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Flyers wrap up 2013 by dousing Flamesby Aaron Vickers
CALGARY -- The Philadelphia Flyers might be sorry to see the calendar flip from 2013 to 2014.
The Flyers closed out the month of December -- and their year -- with their fourth straight victory by beating the Calgary Flames 4-1 at Scotiabank Saddledome on Tuesday.
"It's a good stretch," goaltender Ray Emery said. "It's a good way to end the calendar year, especially after the way we started the season. To be where we're at starting the New Year, I think we'll take it."
Emery stopped 23 shots and Brayden Schenn had a goal and two assists as the Flyers closed 2013 by completing a three-game sweep through Western Canada for the first time since 1996 on the first half of a six-game trip.
"A couple big efforts," said Emery, whose Flyers are 7-1-1-1 in their past 10 New Year's Eve games. "Coming back in Edmonton and shootout wins, [Steve] Mason has a great one in Vancouver and then back-to-back against these guys, it's a tough place to come into. It's a great way to end the year off."
The Flames are 0-3-0 since the Christmas break despite giving up just eight goals -- mostly because they've scored only once in that span. It's a point of concern for captain Mark Giordano.
"I think we're playing well but we're not scoring goals and we have to find a way just to get some," Giordano said. "All of us, myself included, we're not finishing. We're getting some pretty good looks and it's not going in for whatever reason."
It did for Schenn, who broke a 1-1 tie with just 1:29 remaining in the second period. After Andrej Meszaros whiffed on his point shot, Schenn corralled the loose puck and blasted a shot past the blocker of Reto Berra for the eventual game-winner, his ninth of the season and second in as many games after going scoreless in 16 straight.
"I guess that happens to most guys," Schenn said. "They go through slumps and they get a little shot of confidence. Tonight, as a line, as a team, as a whole we worked hard and at times there we were obviously playing in our own end a bit, but that's two games in two nights. It was good to come out on top."
Schenn's goal came after Sean Monahan tied the game 1-1 at 14:30. It was Calgary's first goal in 159:35 after being shut out in back-to-back games on home ice after the Christmas break.
Paul Byron knocked down Vincent Lecavalier's neutral zone pass and sprung Monahan in 2-on-1 with Lee Stempniak. Monahan ripped a shot over Emery's glove for his 11th of the season and first in seven games to pull Calgary even.
"Putting the puck in the net gives you confidence and it's big for me to put the puck in the net, and that helps the team, but at the end of the day I want to win games," Monahan said.
Scott Hartnell gave the Flyers some breathing room at the midway mark of the third, deflecting Luke Schenn's point shot behind Berra to make it 3-1. Braydon Coburn slung the puck the length of the ice into an empty net with 1:56 remaining for a shorthanded goal after Sean Couturier won a faceoff in his own zone to finish the Flames.
The Flyers, riding the momentum of back-to-back shootout wins in Edmonton and Vancouver to start their six-game road trip, struck early. Mark Streit opened the scoring for a second straight game, firing a seeing-eye wrist shot through a screen in front that beat an unsuspecting Berra at 3:15 to put Philadelphia up 1-0.
He thought he had another near the midway mark of the period. On a seemingly identical play, Streit fired through traffic in front and beat Berra but struck the post. Schenn did sneak another over the goal line, but it was waived off after Hartnell impeded Berra in the crease.
The Flames didn't give Berra any support after 20 minutes, extending their scoring drought to seven periods plus a five-minute overtime. But it wasn't from a lack of chances.
Monahan knocked a blocked shot out of midair and launched it on the Flyers goaltender six minutes in, but Emery managed to get his body in front of it. He did the same on Mike Cammalleri's deflection with 5:19 remaining. At 19:52, he trapped David Jones' snap shot off the rush to temporarily extend Calgary's scoring woes.
The first wasn't all good news for the Flyers, though; they lost Matt Read after just seven shifts with an upper-body injury. The team didn't have an update on Read's status after the game.


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I'm a little behind the curve but I just discovered customizable watch faces are a thing! Pretty cool! I was hoping for a second hand for taking vitals. Perhaps that feature isn't compatible with my Garmin Vivoactive?
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How can I make the hour numbers change to 15/18/21/24 in settings when time passes midday ? I had this feature earlier - but somehow lost it and my face now only shows 3/6/9/12 no matter day/night. I cannot locate this in settings. Can you assist pls. Many thanks. Torben (Denmark)
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Thank you :) With so many possible combinations it is not easy to make each one of them look perfect - but you could try to reduce the size of the gauges, or adjust the colors so that there is more contrast between the marks and the gauges. Also, Opt 1 font might look better than the default Opt 2 in such scenario. For the local languages, this is a tough demand for this face, but I'm trying to see if anything could be done. What language do you have in mind?
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After trying hundreds I stay with this. Thanks to the developer. Fully customizable, there are also predefined themes to give you ideas. What I liked most, the subtlety of the Gauged, are integrated in a delicate but effective way.
19 de enero de 2019 | Versión 2.0.1
This is likely the best watch face so far. Great customization, awesome appearance. On the Forerunner 935 I have experienced the following two issues: first, broken-like screen behaviour during DND just after updating settings through garmin express; and second, while moving through widgets with up/down buttons, secs will step over dead-like widget. Work-around 1: wait for one minute or less, the face will redraw on next watch minute count, clearing out all the mess. Work-around 2: while on a widget, press back button to go to the watch face; don't use up/down buttons. If I may, my wish list for this face would be: a) keeping digital time during saving battery settings; b) having months and day names on other languages. Still, awesome watch-face, congrats!!
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20 de enero de 2019, Vgfsyhcxft
Hello and thank you :) It seems that on some watches Garmin's firmware has a tendency to redraw the face more often than necessary, and I have tried to implement some measures to control this to conserve the battery. The tricky part is that apparently on different models the firmware behaves differently and it could be that what works on one watch does not work on another. I can't reproduce it here and I don't have a FR935, so it would be good to know more about the settings that you use, otherwise I don't have enough information to understand what's going on on your watch. First, I would like to know if you use any dynamic options that change the display on wrist gesture, what type of seconds you use (dots or a hand), and whether you have enabled 'Sticky dots'. You can let me know through the 'Contact Developer' link. Thanks! Otherwise, a) is something I will need to think about, b) is already being planned.
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I am having the same problem as others, with the watch face disappearing the past two weeks. Today I downloaded and installed it again and it disappeared within one minute. This is my favorite watch face and the only custom watch face I have ever downloaded. I hope you will be able to fix this soon, I hate the regular Garmin faces.
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18 de enero de 2019, Vgfsyhcxft
Thank you for enjoying Time Flies. If your watch is Vivoactive 3, I'm afraid I can't do much, it looks like the ball is on Garmin's side. If you haven't seen it yet, please have a look at https://forums.garmin.com/forum/into-sports/health-fitness/vivoactive-3-aa/1441337-syncing-watch-face-issues-after-5-70-update. If your watch is something else, please let me know through the 'Contact Developer' link.
15 de enero de 2019 | Versión 2.0.1
Great face i just can't get the sunrise /sunset to work on my vivoactive 3 any ideas at all? I've tried starting a gps outside etc but never updates?
John Gray
14 de enero de 2019 | Versión 2.0.1
Loving it - can be customised to with lovely taste, as well as customising information fields. Only weird thing is the device keeps reverting to default watch face, maybe when charging or updating software?, But when this happens, it is easy to reselect the his one and my personal style settings are remembered.
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14 de enero de 2019, Vgfsyhcxft
Thank you! Is your watch a Vivoactive 3 ? If so, there seems to be some trouble with the new firmware version 5.70 that causes the Connect IQ faces to disappear randomly. Please let me know, maybe better through the 'Contact Developer' link.
14 de enero de 2019 | Versión 2.0.1
Perfect, but would like to have option to show "do not disturb" status icon in status icon field (maybe instead of battery icon, can have that on a gauge)
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NL DIVISION SERIES: ROCKIES v PHILLIES
October 3, 2007
Cole Hamels
Charlie Manuel
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA: Game One
Q. You had Michael Bourn pinch run, did he have the green light to steal?
CHARLIE MANUEL: We put him in. I knew when I put him in that often sometimes on his fastball, he's going to slide-step. We put him in to run, but a lot of times when he's going to throw a breaking ball or something, he'll throw it -- he's quick to the plate. He's actually about 112, 108, he's real quick to the plate, picking a good place going to run. But he held him pretty tight and Ruiz ended up hitting into a double play and that's the reason I put him in to run. But he didn't go. We couldn't get him to go. I mean, he could have gone but at the same time, Hawkins held him on real good.
Q. Can you talk about the job that the Rockies did in the first four guys in your lineup today and why you thought they were so effective?
CHARLIE MANUEL: Yeah, that was the difference in the game. I felt we didn't hit. We only hit -- we hit a couple home runs and we're supposed to get two solo homers and Cole got a base hit and Ruiz hit that ball to second base pretty hard.
Outside of that, I felt like Francis did a heckuva job. And of course, their relievers were good.
Q. Cole, can you talk a little about the second inning, what were the pitches to Helton and Atkins?
COLE HAMELS: You know, I think going into that inning, my main focus was obviously to throw strikes and I know those are the types of guys that would definitely swing at first pitch and ambush you and I fell right into his traffic and I didn't throw it effectively enough to have him at least foul it off or miss it.
Just getting an out when Atkins is up, I definitely wanted to get that strikeout because it sets it up for a potential double play if a guy gets on or if you walk the guy. With Atkins, I threw too many changeups and left one changeup up. I definitely had him with that pitch because he wasn't on it as much unless you leave it up, and I definitely just put it out there on a platter for him.
Q. I thought they had somewhat of a methodical approach to you in the second inning; is that true?
COLE HAMELS: No, it was a lot different, a lot different than what I have faced in a while. I think that's what happens with scouting. Going out there and knowing I can throw either offspeeds or fastballs, but they were laying off the offspeed stuff when I had two strikes on them and swinging at them the first two strikes. That's what I learned a little too late to my liking to go after them with a fastball and it showed in the third, fourth, fifth inning that I was capable of doing that.
But need to do it a little bit sooner.
Q. Could you talk about the predicament you guys are in now, losing the first game in a five-game series at home and how the pressure seems to be on you to win tomorrow?
CHARLIE MANUEL: Been there all year long. Like we've got to come out and win tomorrow's game, that's the bottom line. Today we didn't score enough runs. I feel like Cole, he hit a rough inning the second inning. After that, he did a helluva job, a helluva job. He retired the last 15, 16 he faced. You know, we hit two solo homers and when our offense scores two runs, more than likely we lose the game.
We have to come out and score some runs. They have a good club and also we have a good club, too. Today was a good game but we lost. Tomorrow is very important for us to lose -- I mean, to win, I'm sorry. (Laughter.) Better not lose.
Q. In your first post-season game did you have more of an adrenaline rush than you expected?
COLE HAMELS: For myself, I was definitely focused. When you go out there, you want to succeed, especially at this sort of level in the spotlight. You know, you can be a little hard on yourself and I think that's what I do a lot in these cases. I try to push myself but unfortunately you know, you can't play against yourself and then play against a team. It's better to at least just play against the other team because you have a better chance.
I think, you know, there it's a little bit of experience and nothing can really prepare you for what this situation is like. Especially with that second inning that I had, and you know, with the crowd going like it was, loud and those guys getting hits and runners on and walking guys. It's just something that now I understand and just put that back in my memory bank and just have to go after them again some other time.
Q. Did you think your hitters might have been -- because for most of them it's their first post-season game, a little uptight; and Cole, I think you alluded to it, is that part of your problem in the second inning, maybe the difference?
CHARLIE MANUEL: I think some of our hitters might have been a little uptight. But you know what, that's the fourth time I've seen Francis pitch and the third time this year. And he definitely was way better than the other two times we faced him. His command and his control was very good. He was mixing his pitches good and his location I felt like was way better than before. And he was aggressive; he threw enough balls inside where he could go out on the right-hand part of the plate and work on our right-hand hitters and he did a great job on our lefties and that's the best I've seen him pitch. You put those two together, his pitching and the fact that we might have been a little uptight and trying too hard, and he ended up throwing a helluva game.
COLE HAMELS: For myself, going out and getting the first inning over with is always important. But you do, when you get that first guy on, especially a lead-off triple, in my case I don't want to allow too many runs. So you just keep battling and you might put yourself -- you know, it's a game of inches. If you make a bad pitch an inch off, it's a ball and you're going to get no reward.
Trying to make guys chase, that's where their game plan actually worked for them right there. They were very calm in not chasing out of the strike zone late in the count, which, you know, that's what I normally like to get guys out with.
You know, that's something that in my case, I'll learn a little faster now, because it won't take an inning or a couple more outs; it will happen right on the spot after a pitch.
Q. Going off that last question, but I think this is only the second time in Utley's career he's had four strikeouts in a game; do you think his first post-season game, that played into it somewhat?
CHARLIE MANUEL: You know, I've got to think that the pitchers did a good job today, because Utley, he's very relaxed, he's very disciplined and he keeps his poise real good and he concentrates very good.
I think some days you have an off-day. Of course, that's what happened to him today. But at the same time, I think they pitched him good because he's that good of a hitter, and I definitely think that the way that they went after him and the pitches that they made on him, I think that had a lot to do with him; a combination of things.
Q. Your last start against Washington you got into a little bit of early trouble and weren't able to settle in and today obviously you didn't have the same success there, but is there anything in terms of maybe just taking a little while to settle in early in the game now that you're saying to yourself?
COLE HAMELS: You know, I think there is. I think it's something that, you know, I have. You can probably check all of the stats. I'm the type of guy that, you know, the first couple of innings are going to be probably the most rough for me and I can calm down and smooth out. That's something that I need to go in there and be a little more disciplined and be just a little bit more relaxed. I think it's something where you can't expect perfection right off the bat, and that's something that I do. I strive to be the best and unfortunately you just have to work at not worrying as much as going in there and trying to, you know, strike out every guy or not give up a hit or not walk a guy. I mean, it's going to happen, it's baseball. These guys made it here. They are obviously really good players.
It's just being able to execute. You know, that's where it comes into play with their game plan definitely outplayed my game plan.
Q. At what point did you take off your sleeves?
COLE HAMELS: After the second inning.
Q. Did that have anything --
COLE HAMELS: You know, I don't want to use that as an excuse. But, you know, with the type of games I've been playing, I was using more so with my arm just trying to keep it all warm just because, you know, with the injury and all that.
You know, it's something where it was definitely hot out and just trying -- not knowing, having that mental, you know, just that preparation with understanding that when it gets hot, I'm going to sweat a little more and when I was throwing my chink up the sweat was dripping down in my hands and I wasn't able to get a good grip on it. A lot of changeups in the second inning, they took and they obviously were not strikes?
Q. So the sleeves affected you in that inning?
COLE HAMELS: A little. I definitely realized it so I changed them as fast as I could because I didn't want to have another second inning like that. I just went out there and you know, I understand a little bit more and talked to some guys about it. I think they explained to me why with outfits when you stretch, they kind of stretch and fall down a little bit more and that's why they cut them so short.
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Albuquerque's theatrical community is growing, at least for the month of January. If you've lived here long, you know these temporary citizens come to you by way of Tricklock Theatre Company. For 12 years now, Tricklock has brought acclaimed theatrical acts from around the world to our little city for the Revolutions International Theatre Festival. This year, it's flown in artists from Israel, Switzerland, France, Spain, Mexico, Italy, Kansas and Chicago, along with hosting a few locals.
Juli Hendren is a founding member of Tricklock, but this is her first year curating the festival as its co-artistic director. "It's nice to be more a part of the creative process," she says. The crafting of Revolutions began in March, and her year was spent hunting for new shows and sorting through piles of applications.
"I try to look for stuff that's a little more on the physical side or is heavy in style." Hendren also gravitates toward pieces that speak to current events. She says that while Tricklock has never aimed to search for shows that fit around any particular theme, themes naturally emerge in the festival's lineups. "Artists tend to be reflecting what's happening in the world or what's needed." This time, the common thread through some of the shows is about "love and the need for human connection," she says. "It makes me optimistic for 2012. ... It seems like a lovely way to start the year."
After being a part of Revolutions for more than a decade, Hendren's favorite part of the festival is "the interconnection of people." She says the three-week-long event was set up to encourage participation between performers and viewers through galas, galleries and the recurring tradition of Tricklock's variety show, The Reptilian Lounge. "I love that people can go up and have a conversation about why they're doing what they're doing or about a specific place," she adds. "Through art, you get a window into a lot of different things and can really connect. You can break bread."
The Shows
It's 1979. Filmmaker Werner Herzog is on a mission to propel a 300-ton steamship over a mountain. A few celebrities are lost along the way (Mick Jagger, Jack Nicholson and Jason Robards), but Klaus Kinski comes to the rescue. In a fantastically fictional escapade, Kansas' Buran Theatre dabbles and then delves into the nature of wishes, insanity and dreams with The House of Fitzcarraldo. Expect sing-alongs and cap guns.
Death is the centerpiece of Exitus, from Spain's Titzina Teatro. Four people's lives intersect in this stark tragicomedy.
Perpetuo Mobile Teatro, from Italy and Switzerland, presents a show that's a bit of a mystery.Sehnsucht (German for "longing") is built around a masked duo. The two archetypes explore ideas of empathy and fate through physical theater and live music.
Go to this one for movement. With a cacophony of mediums—acrobatics, clown, mime, object manipulation, music and dance—Macadames' Roadway Closed to Pedestrians, from Paris, aspires to achieve a lone task: "to link love, the greatest of emotions, to the greatest number of people." Bring your kids and prepare for laughter.
Albuquerque's Brian Herrera looks back on his teenage years in I Was the Voice of Democracy. Sharing memories à la David Sedaris and Spalding Gray, Herrera questions how much we really change.
NK603 and Requiem for a Lost Land come from Mexico City's Violeta Luna. The first piece is named after a genetically modified corn seed and reflects on the ecological ripple-effect of growing hybrid engineered food. The second digs into the disturbing everyday consequences of the "war on drugs." These shows aren't recommended for the young ones.
Do take your children to Insomnia, by Albuquerque's Loren Kahn Puppet & Object Theatre. Through puppets and music, Insomnia lives inside the mental wanderings of a sleepless night. An actress, a puppeteer and an insomniac tell their story in this piece developed for kids ages 9 to 13.
When Sofia was 16, she found herself hiding from the Nazis in Holland. She was the daughter of children's author Clara Asscher-Pinkhof. Before the war, mother and daughter published children's stories together, which Sofia illustrated. After Clara was sent to concentration camps, Sofia passed her time in hiding by drawing. Sophia's Drawings by Israel's Galilee Multicultural Theatre is based on those illustrations. Sofia's daughter tells the story of that time in her mother's life through puppets and sculpture. Although the subject matter may seem heavy, this one's fine for the kids.
For educators and students alike, The Teacher Show is a product of Chicago's Working Group Theatre. Three solo performers join together to deliver both funny and heartbreaking stories about their time at the head of the classroom.
Lullabies for My Father comes straight from Tricklock Theatre itself. Formed in the verbatim style of theater, it's based on interviews with people in Albuquerque, including lawyers, students and artists. Physical and fantastical, it's about the nature of fatherhood and the oftentimes complex relationships we form with the men we first knew.
For a sneak peek at what Tricklock's working on next, there's Excavations New Work Series. This time, there are bits from three works-in-progress, starting with Waist Deep in Ice. Set in the 1800s, Waist Deep explores the "treatments" given to women suffering from hysteria by one particular Parisian doctor in an attempt to calm them down. Next is a quick preview of The Menu, a show coming to the stage in full form this spring, based on a book of poetry by Jim Linnell. Last is Strangeways, a new conception from Hendren. Based on a real-life African river kayaker who was killed by a crocodile, it looks at the notion of high adventure and the lives of those who "feel the need to live on the precipice of death all the time just to feel alive," says Hendren. She's in the process of applying for grants to bring company members to Uganda for research.


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Analysis of Twitter Reactions to Presidential Election
By: Nu Yang
University of Missouri professors team up with newspapers to analyze Twitter responses to presidential debates
Big Bird. Binders full of women. Malarkey. Thanks to Twitter, these phrases spread like wildfire through social media this election cycle. With more and more viewers turning to handheld devices to sound off, how can media outlets hear these voices?
That's the question University of Missouri communication professors Mitchell McKinney and Brian Houston tried to answer by examining how debate watchers were responding to the candidates on Twitter. The two professors are also current Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellows.
McKinney said the idea first came to him in the spring during Republican primary season, but the team wanted to take the analysis beyond the odd moments that got people's attention, such as actor Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair at the Republican National Convention.
"We met with newspaper editors to see how we could incorporate social media with their reporting," McKinney said. "It led to a discussion of partnering with newspapers."
The three partners are the Florida Times Union in Jacksonville, The Dallas Morning News, and The Seattle Times. McKinney said each newspaper designated a hashtag specific to its location. During the debate, readers could use the hashtag with their social media commentary, and after each debate, the tweets labeled with the hashtags were collected using Topsy Pro, which provides social media analytics software.
McKinney said that based on the analysis, the team saw spikes that were not parallel to the viral catchphrases, but more closely related to policies that affected the community. For example, he said Dallas viewers tweeted more about energy policy than zinger moments.
"It's heartening to see that when you start drilling down to a smaller level, you see policies do matter," McKinney said.
McKinney said a survey was also distributed to people who tweeted about the debates to see if tweeting helped them develop a closer relationship with their paper. He said he hoped the project showed news organizations how to build the best practices for using social media in their reporting and with engaging readers.
"It's about putting civic journalism into their reporting, and Twitter is the best way to capture those voices in the community," he said.


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For women undergoing surgery for vaginal prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, neither of 2 common repair procedures was superior to the other for functional or adverse event outcomes, and behavioral therapy with pelvic muscle training did not improve urinary symptoms or prolapse outcomes after surgery, according to a study in the March 12 issue of JAMA.
Pelvic organ prolapse (protrusion) occurs when the uterus descends into the lower vagina or vaginal walls protrude beyond the vaginal opening, and can occur as a result of childbirth. Approximately 300,000 surgeries for prolapse are performed annually in the United States; the two most widely used vaginal procedures for correcting apical (upper vaginal) prolapse are sacrospinous ligament fixation (SSLF) and the uterosacral ligament vaginal vault suspension (ULS). To date, no comparative data exist about their relative efficacy and safety, according to background information in the article.
A majority of women seeking vaginal prolapse surgery report urinary incontinence, including the common subtype of stress incontinence or involuntary urine loss with coughing, sneezing, or physical activity. Behavioral therapy with pelvic floor (the area underneath the pelvis composed of muscle fibers and soft tissue) muscle training (BPMT) is an effective stand-alone therapy for incontinence.
Matthew D. Barber, M.D., M.H.S., of the Cleveland Clinic, and colleagues randomized 374 women undergoing surgery to treat both apical vaginal prolapse and stress urinary incontinence at nine U.S. medical centers to SSLF (n = 186) or ULS (n = 188), and to receive BPMT (n = 186) or usual care (n = 188).
The researchers found that in the 84.5 percent of participants followed up at two years, the proportion of patients who had successful surgery (defined as a composite of anatomic results, patient-reported symptoms, and retreatment) was not different between groups: (ULS, 59.2 percent vs SSLF, 60.5 percent). In addition, serious adverse event proportions were comparable (ULS, 16.5 percent vs SSLF, 16.7 percent). BPMT around the time of surgery was not associated with greater improvements in incontinence measures at 6 months; prolapse symptom scores at 24 months; or measures of anatomic success (as defined by certain criteria) at 24 months.
The authors write that their study provides evidence for patients and their surgeons about the benefits, risks, and complications of these two surgical procedures, as well as the role of BPMT. "Although our results do not support routinely offering perioperative BPMT to women undergoing vaginal surgery for prolapse and stress urinary incontinence, previous evidence supports offering individualized treatment, including behavioral or physical therapy, to those who report new or unresolved pelvic floor symptoms."
They add that although variability in surgical recommendations for vaginal prolapse repair is likely to persist because of individual patient characteristics, their data provide a metric against which other vaginal procedures can be assessed.


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d0uglass wrote:Hmm.
I'm no physics expert, but I think maybe "big guy big board big kite big fins" is theoretically faster than "small guy small board small kite small fins".
Same as it is with windsurfing, if not more so, since there's less physical constraint on how big you can build a kite than how big you can build a windsurf sail. Plus the ability to sine the kite for power gets rid of some of the slow-acceleration probs that big windsurfers have in lighter winds.
With the bigger guy and bigger setup the gusts and chop are probably evened out more, and the guy's tallness probably gives more leverage, too. Kinda like huge multi-hull sailboats are faster in ocean races than small multi-hull sailboats.
Maybe the anxiety to quickly implement a box rule is to keep huge guys on huge boards and kites from coming in and dominating the class? Shaquille O'Neal on a 30 meter kite and 85 cm wide board with 60 cm fins kicking everyone's ass?
Well said James.
While they are touting the box rule as a way to grow the sport it is actually about limiting the type of riders.
I think that there should not be limitations to board and fin size.If the heavyweights end up dominating the sport them make a few classes based on weight.


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Recessions are created for people who want follow this trend... why wouldn't you make your own trend and start your own business? An excellent post with some interesting insights and examples. [note mg]
Recessions are the perfect time to start a business: FedEx, Microsoft, Burger King and even GE were started during the recessions the U.S. has experienced over the last century and a half. If you've been thinking about starting a new business, the fact that the economy is down should not stop you. In fact, there are many reasons why the national economic situation should encourage you to start a new business now.
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Read more: http://bit.ly/L9RTWH
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Business Tycoon Online Full Review
By MMOHut's Erhan Altay
Business Tycoon Online is a browser based business sim developed and published by the Chinese company Dovo Game. The game entered closed beta testing on January 18, 2010 but was immediately available to the general public with no need for special keys or invitations. While BTO is a text based game, it makes good use of images to put together an attractive interface. But what makes the game most appealing is its unique theme and gameplay. While players will still have to deal with slow paced progression and spend plenty of time performing menial tasks, the whole business atmosphere is a refreshing take on an otherwise tired genre.
The Perks of Business Ownership
Business Tycoon Online makes it a breeze for new players to get started. Account registration only requires an email address and a password. Email verification is not required nor even asked for. Your new account will work with all future Devo Game releases as well though the only other one currently listed is Superstar Online. After logging in and launching the game, players will be asked to enter their desired username and chose from four available industries. Each industry has a different selection of stores and businesses grouped with it. Hotels and restaurants fall under the Catering Industry while the Entertainment industry covers clubs, arcades and casinos. Each industry also provides business owners with a special bonus, for example Sales Industry entrepreneurs have a +5% production and raw material supply rate increase. For more details on the four industries, please see the Overview tab. The final step before getting started with Business Tycoon Online is choosing from one of the ten lovely secretaries. Each is described by a different adjective such as 'sweet' or 'dedicated' and have a unique list of hobbies along with a short intro. Most of these ladies are provocatively dressed and seem to advertise their physical assets more than their business skills. Being the clever businessman I am, I went with the hot blond named Anne wearing a black mini skirt and a similarly revealing black top.
Raising Capital
Like with all new business ventures, the first step in BTO is raising capital. Fortunately, players have the backing of an angel investor named Michael who, for a small percentage of ownership in the business, provides players with a healthy cash sum of 50k TCN which serves as the primary currency in Business Tycoon Online. A premium currency called gold and 'gratis gold' are also part of the game and can often be used to purchase powerful items or more useful (and faster) upgrades. Besides cash, the angel investor also provides new players with quests. The first few quests ask new players to open their first store, hire an employee, stock their store with goods, and so on. These quests double as the game's tutorial and are well worth doing. Not only do they explain the game's basics, but also provide rewards upon completion. These rewards include TCN, gold, and even ability points which can be used to increase three stats: Strategy, Wisdom, and Leadership.
Welcome to Liberty City
BTO is based in Liberty City (not to be confused with the city from Grand Theft Auto 3) and almost all activities players perform will take place there. There are some foreign locations players can visit with their friends on tour but these vacations are quite expensive though they do grant experience and attribute points. Liberty City it self is broken down into six zones which include the Central Zone, Industrial Zone, Downtown Zone, Residential Zone, Commercial Zone, and Tourism Zone. Besides these areas which are displayed prominetly when the 'City' tab is selected, players can use the right sidebar to navigate to several other locations. The mayor's building displays the currency mayor and tax rate, the car dealership has many vehicles for sale including bikes, motorcycles, private planes, and yes even cars. Vehicles reduce the recharge time and duration of routines, making your character more efficient. One of the more important locations in Liberty City for new players is the Welfare Center which provides daily packages for beginners. Additionally, players receive several items just for being logged in for 5 or 10 minutes which helps things progress much faster.
Week Days are Work Days
As with most browser games of this nature, Business Tycoon Online was developed to be played in short bursts throughout the day. Opening new stores, hiring additional employees, upgrading those stores and employees and keep your stores well stocked are all tasks that must be continuously repeated. How long each takes to complete and their cool down vary so its best to keep the game running on a separate tab. Besides managing the business end of things, players will have to perform routine tasks such as reading the newspaper or reaching out to the local media to increase their sales. There are four media outlets including TV, radio, newspapers, and internet though each has the same two options. Players can even assign tasks to their secretary such as serving coffee or fetching newspaper. Your secretary's tasks generally increase the rewards associated with performing routine tasks. The light brown background color and interface give the game a nice feel and there's much more complexity in BTO than most strategy games that pop up. Fortunately, it is organized rather well and the game does a good job easing players into it. There are only two major problems with the game and the first is only cosmetic.
In Engrish Please
Since this is a Chinese game, it won't come as much of a surprise to most veteran gamers that the English translations are a bit off. 'Engrish' may be only a minor annoyance to foreign players but native English speakers will find some of text confusing, or more likely, hilarious. The poor translations are twice as troublesome in Business Tycoon Online as other browser games because of the professional / business like atmosphere it tries to establish. The game seems to forget gender when it comes to employees, females will have male names and be referred to as 'he' and word usage throughout is just plain jumbled. Players who have experience with browser MMOs won't have much trouble bypassing most of the writing but Business Tycoon Online doesn't make it easy for new comers. Unlike Evony, there is a lot to handle in BTO so easier to understand text should definitely be a priority. Luckily, this is a problem that can easily be fixed with future updates, the other major problem is a bit more difficult to handle.
Wealth Has its Rewards
As a free to play game, Business Tycoon Online allows anyone, anywhere to jump right in and enjoy the game. Predictably, this is not an act of charity but a well rehearsed business model. New players start with VIP access already granted for a limited time but after several days of play will find themselves having to purchase a VIP card with gold to maintain the benefits they enjoyed. VIP access grants a 25% revenue bonus, allows players to start guilds, and mass purchase goods. Many other items such as powerful vehicles and special contracts (which allow the hiring of talented employees) are also priced in gold. While most required tasks such as training employees cost TCN, a premium option is generally available which is faster and more potent. Players start with a respectable sum of gold, about 1000, and are free to experiment with these premium goods and services but may become reliant on them. When the freebies stop, player will have to start dishing out real cash to stay competitive. Speaking of competitive, browser games are known for their open PvP elements and Business Tycoon Online is no exception. Rather than hiring soldiers to defend or raid as in Travian, players in BTO can launch pricing plans which lower their opponents revenue or hire guards to protect their own stores from similar attacks. Besides the odd grammar and slight balance issues with premium items, BTO is a great browser game well worth checking out for fans of the genre who have grown tired with the same old offering being continuously repackaged.
Final Verdict: Good
Business Tycoon Online is a breath of fresh air for the browser based sim genre. BTO allows players to run their own business and control many different facets of their trade. Whether its hiring and managing employees, opening new stores and factories, or trying to get a seat in the local government, Business Tycoon Online makes for a compelling browser gaming experience.
Pros: +Unique concept & gameplay. +Plenty of quests to provide direction & rewards. +Manage stores, factories, media relations, and perform many other tasks.
Cons: -Text & image based interface may not appeal to some gamers. -Poor English translations, odd word usage.
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In his Star Tribune column today Nick Coleman criticizes us in part for being unconcerned about disclosing conflicts of interest, unlike responsible members of the mainstream media such as he holds himself out to be. Although we have rarely mentioned him or his column on this site, it so happens that we have written about him here six times this month.
In our six posts about Coleman this month we have taken issue with his columns and his related correspondence with readers in both a straightforward factual manner and in a satirical vein. Yet Coleman omits any mention of our recent criticisms of his columns and correspondence in his column today. He only vaguely acknowledges that he "gets ripped a lot on the site." In none of our comments on Coleman, however, have we "ripped" him in the abusive personal manner that he "rips" us today. He also alludes to the fact that we have described him in connection with his column as a reliable partisan hack. Today he returns the favor; on that score, fair enough.
Rather than making any mention of the attention we have paid to his columns this month, however, he uses his column today to launch a vicious personal attack while pretending to administer justice to us in his capacity as the voice of the people. Isn't a journalist's particular stake in the subject matter of his columns something journalists are to recognize as a conflict of interest and disclose appropriately? Coleman himself suggests that it is.
I first wrote about Coleman this month on December 12 in "A case study." The first two paragraphs of that post are as follows:
I preface this post with these personal notes. I am a member of the board of directors of Minnesota's Center of the American Experiment. Former Minnesota Education Commissioner Cheri Pierson Yecke is now a senior fellow of the Center; I became a fan of hers during her service as Education Commissioner and consider her a friend. This story involves Dr. Yecke and Minnesota's dominant newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Some of the information included here derives from Dr. Yecke.
Over the years the Star Tribune has published many of the columns that Rocket Man and I have submitted to the paper as op-ed columns. Our experience with the op-ed page has been uniformly pleasant, with the single exception of the vicious personal attack on us this summer by deputy editorial page editor Jim Boyd. This fall I was also the subject of critical comments by Star Tribune columnist Nick Coleman, who is one of the protagonists in this case study. I ask that you take into account all the cautionary notes above in considering the following.
I then went on to take issue with one of Coleman's recent columns.
We next wrote about Coleman's two columns on homelessness in "The tragedy of mindlessness" and in "The tragedy of mindlessness, Act II." We subsequently commented in a satirical vein on Coleman's correspondence with his readers in "Epistles of Saint Nick," "Judgment of Saint Nick," and "The gospel according to Saint Nick."
For Coleman to wield his column in the state's dominant newspaper as a weapon to punish those who have taken issue with his work, and for him to do so in the knowingly false manner he has done so today, is a matter that should be of concern to those within the walls of the Star Tribune and beyond. It certainly is to me.


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Eighteen years ago, I wrote an article for a magazine that got me called in for a taped interview with a Fox TV morning news anchor. Being an effective communicator and a skillful public speaker was a dream of mine at the time. And still is.
After some 30 minutes of prep with the station's hair-and-makeup lady (which only made my anxiety mount), I clopped up to the dias and faced the camera in a carefully-pressed business suit and taupe high-heeled shoes. I was horribly nervous.
As the camera was queued to roll, and as the anchorman commenced his chirpy questioning, I found that, despite the prepared notes in my lap, I could not speak coherently. Words were coming out of my mouth that in no way connected to the chattering, critical thoughts in my head! Then I kept talking, hacking away at the spoken sentences, striving to perfect my thoughts. I couldn't stop. After 15 minutes of this, the anchorman said something like, "O-kay, I think we've got it…"
I looked at the cameraman, who seemed much less ebullient and flirtatious now than when we'd started.
Clearly, I'd flubbed the interview. But then the anchorman leaned forward and gave me advice aimed at teaching me how to emote better on television. And what he said rained down on me as if he were Yoda, and I was young Jedi Luke Skywalker. His words had the strange ability to change a disaster into something better. He said: "You should never feel like you have to fill up all the space." He paused before continuing.
"When you complete a thought, just stop and I'll start talking. That's my job. The responsibility to fill the space is not all yours."
A-ha. This story came back to me so vividly yesterday as I was sitting on the subway, pondering what I would write you in my final post, now that I'm taking my blogging break.
Filling this space has been a total joy. Every writer's ego's dream is to spout off, have a column with a photo on top for all to see. My happiness with the project deepened as I realized that I was really uplifting you, or inspiring you, or that I made you laugh a time or two. Your letters earlier this week were read and re-read by me with such pleasure! Thank you!
But I don't have to fill the space forever. It's an appropriate time for you to talk more in other contexts about what you know and believe. For if you don't, the louder-mouthed, we've-got-the-total-picture people will blab right over us, and fill our space with their pompous inanity. I wish I could say that blogging about spirituality has made me more sure that God exists or helped me decide which dogma is absolutely correct, but in truth, I'm comfortable admitting that there's a hell of a lot of wonderful overlap–we are truly all one–no message is best.
Read on to connect with which websites and blogs I think you'll like in my absence.
Here are some blogs and websites I like. It's not a complete list. But it's a start.
The first is called New Moon Journal and it is written by Michele Bailey-Lessirard, a life coach, collage artist, and "shamanic astrologer." On the opening page of her site, you'll find a little slide show of her amazing, healing artwork (which she encourages you to do alongside her). As a longtime lover of the work of Joseph Cornell and Kurt Schwitters, I too believe that arranging collage images on paper is "spirit" work. Intuition reigns supreme as you connect with what feels aligned and right, and you'll learn ways to connect with your shadow, as well as your most divine self. So visit Michele, "a student of symbols and feminine mysteries," try some collage work, and start following the moon as closely as she does. Her blog is excellent.
Another "symbolist" and student of calendars is the ever-fruitful, gorgeous font of wisdom Waverly Fitzgerald, creator of SchooloftheSeasons.com. Unique is the right word. I feel I couldn't have written this blog without her. Visit her site to strengthen your connection to religious/spiritual holidays and the organizing principal of ritual. Waverly also blogs about flowers. And passion. And love.
Then there's Caroline Casey's site The Coyote News Network. Man, watch out! As we edge into a political year, it will be impossible for Caroline not to froth! She's a divinely-connected female John Stewart–she's also the beloved sister of novelist John Casey, a writer I knew at the University of Virginia. Caroline, who I met through my pal Shelley Ackerman, has a "Visionary Activist" radio show that's unlike anything else you'll hear. Fun, passionate, fired-up! I think you'll want to check in with her periodically.
Thanks to all the people in the last two years who have given me courage and support: my husband, Beliefnet.com co-founder, Steven Waldman, my kids, my sister Kathryn Janus, my loving dad and my precious in-laws, my editor Valerie Reiss, the whole Beliefnet.com edit staff, Frances and Chris Stahnke, Domenick Masiello, Nell Minow, Laura Stanley, Myra Klockenbrink, Cristy West, Kathleen Currie, Lisa Schamess, Marianne Szegedy-Maszak, Teresa Riordan, Sheila Kaplan, Art Levine, Laurie Sue Brockway, Vic Fuhrman, Lama Surya Das, Elizabeth Lesser, Jim Kullander, and all you readers.
Again, send your email addresses to me at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I'll find you again! (Remember that great scene where Daniel Day-Lewis screams "Stay alive! Do whatever you have to do to stay alive. I'LL FIND YOU" as he leaves his new girlfriend and jumps down a cliff in "The Last of the Mohicans"?) Continue to read Beliefnet.com. It is not a Christian site, by the way. I guess it's just that the Christians are noisier. The Holistic Spirituality page of the site remains an excellent meeting place, and is always a good place to find articles.
"Take off from here. And don't be so earnest,
let others wear the sackcloth and the ashes.
Let go, let fly, forget.
You've listened long enough. Now strike your note."
From "Station Island," by Seamus Heaney


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Are you a baseball fan? Have you always wanted to spend some time in the outfield of your local minor league baseball stadium? Do you have a few free hours during the morning or early afternoon? Then the PBCC needs you this summer!
The PBCC is again partnering with the PA Association of Community Bankers for the 3rd Annual Home Run Derby happening in each of PA's minor league stadiums this July. We need about 25 volunteers per stadium to be successful. So if you live near one of the stadiums listed below and would like to donate some time, please sign up using the link below!
We are mostly in need of outfield shaggers. The perfect outfield shagger enjoys being out in the sun and doesn't mind being on his or her feet for a few hours. Shaggers do not need to be able to catch or throw a ball! They simply collect balls hit into the outfield and infield once they have landed and rolled to a stop, then carry them to a collection point near second base. This might be a fun family activity to do with your kids! Please sign up today!
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Erie SeaWolves
Harrisburg Senators
Lancaster Barnstormers
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (All volunteer slots filled)
Reading Phillies
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
State College Spikes
Washington Wild Things
Williamsport Crosscutters
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Attorneys initiate lawsuit after claiming a freezer/ice maker caused fire that partially burned down firm's offices and temporarily altered productivity.
After a fire almost completely dismantled a Washington D.C. law firm, the partners found themselves asking the same question: Why? And because the fire temporarily disrupted operations and destroyed records, as well as prompted partial rebuilding of the office, principals of the law firm began searching for answers immediately.
Since the fire seemed to stem from a freezer/ice cube maker located in a small kitchen, they assumed the culprit was malfunctioning electrical components. Based on this assumption, they proceeded to sue the freezer manufacturer. That's where forensic engineering comes in: to make sure all fingers are pointing in the right direction.
The freezer manufacturer's insurance company hired a forensic consulting engineering firm to get to the bottom of the electrical blame game. Since the consulting firm specialized in the forensic evaluation of evidence associated with accident investigations and major catastrophic events, it needed assistance to determine if an electrical phenomena associated with the freezer/ice cube maker caused or in any way induced the fire. No one at the firm had experience with electrical fires, so they asked for my assistance.
Examining the evidence. After reviewing photos taken at the site and other physical evidence, I visually inspected the freezer, which several experienced investigators had also disassembled and examined.
First, I checked the rear of the unit for fire damage. It housed the incoming electrical service, electrical wiring harness, and hermetically sealed motor. Conductors in this area had good electrical continuity, and the insulation was free of damage. The motor also had no fire damage and showed no traces of electrical faults.
After looking at the freezer and its components, I concluded its damage appeared to be secondary, which means fire damage had acted upon it but not caused it.
Interestingly enough, the part of the ice cube maker closest to the freezer door showed the most severe fire damage. Only part of the plastic ice cube maker (the part closest to the burned-away freezer door) appeared partially baked. Although scorched, insulation on the conductors that served the compressor's motor and control system had good integrity (the insulation was fully intact). The conductors had continuity with no evidence of electrical faults.
In the freezer's electrical control compartment, a conductor to a microswitch had what appeared to be four loose strands in a phase conductor. Apparently, the strands had not held firmly within a crimp connector. They showed no evidence of arcing (shorting to an adjacent ground). An internal phase-to-phase short in a single-phase 120V electrical feed wasn't possible, nor was an internal phase-to-neutral short. The strands were not close to any part that was at ground potential, nor at any other elevated potential.
Since each strand was at an equal voltage potential, there could not have been arcing between the strands. The only evidence of electrical arcing occurred after-the-fact: The external cord shorted out at the plug because of fire damage.
Circuit protection devices would prevent excess current. If the compressor's induction motor stalled on the freezer, the thermal overload in the unit would trip, and the branch circuit breaker feeding this circuit would have its thermal element actuate; tripping the breaker into an open-circuit mode and cutting off power to the freezer. An electrical fault would have opened the branch circuit breaker by tripping the magnetically actuated armature and cutting off power to the freezer.
With this in mind, the fire could not have started within the freezer because:
There was insufficient oxygen to sustain combustion.
The ice would have melted and probably extinguished the fire.
The insulation of the conductors was non-fire sustaining.
The fire was self-sustaining and fast burning. The gas pressure, caused by products of combustion, might have pushed the freezer door ajar, which it did not. A magnetic seal held this door. Therefore, I thought an internal freezer fire might have produced sufficient pressure to cause the door to open.
An internal fire would have consumed the entire plastic ice maker rather than partially char and melt only the front end of the unit.
Certain areas of the thermal insulation were somewhat scorched. But, the fire affected only those portions near the external surfaces of the freezer; not within the inner portion adjacent to the interior. In addition, the fire melted off the freezer's plastic door. It only damaged the ends of the front of the freezer, including a portion of the ice maker that protruded very close to the door. This indicated an external fire acting upon the freezer.
The report concluded a fire close to the freezer/ice cube maker swept up and around the front of the unit, consuming its door. It proceeded to engulf a countertop immediately above and adjacent to the freezer. However, it appeared it was a nearby wastepaper basket that caught fire, possibly caused by a discarded lit cigarette. It was this conflagration that swept up under the counter and over the freezer/ice cube maker, ultimately scorching the front of it severely.
The consulting firm submitted my investigative report, along with other evidence and photos, to the insurance company protecting the freezer manufacturer. Consequently, the consulting firm and its client selected me as an expert witness, should the law firm continue with the lawsuit. However, based upon the evidence submitted, the case ironically never made it to trial. The parties settled out of court in favor of the freezer manufacturer.


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Anyone that uses MrSID image files in their Map3D or Civil 3D know that you need to install the Raster Design Object Enabler or Raster Design installed to insert them with the Map image insert command. Problem is right now there is no Raster Design OE for the 2011 versions. However thanks to a geeky customer there is a work around.
The first step is you need a working version of an AutoCAD 2010 installed on your workstation. This can be Map3D, Civil 3D, Standard AutoCAD of the vanilla favor or even the water down application named TrueView. Now if you are running on a 64bit OS I was told you can skip the 2010 products but with a 32 bit OS you need one of those install.
Next download and install the 2010 version of the Raster Design OE. Located here http://usa.autodesk.com/getdoc/id=DL13023431. A reminder you need administrator rights to install it and follow the standards to install any of AutoCAD applications, in other words shut down any apps you have running and shut down you anti-virus software for the installs.
The next step is you need to open the windows registry. To do this the simple way is from the START button > Run and type in regedit for the "open" then click the OK button. Now a disclaimer, if you don't feel comfortable working with the registry then call some that does. Do not blame the Murph if your PC starts to act up later because you messed up the registry.
With the registry open navigate/browse to the
key. Select it, right click, and select Export. Save the exported registry key to a folder that you can get to, the name for it can be any name of your choice (provide you follow the naming convections enforced by Microsoft).
Now browse to the folder you saved the exported key to and open it in a text editor (Notepad works best). With the file open edit the first line (not the top header line) so it reads as
Just change the R18.0 to read R18.1. Save the file and close it.
Next step is to double click on the file in Windows Explorer. This will import the registry key into the registry. If you get the Warning Message / Registry Editor
just click the OK button.
Now if everything worked you should be able to open up Map3D or Civil 3D 2011 and use the Mapiinsert to insert a MrSID format image into you projects like you could before.
NOW A BIGGER DISCLAIMER(s):
First this is a hack to get the SID files in the 2011 versions, it is not supported by Autodesk so if something goes wrong don't expect help from your support team. Second anyone that knows what all those numbers mean in the registry will see that the imported registry key is for the 2011 version but still points to 2010 Raster Design OE, if you try to install the supported version of Raster Design OE when it gets released you may get the message saying it is already installed. You may have to delete that key for the official supported version to install and work properly .