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Emotional Mahela Jayawardene ends Test career on a high
An emotional Mahela Jayawardene ended his glittering, 17-year Test career on a high on Monday as Sri Lanka won the second and final Test against Pakistan by 105 runs to sweep the series 2-0.cricket Updated: Aug 18, 2014 22:16 IST
An emotional Mahela Jayawardene ended his glittering, 17-year Test career on a high on Monday as Sri Lanka won the second and final Test against Pakistan by 105 runs to sweep the series 2-0.
The 37-year-old was hoisted onto his teammates' shoulders for a lap of honour after the tourists, who resumed their second innings at 127-7 chasing a target of 271, were shot out for 165 before lunch on the fifth day.
The former Test captain, who had retired from Twenty20 internationals after Sri Lanka's title-winning campaign in the World T20 in April, will now play only one-day cricket heading into next year's World Cup.
Read: Jayawardene rules out politics and coaching
Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse was among the 4,000 home fans who turned up at Colombo's Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) to bid goodbye to one of modern cricket's great batsmen.
"I don't know what to say, but I promise I won't cry," Jayawardene said at the presentation ceremony as firecrackers went off in the stands.
"I love you all. Thank you so much for the support all these years. I still have a little bit left and I promise I'll give it my all for the World Cup.
"Thanks also to my team-mates. It's been great to play for Sri Lanka for so many years. I have always worn this cap with pride and passion."
The elegant right-hander is one of only five batsmen to score more than 11,000 runs in both Test and one-day cricket - the others being Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis and team-mate Kumar Sangakkara.
Jayawardene finished with 11,814 runs in 149 Tests with 34 centuries, but his average dropped from 50.02 to 49.84 after making four and 54 in his final Test at the SSC.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq described Jayawardene as a legend whose absence in the Test arena will be felt by all.
"Not only Sri Lankans, fans all over the world are going to miss him," Misbah said. "I really wish him best of luck in life. He is really a legend."
Last man Junaid Khan was unable to bat due to injury as Pakistan lost their final wickets on the last morning.
Left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, who claimed nine wickets in the first innings, was once against the chief destroyer with five for 57 in the second.
Pakistan wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed, who started the day on 38, made 55 when he was caught at square-leg off Chanaka Welegedara.
The gutsy Sarfraz was one of the few batting heroes for Pakistan in the series, scoring 55 and 52 in the first Test in Galle and 103 and 55 in the second match.
It was at the SSC that Jayawardene scored a monumental 374 during a world-record partnership of 624 with Sangakkara (287) against a South African attack that included Dale Steyn and Makhya Ntini in 2006.
His 2,921 runs in 27 Tests at the SSC are the most by any batsman at a single ground. He averaged 74.89 at the SSC with 11 centuries and 50 half-centuries.
Jayawardene is stepping away from Tests to let younger players flourish, but he looked capable of continuing for a few more years after making a fluent 165 against Hashim Amla's South African team at the SSC last month.
He followed that with 59 in the first innings of the first Test against Pakistan in Galle, where he took on the unfamiliar role of an opener in the second knock as Sri Lanka beat fading light and approaching rain to win with 4.4 overs to spare.
Jayawardene was also a shrewd captain while leading Sri Lanka in 38 Tests in two phases, the first from 2006 to 2009 and then again for a year in 2012.
Under his leadership, Sri Lanka won 18 Tests, lost 12 and drew eight. As captain, he averaged 59.11 with the bat with 14 centuries.
One of the sharpest fielders close to the wicket, Jayawardene's 205 Test catches are second only to Indian Rahul Dravid's tally of 210 by a fielder other than a wicketkeeper.
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"The toy was not available on Wal-Mart's website and was out-of-stock in many of the stores our teams checked," Waugh said in an e-mail. "Still, the Wal-Mart ads kept running heavily all week even though the price comparison was not correct when these ads were run."
New Jersey attorney general Jeffrey Chiesa's office is reviewing the complaints, submitted in December, Jeff Lamm, a spokesman for the state division of consumer affairs, said in an interview.
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Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi also is reviewing the complaints, spokeswoman Jenn Meale said. Joy Yearout, a spokeswoman for Michigan Attorney General Bill Schutte, declined to comment on what happens next.
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So the other night I was thinking, why is it so much easier for me to think in base 10 than in base 2? Is it just because I'm always translating base 10 so I feel more comfortable? If we rewrote history such that we always used based 2, all of us should be perfectly comfortable with seeing a number like 10010100 and instantly get a sense of the size of the number. So why don't I?
Is it just unfamiliarity? Or is there some other difference that makes it seem awkward?
The only answer I came up with is I know of no way to actually verbalize a number in binary.
In base 10 we have special names for the first 3 powers of 10 (one, ten, hundred) and then a new name for every 3rd power of 10 from then on (thousands, millions, billions, etc) which we combine with the first three terms to express every power of 10.
So if we'd like to verbalize a binary number, shouldn't we have special names for say, 1, 2, 4, and then special names for 2^3, 2^6, 2^9, ... etc? rather than calling them the '128's' column, which is describing the number in base 10?
So let me try giving intuitive names to these values:
1: one
2: pair
4: quad
and some arbitrarily selected names to the following:
8: spider
64: chess
512: hawk
I chose Hawk for Tony Hawk, world renowned skateboarder born on 5/12. (I'm open for better suggestions! )
Anyway, using the terms defined thus far, we can take any number between 0 and 2^10 - 1, (any 9 digit binary number) and read it! like we do with base 10.
add commas after every third digit like we do in base 10:
we now have 'one spider, one.
or say,
can be read:
one quad pair one spider, one.
lastly, take the biggest number available:
this is:
one quad pair one hawk, one quad pair one spider, one quad pair one.
The only trouble I see, is that you need a lot more names just to cover every number between 1 and a million, than you do in base 10. In base ten we only need 2, in base two, we need 7, for the following values:
Still, it can be fun to make up your own names for these numbers. I tried to use names that were in some way related, so they were easier to remember, but that pretty much stopped working after 64. But you could use some other sort of naming convention. You can also rename 1, 2, and 4.
What names would you give these numbers?
Last edited by mikau (2008-09-13 10:17:37)
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Focusing on "ary", you could use:
8 = octary (from Latin, "octava", which in music gets written sometimes as "8va"
16 = hecktary (inspired from but NOT related to the term "hexadecimal"
32 = aviary
64 = topiary
128 = mercenary.... etc LOL
negatives would of course start with :
-2 = contrary
-4 = cemetary
-8 = (d)ocumentary (playing off the "oct" for 8 above
A fixed constant would be:
k= stationary
Ok, not funny any more, if it was at all. I had fun anyway
Last edited by Chewy (2008-09-17 10:32:26)
Why not just keep it the same?
10010 is ten thousand and ten.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
But then what would happen when you get to 10012 ? In binary that is : 10011100011100
and 10010 is 18
The reason you wouldn't use decimal names is it stops you being able to decipher the size of the number, because you hear it said as though it were decimal, so you instantly think of it as being decimal and think of a massive number.
The Beginning Of All Things To End.
The End Of All Things To Come.
This is fun
Ummm... do you need to say "one" quad ... just quad is enough (it is either there or not!)
111,111,111: quad-pair-one hawk, quad-pair-one spider, quad-pair-one.
Plus, it may be better to have groups of 4 so we have:
1: one
2: pair
4: quad
8: oct
1,1111,1111: one hawk, oct-quad-pair-one spider, oct-quad-pair-one.
That way we need less names.
And, at the risk of being boring it may be better to choose a combination name, like "bibin" "tribin", "quadbin" for each group of 4
1,1111,1111: one tribin, oct-quad-pair-one bibin, oct-quad-pair-one.
1,1010,0000,1100: one quadbin, oct-pair tribin, oct-quad.
But I am not happy with "quadbin" as it would get confused with "quad".
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Why not just keep it the same?
10010 is ten thousand and ten.
exactly as luca said! The whole point of this discussion is to escape the habitual base 10 mindset. If we start using base 10 names to describe them, that just defeats the point of this whole discussion. (in my oppinion? )
I agree with you, mathsisfun, I noticed that. I was just doing that so it sounded exactly like how we verbalize numbers in base 10. But yeah, thats easier and actually less confusing. So, better in every way.
LOL! I love your 'ary' theme idea, chewy! awesome! However, you need to be thinking of only names for the values 2^(3m) with m an integer greater or equal to 1.
another thing worth noting, is that, like i said, in base 10 we always use something between 1 and 999 before one of the big names, and here we're using something between 1 and 2^3-1 before each big name, (1 to 7)
groups of 7 or less are much easier to visualize in your head than groups of say, 788. I mean i can easily picture 7 cookies in my head but 788 is just hard.
Last edited by mikau (2008-09-18 16:50:47)
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
The solution to my quad/quadbin quandary is quabin.
Each group could have these names: (none), bibin, tribin, quabin, pebin, hebin, sebin, ocbin, nobin, debin
So, 2^16 (1,0000,0000,0000,0000) would be one pebin. You could figure it out by remembering that 2^0 is the units place, so 2^16 must be the 17th place, and hence the start of the 5th group "pebin". And 2^32 would be one nobin.
If you had to use binary A LOT this may even be useful
And you could make life easier by calling "1111" a "full"
So 2^16 - 1 (1111,1111,1111,1111) would be "full quabin, full tribin, full bibin, full"
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
but ONLY useful if we spread the word so everyone understands it!
Everybody, TELL YOUR FRIENDS!
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
Myself is my best friend; I have one
I see clearly now, the universe have the black dots, Thus I am on my way of inventing this remedy...
Having spent 25yrs in the computer and telecoms industry, I'd say that we don't use binary often, but instead either octal or hex. These are used more in examining file dumps and errors close-up to the computer hardware, especially C or assembler. At this level its seldom needed to get an understanding of the relative size of the value.
Hex needs letters A to F to represent the values 10 to 15. Octal just uses 0 to 7. But you knew this already. All Octal numbers can be [mis-] pronounced as if they were decimal, so 376[octal] is often said three-seven-six. Hex numbers can be more awkward, and 2B53 would commonly be pronounced two-bee-fifty-three. No, no-one I worked with ever cared about the "wrongness" of what they said.
If you construct a way to verbalize binary in just the right way it can also double as a 'native hexadecimal' verbalization too.
For fun you can play around with this online tool: http://www.castedo.com/binspeak/
and see how speaking binary with single sounds instead of words representing powers of 2 could work. You can even input your own choice in sounds for representing the various required powers of 2.
For instance, with the sound choices I currently like,
1 1010 0000 1100 (or 0x1A0C in hex) would be verbalized:
"ika usuma uis" ("eekah oosoomah ooees")
ika is 0x10 ("hexadecimal ten")
usu is 0xA
ma is 0x100 ("hexadecimal hundred")
uis is 0xC
Input your own numbers and verbalization and see what they convert too on the fly.
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High school baseball roundup
Kewanee 5, Macomb 3
Kewanee 12, Illini Central 4
The Boilers posted a pair of wins in games played Saturday in Abingdon.
Kewanee opened with a 5-3 win over Macomb as John Moraski fired a complete game 5-hitter. Moraski struck out four and walked four en route to the victory.
Leading the Kewanee offense were Dayton Ince with three hits and two runs scored, Donovan Murphy with two RBI and Jared Nimrick with a double and an RBI.
In the win over Illini Central, Dalton Nuding belted a grand slam and three pitchers combined to toss a 5-hitter.
Dayton Ince was the starter and worked three hitless innings before exiting to play in an all-star basketball game at Canton. Jared Nimrick came on and worked three innings and Donovan Murphy pitched the seventh to finish the win.
Joining Nuding in the offensive onslaught were John Moraski, Ryan Hicks and Nimrick with two hits each; Nimrick with three RBI and Hicks with two RBI; and Moraski, Ince and Hicks each with two runs scored.
Offensive leaders from Friday for Kewanee
The offensive leaders from Friday's 17-2 win over Bushnell-Prairie City were Ethan Washburn with two doubles and two RBI, Jon DeMay with three RBI, Dayton Ince with two runs and two RBI, Ryan Hicks with two hits and two runs, Jared Nimrick with two hits and three runs, Donovan Murphy with two RBI and two runs, and Dalton Nuding with two runs.
The offensive leaders from Friday's 23-13 loss to Abingdon were Ryan Hicks with three hits; John Moraski, Donovan Murphy, Ethan Washburn and Zach Brown with two runs scored each; and Moraski, Murphy, Washburn and Brown with two RBI apiece.
The Boilers are 3-1 on the young, weather-impaired season.
Ridgewood 8, Dixon 0
Ridgewood 9, Knoxville 0
With a pair of shutouts Saturday, the Spartans earned a share of the Galesburg Invitational title with a perfect 3-0 record.
Ridgewood opened Saturday's doubleheader with an 8-0 blanking of Dixon. Ridge Greenman and Nate Humphrey combined for the 2-hit shutout for the Spartans. Greenman allowed two hits and fanned three in 5 2/3 innings of work, and Humphrey closed the door striking out three of the four batters he faced.
Offensive leaders for Ridgewood were Noah Shannon with two hits and three RBI, Nick Ragan with two hits and an RBI, Humphrey with a triple and two RBI and Evan Curry with two runs scored.
Ridgewood's 9-0 win over Knoxville was shortened to five innings due to darkness.
Nick Ragan scattered four hits and struck out seven over five innings to earn the victory.
Nate Humphrey led the Ridgewood offense with two hits, two RBI and two runs scored. Ragan added two RBI and two runs scored, and Ridge Greenman also had two hits and two runs scored.


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Funeral service will be Thursday, Nov. 15.
Stanley Roger Sorenson, age 90, of Crookston, MN, died unexpectedly early Monday morning, November 12, 2012, at his Crookston home. Stan was born in Wheaton, MN on July 3, 1922, the son of Emil K. and Eleanor (Jones) Sorenson. He grew up in Wheaton and was a 1941 graduate of Wheaton High School. Stan enlisted in the United States Coast Guard on January 3, 1942 and was stationed at Atlantic coast cities in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia, and Florida; and Pacific coast cities in California. He returned to Minnesota after receiving his honorable discharge on December 18, 1945, with the rank of Petty Officer lst Class. He attended the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks in 1950, and a year later began working as office manager for the Otter Tail Power Company at Fergus Falls, MN. The Company transferred him to Hallock, MN in 1953, and then to Crookston in 1959. On October 19, 1963 Stan was united in marriage to Mary Luverne (Rife) Anderson at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Crookston. After a very fulfilling thirty-three career with Otter Tail Power, Stan retired in 1984. A year later he and Luverne moved to Baudette, MN, near Lake of the Woods, where they enjoyed fishing and working in their flower gardens, and doing lots of traveling. The couple moved back to Crookston in 1993, where sadly, Luverne passed away on October 4, 2002. On June 6, 2003 Stan married Mary Lou (Feldman) Olson Wagner at Crookston. Stan and Mary Lou had been making their home to the present time. Stan was very proud of his service to his country with the Coast Guard, and of the many friends he made during his tenure with Otter Tail Power. He was a devoted member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and also held memberships in Crookston's American Legion Post #20 and VFW Post #1902. He was a longtime member of Crookston Masonic Lodge 141 AF&AM, and the Kem Temple Shrine of Grand Forks. Stan loved his family dearly and his loss will be felt very deeply by all who were touched by his life.
Stan leaves his wife of nine years, Mary Lou; his daughter, Ardis Armstrong of Eagan, MN; 2 grandchildren, Michael Armstrong of Rosemount, MN and Jessica Armstrong of Eagan; a great-granddaughter, Elly Armstrong of Eagan; 2 step-children, Craig (MaryAnne) Olson of Lexington, KY and Jolene (Donovan) Lundin of Bemidji; 2 step-grandchildren, Sara Blackthorne and Faith Lundin; 2 sisters: Phyllis (Tom) Fitzgerald of Finland, MN and Loretta (Art) Giroux of Wheaton, MN; and many nieces, nephews, and other relatives. In addition to his first wife, Luverne, Stan was preceded in death by his parents; and 2 sisters, Emily and Shirley. May God richly bless Stan's memory.
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Hayden Cannon 1/27/2012 7:11:03 PMFantastic capture Deborah, very nice colours, lighting, comp and details super shot! #1439660
Terry Cervi 1/27/2012 9:06:55 PMWow! This is just beautiful, Debby! A fave for me! #9951631
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Michelle L. Frick 2/28/2012 2:07:16 PMCongratulations Debby - such a stunning capture! I'm glad you're up early to get these shots - you're amazing! #10012096
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Rona L. Schwarz 2/28/2012 3:33:46 PMHa - when I congratulated you on your wonderful Finalist I had no idea that Winners had been announced - but I know a Winner when I see one and this had GOLD written all over it! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS MARVELOUS FIRST PLACE WINNER!!! #10012296
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Deborah C. Lewinson 2/28/2012 7:31:31 PMKathy, Ellen, JoAnn, Terry, Carol, Reynaldo, Stan, Phyllis, Patti, Renee, Stef, Stephen, Lindley, Emile, Rony,Sabrina, Hayden, Renee, Kay, Val, Leslie, Rona, Kathy, Patti, Raymond, Cindy, Stan, Stef, Inge, Leslie, Erica, Anita, Irene, NancyJ, Don, Charles,Lydia, Judy, Michelle, Claudia, Debbie, Carol, thank you all so very much !!!
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Deborah C. Lewinson 2/29/2012 3:55:11 PMThank you Renee, Bojan, Karen, and Pat! I truly appreciate your comments and congrats!
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Mary Beth Aiello 3/1/2012 6:27:56 AMHuge congrats on this beautiful First Place Gold, Deborah. Gorgeous. #10015478
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Reynaldo D. Reyes 5/4/2012 12:04:28 AMA huge Congratulations to bag the gold on this one Debby. #10121920
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Debra R. Harder 5/30/2012 7:49:27 AMThis is really glorious, Debby! Belated congratulations on a MAGNIFICENT FIRST PLACE WINNER! Breathtaking!! Deb #10161334
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Naturally, my instructor friend was taken aback and more than a little annoyed. Clearly peeved, he asked these young men to identify themselves.
In response, they said nothing. Absolutely nothing. They did nothing. At one point, one of them attempted to make a phone call.
Many of us, I'm sure, would find in this circumstance a reason for concern. Alarm even. But the friend, a bold fellow, just got pissed and insisted that the young men leave. Eventually, they did. He escorted them out the door. He tried to pull off the one kid's horse mask. No luck—the kids trotted off.
Later, it came to light that this "invasion of mute assholes" phenomenon has occurred elsewhere on campus. It is by no means an isolated incident. The phenomenon is, I've been told, the result of an assignment given to students in a Sociology course—something about violating social norms and then seeing what happens.
|Liz Cipres: her usual level
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The instructor friend eventually came into contact with the head Sociology instructor on campus, who wrote him an email. I read it. I don't know what my friend made of it, but it struck me as condescending. The gist of the email seemed to be, "we can't be blamed if some of our students don't follow our guidelines when completing this assignment." She listed these guidelines. They were clearly of the CYA variety—you know, "don't do it at the college," where, of course, a student's inappropriate behavior might produce ripples that come back to faculty.
Such an email! I'd be pissed anew.
Eventually, the matter came to the attention of Liz Cipres, Dean of Counseling Services, who took on the matter with her usual level of competence. Among other things, she suggested that instructors could lock their classroom doors.
I'm not making this up. That's what she suggested.
Has something like this happened in one of your classes?
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The Legend of Zelda Link Figure Review
It's been a long time since there's been an actual Link action figure released, but 2011's The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword spawned not one, but two different figures of the hero with one name. Originally slated to release last year in the U.S. but delayed for various reasons, Max Factory's Figma Link finally arrived this January. It may be more than two years since The Skyward Sword graced the Wii, but the wait has definitely been worth it for this figure.
Right out of the box, it's easy to be enamored with this Figma. While Link has been captured in statue form plenty of times over the past decade, a reasonably priced figure has eluded fans seemingly forever. Max Factory has done an incredible job bringing the Hyrulian hero to life, and you'll want to start playing with Link immediately. Given the price point of Figmas (typically in the $60 range), you might scoff at the idea of messing with such a valuable piece of plastic. Once you get Link out of his protective casing though, it's impossible to not start posing him in action stances where he's brandishing the Master Sword. There's even some swoosh you can add to show the sword has just been swung. If you've never really posed a figure before, the back of the box has plenty of suggestions and familiar looks to guide you.
It helps that Link has a lot of articulation and his tunic, while sculpted, is flexible enough to give ample dexterity to the figure. While you could stand Link up on his own, Figmas come stands that allow you to get really crazy with the poses. Want to show Link jumping around? You can elevate him without fear of him falling to the ground. Very few figures are capable of such dynamic posing, but that's all part of the allure of the Figma line. You've even got two faces (one stoic, one screaming) and hair styles (one still, one showing a bit of movement) to craft a different look to suit whatever mood you're in. There are also five sets of hands included, which bring the range of posing possibilities to a whole new level of intricacy.
Additionally, Link comes with his Master Sword (and sheath) as seen in Skyward Sword and his trademark shield. It would have been nice to see a few other accessories included like maybe a bomb, the grappling hook or even Link's bow. That said, Link is best known for the sword and shield, so it makes sense to focus on those armaments. While the sword and shield are detailed extremely well (there's even ribbing on the hilt and a triforce etched into the blade), the shield is one of the most frustrating accessories we've seen included with an action figure. It should be easy enough to get the handle and strap on Link's arm, but because of the tiny movable pieces in the handle, it's a real pain to get in place. Every little movement seems to make the grip or the strap pop out of place. Once you finally do get it situated, we suggest not moving whatever arm you have it attached to afterwards. Otherwise you'll be refitting the shield all over again.
Beyond that though, there's little to complain about when it comes to this figure. The paint job is spot on, even throughout all the accessories. It's really a testament to Max Factory how closely this Link resembles his in-game counterpart. Now that we finally have a Link to call our own, we're more than thrilled with the result. If only we could get someone to create a Zelda based on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, we'd be set. Hopefully that'll happen one day, and hopefully the wait for the next Link action figure won't be quite as long.
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Zac Posen Pre-Fall 2012
>> Chinoiserie and couture shapes come to a head in Zac Posen's Pre-Fall 2012 collection. Or, as the designer put his inspiration: "American Royalty takes a trip east — this collection was inspired by 50s American couture, Charles James, and Cristobal Balenciaga." Nipped waists and flared skirts were Posen's silhouette of choice for this opulent outing.
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Biologics block harmful responses from the
immune system that lead to the symptoms of
rheumatoid arthritis.
Biologics are used to treat moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis symptoms and to prevent joint damage, particularly in people who have had side effects or poor results from other medicines such as methotrexate.
Biologics are usually used after nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids, and methotrexate have been tried. A biologic is often used at the same time as other medicines.
Biologics can slow joint damage, limit symptoms, and improve function in people who have rheumatoid arthritis.1, 2
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Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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CitationsDrugs for rheumatoid arthritis (2009). Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter, 7(81): 37–46.Shah A, St. Clair EW (2012). Rheumatoid arthritis. In DL Longo et al., eds., Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18th ed., vol. 2, pp. 2738–2752. New York: McGraw-Hill.
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MaceyWindu wrote:I am a big AOE fan. I have 2 and 3 (unfortunately was no t a fan at the time of the first one). What I am wondering is whether anyone knows if the original AOE will run on a Windows XP. It is designed for a 95 so I'm not too sure. I have a couple games that are made for 95's but run on my XP. If anyone knows, an answer would be greatly appreciated.
gormadoc1 wrote:I downloaded the trial and it worked fine on my XP although within 30 mins I uninstalled it and went back to playing AOE 2 because AOE one is not a great game.
JoshWedin wrote:I am a AOE2 fan myself. Still play on occasion, which is more than I can say for the others.
CodeGeorge wrote:I tried to play AoE 1 and 2 but apparently the company doesn't support the online mode anymore. I found that horribly depressing. They were great games. That was probably part of the reason I skipped AoE III.
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Humanity is exterminated by a genetic race they created to fight a deadly virus. One of the scientists brings his young daughter into a cryogenic sleep, hoping that she will awaken one day and find surviving humans, so that she can bring peace between them and the genetic beings, the Enterrans. The girl, Yakumo received special powers at the impact of a meteorite, the impact after which the Enterrans went evil. When she awakens, 500 years later, she goes on her journey and meets three Enterrans who join her. Together with them she slowly finds from the secrets of the past and what happened to her home planet in reality.
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The Nokia Lumia 625 is the next device set to be released by Nokia in the coming weeks. First announced two-weeks ago, the new Lumia is being angled as a more premium entry-level device. Its secret is of course the 4.7-inch ClearBlack display and the slightly bumped specs from its tiny brother, the Lumia 620. For instance, it rocks a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU, which may just make the difference for speed versus the previous 1.0 GHz models.
For those in Russia who are interested in this sleek looking phone, you can plonk down 11990 rubles ($365) at the official N-Store (Nokia's online store) for a pre-order. Official sale date is August 21st with deliveries expected the following day.
The Lumia 625 is certainly an interesting phone, though it still comes with a few limitations like 512MB of RAM and only 8GB of storage (microSD support is included though). Still, with the Other storage fix in GDR2 (which this has), the included LTE bands and that huge display, the Lumia 625 has piqued our interest.
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There is a well-known (and probably apocryphal) saying attributed to St. Francis of Assisi: "Proclaim the Gospel always. If necessary, use words." It is an apt summation of how my husband and I have approached the transmission of faith to our four children, who now range in age from 11 to 19. Although I would like to say we had a master plan, it is not so. We never sat down and mapped out a strategy. We have just tried to live lives of faith as well as we could, which means often imperfectly, and hope that our witness rubs off.
As I look back over the past two decades, I can identify four practices we have engaged in to proclaim the Gospel within our own little domestic church.
Constancy. Meal after meal, we begin with grace. Night after night, we sit on the side of the bed and say prayers (until the inevitable moment, usually somewhere around the dawn of the teenage years, when we are gently told: "Mom, Dad, I think I'll say prayers by myself"). Perhaps most important, Sunday after Sunday we go to Mass. It is not optional; we go always and everywhere, whether the roads are icy or it is 99 degrees outside or people are tired.
Of course there are the usual sartorial arguments (the definition of a nanosecond is the amount of time it takes my oldest son's shirt to be untucked when Mass is over) and grousing about the length of the homily, but somehow, complaints notwithstanding, we persevere. We have had to juggle Mass times to accommodate travel schedules, sports events, even sleepovers, but somehow we have managed to keep everyone going. Even when we are traveling during a vacation, we find a church; this summer my children heard Masses on successive Sundays in French and German. It was a wonderful embodiment of the church's universality.
Such regular churchgoing does not feel glamorous or heroic. It does not qualify us for sainthood or even a parenting award. Rather, it demonstrates in concrete terms that commitment is important even, or perhaps especially, when practicing the faith seems boring. Some things you just keep doing, even when you would rather be doing something else, because that is part of the deal.
Involvement. This entails deepening the commitment and investing time and energy. In our current parish, I have given a series of talks on Scripture a nd with my husband have lent support to both the music program and various building projects.
In our last parish, I was both a eucharistic minister and a lector (and got regular critiques on the latter: "Mom, you were too quiet" or "Mom, good job"). I established a Christmas pageant and founded a Bible study group, both of which are going strong nearly 15 years on. Perhaps most important, for several years (until we moved away) I took Communion each Sunday to a group of older Catholics in a nearby assisted-living facility. My children almost always accompanied me. They prayed with us, stood by quietly while I distributed Communion, then handed out bulletins and chatted with the small, predominantly female congregation. We visited the rooms of those who could not make it downstairs for the group Communion service. The kids said hello to Camilla, who wept easily and often; happily visited Frances, who was liberal with the candy; and enjoyed seeing kind Mildred, who loved to read. They saw tired, old eyes light up when they entered the room on a Sunday morning. And they witnessed the profound gratitude of these older Catholics both for the human connection with us and for the gift of Christ in Communion.
Intellectual engagement. Although embarrassing to admit, as a one-time Episcopalian who converted to Catholicism in her mid-30s, I was once something of an intellectual-religious snob, assuming that Catholics did not think for themselves but just mindlessly obeyed whatever Rome said. Then I became friends with a few Jesuits and quickly learned otherwise.
Since that time, and throughout my continuing spiritual journey, I have been irresistibly drawn toward engagement with ecclesiological, theological and spiritual questions. My kids watched me pursue deeper understanding of these during the four years I recently spent earning a master's degree at the Yale Divinity School. They know that I think hard about issues of church and faith. They expect that I will query them over Sunday lunch about the Gospel reading or mention a prayer that especially struck me. And while they may roll their eyes when I launch another screed about the role of the laity, I hope they are getting the subliminal message that such questions matter.
Honesty.As a corollary to intellectual engagement, I share my views on matters ranging from liturgy to the role of women. I have been known to explain, expand upon or take issue with statements made in a homily. Although I try to offer a balanced view, I will also be forthright about how important I think it is for priests and bishops, as well as the rest of us, to follow the Gospel.
I love the Catholic faith. When I was confirmed as a Catholic, I felt I was joining in on a great starry conversation that started in the early church and has been carried on by the likes of Augustine, Teresa of ávila and Thomas Merton. But I do not always love the actions of the institutional church. I do not pretend to my kids that I agree with the church's continued opposition to women's ordination or that I am not angry about the continued obfuscation surrounding the sexual abuse scandal. I want them to engage with these issues, not just shrug their shoulders and drift away.
My Children's Church
So far, my children have not only toed the line but appear to be Christ's own. My two older children have kept up regular Mass attendance even while going to an Episcopal boarding school. The younger two have faithfully gone to Mass with us, received the age-appropriate sacraments and tucked in their shirts.
But my oldest child is off to college this fall, and I am newly aware of the contingency built into the raising of children. Like all parents, I do not know which of my efforts will actually pay off, how many of my lessons will stick, whether my kids will resent me for the tucked-in shirts or thank me for instilling habits of faithfulness. How can we predict which aspects of their upbringing our children will remember, which they will jettison?
My expectation, based on experience from my own life, is that each one of my kids will journey forward from the same starting point on a unique and different path. One of them may turn out to be more of a mystic, one a skeptic. Maybe one of them will even be a saint. I simply have no idea, and after nearly 20 years of parenting, I have learned enough to know that I have no real control over it. I suspect that more than one of them will end up at some point in a spiritual wilderness as they go through the process of making their faith their own. I pray that they will find their way back. After all, I did my time in the desert in my early 20s, and it ultimately led me to Catholicism. So I can be patient if they wander.
My concern as the century wears on is that the church may be losing its identity as the Promised Land. Its own lack of internal justice (regarding the treatment of women, among other things), its disproportionate focus on what a late friend of mind called "pelvic orthodoxy" and the encroaching clericalism that can strain relationships between pulpit and pew are among the factors that may render the church either irrelevant or repellant to my children's generation. Is the great beacon still going to be shining if my kids need to be led back home from the wilderness? I hope so, I pray so. I will do what I can to help.
I remember talking to an Episcopal priest who was a friend and mentor to me during my desert period, afflicted with true spiritual anomie. I finally mustered up the courage to confess to him that I was not sure God existed. This wise fellow replied with a smile, "That's okay; he doesn't mind." With this gentle reply he conveyed to me that doubt was permissible while also reassuring me that it lacked any actual external destructive power. My struggling faith did not mean that God was dead. I think about that comment now as I watch what is happening in the church and try to imagine what the church of my children's future will look like. I trust that the Holy Spirit, operating at a level far above my own worries, is at work in ways that transcend human thought.
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With Windows 8 now on store shelves, CIOs are forced to consider the impact the operating system might have on their operations. For months now, we've been hearing all about Windows 8 and why Microsoft believes it will be a winner for corporate users. So far, that hasn't been proven, despite Microsoft's best efforts. From preview builds to blog posts on its Website that are designed to make CIOs understand the value of its operating system, Microsoft has tried to make its case. For CIOs, however, there are still too many question marks associated with Windows 8 to make it an ideal option right now. Plus, there are some features that should worry IT decision-makers. Microsoft's operating system isn't proving right now that it's ideal for the corporate world. Until it can make that case and prove to CIOs that their employees will be happy with what's delivered, there will be trouble for Microsoft and its adoption rates in the corporate world. Flip through the following slides to find out about the Windows 8 features that should concern CIOs.
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Well, surely everybody knows by now – the 2014 World Cup is over, and Germany went home with the trophy.
But there's another "winner" worth mentioning: Princeton University Press author and London School of Economics professor Ignacio Palacios-Huerta, whose latest book, Beautiful Game Theory: How Soccer Can Help Economics, garnered some wonderful press over the course of the tournament. Mr. Palacios-Heurta not only received a mention in the Science section of the New York Times and was the subject of a full-length article in strategy+business; he also penned an op-ed for the New York Times's Sunday Review and was featured in stories in both the Financial Times and Worldcrunch.
Sure, he can't rally like Ronaldo or kick it like Klose; but this fùtbol fanatic's research presents advantages that extend far beyond the pitch.
Palacios-Huerta is unique in that he utilizes soccer data to test economic theories. In his op-ed in the Times, Palacios-Huerta lays out the basics of this experiment by explaining its origins in the Nash Equilibrium, which analyzes how people should behave in "strategic situations" and stresses that, in order to "win," they shouldn't repeat their choices. He says that, "according to Mr. Nash's theory, in a zero-sum game (i.e., where a win for one player entails a corresponding loss for the other) the best approach is to vary your moves unpredictably and in such proportions that your probability of winning is the same for each move."
He chooses penalty kicks to demonstrate this theory because they're zero-sum games, wherein it's ill-advised to use a strategy repeatedly. The explanation for this is relatively simple: a player's shots become predictable if he always kicks to the same side of the net, making them easier to block. A lot of legwork (pun somewhat-intended) has gone into proving this idea: Palacios-Huerta analyzed 9,017 penalty kicks between 1995 and 2012, to find that successful players typically distributed their shots unpredictably and in just the right proportions. We won't get into the numbers here, but they're abundant in both the book and the op-ed.
"Other research by me and others has shown that data from soccer can shed light on the economics of discrimination, fear, corruption and the dark side of incentives in organizations. In other words, aspects of the beautiful game that are less than beautiful from a fan's perspective can still be illuminating for economists."
And penalty kicks are just one handy example. Data from soccer can also illuminate one of the most prominent theories of the stock market: the efficient-market hypothesis, which essentially posits that the market processes economic data so quickly that any news relating to a stock is incorporated into its price before anyone can even act on it, diminishing the risk of insider trading.
We're excited to see more of what these soccer stats can do to advance economic theory, and more importantly, how Palacios-Huerta can translate something so complicated, using something so, well…beautiful.
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Passion-flower, any of about 400 species of tendril-bearing, herbaceous vines comprising the genus Passiflora (family Passifloraceae), with characteristic flowers. Some are important as ornamentals; others are grown for their edible fruits.
The wild passion-flower, passion vine, or maypop (P. incarnata) climbs about 3 to 9 m (10 to 30 feet) high and has pink and white flowers about 4 to 7.5 cm (1.5 to 3 inches) across and a yellow, berrylike, edible fruit about 5 cm long. The yellow passion-flower (P. lutea) is a smaller plant with greenish yellow flowers and purple fruits.
Some highly perfumed passion fruits are eaten as delicate dessert fruits, as the giant granadilla (P. quadrangularis). The purple granadilla (P. edulis) and the yellow granadilla (P. laurifolia), as well as the wild passion-flower, are widely grown in tropical America for their fruit. Passiflora maliformis is the sweet calabash of the West Indies. The size of these fruits usually does not exceed that of a hen's egg, but that of the giant granadilla is like a gourd and may weigh up to seven or eight pounds.
The passion-flower blossom varies in form from a shallow saucer shape to a long cylindrical or trumpet-shaped tube, producing at its upper border five sepals, five petals, and many threadlike or membranous outgrowths from the tube, which constitute the most conspicuous and beautiful part of the flower, called the corona. From the base of the inner part of the tube rises a stalk bearing above the middle a ring of five stamens (the male pollen-producing structures). Above the stamens is the female structure, or ovary, at the top of which arise three widely spreading styles. Each style ends in a button-like stigma, giving an appearance rather like a large-headed nail. The ovary, with a single compartment, contains numerous seeds arranged in three groups and ripens into a berrylike or capsular fruit.
The passion-flower blossom is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of the life of Christ, the Passion of Christ, which accounts for the name of the group. Thus, the corona represents the crown of thorns; the styles represent the nails used in the Crucifixion; the stamens represent the five wounds; and the five sepals and five petals represent 10 of the apostles, excluding Judas, who betrayed Jesus, and Peter, who denied him three times on the night of his trial.


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Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 12:02
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Unable to use any Nvidia drivers in Wary Puppy 5
Subject description: For newer Nvidia GT430
I had posted about this a few months ago, and I decided to revisit Puppy, as I was hoping that this issue had been sorted out by now.
I just downloaded and ran the latest Wary Puppy 5.
OK. I have a newer Nvidia Card. Specifically it is the GT430. I have come to the conclusion that this will simply never work in Puppy with any of the pre-compiled drivers. Every attempt I have made (37 different ways) has failed one way or another, and it has gotten to the point where I just want to use the proprietary Nvidia driver, which works perfectly on every distro I have thrown it at.
Except Puppy.
When I attempt to run it, I get errors that a package is missing and that it should be in glibc. I have glibc, and the package (yes, I am an idiot for not noting this) is l-something. In any event, having seen this before, I have updated everything it asks for, only to encounter another error every time.
It is always something is missing, or there is a version conflict.
I ran down that path a couple months ago to no avail, installing package after package, each one breaking the one before it due to versioning issues.
This should be EASY. It is just a video driver.
So then what does one need to actually installed in puppy to be able to successfully install from the nvidiaxxx.run file?
ANY version of puppy will be fine with me, I just need it installed on the system with full screen display.
Alternately, if anyone knows of a .pet file that actually works with this card, that would be fine too. In Wary, I tried to update xorg, and got the dreaded "oh dear" message - logging in to ibiblio directly, I could not find or determine which file I needed.
ANY help will be greatly appreciated.
I really miss Puppy, and do not want to go back to my old card.
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First, did you get and install, using the menu-system-Bootmanager Configure, the devx.sfs file and the kernelsource.sfs file?
These are needed by the nvidia installer that you downloaded from the site.
Once the driver gets compiled, you should open a terminal and type "depmod -a".
That allows the new driver to be discovered.
Then type "modprobe nvidia".
That should install the driver.
Now exit to prompt and type "xorgwizard"
Pick Choose and select the nvidia driver and set your resolution.
restart with "xwin".
I hope that helps you.
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Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 13:44
Post subject: Thanks
Subject description: But...
Yes, did that a couple of times, but still could not install the manufacturer's driver, so never got past the point of compiling the driver. It has failed for one reason or another every time.
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Did you download the 32-bit driver?
That is required for Wary which is a 32-bit Operating System.
In other words, the driver you get is for the Operating system type, not the computer type.
The driver I found on the nvidia site for your card is 260-19.21.
At the top of that driver page on the nvidia site it should say "Linux Display Driver X-86".
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Posted: Fri 15 Jul 2011, 17:00
Post subject: OK...now...
Subject description: Something new...
Well OK, seem to have an entirely different issue now. I cannot find a link to the Wary 5.1.2 kernel source sfs file.
Does it exist? I did not see it on ibiblio...
And yesit is the 32 bit. This is a problematic card, i hate it...love it...hate it...ok I love it when it WORKS! Right now I hate it...
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For the kernel source SFS file, go
You use the username and password that everyone seems to know but no one admits to knowing.
Then download the SFS file and use bootmanager to load it.
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Posted: Sat 16 Jul 2011, 10:07
Post subject: Progress...but...
Subject description: Getting there...
OK, following that to the letter after a fresh install finally let me install the nvidia driver for the first time!
However, it simply does not seem to get recognised by the xorgwizard. Is there something I am missing, or some other workaround?
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Posted: Fri 19 Aug 2011, 12:32
Post subject: I FIXED IT!!!
Subject description: Yay!
I FINALLY resolved this issue after months of banging my head against a wall...
I put the 430 card in my GFs HP Windows machine, which bumped her WEI up a point and a half, and returned my 8500 GT card to my Dell. Only 512 RAM on that card, but I was getting Xserver issues in Xubuntu as well, and I do not notice much of a difference, so all is well.
Happily running Lupu 528, Ubuntu Lucid, Maverick, Xubuntu Natty, and Win7, all without a hitch (yes, I penta-boot...lol).
So not really the tree I was barking up, but it is now working.
Posting this from Opera under Lupu528...
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Deli food
Up early...mind racing. Bills to pay, trip to Boston later (before snowstorm) to see my son. So many meetings before I can get on the road. To quell the mental noise, I get out of bed at 5 A.M., pay a few bills and slip into work clothes, grab my swimsuit and goggles and head to the pool.
Relaxing swim, thinking: Reach, head down, kick kick kick...pull push glide. Be long in the water. The thoughts of technique and swim drills and 50 repeats push other thoughts out of my head. I am calm, feel happy and cleansed by the water and the workout. I get out and realize...I am HUNGRY!
Head to deli a block away, and the doughnuts, pastries and muffins all welcome me. The rows of baked goods look so warm, soft and sweet. A well-deserved treat. Like little mounds of reward to melt in my mouth. But then I'd feel worse after, I know from many muffins past. I ask the lady if they have bran muffins, and she points to a slightly tanner version of the corn. Nope. A trick. Same old lard with a little something dark mixed in. I grab a banana, knowing I am going to "build" a perfect breakfast the way I build my technique: one piece at a time.
Yogurt—the Greek kind
A clementine
Coffee (of course)
I mix the berries, nuts and yogurt and save the extra nuts and berries for later.
I walk out and realize: I may not know how to cook but I can order a healthy deli meal with the best of them.
I sometimes get oatmeal. (Today's selection looked a bit thick and gloppy, but I love oatmeal and raisins...especially as I make it, a little al dente). I also often ask the cook to make an egg sunny-side down on whole-wheat toast. Protein and fiber...great after a hard workout or swim. And I usually have eyes bigger than my stomach, like today, and I didn't need all that food. Saved the banana for later. But I tell myself there is no limit to eating the food you could grow if you had a farm...behind that deli. Or if you make the muffins yourself and know they have whole-wheat flour and real bran or blueberries or other fresh, healthy ingredients along with the butter. But today I felt I'd made the best choices I could. And that's all you can do any given minute.
How well do you navigate these deli moments? Let me know. I can always use the tip next time!


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I'm trying to install gnome-sharp from slackbuilds and I get an error while compiling:
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libtool: link: `/usr/lib64/libcanberra.la' is not a valid libtool archive
I've googled a bit but I was not able to find a solution.
Which could be the problem?
EDIT: I was wrong, I don't have that file in my system. However, libcanberra.so is present.


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Son Jim took advantage of another of his unpaid State Worker furlough days to bicycle another leg of the LaSalle Relay St. Joe-to-Detroit River cross-peninsula route. You will remember that on July 24 he and fellow State Worker Dale Turton bicycled the route from St. Joe to Kalamazoo. I reported on that trip by Email of July 28.
This time on Friday August 7 he started at Springport and bicycled to the Waterloo Farm Museum. His route took him through Tomkins Center, Rives Junction, Pleasant Lake and Munith. He crossed the Grand River on the Maple Grove Road bridge. I volunteered to drive "Sag Wagon" for him and caught up with him in my Chevy Malibu Maxx at Munith and then waited for him at the Farm Museum.
Before heading back to his bicycle-carrying Pontiac Vibe parked at the Springport High School we toured the Portage Lake Swamp and Hugh Heward portage territory crossed by Charlie Parmelee and Doug McDougall in 2008; walked, waded and back-portaged by Neil Miller and Brian Prodin on April 17 of this year, and portaged with wheels by the Ultimate Hugh Heward Challenge paddlers this last spring. We were really impressed by the difficulties of terrain and distances covered by these guys in 2008 and 2009 and by Hugh and his Frenchmen in 1790.
On the return trip we took an alternate route and made the Berry Road Bridge crossing of the Grand. You may remember that I believe the LaSalle party's 1680 encounter with the Mascoutin Indians (who mistook them for an Iroquois war party) took place at the Grand River crossing between the Maple Grove Bridge and the Berry Road Bridge.
The Jackson County roads were uniformly good to excellent for bicycling in contrast to Calhoun County's poor roads that we had explored by car earlier. The scenery and terrain are very attractive.
On a trip to Ron Sell's Unadilla Boat Works earlier in the summer for Jim to try out a Bell Rob Roy solo canoe we explored the route LaSalle had walked from the site of today's Waterloo Farm Museum to the Huron River at Dexter. Island Lake Road, which follows the old Indian trail, is very rough and unsuitable for bicycles as are most of the roads leading to it. Our tentative plans for next year's LaSalle Relay call for this 6 1/2 mile stretch to be hiked. If we go for bicycling beyond the Farm Museum we will have to work out an alternative route.
Jim is hoping for opportunities to bicycle the gap between Kalamazoo and Springport before he goes on the Dalmac Lansing-to-Mackinack bike tour on Labor Day weekend. We have not yet reconnoitered the roads between Kalamazoo and Pennfirld in Calhoun County by car.


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20.4 Sacrament
General Guidelines
Church members meet on the Sabbath to worship God and partake of the sacrament (see D&C 20:75; 59:9). During this holy ordinance, they partake of bread and water in remembrance of the Savior's sacrifice of His flesh and blood and to renew their covenants (see Matthew 26:26–28; Joseph Smith Translation, Mark 14:20–25; Luke 22:15–20; 3 Nephi 18; Moroni 6:6).
Under the direction of the bishopric, priesthood holders bless the sacrament and pass it to members of the congregation during each sacrament meeting. Aaronic Priesthood holders usually perform these duties. Under the direction of the bishopric, the deacons quorum president has the privilege and responsibility to invite others to help pass the sacrament. When there are not enough deacons, he counsels with a member of the bishopric to determine who may be asked to assist.
Generally, teachers and priests in the Aaronic Priesthood should be invited to pass the sacrament before Melchizedek Priesthood holders are invited to do so. Where there are enough Aaronic Priesthood holders, Melchizedek Priesthood holders should not be invited to bless and pass the sacrament on a regular schedule.
Every priesthood holder who participates in this ordinance should understand that he is acting on behalf of the Lord. The bishopric encourages priesthood holders to ponder the Savior's Atonement as they prepare, bless, and pass the sacrament. The bishopric also ensures that priesthood holders have a reverent, dignified manner as they participate in this ordinance.
Those who bless and pass the sacrament should dress modestly and be well groomed and clean. Clothing or jewelry should not call attention to itself or distract members during the sacrament. Ties and white shirts are recommended because they add to the dignity of the ordinance. However, they should not be required as a mandatory prerequisite for a priesthood holder to participate. Nor should it be required that all be alike in dress and appearance. Bishops should use discretion when giving such guidance to young men, taking into account their financial circumstances and maturity in the Church.
The sacred nature of this ordinance justifies the greatest care and preparation to ensure order and reverence. Assignments to bless and pass the sacrament should be made in advance. Those who participate should be seated reverently before the meeting begins.
The passing of the sacrament should be natural and unobtrusive, not rigid or overly formal. Those who pass the sacrament should not be required to assume any special posture or action, such as holding the left hand behind the back. The process of passing the sacrament should not call attention to itself or detract from the purpose of the ordinance.
Priesthood holders should wash their hands thoroughly with soap, a disposable towelette, or another cleanser before preparing, blessing, or passing the sacrament.
A priesthood holder who has committed a serious transgression should not prepare, bless, or pass the sacrament until he has repented and resolved the matter with his bishop.
Although the sacrament is for Church members, the bishopric should not announce that it will be passed to members only, and nothing should be done to prevent nonmembers from partaking of it.
Preparing the Sacrament
Teachers, priests, and Melchizedek Priesthood holders may prepare the sacrament. Before the meeting, those who prepare the sacrament ensure that bread trays with unbroken bread, water trays with cups filled with fresh water, and tablecloths are in place. After the meeting, these brethren clear away the trays and tablecloths.
Sacrament tablecloths should be white, nontransparent, clean, and pressed. Sacrament trays should be kept clean. Sacrament trays and cups are available from Church Distribution Services.
Blessing and Passing the Sacrament
Priests and Melchizedek Priesthood holders may bless the sacrament. Deacons, teachers, priests, and Melchizedek Priesthood holders may pass the sacrament.
As the congregation sings the sacrament hymn, the priesthood holders who will bless the
Following the hymn, the person who blesses the bread kneels and offers the sacrament prayer for the bread. The sacrament prayers were revealed by the Lord (see D&C 20:77, 79; Moroni 4–5). The bishop makes sure they are spoken clearly, accurately, and with dignity. If the person who blesses the sacrament makes an error in the wording but corrects it himself, no further correction is required. If the person does not correct an error, the bishop indicates that he should repeat the prayer correctly. In doing so, the bishop should be careful to avoid causing embarrassment or distracting from the sacred nature of the ordinance.
After the prayer, deacons or other priesthood holders pass the bread to the congregation in a reverent and orderly manner. The presiding officer receives the sacrament first. The bishop (or a counselor in his absence) presides at the sacrament meeting unless a member of the stake presidency, an Area Seventy, or a General Authority is sitting on the stand. A high councilor does not preside and does not receive the sacrament first.
While the presiding officer is receiving the sacrament, others who are passing the sacrament may walk to their designated places.
After a priesthood holder hands a sacrament tray to a member, others may pass the tray from one to another for convenience.
When brethren finish passing the bread, they return the trays to the sacrament table. Those officiating at the sacrament table place the cloth over the bread trays and uncover the water trays. The person who blesses the water then kneels and offers the sacrament prayer for the water (see D&C 20:79), substituting the word water for wine.
After the prayer, deacons or other priesthood holders pass the water to the congregation. When they finish, they return the trays to the sacrament table, wait for the officiators to cover the trays, then reverently take their seats.
Everyone who attends the meeting should be reverent during the entire ordinance of blessing and passing the sacrament.
No music should be played during the prayer, while the sacrament is being passed, or as a postlude after the sacrament is passed.
Sacrament for Members Who Are Unable to Attend
See "Sacrament Services in Unusual Situations" in 18.2.2.
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Alexander Skarsgard: 'The East' Brooklyn Screening!
Alexander Skarsgard poses for a photograph while attending a screening for his latest flick The East held at The Nitehawk Cinema on Tuesday (May 21) in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
The 36-year-old Swedish actor was joined by his co-stars Brit Marling, Ellen Page, Patricia Clarkson, and director Zal Batmanglij.
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Man on stolen motorcycle crashes, dies on I-10
A 31-year-old man who was riding a stolen motorcycle died early Thursday morning in a traffic wreck on Interstate 10 in east Houston.
The single-vehicle wreck occurred about 2 a.m. in the 11000 block of the outbound East Freeway near Mercury, according to the Houston Police Department.
Police said the man was riding a red Yamaha YZF motorcycle at a high rate of speed when he slammed into the inside concrete divider. He was thrown from the motorcycle and over the barrier, landing in the inbound lanes of the freeway. Then a vehicle that was traveling in the inbound lanes may have hit him, police said.
Police said the man, whose name has not been released, died at the scene. No other injuries were reported.
Police said investigators later determined the motorcycle had been stolen in Harris County.


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Student Life
Life on Campus
Few, if any, law schools can match the combination of the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University's green, 240-acre campus and its easy access to New York City, the hub of the world's legal profession. Students living on campus in graduate housing enjoy a setting that is home to a nationally recognized arboretum, yet is less than an hour by train from Manhattan.
The campus provides all the amenities of a leading university and several that are unique to Hofstra, such as a bird sanctuary. The campus abuts Long Island's "downtown" of Mitchel Field, home to the New York Islanders, Museum Row, hotels, and business- and law-office centers. This area is flanked by Roosevelt Field, one of the country's largest upscale shopping malls, and Eisenhower Park, a 930-acre public space that boasts a golf course that hosted the P.G.A. Championship, one of the finest swimming facilities in the U.S. and a full range of athletic and family activities.
Farther afield on Long Island are the famed public beaches of the South Shore at Jones Beach and Robert Moses State Park — minutes by car or bus from campus. To the north are harbor villages and parks that make up Long Island's Gold Coast, made famous in The Great Gatsby. To the east are the wineries of the North Fork and the famous Hamptons and Montauk resorts of the South Fork.
And of course, a day or evening in New York City is one of Hofstra's main attractions. Manhattan offers some of the greatest culture in the world, whether it is visiting renowned museums, taking in Broadway shows, strolling fine boutiques on Madison Avenue, exploring Central Park or sampling the many different cuisines from the finest restaurants and hidden deli treasures. All of this is just a 40-minute train ride from Hofstra's campus.