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Currently Reading (and reading and reading)
Though I haven't been writing here much, I have been reading an awful lot, some of it for classes I'm taking, some for reviews and essays I've promised to various and sundry places. I thought I'd list a few here, for anybody who's curious:
Anima by M. John Harrison -- this is a one-volume British edition of two books I have read previously, The Course of the Heart and Signs of Life. I think they're both extraordinary, difficult, rewarding books, and putting them together makes quite a lot of sense. I've been working on a review of them for SF Site for a week now and have managed to write all of two paragraphs. Reviews usually take a few days to write, not weeks, but I've always found writing about Harrison's books tremendously difficult.
Natives and Exotics by Jane Alison -- I'm going to review this, but I don't know where yet. (Maybe here. We'll see.) I enjoyed the book quite a bit, though more intellectually than emotionally -- it's an elegant, sometimes disturbing, comparison of human and botanical movement through history, with storylines that cross through a few hundred years and over most of the Earth. It reminded me a lot of some of Jim Crace's books in the spare specificity of the language and the schematic structure of the narrative(s). I don't think "schematic" is a negative term, though -- at least not when the schema is handled as well as is is here -- but it certainly makes for a different sort of novel than one that is primarily about character motivations. It reminded me of Clare Dudman's One Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead, and I think it might have the same potential to appeal to science fiction readers as Dudman's, because it's even more focused than One Day the Ice on the flow of ideas through history, the synergies and serendipities of science, the convergences of landscape and culture.
Mariners, Renegades & Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In by C.L.R. James -- just read this for a class, as well as James's classic The Black Jacobins (which I'd read parts of before, but not all). James is a fascinating writer, and I enjoyed Mariners even as I thought it was at times frustrating and even infuriating. It's certainly a unique book, one which moves from an interpretation of Moby Dick that looks at Ahab as a totalitarian figure and wonders why the crew didn't revolt, to ending with James explaining that he's writing the book from detention on Ellis Island, about to be deported, and how that experience has affected his reading of Melville and solidified his interpretation -- while also being, he thinks, evidence for why he should be allowed to become a U.S. citizen.
Explosion in a Cathedral by Alejo Carpentier -- a phenomenal novel so far (I'm about halfway through), with rich, imagistic prose along with an exciting plot involving both the French and Haitian revolutions. This is a satisfying novel. (Reserving the right to completely disagree with myself if I hate the second half.)
Adaptations: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films edited by Stephanie Harrison -- I've been dipping into this marvelous anthology, one that's been sitting around waiting to be read for quite some time. I think I was intimidated by its size -- it's a thick book -- but I have now read all of the introductions to the various sections, and will soon begin reading the stories themselves. I've seen other collections of stories-that-became-films, but this is by far the largest, and it's particularly interesting, because there are various thematic sections devoted to genres and styles and trends, with introductions to each that lay out some of the history of how each story found its way -- sometimes in a nearly unrecognizable adaptation -- to the screen. For anyone who loves film and short stories, this book is a treasure.
There are also some books I'm not at liberty to tell you about, because they're nominees for the next LitBlog Co-Op selection, including one I nominated. I haven't begun reading them yet, but they look to be astonishing, which could be problematic for me in the end, because of course I want the book I nominated to be loved by everybody, but there's a chance I might love one of the other books more. Not a bad problem to have, though.
Among books I look forward to reading soon (though "soon" is a relative term):
- Bodies in Motion by Mary Anne Mohanraj
- Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor
- The Gist Hunter and Other Stories by Matthew Hughes
- Miss Gazillions by Richard Weber
- Moving Parts by Magdalena Tulli
- The Book of Renfield by Tim Lucas
- Ingledove by Marly Youmans
- Looking for Jake by China Mieville


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At the age of 84, actress June Squibb was nominated for an Oscar for her salty-tongued performance in the 2013 film Nebraska. A longtime stage actress whose career took her from the American midwest to New York and beyond, Squibb didn't make her film debut until she was 55 years old -- she had a bit part in Woody Allen's Alice (1990). By that time, she was a bona fide little old lady with a certain screen presence, and she continued to get small roles in film and television, appearing in Scent of a Woman (1992, starring Al Pacino), In & Out (1997), About Schmidt (2002, briefly, as Jack Nicholson's departed wife) and Far From Heaven (2002, starring Julianne Moore). The critical acclaim for her turn as Bruce Dern's wife in Alexander Payne's 2013 film Nebraska brought Squibb into the spotlight and her first Oscar nomination.
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OLD HICKORY, Tenn. -- Sophomore Amber Shepherd was rewarded with her first career all-tournament honor Tuesday for her fifth place finish at the Belmont Women's Invitational at the Old Hickory Country Club. The short-handed Tennessee Tech women's golf team placed sixth overall.
Shepherd, who carded a career-best round of 72 on Monday carded an 80 on Tuesday and it was enough to keep the Caryville, Tenn., native in the top five for the tournament which included 45 individual players.
One player who was not on the course Tuesday was Tech junior Katherine Bell, who withdrew due to illness, leaving first-year coach Polk Brown with just four players in action. All three of Tech's remaining players saw their scores improve on the second day and the Golden Eagles trimmed 15 shots from Monday's total. It pulled the Golden Eagles close to the teams above them in the standings, missing fifth place by a single shot.
Host Belmont, which led after day one, shot a 312 team score Tuesday to capture the team trophy in the seven-team event with a 616. Evansville finished in second place at 633, followed by UAB (634), Austin Peay (642), Lipscomb (645), Tech (646) and Trevecca Nazarene (686).
UAB's Caitlin Watts won individual medalist honors as she shot a 75 Tuesday to finish the tournament with a 36-hole score of 149. Belmont's Jennifer Newman, who had the first-day lead, placed second along with Cathy Doyle of Evansville at 150. Savanna Schubert of Lipscomb was fourth at 151, while Shepherd and Tala Mumford of Austin Peay tied for fifth at 152. Mumford was aided by a hole-in-one on the second hole.
Sophomore Brandy VanEtten had Tech's best round Tuesday with a 75, finishing tied for 20th place at 163. Sophomore Katy Beth Glover was also tied for 20th place, finished strong Monday with a 79 for her 163 total. Junior Amanda Randolph tied for 29th place, wrapping up with an 82 Tuesday for a 168 total.
Tech's next tournament will be the Samford Intercollegiate, Monday and Tuesday, to be played at Limestone Springs Golf Course in Birmingham. It's the final outing of the year for the Golden Eagles before the Ohio Valley Conference championships, April 22-24.
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At last, I'm starting to understand my problems with romance.
Looking over the Valentine's Day promotions offered by various Sunshine State resorts, I couldn't help wishing for a baseball-themed getaway. Pitchers and catchers report Feb. 19 for the start of Grapefruit League spring training in Florida, less than a week after the Feb. 14 holiday. Isn't that romantic?
No? Fortunately, there are more conventional couple-oriented escapes in the works. Here are a few options:
•South Florida's Acqualina Resort & Spa on the Beach (17875 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach) offers Valentine's spa packages throughout February. Prices do not include tips.
The "Couples' Private Lesson" is an hourlong session with an Acqualina therapist followed by another hour of private time to enjoy what you've learned in a private suite, with glasses of champagne, a healthy spa Bento lunch for two and chocolate truffles ($500 per couple).
The "Singular Sensational Spa Day" is a 75-minute session that includes a holistic facial, body massage and a glass of champagne ($170 per person). There's also the "Romantic Escape," a couples retreat to a private spa suite followed by a soothing two-hour escape ($1,050 per couple). For details, visit acqualina.com or call 1-877-417-1162.
•At the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach (301 S. Gulfview Blvd., Clearwater), guests who book between by Feb. 16 for stays through that date will receive a free suite upgrade. All suites feature one or two bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens and a private balcony with sunset views.
In February, the resort's Sandava Spa features romantic specials. For $250 per couple (plus tip), guests can enjoy massages with warm chocolate oil. The treatment begins with a shea sugar exfoliation and finishes with an application of white velvet whoopie cream, which sounds pretty wild. On Valentine's Day, the resort's SHOR restaurant offers a special dinner menu. Visit clearwaterbeach.hyatt.com or call 1-800-233-1234 for details.
•In Fort Lauderdale, "Rekindle Romance" runs Feb. 10-15 at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa (321 North Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd.). Starting at $319 per night, it includes breakfast in bed, Wine & Dine at Shula's on the Beach and more. Visit westin.com/fortlauderdalebeach or call 1-888-627-7108.
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Why to have the speaker protection circuit? How do the speaker protection circuit can prevent the speakers?
This may be questions understand of somebody, and if you have not yet received a satisfactory answer, here is the answer.
For the power amplifier circuit in the new version, usually popular to build by the direct coupling circuit, from the the amplifier circuit to the speakers directly, or as also known as the OCL amplifier circuit.
Which this pattern are both positive and negative power supply circuit, or what I call is the three wire power.
Features of this circuit has the advantage is that the frequency response is better than any other circuit. But it has the disadvantage that when the circuit is damaged.
In any case, it may be has a DC voltage positive or negative that the higher like the power supply, output to Immediately the speakers.
With this voltage, will make coil of the speaker is burned and lack of eventually, so if we do not want to the speaker is usually the most expensive audio system, need to damaged.
We need to do is cut this voltage not go out the speaker. We call this circuit. Speaker protection circuit. As shown below.
Working of circuit
As shown in this circuit, we take a some signal from the speaker enter through the resistors R1, R2 into the protection speakers section, By reducing the signal strength lower down, then after the capacitor C1 serves to bypass this signal to ground.
However, if the dc voltage to either positive or negative, whatever this voltage is passed through the bridge diode circuit immediately, by they will be setting voltage input is positive or negative to the positive voltage to the base pin of Q1 doing the Q1 work.
When the Q1 working, will make the collector voltage low down, the bias voltage at base pin of Q2 will also lower down, making The Q2,Q3 stop run therefore not have current pass through the relay RY1, so it will be cut off the signal of power amplifier without to output speaker at once. The speakers will safe from the dc power.
To be used.
1. to connect the ground wire from the amplifier to ground of the protection speaker.
2. to connect the signal output from the the amplifier to the speakers,we connected it to the IN of the protection speaker to both the left and right.
3. to connect the OUT signal from the speaker to the positive terminal of the protection speaker.
To build and test circuit.
1.To produce the correct devices in the PCB. as Figure 2
2.Check the soldering is done at every point.
3.Test the functionality of circuit. By connected power supply circuit. And see the LED to stick and hear a click with the relay working.
4.Experiments, connected DC voltage at the IN of the anti-speakers, the LED will extinguish along with the relay will stop immediately.
If you do not follow this. Show that a failure occurs. Make sure to found before it is available.
Figure 2 The PCB layout and components layout of this projects
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Michael Levine
Professor of Cell and Developmental BiologyLab Homepage: http://flydev.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/labpage/Levine_
Research Interests
My lab studies gene networks that control animal development and disease. Research focuses largely on how noncoding regions of the genome function to control the differential patterns of gene expression, both spatial and temporal, that define cell behavior. The developmental stage of multicellular organisms in particular requires very explicit control of gene expression in order to layout different cell tissue types. Using model developmental systems, including the early Drosophila embyro, the sea squirt, Ciona intestinalis, and the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, we are working to develop a deeper understanding of genetic regulatory codes.
Current Projects
Whole genome CHiP-chip analysis of the RNA polymerase II DNA binding in the early Drosophila embryo revealed that many of the spatially patterned regulatory genes load polymerase to the promoter and initiate transcription independent of enhancer activity. Enhancer loading by the appropriate activating factors is required for transcription to proceed past promoter-proximal region, but not polymerase binding. We are investigating the molecular mechanisms involved in this form of regulation and its biological consequences for gene regulation.
Similar CHiP-chip experiments for the primary Dorsal-ventral patterning transcription factors, Dorsal, Twist and Snail revealed novel DV enhancer elements. From these experiments, we have been able to show that some genes have multiple enhancers--secondary "shadow enhancers" located in more distal regions which drive the same pattern as the originally discovered primary enhancers. We are investigating the evolutionary context of these multiple enhancers by probing how they change across different Drosophilid and other insect species. We are also investigating the possible functional roles of these duplicate elements in the control of developmental patterning.
One of the most amazing properties of developmental patterning systems is their reliability and robustness to perturbation. Despite the stochastic nature of the underlying reactions that control development, the whole process exhibits precise spatial regulation on the level of single cells separated by mere microns and surprising temporal coordination. We have developed quantitative population based assays to measure natural variability in the temporal and spatial expression patterns of individual genes, between cells in the same embryo and between different embryos of the same age. With this methods we have recently shown that genes which regulate the initiation step of transcription are activated in a much more stochastic fashion than the elongation regulated genes. We are adapting these methods to gain new insights into the reliability and robustness of Drosophila embryonic patterning.As simple chordates, sea squirts are the invertebrates most closely related to vertebrates. The genome of the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis has been sequenced and assembled and represents a simplified version of vertebrate genomes. The Ciona tadpole is initially composed of just ~1,000 cells and there is complete lineage information. It is possible to introduce transgenic DNAs into thousands of developing embryos at once using simple electroporation methods. A provisional circuit diagram is now available for the specification of the major larval tissues during embryogenesis. This diagram provides a foundation for understanding the differentiation of key organs such as the notochord, central nervous system, and heart. We are now using a combination of confocal imaging, cell sorting, and microarray assays to identify the genes and gene interactions responsible for specification, morphogenesis, and differentiation in these tissues. For instance, using these techniques we found that the transcription factor FoxF directly activates a key rate-limiting effector of protrusive activity in migrating heart precursors.
We are also interested in investigating how vertebrates could have evolved from a protochordate ancestor like the sea squirt. We have recently shown that vertebrates and sea squirts are unique in that they both possess facial muscles that share a common lineage with the heart. In sea squirts, this cardiopharyngeal mesoderm gives rise to the beating heart as well as siphon muscles. In vertebrates, some of the precursors that split away from the heart to form lower jaw muscles actually contribute to the heart at a later stage- they form the so-called Second Heart Field (SHF). On the basis of these similarities and differences, we propose a pre-vertebrate origin for the jaw muscles and SHF of vertebrates. We believe the SHF arose from cooption of jaw muscle precursors back towards the heart. This increased contribution would have allowed for the elaboration of the vertebrate heart relative to its sea squirt counterpart. There are many other examples of vertebrate structures and cell types that likely owe their origin to a pre-existing structure in the protochordate ancestor, and we are in the process of uncovering these hidden connections and their underlying molecular mechanisms.
Selected Publications
Levine M. (2010) Transcriptional enhancers in animal development and evolution. Curr Biol. 20(17):R754-63.
Perry MW, Boettiger AN, Bothma JP, Levine M. (2010) Shadow enhancers foster robustness of Drosophila gastrulation. Curr Biol. 20(17):1562-7.
Stolfi A, Gainous TB, Young JJ, Mori A, Levine M, Christiaen L. (2010) Early chordate origins of the vertebrate second heart field. Science. 329(5991):565-8.
Christiaen L, Wagner E, Shi W, and Levine M. (2009) The sea squirt Ciona intestinalis. CSH Protoc. 2009.
Christiaen L, Stolfi A, and Levine M. (2009) BMP signaling coordinates gene expression and cell migration during precardiac mesoderm development. Dev Biol. 340(2):179-87.
Cande JD, Chopra VS, Levine M. (2009). Evolving enhancer-promoter interactions within the tinman complex of the flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Development. 136(18):3153
Cande J, Goltsev Y, Levine MS. (2009) Conservation of enhancer location in divergent insects. PNAS. 106(34):14414-9.
Papatsenko D, Goltsev Y, Levine M. (2009) Organization of developmental enhancers in the Drosophila embryo. Nucleic Acids Res. 37(17):5665-77.
Chopra VS, Levine M. (2009) Combinatorial patterning mechanisms in the Drosophila embryo. Brief. Funct. Genomic Proteomic. 8(4):243-249.
Boettiger AN, Levine M. (2009) Synchronous and stochastic patterns of gene activation in the Drosophila embryo. Science. 325:471-3.
Christiaen L, Stolfi A, Davidson B, Levine M. (2009) Spatio-temporal intersection of Lhx3 and Tbx6 defines the cardiac field through synergistic activation of Mesp. Dev Biol. 328(2):552-60.
Chopra VS, Cande J, Hong JW, Levine M. (2009) Stalled Hox promoters as chromosomal boundaries. Genes and Dev. 23(13):1505-9.
Chopra VS, Hong JW, Levine M. (2009) Regulation of Hox Gene Activity by Transcriptional Elongation in Drosophila. Curr. Biol. 19(8):688-93
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A new study by a Chicago-area researcher casts doubt on the idea that football players are suffering the degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, but the findings still show an elevated risk of cognitive problems later in life.
Christopher Randolph, a neurology professor at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, and his colleagues found that ex-NFL players who showed signs of cognitive problems appeared no different than a group of older people with the same issues. There was no sign of CTE, a condition that has been diagnosed in some troubled former football stars who committed suicide.
"There's basically no evidence that there's any unique disease that affects retired NFL players," he said.
Randolph is a well-known critic of the concept of CTE, saying the condition's biological hallmark — tangles of a protein called tau — is also present in the brains of older people who have no cognitive problems. The supposed symptoms of CTE — including aggression, impulsiveness and memory loss — are so broad as to be meaningless, he has said.
Other experts take strong exception to Randolph's conclusion, saying the vast majority of researchers believe that CTE is a distinct condition and that it has not been found in anyone who did not have a history of repetitive brain trauma.
The latest study surveyed hundreds of ex-NFL players over the age of 50, giving them a screening test meant to discern if they have cognitive impairment. About 35 percent — a surprisingly large portion, Randolph said — showed signs of trouble.
The scientists followed up with more rigorous neuropsychological testing of 41 NFL retirees who appeared to have cognitive impairment, comparing them with older people who also had impairments but who had never played a professional contact sport.
The test results of the two groups were very similar, leading Randolph to conclude that the brain problems plaguing some ex-NFL players is the same kind of cognitive trouble suffered by many older people.
He acknowledged, though, that the high percentage of former players who showed signs of impairment was a potential danger sign. It could be evidence of "diminished cerebral reserve," in which years of blows to the head leave ex-players more susceptible to diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Randolph said.
More study on the subject is needed, he said.
"If there is any increased risk, I don't believe it's all that higher (than the population at large), but I still want to take a look at it," he said.
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A few weeks ago, we asked for the OSNews community to help with some questions we were going to ask Aaron Griffin from the Arch Linux team, and the response was glorious and somewhat phenomenal. We added those questions to our own and sent them on over, and then we were surprised by receiving not only Aaron Griffin's responses but answers from various individuals from the team.
With distributions like Ubuntu attracting more and more users, have you ever considered a pre-built ISO for those that need a desktop in 30mins?Thomas Bächler: When you compare the short time you spend installing Arch with the years you are going to use it, it seems like a waste of time to put effort into a plug-and-pray installer. Furthermore, if you are going to use Arch, you better know what's installed on your system. All that said, I can easily set up a working Arch desktop machine in 30 minutes. Dieter Plaetinck: I can relate to the wishes of getting a working system faster and easier-- that's why we support automated installations. There is, however, no need for "pre-built" (whatever that means) ISOs. I think we should just ship a few more example profiles for the automatic installer to cover some common scenarios. Allan McRae: No, although several community-based projects have started to do so. Among the most popular are Chakra and Godane's Archiso-live. Aaron Griffin: If you mean a "Live CD", then yes and no. We have tools to create our installation ISO which can be used to create a desktop-based Live CD, but we're not focused on that. There are, as Allan mentioned, community projects which do just this. We try to think of ourselves as the "core" of the distro and let other people build on top of what we provide. This is such a case. Giovanni Scafora: Arch Linux users don't need a desktop in 30mins! Ionut Biru: Not really needed. If you read the documentation before installing Arch, you can have a working desktop in less than 30 min. Jürgen Hötzel: This, is in my opinion, is the most important question because it indicates what really matters for Arch users. Novice users can setup a desktop system using Ubuntu without knowing anything about Linux-based operating systems. But advanced users will be scared of a system trying to hide system internals by custom configuration and build tools they have to learn that may also inhibit them from customization of the system. Instead, advanced users will appreciate a simple build system based on GNU Bash: A language they are most likely familiar with contrary to other systems using custom languages like RPM spec or python-based portage. Arch attracts people who want to understand and customize their system and build their own packages "without a hassle" instead of (re)-installing the system in 30 minutes. Tobias Kieslich: If it's not your first time and you have a decent connection, a running desktop is doable in 30 minutes. However, that requires reading and understanding of the documentation. To put it in other words, there are a lot of people out there driving cars. The majority of them are intimidated by looking under the hood. Arch Linux is targetting people who are not. Creating a distro like Ubuntu would take away from the advantages we get from flexibility. Creating an ISO that runs in 30 min out of the box would not prevent people from asking the questions they will ask. It just delays them. As others have pointed out, it is always worth it to check out community projects for things not found in upstream development. Ronald van Haren: Arch Linux is about freedom of choice. I therefore see no point in what a user would need on the desktop. Looking through the forums, there are a lot of different desktop setups, but there is no such thing as an average desktop which fits all. If you have a desktop you really like, some work needs to be done, so you better start building it from the ground up. I see not much sense in rebuilding after breaking a default setup down first. One more thing. It really doesn't take more than 30 minutes to set up a full desktop environment fully up to date if you have a reasonable connection and a bit of experience. Pierre Schmitz: It is no problem to setup an Arch system within half an hour if you know what you are doing. Ubuntu and Arch have a very different target audience. One of our principles is to let the user decide what is best and give him full control over his system. So, by design we won't have an installer that can be passed by just pressing "Enter" long enough. And last but not least our goal is not to build an operating system for as many people as possible. We are just building the system that fits our needs best. James Rayner: 30 minutes is a long time for an install + desktop; I usually get my computers up in 15 if I have a good connection. :) Have you ever considered supporting other CPU architectures outside of i686 / AMD64? Thomas Bächler: We never even considered supporting x86_64. It started as a community project and was integrated into Arch when it matured and gained enough popularity. That might happen again - or not. Obviously, none of the current developers have any other machines they want to run Arch on, so none of us will start a new port. Allan McRae: There are community projects for i586, PPC and ARM. Aaron Griffin: Yes, but it is all based on demand. Right now, the market is largely ruled by x86 and x86_64 architectures, meaning that if we were to put a lot of work into an additional port, we'd end up with very little users. All work, little gain. That said, there ARE community projects for this sort of thing. i.e. http://archlinux-i586.org/ and http://www.archmobile.org/ Giovanni Scafora: I considered other CPU architectures. There are external community projects for other CPU architectures. Maybe in the future... Ionut Biru: Like history shows (x86_64 port was a community project and now we are supporting official), first things happen in community. Maybe in the future, when we have the harwdware, we can support some new architectures like those supported by commmunity: PPC, ARM. Tobias Kieslich: kth5, a former Arch Linux developer, used to create a PowerPC version of the most used packages. For now we have only i686/x86_64. Nothing else is planned to my knowledge. But you never know what the community comes up with - especially with the rising popularity and capability of mobile devices. Being active or not, there are community projects around for some less popular architectures. Ronald van Haren: No, not really. If some architecture becomes really popular someday, I'm sure we'll have a community project in no time, like we see now, for example, with Arch Mobile, optimized for ARM-based model devices. In the end, these projects may or may not become part of the official distribution if we see a need for it at some point. Pierre Schmitz: No, but once there is a need for another port, I am sure the community will provide an Arch port. Hugo Doria: There are some community projects for this and nothing prevents others from appearing. 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1990 Maristar 240 SC Refurb
Last weekend my wife and I picked up a 1990 Maristar 240 SC project. In it's current state is a minimally functional fiberglass and rotted vinyl contraption in desperate need of some TLC. Tomorrow will be the first full day of decent weather I have to actually dive into this monster and see how much more than I had originally thought needs to be done. As of now this is what I do know:
1. 351w Indmar motor idled, but would die with any throttling. I have the holley renew kit to rebuild the carbs and the carbs are off. After pulling the carbs I saw more rust in intake manifold than I would have liked so I removed that as well for a little parts wash.
2. Velvet Drive 1.52:1 is being lubricated by pepto. Tomorrow it comes out and thanks to this forum I have seen a couple of ideas for how to get that beast off the motor. Fortunately a buddy runs a transmission shop full of guys with boats. I can't complain about the price given for the rebuild. I know some of you have been able to replace the cooler and flush the trans several times with success, but seriously, this thing is 23 yrs. old and the price is too good not to just have it totally rebuilt.
3. Interior is trashed both the carpet and the vinyl. I will post some pictures tomorrow. My wife has decided that she is game for an attempt at tackling this project.
4. Like the majority of these boats I have been able to find it has been cursed with the miami vice green color. We are looking into options to rectify this, but so far it looks like we can get a vinyl wrap to cover the stripe for about $300-400 installed. Not a full wrap obviously but enough to bring this old monstercraft into the current decade. Once again not a bad deal.
5. The sliding door is actually in reasonably decent shape... minus the locking hardware that seems to be missing a piece or 5. If you have any ideas of how I might be able to get my hands on replacement hardware, or some other fix please let me know. If not, I am not too worried about this at the moment.
6. Electrical seems to be in decent shape other than the stereo and I am pretty sure the bilge pump or wiring is shot, not a big deal who need one of those anyway.:rolleyes:
7. I have not spent a whole lot of time looking, but I can not seem to figure out how to get the vinyl panels off the inside of the gunwales. I have to assume there are screws accessed from inside the storage compartments, hopefully that will be more obvious tomorrow.
8.My fuel tank needs some help. I have about a 1/2 tank of fuel in it, but have no idea if it has been stabilized or how long it has been in there. Sadly I am afraid that I will be disposing of roughly 22 gallons of liquid gold in order to clean out the tank. I also see that my fuel pickup hose has deteriorated and that someone monkeyed with the Al fittings and cross threaded them. While I have all the interior out I might as well replace the fuel lines as well. I am basically of the mindset at this point that I do not want to have to tear this thing down like this again for a while, so I might as well replace anything that is or looks worn that is not easily accessible. Once weather gets good I would much rather be in it on the water than in it trying to fix this weeks problem.
9. I will be asking for lots of input, suggestions, opinions, help, and encouragement. And beer.
Thanks in advance for your input!
We want photos! :) good luck with your project, I'm working on a 1990 prostar myself that was in horrible condition.
Get a can of DeOxit for the electrical connections. It'll do a great job of removing oxidation, dirt, and grease, and help keep those electrical gremlins away. The PO on my boat left the cover on one year with water under it, causing both mildew problems and electrical corrosion. To get all the gauges working and reading correctly again, I disconnected all the connectors, and hit'em with a shot of DeOxit which solved most of the problems. Afterwards, I had to pull the gauge cluster, loosen each of the wire nuts, hit'em with a bit more, and tightened everything back up. My voltmeter now reads the correct voltage, the temp meter the right temp, and the tach stopped going crazy every now and then. Hitting the bilge pump no longer causes all the gauges to drop by 20%.
It's a $20 can, but it's sure worth the effort.
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Check the underwater gear. Get behind the boat, on the ground, and look at the rudder, prop, propshaft, and strut. Does everything look straight? Does the propshaft go through more-or-less the middle of the shaft log (where it goes through the hull)?
A good thing to do once in the life of the boat is to align the engine to the propshaft (see attached). This is a gross adjustment that controls how straight the propshaft is. The owner's manual alignment is a fine alignment that needs to be done yearly or so. It'll take you a couple of hours to do the full alignment the first time, so it's a nice afternoon job. Once you've done it, you won't need to do it again unless you run into something.
You might want to consider replacing the strut bearings while you're at it, and you'll have to re-pack the propshaft stuffing box also. Packing is about $15 for the GFO or $4 if you go for the flax packing, (but it's only good for 15 years or so :) ), and the strut bearings if you need them are about $70. A quick googling will get you everything you need to know about changing them out, but feel free to ask.
Check the steering. If it's not effortless, consider replacing the steering cable. It's a couple hundred dollars, but a bad one never gets better. Grease the rudder, and any other spots that the owners manual calls out. If you've got extra time, pull the rudder to clean out the old dried grease before doing so. Pull the starter and grease it. Make sure the blower and bilge pump work. Make sure all of the vent hoses going into the bilge are in good shape. Replace the raw water impeller.
Your local dealer, Skidim.com, or GreatLakesSkipper.com are great places to get parts.
By the way, the gasoline isn't a loss - just think of it as lawnmower fuel for the next five years.
Good luck, and keep us up to date.
Both of those suggestions are worth their weight in gold. This is my first inboard boat so keep that kind of info coming! The shaft seems straight and there does not seem to be any binding, however that alignment will be necessary when the trans goes back in. I will snap some pictures today and get them up. Thanks for the info and link Frank!
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Welcome to Team Talk. It is always nice to see someone breathe life back into one of these beauties. My boat is also my first my first inboard and TT has been a great resource. You can learn everything you need to know about your boat here.
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Ok, so thanks to some searching i figured out how to lift the motor and get the trans out. Easy enough actually though i am afraid i will need help getting it to the ground. Problem is i seem to have found a mixture o trans fluid/ oil/ h2o in the bottom of the bell housing. What is my next step? Obviously i need to suck that junk out but how do i determine where the motor oil came from? Attachment 91996
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O.k., my new toy this year is the new iAudio 1GB U3 flash MP3 player. And what a toy it is! The real question surrounding the U3 is not so much what it will do as what it won't do - which ain't much. It'll read me bedtime stories at night and wake me up in the morning, to boot! I can play video, show off my family, and listen to FM radio or The Linux Link Tech Show. And it has a built-in voice recorder that blew my mind with its range. Let's take a closer look.
I do not want any player that doesn't support Ogg-Vorbis, as some recordings I want to hear may not be available in other formats. So that weighed heavily in my search, ruling out the iPod, among others. When I started looking at portable audio players, I already knew that iRiver players typically support the Ogg-Vorbis format. What I did not know was how easy the typical iRiver player would be to setup for use with GNU/Linux, especially my SUSE Linux 10.0 systems. So I went looking for a GNU/Linux-oriented review.
The best review I found was, I believe, from one of the guys on the Linux Link Tech Show (on his blog), and he also mentioned iAudio. Naturally, my curiosity was piqued, and I went to have a peek. Cowon Systems produces the iAudio players, and although I had never even heard of them or iAudio, I was impressed by the features and price of the U3, as compared to the iRiver players I had looked at. One of the things that really got my attention though, was that iAudio actually advertises the fact that their devices will work with Mac and GNU/Linux. Most such devices do work, but the manufacturers don't advertise that fact. Since I don't have Windows, it was important to me to see that the manufacturer was advertising GNU/Linux support.
I ordered my U3 on last Wednesday afternoon. It arrived via UPS on Friday, just after I left home for work. My wife had wrapped the little doo-dad and put it under the tree before I could be tempted into opening it before Christmas morning. The package included the headphones, a USB cable for battery charging and data transfer, and a line-in cable for plugging into the headphone jack of some other device (cassette player, CD player, etc.), and a simple USB adapter (in addition to the USB cable).
When I opened it, I plugged it into the USB port to charge it up while I was off at church. When I got the chance, I unplugged it, and turned it on, then hooked it back up to the PC to see how it worked with my SUSE Linux 10.0 box. Sure enough, just as advertised, KDE recognized the U3 as a memory stick device, and allowed me to configure it. It also launched Konqueror and opened the U3 folder automatically. Funny enough, even the WinXP box at work didn't do that much. I actually had to launch Explorer.
The included software is Windows-only. While I understand the logic, the fact is that there are plenty of multi-platform programming tools - Python, anyone? that can be used to develop a cross-platform GUI to include with these devices. There's just not much reason to develop single-platform apps for devices like this. That's one of my few gripes though. The main thing is that I can transfer files between my SUSE box and the U3. I can even use it as an upgraded "sneakernet". With a whole gigabyte of data storage, I could probably download an ISO image. I won't try that right now, as I've got too much music and other stuff on it already.
The U3's screen is only 1"x.75", so I didn't expect much. Yet, when I turned on the U3, the Cowon logo came up just as clear as shown on the website, maybe clearer. Even the sample photos included, though rather small, revealed a phenomenal amount of detail. And the LCD is adjustable, but I plan to leave it at its default setting. You can change the color scheme and choose wallpaper, if you like. The menus are pretty easy to figure out and navigate. Just use the menu button on the side to bring up the system menu, and use the lever to navigate. The + and - on the lever represent Up and Down, respectively, while << and >> let you either back out of the menu, or choose the menu item. Additionally, the lever can be pushed straight in for pop-up menus.
So how's the sound quality? I'll leave that to the sound experts, since I seem to be one step short of tone-deaf. Even so, I think the quality is absolutely phenomenal. It was definitely clear. I drove across Charlotte listening to the FM tuner, and decided I no longer have much need for a car stereo system. Although I do listen to some AM stations frequently, the FM tuner and digital audio files is suitable for most of my needs. Given a plug-in to my car's sound system, I would literally no longer need a car stereo system. The sample audio file is called "Friends and Lovers", though it has nothing to do with the country song I knew growing up. Still, the file is pretty cool, and definitely offers an impressive sample of what the U3 is capable of. Other users have proclaimed the superiority of the U3 over the iPod in the iAudio forums. So I am not alone in my belief that the quality is pretty darned good.
One of the other major features I wanted, which the iRiver players had, was a built-in voice recorder. The U3's voice recorder is one of the best recorders I have ever used. I have an Olympus voice recorder that doesn't pick up half as well, or offer near the recording quality that the U3 offers. To give an example of the U3 mic's ability, I stood in two different large rooms to test it. One was a mini auditorium, capable of seating 100 people. The other room was a cubicle farm that is now empty. It has a corner to break it up. I left my U3 on table at one end of the room, and walked all the way to the other, talking in a normal tone of voice. The U3 picked me up all the way around the corner at the opposite end of the room - some 65 feet away! I'll be recording church services and other events from now on.
The only other gripe I have about the U3 is that it saves voice recordings in WMA format. I would really like to see it encode to Ogg-Vorbis or at least WAVE, so I can choose the final format later. It sure seems like Ogg-Vorbis encoding would cost less and/or be easier, in terms of licensing. There are plenty of audio conversion tools I can use for that. At the very least, the kind folks at Cowon could give me a choice. Otherwise, I am seriously impressed by the U3's recording capabilities.
In short, the U3 is small, powerful and easy to use. Despite its small screen, pictures and video are amazingly clear. It works with GNU/Linux out of the box, and the manufacturer advertises that fact. Given it's sub-$200 price tag, I dare say it's certainly worth considering. If all the iAudio players are this cool, iRiver and Apple should be afraid - very afraid. And just a final note to all the device manufacturers out there: if you don't advertise that your product works with GNU/Linux, some of us may choose your competitors who do.
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Discipline has been issued to four players who were involved in the on-field altercation between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Pittsburgh Pirates in the top of the third inning of Sunday's game at Pittsburgh's PNC Park, Major League Baseball announced today. The players have been suspended for their aggressive actions during the bench-clearing incident. Joe Garagiola, Jr., Senior Vice President of Standards & On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, made the announcement.
- Brewers catcher Martin Maldonado has received a five-game suspension;
- Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez has received a three-game suspension;
- Pirates outfielder Travis Snider has received a two-game suspension;
- Pirates catcher Russell Martin has received a one-game suspension.
All four players also have received undisclosed fines for their roles in the incident.
Unless appealed, the suspensions of the four players are scheduled to be effective this evening, when the Pirates are to host the Cincinnati Reds and the Brewers are to host the San Diego Padres. If a player chooses to appeal, then his suspension will be held in abeyance until the process is complete.
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There isn't a global city in the world that wouldn't look somewhat diminished if you took away its skyscrapers. Soaring above the historic skylines of cities from New York to Tokyo, these 20th-century innovations form an integral part of the image of a modern metropolis. Providing unrivalled views for those fortunate enough to live or work on the upper levels, skyscrapers are also masterpieces of practical engineering. Their ubiquity makes it easy to forget how much technology is required to build them, but for the architects responsible for their creation, each new project brings its own technical challenges and creative possibilities.
Skyscrapers were originally designed to create more living space in crowded cities, with the skyscraper era officially beginning in the late 19th century as construction boomed in New York City and Chicago. In the years since, ambitious architects have pushed the skyscraper to greater and greater heights. Today's tallest skyscraper, the 828 metre-high Burj Khalifa in Dubai, is nearly eight times the size of the World Building, the tallest skyscraper in 1890.
The design of skyscrapers entails a complex balance of engineering, construction management and economics. During the design process of a skyscraper, the architects must ensure that the building can support its own weight. The dead load, or the weight of materials, will be considerably larger than the live load, which refers to people and furniture; together these make up the structural load that the building must withstand. Steel frames, concrete cores, tubes within tubes and clever use of shear walls are all often employed to strengthen a skyscraper's foundations, but you'll rarely notice these essential elements, as they are typically disguised by aesthetic architecture. A notable exception is Chicago's John Hancock Center, whose supportive 'x-bracing columns' serve as an eye-catching design feature.
In addition to supporting themselves against the sheer weight of building materials, skyscrapers must also be able to resist high wind speeds, stand up to earthquakes, and provide safe exit routes in case of fire. The high floors of the building must be easily accessible, have good amenities and be completely climate-controlled. As these technical challenges have become more routine, even greater emphasis has been placed on originality of design and green credentials. The HSB Turning Torso in Malmö is a fitting example; Scandinavia's tallest building, its top floor sits at a 90 degree angle to the bottom, with the intervening floors sitting at intermediate angles to create the impression of a twisting tower.
Until 1998 all of the world's tallest skyscrapers were located in America, but recent years have witnessed a skyscraper boom in the middle and far east. In 1998, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, became the world's tallest building and held the title until 2004, when the Taipei 101 was built. Dubai's Burj Khalifa took the title in 2009, but looks set to lose it in 2018 when the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is scheduled for completion. Its exact height is yet to be confirmed, but will be at least 1,000 metres.
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Most experts would say there's no one right time to start a family. But there are both advantages and disadvantages to giving birth at different ages: In your 20s, for instance, you'll have more energy to run after and care for your child but fewer financial resources and less personal life experience on which to draw; in your late 30s and 40s you may be more established financially but have a tougher time getting and staying pregnant and, afterward, keeping up with an active baby and toddler.
What follows is a look at the pros and cons of pregnancy at different ages.
Ages 20 to 24
Your body
These are your most fertile years. Your periods are probably regular, and most, if not all, of them are ovulatory. Even now, however, you may not conceive exactly when you want to. The average woman between 20 and 24 years old has about a 20 percent chance each month of getting pregnant when she has unprotected intercourse.
Once you do conceive, your blood pressure will probably be checked at each prenatal appointment, even though most women in their 20s have only a small risk of hypertension during pregnancy. New research shows that you have about half the risk of gestational diabetes that women in their 40s do, which is why recent guidelines from the American Diabetes Association suggest eliminating the once routine test for gestational diabetes in women age 25 or under.
Your emotional self
How you feel about your pregnancy may depend, in great part, on other things in your life. Some women who postpone job advancement to have a baby feel ambivalent or resentful at first, says Diane Ross Glazer, Ph.D., a psychotherapist in Woodland Hills, CA. "Another concern is body image, which is a bigger issue for most women in their 20s than for those who are older. Also, a woman at this age is likely to be focused more on her marriage than on other parts of her life, such as her job, and adding a third person into the mix may be difficult," says Glazer.
Risks to your baby
The miscarriage rate during these years is about 9.5 percent, the lowest it will ever be. Because your eggs are still relatively young, your baby is much less likely to be born with a birth defect such as Down syndrome (1 in 1,667 births among women age 20) or other chromosomal abnormalities (1 in 526 among women age 20). Yet more infants with these disorders are born to women in their 20s because those in this age group have more babies and women past 35 are more likely to be offered screening tests and may elect to terminate a pregnancy in which the fetus has a birth defect.
Ages 25 to 29
Your body
If you exercise and eat sensibly, and continue to do so throughout your pregnancy, you should have an easier delivery and be able to get your body back in shape more quickly than a less fit woman might. Although this is true at any age, in your 20s you are more likely to be at optimal fitness, making delivery and postpartum weight loss easier. In terms of long-term health, if you begin conceiving in your 20s, you may be at decreased risk for breast cancer and ovarian cancer, according to some studies. Doctors think that hormonal changes that occur during ovulation (increased estrogen and progesterone), which stimulate the ovaries and breasts every month, may raise the risk of these cancers; the more often you're pregnant, the less often you ovulate.
Your emotional self
In your late 20s you're more likely to be established in your work life and, depending on when you married, your relationship with your husband may also be in better shape to handle the changes that parenthood brings.
Risks to your baby
The miscarriage rate is 10 percent, only slightly higher than for women five years younger. At age 25, your chances of delivering a baby with Down syndrome are 1 in 1,250, and there's a 1 in 476 chance of having a baby with any chromosomal abnormality.
Ages 30 to 34
Your body
Fertility begins to decline at age 30, but this change happens gradually, over the next five years or so. If you need infertility treatment, your chances of success are higher than they are for an older woman. For women under age 35 the success rate of in vitro fertilization (IVF), for example, is 25 to 28 percent; for those over age 40, that rate drops to 6 to 8 percent. One study found that the rate of cesarean sections was close to two times higher among women ages 30 to 34 than among those in their 20s, although doctors don't know why.
Your emotional self
"Women who have been fully involved in their job in their 20s often feel emotionally ready to start a family as they enter their next decade," says Glazer. "And they have the energy and the resources to do it. But they may also feel pulled in different directions. They worry about whether they'll be able to return to their work life—or whether they'll even want to."
Risks to your baby
The miscarriage rate is 11.7 percent. By age 30 your risk of having a baby with Down syndrome is 1 in 952, and a baby with any chromosomal abnormality, 1 in 385.
Ages 35 to 39
Your body
Fertility continues to decline after age 35, and it takes a nosedive at age 38, says Benjamin Younger, M.D., executive director of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, in Birmingham, AL. "The decline is due mostly to the fact that the woman's eggs are aging, and they become more difficult to fertilize," he adds.
Up until age 35, most doctors suggest that couples have unprotected intercourse for a full year before seeking infertility treatment; that time period is reduced to six months for women over 35. "The greatest problem for infertile couples is delayed treatment, because there's a big difference in success rates between a woman in her late 30s and one in her early 40s," says Ruth Fretts, M.D., clinical instructor of obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School. "In fact, many infertility clinics won't accept patients if they're older than 39 or 40."
The risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy is about double for women over 35 compared with younger ones; hypertension affects about 10 to 20 percent of pregnant women in this age group. Gestational diabetes is two to three times more common in women over age 35 than in younger women, and recent studies show the risk is even higher if the woman has gained weight over the years.
The chance of having a cesarean section is about twice as high for women ages 35 to 39 as for those in their 20s, possibly because labor tends to take longer in older women. "When the second stage of labor surpasses two hours, obstetricians often intervene and do a C-section to reduce stress on the fetus," says Gertrud Svala Berkowitz, Ph.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology and reproductive science at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City.
Your emotional self
This is the age when your doctor might recommend amniocentesis or some other prenatal screening—which for many women is anxiety-provoking while they await results—because the risks of having a baby with Down syndrome or another type of chromosomal disorder begin to rise significantly.
Risks to your baby
The chance of having multiple births, especially twins and even triplets, increases significantly in your late 30s (and early 40s). "This is probably due to the fact that the hormonal stimulation of the ovaries changes slightly as a woman ages, increasing the chances that they'll release more than one egg," says Dr. Younger. "It could be Mother Nature's way of compensating for the fact that more eggs are likely to be defective." Women who take fertility drugs are also at higher risk of multiple births because the drugs stimulate the ovaries to produce more eggs. Even so, the chance of twin, triplet, or other multiple births is still relatively slim.
The miscarriage rate rises after age 35 to close to 18 percent. Rates of stillbirths are about twice as high among older pregnant women than younger ones, according to recent studies, although the reasons are unknown.
Ages 40 to 44
Your body
First the good news: A recent study shows that women over 40 who have babies without help from fertility drugs or other assisted reproductive technologies tend to live longer than those who don't. Why? One theory is that estrogen, which is still produced in abundance in fertile women, has life-lengthening effects on the heart, bones, and other organs. However, fewer than 1 percent of women ages 40 to 44 have babies. The chance of becoming pregnant during any one month drops to only 5 percent after age 40.
How well you carry and deliver a baby in your 40s depends on several factors, including your level of fitness, overall health habits, and whether this is your first baby. "The biggest complaint I hear among my pregnant patients in their 40s is how tired they feel," says Jennifer Niebyl, M.D., a professor and head of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Iowa. "Hormonal changes in pregnancy make all women feel tired, but fatigue seems to be more pronounced in older ones and can be compounded if there are young children to care for."
If you've already had a baby, you may also be more prone to hemorrhoids, pressure on the bladder, prolapsed tissues in the uterus and vagina, and sagging breasts than you would have been 20 years earlier, simply because the muscles and other tissues in these areas have already been stretched. You can minimize these effects by making sure not to gain an excessive amount of weight during pregnancy, keeping moderately active, and doing Kegel exercises to keep your vaginal muscles strong.
Your emotional self
By the time you've reached your 40s, you have a wealth of experience and maturity to draw upon when raising a child. Chances are, you'll also be more patient than you would have been in your 20s. But you'll probably have concerns. "What I hear most often is, 'I'll be so old by the time this baby starts college!'" says Glazer. "Or a couple will look down the road and see that their nest won't be empty until they're 60 or 70. Older parents have to balance feelings of loss of freedom and spontaneity with the joy they'll feel in raising the child."
Risks to your baby
About one-third of all pregnancies in women ages 40 to 44 end in miscarriage. There are several reasons: The eggs may be defective to start with, the uterine lining may not be thick enough, or the blood supply to the uterus may not be rich enough to sustain a pregnancy. The risks of placenta previa (in which the placenta lies low in the uterus, partly or completely blocking the cervical opening and creating a high risk of hemorrhage) and placental abruption (in which all or part of the placenta separates from the uterine wall) are also increased. Babies born to women in their 40s are also more likely to have lower birth weights (under 5 1/2 pounds).
Risks of chromosomal birth defects rise steadily with each year into your 40s. If you give birth at age 40, your baby has a 1 in 106 chance of being born with Down syndrome and a 1 in 66 chance of being born with any chromosomal abnormality. But by age 44, those risks rise to 1 in 38 and 1 in 26, respectively.
Ages 45 to 49
Your body
The percentage of women who have babies in this age group is .03, and the chance of successful infertility treatment drops tremendously. Just being able to conceive and sustain a pregnancy is an achievement and to some degree a reflection of your own good health. "We all hear success stories of women who had children in their late forties through in vitro fertilization," says Dr. Younger. "But more than half of all pregnancies conceived through IVF in women over age forty are produced through donor eggs."
Once you've conceived, you're more likely to undergo rigorous testing than you would if you were younger. Most pregnant women in their 40s have some stress testing to check their cardiovascular health, and they'll be more closely monitored for signs of diabetes or kidney problems than those in their 20s, says Dr. Younger.
Even if you're in top physical shape, carrying and delivering a baby will be more difficult than it would be if you were in the same physical shape in your 20s. "Pregnancy, in a sense, is like an athletic event," says Dr. Niebyl. "Blood volume nearly doubles, increasing the strain on your heart, and the extra weight puts some strain on your muscles and joints."
Your emotional self
Most women in their mid-40s are concerned about the health of their baby as well as their own health—with good reason, since there are increased risks for both at this age. But most pregnancies, even among women in their 40s, have good outcomes. The better you care for yourself, the more successful your pregnancy is likely to be.
Risks to your baby
More than half of all pregnancies in women over age 45 end in miscarriage (before 20 weeks gestation). Risk of stillbirth is doubled for women in their 40s, compared with those in their 20s; for this reason, many doctors perform more stress tests and ultrasounds in the last weeks of pregnancy in older women. The chance of chromosomal abnormalities increases sharply. At age 45, there's a 1 in 30 chance of delivering an infant with Down syndrome and a 1 in 21 chance of having a baby with any chromosomal abnormality. In a 49-year-old those risks rise to 1 in 11 and 1 in 8, respectively.
Over 50
The average age for menopause is 51, but typically the range runs from 45 to 55. Almost all pregnancies beyond age 50 require some assistance, whether from fertility drugs, hormone supplements, or, more often, donor eggs. Women still ovulating usually have to take progesterone for at least the first two months to maintain the pregnancy. Women who have stopped ovulating need donor eggs to conceive and must take estrogen and progesterone for much of the pregnancy, until the placenta begins to produce those hormones on its own.
At this age, there's a high rate of complications—including hypertension, kidney problems, and placental problems—that requires strict monitoring and care.
Then there's the issue of the woman's age once the baby is born. We all know 50-year-olds who are more energetic and alert than their 20-year-old counterparts, and they have the added benefit of maturity and experience. But women over 50 may need extra energy—not to mention stamina—to awaken every two hours with a newborn or to chase after a toddler.
Statistics show that once a woman has gotten pregnant, if she takes good care of herself and if prenatal screening tests are negative, she's much more likely to deliver a healthy baby than not—regardless of her age. The rate of fetal deaths has dropped by about 70 percent since the 1960s. That's great news for all pregnant women.


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Cleveland's "10th Man" Doesn't Employ Human Nature
Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon has
always been proud and loud about the noise and ability of the Rays "
10th man", their fans. But as the Rays venture into
Cleveland I was wondering what the Indians might consider their "10th
man" because I have a few suggestions based on past events within
this great baseball environment.
Sure you could point immediately
towards the ginormous scoreboard that is possibly higher than the
Trop's center ring cupola, or you could just open your ears and hear
the rhythmic "thump,thump,thump" of the famous Indians drum
always present in the leftfield stands.
For some reason to me, these are not
the Indians " 10th Man". Possibly their "10th
Man" might not even be in human form. It seems like every time the
Rays wander into Progressive Field, Mother Nature tends to have her
own version of the "10th man". And some times this
great woman's obsession with Indian wins ventures into the realm of
She is known to throw rain at the Rays
at every occasion she can. I remember going up to Cleveland for a
birthday road trip and spending most of the Saturday afternoon
nestled by the Rays dugout with rain dripping off my cap as I talked
to the Indians ground crew and former Rays Damon Rolls.
Mama Nature has had clusters of storm
cells postpone games, had single thrusts of moisture keep the Rays
confined to the Progressive clubhouses for hours before letting the
game resume to only punch a cloud again and send fans, Umpires and
players scurrying like church mice to the warm and dry confines.
But she not only uses weather as a
clever tool to take the wind out of the Rays sails, she also has her
own "Air Force" of pesky midges,sea gulls who have changed the
path of driven balls in the outfield, and who camp out in Centerfield
as if they belonged there. But then again, what else did you expect
from a woman who can call on the forces of nature in all realms.
So Mother Nature is the Indians
greatest "10th (Wo)Man". Seriously, the only thing
more dominating within the confines of Progressive Field to even
compete with Mother Nature might be the famous Stadium Mustard. But
it doesn't have the troops to employ havoc, mayhem and drama…Unless
they run out of this tasty condiment during the upcoming $ 1 Hot Dog
Mother Nature has won playoff games,
regular season series sweeps and provided a nightly reminder that the
cool winds coming off the lake can turn into moisture madness in a
New York minute. Seems like the second most popular person at any moment in the Press Box is the guy watching the impending weather on the local radar.
It might not be the classic "10th
Man" like the Yankee's Bleacher Creatures, or the Rays cowbells,
but Cleveland special lady makes sure every team during every game
knows she is sitting just above the rim of the Progressive Field
Upper Decks ready, willing and able to provide tense moments,
unexpected showers and possible a few animal intrusions……
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I say the midges qualify as the 10th man. Joba will back me up on this.
Will be sending email to all fan MLBloggers shortly…expect the MLBlogs outage to be sooner than later on Friday…then no blogging or viewable blogs till Monday. Anyone should probably get last post in tonight as this may be a morning shutdown to convert all the blogs…just a headsup, will keep people posted on the community blog. Thanks – Mark http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com
Loved the fact a little bug could flap up a big bad Yankee pitcher. I actually think the spray did more damage to Joba than the bugs. I know I would lose a bit of focus when I smelled that pesticide on my uniform, and the dead carcasses riddling my neck and arms….But that is just me.
Still actually love the seagull that re-directed the ball in 2010 during a late inning Indian game.
There is an old ghost story that the seagull is an ex-Indians trainer who died and came back as a seagull.
Rays Renegade
Thanks for the " head's up".
Got a post I wanted to put up before the system went into transition mode. Going to be an interesting time getting used to a new system, but the upgrades to support our blogs, along with a more wide spread format should help all of us.
Rays Renegade


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Friday (6-29) Local digest
Rally for the Cure results
60 women participated in the Annual Country Club tournament with funds donated to the Susan G. Komen fund for breast cancer research.
1st flight — 1st Diane Hochhalter and Elizabeth Kruger; 2nd—Annette Beattie and Theresa Haag; 3rd— Lori Justessen and Amber Olson
2nd flight— 1st Jackie Haas and Wanda Schwab; 2nd Heather Rickford and Tallie Ingstad; 3rd—Erin Metcalf and Nicole Swenson
3rd Flight— 1st Jan Olafson and Sheryl Hanson; 2nd Nancy King and Cindy Hovland; 3rd Ruth Nathan and Barb Young
4th Flight— 1st Lynn Gustafson and Jody Schnaidt; 2nd Arlys Netland and Otie Fagerstrom; 3rd Sarah Lerud and Jen Peterson
Special awards went to Teresa Haag and Diane Hochhalter for closest to the pin, Sarah Lerud for longest putt, Heather Rickford for longest drive, Barb Young for closest to the line, and Sheirra Undem for shortest drive. Gigi Goven won the quilt which was raffled. It was donated by Mary Etta Moore. Many thanks to all the businesses and individuals who donated in any way.
-Arlys Netland
Leevers Classic bracket
The Valley City Post 60 American Legion baseball team will be hosting the annual Leevers Classic tournament this weekend at Charlie Brown Memorial Field. Games start today and wrap up Sunday.
First round
G1- LaMoure vs. Washburn, 5 p.m.
G3- Kindred vs. Fargo Metro, 9 a.m.
G2- Thompson vs. Enderlin, 11 a.m.
G4- Valley City vs. Grafton, 7 p.m.
G1 loser vs. G3 loser, 1 p.m.
G2 loser vs. G4 loser, 3 p.m.
G1 winner vs. G3 winner, 5 p.m.
G2 winner vs. G4 winner, 7 p.m.
Seventh place, 10 a.m.
Fifth place, noon
Third place, 2 p.m.
Championship, 4 p.m.
Post 60 game postponed
The Valley City Post 60 American Legion baseball team's road game at Lidgerwood Thursday was postponed.
The rescheduled game will be played alongside the teams' June 6 game in Valley City, which will now be a sectional double-header starting at 5:30 p.m.
Minn. Vikings' QB to sign autographs in Fargo
Minnesota Vikings' quarterback Christian Ponder will be signing autographs in Fargo next month.
Ponder will be appearing at the Scheels sporting goods store at 5 p.m. July 12. Autographs are guaranteed for the first 500 fans. There is a one item per person limit.
VC Babe Ruth loses home games to Jamestown
The Valley City Babe Ruth baseball team lost to Jamestown in two close home games Wednesday at Charlie Brown Memorial Field. Valley City lost 6-5 in game one and dropped the second 6-3.
In the first game, VC led 1-0 after three innings then ran into some control problems and made several costly errors that allowed Jamestown to score six unanswered runs over the next two innings and go up 6-1. VC had a late rally but fell 6-5.
Jordan Magnuson had a strong start on the mound for VC but struggled with his control late in the game He allowed all six runs, but only three were earned. Jesse Johnson pitched in relief. Ben Baasch led Valley City with a 3-4 performance at the plate. Nate Rodriguez went 2-4 with three runs batted in.
Jacob Miller started the second game and had a performance that would have won most games. Jamestown came up with timely that were just out of reach of VC players that led to the outcome.
Miller pitched all five innings and gave up six runs, four earned, on eight hits. Valley City was limited to three total hits in the game. Rodriguez, Lucas Jury and Jonah Wolla each had one.
"Jacob pitched great. Good enough to earn a win," coach Lance Lukes said. "It was just two or three plays that changed the outcome of this game."
Valley City will host Lisbon Monday at Charlie Brown Memorial Field in a double header starting at 5 p.m.


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Kahng is Fourth Fulbright for 2012
BUFFALO, NY – Associate Professor of Mathematics & Statistics Byung-Jay Kahng, PhD, is a recipient of a grant from the J. William Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends American scholars and professionals abroad to lecture or conduct research for up to a year. It is one of several initiatives offered by the Fulbright Program, which is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Financial support is provided by an annual appropriation from the United States Congress to the Department of State and by participating governments and host institutions in the United States and abroad.
Kahng will use his Fulbright to conduct research at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, during the 2012-2013 academic year. His research involves quantum groups and non-commutative geometry. It is an area that combines operator algebras and quantum physics.
Kahng explains that the mathematics group at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven has long been among the prominent centers for research on locally compact quantum groups and related topics. The university is also close to other institutions with similar strengths in his research area, including institutions in the Netherlands, Poland and France.
Kahng earned his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. At Canisius, he guides student research as a principal investigator for the National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program.
The J. William Fulbright Scholarship is named for Senator J. William Fulbright and is the U.S. government's premier scholarship program. It is designed to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges, which provide recipients with tuition, fees, travel and research funds for a full year.
One of 28 Jesuit universities in the nation, Canisius is the premier private university in Western New York.


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Wednesday Recruitin'
Boards of note:
Trench Warfare
Lots of changes on the defensive tackle recruiting front in the past couple days.
First things first, MI DT Johnathon Hankins picked Ohio State yesterday over the Wolverines. Allow me to editorialize for a moment here: This blog has a tag called "basketball recruiting is dirty like dirt in a dirt sandwich," but if half of the rumors about the Southeastern coaching staff's handling of Hankins's recruitment are true, we may need to expand that tag to football as well. Genuinely Sarcastic provides some angry detail.
FL DT Todd Chandler seems to be looking primarily at Louisville as an option outside of USF (where he is committed). Michigan might become a stronger option if his teammate, FL OL Torrian Wilson, visits Ann Arbor, but this one appears to be on the back-burner for now. Chandler's top schools have gone from the likes of Miami, Michigan, and Florida to Memphis, Louisville, and FIU, so he may have some issues—grades?—that are causing bigger schools to back off.
Wilson, by the way, is down to USF, Michigan, and Tennessee. Michigan could really use another offensive lineman in the class.
Cincinnati high school sports reporter Mike Dyer reports that Michigan visited OH DT/DE Jibreel Black both in-home and in-school on Monday. Black, who has been committed to Cincinnati, but is reconsidering after the Brian Kelly departure, will also visit Michigan sometime this month, probably the weekend of the 22nd. According to Dyer's full article, the Wolverines have replaced Louisville on his list.
Michigan has a couple defensive ends and a couple three-tech defensive tackles so all they need is a nose; if they pick up Black it's because they really like him.
All-Star Updates
More on his actual game performance in a delayed Friday Night Lights post next week, but MI QB Devin Gardner participated in the Under Armour All-American Bowl on Saturday. He impressed in practice:
"(Devin Gardner) really impressed me a lot," [Scout Florida expert Geoff] Vogt added. "He was bigger than I expected him to be. His arm was everything that people made it out to be. He was accurate... He clearly, in my opinion, is the top quarterback on that team... He'd be the No. 1 quarterback in Florida straight out this year and that's really saying something. I think he has a really bright future at Michigan."
Of course, being the clear #1 QB on the team got him by far the fewest snaps out of the 3 QBs, with Nick Montana and Phillip Sims getting more (the order was determined randomly, FWIW). That Webb article also says that Michigan is pursuing Tennessee commit LB Michael Taylor. I've added him to the board. Taylor remains a soft commit to the Vols.
FL CB Tony Grimes participated in last weekend's Offense-Defense Bowl, and MGoReader J. Lichty reports that opposing offenses mostly stayed away from him. He played both corner and safety. MGoBlog's own TomVH talked to Grimes last week, and he reiterated what we've been hearing for some time on both Grimes and his teammate, FL DE Clarence Murphy:
TOM: Are you and Clarence still planning on going to the same school?
TONY: As far as this point, yes that's the plan.
TOM: Is Michigan still on top for you?
TONY: Yes.
The two still both favor Michigan, and plan to announce on Signing Day. Tony also said that he didn't know there was a dead period between college coaches and recruits, and was wondering why Michigan wasn't contacting him as much. Sounds like other schools haven't quite been following the rules. THE NCAA WILL BE ALL OVER THIS!
This upcoming weekend is a little more notable for Michigan fans: Commits WI P Will Hagerup and PA CB Cullen Christian will play in the US Army All-American Bowl, and CA S Sean Parker who is down to Michigan, Cal, and USC, will also participate.
Early Enrollment
The semester started today, so we should finally have a good idea of which 2010 Michigan commits were able to get in for the winter semester and spring practice.
MI QB Devin Gardner is still trying to enroll early, but Inkster's semester ends really late and there are some issues with getting him accelerated. Michigan should know by the end of the week whether he will or not. Stephen Hopkins, Jerald Robinson, Ricardo Miller, Christian Pace, Jeremy Jackson, and Austin White are all enrolling, though as of Wednesday morning Robinson and Miller did not have UMich directory entries. Marvin Robinson is also making an effort to enroll early:
Robinson, who took 3 classes over the summer in an attempt to graduate in December, said the holdup stems with 2 classes he took last semester.
"Most likely things are going to work out where I can go up there tomorrow," Robinson said.
Even if things don't, Robinson said he's firm in his commitment and will sign with Michigan in February.
I don't recall if the Athletic Department announced early-enrolling prospects last year until after Signing Day, but hopefully we'll have the final data by the end of this week.
Meanwhile, FL CB Adrian Witty was also supposed to be a midseason enroller after not qualifying for fall but is not in the Michigan directory. It's looking grimmer for Witty by the day; from the sounds of it he is qualified in the eyes of the NCAA; Michigan's admissions are the holdup. The most likely issue is a radically improved test score that got flagged.
Persistent rumors that TX RB/WR Tony Drake is so far from qualifying that he shouldn't even be considered part of the class any more get stronger by the day.
Maxpreps published its Junior All-American teams, with few prospect of interest for Michigan fans, outside of a couple pipe dreams. SoFlaFootball has also published its first 2011 top 75.
FL RB Demetrius Hart may not be the Michigan lock that we thought:
The 5-foot-8, 175-pounder has had the Wolverines out in front for some time and continues to do so, though he jokingly said that cold temperatures in the Orlando area recently may have him thinking a little.
So, yeah: That's not as negative as the headline "Florida Prospect Considers Local Programs" would make it seem. It would still be an upset for him to not land in Ann Arbor.
Michigan has offered a trio of prospects from Gardena Serra High School in California. WR George Farmer appears to be the headliner, holding offers from a who's-who of bigtime schools, including Florida and Oklahoma. DE Jason Gibson and S Marquise Lee have also received Michigan offers, along with scholarships from the likes of Miami (Yes That Miami), Oregon, and Washington.
Michigan commits Tony Drake and Austin White come in at #8 and #10, respectively on Sports Illustrated's top running backs of 2010.


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Os designers de todo o mundo estão enviando designs criativos para Ashayk na categoria de design de botão ou ícone - custom.
We are a small company introducing a product suite consisting of 7 small to medium sized desktop applications all working with multimedia in one way or another and targeted towards Windows and OSX.
For each application, we require a single application scaled to different sizes to be used as per the following:
- 16x16 for Windows task bar
- 32x32 ico for Windows .exe launchers
- 64x64 for Web site icons
- 128x128 for OSX task bars
To reiterate, only a single icon scaled to each of the four different sizes is needed per application.
Your Own Media
For each of the application described below, we require a single application scaled to different sizes to be used as per the following:
- 16x16 for Windows task bar and Window icon
- 32x32 ico for Windows .exe launchers
- 64x64 for Web site icons
- 128x128 for OSX task bars The following application descriptions will serve to give the designer some inspiration when designing icons for each of the applications:
- YOMAngle - A tool which allows the user to capture still images from videos and annotate the image with a standard drawing palette as well as angle measurement tool. This icon should highlight video and angle measure.
- YOMNote - A tool which lets users mark interesting points in a video clip and make notes for themselves tagged to that point in time in the clip. One thought might be a yellow sticky on a video clip icon.
- Lara - Our tempo shifting application which adjusts the playback speed of music. This UI of the application makes heavy use of waveforms so something combining waveforms and stretching would be nice.
- Luda - A text to speech synthesis applications. One types or copy/pastes text into the window and a voice reads the text back.
- FlowReel - A flow diagramming and storyboarding application which lets users connect video clips via a flow diagram.
- Audio Coaching Software - An audio editing application that lets users tune their music for sport specific activities. The icon should emphasize portability, editing, audio, and sports.
- Video Coaching Software - Like the above but with videos. The icon should emphasize video, editing, and sports.
For each of the seven applications above, I need one icon scaled to the following sizes and intended for the following uses:
- 16x16* (as PNG) for Windows task bar and Window icon
- 32x32 (as ICO) for Windows .exe launchers
- 64x64 (as PNG) for Web site icons
- 128x128 (as PNG) for OSX task bars * The 16x16 icon may be different as simply scaling may not produce good results. I welcome the designer to treat that 16x16 icon differently to create the best outcome.
In addition to the 3 pngs and 1 ico per application, I will require any vector files Photoshop, etc... you have created for the project.
Nothing's really off the table. Your creativity is appreciated.


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Re: GDT - Canucks vs Flames 6PM PST SNET
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In his defense though, it would have been a hell of a lot easier to make those saves, had he been on the ice.Larry Goodenough wrote:With the Presidents Trophy on the line and the pressure on, Luongo crapped the bed... again.
He let in 3 goals on 15 shots in the 3rd and did not give his team a chance to win. Sure, you could blame some d-men and poor coverage, but Luongo has to make some of those saves when it matters.


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Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) is the one topic that has remained top of mind for everyone in IT this year. For some it equals freedom, for some it is a nightmare waiting to happen. This new infographic from Xigo explores the numbers behind BYOD and how best to manage it.
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