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Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies include at least 18 different inherited disorders, which first affect the muscles around the shoulder girdle and hips. These diseases get worse, and may eventually involve other muscles.
Alternative Names
Muscular dystrophy - limb-girdle type (LGMD)
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies are a large group of genetic diseases in which there is muscle weakness and wasting (muscular dystrophy).
In most cases, both parents must pass on the non-working (defective) gene for a child to have the disease (autosomal recessive disorder). In some rare types, only one parent needs to pass on the bad gene to affect the child. This is called an autosomal dominant disorder. For some of these conditions, the defective gene has been discovered. For others, the gene is not yet known.
An important risk factor is having a family member with
Most often, the first sign is pelvic muscle weakness. Examples of this include trouble standing from a sitting position without using the arms, or difficulty climbing stairs. The weakness starts in childhood to young adulthood.
Other symptoms include:
- Abnormal, sometimes waddling, walk
- Joints that are fixed in a contracted position (late in the disease)
- Large and muscular-looking calves (pseudohypertrophy), which are not actually strong
- Loss of muscle mass, thinning of certain body parts
- Low back pain
Palpitationsor passing-out spells
- Shoulder weakness
- Weakness of the muscles in the face (later in the disease)
- Weakness in the muscles of the lower legs, feet, lower arms, and hands (later in the disease)
Exams and Tests
Blood creatine kinase levels
- DNA testing
Echocardiogramor ECG Electromyogram(EMG) testing Muscle biopsy
There are no known treatments that reverse the muscle weakness. Gene therapy may become available in the future. Supportive treatment can decrease the complications of the disease.
The condition is managed based on the person's symptoms. It includes:
- Heart monitoring
- Mobility aids
- Physical therapy
- Respiratory care
- Weight control
Surgery issometimes needed for any bone or joint problems.
Support Groups
Outlook (Prognosis)
In general, people tend to have weakness that slowly gets worse in affected muscles and spreads.
The disease causes loss of movement. The person may be dependent on a wheelchair within 20 - 30 years.
Heart muscle weakness and abnormal electrical activity of the heart can increase the risk of palpitations, fainting, and sudden death. Most patients with this group of diseases live into adulthood, but do not reach their full life expectancy.
Possible Complications
- Abnormal heart rhythms
- Contractures of the joints
- Difficulties with activities of daily living due to shoulder weakness
- Progressive weakness, which may lead to needing a wheelchair
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if you or your child feel weak while rising from a squatting position. Call a geneticist if you or a family member has been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and you are planning a pregnancy.
Genetic counseling mayhelp somecouples and families learnabout the risks and help with family planning.
Some of the complications can be prevented with appropriate treatment. For example, a cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator can greatly reduce the risk of sudden death due to an abnormal heart rhythm. Physical therapy may be able to prevent or delay contractures and improve quality of life.
Affected people may want to do DNA banking. DNA testing is recommended for those who are affected. This helps to identify the family gene mutation. Once the mutation is found, prenatal DNA testing, testing for carriers, and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis are possible.
Sarnat HB. Muscular dystrophies. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BM, St. Geme J, Schor N, Behrman RE, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 601.
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eon wrote: I have no idea what FTP or VO2 or kw/kg etc etc.
Not too complicated mate...
FTP is basically the best average power you can hold for a one hour best effort.
VO2 is not so important as few people ever get it tested, VO2 max is basically the upper ceiling, what I suppose is important is how you close you can get to it.
watts per kg... well you already know what that is... 90kgs 1st race / 70kgs last race ... more power / less weight.
Put it all together... your ftp is 300 watts / you weigh 70kgs ... your watts per kg is 4.28 w per kilo at ftp.
I am also trying to figure out how I can step up a level... basically sandbagging in Cat 2 now but could easily run around in Cat 1 now if I wanted to. But I have decided I want to stay in Cat 2 till June next year ( not so bad as the season here is finished til March now ). Mainly because I want to do some stage races as a Cat 2 rider ( Cat 1 and 2 are combined in these and the guys winning Cat 2 could "easily" win Club level Cat 1 races on the right day )
My plan is to drop another 8-10 kgs, hopefully up the power another 5%, be totally focused on these races and not worry about my form on the smaller races as they will be used as training.
So basically lots of tempo /sweet spot / ftp work till about March with at least 1 cyclocross race per week when possible through winter for intensity. Then using racing to build my form up for June... and having fun along the way .
PS... I don't and probably won't have a power meter, I don't use a heart rate moniter. So a speedo and an ability to make my self suffer will have to do .


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Nintendo is having a bad year. Revenues are off sharply, and profits are a distant memory. Earlier this month, one of the companies bringing forth a new title cancelled the launch because there just weren't enough customers remaining for the Wii. Just this last week Nintendo's President admitted to making a mistake by chasing casual gamers and abandoning serious gamers. I'll agree that was a mistake, but I think the real mistake was not seeing how much gaming development was moving to smartphones and iPads. Another mistake was bringing out a console that was behind in technology but profitable, and not cycling quickly. The final mistake was not having a plan B when the Wii fad wore out.
Let's talk about the Nintendo Train Wreck this week.
Wii vs. PlayStation 3 vs. Microsoft
Both Nintendo and Sony screwed up last cycle. Sony screwed up in an attempt to corner the market on next-generation DVD technology, creating a gaming system that initially cost twice as much to build as the $600 the company initial charged for it. (The market had never been that excited about products that cost over $400.) Sony did bring out a system that was advanced enough to remain technologically viable for over five years, but it took such a big cost hit early on that it nearly sank the company.
Nintendo took the other extreme. It brought out a system that could sell profitably for less than half of what the PS2 was priced at, but it was almost immediately out of date. It couldn't even support HD programing, and HDTVs were replacing SD in massive numbers. To make the Nintendo strategy work, they needed to update their console more quickly so it remained current and find a way to move the gaming content with them.
Microsoft was neither as far advanced as Sony with the Xbox 360, nor as far behind as Nintendo. It initially passed Sony, then took over when Nintendo stopped being a fad. Now the Xbox 360 leads the market.
Tablets and smartphones
For handheld players, game content has been moving to smartphones and tablets steadily. If you look at the revenue trend through 2011, it is wonder that the game companies have any left. And if you watch where people play the games, particularly with tablets, you see them in the same spaces where they used to play game systems: living rooms and bedrooms. You can only use one of these at a time, and the advantage of a tablet or smartphone is you can both play a game and watch TV at the same time. In a family; the family can still enjoy the TV while the kids are playing a game.
This is why they appear to have chewed through the casual game market first. Folks are not only playing largely casual games on these devices, they are playing them in the same places folks used to use their Wii consoles.
The opportunity for casual gaming consoles and handheld systems has nearly evaporated. Now as these platforms gain more and more performance, they'll begin to move up market. They are already pulling from budgets that might otherwise have gone to other game systems. In the near-term future, they could fully replace them unless those systems are advanced significantly.
Looking ahead: Are consoles dead?
The Atari (which created this segment) along with Commodore and Sega platforms are long gone. Only Nintendo survived from that initial wave, and currently, they are on death watch. Sony is only in better shape because it has broader business, but the company is hardly what anyone calls health. While Microsoft can likely last forever, even the Xbox is looking a bit old. Given a choice between an iPad and an Xbox, it would appear that most continue to pick an iPad.
However, everything is relative. The right advancements and games could return excitement to this segment, and it certainly has before. I do think the days of being able to keep a console unchanged for over five years are pretty much done. Consoles will likely have to sell closer to cost and be upgraded more often to remain current and interesting, because what they are competing with is updated significantly annually.
Lessons learned
Industries tend to be myopic. While Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo watched each other, Apple snuck in and stole their revenue, then Google slipstreamed Apple. If they had seen the threat in time, they (and particularly Nintendo) could have resourced a competitive response. Atari, for instance, stopped making consoles and instead started focusing on games alone.
In the end, this is a wakeup call. Play heads-up ball, or someone will take your ball away from you. Nintendo may not ever get its customers back, and if Sony and Microsoft don't get a clue, they'll likely follow Nintendo.
Few companies pull out of the kind of funk Nintendo is in, and I don't see anything from the company that suggests it will be an exception. So yes, tablets and smartphones did kill Nintendo. They may have killed the entire segment. We should know in a couple of years.
Guest contributor Rob Enderle is the founder and principal analyst for the Enderle Group, and one of the most frequently quoted tech pundits in the world. Opinion pieces denote the opinions of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of Digital Trends.
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After spending the 1930s as the Third Reich's principal cinematic chronicler, Leni Riefenstahl returned to fictional films with Tiefland.
According to Riefenstahl, she had refused to make any more propaganda pictures--for good reasons, she explained enigmatically--choosing instead to direct a period romance, based on an old Spanish play and opera by Eugen d'Albert. Riefenstahl cast herself as the central character, Marta, a Spanish dancer who becomes the romantic bone of contention between humble shepherd Franz Eichberger and imperious marquis Bernhard Minetti.
While the material seems to cry out for music, Riefenstahl plays the story straight, though much of the acting can certainly be described as operatic.
In one scene, the director utilized a band of gypsies as atmosphere extras; as soon as their scenes were completed, the gypsies were returned to their Nazi concentration camp--where most of them were doomed to extermination.
Personally financed by Riefenstahl, Tiefland was filmed between 1942 and 1944, which explains the presence of Maria Koppenhofer (who died in 1948). Final editing was not completed until around 1953, at which time Riefenstahl personally accompanied her print of the film to selected showings in Germany and Austria.


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apple pie, meet the no longer so elusive vegan butterscotch chips. thanks to Tamasin, you're going to be great friends.
I had a hard time deciding what to make first from Tamisan Noyes' diner-themed American Vegan Kitchen cookbook. Rather, I had a hard time getting her amazing-sounding Battered Avocado Wedges out of my head, and as it is, the book's theme offers so many possibilities!
Diners were a big part of my younger years and the default place to go…after anything. After your sister's dance recitals, Little League games where my team probably lost, awful school plays, late nights with friends where we'd obsess over the tabletop jukebox over crappy coffee and french fries. Years later, we'd return and sneak in Silk French Vanilla Creamer and really live it up. Before that, I probably drank as many vanilla eggcreams as I did water. And frankly, I think my grandparents were part of a try-every-single-diner-in-a-two hour radius association. I started to count on the NYDiners website and stopped focusing after scrolling by 80…which reminds me that the best facebook group I've ever joined just may be The Oconee East Diner Needs More Decorations and American Flags. Just saying.
Back to American Vegan Kitchen – It was seriously difficult getting the Battered Avocado Wedges out of my head. I flipped through the soups and entrees and started leaning towards the Cinnacrunch Muffins, yet my desire for avocado was still there – though I was trying to not go for such a guilty pleasure. After a cold shower, I realized pie could win this one, and decided on the Apple Butterscotch pie. I made it this weekend for an Easter-ish gathering at a friend's and it seemed to be a hit. I am quite a fan of the bit I tried before I left, and was told it was all gone later on!
No shocker. Remember what I said about apple pie and butterscotch chips? They're just so cute together!
Apple Butterscotch Pie from American Vegan Kitchen
FYI: Vegan Butterscotch Chips are sold at Price Chopper supermarkets in the New England area.. So, they're really margarine-sugar-chemical chips. One I'm saying is…buy them! Or be really nice to your friends who are around these stores. I heart my friends who share them.
And I bet if I ask my friends to come over to share Battered Avocado Wedges, they totally would. Hint hint.


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Sunday we reported on an interview with an MSI manager, who stated that internal research had shown that the return rate for the Linux version of MSI's Wind netbook was four times as high as that of the Windows XP version. He claimed that the unfamiliarity of people with Linux was the culprit. This claim sparked some serious discussion around the net, but now MSI's statement is being repeated by Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu.
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As any enlightened elf could tell you, it is better to give than to receive. When it comes to giving to charity, it can also be harder. Particularly if you want your money to be spent by the right people for the best reasons.
Is the charity legit? Is its mission sound? Are its finances in order? With Dec. 3 designated as the nation's second annual "Giving Tuesday," these and other Scrooge-like questions are worth pondering. And with holiday donation requests flooding our mailboxes, this is an excellent time to give ourselves the gift of nonprofit knowledge. If a list is good enough for Santa, it's good enough for the rest of us.
Think beyond the bank: People say no gift is too small, but if a monetary donation of any size is not within your budget, considering volunteering. For most charities, your time is as vital as your money. Research your favorite group's volunteer opportunities online, or check out sites like VolunteerMatch. It is always the right time of year to give charities a little piece of yourself.
"Charities need time, treasure and talent," said Adrienne Vargas, chief giving officer for the San Diego Foundation. "The food banks depend on people to sort potatoes. Meals on Wheels depends on people to deliver meals to seniors. Environmental groups depend on people to help clean up open spaces. Sweat equity definitely counts."
Roll out the research: Before you donate to a group, investigate it. For a no-frills guide to efficient giving, "Reinventing Philanthropy" author Eric Friedman suggests GiveWell. This charity evaluator puts out an extremely short, but deeply researched yearly list of its top charities based on how much a program accomplishes per dollar it spends.
For local advice, check out the San Diego Foundation's BetterGiving site, which offers an extensive list of vetted San Diego nonprofits. The lists can be searched by group name or philanthropic focus.
The Charity Navigator site evaluates nonprofits according to their financial health, transparency and accountability. You can also check out a charity's bona fides on GuideStar, which gathers information on every single IRS-registered nonprofit in the country.
"We recommend people sit down and really decide what is important and make a giving plan," said Bridget Strickland, program associate at the San Diego Women's Foundation, which awards its grants after a rigorous examination process. "Allow yourself time to think."
Pick and choose: For charities looking to tap into the Santa Claus spirit (and IRS tax-deduction deadlines), this is the most wonderful time of the year. For those of us with limited time and resources, the avalanche of donation requests is the guilty-conscience gift that will not stop giving.
So what is a well-meaning human to do? The experts suggest you start with a deep breath and a steady focus. What cause do you really care about? Who spends your money most efficiently? Which organization is working miracles in sub-Saharan Africa? Or your own backyard? Make your shortlist, then give yourself permission to hang up on charity telemarketers and toss those donation requests into the recycling bin.
"I always encourage people to search their own passion and to align their giving with that passion," Vargas said. "Start with something that is attractive to you and try to stick with that for awhile."
Think outside your box: Giving to causes or institutions that you care about is a no-brainer way to streamline your giving. Giving to groups that get a big bang for your buck is another.
Author Friedman is a big fan of the latter option. While he is a graduate of Stanford University and a resident of Oak Park, Ill., his go-to charity is the Against Malaria Foundation, a U.K.-based group that provides insecticide-treated nets to fight malaria in developing countries.
The AMF has been the top-ranked ranked GiveWell charity for the last three years, due in part to the program's impact on the reduction of malaria cases and to its cost-effectiveness. The disease has never touched Friedman personally, but what his method lacks in warm fuzzies it makes up for in results.
"A lot of people have criticized this approach. They think if people aren't particularly passionate about a cause, they don't give," Friedman said. "But I think a better way to look at it is, who is the most needy and where can your dollar be stretched the furthest? It is about doing as much good as possible, not doing a certain type of good."


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet -- Debra Borchardt: We are continuing to get all of these earnings releases. We got Google ( GOOG) yesterday after the close. Jim, it was pretty good and the market liked what they heard. Jim Cramer: Google is another story, not dissimilar to IBM . Previous quarter was terrible plus it was released in the middle of the day, in other words, amateur hour and the conference call was amateur hour and a lot of things you wanted to see. It looked like they didn't have mobile down like the first Facebook ( FB) quarter where it was at 28 and went down to 18. Cost seemed to be out of control. When you get these situations where a stock misses and then it climbs, right. Now, see that one, remember, it climbed back from the abyss that it had come into. There will a lot of people who will say "Fool me once - not fool me twice. This company is going to screw up again." This was not a screw up. The costs were totally in line. They laid out a mobile strategy. They talked about the Chrome being great. They talked about Motorola. Don't worry about the cost. Don't worry, we're going to be fine. It's not our business to be unprofitable and so all in all you have a story that is a way to be able to play the desk top for mobile, which a lot of people felt they weren't delivering like Facebook when people felt they weren't delivering. Then they turned around and offered a strategy and there was a lot to like from Google. It's not that expensive of a stock. Debra Borchardt: That's what I was going to say, it does seem when you look at the actual price of the stock it seems very high but when you look at the chart it does seem like their making a real steady move up. Jim Cramer: A huge amount of cash, advertising coming back, if Europe comes back, it's a very big Europe play. They talked about China - although they don't have the China that we think of, but they've added a lot of products. They bought a lot of companies. They are an obviously vicious competitor to Apple ( GOOG)with their Android. This Chrome is a better selling PC than almost anything out there. You can go to the top of Amazon ( GOOG)and look. You put it all together and you say, "You know what? They've got their act together." It's always difficult to think that in any given three-month period that people will get their act together. The legendary Andrew Grove who helped build Intel ( INTC)wrote a book called Only the Paranoid Survive, and he said that in three months companies should be able to get their act together and we saw it in Facebook and we saw it in Google and it's for real. I like Google. Debra Borchardt: All right. Jim likes Google here folks. --Written by Debra Borchardt in New York. >To contact the writer of this article, click here: Debra Borchardt. Follow @WallandBroad
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Lightning Re-Sign Forward Pierre-Cedric Labrieby Staff Writer / Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Pierre-Cedric Labrie to a one-year, one-way contract today, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced.
Labrie, 26, skated in 19 games with the Lightning last season, recording two goals and three points with 30 penalty minutes. He scored his first career National Hockey League goal on April 2 versus the Ottawa Senators. Labrie set career highs for games played, goals, points, plus/minus (plus-2) and penalty minutes this past season. The Baie-Comeau, Quebec native also appeared in 39 games last season with the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League, collecting 11 goals and 18 points with 83 penalty minutes.
The 6-foot-3, 234-pound forward has skated in 33 career NHL games with the Lightning over the past two seasons, registering two goals and five points to go along with 45 penalty minutes. Labrie has played in 350 career AHL games with the Manitoba Moose, Peoria Rivermen, Norfolk Admirals and Crunch, amassing 50 goals and 119 points to go along with 610 penalty minutes. He also won the Calder Cup with the Admirals in 2012.
An undrafted forward, Labrie was originally signed by the Vancouver Canucks on July 9, 2007.
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It's been almost two years since Atlantic Tractor moved from their Main Street location in Clayton to around the corner on Railroad Avenue. While some have questioned what would become of the old Clements Supply property, the wait is over as local residents have purchased the building.
Clayton residents Ed and Cheryl Ide purchased 315 N. Main St. last year and plans are starting to come together for the building.
"We just liked the building and it's potential," Ed Ide said on the purchase. "It sits at the center of the town. We like historic buildings."
The first floor of the building sits at roughly 12,000 square feet, with about 7,000 square feet on the second floor. There's also a stone parking lot next to the property.
Ide said there's a computer data storage business that will be on the first floor with an entrance on Clayton Avenue. The back part of the first floor will be used as a warehouse for the construction division of Ide's business, i3a.
As for the rest of the first floor, the Ides aren't 100 percent sure of the plans but there's been interest expressed for a market.
"We have heard many town folks requesting somewhat of a market where you can buy bread and milk," Ide said. "We're also thinking of adding a restaurant component to it."
Ide said he and Cheryl wouldn't have time to run a market because they have so many other things going on; however, if someone is interested they'll listen to them.
"We want to make sure it's done right," Ide said.
Before plans came be made to put a market into the property, Ide said the renovations need to be done. Interior renovations were already started to allow for the computer business to move in. Ide said exterior renovations will more than likely begin this summer; he expects them to take about six months.
"We're going to try to restore the building the best we that we can. It may not look exactly like it did in the past but that's our goal is to try to keep that same feel," Ide said.
This isn't the first historic building the Ides have purchased. They bought 1 N. Main St. in Smyrna and will renovate it. They also renovated the Old Smyrna Theater that houses Painted Stave Distillery and i3a. Ide said he likes working on historic buildings because they are a challenge.
"They're difficult to work with and I think there's a sense of pride being able to bring life back into them," Ide said. "It's too easy to just tear a building down and build a new building."
Ide has gotten some good responses from residents in the community regarding the purchase of the property. He said residents are glad the Ides purchased the building and town officials have proved to be very helpful.
Town Foreman Jeff Hurlock has previously said he's happy the building will be renovated.
Mayor Tom Horn is thrilled the Ides purchased the building and thinks the town is fortunate to have an individual invest money into Clayton.
"I was worried it would become a dilapidated building and an eye sore," Horn said. "This is absolutely a positive thing for Clayton. Any of Ed's projects in the past have been very successful and I hope this will do the same thing for Clayton."


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Again: Why? Error correction is a simple but time-consuming task that can easily be done by the disk hardware (i.e. a co-processor). There's no point in moving it to the filesystem layer - that would hurt performance because then the CPU had to do it, and not bring any advantage (at least I cannot see any advantage).
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Indeed. The hardware should guarantee correctness and throw an error. In fact, I believe that it already does sector CRCs. (I distinctly rememer that my Seagate ST- 4096 80MB drive did this back in the late 80s. A CRC-11 IIRC.) It may well be that the CRC is too short to be effective on today's hardware, but that can be remedied. Why are we going out of our way to let the hardware manufacturers off the hook for selling what can only reasonably be described as defective hardware? (Hi, Western Digital! You lead the pack on this.) While I respect the ZFS feature set, I can't help but feel that some people are so caught up in the "ZFS is cool!" mindset that they fail to recognize where it is actually taking us a step backwards.
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Often I wake up in the morning and read an article from one of the many magazines that are delivered to my mailbox every month. This morning as I lay in bed sifting through the October issue of Elle Magazine, I happened upon an article about a woman afflicted with Scoliosis. For those that don't know it's basically a slight to severe curvature of the spine that causes terrible pain for those who have it. She talked about how from the ages of 14- 21 she had to wear a metal back brace for 23 hours a day. She talked about the freedom she felt when she was allowed to remove her "armor" as she called it. She stressed that 20 years after her brace was removed the importance of exercise on a everyday basis keeps her from having to ever wear that brace again. She talked about the strength as well as the insecurity it tattooed into her for life.
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But when your are able to following that from a technical point of view and don't absolutely need some application running natively under some Windows, well, why not installing Linux or .. GOSH ..even some *BSD?
To make my point more clear, what we have here is again one of the countless proposals to overcome the inherent deficiencies of common commercial software. Which is about layering layer after layer on top of another until it is getting so complex that its internals are not understandable anymore as a whole.
Other aspects of that are the here mentioned agendas of Adobe with Flash and Microsoft with its Silverlight. Apart from the managabiltity of that stack of layers upon layers, ever thougth about the systems one needs to comfortably running that?
You can see that from an ecological, or practical point of view. Ecological insofar as that more complex software wastes more wattage, practical insofar as that this model is impractical for the coming ultramobile devices and ambient network infrastructure.
So we have a whole other side of software and operating system development, which is free and does care about such matters, which is actually REFACTORING the best pieces of proven to be successful code into something which is getting better and better all the time, and is MORE managable.
Why not use it when you care about that at all?


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Panasonic's Industrial Medical Vision (IMV) division will present its new 3D anatomy system at the Societa' Italiana Di Anatomia (SIAI) congress in Ferrara, Italy.
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I just got home from Target Field. I took my soon-to-be-four-year-old daughter to the game and we had a really great time. The highlight was the absolute blast by Michael Cuddyer, a three run homer that gave the Twins a 4-0 lead. The other highlight was the second terrific game in a row for Wilson Ramos.
As you recall, as spring training went along, the biggest roster question involved the backup catcher. Should the team go with the defensive minded Drew Butera? Or should they go with top prospect Wilson Ramos? At the time, the answer was easy. Ramos only had 56 games above the A ball level.
Drew Butera was a slightly better defensive catcher, and at 26, we didn't care if he would play very little. We all knew that he wouldn't hit at all, and I don't think anyone should have realistically expected him to hit much at all. His defense, in my mind at least, has been as good as advertised. He does a good job of blocking pitches. He has done a very nice job working with pitchers and calling games. And he has a good arm. However, it is also possible that Butera's offense may be even worse than the hype. He was overmatched by AA and AAA pitchers, so it makes sense that he would really struggle with big league pitchers.
In my book, I have Ramos ranked as the team's #2 prospect, behind only Aaron Hicks. There was never any question about the talent of Wilson Ramos. No, I don't think anyone would expect him to notch four hits in his first Major League game. And even fewer people had predicted that he would have seven hits in his first two games. But there was never any questioning his bat. We all know that he can hit for average and should eventually hit for power, although nothing in his minor league record really indicates that. However, the scouting side of the game, where you look at his size and his swing, and it's pretty clear he has a ton of power potential.
But what has changed since the end of spring training? Yes, Wilson Ramos has started his big league career by going 7-9 (.778) through two games as the team's starting catcher. He has done an adequate job behind the plate. That is definitely making people forget that in his time at AAA Rochester, he hit just .179.
So depending on how long Joe Mauer is out, what are the Twins to do when he is able to come back? As I see it, they have four options, and I will briefly discuss each and then ask for your comments and thoughts on the situation.
Option #1 - Trade Joe Mauer - I mean, imagine what the Twins could do with an extra $22.5 million each year for nearly the next decade. I mean, Ramos is embarking upon a Hall of Fame caliber career, right? Think of what they could get in terms of prospects and who they could get in future free agency. For some reason, I see this option being quite unlikely.
Option #2 - Send Drew Butera to Rochester - This would mean, of course, that Wilson Ramos is the team's backup catcher. With Jim Thome and Jason Kubel around, Ramos would get very few games as the team's DH. He would likely play only slightly more than Butera has. Sure, he could take batting practice in the big leagues every day, and occasionally be a right-handed pinch hitter, but he would not play much. Unless there was a follow up transaction where the team dealt Delmon Young, Jason Kubel or Jim Thome, so that Ramos can play nearly daily, I just don't think this option makes much sense. You don't want to stunt the growth of prospects of this caliber.
Option #3 - Send Wilson Ramos back to Rochester - Again, unless Ron Gardenhire explains to Bill Smith exactly how he is going to find 10-15 plate appearances for Ramos each week, Smith should keep Ramos playing nearly every day in Rochester so if there is another time this season that Mauer needs some time off, Ramos can come up and be ready to contribute, as he has been this time. Obviously this is the option that makes the most sense to me. That said, when we get to late July and August, I would want Ramos to be on the roster and ready to play. There is no question that Ramos will be on the Twins rosters on August 31.
Option #4 - Trade Wilson Ramos - This option seems to be the one that a lot of people want. They look at how highly Ramos is thought of, and how he has played for two days and say that he is really helping his trade value. Well, first of all, every scout and general manager in baseball already knew how good Ramos was, and also, they are smart enough not to overreact to two excellent games at the start of a career. Legendary baseball writer Peter Gammons really got this topic going when he said that the Red Sox were very interested in acquiring the Twins catcher. Names like Daniel Bard and Clay Buchholz came to mind. Some want to add a piece to the 2010 roster that can hopefully put the Twins over the top, not only in the AL Central, but in the American League. My assumption, however, is that no player that the Twins could acquire in exchange for Ramos would be better for the Twins than Ramos. Also, Ramos can be very good for the Twins for at least the next six years. That should not be overlooked.
So, what do I think? My opinion is that you just role with the original plan. When Mauer comes back, you let Ramos go back to Rochester and continue to improve by playing nearly every day. Butera spells Mauer once every eight or nine games. The wild card to the scenario is Jose Morales. If he is not going to debut with the Twins until the end of May, he should be put on the 60 day disabled list. That would open up a spot for Anthony Slama to be added to the 40 man roster and called up to the Twins. But when Morales is back, it will be easier to justify giving Mauer more time off, but is that really a good thing? If Mauer gets hurt and misses any time in the future again, Ramos will again be ready. Either way, I would promote Ramos before the August 31 deadline for postseason rosters.
Ramos is such a great prospect that he is one you make room for. When the team deemed Joe Mauer ready (having spent just a half-season at AA), they traded All-Star AJ Pierzynski. Ramos is a similar player (without Mauer's ability to walk... ok, without most players ability to walk), and the Twins will have to make a tough roster decision this offseason to find a spot for Ramos in the starting lineup starting in 2011.
I have spelled it out several times in the last two years or more, but I would love to see a scenario in which Joe Mauer catches 110 games a season and Ramos catches about 52 games. In most of the games Mauer catches, I would like to see Ramos DH. And in the games Ramos catches, Mauer could DH. Because there are two players accounting for two starting positions, then Gardenhire can still have Jose Morales on the roster as the backup catcher. However, to make such a scenario possible in 2011, Jim Thome will likely not be back and either Delmon Young or Jason Kubel would have to be traded.
Listen, I am as excited as anyone about Wilson Ramos. I have been very high on him for over three years. I think his potential is remarkable. I also believe that the best thing for his growth and development, as a 22-23 year old, is to play. Drew Butera and Jose Morales are already 26-27 years old, they are what they are and that is just fine in a backup role. But Ramos can be so much more, and it would be unfortunate if they didn't let him develop properly.
We would love to hear your thoughts. Please feel free to comment.
Here are some more TwinsCentric things to check out:
- Parker investigated something that Bert Blyleven observed during Sunday's Francisco Liriano start that is very interesting.
- John will be on the Power Trip Morning Show on Tuesday mornings at 7:20 a.m. You can listen on KFAN, its affiliates or KFAN.com.
- Seth had two Twins minor league pitchers making news in the last week on his Weekly Twins Podcast on Sunday night. Kyle Gibson discussed his complete game shutout, and Dan Osterbrock talked about his no-hitter from Saturday night.
- Seth will be joined by co-host Travis Aune on Twins Minor League Weekly tonight at 10:00. The two will discuss the Twins minor league system and hopefully be joined by some Twins minor leaguers as well.
- Seth joined Fox9's Jim Rich and Seth Kaplan on Monday afternoon's Sports on Demand. You will be able to watch the full show here.
- Seth wrote a guest post for former espn.com minor league guru John Sickels on his site MinorLeagueBall.com. The article discussed Five Twins Prospects that people may not have heard of... yet.
- Parker, Seth and Sooze will be hopping on the Twins Train for a trip to Detroit in July. If you are interested, check out their site and see what you get on the trip. It should be a lot of fun.
- Finally, again, mark your calendar for May 15th. TwinsCentric will be hosting another Twins Viewing Party. While the Twins head to Yankees Stadium to take on the defending World Champions, join us at Majors in Bloomington to watch the game and talk baseball.
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While Amazon Instant Video has been available on streaming set-top boxes like the Roku 2 and DVR boxes like the TiVo, the release of Amazon Instant Video on the PlayStation 3 marks the first time that the online retailer has made licensed video content available on a gaming console. Identical to the way the application works on other platforms, Amazon Prime subscribers are able to watch more than 17,000 TV shows and movies similar to Netflix's core functionality. The online retailer has been aggressively expanding the amount of content available to Prime subscribers over the past year after making deals with companies like Magnolia, Discovery, and Viacom.
While Amazon Prime customers can take advantage of the streaming library of titles, the selection of premium content available for purchase doesn't differ significantly to the premium content available on both Vudu and CinemaNow.
Content is priced identically as well. For instance, a high definition version of episode 1 of HBO's Game of Thrones costs both $3.99 on Amazon Instant Video as well as Vudu. However, Amazon does not specify if the episode is offered in 720p or 1080p on the product page while Vudu clearly offers both versions for the same price. Users of Amazon Instant Video and Vudu will see similar pricing for purchasing entire seasons of recently aired television shows.
In order to use the Amazon Instant Video on the PlayStation 3, users must install the application through the XMB menu and launch the application from the section that also includes apps like Netflix, Vudu and Hulu Plus. Similar to the other third party applications, the Amazon Instant Video app isn't integrated with the PlayStation Store digital wallet and users need to link up the app with their personal Amazon account. Once the PS3 hardware is linked to the account, users will be able to take advantage of the cloud sync feature. For instance, a commuter could start watching War Horse on the Kindle Fire and finish the film on the PS3 once they have arrived home.


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A source said, they will open their application for TARA 5 in March 2011
News about upcoming TARA5 application this yearLAOAG CITY, Oct. 20 (PIA) Get ready for season 5 of the reality game show The Amazing Race Asia as it goes to Ilocos Norte.The municipalities of Burgos, Bangui and Pagudpud in Ilocos Norte will be the shows trail for season 5 which will be aired in next years episode.The US-based reality show chose the seven great wonders Ilocos Norte for the utilization of the shows venue.The Amazing Race Asia 5The Amazing Race Asia Season 5 goes to Ilocos NorteThese spots include the Kaangrian falls, Avis falls, The Cape Bojedour which is thehighest light house in Asia, the famous Kapurpurawan rock formation all from Burgos, the Patapat bridge, the beaches of Pagudpud, and the first windmills in Asia located in Bangui.Mayor Chrisente Garcia of Burgos said, the team of the show were mesmerized with the tourist spots in our place and decided to shoot the episodes of the show here, upon the initiative of our provincial governor.This is good because this will also be part of promoting tourism in our place, he added.The seven stop-overs in the place compliment the component and the game orientation of the show.Basically, the structure of the race is for the teams to travel to different locations by following the route information, perform some various tasks, and checking in at the Pit Stop.Teams normally complete all the tasks and check in at the Pit Stop before they are eliminated. Occasionally, on an elimination leg, if all other teams have checked in and the last team is very far behind, Route Markers may instruct them to go directly to the Pit Stop without completing the rest of the leg.Milagros Gonzales, Chief of Department of Tourism Field office in Ilocos Norte, together with the mayor of Burgos, is currently having their field inspection to places where the show will commence.The participants for the competition will be arriving this December to start the race. (ANL/CJD-PIA 1 Ilocos Norte)
On your mark, READY!GET SET!GO!!!! so happy to know something about TARA again!
There is no TARA 5 so far. No applications, no auditions, no publicity. There IS TARaus 2 which is running now, and TAR 20 on the way. Sorry franz.
Quote from: georgiapeach on November 19, 2011, 08:54:31 AMThere is no TARA 5 so far. No applications, no auditions, no publicity. There IS TARaus 2 which is running now, and TAR 20 on the way. Sorry franz. we will see on monday what tar or what season or whatsoever hahai cant wait on monday. i hope our boss is not kidding on us.but definitely, somebody someone is exiting manila on monday . still dunno who lol
I agree with you, but it's worth noting McKay's also putting a lot of effort into TAR Israel, and that's been nothing short of dreadful both times.
I am HAPPY with ANY version of TARA as long as it still goes on EVEN if it sucked. I generally enjoyed TARA 1,3 and 4!
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The title of this blog is entirely misleading. But I could not figure out what else to use so there it is. Read on...
I was born with something in my gut, something I'll call a "savior complex," for want of better words. I've never been a bawl-bag of compassion but somewhere deeper inside I've always cared. And I've been cursed with the ability to see people hurting. For some thirty years or so I thought the answer to fixing people's suffering was god. I was stupid, of course,…Continue
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NYSE Euronext is the Global Leader in IPO Proceeds Raised for Second Consecutive Year
NYSE Euronext is the Global Leader in IPO Proceeds Raised for Second Consecutive Year
- Raised $36 billion in total global proceeds from 117 IPOs
- Led the U.S. market in listing with 79 transactions, 23 technology IPOs and 16 transfers
- In Europe, raised €2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) in proceeds on 25 new listings
NEW YORK & AMSTERDAM & BRUSSELS & LISBON & LONDON & PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NYSE Euronext (NYX), for the second consecutive year, raised more proceeds from Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) than any other global exchange group in 2012 with $36 billion in total global proceeds raised from 117 IPOs and listed the majority of U.S. technology IPOs. In the U.S., the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NYSE MKT combined led the market with 79 IPOs and 16 transfers. In Europe, NYSE Euronext welcomed 25 new listings, with approximately €2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) in proceeds raised.
"Issuers successfully raised more IPO capital on NYSE Euronext markets than any other exchange in 2012, despite the lingering uncertainty that weighed on the global economy," said Scott Cutler, EVP, Head of Global Listings at NYSE Euronext. "We're especially proud to be the U.S. leader in new technology listings and market transfers. This success spans from our superior market quality and innovative technology platform, the strength of our global brand and world-class issuer community, and our commitment to providing best in class services and unprecedented value to our customers."
"Looking to 2013, the IPO pipeline is very strong with nearly $17 billion in deals pending," Cutler added. "We look to continue our success in attracting quality issuers to our markets, delivering unsurpassed value to these companies and their shareholders, and contributing to economic growth and well-being throughout the world."
New Home for a New Generation of Tech Innovators
In 2012, 52% of U.S. technology IPOs listed on NYSE, making NYSE Euronext the leader in technology IPOs in the U.S. and new home for a new generation of tech innovators. Among the technology-based listings on NYSE in 2012 were: Exact Target Inc. (NYS: ET) , Millennial Media Inc. (NYS: MM) , Palo Alto Networks (NYS: PANW) , Service Now Inc (NYS: NOW) , Workday (NYS: WDAY) and Yelp Inc. (NYS: YELP) .
In addition to capturing high growth sectors, NYSE Euronext continued to attract listings from leading U.S. consumer brand names in 2012, including Annie's Inc. (NYS: BNNY) , Burger King Corporation (NYS: BKW) , Restoration Hardware Holdings Inc. (NYS: RH) and Tumi Holdings Inc. (NYS: TUMI) .
The company also continued to attract leading global companies from all over the world to its U.S. platform. Manchester United (NYS: MANU) from the U.K., Santander Mexico (NYS: BSMX) the second largest U.S. IPO in 2012, and Vipshop Holdings Limited (NYS: VIPS) from China, were some of the leading international companies that listed on NYSE this year.
Leader in U.S. Transfers
Companies continue to transfer to NYSE Euronext because they value the global listings venue, branding, visibility and tailored customer services the company offers. In 2012, 16 companies moved or announced transfer to NYSE Group (15 to NYSE, 1 to NYSE MKT) with six departures from the NYSE and three from NYSE MKT. Of the 15 companies that moved or announced transfer to the NYSE in 2012, three were among the top 100 largest companies by market capitalization listed on Nasdaq - Infosys Ltd. (NYS: INFY) , TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation (NYS: AMTD) and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (NYS: TEVA) . Both Teva and Infosys were previously in the Nasdaq-100 Index.
Continued to Welcome Top European Listings and Support Small and Medium Enterprises
In 2012, NYSE Euronext welcomed 25 listings in Europe from a variety of sectors including healthcare, consumer goods, technology and telecommunications, raising total IPO proceeds of €2.7 billion ($3.5 billion) and representing an aggregate market capitalization of €22.8 billion ($30 billion). Key listings on NYSE Euronext's European platforms included: Ziggo (Euronext: ZIGGO), the Dutch cable operator launched NYSE Euronext's largest European IPO in 2012 on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam, D.E. Masterblenders 1753 (Euronext: DE), the spin-off from ex-Sara Lee Corp, also listed on NYSE Euronext in Amsterdam; Groupe Eurotunnel (Euronext: GET), the first company to be admitted to trading on NYSE Euronext in London and BTG Pactual (Alternext: BTGP), Brazil's largest investment bank listed on NYSE Alternext in Amsterdam.
NYSE Euronext's European market continues to welcome listings from Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), companies with less than €1 billion ($1.3 billion) in market capitalization. In 2012, 18 of the 25 new listings were from SMEs, which raised a total of €254 million ($334 million) at IPO. These transactions highlight the significant role of NYSE Euronext in the financing of SMEs in Europe, providing access to capital to help them grow and develop their businesses. In addition, NYSE Euronext announced on December 5th its plans to launch a pan-European exchange for small and medium‐sized companies, developed in consultation with all of its European markets.
Advocacy Milestones
NYSE Euronext continues to advocate for and provide its clients around the world with an active voice on key policy, governance and regulatory matters. In the U.S., the company was deeply involved in the development and passage of the JOBS Act, which is aimed at helping emerging growth companies access the public markets more efficiently, and also launched the NYSE Big StartUp, a small business and job creation initiative. In Europe, in addition to its support of SMEs, the company continued to support the review of MiFID 2.
To learn more about NYSE Euronext's global listings performance in 2012, please click here to view Scott Cutler's discussion of these results.
Please visit the NYSE Euronext IPO Center to learn more about NYSE Euronext's listings business and trends in the IPO market.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets — the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca — represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
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CauseThe domain registration cycle in PBA depends on the domain service template configuration. If the domain service template is configured to acquire name servers from POA, the last step of the cycle is creating the domain in POA. If the domain service template has the name server set explicitly, the domain is not created in POA.
ResolutionTo resolve the issue for particular domain, do the following:
- Log in to the POA CP as the customer.
- Open the Domain Overview > Domain Administration submenu of the Navigation menu.
- Click Add existing domain registered elsewhere. The "adding new domain" wizard starts.
- Input the full domain name to the Domain field. Change the Zone management ability and Mail Hosting settings if necessary.
- Click Next >> to proceed to the next step. Verify the information and click Finish if everything is intact.
- Log in to POA as the vendor.
- Open the Operations Director > Domain Manager > Domains submenu of the Navigation tree.
- Enter the domain added from the customer CP.
- Click Edit.
- Change the Registrar Status to Ready.
- Click Save to confirm the changes.
System behavior for new domain registrations/transfers can be adjusted as described below.
- Acquiring name servers from POA requires the POA hosting template to include the resource DNS hosting. Make sure that this resource is present in the hosting service template if the domain is purchased with hosting, or in the default DNS template if the domain is purchased without hosting.
- Name servers can be acquired from POA only if one pair is configured. If you plan to use two pairs of name servers (i.e., NS1+NS2 and NS3+NS4), the name servers have to be set in the domain service template explicitly.
- Log in to the PBA CP as the vendor.
- Open the Product Director > Plan Manager > Service Template submenu of the Navigation tree.
- Enter the desired domain service template properties.
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- Click the [...] button and select PEM DNS Controller from the list that opens.
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Dossier 17: Letter to the Taliban
Publication Author:Muslim Women's Organisations
Date:September 1997
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number of pages:170
Wish To:
Ask the leadership of the Taliban to clarify their position on the status and role of Afghan women in society.
Recall That:
Fourteen centuries ago Islam liberated women and guaranteed them dignity and full rights to participate in the building and well-being of their communities at all levels.
The right of women to work outside of the home was secured and recognized.
The right and obligation of women as well as men to seek knowledge and education was mandated in the Qur'an and confirmed in the Hadith.
Women appearing in public without face covering was allowed.
And the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, in times of war did not restrict women but, involved them in the whole process and quickly punished any men attempting to mistreat or abuse women.
Call upon our Muslim brothers of the Taliban movement to:
Ensure the respect and dignity of Afghan women according to the tenets and teachings of Islam by:
Swiftly punishing any instigators of acts of violence against women.
Immediately remove all alleged restrictions to access to education, work, and public movement of women and girls.
To demonstrate to the world by their positive action in regard to girls and women that Islam is not a religion which is anti-knowledge, anti-wisdom, and anti-women.
Aida Krzic (The Islamic Community in Bosnia-Hercegovina)
Seremet Bahrija (Women 21) Sarajevo
Salma Maouludi (Tanzania Muslim Women)
Nafize Sisman (Project Production Group) Turkey
Munire Yarar (Autumn Initiative Group) Turkey
Najwa Abdulwahab, Britain
Mehlika Misiroglu, Turkey
Merve Kavakei (Refah Party Women's Commission) Turkey
Batoul Moh (International Organization for Muslim Women) Sudan
Bilqis Al-Sharie (International Organization for Muslim Women) Yemen
Aisha Lemu (Federation of Muslim Women's Associations in Nigeria) Nigeria
Saddeka M. Arebi, U.S.A.
Senay Akar (Multi-Cultural Education Training Center for Muslim Women) Koln, Germany
Eidch Mustafa Mutlaq (General Federation of Jordanian Women) Amman, Jordan
Irwani A. Jaffar (Muslim Converts Association of Singapore) Singapore
Suba Taji Farouki, Britain
Maimuna Sanchez (Azzaagra Cultural Association) Granada, Spain
Sharifa Alkhateeb (The North American Council for Muslim Women) U.S.A.
Sharifah Aminah (Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia-ABIM) Malaysia
Wisal al Mahdi (International Union for Muslim Women) Sudan
Fawzia Al-Ashmawi (International Islamic Relief Organization) Switzerland
Homayra Etemadi (International Working Group on Refugee and Displaced Women) Geneva


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G2610, Reviewed October 1993
Ultrasonic sound waves of about 2 million cycles per second can pass through living tissue. Used to determine sheep pregnancy, these sound waves are painless and have no harmful after-effects to the ewe or fetus.
The working part of the instrument is the transducer; it transmits and receives the sound waves. The transducer may take various shapes and may be located on various positions on the pregnancy checking unit. It may also be attached permanently to the unit or may be connected by a shielded cable. A crystal in the transducer converts electrical energy into sound energy, which is sent into the animal. These sound waves do not travel through air; consequently, air must be sealed out with a non-detergent motor oil or other appropriate sealant.
When these sound waves encounter interfaces of different kinds of tissue — skin, fat, lean, or connective — they are reflected back to the transducer, converted to electrical energy and analyzed.
If the instrument receives signals that indicate pregnancy, the instrument indicates this with a steady light or signal, or both.
Results of an MU study evaluating the pregnancy detector Scanopreg* on sheep are summarized:
Based on lambing dates, the average day of gestation when pregnancy was detected by the Scanopreg was day 57. This is comparable to the 60 day recommendation offered by Scanopreg manufacturers.
As soon as the ewe becomes pregnant, the uterus begins to fill with fluid. The weight of the pregnant uterus causes it to sink downward through the intestines to the bottom of the abdominal wall. As gestation progresses, fluid continues to expand the uterus forward and to the animal's right side. At about 60 days, there is enough uterine fluid to be detected by ultrasonic techniques. Beyond 120 days, the fetus fills the uterus and ultrasonic methods can no longer detect pregnancy.
To diagnose pregnancy, the sound beam must be aimed correctly. Hold the probe flat against the non-wooly area of the right flank, 2 to 3 inches forward to the right nipple. Aim the sound beam forward about 35 degrees and toward the opposite side behind the last rib. The urinary bladder is just behind the uterus. If the sound beam is directed through it, the instrument gives an erroneous pregnant signal.
For accuracy, the ewe should be standing in a normal position. Two people speed pregnancy checking when one catches and holds the ewes while the other makes the check.
Good contact is essential, so use sufficient oil to dissolve any foreign substance or flaked dried skin scales. If the instrument light flickers, apply more oil for good contact.
In most cases, when checking bred ewes that are 60 or more days into gestation, the instrument signals pregnancy almost immediately after the probe contacts the flank.
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Topic: Fan Fic: Echoes of the Jedi
I started this one a while ago, not sure if I'll write anymore but figured I'd throw it in...
I'll never forget that day on Corescant, I had been away from the Jedi Temple dealing with business on the other side of the city planet. The call to come home had sounded and I had immediately acted upon it. I had taken a fast cab through the upper city levels to get to a larger transport hub.
As I made it to the transit lounge the call changed to the stay away tone. To say I was confused would be an understatement. Something had to be very wrong. I had moved to the inner lounge were holo-casts were playing. I was distressed to see the Jedi Temple displayed under siege by Republic Clone Troopers. There were reports of the Jedi going rogue and I knew I had to get a change of clothing.
Eyes in the room were starting to notice me. They turned on me quickly and just as quickly turned away. What was I to do? It was pretty obvious that I was a Jedi. I wore my robes with pride. I may not be the most gallant figure of a man but I always thought I wore the robes rather well.
I moved swiftly out of the Inner Transit Lounge and found a small shopping district where I convinced the vendor to trade the clothing I wanted for what I was wearing. Colours had never been my suit and to be wearing dark blue slacks, a cream shirt and sky blue coat seemed very odd. I suppose the blue would bring out the colour of my eyes, at least that's what the vendor kept telling me.
I kept my lightsabre in the jacket pocket. I wasn't ready to give it up just yet. I knew that it marked me for a Jedi but I had been taught that my life would often depend on it. Somehow I had a feeling that now was one of those times.
I used the Jedi Mind Trick to convince the clothing vendor that I had never been there and I was so glad that I did. Only moments after I had left the stall I saw a squad of troopers begin inspecting all the stalls.
My master had once said to be that the best method of blending in was to act like those around you and to appear perfectly confident that you should be in that particular environment. I took that advice and browsed a shop only several metres away. The troopers passed me with little interest as they continued their search.
I moved away and sort out a different Transit Lounge. I didn't want to be recognised in the one I had been previously occupying.
A shout echoed behind me as the Troopers found my discarded robes. There was a flurry of movement and shouting at the vendor but I just kept walking. Once at the Transit Lounge I checked for the next upcoming flights.
Since I'd been out in the field I had been fortunate enough to take one of my alternate passports with me. I would be travelling under the name of Jusken Webb, which was not that dissimilar to my real name of Jen'el Weaver.
The choices of destination were quite vast but for some reason I decided to go to Dantooine. It was as if the Force was guiding me in that direction as I had no other reason to pick the planet. I had not been there before nor did I know anyone there. It seemed a good place to hide.
I had some recollection of Jedi once having a base on Dantooine. But that was ancient history. I knew that no Jedi had been on Dantooine recently so there was little worry of the Troopers finding me.
It was so puzzling. Why were the troopers hunting us? What had provoked them to turn on their allies? As I waited for my ship I continued watching the holo-casts in bewilderment. Betrayal, mutiny and alternate agenda were just some of the stated reasons for the sudden turn on the Jedi. I watched the holo-casts with growing horror as I realised that many of my fellow Jedi in the field had been slaughtered by the soldiers they had been fighting with so intimately for so long.
I knew the Troopers were human, yes they were clones but they were also individuals in their own right. How could they possibly kill a being that had been fighting with them for so long? Was loyalty so fragile?
So many questions racked my brain. I felt as if my very world was turned upside down. I wondered how many Jedi had actually survived the slaughter. I couldn't be the last, I felt it deep in my soul, the Force would have indicated it to me if it were so. I'd felt disturbances in the last hour or so. They had only increased until there was nothing but a feeling of emptiness. But I was not alone. I couldn't be. Could I?
My contemplation was disturbed as I heard the Public Announcement state that my transport had arrived. I realised that all the other passengers that shuffled slowly to the terminal had some sort of hand luggage. Not wanting to look out of place I quickly moved to one of the in-lounge shops. I had enough time to buy a bag and a few articles of clothing along with some basic hygiene items. I packed the bag and quickly joined the decreasing line.
Once on board I was directed to my seat. I was sitting between a grumpy looking male Twi'lek and a human female who didn't look that much younger than me. She smiled at me as I sat down beside her. "I'm so excited,†she gushed.
"Going home?†I asked as I buckled up.
"Yeah, is it that obvious?†She said looking slightly embarrassed.
"Just an assumption, my next would be that you're seeing a loved one.†I informed her.
She grinned, "Well I will be seeing my family. It seems so long since I last saw them.â€Â
"So you've been away for a while?†I asked to keep up the conversation.
"Eight months now, I came to the Core for work but I don't really like it here. It's too busy,†she started then gulped, "You don't live here do you?â€Â
"I have for most of my life,†I replied and watched as her face steadily turned red.
"Oh I'm sorry. You must think me so rude.†She said looking very flustered.
"Don't worry about it. I think we all have some attachments to our home worlds.†I said in attempt to calm the girl.
"Oh no, it's your home world isn't it?†She said looking utterly deflated.
I chuckled to lighten the moment, "No it's not my home world. But the last time I was on my home world I was too young to remember it.â€Â
"So where were you born?†She asked seemingly glad to be talking about something other than Corescant.
"Ryloth,†I said simply.
Immediately the Twi'lek beside me turned and started babbling on in his native tongue, clearly disgusted that I was born on his species home world.
"Hey cool it buddy, I can't help where my parents were at the time of my birth.†I said with raised hands.
The Twi'lek folded his arms and turned away but continued to grumble to himself.
The girl shrugged as I looked at her, "Somehow I think I'm glad that I don't know what he's saying.â€Â
"Believe me you don't,†I said as I listened to the multiple curses the Twi'lek rambled on with.
I quickly shout him a counter curse so he knew that I understood what he was saying. He quickly shut up.
"What did you say to him?†The girl asked.
I swayed my head to the side, "You don't want to know.â€Â
She cracked up laughing and I was glad for the lightening of mood. Humour was something I always found uplifting.
It was like thousands of voices cried out for a sequel and were suddenly silenced...


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