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Treatment of breast fat tissue necrosis with its partial resection (program ID: 224347)
University Hospital Würzburg
Achim WöckelSpecialized in: gynecology, mammology, obstetrics
As the maximum care hospital, the Department of Gynecology, Mammalogy and Obstetrics at the University Hospital of Würzburg offers a wide range of the most different treatment options. The director of the Department is Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Achim Wöckel. The objective of the Department is to provide an optimal medical care at all stages of woman's file.
In addition to a reliable and individual obstetric medical care, the Mother and Child Medical Center of the Department at the University Hospital of Würzburg offers all proven diagnostic methods of prenatal medicine. There is a private Fertility Center. The specialists of the Department provide outpatient consultations on all gynecological diseases.
The Department under the direction of Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Achim Wöckel specializes in the treatment of breast cancer and oncological diseases of the female reproductive organs. The Department also offers all conventional and modern methods in the field of both surgical and conservative treatment. Moreover, in order to ensure an optimal treatment success, there is maintained an active cooperation with the partners within the University Hospital Würzburg.
According to the Focus magazine rating of 2017, the Department of Gynecology, Mammalogy and Obstetrics at the University Hospital of Würzburg ranks among the top German departments specializing in obstetrics and breast cancer treatment!
The Department of Gynecology, Mammalogy and Obstetrics has two obstetric and three gynecological units, a maternity unit with 5 maternity wards, Level I Perinatal Center and three operating rooms of the most advanced level. The University Hospital of Würzburg has endocrinology, cytology and reproductive medicine laboratories. Moreover, there are units of the Department of Radiation Therapy (external radiation therapy, brachytherapy) and the Institute of X-ray Diagnosis (mammography, vacuum biopsy), as well as the Department of Anesthesiology.
The main treatment focuses of the Department of Gynecology, Mammalogy and Obstetrics at the University Hospital of Würzburg include:
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This is another post in my ongoing series of missives from the algorithms seminar I ran last semester (yes I know, I'm late: I have a good excuse though, and it currently weighs 6 lb 11oz).
One of the most exciting developments in the area of high dimensional geometry was the introduction of the idea of core sets. The basic premise is this: suppose we have a geometric optimization problem on a set of points P of size n (Amen!) that can be solved exactly in time p(n) (where p might be some relatively unpleasant polynomial in n). Suppose we can select a set of points S (not necessarily contained in P) of size g(1/epsilon) (the "core-set") such that the value of the optimal solution on S is close (i.e within a 1+epsilon factor) to the value on P, then we can run our expensive algorithm on S, rather than on P. The new running time is n (typically) to compute S, plus p(g(1\epsilon)) to obtain the approximate solution. What we've done here is construct a linear-time approximation scheme for our optimization.
There's a bit of nice magic here: we are essentially claiming that a set of points with size independent of the input can suffice to give a good approximation to the desired answer.
There are many ways of understanding the real power of core sets, and when they exist: perhaps the most surprising result is that for certain high dimensional problems, it is possible to find a core-set that has size independent of both the input size and the input dimension, thus circumventing the famed curse of dimensionality. But that's not what I want to discuss here. Rather, I want to present the view of core sets as a kind of generalized grid: I find this viewpoint less "magical" and often useful when trying to figure out when a core-set might actually exist.
Sparsifying via a grid:
Suppose we have a large collection of points in the plane, and we wish to "shrink" the input to some manageable size. The first thing we can try is to lay down a grid, with side length R, and snap each point to the center of the grid cell it's in. If n is large compared to R, we'd expect many points to lie in each cell. If the diameter of the point set is D, then we need (D/R)^2 grid cells.
There are two problems with this: firstly, D could be much larger than n. In fact, since D is a function of the coordinates of the input, it could be exponentially larger than n ! Secondly, the perturbation of each point to the center of the grid incurs an error of possibly R/\sqrt{2}, and so R needs to be very smalll.
Consider the problem of computing the minimum enclosing ball of a collection of points. The radius of this ball is within a constant factor of D by the triangle inequality. This means that if we're willing to tolerate a multiplicative error in our bounds, we can perturb each point by epsilon*D, while maintaining an epsilon-approximation. Here, setting R = epsilon' D suffices, and we only need O(1/epsilon^2) cells. Voila ! a core-set.
Of course, we're not going to be this lucky all the time: for example, if we want to compute the width (the smallest distance between parallel lines that bound the point set), then the diameter has no relevance: the width of a point set can be zero even if its diameter is large (if all points are on a line). In that case, how would we choose a grid size that would work for us ?
Approximating all directions:
The answer, as it turns out, is to try and approximate the "diameter" in all directions. More precisely, we can define the extent of a point set along a certain direction as the diameter of the projection along that direction. Having done so, the property we desire of our "grid" is that it approximates this extent function along each direction. For many interesting optimization problems, the extents suffice to compute the optimal solution, and so approximating the extents suffices to approximate the solution.
The easiest way of approximating extents would be to compute the convex hull of the point set. This might not be a sparse representation in general. A better answer is to place a grid, and pick out all non-empty grid cells along the boundary (actually, even picking the extreme cells along each vertical direction suffices).
Notice that by concerning ourselves only with extents, we have essentially eliminated the problem of large diameters (because we can always scale the point set). What remains is the problem of variation in the extents. If a point set has a very small extent along a direction (say the direction that defines its width), then in order to capture that extent correctly, we'd need a very fine grid resolution.
Exploiting fatness:
The problem here appears to arise from the fact that a point set can be skinny. The notion of fatness in computational geometry is a very powerful one: there are many ways of defining it, but in all cases, the measure captures the degree to which a convex shape is "rounded" versus "skinny" (one definition is the ratio between the minimum enclosing ball and the largest inscribed ball). If a point set is alpha-fat, then upto a (constant) factor alpha, it's round, and therefore has comparable extents in all directions.
Performing an affine transform can make a point set alpha-fat (for any constant alpha). Although an affine transform will play havoc with distances, it preserves ratios: in particular, the ratio between exact and approximate extents.
And with this, we are done. We transform the point set so that it's alpha-fat, and choose a grid size that's a function of alpha and epsilon (after scaling the point set so that the diameter is 1). Then we snap all points to grid cells as before, and pick up the highest and lowest grid cells in each vertical column. What we get is a point set that captures the important characteristics of the input, but whose size depends solely on the error parameters: in other words, a core-set.
What makes this idea particularly powerful is that it can be extended. For example, we can construct core sets for the "extents" of a set of linear functions by going to the dual space. Similarly, we can construct core sets for collections of polynomials by using the linearization trick and then going to the dual space (in higher dimensions). But ultimately, it boils down to constructing a clever grid.
Note: most of this exposition comes from a reading of Geometric Approximation via Coresets, by Pankaj Agarwal, Sariel Har-Peled and Kasturi Varadarajan.


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Azarenka beats Williams to lift Qatar title
Victoria Azarenka marked the passing of her world No. 1 crown to Serena Williams by beating her to lift the Qatar Open title in Doha.
The Belarusian defied the pair's career head-to-head statistics, which read 11-1 to Williams prior to the match, by meeting, and topping, her opponent's power to win 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 in two hours and 28 minutes.
After edging an evenly-matched first set, Azarenka was out-played in the second as her serve consistency dropped off leading to two breaks by Williams.
That forced a decider but, crucially, the 23-year-old had made Williams serve for the previous set and she was able to re-gather her nerve and start strongly.
She broke Williams at the first opportunity and with her own first serve percentage back up to 80% she held off Williams to take the set and the title.
Her win means she remains unbeaten in 2013 and may feel hard done by that the No. 1 status will pass to Williams on Monday morning, particularly as she also took the first grand slam of the year in Australia.
Williams' renewed residency as the official world No. 1 was confirmed when she reached the semi-finals in Qatar. At 31 she will become the oldest No. 1-ranked female player since the introduction of computer rankings in 1975.


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I would say use a dictionary when a word prevents you from understanding something. If the context helps you feel that you understand, then is there a need to look a new word up? It will slow you down and might get in the way.
DEar sir,
I am new on this forum, and hope to improve my English, my first language is Chinese, and I would liek to improve my English writing skill, becasue I want to study Law degree later. I can write simple english as you read now. PL make any advice to me.
On the other hand, I want to read the english newspaper. do I need to find any words from the dictionary if I don;t understand.
you iput would be appreciated
I would say use a dictionary when a word prevents you from understanding something. If the context helps you feel that you understand, then is there a need to look a new word up? It will slow you down and might get in the way.
pls advsie what is the best method to improve my essay writing technics? is looking at the grammar book the one mehod? any other suggestions
best regards,
well i say your english isn't bad. its pretty good actually; you can improve your english vocabulary by buying those eng vocab games. i don't know if they have it in asia but i know they do in canada and they are pretty cheap.
cost like $5 cad per disk
thanks your kind words gonghai,
however, i would like to improve my standard, a I told at first mail, I hope that I can study the Law degree in the future, however, the requirement for English stadnard should be high, os I wnat to catch it up, pls make any method and suggestion to me
best regards,
well i am not sure of hk but i am currently studying at the university of british columbia and i know that to get into law you don't need really good english.Originally Posted by wongmanbun
H gonghai,
may I get your email as I want to ask you more about the your ideas. In fact, sorry to ask for it as I hope you can help me to make the understanding
pls send me the mail for further discussion, your help again would be appreciated
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Hi my name is Antonio. I was born in Mexico City and I speak spanish. I live in Lake Oswego, Oregon. I've been in this country for about 7 years. My English is very poor. I'd like to practice my writing with some one that can tell me if I am making progress.


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Medical Mutual Boosts Campus Wellness
With the goal of making Baldwin Wallace University "an even healthier place to learn and work," Medical Mutual has awarded a two-year, $87,000 grant to enhance campus wellness initiatives.
The University plans to create a new office of health promotion and add a part-time staff position to lead an enhanced, strategic and coordinated focus on personal health.
"Helping our students, faculty and staff develop healthy attitudes and lifestyles is becoming an increasingly important part of preparing them to be productive workers and citizens," said President Robert C. Helmer. "We are grateful to Medical Mutual, our longstanding health insurance provider, for helping us to develop new wellness resources and expand the personal health programs available to our campus community."
Ongoing Effort to Increase Personal Health Resources
In recent years, the University has stepped up efforts to promote healthy habits. In addition to free use of BW fitness facilities, the BW community has access to resources that include an Employee Wellness Council; a variety of weekly classes for all levels of fitness; regularly scheduled all-campus health and fitness events; health tips via email; and a number of Health Enhancement programs such as Health Coaching, Individual Stress Awareness and Healthy Weight Management.
"We applaud BW for seeking new ways to involve students, staff and faculty in consistent and intentional wellness education and activities," said Jared Chaney, chief communications officer for Medical Mutual. "As a highly regarded wellness leader, Medical Mutual shares the goal of developing healthy, active, productive citizens."
BW hopes to have the new health promotion coordinator in place later this spring.
About Medical Mutual
A trusted insurer for more than 75 years, Medical Mutual of Ohio is the oldest and largest health insurance company headquartered in the state of Ohio and its Family of Companies has operations in Georgia, Indiana and South Carolina. As a mutual company, Medical Mutual operates for the benefit of its members without being required to meet the demands of stockholders or Wall Street analysts. Instead, the company focuses on developing products and services that allow it to better serve its customers and communities. Visit us at: medmutual.com.


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Dec. 29, 2005
When Lipscomb basketball coach Scott Sanderson assembled his pre-Atlantic Sun Conference schedule he wanted his team to be challenged.
So far that has been the case as the Bisons have eight of their first 10 games on the road, including Thursday night's 6 p.m. meeting with the University of Tennessee Volunteers at Thompson-Boling Arena. This is the third Southeastern Conference opponent for the Bisons this season with earlier games at the University of Kentucky and Auburn.
Tonight's match-up with the Volunteers, 7-1, may be the most challenging of the three for the Bisons, 5-4. The Volunteers are coming off a 93-68 victory Tuesday night over Alabama A&M. The Bisons have not played since a 73-71 victory Dec. 19 at Nicholls State.
The game will be televised live on CSS.
"More than anything the Tennessee players have bought into what Bruce Pearl is trying to get them to do," said Sanderson. "They have the same personnel they did last year, but they have bought into the effort and the energy it takes to be successful in the SEC. They are off to a great start."
Sanderson is not restrained in his evaluation of the Volunteers.
"Tennessee is awfully good," Sanderson said. "They are fourth in the country in scoring. They are very explosive and very athletic. They are averaging more than 84 points a game and shooting around 50 percent from the field.
"They are averaging 23 turnovers and 11 steals a game. And all of those are translating into lay-ups which are back-breakers."
Sanderson is especially concerned about the backcourt duo of Chris Lofton and C.J. Watson.
"They are shooting the blood out of it from 3-point range," said Sanderson. "They are two of the most under-rated guards in the country."
The Bisons have to play almost mistake-free basketball, with the elimination of turnovers the top priority.
"We have to take care of the ball," said Sanderson. "And we have to rebound the ball."
The Bisons will also have to put together another strong defensive effort, while also improving their shooting percentage on their first time to play on the Summitt Floor at Thompson-Boling.
"We've got to be very, very good defensively," said Sanderson. "I don't think you stop a team like Tennessee, but you have to try to at least slow them down.
"We have to shoot better. With the way we defend and rebound on most nights we are going to be fine if we start shooting the ball better. But against Tennessee you have to be better than fine."
The Bisons have been boosted in their defensive games by the improved play of junior guard Brian Fisk. He is coming off a season-high 22 points at Nicholls State, and has led the Bisons in scoring in the last two games.
"Brian is playing a lot better," Sanderson said. "He is one of our best players on both ends of the floor. We need Fisk, Eddie Ard and James Poindexter to all play well on the same night. We haven't had that happen this season."
Center Shaun Durant has been the most consistent player for the Bisons averaging 10. 7 points and 10 rebounds per game.
"If you told me before the season that Shaun would average 10 points and 10 rebounds I would have said sign me up," said Sanderson. "He is Mr. Consistency."
Sanderson and the Bisons are approaching the Tennessee game as a win-win situation regardless of the outcome. The Bisons practiced Christmas night, the first time Sanderson has ever had a practice on Christmas in seven seasons at Lipscomb. He likes the preparation he has seen the past few days.
"It's our last game before we play 18 straight conference games," said Sanderson. "It is the state school of Tennessee. Most people aren't expecting us to go over there and win.
"We will go out there and play to the best of our ability," said Sanderson. "If that is good enough so be it. If it is not, then we have 18 conference games staring us in the face."


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Falcon India Square Files are made of aluminum oxide which is preferred for producing exceptionally keen, long lasting edges, and for high quality steel tool work. India stones are available in coarse, medium and fine grits.
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There are several types of charts in the BSC Designer. To access these charts, click on any of indicators, the relevant Chart will appear on the right side.
Displays the function used as the optimization method. This function can be customized.
The weight chart shows the absolute weights of indicators.
This type of chart shows the min-max scale and current value on this scale.
A pie chart represents the performance of each indicator within a container if the container is selected. If the root is selected, the chart will display the performance of each container.
A radar-type chart is built if the user selects a container which contains three or more sub-items.
BSC Designer can build a report using this type of diagram; this report is called a Dashboard Report.
A time chart diagram represents changes in performance for the indicator according to the time points specified in the project.
This chart is similar to the "Time" chart. The current stop-light, indicator name, value and the dynamic information is shown.


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I'm sure you know it. There comes a moment when you have finally enough of a certain player/character, or all of them ego-maniacs. Perhaps they did something really stupid, again, and you don't want to save their asses, yet again.
Or did they insult someone a bit too powerful or important? Did they kill your favourite dragon or villain, too soon?! Did they decide to turn to Evil and erased the village you so lovingly created with all inhabitants, up to the little girl's puppy dog?
Curse them, I say!
Vocabulary: the victim means the victim of the curse, of course.
Three classical curses I remember from don't-know-where:
The victim grows an argumentative, annoying second head on her shoulder.
People you meet point at you with their finger and say: "You are CURSED!"
Curse of Ambrosial Odour:
The cursed character smells like whatever food the creature smelling it most desires and likes to eat. Chance to encounter wandering monsters grows at least doubly. Many unintellingent beings automatically attack the victim, and even some intelligent beings will try to kill and eat the unfortunate.
But there are more… and I know there are cruel as well as creative natures among you, so feel free to add your own.
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The character becomes extremely clumsy, almost to the point of not being able to participate in any combat - most of the time he is simply overrun and/or pushed/hit aside by other combatants. He becomes in essence a comical sidekick to the heroes, useful only for carrying luggage. The victim usually gets stunned and otherwise excluded out of The Big Action, on the other hand he is likely to become a hostage, being very weak in defense. Hope his comrades like him.
The cursed character radiates a weak subliminal message. Anyone looking at him, but not recognizing him, will get the feeling: "I know this guy from somewhere..."
This insidious curse does not impart any knowledge about the victim, it merely gives the feeling that the viewer met him somewhere sometime, or remembered him... for some reason? Who knows. The feeling is enough to change ones attitude and behaviour towards the cursed character, unlike to a complete stranger. Indeed, it is impossible to be a complete stranger to anyone, or blend into the crowd. While it can be exploited at times, the poor character will soon feel awkward, people behaving strangely around him.
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- any role-playing with people not familiar with the group will most probably be done through the victim, or somewhat distorted by his presence. And there should be much role-playing based on this curse only.
The curse does not force any negative or positive emotions towards the wearer. Of course, people can make whatever assumptions they want, and they will. Once recognized, they treat the victim according to their experience. Anyone forgetting the character will be again subject to the effect of the curse.
This curse may affect all the party members because the curse makes the character affected by it an insect magnet - all the insects just stick to him even demon insects or monster insects and well the party or group will suffer too.
This is one of my favorites and is in the palladium rpg but it can be played in any system. The curse is that the cursed character has a bright glow in his eyes just like a light tower and he can use the light to see like with a lantern but the trick is in night he can't hide hehehe and well in town they may think he is a demon or something because of the light hehe. The light can be of any color have fun!!
Makes the character's weapon a magical +X superweapon... that will explode on a critical hit.
Alternately, the character's weapon grows progressively stronger, and more dangerous. With a +15 it would be unstable enough that a single hit makes it go BOOM, and a +20 should not be even touched. If you don't drop it soon enough, well... too bad.
In both cases it may be a fitting 'reward' : Oh, thank you mighty hero, I will bless your sword, so it may aid you more in your endeavours.
The victim turns into the opposite gender when certain circumstances are met. Getting wet, getting embarrased, getting drunk, etc.
The victim has an irresitible urge to cross-dress.
Extremely inappropriate things appear at random in the victim's possession. Underwear for the opposite gender, love letters from the wrong person, etc. Use your immagination and have fun.
The victim is constantly soaking wet. No amount of drying, sunning, etc can dry them off. They leave puddles if they stay still for too long, and when it gets cold they're horribly miserable at the very least.
The victim is pained with recurring frostbite that leaves and returns.
It is not exactly sure if this is a curse, a supernatural ability, a minor or major mental disorder, or simply some kind of hobby, mood or what. Still, it brings its carrier lots of problems.
The character starts to feel unsatisfied with his life. He would like to achieve more, and feels it is possible, just in some... different way. Slowly, but irreversibly, he begins to move to a strange new way of living.
The character's personality partially splits into two alter egos. One becomes the so-called "Clark", the other "Superman".
"Clark" is the average, ordinary, uninteresting half. It is likely that the greatest part of his original life will be drawn to him. Clark will become withdrawn and waiting for moments when the other personality can manifest. People start to ignore him in a way, and have a tendency to compare him to the his alter ego. Most attempts to do something heroic fail.
"Superman" is the hero. He can achieve more, does heroic stuff on a regular basis and has lots of witty sayings to educate the kids with. Superman is most often masked, so he that his true identity is hidden. Even if having superpowers, he is not able to save everyone and feels often depressed because of that.
Both parts of the character feel the need to keep this a secret.
Ruleswise the character may get a bonus when doing heroic staff while being a hero, and a penalty when not. The character must be in both forms at least one hour each day, or he can expect an identity crisis.
Some of these things should happen in a campaign periodically anyway to put a little more 'realism' and 'Murphy' in the game.
* The victims armor continuously comes undone and sags/falls off.
* Any equipment the victim uses has a chance of failure. Rope, torch, horse saddle, backpack straps, maps are smeared, bottles in pack leak, seams in clothes come undone etc.
* Sword gets stuck in sheathe and takes a battle of strength to get it out.
* Always break things when visiting places. Break chairs at taverns, knock over displays at stores, ruin goblets and forks at the kings dinner.
* Animals are skitterish around victim to the point where the victim almost can't use a horse. I would let them eventually get on but make it a constant struggle.
* Everytime they eat food they get bad indigestion or gas. Uncomfortable enough to force them to rest out of cycle occasionally.
* When the victim passes by some poor people some coins fall out of their coin bag without them noticing. To save the poor the dilemna of returning it, they never see who drop it and it usually happens so the poor are the first to find it.
* The insect one is always a good one as mentioned. When stationary cause flies or bees or something to start flying around the victim until it becomes unbearable and they have to leave. Works slowly though so when they are halfway through a meal the flies are just starting to get thick.
* They always get dirty somehow. Mud splattering on them, food dropped on themselves, stepping in dung, wash water thrown out the window, trees dropping dust and bark, small cave-ins, etc. Anything that can happen to soil them.
* Always misplacing things. They can swear they put something somewhere but when they go to find it it is somewhere else. Even if they announce to everyone, "I am putting my healing potion in my right pocket" when he goes to find it, it is not there. When he asks, "You saw/heard me" the response will always be, we heard you but I didn't see where you put it. The angle was wrong or they looked away or whatever. Only if they force the other person to watch somehow will the item be where they put it.
Keep hearing rustling just behind them.
Keep seeing shadows cross their peripheral vision.
Some others that come to mind also:
The cursed becomes an interest to dogs of all stripes. They will follow him constantly, begging for food, or attention, sleeping next to him when possible, being a general nuisance. Stealing food, frightening the horses, giving the victim unlimited access to fleas, and ticks, and whatever burrs and debris is lodged in their fur. These are cowardly, whining, mincing mutts, not guard animals.
Victim becomes repellant to fish. Not such a big deal until it is time to cast a few lines in the water, and try to catch dinner, then no one catches anything. This is a fine curse, I myself suffer from it.
Victim leaves tarnished fingerprints on exposed metal. Silver comes away with black marks, copper comes away with green, etc. Leather straps and bands rot quickly, in a matter of weeks in constant contact with skin. TRy wearing a watch with this one!
Victim is cursed with a picky stomach. Cannot eat a certain staple food as it makes them queasy, violently ill, gives 'em diahrea and so on. The victim can no longer eat beef, or potatoes, or some other basic or daily food. A severe curse might make an uncommon food poisonous. One bit of celery could be potentially fatal...
Victim is cursed with a volatile temper, confronting them with it makes them angry, almost everything makes them angry. Fight, maim, punish!
Lets get Biblical
Feast of Ashes - regular food no longer sustains the character, eating it makes them violently ill to the point of vomiting. The only thing the character can eat is cold ash, taken from expired fires, torches, braziers. Messy to eat, meager at the very best, and it tastes like ash.
Curse of Night - sunlight causes the victim discomfort. Bright light hurts their eyes, and they sun burn with astonishing speed. Only cool, dark places offer respite from this maladiction. Double any damage from exposure to the sun.
Curse of Salt - No plant will grow for the victim, he has the proverbial brown thumb and must rely on the labor of others, or the flesh of beasts for his sustainence.
okay, i think that is enough for now.
Arrows are seemingly drawn towards the victim. Archers will shoot at him first, and a signifigant portion of wild, and massed vollies will fly towards the character. Someone deliberately shooting at the PC will have a very hard time missing.
Curse of the Pea
There will always be a spot of pea-gravel that hounds the victim. It may hide, a phantom in his boot or shoe, or it may be a lump under his bedroll, keeping him from much needed sleep.
Curse of Orpheus
Victim is afflicted by hideous nightmares that prevent most sleep, hindering healing and the regeneration of HP, or magic points, dependant on system.
Curse of the Fool
The fool is blinded to what he truely possesses. Lust is transposed for love, savagery for honor, and whimsey for wisdom. The fool becomes impulsive, and forgetful of all bonds, be they of law or friendship
The unfortunate keeps finding dead people. Be it natural or unnatural death, known people or strangers that died in his or her vicinity are too often found.
The exact impact depends on the relation to the deceased, but over time, the high number of corpses one finds begins to take its toll. The curse does not make people die, but drastically heightens the chance of finding a body. The victim is but likely to start attributing these deaths to itself, that for some reason are they linked to him, or happen because of her.
Most victims of the curse inevitably start leading a lonely life, some completely withdraw from civilisation. If someone is of a particularly resistant nature, one could become a finder of bodies of lost friends or relatives. Some victims go mad.
The victims may easily attract unwished attention from the authorities, or enraged mobs.
Can't remember the name of the creature that did this to our party but it was annoying.
Everything we owned changed color. All our hair changed bright colors like purple or orange. Our horses turned multi colored. Our skin changed color to a color of the rainbow. This was not something we could wash off. No matter if we cut our hair, it would grow back the same color. Our horse, no matter how much it was groomed would always be green with yellow or blue hair.
This lasted for a few months until we appeased to the little imp that did it. In which time, we were not allowed into a few cities and villages for fear of being cursed and spreading it.
While subtle at first, this vile curse can drive a victim into desperation and insanity.
Its effects manifest in events hampering the character's relationships - either the father of his beloved mistakes him for some enemy of his, chasing the unfortunate love-struck PC out of town, or his sister takes an instant dislike of the character's beloved because ... say, he wears furs and the sister just happened to join PETA.
Also, coincidences happen that compromise his beloved or him - a sailor might approach them and claim that she's but a harlot he had some fun with some time ago, or an ardent fan of the heroic PC leaps at him and starts hugging and kissing him just as his fiancee enters the door. An ex-lover of hers might get drunk and tell of the highly unusual (preferably repulsive) sexual practices she favored back then...
When they sit on a bench during a romantic evening, it will start to rain. The candlelight dinner will be contaminated with salmonella or other germs. When, finally, they get to a nice warm and cozy place, and let their passion lead them... a fire breaks out, the city watch storms the appartment on the search for criminals or illegal goods, or all the neighbors start making noise.
Should the character and his beloved endure all these hardships, and get to marry, the rings will get lost, the priest run over by a drunk dwarf, and resistance fighters assault the temple, while the replacement priest turns out to be the demon prince Asmodeus intent on devouring their souls...
The PC allways ends up saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. Insults to bouncers/innkeepers/patrons will come out of his/her mouth without him/her meaning to. Passwords will be wrong even when he or she knows them. Spells will have a wrong word in them which either makes them fail or become a totally random spell. The PC finds him/herself lying when the truth would be best and telling the truth when it would cause offence. Romance with this curse is almost impossible.
The character is unable to see through mirrors, unless having closed eyes. So if he closes eyes, and there is a mirror nearby, he will see what he normally would see in it. Ironically, a mirror displays the eyes also reversed - closed when they are not, and open when actually closed.
Note that it is very hard to fall asleep while in the presence of a mirror. While one could note movement, and be warned of it, it guarantees no wake-up, only disturbing of dreams.
The curse also works on reflective surfaces of any kind. Lakes for instance, loose much of their beauty.
The first time the afflicted tells a lie, a little imp pops into existence over his shoulder and corrects him, blurting out the truth for anyone in earshot. Thereafter, any attempts to be subtle, diplomatic, or even falsely polite are foiled, as the imp blurts out whatever the character is thinking but not saying.
Curse of Curses (Got this one from Reaper Man)
Everytime the afflicted swears, it materialises as a little creature above his head. The viler the curse, the more bizarre the creature it becomes. These creatures follow the afflicted around like ducklings follow their mother, settlign on his head and shoulders whenever he stops moving.
A variant on the above, is constant humming. This can be either a low mechanical drone, or what sounds like someone (source unascertainable) humming some unknown song--someone without any sense of tone or rhythm. Any of these variants makes stealth impossible, and the noise-cursed one unbearable in short order.
A deceptively simple one at first, loose threads, slowly adds up to larger problems. While the occassional loose thread isn't anything to lose sleep over, this cursed character constantly has at least one loose thead somewhere. Clothes slowly unravel, and there is a danger of anattended threads getting caught on something (or someone) or causing the inflicted to trip and fall. This becomes an especially irritating curse in the presence of someone with the compulsion to remove any loose threads found. First one, then another, then another... until the poor cursed victim is left naked.
Technology is the character's bane. One's keys get stuck, the computer blue screens, the copier jams, and so on. If the device is going to break, jam, or mysteriously stop work (only to start again later) it will happen to this character about (1/6th or 1/10th the time).
Now this is a valid curse in a fantasy world. However, since most worlds have few machines they are truly out to get you. Beware locks, traps, and oddly moving doors. They will target the characters. Of course, the things might go "berserk" and go off on everyone nearby.
The character has some catchy tune stuck in their head. It is often one tune, but it can be a selection if the GM is nice. Imagine hearing Greensleeves 24/7...
To simulate the curse, the player should be wearing headphones with the song playing OR the song should be being played softly in the gaming area. The character will have negative modifiers to perception rolls and will frequently just get upset about having the songs (having either small roleplayed "fits" or having minues to perform some task because of the frustration.
The victim just cannot find peace in this world. You know, you get out of your hectic work for a nice weekend, but your neighbors happen to start a big reconstruction of their home. When they stop, then there's the kids crying and screaming. When they run off, your family comes for a visit, and you can't refuse them. At night there will be the cats fighting, the dogs barking, and some rodent scratching between the walls. Sleeping late is not an option either.
Smokers will happen to be around you all the time, if you hate smoking - and everyone will insist that you stop it, if you don't. No matter what you do, someone or something will disturb and ruin any bit of peace that you might find. You better find out who did this to you...
The PC/s have a musical song following them around that changes depending on what they are doing and cannot be turned off by any spell.. Sneaking around becomes impossible and sleeping becomes very hard to do.
A character starts to have vivid dreams of crucial moments of their life, and often of larger importance. The enraging quality of these dreams is that they happen always AFTER the events in them have transpired.
It is best to apply this curse to those that wished for a prophetic ability, or have actually insulted (or harmed) a seer.
The dreams will show useful details, that would have made the encounter much easier, or enabled its success at all. Of course, the character will already know most of them, much to his or her annoyance.
(Usage: the dreams can be as unpleasant as desired. Should the GM feel generous, he could reveal clues that were missed, or even things the characters didn't see. In general, paths not taken can be shown, more 'feeling' of a setting provided, and make PCs think of their choices. One cannot go wrong with showing what already happened - and conversely, it can be shown that the events were destined to look differently, and so demonstrate the heroes are in fact changing the future; for better or for worse. It could be also fun to show at great detail an event that seemed completely innocent... perhaps it wasn't.)
It is the character's eyes, that annoy everyone. The ladies won't get rid of the suspicion, that he keeps staring at their chest or other attractive parts. The men will sense that threatening sideways look... the character may not be even close to that.
The curse is often sent down on those, who have have looked at what they shouldn't see. Now everybody sees their spying nature. It tends to get ugly fast.
The victim of this curse has all articles of clothing in their possession deteriorate to the state of little more than rags within a few days to a week. Metal armors will rust and corrode, Leather ones becoming rancid and foul smelling before falling apart.
This curse is often inflicted upon those that are vain about their appearance to teach them a lesson in humility.
This recipient of this curse tends to suffer from the "call of nature" frequently and at the most inopportune times. (such as while giving a important speech, or kneeling before the king, and even during the middle of combat and romantic intimacies)
These urges present themselves suddenly and without warning, causing the poor person to have an embarrassing (and sometimes messy) accident in front of everyone present.
Those who have been suffering from this lack of bladder and bowel control for more than a few days often learn to wear absorbent undergarments, or long dresses, (or baggy pants for the men) to help lessen the obviousness of the repeated public "performances" that they unwillingly provide throughout the day.
Due to it's ultimately disgracing and publicly amusing side effects this curse is often cast upon nobles and other influential people with the sole purpose of damaging their reputation. In some circumstances this curse has terminated arranged marriages and even brought war between formerly allied kingdoms.
While at first a great increase in physical strength may seem like a blessing, the receiver of this curse will soon learn to regret the "benefits" this curse provides. Although easily as strong as a dozen full grown men, the recipient lacks the ability to control this strength, continually damaging delicate objects such as drinking glasses, flimsy door latches and snapping bowstrings. Attempting to dress themselves and fasten delicate buttons or pull bootlaces tight is all but impossible without help, to say nothing of the thin leather straps that holds their armor on.
The true dangers of this curse only come to light when the afflicted attempts to touch another person or even themselves. To their horror they find their lack of control turns a simple handshake into a bone crushing grip, and swatting a fly upon their cheek can leave them with missing teeth and even a broken jaw.
Those with this curse often find themselves unable to bathe or scratch their own itches without leaving bloody furrows along their skin, and even wiping themselves after using the bathroom can be an experience too painful for words. (This goes double for ladies.)
This curse is usually cast upon those who are obsessed with being stronger, or enjoy lording their strength over others in a cruel manner. (Such as the bullies in the local town guard.)
A favorite of court jesters and anybody else who wishes the kings latest rambling speech would get over with already. This curse is another that might seem like a benefit at first, rendering the recipient unable to drown, suffocate, or be affected by any inhaled vapors by removing from them the ability (or need) to draw breath. The side effect of this, besides being rendered completely mute, is the continual problem of being mistaken for dead when asleep or otherwise not moving.
Despite it's favored use as a punishment for careless or unruly wizards, this curse is also often cast upon the town gossip mongers and rumor mills. And more recently upon soldiers who can't shut up on watch, and those absent minded people who have given away the wrong persons vital secrets by a slip of the tongue.
Though it's effects are not immediately apparent, (especially for old elves and dwarves) the aging process of this person begins to run backwards at a slow, but ever accelerating rate. At first they grow younger slowly by a week for every 3-4 days, then gradually increasing to a month every day, quickly leaving them a mewling helpless babe over the course of a short year or two.
This curse was first created by a angry god who grew weary of hearing the numerous prayers for youth from the old and wizened, and wished to remind them the pains of growing old are nothing compared to the pain of growing young again.
While one may consider this curse to indeed be a boon, as their frail aging bodies quickly regain a measure of lost youth and virility. However the jealousy of their closest friends and family members turns this from a joy to horror, as they realize they will likely outlive their lovers and perhaps even children, not to mention being hunted by those who are eager to learn their "secret" of youth.
Perhaps the most painful part of this curse onsets at the age of 18 (for humans anyway) as the body begins to undevelop and actually shrink in what is an unnatural and hideously painful process, often snapping what little of their sanity remains.


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Ravens let the Niners back in the game. Over in the 49ers forums they're blaming bad officiating. But of course they don't mention the power outage that literally broke the Ravens momentum and gave the 49ers a second chance. The Ravens were reeling after that 109 yard return, they would've shut the Whiners down had the power stayed on.
Anyway, I think the Seahawks could have won the Superbowl this year. So next season, there should be no excuses for not going all the way.


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List of unnamed Federation starships of the Oberth-class.
Battle of Wolf 359 Edit
This unnamed Oberth-class starship was in service to Starfleet in the latter half of the 24th century. The starship was destroyed by the Borg in the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2366, along with 38 other starships. Just as Benjamin Sisko entered his quarters on board the USS Saratoga, during the evacuation, this Oberth-class starship was hit by a cutting beam pulse from the Borg cube. The cutting beam destroyed the front saucer section of the ship in a massive explosion, sending the derelict hulk hurtling past the Saratoga. (DS9: "Emissary")
Evacuation of Veridian IIIEdit
In 2371, an unnamed Oberth-class starship assisted the USS Farragut and an unnamed Miranda-class starship in recovering the crew of USS Enterprise-D from Veridian III, following the forced crash-landing of its saucer section. (Star Trek Generations)
Battle of Sector 001 Edit
At least three unnamed Oberth-class starships fought against the Borg in the Battle of Sector 001 in 2373.
One destroyed vessel is seen quickly after the Defiant maneuvers past a destroyed hulk on a strafing run on the cube. Another two vessels were on the far side of the attacking Borg cube when the cube was first engaged by the USS Enterprise-E. (Star Trek: First Contact)
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This week I went to the second grade chapel assembly due to the unwritten rule requiring attendance at the presentation sponsored by your own child's class. This was my self-appointed date with good Christian motherhood. Don't get me wrong, I love that my kids go to chapel once a week, and I love seeing them in brown paper pilgrim bags, picking their noses, and stumbling over memorized verses. It's some kind of Christian school right of passage to publicly embarrass yourself while attempting to read aloud certain Biblical characters and places.
But the Second Grade does the annual Veterans Day chapel. I knew this would be a pretty rough one for a certain little girl who was the only one in the class with a deployed daddy, let alone for me. So to make up for it (I'm a classic overachiever), I coordinated with the school to have Husband make a big screen Skype appearance. 'Cuz I am the mom-bomb. But at noon the day before the assembly, I got an email marked "urgent" that said Husband's unit was headed in country for a few days. There would be no Skype. Thank goodness I've learned over the years not to tell the kids about events that rely upon military coordination for success.
Undeterred to fulfill my duty, I showed up. The program opened with an adorable little girl with sparkly silver pants who led us in the "Pledges of Allegiance." She put her left hand over her non-heart, and stood frozen in horror for a good three seconds before deciding to surreptitiously change hands. Next, a child describing the holiday concluded with, "And that's why we honor our vet – vet – vet – veterinarians!"
And oh, the cheesy patriotic hymns took me off guard. There's a long list of patriots in our family: my grandpa and great uncles were at Normandy and the South Pacific, my grandmother went with her sisters to the shipyards during WWII, my father was a Naval Aviator, Husband's father flew the controversial B52 in Vietnam, and of course there is Husband.
But what started as a swell of pride turned quickly to a gut punch when they announced a class reading of a book called "America's White Table." I honestly think I didn't breathe for ten whole seconds as the children filed out of the row to take their places up front. If you're not familiar, most formal dining events in the military contain a small white table, chair tipped inward, perfectly set but never occupied. Even those who don't understand the significance of each item on the table can appreciate its iconic value once they see it. A projection of the book's cover washed us all with light, and I realized this was going to be exactly what I had feared.
Sweet Pea was sitting next to me, and as I looked down at her over the tears that were already welling up in my eyes, I had to suck it in, really suck it in hard. I could not lose it; I just got done lecturing her that we shouldn't be sad all the time because Daddy would want us to be happy and healthy until he returns. So I sucked that snot right up into my nose, and gave her a pained fake smile. She clearly wasn't buying it, so I winked. But unfortunately a tear I had been holding in took that opportunity to pop out.
She squeezed our family signal into my hand three times:
once for "I" once for "love" and once for "you."
And then one by one, as the book was read, children deposited various items on the table:a white linen for purity of motive; a slice of lemon for the bitter fate of the missing; a pinch of salt for the tears of their families; an inverted glass for the missed meal; a red rose for the hopes and prayers of those awaiting their loved one's return; a red ribbon tied to the vase for our determination in finding them; a black napkin for the prisoners of war; and a lit candle, to remind us that America is a light in a world of darkness.
By this time there was no hiding the tears that were clearly streaming down my face. All I could do was turn slightly away from Sweet Pea, who was very clearly looking to me to be the glue that held her own little moment in place. I couldn't even hold my own together, with the "what ifs" flooding in. I failed miserably at that task, offering instead four gentle squeezes of the hand: "I love you, too."
I couldn't decide what had overcome me most. I was honored by my heritage, thankful for Husband's life and safety, appreciative of those who had sacrificed theirs, guilty for feeling happy about having my husband in one piece, annoyed that I didn't see it coming, sorry for my children, and lonely – all at the same time.
As I finally left the school, I sent some text messages to those who I know have done multiple tours. It didn't provide nearly the satisfaction I was hoping for.
I was left pondering how else to be truly thankful.
I think the best we can do is to be thankful ourselves. Veteran's day really is a great lead-in to Thanksgiving. Both are uniquely American holidays that give us an entire season to be grateful for our lives. I challenge you today to find the long list of blessings around you that you take for granted. And then, would you please take some time in the upcoming week to say thank you to a Vet? It's easy: just find the older man wearing the navy blue cap with the name of his ship on the brim.
If they were brave enough to serve their country in a foreign land, you just might find the courage to approach a stranger


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Throwback of the Day: How to NOT Call a Turkey
Given that Thanksgiving is right around the corner, I imagine that some of you have procrastinated in picking up the hero of the annual meal. In case your local market is out of the fully prepped birds, you can always go the natural route and hunt one down yourself. This morning talk show advises you on what equipment you'll need and how NOT to use it.
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Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, and the second largest city in Ireland. People tend to either absolutely love the place or detest it, and most likely probably both. Voted the fourth best city in the UK for a city break in the Guardian/Observer travel awards, yet given a solid thrashing in a recent book of crap towns, a visit to Belfast will be rewarded by a glimpse of the most unique city in the UK or Ireland.
Get in
By plane
Belfast International Airport is approximately 30 miles from the city centre. You can access the airport by airport bus leaving Belfast Europa Buscentre on the hour and half hour and returning to the city at 10 and 40 minutes past the hour. Belfast International can be reached by plane with easyJet from many UK cities. They also fly from Amsterdam, Paris, Nice, Malaga and Alicante. Bmibaby fly from Teeside, Manchester, East Midlands, Birmingham, and Cardiff. Jet2 fly from Leeds/Bradford, Barcelona and Prague. Continental fly direct to Belfast from New York Newark airport. Smaller airlines also fly from Aberdeen and Brussels.
Belfast City Airport is around 3 miles from the city centre. It is served by an airport bus, but a taxi to Belfast is not very expensive. It is served by the regional airlines flybe, BA City Express and aer arann to many UK cities and Cork. Bmi also make several flights a day to London Heathrow.
Belfast is also served by public transport from Dublin Airport, 100 miles to the south. The Seacat sails from Belfast to Troon, beside Glasgow Prestwick Airport, and takes 2 1/2 hours. Tickets bought to Belfast from Asia, America or Australia will generally involve a change of plane in London Heathrow.
By train
Northern Ireland Railways run a limited service from Belfast to Derry, Larne, Portrush, Bangor and Newry. The Enterprise, the fast train to Dublin, leaves from Belfast Central to Dublin Connolly. Travelling by train to anywhere else in Ireland requires a change in Dublin.
By bus
Ulsterbus operate the intercity bus network in Northern Ireland. Eurolines operate 2 daily services to Glasgow and Edinburgh, and 2 daily services to London via Manchester and Birmingham. All of these are via Stranraer.
By boat
Belfast is accessible from Stranraer, Cairnryan, the Isle of Man, Liverpool and Troon.
Get around
The centre of Belfast is small enough to be explored by foot. Citybus operate the Belfast bus network. Buses stop at around 10 at night, as do suburban trains. A few night buses run on Friday and Saturday night. Also of interest are the shared taxis of West Belfast. These run along set routes and cost around £1, no matter how long the journey. These taxis are an unmissable Belfast attraction, just act as the locals do. Many hostels and hotels will be able to organise Black Taxi tours, which are highly recommended.
However to confuse things, the black taxis which hang around the airports, train stations, bus stations and ports are not recommended, as they are often unmetered and can overcharge. Instead ring a reputable taxi company such as fonacab (90333333), Stranmillis Taxis (90200400) or City Cab (90242000).
Central and South
Belfast has the full complement of high street chain stores that can be found in any other UK and Irish city. It does however have a variety of more interesting places to browse and shop, and a visit to Belfast would not be complete without a visit to them.
St. George's Market, on May Street, is situated near Belfast Central Station. It is Northern Ireland's largest indoor market and one of Belfast's major attractions for visitors and locals alike. Farmers markets are held on Saturdays, and variety markets are held on Tuesdays Fridays. Opening hours are 6am-2pm. It sells a fascinating range of foods, clothing and crafts. You can pick up some real bargains here, and the market itself provides a fascinating glimpse into Belfast life both past and present.
Smithfield Market, on Winetavern Street, behind the Castle Court shopping centre, is a treasure trove of independent retail outlets, and provides a much more authentic experience than the aforementioned Castle Court centre.
You will also find a number of interesting shops on and around College Street, and on Dublin Road.
Pubs and bars
Any of the pubs and clubs on the 'Golden Mile' between the University and the City Hall. The bars in the Odyssey are also popular. Alternatively, try the following;
Stay safe
Belfast's reputation as a dangerous city is much exaggerated, however it pays to be careful. The area between the City Hall and the University is mostly safe, but be careful walking anywhere else in Belfast alone at night. Be careful, ask locals for advice and enjoy the hospitality of the vast majority of Belfast people. And don't make any overtly political statements about Northern Ireland unless you really know what you are talking about.
For all Belfast's faults, it is still a great place to spend some time when you scratch the surface of tribal politics and lousy urban planning. It is a city seemingly always on the brink of something bad happening, and an air of danger and excitement is always present. More importantly, it is a place on the doorstep of the UK and Republic of Ireland, yet completely different to anywhere in these places. You will learn more about the British and Irish psyche than a trip to a cheesy Irish pub in Dublin or a trip to Buckingham Palace. It provides an example (whether good, bad, or otherwise) into how ethnic conflicts can be solved the world over. Most of all, it is interesting in a way that Cork, Leeds or Bristol just aren't.
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Ben S. Bernanke will step down as chairman of the Federal Reserve later this month after guiding the institution and economy through one of the worst periods in its 100-year history, but leaving a legacy that has yet to be determined.
Bernanke, who became chairman in 2006, confronted a housing bust, mortgage industry collapse, and global financial crisis, attacking them with bold measures that pushed the central bank to the limits of its legal authority. But he, like many economists, lawmakers, and policy makers, failed to foresee the crisis in the first place, allowing bubbles in the economy to expand to their inevitable breaking point.
He helped engineer massive bailouts of large banks that may have prevented the collapse of the financial system, but also fueled suspicions about the Federal Reserve, its secrecy, and connections to Wall Street. The Fed has been a favorite target of conspiracy theorists since its inception, but regular Americans also came to view the Fed, and Bernanke himself, as pawns of Wall Street, taking to streets and parks in protests.
Yet Bernanke, who steps down Jan. 31, opened the Fed's Kremlin-esque culture by expanding its communications with the public and even appearing on TV shows, including "60 Minutes." He also will leave an economy that finally appears to be gaining traction after the worst recession in 70 years.
Ultimately, analysts said, Bernanke will best be remembered for taking decisive action in the heat of a crisis, using new and creative tools to save the economy and financial system from collapse.
"Ben Bernanke gets an A-plus for recognizing that this was a risk of a repeat of the Great Depression and jumping in with a huge set of tools to address it," said Peter A. Diamond, an MIT economics professor and Nobel laureate. "When we get around to judging some of the decision makers after the crisis, I think Ben will be flagged as being on the right side of the debate."
Bernanke was nominated as Federal Reserve chairman by President George W. Bush. An economics professor at Princeton, he had deep ties in Boston, graduating from Harvard, earning his PhD at MIT, and later working as a research fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. He also developed a deep allegiance to the Red Sox, though news reports say he has switched to the Washington Nationals.
Bernanke's key area of scholarship was the Great Depression and the Federal Reserve's reaction then to developments that transformed a recession into a global economic catastrophe. Although these studies did not help him predict the onset of the Great Recession, they guided his response.
Robert Shiller, a Yale economics professor who shared the 2013 Nobel Prize in economics for his research on how human behavior affects financial markets, said he doesn't blame Bernanke individually for missing the signs of impending disaster. Instead, the culprit was the culture of "groupthink" in the highest echelons of power.
Fed officials and credit rating agencies went along with the generally accepted "enlightened opinion" that there was no mortgage crisis in the making, even though some of the Fed's own research had identified a housing bubble. Shiller said he spoke with one Fed researcher who had noted the housing bubble in his work, but the view was so unpopular, it caused the researcher to downplay his findings.
Bernanke "didn't somehow manage to clear his head and think forcefully on this issue," Shiller said recently. "Eventually, he did take action though."
Some of those actions, of course, were controversial. The Fed invoked its emergency powers to bail out institutors such as the global insurance giant AIG and Wall Street bank Bear Stearns. Just as controversial was the decision by the Fed and the Bush administration to allow Lehman Brothers to fail, igniting the financial crisis that helped transform a modest economic downturn into the Great Recession.
In a speech at George Washington University in 2012, Bernanke told students the episode was a "very difficult and in many ways distasteful intervention that we had to do on the grounds that we needed to do that to prevent the system from collapsing."
"Clearly," he added, "it is something fundamentally wrong with a system in which some companies are 'too big to fail.' "
Many economists say Bernanke and the Fed were slow to recognize the weakness of the economy and the consequences of the looming financial crisis. In late 2007, for example, Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, dissented from the central bank's decision to cut interest rates modestly, arguing that a deeper cut was warranted to help stabilize deteriorating economic conditions.
Rosengren, a friend of Bernanke's who worked with him briefly, acknowledged another failing of the Fed in the run-up to the financial crisis. The Fed had not regulated banks, the mortgage industry, and Wall Street sufficiently, which could have prevented some abuses that helped cause the crisis. Instead, he said, the Federal Reserve took no action believing the situation was not as severe or dire as it ultimately became.
"There's a broad responsibility there that was missed," Rosengren said. "I would include the Fed and other sectors of the government and the economic profession more generally."
In the aftermath of the crisis, he said, Bernanke has led efforts to increase Fed bank supervision and introduced stress tests to help gauge whether banks can withstand an economic shock.
Bernanke also has highlighted his efforts to make the Federal Reserve more open and transparent. He instituted quarterly news conferences with reporters, a bold departure for an institution that for most of its history didn't publicly announce its interest rate decisions.
And instead of speaking in the deliberately vague manner of his predecessor, Alan Greenspan, Bernanke has offered explicit targets for inflation and straightforward information on interest rates. Rosengren said Bernanke had an openness "never seen in a Federal Reserve chairman."
As Bernanke prepares to leave the Fed, his key monetary policies are expected to remain in place for some time. At his last press conference, Bernanke said policy makers would hold the Fed's key short-term interest rate near zero until "well past the time" that the unemployment rate drops below 6.5 percent. (The US unemployment rate was 7 percent in November.)
The Fed will trim, but continue, its unprecedented bond-buying program, aimed at stimulating the economy by holding down long-term interest rates, such as for mortgages. Over three rounds of bond buying, first launched in 2008, the Fed has pumped more than $2 trillion into the economy.
But the ultimate success of these programs may well be judged by whether the Fed, under Bernanke's presumptive successor, Janet Yellen, can withdraw the massive amount of stimulus before igniting inflation or delivering new shocks to the economy. And that means the final chapter of Bernanke's legacy has yet to be written.
"Obviously, it's something we've never done before," Diamond said of the Fed's efforts to taper its stimulus. "It would be silly to not recognize the possibility of surprises."Megan Woolhouse can be reached at email@example.com


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Lynx Edge Sparks To Advance To WNBA Finals
The Minnesota Lynx downed the L.A. Sparks 80-79 Sunday to win the Western Conference Finals 2 games to none. Candice Parker made a late 3-pointer from 30 feet away before Monica Wright responded with a 3-pointer of her own to put the Lynx back on top. Alana Beard missed a 16-foot shot at the buzzer that would have won the game for L.A.
Seimone Augustus led the Lynx with 21 points, Maya Moore added 20 points and Lindsay Whalen chipped in 17. The Lynx go back to the WNBA Finals and will play either Connecticut or Indiana. Indiana plays at Connecticut in game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight at 7pm. Connecticut leads the series 1 game to none.


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Eat For Africa Spaghetti Dinner Set For Wednesdayby Brent Harris • February 2, 2010 Share:
Twenty-four Wabash students have planned an Eat For Africa spaghetti dinner Wednesday evening. The event will serve as a fund-raising effort for their spring break trip to Botswana.
The dinner begins at 5:30 p.m. prior to the Wabash vs. Earlham basketball game. The cost is $5 or any flat donation to the students' travel fund. The dinner will be held in the Allen Center Classroom.
Wabash students will travel to Botswana during spring break for the third consecutive year. Students have traveled with OneWay Ministries out of Wheaton, Illinois, spending the week visiting villages and prisons around Maun.


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Orange council limits flagpole height … again
At the Orange City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 23, the council again unanimously approved an ordinance regulating the size and height of flagpoles and banners for residential and commercial property in Orange.
According to city attorney Jack Smith, it was necessary to re-read and hold a new vote on the proposed ordinance that would amend Orange's code of ordinances by adding article 7.1500 limiting height to 45 feet on commercial property because councilwoman Essie Bellfield was not in attendance at the prior meeting held April 8 due to a family illness, and the emergency measure was required to have "unanimous approval." Smith said that had the language of the requirement been simply "unanimous approval of those present at the meeting," the vote April 8 would have most assuredly been acceptable; however, Smith said as he looked over rules regarding emergency agenda items, it was unclear whether or not the vote could be challenged if litigation were to arise from the passing of the ordinance due to the language included in the requirement. Again, the ordinance passed unanimously, but this time with all council members in attendance.
The ordinance came to pass after controversy arose over a proposed Confederate veterans memorial park off Interstate 10 near MLK Drive in Orange. The memorial would display 26 Confederate flags including the notorious Confederate battle flag that some Orange citizens have for weeks been saying they find offensive.
During citizen comments, Orange resident Paul Guillory said he believes the community has been too focused on attacking Granvel Block, a local commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) who purchased the land for the memorial on behalf of the group. He said instead citizens should question those who issued the permit and find out why no one knew it was a Confederate memorial or refused to permit the building of the structure at the time the permit was requested. He said the city employees should not have issued the permit.
"I want to know who signed the permit," Guillory said. "I think the city should own up to their mistake."
Orange resident George LeVias addressed the council once again after speaking at the previous meeting. He felt the permit could be reversed because, he said, the permit was issued for a veterans memorial and did not mention it was a "Confederate" memorial. He said in Memphis, a building permit was issued and then reversed for the same reason.
No one from SCV spoke at the meeting but, according to Councilwoman Annette Pernell, the city has received two letters from people supporting the memorial. She said the first letter was from someone who passes through Orange but is not a resident and who was "disappointed" the city passed the resolution April 8 denouncing the memorial. In that letter, Pernell said the individual penning the correspondence said they would stop by the memorial but would not do business in Orange because the city was not in favor of it.
The second letter the city received was signed "Raiford Jimerson." A search of the name listed the corrected spelling for the first name corresponding to the address provided on the correspondence as "Rayford." In the letter, Jimerson addresses the issue and states he is a supporter of the memorial but not of Pernell or the group protesting the erection of the memorial.
"I am 100 percent in favor of the Confederate Park being built, and I don't like Pernell and her band of fools trying to stop it," Jimerson wrote.
Jimerson says that as a veteran, he feels those objecting to the park are "insulting" him and his family.
Pernell said she is not really against the memorial, but she is against the Confederate battle flag she fears she will be forced to see every day. In correspondence, Pernell encouraged friends to continue to speak out and let their displeasure in regard to the Confederate memorial be known. She said she would continue to do her part, as well.
"Please know that this and any other letter will not deter me from doing what I think is best, just, or right for the citizens who ask for my help. Mr. Raiford (the author of this letter) is simply speaking his mind and that is not something to get bent out of shape over. It does, however, let me know that this nation has a long way to go in order to rid ourselves of the hatred we have for one another."


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Travel in time and explore the history of communication on a ride that takes you from the Stone Age to the computer age.
Enter the iconic geosphere for a look at the landmark moments that made today's communications technology possible.
Travel back to the dawn of recorded history, when early man painted his thoughts on cave walls, the Egyptians invented papyrus and the Phoenicians devised the alphabet. See ideas spread like wildfire with the invention of Johannes Gutenberg's printing press, Greek systems of mathematics and the inspiring works of the masters of the Renaissance. The wheels of time turn ever faster as we progress to the modern age of media communications, from newspapers announcing the end of the Civil War to the televised broadcast of the moon landing and beyond.
Lifelike Audio-Animatronics displays and the soothing tones of narrator Dame Judi Dench give you an inspiring history lesson on this leisurely, 16-minute Omnimover-style ride.
Upon your return to Earth and the present day, you'll have the chance to design the kind of future you want to live in using the touch screen in front of you. Answer several brief questions then get ready to see what your tomorrow looks like!
As intricate and visually impressive as it is, there's a lot more to Spaceship Earth than meets the eye. Knowing that it would become the flagship attraction of Epcot and set the tone for the park as a whole, Disney Imagineers assembled some of the world's greatest talents.
The all-star roster includes Academy Award® winner Judi Dench and 10-time Emmy® winner Bruce Boughton, who conducted a 63-piece orchestra and 24-voice choir for his musical score. If you listen closely, you'll notice that the music for each scene features styles and instruments appropriate to the era, transitioning seamlessly into the next—no small feat.
And Ray Bradbury, author of the novel Fahrenheit 451 and an avid Disney fan, helped design the 180-foot-tall Epcot ball as well as pen the attraction's original storyline. With such a legacy, it's no wonder that Spaceship Earth has earned such signature status.
Depart from Spaceship Earth to discover a series of challenging games and engaging displays inside an interactive play area for Guests of all ages.


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Current city water storage totals 1,205 acre feet, compared to 1,590 acre feet last year and 2,568 acre feet in 2011.
City Manager Jeremy Redd reports that residents did a great job conserving water last summer, but it has contributed to a $95,605 drop in water revenue over six months compared to last year.
In addition, year-to-date expenses (six months) have increased $23,711, due in large part to the $34,407 spent to pump wells.
Adding to the challenge: there may be no water this year to sell to the White Mesa Mill. Water purchases by the mill last year totaled $55,000.
Redd said water use last year was down 908,000 gallons at the Visitor Center Park, and 835,000 gallons at Centennial Park.
The City pumped 13.5 acre feet of water from deep wells in December.
Use of the city Wellness Center is up, with crowd control needed at busy times of the day. City recreation director David Palmer reports that Utah State University pays for 200 student memberships a semester, and they are all being used.
Year-to-date revenue at this point is $83,806, compared to $81,408 last year and $88,761 in 2011.
The Blanding City Council met on January 14 with a new look and new assignments under the direction of new Mayor Calvin Balch.
Assignments include:
Calvin Balch: Police, Fire, Office, Finance, Insurance.
Kelly Laws: Mayor Pro Tem, Transportation District, Sewer and Water Board.
Joe B Lyman: Planning, Zoning, Christmas.
David Johnson: Power Board, Airport, Solid Waste, Storm Water.
Robert Ogle: 4th of July Celebration, Arts and Events Center, Travel Council.
Taylor Harrison: Parks, Recreation, Natural Gas
Appointed officers include Jeremy Redd as City Administrator, Kim Palmer as City Treasurer, Terry Ekker as City Engineer, Lyle Bayles as City Marshall, William Walker as Justice Court Judge, and Craig Stanley as Fire Chief.


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Juventus vs AC Milan Copa Italia Match Report
January 10, 2013
Juventus emerged the victors after 120 minutes of hard-fought football in front of their own fans, as they squeezed past AC Milan 2-1 in Wednesday's Coppa Italia quarter-final.
The Bianconeri fell behind to Stephan El Shaarawy's early strike, but levelled through Sebastian Giovinco before Mirko Vucinic sent the game in extra time.
The crowd at Juventus Stadium was treated to a frenetic start to the quarter-final clash, as both teams pushed forward in search of an early opener.
Massimo Ambrosini was the first man to take aim at goal, his early snapshot pushed over the bar by Marco Storari with barely two minutes on the clock.
It was a warning for Juve, and one the home team failed to heed as they fell almost instantly behind.
Kevin-Prince Boateng stretched the home defence with a storming run down the left flank, and did enough to turn in a low cross from the byeline.
Giampaolo Pazzini was intelligent enough to let the ball run and it was El Shaarawy who took full advantage, as the Serie A top scorer curled a well-taken effort past the flailing Storari and into the corner of the net.
Milan's attacking prowess could not hide certain deficiencies at the back, though, and Alessandro Matri had a golden chance to level proceedings after connecting with a cross from Sebastian Giovinco, but unmarked, the striker nodded wide.
Fortunately for the hosts, that miss was a minor blip on their way to an equaliser.
Francesco Acerbi was the villain for Milan, after giving away possession he compounded his error by felling Matri on the edge of the area.
A marvellous free-kick from Giovinco gave Marco Amelia no chance, and with just 12 minutes played Juve were back on level terms at 1-1.
The Rossoneri continued to press in search of the lead, but in truth were rather lucky to enter half-time level both on the scoresheet and in terms of personnel.
Giovinco was handed another chance to strike from a dead-ball situation, but this time Amelia was equal to it and pulled off a spectacular save to tip the effort over.
The attacker then failed to capitalise on Acerbi's scuffed header that put him clean through against Amelia, firing wide on his left foot.
Phillippe Mexes, meanwhile, pushed his luck by obstructing Storari, having already earned a booking for a vicious challenge, but to Juve's disappointment he was given a final warning.
The game continued in the same open, high-octane fashion after the interval, and Giovinco again had the chance to put his side in the ascendancy.
The striker attempted to take advantage of a fortuitous deflection from close range, but he failed to make decent contact and Amelia had little problem in saving down low.
At the other end Boateng also troubled the keeper, forcing Storari to get down and stop a decent effort from distance.
As extra-time loomed both teams appeared to lower their tempo, playing more cautiously in anticipation of either an additional 30 minutes, or a decisive strike coming on the counter.
Teenage Milan substitute M'Baye Niang briefly raised pulses with a jinking run that was finally ended on the edge of the area by Leonardo Bonucci.
In the dying minutes Niang again went close as his header flew wide of the post, but at the final whistle the game remained deadlocked at 1-1.
The match had barely kicked off for the 30 minutes of added time before Juve forced themselves into the lead for the first time.
Emanuele Giaccherini did well with a tireless run to spearhead the break, and his deep pass rebounded into the path of Mirko Vucinic, who made no mistake in finishing from close range.
Massimiliano Allegri's side desperately threw themselves forward in search of a way back into the match, but were frustrated in their onslaught by a determined backline and the heroic Storari, as they bid farewell to the Coppa Italia.
The victory books Antonio Conte's team into the semi-finals; where they join Lazio, who entered the last-four thanks to a comprehensive 3-0 victory over Catania.
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In the mudroom or the kids' room, wall-mounted open storage is a panacea for limited square footage and insufficient closet space. It also brings home the preschool wisdom that every child has their cubby and every coat has its hook, which helps kids (and grownups) to develop a sense of responsibility and ownership in maintaining an organized environment.
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While the Japanese economy has been slow to come out of the downturn, it seems that business conditions in the country have turned the corner and are now on the up.
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Distinct from other grassroots groups that address health issues from advocacy and consumer-oriented perspectives, Georgia Health Decisions attempts to elicit a "civic" or citizenship outlook on health issues.
This outlook incorporates a broad range of value concerns – including individual rights, personal responsibilities, and social interests—and it attempts to reconcile or balance these values when they conflict. Fostering better informed, more thoughtful, and more inclusive dialogue at the community and state levels is the goal of Georgia Health Decisions.
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Cheyenne Frontier Days Grand Parade [PHOTOS]
Cheyenne Frontier Days brought out record crowds all week long.
Jason Aldean set a record Friday for not only the largest concert at Frontier Days, but in the entire state of Wyoming!
There were four Grand Parades that took place in downtown Cheyenne. Each brought out thousands of spectators. The photos taken below were from the final Grand Parade of 2013 on Saturday, July 27th.