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Absolutely nothing good can come of this.
EnemyGraph is an [Facebook] application that allows you to list your "enemies." Any Facebook friend or user of the app can be an enemy. More importantly, you can also make any page or group on Facebook an "enemy." This covers almost everything including people, places and things.
As I am writing this, the top 5 enemies and trending enemies on EnemyGraph are:
Puzzling and concerning: Ricardo Fort only has 59 members in his Facebook "like" group, but has 4 enemies and is #5 in trending enemies. He's not Justin Bieber celebrity status. I'm not Justin Bieber and odds are that you aren't either. Does this mean that you and I can make the "trending enemies" list if a handful of people declare us as enemies? Scary.
This all begs the question: Who developed this app and why? Below are answers from EnemyGraph.com:
Who: EnemyGraph was developed in Dean Terry's research group in the Emerging Media + Communication program at UT Dallas principally by graduate student Bradley Griffith with assistance from undergraduate Harrison Massey.
Why: "Most social networks attempt to connect people based on affinities: you like a certain band or film or sports team, I like them, therefore we should be friends. But people are also connected and motivated by things they dislike. Alliances are created, conversations are generated, friendships are stressed, stretched, and/or enhanced."
"EnemyGraph is a critique the social philosophy of Facebook. On it's developer splash page Facebook invites us to "Hack the Graph" – and so we did. We give them a couple of weeks at best before they shut us down for broadening the conversation and for "utilizing community, building conversation, and curating identity" their three elements of social design. EnemyGraph is a kind of social media blasphemy."
Can EnemyGraph have some fun elements? Possibly, if we all stick to things and places. You hate beer, I hate beer. I'd rather make friends on deeper connections, but joining together over hating beer isn't harmful. But that's not reality. Here's the harmful reality: EnemyGraph gives bullies and people with a sick sense of humor a great way to bully and attack. It's another example of "Absolutely nothing good can come of this."
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Holy Fools is Joanne Harris's most enjoyable novel yet, a beautifully detailed and sharply observed piece that emotionally moves the reader unlike anything she has tackled before. The immense success of Chocolat and Coastliners has made Harris one of the most cherished authors at work today, and each new book is something of an event.
Holy Fools is set in 17th century France, and the central character is Juliette, a former actress and rope dancer who has given up her travelling life to become a teaching nun at a remote abbey. Juliette has settled with her young daughter into an existence very different from that she knew, and she finds comfort from the advice of the wise and friendly abbess.
Harris brilliantly delineates both phases of her heroine's life: the colourful earlier era and the new demands of the semi-cloistered life. Things change radically when the abbess dies and her place is taken by an 11-year-old girl whose appetite for reform quickly destroys much that Juliet has come to love in her new life. What makes the book so refreshingly original is not just the unusual structure (the heroine's dual life alone is handled with radiant detail), but the surprising new trajectory the narrative takes after the death of the abbess, as everything Juliette was used to begins to go wrong.
We become involved in every minor crisis, however much we question that the religious life is the answer to her problems. Juliette is a brilliantly drawn character, and the plotting of this ambitious novel is both thoughtful and invigorating, while the basic theme--the ploys we all use to distract ourselves from the painful realities of existence--is handled with subtlety. --Barry Forshaw
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Motorola's MOTOPAD Tablet Powered by Android 3.0 'Honeycomb'
Google and Motorola will partner up to usher Android 3.0 'Honeycomb' into the world on Motorola's coming MOTOPAD tablet. This is according to a Tweet from the website Mobile-Review, which said "Google choose MotoPad as a first device to show Android 3.0 – 7 inch version." What exactly will the MotoPad be and what does the mysterious "7 inch version" part mean?
Nothing certain is known about the MotoPad, except that it will apparently have a 7" screen to start with and may be made in other sizes (10" anyone?). Motorola has said this year that they might build an Android powered tablet for sale in early 2011. Will this be the MotoPad? That would make sense.
Google's decision (albeit still confirmed) to go with Motorola to launch Android 3.0 Honeycomb isn't a surprise. The two teamed up to launch Android 2.0 on the Motorola Droid last year. Motorola has been practically saved by Google's Android OS and wants its strong relationship with the mobile OS maker to flourish.
Of course, Android 2.3 'Gingerbread' still has not seen the light of day. Google is teasing everyone with pictures of baked Android looking gingerbread men, a giant gingerbread man on the company's lawn and more but still hasn't released it officially. Gingerbread will bring some improvements for tablets that rely on Android, but will be more of a temporary stop-gap solution until Honeycomb comes out.
Google also has its Chrome OS in the works, which is optimized for mobile devices. No products have yet launched that run it and it is unclear what Google exactly plans to do with it now that Android has exploded onto the tablet scene as well as the smartphone one.
Between Android 2.3, 3.0 and Chrome OS, manufacturers and carriers will have a lot of technical details to work out. Google teaming up with Motorola (provided this information is true) on the MotoPad will certainly help make sure everything runs smoothly. Nothing would be worse for Android than the first tablet to run Honeycomb having incompatibility problems or general bugs and glitches.
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Coal Mines in Elk Valley Draw U.S. Concern
Two United States Senators and the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have sent the Canadian government letters expressing concern about pollution crossing the border from coal mines in the Elk River Valley.
B.C.'s Elk and Fording rivers connect with two transboundary water bodies: Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenay River, shared with Montana.
In the EPA letter, Administrator Lisa Jackson asked the Canadian and B.C. governments to support a cumulative effects assessment of the existing and planned coal mine projects in the area. The EPA is focused on the "significant and continuing" increase of selenium in area rivers and lakes.
Read the article in the Vancouver Sun.
The Elk River, which is designated as a classified waters trout fishery (a special designation for highly productive trout streams), is one of the last strongholds both for genetically pure westslope cutthroat trout and endangered bull trout.
"We're especially concerned about the proposed Bingay coal mine that would be located next to the Elk River, smack in the middle of a globally significant wildlife corridor that connects the Flathead River Valley to Banff National Park," said Sarah Cox, acting executive director of Sierra Club B.C.
"Three years ago, the World Heritage Committee recommended a moratorium on new mining in that corridor."
The Bingay mine would be in addition to five existing coal mines, four mine expansion proposals and three exploration projects in the Elk Valley.
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I am going to answer a few often asked questions regarding how someone can maintain a consistently high spiritual state when they are (1) so busy with __________ and/or have so many things going on right now, (2) so stressed by ______'s drama, (3) overwhelmed and depressed, (4) having constant physical pain/illness issues, (5) having extreme financial difficulties, (6) battling drug or alcohol addictions.
The answer? You can't.
The response that usually comes after that is (1) but so many other people seem to do it, and/or (2) _________ person (usually Jesus) from a long ago past did it.
The answer? (1) Other people fake what's really going on with themselves sometimes, and (2) Jesus never worked 40 plus hours a week, never was responsible for caring and feeding for five children, never had continuing lawsuits and/or extreme financial issues, and (due to his amazing healing abilities) probably never had a cold much less fibromyalgia or degenerative disc disease. Did Jesus have some issues to deal with? Yeah and he got to walk away into the desert for 40 days and nights to sort it out. If we did that, our children would starve and we couldn't pay for our mortgage. Remember that back then sleeping on the roadside was considered "hip" and popular. Now they call it loitering and they arrest you for that stuff adding another 40 day absence in your family's life in addition to the first 40 days of "finding yourself" not to mention the money required for bail, fines, and a lawyer.
Most people today would consider it very disturbing if they faced the prospect of telling their children that they lost their job, the house is being foreclosed, and that they were not sure if the kids were going to have some place to sleep or have anything to eat the following week and child services may have to take them away to foster care. Telling your children this and then telling them to be happy because you are maintaining a highly spiritual state is going to be met with blank faces of extremely upset and worried children. They don't want to hear this. They want to hear how you are trying to fix this and make it right again.
Here's the simple truth. Unless you are willing to sacrifice everything including your family and their financial, emotional, and psychological security, you can't maintain the highly spiritual state of a saint regardless of all influences in this manifested state. If anyone says they can, then I'll call them on their shit because it simply means that they are so spiritual that they don't care about other people anymore and I don't think anyone would agree that this constitutes the definition of "highly spiritual".
What can you do? Accept that some days will be better spiritually than others and be as spiritual as possible while taking care of your business, but you have to put taking care of your own business as a priority. If there is a break in tending your own business, then turn your attention to others that are also being influenced by those events.
Instead of telling people to help everyone else all the time, I often say that if everyone put their focus first on their own business and took care of their own, then put the remaining 10 percent into helping others, the world would be a better place. Otherwise, you just end up with so many more spiritually unbalanced and drained people who have invested energy, effort, emotion, and time into other things and let their own suffer in the process. This only results in being burned out, unstable, and becoming bitter because no one else is coming to "save" you while you are spending all your time "saving" others.
Instead, if 20 people tended their own gardens, then most of the 20 people would have a surplus to help others at harvest and possibly have an excess of seeds to share the following spring. If those same 20 people kept tending the same neighbor's garden everyday while ignoring or minimally tending their own, the one neighbor will have a lovely garden and harvest while the 20 others may or may not have enough harvest to survive the winter much less have enough seeds for themselves or anyone else the following spring. One lovely garden will not provide the same amount of produce that 20 well-tended gardens will provide the Community.
While not a Christian principle of sacrificing yourself and your children today instead of preparing for tomorrow, in the pagan ways of nature, it is a sound principle of resource economics that works. It just doesn't provide the immediate gratification that people often seek (demand) these days, but it does provide for a healthier future for us all as a Community.
Does this mean turn your back on everyone in need? No. But it does mean to help others realistically and not at the expense of taking care of your own business or tending to those that the Goddess has given you to care for.
By the same token, it does not mean to be a miser or to hoard a Goddess given bountiful crop. BUT it means that you ensure that all that is in your charge has been cared for and THEN you see what measure of good you can do in the world with your SURPLUS without sacrificing NECESSITIES of today or the necessities to provide for another bountiful crop in the Spring so that you can continue to be generous to others in need.
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P.S. This also answers where I've been lately. I've been tending my own garden and, Goddess willing, will have a bountiful spiritual and emotional harvest. As I'm writing this, I took a look at the number of comments that piled up while I've been tending my garden. Sigh. Oh well, as She wills. LOL & Muwah!


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Welcome freshers to the Anglia Ruskin Literary Society. So you have an interest in books and want to share it with someone, but you're too deep to be understood by the rest of the world? Well fear not, you're not alone! Our society is here for you and your fellow students to discuss, debate and fervently defend your favourite novel, whilst being introduced to works and theoretical criticism that you may not have considered before. So now you'll be able to take that underappreciated Victorian novella of yours and share it with likeminded and well spirited budding literary critics, or introduce the world to your beautifully poignant poetry, which sheds light on parts of the human condition never before understood. Wherever your passion for literature lies, we hope to provide you with everything you need to strengthen this passion even further.
Literary Society Magazine
Last year the society created a collection of poems, stories and writings by members, which was called the Almanac. This year we hope this continue in this vain with by producing a new Literary society magazine.
Theatre Trips
Alongside uni-based activities, the Literary Society has kept a keen eye out for the vast amount of film and theatre that Cambridge has to offer. With the Mumford theatre on site and a variety of other theatres within Cambridge, our society will be organising trips to various plays (providing the interest is there), which is usually followed by a trip to the pub afterwards for laughs and discussion.
We want people to be able to enjoy and share their love of literature so the Literary Society organises social events throughout the academic year, so you can blow off some steam from essay writing by joining in a more relaxed approach to literature. Anglia Ruskin is lucky enough to have some very enjoyable pubs on its doorstep (which you'll become all too familar with during your stay here), so if you're interested in having a few drinks whilst discussing an abundance of genres look no further than the Lit Soc socials. We dissuss everything from classic literature though to modren science fiction. We also run a series of open mic nights throughtout the year, so far we have planed a gothic themed one for Halloween and a First World war commemoration for the 11th of November, with others to be announced during the year.
Student and Guest Lectures
Whilst we focus on providing students with fun way of enjoying literature, we also put a lot of importance on broadening intellectual horizons. Therefore the Literary Society will be organising evening lectures in which ARU's English Faculty, guest lecturers from other universities and your fellow students will be speaking on a topic of their choosing. For more information on this event, as well as others, make sure to join the Literary Society Facebook page to receive regular updates.
One of the simplest ways to sign up to the Literary Society is to show up to the Freshers Fair. We'll be there for the whole day, so feel free to pop by, ask any questions you may have and then put yourself down as a member. You should no doubt be able to find us by all the books we'll be surrounded by.
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Road-legal motorcycles, scooters, and even mopeds can have two-stroke or four-stoke engines ranging from 50 cc to more than 2,000 cc. But this doesn't explain what a cubic centimeter is or what it actually has to do with the engine.
Cubic centimeters measure the volume of a three-dimensional substance, such as a liquid or a gas. Or in this case, both: You are dealing with the volume of fuel mixed with air that powers motorcycles. Make a cube that's one centimeter long (0.39 of an inch), and you'll have one cubic centimeter.
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I'd just like to give a big thank you to Kim over at Kim's Crafty Apple. Over the past few months she has been hosting an awesome online quilting competition, called Project Quilting. Not only was it great to get to see everyone's entries and to have fun with the challenges, she constantly was giving away great prizes, both to the winners and via random drawings.
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Liverpool are being linked with a January loan move for Sporting Lisbon winger Jeffren Suarez.
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That hasn't stopped speculation surrounding a move from Portugal to the Premier League, and Record claims that Liverpool are ready to 'open the purse strings' in an effort to bring the former Barcelona starlet to the club.
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Truly funny for a divisive hack like Grimm to criticize anyone for ramping up the rhetoric
The man is clueless about what his constituents think of him and in case he misunderstands he is considered a photo op chasing, traitor supporting, scandal plagued, ethics challenged empty suit
Yet another in a long line of foot in mouth statements from Biden, truly an expert in this field
This recognition is due more to Grimm's scandal's, lack of leadership, poor performance and electoral vulnerability than to anything related to Murphy's campaign to date.
I hope Murphy begins to run an effective campaign so that he can challenge Grimm for the seat.
Our district needs effective, honest leadership in Congress and Grimm has demonstrated that he cannot provide it, we need change
Grimm must go!
Why does this post sound so much like Crapgame?
When will they ask Grimm the same question?
Your question was ridiculous and offered simply to smear a candidate
I forgot being a Freshman Congressman and frequently leaving the district to campaign for a Presidential candidate in primaries, until of course he was kicked to the curb for being a scandal ridden liability
I do not think you always show tolerance toward other poster's opinions, as the remark that you made to the "Middle Class" was insulting by your standard
People are going to disagree with the opinions of others in a post about a polarizing politician like Grimm
When I post my opinion here I expect that I will receive criticsm ranging from considered to odd, there is no need to take it personally as long as people respect sensible boundaries
Maybe you should try plain water, it brings good sense to most people
Grimm accuses Murphy of grandstanding when he does those grandstanding, time wasting go to work days instead of going to work at his own job. Americans admire hard work and Grimm might raise his public image if he just tried to put in the same hard working day that his constituents put in
I read that same comment and thought that he was angry that Grimm had accepted a cushy trip to Greece, tried to hide it for as long as he could and then delivered legislation that could have benefit to the person who paid for trip
Why doesn't the hint of wrongdoing on the part of Grimm bother you?
All these allegations, what exactly does Grimm have to do to make you wake up?
Or traveling to look a convicted traitor in the eye
Before Judy calls Murphy I would prefer she call Grimm and ask if he will be testifying before that Federal Grand Jury investigating allegations that he accepted illegal campaign donations from foreign nationals and allegedly participated in a scheme to manipulate the donations to comply with the law
Clinton and W are not running in this election, why are we arguing about them?
That might be true but Murphy has to actually campaign for that to happen
I have not seen much from him yet
Not too late, if Grimm is indicted after the general election and is forced to resign then both parties will have to start thinking about who replaces him.
It is a shame that Murphy does not seem able to mount a campaign as Grimm is ripe for defeat but perhaps better candidates choose to wait to see what happened with Grimm's legal woes
A dog bill, renaming a post office, trying to increase the size of the Federal government, wasteful voting to repeal Obamacare without an alternate plan or a chance of success and not much else.
I though this was an article about accomplishments?
Sounds more like a couple of decent laws and some things a part timer could have done, wait Grimm is like a part timer
Strange he did not list spending 400K on lawyers to defend himself against a Federal investigation and all his photo ops as accomplishments, those are his big deals
Who is the leading Republican candidate to replace Grimm?
Never too early to stat thinking about it
Good that they are stopping this abuse
But do they really expect applause form us for correcting a problem that never should have been allowed to occur?
Having been to meetings where they ask for input from the user community I can tell you that they present ideas and or plans drawn up by people completely unfamiliar with what the needs are, act shocked when it is explained how parts of the plan are unworkable, take notes and never do anything with the suggestions
There is also a lengthy multi step appropriation process that has been continually mismanaged by Gateway, best example is the Great Kills ball fields which have not been cleaned up and have no date to be done so or to reopen
It is great they ask for input but they need to be responsive and to complete projects faster
A positive piece of legislation from Grimm
This question is not not related to Grimm, why doers the federal Government need to protect our toll discounts? Pretty sad


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A method and apparatus for performing an upper tibia osteotomy comprising cutting a wedge from the bone using a first guide assembly to cut a first slot partially through a bone and a second guide assembly to cut a second intersecting slot to define a wedge shaped bone segment. An external compressor device draws the osteotomy closed by plastic deformation of the unsevered portion of the bone. The bone is secured by a plate and screws.
1. A surgical kit for performing an upper tibia osteotomy, said kit comprising:
a transverse alignment guide assembly having at least one cutting blade alignment slot for guiding a cutting blade to cut a first slot in a tibia;
an osteotomy guide comprising mounting means for attaching the guide in a predetermined relation to the first cut, said osteotomy guide having a plurality of aligned parallel cutting blade slots formed therein, said slots being angularly offset from the first slot so that a cutting blade passing through any one of the cutting blade slots will intersect the first slot thereby defining wedge shaped bones of different angular dimensions; and
a fixation plate adapted to be secured to the tibia and to hold surfaces of the tibia created by the first and second cuts in proper relationship to each other during the healing of the tibia by new bone growth.
2. A surgical kit according to claim 1 wherein the mounting means further comprises an elongated blade member sized to be mounted in the first cut.
3. A surgical kit according to claim 2 wherein the transfer alignment guide assembly further comprises an elongated body member and two clamping arms adjustably mounted at opposite ends of said body member, said clamping arms for engaging opposite sides of said tibia head in gripping relation.
4. A surgical kit according to claim 3 wherein the transverse alignment guide assembly further comprises at least one measurement bore hole, and wherein the surgical kit futher comprises a measurement assembly for measuring the depth of the tibia through the measurement bore hole.
5. A surgical kit according to claim 4 further comprising a clamp assembly adapted to apply compressive forces to a first portion of the tibia above the first cut and to a second portion of the tibia below the second cut to draw the surfaces of the tibia created by the first and second cuts together.
The present invention pertains to both the method of performing an osteotomy as well as the apparatus for performing this operation with a high degree of accuracy.
It has been known that it is possible to correct certain bone-related problems by removal of a wedge of the bone so as to realign the remaining segments thereof. This osteotomy technique can serve to bring anatomic and mechanical axes together at the joint for relief of gonarthritis, for example. This operation is usually performed adjacent the end of a bone, such as in the head of the tibia, without removing the end surface or entire head, as would be the case for preparation of the bone for implantation of a total joint prosthesis, such as a total knee prothesis. It is important that the operation be performed with a high degree of accuracy so that the end surface of the bone is not damaged and is subsequently correctly realigned to the desired orientation with respect to the alignment of the anatomic and mechanical axes of the bone. In many ways this type of operation is much more difficult to perform than preparation for a total prosthetic implant, since engaging surfaces of the bone are to be left in place in an undamaged but realigned position. This reorientation is best accomplished by cutting a wedge from the bone so as to leave intact a segment joining both portions of the bone. The bone portions are then drawn together to close the wedge shaped gap so that the sides thereof engage. The bone is secured and allowed to heal in this new configuration. Clearly such an enterprise requires a great degree of accuracy in controlling both the depth of the first cut, to avoid completely severing the end of the bone, and in making the second cut to remove a precise wedge of bone necessary to achieve the desired angular reorientation of the end surface thereof.
The present invention includes both the method and apparatus for performing osteotomy, such as on an upper portion of a tibia, in order to reorient an end surface portion of a bone to properly align the anatomic and mechanical axes of abutting bones. The subject method begins with identifying the joint line and mounting a first guide assembly on the bone properly oriented with respect to the joint line. The first guide assembly is stabilized by drills placed into the bone. A bore is drilled through the bone, the bore orientation being controlled by the first guide. A depth gauge is then passed through the bore to accurately measure the transverse width of the bone. A cutting blade is introduced through a slot in the first guide to make a first cut into the bone. The first cut is preferably substantially parallel to the end surface of the bone and less than its transverse width. The first guide assembly is removed and a blade portion of a second guide assembly inserted into the first cut. The cutting blade is introduced into an appropriate slot of the second guide assembly and a second cut is made. The second cut will intersect the first cut to define a wedge shaped bone segment. The second guide assembly and bone segment are then removed. An "L" shaped buttress plate is applied to the bone with screws entering the stabilizing screw holes. An external compressor device is engaged with the plate and bone and used to draw the osteotomy closed by plastic deformation of the unsevered portion of the bone. The bone is then secured with more screws passing through the buttress plate.
The first guide assembly has a body member with an axial bore. A single threaded member extends through the bore and a pair of guide arm members are mounted thereon. As the screw is rotated, the guide arms are moved along the body, either relatively spreading or contracting in accordance with the direction of rotation of the screw. Both arm members have bone engaging plates, each with at least one bore for passage of stabilizing drills into the bone and a cutting blade guide slot. One arm member can also be arranged for limited rotation about the body to facilitate placement of the first guide assembly on a bone.
The second guide assembly has a flat blade extending fixedly from a body portion. The body portion defines a plurality of slots, each of which are parallel to the blade along their transverse axes but which are angled along their longitudinal axes so that a cutting blade introduced through any of the slots will intersect the flat blade at approximately the same location thereby defining wedges of like radius but different angles.
The depth gauge has a generally cylindrical body with an axial through bore. A plunger member is mounted in the bore with a measuring rod extending from one end and a scale from the other end. The extension of the measuring rod from the body is reflected on the scale.
The buttress plate is a generally L-shaped member profiled three dimensionally to lie against a bone head. The plate has a plurality of holes therein to receive screws to fix the plate to a bone.
The external compressor assembly is a pliers-like device formed by two arms pivotally attached together intermediate their ends. Like first ends of the arms are provided with engagement means to grip the buttress plate and bone. The opposite like second ends have, mounted therebetween, spring means and locking means, the former tensioning the arms and the latter adjustably securing the arm in relative fixed positions.
The present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the components of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first guide assembly for transverse alignment;
FIG. 3 is a plan view, partially in section, of the first guide assembly;
FIG. 4 is an end view, partially in section, taken along line 4--4 of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a side elevation of the inner face of a clampplate of the first guide assembly;
FIG. 6 is a section taken along line 6--6 of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the depth gauge slide assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a foreshortened side elevation, partly in section, of the depth gauge slide assembly of the FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is a section taken along line 9--9 of FIG. 7;
FIG. 10 is a section taken along line 10--10 of FIG. 7;
FIG. 11 is a detail of the scale face of the depth gauge slide assembly of FIG. 7;
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the osteotomy second guide assembly;
FIG. 13 is a side elevation of the osteotomy second guide assembly;
FIG. 14 is a end elevation of the guide body member of the second guide assembly;
FIG. 15 is a section taken along line 15--15 of FIG. 13;
FIG. 16 is a perspective view of the external compressor assembly;
FIG. 17 is a plan view of the compressor assembly of FIG. 16;
FIG. 18 is a detail of the compressor assembly;
FIG 19 is a perspective view of the buttress plate with a fixation screw exploded therefrom;
FIG. 20 is a side elevation of the buttress plate;
FIG. 21 is an end elevation of the buttress plate;
FIG. 22 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a bone screw used with the present invention;
FIG. 23 is an end view of the bone screw of FIG. 22; and
FIGS. 24-31 show the sequence of use of the components of the present invention as they would be utilized to perform an upper tibial osteotomy according to the subject method.
In the figures, like numbers refer to like parts throughout.
The components of the present invention are shown in FIG. 1 and comprise a transverse alignment or first guide assembly 10, a depth gauge slide assembly 12, and an osteotomy second guide assembly 14, a compressor assembly 16, a buttress plate 18 and one or more bone screws such as bone screw 20. The detailed structure of each of these components will be discussed first and then their use in performing an upper tibial osteotomy will be described with reference to FIGS. 24 to 31.
Referring first to FIGS. 2 to 6, the transverse alignment or first guide assembly 10 has an elongated cylindrical body member 22 having an axial bore 24 extending completely therethrough. The bore is intersected at each end by longitudinal slots 26, 28 with the slot 28 having a radial extension 30 (see FIG. 4) extending approximately a quarter of the way around the circumference of the body 22. A threaded shaft 32 is mounted to extend through the bore 24 with knurled knobs 34, 36 held on opposite ends thereof by pins 38, 40, respectively. A pair of mirror image clamp arm assemblies 42, 44 are formed by arms 46, 48 having integrally fixed on one end thereof internally threaded cylinders 50, 52 extending normal to the axis of the arms and receiving the threaded shaft 32 therein. The outer dimensions of the cylinders 50, 52 are such as to allow free sliding movement in the bore 24. A clamp plate 54, 56 is fixed on the free end of the respective arms 46, 48, with each plate having an inwardly directed, slightly profiled, clamp face 58, 60. Each clamp plate is provided with a guide bore 62, a plurality of bores 64, and a guide slot 66, which are parallel to the axis of the cylindrical body member 22 and normal to the axis of the respective arm 46, 48 and displaced therefrom. Preferably the guide bores 62 and guide slots 66 are also axially aligned between the guide plates 54, 56. A plurality of gripping protuberances 68 extend from the guide face 58, 60. As seen in the sectional view of FIG. 6, the guide slot 66 has an oblique end wall 67 which is provided to minimize contact between the end wall 67 and a saw blade, the use of which is explained hereafter.
The depth gauge slide assembly 12 is shown in FIGS. 7 through 11. This assembly is formed by a generally cylindrical body 70 having a through-bore 72 with a cap 74 threaded on one end thereof. The cap 74 has a axial bore 76 through which an elongated measuring arm 78 extends. The the arm 78 is profiled at 80 to include a transversely extending lip 82 on the free end thereof. A scale arm 84 extends from the opposite end of the bore 72 and has an axial bore 86 which receives therein the opposite end 88 of the measuring arm 78. The scale arm 84 has a flattened surface 90 on which is inscribed a measuring scale (see FIG. 11). The measuring arm 78 has a slight bend 79 in it forcing the scale against the side of the cylinder body (as shown in FIG.8). This creates a friction fit so that the arm and scale cannot move at random.
The osteotomy guide assembly is shown in FIGS. 12 to 15 and includes a body member 92 having a first slot 94 therein. A flat blade 96 is fixed in the first slot extending therefrom. A plurality of guide slots 98 are formed in the body 92 each slot 98 having parallel transverse axes and being offset from the first slot 94 by an angular displacement so that a cutting blade member passing through any of the slots 98 will intersect the flat blade 96 at approximately the same location 97 spaced from body 92 thereby defining wedge shapes of different angular dimensions. As seen in the sectional view in FIG. 15 and in phantom outline in FIG. -4, the slots 98 have an oblique end wall 99 which is provided to minimize contact between the end wall 99 and the saw blade.
The compressor assembly 16 is shown in FIGS. 16 to 18 and includes arms 100, 102 pivotally attached intermediate their ends by pivot pin 104. First like ends 106, 108 of the arms 100, 102 are provided with profiled bars 110, 112, respectively. These bars are shown generally as rods with slightly curved end portions for grippingly engaging the bone surface and holes in the buttress plate 18. The bone engaging arm 110 is preferably slightly longer than the plate engaging arm 112. Spring 114 is mounted between arms 100, 102 towards their second ends which are provided with a ratchet assembly 116 including fixed powl 118 on arm 102 and rack 120 pivotally attached to arm 100 by pin 122.
The buttress plate 18 is shown in FIGS. 19 to 21 and is generally an L-shaped member having a first arm 124, a second arm 126, and a plurality of through-bores 128. It will be appreciated from the perspective view in FIG. 19 and the end elevation in FIG. 20 that the buttress plate is not planar but is profiled to conform to the upper portion of a tibia. The plate is made of any of the known biocompatible metals.
FIGS. 22 and 23 show a bone screw 20 of the type used with the present invention. Each screw 20 is formed from a biocompatible metal and has a threaded shank 130 with a self-tapping end 132 and a head 134 with a drive recess 136, in this case a hexagonal recess.
The operation of the present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to FIGS. 24 to 31.
FIG. 24 shows a typical knee joint formed by a tibia 138, a fibula 140, a femur 142, and a patella 144. Under the normal conditions, there is an angular offset 145 between the anatomic axes of the tibia and the femur. In the instance shown, which is a right leg, this angle is not of sufficient magnitude, for any one of a number of reasons, so that the mechanical axis does not pass substantially through the intersection of the anatomic axes at the joint.
The joint is surgically exposed and the joint line indentified using tibial locating needles 137. The transverse alignment or first guide assembly 10 is positioned mediolaterally on the upper tibia 138, as shown in FIG. 25, with the upper end of the assembly touching the tibial locating needles. The clamp arm 44 can be swung to a position almost normal to the clamp arm 42, by virtue of the slot 30 in order to facilitate this mounting of the assembly on the tibia. The two clamp plates 54, 56 are brought into engagement with opposite sides of the tibia by rotation of the knobs 34, 36 driving cylinders 50, 52 along the threaded shaft 32. They are tightened until the assembly is firmly positioned on the tibia with the protrusions 68 providing a biting grip. The assembly is stabilized by drills 19 inserted into the bone through holes 64. Next a transverse bore is drilled completely through the tibia using one of the guide holes 62. The depth gauge slide assembly 12 is used, as shown in FIG. 26, to measure the width of the bone. With the body 70 pressed against the near side of the guide plate 54, the measuring arm 78 is passed completely through the tibia and hooked on the far side to obtain an accurate measurement as to the bone width by reading the scale 90. This is an important measurement since it is the desire not to completely sever the top of the tibia, as would be the case in preparation for a total knee replacement prosthesis. A cutting blade 146 is then inserted through guide slot 66 to make a cut in the tibia to the depth chosen, which depth is less than that measured by the depth gauge slide assembly, see FIG. 27. It will be seen from FIG. 27 that the top of the tibia is not completely severed. The cutting blade 146 is removed and the first guide assembly 10 is also removed.
The blade 96 of the osteotomy or second guide assembly 14 is inserted into this first cut. This guide assembly 14 is stabilized by placing it on the same drills as were used for the first guide with the blade fitting in the slot cut by the first guide as shown in FIG. 28. The cutting blade 146 is then introduced through one of the slots 98 to cut a wedge-shaped section 148 from the tibia 138. The wedge-shaped section 148 is removed, along with the osteotomy guide assembly 14. A buttress plate 18 is fixed to the tibia with screws 20 entering the same holes used to stabilize the first guide assembly. The compressor assembly 16 is then clamped against the bone and the buttress plate to apply pressure to close the osteotomy. To use the compressor assembly, a hole can be made in the tibia below the wedge-shaped section. One end of the bone engaging bar 110 is inserted in the hole, in the bone and a corresponding end of the plate engaging bar 112 is placed in a hole in the buttress plate 18. Closing the osteotomy usually takes several minutes, and repeated tightening of the compressor assembly, as it is the object to plastically deform the bone rather than fracture the unsevered segment. When the tibia has reached the condition shown in FIGS. 29 and 30 a screw is placed to hold the plate 18 in place. Then the compressor assembly 16 is removed and the buttress plate 18 is secured with additional screws to assure that the tibia will be held in proper alignment while new bone growth forms. It will be appreciated, from a comparison of FIGS. 24 and 31, that the present invention has accomplished the desired reestablishment of the proper angular relationship between the femur and the tibia.
The present invention may be subject to many modifications and changes without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The present invention is therefore to be deemed in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive of the scope of the invention.
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ELCA American Indian/Alaska Native Strategic Plan
CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Commission for Multicultural Ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has developed a new American Indian/Alaska Native Strategic Plan. The ELCA Church Council will see the plan at its meeting Nov. 8- 11 and may vote to adopt it for action in April 1997.
The commission's steering committee adopted the strategy at its meeting here Oct. 11-12. The plan "for the purpose of guiding the American Indian/Alaska Native ministry efforts of this church" was developed over five years by a 14-member task force.
The Rev. Gordon J. Straw, interim director for Native American ministries and racial justice ministries, told the committee, "The Lutheran history with Indian people is spotty and anecdotal and a massive failure." The strategic plan presents both the history and an analysis of the current situation for American Indian/Alaska Native ministries.
The plan "articulates the relationship with the ELCA envisioned by American Indians/Alaska Natives" over the coming five years. The relationship, it says, "is grounded in reconciliation and the mutual upbuilding of the saints. We share God's mission of proclaiming the gospel to all people."
Four specific areas will be the focus for American Indian/Alaska Native strategy: congregation development, leadership development, public policy advocacy and social ministry. A series of goals and strategies directed in each area range from community task forces that will guide local congregation deveopment to a resource directory of organizations and individuals involved in legislative advocacy and social change.
Currently the 6,685 American Indian/Alaska Native members of the ELCA live in every part of the church; 23 percent reside in the Alaska Synod. Since the church was formed in 1987 American Indian/Alaska Native membership has increased more than 18 percent.
Straw pointed to the ecumenical character of Native ministry. He reported that while the ELCA has 21 ordained Native pastors, few serve an ELCA congregation with a significant American Indian/Alaska Native population. Only one Native student attended an ELCA seminary in 1992, down from five in 1988.
The plan says, "New and existing congregations need strong leadership from American Indians/Alaska Natives, who will bring to their work a sensitivity to tribal traditions and Native spiritual gifts."
In a related action the steering committee voted to call upon the ELCA to make public its disapproval of the desecration of American Indian/Alaska Native sacred sites. The committee "views the vandalism and burning of African-American churches, the desecration and despoiling of American Indian/Alaska Native sacred sites, and violations of other places of worship as common expressions of intolerance, racism and hatred."
The action instructs the commission to develop a position statement "decrying this practice" for consideration at its next meeting.
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Making the Ferguson Commission Matter
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Did we just witness Swingin' Dick Ankiel's last at-bat as a Cardinal?
The decade of the 2000s is over for the Cardinals, and it was ended by the man who, for better and for worse, was the ultimate story of the decade. The decade began with Rick Ankiel a fireballing young phenom melting down on the mound in the playoffs. It ended with Rick Ankiel a deeply flawed but still talented outfielder swinging through a belt-high fastball to send the Cards home to an early offseason. It was likely the final at-bat of Ankiel's Cardinal career, and the end of one of the strangest and most fascinating chapters in Redbird history.
From a slightly less widescreen view, though, it was fitting for Rick Ankiel to make the final out of the season for other reasons, too. For all Ankiel's talent, he was ultimately undone by a lack of fundamentals and discipline, an inability to make the adjustments all ballplayers, no matter how talented, must make if they are to take that next step.
What went wrong with the Cardinals in the playoffs wasn't something completely out of the blue. It wasn't a lack of talent, but a lack of execution. We all saw it coming from a mile away, as the team struggled to score runs throughout September. Poor at-bat followed poor at-bat, with plate discipline seemingly a dirty word in the Cardinal clubhouse. On days when they strung together a bunch of hits, they scored runs. Most days, though, they didn't. It got to the point where Tony La Russa, ordinarily one to bemoan a lack of aggressiveness in his lineup, began instead to worry about the lack of patience. Even so, the team proved incapable of making any adjustments. As a team the Cardinals amassed 1,061 at-bats in the month of September, and they struck out 219 times. There's nothing wrong with striking out in and of itself, of course; a strikeout is just an out, after all. But to whiff more than 20 percent of the time as a team — that's a bit worrisome. There's an awful lot of contact not being made in there.
Also a bit like Rick Ankiel, the Cardinals were largely done in by the failure of their magic beans. Ryan Franklin and Joel Piñeiro both had outstanding performances this season, and little in their past performances to indicate either could keep it up indefinitely. Franklin in particular scared the crap out of many of us (and by many of us I mean me); a pitcher who throws almost exclusively high-leverage innings has very little margin for error, and a pitcher who strikes out as few hitters as Franklin is living on the edge to begin with. At some point a few of those balls in play are going to drop in, and bad things are going to happen. It was much the same with Piñeiro. Yes, it was incredibly enjoyable to watch him impersonate Christy Mathewson for most of the summer, but there's a reason it's unheard of for a pitcher to do the job in just that particular way nowadays: It just doesn't work. Back in the days of balls that were used for weeks at a time and huge parks with irregular dimensions, allowing hitters to put absolutely everything into play wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Plus, maintaining a 70 percent-plus ground-ball rate is virtually impossible. At some point Jo-El was going to regress.
More than anything, though, the Cardinals just picked the absolute worst time of the year to go completely in the tank. For a month and a half, they looked completely unstoppable; a juggernaut to rival the 2004 team. Then everything came crashing down and reality flooded in. They weren't an offensive juggernaut that could score at will. They couldn't come back against the game's top closers every single night. No, ultimately, this Cardinal team was a group of talented ballplayers who, when the chips were down, just didn't execute.
So I say goodbye to the 2009 Cardinals, a wonderful bunch of ballplayers who came up short in the end. Fun to watch, an outstanding story and at times utterly brilliant — but ultimately lacking that last little bit to put them over the top.
As I believe I said at the beginning of this, it's fitting Rick Ankiel took the last at-bat, isn't it?
— Aaron Schafer
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Gentlemen, start your engines. Twenty-six years and 150,000 traffic tickets later, Rock Hill's rainmaker is hanging up his radar gun. You heard right, folks, Officer Ronald Zeigler will soon write his final speeding citation. To be more precise, you have until his shift ends at 7 p.m. on October 20 to get his autograph, which he'll only be too happy to oblige.
With Zeigler riding into the sunset — or at least to his home in Marthasville (the site of Daniel Boone's original grave) — the city's coffers may never be as full again, and most assuredly, Manchester Road will never move as gingerly again.
"He's an institution," marvels city administrator George Liyeos.
"He's the man," exclaims Mayor Julie Morgan.
"He was the highest monthly performer we ever had," boasts Rock Hill Police Chief Paul Arnett, who runs the ten-man department.
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Two Washington County students have joined the prestigious Niswonger Scholarship and Leadership Program.
Seniors Raini Rowenhorst, a student at David Crockett High School, and Matt Grimm, a student at Daniel Boone High School, are two of five Niswonger Scholars awarded this year.
Rowenhorst was recognized for the achievement by the Washington County Board of Education on Thursday night.
Grimm will be recognized by the board next month.
The program is designed to provide educational and leadership development opportunities to enhance the lives of Scholars and their community.
Nominees come from the 17 area school districts in the 1st Congressional District and are selected by the Niswonger Foundation.
Scholars can attend any college of their choosing and enter into any major, but they must sign an agreement to return to Northeast Tennessee within a seven-year time frame to work and serve in their chosen profession.
Additionally, Scholars must attend leadership training, maintain a high GPA, perform 40 hours of community service each semester and keep a journal of their leadership activities.
Rowenhorst will be attending the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, studying psychology.
"I'm very glad that I get to serve Northeast Tennessee in any way possible. My biggest goal in life is just to help others, and I feel like I haven't truly succeeded unless I've impacted the lives of other people and there's no better place than Northeast Tennessee. There's just such a great mentality here and everybody truly cares for one another, and I'm glad to get to be part of that," she said as she addressed the board.
In other business, Director of Schools Ron Dykes updated the board on an upcoming school security program the system will participate in.
The program is offered through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and will be done in partnership with the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
The safety program will focus on responding to an armed intruder at one of the county's schools.
Specialized training for officers will be held April 5 and 6.
All system employees will undergo training through the program May 20. Sixty of those employees will receive specialized training at David Crockett High School, and will train other employees at a later date.


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Motion City Soundtrack have released their rendition of the Rentals' "Waiting." The band's upcoming album, Go, will be in stores on June 12. Pre-orders are on sale now. Stream the cover below and let us know what you think!


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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. — Kernersville Police are looking for two suspects in a violent robbery Thursday that emptied a local business of about $30,000 in jewelry.
The robbery took place around 9:10 a.m. at BC Jewelry and Gifts on Highway 66.
Store owner BR Nong said two armed men with masks entered the store and demanded jewelry and money.
Nong tried to fight off the robbers and ended up getting hit in the back of the head with a shotgun.
"He tried to tie me up, but I wouldn't let him. That's why he hit me in the head," Nong said.
Nong and his wife Chanta were eventually tied up. Nong said he thought he was going to die.
The robbers then started breaking glass cases, and in just three minutes, they had fled the store with tens of thousands of dollars in gold, diamonds and cash.
"This was a violent crime. We're going to relentlessly pursue these guys," said Det. Ryan McGee with Kernersville Police.
But to find the suspects, McGee said they really need the public's help.
"They may hear things from people out on the street. Sometimes people will talk, sometimes they won't. The public will know it before we do," McGee said.
The suspects were described as being 6 feet tall and 5'5″ tall, respectively, and wearing all black. The suspects fled on foot.
Anyone with information on the incident or possible suspects is asked to call Kernersville Police at (336) 996-3177.
Nong may have survived the robbery, but he isn't yet sure if his business will be able to.
"We normally sell one engagement ring every 3-4 months. Now we don't have nothing to sell. We're not a big jewelry store. They picked the wrong jewelry store. That really, really ticks me off," Nong said.
Nong said he chose to protect his store with two guns instead of getting insurance as it was less expensive.
However, the robbers came in so quickly and took him by surprise that he didn't have enough time to get to the guns, Nong said.
Nong said thieves have tried to rob his business twice before Thursday, but those happened overnight.


text: Tweet photo by Jayna (Flickr Creative Commons) As an alternative to cutting meat consumption in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is considering the promotion of insects as a food source. The idea comes from a UN policy paper by a Belgian scientist at the University of Wageningen named Arnold Van Huis, who points out that most of the world already eats insects. In meat-rich Western diets – which are growing throughout the rest of the world and thereby causing emissions to increase – eating insects is somewhat taboo, but eating shrimp, which are very similar to insects, is considered OK. From an article in the Guardian: The raising of livestock such as cows, pigs and sheep occupies two-thirds of the world's farmland and generates 20% of all the greenhouse gases driving global warming. As a result, the United Nations and senior figures want to reduce the amount of meat we eat and the search is on for alternatives. Van Huis' research shows that insect farming would produce far less greenhouse gas emissions than livestock farming. One idea to make insects more palatable to Western tastes is grinding them into patties. Bug burger, anyone? I didn't think so. Let's get back to that cutting meat consumption and eating more vegetables thing. Meanwhile, in a slightly ironic twist, an invasive Asian beetle has been spotted on he grounds of a primary school in the UK and there are fears that if more are found they could threaten native tree populations. You see, the Citrus Longhorn Beetle loves to eat British shrubs and trees including oak. From a report in the Independent: The spokesman said a range of deciduous trees and shrubs can be hosts, although all UK findings so far have been on Japanese maple (Acer palmatum). If only the beetles were considered palatable. Then they could be hunted and eaten on the spot to prevent any infestation. SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER Thank you, your sign-up request was successful! Please check your e-mail inbox. Given email address is already subscribed, thank you! Please provide a valid email address. Oops. Something went wrong. Please try again later.


text: Take a look at the WAVES way of doing this using their large library of impulse responses. It really never pays in a live recording session to record hall ambience and put mics out in the hall without rhyme or reason. Of course, it is also nonsense to think that in 5.1 or stereo that you can achieve a realistic concert-hall or other reverb acoustic via two speakers at 110 degrees or by adding reverb to front 2.0 speakers. Take a look at www.ambiophonics.org/PCMac.html and scroll down to see how to implement (convolve) the impulse response of your choice in AudioMulch or similar. This method is nice because you can use as many surround speakers as you like, put them anywhere convenient in home or studio, and enhance in real time any older 2.0 recording. Incidentally, the Hong Kong professional audio company DSP4you is now making Ambiophonic DSP boards/boxes so you can try this now quite easily for yourself without resorting to the VST plugin route. www.ambio4you.com Ralph Glasgal -----Original Message----- From: music-dsp-bounces at music.columbia.edu [mailto:music-dsp-bounces at music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Wolfe Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 4:06 PM To: A discussion list for music-related DSP Subject: [music-dsp] Reverb practice vs theory? Hey Guys, I understand the theory of reverb, that it's a lot of random echoes within 20ms or so. However, how is that generally implemented in practice? I have programmed a delay before so i know how to make a buffer that feeds back into itself and decays over time. For a delay i just do this for each sample: 1) Get the raw sample from the source 2) I read the current position's value out of a circular buffer and add it to the raw sample. 3) Take that value and make it be the current output sample 4) Multiply that value by the Feedback value (which ranges from 0 to 1) and write it back to the current position in the circular buffer. 5) Increment the circular buffer's current position. The circular buffer has exactly as many samples as needed for the delay length. For reverb, instead of only taking the current position and having a feedback sample for it, would i take multiple samples from the past, each with their own feedback amount and make that be added into the current sample? Something like this? fCurrentSample = GetRawSample(); fCurrentSample += GetCircularBufferSample(0) * 0.4; // 0 miliseconds in the past in the delay buffer fCurrentSample += GetCircularBufferSample(-2) * 0.2; // 2 miliseconds in the past in the delay buffer fCurrentSample += GetCircularBufferSample(-4) * 0.6; // 4 miliseconds in the past in the delay buffer fCurrentSample += GetCircularBufferSample(-8) * 0.1; // 8 miliseconds in the past in the delay buffer OutputSample(fCurrentSample); WriteCircularBufferSample(fCurrentSample * fFeedBack); IncrementCircularBufferIndex(); Also I'm kind of wondering, how does some reverb sound like a small room, and others sound cavernous? Thanks! Alan -- dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp links http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp


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Alex Blair tops the BIG EAST in blocks at 1.50 b/s during league matches.
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CINCINNATI - Xavier volleyball takes its 16-9 (7-3 BIG EAST) record on the road for a pair of BIG EAST Conference matches at Georgetown and Villanova this weekend. The Musketeers will take on the Hoyas at 4 p.m. Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., before heading to Philadelphia for a 3 p.m. showdown on Sunday against the Wildcats.
This weekend's matches provide an opportunity for Xavier to distance itself in the league standings. Both Georgetown and Villanova enter the weekend in a three-way tie with St. John's for fifth in the conference. All three teams have an identical 4-6 conference record and sit two-and-a-half games behind Xavier in the league standings.
XU is tied with Creighton for second in the league at 7-3, while Marquette sits atop the standings at 9-1 and Butler ranks fourth at 6-4.
Junior setter Aubree Smith orchestrates a Xavier attack that ranks second in the conference in both assists (13.37 a/s) and kills (14.29 k/s). Smith ranks third in assists, handing out 11.27 a/s during conference only matches.
Freshman outside hitter Abbey Bessler has been the main beneficiary of Smith's sets, connecting on 4.35 k/s during conference play.
The Musketeers also boast one of the conference's top defenses, holding opponents to a hitting percentage of just .175. Alex Blair leads the league at 1.50 b/s during conference only matches, while Sarah Brown (4.62) and Lauren Metzger (4.00) rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in digs per set.


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This will be quick but we attended the Glow with the Show AP preview tonight and we were highly impressed with DCA's handling of the line for the Preview to pick up the ears (even if it did look like a extremely large mess and clusterF*** upon walking up to it.) The line began at mickeys fun wheel and went back to the ice cream store on the pier. It then crossed all the way over to the other side and down along California screaming before winding back and forth several times along the same walkway. We were herded along in a very orderly manner through the line towards the Goofys sky school end of paradise pier where they took the vouchers we had been handed at check in to receive our ears. We were then free to find a spot wherever we wanted for the viewing. We found a spot right towards the Ariel's grotto end on the 2nd tier up from the water. The show was supposed to begin at 1145 but didn't start until closer to 1210. The buzz around us was fun as everyone was so excited to see how this would work. (we had been to the test night during Buena Vista Streets Opening on June 14th so were able to answer some peoples questions around us and knew what to expect). The viewing area was much more packed than the preview we saw. Once the show started the amount of people made the show infinitely more enjoyable as the sheer number of glow hats heightened the experience. At the beginning we found ourselves along with most of the rest of the crowd just watching the people and the hats more than paying attention to the show. The fact that ears right next to us glowed different colors or even different shades of colors to ours was fun to see. All in all this made a the show feel new and exciting to us. The entire crowd oohhd and aahhhed at the ears and the crowd was definitely in a good spirit especially for it being so late!! Looking back as we exited and seeing the ears glowing obver the water which was glowing was also a sight to see.
As we exited the park we got to see Mickey and Walt had enjoyed the show also Photo by englishpauliewallie • Instagram haha
I give this new edition an A- but I dont ever thing there will be this many peoplee with the hats at a regular viewing of WOC unless its a special event so it remains to be seen how long this will last. In my opinion thats a great shame.


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If you ask for a pork brisket at the meat department of a regular supermarket, you may get a funny look from the person working behind the counter. "Beef brisket?" they'll ask, assuming that you want cow. A real butcher will know exactly what you want. Though brisket is the term applied to the bottom half of the shoulder section of the cow (not including shank), the same muscular groups can be found on the pig as well as the lamb, for that matter. More


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Fine, this game is fun and all. Yes making sure that your little hang-man makes it safe to the next level is one way to play this game. I prefer the bloody version, which is to get him to the end of the level with the minimum amount of body parts as possible. Let him bleed and loose his legs, arms and all for your very own pleasure. Is is mean to laugh at this blood fest? For sure… it's all pixels and stuff and not real blood. Smack that dude!
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