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The summary below is from the full report titled "Continuation of Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy in Peptic Ulcer Bleeding. A Randomized Trial." It is in the 5 January 2010 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine (volume 152, pages 1-9). The authors are J.J.Y. Sung, J.Y.W. Lau, J.Y.L. Ching, J.C.Y. Wu, Y.T. Lee, P.W.Y. Chiu, V.K.S. Leung, V.W.S. Wong, and F.K.L. Chan.
Middle-aged and older adults often take aspirin to help prevent heart attacks and stroke. Aspirin, however, can cause potential harm, such as bleeding in the stomach or upper digestive tract (peptic ulcer bleeding). The usual treatment for peptic ulcers is endoscopic therapy to control active bleeding, drug therapy to suppress stomach acid (for example, a proton-pump inhibitor [PPI]), and discontinuation of aspirin therapy until the ulcer heals. Stopping the aspirin therapy could result in increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Whether continuing aspirin therapy while taking a PPI substantially increases risk for recurrent peptic ulcer bleeding is unclear.
To see whether continuing aspirin therapy in patients who receive endoscopic therapy and pantoprazole (a PPI) for peptic ulcer bleeding affects risk for recurrent bleeding.
156 adults with peptic ulcer bleeding. All had a history of cardiovascular disease and were receiving aspirin to prevent heart attacks or stroke.
All patients received endoscopic therapy to stop acute bleeding. After endoscopy, they were randomly assigned to receive low-dose aspirin (80 mg daily) or a matching dummy pill (placebo) for 8 weeks. Neither the patients nor their doctors knew who received which pill. All patients received pantoprazole, initially through a vein for 72 hours and then by mouth (40 mg daily). The researchers followed patients closely with telephone contacts and clinic visits to detect recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding and other adverse events, such as heart attack, stroke, or death. Patients who had symptoms or blood test findings that suggested recurrent bleeding had endoscopy to confirm that the ulcer was the bleeding site.
About 10% and 5% of the patients assigned to low-dose aspirin and placebo, respectively, had recurrent ulcer bleeding within 30 days. At 8 weeks, fewer aspirin recipients than placebo recipients had died (1% [1 of 78 patients] vs. 13% [10 of 78 patients]). The cause of death in the patient who received aspirin was heart failure. In the placebo group, 2 patients died of acute coronary syndrome, 2 of stroke, 2 of heart failure, 3 of perforated ulcer or uncontrolled ulcer bleeding, and 2 of pneumonia.
The study was small, and the follow-up duration was short. Three patients did not complete follow-up. Some deaths in the placebo group were caused by conditions that aspirin does not normally prevent.
Continuation of low-dose aspirin in patients with cardiovascular disease and recent peptic ulcer bleeding increases the short-term risk for recurrent bleeding, even in patients who receive PPIs. The possibility that continuation of low-dose aspirin therapy in this setting reduces risk for death needs to be confirmed in larger trials.
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Greater Mount Airy Habitat for Humanity
Our Vision
A world where everyone has a decent place to live.
Our Mission Statement
Seeking to put God's love into action, Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
About Greater Mount Airy Area Habitat for Humanity
Greater Mount Airy Habitat is the name of our affiliate. We serve most of Surry County except for Elkin which is served by Upper Yadkin Valley HFH. We are part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God's love into action by building homes, communities and hope. Greater Mount Airy Area Habitat for Humanity is dedicated to eliminating substandard housing locally and worldwide through constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes; by advocating for fair and just housing policies; and by providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions. Habitat for Humanity was founded on the conviction that every man, woman and child should have a simple, durable place to live in dignity and safety, and that decent shelter in decent communities should be a matter of conscience and action for all.
All Are Welcome
Greater Mount Airy Area Habitat for Humanity has an open-door policy: All who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people. In short, Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. As a matter of policy, Habitat for Humanity International and its affiliated organizations do not proselytize. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must either adhere to or convert to a particular faith, or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
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Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is a nonprofit Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world by building decent, affordable homes for people who would not otherwise have the opportunity to purchase a home. You can learn more about the ministry and history of HFHI at www.habitat.org. HFHI has community-level offices that act in partnership and on behalf of HFHI, called affiliates. It was founded in Americus Georgia, in 1976. Habitat for Humanity today operates around the globe and has helped build, renovate and repair more than 800,000 decent, affordable houses sheltering more than 5 million people worldwide.


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When you think you're all alone, you're not,
And it's then you know He's all you've got.
So don't live life at breakneck speed.
Realize God is all you need.
Just a few lines of rhyme for you there. I am convinced that our biggest problem is not realizing what we have in God. We hear a lot about "who we are in Him," but I think we should focus more on "Who He is in us."
Let's review the nature of God. This always helps me when I'm struggling with something. First of all, God is omnipresent. In other words, God is everywhere, all the time.
God's Omnipresence (He's Everywhere)
Many Bible verses address God's omnipresence. Proverbs 15:3: "The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good." Another one (Jeremiah 23:24) says, "Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth? declares the Lord." And remember what Jesus said. "I am with you always, even to the end of the age." (Matthew 28:20)
God's Omnipotence (He Can Do Anything)
Verses declaring God's omnipotence include Luke 1:37: "Nothing will be impossible with God." That"All things are possible with God" is referenced in Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, and Matthew 19:26. You will notice that in Mark 14:36 Jesus is talking to His Father before going to the cross. It is also where He says, "Nevertheless, not what I will but what You will."
Perhaps we'd prefer not to be reminded of the fact that this is where the rubber meets the road. It's that thing called "trust." In Jeremiah 32:27, God says, "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?" And we see in Romans 8:28 that God "makes all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose."
We can conclude from these and other passages that God can do anything. Still He does what He wants. We can either be good with that or we can rebel. The choice is ours. Yes, that hurts sometimes, but that's when we have to embrace the big picture of Who God is towards us. He is everywhere, He can do anything, and He knows everything.
God's Omniscience (He Knows Everything)
Finally, God is all-knowing. He knows everything. "So," we might think, "Why doesn't He give me answers to the questions I have for Him when I ask them? Or, "Why doesn't He do anything about this or that if He knows about it?" And so forth. These are all understandable concerns and God is OK with us asking. He simply is not under any obligation to give us what we want when we want it.
The Best Part
This is really the best part. He's everywhere, He can do anything, and He knows everything. That means He knows everything about me, good and bad, from before I was even born, the Bible says.
So since He's everywhere, can do anything and knows everything about me and I have been forgiven for all my sins, that means that (I think) He must love me. I know a lot of us struggle with this. We think because life is hard then God must not love us. Because we equate love with warm, fuzzy feelings, etc. Well, praise God for the warm, fuzzy feelings. There are plenty of those.
But beyond warm, fuzzy feelings is the cold, hard reality of life. It doesn't get any easier, does it? But the good part is that for as long as we are here in this dark place called Planet Earth in 2014 A.D. He is with us and He is our provider, our Father, the lover of our souls. He is for us and not against us. Nothing can separate us from His love. This is good news. Now let's be about our Father's business because there are lots of folks that don't know this.


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Political Wisdom: Decoding Obama's Speech on Syria
In his 15-minute prime-time address to the nation Tuesday, President Barack Obama pressed his case for punishing the Syrian regime for gassing its own people, but asked Congress to delay votes on a resolution authorizing military strikes while the administration pursues talks with Russia about forcing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up chemical weapons.
Here's a roundup of political analysis of Mr. Obama's speech:
At NPR, Alan Greenblatt says the president's speech "may fail to sway doubters."
The president's case for action has come to contain more apparent contradictions as the days of debate have worn on. …
All of this left his speech a curious mix. While seeking to appeal to the nation's better nature, Obama kept to his original plan of insisting on the virtue of taking punitive action against Syria. He argued it would be better to act with congressional support — which he now knows he does not have — yet for the time being wants to postpone any further military or congressional action pending diplomatic efforts.
So far, when it comes to U.S. action against Syria, it's only been a war of words. Rather than setting out a clear course of action, the president's speech made it clear that the debate, both international and domestic, will continue.
At the National Review, Stanley Kurtz describes Mr. Obama's speech as one that could have been delivered by his ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, who believes that America should intervene for humanitarian reasons.
This speech was a close reflection of Power's views. The overwhelming emphasis was on humanitarian goals, with a brief, secondary, and noticeably weak effort to buttress that case with talk about threats to our interests.
Power's core argument is that American foreign policy has historically "refused to take risks" for humanitarian ends. Power chastises American leaders for declining to "invest the military, financial, diplomatic, or domestic political capital" necessary to prevent massacres. U.S. officials, she complains, consistently "play up the futility, perversity, and jeopardy of any proposed intervention."
Well, drawing a humanitarian red line in conformity with Power's goals has brought us face to face with the prospect of a genuinely futile and counterproductive intervention. The president's speech tonight failed to persuade that the risks mooted in our debates over Syria are not in fact grave. Obama's line about taking humanitarian steps when it's merely a matter of "modest effort and risk" comes straight out of Power's work. Unfortunately, the risks in Syria are far from modest.
David A. Graham at the Atlantic says Mr. Obama "played it safe, doing little to answer the concerns of doves who oppose the war and hawks who find his plan too small to matter."
If the speech was intended to sum up the case for war against Syria, it seemed mostly to provide the sharpest summation of Obama's central paradox. Though the president seems personally upset by the chemical-weapons attacks, he knows Americans are weary of war and has little apparent appetite for it himself, so he has to play it safe. That means he does things like promise American boots won't be on the ground, and insists Assad can't touch America.
But those arguments undermine the case for war, too. If Assad can't hurt Americans, why is it a national-security concern? If American attacks will be so limited, will they even really make much difference, either to stop the slaughter or as a future deterrent? And if it's so important to prevent gas attacks that "brazenly violate international law," why is Obama so willing to conduct a punitive strike that seems to most experts to violate international law?
John Dickerson at Slate.com says Mr. Obama's speech failed to give Congress strong arguments for a military intervention in Syria.
The emotionally charged rhetoric was a version of the case the administration has been making for days in private to lawmakers. It hasn't worked. Even those members who have visited the situation room and seen the gruesome pictures and video and listened to the president and vice president in one-on-one sessions have emerged unconvinced that military action is necessary in response to the atrocity. The biggest hurdle is the unknown consequences of action and the president can't really put those fears to bed.
The best new argument the president has for his Syria policy is that the threat appears to be working. The outlines of the Syrian offer to give up chemical weapons will become clear soon enough and we'll all learn whether this pause was a bluff or a genuine breakthrough. If it's the latter, then what looked like a confusing speech in the middle of a fishtailing policy will mark the moment when Obama's hard line started to pay off. If it's just a bluff, then the president will again need that Congressional vote, and his remarks from tonight will be long in the distance.


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Disease, production and culling in Holstein-Friesian ...
|Disease, production and culling in Holstein-Friesian cows. VI. Effects of management on disease rates
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|Thirty-two dairy herds within 50 miles of Guelph participated in the 2.5-year study (1979-81). Most herds were in the range of 30-45 milking cows. Three were in loose housing and 29 in tethered housing. All were turned out in summer, and 21 were let out for exercise in winter. The major roughage fed to milking cows was dry hay in 22 farms, maize silage in 5 and hay crop silage in 5. The dependent and independent variables and their regression coefficients are listed. The findings are discussed briefly and compared to those of other authors. There appeared to be a positive association between the frequency of roughage feeding and reproductive efficiency. Supplemental calcium injection of high risk cows appeared to be beneficial in reducing milk fever rate. Feeding maize silage to dry cows did reduce the milk fever risk. Placental retention rate was 6% in the 2 herds receiving vitamin E and selenium in the prepartum period and 8.7% in the other herds. Heavy grain feeding prior to parturition was associated with increased risk of both placental retention and genital infections. Abomasal displacement was more common in loose housing, and was not associated with any dietary factor. Cows in tethered housing had a greater risk of ketosis, and the only nutritional factor was a positive association with maize silage as the major roughage. The negative association between age and clinical mastitis would be explained by culling, and the regular use of products to control oedema seemed to be beneficial..
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Do you ever wonder who writers read? I do! I also wonder things what writers influenced other writers and how. So this prompted a few questions I love to ask writers! Of course, I picked some faves, Will Graham, Melissa Ohnoutka, Rusty Rhoad. Thought I'd share this with you!
Who are some writers that you really admire? Why?
WILLIAM: The mainstays for me: Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, John D. MacDonald, Ian Fleming. While radically different writers, their individual style have influenced generations of writers and continue to do so today.
RUSTY: "Admire" is a tough word to pin down. In 2013 I read both The Great Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises. Those books are stunningly brilliant.
But one can only admire Hemmingway from a distance. I could never aspire to write like him, because he is a genius and I'm simply not. Even on my best days (although on my best I days I can pretend that I am).
Over the years dozens of authors have made it to my 'A List.' That means I actively pursue and read every word they've written. John D. MacDonald and Ian Fleming, 'mainstays' of Will, were both on my 'A List.' I liked John D. MacDonald so well that I named my firstborn Travis after Travis McGee, his best character.
But for the purposes of this article, I'm going to define 'admire' as 'admire a writer as a personal role model.' And for me, the three biggies are Kurt Vonnegut, Tom Robbins, and Christopher Moore. They helped me define my writing voice.
MELISSA: The first book I read that really made an impact on me was "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier. If I had to pinpoint what sparked my interst in writing, it would be this book. I have to admit the classics were not on my list of favorites growing up, and sadly I haven't read any books by the author's listed by William or Rusty above. Although, I've seen the movies for some of them. :)
Author's I enjoy today are John Grisham, Harlan Coben, and Lisa Jackson for my thriller/mystery fix and Janet Evanovich, Kristan Higgins and Jane Porter for the emotional connections. I love the way they draw me into a storyline to the point I can forget all the chaos around me.
RUSTY: Rebecca was my father's favorite book ever written. Small world, no?
Have your favorites changed over the years? What brought that about?
WILLIAM: Andrew Vachss, for obvious reasons. He was the first author to describe in detail a world that should not exist, and has single-handedly garnered tremendous support for his battles. Robert Crais and James Lee Burke are worthy successors to John D. MacDonald, the author who set the standard for intriguing first person mysteries. Robert B. Parker, again, for obvious reasons... :)
RUSTY: In high school, I considered Steinbeck the greatest 20th century author. He was more accessible, and appealed to my teenage angst more than, say, Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby has gotten a whole lot better since I read it in the 60's).
I was introduced to Vonnegut in 1969 when Cat's Cradle was assigned in my college freshman English course. Thus began a life-long love of his novels. I read Timequake in 2005, which Vonnegut called in the Prologue "my last book." Two years later he was dead.
Robbins and Moore replaced other writers as role models as I recognized what I could do relatively well (offbeat humor) and what I couldn't do at all (serious literary fiction) as a writer.
MELISSA: I'm always adding new authors to my list.
If you could write like any one author, which one would that be? If it's not the same ones you listed above, why this one?
WILLIAM: I am still a passionate fan of the 'locked room/impossible crime' kind of books, and have tried more than once to make one work out. I guess it would be "Written by Agatha Queen Doyle" if it ever comes together... :)
RUSTY: J. K. Rowling, maybe? She's sold 400,000,000 books in 16 years and earned an estimated $800,000,000 in royalties. I don't really write for the money, but it'd be kind of fun to get a 7 figure royalty check once in your life.
MELISSA: Every author has their own distinct voice, so I'd have to say I don't want to "write" like any specific author. What I do hope to achieve is to grow and improve my own voice, learning to have the discipline, confidence and determination of all those listed above.
What do you think I should ask them about next? I'm thinking of things like:
What type of software do you use for writing? Do you use any at all?
What type of software do you use for plotting? I've heard so many different ideas that I wonder what other writers use. I'm curious, but I also have a selfish reason for asking this. I'm always trying to think of ways to streamline or improve my process. Maybe next week we can cover that topic!
Oh, and another topic comes to mind! Rusty has another book coming out. We should find out about it. We should also ask William and Melissa if they have any works debuting soon!
Hmm. I'll have to do those articles under my Houston Books Examiner Title. And now I see I have three categories for subscribers. Books, Writing, Restaurants. So does that mean if someone subscribes to my Books articles they wouldn't get my Writing articles? Wait… what? Writers read. That doesn't seem quite right. Heck I don't even know who is subscribed to what, so I don't even know which subscriber to ask. Okay, so if you have an answer to that, feel free to email or message me!


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Rated 5 out of 5 by pretzel Try something new that is worth a thrill This Malbec is a good alternate to any Cabernet that you may have tried. Ayllu is so tasty and it has nice notes of berries and other fruits. It will do well w/steaks and any other red meats. Ayllu has so many forest tree smells. April 14, 2014
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Cisco WebEx is a software for online video conferencing. Along with conventional telephone conferencing, WebEx allows web-based collaborative sessions to share video, audio (VoIP) and desktop/applications. Users can join a session using telephones, computers, or mobile devices. Since it does not involve downloading or installing any software, WebEx can be used to invite both internal and external participants.
Watch this video for WebEx Basics.
What Are The Potential Uses Of WebEx?
- In school meetings with employees at remote locations or traveling
- Tenure committee meetings
- Interview for prospective hires
- Admissions and recruiting
- Online orientation
- Technical support of faculty/staff/students
- Focus groups and research
WebEx Session Types
WebEx Meeting Center, Training Center, Event and Support Center offer specialized web conferencing services. Click the links below for details of each meeting center, or this PDF file for a list of meeting center features.
How To Get Started?
Request a host account: Email your request to email@example.com.
Account cost: $750 per year for one host account.
- One host account limit for each department/school.
- Each account can host unlimited numbers of meetings, but only one concurrent meeting at a time (except the Support Center).
For instance, the host can schedule a meeting from 1PM-2PM, and another one from 2PM-3PM, and so on. Hosts cannot schedule overlapped meetings, such as one meeting from 1PM-2PM, then another one from 1:30PM-2:30PM on the same day.
Additional cost for audio (Optional): WebEx integrated audio allows users to connect by free Internet voice conferencing (VoIP), via phone, or by a call back to a number of your choice. When sending an account request, specify which audio options you would like to be enabled with the host account. Additional cost might occur and be billed separately to the host when users joined a session by phone. The host can select one or more audio options when scheduling a meeting:
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|When enabled, a pop-up dialogue box automatically displays when entering a meeting. Participants type in a phone number to receive a direct call from the voice conference.
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Note: UMKC phones are charged for long-distance, non toll-free calls.
UMKC WebEx Portal: Users with host accounts can visit the site below and login to schedule and manage meetings:
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Overview of WebEx Meetings (HTML)
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"How Do I" Videos:To learn how to use features within a WebEx service, click a topic of interest, such as Meeting Center, Training Center, etc. Each topic contains specific tutorials for how to set up a meeting, using the audio, and using in-session tools. Check some of the highlighted tutorials for the Meeting Center below:
Navigating Your WebEx Site (Video)
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Using the Audio (Video)
WebEx Knowledge Base: Find articles by typing in a sentence that describes the problem, or just browse a list of articles.
Documentation: Find frequently asked questions for different service centers, release note and quick start guide for mobile devices.
WebEx is available on most mobile devices, including iPads, iPhones, Android, and Windows 8 phones. Attendees can join by meeting number or a URL. It is not suggested to host a meeting with mobile devices due to the lack of advanced functions in the mobile version.
WebEx University: Obtain advanced and personalized training from the WebEx on-line training center.
UMKC Contact: email@example.com
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Are All Physicians Insured Against Medical Malpractice Claims?
Most practicing healthcare professionals in the United States are required to purchase medical malpractice insurance, which compensates patients who are injured or killed as a result of the medical professional's mistakes.
How does medical malpractice insurance benefit you-the patient? It should give you the peace of mind of knowing that if you're injured while under a doctor's care, your physician will have the money necessary to compensate you for your injuries and pay for your healthcare-related expenses.
Medical Malpractice Insurance-Or the Equivalent
If you cause a car crash that leaves others injured, your automobile insurance will, in most instances, compensate those victims. While you might have to pay a small deductible, you won't have to sell your home or empty your bank accounts to pay the people who were injured. Medical malpractice insurance offers a similar type of financial protection for doctors, nurses, hospitals and other medical providers.
Most states require doctors to purchase medical malpractice insurance. As with auto insurance, doctors may be required to have a minimum level of coverage. In Connecticut, for example, doctors must purchase insurance that will pay at least $500,000 per incident or $1.5 million per year.
In some states, such as Florida, a doctor may choose to purchase insurance or to self insure. That means the doctor will keep an escrow account with money in it that can only be used to pay for medical malpractice claims. In Florida, for example, the minimum balance in that escrow account is $250,000.
A few states, including New York, don't require doctors to carry medical malpractice insurance. But even in states where medical malpractice insurance isn't required under the law, most hospitals and medical practices will require a doctor to obtain insurance before allowing the doctor to practice in their facilities.
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Anzu Wyliei – the dinosaur "chicken from hell" – was unveiled this week by scientists who pieced together fossil skeletons and discovered a 10-foot, 500 pound bird-like dinosaur.
According to NBC News on March 19, Anzu Wyliei "lived around 66 million years ago in the Dakotas," and "could be considered a mashup on several levels. It had the crested head and toothless beak that would typically be associated with a modern-day flightless bird known as the cassowary, and it probably sported feathers as well. But it also had the sharp claws and robust tail of a dinosaur."
Scientists say sharp claws on the "chicken" dinosaur could counter potential predators like the king of all beasts at the time – Tyrannosaurus rex.
"We jokingly call this thing the 'Chicken From Hell,' and I think that's pretty appropriate," said paleontologist Matthew Lamanna at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh.
The name of the new dinosaur is itself a fusion of a few different things. "Anzu," from Sumerian mythology, is a lion-headed eagle (similar to the griffin) and the son of the bird goddess Siris. "Wylie," on the other hand, is the name of the Pittsburgh museum trustee's dinosaur-loving grandson.
Anzu Wyliei's bones are being housed at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hans-Dieter Sues, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, says Anzu Wyliei gives a more complete picture of the dinosaur group oviraptorosaurs – meaning "egg thief lizards" – a group of feathered dinosaurs from the Cretaceous Period.
Based on the skull and jaw, scientists think Anzu was an omnivore, eating both meat and eggs as well as plants.
"For almost a hundred years, the presence of oviraptorosaurs in North America was only known from a few bits of skeleton, and the details of their appearance and biology remained a mystery," Sues said. "With the discovery of A. wyliei, we finally have the fossil evidence to show what this species looked like and how it is related to other dinosaurs."
Matt Lamanna, an assistant curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, told CNN that the dinosaur probably weighed about 600 pounds and looked like a cross between an ostrich and a velociraptor.
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??????????? ? TUCSON , Ariz. ?C?Arizona senior David Coulon has been named the national Proline Pitcher of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, as well as the Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week it was announced on Tuesday. Coulonˇ?s NCBWA honors automatically places him on the 2008 Roger Clemens Award watch list and his conference honors are the second in his four-year career at Arizona.
????????????The southpaw tied a career-high with 11 strikeouts and?tossed a one-hitter over eight dominating innings to help the Wildcats run their scoreless streak to 18 straight innings in a 3-0 win over the Islanders at the Whataburger College Classic in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Saturday.
The senior, who was perfect through the first four innings, had little trouble in his third start of the year, retiring the TAMUCC side in order in seven of his eight frames of work and recording at least one K in all eight innings, including the side in the eighth. He faced just two batters over the minimum for eight innings of work, allowing just a double and walk in the fifth, and worked out of?the jam (second and third with one out), with a flyout and a K to keep the Islanders off the board and preserve the shut out streak.
Coulon's effort on Saturday played a major part in a dominating pitching effort by the Wildcat staff. UA shut out all three opponents and finished the weekend with 39 strikeouts and only three walks in 27 innings pitched. South Alabama, TAMUCC and Notre Dame combined to collect just 11 hits for the weekend and bat a lowly .117.
Coulon and the top-ranked Wildcats return to action this weekend when they host No. 20 Cal State Fullerton in a three-game series at Kindall Field in Tucson. Coulon is slated to start Saturdayˇ?s 6 p.m. contest.


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Jul 14, 2010 11:06 AM
Cool, white glazed porcelain doesn't look predicable in the Fast Vase ($125) by Rosenthal Studio Line. We've seen enough tea cups and standard shapes for a lifetime, so this speedy shape really shakes things up. Give your table instant movement... Woosh.
It's clear to us that this vase couldn't exist without Futurism, an Anti-Romantic art movement founded in Italy in 1909. Specifically, it reminds us of the in-motion sculpture, Unique Forms of Continuity in Space by Umberto Boccioni. Futurism embraced the tech breakthroughs of the early 20th century, and expressed a new world order with dynamic art that glorified speed and movement. For tons of great pictures check Futurism e-visited; to really get into the thick of it, read the Futurist Manifestos.
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The "GTA Online" and single-player modes of "Grand Theft Auto 5" are getting another round of new DLC. According to a report from Aus Gamers on Feb 28, Rockstar Games announced a business-themed expansion for "GTA 5."
Players will have the opportunity to purchase two new weapons in the heavy pistol and special carbine along with the following three sports cars: Albany Alpha, Dinka Jester and Grotti Turismo R. The Vestra airplane, in addition to more customizable clothing options, can also be bought.
The new cars will automatically be added to the personal garages of players while the weapons are going to be immediately made available on the inventory screen in the campaign mode of "GTA 5." The sports vehicles have to be purchased using the Elitas and Legendary Motorsport shops in "GTA Online." The heavy pistol and special carbine also have to be acquired from the Ammu-Nation store while playing multiplayer. You can find some screens of the new downloadable contents, as well as several other shots from the open-world action-adventure video game, in the slideshow to the left side of this article.
The new business-themed expansion will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of "GTA 5" on March 4th. Similar to the previous DLC releases for the fifth main installment of the "Grand Theft Auto" series, the new pack will be available at no additional costs.
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Is there some counter that holds the number of
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No such counter exists, as far as I know. However, a running count of the number of chapters within a part can easily be done (see below).
Accessing the total number of chapters within a part at any point of the document (e.g. at the very beginning of a the part in question) is a little trickier. That would probably require running a first pass, retrieving information on the number of chapters from the auxiliary files, processing it, and running a second pass. I don't know how to do that.


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La Petite Academy, Childtime, and Tutor Time Learning Centers are the second-, third- and fourth-largest childcare centers in North America. They are collectively managed by a single organization, Learning Care Group, which recently decided to make their websites a major portion of their marketing effort. Learning Care Group increased their online advertising and redesigned websites to better match the message of each brand.
Google Analytics Case Study: Childtime and Tutor Time Learning Care Centers
The Problem
To test the effectiveness of the new strategy, Learning Care Group required systematic, meaningful business metrics to identify the ways that visitors used the sites and how the sites grew their business.
They decided to take the approach of three different kinds of online advertising: Internet Yellow Pages, AdWords, and standard media buys.
The Approach
Learning Care Group's agency of record, re:group, invited Pure Visibility in to provide internet marketing as part of their larger integrated marketing plan. Pure Visibility recommended the implementation of Google Analytics because of its business-focused orientation and detailed data categorization capabilities. There were two major goals in this effort.
The first was to provide accurate data and reporting. The second was to identify the behavior of market segments, particularly the segments coming to the site through online marketing. Our analysis emphasized web-based conversions from their Yellow Page Advertising and Google AdWords advertising. This effort characterized and analyzed the behavior of its website visitors to identify opportunities for improving conversions of both types of leads.
Pure Visibility also added tags to the incoming Online Yellow Page listing data in order to specifically track the visitors from that category. We already had analytics data set up for the AdWords campaigns, so we were able to add the IYP data as a category of referrals, along with organic and PPC traffic.
Three major aspects of user behavior were analyzed, including:
- Conversion rates from specific parts of the website
- Conversion funnels using particular content
- Bail out rates by different types of visitors.
Because the site depended on a complex handshake dynamic with lengthy, non-human readable URLS submitted to an off-site vendor to determine site locations, Pure Visibility created a series of filters to simply categorize the steps in the conversion funnel.
This approach allowed the funnels to be described in meaningful ways to the non-technical users who were trying to determine a simple way to measure traffic in their site.
The most important initial information provided to the client was accurate, differentiated information for incoming traffic. Google Analytics allowed the client to determine explicitly traffic proportions, conversion rates, and the cost per conversion from the different marketing channels.
This clarity in and of itself was a huge improvement over the existing state of the website analytics, which up to that point had been provided as a single block of undifferentiated visitor traffic.
We then went deeper into analytical domains that would tell us who the visitors were and what they did once they got there.
Analytics Helps us Tell a Clear Marketing Story
The analytics tool also allowed us to describe the behaviors of visitors to these websites in terms that the clients, experts in traditional marketing, could easily understand.
First, we identified the patterns of consumers arriving through two key channels: Internet Yellow Pages (IYP) and Pay Per Click (PPC).The behaviors of visitors from these channels on the site tell us both about their expectations and their success in matching those expectations. We found that:
- Different pages in the website serve different sales cycle stages.
- IYP visitors converted best from the information dense sections of the site.
- Paid Search Visitors converted equally well from both the low-density and high-density section of the site.
- Link titles and menu text did not accurately convey the purpose of those pages to website visitors.
In short, we found that IYP visitors had lower conversion rates on certain clickpaths than PPC visitors. We also found that PPC visitors, while more likely to leave immediately, were more likely to become leads than IYP visitors once they started to move around the site.
These 21st century findings can be applied to traditional marketing philosophies to improve the websites and better serve Childtime and Tutor Time's parents.
Essentially, we determined that consumers who came from the IYP and PPC channels were at very different stages of the sales cycle, and as a result they behaved in different ways.
Because Paid Directories are more specific and focused in their search structure, IYP visitors coming to the websites had already done some exploring. They understood the lay of the land, and were now considering and narrowing their alternatives before buying.
As a result the client could design pages for a mindset that included:
- Narrower terms and concept categories
- Location is probably a more important factor
- Questions are focused and targeted on topics like safety, curriculum, hours, etc.
Paid search visitors, in contrast, were earlier in the sales cycle. They were curious about everything, but may dismiss a website on a gut whim reaction. We recommended that the client design pages that were for a mindset that was:
- Still learning about the topic space, so is less picky about the information available
- Using general terms and searches
- Comfortable with broad cross-category inclusion
- Gave access to rapid, low-detail information queries of multiple candidates and concepts
Our entire approach is based on this understanding of how people buy. But one of the exciting things about websites is that, if properly handled, they can be configured to meet the needs of nearly ALL visitors, regardless of their place in the sales cycle.
Analytics Drives Specific, Usable Recommendations
Our recommendations based on these findings were as follows:
- Create separate landing pages for incoming IYP visitors and Google AdWords visitors
- Create focus and density of content for IYP visitors to help them make a final decision
- Change the descriptions of the link titles in order to make them better match the expectations of visitors selecting them
- Eliminate one particular internet marketing source whose cost per lead was 500 times higher than any other kind of internet marketing
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text: We're not the only women to spritz on our boyfriend's scent when we're in the mood. But we don't think he's ever returned the favor. This unisex scent might actually tempt him with its notes of black leather, plum, and cedarwood. At the very least, he'll find us tempting when we wear it.


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So... I have studied for CCNA and such and been working with IP networking at the least the past 8 years or so. I have always seen and been told that the network address for a subnet is not a valid host address. Now first I will start by saying I know this is true. My question is more... is there a technical reason it can not be used or was it just arbitrarily agreed upon when the specification was designed? I understand why a broadcast address can not be used (because it is ACTUALLY used). The thing is when I see a network address used it is normally only in routing which is specifically using NETWORK addresses. This being the case, (network addresses being used only when you are expecting a network address) is there some technical reason that they could not have the network address be an actual valid host address?
As far as I understand, "network address" as a special address is an artifact from the classful IP networks from the past. Today, we use Classless Inter-domain Routing (CIDR) on the Internet, which does not have the concept of a network address (if you look at the RFC 4632 linked above, you'll see that it lists 256 possible IP addresses per legacy "C" block, e.g. no reserved addresses for either network or broadcast address (although broadcasts are defined as essential in other RFCs).
This being said, you still should not assign a network address to any specific host in a network: Network address is essential for routing. This concept is used extensively in RFCs (RFC 1812). Just look at the routing tables (
Even worse: it is better not to assign IP addresses ending in zero even if this address is not a network address. E.g. if your network is 10.10.0.0/255.255.0.0, IP address 10.10.5.0 is not your network address, but you'd better not assign such IP even though it is completely valid even on classful IP networks. Some legacy software/IP stacks may have problems with it.
UPDATE: by goblinlord
According to RFC 1812 (Section 22.214.171.124) what we call a network address was originally used for "directed broadcasts" which would send a broadcast packet to the desired network. This function was made obsolete because of SMURF attacks. The function was officially changed in RFC 2644. Subsequently, further implementations should silently drop packets with a source address as described (the network address). While this is what should happen I am curious as to how many implementations actually do so.
This is further added to in RFC 3021 when /31 subnetting was addressed.
So the practical answer is: It really depends. It depends on:
I've not delved very deep into this but it seems that most ISPs do not block you from assigning and using your network address and I have not run into any problems accessing any sites in testing this; it seems that ultimately it's all left up to the network administrators' whims.
I'm sure there are security analysts and hackers out there who have insanely detailed stats on exactly how many variants of TCP-IP stack implementations are out there and what the do and do not accommodate or allow and exactly how and where they miss their mark.
Matter of fact, I'm browsing and posting this from my network address.
Don't call me a bad netizen unless you have a better solution to fixing this house of cards: the reality is that if it's possible, it will happen. The reality is that nobody really smart enough sat down and thought this whole thing through in all its possible iterations in order to come up with a completely fool-proof design. The result? Standards where a lot of things don't add up and/or get lost in translation.
Welcome to the real world. Don't let that dissuade you from chasing the ever elusive optimal ideals... Just don't expect support from the "official" channels or forums unless you are willing to get your hands dirty and dedicate your time and life to it.
So, I think what the other posters were trying to say: If you want to make this official policy and use it in production, you're on your own. (But aren't you anyways?) Maybe we'll strike it lucky and have a computer intelligence design us an IPv8 that's backwards compatible with IPv4 and IPv6 and all their broken implementations.
I'm new to network but I'll give my 2 cents as well.
If I have a /28 subnetwork from x.x.x.0 - x.x.x.15 According to the predefined rules we would have 14 usable hosts and 2 remaining. the remaining are for network and broadcast.
Lets, instead of following the rule above, actually use all 16 hosts. Then in that case all would be ok, no problems. But if communucation was needed outside the network then it would not be possible because of lack of resources to send or recieve the information.
I'm not great at explaining but to put it another way.
If I lived in a house on a street and the street contained 14 houses. A laneway in and out for access to the main road.
My mailing address would range from 1-14 Personal Street, Off Network Road.
That would be no problem for the mail man. Now lets assume the developers got greedy and added 2 more house and got rid of the laneways.
Then my new mailing address would range from 1-16 Personal Street
In this instance the mail man would be in trouble.
This is a guess, let me know if I'm talking bull.
The network address allows you to build route tables with fixed-size (4-bytes IPv4) destination column and fixed-size binary operations so that host routing and network routing is actually the same thing.
Imagine a routing table like this: (this PC has a parallel connection with another PC and a network card)
The AND between the IP address and the netmask gives you exactly what you need, a 4 bytes number which can be compared against each line without further calculations.
So the host number zero is special in the sense that after the AND operation its address naturally represents the whole network.
If you decided to use the network number as a host number it would result in a table like this:
This seems legit, so I suppose the concept of network address is used for routing reasons and thus it was decided arbitrarily to mark it as a special address and prohibit its use as a host address.
Well... actually it's not that simple. I decided to give it a try (!!!):
At present the network programs don't allow me to use a network number as a normal address.
Whilst searching for the answer to this question I came across this article from Cisco. The following quote from that article sums it up nicely I think.
Avoiding confusion is a good enough reason for me.
RFC 1122 ("Requirements for Internet Hosts -- Communication Layers") prohibits it:
A network address is not considered a host address but it is just a number. In address limited areas such as point-to-point networks a /30 mask is used often, yet still utilizes the host addresses. A lesser practice, but achieves the same principle is to use a /31 mask and use one end as the network address and the other as the broadcast.


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It won't exactly deliver on the performance promise either, with sequential read and write speeds of 90MB/s and 30MB/s respectively. A 16GB model will offer the same read and write speeds as the 8GB unit, while the larger 32GB drive will raise them to 150MB/s and 60MB/s, and a range-topping 64GB model offers 150MB/s and 100MB/s. You can expect to pay $175 for the latter, which puts the drive up against Kingston's equivalent SSDNow series offering.
Unfortunately, no specific pricing is mentioned for the models in-between. For your reference, Intel is offering the 40GB X25-V with read and write speeds of 170MB/s and 35MB/s for around $120, while OCZ has the 32GB Onyx delivering 125MB/s and 70MB/s speeds with a price tag of just under $100.


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- Incentives to U.S. railroads could boost ag shipments, save millions for farmers
- Clogged roads expensive
• A big key to growing markets, both domestic and international, is being able to deliver our farm products in an efficient manner, and one way to do that is to boost federal investment tax credits and accelerated depreciation schedules for railroads, according to a new report done for the United Soybean Board.
The Urban Mobility Report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute earlier this year noted that clogged roads cost the nation $121 billion in time and fuel in 2011. It is projected that in just the next seven years traffic congestion costs will increase by 65 percent, and hours of lost time by 55 percent if the status quo is maintained (and even status quo would not be a good bet given the fiscal hole the government has dug itself into).
A 2007 U.S. Department of Transportation study showed the breakdown of shipping the nation's cereal grains and agricultural products at 49 percent for trucks, 23 percent for barges, and 30 percent for rail.
A significant influence on the use of trucks in recent years has been the hauling of corn to ethanol plants, the USB study points out. While corn for export is relying more heavily on rail, almost all the corn for ethanol is transported by trucks, now about 80 percent of domestic corn shipments.
Transportation issues for agriculture will be the focus of the first ever Agricultural Transportation Summit July 30-31 at Rosemont, Ill., bringing together leaders of agricultural producer organizations, agribusinesses, and government. It will be conducted jointly by the USDA, the Soy Transportation Coalition, and the National Grains and Feed Association (See conference info here: http://bit.ly/ZZTNVi).
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Dennis Northcutt
At the time of his induction, Dennis Northcutt held 12 school records and ranked second on the Pac-10 Conference career-record lists with 223 receptions for 3,252 yards. In 1999, Dennis was and All-America first team selection as an all-purpose back by SportsPage.com, the Associated Press and Football writers Association. He also earned first team honors as a receiver from the American Football Coaches Association and second team accolades from The Sporting News. Dennis was also a first team All-Pac-10 selection in 1999. Dennis was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round, 32nd overall, in the 2000 NFL Draft. At the time of his induction, Dennis was in his 7th season with the Browns. In 2004 he led the team with 55 receptions and a career high 806 yards in receiving. He also had a career high 432 punt return yards and matched career high 36 punt returns that same season. In 2005 he played in all 16 games, including seven starts, and ranked third on the team with 42 receptions for 441 yards (10.5 avg.). He Added 35 punt returns for 368 yards and became the franchise leader with 174 career punt returns and 1,837 career punt return yards.


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Babo Speaks from Lima
"deep memories yield no epitaphs"
— Melville
The sun, like a round white bone,
beat our backs—this press borne
westward by the chains of that world
turning and whipped by wind
tattering shrouds furled even against
the broad black shoulders of night—
beat the caulked boards, our bare feet
burning, our wounds salt-stitched and raw;
beat the ocean's eyes to diamonds;
beat down the tiny fishes that leapt in us.
What was it we wore around our
blood and wishes? Some tarred
covering as thin as the inside of a mirror.
Something blue eyes feared for the fear
reflected back at them. Judgments.
Evidence. Drumheads reverberant
with the beat of rowlocks and oars;
beat of the prow crashing toward
that vast, awful, undulating unknown;
beat each of us carried between
our ribs like a thousand nights
alive with legs and firelight, nights
I reclaimed sometimes in the quiet
moments when the firmament,
frozen there in the square of the open hold,
seemed like a sieve through which our untold
protests pulsed. For days I waited.
Watched. When Aranda paced the deck,
my malice followed as close as the famished,
fire-eyed, gale-blasted gulls, which lunged
incessantly at the aft. My head was a hive.
The sea the field of sorghum I'd scythed
before the dry wind blew in from Iberia.
I could no longer remember my daughter,
my wife. I sought them in the women confined
alongside me, and in every eye I spied
a mask I recognized. Night fell as night will fall.
I mined the eyes of Atufal and bade Dago
dig a Spanish grave out of the deep.
How black! How bilious, black, and sweet-
sick blood looks when splashed in moonlight.
I retched at the raw-egg stench of it
the way a boy will to smell a butchered pig.
Death watched, jack-eyed and fettered.
Hatchets dripped. Out of the forecastle
a fowl piped in its ague. All I knew a-keel,
my vision drowned, but come the sun
my purpose swam through the wrack.
I'd yaw even though we'd wreck. I'd barnacle.
O master, I'd try you out to your masts—
fittingly—and my hard heart crash me
back toward home like a figurehead, a figurehead.
Published in Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies, Fall 2006


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Twitter bits with Stacy Keibler, Bret Hart, and Roddy Piper
Nov 20, 2013 - by Steve Gerweck
Just another Tuesday…
Photo Credit @jaredeng http://t.co/pEVmB34FLn
— Stacy Keibler (@StacyKeibler) November 20, 2013
I played in a Texas Hold Em Tournament tonight – was a lot of fun! http://t.co/Jypkf17VXH
— Bret Hart (@BretHart) November 20, 2013
Rocking Niagara Falls for charity. Featuring Ed Manion from the E-Street band with Hot Rod and @alansnoddy pic.twitter.com/cjY5Kd4eeH
— Rowdy Roddy Piper (@R_Roddy_Piper) November 18, 2013


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A quick visual inspection at the Shimano SLX crankset indicates a two-by version on the left using a different spider design than the triple crankset pictured to the right. And the use of Torx chainring bolts indicates that they may be made of aluminum. Shimano SLX Walk-through for 2013 Shimano has not given


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By Rob Moseley
Editor, GoDucks.com
The 32nd head coach in Oregon football history exited the Hatfield-Dowlin Complex into a bright sun Saturday morning, the pageantry of an Autzen Stadium game day crescendoing around him.
It might have been a moment for Mark Helfrich to pause and reflect. To take a deep breath, and recall the journey that brought him to this moment.
His roots in Coos Bay (acknowledged with a photo of Steve Prefontaine on the offense's laminated play sheet). The dad who helped teach him the game (remembered with a photo Helfrich taped to a schedule for the day). The playing career at Southern Oregon University, and in Europe. Earlier coaching stops, and the men there who mentored him.
In short, it might have been a chance for Helfrich to soak up the historic moment when he first took the field as CEO of Oregon football. Instead, he started barking orders.
"Five lines," Helfrich said to the defensive backs milling around in front of him, preparing to walk the few yards from the H-D complex to Autzen.
A couple of shirt tails then caught his attention. "Everybody tuck in," Helfrich added.
If there would be time to reflect, it would have to come later. There were too many details for Helfrich to consider as the No. 3 Ducks prepared to face Nicholls on Saturday in his head coaching debut.
"There's so much stuff, you don't really have time for that," Helfrich said later, as he leaned against a wall outside Oregon's locker room following the Ducks' 66-3 victory. "Maybe on a vacation or something, you take a couple minutes to kind of go, 'Hey, this is cool.' But then you're on to something else – somebody missed a class or something."
Helfrich's attention to detail was on display throughout the week leading up to Saturday's 2013 season opener.
At practice Wednesday, the day ended with the Ducks going through their pre-practice stretch again; Helfrich had been unimpressed with their precision to start the morning. On Friday, his talk in the post-practice huddle included mention of an ejection for targeting in a college game played the night before, making the ejection of Oregon's Terrance Mitchell on Saturday all the more disappointing.
"He, like the rest of us, is just consumed by getting these guys ready to play," said UO tight ends coach and special teams coordinator Tom Osborne, whose career has intersected with Helfrich's at three different stops over the years. "I mean, it's still hard for us to realize we went to the Rose Bowl, because we went right out recruiting."
That's not to say, however, that Helfrich has let the job change him.
After a recent meeting, Osborne said, Helfrich lingered a moment to pick up water bottles that had been left behind. Saturday morning, as the Ducks left the H-D Complex for their "March to Victory," the guy standing at the building entrance, holding the doors as the players exited, was their unassuming head coach. He shook hands with security staff before the game, and some Nicholls players on the field afterward.
One more anecdote: During lunch Friday in the facility's dining hall, a support staff member was seated at a table chatting with co-workers. As Helfrich walked by, the staffer said hello. Oregon's head football coach, a guy making around $2 million annually, stopped and smiled … then leaned down, picked up the empty tray from in front of the staff member and walked off.
"I'm totally confused why you did that," the staffer said later with bewilderment.
"Well, you were done, weren't you?" Helfrich said.
Typical, according to Osborne.
"Some guys, they switch the switch, they're the head coach and their personality changes," Osborne said. "Mark has done a very good job. Mark's still Mark. He hasn't changed.
"Now, we haven't lost a game, either. So you don't know how that's going to affect him. And we haven't won a lot; sometimes that can change people. But I haven't seen that yet."
An Oregon kid from a football background who grew up cheering for the Ducks – in some ways, it seems Mark Helfrich was made for this job. Maybe that's why he seemed so comfortable the week of his debut as head coach.
"He just been so confident, so calm," offensive coordinator Scott Frost said. "It's like he's been doing this for 20 years."
Helfrich had the confidence and conviction to put his own stamp on elements of the program, if subtly, despite what was most certainly a winning formula under predecessor Chip Kelly.
In Friday night's team meeting, Helfrich – a scholar who one dreamed of being a doctor – gave a talk that hit on elements of history (Henry V), sociology (Jackie Robinson) and poetry (Shakespeare).
When the Ducks took the field to the roar of the Autzen Stadium crowd Saturday, bursting from the tunnel in the west end zone, the torrent of men flooding the field notably lacked one face – Helfrich. Unlike Kelly, Helfrich lingered at the tunnel's mouth as team leaders led the Ducks onto the field. Once everyone had rushed past, Helfrich unassumingly lowered his head and strolled to the sideline.
"Any time things are player-driven, they're better," he said later.
"And," he added, "I think it looks cool."
Over the course of the game, there was indeed one moment when Helfrich mentally stepped out of the coaching bubble and soaked in the atmosphere. But even then, it wasn't to reflect on the monumental occasion of his first game as UO head coach.
It happened between the third and fourth quarters, during the traditional playing of "Shout" on the stadium video board.
"I was looking around going, 'It would be fun to be a fan right now,'" Helfrich said. "But not in terms of me, no."
Ultimately, there was one time Helfrich wasn't able to ignore the weight of the occasion. In the locker room after the game, quarterback Marcus Mariota stepped through a mass of teammates, stood on a couch to reach Helfrich and handed him the game ball.
"You want to give a head coach something memorable," Mariota said. "I think that was the right way to do it."
For all the time Helfrich had blocked out the little piece of history he was making, for himself and the program, here finally was a moment in the spotlight.
The Ducks pressed forward around their new head coach in the locker room, yelling out.
"Speech, speech!" they shouted with rising volume.
Suddenly they went quiet, as Helfrich indicated he had something to say. Perhaps he'd finally embrace the emotion of the moment, acknowledge the accomplishment.
Finally, he spoke.
"Chief," Helfrich yelled to Oregon's head athletic trainer, Kevin Steil. "What time's treatment tomorrow?"


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PM rejects Labour criticism of its management of Tiwai Point
Prime Minister John Key is rejecting criticism that Government mismanagement is causing huge stress to workers at the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.
The smelter's owners are locked in negotiations with state-owned Meridian Energy for a deal on cheaper power prices, after rejecting the Government's offer of a short-term subsidy.
Labour says mismanagement of the deal is causing huge stress for workers by putting more than 3000 jobs at risk, should the smelter owners pull out.
The Government has refused to say how much it was offering the smelter's owners.
Labour leader David Shearer says clarity is needed.
But Mr Key denies causing stress for those whose jobs are at stake.
He says the Government has put its "best foot forward, which is the sensible thing to do".
"The Government can't control the fact that Rio Tinto are divesting assets and are going through a major change in their business. What we can do is encourage the parties to try to find a long-term solution."
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Nov. 14, 2008
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -
Men's Tennis Head Coach Billy Pate announced the commitment of two players Friday for the fall of 2009 in Ian Chadwell and Harris Barnard.
"One thing we set out to do the last few years was to focus on attracting the best US players with an emphasis on the top Southern players," said Pate. "We have continued to do that with two outstanding commitments in Ian and Harris."
Chadwell, a native of Franklin, Tenn., is currently ranked No. 20 in the class of 2009 by TennisRecruiting.net. His southern junior singles tennis career includes two USTA Southern Championship wins along with the 2008 18s Southern Closed Doubles title. Chadwell was chosen to represent the USTA Southern Section the previous three years at national team competitions and was a member of the squad that win the National 16s Intersectional Team Championship in 2007.
"Ian is a fantastic addition for us, and we are delighted that he will be joining our squad," Pate added. "He had a distinguished junior career, and he will continue to get better and better. Ian is a tremendously intense competitor and hard worker and will be an ideal team guy. He's a great fit for our program, and I'm confident he's going to have an outstanding career at Alabama."
As part of the Centennial High School tennis team, Chadwell has won the Tennessee High School State Championship in division I AAA as a freshman, sophomore and junior losing just one match in three seasons. This season, he will by vying for a fourth-straight championship which hasn't been accomplished in the state of Tennessee since 1964. The Tennessean named him Boys Tennis Player of the Year in both 2006 and 2008. Chadwell is also the recipient of several sportsmanship awards including the Wes Richards Sportsmanship Award that he was presented at the 2007 National Championship in Kalamazoo, Mich., the Sportsmanship Award at the 2007 International Tennis Federation Fall Circuit in El Paso, Texas and the Sportsman Award at the 2006 Southern 16s Closed Championship.
Barnard, who hails from Dothan, Ala., has been playing USTA Junior Tennis since the age of nine. As a 16 year old, he ranked No. 1 in the state, top 15 in the Southern Section and top 100 nationally. Barnard, a TennisRecruiting.net four-star recruit, is ranked in the top 150 in his class. He is currently enrolled at the Saviano Tennis Academy in Sunrise, Fla., where he trains under Nick Saviano as well as former LSU Tiger Jesse Smatt.
"Harris is another great addition to our team from the Southern section and has experienced a great deal of success on the national level as well," mentioned Pate. "Harris has a very balanced and versatile game and possesses a great deal of upside. He has had an outstanding junior career and has been ranked as the top player in the state. He's an exceptionally hard worker, and I expect his game to grow rapidly in our environment."
Barnard will finish out his high school career at Northview High School in Dothan where he will play 6A tennis for the Cougars. Previously, he attended Houston Academy where he represented the Raiders as a No. 1 doubles champion and No. 2 singles finalist as a freshman.
"Ian and Harris are both outstanding young men who are the type of individuals that will represent our University with the utmost in class and integrity," Pate said. "They have already exuded a great deal of pride in the University, and I'm looking for great things out of both of them."


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A sincere seeker rues the paucity of wise men who can purvey wisdom in a glut of of storytellers and preachers. By M Rajaque Rahman There is a crisis of wisdom in the world today. Information is available in abundance. Knowledge is almost everywhere, but wisdom is very rarely seen. Sacred scriptures, be it the… Read more »
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All, I've been thinking and I need some better intelligence. Some of the PacSats run in 1200baud mode all the time right? AO-16? LO-19? IO-26? I think one just recently lost its mind and they can't get it restarted again... LO-19 maybe??? Anyway, if I remember right IO-26 is usable with UI framed APRS packets, right? Ok, the problem with most peoples setup is they can't do the FM up / SSB down but they could use the Internet if there were a couple of gateways. If this makes sense, I'd be willing to setup some tests on these birds. I can act as an IGate and it would allow two stations within the same footprint to Igate APRS through the birds. I know, I know, you could do the same thing with the inet. But the other option would be digital QSO's with messaging through the sats. Kind of a long wire connecting you to a sat station. If everyone were running UI-View it would even work better as the message handling in UI-View is better than the mechanism in DOS APRS, but either would work. This is just a random thought pattern right now and there might be issues that I don't understand or know, but I figured I'd see what kind of interest it had. Again, just one sat station does no good, it would have to take at least two and within the same footprint. Interestingly, it might be a fun use for the older PacSats that are just orbiting with little or no traffic on them. SSB down could be a little bit of a challenge, but I've copied this birds before with little problem. Thoughts? Alan ---- Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to firstname.lastname@example.com
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I am so jealous of all you New Yorkers right now. You have the opportunity to attend a Skylanders Giants event in Times Square tomorrow and I don't. It is so not fair. I want to go and make a fool of myself, perhaps getting a free Ninjini in the process, tomorrow too! But it is not to be. Only people in New York can visit the Times Square Toys R Us on February 5, 2013 for a chance for fun.
Activision and Toys R Us are teaming up for a special Skylanders Giants event. It's mostly about selling more toys, but is also about giving fans a chance to maybe get something special back. Starting at 4pm EST, there will be Skylanders Giants-themed activities for all kids at the Times Square Toys R Us. It sounds like people will be dressed as Skylanders too and of course there will be demo stations with the game running. There will also be a series of Ninjini giveaways.
Ninjini is the last, unreleased Skylanders Giants giant figure. She's also the only female giant available. She'll cost $15.99 when she's officially released, but people who attend the event might be able to win one early. Her official release date hasn't been announced yet, so I guess this could be considered a big deal for collector's. If you want her, I'd suggest lining up outside the Toys R Us maybe right now, as it sounds like only the first people in line for the event will get her.
That particular Toys R Us will also be holding a big Skylanders Giants sale. There will be Skylander Giants Starter Packs available for $25. That's the thing you need to start playing that includes the game, two regular figures, the Tree-Rex giant figure and the Portal of Power. Toys R Us will also offer its now typical buy two Skylanders Giants figures, get one free deal.
If you need directions, this Toys R Us is at 1514 Broadway at 44th Street in New York. Put that into Google and you should be able to find a route to get there safely.
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Smarteye is the first in a new generation of intelligent reversing safety solutions: a camera system that eradicates blind spots and dramatically reduces collisions thanks to a bird's eye view of the entire vehicle and its immediate surroundings.
Comprising four cameras, placed around the vehicle, Smarteye technology works by "stitching" each image together to provide a complete and accurate panoramic view from above. Each camera's ultrawide angle and 187-degree lens renders a realistic, light-balanced video image displayed in real time on a high-definition cab monitor – with program option to highlight the area of greatest risk.
As part of a controlled experiment, the Smarteye system was set the ultimate test. A driver was tasked with reversing a truck with all of its windows blacked-out. With the system installed, extreme caution, and a slow, steady pace, the challenge was completed easily and in complete safety.
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text: To His Excellency, Archbishop Józef Michalik,President of the Polish Episcopal Conference Your Excellency, His Holiness Benedict XVI has learned with sorrow the news of the train accident that occurred last Saturday night in Szczekociny, near Zawiercie, in which numerous people lost there lives and many more were injured. To you, your Excellency, as President of the Polish Episcopal Conference, he addressed expressions of spiritual closeness and of condolence, asking you to convey his communion with those whom this tragic event has filled with pain and sadness.The Holy Father assures you of his prayers for the victims of this tragic incident, and joins in the mourning of their families and of all of Poland. He wishes to comfort them with the words of Saint Paul: "We believe… that as Jesus died and rose again, so too God will raise those who have died through Jesus together with him" (1 Thess. 4:14).And he implores for all the dead the gift of Divine Mercy, and of life eternal. He prays for a speedy and complete recovery for all those who have been injured. And for those who grieve on account of this tragic accident, he prays for the gift of courage and of peace even in suffering. From his heart he imparts to all his Apostolic Blessing. For my part, I too, offer my sincere condolences, in deep spiritual communion. Sincerely in the Lord,Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State


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PARIS -- More than half
a century after he was interred there, under overcast skies and
an intermittent gentle but breezy drizzle, Vaslav Nijinsky's sepulchre
in the Montmartre Cemetery was opened this morning so that his widow,
Romola, could join him.
Romola's re-interment
from a grave just yards away to Nijinsky's tomb on the graveyard's
rue Samson was first reported in this morning's editions of le Parisien,
and verified in person later this morning by the Dance Insider.
remains were moved to Montmartre in 1953, three years after his
death in London at the age of 60, by his successor at the Ballets
Russes, Serge Lifar, who refused to accede to Romola's wish that
she be buried with her husband when her time came, according to
le Parisien. The former Paris Opera Ballet director no doubt believed
that the grave of a god should not be shared, the newspaper's Julie
Cloris mused.
In 1970, the paper noted,
none other than Picasso introduced Romola to Roland Dumas, an attorney
who took her case to the courts, which rejected her request on the
basis that cemeteries should not be disturbed. Until the Lifar and
Nijinsky families could reach an accord, Tamara Nijinsky, Vaslav
and Romola's daughter, agreed to wait. Romola passed away in 1978
of a painful cancer, reduced to living in servants' quarters in
the Hotel Loti. "When she died," Dumas told le Parisien, "they had
to take her coffin out through the kitchen."
Last year, 26 years
after Romola's death, Lifar's widow, a Swedish countess living in
Switzerland, granted Nijinsky's widow's request and allowed her
to be buried with her husband. As of this morning, her name had
not joined her husband's on the tomb -- but maybe that wouldn't
have mattered to Romola.
Still in our Hearts, Still on the Wrong Map
While we're in the neighborhood:
After we'd verified this morning that Nijinsky's tomb had indeed
been opened (and the grave and its headstone re-sealed with cement),
we stepped a few graves behind the Nijinskys' sepulchre to revisit
the tomb marked "Marie Taglioni." The dozens of 'dead' pointe shoes
donated by dance insiders all over the world were still there, sodden
and seemingly grafted onto the grave. After a Dance Insider/Italian
Institute conference and homage celebrating her bicentennial revealed
last September that in fact it was not Marie Taglioni, but her mother,
who was buried in the tomb, cemetery officials agreed to a Dance
Insider request to obscure Taglioni's name from standing maps at
the cemetery's entrance and nearer to Madame Taglioni's grave on
the rue Samson. (Taglioni, specialist Pierre Lacotte revealed at
the conference, is buried in Pere Lachaise -- where she is not on
the map. Yet.)
Discovering this morning
that the cemetery maps still indicated that "Marie Taglioni, danseuse"
was buried there, we again entreated cemetery officials to remove
or at least cover her name on the map, explaining that dancers from
all over the world come to Paris to pay tribute to the first ballerina
to use pointe artistically, and they shouldn't be directed to the
wrong grave. After some huddling, officials of the Montmartre Cemetery
agreed, again, to the DI's request to place non-transparent tape
over Taglioni's name for now and to request from city cemetery officials
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Over the next week you're going to be hearing about Black Friday and Mega Monday. These are the major shopping days before and after Thanksgiving which many retailers in The USA think signify the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
UK retailers, inevitably, have jumped on board but rather than wait until Friday and next Monday some are hoping to encourage shoppers to start their festive buying early.
Kicking off the week are Play.com with their Monday Madness. These are a number of amazing deals that will be online for 24 hours only. These include Pop Party 8 for just £5.99 saving you £10 which is their deal of the day.
Also getting involved in the Black Friday/Mega Monday sales are Amazon. They're having a Black Friday week. You're going to have to keep your eyes peeled for their offers as according to the site "Black Friday Deals week will feature hundreds of Lightning Deals, daily offers in fashion, plus Deals of the Week."
Monday is also popular for offers at Zavvi as they have a Mega Monday sale every week with up to 80% off selected items. We expect that next week they'll be having a Mega Mega Monday to coincide with Thanksgiving. Watch out for those and a whole host of online Christmas offers that will be coming this week!


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It is only four days until Austin South by Southwest. In preparation, NPR has once again provided a comprehensive look at the 100 best discoveries for festival. Each year NPR Music dives into the 2,000+ acts and puts together a mix they call The Austin 100.
The file is provided for a mere 30 days. You have the option to either download each track individually, or in a single 839MB file. Acts included in the mix are Against Me!, Cloud Nothings, the Dum Dum Girls, Hurray for the Riff Raff, Moon Hooch, Public Service Broadcasting, Until the Ribbon Breaks, and the local Birmingham soul band, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, among others.
SXSW is set for March 7th through the 16th, so download the mix soon. NPR assures that there should be plenty of discoveries that you like and many that you probably have not even heard before now.


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It's difficult not to be moved by the story of Carrie Underwood who was raised on her parents' farm in the rural town of Checotah, Oklahoma and rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol. In the past five years her accomplishments include becoming a multi-platinum selling recording artist, as well as being a multiple Grammy Award winner.
Winning back-to-back Academy of Country Music awards for the Entertainer of the year, Carrie Underwood will be continuing her "Play On Tour" including a concert at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on Tuesday, October 26th. Tickets go on sale on Saturday, April 24 through www.jaxevents.com or www.ticketmaster.com Inspired by the "36 cents" which was written in the lyrics of her album track "Change", a donation of 36 cents for every ticket sold for the fall tour will be presented to the Save the Children's United States Programs.
Special guests included on the fall tour are singer/songwriter Billy Currington and Sons of Silvia Billy Currington, a country music artist, has released three studio albums and has charted with Shania Twain for a total of ten Top 40 country hits. Sons of Sylvia is an American country music trio consists of three brothers with the surname Clark. Adam plays the guitar, mandolin, Ashley is the lead vocalist and plays the fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Austin is a background vocalist and plays the resonator guitar. They will be debuting their album, Revelation, on April 27, 2010.
The "Play On Tour" promises to be an incredible tour. Underwood has been highly praised for her astounding vocals and captivating performances. Enhanced by lighting, electronic effects and backing props, the artistry of Carrie Underwood is a concert that you don't want to miss.
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At the end of the first year of implementing the new "Come, Follow Me" curriculum for LDS youths, I distributed a report card so the kids could tell us how we're doing.
The following week, they brought them back — some stuffed into the cover of their scriptures untouched, most filled out thoughtfully and one with a handwritten, full-page addendum of suggestions for better implementation.
I plan to share the feedback with other youth teachers in our ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a teacher training session, but I thought I'd share some results here as well.
I created my report card using the suggested teaching methods on the "Come, Follow Me" page of www.lds.org that encourages "Teaching in the Savior's Way."
The list suggests that Jesus Christ "loved them, prayed for them and continually served them." So my first question was, "Do your teachers love and serve you?"
Following that same format, other questions were:
• Do your teachers know you and your potential?
• From your perspective, were teachers prepared to teach?
• Did your teachers use scriptures to teach and testify?
• Did your teachers' questions help you in class?
• Did your teachers trust you enough to contribute?
• Did your teachers invite you to act on what you learned?
• How have your teachers been good examples to you?
Other questions asked how the "Come, Follow Me" lessons have helped them outside of class in the realms of strengthening family, preparing them spiritually, helping them counsel together, minister to other youths and teach the gospel.
I also asked the teens' opinions on the 12 monthly themes and repeating the same topics in the same order during the coming year, which received positive feedback.
Then, for the rest of Sunday School class time, we went through the 12 monthly themes and each of the older kids picked a topic to share something they learned last year with the younger kids who were joining our class that day (the room was packed). Our Sunday School journals were invaluable at that moment as each student shared a one-minute overview of a memorable quote or list of notes he or she recorded last year on the topics of the Godhead, the plan of salvation, the Atonement of Jesus Christ, etc. Their impromptu presentations were especially effective when they ended with an "I believe " statement.
In the margins of the anonymous report card, the students also scribbled a list of ideas for a new year of resolutions and areas of improvement for them personally and as a class. From what I can decipher, they personally commit to be more compassionate, more patient, more studious with their scriptures, more positive and more grateful.
Together they hoped to have more unity outside of church, honest adherence to principles taught in "For the Strength of Youth" and missionary moments that might recruit more boys to church (since the ratio of girls to boys in our ward is about 6:1).
As far as grades go, there were more A's than any other mark. Points seemed to be docked mostly for personal applications of the lessons at home and with opportunities to strengthen their families.
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