch grip as potentially hazardous depending on the frequency and duration of exposure. Completed.
A field kit for monitoring pesticide exposure
During the 1995 growing season, SHARP collaborated with the University of Washington's Occupational Medicine Program and Department of Environmental Health, to carry out a field study to validate a new field kit for measuring blood cholinesterase levels in pesticide-exposed workers against the results from a reference lab. Pesticide handlers (mixers, loaders, and applicators), field workers, and referents from six ranches in Eastern Washington were recruited for the study. Completed.
Ergonomics evaluation on sawmill trimmer operators job
Due to the health concerns of musculoskeletal injury incidence at a trimmer operators job, a case study was conducted to identify and quantify risk factors in the job so that proper ergonomic intervention measures could be developed. Various physical exposure quantification methods were used to quantify workload experienced by the operators during work shift when processing different products. Major risk factors (e.g. repetitive hand movement, forceful hand exertion, and awkward wrist/forearm postures) were identified. Causes of these risk factors were discussed and ergonomic intervention measures were suggested. Completed.
The Painters Project
SHARP contracted with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to conduct a pilot project aimed at evaluating residential painters' potential lead exposure. The project was Completed in May of 1995. The study concentrated on surface preparation work in homes built before 1950 (i.e., homes most likely to have lead paint present). The study found that painters may be exposed to air concentrations many times the current legal limit. The study also attempted to quantify the number and location of painters at risk for high lead exposures. Completed.
Ergonomics and safety training integrated into carpenters' apprenticeship programs
SHARP continued working with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) Health and Safety Fund, contractors, and NIOSH to develop integrated ergonomics training in apprenticeship programs. A large number of apprentices in western Washington received training, as did a number of contractors. Training materials are being used nationwide by the UBC. SHARP is evaluating the effectiveness of the training by examining severe, acute and cumulative trauma injury rates before and after implementation. Completed.


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As the title states ettercap has disappeared on me, I don't know if i installed a package that stripped it away or whats going on but when I tried to download it from the repos again I get a 404 error
I did run apt-get update and then I tried apt-get install ettercap --fix-missing and still got the 404 error.Code:# apt-get install ettercap Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: ettercap-common The following NEW packages will be installed: ettercap ettercap-common 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Need to get 517kB of archives. After this operation, 1,716kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Err http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main ettercap-common 1:0.7.3-1.4ubuntu1 404 Not Found Err http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/ revolution/main ettercap 1:0.7.3-1.4ubuntu1 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/pool/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.3-1.4ubuntu1_i386.deb 404 Not Found Failed to fetch http://32.repository.backtrack-linux.org/pool/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.3-1.4ubuntu1_i386.deb 404 Not Found E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
I noticed this same problem has been occurring with other people in the update-script thread, but I've personally never used that script.
Does this have anything to do with the latest version of ettercap being released?

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- Keep breathing
- Ask questions, gather information
- Find a support person to be with you
Sometimes the films just don't come out right and they need to repeat them.
The three most common "things" that radiologists see in mammograms that they want "worked-up" are:
- A new nodule
- An asymmetric density — (the breast tissue doesn't look the same in each breast)
- A new cluster of calcifications (little white specks)
The first 2 should have an additional spot compression film to see if it is real and an ultrasound to see if the area is fluid or solid and have a better look at its shape. Nodules that are irregular or spiculated (like a star) are more worrisome.
Calcifications should have special magnification views done of them which can help determine if they are normal or worrisome. Most calcifications are normal and associated with aging — not from taking too much calcium.
If someone tells you to wait 6 months and recheck it it is usually because they think it is benign. However, if you don't want to wait 6 months you have the right to ask for a second opinion.
If someone tells you you need to have something biopsied you should feel you have gotten your questions answered as to why, and that the mammogram has been worked up sufficiently. Someone should also examine your breasts and correlate them with the mammogram to be sure that nothing is palpable. Remember the point of getting a mammogram is to find lesions early and too small to feel.
Most breast centers today have equipment to biopsy mammographic findings with a needle and thus spare a woman a trip to the operating room. This is called a stereotactic biopsy or a mammotone-core biopsy. This type of biopsy has been shown to be as accurate as a surgical biopsy and much less invasive. I recommend you try to find a center which does these biopsies and does them frequently — our breast center does 2 to 4 stereotactic biopsies a day.
Another way to biopsy is with ultrasound guidance — this is sometimes a bit easier because your breast does not have to be compressed. Most mammographic problems, except calcifications, can be identified on ultrasound. Most breast centers have accredited mammography and ultrasound units and specialized breast-imaging radiologists.


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Hey guys. I'm trying to look for Muay Thai gyms in and around Basingstoke (I live in Fleet but I go to college everyday at Basingstoke and it would be easier for me).
Little history on me though, I am 18 and have never taken up a Martial Art before, however I am in decent shape. However I am keen on learning and dedicating the spare time I do have to this Martial Art.


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Walker Institute lecture to address nuclear warfare
Retired Army Lt. Robert G. Gard Jr., senior military fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, will deliver a lecture Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Lumpkin Auditorium on the eighth floor of the Darla Moore School of Business.
Titled "Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the Future of Global Security," the lecture will be held at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by USC's Walker Institute of International and Area Studies.
Gard is an expert on nuclear nonproliferation, missile defense, Iraq, Iran, military policy, nuclear terrorism, and other issues of national security.
During his military career, he saw combat in both Korea and Vietnam while serving a three-year tour in Germany. He also served as executive assistant to two secretaries of defense, director of Human Resources Development for the U.S. Army, special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and President of National Defense University (NDU).
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I need a bootable BT cdrom with a running SSH Server.
Does anyone know how to alter the config in the ISO Image?
I read about making the sshd init script executable, but I don't know how to
mount/alter the .lzm files.
EDIT: Figured it out.
For those looking for this:
- Extract etc.lzm with base/tools/lzm2dir
- cd into etc/rc.d
- chmod +x rc.sshd
- Pack the dir again to etc.lmz with base/tools/dir2lzm
- Replace the original in the iso (either manually in linux or so, or use sth like winiso in windows)


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How Arkansas and Ohio State Met in the 2011 Allstate Sugar BowlThe most visible position on any football team - quarterback - stood out even more than usual for the opposing teams.
The poster-boys of the 77th Sugar Bowl were dual-threat Terrelle Pryor, who guided sixth-ranked Ohio State to its third straight Big Ten championship, and Ryan Mallet, whose bazooka-arm propelled eighth-ranked Arkansas into its first berth in a BCS bowl.
These were teams with different but focused missions. Ohio State, an old hand at playing in BCS bowls, this being the Buckeyes' sixth straight, and for national championships, was determined to throw off the yoke of being 0-9 in postseason games with Southeastern Conference opponents. Fired-up defensive end Cameron Heywood, who played in the BCS game in the Superdome three years before, a loss to LSU, said, "To end it out here would be great for me."
Arkansas was playing in its first BCS bowl, having "joined the club," as its players said, and was determined to show it belonged on college football's highest tier.
The fate of each team was in the hands of towering quarterbacks, both physically and in their play. The 6-foot-5 Pryor, a 67 percent passer, threw for 2,551 yards and 25 touchdowns, and rushed for 754 yards and four touchdowns in the Buckeyes' 11-1 regular season. In contrast, the 6-foot-6 Mallett was immobile in the pocket, but passed for 3,592 yards and 30 touchdowns in the Razorbacks' 10-2 rise into the ranks of college football's elite.
Even with Heisman Trophy recipient Cam Newton of Auburn playing in the BCS national championship game against Oregon and Darron Thomas, Arkansas defensive coordinator Willy Robinson, who had to prepare for Pryor, said reflectively, "There won't be two better quarterbacks in one bowl game.''
Unless anything unforeseen happened, everyone could fully expect a blazing shootout with the two signal-callers pulling their respective triggers.
But something unforeseen did happen: Pryor and four teammates were flagged for selling some of their Ohio State memorabilia for money and tattoos, violating the NCAA's extra benefits rule. Running back Dan Herron, receiver DeVier Posey, offensive tackle Mike Adams, backup defensive end Solomon Thomas and Pryor were suspended, meaning the team that won the Big Ten co-championship would not resemble the Buckeye team taking the field in the Sugar Bowl.
Eventually, Ohio State and the NCAA agreed an appropriate punishment would be to let the players participate in the postseason game they helped achieve, but that a five-game suspension in the 2011 season would be enforced.
Later on things would get far worse. Coach Jim Tressel would lose his job when it was discovered he knew of the transgressions months before and didn't report them. Under fire, Pryor would leave school early to test the NFL. And Ohio State would voluntarily vacate all of its 2010 victories to try to placate the NCAA.
But for now, the decision of the five-game suspension put the principals - Ohio State and the NCAA - at ease.
The Sugar Bowl game, with all hands aboard, was on.
Recap by Sugar Bowl historian Marty Mulé, an award-winning sportswriter who covered college football and the Sugar Bowl for the New Orleans Times-Picayune for 33 years.


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Aaron Brooks, John Carney Added To Saints Hall of Fame
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Aaron Brooks and kicker John Carney have been elected to the Saints Hall of Fame for the Class of 2014. The selections were made by the Saints Hall of Fame Media Selection Committee.
Brooks became the Saints' starting quarterback in November 2000, and six weeks later, he led the team to its first-ever playoff victory, a 31-28 triumph over the defending Super Bowl champion St. Louis Rams in the Superdome.
The former University of Virginia standout would remain behind center in New Orleans for the next five seasons, starting a total of 82 regular-season games for the Black and Gold.
Brooks ended his Saints career by completing 56.4 percent of his passes for 19,156 yards, 120 touchdowns and 84 interceptions. His touchdown total ranks second and his yardage total third in Saints history.
Brooks' best season statistically was in 2003, when he completed a career-best 59.1 percent of his pass attempts and he had an NFL-low interception rate of 1.5 percent.
Carney spent all or part of eight seasons with the Saints as part of a 23-year NFL career in which he became one of only three players in history to play in four different decades and became one of seven players to score more than 2,000 career points.
A product of Notre Dame, Carney connected on a franchise record 82.8 percent of his field goal attempts as a Saint. His 168 field goals made, 203 attempts and 768 points scored all rank second in team history.
Of the 471 placement attempts in Carney's career as a Saint, perhaps his most famous was the game-winning field goal in the 2005 season opener against Carolina, 13 days after the region was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Coincidentally, an image of Brooks congratulating Carney after his game-winning kick graced the cover of the Sept. 19, 2005, issue of Sports Illustrated.
Overall, Carney booted six game-winning field goals within the last 10 seconds of a contest since he joined the club in 2001.
(Courtesy: Saints Hall of Fame)


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By Rick
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Comments about BJs Wholesale Club Abbyson Living Charlotte 3-Pc. Leather Pushback Reclining Set - Burgundy:
Nice rich burgundy finish.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Not quite the quality I expected
By Tom seeker of truth
from Lake Mary, FL
We purchased the three piece set March 2013.The quality of foam cushioning is inferior and no way equals the quality of the leather. Over the first six months the foam arm rests seemed to retain its resilience but over the next six months the cushions deteriorated considerably. The arm rests and upper rolled backrests is where you will notice the cushions sagging. It is especially noticable when you place your arms on the arm rests.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Beautiful set-exactly as described!!
By Stan.
from Rochester, NY
The set was exactly what I've being looking for in my living room. It is a perfect fit and looks great. I will recommend this set anytime and anyday. It's just perfect and the process of ordering it was stressless. I just love it!!!!
Well worth every penny!
By wd
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This was my first time buying such a large ticket item online,but it is worth every penny.
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Better than expected
By Rhobe
from Gainesville, VA
Very nice set. I was a little worried about purchasing furniture unseen and off the internet, but these 3 pieces are very nice and comfortable. The delivery was easy, once the delivery company calls you, you can set up a delivery time over the phone or over the internet. It was easy. The furniture was delivered and set up in less than an hour. Everything reclines, except the center seat on the sofa. I can not remember if the description says that or not. The leather is soft. I am very happy with this set and would definately recommend it to family & friends.
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Great Charlotte
By JRD the big man
from San Diego CA
Our new sofa set is absolutely beautiful!! The leather feels great and is good quality leather and cushions are really comfortable and the overall design is just gorgeous. The pushback mechanism makes it easy to recline with a little bit of weight, no handles - all of my friends and family have asked where I purchased the set and of course, I was happy to share that it was purchased online from BJs.com. Would recommend to anyone.
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Love the Charlotte
By Kia the Smart One
from Napa CA
We received our sofa set and seating feels to be a bit firm but yet really comfortable. I am pleased with our home decore just how great the set looks with it. The nailheads accent is a nice feature and I haven't seen too much of this feature around if any and its such a great accent to the set. We really really love the set and have no regrets purchasing. I've gotten alot of compliments from everyone that stops by.
Do not hesistate to buy!
By baileybrody22
from staten island ny
Most elegant set i've ever owed! Reclining the pieces are so easy.... great desing! Leather feels amazing! Two thumbs up for this set!
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Just received our sofa set and cushions are a bit firm yet very comfortable to my surprise. The color is perfect and go's great with the rest of our home decore. The nailheads accent is a nice feature to the set, very different. Really love it.
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Great quality, lose recliner lock
By Kiani
from New York
I have had this for almost a year now with no problems with leather quality and sturdiness. Leather is a top grain thick layer Layer on top of arms does not seem top grain, but I may be wrong. "Leather wherever body touches", means external sides under the arms, and the back of is polyurethane. Color on both layers matches perfectly. I suspected the burgundy color may be more purplish, but it is what is shown in the picture, nice medium dark brown with a beautiful sheen.One major draw back, the is nothing to lock the sofa from accidental reclining. I expected it to snap into a lock and a push required to unlock and recline. The sofa will star reclining if you push the back slightly, or if you lose balance ,and lean on the back. Because if this reason, I plan on manually locking Sofa and love seat by a wire/hook.The same model is available from the same manufacturer from different sellers under different names ( Same model number)I saw the prices ranging from approx 2700 to 3700 delivery inclusive.I am very happy with the purchase and will buy this again if needed
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Shamrock Farms, Arizona's hometown dairy, is offering several fun seasonal activities great for the whole family:
- Roxie Costume Party, Oct. 27, 2012: Wear your Halloween costume and celebrate chocolate milk as the official drink of Halloween with Roxie.
- Family Fall Fun, Nov. 3 and 10, 2012: Enjoy Fall weather out on the Farm with a balloon artist, crafts for the kids and free ice cream for everyone!
- 6th Annual Joy to the Herd, Dec. 1 – 2, 2012: Holiday celebration featuring 15 tons of snow, holiday crafts, visits with Santa and Roxie, face painting and more.
- Breakfast With Roxie, Feb. 2, 2013: Stay in your PJ's all day and enjoy a healthy breakfast, complete with Shamrock Farms milk, while Roxie greets children, is available for photos and leads a special pillow case craft.
- Sweetheart Seniors Dance, Feb. 14, 2013: Seniors are invited to celebrate Valentine's Day down on the Farm with free Strawberry milk, cookies and dancing.
- Easter Egg Hunt, March 30, 2013: Easter egg hunt at Roxie's Outdoor Adventure.
Each celebration includes Shamrock Farms' one-hour guided tour featuring a ride on a cow-spotted tram, a milking barn that accommodates 1,600 cows (milking 200 at a time), an interactive play zone including a larger-than-life milk bottle and cottage cheese slide, a calf nursery and much more. It all begins at the 11,000-square-foot welcome center barn, which houses a Shamrock Farms family history and educational dairy museum complete with interactive games, an ice cream parlor and gift shop.
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I'm slowly expanding my quiver and I'm wondering how many boards people have in their own quiver.
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I'm slowly expanding my quiver and I'm wondering how many boards people have in their own quiver.
My quiver is way oversized, mostly due to my habit of shaping boards and then not wanting to get rid of any. I have about 12 (five of which i shaped myself and can't stand to part with). I like them all, which is the problem: I'm constantly riding different boards, and sometimes feel like i dont ever really get one dialed in properly.
I have 8--I cycle through 5 of them...2 of them will likely cover everything we get on the EC and go to the beach with me about 90% of the time. The rest are specialty boards (step-up, super groveler, special boards I keep on "ice" for the future) or have a sentimental value. I think a solid 3 board quiver should be sufficient for anything the EC could throw at us (groveler, DD, step-up).
IMHO this is too many...
Not possible to have too many...what I use...
-1 set of churchhills for body surfing
-6' foamie for shorebreak
-9' LB and a 7' mini LB for ankle slappers
-5'6 retro quad for 1-3 ft
-5'8 Rocket fish for 2-4 ft
-5'10 Rocket SB for 3-pretty much anything NOFLO throws my way
-6'3 CI Black Beauty traveler or all time Florida
What I own but never ride...
-Booger (really just for use when I can't take a board somewhere)
-7'0 single from the 1970s (too big for me..but its worth something... WRV offered a straight up trade for
any board in the shop 10 years ago)
-collection of 3 or 4 6' range beater SBs and hybrids...learners, loaners, or give away boards
+ a host of boards scattered across VA and NC which we established on a forum last year that I am a jerk for leaving at peoples houses over the last 14 years which may or may not still be mine
You can never have too many. Some boards that I almost sold or traded away I know rediscovered, they take on a new feel for you as your surfing progresses. Do most people hold on to their first board?
9 or 10 is just enough.
Don't get caught up in the giant quiver syndrome. A friend of mine has 20 boards and rides the same one all the time.....unless your a world traveler you have no need for a huge quiver. Get a fish, SB, HPLB, Log and everyone has a go to board that they like above all others. Keep it simple and spend more time surfing and less time wondering which board you're gonna ride today.
With a large quiver, you can grab whatever board ur in the mood for. I go with "morning mist" every single time :cool:
got 4 board which cover all the bases at least for jersey , hypto krypto ,shred sled ,sweet potato and a joel tudor LB.
I have 4 at the moment:
-5'3 Mini Simmons (my go to board)
-6'0 Al Merrick k-small quad
-6'7 vintage Nomad single-fin
-4'11 chopped up beater shorebreak board


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What does iwconfig give you?
I've read through 99% of the other "kismet config" help threads, and can't find any help with this. I'm running this on Ubuntu 9.1 on my 1005HA. I know it's not BT, but I figure I can find more help here then anywhere else.
lshw -C network output
.config file (The relevant part at least)Code:*-network description: Wireless interface product: AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) vendor: Atheros Communications Inc. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0 logical name: wmaster0 version: 01 serial: 00:25:d3:72:d0:2b width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list logical ethernet physical wireless configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k ip=10.1.1.3 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn resources: irq:17 memory:fbff0000-fbffffff *-network description: Ethernet interface product: Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter vendor: Attansic Technology Corp. physical id: 0 bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0 logical name: eth0 version: c0 serial: 90:e6:ba:20:ea:f9 capacity: 100MB/s width: 64 bits clock: 33MHz capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=184.108.40.206-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair resources: irq:28 memory:f7fc0000-f7ffffff ioport:ec00(size=128)
Output I receiveCode:# Kismet config file # Most of the "static" configs have been moved to here -- the command line # config was getting way too crowded and cryptic. We want functionality, # not continually reading --help! # Version of Kismet config version=2007.09.R1 # Name of server (Purely for organizational purposes) servername=Kismet # User to setid to (should be your normal user) #suiduser=your_user_here # Do we try to put networkmanager to sleep? If you use NM, this is probably # what you want to do, so that it will leave the interfaces alone while # Kismet is using them. This requires DBus support! networkmanagersleep=true # Sources are defined as: # source=sourcetype,interface,name[,initialchannel] # Source types and required drivers are listed in the README under the # CAPTURE SOURCES section. # The initial channel is optional, if hopping is not enabled it can be used # to set the channel the interface listens on. # YOU MUST CHANGE THIS TO BE THE SOURCE YOU WANT TO USE source=ath9k,wlan0,Wireless
I checked the driver name, which in my case is ath9k, set the interface to wlan0, and the name to Wireless. Should I be using something different? How can I get this working?Code:whiterabbit@WR-netbook:/etc/kismet$ sudo kismet Launching kismet_server: //usr/bin/kismet_server Suid priv-dropping disabled. This may not be secure. No specific sources given to be enabled, all will be enabled. Non-RFMon VAPs will be destroyed on multi-vap interfaces (ie, madwifi-ng) Enabling channel hopping. Enabling channel splitting. FATAL: Unknown capture source type 'ath9k' in source 'ath9k,wlan0,Wireless' Done.
not seeing anything there that would help though. Should I be looking for something?Code:lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wmaster0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Power Management:on Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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5 Of The Most Unusual Crowdfunding Campaigns of 2012
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Crowdfunding has become increasingly popular in recent years as everyone from entrepreneurs to film-makers, bands and journalists has recognized that using the internet as a medium to generate investment for a project can be highly effective. Crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter and IndieGoGo are now widely used by those seeking to pitch their project to members of the public. 2012 saw a number of highly successful crowdfunding campaigns with some truly original campaigning being carried out in order to persuade the public to donate their cash. Here's a few of the more bizarre crowdfunding successes from last year.
Griz Coat
On Kickstarter
The makers of this coat with a difference stated: "We wanted to look like we were actually donning a grizzly bear." So they asked the public for $2,500 via Kickstarter to get a professional costume designer to make a coat that would have all the necessary features including a fake bear head, claws and teeth. Such was the demand for the Griz coat that the founders have now raised over $29,000 to date and have sold out of their first batch. They're also now working on a polar bear version.
Who Gives a Crap
On IndieGoGo
This pun-heavy campaign aimed to raise $50,000 via IndieGoGo to launch a new brand of recyclable toilet paper. The toilet paper would not only be better for the environment but would also contribute to a good cause; half of the profits going towards Water Aid helping to build toilets in the developing world. The campaign was notable for its promotional campaign which involved the filming of one of its founders sitting on a toilet for 50 hours in a bid to raise enough orders to start pre-production. The campaign was a resounding success exceeding its target by more than $15,000 and the founders are now attempting to reach a new goal of $100,000. Puns such as "saving the world from the bottom up" were in abundance throughout the whole campaign.
Chattanooga Tennessee Font
On Kickstarter
One of the more obscure crowdfunding successes of 2012 was the campaign to raise $10,000 to create a new typeface for the city of Chattanooga in Tennessee. The new font was intended to sum up the personality of the city and help in its branding. The designers intended for the font to be featured on everything from street signs to bike lanes and tourist material. The aim was also to set the precedent for municipal branding in the whole of the USA. The campaign was a success with over $11,000 being raised.
The World's First Pizza Museum
On Kickstarter
Pizza Brain was a large collection of pizza memorabilia in Philadelphia put together by a few young artists and pizza lovers. Out of this they wanted to create the world's first pizza museum, so they asked for $15,000 to build and furnish a museum space with a pizzeria alongside it. They managed to exceed their funding target and as a result have curated this museum which traces the history of pizza culture through music, cinema and advertising. Following extensive media coverage, the museum was bombarded with items from pizza enthusiasts all over the world to use in its collection.
Atlanta's First Squirrel Census
On Kickstarter
This campaign billed itself as a unique project that combined science, storytelling and the Eastern Grey Squirrel. Over twenty volunteers spent the Spring of 2012 counting the squirrels of Inman Park in Atlanta. The findings were then made into a series of infographic prints given to those who'd donated.
About The Author
Jessie Brown is a freelance writer who contributes to a number of tech and food websites including the hungryhouse online magazine.


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Women's Golf Selected to 2013 East Regional
April 29, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky women's golf team was selected to the 2013 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship for the 18th time in program history Monday night. The Wildcats made the field of 72 for the third straight season and will compete in the East Regional at the Auburn University Club in Auburn, Ala., May 9-11.
"We are very excited about our regional selection of heading to Auburn," head coach Golda Johansson Borst said. "We played the SEC Championship there in 2011 and feel like the course sets up really well for us. Now that we know where we are going we can really start to focus our attention on preparing for this golf course."
The 24-team regional features six Southeastern Conference teams, including 2013 SEC Champion and defending national champion Alabama. Arkansas, Auburn, Ole Miss and Tennessee will also represent the league in the East Regional. Along with Alabama, the field boasts 11 conference champions, including Oklahoma State, Tulane, Notre Dame, Northwestern, FIU, East Tennessee State, Tennessee-Chattanooga, James Madison, Eastern Kentucky and Alabama State. The remainder of the field consists of UCLA, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, Texas State, Central Florida, Penn State and East Carolina.
UK is coming off one of its best performances in school history, finishing tied for fifth at the 2013 SEC Championships. It was the Wildcats best showing at the conference tournament in 20 years as the Cats were led by freshman Sarah Harris, who recorded a career-best finish, placing second individually at 9-over-par. Junior Liz Breed as also impressive for UK, charted a career-high finish as well, tying for sixth place at 11-over-par.
The NCAA Women's Golf Championship is made up of three regionals that each consist of 24 teams and six individuals. The two other 2013 regional sites include the Central Regional at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman, Okla., and the West Regional at the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif.
The three regional sites are preliminary rounds of the NCAA Championship. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each regional to participate in the championship's finals at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga., May 21-24.
This marks the third postseason appearance for Kentucky under the direction of Borst, placing 17th in the 2012 Central Regional and 20th in the 2011 East Regional.
For more information on the University of Kentucky women's golf team please visit UKathletics.com.
Teams and individual seeds are listed below. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in a parenthesis.
2013 NCAA Championship – East Regional
May 9-11, Auburn, Ala.
Auburn University Club
1. Alabama (SEC)
2. Arkansas
4. North Carolina
5. Virginia
6. Oklahoma State (Big 12)
7. Tulane (Conference USA)
8. Texas
9. Notre Dame (Big East)
10. Northwestern (Big Ten)
11. Tennessee
12. Kentucky
13. Texas State
14. Auburn
15. Central Florida
16. Penn State
17. East Carolina
18. FIU (Sun Belt)
19. Ole Miss
20. East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun)
21. Tennessee-Chattanooga (Southern Conference)
22. James Madison (Colonial Athletic Association)
23. Eastern Kentucky (Ohio Valley)
24. Alabama State (Southwestern Athletic)
1. Natalie Wille, Augusta State
2. Kelly Shon, Princeton
3. Casey Kennedy, Augusta State
4. Isabel Southard, Boston College
5. Shu-Yin Liu, Tulsa
6. Kristina Merkle, Tulsa


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Thread: How to get rid of cradle cap?
12th December 2012 05:25 PM #1
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How to get rid of cradle cap?
My son has cradle cap on his head and eyebrows. I'm using shampoo and massaging his head with oil but the cradle cap is still there. Can you give me some advice on how to get rid of this cradle cap? Thanks.
22nd December 2012 06:57 AM #2
What type of oil are you using? Coconut oil is particularly good at removing cradle cap. I find it easiest to use a soft baby brush to remove the cradle cap.
Another method is to put some petroleum jelly on your baby's head before bed, leave it on for the night, and then wipe it off the next morning. They may need a bath after this!
Lots of babies do have cradle cap at some point.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes,
22nd December 2012 04:07 PM #3
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Hi LJ,
Thank you so much for your insight. I will try to do that and I hope it can take away my baby's cradle cap. Thanks.
29th December 2012 03:29 PM #4
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Cradle cap has many causes, but I found that when I took Evening Primrose Oil (and was breastfeeding), that my baby's cradle cap cleared up because the Evening Primrose Oil that entered my milk entered my baby's system.
Research from Sweden suggests that cradle cap may be caused by an insufficient amount of an essential fatty acid called Gamma-linolenic acid (GLA.)
GLA is required for making healthy skin. The thought is that infants have an immature enzyme system and are therefore unable to produce sufficient GLA on their own which then causes cradle cap.
You may want to start taking some Evening Primrose Oil according to the directions on the box and you may want to do more research on this to see if there is a therapeutic dose that is recommended.
After only a week or two of taking the Evening Primrose Oil, my baby's cradle cap started to clear up and eventually completely cleared.
Biotin deficiency has also been associated with cradle cap. Make sure that you are taking a high quality multi-vitamin (prenatal is fine during breastfeeding) and that it has Biotin in it (that's one of the "B" vitamins).
Please post back to let us know what works.
Warm Regards,


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Calum Scott (Immortals) Vs Steven Brady (Oban MMA) 70kg
Gary Priestly (Assassin) Vs Stewart Duncan (Spartans) 57kg
Dave Philip (GCG) Vs Mateusz Grabiek (Oban MMA) 73kg
Piotrek Zajac (Immortals) Vs Paul duffy (GCFT) 77kg
Chirs cownie (RGFT) Vs Nath Macdonald (Spartans) 70kg
Michal Szczepanek (Immortals) Vs Alex MacDonald (Independant / Forge Gym) 82kg
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James Scott (GCG) Vs Lee Kinnell (TEI) 70kg
Gordon Price (Lycans) Vs Matti Laurenson (Spartans) 70kg
70kg Leon Mitchell DRAW Aidan Stephen N/A 3 15:00
66Kg Gary Grant DEF Euan McLeod Decision 3 15:00
73Kg Dave Philip DEF Mateusz Grabiek Rear-naked Choke 2 0:33
77Kg Iain Feenan DEF Piotrek Zajac Arm Triangle 1 3:50
82Kg Michal Szczepanek DEF Alex MacDonald Rear-naked Choke 2 3:04
70Kg Nath MacDonald DEF Chris Cownie Inverted Triangle 1 2:37
70Kg John Black DEF James Scott Rear-naked Choke 2 1:02
Seemed a bit of a nightmare with pullouts and that. What happened to the price/laurenson fight?
Matti was ill and we couldn't find Gordon a suitable replacement, simple enough


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Early Mars was cold - very cold, says Chris McKay, a planetary scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center. But that doesn't mean it was incapable of supporting life. McKay has extensively studied life in some of the harshest environments in the world: the Antarctic dry valleys, the Arctic, and the Atacama desert.
At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division of Planetary Sciences, held in September 2003 in Monterey, CA, McKay gave a plenary talk in which he discussed the evidence for a cold, but wet, early Mars. McKay compared these early Martian conditions to Antarctica's modern-day dry valleys. And he laid out a strategy for searching for evidence of the organisms that may have inhabited Mars during its first billion years. His talk is presented here in two parts; this is part one.
I think the most important reason to search for life on Mars is the possibility of finding a second genesis of life. And I say "possibility," because life on Earth and Mars may share a common origin. It's not certain that, just because there's life on Mars, it represents a second genesis. But a second genesis is what we're interested in.
We're interested in it because it would allow us to do comparative biochemistry, just as we're interested in comparative planet logy. As you know, it's very difficult to study objects when you only have one example. Imagine how limited our knowledge of the universe would be if we only had one to study.
In addition to comparative biochemistry, if we found a second genesis on Mars, if we discovered that life had two independent starts here in our solar system, we would know right away that life is common in the universe. So it would have a practical scientific implication as well as a deeper philosophical implication.
Of course, searching for life is also important in the planetary environmental sense. It gives us information about the early martian environment. And it certainly gives us information relevant to understanding the origin of life on Earth. But I think these are secondary objectives.
The search for life on Mars began with the Viking landers. The Viking missions had two separate approaches to searching for life. One was the three biology experiments. They sought to detect life directly. And then we had the GCMS (gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer), which sought to detect what we now would say are signs of life. There's an important distinction here, between trying to detect an actual living organism and trying to detect some indication, some sign that life is present.
Well, looking back now, with 20-20 hindsight, how would we assess the Viking approach? The Viking biology experiments detected life by doing incubation: taking a sample, putting it in three chambers, seeing if anything would grow. But that presupposes that you have knowledge of the conditions and nutrients needed for growth. We now know that that's actually a bad approach to searching for life
We now know that we couldn't do the Viking experiments successfully even here on Earth. For example, 90 percent of terrestrial soil bacteria cannot be grown in culture. If you took the Viking experiments out into your back yard, they would fail to detect 90 percent of the organisms in the soil. It would detect the other 10 percent, so you'd get a positive signal. But anything that fails to detect 90 percent is probably not a good approach.
As a result, it's not surprising that the Viking biology experiments gave ambiguous answers. And it's also not surprising that in the astrobiology community now there is no longer a focus on culturing, trying to grow organisms, as a way of detecting life, because we don't know the conditions and nutrients needed for them to grow. And if we can't make it work for 90 percent of organisms on Earth, we're not going to make it work on Mars and Europa, where we know even less.
So the Viking biology experiments' approach is not an approach we want to follow.
But the GCMS approach is a much more powerful approach, where what we look for are more robust signs of life that require us to know less about the organisms we want to detect.
There is good evidence for water on Mars. In images taken from orbit we see good evidence that at least some of Mars' fluvial features were carved by water. But I want to make the point that on early Mars, when Mars was wet, it wasn't warm, it was cold. And I think this is an important point that we're starting to come around to as a community. I'd say there are several lines of evidence that argue that Mars was cold when it was wet.
One, most importantly, is the evidence of very low erosion. Erosion on Mars is low even compared to places on Earth where erosion is at its minimum, such as the Antarctic dry valleys. Also, the sporadic distribution of the valley features we see in images of Mars is a powerful argument that Mars is not Earth-like in the sense of having a warm, Earth-like climate with average annual temperatures of 15 degrees Celsius (59 degrees Fahrenheit).
There's also some weaker evidence suggesting it was cold. One is the climate modelers have difficult getting Mars's surface temperatures near or above zero - but that's a sort of a theoretical data point.
Another line of evidence is that no massive surface carbonates have been detected by remote sensing. The fact that they're not detectable by remote sensing doesn't mean they're not there, but still this is consistent with Mars being very cold.
Well, cold is very interesting. I want to talk a little bit about the environments on Earth that are the most Mars-like, in the sense of being cold, and look at the evidence for life in those environments. And I would argue that the most relevant environment is the dry valleys of Antarctica. This is the largest ice-free region in Antarctica. The average temperature is minus 20 C (minus 4 F). Summertime temperatures are higher.
Precipitation is equivalent to one or two centimeters per year of moisture. And the pressures are well above the triple point of water. [The triple point of water is a combination of temperature and pressure that enables water to exist in all three states: solid (ice), liquid and gas (water vapor). When atmospheric pressure is too low, as on the surface of Mars today, water cannot exist in liquid form, regardless of the temperature.]
In the Antarctic dry valleys it never rains, only snows, and yet there are large rivers and lakes, such as Lake Vanda and the Onyx River, the largest river in Antarctica. Typically the Onyx River flows a couple months a year. When the temperatures in the summer get above freezing, the glaciers melt and that water forms the Onyx River, which collects in the lake.
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What's interesting about this environment, is that because it's so dry, it's dead. There's nothing growing on the surface soil. Precipitation is too slight. It evaporates, blows away. This is one of the most lifeless places on Earth. But in the water in Lake Vanda, underneath the ice, there are thick mats of algae and bacteria.
So here in this Mars-like environment, where the average temperatures are minus 20 C (minus 4 F), there's still a hydrological cycle, based on snow, glaciers, melt and accumulation in ice-covered lakes. And it hosts a rich community of microorganisms, similar to what you would expect on the early Earth and would hope to find on Mars.
On Earth, the hydrological cycle averages a meter (39 inches) a year at a temperature of plus 15 C (59 F). On Mars, you could guess that if the average temperature were, say, minus 35 C (minus 31 F), you'd get a hydrological cycle orders of magnitude lower than Earth's. That's similar to what we see in the dry valleys, where the temperature is minus 20 and the hydrological cycle is about 1 to 2 centimeters a year.
The point in making this analogy is that cold can still be wet. Very cold can still be wet - and can still be alive. You can see this on Earth. We have this bias for warm places because we're warm creatures and most of Earth is warm. In fact, Earth is on the warm edge of the habitable zone.
But warm is not really a requirement for life. Life would do perfectly well in cold water. So a very cold Mars in not uninteresting biologically. It could be very interesting biologically. And we can quantify that. Models of the Martian atmosphere show that ice-covered lakes could have existed for perhaps a billion years of its early history. Even as the average temperature got quite cold.
So we don't have to say that early Mars was 0 degrees C (32 degrees F) to be interesting biologically. I think you could easily see that - and I'm talking just the surface, not even discussing the subsurface - temperatures could get quite low, minus 40 C (minus 40 F), and there could still have been a significant hydrological cycle that could support ice-covered lakes.
So Mars was cold when the valley features that we see now were formed. Temperatures could have been as low as minus 35 C (minus 31 F) and Mars could still have had enough water activity to create the features that we see. And these features could have been habitats for life.
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Chicago • An Illinois man who more than 27 years ago was identified as a victim of a notorious Burbank, Ill., pedophile filed suit Tuesday against his alleged abuser as well as the Boy Scouts for failing to protect him.
The man, who filed the lawsuit anonymously in Cook County Circuit Court, had "compartmentalized" his memories of the sexual abuse, which allegedly happened on numerous occasions in 1985 when he was a 10-year-old Boy Scout, said Christopher Hurley, his attorney.
Memories of the abuse only resurfaced when the Boy Scouts of American in October released their long-secret "perversion files" under the orders of an Oregon court overseeing a civil case against the organization. The man, who is now married with a family, looked online through the files for his former Scout leader Thomas Hacker, Hurley said.
"(They) knew that their organization attracted pedophiles, so there is a higher duty on the Boy Scouts to make sure children were protected," Hurley said.
Hacker, now 76, is serving a 100-year prison sentence for sexually abusing boys. The father of three was able to keep working as a Scout leader of a troop that served the Burbank and Oak Lawn area despite being convicted of sex crimes against youths in Indianapolis in 1970 and Mount Prospect in 1971.
"He was very shrewd," said retired Cook County assistant state's attorney Jim McCarter, who prosecuted the criminal case. Hacker used his Boy Scouts post and his job as Burbank Park District director to work with children, looking for kids who might be vulnerable, McCarter said.
Hacker told a psychiatrist he'd abused more than 100 boys. A state agency found that he had abused 34 boys in Illinois. He was arrested in 1988 after parents of one of the victims contacted police.
"He would access these kids when they would go on camping trips," McCarter said. "Sometimes the parents were on the trip. When they were having the men's meeting playing cards or drinking beer he was creeping into tents."
"I saw him do things to kids at almost every campout," one 15-year-old boy testified at the trial.
Civil lawsuits brought in the years immediately after Hacker's conviction were settled for a large amount of money.
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The Boy Scouts declined to comment, issuing a statement saying they had not yet seen the lawsuit.
"We deeply regret that there have been times when Scouts were abused, and for that we are very sorry and extend our deepest sympathies to victims," the statement said.


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According to "The Hollywood Reporter," Cissy writes that she, too, is grieving for Whitney and she hopes in time Bobbi will be able to understand why she chose to release the book "Remembering Whitney" earlier this year. Bobbi called the book "disrespectful" when it came out.
Cissy also addressed the 20-year-old's recent engagement to Nick Gordon, the young man who Whitney was said to have considered a son. Cissy writes that she feels Bobbi is "too young" to marry, but that all she wants for her is "good health" and "happiness."
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