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iPhone 4S to hit C Spire wireless on Friday, November 11th
Date: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011, 04:43
Category: iPhone, News
In nine days, the little guy gets the iPhone 4S.
Per AppleInsider, Apple's debut on regional carriers in the U.S. will occur on Friday, Nov. 11, when the iPhone 4S becomes available to customers of C Spire Wireless.
C Spire's official page has been updated to reflect the forthcoming launch date of the iPhone 4S, and also allows customers to pre-register to reserve Apple's latest smartphone. The website also features a "Why C Spire?" section, listing some of the attributes of the smaller, regional carrier versus the "big four" wireless providers in the U.S.
C Spire's individual plans include an unlimited plan with "infinite" minutes, data, messaging and streaming. Those who don't pay for a streaming plan are given 30 minutes per month of free streaming of online content like music and videos, while two hours of streaming runs US$5, 5 hours is US$10, and unlimited is US$30.
The carrier has advertised that its unlimited plan with streaming is US$100, compared to 2GB of data and unlimited calling for US$114.99 and US$119.99 at AT&T and Verizon, respectively.
An individual plan with 500 minutes and unlimited data with free streaming until 2012, for example, carries a base price of US$50 a month. For those who don't want a data plan, C Spire also offers entry-level plans starting at 250 minutes with "infinite" messaging for US$25 per month.
Those who don't buy a data plan can pay for data as they go, with a Web usage rate of one penny per five kilobytes.
Last month it was revealed that Apple was expanding availability of its iPhone to smaller, regional U.S. carriers starting with C Spire, which has about 900,000 customers. C Spire is based in Ridgeland, Miss., and serves customers in Mississippi, Memphis, the Florida Panhandle, as well as parts of Alabama and Georgia.
The new iPhone 4S is also available in America on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. The only major carrier that does not offer Apple's smartphone is T-Mobile, which has a 3G service that relies on the uncommon 1700MHz and 2100MHz bands not supported by the iPhone. Users who unlock an iPhone and use it on T-Mobile's U.S. network are restricted to much slower 2G EDGE speeds.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available and if you're already a C Spire user, please let us know what you make of the company's service.


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At 95, Lillian Wentworth shows no sign of slowing down as the head archivist at Thayer Academy in Braintree. Over 47 years, she has watched over the school's proud traditions, helping faculty, students, families and researchers.
Lillian Wentworth laughs when told she's known as "an institution" at Thayer Academy. "That makes me a building," she jokes. It's true that part of the library – the archives – are named after her. But at 95, Lillian Hicock Wentworth is very much a living presence at the school, where she's filled many roles over 47 years, starting as a teacher in 1961.IN THE ARCHIVES
A sampling of the materials in Thayer's archives, headed by Lillian Wentworth:
ALUMNI PUBLICATIONS: Copies of the Thayer Academy Bulletin from 1944-1964, Thayer Academy Gazette from 1973-1993; Thayer Academy Magazine from 1967-present
ART: List of all exhibits, 1965-present, in the Pennock Collection
ARTIFACTS: Plaques, citations, portraits, sports uniforms, pins and statues
AUDIO TAPES: Concerts, interviews
BOOKS: Old and rare books by Thayer authors or donated by alumni
BRAINTREE INFO: Accounts on academy relations with the town, including founding, anniversaries, tuition issues
COLLEGE INFO: Admission statistics, commencement information and programs, dating to 1880
ENROLLMENT: Statistics and tuition history
FACULTY HANDBOOKS: From the 1980s to present
FILM: 42 football films from the 1960s, plus videos from commencements and other special occasions
MEETINGS: Notes from department head meetings dating to 1967
PARENTS: Minutes from Parent's Club meetings, and copies of Parent's Bulletin from 1978-present, as well as Thayer Family Association newsletters
SENIOR PROJECTS: Student projects, since 1971
SPORTS: Schedules, pictures, list of coaches, images and accounts dating from the 19th century
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS: Including the Prologue (1964-1997), Diatribe (1968-1974), The Tiger's Eye (1974-1997), The Tiger's Tale (1979-present), Voice (1997-present)
SYLVANUS THAYER: Letters, speeches, more on Thayer, including his 200th birthday celebration
THEATER: Programs, cast rosters and pictures
Although retired since 1991, Wentworth still volunteers several days a week as the school's archivist. In 1977, then head librarian, she wrote a 38-page history for Thayer's centennial. As she gathered materials for "The Thayer Academy: One Hundred Years 1877-1977" she didn't want them stashed away and forgotten.
Over the next decade, she tirelessly organized boxes overflowing with photos, papers, letters, , even team uniforms. The archives were born.
When time came to retire in 1991, she just shifted her desk from the publications office to the archives. More than 17 years later, she remains a familiar figure as she steadily climbs the stairs in the library, where the archives are located.
"Her presence is vital," says Larry Carlson, 56, of Carver, a longtime history teacher and fellow archivist. "Without her, we'd have no archives. When you consider how much would have been lost without her being here, it's staggering."
Click arrow to hear Ted Koskores
Working with Wentworth is always pleasant and stimulating, he adds – because of her vast knowledge and dry humor.
Headmaster Ted Koskores, Class of 1970, recalls Wentworth's "charming, but firm way of keeping us on task. She continues to be an enduring and enriching presence here, avidly interested in what our kids are experiencing."
The archives are mostly used by school faculty and staff, but alumni or their families also come calling, looking to trace someone's past. "A woman in the Midwest wrote, asking if we could tell her if her great-grandmother went to Thayer, what year she graduated, what classes she took and her grades," Wentworth said. "We found the answers."
Various researchers writing books – several chronicled the life of author John Cheever, one of Thayer's most famous students – drop in.
On Wentworth's 95th birthday last April 25, she was escorted to the school assembly where all the students rose and sang "Happy Birthday."
With affection, Wentworth told them, "I'm very fond of Thayer. It has a special personality – the accumulation all who have worked there from the beginning.
"It carries over from generation to generation. Thayer, Thayer forever."
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Lillian Hicock Wentworth's life
1913: born in Southbury, Connecticut
1935: graduates from Brown University (Pembroke College)
1938: caught in Providence in Hurricane of 1938;
received masters degree in political science from University of Virginia
1940: teaches American government and English composition at Mississippi State College for Women
1946: marries Robert B. Wentworth
1960: moves to Braintree with her husband. Begins teaching English and American history at Thayer Academy
1965: becomes head librarian in Thayer's new library
1966; gets masters in library science from Simmons College
1977: publishes centennial history for Thayer Academy
1979: moves to Thayer's development and publicity office; begins assembling Thayer archives
1991: retires from Thayer; continues as head archivist
2001: husband, Robert, dies after 55 years of marriage
2008: Thayer names its archives after her

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Hooray for hummus: Middle Eastern dip is colorful, healthful
On our way to Hackensack, Minn., to do some last-minute shopping for bee supplies a couple of weeks ago, my beekeeping buddy, Bobbie, and I made a stop at Green Scene in Walker. A container of spinach hummus, prepared by chef Kristin Melby in the spotless, wide-open stainless steel kitchen that takes up about a third of the cozy store's space, went into my bag of organic food purchases.
Typically, hummus, a Middle Eastern food enjoyed as a dip for vegetables or pita bread, is made of cream-colored garbanzo beans (sometimes called chickpeas) and tahini, a paste made of hulled sesame seeds. Garlic and lemon juice are added to the mixture.
The simple blend makes hummus a target for creative cooks. Erin Andrus, owner of Green Scene, likes to think she and Melby can add anything that strikes their taste buds while using the protein-packed garbanzo bean as a base. It's not uncommon to find vibrant orange sweet potato or bright pink beet hummus in the cooler tucked into a corner of the organic market and deli. Caramelized onion-rosemary hummus and spinach hummus are recent customer favorites.
Hummus seems to be exploding in popularity. Besides the full flavor of the creamy dip, the nutritional benefits of hummus have added to its appeal at picnics and parties. Chickpeas are a good source of protein, fiber and iron. Sesame seeds offer additional iron to hummus, along with calcium, making the thick, creamy mixture a healthful choice when it comes to dipping fresh vegetables.
Andrus and Melby give the Green Scene signature to their Spinach Hummus by adding a full bulb of roasted garlic. Garlic develops a sweet, caramel-like flavor as it roasts in the oven, giving the hummus a whole new dimension of flavor.
"Another trick we use is to cook garbanzo beans with a piece of kombu, a sea vegetable," says Andrus. "The kombu helps to break down the gas-causing sugars that can be an issue for some people when they eat beans, including garbanzo beans. This trick works well for bean soups too."
If you don't care to cook dried beans, hummus can be made with canned garbanzo beans. It takes just a few minutes to wilt some spinach in a hot pan before it's added to the food processor. A food processor makes quick and easy work of pureeing the short list of ingredients together. A high-powered blender will work, but it may require the addition of water or broth to keep it from clogging up.
When I got the Green Scene Spinach Hummus home, I dipped into it with slices of fresh red pepper, celery, carrots and jicama. Then I spread the earthy green hummus on triangles of warm pita bread. After that, I started eating it with a spoon. The next day I contacted Erin Andrus to ask if she would share the recipe. She did.
I used fewer garbanzo beans than the original Green Scene recipe calls for. It was just right for me. Roast a couple extra bulbs of garlic as long as you have the oven turned on. They keep well in the refrigerator for a week. Spinach Hummus won't be around that long. You'll need those extra bulbs of roasted garlic to make more. It's a great way to eat your spinach. It's a great way to eat your vegetables, too.
To learn more about Green Scene Fresh Organic Market, visit www.walkergreenscene.com.
Spinach Hummus
1 tablespoon olive oil
8 ounces fresh spinach
1 whole garlic bulb, roasted
1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup tahini
Juice of 1 lemon
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
Heat olive oil in a 10-inch skillet. Add half of the spinach. Stir until spinach is wilted. Transfer wilted spinach to food processor. Add remaining fresh spinach and process until finely chopped. Add remaining ingredients and process until well blended. Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Makes about 2 cups.
Recipe adapted slightly from Green Scene, Walker, Minn.
Tips from the cook
--To roast garlic, Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Peel away the loose papery skin from the bulb of garlic. With a sharp knife, cut 1/4 inch from the top of the bulb. Drizzle a teaspoon or two of olive oil over the exposed garlic cloves. Use a finger to spread the olive oil to completely coat them. Wrap the bulb loosely with aluminum foil. Place in a custard cup or baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes. Bulb should feel soft when pressed. Allow to cool slightly before removing cloves from roasted bulb.
--Add fresh chopped herbs or a jalapeno pepper to the ingredients in the food processor to change up the flavor.
--If hummus is too thick, add olive oil, 1 tablespoon at a time, and process until desired consistency is reached.
--Tahini can often be found in the international aisle of well-stocked supermarkets.


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Ventura County Jail Doubles Solar Capacity
SANTA PAULA, Calif. — On Oct. 3, Ventura County Todd Road Jail in Santa Paula celebrated the commissioning of a 1 MW solar energy system at its facility. The project is estimated to double the solar power capacity for the County of Ventura and save $180,000 in electricity costs that would offset 40 percent of the jail's electricity needs each year.
San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based REC Solar, a company that designs and installs solar systems, designed and constructed the ground mount system within a 180-day construction timeline, during which the jail remained operational. Campus electricity was disrupted only briefly during the final interconnection. REC Solar installed the system within space constraints, working around the existing parking lot and the footprint of a future building.
"Our goal is to reduce our carbon footprint, primarily by implementing energy conservation measures and also by installing solar PV systems. The Todd Road Jail solar PV system goes a long way towards helping us reach our greenhouse gas reduction target," said Paul R. Young, Acting Chief Deputy Director with the County of Ventura, in a statement.
The Todd Road Jail solar energy system will generate 1,908 MWh annually and save CO2 emissions equivalent to keeping 496 tons of waste from landfills. It is the second solar project that REC Solar installed for the County of Ventura. In January, REC Solar also dedicated a 1.1 MW solar energy system at the Moorpark Wastewater Treatment Plant, which produces 2,235 MWh annually and meets 75 percent of the water reclamation facility's energy needs.
"REC Solar's deep expertise installing solar power systems for government agencies was key to our successful installation at Todd Road Jail," said Ryan Work, business development manager for REC Solar, in a statement. "Over our 15-year history, we've completed 81 solar systems for public agencies. These projects come with a unique set of challenges, including keeping facilities open during construction, meeting extended project lifespan requirements and developing the project at an affordable price point approved by taxpayers. Both our projects with Ventura County met and exceeded these challenges."
Todd Road Jail also incorporates sustainability in its vocational training programs that benefit both the facility and the inmates. For instance, it operates a 100-acre Sunkist lemon orchard, and 15 percent of the revenue goes to inmate services.


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Empowering deserving military families with educational support and opportunities.
Despite all the rain last week in Atlanta, the grounds staff at East Lake was able to, not only make the course playable, but difficult! While the course was soft from tee to green, the greens were firm and prevented players from really attacking the pins resulting in only eight players breaking par in round one. After the players got through the first nine, the grounds crew was actually watering the greens which almost seems comical considering the deluge the course suffered last weekend. Although more rain is in the forecast for Friday, expect the greens to remain fast and firm for the second round, although you can also expect the players to make some adjustments and find some birdies out on the course.
We're seeing a lot of players wearing SYNR-G this week at East Lake as they look for the most stable platform to combat the soggy conditions. SYNR-G wearers Zach Johnson (StaSof glove) and Steve Stricker (PureTouch Limited glove), who both wore style #53870 in round one and can win the FedEx Cup by winning THE TOUR Championship, sit at even par after round one, just four shots back. Padraig Harrington (SYNR-G style #53918, PureTouch Limited glove) continues to play well and sits just one shot off the lead following a first round 3-under 67. Harrington has finished in the top 10 in each of his last five starts, including two runner-up placements.
Marc Leishman (SYNR-G style #53883) is playing in his first TOUR Championship and is in great position following a first round even par 70.
The story from East Lake so far this week has been rain but it appears the course has rebounded nicely so we can begin to focus on the incredible drama that could unfold Sunday afternoon. While there still may be some debate and confusion about the format of the FedEx Cup, the players seem to be very supportive of the change that allows for any player in the top five in FedEx Cup points to win the cup by winning the TOUR Championship this week. Three of the five players who control their own destiny, and could be putting for $10 million come Sunday evening - Steve Stricker, Zach Johnson and Heath Slocum - wear FootJoy's SYNR-G golf shoes.Lorne Rubenstein of the Globe & Mail debates the "greatness" of East Lake Golf Club as a championship course, considering the unusual par-3 closing hole.Tim Rosaforte tells a great story of perseverance about local Massachusetts golfer, Fran Quinn, who birdied his final hole last week to win the Nationwide Tour's Albertson's Boise Open. The 44-year-old, who wears the new SYNR-G style #53918, all but assured himself of a PGA Tour card for next season, his first since 1992.Let's see what some of our colleagues are up to:
TITLEIST - Check out this cool Ball Mark Trivia Game on the Titleist blog and find out some things you may not know about the players who will be teeing up a Titleist today at THE TOUR Championship.CAMERON - You never know what Tour player or VIP you might see when you peak inside the Scotty Cameron putter studio. The latest look unveiled a 9-time world surfing champion who stopped by for some help with his putter.COBRA - In the latest edition of "Face Off with Feherty," Gary asks David Feherty, considering his new citizenship in the United States, would he ever consider a role as assistant captain on the U.S. Ryder Cup team?
Here's a great breakdown from PGATOUR.com of each player in the top 30 and what each must do to win the FedEx Cup. More than half the field will be wearing FJ shoes, so which FOOTJOY player has the best chance of bringing home the hardware and the $10 million prize? Is it Stricker, Zach or Heath who can win the Cup by winning THE TOUR Championship or is it someone from further back in the rankings? Click on COMMENTS to give us your guess as to how this plays out!


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Wolf sighting in Vancouver yesterday. From left to right: Chaske Spencer (Sam), Alex Meraz (Paul), and Kiowa Gordon (Embry) looking all wolfy badass but also kinda virgin paparazzi adorable...Lainey Gossip strikes again. See more pics here.
March 27, 2009
Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz & Kiowa Gordon Roaming Vancouver
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Continuing shamelessly-NPC
they're in a different order in the bottom photo, it confused me...ReplyDelete
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Yes! exactly. So cute to see their new found stardom captured unexpectedly all over their faces.
They kinda look uncomfortable; they'd probably freak out if they realized that we Twilight bloggers have already posted their mugs all over our websites. :-) I hope that they have fun with their newfound fame.ReplyDelete
Yeah I was confused too by the name order. I think the guys playing Paul and Embry are pretty hot.ReplyDelete
Yep. I approve.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousJuly 9, 2010 at 3:07 AM
Kiowa Gordon is soooooo HOTT! I love you!ReplyDelete


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Re: The good TV thread...
Homegrove wrote:
Both of my most recent exes loved it, if that is any indication.
You don't half go on about your exes HG, perhaps if you manned up you might be able to keep one more than five mins.
I'm like Taylor Swift except I'm pretty.


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This is the first time teens have been invited to present at the conference.
"We are just so excited to be chosen for this great honor," Jerry Don Woods, vice president of the Dardanelle School President Association, said. "It's an honor for the students and the adults who participate in the Teen Leadership Summit. It's amazing to think that we might influence schools around the nation."
Woods, along with Margie Smith, a member of the Russellville School District, submitted a proposal titled Kaizen! Peer Pressure Done Right — How Rural Arkansas Students bring about "Good Change," which outlined various projects local schools had implemented in their school groups.
Currently Dardanelle, Pottsville and Russellville School Districts have committed to sending two teen delegates from each district to the national conference.
Smith said any school district that participates in the Teen Leadership Summit and would like to send a representative can contact her at 967-1657.
"We really hope to be able to do some fundraising or find some local businesses that would sponsor students from some of the smaller schools," Smith said. "We don't want anyone to be left out of this exciting opportunity."
The national presentation in April will follow the local summit in September.
Seventy students, chaperons and sponsors are expected to attend the Teen Leadership Summit 2012 Sept. 24-25 at Arkansas Tech Lake Point Conference Center.
Funding for each district to attend is provided by the Allstate Foundation.
Local businesses and organizations will provide personnel to serve as facilitators and volunteers from the River Valley Prevention Coalition will also be in attendance.
The idea to attend the teen summit sprang from a general meeting of the River Valley Prevention Coalition in response to data surrounding the rise of risky teen behaviors.
Smith said the discussion turned to a peer to peer model and soon after the five high schools in Pope County were invited to the first summit.
Three years ago Yell County and its four high schools were invited to join.
"The summit is always a really fun time for the students," Smith said. "Each district will have its own student-led prevention coalition and carry out their action plans formed at the summit. In the past, there have been some really cool student projects that had such a positive impact on their school, that have come out of the summit. I'm always fascinated to see what the students create and share with their student bodies. Sometimes we don't give our youth the credit they deserve."
Smith said some of the student projects included PSAs about bullying, texting while driving, drinking and driving, held assemblies with the grim reaper (showing how a youth in America is killed every 15 minutes in a car crash), held road blocks and gave out Smarties and Dumb Dumb candy to drivers that showed good and bad driving practices.
"Dardanelle EAST Lab created a program called Don't Drive InTEXTicated and presented at their national conference and won a national volunteer award," Smith said. "We have included Morrilton High School for our 2012 summit."
Woods said Smith has been a champion for the Teen Summit from the start and he commended her dedication to seeing that local school districts are consistently recognized for the positive peer to peer relationships developed and impacting the communities.


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Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD), 1997: Experimental File [Bridge Survey] (ICPSR 2797)
Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census
This dataset is the bridge between the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1992 and 1993 panels and the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) 1998-2002 annual surveys. The data collected in the 1992 and 1993 SIPP panels provide extensive background information from which to determine the effects of welfare reform. Interviewing the same households in the SPD will provide data covering the baseline pre-reform period, the reform implementation period, and the medium-term post-reform period. The data from SPD present estimates of the economic status and activities of the population of the United States. SPD provides monthly labor force data and, in addition, supplies supplemental data on work experience, income, and noncash benefits. Comprehensive work experience information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15 years old and over, as well as weeks worked and hours per week worked, reasons for not working full-time, total income, and income components. Information is available not only for persons currently in the labor force but also for those who are outside the labor force. Questions cover respondents' current desire for work, their past work experience, and their intentions for job-seeking. SPD also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food stamps, school lunch programs, employer-provided group health insurance plans, employer-provided pension plans, personal health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance. Basic demographic, social, and economic characteristics are supplied for each member of the household surveyed, including age, sex, race, ethnic origin, marital status, household relationship, education, and veteran status. Limited data are provided on housing unit characteristics such as number of units in structure and tenure.
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When Debi Patterson stepped out her back door to take in drying clothes the other day, she saw what looked like bees and glanced upward.
"I almost fainted," Patterson said Wednesday. "There was this huge nest."
It turned out to be a colony of western yellow jackets.
Deborah Kendall from the biology department at Fort Lewis College said insects of the vespidae family, which includes yellow jackets, are found in abundance in La Plata County.
"We have tons of them, all kinds of species," said Kendall, who has a dual degree in zoology and entomology. "It's totally natural to find them here."
Kendall said the nest will be abandoned come winter. All inhabitants will die except a fertilized queen that will find a protected place.
In the spring, the queen will emerge and build a new nest, Kendall said. She'll chew woody material, which, mixed with starch in her saliva, will create the "paper" for construction.
The queen will stock the nest with paralyzed caterpillars or other insects and lay eggs on them. The insects will be the food source for a new generation of yellow jackets.
Dwayne Howell with General Pest Services gets about 30 calls a month in late summer to remove wasps, bees, hornets or yellow jackets.
"We're seeing a lot more this year," Howell said.
Kendall has seen fewer, however. She said drought conditions have reduced the number of vespidae this summer.
Whether the vespidae are abundant or fewer in number doesn't matter to Patterson.
She likes their architectural skill.
"I'm not going to remove the nest," Patterson said. "It's too beautiful."


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Members of the Capistrano Community Mariachi Program were out playing at Mission San Juan Capistrano over the weekend, doing what they do the second Saturday of every month.
Click here to watch a video and hear the mariachi music at the mission.
The program, also know as Mariachi for All, is taking enrollment for its winter classes, in which kids 5 and older can learn to play and sing mariachi music.
Instruction is offered on vihuela, guitarrón, trumpet, violin and guitar. Classes, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., are available for beginners on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and for intermediate and advanced students on Mondays and Wednesdays.
All classes meet at JSerra Catholic High School, 26351 Junipero Serra Road, San Juan Capistrano.
Special classes are available for adults.
Enroll in person or by phone at 949-680-8972. For more information, visit www.mariachiforall.org.


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The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a ligament inside the knee that prevents the tibia (shinbone) from sliding forward relative to the thigh bone (femur). It is an important stabilizer in the knee. The ACL can be injured in pivoting sports such as in soccer, when the foot is planted and the knee twists, or in basketball, when landing awkwardly from a jump. It is often seen in skiing injuries, as well. Female athletes are three to nine times more likely to sustain an ACL injury compared to males.
After an ACL injury, tissues surrounding the knee will swell and initially be painful. Eventually the pain subsides, but the knee will feel unstable and it may shift or give way during sports or with twisting and turning at the knee.
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ACL injuries are diagnosed through clinical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI is a painless diagnostic tool that provides an extraordinary amount of information in regards to the degree of injury to the ACL (partial tear versus complete), the location of the tear within the ligament and whether there are any other associated injuries in the joint (isolated injury versus complex).
Regardless of age and activity level, the initial treatment after an ACL injury is rest, ice and usually crutches. Unlike the medial collateral ligament (MCL) or posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), tears of the ACL frequently require surgical treatment. ACL tears are treatable using arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgical techniques. Treatment is dependent on the individual's activity level and symptoms. We will work with you to develop an individualized treatment plan.
In the past, injuries to the ACL prohibited athletes from returning to high impact sports that involve pivoting or "cutting" movements. Today, advanced surgical techniques reliably allow the return to athletic activities and physically demanding labor within six to nine months. The goals of surgically reconstructing the ACL are to:
There are different ways that the ACL can be reconstructed. The surgical success rates for ACL reconstruction at UC San Diego Health exceed 95 percent.
By Chris Wahl, MD, and Suzanne Wahl, PA-C, ATC, MMS
ACL injuries can be classified by the amount of damage to the ligament (partial or complete disruption). Injury to the ACL is usually a complete disruption, classifying it as a Grade III complete tear.
In rare cases or in sedentary individuals, there may be a role for nonoperative treatment and rehabilitation. Nonoperative treatment should be considered in:
For individuals who choose not to have surgery, rehabilitation of the injured knee is frequently recommended to restore as much function as possible and help prevent instability. Rehabilitation focuses on strengthening the muscles around the knee in order to provide better support, control and stability.
There is nothing inherently dangerous about a mildly unstable knee so long as the patient is able to be adequately braced and is willing to use the appropriate assistive devices (e.g., cane, crutch or walker). This may require significant changes in lifestyle and activities to reduce the risk of instability events. For instance, an individual may have to avoid activities such as basketball or soccer and participate in low- or non-impact activities, such as biking or swimming for fitness. The goal is for patients to find activities where the knee feels stable and is pain-free.
A minority of patients will continue to have instability to the degree that they are unable to walk or put weight on the affected leg without it buckling. These individuals would be best served by undergoing surgery to stabilize the knee and restore function.
Arthroscopic ACL reconstruction is considered when:
Even if a patient believes his or her knee instability is minimal and they are not having frequent "buckling" episodes, the knee will still incur wear and tear and the joint surfaces will become rougher, which places additional pressure on the menisci and damages this tissue. An untreated damaged ACL can put pressure on other parts of the knee, damaging the menisci and other ligaments, as these structures compensate for the ACL weakness.
The ACL is vital for normal knee function and surgical reconstruction can successfully restore this function. The overwhelming majority of our patients who undergo arthroscopic ACL reconstruction to address knee instability have successful results. This success is seen in patients who can participate not only in daily life activities, but also in demanding physical activities, such as competitive sports. As long as the knee is cared for properly and subsequent traumatic injuries are avoided, the benefits of the surgery should be permanent.
The risks of an ACL reconstruction procedure include, but are not limited to:
Our experienced and cautious surgical team uses special techniques to minimize all the above risks. Although adverse events following this surgical procedure are rare, they can occur and cannot be completely eliminated.
A surgical repair of the ACL refers to affixing the injured ligament back to the tibia or femur from which it has been torn. In rare cases, the ligament may have pulled off of the bone and may have taken a small piece of bone with it. In such cases, the surgeon can suture the ligament or screw the bone back down and restore some, if not all, of the ACL's function.
However, a torn ACL is rarely able to be repaired because during most tears, the ligament tears at its midpoint, like a frayed rope. Over time, the ligament may become completely disabled. Even if partially intact, a torn ACL sustains tissue damage and repair of the original ligament has shown to provide relatively poor functional results.
Reconstruction of the ACL involves rebuilding it using a new ligament. The surgeon creates a soft tissue substitute for the ligament, called a graft, that re-establishes knee stability and provides a scaffold. Miraculously, the patient's body will recognize this graft scaffold, populate it with living cells and permanently attach it in place. Over a relatively short time (about four to six months), this new ligament will take on the appearance and function of the normal ACL. The functional results of ACL reconstruction are predictably excellent and the overwhelming majority of patients are able to get back to the same or higher degree of athletic activity without pain or instability.
Timing in Reconstructing the ACL
Reconstruction of the ACL is not an emergency. It is actually recommended to wait at least a few weeks after the initial injury to allow the inflammation to decrease and for the patient to regain full range of motion in the knee. This will contribute to a more successful return of motion and muscle strength after the surgical procedure. Additionally, it is best not to wait an extended period of time before undergoing an ACL reconstruction. Since the knee is most likely unstable, it is important to reduce the risk of injury to other knee structures, such as the menisci, collateral ligaments and articular cartilage. A chronically unstable knee can predispose an individual to early arthritis, but it must be noted that arthritis cannot necessarily be avoided by undergoing ACL reconstruction.
There are two main types of grafts: tissue taken from the patient's own body (autograft) and donated tissue from organ donors (allograft).
The best type of graft used to reconstruct the ACL depends on a variety of patient factors. There is not one ideal graft that is perfect for every patient. Graft selection should be individualized for each patient based on the advantages and disadvantages of the graft type, as well as the patient's age, lifestyle, activity level and any other associated injuries.
The bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft, or BPTB, is widely used for ACL reconstruction. The graft is made up of the middle third of the patellar tendon with bone from the top surface of the patella (kneecap) on one end, and bone from the tibia (shinbone) on the other end. BPTB autografts have been used for a long time and have an established track record. The advantages of this type of graft include its ability to reliably restore knee stability, fast incorporation rate and low rate of re-tearing. Potential disadvantages include temporary or permanent pain at the front of the knee, slight loss of motion, a larger incision and more pain immediately after surgery. BPTB is typically recommended for high-level or elite athletes and individuals who have had failed previous ACL reconstructions. Its use should be avoided in patients who have patellar tendonitis, patellofemoral syndrome and individuals who frequently kneel (e.g., gardeners, floor installers, plumbers, etc.) or engage in long-distance or repetitive running, such as marathoners.
Two of the five hamstring tendons (the semitendinosus and the gracilis) are commonly used to reconstruct the ACL. There is no bone harvested with the hamstring tendons, and therefore, the pain immediately after surgery is less compared to BPTB autografts. Other advantages to using hamstring autografts include restoring knee stability, a smaller incision and decreased likelihood of long-term knee pain. The disadvantages are that the reconstructed ligament is not as strong as the BPTB graft, there is a slower rate of graft incorporation and healing and a slight loss in hamstring strength when the knee is at its end range of flexion (bending). Hamstring autograft is typically used in younger individuals who are active and in those who do a lot of kneeling. This graft should be avoided in patients who have very flexible joints throughout their body or have an associated MCL sprain.
This graft uses bone from the kneecap and some of the quadriceps (thigh) tendon and has bone on one end and soft tissue on the other end. This graft is not as widely used, but has a very reliable track record. The advantages include less long-term knee pain compared to BPTB, reliable strength and bony healing at one end. The initial pain may be more than with a hamstring autograft, but it's typically less than what is experienced by a BPTB autograft patient.
In addition to BPTB, hamstring and quadriceps allografts, other tendon grafts are also used, such as the Achilles, tibialis anterior and tibialis posterior. An advantages of allografts is the elimination of donor site pain. However, there are theoretical risks of disease transmission from the donated tissue. Nationally, this risk is about 1:1.5 million for HIV transmission and about 1:470,000 for hepatitis transmission. Donated allografts DO NOT result in a significant immune response and patients do not have to take medication to fight rejection. Allografts tend to have residual laxity (looseness) and therefore have a higher re-rupture rate than BPTB, hamstring and quadriceps tendon autografts. Allografts should be avoided in high-activity individuals and are best suited for older, less active patients.
In general, for young, competitive and highly active individuals, BPTB is recommended. For young patients who are not involved in competitive sports or older patients who are highly active, hamstring autograft is suggested. For older patients who participate in low-impact activities, hamstring autograft or allograft is typically recommended.
First, three very small (1 cm) incisions are made at the front of the knee. Through these small incisions, the arthroscopic camera and specially designed instruments can enter the knee. The knee joint is continuously irrigated with sterile saline, which "inflates" the joint with clear fluid.
The surgeon will maneuver the camera around the entire joint to evaluate all of the important structures in the joint (e.g., ligaments, meniscus, cartilage and bone) and determine if there are any other injuries that may need to be addressed during the surgery. Most often, the surgeon will take photographs and video to help explain to the patient what was found and how it was corrected.
The damaged ACL will then be removed from the knee with small arthroscopic instruments. Sockets or tunnels for the new ACL will be drilled into the tibia (shinbone) and femur (thigh bone). The new ACL graft will then be secured into the two bone tunnels so that it crosses the joint where the injured ligament used to be.
The procedure takes approximately one to two hours to complete. After the procedure, the patient can expect to spend one or two hours in the recovery room and anticipate going home on the same day of surgery.
Patients rarely need to spend the night in the hospital after an ACL reconstruction and can usually plan on going home the same day as the surgery.
Immediately after the surgery, the patient is placed in a hinged brace. This braces allows the patient to bend and straighten their knee. It is typically worn for five to six weeks after surgery. Depending on the surgeon's preference and whether other are procedures performed, the patient can usually put some weight on the operated leg with the help of crutches.
Postoperative physical therapy for a reconstructed ACL is mandatory. The primary objective is to provide a safe environment where the patient can return to normal function without compromising the ACL repair. Rehabilitation takes place in these controlled phases:
Weeks 0 - 2: The first two weeks of recovery are devoted to achieving successful pain control, allowing the incisions to heal, decreasing swelling and restoring knee motion. Strengthening the muscles in the leg also begins with simple exercises that focus on the quadriceps (thigh) muscles. During this time, the patient will be allowed to bear weight on the operative leg with or without the assistance of crutches. It is imperative that the individual remains in the knee brace while walking.
Weeks 2 - 6: During this time, physical therapy will focus on preventing muscle atrophy (shrinking), maintaining and increasing range of motion, progressing to full weight bearing without crutches, but while wearing the knee brace and improving muscle control. Patients begin using an exercise bicycle during this time.
Weeks 6 - 12: In this stage of rehabilitation, the physical therapist will provide exercises that increase muscle strength, stability and endurance. Additionally, the patient will be working on balance and performing exercises on an elliptical machine.
Weeks 12 - 24: At this stage the patient will be progressing to functional activities. Individuals can expect to be running within 15 to 18 weeks and performing agility and cutting movements after 24 weeks.
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DETROIT - A Detroit man who police said confessed to killing his wife last week has been charged with murder.
Anthony Eugene Stanford, 46, stands charged with shooting his wife, 36-year-old Lori Ann, in their home in the 3900 block of Bedford Street.
--Lori Ann
Police said the couple's three sons, ages 9 - 15, were in the home at the time of the shooting but didn't witness it.
Detroit police said Stanford turned himself in Friday and confessed to the shooting.
He was arraigned Monday on the murder charge and a felony firearm charge. He'll stay in the Wayne County Jail.
Karen Hunt, Stanford's oldest daughter, said the charges against him are hard to believe.
"We're trying to deal with it as best as we can. We didn't expect it," said Hunt.
Lori's three boys are with family. Their sister told Local 4 she's doing everything she can to hold the family together.
"I'm trying to hang in there. It's tough. I have my moments, but I'm having to be strong for everyone else," said Hunt. "Lori was a very out going lady. She was an evangelist. She was very well known."
Watch: Detroit police say man shot, killed wife
Police said they don't have a record of any domestic violence at the couple's home.
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Whether the geometric cosmos made up of mandalas, spheres, squares and other colors and shapes is how planets & stars appear with a higher vision or they are just psychological keys to those realms or something else, I know not. The fact that such a similar use of geometric shapes was shared by Buddhism & Platonism, for example, suggests that neither a mere lack of telescopes nor fantastic imaginations were the causes.
From a sketch about Plato's cosmology in his Timaeus:
In accordance with the requirements for the construction of the body of the universe previously set out at 31b4–32c4, the Craftsman begins by fashioning each of the four kinds "to be as perfect and excellent as possible…" (53b5–6). He selects as the basic corpuscles (sômata, "bodies") four of the five regular solids: the tetrahedron for fire, the octahedron for air, the icosahedron for water, and the cube for earth. (The remaining regular solid, the dodecahedron, is "used for the universe as a whole," [55c4–6], since it approaches most nearly the shape of a sphere.) The faces of the first three of these are composed of equilateral triangles, and each face is itself composed of six elemental (scalene) half equilateral right-angled triangles, whose sides are in a proportion of 1:√3:2. Timaeus does not say why each face is composed of six such triangles, when in fact two, joined at the longer of the two sides that contain the right angle, will more simply constitute an equilateral triangle. The faces of the cube are squares composed of four elemental isosceles right-angled triangles and again, it is not clear why four should be preferred to two. Given that every right-angled triangle is infinitely divisible into two triangles of it own type (by dropping a perpendicular from the right-angle vertex to the hypotenuse, the resulting two smaller right triangles are both similar to the original triangle) the equilateral or square faces of the solids and thus the stereometric solids themselves have no minimal size. Possibly, then, the choice of six component triangles for the equilateral and four for the square is intended to prevent the solid particles from becoming vanishingly small. Since each of the first three of the regular solids has equilateral faces, it is possible for any fire, air or water corpuscles to come apart in their interactions—they cut or crush each other—and their faces be reconstituted into corpuscles of one of the two other sorts, depending on the numbers of faces of the basic corpuscles involved. For example, two fire corpuscles could be transformed into a single air corpuscle, or one air corpuscle into two fire corpuscles, given that the tetrahedron has four faces and the octahedron eight (other examples are given at 56d6–e7). In this way Timaeus explains the intertransformation that can occur among fire, air and water. On the other hand, while the faces of the cube particles may also come apart, they can only be reconstituted as cubes, and so earth undergoes no intertransformation with the other three.[39] Having established the construction and interactive behavior of the basic particles, Timaeus continues the physical account of the discourse with a series of applications: differences among varieties of each of the primary bodies are explained by differences in the sizes of the constituent particles (some varieties consisting of particles of different sizes), and compounds are distinguished by their combinations of both different sorts and different sizes of particles. These various arrangements explain the perceptible properties the varieties of primary bodies and their compounds possess. An object's particular arrangement of triangles produces a particular kind of "disturbance" or "experience" (pathos) in the perceiving subject, so that the object is perceived as having this or that perceptible property.


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As it turns out, taking birth control pills can really screw up your attraction to the right kind of guy! The attraction is only for those days you should have been ovulating. So when you choose a life mate, and take a year and a half to do this, be aware real chemistry certainly is involved in the initial attraction:
The type of man a woman is drawn to is known to change during her monthly cycle – when a woman is fertile, for instance, she might look for a man with more masculine features. Taking the pill or another type of hormonal contraceptive upends this natural dynamic, making less masculine men seem more attractive….The findings have led researchers to wonder about the implications for partner choice, relationship quality, and even the health of the children produced by these partnerships….The study also showed that women seemed to prefer the scents of men whose immune systems were most different from the women's own immune-system genes….
Having two different immune systems would give the children better protection against bad germs. Supposedly, we ferret this out by using our sense of smell!
In the movie Species, a gorgeous female alien gets loose from a research laboratory and goes searching for a male. She picks up this one guy, he takes her home, and she starts kissing him ferociously. Then suddenly, she stops, sniffs him, and then kills him! She sniffed he had diabetes! She kills rather than mates with a man who is not going to pass on healthy chromosomes. It looks like some of this biology is built into us (short of the homicide part, that is).
When women ovulate, they give off subtle cues, and men tend to find them more attractive at this time. But when she's using hormonal birth control, she's no longer interested in masculine men, and masculine men are no longer interested in her:
Researchers speculate that women with less-masculine partners may become less interested in their partner when they come off birth control, contributing to relationship dissatisfaction….[and] and increased attraction for other men during their fertile phase. Women partnered with traditionally masculine partners didn't have such urges….
So the message is don't pick a guy when you're on the pill, 'cuz you're going to pick a wuss. And when you get off the pill and you're married with three kids, you'll look at him and think "I married a wuss," and the next time you're fertile, you'll get turned on to some macho dude.
I cannot argue that in attraction, there probably is a lot of biology and chemistry involved, because we're biological creatures. Human beings with their incredible gray matter, however, are complex and decisions are made for many different reasons having nothing to do with health or picking a good partner.


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DENVER The task force that Gov. John Hickenlooper set up to halt a looming war between local governments and the energy industry came back Wednesday with a plan to keep things mostly as they are.
Several Front Range local governments are considering moratoriums and regulations in the face of a drilling and hydraulic fracturing boom. Earlier this year, Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature blocked each others bills to either increase or remove the authority of local governments to oversee drilling.
Hickenloopers task force which included people from the energy industry, environmental groups and local governments reached much the same conclusion. The group decided that drawing bright lines between state and local jurisdictional authority was neither realistic nor productive.
Instead, it recommended local governments and the industry use tools that already exist, including local government liaisons and memorandums of understanding between governments and companies. La Plata County pioneered such methods during its drilling boom.
Speaker of the House Frank McNulty, R-Highlands Ranch, had pushed to rein in local governments, some of which he says are chasing away jobs and investment.
The task force ignored about 98 percent of what the governor asked them to do. What they did recommend I think is helpful but does little to address the overall situation we have in Colorado, McNulty said.
Hickenlooper commented briefly on the report.
The task force has provided a roadmap for how best to deal with issues of local control, Hickenlooper said in a news release. We very much appreciate the task force members time and commitment to finding collaborative solutions.
Environmentalists had criticized Hickenlooper this year for his support of the gas and oil industry, but on Wednesday, it was McNulty who was most upset.
McNulty said if he pushed a bill through the House, the Democratic-controlled Senate would kill it.
It appears to me the governor has made his decision to punt, McNulty said. Leadership is required. I cant get this done myself. I cant get this done as speaker of the House of Representatives.
Faith Winter of Colorado Conservation Voters said her group was mostly pleased with the task force. It gave the industry and its critics a chance to sit down and figure out ways to dissipate the tension that had been building.
She hopes the Legislature does not try to run another bill this year.
I hope people try this out and see if it alleviates some of that tension, Winter said.


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By Alisha Jackson
Last year, Justin Timberlake captured the final performance of his 20/20 Experience World Tour at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on film, and in two days, it's coming to Netflix.
Related: Justin Timberlake Shares Prince Memories
On Wednesday, October 12th, subscribers of the streaming service will gain front row and backstage access to JT + The Tennessee Kids, a concert film which Justin Timberlake is dedicating to Prince.
"His influence, and I have this in common with I think every musician of my generation and the generations to come, his influence is all over everyone's music and there's so much that I feel like I've maybe consciously and unconsciously borrowed from him that it felt…right," Timberlake explained to E!. "It just feels right to dedicate the film to him."
The film's director, Jonathan Demme, agreed. "The film's been blessed with that name and that spirit," he said.
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Planning an Aux Tank setup on my RT. Going with either a 4 gallon aluminum Jaz or a 4.75 gallon Tour Tank bolted to a BMR Flatbed Luggage Rack which goes over the pillion. It appears gravity feed will work so I will avoid doing any wiring except for a ground strap.
Can someone who has done an RT give me some tips on plumbing into the stock tank? There's a pretty good write-up on a GS with a lot of pictures but I'm struggling to find a tutorial on the RT.


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The power of Twitter showed itself on Thursday, and brought forth a new chapter in the South Carolina-Clemson football rivalry.
The Gamecocks' football team, fresh from a 34-13 dismantling of archrival Clemson last week, saw a silly innocuous post from a social media outlet start a firestorm on Thursday afternoon. While the Tigers were preparing for their ACC Championship Game showdown with Virginia Tech on Saturday, Clemson reporter David Hood asked coach Dabo Swinney about a Tweet that was attributed to USC coach Steve Spurrier after the game - one that read, "We aren't LSU and we aren't Alabama. But we sure ain't Clemson."
Swinney responded in a full rant, declaring that he didn't care what was printed and pointing out USC's several deficiencies in the rivalry. Citing the Tigers' dominance in the overall series, Swinney pointed out that his duty was to defend his program and his university.
"My kid's grandkids won't live long enough to ever see this really become a rivalry," Swinney said, among other put-downs of USC's relevance in the series. "He's exactly right. They ain't Alabama. They ain't LSU, and they certainly aren't Clemson."
Swinney drew praise from his fans for the responses, but the problem was, the original Tweet was mis-attributed to Spurrier. It was put out by @GamecockFB, a Twitter feed helmed by USC football staffers, and attributed to Spurrier, but Spurrier never said it.
Spurrier has said many times this season that USC has played well, but isn't an Alabama or an LSU. The "sure ain't Clemson" line was added after the game on the Gamecocks' radio broadcast, and was uttered by USC play-by-play man Todd Ellis.
@GamecockFB hastily clarified the Tweet on Thursday, posting the audio broadcast and calling it an accidental mis-quoting. There was no immediate response from Swinney or Clemson, although USC's football (and baseball) players posted some amusing replies to Swinney calling out their coach and program.
"dabo wrong, south carolina run this state in football and baseball," Tweeted freshman Shon Carson.
Swinney's response came only an hour after another supposed Tweet, this one from USC quarterback Connor Shaw. Shaw, who only started his account this week, had a post degrading the Tigers while he was on his way home.
"Riding thru Clemson territory...or should I say Property of the University of South Carolina. 34-13 BEAST MODE #3Peat," the Tweet said.
A source close to the situation and Shaw contacted GamecockCentral.com and said that Shaw denied ever Tweeting the line, saying that his account was hacked and someone else posted it without his knowledge. Shaw's account also said earlier that he was driving through Laurens County on his way home; that route hooks into I-85 on the way to Flowery Branch, Ga., Shaw's hometown.
Shaw later posted, "Hacked earlier today People who received DM from my account ignore them. Idk what all tweets were posted but MY tweets are on my account now," and erased the earlier Tweet.
That re-opened another storyline from before the USC-Clemson game, when Tigers quarterback Tajh Boyd supposedly Tweeted a line about USC's defensive line being average. Boyd's Twitter feed was erased after the game; GamecockCentral.com has been told that there are screenshots of the Tweet, but none have been provided.
Boyd claimed he never said it, but USC apparently believed he had. Melvin Ingram sacked Boyd twice during the game, and after one, he stood over Boyd and told him, "Y'all need to stop Tweeting."
Boyd did post a Tweet before the season ever began that compared the arrest of USC quarterbacks coach G.A. Mangus to the well-documented troubles with alcohol from QB Stephen Garcia. With a paraphrasing of "like QB like coach," the Tweet was printed out within the hour and posted on the bulletin board in USC's locker room.
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Though it dealt in death, Six Feet Under's other preoccupation involved not just life, but the choppy journey through it, and no character went on a greater journey of self-discovery than Nate Fisher, a free-living rebel who resisted the pull of his familial responsibilities until his father's death in the pilot. By the series' end, Nate had become a full-fledged adult — albeit one with tremendous flaws — but the journey was long and one that we all take in our own way. So for those of you still trying to figure things out, draw inspiration from these Nate Fisher lines from Six Feet Under (which you can stream on HBO Now).
"Why do people die?" — Tracy Montrose Blair
"To make life important. None of us know how long we've got. Which is why we have to make each day matter." — Nate Fisher
In the middle of your daily hustle and grind it's pretty easy to lose sight of the fact that none of us are guaranteed another day. That's why you've got to step away from yourself from time to time and stop stressing about little things that find a way to loom large in your life. Focus on the big picture and the better things whenever you can slip away from the grind.


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The New Year is here, and many of us ponder resolutions. Let us ponder on this: Why is secondhand smoke dangerous for kids?
Secondhand smoke contains over 4000 chemicals including arsenic, formaldehyde, carbon monoxide, and benzene. Sixty of them are known to cause cancer. The truth is, there is no such thing as a safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke. Minimal exposure is harmful to your health.
Secondhand smoke is dangerous to children because their bodies are still growing and developing and it can slow a child's lung growth. Children exposed to secondhand smoke are more likely to have increased ear infections, more severe and frequent asthma attacks, allergies, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Infants exposed have an increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
Parents who smoke are not bad parents. They love their children, care for their children, and always want to protect their children from harm. There are some myths around protections from secondhand smoke exposure.
The Distance Myth: smoking in another room or different part of the house can protect my child. The truth: In a home or in a car, there is no safe distance between children and secondhand smoke.
The ventilation myth: Opening a window or using a fan or air filter makes the air safer.
The truth: Ventilating smoke does not do enough to protect children.
The odor myth: If you cannot smell secondhand smoke, the air is safe.
The truth: Even if someone can't smell secondhand smoke, he or she may still be breathing its poisonous toxins.
The quit myth: Parents have to quit smoking entirely to be able to protect their children and keep the air safe in the home and car.
The truth: Parents don't have to quit smoking right away to start protecting their children. Take one step, one step out your door or outside of your car.
Keep in mind the myths around and take one step. Resolve yourself to protect children from the dangers of secondhand smoke.
Written by Tyra Hughes: RSAPP (Regional Substance Abuse Prevention Partners) AmeriCorps Member serving with Montelores Early Childhood Council. Tyra is the mother of two beautiful young girls.


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Team building activities can greatly enhance efficiency and productivity in the workplace. Business executives and managers can use team building activities to turn the individual strengths and abilities of employees into a cohesive team. They can also be used to celebrate achievements and successes. There are several benefits your company can gain from team building activities.
First, there's increased cooperation and a sense of accomplishment for all team members. All tasks will become much easier when every employee knows that they are working towards a common target. Problem solving also becomes much easier due to the synergistic effect of improved cooperation. Brainstorming sessions then become highly resourceful and productive. Communication will be enhanced and corporate values will be easily imbibed.
In this article, we'll be discussing some of the most important benefits of effective team building activities in a corporate setting.
Improved Collaboration
After well planned team building exercises, you will always notice improved collaboration between various departments in your organization. Previous barriers to cooperation will be removed and several other subtle obstacles to cohesive effort will be quickly eliminated. This happens because during most team building exercises, your workers will have a better understanding of what other individuals and departments actually need. That is why it is very important to actually practice collaboration improvement techniques during these team building exercises.
Deeper Commitment
Another major benefit of team building activities is increased commitment to corporate goals and objectives. When all team members attend a team building session, there will be a stronger bond established between all team members. This will ultimately lead to stronger commitment. Everyone will start to pull in the right direction. In addition, all participants will see the power of working towards the same goal and start to strive to towards practicing this in the actual work situation. In fact, once your team members begin to experience the joy of synergistic effort, their morale will be boosted and their results will drastically improve.
Enhanced Communication
Team building activities can also greatly improve communication between all the people in your organization. Plan your activities so that everyone will have a chance to interact and talk with each other regardless of their status in the company. In most cases, these activities offer a very significant opportunity to break the ice and let team members air their views freely. It is this type of informal relaxed atmosphere that a lot of misconceptions are easily corrected. Superior officers will see the need to spend more time listening to their subordinates. Everyone begins to see the other team member as a co-worker rather than as a stranger working behind closed doors.
Better Corporate Culture
Team building activities also offer a golden opportunity to improve corporate culture. The values of your organization can easily be re-emphasized and imbibed by every participant. Through direct participation in a carefully planned team building session, you can help all your team members to have a better understanding of your corporate culture. For instance, you can design special corporate T-shirts that have some of your corporate cultural values inscribed on them. And then use of some of the activities you have planned to actually demonstrate these values. You will create a very powerful impact through this practical experience.
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text: Thanks for the thorough benchmarking job, it's very nice to see that history. Is there a chance you could add Rails production values there as well? Michael On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Sven Koschnicke (GFXpro) <s.koschnicke at gfxpro.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I tested again with persistent-postgresql 0.4.0.1 and now the results are > what you would expect :) rails in dev mode is now 79 times slower[1]. Of > course, thats not a fair compare, but Greg did some testing with rails > production already. Thanks for improving that so quickly! > > Greetings > Sven > > [1] https://github.com/SKoschnicke/performance-test > > On 03/25/2011 08:41 AM, Michael Snoyman wrote: >> >> Hi Sven, >> >> Can I ask you to try things out one more time, this time with >> persistent-postgresql 0.4.0.1? I think I fixed some more of the >> issue[1]. >> >> Thanks, >> Michael >> >> [1] http://docs.yesodweb.com/blog/improving-persistent-performance >> >> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Sven Koschnicke (GFXpro) >> <s.koschnicke at gfxpro.com> wrote: >>> >>> Great that you found a way to speed things up! I'm looking forward to the >>> blog post. I will run some more tests with the improved code, just let me >>> know when its available. Is someone working on improving the postgres >>> database backend? Maybe I could help there, the bad performance with >>> postgres is really a showstopper for me. >>> >>> Sven >>> >>> On 03/23/2011 08:13 AM, Michael Snoyman wrote: >>>> >>>> This was a great example of a performance bug being exactly where you >>>> don't expect it. I'm planning on writing up a blog post on this >>>> adventure later, but for the quick summary: the Criterion benchmarks >>>> have gone from 23.7ms (== 23,700us) to 141us. Meaning this is a 200 >>>> fold speedup for some operations. This came from switching a large >>>> monad transformer stack to a single RWS monad. But more on that in the >>>> blog post. >>>> >>>> I've run your test a few more times: it still seems like there's a >>>> slowdown from the database code, but I think the widget performance >>>> bug was the big issue. After some more testing on my end, I'll put the >>>> code on Hackage. Would you give the test another shot after that? >>>> >>>> Thanks again for bringing this up! >>>> >>>> Michael >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Sven Koschnicke (GFXpro) >>>> <s.koschnicke at gfxpro.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I think your guess wasn't completely wrong. I tested with Sqlite now, >>>>> and >>>>> with that rails and yesod are equally slow (rails 11.81 secs vs yesod >>>>> 11.36 >>>>> secs). But its also interesting that your code change speeds it up. >>>>> >>>>> (I put the sqlite benchmark at >>>>> https://github.com/SKoschnicke/performance-test/tree/sqlite) >>>>> >>>>> My first guess was actually that its the marshalling which slows yesod >>>>> so >>>>> much and that rails uses some clever optimizations there, but I haven't >>>>> got >>>>> enough insight to validate that. >>>>> >>>>> Greetings >>>>> Sven >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 03/21/2011 01:49 PM, Michael Snoyman wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Looks like my initial guess was completely wrong: on my system, almost >>>>>> no time is spent on the database query. Instead, it looks like there's >>>>>> some kind of performance issue with Hamlet. For example, changing line >>>>>> 20 of Handler/Quote.hs from "addWidget" to "addHtml" increases >>>>>> performance dramatically (25 sec to 4.5 sec). I'll need to spend some >>>>>> more time to properly diagnose the problem. Again, thanks for bringing >>>>>> this to my attention. >>>>>> >>>>>> Michael >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Michael Snoyman<michael at snoyman.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Firstly, thank you for running this benchmark: it's the only way we >>>>>>> can find out where Yesod needs to be fixed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I haven't had a chance to look into the code properly, but it looks >>>>>>> like this is more a test of the database backend than of the web >>>>>>> framework. I'll try to get to this myself later, but it would be very >>>>>>> interesting to see the difference in response times between >>>>>>> PostgreSQL >>>>>>> and sqlite. Currently, persistent-sqlite binds directly to the sqlite >>>>>>> C API, while persistent-postgresql uses HDBC. It's entirely possible >>>>>>> that HDBC is adding some overhead. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One of the items on our wish list[1] is to migrate away from HDBC. >>>>>>> Having hard numbers like you are providing will help us figure out >>>>>>> our >>>>>>> priorities a bit better. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Michael >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [1] http://wiki.yesodweb.com/Wishlist >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Sven Koschnicke (GFXpro) >>>>>>> <s.koschnicke at gfxpro.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm coming from a Rails background and was very impressed by the >>>>>>>> features of >>>>>>>> the Yesod Web Framework. Working on an trading app in Rails I wanted >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> port >>>>>>>> some features of this app to a Yesod app just to learn the framework >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> because we have some performance issues with Rails. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The first thing I noticed was that the Yesod app was significantly >>>>>>>> slower >>>>>>>> than the Rails app at trivial tasks. I am very astonished about >>>>>>>> that. >>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>> thought Rails should be slower because of its interpreted nature. I >>>>>>>> made >>>>>>>> some benchmarking and measured that a simple Rails app is fourteen >>>>>>>> times >>>>>>>> faster than a Yesod app that did the same thing (loading some >>>>>>>> records >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> the database and displaying them). Did I made a mistake or is my >>>>>>>> understanding, that the compiled app should be faster, just wrong? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I documented the results on github: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://github.com/SKoschnicke/performance-test >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Greetings >>>>>>>> Sven Koschnicke >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> web-devel mailing list >>>>>>>> web-devel at haskell.org >>>>>>>> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/web-devel >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > >


text: Unless Melo opts out, the draft pick isn't a big deal. The Knicks had little wiggle room and when an opportunity like this presents itself, to transform a few DNC-CD players into the former #1 pick (with recent success), whose game compliments our star... Well, you have to roll the dice... even if that means giving up something like a #1 pick. As mentioned, we have tons of cap space being cleared so that pick wont really mean as much in terms of obtaining talent. Just means that we better develop Shump & Hardaway and find something in 2014. NOw, to make this a true gem of a trade... Knicks need to keep it going... B/C this cannot be our "biggest" move this offseason. We need a viable backup PK, another banger (rebounder) and a shooter, along with bringing back either Copeland or Smith, and keeping Prigs.


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Graie Alps > Mont Blanc GROUP > Miage (Dômes de) > Climber's Log
Miage (Dômes de) Climber's Log
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| Route Climbed: Traverse
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2004
|The first ascent of my wife.
Good Memories
|Posted Mar 4, 2016 12:01 pm
|Traverse W-E
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2013
|Beautiful day. Perfect snow
|Posted Aug 26, 2013 9:36 am
|Tom Fralich
|Traverse West-East
Date Climbed: Jul 16, 2013
|Crossed all the summits, starting from the Conscrits refuge, and continued on to the Durier refuge. Classic ridge traverse with great views in a less crowded part of the range.
|Posted Jul 17, 2013 5:32 pm
|Bart Vaganée
|Traverse E-W
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012
|Airy ridge, fun climbing. We had very good conditions!
|Posted Sep 13, 2012 6:26 am
|Traverse East-West
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012
|Descent over the Aiguille de la Bérangère. Long day in perfect conditions. Almost no ice on the descent.
|Posted Jul 25, 2012 12:32 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse Date Climbed: july 2012
|Beautiful climb in good conditions. So strange the Refuge des Conscrits was almost empty on a nice summer day...but very relaxing on the other hand as well. Descent over the Aiguille de la Bérangère. Long way back to Le Cugnon.
|Posted Jul 13, 2012 3:24 pm
|One of the best alpine Traverses!
Date Climbed: Jul 8, 2010
|Nice hut walk the previous day to Refuge Des Conscrits..Overnight and 4-00 am start ascending gradually up the glacier to Col des Domes. Moving together easilly over the domes stopping for many photographs, Snow and weather conditions perfect No Wind! After final dome we descended direct down the northerly glacier d'Armancette this saved us going over the aquille de Berangere and thus duplicating our walk in. Instead we had after leaving the glacier a glorious long valley walkout, a valley festooned with wild alpine flowers of every colour a truly great day 12 hour round trip. Grade PD.
|Posted Apr 25, 2011 9:53 am
|Dome Oriental
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2009
|Climbed from Conscrits, fun climb but ridge was quite icy since it was late in the season so required caution considering the significant exposure to the left of the ridge! Tiring on the ankles but a beautiful climb!
|Posted May 26, 2010 9:19 am
|Dome de Miage
Date Climbed: Sep 3, 2006
|Very nice traverse with good weather! Slept outside and started around 6 from the top refuge. The roundtrip took about 9hours.
Wonderful but a bit tricky at times.
|Posted Oct 4, 2006 10:10 am
Date Climbed: Aug 17, 2005
|A lovely long but easy ridge climb
|Posted Sep 2, 2006 1:47 pm
|Route Climbed : from Refuge des Conscrits over Aig de la Bérangère
Date Climbed: Jun 22, 2005
|Climbed the mountain under a full blue sky.
Would advise it to everyone.
|Posted May 28, 2006 6:59 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse with aig. Berangère Date Climbed: august 1, 2005
|Posted Aug 3, 2005 4:54 am
|Route Climbed: traverse Date Climbed: july 2003
|beautifull, i can suggest it to everyone
|Posted Aug 2, 2005 5:44 am
|Route Climbed: Traverse, started with Aig de Berangère Date Climbed: july 14, 2005
|Excellent weather and great conditions. Probably one of the finest traverses of the alps. Impressive views all around and downwards ;-). Great company too, thanks to "Bergpallieters".
|Posted Jul 19, 2005 7:56 am
|Route Climbed: Standard (from Conscrits refuge) Date Climbed: July 4, 1998
|It was a splendid acclimatization climb before attempting Mont Blanc. It rained on the previous day and there was fresh snow at the refuge; however, on the next morning the weather had cleared at the time that we started our long hike. The view from the summit ridge to the green pastures in the valleys (that were far below us) was unforgettable.
|Posted Nov 16, 2004 10:31 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse Date Climbed: summer 04
|Didn't really get start due to a bad infection in my finger that i had been fighting with for a few days but really enjoyed the hike up (with clarity) and the climbing we did do in the area.
|Posted Oct 16, 2004 6:44 pm
|Route Climbed: East Dome Date Climbed: 24 June 2003
|As acclimatisation for Mt Blanc. Travelled from Aguille di Midi accross the glacier in a long but great day with fantastic views.
|Posted Jan 7, 2004 9:42 am
|Route Climbed: traverse from berangere to durier Date Climbed: 1st september 2003
|Part of the Royal traverse: from les contamines (1200m) - conscrits hut, aiguille de berangere, domes de miage (all 5), durier hut, Aiguille de bionnassay, dome du gouter, mt blanc, aiguille du midi.
Very nice and classic tour!
|Posted Sep 6, 2003 9:25 am
|Route Climbed: Traverse Date Climbed: 26 Aug 2001
|It was a magnificent traverse in fine weather in preparation for the Mont Blanc. We started from our bivouac on the glacier . NICE ridge !
|Posted Aug 29, 2003 5:55 am
|Route Climbed: Crossing over the ridges Date Climbed: 27 july 2003
|After an unusual summer heat in the Alps, the whole crest of the Dômes de Miage was icy, specially the descent from the Occidental Dôme. Nevertheless, it was a fantastic walk on an aerial ridge.
We made this tour in 2 days. Start in Notre Dame de la Gorge saturday at 10 h 30. Lunch at Tré la Tête refuge. Arrival to the Refuge des Conscrits at 15h.
Start sunday morning at 5h. The Tré la Tête glacier was rather crevassed and we had to be careful on the snowbridges. The Central Dôme, a perfect snow pyramid was reached at 7h, the Occidental Dôme at 7h30. In the descent to the col de la Bérangère the ice was hard and the slope 40% : good technical use of the cramps obligatory ! After an easy ascent of the Aiguille de la Bérangère we where back at the Refuge des Conscrits at 11 h and in Les Contamines at 16 h.
|Posted Aug 2, 2003 4:29 am