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Chronic urticaria and angioedema can affect other internal organs such as the lungs, muscles, and gastrointestinal tract. Symptoms include muscle soreness, shortness of breath, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Physical urticaria: Hives caused by direct physical stimulation of the skin -- for example, cold, heat, sun exposure, vibration, pressure, sweating, and exercise. The hives usually occur right where the skin was stimulated and rarely appear elsewhere. Most of the hives appear within one hour after exposure.
Dermatographism: This is a common form of physical urticaria where hives form after firmly stroking or scratching the skin. These hives can also occur along with other forms of urticaria.
How Are Hives and Angioedema Diagnosed?
Your doctor will need to ask many questions in an attempt to find the possible cause of hives or angiodema. Since there are no specific tests for hives -- or the associated swelling of angioedema -- testing will depend on your medical history and a thorough exam by your primary care doctor or dermatologist.
Skin tests may be performed to determine the substance to which you are allergic. Routine blood tests are done to determine if a system-wide illness is present.
How Are Hives and Angioedema Treated?
The best treatment for hives and angiodema is to identify and remove the trigger, but this is not an easy task. Antihistamines are usually prescribed by your doctor to provide relief from symptoms. Antihistamines work best if taken on a regular schedule to prevent hives from forming in the first place.
Chronic hives may be treated with antihistamines or a combination of medications. When antihistamines don't provide relief, oral corticosteroids may be prescribed. A biologic drug, omalizumab (Xolair), is also approved to treat chronic hives in those at least 12 years of age.
For severe hive or angioedema outbreaks, an injection of epinephrine (adrenaline) or a cortisone medication may be needed.
How Can Hives Be Managed?
While you're waiting for hives and swelling to disappear, here are some tips:
- Apply cool compresses or wet cloths to the affected areas.
- Try to work and sleep in a cool room.
- Wear loose-fitting lightweight clothes.


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McPeak Named Ellis and Judd Outstanding Directed Intern
By Professor Lynette Petty
Carly McPeak is the recipient of the spring 2013 Ellis & Judd Outstanding Directed Intern Award. At the beginning of the semester, McPeak was handed a hotly contested divorce case which was complicated by a protection from stalking case and two criminal matters stemming from the actions of our client's abusive husband. After negotiating a settlement of the case and preparing to present the terms at pretrial, McPeak was advised moments before the hearing that the settlement was off. Trial was set with less than three weeks to prepare.
McPeak did a masterful job preparing for the hearing. She dealt with multiple issues at trial, including debt and property division, child support, distribution of tax refunds, and parenting time. McPeak poured through mounds of evidence to determine which documents should be introduced into evidence. Her direct required a skillful telling of a complicated story over emotional details of the events that had transpired. While our client's income was limited, McPeak worked with the facts she had to show the Court that our client could cash flow the mortgage on the house and pay the debts to cover her husband's equity.
To add to McPeak's challenges, the Respondent was represented by a very experienced attorney known for his trial work and ability to effectively cross examine witnesses. McPeak more than held her own. Her preparation paid off for her client who ultimately prevailed on every issue.
The Ellis & Judd Outstanding Directed Intern Award is given to the directed intern who has distinguished herself by combining competent, vigorous representation with the compassion necessary to become a truly effective lawyer. McPeak has definitely earned her award.
McPeak graduated in May and passed the Kansas bar in July.

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A Proposed Method for Studying a Book of the Bible
Below is a suggested format for studying a book of the Bible. We offer it as away to study the Bible:
1. Pick a book of the Bible to study. Good choices to start with are the four Gospels, Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, 1 Peter, 1 John, and Genesis.
2. Prepare yourself spiritually by prayer and removing any sin in your life.
3. Choose a translation of the Bible that is easy to understand. The New American Standard Bible (NASB) is an excellent version. The New International Version (NIV) is a good translation. The New King James Version (NKJV) is also helpful. The King James Version is more difficult to understand than these other versions because much of the language in this beautiful translation is outdated today.
4. Read through the entire book of the Bible in one setting and then jot down on a piece of paper any general observations you have about the book. These could be observations about its content or whether it was easy or hard to understand, or anything else that is general in nature.
5. Read through the entire book a second time in one setting and then try to answer the following questions:
--What is the literary genre of this book?
-- How should understanding this book's literary genre influence how you interpret this book? (i.e. what should you expect and not expect?)
-- Who is the human author of this book?
-- To whom is the book written to? (audience)
-- Are there other important personalities or groups mentioned in the book? If so, why are these persons or groups mentioned?
--Does the book mention any geographical locations?
-- Why was this book written? (Is there a purpose statement or indicators as to what the author's purpose was?)
--Are there any key themes or ideas in the book?
--Are there any key words and phrases in this book?
--Were there any cultural issues you will need to study more?
6. Read through the book a third time and identify the paragraphs of thought. Your Bibles have already done this but try to do this on your own. Main ideas are usually expressed in paragraphs, so in identifying paragraphs you are identifying the main points of the author.
7. Consult a commentary and/or Bible survey book and read the introductory material in it about the book of the Bible you are reading. Do this to: (1) see how your observations and paragraph divisions match with those of the commentary or survey book; and (2) learn new things you were not able to gain from your initial readings. Sometimes commentaries can give you needed historical and cultural information you could not know on your own.
Now that you have completed a "big picture" study of the Bible book, you can begin more detailed study.
8. Use commentaries to study the first paragraph of thought. At this point, multiple good commentaries (3-4) can be very helpful. Also use your Bible dictionary, Bible Almanac, word study book, Bible atlas, and other Bible helps. (see "Twelve Helpful Resources for Studying the Bible").
9. Starting with the first paragraph of thought and moving through chronologically, identify and succinctly state the key idea or point the author is trying to make in that paragraph. (see examples after reading # 11).
10. Identify the timeless universal truth or principle from this paragraph. (This universal truth or principle transcends the author's specific situation.) (see examples after reading #11.)
11. Make an application statement based on the universal principles and truths you have discovered in the paragraph. This is a personal statement as to how you will fulfill the universal principle of the paragraph. It helps if these application statements are specific and measurable. (see examples below)
Below are examples of #'s 9, 10, and 11:
James 2:1-7
Author's Point: James wants his readers to know that their faith in Jesus is inconsistent with showing favoritism or prejudice to others based on social or economic factors.
Universal Principle: Faith in Jesus means treating people equally and not showing favoritism or prejudice against people based on their social or economic status.
Broad Application: Because I believe in Jesus I will treat all people equally regardless of race, sex, or social or economic status.
Narrow Application: I will stop treating my rich and popular friends at church (Julie and Sarah) better than my other friends (Ann and Susan).
Galatians 3:1-5
Author's Point: Paul wants the Galatians to realize that just as their salvation was based totally on the work of the Holy Spirit, so, too, their Christian lives should be lived solely through the power of the Holy Spirit and not by the works of the Law.
Universal Principle: Just as salvation is solely the work of the Holy Spirit, so too the living out of the Christian life must be solely through the power of the Holy Spirit alone and not through human effort or rules.
Application: I will live my Christian life through the power of the Holy Spirit and not by relying on my own efforts.
Application: I will stop thinking that my good works or going to church keep me saved.
1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Author's Point: Paul wants his readers to know that if eating meat sacrificed to idols causes a Christian brother to stumble spiritually, then they should avoid eating meat sacrificed to idols.
Universal Principle: If a neutral (non-sinful) activity causes a fellow believer to stumble, avoid doing that activity.
Broad Application: I will avoid doing things that will cause a fellow believer to stumble.
Narrow Application: Since having a glass of wine at my sister's wedding party may cause my friend Billy to stumble, I will drink Coke instead.
Leviticus 10:1-4
Author's Point: God judged Nadab and Abihu because they did not treat God as holy when they offered strange fire.
Universal Principle: God is holy and must be approached according to His standards.
Broad Application: I will treat God with respect because He is holy
Narrow Application: I will treat God as holy by preparing my heart and confessing sin before I worship Him in church this Sunday.
Matthew 7:1-5
Author's Point: According to Jesus, a person should remove the sin obstacles in his or her life before trying to remove the sin issues in another's life.
Universal Principle: A person should remove sin in his life before he tries to deal with sin in someone else's life.
Broad Application: I will remove the sin in my life before I try to help other people with the sin in their lives.
Narrow Application: I will remove the sin of alcoholism in my life before I confront Susan about her drinking problem.
Psalm 1
Author's Point: The blessed or happy man is the man who abides in God's law and does not follow after the ways of the wicked.
Universal Principle: The way to true happiness is abiding in God's Word and not following the ways of the world.
Broad Application: I will follow the Word of God and not the wisdom of this world.
Narrow Application: I reject the worldview of atheistic naturalism espoused in my classes at college and openly embrace the Christian worldview including the belief that God created this world and is in control of my life.
12. Live out your application statement.
13. Go back to Step #8 and pick up with the next paragraph


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Baseball's Serna, Clark Make All-South Coast Conference 2nd Team
Sophomore utility infielder Jose Serna and freshman catcher Jason Clark were voted by the coaches on to the 2011 All-South Coast Conference Second Team in a post-conference meeting held Thursday at Mt. San Antonio College.
PCC concluded the season with a 10-24 overall record and eighth-place finish in the SCC at 5-16 in conference games. The Lancers were swept in the final 3-game series by East Los Angeles, a team that advanced to the regional playoffs along with South Coast champion Cerritos College.
Serna, a two-year starter, was the team's batting champion for the second consecutive season. He hit .368 overall and .382 in conference as he was on the SCC's top 10 batters list all year. Overall, Serna drove in 15 RBI with one home run, seven doubles, while leading the team in both on-base percentage (.467) and slugging percentage (.491).
Serna (from Los Angeles Roosevelt High) also was voted to the conference's inaugural SCC All-Defensive team at catcher while also playing first base and third base during the regular season. The versatile Serna made just two errors in conference play in 134 chances (.985 fielding percentage).
"Serna is a consummate gamer, who played through injuries and didn't let those hamper his play," PCC Head Coach Evan O'Meara said. "He's an underrated defensive player because everyone knows him to be a dangerous batter. I've had few players in my time at PCC get as many clutch hits as Jose."
Clark, a product of Duarte High, allowed O'Meara the luxury of moving Serna around the infield on defense. The first-year starter batted .333 overall with seven doubles and team-leading 20 RBI. He hit .301 with 13 ribbies during conference games. On defense, Clark threw out 12 runners trying to steal.
PCC's conference honorable mentions were sophomore relief pitcher A.J. Smouse (4.78 ERA, two saves, one win), letterman outfielder Ahmed Razi (.317 overall), and frosh pitcher Kevin Gute (3-1, team-leading 2.94 ERA and two saves).
Photo--Jason Clark (left) and Jose Serna (right) are 2011 All-South Coast Conference selections, image created by Richard Quinton.]
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August 2010
Re-Capping Matt
The Minnesota Twins have had new closer Matt Capps for about a month now, and so I think it's time to evaluate his performance so far. Here are the raw stats:
What I like about Capps is that he seems to have the raw "stuff" to get people out. He has a live fastball, and a decent assortment of breaking pitches to keep opposing batters off-balance.
However, there is a troubling sign that makes the new closer a bit too much like the old one for my tastes…
For all his velocity, Capps is a "pitch to contact" type of closer. Those kind of guys make me nervous, especially in the playoffs when "contact" usually is the equivalent of "base hit". Now don't get me wrong…I think that Capps is better suited for the role than Rauch, who didn't have the live fastball or control of the nasty curve to ever dominate the final inning. However, on a scale of "Guardado-Aguilera-Nathan", I think Capps falls somewhere between Eddie & Aggie.
Thus, it is very interesting that the Twins just traded for Angels closer Brian Fuentes:
The "official word" is that Fuentes will be used primarily as a setup man to Capps, but Gardy also made the interesting comment that Fuentes could be used in "certain save situations". I like that reasoning, as it shows me that Gardy understands that Capps isn't Rivera or Papelbon and thus wants to consider all his options.
Perhaps the best thing that could come out of all of this is that it gives the Twins some bullpen depth, something that always seems to be lacking (on any club, really). Guys like Crain and Guerrier can't always shoulder the load, the biggest case in point being Matty G., as we may have already burned him out from years of overuse.
Hey Mikey…He Likes It!
Two pitches decided the outcome of the game tonight:
#1…the one to Danny Valencia that Danny Boy sent 426 feet into the second deck in leftfield;
#2…the one that Jered Weaver grooved to Michael Cuddyer after Cuddy had fouled off all sorts of pitches high and low, outside and in, but eventually turning it into a three-run double.
Preview (72-52, 1st, 5.0 GA CWS): Nick Blackburn (7-7, 6.66) vs. Rich Harden (4-4, 5.45). With Slowey on the DL, Blackie is back and (hopefully) here to stay now.
What To Do, What To Do
Tonight's dilemma:
The last time Brett Favre suited up in a Vikings uniform against the San Francisco 49ers, he did this:
He will start tonight's preseason game.
At the same time, the Twins will be looking to bounce back from a dysmal performance yesterday against the Angels:
The solution: watch the first two series of football, then once Tarvaris Jackson steps under center, immediately switch back to baseball!
Preview (71-52, 1st, 4.0 GA CWS): Jered Weaver (11-8, 3.11) vs. Scott Baker (10-9, 4.85).
Go Ahead…Make (His) Day
Tisk, tisk. Once again, a team (this time the Angels) intentionally walks Joe Mauer to get to Jason Kubel. Bad idea (for the other team, that is). Twins route Haren and Duensing coasts to victory.
Preview (71-51, 1st, 4.5 GA CWS): Trevor Bell (1-3, 5.40) vs. Kevin Slowey (11-5, 4.22)
Remembering Bobby Thompson
As a fan of baseball in general, and especially the history of the game, I would be remiss not to mention the recent passing of Bobby Thompson, best remembered as an outfielder for the National League's New York Giants.
Thompson is, of course, best known for this moment, widely regarded as one of the most exciting in baseball history:
As Twins fans well know, there aren't too many more exciting moments than those that happen during a post-162 (or, at that time, a post-154) game. Although perhaps Ralph Branca would disagree with me…
Thompson wasn't a spectacular player, but over the course of 15 seasons he compiled 1,705 hits, 264 home runs, a .270 batting average, and was an All-Star three times. However, all that was overshadowed by one dramatic swing of the bat.
Piranhas No More
In 2006, Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen gave the Minnesota Twins the nickname "piranhas" for there ability to "peck away" at you until they finally succeed. Basically, Ozzie was just frustrated that a team featuring the likes of Jason Bartlett, Lew Ford, Luis Castillo, Nick Punto, Juan Castro, and Jason Tyner could beat his band of sluggers. The Twins were that pesky team you should beat, but don't more often than not.
Just recently, though, Guillen announced that the Twins were no longer piranhas. You know what I say to that? Great!
It was fine to watch that small-ball, attacking style of offense over the course of the regular reason, but once the playoffs were at hand it always failed us. It's common sense, really: give too many important at-bats to Punto, Brian Buscher, Tyner, or the like, and eventually (once you face good pitching) you will start to falter. That is exactly what happened in the 2006 ALDS against the A's.
Really, it comes down to this. Take a look at these two players, and tell me who you would rather have up in a key spot against, say, Mariano Rivera in the playoffs:
Preview (70-51, 1st, 4.0 GA CWS): Dan Haren (1-3, 3.44) vs. Brian Duensing (6-1, 2.00).
More Bailouts Than Obama (aka Don't Mess Around With Jim)
Tonight's Twins-White Sox game featured more bailouts of Twins' pitchers than the Obama Administration:
First, Scott Baker stunk it up once again, giving up a bevy of hard-hit balls, including a moonshot from Paul Konerko in the early innings:
However, the Twins also got dingers of their own from Delmon Young and Orlando Hudson, as well as a big triple from Jason Kubel, to stay in the game.
With the Twins leading 5-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, Matt Capps was brought in for the save situation. The first batter, Alexei Ramirez, homered to tie the game, but Capps was bailed out by a huge, bases-loaded double play to end the inning.
In the tenth, Jon Rauch took the mound and, with one out, gave up three straight singles to once again allow the White Sox to score a run, giving them a 6-5 lead. Rauch, for the second time in as many games, couldn't even finish off his inning and had to be replaced:
At this point, though, is when Big Jim took matters onto his own, rather broad shoulders:
In the bottom of the tenth, Delmon Young sent a rocket right through the crotch (almost literally) of Matt Thorton. Up stepped Jim Thome, and three things happened in rather short fashion:
1. The ball rocketed towards the right field pavilion;
2. The ball landed, giving Thome career homer #581, and the first walk-off jack at Target Field;
3. A shaving cream-filled towel quickly homed in on Thome's face, courtesy of one Nick Punto.
Every win against the Sox is a good win at this point, but it's so much sweeter when Thome does it to his former mates! Next to Delmon Young choosing to punch AJ Pierzynski in the face instead of sliding into home plate, Thome's blast is easily the highlight of the season-series with these two clubs so far. Can we drop them even further back tomorrow?!
Preview (69-50, 1st, 4.0 GA CWS): Gavin Floyd (8-9, 3.70) vs. Francisco Liriano (11-7, 3.26).
Their Own Medicine
This weekend series against the Oakland A's was billed with the young, very talented Oakland starting staff potentially shutting down the Twins' bats. Instead, we beat them at their own game:
-On Friday, Pavano got hit around quite a bit, but still managed to pitch into the seventh inning and get the win.
-Saturday saw Brian Duensing completely mow down the A's to the tune of nine innings and three hits.
-Kevin Slowey then pitched seven no-hit innings against Oakland on Sunday, only to be removed from the game due to pitch count issues.
Now, the Pale Hose come to our house. We can really put a dent in Guillen's crew by just doing what we do best…winning the series.
-I completely understand Gardy taking out Slowey after that seventh inning, as he has been struggling with elbow tendonitis of late. However, it took even more (insert term loosely related to "guts" here) from Gardy to put in Rauch with a no-hitter on the line. Didn't you just know he would blow it…and he did?! For the first time in my life, I was actually hoping to see Crain jog in from the 'pen.
Preview (68-50, 1st, 3.0 GA CWS): John Danks (12-8, 3.19) vs. Scott Baker (10-9, 4.76)
Tonight, Francisco Liriano went 5.2 innings and only gave up one run. Without observing the game and just going by that stat line, you'd think that maybe he walked a few too many guys or just ran out of gas. This was not the case whatsoever. In fact, Frankie (if not spectacular) was remarkable in his ability to get out of jams.
In the fifth inning, with the bases loaded with Sox and no one out, Cisco got Rios to hit into a force play at the plate, then struck out both Konerko and Quentin on nasty sliders to end the inning.
In the sixth, the Sox again loaded the bases, this time with one out, only to see Liriano get Pierre to line out and then cede to Guerrier, who popped out Ramirez.
All told, it was a miraculous performance from Liriano in terms of pitching out of jams.
Then the seventh inning dawned, the Tighty-Whities put a man on base (Mauer) to pitch to Kubel, and that pretty much ended things:
-With Valencia playing so well at third, there seems to be no rush to hurry along Nick Punto back from injury. When Little Nicky does return, I would hope that Gardy would use him as a sub, not wrenching the starting job from a still-hitting Danny Boy.
-Will anyone really miss Mijares? He's basically what I call a 50-50 guy. He might get the lefty out, but he also has just a great a chance at walking him or uncorking a wild pitch. Is he worth it as a LOGEY?
Preview (65-50, 1st, 1.0 GA CWS): Gio Gonzalez (10-7, 3.51) vs. Carl Pavano (14-7, 3.28). As Bert Blyleven said on the telecast tonight, Oakland is playing some decent ball right now, and can throw some quality arms at us this weekend. But is it any match for the stache? I think not.
And…We're Back!
For the first time since July 2, the Twins are alone atop the AL Central division!
It helps when you hit 5 home runs off the Pale Hose, including #579 in the career of Jim Thome.
Scott Baker kept the ball in the park just enough to be awarded the victory on the mound.
Hey, I remember what this feels like…does it have to end?!
Preview (64-49, 1st, 1.0 GA CWS): Glen Perkins (0-0, 0.00) vs. John Danks (11-8, 3.30). Welcome back, Perk. Now go win a game in a pennant race.


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Evelyn Kuhajda Watts, a first-generation American, was resilient, hardworking and independent-minded. Hers was a life of kindness, for her family, neighbors, coworkers, friends and every dog, cat, squirrel and bird that crossed her path. She left to her family a treasure trove of photographs which are published in this book. Highlights of Volume 1 include her times at Ridgefield High School in Connecticut; trips with her mother Marion to Stara Tura, Slovakia; life as a "Government Girl" in Washington, D.C.; marriage during World War II; and the birth and early years of five children. She worked for the Chief of Engineers at the Pentagon during World War II, as a secretary to Marjorie Merriweather Post Davies, and was a long-time employee of Sears Roebuck & Company in Washington, D.C.
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A photographic documentary of Hendon, Sunderland
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Hop-A-Long says
Well done Kate. This is a wonderful insight into the sad state a once prosperous Hendon has ended up in.
It would be good to see a sequal book once the regeneration has finished and hopefully Hendon flourishes again.
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Jackieneil says well done Kate some great shots good layout .
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leefosterzak says no 1 Book, well done...
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pjohnsonraci says Some very nice images.I especially liked the blue metal seat that was damaged and rusty. Well done.
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mrcamm says an interesting subject well tackled. I'm particularly impressed with the layout - why the hell didn't you advise me?! well done!
posted at 11:26AM Dec 18 PST
Redart says This book does look fantastic great photo's and great use of layout, impressed. Well Done
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"On Mother's Day I have written a poem for you. In the interest of poetic economy and truth, I have succeeded in concentrating my deepest feelings and beliefs into two perfectly crafted lines: You're my mother, I would have no other!"
-Forest Houtenschil
"I know some sisters who only see each other on Mother's Day and some who will never speak again. But most are like my sister and me... linked by volatile love, best friends who make other best friends ever so slightly less best."
"When you feel neglected, think of the female salmon, who lays 3,000,000 eggs but no one remembers her on Mother's Day."
-Sam Ewing
"Don't forget Mother's Day. Or as they call it in Beverly Hills, Dad's Third Wife Day."
-Jay Leno
"It's a beautiful thought (Mother's Day), but it's somebody with a hurting conscience that thought of the idea."
-Will Rogers
"Woman in the home has not yet lost her dignity, in spite of Mother's Day, with its offensive implication that our love needs an annual nudging, like our enthusiasm for the battle of Bunker Hill."
-John Erskine


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Following a "luxurious" 10 days in Westwood, the Bruin women's volleyball team returns to the road this weekend, traveling to the Bay Area for matches against Cal and Stanford. Last season, UCLA's only Pac-10 loss came to Stanford at Maples Pavilion.
UCLA holds a 36-0 all-time record against the Golden Bears, dating back to the teams first meeting in 1980. The Bruins and Cardinal, however have a close series record, with UCLA holding a 32-23 advantage. The two teams split their 1999 season series, but Stanford has held the advantage in recent years. A UCLA win over Stanford at Pauley Pavilion last October snapped a streak of nine straight Cardinal victories over the Bruins, dating back to the 1994 season. UCLA has not won a women's volleyball match at Maples Pavilion since a 15-9, 12-15, 15-10, 5-15, 16-14 Bruin win on Nov. 19, 1993 at Stanford.
UCLA Opens Home and Pac-10 Slate with Sweep of Washingtons
The Bruins came out of the gate quickly on Thursday and Friday, dispatching Washington and Washington State with 3-0 victories. On Thursday, the Huskies rebounded from a 15-0 game two loss to put up a fight in the third game of the match. UW built a 12-10 lead before the Bruins fought back to take the third game by a 15-12 margin. Kristee Porter and Ashley Bowles both posted double-figure kills as UCLA out-blocked the Huskies 8-0 and forced UW into a -.010 team hitting percentage.
Friday's match was similar, as UCLA posted a 15-8, 15-5, 15-8 win over Washington State. After the Cougars posted team hitting percentages of -.122 and .054 in the first two games of the match, they came out to a 7-1 lead in the third game, and finished at .366 for the game and .101 for the match. UCLA built its third-game comeback on the performances of Porter and Lauren Fendrick, a tandem that combined for 13 game-five kills.
UCLA Faces Nine Ranked Teams in Five Weekends
Considering both mileage traveled and the teams being played, the Bruins could very well have the nation's toughest schedule in 2000. The only team in the AVCA/USA Today top-eight that UCLA does not play is No. 5 Long Beach State. Eight of UCLA's first 10 matches were against top-25 teams. Stanford, UCLA's opponent this weekend, will take the number of ranked opponents to start the season to nine of 12. UCLA has already played the top-four teams in the current AVCA poll.
UCLA's academic schedule is on a quarter system, therefore the Bruins do not begin classes until Thursday, Sept. 28. UCLA had already finalized its 2000 schedule when the Bruins were invited to the State Farm Women's Volleyball Classic, adding the nation's premier tournament to the team's pre-conference schedule.
Head Coach Andy Banachowski
In his 34th season on the Bruin bench, UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski remains one of the top coaches in his profession. On Oct. 24, 1997, he was the first women's volleyball coach to be inducted into the National Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, MA, and was the first women's coach in history to record 800 career wins (880-207, .810). Additionally, Banachowski was honored with USA Volleyball's ?All-Time Great Coach? award last May in Columbus, OH. Under Banachowski's leadership, the Bruins have won six national championships, including three NCAA titles.
Porter Points
National Player of the Year candidate Kristee Porter opened the 2000 season by becoming the first player this year to record 30 kills in a match, and has now accomplished the feat twice, against Penn State (Aug. 25) and vs. Texas A&M (Sept. 3) ??The Texas A&M match was Porter's 10th career 30-kill match, a 33-kill performance that set a new UCLA record for kills in a four-game match ??Porter leads the Pac-10 with 220 kills, good for a 5.79 per-game average ? She also ranks sixth in the current NCAA standings with that average ? With 10 career 30-kill matches, Porter easily outdistances Natalie Williams and Liz Masakayan (seven each) for the Pac-10 and UCLA career lead in that category ??Porter was named All-Tournament three straigh weekends during the Bruins pre-conference schedule, including MVP honors at the Hawaiian Airlines Classic over the Labor Day weekend ? She also earned Pac-10 Player of the Week honors after that tournament on Sept. 5, following the Hawaiian Airlines Classic ? Porter now has three Pac-10 Player of the Week honors, one during each year of her Bruin career. For more information on Kristee Porter, please refer to pages 20-21 of the UCLA media guide.
Porter's Career Numbers
Last year, Kristee Porter became the second-fastest person in NCAA history and 16th Bruin to record 1,000 career kills, doing so in her 50th career match. Her 1,418 kills is ninth-best in Bruin history and is tops among the Pac-10's active players. Westwood's ?Wiz?: Elisabeth Bachman
Senior middle blocker Elisabeth ?Wiz? Bachman travels to the Bay Area needing just two kills and nine blocks to become the fourth player in UCLA history and 14th in Pac-10 history to record both 1,000 kills and 500 total blocks in her career. The other three Bruins to have accomplished that feat are Davia Tomkus, Kim Krull and the Pac-10's Athlete of the Decade, Natalie Williams. Bachman earned her nickname of ?Wiz? at the age of two, when a childhood friend couldn't pronounce an ?L?, turning ?Liz? into ?Wiz.? For more information on All-America candidate Wiz Bachman, please refer to pages 14-15 of the UCLA media guide.
Setting Everyone Up
Junior setter Erika Selsor currently ranks third on UCLA's all-time career list with 3,539 to her credit. That number is also tops among the Pac-10's active setters. With 72 assists at Arizona on Oct. 22, 1999, Selsor set a new UCLA standard with her seventh career match with 70 assists or more, breaking the previous record held by Ann Boyer (1985-88) and Selsor's predecessor, Kim Coleman (1994-97). Since then, she has upped that total to nine, most recently with a 70-assist performance against Texas A&M on Sept. 3. Selsor was named to the All-Tournament Team at the State Farm Women's Volleyball Classic. Criss-Crossing the Country
If you think that Presidential Candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore are logging a lot of miles on the campaign trail, just take a look at the Bruins schedule during the first month of the season.
UCLA departed Westwood on Aug. 23 for Gainesville, FL (round-trip of approx. 4,850 miles) before heading to Honolulu for the Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Volleyball Classic (round-trip: 5,100 miles) and going back east for the Adidas Invitational in South Bend, IN (round-trip: 4,190 miles). The month concludes with a Pac-10 road trip to the Bay Area schools, a comparitively miniscule 760 mile round-trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Along the way, UCLA will face off against eight teams away from Pauley Pavilion that appeared in either poll at match time.
Total mileage for the Bruins between the start of the season and Oct. 1? Approximately 14,900 miles.
Opposing Hitting Percentage Bottoms Out
Six of UCLA's 10 opponents this season have hit below .200, with Texas A&M (.215) and Hawaii (.203) barely breaking the Mendoza line. Washington checked out at -.010, while Washington State hit .101 for the match last week. In matches against the current top-four teams in the AVCA poll, the Bruins held No. 1 Nebraska, No. 2 Hawaii, No. 3 Penn State and No. 4 Nebraska to a combined .219 attack percentage. Following UCLA's Sept. 10 match against the Cornhuskers, those four teams were averaging an attack percentage of .322 for their 2000 seasons. In 1999, UCLA held 25 of its 32 opponents (including the opponents in 15 of 18 Pac-10 matches) under .200, and 13 teams were held under .100.
Career Updates
Many Bruins continue to move up on the school's career lists. Senior middle blocker Elisabeth Bachman is now ranked in all three of UCLA's career block categories with 97 block solos (t3rd), 394 block assists (5th) and 491 total blocks (5th), and ranks at the top of the list among active Pac-10 players in total blocks. Bachman is just two kills shy of 1,000 for her career. Ashley Bowles will be the next Bruin in line for 1,000 carer kills, as she begins this week with a career total of 995 kills. With 3,539 career assists, sophomore setter Erika Selsor leads the Pac-10 list of active setters, and is third-best in Bruin history.
Freshman Forum
Five of UCLA's seven freshmen have now seen match action this season. Redshirt freshman Ella Harley stepped in to UCLA's second middle blocker spot when Angela Eckmier was lost for the year with a torn ACL. Harley has done an admirable job stepping into that role, ranking second on the team with 0.81 blocks/game.
In the back row, either Stacey Lee or Alyssa Rylander have shared the defensive specialist role opposite senior Michelle Quon, with Lee playing in 26 games and averaging 2.31 digs/game with eight aces, and Rylander posting one ace to go along with 1.59 digs/game.
Other freshmen seeing court time include Krystal McFarland, who has subbed for both Ashley Bowles and Lauren Fendrick in various situations. Cira Wright has subbed in as a front-row defensive replacement for Selsor, and has racked up four block assists in eight games played.
Bruins Lose Eckmier to Torn ACL
Junior middle blocker Angela Eckmier suffered a complete tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in her right knee on Monday, Aug. 14, while the team was in Mammoth, CA, for pre-season double day workouts. She will be lost to the Bruins for all of the 2000 season. Eckmier had surgery on the knee on Sept. 7.
Bruins Top Pac-10 Preseason Poll
In a vote of the Pac-10's coaches, the Bruins were chosen as the preseason favorite to take home the Pac-10 crown. UCLA earned all nine possible votes, as coaches are not allowed to include their own team on their preseason ballot. UCLA topped the poll with 90 points and nine first-place votes, followed by Stanford (78 points, one first place vote), USC (74), Arizona (70), Arizona State (56), Cal (42), Washington State (39), Oregon State (38), Washington (35) and Oregon (18). UCLA has not captured an outright Pac-10 women's volleyball title since the 1993 season, although the Bruins did share the 1999 title with Stanford.


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The 2007-08 Arizona Wildcat menˇ?s swimming team finished third at the Pac-10 championships and enter the NCAA Championships ranked second in the nationˇ? Arizona finished third at the Pac-10ˇ?s with 748.5 points, behind winner Stanford (865 points) and second place finisher California (769 points)ˇ? At the Pac-10 Championships the Wildcats won seven events including the800 yard free relay (Nicolas Nilo, Jean Basson, Darian Townsend and Joel Greenshields), 500 yard free (Basson), 200 yard IM (Townsend), 400 yard IM (Jack Brown), 200 yard free (Townsend), 100 yard back (Albert Subirats) and the 400 yard free relay (Townsend, Nilo, Subirats and Greenshields)ˇ? Arizona will have 15 swimmers competing at the NCAA Championships in Federal Way, Wash.
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ESPN analyst Jalen Rose defends Uncle Tom comments about Duke
Jalen Rose's twitter account was buzzing yesterday thanks to "controversial" comments made about Duke and its players on his documentary about Michigan's Fab Five.
In the documentary, Jalen Rose talked about his angst against Duke University as a teenager for not recruiting players like him.
"For me Duke was person. I hated Duke and I hated everything Duke stood for. Schools like Duke didn't recruit players like me. I felt like they only recruited black players that were Uncle Toms," Rose said.
"I was jealous of Grant Hill. He came from a great black family. Congratulations, your mom went to college and was roommates with Hillary Clinton. And your dad played in the NFL — a very well-spoken and successful man. I was upset and bitter my mom had to bust her hump for 20-plus years. I was bitter that I had a professional athlete that was my father that I didn't know. I resented that more than I resented him. I looked at it as they are who the world accepts and we are who the world hates."
His opinions ignited a small firestorm on the internet and the headline on one website even read, "ESPN analyst Jalen Rose levies 'Uncle Tom' charge against black Duke Players."
Really? He levied a charge? Wow that sounds serious.
I get the fact that his points ruffled some feathers, but give him credit for standing behind an honest opinion. Generally, people appreciate long-form storytelling mechanisms like documentaries for their candor.
In any event, Jalen Rose further explained his comments during an appearance on ESPN's First Take Tuesday.
Jalen Rose: "As a 17-year-old recruit, that's exactly how I felt. I felt like I was an inner-city kid from the public school league that was waking up with kerosene heaters for heat in the house, boiling water to wash up, sleeping with hoodies and skullies, that at that time I felt like I wasn't good enough for certain stages. That's just a fact," Rose said.
"But also it was something I used as motivation. Now, I understand what their program represents because I'm a mature adult. I know that it's a private school. I know that they do recruit players from well-to-do, affluent families, but also I understand some of the reason why. So that they don't see some of their players selling goods or selling their rings for money. Also they want to get kids that are going to represent the program the right way. I get all of that. But that's the minority, I was speaking for the majority. That's exactly how I felt then.
Skip Bayless: "So you don't feel that way today nearly as strongly?
Rose: "Well the bottom line is this, they do recruit a certain type of player. They recruit a lot of players from private schools
Dana Jacobson: "Would they recruit you now?"
Rose: "I think they would recruit my kids. I don't think they would have recruited me. I never seen Coach K in Detroit, but that's just me."
Interesting conversation. So what do you think? Did Jalen Rose go too far with his comments or was he just speaking his mind?


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This is a post to document some investigation we did into the AMD Llano CPUs.
These are also known as AMD Fusion chips, or the 12h family. Chips in this series include the A6-3600, A6-3650, A8-3850, and about a dozen other models.
We have had several customers query us about benchmark results for this series of chips.
What was reported was that a number of these CPUs performed very badly on the Integer Maths test and the Prime number test.
Here is a graph showing the spread of the results across 180 difference PCs with the AMD-A6-3650 CPU. Results are in millions of operations per second.
About half of all systems show a 80% drop in performance on this integer maths test. The graph is similar for the prime number test, and also similar for the A8-3850 CPU. However the same behavior is not seen for other tests (like the floating point test).
So the bad behavior is only seen on the integer maths test and the prime number test.
The common thing about these two tests is that they make heavy use of integer division.
For several months we were unable to explain the behavior. We eliminated many possibilities such as over heating, bad configuration, etc.. but up until now couldn't come to any conclusion.
But a couple of days ago we came across this AMD document, "Revision Guide for AMD Family 12h Processors"
A section of this document describes, "Errata 665". These errata are lists of known bugs for a CPU.
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This bug seems to closely match up with the behavior we are seeing. While we can't be 100% sure at this point we believe this bug maybe the cause of the poor benchmark results. These is a documented workaround, but in the BIOS we checked the motherboard manufacturers are not applying the correction.Code:665 Integer Divide Instruction May Cause Unpredictable Behavior Description Under a highly specific and detailed set of internal timing conditions, the processor core may abort a speculative DIV or IDIV integer divide instruction (due to the speculative execution being redirected, for example due to a mispredicted branch) but may hang or prematurely complete the first instruction of the non-speculative path. Potential Effect on System Unpredictable system behavior, usually resulting in a system hang. Suggested Workaround BIOS should set MSRC001_1029[31]. This workaround alters the DIV/IDIV instruction latency specified in the Software Optimization Guide for AMD Family 10h and 12h Processors, order# 40546. With this workaround applied, the DIV/IDIV latency for AMD Family 12h Processors are similar to the DIV/IDIV latency for AMD Family 10h Processors. Fix Planned No
There also seems to be isolated incidents of this bug impacting real life applications as well, but on the whole there is very little information available about the impact.
Update: Same problem is seen for the AMD Athlon II X4 631, 641 & 651 CPUs and mobile CPUs like the A6-3400M. Which is to be expected as they also use the same 'Fusion' CPU core.


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ATLANTA - After a 12-8 ACC regular season, the Georgia Tech softball team has earned the No. 3 seed and will face off against No. 6 Virginia (26-24, 8-13) in the first game of the ACC tournament Thursday, May 10 at Noon. The game will be broadcast live on RSN.
The Yellow Jackets (33-21, 12-8) finished third after taking two of three games from Virginia Tech in their ACC series finale on April 28 and 29 to earn the tiebreaker over the Hokies.
The Cavaliers began their ACC season with a sweep of the Yellow Jackets back on March 10 and 11 but went on a seven-game skid after that series and won just five more ACC games in 2012. The Hoos were swept by Florida State, North Carolina and Maryland down the stretch.
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The renminbi as a global currency?
Author: Peter Drysdale, Editor, East Asia Forum
As China's share of regional trade has grown so too has the importance of its currency, the renminbi, in international transactions.
Since 2002, China's share in East Asia's trade has leapt from 10 per cent to 23 per cent, while the share of US trade has gone in exactly the other direction, from 23 per cent to 10 per cent.
Of course, growth in trade share alone does not automatically make it attractive for countries to use the currency of the trading partner as the currency through which transactions are traded or in which assets are held. As Japan's trade share grew in the 1970s and 1980s, the yen grew in importance as an international currency but not in parallel, nor nearly commensurately with trade. This was for a number of reasons: first, because there were restrictions on the Japanese capital account that limited the movement of yen in and out of Japan; and secondly because Japanese financial markets were not entirely open, distorting the relationship between the returns on yen investments and investments in dollars, UK sterling or other European currencies. In the 1980s and 1990s, Japan tried to internationalise its currency, and the use of the yen in trade settlement and in foreign exchange transactions rose because of important reforms that led to opening of the Japanese capital account. Yet despite those efforts, Japan's currency never played a significant role as a major international currency, even at the height of its importance in the global economy, partly because the process of capital account financial market liberalisation came late, and was incomplete, and also because of the continuing attractiveness of the dollar.
In this week's lead essay Arvind Subramanian and Martin Kessler argue that the rise of the renminbi is unlikely to peak out as did the rise of the yen. They point out that, 'since the global financial crisis, with the United States and Europe struggling economically, the renminbi has increasingly become a reference currency: emerging market exchange rates now move more closely with it. In fact, since June 2010 when the renminbi resumed its flexibility (against the US dollar), the number of currencies tracking the renminbi has increased compared to the earlier period of flexibility between July 2005 and 2008. Over the same period, the number tracking the euro and the US dollar declined'. East Asia, Subramanian and Kessler suggest, is now a renminbi bloc because the currencies of 7 out of 10 countries in the region — including South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand — track the renminbi to a greater extent than the US dollar. For example, since the middle of 2010, the Korean won and the renminbi have appreciated by similar amounts against the US dollar. In contrast, only three economies in this group — Hong Kong, Vietnam and Mongolia — still have currencies that follow the US dollar more closely than the renminbi.
The rise of the renminbi as a reference currency is not confined to East Asia. While it is still dominated by the US dollar as a global reference currency, this too, Subramanian and Kessler point out, is changing. 'The renminbi is the dominant reference currency in four cases in the most recent period (that is, post-2010), compared to one previously; and it is a dominant reference currency in more cases than the euro. For example, the renminbi moves more closely with the national currencies of India, Chile and South Africa than any other in the latest period, and comes second in Israel and Turkey. In some ways, the renminbi has displaced the euro as the second most dominant global reference currency in the sense that there are more currencies outside East Asia that track the renminbi most closely compared with currencies outside Europe and the Middle East that track the euro'.
Being increasingly used as a reference currency is only one aspect of the renminbi's rise as an international currency. An international currency is also distinguished, like the US dollar, by its use as a reserve asset and its widespread use in international transactions. Some predict that the full internationalisation of the renminbi could happen in the next two decades — but China will need drastic reforms of its capital account and of its domestic financial system before it acquires that global status.
China's global trade share is bound to continue to rise. As Subramanian and Kessler argue, the renminbi's role is likely to rise and erode the US dollar's dominance in the rest of the world, although that won't happen automatically or without policy change. What is needed is liberalisation of the domestic financial market to allow a greater role for the private sector, the development of additional financial instruments, and the injection of more transparency into financial markets; these measures will allow foreigners greater access to renminbi assets via the opening up of China's capital account.
In the normal course of events, as Subramanian and Kessler suggest, the renminbi's global dominance could become reality in 20–25 years. But if China accelerates its financial and capital account reforms, this could happen much more quickly.
Peter Drysdale is Editor of the East Asia Forum.
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Existence,freedom and self-respect
Underground by Vladimir Makanin, one of the biggest names in contemporary Russian literature, has been brought out by Everest Yayınları.
Treating the themes of existence, freedom and self-respect in a witty style, the book is famous for its adroit references to the classical works of Russian literature that preceded it. Petrovich, who spends his days as a guard in an apartment building on the edge of the city, is rejected one by one by all the publishers to whom he submits his work. A good read for those who wonder how he finds happiness while seeking his 'ego' in the interminable corridors.


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1. Download and unpack the NAW Map Pack 4...double click the .exe ... the installation program will open and after a few "next" clicks the program will find your BF2 mods folder and install the The Map Pack.
2. Use the desktop icon "Play Nations at War" to play Nations at War.
3. Additional Map Packs can be downloaded from the "Downloads" section and should be installed in order.
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On October 5, 2011, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participated in the fourth Pathways Ministerial in the Dominican Republic. Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas links Western Hemisphere countries committed to democracy and open markets in an initiative to promote inclusive growth, prosperity, and social justice.
Pathways countries currently include Belize, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States. Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago have observer status. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) are strategic Pathways partners.
Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Jose Fernandez, Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson and Ambassador Carmen Lomellin, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, accompanied the Secretary to the ministerial.
Partnering to Expand Opportunities
Pathways is a policy-level dialogue where countries learn from one another's experiences and collaborate to spread the benefits of economic growth more broadly to all of our citizens. Pathways countries recognize that the gains from trade and economic growth have not always been equitably shared and that the promise of economic and social opportunity remains elusive for too many people in this hemisphere. Pathways seeks to close this gap by encouraging public policies and public-private partnerships aimed at empowering small farmers, small businesses, women, indigenous communities, Afro-descendants, youth, and vulnerable groups to participate effectively in the global economy. Through shared leadership, Pathways partner countries are committed to deepening cooperation on the following four pillars:
Pathways Activities
Pathways events highlight best practices to expand economic opportunities and encourage their effective implementation. Countries chairing Pathways pillars committees organize activities throughout the year that advance the Ministerial Action Plan. Uruguay, as the chair country of Pillar III, recently hosted a Digital Opportunities Conference, with support from the United States Government and ECLAC. The conference convened Pathways partners, technology experts, and civil society leaders from around the Americas to share best practices, build relationships, and raise digital literacy to expand educational opportunities and build a modern workforce by promoting access to information and communication technologies.
This year, Peru and the United States, co-chairs of Pillar IV, hosted workshops on policies and mechanisms for the conservation of biodiversity in the context of trade and sustainable development, and on public participation in the management of protected areas in high-conflict zones. Honduras' Pillar I event, expected in January 2012, will focus on financial inclusion. As co-chairs of the trade facilitation pillar, Costa Rica and Chile are working on a customs-related event next year, and Peru is also planning to host an environmental workshop with the United States.
ECLAC, a key institutional partner, compiled and published a new book on Pathways best practices that illustrates how sound, evidence-based government policies and public-private partnerships contribute to building prosperity for all sectors of society. The volume identifies country-level policies and projects, as well as regional programs that the United States and its partners can build on under the Pathways initiative.
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Edward Harry Pine Jr.
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Height: 6-4 Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: July 13, 1940 in Reno, NV
Died: August 1, 2008 in Reno, NV
High School: Reno
College: Utah (school history)
Drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 3rd round (17th overall) of the 1962 AFL Draft.
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2nd round (22nd overall) of the 1962 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 17 (5416th overall since 1950)


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FH 77 155 mm Field Howitzer System
The FH 77 [Field howitzer 77] is a towed 155 mm artillery piece. Two versions A and B. The FH 77 B has a longer maximum range and can fire standard NATO artillery rounds. The Bofors FH 77 is still one of the world's most revolutionary towed field artillery systems. It has an on-mount auxiliary power unit (APU) that gives the system its self-propelled capability and supplies power to the hydraulically supported operations, making it easy to handle. It also has the unique advantage of having a fully integrated land navigation system that gives the coordinates of the gun position and automatic alignment of the barrel.
Bofors delivered 410 FH-77BS towed howitzers to India from 1986 to 1990 but, following allegations of kickbacks, India froze plans to put the weapon into production and blacklisted the company. Under the $1.3 billion Bofors gun deal signed by the Rajiv Gandhi government on 24 March 1986, the Swedish armaments company was to supply 410 field howitzers, spare parts, ammunition of six types, fire-control equipment, and technical literature to India. The Indian government imposed an embargo on Bofors after it was revealed that the Swedish company had paid $50 million in kickbacks to secure the 1986 howitzer deal. The purchase led to a scandal of pay offs involving the Bofors Agent Win Chaddha, involvement of the Hinduja brothers of the UK and Italian businessman Ottavio Quatrochhi, who absconded to Malaysia. The allegations of kickbacks associated with the gun deal ripped apart the Congress and created a major political storm in India that has lasted over a decade.
The stock of ammunition that India received along with the 410 Bofors guns was exhausted by 1988. In 1988 the Indian Army tried to resurrect the guns for operational use by marrying an indigenously built barrel with the howitzer's chassis. But the attempt failed as it was found that no reverse engineering could be done on the guns. In October 1998 the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government decided to reopen negotiations with the Swedish firm A.B. Bofors, to ensure transfer of technology and spare parts to the 410 field howitzers lying unused in the India army's artillery units.
The performance of the weapon system came in for praise during the Kargil conflict during the summer of 1999, following which the ban was lifted and Celcius Ab, which now makes the gun, offered to send the improved FH-77AD chassis-mounted version of the howitzer for field trials.
The FH77 B is now integrated with a 6x6 all-terrain vehicle making it an extremely powerful, highly mobile artillery system. It's into-action time is less than 50 s. An artillery sequence: into action; fire 8 rounds; out of action and move 500 m takes less than 3 minutes. The gun has a range of 30 km, it can fire 3 rounds within 13 s and a has sustained rate of fire of 8 rounds/minute. On the move the gun crew is transported in an armoured cabin. The on-mount ammunition boxes, in effect magazines, have the same level of protection as the crew compartment. The FH77 B has its own land navigation system, eliminating surveying and alignment and the complete system has very low LCC.
The Fh-77 BD is a further development of the prototype system, which mounts the elevating mechanism of the earlier version, Fh-77B 155 mm towed artillery system on a commercial 6X6 articulated all-terrain chassis. This was originally developed as a private venture but was subsequently funded by the Swedish Defence Material Administration with two versions developed and tested by the Swedish Artillery School.
In March 2000 it was reported that the latest version of 155 mm Bofors guns would be sent to India for extensive field trials on "no-cost, no-commitment" basis in May 2000s. The Indian defence ministry accepted Bofors Weapons Systems' offer to send the 45-calibre FH-77 BD, the towed version of which is already in use with the Indian army, for trials. India invited a number of companies to demonstrate their 155 mm artillery systems in a bid to finalise its choice to meet the army's requirement of about 200 more field howitzers. The FH-77 BD 6x6 self-propelled artillery system and French Giat Industries Caesar 6x6 155mm 52-calibre systems are seen as possible alternatives to the towed weapon systems. Compared with conventional full-tracked self-propelled artillery systems, these weapons would be cheaper to procure and maintain and offer greater strategic mobility.
In early October 2001 it was reported that the Indian government wanted to buy around 3,000 additional FH-77 howitzers. A self-propelled artillery competition -- pitting the Celsius (Bofors) FH-77AD against the Denel LIW T-6 -- is underway as part of its Field Artillery Rationalization Plan. The main advantages that the Celsius FH-77AD offers over the Denel T-6 is that it is based on a proven and easy to maintain 6X6 Volvo truck chassis. The Arjun tank chassis to be used by the Denel T-6, in contrast, has yet to enter full service.
The FH-77AD vehicle is a modified FH-77 towed howitzer on all-terrain truck chassis. Spades are lowered at the rear of the vehicle before firing the howitzer. The cab of the FH-77AD is armored, and the armor applies to all angles of fire against the cab, instead of just fire originating from the front of the vehicle. This vehicle was designed to quickly lead to more mobile artillery.
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SALT LAKE CITY - The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed, for the second time, a summary judgment against adult retailer Doctor John's and in favor of Roy, Utah, a small community about 30 miles north of Salt Lake City.
The case arises out of an adult business ordinance passed by Roy after Doctor John's opened its location several years ago. Among other provisions, the ordinance requires that these businesses and their employees obtain special licenses, that they pay an application and annual renewal fees, and that they limit their operating hours to 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. Also, once an application has been filed, a temporary license is immediately issued, and a permanent license will follow except under certain circumstances including, for example, when an employee has convictions for specified crimes, the business has refused inspection of the premises within the last year, or the business has provided incomplete or false information to the City.
Since the ordinance was passed after the store opened and had been operating for several months, rather than submit a licensing application, Doctor John's sued in federal court, arguing that the ordinance was an unconstitutional restriction on speech. The City counter-sued to force compliance with its licensing scheme. The district court granted summary judgment to the city on all of its federal claims, but declined jurisdiction over the state law claims.
"On appeal, we affirmed summary judgment for the City on all claims except the First Amendment claim, remanding because we were uncertain whether the district court considered articles Doctor John's submitted in its district court pleadings to cast doubt on the City's rationale as required by [City of Los Angeles v.] Alameda Books Step 2," wrote Judge Kelly for a unanimous panel. "We remanded reasoning that because the parties' evidence is essential to determining whether an ordinance is narrowly tailored to serve a municipality's interest in preventing secondary effects, it was necessary to allow the district court to thoroughly review Doctor John's evidence since the evidence was not mentioned in the district court's order."
In reviewing Doctor John's submissions, however, the district court judge ruled that Doctor John's had provided the documents in an untimely fashion, and deemed them inadmissible for that reason - and that in any case, Doctor John's submissions were insufficient to cast doubt on the City's rationale for its ordinance.
The Tenth Circuit panel agreed with the district court's analysis, finding that the City had "satisfied its burden" under Alameda Books that the city had relied on evidence that it "reasonably believed to be relevant to the problem that the city addresses" - namely that the Doctor John's location had created enough secondary effects to justify the ordinance - even though the appeals court admitted that the City had not, and indeed need not, "initially produce specific evidence regarding the precise type of business." In fact, the City had produced no evidence that the Doctor John's outlet - a video store with no arcade booths - created any secondary effects at all by renting or selling videos to customers, which they would watch in their own homes.
Even so, the panel moved right along to the next step of the Alameda analysis, ruling that, "[b]ecause Doctor John's had produced no evidence regarding off-site adult businesses, that argument failed to cast doubt on the City's rationale."
"We ultimately remanded because the record was not clear whether the district court considered the articles Doctor John's submitted to cast doubt on the City's rationale," Judge Kelly wrote. "Therefore, the only surviving issue on appeal is whether the evidence Doctor John's submitted to the district court casts doubt on the City's rationale for its ordinance at Alameda Books Step 2."
However, the panel ultimately agreed with the district court that Doctor John's submissions to challenge the City's (non-) evidence of the secondary effects of take-home-only video stores were unpersuasive.
Specifically, the panel focused on an exhibit authored by Bryant Paul, Daniel Linz, and Bradley J. Shafer, titled "Government Regulation of 'Adult' Businesses through Zoning and Anti-Nudity Ordinances: Debunking the Legal Myth of Negative Secondary Effects," which had previously been part of an amicus brief submitted by the First Amendment Lawyers Association in the 2000 U.S. Supreme Court case of City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.
"Doctor John's closest evidence is the Linz article," Judge Kelly admits. "At first glance, the article does appear to cast doubt on secondary effects studies generally in stating that its authors reviewed 107 relevant studies. However, the article only analyzes the 10 most frequently cited studies by municipalities, and the City of Roy only relies on 4 of those 10 studies. Consequently, it is difficult to see how the article casts doubt on the other 14 studies relied on by the City, let alone the other 7 reports and the many cases cited by the ordinance."
What isn't clear from the Court's decision is why, with such compelling evidence that at least seven of the studies upon which Roy relied were unreliable, the Court would not order a trial to see if Doctor John's could produce additional evidence about why the other 14 studies were equally unreliable.
"The article's main premise is also problematic because it argues that secondary effects studies relied on by municipalities should meet the requirements of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc.," Judge Kelly continued. "However, the Supreme Court has 'flatly rejected [the] idea' of requiring cities to rely on empirical analysis. In fact, among the specific empirical studies that the Supreme Court rejected in City of Erie, were Dr. Linz's studies ... However, in light of the Supreme Court's rejection of this specific analysis by Dr. Linz, we see little need to continue." [Citations omitted here and below]
The panel opinion goes on to cite several other Linz studies, all of which are considered to be scientifically impeccable, which it similarly rejected, noting that, "We acknowledge that the distinction between on-site and off-site adult businesses may be relevant under Step 2 of Alameda Books. But Doctor John's has produced absolutely no evidence relevant to this distinction."
In the end, the appeals court upheld the district court's decision to sanction Doctor John's untimely exhibit submission, and ruled that in any case, those exhibits failed to cast the necessary doubt on the City's rationale in passing its ordinance.


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Recently I started to have some problems with my network connection. After a little time (from 5 to 45 minutes) the connection seemed somewhat dropped. My ISP says that the physical DSL connection is completely fine. The connection between my router and my modem also looks fine. The connection between my PC and my router seems to work too. (I'm not on Wi-Fi.) My router doesn't dial in again. It's just that all my downloads, IM connections and everything like that ceases to be.
I tried to connect trough the modem directly from a PC. If I do that I can't reproduce the issue, the TCP connections remain alive for more than an hour. Because of this my ISP says it's not their problem, it's the router's. I somewhat doubt that because I can reproduce it with two completely different routers. (I have a Belkin and a TP-Link router to try.) I also tried the ideas Google brought up, like making sure that my firmware is up to date and praying that it will work. Without any luck.
Now the question is: how can I test out what problems the router (but no PCs) see with my connection (or vice versa why problem does my connection have with routers but no PCs)? My router logs are not very informative on that part since there is usually no physical disconnection and re-dial. I would really prefer a thorough deterministic way that actually gives me the result over guesswork, because if it really is my ISP's problem I'll need hard evidence to make them work for their money. (And no, sadly simply changing my ISP isn't an option.)


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TANAGURA, Japan -- Washington men's golf opened the season in Japan at the Topy Cup with a round of 8-under 272. The Dawgs sit in second place just three strokes back of Japan's Tohoku Fukushi University.
The Huskies had all five players shoot par or better and are placed in the top-15 ties individually. Freshmen Kevin Kwon had a great start to his Husky career, firing a round of 3-under 67. The British Columbia native was even par over the opening nine and then made an eagle and a birdie with no bogeys to get to his 67 and tied for fifth. Kwon is two shots off the lead of Sam Love of UAB, who is 5-under.
Tied for eighth are Trevor Simsby and another freshman Corey Pereira, who each shot a round of 2-under 68. Simsby was over par on the front nine, but shot 32 on the back, including three-straight birdies. Pereira opened his UW career with a solid 68, which included a 2-under 33 on the front and an even-par back nine.
Rounding out the team scoring for Washington was Jonathan Sanders who shot 1-under 69. Sanders is tied for 12th after closing with a bogey-free 33 on the back nine.
Finally, the Dawgs top-ranked amateur Cheng Tsung-Pan finished with a round of 70. Pan is tied for 15th and after round two birdies and two bogeys.
Washington trails Tohuku Fukushi by three shots and is two shots clear of UAB, who is in third place in the team competition.


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AIDS Epidemic: The End is Here. Not quite.
Toronto, December 1, 2012
For immediate release
Since 2011, the rallying cry heard around the world has been that the end of AIDS, a disease that has devastated communities and killed over 30 million people, was near. Many of us have been seduced by pronouncements about an AIDS-Free Generation being possible and within reach. Just days ago, UNAIDS released a global report stating that the number of people newly infected continues to fall and 8 million people are now receiving treatment; a remarkable and laudable achievement to be sure.
There are more people on treatment than ever before, scientific advances have reduced the risk of HIV transmission and prolonged and enhanced the quality of life of those living with HIV. But like a game of telephone played in a school yard, the original meaning somehow got distorted and the word near became here. Instead of redoubling their efforts, donors have become complacent and self-congratulatory. Governments are scaling back their commitments and AIDS service and advocacy organizations and, most importantly, the communities they serve are feeling the squeeze. We're being told that HIV is no longer a priority. There are rumblings that the post-2015 health agenda will focus on cancer, diabetes, heart disease and other less politicized afflictions. HIV is no longer seen as a crisis; ironically the AIDS response is being dealt a blow by its own success.
New biomedical interventions provide important new mechanisms to save lives and prevent infection. But their promise can only be utilized in the context of human rights protections, equity and a full array of support services. There have been cases of people being coerced into taking ARVs, circumcised or sterilized without proper knowledge or informed consent- all in the name of saving lives. ARVs have been critical in the fight against HIV but there are not innocuous and side effects can compromise adherence. Circumcision, depending on how it is performed, can carry a risk of complications. Forced sterilization contravenes a women's right to exert control over own body and chose the size of her family. The list goes on.
Human rights issues are not new to HIV; the epidemic thrives in inequality, poverty and exclusion, and exposes the fault lines of our unjust societies. To truly and authentically envision the end of AIDS, we have to tackle the systemic marginalization of key affected populations at the heart of the epidemic. No pill, surgical intervention or even a vaccine alone has the power to end AIDS. To achieve the AIDS targets by 2015 is possible but it will require significant effort. We collectively can no longer be content to do the best we can with what we have, we have to succeed in doing what is necessary-until WE end AIDS.
On this World AIDS Day we call upon advocates, donors, governments and UN agencies to work together to ensure:
- Donors fulfill and where warranted, increase their technical, political and financial commitments to fight the AIDS epidemic.
- HIV remains a priority in health and development agendas now, up to and beyond 2015.
- Human rights are promoted and respected as a key component of the AIDS response.
Since its creation in 1991, ICASO has facilitated the inclusion and leadership of communities in the effort to bring about an end to the AIDS pandemic, recognizing the importance of promoting health and human rights as part of this undertaking.
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text: The Verizon DROID Turbo by Motorola is now on sale for $200 with a 2-year agreement (32GB). The 64GB Black Ballistic Nylon model cost $250 with contract. The 64GB version is outstanding value. I would absolutely be in love with this phone and would return my 2014 Moto X for this beast if it did not have those capacitive buttons. They don't look right paired with stock android.


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