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- Contemplating turning 30 at the end of this month and all the typical, difficult thoughts that go with that
- Enjoying the sun on my face & time with good friends
- Feeling pretty much on top of things at work for the first time in a long time
- Feeling super proud of building a new gallery section of our website (upholstery! curtains!)
- Planning & preparing a new kitchen garden
The last item excites me a lot because I've never had a garden of my own before, having only lived in apartments since moving out of home. Plus I love the idea of being just a little more self sufficient. One day I will have chooks. One day.
I am also now responsible for 1000 little wormy friends who reside in the laundry and eat our kitchen scraps. The laundry locale will protect them from the extremes of Melbourne weather and my laziness in the evenings. No mass wormicide will be happening here, folks.
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I love, love, love this fundraising idea by Living Fundraisers. Dana brought these in to work courtesy of her little ones' kinder/playgroup (I forget which). I grabbed the lettuce and tomatoes. Yay! Sooooo much better than chocolate fundraisers!
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We're on a collision course with the Andromeda Galaxy.
Help researchers understand the awesomeness of the Andromeda galaxy, because one day we'll be in it...
Round #2 science is complete! You can continue to classify, but we no longer need further classifications on these images. Learn more here.
We hope to have more data in 2014. Meanwhile there are other Zooniverse projects that need your help:
Help researchers understand the awesomeness of the Andromeda galaxy, because one day we'll be in it...
...and a special thanks to Campfire NYC for the awesome URL
The Andromeda galaxy is the closest spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way. For a hundred years, Andromeda (also known by its Messier Catalog identifier, M31) has played an important role in shaping our view of the Universe. In the early 1920's, Edwin Hubble's observations of Andromeda confirmed for the first time that galaxies lie outside of the Milky Way, and that Andromeda must contain billions of stars. Today, Andromeda is a template for understanding how spiral galaxies form and evolve.
The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT) survey (public webpage here) opens a new window on Andromeda. This four-year Hubble Space Telescope (HST) project has recently finished mapping one-third of Andromeda's spiral disk at six wavelengths ranging from the near-infrared to the ultraviolet (Dalcanton+ 2012). The HST images have exquisite resolution, allowing PHAT to reveal more than 100 million stars in Andromeda. This beautiful data set is the heart of the Andromeda Project.
Star clusters are collections of hundreds to millions of stars that were born at the same time from the same cloud of gas. This shared origin makes star clusters unique tools for understanding how stars form and evolve. Additionally, they are useful for studying the major chapters in the history of galaxies. But before Andromeda's star clusters can unlock these secrets, we need the help of Citizen Scientists to find the clusters. Not just the big bright ones, but the small faint ones as well. This is the goal of the Andromeda Project.
Star clusters vary greatly in terms of mass, size, age, and local environment. As a result, star clusters can appear quite different from one another depending on the properties of the clusters and where they are located in the galaxy. This makes the process of identifying clusters tricky and difficult to automate. From the first year of PHAT data, a team of eight astronomers searched through each image, manually identifying star clusters by eye. Using less than 1/5th the total PHAT survey area, we cataloged about 600 star clusters (Johnson+ 2012). With the Andromeda Project, we hope that you will help us find the thousands of star clusters hiding in the rest of the survey!
Because the appearances of star clusters vary so much, it is important for us to learn what kinds of clusters we can actually see. For this reason, we have inserted realistic synthetic clusters with known ages, masses, and sizes into some of the PHAT images. By identifying both real and synthetic clusters, we will learn what types of clusters are undetectable in Andromeda. This information is critical for understanding the age and mass distributions of the clusters by allowing us to determine whether certain populations of clusters do not exist or if they are simply avoiding detection.
After you help us to find these star clusters, we will use several techniques to determine the age and mass of these objects. In some clusters, we can resolve individual stars that allow us to determine the age, mass, and other aspects of the object. In other clusters, where individual stars are too faint or too close together, we can use the summed light from a cluster to determine its properties (Fouesneau+ 2012, in prep.). With these ages and masses in hand, we can use these clusters to study a host of interesting topics: rapid and rare stages of stellar evolution, the structure and scale of star formation, the evolution of cluster populations, and how Andromeda has changed over billions of years.
Star clusters are not the only interesting things in the PHAT images. Although Andromeda's stars dominate the images, parts of the galaxy are transparent enough that we can see distant galaxies that lie far beyond Andromeda. These "background galaxies" are excellent tools for studying the structure of Andromeda's interstellar gas and dust because they can reveal details about these dark dusty structures at small size scales. The background galaxies can also masquerade as stellar clusters, so we need your help to carefully sort these objects.
The Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury science team is to be found all over the world. Listed here are the team members involved in bringing the Andromeda Project to life and who will be taking your classifications on the site and turning them into results.
Julianne is the Principal Investigator of the PHAT project, and a Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington, where she is privileged to work with awesome students every day. She is an avid snowboarder and loves her pitbull.
Benne is a postdoctoral fellow with the European Space Agency studying dust in other galaxies, often using background galaxies to highlight the dust. He likes to join in when his 2.5 year old daughter points out the Moon or his 7 month old son has a fit of the giggles.
Cliff is a PhD student in the Astronomy department at the University of Washington in Seattle. His thesis work focuses on understanding the formation and evolution of star clusters in Andromeda. In addition to playing with Hubble data, Cliff cheers for the Seattle Sounders and tries to go sailing whenever he can break free from work.
Bill Keel is a University of Alabama astronomer, Galaxy Zoo team member, and all-round galaxy aficionado. He appreciates viewing the sky so much that he's also an amateur as well, having found all the Messier objects without computer assistance.
Anil is the leader of the star cluster team of the PHAT project, and is a professor at in the Physics & Astronomy department at the University of Utah. He likes to drag his 2.5 year old daughter on hiking and cross-country skiing trips, and is currently busy learning to be an amateur astronomer, not just a professional one.
Evan is a professor of astronomy at the University of Minnesota. He is currently leading a team to bring the PHAT project to a planetarium near you. Although he is an avid fan of dwarf galaxies, he will work on larger galaxies (if they are close enough).
The Andromeda Project was built by the Zooniverse, which has web teams in Chicago (USA) and Oxford (UK). Support for the development of the Andromeda Project comes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the European Research Council's GLORIA Project.
Brian is a web developer working on the Zooniverse family of projects at the Adler Planearium. Brian has a degree in graphic design from Columbia College in Chicago, and worked in that field for a number of years before finding a niche in web development.
Amit joined the Zooniverse team at the Adler Planetarium in September of 2011. He comes from a background of physics and mathematics. He has worked for various astronomy outreach groups including three of NASA's Great Observatories.
Chris Lintott leads the Zooniverse team, and in his copious spare time is a researcher at the University of Oxford specialising in galaxy formation and evolution. A keen popularizer of science, he is best known as co-presenter of the BBC's long running Sky at Night program. He's currently drinking a lot of sherry.
As a visual communicator, David is passionate about tellings stories through clear, clean, and effective design. Before joining the Zooniverse team as Visual Designer, David worked for The Raindance Film Festival, the News 21 Initiative's Apart From War, Syracuse Magazine, and as a freelance designer for his small business, Miller Visual. David is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, where he studied Visual & Interactive Communications.
Michael has a degree in Computer Science and has been working with The Zooniverse for the past three years as a Software Developer. Aside from web development; new technologies, science, AI, reptiles, and coffee tend to occupy his attention.
Rob is a researcher and web developer at the University of Oxford where he works as part of the Zooniverse team. He is PI of the Andromeda Project's sister site: the Milky Way Project, which is looking at another very nearby galaxy (ours!).
As an undergraduate, Arfon studied Chemistry at the University of Sheffield before completing his Ph.D. in Astrochemistry at The University of Nottingham in 2006. He worked as a senior developer at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (Human Genome Project) in Cambridge before joining the Galaxy Zoo team in Oxford. Over the past 3 years he has been responsible for leading the development of a platform for citizen science called Zooniverse. In August of 2011 he took up the position of Director of Citizen Science at the Adler Planetarium where he continues to lead the software and infrastructure development for the Zooniverse.
Jules has a background in managing and working with volunteers and is happy to be a volunteer herself now having been involved with the Zooniverse since its beginnings. She also moderates Moon Zoo and Solar Stormwatch forums and has a soft spot for a good star cluster. When not moderating she can often be found waiting for a gap in the clouds or walking the dog.
The primary purpose of the Andromeda Project is to identify thousands of star clusters in the Andromeda Galaxy, using images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury project. Click on the links above to learn:
You can mouse over any of the images in the Guide to see them in black and white.
If you'd like to learn more about the science we are hoping to tackle with this project, click on the "About" or "Blog" tabs at the top of the page.Star Clusters →
Star clusters are the most compact groupings of stars visible in the PHAT images. Star clusters have an amazing range of properties, ranging from scrawny newborn clusters to old massive globular clusters that are among the oldest objects known in the Universe. In this page, you will learn how to identify star clusters.
There are two types of images that can be used to find star clusters. The first are color images, created by combining two separate exposures: one taken through a blue filter (centered at 475 nm) and the other taken through a red filter (centered at 814 nm). The second type are black and white images, available by clicking the "B/W" button, which show an inverted version of the blue filter image. In this guide, scroll over any color image to see its B/W version. These single filter images are sometimes useful for picking out very faint clusters or to separate stars in possible clusters.
All star clusters are dense groups of stars. However, the exact appearance of a star cluster depends on five factors: (1) mass; (2) angular size; (3) age; (4) dust extinction; and (5) local environment. Let's take a look how each of these influence a star cluster's appearance.
Stellar clusters have a wide range in mass. The most massive clusters have millions of stars and are easy to find. The least massive clusters only have a few hundred stars, with just a few of these being bright enough to appear in our images. These clusters are therefore difficult to spot.
The typical star cluster is about 20 light years across, which in our images is about 30 pixels. However Andromeda contains clusters whose sizes differ by more than a factor of ten. If two clusters contain the same number of stars, the cluster with a larger diameter is harder to find, because its light is spread out over a larger area.
Clusters are typically quite compact and will not cover most of an image; for examples of the size scale of objects you should be identifying as clusters, look at the pictures on this page and in the examples section.
In a very young cluster, the brightest stars will be massive blue stars. As time passes, these massive stars use up all their fuel and die, leaving only the lower mass fainter stars. Eventually, even these lower mass stars begin to die and evolve into red giants. Old star clusters therefore appear fainter and redder than young clusters with a similar mass.
Clouds of cool gas and dust are frequently found in galaxies like Andromeda or the Milky Way. This dust can block some of the light from a cluster, particularly short wavelength (bluer) light, making the cluster appear redder.
The PHAT images cover the disk of Andromeda from its busy center to its tenuous outskirts, spanning a distance of more than 50,000 light years. In the inner regions, the density of stars is extremely high, while in the outskirts the distribution of stars is much more diffuse. Exactly how easy it is to identify a cluster will depend on the density and colors of the normal "field" stars, compared to the density and colors of stars within the cluster.
Star clusters contain stars of many different brightnesses. When you look at an image, you can typically only see the brightest of these stars. Thus, even a star cluster that has only 3-4 bright stars can have hundreds of fainter ones that individually go unseen, but which blend together to form a component of diffuse unresolved light. Because of this, one reliable signature of a star cluster is an enhancement in the background light, giving them a "fuzzy" appearance. This fuzz may be less apparent in the more extended diffuse clusters, where more of the faint stars can be detected individually.
A bright single star can sometimes be mistaken for a star cluster, particularly if it is surrounded by a 'halo' of light scattered by the telescope optics. The brightest of these can often be recognized by a small cross feature crossing through them, also caused by the telescope optics. In contrast to these single bright stars, a true star cluster will be tightly grouped with at least three or four individually visible stars.
Some of the clusters that you identify may have been found previously. There are a number of catalogs of star clusters that have been created from lower resolution ground-based observations. These catalogs include many of the brightest clusters, but miss most of the lower mass clusters that you can identify. We know this because in our initial work on this dataset (Johnson+ 2012), our team found up to four times as many clusters than had been previously cataloged. Most of the clusters you identify will never have been identified before.
In addition to real clusters, we have inserted some highly-realistic synthetic clusters into the images. We use these objects to understand which kinds of clusters can be detected in the images, and which will be overlooked. Knowledge of these limits will be essential to deriving how Andromeda's system of stellar clusters evolves over time.
Some of the youngest stars reach high enough temperatures that they emit very high energy ultraviolet light. This light can ionize the surrounding gas, which then glows at a number of distinct wavelengths. The glow from these "emission lines" is particularly strong in our blue image, leading to a diffuse blue nebula (see below). This nebula is known as an "HII Region" (pronounced "H-two"), because it contains ionized Hydrogen. If you see tight groups of stars associated with these blue nebulae, you should mark them as clusters. However, not all HII regions contain or are associated with clusters, as is the case for the example presented here.
Distant galaxies that lie behind Andromeda's disk are often seen in the PHAT images. For those who have participated in Galaxy Zoo, these galaxies will look familiar. There are disky, spiral galaxies (like Andromeda) as well as rounder, smoother elliptical galaxies. We want you to identify these background galaxies so that we can study dust on small scales in Andromeda.
On the left you can see some examples of background galaxies. The leftmost image shows a dramatic pair seen edge-on and face-on. Also shown are six typical background galaxies, showing a range of sizes, luminosities, and shapes.
Note that some of the smaller, rounder galaxies can be easily confused with stellar clusters, particularly in crowded fields with many stars. In general, background galaxies will tend to be redder, smoother, and less round than typical stellar clusters. Background galaxies will also have a larger fraction of diffuse light.
The PHAT images are beautiful, but they also have some imperfections. These fall into two categories: (1) the imperfections we don't know about and that we could use your help in finding, and (2) the ones we do know about, but that you should be aware of.
The images for this project were taken using HST's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instrument. This camera uses two separate CCD chips that have a small gap separating them. We fill in this gap using overlapping images, but sometimes these overlapping data do not exist, or the overlapping data are imperfectly aligned. This causes diagonal streaks in the image, but we are aware of their locations and therefore they should simply be ignored. In this image there are examples of chip gaps.
Our current round of data includes a lot of fields near the edges of our data. This means that you'll see images where a big portion of the image is blank, like the one to the left. This is not because the galaxy ends beyond that point, but just because our images don't cover that part of the galaxy. But we want to make the most of the images we do have and so we're trying to make sure that no part of our data goes unsearched for clusters, even the raggedy bits at the edges.
Most of the images you will see were created by combining multiple exposures of the same area of the sky. This helps us see fainter objects, and also allows us to get rid of cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are bright dots or streaks that are created when an energetic particle (mostly protons) fly through the detector. These cosmic rays are abundant above the Earth's surface, and individual Hubble images are filled with them. In the current round, some of our data only has one exposure in each filter, and therefore many streaks from cosmic rays, like that shown to the left, remain. These look like either blue or red in the color images depending on whether they hit the telescope during the observations through the blue filter or red filter. Please ignore these and do your best to find any clusters that are in the field!
The cameras used to take the images are charge-coupled devices or CCDs. When a photon hits a pixel in these cameras, it creates a free electron. These electrons are stored in the pixel until the exposure is finished, and then the charge from each pixel is transferred to its neighboring pixels, and finally out to one corner of the chip where the electrons are converted into a digital signal. This process is typically very efficient, moving >99.999% of the electrons correctly. But as the CCDs age, the pixels wear out a little, causing a little inefficiency in the way that charge is transferred. This inefficiency shows itself as small streaks in the image; some examples are shown in this image. This is especially noticeable in the least dense parts of our images, and particularly in the black and white images.
There are a number of artifacts that we would like your help in finding. These are features whose presence cannot be predicted, but that can corrupt our measurements if we do not know about them.
Very bright stars cause an artificial "cross" shaped pattern that is caused by the support structure of Hubble's secondary mirror. When we try to identify individual stars in Andromeda, we mistake these bright crosses (known as "diffraction spikes") as a line of stars. You can help us improve our stellar catalogs by marking the full extent of the crosses with the "Cross" tool.
There are a number of artifacts that can show up as linear artifacts in our images: (1) Satellites and asteroids that pass through the line-of-sight of the telescope during our exposures are seen as lines in our image that appear in just one color; (2) an artifact known as "dragon's breath" occurs when a bright star lands on the edge of the image, scattering light into the frame; (3) diffraction spikes can be large enough that they show up in images adjacent to the one containing the bright star that produced them. Please mark any of these features using the "Linear" tool.
In addition to diffraction spikes, bright stars can also produce additional reflections within the telescope or camera, causing out of focus "ghost" images. These images often look like a ring of light or eyeglasses. Please identify these using the Ghost tool. You also find ghosts-of-ghosts, as you see in this image. These should be marked as well.
Like many Zooniverse projects, this site uses the answers from multiple volunteers to decide what objects are present in any one image. A single wrong answer will not cause the science team a problem because several other people will look at each image as well. That is not to suggest that we don't want everyone to try their best to mark images accurately - we do!
To help resolve confusing cases, and to give you a better feel for what to expect on this site, here you can find many examples of images classified by the science team.


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STOCKTON - A young widow wept Wednesday while remembering the man she married and the life that was lost Monday morning when gunfire erupted at a north Stockton apartment complex.
STOCKTON - A young widow wept Wednesday while remembering the man she married and the life that was lost Monday morning when gunfire erupted at a north Stockton apartment complex.
LeeAndra and Rashode Matthews, both 26, were high school sweethearts who met about 10 years ago in Union City. They got married in 2011 and moved to Stockton in 2012, she said.
Rashode was visiting friends at the Coventry Apartments in the 4800 block of Kentfield Road shortly after 10:30 a.m. Monday while his wife was at work. Rashode told his friends he was leaving to meet his wife at work, probably to surprise her with lunch, she said, but he never arrived.
Rashode was confronted in the parking lot by two armed men, his friend Jose Zamora said. Zamora heard Rashode pleading for his life and saw one of the two men open fire on him, striking him at least once. Paramedics rushed Rashode to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.
"I was at work, and my phone was going off a lot," LeeAndra said. "His sister called me to ask me what happened, and I didn't understand what she was saying. I said, 'I think you've got it mixed up. Let me call him.' But he never answered."
Later that day, Stockton police arrested two 19-year-old men, Bobby Sherell Miller and Kyren Nicodemus Nicholson, on suspicion of homicide in connection with Rashode's death.
"My husband does not get to enjoy his life anymore, so I don't think they should get to enjoy theirs," LeeAndra said. "I don't want them to get the death penalty, but I hope they get convicted, and I hope they never get out (of prison)."
Zamora said Rashode may have been targeted because of an earlier fight involving one of his cousins. LeeAndra said she didn't know if the shooting stemmed from the fight and noted that the San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office asked her not to discuss certain details of the case, but she insisted that Rashode did not deserve to die.
"I don't really know the connection between his cousin and whoever did this to him, but I believe my husband was the wrong victim," LeeAndra said.
LeeAndra's mother said she and Rashode recently encountered one of the alleged gunmen at a local park.
"Rashode said, 'Mom, let's go,' because that boy with the long hair (Miller) was at the park," she said.
LeeAndra said Rashode wanted to be a mechanic and a youth counselor. She said he was not engaged in drug use or criminal activity.
"He never liked to do that kind of stuff," she said. "Anytime he met somebody who was doing that, he was trying to make them see that they could do better. He was going to school to be a mechanic so he could open up a shop, but he wanted to be connected to people who were getting out of jail who wanted to change their lives around. He was going to give them a job and teach them how to live the right way and go to church and stuff."
The couple have no children.
Rashode's death has devastated his family and left them with unexpected expenses. The family is trying to raise money to help with his burial costs.
Anyone wishing to donate to the Rashode Matthews Memorial Fund can do so at fdmim.com/rmf. Donations also can be made to Bank of America account No. 0032625684 and Chase Bank account No. 202880595.
"I would bring this stuff up to him, but he didn't like to talk about it," she said. "I wanted him to know what my wishes are, and I wanted to know what his wishes were, but he never wanted to talk about it. He was just like, 'Hey, we're alive right now, so we just need to enjoy life. I don't want to talk about dying right now.' "
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him at recordnet.com/crimeblog or on Twitter @Stockton911.


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7 Coaching Greats Who've Never Made a Final Four
In the minds of many college basketball fans, reaching a Final Four is the true measure of being a good coach. But for every Mike Krzyzewski there's a John Chaney -- a coach who never made the Final Four, despite years of success.
Bo Ryan is taking Wisconsin to the Final Four -- it's his first trip after more than 700 career victories, meaning he no longer has that cloud hanging over his head. That's a feat some of his colleagues in the field would like to duplicate sooner than later.
Here's a look at seven active coaches who you may not realize haven't made a Final Four in their career.


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I don't think this will stay on YouTube very long I got an instant DMCA take down notice as soon as it was uploaded. I filed a dispute but we all know how those go so watch it now while you can.
One thought on "Say Cyber Again."
l337speak motherfux0r, do you speak it?
The video was removed by John Travolta because…
*Lights cigar* The cinematography, the acting, the screen play? all top-notch. But… you didn't push the envelope. *Cue the lame Paul Oakenfold remixes*
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Medical Marijuana Delivery Man Claims He Was Robbed By Ninjas
Was a medical marijuana delivery man in West Covina, CA, actually robbed by ninjas last week? That's what the man, who is only described as being in his 40s, alleges. And so far the police are taking his claim seriously.
What apparently happened was the deliverer was returning to his car after dropping off a package of pot to a patient. Then, suddenly, a pair of ninjas appeared out of nowhere. (As ninjas tend to do.)
Startled, the man dropped a bag containing marijuana and some cash, which the ninjas quickly scooped up and ran off with.
Two guys jumped out of the bushes dressed like ninjas, waving batons," West Covina police Lt. Alan Henley explained. "It just sounds so unique and bizarre. We haven't had any similar incidents."
Do you buy the delivery man's tale, or do you think he may have been getting into what he was supposed to be delivering? For all we know ninjas have been robbing those who deal in marijuana for ages, it's just these couriers didn't report it to the police because such deliveries used to always be illegal. Or perhaps this is the work of a group of teenage, pizza-loving turtle vigilantes.
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Foods And Containers You Should Not Use With Microwaves
While using a microwave can seem straightforward enough, knowing which foods and containers are not compatible with your microwave can save you some mess to clean or a broken microwave. Here are a few of those.
If you did not know already, let us reiterate that metal containers are a complete no-no when it comes to microwaves. Some say aluminium can be used but it is best if you keep aluminium out of the microwave as well. Plastic and glass containers can be used as long as they are microwave safe. If the food has its own packaging, read the instructions carefully before thrusting it inside the microwave.
The list of foods that cannot be used with a microwave is quite long but let us mention a few of the top contenders. Eggs (boiled or raw) should never be placed inside a microwave unless you want a mess. Grapes, hot peppers and marshmallows should be avoided as well. As a general rule of thumb, vegetables like potatoes, hotdogs or anything else that has a skin should be poked for a few holes before turning the microwave on.
There are of course other do's and don'ts when it comes to using a microwave properly. Just research those before you start heating up your new microwave oven or visit Oven Shopper for more information on this topic.


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Definition from Nolo's Plain-English Law Dictionary
When an author or artist ridicules a well-known work by imitating it in a comedic way. To the extent that the parodist copies material protected by copyright, the publication may be considered a copyright infringement unless excused by the fair use defense. The key factor for a parody to qualify as fair use is whether the parody is transformative -- it adds something new, with a further purpose or different character altering the copied work with new expression, meaning, or message.


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I just signed another 3 book deal with Hyperion, ensuring that Jack Daneils will be chasing bad guys for a while longer.
Thanks to my uber-agent, Jane Dystel, and my editor, Leslie Wells, for making this happen.
I'm going to celebrate by working my ass off promoting the series.
But first, beer!
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Girls Highlights
Recap the action from the girls' finals.
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2014 US Youth Soccer National Champions Crowned
An exciting week of play at the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Championships, presented by the National Guard, concluded on July 27 with 14 champions crowned.
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US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup
The US Youth Soccer National Presidents Cup wrapped up early on July 13. See who claimed titles and check out highlights.
US Youth Soccer National League Teams Announced for 2014-2015 Season
160 teams have earned their place in the 2014-15 US Youth Soccer National League season. The league, entering its eighth season, is home to the nation's top Under-14 through Under-18 Boys and Girls club soccer teams, with each team having an individual proven track record of continued success in US Youth Soccer programs. See who earned their place.
2015 US Youth Soccer Regional and National Championships Announced
Dates and locations for the Regional and National Championships of the 2015 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series, the country's oldest and most prestigious national youth soccer tournament have been announced. See where you want to be next summer.
Keep up with the 50/50 Blog!
US Youth Soccer recently began a new daily blog — The 50/50 Blog. It provides a good mix of soccer stories, videos and more each day, as well as some other fun and entertaining content. If you haven't seen The 50/50 Blog yet, you can check it out here. If you'd like to suggest content for the blog or have feedback on what you'd like to see, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Male and Female Player of the Month
US Youth Soccer is pleased to recognize the following individuals as August 2014 Players of the Month — Female: Kaylee from Oswego, Ill.; Male: Holden from Lexington, Ky. Congratulations to Kaylee and Holden. You can click here to read about their accomplishments and service.
To nominate someone you think is deserving of being Player of the Month, read the criteria and fill out this form.
US Youth Soccer well represented at 2014 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup
All players on the United States' Under-20 Women's National Team roster for August's World Cup have played in US Youth Soccer programs, including two Under-18 players who played in this year's National League and National Championship Series.
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Herbert John Davis succeeded William Allan Neilson as president of Smith College, assuming this role for the 1940-1941 school year. Davis was born on May 24, 1893 in Northamptonshire, England, where he received his elementary and secondary education. He later attended Oxford University (St. John's College) from which he graduated in 1914. He then served in France and Belgium during WWI and in 1919 he returned to Oxford to earn his A.M. In 1922, Davis married Gertrude Lucas of Opladen, Rheinland, Germany but she died tragically just six years later. In 1930, Davis married Gladys Wookey of Toronto and the couple had two daughters, Charlotte Elisabeth Ann and Jane.
In 1920, Davis acquired a position at the University of Leeds where he taught for two years. He then moved to the University of Toronto where he remained for sixteen years. Davis was hired as an Associate Professor of English, and later promoted to a full Professor. He also served as chair of the English department. In 1938, Davis accepted a position as chair of the English department at Cornell University.
Davis served as the fourth president of Smith College from 1939 until 1949 when he returned to Oxford as a reader in textual criticism. Davis retired from Oxford in 1960.
During his academic career, Davis made several notable contributions. Following his passion for poetry and prose, Davis became a world renowned expert on Jonathan Swift and wrote several books on his work including Swift's View of Poetry (1931) and Stella, a Gentlewoman of the Eighteenth Century (1942). The latter is an account of the friendship that existed between Swift and Esther Johnson. Davis also edited the fourteen volume work, The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift (1939-68). Davis' distinguished literary contributions were well recognized and he received several honorary degrees including a Doctorate of Laws from Amherst College in 1940.
In addition to his enthusiasm for the English language, Davis was also extremely socially conscious and particularly concerned with WWII raging overseas. Perhaps his most memorable act of charity was providing a home to five British refugee children for several years during the war. Many of his colleagues and friends followed his lead and opened their doors to children in need. Davis died on March 28, 1967.


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It's hard to fathom that Saddam Hussein inspired a fashion trend. But he did for Madeleine Albright, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and secretary of State under President Clinton.
It was after the first Gulf War, after she criticized Hussein during U.S. sanctions against Iraq, that a poem published in the government-controlled Baghdad press referred to her as an "unparalleled serpent." She wore a golden snake pin to her next meeting with Iraqi officials, and a tradition was born. From then on, wearing pins became an integral part of what she has referred to as "my personal diplomatic arsenal."
"Read My Pins," a display of 200 of the colorful brooches Albright wore during her diplomatic career, is slated to open Oct. 20 at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana.
The pins "are a way to make foreign policy less foreign," Albright said in a telephone interview, explaining the main purpose for the exhibition and her 2009 book of the same title. "It's a fun way to tell foreign policies stories."
The pins made for a sophisticated, stylish and subtle form of nonverbal communication. Foreign dignitaries and politicians could gauge their standing with Albright by the type of pin she wore to meet them.
Albright's preference is for American memorabilia-themed pins, but on good days she'd also don butterflies, flowers or balloons. For bad days, it was various types of insects or carnivorous animals. One such pin got her into hot water when she decided to wear her speak-no-evil trilogy of monkey pins to a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2000 as an expression of her feelings for his Chechnya policies. He was not happy, and neither was President Clinton, she said.
Albright talked about a few of the pins that will be on display at the Bowers exhibition, which is scheduled to run through Jan. 13.
Mickey Mouse
Albright found this bejeweled Mickey pin in Brussels, Belgium. "I wore it once with the Girl Scouts. I thought it was so cute," she said. "I'd also wear it when I thought we weren't getting anywhere on something, when it seemed like it was a Mickey Mouse operation."
"I'd wear this bee when I felt like I should float like a butterfly and sting like a bee, like Muhammad Ali," Albright said. "I had it on when I was talking to [former Palestinian leader] Yasser Arafat, who I felt needed to be prodded along a bit in terms of some aspects of negotiations with the Israelis. I'm sure he felt stung, but he didn't make the decisions he needed to in the end."
Lady Liberty
Designed by Dutch artist Gijs Bakker, this pin was commissioned for a show in Albright's honor at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York. "I love it. It's perfect. Her eyes are two clocks, so one faces up so I can read it, and the other is upside down so the other person in the meeting can read it."
Uncle Sam
Albright combined two separate pieces she picked up from an antique show on the piers in New York while living there as ambassador to the U.N. "I found the eagle first, then the Uncle Sam top hat and angled it a little off to the side, which adds a nice bit of humor to it," she said.
Secretary of State diamond eagle
Albright purchased the eagle from the Tiny Jewel Box, her favorite shop in Washington D.C., to wear when she was sworn in as secretary of State without realizing the antique had a rather complicated fastening system. "I'm there with my one hand on the Bible, the other hand swearing allegiance to the Constitution, and all of a sudden I look down and this pin is just swinging there, and I thought it's going to fall on the Bible and it's going to distract everybody." It didn't fall, but it was memorable nonetheless.
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And there seems to be no cure.
Quote from: wayne on May 16, 2009, 07:47:25 pm And there seems to be no cure.There is a cure, but not many can handle it.
All those who discovered the cure found it when they joined the Darwin's Club.
It's caused by grey hair. When the hair starts turning grey, it's because it's sucking out the grey matter in the brain, which changes the pigment color of the hair to grey. BTW, I've got lots of grey hair all over.
This is caused by man's determination to preserve life. The natural selection is out the window and we are polluted with all the idiot genes.
so, intelligent people should spend their time and money on having more children instead of more stuff. They could spend their money on college instead of cars and boats and shoes, etc. I think it can work. Lets tell them what to do and they should do it. Right? Jim


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Two computer-scientists from the University College London have discovered a surprising new way Facebook stalkers may be spying on you.
Shah Mahmood, a student at UCL, and Yvo Desmedt, chair of information communication technology at UCL, found that by activating and deactiving their Facebook accounts they were able to see friends' information without that person being able to either defriend them or change their privacy settings. The findings were published in a research paper.
They call it the "zero day privacy loophole" and compare it to the cloaking method used in "Star Trek."
How it works is when a user deactivates their account they become "invisible" to other Facebook users, making it impossible for users to change their privacy settings in regards to the deactivated account. Since Facebook wants to encourage users not to cancel their accounts for good, when an account is deactivated it is not deleted. The user can then reactivate it whenever they choose. At that time the user can then see updates from all their friends. And since Facebook does not alert users when their friends' accounts are activated and deactivated, they would not know when this is occurring and would be unable to quickly change their privacy settings.
"Once the attacker is a friend of the victim, it is highly probable the attacker has indefinite access to the victim's private information in a cloaked way," they write in the report.
"We demonstrate the impact of the attack by showing the ease of gaining trust of Facebook users and being befriended online. With targeted friend requests we were able to add over 4300 users and maintain access to their Facebook profile information for at least 261 days. No user was able to unfriend us during this time due to cloaking and short de-cloaking sessions. The short de-cloaking sessions were enough to get updates about the victims."
So, the moral of the story is, be careful who you friend on Facebook, because even if you think you can control your privacy settings you might not be able to.
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Iranian TypeDecember 13, 2006
During a recent trip to Moorish-tinged southern Spain, I re-discovered the beautiful calligraphy of Arabic type.
Turns out there's a resurgent interest in typography by Iranian designers, and some incredible work is coming out of that country. "Iranian Typography Now" is one of the best articles I've seen from PingMag recently, and it covers a lot of ground. It's really worth a look.


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Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Looking down Market Street
A nice shot taken by John Morris, circa 1990's, I think.(Thanks Dave) :)
The Shepherds Call pub behind the ladies on the left, Swinton Insurance (now gone) and Hopwoods Barbers (also now disappeared).I think the china shop is still open on the corner of Church Street on this photo (now Bargain Booze) - was it called Grays China Shop? - but looks for sale. Note the 210 bus coming up the hill to Gee Cross. The service now sadly defunct.
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This is a tricky one to date, but after a lot of digging I have found that the bus appears to be painted in the final livery of GM Buses which was apparently introduced 'around 1991'. It's a bit difficult to make it out for certain, but the prefix letter on the number plate of the car going away from the camera appears to be 'L', and this letter was used from August 1993, so it looks as if the date for the photo is around the mid 1990s.
- Tuesday, 03 January, 2012
- Tom said...
The Pre-Fab probation office is between Mr Hopwoods and what was Grey's.. a place I was once familiar with.
I did not realise the 210 was no more Nancy, when did this happen?
- Tuesday, 03 January, 2012
Think I'd go with Dave here and date this photo in the early-mid 90s. The shop at the corner of Tower Street - Swinton Insurance - used to sell baby wear, whilst the site of the prefab building used to house huge advertising hoardings. I didn't know this had been the probation office. When I left school in the early 60s it was the Youth Employment Office; I remember going there to get a National Insurance number. The china shop on Church Street corner was Rosebottoms. It was a really posh shop which stocked Wedgwood, Denby and Spode. Our china collection comprised of two pot dogs, probably won on Hyde Wakes, displayed on the mantlepiece!
- Tuesday, 03 January, 2012
- Hydonian said...
Was Grays the one opposite Union Street then?
- Wednesday, 04 January, 2012
- Gerald (Hyde DP) said...
The prefab building was the Welfare Rights Advice office when I knew it. The 210 was re-introduced last year as the 206 alhough it serves Haughton Green and Gorton Lane instead of going direct into Manchester.
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Oscar De La Rosa, lead singer of Grammy-winnng Tejano group La Mafia, was assaulted early this morning. From the group's Facebook page:
Oscar De La Rosa was assaulted around 1:30 AM this morning leaving a local bar in Houston. He is still in trauma care at Memorial Herman Hospital. He has suffered severe face lacerations and possible damage to his right eye. A police report has been filed and the the identity of the assailant has been confirmed, assault charges will be filed as soon he is located.
Founding member Armando Lichtenberger, Jr. told KTRK Ch. 13 that "De La Rosa had been approached earlier in the evening by a fan who appeared to be intoxicated. Later, as De La Rosa was leaving, the other man was reportedly being ejected from the club, and he began to assault De La Rosa."
De La Rosa has been released from the hospital and is resting at home. The assault happened at Blur Bar in Montrose, according to La Voz.
La Mafia was founded in the early 1980s in Houston by De La Rosa & Lichtenberger, who combined traditional elements with the melodies and polish of pop. La Mafia was one of the first Mexican-American groups to tour throughout the U.S., Mexico, Central and South America. They've scored several radio hits, sold millions of records and earned two Grammys and two Latin Grammys. The group has retained its Houston base while traveling the world on tour.
The current lineup includes De La Rosa, Lichtenberger, David De La Garza (keyboards, vocals) Tim Ruiz (bass), Joe Gonzales (drums) and Viktor Pacheco (guitar). The single "Amor Escondido" was released last year.


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Jimmy Tomlin
HIGH POINT -- The problem used to be that teenagers wouldn't listen to their parents. Now the problem appears to be they can't hear them.
One in five teens has a hearing loss -- and the problem appears to be getting worse -- according to a study recently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
While the study itself did not point fingers at a particular culprit for the increase in teenagers' hearing loss, professionals within the audiology community think iPods and MP3 players may be to blame, at least in part.
"That's our main concern, because you're taking that music and putting it into the ear directly," explains audiologist Dr. Amy Kirkland, owner of Doctors Hearing Care in High Point. "Any time the music is loud enough to the point that you can't hear somebody beside you talking to you, you know it's too loud. So if that person has to raise their voice or even shout, that's at a very dangerous level."
According to the JAMA study, which compared teens in 2005 and 2006 to teens tested between 1988 and 1994, researchers found a 30-percent increase in any hearing loss (including mild loss) -- and a 50-percent increase in mild or worse hearing loss -- among teenagers.
Boys were more likely to have hearing loss than girls, and teens in lower socioeconomic groups were more likely than those from wealthier families to suffer from hearing loss, according to the study.
"We've had a lot of parents asking us about it," Kirkland says. "When we go speak at functions and organizations, it's a very hot topic. Once that study came out, a lot of people started asking us about how to adjust iPods for their teens."
That's the good news: Those omnipresent iPods, which are piping music -- often very loud music -- directly into teenagers' ears, can be programmed so they're not so loud.
"There is a way in the software to limit the volume in their iPod, so we try to give that trick out to as many people as we can," Kirkland says. "When you have your iPod attached in iTunes, there's a volume limiter in the settings. It's very user-friendly, so it's very easy to do."
Kirkland says audiologists also can make custom ear molds that have acoustic dampers to help protect their hearing while listening to their iPods.
Otherwise, the teenagers may have to visit an audiologist down the road for a different type of technology -- a hearing aid.
"I think this study is kind of the calm before the storm," Kirkland says.
"I think in the next five to 10 years we're going to see a lot more noise-induced hearing loss, and that damage is permanent most of the time. That's what we try to tell young people about their hearing. We have hearing technology to help them hear better, but there's no medicine and no pill to treat it. Once it's gone, it's gone."
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Palmieri gets 1st NHL hat trick, Ducks get back on track with 5-1 win over PredatorsNHL.com @NHLdotcom
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Kyle Palmieri ended a 10-game goal drought with his first NHL hat trick, Viktor Fasth made 20 saves, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Nashville Predators 5-1 Wednesday night for their seventh straight home victory.
Nick Bonino and Saku Koivu also scored for Anaheim. Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf assisted on all three goals by Palmieri, who hadn't scored since netting back-to-back game-winners on Feb. 1-2 against Minnesota and Los Angeles.
Palmieri completed his outburst against Pekka Rinne 1:07 into the second period, during a power play after Nashville had too many men on the ice.
It was the sixth natural hat trick in club history and marked the third career multigoal game for the 22-year-old forward, selected by the Ducks in the first round of the 2009 draft.


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It was inevitable that an NFL player would come out as gay, even if it was unexpected that the declaration would come from a player on the starting edge of his career.
And so it was inevitable that the NFL would greet the moment with an official statement of support.
"We admire Michael Sam's honesty and courage," the league said Sunday night. "Michael is a football player. Any player with ability and determination can succeed in the NFL. We look forward to welcoming and supporting Michael Sam in 2014."
While it's important for the league to approve Sam's decision and orientation, the NFL loses control over the process once the draft commences on May 8 in New York City. That's when we'll begin to find out whether the NFL is truly ready to embrace an openly gay player.


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Baker & Kelly Offline
Now seems like as appropriate moment as any to do this, so I might as well do it now. As most of you are probably aware, the Baker & Kelly podcasts of the last few weeks have come to a shuddering halt with this announcement on their website. I do have an opinion on this (perhaps unsurprisingly), and I'll be putting up a link to that later on, although I'm not posting it on here because it's not strictly football-related. In the meanwhile, I'll put this up, so that you can access all the vintage Baker & Kelly that you need. These are the filenames for the folder that all of the MP3s of their shows are in (there are about five still to be uploaded - I'll get onto that in the new year). You can't click on these (it's just a screen-grab), but it you type:
And then type the last bit on the end of it - so that, for example, the top one reads:
And, hey presto! More Baker & Kelly than you can shake a stick at.
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If fans need apologies for the last three weeks, Lowdown has got 'em! Dominic Raiola has a guilty conscience for snapping against the Titans, Joe Mays is sorry for giving Matt Schaub the Mr. Blonde treatment and Cam Newton will take the blame for the Panthers' struggles, whether he deserves it or not. Greg Schiano remains more apoplectic than apologetic, and while the Giants are happy to have their starters back, they may be sorry to see the backups go. Sorry doesn't need to be the hardest word. Let Lowdown be music to your acoustic meatus!
(All times Eastern; all Sunday games ranked by quality of matchup.)
New York Giants at Philadelphia Eagles
8:20 p.m. Sunday, NBC
Line: Giants by 1
Ahmad Bradshaw and several other Giants starters were back at practice this week. That sounds like great news for the Giants, but it robs them of their ability to do what they did to the Panthers last week: beat the tar out of an opponent with guys you only expect to see in the second half of the first preseason game.
The Giants' bench is not like other benches. The bottom of a typical team's depth chart is populated by rookies, some transient veterans, and one or two new arrivals who spent last season on the Edmonton Eskimos and last month installing drywall. The Giants' bench is filled with characters from an unproduced inspirational underdog movie. Players like Andre Brown and Ramses "Pharaohtron " Barden -- the stars of the Panthers game -- were drafted by the Giants, then were injured, stowed on the practice squad, released, re-signed, re-injured, traded, reacquired, re-re-injured and, in Brown's case, cast adrift on an ice floe with nothing to eat but a dead walrus for a few months. (That last bit is unconfirmed. Brown's professional career is complicated and murky.)
Players like Brown and Barden keep resurfacing because Tom Coughlin is a tough taskmaster with a heart full of gooey teddy bears, and because the Giants organization values the experience these players gained in the system. It is better to give one more shot to your own reclamation projects than to someone else's.
Bereft of their backups, the Giants must now try to beat the Eagles with their starters. Eagles-Giants games never turn out the way they are supposed to, but the Giants will take control as soon as their pass rush gets two or three good licks on Michael Vick. In other words, the first Eagles drive.
Prediction: Giants 23, Eagles 16
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San Francisco 49ers at New York Jets
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: 49ers by 4
Let us journey once again into the surrealist melting clockscape of Jets football. It's a place where a media mutiny nearly climaxes with a blogger walking the plank; where an All-Pro cornerback falls to injury and a backup running back is dragooned into replacing him; a place where Tim Tebow -- who looked more like a viable quarterback each time Mark Sanchez dropped to pass against the Dolphins -- tests the faith of his staunchest supporters by playing the role in Tony Sparano's offense once reserved for Lousaka Polite.
Most surreal of all: This game could have been an ideal matchup for the Jets. Their tamper-rammer offense should theoretically negate the 49ers' pass rush; as the Vikings proved last week, a team can beat the 49ers by running right at them, building a lead, and taking away their offensive balance.
But Darrelle Revis is out for the season, and a team built specifically to win games with defense has somehow been left with no choice but to move running back Joe McKnight, reluctantly, to cornerback. "The way I took it as was I wasn't good enough to play running back," McKnight told the Los Angeles Times. "I don't know if that's the case or not, but that's the way I'm looking at it right now." McKnight did intercept three passes in practice, including one by Tebow, marking the first time a backup running back ever intercepted a pass by a backup fullback in the entire history of horrible ideas.
Don't try to make literal sense of it. It's Jets football. Empty your mind and boggle at the sheer incongruity of it all.
Prediction: 49ers 24, Jets 10
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New Orleans Saints at Green Bay Packers
4:25 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Packers by 9
Guys? Are you still mad?
"I think one thing that we really learned from it is, as frustrating as it is, ultimately it's a game judged by people who are imperfect, and there's going to be mistakes," Aaron Rodgers said in an AP report hours before the referee lockout ended. "And you hate it that it affected us and we lost a win because of it, but there's a lot of blame to go around other than referees. They have a job to do. They're trying to do their best. They obviously didn't bring their best in that game and in that play, but there's a lot of blame to fall on the shoulders of guys like myself who didn't play their best game that night."
Yeah. They are still mad.
Prediction: Packers 31, Saints 27
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San Diego Chargers at Kansas City Chiefs
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Even
A fine piece by Nick Canepa in the San Diego Union-Tribune outlines the fumbling woes of Ryan Mathews -- who was back from a broken clavicle less than 30 minutes before coughing the ball up in the red zone last week -- and offers some expert suggestions for solving them. "It's correctable. It's mechanical. Hold it high and tight. I never worried about how I look," said former fumbler Tiki Barber. Pause for a moment and imagine of the not-at-all image conscious Barber balking at Coughlin's demand that he hold the football the way Buddy Holly slung his guitar. "Aw, but coach, I look like such a dweeb."
Longtime NFL coach Ted Tollner got even more technical: "They drill through blasting machines and they talk of four points of pressure, five points of pressure, six points of pressure," Ball security is the place where the football and acupuncture collide, and anyone who learned about the four pressure points in high school may be surprised to learn that there are now others. Norv Turner is probably feeling 50 of them right about now.
The simple fact is that Mathews plays for the Chargers, and all Chargers must have a fatal flaw. Antonio Gates has the injuries, Philip Rivers the jerky mechanics, Quentin Jammer the penalties, Norv Turner the job as head coach. If these guys didn't keep having the same problems each year, we would not be able to act astonished every time they ruin a season.
The Chiefs also have running back issues. Peyton Hillis was walking around in a boot all week, and Dexter McCluster suffered such a gruesome elbow injury that he is probably strapped to a gurney somewhere. (McCluster actually practiced late in the week, which may mean he was fitted with a Luke Skywalker arm.) The silver lining to these injuries is more carries for America's Underused Employee, Jamaal Charles, who should get only 30 percent of his touches sapped away by unknowns like Shaun Draughn this week.
Prediction: Chiefs 20, Chargers 17
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Minnesota Vikings at Detroit Lions
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Lions by 4 ½
Meet Dominic Raiola, a 33-year old center and team leader. Dominic is supposed to stay perfectly still and not snap the ball while his quarterback tries to draw the opposing defense offside in overtime. Suddenly, his conscience plays a role …
ANGEL: OK, Dom, this is a pretty tough defense we're facin'. Just hold still, and if they don't flinch, we'll call for Jason.
DEVIL: Screw that. You wait your whole career for these fourth-and-shorts. Just snap the ball, and if it backfires, everyone will just blame Schwartz.
ANGEL: Watch out, Dom, that guy is trying to make you out to be the villain.
DEVIL: Whatever. Didn't you spend a decade working for Matt Millen? Your whole career has been a long nightmare. Snap the ball, and block a hole for Shaun Hill, right there.
ANGEL: Where did you even come from, devil? I've never even seen you here before.
DEVIL: We overbooked the Lions. I was supposed to tempt Mikel Leshoure.
ANGEL: This is a disaster. That sneak got stuffed! How can you smile?
DEVIL: Peace out. If you need me, I'll be hiding out on Eight Mile.
Prediction: Lions 28, Vikings 20
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Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Falcons by 8
In last week's episode of "Blame Cam," a rookie return man fumbled twice deep in his own territory and defensive coordinator Sean McDermott designed a game plan so vanilla it belonged on top of a pound cake, and everyone blamed Cam Newton for "sulking" on the sideline. This week, McDermott will order his defenders to vibrate in circles electric-football style, and Joe Adams will reward Ron Rivera's patience by running screaming from the field as the sight of an approaching kickoff. But Newton will hang his head for a few seconds, so local newspapers will publish cartoons of him in a ballerina's tutu playing with a Barbie Malibu Dream House, accusing him of being unable to properly react to a little adversity, without irony.
Prediction: Falcons 34, Panthers 27
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New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Patriots by 4
The annual trip to Buffalo: For the Patriots, that's the football equivalent of a cool washcloth to the forehead, some herbal tea, Branford Marsalis' "Contemporary Jazz" on low volume, and a fresh brown paper bag to breathe into. The Bills did get some good news this week: Fred Jackson returned to practice. That means their nine running plays on Sunday will be slightly more effective.
Prediction: Patriots 27, Bills 14
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Seattle Seahawks at St. Louis Rams
1 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Seahawks by 1
The Imposter Phenomenon is a psychological syndrome that causes individuals to feel guilty about their success. Some IP sufferers believe their achievements are the result of sheer luck or circumstance, not their own abilities. The syndrome can be overcome using therapeutic techniques that allow the sufferer to self-validate accomplishments by internalizing affirmations like, "Hey, we sacked Aaron Rodgers eight times" or "Our secondary really clamped down on one of the best receiving corps in the NFL" or "How about that big win over the Cowboys two weeks ago?" Left unchecked, the Imposter Phenomenon can lead to self-defeating behaviors that leave an individual well short of his or her personal or career goals. Of course, in the event that the patient really is an imposter whose achievements were the result of sheer luck, the same thing will happen, and there is not a darn thing therapy can do about it.
Prediction: Seahawks 17, Rams 9
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Tennessee Titans at Houston Texans
1 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Texans by 13 ½
Having exhausted all of the home-run throwbacks and Jedi mind tricks against opposing centers in their playbook, the Titans can now return to their regularly scheduled effort to bring back obsolete units of measure to make their offense look effective. Did you know that Chris Johnson is averaging 5.1 ells per carry?
Meanwhile, Matt Schaub (ear) felt healthy enough by midweek to serve as a celebrity waiter at Owen Daniels' charity dinner at an upscale Houston steakhouse. Is there anything more appetizing than a waiter whose ear looks like steak tartare? Folks, the surf-and-turf is great, but you really must try the acoustic meatus.
Prediction: Texans 21, Titans 10
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Miami Dolphins at Arizona Cardinals
4:05 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Cardinals by 7
This week, Reggie Bush gave several long interviews about the state of the Dolphins and his role as one of the team's leaders, interviews that were taken very seriously by the sports world and not parsed for insights into his personal life and emotional state. Bush's sprained left knee was monitored on a day-by-day basis, and while Bush is questionable for Sunday, the Dolphins were relieved to learn that the injury was not more serious, because Bush is such a vital and reliable part of the team's offense. Meanwhile, Kevin Kolb's fine play has left the first-place Cardinals with the enviable dilemma of deciding between two quarterbacks with recent hot streaks under their belts when John Skelton returns from injury in about two weeks.
Why does that entire last paragraph read like it was beamed in from Pluto?
Prediction: Cardinals 22, Dolphins 13
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Cincinnati Bengals at Jacksonville Jaguars
4:05 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Bengals by 1
After several seasons with no real personality, the Bengals suddenly have two. The First-Half Bengals are thrilling on offense, with A.J. Green going deep, Andrew Hawkins skittering across the middle, and rookie receiver Mohamed Sanu throwing the occasional bomb to keep Andy Dalton's arm fresh. They are also overpowering on defense, with Michael Johnson and Geno Atkins leading a pass rush that has recorded 10 sacks. After halftime, the Queen City Bumblers entertain fans with their hijinks for about 20 minutes, with the Bengals getting outscored 38-10 in the third quarter before the Dalton Gang rides back in to save the day. Three good quarters will be enough to beat the Jaguars, but the next step for the Bengals will be giving opponents more than 45 Minutes of Hell.
Prediction: Bengals 20, Jaguars 16
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Oakland Raiders at Denver Broncos
4:05 p.m. Sunday, CBS
Line: Broncos by 7
We interrupt the Peyton Manning Midlife Crisis Tour to bring you the Joe Mays Def Over-Apology Jam. Mays tore off a piece of Matt Schaub's ear with a vicious hit on Sunday, which is a pretty bad thing to do, but he has apologized both privately and very, very publically several times for the incident. Anyone who has ever received an over-apology knows how awkward it can get. "Really, Matt, I am not that kind of guy. If you wanted to drive my car off a cliff with all my high school trophies and family albums in the trunk because of this, I would hand you the keys right now. Here, let me rub some ointment on your acoustic meatus for you. No? Well, let me buy you a new stereo. Mono! Radio! Drat, what was I thinking?"
Look for Mays to become less apologetic this week when he realizes that knocking Carson Palmer out of the Raiders lineup is really more of a favor.
Prediction: Broncos 26, Raiders 16
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Washington Redskins at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
4:25 p.m. Sunday, Fox
Line: Buccaneers by 2
As a once-in-a-while feature here at Lowdown, we present "Ask the NFL Personality," your chance to interact with an important football person on any topic you like. In this segment, Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano answers reader mail.
Coach, I am a 24-year old quarterback who looked great in my first two seasons, but I now throw like I learned my mechanics by watching Jay Cutler and Tim Tebow build a backyard catapult. Do you have any advice for me? -- Josh from Manhattan, Kan.
COACH SCHIANO: When they line up in the victory formation, I want two big linemen in the A-gaps. Every linebacker has to fire the gaps right behind them. I better see some left guard who had you blocked the entire game blown backward on this play! This is how you are going to show me that you are tough enough to play for me! Grrrrr …
Coach, I am an offensive coordinator for my father's team. I have two questions. First, can you teach me how to conduct myself on the field so I don't do something "borderline" like follow a referee into the tunnel, berating him in language that would get censored from a Lil Wayne album? Second, since your offense looks like it was photocopied from a 1983 copy of Football's Totally Tubular Strategies, are there any coaching vacancies coming up? -- Kyle from Landover, Md.
COACH SCHIANO: When you reach the quarterback, club downward with your forearm to jar the ball loose. You may have to reach down for this, because he will probably already be kneeling, because a kneel play takes about a quarter of a second to execute, which is why coaches who lack my clarity of thinking don't bother turning them into object lessons about macho posturing. Never mind that! Club the ball loose, scoop it, and score a touchdown that will cut the lead to 13 points! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha.
Coach, I am a promising rookie quarterback who will be starring in Gatorade commercials 15 years from now, when you are coaching linebackers at Fairleigh Dickinson. I honestly don't care if you come after me at the end of the game, because all of my linemen and coaches now know what's coming, and I am quick enough to get to my knee before your sad little strategy pays off. Does that bother you? -- Bob from Waco, Texas
COACH SCHIANO: Kid, I am gonna be coming after you when you kneel at the end of the game this week. Guaranteed.
Prediction: Redskins 24, Buccaneers 14
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Chicago Bears at Dallas Cowboys
8:30 p.m. Monday, ESPN
Line: Cowboys by 3
Lost in the chaos of the final days of the Times of Withering Sorrow, otherwise known as the replacement official era, was the plight of Kevin Ogletree. Ogletree was robbed of the chance to catch a touchdown pass when he slipped on a replacement's hat, making him the Anti-Tate; the hat thrown because the replacement either thought Ogletree stepped out of bounds or just scored his third goal. The Cowboys won, Ogletree was not injured, and the attempt to merge the NFL with "Mario Kart" never caught on, which is a good thing, because no one wants to see Jay Cutler get his hands on a Mega Mushroom. Jerry Jones, of course, can now safely take off his blackout glasses before he crashes into something heavy.
Matt Forte may return to the lineup this week to keep Cutler out of trouble. If ever there was a week to miss due to injury, we just lived through it. If Forte watched no football whatsoever last week, he is a) the happier for it; and b) just like Jones.
Prediction: Bears 19, Cowboys 14
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How long will I be off of solid foods after surgery?
Your stomach needs time to heal after surgery. You will progress through phase I, phase II, and phase III.
Phase I
Liquid Phase (Duration is approximately 2 weeks)
During this phase of the program you will be using a dietary protein supplement. It is recommended that you adhere to the supplements suggested by our program. These include protein shakes, protein soups, protein hot drinks, and clear liquid protein drinks. Please drink the full amount outlined below. This supplement ensures a healthy healing process and a great start to assist you in your weight loss. During this phase you will allow your stomach and incisions to heal.
Drink all liquids slowly and wait to make sure all the fluid has gone down without any discomfort before drinking more fluids. Restrict intake to ONE ounce over 5 minutes. If you are hungry and / or not losing weight while following phase I, please call our office for assistance.
Semi Soft Food Phase (Duration will be at least 2 weeks possibly up to 4 weeks)
During this phase you will introduce semi soft foods. Semi soft fruits and vegetables should be the consistency of applesauce; protein foods should be the consistency of tuna fish in a can. These foods can be canned, raw or cooked. It is recommended that you continue to replace 2 meals per day with protein shakes and eat only 1 meal per day.
Drink all liquids slowly and wait to make sure all the fluid has gone down without any discomfort before drinking more fluids. Restrict intake to ONE ounce over 5 minutes. If you are hungry and / or not losing weight while following phase II, please call our office for assistance.
Phase III
Solid Food Phase It is extremely important that you dice foods, eat slowly AND chew your food thoroughly! Follow the eating technique guidelines listed on this website and provided by your bariatric surgeon's Registered Dietitian.
Drink all liquids slowly and wait to make sure all the fluid has gone down without any discomfort before drinking more fluids. Restrict intake to ONE ounce over 5 minutes. If you are hungry and / or not losing weight while following phase III, please call our office for assistance.
What are the best choices of protein?
Egg Beaters, Egg Whites, Chicken (no skin), Cornish Hen (no skin), Turkey (no skin), Lobster (no butter), Salmon, Flounder, Haddock, Halibut, Cod Fish, Protein Shake, Trout, Tuna, Tilapia,
Scallops, Shrimp, Cottage cheese – 1% low fat, Yogurt –fat free & low carbohydrate,
Greek Yogurt - (PLAIN FAT FREE)
Why drink so much water?
When you are losing weight, there are many waste products to eliminate, mostly in the urine. Some of these substances tend to form crystals, which can cause kidney stones. A high water intake protects you and helps your body to rid itself of waste products efficiently, promoting better weight loss. Water also fills your stomach and helps to prolong and intensify your sense of satisfaction with food. If you feel a desire to eat between meals, it may be because you did not drink enough water in the hour before.
What is Dumping Syndrome?
This affect only occurs with the Gastric Bypass. Eating sugars or other foods containing many small particles when you have an empty stomach can cause dumping syndrome in patients who have had a gastric bypass where the stomach pylorus is removed. Your body handles these small particles by diluting them with water, which reduces blood volume and causes a shock-like state. Sugar may also induce insulin shock due to the altered physiology of your intestinal tract. The result is a very unpleasant feeling: you break out in a cold clammy sweat, turn pale, feel "butterflies" in your stomach, and have a pounding pulse. Cramps and diarrhea may follow. This state can last for 30-60 minutes and can be quite uncomfortable - you may have to lie down until it goes away. This syndrome can be avoided by not eating the foods that cause it, especially on an empty stomach. A small amount of sweets, such as fruit, can sometimes be well tolerated at the end of a meal.
Is there a problem with consuming milk products?
Milk contains lactose (milk sugar), which is not well digested by some gastric bypass patients. This sugar passes through undigested until bacteria in the lower bowel act on it, producing irritating byproducts as well as gas. Depending on individual tolerance, some persons find even the smallest amount of milk can cause cramps, gas and diarrhea.
Why can't I snack between meals?
Snacking, nibbling or grazing on foods, usually high-calorie and high-fat foods, can add hundreds of calories a day to your intake, defeating the restrictive effect of your operation. Snacking will slow down your weight loss and can lead to regain of weight.
Why can't I eat red meat after surgery?
You can, but you will need to be very careful, and we recommend that you avoid it for the first several months. Red meats contain a high level of meat fibers (gristle) which hold the piece of meat together, preventing you from separating it into small parts when you chew. The gristle can plug the outlet of your stomach pouch and prevent anything from passing through, a condition that is very uncomfortable.
How can I be sure I am eating enough protein?
40 to 60 grams a day are generally sufficient. Work closely with your bariatric surgeon's Registered Dietitian about the right amount for your body.
Is there any restriction of salt intake?
No, your salt intake will be unchanged unless otherwise instructed by your primary care physician.
Will I be able to eat "spicy" foods or seasoned foods?
Most patients are able to enjoy spices just as before surgery.
Will I be allowed to drink alcohol?
Alcoholic beverages are a source of empty calories. Alcohol decreases your inhibition levels resulting in poor judgment and poor food choices. Alcohol is not recommended but if alcohol is consumed, you must be very careful and the amount consumed must be significantly reduced.
In particular, after Gastric Bypass Surgery alcohol is absorbed more rapidly into your bloodstream resulting in blood alcohol levels that rise very quickly with any type of alcohol consumption. Just one drink can potentially result in illegal blood alcohol concentrations (BAC) of over 0.06. If you drive after one drink, you may be at risk of a DWAI or DWI.
What vitamins will I need to take after surgery?
Taking your vitamins after surgery (forever), along with having blood levels tested at specific intervals, is an extremely important requirement.
Sleeve Gastrectomy
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Danica Patrick was heard swearing in frustration at one point during Sunday's NASCAR race in Dover, Del., and who can blame her?
The mediocrity that is Patrick's rookie season in the Sprint Cup Series rolls on, the popular driver struggling to place her No. 10 Chevrolet even in the top 20 each week.
The AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway was no exception. She finished 29th in the 43-car field, six laps down from winner Jimmie Johnson.
With an ill-handling car from the start, "it was just a frustrating day," Patrick said in notes released by her Stewart-Haas Racing team. "It's disappointing, but we'll move on."
Through 29 races this season, Patrick has four top-15 finishes; the last time was nearly three months ago, when the former IndyCar racer finished 14th at Daytona International Speedway on July 6.
Patrick is now 28th in the Cup standings and she's been 25th or worse since the second week of the season.
Her boyfriend and fellow Cup driver, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., is doing somewhat better in his No. 17 Ford prepared by Roush Fenway Racing.
Stenhouse finished 17th at Dover and, while he hasn't won a Cup race this year, either, he has seven top-15 finishes and he's 19th in the point standings.
Make no mistake, NASCAR's Cup series is ultra-competitive, especially for a rookie. One need only ask reigning champion Brad Keselowski, who failed to qualify for NASCAR's title playoff again this year.
Except for Daytona and Talladega, the two tracks where speeds are capped and the cars run in large packs, Patrick still has a lot to learn about running up front with the likes of Johnson, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch.
Part of the problem is that she hasn't qualified well, so she's frequently starting in the back half of the field. The last time Patrick started a race in the top 15 again was at Daytona in July, when she qualified 11th.
But two weeks ago, after she finished 20th in the race at Chicagoland Speedway, Patrick was cautiously optimistic about finding improvement.
"The cars are getting better and I'm learning things," she said. "It's going in the right direction. I'd like it to go further but I'll take any progress."


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It is possible that the main title of the report Acanthosis Nigricans is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
Acanthosis nigricans (AN) is a skin condition characterized by abnormally increased coloration (hyperpigmentation) and "velvety" thickening (hyperkeratosis) of the skin, particularly of skin fold regions, such as of the neck and groin and under the arms (axillae). Various benign (non-cancerous) forms of AN have been identified in which the disorder may be inherited as a primary condition or associated with various underlying syndromes, an excess accumulation of body fat (obesity), or the use of certain medications (i.e., drug-induced AN). In other instances, AN may occur in association with an underlying cancerous tumor (i.e., malignant AN).
Experts suggest that AN may be a skin manifestation of insulin resistance, which is a condition characterized by impaired biological responses to insulin. Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas, regulates blood glucose levels by promoting the movement of glucose into cells for energy production or into the liver and fat cells for energy storage. (Glucose is a simple sugar that is the body's primary source of energy for cell metabolism.) Some clinicians suggest that insulin resistance causes a build-up of the hormone in the blood, and then it finds its way into skin cells. Insulin resistance may be associated with various disorders, including obesity and non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes mellitus. In individuals with type II diabetes mellitus, the pancreas produces insulin but the body becomes resistant to its effects, leading to insufficient absorption of glucose and abnormally increased glucose levels in the blood (hyperglycemia) and urine. As a result, there may be a gradual onset of certain symptoms, including excessive urination (polyuria) and increased thirst (polydipsia), and the development of particular complications without appropriate treatment.
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