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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Two former U.S. ambassadors who live in Jacksonville are sharing their concern and condolences after four Americans were killed at the U.S. Consulate in Libya overnight.
"All of our hearts go out to the family of Ambassador (Chris) Stevens and those killed today in Libya," said Nancy Soderberg, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
"It's horrible for the family of all four people who were killed, not just the ambassador," added John Rood, a former U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas.
Rood and Soderberg both revealed their shock and their sadness at the news of violence. They call it awful and something to remember.
"First of all, I understand (Stevens) knew the consulate was being overrun," Rood said. "He went back to try to assist employees in fleeing, and apparently was kidnapped, and in process of the kidnap was killed or suffocated. But it's really tragic."
"An American ambassador's first job -- we're all trained to protect those who work for the embassy," Soderberg said. "And that's exactly what he was doing, trying to make sure that his employees were safe. And unfortunately, they were not."
Rood and Soderberg served as ambassadors to places not as prone to violence, but they say this is a reminder of the risks to every person wherever he or she goes.
They also expect to see justice delivered for the families of the victims.
"In this case, we will find and track down and make sure those responsible are brought to justice," said Soderberg, who is now a Democrat candidate for Florida Senate District 4. "I am absolutely certain of that. And that's the right course of action."
"Once they find out who's responsible, and the government of Libya has pledged their support in finding out who is responsible for this and that justice would be pursued, I believe they will do that," Rood said. "They understand the seriousness of this issue."
The Islamic Center of Northeast Florida issued a statement saying it "unequivocally condemns the killing of American diplomats both in Libya, and the attack on the U.S. embassy in Egypt."
Dr. Parvez Ahmed, a member of the board of trustees at the center, said he can't understand what the attackers wanted to accomplish.
"There was absolutely no justification for what happened and what they did, and what they're doing actually is hurting the image of Islam and hurting peace around the world," Ahmed said.
He said there are extremists in all faiths, from all nationalities and ethnicities. And from his perspective, a Muslim should never act as the attackers did.
"This is not what Prophet Muhammad would have done," Ahmed said. "He was insulted many times during his lifetime, never did he seek revenge when he was insulted. The people who are doing this in the name of Islam and committing this kind of violence in the name of Islam must be brought to justice."
Ahmed said he believes the attacks are misguided and unjustified.
"So for this kind of anger or violence to be perpetrated against U.S. government in a foreign country is just deplorable," he said. "It just makes no sense, and it does create barriers to respectful dialogue."
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Thyroid cancer is usually very curable, and we are getting closer to quickly and efficiently identifying and treating all cases of thyroid cancer.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) July 24, 2014
The routine use of a molecular testing panel developed at UPMC greatly increases the likelihood of performing the correct initial surgery for patients with thyroid nodules and cancer, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), partner with UPMC CancerCenter.
The test, available at the UPMC/UPCI Multidisciplinary Thyroid Center and other diagnostic testing agencies, improved the chances of patients getting the correct initial surgery by 30 percent, according to the study published this month in the Annals of Surgery.
"Before this test, about one in five potential thyroid cancer cases couldn't be diagnosed without an operation to remove a portion of the thyroid," said lead author Linwah Yip, M.D., assistant professor of surgery in Pitt's School of Medicine and UPMC surgical oncologist. Previously, "if the portion removed during the first surgery came back positive for cancer, a second surgery was needed to remove the rest of the thyroid. The molecular testing panel now bypasses that initial surgery, allowing us to go right to fully removing the cancer with one initial surgery. This reduces risk and stress to the patient, as well as recovery time and costs."
Cancer in the thyroid, which is located in the "Adam's apple" area of the neck, is now the fifth most common cancer diagnosed in women. Thyroid cancer is one of the few cancers that continues to increase in incidence, although the five-year survival rate is 97 percent.
Previously, the most accurate form of testing for thyroid cancer was a fine-needle aspiration biopsy, where a doctor guides a thin needle to the thyroid and removes a small tissue sample for testing. However, in 20 percent of these biopsies, cancer cannot be ruled out. A lobectomy, which is a surgical operation to remove half of the thyroid, is then needed to diagnose or rule-out thyroid cancer. In the case of a postoperative cancer diagnosis, a second surgery is required to remove the rest of the thyroid.
Researchers have identified certain gene mutations that are indicative of an increased likelihood of thyroid cancer, and the molecular testing panel developed at UPMC can be run using the sample collected through the initial, minimally invasive biopsy, rather than a lobectomy. When the panel shows these mutations, a total thyroidectomy is advised.
Dr. Yip and her colleagues followed 671 UPMC patients with suspicious thyroid nodes who received biopsies. Approximately half the biopsy samples were run through the panel, and the other half were not. Patients whose tissue samples were not tested with the panel had a 2.5-fold higher statistically significant likelihood of having an initial lobectomy and then requiring a second operation.
"We're currently refining the panel by adding tests for more genetic mutations, thereby making it even more accurate," said co-author Yuri Nikiforov, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the Department of Pathology at Pitt and director of thyroid molecular diagnostics at the UPMC/UPCI Multidisciplinary Thyroid Center. "Thyroid cancer is usually very curable, and we are getting closer to quickly and efficiently identifying and treating all cases of thyroid cancer."
In 2009, the American Thyroid Association (ATA) revised its guidelines to add that doctors may consider the use of molecular markers when the initial biopsy is inconclusive.
"The ATA is currently revising those guidelines to take into account the latest research, including our findings," said senior author Sally Carty, M.D., Pitt professor of surgery, co-director of the UPMC/UPCI Multidisciplinary Thyroid Center and recent president of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons. "The molecular testing panel holds promise for streamlining and eliminating unnecessary surgery not just here but nationwide."
A previous study led by Dr. Yip showed the panel to be cost-saving when used to help in the diagnosis of thyroid cancer.
Each year, approximately half of the 25,000 patients assessed at UPMC's Multidisciplinary Thyroid Center are found to have thyroid conditions, and more than 900 thyroid operations are performed by the center's surgeons. The center aims to provide patients with one-stop evaluation from thyroid experts in a variety of fields, including surgery and endocrinology.
Additional researchers on this study are Laura I. Wharry, M.D., Michaele J. Armstrong, Ph.D., Ari Silbermann, B.S., Kelly L. McCoy, M.D., and Michael T. Stang, M.D., all of the Pitt Department of Surgery; Nobuyuki P. Ohori, M.D., and Marina N. Nikiforov, M.D., all of the Pitt Department of Pathology; Shane O. LeBeau, M.D., Christopher Coyne, M.D., and Steven P. Hodak, M.D., all of the Pitt Department of Endocrinology; Julie E. Bauman, M.D., of the PItt Department of Hematology/Oncology; Jonas T. Johnson, M.D., of the Pitt Department of Otolaryngology; and Mitch E. Tublin, M.D., of the Pitt Department of Radiology.
This study was funded by a grant from UPMC.
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As the only NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center in western Pennsylvania, UPCI is a recognized leader in providing innovative cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis, and treatment; bio-medical research; compassionate patient care and support; and community-based outreach services. Investigators at UPCI, a partner with UPMC CancerCenter, are world-renowned for their work in clinical and basic cancer research.


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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Not content with running the franchise into the ground over the past five years, Drayton's happy to do it for the next five
One long-time friend of Drayton McLane says he thinks McLane's final act as the Astros' owner will be to convince GM Ed Wade not to trade one of his favorite players, Hunter Pence, on McLane's watch
If this is true - then Ed Wade truly is in a ridiculous position. If Crane is inclined to keep Pence, and Drayton is trying to convince Wade to keep him, but Wade wants to trade him, there's nothing he can do. It's career suicide if he pulls the trigger and trades Pence. He's probably going to get fired, anyway, so why not try to keep both bosses happy?
But if Crane wants to trade Pence, and Drayton is pressuring him to keep him, then Drayton is clearly overstepping his bounds, and it makes me want to punch a wall. For all intents and purposes, McLane is no longer in charge of the Astros, and shouldn't try to influence his General Manager either way. On anything. If Drayton wanted to continue to wield influence, he should have held on to the team.
The fact that Selig has dragged his feet on approving this ownership change until mid-August is like Santa not showing up until January 12.
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I want to round house kick, Drayton and Bud Selig in the face, those two have been on a mission to destroy the Astros franchise for the past two-three years. Hey Bud how about you tell your precious Brewers to move back to the AL instead of pushing us over there you self-righteous prick.
- July 26, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Sorry... I, for one, big-time side with keeping Pence, at least short of a mega-haul that supposedly no one is willing to give us. Pence at 30? Okay. Pence at 29 next summer? Quite possibly. But Pence at 28? Too young, and RFs of his caliber can't be obtained on the free agent market without a bidding war. And I just don't buy-in to the premise that, even at this point, we're 4 years away from contending. It's the NL freakin Central. If you can play .500 ball through 5 months, you can contend.
- July 26, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- OremLK said...
Yeah, but let's be honest. We're having trouble playing .350 ball, and Pence's value isn't going to get higher. Still, dealing him in the offseason is a viable option. If he's still an Astro after next year's deadline, god help me.
- July 26, 2011 at 1:32 PM
If Crane wants to trade Pence and there is a very good offer, Crane will have Wade make the trade. He is calling the shots now regardless of the ownership status. What quality prospects did we get for Oswalt? Happ, the worst pitcher in major league baseball, Villar, hitting .234 in minor leagues and Wallace who is mediocre at best; plus had to pay 11 million of Oswalts salary. Pence is a good player but unlikely any team will give more than 1 good prospect. Would you be willing to trade Pence for 1 player of the caliber of Wallace? The Astros are not in an emergency situation where they need to trade Pence now. Teams appear to want to hold on to their prospects even if they have many at least this year. We will know in less than a week. Will a team give up 2 or 3 good prospects for Beltran?
- July 26, 2011 at 1:53 PM
The interpretation of the Oswalt trade is misleading. First and foremost, Villar was just bumped up to AA last month after proving he had nothing left to prove in Lancaster. He fell a double short of the cycle last night, so let's give him just a little time, eh? Wallace was a top 10 prospect in many lists, so you can't knock that acquisition, or again, at least not yet. And Happ's had a tough year, but again, the full story would include the fact he looked pretty solid for the first 2 months after his arrival last season. Overall, how bout we wait a couple of years minimum before giving that trade a grade(?).
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Beautiful Architectural Creative Grates
One of the ways Man searches for inspirations in our product design style is to look back into the past to comprehend the essence and history of our heritage. Drainage covers have a long history dating back to the earliest days of Man. Since the dawn of civilisation, Man has actually faced the issue of sanitation and water supply system. This isn't merely a logistical problem to get safe water for survival. With a correct water infrastructure and sanitation system for the population, civilisations can not flourish as people will sucumb to dehydration and dieases. Simply put, without sanitation (drainage system) and correct water supply management, we just can not progress.
Throughout our early days, human settlements could only develop near locations where fresh surface area water (rivers or natural spring) were discovered. Throughout our history over countless years, our ancestors have sought to design and build systems of getting fresh water into the communities and removing waste drainage away.
Over the millennia when civilizations advanced, advances in technology permitted longer distance of which waste water might be carried via the sewage system, this eliminated the geographical limitations of human settlements and big civilizations grew in size. As early as 3000 BCE, primitive fresh and waste water system made from stone were discovered along houses which recommends that Man had mastered the science of drainage system thousands of years earlier.
The Indus Valley Civilisation in Asia revealed early evidence of public sanitation and water supply, the Indus established a number of innovative features where all houses had their own toilets which was linked to a covered sewage system made from brickwork and stone where drainage was emptied to the surrounding rivers and seas. Sewage in the Indus Valley was disposed via underground drainage where drainage from homes were connected to bigger public drains.
In ancient Rome, the drain system Cloaca Maxima was thought of as an engineering marvel of its time, systems of pipes and aqueducts were used to manage the clean water system and sanitation. The Romans in ancient times already had networks of complicated sewer systems.
The past has a good deal of influence on Jonite's gratings (drain covers) today. By producing stone enhanced drain covers, we are continuing the long custom of using stone – the exact same material used by our ancestors countless years earlier. By incorporating our own proprietary innovations, our stone strengthened innovative gratings are much more powerful and enables us to craft a wide variety of designs and themes.
With an appropriate water infrastructure and sanitation system for the population, civilisations can not grow as peope will fall to dehydration and dieases. Just put, without sanitation (drain system) and correct water supply management, we simply can not flourish.
As early as 3000 BCE, primitive fresh and waste water system made from stone were found along houses which proves that Man currently mastered the science of drain system thousands of years ago.
Jonite Architectural Creative Grates
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Tart Fruit Recipes
Peach Macadamia Tart Recipe
Since making the Hawaiian-inspired granola bars (by the way, don't forget to enter this week's Nuts About Granola giveaway that ends on Monday; fill in the box below ), I've been cooking with macadamias, which I love. Macadamia nuts have a rich, creamy taste and I thought they would pair incredibly well with the very last white peaches from our garden.
I improvised on my standard tart recipe and created a creamy tart composed of a macadamia nut crust and macadamia and peach custard. I sweetened the dessert with smoked sugar from our friends at Bourbon Barrel. When served slightly warm with Häagen-Dazs macadamia nut brittle ice cream, seriously, who could resist?
Whenever we have guests over, which we do frequently, I like to serve sweets. People can always make room for dessert and it's usually the thing people remember the most. This one will definitely make an impression!
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Caramelized Banana Tart with Hazelnut Cream
It's Persian New Year! I was at my local Persian grocery store today and I noticed an abundance of whole hazelnuts being sold. They looked beautiful, so I bought a large bag of nuts, which were eaten fairly quickly by all the family. I turned the remaining nuts into a fine mill and made frangipane tarts in the evening.
To make the dessert look ultra fancy without being too complicated, I topped the hazelnut cream with bruléed bananas. Caramelizing the bananas brought out additional flavors that really complemented the hazelnut cream and the flaky puff pastry.
My cousin's husband Hoss from Ohio is Persian, so we called him to send him our best wishes. But unfortunately, he changed his number and didn't tell us. The person who picked up was utterly confused. So Hoss, if you're reading this, "Happy Nowruz"!
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Blueberry Almond Tart Recipe
I love blueberries. I usually serve them fresh with yogurt but this time, I made a change and baked them in a delicious almond cream tart. I filled puff pastry dough with homemade buttery almond cream and topped it with fresh blueberries.
When blueberries are baked, they release a beautiful deep blue color onto the almond cream. I didn't want the puff pastry to turn soggy, so instead of using regular tart molds, I placed them into brioche molds that could hold more cream as the cavity is much deeper. The tarts were not overly sweet; I really wanted the blueberries to shine in this wonderful French dessert.
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Tarte Poire Noisette (Pear Tart with Hazelnut Cream)
Tarte aux poires et à la noisette sounds like a fancy-schmancy dessert but really, it's just a French tart made with hazelnut cream and ripe pears. That's about it. The only other embellishment is that I enhance the flavor of the nut cream with a little green anise.
Green anise seeds are usually infused in tea as a medicinal treatment for children's stomach aches. It's a pretty common remedy in Northern Africa. I love the sweet fragrance and the strong notes of licorice. You don't have to add the aromatic seeds to the nut cream but I think they pair wonderfully with pears.
Being French, it still is really remarkable to me that in America, French sounding names make products sound more luxurious (and expensive). I've even seen some products that have names that don't make sense in French, but I guess evoke a sense of elegance. Now that I've let you in on the secret, don't be fooled by fancy French names anymore! However, if you prepare this recipe for your friends or family, make sure that you use the French name to impress them. Better to be the "fool-er" than the "fool-ee!"
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Posted: Mon 28 May 2007, 07:38
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE PCI
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Hi I just started using Puppy Linux. Anyways I am getting sound from my onboard sound, but none from my Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE PCI.
The card works when I am in WinXP. What do I need to do to get it to work on Puppy. I have PLinux booting from a CD and saving to my hard drive.
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Posted: Sat 08 Dec 2007, 15:32
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Try running the sound wizard, sometimes that will fix it. Also be sure all your Alsamixer settings are unmuted with volume levels up.
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Posted: Wed 26 Dec 2007, 13:53
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Same problem...........
Subject description: NO SOUND ....
I have the same audio card and the same problem.. no sound
I did everthing, i ran sound wizard, the system detec mi sound cards with this module after run alsa config (Ca0106) and still no work. N
Need some help.
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after run alsa config (Ca0106). But still silence. I found solve of problem! Simple run KMIIX. In tab Switchers click in IEC958. After sound is play! Lamp IEC958 must not light(off) - but default is a light(on) and sound is off.
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Run the ALSA Sound Wizard in the menu, and select "sb16".
Then run alsamixer, make sure nothing is muted & volumes are up
If no success, try some manual configuration.
Open /etc/modprobe.conf in geany and you will see these lines, or similar, at the bottom
alias snd-card-0 snd-sb8
alias sound-slot-0 snd-sb8
options snd-sb8 irq=? dma8=? port=?
Now you will need to find out the card's hardware settings - irq/dma8/port, and manually change these values in modprobe.conf
Reboot after each change.
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Aitch, no. The correct ALSA module for Project2501 is snd-ca0106, not snd-sb16, nor snd-sb8.
Also, the irq/dma/port options are only necessary (and only possible) with ISA sound cards. Project2501's card is PCI.
Project2501, the core of your problem is that you are using 2 sound cards. ALSA can be configured to use multiple sound cards - it involves multiple device listings in /etc/modprobe.conf - but this can get messy. All audio applications will direct the sound to the first audio device (snd-card-0) and you would need to configure them all to use the second audio device.
It's much easier just to disable your onboard sound. Do this in bios. Then your Audigy will be the primary audio device.
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I bow to the master
He's far more likely to be right than me!
Thanks, tempestuous
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tempestuous wrote:
It's much easier just to disable your onboard sound. Do this in bios. Then your Audigy will be the primary audio device.
I have the same problems as the original poster but this doesn't work for me. I had given up after much searching finding many people with similar problems over the years and no solutions.
However, does it appear that NeoGans may have come up with a solution in his above post. I'm assuming that he means kmix rather than kmiix. But this program doesn't seem to be in puppy 3.99 and I can't find a pet package for it. Does anyone know where I can download it from?
Or alternatively, what configuration file I need to change to achieve the same result that NeoGans described.
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Forget kmix. NeoGans seems to be using some KDE version of Linux.
Use the correct mixer for ALSA drivers; alsamixer. Run the "alsamixer" command in a terminal.
You should see the IEC958 setting listed, but more importantly check that your Master and PCM volumes are up, and that the Master setting is unmuted. Press the "m" key to mute/unmute.
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Posted: Mon 12 May 2008, 07:05
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Hi All
I have the same problem.
All modules started succesfully, except two warnings:
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'Master',0
amixer: Unable to find simple control 'PCM',0
And No Sound.
In alsamixer all volumes == 100%, unmute (but no PCM and Master fields).
Configuration saved; alsactl store 0
How to fix this warnings ?
May be need update alsa library ?
May be need set current user name at /etc/groups ?
modprobe configured:
ca0106 fs-003 (sb0570)
aplay -l
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 0: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice: #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 1: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice: #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 2: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice: #0: subdevice #0
card 0: CA0106 [CA0106], device 3: ca0106 [CA0106]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice: #0: subdevice #0
lspci -v
00:0f.0 class 0401: 1102:0007
Subsystem: 1102:100a
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
I/O ports at e800 [size=32]
Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
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Posted: Tue 13 May 2008, 07:40
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I'm trying setup my sound card under Mandriva 2008 Linux.
With Alsa 1.0.14 library support (without compiling)
End I found very interesting thing
If I mute only IEC958 = MM (and other IEC is unmuted) i have sound in my headphones, but if IEC958 unMute - no sound.
I will try this trick under my puppy linux
[root@localhost ~]# amixer|fgrep control
Simple mixer control 'Line in',0
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Simple mixer control 'Phone',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Center/LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Front',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Rear',0
Simple mixer control 'IEC958 Unknown',0
Simple mixer control 'Aux',0
Simple mixer control 'Analog Center/LFE',0
Simple mixer control 'Analog Front',0
Simple mixer control 'Analog Rear',0
Simple mixer control 'Analog Side',0
Simple mixer control 'Analog Source',0
Simple mixer control 'CAPTURE feedback',0
Simple mixer control 'Digital Source',0
Simple mixer control 'Shared Mic/Line in',0
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Posts: 266
Location: Minnesota
Posted: Mon 21 Sep 2009, 11:32
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tempestuous wrote:
Forget kmix. NeoGans seems to be using some KDE version of Linux.
Use the correct mixer for ALSA drivers; alsamixer. Run the "alsamixer" command in a terminal.
You should see the IEC958 setting listed, but more importantly check that your Master and PCM volumes are up, and that the Master setting is unmuted. Press the "m" key to mute/unmute.
After several days of pulling my hear out hitting "M" to unmute worked. How useful is it to default to mute? To the alsa gods PLEASE rethink this.
and for what its worth how about a SOME kind of clear indication of being muted MM is what? Muted (you) moron?
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Posts: 24
Posted: Sun 29 Nov 2009, 16:32
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I have this card http://www.netcomdirect.com/crlactsoblsb.html
And I cant make it work
Last edited by socrates on Sun 29 Nov 2009, 23:24; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Sun 29 Nov 2009, 22:09
Post subject:
socrates wrote:
I have this card http://www.netcomdirect.com/crlactsoblsb.html
That's a SoundBlaster 128. It's fully supported in all versions of Puppy by the snd-ens1371 ALSA driver ...
and it's completely unrelated to the SB Audigy under discussion in this thread.
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Posts: 26
Posted: Tue 31 May 2011, 11:35
Post subject: Ca0106 and puppy 5.2.5
I know my hardware works, but I'm unable to get my sound to function correctly. After running alsawizard and selecting CA0106, I was getting only static. I've used retrovol and alsamixer to try and determine the issue. The weird part is that when I turn master volume and analog front to 100% the static nearly subsides and get a whisper out of youtube videos.
By the way, ticking the box for IEC958, in retrovol, stops the static but produces no sound.
Any advice leading to a solution is greatly appreciated.
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KCBS BOS MINUTES - September 12, 2012October 8, 2012
Board of Director's Meeting
September 12, 2012
President Candy Weaver called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. central time.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: Executive Director Carolyn Wells, Candy Weaver, Mike Budai, Mark Simmons, Tana Shupe, Randy Bigler, Mike Lake, Arlie Bragg, Jeff Stith, Steve Farrin, and Dave Compton. Paul Kirk was absent.
MEMBERS CALLING IN: Dennis & Linda Polson, Dale Newstrom, Vickie Peyton, Karrin Murphy, and Casey Taylor-Johns (MMA).
MEMBER REQUESTS TO SPEAK: There were no requests to speak.
Recitation of KCBS Mission and Board Pledge:
MISSION: Recognizing barbeque as America's Cuisine, the Mission of the Kansas City Barbeque Society is to celebrate, teach, preserve and promote barbeque as a culinary technique, sport and art form.
BOARD PLEDGE: I accept my duties as a KCBS director to further the KCBS Mission so that truth, justice, excellence in BBQ and the American way of life may be strengthened and preserved forever.
MINUTES of August 8 & 15, 2012 - Tana Shupe: Previously sent to board members and posted on KCBS website, I request that the Minutes from the meetings on August 8 and the special meeting on August 15, 2012 be accepted as presented. Motion to accept was seconded by Randy Bigler and the Minutes were approved as presented.
FINANCIAL REPORT - Mark Simmons:
The Finance Committee moves that the August financials be approved as attached. Seconded by Mike Budai, the financials were accepted as presented.
KCBS/MMA MARKETING REPORT - September 2012 - Jeff Stith
- Total August Sales: $2579
- Advertising sold for August: $800
- Uploaded September Bullsheet
- Uploaded MP3 of August's BOD
- 2013 Banquet Registration
- Partner Programs Update:
- Tyson Best Wing on the Planet- 4 activations in August
- Reser's America's Best Potato Salad Challenge and Kingsford $40K Challenge- 0 activations in August
- 2 successful tour activations in August: Wisconsin State Fair in West Ellis, WI and Blues, Brews and Barbeque in Birch Run, MI
- Continual Coordination and Logistics for 2012 GABT Tour
Sam's National BBQ Tour
- Continual Coordination and Logistics for 2012 Sam's Tour- 4 local events in Rockford, IL, Pittsburgh, PA, Medford, NY, Pleasantville, NJ
- Continual PR/Social Media Updates
- Sam's National Championship Weekend: planning and sponsor coordination
- Social Media, using MMA, KCBS, and GABT Facebook and Twitter pages to promote KCBS-related events/promotions
- GABT: 2125 Twitter Followers / 1479 FB Likes
- KCBS: 1793 Twitter Followers / 10,964 FB Likes
- Updating KCBS/GABT Twitter feeds/facebook feeds 3-4 times per week (more frequent for Twitter) and engaging in more conversations via Twitter to build a better "community"
- Updated News section of KCBS website as necessary (Sam's Club results, Jack drawing)
- Bullsheet Content – Sam's Review, Kingsford Review, Tyson recap, Reser's Review
- GABT blog post reviews
- GABT -local PR: Wisconsin State Fair and Blues, Brews and Barbeque
- Sharing GABT Big Green Egg promotions via Twitter and Facebook
Sponsorship Activities
- Mike will update the board on sponsorship activities
Jeff Stith reported that the Sam's Club management is very happy with this year's events, and the competitions will be held again in 2013 with the same number of contests and the same prize money, and that they plan to have more in Kansas and Missouri.
Candy Weaver made a motion to accept the marketing report; seconded by Mike Lake, the motion passed.
SANCTIONING REPORT - Submitted by Karrin Murphy
The MR BBQ Barbeque Challenge has requested to be moved from the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds to Le Claire Park in Davenport, IA.
A date change was requested for the Little Engine Vista contest from 12/8/12 to 12/15/12.
New Contests in 2012
10/12-13 2nd Annual High Point BBQ Battle Clarksburg MD
11/9-11 Smoke on the Water Nevada BBQ
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Existing Contests in 2013
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1/25-26 5th Annual Lake Havasu Music Brews &
BBQ Championship Lake Havasu City AZ
3/8-9 BBQ Championship & Hog Wild Festival Mobile AL
3/29-30 Benton KY Kiwanis Barbeque Kook-Off Benton KY
4/5-6 Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ
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4/19-20 Main Street BBQ & Bluesfest Washington MO
4/26-27 BBQ Boogie & Blues Calhoun GA
5/3-4 Bixby BBQ & Blues Festival Bixby OK
5/25-26 BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay North Bend OR
5/31-6/01 Big Blue BBQ Championship Marysville KS
6/7-8 It's A Smokin Good Thing Tecumseh OK
6/7-8 Boats, Bands and BBQ Pueblo CO
6/14-15 Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon NC
6/21-22 5th Annual Auburn Hills BBQ Cook-Off Auburn Hills MI
7/3-4 Liberty 4th Fest BBQ Contest Liberty OH
7/4-5 I Love Barbecue & Music Festival Lake Placid NY
7/12-13 Ohio Veterans Barbeque Cook-Off Kettering OH
7/19-20 Blues, BBQ & Bargains Hays KS
7/26-27 Foothills ountry Fair BBQ Bash Cleveland TN
8/2-3 Laurie Hillbilly BBQ Laurie MO
8/23-24 Death's Door Barbecue Washington Island WI
9/13-14 Cherokee Strip Cook-Off Ponca City OK
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6/28-29 Hogging Up Virginia/Bluegrass BBQ
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CBJ REPORT - Mike Lake
This past Wednesday, September 5th the CBJ committee met to select for your approval new CBJ instructors. Please refer to list below to see the individuals that were considered by the committee.
The following were selected to be presented to the board:
Kelly McIntosh - California
Dave Londeen - Minnesota
Bill & Debbie Gage - International & Domestic
Wayne & Maria Lohman - International & Domestic
Mike Lake made a motion that the board accept the recommendations from the committee and approve the above mentioned individuals to be CBJ instructors. Seconded by Randy Bigler, the motion passed.
Note: The Y-T-D report on class activity will be sent to you from the office.
Perspective CBJ Instructors presented to the CBJ committee:
(in no particular order of preference)
Lew Miller - (Iowa).
Dave Londeen - (Minnesota)
Dennis Polson - (Kansas)
Larry King - (Kansas City)
Tana Shupe - (Tennessee)
Ernie Poland -(Tennessee)
The Lovely's -(New England)
Kelly McIntosh -(California)
Steve & Scot Grinstead - (Ohio)
Bill & Debbie Gage - (International)
Wayne & Maria Lohman - (International)
Ralph Williams - (Arkansas)
Current CBJ Instructors:
1. Mike Lake. 9. Don Harwell
2. Carolyn Wells. 10. Ken Daki
3. Mark Simmons. 11. Randy Bigler
4. Ed Roith. 12. Gene Goyachea
5. Bunny Tuttle
6. Merl Whitebook
7. Mark Simmons.
8. Stephen Smith.
Wayne & Maria Lohman - International
Bill & Debbie Gage - International
KCBScore COMMITTEE - Mike Budai
The committee has received and evaluated two updates to Score since the last board meeting. While we are getting close to having a beta ready version, several issues must be corrected first.
1)There is an issue with the 32 bit version dealing with a printing error that the developer has a fix for and should be included in the next update.
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3)The pre-populated CBJ number field still needs improvement.
There are more tweaks needed in the report sections such as truncating the "Team Name" field to save paper, fixing the "Table Rank" field, Name the printout in the header of the "Top" report for awards to avoid confusion, Indexing of the "Registration Report" hard copy and changing the default setting in the "Overall" report to not print the team alt number.


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Mirren moved by Bafta Fellowship
Dame Helen Mirren has spoken of her worry that it is becoming impossible for working class actors to break into the industry.
The 69-year-old actress took the opportunity of accepting her Bafta Fellowship at the glamorous film awards ceremony to urge people to support National Youth Theatre, to help those who cannot afford drama school.
Dame Helen dedicated her award to her late drama teacher, Alys Welding, who encouraged her to try youth theatre.
The actress revealed backstage at the awards: "She meant a lot to me, she encouraged me to go into youth theatre.
"The National Youth Theatre at this moment in time is incredibly important because the way this is going it's become that only kids who have wealthy parents can go into the acting profession. It's very difficult for working class kids to get into the theatre so the National Youth Theatre is incredibly important.
"It was my way in, because I didn't have money to go to drama school."
The star of Prime Suspect and The Queen admitted she was still not quite sure how she felt about the Bafta honour, but she saw it as encouragement to keep on working.
Dame Helen said: "I don't know what it will mean for a couple of years, it will take that long for me to understand that I've got it.
"It's incredible, I'm sort of almost speechless but not quite, I did manage to make a speech. I take it as encouragement to carry on."


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The entire community is invited to the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 2 from 6:30-8 a.m. in the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus.
The entire community is invited to the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 2 from 6:30-8 a.m. in the Havener Center on the Missouri S&T campus.
The guest speaker for the event is Stanley Bowers, who is the St. Louis Director of Christian Businessmen's Connection. CBMC has 18,000 members and 700 teams across the United States and is active in over 70 countries with over 50,000 members.
Tickets for the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast are on sale for $12 per person or $125 for a table of 8. Anyone interested in purchasing a ticket should contact Millie Street, Executive Secretary in the Administration Department at Rolla City Hall (901 N. Elm Street). She can also be reached at (573) 426-6948 or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Tickets must be purchased before April 29.
As a part of the National Day of Prayer, the Rolla community is also invited to attend a National Day of Prayer Evening Service on May 2 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at First Assembly of God, 1608 N. Oak Street in Rolla. A concert prior to the service will be presented by 'All Nations Christian Fellowship.'
In addition to the service, special music will be provided by Beverly Feller, and a short message will be given by Linda Goff and Chuck Whitmire. Speaker Linda Goff is author of The Skinny Budget Diet. Chuck Whitmire is Pastor of First Assembly of God, and very active in the Rolla community.
For more information, please call Emily Barnes, National Day of Prayer Committee member, at 364-3292. The National Day of Prayer tradition predates the founding of the United States of America, evidenced by the Continental Congress' proclamation in 1775 setting aside a day of prayer. In 1952, Congress established an annual day of prayer and, in 1988, that law was amended, designating the National Day of Prayer as the first Thursday in May.


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Education >> Browse Articles >> Education Article
Selecting the Right Degree
Your degree choice will affect your future career opportunities and ultimate success. This compact guide will help you choose the degree that works for you.
Find a school that will get you ready for a career in public service.
When making this decision, consider your current career path, future job markets, timeline and flexibility. Here are a few questions you need to answer before you select a degree:
- Do you want to continue on your current career path?
- Does your current career match the future job market?
- Do you want the quickest path to a degree?
- Do you want a specific degree or a degree that leaves your options open?
- What degree level do you want — associates, bachelor's or master's ?
Most degrees fall under one of the following areas of study
- Computer science
- Engineering
- Electronics
- Health care or medical
- Criminal justice
- Business administration
- Liberal arts, such as math, science and English
- Education
- Psychology/social and human services
These degree areas can be narrowed to very specific areas of concentration. Having predetermined career goals can help make choosing your degree a simple process.
Tip: Career counselors can help you make the career choice that matches your skills and interests by giving you a career skills and interest assessment. This will help you focus on the career options that match your experience, skills and personal interests. Your Current Career
If you plan to stick to your current career path, you simply need to determine which degree is most in line with your career. Since your past experience might count toward college credit, this option can also help you get your degree faster.
Information is available through many sources, including school admissions counselors. You can get free, no obligation, degree counseling by visiting our School Finder. Future Career Opportunities
Although factoring future job growth into your degree choice may mean taking more classes, which in turn will increase your time and expense, it is well-worth the effort. In fact, combining your personal interests with the forecasted job market is a sure way to make the most of your schooling.
According to the US Department of Labor, the future top career fields include:
- Computer engineering, network management and support
- Healthcare
- Education (K-12 and higher education)
- Human resources and social work
- Environmental/hazardous material management
Fast and Flexible
If the focus of your degree is less important than the timing, consider a degree that allows you to earn credit through the College Level Examination Program (CLEP). Associate of science and bachelor of science degrees are often the most liberal when it comes to using CLEPs.
Some degrees are more flexible than others. For instance, business administration degrees are often the fastest and most flexible. In addition, a degree in business administration can be as narrow or as broadly focused as you like, and nearly every college offers business degree programs. Degree Level
It's important to select your degree level, but it's not critical. You don't need an associates degree before going for your bachelor's. In fact, in most cases, it saves you time and effort to focus on your bachelor's degree first.
Once you have made your degree choice, you will need to find a school that offers that degree and has programs that fit your needs. Use our School Finder to find schools that offer the program you want.
Find a school that will get you ready for a career in the fire & rescue service.


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"You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'C)' at line 1"
I've looked over my code over and over again but I can't seem to understand why its not working.
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I hope it's not something stupid like a misplaced quotation mark, but then again I don't
think that would be far off from everyones' first post. Anyway HELP!


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I still don't know. The toddler brain is a magnificent specimen -- one day convincing its young owner that the shadows on the pool are fish, the next day sending the message that a 20-pound girl in a diaper can actually swim like one. Ideas are embraced and rejected at a dizzying rate; moods shift dramatically. It's like living with a very short, very opinionated Hollywood producer.
Toddlers are adorable, so we cut them a lot of slack. Still, all this flirting with staircases, hot toaster ovens, and the word "now" can be tough on both them and us. It's not that toddlers are trying to exasperate their parents; at this age, their abilities simply haven't kept pace with their ambitions. Between birth and 36 months, their brains crank out cells to develop memory, coordination, and self-control. Until it all falls into place, those skills and traits just aren't available on demand.
Understanding what toddlers don't know can give you a bit more patience the next time your toddler decides that as an artist, he simply must scribble on the kitchen cabinets. Here, the limits of a toddler's knowledge in four key areas:
The Physical WorldToddlers are eager learners, but it's difficult for them to grasp such abstract physical concepts as the distance to the store, the idea that water makes the floor slippery, and the fact that leaning back in a chair may tip it over. For Bailey Lipset, 2, of Sands Point, New York, the idea that she can't reach out to hug a tugboat on the ocean is hard to wrap her mind around: If she can see the tugboat and cover it with her hand, why can't she touch it? Several times now, Bailey's mom, Beth, has broken the news that cuddling with the tugboat isn't possible. While Bailey takes the news stoically, the next day she's back at it.
Bailey's exhaustive amount of trial and error stems in part from the fact that at 12 months, a toddler's short-term memory typically extends back about a day. While recall increases by the time toddlers reach 36 months, long-term memory -- stuff that happened, say, three weeks ago -- remains wildly inconsistent and incomplete. And even if they could remember what happened the last time they pinched the cat, their motor skills are constantly changing: Maybe this month they mastered the art of the gentle pinch.
Adding to the excitement is the fact that the ability to pretend kicks in anywhere from 14 to 24 months. Combine this with a lack of understanding of cause and effect and suddenly almost anything seems sort of possible. What a leap off the bed! What a crash on the floor! What a look of genuine surprise on the toddler's face!
"She has an image of herself as older than she is and of being able to do more," Jennifer Grosman, Ph.D., of Washington, DC, says of her daughter, Hannah, 2. So when she watched a 7-year-old gymnast perform flips, Hannah immediately wanted to flip too. "Her thinking is very aspirational," says Grosman, putting a gentle spin on her daughter's lack of reason. "Occasionally, that will end up in frustration," and Hannah will rage and whine.
Delaying GratificationWaiting isn't easy for any of us, but it can be excruciating for an 18-month-old, whose centers of emotional control -- the frontal brain lobes -- are just developing. Kate McFadden of Los Angeles was driving with her daughter, Olivia, 2, when they had this conversation:
Olivia: "I'm thirsty."
Mom: "I don't have any water."
Olivia: "I'm thirsty."
Mom: "I don't have any water."
And so on.
The dialogue was, from Olivia's point of view, almost existential in its implications: Where does a water bottle come from? Why can't it just appear in Mom's bag? Why do I have to wait for what I want? From McFadden's perspective, the dialogue was merely frustrating.
Next time, she might be able to redirect her daughter's chanting requests. While toddlers have biology working against them, distracting them can make waiting easier. Toss her a different toy, whip out a book, turn on the radio -- anything to get her mind off her inability to understand why she can't have exactly what she wants when she wants it.
Imposing consequences won't work until most toddlers are at least 2 ½. "Although you've told them a hundred times not to write on the wall with a crayon, they don't have the control to inhibit themselves," says Claire Lerner, a mom of two and a child-development specialist at Zero to Three, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit devoted to the promotion of healthy development in the early years. They'll stop coloring the moment you say no, she says, but when the urge strikes again -- and you know it will -- they don't have the brain development they need to override it. (That doesn't mean you shouldn't say no. Just expect to say it again and again.)
Developing consistent self-control takes a long time -- in fact, the frontal lobes will continue to mature through adolescence. For a 2- or 3-year-old, you can try talking to him about why waiting might be worthwhile (without, of course, expecting results): "If we save the chocolate-chip cookies until Aunt Kate comes, you can have a tea party with her!" When he's able to keep himself from grabbing the cookies, praise him. At this age, he won't be able to reliably control his impulses, but you've started to teach him that doing so is valuable.
And time is on your side. When a friend produced a lollipop for Tucker Ezrine, 2, and told him to put it in his pocket until after lunch, he started screaming, recalls his mom, Kimberly, who lives in Chicago. But the change in Tucker from 24 to 27 months has been huge. "We'll put the lollipop in a pocket and say, 'As soon as you eat lunch, you can have it,' and he'll be fine," says Ezrine.
His patience seems to be improving at the same rate as his ability to talk and understand. "It's different now that he understands the words 'before' and 'after,'" says Ezrine.
Spatial RelationshipsTripping on their own feet, walking into walls, getting fingers stuck in the VCR: Toddlers are pretty fuzzy when it comes to spatial relations. Much of this fuzziness occurs because motor pathways in the brain and spinal cord haven't yet matured -- the head doesn't always know what the feet are doing. Until neural pathways develop enough to allow information to flow quickly -- and muscles become strong -- toddlers have no choice but to lurch around. Typically, their coordination and timing start to improve between 18 and 24 months.
While they're navigating across the carpet, they're also trying to make sense of three-dimensional space. That's why they need to drive their toy minivan into the edge of the couch over and over: They have to keep testing whether the minivan is taller than the opening under the couch. Repetition strengthens neural connections, letting toddlers eventually figure out what's taller and smaller and what's in back and in front.
As toddlers grow from 12 months to 24 months to nearly 36 months, they become quite skilled at focusing on a single object or thought. But most of the time, they can't think about two ideas at once. Getting to a cupcake or a new truck is so completely absorbing that other essential information, such as how to walk down the stairs, is blocked out.
"When a fifteen-month-old is paying attention to going down the stairs, watching where she's going, putting one foot down and bringing the other foot to meet it, she can climb down," says Kathy Fitzgerald, a mom of one girl and director of the Child Development Laboratories at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. "But a half hour later, she might just walk into the air. If what she's thinking about is her sister with a toy she wants down at the bottom of the stairs, the stairs are of no importance," says Fitzgerald.
Among the leading distractions is getting attention from Mom or Dad. Jennifer Davis-Kay of Arlington Heights, Massachusetts, often sees her son, Will, 2, chase his sister around the house, shrieking for his mom to watch him in action. "He'll run, gleefully looking over his shoulder to see if I'm watching," she says, "and bump smack-dab into the doorjamb."
TimeToddlers are completely in the moment. Time literally has no meaning for them; since they have only limited understanding of the past or the future, whatever they're doing now is all they're thinking about. The downside is that they can feel out of control -- and prone to tantrums -- when a parent dictates that it's time to start or stop a new activity. Indeed, change almost always comes as an unwelcome surprise. To make matters worse, toddlers can't even comprehend what it means when Mom says, "You can play for ten more minutes."
What helps is to make time as specific as possible. Let your child set an egg timer and watch it tick off the minutes. As it ticks away, explain that ten minutes is long enough for her to look at a book and have her teeth brushed. When those tasks are completed, check the timer together and see how many minutes are left.
Another strategy is to translate "ten minutes" into the length of three songs or the time it takes for the cookies to bake. Says Fitzgerald, "One thing I did with my child is tell her, 'You may not want to take a nap right now, but you have to stay in bed until this story on tape is over.' It's somewhat more concrete."
Talking to toddlers about the sequence of events also helps ground them. "When I'm changing diapers at the center, I'll take one child and say to the other, 'You will be next,'" says Fitzgerald. Children under 3 have relatively little sense of time in terms of anything abstract like minutes, but they are beginning to develop an understanding of "after this, then that."
Claire's a preschooler now and seems so grown up that sometimes I forget how much she still doesn't know. It's not her body that surprises her so much now (her scary plunge into the pool didn't stop her from learning the basics of how to swim), it's her emotions that keep all of us guessing. Recently, as she displayed a noisy mix of neediness, whining, and hyperactivity before bed, I told her, "Calm down!" It was only later that I realized she doesn't know how to calm down. "Okay," I said the next time she started fussing. "Start by taking a deep breath."
Contributing editor Jane Meredith Adams is the mom of Drew and Claire, both 4. Her most recent article for Parenting was "Loving the Chaos," in the September issue.


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Course Details
Course Description
About The Instructor(s)
Session, Dates: 1 (01/14/2008 - 05/03/2008)
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Time: 09:00 - 09:50 am
Location: Moon Campus
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Credits: 3
International Business introduces the student to the fundamentals of global business operations. The emergence of new coalitions, arenas of business and intense global competition for limited resources are studied in historical context. The course stresses the vital importance of understanding unique, environmental factors as major determinants of success or failure in managing around the world. Management, marketing, accounting, economics and finance are included in an integrated approach to doing business in other countries.
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Women's Health
Conditions That Affect Women
Welcome to the Center for Gynecology & Women's Health at Aria Health. Launched in 2006, this center took established Aria healthcare services, redesigned their delivery, and expanded their features to serve patients best. The experienced, accomplished staff now provides a custom-assembled suite of gynecologic and women's-health services at the convenience of leading community medical centers in the Aria system.
A center dedicated to
a woman's health.
The center's physicians, nurses, and other staff members have dedicated their careers to developing top-level skills in conditions that affect women and have committed themselves exclusively to delivering the foremost in care for these needs. The center fully focuses on serving the adult and adolescent female patient and on providing the medical and personal care that is most important to her and her health.
This special women's center at Aria offers comprehensive services:
- adolescent gynecology
- anxiety
- bleeding (abnormal uterine bleeding)
- breast conditions
- bone health (including osteoporosis, osteopenia)
- cancer
- contraception and family planning (including fertility referrals)
- depression
- domestic violence (physical, sexual, or other abuse)
- endometrial conditions (including endometriosis and uterine polyps)
- fibroid care
- gastrointestinal disorders
- general and genitourinary gynecology and women's care
- heart health and cardiovascular disease
- Urology/Pelvic
- menopause care (including perimenopausal syndrome)
- menstrual and menstrual-related disorders (including PMS, PMDD, PCOS, and excessive menstrual bleeding as well as other irregularities or abnormalities in cycle)
- minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (including permanent sterilization, endometrial ablation, cyst removal, hysterectomy, pelvic-floor muscle reconstruction, and other procedures)
What are your health risks?
- obesity, diet, and exercise
- ovarian cysts
- pelvic pain (including pelvic congestive syndrome)
- sexual function care
- sexually transmitted diseases
- thyroid conditions
The staff at the center can help to coordinate each woman's overall healthcare, in consultation with other personal or family physicians or other healthcare providers as needed. Center clinicians can provide expert evaluation and care for a complete range of conditions, as well as referral, as needed, to other specialists on the interdisciplinary women's health team at Aria.
Digital Mammography Services Now Available
The American College of Radiology (ACR) recently surveyed and approved new digital mammography services at Aria's Torresdale and Bucks County campuses.
Additional Women's Health Services
For years, Aria Health have provided Northeast Philadelphia and Bucks County with a variety of women's health services. In addition to the menu of clinical services above, the Aria system also offers:


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Course Overview
Opened in September 2012, Almouj Golf stretches across six kilometres of stunning coastline flanking the pastel-blue colours of the Indian Ocean, separated only by beautiful sandy beaches - all of which makes this venue an idyllic haven of pristine beauty that contrasts to the challenging yet enjoyable nature of the course.
Designed by the man they call the 'Great White Shark', the 7,342-yard par-72 course is laid out in a links style befitting its coastal location, with just one tree standing along the eighth fairway.
While the course is truly to international standard and designed by an Australian, it was conceived and created with a distinctly local flavour and incorporates all of the beauty and natural resources of its break-taking surroundings.
The massive greens and lush fairways are peppered with bunkers comprised partly of crushed white Omani marble, while natural local dunes line almost every hole.
Meanwhile, indigenous Omani plants, grasses and trees enhance the rough areas of the course and provide a natural habitat for local fauna.
|Almouj Golf in Numbers
72 – Par of the course at Almouj Golf, The Wave
7,342 – the distance of the course in yards.
820 – the average size, in metres squared, of the intimidating greens at Almouj.
10 – The number of holes which have water hazards in play.
10.3 – The pace of the greens which the stimp reader indicated at the beginning of the week.
1 – There is one tree on the course, along the eighth fairway.
|The view from the 18th tee at Almouj Golf
Other features of Almouj Golf, The Wave
A world-class golf facility, Almouj Golf also boasts Oman's only floodlit par three course so enthusiasts and young rising stars can practice into the night.
As well as a private teaching area at the range, the venue also has a state-of-the-art indoor swing studio for members and visitors to tweak and perfect every little nuance and intricacy of their swing.
The Academy Lounge and restaurant, meanwhile, serves the finest cuisine throughout the day while the players this week might be thankful – with a full Champions' League schedule taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday evening followed by Premier League at the weekend – that the bar area shows all major sporting events on the many big screens dotted around the walls.
What the designer said…
Greg Norman - "I believe that the true test of a golf course is that you should be able to remember every hole. Each one should have its own unique characteristics and the course should have as wide a variety of holes as possible. I think we have achieved this at Almouj Golf."
|What the Challenge Tour Tournament Director said…
|José María Zamora –
"This course this week has been presented in perfect conditions despite the incredibly hot weather they have been experiencing in Oman in recent weeks. The greens are big and undulating and they are running lovely, some fairways are nice and open but at the same time there are three or four holes that are very tight.
|The view from the second tee at Almouj Golf, a hole Tournament Director José María Zamora earmarks as his favourite
"My favourite hole is probably the second which is a very long par three towards the sea, while the 18th is a very demanding hole with water along the left hand side – it's maybe a driver and four or five iron.
"There are a lot players playing for a lot of different things and a course like this is what we need. We had a tough course last week in China and we need these courses to reward the best players who will eventually qualify for the Grand Final next week."
What the players are saying (via Twitter)…
daniel gaunt @dangauntgolf
"Some course here in Oman @SharkGregNorman One of the best we will play all year @Challenge_Tour. Gonna be a great week"
jamie moul @jamiemoul
"Course is great at Almouj golf, Muscat this week for @NBOGolf @Challenge_Tour. Its going to b a hot week!"
Brandon Stone @BrandonMStone
"Great practice round today ahead of the Oman Challenge event! Course looks great and in a spectacular surrounding! #OmanChallenge #Oman"
Tom Murray @TomMurrayGolf
"Some course in Oman this week @NBOGolf, let's hope the wind gets up as the temperature is ridiculous!! #5glovesaday"
stuart manley @stu_manley
"Great course again @Challenge_Tour Oman, really looking forward to playing #factor50needed"
Matt Ford @mattfordpga
"9th hole this week at Almouj Golf, Muscat. Going to be a great venue" <With accompanying pic>
Wil Besseling @wbesseling1
"Great lay out here in Muscat Oman. 2nd hole par 3! Good test."
David Edwards @trickgolfshow (trick shot expert)
"Arrived @NBOGolf to perform at The Wave in Muscat @trickgolfshow so impressed with @Challenge_Tour venue WOW"
Dave Taylor @DaveTaylorGolf (Local pro)
"What a finishing hole for the @NBOGolf! Great to have the @Challenge_Tour coming to Oman this week! #GolfInOman"
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|KAKKO, Roope
|BJERREGAARD, Lucas
|IM, Daniel
|FORD, Matt
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Beyonce Pissed About Album Leak! "This Sh*t Is Leaking Like A Wet Bottom P*ssy" [Spoof]
Beyoncé - WHO LEAKED MY SHIT? (PSA)
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It all started when I got an email that went into my spam/junk mail folder from Nelson Zego. You can read my last post about this here.
There were a couple of features about his first email that seemed like spam. You know what they look like because I'm guessing that you get them too. Poor English and sentences that don't quite make sense. Additionally, the writer mentioned his FamilyTree DNA test and I haven't tested there so that set off a big alarm bell. Plus he signed his name with one given name and invited me to check out his Facebook page with a different given name. I would have sworn it was spam. But not so.
Finally, in the second email, he mentioned GEDmatch so I emailed and asked him for his kit number. I figured that he'd prove himself a fake and I'd never hear from him again, but not so. He emailed right back with his kit number. My doubts about him were starting to disappear. When I checked GEDmatch, yup, there he was, just as advertised. Here's what GEDmatch said about our match, below.
GEDmatch.Com Autosomal ComparisonComparing Kit M094320 (Diane Weintraub) and F327809 (Nelson Zego)
Minimum threshold size to be included in total = 700 SNPs
Mismatch-bunching Limit = 350 SNPs
Noise Reduction Threshold = 0.85
Minimum segment cM to be included in total = 7.0 cM
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|Centimorgans (cM)
Total of segments > 7 cM = 8.9 cM
Estimated number of generations to MRCA = 6.4
So I was wrong. Nelson / Ivandro is now mad at me because of what I posted on this blog about him perpetrating a new kind of scam involving DNA matches. And I'm sorry about that truly, because my assessment wasn't accurate. But I'm not alone in looking at his email and thinking it was spam. But bottom line is that I was wrong about him. Sorry Nelson.
As you can see, the opinions expressed here are just my own. Sometimes right and sometimes not so right. Hey, no one's perfect. We just try.
The URL for this post is: http://nutsfromthefamilytree.blogspot.com/2014/07/not-spam-email-or-scam-at-all-but-new.html


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President Obama has mandated that the ethanol content in gasoline be increased from 10 percent to 15 percent in 2014. At 10 percent it is already causing engine damage to autos and trucks, and worse in small engines � mowers, weed eaters, chain saws, etc. Engine warranties may be voided by 15 percent ethanol use.
Other benefits:
▪ Reduces gas mileage
▪ Attracts water, causing internal corrosion
▪ Burns less cleanly than gasoline more emission damage to the environment
▪ Increases the price of corn by 180 percent, raising the cost of much of our food supply
▪ Expensive to make must be subsidized by taxpayers at 90 cents per gallon.
The only beneficiaries are the refineries and the lobbyists they hire to influence the politicians with contributions and perks � a win-win for Washington and a lose-lose for the people.
Ask your congressman to vote for Bill HR 1461 to repeal the �Renewable Fuel Standard�.


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The idea of Wednesday Writing is to give you a prompt to write…anything! It can be a 100-word story; it can be a poem; it can be the trigger for the next section in your stalled novel; it can be for the plot of your next work. Sit down and write whatever comes out of your head!
This week's prompt is the date. What happened on the infamous, never-to-be-forgotten 23rd March?