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Heart Valves: Function Repair & Replacement
Healthy valves are the heart's floodgates, opening to let blood transport oxygen and nutrients throughout the body and closing to make sure the blood flows in a forward direction. When these valves aren't working properly:
- Your heart may have to work harder to supply your body with life-giving blood.
- Backed-up blood may overfill your heart, enlarging it and making it weaker. Excess fluid in the heart can also harm your lungs.
The mitral valve is a one-way valve deep inside your heart that functions as a door between the left atrium and the left ventricle (the upper and lower left chambers of the heart). When the mitral valve is damaged or diseased it may impact the heart's ability to work efficiently, which can prevent normal blood flow from the heart to the body. Two major disorders cause most of the problems:
- Mitral valve prolapse, or regurgitation, happens when the valve leaflets (or doors) don't close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the left atrium. This is the most common ailment of heart valves, affecting 2 percent of people in the United States.
- Mitral valve stenosis occurs when a narrowed valve opening forces your heart to work harder - though often unsuccessfully - to pump the same amount of blood out to your body. Twice as many women as men are affected.
Repair is preferred over replacement for mitral valve disorders because this preserves the valve and left ventricular function, eliminates risks associated with replacement valves, and does not require using anti-coagulants (blood-thinning medications) long-term. Repairs fall into three main categories:
- Commissurotomy - If the edges of the leaflets that form the opening of the valve are partially fused together, your surgeon will snip them apart to increase blood flow.
- Resection - The valve opening is surgically reshaped to restore its function or to remove extra tissue that is causing blood leakage.
- Annulus support - If the valve is too wide or too floppy, a soft, sturdy ring is sewn around the valve to tighten the opening and give it extra support.
If your mitral valve cannot be repaired, your surgeon will discuss valve replacement with you.
The aortic valve — keeping the blood flowing to your body
The aortic valve is located in the heart to regulate the main supply of blood to the body's major vessels. Two of the most common ailments of aortic valves are:
- Aortic stenosis, or narrowing of the aorta, which inhibits the forward flow of blood
- Aortic insufficiency, when the valve controlling blood flow doesn't close tightly, allowing blood to leak back toward the heart
Both of these conditions must be treated to prevent even more serious heart problems and weakening of the heart muscle. With an aortic valve problem, replacement is the preferred option.
Aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve insufficiency are generally caused by one of three conditions:
- Calcium buildup: Age is the main cause of this valve disorder. Blood contains calcium, a mineral, which over time, accumulates in hard deposits within the blood vessels and valves. The anatomy of the valve also makes it susceptible to calcium deposits.
- Heart defect from birth: A congenital defect, in which the valve has two leaflets instead of three, increases the risk for aortic valve stenosis. Also, a baby may be born with smaller valve openings. In this case, the surgeon may attempt a balloon valvuloplasty to enlarge the aortic valve opening.
- Rheumatic fever: One of the most serious side effects of rheumatic fever is its damage to the heart, specifically, the aortic valves. Although rheumatic fever is not as common as it once was, it still affects more than one million people in the U.S. and causes 6,000 American deaths per year.
There are two choices for valve replacement surgery: a mechanical valve or a biological valve. Each type of valve has its strengths and weaknesses, and your surgeon will work with you to help you decide which would be best for your particular circumstances:
- Mechanical valves are durable and designed to last a lifetime. They are often made of carbon, which is well tolerated by the body, and are covered in a polyester knit fabric that can be stitched to your own tissue. A drawback of mechanical valves is that patients will have to take anticoagulants for the rest of their life to prevent blood clots from forming on or near the mechanical valve. Younger patients may choose mechanical valves to avoid another operation 10-15 years down the road, though women who plan to get pregnant need to be aware that that they can't take some anticoagulants during the first and last trimesters of their pregnancy.
- Biological valves can be porcine (from pig tissue), bovine (from cow tissue) or from a human cadaver (allograft or homograft). Pig valves have been used for more than 30 years and have a proven track record. Cow valves have been used in the United States since 1991 and also have a good record for long-term durability. With biological valve replacement there is no need to take blood thinner medicine for the rest of your life. The disadvantage is its durability - a biological valve will generally need to be replaced after 10-15 years, depending upon the patient's age at valve implantation.
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In celebration of Fairmont State University's Sesquicentennial, the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center has created an exhibit titled "On a Hill by a Dream," which features FSU history, traditions and lore.
The title for the exhibition was taken from a poem by Louise McNeill, West Virginia's former Poet Laureate who taught history at Fairmont State. The following quote is from her "Chestnut Orchard" ("Paradox Hill: From Appalachia to Lunar Shore"):
"Back through the years beyond time and space,
On a hill—by a dream—we will find that place."
The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center at Fairmont State University will host "A Salute to Old-Time Music: Presenting Two Legendary Fiddlers in Concert" at 7 p.m. Friday, May 8.
The West Virginia Storytelling Guild will present a free concert, "Stories A-Bloom!," at 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 24, at the Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center on the campus of Fairmont State University.
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Bear Safety: Be Part of the Solution
Bears have been in the news quite a bit over the past year, but for all the wrong reasons. Bear-human conflicts in the greater Yellowstone area not only jeopardize human safety, but also put bears at risk and compromise the great progress made in bear conservation. Fortunately, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has become part of the solution, and so can you.
Many people know the safety warning "A fed bear is a dead bear" and would never dream of purposely feeding a wild bear. But bears are smart and resourceful creatures; if there is food to be found, they will often find it, whether it's in a tent, or a car, or a cooler. And once a bear starts to associate humans with food, it likely leads to disaster.
For instance, last June a habituated black bear needed to be captured and euthanized by Yellowstone National Park staff. The adult female bear had been frequenting a highly visited area near Yellowstone Lake, including Bridge Bay Campground, the Gull Point Picnic Area, and Lake Village. The bear had gotten into human food, and on one occasion ripped open an occupied tent in the campground. She had also been following and approaching hikers on the nearby Elephant Back Trail. Several times, park staff attempted to scare the bear out of the area using a shotgun to shoot bean bag rounds and cracker shells. Because these efforts proved unsuccessful, the decision was made to capture and euthanize the bear.
"This was a difficult decision to make, and was very tragic. But we did what was necessary to protect visitors," said Kerry Gunther, Yellowstone's Bear Management biologist. "It was apparent that the bear was associating the scent of humans with food, and had lost her natural fear of humans, which led to increasingly aggressive behavior. It's possible that better access to bear boxes may have prevented this situation altogether."
Creating Bear-Safe Campgrounds
Preventing bears from obtaining human foods is the foundation of Yellowstone National Park's Bear Management Program. Bears that become conditioned to human food often become more aggressive about trying to obtain it, and can damage property or injure people in the process.
The most likely place for a bear to become conditioned to human food in Yellowstone is at a roadside campground. The problem is that less than 25% of the campsites in roadside campgrounds currently have bear boxes where food can be stored safely.
Thanks to Friends of Yellowstone, like you, the Yellowstone Park Foundation has already raised enough funds for the Park to purchase and install 50 rugged bear boxes at priority campsites. We are continuing this effort in the hopes of installing boxes at 100% of sites in the campgrounds most likely to attract curious bears.
The 30-cubic-foot boxes are made of 12-gauge steel, with rustproof hinges and latches, to withstand the abuses of weather, as well as animals. They are attached to thick metal poles which are set into the ground with cement.
Sponsor a Bear Box
The Yellowstone Park Foundation offers individuals and groups a unique opportunity to Sponsor a Bear Box. For every $1,500 we raise, Yellowstone will install a bear box in a Park campground.
With a contribution of any amount toward the purchase of a bear box, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you are playing a direct role in making Yellowstone safer for both bears and visitors. As a $1,500 sponsor, you will also receive special benefits and recognition, including your name engraved on a small plaque that is permanently affixed to the Bear Box.
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In traditional logic, an axiom or postulate is a proposition that is not proved or demonstrated but considered to be either self-evident, or subject to necessary decision. Therefore, its truth is taken for granted, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other (theory dependent) truths.
In mathematics, the term axiom is used in two related but distinguishable senses: "logical axioms" and "non-logical axioms". In both senses, an axiom is any mathematical statement that serves as a starting point from which other statements are logically derived. Unlike theorems, axioms (unless redundant) cannot be derived by principles of deduction, nor are they demonstrable by mathematical proofs, simply because they are starting points; there is nothing else from which they logically follow (otherwise they would be classified as theorems).
Logical axioms are usually statements that are taken to be universally true (e.g. A and B implies A), while non-logical axioms (e.g, ) are actually defining properties for the domain of a specific mathematical theory (such as arithmetic). When used in that sense, "axiom," "postulate", and "assumption" may be used interchangeably. In general, a non-logical axiom is not a self-evident truth, but rather a formal logical expression used in deduction to build a mathematical theory. To axiomatize a system of knowledge is to show that its claims can be derived from a small, well-understood set of sentences (the axioms). There are typically multiple ways to axiomatize a given mathematical domain.
Outside logic and mathematics, the term "axiom" is used loosely for any established principle of some field.
The ancient Greeks considered geometry as just one of several sciences, and held the theorems of geometry on par with scientific facts. As such, they developed and used the logico-deductive method as a means of avoiding error, and for structuring and communicating knowledge. Aristotle's posterior analytics is a definitive exposition of the classical view.
An "axiom", in classical terminology, referred to a self-evident assumption common to many branches of science. A good example would be the assertion that
When an equal amount is taken from equals, an equal amount results.
At the foundation of the various sciences lay certain additional hypotheses which were accepted without proof. Such a hypothesis was termed a postulate. While the axioms were common to many sciences, the postulates of each particular science were different. Their validity had to be established by means of real-world experience. Indeed, Aristotle warns that the content of a science cannot be successfully communicated, if the learner is in doubt about the truth of the postulates.
The classical approach is well illustrated by Euclid's Elements, where a list of postulates is given (common-sensical geometric facts drawn from our experience), followed by a list of "common notions" (very basic, self-evident assertions).
Structuralist mathematics goes farther, and develops theories and axioms (e.g. field theory, group theory, topology, vector spaces) without any particular application in mind. The distinction between an "axiom" and a "postulate" disappears. The postulates of Euclid are profitably motivated by saying that they lead to a great wealth of geometric facts. The truth of these complicated facts rests on the acceptance of the basic hypotheses. However, by throwing out Euclid's fifth postulate we get theories that have meaning in wider contexts, hyperbolic geometry for example. We must simply be prepared to use labels like "line" and "parallel" with greater flexibility. The development of hyperbolic geometry taught mathematicians that postulates should be regarded as purely formal statements, and not as facts based on experience.
When mathematicians employ the axioms of a field, the intentions are even more abstract. The propositions of field theory do not concern any one particular application; the mathematician now works in complete abstraction. There are many examples of fields; field theory gives correct knowledge about them all.
It is not correct to say that the axioms of field theory are "propositions that are regarded as true without proof." Rather, the field axioms are a set of constraints. If any given system of addition and multiplication satisfies these constraints, then one is in a position to instantly know a great deal of extra information about this system.
Modern mathematics formalizes its foundations to such an extent that mathematical theories can be regarded as mathematical objects, and logic itself can be regarded as a branch of mathematics. Frege, Russell, Poincaré, Hilbert, and Gödel are some of the key figures in this development.
In the modern understanding, a set of axioms is any collection of formally stated assertions from which other formally stated assertions follow by the application of certain well-defined rules. In this view, logic becomes just another formal system. A set of axioms should be consistent; it should be impossible to derive a contradiction from the axiom. A set of axioms should also be non-redundant; an assertion that can be deduced from other axioms need not be regarded as an axiom.
It was the early hope of modern logicians that various branches of mathematics, perhaps all of mathematics, could be derived from a consistent collection of basic axioms. An early success of the formalist program was Hilbert's formalization of Euclidean geometry, and the related demonstration of the consistency of those axioms.
In a wider context, there was an attempt to base all of mathematics on Cantor's set theory. Here the emergence of Russell's paradox, and similar antinomies of naive set theory raised the possibility that any such system could turn out to be inconsistent.
The formalist project suffered a decisive setback, when in 1931 Gödel showed that it is possible, for any sufficiently large set of axioms (Peano's axioms, for example) to construct a statement whose truth is independent of that set of axioms. As a corollary, Gödel proved that the consistency of a theory like Peano arithmetic is an unprovable assertion within the scope of that theory.
It is reasonable to believe in the consistency of Peano arithmetic because it is satisfied by the system of natural numbers, an infinite but intuitively accessible formal system. However, at present, there is no known way of demonstrating the consistency of the modern Zermelo-Frankel axioms for set theory. The axiom of choice, a key hypothesis of this theory, remains a very controversial assumption. Furthermore, using techniques of forcing (Cohen) one can show that the continuum hypothesis (Cantor) is independent of the Zermelo-Frankel axioms. Thus, even this very general set of axioms cannot be regarded as the definitive foundation for mathematics.
In the field of mathematical logic, a clear distinction is made between two notions of axioms: logical axioms and non-logical axioms (somewhat similar to the ancient distinction between "axioms" and "postulates" respectively)
These are certain formulas in a formal language that are universally valid, that is, formulas that are satisfied by every assignment of values. Usually one takes as logical axioms at least some minimal set of tautologies that is sufficient for proving all tautologies in the language; in the case of predicate logic more logical axioms than that are required, in order to prove logical truths that are not tautologies in the strict sense.
In propositional logic it is common to take as logical axioms all formulae of the following forms, where , , and can be any formulae of the language and where the included primitive connectives are only "" for negation of the immediately following proposition and "" for implication from antecedent to consequent propositions:
Each of these patterns is an axiom schema, a rule for generating an infinite number of axioms. For example, if , , and are propositional variables, then and are both instances of axiom schema 1, and hence are axioms. It can be shown that with only these three axiom schemata and modus ponens, one can prove all tautologies of the propositional calculus. It can also be shown that no pair of these schemata is sufficient for proving all tautologies with modus ponens.
Other axiom schemas involving the same or different sets of primitive connectives can be alternatively constructed.
These axiom schemata are also used in the predicate calculus, but additional logical axioms are needed to include a quantifier in the calculus.
is universally valid.
This means that, for any FirstOrderLanguage , the formula can be regarded as an axiom. Also, in this example, for this not to fall into vagueness and a never-ending series of "primitive notions", either a precise notion of what we mean by (or, for that matter, "to be equal") has to be well established first, or a purely formal and syntactical usage of the symbol has to be enforced, only regarding it as a string and only a string of symbols, and mathematical logic does indeed do that.
Another, more interesting example axiom scheme, is that which provides us with what is known as Universal Instantiation:
is universally valid.
Where the symbol stands for the formula with the term substituted for . (See variable substitution.) In informal terms, this example allows us to state that, if we know that a certain property holds for every and that stands for a particular object in our structure, then we should be able to claim . Again, we are claiming that the formula is valid, that is, we must be able to give a "proof" of this fact, or more properly speaking, a metaproof. Actually, these examples are metatheorems of our theory of mathematical logic since we are dealing with the very concept of proof itself. Aside from this, we can also have Existential Generalization:
is universally valid.
Non-logical axioms are formulas that play the role of theory-specific assumptions. Reasoning about two different structures, for example the natural numbers and the integers, may involve the same logical axioms; the non-logical axioms aim to capture what is special about a particular structure (or set of structures, such as groups). Thus non-logical axioms, unlike logical axioms, are not tautologies. Another name for a non-logical axiom is postulate.
Almost every modern mathematical theory starts from a given set of non-logical axioms, and it was thought that in principle every theory could be axiomatized in this way and formalized down to the bare language of logical formulas. This turned out to be impossible and proved to be quite a story (see below); however recently this approach has been resurrected in the form of neo-logicism.
Non-logical axioms are often simply referred to as axioms in mathematical discourse. This does not mean that it is claimed that they are true in some absolute sense. For example, in some groups, the group operation is commutative, and this can be asserted with the introduction of an additional axiom, but without this axiom we can do quite well developing (the more general) group theory, and we can even take its negation as an axiom for the study of non-commutative groups.
Thus, an axiom is an elementary basis for a formal logic system that together with the rules of inference define a deductive system.
Basic theories, such as arithmetic, real analysis and complex analysis are often introduced non-axiomatically, but implicitly or explicitly there is generally an assumption that the axioms being used are the axioms of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory with choice, abbreviated ZFC, or some very similar system of axiomatic set theory, most often Von Neumann–Bernays–Gödel set theory, abbreviated NBG. This is a conservative extension of ZFC, with identical theorems about sets, and hence very closely related. Sometimes slightly stronger theories such as Morse-Kelley set theory or set theory with a strongly inaccessible cardinal allowing the use of a Grothendieck universe are used, but in fact most mathematicians can actually prove all they need in systems weaker than ZFC, such as second-order arithmetic.
The study of topology in mathematics extends all over through point set topology, algebraic topology, differential topology, and all the related paraphernalia, such as homology theory, homotopy theory. The development of abstract algebra brought with itself group theory, rings and fields, Galois theory.
This list could be expanded to include most fields of mathematics, including axiomatic set theory, measure theory, ergodic theory, probability, representation theory, and differential geometry.
We have a language where is a constant symbol and is a unary function and the following axioms:
The standard structure is where is the set of natural numbers, is the successor function and is naturally interpreted as the number 0.
A deductive system consists, of a set of logical axioms, a set of non-logical axioms, and a set of rules of inference. A desirable property of a deductive system is that it be complete. A system is said to be complete if, for all formulas ,
that is, for any statement that is a logical consequence of there actually exists a deduction of the statement from . This is sometimes expressed as "everything that is true is provable", but it must be understood that "true" here means "made true by the set of axioms", and not, for example, "true in the intended interpretation". Gödel's completeness theorem establishes the completeness of a certain commonly-used type of deductive system.
Note that "completeness" has a different meaning here than it does in the context of Gödel's first incompleteness theorem, which states that no recursive, consistent set of non-logical axioms of the Theory of Arithmetic is complete, in the sense that there will always exist an arithmetic statement such that neither nor can be proved from the given set of axioms.
There is thus, on the one hand, the notion of completeness of a deductive system and on the other hand that of completeness of a set of non-logical axioms. The completeness theorem and the incompleteness theorem, despite their names, do not contradict one another.
Mendelson, Elliot (1987). Introduction to mathematical logic. Belmont, California: Wadsworth & Brooks. ISBN 0534066240


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The red carpet rolls out today for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, a celebration of film and acting on the big screen.
ClevelandCountyand surrounding areas have quite a history with film — including several ties to the Oscars.
But more Hollywood history is in the making. Since 2011's "The Hunger Games," location scouts have had their eye on the county.
Last week, country star Naomi Judd filmed scenes for a movie in Kings Mountain. And television shows like Cinemax's "Banshee" and Showtime's "Homeland" have recently relied on Cleveland County backdrops.
Cleveland County Director of Travel and Tourism Jackie Sibley equates the filming to dollar signs. In addition to filling hotels and restaurants, the shoots also attract fans. Sibley reported nearly
30 tours to Cleveland County "Hunger Games" film locations in 2012 alone.
'Dirty Dancing'
"Dirty Dancing" won an Academy Award for Best Music and Original Song for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life."
The 1987 movie was filmed in Lake Lure, in neighboring Rutherford County, as well as Asheville and Pembroke, Va. This summer, the fourth annual Dirty Dancing Festival will be held in Lake Lure from Aug. 16-18. The festival includes dance lessons and a screening of the film.
'Last of the Mohicans'
The 1992 movie was filmed at Chimney Rock in Rutherford County, as well as nearby Burke and Buncombe counties.
While "Mohicans" won an Academy Award for Best Sound, the star of the movie, Daniel Day-Lewis, is up for an Oscar this year.
Day-Lewis is nominated for a Best Actor Award for his role as Abraham Lincoln in the film "Lincoln."
"Lincoln" is nominated for 12 Oscars, including Best Picture.
Jennifer Lawrence
Scenes of District 12 in "The Hunger Games" were filmed in Shelby in 2011. Though the movie was not nominated for any Academy Awards, its leading actress, Jennifer Lawrence, is up for an Oscar this year. Lawrence was among the cast and crew that traveled to Shelby for filming.
Lawrence is nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for "Silver Linings Playbook." Lawrence already won a Golden Globe for her performance in the film.
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Music by the late Earl Scruggs, winner of four Grammy awards, was featured in the 1967 movie "Bonnie and Clyde," starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.
Scruggs' songs included "Foggie Mountain Breakdown," "My Cabin in Caroline" and "Bouquet in Heaven."
"Bonnie and Clyde" won two Academy Awards for Estelle Parsons as Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Cinematography. The film was nominated for 10 awards.
'The Abyss'
Director James Cameron has six Academy Awards for his work in "Titanic" (1997) and "Avatar" (2009).
Earlier in his career, Cameron directed "The Abyss," which was partially filmed at the Earl Owensby Studios in Shelby and the Cherokee Nuclear Plant in Gaffney, S.C., according to the Internet Movie Database website.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. - The Pike County Health Department has released the results of its most recent inspections, with several in the Tug Valley area receiving "less than desirable" ratings.
A perfect inspection score is 100 percent; 85 to 100 percent indicates compliance with health department guidelines and 70 to 84 percent means the establishment must be reinspected within 30 days. If problems have not been corrected, the restaurant faces possible closure. Sixty to 69 percent means the establishment will have five days to request a hearing to show why it should be allowed to continue operation and 59 percent or less means an automatic and immediate closing.
Receiving passing scores of 90 percent and above were the following establishments:
Belfry Senior Citizen's Center, 100 percent; Thoroughbred Steakhouse at the Southside Mall, 100 percent; Big Creek Pizza at Sidney, 93 percent; Kentucky Fried Chicken in S. Williamson, 94 percent; Taco Bell in S. Williamson, 92 percent; Long John Silver's of S. Williamson, 95 percent; Blackberry Senior Center, 97 percent; Wendy's of S. Williamson, 93 percent; Williamson ARH, 95 percent; El Azul Grande in S. Williamson, 94 percent; Sav-A-Lot at Goody, 96 percent; Dairy Queen at Goody, 92 percent; McDonald's at the Southside Mall, 93 percent; Giovanni's at the Southside Mall, 92 percent; Peking II at the Southside Mall, 93 percent; Velocity Market and Deli at Toler, 92 percent; Belfry High School, 98 percent and Bevins Elementary at Sidney, 94 percent.
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RYAN VREDE reports on a compelling spectacle in which the Crusaders survived a late onslaught to win 28-21 against the Chiefs in Hamilton.
This match lacked for nothing, purists and thrill-seekers alike having plenty to satisfy their respective tastes. An excellent advertisement for Super Rugby and a showcase of everything that is great about New Zealand rugby, this match kept you riveted until the very end, where the Saders' refusal to allow their determined opponents a path to goal was heroic.
Brutal collisions, breathtaking individual and collective skills, appreciable tactical intelligence, resillience and passion, bags of it, this match made you wish the suits at Sanzar would put aside commercial interests and personal aspirations and reduce the number of teams in the tournament, pitting only the strongest teams against each other so that these types of showcases become more commonplace, not rare gems in an otherwise barren landscape.
That fanciful idea aside, the Saders did much to advance their cause for a play-off spot. This was always going to be the measure of their credentials and establish whether they are genuine contenders or just posturing pretenders. There can be no question now that they have all the attributes of champions. If they realise that goal it will have to be through a number of away wins like this one, but you wouldn't bet against them.
Chiefs flyhalf Aaron Cruden nearly got his side off to the perfect start when he broke free early in the match, only to be scragged short of the tryline. The youngster's transition from a talented but raw pivot into a truly world-class one is progressing nicely. Experience will refine him, but he is already a formidable opponent and indispensable asset to his franchise.
He got the scoreboard going with a penalty, but the Saders dominated for a large period thereafter, feeding off numerous Chiefs errors. The hosts look back at that passage as being decisive to the outcome.
Dan Carter banked a penalty to level the scores and soon thereafter converted a Kieran Read try in which they kept the ball alive brilliantly through multiple phases. Cruden responded with a penalty, but Carter's experience told when he dropped a goal to keep the Saders ahead.
The visitors stretched their lead to 14 points when Andy Ellis broke blind and put in a delicate grubber which rebounded off a Chiefs player into the path of Luke Ramano. The second rower scooped the loose ball up and drove over the chalk, Carter adding the extras.
But the Chiefs refused to be steamrolled, and rebounded from the Saders' flurry with a counter of their own, Brodie Retallick powering over from close range. Cruden's conversion was the last score of the half, the Saders leading 20-16.
There was an unrelenting urgency and intensity about both sides after the break, Ellis scoring a contentious try but the Chiefs again coming up with a telling rebuttal – Sonny Bill Williams negotiating the attention of four defenders and, clutching the ball in one hand, he reached desperately over a mass of bodies to score.
The Chiefs had opportunities to cut into the Saders' lead, but a combination of poor decision making in good positions, a misfiring lineout and inspiring scrambling on defence denied them. They would also have hoped for a strong bench to galvanise them, and although you could not fault those players' effort, the Saders' mettle under pressure came to the fore to deny their determined opponents.
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Editor's note: This is the eighth article in a nine-part series following Infantry Training Battalion during a full course of training at the School of Infantry, Camp Lejeune.
Soaring missiles destroyed armored vehicles thousands of meters away as students at the School of Infantry tested their newly honed skills.
With the eighth week underway at Infantry Training Battalion, students and instructors made their way to Camp Lejeune during an M41 SABER and M98 Javelin Missile System range, testing mastery of the assigned weapon systems — and their ability to destroy targets. During the training, instructors demonstrated firing the weapon systems before students took turns firing the weapons.
"Firing a Javelin makes you very anxious, but it's very exciting," said Pvt. Mathew Swazey, 19, of Bucksport, Maine. "You're throwing a lot of money down range and you just don't want to miss your target. Hitting my target truly validated everything that we've been doing in the classroom. It made everything I've been through worth it."
For the last three weeks, the students have been training for the two weapons they fired on the range. The training, which consisted of disassembling, assembling, troubleshooting and firing, is one of the most mentally demanding sections at the Infantry Training Battalion, according to Swazey.
Swazey had the group's highest grade-point average and was selected to fire the only Javelin missile allocated to his class.
He said the honor was "extremely stressful" because everyone was staring at him saying that he better not miss.
He didn't.
"We've spent a lot of time in the classroom," Swazey said. "It's required a lot of mental focus and studying to get this far."
The SABER system and the Javelin bring long-range capabilities to the battlefield against armored threats, such as tanks and personnel carriers. This capability keeps the riflemen safe as they maneuver toward objectives, Swazey said.
With only one week left of training at SOI, the students are beginning to prepare for the operating forces, also known as the "fleet." The instructors, according to Swazey, have been mentoring the students on what they should expect as well as the most appropriate attitude they should show up to their units with upon graduation.
"The easiest part for me was all of the weapon systems," Swazey said. "Shooting things is always fun and exciting. It never gets old ... I'm just ready to get to the fleet because I feel prepared."
Instructors often receive ammunition to show students live missiles being fired.
Firing in front of students, according to missileman instructor Sgt. Eric Degenfelder, 27, of Kansas City, Mo., is very stressful because as an instructor, you are supposed to be the expert who can hit the target. Missing a target in front of your buddies is one thing. But missing in front of students is embarrassing and diminishes the instructors' credibility, Degenfelder said.
"I believe for me, personally, the pressure makes me perform at the top of my game," Degenfelder said. "I think the pressure, in a sense, is a good thing ...what's even better is seeing a student hit their target. It's awesome that they can take what we've showed them and apply it."
Not having to drop anyone for academic or performance examination failures has been the best part of teaching this class, Degenfelder said, adding that teaching armored vehicle identification usually poses challenges for the students, but not this class.
"Teaching the rifleman, there are a lot of instructors so you don't have as much of a direct influence, whereas with the weapons specialties, you have a huge impact on the students," Degenfelder said. "Their success rate is a direct representation of how much effort you put in … there is nothing better than that."
Now that the range is complete, Degenfelder has begun preparing the students for the fleet, he said.
"As far as having the right mindset for the fleet and out of the boot camp mentality, they are almost there," he said. "They need to be calm, cool and collected while still having the discipline each Marine needs to have. It's been a challenge but overall they are ready."
It wasn't just the students who learned things over the last eight weeks. Degenfelder said the students have taught him patience as well as mental toughness due to the long hours required.
"They've made me a better Marine and I owe it them to give my best at all times," he said. "Proficiency saves lives and we've tried to make these Marines as proficient as possible," he said. "It all boils down to saving lives. That's why we are so hard on them."
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The Delaware City School Board today will consider slashing $2.5 million from its budget in preparation for a potential double-digit percent cut in state funding.
Superintendent Paul Craft said budget cuts could include cutting teachers, administrators and support staff, putting restrictions on field trips and making more cuts to the building and department operational budgets.
"We really hoped to do all position cuts through attrition," Craft said. "It just doesn't look possible with the size of cut we have to make. People we really want to keep on our team and people who want to stay won't be able to."
Ohio school districts are all anticipating major cuts in state funding when Gov. John Kasich unveils the state budget this week. The Delaware School District is preparing for a 25-percent decrease in state funding, Craft said.
"We received more projections on what we can expect from the state cuts," Craft said. "We're really being driven by those projections. It's frustrating. We've been cutting all along. Even without the large state cut, we have a large projected deficit."
Craft's proposal comes after $1.43 million in cuts to address the district's projected deficit in fiscal year 2012. Those cuts eliminated seven certified and two classified positions through attrition and made specific line article reductions and across-the-board discretionary cuts.
In this latest round of cuts, Craft didn't specify what positions would be eliminated.
"So much of that will play out over the course of the next few weeks when we come up with dates of retirements or resignations," Craft said.
Craft said the cuts were "truly across-the-board."
"This is a big enough cut that there's really no area that's going to be spared completely," he said.
Restrictions on field trips and groups could include a 50-mile limit to save on fuel and staff and bus time. This will figure into athletics scheduling as well, Craft said.
"There are teams we have played before that we just won't be able to," said Craft. Among those teams would be Newark, Lancaster, London and Findlay.
Potential music competitions could be outside the 50-mile limit as well, Craft said.
As for building and department operational budgets, the district will have to cut some supplies, materials, text and library books.
"The hard thing is that so many of those costs are fixed," Craft said. "We have to continue to pay for the Internet connection and fuel on buses, so actual cuts in those supplies and materials budget are as deep as 30 to 40 percent."
While the district doesn't anticipate a larger cut, it's possible that state funding cuts won't be as high as the 25-percent mark, Craft said.
"We'll have those things that are on the line," Craft said. "If it's a little better, we'll know what we can save, but if it's worse, we have to go to it."
The board has continued to discuss a potential operating and bond levy to deal with its projected budget deficits past the fiscal year of 2012 and district-wide renovation proposal.
The facilities committee has examined the district's space issue and is considering an option that would move fifth-graders back into renovated and expanded elementary schools; move sixth-graders into an expanded Dempsey Middle School; renovate and expand Hayes High School; and develop Willis Intermediate School into a unified, district administration building.
Board members have agreed that both operating and bond funding is needed, but haven't decided when and in what configuration it should be presented to voters. The board could still go for the November 2011 ballot, and Craft would like the board to make a decision either way by May.
"I can't imagine a scenario where we won't go with an operating levy," Craft said. "As painful as this $2.5 million is, it would require a $5-million cut next year on a budget of $41 million. The real question is facilities. We can't continue to push it off. It's not an easy decision."
The board will hear a full report from Craft at its meeting set for 5:30 p.m. today at the district's technology center, 621 Pennsylvania Ave., Delaware.


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We all keep secrets, but what if someone wasn't just stealing our secrets but changing them . . . and our brains?
Journalist Nat Idle is nearly gunned down in Golden Gate Park. He quickly learns it was no random attack. Suddenly, in pursuit of the truth, he's running for his life through the shadows of Silicon Valley, a human lab animal caught in a deadly maze of neurotechnology and institutional paranoia. And his survival rests entirely in the hands of his eighty-five-year-old grandmother, Lane, who's suffering from dementia and can't remember the secret at the heart of the world-changing conspiracy.
Author, technology reporter, Pulitzer Prize winner, Matt Richtel has dreamed up an exquisite nightmare firmly grounded in true science. The future is now, the possibilities endless . . . and positively terrifying.
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Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times technology journalist and novelist. He is the author of two previous critically acclaimed novels, Hooked and Devil's Plaything, and his fiction, like his journalism, focuses on the impact of technology on how people live, behave, and love in the 21st century. He won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for his series on distracted driving. He lives in San Francisco with his family.
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Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, today praised the decision by the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to continue tapering its large-scale asset purchase program by reducing its purchase of long-term Treasury securities by $5 billion and reducing its purchase of agency mortgage-backed securities by $5 billion.
Chairman Brady said, "It's another modest step in a long journey back to certainty for investors and jobs creators. The Federal Reserve has succeeded in stimulating Wall Street but has left the middle class and Main Street behind. With an improving economy and potential risk of a future asset bubble, the Fed should commit to ending monetary stimulus by the end of this year."
Brady also commented on the leadership of outgoing chairman Ben Bernanke. "Few would have predicted the extent of the challenges he would face during his years at the helm of the Federal Reserve. Policy differences aside, Chairman Bernanke has served with intelligence, integrity and a calm hand during extraordinarily turbulent times. I predict his decisions before, during and following the financial crisis will be studied and debated by students of monetary policy for decades to come. I appreciate his willingness to discuss monetary policy with members of Congress, as well as the openness and transparency he brought to the Fed. I thank him for his service to our nation and wish him the very best."


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- B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1991
- Ph.D., Harvard Medical School, 1999
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- Means, R. E. Characterization of the Herpesvirus saimiri Orf51 protein. Virology. 2004 Aug 15326(1):67-78.
- Lee, S. H., J. U. Jung, and R. E. Means*. 2003. 'Complementing' viral infection: mechanisms for evading innate immunity. Trends Microbiol 11:449-52.
- Means, R. E.*, S. M. Lang, Y. H. Chung, and J. U. Jung. Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus immune evasion strategies. Frontiers in Biosciences. 2002. 7:e185-203


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THe Hurricanes kept the Highlanders winless in a tight affair in Dunedin
The Hurricanes won 23 – 19 after the Highlanders led 13 – 12 at half time.
The Hurricanes scored three tries to one and looked the more attacking side throughout the match. Their finishing let them down though, as multiple chances were fluffed in the Highlanders 22m.
Conrad Smith got proceedings off to a good start with an early try, but the boot of Colin Slade kept things close. Slade landed 4 penalties and a conversion as the lead swung both ways during the match. Further tries from Ben Franks and TJ Perenara in the second half, kept the scoreboard ticking for the visitors.
To keep matter interesting, Hosea Gear crossed the line for a well worked try in the first half, ensuring the home side had the lead at half time. Gear showed great form with brilliant runs with ball in hand, always beating a defender and gaining valuable meters.
The Hurricanes will be relieved to have come from the match with a win as they were on the wrong side of the possession stats, even though they spent a lot of time in the opposition 22m. Their finishing will be of concern, but is something that can be worked on, while they dominated in the set pieces.
The Highlanders remain winless this season, but will take heart from the performance, specifically Gear's form and the return to full fitness of Colin Slade, who played a stellar match. The Highlanders prepare to face the Chiefs for the second time in a month, while the Hurricanes enjoy a bye next weekend.
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Having recently decided to go in a different direction with the appointment of head coach Victor Lapena, Perfumerias Avenida are certainly ready for a new chapter after deciding to terminate the contract of Nicole Powell.
One of the standout performers in the competition last season, her summer switch to Salamanca from Wisla Can-Pack looked to be a real coup on paper, with the club hoping the American would spearhead their tilt at making the post-season.
However in reality, it has turned out to be a hugely underwhelming relationship, with Avenida undoubtedly suffering from some under-par performances from the forward who has averaged a mediocre 9.6 points and 6.1 rebounds per game in a bitterly disappointing EuroLeague Women Group C campaign.
This is a far cry from her first stint with the club when she poured in 17.3 points per game and impressed so much that she was crowned a Euroleague Women All Star.
Having not played in the last game at CCC Polkowice, the club has decided to cut ties with the player and cancel her contract, citing off-court disciplinary reasons as being the main foundation for the decision.
Meanwhile on a more positive note, Coach Lapena has now taken up his position and described Salamanca as being "the best possible place for basketball in Spain" and also added that he wants to "earn the respect of my players since that's the most important factor."
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An historical perspective on how to verb yourself
If you eat beef, then you'll relate to this article.
Let me explain. When one sits at the dinner table, we take the time to eat beef and not cow (or pork and not pig).
A little thing called history comes into play. Back in the day, there was a lot of fighting. And, I mean a lot of fighting. Plundering, if you will.
With that, the victor was often left to rewrite history and culture.
Hence, cultures changed based on hierarchies. Forced hierarchies.
Peasants who referred to cow as their meal were just that, peasants. Whereas, people in higher classes such as the French, after they invaded England, were left to eat the same animal with a fancier name: beef (du boeuf).
Want another example?
The Arabs who were in Spain for over 800 years left their mark in politics (alcalde), science (algebra), and manufacturing (alfombra).
Why? Because with every forced takeover of a country, comes forced takeover of a language based on the expertise the victors bring.
The French won food and partying (RSVP, anyone?). The Arabs were nerdy. And, America won just about everything else.
Well, forced takeovers are still there. But, far more powerful are the industries that have the influence. This, in turn, leads to language transformation. Google it.
Here are my tips on how to verb yourself:
- Don't verb yourself!
- Give people a stake in what you do.
- Be innovative. Coke did it. (In Texas, we ask for a coke. Then, the waitress asks, "What kind?")
- Don't verb yourself!
Full disclosure: I don't eat beef and I still relate to this article.


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Obama to visit Israel in first visit as president
Tuesday - 2/5/2013, 1:15pm EST
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama plans to visit Israel in the spring, marking his first visit to the nation since becoming president.
The White House says Obama spoke about the visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Jan. 28. That's when Obama congratulated Netanyahu on his success in Israel's recent election.
Obama visited Israel while running for president in 2008, but hasn't been back since, prompting criticism from some pro-Israel groups.
The White House says the start of Obama's second term offers an opportunity to reaffirm Israel's close relationship with the U.S. and to discuss major issues like Syria and Iran.
The White House has not released the date of Obama's trip.
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