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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Linking Local history
I woke up this morning to an interesting email from the compiler of a new internet directory for those with a local history bent, Ian Elsom. His Linking Local History page mainly shows NZ and UK links at the moment.
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I agree, Jayne. It pays to treat oral history as you would any other source of information on local history. Sure, it's based on people's memories, and we all know that memories are fallible and prone to the teller's interpretation of what really happened. But, oral history does indeed provide clues, and a point of view on the past which you don't get from academic histories. They should never be dismissed, but accepted where they are part of a wider gathering of information. To rely solely on oral histories though is like relying solely on newspaper reports, or on tertiary sources -- you run the risk of getting things skewed.
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Homecoming Week at ACHS kicked off Monday, October 3 as spirit week began. Students are participating in dress up days, the spirit chain competition and class float competition.
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There won't be any regal red carpets covering both teams' benches Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium, but judging by the high-priced contracts of the two backup quarterbacks who will be occupying them, maybe there should be.
It will feel more like a throne of thorns for Kevin Kolb and Matt Flynn.
The Cardinals and Seahawks have sunk a combined $30 million into those two free-agent quarterbacks within the past year. And come kickoff time when these two NFC rivals meet, Kolb and Flynn will be holding a clipboard and watching from the sideline.
If you think that's a lot of money for a pair of backups, the payout grows to a whopping $83 million if both players live out the rest of their respective contracts. Kolb will be owed a total of $63.5 million and Flynn $19.5 million.
Neither may be around long enough to collect their full share. The Cardinals and Seahawks each had quarterback competitions this preseason and neither was swayed into starting the player with the biggest wallet, which used to be the unwritten rule in the NFL.
Instead, they went young and they went cheap.
The Cardinals, despite paying a $7 million roster bonus to Kolb this past spring, turned to John Skelton, 24, who will make less than $430,000 this season.
The Seahawks, despite luring Flynn away from the Packers for a cool, guaranteed $10 million, have turned to rookie Russell Wilson, 23, who is slated to make $540,000.
"Just talking about our deal, it never was about the money and hopefully, it never will be," Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday on a conference call with Arizona reporters. "This is a game that competitors play and the guys who win the battles should be playing, in my mind.
"I don't care how much money they make. If that's demonstrated here and somebody thinks something of it, maybe it's a trend, I don't know. But it really doesn't matter."
There is a school of thought that in most cases trades and free agency doesn't usually work when a team is searching for its next starting quarterback.
That could be a big reason so many teams are turning to younger quarterbacks. Thanks to a strict new rookie wage scale, teams can spend high draft picks on a college quarterback, spend a lot less money, and if the player doesn't pan out in a year or two, they can simply start over and try again.
In short, it's becoming smart business to grow your own talent and develop it fast.
The Seahawks liked Flynn a lot, but they were ultra intrigued with the thought of drafting Wilson, whom they plucked in the third round out of Wisconsin.
"We just thought he was special," Carroll said. "(General Manager) John Schneider was all over it from the beginning. We didn't know how fast it could happen or what would happen -- and again, we've only just played preseason games so we'll have to wait and see -- but John felt like (Wilson) had such great savvy for the position and he has that 'it' factor that you're looking for.
"... We'll find out, but he's given us every indication that it's going in the right direction."
Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt declined to get into specifics when he named Skelton the starter over Kolb on Friday, and he isn't planning to discuss it any detail now or in the foreseeable future.
For now, he said, Skelton gives the team the best chance to win.
Both young quarterbacks are thankful for their opportunities and said they plan to make the most of them.
"It's a pretty exceptional opportunity for me," Wilson said. "I've been taking it one day at a time, though, just trying to improve every day. My constant quest now is to learn and just do what I can to be efficient and effective and make plays."
He knows mistakes will be made, but says he can be the "calm in the storm" for his football team and that he won't stress upon making any blunders.
These two teams are expected to place a strong emphasis on running the ball, Seattle primarily with Marshawn Lynch, who has been dealing with back spasms, and the Cardinals with Beanie Wells and Ryan Williams.
"It could be a problem for a lot of defenses," Williams boasted of Arizona's rush attack. "The type of running style (Wells) has and the type I have complements each other well and it's a great change of pace, so it will be fun to watch and fun as a player to play."
Wilson represents problems as well, given that he is a mobile quarterback who is able to elude the pass rush.
"He has a lot of good intangibles about himself," Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson said. "He throws the ball well, gets the ball out fast and he's a dual-threat quarterback who can scramble and make plays on his feet, so we have to contain him and keep him in the pocket as long as possible."
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Fear of the Williams Sisters
Even whites who claim to admire Venus and Serena Williams tend to harbor ill feelings about the tennis stars' reputed penchants for arrogance and cockiness. Outside of the National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadow on the September evening of Venus's greatest athletic triumph, the polite put-downs of the courtside claques were being rendered in naked perspective by Glory Halle, a self-described "new millennium sidewalk artist" with a white-supremacist jones for Venus and Serena. Halle was applying the finishing touches to a caricature depicting the sisters running a gauntlet of white fans "having a shit fit." In Halle's drawing of an imaginary doubles competition, the angry fans are hurling "some kind of dung" at the top-ranking pretenders after they have trounced Martina Hingis, ranked No. 1 in the world, and second-ranked Lindsay Davenport, with their "thundering strength and cannonlike serves."
Many of Halle's sketches and drawings tout what he calls "anti-hero worship." But while he despises fellow whites like Mark McGwire, he has a deep hatred of blacks like Darryl Strawberry, Mike Tyson, and the Williams sisters. "No offense, but I don't like your shithead rappers, your baseball players, your basketball players, your prizefighters, and the Venus sisters [sic]," mutters Halle, an unkempt, tattoo-smeared, hemp-smoking, shadowy hobo who "resides with the Master Race, dude" (his last known address).
When the Williams sisters compete in the upcoming Chase Championshipsto be held November 13 to 19 in Madison Square GardenHalle, who sports a swastika nose ring, might show up to unveil his "charcoal on paper" portraying the ebony-hued Venus and Serena with lardy buttocks, arms the size of tree trunks, and the hind legs of super-thoroughbred fillies. Halle's mocking devaluation of the sisters' phenomenal talents seems emblematic of the resentment that "boneless white meat" like him (the artist's own deprecating quip) and some in tennis's aristocracy have been expressing since the sisters rose up from a California ghetto and began defeating power-hitters on the women's circuit.
Although they are idolized by many African Americans, backhanded bad-mouthing of the broad-shouldered, long-legged, and attractive Williams sisters is not uncommon among the blueblood cabals, who imply in their running commentary that poor Venus and Serena just seem out of place in the lily-white world of professional tennis. They criticize the sisters' game (the way they rush the netonly souped-up niggers could be that good, suggesting that Venus and Serena should be tested for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs); their walk (a ghettoized swagger is unbecoming); their attitude (too moody, withdrawn); their nappy tresses (the colorful beads are deemed "childish"); even their clothing (too FuBu, and Serena is much too obsessed with the color purple); and, of course, their parents (overprotective, amateur psychologists).
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Says Harlem street basketball legend Pee Wee Kirkland: "I think the Williams sisters intentionally fight against the obstinate evil of racism. It's almost unbelievable what black athletes must go through to compete with people that the tennis world wants to accept as their great players."
What is it about these two Compton fly girls that gets under the skin of even Donald Trump, who offered the famously temperamental John McEnroe $1 million to take on one of the pair? "When you're looking at the Williams sisters you're looking at changeand people in our society fear change," asserts Kirkland.
While Venus and Serena were in Sydney for the Olympics, McEnroe, the "mellowed bad boy" of the tour, took the sisters to task in a column in the London Sunday Telegraph. "What they have achieved is great, but they have no respect for anyone in the game," McEnroe wrote. He objected to comments by Serena, who last year said she would like to play in a couple of men's tournaments. "Do women golfers say they could go out and beat Tiger Woods?" McEnroe asked. He also accused Venus of displaying a lack of humility while winning Wimbledon this year. "Enough is enough," wrote McEnroe. "Would it kill them to say hello to people in the locker room?"
McEnroe restated his opinionexpressed earlier in The New Yorkerthat "a lot of male college kids and members of the seniors' tour could beat the sisters." But, contrary to press reports, he insisted he had never challenged either of the sisters to a match. "I have no intention of getting involved, nor do I particularly want to have anything to do with them until they start to show people in the sport a little more respect," McEnroe said.
Critics like Jon Entine, author of the controversial book Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports and Why We're Afraid to Talk About It, assert that it is the kind of respect that blacks like Tiger Woods (who maintains he's not African American), Michael Jordan, and the late Arthur Ashe have shown.
"I have to say that Arthur Ashe was very accessible; Michael Jordan was very accessible, and Tiger Woods is very accessibleall these people are beloved, and people were never threatened by them," Entine claims. "Arthur Ashe was as much a Southern black as he was a black, and being a Southern black with this kind of deferential civility ended up making it easier for him. Venus Williams won't apologize to anybody. I think that you can almost compare the Williams sisters to the bratty John McEnroe, who wasn't liked in his younger years. When the Williams sisters talk, they seem arrogant. They are definitely wonderful talents, but they're still not No. 1 yet and their arrogance is a little larger than their achievements at this point."
Kevin Davis, a Seattle-based spokesman for the Williams family, says the sisters, notoriously wary of the media, turned down a request for an interview because they were preoccupied with school. The girls' outspoken father, Richard, a stand-in, did not return Voice calls.
Stories about the sisters' aloofness come largely from white sports commentators, although Associated Press sports writer Steve Wilstein noticed something different about Venus after she stepped off the Olympic gold medal platform. What she told reporters may have been prompted by McEnroe's verbal bashing. Venus had grown up at the Sydney Games, Wilstein observed. He quoted her as saying, "I guess I've graduated to a different level where I can be like some of the greats." There was no boasting in her words, no superiority in her voice, he added. Rather, at 20, she sounded as if she suddenly realized how good she has become.
What she now expressed, Wilstein noted, was a recognition of her obligation to live up to her position the way the most respected champions do. Venus spoke sympathetically about Davenport, who was forced out by a foot injury after a first-round win, and acknowledged the threat Monica Seles posed in a tough three-set semifinals match. "One of my only regrets is that Lindsay wasn't here," Williams said. "Potentially it could have been all three of us standing there on the stand, in any order. I was fortunate enough to get the gold, but Monica could have won the match the way she played the other day. She could have won the gold."
Was Venus browbeaten into a conciliatory attitude toward her white counterparts? Why was the champ bowing down? Was that enough humility for John McEnroe?
Some contend that the alleged arrogance displayed by Venus and Serena extends to the homegrown style that defines the sisters' game. This truly upsets the white tennis experts. During the past few years, many of these pundits have criticized Venus and Serena, declaring that they lack proper technique, court sense, and tactics. They blame Richard and Oracene Williams, the parents who have been coaching their daughters their whole lives without any formal background in the sport. If only the sisters had professional coaches, claim the critics, they might be on a whole different level. Of course, as Wilstein pointed out, "The quick answer is that they already are really something."
Since July, the Williams sisters have won all but one of the events they have entered. Venus has won six titles, including Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, and the Olympics. Second-seeded Serena, who won the U.S. Open at 17 last year, won the Princess Cup in Tokyo last month. She reached the finals of the Du Maurier Open at Montreal in August. She won the first set against Hingis before being forced to retire in the third set with a foot injury. Improving her record to 37-8, Serena captured the Faber Grand Prix in Hannover, Germany, in February and the Los Angeles Open in August. Serena and Venus won the women's doubles gold medal at Sydney.
The racist message of Glory Halle also reflects a more subtle argument in academia and among some sports commentators that when robust blacks like Venus and Serena rise to the top it's not because they have trained long and hard but because they are genetically predisposed to be superior athletes. "I read articles about how strong Venus and Serena are and about their incredible serves, almost implying that it is a natural thing because they are black," says Jon Entine, who attempts to debunk the myth of the supernigger in Taboo. "The reality is that whites have much more natural upper-body strength than blacks."
Entine says that he has "actually talked about this with a couple of my black friends," and in some of their conversations he has pointed to white athletes' domination in the hammer throw, the shot-put, wrestling, and weight-lifting competitions. "Something like 16 out of the top 20 weight lifters are white," he explains. "I would think that Martina Navratilova's and even Lindsay Davenport's serves are as good as Venus's and Serena's in terms of speed."
If one buys into Entine's argument, even out-and-out racists like Glory Halle have been fooled by the Williams sisters' muscular appearances. "Oh, they have a more chiseled upper body because they have less natural body fat," Entine declares. "You constantly see this in weight lifting; blacks do not lift as much as whites, but they have a more chiseled look because they have less natural body fat. All blacks have less natural body fat because they evolved in warmer climates," he adds.
"Asians have more natural body fat than anybody else because historically they have evolved in northern climates. So Venus and Serena look more athletic, but the idea that they have any natural talents that have given them an edgerather than coming from hard workis absolutely racist and not reflective of the science." (John Hoberman, author of a rival book, Darwin's Athletes: How Sport Has Damaged Black America and Preserved the Myth of Race, describes Entine as "an amateur who got in over his head" while grappling with the complicated subject of race science. "I think it's bad science journalism," says Hoberman, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Entine, he adds, "claims that scientific research to date proves that black athletes are genetically superior to whites" when "the evidence is clearly insufficient to make any such case." Hoberman and Entine have accused each other of misrepresenting their positions on the genetic hypothesis.)
Some people, Entine claims, erroneously cite his book to justify the Williams sisters' dominance: To them, it is as if the blacker you are, the more athletic you are prone to be. "And that's a total distortion of what I understand," Entine emphasizes. "These are two women who have defied incredible odds, who have worked very diligently, who have refined their game, who have an interesting mixture of power and finesse, but who are no more powerful naturally than any white athlete. It's like white America wants to steal from two dogged, very scrappy young women the fruits of their success. They have earned every success that they have gotten, and it has nothing to do with any natural gifts."
Two years ago, ex-Green Bay Packers defensive end Reggie White told Fox News Channel that he agreed with former CBS football analyst Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, who was fired in 1988 after saying that a black athlete was better than a white athlete because "he's been bred to be that way because of his thigh size and big size." Snyder added that slave owners would breed big black men with big women to produce big black children, leading to superior black athletes today. "I agree with what Jimmy 'the Greek' said . . . that slaves, bigger slaves, were pretty much used as studs. And the comments that he made about that was true. That did happen," White told Fox.
In his book, Entine quotes other black sports greats who agreed with Snyder, such as former Dallas Cowboys running back Calvin Hill; Bernie Casey, a former receiver for the Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers; and Tommy Smith, the sprinter who gave the clenched-fist salute from the victory stand during the National Anthem at the 1968 Olympics. "I think Jimmy 'the Greek' Snyder was absolutely wrong in what he said even though some blacks have supported what he said," Entine argues. "The reality is that the body-type differences we see in blacks and whites are really the results of thousands of years of evolutionnot 100 or 200 years. And there is almost no evidence to suggest that there was any real breeding going on. That's one of these myths that a lot of blacks and whites have adopted. Jimmy 'the Greek' was right in the sense that he recognized that there were different body types, but he was wrong in ascribing it to slavery."
While Entine was promoting his book earlier this year, the myth of the super-endowed black athlete surfaced once again. During a debate on Fox with Roy Innis of the Congress of Racial Equality, Entine says, Innis tried to convince him that slave breeding is a historical fact. "I was all but trying to say, 'Roy, you're wrong,' " Entine recalls. "It was very embarrassing. There is no indication that blacks were bred from slavery, because there was no chance for that kind of selective breeding. Most of the time, they were just raped by slovenly white guys; it was whites screwing their women slaves."
Entine contends that selective slave breeding is one of those myths that have cropped up repeatedly to diminish the achievements of black athletes. In Taboo, Entine lauds the African American scholar-athlete tradition. "If you go back to the 19th century," he argues, "all the great African American athletes were scholars. People back then thought just the opposite of what they think today of black athletes. All the great athletes, whether they were bikers, involved in horse racing or baseball or the early days of football, went to American colleges. If anything, that's a tradition that people don't recognize about black athleticism in this country, which is the opposite of the images and the racist sense that people have about this."
The Williams sisters may be faster and stronger than most of their rivals, but they also play smart tennis, a fact that some sports commentators and writers are loath to acknowledge. "After the semifinals game between Venus and Martina Hingis at the U.S. Open, you never heard the announcer say that Hingis broke down mentallybut that's what happened," argues Pee Wee Kirkland. "Whenever Hingis or Lindsay Davenport breaks down mentally, the first thing they say is, 'Well, they're not in the same condition as the Williams sisters. They got tired.' When they break down it's because they're tired, but when we break down it's because we can't think the game of tennis. How can that be?"
Budd Mishkin of NY1, along with Steve Wilstein, is one of the rare exceptions among sports commentators who see it differently. Said Mishkin in one report after Venus had won the U.S. Open: "The talent was always there; now there's a mental toughness. It was on display at Wimbledon this summer; it was on display in that classic match versus Hingis, and once again in [the] final versus Lindsay Davenport, in which Venus Williams came from behind to win. . . . " In praise of Venus and Serena, Wilstein declared that "if their parents didn't teach them every nuance of the game, they encouraged them to think for themselves on the court, to learn as they go." He added: "And that's exactly what Venus and Serena have done. They don't look up in the stands at their parents for help or reassurance during a match, the way Martina Hingis looks toward her mother. Rather, they adjust strokes and strategy on their own, coaching themselves, improving match to match, tournament to tournament."
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It's a war for Los Angeles in 'Gangster Squad.' A stylish retelling of true events, 'Gangster Squad' follows a team of cops as they band together to bring down a ruthless mob boss— by any means necessary. 'Gangster Squad' stars Oscar nominees Josh Brolin ("Milk," "True Grit") and Ryan Gosling ("Half Nelson," "Drive"), and Academy Award winner Sean Penn ("Milk," "Mystic River") as Mickey Cohen. The film also stars Oscar nominee Nick Nolte ("Warrior," "Affliction"), Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, Robert Patrick and Mireille Enos. The screenplay was written by Will Beall and is based on the book Gangster Squad by Paul Lieberman. The film is produced by Dan Lin, Kevin McCormick and Michael Tadross. Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and—if he has his way—every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of not only his own paid goons, but also the police and the politicians he has under his thumb. It's enough to intimidate even the bravest, street-hardened cop…except, perhaps, for the small, secret crew of LAPD outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Sgt. Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling), who come together to try to tear Cohen's world apart.
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A family faces unbelievable odds in the celebrated drama 'The Impossible,' starring two-time Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts, Golden Globe nominee Ewan McGregor (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) and newcomer Tom Holland. Directed by J.A. Bayona (The Orphanage) and based on the harrowing real-life experience of one family during the Indian Ocean tsunami, the film is now available with Video On Demand. Garnering Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Broadcast Film Critics Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for her powerful performance, Watts portrays Maria, a mother fighting to reunite her family after one of the largest disasters in recent history. Tom Holland, in his astonishing film debut, also earned a Broadcast Film Critics Award for his performance in the daring drama as her eldest son. 'The Impossible' Blu-ray and DVD bonus features include deleted scenes, two behind-the-scenes featurettes and an audio commentary with the director, writer and producers of the film along with María Belón, the woman whose family experience is the story on which the film is based.


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The Archos 5 is clearly more than a portable video player, but it is no more deserving of the Internet Media Tablet moniker than Apple's iPod Touch. Like the Safari Web browser used on the iPod Touch or iPhone, the Opera Web browser included on the Archos 5 provides an above-average mobile Internet experience, but there are some blind spots. Because the Flash 9 support on the Archos 5 exists outside of the Opera Web browser as an independent application, many Web sites and services are incompatible. During our tests, we found that simple Flash video sites such as YouTube worked fine, while sites such as Hulu, CNET TV, ABC, and Comedy Central, stalled the browser or played only the preroll advertising associated with the video.
Flash-based interactive online radio stations such as Pandora, Slacker, and Last.fm suffered similar fates, loading incompletely or not at all. For all of the complaints laid against Apple for not offering Flash media support on the iPhone or iPod Touch, Apple's use of dedicated applications offers users a workaround for streaming content from many of the services mentioned above.
An e-mail application is also included with the Archos 5, however, at the time of this review the e-mail program launches with a disclaimer that it is still in beta development. Beta may be an understatement, considering we could never successfully send or receive e-mail without witnessing an error message or complete crash of the application. We easily setup our POP and Gmail accounts using the Archos 5, however, sending and receiving e-mail is a little slow and browsing large volumes of e-mail isn't pretty. That said, if the Archos 5 wants to earn a reputation as an Internet tablet, it shouldn't ship a product with an admittedly half-baked e-mail application.
Video playback on the Archos 5 is stunning. The 800x600 resolution display on the Archos 5 is bright and crisp, rivaled only by the Cowon A3 when it comes to clarity and color. We're not thrilled with the decision to ditch the matte, reflection-fighting screen of the 605 WiFi, however, the glossy screen does make the Archos 5 a more attractive-looking product.
Audio performance is improved slightly over the 605 WiFi, with noticeably better detail, volume output, and stereo imaging. An assortment of EQ presets are included, along with a custom five-band EQ and balance controls.
The overall snappiness of the Archos 5 user interface is much better than previous efforts, because of the 600MHz ARM Cortex processor at the heart of the system. Applications launch faster and the lag time of the touch-screen keyboard is noticeably better than the 605 WiFi.
Unfortunately, the increased processor speed and screen size of the Archos 5 could take a toll on battery life. Archos originally estimated the Archos 5's battery life at a pitiful 12 hours of audio and 4 hours of video, however, a firmware update (version 1.1.01) promises to nearly double battery life up to 22 hours of audio and 7 hours of video. We'll update this review with battery drain results from CNET Labs once testing is complete.
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In the end, the Archos 5 is burdened by the same problems we found on the equally ambitious Cowon Q5W: the product promises more than it can deliver and it's expensive (especially after investing in software and hardware add-ons). Granted, the Archos 5 is much prettier than the Cowon Q5W, but compared with Apple's iPod Touch, the Archos 5's larger screen and deeper capacity aren't enough to recommend it over the iPod's superior interface, accessory compatibility, and Web browser.
If you're just looking for a portable video player with a large screen, broad file support and plenty of storage, don't overlook Archos' own 605 WiFi simply because it's a year old. The comparable Cowon A3 is also worth a look, if you can live without Wi-Fi in your PVP.


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In a defensive rd for a handgun which is more important to consider....muzzle velocity or muzzle energy?
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In a defensive rd for a handgun which is more important to consider....muzzle velocity or muzzle energy?
Momentum is the answer the question.
Excerpt from Bullet Penetration by Duncan MacPherson:
". . . every now and then someone wants to analyze or think about a problem involving energy, and when they attempt to do this without really understanding energy or other thermodynamic concepts the result is unfortunate. One such problem is the analysis of any of the various aspects of terminal ballistics; some individuals with inadequate technical training and experience have unwisely and unproductively attempted to use energy concepts in the analysis of bullet impact and penetration in soft tissue. (Many others have simply assumed that energy is the dominant effect in Wound Trauma Incapacitation; this assumption is even more simplistic than the attempt to actually analyze the dynamics problem with energy relationships, and is no more successful).
Any attempt to derive the effect of bullet impact in tissue using energy relationships is ill advised and wrong because the problem cannot be analyzed that way and only someone without the requisite technical background would try. Many individuals who have not had technical training have nonetheless heard of Newton's laws of motion, but most of them aren't really familiar with these laws and would be surprised to learn Newton's laws describe forces and momentum transfer, not energy relationships. The dynamic variable that is conserved in collisions is momentum; kinetic energy is not only not conserved in real collisions, but is transferred into thermal energy in a way that usually cannot be practically modeled. The energy in collisions can be traced, but usually only by solving the dynamics by other means and then determining the energy flow.
Understanding energy and how it relates to bullet terminal ballistics is useful even though energy is not a useful parameter in most small arms ballistics work."
I think caliber is the most important thing.
Shot placement,.....
Shot placement
Shot placement
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The answer would change according to one's purpose, but you have specified defensive use.
Consider the equation for kinetic energy:
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The only factors we need concern ourselves with are the variables mass (m) and velocity (v) because the others are constants.
Since the value of velocity is squared, it has the greater effect on the results of the equation. In fact, literally exponentially greater.
One other thing; if the bullet were at rest, it would have zero kinetic energy. So, one can now see that velocity dictates the energy.
Therefore, within the context of the question the answer must be velocity.
However, I'm not at all certain that is what you want to know, and if you'll excuse me, I think my popcorn is ready.:smile:
Terminal ballistics, properly applied.
This means good hits.
Energy is what cause one to expire, not velocity.
Shot placement + impact energy = threat stopped.


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I bought the tubular stuff at REI. Here are the links to some pictures.
I'll use it tonight on a scout trip. I'll let ya know how it works.
I bought the tubular stuff at REI. Here are the links to some pictures.
I'll use it tonight on a scout trip. I'll let ya know how it works.
I'm impressed that your machine could actually sew the stuff. The 9/16 is really thick, I don't think mine could handle it.
I hate ordering online. You can't see or feel exactly what you are getting so you can only hope you will really like it. Then you have to wait for it to come in. Plus, if they send it through the wrong shipping company it won't be left at your door or at the managers office. Instead I have to go out to their office on saturday in the 2 hour time frame that they are open just to pick it up. Then if it is the wrong thing, or not what I liked and I reorder, I have to go through it all again. So either way I have to get dressed to pick it up.
I had very little stretch when using this stuff. My hammock was a little lower when getting out then when getting in, but not as much as the OEM setup. It actually worked out well, as it allowed for easy release of the rings.
I left my straps at about 14'. I'll eventually trim them to about half that. With my prefered 6 paces, I don't need that much length. To hang on a 1' diameter tree, quick math says I need about 6 feet of strap (I wrap twice). so maybe I'll only go to 10'. That will allow me to hang at 6-8 paces. Much more than that is too far apart.


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The Cambus distillery dates back to the early 1800s - it was opened in 1836 in a village that shares its name near Alloa. Here it quietly produced its whiskies, becoming one of the first members of the Distillers Company Ltd. In 1913, a fire destroyed much of the distillery, forcing it to close until 1938. Cambus produced grain whisky, a lot of which made its way into blends, though you can still find independent bottlings of their single grain if you're lucky (it's fantastic stuff). The distillery was closed in 1993 by its owner, UDV.
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Long-aged single grain from the sadly closed Cambus distillery, independently bottled by Douglas Laing. This was distilled in September 1976 and matured in refill hogshead #11527 for 40 years (also… More info
A Clan Denny Cambus! This single grain comes from the Cambus distillery, which was sadly closed back in 1993. Luckily, indie bottlers like the folks at Douglas Laing allow us to get our hands on… More info
The Sovereign range from Hunter Laing presents some wonderfully well-aged single grain whiskies - just like this one right here! This is a 40 year old single grain from the closed Cambus distillery,… More info
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A single cask, single grain Scotch whisky from the Cambus distillery. This was distilled on the 20th March 1986, an aged in hogshead 18990 before bottling by Bladnoch on the 30th March 2010. More info
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This is a 37 year old Cambus grain whisky bottled for Douglas Laing's Clan Denny range. Cambus is made with un-malted grain giving it a sweet syrupy flavour. More info
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A rare Cambus single grain Scotch whisky, which has been bottled by Signatory for their Cask Strength Collection. It was distilled in July 1991, 2 years before the distillery was closed, and bottled… More info
From Signatory's Cask Strength Collection comes a 23 year old Cambus single grain Scotch whisky, presented at a hefty 54.1% ABV. It was distilled in July 1991 and bottled in October 2014 with an… More info
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From the 24th July 1991 until the 4th November 2015, this whisky resided within a single refill butt. The outturn allowed Signatory to release 447 bottles at a natural cask strength of 51.9% abv. More info
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2011: Transfers into the Spartan program after spending his freshman season at Lebanon Valley College ... will look to be an immediate contributor ... has the opportunity to be in and should work well with the Spartan lead pack.
2010: Ran his freshman cross country season at Lebanon Valley College ... posted solid times throughout the season ... best time of the year (in the 8k distance) came at the MAC Championships on October 30 when he traversed the course in 26:44.01 to finish 17th overall ... finished second at the LVC Invitational with a 26:45.62 on September 11 ... took 12th at the DeSales Invitational on October 9 with a 27:27.04.
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High-precision punch, die grinder comes completely fixtured
Mate Precision Tooling has introduced the ValuGrind™ high-precision grinder for punch and die maintenance. Available for either thick-turret or TRUMPF®-style tooling, the grinder comes completely fixtured.
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The machine handles the manufacturer's thick-turret tooling styles, including original, AMX, MT, MTG, MTG Long, MXC, Ultra, and A through E station sizes, as well as equivalent-sized competitors' thick-turret tooling. It also handles Size 1 and Size 2 TRUMPF-style tooling products, including Next, QuickLock, and Multi Tool tooling, and equivalent-sized competitors' tooling.


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John Adams (educator)
John Adams (September 18, 1772 – April 24, 1863) was an American educator noted for organizing several hundred Sunday schools. His life was celebrated by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. in his poem, "The School Boy", which was read at the centennial celebration of Phillips Academy in 1878, thus recalls him:
" | Uneasy lie the heads of all that rule — His most of all whose kingdom is a school. | " |
Early life[edit]
Adams was born in 1772 at Canterbury, Connecticut, to Captain John Adams, a farmer of Canterbury and an officer in the American Revolutionary War and Mary Parker, the daughter of Dea. Joshua Parker and Jemima Davenport. He graduated from Yale University in 1795.[1]
John Adams married on May 8, 1798 as his first wife Elizabeth Ripley,[1][2] with whom he had ten children. She was born on March 12, 1776 and died on February 23, 1829. She was a daughter of Gamaliel Ripley and Judith Perkins and was a great great-granddaughter of Governor William Bradford (1590–1657) of the Plymouth Colony and a passenger on the Mayflower.
John Adams married, as his second wife, on August 30, 1831 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York, Mrs. Mehitable/Mabel Burritt[2] She was born July 19, 1779 in Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and died at Jacksonville, Illinois on July 17, 1856. She was a daughter of Dea. Ebenezer Stratton and Mary Blair.
Mehitable/Mabel married as her first husband at Williamstown, Berkshire County, Massachusetts on April 12, 1798, Ely Burritt, born March 12, 1773 at Pound Ridge, Westchester County, New York and died September 1, 1823 in Troy, Rensselaer County, New York. He graduated from Williams College in 1800, and was licensed to practice medicine at Troy, New York, on March 29, 1802 and quickly gained recognition for his medical skills. He was the eldest son of the Rev. Mr. Blackleach Burritt[1] Yale College 1765 (a great great-grandson of William Leete, a governor of the Colony of Connecticut)[3] and Martha Welles (a great great-granddaughter of Thomas Welles, the fourth governor of the Colony of Connecticut).[4]
He taught at the Plainfield, New Jersey Academy from 1800–1803, when he took the post as principal of Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut. He remained in that position until 1810, when he started at the Phillips Academy[5] in Andover, Massachusetts.[6] He remained there through 1832. He also served as the principal of Monroe Academy in Elbridge, New York, and as the principal of Jacksonville Female Academy in Jacksonville, Illinois[7] from 1836-1843. The Academy was incorporated in 1903 with Illinois College becoming an co-educational institution (the first president of Illinois College,[8] was Edward Beecher, Yale College, 1822 and a son of Dr. Lyman Beecher, Yale College, 1797). While in Jacksonville, he served as an agent of the American Sunday School Union for the Middle West region, and assisted in the organization of several hundred Sunday Schools.
He died in Jacksonville, Illinois on April 24, 1863, and is buried there beside his wife, Mehitable/Mabel.
A son from his first marriage was the Rev. Dr. William Adams, D.D.[9] (1807–1880) an 1827 graduate of Yale and a graduate of Andover Theological Seminary, 1830. He was a principal founder as well as president of Union Theological Seminary.[10]
His daughter, Mary Elizabeth Adams (1842–1918), married on November 9, 1864, John Crosby Brown[11] (1838–1909), the son of James Brown and Eliza Maria Coe. James Brown was a well known banker and founder of the family company Brown Bros. & Co. James and Eliza lost several of their children when the steamship SS Arctic sank in 1854.[12]
John graduated from Columbia University in 1859. From 1866 onward, he was the senior partner of Brown Bros. & Co. This company merged in 1931 with Harriman Brothers & Company to become Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. one of the oldest and largest partnership banks in the United States.
A son of John and Mary Brown's was William Adams Brown[13] (1865–1943). He was born in New York City and was educated privately at first, and then he went to St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He received from Yale University an A.B. degree in 1886, an A.M. degree in 1888 and a Ph.D. in 1901. He graduated from the Union Theological Seminary in 1890, and studied at the University of Berlin from 1890 to 1892. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1893. He was a member of the Yale Corporation from 1917 to 1934, and was acting president of Yale University from 1919 to 1920.
A great-grandson of John Adams's was William Adams Delano.
- Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
- William Bradford of the Mayflower and his Descendants for Four Generations. compiled by Robert S. Wakefield, FASG and Published by the Gen. Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001.
- ^ a b c Dexter, Franklin B. (1903). Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History. Cambridge: Henry Holt & Company. p. 133. Cite error: Invalid
tag; name ".27Biographical_Sketches_of_the_Graduates_of_Yale_College" defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ a b Bailey, Sarah Loring (1880). Historical sketches of Andover. Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. p. 539.
- ^ Norton, Frederick Calvin (1905). "Governors of Connecticut". Dorman Lithographing Company. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Norton, Frederick Calvin (1905). "Governors of Connecticut". Dorman Lithographing Company. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Phillips Academy. "Phillips Academy - An Independent Boarding High School". Andover.edu. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ "History of Andover". andoverma.gov. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ Betty Carlson Kay; Gary Jack Barwick; Vernon R.Q. Fernandes; Bob Garner (2009). "Jacksonville - History of the City". Official City of Jacksonville Web Site. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ Illinois College - About Us - Historic Years
- ^ [1] Archived June 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Union Theological Seminary - Timeline". Union Theological Seminary. 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-30.
- ^ "John Crosby Brown" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-26.
- ^ Shaw, David W. (2002). The Sea Shall Embrace Them: The Tragic Story of the Steamship Arctic. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-2217-4.
- ^ "William Adams Brown" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-07-26.


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Best US Boardwalks
A day at the beach just isn't complete without a trip to the boardwalk. Whether you jog, saunter, roller-skate or bike, hanging out on the boardwalk is a time-honored way to experience classic seaside pleasures like vinegar fries, roller coasters and T-shirt shops. Of course, not all US boardwalks are shrines to kitsch. There are also genteel promenades lined with tasteful retail establishments, and rustic paths where the only sounds come from crashing waves. We love them all. Here are 6 of the best.
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Some call it the Coney Island of the West, and that's an apt comparison -- if Coney Island had palm trees, balmy breezes and a setting on Monterey Bay. The half-mile-long Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk dates to 1907; its 1924 Giant Dipper roller coaster and 1911 Looff Carousel are National Historic Landmarks. More modern attractions include mini-golf, laser tag, pinball and bowling, as well as plenty of eateries and, of course, the beach. The nearby Municipal Wharf has more restaurants, shops and fishing.
Coney Island Boardwalk
New York City's legendary Coney Island has seen better days, but as long as Nathan's Famous is still serving up hot dogs and the Wonder Wheel still spins, the boardwalk deserves a visit. The 2.7-mile esplanade has been attracting freaks and fans since 1923, and with the 2010 reopening of its fabled Luna Park amusement park, some of the old glory has been restored. Three of its rides -- the 1927 Cyclone roller coaster, the 1918 Wonder Wheel and the now-defunct 1939 Parachute Jump -- are National Historic Landmarks. With 2 new coasters opening this summer, the place is on a roll.
Ocean City Boardwalk
You didn't think we'd run a best-boardwalk list and leave out New Jersey, did you? Our only problem was deciding which of the state's legendary walks to include. Ocean City's 2.5-mile promenade wins our heart with its family-oriented attractions -- go-karts, movies, a water park, mini-golf and kiddie rides -- plus traditions like Thursday "Family Nights," with free concerts, dancing and roving magicians.
Hollywood Beach Broadwalk
Boardwalk? What boardwalk? In Hollywood, a vintage Florida beach town 10 miles south of Fort Lauderdale, they call their 2.5-mile coastal path the Broadwalk to emphasize the wide proportions that allow joggers, strollers, skaters and bikers to share the space with ease. The brick-paved promenade winds past dozens of restaurants, shops, hotels and parks. A weekend market features locally grown produce, and trolleys connect the beach to the historic downtown.
Wailea Oceanfront Boardwalk
The Wailea boardwalk has no shops, arcades or rides -- just a panorama of the Pacific that goes on forever, with stunning sunsets and views of Molokini, Kahoolawe and Lanai islands in the distance. The 2-mile path follows the Pacific coastline past some of the finest resorts on the island, connecting 5 coves where you can stop to swim or snorkel. Save time for the Hawaiian Coastal Gardens along the way, with hiking trails and more than 60 native plant species.
Virginia Beach Boardwalk
A boardwalk with pedestrian crosswalks and its own bike path? That's what you get when you build a 3-mile-long coastal walkway in Virginia's most-populous city. The concrete path is lined with high-rise hotels, upscale shops, whimsical sculptures, even museums. There's also a fishing pier, and 4 outdoor stages for summer concerts.


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In Katrina's Wake: Restoring a Sense of Place, Photographs by Stephen Wilkes
Presented in conjunction with PhotoNOLA 2011.
Carolyn Parker on Porch, Holy Cross, 2006, photoprint face mounted to plexiglass by Stephen Wilkes, Gift of Stephen and Bette Wilkes (2011.0195.15)
Presented in conjunction with PhotoNOLA 2011, this exhibition told the stories of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans's Ninth Ward—two historic communities united by disaster and the struggle to preserve their heritage and rebuild the social fabric that is integral to their neighborhoods. In the spring and summer of 2006, photographer Stephen Wilkes documented the damage wrought by Katrina in these two areas. He also photographed and recorded the stories of the people committed to rescuing the past for the future of their historic communities.
In Katrina's Wake: Restoring a Sense of Place,
Photographs by Stephen Wilkes
December 8, 2011–March 3, 2012
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
Tuesday–Saturday, 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
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Are you thinking of taking a trip to Alcudia? Well you have come to right place then. Here at Review Centre you can read and write reviews on hotels and apartments in Alcudia. Undoubtedly one of the most popular family orientated resorts on the island, there really is something for everyone in sunny Alcudia. This Majorcan hotspot plays home to a maze of bars and restaurants, and boasts a terrific beach as well as easy access to neighbouring resorts like C'an Picafort and Puerto Pollensa Palma.
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Q: My 1 1/2 year old Schnoodle has anal gland problems. Is there anything I can do to prevent her from leaking this foul smell?
A: Anal glands are scent glands located around the dog's anus which produces a strong smelling, oily secretion. (The anal glands are located at 4 o'clock and 8 o'clock around the anus.) They are supposed to empty when the dog passes stool and the anus is stretched. The most common form of anal sac disease is impaction; other diagnoses are infection, abscess, or neoplasia. Clinical signs are related to pain and discomfort— scooting, licking and biting at the anal area and painful defecation.
Overweight dogs and small breed dogs are at greater risk.
Anecdotally, a diet that is enhanced in fiber and produces a larger quantity of stool may help the problem of unexpected leaking. For a diet with increased dietary fiber, try Wellness Small Breed Healthy Weight dry kibble.
In addition, your veterinarian may teach you to express canine anal glands manually when full. Ask at your next wellness check up.
Q: My cat that is eight years old is peeing in her litter box every 15 minutes when she is awake. But only a drop. She seems to feel like she has to pee. And her poop is very small compared to my other cats. What can I do to help her?
A: Your cat is exhibiting signs of lower urinary tract disease. Different types of urinary diseases occur in cats: FIC (feline idiopathic cystitis), urolithiasis, and urethral plugs are the top three. You should schedule an appointment for a health check. After a diagnosis, your vet can help you with nutritional goals and possible environmental enrichment and behavioral management.


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The ever vigilant eaters at The Daily Meal have compiled a list of ordinary foods that can make you very sick -- or even kill you -- if not prepared properly.
We all know about the blowfish, of course, and how sushi chefs have to train for three years before they are allowed to serve blowfish to diners.
The article also warns against eating too much tuna because of the high mercury levels in this large ocean fish. The FDA says pregnant women and children shouldn't eat tuna at all.
But can too many almonds and honey kill you? Yes, if you aren't careful. Bitter almonds, not the sweet variety usually found in stores, contain hydrogen cyanide -- as do cherry pits, apricot pits and peach stones. A cherry stone here and there isn't fatal, but avoid swallowing them if you can. Unpasteurized honey contains grayanotoxin, which can cause dizziness, weakness, excessive sweating and nausea. Symptoms can last up to 24 hours.
There are more than a few surprises, including the leaves and stems of tomatoes, raw cashews (the cashews we buy in stores as "raw" are actually steamed) and the leaves, twigs and seeds of elderberries.
The article has a companion slide show of exotic dishes from around the world that you really don't want to eat, dudes. It includes a cheese from Northern Italy, Casu Marzu, that is served with live maggots. Eaters are "advised" to brush off the maggots before consumption.
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Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator) Primary Purpose: Treatment |
Official Title: | Pilot Study of Bumetanide for Newborn Seizures: A Phase I Study of Pharmacokinetics and Safety of Bumetanide for Neonatal Seizures |
- The primary outcome is determination of the pharmacokinetics and safety of bumetanide in newborns with refractory seizures. [ Time Frame: 5-6 years are anticipated for collection of the neonatal data ]The investigators will determine the dose exposure, half-life, volume of distribution and clearance of bumetanide in newborns with refractory seizures. The investigators will determine if there is a significant effect of hepatic dysfunction or hypothermia on bumetanide pharmacokinetics. For evaluation of safety, the rate of adverse events will be compared between treatment and control groups.
- A secondary outcome is determination of the feasibility of the study design to test antiepileptic drugs to treat neonatal seizures caused by acute hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in a clinical trial. [ Time Frame: 5-6 years are anticipated for collection of the neonatal data ]The investigators will determine the feasibility of enrolling and randomizing newborns early in the course of their refractory seizures.
Estimated Enrollment: | 47 |
Study Start Date: | January 2010 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date: | June 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Arms | Assigned Interventions |
Experimental: 1
Standard phenobarbital combined with either 0.1 mg/kg, 0.2 mg/kg, or 0.3 mg/kg of bumetanide as determined by the status of the dose escalation design.
Drug: Bumetanide
Bumetanide either 0.1 mg/kg, 0.2 mg/kg or 0.3 mg/kg IV administered together with standard phenobarbital therapy
Other Name: Bumex
Placebo Comparator: 2
Standard phenobarbital therapy combined with normal saline as placebo for bumetanide
Drug: Normal Saline as Placebo
Normal Saline as placebo for bumetanide either 0.1 mg/kg, 0.2 mg/kg or 0.3 mg/kg IV administered together with standard phenobarbital therapy
Other Name: 0.9% NaCl
Detailed Description:
Seizures occur more often during the newborn period (2-3.5 per 1000 live births) than at any later age. Neonatal seizures can lead to frequent and serious long-term consequences in survivors, such as later epilepsy and significant cognitive and motor disabilities. Unfortunately there are no completely effective drugs to treat neonatal seizures. Anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) currently used to treat neonatal seizures are generally ineffective and have significant potential for side effects. Furthermore, many of these AEDs have never been tested in a randomized study. Numerous experts have thus emphasized in the last few years the urgent need for randomized trials of potential new treatments for neonatal seizures. The investigators are conducting a pilot study of the drug bumetanide as one such potential and novel treatment. Bumetanide is a commercially available drug that has been used safely in newborns as a diuretic for many years with minimal side effects. Recent basic science research in animals has shown bumetanide to be very effective in reducing seizures in neonatal animals by blocking a specific chloride importer which is highly expressed in neonates but not in children and adults (1). Moreover, these experimental studies have shown bumetanide to be particularly effective against seizures when used in combination with phenobarbital (PB), which is the standard first drug given to treat neonatal seizures (2).
The investigators will conduct a randomized, double-blind, controlled, dose escalation study of BTN as add-on therapy to treat refractory seizures caused by HIE, focal or multi-focal stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, CNS infection, genetic syndrome, focal or diffuse brain malformation, idiopathic or presumed genetic etiology of seizures, or metabolic disorder other than electrolyte disturbances or those caused by renal failure not controlled by an initial loading dose of PB. The trial will test the feasibility of early enrollment of newborns with HIE, rapid application of a full montage EEG, and continuous review of EEG data to detect refractory seizures as soon as they occur following an initial loading dose of PB. When an EEG-proven seizure occurs at least 30 minutes following a loading dose of PB, the newborn will be randomized to receive either BTN or placebo in conjunction with a loading dose of PB. Clinical, laboratory and continuous EEG monitoring data obtained after BTN administration will be analyzed to determine the pharmacokinetics and safety of BTN by comparing data from treatment and standard therapy groups. This study addresses important challenges in trial design and sets the stage for trials to improve treatment of neonatal seizures. Data from this pilot study will be used to guide design of a planned Phase III multicenter trial to test the efficacy of BTN to control refractory neonatal seizures.
Ages Eligible for Study: | Child, Adult, Senior |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- newborns with a post-conceptional age of 33-44 weeks
condition with risk for seizure:
- asphyxia
- intracranial hemorrhage
- suspected or confirmed stroke
- CNS infection
- genetic syndrome
- focal or diffuse brain malformation
- idiopathic or presumed genetic etiology of seizures
- metabolic disorder other than electrolyte disturbances or those caused by renal failure
- suspected clinical seizure
Exclusion Criteria:
- have transient metabolic abnormalities (e.g., transient hypocalcemia) as the sole cause of seizures
- are receiving ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) therapy because of alteration of bumetanide pharmacokinetics by ECMO
- have contraindications to bumetanide (as determined by treating physician)
- have received diuretics such as furosemide or BTN
- newborns with a total serum bilirubin > 15 mg/dL at enrollment
- newborns given ≥ 40mg/kg of phenobarbital
- loading doses of AEDs other than phenobarbital (those who receive levetiracetam are still eligible since levetiracetam does not affect bumetanide pharmacokinetics)
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00830531
Contact: Janet Soul, MD,CM | 617-355-8994 | firstname.lastname@example.com | |
Contact: Kevin Staley, MD | 617-724-6699 | firstname.lastname@example.com |
United States, Massachusetts | |
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111 | |
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Principal Investigator: Jonathan Davis, MD | |
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Boston Children's Hospital | Recruiting |
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Principal Investigator: Janet Soul, MD, CM | |
Brigham and Women's Hospital | Recruiting |
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Principal Investigator: Helen Christou, MD |
Principal Investigator: | Janet Soul, MD,CM | Boston Children's Hospital |
Responsible Party: | Soul, Janet , M.D. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00830531 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CURE 07120492 1R01NS066929-01A1 ( US NIH Grant/Contract Award Number ) |
Study First Received: | January 27, 2009 |
Last Updated: | October 14, 2016 |
Keywords provided by Soul, Janet , M.D.:
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy Neonatal stroke Intracranial hemorrhage Perinatal asphyxia Neonatal Seizures |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Seizures Epilepsy Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases Neurologic Manifestations Signs and Symptoms Phenobarbital Bumetanide Anticonvulsants Hypnotics and Sedatives Central Nervous System Depressants Physiological Effects of Drugs |
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists Excitatory Amino Acid Agents Neurotransmitter Agents Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action GABA Modulators GABA Agents Cytochrome P-450 CYP2B6 Inducers Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers Diuretics Natriuretic Agents Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors Membrane Transport Modulators |
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LODI, Calif. (CBS13) — New findings from UC Davis researchers suggest farm pesticides may increase the chances of having a child with autism.
The information in the study isn't surprising to many families who grew up in the Central Valley and have a child diagnosed with autism.
Andrew Rigopoulis loves cars. So does his son, 7-year-old AJ, who was diagnosed with autism two years ago,
Always interested in finding clues, Andrew and his wife took close notice of the autism study that found pregnant women who lived near farms where pesticides were used had a two-thirds higher risk of having children with autism.
The UC Davis research tracked women's addresses and determined how close they were to insecticide treated fields.
"We were able to link those addresses to a database on all of, or most of the commercial applications of pesticides in California," said Professor Irva Hertz-Picciotto at the MIND Institute.
The study found mothers who lived less than one mile from fields treated with commercial pesticides during pregnancy gave birth to children who were about 60 percent more likely to have autism compared to children whose mothers did not live close to treated fields.
Andrew says he and other families with kids who have autism think this study makes sense. .
"I'm happy there is people out there that is still researching it to hopefully one day find a cure," he said.
UC Davis scientists say a combination of genetic and environmental factors are at work in any child who develops autism. It's not one thing. Andrew knows this all too well.
"I do know that if I were to have another child, that the risk is there," he said.
Scientists who worked on this study say they have made progress in learning more about autism and potential links. And they urge all pregnant women to avoid contact with agricultural chemicals whenever possible.


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The four-door concept unveiled at the Beijing auto show previews a Jetta-based model that will slot into the Volkswagen lineup beneath the existing Passat CC, most likely in 2016.
Volkswagen design boss Klaus Bischoff describes the NMC -- which stands for "New Midsize Coupe" -- as "avant-garde protagonist for a new compact sedan class."
The NMC continues the current Volkswagen design lineage, with crisp features and lines, horizontal detailing and taut surfacing meant to produce a technical-inspired appearance. Underpinning the sedan will be Volkswagen's versatile MQB platform structure.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Day of the Duelist: World Championship Tournament 2005 Cheats :
Password - Card password
by PokeAngel Aug 21, 2010
press R at the password machine and enter password to get card |
Unlockable - Tournaments and Trophys
by PokeAngel Aug 21, 2010
This is just a chart of unlocking the tournaments.
Unlockable - Yami and DARK Characters.
by PokeAngel Aug 21, 2010
To unlock these characters, you must win the Weekend Tournament, KC Cup, Limitation Tournament, Premiliaries-Challenge, and the National Tournament.Then, go outside your home after a big scenario and go to the Area/Locations choosings.You will notice that the screen goes a little higher than usual.Go to the top of the screen to the new area.It is called "???".You can now duel these rashinal characters.
Glitch - Exodia Draw Glitch
by jhun300 Aug 21, 2010
When playing with an Exodia Deck, If your hand contains, for instance, three of the necessary pieces and Graceful Charity, and you activate Graceful Charity, If you get the final two pieces before you have to discard according to Graceful Charity's effect, and you discard Exodia pieces, the animation for an Exodia victory will play, but the match will be considered a Draw. Weird, huh? |
Glitch - Smashing Ground glitch
by jhun300 Aug 21, 2010
When you play this card, normally you destroy your opponent's monster with the highest DEF, but if their monster has 0 DEF, it will actually destroy an empty field zone (Which basically means you wasted it...). |
Glitch - Swords of Reavealing Light Glitch
by pokemon223 Aug 21, 2010
When you activate Swords of Revealing light in real life, normally you would flip all face down monsters face up and if they had an effect their effect would still activate. In the video game, when you activate this card, the monsters that are flipped face up and have flip effects are not activated when they should. |
Glitch - Wild Nature's Release Glitch
by pokemon223 Aug 21, 2010
Normally this card increases one selected Beast or Beast-Warrior's ATK by its current DEF, but the game actually gives all your Beast and Beast-Warriors their original DEF added to their ATK. |
Secret - Dueling Grandpa Yugi outside the card shop
by pokemon223 Aug 21, 2010
Every Tuesday, the card shop closes. But every other tuesday, you can find Grandpa Yugi wandering around a random area. You can duel him and his exodia deck at that time. |
Secret - Insect Duel
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Talk to Weevil Underwood with a deck where the only monsters are insects |
Secret - Luck Duel
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Occasionaly the scrolling bar will say "Where is Joey?". When it says this go find Joey and talk to him (Not challenge), and if you own a Time Wizard you will face him in a pure luck duel with weak monsters, dice cards, and Time Wizard |
Secret - Mai Battle
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Look for the Scrolling bar to ask if Harpie types are Mai's alone. Construct a deck that contains no monsters with Harpie in their name and no spell cards and she'll duel with you. |
Secret - Special Match
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Make an Exodia deck your current deck. Go to the card shop. Talk to Grampa and he will ask you to duel against him using an Exodia deck. Both of the lifepoint scores will start at 10. The only way to win is to get all five pieces of Exodia into your hand. Bringing either players' lifepoints to zero will end the duel in a tie. |
Code - Changing the title screen
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If you haven't beaten the game, the color of the title screen is normally blue. But after you beat the game, the color switches to purple. You can change it back to blue by pressing Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A at the title screen. Input the same code to change it back to purple. |
Code - View the ending credits at any time.
by anirudh Aug 21, 2010
To do this, you need to beat the game first. Then at any time, press Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A and you'll get to see the credits again. |
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Since I've been talking a lot about this deck in my Gogogo Ghost thread, it only seems natural to ask for help on this build of Gogogo Zombies. Basic strategy is to get Golem in grave to abuse rank 4's with Ghost, Zombie Master, etc. etc. zombie stuff. Milling is good because a lot of cards want to hit the grave. Dust Knight is good in the fact that it can mill Mezuki and Golem, which are 2 pretty essential cards.
Also, please do not suggest Rock Bombardment for getting Golem in grave because it's just...not good. Bleh, I don't like saying that, but putting it bluntly, using Rock Bombardment in this just isn't practical (only saying this because a lot of people have told me to use it).
Any suggestions or comments on the deck are appreciated.
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With Roberto Mancini's men heading to the relegation-threatened side on the final day, the Manchester United man feels that the London club can stop their rivals claiming the win
Manchester United winger Ashley Young is still optimistic about his side's chances of winning the Premier League.
Sir Alex Ferguson's men go into the last game of the season in second place, level on points with rivals Manchester City, but with an inferior goal difference.
City host relegation-threatened QPR, who need just a point to guarantee their survival, and, with this in mind, Young hopes that Mark Hughes' charges will do United a favour on Sunday.
"Mark Hughes won't want to lose as they have to get a point for their own safety," the England international told The Sun.
"So he'll set his side out to go there and do the best they can and hopefully they'll [get a result] for us. Fingers crossed QPR will do us a favour and we'll win the title.
The 26-year-old also joked that perhaps Rio Ferdinand's brother Anton, who plays for the Rs, could help out his older sibling.
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Above: Richard Simmons, the much better Simmons, is the one you should listen to. Thanks to commenter Jim Smith for the reminder.
In a recent interview with songfacts.com, famous tongue-waggling dumbass Gene Simmons was asked if he gets along with his former bandmates in KISS. He responds by telling depressed people they should kill themselves, especially depressed people who live in Seattle:
No, I don't get along with anybody who's a drug addict and has a dark cloud over their head and sees themselves as a victim. Drug addicts and alcoholics are always: "The world is a harsh place." My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don't want to hear fuck all about "the world as a harsh place." She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life. And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, "I'm depressed, I live in Seattle." Fuck you, then kill yourself.I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I'm the guy who says 'Jump!' when there's a guy on top of a building who says, "That's it, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to jump." Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the fuck up, have some dignity and jump! You've got the crowd. By the way, you walk up to the same guy on a ledge who threatens to jump and put a gun to his head, "I'm going to blow your fuckin' head off!" He'll go, "Please don't!" It's true. He's not that insane.
Gee, thanks for the great mental health advice Gene Simmons. Now you should kindly shut up and go away forever.
In all seriousness, if you are ever truly considering suicide and need someone to talk to, please know that you are not alone, don't be afraid to ask for help, or call the suicide prevention lifeline: 1-800-273-8255.
UPDATE: Gene Simmons posted this apology for his statements today on his Facebook page.


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