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SUN CITY, South Africa (AP) – Scotland's Paul Lawrie shot a 3-under 69 Friday for a one-shot lead after the second round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Lawrie had just one bogey in another tough day for players at Gary Player Country Club. He made four birdies for a 4-under 140 total and a one-shot lead over Ryder Cup teammate Martin Kaymer (69). They were the only players to break 70 in the second round.
"The course is demanding,'' Lawrie said. "You have to drive the ball very well and keep the ball in play to give yourself a chance to get it close to the pin. It's a great golf course. So far, so good. But a long way to go.''
Kaymer had five birdies but added consecutive bogeys on No. 8 and 9.
"Three-under par is a very good score on this golf course,'' said Kaymer, looking for his first win of the year.
Charl Schwartzel recovered from a bogey on the second to finish at 71 for a share of third at 1 under with Francesco Molinari (71), Louis Oosthuizen (72) and overnight co-leader Bill Haas (73) – two behind Kaymer and three off the leader.
Defending champion Lee Westwood shot a 73. He's aiming to become the first player to win three straight Nedbank titles. The No. 6-ranked Englishman made two double bogeys in his second round and did well to only bogey No. 14 after ending up in an island of deep rough in the middle of a bunker. Only a birdie at the last kept Westwood from slipping into plus numbers in his title defense.
Haas came back well on the back nine with three birdies for a 73. He doubled his first hole and bogeyed two more to make the turn at 40.
Lawrie benefited from staying clear of the tough rough and handled the wind. His approach to 5 feet on 17 set up the last of four birdies for the 1999 British Open champion. He's won twice in 2012 after going nearly a decade without a victory before last year's Open de Andalucia.
"I came back here a more experienced player, certainly a better tee-to-green player than I was in 1999,'' said Lawrie, who last played at Sun City the year he won the Open. "I am a better player than I was back then.''


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The Game turned Lil Wayne's 30th birthday bash into an impromptu fight club when he got into a brawl with another rapper and had to be kicked out of the party ... and TMZ obtained the video.
Sources at the party tell TMZ ... Game was in Hollywood Thursday night with Chris Brown, Sean Kingston and the b-day boy himself. We're told Game was allegedly minding his own business when rapper 211 approached and, according to our sources, started talking smack.
We're told things escalated and the smack-talking turned into an all out fight ... which ended with Game allegedly punching 211.
TMZ obtained video just seconds after the fists stopped flying and you can see the two rappers still going at it as security guards rush in to break them up. We're told after security got a hold of the situation, Game was kicked out of the section.
Sources tell us the rappers have had a beef for awhile and that's what led to the altercation in the first place.
Calls to both rappers were not returned.

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I am surprised that no one has picked Bob up on this . does everyone agree or is Bob just a leftie?
I consider this to be a very serious issue, but it treads on many toes.
Tonight a leading light of Christians in Science described ID to me as devilish and needing to be stamped under foot. Is he just another r Episcopalian leftie like Bob and myself?
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To: Michael Roberts
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Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
I agree, Michael, but I think, unfortunately, that the attitude toward scientists expressed in Janice's screed are all too common among ID supporters and reflect a growing anti-science movement in the US. Science has become enmeshed in the culture wars here. The inherent methodological skepticism that a scientist should bring to the reading of any published research is one thing. But what we have here, I think, is the creation of negative images of the scientific endeavor for the purposes of ideological agendas, and loaded rhetoric that characterizes any scientific hypotheses or research the anti-science people don't like with terms like "junk science" promoted by advocates of "the religion of scientism." As charges that the present US administration's ideologues have been manipulating scientific research, some by its own agencies, for its own purposes, e.g., in the controversy over global warming, becomes more of a public issue, you can bet that partisan attacks against the research and those who conduct it will grow. I think that the scientific community as a whole have been slow to respond to this state of affairs publically, for example it has taken a decade to wake up to the assault on mainstream science by the ID advocates and see the growing negative effects it has engendered in the American public. Public confidence in science in this country has eroded, perhaps for a number of reasons (e.g., the unintended negative effects of some technological applications of scientific discoveries; or technological applications that go against some peoples' religious beliefs), but one of them has been the conflict over evolution and ID and the success of the ID people in morphing sincere believers' apprehensions about evolution into a more general distrust of science. All of the above is, of course, MHO.
Bob Schneider
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Wow! What utter nonsense
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At 04:33 PM 9/4/2005, Pim van Meurs wrote:
It pays off to read the paper in question as it presents a much better understanding as to why this is the case.
The paper itself states " However, this should not be surprising. It can be proven that most claimed research findings are false."
Interesting study which shows why science is such a challenging endeavor.
*dila813 on http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1473915/posts explained it quite well*
What's your conclusion Janice?
## My conclusion? Follow the money. Money, power, and approval from their peers is what motivates those who engage in junk science and the religion of scientism. They outnumber serious scientists 99 to 1. Many of them teach their religion of scientism in science classes in the public schools.
If children come out of the tax-payer funded schools believing that man will "destroy the planet" unless the USA signs the Kyoto "treaty", they have not learned "science" in science class.
That is going to stop.
janice matchett wrote:
Interesting article in case some haven't seen it. ~ Janice
*Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
*Published online 2005 August 30. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124.
<http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=16060722>Copyright <http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/about/copyright.html>: © 2005 John P. A. Ioannidis.
The above was posted by me here in the thread below:
*Most scientific papers are probably wrong
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Iran launches YouTube-like video content site
YouTube has a new competitor, with the government of Iran launching their Mehr.ir website, a user-generated video content site just like Google's mammoth YouTube.
Mehr.ir has a goal of spreading the influence of Islamic and Iranian culture throughout the Persian-speaking world. The Iranian government, until now, has spent years blocking most of their population from YouTube videos - so Mehr.ir is a step in a new direction.
Iran have expressed intent to create a closed-off Internet network, which would see international access severed - including huge services like Gmail and Google search. Iran hopes that the Mehr network will contain no anti-Islamic videos, such as the anti-Mohammed video that sparked conflict from the American filmmaker a couple of months ago.


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Barton, a 2010 graduate of Point Loma High School, was shot three times in the head in the early hours of Oct. 29 as he walked to his father's Mission Hills home after finishing a late shift working at a Hillcrest restaurant.
The shooter, a wanted criminal, was killed by San Diego police during an Oct. 31 shootout in Barrio Logan.
Barton's fighting spirit has been a major factor as he clung to life for several weeks in a Scripps Mercy Hospital intensive-care unit before being sent to a rehabilitation facility in Encinitas for intensive physical therapy.
All are invited to help Barton's family with large medical bills on Saturday, Jan. 19, when an afternoon of music, family fun and community bonding kicks off at Humphreys restaurant on Shelter Island.
A $10 donation will be requested at the door.
Three bands will play during the 4 to 9:30 p.m. event, including The Mike Britt Band, Temple of the Dads and the Weener Pigs.
Humphreys donated the use of its facility and is also helping with an offer of half-price food and drinks, according to event organizer Rhonda Pitta.
A silent auction will also take place, and among the hot items already promised are a two-hour harbor tour for 20 people aboard an 80-foot yacht; a three-night stay with gourmet meals at a gorgeous home in the Sequoias; and a one-week stay in an Avon, Colo. resort.
A Dec. 15 event, held at the popular Garrison Street Christmas-light display in Point Loma, raised $4,000 through the sale of baked goods and hot chocolate. A huge poster, hung on a garage door, was filled with handwritten messages by hundreds of Peninsula residents.
"It really does help get you through each day, knowing you have so many people supporting your son's recovery," said Barton's mother, Marie.
Community members may send cards or letters to Barton with the following mailing address: Will Barton, 3366 Herman Ave., San Diego, 92104.
Improvement comes with each waking day for Barton
With the dawn of every new day, Will Barton continues to amaze the medical staff and his family with advancements in his recovery.
When paramedics rushed Barton to Scripps Mercy Hospital early on the morning of Oct. 29, they figured his life was over. Shot three times in the head and suffering from a massive loss of blood, the situation was dire.
But Barton continues to prove the naysayers wrong.
From the moment they first saw their son in the intensive-care unit of Scripps Mercy Hospital, father Will Barton and mother Marie Najera knew their son was a fighter.
Milestones in Barton's recovery, as taken from notes in a journal, kept mainly by Najera:
• Nov. 4 (while in intensive care): "Will was responding to his family by blinking his eyes on command, and has been able to move his head and exhibit some facial expressions."
• Nov. 7: "Doctors are planning on removing his ventilator today. His fever has broken."
• Nov. 10: "Will's feeding tube has been removed from his mouth and relocated to his tummy."
• Nov. 11: "Doctors removed the ventilator machine last night as Will is breathing on his own now."
• Nov: 13: "Will has been moved to a room with a view on the tenth floor (no more ICU)."
• Nov. 14: "(Will) did 15 minutes of physical therapy. He was wiped out after that."
• Nov. 19: "He moved his right foot and toes for me yesterday. This was a first, and an amazing start to his recovery."
• Nov. 26: "(Will) has passed his swallow test, and has been cleared to eat ice chips. He can now speak just like himself, as his trach(eotomy) has been reduced in size."
• Nov. 27: "Will has moved to an acute-care facility in Hillcrest. He is breathing on his own. He is doing more than any doctor anticipated. He is trying to work up to three hours of physical therapy before he moves to another facility that specializes in his type of recovery."
• Nov. 30: "Will's trach(eotomy) has been removed completely, and he had pancakes and eggs for breakfast today! We are so proud of our boy! Much more physical therapy is still needed to get him moving again."
• Dec. 3: "Will is healing so very fast. He is able to lift his right leg and some of his right shoulder. Sunday was the first time in over a month that we heard Will laugh. He was extremely happy and thankful for everything and everyone in his life. I am amazed by his healing powers and his will to carry on day in and day out."
• Dec. 4: "Will met with his speech therapist. She is giving him much harder tasks now that she knows him. Will is slowly starting to move his left leg. He still gets dizzy when they stand him up."
• Dec. 5: "Now (Will) is actually moving the whole leg up off the bed about three inches. Hopefully soon he will be able to walk. I am so excited for him!"
• Dec. 13: "Will is in (Scripps) Encinitas Rehabilitation Hospital. If you would like to visit, the doctors suggest coming after 3:30 p.m. He will be done with all of his (many hours of) therapies by then."
• Dec. 18: "(Will) has started a more intense PT today. They had him in a machine that helps him to stand up. He is doing a great job of staying positive. I am amazed by his strength and will power."
• Dec. 20: "After a month and a few weeks, Will finally got to take a shower."
• Dec. 26: "Will is starting to move the left side of his body. It's not very pretty and it's very shaky but he can almost touch his mouth with his hand."
• Jan. 2: "Will has started to use his left hand to feed himself. He does require help, but it is so satisfying to him."
• Jan. 5: "The hospital is loading up their van and taking Will to Swami's (Beach for an hour)."


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Rock Festival and Radio Pioneer Tom Rounds Dies
A radio and promoter who played a key role in creating both the American Top 40 radio program and the first U.S. rock festival has died. Tom Rounds, 77, passed away on June 1 from complications following surgery.
Rounds organized the Summer of Love-era Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Festival in Marin County, California, setting a template for the subsequent, and far more famous, Monterey Pop and Woodstock events. The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds, Canned Heat and the Steve Miller Band were among the performers during that initial June 1967 event. Rounds later produced 1968's Miami Pop II. Hailed as the East Coast's first significant music festival, it featured the Grateful Dead and Fleetwood Mac.
A longtime presence at KFRC in San Francisco, Rounds' resignation as program director was big enough news that it was featured on the inaugural cover of Rolling Stone magazine. His subsequent video production company produced early music clips for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, the Animals and Steppenwolf.
Still, Rounds probably touched most music fans' lives through American Top 40, a weekly show that counts down Billboard magazine's most popular songs. Co-creator Casey Kasem was the show's original host, and was featured over two stints with the program -- from 1970-88, and from 1998-2003. Ryan Seacrest then took over after Kasem's retirement.
Rounds also worked at WINS in New York, and at KPOI in Honolulu. Until his death, Rounds continued as CEO of Radio Express, which syndicates American Top 40 along with scores of other shows across more than 5,000 stations.


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Kid's Songwriting Workshops for Kids Tuesdays @ the Melbourne Inner North P...
The Melbourne Inner North Performing Arts Academy is happy to invite Singer/Song writer Katalin Orgovany every Tuesday 4.15--5.15pm after her highly successful workshops this Easter!
Local singer/songwriter Kat O from the band The Kat O Army leads this fun song writing workshop for kids which will include working on lyrics and rhymes, vocal melody, music and ideas about what can inspire a song.
Kat O has been writing songs for many years and has had one of her original compositions in an American TV show made for Disney in 2010. Besides writing songs for her rock band The Kat O Army, she also dabbles in writing children's songs. Kat also runs the family-friendly Music Mamas showcases where female singer/songwriters perform.


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lipscomb women's basketball Greg Brown has announced the dates of the Lipscomb basketball camps this summer. All camps take place in the month of June.
"I think one of the greatest things about camp is that it is the first taste of the Lipscomb culture for so many students," Brown said. "It also had an added benefit of creating the culture for our players who are working the camps."
The girls' team camp kicks the summer off beginning June 2. The three-day camp includes housing for the teams and a pay-per-game schedule.
The fundamentals camp runs from June 9-12. The camp has fundamentals stations, daily contests, 5-on-5 games along with awards and prizes.
The guard and post camp is June 12-14 and focuses on each player's position. After choosing the position, each athlete develops skills with valuable in-depth instruction and hands-on training.
Day camp and Junior Bison day camp is slated for June 17-21. Campers are grouped by age and gender and learn fundamentals and compete in contests for awards and prizes.
The Junior Bison Camp focuses on the correct fundamentals while playing on lowered baskets.
The camps end with the elite camp for rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. The camp is for advanced basketball skill work and player development. It covers NCAA requirements along with college admission requirements.
"All of our players, including the incoming freshman, will not only be exposed to the culture but also teach the culture," Brown said. "The best way to learn is to teach. That is what has always set apart Lipscomb's camps is that they are teaching camps."
For more information on the camps, contact Kim Roberts by email at kim.roberts@lipscomb .edu or by phone at (615) 966-6479.


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April 05, 2012, 11:40:06 AM »
im having hard time deciding where to go.
first deposit day is coming up and i need to make a decision asap.
currently, im
accepted: university of san diego, chapman, southwestern, whittier, western state
waitlisted: loyola la, pepperdine
i'll be staying on the waitlist but that itself is nerve breaking.
among the schools i got accepted, which one is the best choice i can make?
also, i changed my loyola apps from full time to part time when i returned the waitlist form.
what's the chance of getting off from loyola waitlist?
any advice is greatly appreciated
thank you!
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April 05, 2012, 12:07:05 PM »
Well first before you read anything me or anyone on any internet board realize all the advice from an anonymous internet posters, and should not be taken to seriously.
With that said I am assuming you want to work & live in Southern California and if that is the case you have step 1 down, because you are going to schools in the location you want to live in.
As for the actual decision there is no right answer nobody can say what law school is right for you. Then the rankings don't play much of a factor in schools of this caliber maybe Loyola could be considered prestigious by some in L.A. only and that is a maybe at best. As for the rest of the schools listed there all fine although I know Western State has had issues with accreditation on more than one occasion. However, I have seen good attorneys come out of the school.
Cost should play a huge factor in your decision look on LSAC at how much these schools cost if Whittier is 15k a year cheaper than Chapman then going to Whittier is probably worth 45k in savings. At least in my opinion, but others may have a different feeling.
One thing 0L's don't know about legal education is that you learn the same thing no matter where you go. At any ABA school you will have Torts, Contracts, Civ Pro, Crim Law, Con Law, and read Supreme Court cases. In Torts you will read Palsgraf, Contracts Hadley v. Baxendale, Civ Pro International shoe whether you go to Yale or Western you will be learning the same thing. You might have more engaging and experienced professors at Yale, but the substance of what you are learning is exactly the same.
One thing to really consider is a visit to these schools and face to face interactions with students, professors, and so on. Each school does have a culture to it and you may like it or hate. I went to some conference at Chapman Law a few years ago and I personally liked the school a lot, but I don' t know much about the others. However, you might hate Orange County and the school I am just some person who liked Chapman. Visit these schools and see if the culture, students, suit you remember you will be there for 3 years and the only person that can really know if you like something is you.
In conclusion there is no right answer to this question when I was 0L I kept endlessly trying to find something that told me exactly what the right choice was, but it never came and it never will. No matter what school you go to you will wonder what if I went there and you might even ask yourself what if I never went to law school at all. These are questions you will never know the answer to it is a difficult decision, but usually your gut will be telling you something and listen to that above all else.
Also when making this decision I realize the interest is the easiest place to access information, but it is usually the most unreliable source. I post on here in between breaks and just write stream of conscious to kill time as most people do and there are no repercussions if I give awful advice. Again with that said do the following 1) Analyze costs 2) See how YOU feel about the school when you visit 3) Location is a huge factor, but it looks you have taken care of that 4) Then see if there is any specialty the school has your interested in. (For example I wanted to do mock trial competitions and the school I went to funded a lot of them, which I really enjoyed and got a lot of experience out of.) Some schools don't fund these as much, but focus on other things. If you don't have any particular interest that's fine and then specialties shouldn't play a factor.
Hopefully that is somewhat helpful and good luck on your decision.
Tiery Eyed
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April 06, 2012, 11:08:54 AM »
I think there should be a decent amount of people getting into Loyola off the waitlist. As you move down the rankings it seems as though more and more waitlisted students are accepted.
I toured both Loyola and Pepperdine. *Personal Opinion* - It seemed like Pepperdine had A LOT more going for it. But like Legend said, its all up to the individual.
As for your current choices, all else being equal I'd say USD. But again, thats just me living your life.
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Two weeks and one day ago, I walked into my boss's office, closed the door and said, "I've been doing some thinking lately…" which is when he leaned far back in his chair, as if moving out of hearing distance would stop me from telling him what he knew I was going to tell him. "I've decided I want to pursue freelancing full-time." It is odd to think that speaking those words and signing a short letter is all it took to end a one-and-a-half-year period of my life. It is strange to know that you can leave your daily routine at any time you wish, and the only thing keeping you there is money or fear or comfort in the known.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Despite holding nationally-ranked No. 18 Babson College to its lowest scoring performance this season in league play, the Beavers emerged with a 59-34 victory over MIT in a NEWMAC women's basketball game on Wednesday night. Senior Nicki Wurdeman (Rowley, Mass.) led all scorers with 21 points to go along with five rebounds for the Beavers who entered the contest averaging 74 points per game this year. Freshman Mari Kordell (Ijamsville, Md.) totaled 11 points, four rebounds, and three steals for the Engineers.
The early stages of the game were closely played as a basket by Kordell brought MIT within two (10-8) and resulted in a timeout by Babson at the 13:19 mark. The Beavers responded with Wurdeman scoring nine straight points during the next six minutes to gain some breathing room. Two free throws by sophomore Sharon Hao (San Jose, Calif.) and a layup by freshman Alexxis Isaac (San Antonio, Texas) trimmed the Engineers' deficit to 19-12 with 5:38 left in the half. Senior Kathleen King's (Framingham, Mass.) three-point play on Babson's next possession sparked an 11-6 spurt which resulted in a 30-18 lead at the intermission.
The first six minutes of the second stanza were a defensive battle as both teams combined for seven points, but the visitors remained in front as their advantage grew to 35-20 with 14:03 on the clock. A minute later, freshman Erin Young (Westwood, Mass.) hit the first of back-to-back three pointers while a Wurdeman free throw resulted in a 42-20 cushion for Babson. The Engineers replied with a layup by freshman Kirstyn Hein (Pinckney, Mich.) and a three-point play courtesy of sophomore Tamara Pena (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), but they would not get any closer as the Beavers generated a 17-9 run during the final 11 minutes of the game.
Junior Lauren Sascha Burton (Seattle, Wash.) tallied nine rebounds, five assists, and one block while freshman Michelle Battipaglia (Katonah, N.Y.) posted four rebounds and two steals for the Cardinal and Gray. Isaac finished with six points, three rebounds, two blocks, and two steals as junior Anna Merrifield (Honolulu, Hawaii) chipped in six points, three boards, and a steal. Pena bolstered MIT's attack with five points and added a steal.
King registered a double-double on 12 rebounds and 11 points as junior Sarah Collins (Weymouth, Mass.) amassed 11 boards, eight points, three blocks, and two assists. Young notched seven points while sophomore Liz Trainor (Beverly, Mass.) had five points and four rebounds, all coming off the offensive glass. Senior Kelly McKenna (Shrewsbury, Mass.) rounded out the defense with eight caroms.
Both squads continue conference play on Saturday, Feb. 11. MIT (9-12, 5-10 NEWMAC) will travel to Springfield College while Babson (19-2, 5-0 NEWMAC) will host Smith College.


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Know someone who is just getting into bread baking? Set them up in style! This guide has everything a beginning baker could dream of, from sourdough starters and proofing baskets to three cookbooks that are a baking education in themselves.
1 King Arthur Flour Bread Flour, $5 from King Arthur Flour: This flour makes loaves that rise beautifully and develop a fantastic chewy crumb.
2 Sourdough Starter, $13 from Cultures for Health: One of these cultures will get you set up to make loaf after sourdough loaf.
3 Baking Stone, $50 from Williams Sonoma: This clay stone rests on the oven shelf and provides even heat to breads and pizzas being baked on top.
4 Proofing Baskets, $20 from Breadtopia: These are used for the final rising of shaped artisan loaves to help support the dough as it rises.
5 Chicago Metallic Commercial Loaf Pans, $13-$15 from Sur la Table: These are the best loaf pans I've ever found. They're sturdy, easy to clean, and give breads a nice crisp crust.
6 Wooden Baker's Peel, $10 from Target: Useful for shuffling loaves into the hot over and scooping them out again once baked.
7 Combo Cooker, $56 from Lodge Cast Iron Cookware: The round of dough is set in the bottom skillet with the deeper pot inverted over top. This traps steam and creates a super-hot baking environment for baking artisan loaves.
8 The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart, $21 from Amazon: This is a classic cookbook from one of the best baking instructors in the country. It's perfect for beginners.
9 Local Breads by Daniel Leader, $23 from Amazon: Page after page of sourdough recipes from every corner of the globe. This cookbook is definitely must-have for anyone interested in sourdough baking.
10 Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson, $22 from Amazon: One of my favorite new cookbooks on bread baking with recipes based on the no-knead bread technique. The book includes everything from the basic artisan loaf to crazy-delicious yeasted croissants.
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The class challenges, while roughly equal, have a couple that are just too hard. While I'm talking about some golds, if you think any silvers or bronzes are too tough, feel free to post your concerns. Here are the issues:
Fighter Gold: I came really close, so maybe just 20 or so less hp on the boss. I kept getting 1 or 2 hits from victory. I probably could have beaten it if I had done 5 tries instead of 3, but it might be a bit to tough.
Paladin Gold: Maybe this one is just me, but I didn't even get close on my first try. It sucked, and I only got his resists to 66% or so. This seems really hard. The boss without resist is harder than most hard bosses, but with resists this seems crazy.
Sorcerer Gold: I could beat this if MA spawned. And I thought she could. Still, I tried 5 or so times and she never spawned. Is this a bug? If it isn't, I think you should add her back.
Bloodmage Gold: WTF?! This is crazy! This would take waaaay to many PISORFs, and there aren't even that many walls in the dungeon. He does way too much damage to make a physical strategy viable, and he has counter fireball.
Does anyone know how to beat any of these "extra difficult" ones? Are they actually too tough or is it me? Do you agree or disagree with any of my suggestions?
Feel free to respond or add your own problems.


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Blues go for eighth straight win vs. Wildby John Kreiser
BLUES (43-14-6) at WILD (34-22-7)
Last 10: St. Louis 7-2-1; Minnesota 6-2-2
Season series: The St. Louis Blues have won their past seven games against the Minnesota Wild, including two this season. The most recent was a 2-1 victory by the Blues on Dec. 31 at Xcel Energy Center. They play two more times this season.
Big story: Can anyone slow down the Blues with Ryan Miller in goal? St. Louis has won all four games since its big trade with the Buffalo Sabres on Feb. 28, and a win against the Wild would move the Blues into first place in the overall standings. Minnesota holds the first of two wild-card spots in the Western Conference, meaning that these teams could meet in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
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Blues: St. Louis was a very good team before acquiring Miller. The Blues have been unbeatable with him in goal. A 2-1 road victory against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday gave Miller a 4-0-0 record since coming to St. Louis, and he's allowed six goals in those four games.
"It's been great to contribute," he said after making 26 saves in the win against the Avalanche. "Things have really worked out in our favor. It's been good, a hardworking game. Guys are playing honest hockey, and they've gotten good results because of it."
The win was Miller's first in seven career decisions against the Avalanche; he had been 0-3-3 with a 3.59 goals-against average and a save percentage of .888.
Miller might get his first day off; coach Ken Hitchcock indicated during the week that he intended to give Brian Elliott a start in one of the two games this weekend.
Wild: Minnesota was less than a period away from its fifth win in a row, but couldn't hold off the Dallas Stars, who scored twice for a 4-3 victory. Erik Cole's breakaway goal snapped a 3-3 tie with 4:49 remaining in regulation. The game-winning goal came four minutes after Tyler Seguin tied the game during a five-minute power play awarded after Erik Haula was assessed a major penalty for charging after colliding with Dallas goaltender Kari Lehtonen.
"We battled really hard in this game," coach Mike Yeo said. "Our guys put a lot into it, but we just didn't do it smart enough."
Yeo wasn't happy with the call on Haula, feeling that his player had been tripped before hitting Lehtonen. But he said the call wasn't why the Wild lost.
"I'm not going to sit here and complain about that," he said. "We did enough things in this game to shoot ourselves in the foot."
Who's hot: Right wing T.J. Oshie has three points in St. Louis' past three games. Miller has allowed six goals on 90 shots since coming to the Blues. … Minnesota center Kyle Brodziak has scored a goal in back-to-back games.
Injury report: Blues defenseman Jordan Leopold (ankle) and forward Vladimir Sobotka (knee) are sidelined, though Leopold could return as early as next week and Sobotka has been skating. … Wild forward Jason Zucker (leg) is on injured reserve. Goaltenders Josh Harding (illness) and Niklas Backstrom (abdomen) are not expected to play again this season.


text: donganram 0 Report post Posted July 25, 2004 Dear Friends, Profiler, SQL Server's built-in tracing feature, is an invaluable tool for performance tuning and debugging SQL Server applications. With it, you can trace every request a database application makes to SQL Server and use that data to improve performance. For example, if you run a Profiler trace during a long-running process, you might find that SQL Server is using a table scan, encountering table locks, or running into other performance-robbing events. In most cases, I run Profiler at the request of a developer who's trying to debug some tricky database code. Occasionally, if time permits, I go on a preemptive strike and run my favorite trace, the duration trace. This Profiler trace looks for processes accessing SQL Server that take more than 1 second. One second seems to be a good limit, letting you see the processes that are consuming the most resources without trapping everything. If I run this trace only when I have a little free time, the data collection is sporadic and inconsistent. But what if I could run the trace on a regular schedule, gathering this performance data routinely throughout the day? I could find out whether certain processes take longer at different times of day and which databases most of the slower processes are accessing. All I have to do is schedule a SQL Server job to run my duration trace. By bringing together two great SQL Server tools—the scheduler and Profiler's trace functionality—you can easily set up a job to gather performance metrics, load this data into a table, then analyze it. And by combining Profiler traces with the job scheduler, you can run a trace on a set schedule and for limited periods without having to think about it. This article assumes that you have some working knowledge of Profiler and that you've built and run traces before. If you've never used the Profiler interface to build traces, I recommend running a few built-in traces against a test SQL Server to familiarize yourself with the technology. The examples I show use Profiler to build a trace that you can run through any SQL Server command-line tool, such as Query Analyzer. Although a trace could affect the performance of the server you're tracing if you choose too many events to watch, the trace functionality just observes the running processes, so you can't harm any data, transactions, or other processes. Now let's look at the nine steps you can follow to set up a Profiler trace to run at set intervals and gather data about what's happening on your SQL Server. Before you begin, I recommend creating a separate database to hold the tables and stored procedure the examples create. In the scripts that create the scheduled jobs, I call the database TracerDB. If you use another name, be sure to adjust the example scripts. Step 1: Use Profiler to Create the Trace Definition To create the Profiler trace definition, I recommend using one of the built-in trace templates as a starting point. From the Profiler File menu, select Open, Trace Template, and select SQLProfilerTSQL_Duration. Before you forget, click Save As, and give your new template file a name. Next, add a few data columns and filters to the trace. To exclude SQL Serverrun background processes from your trace, add the NTUserName filter and set the Not Like value to the account that runs your SQL Server and SQL Agent services. You might need to experiment with this; if your scheduled jobs run under a service account, you'll miss any processes that run through the job scheduler. I added the data columns StartTime and EndTime because I need to know when each process ran. To get a better picture of what's running, I added the data columns DatabaseID, Reads, and Writes. (I didn't include DatabaseName because DatabaseID consistently has a value, whereas DatabaseName doesn't.) I set the Duration filter to at least 1000 milliseconds (1 second) so that I'd capture only the most attention-worthy processes. Depending on your environment, you can adjust that value according to how many processes you have time to analyze. SQL Server can do an amazing amount of work in less than 1 second, so setting Duration to 1000 eliminates most of the processes SQL Server runs. Click Save, and you're all set. Step 2: Run the Trace Now that you've saved the trace template, you need to run the trace so that you can create the trace output file. You'll use this file later to create the tables in SQL Server to capture your trace results. Select File, New, Trace from the Profiler menu to load the trace template you created. From the resulting Database Connection dialog box, you can connect to your server, then select the template you created from the Template Name drop-down box. Click Run. Let the trace run for a few minutes to collect some results in the trace window, then stop the trace. Step 3: Save Files for Trace Definition and Trace Output Now, save the T-SQL script that created the trace you just ran. From the File menu, select Script Trace, For SQL Server 2000. In the Save As dialog box, save the file with a .sql extension. You'll use this script to create a stored procedure to build the trace. Next, you need to create a file that contains the results of the trace you just ran. From the File menu, select Save As, Trace File, and save the file with a .trc extension. You'll use this file to create a table in SQL Server to save future trace results in. For this example, I saved the file to D:\sqlbackup\trace_dump_00.trc. Step 4: Create a Stored Procedure from the Trace Definition Script Next, use Query Analyzer to open the .sql script file you saved in Step 3. This file will be the heart of the scheduled trace. I don't like to run big chunks of SQL in a scheduled job, and it's easier for me to see what's going on in my databases when everything is in a stored procedure. Therefore, I recommend converting this script into a stored procedure. Create the procedure with two parameters: a file name and the trace ID. The trace ID will be an output parameter; you don't need this ID to build the scheduled trace, but if you ever want to run the stored procedure separately, you might want to know the trace ID. When you convert the script to a stored procedure, you need to make two important modifications to the script. First, replace the "InsertFileNameHere" string in the sp_trace_create statement with the parameter you created for the file name. Second, add a RAISERROR statement to return an error message if sp_trace_create throws an error. (For style points, you can also get rid of the goto.) Listing 1 shows the converted script. Note that the sp_trace_create stored procedure expects a file name without an extension—it will fail if you append the extension yourself—whereas the fn_trace_gettable() function requires you to add the .trc extension. Step 5: Create a Table from the Trace Output File The next task is to create a table in a SQL Server database to hold the results of your scheduled trace. SQL Server has a built-in function, fn_trace_gettable(), that lets you load the data from a trace output file into a table. Executing the following SQL statement with the appropriate name of your trace output file creates the table without you having to type the entire CREATE TABLE statement: SELECT * INTO myTrace FROM ::fn_trace_gettable('D:\sqlbackup\trace_dump_00.trc', default) /* Setting the second parameter as default tells the function to get all the files if the trace created more than one file. */ You created this trace file earlier by running the trace and saving the output. No matter what kind of trace you just ran, all the possible trace-result columns (e.g., start time, end time, number of reads, duration) will be in this trace file, and this table will accommodate a variety of future traces. Step 6: Create a Table to Hold the Trace Path and File Name This next step will make sense after you create the scheduled jobs. To avoid having to type the trace file path and name in several places, you can create a table to hold the path and file names. This table also lets you easily change where SQL Server writes the traces to and lets you set up and manage multiple traces and jobs. Creating the table is simple; just use the following code: CREATE TABLE tracer( tid int primary key identity(1,1) NOT NULL, output_path_file varchar(100) NOT NULL, output_path_file_ext AS (output_path_file + '.trc')) After creating this table, insert a row with the full path and file name, omitting the .trc extension. My INSERT statement looks like this: INSERT tracer (output_path_file) VALUES ('\\networkShare\folder\myTraceOutput') The myTraceOutput part is the name of the file that will store the results of the duration trace. Leave off the extension; the computed column you added to the tracer table will add it for you. I highly recommend placing the trace file on a network drive or a drive SQL Server isn't using, especially when running this trace on a production server. You need to evaluate the best arrangement for your environment. Remember that the goal for this particular trace is performance tuning, so whatever your configuration, try not to skew the results. In any trace, keep the number of events you capture and data columns you return to a minimum. Note that the SQL Server Service account you use to run SQL Server must have write permission wherever you direct your trace output. The scheduled job must run under an account that has full permissions for the trace file as well. Step 7: Schedule a Job to Run Your Trace Now, create two scheduled jobs to run and stop the trace. Web Listing 1 contains the T-SQL scripts that create these two jobs. The first job has only one step, which starts the trace by running the _duration_trace stored procedure that you created earlier. Before running the stored procedure, the job reads the tracer table to get the full path and file name of the output file the trace will create. The step looks like this: — Job 1, Step 1 DECLARE @path_file nvarchar(200) SELECT @path_file=output_path_file FROM tracer WHERE tid = 1 EXEC _duration_trace @path_file, null The WHERE tid = 1 clause returns the tracer table row that contains the name of the trace output file. Setting the schedule for this job depends on how often you want to run the trace. The first job only starts the trace; the second job ends it. Without the second job, the trace would run forever, so make sure the second scheduled job is working. I recommend using the built-in notification features for scheduled jobs so that you can receive a page or email if the second job fails. Also, the sp_trace_create procedure lets you set a maximum file size, which can keep a runaway job from consuming all your disk space. The first job starts the trace and completes almost immediately; it doesn't run for the duration of the trace. To see whether the trace is running, use this SQL statement in Query Analyzer: SELECT * FROM ::fn_trace_getinfo(default) — Default or 0 will return all — running traces. This statement returns multiple rows for each trace running on that SQL Server. Each trace will have a unique value in the traceid column. This traceid is the value the stored procedure returns when it runs the sp_trace_create procedure. If no traces are running, the statement returns zero rows. Step 8: Schedule a Job to Stop the Trace, Load the File, and Clean Up The second scheduled job, which has three tasks, does most of the work. First, it stops the trace; second, it loads the output file from the trace and writes the results into the myTrace table; and third, it deletes the trace file from the hard disk. Listing 2 shows the T-SQL script for creating the three steps. The first task calls the sp_trace_setstatus stored procedure twice—once to stop the trace and again to close it. Until these two calls are made, the trace is running and the output trace file is locked on the disk—it can't be moved or deleted while the trace is running. The first part of this task reads the parameter table (tracer) that you set up earlier to get the full path and file name of the trace output file. Getting this information from a table lets you avoid hard-coding the file name into all the job steps. The second task also reads the file name from the tracer table into a variable but uses the output_path_file_ext computed column with the .trc extension. With the file name in the @path_file_ext variable, the following SQL statement writes the results from your trace output file into the table you created earlier: INSERT myTrace SELECT * FROM ::fn_trace_gettable(@path_file_ext, default) The third task is crucial. Using master.dbo.xp_cmdshell, you must delete the trace output file. The built-in stored procedure sp_create_trace will fail with an "Error 12" message if the file already exists on disk the next time the scheduled trace runs. The schedule of this second job, which stops the trace, determines how long your trace will run. If you schedule the first job to run at 10:10 am and you want the trace to capture 5 minutes of data, schedule the second job for 10:15 am. Step 9: Look at the Data and Learn Now for the fun part. The scheduled trace writes a steady stream of information about the requests sent to your SQL Server to the myTrace table, where you can easily query and analyze it. With my duration trace, I'm looking for ways to improve performance. After a few queries against the myTrace table, I can quickly see which databases the long-running processes are hitting. But best of all, I can spot trends over time and see which databases are showing performance deterioration and need more attention. Because I'm capturing the starting time of each process, I can see when the slowest processes run. I can find out which queries are doing the most reading or writing and which applications are the busiest and when. From this information, I can optimize queries, add an index, or rewrite a stored procedure to try to get it to run in less than a second. Things to Consider You need to consider a few things about scheduled traces. Because these traces run at set intervals, they might miss a long-running process that runs outside your scheduled time. One way to handle this limitation is to vary the schedule from day to day. If you set the trace to run for 5 minutes at 15-minute intervals beginning at 6:00 am on Mondays and Wednesdays, you could start the trace at 6:07 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The process still isn't random, but you can at least design in some variety. In a perfect world, you'd set up these traces to run against your development database during the testing phase to spot problems before moving the database into production. But realistically, you might need to run these traces against production servers because a test server will almost never have the same load as your production server. Minimizing the number of events and data columns in your trace will help reduce the stress on a production server. Another way to mitigate this stress is to set up a linked server and write the SQL Server trace results table to that server. In addition, writing the trace output file to a network drive helps by not putting stress on the SQL Server disk subsystem. The benefits of automated traces are well worth the effort. With performance data in a table, you can easily learn about the applications accessing your server. Just running a simple query that counts the number of processes that take more than 1 second and groups them by database ID can show which databases have the most long-running processes. The code in Web Listing 2 creates a lookup table, courtesy of Kalen Delaney, which will let you translate those cryptic EventClass numbers you see when running Profiler traces into descriptions. She also included a sample SQL statement that lets you quickly retrieve averages by EventClass. Following these steps creates a framework for running any trace you can dream up. Create the trace with Profiler, save the SQL script as a stored procedure, and plug it into the job you've already set up. Profiler can capture so much information about SQL Server—from stored-procedure recompiles to lock acquisitions to database-file growth. No matter what you're looking to improve, setting up these scheduled traces can give you consistent insight into your databases and help you learn more about your SQL Server. 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text: The High Road to Personal Accountability March 22, 2013 09:08 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Moe Russell Farm Journal Farm Journal columnist Email For the past several years, my message has been simple yet constant: cycles always have been and always will be part of production agriculture as long as fear and greed—two basic human emotions—exist. Cycles have highs and lows, which means commodity and input prices and interest rates hit both ends of the spectrum and every point in between. While we all wish we could predict the ups and downs, we can't. So how do we survive in a volatile environment? That's where personal accountability comes in. Knowing that cycles come full circle, take the initiative to plan ahead and control your destiny. Personal accountability means you don't blame those around you, or the weather, government or markets. It means you make your own luck. I've been challenging farmers this winter to pull out their income statement and model today's costs against $4 cash corn and $9 cash soybeans. Look at each line item expense and develop an action plan to manage every cost. I hope we don't ever have to pull those action plans off the shelf, but going through the exercise when times are good will help you take the high road to personally accountability when things go wrong. The key is preparation. Planning for the low points in a cycle is easier said than done, especially when we've been riding high for several years. A prime reason why some businesses are successful is that they plan ahead. They know that managing cycles is critically important to the longevity of their business. Case in point: Caterpillar. The company's current CEO said the recession of the early 1980s gave them a strong dose of reality and forced them to make their own luck for the future. When the cycle ran its course and turned sour again in 2008, the company was able to breeze through the recession and come out on the other side turbocharged for whatever lay ahead. As I've said many times before, bulletproof your balance sheet during the good times, so you can catapult ahead of your competitors in the bad times. Those who are greedy during the good times will likely be on their knees in the bad times. That's a polarizing statement, but what side of the fence do you want to be on when the market cycles? Do you want to be on the side where the primary concern is damage control? Or, do you want to be ready to capitalize on opportunities. Cycles in production agriculture will hurt some, but those same cycles will create opportunity for others. The difference between those who suffer and those who prosper comes down to preparation. It's easy to take the high road to personal accountability when things are going great. It's tough when you get caught up in the vortex of everything going wrong. I've been in both of those positions, professionally and personally. The biggest challenge is dealing with the basic human emotion of fear. Tom Kelly of University of California Berkley's Haas School of Management gives clients strategies to get past the four fears that hold most people back from taking control of bad conditions. They are: Fear of the messy unknown Fear of being judged Fear of taking the first step Fear of losing control Breaking fear down into these four areas and thinking through what you need to do, how and when, really helps. Simply saying "I like" or "I wish" rather than "That will never work" is a good strategy, Kelly adds. Moe Russell is president of Russell Consulting Group in Panora, Iowa. He provides risk management advice to clients in 34 states and Canada. For more risk management tips, visit his website at www.russellconsultinggroup.net. To submit questions, call (877) 333-6135 or e-mail email@example.com. Back to news


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Contrary to a long held belief, beta-blockers may not reduce the risk of a second heart attack and in some patients the drugs appear to increase the risk of events, according to a large observational study.
In patients with a history of myocardial infarction, the primary outcome of composite rate of cardiovascular death, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke did not differ statistically between those taking beta-blockers and those not taking them (HR 0.90, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.03, P=0.14), Sripal Bangalore, MD, MHA, of New York University School of Medicine in New York City, and colleagues found.
Similar findings of no benefit from beta-blockers occurred in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) but no history of MI (HR 0.92, 95% CI 0.79 to 1.08, P=0.31), according to the study published in the Oct. 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
However, in patients with only risk factors for CAD, beta-blockers conferred a higher risk for cardiovascular death, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke (HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.36, P=0.02).
The higher risk remained in this cohort for the secondary outcome, which added hospitalization for thrombotic events or a revascularization procedure to the three elements of the primary outcome.
There also was a higher risk of secondary outcomes in patients with CAD but no MI, and an increased risk of hospitalization, one of the tertiary outcomes.
The authors noted that the recommendation for beta-blocker use is generally based on older studies that did not have the benefit of modern reperfusion techniques or medical therapy. In the current study, more than 80% of patients on beta-blockers were also taking aspirin or statins, and more than half were using an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor.
They also pointed out that their findings reflect secondary prevention guidelines from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology, which give short-term beta-blocker therapy (up to 3 years after MI) a class I recommendation, but longer-term therapy gets a class IIa recommendation.
Long-term use of beta-blockers for patients with coronary or other vascular disease has also been downgraded to a class IIb recommendation, the authors noted.
"We have seen data showing beta-blockers are good for acute heart attacks, but the clinical practice has been to extrapolate those data for other patients who do not have heart attacks," Bangalore told MedPage Today. "Our results show that that extrapolation is not justifiable."
But it may not be that simple, according to experts contacted by ABC News and MedPage Today. Four of them emphasized that this is not a randomized, controlled trial and that guidelines should not be changed accordingly.
However, it does "provide some helpful information about the real-world experience with beta-blockers," commented Harlan Krumholz, MD, of Yale.
Generally, the study supports the current guidelines, which recommend beta-blockers for patients with a recent MI and those with heart failure, Krumholz said.
"The question it raises is about how long after having a heart attack should patients remain on beta-blockers," he said.
Steven E. Nissen, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic, agreed with the study authors that beta-blockers may not be the best choice for some patients, adding that the drug is "overused as antihypertensive therapy without strong evidence for benefits."
Bangalore said that European guidelines list beta-blockers for hypertension as a fourth-line therapy.
"The results of this study might change my thought process," said Cam Patterson, MD, MBA, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. "I might think twice before prescribing a beta-blocker to someone with hypertension and other risk factors because I expect to get additional cardioprotective benefits."
Gordon Tomaselli, MD, immediate past president of the American Heart Association, told MedPage Today that it is important not to "extrapolate studies of patients immediately post MI and with heart failure where beta-blockers are beneficial to other heart and vascular diseases including hypertension, angina without prior MI, and angina with remote MI."
He added that "side effects are fairly common with beta-blockers, and if there are evidenced-based alternatives, those are better treatment options."
Bangalore doesn't advocate taking all patients off beta-blockers at once. He suggested that physicians should determine the reason why beta-blockers were initially prescribed.
"If it was to save their life from future heart attack because of current risk factors, then maybe they want to consider winding down beta-blocker use," he said. "We have to be careful about where we use beta-blockers as a first-line treatment."
In the study, Bangalore and colleagues analyzed 44,708 patients with data on beta-blocker use from the REACH (Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health) registry. This international registry enrolled patients in 2003-2004 who were at least 45 and had established CAD, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral arterial disease, or patients with at least three CAD risk factors.
Because of significant baseline differences in patients, the researchers developed propensity-score matched cohorts. Patients were followed for a median of 44 months.
In the group who had had a previous MI, beta-blockers did not give any advantages regarding secondary outcomes or any of the tertiary outcomes of all-cause death, cardiovascular death, MI, stroke, or hospitalization.
In the group with only CAD risk factors, beta-blocker use was not associated with an increased risk for the tertiary outcomes.
Bangalore and colleagues wrote that the European Society of Cardiology guidelines mention that no randomized controlled trials have shown that beta-blockers confer a cardioprotective effect in patients with stable angina.
Yet, some of the experts contacted by ABC News and MedPage Today noted the drug's benefit in stable angina.
"I think they are useful to treat angina, but other medications may be as good and possibly have fewer side effects," said Howard S. Weintraub, MD, of the NYU Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in New York City.
But Weintraub also said that the study "screams that we must pay attention to the drugs that will prevent events, namely statins and antiplatelet therapy."
Many of those contacted, including Bangalore, advocated conducting studies to determine the exact patient populations in whom beta-blockers are beneficial.
The researchers noted several limitations of the study including the lack of data indicating the type of beta-blocker used, the dosage, or the reason for taking the drug. There also were no data on the type of MI or prior use of beta-blockers.
This article was developed in collaboration with ABC News.
From the American Heart Association:
- AHA/ACCF Secondary Prevention and Risk Reduction Therapy for Patients With Coronary and Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease: 2011 Update
The REACH Registry is sponsored by sanofi-aventis, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and the Waksman Foundation (Tokyo, Japan) and is endorsed by the World Heart Federation. Statistical analyses of the REACH database by TIMI Study Group statisticians were funded by sanofi-aventis.
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Noordhoek is in Cape Town.
Get in
By road: From the airport follow the N2 South towards the city. Turn on to the M3 South and follow it to the end. Turn right and look for signs to Ou Kaapse Weg which goes into Noordhoek. Follow the road over the mountain. After about seven kilometres, turn Right into Silvermine Rd. or: From Hout Bay follow Chapman's Peak Drive.
You have arrived at your destination.
Noordhoek beach is the most spectacular beach in the Cape Town area. It is seven KM long and unspoilt by commercial development. Chapman's Peak provides a majestic backdrop to the peaceful village. Cape Point Vineyards has a vineyard that produces some of South Africa's best white wines.
Walk or ride a horse along the spectacular 7km white sand beach. Fly a kite. Shop in the Noordhoek Farm village. Visit the many painters, sculptors and potters who create their art in this beautiful valley. There is a huge variety of birds to watch in the area. From black eagles to several species of sunbird, wetland and sea birds. The Western Leopard Toad is indigenous to the area and an endangered species. You will see them jumping across the road in the mating season (August/September). There are many beautiful walks in the Sivermine Mountain Range, which is part of the Table Mountain National Park. there are also several 'geocaches' in the area. You can hire a mountain bike in the Noordhoek Farm Village and follow the trails in the Silvermine Mountains.
Arts and crafts in the Noordhoek Farm Village in Village lane, between Chapman's Peak Drive and Silvermine Rd.
The Foodbarnin the Noordhoek Farm Village is run by top chef Franck Dangereux. The food is exquisite and reasonably priced, served in a casual atmosphere. Open daily for breakfast and lunch, dinners served on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays only.
The Nag's Head is an English-style pub with good food and beer. Also located in the Noordhoek Farm Village. It is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Cafe Roux (also in the Noordhoek Farm village) serves delicious lunches under the oak trees. Features live music and the occasional evening braai (barbeque) in the summer.
SleepSitara Country Lodge, 10 Guinea Fowl Way, Noordhoek 7979 (Follow directions to Noordhoek. You will see a brown tourist sign for Sitara in Silvermine Rd, between Chapman's Peak Drive and Ou Kaapse Weg, just around the corner from the Noordhoek Farm Village), ☎ +27 21 789 1622 ([email protected], fax: +27 21 789 2953), [1]. checkin: 14h00; checkout: 11h00. From R325 single, R450 double.
The Nag's Head in the Noordhoek Farm Village is and English style pub with good beer.
Skebangas in the Red Herring restaurant in Beach Road is a lively local pub.
Just 10 minutes drive over Ou Kaapse Weg is the start of the Constantia wine route.


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Sen. DeMint Resigns To Head Conservative Group
Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is resigning his Senate seat to take the helm of a conservative think tank.
DeMint's Washington office confirmed Thursday that the prominent tea party supporter from South Carolina is stepping down to become president of the Heritage Foundation, effective January 1.
His office said DeMint was too busy to come to the phone.
The 61-year-old Republican was first elected to the Senate in 2004.
Republican Gov. Nikki Haley gets to appoint his successor to the Senate.
His former state director Luke Byars says the new role allows DeMint to affect change outside of the U.S. Capitol.
The political consultant says it's a vehicle for him to push and pull on conservative issues on a national stage to get the attention of people in Washington.
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The idea of a city sales tax hike to fund an expansion of pre-kindergarten classrooms in Memphis schools may have been buried this week.
It happened as the City Council fielded a proposal from Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. for a 15-cent property tax hike on top of the 25-cent increase in the tax rate as the recertified city property tax rate.
The idea wasn't doing that well even before the new tax indicator.
Council sponsors Shea Flinn and Jim Strickland delayed action earlier this year on setting a referendum date for the half percent sales tax hike. They wanted to see how the budget season went with the idea that Memphians wouldn't be likely to approve a sales tax hike if their county or city property taxes – or both – went up first.
The sales tax hike would create an estimated $47 million in new revenue. The city would use $27 million to fund the pre-kindergarten expansion in Memphis in a program independent of the school system. The remaining $20 million in revenue would be used to roll back the city property tax rate.
Meanwhile, interim schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson took a quick inventory of existing pre-kindergarten classes and found that some classes have room.
"I think it's important for the board to understand … 70 of the pre-K classes we had weren't even full," Hopson told school board members last month. "Another 109 classes didn't have wait lists. When you start talking about rightsizing you have to consider rightsizing pre-K too."
Hopson indicated he wants to come to the board with a plan for "rightsizing" pre-kindergarten in the consolidated school system before embarking on an expansion of the program. The board is already considering a rightsizing plan for K-12 schools that includes considering the closings of a dozen schools.
The $1.18 billion schools budget that appears to be on its way to winning funding approval by the Shelby County Commission includes restoring 40 pre-kindergarten classrooms in the consolidated system for a total of 172 serving 3,440 children.
The commission approved a county property tax rate this week on the first of three readings that would provide $20 million of new funding for schools. That includes funding to replace the federal stimulus funding that had helped Memphis City Schools temporarily fund an expansion of pre-kindergarten.
"Data shows that it's very effective in helping kids to be ready for school," Hopson said. "But pre-K is really a community issue. When you look at the economics of what we've been doing, we just can't afford to do it."
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U.S. To Lose Military Base In Afghanistan
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — The U.S. may be about to lose its lease on an airbase key to supplying coalition military operations in Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan has voted to end the United States' lease on the Manas Transit Center in June of next year. The U.S. had expected to retain use of the base at higher rent than the $60 million it now pays. All U.S. troops moving in and out of Afghanistan travel through Manas.


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"If I'm not making sawdust, I am not happy," said Brad Smith, who will be exhibiting his unique Farm Fresh Furniture at the Highlands Craft Show in the Germantown Academy Field House on Oct. 6 and 7.
His farm-related creations are made using pitchforks for chair and bench backs and axe handles as stool legs, for example. His High Post Bed, seen in the accompanying photo, has a cherry headboard and posts topped with cast steel bird finials. The solid cherry posts are whitewashed and then lightly sanded.
Bradford Woodworking (firstname.lastname@example.com) is on a Worcester farm, where Brad grew up. His fascination with wood, first on the farm and then in high school, led to a career in woodworking. With their degrees from RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology) in 1980, he and his wife Sandy started the business creating kitchen tools and accessories.
Six years later, Brad developed a line of distinctive furniture, beginning with his popular axe handle stool. He is now in the third decade of creating furniture in a "rusticated, post-agricultural-contemporary country" style. "I've been blessed with a good eye and solid hand skills, and I pour them into my furniture every day. I use salvaged materials because it has more character than new stuff, and the fact that it saves something from going into a landfill is a bonus," he added.
Another most unusual participant in this year's craft fair will undoubtedly please puzzle solvers of all ages. They will enjoy brain teasers designed by Allison Romig of Fort Washington, who likes to make kids think "before the days of Nintendo." The puzzles are made of a variety of woods and come in all sizes and themes. They can be seen in some local restaurants (when the service is slow), in math classes and now at the Highlands Craft Show.
The 30-year-old craft show has a new venue this year, at Germantown Academy's Field House, but it will continue to feature unique jewelry, decorative fibers, ceramics, handbags, sculpture, even tepees, and more.
The Field House, at 340 Morris Rd. in Fort Washington, is one mile down the road from The Highlands Mansion and Gardens. It may be accessed from Lafayette Avenue off of Old Bethlehem Pike. This move will allow the booths of all 70+ exhibitors to be in one area, in the comfort of the heated field house. There is ground-level access to the exhibit area; there will be a café selling light luncheon fare, and ample paved parking is immediately adjacent to the field house.
Hours of the show are 10 to 5 on Saturday, Oct. 6, and 10-4 on Sunday, Oct. 7; parking is free, and admission is $8. The show is a major fundraiser for maintenance of the 18th century Fort Washington estate.
For more information: 215-641-2687 or www.highlandshistorical.org/craft.


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While a million details go into planning a wedding, many couples tie the décor of their receptions into a single confection.
I'm talking about the cake; a crucial element on the big day to many Colorado couples. According to Bridal Festivals, the average Colorado couple will spend $591 on their unique and personalized creation.
With a booming wedding industry in sight for 2012, Colorado bakers are bringing their "A game" to the reception table by premiering their sweetest handiwork to hungry clientele.
Three well-established Colorado bakeries shared some of their hottest designs, fresh from the oven, with us.


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Jared Humbert and Stanley Gail Perkins-Humbert would like to announce the birth of their daughter. Connelly Layne Humbert was born at 5:07 p.m. on June 21, 2013, at Central Baptist in Lexington. She weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 and a half inches long. Her maternal grandparents are Clyde Dougherty and Linda Perkins Dougherty of Williamstown. Her paternal grandparents are John and Donna Humbert of Crittenden. Her maternal great-grandparents are Duard and Mary Bramlett of Owenton.
Miles Matthew McNally arrived April 15, 2013. Lucas and Lyndsi McNally welcomed baby Miles along with his big brother Maximus.
Robbin and Michael Walker would like to announce the birth of their second daughter, Makenna Raegan Walker, born July 4, 2013, at Frankfort Regional Medical Center. Makenna weighed 7 lbs. and 2 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long. Makenna is the granddaughter of Gary and Amanda Gaines of Owenton, Jeff Walker of Carrollton and Marcie and Jason Weiss of Bedford. She was welcomed home by her big sister Rylee, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousin.
The descendants of Joan (Jim) Glass recently increased by two.
On June 17, 2013, daughter Meghan gave birth to Austin James Bray. He weighed 3 pounds and 8 ounces and is doing well.
On Friday, June 21, Robin's daughter Erica gave birth to her second child Acacia LeVaugh Howard. She weighed 7 pounds and eight ounces.
Austin Edward Bourne was born April 23, 2013, at 1:50 p.m. in the Saint Elizabeth Family Birth Place. He weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He is the son of Ed and Courtney Bourne of Owenton. The maternal grandparents are Kenny and Terri French of Warsaw. His paternal grandfather is Malone Bourne.
Jon and Abby Gray of Georgetown would like to announce the birth of their son, Hudson Cruz. Hudson was born at 7:33 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 5, 2013. He weighed 9 lbs. and was 20 and three-quarters inches long. The maternal grandparents are Sherry and David Lyons and Danny Cobb of Owenton. His paternal grandparents are Arkus and Janice Gray of Manchester. His great-grandparents are Chester and Emily Marston of Owenton, Vergil Cobb of Owenton and Burton Hoskins of Manchester.
Michael and Stacey Miller are excited to announce the birth of their daughter, Brenna Raye. She arrived at 7:45 p.m. on Feb. 5, 2013. She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and was 21 inches long. Her proud grandparents are Billy and June Prather, Roxanne and Owen Bennett and George and Donna Miller, all of Owenton; and her great-grandfather is Herbert Prather of Owenton.
Misty Stewart and Devan Lynch and big sister Brailey Lynch are proud to announce the arrival of the newest member of their family, Skyler Jean Lynch. She was born on Jan. 22, 2013. She weighted 7 lbs. 9 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. She is welcomed by her grandparents, Johnny and Sarah Stewart of Owenton; Ozzie Wright and Tina Lynch of Sanders; and Greg Lynch of Carrollton; her great-grandparents, Charles and Tillie Stewart of New Liberty and Charles Bizter of Owenton; and her great-grandpapaw, Boliver Baker of Ohio.
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After nine years leading the Henderson County chapter of the American Red Cross, Mike Williams is no longer its executive director.
After nine years leading the Henderson County chapter of the American Red Cross, Mike Williams is no longer its executive director.
With tightening budgets and a movement toward a more nationalized organization, Williams resigned from his post sooner than he wanted to.
"I had planned to retire from the Red Cross down the road," Williams said Monday afternoon.
Instead, he came back from vacation last week and on Wednesday was packing up his office. The national organization is moving from localized chapters to broader regions, Williams said, and the Henderson County operation is now run out of Greenville, S.C. Phone calls to the Henderson County chapter are now answered in Asheville.
Leadership from Greenville will be in Henderson County at 4 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the changes and "make sure they have what they need," said Ann Wright, regional CEO for the Western Carolinas Region.
Wright oversees both North and South Carolina, which includes 27 counties. Red Cross currently has 44 employees in those two states on staff, she said. The only other executive director in her region, she added, is Amanda Edwards in Asheville.
Whether or not a county has an executive director, Wright said, depends on a lot of variables, but the primary one is activity.
A lot of the decision is based on "efficiency" as well, Wright said. Red Cross uses 91 cents of every dollar for its cause, she added, and they try to keep overhead down.
Henderson County has been tremendously active, Williams said of his team of volunteers. When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast, Henderson County sent the largest contingent of volunteers from Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina, Williams said.
"We've developed some great people," he said. "I'm very proud of what we've done."
"It is a tremendous loss," Rocky Hyder, Henderson County Emergency Services director said about losing Williams. "He will be missed in that position."
Hyder said Williams has been "instrumental" in making improvements to disaster response in the county.
So what's next for Williams? He's picking away his fiddle for his band Appalachian Fire, but beyond that he's just waiting for the right place to land.
"Right now, I am looking for the right place for me," he said. "I look forward to what my next chapter will be."
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Hello everybody! This weekend is Seattle Goodwill's RED TAG VALENTINES weekend and let me tell you there are TONS of deals to be had! Just look at these beauties I picked up already!
Don't forget to check back this weekend as we explore the Goodwill's Lingerie section for your SWEETHEART!


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The new Barcelona acquisition turned in a superb display to inspire the Seleção to three points and keep their hopes alive for a third consecutive Confederations Cup title
Goals from Neymar, Paulinho and Jo ensured that the Seleção maintained their unbeaten record against the Asian nation with a convincing performance to alleviate some of the pressure on Luiz Felipe Scolari's shoulders.
There had been much debate as to whether new Barcelona signing Neymar could rise to the occasion and he provided the hosts with the dream start with a sumptuous strike after just three minutes.
The 21-year-old ended his nine-game streak without a goal for club and country with a stunning half-volley into the top right corner after Marcelo's cross had been deftly cushioned into his path by the chest of Fred.
Japan almost struck back immediately when Keisuke Honda tried his luck from distance but his fierce free kick was palmed to safety by Julio Cesar.
The CSKA Moscow midfielder proved a constant thorn in the Seleção side and he forced the Queens Park Rangers shotstopper into another save on 18 minutes from the edge of the box after jinking inside the challenge of David Luiz.
The partnership of Dani Alves and Hulk down the right wing was causing the Japanese defense problems and the pair combined excellently on 22 minutes but the Zenit St. Petersburg forward's dangerous low cross was crucially hooked clear by Japan captain Makoto Hasebe.
The same two players combined again five minutes before the break with Alves feeding Hulk on the right-hand side of the box. The forward cut inside the challenge of Yuto Nagatomo onto his preferred left foot before thumping a ferocious drive into the side netting with Eiji Kawashima scrambling.
The Standard Liege goalkeeper was called into action soon after as he produced a fine finger-tipped save to prevent Fred's low drive across goal after the striker had been picked out by Neymar's inch-perfect cross.
The Samurai Blue came out of the blocks quickly after the interval but it was the hosts who doubled their advantage three minutes into the second half. The relentless Alves drove forward from defense before his fizzing low cross was controlled expertly by Paulinho, whose low shot somehow squirmed under the body of Kawashima.
Brazil's performances have come under scrutiny since the re-appointment of Scolari but the boys in yellow appeared solid at the back and irresistible in attack, throwing down the gauntlet to the rest of the world that they are serious contenders for the World Cup next summer.
Alberto Zaccheroni's side really should have pulled a goal back on 50 minutes when Hiroshi Kiyotake's teasing low cross found Shinji Okazaki in the area, but the Stuttgart forward inexplicably steered his effort the wrong side of the post.
Ryoichi Maeda was introduced in a bid to add some attacking steel to Japan's play and the striker nearly reduced the deficit on 72 minutes when he latched onto a loose ball in the Brazil box before swivelling and forcing Cesar into a smart stop with his low effort.
The boos did ring out for Scolari however when he opted to withdraw Neymar from the action, but with games against Italy and Mexico to come, the 64-year-old's decision was understandable.
Late substitute Jo added gloss to the scoreline in stoppage time when he swept home from Oscar's pass after a devastating counter attack to cap a convincing display from Scolari's side.
Brazil could secure progress to the semifinals with victory against Mexico on Wednesday evening whilst Japan looks to get its first points on the board when it faces Italy.


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How Will the Washington Impasse Affect Wall Street?
Is Wall Street likely to view the government shutdown as a manufactured crisis as the debt ceiling date approaches? Former Goldman Sachs vice chairman Robert Kaplan, author of "What You're Really Meant To Do," discusses. Photo: Getty Images.
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Always suspect operator error first. If the system was operating correctly before you cut the supply plumbing, thrn maybe you weren't so very tidy, and there is now dirt and debris to be cleaned out of valves and/or heads.
To answer the question of whether a smaller-diameter section of pipe is ever used to reduce flow and/or pressure in a sprinkler system, the answer is "No."
i flushed out the line as best as i could to eliminate any debris - i doubt its debris that causing the rainbirds to stop functioning properly. I went on their website and they say that over pressure in the lines can cause the impact sprinkler head to not reset.
Saturday, April 16th 2011, 4:03pm
So you have your main water irrigation supply shut off, and then when you turn it on several of the zones turn on for a few seconds?
1st- turn the valve on slowly, never quickly
2nd- sounds to me like you have a leak in the main line or a weeping valve. Check your water meter leak detector
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Well if it didn't do this before the break.. then it's debris damaging the valve
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Although Smith College won its first set against MIT since a 2005 sweep, the Engineers bounced back by taking the next three en route to a 21-25, 25-19, 25-12, 25-12 decision in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) women's volleyball match on Tuesday night. MIT saw its record improve to 14-9 on the year and 4-2 in conference play while the Pioneers dipped to 1-14 overall and 0-6 in the NEWMAC.
An error and a block by Smith's Sonia Brown and Rebecca Gordon evened the opening set at eight. The Engineers established a comfortable margin courtesy of a 7-3 run. Rosa Drummond and Laurel Belton combined for five kills in a 5-1 spurt by the Pioneers that tied the frame at 16. Both squads traded points until Smith capitalized on a pair of errors and two kills by Drummond to capture the set.
The visitors carried the momentum into the second stanza as they quickly created a 7-3 advantage. MIT responded by posting eight of the next nine points, but the Pioneers continued to attack and knotted the frame at 14. Sparked by a kill and strong serving from Jenny Li which featured a pair of aces, the Engineers mounted a 9-2 run to gain some breathing room. Smith narrowed the gap to 24-19 on a trio of errors, but Cecily Joujon-Roche's kill thwarted any attempt at a late rally.
In the third set, MIT jumped out to a 7-3 lead which the Pioneers quickly trimmed to one (7-6). This was as close as it would get as the Engineers went on an 18-6 run to close out the game.
Smith stayed within striking distance for most of the final set, converting a pair of miscues to come within three (13-10). MIT responded by scoring 12 of the last 14 points to secure the victory.
Joujon-Roche powered the Engineers' offense with 14 kills on 19-errorless attempts for a .737 hitting percentage. Trinity Leonard racked up 13 kills and 10 digs while Kelly Schulte tallied nine kills, four blocks, and two aces. Kristine Bunker bolstered the front row with seven kills, a .667 hitting percentage, and four blocks as Li finished with eight kills and two aces. Sharon Hao totaled 42 assists and 15 digs while Katie Spielbauer collected 14 digs and three aces. Natasha Jensen posted six digs and two aces as Jess Fessler rounded out the back row with seven digs.
Belton paced the Pioneers with 15 kills to go along with 12 digs and a block. Drummond notched 11 kills and two blocks as Courtney Faria dished out 32 assists. Bethany Ashworth amassed 24 digs while Hayley Bezubka contributed 11 digs.
Both squads will return to non-conference competition this weekend. MIT will host its own Quad Tournament while Smith will do battle at the Plymouth State University Quad Tournament.