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In the Bethesda forum, J.E. Sawyer talks about the Strength requirements for weapons in Fallout: New Vegas:
Meanwhile, on Formspring, he answers various questions from the community, including a lengthy discussion on the definition of RPG:
If the central narrative is meaningfully interactive, I would classify it as an RPG. That is, I consider interactive storytelling to be the primary defining characteristic of RPGs.
I don't disagree that some designers write too much, but I think that's an indictment of specific content, not the fundamentals behind the genre.
You would not consider old dungeon crawlers as RPGs, then? And do not many adventure games center around interactive storytelling?
I would consider them RPGs by the definitions of their time. If someone were to make Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord today, I would not consider it to be an RPG.
Can you elaborate on why contemporary RPGs are defined as interactive narrative? IMO RPGs have always been the same - dependent on the player's development of a character's stats. E.g. AP would have been enhanced as an RPG if there were dialogue skills.
Would you consider Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to be an RPG? How about Devil May Cry 4? Ninja Gaiden? Call of Duty 4? All of these games feature the gaining of experience points (or equivalent) to unlock new abilities.
Advancement of character abilities is not unique to RPGs -- certainly not in the 21st century, anyway.
Most of the criticisms of AP have to do with the elements that aren't role-playing related. Personally, I don't think the DSS system would be improved with the addition of dialogue skills.
I would consider the xp aspects of the games you mentioned to be RPG systems, yes. But they are first and foremost action games, as your twitch-skill trumps the strategic planning from developing stats. Whereas in a "true" RPG, this is not the case.
Would you classify Oblivion and Mass Effect as "true" RPGs? Both are games in which your ability to actually aim attacks and time input are the primary determining factors in landing hits/doing damage.
In response to your Oblivion/Mass Effect question, I don't know why we have a black and white view of it. Do you think there can be a gradient scale of "RPG-ness" on which Morrowind would be more of an RPG than Oblivion, but both are RPGs.
They don't have to be black and white views, but if you're going to classify things based on criteria, those criteria should be consistent. The previous question declared, pretty emphatically, that Castlevania: SotN, DMC4, et al. were action games with RPG elements. Given Mass Effect 1/2s primary reliance on player skill in combat, what makes those games RPGs and not action games with RPG elements?
I see ME as it's classified, an Action RPG. Course, there's a very blurry gradient between an ARPG and an action game w/RPG elements. But it's clear (to me) what the RPG elements are. Oblivion, diplomatically speaking, is not very good at being an RPG.
Overlapping the mechanics of Mass Effect and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, what are the elements of ME that make it an RPG and R6V2 not an RPG?
I think you misunderstood. As ARPGs are a hybrid of two elements, it's NOT easy to classify one. As such I *don't* classify ME as a "true" RPG. However it does have *more* RPG elements as R6V2 has equipment stats but no character stats and skills.
I don't have any difficulty classifying them because I don't intrinsically link styles of combat with the RPG genre. I classify games as RPGs based on their interactive storytelling. More specifically, if you have the ability to define and express your character(s) personality in a way that significantly alters the development of the story, it's an RPG. If you don't have that ability, it's not.
Where does Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare fall on the RPG scale for you? It has stat-heavy equipment, XP, levels, classes, unlockable classes, and perks.
How are games such as D2 (and 3 coming up) ARPGs, then, as they do not have interactive storytelling? What about Oblivion and Morrowind, as they do not allow storytelling or personality choices? You can do well easily in COD4 without unlockables. Not ME
I don't consider the Diablo games to be RPGs. They are action games with character advancement and equipment upgrading. It doesn't make them better or worse games because of how I classify them.
Furthermore, while it is necessary to be clear in classifying what constitutes as an essential element of a genre, actual implementation usually combines multiple genre elements and thus need not be easily classified. Popular example: Action-Adventures.
I think "action-adventure" is one of the broadest/least clear genre classifications. I may just be dense, but when someone tells me that a game is an action-adventure game, it gives me no clear idea of what to expect.
What the hell is with this rhetoric? So you're telling me that if stats are not exclusive to RPGs then they are not necessary if the story is "interactive"? The average text adventure has a more "interactive" story than the average RPG. What about that?
Text adventure games typically don't allow you allow you to define and express your character's personality in a way that meaningfully changes the development of the story. An interactive story, to me, means more than just going through it via player input.
Would that mean text adventures are RPGs? And to be clear RPG = stat system and dice rolls. But stat system =/= RPG so please stop using Castlevania or whatever else game which doesn't even have a proper stat system or dice rolls in defense of your point.
There are RPG systems that don't use dice to resolve conflicts. Most notably, Amber uses straight statistic comparisons. Marvel Universe uses bids of resources to resolve conflicts.
A lot of the more recent (starting with Symphony of the Night) Castlevania games have a full array of "basic" stats (Strength, Constitution, Intelligence, Luck, Attack, Defense) in addition to purchased/leveled spells/powers/familiars. I don't know if that constitutes a "proper" stat system to you, but has always seemed well fleshed out to me.
Seriously, this is embarrassing to read. To be clear: Interactive storyline is not IN ANY WAY essential to RPGs.
I don't share the same opinion and I don't see why that's such a big deal.
So, you consider a game an RPG if it lets you define your pc's personality in a way that "significantly alters the story". There must be very few games you call RPGs then, since most only offer the illusion of choice and the story stays the same.
Yes, not that many. I think that offering the illusion of choice is bad for any game. I'm fine with being put on rails in games. Please just don't give me ten ways to be redirected into the same outcome.
To be clearer, I think it's fine if RPGs plot lines wind up in a similar place. But many RPG plot lines are made up of a lot of little relationships, small quests, and character conflicts that you can resolve as you see fit. That is what I think is interesting and find rewarding.
Well, the general audience considers the Diablos to be ARPGs. If that's not the subject, then we have come to an impasse in the argument. I'd say MY criteria, though, for an RPG, is asking whether I can win without leveling up (or a similar mechanic).I will certainly not argue that the general audience considers the Diablo games to be ARPGs. I've only been trying to advocate my position; sorry if it came across wrong."
There are also two questions there that are actually related to Fallout for a change:
Yeah, I think it could be really cool, especially if the focus was on the European/Middle Eastern conflicts. Maybe that's just me, though.
How come you and the guys at Obsidian never bother to correct all these journalists who keep crediting Obsidian designers as the "creators of Fallout". None of the creators work there, you guys shouldn't steal their credit.They usually don't say "the creators of Fallout" but something like "some of the creators of the original games", which is true for Feargus, Avellone, Menze, ScottE, Aaron Brown, and Chris Jones."
As well as some other interesting questions:
Having strong game play. I think when Lord Gamerson invented games, the best thing he did was put the word "game" in the term "game play".
You said you've done writing for games too? Didn't know that, I always assumed you weren't a story designer since I've never heard anything about your writing (no offense intended). So what games have you done writing for and what parts did you write?
I've done writing for Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, Icewind Dale 2, Neverwinter Nights 2, and a little for Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir. The only two major characters I've done have been Isair and Madae in Icewind Dale 2, and they weren't particularly good.
Are you more on the "photorealism" or the "cartoony" side when it comes to graphics in computer games? Why?
I think that the visual aesthetics of a game should be driven by what you're trying to accomplish with them. Heavy Rain is really trying to present a very grounded, subdued world where subtlety can carry a lot of weight. Okami creates a fantastic painted world because it's rooted heavily in myth and abstracted imaginary landscapes.
Use your fundamental concept of the world and game to visualize the world you are going to create, consider how your characters fit into and move through that world, and let that vision -- even if it is indistinct -- drive the visual aesthetics.
Bioware gets a lot of flack for recycling the same plot structure a lot. Do you think it's a creative vice to recycle that much, or is it alright to reuse the plotting so long as the dialogue, characters and worldbuilding are fresh?
I approach storytelling from the perspective of theme and conflict first and work backward from that. I have been criticized for developing plots that do not meet players' basic expectations for tempo/pacing/structure, so I may be the wrong person to listen to when it comes to such things.
The way I look at it, you have to try to satisfy your audience and hopefully yourself along the way. If you can get up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and earnestly believe that you're doing the best you can to meet both of those goals, keep going.
What do you think of 'metaplots'? (IE the Old World of Darkness's fiction continuity, world events in MMORPGs, etc) Do they eliminate player choice by backgrounding them, or create the illusion of a deeper and more dynamic world? Or both?
Old World of Darkness fiction... continuity? Good one.
Player choice involves what the player is directly involved in. I think the stature and significance of the player's actions has to be measured in the context of other things that are going on.
If mountains are being moved in comparison to what the player is doing, the player's actions may seem insignificant. If the player's actions start out small but then grow in importance and become directly involved with what was previously a high-profile background plot, I think it can create a believable sense of growth and importance.
In any case, I think that presenting an advancing "world" narrative that is reflected in the environment is a good thing.
In your metaplots answer you warn against the player feeling insigificant, but do you feel that that is necessarily a bad thing? Are games forced into being a Dick Fantasy for players? Even in Silent Hill you're still "The Only Guy Who Matters"...
It is only a bad thing if the world's narrative is what is making the player feel insignificant. A game that focuses heavily on one character's personal struggle can be intensely focused on just that, with very little background narrative, and I think that's fine.
If the world puts a lot of attention and emphasis on big things happening in the world and you're not really part of it, I think that can be problematic.
I think Assassin's Creed 2 did a good job of balancing big world events with the secret assassin/templar world of Ezio. The things Ezio does are intertwined with (and in some cases cause) the major events of the setting, but ultimately Ezio is driven by a very personal motive: revenge.
Do you people read those "IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS" threads? If so, do you consider those ideas? If not, why not? I feel like they're pointless at times, because devs don't even reply to those mostly. Feels like lots of people writing for nothing sometimes:(
I read many of them but do not usually respond.
Since we're on the subject of what makes an RPG or not, what do you think of games that have role playing options but force the player to use the developer's own protagonist instead of letting us make our own (like Planescape Torment, or Alpha Protocol)?
Personally, I prefer RPGs where I have some control over my character's appearance, sex, and (if I'm lucky) voice. But if I'm stuck with a pre-defined appearance, that can also work.
To be clearer with that question: AP for example gives us a lot of role playing options but Mike's personality is often that of a sarcastic guy regardless of our dialogue picks and the player isn't able to change that. So would you still call that an RPG?
Yes, but I can understand the criticism.
What's your opinion on first-person RPGs like Ultima Underworld or FPS/RPG hybrids like Deus Ex and System Shock? Do you feel like RPGs should only be done in the third-person or isometric perspectives or does it not matter?I think it matters for the specific game, but I don't think perspective is a defining characteristic of RPGs. Perspective is something that should be considered in the context of what you are attempting to accomplish or achieve."


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Sadly no, you must have a gamecube controller to play double dash on the wii.
None of the wii controllers work with gamecube games due to the way the wii plays gamecube games. effictively the wii becomes a gamecube, disables all the functions like motion sensing, usb, bluetooth (wiimotes are bluetooth), and network connectivity.
You should be able to pick up a cheap gamecube controller somewhere like gamestop or amazon though.
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It's not just the honey bees that will be foraging in the half-acre Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis.
Scores of native bees and other insects will be there, too.
They already are.
A weekend visit to the haven, a bee friendly garden being developed next to the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, revealed assorted insects, including a dragonfly and a hover fly.
A sage attracted the dragonfly, a Variegated Meadowhawk (Sympetrum corrugatum, family Libellulidae), while a strawberry blossom drew the hover fly (Syrphidae, probably genus Paragus sp.).
The UC Davis Department of Entomology, chaired by Michael Parrella with vice chair Lynn Kimsey, is justifiably proud of this exciting new addition.
Emeritus professor and pollinator specialist Robbin Thorp, who maintains an office in the Laidlaw facility, is monitoring the level of bee activity at the site. He began establishing baseline data (for bees only) in March.
For two sample days (March 20 and April 19) he found a total of 21 species of bees. As of this week, the number has now reached: 41.
The haven will be a year-around food source for bees and an educational experience for two-legged visitors, who will not only learn about honey bees and native bees but learn what to plant to attract them.
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- Total time:20 minutes
- 4 soft hamburger buns
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 large onions, thinly sliced (about 3 cups)
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 4 thin-cut pork chops, bone-in (or boneless, if you're scared)
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon canola or vegetable oil
- 4 tablespoons brown mustard
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Preheat oven to 300°. Place buns on a rimmed baking sheet and set aside. Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large non-stick skillet over medium heat. Add sliced onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned but still with some texture, 8 to 10 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside in a bowl. Do not wipe out skillet.
Season pork chops on both sides with salt and pepper. Dredge in flour and then shake off excess. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter and tablespoon canola oil to skillet and heat over medium high heat until foaming subsides. Add as many of the pork chops as will fit in one layer. Cook until browned on the bottom, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip the chops and brown on the other side, another 2 to 3 minutes. Remove and set aside when done. Repeat with any remaining chops.
Place buns in oven to warm through. Take one bun and smear both cut sides with mustard. Top the bottom bun with a pork chop, sautéed onions, and a couple chopped sport peppers. Cap with the top bun, cut-side down. Repeat with remaining buns. Eat immediately, though be careful of the bone!
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"Thank you team. The NERC term bulk electric system is currently a fundamental element of the mandatory reliability regime. As used by NERC, the term defines the universe of facilities to which the Reliability Standards apply. I cannot overstate how important it is to define this term in a way that captures all elements of the grid that are necessary for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission network. If we do not require the right facilities to comply with the mandatory Reliability Standards, then we are not fulfilling the responsibility Congress entrusted to us to protect the grid. Given its importance, I am very concerned that NERC's current definition of bulk electric system allows the regions to define to whom they will apply the Reliability Standards, without ERO or Commission oversight.
First, I want to note that most of the regions are, in my mind correctly, implementing the general rule that the Reliability Standards apply to those facilities that are 100kV or above. While recognizing that most of the NERC regions are appropriately applying NERC's general 100kV threshold, it is important to eliminate the discretion from NERC's definition. This discretion allows a single region to change the cadre of facilities that must be compliant with continent-wide reliability standards without any oversight and without filing a regional difference to the Reliability Standard for review by the Commission. It is inappropriate to allow such discretion in the application of the term that defines the facilities subject to the Reliability Standards.
This final rule is a further step in a process that began when NERC was certified as the ERO. At that time, the Commission expressed concern about the NERC definition of the term "bulk electric system." Since then, we have had practical experience with how NERC and the regions have applied the term, and, therefore the Reliability Standards. To address the Commission's concerns, today's order retains the requirement that NERC must revise its definition of bulk electric system. However, based on industry comment, we also allow NERC to revise the definition through its Reliability Standards development process. I agree with the final rule that the best way to alleviate the Commission's concerns is to eliminate the regional discretion in the current definition, establish a bright-line threshold that includes all facilities operated at or above 100 kV except defined radial facilities. However, I want to make clear that NERC may develop an alternative proposal for addressing the Commission's concerns with the present definition with the understanding that any such alternative must be as effective as, or more effective than, the Commission's proposed approach. I also want to emphasize that NERC's proposed solution may not result in a reduction in reliability. I think this order strikes the appropriate balance between clearly identifying the Commission's concerns about NERC's definition of the term bulk electric system and allowing NERC to address the identified problems in a manner different than the one proposed by the Commission. I thank the team for their hard work, and look forward to reviewing NERC's filing addressing this issue when it is filed." "
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Israeli jails are being redefined by their prisoners from a living hell to a space of resistance through organized education.
While the organization of Palestinians within jails is not limited to detained students, the high rate of arrests in An-Najah University of Nablus forges a link between academics, politics, and imprisonment for these university students.
The arrest of Mahmoud Talahmah was the most recent among students from An-Najah University. Mahmoud was arrested during an Israeli night raid on July 10, 2013. Israeli soldiers stormed student dorms, searching rooms while firing tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber bullets at students.
Arrests like Mahmoud's are a usual occurrence in universities and cities across the West Bank. Abdel Al A'nani of the Palestinian Prisoner Society reported there are around 4,700 Palestinians in Israeli jails today. According to international humanitarian law, a resident of an occupied territory can be held by the occupying power under administrative detention in cases of exceptional threats to national security (Fourth Geneva Convention Article 78).
There are around 4,700 Palestinians in Israeli jails today
There are around 4,700 Palestinians in Israeli jails today
In practice, Israel uses administrative detention to hold Palestinians indefinitely without trial. According to prisoner rights group Addameer, administrative detention of Palestinians is used illegally for collective and criminal punishment. Illegal treatment of prisoners includes routine torture, isolation, denial of family visits, medical negligence, and the withholding of information regarding the rationale for their detention.
Raed Amer, Chairman of the Palestinian Prisoners Society in Nablus, explained that students are often arrested at the height of their academic careers, immediately before taking final examinations that would allow them to graduate and attain degrees. The only threat they pose is holding the tools for a promising future.
Students of the university explained to Palestine Monitor that being Palestinian is the only basis on which they see arrests being made.
"It's just about us being Palestinian and living here. Any Palestinian is a target...not because we have a certain political idea or were part of resistance activity, just because we are Palestinian."
"They want to destroy us from the inside"
Arrests and treatment of prisoners like Mahmoud aim to break Palestinians down from the inside out.
One ex-prisoner, who wished to remain anonymous due to security concerns, reflected on the nature of his psychological and physical torture in the jails, "It seems to me like there are Israelis sitting in offices at desks smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee, thinking of different ways to torture us."
Any Palestinian who has spent time in the jails will tell you about the brutality with which Israeli authorities in the jails abuse both the minds and bodies of prisoners. Finding someone to tell you this isn't hard, either. Around 25% of the Palestinian population has been arrested, and over 70% of Palestinian families have had at least one family member detained.
Around 25% of the Palestinian population has been arrested, and over 70% of Palestinian families have had at least one family member detained.
Around 25% of the Palestinian population has been arrested, and over 70% of Palestinian families have had at least one family member detained.
While the An-Najah students expressed frustration with the ignorance of the international community in regards to the suffering of Palestinian prisoners, they also explained another reality of Israeli jails: They become a place where Palestinians actively resist the occupation through education.
"Israel thought when they arrested Palestinians and put them in the jail, they destroyed us, and made us empty from inside. But we changed the jail into a university."
Education as resistance: Prisoner potential
Saad Joudeh is currently president of the student council at An-Najah University. After high school, he was about to begin a four-year BA program, when he was abruptly arrested by Israeli forces. Saad spent the next eight and half years of his life in prison.
"The jail was a school for me. It helped to build my person and my character. The Israelis try to make the jails a grave for the Palestinians, but we made it as a school and university that educated prisoners. I read 300 books in the jail about political issues and about Palestine. I still remember all of my friends who were in the jail, and now they are brothers with me. If history was back to me again and I could chose the way of my life... I would choose to go back to the jail."
The education systems created by prisoners are complex and well organized. Classes begin in the morning and last all day. Topics include Palestinian history, political history between Israel and Palestine, history of Zionism, history of the Fatah movement, English, Arabic, and Hebrew.
The defining factor of this system is that Palestinians teach Palestinians. Israeli incarceration of bright minds, political leaders, and resistance activists results in a prison community driven to cultivate an educated resistance force. The jails are transformed into a space where political ideology and strategy are discussed, and well-informed minds of resistance are developed.
The jails are transformed into a space where political ideology and strategy are discussed, and well-informed minds of resistance are developed.
The jails are transformed into a space where political ideology and strategy are discussed, and well-informed minds of resistance are developed.
A seemingly positive attribute to imprisonment, this revolution behind bars remains helpless to liberate its prisoners and their families from the inescapable impacts of inhumane treatment. Families of prisoners often face physical assault by Israeli security. The psychological impacts of demoralizing treatment remain with prisoners and their families long after their release, and recent reports show an increase in mental disorders in detainees.
An-Najah students told Palestine Monitor that once you are in the jails, you will be changed forever. One ex-prisoner explained, "I am scared to have children, because of what could happen to me and also to my children if the Israelis came after me again."
Education as politics
In an environment where Israeli aggression may be at its most depraved and direct, education related to the occupation becomes both formative and uniquely relevant for prisoners. Inhumane circumstances inevitably foster a deep-rooted hostility towards Israeli authorities in the jails. This hostility is channeled into an ever more pressing need to educate, in order to resist the current policies used by Israel against Palestinian society.
The result is a markedly unified and empowered collective of prisoners.
In a society cluttered with political disunity and disillusionment with past forms of resistance, the educational organization of prisoners appears to be an underestimated and vital seed for the future growth of Palestinian society.
For Saad, education is politics. His experiences in the jails shaped his understanding of and approach to resisting the occupation. Academic work is political work, because the future of Palestine stands in the cultivation of the minds of the Palestinians.
Despite possible Israeli intentions for imprisonment, a man or woman released from the jail is not a person completely broken by the Israeli prison system, but a person educated, supported by his peers, and mentally equipped to carry on the Palestinian cause. If you look at Palestinian leaders today, almost all have spent time in Israeli prisons. Palestinians enter as prisoners, and leave as leaders in the resistance.
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All the calcium in the world wont help your bones if you have chronic inflammationa hidden cause of osteoporosis
As far as Im concerned, theres no one on the planet who can teach us more about aging bones than R. Keith McCormick, DC. McCormick is a certified chiropractic sports physician, former varsity cross-country runner at Stanford University, and a former member of the U.S. Olympic Team.
One day, while running a track workout, he became suddenly lame with hip pain. Several MRIs and X-rays later, he was diagnosed with severe osteoporosisat the ripe old age of 45.
Wow, you have worse bone density than a 100-year-old woman, blurted the X-ray technician who evaluated McCormicks films.
My first reaction was embarrassment, McCormick says in his book, The Whole-Body Approach to Osteoporosis. How could I have this? Id eaten well all my life, or at least I thought I had. Id always drunk a lot of milk. Id never smoked, drank alcohol, or used any type of drug or medication. Osteoporosis, a disease associated with frailty, was the antithesis of who I thought I was.
McCormicks diagnosis led him to study osteoporosis with the passion of someone who has a horse in the race. And what he discovered has a great deal to teach usnot only about osteoporosis, but also about aging, longevity, and the interconnectedness of everything in the body.
Osteoporosis is not just the weakening of bones, McCormick told me. It is a weakening of the bodys entire physiology. When you have a chronic disease, you have to treat your whole body.
Indeed. And a quick explanation of what goes wrong when bones weaken will illustrate exactly what he means.
What Goes Wrong
The large cast of characters in the drama of bone-building makes the New York City phone book look like a grocery list, but two of these characters deserve special attention. The osteoblasts are the cells that form whats called the bone matrix, a honeycomb-like structure onto which minerals such as calcium are deposited (or absorbed), resulting in nice, hard, firm mineralized bones. But this is not a one-way street. While minerals continue to be deposited on that honeycomb, other cellsosteoclastsare busy removing minerals in a process called resorption. The delicate balance between adding and subtracting, between mineralization (building up) and demineralization (breaking down), between absorption and resorption is called, appropriately enough, remodeling.
Its actually very much like what happens when you remodel your bathroom. Workers remove debris (old, broken tiles) while other workers bring in fresh material(new tiles) and cement them down on the floor (the honeycomb, or bone matrix). The osteoclast workers remove debris, while their osteoblast partners begin the process of setting in new tile.
The way the two types of cells, osteoblasts and osteoclasts, communicate is through a molecule called RANKL. This molecule allows the workers bringing in the new stuff to coordinate with the workers removing the debris. When the osteoblasts release RANKL, it tells the osteoclasts to take out just the right amount of trash. A perfect system, right? It is, until inflammation enters the picture.
Inflammation and Your Bones
When you have chronic inflammation, your immune system is working overtime. One of the first things the immune system does when its activated is release T cells, those sentries of immunity that are summoned whenever the body senses an injury (such as inflammation). Guess what the T cells do? They produce RANKL. This tells the osteoclasts to keep on removing minerals, significantly weakening your bones.
When the immune system is constantly activated, you have too much RANKL, explains McCormick. You can take all the calcium in the world and it would be like a person walking around with a little squirt gun trying to put out a fire in your house while theres a guy with a kerosene can throwing gas on it at the same time. But when we reduce inflammation, he adds, we dont need as much calcium.
Other players in the bone-destruction game are the stress hormone cortisol (which leads to an imbalance between mineralization and demineralization), and oxidative damage from free radicals (which overstimulate the cells that tear down bone). This is why antioxidants are a big part of McCormicks recommendation for keeping bones strong.
Why You Need NAC and Vitamin D
McCormick is a particular fan of a powerful antioxidant known as NAC (N-acetyl-cysteine) because it specifically lowers reactive oxygen species within the osteoclasts themselves. Every woman should be on 600 to 1,200 milligrams a day of NAC, he told me, especially after menopause. (One of the things estrogen does is help reduce bone resorption; without it there to do its job, you need even more help keeping the osteoclasts from getting too busy!) McCormick thinks NAC is a good idea for men as well.
He also recommends a blood test for vitamin D, which helps ensure that the body absorbs calcium. Without adequate vitamin D, you can take all the calcium in the world and it wont do you much good. Research shows that more than 70 percent of women ages 51 to 70 and nearly 90 percent of women over 70 are not getting enough vitamin D from food and supplements. Low levels of vitamin D are associated with reduced calcium absorption, bone loss, and increased risk of fracture.
McCormicks dietary recommendations tellingly contain such bullet points as go easy on the dairy products, reduce the grains, limit refined carbohydrates, and eat protein. And, of course, eat five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
Arrest the Robbers
When it comes to bone health, its particularly important to avoid what we call the bone robbers. If you want good bones, you have to limit your alcohol intake, stop smoking, not salt your food excessively, go easy on the sugar, and not consume soda, McCormick says. Sodas in particular are loaded with phosphoric acid, a known robber of calcium.
And what about supplements? Can they help? Absolutely. Heres McCormicks list of the top supplements for bone health:


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The Fibromyalgia Roller Coaster Ride
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is an increasingly recognized chronic pain illness that is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal aches, pain and stiffness, soft tissue tenderness, general fatigue and sleep disturbances. The most common sites of pain include the neck, back, shoulders, pelvic girdle and hands, but any body part can be involved. Fibromyalgia patients experience a range of symptoms of varying intensities that wax and wane over time – similar to a roller coaster.
More than 6 million Americans, 90 percent of them women in the prime of their life, suffer from FMS and sometimes struggle for years before being correctly diagnosed. Symptoms usually appear between 20-55 years of age, but children are also diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome.
Even if you make every effort to do what you are told in the area of medical, physical and mental management of fibromyalgia, you will still have good and bad days. Your aches, pains and fatigue may vary in intensity, frequency and location from day to day, often for no apparent reason.
If you are having a mini flare-up, think back over the past 24-36 hours to assess if your physical activity or stressors could have set it off. This information can help you in the future to better balance your activity and life stressors.
When you initiate treatment (medication and/or physical therapy), you may experience a decrease in fatigue, pain and soreness. It would be nice if this trend continued on a steady basis, but it usually doesn't work this way. The road to healing is filled with peaks and valleys -- good and bad days.
When you are having what appears to be a "breakthrough," try to keep an even keel emotionally and physically. Don't try to make up for lost time and do everything just because you are having a good day. The flurry of increased activity may cause a significant flare up tomorrow. Follow through with your treatment plan in a steady, incremental way.
I hope this information helps you to smooth out the roller coaster ride of fibromyalgia.


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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Orioles' first playoff game in 15 years took them deep into the heart of Texas to face a team that spent most of the season as the best in the American League.
The eyes of the baseball world turned to the long-suffering Orioles and their unlikely path to the postseason, as they played a do-or-die game in front of 46,931 rally-towel waving fans at the home of the Texas Rangers.
And much as they've done all season — with different players across the roster sharing the role of hero — the underdog Orioles showed how much fight they truly have.
They grinded out a 5-1 win at Rangers Ballpark to advance to the best-of-five American League Division Series against the New York Yankees, which begins Sunday evening at Camden Yards.
Nearly six years to the day that Orioles manager Buck Showalter was fired as skipper of the Rangers, his team ended their reign as two-time defending American League champions. Now, the Orioles get a date with the Yankees, the team Showalter helped groom as a young manager before his unceremonious departure after the 1995 season predated the Yankees' rise to four titles in five years.
"I'm all for irony," Showalter said.
The night ended with the Orioles charging the field in celebration to the chant of "Let Go, O's" from the stands. A champagne celebration then broke out in the clubhouse – with the primary target being manager Showalter – a reward the Orioles didn't get to enjoy when they clinched a playoff berth while aboard a plane to Tampa Bay for their final series of the regular season.
"We knew with the win tonight we were going to have fun, but back to business over the weekend with the Yankees," first baseman Mark Reynolds said. "We know them, they know us. We split with them during the year. We've got a big game on Sunday night at Camden Yards. I'm sure the place is going to be rocking and our fans will finally get to see a postseason game at Camden Yards."
Friday's victory was the Orioles' first in the postseason since Game 5 of the 1997 American League Championship Series against the Cleveland Indians.
"This is a terrific moment," first-year executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette said. This is a terrific moment for Baltimore. This is a terrific moment for the owners, the fans, the players. Hats off to everybody. This is a young team, a hungry team. And I know they have more work to do."
Showalter put the Orioles' postseason hopes — and a lot of faith — in left-hander Joe Saunders, who entered the game with an 0-6 record in six career starts in Arlington and a 9.36 ERA, second-highest of any pitcher with at least 30 innings at Rangers Ballpark. Saunders, acquired Aug. 26 in a trade with the Arizona Diamondbacks, tightroped his way out of trouble throughout the night.
He allowed eight base runners — six hits, a walk and an error — but just one run over 5 2/3 innings, before Showalter turned to his bullpen.
A Virginia native who grew up rooting for the Orioles, Saunders had lost nine of his past 12 starts and was getting pinched out of Arizona's rotation at the time of his trade. Yet he outpitched Japanese rookie right-hander Yu Darvish, in whom the Rangers invested $111.7 million in this offseason.
The Orioles turned three critical double plays to help Saunders, tying their postseason club record for a single game set on Oct. 6, 1979, in Game 4 of the ALCS against the California Angels.
As Saunders left the game, he strolled into the Orioles dugout to a greeting full of high-fives and a hug from pitching coach Rick Adair.
"He gave us a chance to win the game," center fielder Adam Jones said. "Ultimately that's all we asked from him. Who gives a crap about what the numbers says? … We've seen it all. He was 0-6 with a 9.00 [ERA]. It doesn't mean anything when it's sudden death. We went out there as a team. We went out there and played our style of game. That's how we won."
The Orioles took a 1-0 lead just two batters into the game. Rangers first baseman Michael Young booted a grounder off the bat of leadoff man Nate McLouth on the first pitch of the game. McLouth quickly stole second and then scored on J.J. Hardy's seeing-eye single up the middle.
Saunders walked the first hitter he faced, second baseman Ian Kinsler, after he was ahead 1-2 in the count. Elvis Andrus followed with a single that put runners at first and third with no outs, but slumping slugger Josh Hamilton grounded into a 4-6-3 double play, which scored Kinsler to tie the score.
Saunders also received key double-play balls in the third — which erased a leadoff fielding error by Reynolds — and an inning-ending double-play ball in the fifth.
Hardy and Chris Davis led off the sixth inning with back-to-back singles to put runners at the corners, and Jones' sacrifice fly gave the Orioles a 2-1 lead.
The Orioles tacked on another run in the seventh. Rookie second baseman Ryan Flaherty hit a one-out single and was removed for pinch runner Robert Andino, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and to third on a wild pitch by reliever Derek Holland.
McLouth, one of the many reclamation projects who turned into a key member of the Orioles' run to the postseason, then singled to give the Orioles a 3-1 lead.
In the top of the ninth, the O's added two more runs to their cushion. Jim Thome walked and Andino doubled to put runners on second and third. Manny Machado, the Orioles' 20-year-old rookie third baseman, delivered an RBI single to left, then McLouth hit a sacrifice fly.
"We've really stuck together," McLouth said. "Ever since I've been here, there've been a lot of different contributions from a lot of different people. It takes a lot of pressure off people. We don't count on on or two guys to come through every night. It's been a great group effort."
Because baseball rules allow teams to reset their postseason rosters after every series, Showalter had 10 relievers at his disposal.
But Darren O'Day, who was claimed off waivers in early November and has emerged as one of the most dependable middle relievers in the game, ate up most of those innings. O'Day tossed a season-high two scoreless innings, retiring six of the seven batters he faced, before Showalter turned to left-hander Brian Matusz to face Hamilton.
Matusz struck out Hamilton — who was 0-for-10 with six strikeouts against Matusz, on three pitches — putting him away with a 93 mph fastball.
The Rangers loaded the bases against closer Jim Johnson, who led the majors with 51 saves in the regular season, bringing the tying run to the plate in David Murphy. But Murphy flied out to McLouth in left to end the game and send playoff baseball back to Baltimore for the first time in 15 years.


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Dissolving Europe is the latest public art intervention series by Berlin-based street artist Vermibus. Using a hacked inter-rail ticket, he has been traveling Europe with an extensive set of billboard-lock keys, using them to illegally access print billboards and advertisement frames. Once opened, he uses various solvents and paints to alter the images, sometimes removing them entirely, and even cutting and pasting others. this process destroys and beautifies, blurring the already transgressive line of advert-hacking public art interventions. The artist states, "By using the advertising space and how the human figures are represented in that space, Vermibus is removing the masks that we wear and is criticizing advertisement which takes away a person's identity to replace it by the one of the brand."
Continued from his website, documenting the process, "Vermibus regularly collects advertising posters from the streets, using them in his studio as the base material for his work. There, a process of transformation begins. Using solvent, he brushes away the faces and flesh of the models appearing in the posters as well as brand logos. Once the transformation is complete, he then reintroduces the adverts back into their original context, hijacking the publicity, and its purpose." (via lizartblog)
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Isaiah (23:1)
And it shall come to pass in last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it (23:2)
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (23:3)
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isaiah 2:2-4) (23:4) see
Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (isa 7:14) (23:5) see
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. (isa 6:9) (23:6) see
And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (isa 8:14) (23:7) see
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. (isa 9:2) (23:8) see
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace (23:9)
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. (isa 9:6-7) (23:10) see
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: (23:11)
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; (23:12)
And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: (23:13)
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked (23:14)
And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. (isa 11:1-5) (23:15) see
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. (isa 11:10) (23:16) see
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. (isa 22:22) (23:17) see
Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. (isa 28:16) (23:18) see
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you (23:19)
Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped (23:20)
Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. (isa 35:6) (23:21) see
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (isa 40:3) (23:22) see
Behold, the Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him (23:23)
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. (isa 40:10-11) (23:24) see
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small and shalt make the hills as chaff (23:25)
Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel (isa 41:15-16) (23:26) see
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles (23:27)
He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street (23:28)
A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth (23:29)
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (isa 42:1-4) (23:30) see
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; (23:31)
To open the blind eyes, to bring out prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. (isa 42:6-7) (23:32) see
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. (isa 45:21) (23:33) see
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy one of Israel, and he shall choose thee (23:34)
Thus saith the Lord, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; (23:35)
That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places (23:36)
They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. (isa 49:7-10) (23:37) see
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (isa 50:6) (23:38) see
See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted (23:39)
Just as there were many who were appalled at him-his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man and his form marred beyond human likeness (23:40)
So will he sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand. (isa 52:13-15 (NIV)*isa*52:13-52:15 (23:41)
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? (23:42)
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him (23:43)
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not (23:44)
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted (23:45)
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed (23:46)
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all (23:47)
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth (23:48)
He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken (23:49)
And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth (23:50)
Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand (23:51)
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities (23:52)
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (isa 53) (23:53) see
Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people (23:54)
Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the Lord thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. (isa 55:4-5) (23:55) see
And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. (isa 59:16) (23:56) see
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. (isa 59:20) (23:57) see
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. (isa 60:3) (23:58) see
The spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; (23:59)
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (23:60)
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified. (isa 61:1-3) (23:61) see
Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. (isa 62:11) (23:62) see
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. (isa 63:1) (23:63) see
I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. (isa 63:3) (23:64) see
For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour (23:65)
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. (isa 63:8-9)


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MIDDLEBURY — The Addison County Regional Planning Commission (ACRPC) board on Nov. 9 will vote on an updated regional plan that includes a complete re-write of the natural resources section.
The county's regional plan is designed to be a forward thinking document charting transportation, housing, natural resources, economic, land use and utilities/facilities priorities. By state statute, the document must be revised every eight years. Until recently, it was every five years.


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Earlobe creases, hairline receding at the temples, baldness at the crown of the head and yellow fat deposits around the eyelids are more than just signs of aging.
They're also markers of heart disease that doctors should note during patient examinations, according to a study presented Tuesday at the American Heart Association meeting. Patches of fatty bumps around the eyes were the strongest single predictor of cardiovascular illness among the four traits, the study showed.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark found that people with at least three of these characteristics had a 57 per cent greater risk for a heart attack and a 39 per cent higher chance of heart disease. The study suggests that signs of aging are markers of poor heart health in addition to risk factors such as high cholesterol, said Anne Tybjaerg- Hansen, a senior study author.
Doctors already assume "that 'looking old for your age' is a marker of poor health," said Tybjaerg-Hansen, professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen, in a Nov. 4 email. "Our study shows that aging signs may mark poor cardiovascular health and therefore validates the prognostic importance of this very simple clinical exam."
More studies are needed to better understand how these aging signs are tied to risk of heart attack and cardiovascular disease, the authors said. In the meantime, known risk factors like cholesterol levels should be treated, she said.
"Because some aging signs are independent of well-known cardiovascular risk factors, individuals with these signs should perhaps be treated more aggressively with regard to lifestyle changes and lipid-lowering therapy," she said.
Researchers in the study analyzed 10,885 men and women ages 40 and older from the Copenhagen Heart Study. Of those, 7,537 had a receding hairline at the temples, 3,938 had baldness at the upper back of the head, 3,405 had a crease in their earlobe and 678 had fatty deposits around the eye, called xanthelasmata.
During the 35 years of follow up, 3,401 study participants developed heart disease and 1,708 had a heart attack. With each additional sign of aging, the risk for heart attack and cardiovascular disease rose.
Those with the highest risk were in their 70s with multiple visible signs of aging, the research found.


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Did you know?
The Language of the Flowers was a popular method to express feelings where words might be improper, but did you know other means of doing so? Some ladies used their parasols, as well as their fans, gloves, and hankies to flirt with a gentleman (or alternatively, tell them to shove it!). — Bree ( Submit your own)


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While lacrosse is America's oldest game, it may be the "freshest" sport in the nation as well. Its unique blend of fast-paced, high scoring, hard-hitting action has made it the fastest growing team sport in the United States. In lock step with this growth, Major League Lacrosse (MLL) was successfully launched in June 2001 as a single entity ownership structure to showcase the best professional outdoor lacrosse in the world. MLL was founded by Jake "Body by Jake" Steinfeld with founding partners Dave Morrow and Tim Robertson. The MLL has eight teams playing in major markets across the United States and Canada. MLL teams play 14 regular season games (seven home and seven away) that begin in April and run through August, including an All-Star game and Championship Weekend, where the top four teams play for top honors. Each team, consisting of twenty-three players, has three attacks, three midfielders, three defensemen, and a goaltender on the field during the game. Each team dresses eighteen players per game and the players rotate on and off the field in shifts. The game consists of four 15-minute quarters.
Roster: Teams consist of 23 players. Each team dresses eighteen players per game (3 attacks, 3 midfielders, 3 defensemen, and 1 goaltender on the field during the game).
Time Format: Games consist of four 15-minute quarters, including a 15-minute halftime period.
Face Offs: Face offs occur to determine possession of the ball at the start of each quarter and after every goal. Two players face their sticks at midfield with a referee placing the ball between the heads of the sticks.
Shot Clock: Changed from a 45-second shot clock in 2005, a 60-second clock begins when a team gains possession of the ball. The offensive team must put a shot on goal during that time or they will lose possession. The clock is reset for a new 60 seconds if the offensive team takes a shot without scoring but recovers the ball.
Slow Whistle (Delayed Penalty): If a defending player commits a minor or major penalty against an opponent in possession of the ball where there is offensive momentum and the opponent doesn't lose possession, the official raises his hand and does not blow the whistle until a shot is taken, the 60-second shot clock expires, a goal is scored, or possession is lost.
Two-Point Arc: The 15-yard radius from the center of the goal line from which goals are worth two points. Also, players must remain at this line until the face off is possessed.
Goals: Are 6' (high) x 6' (wide)
Ball: The ball is colored fluorescent orange and is textured, making it less weather-sensitive and giving players a better feel for the ball in the stick pocket. The orange ball helps fans follow the game and enhances televised games by making them more viewer-friendly.
Body Check: Defensive move used to slow an opponent who has the ball, must be above the waist and below the neck.
Breakaway: One-on-one (shooter on goalie) scoring opportunity.
Clear: An attempt by the team in possession to transition the ball from defense to offense.
Cradle: Method used to keep the ball inside the pocket of the stick by rocking it back and forth.
Crease: The nine-foot radius containing the goal in which offensive players cannot enter. Shooters or their teammates cannot stand on (or inside) the line or their goals won't count.
Cross Check: Defensive strategy using the shaft of the stick to push an opponent to force a missed or bad shot.
Failure to Advance: Upon gaining possession of the ball and resetting of the shot clock, the failure of a team to advance the ball from its defensive end of the field within 20 seconds.
Fast break: Like basketball, a transition from a defense-type offense in which the team with the ball gains a man advantage during the transition.
Ground Ball: Occurs when there is no possession and the ball is bouncing, rolling, or deflected off the goaltender.
Man Down: When a team has at least one player in the penalty box.
Man Up: When a team has a man advantage because the other team has at least one player in penalty box.
Outlet Pass: The first pass from the goaltender that begins the transition from defense to offense.
Penalty Box: Where a player sits while serving a penalty.
Ride or Riding: Defending a clear; an attempt to stop the team in possession from clearing the ball.
Roll Dodge: Typical of an attackman's move, driving with the stick in one hand while rolling with his back to the defender to free hands for a pass or shot on goal.
Shorthanded: When one team has one or more players in the penalty box and the opponent is at full-strength or has one less penalized player on the field.
Shot Clock Violation: Failure to get a shot on goal - whether it hits the post, rebounds off the goalkeeper, or is saved by a defensive player in the crease - in 60 seconds.
Split Dodge: When an offensive player with the ball changes direction by moving the stick from one hand to the other in a crossover motion to lead the defender in the opposite direction.
Takeaway check: An attempt to strip the offensive player of the ball using the defenseman's stick.
Attack: The attackman's responsibility is to score goals. The attackman generally restricts his play to the offensive end of the field.
Midfield: The midfielder's responsibility is to cover the entire field, playing both offense and defense. The midfielder is key to the transition game and is often called upon to clear the ball from defense to offense.
Defense: The defenseman's responsibility is to defend the goal. The defenseman generally restricts his play to the defensive end of the field. A good defenseman should be able to react quickly in game situations.
Goal: The goalie's responsibility is to protect the goal and stop the opposing team from scoring. A good goalie also leads the defense by reading the situation and directing the defensemen to react.
Short Crosse:
Used by attackmen and midfielders
- Length: 40-42 inches
- Pocket width: 5-10 inches
Used by defenders, and only three are allowed on the field at the same time
- Length: 52-72 inches
- Pocket Width: 5-10 inches
One per team -no more, no less- is required on the field
- Length: 40-72 inches
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Approved verification: guidance, application form and stickers
Weights and Measures Act 1985 and subsequent Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended).
Deregulation Order 1999 (as amended)
Section 11A of the Weights and Measures Act, introduced by the Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1999, enables manufacturers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring equipment to conduct verification tests on their own work, so that they can place items on the market or to return items to the market after a repair. This page contains information about the appointment of approved verifiers, installers and repairers as well as the ongoing maintenance of the systems that support their approval.
The Deregulation Order amended the Weights and Measures Act 1985. It allows manufacturers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring equipment to apply to the Secretary of State for approval to conduct their own initial and in-service verification under section 11A of the Act. This entails confirming that equipment is fit for trade within the UK and stamping it with the prescribed stamp.
The Legislative Reform (Verification of Weighing and Measuring Equipment) Order 2008 further amended the Weights and Measures Act 1985 to extend the verification of prescribed equipment by approved verifiers to the activity of adjustment.
The approval system is underpinned by a requirement that the approved verifier possesses and operates an acceptable quality system. This must fully encompass the requirements of the legislation and the activities to ensure that equipment is correctly verified and necessary protection is maintained. Once granted approval, the approved verifier is subjected to regular audits. Approvals are granted for a specified time, are limited to specific equipment types and can be suspended or withdrawn if the approved verifier is found to be in breach of their approval conditions.
Guidance on gaining and maintaining approved verification status
Application to become an approved verifier
Manufacturers, installers and repairers of weighing and measuring equipment, seeking an approval to conduct verification, need to submit a completed online application form for approved verification, together with relevant supporting documentation.
Apply online to become an approved verifier
Guidance on deregulation order
The Office for Product Safety and Standards (Safety & Standards) has published guidance for organisations that are required to comply with weights and measures law for approved verification. Guidance notes to assist on how to become an approved verifier.
Keeling schedule
The keeling schedule is a summary of the legal requirements of the Deregulation Order on how to become an approved verifier.
Guidance notes for adjusters
Identify an approved verifier
Safety & Standards maintains an up to date register of all approved verifiers and an up to date list of authorised stamp numbers.
Verification stickers correspondence and pricing
Occasionally, Safety & Standards receives queries regarding verification stickers. The most common questions are:
How do I place an order for stickers?
Orders require the metrology stickers order form, found on the link below, to be completed and sent to Safety & Standards. We cannot process orders without this form. A purchase order is also required and must contain a purchase order number, details of the order required, invoice address and delivery address.
Please send the form and purchase order to firstname.lastname@example.com.
What are the prices for the stickers?
Notified bodies, approved verifiers and inspectors can claim an initial free sample of 20 stickers, but subsequent stickers have to be purchased. This is for both initial verification and requalification with the exception of inspectors whereby requalification stickers will be available free of charge.
With regards to the purchasing of the new metrology stickers, the prices and quantities will be as follows:
500 Stickers=£30+VAT
1000 Stickers=£50+VAT
2000 Stickers = £100+VAT
5000 Stickers= £250+VAT
10,000 Stickers= £500+VAT
Smaller amounts can be supplied but where less than 250 are required there will be a minimum charge of £10+VAT.
The disqualification stickers will be produced free of charge to all parties.
Delivery will be free of charge and posted second class. Please raise a purchase order stating quantity required and which sticker type along with notified body or inspector number.
How long does it take to produce the stickers?
Safety & Standards aims to have stickers produced and put in the post in 5 to 10 working days from receipt of your order.
How long will it take for them to be delivered?
Stickers are sent using royal mail second class postage. Orders that come to more than £250+VAT will be sent using royal mail second class recorded delivery.
Which stickers do I need?
Safety & Standards has produced guidance that identifies the format of stickers available for approved verifiers, chief inspectors of weights and measures, approved manufactures and notifed bodies. pages 63 to 66.
Reporting issues with approved verifiers
Safety & Standards provides a central point of reference for the reporting of incidents discovered by inspectors and verifiers of equipment relating to the processes controlled under NAWI and MID and the Deregulation (Weights and Measures) Order 1999, as amended. This informs the process of market surveillance under the EU directives and national provisions relating to weights and measures.
If you are an approved verifier, an approved manufacturer, a notified body or an inspector of weights and measures and have concerns about the way a piece of equipment was verified or conformity assessed by another organisation or the supporting processes, you can inform Safety & Standards by e-mailing information using the link below.
This reporting mechanism is not intended to deal with random errors relating to the accuracy of a single piece of equipment. Its purposes are to highlight systematic problems with quality systems and their associated processes, and to collect evidence to inform market surveillance.
Please supply enough information to ensure that the issue can be clearly identified and the companies' processes and equipment involved are recorded.
This should include at least:
- a brief description of the events
- companies concerned
- equipment involved or any identifying marks etc. that may help identification
- the point at issue
- if a notified body is involved, state which one
- your contact details
- any other action you are taking or persons you have informed
Contact point to report issues If you wish to report an issue please use the following email address:
Self verification and notified body issues
Example notification formats for use by fuel dispenser approved verifiers
This page contains 2 example verification notification documents for download, editing and use by approved verifiers.
Equipment regulation
Safety & Standards has produced a collection of documents containing guidance on regulation relating to each type of equipment
Last updated 13 May 2019 + show all updates
- Metrology stickers order form added.
- List of approved verifiers and identification stamp numbers issued to Local Weights and Measures Authorities updated.
- Approved verifier register and master stamp list have been updated. This is a listing of the numbers allocated to local weights and measures authorities and approved verifiers for identification purposes on items of weighing or measuring equipment.
- The list of approved verifiers has been updated. This register lists those manufacturers, installers and repairers (M/I/R) who have been granted approved verifier status under the provisions of section 11A of the Weights and Measures Act.
- The attachment for the list of approved verifiers has been updated.
- Updates to the approved verifier register and approved stamp number list.
- Metrology stickers email address has changed.
- Approved verifiers register has been updated.
- Approved verifiers register updated
- Approved verifiers register has been updated.
- The approved verifier register has been updated.
- Attachment for the the approved verfiers list has been updated.
- The approved verifier register attachment has been updated.
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Five Star, Nov 2003, 25.95, 225 pp. ISBN: 1594140286 In The Texas Hill Country ruthless rancher Win Castle feels his mortality after suffering a heart attack. He worries about his legacy as he feels both of his sons are wimps. He decides to host a contest between Chaz and Kyle. Though the siblings are in their thirties, they react differently. Chaz welcomes with glee the chance to inherit the estate while Kyle believes this is stupid. Chaz...


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Massive Replica of the Eagles' 'Hotel California' Graces Concert Venue Roof
Passengers flying in to Los Angeles International Airport are getting a reminder that the Eagles will help reopen the legendary Forum later this month. A gigantic image featuring a replica of the band's 1976 'Hotel California' record is currently draped over the venue's roof.
The Eagles will play six shows at the Forum between Jan. 15-25. The facility, which has undergone a $100 million renovation, is directly beneath the arrival path of more than 1,700 daily flights to L.A.
The image -- which is being touted as the largest vinyl record ever built -- is set on more than a quarter-million square feet of printed vinyl and is supported by a half-mile of aluminum truss. You can watch a video on the making of it above.
The Forum holds a special place in the history of the Eagles, who recorded three sold-out shows there as part of their tour in support of 1975's 'One of These Nights.' Some of the songs later showed up on their 1980 live album. Other artists scheduled to play the renovated Forum include Paul Simon and Sting, who will perform together on Feb. 15.


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Dec. 20, 2005
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Three days of intense competition ended with UCSB on top of the ten schools swimming at the University of Las Vegas Winter Invitational at Buchanen Natatorium.
The Gauchos conquered the meet in every swim. Jen Schwalb had a great meet, she took four individual first place finishes in the 200 IM, 2:03.70, in the 100 breast, 1:04.65, and in the 100 fly, 55.16, and 200 fly, 2:01.22. Freshman teammate Erin Yamamoto was right behind her in second place for both fly events with times of 55.70 and 2:03.24, respectively. Schwalb was second in the 500 free, 4:57.19, and fifth in the 100 back, 58.66. She also helped the 800 free relay take first and 400 Medley Relay take second.
Schwalb was not the only swimmer with a great meet, it took many personal best swims for the Gauchos to rack up the points. Jessica Cruzat had three first place finishes in the 100 and 200 back, 56.16 and 2:00.87 as well as the 400 IM 4:23.02. Cruzat was also second in the 200 IM, 2:07.17, and fourth in the 500 free 5:02.01. She helped her teammates in the 200 medley relay to take first and was a big part of the 400 medley relay that took second.
Nadia Dwidar took third in the 200 free, 1:52.06, fifth in the 100 free, 52.09 and played a role on the 400 free relay and the first place 800 free relay as well as third place 200 free relay. Courtney Jenkins took third and helped teammates Schwalb and Cruzat to take the top three places of the 200 IM, 2:06.73. Jenkins was fourth in the 400 IM, 4:29.82, and sixth in the 200 free, 1:54.22. Katy Freeman took second in the 100 breast 1:04.81, giving teammate Schwalb a run for first. Freeman also took second in the 200 breast, 2:19.24. Also helping the point rally was Danielle Taylor taking fifth in the 200 back, 2:06.99 and Ashley Yamahata taking 12th in the mile event, 17.55.32.
The Gauchos will head home and enjoy the holidays before their next meet against Texas and USC on January 7, 2006 in Los Angeles.


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How To Remove A Locking System For Patio Door
Since many homes have patio doors that slide, it isn't uncommon for the locks to get jammed up or even break. It is very important that you have a working locking system for your patio door. This assures your home is safe and secure. If your locking system is not in proper working order, it is time to replace it. Don't wait until something happens to your home, get it done before something can happen.
Sometimes you may need to replace the entire lock and other times you may just need a latch replacement. Keep reading here today to learn how to remove and replace a locking system for a patio door. The best way to tell if you need to replace the entire lock is if your current lock won't keep the door shut or it is difficult to turn the lock into place.