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Legacy Health First and Only Hospital System in Portland-Metro Region to Offer 3-D Mammography at Every Breast Health Center Location
Sept. 6, 2013 — Legacy Health announced today it is offering 3-D mammography, or tomosynthesis, at each of its four breast health centers, making it the first and only health system in the Portland-metro/southwest Washington region to offer this lifesaving technology to every patient, every time, at multiple locations. Legacy Health's four breast health centers are located conveniently in virtually every corner of the region—Legacy Breast Health Center—Meridian Park in Tualatin; Legacy Breast Health Center–Mount Hood in Gresham; Legacy Breast Health Center–Salmon Creek in Vancouver, Wash.; and Legacy Breast Health Center–Good Samaritan in northwest Portland. Legacy Breast Health Center–Good Samaritan was the first to introduce 3-D technology to patients in Portland in October 2012.
As the newest technology for breast cancer screening and detection, 3-D mammography provides high-definition, more comprehensive images of the breast than conventional 2-D mammography. Specifically, 3-D creates multiple images of the breast, in layers, allowing Legacy radiologists to examine each high-definition image individually and reconstruct the images into full 3-dimensional view of the breast. The quality of these images allows Legacy radiologists to detect cancer earlier by more accurately pinpointing the size, shape, and location of potential problem areas; more clearly differentiating between benign abnormalities and real tumors' all while reducing the number of callbacks and alleviating anxiety for patients.
"Early detection saves lives – 98% of women survive breast cancer when it is found in the earliest stage," said Nathalie Johnson, M.D., FACS, Medical Director of Legacy Cancer Institute and Legacy Breast Health Centers. "Offering 3-D mammograms to every patient, every time at each of our Breast Health Centers is a significant upgrade to our already top-notch facility. Legacy is committed to the fight against breast cancer and providing the latest in imaging quality and by offering convenient access to this life saving technology will allow us to significantly build on this critical mission."
Legacy Breast Health Center—Good Samaritan introduced 3-D mammography to Portland in 2012 and many patients have benefitted from the higher-definition, more comprehensive images the technology provides. Sallie Bullock, a breast cancer survivor and patient of the northwest Portland-based provider describes her experience being diagnosed with 3-D mammography in March 2013, "I am grateful to have had access to 3-D mammography as it was able to catch my cancer very early on, which spared me from having to go through chemotherapy. Offering this lifesaving technology to women throughout the region is a community asset that will undoubtedly save lives."
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by Brian DeCandia, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – Georgia College softball junior pitcher Sabrina Chandler (Covington, Ga.) garnered her second Georgia College Athlete of the Week Award of the 2011 season.
The junior righty was brilliant in the Bobcats' opening round upset of No. 3-seed Columbus State University in the PBC Tournament. Chandler went the distance allowing just one run, while scattering four hits in only 85 pitches. She also threw for GC in their season finale, keeping them in the game with a 5 1/3 inning, four run performance in the loss.
It was a magical run for the Bobcats down the stretch, as they won three of their last five games to end the season. GC shocked No. 3-seed Columbus State 3-1 in the first round of the PBC Tournament, before falling to No. 2-seed Armstrong Atlantic, 4-2 and No. 5-seed Augusta State University, 6-0.
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/BobcatSports 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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I'm just going to lay it flat: we don't need a Jurassic Park 4. Hell, we didn't even need a Jurassic Park 3. Still, there have been whisperings of another sequel in the air for years now and until everyone in the world decides that they actively hate dinosaurs (not gonna happen) the rumors will continue. You know what's not helping things in any way shape or form? Steven Spielberg trying to develop ideas for another movie.
According to THR, the multiple Oscar winning director has begun meeting with screenwriter Mark Protosevich (Poseidon, I Am Legend) to develop a story for another installment in the franchise. Both Universal and Spielberg's people were contacted for comment and while they didn't refute the rumor, they did stress that there is now script being written and that the meetings are simply "exploratory." The last time Spielberg and Protosevich worked together was on the proposed remake of Chan-wook Park's Oldboy, but that project fell apart last November.
I truly pray that this project doesn't go anywhere. The only thing we need less in this world than a Jurassic Park 4 is an Indiana Jones 5, and if they are dead-set on making that movie, the least Spielberg can do is let Jurassic Park rest in peace. The original is one of those rare special effects movies that has actually managed to still look amazing after nearly 20 years. There's no reason to try and ruin that.


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Apr 10, 2014
BABSON PARK, Mass. - First-years Jack Halpin and Owen Shea combined to go 7-for-10 with three extra-base hits, five runs scored and 12 runs batted in as Babson College defeated baseball by the final of 17-6, in non-conference baseball action on Thursday afternoon at Govoni Field.
With its second consecutive win, Babson moves to 11-10 on the year, while UMass Boston drops to 9-10.
Daniel Mantoni (Northbridge, Mass.) had a two-run double to go along with a sacrifice fly for the Beacons. Sophomore Adam Gutierrez (Springfield, Mass.) also tripled and drove in a run in the non-conference loss.
For the Beavers Shea was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a career-high six RBI while Halpin had four hits, including a triple, and drove in a career-best six runs to pace the Beavers 17-hit attack. Brendan Collins had two hits and scored twice, and Dillon Gonzalez had a pair of hits, scored twice and drove in two runs.
After a scoreless first inning, Babson jumped on top with a four-run second. First-year Joe Barry doubled, sophomore George Crowley (Watertown, Mass.) was hit by a pitch and junior Chris Warren walked to load the bases. Shea then cleared the bases with a double down the left field line and scored two batters later on a sacrifice fly by Gonzlez to make it 4-0.
UMass Boston got one run back in the top of third, but a bases-loaded sacrifice fly, followed by a two-out double to right center by Shea gave the Beavers a 7-1 edge in the bottom of the frame. Gonzalez drove Shea home with an RBI single two batters later, and Halpin capped the inning with a two-run single through the right side to make it a 10-1 game.
The teams traded runs in the fourth and the Beacons scored three times in the fifth highlighted by a two-run double to left by Mantoni, cutting their deficit to 11-5. The Green and White answered back though, as Gonzalez walked and came in on Collins' triple, while Halpin followed with a single to plate Collins, pushing the lead back to 13-5.
Halpin capped off the day with a three-run double down the right field line in the seventh to put a wrap Babson's highest offensive output of the year.
Brody Loughlin earned the win for the Beavers to move to 3-0 on the season, giving up four runs on six hits while striking out four in five innings of relief.
Steve Roche (Worcester, Mass.), one of six UMass Boston pitchers to see action on the day, suffered the loss, allowing eight runs on six hits over 2 2/3 innings.
Baseball will host UMass Dartmouth on Saturday at noon at Campanelli Stadium.
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Vanderbilt Commodores (26-7) vs. Siena Saints (22-10)
When: Friday, 7:10 p.m.
Where: Tampa
1. It's Shan "Rhymes With Pain" Foster. Perhaps more peculiar than the spelling of his name is the form of his jump shot: Foster shoots the ball with his hands virtually behind his head. This causes trouble for almost every defender, as he is able to get off any shot with a defender in his face. He recently went 9-for-9 on 3's in the 2nd half in a career-high 42-points peformance (and a game winner) against Mississippi State. That game helped the Commodores to finish the season 18-0 at home. The 6'6" Senior from Kenner, La. is averaging 21 points and 5 rebounds this season. Foster has recently become the school's all-time scoring leader and is 42 points shy of the 2,000 mark for his career (this is before the SEC Tournament). After Derrick Byars won the award last season, Vanderbilt has the chance to pick up back-to-back SEC Player of the Year awards for the first time in school history.
2. The Big Man From Down Under. Much of Vanderbilt's success this season is due to former Utah (and now Gonzaga assistant) Ray Giacoletti. After bringing Andrew Bogut to Utah in 2004, Giacoletti had become familiar with the talent in Australia - specifically at the Australia Institute of Sport - a school setup by the government to train people for the Olympics. After using their last scholarship on a Juco transfer, Giacoletti recommended to Vanderbilt's staff that they go down and check out the latest Australian talent: a 6'11" big man named A.J. Ogilvy. Although he was under the radar at that time, A.J. Ogilvy exploded onto the scene at the FIBA U-19 World Championships where he averaged 22 and 10 while shooting 70 percent from the field and 79 percent from the stripe. Ogilvy has averaged 17 points and 7 boards this year and provided a steady force in the paint - something that Vanderbilt teams of the past have sorely missed. There are some strange connections between Ogilvy and Vanderbilt's Last dominant big man: Ogilvy is from Syndey, Australia, while Will Purdue grew up in Melbourne, Florida. Other players to watch out for include a British rugby player named Alan Metcalfe, Jamie Graham, a cornerback on the football team who joined the basketball squad after the football season ended, and 5th year senior Ross Neltner whose 8 points and 6 rebounds a game are overshadowed by his near-Kordell-esque affinity for hugging players in moments of drama.
3. Who Ya With?! While a lot of the talk the past two seasons has been about Florida winning back to back titles in basketball, Vanderbilt has picked up back to back titles themselves, in an endeavor slightly more noble than basketball. Both the 2006 and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Winners were affiliated with Vanderbilt. Mohammad Yunus, an Indian Economist who popularized microlending, picked up the prize in '06 and Al Gore (who enrolled several times, but never graduated) won it last year. And while Kentucky gets lots of attention for famous fans (read: Ashley Judd), Vanderbilt is no slouch themselves: country stars Amy Grant and Vince Gill are easily spotted on the sidelines of any Vanderbilt home game. — Mark Bashuk
1. Fun facts Siena is a Catholic college established in 1937 by the Franciscan order, named after Saint Bernardine of Siena. (Who's the patron saint of gambling addicts, actually.) The campus was built on an old asparagus farm.
2. "We love our Saints." That is the slogan the college uses to promote their men's and women's basketball teams. But until 1988 Siena's athletic teams were known as the Indians, not Saints. The name was changed out of respect for Native Americans, and to honor St. Bernadine who the school was named after. (Ed. Note: It happens.) This explains why Siena uses a St. Bernard dog as their mascot; Bernardine is Italian for Bernard. This is Siena fourth NCAA appearance. In 1989, they defeated No. 3 seed Stanford, and the team's big win this season also came against Stanford.
3. Senior leadership......literally. Siena guard Tay Fisher is the only senior on this years team. With practically the whole team returning next season, one has to believe Siena will be favored to repeat as MAAC champs. — Upstate Underdog
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Sophie Gustafson was fresh off of enjoying Bruce Springsteen's Philadelphia concerts when she arrived Tuesday at Kingsmill.
Gustafson and her fellow LPGA Tour golfers prepared for this week's Kingsmill Championship at the River Course with practice rounds Tuesday. She was one in a line of golfers at the driving range, working away in the steamy heat before starting her practice round.
Action continues with the Pro-Am Wednesday morning and the tournament's four rounds running Thursday through Sunday.
Gustafson, 38, is a native of Sweden and a tour veteran. She was thrilled to be back at Kingsmill as the LPGA makes its first tour stop here since 2009, and said she hadn't noticed any change in the course.
"It's very nice," she said. "This was always one of my favorite courses that we played."
As for the tour itself, Gustafson noted that its only change since 2009 may be that its golfers are a little younger.
She made an early morning drive from Philadelphia on Tuesday after seeing Springsteen shows Sunday and Monday. A good friend who helps set up the concerts got her backstage.
Gustafson has seen Springsteen "20-ish" times and all over the world including in Sweden, she said. A university teacher originally introduced her to the music.
"Land of Hope and Dreams" is her favorite Springsteen song. Music is listed as the greatest passion in her life behind golf in Gustafson's LPGA Tour bio.
Earlier this year Gustafson, who speaks with a severe stutter, was awarded the Ben Hogan Award from the Golf Writers Association of American "for remaining active in golf despite a physical handicap or serious illness."
Career highlights for the Orlando, Fla., resident include playing on eight Solheim Cup teams and winning five LPGA tournaments since she joined the tour in 1998. She won a major — the Weetabix Women's British Open — in 2000 and has recorded 18 international victories.
Last year Gustafson played in 21 LPGA events, making the cut 19 times and finishing twice in the top five. Her season-best finish was a third place at the RICOH Women's British Open.
She also won the European Nations Cup on the Ladies European Tour with fellow Swede Anna Nordqvist. Gustafson finished 2011 ranked 24th in driving distance, averaging 256.8 yards, and ranked 41st in greens in regulation at 68 percent.
As for this week, she had no idea how she might play.
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Sen. Mark Udall touts "Not Your Boss's Business" Act in attempt to counteract Hobby Lobby decision
Sen. Mark Udall said he missed a fundraiser earlier this week that President Barack Obama headlined on his behalf because, "I was in D.C. doing my job." On Friday, a day after losing one battle in that quest, the Democrat went to work on another, introducing legislation on contraceptive coverage.
Officially named The Protect Women's Health from Corporate Interference Act, the bill, more simply known as the "Not My Boss's Business" Act, is an attempt to counteract the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case; the court ruled that corporations cannot be forced under the Affordable Care Act to provide their employees with certain kinds of contraceptives that offend their religious beliefs.
The controversy became known as the Hobby Lobby case after owners of the crafts store filed suit saying that they believe life begins at conception and being forced to support and financing their company health care plan with the means to destroy a fertilized egg makes them complicit in a sinful and immoral act.
Udall, who introduced his bill with Washington Sen. Patty Murray, said Friday that the legislation would "restore a woman's power to make a personal decision based on what's best for her and her family — not on her boss's religious beliefs … Colorado women shouldn't have to ask their permission for birth control."
The legislation faces an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled House; Udall said on Friday that no Senate Republicans have joined him backing his bill, but added he would "continue to reach out to every one of them."
On Thursday, that same body killed a hunter-friendly bill favored by Udall that would have expanded public access to federal lands. Udall had authored a provision in the bill that would have steered more government dollars to public shooting ranges.
The Senator also faced questions regarding his highly-publicized no-show Wednesday at a luncheon fundraiser that the President attended. Republicans said Udall was ducking Obama, whose popularity is waning.
Udall said his work on both the sportsman and women's rights bills kept him away.
"In the middle of the week, I was in D.C. doing my job … Coloradans know that's the No. 1 focus that I have," Udall said.
Asked if he was in a "no-win' situation, Udall deferred, saying, "I'll let the pundits decide that…I'm going to do my job, particularly on these crucial issues. I thanked the President for taking the time to be here — I know he had a great time playing pool with the Governor (John Hickenlooper) and drinking a little of our home brew, which is a big part of our economy."


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The awards ceremony for the Paul W. Ward '25 Prize in Writing for the Class of 2013 will be held in Alexander Twilight Hall. The prize competition recognizes annually those first-year students who are judged by faculty to have produced outstanding essays in writing classes during that academic year. Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Research at 802.443.3131 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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text: White Sox right-hander Jake Peavy was known for doing plenty of partying (see here and here) back when he was with the Padres. From the looks of these photos, taken last night at the Houndstooth Saloon near Wrigley Field and sent to us by a reader named Erick, not much has changed. As of March 2011, Peavy was still reported to be married to his wife, Katie, with whom he has three children. Peavy doesn't appear to be doing anything more than flirting in any of these photos, and it's not known if he and Katie are still together. Either way, she can't be pleased to discover he hangs out in Cubs country.


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Given a set of 2D points ( or vertices if you want ), the values stored for each point are:
- coordinate on x
- coordinate on y
- an enum or a value from a list in general
for the sake of this example let's say that this last value is the name of a fruit, so the record in the data structure for each point looks like
"34.3" "845.2" "apple"
The set of fruits considered is finite and well defined at the moment the algorithm comes in to play, with this I mean that I can easily list all the possible variations for that 3rd value, if I need to.
Since in my model that 3rd value is assigned per-face, I don't really care if my algorithm acts on faces or on vertices; I should also note that the number of vertices for each face are not equals, so with the term "face" I mean a generic geometry that can be a triangle, a quad, and so on, but no matter how many vertices a face owns, the property is given per-face.
Now the real problem: I need to do some clustering based on that 3rd arbitrary value.
I don't have any pattern here, I have no guarantee on anything, for what I know it's possible to have the entire map composed of single faces with a different 3rd value, they can be convex or concave, the only thing is, I have this kind of records in input, and as output I need a set of areas grouped according to this 3rd value that they have in common. Offcourse if 2 faces share the same 3rd value but they are not adjacent ( don't share at least 1 edge/verts ) they should be considered as 2 separated areas.
What is an algorithm for this kind of clustering ?
Since the dataset is relatively small the time-complexity of the algorithm doesn't really matters that much.
PS If needed I can simplify every face down to a triangle; I am also not sure if this problem can be solved with a Convex Hull algorithm.


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Every mummy appreciates the Baby Monitor. With it she is able to go about her business while the baby is peacefully sleeping or plays with its toys. The technology develops, and now baby monitor can be 'embedded' into your iPad, iPhone or iPod touch for you not to carry an extra device. Now you do n... (read more)


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Experts have designed a series of ecosystem and livelihood principles for energy decision-makers, which are relevant not just regionally but globally.
All energy options – apart from energy conservation – can have impacts on the environment, though what is less recognised is how the environment – if sustainably harnessed, can also provide energy options.
For more efficient and sustainable energy, decisions should not be taken alone by Energy Ministers, but Environment and Development ministries should also be involved. Decisions need to be based on strategic assessments where possible, with cost-benefit analysis that reflects real values. Finally, large-scale energy developments should always consider benefiting local, affected communities, in addition to large urban and industrial centres. Diversification from costly and polluting fossil fuels to a broad range of renewable energy options should be a priority for investments from governments, donors and financial institutions, rather than the polluting, unsustainable energy options that were recently highlighted as being funded through World Bank loans.
"This region depends on natural resource based energy options," remarked the new IUCN Regional Director of the Eastern and Southern Africa office, Mr Ali Kaka, during the opening session, "If the ecosystems that support them are not taken into account, double impacts can occur". He gave the example of a forest which was cleared for coal mining, which then reduced the water flows for a near-by hydropower development.
At the workshop held in Pretoria, IUCN Members and other participants highlighted case studies from their respective countries, focusing on hydropower and both traditional bioenergy as well as advanced large-scale biofuel production, where the linkages between ecosystems, energy and livelihoods are most apparent. However, all energy options can be affected by changing ecosystems services.
Excellent Hachileka, IUCN's Regional Climate Change Coordinator for Eastern and Southern Africa, further elaborated, "With climate change altering the benefits that ecosystems provide, it is important that energy decision makers take changing benefits of ecosystems into account and include energy considerations as part of an ecosystem-based approach to climate change adaptation."
Outputs from the workshop include policy briefs for decision-makers to understand how an ecosystem-based approach to energy decision-making, based on regional case-studies. It was also discussed how IUCN members and partners can "walk the talk" and incorporate better energy systems in their respective organisations.
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Excellent Hachileka, Regional Climate Change Coordinator, IUCN ESARO, Zambia
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Microsoft Corp., tacitly acknowledging the continued popularity of Windows XP, said Tuesday it was updating the operating system's anti-piracy technology to detect illegal copies installed with newly-stolen or faked product keys, or with new activation cracks.
In an entry to a company blog, Alex Kochis, senior product manager for Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program, spelled out the update to WGA Notifications. That's the antipiracy component that provides the messages and other on-screen prompts when the other half of WGA, dubbed Validations, detects an illegal copy of the operating system.
"This update includes the latest validation information, including recently stolen or misused product keys and other information," said Kochis, who elsewhere in the blog noted that the "other" category included "attempts to circumvent product activation." Such circumvention methods, called "cracks," are popular downloads on file-sharing sites that also feature pirated software.
The update applies only to Windows XP Professional, added Kochis.
Although Microsoft tried to put a stop to Windows XP sales last year -- and will be shifting it into a more limited support plan next month -- it has relaxed its rules several times since then as customers have continued to demand new PCs with XP rather than Vista. Windows XP Professional is the only version that Microsoft allows users and computer sellers to "downgrade" from Vista.
The company has also acknowledged that Windows XP Professional is preferred by pirates over Vista by wide margins, and last year promised it would roll out a campaigns during 2009 to warn people that XP is widely counterfeited.
Kochis touted installation changes to WGA Notifications, although he wasn't clear on what those changes were. "Once the update has been downloaded by Automatic Updates, completely in line with your existing AU settings, after the next login or reboot the install wizard will be presented to the user and they will be able to choose whether to install the update in the same way as in past releases," Kochis said.
That description, however, is essentially the same as he offered in August 2008, when Microsoft last updated WGA Notifications for Windows XP Professional. Then, Kochis said that users who installed the August update would receive future updates automatically once they had approved WGA's installation.
In a reply to questions about what has changed in WGA, if anything, a Microsoft spokeswoman confirmed that there have been no alterations in how WGA Notifications installs and updates. "The Notifications experience will be the same as the previous release of WGA Notifications Update for Windows XP that began deployment in August of 2008," she said via instant message.
Last August was also when Microsoft brought Windows XP's counterfeit nagging into line with Vista's. Counterfeit copies of XP Professional display an initial black desktop, which reverts back to black after an hour if the user changes the background; pirated copies also show a permanent notice in the bottom-right corner of the screen, and additional notices appear regularly in the system tray.
Those characteristics of WGA Notifications haven't changed, said Kochis yesterday.
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Police have launched a major investigation after two bodies were found in a house.
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Millonzi's Bar and Grille, located in the heart of downtown West Warwick, serves a varied cuisine in a casual dining atmosphere. It is open for lunch and dinner Tuesday through Saturday. Our menu features an assorted selection of appetizers, chicken entrees, fresh fish, steaks, authentic pasta dishes, as well as certified Angus burgers, grilled pizzas, various fresh salads and sumptuous desserts. The restaurant's setting is warm and inviting with a rustic décor and fireplace. Four televisions are strategically located for viewing various sporting events. Keno and lottery tickets are also available on site. We provide live entertainment on a regular basis. Additionally, we have the capability of hosting banquets, and private parties to make your event a special and memorable experience.
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Having watched glimpses of the sport for years on ESPN, ABC, and then finally full-coverage on OLN then Vs, it's great to see more fans on the roads embracing the Euro tradition of crazy outfits.
Hook'em horns guy, superheroes, the Pope, Grim Reaper, and so on. It also wasn't too long ago, that police tackled fans during the San Francisco Grand Prix cause they didn't get the whole, "run and cheer them on" thing.
The Tour of California has seen the Yellow Devil with his Live Clean jersey and syringe poker.
I wasn't able to find photos of the Yellow Devil. Anyone?
As these fans express their new-found fandom, I expect some of the dumber ones are going to experience the other tradition of being run over by a race moto or stiff-armed by a racer.
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|October 21st, 2015, 10:46 PM
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Effective light weight knee pads?
I seem to be in that place again. Good pads are so hard to find.
What I know now:
1) Lizard Skins Softcell: very comfortable and non-restrictive. Unfortunately, the elastic stretches out rather quickly and they are no longer in manufacture.
2) Triple-8 Street: cheap, effective, and available. Unfortunately, the elastic stretches out very very quickly and they don't match the shape of my knees all that well. They tend to shift around even when the elastic is new and a lot more when it is stretched out.
What else is available in the way of light weight pads? They need to stay on during a high speed fall. They don't need to withstand large vertical drops. They do need to be light, cool, and minimally restrictive. I skate long distances.
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|October 22nd, 2015, 08:37 AM
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Sounds to me like you have a perfectly good set of pads (or two) with some bad elastic straps. Why not look up a local seamst(er/ress)? I can't imagine it will cost that much for what is probably at most 30 minutes of work, and someone who works in that profession might have some insights on a better elastic that will last for you. Plus then you can feel good about supporting local business and reducing your waste footprint if you care about those things.
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|October 24th, 2015, 01:38 AM
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I've had a leather repair shop make additions to my boots and a luggage repair shop fix the velcro on my wrist guards. In both cases, the results were functional but not quite right. Even when skilled at similar looking operations, you can't expect perfect results if they are not familiar with the application.
|October 24th, 2015, 06:48 PM
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I've been using Triple 8 Coverts for the last year and a half.
20 bucks at IW
Conforms to knees
Comfortable and non-restrictive, I don't even know that they're there.
Elastic hasn't stretched at all.
Minimal protection. There is no hard plastic cap, only foam.
Even though I have yet to take my first fall with these pads, I believe that they would not slip off during a fall and would keep my skin from coming off. I also believe that I better not do a hard vertical drop on those pads because knee cap cracking prevention would be minimal.
So in light of all that, I really do think they would be the perfect choice for all those speedskaters who aren't wearing any knee pads at all.
|November 1st, 2015, 03:59 AM
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Capless knee pads are meant for aggressive skating where thye are worn underneath baggy jeans. The cap wouldn't work anyway because it would not be in direct contact with the ground.
|March 21st, 2016, 07:55 PM
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I suggest G Form Pro X pads.
They are a bit costly but soooo worth it.
I'm 37 and the last 20 of that was aggressive skating, (in addition to Urban and distance skating) most of that without knee pads. So I banged around my knees more than any sane person should.
I got some g forms over the winder and I have nothing bad to say about them.
I took them out on a 10 mile skate and I forgot I had them on. Thin, light and do not slip.
I did wear them to the skatepark the other day and I took many spills to my knees. the stuff they use for the foam is amazing. totally works.
If you look around online you can get them cheaper, I got mine this past winter for like $45.
Good luck, lmk if you have any questions.
|March 22nd, 2016, 07:07 AM
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This or possibly a similar review are why I have hesitated to try the g-form's:
"During a failed attempt to hold out a slide, our rider highsided and fell directly onto the kneepads down a steep hill. In this instance, the pads held on for a second or so, but soon afterwards the right pad was pulled off of our riders knee, exposing it to the pavement, which resulted in a bloody knee. The material simply had too much friction with the ground to stay on, which makes sense, since Poron XRD is urethane, regardless of how smart it is."
From: https://www.silverfishlongboarding.c...product-review
|March 24th, 2016, 02:06 PM
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No high speed crashes yet.
I could see that being a potential problem.
I'd say that would happen with any "softside" pads though.
If you want to slide, you will need something with a hard plastic shell, which, imo are more bulky, heaver, and harder to keep on.
|March 24th, 2016, 04:51 PM
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|March 28th, 2016, 06:18 AM
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The components are:
1) A shell curved to accommodate the anatomy of the knee and give it freedom of movement.
2) A ridge in the foam just above the knee cap to prevent sliding.
3) Adequate range of sizes so that reasonable fit can be achieved.
For longevity, you also want:
4) An elastic but not excessively stretchy top strap.
5) A non-stretch bottom strap.
Lizard Skins Softcell Knee pads rock #1 and #2. Very light and non-restrictive. They do not slide off.
However, they were only ever available in two sizes and the straps stretch out much too quickly.
Triple-8 Street pads hits 2,3, and 5. Unfortunately, the cap doesn't not match human anatomy. The result is a pad that never seems to sit properly. I think they just took the shell from their aggressive pads. In those pads, the shell sits on top of 1" thick foam so it really doesn't have to match knee geometry all that closely. http://triple8.com/product/street-knee/
Hmm. Now that I think of it, I wonder how difficult it would be to transplant a Lizard Skins cap onto Triple-8 backing?
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|March 28th, 2016, 08:22 AM
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I can offer some very sound advice, straight from NASA on selecting the best design style for pads in so far as how the style of pads that use velcro cinch straps will work best.
A while back NASA was embarking on a project to produce the next generation astronaut space suit. One of the biggest areas needing improvement was concerned with excess stiffness at many joint flex zones of the suit, especially the hands and finger joints.
How long astronauts could work effectively during space walks was being limited by the amount of muscle fatigue they had to tolerate from the suit pressure causing so much joint flex resistance. NASA created a competition, with $500K prize I believe, for inventors and companies to submit breakthrough design schemes that would give dramatic reduction in muscle force needed to work key suit and glove joints.
Even with big corporations having large budgets participating, the prize ended up being won by a lone individual inventor working out of his garage.
He came up with a winning glove concept that reduced the force needed to work the finger joints by ~50%. The key breakthrough was to have every joint use two suit fabric tension strips always forming an X crossing on the inside of every knuckle and other bending joint. Makes perfect sense once you see it in action.
I had various protective skate gear sets where the knee and elbow pads each used a pair (upper & lower) velcro cinch straps to tighten the pads in position over the knees and elbows. Unfortunately, they were always sliding out of position as I skated. I tried switching the way the straps were routed so that they formed an X behind the knees and inside the elbows.
Amazingly, the crossing X pattern worked so much better I couldn't believe it. If the pads started shifting off the optimum desired location, subsequent joint flexing tended to pull them back to where they should be.
This worked well for both the elastic and non-elastic style cinch straps. Because I don't have to pull them as tightly now, the elastic ones last a lot longer from being less stretched too.
Now I only buy knee and elbow pads that use this style velcro cinch straps, and with straps that have enough length to be re-routed in the crossing X path arrangement. I do not have to make them so tight either, yet they still hold position so well I rarely ever have to think about that anymore.
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|August 10th, 2016, 12:21 AM
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How about Rollerblade Pro? I have had mine for 5 yrs now and although I have not crashed very often I believe these will both stay in position and slide. The straps will stretch but this an easy fix. As I said though.. I have not really "crash tested" them
|August 10th, 2016, 05:08 AM
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These are what I have been skating the last couple years.
Straps are elastic and long enough that I am able to route them in an X-crossing pattern on the inside of my knees and elbows, which keeps them centered where they need to stay.
They are very lightweight, yet have given adequate protection for several crashes during this period.
The price is hard to beat, even if they only last one year.
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|August 11th, 2016, 12:18 PM
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Rollerblade Pro
Here is what they look like and the price is right.
Sorry.. just saw they are out of stock. I'm sure they could be found though. Worth a look in my opinion.
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Not so wordless…….My theory on who I think this may be. He has such a penetrating gaze. At the bottom on the photo I seem to be able to make out the top of Sperl and possibly the word Christof.
My theory is that this is the great great grandfather of my husband. Christof Sperl was born in Rosshaupt, Bohemia in 1832 and emigrated to the USA in 1869. He settled in Millvale PA, which is a suburb on Pittsburgh and it lies on the banks of the Allegheny River. There were quite a few settled from Bohemia to settled in Millvale.
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They're called momentum or momo stocks on Wall Street. Jim Cramer says they can make you a lot of money, but only if you know when to get out.
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Now, make no mistake - these stocks are the proverbial deep end of the pool. That is, if you sell too late you'll be the one who gets stuck with a loss," Cramer said. "However, if you sell to soon, you'll miss out on making a great deal of money – and few things are more frustrating than watching a stock you've once held advance by double or even triple digits."
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Mandela Lauded On 89th Birthday
As Mandela retreats further from public life, there is always activity around his name and legacy. The continent marked Mandela's 89th birthday on July 18 with tributes and congratulations from all over the world.
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Former South African president and anti-apartheid icon, Nelson Mandela continues to achieve more in retirement; commanding the world stage and winning more plaudits for his lifetime commitment to peace, reconciliation and racial equality.
Even though he has stepped out of active politics, Mandela's charisma and international respect is felt well beyond Africa.
International leaders, celebrities and people from all walks of life trek down south to see Mandela in the twilight of his journey of hardship, struggle and commitment to justice and racial equality.
Former US president Bill Clinton was part of a group of dignitaries who attended the recent launch of a new think tank of world statesmen which will strive to resolve global conflicts and other pressing issues; he heaped glowing praise on Mandela for his role as a world peacemaker. "I think it is important that people in South Africa and all parts of the world—live by the Mandela legacy," Clinton declared.
"His living legacy must live on. It is the most important thing we can teach our children. In the grace and beauty of his old age, he does not need to say anything before we know it. That is the legacy all of us must keep alive," the man from Hope, said.
Clinton led Mandela by hand into the packed Nelson Mandela Foundation auditorium, and said South Africa's first Black president was both a friend and source of inspiration for his own humanitarian work in Africa.
As Mandela retreats further from public life, there is always activity around his name and legacy. The continent marked Mandela's 89th birthday on July 18 with tributes and congratulations from all over the world. A new poll released to coincide with Mandela's birthday showed his popularity has grown even more in South Africa since he stepped down as president.
Referring to the "Elders," the global leaders who came to fete him and will join him in resolving international crises, Mandela said: "Speak freely and boldly on whatever actions need to be taken," to address some of the world's pressing problems that include conflicts, poverty and diseases.
"I know The Elders will support courage where there is fear, foster agreement where there is conflict and inspire hope where there is despair," he said at the launch ceremony.
Present were; his wife Graca Machel, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, former US president Jimmy Carter, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, former Irish president and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, former Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing, and renowned Bangladesh economist and micro-financing guru, Muhammad Yunus.
Mandela, Tutu, Annan, Carter and Yunus are all Nobel Peace laureates.
"I'm deeply honored to receive this tribute; but it must always be remembered that I was one of many who fought for freedom from tyranny and racism," Mandela said, when handed a gift from three-time African soccer player of the year Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon and Brazilian legend Pele.
"I have met a lot of great personalities in my life, but Nelson Mandela is an extraordinary person," Pele declared. "I'm really touched and honored to lead the Rest of the World team in his birthday match. I am a big admirer of what this man has achieved in his life."
Mandela, a living legend, still enjoys a measure of good health and is spending his retirement quietly devoting his time to his large family and wife Graca, who he married in 1998.
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TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2013 /CNW/ - Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation (TSX: SC) today announced that on Thursday, February 7, 2013, it will release financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 29, 2012.
The Company will hold an analyst call on February 7, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) to discuss the results. The call may be accessed by dialing 416-695-7806 from within the Toronto area, or 1-888-789-9572 outside of Toronto. The seven-digit participant passcode is 8845571. The call will also be simulcast on the Company's website for all interested parties. The webcast can be accessed via the Investor Relations section of the Shoppers Drug Mart website at www.shoppersdrugmart.ca.
The conference call will be archived in the Investor Relations section of the Shoppers Drug Mart website until the Company's next analyst call. A playback of the call will also be available by telephone until 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on February 21, 2013. The call playback can be accessed after 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on February 7, 2013 by dialing 905-694-9451 from within the Toronto area, or 1-800-408-3053 outside of Toronto. The seven-digit passcode number is 1102811.
Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is one of the most recognized and trusted names in Canadian retailing. The Company is the licensor of full-service retail drug stores operating under the name Shoppers Drug Mart (Pharmaprix in Québec). With 1,240 Shoppers Drug Mart and Pharmaprix stores operating in prime locations in each province and two territories, the Company is one of the most convenient retailers in Canada. The Company also licenses or owns 55 medical clinic pharmacies operating under the name Shoppers Simply Pharmacy (Pharmaprix Simplement Santé in Québec) and six luxury beauty destinations operating as Murale. As well, the Company owns and operates 62 Shoppers Home Health Care stores, making it the largest Canadian retailer of home health care products and services. In addition to its retail store network, the Company owns Shoppers Drug Mart Specialty Health Network Inc., a provider of specialty drug distribution, pharmacy and comprehensive patient support services, and MediSystem Technologies Inc., a provider of pharmaceutical products and services to long-term care facilities.
For more information, visit www.shoppersdrugmart.ca.
SOURCE: Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation
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Tammy Smitham
Vice President, Communications & Corporate Affairs
(416) 490-2892, or
Investor Relations:
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I'm working with a Genesis Based Theme and I'd like build a Page/ Child Page menu structure. That part I can do with the help of some code produced by Bill Erickson.
Essentially what I'm trying to do is create a menu above content on pages with child pages. Then, in the left sidebar, have navigation for children pages with children. I've got something setup here: sandbox.digisavvy.com
Here's the code I'm working from.
* Section Menu
* Displays the subpages of the current section
* @author Bill Erickson
* @link http://www.billerickson.net/custom-secondary-menu
function be_section_menu() {
// Only run on pages
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$locations = get_nav_menu_locations();
// Find out which menu is in the 'primary' location
$menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $locations[ 'primary' ] );
// Grab all menu items in this menu that have a parent of the current section.
// This grabs the subpages, assuming the current section is a top level page
$menu_items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu->term_id, array( 'post_parent' => $section_id ) );
// If there are menu items, build the menu
if( !empty( $menu_items ) ) {
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The next part that I'd like to accomplish is to create a menu system with Child Page/ Child of Child Page. That's the part where I'm stuck. This code below is suggested as a change, but doesn't quite do the trick. It just adds the children of children to the navigation.
global $post;
$level = count( $post->ancestors );
// Only build tertiary menu if current page is at least third level
if( 1 > $level )
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Reporting in China (REPORT/BLOG)
By Melissa Chan
A recent survey by the Foreign Correspondents Club of China had some discouraging numbers about reporting conditions in the country. Ninety-four percent of journalists who responded felt the work environment had deteriorated over the last year. Seventy percent had experienced harassment or violence of some kind. And a whopping 99% said reporting conditions in China do not meet international standards.
While many people outside China might have a cognitive understanding that reporting here is difficult, there's less knowledge of just exactly what kind of difficulties we come across. Our most recent reporting trip serves as a good example of the particular challenges the press corps here faces.
The first thing we must consider as journalists is which hotel we plan on staying in. And by that, I don't mean checking out TripAdvisor to see which one has the best buffet breakfast. By law in China, all check-ins require passport identification, which the front desk photocopies along with our visa. Hotel staff must then send over the details of all foreign nationals staying at the hotel for the night to the local police station. It's unlikely officers carefully look over all incoming lists of names, but our journalist visas are different from your usual tourist or business visas -- and it tips local officials off there are strangers in their land, nosing about.
On our trip to Hunan Province, the nearest town center to the village we were trying to reach was about 40 minutes away, and we judged it would be too close to the area to spend the night without getting a knock on the door by police.
A good strategy is to check in to a hotel hours away from our final destination, so police officers don't necessarily make a connection between our arrival and that area's news story. That also gives us the opportunity to set out before dawn and hopefully get to our interview by mid-morning before most people would spot a TV crew in the neighborhood.
Depending on whether the family or person we're visiting has nosy neighbors, our team can get quickly reported to local officials who then dispatch a team to investigate. You might wonder why anyone would do such a thing to someone they know. I don't understand it myself, though I suspect it's a combination of just how the state has always operated, what people have been taught to do, a historical distrust of foreigners, and finally -- I do wonder about the legacy of the Cultural Revolution and the habit of tattling as a show of loyalty to the Communist Party and to the community.
In any case, we've nicknamed such men who show up "the Black Audis," after the vehicles they drive. I don't know why government officials here love Audis so much, but they do. Audis are almost synonymous with them. I hate looking up to see one of these vehicles appearing around the corner -- it usually means our filming will be delayed -- if not permanently over. And our opportunity to provide a report to viewers -- gone.
Sometimes men show up but don't do anything to stop us. It is against the law in China to obstruct foreign journalists from reporting freely. This was set out in a directive signed by Premier Wen Jiabao. Government officials therefore have come up with creative ways to make reporting difficult and circumvent the central government's rules without technically breaking the law. They might hire local boys to intimidate our team. By sub-contracting out intimidation to non-uniformed groups, there's no proof the government is behind any reporting interference.
It was sheer luck that thugs showed up at Yang Libing's house while he was away. Mr. Yang, if you've had a chance to watch our report (below), is the father whose baby daughter was forcefully taken away from him by corrupt officials looking to profit by handing children over to adoption agencies. He was running late that morning, and what ended up happening was a rather awkward uncertainty as our team and these thugs looked at each other. They knew we were from Al Jazeera. I don't know how they knew that. They had been driving around searching specifically for us. They stood there and sized us up. In the end, the men sauntered away, ambivalent about the situation themselves. Had Mr. Yang been there, I imagine they would have stayed, their very presence meant to unnerve the person we hoped to interview. I must say we are often saved by the fact that many of the "Black Audi" types don't really understand how television newsgathering is conducted. Perhaps they believed we would also saunter off after a time, given the absence of Mr. Yang. We did not walk away, of course, but waited until he returned to speak to him.
We later learned that after our interview and past midnight that evening, those men came back -- and were not so ambivalent. They interrogated Mr. Yang for more then ten hours and warned him to stop talking to journalists. Since then, Mr. Yang's phone has generally been off.
Intimidating sources and not reporters has become a more common practice by the Chinese government to block information. Often we speak to incredibly vulnerable people at the lowest socio-economic rung. It is easy to bully them into submission. But even then, it is remarkable that in my years of reporting in China, many people remain willing to speak to journalists despite the danger of retaliation. They perceive that a great injustice has been done to them and feel the need to articulate that. Many also feel they have nothing to lose. In the case of Mr. Yang, I do believe he must've felt he had nothing to lose. He'd lost his child. His house was a wood and brick shack, his floor of dirt, and his farming tools not much changed, it appeared, from the ones farmers used in the 19th century.
In the afternoon our team decided to drive around and film the town and surrounding countryside. It would be included in our piece to show viewers how remote this place was. At some point, our hired driver noticed a van had been tracking us for some time. My first inclination was to ignore the van -- they can be quite harmless, and the men from earlier in the day had chosen to check us out, then leave us alone. Sometimes these plainclothes officers or thugs would follow us around, taking digital pictures of us as we worked in order to have a record. As long as you're not self-conscious about it, it is fine.
The van drove past us, looking to leave. But, on a narrow street, it slowed... slowed... then stopped in front of us, blocking our way. We sat there a moment, and then the van doors opened and a number of men jumped out, looking ugly. We locked our doors.
One banged on the window. We didn't do anything. But -- following some hesitation, our driver opened the window cautiously, about halfway. They asked what we were doing there, and if we could come with them. They said we needed to stop what we were doing. My producer shouted back that we needed their identification. With no proof they were with police, on what basis should we do anything?
Remarkably, it was that question that eased the tension. The men scuttled off. I'm confused, but suspect these thugs had never been questioned over their authority by the villagers they terrorized. The question was unexpected and baffled them. After the incident, we continued to film, though much more warily.
The next morning, as we were heading to the airport to fly back to Beijing, we received word that a domestic Chinese journalist we'd given a ride to in the countryside had been told that by doing so, she was complicit in "colluding with foreigners on anti-China missions." It was a completely absurd charge, and the journalist stood her ground at the police station. It reminded me that though we may run into trouble out in the field, Chinese journalists remain in far trickier positions, and an easier target for authorities to go after.
You develop a level of paranoia sometimes, engrossed in the mission of filming enough footage before getting stopped. On this mission in Hunan, we managed to gather enough material and information to build the report you see below.
Originally published by Al Jazeera on May 25, 2011 under Creative Commons Licensing