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I went to the oral surgeon today to have a wisdom tooth removed. Well, in all honesty, Dr. D. and his resident (or that is, I am assuming she's a resident) are eligible for some much-needed lessons in disability awareness and much more general communication skills. It was bad.
As I went in, I was feeling presumably normal preoperative anxiety plus a little sensory overload. Despite this, it seemed that the procedure started out as it should go: the medical assistant took me into the operating room, guided me to the chair, and told me I'd be getting some anesthetic injections into the mouth first. The first disability stupid thing that happened, was her asking me: "Can you talk?" Her tone of voice indicated a mixture of annoyance and condescension. Well, I am verbal, but I'd been so overwhelmed that my speech was less than optimal. She couldn't have known this, of course, since I haven't actually told these people that I'm on the autism spectrum. However, what would have been done if I'd not been able to talk, for whatever reason? What happened during the remainder of the operation, where I don't think you're supposed to be quite chatty due to doctors having their instruments in your mouth all the time, indicated that quite likely they'd pretty much just have guessed me not to have anything to say anyway. During a particularly uncomfortable part of the procedure, someone asked: "Are you okay?" and, after I didn't respond – how was I supposed to respond? -, immediately filled in that I was. I fill in that this means she wasn't interested in an answer.
The operating room was, unfortunately, quite overloading with background music and surgeons talking at the other end of the room. They eventually turned the music off, and maybe they would've done so earlier if I'd asked, but I wasn't able to communicate all that effectively at that point. As I laid in the chair awaiting the local anesthetic, I got increasingly anxious and overloaded. Add to this the discomfort from the anesthetic itself – to my surprise, it wasn't even too painful -, and you can imagine that I was quite unquiet. As a side note, I don't normally have dental phobia, but the entire overwhelmement of the environment, oh my.
Dr. D. was going to decide all over again which side he was going to operate on. I thought Dr. V., whom I'd seen on Monday for the preoperative consultation, had decided the left side would go first. (For your information: if you are uncomfortable with a new doctor at every new visit, I don't recommend you ever get anything done at St. Radboud University Medical Center's orofacial surgery.) Apparently, not so: Dr. D. took a look at the X-rays already looked at extensively by Dr. V., took another look into my mouth, and decided the right side would go first. I got worried, since Dr. V. had been ambivalent about that side. Specifically, she'd not been sure whether the upper wisdom tooth would have to be removed, and this had seemingly been the reason she'd wanted me to get the left side (where both teeth need to be removed anyway) to be done first. What would be happening to my right upper wisdom tooth?
As I said before, there was some kind of resident in the room as well. She didn't introduce herself, so at first I assumed she was the medical assitant who had already introduced herself – I don't recognize voices immediately, but people seem to assume that I do. However, medical assistants aren't supposed to be operating, are they? I'm pretty sure I found her performing pretty much all of the procedure. If she was a resident, I think Dr. D. ought at least have told me that he was going to have her take part in the procedure. Now I got even more confused: was this woman going to operate on me, or was Dr. D.? During the operation, I was hearing many things that would be good candidates for the "Things You Don't Want to Hear During an Operation" list. Dr. D. and the woman-who-didn't-introduce-herself were hardly talking to me, despite the fact that they knew I would hear them (the humor list presumes doctors think you're under total anesthesia), but they were talking to each other all the time. Now I must say, I didn't understand any more from what they seemed to direct at me than I understood from their communication amongst themselves. I seem to have made out that they were debating amongst themselves which kind of stitch to give me, but I'm not so sure about that, and I seem to have made out that I was instructed to keep some kind of weird-feeling thing in my mouth for half an hour, but I couldn't make out what it was or how I was supposed to keep it in its place.
Their entire communication sounded like I was not supposed to have anything to say anyway. Before the instruments were stuck into my mouth, I overheard either Dr. D. or the woman saying that I wouldn't need an operating sheet over my head and eyes, since I woudln't be bothered by the operating lamp anyway. How do they know? Maybe now I realize what relevance Dr. V.'s question last Monday whether I am totally blind might've had – I usually take this to be unwarranted curiosity. I'd been unable to talk at that time and the nurse who was with me might've said yes. Now I do have light perception, and a lamp that might already hurt a sighted person's eyes so badly that they'd be sleepshaded for comfort (that'w what the flyer says), would certainly hurt my eyes. This became quite obvious when the light was shone seemingly almost directly into my eyes, without sheet, of course, since the people had decided I wouldn't need one. I tried to protest, but couldn't get the words out. I hid my face under the large operating sheet that covers your entire body for hygiene reasons, and was told that of course they wouldn't be able to reach my mouth that way. I knew, but how else was I going to protect my eyes? They finally asked if the light bothered me, and I was eventually able to say it hurt. They then gave me the face sheet anyway. Honestly, why won't you just ask a person before deviating from regular practice? The flyer said clearly that you'd be given a face sheet to prevent being blinded by the operating light. If I'd not had light perception, and had felt that the sheet, if used for no other reason than eye comfort, had better be left out, I'd have made this request. There is no reason to think for me like this.
As I was relatively comfortably covered under the face sheet and the anasthetic had started to kick in, the operation itself went relatively comfortably. I didn't really mind the fact that I was not told what they were doing, but I got confused by what they were saying to each other and the occasional word directed at me. When the lower wisdom tooth was removed, the upper wisdom tooth debate started. I was somewhat able to follow it, but I tried not to listen and just let them make the decision, although all the back-and-forth chitter did make me quite confused. I was eventually told that they'd be removing the tooth to prevent it from hurting something (I seem to make out it was the lower gum it might start damaging, but I'm not sure). Oh, fine with me. But then Dr. D. turned to the X-rays once more and changed his mind: since the tooth beside the upper wisdom tooth is quite badly damaged from caries, he feared it might break off or need to be removed someday, and the wisdom tooth, that looks alright, would then be able to replace the other tooth. Also fine with me; by this point, I was entirely unable to follow anything that was going on and would have it either way. There is still a small chance that it'll have to be extracted anyway, but if I understand Dr. V. correctly, the dentist would be able to do this.
When I went back into the waitign area, my nurse was given a script for mouthwash. I am not sure when I'm supposed to start using that, since the woman also said I wasn't supposed to rinse my mouth for a while (maybe today?). I was also told that I could be taking paracetamol (Tylenol) as a pain reliever, even though Dr. V. had prescribed ibuprofen and I'd actually already taken one of them before going in, as recommended by Dr. V. (As a side note, for some reason I got ibuprofen in water-solluble powder form, and the manufacturer made a horribly failed attempt at making it taste like orange – yuck!) That was fine with the woman too, although it's stronger than paracetamol. At this point, it's six hours post-operation, anesthetic has worn off, but I'm not having any pain and haven't needed any more ibuprofen. However, lack of physical pain is clearly not the only determiner of a procedure gone well.


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Some great photos. I look forward to seeing it with my own eyes next month.
Great page with good descriptions! I always wanted to explore this island. Hopefully I will someday! Thanks for sharing.
Nice pictures, will be back here too.
IT´s always like that...people don´t believe in danger until something bad happens....or do they all only love the thrill, is this the new way today....we all need more thrill because normal life is so boring??
Beautiful intro picture!!! I am not sure if I would dare climb up such an active vulcano, LOL. But it must be beautiful to see when you are on top!
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Halfway through the Tour de France, no compelling newcomer has broken through, no favorite has emerged and doping allegations have surfaced...
MARSEILLE, France — Halfway through the Tour de France, no compelling newcomer has broken through, no favorite has emerged and doping allegations have surfaced yet again.
Cedric Vasseur of the Quick Step-Innergetic team became the first French rider to win a stage this year. But his victory and the Tour were overshadowed by the announcement of the doping test on cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz during a training session last month that turned up high levels of testosterone.
The announcement of the case by Germany's cycling federation of the T-Mobile team member, who crashed into a spectator on Sunday and withdrew from the Tour, returned the cloud of doping on a race that had reached its midpoint Wednesday.
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Vasseur handled that field as he narrowly out-sprinted four other cyclists in a breakaway group during the 142.6-mile 10th stage from Tallard to Marseille under a searing sun to cross in 5 hours, 20 minutes, 24 seconds. It was his first win at cycling's biggest race since 1997.
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Michael Rasmussen retained the overall leader's yellow jersey, finishing in 30th place among his top rivals. The Rabobank leader is 2 minutes, 35 seconds ahead of second-place Alejandro Valverde of the Caisse d'Epargne team and 2:39 in front of Duval-Prodir's Iban Mayo in third.
Wednesday's stage didn't alter the standings among the remaining contenders, many of whom were recovering from three rides in the Alps. Two time trials and three stages in the Pyrenees await before the July 29 finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
The T-Mobile team, which has enacted some of the toughest anti-doping measures in the sport in response to doping controversies, has been trying to rebuild among young riders. Sinkewitz is 26.
T-Mobile temporarily suspended Sinkewitz.
He has five days to decide whether to request a B sample test. If that also comes back positive, he faces a possible ban. He also would be fired by his team and have to pay back his annual salary.
"The entire team was stunned," T-Mobile sporting manager Bob Stapleton said. "It was quite a shock to everybody, but … they're fighters, they came here to compete."
While the results took two weeks to come to light, Sinkewitz and four teammates were tested June 8 during a training run in the Pyrenees mountains — where the race heads next week.
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Wherever these showers/storms dissipate may play a role in initiating convection again Tuesday afternoon. The other factor that will influence thunderstorm development is another weak shortwave or remnant MCV tracking through the IA/southern WI/northern IL area. Models vary in the strength of this disturbance. A couple of the meso models show scattered thunderstorms developing along a line through south central wi Tue afternoon. The moisture and instability will be sufficient for thunderstorms. Dewpoints have a decent chance of getting up to around 60. Model soundings are showing tall skinny CAPE of less than 1000 j/kg with around 20 knots of shear. The big question is the lifting mechanism. Any forcing that triggers tstorms will be subtle. SPC kept southern WI in the Marginal risk for severe weather which seems reasonable. If stronger cells can develop, small hail is the main risk. .TUESDAY night AND WEDNESDAY...Forecast Confidence...Medium The southwest mid/upper level flow becomes a little more zonal Tuesday night as a 90 knot 250 mb speed max moves across the Upper Great Lakes and the remnants of the ridge across the Ohio River Valley. By Wednesday the ridge builds back into southeast Wisconsin as a large trough digs into the southwest u.s. upper level divergence increases tuesday night and continues Wednesday. weak 700 mb upward motion begins Tuesday night and increases Wednesday. as a southwest flow resumes at 850 mb, the 850/700 mb temperatures and dew points increase Wednesday, especially over the southwest half of the forecast area with the 850 mb warm front lifting to the north. The GFS is now dropping a surface boundary to the south by sunrise Wednesday. the boundary then pushes north across much of southern Wisconsin Wednesday. The Nam is similar, but the 00z ECMWF keeps the surface boundary still across Northern Illinois. The GFS pushes showers and thunderstorms back into much of southern Wisconsin late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, while the slower 00Z ECMWF delays this until Wednesday afternoon. The GFS forecast sounding at the Sullivan Forecast office has zero to 1 km cape values increasing to 1500 joules/kg during the afternoon, with little in the way of a cap. The severe parameters do manage to get into the Severe category, and with a more favorable shear profile exhibit some tornado potential. However the 00Z ECMWF surface boundary remaining to the south would limit the severe potential. The severe parameter CWASP increases to around 75 on the GFS, and around 70 on the ECMWF. .Wednesday night and Thursday...Forecast Confidence...Medium A southwest upper flow increases across southern Wisconsin ahead of the main trough over the Rockies. The upper divergence weakens late Wednesday night, but weak to moderate 700 mb upward motion continues. The 700 mb rh is rather low, but is rather high at 850 mb and below with dew points rising into the lower 70s Wednesday. The GFS tries has the warm front across central Wisconsin. The ECMWF has as more diffuse pressure pattern with the trough and frontal boundary. The GFS forecast sounding at the Sullivan Forecast office has zero to 1 km cape values increasing to 3300 joules/kg during the afternoon, but has a rather strong cap just above 850 mb. The severe parameters are well into the Severe category, with a somewhat favorable shear profile for a tornado potential. The severe parameter CWASP increases to around 72 on the GFS, and 68 on the ECMWF. The severe weather potential will be determined to a large extent on the placement of the surface boundary, which is difficult since prior convective activity will place a role. .LONG TERM... . thursday night and Friday...Forecast Confidence...Medium Both the GFS and ECMWF now exits the upper trough over the southern rockies and moves it into the Central Plains with a continued southwest upper flow into southern Wisconsin. Both models bring a weak subtle shortwave across Friday. The GFS brings showers and thunderstorms into the forecast area Thursday night into Friday, while the ECMWF is a little slower and still has the main warm front near the Wisconsin/Illinois border. With a more southwest return flow the severe parameter CWASP increases to around 73 on the GFS, and 68 on the ECMWF. .Saturday through Monday...Forecast Confidence...Medium The shortwave lifts northeast into the upper Mississippi Valley Saturday and either into south central canada or across the Upper Great Lakes Monday. The surface low stays just west as it lifts across the plains and towards Minnesota or northern Wisconsin Sunday. Both models bring mainly moderate precipitation Saturday, then tries to dry things out a little Sunday night and Monday. && .AVIATION/00Z TAFS/... VFR conditions are expected through much of the TAF period. Thunderstorms over southeast MN and central IA this afternoon will be decaying as they reach south central WI overnight. Therefore, there is a chance of showers and a small chance for thunderstorms at KMSN after about 5 am Tue, and perhaps KMKE/KUES/KENW through 9 am Tue. Brief MVFR conditions could accompany any rain that moves in. 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Age distribution represents the distribution of the population in Baker County by age group. In Baker County, the male-to-female ratio is 1,557:1,672, which is 2% lower than the ratio of Georgia, which is 4,956,220:5,189,072. Age demographic data is sourced from census, 2015.
Crime rate index represents the average crime rate for a local area in comparison to nearby areas and the national average. A crime index of 100 represents the national average. Baker County, has 59% less property crime than Georgia, and is 52% below the nation's average. Baker County, has 28% less personal crime than Georgia and when compared to that of United States, Baker County is 32% below the national average.
Marital status represents the percent of residents in Baker County that are single, married, widowed and divorced. In Baker County, 68% of people are married and 32% of people are single. The percent of people married is 1% lower than the ratio of Georgia, which is 69%. Marital data is sourced from census, 2015.
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CHICAGO — After failing to appear in court on Tuesday (June 3), Chicago Sun-Times reporter Jim DeRogatis was ordered once again to appear in court and testify as a material witness for the defense in R. Kelly's child-pornography trial. The defense also gave notice that they're planning to call a second impeachment witness against Lisa Van Allen , who testified on Monday that she had participated in three-way sexual encounters with the singer and the allegedly underage girl at the heart of the case.
(Head here for a recap of what happened in court on Tuesday (June 3) ).
Judge Vincent Gaughan nearly issued a warrant for DeRogatis' arrest, since he'd already approved a subpoena compelling the reporter to appear. "I feel like we're going around in circles," Kelly defense attorney Marc Martin said. However, after Sun-Times attorney Damon Dunn told the court that he was in the process of appealing that decision, Gaughan said he would give DeRogatis "the benefit of the doubt" before finding him in contempt of court. "I don't know what his reason is for not showing today," Gaughan said, "but I'm ordering him to come in tomorrow."
Status of Trial
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For full coverage of the ongoing R. Kelly case, see The R. Kelly Trial Reports.
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DeRogatis (along with Abdon Pallasch) first broke the story of the alleged Kelly sex tape in February 2002, when he received it from what he's called an anonymous source. "He could have been editorializing or protecting the source," Gaughan pointed out. But since Martin said he wasn't seeking information about that source, the judge said reporter's privilege wouldn't apply in this case. "You're protecting something nobody's after," the judge told Dunn.
The subpoena ordering DeRogatis' testimony also compels him to turn over his notes, but Gaughan said he would inspect those first before letting the defense see them, to make sure there is no source material or any documentation leading to the source.
Meanwhile, the defense has another witness besides Damon Pryor that they're planning to call to undermine the testimony of Van Allen: a woman named Adelina Prado, who Van Allen mentioned in cross-examination on Monday when a picture of Kelly, Van Allen and Prado together was entered into evidence. Van Allen testified that she had met Prado in 1999, but the last time she had seen her was at Kelly's house around Thanksgiving of 2006.
"Did you call her and [ask] her to help you engage in a conspiracy or extortion attempt against Kelly?" defense attorney Sam Adam asked.
"No, that is not true," Van Allen said.
"Did you have a special relationship with her?" Adam asked.
"I don't understand the question," Van Allen said.
"I'll be more specific," Adam Sr. asked. "After all, we're all grown-ups here."
"With Robert, yes," Van Allen interrupted.
But before Adam could clarify, the lawyer was called into a sidebar, and his line of questioning changed topics when he returned. Based on what had preceded that part of her testimony, however, it seemed likely that he was about to ask if she had also participated in three-way sexual encounters with Prado.
An investigator hired by the defense, John Eierman, questioned Prado following this cross-examination on Monday, and her address and phone number were given to the prosecution. However, the state's attorneys objected during Tuesday's hearing that Adam had not given them a summary of Prado's statement yet.
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Moves are afoot to stem the flow of revenue lost to piracy by Nigeria's high-profile film and music industries
Movie lovers hunt for the latest Nigerian films in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, and Guangzhou's Little Africa; Nigerian songs play in clubs from London to Kuala Lumpur. But the lion's share of the profit goes to pirates who didn't invest a penny in studio time or camera equipment.
"By some estimates, for every legitimate [movie DVD] copy that is sold by the producer, another five to 10 copies are sold by pirates," said a World Bank study last year. Music CDs are also mass-replicated, leading to losses valued at hundreds of millions of dollars for the film and music industries.
Developing countries have increasingly been looking to creative goods as a source of revenue, according to the study. Asian economies accounted for more than three-quarters of total exports of creative goods from the global south. In Latin America and the Caribbean, exports of creative goods more than doubled - from £2.1bn to $5.3bn - between 1996 and 2005. But Africa, which accounts for less than 1% of creative goods exports, has been left behind.[view whole blog post ]
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Glitch: All progress erased
So, I get home from work tonight and go for a GPS check-in. I find nada, zip, zilch, everything is gone. GPS is back to 0m, all unlocks are gone and I'm at level 1 again.
I hadn't quite decided if I liked this game or not, but this certainly knocks me off the fence.
Awww Man that blows! That happened to me on Gears of War 3 LVL 96 18 onyx metals played since release for 2 months straight and go to load screen and bam froze on me, reset xbox and reload, all progress gone! Worst day ever!
Me too. Was playing this last night and all was ok. Was level 8, 180 jewels in the bank, unlocked 102 out of 171 skills and had travelled 168000 m. This morning all gone. I'm getting a bit pissed with all of the glitched shit coming out on the WP lately.
Any idea what may have caused this? Did you exit the game or something when it was loading? Just trying to narrow it down.
To make matters worse, I tried to power off my phone and restart to see if that helped and the damn phone won't power up any more. Could be a problem with my phone itself (Nokia Lumia 800).
Also been reset on the Lumia 800 and still have my leaderboard position.
Had about 100 skills unlocked and was close to getting my GPS achievement.
I'm pissed about it and will be following Ng a complaint and looking for a refund. I've already lost out after buying stuff in Gun Bros before being reset so luckily I hadn't bought any jewels
I've always exited by backing out to the main menu and selecting exit. No mid-game dead battery or anything. Nothing out of the ordinary that I can recall.
Playing on a Samsung Focus.
My phone is back on now, just lacked battery life. Still reset on this. Checked my other games incase it was a gamesave issue across the board but everything else fine.
Was playing this earlier took the wife shopping, now my safefile has been deleted :( I wasn't too far but still not happy about losing all my progress
Lost all of my progress and now GPS won't work.
lost my save file this afternoon after playing normally this morning. I was level 7, now I'm back to zero. I liked the game...but not enough to start all over again.
That's wierd my gps worked fine after the reset except it was back at 0 lol any word of a patch? All im doing is checking in and out for the gps achievement atm don't wanna actually play anymore till this issue is resolved
I sent an email to firstname.lastname@example.com explaining my issue with the game. I think you all should and maybe we'll get a patch.
I heard back from G-rounding, very nice people. They said that they're aware of the problem, a patch is in the works, and should be available soon. I just hope that Microsoft's certification process allows for a quick release.
no chance, MS are bloody useless at releasing patches, or even games in a timely fashion, they like to hold onto things for ages (months is what i'm hinting at)
there have been several XBLA patches that took over 2 months to be released after getting to MS......not good enough, at least it's better than the delays they give for releasing the games themselves, but i wish so much it would be like steam and just let devs patch things swiftly...not get everything caught up in the bullshit MS red tape
Atleast we know its coming thanks for the info ;)
Well, my game save has just reset yet again. I read something eastx wrote saying that the gamesave issue appeared to be caused from closing down the game whilst it was saving. I played it this morning and closed the game down from the main menu, game definitely wasn't saving at the time. Just tried the game now to have been reset gain. This time I had reached 800 km legit. It takes a bloody long time to get anywhere in this game and to be reset twice is just taking the piss.
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Update on El Aguacate GroupMichoacán is one of the first states worldwide that is dedicated to cultivating avocado fruit. Blanca says that the group has the name (El Aguacate - the avocado) because that is what they grow the most. It is a very delicious fruit. There are quite a few nurseries that are dedicated to planting the seed and that sell that type of plant wholesale.
Blanca is 30 years old and has been dedicated to growing vegetables like radishes, spinach, onions, Manzano chiles, and avocado for the last year, when she started her business. She started it because she didn't make enough from cosmetics and perfume catalog sales, and to help her husband. She began to grow vegetables and sell them in the market.
She says that she began this type of business to take advantage of the wide area that she has, and her husband has knowledge of crops. She began to help, and together, they're improve their family. She has a daughter which is in primary school, and she is eager to giver her the best.
She says that she is asking for the loan to buy seeds, fertilizers and insecticides to improve her fruits and vegetables, and also to buy an avocado plant.
The other members of the group are called Angelina, Emilia, Brenda Guadalupe, Alondra, Juana, Yolanda, María Cristina, Alicia and Verónica. They will invest their credits to buy items to re-stock a grocery store, for seasonal fruits and vegetables, material to make bricks to sell, and to buy catalog cosmetics, clothing and shoes.
Previous Loan DetailsAlicia is 38 years old and is part of the group called "El Aguacate" ["The Avocado"]. She says that they gave their group that name because that's what they call their community; they decided to name the group after their community so that they wouldn't forget the name. Alicia has been with th... More from El Aguacate Group's previous loan »
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The blood of our Shepherd
From "Blood Work" by Carter, Anthony – On this good Friday, I think of those who have abandoned Christ for Noahidism (The Seven Laws of Noah; see http://www.noahide.net).
"All things seem to go against you, and it seems that your punishment awaits you every morning. There is "depression" in the land, and in vain do you walk the streets of the city to find employment that you may provide for your family. Whatever savings you were able to lay up for such times are soon consumed. You lose your home. You are forced to live on "relief," or on charity. What is your only comfort? That soon the evil days may be over and prosperity will return to the land? No, but that you belong to Christ! Sickness attacks your frame and day after day, week after week, month after month, you travel a way of suffering. What is your only comfort? That there are physicians and means to alleviate your suffering; or that you may look forward to recovery? No, but your consolation is that you belong to Christ! Death enters your home and takes away a dear child, tearing it from your very heart. And again, your only, mark you well, emphatically your only comfort is that you are not your own, but belong to your faithful Saviour Jesus Christ!…Your relationship to Christ is always sufficient." Start reading this book for free: http://amzn.to/1Rklh2X
Nauseating illustrations of what the world is turning into: Wall-EEEEE
Watch "Two Israeli Jews explain the gospel in Jerusalem like you've never heard before!!!" on YouTube
They crucified him not (Qur'an): A princely rebuttal
Here is the best demolition of the Great Scammer.
For fear of the Jews (Jewish leaders?): off the hook?
I examined four verses of 24 English translations of John's Gospel: the New International Version (NIV), New Living Translation (NLT), International Standard Version (ISV) and Net Bible. In these four translations the Greek Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios "Jews" is translated Jewish leaders. I use the four verses of the NIV as an example:
John 1:19
Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
John 7:1
After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.
John 7:13
But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear (phobia, Greek phobon φόβον) of the Jewish leaders.
John 20:19
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!"
To repeat: the original Greek in all these verses is "Jews," (Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios) not "Jewish leaders.
These translations add "leaders" for at least three reasons:
- Political correctness – We don't want to offend anybody, in this instance, the Jews. We don't want to be accused of hate speech, so let's botch what the original text really says.
- The people (the led) should not be blamed for what their leaders do. After all, many Christians argue, the Jews remain the apple of God's eye, so if you want to be blessed. you'd better bless the Jew; and so, it doesn't matter to God if they despise Jesus Christ. Don't you know they want to destroy Christianity, indeed, destroy or subjugate the Goyim (Gentiles), which the Jews (Jewish leaders?) are doing in the US of A. God, as some of the recent popes have said, doesn't care if Jews skip or skirt Christ; your brief as Christians or Gentiles is to hang, ten at a time, onto the skirt of a single Jew, as he chaperones you towards the truth and the light.
- For fear of the Jews. Question: How do we infer from the original text that the people (the led) in the context of, for example, "for fear of the Jews," were not fearsome? "Jews" in all these verses could mean 1. only the Jewish leaders or 2. many Jews, or 3. most Jews. (We discount "all" Jews). As we can never know which option this side of eternity, we have no right to change the original.
There is one verse in the New Testament where it is indeed clear that only the Jewish leaders are implied:
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing." "Jerusalem" refers to the Jewish leaders, and "your children" to those they lead.
In sum, in the New Testament, when the Greek original says "Jews," should we read "the Jewish leaders" (usually a negative connotation in the NT) instead of "Jews?" Not unless you want to whitewash Jewish non-leaders for one or more of the three reasons mentioned above.
Ashkenazi Jews are not Khazar converts to Judaism
There are many who would say the people running the world – Ashkenazis – are not of my Jewish race but are descendents of the Khazars of Eastern Europe, who converted to Judaism centuries ago.
No, Julio, the Ashkenazis (like moi) are indeed Jews; and like ISIS – Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or under another name, Israel Secret Intelligence Service – are out to destroy Christianity. Christian Zionists, dear people, how you've been deceived! – "for fear of the Jews?"
John 20:19
"So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews,…."
You say, God blesses those who bless (the Modern "State of) Israel. That's rich. Look at the cesspool of depravity that is the click running the US of A: Israel and the American Jewish lobby (AIPAC – American Israel Public Affairs Committee), who are the pawns of the (Jewish) bankers.
I can't be an anti-Semite (a bizarre term – the Arab race are Semites too), 'cause I'm Jewish. "Well, you're a self-hating Jew, then!" Like the Apostles, like Christ?


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As expected, the questions varied dramatically, reflecting the diversity of content created and shared by YouTube users. Some of you wanted to know about dubbing over a cartoon, while others asked about adding commentary to video game play and someone else was hoping to create software tutorials using computer screencasts.
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The show was enjoyable. The music was great, the dancing fun and the singers were good. The set was creative and smart and the use of the theatre space made you feel like you were part of the show. The best performer was the actress who played Lina Lamont-- hands down stole the show!! She was fantastic! The actor who played Cosmo was also very talented and a physical actor so there was a lot of great stunts in the show! Overall, one of the better Berkeley Playhouse shows I've seen this year (much better than Oz). See it! And buy the tickets on Goldstar!
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We really enjoyed the show! Cast was great and the sets & use of the theater space were excellent.
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My 5 year old daughter and I had fun. The acting, singing and dancing was great.
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This is a great low budget production. We enjoyed every scene. It was creative, upbeat and since it is in a small theater I felt like a part of the production at times.
Go back to the magic of a 1920's Hollywood soundstage—a time of high stakes, big egos, and unforgettable show tunes. Singin' in the Rain is the gold standard in movie musicals, with a script that will touch the heart, tickle the funny-bone and seduce the imagination with movie-making illusions. With its witty script, acrobatic antics and unbeatable dance routines this is a must-see family musical. Audiences will enjoy the Julia Morgan Theatre transformed into a Hollywood sound stage and concessions from gourmet eaterie, Citron.
Director: Matthew Graham Smith.
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Berkeley Playhouse is a multiple award-winning theatre company (Broadway.com awards, TBA Award recommendations, Bay Area Critics Circle Award) and school for musical theatre education (Bay Area Parent Award, Parents Press Award).
From its humble beginnings as a theatre education program in Founder Elizabeth McKoy's living room, Berkeley Playhouse has quickly become one of the largest arts organizations in the Bay Area, with nearly 25,000 individuals coming to see its professional musical productions, and over 1000 students studying in the Conservatory each year.
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Each MRI suite features advanced physiological monitoring, facilities for the administration of gasses and high-spec stimulus delivery equipment. The Microstructure and Ultra-High Field suites will also contain cutting-edge motion and artefact correction equipment. This facility is made possible through the support of the EPSRC & The Wolfson Foundation.
National Microstructure Imaging Facility
Featuring a Siemens 3 Tesla CONNECTOM system – the only one of its kind in Europe and only the second such system in the world. This advanced system features 300 mT/m gradient coils which are typically 6 times stronger than those found in conventional MR systems. This allows researchers to probe tissue microstructure to much finer detail.
The Microstructure lab is also equipped with a field camera for characterisation of the gradient waveforms to correct the acquisition trajectory, and optical tracking system for the realtime measurement and prospective correction of participant motion.
Ultra-High Field MRI Laboratory
The Ultra-High field lab houses a Siemens 7 Tesla MAGNETOM system, based on an Agilent 7T/830 actively shielded magnet. The system is equipped with 70 mT/m gradients, Siemens' parallel transmit technology (pTx Step 2.3), and has multi-nuclear capability to take full advantage of the high field strength.
The ultra-high field lab also features a Skope field camera and a participant motion tracking system.
Clinical Research MRI Laboratory
With a Siemens 3 T Prisma system located close to the clinical research facility, this lab is ideally suited for running research studies on large patient cohorts or for pharmaceutical trials. The Prisma is the most advanced research 3T scanner currently available, featuring 80 mT/m gradients, and up to 128 RF receive channels.
Experimental MRI Laboratory
The Experimental MR lab features a 3 T Prisma system identical to that of the Clinical Research MRI lab. This lab has concurrent TMS-MRI and EEG-fMRI, along with eyetracker and a variety of stimulus presentation equipment.
MR Simulator
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Introduction: At-Risk Students, Schools and Compensatory Education Programs
In the years since the early 1960s, there has been an explosion in the number and types of programs that try to assist students who are having difficulty in schools, or who are labeled as being at risk of having difficulty in the future. These compensatory education programs seek to remedy a problem or deficit that identified students are thought to have. It appears that the public supports these measures, as they are allocated relatively significant government resources. Yet, how much is really known about the operation of these programs?
This book explores a career-oriented compensatory education program that is designed to identify and then help to reintegrate poor, alienated high school students into their schools. I call it OSRP (Ordered School Reinforcement Program). As the staff see it, the program attempts to introduce order into the sometimes chaotic lives of the participating students. OSRP reinforces the schools in the sense that its main purpose is to convince its students to successfully reintegrate into their schools. Using ethnographic methods, I immersed myself in the activities of OSRP between January and July 1992.1 I found that most OSRP staff, students, and parents were not aware of the fact that the program failed to accomplish its main goal, successful school reintegration. I ask here why it failed, how it is that participants could be unaware of its failure, and what other avenues exist to address the equity issues raised by the perceived need for the program.
Problems commonly related to poor school performance include poverty, hunger, having a "deficient" family life, having a first language other than English, having a learning disability, being alienated from school, and exhibiting behavior problems in school. Compensatory education programs include, among others: school breakfast and lunch programs, Head Start, Follow Through, Title I remedial reading and math programs, peer tutoring, bilingual education programs, after-school job-related programs, desegregation programs, learning centers, special education programs, and grants for school districts having high concentrations of poor children.
There are several ways of looking at compensatory education. The most widely accepted view is that remedial programs help to "level the playing field" ( Ramey and Johnson, 1991; Ramey, 1992; U.S. Department of Education, 1993). This


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is Associate Professor at HKUST. He received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of Copenhagen. Professor Nielsen previously taught at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Copenhagen Business School, and has been a visiting scholar at Stern School of Business at New York University.
Professor Nielsen's research interests are corporate governance, entrepreneurial finance, family business, and household finance. His research has featured in international newspapers and magazines including Business Week, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, International Herald Tribune, The Economist, The Times of India, and Wall Street Journal.
On his area of expertise Professor Nielsen has served as an external advisor, consultant, and lecturer to government agencies and companies in China, Denmark, and Hong Kong.
Professor Jialin Yu is Associate Professor of Finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Before joining HKUST, he was an associate professor at the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University. He has been a visiting associate professor at Princeton University. He holds Ph.D. degree in Economics from Princeton University, and bachelor degree in Economics from Fudan University.
Professor Yu's research focuses on investments, behavioral finance, and Asian financial markets. His research articles have been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, among others. His research was cited in the scientific background of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. His research has received grants and awards from Morgan Stanley, KPMG, Hong Kong government, among others. He has received recognition of excellent teaching and honor in MBA teaching from HKUST.
is Professor of Finance at HKUST. He is also Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Finance at HEC Paris, ranked No. 1 business school in Europe by the Financial Times. He holds an Engineer degree from Polytechnique in Paris and a PhD from MIT. He was on the faculty of the Stanford Business School before joining HEC. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley, UCLA, Université de Genève, University of New South Wales and Todai (University of Tokyo).
He is a former President of the European Finance Association and Director of the American Finance Association. He has written seven books, five in France and two in the USA, including Global Investments, the leading textbook in the field formerly titled International Investments, and translated into Japanese and Chinese. The sixth edition of Global Investments, coauthored by Dennis McLeavey of the CFA Institute, has been used for all three levels of the CFA examination. He has published some fifty articles in leading finance and economics journals.. He also serves on the board of editors of several major finance journals in America, Europe and Asia.
Professor Solnik has served on the Council for Education and Research of the CFA Institute and on its Research Foundation. He has received many prizes, including two Graham & Dodd Awards for Excellence by the Financial Analysts Journal, The "Finance Award of the Year" at the 1998 Interlaken Finance Symposium, and the Nicholas Molodovsky Award, presented by the CFA Institute Board of Governors on May 22, 1999. "This award is given periodically only to those individuals who have made outstanding contributions of such significance as to change the direction of the profession and to raise it to higher standards of accomplishment". He is a Knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor.
Professor Solnik is a frequent keynote speaker to professional conferences organized by institutional investors, asset managers and consultants. His expertise has been called upon by many pension funds, foundations and central banks, in Europe, the USA and Asia, to assist them in structuring their asset management efforts. Among others, he advised the pension plans of Royal Dutch/Shell and Calsters, and the Nobel Foundation. He has also advised numerous asset management companies worldwide. He sat on the investment committee of UBS Global Asset Management. Since 2004, he is one of the four members of the Investment Management Advisory Council of Zurich Insurance Group, a major global insurer managing a portfolio over US$200 billion. He is investment advisor to EDF, a large European utility firm. He serves, or has served, on the board of directors of listed companies (bank, asset manager and security firm), mutual funds, exchange traded funds and hedge funds.
is Professor of Finance at HKUST. He received his Master in Business Administration from the University of Delhi and a Doctor of Philosophy in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh where he was a Research Fellow at the 'Center for the Study of Contracts and the Structure of Enterprise'.
Professor Goyal's research interests are in empirical corporate finance, with an emphasis on capital structure and corporate governance. His research papers have been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Business, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Finance Research Letters, Journal of Corporate Finance and the Pacific Basin Finance Journal. He has extensive teaching experience and won numerous teaching awards including the Michael G. Gale Gold Medal for Distinguished teaching, the Franklin Prize for teaching excellence and the best MBA core teacher award.
is Associate Professor of Business Education at HKUST and the Project Director for the HKUST-NYU Stern MSc in Global Finance. She received her MSc in Business Management from HEC and Masters in International Law from La Sorbonne.
Professor Lafon-Vinais is a seasoned market professional with over 20 years of banking and capital markets experience. Her extensive experience included loan syndications and assets sales (par and distressed debt), money markets, debt capital markets (including derivatives structured products distribution) and structured, trade and project in all the major financial markets in Europe, North America and Asia
A loans and syndications specialist, Professor Lafon-Vinais developed the secondary market for loans at First Chicago in London and was involved in the development of the EMTN market at its inception. She arranged and syndicated plain vanilla and structured transactions in Europe, the US and Asia for sovereign, public and corporate entities including the Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Ireland, ICO, ARCO Chemicals, Sinopec, COSCO, Cathay Pacific, FECSA, Endesa, Motorola and numerous financial institutions.
is a professor teaching at HKUST and the managing partner of XL Partners. He has predicted the 2008 financial crisis, the 2009 market turnaround, and the major macro events afterwards. He has also predicted the quant debacle in 2008, momentum reversal in 2009, and recommended effective remedies. He has worked for Acadian Asset Management and State Street Global Advisors as portfolio manager and senior researcher, spoken at various industry events, taught at various top ranked MBA programs, and been invited to consult with CIC, Value Partners, and other organizations and individuals. He has published in top academic and practitioner journals and won various research awards from academic and practitioner associations. Professor Li has a M.A. in Economics from Tulane and a Ph.D. in finance from Vanderbilt.
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Col. Jody Miller accepts the 4-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division colors from the 7th Inf. Div. commander, Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, signifying Miller's role as the incoming brigade commander during a Change of Command ceremony Oct. 16 at Soldiers Field House. Miller has been in and out of the brigade since it's reflagging from 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment in 2006. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Hackbarth, 4th SBCT, 2nd Inf. Div. Public Affairs Office)
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Religious Freedom Coalition Presents Christian Reconstructionists
No group has shown a greater ability bounce back than the Christian Right. Experiencing a dramatic resurgence following the televangelist scandals of the 1980's, the fall of of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority, and finally Pat Robertson's disastrous presidential bid. Starting in the 1990's they discovered the power grassroots movements to influence American politics at every level.
Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition is given much of the credit for discovering the power of grass roots at the local level. Shifting the Christian Rights strategic focus to local people. An overlooked reason for the Christian Right's continued success though, is a theological shift that started in the 1960's. Called Christian Reconstructionism it has been the driving force behind the Christian Right that hits stride in the 90's.
The power of Restructionism isn't in its numbers but the ideas behind it and how readily accepted they are. Surprisingly many members of the Christian Right do not even realize they are using Reconstructionist ideas. Reconstructionism is controversial, even the most extreme evangelicals avoid its label, even if they are consciously using its ideals.
Reconstructionism seeks to impose theocratic rule on the United States destroying democracy by replacing it with "Biblical Law." It would wipe out all forms of democracy including public education, civil rights, and freedom of ideas. People have been seeing the effects of this dangerous theology for years now even if they didn't know the name for it.
As funding for public education was increasingly undercut while churches enjoyed greater and greater tax breaks. Freedom of the press has disappeared beneath a wall of fear created by corporations run by Reconstructionists.
As those same corporations were able to limit their employees civil rights and access to medical care by saying it goes against their beliefs. In fact Christian foundations and corporations have been given the same rights to donate to political campaigns as individuals. That has opened the door for them to enact even greater political changes in America to suit their ideals.
If something isn't done soon to prevent the spread of these dangerous ideals they will soon overtake America's democratic system. We have to keep in mind however that the members of this group themselves are not evil. Their methods maybe extreme but they are not themselves bad people, they are just people with a very narrow minded view of the world.
Their philosophy unlike that of druids, wiccans, shamans, or less extreme Christians simply doesn't allow other religions to help lead. An ideal that cannot be allowed to take over but also one we shouldn't attack with hatred. Attacking Reconstructionists with hate or anger would be no better than what they are doing now.
Instead other religious groups like druids or Buddhists can use the same methods the Reconstructionists use to spread their own ideals. Isn't the basic foundation of America that everyone should have an equal voice? Reconstructionists obviously have a right to spread their ideas but so does everyone else. Other religions can offer counter arguments and opposite ways of looking at things to generate a public discussion.
The biggest reason that Reconstructionist groups have so successful in their attempts to undermine democracy is how readily accepted their ideas are. The reason those ideas are accepted so quickly is easy to understand; Reconstructionists are one of the only religious groups spreading their ideas politically.
In a normal political setting their are two opposing view points, the Democrats and Republicans are a great example of this. Reconstructionists have no other religious group like pagans countering their moves. So people naturally accept the only viewpoint available. Even if its prejudiced against innocent groups like psychics, shamans, or druids.
Druids and psychic mediums can counteract these Reconstructionist ideas by doing nothing more than spreading their own. They don't have to jump into politics, filling campaign coffers or anything like that. Fighting back is as simple as speaking up more often with their own values. Nothing is more empowering than knowledge. An idea that is perfectly suited to many other religions that Reconstructionists would like to suppress
Wicca, shamanism, Buddhism all have the power to become as influential in the American government as extreme Christians. All by doing nothing but talking to people at the local level the same way Reconstructionists have been doing for years.
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Within miCoach, you will come across the following core concepts
miCoach Workout Activity types is are based around sports. miCoach supports 14 types of workout activities. Below is our entire list of workout activity types to date:
A Workout is a session of physical exercise or training. Within miCoach platform you would see both cardio type workout and strength & flexibility workouts.
From a technical perspective, we actually have other workout types used within the platform. Below is our entire list of workout types to date:
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|Free Workout
|Any workout activity not bound to a training plan. This Workout is completed using Mobile or Pacer (as Free Workouts or Free Run).
|Manual Workout
|Any workout activity not bound to a training plan and manually entered as a completed activity in your micoach training calendar.
|Orphan Workout
|Any workout activity not bound to a training plan but synchronised from a non-miCoach device.
|Planned Workout
|A workout activity that is part of a miCoach Cardio plan.
|Pack Workout
|A workout activity that is part of a miCoach Strength and Flexibility plan.
|Fixture Workout
|A game/match workout activity.
|Sports Challenge
|A challenger pre-defined custom workout challenge (virtual race, sports challenge, tug of war, custom challenge) shared amongst a group of miCoach consumers (challengers). The challenger defines the metric (distance, calories, high-intensity distance, maximum speed) and the value required to win the challenge.
|Custom Workout
|A user pre-defined custom workout activity based on either intervals, time, calories or an intensity level and saved as a custom activity in your miCoach training calendar.
|Assessment Workout v1
|A miCoach defined assessment workout activity targeted for the legacy miCoach Samsung phone.
|Assessment Workout v3
|A miCoach defined assessment workout activity targeted for the miCoach Pacer device.
|Pace Assessment Workout
|A miCoach defined assessment workout activity targeted for the miCoach mobile app.
Training Plans
miCoach offers both Cardio and Strength and Flexibility training plans. Training plans consist of a series of workouts scheduled over a number of weeks. Cardio workouts have a certain level of intensity pattern and duration. Strength and Flexibility workouts are made up of training components (exercises) and typically require training equipment.
In addition to Training Plans, there are also a series of single workouts for various activity types.
miCoach Devices
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- Heart Rate Monitor
What does the miCoach X_Cell device measure? miCoach X_Cell device measures the following:
- Vertical
- Hustle
- Quickness
- Heart Rate
What does the miCoach Speed _Cell device measure? miCoach Speed_Cell device measures the following:
- Speed and Maximum Speed
- Distance
- Stride Rate
What does the miCoach Heart Rate Monitor device measure? miCoach HRM device measures the following:
- Heart Rate
- Calories
What does the miCoach Smart Run device measure? miCoach Smart Run device measures the following:
- Heart Rate
- Calories
- Distance
- Speed
Workout Metrics
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|The amount of energy burnt during a workout. Can be calculated from heart rate or estimated from speed.
|All Sports
|The distance in meters covered in a workout
|Metres, Feet, Kilometres, Miles
|All Sports
|Heart Rate
|The number of heartbeats per minute measure by an HRM (heart-rate monitor) during a workout
|Cardio, Strength & Flex
|Measured in kilometers per hour (Km/H), it is a measure of how fast one covers a set distance over a set time - Km/Hr.>>> or Miles
|Kilometres/hour, Miles/hour
|All Sports
|Measured in kilometers per hour (Km/H), it is a measure of how fast one covers a set distance over a set time - Km/Hr or Miles
|minutes/kilometer, minutes/mile
|All Sports
|Stride Rate
|The number of steps per minute in a workout. a stride counts both left and right foot strikes. Used mostly for running.
|Similar to stride rate. Comes to half the Stride Rate as out of a left-right step, only one is counted. Used mostly for cycling
|steps/minute, revolutions/minute
|The number of meters climbed above sea level. Sometimes also referred to as Altitude in GPS terminology. we have to clarify, what exactly is shown: a) number of meters climbed (in a workout) or b) altitude: the height of the waypoint as this is critical for the consumer
|metres, feet
|Its a geographic coordinate specifying the North-South position of a waypoint. North of Equator> 0, South of Equator < 0
|degrees (decimal)
|Its a geographic coordinate specifying the East-West position of a waypoint. East of Grenwich > 0, West of Greenwich < 0
|degrees (decimal)
|Its a set of geographical coordinates that identify a point in physical space. In GPS terminology, a waypoint is represented by a longitude, latitude and altitude.
|Active Time
|The number of seconds that the user is not in the standing zone within a game event. Active time is considered when moving at speeds >= 0.45 m/s
|Field Sports
|High Intensity Distance
|The total distance covered by a user in their yellow and red pace zone. Measure by SPEED_CELL rules for field sports
|metres, feet
|Field Sports
|Each time a user enters the red pace zone during a game event, it is marked as a sprint event.
|count, speed
|Field Sports
|Court Sports
|Fast Break
|Court Sports
|Tennis (Stop-Start Sport)
|Am. Football (Stop-Start Sport)
|All Sports
|All Sports
|All Sports