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The script that that does the job of finding the frame coordinates of all (visible) surveyed reference points on a single frame was developed and tested. Figure G presents a combined output of the developed algorithm showing all major steps of it, while Figs.H-K repeat each plot shown on Fig.G in a larger scale. Staring from the original image (Fig.H and the top left plot on Fig.G) the algorithm proceeds with splitting it into three color components (RGB) and plotting the contour map of intensity of one of components. It should be noted that the reference points appearing white produce the highest intensity in each of the three components, so that any of them could be used in the further analysis. However, it turned out that red and blue components exhibit a more robust behavior.
Figure G. Analyzing the single frame of video.
The contour map for a blue component appears on the top right plot of Fig.G (Fig.I). The algorithm further finds an average intensity for the entire frame and a standard deviation (sigma). The previously computed contour map is then corrected by subtraction an average plus two sigma from each pixel. The results are shown on the bottom left plot of Fig.G (Fig.J). The further correction involves getting rid of the time stamp and finding the centroid of each group of the remaining pixels representing the surveyed reference points. The final results are shown on the bottom right plot of Fig.G (Fig.K). The (u,v) coordinates of each surveyed reference points are also shown for convenience (they are available in the digital format for the further processing as well).
As seen, for this specifically chosen sample of the video data with almost invisible (even by a naked eye) pop-up points, the straightforward algorithm does not detect them as easy as the surveyed reference points. However, if the area where the popped-up points is localized and the corresponding transformation is found (like shown in Fig.F), then the pop-up spots would be easier to detect with respect to the intensity of the surrounding pixels. In practice, for the high-quality video, even this straightforward algorithm assures finding not only the surveyed reference points, but the pop-up points as well.
Figure H. Original image.
Figure I. Intensities of the blue component.
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Meet the Democratic VP Prospect: Chris Dodd
Louise Radnofsky reports on the presidential contest.
Washington Wire offers profiles of those who may be considered as vice presidential candidates. See our earlier profiles of prospects, Democrats: Joe Biden | Kathleen Sebelius | Wesley Clark | Janet Napolitano | Robert Rubin | Sam Nunn | Tim Kaine | Evan Bayh. Republicans: Charlie Crist | Bobby Jindal | Tim Pawlenty | Mitt Romney | Tom Ridge | Rob Portman.
Chris Dodd's three terms in the House and five terms in the Senate make for a powerful resume of campaign and legislative experience if he's among those on the Democrats' VP list. And Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, will likely see the sweeping housing bill he co-authored set to make it through the Senate this weekend. His legislative background and the strength of his fund-raising from big financial institutions might also help him bolster a presidential candidate with weaker economic background.
But those connections could prove costly with some Democratic voters, many of whom feel little sympathy for the banking industry's current woes. Dodd landed in hot water last month when it was revealed that he appeared on a VIP list for home loans prepared by Countrywide Financial Chairman Angelo Mozilo.
A career spent almost entirely in Washington clashes with Barack Obama's message of change. Plus, the Connecticut senator's performance in the presidential campaign was lackluster. He dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination after getting less than 1% of the vote in the Iowa caucuses, though unlike his colleague Joe Biden, the Delaware senator, he avoided major gaffes during his brief run.
On the other hand, Dodd may be a safe choice for operatives unwilling to test the limits of voters contemplating the first African-American major party nominee. His two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic give him a claim to John F. Kennedy's appeal to public service, as well as a command of Spanish that he's happy to air, and his time in the U.S. Army Reserves and Army National Guard allows him to tout some military credentials.
But it's hard to tell how he could strengthen Democrats' chances in 2008. The presidential campaign has reason to take a polite interest — Dodd was swift to transfer his endorsement to the Obama campaign after bowing out of the primaries. A tentative nod at this stage may just be a boost for Dodd's efforts to get his own campaign finances healthy again.
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The one stop shop for all your Pirate clothing
err cheeky i know, but i have 2 x large tri shorts and 2 x large tri monaco tops if any one wants them. £35 inc P&P per item.
not much wear as i only did a few triathlons. they're from the 1st & 2nd orders ca. 2005/2006.
the need to buy an ipad forces sale.
they're nearly new
lets go for Monacos at £25, shorts at £20. guess i probably need ot wait for a new shipload of post order pirates.
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they're nearly new lets go for Monacos at £25, shorts at £20. guess i probably need ot wait for a new shipload of post order pirates.
what size would you say a large is?
large = 42 inch chest i reckon.
i should point out that "nearly new" is an exaggeration. they have been used quite a few times (say 10-20) over the years.
ah sorry. i was hoping to catch the skint triathlete who couldn't stretch to new stuff. being benevolent etc
JD i'll take a monaco and pair of shorts if Schmunkee dosn't mind losing my order.
not exactly skint but feeling guilty about all the new stuff ive been buying recently.
all gone now.
I suppose that the politically correct way would have been to use the PSOF bazaar?
Unless someone wants to kick off a bazaar thread on here.
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Schmunkee, can my order of Monaco and shorts be removed from the list please?
I will need a monaco. ( a munich would be a german enginnered version of a monaco ( or a monaco woul dbe a guchi version of a munich ) ) In any case probably the largest one in the range - so either I can get into it and thus it fits or is baggy, or it bursts and im onto plan b. ( does body paint count as clothing ? )
dunno about shorts but perhaps the same logic applies?
Tri suits wont reach any where near the minimum order I wouldn't think .. just hasn't been the demand for them over the yearsShorts and a top are best combo IMO
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Dog Therapy that is.
That's why Brianne Harris is bringing Knox to the Belk Library and Information Commons, so students can relieve a little stress.Knox is a Canine Good Citizen, and registered with Therapy Dogs, Incorporated. In other words, Knox knows how to be a good listener, and is great for hugging.
Dear colleagues and students,
I am delighted to tell you that the Belk Library & Information Commons will return to 24/5 operation, Sundays through Thursdays, starting on March 16, 2014. Provost Gonzalez and Chancellor Peacock were very eager to make this happen. I appreciate their encouragement and also wish to thank Appalachian State students for considering the Library so important to their success.
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There will be no ABC Express Service from December 21st to January 1st because the libraries at Appalachian State University, Western Carolina, and University of North Carolina Ashvillewill be closed.
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During the first few weeks of September, dancers in Collaborative Process (DAN 4830) have visited the Library twice to learn about its resources: once, on September 10, to learn about library resources for their final papers, and again on September 19, to explore how physical space affects their creative processes. One visit involved sitting in a computer classroom; the other involved actually dancing on the main staircase and in the first floor atrium. In both cases, they used the Library's resources to explore dance intellectually and physically.
The Belk Library would like to thank everyone who applied to serve on this committee. We greatly appreciate your interest in and dedication to the Library.
The Belk Library Student Advisory Committee Members for 2013-2014 are:
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Between Monday July 8th and Wednesday July 31st, the library will be testing connections in EBSCO, ProQuest, Gale, and the Web of Science databases.
The library is testing functionality only – for example, can you get to the resource? Does the ILLiad link work and fill the correct form out with the resource information? We will work on the interface's "look and feel" if the tests prove successful.
The Appalachian campus is now recycling in a single stream. Not sure what that means? All recyclables can be placed in a single bin that are marked with the Single Stream Recycling stickers (the above image). Not sure what can be recycled? Go to the Office of Sustainability's Recycling Guide for a complete list of items accepted for single stream.
This summer, look to the center desk for library services. We've moved all 1st Floor services to that center desk. Need to check out a book, movie, or laptop? That's the place. Have a question about your research or need help with a tech problem? That's right. That's the place.
The latest issue of The Commons, the library's newsletter is now available on the library's giving page. The theme of the Spring 2013 edition is Student learning, and highlights collaborations between librarians and faculty across campus. An interview with Dean Reichel is included, outlining her twenty years of leadership and details about her future assignment in Academic Affairs.


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The AMO team has gotten plenty of feedback about this and we are
trying to ameliorate this problem in an upcoming release. For now, you
can access the "Complete Version History" link which is hidden under
the collapsed "Advanced Details" section on the add-on details page
(e.g. see https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865) that
takes you to the Version History page which will let you download all
known versions of an add-on independent of the version of your browser.
On Apr 1, 2008, at 12:55 PM, David McRitchie wrote:
> As far as I can tell the AMO changes preclude obtaining anything new
> for Nightly.
> The AMO change hide the version numbers, so you can't tell
> if an extension was updated near the current version 2, or
> for anything in version 3. I see no way of obtaining a
> an extension that you don't already have if you are using Nightly.
> Or maybe the way you're supposed to do it is to use another
> browser to download then install into Minefield. What's a
> guy supposed to do. Regardless of very circumspect install
> I see no reason why the version (and the platform for that matter)
> is included on the addons site.
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> that you have to expand, while the user ratings are visible is
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Year: 1984
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Weight: 700 grams (estimated)
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Average Rating: 4.3 in 6 reviews
I've played Pursue The Pennant (DLB's old version), strat-o-matic baseball, and Diamond Mind baseball. I have found Dynasty League Baseball (DLB) to be the most realistic simulator by far.
Strat-o-matic baseball has reasonable re- production of player stats, however it has no situation controls. Example: if you have Eric Gagne pitching in the ninth inning, he has no advantage against everyday hitters. In Strato, the results are totally based on dice rolls. In DLB with a special rating called "jam", Gagne is given an advantage base on this rating.
Diamind Mind (a PC game) is ludicrously unrealistic by comparison. In one recent season I had Mark Mulder OAK (P) hit 2 HR's in and a steal a base in 1 game as a batter?!!? Over 8 games Barry Bonds went 0 for 31!?!?!
The Dynasty League game bases results on probabilites based on player cards as well as situation controls. The controls allow players who excel in real life to excel in gameplay. After 24 years of playing baseball simulators, the dynasty league game is the most accurate and it leaves you feeling that you were involved in a real MLB contest, not like you have been playing a game of random chance, like other simulators. I recommend this product to ANY Baseball enthusiast..
Brookfield, WI
the things i look for most in a baseball game are realism and accuracy. Dynasty League Baseball excells at both of these. From the well designed cards to the extensive and complete charts, this game is an over-all must buy. I highly reccomend this game to all persons that like baseball.
The ad and brochure are hard to resist, with catch phrases like: 'A new era in baseball has begun...realism you never thought possible...for those fans who won't settle for second place.' Well, these guys aren't kidding.
This year's newcomer to the tabletop, Windows and Macintosh baseball simulation market, Dynasty League Baseball, is a clear winner in all respects!
But Dynasty League's coded cards make for a world of difference from other games and eliminate some of the extra chart referencing that slows down PTP. For example, if Roberto Clemente is batting against a left-handed pitcher and the roll falls between 230 and 251, he gets a home run in a 'normal' situation. If the pitcher is in a 'jam' situation, it's a deep drive. On a hit and run play, he fouls it off. And all of this comes right off of Clemente's card! The only one of these three situations that would require additional die rolling is the 'deep drive'.
This is accomplished by the novel use of coding on the player cards. A single range of die rolls on a player card may have up to four different results, depending on the situation (normal, clutch hitting, infield in, tired pitcher, etc). Each of these different situations is coded right on the player card (and the key to what code corresponds to what situation is given on each card as well). If two situations apply, you use the situation closest to the left side of the card. The effect is that you get a wide variety of play results right on the player card without a lot of additional chart referencing.
The basic playing procedure will be familiar to PTP players: three ten-sided dice are rolled and results of 000 to 499 are read from the batter's card while rolls of 500 to 999 come from the pitcher's card. Each player card has
two columns of numbers, one for results vs. lefties and one for results vs. righties.
But Dynasty League's coded cards make for a world of difference from other games and eliminate some of the extra chart referencing that slows down PTP. For example, if Greg Gagne is batting against a left-handed pitcher and the roll falls between 192 and 203, he gets a home run in a 'normal' situation. If the pitcher is in a 'jam' situation, it's a deep drive. On a hit and run play, he fouls it off. And all of this comes right off of Gagne's card! The only one of these three situations that would require additional die rolling is the 'deep drive'.
While we're on the subject of additional die rolling, there WILL be some situations that require extra charts and rolls: deep drives, possible errors, non-forced baserunner advancement, and bizarre plays, to name a few. Cieslinski claims that around 70% of the play results will come directly from the player cards without the need of other charts. I think the percentage is slightly lower, but I won't quibble. There's still less additional chart referencing with Dynasty League than with many other games and no other tabletop game approaches this high level of detail with such a minimal amount of hassle.The rules are easy to learn. The rulebook is twelve pages long, but only the first five are actual game rules. The remaining pages are devoted to rules and tips on how to run your own draft and league. Most of the game's charts come in a spiral-bound booklet (no more fumbling around with scads of loose charts!), plus there are two additional big charts for weather and ballpark effects.
Nearly EVERYTHING affecting a baseball game is quantified in this game (in fact, I can't think of a thing that's left out)! There are numerous ball park effects. Home run chances are affected by wind direction and speed, air temperature, fence distance and height, and how well the ball carries in different parks. Fence distances will affect a baserunner's chance of grabbing extra bases. Ballparks are rated for the size of their foul territory. Park visibility (i.e. how well a batter can see the ball) is taken into account. Pitchers are rated for how well they hold the runners, while catchers are rated on how well they handle pitchers. Runners have three different steal ratings (for second, third, and home). Of course, there are weather effects (with seperate charts for different ballparks and geographical areas). There are even ratings for UMPIRES (i.e. size of strike zone)! Plus there's the usual fatigue, injury, and usage ratings.
But don't think for a second that all of the extra detail makes this acomplex or slow-playing game. Dynasty League Baseball is simple to learn and is a fairly fast play. The box claims 30 minutes as a typical playing time. It'll probably play that fast once I'm more experienced with it, but after a half-dozen games, I'm still hovering around the 40 to 45-minute mark.
The game is graphically well-done: the player cards are easy to read and are the same size as standard baseball cards (always a big plus in my book!). Players' real-life stats are presented right on the cards. The charts are clear and easy to use. Even the dice are good quality; I've been using the exact same brand and style of dice in wargaming for years and I haven't chipped one yet.
Customer service is a big plus with Dynasty League Baseball, too. These are the nicest bunch of guys out of all the game companies that I've talked to. In fact, Mike Cieslinski himself has taken a lot of time from his busy schedule to discuss his theories of game design with me.
I won't recommend this game for AutoLeague play, because only a total masochist would try to play a 162-game season using ANY tabletop game (but take heart, Autoleagers! Dynasty League Baseball has comeout in computer Windows format. But this is a great game for Head-to-Head events, especially if you love color and detail in your baseball simulations.
I honestly try to avoid superlatives and hyperbole in my reviews but, at the risk of sounding like an NBA promo, I LOVE this game! You really owe it to yourself to check this one out. You're going to have a lot of fun with Dynasty League. The ads don't lie: this really IS the last word in realism in baseball simulation gaming!
This Dynasty has everything, and then some
June 19, 1997
Michael Bauman
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports columnist
For those of us who can never stop replaying the 1982 World Series, there may be a solution: Dynasty League Baseball.
In the spirit of interleague play, we sat down recently with the creator of this game, Michael Cieslinski, formerly of Brookfield. Cieslinski has relocated to Florida, undoubtedly in search of better baseball weather, but during a recent visit he was happy to preside over a rematch between the '82 Brewers and Cardinals.
Cieslinski, 38, is a professional in this endeavor. He previously developed the board game Pursue the Pennant, which was an amazingly lifelike representation of baseball. Dynasty League Baseball, which is available as both a board game and a computer game, is even better.
Cieslinski works from a data base that the Internal Revenue Service would envy. It is one thing to have variables on all the basics -- hitting, pitching, fielding. It is another to have range, clutch hitting, injury frequency. It is still another to have weather conditions, umpiring tendencies, team chemistry.
A lifetime of work went into this game, and that is why it works. Cieslinski has a degree in marketing from the University of Miami and he formerly worked in public relations for the minor-league Miami Marlins and the Baltimore Orioles.
But his inspiration for developing these games came in large part, he says, from the excitement generated by that 1982 Series. You can match up just about any teams you want in Dynasty League, but with the 1982 Brewers and Cardinals available, there was no other direction in which to go.
I get to be the Brewers because I wasn't the one who moved to Florida.
So we open in St. Louis, Pete Vuckovich against Joaquin Andujar. That Andujar is really tough, and I believe that my best bet might be to have Jim Gantner get in a fight with him and have him ejected. However, in the spirit of sportsmanship, we just play, the computer version.
It is overcast, but the temperature is in the 70s. That is all of the good news. This is how true-to-life 'Dynasty League Baseball' is: Bob McClure loses in relief.
The score is 10-3, and it reminds you a little too much of the real Game 6 in St. Louis. This time, Silent George Hendrick allows his bat to do the talking, driving in four runs.
We return to Milwaukee County Stadium, where the weather is much colder. But at least the game will be played on natural grass. It's Don Sutton against Bob Forsch in the board game.
The Brewers win, 7-4. Ted Simmons haunts his former teammates with a three-run homer. I would like to take credit for brilliant managerial strategy, but it comes down to this: Cieslinski lets me use Rollie Fingers.
As you know, Fingers was injured during the '82 Series. But he isn't injured in Dynasty League Baseball. Rollie bails the Brewers out of an eighth-inning jam, pitches a spotless ninth, gets the save and justice triumphs.
It just goes to show you what many of us have said all along: It's easier when you can use your Fingers.
Win or lose, this is a terrific game. Cieslinski has done what he set out to do, which was to develop a game that somehow incorporates the multitude of nuances that baseball contains.
You know when the starting pitcher tires. You know which hitters can be counted upon to move the runner and which cannot. You even know which players can be counted upon to break up that double play through sheer hustle.
We don't do much advertising in this space, but a richly deserved exception will be made. You can get more information on the game by calling (561) 752-3323 or visiting designdepot.com.
I picked up a second-hand copy of DLB, and while I am not a huge fan of sports simulations, I still have to admit that this is one class act. I doubt that there has ever been a sports simlation game with this degree of detail, and yet still retaining a good degree of playability and fun.
Each major league player is represented by a stat card, as is usual for this sort of game. What is surprising is how much detail has gone into each player's statistics. Each player is rated for a dizzying array of factors, all of which may come into play during the game.
The rules, while hardly a model of clarity, are also no worse than most games of this genre. They assume (rightfully) that anyone playing the game has more than an average interest in baseball and will have a grasp of most of the rules of the game.
This is not a game about flashy components or interesting new game mechanics. You pick your lineup and begin rolling the dice. You make your decisions as manager about when to steal, when to play in or out, and so on. Much of the game seems to run on auto-pilot, but every roll of the dice feels important, and when you hit a long, high ball and start factoring in the temperature, the wind, and the specifics of a ballpark, realizing that it just sailed over the outfield wall, you know that this game comes closer to any baseball game that doesn't have actual grass under your feet.
Recommended for the serious baseball fan, but for those into it, this will become the One True Game.
I am a baseball boardgame nut and I have owned (and played extensively) over 20 baseball boardgames in my life. This is not one that I would rank near the top of my 'best baseball boardgame' list.
For starters, the charts in the game are tedious and painstaking to use. Just to attempt a stolen base, for instance, requires a minimum of two dice rolls, each one referring to a different set of player ratings (from each team) and then having to be consulted on different charts. While most of the routine results are found on the player cards themselves, there are so many chart references required when attempting to employ any managerial tactics that it almost discourages me from employing some even when I know the situation would be right if it were a live baseball game. The charts are that cumbersome! This is a shame and it leads me to my next point...
The makers of Dynasty Baseball tried to include far too much detail in their game. Many of the ratings are in absurd categories such as catchers receiving grades for how they call a game, umpires getting grades for how large their strike zone is, stadiums being rated for their size of foul territory, or players having results of plays changed based on their 'rust' if they've missed a lot of playing time. How can these things (with the exception of stadium size) be quantified? Do the makers of the game interview every major league manager for their opinions on which catchers call a better game than others??? How about the 'rust' thing? If a player missed one month of the season, for instance, but didn't miss any other playing time all year, then you've only got one 'rusty' period to base the player's rating on - and even that is debatable, since some guys don't get 'rusty' after taking time off. How long does this 'rusty' period the player experienced last? Who decides at what point the player is no longer 'rusty' and that the stats from that point on count as his 'regular' stats? Is everyone considered 'rusty' for the purpose of this rating when the season begins?
There are just too many things in this game that detract from the realism, simplicity, and enjoyment of major league baseball. Every couple of years or so I go back to playing it again for a week or two just to see if my opinion has changed with age, or if I somehow appreciate the game differently, but every time I am soon reminded why this one stays on the shelf 23 out of every 24 months.
There are much better baseball board games out there.


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North American Premiere of Nicholas Ludford: Missa Inclina cor meum & other music from the Peterhouse partbooks (Canterbury Cathedral, c. 1540)
Blue Heron continues its trailblazing exploration of rarely-heard music from early 16th-century England with the North American premiere of a superb festal mass by Nicholas Ludford, recently reconstructed by Nick Sandon.
Time: 4 pm
Tickets: $40 - Section A reserved seating
$25 - Section B general seating
(discounts: Students/Low Income $10, Under 18 FREE)
voices Jennifer Ashe, Michael Barrett, Cameron Beauchamp, Dashon Burton, Pamela Dellal, Paul Guttry, Owen McIntosh, Jason McStoots, Martin Near, Mark Sprinkle, Julia Steinbok, Sonja Tengblad, Shari Wilson
Nicholas Ludford, Missa Inclina cor meum
John Mason, Ave fuit prima salus
Robert Hunt, Ave Maria mater dei
About the Ensemble:
The vocal ensemble Blue Heron, directed by Scott Metcalfe, has been acclaimed by The Boston Globe as "one of the Boston music community's indispensables" and hailed by Alex Ross in The New Yorker for the "expressive intensity" of its interpretations; the Boston Musical Intelligencer calls Blue Heron "a fantastic model for the fully-realized potential of early music performance in the 21st century." Combining a commitment to vivid live performance with the study of original source materials and historical performance practices, Blue Heron ranges over a wide and fascinating repertoire.
Blue Heron's first CD, featuring music by Guillaume Du Fay, was released in 2007; its second, of music from the Peterhouse partbooks by Hugh Aston, Robert Jones, and John Mason, followed in 2010. Both discs have received international critical acclaim and the Peterhouse CD made the Billboard charts. The second volume of Blue Heron's 5-CD series Music from the Peterhouse Partbooks, featuring music of Nicholas Ludford and Richard Pygott, was released in April 2012.
Founded in 1999, Blue Heron presents subscription series in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in New York City. The ensemble has appeared at the Boston Early Music Festival, New York's 92nd Street Y, The Cloisters, and Music Before 1800, Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C., the Pittsburgh Renaissance and Baroque Society, and Monadnock Music in New Hampshire, and with the wind band Piffaro and the viol consort Parthenia in Philadelphia. Blue Heron made its West Coast debut at Festival Mozaic in San Luis Obispo, California, and returned to California in 2012 for a debut at the Berkeley Early Music Festival.


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IN-GAME BLOG: Oilers at Sabres
Minute-by-minute updates as the Oilers take on the Buffalo Sabres
Line Combinations (and defence pairings) for the Oilers:
Defence pairings:
N. Schultz-J.Schultz
Out: Larsen (illness), Jones (healthy)
20:00: Tonight's game is now underway.
19:28: Jeff Petry dangles! That's right, the defenceman with a nice goal and the Oilers are on top 1-0. | EDM 1, BUF 0
#OILERS GOOOAAAL! Well, that was quick! Sore foot? No problem! @PetryJ slides home a backhand 32 seconds in and it's 1-0!
— Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) February 4, 2014
15:22: Hemsky nearly re-directs the puck in past Enroth, but it's just wide of the open net.
14:19: Stafford to the box and the Oilers are on the power play.
13:04: After an offside call, Taylor Hall sent to the box for unsportsmanlike conduct.
11:56: After a big save by Bryzgalov the puck finds its way under the goaltender and the Sabres tie things up. Ott from Myers and Hodgson | EDM 1, BUF 1
04:36: Ehrhoff goes off for tripping and the Oilers are back on the power play.
00:56: The Oilers allow a shorthanded goal to Drew Stafford as the Sabres capitalize on a 2-on-1 rush. | BUF 2, EDM 1
00:00: It started off well for the Oilers, however the Sabres get two goals in the first and take a 2-1 lead into the locker room after 20. | BUF 2, EDM 1
20:00: The second period is underway with the Oilers down by one at the First Niagara Center.
17:37: Matt Hendricks to the sin bin for goalie interference.
16:30: Myers goes off for interference and we have 4 on 4 hockey for 53 seconds.
08:50: Less than 10 minutes to go in the second period and the Oilers are being outshot 23-18 by Buffalo and are down by one.
08:38: Eberle to the box for hooking and the Sabres have a power play. Their special teams has made a difference with a PPG and SHG tonight.
06:38: Eberle out of the box and both teams are even strength.
05:10: Yakupov and Ott both head to the boxes for interference and roughing and it's 4 on 4 hockey again for 2 minutes.
06:37: Justin Schultz ties the game with a beautiful top-shelf shot. | EDM 2, BUF 2
00:00: Justin Schultz tied the game for the Oilers with under 7 minutes remaining in the second and we'll go into the third all knotted up. | EDM 2, BUF 2
20:00: The third is underway
19:03: Matt Hendricks scores shorthanded! The Oilers lead again. | EDM 3, BUF 2
12:25: David Perron with a partial break but it's swalled up by Enroth.
10:25: A scramble out in front and the Buffalo goal is waved off!
07:05: The Oilers lead by one with just over 7 min remainin in the third.
00:00: The Oilers hold on to take the 3-2 victory. Standby for post-game coverage at edmontonoilers.com.


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McMurray test
The McMurray test, also known as the McMurray circumduction test is used to evaluate individuals for tears in the meniscus of the knee.[1] It is a rotation test for demonstrating torn cartilage of the knee. A tear in the meniscus may cause a pedunculated tag of the meniscus which may become jammed between the joint surfaces.
To perform the test, the knee is held by one hand, which is placed along the joint line, and flexed to complete flexion while the foot is held by the sole of the foot with the other hand. The examiner then places one hand on the lateral side of the knee to push the knee towards valgus position, pushing knee medially. The other hand rotates the leg internally while extending the knee.[2] If pain or a "click" is felt, this constitutes a "positive McMurray test" for a tear in the lateral meniscus.
Likewise, varus pressure on the medial knee can be applied in a fully flexed position and the leg at the sole of the foot externally rotated as the leg is extended. A tag, caused by a tear will cause a palpable or even audible click on extension of the knee. A positive test indicates a tear of the medial meniscus.
According to some sources, the sensitivity of the McMurray test for medial meniscus tears is 53% and the specificity is 59%. In a recent study, clinical test results were compared with arthroscopic and/or arthrotomy findings as reference.[3] The clinical test had a sensitivity of 58.5%, a specificity of 93.4%, and the predictive value of a positive result was 82.6%. A more recent study showed a 97% specificity for meniscal tears.[4]
The McMurray test is named after Thomas Porter McMurray,[5] a British orthopedic surgeon from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who was the first to describe this test.
See also[edit]
- ^ Solomon, D. H.; Simel, D. L.; Bates, D. W.; Katz, J. N.; Schaffer, J. L. (2001). "The rational clinical examination. Does this patient have a torn meniscus or ligament of the knee? Value of the physical examination". JAMA: the Journal of the American Medical Association. 286 (13): 1610–1620. doi:10.1001/jama.286.13.1610. PMID 11585485.
- ^ Luke, Anthony (2011). "Physical Examination". Sports Medicine. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Trauma Institute of UCSF. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Corea JR, Moussa M, al Othman A (1994). "McMurray's test tested". Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2 (2): 70–72. doi:10.1007/BF01476474. PMID 7584186.
- ^ Jackson JL, O'Malley PG, Kroenke K. Evaluation of acute knee pain in primary care. Ann Intern Med. 2003;139:575-88. PMID 14530229
- ^ McMurray TP. The semilunar cartilages. Br J Surg 1942; 29:407-14.


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The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell
Pimpin' ain't easy.
The sentiment was made clear Tuesday when New York officers released 10 pimp bylaws they seized while arresting alleged pimp Steve McDaniel and his accomplice, Sandra Russell, Patch reports.
Ladies and gentlemen, we give you "Rules 2 Da game of Hoez!!!"
The list -- reportedly prepared by 29-year-old McDaniel at his home on Long Island -- is full of cringe-worthy and misspelled advice, including, "No matter how much you like or care for 1 or any of them, don't trust none of them. (Like Scarface who do I trust?? Me that's who..)"


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About the Book
"You Are Here is not just physics for poets, but as close to poetry or music as science is ever likely to get. Christopher Potter's narrative is as imaginative, ingenious, and elegantly concise as it is user-friendly." — Sylvia Nasar, author of A Beautiful Mind
"A personal, brilliant, and often amusing account . . . . An idiosyncratic, encyclopedic blitzkrieg of a book." —The Boston Globe
"The Verdict: Read." — Time
Christopher Potter's You Are Here is a lively and accessible biography of the universe—how it fits together and how we fit into it—in the style of science writers like Richard Dawkins, Bill Bryson, and Richard Feynman, as seen through the lens of today's most cutting-edge scientific thinking.
You Are Here is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it, as seen through the lens of today's most cutting-edge scientific thinking. Here, for the first time in a single span, is the life of the universe, from quarks to galaxy superclusters and from slime to Homo sapiens. Christopher Potter brilliantly tells the story of how something evolved from nothing and how something became everything; how the universe was once a moment of perfect symmetry and is now 13.7 billion years of history. With wisdom and wonder, Potter traverses the cosmos from its conception to its eventual end—while exploring everything in between.
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It was a busy evening of Monday stricken by the blues prevailing over working class people across the world. Some of our staffs left for their homes and some were packing their paraphernalia for the next day. Two of my subordinates and I were sitting in my cabin and discussing our next day's work and there rang my phone breaking into the seriousness of the discussion. It rang for a few seconds. I halted to think for a while looking at the mobile number flashing on my BlackBerry screen 'who that might be?'
Before it could end on its own, I pressed the green button meant for receiving calls. A husky yet faint voice tried to tell me something. I felt as if someone was asking something to me but, could not understand exactly what he said. I asked him to tone up the volume. Acting on the request, instantly he adjusted his voice by producing cacophonous sound in order to get rid of something stuck in the throat. He cleaned his throat and said "Sir, is it Vijay?" I asked him who he wanted to talk to as we had many people by the same name. He said that any would do but must be Vijay by name.
On asking what he wanted, he mentioned that he wanted us to create Facebook for him and deliver that to his address. It sounded very ambiguous to us. He wanted us to create a Facebook for him or to his company, which is all right but, deliver the Facebook account to his shop address was dubious. We kept on asking question pertaining to his wacky request but he insisted on the same that he needed a Facebook account created for him.
Do you have any idea of what exactly was he looking for or why did he call us? We are a company dealing in Search Engine Optimization, Social Media Optimization, Software and Web Development services. We thought he must have got our reference from the internet or from any of our existing or previous clients.
Guys, to our shock, the person wanted us to create a Facebook page for his shop and the Facebook was to be delivered to the shop address. He also mentioned that his owner was very honest and would pay in cash on the delivery of the page that too with the invoice of the Facebook page creation. We failed to understand how we would deliver the page to his shop address in person. If anyone has any idea, please let us know as the client wants us to do the job for him. Mark his words that his owner is very honest and will pay in cash.
We went crazy after he hung up and we looked at one another and burst into laughter. Our Monday blues burnt in laughter.
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Beverly (Griffin) Jennings, 66, of Olney, died at 3:15 a.m. Friday, October 26, 2012, at her residence.
Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. Monday, October 29 at Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 30 at the funeral home with Reverend Beth Tickner officiating. Burial will be in Ebenezer Cemetery with a graveside service.
Bev was born November 26, 1945, in Olney, the daughter of Gerry E. and Jeanne (Lord) Griffin. She married Jack Jennings on August 21, 1970, in Olney. He survives.
She was a faithful member of Ebenezer Church. She was an active homemaker, wife, mother, friend and leader in 4-H at her home atop Bacon Hill.
Bev is survived by her husband, Jack Jennings, of Olney; mother, Jeanne Griffin, of Olney; son, Robert Jennings, of Olney; son, Roger Jennings and his wife, Valerie, of Wadesville, Ind.; son, Ryan Jennings and his wife, Sara, of Effingham; daughter, Rebekah Howser, of Lawrenceville; and grandchildren, Emma, Rachel, Atticus and Adia Jennings, Curtis Thompson, and Jamie and Dale Howser.
She was preceded in death by her father, Gerry E. Griffin, and brother, Gerry "Butch" Griffin.
The family is grateful for the prayerful support and kindness shown by everyone.
Memorials may be made to Ebenezer Cemetery Fund.
Condolences may be made at www.summers-kistler.com.
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PopTech Blog
Lisa Gansky, entrepreneur and author of Mesh: Why the Future of Business is Sharing spoke about how the Mesh is a "fundamental shift with the relationships we have with the stuff in our lives." She's advocating for better things, more easily shared. She acknowledged that we do have a history of some of shared things: parks, transportation, and what she calls the Mother Of All Shared Products, Earth.
As a an entrepreneur, Gansky has trained herself to take a higher perspective: rethink materials, product, service and clients. She notes that there are big opportunities out there and defines our current culture as a "perfect storm of Meshiness" in that it contains three crucial elements: 1) Mobile devices, 2) Social networks, and 3) Physical goods that allow us to locate each other in time or place, for instance Google Maps. These tools, she says, take the friction out of sharing.
Introducing 2010 Science and Public Leadership Fellows Sean Gourley and Amishi Jha
2010 PopTech Science and Public Leadership fellow Sean Gourley is a mathematician who has spent the last seven years using math to understand war and insurgency. If that sounds strange (or completely fascinating; this is PopTech, after all), what's even better is that the work he's done on war has given him a tool set that allows him to understand a range of technological systems.
"Technology, like war, defines the world we live in," Gourley said. "And, like war, we don't understand it very well."
Gourley recently set out on a quest to map the world's technology using a mathematical framework. Technology companies are legion and effectively categorizing them presented a unique challenge. "Companies at the front of innovation, like 23andme which is part biotech, part social network, can't really be put into buckets," Gourley said. "The really interesting stuff is between the buckets."
Gourley needed a mathematical equivalent of DNA mapping so he asked the obvious question: is there a technology genome? The first challenge was to define entities, collect as much information about those entities as possible, and then compare the companies against each other. The comparisons reveal similarities and differences until eventually singular characteristics – genes – emerge. To date, he has collected 20 million documents on 21,000 entities and discovered 28,000 tech genes. "Comparing two companies is interesting," he said. "It becomes really interesting when it's 2,000 companies."
2010 Science Fellow Amishi Jha is a brain scientist who is working on ways to train brains to pay better attention. Jha says the brain has big problems: there is too much stuff crammed into them (limited capacity) and the brain is severely constrained in its ability to act on what's out there.
Siddharta Mukherjee on the Emperor of All Maladies
Siddharta Mukherjee is a cancer researcher, a physician and the author of the upcoming book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer. A Rhodes scholar who teaches and practices at Columbia University, Mukherjee is often asked why he wrote this particular book. He's explanation begins with the story of a single patient of his who had an especially aggressive form of abdominal cancer. She had been undergoing various intense treatments and at one point told Mukherjee that she was willing to go on with the treatments, but asked him "What is it that I am fighting?" He didn't have a good answer for her and nor were there any existing resources to refer her to. He wondered: how old is cancer? When did it begin? How did we get to this moment in time with cancer and where are we going?
Jad Abumrad uses sound to explore science and share stories
Jad Abumradis the host and producer of WNYC's Radiolab, a public radio series. He has a background in creative writing and music composition and has written music for film and produced documentaries for local and national public radio programs. He uses sound to explore ideas and share stories.
Abumrad began his presentation by sharing sounds of miscellaneous things failing — an Epson printer that made a fantastic but terrible noise, his wife's toy ray gun that short circuited, and a CD of Mozart skipping. "If you've heard Radio Lab, you know I'm obsessed with things breaking down and sliding off the rails. I love the aesthetics of failure."
Fusing sound with science, Abumrad described how a team of biologists discovered a way to watch genes make proteins. He then played a rhythmic, orderly sound of what he initially interpreted those genes might look like. But in fact, he explained, what those genes are actually doing sounds much more random and chaotic. What science has discovered is that we're riddled with error.
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Donald Ingber is Uncovering Nature's Design Principles to Inspire Bioengineering
Donald Ingber studies how the natural patterns that have often been dismissed as design flaws might transform the field of bioengineering.
Ingber is the founder and director of the Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering at Harvard. He proposes applying the adaptive and competitive responses of living systems to the fields of engineering in a way that might bring revolutionary advances in engineering, nanotechnology, synthetic biology and computer science.
Ingber's perspective is based, in part, on his discovery while in an art class in college, that cells are built more like tents than like balloons. This critical insight dramatically changed how he thought about living cells. Hey came to see that they structure themselves in much the same way that inventor Buckminster Fuller dubbed the "tensegrity." This balance between tension and compression, which Fuller employed to construct his famed geodesic domes, reveals that the design of materials could be viewed as dynamic systems.
Ingber spoke at PopTech as part of an session titled "Noise in the System." In Ingber's case, this noise refers to the amount of variation, such as DNA mutations, that naturally occurs in nature. Conventional engineering views this kind of variation as a design flaw, Ingber says, and works to eliminate or minimize it. Nature, by contrast, make use of these slight variations to better respond to environmental shifts.
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The Watts Riot at PopTech/Patrick Flanagan breaks out the Big Glove
For the unitiated, it can be hard to tell when Reggie Watts is having you on.
A moment of awkward fumbling with mic cords and equipment goes on for too long until it becomes obvious that he's having fun at your expense – you laugh even though you know he's essentially mocking you for feeling sorry for him; a rich professorial English voice pontificates about meaningless topics, stringing together nonsensical phrases ("The last thing on our minds is the first thing we hate the most…" "As a race of androids, we…") in an effort to sound as PopTech-like as possible. Later he flips the script, using street vernacular to talk about the conference like it was an urban event ("What is PopTech? You know what I'm saying.."), carrying on for almost too long until you realize he's gone completely meta on you – NYC teenager meets philosphy grad student.
He fills in the spaces with a sophisticated (but still silly – "Got two kidneys and a pancreas/Keep your hands where they are…") one-man beat box/hip hop set that uses a drum machine and keyboard to create looped sample madness. The subject matter seems inane but for those who can keep up, it's deeper than it appears at first listen. He wants you to laugh but he also wants you to know he's smart enough to play to the Camden Opera House crowd.
Endearing is a strange word to use for someone like Reggie, but it fits – nerd chic (if PopTech has a style, it's as good a term as any) meets the kid at the back of the class. It's easy to figure out why he's a friend of the organization.
Throwing over the two-Wiimote approach that launched his YouTube career, Patrick Flanagan rocked a new Edward Scissorhands-like glove of sound Thursday. Replete with arcade buttons and springbok horns, the glove allows Flanagan to use all of the fingers on his right hand as well as regulating pitch, volume, and tempo through motion control as he works a massive percussion set without ever touching a drum.
How does it work? Everything starts of with two controllers one Wiimote and his new glove – that are attached to a laptop that is then attached to various robotic pads, sticks, belts, and shakers that make the magic happen on a large assortment of traditional percussion instruments.
Informed by the percussive style of Armando Borg, Flanagan has a deep appreciation for the essential imperfect humanity of music; but the engineer in him just wants to make his robots sound more human. Above all else, the evolution of Flanagan's set up gives him a chance to stick it to YouTube critics who wonder why he doesn't just learn how to play the drums. After listening to five bongos banging out staccato 1/32nds in overlapping patterns, it becomes obvious: only a robot can play that fast.
(Photos: Thatcher Hullerman Cook)
2010 PopTech Fellows: Ben Lyon & Sinan Aral
The 2010 PopTech Fellows have been in Camden all week getting training from PopTech Faculty, networking and learning from and about each other. To introduce the Class of 2010 Fellows and the good work they are all doing, Andrew Zolli ran a short video produced by Beth Cohen of PopTech.
Meet the PopTech Social Innovators class of 2010!
First of the SI Fellows to actually take the stage was Ben Lyon, who launched Frontline SMS:Credit in 2009. Lyon stated that he was there to talk about the cost of money: specifically the cost of credit. He asked the audience: How much do you pay every year to credit cards? The average person in a developed country pays on average 14-15%. In developing countries it's significantly more: an average of 35% percent. Small retailers pay closer to 50-75% due to loss of wages, transportation costs and other factors. Additionally, a significant number of impoverished people have no access to financial institutions or assistance.
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Daryl Collins on understanding how the poor manage their money
Co-author of Portfolios of the Poor: How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day, Daryl Collins is a senior associate at Bankable Frontier Associates where she's focused on research around the demand-side dynamics of development finance.
"When you think about the poor, you need to understand how they're managing money firsthand," especially since 40% of the world's population live on $2 per day. Collins continued that the general assumption is that the poor have very little financial life, but when she and her colleagues started to interview poor households in Bangledesh, India and South Africa, they saw something different.
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Ned Breslin Rethinks Water Aid
Ned Breslin, CEO of Water for People, is a self-professed critic of most water and sanitation interventions worldwide — and has set out to challenge longheld assumptions about the role of foreign aid in these projects.
He doesn't doubt their initial good intentions, but laments the enormous disconnect between these intentions and long-term change. Drilling a water well can save lives, but what happens after the development organization has gone away? "Is the water still flowing," Breslin asks. Quite often, the answer is no.
"Sustainability is NOT measured by how many handpumps you install, how many beneficiaries you(r organization) can claim, or how many microfinance loans have been given out." Africa, Asia, and South America, Breslin notes, are littered with broken technologies and infrastructures. " The problem isn't a lack of good ideas, Breslin says. "The reality is that the developing world is constantly hammered with ideas, but is the intervention happening, and is it happening over time?"
Instead, success needs to be measured where change actually occurs. "Success is if somebody turns on a handpump and water comes out," Breslin says. To continue using the same development models if there's no water flowing is replicating failure. In other words, according to Breslin, "You can't NGO it, but instead sort out what happened in the past and get water flowing again."
This fall, Water for People released a monitoring tool called FLOW, for Field Level Operations Watch. The tool relies on smartphones and global mapping technologies to provide networked information about the state of water and sanitation projects. (Click here for more on the details about how the project works.) The ability to track projects allows organizations and individuals to respond quickly as problems arise. Because this technology promises to provide a clear view of what's working and what 's failing, as well as the ability to track results overtime, Breslin hopes that this tool will make it easier to inject accountability in water development projects.
He also hopes that this effort will pull water project out of the hands of NGOs and into the hands of the people who are most impacted by poor water conditions. And that doing so, will provide a voice to the voiceless.
Breslin's paper on overhauling hydro-philanthropy can be downloaded here.
(Photo credit: Thatcher Hullerman Cook)
"This is PopTech. We want to talk about impact..." Kevin Starr on how not to save the world
Kevin Starr has spent much of his adult life in the world's most desperate places and his patience for the empty rhetoric of would-be do-gooders has worn thin.
"It's really cool to be here and talk about philanthropy in the midst of all these people who actually do something," he said by way of greeting the PopTech crowd Thursday morning.
As head of the Mulago Foundation and director of the Rainer Arnhold Fellows program, Starr is committed to finding the "best solutions to the biggest problems in the poorest places." He told the crowd he had spent the last two decades figuring out the best ways to deliver change to those who need it most, and he was there to help PopTech'ers figure out "how to be better at it than those of us who get paid for it."
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Discussion Questions for Gathering At God's Table
Spring Training
- Where and how is self-concern getting in the way of serving neighbors?
The Fourth Mark of Mission
To Seek to Transform Unjust Structures of Society
The Quest for Justice
- Where is compassion moving in your life? What injustice is challenging you to act?
Turning the Tables
- What are you doing to transform injustice in your neighborhood? Your city, state, and nation? What connection do you make with the reign of God?
Building Justice
- Where has creativity helped to heal in your life?
Border Crossings
- What borders have you crossed in seeking justice in your community? How has gratitude motivated you?
Minding the Gap
- What gaps are apparent in your community? Where do you need courage to reach across?
Living the Dream
- What part of God's dream for a healed world most needs to be heard in your own context? Where do your own gifts connect?
Enough for Everyone
- How will you help fill the hunger for justice and peace?
Created for Life
- For what special purpose have we been set apart? What gifts do we bring to this journey toward abundant life?
Tending the Vine
- What branches can you see that have been lopped off? How might you and those around you help grafts to grow and heal?
Casting Out Demons
- What demons of injustice need to be cast out in your community? What demons of injustice threaten our larger communities-our nation and our world?
Traveling Light
- What baggage needs to be unloaded by our communities-and society at large-in order to break down the prejudice that underlies injustice? How can you personally travel more lightly to come closer to God and others?
Sharing the Wealth
- What are you doing at the very local level to feed the hungry? What can you do at larger scales, through your work as a citizen-in advocacy with legislators, organizing with others, and with your vote?
Living in Joyful Hope
- What signs of hope for a transformed world-both large and small-have you encountered?
The Fifth Mark of Mission
To Strive to Safeguard the Integrity of Creation,
and Sustain and Renew the Life of the Earth
One Body
- What bodies are you a member of? Which ones need healing? Where do you see allergic reactions to other members of those bodies?
In the Garden
- Where have you seen the glory of God passing by? What garden are you being called to work in?
Healing the Body of God
- Where do you see the body of God in need of healing? Where might you look for partners in that work?
Transforming the Planet
- What sorts of organizing are needed to address the differential vulnerabilities in our cities? What can you be doing in your own city?
Networks for the Future
- Where are you discovering connections you were unaware of last year, or five years ago? How is that growing interdependence a gift for the transformation of God's world toward shalom? Who needs to be part of your ongoing discovery?


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Thank you Pat. I read this also but my doctor says I should be okay, but to just keep him informed of any worrisome side effects. I am really only using the Amitriptyline for sleep and the Prozac for my depression and anxiety. I told my doctor I needed something for sleep because the Prozac, although it's doing well for me, it hypes me up a bit and I was having these black bags under my eyes. I told my doc I specifically did not want a benzo because after my husband's death I was on Xanax for about 7 years and when I finally went off of it, it was so hard. I went through detox actually. Some truly strange things occurred, believe me. So anyway he added the Amitriptyline for a sleep aid. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens . . . . . . . Thanks again Pat.READ MORE
This is a major drug-drug interaction when checked at: www.drugs.com
So I would check with your doctor and/or pharmacy about this.
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Loonie's "Fair Value" A Matter of Debate
By Don Curren
How much is the loonie really worth?
You could ask an economist, but, as George Bernard Shaw once observed, "If all the economists were laid end to end, they'd never reach a conclusion."
The question of the "fair value" of the loonie, as the Canadian dollar is known, seems to polarize economists. And it's an issue that's come back into focus after the currency recently slipped out of a trading range just above parity with the U.S. dollar.
Most analysts attribute that move to a run of weak domestic economic data that's called into question the Bank of Canada's resolve to eventually raise interest rates. The Canadian dollar could get kicked lower again Wednesday if the central bank distances itself further from higher interest rates.
Many economists agree the equilibrium value of the Canadian dollar is in the range of roughly 90-95 U.S. cents, Craig Wright, chief economist at RBC, said in an interview with Canada Real Time.
That's migrated up from the 80-85 U.S. cent range in light of the sustained long-term strength in commodities, which Canada produces in spades.
The Canadian dollar was trading around 97 U.S. cents early Wednesday just ahead of the central bank's rate decision at 10 a.m. ET.
U.S. financial services firm Morgan Stanley recently described the loonie as undervalued, or at least attractively valued. "We believe that the currency is likely to maintain its relative attractiveness within the G10," it said.
But if there is a rough-hewn consensus out there, it's that the market is overvaluing the currency to some degree. Using "purchasing power parity," which arrives at the fair value of a currency on the basis of how much it buys at home, the long-run "normal value" for the Canadian dollar is in the range of 87 to 91 U.S. cents, according to a report from John Johnston, chief strategist at Davis Rea in Toronto.
The divergence of opinion on the Canadian dollar's fair value isn't surprising, given that the fair value of any currency is a matter of debate.
Currencies are arguably harder to assign a value to than other financial instruments such as stocks and bonds because there are so many factors that affect them: the relative strength of economies around the world, the yield the currencies generate and the direction they're headed in, geopolitics, local politics, and "currency wars," to name just a few.
"There's probably a wide range of people's perception of…what a fair value for any currency is," RBC's Mr. Wright said.


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I am posting this on Baseball Rules gotten here through the Youth/Little League board.
Did you know there is at least one other discussion group on rules? And many of the umps over there do Little League or other youth sports, so you might have a question that gets better visibility over there!
When I sign in, my browser has always been predispositoned to eteamz.com. That sends me to Communities. If I click on "Rules" I get directed to two possible threads: Official baseball Rules or FED NCAA Rules. Click on Official baseball Rules, and you will see much umpire discussion going on.
But to navigate here, I enter "Communities" and Click on Youth/Little League. Now THAT thread often has rule questions too! But if you look at the top, Click on "Basball", you will see on Menu on the Right Hand side. One of the items is "Rules". That's where I am right now!
But that "Rules" thread has nothing to do with the folder called "Rules" coming directly into "Communities".
There are a lot of great discussions on both boards (and the Youth board when a rule is discussed). Just wanted to let everybody know of the rescources available here, but it sure is confusing!
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Claysville, Pennsylvania 15323
In spite of the gas crunch and the out-of-the-ordinary weather,
the Washington County Antique Engines and Collectors Association
2nd Annual Exhibition was termed a success. Credit must be given to
the members.
Opening exercises and a Sunday worship service were provided by
Rev. John Nith from the Cumberland Gap area.
With the engines all gassed up and ready to go, the show began!
Everywhere you looked all you could see and hear was the pop and
bang of the intake and the exhaust. As the crowd began to grow, so
did the enthusiasm. Spectators were treated to demonstrations of
blacksmithing and a rather crude example of rope making. A shingle
mill and quarter-scale model Farquhar sawmill provided everyone
with souvenirs of their work. While mom and dad were busy watching
the demonstrations, the kids greeted 'Big Bird' with smiles
and giggles. They were treated to some candy and gifts and then
quickly ran to catch the next ride on the horse-drawn wagon and
After the ride, the children collected their parents and made
their way to the two tee-pees displayed by the Buffalo Creek
'Coureaur De Boir' (french: backwoodsman). The group prides
themselves on originality. Completely attired in their handmade
buck skins, the members demonstrate the forgotten lifestyles of the
mountain man. They dined on rabbit, venison and wild boar that was
cooked over an open fire. They slept on the ground and inside the
tee-pee. Some fine examples of muzzle loading and tomahawk and
knife throwing left the spectators in awe!
Another distinctive feature of this particular show is the
Saturday night weiner roast for exhibitors. All gathered around a
bonfire roasting hot dogs and eating homemade ice cream. A country
band was also on hand to brighten up festivities.
Our Sunday parade included such items as 1899 Schacht automobile
owned by Fred McCoy, Blocksville, West Virginia and proudly titled
'oldest car in West Virginia.' It was manufactured November
1898, Cincinnati, Ohio. Only 15 others are known to be in
circulation. The engine is situated in the rear and is a 2 cylinder
opposed, gasoline powered engine, approximately 10 HP. It is an
open carriage very similar in appearance to the popular
'doctor's buggy!'
There was also a beautifully restored 1909 International
motorized surrey owned by John Wise, Claysville, Pennsylvania. This
automobile also is of a limited production and has just returned
from the national car show in Wooster, Ohio, where it had won first
Also featured in the parade were 4 model A Fords; 1941 Plymouth
sedan; 1949 Chevy sedan; 1950 Jeepster; 1953 Buick; 1946 Dodge
one-ton truck and three fire trucks (the oldest of which is a 1946
Dodge that belongs to the Taylorstown Fire Department-the original
fire truck that aided Taylorstown residents in a time of
Tractors were represented by 1937 F-12 Farmall with steel
wheels; F-20 and F-30 Farmall; WC Allis Chalmers; 1936 Case; 1944
model L and LA John Deeres and 8-16 International with steel
Model engines were represented by both steam and gasoline. Most
people don't realize the amount of time and hard work involved
in these engines. All we get to see is the beautifully-finished
product which is one of the better features of our show.
At our show, there was something for everyone!
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Henry IV Part 1
by William Shakespeare
Tools of Characterization
Character Analysis
Speech and Dialogue
Language is a pretty important marker of identity in Henry IV Part 1, especially when it comes to leadership ability. Generally speaking, prose is spoken by the commoners, while poetry (iambic pentameter) is reserved for the nobility. Prince Hal, however, is a character that easily slips in and out of both, which coincides with his ability to thrive in both worlds. He's crafty like that. At court and on the battlefield, Hal speaks in prose like his father and other important political figures. With his criminal friends and the commoners, however, he gets down with the language of the lower classes. In fact, Hal's so good (scary good) at this that he brags about being able to "drink with any tinker in his own language" (2.4.19).
What does this suggest about Hal? Well, his linguistic dexterity (mad language skills) gestures toward his ability to get to know and govern people from all walks of life (nobles, bartenders, tinkers, etc.), which is an especially important ability for a (future) monarch who must figure out a way to maintain power and the allegiance of his subjects.
Hotspur, on the other hand, speaks bluntly, without thinking, and is often accused of being a "wasp-stung and impatient fool […] Tying [his] ear to no tongue but [his] own!" (1.3.244, 246). (Don't get us wrong, the guy's speeches are amazing – they're just a little out of control, like his personality. Hotspur tends to speak, and act, without much thought or deliberation throughout the play. He can't stand the sound of foreign languages (like "Welsh" and "Irish") and his family warns him over and over and over that his speech has the effect of alienating his colleagues. This, Shakespeare suggests, is a terrible trait for anyone who wants to govern a kingdom as diverse as Britain. Hotspur may be a terrific warrior who eats other soldiers for breakfast, but his lack of control over his speech suggests he's not fit to rule. You disagree? Good. Check out our "Quotes" for "Language and Communication" if you want some ammunition for a different argument.
Much like a character's speech, actions are pretty significant in the play. Hotspur's actions, like his speech, are impetuous – he tends to be a "leaps before he thinks" kind of guy, which gets him into a whole lot of trouble. Let's think about some specific examples. When Hotspur's preparing for battle against the king's forces and learns that his father and Glendower won't be joining the fight, he decides to forge ahead, despite being ridiculously outnumbered. He also ignores the advice of his relatives and colleagues as he fixates on obtaining glory on the battlefield. Hotspur's boldness and courage may be a great quality for a warrior who needs to get pumped up for battle, but the play seems to suggest that it's not such a great quality for a monarch.
Prince Hal, on the other hand, lacks Hotspur's fiery boldness, but what he does have is patience and the capacity for careful deliberation and planning. Take, for example, his master plan to stage a dramatic "reformation" by transforming his wild child persona into that of an "honorable" war hero. Hal may lie, cheat, steal, and carouse with a rowdy crowd at the beginning of the play but all of these actions are carefully and perfectly orchestrated events. Scary and manipulative? Yes. Shrewd and successful? You bet. That's why Hal comes out on top at the end of the play.
Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about Falstaff. He eats, drinks, "whores," steals, lies, and cheats in between naps. And, even when he goes to war, he carries around a bottle of sack (sweet wine) in place of a pistol. Let's not forget that when he finds himself in jam at the battle at Shrewsbury, he falls down and plays dead. Can you believe this guy? He also stabs Hotspur's corpse and claims the body as a trophy (yuck), even after Hal tells him that he (Hal) killed Hotspur. What does all of this suggest about Falstaff? He's unscrupulous, selfish, and cowardly. He's willing to do anything to save his hide, a reminder that we shouldn't get too sentimental about his character when Hal treats him cruelly and promises to "banish" him from his life (which he does do in Henry IV Part 2). Falstaff is also full of life, exuberant, and loads of fun to watch. Even as he disgusts us, he draws us in (just like he draws in Prince Hal) to the action of the play.
Since most characters in the play are based on historical figures, names are less symbolic in Henry IV Part 1 than other works. But, there are some figures whose names reveal much about their characters. "Mistress Quickly," for example, recalls the kind of brief sexual encounter one might experience in an Elizabethan brothel or tavern, which is where the character works. (Shakespeare is famous for assigning crude names like "Mistress Overdone" and "Doll Tearsheet" as obvious markers of identity.) Although the hostess is married in this play (Shakespeare later kills off her husband so she can party with the other singles), her name hints that she's been around the block, a few times. Mistress Quickly, like her name, helps create the raucous world of the tavern, which is so appealing to Prince Hal and audiences.
"Hotspur" (Harry Percy) is the actual nickname of the historical figure and Shakespeare capitalizes on this in his play. Young Percy is known for his "hot" and fiery temper and his bold behavior, which, Shakespeare suggests, makes him courageous and admirable, but is also responsible for his downfall and death.
Shakespeare also uses the historical Prince Henry's various nicknames as a way to illustrate the nature of his fictional character. Ever notice how, in the play, Prince Henry is called "Hal" by his Eastcheap companions, but, at court, he's referred to as "Harry"? The nicknames, one casual and the other a bit more formal, help distinguish the Prince as a man who literally switches roles as he slides in and out of the worlds of the court and battlefield and the world of Eastcheap.


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'Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss' casting in Milwaukee
"Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition," the ABC show, is coming to Milwaukee in search of participants for its Season 4.
Candidates can attend an open call April 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Planet Fitness, 6529 S 27th St, Franklin or send in a home tape. »Read Full Article
'Modern Family,' 'Behind the Candelabra' lead Wisconsin-tied Emmy winners
It was a big night for TV with Wisconsin ties at Sunday's 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
"Modern Family," created by Steve Levitan, who went to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, won the Emmy again for best comedy series — for the fourth straight year. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee Rep's soaring 'Ragtime' makes sweet music
Less than 10 minutes into the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's spectacular production of "Ragtime" — the crown jewel thus far in director Mark Clements' Rep tenure — it's already apparent that the next three hours of theater will be special.
Those opening moments — in which this musical's huge cast of characters make their introductions, and during which we get a rough sketch of the melting-pot story to come — can be turgid, confusing or both. »Read Full Article(4)


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Wayne Marsh wrote:
> What exactly do you think high end means? PAL is in no way an amazing
> improvement on NTSC. Christ, I'm not going to argue with YOU about
> this, though - I can remember how insane and broken you were about
> analogue/digital signal comparisons.[/color]
What exactly should I measure out, with a digital video? As I have
mentioned 100 times before, even my mid-class DVD can not satisfy as
much, as a high-end tape (analogue) from a TV-Station can satisfy.
Digital High-End Tapes are O.K., but the synchronity is totally lost
with a digital broadcast. Better Digital in Studio and the rest Analog
> As a side note, PAL is often jokingly expanded to "pale and lurid" in
> response to NTSC's "never twice same colour".[/color]
You mean the ~1970 recordings???
Yes, they had colour pumping....
Today this is all digital controlled :)
(You have never seen a big Plasma receipting with an indoor-aerial?
then you have missed something... yes, the antenna [indoor-aerial]
needs no power [PAL+])
Best Regards,
Danile Mandic