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INDEPENDENCE - –– Alleghany scored the first and last touchdown in a game against the Grayson County Blue Devils last Friday night but what happened the rest of the game doomed the Trojans.
Behind a torrid defense, the Blue Devils handed the Trojans a 34-14 setback in a nondistrict game that was filled with penalties.
Alleghany took the opening kickoff to its own 38. Joshua Shepherd ripped off a 37-yard run to the Blue Devil 25. Luke Hampton picked up 6 yards to the 19 on first down and quarterback Kyle Hoffman gave the Trojans a first down at the 10. Shepherd lost a yard on a first down run and that's where Alleghany's offense sputtered.
Hoffman threw three incomplete passes and the Blue Devils took over on downs.
Grayson picked up a first down at the 25-yard line, and on second down quarterback Ethan Hash was intercepted by Eric Ramirez who was pulled down at the 1-yard-line. Hoffman scored on first down and Hampton ran for the extra point as the Trojans took the 8-0 lead with 8:25 to play in the first quarter.
Grayson answered and after Nathan Cowley gave the Blue Devils good field position on the kickoff runback at the Grayson 42, the Blue Devils marched down field and Eric Harvey caught a 14-yard pass from Hash for the touchdown with 5:58 showing on the clock. Mario Ruiz kicked the extra point and the Blue Devils trailed 8-7.
The Grayson defense turned in a good effort in the second period. The Trojans had driven deep into Blue Devil territory and with a fourth and one at the Grayson 4, Hoffman was smothered for a loss to end the threat.
Grayson took the lead with 1:52 left in the half when Xavier Rodriguez scored on a 17-yard run. Ruiz kicked the extra point for the Blue Devil lead, one they would not relinquish the rest of the game.
Alleghany had one more opportunity to score in the half. With less than 10 seconds remaining, Rodriguez picked off a Hoffman pass to end the half.
Rodriguez got in the scoring picture again on the opening drive of the second half. After Cowley broke free on the kickoff return, he was nailed at the Blue Devil 47. Two plays later, with 11:05 to play in the quarter, Rodriguez burned the Trojan defense for a 48-yard touchdown run. The kick was wide and the Blue Devils led 20-8.
Another Trojan miscue set up another Blue Devil touchdown. When Hoffman went back to punt, the ball was centered over his head. He fell on the ball at the 10. An offside penalty against Alleghany moved the ball to the 5. Hash bulled his way into the end zone on a quarterback sneak for the 5-yard TD. Ruiz kicked the extra point and the Blue Devils built their lead to 27-8.
The final Blue Devil touchdown was set up by a Hash to Harvey pass good to the Trojan 9-yard line. A personal foul penalty against the Trojans moved the ball to the 2. On first down, Cowley scored with 4:53 to play in the third period. Ruiz kicked the extra point for a 34-8 lead.
Hampton scored on a 12-yard run in the fourth period for the final score.
Blue Devil coach Brett McPherson said he was impressed with Alleghany the way they opened the game.
"Our boys were a little flat but when they got into the flow of the game, it made a big difference in the outcome," McPherson said.
He said he felt they handled the "first-game jitters" well and they made a lot of outstanding plays against a good Alleghany team.
The Blue Devils will travel to Chilhowie this Friday night.
Alleghany, N.C.........8 0 0 6––14
Grayson County......7 7 20 0––34
First quarter
All–Hoffman 1 run (Hampton kick)
GC–Harvey 14 pass from Hash (Ruiz kick)
Second quarter
GC–Rodriguez 17 run (Ruiz kick)
Third quarter
GC–Rodriguez 48 run (kick failed)
GC–Hash 5 run (Ruiz kick)
GC–Cowley 2 run (Ruiz kick)
Fourth quarter
All–Hampton 12 run (pass failed)
All GC
First downs 13 12
Rushes-yards 38-181 37-230
Yards passing 71 117
Comp-Att-Int 4-20-2 6-13-1
Return yards 83 66
Punts-average 4-10.8 1-35.0
Fumbles-lost 6-2 4-1
Penalties-yards 13-100 7-70
RUSHING—Alleghany, Hampton 15-116, Hoffman 18-31, Shepard 4-22, Garcia 1-(-2). Grayson County, Rodriguez 11-101, Hash 13-47, Ma.Rodgers 8-43, Watson 1-13, Warren 1-5, Roberts 3-(-6).
PASSING–Alleghany, Hoffman 4-20-2-71. Grayson County, Hash 5-11-1-95, Ma.Rodgers 1-2-0-22.
RECEIVING–Alleghany, Billings 3-63, Green 1-8. Grayson County, Harvey 4-95, Roberts 2-22.
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Day One. Again.
If I had a nickel — no, a penny — for every time I woke up and said, "Today, I get control of my eating disorder. Today, I can do this!" I would have enough money that there would be no 99% or 1%. We would all be sitting poolside sipping the drink of your choice without a monetary care in the world.
Okay. That might be a slight exaggeration. But not much of one. Because my eating disorder is my version of "Groundhog Day." It's my own private hell where every day I wake up with good intentions and go to bed feeling like shit because I once again couldn't get my act together. So why is this Day One any different?
Maybe it isn't. Maybe I'll fail again. Or maybe, just maybe, this time I can be kind enough to myself to say, "Self, you aren't perfect, and stop trying to be. Just do your best and don't let ED tell you that you're not worth the fight. You are worth the effort."
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NBA Draft Week: The Nuggets' Best and Worst Drafts Ever
Mark Warkentien loves the draft. He swears.
Yet, in the last three years the Nuggets have done very little drafting and a whole lot of trading draft picks away. Until this year's second-rounder, the Nuggets have had just one pick in the last three years. And there is a chance the team could trade this pick away as well.
On Friday, Warkentien, the Nuggets vice president of basketball operations, offered up an explanation on why the draft actually has been good to the Nuggets and why pick or not, the draft will continue to be the Nuggets' friend.
"When we picked up J.R. Smith, we had two second round picks," Warkentien said. "At the end of the day, we valued J.R. Smith more than the second round picks. At the end of the day, we viewed Allen Iverson as a better asset (than the two first round draft picks), and that became Chauncey (Billups).
"Yeah, we do value the picks. We value the draft highly. But we love Chauncey Billups better than those picks. Liked J.R. better than those picks. Last year, we liked Sonny Weems better than having a future second-round pick. In that case, we bet on Sonny. In this case, which bet do you want to make? There's a lot of media attention to the draft, and there's a lot of focus on it because most people understand who the players are and whatever. But the draft is just another way of making your team better."
For a long time, the draft was just something to pass the time. The Nuggets don't have a great draft history.
In the 1980s, when drafts were as large as 10 rounds, the Nuggets selected 73 players. Only 15 of those players suited up for the Nuggets. Of those 15, only Blair Rasmussen (6), Jerome Lane (4) and Todd Lichti (4) played more than three seasons for the team. Not a great decade.
But there were a few gems over time. This year's draft is on Thursday, and I've compiled the best and worsts drafts in Nuggets NBA history.
1990, 91, 92, 93 (Rounds are in parentheses)
'90 – 3 (1): Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, G, LSU; 42 (2): Marcus Liberty, G, Illinois
'91 – 4 (1): Dikembe Mutombo, C, Georgetown; 8 (1): Mark Macon, G, Temple
'92 – 5 (1): LaPhonso Ellis, F, Notre Dame; 13 (1): Bryant Stith, G, Virginia; 46 (2): Robert Werdann, C, St. John's
('93) – 9 (1): Rodney Rogers, F, Wake Forest; 48 (1): Josh Grant, F, Utah
– Except for Grant, every single player in those four drafts played for the Nuggets. More importantly their highest picks, Rauf (who was Chris Jackson when the Nuggets drafted him), Mutombo, Ellis and Rogers became the key cogs in Denver's now second-most memorable playoff run in 1993 when the Nuggets upset the top-seeded SuperSonics before losing in seven games to the Utah Jazz. At 43, Mutombo is still in the NBA after 18 seasons, though a knee injury suffered in this past season's playoffs might end it. Rogers, who played 12 seasons, was tragically paralyzed in an ATV accident almost seven months ago.
3 (1): Carmelo Anthony, F, Syracuse
46: (2) Sani Becirovic, G, Vertus Bologna (Italy)
– Carmelo Anthony might not have been who the Nuggets would have taken if they had the No. 2 pick, but the basketball gods smiled on the franchise, leaving there no choice but to take Anthony with the No. 3 pick. Anthony had the best season of his career in 2008-09, clearly establishing himself as the face of the franchise, leading the Nuggets to the Western Conference Finals. Anthony alone makes this a phenomenal draft. The Nuggets won 17 games the year before he arrived, and 43 (and a playoff berth) his first season with the team. Becirovic has not, and probably will not, play for the Nuggets, but interestingly enough the guy has been a winner on nearly every team he's played for in Europe. He won the 2002 Italian Cup with Vitus Bologna. He won the 2005 Super Italian Cup with Climamio Bologna. He won the 2006-07 Euroleague championship, two Greek Cups (2007, 2008) and two Greek championships (2007, 2008) with Panathinaikos.
5 (1): Nikoloz Tskitishvili, F, Rep. of Georgia
25 (1): Frank Williams, G, Illinois
33 (2): Vincent Yarbrough, F, Tenessee
– I know, I know. Just follow me here. The Tskitishvili pick was bad, particularly because pretty much no one laid eyes on him in person before drafting him. Not Tskitishvili's fault, though. The best part of this draft was what the Nuggets were able to do with Williams. The Nuggets traded the draft rights to Williams along with forward Antonio McDyess and a future second round pick to the New York Knicks for center Marcus Camby, guard Mark Jackson and the draft rights to Nene. They waived Jackson before the season. Camby won the Defensive Player of the Year with the Nuggets and helped the team to five straight playoffs. Nene blossomed this season and is expected to be a leader on the team for years to come.
5 (1): James Ray, F, Jacksonville
23 (1): Carl Nicks, G, Indiana State
41 (2): Jawaan Oldham, C, Seattle
47 (3): Kurt Nimphius, C, Arizona State
48 (3): Eddie Lee, G, Cincinnati
51 (3): Ron Valentine, F, Old Dominion
73 (4): Sammie Ellis, F, Pittsburgh
97 (5): James Patrick, G, SW Texas State
119 (6): Ernie Hill, G, Oklahoma City
143 (7): Tommy Springer, G, Vanderbilt
184 (9): Jim Graziano, F, South Carolina
202 (10): Earl Sango
This class of 12 draftees was the biggest class the Nuggets have ever drafted. And out of this haul, only Ray, Nicks, Oldham and Valentine played for the Nuggets the next season. By 1981, only Ray was left on the team. He played three seasons with the Nuggets, but was never more than a bit player for the team – not the value they wanted out of the fifth overall pick. The Nuggets did not re-sign him when his contract expired after the 1982-83 season.
20 (1): Julius Hodge, G/F, NC State
22 (1): Jarrett Jack, G, Georgia Tech
52 (2): Axel Hervelle, F, Belgium
– The Nuggets were in need of an outside shooter that season – and they drafted Hodge, whose biggest weakness was his outside shot. He held on with the franchise for two seasons, and now writes an internet blog while playing overseas and waiting for his next chance in the NBA. The draft rights to Jarrett Jack were traded for the draft rights to Linas Kleiza, which can be seen as mostly a wash, though Jack played much better than Kleiza last season. The Nuggets still have the rights to Hervelle, who is likely to never see the light of day with the organization. He did show up to summer league two seasons ago but did not play. Anyway, his play overseas has reportedly declined and he signed a three-year contract last summer for over a million Euro per year.
3 (1): Raef LaFrentz, F, Kansas
23 (1): Tyronn Lue, G, Nebraska
54 (2): Tremaine Fowlkes, F, Fresno State
55 (2): Ryan Bowen, F, Iowa
– Draft rights to Tyronn Lue, along with Tony Battie, were traded to Los Angeles for guard Nick Van Exel. The Nuggets won 14 games the following season which, incidentally, was also the first for Denver-native Chauncey Billups in a Nuggets uniform. Fowlkes never played for the Nuggets, and didn't even play in the NBA until the 2001-02 season with the L.A. Clippers. LaFrentz was serviceable, but certainly not a top-three pick in a draft that saw Vince Carter, Antawn Jamison, Dirk Nowitzki and Paul Pierce taken after him. At least hustle-happy Ryan Bowen grew into a fan-favorite.
47 (2): Ousmane Cisse, F, St. Jude H.S. (Ala.)
– Yes, he was a second round pick, but still. Cisse was injured and never played for the Nuggets. In fact, he's only played one game in the NBA in his career. One. But on the bright side, he did play with the Harlem Globetrotters, the now-defunct Fayetteville Patriots of the NBADL, the USBL and now plays overseas.
31 (2): Andre Moore, F, Loyola (Chicago)
54 (3): Tom Schafer, F, Iowa State
77 (4): David Boone, F, Marquette
100 (5): Ronnie Grandison, F, New Orleans
123 (6): Kelvin Scarborough, G, New Mexico
156 (7): Curtis Hunter, G, North Carolina
– Out of this bunch, only Andre Moore played for the Nuggets that season, and he played only seven games. Now, the Nuggets didn't need him, as they were stocked and won 54 games that year. But if the Nuggets would have drafted no one that night, it would have been equally as good as what they did do that night.
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Guidance Aims to Improve Community Resilience to Coastal Hazards
Do you live on or near the coast? According to the latest population data, more than 39 percent of Americans lived in coastal shoreline counties and the number is growing. America's coasts stretch along more than 95,000 miles. One downside to living along the coast is that climate change increasing many natural hazards, such as erosion, harmful algal blooms, big storms, flooding, tsunamis, and sea level rise.
Investing in infrastructure has never been more important. In addition to the clear economic benefits of building a world-class infrastructure system, the third National Climate Assessment NOAA released earlier this year confirms that the impacts of climate change are already taking a toll on our communities. To help communities withstand impacts from more extreme weather and increased flooding, President Obama announced a series of actions to respond to the State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience's feedback to help state, local, and tribal leaders prepare their communities for the impacts of climate change by developing more resilient infrastructure and rebuilding existing infrastructure stronger and smarter.
President Obama's focus remains on building on the progress America's economy is making by helping businesses create jobs and expanding opportunity for all hardworking Americans. As part of those efforts, the President recently put forward a comprehensive plan to invest in America's infrastructure in order to create jobs, provide certainty to states and communities, support American businesses, and grow our economy.
In 2011, 45 percent of our nation's GDP – or $6.6 trillion – was generated in coastal and Great Lakes counties, supporting approximately 51 million jobs and $2.8 trillion in wages. Close to three million jobs directly depend on the resources of the oceans and Great Lakes. If the nation's coastal watershed counties were an individual country, they would rank third in GDP globally behind the U.S. as a whole and China.It's no secret why so many of us choose to live in coastal regions. These are areas of great bounty and beauty.


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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
What Happens during a hot backup?
Myth #1: The hot backup generates "a lot" of redo information
Myth #2: The archivelog mode "dramatically slows down" the database
Myth #3: When a hot backup is in progress the target datafile is frozen.
There are two ways to generate a hot backup, the first one is by a user managed backup and the second one with recovery manager. The database is required to be in archivelog mode for it to be able to perform an online backup. Both ways to perform an online backup work in a similar way, as I will further explain later, rman is more efficient than the user managed backup.
User managed backup
alter tablespace ts_name begin backup;
When the command is issued, at this point in time a checkpoint is performed against the target tablespace; then the datafile header is frozen, so no more updates are allowed on it (the datafile header), this is for the database to know which was the last time the tablespace had a consistent image of the data.
The datafiles with the backup in progress will still allow read/write operations just as a regular datafile, I/O activity is not frozen.
Each time a row is modified, not only the row, but the complete block is recorded to the redo log file, this will only happen the first time the block is modified, subsequent transactions on the block will only record the transaction just as normal.
During the user managed backup process the "fractured block" event may be present. Let's remember that the oracle block is the minimum IO unit, and an oracle block is made out of several OS blocks; let's assume a block size of 8K and an OS block of 512b, this will give 16 OS blocks. If during the backup process of a block there is a write operation on the block then the backup will contain a before image and an after image of the oracle block, the complete block in the backup media will be corrupt. This is normal, consistency is not guaranteed on the backup, that is why the header must be frozen to mark the point where the recovery process will have to start, and that is why oracle record a complete block image on the redo log file.
At the time the alter tablespace ts_name end backup; command is issued then the backup process is finished and the datafile header resumes its regular IO activity.
Recovery manager backup
The same process happens when a rman backup takes place, the only difference is that rman better handles the fractured block issue, it doesn't write block fragments or partial blocks to the backup, it writes the complete consistent block image to the backup media. So recovery manager doesn't need to record the complete block to the redo log file.
Some further comments on the rman case, rman doesn't freeze the datafile header, it continues to checkpoint just as regular, but it does perform a checkpoint to the tablespace.
From my perspective, the user managed backup (UMB) is a backup method that is less frequently seen on production environments, since Oracle 9i Rel 2 most DBA's considered rman as part of the regular backup/recover strategy, it performs better that the UMB, it is able to perform a block level backup, meanwhile in the UMB the whole datafile must be backup even if a lot of clean blocks are present.
Some advices for the people who still use UMB, don't let the BEGIN BACKUP run for long periods of time, it is very likely that the more time it takes to perform the backup, the more blocks are likely to change, which may generate more blocks contents to be written to the redo log files.
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- Tom said...
I agree with some of your points and they could just be written wrong.
As to Myth#1. The Hot Backup itself does not generate a lot of redo. But if you have a lot of blocks that are changed while the tablespace is in hot backup mode, each block will be copied the first time it is changed. This is what can generate a lot of redo.
Myth#2. This can go back to Myth #1. If a lot of blocks are copied into the redo log files, they can fill up faster. If they cannot be archived fast enough, it can cause things to "hang".
I agree with Myth #3. The data blocks are still marked dirty and flushed out by the DB Writer.
The SCN in the data file header is not updated until after the tablespace that those datafiles belong to come out of hot backup mode. The current SCN's are still recorded in the redo. When you recover the tablespaces datafiles, it knows what SCN was "safe" and it looks and recovers any blocks past that point that need recovery using the archive log files that have the complete data blocks. You were mostly right and it could just be the way it was written.
Great blog by the way!
- Nov 11, 2008, 10:59:00 PM
- Dan Norris said...
I don't think I agree with your last comment about RMAN. It doesn't use the same mechanism as user-managed backup and the datafile header is not frozen and full blocks are not written to the redo logs during backup. You might want to verify that and post some sources (even if it is your own testing) so your claims can be validated.
- Nov 12, 2008, 7:51:00 AM
- Hector Rivera Madrid said...
Thank you Dan for taking the time to leave a comment.
That is right, the datafile header is not frozen during the backup time with rman, I will emphasize this on the original post. On the other way I didn't mention that rman writes the block contents to the redo log, all the opposite, "... So recovery manager doesn't need to record the complete block to the redo log file". rman better handles the fractured block issue, it writes a consistent block image to the backup media, so it doesn't require to write the complete image to the backup media.
- Nov 12, 2008, 6:08:00 PM
- Hector Rivera Madrid said...
Thanks Tom for your comment.
Yes, the hotbackup in a user managed backup will generate additional redo information due to the block information it has to record to the redo log files, but the amount of redo depends on the amount of blocks being modified, and since the block is only written once during the hot backup session, in a worst case scenario the amount of block dumped to the redo will be the same as the number of used blocks in a tablespace. So, it depends ...
Regarding Mith#2, I once met a DBA who was able to convince the company of not using the archive log mode because it caused a 'deadly slowdown' in database performance. When I took over the database I realize that the root problem was a badly tuned redo mechanism.
- Nov 12, 2008, 6:18:00 PM
- Dave said...
Hector Rivera Madrid is asking, What Happens during a hot backup? He is trying to debunk what he sees as common myths on this matter...
- Nov 14, 2008, 1:31:00 PM
- Arju said...
Good one. http://arjudba.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-happens-during-oracle-database-hot.html
- Aug 31, 2009, 8:57:00 PM


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Maintenance at repair shops
It depends on the snow conditions, the terrain and your performance level as to how often you have your equipment tuned. Major base or edge damage should be repaired immediately.
WINTERSTEIGER recommends tuning
1. Prior to the first outing in winter
2. About every 4 days out on the slopes
3. And at the end of the season
With excellent tuning, the performance of your ski/board can even be adjusted to your skiing or boarding skills. Inform the service technician which skiing/riding style you prefer, which terrain you like best and what other problems you have. This way, the technician can adapt the tuning perfectly to your style!
The top, base and edges are wiped clean of any dirt, solvents, and excess wax.
Then the ski / board is inspected for any damage.
Base repair
Any nicks, gouges, or core shots are repaired and filled with base repair material.
Base grinding
The ski/board is then run across the stone grinder removing any minor damage and making the base flat and true. In doing so, tiny cuts are ground off and the base becomes true and flat. Now the base is able to absorb wax and the structures created are an important aid in gliding. This new structure also helps prevent suction and friction between base and snow. Your ski / board glides better and accomplishes the transition from edge to edge more easily. In addition, different temperatures and snow conditions require different structures - only the technician knows the right formula.
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Most ski and board edges are "bevelled" between 0 and 2 degrees: a continuous smooth surface is created. The revolutionary WINTERSTEIGER Ceramic Disc Finish machine is able to reproduce this exact edge for ultimate carving performance on the hill.
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It must be nice to live in la-la land, where you can throw a boulder into the lake and actually believe that it won't cause ripples. This group can also ignore true costs, true financial impact and the reality that we compete in an international market.
It must be nice to live in la-la land, where you can throw a boulder into the lake and actually believe that it won't cause ripples. This group can also ignore true costs, true financial impact and the reality that we compete in an international market.
For manufacturers, a 25 percent increase in minimum (training) wage must also mean that the next two position levels maintain approximate separation. Thousands will get unmerited wage increases.
Competition is not just regional, but out of state and out of nation. There is already a disproportionate tax burden on California businesses that will now lose additional market share. The last poorly timed wage increase, coupled with Air Resources Board laws, tax increases and a general recession, cost one local manufacturer 40 percent of its work force (losing eight of its 19 employees).
A $10 hourly wage actually cost employers approximately $12.50 to $13 per hour. FICA tax; worker's compensation insurance premiums; state unemployment taxes; sick leave/vacation benefits are all costs calculated as a percentage of the base salary. Health care premium contribution, safety equipment, etc. are based on age and fixed costs.
Employees with one or more garnishments will pay approximately 25 percent of their net increase to the state, federal and civil lien-holders. They will be happy, but forget about a local impact.
If a minimum wage must cover the cost of a cellphone/monthly plan; a car with fuel/insurance; a single residence, etc., we are trapped in a circuitous loop.
Don Biddle
I am a retiree and I support the 3/4-percent tax Measure A. With this said, my tongue goes into my cheek.
The Record says the money will go to pay for law enforcement, crime prevention and "other essential city services." My problem in support of this measure is, will the politicians spend the money in the direction of the need in these areas, or will the money be used in a spending niche that satisfies a political need and not the intended public needs?
It's easy to spend money that is not yours. Unfortunately, trust and common sense have not prevailed. We need transparency. Open the books as to where the monies are spent if this tax passes.
Let The Record print where this money is spent and why. Put this money in the Measure A account and show us, leaders, you mean what you say.
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Congress has until Sept. 30 to adopt a budget, or the federal government risks having to shut down. Just like a negligent student who does not attend to his studies, once again Congress has returned to work unprepared and is recycling sequestration.
This is not the way to write a budget. Sequestration has real impacts: More than $80 billion in automatic budget cuts must occur between March 1 and Sept. 30. In the past year, school districts across the country have lost $3 billion in federal education funding. This cut has negatively affected school programs and has created fewer resources for families, especially women and children who need the most help. Furthermore, this act of neglect will continue to cause damage to many other aspects of people's lives, such as cancer screenings, federal emergency unemployment benefits, services for domestic violence survivors, food assistance programs for women and children (WIC) and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
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Study Finds Yoga as Effective as PT for Pain
Katherine Bortz
As the most common cause of long-term disability, chronic pain has become one of the most widespread conditions in America. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer
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Olympic-Sized Injuries in Rio
Katherine Bortz
When athletics become not only your profession but also a defining characteristic in your life, it's hard to say when "enough is enough." The Olympic Games have a history of showing fortitude and determination in its competitors, but there have been many
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Dormant Butt Syndrome
Dillon Stickle
There are many reasons a person might be experiencing chronic pain - improper posture , poor work ergonomics and repetitive stress , and recurring injuries to name a few. But a less obvious reason is making its way into the spotlight: Dormant Butt Syndrome
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New Guideline Promotes PT for Chronic Pain
Katherine Bortz
Chronic pain is becoming a worsening problem in America, with 14.6% of the population living with symptoms daily. Currently, the first line of defense against the condition is through the prescription of opioids such as transdermal fentanyl, and extended-release
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PT and OT Stand Out in 2016 'Best Jobs' Ranking
Brian Ferrie
Every year, professionals, students and prospective students across the country eagerly await " The 100 Best Jobs " ranking published by U.S. News & World Report . The just-released 2016 list offers great reason for physical and occupational therapy
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Therapy for Parkinson's
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The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Neurology released a study on Tuesday which suggested that the current standard of care for early-stage Parkinson's patients may be a waste of time and money. The study said that both PT and OT offer
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Can Helmetless Drills Decrease Football Head Impacts?
Brian Ferrie
The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA), Dallas, issued an interesting press release Dec. 18 related to the hot-button issue of head impacts in football. The release stated: "Head impacts in football players are directly associated with brain
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PT and PTA Student 'Flash Action' Focuses on Congress
Brian Ferrie
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Alexandria, Va., issued an important news release on Nov. 9 related to loan repayment for new graduate physical therapists. The release stated: " In a ' Flash Action ' effort led by students from PT and
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Proving the Value of Physical Therapy
Brian Ferrie
This guest blog post was written by Jerry Henderson, PT, vice president of clinical community at Clinicient in Portland, Ore. I personally believe that our profession is an excellent value. That is, our efforts provide a great benefit for the cost. Unfortunately,
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APTA Takes Aim at SNF Productivity Controversy
Brian Ferrie
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Alexandria, Va., issued an Oct. 8 press release detailing how the organization has spoken out in The New York Times ( NYT ). This initiative was precipitated by recent reports that skilled nursing facilities
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Tai Chi Improves Physical Function
Dillon Stickle
Yoga and Pilates are both well known in the therapy world and are often used as a complementary activity for patients with chronic pain and long-term conditions. Not many people, however, use Tai Chi as an example of such exercises - but maybe they should
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Study Reflects Poorly on Self-Referral to PT Services
Brian Ferrie
The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA), Alexandria, Va., recently issued a press release concerning a new study. Published in the Forum for Health Economics & Policy, the study is titled "Physician Self-Referral of Physical Therapy Services
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PTs Learning from OTs
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While there are many important differences between the physical and occupational therapy fields, it is more often than not found that each profession can learn a lot from the other. Back in July I went to visit Phoebe Ministries, a non-profit, multi-facility
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Soccer Surges on the American Sports Scene
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The explosive growth of interest in the world's most popular game -- soccer -- is perhaps the most striking development in American sporting culture over the past several years. In previous decades, as the rest of the globe worshipped the sport like a
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Physical Therapy at the DoD Warrior Games
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From June 19-28, more than 240 wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans from across the country gathered for the annual Department of Defense Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Athletes represented teams from the Marine
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A Luis Suarez-inspired Liverpool thrashed Swansea 5-0 in the Premier League
Philippe Coutinho scored on his full debut as a Luis Suarez-inspired Liverpool beat Swansea 5-0 in the Premier League.
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Swansea boss Michael Laudrup, with next Sunday's Capital One Cup final in mind, made seven changes to his side and the Reds took full advantage, with Suarez outstanding.
Suarez won a 34th-minute penalty following Kemy Agustien's unnecessary challenge. Steven Gerrard, having failed from the spot in front of the Kop against West Brom earlier in the week, went for the opposite corner and succeeded in beating Michel Vorm.
The Reds' lead was doubled just 16 seconds after the break when new signing Coutinho skipped through the Swans defence and slotted home after an incisive pass from Suarez.
Four minutes later and Jose Enrique put the game to bed following a great team passing move, finishing after a slick one-two with Daniel Sturridge.
Suarez finally got the goal his play deserved on 56 minutes when he went past both Swansea's centre-backs following a Stewart Downing assist.
Sturridge added a fifth from the penalty spot with 19 minutes to play after the ball hit substitute Wayne Routledge in the box.
The Liverpool striker almost added a sixth but hit the bar with his placed effort from just inside the box.
At the other end Pepe Reina saved to his left to deny Routledge a consolation for the Swans.
Liverpool's day was marred late on when substitute Fabio Borini, who had come on for Suarez, suffered a suspected dislocated shoulder following a challenge. He was forced to leave the field and the Reds, who had used all their substitutes, finished the game with ten men.
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Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman ordered Jeffrey Rodd of Redwood Falls, Minnesota and Redwood Valley Interests, LLC today to cease and desist from selling securities in the State of Minnesota.
Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman ordered Jeffrey Rodd of Redwood Falls, Minnesota and Redwood Valley Interests, LLC today to cease and desist from selling securities in the State of Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce took action against Rodd after receiving a complaint in January from a resident of the Redwood Falls area who had not been repaid as promised for his investment. The Commerce Department's investigation found that four southwestern Minnesota residents who were solicited by Rodd were senior citizens, one of whom had been suffering from dementia at the time of investment; and two investors who claim to have invested their entire retirement savings – one of whom literally invested virtually all the proceeds from the sale of his farm. The Department's order alleges further ongoing wrongful conduct that appears to be a pattern of activity designed to defraud investors.
"Senior citizens are particularly vulnerable to financial abuse in the form of scams and fraud, due to diminished capacity as a result of aging, and ongoing concerns about their economic situation during retirement in a slow economy," said Commissioner Mike Rothman. "Scam artists who prey on Minnesota seniors need to know that the Commerce Department is cracking down on fraud to protect all consumers and investors, especially those who may be at a greater risk."
The Commerce Department's Securities Section found Rodd has a history of noncompliance with the law, beginning in 2001, when Rodd initially entered into a Consent Order with the Department involving the sale of unregistered securities. Rodd was a former police officer, and he should have felt obligated to understand and comply with the laws and regulations in conducting the promotion of investments, especially since he advertised his investments through a radio program called "Safe Money Radio" in 2008, and more recently through his promotion of high interest, unsecured Promissory Notes in the Redwood Falls, Minnesota newspaper.
Upon receipt of the complaint, the Department's Securities Section initiated an investigation that included statements taken from persons who purchased the unregistered securities, telephone interviews of investors, an interview with Rodd and a thorough review of documents obtained by the Department from multiple sources including the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Based on its investigation, the Commerce Department's concluded that Rodd committed numerous violations of Minnesota laws intended to protect investors. Minnesota law requires persons selling investments to be licensed by the state, to register with the state the investments being offered and full disclosure regarding the investments being offered to the public. Rodd has never been licensed to sell securities in the State of Minnesota. The Promissory Notes sold by Rodd were not registered for sale in the state. Further, Rodd failed to disclose critical information about the investments he was selling, which would have potentially deterred investors from investing in the products he offered.
On behalf of Minnesota investors, the Commerce Department ordered Rodd to cease and desist from engaging in unlicensed activity of any kind and offering or selling any securities or other types of investment products. Additionally, the Commissioner ordered Rodd to pay the State of Minnesota a civil penalty of $300,000.
"Consumers and investors need to check the credentials of the individuals offering investment opportunities," said Commissioner Mike Rothman. "Unfortunately, there are scam artists out there who repeatedly defraud investors for personal gain. I urge all potential investors to protect themselves and their financial security by checking the credentials of their investor advisors and when a deal seems 'too-good-to-be-true' to check it out thoroughly or contact the Commerce Department."
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OSU Tunes in Mentally in Final Practice
ARLINGTON, Texas – Head Coach Mike Gundy knew that game day was almost here Wednesday by the way his players practiced.
Oklahoma State punctuated a week of practices for the AT&T Cotton Bowl with a session high on concentration at AT&T Stadium. Players worked for about 90 minutes in helmets, shoulder pads and shorts in what equated to a regular-season Thursday practice, the last before the game.
No. 13 OSU (10-2, 7-2 Big 12) squares off against No. 8 Missouri (11-2, 7-2 SEC) on Friday.
"The players are settling in mentally and getting ready for the game," Gundy said. "They've had a great five days here, so they seem to be more focused on the game now than they were yesterday."
Hip hop tunes boomed out of the stadium's sound system. Oklahoma State cranks up the music at all practices, whether preparing for a home, road or neutral-site game, Gundy said. Players learn how to operate in the loud conditions they typically face on game day.
Gundy lets the players pick the music.
"Every once in a while I make them throw in some '70s and '80s and Motown. That's my stuff," said Gundy, who grew up on those genres. "But other than that, I let them listen to what they want to."
Gundy extended the team's curfew to 1 a.m. for New Year's Eve and rang in 2014 with his wife Kristen and their three children at the team hotel.
"It was hard for me to make it till midnight," Gundy said. "Unfortunately, the last 10 years of my life it's been hard for me to make it that late."
Oklahoma State will conduct a walkthrough Thursday at the stadium. The walkthrough will be closed to the public and media.
The 78th AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic is Friday, Jan. 3 on FOX. Airtime is set for 6:30 p.m. CST with kickoff scheduled for 7:10 p.m. Making their fourth appearances as members of FOX's broadcast crew, Gus Johnson and Charles Davis will describe all the action and will be joined by Kristina Pink reporting from the sideline. FOX is broadcasting the Classic for the 16th consecutive year.
ESPN Radio returns as the Classic's national radio partner for a second-straight year. Brad Sham, the "Voice of the Dallas Cowboys," will partner with Ed Cunningham offering color commentary and Ian Fitzsimmons adding analysis from the sideline to provide the call of the 78th Classic to hundreds of affiliate stations around the country as well as subscribers of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio in the United States and Canada.


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The lacy medallion matting the image is the Raindrops on Roses Die. I love this die cut and have found lots of uses for it!
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The anti-doping agency says none of the testimony changed, but acknowledges that Armstrong's decision to decline arbitration forced the agency to quickly gather written statements from its witnesses.
The massive file of evidence released against Lance Armstrong last Wednesday contains several agreements signed by key witnesses as recently as the day before, including those of fellow cyclists George Hincapie and Levi Leipheimer.
Additionally, 24 of the 26 sworn witness statements against Armstrong were signed within the previous six weeks – all in September and October.
Did the U.S. Anti-Doping agency, which filed doping charges against Armstrong on June 12, scramble to pin down the evidence against him in just the past few weeks? A USADA attorney says no, the agency was simply gathering written versions of what witnesses had previously pledged to say in a hearing.
Still, Armstrong's legal team is howling about it.
"It is now clear that none of this evidence was in hand until months later," Armstrong attorney Mark Fabiani said.
USADA says the explanation is simple. On Aug. 23, Armstrong surprised many by announcing he would not fight USADA's doping charges in arbitration, where several witnesses were expected to testify against him. The hearing probably would not have happened until December or later.
"We were expecting we were going to have a long hearing, and we were going to put witnesses on the stand for live testimony at a hearing," said Richard Young, an attorney with the law firm Bryan Cave LLP, which represents USADA. "We interviewed them (previously) and knew what they were going to say, but when it turned out we weren't going to have a live hearing, we had to produce everything that was going to be oral at the hearing into a written form instead."
It became a massive undertaking. Besides gathering all the affidavits, USADA had to get signed agreements with six active riders who had agreed to testify. Those riders received the minimum six-month suspension in exchange for confessing about their roles in the alleged doping conspiracy with Armstrong.
While USADA faced no strict deadline, public pressure was building to release the evidence. A day after Armstrong's decision to reject arbitration in August, USADA treated it as a "no contest" plea and automatically banned him for life and stripped him of his seven titles in the Tour de France.
Armstrong's fans questioned where the evidence was to back such harsh sanctions. So did Armstrong's attorneys and the International Cycling Union (UCI), which has the right to appeal the case.
They also suggested it was taking too long. USADA had filed charges against Armstrong in June, accusing him of using banned drugs and blood transfusions to gain an edge for several years.
Fabiani noted that all of the key witnesses in the case "only swore under oath after they knew that Armstrong was not contesting the USADA allegations."
"In other words, not a single key witness was willing to swear under oath until they were absolutely sure that there would be no adversarial proceeding, until they were absolutely sure that they would not be subject to cross examination, and until they were absolutely sure that their testimony would not be impeached by third parties or by special deals that the witnesses had made with USADA," Fabiani said.
Young says that is not true. He says USADA interviewed the witnesses prior to the June charges and they all agreed to testify at the hearing, whenever that would be. When Armstrong declined the hearing, the agency had to get the testimony in writing.
An attorney for Hincapie referred questions about the process to USADA. Others didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
By rule, USADA was required to "promptly" give its Reasoned Decision to UCI, the cycling's international federation. After receiving it, UCI has 21 days to appeal the sanctions to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland.
In its "Reasoned Decision" in support of the sanctions, USADA defended its time frame, saying that "given the volume of materials that USADA has addressed, the 47 days it took to organize these materials in an appropriate fashion was reasonable."


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Macy's Inc. shares got off to a rough start Tuesday.
The retailer released its fourth-quarter results ahead of the opening bell. Investors' eyes immediately locked on the $9.2 billion in reported revenue, which was less than the $9.28 billion Wall Street expected. Same-store sales for the quarter rose a paltry 1.4%. That, combined with the company's comment that sales were off to a weak start this year, sent Macy's shares 2% lower in pre-market trade.
But they didn't stay there long. Here's why.
Macy's adjusted fourth-quarter earnings came in at $2.31 a share. That topped the average $2.18 estimate gathered from 19 analysts surveyed by FactSet.
And while the company could have used the nasty winter weather in January as an excuse to lower its estimated full-year earnings, it stuck with the outlook it gave analysts on Jan. 8: 2014 earnings per share of $4.40 to $4.45. It also forecast same-store sales growth for the year at between 2.5% and 3%.
With that, initial concern turned to relief. Macy's shares reversed course, turning a pre-open loss into a 3% gain within the first minutes of the regular session, a move that landed them in the No. 4 spot among the S&P's gainers.
Currently the stock is up 3% at $54.70, less than $2 off the $56.65 12-month high it hit Jan. 13. With that move, Macy's is now up 42% over the past year, which makes it look like a real winner in the retail sector when stacked alongside the likes of Nordstrom (up 12% over the same period), Target (down 10%) or Kohl's (up 16%).
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NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced the week six regional cross country polls Tuesday (Oct. 27), with the Georgia College women's and men's team both taking tenth.
The Bobcat women finished third this weekend at the ASU Tri-Meet. Freshman Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.) set the pace for the Bobcats for the fourth time this season, finishing fifth overall in 19:13. This smashed the previous school record (19:44) held by Bethany Loushine since 2002. Junior Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.) would have broken the school record if not for Lones but took ninth place, finishing in 19:40.
Queens University (N.C.) takes the top honors this week. King College takes second and Peach Belt Conference (PBC) foe Columbus State University hangs on to third. Other PBC schools listed in the top-10 are Augusta State University (4), UNC Pembroke (6) and Clayton State University (9), respectively.
The Bobcat men placed second this past weekend at the ASU Tri-Meet. Junior Daniel Horseman (Cohutta, Ga.) set the pace for the Bobcats again, finishing seventh overall in 26:11. Junior transfer Tyler Mattix (Snellville, Ga.) finished in eighth with a time of 26:26. Freshman Philip Laskey (Marietta, Ga.) took ninth, just two seconds off Mattix.
On the men's side the top-three stay the same with Queens holding on to first place, PBC opponent Columbus State taking second and King taking third. Other PBC teams mentioned in the poll were UNC Pembroke at six and Clayton at seven, respectively.
The Bobcats are back in action Nov. 6 at 9 a.m. at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships in Evans, Ga.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/GCSUBobcats and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Here is a list of books written by and about Daniel Berrigan. This list is by no means exhaustive. If you would like to submit an addition to this list, please comment below and contribute an addition.
1. Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings (Orbis), selected with an introduction by John Dear
2. No Gods But One (Eerdmans), by Daniel Berrigan
3. Come Alive!: The Spirited Art of Sister Corita (Four Corners Books), by Julie Ault, Daniel Berrigan, and Sister Corita Kent
4. Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change (Parallax Press), by Thich Nhat Hanh and a forward by Daniel Berrigan.
5. The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Fordham University Press), by Daniel Berrigan, Robin Andersen, and James Marsh.
6. The Kings and Their Gods: The Pathology of Power (Eerdmans), by Daniel Berrigan
7. The Raft is Not the Shore: Conversations Toward a Buddhist/Christian Awareness (Orbis), by Thich Nhat Hanh and Daniel Berrigan
8. Wisdom: The Feminine Face of God (Sheed & Ward), by Daniel Berrigan
9. Disarmed and Dangerous: The Radical Lives and Times of Daniel and Philip Berrigan (Basic Books), by Murray Polner and Jim O'Grady
10. Testimony: The Word Made Flesh (Orbis), by Daniel Berrigan with a foreward by John Dear
11. Tulips in the Prison Yard: Selected Poems of Daniel Berrigan (Dedalus Press), by Daniel Berrigan with an introduction by Patrick O'Brien
12. Isaiah: Spirit of Courage, Gift of Tears (Augsburg Fortress Publishers), by Daniel Berrigan
13. And the Risen Bread: Selected and New Poems 1957-97 (Fordham University Press), by Daniel Berrigan
14. To Dwell in Peace: An Autobiography (Wipf & Stock Publishers), by Daniel Berrigan
15. Love, Love at the End (Collier Macmillan Ltd.), by Daniel Berrigan
16. Witness of the Berrigans (Doubleday), by Stephen Halpert
17. Exodus: Let My People Go (Cascade Books), by Daniel Berrigan with a foreward by Ched Myers
18. Time Without Number: Selected Poems (Macmillan, NY), by Daniel Berrigan
19. Uncommon Prayer: 42 Psalms (Seabury), by Daniel Berrigan
20. Jeremiah (Fortress Press), by Daniel Berrigan
21. Ezekiel: Vision in the Dust (Orbis), by Daniel Berrigan
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The Fulbright Program's From Lab to Market enrichment seminars incubate global innovation, and the 2012 installments were no exception!
In May, more than 135 Fulbrighters from the developing world met in Boston, MA and Seattle, WA to examine the global challenges of public health, and energy and the environment through the lenses of scientific research and social entrepreneurship - in other words, moving ideas from "lab to market." Participating Fulbright Foreign Students are graduate students at colleges and universities across the United States, studying science, technology, and other relevant fields.
I attended the Boston seminar, which focused on global health. Visits to local research sites like Diagnostics for All, the Broad Institute, the Dimcock Center, and the Forsyth Institute allowed participants to see U.S. innovation in action. In Seattle, the focus was on energy and the environment; Fulbrighters considered global resources and looked at how local partnerships could create and implement green solutions in developing and developed countries.
Fulbrighters also conducted site visits to local agricultural, energy, and conservation sites, including Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Washington, local utility company Seattle Steam, the Rare Plant Care and Conservation Program, and the Issaquah Salmon Fish Hatchery.
Teams of Fulbrighters from around the world then capped off the seminar with a "master class," complemented by panel discussions on the nonprofit, private, and academic perspectives on these issues. The panelists' stories provided tips on the "lab to market" process, including effective use of social media and how to sell your passion to potential investors. By working together on a case study, analyzing research, using social media tools, and making a business pitch for their solution, the students could better understand the value of collaboration and what makes "fundable" proposals stand out from the others.
It hit home for me when Nina Dudnik, a former Fulbright U.S. Student and a panelist at our Boston seminar, credited her Fulbright experience in Côte d'Ivoire for the amazing work she is doing today. Through the nonprofit she started, Seeding Labs, she is connecting scientists around the globe and helping them get the tools they need to succeed.
The Fulbrighters' hard work and new understanding from the From Lab to Market seminars, open up new avenues of cooperation across countries and fields of study. While this year's seminars are over, the students' online networks will continue to flourish - and perhaps they'll bring us the world's next great innovation!
The Fulbright "From Lab to Market" Seminars are a component of the 17 Fulbright Enrichment Seminars for foreign students hosted across the United States. These enrichment seminars benefit Fulbright foreign students, engage U.S. experts and local communities, and support the overall mission of the Fulbright Program. A video of the 2011 Fulbright Enrichment Seminars demonstrates their impact. For more information, please click here.


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Use this site to explore any or all of our four beautiful Minnesota Superior Scenic Byways. Each Byway is illustrated in an easy-to-follow map that offers interactive features, including recreational opportunities, cultural or historic sites, information centers and various attractions. Just click on these or other topics under "Interactive Map Features" on the left-hand side of each Byway page, and you'll find the locations and a brief description of sites in each category. At any time, click on the Communities heading, or on the community "dots" on each Byway map, to link to their web sites.


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As much as I enjoy following along with a story written by others, the ability to carve my own path is just as alluring. In Elder Scrolls games this option is far more viable than in role-playing games like Dragon Age II that hustle you down narrow corridors between choice nodes. The world of Skyrim
is open. I can follow the road to the first town, or I can break from the path and head into the wilderness, which is exactly what I did.
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While chasing a deer near a river bank, I noticed dragonflies buzzing around my head. I tried to snatch them out of the air, failed, and realized the deer had sprinted entirely out of view. In a nearby waterfall fish jumped from bottom to top, and by standing on a rock in the midst of the rapids I was able to pluck one out. I let the moving water carry me downstream, where I found the deer again, killed it, and watched its corpse float along with the current, bumping into rocks along the way.
You may think this type of thing is pointless, but for me it's the perfect example of why I'm so drawn to Elder Scrolls games. Skyrim feels like a real place, from the way the wind kicks up snow from the edges of rocky cliffs to the way the surface of ponds ripples under a light rain. It's packed with structured content, but also filled with plenty more reasons to explore.
Take the alchemy system, for instance. Fish plucked from the stream give you salmon meat, defeated skeletons drop bone meal, and mountain passes, open fields and rocky hillocks are bristling with harvestable patches of plants. Attached to all the gathered ingredients are various properties. Some inflict damage when consumed, some fortify statistics. What's the best way to discover all the attached attributes? Munching on unknown grasses and chewing strange substances will reveal their properties, though you'll also suffer from the ill effects should any exist.
I happened across an alchemy table while in the depths of a necromancer lair. This underground warren I discovered randomly after swimming through the black waters of a lonely lake. I bypassed a wooden ship that lay broken beneath the water's surface and curious standing stone situated on a small patch of land in the lake's center to investigate a broken rock ruin along one of the shores. In the ruins was a hatch, and below the hatch was the waterlogged lair of some especially aggressive magicians.
With no associated quests I had no explicit reason to move beyond the ruin's entrance. The skeleton strapped to a post on the other side of the hatch was a strong indicator that friendly things did not await. But I moved beyond the ghoulish scarecrow anyway and into the lair flooded with ankle-deep water from the adjacent lake. This didn't feel like some dull cave or random dungeon, but was designed and decorated to look like a believable, liveable and unique space. I surprised two necromancers as they presided over a long dinner table in a cavernous hall. I trudged down basement stairs and discovered their sleeping quarters, and despite their enthusiastic use of ice magic I was able to take them down.
This gave me free access to their alchemical and enchanting setups. At the alchemy table I could choose from the list of all the ingredients in my inventory. If items with similar properties were combined, potions were produced. The formula for the potion then appeared in the alchemy window, serving as an easy way to make more potions provided the proper ingredients are available. If the properties of the ingredients are not known, you can still combine items, though you do so blindly. If the items are incompatible they'll form nothing and be consumed in the process. If the items match, then surprise, you get a new potion.
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have it coming[ hav; unstressed huhv, uhv; for 26 usually haf ]SEE DEFINITION OF have it coming
Synonyms for have it coming
- earn
- gain
- get
- justify
- merit
- warrant
- win
- demand
- procure
- rate
- be given one's due
- be in line for
- be worthy of
- get comeuppance
- get what is coming to one
- have the right to
- lay claim to
Old English habban "to own, possess; be subject to, experience," from Proto-Germanic *haben- (cf. Old Norse hafa, Old Saxon hebbjan, Old Frisian habba, German haben, Gothic haban "to have"), from PIE *kap- "to grasp" (see capable). Not related to Latin habere, despite similarity in form and sense; the Latin cognate is capere "seize." Old English second person singular present hæfst, third person singular present hæfð became Middle English hast, hath, while Old English -bb- became -v- in have. The past participle had developed from Old English gehæfd.
Sense of "possess, have at one's disposal" (I have a book) is a shift from older languages, where the thing possessed was made the subject and the possessor took the dative case (e.g. Latin est mihi liber "I have a book," literally "there is to me a book"). Used as an auxiliary in Old English, too (especially to form present perfect tense); the word has taken on more functions over time; Modern English he had better would have been Old English him (dative) wære betere. To have to for "must" (1570s) is from sense of "possess as a duty or thing to be done" (Old English). Phrase have a nice day as a salutation after a commercial transaction attested by 1970, American English. Phrase have (noun), will (verb) is from 1954, originally from comedian Bob Hope, in the form Have tux, will travel; Hope described this as typical of vaudevillians' ads in "Variety," indicating a willingness to perform anywhere, any time.


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Quick ... what does THIS remind you of?
According to Ron Baker's review on AccountingWeb, in Bad Medicine: Doctors Doing Harm Since Hippocrates, University of York prof David Wootten recounts,
The history of medicine begins with Hippocrates in the fifth century BC. Yet until the invention of antibiotics in the 1940s doctors, in general, did their patients more harm than good.That fact is, of course well known, but here is the interesting part:
In other words, for 2400 years patients believed doctors were doing good; for 2300 years they were wrong.
We all assume that good ideas and theories will drive out bad ones, but that is not necessarily true, especially in medicine. Historically, bad medicine drove out good medicine.The resemblance of this to much current evolution theory is uncanny. New discoveries are adapted to old claims; the claims are not reevaluated.
As Wootton explains:
We know how to write histories of discovery and progress, but not how to write histories of stasis, of delay, of digression. We know how to write about the delight of discovery, but not about attachment to the old and resistance to the new.
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The discovery of the circulation of the blood (1628), of oxygen (1775), of the role of haemoglobin (1862) made no difference; the discoveries were adapted to the therapy [bloodletting] rather than vice versa.
...if you look at therapy, not theory, then ancient medicine survive more or less intact into the middle of the nineteenth century and beyond.
Strangely, traditional medical practices — bloodletting, purging, inducing vomiting — had continued even while people's understanding of how the body worked underwent radical alteration. The new theories were set to work to justify old practices.
Hat tip: Stephanie West Allen at Brains on Purpose.
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