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"The environmental and economic costs of wind power will always keep it as a marginal energy source unless it becomes more heavily subsidized by taxpayers than it already is."
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"The power to stop your beneficiaries from quarreling over the content of your will when you are gone is by including a clause in your will which states that, should there be quarrel over your will, all should instead go to charity."
"The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves."
"If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience."


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Bargs for C, Kleiza for F and DeRozan for G.
I said before, Kleiza will be an all-star! oh yeah!
You have to log-in to NBA all access to see the complete list.
I think the only shocking inclusion is Mario Chalmers, he hasnt even played more than 5mins with the Heat this season. Oh and both Jack and Calderon being snubbed.
Lets all vote Hedo as the starter!!!!!

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Topps? How About T-oops!
Ever wonder how the makers of baseball cards have shots of players with their new teams all ready before the season has even started (and spring training has barely started)?
Well, in the dark ages they used to take head shots of players with their heads tilted up, obscuring the logo on the cap, specifically to simplify the process of airbrushing out the offending team colors and adding the new ones.
Now, with the wonders of Photoshop, Cliff Lee can appear on a Topps Opening Day card, in game action, wearing a Seattle Mariners uniform.
One little problem, though.
The black HK patch that the Phillies wore last season to honor the late Harry Kalas is still visible on Lee's left side, just above the Mariners logo.
Wow, I didn't realize Harry was so beloved that even Seattle wanted to honor him! 😉


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EvrThinEvrMinEvrRs wrote:Mrs. Jasper Hale wrote:There's a Star Wars cookbook?! Where did you get it? I must have one!
Actually, there are two, and I want them both!
I have the first one...my fiancee and I found it when we were walking into this used bookstore over this past summer and it's amazing! I had no idea that there was a second one though...I really want it! It would be an awesome addition to our collection, plus I bet it has some great recipes in it!


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Russian women arrested over child trafficking
|Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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|2 November 2012
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November 02, 2012
The suspects allegedly made parents believe their children suffered from serious diseases to encourage them to abandon their offspring.
Authorities in Russia say they have arrested two women on suspicion of selling young children.
The Interior Ministry said one of the women, whose age was given as 60, worked at a hospital in the Daghestan town of Khasavyurt.
The other woman, whose age was given as 61, was reportedly arrested in Grozny in Daghestan's neighboring region of Chechnya.
Investigators cited two recent cases in which a 20-month-old girl was allegedly sold for 400,000 rubles (around $12,800), and a 5-day-old boy was allegedly sold for 550,000 rubles ($17,500).
A statement posted on November 1 on the website of Russia's children's rights ombudsman, Pavel Astakhov, said the suspects made parents believe their children suffered from serious diseases to encourage them to abandon their offspring.
Based on reporting from AFP, Interfax, and ITAR-TASS
Link to original story on RFE/RL website


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Duke ready to return to Indy for Midwest Regional
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke always seems to feel right at home in the heart of the Hoosier state.
The Blue Devils have won six of seven NCAA tournament games played in Indianapolis and have won two national titles there. That includes their most recent championship in 2010 when the current seniors were freshmen.
A pair of victories there this weekend at the Midwest Regional would send them back to their first Final Four since then.
It starts Friday night when the second-seeded Blue Devils (29-5) take on third-seeded Michigan State (27-8) in a regional semifinal. The winner meets either top-seeded Louisville or 12th-seeded Oregon on Sunday with a spot in the Final Four on the line.
Mason Plumlee, an Indiana native whose older brother Miles plays for the Indiana Pacers, says he hasn't stepped foot inside Lucas Oil Stadium since the Blue Devils cut down the nets following their title-winning victory over Butler three years ago.
"I don't think that's going to win us the game, good karma," Plumlee said Wednesday.
Duke's first and its most recent national titles came in the Indiana capital, with the Christian Laettner- and Bobby Hurley-led team in 1991 beating Kansas for its first championship under Mike Krzyzewski.
The 2010 group topped Butler for title No. 4 two nights after the Bulldogs beat, coincidentally, Michigan State in a national semifinal. Plumlee had one rebound in three minutes in that game while fellow senior Ryan Kelly didn't play and Seth Curry sat out that season after transferring from Liberty.
Kelly and Curry -- who have both fought injuries this season -- should be healthy, Krzyzewski said.
Both practiced Wednesday before the team was scheduled to fly to Indianapolis. Kelly missed almost two months with an unspecified right foot injury while Curry has played through lingering shin pain all season.
"We have to be prepared, and we've got to push the envelope," Krzyzewski said.
There won't be much unfamiliarity for the Blue Devils in the matchup, either. This marks the third straight year Duke and Michigan State have played, with the Blue Devils winning in both 2010-11 and last season.
"You're going to have two excellent basketball teams playing against one another on a huge stage," Krzyzewski said. "Two of the best programs over the last long period of time, so it's a big-time game. Their guys are good. Our guys are good.
"It's going to be an honor being in such an elite game, and hopefully we can do well in it."
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The Church
'Jesus loved and loves forever; Zion on His heart does dwell'
Why your Church needs the Trinity
Sam Allberry
- Sam Alberry is Associate Minister at St Mary's Church, Maidenhead, UK, and author of 'Lifted: Experiencing the Resurrection Life.' View all resources by Sam Allberry
Theology Network heartily recommends Sam Allberry's new book on the trinity, Connected: Living in the Light of the Trinity.
Buy yourself a copy here.
Some things naturally belong together: Laurel and Hardy; Morecombe and Wise; bananas and custard; Star Trek and singleness. Most of us would probably not add to this list Church and Doctrine of the Trinity. These two, while not being complete strangers, would not naturally seem to be best buds. Church is about people, practical activity and Christian living. The doctrine of the Trinity seems not only about theology, but about that side of theology which has very little to do with everyday realities like the church.
Such thinking, to borrow from Edmund Blackadder, could hardly be wronger. It is by understanding herself in the light of the Trinity that the church fulfills her calling. The church is a visual aid of the Trinity. Something of Gods three-in-oneness is reflected in the life of his people.
1. Unity
The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptised by one Spirit into one body whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. (1 Corinthians 12:1213)
The church is one unit, a single entity. Its members may be extraordinarily diverse. Paul references Jews and Greeks, slave and free: ethnicity and economic status being just two axes along which we can often find huge variety. Yet there is an overriding unity.
Paul is clear where this unity has come from. Paul says that the Holy Spirit has baptized fellow-Christians into the same body. We have all been given the one Spirit to drink. We have all been baptized into this Spirit, united to him in a way which unites us to one another so profoundly that we are now parts of the same body. And sharing one body, we are to share the same mindset:
Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus.
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God
something to be grasped, but made himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a servant,
being made in human likeness. (Philippians 2:57)
That mark of a healthy human relationship being other-person-centred is especially to characterize the relationships of the local church. We above all should most reflect this principle, for we above all have been exposed to the radical self-sacrifice of Christ. If he is truly our example and goal, then his attitude of service will become ours too. We will increasingly be learning to look to the interests of others (verse 4), to be doing nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit (verse 3).
Christ expressed his unity with the Father by not living for himself and his own interests, but instead by committing himself to the interests of others chief among them the Fathers glory (Philippians 2:11). To the extent that we follow this pattern, we reflect something of the dynamic of the Trinity.
2. Diversity
There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of them in all men (1 Corinthians 12:46).
Paul talks about the various kinds of activity the parts will undertake. There are different kinds of gifts, of service, of working. We will not all share the same spiritual vocation. We are not identical cogs in the same machine. And overriding this variety is the one God who enables us all. There is the same Spirit, the same Lord, the same God. Lord and God are favourite expressions of Pauls for God the Father and God the Son: Paul is talking here about the Trinity.
Paul is not saying that gifts are exclusively the department of the Spirit, forms of service the department only of the Son, and different workings the preserve of just the Father, as if each were an entirely separate concern and overseen in isolation by a different person of the Trinity. His point, rather, is this: behind the unity-in-diversity of the church is its heavenly analogue, the unity-in-diversity of the Trinity. The operational diversity of the church is a reflection of the Trinity.
Christians, then, are given a variety of ways to be a blessing and service to the body, the church. No Christian is an exception to this: Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good (1 Corinthians 12:7).
There is a whole range of ways in which we can be of service to one another. Paul lists some of them in the next few verses:
To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. (1 Corinthians 12: 810)
In other parts of the New Testament we find other lists that are slightly different from this one. Other gifts not mentioned here are mentioned there, while others mentioned here are excluded there. So what we have here is not the spiritual equivalent of a set menu, but a sample of just some of the gifts. The list is not exhaustive, but representative. Pauls point is not to provide a checklist, but to illustrate diversity. One body, many parts; one church, different gifts. In the verses that follow, Paul spells out two significant implications of this.
Dont look down on your gifts
The church is a mix. Far from this being accidental, God has intended it to be this way. We are meant to be different from one another. But wherever there is a mix, there will always be some who feel inferior.
If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body, it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body (1 Corinthians 12:15).
The poor old foot could easily feel inferior, especially when compared to the hand. It might feel less useful, less handy (sorry). There is loads a hand can do that a foot cant. In writing this article it is my hands that have done the key work, not my feet. The hands can pick up books, turn pages, take notes and type words onto the screen. My feet may as well have been on sabbatical. But the foot is no less part of the body. It was my feet that got me to the study, that took me to the bookshelf and conveyed me back to my desk. They were not as uninvolved as we might first think. Trying to do the whole enterprise without the use of my feet would have been a very different undertaking.
And thats the lesson. It is easy to look at the more obvious gifts and to feel useless for not possessing them, especially in a church context. We find ourselves saying, Im not musical. I dont play piano or guitar. I cant even find a note on a kazoo. Or, Im not someone who knows what to say when someone is in distress. Or, Im not good in front of a crowd: I could never stand up in front of the church and give a reading or say a prayer. Or, Im not good with words, Im no good at expressing myself. Things never come out the right way and it always leads to a muddle. I could never give a talk or lead a Bible study. And in each case we easily conclude, Im not really any use to anyone in this church. I cant be part of the action like others are.
But however you feel when you compare yourself to others, you are as much a part of the body as anyone else. For every visible thing that happens in church, there is a bunch of behind-the-scenes, invisible stuff that needs to have happened first. Just for a regular Sunday meeting at my church, orders of service need to have been put together, printed off, folded and handed out. Rooms need to have been unlocked, equipment set out and prepared. Music needs to have been chosen, printed and rehearsed. Someone will have organized whose turn it is to read, pray, welcome, play or sing in the band, serve refreshments, help with the kids ministry, operate the sound system and all manner of other things. All that is before I can even stand up and start the meeting. And thats just the stuff off the top of my head.
It is no accident that this is how it works. The church is meant to be diverse. We are meant to be different from one another, and to need one another. For God is the one who has made us diverse. In fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. If they were all one part, where would the body be? (1 Corinthians 12:1819).
If we look around our brothers and sisters and feel inferior, we need the encouragement of these verses. God does not want you to be someone else. He made you as you because he wants to use your you-ness. So theres no need for envy. But theres also a challenge here. If you are no less part of the body than the next person, then you have no reason not to be involved and serving others. If theres no place for envy, then theres also no place for detachment. The church is designed to reflect the unity-in-diversity of the Trinity.
If we lose sight of this perspective, we risk our churches becoming monochrome. Maturity will be understood in terms of trying to make everyone a certain kind of Christian. There will be a cultural and vocational flatness. Christians will look and sound the same. Theyll be encouraged into the same kind of ministry. A particular gifting will be the hallmark of the spiritually advanced. In some churches today it is the gift of tongues. In others, it is the gift of teaching those really committed to the gospel will become Bible teachers. Christians lacking that particular gift will be left feeling like they have far less to offer the body. In both cases, Pauls point in this passage is being missed. All gifts are needed and God has made us diverse for a reason!
Dont look down on others gifts
If in any crowd there are those feeling inferior, there will also be those who feel superior. People who think they matter more, that they are more special. They are like the eye: The eye cannot say to the hand, I dont need you! (1 Corinthians 12:21).
It is easy for those whose gifting is higher profile to get an unhealthy kick out of that. Everyone else sees what I do, they might think to themselves, even if subconsciously, My role is particularly important. Everyone here needs me to be doing this. Lucky them to have me on board!
The message for the superior is the same: everyone is needed. Everyone. You need others as much as others need you. Dont look down on others just because their ministry might be more discreet or menial in your eyes.
It is right that not everyone has the same kind of visibility in church. Some parts of the body are particularly tender. You might feel as though your life has been a mess: perhaps its your home life or your relationships that have not been smooth running. Maybe you have struggled with a significant addiction that has left you feeling somewhat vulnerable. It might be that you carry within you a significant emotional wound. You might feel like one of those parts that Paul says seem to be weaker (verse 22). And yet those very parts are indispensable. What feels like your weakness might be the very thing God uses to make you a blessing to others. I can think of people who have struggled though the pain of losing a child, or marital breakdown, or having been abused, or addiction, or chronic depression, and yet have been able to exercise a powerful ministry to others with similar struggles.
Other parts Paul describes as being unpresentable (verse 23). Lets face it, there are parts of our body we dont show other people. Im typing these words while sitting in a bustling coffee shop. It is well into winter, and the shop is nice and toasty inside. In fact, Im sitting just near a large fireplace and have been progressively getting too hot. Various outer layers of my clothing have already been shed and lie strewn over the empty chair next to me. But however much I might want to strip off, there is an agreed minimum of clothing that needs to remain in place, irrespective of how hot it is. Its not that those parts of the body are insignificant. But they have no public role to play!
There are some in the church community who are precious to us, but who it would not be appropriate to put in front of everyone with a microphone in their face. They need to be less visible. I know of dear Christians who have struggled with suicidal feelings and needed hospitalization as a result. For such friends, the first steps back into our Sunday fellowship will be very tentative slipping in after the service has begun and leaving just before it has finished. They will be ready to see one or two of us to begin with, but not everyone. Brothers and sisters like this will need to be less visible for now, for their own sakes. But they are no less valuable to our church family because of that.
We are different and need to play different roles in the life of the church family. Some will be more visible, others less so. But all of us are needed. There is no-one in the fellowship we can look down on, no type of person we can just do without. Think of your own church fellowship. You need these particular others whom God has put around you, even if you (and they) didnt know it.
The unity-in-diversity of the church reflects the unity-in-diversity of the Godhead. It is a perspective that will help us to cherish our diversity while functioning together as a single entity.
3. Witness
The night before he died, Jesus spent time with his disciples preparing them for life without him. A good deal of this preparation was taken up with a prayer Jesus prayed in his disciples hearing. That he intended them to listen in suggests there was much that they and we could learn from it.
In the course of his prayer, Jesus prays for the disciples gathered around him. He also prays for future disciples: those later generations of followers who will come to believe in his name through the ministry of these first believers. It is a prayer for all Christians through subsequent centuries of history, including us. This is Jesus praying for you! If you ever wondered what his priorities for your life might be, heres a good place to look:
I pray also for those who will believe in me through their [the first apostles] message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. (John 17:2023)
Jesus prays for our unity, the very unity he has already been talking about: unity grounded in the Trinity. The unity we are to have as believers is the unity enjoyed by God the Father and God the Son. It reminds us that the unity of the church is not institutional, not man-made. It is unity in the truth of the message Jesus came to teach; unity that comes as we are brought into relationship with God the Trinity. We get to join in the oneness of God!
And it is a unity that is going to have a significant impact. It will cause the world to believe two amazing truths: that the Father has sent the Son, and that we have received the same love from the Father that the Son has. It is a unity that transcends all other earthly considerations: politics, ethnicity, social background, level of education, wealth and culture.
Neptune was the first planet to be discovered by mathematics rather than by observation. It wasnt that someone chanced upon it while looking through a telescope one day, but that they had worked out that it must exist and even where it would be. Im told the clever chap in question was John Couch Adams during the 1840s. He and others had noticed various irregularities in the orbit of Uranus. It deviated significantly from its expected path. The only explanation was that there was something else out there, some other planetary body whose gravity was tugging away at it and causing it to move out of its predicted orbit. Individuals like Adams were able to extrapolate from these irregularities exactly where this other planet must be. None of them ever needed to have seen it. The existence and location of Neptune was a mathematical certainty before they ever set eyes on it.
The church is to be marked by the unity of God the Trinity. Our life together is to reflect that same love, mutual delight and other-person-centredness that characterizes the relationships of the Father, Son and Spirit. And as the world looks on, it will see what appear to be all sorts of irregularities, deviations from the normal paths of behaviour: Christians showing unworldly care and concern for one another. Hearts, wallets and homes cheerfully opened to help those in need. Those from backgrounds you wouldnt normally see together enjoying their unity in Christ. Believers very different from one another but lit by a love of meeting together, of praising their Saviour and taking his word to heart.
All these things should be deeply curious irregularities to a watching world: lines of behaviour that do not move in the directions people have come to expect. An orbit of life that is unmistakably different. Instances of deep love that indicate beyond doubt the gravitational pull of a greater and unseen presence. An undeniable sign that this community of believers is being held together by nothing less than a love that is divine in origin. The spectator who begins to extrapolate from these earth-bound irregularities will, in the end, be directed to the perfect heavenly analogue of them all.
The only explanation for a church like this can, ultimately, only be the reality of God the Trinity.


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Rodney regains velocity, command in scoreless frame
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
MESA, Ariz. -- New Mariners closer Fernando Rodney threw just his second scoreless inning of the spring on Thursday with a hitless eighth against the Cubs in a 3-0 victory at Cubs Park.
Rodney, 37, lugged a 15.75 ERA into the game after allowing five runs (four earned) and four hits with a walk and hit batter in 1 1/3 innings over his previous two outings. He'd given up runs in four of his first five Cactus League appearances, but manager Lloyd McClendon said he was unconcerned as the veteran went about his work in non-save situations without normal closer adrenaline.
Things went better against the Cubs. Rodney walked the second batter he faced, but then struck out the next two hitters while hitting 93-95 mph with his fastball.
"I'm just throwing strikes," Rodney said. "My fastball is there. A little bit I'm working on my location. I need a little more work, maybe Sunday I'll throw again."
McClendon said pitching coach Rick Waits "did some real good things" with Rodney in a Thursday morning mound session that seemed to help.
"He fixed some things in his delivery and felt real good about it," McClendon said. "As a result, he threw a lot of strikes and looked real good."
McClendon did go out to the mound midway through the inning to check on Rodney after noticing a drop in his velocity, but the pitcher said he was having an issue with the mound that affected his lead foot.
"The mound had a hole in it, so the velocity was going down and he thought something was going on," Rodney said. "I had it in my mind that hole was there, but I was fine."
Beavan looks to regain control after hitting speed bump
MESA, Ariz. -- Manager Lloyd McClendon acknowledged he was disappointed in Blake Beavan's rough outing Wednesday, when the big right-hander gave up four home runs in a 9-7 loss to the Brewers, but the 25-year-old remains in the hunt for a rotation berth as decision time approaches.
McClendon said Thursday that "nothing is set" in the rotation outside of Felix Hernandez, his Opening Day starter. But Beavan is one of four pitchers who appear to be battling for the final two starting jobs behind Hernandez, Erasmo Ramirez and James Paxton. And the tall Texan had pitched very well this spring until getting lit up for eight hits and seven runs in 5 2/3 innings by the Brewers.
"I expect more," McClendon said. "I think he's better than what he showed yesterday. But he'll get another opportunity to get out there. I just need to see him use both sides of the plate and use all his pitches and get the ball down in the zone. He's better than what he showed."
Beavan hadn't allowed a home run in 12 2/3 innings over four appearances prior to Wednesday's blowup. He said he struggled to command his fastball and got away from the changeup that has helped keep hitters off balance in prior games.
"For the most part, I was up and they exposed that," Beavan said. "My fastball command was terrible and I'm usually a lot better than that. That was probably the most frustrating thing, but that is when I do need to have the other stuff working -- the curveball, changeup, slider and mixing in the cutter."
Beavan said he only used three or four changeups out of 93 pitches he threw, a vast departure from the successful pattern he'd been developing.
"That has helped my success in the early part of spring, so that's something to think about. I need to go back to the bullpen and work on a couple things," he said. "I just didn't have a good feel for the changeup, but those are the days you have to keep throwing it. Hopefully, you get it there in the fourth or fifth inning and it helps you get through those later innings without giving up the late-inning damage. For me, I was kind of all over the place. It was frustrating and I tried to just work through it the best I could."
Beavan has felt stronger and healthier this spring, getting back to the form of 2012, when he went 11-11 with a 4.43 ERA in 26 starts and proved to be a reliable innings eater with excellent control. So he'll try to brush off his latest setback and push for a better impression in his final spring start Monday against the White Sox.
"You just have to have short-term memory, forget about it and get ready for the next one," he said. "I'm just looking forward to getting back in the bullpen, getting back to some of the basics, working downhill and getting back in the bottom of the zone."
Felix tunes up with seven Minor League innings
MESA, Ariz. -- Mariners ace Felix Hernandez allowed three runs (two earned) over seven innings in a Minor League game against the Brewers on Thursday as he continues tuning up for his Opening Day start.
Hernandez threw 82 pitches, of which 60 were strikes. He gave up five hits with no walks and six strikeouts.
The veteran right-hander said he was happy with his work against an aggressive group of young hitters, who, he said, swung at the first pitch in almost every at-bat.
"It was good. Real good," Hernandez said. "Everything was working. I was throwing a lot of strikes. They were swinging at everything."
Hernandez chose to pitch against the Brewers' Class A Advanced team at the Peoria Sports Complex rather than travel to Mesa for the Mariners' Cactus League contest with the Cubs. He'll make his final spring start Tuesday against the Rangers in Surprise and said he's on schedule to throw 100 pitches in that game before facing the Angels in Anaheim on March 31 in his club-record seventh Opening Day outing.
"I felt pretty strong," Hernandez said. "I was down the zone and happy with myself."
Lucas Luetge and Charlie Furbush each threw scoreless innings in relief of Hernandez, while catcher Mike Zunino went 2-for-2 with a double and a run scored while catching the first seven innings.
Miller, Franklin continue battle for shortstop job
MESA, Ariz. -- Brad Miller didn't play in the Mariners' 3-0 victory over the Cubs on Thursday, which may be the only thing that could cool off the young shortstop's torrid spring.
But despite Miller's .447 batting average and Cactus League-leading slugging percentage, manager Lloyd McClendon insisted again that no decision has been made on his battle with Nick Franklin for the starting job in Seattle's infield.
Miller has put up a 1.000 slugging percentage and also led the Cactus League in triples (four), total bases (38) and run scored (13) going into Thursday's games. He was second in batting average, extra-base hits (nine) and tied for second in home runs (four), third in on-base percentage (.512) and tied for sixth in hits (17) in 13 games.
Franklin went 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored against the Cubs as the two youngsters continued alternating starts. Franklin is hitting .243 with three doubles and a home run in 13 games.
Despite the discrepancy in offensive numbers, McClendon didn't bite when asked to compare the duo's performance.
"I think they've both played well to this point," McClendon said. "I'll reserve my thoughts on that for a little longer. But they've both done a nice job. I've been pleased. As far as separation, I don't think they've really separated themselves. I evaluate things a little different than how you guys evaluate it. I don't particularly evaluate on a given performance on any day. I see good things from both of them."
Franklin, 22, hit 12 home runs last year while batting .225/.303/.382 in 369 at-bats last year while playing second base. He offers some power potential and is a switch-hitter, which is a bonus in a lefty-heavy lineup.
Miller, 24, hit .265/.318/.418 with 11 doubles, six triples and eight homers in 306 at-bats last year after taking over at shortstop midseason last year, so he'd shown some potential with the bat. But he added 15-20 pounds with an aggressive winter conditioning program and has been pounding the ball this spring.
"In the offseason, I was thinking, 'Shoot, what do I want to do?' I want to make an impact," Miller said. "I want to be able to drive balls, especially to the opposite field. So I've felt pretty good, just being able to hit it with authority that way. I'm trying to do damage, for sure. That's still the goal. I'm going to go up there and try to drive some balls, so that's been good."
Worth noting
• Right-handed starter Hisashi Iwakuma will throw a tennis ball on Friday, his first time throwing any sort of ball since he sprained the tendon in his right middle finger just prior to camp six weeks ago. Iwakuma had the splint removed from his finger on Tuesday and has been doing stretching exercises to regain the motion and strength in the finger, while also continuing his "towel drills" on the mound to keep his arm in the best shape possible.
• Thursday's game against the Cubs will be replayed on MLB Network at 10 p.m. PT on Friday. MLB Network will also be showing two more of the Mariners' remaining spring games. Monday's 1:05 p.m. game against the White Sox will replayed at 4 a.m. on Tuesday, while Tuesday night's 6:05 p.m. start against the Royals will be shown starting at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
All those games are available live on MLB.TV to subscribers. The Tuesday night game against the Royals will be Hernandez's final tuneup before Opening Day.
• Veteran left-handed reliever Joe Beimel, pitching for the first time in 12 days, threw a 1-2-3 seventh against the Cubs. Beimel is one of several pitching candidates coming back from Tommy John surgery and had been experiencing some soreness in his elbow, but McClendon said he's feeling better after getting some anti-inflammatory medication.
"The ball came out very good, it was very good to see," McClendon said. "He looked healthy. He had a finish to his fastball with good sink, threw some good changeups and even mixed in a curveball."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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THURSDAY, April 4 (HealthDay News) -- Black Americans are more
likely than other racial/ethnic groups to be interested in
participating in medical research, including when it involves
providing blood or genetic samples, a new study finds.
Now the challenge is to better match that interest with greater
inclusion in clinical trials, experts say.
Researchers talked to nearly 6,000 people in five cities: St.
Louis, Mo.; Davis, Calif.; Ann Arbor, Mich.; New York City; and
Rochester, N.Y. Interviews were held in places such as barbershops,
parks, bus stops, churches, grocery stores, laundromats and health
The results showed that 91 percent of black Americans who were
interviewed expressed an interest in participating in medical
research, compared with 85 percent of whites, 84 percent of
Hispanics and 79 percent of Asians.
Blacks were also more willing than other racial groups to take
part in research even if it might involve providing blood or
genetic samples, staying overnight in a hospital, or granting
access to their medical records, according to the study recently
published online in the
American Journal of Public Health.
"For years, African Americans have been underrepresented in research," lead investigator Linda Cottler, chair of epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and Health Professions and the College of Medicine, said in a university news release.
"Reasons have included mistrust of the medical community and actually not ever being asked to participate in research. Our study shows that while the participation rate among African Americans has been very low, their level of interest in research is high," she said.
Each year, more than 80,000 clinical trials are conducted in the
United States, but less than 2 percent of the population
participate, according to the news release. Women, the elderly,
racial and ethnic minorities, and rural residents are often
underrepresented in these studies.
"If we're not getting the participation of diverse groups when we're studying medications or interventions, then we don't know how those treatments will work in real life in different populations," Cottler explained. "It's very important for people to have a voice and be represented."
Another expert discussed the new findings.
"This is a groundbreaking study that demonstrates that members of minority communities are interested in research, especially around the diseases and risk factors that are most common in their families and communities," Dr. Lloyd Michener, chair of community and family medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine, said in the news release.
"As many traditional studies struggle with recruitment, this study suggests that the problem may lie with the lack of awareness of researchers with the methods of community engagement, rather than lack of interest or willingness to engage in research among members of these communities," said Michener, who was not involved in the study.
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New WoldPack Interview from Access Hollywood
What a boisterous bunch - Alex just can't help but flash those abs... not that I'm complaining ;)
From Access Hollywood
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I love them, they are so great ;) I bet they are fun to hang out with ^.^ The licking of the paws at the end was hilarious :DReplyDelete
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Oh, agree that 'inno has transactions' isn't the only thing to think about. The fact that Inno has transaction in itself isn't a reason to choice Inno.
However, the reverse is true. The fact that MyISAM doesn't have transactions is almost always reason enough to not use MyISAM. The fact that it's hard to come up with a case where you can get away with MyISAM is (for me) reason enought to not even consider.
That's a good point. No one would choose a car merely because it had a steering wheel and column, but you wouldn't even think about buying one without them.


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Daily Slice gives a quick snapshot each weekday of a different slice or pie that the folks at the Serious Eats empire have enjoyed lately.
On my way to Coney Island on the N train, I got a hankering for some real Brooklyn pizza. Boy, did J&V Pizzeria satisfy that craving and then some. The guys that opened this pizza joint were the first in the iconic Italian-American neighborhood of Bensonhurst to sell pizza by the slice. Sixty-one years later, they're still serving a mean slice in a neighborhood where you can find some pretty discerning pizza lovers.
We scored a plain slice right as they were taking the whole pie out of the Fish-brand oven, and then ordered a grandma slice for good measure. The plain slice was awesome; the crust was light and crisp, while still offering a nice chew. It showcased mozzarella with the perfect stringiness and moisture—and just the right amount, so that ample grease was no where to be found. The scant amount of sauce added a beautiful, fresh tomato taste to the slice. The pizza benefited from the addition of whole fresh basil leaves and a scattering of oregano.
The grandma slice definitely came in second, although it still deserves high praise. The crust was a little too crunchy and didn't have that same gorgeous chew as the plain slice. As we walked out, we realized we hadn't tried the Sicilian. (Amateur hour—sorry guys). But that gives me reason to go back, and that is something I couldn't be happier about. And fear not, I shall not wait until my next trip to Coney Island to return to this Bensonhurst gem.
J&V Pizzeria 6322 18th Avenue Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY 11204 718-232-2700; jvpizzeria.com


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Klaus, Sep 27, 2011.
Ahh, missed that one.
Finally got around to watching it on the DVR. It's a good thing it had a break in the middle, because I needed to watch it in two parts. It was interesting, and I tried not to hold the slow pace against it, since that was clearly a deliberate artistic choice. Still, some parts of it did seem arbitrarily prolonged. I don't get the point of that endless driving sequence they did early on.
Nor did I understand the logic behind the transitions from color to black & white. Initially it was clear enough, to distinguish "now" footage from recorded or onscreen footage, but then it just became seemingly random whether a given portion was in color or monochrome. Then the second half was mostly in color except for the dream sequence and the penultimate Solaris flyover where Kris was voiceover-philosophizing, so that kind of made sense. But in the middle there, what the hey?
I liked the actress who played Hari, Natalya Bondarchuk. Not as lovely as Natascha McElhone from the 2002 version, but similar-looking. I wonder if McElhone was cast for her resemblance to Bondarchuk.
The commentary on the Criterion disc discusses this. As I recall -- someone with the disc on hand can check -- the historians point out that the driving sequences were shot on location in Japan, an unusually expensive move for a Soviet film. Tarkovsky possibly kept them in because he wanted to show his backers where all the money went. Moreover, at the time, the city (Tokyo? Bad memory at work here.) was pretty futuristic.
Apparently, Tarkovsky cut out the score from those sequences at the last minute, which don't do them any favors. The historians on the commentary agree that it's the most problematic portion of the movie, and I agree.
I was sort of wondering if it was a satire of the 2001 Stargate sequence -- an interminable scene of lights zooming past. "My God -- it's full of cars!" (And yes, I know that line wasn't added until the sequel, but I can never resist a lame pun.)
And yes, Wikipedia says it was a suburb of Tokyo.
TCM celebrates the end of the world on Friday with doomsday movies.
0700a The Lost Missile
0830a The Satan Bug
1030a The Last Man on Earth
1200p The Bed Sitting Room
0200p Five
0400p Panic in Year Zero
0600p The World, The Flesh and the Devil
A lot of post-nuclear movies on that list. Oh, for the good old days when people actually had a sane, realistic reason to expect the end of the world instead of silly superstitions.
No, wait, those were the bad old days. Hooray for silly superstitions!
Okay, somebody at TCM has an inspired sense of humor!
Cool. It's been quite a dry spell at TCM. And I think there's a couple on that list that I haven't seen.
They're actually showing The Bed-Sitting Room at noon ... that'll confuse the frak out of a lot of casual afternoon viewers!!
I don't think she looked like McElhone, but I liked her too. She's a dead ringer for someone I used to know.
New Year's Update
Friday Jan 04
0800p Creature From the Black Lagoon
0930p Tarantula
1100p The Incredible Shrinking Man
1230a It Came From Outer Space
I skimmed through, looks like slim pickings this month.
The ramp up to Halloween has begun.
Ah, a tribute to Richard Arnold, I'm guessing.
^You mean Jack Arnold, the director of all those films, right? (Although I get why a Trek novelist would make that particular slip.)
I don't think I've seen Tarantula in quite a while and I don't have it on DVD, so I'll tape that one.
I'm deciding whether to record "It Came From Outer Space." Don't know much about it and want to avoid spoilers. Any recommendations?
I think it's one of the better '50s B-movies. Ray Bradbury was involved in the writing, and... well, if I said the main thing I liked about it, that would be a spoiler. Let's just say it's not your conventional Red-Scare-era alien invasion movie.
Plus, it features the Professor from "Gilligan's Island"!
Be aware, however, that it was orignally released in 3-D (like "The Creature from the Black Lagoon"). So don't be surprised if meteors come zooming at the screen!
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MIAMI - Family and friends of a teen shot and killed over the weekend helped to pass out fliers Thursday, hoping to generate leads in the case.
Bryan Herrera, 16, was shot at the corner of NW 39th Street and 11th Avenue on Saturday, while riding his bicycle to a friend's home.
On Thursday, students at Miami Jackson High walked the neighborhood where the shooting took place.
Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho joined Herrera's family to speak with to neighbors in the area.
"This is the very first school I taught at and I'm tired of burying my kids," Carvalho said.
Some of Herrera's classmates, including his best friend, gathered at the school earlier in the day to meet with his family.
On Monday, Herrera's parents made an emotional plea for information on who killed their son.
"Bryan was the future for all of us," said his father William.
Police say the teen was riding his bicycle to friend's house when he was shot in the back along Northwest 11th Avenue and 38th Street.
Authorities believe the shooting was a case of mistaken identity.
A viewing for Herrera is taking place Thursday night and his funeral is set for Friday at 9 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to call Miami Police at 305-603-6350.
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Smoak happy to be with Rangers
First-round pick works out with big club on Saturday
By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com
ARLINGTON -- Justin Smoak took batting practice for the first time at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and was having a hard time getting distance on the ball. From behind a screen at first base, Eddie Guardado was good-naturedly letting him hear about it. Smoak replied with a sharp grounder right at Guardado, who did an exaggerated dance of fear from behind the protective screen. Smoak, hitting from the left side, then belted a long drive to deep right that crashed off the facade of the upper deck. The Rangers hope it's the first of many, whether it's batting practice or a real game "He has a chance to be an impact player," said Rangers general manager Jon Daniels, who watched Smoak taking batting practice while standing next to owner Tom Hicks. Hicks hopes so, having paid out $3.5 million to Smoak as the 11th overall pick and $1,575,000 to pitcher Robbie Ross, the Rangers' second-round pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft. Between the two of them, the Rangers went more than $2 million over what the Commissioner's Office was recommending for those two "slots" in the Draft. The Rangers got in trouble with the Commissioner's Office last year for the amount of money they paid out in signing bonuses, but that didn't deter them this time around. Hicks was in communication with the Commissioner's Office on Saturday but wasn't particularly worried. "I told them I thought our guys did a great job of getting the job done and balancing it all out," Hicks said. "The agent wants more, and the Commissioner wants less. One day we'll have a hard slot system, but until then we've got to go through the dance." The Rangers were hoping to get this done two months ago, but on Saturday they were finally able to introduce Smoak at a press conference. The two sides reached an agreement on Friday night at around 10:45 p.m. CT, just 15 minutes before the signing deadline. Smoak was hoping for a Major League contract, which would have put him immediately on the 40-man roster. The Rangers were resistant, and Smoak's agent, Dustin Bledsoe, finally dropped that demand on Friday. That facilitated an agreement that kept Smoak from going back to the University of South Carolina for his senior season. "There was a chance of going back to school, but in the end of the day, I made a decision to be a Texas Ranger," Smoak said. "We got it done and I'm very excited. Going into [Friday] I felt we would get something done. I didn't realize the business side of it, but now I do. The only thing I want to do is play baseball, and that's very exciting." Smoak worked out with the Rangers on Saturday and will join Class A Clinton on Sunday. He will go into the lineup almost immediately. He hasn't played since before he was drafted, but he has been working out in Atlanta during the summer. "Have I faced a 95-mile-per-hour fastball lately? No, I haven't," Smoak said. "I'll need to practice, take a lot of batting practice, strap it on and play. Every kid wants to be in the big leagues as soon as possible. My goal is to go out and play, let the chips fall where they may, have fun and whatever happens, happens."
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Snapchat has introduced a new feature called "Stories" to the popular social messaging services. Stories form a compilation of chats sent within a 24 hour period. You create your story throughout the day by tapping on the "My Story" button as you send chats to specified friends. These messages get added to an album which friends can keep viewing. The size will fluctuate since the amount of messages you send each day will differ.
This new update has offered another level of conversation for Snapchat but is similar to some of Facebook's most popular features like news feed and timeline since it provides a quicker response for friends to stay engaged with others. CEO Evan Spiegel spoke at Techcrunch Disrupt last month revealing some of his upcoming plans. Facebook was a frequent topic of discussion for Spiegel. Stories has potential to offer considerable advertising opportunities for brands too.
This is clearly Spiegel's response to a "send all" feature or group messaging. The update is now available for iOS and Android apps and can be downloaded from their respective stores.
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Animal Species:House Fly
The House Fly is found all over the world, wherever there are human populations. Not only is it a nuisance, but it also carries disease-causing organisms, which it picks up from garbage and sewage.
Standard Common Name
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Size range
5 mm - 8 mm
The House Fly is found throughout Australia and much of the rest of the world.
Life cycle
Adult House Flies usually live only 15 to 25 days but may live longer in cooler climates. They lay many hundreds of eggs and their larvae (maggots) develop in organic material.
- Species:
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- Genus:
- Musca
- Subfamily:
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- Family:
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- Superfamily:
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The co-owner of two trendy ByWard Market eateries was convicted of libel Thursday for sending lewd e-mails and setting up a fake sex site profile dishing dirt on a diner who posted negative reviews online.
Kinki and Mambo restaurants co-owner Marisol Simoes, 42, was convicted of two counts of the rarely laid charge of defamatory libel against customer Elayna Katz.
"Ms. Katz enjoys freedom of speech as do all people in this country," Judge Diane Lahaie said, adding what Simoes did was "not just inappropriate but criminal."
Lahaie concluded Simoes was the only one with motive and opportunity – the profile was posted using her password-protected account — and that the "venomous" material included striking similarities to a letter she wrote.
Katz testified that two years of "harassment" followed a bad meal at Mambo in May 2009, putting her on an "emotional roller-coaster."
"I am open to anything — couples, threesomes and group sex," read the e-mail purportedly signed by Katz and sent a year later to her bosses at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. "Am especially into transsexuals and transgenders (being one myself ). I am … a tiger in the bedroom."
The same words were in a profile along with Katz's wedding picture posted a few days later on an "adult" site under "men seeking men."
None of it was true.
Katz testified that when she ate at Mambo, service was slow, the waitress was rude and she was handed a dish laced with olives even though she'd explained she can't eat them.
Katz said she went to Kinki to tell Simoes what had happened, but she wasn't there and didn't respond to three calls — although Lahaie believed a restaurant manager's testimony there were more.
After Katz posted a review on restaurantthing.com, there was a spate of posts soon after using her name and address, and calling her crazy.
Katz demanded the site operators take them down. It also shut down reviews of Kinki and Mambo, and posted a letter from Simoes complaining of a "vendetta" against the restaurants.
Simoes' lawyer had argued that the culprit could be either the manager — who felt harassed by Katz's calls — or her husband and business partner.
But Lahaie said she believed their denials.
"When you're in the business of owning a restaurant and serving the public, people have a right to express their opinions," Katz said after the verdict.
A sentencing hearing is set for Nov. 8.
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Date: March 06, 2012 03:03PM
"In the analysis, published online Monday in the journal Neurology, scientists examined 1,575 dementia-free men and women whose average age was 67"
"People in the lowest one-quarter for omega-3 levels had significantly lower total cerebral brain volume than those in the highest one-quarter, even after adjusting for age, body mass index, smoking and other factors. They also performed significantly worse on tests of visual memory, executive function and abstract memory than those in the highest one-quarter. There was no significant association with white matter hyperintensity volume.
"We feel that omega-3's reduce vascular pathology and thus reduce the rate of brain aging," said Dr. Zaldy S. Tan, the lead author and associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Few in the study were taking omega-3 supplements, Dr. Tan said. The main reason that some had higher blood levels of omega-3's was that they ate more fatty fish.
Several of the authors have financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies."
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She was born Feb. 25, 1933, at Jerusalem to Ezra "Bud" and Ethel Mooney Elkins. Opal was a lifelong member of the Hector Freewill Baptist Church, where she served as secretary for many years. She worked alongside her husband, Bill, for 54 years on their family farm. Opal will always be remembered as the sweetest woman everyone knew, and she loved all of her family dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Norman Virgil "Bill" Patton; one sister, Juanita Graves; and one brother, Leamon Elkins.
Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Hudson of Hector and Linda Clarke of Russellville; one brother, Loyd Elkins Sr., of Hattieville; two sisters, Mary Hillis of Appleton, and Audrey Hillis and husband, Don, of Hattieville; two grandchildren, Trent Hudson of Hector and Courtney Clarke of Russellville; one sister-in-law, Wanda Wisdom and husband, Max, of Hector; and many nieces, nephews and great and grand nieces, nephews and cousins.
The funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at the Hector Freewill Baptist Church officiated by the Revs. Jerry Patton and the Charles King. Burial will follow in Boiling Springs Cemetery under the direction of Broussard Funeral Home of Russellville. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from noon to 1 p.m. at the church.
A special thanks to her caregivers, Sandra Turney, Missy Turney, Sharon Parrish and the Arkansas Hospice Nurses and Staff.
Pallbearers are Loyd Elkins Jr., Gary Elkins, Victor Patton, Tony Patton, Ricky Wisdom and Sam Hudson.
In lieu of flowers, the family ask that donations be made to Arkansas Hospice, 2405 E. Parkway Suite 3, Russellville, AR 72802.
The online obituary and guestbook are available at www.broussardfuneral.com.


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Seven minutes! Ack, well I can put that one down to not looking at the comms when I developed the run-outs bit. Is it getting the right person dismissed each time and just a comms bug?
(Note to self - need to make the ball spin more as it gets older and include speed of outfield in runs generation code)


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By C. Cadenas-Sánchez and J. Ruiz-Ruiz
The aim of this review was to determine what type of physical activity programmes have been developed in patients with fibromyalgia and what are its effects and benefits on the degree of pain and quality of life. The search was performed in MEDLINE, Web of Science and SPORTDiscus databases. The word «fibromyalgia» was always used as a criterion for combined search (using «AND» connector) with physical activity, exercise, physical therapy and training (MeSH terms). Of the 2,531 initial results, 33 papers were selected for review.
The studies reviewed focus primarily on dance activities, water activities, multidisciplinary, mind-body work, fitness and stretching. After applying the intervention program, the pain level was reduced between 10 and 44.2%, and the impact of the disease between 5.3 and 17.9%, improving the symptoms of these patients.
In conclusion, a multidisciplinary programme (in which physical activity is included) may have positive effects on the quality of life of people with fibromyalgia.
Copyright © 2013 Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved.
Medicina Clinica
, February 18, 2014. By C. Cadenas-Sánchez and J. Ruiz-Ruiz. Grupo de Investigación PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity (PROFITH), Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva, Facultad de Ciencias del Deporte, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España.
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Physical activty & Fibromyalgia
Posted by: fabby1124
Mar 17, 2014
I am doing Aquatic Therapy, had some classes like dance and arthritis and the pain that I feel after is horrible, I don't think it works for me. I feel so fatigue an in pain after swimming that I have to take naps after. I don't know what else to try.
Several things about this:
Posted by: IanH
Mar 17, 2014
Fibromyalgia is not a single disease. It is a cluster of symptoms.
Diagnosis is still unclear and will include people with different pathologies.
Exercise is valuable but the exercise MUST be tuned for people with FM, not part of a general fitness training or be in a gym along with non-FMs.
Swimming is useful but must be done carefully. Ideally water wading in thermal pools is best to start with followed by slow swimming in thermal pools. This should be combined with muscle stretching, particularly for the spine.
Many people diagnosed with FM have ME/CFS and must be extra careful. Many problems arise when people gain a diagnosis of FM without consideration of ME/CFS - and this happens a lot.
The key to exercising is to start VERY slowly, progress will be slow but improvement does happen.
If you find that exercise is hurting or worsening symptoms - you are doing too much, step back. Improvements can take many months or even years.
Exercise is not a cure but does reduce pain and fatigue if done properly. I would never advise someone with FM, and certainly not ME, to start exercising without first starting on a mitochondrial support program and in the case of people with FM who also have spinal stenosis an "anti-inflammatory" regime.
You should also get tested for herpes virus activation. Even a treatment of aciclovir can reduce symptoms a lot in many people with FM. (and ME).
Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain.
Posted by: TheresaHoelscher
Mar 19, 2014
That may be TRUE but you have to be on a PAIN MEDICATION for LIFE, or the Quality of your Life may as well be over!!!!!!!!
Without something for THE CHRONIC PAIN You suffer with every day, you lose the will to fight to live each day. Doctors have only made the Problem a lot worse by making the Patient Suffer!!!!!!! No Excuses any longer Doctors!!!!!!! YOU DO NOT KNOW EVERYTHING! Each person is different, we do not handle Chronic Pain the same way the next person can or cannot! What works for one may or may not work for the next person, but the sad thing is that our Doctors do not care any longer. You go to see a Pain management Doctor and they just keep asking you why are you here, what do you expect me to do for you? Well Doc, I thought you were the DOCTOR, You tell me! It is such a shame what they are putting us all with Fibromyalgia/Chronic Pain, through.
Whomever Paid For This Study Should Demand Their Money Back.
Posted by: mareoak
Mar 22, 2014
Who exactly was involved with this study? How many people? What was their medical condition? How did they contract Fibro/CFIDs? My 24/7 365 pain and exhaustion started when I fell down the cellar stairs. Other Fibroites say it was because of a car accident, physical abuse, trauma resulting after an operation, the flu shot, a bad flu, etc. Read the comments after you read the "brief" article. Because it's true, every Fibro/CFIDs patient's symptoms and levels of pain are different. Some people can continue to work; some can't get out of bed; some use wheelchairs to get around; 95% of us use canes when mobile. Were these the type of Fibroites in the study? And those of us with Fibro/CFIDs and don't work are usually on SSDI and Medicare/Medicaid so we don't become homeless but it's less than what we were making when working fulltime. Where are we supposed to get the money to pay for these "therapies" when a lot of money goes for our medications. Physical Therapy, Aqua Therapy, Accupuncture, Chiropractic care, massage therapy, etc. -- these all cost more than we can afford and plus, they aren't guaranteed to work on our pain and exhaustion. Imagine going to a therapy, suffering through said therapy in horrible physical pain and afterwards going home still in pain. That's not to say some patients do benefit from these therapies. Again, it just depends on what level of pain and exhaustion you have. Every Fibroite is different. This study says that physical activity is needed. Well, I think the first step in treating a patient with Fibro/CFIDs should be in the form of pain control. Because if you are in pain, a pain so bad it's routinely a level 8-10 on the pain scale every minute of every day, then you're not going to benefit from forced exercise. Instead of spending money on these ineffective studies or developing new meds to treat Fibro/CFIDs, they need to spend money on finding the cause of Fibro/CFIDs and curing it.
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Kevin Lobdell Receives Top Clarkson University Award for Young Alumni
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Kevin A. Lobdell of Potsdam, N.Y., assistant director for student life for the Clarkson School and Clarkson University Honors Program, has received the Woodstock Award from his alma mater, Clarkson University.
Given each year during Reunion Weekend, the Woodstock Award honors young alumni who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty and service to Clarkson and the Alumni Association and who have used their Clarkson experience to make a notable contribution to their careers.
Lobdell received his bachelor of science degree with honors double majoring in the e-business: supply chain management track and business and the technology management: human resource management track from Clarkson in 2006.
While at Clarkson, Lobdell worked for Residence Life as a resident advisor and Undergraduate Admissions as a tour guide. He was also active an active member of the Clarkson University Student Association (CUSA), Collegiate Entrepreneur's Organization (CEO), Sigma Chi Fraternity, where he served as president, Class of 2006 president, and was inducted into Phalanx.
Upon graduation, Lobdell accepted a position as a functional analyst at a small software company where he decided he wanted to pursue a career in higher education administration. With plans of going to graduate school, Lobdell took an interim position at Clarkson in student affairs during the spring and summer of 2007.
Lobdell entered a master's program in higher education administration at the University of Connecticut in the fall of 2007. While at UConn, Lobdell had a graduate assistantship in Fraternity and Sorority Life where he advised the Multi-cultural Greek Council, Order of Omega, and the Greek Week Management team and he led the development and launch of a chapter accreditation program for the 30 fraternities and sororities on campus.
Lobdell did internships in the UConn School of Business undergraduate programs advising office and the Department of Residential Life Housing Services office. During the summer of 2008, Lobdell did an internship at Cornell University serving as the summer session residence director. Lobdell was a recipient of the American College Personnel Association's Gerald Saddlemire master's research award for his project that looked at communication between student affairs personnel, first-year students, and their parents.
Once Lobdell graduated from UConn in 2009, he began his professional career in higher education at St. Lawrence University as a residential coordinator for one year before coming back to Clarkson. Currently, he serves as assistant director for student life with the Clarkson School and Honors Program. In this capacity, he oversees all student life components for both programs including orientation, residential theme housing, community building, honors summer research, and alumni engagement, to name a few.
Lobdell joined the Clarkson Alumni Council in the fall of 2009 as a member of the alumni services committee. He took on additional responsibilities as the fundraising chair for the alumni gateway sub-committee through that project's completion in the fall of 2010. Currently Lobdell is serving as the North Country Alumni Association chapter president and is a member of the Alumni Mentor Program sub-committee.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.
Photo caption: Kevin A. Lobdell of Potsdam, N.Y., has received the Woodstock Award from his alma mater, Clarkson University. Left to right: Clarkson University President Tony Collins, Lobdell, and Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations Steve Newkofsky.


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There are still two more episodes of Glee left this season, but fans are already buzzing about what's in store for next year. From the rumors of big guest stars to cast changes to scheduling shake-ups, we set the record straight about what's really going on with the musical dramedy.
First, the show is switching days, no longer will Tuesdays be your Glee night, instead the show's making a move to Thursday night where it will air after the result shows of American Idol and this week's newsmaker, The X Factor.
Speaking of Britney Spears, Entertainment Weekly reports that the show plans to do a second tribute episode dedicated to the singer featuring eight of her songs. There are no plans to feature Spears in the episode as of now, but they are in talks with her people.
The show is also getting two big named guest stars: Sarah Jessica Parker and Kate Hudson, who will be mentoring a few of McKinley High's graduating seniors, EW reports. Hudson, who is scheduled to appear in 6-episodes, previously showed off her skills in 2009's movie musical, Nine, while Parker played the lead role in Annie on Broadway from 1977-1981.
Which brings us to the biggest question, what will happen to some of our favorite graduating seniors? Well, don't worry, Rachel (Lea Michele), Kurt (Chris Colfer) and Finn (Cory Montieth) will be back next year, but they won't be in Ohio anymore. The creators have revealed the series will become a "show within a show" that will feature some characters in New York City at a performing arts college, while also focusing on McKinley High, where new students will be added to the mix. There is no word yet on what will happen with Puck (Mark Salling), Mercedes (Amber Reilly) and Santana (Naya Rivera), who as of now, are believed to be heading to L.A.
–Shannon Carlin, CBS Local


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AT STANFORD ... Upcoming author talks at the Stanford Bookstore, 519 Lasuen Mall, include: Jory John, "K is for Knifeball" (Sept. 24, noon-1 p.m.); Nancy Singleton Hachisu, "Japanese Farm Food" (Oct. 3, 5:30 p.m.); Martha Collins, "White Papers" (Oct. 6, 10:30 a.m.); and Nancy Huddleston Packer, "Old Ladies-Stories" (Oct. 10, 6 p.m.). Information: stanfordbookstore.com or 650-329-1217.
GIVING AWAY $$$ ... Palo Alto resident Colburn Wilbur, a trustee of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation where he was CEO for 23 years, has co-written with Fred Setterberg "Giving With Confidence: A Guide to Savvy Philanthropy," which will be published by Heyday in October. The book deals with seven core principles aimed at helping people maximize the impact of their contributions. Wilbur currently sits on a variety of boards, including Planned Parenthood Mar Monte and the Stanford Theatre. He is the coauthor of "The Complete Guide to Grantmaking Basics." The book is available at Amazon.com and from the publisher at https://heydaybooks.com/book/giving-with-confidence/.
AUTHOR ENCOUNTER ... Amy Tan, author of "The Joy Luck Club," "Saving Fish from Drowning," "The Bonesetter's Daughter" and "The Kitchen God's Wife," will talk about the intersection of science and creativity with interviewer Louann Brizendine, M.D., author of "The Female Brain" and "The Male Brain," on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. at the Schultz Cultural Hall at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. Tickets are $35 at the door, discounted in advance. Information: www.paloaltojcc.org.
MEET THE AUTHORS ... Upcoming author events at Kepler's Books at 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, include Salman Rushdie in conversation with Tobias Wolff, "Joseph Anton: A Memoir" (Sept. 25, 12:30 p.m., co-sponsored by India Community Center); T.C. Boyle, "San Miguel" (Sept. 26, 12:30 p.m.); and Carissa Phelps, "Runaway Girl: Escaping Life on the Streets, One Helping Hand at a Time" (Sept. 28, 7 p.m.). Tickets at $35 admit one person and include a copy of the book; $10 admits one person (without the book). Also, authors at Books Inc., #74 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto, include: Stephanie Lucianovic, "Suffering Succotash: A Picky Eater's Quest to Understand Why We Hate the Foods We Hate" (Sept. 27, 7 p.m.); Lynn Povich, "The Good Girls Revolt" (Oct. 1, 7 p.m., co-sponsored by the Palo Alto Library); Scott Hutchins, "A Working Theory of Love" (Oct. 4, 7 p.m.); Joshua Welle with Rachel Torres, "In the Shadow of Greatness" (Oct. 8, 7 p.m.); Jon Klassen, "This Is Not My Hat" (Oct. 11, 7 p.m.). Information: www.keplers.com and www.booksinc.net.
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2 men rescued by Coast Guard near Matagorda Island
Aug. 11, 2014 at 5 p.m.
Updated Aug. 11, 2014 at 10:06 p.m.
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and boat crew rescued a father and son from their disabled sailboat on the beach near Matagorda Island late Sunday.
The distress signal came in about 11 p.m., according to a news release from the Coast Guard.
The father, a 70-year-old Portland, Ore., native, and his 48-year-old son activated the distress signal after the sailboat's rudder jammed and the boat washed up on the beach and began to break up.
The response boat and helicopter arrived on scene to find both men on the beach with road flares lit to mark their position. The rescue helicopter lowered their rescue swimmer to the beach to determine that both men were uninjured, hoisted them both into the helicopter and transported them to Corpus Christi, where they were released, according to the news release.
The Coast Guard acknowledge the men had all the necessary equipment onboard that helped save their lives.
The father and son were at the beginning of a trip from Texas to Belize.
With the summer weather and increased recreational boating, the Coast Guard emphasized safe boating practices.
Have and know how to use a personal locator beacon and a marine VHF radio, have a boating plan and communicate it with friends and family, do not boat under the influence of alcohol and always wear a life jacket, the agency said in the news release.


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Qatar-based Gulf Helicopters has received EASA Part 147 maintenance training approval (MTO) for its academy. With the new approval, Gulf Helicopters Training Academy (GHTA) can now host AgustaWestland AW139 training courses for third-party commercial and civilian operators. The academy also recently added an AW139 full motion flight-training device (FTD) with EASA certification.
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text: On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > "Robert G. Brown" <rgb at phy.duke.edu> writes: >> On Fri, 20 Jun 2008, Chris Samuel wrote: >>> ----- "Joe Landman" <landman at scalableinformatics.com> wrote: >>> >>>> People spend lots of time and effort on security theater. Make up odd >>>> rules for passwords. Make them hard to guess and crack. Well, is >>>> that the vector for break-ins? Weak passwords? >>> >>> Yeah - sadly.. :-( >> >> Do you have an recent contemporary evidence for that? > > Yes, Run a box with sshd on it connected to the internet and watch your > logs for a few days. You will find numerous attempts to try thousands > of possible account names and passwords -- brute force cracking. Well, yeah, sure, I know about that as I DO watch my logs -- I just haven't heard of one of these attacks SUCCEEDING in pretty much forever, for obvious reasons. These attacks run through a list of "likely user names" (including well known system names like "root") and then run through a short list of "likely passwords" such as user=test password=test. Short because ssh enforces a roughly 1 second interval between tries, which limits the total number of attempts that can be made to < 100,000/day, with a lot less actual informational volume to the attempted space. In fact, to me it looks like most of the attacks are generated by more or less the same code and probably reuse most of the same names and password guesses so that the actual full repertoire tested is really pretty miniscule, even compared to a dictionary attack. To hit they have to a) match a username; and b) determine the password that goes with it. On a site that runs any sort of a password checker and avoids the dumbest of dumb passwords (almost by definition, the contents of their list:-) their probability of success is minute. They only pluck the very lowest of the low hanging fruit, fruit that is so low it is basically rotting in the gutter attracting flies. > Here is an extract from the log on a real machine, one of mine, from > last night: > > Jun 19 20:56:53 smaug sshd[2577]: Invalid user secretariat from 22.214.171.124 > Jun 19 20:56:54 smaug sshd[2522]: Invalid user secretar from 220.127.116.11 > Jun 19 20:56:55 smaug sshd[23949]: Invalid user present from 22.214.171.124 > Jun 19 20:56:56 smaug sshd[3440]: Invalid user test from 188.8.131.52 > Jun 19 20:56:57 smaug sshd[8809]: Invalid user test from 22.214.171.124 > Jun 19 20:56:58 smaug sshd[21600]: Invalid user teste from 184.108.40.206 > Jun 19 20:56:59 smaug sshd[314]: Invalid user teste from 220.127.116.11 Sure, it goes on and on. I don't really LIKE seeing this, especially on a server with sensitive information, but that is precisely why one configures such servers with tight controls and runs a password checker. > These attacks are done by automated malware that spreads itself around > from machine to machine for nefarious purposes -- good luck trying to > track down the puppet masters. I've tracked the bad guys down a few > times but they're always somewhere like Bucharest anyway, and the > locals don't care to arrest them. Agreed. All part of the Russian Diabolical Supercomputer we discussed six months ago or so -- a cloud of unknown proportions and evil intent:-) > It is true that this is only one of many modern attack vectors and > that buffer overflows, drive by malware downloads into browsers, etc., > are all far more common ways in, but you will indeed get hacked by > automated systems if you leave an sshd on and have accounts with weak > passwords. Agreed as well. Which is why professionals generally check for weak passwords (as do most of the password tools nowadays). As I said, this sort of attack only checks for weak combinations in a tiny, tiny fraction of the phase space, and usually they only run a their dictionary once (or for at most a day or two) and then move on. So many IP numbers to try to crack, so little time. BTW, one can prevent nearly all of the attacks like the ones above just by running sshd on a nonstandard port. They are almost never driven by a real portscanner-driven attack, the attackers are mindless droids doing what droids do, which is looking for stupid passwords on a handful of possible accounts on the standard sshd port and then moving on. Ssh running on port umpty-eleven ensures that your server will almost never get touched (compared to almost always), but if one adds a few simple lines to your .ssh/config file you can ssh to it completely transparently. That's what I did to eliminate most of the "noise" like that above, which is harmless I suppose but does make me nervous...;-) Oh, and don't forget the port you used or you'll have to use nmap to find it again from the outside...;-) Moving the port also reduces the network load on your servers by a tiny amount; it costs resources just to say nope, no, not here, wrong username, sorry, try again later 10,000 or so times a day, and it clogs up log monitoring programs and /var/log as well. It doesn't help much on user workstations or login servers, obviously -- they tend to have to have standard port numbers so people can find them -- but boy does it help with the protected/restricted access servers and the like. >> There are also still -- relatively rarely -- buffer overwrite attacks >> discovered. > > Rarely? You haven't been reading full-disclosure lately I see. There > are a half dozen new such vulns found a day. Not like in the old days, when lpd nearly always had one, syslogd had one for years, etc. The core daemons run by a standard linux box get fairly strongly scrutinized. That doesn't mean that there aren't any, only that ones in tools that are at all likely to be managing a public port are discovered relatively infrequently and patched very quickly, in linux at least (and I don't care about Windows). nmap a box and unless somebody is doing something really fancy with it you're likely to get what, anywhere from 0 to 10 ports, the high end of that only if it is some sort of server? As always, with exceptions, especially for novices who run all sorts of things including e.g. games servers without much of a clue. And I have no idea what is discovered in the Windows tree these days. I'm not trying to minimize the threat posed by buffer overwrite attacks, BTW. They are very serious, obviously. However, again, the risk is very, very significantly mitigated by tools such as yum or apt. In the linux community it isn't that uncommon for an exploit to be discovered in some important app or daemon Wednesday morning, for it to be closed up by Wednesday afternoon, for the patched code to be dropped into the major toplevel repos by Wednesday evening, to be mirrored overnight and automatically updated on user desktops between Thursday and Saturday morning depending on your distance down the distribution/repo tree. Not a lot of room for traction there, either. >> Most coders "get it" > > No, most of them don't. I've done a lot of code audit in my day. The > average C programmer turned out these days really thinks you use > system("rm filename") to unlink a file, and that's the good part of > their code. For a laugh, google for the "daily wtf" and start reading > some of the stuff you see. Very funny! My own favorite bits of coding humor are a draw between the Tao of Programming and the fake C++ interview (both on my website, although I didn't write either of them:-). I can see why this site would make a cynic out of you, though. And I have no doubt that its examples are real. But no surprise, really -- I teach coding. To be fair, you have to realize that most schools don't teach C programming at all any more, and many haven't taught a variant of C such as C++ for quite a while either. There aren't even many competent TEACHERS of C left at schools -- they've been superceded by people teaching java, C++, pascal, visual basic, etc. Consequently, I find myself teaching C to independent study students at Duke -- quite bright kids, usually, often have some idea of how to code in some language or other -- maybe java (which they do currently teach, sigh). The sad truth of the matter is that programming, especially in C, is really quite difficult. It takes: a) a certain kind of personality -- most computer geeks are self-selected into the group because they have the right kind. Here I am, typing away at 2:30 am because everybody else is in bed and I can CODE. I have the right kind too. Trying to teach a non-coder type to code is effectively impossible. b) a certain amount of native intelligence. After all, you're building a machine out of words, so to speak. In one sense, it is easier than calculus and differential geometry; in another it embraces the difficulty of both as one often has to code problems in calculus or even differential geometry (or worse, linear algebra:-). Not for the stupid. c) some mix of mentoring by a guru and working your ass off. A bright and motivated person can teach themselves C, but I'll be damned if I think that they can teach themselves to code C >>well<< in less than years of painful mistake-driven lessons unless they have a guru or some other way of learning some of the simple wisdom that makes it possible to turn out decent, readable, code. And even with a guru and working quite hard, it still takes years, just fewer years. I taught myself C with no guru (I already had taught myself fortran, pascal, basic, and had learned PL/1 and a couple of assember languages in school) and hence had to learn everything the hardest of ways (and have made spectacular mistakes over the years). I still am learning, and still the hard way -- just this week I had to solve a really nasty "impossible" bug of my own creation where a variable changed values literally between lines of code where nothing touched it (when manipulating pointers nothing is impossible, including impossible bugs;-). C is very, very difficult and there is No Safety Net. You can perform sublime miracles of coding or make a complete, utter mess with almost no help at all either way from the compiler or linker. So I would never mock the poor souls that have yet to learn of unlink or fstat, only enlighten them. And pray for deliverance myself from my own ignorance as I did so, as C is >>complex<< (oh, wait, no, it is double:-) and I'm certain I still am doing at least some things stupidly or non-optimally for all that I've written a few thousand lines of C in the last week and a half in a 20,000 line program (with 2/3 of it comments and it is running, thank you;-). BUT, with all of that said -- the end of man strcpy these days contains gems like: BUGS If the destination string of a strcpy() is not large enough (that is, if the programmer was stupid or lazy, and failed to check the size before copying) then anything might happen. Overflowing fixed length strings is a favorite cracker technique. It helps to have a guru to bop you upside the head and tell you "use a command with an 'n' in it to copy, move, manipulate buffers and here's why" but in the end, as MY guru once told me, RTFM. Then read it again. Don't be lazy and stupid! >> But weak passwords that are brute force guessed[...]? >> Only on a poorly managed network, > > That would be 95% of networks. I've done a lot of network audits in my > day, too. Well, Duke's are pretty good, or the people being cracked are deeply ashamed and I'm not hearing of them. Which was not always the case, BTW -- I used to help people debrief cracking attempts and helped write two distinct revisions of its security guidelines and policy. So I'm not sure I'd agree with your 95% of all networks are poorly managed -- that is a rather large and possibly hyperbolic assignment of incompetence, after all, more rhetoric than substance. However, my experience is far from universal, and there IS certainly plenty of incompetence out there. And there is no doubt, five users in a hundred WILL choose incredibly dumb passwords if left to their own devices and two of them will get angry at you for telling them they have to change them to something more difficult to guess because then they have to remember something difficult to guess instead of their own birthday. We actually have had a really competent "security czar" on campus for a decade or so as well as good sysadmin groups and a few really bright lights to lead them, so the mentorship here is perhaps better than average. That's what really makes the difference in the long run. People who take their job seriously and work in a supportive environment will usually do it decently and avoid the most obvious mistakes. People who aren't really bright enough to be a computer geek, who don't have the right temperament to be a computer geek, and who've had no mentoring, people who basically chose computing as a career to make money -- they become MCSEs, don't they? Not linux people...;-) rgb -- Robert G. Brown Phone(cell): 1-919-280-8443 Duke University Physics Dept, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Web: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb Book of Lilith Website: http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/Lilith/Lilith.php Lulu Bookstore: http://stores.lulu.com/store.php?fAcctID=877977