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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
allready did that some time ago, my c++ is way outdated but i will have to focus on the hardware itself first anyway.Maybe someone can help me out with software later on.I was thinking of creating a modular system, so it would be only one type of device (software) and in hardware you can turn it in to anything, like a base with sensor, or base with switch or with relay for switching anythingthe base if for communicating and recives the commands from linuxmce.what you make of it you can just click on the base (example).what do you think? suggestions?
Seems like you know a thing or two


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Opinion: The President's Seriously Unserious Tax Plan
Editorial board member Joe Rago on President Obama's latest economic reform proposal. Photo: Associated Press
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I found out this week that I was quoted in an article entitled The Empty Hand, by Kelly Crigger, in the December issue of Fight! Magazine. A friend of mine, who studies Ju Jitsu, brought the article to my attention. I had exchanged emails with the author some time back and forgotten about it.
One of my quotes reads:
"Early karate was the MMA of the day," says Goodin. "It was a system where 'everything goes.' The techniques ranged from stand-up to takedowns to ground work."Sounds good to me. (smile)
I was also quoted saying:
"Karate prepared a student for an unexpected attack, not for a staged or arranged fight," says Goodin. "In self defense, there were no rules. Kumite immediately resulted in rules and limitations. Imagine MMA with no rules at all. That was more like early karate."Again, sounds good to me. (smile)
I have a great deal of respect for other martial arts. We are all doing (emphasizing) different aspects of the same thing. As I've mentioned, my third son practices Brazilian Ju Jitsu and my first and third sons practice Kendo.
If I could split myself into several people, I would study many martial arts. Age and the demands of family and work make this difficult for me. Fortunately, Karate presents more than enough of a "mix" to make it interesting each and every time we practice.
Through Karate training, as we hone our skills, we also polish our characters.
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Has anybody ran into a 69 that has required the thick front gasket? Ihave one that takes thick front and stick is on driver side. All if the engine seems to be original.
I know this thread is a little past, but can you re-use the one- piece gasket described above?


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Scandinavians know just how it's done: when it comes to fashion, lifestyle, design and architecture, they have been leading the way on the international stage for decades. Practically every one of us is familiar with the big names to emerge from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, be they individuals or brands. With seemingly endless creativity and taste, it is quite extraordinary just how far out into the world their style extends from this enclave of Northern Europe.
Be inspired by Anine Bing, who brings her own inimitable style to the fashion world. From her base in L.A., the Danish ex-model is conquering the globe – with weekly additions to her collection and her social media activities. In addition, we'd like to present to you the architect Bjarke Ingels, whose studio BIG is busy building the future, be it the Google campus in California or outlandish skyscrapers in New York. We also want to introduce you to the makers behind the label "Vipp". What began with a simple pedal bin has since grown and grown – and nowadays the Danish family even have an entire "Vipp shelter" in their product portfolio. Last but not least, we paid a visit to the founders of "Zadig & Voltaire" in Paris. It is truly remarkable just strong the Scandinavian's global reach has become, and just how much they influence all our lives.
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Virginia Tech's last two bowls hinged, in large measure, on the right instep of the Hokies' kicker. If history threepeats in Tuesday's Sun Bowl versus UCLA, the pressure will fall on a junior who hasn't attempted a competitive placement since high school.
Michael Branthover has kicked off and punted for Tech, but he's yet to kick an extra point or field goal. That's about to change.
When I casually asked coach Frank Beamer on Sunday how Eric Kristensen, the Hokies' kicker since Cody Journell's dismissal from the program last month, had looked during bowl workouts, he made news.
"I just talked to he and Michael both," Beamer said. "I think we're probably going to go with Michael on game day."
Kristensen, Beamer added, isn't "quite as steady as he had been. He's a good kicker, but Branthover's been booming them."
A true freshman, Kristensen has made 4-of-5 field goals and all four of his extra points. He was 3-for-3 on field goals in the regular-season finale, a 16-6 victory at Virginia.
But Kristensen's range is limited to about 42 yards, and for any kicks longer, Beamer had planned to use Branthover against Maryland and Virginia. The opportunity did not arise, as Kristensen made field goals of 22, 30 and 38 yards against the Cavaliers, 31 versus the Terps.
"I think in the big picture, rather than have a short kicker … and a deep kicker … I'd rather have the one guy that's in there and kicking," Beamer said. "And then if he has to kick the critical field goal, he's been in the game kicking an extra point or another field goal.
"That's kind of my thinking, and Michael's got a lot of talent. He had some success in the Virginia game, did the onside kick great. That was a touch deal. He's been more consistent. He's got a strong, strong leg."
Branthover's ascension caps a bizarre season in which he was summoned from the stands before an October home game against Duke after kickoff man Mitchell Ludwig was injured during warm-ups. He has since kicked off 16 times. A rare scholarship kicker out of high school, Branthover, a graduate of DeMatha Catholic in suburban Washington, D.C., also kicked off in four games last season after punting in six contests as a freshman in 2011.
Beamer made the decision after watching Kristensen and Branthover kick Sunday.
"I've been going back and forth," Beamer said. "About the time I get my mind made up one way, something would happen and (I'd) go the other."
Branthover will be Tech's fourth placekicker of 2013. The incumbent, Journell started the season. When he was suspended for the Marshall game, Ethan Keyserling went 0-for-3, two coming in overtime – the Hokies still managed to win, 29-21.
Journell returned, only to be banished permanently the week before the Nov. 16 Maryland game for yet another unspecified transgression, prompting Beamer to elevate Kristensen.
Journell kicked Tech to a 13-10 overtime victory over Rutgers in last year Russell Athletic Bowl. But he missed the previous season's Sugar Bowl, suspended after an especially brain-dead attempt to retrieve marijuana he believed had been stolen from him.
In Journell's stead, Justin Myer made 4-of-5 field goals, but his miss came from 37 yards in overtime, after which Michigan's Brendan Gibbons connected from the same distance to give the Wolverines a 23-20 win.
Myer became the kicker only after Journell's original backup, Tyler Weiss, missed curfew at the bowl and was sent home.
Beamer often has raved about Branthover's powerful leg but at the same time lamented his inconsistent accuracy.
"He's closer than he's ever been," Beamer said Sunday.
Will Branthover's inexperience affect the plays offensive coordinator Scot Loeffler calls?
"You're always trying to score touchdowns in the red (zone)," Loeffler said. "No, it won't, because you're always trying to get seven (points) and preserve (the chance for) three. ...
"He's done a great job in practice. He's a guy that Coach Beamer and our staff feel very comfortable with."
At least more comfortable with than Kristensen.
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Sarah Shahi — Celeb Crush
Our Celeb Crush today is Sarah Shahi, a former NFL cheerleader turned actress and star of USA's 'Fairly Legal.' We love this photo because it really shows off her lovely...smile.
Born as Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi, Sarah was raised in Euless Texas by her Iranian father and Spanish mother, and grew up speaking both ENglish and Persian. She changed her name in 2nd grade after hearing the Thin Lizzy song, 'Sarah,' because of constant taunting from her classmates.
Sarah began participating in beauty pageants at the age of eight, and won Miss Fort Worth USA in 1997. In 1999 she joined the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders squad in the hopes of becoming an actress, though she had never cheered before. She made the cover of the squad calendar in 2000, shortly before moving to LA to pursue acting.
Before landing the lead in her current TV series, Sarah appeared on 'Alias,' 'Supernatural,' 'The L Word,' and HBO's smash hit, 'The Sopranos.' On the big screen, you've seen her in 'Old School,' 'Rush Hour 3,' and 'For Your Consideration.'
If Sarah looks impossibly perfect to you, too, it might be her genes -- She is the great, great granddaughter of Fat′h-Ali Shah Qajar, who ruled Iran from 1797-1834.


text: Poorly resourced small towns like Marysville often struggle to recover from disasters like the Black Saturday bushfires. Andrew Brownbill/AAP 7 février 2017 We can learn a lot from disasters, and we now know some areas don't recover Ed Blakely, North-West University et Peter Fisher, RMIT University Rebuilding small communities on the same site in the same way seldom works. It's not about getting back to where you were, but rather grasping the opportunity to create a more resilient place.


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My ancestors were ROMANY GYPSIES in the UK. I have traced the LEE ancesters back to Cinderella/Jane/Maria LEE nee Hughes born 1850 and Leonard Lee born 1850 near Uxbridge, London. They are my great grandparents. My grandparents are Percy Albert Lee born 1879 and Cinderella/Mirelda/Mary LEE nee HOPE, SMITH, JONES born 1880. My father was Battle LEE aka Robert born 1914 in Harlesden, London (in a house).
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Western Rite and Old Calendarists
Western-rite communities make up a substantial portion of the Old Calendarists in the United States. Numerically, it has been claimed that Western-rite Old calendar communities outnumber every other jurisdiction of traditionalist Orthodox communities in the United States, Western Europe and Australia, and make up the second largest Western-rite Orthodox community in the United States. This number is disputed, however. The majority of these parishes are under the Holy Synod of Milan. There is one American parish under the Orthodox Church of France using the Old Calendar, though how important the use of the Old Calendar is among them is the subject of debate.
There are two monasteries (and dependencies) in Canada and Australia, under the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia using the Sarum Rite as well as other Western rites.
The earliest restored Western-rite communities (beginning with the work of Dr Julian Joseph Overbeck) were originally hostile to their antecedent heterodox bodies, due to their long-standing estrangement from Orthodoxy. By the time Overbeck began his famous petition to the Russian Synod, the Anglican establishment was horrified at the scheme; Overbeck notes that the authorities busied themselves "as with a great army," when the petitioners numbered only a few dozen. Overbeck's stated goal was to see a restoration of the various national Orthodox Churches in the West. Thus, we could label Overbeck without exaggeration as catastrophist. As Overbeck's position was to see the Western Christian communions overtaken by Orthodoxy, wishing nothing but their conversion, by the end of the 19th century, it is a given that we would eventually see by the 20th century a Western-rite following develop within the atmosphere of the Orthodox Traditionalists.
By 1895, the Patriarchate of Constantinople recognized this developing opportunity for Orthodoxy in the West and responded to Pope Leo XIII in the sharpest tones concerning the possibility of union: "With these and such facts in view, the peoples of the West, becoming gradually civilized by the diffusion of letters, began to protest against innovations, and to demand (as was done in the fifteenth century at the Councils of Constance and Basle) the return to the ecclesiastical constitution of the first centuries, to which, by the grace of God, the orthodox Churches throughout the East and North, which alone now form the one holy, catholic and apostolic Church of Christ, the pillar and ground of the truth, remain, and will always remain, faithful. The same was done in the seventeenth century by the learned Gallican theologians, and in the eighteenth by the bishops of Germany; and in this present century of science and criticism, the Christian conscience rose up in one body in the year 1870, in the persons of the celebrated clerics and theologians of Germany, on account of the novel dogma of the infallibility of the Popes, issued by the Vatican Council, a consequence of which rising is seen in the formation of the separate religious communities of the Old Catholics, who, having disowned the papacy, are quite independent of it." (Encyclical to Pope Leo XIII on Reunion.)
Within twenty-five years of that letter, however, two historical realities had become very clear: a substantial Western-rite following had developed under Fr Alexander Turner's "Society of Clerks Secular of St. Basil", or "Basilian Order", a Western-rite Orthodox group, and the Patriarch of Constantinople recognizing the validity of Anglican orders.
Between the diversity found among Old Catholics, a sudden interest in the Moscow Patriarchate to found Western-rite parishes (the motivations for this were at the time unclear) beginning with Bp Dosistheus (Ivanchenko) in 1962, and the above developments, the two streams of thought-- developmental and catastrophic-- mentioned above began to color the philosophy of the Western-rite communities in America and Europe. By 1961, the Basilian Order was under the Antiochian Dioceses in America, and a number of Old Catholic bodies and disaffected Roman Catholics had joined the Moscow Patriarchate.
Ecumenism and the Western Rite
It naturally followed that Western Orthodox would have the same fear that Uniates had during ecumenical discussions between Rome and the Orthodox during and after the Second Vatican Council: that the bodies they had abandoned for reasons of faith would somehow re-absorb them. The Moscow Patriarchate took the unique step of completely abandoning their Western-rite structures, leaving them orphaned, the majority of which joined the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church (Americas) or the Romanian Church (France).
This actually placed these Western Rite communities in the position of having to exist on their own, in some cases perpetuating their hierarchy (Church of France), in some cases expanding it (Milan Synod parishes in the Americas, while with the Ukrainian Church), but these bodies continued to exist in a manner basically unchanged from that which they had been formed earlier. This fact introduced a new reality into Western Orthodoxy that had not previously existed: since their original mission was not simply to become a "Western branch" of the "Eastern Church", but to actually become organically Western Orthodox bodies, these parishes set to work restoring every pre-schismatic usage available that was Western, and by the mid-1970's, there were fully Orthodox bodies using completely pre-schismatic rituals in origin, which were, by historical circumstance, no longer in communion with anyone.
The Old Calendarists. By 1969, ROCOR intervened in the Old Calendarist situation by recognizing the consecrations on her part of six Bishops for the Florinites. In 1984, fifteen years later, the Primate of the Greek Old Calendarists at the time, Archbishop Auxentios of Athens, established a provincial Missionary Synod for Western Europe and the Americas (known as the "Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas", lated the Milan Synod) which eventually absorbed the various American communities using a Western rite in 1997. In Europe, the Synod uses the Ambrosian rite annualy and Mozarabic rites in certain Spanish chapels.
ROCOR. In Europe, the ROCOR's role in the formation of the Church of France is undisputed, as the French Church, part of the Western Rite Mission of the Moscow Patriarchate, was given a Bishop by St John of Shanghai and San Francisco. However, the Church of France's parishes (in France) are on the New Calendar. The ROCOR also received the petition of Mount Royal Monastery of New York under Abbot Augustine (Whitfield) into the ROCOR in 1975. In 1979, HTM-Boston (which later left ROCOR) purported that the Synod had made a decision against the Western rite. However, Western rite in ROCOR continued unopposed in Eastern America until Archbishop Hilarion (Karpral) of Washington and Florida was transferred to Sydney, Australia in 1995. In 1993, Christminster monastery was also blessed to open by Archbishop Hilarion (Kapral), who later became the First-Hierarch of the ROCOR. In 1997, Saint Petroc monastery was received in the archdiocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand and charged with mission work.
In 1979 a document was circulated claiming to be a Synodal decision against the Western rite. However, Western rite continued within ROCOR including Eastern America up through the time that Archbishop Hilarion (Kapral) was the bishop of Washington and Florida. According to ROCOR historians, members of the Synod at the time did not remember the matter being discussed and it is widely believed the document originated from Holy Transfiguration Monastery - Boston (which later left ROCOR.) The document, no matter its origin, was never acted upon.


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Shintaro Ishihara wrote:As far as I am concerned it doesn't matter what rights your govt. expressly grants if you don't have enough money to give you the freedom to live the way you want to.
Money as a measure of one's freedom? How does that one Red Hayes and Jack Rhodes tune go?

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How many times have you heard someone say,
"If I had his money, I could do things my way."
But little they know, it's so hard to find
One rich man in ten with a satisfied mind.
Once I was living in fortune and fame,
Everything that I dreamed of to get a start in life's game.
Then suddenly it happened, I lost every dime,
But I'm richer by far with a satisfied mind.
'Cause money can't buy back your youth when you're old,
Or a friend when you're lonely,
Or a love that's grown cold.
The wealthiest person is a pauper at times,
Compared to the man with a satisfied mind.
When life has ended, my time has run out,
My friends and my loved ones I'll leave, there's no doubt.
But one thing for certain
When it comes my time,
I'll leave this old world with a satisfied mind.


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Disney to Go Down Under to Film New Blockbuster
Looking to boost its movie industry, the Australian government is handing Disney $20 million to film "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" there. The WSJ's Enda Curan tells Jake Lee why Australia has to work harder to attract big Hollywood productions than in the days of "The Matrix" and "Mission: Impossible II."
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Ben's "Welcome Home" Room
Name: Ben
Location: Chicago, IL
This our welcome home to our son Ben from Henan, China. We wanted his room to be both soothing and cheerful, so we started with the soft green walls and the big bright light fixture from IKEA.
I was looking for a small but storage-friendly dresser on Craigslist for months, and when I saw this one (it was painted cream then) I literally got in the car an hour later and drove for forty minutes to get it. There are a few DIY's in the room, including the letters decoupaged with maps of China. Our splurges were the crib from Oeuf and the globe lamp from Land of Nod. We never want to Ben to forget where he was born and how far he traveled to his second home - ours. Ben will be home in the U.S. in December, 2012.
Thanks, Tom and Kara!
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|Dev: Nippon Ichi Software
|Pub: NIS
|Release: October 8, 2013
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Language, Partial Nudity, Suggestive Themes
by Travis Huber
Disgaea fans have been buzzing about this title ever since its announcement. When you read the forums and see the chatter surrounding this title, it makes you realize that there is still a huge following for this series. Sadly, most Japanese RPGs don't do very well in Western markets these days. Gamers tend to trade in a solid story and brain-straining strategic combat for a more polished and flashy style of gaming. But truthfully, most JRPGs bring a lot to the table.
Fans of the Disgaea series have often wondered what happened to Laharl, Etna, and Flonne after the events of Disgaea–the things that brought them to the events of Disgaea 2. So the team at Nippon Ichi Software heard their fans' cries and granted their wish. Disgaea D2 (or Dimension 2) picks up very nearly immediately after the events of the first installment. It begins like any other game…with a fallen angel planting flowers in a garden in the Netherworld.
Pretty much launching you straight into the action, D2 sets the stage very quickly--letting the player know what this game is all about. Prince Laharl's father is dead, and he is trying to prove himself worthy to take the throne, even if most of the demons in the Netherworld disagree. Etna and Flonne are still by your side as you work your way into the role of an unworthy prince trying to make his way. But your foes, namely the Krichevskoy Faction, are trying to usurp the title of Overlord from you and put someone they feel is worthy on the throne.
D2 sticks to the tried-and-true formula of a staging area (this time in the Overlord's castle) branching off via portals to the levels where you do combat and advance the story. Laharl and company venture out from the castle to do battle with hordes of demons that believe him to be weak and not quite up to snuff as being the Overlord of the Netherworld. Laharl at times…well, actually, all the time, tends to be a little too hot-headed for whatever situation is going on at the moment and charges headlong into the fray without really thinking about what he's doing. Then it's up to Flonne and Etna to save him–all so he can take the glory for their deeds.
The combat system in this game is quite the departure from common, more Western-styles of RPGs. It is engineered like a really clever game of chess every time you go into battle. Rather than having real-time control over the motions of each of your characters (you can have ten on the board at any given time), D2 has an easy-to-use menu used to control both the action and pacing of the combat sequences. This system gives you the option of charging into battle and hammering through the level as quickly as you can or taking a more contemplative approach to combat. The system is setup so that you move your characters into position (their ability to move, and how far, is dictated by their XP level) and then issue them their orders. The advantage to this is that you can position your party, issue their orders, and then, once everything is in place, execute all their actions at once. You can also activate each character's actions one at a time.
Apart from an excellent and well-thought-out combat system, the game never feels stagnant as you roll through the levels of play. Through the story points that unfurl either from the action of the level itself, or the cutscenes in between levels and acts, you always get a healthy dose of quirky Japanese comedy with your demons and magic. One of the best parts about the cutscenes between acts is that they are told through a mock TV show where Etna, not Laharl, is the main protagonist. It tells of HER exploits and how she should be the Overlord when Laharl dies (which he protests loudly as she tells the tale). There were several times that the scenarios played out by Etna's show were funny enough that I actually laughed out loud. The story points told by the cutscenes and in-game action help to break up some of the longer strings of battles that could otherwise get a little monotonous.
Visually, this game is a little disappointing. I played it on PlayStation 3, and sadly, the game looks like it could've just as easily been a PS2 release. The animation sequences are very last-gen, and the game graphics themselves are nothing short of bland. I found this to be altogether tragic, as the rest of the game is quite enjoyable. The textures are not much more defined than that of the last releases of Disgaea on PS2, and the absence of backgrounds altogether is more than a little disheartening. And even more tragic than that, when you go into the Item World to level up your items and characters, it has more in common with Q*bert than it does with a solid JRPG. Graphics are the major weak point of D2. Had there been a few more improvements over the former installments of this series, this game could've been one of the best entries yet.


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EPA, NOAA Will Help Coastal Communities with Coastal Growth, Development Issues
Release Date: 01/27/2005
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(Washington, D.C.-- 01/27/05) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today agreed to work together to help coastal communities grow in ways that benefit the economy, public health and the environment. The partnership was formalized with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement today.
The new coastal communities partnership will seek to deliver the latest information and technology to communities for reusing previously developed land and providing more housing and transportation choices, while preserving critical natural areas and limiting air and water pollution. These techniques are important strategies for limiting air and water pollution, preserving land and enhancing quality of life. The agreement will help NOAA and EPA achieve national goals for better management of coastal resources and protection of human health and the environment.
The partnership results from a major goal of the Bush Administration to have federal agencies coordinate with state, tribal and local stakeholders to develop comprehensive cooperative conservation strategies to protect the nation's coastal resources.
The EPA-NOAA Partnership will provide training for local government staff and officials; outreach and education on successful policies, ordinances and initiatives; and assessments of the impacts of management actions on sensitive coastal areas.
"Today's agreement provides another tool to help coastal communities advance environmental, economic, and public health," said Steve Johnson, EPA Acting Administrator.
"This agreement will facilitate the development of management strategies that ensure continued conservation of coastal and marine habitats while at the same time make certain that coastal zone residents continue to benefit from the tremendous economic potential available there," said retired Navy Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.
EPA and NOAA will announce the MOA at the Fourth Annual New Partners for Smart Growth conference (running today through Saturday) at the Deauville Beach Resort Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla. The conference, co-sponsored by EPA and NOAA, is looking at a range of cutting-edge growth issues nationwide. More than one-thousand participants, including local elected officials, real estate developers, government agencies and citizen leaders, are attending this event. The conference is also another example of how EPA and NOAA are collaborating to bring the latest tools, information and expertise to coastal communities looking for better ways to grow.
Coastal watersheds (areas draining into bays and oceans) are growing rapidly, with 55 percent of the U.S. population living within 50 miles of a coast. In the past 20 years, the rate of all land development nationwide has grown 30 percent, twice the rate of population growth. This rapid growth presents coastal
communities with both challenges and opportunities.
The partnership is the second between NOAA and EPA focused on coastal communities. In 2003 the agencies established a joint program to assist local port and harbor communities redevelop brownfields. The Portfields Memorandum of Understanding is already producing results in New Bedford, Mass., Bellingham, Wash. and Tampa, Fla., with new waterfront efforts underway. The efforts have shown that communities can respond in innovative ways that not only create jobs while protecting rivers, watersheds and beaches, but also maintain the quality of life that makes coastal communities attractive for
EPA's Office of Water and Office of Policy Economics, and Innovation will collaborate with NOAA to implement today's agreement. For more information on the MOA and on EPA's work on coastal community development in general, visit: https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/noaamoa.html .
Key NOAA support will come from the National Ocean Service's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, the NOAA Coastal Services Center and NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program. NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and
national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of the nation's coastal and marine resources.
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NOAA's Ocean Service: http://oceanservice.noaa.gov
NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management: http://coastalmanagement.noaa.gov/
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Tour Map is a peek behind the curtain to recap EID's first five years together. It features footage from many of the 300+ shows EID has played across the United States and and Canada. You'll see familiar faces throughout the video as well as cameos from notable punk heroes Greg Hetson and Jason DeVore, Beer Punks Justin, Mike Spero, Danny McElwain (False Alliance), Dave and Adam O'Rourke (2Cents), Felony Ron himself and many others. It also happens to be Felony Ron's first fully directed video complete with finishing touches from Emmy Award Winning Director, Steve Guerrero. Tour Map marks the third video installment from EID's latest release, "What Lies In The Mirror" as a lighthearted counterpoint to their often serious video subject matter. We hope the fans and friends will enjoy this look into the delirium and madness that comes with life on the road as the boys begin working on their next project slated for a late spring release.
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What is Eken Is Dead you ask? EID stands for taking the next step in your life; It's conquering your old dreams and moving on to the new. It's killing off what you once believed in and fighting for what matters to you today.
Eken Is Dead (say it like wreck, not eek) is a Los Angeles, CA based four-piece band playing elements of hard rock, alternative, metal and punk. Since it's inception in 2008, EID has earned a well deserved reputation based on professionalism and commitment to excellence. Whether an intimate local show or a packed House of Blues, EID has consistently brought their high intensity and charismatic presence to every single one of their shows. In addition to the relentless live schedule for which they have toured both nationally and internationally, EID has independently produced and released two full length albums including their latest effort, What Lies in the Mirror. EID's "No Retreat, No Surrender" attitude is evident as everyday is treated as an opportunity. They continue to grow musically while sharing stages with influential artists and turning on new listeners, all without ever compromising their integrity as musicians or humans. It is this commitment that sets them apart.
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Can modesty and tolerance coexist?
07/20/2013 8:07amA recent YouTube video titled "The evolution of the swimsuit" has sparked an enormous debate about modesty. When I watched the video and read comments about it, I found myself in the fence-sitting position. It begs the question: can modesty and tolerance co-exist? How?
Shopaholics, unite: Shopping is the new cardio, study says
07/20/2013 8:41amLooking for another reason to indulge in some retail therapy? Try this one on for size: your shopping habit is good for your health. A new study finds that women burn up to 15,000 calories a year while shopping — equivalent to walking seven marathons.
Utah to get concrete section of World Trade Center for 9/11 memorial
07/20/2013 9:55amOrganizers are working to bring a piece of the World Trade Center foundation to Utah as part of a planned memorial at Fort Douglass.
Orem police turn to Pinterest to catch criminals
07/20/2013 10:26amPinterest isn't just for recipes, fashion and DIY projects; police across the country are using it to catch criminals, including Utah's own Orem Police Department.
Man found guilty of killing ex-wife's boyfriend gets prison sentence
07/20/2013 11:21amA man convicted of murder in the 2010 shooting death of his ex-wife's boyfriend was sentenced to prison Friday.
Police investigate whether same masked man robbed 2 banks
07/20/2013 12:02pmPolice are investigating the possibility that a man who robbed a South Salt Lake bank Thursday is also responsible for a robbery in Salt Lake City last week.
4 men freed after being held captive in Houston home
07/20/2013 12:38pmSeveral people who were held captive in a north Houston home, possibly for weeks, have been freed.
Beetle TDI: Can a diesel beat a hybrid?
07/20/2013 3:22pmWe borrowed a Beetle from Volkswagen. Eleven-year-old Claire loved the looks, but not the feel on a long trip. On that trip, the gas mileage from the TDI diesel was amazing.
DWR proposes cheaper youth fishing license, other changes
07/20/2013 4:51pmThe state Division of Wildlife Resources has proposed changes to fishing licenses.
Rancher sues Forest Service for damages in 2003 fire
07/20/2013 5:38pmA prescribed fire that erupted into a wildfire nearly a decade ago in Summit County has now become the basis of a lawsuit. A rancher says the Forest Service deviated from its own policies and was inadequately prepared, harming his ranching operation.
Months after Willard Bay oil spill, campground opens
07/20/2013 6:44pmThe Utah Division of Parks and Recreation flung open the gates at the Willard Bay North Campground and Marina, months after a diesel fuel leak from a pipeline left the area idled. A risk assessment says the area is safe for the public to return.
Youths kick off Pioneer Day celebrations with parade
07/20/2013 6:45pmThe 2013 Days of '47 Union Pacific Youth Parade kicked off days of pioneer-themed activities as part of the "Celebrating Utah" initiative, pioneered by the Days of '47 committee.
Best players the state of Utah will see
07/20/2013 8:32pmThe experts at ksl.com looked at the best players local schools will face this season and who is the best of the best.
Man put under citizen's arrest for alleged death threats
07/20/2013 10:31pmA man allegedly making death threats and showing aggression toward other campers in Provo Canyon was put under citizen's arrest Saturday morning.
Boy Scouts, 2 others missing near Kings Peak located
07/20/2013 10:36pmTwo Boy Scouts who went missing in the High Uintas Friday afternoon were located Saturday afternoon.
2 women killed in I-80 crash identified
07/20/2013 10:37pmTwo women were killed in a car crash near Coalville Saturday afternoon.
Raptors honor Emilie Parker, raise money for foundation
07/20/2013 10:48pmThe Ogden Raptors and fans will celebrate the life of Utah native Emilie Parker, one of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut, at a Pink the Park game Saturday, July 20, to raise money for her organization
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I'm looking for a logo and business card that is complementary to the colors and feel of the website. Here is a link to my template http://demo.hellothemes.com/hellominty/. This may give you a direction in which to head in as far a style. The colors I have chosen for my site are colors regularly seen while diving the kelp forest of the west coast. Here are the codes. 5C8F27, 331A09 ,A9DDFC , 065A7C
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It's hardly the kind of thing any company wants attached to its name, but HTC's rapid acknowledgment of confessed "serious" security exploit, discovered and published this week by security researchers, may ultimately help deflect criticisms and will, regardless, serve as a valuable reminder to CSOs that mobile devices represent a new and still-evolving security threat within the enterprise.
That's the consensus after the bug was published by researchers Trevor Eckhart, Justin Case and Artem Russakovskii, who contacted HTC with news of the vulnerability they had discovered and waited five days without a response before pantsing the company in front of the security and mobile worlds.
The resulting admission involved the kind of PR contrition that no company wants to have to face, but the fast-growing Taiwanese mobile maker has subsequently rushed to patch its Sense user interface to prevent exploitation of the bug, which allows malicious apps to obtain information including user details, calling history, SMS logs, and more.
HTC Australia declined to speak about the bug, offering only its standard statement that
"in our ongoing investigation into this claim, we have concluded that while this HTC software itself does no harm to customers' data, there is a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a malicious third-party application….potentially acting in violation of civil and criminal laws….As always, we strongly urge customers to use caution when downloading, using, installing and updating applications from untrusted sources."
The fact that the bug was exposed before HTC had time to fix it left some security commentators incensed and more than a little concerned, but CSOs may find temporary consolation in the relatively low penetration of Android handsets in Australian businesses.
While IDC Australia's latest Mobile Device Tracker research suggested Android phones were our second most-popular smartphones with 30 percent market share behind the nearly 40% market share of Apple's iPhone, surveys indicate that the iPhone has a much larger presence within businesses.
A recent survey by Intermedia, whose ActiveSync hosted mail service supports a range of devices, suggested the iPhone accounted for 61% of smartphones in businesses and Android, just 17% (for the record, Apple's iPad outranked Android-based competitors by 99.8% to 0.1%. These figures aren't likely to be helped by the ongoing discovery of vulnerabilities in Android smartphones, which have suffered a flood of security breaches as a 400% year-on-year surge in the volume of Android malware keeps Google – and businesses in the field – on their toes.
Could the ongoing spate of vulnerabilities damage Android's credibility with enterprise security executives? Yee-Kuan Lau, market analyst with IDC Australia, isn't entirely convinced.
"It would be too precipitous to say Android-based smartphones are not appropriate for business usage as a result of this one incident," she explains.
"Every platform has inherent security risks and this will be no different for Android as for other mobile OSes. Organisations should be utilising a range of security solutions to ensure secure access to apps and data regardless of the kind of device that is chosen. The question of appropriateness for business comes down to the organisations' goals and ICT imperatives."
It could take a while for the industry to catch up, however. Although new solutions such as Symantec's Data Loss Prevention for Tablet are designed to let security staff restrict the flow of information from iPads, which have emerged as another of the significant mobile data holes, like USB memory sticks.
Symantec debuted its iPad version of the software this week, but it will be next year before an Android equivalent debuts; in the meantime, CSOs contemplating management of Android will have to rely on more conventional techniques such as careful patching, user education – and, of course, the regular crossing of fingers.
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The May flood caused only temporary road closures in our region. Though certainly noteworthy, the impact from heavy rainfall this year pales in comparison to when the skies opened above the Hickory Nut Gorge in July of 1916.
The torrential rains in Henderson County earlier this month swelled the streams and rivers to alarming levels. In particular, the monsoon-like downpours brought about road closures that blocked the highway running through the Hickory Nut Gorge, temporarily isolating the communities of Gerton, Bat Cave and Lake Lure from one another.
(The weather conditions also forced the postponement of CMLC's Bearwallow Beast Trail Run & Festival that I extended an invitation to all last month; the event has been rescheduled for Sunday, June 23 — please consider joining us once more.)
Fortunately, the May flood caused only temporary road closures in our region. Though certainly noteworthy, the impact from heavy rainfall this year pales in comparison to when the skies opened above the Hickory Nut Gorge in July of 1916.
Beginning on the evening of July 3, the rains started falling, and they continued to pour down with immense fury for well over a week. In a 1976 essay, Frank FitzSimons described the onset of the flood: "For ten days and nights water steadily poured from the low, overhanging grey clouds that topped even the lowest ridges. So low-hanging were those dismal, dark clouds that a body felt that one could almost reach up and pull them apart for a glimpse of the sun."
The 1916 flood was the culmination of a most unlikely occurrence: the remnants of two hurricanes that traveled inland and stalled over Western North Carolina — one storm that journeyed north from the Gulf of Mexico and another that came west from the Atlantic Ocean. The second storm reached the region just as the first had exhausted itself. It was truly an unprecedented period of relentless rain, and Henderson County, along with the entire region, would suffer its consequences.
At the time of the flood, Highway 74 had recently been constructed through the Hickory Nut Gorge, connecting Asheville to the small communities of Gerton, Bat Cave, Chimney Rock and beyond. So voluminous was the accumulation of water from the 1916 rains, the deluge made quick work of eradicating the newly built road, washing away its many bridges with ease and burying the road with boulders and debris up and down the gorge.
In fact, the Rocky Broad River, which runs about half of the length of the gorge, wasn't always so rocky. Photos of the river before the flood resemble most other large streams in our region, its bottom lined with a plethora of small river rocks. Ever since, large boulders — many the size cars or even school buses — clutter the river for miles and miles. These giant boulders — weighing tons — tumbled into the river after sliding off of the mountains high above and then washed downstream as if they were apples bobbling effortlessly in the water.
East of Gerton in the community of Bearwallow (a hamlet no longer present on most maps, thanks largely to the immense destruction of the flood), the 1916 torrent was so strong that it literally picked up the Bearwallow Baptist Church from one side of Hickory Creek and deposited it on the opposite side. Beyond repair, the church was rebuilt in 1920 upstream in Gerton. Not coincidentally, the chapel now sits on a hill high above the creek.
In Middle Fork, between Bat Cave and Gerton, a farmer's house was washed away in a massive slide that took the lives of his wife and children. Altogether, eight people were killed in the gorge during the 1916 flood as a result of drowning or landslides.
When immense quantities of water rain down from the sky, our mountainsides can harness only so much volume. Ultimately, enough water will cause any slope to give way — this is a natural process of erosion that formed the very peaks and valleys that make our regions so beautiful and dynamic. But human impact on the land can unnaturally accelerate this process in a way that nature never intended.
Overdevelopment and deforestation of steep mountainsides and banks of rivers and tributaries limit their water-bearing capacity and dramatically intensify soil loss. This not only leads to increased sedimentation — the single most significant source of pollution in our WNC waters — but greater incidence of devastating landslides that cause loss of property, blockage of roads and trails, damage to homes and sometimes loss of life.
Conservation of our region's land not only protects the scenic views that we hold dear, but helps to limit the impact of these floods when they strike. It also safeguards water quality by reducing sedimentation in our mountain waters.
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy's efforts to conserve the natural landscape of the Hickory Nut Gorge and other locations throughout Henderson and Transylvania counties and beyond play a critical role in reducing the impacts of floods, now and in the future.
"The importance of land cover becomes imperative when you have an event like the 1916 flood," said Tom Fanslow, CMLC land protection director. "There exist generally acceptable levels of deforestation and impervious surfaces for land development, and in most years those levels will be fine. But what the 1916 flood teaches us is that there are times where forest cover is critically important, not only to the well-being of the environment but to the well-being of human beings who are otherwise watching their homes and civilization being washed away."
CMLC now holds conservation easements atop Bearwallow Mountain, hosting headwater streams of the gorge, as well as Middle Fork, the area most ravaged by the 1916 flood. The Hickory Nut Forest Eco-Community not only hosts a CMLC conservation easement along Hickory Creek, a primary tributary of the Rocky Broad River, but the development has a low density to keep impact on the land to a minimum. The neighborhood was planned with the goal of maintaining maximum forest cover and preserving the natural hydrology of its mountain slopes.
And the lands within the 600-acre Florence Nature Preserve, owned and stewarded by CMLC, will remain forever forested to effectively buffer several miles of streams that drain into the community of Gerton before flowing into the Rocky Broad River.
So the next time the skies open up and the rivers start swelling, consider that a greater emphasis on land conservation — by buffering our waterways and maintaining the integrity of the mountains' steep slopes — might serve as a first line of defense against the devastating consequences of the next flood.
Peter Barr is outreach and trails coordinator for Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy.


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Washington, D.C. (June 17, 2013)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) and community banks across the country are joining the Small Business Administration (SBA) in celebrating National Small Business Week, June 17 through June 21. ICBA is reminding everyone about the critical role community banks serve in supporting local small businesses.
"The economic stability of this country depends on the growth and development of small businesses," Bill Loving, ICBA chairman and president and CEO of Pendleton Community Bank, Franklin, W.Va., said. "Community banks understand their local markets and towns better than anyone else, and they understand the unique challenges and situations faced by their customers. After all, community banks are small businesses themselves."
Community banks are the source of nearly 60 percent of all small business loans of less than $1 million. Community banks are prolific small business lenders—providing a substantial number of small business loans across the country, including SBA loans. By lending to local entrepreneurs and small businesses, community banks help local economies thrive—driving economic growth and prosperity. ICBA community bank members hold more than $1.2 trillion in assets, $1 trillion in deposits and nearly $750 billion in loans to consumers, small businesses and the agricultural community.
Small business owners and consumers can find their local community bank by visiting ICBA's Community Bank Locator at www.banklocally.org or by downloading the free ICBA locator apps on iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices.
To follow the conversation on Small Business Week, follow the hashtags #SBW2013 and #golocal on Twitter. To learn more about community banks, visit www.icba.org.
About ICBA
The Independent Community Bankers of America®, the nation's voice for nearly 7,000 community banks of all sizes and charter types, is dedicated exclusively to representing the interests of the community banking industry and its membership through effective advocacy, best-in-class education and high-quality products and services. For more information, visit www.icba.org.


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guitarshred11 wrote:Thanks. I'll keep those tips in mind in the future.
Unfortunately, no. I didn't save the code. It was meant to be saved as a Batch file, if that helps any. I would assume that means it's written in C or C++? Unfortunately, the only part of the code that I can remember is:
@echo off
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WallShadow wrote:If you want to make a deadly batch file, write one line that deletes your System32 folder, and your done! Bonus points if you can conceal the output of the program as it slowly deletes everything!
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The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the North Dakota Highway Patrol have issued a Travel Alert for the northeast portion of the state due to snow and blowing snow creating icy road conditions and reduced visibility. The Travel Alert includes the cities of Grand Forks, Drayton, Pembina, Cavalier and surrounding areas. Motorist are advised to watch for changing road conditions in these areas.
A Travel Alert which includes Mohall, Bottineau, Rugby, Rolla, Carrington, Towner and surrounding areas remains in effect.
A Travel Alert means conditions are such that motorists can still travel in these areas, but should be advised of rapidly changing conditions. Motorists are encouraged to reduce speeds and drive according to the conditions.
All travelers are encouraged to monitor road conditions as weather conditions occur and use caution while traveling. For road information, call 511 from any type of phone or go to the website: http://www.dot.nd.gov/travel-info-v2/
NDDOT releases information to inform the public about travel conditions throughout the state. The three categories are as follows:
Motorists can still travel but may encounter areas of challenging winter
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reach their destination and be alert to conditions that may make travel
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potential to change to a NO TRAVEL ADVISED if conditions deteriorate.
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Please be advised that road condition information on 511 and the travel map is updated daily from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. CDT. The road report is based upon the information available to the NDDOT at the time of preparation and is provided solely as a public service. Conditions may vary from those reported.


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Medicare report finds elective surgeries vary by region
Medicare patients with heart disease in Buffalo are one-third as likely as patients in Brooklyn to receive procedures to unclog arteries.
But degenerative arthritis patients in Buffalo are twice as likely as those in the Bronx to undergo hip replacements.
The large differences in procedures reflect the many variations in care here and across the country in how patients get treated for similar conditions.
And whether a patient gets surgery or nonsurgical treatment often depends on physician recommendations, perhaps neglecting patient preferences, according to a new report by the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care.
"The variations show that where you live is what you get," said Shannon Brownlee, lead author of the report, which for the first time offers a detailed comparison of elective procedures in Buffalo and other cities.
The results also indicate that the medical community should embrace shared decision-making in treatment decisions, especially for elective procedures and tests, to ensure that patients get the care that is right for them, the authors said.
Patients should ask questions about their treatment choices instead of routinely delegating decisions to their caregiver in the belief that "the doctor knows best," the authors said.
"It's our hope to better understand and highlight the major cause," Brownlee said of the variations in treatment. "That is that patients' preferences often are not taken into account, and that physicians vary widely in their opinion about the best treatment for particular conditions."
The report is based on rates of surgery per 1,000 patients with Medicare, the federal health program for individuals 65 and older, for the years 2008 to 2010.
The Dartmouth Atlas has been an ongoing project for many years at Dartmouth College's Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice to document variations in medical care and their links to cost and quality.
The group, which is funded primarily by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, released four reports focused on different regions of the country.
In the mid-Atlantic states, for instance, if you have back problems in Lancaster, Pa., you are more than four times likely to get surgery than if you live in Brooklyn.
If you develop breast cancer in Trenton, N.J., you are three times more likely to have a mastectomy than in Syracuse.
And, compared with Buffalo, prostate cancer patients in Rochester are five times more likely to receive an operation to remove the prostate gland.
The greatest variation was seen in the use of prostate-specific antigen testing, or PSA, to screen for prostate cancer. Among the 30 largest communities in the mid-Atlantic states, rates of PSA testing ranged from 6 percent of male Medicare beneficiaries in Binghamton to 60 percent in Manhasset. Buffalo's rate was 35 percent, near the national average.
"We know that the variation we see is little explained by differences in population," said Dr. David Goodman, co-author of the study, which adjusted for the sex, age and race of patients. "It's largely the result of differences in the way doctors practice."
It's not clear what the right rates are, Goodman said. However, sharp differences influence the quality and quantity of the health care patients receive, he said.
What accounts for the variation?
Among other things, there isn't agreement on how best to treat some medical conditions. Often, it's not clear, based on current medical knowledge, which treatments are the most effective for a particular patient.
Back surgery, for instance, is an example of the lack of consensus over how to care for back pain. With no agreement, the rate of back surgery greatly varies from city to city, depending on physician preferences, the report concluded.
About 3 percent of patients received back surgery in Buffalo. But the rate ranged from 1.6 percent in Brooklyn to 7 percent in Lancaster, Pa. The national average is nearly 5 percent.
The PSA test offers another example.
Doctors use the PSA test to screen for prostate cancer. But prostate cancer is often slow-growing, and the test can't tell which tumors will cause a problem, leading many patients to undergo unnecessary biopsies and therapies.
Some medical authorities argue the test does more harm than good because of the risks of treatment, including incontinence. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force – independent experts authorized by Congress to make treatment recommendations – this year recommended that PSA screening should no longer be done routinely in men with no signs of illness. The task force advised doctors and patients to make testing and treatment decisions based on a full discussion of the benefits and risks of the options.
Other medical experts counter that the PSA may be imperfect, but that it saves lives.
The result is confusion. Patients struggle with conflicting advice or may receive the test without a chance to weigh the options.
"The lesson of the PSA test is there isn't as much agreed upon in medicine as you would think. Often, the right care requires a nuanced understanding of the options for each individual patient," said Dr. Brian D'Arcy, senior vice president of medical affairs for the Catholic Health hospital system.
D'Arcy points to other causes of variation, including differences in access to care, such as in smaller cities or rural areas. In addition, physicians often have legitimate differences of opinion based on their training, experiences and the practices of their peers in the community, he said.
The issue is more complicated than simply choosing which treatments are best and standardizing that care, according to experts.
Medicine also is faced with the challenge of standardizing how procedures are done, said D'Arcy. For instance, he noted the importance of instituting agreed-upon safety checklists for surgery and protocols for choosing the most appropriate patients for such procedures as carotid endarterectomies.
The rate for carotid endarterectomy – a procedure to clear deposits from the carotid artery to prevent stroke – ranged from 0.8 per 1,000 patients in Manhattan to 3.2 per 1,000 in Utica, with Buffalo at 1 per 1,000.
Variation data highlighted by the Dartmouth Atlas is useful for identifying the outliers, according to Dr. Irene Snow, medical director of Buffalo Medical Group, a large multispecialty physician group.
"If you are at one extreme or the other, you want to drill down and find out why, and see if it's an actionable item," she said.
More than anything, she and D'Arcy said the documented variation in care calls for the continued movement in health care toward arrangements with physicians that stress value and quality of care, over volume, and greater attention on informed decision-making.
"Historically, medical decisions have been about the preference of the physician," she said. "We're moving to shared decision-making, and it shows that there is value to having a second opinion."
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Percent of patients who receive the PSA test to screen for prostate cancer
Binghamton: 5.7%
Rochester: 15.2%
Pittsburgh: 24.3%
Buffalo: 35.4%
Philadelphia: 42.7%
Syracuse: 55.1%
Manhasset: 59.8%
U.S. average: 34.5%
Procedures to unclog heart arteries per 1,000 patients
Albany: 3.5
Buffalo: 4.4
Syracuse: 5.3
Pittsburgh: 7.6
Rochester: 9
Toms River, N.J.: 11.8
Brooklyn: 14.4
U.S. average: 8.2
Hip replacements per 1,000 patients
Bronx: 1.7
Philadelphia: 3
Rochester: 3.5
Buffalo: 3.8
Pittsburgh: 3.9
Syracuse: 4.3
Utica: 4.5
U.S. average: 3.8
Source: Dartmouth Atlas
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"It is a feather in our caps to get invited," said Lipscomb golf coach Buddy Harston.
The men's teams will play on the South Course, formerly known as Roper's Knob. It is a par -71, 7,100-yard course. This will be the first tournament of the fall season for the Bisons.
"We have known this was coming up for the last three months," said Harston. "I e-mailed them and told them to get ready. The way they worked and prepared this past summer will determine how they play this fall.
"I think the South Course is more challenging than the North Course. There are some long par fours on there."
In addition to Lipscomb and the host Vanderbilt team, the other members of the 17-team field are Akron, Arkansas State, Belmont, Charleston, Davidson, Georgia Tech, Memphis, Mississippi, Mississippi State, MTSU, Notre Dame, South Alabama, South Carolina, Western Carolina and UT-Martin. South Carolina is the defending champion.
"We are not used to playing people like this," said Harston. "The main thing for our players is to go out there and play the course. They can't get caught up in the fact there are so many major athletic programs.
"Our golfers just need to stay in the present and play their games. We have been stressing that. If we do that well we will have a good showing. If we get caught up in how important this is then we will choke."
Harston, who is also a member of the Champions Tour, tries to use his own philosophical approach to the game in dealing with his players.
"If a golfer can beat the guy in the mirror then he has the best opportunity to shoot his lowest score," said Harston. "We practice as a team and we pull for each other as a team, but it is not a team sport when it comes down to playing. When you get on that first tee you are by yourself."
The first tee time on Friday and Saturday is at 8 a.m. Sunday's first tee time is 7:30 a.m. Players will start from both the No. 1 and No. 10 holes.
On Friday the Bisons golfers will tee off from the 10th hole. Blake Brooks will start at 9:30 followed by Brandon Mundie at 9:39, Samuel Marcrom at 9:48, Blanton Farmer at 9:57 and Andrew Brock at 10:06.
Playing the No. 1 spot for the Bisons is Brock followed by Farmer, Marcrom, Mundie and Brooks.
"I like this team," said Harston. "There have been a couple of surprises. I knew Blanton could play, but I didn't know he could come in and be the second qualifier on the team.
"He is not the biggest kid in the world, but he can drive the ball a long way. His short game is good. If a golfer scores well it is because he has a great short game. The way you score is to hit it closer to the hole and turn three shots into two. You don't do that from the tee. You do it from 50 yards out or 80 yards out."
Another surprise has been Brooks, a junior who asked if he could be a walk-on this season.
"I knew he could play," said Harston. "But to have a walk-on come in and make the starting five is a surprise. I told him that we had a 72-hole qualifier and if he could beat the scholarship players he would be on the team. And that is what he did."


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Duke said teachers will be able to spot a child's problem areas within the first couple of weeks of school and will then begin to help address those deficiencies.
But that responsibility shouldn't fall completely on the teacher's shoulders, Duke said. Parents can help make this transition smoother by exposing their kids to basic math lessons and reading non-fiction books outside of the classroom.
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Udoh and his wife, Esther, read to William every day, something that Udoh's father did with him as a boy.
Having both grown up in Africa, Udoh and Esther said they are very serious about William's education.
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Abstract: Aila: A Roman Port on the Red Sea
Various ancient sources mention a city called Aila that was one of the great international ports of the Roman empire. Founded by the Nabataean Arabs in the first century B.C., Aila flourished as a major emporium between the Roman empire and its eastern neighbors. Luxury products such as frankincense, myrrh, and spices were transferred between ships and camel caravans for transport into the Empire. Direct Roman rule began in A.D. 106, when Aila became the southern terminus of the via nova Traiana, a major road connecting Syria with the Red Sea. About A.D. 300 the famous X Fretensis Legion was transferred from Jerusalem to Aila, suggesting the strategic importance of the city. Aila continued to flourish through the Byzantine period (4th-6th centuries), then surrendered to Muslim forces in 630. Although various sources located Aila near the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba on the Red Sea, its exact location remained a mystery.
In 1994 an archaeological project directed by the speaker rediscovered ancient Aila, now within the modern city of Aqaba in southern Jordan. Above all, the project aims to reconstruct the economy of Aila through both excavation of the city and a regional survey of its hinterland. Excavations between 1994 and 2003 revealed major portions of the ancient city, including domestic complexes, cemeteries, the city wall, and an apparently early Christian church. This putative church, erected ca. A.D. 300, could be the oldest purpose-built church in the world. A wide array of artifacts recovered by the project is suggestive of the international trade that passed through the port and of several local industries. Faunal and botanical remains also reveal much about the ancient urban economy. Finally, the surface survey recorded other archaeological sites that place the city in a broader regional context.
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S. Thomas Parker, "Beyond Frankincense and Myrrh: Reconstructing the Economy of Roman Aqaba". Pp. 359-366 in T. E. Levy, P.M. M. Daviau, and M. Shaer, eds. Crossing Jordan: North American Contributions to the Archaeology of Jordan. London and Oakville, CT: Equinox, 2007.
Parker, "The Roman Aqaba Project", in S. H. Savage et al., eds., "Archaeology in Jordan", American Journal of Archaeology 107 (2003) 473-475.
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For the longest time, soccer moms and hockey dads have sacrificed chunks of their precious time to get their offspring off to practices, games and meets.
Now, American society is being introduced to the "gymnastics parent."
On Saturday, hundreds of these parents trekked over to the DCU Center so their aspiring children could catch a glimpse of the young gymnastic stars taking part in the 2013 AT&T American Cup.
Hundreds of kids arrived at the arena before the competitions began to get an autograph of U.S. Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman, a particular favorite of youth gymnasts across the country.
Ms. Raisman competed in Worcester at the 2010 American Cup, and her young fans said that with hard work and a little success, they might follow in her shoes.
The AT&T American Cup showcases a mix of the world's gymnasts and rising stars, many of whom are not much older than the kids that packed the seats Saturday.
Leslie King, a spokesman for the event, said that nearly 4,600 showed up for the American AT&T Cup this year.
During the early morning session, the rink area was nearly filled with fans, who heartily applauded the young athletes being introduced.
American contestants, like Danell Leyva of Miami, who won a bronze medal at the last Olympics, received an especially warm welcome.
After singing the national anthem, the crowd settled down to watch Sergio Sasaki of Brazil open the competition's first rotation, with an array of flips and cartwheels across the main stage.
According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine, about 600,000 youngsters compete in organized gymnastics and that number is steadily growing.
"It does take a bit of time getting your kid to all the practices during the week," said Thomas Ribaudo, who made the trip to the competition from Stoneham with his 12-year-old daughter, Megan.
Organizers of this weekend's competition said that more kids have taken up gymnastics, in large part because of the continuing success of Americans competing over the last two decades in the Summer Olympics.
Megan Ribaudo, a student at the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School in Stoneham, said she has been practicing gymnastics since she joined a local club six years ago.
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According to her dad, Megan usually spends four hours a day, five days a week practicing.
Mr. Ribaudo said his other two children — Jacob, 7, and Payson, 10 — have no interest in gymnastics, though they are active in more traditional sports like soccer, hockey and swimming.
"I think gymnastics are great because one really has to work at it," said Mr. Ribaudo. "It also keeps kids out of trouble."
Megan said she likes gymnastics because of the teamwork.
"We all work together," she explained, noting that "graduates" of her youth gymnastics club often stop by to mentor the younger kids.
While Megan gives up a lot to practice, Mr. Ribaudo said his daughter has to keep up with her schoolwork.
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