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Doing the Numbers, IDPA Nationals Edition
Let me start by saying that I have a lot of respect for When The Balloon Goes Up. As a successful blog about guns, self-defense, and preparedness–or pretty much anything at all–they kick my ass. Never afraid to tilt at statistical windmills, though, I'd like to make some criticisms of their inconclusive statistical analysis of the IDPA Nationals.
First off, the lead graph in that article is probably the single worst graphical representation of data I've ever seen. As best I can tell it's an effort to pack too much data in one plot, but it ends up just being an incomprehensible gibberish of colors.
As for the author's wish to use the 2012 IDPA Nationals as a case study to show "a widening gap between CDP and the other Auto divisions as the additional reloads made more of a difference": every single stage was, either by design or accident, pretty CDP-neutral. There was a single stage with the 18-round minimum dreaded by CDP shooters for inducing a second reload, but everyone started downloaded to three on Stage 8, eliminating any advantage SSP and ESP might have had with their 10+1 loading. In fact, of the 16 stages, 6 involved starting downloaded or reloading off the clock, eliminating magazine size (dis)advantages. Of the rest of the stages, assuming a stage plan with no extra shots, a CDP shooter would only be required to do an extra reload on Stage 2 "Saving Earl III", requiring a second reload to engage the last plate if all other targets had been fully engaged. And given the cavernous maw of entropy swallowing up stage plans whole that Stage 2 was, a marginal extra mag change would not have a statistically significant effect on the results. To put it briefly, the stage design of this particular match can be seen through inspection to be extremely CDP-neutral. Enviable.
This is not, however, grounds for abolishing the different auto-loader divisions. There are compelling cases to be made in that debate, but the results from one extremely-well designed match isn't one of them, unless we can also give every club stage designers like Frank Glover, Dean Brevit, and Toni Dandreamatteo.
As for the line, "Assuming the nationals required 180 rds …": why assume? Five minutes with a calculator and your score sheets will confirm the match required 214 rounds to complete, a statistically significant discrepancy from 180 that changes the denominator used to determine all the numbers like "the average Expert would need to shave .39 seconds off each shot to be an average Master." The actual number is some 14% lower, .33 seconds per round, for example.
As a final indictment, consider the graph of the proportional makeup of the score of a member of skill class. By simple taking the average of each, you let your analysis be victimized by the Achilles' heel of using the mean: outliers. Of the nine DMs who shot the match, they collectively accumulated 10 procedurals, for an average of 1.1 procedural per DM. Inspecting the data, however, reveals that a full six of those were racked up by a single DM. Put another way, four DMs had none, four DMs had one, and one DM had six. This gives a median and mode of .5 procedural per DM, half the mean. And consider penalty seconds in total:
Although there are outliers on both sides, the mean of 8.3 seconds per DM is significantly greater than the median of 5. While this may seem like a small difference, my gut says if I were to run all the numbers I'd find similar discrepancies through the averages that would together stack to mask statistically significant insights.
Not having any fancy graphing software or data analysis tools, computing percentiles by hand would be unduly laborious. All the same, not wishing to merely detract from the conversation, what follows are a few statistical trends noticed by my naked eye.
Bob Vogel, SSP DC, had six stage wins, easily the most, and a naive guess would predict a similar number falling to the ESP and CDP division champions. However, of those two DCs, only one CDP DC Glenn Shelby had a stage win. This is not a slight on them, but a praise. It shows that success in IDPA–or at least this match–derives not from a string of breakout performances, but from being able to handle a wide range of stages and scenarios.
Interestingly, if you exclude Bob Vogel, the ultimate outlier, for those with stage wins, their stage wins correlate negatively with their finish. The CDP DC has one, as do the 1st Masters in CDP (Byerly), ESP (Wright), and SSP (Tate) and the ESP 2nd Master (Fuson). Butler who placed last of the three ESP DMs had two stage wins and Perry, 3rd ESP Master had 3. There is no doubt that every single shooter there named is quite skilled, but the inverse relationship between stage wins and overall victory is interesting and unexpected.
To bring everything back around, I don't want to give the impression that I think the When The Balloon Goes Up post is without merit despite my criticisms. In particular, as an SSP Expert shooting the same Glock 17 with the same night sights since I started out three years ago, this resonates with me:
If you want to get better at this game and you have a reasonable pistol, don't worry about your gear. Continue to shoot what you have, and get out and practice your movement and weapon manipulation skills!
I've mentally committed to not letting me fool myself in to thinking my gear is limiting me. Would Bob Vogel be a bad shooter with any random gun? No. Would I be a statistically significantly better shooter with a Glock 34? Probably not, but falling in to the trap of thinking you can spend your way to better performance is a slippery and costly slope that I'd rather not even set foot on. So to Master class I go with a truly stock service pistol.
The author shot the 2012 IDPA Nationals and placed 9th SSP Expert.


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The 2019 edition of the ANTIPODES culture and arts periodical
The 64th issue of the literary periodical Antipodes will be launched in October, 2019. This year the periodical is celebrating its 46th year of continuous circulation and will be commemorated with a special publication.
Invitations for the Literary Competition 2019
The Greek-Australian Cultural League announced the 2019 Literary Competition.
Greek-Australian Cultural League
The Administrative Committee of the Greek-Australian Cultural League would like to welcome you to our new website, where you will find information about our organisation and our activities.
Aims and Objectives
The Greek-Australian Cultural League's aims and objectives are the advancement, support and dissemination of the creative endeavours of Greek-Australian writers and artists .
GACL organises various activities including the "Antipodean Palette", book launches, literary competitions, literary readings, musical events and publish the bi-lingual periodical "Antipodes".
Awards of Excellence
GACL was awarded the Medal of Multiculturalism in December 2006 at the ceremony of Victoria's Awards for Excellence in Multicultural Affairs Meritorious Service to the Community.
Antipodean Palette
The 'Antipodean Palette' Art Exhibition
Every year GACL hosts its annual art exhibition "Antipodean Palette". The exhibition showcases the works of various Greek Australian artists in a range of media such as painting, sculpture, photography, digital prints, computer art and collage. The exhibition aims to support the visual arts and to foster a spirit of cooperation amongst artists from various disciplines.
When & Where
The exhibition "Antipodean Palette" 2019 will take place:
When: May 23 – June 2, 2019
Opening night: Thursday May 23rd at 6.30pm
Where: Steps Gallery, 62 Lygon St, Carlton, VIC 3053
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The Annual Literary Competition
The GACL organises every year the Literary Competition whose results are announced during the launch of annual "Antipodes" periodical. The competition includes works written in the Greek or English language in the following categories: Poetry, Short Story and One Act Theatrical Play. All first prize winning works in each category of the competition are published in the periodical "Antipodes".
When & Where
All entries must be submitted by Friday 12th July, 2019, at the latest, and sent to the following address: Greek-Australian Cultural League, University οf Melbourne, P.O. Box 4307, Parkville, Vic., 3052, Australia
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The Literary Periodical 'Antipodes'
The annual literary periodical «Antipodes» is launched in October. Its edition includes works submitted by GACL members, such as poems, short stories, studies, essays, book reviews and οther literary works, in Greek and English. Submitted works, in order to be published in the periodical must be approved by the Editorial Committee. All material submitted must not have been published previously and is the original work of the author.
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GACL annual exhibition Antipodean Palette 2019
May 6, 2019 Antipodean Palette – 9th Annual Art Exhibition 2019 The Greek Australian Culture League is a non-profit organization which was established in 1970. It supports the creative endeavours of Greek – Australian writers and artists whose work reflects the...
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Preparations have begun again for this year's Antipodean Palette Art Exhibition, celebrating the diverse work of Greek Australian artists. Since 2011, the Antipodean Palette has established itself as a major annual art event in the Greek community and invites artists...
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There's a video that's been making the rounds, reportedly recorded clandestinely by a young man whose parents were upset and angered when he came out to them. I can't vouch for the truth of this specific video, but it is accurate for far too many youth—and adults, for that matter, but adults are generally better able to deal with this level of venom. They may have heard it before from strangers and they probably have more in the way of support systems than youth—and most importantly, they are no longer dependent on their parents. The video is here., but trigger warning—it's very harsh.
In response to that video, a gay parent wrote an open letter to the parents in the video. His letter is here.
As a parent, I really resonated with much of what the latter parent said, but I don't think he emphasized enough what stands out to me, and it is this: Our children do not belong to us. Not ever. They are not our property, to do with as we wish, to force into our predetermined moulds, and thrown out (literally) if they don't fit our expectations.
There are all kinds of ways kids might not be what their parents expected, from the day they are born to the day the child or the parent dies. A child's gender, physical ability, health status, appearance, intellectual ability, athletic skills—parents naturally have hopes around each of these and those expectations are bound to be different for each parent (one parent may hope for a football star while his or her partner dreams of a tennis ace, but they both are hoping for athletic prowess). But it is not up to parents, to decide whether our child is acceptable to us or not based on our hopes and expectations.
It is not acceptable to disown a child because he prefers football to tennis—that's not a very contentious point. Nor is it acceptable to throw a child out of the family because she has physical disabilities. A child who chooses a different career path than the parents had hoped is not a failure or to be ignored.
Our children are not supposed to fulfil all the fantasies and dreams parents have had; they are not surrogates for their parents, for the failed dreams and hopes and unfulfilled plans. They are each their own person, and parents cannot have control of them—children have their own hope and dreams. If parents cannot prevent the pain and disappointments their children will experience, neither can they—although some try—to keep them from the happiness they seek.
It is unacceptable to disown a child who is being who they are meant to be, simply because the parent don't like or approve of it. And it really doesn't matter if that child being him or herself means a parent is unhappy with their child playing a particular sport or not, following a certain profession or not, living a specified place or not, or loving a certain kind of person or not. None of these are real reasons for rejecting a child. There are no real reasons. A parent may not like a child's choices, actions, and decisions, but the parent still loves them.
No "unless" or "except" or "buts" to be considered.
Either a child is loved as he or she is, or they aren't really loved after all. Because children are not property, no matter their age, choices, decision, or anything else about them.
They are who they are. A parent's job is to love them and support them as they find their own way in the world. A parent can give advice but only if asked and then the parent shuts up and lets the child make their own decision, for good or ill, and continues to love them.
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In my column today, I mentioned that one reason millennials prefer Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton is that they're not just willing to look past Sanders's socialism — they actually like his socialism. It's a feature, not a bug.
Here are some of the data I was referring to.
In a recent YouGov survey, respondents were asked whether they had a "favorable or unfavorable opinion" of socialism and of capitalism. Below are the results of their answers, broken down by various demographic groups.As you can see, overall, 52 percent expressed a favorable view of capitalism, compared with 29 percent for socialism. Republicans, those in families earning more than $100,000, and people age 65-plus had an especially high regard for capitalism compared with socialism, but respondents in almost every demographic category demonstrated the same preference to some degree.
There were just two exceptions to this pattern: Democrats rated socialism and capitalism equally positively (both at 42 percent favorability). And respondents younger than 30 were the only group that rated socialism morefavorably than capitalism (43 percent vs. 32 percent, respectively).
Additionally, last summer Gallup asked survey respondents about whether they would be willing to vote for a generally well-qualified presidential candidate whom their party had nominated, and who happened to be from a particular background, such as "black," "Mormon," "atheist," "a woman," "gay or lesbian," "socialist," etc.
"Socialist" was at the bottom of the list of 11 characteristics Gallup asked about, with just 47 percent saying they would vote for a socialist. It was also the only category for which a majority of respondents said they'd be unwilling to vote for such a candidate.
Young people proved to be about equally or more open-minded than their elders on all the categories Gallup tested, but the biggest gap between young and old was on "socialist" candidates:
Just 34 percent of respondents age 65 and older said they would be willing to vote for a socialist, compared with about twice that level among respondents younger than 30.
This Gallup question is of course about willingness to vote for a certain kind of candidate, rather than preferences in voting for that kind of candidate vs. another.
Note also that these numbers are from last June, and Sanders's campaign hasgathered much more enthusiasm and support since then. That suggests that voters' willingness to vote for a socialist may have increased since Gallup last asked.
Source: Millennials have a higher opinion of socialism than of capitalism – The Washington PostNotice: This website is a repository for our posts that go out to the world, but is not used as out primary messaging medium. The absolute BEST way to reach us, and follow our posts, is on LinkedIn. We have a group there, entitled The Workforce Productivity and Compensation Institute, and you are welcome to visit and interact with us there. To visit the group, go to: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8567153/


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This week WLNY's Toni Senecal takes a bite out of the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg. She stopped by a gourmet donut shop and sipped brews at a hipster hangout famous for its craft beer and bowling.
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Rating: 4/10
By Kieran Webber
Lust For Youth are a unique band and at the moment sound like no other artist which is their gift and their curse, they are very much a marmite band – meaning you will either love them or hate them.
No matter what you think of their deliverance and sound you cannot fault their songwriting, particularly in 'Limerence' a spell binding number that ignites a flurry of emotions within the listener due to its beautifully crafted songwriting.
But unfortunately gems such as that are not enough to keep the whole album a float, the album becomes a chore with you clinging on hoping to stumble across the next listenable song.
My gripe with the album as a whole is that although their sound is unique for a 21st century artist it feels like they are trying to mimic the electronic synth sounds of the 80's and although at times this is charming especially in 'Sudden Ambitions' a whole album starts to grate and become tedious.
As a whole 'Compassion' has some charming elements to it and effective use of synths and percussion help aid the listener through the painful drones of Hannes Norvidde. As previously mentioned their sound is so unique and nostalgic of another time that for some it may be hard to stomach, with that said certain tracks are tight and as songwriting goes they excel.


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An unlikely source of of wild grass. The High Line. Taken from the Photo Blog Archive
Escalating Deco
What exactly this is, I won't tell. However I bet thousands of people see it every day; and never even thing about how beautiful it really is. The design behind this is clearly beautiful.
Taken from the Photo Blog Archive
Fun Girl
A perfect example of how depth of field can completely make a background become insignificant. The statue is clearly the dominant figure in this photo. Having a fast lens allows this to happen.
Thinking of God
A photo from the interior of St. Paul The Apostle, taken with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 17mm - 40mm L4 lens
Taken from the Photo Blog Archive
The Color Of Light
One of my favorite macro photos. Taken with a 100mm 2.8L and a Canon 5D Mark II, under florescent lights and lit by the sun.
Stickers On The Vine
Photographed while shopping at Whole Foods with a Zeiss 35mm F2 Planar Lens
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Swans Lake
Taken at the Central Park Zoo with a Canon 5D Mark II and a 200mm 2.8 L prime lens
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Pellegrino Red
Testing different ways to light, using tin foil and white card board as a reflector.
From the Photo Blog Archive
Wild Architecture
Taken from while at the Bronx Zoo, this is a very close up of a piece of architecture found near the main area of the Zoo.
From the Photo Blog Archive
Tough Stone
On one of my excursions to the Bronx Zoo, I found this very visible stone statue of a Rhino.
From the Photo Blog Archive
Its In The Details
Taken at Columbus Circle without the a Tripod.
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America's 42nd Street
From the Photo Blog Archive. One of my favorites
Look Up And See It Yourself
While walking out of my door. On my way to run some errands, I looked up and saw this. I knew I would have killed myself for not taking this photo, so I went upstairs, grabbed my Canon 5D mk2 and took 3 shots. The first one was blown out. Second was almost there. This was perfect.
You are looking at a photo which was taken straight from RAW to the screen.
Earlier Than Dawn
The blog was started several years ago. If you select the "Archives" you'll see the previous rendition of this photo blog, archived. This photo is from that blog.
The Great Convergence
The blog was started several years ago. If you select the "Archives" you'll see the previous rendition of this photo blog, archived. This photo is from that blog.
A graphic designed photograph taken of Alvin "Brooklyn Born" Alverez. The elements were added in post, using the same techniques as I have used in some of my award winning graphic design work.
Facebook Messenger Takes Over Your Phone
According to the Huffington Post (See below photo of article and URL) Facebook Messenger's Terms of Service invades your privacy and takes over your phone. Read the below article for more shocking information; and join the Facebook Protest, by chaining your profile pic to the "Facebook Get Your Hand Out My Pocket."
The Frying Pan's Sunflower
Deep in the bowels of a social gathering spot (and Lightship} located along the Hudson River (called The Frying Pan), I found a miniature sunflower resting inside of a watering can. Dark and what you'd expect of the innards of a salty ship to look like, I found this wonderful touch of feminine beauty. It stands out as lovely as the establishment's manager, Danielle.
The Frying Pan is a Lightship docked near by. I photographed this using my friend's Canon 7D and my Canon 70-300 F4-5.6 L Series lens.


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I'm spending my Mother's Day weekend scrambling to present my monster and subsequent research process, but I volunteered to go early, so I can't complain too much.
I'm finding now that I wish I'd been a bit more methodical about collecting and organizing my finds. Once again, I've gotten scattered. I've seen and read many things, but haven't kept very good track along the way. I've continued to email myself links and research documents. Looking back on our requirements, I wish I had been printing screens as I found them on the web. It appears that either my keyboard or my wanky printer or both are not configured to us the 'print screen' option.
Today, I spend a bit of time delving into a site that I found utterly revolting. If one googles "tale of the ebu gogo" the second hit is for the site "Stormfront.org" in which nearly the entire wikipedia entry is pasted into a blog post. I couldn't help but be a voyeur and lurk around on their site. Ugh.... but I digress. Before I left their site, however, I went back to the original page and found a link that led me to this...
so I suppose it wasn't a complete wash.
Blog of a course that allows students to learn how to use books, newspapers, magazines, journals, archives, databases, and the Internet to find and evaluate information on legendary creatures such as Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other cryptids. It also encourages the developement of critical thinking skills to deal with extraordinary claims and ideas for thinking about them.
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For treatment of back pain, chiropractic treatment is probably the most common form of alternative treatment. Herbal medicine – be your own herbal expert herbal medicine is the world s oldest healing art, both in recorded and unrecorded history medicinal herbs were found in the remains of a 60,000 year. Scientists urge unis to axe alternative medicine courses In Australia, more than 400 doctors, medical researchers and scientists have formed a powerful lobby group to pressure universities to close down alternative medicine degrees. A commonly voiced concerns about complementary alternative medicine (CAM) is the way it's regulated. If it wasn't, if it held up to the scientific scrutiny of multiple independent peer reviewed studies, then it would just be called medicine. In time, you will begin to see more and more of the other alternative medicines in the society of today as well as the future.
Standard medical care is medicine that is practiced by health professionals who hold an M.D. (medical doctor) or D.. (doctor of osteopathy) degree. Alternative medicine seminars vary in length and credit; some may be as short as an hour-long course, while others can range up to two weeks.
We are glad to inform that all accepted abstracts for the conference have been indexed in Conference Series LLC Journal of Alternative & Integrative Medicine" as a special issue. Weil told Healthline that today approximately half of America's medical schools have signed on to an integrative medicine consortium. These competencies delineate the values, knowledge, attitudes, and skills that CAHCIM believes are fundamental to the ?eld of integrative medicine.
As the importance of this aspect of medical education becomes increasingly clear, this aspect of the integrative medicine curriculum will likely be mainstreamed. The only published set of guidelines for curriculum in CAM for physicians is for family practice residency-level education, endorsed in 2000 by the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine. Continuing our conversation from yesterdays post, I want to look at some additional issues regarding alternative medecine.
Founded on the Yin and Yang principle, the five elements and Zang Fu, Chinese medicine is an evolutional treatment in modern Western civilization. Cancer is a deadly disease that ordinary people always tense whenever we recognize that our close relatives or friends have, which was attacked by this disease is the most common question is how to cure cancer cure cancer. Western medicine can play a part within the scope of holistic health by offering emergency solutions to problems that arise quickly and need to be fixed immediately. They have the misconception that if unconventional medicine consists of herbal products which are natural, then there is no harm done if they triple the dosage or more.


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The conversation about attracting, retaining, and advancing women in technology and marketing is not one that can be had in isolation, especially when organizations large and small are feeling the effect of talent shortages. During this panel, female leaders from different facets of the Seattle technology and marketing community will share their perspective on what is necessary for women to play a more significant role—both in volume and influence—in the tech industry both in the near- and long-term.
Special Guest: We're honored to have Dawn Lepore as our special guest speaker. Dawn is the CEO of Lepore Northwest Partners, served as a Director of eBay and was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of drugstore.com. We look forward to hearing Dawn's story and her path to CEO.
Confirmed panelists include:
A summary of the event logistics follows:
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 6:00-8:30 p.m. (networking from 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.)
Location: Lively Lounge – 3412 4th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98134 (onsite parking available)
Cost: FREE (special thanks to ARA Seattle Co-Founder Harvey Nash, sponsors Avvo, GoDaddy, Julep, Lively Lounge, Tagboard, thePlatform, and Zumobi; and for Bar Method, SKOAH and Swink for giving us raffle items!)
Register today! For more information, please contact Molly Kane at email@example.com.
We hope to see you there and thank you, in advance, for support of our mission.
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UPDATE: 2010 Huricane Soothsayers ...
"Hurricane Season" starts June 1st ...
May 27, 2010:
An "active to extremely active" hurricane season is expected for the Atlantic Basin this year according to the seasonal outlook issued today by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center – a division of the National Weather Service. MORE INFO
The Tropical Meteorology Project at the Colorado State University predicts that the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be "above-average" and produce eight hurricanes, four of them major. MORE INFO
Another forecaster, AccuWeather sees a potentially "extreme" hurricane season this year with five hurricanes, two or three of them major, expected to strike the U.S. coast, forming out of an expected 16 to 18 tropical storms, almost all of them in the western Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico. MORE INFO
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There are as many DNA molecules in 1mL of blood as there are trees in the Amazon forest.
by Rémi Dangla
At Stilla, we often use this simple yet evocative comparison to illustrate the sheer quantity and diversity of genetic material that can be found in a biological sample. This profusion of information truly lies at the heart of the "genetics revolution" that is taking over biology and healthcare. For the scientists and doctors who are building the future of medical diagnostics, this means an as-yet untapped reservoir of innovations and hope.
Although the presence of circulating genetic markers had been demonstrated quite some time ago, it is only thanks to recent technical developments, for example the advent of next-generation sequencing, that we have started to apprehend what incredible wealth of information about patients health is present in a simple blood sample, in the form of millions of small fragments of DNA or RNA. Most of this DNA or RNA originate from healthy cells, but a fraction of it, sometimes present only as traces, may come from mutated cancer cells, from viruses or bacteria, in substance from any disease the patient may have.
This means that by detecting, characterizing and quantifying these fragments of genetic material, even when present in minute amounts, we can potentially diagnose diseases at early stages, or monitor a patient's response to treatment. This very finely tuned detection of disease can therefore translate into early therapeutic intervention, resulting in improved prognosis. In short, we can significantly improve patient care and save lives.
"We can significantly improve patient care and save lives.
However, the highly performant sequencing instruments that have helped reveal this amazing potential remain research tools. They are still bulky, costly, labor intensive and require highly skilled personnel, limiting the use of such innovative genetic tests to research programs or a wealthy few. Although prices are decreasing and barriers to entry are progressively lowered, high performance sequencing is not and will not become a clinical commodity in the near term.
Yet, healthcare cannot wait, and this is why at Stilla, we are developping a simple, cost-effective, clinically- implementable alternative to exploit the colossal diagnostic potential of these circulating genetic markers. Our innovative "digital PCR " tool is exquisitely sensitive, allowing the detection of a single molecule of target DNA, for example DNA released from a tumor, amongst the amazonian forest of DNA present within our patient's blood sample. Moreover, thanks to its digital output, its precision is unmatched compared to existing molecular techniques. The trade-off is that digital PCR can detect only a few specific genetic markers per test. Some have already been identified but many more are yet to be discovered.
Nonetheless, our digital PCR solution can already answer many crucial needs, for example in the fields of cancer monitoring or prenatal testing. We are now only months away from making widespread routine non-invasive genetic testing a clinical reality.
After a PhD at Eole Polytechnique (2009), Rémi has directed his efforts towards the application of this novel microfluidic technology to the emerging field of digital PCR, which led to the creation of Stilla Technologies in 2013. In 2014, Rémi was nominated MIT Young Innovator under 35 by the MIT Technology Review.


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The IWSC has a 6-point judging checklist that makes us different from other competitions:
Our Judges
Winning a coveted IWSC award isn't easy, but that's what makes the medal so well respected among trade and consumers alike.
Our panels of handpicked industry experts judge entries over seven months of the year to ensure a considered approach to tasting is adhered to for each and every product.
The IWSC runs a structured and rigorous two-stage judging process, first using the 'double blind' judging method, meaning samples are tasted in pre-poured numbered glasses so that judges never see a bottle.
Judges taste no more than 65 samples a day to avoid palate fatigue, and each product is judged by a whole panel in sync, allowing for group discussions.
The Competition's independent Judging Committee meets once a quarter to ensure the upmost integrity, accuracy and impartiality during the judging process.
Why do we need 4 bottles?
- The first bottle is for the initial round of judging.
- The second bottle is for the chemical analysis.
- The third is for a second round of judging if the product goes forward for a trophy.
- The final bottle is contingency in case a bottle is out of condition or damaged in transit (the IWSC provides entrants a second chance rather than giving the initial product an unfairly judged low score).
Why all the deadlines?
The deadlines are carefully planned each year to reflect differences in the global wine harvests around the world in order to present the newest, freshest products to the judging panels.
For example, the deadline for New Zealand wine entries is as late as possible to ensure we can accept current year vintages into the competition.
As all entries are received into the Competition's dedicated cellars, the multiple deadlines help with precise cellar management to ensure each bottle received is stored correctly and treated with the care and consideration it deserves. Each product received is unpacked by experienced Competition staff and cellared accordingly to remain in the best condition for judging. The multiple deadlines also allow the judging process to be staggered over a 7 month period ensuring the judges only taste a maximum number of wines and / or spirits per judging session.


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Aoife McColgan, Ireland's best hope for a medal in the women's road race, stood at the roadside, gripping her bike. "I've got a flat," she said simply when her team car pulled up beside her. Aoife squinted through the rain, waiting for her coach, Chris, to come out with a spare wheel.
Chris didn't come. Instead, a short woman with light hair and a huge smile opened the door and hopped out into the downpour outside, wheel in arm.
"Who on earth are you?" Aoife cried. "Where's Chris? I haven't got time for this!"
The woman offered her hand in greeting. "I'm Moya Brennan."
"You mean, like the singer? Clannad?"Aoife was exasperated. She was in fact a Clannad fan, and would normally have been excited to meet Moya. At that particular moment, though, the other riders were pulling farther and farther away from Aoife, snatching her Olympic hopes away with them.
"Do you know how to change a wheel?" Aoife asked, trying to calm down.
"Well, see," Moya explained, "I'm not really good with bikes. Never got the hang of riding them myself. I'm here more as moral support. I've got this song, see, "Green to Gold", and I'm supposed to sing it to the athletes to get their confidence up. You seem like you need a cheering up right now."
Aoife stared at her. This couldn't be happening. "I don't need a "cheering up". I need a new wheel. I need my coach! Where is he?"
"He's right here in the car. I wanted to help, so he said that I could handle your problem, that it would be easy. Changing wheels wasn't in the job description when they phoned me back home to ask me to come to China, though, so I don't know how to do it. How about I sing to you, and you take care of the wheel?" Moya smiled helpfully.
Aoife was seething. She grabbed the wheel from Moya. This is ridiculous, she thought. Chris must be insane to send this woman out here instead. Our hope for gold, going to nothing and he lets this singer try to help me?!
"… until I find glory there'll be no finish line…"
An airy, angelic voice cut through the rain and severed Aoife's train of angry thoughts. She clamped her new wheel into place and looked up.
There was Moya. Her Team Ireland t-shirt was soaked, her face dripping with rainwater, and her hair in wet strands. Yet she looked so peaceful, almost transcendent. Her eyes were closed, and it was from her mouth that the song emerged. Aoife thought that Moya was crazy, or at least far from helpful, but she couldn't help but be affected by her voice. She remembered listening to her father's Clannad records as a child, and how then this same woman's voice had been able to calm the frustration of falling off her bike or doing poorly on an exam at school or whatever bothered her. Now, it was Moya's voice that dispelled her anger once more and made her want to get back on her bike and ride as she never had before, possibly even to gold.
If she could catch up with the other riders. They had been out of sight for several minutes already, and, because these were the Olympics, no one was holding back.
Aoife swung onto her bike and pushed off. Moya was still singing on the roadside, and Aoife could hear her voice still as she clipped into her pedals and rode away in pursuit of the others.
"…to bring the green to gold…"
Logically, there was no way that Aoife could get back into this race. She was too far behind. Yet she pedaled as she never had before, working in her largest chain ring even up the hills, not heeding the fatigue in her legs or the spray of water her wheels shot up at her from the pavement. Moya's song was stuck on loop in her head, a constant reminder of the promise of winning a medal for Ireland.
Moya watched Aoife speed up the long, straight stretch of road before her. Then she swung the car door open, climbed in, and accepted the towel that Chris held out to her.
"Right," Moya said. "I think that could be called a success. Although, I did feel a bit stupid acting all ethereal out there on the side of the road in the rain!" Moya laughed.
Chris's eyebrows were raised. "You sang to her? I know that's your job and all, but why didn't you just tell me that you didn't know how to change a tire in the first place?"
"Minor detail," Moya answered, dismissively. "Besides, it worked. Look where Aoife is now!" And she was right. Aoife was miles ahead of them.
200 meters to go. Aoife broke into her sprint. She was tired, far more so than the other riders. Aoife was the only one who had had to catch up not only with the main field, but with the breakaway group off the front, with which she now rode. But she was also the only one who had run in with Moya Brennan along the course, and that, it turned out, counted for more than plain physical strength in this final stretch.
There was the line. Aoife crossed it. She tumbled off her bike, utterly exhausted. Her minder caught her, then embraced her.
"Bronze! From behind everyone to winning bronze, Aoife!" the woman exclaimed.
An hour later, Aoife climbed onto the third step of the podium. She accepted the bronze medal and watched the Irish flag rise up the pole ahead of her. An anthem played, not Ireland's, but Aoife had no regrets. Coming from behind and all, she considered bringing the Green to bronze to be more than enough.
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Note: No one from Ireland actually finished the women's road race. Oh, and Moya may very well know how to change a bike tire in real life.


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Jim is straight, slender and only recently got out of the military, and he decided to do a shoot for Cruiser Boys. I like his unshaved chest, treasure trail and pubes, and that scruffy 2-day beard looks damned sexy. Jim wasn't at all shy being naked in front of the cameras, and strokes his 7 inch cock, getting it nice and hard, then treating us a real stroke-fest!


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NSE to train compliance, operations officers: Derivatives market
The Nigerian Stock Exchange has revealed plans to organise a derivatives workshop for officers as part of its commitment to improving the capacity of professionals in the Nigerian capital market.
The NSE said in a statement that the workshop was targeted at compliance officers and operations officers of dealing member firms and designed to provide participants with insights into the structure and operating requirements of the NSE derivatives market.
The statement read in part, "It will also provide them with an understanding of the potential of the market, as well as risk management and return enhancement benefits.
"A derivative is a contract between two or more parties whose value is based on an agreed-upon underlying financial asset (like a security) or set of assets (like an index).
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Curated by Bill Berkson
October 16 – November 22, 2003
In this landscape to the southeast of Siena, one does not find the typical lush Tuscan views of vineyard and olive grove. There is no terracing and few fruit trees. The soil here is heavy with clay, suitable for raising sheep, planting wheat and hay or corn and sunflowers along the lower land. It is an intricate, hilly landscape with small scattered woods up and down the slopes. The soil is bone-grey in spots, yellow or yellow-grey in others. In June it gold with wheat; in winter all is green but for the reddish woods. In spring virtually everything is green.
The landscape has changed little since the time of the Lorensetti. Until the 1960's there were no poles or telephone lines. Now farming is mechanized. The "contadini" are townspeople; their houses are bought by foreigners who can afford them. Strict zoning prohibits the building of new housing.
The landscape is remarkable, and perhaps most unique, for its graceful mix of the "natural" and the cultivated. The fields and woods have a complex and compelling relationship. Cypress appear in odd and unexpected places. Italian oak pop up in the middle of a field or atop a hill. Things are allowed to happen by accident. Until now there has been no flattening or bulldozing of slope or field to make the farming easier. Woods are harvested carefully, and they stay where they are.
On any clear day in this southern portion of the province of Siena, one can see the profile of Monte Amiata, a long-extinct volcanic mountain. It is pictured by Sassetta in a panel where St. Francis salutes three airborne female figures (the theological virtues). In Sassetta, as in the other Sienese painters, we see the same gentility and asceticism that one finds in this austere and beautiful place.
by Bill Berkson
George Schneeman's Italian Hours
Over the past forty years or more, George Schneeman's art has comprised portraits of his family and friends on canvas and in portable frescoes on cinder blocks, collages and paintings based on collages, painted ceramics, and countless cover designs and drawings for books of poetry and little magazines. (He has also devoted considerable studio time to hands-on collaborations with poets in various media.) Bracketing these segments of work, and sometimes intercutting among them, have been the Italian landscapes begun during the time Schneeman first lived in Tuscany from 1958 to 1966 and resumed in the 1990s after he started revisiting the Tuscan countryside, having spent the intervening decades solidly in New York. He and his wife Katie now divide their year between apartments on St. Marks Place and in the commune of San Giovanni d'Asso, southeast of Siena.
The recent landscapes are tempera on carefully gessoed plywood panels. Practicalities -- storage and portability, especially -- argue for settling upon a reduced size, without stinting on a picture's energy requirements. Averaging twelve by nine inches, done on location in half-hour sittings, the panels exemplify, Schneeman says, "the struggle between miniature and landscape" -- which links the question of the size at which a landscape painting can register across a room to the thornier one of how in a compact two-dimensional space depth and surface will compare notes so that all that is visible can be both actual and clear.
"Distinct in atmosphere, thin clouds blown by the wind, forms bathed in and defined by light."¹ An allegorist by disposition, Schneeman brings out the characteristic drama of each scene, keeping it from being merely a view or bella vista, and projecting more of what he calls "spatial sentiment." By Tuscan standards, these views are as ordinary as their place names -- Il Moro, Castelletto, Poggio di Val di Rigo, and so on -- are plainly functional. Formed in a fissured slope or where a couple of rumpled, vivid gray and brown rises meet, a crotch of ground fills up lustily with thatched greens. There are subtler moments, as well, mostly little details daubed along the ridges: a dark vertical sliver says "distant cypress;" a cuticle of brick red makes an isolated farmhouse roof. Further off, exquisite incidentals of buildings cluster together amid trees, making some sought-after shade. Still higher, the necessity arises "to invent something in the sky that relates it to the land."
Is spatial sentiment a more far-reaching, iconic version of Cézanne's "little sensation," more keyed to the bigger sweep of what the persistent observer takes in? The answer may be found in the painter's process as Schneeman tells of it:
I don't forget the brushes or the water or the palette or the board to paint. And I have to take advantage of the clear days, because sometimes a haziness will set in for a week or more. We've already had one spell of that: and it's hard to paint clearly when the landscape is clogged. But even now I haven't had those beautiful clouds to work on. Clouds always make it clearer that there's a heaven and earth. And space between them.²
1. John-Pope Hennessey on Sassetta's predella for Madonna of the Snows.
2. George Schneeman, letter to the author, May 24, 2003.
oet and art critic Bill Berkson was born in New York in 1939 and became active in the literary and art worlds in his early twenties. He is the author of 14 books and pamphlets of poetry, including Saturday Night: Poems 1960-61, Shining Leaves, Recent Visitors, Enigma Variations (with drawings by Philip Guston), Blue Is the Hero, Lush Life and most recently, Serenade and Fugue State. His work has been included in many literary journals and anthologies. He is also a Corresponding Editor for Art in Americaand a regular contributor to Artforum, Modern Painters, Art on Paper, American Craft and other magazines. From 1971-78, he was editor-publisher of Big Sky magazine and books. He has received awards and grants for poetry from the Poets Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yaddo, the Briarcombe Foundation, and Marin Arts Council, and in 1990 was given an Artspace Award for Art Criticism. In recent years he has also curated exhibitions of individual artists such as George Herriman and Ronald Bladen and of contemporary painting, and served as an adjunct curator for Facing Eden: 100 Years of California Landscape Art at the Fine Arts Museum, San Francisco. He has taught and directed the public lectures program at the San Francisco Art Institute since 1984. He lives in San Francisco.
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In 1964 Mayro Sol Astrachan proposed that the city of Kennett needed an organization to provide charitable work for the less fortunate families during the holidsay season. The Jaycees collaborated with the Mayor's much needed concept and set out to serve those less forunate in Kennett. This year marks the 53rd consecutive year the Jaycees have delivered food baskets in the area. The success of this project has been made possible by the ongoing generosity of local businesses and community members.
Every year for the past several years The Kennett Jaycees Good Neighbors Project assembles and delivers around 150 food baskets to local families in need. As the tradition continues this year, we are asking for support from community members and local businesses. The Jaycees are currently accepting donations for The Good Neighbors Project through December 31, 2017.
We are also accepting canned goods and other non-perishables that will be distributed in the food baskets. Any donation of canned goods or other non-perishable food items will be picked up in person by December 15th. Contact the number below please.
If you or someone you know would like to help, please send any donations to: Kennett Jaycees Good Neighbors Project, P.O. Box 165, Kennett, MO 63857. Any amount received would be greatly appreciated and it will help those in need this holiday season.
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Surgery is an effective way to treat many serious injuries and disorders…
When your pet needs surgery, whether it's something complex or just a simple spay or neuter procedure, it can be a nerve-wracking time filled with anxiety and uncertainty. You want to know that when you bring your companion in, he or she will be well cared for and kept as safe and comfortable as possible. At Cherry Hills Animal Hospital, each member of our team has been in your shoes and understands exactly what you're feeling. That's why we work so hard to make each surgical procedure as stress-free as possible. We want you to feel confident that your pet will be in caring, capable hands with our surgical team. We offer a broad range of surgical services, all performed within our state-of-the-art surgical suite using the highest standards of care. When it comes to surgery, the safety and comfort of our patients is always our top priority!
Surgical services include:
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We have a board-certified surgeon come in for the more complicated surgeries, such as cruciate repairs, broken bones, etc.
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A riveting historical narrative of the shocking events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and the follow-up to mega-bestselling author Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln.
More than a million readers have thrilled to Bill O'Reilly's Killing Lincoln, the page-turning work of nonfiction about the shocking assassination that changed the course of American history. Now the anchor of The O'Reilly Factor recounts in gripping detail the brutal murder of John Fitzgerald Kennedy-and how a sequence of gunshots on a Dallas afternoon not only killed a beloved president but also sent the nation into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.
In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Alan Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition, powerful elements of organized crime have begun to talk about targeting the president and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
In the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down by an erratic young drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes the scene, only to be caught and shot dead while in police custody.
The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and deceit of Camelot, bringing history to life in ways that will profoundly move the reader. This may well be the most talked about book of the year.
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Introducing Book Summary Infographics, a new post category we are bringing to our blog to compliment our investigative data-driven pieces. Each post aims to summarize a book or book chapter; the goal is to make academic writing accessible to a wider audience through design-friendly information display. Our first infographic is taken from Chapter 12 of Women, Race, & Class by Angela Davis.
The reproductive rights movement is often framed as a big step forward in the history of the women's rights: birth control was a pathway to post-secondary education and careers for women in the upper class. However, poor women and racially oppressed women were largely absent from the birth control movement, as without material wealth, these goals were out of reach. And while birth control was perceived as a step toward liberation for wealthy (and primarily white) women, for poor women and women of colour, many proponents framed birth control as a moral obligation for restricting family size, to prevent putting strain on taxes and charities.
Angela Davis writes that, in considering the absence of women of colour in the birth control movement, it is crucial to acknowledge the dark influence of eugenics on the movement, and America's rampant history of sterilization abuse. See our summary of her chapter below:


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This evening at 10:00 p.m. EDT airs the annual Doctor Madblood's Halloween Scream at whro.org/madblood. This year's movie will be the director's cut of the original Night of the Living Dead.
Zombies! The Shambling Dead! How cool is that??
To me, the skits involving the Madblood gang are the best part, but the movie is okay as well if you like the quintessential film by George Romero! The skits take place at Madblood Manor, the home of retired mad scientist Doctor Maximillian Madblood and his monsters.
Pungo Virginia's resident vampire, Count Lacudra (Dracula spelled sideways 🙂 ) makes an appearance, as Madblood characters lighten the movie segments with humor.
A certain Ninth Doctor impersonator does not appear in the skits, only during the costume party scenes, which are very brief. There are Daleks though, thankfully not encountered by said Ninth Doctor impersonator, as being exterminated by an angry Dalek with only the Sonic as a defense would have been unpleasant. They were made of wood, and the Sonic doesn't work on wood!
The other cosplayers, though, were brilliant, funny, and very nice people who made the early evening of September 25 enormously fun and memorable.
Enjoy the movie!
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Album 42: No Way Out
No Way Out is the 42nd Adventures in Odyssey mainstream album. Its episodes began airing on the radio starting on January 24, 2004 and finished on May 29, 2004.
Everybody's looking for a way out, but it won't be easy. Whit finds himself trapped in a room with no doors and no windows. How will he break free? Trent has to give an oral report and thinks up every imaginable way to avoid it. How will he ever get out of this one? And then there's Jimmy Barclay...at midnight at a Senator's house surrounded by vicious dogs. Will he choose what's right before it's too late?
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There are no extra features on this album, but the episodes do feature a total of 12 seconds of extra scenes that had to be deleted from the original broadcast versions in order to keep them at the appropriate time for the radio.


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Why don't more sides score goals like this?
The modern offside law continues to frustrate defenders and pundits alike, but the men who should benefit from it – strikers – have not exploited it to its full potential.
First, some background on the offside law is needed, specifically the recent changes to it.
Jonathan Wilson's piece gives a history of the law along with some implication for tactics, whilst the Premier League's head of referees Keith Hackett outlines the 'new' law in detail.
In this article, we are dealing with a very specific outcome of the changes. Now, a player who is in an offside position when one pass in a move is played can go onto participate in the rest of the move as long as he doesn't touch the ball from the initial pass.
If play catches up with him, and a second pass is played to him when he is in in an onside position, play can continue.
That's a long-winded way of explaining something quite simple – goal-hanging is now an option.
To illustrate this with an example, Cristiano Ronaldo's goal against Racing Santander earlier this season works very nicely.
There doesn't look to be a tremendous amount of danger in this photo. Angel di Maria is on the ball on the right flank (yellow) with has no pressure on him, and Mesut Ozil (red) is about to make a run off the shoulder of the last defender. The centre-backs should be able to cope.
The situation is complicated, however, by the fact that Ronaldo is still inside the penalty box, off-screen to the right (blue). Previously, Ronaldo would be deemed to be 'gaining an advantage' in that position and would not be able to take part in the move.
Now, however, as soon as Mesut Ozil sprints with the ball to a position level with Ronaldo, Ronaldo becomes onside. Ozil squares the ball, and Ronaldo taps in.
Here's the video, at 3:20:
See how easy it is? Granted, that was poor defending. You shouldn't play such a high line with no pressure on the ball, and by the look of Ozil's positioning the second picture, he probably could have gone onto a one-on-one himself.
It's not just a problem when playing with a high line, however. Holland's second goal against the Czech Republic in 2004 was very similar.
Here, Ruud van Nistelrooy (green) is the goalscorer, and Arjen Robben (blue) is the provider. Van Nistelrooy is clearly offside from Edgar Davids' initial pass (red), but because Robben gets himself ahead of van Nistelrooy, he is allowed to square the ball for van Nistelrooy to finish.
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Therefore, it seems very easy to score through this route, illustrated by the diagram below. If the blue team's winger (let's say Theo Walcott) can run from a to b quicker than the defence, and the through ball is vaguely accurate, it's almost a surefire assist.
There's no 'scandal' here – if Walcott was positioned in the centre of the pitch and outpaced the defence to a through ball, he'd be through on goal himself.
But straight balls over the top of the defence are relatively difficult to play, as there's a good chance they'll skid through to the goalkeeper. In that position, Walcott would generally be up against two centre-backs, whereas a winger v full-back situation is much more obviously 1 v 1, and the diagonal ball makes it much easier for the winger to reach first.
Perhaps the situation has changed, and, as Wilson mentions, defences are defending deeper to nullify the threat of this type of attack. The Holland goal above, though, shows that it's not only possible to score like this against sides playing a high line – you just need a winger with great acceleration over ten yards, and a midfielder capable of playing a fairly simple through ball.
Defences have still not adapted to the threat of a player wandering back from an offside position, however. It is still natural for them to stop playing if a ball is played through the defence in the vague direction of an offside striker – but if the striker doesn't touch the ball, he is not interfering with play.
Javier Hernandez's goal against Spain in August demonstrated this well – his strike partner Carlos Vela is in an offside position and the Spain defence completely stops, allowing Hernandez forward from an onside position to score. The goal is completely legitimate, but the defence has been completely thrown by a player who (a) does not touch the ball and (b) cannot touch the ball.
This type of goal isn't relevant to the examples shown above, but it does show how unnatural it is for defences to keep on playing if a ball over the top is played, and a striker is offside – which would again favour the attacking side.
So why don't more sides use this tactic? The problem, of course, is that the striker is completely separated from the rest of the game, and is unable to hold the ball up or link play.
But it's something a side should experiment with. Certain wingers are quicker than almost every full-back and centre-back they'll face this season, so as long as they can play a 15-yard square ball to a striker, the striker should have a couple of seconds to control the ball and finish.
At Premier League level defences might be wise enough to deal with it, but lower down the pyramid, the combination of 15 stone opposition centre-backs and a pacey winger would surely reap rewards…


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Mike & Megan Ostrander
Often, the Ostranders would dream about living at cleftRock and ministering along side their mentors Bob and Eddie Fields (cR founders). Now, they are the directors and continue to preserve the heart of cR. They are passionate about discipleship and providing a hospitable place for people to encounter God.
Lee & Sarah Bivins
Intercessors ○ Christian COUNSELORs
Every once in a while, you have the honor of meeting people who have so much to offer because of the life of adventure they have lived. Lee and Sarah have raised a strong, beautiful family and served 20 years as missionaries in Israel and Russia. These pioneers have been influential contributors to the establishment and growth of cleftRock Retreat Center. They built their home here in 1979 and have been counseling missionaries, pastors and families for over 35 years.


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Jamie O'Rourke
Born in Falkirk, Jamie took an interest in theatre and performing arts from a young age. He began in amateur theatre and moved up the ranks to assistant director before working with local companies. At the age of 18 he founded his own company, Project Theatre, and took on the roles of Artistic Director, Producer and Productions Director.
Jamie has acted as Secretary of the Falkirk District Arts and Civic Council and has won a number of awards for services to drama and young people, including the Young Scot Award, Falkirk Civic Award and the Young Personality of the Year Award. He has worked as a voluntary manager of local heritage ghost walks and is a founder of Scottish Community Arts - an organisation that works to promote and provide publicity for amateur and community organisations across Scotland.
In 2014, Jamie was accepted onto the BA Contemporary Performance Practice course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This enabled him to continue his studies and develop the skills necessary to achieve his ambitions as an arts professional.
How the Award Helped
Jamie received a Dewar Arts Award to support his studies at the RCS.


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It's important that when giving information to a student or an unemployed person on employment and career opportunities that it is up to date and provides them with the following:
The Security Industry in Australia has two distinct sectors — Manpower and Technical/ Electronic It incorporates over 6000 businesses employing more than 110,000 licensed personnel with workforce numbers forecast to continue rising through to 2017. New South Wales has approximately 32500 licensed personnel and over 50% of these are employed in the Sydney region with the balance in country centres throughout the state. There is an increasing focus on raising the number of females in both sectors of the industry from the current level of 11.3%.
The Manpower sector of the industry (ie, guarding, patrolling, crowd control and cash in transit) employs a large percentage of all licensed personnel.
The main jobs in the Manpower Sector are
The Technical/Electronics sector (ie, access control, alarms, biometrics and CCTV) has experienced strong growth in recent years. This has been driven by an increasing use of CCTV surveillance technologies, access control systems and the emergence of new technologies, such as biometrics (facial, iris, fingerprint and voice recognition).
The main jobs in the Technical/Electronic Sector are:
To find out more about the possible jobs/occupations click here.
Most of the occupations listed as part of the two Security Sectors can be accessed by clicking on a title which will open to a comprehensive overview of the occupation including:
To obtain a summary of the overview click on Reports & Links and then click on Occupational Bulletin
The find the links between vocational qualifications and occupations and industry sector click here.
Please enter
CPP07 Property Services Training Package and click on View Report
The find the Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) in NSW that deliver some or all of the vocational qualifications for the Security Industry, click here.
Tick the following boxes:
And in Qualification Code Box: enter CPP30507
In the National Code Box enter CPP07 and tick the NSW Box and then click View Report.
The report for CPP07 shows RTOs that deliver vocational qualification courses from the Training Package. For more detailed information on a RTO click on the number in blue which will bring up a summary page.
(a) Traineeships in Technical/Electronic Security in NSW
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Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) involves the assessment of previously unrecognised skills and knowledge an individual has achieved outside the formal education and training system.
RPL assesses this unrecognised learning against the requirements of a formal qualification. By removing the need for duplication of learning, RPL encourages an individual to continue upgrading their skills and knowledge through structured education and training towards formal qualifications and improved employment outcomes.
In order to recognise prior learning it is necessary to: compare the informal or non-formal learning the individual has achieved against the learning outcomes or performance criteria of the course or qualification for which the student is using as a basis for seeking entry or the award of credit, and determine appropriate evidence to support the claim of prior learning.
The processes used to assess RPL applications may take several (not mutually exclusive) forms, for example:
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Credit transfer can also be cross-sectoral. For example, students may seek to have vocational education and training qualifications credited against higher education subjects, or the reverse. Processes for credit transfer should be developed and administered by individual organisations.
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A statement of attainment from another RTO that contributes to a qualification is reported as a form of credit transfer.
There are several options available to individuals who hold overseas qualifications, but wish to commence a career in Australia. Comparisons between overseas qualifications and Australian qualifications (except for school-level qualifications) may be established through the National Office of Overseas Skills Recognition (NOOSR) — a Commonwealth government agency. Individuals seeking formal recognition of their qualifications should contact NOOSR.
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Capcom Unity and Archie Showcase Their Favorite Mega Man Comic Moments/
Archie's Mega Man comic series has surpassed two years now, and it's currently running through its highly anticipated "Worlds Collide" crossover arch. You might say the series has garnered some history now. So Brelston at Capcom Unity and Archie are listing off their 25 top moments from the first 25 issues of the comic. Of course if you haven't gotten into the series yet, there may be some spoilers here!
Do you have any personal favorite moments that aren't covered by their 25? Honestly, I'm a little miffed at the selection of Mega Man callously finishing off Heat Man. I suspect that Brelston is jabbing me for making him fight Charge Man first in the Mega Man 5 stream.
Thanks for the tip, ElitePrime100!


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when it rains it pours/
And it was not just a saying today in Montpellier. Torrential rains all day long, specially from 1pm. We were on Orange warning, and it turned to Red at 4pm. Picking up my youngest (and a friend's daughter) turned into a challenge. After being soaked once at 1.30pm, I changed clothes and shoes entirely, and at 4pm we were obliged to walk through water with our rain boots, which got full of water anyway. (street along his school had turned into a torrent).
I have friends & friends' spouses & children got stucked where they were. I've seen people walking barefoot in flooded streets. Really, I had never seen my town like this.
Schools are closed tomorrow, the kids are happy (shhh don't tell their teachers), and I'm kind of relieved, because it's supposed to rain a lot this night & tomorrow morning as well.
I feel for children still stuck in schools (even though they were/are safe), I feel for their parents who must have been so scared, and maybe stuck in cars or at work. I feel for people who got their house or their car flooded. I feel for everyone who got involved in today's floodings in Montpellier and in Hérault. (click here if you want to see some photos in the local newspaper)
Thank goodness we live on top of a hill, we will never be flooded in the apartment. Not a bad thing, right ?


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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Goats on the Roof
14 comments:
- Gloria Gomez said...
That is too cool!! Another reason to visit Georgia!
- February 18, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- Luv2Have said...
Oh my gosh, that is so cute! I love goats, my husband's parents had some on their farm for pets and they are so friendly! That looks like a super fun spot to visit:)
- February 18, 2010 at 3:54 PM
- Annie said...
So many quirky things wrapped into one post. Goats, a roof, a raccoon with cracker jacks - Love it!
- February 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Michele Maule said...
I love this! I had neighbors in my old neighborhood who had goats in their yard! I loved them!
- February 18, 2010 at 4:38 PM
- gwen said...
that's adorable and absolutely silly :] what a fun place to visit.
- February 18, 2010 at 4:42 PM
- Janelle said...
Door County, WI another place you will find goats on roofs.
- February 18, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- janet said...
My boys would have loved that place when they were little!
- February 18, 2010 at 5:50 PM
- Shrimp Salad Circus said...
Ohmygosh - this is glorious. I'm so jealous!!! This summer I got to feed a baby goat named Ruby with a bottle, and it was one of the cutest things I've ever done. My obsession, however, is more with alpacas... :)
- February 18, 2010 at 7:23 PM
- Gali said...
Now I want to visit!
- February 19, 2010 at 3:12 AM
- Som's Studio said...
Wow! What a cool place to go visit!
- February 19, 2010 at 7:44 AM
- virtuallori said...
That has to be one of the wackiest things ever! So cool.
- February 19, 2010 at 11:09 AM
from someone who has a chicken obsession, i can understand your love for goats.
and i need that sign in my life.
- February 19, 2010 at 1:29 PM
- Peach Rainbow said...
very interesting!
the pics looks like scenes from a fairytale!
- February 20, 2010 at 6:20 AM
- funkystarfish said...
lol that place is cool! I wonder what other animals it would work with!
- February 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM


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Dynamed Releases New Standalone App - How to Install
Full Disclosure: I love Dynamed. It may be the EBM (Evidence-Based Medicine) side talking, but Dynamed is one reference I turn to routinely, primarily because it is also available as an App. Omnio previously hosted the Dynamed system within it's app, but recently Dynamed released a new and standalone app platform. For those that are looking to get Dynamed on their mobile device, I prepared a 'How-To' guide for your reference.
1. Download Dynamed App (Here)
Get the app on your device, and make sure you have sufficient space to host the app and its database on your device.
2. Go To Your Institutions Library and Access Dynamed and Select the Mobile Tab on the Top Menu Bar
3. Enter in Personal Institution Email Address
4. Wait for Email to Arrive in Mailbox. Open the Email from Dynamed on Your Device and It Will Launch The App
5. And You are Ready to Go!
Hope this guide helped you get started!


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ON AIR - The 11-1 Show
with Sinéad Brassil
Even though Tupac Shakur passed away on September 13, 1996, after being shot mulitple times, many fans and conspiracy theorists still speculate that he is alive and faked his own death.
The latest of these 'theories' is from a YouTube channel called Wired Up TV, who claim to have a photo of Tupac today, alive and well.
In the video, a voice claims that the (blurry) image of the man shows tattoos that are 'similar' to Tupac's, but this is obviously too difficult to tell.
The video claims that the tattoos are 'identical.' (via YouTube)
The video also alleges that the man in the photo looks exactly like the star.
While they definitely look similar, it does seem like a stretch and plenty of people in the comments seem to agree.
One person said "The only clear point in this pic is his face,the rest is blurred," while another said "My quality is up to 720...but i can't see it."
What do you reckon?


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Welcome to Kirchner und Tochter
We are a family-owned business in the third generation and are based in Duisburg. Since the company's formation in 1951 we have specialized in the manufacture of devices for flow measurement and control.
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THE administrators of Rangers today held talks with the Scottish Government as they began the process of trying to sort the club's finances.
Officials from Duff and Phelps spoke to Scottish sports minister Shona Robison a day after being appointed by the club.
The group had already held discussions with Strathclyde Police yesterday to ensure the club's SPL home clash with Kilmarnock would go ahead after the force expressed concern over payments.
Joint administrators Paul Clark and David Whitehouse were appointed after Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs forced the issue in the Court of Session in a bid to secure payment of £9million in PAYE and VAT, accrued since Craig Whyte took control of the club in May last year.
Robison said: "In a telephone conversation this morning with the administrator, I explained that we want to see an outcome in the best interests of Rangers staff, supporters and the game of football in Scotland as a whole, whilst enabling the club to meet its obligations.
"A key concern for us is the future of those employed by the club and the potential economic impact of administration.
"The Government stands ready to offer assistance to anyone affected by implications for jobs and we will stay in contact with the administrator throughout the process to ensure we are informed of any developments."
Duff and Phelps are expected to issue a statement this afternoon.


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Basic info for moving to Linz
I am a PhD student in Spain, and for two weeks I should move from Palma de Mallorca to Linz to start my new job at the University.
I would like to know more about Johannes Kepler University, (how far is from the city centre), what are the living costs in Linz (student residence or shared flat) transport cost and some general things.. If somebody is in a mood to give me some tip from personal experience I would like to hear more about Linz.
Looking forward to start new journey in Austria.
Saludos de Mallorca :D


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home soil
This is my homeland. The border of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Mason Dixon line. The boundary between the North and South, which unfortunately remains in many ways. The bedrock does not care about the spatial position of states, the positions of humans. It goes on, much in its own way. The soils are however more sensitive to our ways, eroding into rivers, accepting and rejected what we spray, toss and plow into the land of good tilth, endlessly provisioning, recycling, churning the crust of the Earth. This farm is in the Conestoga Valley, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Back and forth to school, everyday for 7 years, I drove by this farm, across this land. Route 222. Amish Country. Its an ancient seafloor comprised of micaceous and graphitic limestone, hundreds of feet thick, covered by a thin film of alfalfa. Beneath it lies world upon world upon world. This is Late Cambrian material. Deep history. We are but a spark in its existence. An agricultural flashpoint. We can only hope to bear the fruits of its inertia. Farm. Farm well.