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5 runs isn't enough
This game is a perfect example of (IMO) why the DH is bad. Nova should have been gone for a pinch hitter in the 5th. Instead he's out padding his K total...Managing in the AL is a piece of cake...
The ignore feature in game day threads would mean I would be talking to myself.
We are leading the Yankees, coming off a night of silenting their bats with the exception of two pitches.
We havent played well but like it or not, we are in second place and trailing the defending world champions by a whopping 2.5 games.
Why does sunshine even need to be pumped. It is still naturally sunny.
You're right mrherd. I've changed my ways. The rest of my Gameday thread posts are going to be just for you.
Nice job Homer!! Big strikeout to start the inning!!
Two-four-six-eight, who do we appreciate? Homer! Homer! Yeah!
I could see if we were actually not executing the hand wringing, but we've scored 5 in 6 innings against a guy who has tremendous stuff today. Strikeouts or not, we're not playing as bad as some of the naysayers want to say.
Dat K
Good inning against the heart of the lineup for Homer. 1-2-3, 2Ks.
Homer is cruising! Not even at 85 pitches yet I don't think.
Homer has pitched a good game.
I retract my previous statement about not letting him back out for the 6th.
homer needs innings like that more often
Sidearmer in for the Yankees.
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Winnsboro, Texas
|Winnsboro, Texas
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|Coordinates: 32°57′27″N 95°17′24″W / 32.95750°N 95.29000°WCoordinates: 32°57′27″N 95°17′24″W / 32.95750°N 95.29000°W
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|525 ft (160 m)
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Winnsboro is a city in Franklin and Wood Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, located 40 miles north of Tyler. The population was 3,434 at the 2010 census. Settlement of Winnsboro began in the 1850s with a post office established between 1854 and 1855.
Winnsboro is located at 32°57′27″N 95°17′24″W / 32.95750°N 95.29000°W (32.957613, -95.289904).[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.5 km²)
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Winnsboro has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.[4]
As of the census[1] of 2010, there were 3,584 people, 1,300 households, and 813 families residing in the city. The population density was 973.9 people per square mile (376.0/km²). There were 1,491 housing units at an average density of 405.1 per square mile (156.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 85.71% White, 8.90% African American, 0.75% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 2.73% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.8% of the population.
There were 1,300 households out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 11.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. 34.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 23.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.91.
In the city the population was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 26.5% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 24.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 108.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 109.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $25,690, and the median income for a family was $37,286. Males had a median income of $25,972 versus $18,036 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,612. About 11.3% of families and 14.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 15.3% of those age 65 or over.
FBI Investigation[edit]
It was announced on June 13, 2012 that a criminal investigation has been launched against the Winnsboro Police Department by the FBI. As a result, the Wood County, Texas, District Attorney has suspended prosecution of all cases from that department. The investigation into the Winnsboro Police Department centers on allegations that two officers planted drugs on people, then arrested them on drug charges.[5] A civil lawsuit was filed by Jason Brummell who said officers planted drugs in his vehicle during a 2008 traffic stop. Mr. Brummell filed the lawsuit in 2009 against the city of Winnsboro, the Winnsboro police chief and three officers. Dustin Swann, also of Pittsburg, filed a similar suit. Both lawsuits have since been settled by the city[6] In addition to these allegations, there have been four separate civil suits dating back to 2008 detailing similar complaints - that Winnsboro officers falsified reports.[5] According to a statement, Police Chief J.L Miller said he stands by his officers 100%. Additionally, Mayor Carolyn Jones, speaking on behalf of the city council, also said they support the department as well.[7]
The City of Winnsboro is served by the Winnsboro Independent School District.
Gilbreath Memorial Library is located at 916 N. Main Street. The library is a public Tri-County library serving Franklin, Hopkins, and Wood counties.
- ^ a b "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ Climate Summary for Winnsboro, Texas
- ^ a b More allegations against Winnsboro Police Department - KLTV.com-Tyler, Longview, Jacksonville, Texas | ETX News
- ^ FBI investigates Winnsboro Police Department - Longview News-Journal: Pittsburg Gazette News
- ^ UPDATE: Winnsboro Police troubles discussed at city council meeting | KETK
External links[edit]
- Winnsboro Economic Development Corporation
- Winnsboro City Website
- Winnsboro Chamber of Commerce
- Gilbreath Memorial Library
- KWJB RADIO the official website of the only broadcasting station in Van Zandt County


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So, i've key and cert file which are using without problem with CURL.
curl -k --key key --cert cert --url myurl
No problem with it. Buf if test connection with openssl s_client i've error 19 self-signed cert in chain.
openssl s_client -key key -cert cert -connect myurl:443
So, seems openssl must have alternative option '-k' of curl which means insecure, allow connections to SSL sites without certs (H). Somebody knows it?


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An asymmetric distal femoral prosthetic component is provided for use in arthroplasty having a sulcus angled laterally upward, and preferably laterally displaced from the midline. This design more closely approximates the configuration of the natural knee and reduces patellar maltracking and excessive wear and failure of the component.
1. An asymmetric distal femoral component for a knee prosthesis having frontal and distal sides, said component comprising a medial condyle and a lateral condyle defining a notional joint line, and a notional midline, said component further comprising a sulcus on said frontal and distal sides between said condyles, said sulcus having a medial angle with said joint line between about 90 and 97 degrees on said front side, and having a sulcus origin displaced from said midline, wherein said medial condyle is wider than said lateral condyle and said lateral condyle is higher than said medial condyle.
2. The asymmetric component of claim 1 wherein the medial angle between the sulcus and the joint line is between about 93 and about 95 degrees on the front side.
3. The asymmetric component of claim 1 for a patient's right knee wherein said wider medial component is on said component's left side.
4. The asymmetric component of claim 1 for a patient's left knee wherein said wider medial component is on said component's right side.
5. The asymmetric component of claim 1 wherein the sulcus origin is displaced laterally from the midline.
6. The asymmetric component of claim 5 wherein said sulcus origin is displaced from said midline about 3 to about 8 mm.
7. The asymmetric component of claim 5 wherein the displacement of the sulcus origin from the midline is about 5 mm.
This invention lies in the field of medical devices, specifically femoral components for artificial knees.
Knee replacement has become a common surgical procedure when the natural knee components have either worn out from repeated stress or from advanced disease. A frequent and serious problem in total knee arthroplasty is failure of the implant. This failure is often a result of compression, stress and improper fit of the implant which may not closely approximate the patient's natural knee.
As a commercial consideration, components for knee prostheses are mass-manufactured. It is difficult for the manufacturers to take into account the individual natures of patients' knees. Accordingly, devices now used for total replacement of the anatomical knee joint, in particular the design of the femoral component, have generally tended to be symmetrical in design.
Traditional images of the distal femur place the intercondylar groove (the trochlear groove) midway between the condyles. The location and configuration of the intercondylar groove of the distal femur is clinically significant in the mechanics and pathomechanics of the patellofemoral articulation (Fu, F. H., et al. (1993), "Patellofemoral Biomechanics," In Fox, J. M. and Del Pizzo, W. (eds.), The Patellofemoral Joint, New York, McGraw-Hill 49-62; Fulkerson, J. P. and Hungerford, D. S. (1990), "Biomechanics of the Patellofemoral Joint," In Fulkerson, J. P. and Hungerford, D. S. (eds), Disorders of the Patellofemoral Joint, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 25-41; Kapandji (1987), I. A., The Physiology of the Joints, New York, Churchill Livingstone, 76-103). For this reason, morphologic characteristics of the distal femur have been well documented (Brattstrom, H. (1964), "Shape of the Intercondylar groove normally and in recurrent dislocation of the patella," Acta Orthop. Scand. 68(Supp):1-24; Dye, S. F. (1993, "Patellofemoral Anatomy," In Fox, J. M. and Del Pizzo, W. (eds), The Patellofemoral Joint, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1-2; Fulkerson, J. P. and Hungerford, D. S. (1990) "Normal Anatomy," In Fulkerson, J. P. and Hungerford, D. S. (eds), Disorders of the Patellofemoral Joint, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1-24; Kapandji (1987), I. A., The Physiology of the Joints, New York, Churchill Livingstone, 76-103; Yoshioka, Y., et al. (1987), "The anatomy and functional axes of the femur," J. Bone and Joint Surg. 69A:873-880.)
Despite numerous investigations devoted to this isolated area of human anatomy, however, no studies have documented the location of the sulcus, the deepest depression of the intercondylar groove, relative to the condyles or its orientation relative to the anatomic and mechanical axes of the femur as defined by Walmsley (Walmsley, T. (1933), "The vertical axes of the femur and their relations. A contribution to the study of the erect position," J. Anat. 67:284-300). The traditional representation of the distal femur with a sulcus lying midway between the femoral condyles cannot be traced to any study where this relationship is supported by anatomic measurement. Yet this traditional image of the femoral sulcus lying midline between femoral condyles has provided the model for prosthetic implants of the knee.
The prosthetic femoral components currently used in total knee replacement are also symmetric with respect to the location of the sulcus between the condyles. That is, contemporary implants locate the distal sulcus in the midline between symmetric condyles. The majority of implants also orient the prosthetic sulcus along the mechanical axis. In some designs such as the Duracon by Howmedica Inc., Rutherford, N.J., the sulcus slopes laterally along the anatomic axis proximally but remains in the midline distally. However, patella tilt, subluxation, and failure documented in total knee arthroplasty (Bindelglass, D. F., et al. (1993, "Patellar tilt and subluxation in total knee arthroplasty," Clin. Orthop. 286:103-109; Brick, G. W. and Scott, R. D. (1988), "The patellofemoral component of total knee arthroplasty," Clin. Orthop. 231:163-179) result from a failure of the patella to track in the non-anatomic sulcus of contemporary femoral prostheses.
Contemporary alignment technique in total knee arthroplasty has been modified to accommodate the symmetry of the femoral component by positioning the component in external rotation. Axial rotation of the femoral component 3 degrees has been documented in a CT scan study to superimpose the patellar groove of the implant over the sulcus of the average patient undergoing total knee arthroplasty as shown by applicant herein. A recent cadaver study reporting 30 distal femoral segments of unknown origin documented that 4 degrees of external rotation of the femoral component relative to the posterior femoral condyles would superimpose the prosthetic and anatomic sulci (Arima, J., et al. (1995), "Femoral rotational alignment, based on the anteroposterior axis, in total knee arthroplasty in the valgus knee," J. Bone and Joint Surgery 77A:1331-1334). External axial rotation of the femoral component five degrees has also been documented in a biomechanical study to improve patellar tracking (Anouchi, Y. S., et al. (1993), "The effects of axial rotational alignment of the femoral component on knee stability and patellar tracking in total knee arthroplasty demonstrated on autopsy specimens," Clin. Orthop. 287:170-177)
The strategy of lateralizing the trochlear groove at the time of implantation by a surgeon externally rotating the component effectively lateralizes the proximal portion of the component but leaves the distal position of the trochlear groove unchanged. The relationship of the femoral component to the tibial component is altered by this method and creates additional wear and failure if the tibial component position is not altered as well. Current efforts of surgeons to deal with a problem created by non-anatomic symmetry of components is producing additional problems and not solving the original problem of patellar maltracking.
A design for improvement of the symmetrical conformation is disclosed in applicant's copending patent application for "Asymmetric Condylar and Trochlear Femoral Knee Component," U.S. Ser. No. 08/334,385 filed Nov. 3, 1994, the disclosure of which is fully incorporated herein by reference. In this design, the sulcus, or low point of the trochlear groove between the condyles, is laterally displaced from the midline of the femoral component to match the knee being replaced, the medial condyle is wider than the lateral condyle, and the lateral condyle is higher than the medial condyle.
Applicant has discovered, and reports herein, that the sulcus axis of the natural knee does not lie in the midline between the femoral condyles, but rather is angled as described below. The patella, which tracks in the sulcus, will naturally track lateral to the midplane of the average femur. This lateral tracking of the patella has been previously documented by others (Anouchi, Y. S., et al. (1993), "The effects of axial rotational alignment of the femoral component on knee stability and patellar tracking in total knee arthroplasty demonstrated on autopsy specimens," Clin. Orthop. 287:170-177), as well as the tendency of the prosthetic patella to tilt and sublux laterally if the sulcus is moved to the midline in the course of a total knee arthroplasty (Bindelglass, D. F., et al. (1993, "Patellar tilt and subluxation in total knee arthroplasty," Clin. Orthop. 286:103-109). Thus, if the natural angle of the sulcus is not preserved in the prosthesis, the patella tends to tip onto one side and ride over to the lateral side, causing excess wear and ultimately failure of the implant.
It is an object of this invention, therefore, to provide a femoral prosthesis for a knee implant approximating the normal knee in design.
There are several femoral components that flair the trochlear groove distally and laterally about 7 degrees from the midline while maintaining the distal sulcus in the midline, including the Zimmer NexGen component and components made by Howmedica and Duracon. This design concept accommodates the patella in knee extension if the femoral component is oriented in neutral rotation; however, these components with "flared" trochlea excessively lateralize the anterior sulcus relative to its natural location if the component is externally rotated, introducing the potential for patellar tilt and subluxation in a medial direction when the knee is extended.
An asymmetric distal femoral component for a knee prosthesis is provided having a sulcus on its frontal and distal sides, wherein the medial angle between the sulcus and the joint line is between about 90 and 97 degrees on the front side (as shown in FIG. 1). More preferably, said angle between the sulcus and the joint line is between about 93 and about 95 degrees.
The joint line is the line defined by the lowest points of the condyles when the joint is placed with the distal side contacting a horizontal surface. The same definition is used for the joint line of the prosthetic component. As will be understood by those skilled in the art, the angles are measured on a two-dimensional projection of the image of the front of the distal femur, or the front of the prosthetic component.
The sulcus of the natural knee, which is the lowest point of the trochlear groove, runs in a substantially straight line from the front of the femur through the point defined as the origin of the sulcus herein which is the highest (closest to the patella) point of the sulcus visible in a distal view of the femur. The origin of the sulcus is laterally displaced from the midline in the natural knee, and preferably also in the asymmetric femoral component of this invention. Preferably, the sulcus origin of the asymmetric component is displaced laterally from the midline a distance of between about 1 and about 15 mm, more preferably between about 3 and about 8 mm, and most preferably a distance of about 5 mm.
It is preferred that the asymmetric component of this invention have a medial condyle which is wider than its lateral condyle by about 3 mm to about 8 mm, and preferably about 5 mm.
It is also preferred that the asymmetric component of this invention have a lateral condyle which is higher than its medial condyle by about 1 mm to about 5 mm, and preferably about 3 mm.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the component for the patient's right knee will be a mirror image of the component for the patient's left knee.
FIG. 1 shows a frontal view of an asymmetric distal femoral prosthetic component of this invention for a left knee having a sulcus axis 50 at a 93 degree angle from the joint line 14.
FIG. 2 shows a traditional image of a distal femur demonstrating the symmetric placement of the sulcus relative to the femoral condyles.
FIG. 3 shows a distal femur depicting how the midpoint was determined by measuring one-half the distance between the contact points of the femoral condyles with the base of a stereotactic device (contact plane).
FIG. 4 shows the axis of the sulcus lying between the mechanical and anatomic axes of the average femur.
FIG. 5 illustrates the distal femur with computed tomography scan with cut one cm above the intercondylar notch.
FIG. 6 is a cross-section along line 6--6 of FIG. 5 illustrating the baseline, midline and sulcus origin with lateral displacement of the sulcus.
Applicants have discovered that in the natural distal femur, the sulcus is linear, and the origin of the sulcus is lateral to the midplane. The natural sulcus has been found to be about 94.7 degrees plus or minus 0.9 degrees from the joint line when viewed frontally (FIG. 4). This contrasts with the traditional symmetrical image of the distal femur (FIG. 2) presented in anatomic and orthopaedic literature.
A femoral component for an implant for total knee replacement is provided by this invention which comprises a sulcus angled laterally from the joint line (as viewed from the front) to more closely approximate the conformation of the natural knee. This allows more natural patellar tracking in the component and reduces excess wear and premature failure of the implant.
FIG. 2 shows a traditional image of a distal femur 60, upon which most currently used femoral component designs are modelled. The distal femur 60 comprises a medial condyle 20 and a lateral condyle 40 with a trochlear groove 35 between them. The lowest point of the trochlear groove 35 is called the sulcus, and its endpoint at the top of FIG. 2 is termed the sulcus origin 30 herein, which also corresponds to point C on FIG. 2. The distal femur 60 also comprises a lateral posterior femoral condyle 70 having a lowest point 84 (shown as center point A) and a medial posterior femoral condyle 75 having a lowest point 86 (shown as center point B). The lowest points 84 and 86 are connected by notional baseline 80. The notional triangle created by connecting the center points of the two posterior femoral condyles, A and B, with the sulcus origin, C, is isosceles with distance A-C equal to B-C. The symmetry of the traditional image is further demonstrated by the intersection 82 of the baseline 80 (line A-B) with its perpendicular bisector, distal femoral midline 25 (line C-D).
FIG. 1 shows an asymmetric femoral prosthetic component 10 of this invention having posterior flanges 12, pins 11, a medial condyle 20 and a lateral condyle 40 separated by a trochlear groove 35. The line defined by the condyles where they rest on a horizontal surface is joint line 14. In the natural knee, as shown in FIG. 4, the mechanical axis 52, a notional line joining the head of the femur to the midpoint between the condyles, lies at a 90 degree angle to the joint line. The anatomic axis 54 (a notional line joining the center of the proximal shaft of the femur to the midpoint between the condyles, is typically about 7 degrees lateral to the mechanical axis 52. The typical sulcus axis 50 lies between the mechanical axis 52 and the anatomic axis 54. In the asymmetric femoral prosthetic component 10 of this invention, the sulcus axis 50 is similarly placed. Thus the medial sulcus-joint line angle 16 is preferably about 93 degrees (the angle is measured from the medial side). The mechanical axis-joint line angle 18 is about 90 degrees as discussed above. The lateral anatomic axis-joint line angle 17 is preferably about 83 degrees (the angle is measured from the lateral side).
FIG. 3 shows a femur 65 with the distal femur 60 in the foreground and the head 90 and greater trochanter 91 in the background at the proximal end. The femur rests on a horizontal surface or contact plane 92 with the head 90 and lateral posterior femoral condyle 70 and medial posterior femoral condyle 75 resting on the contact plane 92. The medial posterior femoral condyle lowest point 86 and the lateral posterior femoral condyle lowest point 84 rest on contact points on pressure sensitive paper 95. Midpoint 82 was determined by measuring one-half the distance between lowest points 84 and 86 with the base of a stereotactic device (not shown) lying in the contact plane 92. Midplane 55 is perpendicular to contact plane 92 at midpoint 82, i.e. midplane 55 is perpendicular to the line joining medial posterior femoral condyle lowest point 86 and lateral posterior femoral condyle lowest point 86 (shown as baseline 80 on FIG. 2).
FIG. 4 shows a femur 65 having a distal femur 60 with a head 90, a greater trochanter 91, a medial condyle 20, and a lateral condyle 40. Also depicted in FIG. 4 is the anatomic axis 54 (dotted line) which is defined as a notional line joining the center of the proximal shaft of the femur to the midpoint 82, and the mechanical axis 52 (dotted line) which is defined as a notional line joining the center of the head 90 to the midpoint 82. The sulcus axis 50 of the average femur corresponds with the actual sulcus, and lies at an angle from the mechanical axis 52 and the mechanical axis 54.
FIG. 5 shows the distal femur 60 with the plane of a computed tomography (CT) scan 96 shown where a single cut was taken through the distal femur 60 proximal to the intercondylar notch (shown obscured by the patella 98).
FIG. 6 shows the plane of the scan along line 6--6 of FIG. 5 with the sulcus origin 30 displaced from the midline 25. The midline 25 is constructed by constructing a baseline 80 between the medial posterior femoral condyle lowest point 86 and the lateral posterior femoral condyle lowest point 84, determining the midpoint 82 and constructing a perpendicular identified as the midline 25.
In the preferred asymmetric distal femoral prosthetic component of this invention, the sulcus axis is inclined between about 1 and about 3 degrees, and preferably about 2 degrees from the anatomic axis and between about 3 and about 5 degrees, and preferably about 4 degrees from the mechanical axis (the latter axes being defined when the component is in place in the patient's knee).
The origin of the sulcus is also preferably displaced laterally from the midline as described above, the medial condyle is wider than the lateral condyle, and the lateral condyle is higher than the medial condyle.
The asymmetric component of this invention is used in standard arthroplasty procedures as known to the art. Preferably a selection of asymmetric components are available to the physician with varying sulcus angles, and a component is selected which most closely approximates the sulcus angle observed in the patient's natural knee. Such observations can be made by CT scan of the distal femur as described in Example 1, wherein the angle of the sulcus relative to the midline is measured e.g. by using a plastic overlay to mark the baseline, midline, and sulcus origin. First and second CT scans of the distal femur taken at parallel cuts as far apart as possible can be superimposed, and the sulcus termination, sulcus axis, and sulcus angle determined from the computer images, so that the correct sulcus angle for the prosthesis to match the naturally occurring angle may be chosen.
The specific focus of this study was to measure the horizontal, that is, mediolateral, position of the sulcus relative to the condyles. Forty osteoarthritic knees (20 left, 20 right) in patients presenting for total knee arthroplasty (TKA) and 20 control knees in 10 asymptomatic adults were randomly selected for study. The osteoarthritic patients all met the clinical and radiographic criteria for advanced osteoarthritis requisite for TKA. The control subjects were screened by history, physical examination, and radiographs to exclude anyone with signs or symptoms suggesting occult arthritis of the knee. No patient or volunteer demonstrated evidence of traumatic deformity.
Patient and control computed tomography (CT) scans were obtained with the individual supine, the knees in full extension, and the feet and toes together. A single cut was taken through the distal femur proximal to the intercondylar notch (FIG. 5). The scanning was limited to a single cut (FIG. 6) to avoid excessive cost and radiation exposure. The single cut was further justified on the basis of preliminary studies of 79 cadaver femurs using a stereotactic device that demonstrated no statistically significant mediolateral deviation of the sulcus relative to the two contact points when the lowest point in the trochlea (sulcus) was measured at 3-mm increments throughout the length of the femoral trochlea (Eckhoff, D. G., et al. (1994), "Stereotactic assessment of femoral sulcus location," Orthop. Trans. 184:1235).
The most posterior point on the articular surface of each femoral condyle was identified on the CT image and the line connecting these two points was constructed (FIG. 6). The perpendicular bisector of this baseline was drawn to intersect with the trochlea. This perpendicular bisector of the baseline was designated the midline. The lowest point of the trochlea, designated the sulcus, was determined and the magnitude and direction of displacement of the sulcus from the midline were measured as the sulcus displacement. This measurement of sulcus displacement was performed on the screen of the CT console and on the CT films (hard copy) after calibrating the degree of magnification with a CT phantom (1 CT pixel=1 mm on specimen).
The translation of the sulcus from the midline in patients requiring TKA was 5 plus or minus 1 mm in a lateral direction. The translation of the sulcus from the midline in asymptomatic volunteers was 4 plus or minus 1 mm in a lateral direction. The data were analyzed using an unpaired t-test and there was no significant difference between patients and control subjects (P>0.05). There was no significant difference between right and left in patients or control subjects (P>0.05). There was no intraobserver or interobserver significant difference tested by analysis of variance when two independent observers each repeated the measurements twice.
From the standpoint of artistic rendering, the 4- to 5-mm displacement of the sulcus identified in this study may be an insignificant amount, the omission of which falls within the artistic license of an illustrator. The significance of these data is in their engineering application to TKA. The lateralized sulcus describes not only the shape of the distal femur but it also reflects the location occupied by the patella prior to surgical intervention. Like the traditional image, most femoral components in contemporary TKA are symmetric and place the sulcus in the midline relative to the posterior femoral condyles. These components force the patella into the midline even though it tracked lateral to the midline before surgery. This observation may account of the high incidence of postoperative patellar tilt and subluxation in TKA.
The purpose of this study was to measure the location of the sulcus of the distal femur in a large series of cadaver femora using a custom stereotactic device. This study was designed to document the position of the sulcus relative to the posterior femoral condyles and the orientation of the sulcus relative to the traditional axes of the femur.
Eighty-five right femora located in the Anthropology Department of the University of Colorado were measured in this study. All femora were well preserved by virtue of the fact that they were buried in an arid region of Sudanese Nubia and each corpse became naturally mummified by desiccation in the dry soil. Femora from 38 females and 47 males were studied. All femora were skeletally mature with chronological ages between 21 and 51 years of age (average forty years). Age and gender were determined by an experienced anthropologist (DPV) using accepted anthropologic techniques that require staging the development of the symphysis pubis and careful measure of the inlet and outlet dimensions (Ubelaker, D. H. (1978), Human Skeletal Remains--Excavation, Analysis, Interpretation, New York, Aldine-Hawthorne 42-43, 53-55). Femora were not studied if gender and age could not be determined. Femora that were poorly preserved, traumatically deformesufficient degree arthritic disease of sufficient degree to compromise accurate measurement of the femoral sulcus and condyles were not included in the study.
All femora were measured in the following fashion: A stereotactic device used for localizing lesions of the brain in animal neurosurgery was modified to hold a femur at an inclination of 45 degrees to the horizontal. The forty-five degree inclination provided the optimal orientation of the femur with respect to the stylus of the device to allow measurement from top to bottom of the trochlea without repositioning the specimen during the measuring procedure. The condyles were held 8 mm from the side wall of the device by a shim while the femoral head rested against the side wall. This position was found empirically to facilitate measurement of the axes and had no effect on the relative values measured since this position was maintained for all measurements of all bones.
The location and orientation of the sulcus were obtained by repeated horizontal passes of the stereotactic stylus over the distal femur beginning at the top of the articular surface and progressing down to the intercondylar notch. With each horizontal pass, the lowest depression of the trochlea (sulcus) was identified by the stereotactic stylus and the coordinates were recorded. After each horizontal pass, the stereotactic device was lowered by 2 mm to provide sequential horizontal tracings.
The sulcus data were analyzed by establishing the following references. The floor of the device defined the contact plane of the femoral condyles and greater trochanter (FIG. 3). The posterior femoral condyle contact points were identified by the imprint of the condyles on pressure-sensitive contact paper (Fuji Film, Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan), located on the floor of the device (FIG. 3). The midpoint between the two contact points was identified by direct measure of the contact paper with a ruler fixed to the floor of the device. The location of the sulcus was measured in reference to an imaginary midplane, erected as the perpendicular plane to the contact plane (floor of the device) at the midpoint (FIG. 3). The midplane represented the null point from which the displacement of the sulcus in a medial or lateral direction was measured in millimeters by the stylus and micrometer.
The anatomic axis, defined by the line joining the center of the proximal shaft to the midpoint of the condyles, and the mechanical axis, defined by the line joining the center of the head to the midpoint of the condyles, were measured relative to the midplane. The inclination of the sulcus, the sulcus axis, was determined by plotting the sulcus data on metric graph paper. A straight line representing the axis of the sulcus was produced by placing a straight edge through the data points. The inclination of this sulcus axis relative to the projection of the midplane on the graph paper was determined. The anatomic and mechanical axes of each femur were superimposed on the sulcus plots and the deviation in degrees between the sulcus axis and the traditional femoral axes (anatomic and mechanical) were measured (FIG. 4).
Three repeated measures performed by each of three independent observers were compared b one-way analysis of variance to demonstrate repeatability and reliability of the stereotactic measurement method.
The lateral displacement of the sulcus axis from the midplane measured 2.4 plus or minus 2.1 mm (range, -2.5�8.3 mm) for the 85 femora. There was virtually no medial or lateral deviation of the sulcus with respect to the sulcus axis. The maximum displacement of any data point from the axis was less than plus or minus 0.5 mm for any sulcus, showing that the femoral sulcus is a linear structure and this method is accurate within the limits of measure in defining its orientation.
The angle of inclination of the sulcus axis relative to the midplane was 0.4 degrees plus or minus 5 degrees. The difference between the sulcus axis and the anatomic axis of the femur was 1.7 degrees plus or minus 0.9 degrees. The difference between the sulcus axis and the mechanical axis of the femur was 3.6 degrees plus or minus 0.5 degrees.
The difference in average sulcus displacement reported following repeated measures by a single independent observer was <1 mm. The difference between the three independent observers in reported sulcus displacement averaged <1 mm. There was no significant difference between observers or between repeated measures of a single observer demonstrated by analysis of variance. These internal reliability checks demonstrate the method and the apparatus are both accurate and reproducible.
This study documents that the configuration of the femoral sulcus is linear with little medial-lateral deviation. The data further illustrate that the average femoral sulcus is lateral to the midplane and the majority of femoral sulci lie between 0 and 5 mm of the midplane. The orientation of the average sulcus lies between the traditional anatomic and mechanical axes of the femur, but this orientation demonstrates variability with some sulci lying medial to the mechanical axis and others lying lateral to the anatomic axis.
These observations reflect the characteristics of a unique skeletal population and should not be interpreted as a characterization of all femoral sulci. These femora belonged to a Black population and it is well established that the femur is longer and narrower in Black as compared to White populations. The sulcus should be more lateral in the wider femur of a White population and an average of 5 mm lateralization has been documented in a study using CT scans on Caucasian patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (Example 1). Interpretation of the data in this study is further limited by the fact that measurements were performed only on right femora as the left femora in this population were unavailable. However, a prior study demonstrated no significant difference in sulcus location between right and left femora (Example 1).
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Shoei RF 1100 VS Arai RX-Q
My current helmet is well over a decade old. I have started doing some research into a replacement and have narrowed it down to the above two. I am leaning towards the Shoei mainly because I have no experience with Arai. Is the Arai worth the extra $??? I commute daily on a sport tourer so I need a good all rounder. Any input
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Testing conducted by independant labs has shown that many inexpensive helmets perform just as well or better than expensive, top of the line helmets. In some cases what you're getting for the extra 3-400 bucks is nicer finish, graphics and better plastics in the venting. While that may make those helmets "better", that does not mean they are any safer(despite what someone who believes Arai's ad copy says and who is more than a little proud of the fact they laid out 700 bucks for a helmet).
If you find the fit of a particular helmet suits your head especially well and it passes the standards you find important, that is the helmet to go with. Everything else is window dressing.
BTW-I have current Arai, Shoei, AGV, HJC and Bell helmets in the closet and I wear each for different reasons. My Shoei TZ-R is my favorite helmet because it's the quietest but it sucks in cool weather because it turns into a terrarium. My HJC CL-SP is a great cool weather commuter helmet because it vents well but the shell is large and on my Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport I get buffeting at 75mph on trips with it. They all have trade offs.
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I've found Arai to have best for over-all comfort...for me, that is. I have an intermediate to long oval shaped head, so helmet shape isn't just right I get pressure on the ol' forehead, followed by a head ache. Arai is the only company that purposly builds to different head shapes AND specifies the shapes of their different helmets.
I'm currrently own Shark RSI which is long oval are pretty darn comfy and quiet, but it get pretty breazy in the face area, even with the vents closed. This sucks an occasional small bug into the helmet in the summertime, which isn't too big of a deal, but you'll freeze when the temps dip without a balaclava. My Arai didn't have any of those annoyances, although the face shield was a PITA to change. I'd say that's the biggest drawback to owning an Arai. It's hard to change the face shield without breaking something.
I pretty sure the Shoei are a bit easier in that regard. While you're at it, the new Bell Star has been getting rave reviews and is in your price range. You might want to try one on. It's a quality helmet and the face shield is easy to change.
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There are some good deals on that Bell Star. Looks like a nice helmet, I need to get to a shop and try one on. Thanks for the input.
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The one that fits you best bro - they are both most likely great helmets but I doubt if they are that much better than some cheaper ones out there.
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You need to try them both on, your head shape will be a large determining factor.
It's true that many cheaper helmets offer the same, or sometimes better protection. However, I find the comfort of the Shoei on a different level from cheaper helmets (in the store anyway).
The RF1100 is the quietest helmet I have ever owned, and also the best vented one. Changing shields is a 30-second job (if that).
No experience with the Arai, but I'm sure it's fine also. Let your head decide :-)
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I'm a Shoei guy. They fit me well. I have an RF-1100 (Hadron) and a Hornet DS Sonora. Both great helmets.... fit and finish is excellent, they are quiet, the shields work great and are very good optically. I think you get what you pay for in helmets... the cheaper helmets may meet the Snell and DOT standards, but there are other things like fit/finish, features, and stuff like that you will miss out on.
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It is all about fit, fit, and oh yeah fit. Seriously. And when you try on helmets be sure to have your "normal haircut" --sounds ridiculous. But now that i am balding...sigh...and keep my hair nearly shaved --my Shark RSI helmet didn't fit right anymore and forced me to buy the only other long oval helmet, an Arai Profile with a custom-fitted liner.
I like Arai helmets, they have a serious attention to detail, the helmet finish is tough, and most components are replaceable (and available). Their ventilation system is intricate and allows for fine tuning of the air flow. Replacable and different thickness cheek pads and liner can give an improved fit. The visor changing mechanism was a major pain with my old Arai Signet though. Super annoying. It appears to have been updated/improved but how much I can't say. New helmets still come with a DVD.... Poking around on the internet you can see people swappin' em out in no time but maybe my technique is faulty.
My riding buddy had a RF-1000 for years. Decided it was time to update last year, bought a Shoei X-11 and after a while was disappointed with the shield fogging, whistling noises and subpar comfort. When we were at Laguna GP he tried on all the helmets he could find: RF-1100, Bell Star, Soumy (can't remember which models), and then the Arais RX-Q. He got fitted with a thinner cheek pads for the RX-Q and has been elated since.
I have a very "long oval" head. For 5 years, I had an Arai Signet GT. It eventually wore out and at the time I was fed up wrestling with changing visors on my Arai and went for the only other long oval option the Shark RSI.
The RSI is light and quiet. Changing the visor is stone ax simple (and the visor is thicker than other brands). The visors come with an anti-fog coating that works great...for a year or two. The vents are not terribly effective but, as tremor38 mentioned, a lot of air comes up from underneath the helmet (the Arai has a chin curtain that is sweet). One of the reasons the RSI is so quiet is that it does not have ear pockets (hard to wear custom molded ear plugs and impossible to wear glasses for any length of time without major pain). In four years the materials in the Shark broke down (cracked vinyl, etc) in a way that my arai never did, but in fairness Shark replaced the faulty bits under warranty.
Oh, and Shark makes other helmets with a rounder fit that may suit you better than the RSI.
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+1 on buy what fits best!
I recently replaced my aging HJC fibreglass helmet. That thing fit me like a glove, even after 5 years. Shoeis I had previously left me with a pressure point on my forehead after an hour or so, the famous Shoei stripe. When I was shopping for a helmet, I REALLY wanted an Arai. I tried on a ton of lids, did hours of pad swapping, wandered around dealerships with helmets on my head for hours at a time, and ended up coming home with an RF1100.
So far I really like the helmet. It is snug but comfortable, quiet and vents nicley. When I stand up out of the buffet zone, things get very serene. One thing that suprised me is that the eye-port is HUGE! Visibility is great, very nice in traffic or just enjoying the sights. The helmet also has large recesses for mouting helmet speakers.
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Awesome looking heli and a very precise controller. My only complaint is that the lower blade connectors have no screws securing them to the shaft and after a few crashes they would slide up and the bottom gears would not engage the motor gears making the heli unusable. The lower connectors can be twisted back down or off to repair. I was able to fix this problem by sliding heat shrink tubing over the metal blade shaft to prevent the connectors from sliding up. So far this simple fix has worked.
Fly with me1/21/2013
As one of my friends said, "this is really bad...." I am amazed by all that is included with this unit. It has a lot going on with all of the propellers that it contains. Challenging to fly but great fun. It does need some room to fly so plan on that.
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A lot of newspaper stories about high school athletes signing with this college or that college include a lot of similar content. The athlete liked the school when he or she visited. The people there were nice. The coach was great when I met him or her.
The meat quote from Steven Peoples is a little different.
"They gave me this opportunity, and I'm going to take it," he said. "I didn't want to go to a D-II school and wonder if I could have done it or not. I just took the opportunity."
HILLSVILLE –– For the record, when Carroll County coach Brad Hawks said he was proud of the fight his team showed, he was speaking solely in the figurative sense.
After giving up 20 unanswered points in the first quarter, the Cavaliers battled back to as close as four points following a late-game scuffle before Salem held on for an 82-73 win in a fiery River Ridge District boys' game Friday night.
HILLSVILLE –– Shorthanded and short on experience, Grayson County had coughed up 101 points in a 31-point loss to Carroll County on opening night in December. The rematch was a lot of things, but a blowout wasn't among them.
What Carroll County's 79-74 nondistrict win was, was two teams playing 32 minutes of good basketball.
Galax pulled off an 18-point turnaround in the final 10-plus minutes, rallying from a 14-point deficit into a final four-point advantage and handing Graham its first district loss of the year with a 54-50 Mountain Empire District triumph Friday evening.
Michelle Furr has quickly earned a reputation as one of the top competitors in the NHRA Lucas Oil Series.
Though her racing career extends over three decades, she and her family first ventured into NHRA national and divisional competition just four years ago, and success quickly followed. Driving her Ohio Crankshaft/Quickfuel Technologies entries in Super Comp and Super Street, Furr has already earned a pair of NHRA national event wins and racked up several top-tier finishes in the Lucas Oil series points standings.
HILLSVILLE –– A lot of things had to go right for Carroll County in its first meeting against Patrick Henry if the Cavaliers were to hang on to sole possession of the River Ridge District lead.
Unfortunately for the home team, the only thing that fell in the general direction of Carroll County's way Friday night was a band of winter participation.
Through shared experiences, bonds are made over the course of months or years, or even in the span of a few moments, that are unbreakable and unmatched by those who have not endured similar experiences.
Combat can create brothers out of people who otherwise may never have crossed each other's paths.
High school football – or, combat on a civic, recreational scale – can make the closest of kin out of young men with different backgrounds or different skin tones.
A shared feeling of loss can result in the bonding of hundreds.
There is no column in a basketball scorebook for style points, no judges' marks for grace and artistry. Winning ugly counts as much as winning pretty when Grayson County and Galax get together, and either team will take a homely win over an attractive loss to the other any day.
The Blue Devils stayed undefeated in Mountain Empire District play with a did-what-it-needed 36-27 win Friday over the Maroon Tide.
Following a lackluster performance Friday at Graham in which Galax saw a two-point third-quarter deficit turn into a 15-point loss, the Maroon Tide players experienced a little chewing out after the game and in practice the following Monday.
The Tide responded by doing a little chewing up on Wednesday.
Galax clamped down defensively on Fort Chiswell to the tune of just two first-half field goals, racing out to a 28-point halftime lead and bouncing back with a 70-47 Mountain Empire District win.
The State Line Rush varsity home school girls' basketball team recently took home the championship trophy at the annual Jingle Ball Tournament held at North Cross School in Roanoke.
The Rush opened the tournament by defeating New Covenant Christian 47-16 but dropped its second game 53-50 to Roanoke Valley Christian.
The Rush began the second day of competition in the losers' bracket but began its comeback into the championship game by downing the Lynchburg Patriots 49-36 to earn a game against top-seeded Parkway Christian.
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Mashburn: Business considerations could factor into Kentucky bid
Jamal Mashburn received a rousing ovation from a sea of fans wearing blue on Friday night at the SEC Tournament when he accepted the Kentucky legends award at halfcourt at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
It has been 20 years since Mashburn earned SEC Player of the Year and first team All-American honors while leading the Wildcats to the 1993 Final Four. Mashburn, a one-time NBA all-star, finished his professional career with more than 11,000 points before blossoming into a successful entrepreneur.
Mashburn, who owns 40 Papa John's restaurants, 38 Outback Steakhouses, two car dealerships and partners with Rick Pitino in a horse racing stable, believes business considerations could factor into the selection committee's decision regarding Kentucky.
"The one thing I've always said since I played professional basketball is I understand the business of basketball," Mashburn said on Friday night. "If there's a toss-up between another mid-major and the University of Kentucky you have to take into account what they've done on the floor, but as you can see, with the SEC Tournament, UK fans travel, so I think that's going to be in consideration. It's not like they deserve any extra treatment than any other program but I do think the committee is going to look at the business side of it."
During an interview at halftime of Kentucky's quarterfinal matchup versus Vanderbilt on Friday night, the former Wildcats' small forward said his former team needed to rally in the second half to earn an at-large bid in the tournament. After cutting a 21-point deficit to 11 midway through the second half, Kentucky fell 64-48 to the Commodores.
"They can't lose this game if they want to be in the NCAA tournament," Mashburn said. "I think people judge them based on last year's team and that's unfair. I also think their opponents are also playing the jersey, as well, not necessarily the players in the jersey but they're playing the mystique of the university. That can be difficult for this team, but it's a growing process for them. We'll see how it plays out."
Kentucky should also be judged on the team's current makeup after the season-ending loss of Nerlens Noel, Mashburn added. Mashburn said he hasn't provided Noel with any guidance on how to recover from a knee injury suffered last month against Florida, but will if he's asked by John Calipari.
"He wears a flat-top and that's what I came in with. I just didn't have the UK symbol in the back of my head," Mashburn said. "I would love to talk with him. I told Coach Calipari if they need me to talk to a kid or to help in any way I'm always a phone call away."
Before Mashburn signed a seven-year, $32 million contract with the Mavericks in 1993, he donated $500,000 to establish and endow the Mashburn Scholarship Fund at the University of Kentucky. In the two decades since, Mashburn's efforts have enabled 40 students to receive full scholarships at the university. One of the first recipients, Mashburn said, now serves as the Chief Operating Officer for his Papa John's franchises.
"I wanted to do something at the University of Kentucky that no other athlete had ever done," Mashburn said. "My mindset was to give kids an opportunity to experience the University of Kentucky, maybe not how I experienced it as a basketball player, but at least in the classroom. It's just an awesome way to give back."
Mashburn, who spent the final five seasons of his NBA career with the Hornets, made a bid to become the major franchise owner early last year. Mashburn's bid fell short of one made by Saints owner Tom Benson, who purchased the Hornets for a reported cost of $338 million. Mashburn still hopes to eventually become an owner of an NBA franchise.
"It went to the right owner in my opinion. He can share a lot of the services and expenses and trim things down that I probably couldn't do," Mashburn said. "I always look at different opportunities, I'm still very much interested."
The Wildcats entered the 1993 Final Four as the prohibitive favorites after defeating their first four opponents by an average of 33.5 points. Kentucky's run ended in the national semifinals in an 81-78 overtime loss to Michigan. Mashburn led the Wildcats with 26 points, but fouled out early in overtime. With Mashburn on the bench, his teammates squandered a four point lead over the final three minutes. A year earlier, the Wildcats were eliminated on Christian Laettner's buzzer beater in the East Regional Final.
"It was different than a year before when we played against Duke," Mashburn said. "It was a tale of two themes -- that year against Duke, it was an underdog theme. My junior year, we were a No. 1 seed, it was a different position, it was a different makeup of the team. We still played hard, and worked hard but it's different when you're coming from behind than when you're a favorite."
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Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT)
This transfer program prepares students to transfer to a four-year college or university in the state of Maryland. The Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree has been articulated with all of the transfer programs in the state of Maryland. Students who receive the AAT degree must have a cumulative G.P.A. of 2.75, and pass a basic skills test.* Upon completion of the AAT degree, students are eligible to be admitted to their major at their Maryland transfer institution.
The Associate of Arts in Teaching (AAT) degree is not a guarantee of admission but rather an assurance of eligibility. Students may be required to take additional courses as part of the requirements for a baccalaureate degree and teacher certification at four-year institutions.
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Education requirements vary among transfer institutions and are currently being evaluated. It is essential to meet with an advisor regularly to be aware of program and certification changes.
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This course of study is designed for persons who already have a Bachelor's Degree and wish to become a certified teacher in Maryland. Students may enroll in certification courses, but they should also have their college transcripts evaluated by the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Certification. Before the Maryland State Department of Education transcript evaluation can occur, students must pass a basic skills test and have the scores reported to MSDE. Upon receipt of the transcript evaluation, students determine what courses Howard Community College offers that meet the MSDE Professional Education course requirements.
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I was able to get this working using the instructions in the original post - with the following changes:
I first tried with Debian stable. The google-chrome-unstable deb installs OK, but I couldn't get the video to play.
I saw posts that it might work with sid. So I cooked up a sid vm.
My default NAT network was disabled, I found some instructions to re-enable it.
Once I had a sid vm, I found that there was no sound. I set it to ac97 in virt-manager but ended up abandoning virt-manager and using this command line
sudo qemu-system-x86_64
Once I had sound and networking going, I installed the google-chrome-unstable deb in the VM. Then I found the user-agent extension and installed that. I created a user-agent using EXACTLY the string given in the original post...
And now I'm watching a netflix movie.
Right now I have the chrome in the VM displaying to a Xephyr window in the host environment, will be interested to see if there is a better way.
And it's true we should not have to do crap like this to use our netflix accounts!
You should put some energy into third parties and election reform (as in not making it so hard for third parties and possibly things like proportional representation that other places have) It may or may not get anything done, but if enough people supported it it would.
To celebrate, I enabled jessie(testing) in my sources.list, used aptitude to install a 3.10 kernel with RT (I was running 3.9) and rebooted - everything seems to be working great.This is on a Macbook Pro running wheezy(stable) with reFind boot manager. Thanks Debian!
I have been enjoying it for about 8 months. I put some. debs in a repo at vin-dit. Org for 64 bit wheezy and squeeze. enlightenment.org has links to packages for other distros or it may be in yours already. doesn't cost anything to try it.
Non-free products include any hardware for which the driver uses closed source "blobs" like broadcom wifi, some intel wifi, video cards - also video card drivers are a problem. "Most products" might be too extreme a word. But products that you need non-GNU software to use are pretty commonplace. Or the GNU software may not be equal in functionality to the proprietary ones.
Of course any OS that uses a kernel that is not free (meaning non-Linux,non-BSD, non Hurd) would be off limits.
Don't get me wrong, the GNU guys and girls are doing noble work - and many of their programs are BETTER than the proprietary ones or very innovative. I'm just trying to make the point that the word freedom is used to demand restrictions on behavior, which I find ironic.
To restate the obvious:
There are two paradoxical possible twists to an open source license.
1. The user is allowed to use the source as part of a closed source product (which is a kind of freedom)
2. The user is obliged to make derivatives available as source (which ensures the greater freedom of other users/developers) (this is a restriction on the actions of user 1)
Neither one is complete freedom. They are both giving up something - the possible work of the downstream user or the business motivation of the first user.
The GPL's origin is in RMS' desire to be able to modify software that was produced by companies. It takes this to the extreme, basically by prohibiting closed source products based on GPL.
The benefit of this is mostly to developers, and within that, to developers who are independent. Software companies share code / secrets a lot as part of business, but under NDAs. The FSF has as a slogan "you deserve software that is free" but how many users want to exercise the freedom to modify and recompile their software?
More and more, FOSS is produced in a dual stream approach - Redhat/Fedora, Jboss community/pro, other things work this way like Jasper reports etc
The reality of this is that the code that is run in production is not "free" in an active way. When you pay for a supported version of RHEL or whatever you do not generally modify anything very deep inside it and then demand support for your modified version. The fact that you are paying for a supported version is a disincentive to using a modifed version, your own or anyone else's.
Also consider that the Linux kernel is largely developed by people working for IBM, Suse, Redhat, etc.
So while the lone developer wanting to add his improvements to the commercially produced and defective printer driver is a convincing story to argue for the GPL, the reality as it is today is different - it's more like the millions of Linux users who wish their hardware was supported but do not produce a driver for it. And I know they may not have access to the necessary information from the hardware maker, etc. Still, the number of people able and motivated to write OS-level code is small. I know I don't know enough to do it.
Nonetheless, the existence of (mostly) GPL OSes is an amazing thing. The access to knowledge for developers that that provides is awesome. But a lot of the requirements to stay GPL-pure do not sound like freedoms to me- requiring you not to buy certain(most) products, visit certain sites - it's ironic when, in the name of freedom, your freedom to act as you wish must be limited.
The author of the study co wrote a book with George Lakoff on where math concepts come from, their history etc. Math is not as perfect as I used to think. For instance , we want our systems to be closed under their operations and ideally the inverse of the operations. An example of this would be addition on modulo 5 numbers where 1+5=1. You have the numbers 1-5 and the operation always produces one of them. If you allow for infinite extension, addition is closed on positive integers. But then you want the inverse of the operation, and then that leads to the need for "negative" numbers which are not an intuitive concept. Multiplication then leads to division, rational numbers, irrational numbers (ie square roots ), imaginary numbers-dividing by zero - as you try to expand the ideas to preserve closure more and more bizarre constructs have to be added. Then there's Godel and the inherent flaws in formal systems.
So math is really not as perfect as you might think. The book is interesting and I am not at all doing it justice. Also interesting is David Foster Wallace's math book "Everything and more" I think is the title.
I don't want to seem old or old fashioned but this seems like a really bad idea in numerous ways. Maybe they should feed the clone brains from another sheep to add another dubious aspect to this process.
I also found fluxbox after trying to get used to GNOME 3. Fluxbox is really nice. I added some things I cobbled together for automatic hibernation upon low power, adding nm-applet to the flux taskbar,etc. The ease of use of multiple workspaces/desktops is great. I am however typing this on a Mac my work has provided me and it is kind of re-calibrating my perspective of what a good UI can be......
There are still four laptops on the Dell US site with Ubuntu. No higher end stuff though. I'm typing this on a Dell XPS1530n (n="naked" ie no M$) which I enjoy a lot. When it comes time to replace it I hope there will be something as nice that is certain to work with Linux. (I prefer Fedora which can be another can of worms) Seems like HP and Lenovo don't support Linux much. Maybe System76 or ZAReason will be the way to go.
I guess my main point was that replacing the display on a $800 ($1000 if you prefer) laptop shouldn't cost $755. Just judging from the fact that the parts of the entire laptop including complete assembly can be had for $45 ($245) more. CPU, RAM, Video card, keyboard, blah blah. (In other words, just throw this one away and buy another one) The 755 price was confirmed by two of the engineers working in the store.
There was no question of diagnostics to be run, expert advice needed - the display got bonked, it had a ugly miscolored area, it needed to be replaced. A standard job for which there is a standard price. Which is too high.
The fact that they told me to go away and come back two hours later-- to hand them the laptop and ask them to do this-- when I was standing right there with the computer was just icing on the cake.
This is just one person's bad experience with the Apple way. It felt like what people seem to say about Apple- they were making the decisions for me, I had no alternative, and it was expensive. The appointment system seems kind of pompous, and finding out about the way I did was not a happy moment for me.
In real life I'm a Linux guy and I'm not any kind of anti-Apple zealot. Apple makes some stuff that works out great for certain people and applications. I love my iPod. My kids and wife love theirs. We have an iMac. I had my first Mac in 1988. etc etc.
I consider their computers to be overpriced in raw hardware but to me you're really paying for the superior OS and support (not sure I still feel that way about the support) which can't be had on a PC for any price (Hackintoshes not worth anything). So I am used to thinking there is a Macintosh tax and I think it is justified. However in this situation I felt I already paid that tax when I bought the Macbook in the first place.
but a $755 repair on an $800 computer? Please, that's insulting.
Most computer/electronic stores allow someone to arrive at any time and get served according to a combination of common sense and how pushy they are. Requiring an appointment to talk to a sales clerk is not the norm at Best Buy, Micro Center, Staples, Office Depot etc. Now that I am aware of it, I think Apple's system may have its advantages. Having driven there, parked, walked a ways to get in, and gotten someone to talk to me, I was not in a good place to be told "you'll have to come back in two hours to discuss why your computer is totaled".
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34113-013: Small and Medium Enterprise Export Development
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
The Project aims to reduce poverty by promoting economic growth and sustainable employment generation through the strengthening of the SME export sector. In pursuit of this goal, the Project will facilitate the development and promotion of SME exports by helping increasing value added, diversifying SME businesses and fostering backward and forward inter-linkages nationwide, with emphasis on selected provinces (such as Central Java and South Sulawesi). The Project has three major components: ... Read More
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