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Facing Islam
Religion | Desperate times generate desperate responses. In 1453 Constantinople (now Istanbul) fell to the Turks. In 2001 the Twin Towers fell to terrorists. During the decade after the conquest of Constantinople some in Europe stressed the need for stronger military forces and others the need for stronger Christian faith, but some looked for ways to make theological peace with what appeared to be unstoppable Muslim force. Today, the same three sets of attitudes are evident, as a new book shows
In 1453 much of Europe mourned. When the news of Constantinople's fall reached Venice, "a great and excessive crying broke out, weeping, groaning . . . everyone beating their chests with their fists." Frederick III, the Holy Roman Emperor, wept. Christian I, king of Denmark and Norway, called the Turkish conqueror, Mehmet, the beast described in the book of Revelation. Diplomat Aeneas Sylvias Piccolomini wrote to Pope Nicholas V about the "frightening news . . . these matters press upon and overwhelm my heart, most Holy Father. I see belief and truth wiped out at the same time."
On the winning side, some Middle Eastern crowds celebrated much as their descendants did on 9/11. When Cairo received the news that Constantinople's walls were breached and thousands of its residents killed, one Muslim wrote that "the good news was sounded by the bands each morning . . . people celebrated by decorating shops and houses most extravagantly." Mehmet sent round to leading Muslim cities what he believed was the head of Constantine, the last Byzantine emperor, stuffed with straw. He also sent 1,200 Greek children as slaves to Muslim rulers in Egypt, Tunis, and Spain.
Christian leaders in 1453 immediately began debating how they should respond. Spanish bishop John of Segovia argued that it was futile to confront Islam militarily: He argued that Muslims were good at holy wars and Christians were not. John also said he could not recommend the sending of missionaries, since Muslims would not allow them. The only alternative was for Christian and Muslim leaders to meet and see if what they agreed on was greater than their differences.
German Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa also pushed that point; as R.W. Southern writes in Western Views of Islam in the Middle Ages, "Nicholas of Cusa and John of Segovia stand out as dramatic exceptions to the accepted view that Islam and its prophet were not of God." Nicholas in 1453 wrote De Pace Fidei-The Peace of Faith-which suggests that Christians think about Islam not in terms of conversion or mission, but in terms of merged understanding.
An English translation of De Pace Fidei is available online, so readers themselves can assess the audacity of Nicholas' hope, but here's an example: If Muslims rebel against the doctrine of the Trinity, explain that they represent unity, equality, and connection. Southern's summary is good: "Even this seemingly insoluble difficulty all but vanishes before the deft reductionist wand" of Nicholas and his "humanistic universalism."
As De Pace Fidei continues, Cusa argues that the Quran itself attributes to Jesus supernatural wisdom and miraculous ability, so Islam and Christianity share a faith in Jesus: Muslims "acknowledge that Christ has resuscitated the dead and created birds from clay. . . . On this basis they can very easily be won over, since it cannot be denied that he has done this in the strength of the divine nature." People of all religions "worship the one God" and are in "concord," even though theologians don't realize it.
Nicholas in 1453 suggested that all the world needed were wise leaders to teach their people and finally meet in Jerusalem where all faiths will be unified and peace will be everlasting. He backed away a bit from that optimism in 1461, when he wrote a sequel titled Cribratio Alkorani, or Scrutiny of the Quran-but he continued to emphasize Islam's monotheism and to argue that Muslims should be applauded for having left idolatry. In scholar Nancy Bisaha's summary, Nicholas challenged "dismissive Christian insights. [He] viewed Islam as a monotheistic faith and an instrument of providence."
That same year the diplomat Piccolomini, who had become Pope Pius II, sent a letter to Mehmet suggesting that the Turkish sultan could become ruler of the East without any contest from Christians: Rather than changing his beliefs, he only had to submit to "a few drops of water" within the ceremony of baptism. Historians today wonder whether the pope was serious, but Papal Secretary George of Trebizond apparently believed that Mehmet could "use his imperial might to unite Christianity and Islam in a single faith."
Desperate times bring desperate proposals: Pius II had convened a council in 1459 with the goal of building a unified strategy against Islamic invasion, but no ruler attended and nothing happened. Everyone had an excuse: England had civil war (The War of the Roses), Spaniards were fighting Muslims on their own peninsula, France was recovering from its warfare with England, and so forth. Meanwhile, Muslims advanced in southeastern Europe and European governments (Venice, for example) made their own deals with what seemed like an unstoppable force. Pope Pius may have felt he had no choice in 1461 but to offer a deal.
The shock of 9/11 was similar in many ways to the shock of Constantinople's fall. Many people prayed more, especially at first. Many with a biblical perspective emphasized the importance of knowing the differences between Christianity and Islam. Others emphasized the need for a military response, which came quickly, and still others the need for stronger Christian faith. But some argued, as had John of Segovia and Nicholas of Cusa for a time, that we should deemphasize the differences between Christianity and Islam.
A thoughtful former GOP congressman, Mark Siljander, came out this fall with a new book, A Deadly Misunderstanding: A Congressman's Quest to Bridge the Muslim-Christian Divide (HarperOne). But that's not the only reason Siljander has received some press attention: Earlier this year Siljander, who represented a conservative western Michigan district from 1981 to 1987, came under indictment for money laundering, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice.
Even though the case probably won't hit the courtrooms until next year or perhaps even 2010, the press verdict wasn't hard to predict: Another Republican gone wrong. Siljander was working with a Muslim organization that had attempted to disguise its "misuse of taxpayer money that the government had provided for humanitarian purposes." Some thought the worst: Jihad Watch quoted Debbie Schlussel, who worked in Siljander's congressional office, saying, "I think this was about money. . . . Desperation and money do bad things."
Siljander's side of the story is radically different. He argues rightly that ecumenical talk by the religious left in the United States has not built spiritual bridges to Islam. He notes that military action by itself merely blows up material bridges. His proposal: Sow the seeds that can yield "an organic movement within Islam that can work in the Muslim context [and] strengthen moderates rather than militants."
Siljander says those seeds are present in the Quran, which 90 times cites a name that both Christians and Muslims revere-Isa, which is Arabic for Jesus. The Quran refers to Isa performing miracles, healing the sick, breathing life into clay, and raising the dead-all things that suggest He is God. Siljander acknowledges that Muslims traditionally have interpreted the Quran as saying that Jesus was not begotten by God, but he says that's because they want to separate Jesus' conception from a physical act: He argues that Muslims can buy into the conception as spiritual generation, similar to God saying, "Let there be light."
Siljander points out that the Quran 11 times refers to Jesus as the Messiah. He acknowledges that Islam does not have the concept of original sin and, logically, does not see the need for a Savior-Muslims abhor the whole concept of a suffering servant and substitutionary atonement-but says it's not surprising that the concept of the Messiah in Islam is that of a great military leader, because that's what Jews 2,000 years ago also thought.
That part of Siljander's analysis is helpfully provocative: Many evangelicals have found that they can speak of "Jesus" in Muslim lands where mention of "Christianity" is anathema. But Siljander goes on to claim that the New Testament emphasis is "Submit to God. Be at peace"-and that's like the Quranic emphasis, because "Islam" means submission. The Arabic word shalem means "surrender" and "Muslim" comes from mu-shalem, which means "one who has surrendered." Thus Siljander believes it's fine for a Christian, one who has surrendered to God, to call himself a Muslim.
That skips over the sharp differences between Christianity and Islam. And more astounding: Siljander notes that the Hebrew word sh'ma means "to hear" but also "to proclaim, witness, or testify." The famous verse that begins sh'ma yisroel reads, "Hear O Israel, the Lord [is] our God, the Lord is One." Jesus cited that as part of the first commandment: "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord, and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength." Siljander says the Muslim proclamation of shahada-There is no God but Allah . . ."-is essentially the same as the sh'ma.
Siljander asserts that Christians and Jews could say the shahada-he skips by the second part of it, "and Muhammad is his prophet"-and could thus be considered Muslims. The shahada is the first of the "five pillars of Islam," and Siljander says that the other four in principle could also be upheld by Christians and Jews: praying five times a day, fasting during the daylight hours of the month of Ramadan, giving 2.5 percent of material wealth to charity, and going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. That's a startling notion, especially since the apostle Paul emphasized the need to change from an acts-oriented Phariseeism to an understanding of grace.
Siljander defended his exegesis by telling WORLD that he's trying to start among evangelicals "not a theological discussion but a strategic one. . . . Facing massive cultural differences, how do you present Jesus in a way that will open minds and hearts?" He argues that the primary goal of evangelicals should not be to convert Muslims to Christianity, but to awaken in them the desire to follow Jesus that Siljander says is embedded in Islam.
Siljander has thus followed the path of Nicholas of Cusa, but then gone further: He told WORLD last year that Sudanese dictator Omar Hassan al-Bashir, culpable for the killing of hundreds of thousands of Christians in southern Sudan, truly wants peace without tyranny. (Luis Moreno-Ocampo, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, calls Bashir the mastermind of genocide in Darfur.) That would be like Nicholas visiting Ottoman tyrant Mehmet in 1459 and claiming him as an ally rather than an adversary.
Siljander says he understands Bashir because he has discussed with him the bridges between Islam and Christianity during frequent trips to Khartoum that included numerous dinners: "They can only con you so long," Siljander said. Others, though, wonder if the former congressmen has been conned. Even Adolf Hitler, who had left a long paper trail, conned some church leaders during the 1930s, and terrified others into speechlessness, as Joe Loconte notes in his The End of Illusions: Religious Leaders Confront Hitler's Gathering Storm.
It turned out that European Christians following the disaster of 1453 did not surrender to Islam. Constantinople's fall came in the same decade in which Gutenberg and his colleagues began using printing presses with movable type-and soon printed materials worrying about Turkish aggression began flowing throughout Europe. As Roger Crowley reports in 1453, short pieces that described "the damnable menace of the Grand Turk" flooded Europe, along with occasional books: French publishers put out 80 books about the Ottomans between 1480 and 1609, compared to 40 on the Americas.
Bartholomew Georgevich wrote what today we might call a graphic novel, the illustrated Miseries and Tribulations of the Christians held in Tribute and Slavery by the Turk: It showed Turks beheading prisoners, Turks spitting babies on their lances, Turks leading into slavery captured women and children. In England, books with titles such as True News of a Notable Victory obtained against the Turk, The Estate of Christians living under the Subjection of the Turk, and A Discourse on the Bloody and Cruel Battle lost by Sultan Selim appeared.
During the century after 1453 Ottomans came to control much of southeastern Europe, including Romania and Hungary, and much of the Mediterranean Sea. But western European powers, aware of the danger, improved their navies and subsidized voyages of discovery. European military innovations undercut Ottoman supremacy. Culturally, Ottoman society began to stagnate: Some clerics denounced the printing press as a work of the devil.
Providentially, the military advances of Ottomans early in the 16th century-they nearly captured Vienna, Austria, in 1529-occupied the attention of Catholic powers that otherwise might have strangled the Protestant Reformation that Martin Luther inaugurated in 1517. Later, the Protestant surge (and the need of the Roman Catholic Church to respond with the Counter-Reformation) gave many Europeans lively faiths to fight for. The forecasts of inevitable Muslim triumph proved wrong. Bible-based cultures held on, without giving up the farm.
Is there a lesson in this for our own days, when pundits predict that Europe will become Eurabia and the best a weakening America can hope for is peace in our time?
A case against Siljander?
The indictment of former Rep. Mark Siljander came as a surprise to supporters in Washington and his home district in Michigan, where the three-term Republican has been an outspoken social conservative, visible at National Prayer Breakfasts, but was less known for his globetrotting and ties to Muslim figures, outlined more in his new book.
Siljander is the seventh defendant in a case against five officers and their Islamic American Relief Agency stemming from consultation work he did for the charity, which closed in 2004 after the Treasury Department designated it a terrorist group. In a 42-count indictment, Siljander is named in three counts, all involving conspiracy to engage in money laundering. Charges against the other defendants, including two naturalized Sudanese and an Iraqi, are more serious, including funneling money to terrorist groups.
Siljander through his attorney "vehemently denies" the charges (he would not comment on them in an email interview on the advice of his attorney), as do the other defendants. Abdel Azim el-Siddiq, a Sudanese defendant who has lived in the United States for 24 years, said in an interview with me this summer that he believes most if not all the charges will be dropped once the paperwork is sorted out. "As Muslims in America we are caught between two fires," he said. "If I go into the mosque with an American friend, I am suspected of being CIA. And if I work with an Islamic charity, I am suspected of being a terrorist."
Sorting out the paperwork is proving difficult for federal prosecutors, who have now delayed proceedings twice. Don Ledford, spokesman for the U.S. district court in Kansas City, where the case will be heard, said it is not scheduled for trial until November 2009. -Mindy Belz
Diplomacy-and religious liberty?
By Marvin Olasky
Another recent attempt to improve the relations of Americans with the Muslim world came by way of a new document, "Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations With the Muslim World," signed by 33 American leaders who met at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund conference center with financial support from that foundation and others.
Eleven of the 33 were Muslim-Americans, with most of them employed by Muslim interest groups. Non-Muslim leaders included former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage, former U.S. representatives Steve Bartlett and Vin Weber, author Stephen Covey, psychiatry guru Robert Jay Lifton, American Petroleum Institute president Red Cavaney, and assorted professors. The one participant employed by an evangelical group was Richard Land, president of The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The report emphasizes diplomacy as "the primary tool" for bringing peace. It also supports "efforts to improve governance and promote civic participation in Muslim countries," and to "build the capacity of government institutions to deliver, and of citizens to participate in governance." It calls for adoption by April 20 of "a major and sustained [U.S.] diplomatic effort to resolve regional conflicts and promote security cooperation in the Middle East, giving top priority to engagement with Iran and permanent resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
The report also gives useful country-by-country goals. For example, 'the primary institutional goal the U.S. should pursue in Egypt is the opening of opportunities for political participation and good governance at the local and national level. Those opportunities can come not only through elections, but also through increasing the transparency, accountability and effectiveness of police, municipal services, and the judiciary. The U.S. should also help NGOs and the press organize to hold local and national government agencies more accountable.
Furthermore, the report calls for the rapid convening of "a business-government summit on economic reform, growth and job creation in the Middle East to accelerate current reform and investment," and "a global initiative for teaching, learning and exchange among citizens in the U.S. and Muslim countries." That sounds good, but the report skips questions of religious liberty-and without that fundamental freedom, "democracy" will merely mask tyranny.


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Video: Bowie State Campus Reacts To Verdict In Simpson Case
BOWIE, Md. (WUSA) - 911 tapes have been released from the night Alexis Simpson allegedly killed her roommate Dominique Frazier.
The tapes were not played in court at the trial that ended on Thursday with a not guilty verdict for Simpson.
Less than 24 hours after a not guilty verdict shocked the Bowie State University community, people are still talking about this case.
The murder trial of Alexis Simpson, accused of killing her roommate Dominique Frazier, was closely followed on social media.
Andrea McCarren was at the Prince George's County Courthouse Thursday night when the verdict came down.
On the Bowie State campus, there is a mix of reactions: shock, sadness and relief that this high-profile murder case appears to be over.
"All lot of students are disappointed. A lot of people are shocked. When I saw the news, I was like whoa, wow," said Deborah Binutu, a Bowie State student)
The Bowie State University campus is healing after a violent fight between roommates that ended in death and traumatized the school community.
"I think it's tragic, but at the same time, I hear she was bullied. And in a scary situation like that, you're going to try to defend yourself," said Zeni Ruffin, a Bowie State Student.
"I can't say whether I feel good or bad. But I feel sadness bc a young lady is gone and she's never coming back. And of course, both parents, I feel bad for both parents," said Bruce Wall, who is a Bowie State Parent and an alumnus.
Alexis Simpson admitted in court that she plunged a knife into the neck of her roommate, Dominique Frazier. But she testified that it was out of fear, an act of self-defense. A rare and risky defense.
"Everybody was surprised... It's all or nothing. It's a gamble for the defendant. It paid off because she said 'I did it. But I did it because my life was in danger. I did it in self-defense,' " said legal analyst Jim Shalleck.
Bowie State administrators were among those disturbed by testimony that both young women kept knives in their dorm rooms. "It is definitely a violation of university policy to have weapons of any kind in the rooms. So the fact that they were there is certainly a disciplinary matter that would be dealt with had it been known," said Cassandra Robinson of Bowie State University.
Still unanswered is whether the family of murder victim Dominique Frazier will file a civil suit against the university or Alexis Simpson. Bowie State says it has not been served with any papers.


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As you may have heard, our brewmaster for the past eight years, Larry Sidor, will be leaving us at the end of the year to pursue a lifelong dream of owning his own business. Here's a question and answer session we recently had with Larry to give a little insight into his time at Deschutes and his brewing experience.
What's your favorite part about brewing beer? What has been the greatest challenge for you?
Wow, this is a hard question to answer. It would be easier to answer what I don't like about brewing. And that answer would be nothing. The greatest challenge for me has been understanding what the customers want. This has always been a moving target and currently the target is changing at an incredible rate. The rewarding part for me is that customer expectations are lining up with my personal beer preferences. A saying in the craft beer industry is that "if you brew beer for yourself, the customers will follow."
From your perspective, what have you seen happen in the craft brewing space over the last several years? What changes have been significant?
There are really too many to mention, but I will attempt a few.
First and foremost is the customers. They are the engine that drives what I do. They are rejecting commoditized bland beers in favor of more flavorful beers which enhance their life experiences.
Second is also the customers. One of my favorite beers developed at Deschutes is The Dissident, a sour beer. This is a beer which we began developing in 2004. At that time, it was a direction I really wanted to go, but it was met with skepticism. Now, The Dissident is one of the beers I field the most questions about. The shift in customer awareness and acceptance has been simply mindboggling.
Third would be the suppliers. From malt, to hops, to equipment, the improvements have been pivotal in allowing the craft brewers to make higher quality and innovative beers. I get goose bumps when I see Cascade hops being grown again in the Willamette Valley. The exciting new hop varieties which are being released have rocked the craft world. Deschutes was pivotal in the release of the Citra hop and is currently supporting two other new varieties; Bravo and Delta. The new and innovative specialty malts that are being roasted by our maltsters are allowing us to explore new and exciting flavors.
You have recently decided to start your own company. What was the driving factor behind this decision?
I have always wanted to have my own business. I accidently got into the brewing business when I was trying to raise money to start a winery. One fateful night I stopped by the Olympia Brewing Company in Tumwater, WA to see a friend. I had no intention of working there because I wanted to make money fast so I could get on with my dream of a winery. But a late night tour of the Olympia brewery and I was hooked for a lifetime. Olympia was my first dream job. Over the years, plans to start my own brewery came and went and other things in life got more attention. I fell in love with sailboat racing and a gal from Seattle, ended up getting married, building a house and soon a son and a daughter. Later we moved to Yakima where we bought a vineyard and I worked for a hop company. We really enjoyed owning our own business but it confirmed that brewing is my passion, not winegrowing. We sold the vineyard and took another dream job with Deschutes Brewery.
What kind of business venture (or craft brewing venture) are you exploring?
I can't wait to share the details with you — the Central Oregon community — and the Brewing Community — but I'm not ready to talk about it just yet. As soon as I have more information, I'll make sure you get the details. If all goes as planned, it's going to be a very exciting project. For the next six months, my heart and head will be focused on my work at the Deschutes Brewery. I'm invested in the ongoing success of Deschutes Brewery, both personally and professionally, and I want to keep my energies here until I'm ready to move forward with my personal venture.
What will you miss the most about being at Deschutes?
The loyal Deschutes customers, fellow employees, and the vast resources Deschutes has.
Bravely Done, Larry. Although we are extremely sad to see you go, we wish you all the best on your new adventure. We look forward to tasting your new creations and thank you for all of the delicious beers you developed while you were here.


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Far Hills, NJ (Sports Network) - The United States Golf Association announced
on Monday that Squire Creek Country Club will host the 2015 U.S. Women's Mid-
Amateur Championship.
The championship is scheduled to take place Oct. 3-8 at the course in
Choudrant, La. Squire Creek, which hosted local qualifying for the U.S. Open
in 2008 and 2009, will host its first USGA Championship, after opening in
"Squire Creek Country Club is an avid supporter of amateur golf and is honored
to host the 2015 U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Championship," said Rick Maier,
director of grounds and general manager for Squire Creek Country Club and
Development. "We are excited about working with the USGA to provide a great
venue for the championship and a challenging test of golf for all competitors.
Our members and staff look forward to hosting a memorable event filled with
our unique Louisiana hospitality."
Meghan Stasi defeated Liz Waynick, 6 & 5, at this year's U.S. Women's Mid-
Amateur Championship at Briggs Ranch Golf Club in San Antonio. It was the
fourth time Stasi won the title.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The only thing a bitterly partisan Congress can agree on as it heads for the exits is that looming defense cuts will have a devastating effect on the military.
Aside from that, a House Armed Services hearing Thursday with the Pentagon comptroller and the services' vice chiefs devolved into finger-pointing between Republicans and Democrats. No resolution emerged to avert $55 billion in cuts to a defense budget of roughly $600 billion, beginning Jan. 2.
Republicans blamed President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Senate. Democrats argued that the GOP has to be willing to consider increases in revenues through taxes.
Pentagon comptroller Robert Hale said the cuts would degrade the military's ability to respond quickly to emerging crises. But he said officials would implement the cuts the best way they can.


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and needed surgery to repair the broken jaw and also underwent major dental
As of yet, there is no timetable for Crosby's return to action.
"The whole injury could have been a lot worse," Penguins general manager Ray
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Hopefully, everything is OK. He didn't get hit in the eye. The jaw can be
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shutout by a Pittsburgh netminder. He combined with Marc-Andre Fleury for 37
saves in a 1-0 decision over Montreal on Tuesday, then turned aside 20 chances
during Thursday's 4-0 verdict over Winnipeg.
The Penguins have not permitted a goal in a franchise-record 208 minutes, 24
seconds, while also setting a new club standard by posting their 12th home win
in a row.
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even better," said Vokoun. "We have a lot of fun with it and it's been great."
Matt Cooke and James Neal each scored in the third period to offset the loss
of both Crosby and Chris Kunitz, Pittsburgh's second-leading scorer who was
handed a game misconduct for hitting New York's Josh Bailey into the boards
late in the second. Kunitz was not suspended for the hit and will be available
Pittsburgh, which is five points ahead of Montreal for the East lead, is
15-4-0 as the host this season and is completing a five-game homestand on
The Sabres, who are five points out of a playoff spot, enter Tuesday having
lost four straight. Buffalo fell to 0-2-2 on the stretch after dropping
Sunday's regulation game to visiting Boston. David Krejci scored the game-
winning goal with 7:06 left to lead the Bruins to the 2-0 decision in Buffalo.
Ryan Miller stopped 29 of the 31 shots faced for the Sabres. This is the
fourth four-game losing streak of the season for Buffalo, which hasn't dropped
five in a row since an 0-5-0 stretch from Jan. 14-21 of last season.
Though a playoff spot is still in reach, the Sabres have been sellers ahead of
Wednesday's trade deadline. They dealt defenseman Jordan Leopold to the St.
Louis Blues on Saturday for a second- and fifth-round pick in the 2013 draft
and then completed a deal with the Los Angeles Kings on Monday for blueliner
Robyn Regehr.
In exchange for the 13-year vet, the Kings sent a 2014 and 2015 second-round
pick to Buffalo, pending a medical exam.
Pittsburgh has won three of four and nine of the last 11 games against the
Sabres. Buffalo has lost five of six in the Steel City.
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The surgeon will make a few minor incisions in the abdomen. After the incisions are made, the stomach is inflated with air or carbon dioxide, which allows the surgeon to see more clearly. A lighted scope is attached to a video camera (laparoscope) and then inserted into one incision near the belly button. The video monitor is used as a guide while the surgeon inserts surgical instruments into the other incisions to remove your gallbladder.
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After surgery, you may experience the following symptoms:
Recovery is much quicker and less painful after laparoscopic surgery than after open surgery. People generally go home the same day the procedure is performed or the following day, as compared with 2 to 4 days for open surgery. In addition, most people can return to their normal day-to-day activities in 7 to 10 days, instead of 4 to 6 weeks with open surgery.
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CD 225 Introduction to Communicative Disorders. 3 hours.
Study of the types of speech, language, and hearing disorders; an introduction to the principles of rehabilitation of communicative disorders; and consideration of employment settings. Offered each semester.
CD 226 Language and Speech Development. 3 hours.
Theory and practice of normal speech and language processes and sequences. Offered each semester.
Study of the principles of phonetics and their application to speech. The International Phonetic Alphabet is used for study and transcription. Offered each semester.
CD 275 Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism. 3 hours.
Detailed study of the bases of speech and hearing, including anatomy, physiology, and neurology. Offered each semester.
CD 277 Preprofessional Laboratory Experience. 1 hour, pass/fail.
Structured observational activities for students prior to their enrollment in a practicum course in speech-language pathology. Open to CD majors only.
CD 308 Speech and Language Disorders I. 3 hours.
Prerequisites: CD 225, CD 226, CD 244, and CD 275.
An introduction to articulation, phonology, language disorders in children, and literacy.
CD 309 Speech and Language Disorders II. 3 hours.
Prerequisites: CD 225, CD 226, CD 244, and CD 275.
An introduction to aphasia, traumatic brain injury, dementia, dysarthria, and apraxia.
CD 310 Speech and Language Disorders III. 3 hours.
Prerequisites: CD 308 or CD 309.
An introduction to cleft palate, augmentative communication, aural rehab, voice, fluency, and other special populations.
CD 350 Independent Study in Communicative Disorders. 1 to 3 hours.
Prerequisites: 18 hours in the department, 3.0 grade point average, and permission of the instructor.
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CD 377 Clinical Practicum I, Speech. 3 hours.
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CD 411 Speech and Hearing Science. 3 hours.
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A study of speech physiology, basic electronics, basic acoustics, speech acoustics, auditory perception, and neuroanatomy. Class work and laboratory sessions cover speech spectrographic analysis, basic sound measurement, and selected other instrumentation used in the speech and hearing science laboratory. Open to CD majors only.
CD 416 Multicultural Issues in Speech and Hearing. 3 hours.
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CD 443 Basic Audiology. 3 hours.
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Introduction to hearing evaluation, conservation, and impairment. Also considers the auditory system: anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Includes three laboratory sessions. Open to CD majors only.
CD 444 Aural Rehabilitation. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: All 200-level CD courses.
The rehabilitation of hearing-impaired people primarily through auditory and visual training is addressed. Other sensory training, language development, speech production, and guidance are also considered. Open to CD majors only.
CD 445 Audiology Laboratory Experience. 1 to 3 hours.
Prerequisite: All 200-level CD courses and permission of the instructor.
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how can I get zimbra to work as this technote for a fax server suggests?
I'd have to make a domain called fax, and configure that domain to forward all emails to the fax server which has an smtp server listening for requests.
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HOWTO: Configure the Zetafax Email Gateway for SMTP
This Zetafax technical note applies to:
Zetafax 8 and later
This section describes the process of installing and configuring the Zetafax SMTP gateway, and configuring the existing SMTP email server to operate with it.
There are three major components of a setup of the Zetafax SMTP gateway:
The existing SMTP email server.
The Zetafax SMTP server.
The Zetafax email submitter.
These are described in the following sections:
Existing SMTP Email server
This is the server program at the heart of your existing SMTP email system. When a user sends an email message using a standard email client program, this SMTP email server receives the message and dispatches it to the destination. Once the STMP email server has been configured for use with the Zetafax SMTP server, it detects any messages addressed to the domain fax (for example to 1770-123-4567@fax) and passes them instead to the Zetafax SMTP server for sending as fax messages.
There are many SMTP email server and client programs available. Because SMTP is an Internet standard, the single version of the Zetafax SMTP Email Gateway is designed to work with all SMTP email programs. The Zetafax SMTP Email Gateway has been verified with the following SMTP email server programs:
MS Exchange 2000/2003
MS Exchange 5.5
Software.Com Post.Office 3.5
Qualcomm Eudora WorldMail Server 2.0
Sendmail for UNIX 8.9
and with the following client programs:
MS Outlook 2003
MS Outlook 2002
MS Outlook 2000
MS Outlook Express 4 & 5
Qualcomm Eudora 4.3
Qualcomm Eudora Light 3.0
For an up-to-date list, see the Equisys web site: Equisys | Fax Server Software & PDF Software for Download | Zetafax & Zetadocs PDF
The SMTP server may be running on a Windows 2003, Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4, or Windows 95/98 computer, or on a UNIX computer.
Zetafax SMTP server
The Zetafax SMTP server program (ZFSMTPGW.EXE) is the Zetafax program that receives messages from the SMTP email server, converts them into fax messages, and sends them to the Zetafax server for transmission as fax messages.
Zetafax email submitter
The email submitter program (STM32.EXE) is a component of the Zetafax email gateway that runs as an additional Zetafax server module on the Zetafax server computer alongside the other Zetafax server modules such as the Queue Manager (QM.EXE), and the Address Book Manager (ADB.EXE).
Its function is to monitor both outgoing messages from the Zetafax SMTP server, which it submits to the Zetafax server, and incoming fax messages, which it passes to the Zetafax SMTP server and then to the user via the SMTP email server.
The email submitter is installed as part of the Zetafax Email Gateway, as described in detail below.
To set up a system using the Zetafax SMTP server, you need to follow these steps:
Ensure that an SMTP email server and the Zetafax server are already installed on your network
Install the Zetafax SMTP server on your network. This will usually be on the same computer as the Zetafax server, and must not be on the same computer as the STMP email server.
Configure the SMTP email system to direct messages addressed to the domain 'FAX' to the Zetafax SMTP server.
Configure the Zetafax Email Gateway using the Zetafax Configuration program, enable the email system, and test the connection to the SMTP email server.
Configure the Zetafax Email Gateway rendering options.
Configure Zetafax users to use the Email Gateway.
Send a test message via the Zetafax SMTP server.
These steps are described in greater detail in the following sections.
Since this requires configuration of both the Zetafax server using the Zetafax Configuration program and of the SMTP email server, it is recommended that the installation is carried out by someone who is familiar with both programs.
More information
Install the Zetafax SMTP server
Insert the Zetafax CD into the CD drive.
The CD will automatically run the Welcome program, which will direct you to the installation files. If it does not run the program automatically:
Click the Start button, and then click Run.
Enter D:\RUNME, where D is the letter of your CD drive.
Click the OK button.
Follow the on-screen instructions to start the Zetafax SMTP server installation program.
In the Choose destination location and Choose data location dialogs, click the Next button to use the recommended location, or click the Browse button to specify an alternative location.
Continue to follow the on-screen instructions.
In the Setup Complete dialog, do not uncheck Launch the Zetafax SMTP Control Panel applet.
Click the Finish button.
The Zetafax SMTP Server Configuration dialog is displayed:
In the Domain namefield enter the domain name of the SMTP email server; for example smtp.smithandsons.com
In the DNS server field enter the IP address of the DNS server; for example 126.96.36.199
Click the OK button.
Continue to follow the on-screen instructions.
You will be prompted to restart the server.
Click the Yes button.
This completes the installation of the Zetafax SMTP server. You can alter the configuration of the Zetafax SMTP server at a later time from the Zetafax SMTP Server Configuration control panel.
Configuring the SMTP email system
Configure your SMTP email system to direct messages addressed to the domain fax to the Zetafax SMTP server.
- Since each SMTP email system has its own configuration procedure, if you need instructions on doing this please consult the SMTP email server's own documentation.
Configuring the Zetafax email gateway for SMTP
The Zetafax email gateway is configured using the Email gateway configuration dialog, opened automatically at the end of the install sequence. If you subsequently need to change the configuration, you can open this dialog from the Zetafax Configuration program (Server Settings dialog).
In the Email gateway configuration dialog, click the Add Mail button.
In the Email Gateway Services Configuration dialog, select SMTP Mail in the Available Drivers list, and click the Add button.
Click the OK button to close the dialog.
In the Email gateway configuration dialog, click the Configure... button.
In the Email Gateway Properties dialog, select SMTP Mail, and then click the Setup button.
In the SMTP Mail Setup Service dialog, enter the data location in the SMTP Mail Path field; for example:
C:\Program Files\Zetafax SMTP Server\Data
If during the installation of the Zetafax SMTP server you specified a different location in the Choose data location dialog, instead enter the destination folder that you specified at that time.
In the SMTP domain name field, enter the domain name of the SMTP email system; for example smtp.smithandsons.com
Click the Test connection button.
If the test fails, check that:
The Zetafax SMTP server has been installed
The SMTP Mail path entered above is correct
The Zetafax SMTP server service has been started - if necessary restart the operating system
Click the OK button.
The Email gateway configuration dialog reappears.
Configure the rendering options for the email gateway
In the Email gateway configuration dialog, click the Rendering button.
The Email Gateway Properties dialog provides two panels of settings: Applications and Rendering.
Applications tab
The options on this tab allow you to register the applications you have installed on the Zetafax server PC with the gateway. Typically, these are the most common applications used by your network users to send faxes:
If a network user attempts to send an email message with an attachment created by an application which has not been registered or installed on the Zetafax server PC, the email gateway will be unable to process the message. You will not be allowed to register an application from this dialog unless it has already been installed on the Zetafax Server PC. You should check that any rendering application you configure can be run without any dialogs being invoked or errors displayed on start up or shut down.
Note: Within this dialog, numerous versions of the same program are listed. It is important that the version of each application you specify exactly matches the version you are using on the Zetafax server PC.
If users on your network are using multiple versions of the same applications, such as Office 97, or Office 2000, you should install the latest version of the software on the Zetafax server PC to generally ensure backwards compatibility.
You must install the ASCII driver as an absolute minimum. This is the driver which converts the text of the email message itself.
Rendering tab
This allows you to select the quality of rendering you require.
You must click on this tab the first time to install the gateway's rendering printer driver. The email rendering subsystem printer driver will then become visible the next time you start the Print Manager.
The printer driver will not be installed successfully under Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4 unless the user account which you are currently using has administrator privileges.
When you have configured the Applications and Rendering settings, click the OK button.
The Email gateway configuration dialog reappears.
Configuring Zetafax users to use the email gateway for SMTP
Zetafax supports a range of SMTP servers; unfortunately there is no common way to automatically import lists of email users from these email servers. To enable these users, follow the instructions below:
Export the list of email addresses from the SMTP server.
Consult your email server documentation for information on how to obtain this list.
Using Notepad or another suitable text editor, format each entry as follows:
First name,Last name,email address
For example:
Save the file as IMPORT.TXT.
Launch the Zetafax Configuration program and navigate to Users and user groups.
Select Email gateway users and click the Refresh button.
Click the Browse button and select the file IMPORT.TXT saved earlier.
In the Import Domain Name field, enter the email domain for your SMTP server services, e.g. domain.com and click the OK button.
The imported users will now appear in the right pane of the Email gateway users list with an SMTP prefix.
You now need to configure users that may use the email gateway. Each SMTP user can either use their own individual Zetafax account or they can share an account called a 'mail user profile' account.
Private accounts
Select one or more imported users in the right pane.
Click with the right mouse button and choose Enable from the pop-up menu.
In the Enable Email Users dialog, select Private accounts and click the OK button.
In the Email Account Name Generation dialog, select the preferred Alias name generation option and click the OK button.
If you selected several users, they will now be enabled. If you selected a single user, the Zetafax user details dialog shows additional options for the user.
Click the OK button to confirm the details.
The enabled users will now appear in the right pane of the Email gateway users list with their private account as the Zetafax user name.
Email profile accounts SMTP
Email profile accounts allow a number of SMTP users to share a Zetafax account. As a result, fax reporting will identify all faxes sent by SMTP users as from this profile, rather than from individual users.
To configure this option:
Select one or more imported users in the right pane.
Click with the right mouse button and choose Enable from the pop-up menu.
In the Enable Email Users dialog, select Single shared account and click the OK button.
In the Choose email user profile account to use dialog, leave (new) selected and click OK.
In the Add new Zetafax email user profile dialog, enter SMTP and click OK.
In the Zetafax user details dialog, click OK.
The enabled users will now appear in the right pane of the Email gateway userslist with the email user profile account as their Zetafax name.
You can use email user profiles to group users into manageable units with identical user defaults.
Sending a fax message
Sending a fax message is simply a matter of sending the message by e-mail to an e-mail address consisting of the fax number, followed by @fax:
Launch your e-mail client program.
Create a new message.
In the To: field, enter a fax number followed by @fax, for example 01234-865213-@fax.
Complete the Subject and body fields of the message.
Send the message.
The message is then sent via the SMTP gateway to the server for transmission. When the fax has been transmitted, the SMTP gateway sends you an acknowledgement.
The characters allowed in the fax number are:
the digits 0-9 for example 17701234567@fax
the international dialling character +, for example +1770.123.5678@fax Zetafax automatically replaces this by the configured international dialling prefix upon dialling
Zetafax ignores period . and minus -.
Specifying the name
When you address a fax using just the fax number as described above, the Name field on the coversheet or letterhead will be blank. If you want to specify the text for the Name field, you use the following form of address:
Name< faxnumber@fax> for example: Sam Smith< 123456789@fax>
In the Name position, the /, \, [, ], (, ) and ~ characters have special meaning, so you are unable to use them directly in a name. To include any one in the name you must precede it by a \ character. For example, to set the name to: Sam Smith/Sally Smythe you use for example:
Sam Smith\ /Sally Smythe< 123456789@fax>
Like addresses of all forms, this may be stored in your e-mail client programs address book.
Specifying the organization
Similarly unless you specify the Organization text, it will be blank on the coversheet or letterhead. If you want to specify the Organization text for the Name field, you use the following form of address:
name (organization)< faxnumber@fax>
For example:
Sam Smith (Smith and Sons)< 123456789@fax>
Specifying the coversheet or letterhead
Normally when you send a message, Zetafax will use the default configured coversheet. If instead you meant to specify the coversheet to be used for the message, you add a special option to the end of the messages Subject: text, such that the subject is of the form:
Subject line text /cov=coversheet_name
For example:
Project Outline /cov=formal
will cause the message to use the coversheet named formal.
Where Zetafax is configured to use a coversheet by default for each message it sends but you wish to send a message without a coversheet, you use the same option but omit the coversheet name, for example:
Project Outline /cov=
You may specify a letterhead in a similar way:
Subject line text /let=letterhead_name
For example:
Our meeting /let=corporate
to use the letterhead named corporate, and
Our meeting /let=
to use no letterhead instead of the default letterhead.
Specifying send time and date
Normally your message is sent at a time that is configured for you or your user group - usually as soon as higher priority messages have been sent. You may delay the sending by specifying a send time option on the end of the Subject:
Subject line text /[option=value]
The available options are:
Option Description
/after=yy-mm-dd Send after the specified date
/after=hh:mm[:ss] Send after the specified time
/offpeak Send in the off-peak period.
For example:
Our meeting /letter=corporate /offpeak
causes the message to be sent in the off-peak period.
You may specify that the message be sent as a preview to you rather than to the recipient, allowing you to check it before resending it as normal. You specify a preview using an option on the end of the Subject:
Subject line text /preview
For example:
Our meeting /letter=corporate/preview
After viewing the preview, to send the message to the recipient, remove the /preview option and re-send it.
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So I went to a Valentines party last night and there were plenty of single girls to interact with. I let all of my inhibitions loose and did exactly what all the 'experts' tell us to do. I was confident, I was funny, I was engaging... I did everything! I was practically the life of the party.
But the entire time people just kept pointing out how bald I am and how old I look and they kept laughing at me.
I am coming to the conclusion that there is really no difference in how I behave, no technique I can use, no matter how outgoing/fun/confident/interesting I try to be I am just "the bald one" - that's what they kept calling me - "the bald one". Even though I made them laugh, even though they kept giving me attention, even though I single handedly kept the party going at times, I was still "the bald one". A big freaking joke to them, like a clown.
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Someone (or some script) has been sending out SPAM (HotMail Phishing scam) from a couple accounts.
This seems to be beyond simple guessing of passwords.
Accounts get locked out if more than 3 attempts, so not a dictionary attack.
The accounts show a forwarding address to a gmail account that has an auto reply to somewhere in Mongolia. (That's a dead end.)
(Presumably to collect bounce notifications.)
The bigger question is how are they getting into the Zimbra configuration to modify the forwarding address?
These accounts, when found, get locked and the passwords changed.
But within hours, they are sending again.
(These are not bad customers. These are admin accounts!)
Is there a way to inject an SQL query, or a command through the webmail interface?
There are no strange IPs in the audit logs, except for failed attempts.
Anyone have any knowledge or history on this?
If the server is vulnerable, that can be fixed.
But I need better tools than just searching through log files after the fact.


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Hard to believe, but in a week from now the 2013 NFL season will be at the quarter pole. And, after three weeks of facing mediocre at best competition, the Patriots will deal with back to back road games against Atlanta and Cincinnati, before returning home to face the Saints and Drew Brees...who has seemingly had the Pats' number for years. Yes...the Pats' defense has looked good thus far. But, let's see how they do against much better competition.
Here are my Week 4 picks, with the "Game of the Week" being:
1.) (3-0) Seattle Seahawks @ (2-1) Houston Texans (+3): Currently, the Seahawks appear to be the best team in the NFC. They have beaten a rugged Carolina team on the road, crushed what appears to be an overrated 49ers team at home, and blugeoned the hapless Jaguars at home. The Texans were supposed to be a serious AFC contender. But, they were lucky to beat San Diego on the road, retained their horseshoe in edging Tennessee at home in OT, before being pounded by the Ravens in Baltimore. Its put up or shut-up time for the Texans, and their SB starved fan base: PICK: Seahawks;
2.) (1-2) San Francisco 49ers @ (1-2) St. Louis Rams (+3): What has happened to the once feared 49ers? After being pounded by divisional rival Seattle, they were embarrassed at home by the Indianapolis Colts. The Rams looked terrible last week in Dallas, as Cowboys' RB DeMarco Murray gashed them for 175 yards. Look for the 49ers to attempt to ground and pound the Rams with Frank Gore. The Rams outplayed the 49ers last year, beating them in St. Louis, and tying them in San Francisco. The 9ers are without DE/OLB Aldon Smith (in alcohol rehab), and may be without stud ILB, Patrick Willis: PICK: Rams;
3.) (0-3) Pittsburgh Steelers (+1) @ (0-3) Minnesota Vikings (in London): What looked like a good game between two good teams has disintegrated into a yawn. Still, RB Adrian Peterson is always worth watching. The Steelers are completely falling apart: PICK: Vikings;
4.) (2-1) Baltimore Ravens @ (1-2) Buffalo Bills (+3.5): After being humiliated in Denver by the dreaded Horseface, the Ravens have bounced back nicely with impressive defensive efforts against Cleveland and Houston. Though rookie QB E. J. Manuel has shown potential, the rest of his teammates are the same old Bills: PICK: Ravens;
5.) (2-1) Cincinnati Bengals @ (1-2) Cleveland Browns (+5): Though the Bengals fought back and beat the defenseless Green Bay Packers last week, I'm still not sold on their QB, Andy Dalton. Cleveland has a good enough defense to keep them in this game. The question is, whether Cleveland native and ex-Patriot QB Brian Hoyer can string together back to back solid games: PICK: Browns:
6.) (2-1) Indianapolis Colts @ (0-3) Jacksonville Jaguars (+8.5): The Colts shocked the football world by going into San Francisco and physically manhandling the 49ers. The Jaguars are terrible...and appear to have a legitimate chance at an imperfect (0-16) season: PICK: Colts;
7.) (1-2) Arizona Cardinals (+3) @ (0-3) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs keep shooting themselves in the foot via a combination of poor QB play, dropped passes, and dumb penalties. Arizona is going nowhere, again: PICK: Buccaneers;
8.) (3-0) Chicago Bears (+3) @ (2-1) Detroit Lions: This game received some consideration for "Game of the Week" honors. These are two explosive offensive teams colliding, in what should be a track meet: PICK: Bears;
9.) (0-3) N.Y. Giants (+4) @ (3-0) Kansas City Chiefs: The Giants looked beyond awful last week, getting blown out, 38-0, in Carolina. The Chiefs are rolling under Andy Reid, and sport the NFL's sack leader, in OLB Justin Houston. With the problems that the G-men are having protecting Eli Manning, and pressuring the opposing passer, it could be another long afternoon for my poor beleaguered pal, good ol' Jints: PICK: Chiefs;
10.) (2-1) N.Y. Jets (+4.5) @ (2-1) Tennessee Titans: The Jets are playing better than expected. But, so are the Titans. In what should be a low scoring, 3 point game: PICK: Jets;
11.) (2-1) Dallas Cowboys @ (1-2) San Diego Chargers (+2): This appears to the the Cowboys' year in the NFC East. The Chargers have been in every game, and, with a break or two, could easily be (3-0). Dallas looked impressive last week in dismantling the Rams: PICK: Cowboys;
12.) (0-3) Washington Redskins @ (0-3) Oakland Raiders (+3): How can the Redskins be favored over anyone, especially when playing on the road?: PICK: Raiders;
13.) (1-2) Philadelphia Eagles (+10) @ (3-0) Denver Broncos: The Horseface continues to have his fun in the regular season: PICK: Denver;
14.) (3-0) New England Patriots (+1.5) @ (1-2) Atlanta Falcons: Judging by the spread, not many are impressed with the Patriots and their (3-0) record. In truth, who have they played? The Falcons can ill afford to lose their third game in a row. Both teams have offenses that are running at far less than 100%, due to injuries to some key components: PICK: Patriots;
15.) (3-0) Miami Dolphins (+6) @ (3-0) New Orleans Saints: Another game that drew consideration for "Game of the Week". The 'Fins have beaten Cleveland and Indy on the road, and the Falcons at home. Miami could pose a threat to the Patriots in the AFC East. Other than edging the Falcons at home, the Saints haven't beaten any team of note. It will be interesting to see just how good the Miami Dolphins are, in a real "measuring stick" game for them: PICK: Saints;
BEST BETS: Seahawks, Colts, Bucs, Chiefs, Cowboys, and Broncos.
I concerned! I'm confident about too many games! This usually spells disaster for me!
As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome...particularly on the games involving the Pats, and the other AFC East teams.
Goodnight, all!


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Albany Med Continues to Lead the Way in Cardiac Care
Dr. Edward V. Bennett, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Albany Medical Center, and his surgical team successfully performed the region's first mitral valve repair using the da Vinci robot. The patient, Jan Ropetski, 62, of Wampsville, NY, elected to have the surgery performed using the da Vinci robot to treat mitral valve regurgitation—a condition that if left untreated could lead to serious complications such as an enlarged heart, heart arrhythmias or heart failure. In addition, an atrial septal defect, a hole between two of the heart chambers, was also repaired during the procedure.
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The mitral valve controls blood flow through the heart. With each heartbeat, it opens to allow blood to flow into the heart's main pumping chamber—the left ventricle. When the left ventricle contracts to push blood through the body, the mitral valve then closes to prevent blood from flowing back into the heart toward the lungs. An abnormal or damaged mitral valve cannot completely seal the heart's left ventricle resulting in poor blood flow. In some cases, like Ropetski's, a mitral valve can be repaired with surgery that rebuilds the tissue of the "leaky" valve with the help of an artificial band that provides stability.
"Ms. Ropetski's condition was severe," said Dr. Bennett. "Approximately 60-65 percent of the blood that was attempting to be pushed through her left ventricle was flowing back toward her lungs. Had she not sought surgical intervention, her quality of life would have begun to deteriorate rapidly. And the fact that she chose minimally invasive robotic surgery put her on the road to recovery that much faster.""
Why Use a Robot?
Traditional open heart surgery requires surgeons to make a long incision and split the breast bone to reach the heart. Minimally invasive valve surgery uses smaller incisions with partial sternal splitting or through the side of the chest with rib spreading and is a highly advanced technique that is only performed at select hospitals. The da Vinci robotic system so greatly improves the visibility and instrument manipulation that it takes minimally invasive surgery to another level.
"The addition of a robot to minimally invasive cardiac procedures reduces the trauma while increasing the precision of the surgery," Dr. Bennett says. "Three half inch incisions are used for the robotic instruments. The sutures and repair materials are passed through a 'working port' that is two to four inches in length depending on the procedure and patient anatomy. There is no rib spreading retractor or bone cutting which greatly reduces the pain and healing time associated with the surgery.""
In robotic surgery, which is sometimes referred to as "robotic assisted surgery", a robotic arm equipped with laparoscopic instruments and manned by a surgeon helps attain the precision and intricacy that surgeons might not be able to achieve using their own hands. In addition, magnified computer screens give surgeons a better view of the operation site so that they are more able to avoid coming into contact with other nearby, vital structures, therefore cutting the risk of complications.
Dr. Bennett joined Albany Medical Center in February. He was previously at St. Peter's Hospital, where he headed up that hospital's cardiothoracic surgery program for more than a decade. He has a national reputation for minimally invasive cardiac surgical techniques and specializes in valve procedures.


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Boys roundup: Capital rallies, nips Winfield in overtime 60-57
Sophomore Aalik Harris hit a game-tying 3-pointer from the corner as time expired to give Capital new life, and the Cougars took advantage, beating visiting Winfield 60-57 in overtime in boys basketball Tuesday night.
As a team, the Generals made just 17 of 35 foul shots and missed 11 attempts in the fourth quarter in overtime.
Carrington Morris led Capital (4-6) with 13 points while Harris finished with 12.
For Winfield (5-4), Chris Turner and Brock Pence each scored 15 points. Zach Fisher chipped in with 12 points for Winfield in the loss.
Breeden finished with 11 points for the Patriots (6-2) while Luke Eddy and Dominic King had 21 and 15, respectively. Keegan Adkins scored 15 points for Cabell Midland.
Rassan Harris chipped in with 12 points for the Redskins (7-2) while Cade Harrison tallied a game-high 30 points in the loss for Ripley (2-6).
The Huskies (6-2) hit 12 of 16 free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away. For Sissonville (3-5), Null and Ryan Kelly scored eight points apiece.
Noah Frampton exploded for 20 points for Poca (8-1) while Cam Cottrill chipped in 11. Brett Justice had 10 points for the Pioneers (2-4).
Josh Tunstalle had 17 points, Austin Canada and Brett Bowling each scored 14 and Cody Lester finished with 13 points to lead the Warriors (7-1).
For Summers County (5-3), Taron Ayers led all scorers with 34 points.
Kenny Plumley also netted 20 points for the Tigers (5-4). T.J. Arbaugh had 13 points for Lincoln County (6-5).
Ryan Slider has 10 points for Calhoun County.
Zac Warden finished with 14 points and Cody Winter had 12 points for the Greyhounds (4-0). Logan Pomery scored 23 points to lead Meadow Bridge (3-3).
Bryce Woodliff contributed 14 points for the host Spartans (10-0). C.J. Williams scored 12 points for Logan (2-6).
Jacob Neal tallied 12 points for Roane (9-2). Derek Barnette scored a game-high 19 points for Braxton (1-8).
Jamie Arnold scored 30 points for Wood County Christian (4-8).
Ben Stafford netted 18 for Regional Christian (0-7).


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May 29, 2016
Lauderdale County, Miss.
Final preparations are underway in Lauderdale County for the June 3 primary elections.
Nearly five hundred poll workers are wrapping up their training for this year's primary.
Poll workers have been learning new laws that are in effect this year. The voter ID is one of those laws.
Election Commission chairman, Jeff Tate, says it is important for everyone to have their picture ID with them when they come out to vote.
"If they just don't have one with them and they are pressed for time, they can vote affidavit. And by voting affidavit they will have one business week to return to Ms. Donna Jill's office, present that acceptable form of photo identification and their vote will count," said Tate.
Tate says that if you will not be in town on election day, you may vote absentee at the circuit clerk's office.
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Thomas G. Mertes
Thomas G. Mertes, 62, of LeMars passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at his home.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 18, 2011 at the Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars, Iowa with Reverend Daniel Greving officiating. Visitation with the family present will be from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, November 17, 2011 at the Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars. Visitation will continue Friday morning at the funeral home from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Interment with military honors by the Wasmer American Legion Post #241will be at Calvary Cemetery in Le Mars. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com
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It is a universally acknowledged truth that every pharmaceutical product needs a solid plan early in its lifecycle for fighting off generics.
Here's another truth, though one much less acknowledged: For the most part, pharma companies don't plan early. Many barely plan at all.
In a recent survey of companies with brands facing generic competition, 66 percent revealed that they do not begin counter-generics planning until at least two years after product launch. Of that number, 34 percent wait at least six years.
Admittedly, in the long run, the branded product generally will lose out to the generic. Industry veterans know the scenario all too well: Patent protection disappears, and the following months brutalize brand revenues. The most obvious loss occurs when consumers switch to a lower-priced generic substitute. A second and less-evident threat involves multiple generic launches.
While the first generic entrant tends to price its product slightly lower than competing branded drugs, it is the entry of a second challenger that truly widens the chasm between generic and brand-name prices; at that point, prices fall to approximately 50 percent of pre–patent- expiration levels.
Worse, this struggle between two or more generics can occur within weeks of patent expiry. Nine months after patent expiration, it is common for an average branded pharmaceutical to face at least eight generic competitors. It is particularly intense for a blockbuster drug whose market share declines significantly as multiple generics enter the market. One year after patent expiry, the average blockbuster loses as much as 75 percent of its piece of the market (see Figure 1).
Making the Most of It
But what's a brand team to do? The plain-English answer is easy: Think ahead, and do it earlier.
Because some of the strongest options for fighting generics rely on clinical development that can take years to execute, companies that launch their plans at least four to six years before patent expiration afford themselves the most possibilities in retaining revenue. Even whiz-bang new science, they point out, requires time and effective marketing to be commercially successful. It can take years to switch existing patients to new, patent-protected line extensions.
Part of the preparation challenge lies in the nature of brand marketing teams. High turnover rates mean that newly appointed brand managers find themselves in charge of drugs with little patent protection and no significant counter-generics plans in place. Whereas later brand teams must manage generic competition with little preparation, early teams have little incentive to think about their brands' long-term fortunes.
As a result, many companies systematically miss opportunities for complex, multi-tiered plans whose most appealing options require years of lead time and clinical development.
Another company uses preclinical findings to build an understanding of which strategies may be more or less appropriate later in its drugs' lives. Teams revisit these data during Phase II trials to more formally discuss and plan for long-term threats from both other brands and from generics. A formal lifecycle plan comes out of this process, and brand and lifecycle managers consult and alter this plan as a drug launches, matures, and, ultimately faces the loss of patent protection.


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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- When it comes to our four-legged loved ones, we can spend up to 15-hundred dollars a year feeding and caring for them.
But you can tally up huge pet-care savings just by buying in bulk, using coupons, and looking for sales even online.
For supplies, check out Web sites like eBay, Craigslist and Freecycle. And, save hundreds more on your pet's prescription meds.
"Always ask your vet if there's a lower priced generic available. And, ask if the drug is available at your pharmacy, where you might be able to get it for less," says CR Money Adviser Mandy Walker.
Consumer experts say if you skip the health insurance, you'll save even more.
It may cost you more than you'll save because you may spend more on co-pays, deductibles and premiums.
Plenty of stores promise to match competitors' prices, but first you have to decode the fine print.
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ShopSmart says just play by the rules, and make them work for you.
Finding a better deal online often doesn't count. You've got to find the better deal in a store. But be aware of the limitations.
At Target, you must find the cheaper price at another retailer within 7 days of your purchase, and the competing store must be in the same local area.
Best Buy, like many other stores, won't match clearance items.
And, at Home Depot, it's up to the store manager to give you the difference. If you're persistent, you may get an additional 10 percent off for your trouble.
"All in all though, price match guarantees can save you money. And, if you do your research ahead of time, the store might even be willing to drop the price before you make the purchase," says ShopSmart's Lisa Lee Freeman.
If you can't quite seal the deal with price matching, consider a blast from the past, layaway.
While stores like Sears, Kmart and Burlington Coat Factory have had layaway for years, now they offer the service online.
There is also E-Layaway that allows you to pay for items from Home Depot, sports tickets or pet supplies.
And, Lay-Away-Travel let's you pay for your vacation in installments over time.
"A big advantage to layaway is that you don't have to pay interest like with a credit card. But, there are drawbacks," says ShopSmart's Jody Rohlena.
Many plans charge cancellation fees as high as $150, service fees, and if the store files for bankruptcy, you lose your money.
And here's another money saver. If you are buying more than one item, bundle them into one order.
That way if the store charges a service fee, you only pay once.


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New Wurth part library now available for more efficiency in the design process30 November 2011 – London, CadSoft Computer GmbH, a part of Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), has paired with Wurth Electronics Midcom Inc., a company owned by Würth Elektronik, to release its EAGLE part library that includes drawings for their standard magnetics lines and also for all the Speedy and Standard package styles used in custom designs. With worldwide presence through Würth's technical sales force they support product design from concept to manufacture, regardless of location.The library is available via http://www.cadsoftusa.com/downloads/libraries/ and also includes a standard Magnetics library containing standard packages, new product offerings and Speedy Design Service parts along with basic part information with datasheet links."Wurth Electronics Midcom is always searching for ways to provide "More than you expect" service to our customers. We feel that providing EAGLE libraries for all of our standard components makes the design process simpler and quicker", said Dean Huumala, Product Marketing Manager, Wurth Electronics Midcom."The Wurth library can be integrated into EAGLE and is a ready to use tool to optimise customer's productivity. Besides that many more third party PCB component libraries, design projects and User Language Programs (ULPs) for feature enhancement, such as simulation, 3D-visualisation, data export and import are available through the CadSoft website", said Thomas Liratsch, General Manager of CadSoft.
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Friday, July 13th News
Le Mars Chamber of Commerce Schedules Second "Cash Mob"
(Le Mars) -- The Le Mars Chamber of Commerce has announced two upcoming events. The first, is another cash mob scheduled for Tuesday, July 31st. People are asked to gather at the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce offices at 12:00 noon, and the name of a Chamber member business, outside the downtown district, will be selected. The gathering of people will then go to that business with the idea that each person will spend at least $20. Rust Western Shed was the first selected business that was "mobbed". The second event scheduled by the Le Mars Chamber of Commerce is a mystery dinner theater set for Thursday, September 6 at 6:00 p.m. The dinner theater, Who Killed one of the Miss Perky Pout contestants, will be held at the Le Mars Convention Center upper level. Tickets are $25 per person.
Sioux City Police Warn Public About Dangers Of Leaving Child in Hot Car
(Sioux City) -- Over the last week, Sioux City Police has responded to three separate incidents of children being left in cars. Fortunately, none of these incidents have resulted in serious injury, but should serve as a reminder to never leave your children unattended in a vehicle during the hot summer.
Leaving a child in a car can and does lead to tragic circumstances. Since 1998 in the United States, 537 children have died from Hyperthermia (over heating) after being left in a vehicle. Heatstroke occurs when a person's body temperature exceeds 104 degrees and the body's ability to regulate temperature is overwhelmed. A core body temperature of 107 degrees is considered lethal as cells are damaged and internal organs shut down. A child's ability to regulate their body temperature is not as efficient as an adult. Childrens body temperature rises 3 to 5 times faster than an adult. Temperatures inside a vehicle can easily reach 150 - 200 degrees and it doesn't take long. One study showed on a 80-degree day the car internal temperature went to 123 degrees in one hour. The Sioux City Police remind people to never leave a child unattended in a car, even if it is for just a few minutes.
Gaming Applications Due November 1st for Sioux City Casino
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - State gambling regulators have set a Nov. 1 deadline for accepting applications for a land-based casino in the Sioux City market.
The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission on Thursday also agreed to make a decision on a new license by April 2013.
Chairman Jeff Lamberti expects there will be a strong interest. The board voted last month to allow other operators to submit applications after the two partners in the Sioux City riverboat casino couldn't agree on a new contract. Penn National Gaming then accepted a previous offer from its nonprofit partner, Missouri River Historical Development, to extend the current contract until April 2015.
The commission voted to limit the duration of the extension to March 2013. Penn National operates the casino. The development group jointly holds the license.
Branstad Orders Flags To Be Lowered For Skalberg
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Flags are to be lowered in Iowa to honor a soldier who was killed in Afghanistan last month.
The honor is being rendered this weekend as services are held for 25-year-old Army Sergeant James Skalberg Junior.
Skalberg was killed on June 27th when an improvised explosive device detonated near a vehicle he was in.
Governor Terry Branstad is ordering that flags under control of the state be flown at half-staff from 5 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Monday. The funeral for Skalberg is scheduled for Saturday morning in Red Oak, where his wife and son live.
Skalberg originally was from Emerson. He graduated from Nishna Valley High School in 2005 and attended Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska. He joined the Army in 2007.
Iowa Supreme Court To Hear U of I Case
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court will decide whether the University of Iowa violated the state's open records law by withholding documents about its investigation of a 2007 assault involving football players.
The court plans to rule Friday in a case that's been closely followed by the news media.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen filed the lawsuit in 2008 after the university refused to release hundreds of records related to its handling of an assault of a female athlete by former Hawkeyes Abe Satterfield and Cedric Everson.
A judge ordered the records released in 2009. The university appealed, contending they are confidential under federal student privacy law.
Both players were convicted of misdemeanor charges. An investigation faulted the university's response, which cost the school's top lawyer and dean of students their jobs.
Drought Across United States May Benefit Canadian Farmers
OTTAWA - Drought conditions across large swaths of the Midwestern United States and parts of Europe are causing concern about a food price shock later this year.
But while consumers brace to pay higher prices for everything from corn flakes to bread to beef, many Canadian farmers hope to reap rewards from historically high grain prices.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts that U.S. farmers will see just a fraction of the corn they expected in the spring when the ground was seeded.
That prediction has sent the price of corn through the roof and is pushing almost all grain commodity prices higher.
Myron Krahm, vice-president of the Manitoba Corn Growers Association, says if the weather holds in most corn-growing regions of Canada over the rest of this month, farmers will cash in.
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Automatic Climate Control - Cool Transmission TechWritten by on May 16, 2006 Contributors: John McGann A Cooler Trans Is a Happy Trans
No matter what part of the country you find yourself in, summer is prime time for cruising, racing, or whatever you like to do with your "fun" cars. Of course, it's also the time for intense temps and lots of traffic. So, whether you're out on the racetrack or sitting in traffic trying to get there, your drivetrain is likely being subjected to its worst enemy: heat. We were made acutely aware of this during last summer's Hotchkis' Track Day. First, the tow vehicle (former Caltrans laborer, Project Jake) was brutalized over California's infamous "Grapevine": a stretch of the I-5 that traverses grades serious enough to concern even the most calloused truckers. Then there was the event itself, featuring long open-track sessions on Buttonwillow's rather fast road course--lots of fun, but also a serious workout for any vehicle when overly competitive motoring journalists are driving.
Vehicles intended for this sort of use are generally built with extra cooling capacity, and many have gauges, or at least warning lights, to keep drivers apprised if any of the vital fluids exceed safe temps, except of course, the automatic transmission fluid. This nearly universal oversight may be because trans temps are not a major concern on typical road-going vehicles, but all it takes are a few hot laps at a racetrack or an extended Second-gear hill pull with a loaded trailer to saturate the entire fluid capacity of the average automatic with heat. What follows is often disastrous and expensive.
So, after being reminded of these facts, we were motivated to upgrade the fluid cooling abilities of a few of our fleet. An external transmission cooler is a time-tested method of enhancing the transmission's cooling capacity and is relatively simple as well. Similarly simple is the practice of increasing total fluid capacity with a deeper pan. We went to one of the original sources of automatic transmission performance, B&M, and ordered a universal Supercooler kit and a cast-aluminum deep pan kit in the hopes that our automatics will be better equipped to survive the next heavy-foot episode.
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Often, external trans coolers are plumbed so that they replace the stock in-tank radiator cooler, but most OE and trans cooler manufacturers recommend retaining the factory cooler, using the external cooler to increase the system's heat-transferring capacity. Proper routing passes the fluid through the radiator cooler first, then on to the external cooler before heading back into the transmission.Here's another common mistake: cutting the steel hardlines for the factory cooler and sliding standard rubber fuel hose over it with hose clamps. Even with multiple clamps, this is bound to fail eventually as the pressure in these lines can reach the high side of 200 psi during extreme use (such as high-rpm racing). Once the fluid seeps under the clamped portion, the hose becomes lubed and slips off.B&M provides brass fittings that thread onto the fittings on the factory cooler lines, providing a series of barbs to secure the hose connection. Similar male-ended fittings are provided to thread into the radiator.Many veteran wrenchmen shun tranny coolers that are plumbed with rubber hose, usually because of all the hacksaw-and-fuel-hose jobs they've seen go awry. However, the B&M kit uses high-pressure hose coupled with the barbed fittings and high-quality stainless steel hose clamps to ensure positive sealing.The B&M kit comes with two options for mounting: Plastic "zip" fasteners to tie the cooler to the radiator or four universal steel brackets. We're going with the steel brackets so we can bolt the cooler to the outside of the radiator support, which in this case will make the plumbing a bit easier.The zip fasteners are easy to use, but we have heard of radiator tubes being cut by the zip teeth in high-vibration applications where care was not taken to keep the two separated. The brackets can be cut and bent as needed, though ours fit pretty well out-of-the-box.Once the cooler is bolted up, all that remains is to slip the hose ends over the barbs on the cooler and fasten the clamps. B&M warns not to double-clamp any connections. Conveniently, we were able to route the lower hose under the radiator support and the upper hose through an existing hole, but we got lucky. You may need to create appropriate holes--don't force the hoses under, over, or through anything that may pinch or chaff them for obvious reasons. Remember, this stuff will be vibrating, if only slightly, but frequently.While investigating ways to keep the transmission from deep-frying itself during road-course maneuvers, we found an additional means of keeping the fluid cool: a deeper pan. Increasing the capacity of the pan, and therefore the fluid capacity of the system, increases the system's ability to manage heat. The B&M deep pan for the GM 4L60-E adds a whopping 4 quarts of fluid capacity, plus its aluminum construction helps to dissipate heat, and B&M says it adds rigidity to the trans case as well.Before the filter can be installed, a special filter "spring" (also included in the kit) must be installed using one of the valvebody bolts. The instructions are specific about which bolt to use, and stress the importance of re-torquing the bolt to the factory 8-lb-ft spec. The spring is required to keep tension on the filter so that it doesn't vibrate out of its socket in the transmission pump.
Now's a good time to install a fresh filter, but the deeper pan requires the sump (which is the filter) to be positioned lower than it was with the stock pan. Rather than requiring a custom filter, the B&M kit includes an aluminum extension housing for the stock filter. It seals to the filter using a stock-type filter seal, included in the kit.The pan installs using new bolts (torqued to 12 lb-ft), which are included along with a new gasket. Be aware that the cast-aluminum pan may require trimming of the stock torque-converter cover for clearance. A bonus of the new pan is a drain plug, making future fluid changes less messy.A final bit of insurance comes from B&M's Trick Shift transmission fluid. Trick Shift is synthetic and we're told it has foam inhibitors, extreme pressure agents, and shift improvers. It's also said to handle heat more ably than standard trans fluid, so we're giving it a try. After pouring in 4 quarts, we started the engine, ran it through the gears, and checked the level, topping it off as needed. Make sure not to overfill the trans, as this can cause foaming, leading to other problems.