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Mount Sanitas Climber's Log
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|Jeremy Hakes
|Good hike
Date Climbed: Aug 26, 2006
|Nice loop!
|Posted Jan 21, 2011 11:04 pm
|Mt. Sanitas
Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2010
|Fun little afternoon hike in the Boulder area. Great views at the top too!
|Posted Nov 27, 2010 9:55 pm
|Fall Afternoon
Date Climbed: Oct 23, 2010
|Beautiful scene of the changing foliage while looking down on Boulder. Very nice, easy afternoon hike.
|Posted Oct 23, 2010 7:24 pm
|Dakota Ridge Tr to East Ridge Tr to Mt Sanitas Tr
Date Climbed: May 18, 2010
|I had hiked the "Mt Sanitas Loop" many times, but this was the first time that I ventured north from the Mt Sanitas Loop highpoint to the 6863 foot summit of Mt Sanitas. My new favorite way to hike Mt Sanitas is to take the Dakota Ridge Tr to the East Ridge Tr, and then descend the Mt Sanitas Tr. Although the East Ridge Tr is steeper than the Mt Sanitas Tr, I find that the Dakota Ridge Tr provides a nice warm up, whereas the Mt Sanitas Tr has you stair climbing right from the trailhead (which gave me some back issues one season).
|Posted May 20, 2010 9:13 am
|with the sis
Date Climbed: May 16, 2010
|a nice Sunday afternoon hike
|Posted May 18, 2010 4:16 pm
|Sanitas Trail
Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2009
|Nice hike
|Posted Nov 2, 2009 5:17 pm
|Brandon Fuller
|Favorite Run
Date Climbed: Oct 7, 2008
|Of course.
|Posted Aug 25, 2009 11:08 pm
|Fun trail run.
|Done several times.
|Posted Jun 29, 2009 1:57 pm
|Mt Sanitas TH
Date Climbed: Apr 25, 2009
|My wife and I headed up into the mist after feeding at the historic Chautauqua Dining Hall. Expecting a low crowd day because of the weather, we encountered barking dogs and crying babies on the summit. Muddy and slick on the descent.
|Posted Apr 25, 2009 5:05 pm
|After a snowstorm
Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2009
|2.5 hrs
|Posted Apr 22, 2009 3:53 pm
|I was in the neighborhood ...
Date Climbed: Dec 29, 2008
|Up Dakota Ridge and down the back side.
Gorgeous afternoon.
|Posted Dec 29, 2008 11:58 pm
|trail run
|Great trail run!
|Posted Dec 24, 2008 6:56 pm
|Sarah Simon
|Loop: Sanitas West Valley Trail & Sanitas Valley Trail
Date Climbed: Dec 20, 2008
|I enjoyed this "shortest day of 2008" hike up Mt. Sanitas. It was VERY cold, but sunny and pleasant when out of the wind. The high country was snowed in and covered in clouds, but we enjoyed expansive views to the east. Hiking partners: John's CMC outing.
|Posted Dec 21, 2008 12:29 pm
|Fun trail.
Date Climbed: Oct 31, 2008
|This is a fun trail and summit - nice boulder problems along the way. Done with a bunch of friends :)
|Posted Nov 12, 2008 6:31 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 22, 2008
|Set a brisk pace for myself and made it from the road to the summit in 35 mins via Sanitas Trail. Descended the steeper East Ridge trail.
|Posted Aug 22, 2008 4:56 pm
|All Day Saturday
Date Climbed: Jun 14, 2008
|Started off on Canyon and took the Red Rocks trail to the Mt. Sanitas trail head. Went up along the Mount Sanitas trail, and came down via some unmapped trail that we thought was East Ridge. Turned out to be barely traveled and extremely steep, and came out a little ways down the walking path.
|Posted Jul 16, 2008 9:23 pm
Date Climbed: Mar 21, 2008
|Nice Friday afternoon hike on a partially cloudy March day. Headed up the south ridge and returned via the much steeper east "ridge" and the broad Sanitas Valley footpath. While there were others on the trail, it wasn't as crowded as other people made it seem like it was going to be.
|Posted Mar 24, 2008 1:23 pm
|Sanitas Trail
Date Climbed: Mar 19, 2008
|My morning disappeared quickly so I changed plans from S. Boulder & Bear to Sanitas. What a nice little hike and I hit the summit a little faster than expected.
|Posted Mar 20, 2008 12:23 am
|Mount Sanitas Trail
Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2008
|Climbed with a good friend via the Mt. Sanitas Trail and headed down via the East Ridge to Dakota Ridge. It was a fun a and quick outing with fairly cooperative weather.
|Posted Feb 17, 2008 3:51 pm
|Mt Sanitas
Date Climbed: Apr 3, 2007
|Dog and I.
|Posted Dec 28, 2007 5:50 pm


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5 times Romney refused to apologize
Mitt Romney apologized Thursday after The Washington Post reported that he bullied a classmate in high school by forcibly cutting the boy's hair. But the Republican presidential candidate hasn't always found it easy to say, "I'm sorry." Here are five times he refused to apologize:
1. "I'm not going to apologize for my dad's success." — April 19, 2012, in response to Obama's comment, "I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth."
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2. "Guess what? I made a lot of money. I've been very successful. I'm not going to apologize for that." — March 14, 2012, to Fox News' Megyn Kelly.
3. "I presume that a lot of folks think that if I did that it would be good for me politically. There's only one problem with that: It wouldn't be honest." — May 2011, about calls for him to apologize for his Massachusetts health care plan.
4. "We may make mistakes as a nation from time to time and step on others' toes, and we'll say we're sorry for that, but apologizing for America is something I will never, ever do." — March 9, 2012, during a Mississippi town hall.
5. "No Apology: The Case for American Greatness" — the title of his 2010 book.

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Rob was joined on set by Pierce Brosnan, who plays his dapper dad in Remember me. In addition, Diane Sawyer paid a visit to the set. Does this mean we'll see be treated to a news special? Yay for more TwiCrack, because there is seriously none these days.
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July 8, 2009
RPattz + 007 + Diane Sawyer
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Oh pierce looking so dapper in his suit!!! Rob looking good as always, even with his bruises.ReplyDelete
I totally second that.... Where is the twicrack?? Thanks for trying your hardest though everyday to give us things to hold us over.... we love ya!ReplyDelete
O M E that was me OCD not Rob who posted that, my computer is freaking out. Logged in as me and my ant cullen showed up argh sorry!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Well I must say, Mr. Bronson is looking rather dapper (agree with you Heidi Ho)nice big smile.ReplyDelete
Always love to see more of Rob, like to see his is kinda of smiling.
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"You must define the static member outside of the class declaration, in namespace scope." - namespace scope?
I tried to define a static member declared in a class in main() , and it gave me error, i also read somewhere that static members should always be defined in global scope.how does this all relate?


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Then, it started costing more and more to put gasoline in our automobiles so we could get to work, to school, to the store and back home.
Now, we read an Associated Press story from Monday that said the closing of a Louisiana plant may force electricity rates in Arkansas to increase sooner than expected.
The threatened closure of a Louisiana International Paper mill, bogged down by $2 million in monthly electricity bills, has caused officials there to urge federal energy regulators to speed up a rate equalization plan that increases rates in Arkansas, according to the story.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has determined that the rates Entergy's Louisiana customers pay must be roughly the same as the company's customers in Arkansas, Texas and Mississippi. But the agency decided Entergy, which supplies electricity, can wait until 2007 before realigning rates among states.
Recently, some Louisiana officials called for faster implementation of the rate schedule and a Louisiana regulator renewed that call at a recent meeting in Bastrop, home of an International Paper mill.
"Customers in Louisiana pay 35 percent higher than Entergy customers in other states," Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell said. "Getting the new rate structure in place could play a role in what International Paper decides to do here in Bastrop."
Campbell said it's hard to replace high-paying jobs, the Bastrop (La.) Daily Enterprise reported. "We're going to continue to fight any way we can to keep the mill open," he said.
Entergy's plants in Louisiana use natural gas to make much of the electricity sold in the state. But the company's 667,000 customers in Arkansas pay far less for power because plants in Arkansas rely more on coal and nuclear fuel, including our Arkansas Nuclear One.
Entergy Arkansas said last year it plans to leave the four-state agreement if it is unsuccessful in its appeal of a federal ruling that the state absorb hundreds of millions of dollars more in power generation costs.
Somehow, some way, we're not only going to get stuck with the bill and end up having to wash dishes to cover the ticket, we'll have to pay more at the pumps because the only place we'll be able to afford air conditioning is the one in our automobiles.
Then again, lots of folks don't have air conditioning in their automobiles because they can't afford it.


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im also interested but im wondering what the european servers are like
There is a pretty decent amount of aus players on, there was 4 full servers at 10 this evening which is pretty good. The community are nice for the most part.
Never Played NS1 but from what i hear it is quite different, the gorges don't build everything and the aliens have a com.
If i was you id check it out, got 186 hours played so far and having a ball still.
I played alot of NS1, but its been so long i barely even remember how its mechanics worked vs NS2.
Ive put about 180 hours into NS2 so far, and cant get enough. Play it most nights, its the most fun multiplayer game i've played in awhile.
The good thing about europe you never have to worry about servers, theyre just there.
might give this another crack tonight
It was very popular but died down alot. The game gets very repetitive after a while, feels like its missing something.
I bought it recently and just cant get into it. The engine feels old and clunky and the marine weapons seem very hollow. They don't have a good feel about them I think due to poor feedback. I really dislike how you cant use iron sights.
As for the aliens, the melee combat seems super duper basic and also lacks feedback, most of the time I can't tell if I'm even hitting a marine.
Unfortunately I'm a big chivalry fan and the FPS melee combat in that game is absolutely beautiful, so NS2's melee compared to that is totally balls. Also Chivalry has excellent sounds, sounds for everything. Very defining, that feedback I'm talking about is partly because NS2 doesn't have the same quality and kill of use with their audio.
I play a bit of it and love it. I bought it ages ago when alpha was out. it has come along way. If you are keen on getting it i have spare copy which i actually paid for. Happy to give it to you for another game that is less in value. Add me on on steam _TiT_
I bought it recently and just cant get into it. The engine feels old and clunky and the marine weapons seem very hollow.
Yeah, I'm the same.
Absolutely loved NS1, but a lot of NS2 maps feel sprawling and corridors/rooms quite often look very similar. That combined with the dynamic lighting make it too easy to get completely lost. Pub games can be very hit and miss because NS has that inherent flaw where if you get a noob or a dolt in the commander seat it's certain loss.
It's quite playable now, but there's still seems to be a somewhat unfinished quality to it. The good thing is the devs seem to be updating it regularly so I'll give it a go in 6 months maybe to see if it's any better.


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Mansfield (3-3, 1-2 3A-4 Conference) scored first in the first quarter on a 31-yard pass from Christian Saygnaphay to Tristen Nason. The Tigers led 6-0 after the point-after kick was no good.
Danville (2-4, 0-3) took the lead with 1:46 to go in the first quarter when Grant Cathey crossed the goal line from 1 yard out. Steven Ramirez hit the PAT, and the Little Johns led 7-6.
In the third quarter, Cathey scored on a 56-yard touchdown run and gave Danville a 14-6 lead after the Ramirez PAT.
But Mansfield answered with two fourth-quarter touchdowns, the first with 9:28 remaining on a 6-yard run by Jeffrey Bartlett. The Little Johns still led, 14-12, after the failed 2-point conversion attempt.
The Tigers took the lead on Bartlett's 2-yard run with 2:43 to go in the game, and Mansfield's 2-point pass made it 20-14. Danville had a first down with 2:40 to go and three time outs, but an interception by the Tigers stopped the drive.
Cathey finished with 140 yards on 14 carries and a pair of touchdowns. The Little Johns travel to Lavaca next week.


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The more I think about it, the more I'm OK with Warmack. He'll make our line a lot better really fast.
Tony Pauline @TonyPauline
Let the outrage commence!!! Updated mock draft at http://USAToday.com : http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2013/02/26/nfl-combine-shakes-up-mock-draft/1950123/ …
9. New York Jets
G Chance Warmack, Alabama: A pass rusher will get consideration, but the Jets soon might need two starting guards.
The more I think about it, the more I'm OK with Warmack. He'll make our line a lot better really fast.
I'm ok with Warmack.
I'd still like to trade down if the Top 8 picks end up like that
Floyd going 13 is interesting. I think he will go Top 5.
I wouldn't surprised if Werner and Lotulelei slip.
If the top 8 ended up like that, I think we would take Ziggy Anash
We can't count on finding a stud QB, but if we find just a middle of the pack QB with a dominant OL we will always be competitive.
I dont see Te'o going to the Ravens after Harbaugh reaction to his 40 time.
omg. a f*cking Guard at 9... horrible.
I've seen a number of mocks now that has J. Jones going #15 to Saints because of Rob Ryan.
I'm not so sure Rex is gonna let this guy pass. He is exactly what we need from at OLB and is a potential superstar with proven results on the field against good competition.
I don't think his spinal stenosis is going to be as big of a concern as many have made it out to be....FWIW....I heard Jones on an interview on NFL.com radio say that doctors have told him it is a very very mild form of stenosis. A lot less than a guy like Marcus McNeil had.
Nevertheless, if the "experts" think a team will take the "risk" and make the pick at 15...why wouldn't the Jets make the pick at 9?
He sure as hell has better real,.on the field production then most of the other pass rushers listed in the top ten.
What's interesting is that Tony has been saying for a couple months that he thinks Moore would be the perfect fit for the Jets and had him ranked number 1 overall on his board.
Warmack would be a safe, conservative pick, although in some ways it would be a signal that winning in 2013 is not the goal. He provides little, if any, immediate help. Moore played fine for us last season and as a rookie Warmack could probably duplicate what he did.
There was a recent report from the combine that warmack is simply not very smart and that as defenses adjust throughout the game, he isnt able to adapt.
Now, obviously everyone has red flags, but the point is there is no one who is cant miss.
Lastly, if you take the consensus best passrusher and he fails you dont get fired for it.
If you take a guard and the Ansah becomes JPP and warmack becomes chris naole, you will not only get fired, but probably have trouble getting a good job in the league ever again.


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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Miss Chicken, Nov 21, 2012.
By not yielding to his demands and not giving him any chance to start the war in the first place?
^ The alternative would have been to let the Nazis take over Europe, and perhaps the world. War was, quite simply, the only thing that stopped them from doing that.
Not quite on point, but close enough:
Yes, but if Europe stood up to him before he grew strong, maybe he wouldn't be able to start this war at all.
Back to the topic
I also don't like when people say "it was meant to be like that." I refuse to accept that my life is written down somewhere and it doesn't matter what I want and try to do with it, because everything has been already decided.
You mean a preemptive strike, with little evidence and a majority of the world turning a deaf ear to someone repeatedly pointing out how Germany was violating the terms of the Treaty of Versailles?
Not to derail this thread, but I've seen worse. I knew a guy with Usher's Syndrome (a visual impairment condition where the vision field is simliar to looking through a peephole) who took driver's ed without knowing it. He almost got in an accident. His parents knew that he had vision impairments and chose not to tell him, even though he was already deaf...
In such cases I usually ask the person to please set their minds to being able to fly (personally, not with a plane) and then perform a few loopings for demonstrational purposes. So far nobody's willpower (or character) was sufficient to sprout feathers
Kindof. A condome at the proper time and place would have been sufficient.
What a terrible lack of character! Everybody knows that we can grow feathers if we only really want to
That's an excellent example! It costs a lot of strength to allow oneself to show a weakness. Hence real men (i.e. men with a strong character, according to the stereotype) do cry. Only weaklings don't.
Besides, all women, strong and weak ones, like it when their man needs a woman's shoulder to lean on (unless it's another woman's shoulder, of course). It appeals to our drive to protect the ones we love.
Plus it's a completely sex-less way to snuggle. Something that most women greatly enjoy while in my experience most men inevitably consider snuggling foreplay.
Snuggling is the foreshadowing of foreplay.
What about big girls?
I have to purge your big girls reference from my ears with this:
the same. Imho there's no difference between the genders, besides the obvious physical ones.
I'd like to have a male shoulder to lean on, now and then. Unfortunately, I am single and most people (both male and female) come to me when they need someone strong. People tend to forget that strong personalities would like to be weak, on occasion, too.
If Hitler had realised that war was not the answer then we wouldn't have had to 'deal' with Hitler at all.
"His woman," "her man," and any other version of this. Being in a romantic relationship does not mean ownership of another person and I refuse to acknowledge that it does, even if the people involved don't mind, or even like, being owned. I cringe every time I hear it.
Along the same lines of "life isn't fair": "Don't hate the player, hate the game," and "All's fair in love and war." Essentially, "I'm an ass hole, but its cool because I can justify my actions with pithy phrases."
"Common sense." If something is truly common sense, it would only need to be pointed out on rare occasions. Usually when people use this phrase they're blaming others for their poor communication skills.
Yeah, the feather-growing mechanism is closely related to the one that allows us to shut the whole thing down when we've been legitimately raped.
I've never heard that one before. That's fucking creepy!
Because that's the rule.
Well, that's a bit silly, IMHO. Use of the possessive pronoun doesn't necessarily indicate ownership; it can also signify endearment.
I assume you did get the musical reference, right?
Do you mean the song "big girls don't cry" by the 4 seasons? Yep. I recall having it heard on the radio when I was a kid Ah, those were the days -music was still melodious, the frequencies (bases especially!) were well balanced and the drums were played by a living person, not by a computer.
I couldn't agree more. If comon sense was indeed common, there'd be much fewer problems in the world.
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The Future of Primary Care
The American College of Physicians recently voiced concern about a shortage of physicians, particularly general internists who are the traditional primary care physician for most Americans. In 2007, a survey of students graduating from medical schools in the United States found that only five percent planned to enter general internal medicine. To discuss the importance of primary care and its future, Eisenhower convened a group of primary care physicians. Participants included Mehrdad "Mike" Abbasi, MD, Internal Medicine; James Gaede, MD, Family Medicine, and Robert Waterbor, MD, Internal Medicine. The session was moderated by Eisenhower Cardiologist Philip Shaver, MD.
Dr. Shaver: I want to start by defining what we mean by primary care: internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics are generally considered primary care practices. Dr. Waterbor, why did you go into internal medicine?
Dr. Waterbor: I graduated from medical school in 1970, and I went into internal medicine because I believe a good internist is equipped to be a good detective.We see whatever comes through the door, and it can be anything from a surgical problem to an obscure medical diagnosis, and part of our job is to be able to recognize when something serious may be going on.
But,many things have changed. There has been an explosion of medical information, which makes it impossible for a general internist to have a reasonable understanding of the whole field of medicine. General internists now are playing more of the role of triage agents and primary care screeners.
Dr. Shaver: Internists used to be the "doctor's doctors." They were often the smartest people in the class, and there was great respect for them. Today, the United States primary care system is struggling. Increasing demands and expectations, coupled with diminishing economic margins, have created a challenging work environment.
Dr. Waterbor: Besides liking the detective aspect of the field, I do like the long-term commitment to patients that goes along with it.Getting to know patients is not only gratifying in its own right, but really enables me to assess their health a lot more easily. I no longer do many of the procedures I used to do, because specialists now do those things.When I first came to Palm Springs in 1975, there was no oncologist, no nephrologist here. There was only one neurologist. So, the variety of procedures is no longer there.
Dr. Shaver: There is also an economic penalty for being a primary care physician versus a specialist. But, you are saying there is an emotional reward that comes from getting to know patients and being with them when they're sickest. Dr. Gaede, why did you go into Family Medicine?
Dr. Gaede: I was in South Dakota working with a small town general practitioner during one of my medical school rotations, and on the first day, we did a bowel resection for a colon cancer, took out a gallbladder, and delivered two babies. That was just the morning…. This experience (and the remainder of my time spent with this physician) was an intense and wonderful experience and was one of many significant influences to become a Family Physician.
Dr. Shaver: Would you make the same choice again?
Dr. Gaede: Absolutely. Being a board certified Family Physician has allowed me to have a broad base of experience. I served as a medical director for a fairly large hospital system. I have been able to testify before Congress and the Senate quite a number of times. I've done a considerable amount of clinical research, and of course, I have practiced Family Medicine which has been very gratifying to be a part of families growing, developing and maturing in a healthy manner. I have also had the honor of being a Clinical Professor for my entire medical career and teaching young doctors is truly rewarding. But, the circumstances under which we all practice have changed considerably. Because of the insurance system and government interactions with the medical world, we spend a good deal of time being patient advocates,making sure our patients get the care they need.
Dr. Shaver: Dr. Abbasi, you were also trained as an internist. Did you ever go into primary care practice, or did you want to be a hospitalist from day one?
Dr. Abbasi: I started my residency in 2002. The term hospitalist was coined in 1996. It refers to a physician who focuses on hospitalized patients, inpatient care.At that point I already had friends who were doing this.After my second year as a resident, I made the decision to definitely just do inpatient care only.
Dr. Shaver: I am a supporter of the hospitalist program here at Eisenhower. I think it has improved patient care. An example is the availability of having a physician "in house" 24/7. This leads to an effective early response team which has been shown to decrease the incidence of cardiac arrest in recent studies.
Dr. Abbasi:What I like about hospital medicine is having an opportunity to work with a variety of specialists on a day-to-day basis. One hour, you're discussing a patient's care with nephrology; the next, neurology; the next day, with the cardiologist — so you are constantly engaged with all the specialists. That is something that I thought I would miss if I spent the bulk of my time in an office.
Dr. Shaver: Do you feel you might be giving up this "emotional income" Bob and I were talking about, getting no longterm relationship with patients or families?
Dr. Abbasi: That is absolutely correct. The one downfall with what we do is that you don't get to know people for a very long time.
Dr. Waterbor: I've always thought, unless you see inpatients and take care of them in the hospital, you lose your edge as a physician seeing outpatients.
Dr. Shaver: If you were told today you were going to do an internal medicine residency, but you basically would be doing predominantly ambulatory care, and your hospital patients would be going to the hospitalist. That wouldn't interest you?
Dr. Waterbor: Not at all. I don't know why you would do an internal medicine residency if that were the case
Dr. Abbasi:With a hospitalist, a patient comes in to the hospital and is admitted to the hospitalist, who is usually an internist. The internist then calls in the specialists and coordinates the patient's care.
Many physicians, either internally or as a group, identify one person to act as their hospitalist. They admit for them. There's less and less people like Dr.Waterbor to come and do the inpatient/outpatient as Bob does — to go to all three settings, office, hospital, nursing home. That's not that common anymore.Now,more than half the hospitals in America have hospitalists that act in that capacity.
Dr. Shaver: To have a physician at the bedside, to me, at 2:00 in the morning is invaluable, and I think adds to the quality of care at Eisenhower.
Dr. Abbasi:We will be there to see the patients at their bed side at two a.m. The number of hospitalists is increasing nationally. But, there is always going to be primary care, because everyone needs it.All patients want and need to have someone to see continuously in the community for their day-to-day needs. The only question is, who is going to provide this primary care?
Dr. Gaede: A more fundamental issue is the supply of physicians versus the supply of patients. Between 2000 and 2020, we are going to have 87 million new patients (37 million previously uninsured and an additional 50 million in population growth) in the United States health care system. The country needs 200,000 more primary care physicians to meet present demand.As of 2020, we will need an additional 236,000 physicians to be able to provide the same access to care that we have at the present time.
Dr. Shaver: Do you think enlarging our student population in medical school is an answer?
Dr. Gaede:We're a net importer of physicians, but how are we going to make them go into primary care?
Dr. Waterbor: Do we increase the number of foreign medical school graduates?
Dr. Gaede: That is already happening. This past year, 37 percent of the residency slots and 43 percent of the internal medicine slots were assumed by foreign or international medical graduates.
Dr. Abbasi: I have also found that patients are quite accepting of a good physician assistant or nurse practitioner as their primary contact for medical care.
Dr. Waterbor: Patient attitudes about their primary care physician can vary. I have some patients who will see a specialist if they have to, but their preference is for me to make the final decisions about their health care. I have others who only view me as a conduit for getting them in to see a specialist, and they really don't care about my opinion.
Dr. Gaede: A generalist can have an impressive array of knowledge.You can grow and expand your capabilities in medicine, particularly in primary care. I think that is the wave of the future.You want your best and brightest on the front lines. The problem is those best and brightest may not be going into medicine.
Dr. Waterbor: Is it every bright kid's dream to be a doctor when they are in high school? I don't think if you went into high schools now you'd find anything like that.
Dr. Gaede:When students look at the return on investment in their education, they see that you can go through four years of college, four years of medical school, three to five years of residency, or you can spend two years on a Harvard Masters of Business Administration [MBA]. The return on your investment with an MBA is roughly 10 fold what it is as a physician.
Dr. Shaver: Dr. Gaede, where do you think we'll be in ten years?
Dr. Gaede: I think, with guidance from the 200,000 practicing primary care physicians, as well as the 800,000 practicing physicians, we can maintain, and in fact, enhance the presence of primary care in the United States.We have the potential to redefine how primary care is delivered.Who better to do that than physicians?
Dr. Shaver: I think the shortage of primary care physicians is a problem, and one in which our readers should involve themselves. They have a say in how they want to spend their health care dollars, and they can ask their government representatives what they plan to do to address this issue. As a specialist, I admonish my patients to obtain a primary care physician.
If there is not a change in the present system, there is little impetus for medical graduates to practice primary care. Their importance as the "hub of the wheel," in other words, the coordinator with the specialists as the "spokes" must be recognized and rewarded, not only financially, but also with the appropriate respect they deserve.
Dr. Abbasi: I think the trend we're seeing nationally in recruitment for hospital medicine is that the bigger markets are saturated, and the smaller markets are also filling up slowly. So, the number of active hospitalists will level off. This will allow for more internist/family physicians to be available for primary care. Then, the economics of the system should change to allow primary care physicians to have more office staff and nurse practitioners. I think primary care has a bright future down the road.
Dr. Shaver: Urgent care facilities also help fill a void. There are times when a primary care physician says he or she can't see you today, but they think you need to be seen. Rather than go to the emergency room for everything, patients at Eisenhower have the option of going to three Eisenhower Urgent Care locations.
Dr. Gaede: Patients who access Eisenhower Urgent Care do have contact with Eisenhower primary care physicians, which provides patients with a continuity of care within the Eisenhower system.And, that will be developing throughout the valley, both with Eisenhower Primary Care 365 — which is a membership program that looks beyond office visits and creates an ongoing relationship between primary care physician and patients using the latest in current technology — as well as Eisenhower Primary Care.


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Placentitis Research Could Help Prevent Late-Term Abortions
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Placentitis, which often is caused by an ascending infection that enters the mare's uterus through the cervix, is the single most important cause of premature delivery of a foal. Placentitis accounts for nearly one-third of late-term abortions and fetal mortality in the first day of life. During the past six years, the University of Kentucky (UK) Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center has diagnosed 1,429 cases of placentitis.
Mats Troedsson, DVM, Dipl. ACT, is the chair of UK's Department of Veterinary Science and director of the Gluck Equine Research Center. Troedsson served as professor and service chief in theriogenology and director of equine research programs at the University of Florida's College of Veterinary Medicine before coming to the Gluck Equine Research Center in 2008.
In the early 1990s, Troedsson began using ultrasound to examine placentas in clinical cases. That led to a study establishing normal values for transrectal ultrasound examination of the combined thickness of the uterus and placenta. During the last 10 years, Troedsson's research has had a different focus, and his contribution has been limited to evaluating the efficacy of different treatment regimens for placentitis and case reports of clinical cases in collaboration with Margo Macpherson, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT, associate professor of theriogenology in Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the University of Florida. .
Because there are still many unanswered questions about an accurate diagnostics, prognostics, monitoring of fetal well-being, and treatment in high-risk pregnancies, Troedsson plans to revisit this research topic with the reproduction group at the Gluck Center.
Efficient diagnosis relies upon cautious monitoring of mares in late stages of pregnancy. However, available treatment approaches are far from perfect and treatment outcome is hard to predict. Early intervention in treatment of placental infections is likely the key to treatment success.
In some chronic cases of placentitis accelerated fetal maturation will commence. Mares will deliver these foals prematurely, but the foal will not be mature enough to survive outside the uterus after birth. Delaying premature labor long enough to allow accelerated fetal maturation to proceed full development may improve the chance of foal survival.
The most common clinical signs of placentitis in mares are premature udder development and vulvar discharge. Ultrasonography is an excellent tool for monitoring fetal and placental changes in mares affected by placentitis. But since serial ultrasonographic evaluations are not commonly employed in late-gestation mares, a veterinarian can miss diagnosis in subclinically affected mares. Subclinical disease might also result in subtle ultrasonographic changes that are not easily distinguished from normal findings. However, in spite of these hurdles, transrectal ultrasonography remains one of the best tools available for diagnosing equine placental infections.
Another type of ultrasonography, transabdominal, can be a useful tool for placental evaluation in mares with suspected placentitis. Using transabdominal ultrasonography, the clinician cannot image the caudal portion of the allantochorion (the part of the placenta that is attached to the back of the uterus close to the cervix), which prevents diagnosis of ascending placentitis in its early stages. However, placental thickening and partial separation of the placenta from the uterus using transabdominal ultrasonography in mares with placentitis originating from a hematogenous infection (infection spread to the uterus via the mare's blood).
Treatment strategies for mares with ascending placentitis are currently vague. Many treatment regimens have been extrapolated from research in other species, such as humans. Treatment efforts are directed at several targets including combating infection, reducing inflammation, and controlling uterine contractions.
According to Troedsson, the outcome of any treatment was previously found to be poor.
"We found that treatment of subclinical cases diagnosed by ultrasonography resulted in quite acceptable and much improved outcome of affected pregnancies," he said.
Common treatment for placentitis is broad-spectrum antibiotics, Regu-Mate (double dose) and pentoxifylline for the remainder of the pregnancy, and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent. This treatment, however, is not 100% effective and often results in the birth of an underdeveloped and compromised foal.
"But while success is hard to achieve when treating placentitis in mares, having a live foal that has been delivered successfully and is healthy is a great reward," Troedsson said.
Alexandra Harper is a UK equine intern and undergraduate majoring in communications.
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Radio 1 Big Weekend starts with a bang as the Glasgow crowd goes crazy
DANCE music fans kicked off Radio 1's Big Weekend festival as the first acts took to the stage.
A host of top DJs are kick-starting the festival with an outdoor party in Glasgow's George Square, with Pete Tong, Tiesto, Danny Howard and Martin Garrix all performing to the 14,000-strong crowd.
One Direction are set to open the main weekend-long event in Glasgow Green tomorrow.
Up to 50,000 revellers will attend the festival on Saturday and Sunday to watch a line-up including, Katy Perry, Kings of Leon, Coldplay and Bastille.
Calvin Harris, Pharrell, Jake Bugg, Lily Allen and Ed Sheeran will also perform tomorrow.
Radio 1 DJs Annie Mac and Zane Lowe are starring in tonight's party.
Pete Tong said: "It's always a great thrill and great honour. I don't think we've ever gone on a full-out manner on a Friday for the dance and electronic DJs.
"It's good and nice to be able to do it in the middle of the city. Usually the history of BBC Radio 1 Weekends have been on the outskirts in a field somewhere. It's unique. We won't forget this one.
"Glasgow crowds have always been noisy, that's never changed from the days of the rave scene.
"Seeing Calvin (Harris) will be special. I'm sure there will be an incredible reaction."
Kings of Leon, The Vamps, John Newman, Rita Ora, The 1975, Tinie Tempah and Paolo Nutini will all perform on the Sunday, with Perry closing the festival.
Martin Garrix said: "I remember the last time I played here, it was great. The crowd had so much energy. They jumped the whole time. It's going to be fun tonight. "I'm going to test out some new stuff. I'm excited for the reaction."


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Animal Species:Common Pyrgomorph
The Common Pyrgomorph belongs to the family Pyrgomorphidae, which includes the smallest grasshoppers in Australia and some of the largest.
Standard Common Name
Common Pyrgomorph
When threatened, many species in this group display brightly coloured wings (usually red or orange) as a defence.
Size range
3 cm
The Common Pyrgomorph is found in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
The Common Pyrgomorph lives in urban areas and heath. It is often found among the coastal shrub, Westringia fructicosa.
- Species:
- discrepens
- Genus:
- Monistria
- Subfamily:
- Pyrgomorphinae
- Family:
- Pyrgomorphidae
- Superfamily:
- Acridoidea
- Suborder:
- Caelifera
- Order:
- Orthoptera
- Class:
- Insecta
- Subphylum:
- Uniramia
- Phylum:
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom:
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Moreover, accounting rules say short lines have to be paid out of revenue and their fees do not belong under operating expense. So a marketing manager evaluating a proposed move with thin margins may see the short line fee cutting into the desired revenue-cost ratio and reject it. Or he could boost his revenue to cover the fee and potentially make the rate non-competitive. In any event, the short line manager never knew what was in the rate unless his Class I counterpart offered it.
And unless the Class I was feeling helpful, the short line manager either went along with the proposed rate or the traffic didn't move. If he wanted to drill down for some estimates of costs, the best approximation was always the STB's Uniform Rail Costing System (URCS). But that's always six months to a year or more out date, hardly helpful in trying to price profitably for moves as much as two years out.
The good news is that short lines now have access to two particularly helpful tools for sanity-checking Class I railroad rate proposals and seeing if they are profitable for the short line: EyeProfit® from Eyeris, Inc., and the railroad costing and market intelligence database from USRail.desktop.
Some stage-setting is in order. First, URCS is not really designed for rate-making. Its primary use is helping STB in estimating variable and total unit costs in rate cases involving past events on Class I railroads. The URCS numbers are derived from each Class I's annual report (the "R-1" submitted to the STB) as adjusted by certain movement data. The R-1s due March 31 reflect the prior year's costs and it takes the STB until the fourth quarter to build the URCS data.
Thus the URCS data in use, say in June 2011, are based on the 2009 reports and are 18 months old. To address some of this time lag, the STB has developed an internal indexing system to calculate more up-to-date cost estimates. While the Board adjusts the URCS per-car data in hand with publicly available indices from sources such as the Association of American Railroads and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the STB indexed data still lag real-time data by four months. Moreover, the indexed data may or may not be available to the public at the time of need.
To see how much URCS data can lag the present case, compare Union Pacific operating expense for 2009 with the 2010 numbers and 2011 projections. Total 2010 operating expense increased just 11% over 2009 while revenue units increased 13%, lowering the per-unit expense. The 2010 operating ratio was 70.6, down nearly six points from 2009, and UP says it expects to do even better in 2011.
The outlook is the same across the entire Class I community: revenues up by double-digit percentages, operating incomes up by multiples of that, and lower cost-per-revenue unit. The Class I's are getting better every day at making fixed costs variable and matching variable costs to the volume at hand. Real-time costs are replacing legacy costs.
This is where the first new tool, USRail.desktop, comes in. Desktop, as it's colloquially known, is a computer program that gives users the power to see actual railroad costs and margins by commodity OD pairs, car type, whether unit train or single car, transit times, the best routing options, and the commodity carloads already moving in each lane. All one need do is enter the usual movement data and the software returns a cost breakdown—car-hire, fuel, etc.—that includes the short line costs.
The short line manager looks at the market data section to see what's moving in the lane under consideration and at what revenue per unit. Desktop has already provided the costs, so determining an appropriate revenue-cost ratio is easily done. The next step is sitting down with the customer to design the service: annual carloads of what in and out, car type, leased or railroad-owned, service frequency, and so on.
EyeProfit® shows how each operating activity affects a specific financial outcome. Using this, the short line manager can allocate the right amount of expense (car hire, diesel fuel, labor, track and equipment maintenance, etc.) to each specific customer-related task. Armed with the actual service design costs, one can go back to the Desktop model, refine the short line costs, and come up with a target rate. When the Class I prices move, the short line has a way of sanity-checking the rate and knowing if the short line rate division will yield the desired profit level.
These two tools in combination gives the short line owner a competitive advantage by understanding current Class I costs by commodity O/D pair, what it costs to provide the service the customer wants, and a starting point for negotiating Class I rate divisions. The desired outcome is making customers smile. With short lines using Desktop and EyeProfit®, everybody—shipper, short line, and Class I—can smile. And make money doing it.


text: Where can I buy an agility set that is not a fortune. I have read that Huskies will do it and I would like to start when he is young. Have you done agility before? I always recommend taking a class if you're not experienced in agility, because it's very easy to train agility wrong, and end up hurting your dog or killing your chances of competing. I took agility classes with my chihuahua for several years, but when I got my collie I had to take classes again because training a small dog is so different from training a large dog, and I have no idea how to train him. Huskies can definately do agility, but they're really difficult to work with because it's hard to keep them motivated throughout the whole run. There's a husky in my class whose owner is VERY experienced in agility; she takes our class plus private lessons with the trainer, and she still has a very hard time with keeping the dog motivated and moving. ETA: Plus most people don't necessarily buy a whole agility set to use at home, they'll buy a couple of pieces of equipment, the ones their dog needs more practice at. So it would probably actually save you money, if you get into a class and see how your dog likes it, and then just buying the most important pieces of equipment. I don't think there's anywhere to buy "affordable" contacts (frame/dog walk/teeter), but there are cheap fixes for the rest of the equipment. For weaves, I bought "stick in the ground" fence posts and paid ~$10 for a ribbon with the rivets in it to space out the poles correctly. 12 weaves for under $25. For jumps, I went to home depot with some measurements and the guy there cut it all for me. If you want the official jump cups, you can order just them from clean run, and buy the pvc to build your own jumps. 3 jumps for ~$20. For a tunnel, I sucked it up and bought one from affordable agility for $75 or so. For a young dog or a small dog, a kid's play tunnel from toys r us would work. Honestly, a giant cardboard box would work at first. Drape a sheet over the end for a chute. The idea is that they're comfortable going through something. I would highly recommend taking a class to start out though. It does a lot of damage if you introduce the equipment too fast and scare the dog, so you want someone who knows what they're doing guiding you. No I was just going to do it for fun and exercise being that I don't have a huge yard. It is bigger than average but I am just trying to think of fun things for him to do when he's in the yard. I will be able to walk him in the evenings/night. I'm going to get him a kiddie pool also. I am just used to the Goldens being thrilled if you throw a tennis ball a few times but I know a Husky will expect more than that. Goldens and huskies are very different. Goldens like to do things WITH you - train with you, play fetch with you, learn tricks with you, etc. Huskies tend to be very independent, and like to do their own thing regardless of how you feel about it. This is what makes them difficult with agility, but it also makes them difficult with a lot of other things. If you're looking for a snuggly dog who will worship you and want to play with you all day, you might not find it in a husky. So I wouldn't say they want MORE THAN what goldens want, but they would want different things than what goldens want. Yep, you'd be better off with lure coursing or bikejoring or something. My mostly Sibe sled dog mutt knows how to fetch, knows how follow directionals, jump, etc. Buuuuut she doesn't give a flying crap about fetching and would absolutely not care about agility. As in she fetches really nicely for me, but she doesn't enjoy it like other types of dog do. My mostly GSD sled dog mutt on the other hand really likes to fetch with me and really doesn't understand when Lily does very husky stuff like spastic husky zoomies. She's much more engaged with me in activities like fetch because she doesn't have that Northern breed aloofness. She also gets run everyday, but she doesn't start doing obsessive behaviors if I make her take a rest day because she doesn't have the same inborn drive that Lily has to run all day. Not to say it won't fetch or enjoy agility. There is always that odd duck! But the odds are not in favor of it. Making a flirt pole and getting a long line would be awesome ideas for low impact exercise and giving the pup's prey drive an outlet. Coupled with good groundwork like CU games and positive basic ob it would build you up a nice little dog. Just remember, they don't blindly jump when you say like goldens and other breeds.... they are very smart and are always asking, "hmmm, so whats in it for me? Lets see what happens if I do this instead..." I personally really like that about them, but not everyone is going to find that fun. Also don't be suprised if you get backtalked. I love the talking, omg. OMG I have never heard of a flirt pole! I have got to buy one! I know Gunner would even like this because he chases the cat toys I just never knew what they were called. I do have concerns about how different the Husky will be from the Goldens. I have had all types of mixed dogs through the years and for most of my life German Shepherds and have had no issues. This will be a challenge but I sure will have fun in the process and I can't wait to get back talked! lol


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Monthly Archives: February 2012 - p2
Air pollution and health in Utah: free lecture at the Health Library
Dr. Richard Kanner will speak on air pollution in Utah, its health effects, and what we can do to improve our air quality. Dr. Kanner specializes in pulmonary function and rehabilitation, and in advance lung disease. He is a professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine, and has research interests […]
EndNote for Mac workshops for spring 2012 semester
The next EndNote for Mac workshops will be offered: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. in HSEB 3515-A Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in HSEB 3515-B Wednesday, April 25, 2012, 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. in HSEB 3420 We will be covering EndNote X5, which can be purchased online or […]
Technology sandbox session: getting started with an iPad
Getting Started with an iPad 2 Sandbox Session will be presented by John Bramble, Technology Coordinator for the NN/LM MCR on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. MT, 12:00 p.m. CT. Free online event, and iPad 2 not required.
eScience and the Evolution of Library Services
Please join us for the 2012 Priscilla M. Mayden Lecture on the topic of eScience and eResearch: When: Wednesday, February 22, 2012, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Where: George and Dolores Eccles Institute of Human Genetics Auditorium, 1st Floor Address: 15 North 2030 East, Salt Lake City, UT Who: Bart Ragon, Associate Director for Knowledge Integration, […]
"Go Viral to Improve Health" challenge for interdisciplinary teams
Challenge by Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Engineering to students: create an app that addresses the nation's pressing health issues, and win prize money!
Can texting be used to keep teens from becoming depressed?
New study shows promise that depression prevention programs delivered via text messages can be effective in reducing teenage depression and the challenges often associated with it.
Pharmacy health literacy resources
Story demonstrating the importance of health literacy with regards to patients and their prescriptions, and resources to assist pharmacists with this challenge.
National public education campaign: "Make the Call. Don't Miss a Beat."
A woman suffers a heart attack every 60 seconds in the United States. Yet according to a 2009 American Heart Association survey, only half of women indicated they would call 9-1-1 if they thought they were having a heart attack, and few were aware of the most common heart attack symptoms. The Make the Call. […]
Seminar series on aging continues
On Mondays for the upcoming weeks the Gerontology Interdisciplinary Program, College of Social Work, and the W.D. Goodwill Initiatives in Aging and University of Utah Center on Aging are sponsoring a series of seminars on the topic of aging. They will be held from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. in HSEB 2120, and are free and […]
Using a puzzle to teach about Kawasaki's Disease
Using a puzzle cube as a low-tech teaching tool about Kawasaki Disease.


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The program provides vouchers for a year for items such as rent and furniture.
It sounds like a great way to help the displaced families, but one very important question still remains. How can one get in contact with the proper individuals who are able to help out?
Here at The Courier, one of our reporters contacted the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA). Representatives from ADFA were aware of the program, but said to contact FEMA in Little Rock. The results were not any better there, as the reporter was told FEMA in Little Rock was not the correct place to call.
If a reporter has to play phone tag, it makes us wonder what the evacuees must be going through.
Imagine if it were someone who didn't have a bed, food or even a place to sleep. It must be pretty frustrating not be able to receive the necessary assistance from a federal program, which is supposed to be equipped for this sort of situation.
We in the Arkansas River Valley, even after these tragedies, are prone to take certain things for granted. After all, our community leaders responded to Katrina with a one-stop shop at the Hughes Center for a week. Evacuees have been given phone numbers in town to contact people for help.
Nearly everyone who has come through the river valley has been able to get housing, jobs and an education in the case of children.
Don't misunderstand what we are saying. Providing housing is a good thing. However, the evacuees need to be able to have a place to call where they can receive the assistance, which is much needed.


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51st GRAMMYs Garners Emmy Nods
The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast has received four Emmy Award nominations in recognition of outstanding production excellence. Nominations were announced Friday by the Television Academy in North Hollywood, Calif.
The four GRAMMY Award telecast nominations are for Outstanding Art Direction for Variety, Music, or Nonfiction Programming; Outstanding Music Direction; Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety or Music Series or Special; and Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.
"The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast was a remarkable event, and it is an honor to be recognized by the Television Academy with four nominations for production excellence," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "We were excited and pleased to have an exceptional show that included a great variety of acts, outstanding performances and was a wonderful celebration of Music's Biggest Night. This is well-deserved recognition of our partners at John Cossette Productions and Ken Ehrlich for their contributions on an outstanding telecast, and we are thankful to our family at CBS and Staples Center for our continued partnerships."
The 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards were produced by John Cossette Productions in association with AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ehrlich and Cossette were executive producers, Walter C. Miller was producer/director, Tisha Fein was the coordinating producer and David Wild and Ehrlich were the writers. Rickey Minor was the musical director for the telecast.
The individuals nominated in each category are eligible for the awards. For a detailed list of nominees, click here.
Including this year's Emmy nominations, the GRAMMY Awards have been nominated 18 times for production excellence, and a total of 20 times overall. The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards will air live from Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Sept. 20.


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Friday, April 20, 2012 - Wank Party 2012 #4, Part 2
Our Easter Wank Party features David Kadera, Roman Ditrich, Rado Viker, Milos Zambo and Martin Poupa. In the first part we saw the guys having a lot of fun together, part two picks carries on in the same vein, only hotter. As we join the guys David is rimming Rado's ass while Milos is doing the same to Roman. As David continues with his tongue lapping at Rado's ass Milos has moved on and pushes an Easter Egg into Roman's ass. David takes his cue from that and tries to push one into Rado's hole. Meanwhile Milos pulls on the egg, but his string breaks, as Roman holds the egg in place. He then uses his ass muscles to push it out himself. David persists in pushing his egg into Rado's ass, with Rado really feeling it. Milos is ready for more and shoves his big dick into Roman's ass and starts to fuck him. David then does the same with Rado, fucking him nice and deep as Martin wanks himself. Milos fucks Roman hard and fast, really working his hole and Martin moves down so that Roman can suck his cock at the same time. The fucking continues apace, with David and Milos really working those holes. Roman leans over to kiss Martin before the guys change positions, and partners. Roman sits his eager ass down on David's throbbing cock and rides it while Rado impales himself on Milos' big dick. Rado works his hole up and down on Milos' cock while David fucks his dick up and down into Roman's ass. Ass Milos startst to fuck Rado's hole Martin leans over and takes Rado's cock in his hand and wanks it. As Roman rides David's dick Martin feeds his cock into David's mouth for sucking. He fucks David's mouth real well, with the lips closed hard around the cock. Then he starts really pounding his cock into Roman's ass as hard as he can. Another change sees Roman being fucked by Rado and David taking Milos' cock just how he likes it, deep and hard. David is wanking his dick frantically as he gets fucked and is very vociferous as he builds up to his cumshot. He wanks himself and talks to the guys as Rado shoves a dildo in and out of Roman's ass. David loves that dick in his ass and works his hole back and forth, moaning with pleasure until he shoots a nice creamy load. He is quickly followed by Roman who shoots his load while the dildo is in his ass. David and Roman kiss each other as the guys gather round them wanking, and Martin dumps his load over David's chest, with Milos following in quick succession. Finally it is Rado's turn and he drops a great big load over Roman. He then turns and kisses Martin as David and Roman kiss again, bringing a wonderful Wank Party to an end.
... more about Wank Party 2012 #4, Part 2 further in this newsletter
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Milos Zambo and Mattias Solich are two great guys. We got them together and sest up this Meditation scenario, as a visitor had bought a Buddha mask that Boris wanted to include in the scene. Mattias walks into the room, with a candle and places it on the altar. Milos arrives as well, kneels to light his candle. As he is kneeling opposite Mattias we see his cock bobbing under his robe, as he closely watches Mattias. Milos uncovers his cock, which is rock hard. Mattias opens his eyes and sees Milos kneeling in front of him, his hard cock sticking right out in front. Milos stands and moves towards Mattias, with his cock just at mouth level. Mattias opens his mouth and takes the head of that big cock in it. He begins to suck it, gently. Milos' hand holds the back of Mattias head in place as his cock is sucked. Mattias own cock is rock hard too, as he works his mouth over Milos'. Mattias then lays down and Milos kneels over his face so that his cock and balls can be licked. Then Milos wants some of Mattias hot ass. He lays down and Mattias sits his ass down on that throbbing cock. Milos begins to fuck upwards into Mattias tight hole, with Mattias' massive thighs astride him. Mattias leans back and lets Milos get to work on that ass, his cock going in real deep. Mattias loves the feel of that cock deep in his ass, and lifts his legs in the air as Milos pounds his hole. Mattias then turns around and sits back down on Milos' dick and begins to ride up and down on it. He leans forward and kisses Milos as he fucks himself onto that big, fat cock. A change to a spoon position gives Milos more control of his fucking and he really starts to fuck Mattias deep, with long, smooth strokes. As his ass is fucked so deep Mattias wanks himself and blows a huge, creamy load over his leg. Milos loves the feel of that ass wrapped tight around his cock and soon he needs to cum as well. He pulls out and shoots his load on Mattias to bring a lovely scene to a close.
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Got my ears lowered today. Aida and I nearly had a great walk in the park, but then it turned cold and started to threaten rain. Hope we'll have some summer this year.
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Kellan Lutz's 'Lost' Shopping Spree in L.A.
Just Jared Jr. has posted photos of Kellan Lutz visiting Circuit City in Los Angeles and buying up several seasons of 'Lost' DVDs yesterday. Check out the rest of the photos here.
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Hmm...looks like my husband. He has been OBSESSED with Lost lately.ReplyDelete
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Like omigawd wow cause actors don't do things the rest of us do! So we should stalk them to see what they do.....lame. He's nice to look at and I like him, but lets stop being stalkers.ReplyDelete
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text: I'm calling BS on this one. Black declined to write the second movie, because he said he had nothing more to say about these characters. Gibbo has also ruled out returning to the franchise and IIRC Glover also more or less did so. If they did do a 5th movie, then I'd like to see Black write it, but I don't see it happening.


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The paper presents a simulation approach to Li-Ion batteries based on geometrically resolved electrodes. This means that solid particles and the space occupied by electrolyte are not overlapping but are represented by contiguous, arbitrarily shaped volumes. The solid-electrolyte interface is explicitly resolved and thus allows detailed modeling of electro-chemical processes that are essential for studying performance of the battery cell. Finite volume method is used to solve the equations governing the mass and thermal energy conservation in solid and electrolyte, as well as the distribution of electric potential. The solution domain is discretized in contiguous control volumes of arbitrary polyhedral shape, with conformal interface between solid and fluid regions. Butler-Volmer equation is used to describe the kinetics of solid-electrolyte interface. For the time being, representative geometries of electrodes are manufactured using CAD-tools, but real geometries obtained using scanning methods will be used in future. One example application is presented and the results are compared to those obtained using a widely accepted one-dimensional method.


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There are additional factors involved in determining whether something which has exhibited poor market performance will get a sequel. The big question is why did it perform poorly.
In C2's case, most of the copies which were made were sold. For those of you that haven't shopped for a second copy, it's pretty much impossible to find one now except for the secondary market. Yes, Games covered this with the counter that Sega only produced a few copies because they thought that only a few copies would sell. Whatever their reasoning for limiting production, any prediction of the games actual selling potential had they produced more copies would be purely speculation at this point.
Depending on your side of the argument, the game got fair to decent reviews, from both reviewers and actual consumers that played the game. Please don't quote gaming internet publications here, just go look a Amazon's reviews. These are reviews from people who paid for and actually played the game and have absolutely nothing to gain from giving the game a good or bad review.
We've also already covered the complete lack of hype and advertising already, so all this is old news, like most of the rest of this thread.
I want to go somewhere new now, and that's how the perception of HVS and the Conduit franchise in general may affect future sales. There seems to be a small number of very vocal hardcore gamers that constantly abuse and bash both HVS and the Conduit franchise. What does this mean for the future? Absolutely nothing.
What? Huh?
Yes. It means nothing, especially the opinions of a handful of gfaqers about whether something is good or not or whether it will be successful or not.
Pull up a chair and get comfortable.
A little over a year ago, a pretty big event happened in the comics industry. DC relaunched all of its titles under the banner "The New 52." Some got reboots, retcons, whatever it's called.
Amongst all the retcons and reboots, something was announced that put "the fan community" up in arms and they immediately attacked it as a horrible idea. Barbara Gordon was set to return as Batgirl. For those of you who don't know, Barbara Gordon (daughter of commissioner Gordon) was the original Batgirl, going all the way back to the 1960's and the creation of the character for the Batman TV show. However, in the 80's Barbara was shot in the spine by the Joker and left paralyzed, confined to a wheelchair. Adding insult to injury, she was shot while being a civilian, not even as Batgirl.
At the time, the Editor in Chief of DC had a dislike for Batgirl stories and wanted to be done with them and the character forever. With the exception of a few stories told in flashback, she's been leading the Birds of Prey from a wheelchair ever since, as the character Oracle who is sort of a computer expert.
Meanwhile, there have been two other characters to take up the Batgirl mantle since then. The most recent one was a modestly successful title that was still runing as The New 52 was about to launch in September 2011, and had to be cancelled to make room for Barbara.
Almost everyone thought it was a terrible idea for Barbara to return to Batgirl. Fans of the other Batgirl felt cheated, and thought that restoring Barbara's ability to walk diminished her otherwise strong character as Oracle, while also eliminating a differently abeled superherione role model. Just search the Gfaqs comic and graphic novels forum for Batgirl and you will quickly be able to confirm how strongly the most of the experts in the community were against Barbara returning as Batgirl.
Guess what happened?
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Barbara Gordon returned as Batgirl.
And, more importantly, Batgirl has been holding steadily at the #17 position since Barbara returned. Within DC it's the #6 selling comic, outselling Superman, Wonder Woman, Batwoman, and Catwoman. It also outsells Marvel's Captain America, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, and Thor. The other Batgirl didn't even break into the top 50 a single time in the preceding 12 months.
My point is, it really doesn't matter what the opinion of one, or a few, very vocal detractors have to say about whether or not something will be successful based on how it's perceived by the "fan community." The vocal fan community represents a vast minority of consumers. It's impossible to predict. If IT could be predicted, every company would be producing IT.
Yeah, yeah, I know this is not the comic book industry. Games said the same thing when I compared the video game industry to the movie industry.
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No we won't get Conduit 3 read this.
"That's a misnomer in our industry. By and large people look at it and they say, if it's not a million unit seller it's a flop. That's preposterous. If I make this bottle of Coke, and let's say there's 10 pence of materials here – coloured water, sugar and a glass bottle – if I sell this for a pound, I've just made money. Whatever the product is, if it costs you less to make than you end up making off the thing, you make profit. As long as the profit margin is strong enough, then you get enough of a return and you can make another. The biggest misconception of consumers of the industry is that million-unit benchmark. When you really look at the number of games a year that sell over a million units, it's almost none of them. If that really were the minimum bar for a success, the game industry would be gone in under a year. There are thousands of games released that don't sell a million units. There are like 10 games a year that sell over a million units. But if you can sell a few hundred thousand copies – 300, 400 thousand copies, which is in the range that we did – we made money off that. We did well. Although it was a considerable budget for a Wii title, it was not the kind of budget a Gears of War had. If we'd spent the Gears of War money, then we probably wouldn't be having this discussion now. We'd be back working on something else. We'd always like to make money. Everyone would. But if we sold the exact same number of units as we sold with Conduit 1, we'd be high-fiving each other. But I think we'll do better." – High Voltage's Eric Nofsinger
He is saying if Conduit 2 sold as well as The conduit they would keep making Conduit. Since it did not they have to work on other games.
This is the sales numbers Conduit 2 is at.
Yes vg chartz may not be the best source but it is the best we have.
Sales number of The Conduit
Did you even read my post during the two minutes?
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Did you even read my post during the two minutes?
Yes and I understood what you said. For what I think it is sales that matter for video games based on the past game if a future game is going to happen and the chance of a future game to profit. It all comes down to money.
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_Signal posted...Did you even read my post during the two minutes?
So then you're finally going to drop all the "HVS has a bad reputation business?"
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games1256 posted..._Signal posted...Did you even read my post during the two minutes?
No rep still matters. No one is going to buy a sequel to a game they hated. When it comes down to a dev team like HVS choosing to make a future game they base it on past sales.
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_Signal posted...games1256 posted..._Signal posted...Did you even read my post during the two minutes?
Then in that case, it's a good thing C2 didn't sell too many copies. Not that many people can hate the game. The market is wide open.
The blog that you quoted is over two years old. I'd say it's out of date. If you really want to back up your argument you need to find something that was said after Sega's decision to limit production and C2's release.
I'm done for now. Nice chatting with you.
And I think you totally ignored my post in your other thread... the one about what we would like to see in C3. I posted a well thought out reply.
And by the way, it's a little frustrating to compose a well thought out response only to have you fire off one of your stock one-liners. You would be way more fun to chat with if you spent half the time putting your reply together that I spent writing mine. Just a bit of forum etiquette.
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games1256 posted..._Signal posted...games1256 posted..._Signal posted...Did you even read my post during the two minutes?
The blog post is fine it stated what number of copies sold they have to be at to profit in terms of cost to make the game. Plus rep in video games matter and HVS has a bad rep. Amazon still has new copies of Conduit 2. So for you saying we don't know if Conduit 2 would sell more if more copies were made is untrue. So if Sega made more copies they would just end up unsold.
Not to change the subject but ... Signal, your gfaqs name used to be Signalbatgirl. You know a lot about batgirl. Something is going on there.
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610 The Ones not Coming Home
Orochimaru and Sasuke stand outside the remains of the Naka Shrine. Sasuke remarks in his mind that he never promised Naruto about not defending himself. Flash back to the K11 running towards Naruto's location. The elder's stand in Sasuke's path. Sasuke's eyes focus and he begins using a technique
The sky darkens
Hinata: Tsunade-sama's chakra...
Sai (shocked): No way.
Rock Lee: ?!
Sakura, Tenten and Ino and Choji all rush towards Tsunade and the Kages. Shikamaru, Sai, Rock Lee, Kiba, Hinata and Akamaru continue to pursue Naruto.
Sasuke: So, this is it...
Orochimaru: Are you sure you want to know the truth? Once you enter, there's no turning back.
Sasuke: Do it, or I'll put you back in Kabuto.
Orochimaru smiles with his tongue out and enters
Suigetsu: Here's the scroll, Sasuke! I still don't get why we have to travel with this creep.
Jugo: ...
The burning corpses of both elders are shown nearby. Orochimaru looks like he's having fun in a creepy way. Orochimaru and Sasuke enter the building and retrieve the tablet.
Flash back to Kage's
Tsunade: It should be enough...
The other 4 Kage's seem like they're not dying, but not really able to move well or speak.
Sakura: Sensei, what happened here?! (she looks like she's about to start crying)
Tsunade: Sakura, come here..
Ino is crying and Tenten appears to be consoling her.
Tsunade takes Sakura's hand
Tsunade: Don't cry, I've lived a long life. Madara is planning to destroy the entire shinobi as revenge against the 1st. You have to carry on the Will of Fire, for the future generations. Protect Narut-
The slug summon lowers its head and Sakura starts sobbing uncontrollably after punching the ground and blowing a sizable amount of it away. Tsunade's hand loosens and she appears to be dead. The sky continues to darken.
Flash to Kiba and Shikamaru's group jumping through the terrain quickly
Shikamaru (looking unsettled): This is not good.
Kiba:The smell of the Kyuubi is weakening quickly...
Lee: We need to hurry and get to where Naruto is!
Hinata: Naruto...
They arrive in the clearing to see Naruto face up and unconscious on the ground, with the Nine tails just having finished being extracted from him. Killer Bee is visibly dead. Kakashi is unconscious and is picked up by Sai. Hinata runs to Naruto's side. Rock Lee rushes to Guy-sensei, who appears near death and surrounded by the Mokuton.
Madara stands atop the refuse, arms extended and looking down with a falsely pleasant smile at the new arrivals. The moon stands closer to the Earth and casts an eerie shadow down over Naruto's body. The 10 tails roars to life behind Madara.
611: Redemption
Flashback to Obito and Madara (Kishi explaining how Obito went down and what happened)
Naruto, Bee, Kakashi and Gai are not not able to be seen. Some time has gone by
Obito: You... lunatic. You killed her, you killed Rin!
Madara: What's that you said, trash should stay put right? Thanks for doing your part. (Madara makes a crooked smile)
Obito (in thought panels): Don't worry, Kakashi. This time I'll protect them. I'll protect everyone. Image of Rin and Kakashi from Gaiden chapter and of child Obito admonishing Kakashi "those who don't protect their friends are worse than scum"
Obito attacks Madara and a brief exchange of techniques takes place with Madara canceling most of them with the Preta path to block Obito's jutsu and Deva path to block the Mokuton. The fight ends abruptly when Madara uses Preta to cancel Obito's Kamui warp and avoid being absorbed and simultaneously using Shinra Tensei to violently impale Obito through the heart on his gunbai. Obito starts hacking up blood and has a single man tear rolling down from his remaining eye.
Madara: Done already? Oh well, it will all end soon.
Obito (thoughts) Sensei, I'm sorry... Kakashi... Rin.. Obito's face is panged with regret as he falls to the ground over 3 frames. I'm so sorry I couldn't protect them. He turns his face towards the now visually restrained-by-Mokuton Naruto. Bee's head is hanging and it seems the 8 tails has already been extracted.
Obito (an ironic smile on his face): Save your friend...
Obito falls to the ground, lifeless and dead, dropping first on his knees.
Naruto struggles in futility as the Mokuton suppresses the Kyuubi chakra. The 9 tails mode at last breaks and Naruto begins to prepare sage energy while inert. Madara easily knocks Kakashi unconscious and restrains Guy.
Later I plan to write what I'd like to see in 612, as a Sasuke/Oro chapter.


text: Look out Einstein, here comes Weinstein http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2013/may/23/eric-weinstein-answer-physics-problems I'd like to see a lot more details, but if Weinstein's theory makes testable predictions (which String Theory struggles to do), it seems worthy of consideration. From what I gather, the theory relies on symmetry breaking of a 14-dimensional space into our 4-D space-time and a 10-D realm that is largely hidden from our view. According to Marcus du Sautoy, lots of stuff drops out naturally from the theory -- three generations of particles in the standard model, dark energy, and an explanation of why particles have mass that doesn't seem like an arbitrary add-on like the Higgs field does. Now, if only, it could predict the particle masses, that would indeed be a coup. ETA: I've seen some comments online denigrating Weinstein because he's currently a quant for a hedge fund rather than an established academic. It could be worse -- he could have been a patent examiner.


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Span, Revere out of lineup with injuries
By Rhett Bollinger / MLB.com
Span has been out with a sore right shoulder since Sunday, after trying to make a diving catch in center. Revere, meanwhile, rolled his right ankle while trying to beat out a throw at first base in Wednesday's game against the Tigers.
Span is making progress but isn't quite ready to even serve as a pinch-hitter or pinch-runner off the bench.
"He feels better, but he's not ready to go out there," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He's going to do some more work in the cage and then get out there in [batting practice] and see what happens. But he's not ready, so we're still a little thin."
Revere's injury is less severe, as he stayed in the game after rolling his ankle and tripled in his next at-bat. He was available off the bench, if needed, and is expected to return to the starting lineup this weekend.
"There's some swelling, a little black and blue today," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He's sore, but he's available. He said, 'If you need me, I can play.'"
With Span and Revere out, Darin Mastroianni made his first start in center field while Matt Carson made his Twins debut in right field. Pedro Florimon also made his Minnesota debut, starting at shortstop.
Twins promote outfielder Carson
SEATTLE -- The Twins selected the contract of outfielder Matt Carson from Triple-A Rochester prior to Friday's game against the Mariners. To make room for him on the 40-man roster, Double-A outfielder Rene Tosoni was outrighted.
The moves come after the Twins optioned relievers Luis Perdomo and Jeff Manship on Wednesday, following a 5-1 loss to the Tigers. Minnesota announced reliever Anthony Swarzak would also be activated from the 15-day disabled list, but the club waited until Friday to bring up Carson, who started in right field and batted seventh against Seattle.
Carson, 31, hit .277/.339/.447 in 110 games with the Red Wings. He hit 14 homers and 23 doubles while leading the team with 49 RBIs. He also saw time in all three outfield spots.
"Talking to our people, he's probably been their most consistent guy from day one, offensively and defensively," Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said. "He deserved this call-up."
Carson last played in the Majors in 2010 with the A's, when he hit .177 with four homers and four stolen bases in 36 games. He's career .200/.210/.370 hitter in 46 games in the big leagues from 2009-10 with Oakland.
"Any time you've been in the big leagues you want to stay there," Carson said. "So spending a couple of years in the Minor Leagues, you question if it's ever going to happen again. So this late in the season to get the call was a treat and I'm excited to help the team out."
Carson, who is expected to add outfield depth, was signed by the Twins as a Minor League free agent before the season.
Twins extend deal with Rochester through '14
SEATTLE -- The Twins and the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings agreed to a two-year player development contract through the 2014 season, both clubs announced Friday.
The Twins and Red Wings have been partners dating back to 2003, but their contract was scheduled to be up after this season. Twins assistant general manager Rob Antony said the Twins were happy to keep their affiliation with Rochester going for at least two more years.
"We're thrilled because No. 1, it's a good baseball city. But overriding everything else, they have great ownership," Antony said. "They have good people, they treat our players extremely well, they're good to work with for us, and the facilities are good. It's a great stadium, they have good fans, so we're very happy."
The Red Wings have played better this season after finishing the last two years with 90-plus losses. They entered Friday with a 65-61 record with 18 games remaining, and have the best record in the International League, dating back to July 1, at 28-16.
"We had two terrible years the last two years, and when you have a good fan base, and good ownership, you try to do what's good for their organization, and they knew we went out and did a lot of things to try to be competitive down there this year," Antony said. "It's paid off, and even though we've had to take a lot of players up here, they've still battled through it and remained competitive. So they appreciate that. I think they like dealing with us, and we certainly feel the same way with them."
Rhett Bollinger is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Bollinger Beat, and follow him on Twitter @RhettBollinger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Players shoot (odds/evens) for serve (best of 3).
Fill cups with beer. Each player may move this cup anywhere on their side of the table, as long as it is prior to the other player taking their first shot.
Each player shoots both balls. Scoring is as follows:
Plink: 1 drink - 1 pt
Sink: Drink half the cup - 2 pts
Double sink: Chug and refill - 4 pts
Airball: Shooter drinks
When beer level gets to the bottom "line" on the cup...refill.
Game is played until a player reaches 15 pts. The other player then has rebuttals: sudden death to reach 15 pts (airball = game over).
If the player reaches 15 points, Overtime is played.
The player who reached 15 pts first in regulation, can go first in OT or defer.
OT is a "Sudden death: Best of 2 shots" situation. If no winner is reached, this is repeated until a winner is had.
You will drink a lot in this game. Going through 2-3 beers in regulation is not uncommon. The game also moves very quickly, which allows more people to get on the table over the course of the night.Submitted by freak