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Current Author Addresses: Drs. Cole and Foody: Desk F15, Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195.
Dr. Blackstone: Desk F25, Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195.
Dr. Lauer: Desk F25, Section of Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195.
Author Contributions: Conception and design: C.R. Cole, M.S. Lauer.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: C.R. Cole, J.M. Foody, E.H. Blackstone, M.S. Lauer.
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Background: Abnormal heart rate recovery after symptom-limited exercise predicts death. It is unknown whether this is also true among patients undergoing submaximal testing.
Objective: To test the prognostic implications of heart rate recovery in cardiovascularly healthy adults undergoing submaximal exercise testing.
Design: Population-based cohort study.
Setting: 10 primary care sites.
Participants: 5234 adults without evidence of cardiovascular disease who were enrolled in the Lipid Research Clinics Prevalence Study.
Measurements: Heart rate recovery was defined as the change from peak heart rate to that measured 2 minutes later (heart rate recovery was defined as ≤ 42 beats/min).
Results: During 12 years of follow-up, 312 participants died. Abnormal heart rate recovery predicted death (relative risk, 2.58 [CI, 2.06 to 3.20]). After adjustment for standard risk factors, fitness, and resting and exercise heart rates, abnormal heart rate recovery remained predictive (adjusted relative risk, 1.55 [CI, 1.22 to 1.98]) (PÂ <Â 0.001).
Conclusion: Even after submaximal exercise, abnormal heart rate recovery predicts death.
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Heaven and Earth (Ten to Chi to, 1990)
Kadokawa Haruki
104 mins, color, Japanese (English subtitles and narration)
If it weren't for the elaborate costumes and the massive battle scenes, this would have been a below-average B movie. On second thought, even with the elaborate costumes and massive battle scenes, this is a below-average B movie. The plot is superficial, totally unrealistic (even with my limited knowledge of 16th century feudal Japan), full of continuity holes, logical inconsistencies, and is just plain stupid and unbelievable. The movie takes itself way too seriously, from the hilariously ponderous English narration (courtesy of Stuart Whitman) to the pseudo-strategic battle sequences. The acting is atrocious, the editing amateurish, and the music... there are no words to describe THAT abomination. Even Kurosawa's somewhat dubious musical tastes appear like Mozart to a crazy monkey at the keyboard on a broken organ. Surely nobody does jidai-geki like Kurosawa, but they should at least try.
I won't dwell too long on the story because there really is none. Like the two lords, Kagetora (Takaaki Enoki) and Takeda (Masahiko Tsugawa), who spend most of their time maneuvering complex formations on an empty field but never really fighting, the movie meanders aimlessly forever without bothering to engage the audience. Most of the plot is actually told by a voice-over narration, presumably because neither the director nor the actors could pull it off. There's the utterly inexplicable love story that sort of appears and disappears without consequence. There's also the unexplained defection of one of Kagetora's most faithful vassals.
My favorite pinnacle of ridiculousness has to be the following. At one point, we are told that the two armies occupy two opposite mountains for six days without engaging each other. Takeda wonders why Kagetora is not attacking him. He has a revelation: there's a castle nearby with 20,000 soldiers in it (this, by the way, equals the TOTAL manpower of Takeda's force), so he concludes that Kagetora is waiting for reinforcements. How far away is the castle? Two days' ride. That's it, he's waiting for reinforcements! FOR SIX DAYS. What a dumb commander. Takeda decides to preempt the imaginary reinforcements immediately.
Ok, I lied, this is just a minor annoyance, the film is full of them. The worst offender have to be the supposedly epic battle scenes. The director does not skimp on the numbers: there's hundreds of soldiers running in all directions, horses galloping, lancers prancing, and musketeers firing. Some people also fall to the ground. But nary a drop of blood is spilled in the entire film, not even when someone throat is apparently sliced open. Nothing. I am not bloodthirsty, and I certainly think that you can make an engaging battle scene without gallons of red sauce, but Kadokawa certainly can't do it.
The attempts at inner drama also flounder miserably. The Shinto priest Kagetora is supposedly torn between his vows and his love for Nami (Atsuko Asana), the daughter of the traitor Usami (Tsunehiko Watase). Except we don't see the conflict. Also, his rival Takeda is supposedly only driven by his lust for power, yet he seems to have had genuine affections for his slain (in a very cowardly way) Yae. Anyway, we never care about the characters enough to keep track of who lives and who dies. In the end, I sort of hoped that both Lord drown in the two-inch deep river where they fought their epic, but naturally inconclusive (as the entire film), duel.
Skip it. Most definitely skip it, unless you happen to like red, black, and blue, and many people running aimlessly around, with or without horses.
The Takeda side of the story, by the way, is told better by Inagaki Hiroshi in his SAMURAI BANNERS starring Toshiro Mifune. That's the one you want to see anyway.
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Nedra Thomas-Mattox, 38, was the victim of "a history of domestic violence" with her husband and confessed killer, Antoine D. Mattox, according to Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda.
The commissioner and Detective Chief Dennis J. Richards said the couple's landlord called police after finding Thomas-Mattox's body in a rear bedroom of their home on Andover Avenue in the city's Bailey-Kensington neighborhood.
Northeast District police arrived at the scene at about 3:25 p.m. Monday and found the couple's 10-year-old son home. Richards said their other child, a daughter, was at school.
The police commissioner said Tuesday that Mattox was arrested Monday afternoon at a Rochester bus terminal and that he confessed to killing his wife as homicide detectives drove him back to Buffalo.
Derenda said the Andover Avenue home was "a very graphic and brutal scene" of violence.
Because of what Richards called "excellent cooperation from people in the area," the first officers at the death scene learned that Antoine Mattox was seen fleeing the house on foot at about 1:30 p.m. Monday. An areawide "person of interest" police alert was broadcast for him, and Rochester police took him into custody at the Greyhound Bus Station in that city.
Derenda and Richards said Mattox was believed to have been on his way to Virginia when the bus he apparently boarded in Buffalo sometime midafternoon Monday stopped in Rochester to pick up other passengers. Police officials did not disclose the reason for his possible trip to Virginia.
The police commissioner and chief of detectives said that Detectives Anthony Borrelli and Mario T. Pratts formally charged Antoine Mattox with second-degree murder Tuesday. They said Detective Sgt. James P. Lonergan and Detectives James A. Lema, Reginald Minor and Salvatore A. Valso played active roles in the fast-moving investigation leading up to the arrest.
Richards said investigators still were trying to piece together the events that led to Nedra Thomas-Mattox's death. He said the Mattox children were taken into protective custody and the family dog was taken to the city pound.
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McCain, Kaine unveil measure to change war powers
WASHINGTON -- Two Senators are pressing for significant changes to how presidents consult with Congress on sending the military into war.
Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., unveiled legislation Thursday that would repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution, often ignored by presidents of both parties, and replace it with a new law that requires greater consultation and a congressional vote within 30 days on any significant armed conflict.
Since the Vietnam War-era resolution, the U.S. military has been involved in several conflicts, most recently when President Barack Obama sent American warplanes to protect civilians in Libya in 2011. It touched off a fierce debate in Congress.
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Older speed-gauges used on the first generation of Jetliners did not take into account the effects of adiabatic compressible flow. As a result as you got higher, the airspeed gauges often showed speeds much higher than the plane was actually flying at. By 20,000 feet you often had a speed gauge reading 20 kts higher than you're actual knots-equivelent airspeed, and from that point on the speed readouts got more and more erroneous. Later jetliners featured more accurate speed gauges that factored in the effects of adiabatic compressible flow, as do modern aircraft.
What was the first airliner to have a speed-gauge that factored in the effects of adiabatic compressible flow?
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The president is wrong to support Gay marriage. His whole argument is based on false information. Just like cancer cells are not normal and not healthy in the human body,
Homosexuality is not normal and not healthy in the human soul. The facts are clear. Even the U.S. government's own statistics support this. The Center for Disease Control website... states that homosexuals have higher rates of substance abuse, depression and anxiety, eating disorders, hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Gay men, less than 2 percent of the population, account for 63 percent of syphilis cases and are 17 times more likely to get anal cancer.
Just as cancer cells are unhealthy and lead to destruction of human organism. So homosexual relationships are unhealthy and lead to breakdown of society.
It's time for the president and all Americans to wake up and stop denying the truth about homosexuality. Living in denial only leads to destruction. And we're not being "kind or loving " to our friends & family members by encouraging them to deny the truth of their condition. That's not true love. That's called "enabling" and is harmful to everyone involved..
As the worlds greatest teacher said: "Only the truth sets you free." It's time for all Americans to face the truth about homosexuality. No more lies. Gay marriage is a destructive sham.
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A large, stout-bodied, terrestrial salamander. The dorsum is dark brown overlain with fine brown spotting or marbling. In some populations there is no marbling mid-dorsally. Adults reach sizes of 17 - 25 cm total length. The posterior half of the tail is laterally compressed. Some populations have both metamorphosed and gilled adults. Gilled adults may become mature at less than 11 cm total length (Nussbaum 1976). Larvae are the stream type with short, bushy gills and a low tail fin which extends forward to the hindlimb insertion. Larval D. aterrimus are darker than larval D. tenebrosus, with little mottling. A yellow stripe behind the eyes may be indistinct (Nussbaum 1976; Petranka 1998).
Until recently only two species were recognized in the genus Dicamptodon.Recent genetic research (Dougherty et al. 1983; Good 1989) has supported the division of D. ensatus into three species: D. aterrimus, D. ensatus, and D. tenebrosus. The species are also morphologically distinct (Nussbaum 1976). The genus Dicamptodon was historically included as a subfamily (Dicamptodontinae) in the family Ambystomatidae, and was placed in a separate family, Dicamptodontidae, based on features of the spinal nerves (Edwards 1976).


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Obama - one would think - has set a Lincolnonian example for democrats and more importantly for governing in general when interests are diverse and solutions hard to come by, i.e, today's world.
Obama in Lincoln fashion has populated his cabinet and other appointments with people who not only hold differing opinions but who are not afraid to say no.
Portland's (forced) outgoing planning director Gil Kelley is a person with differing opinions and is not afraid to speak up. A yes man - he is not. But, it is exactly the type of person Mr. Adams seems to be avoiding.
Anna Griffin has it right: "Disturbing, yes. Surprising, no."
Her post "Adams says no to a guy who'll say no" is an excellent read.
"Adams must focus, prioritize. He needs people around him brave enough to tell him that -- and to disagree loudly when he makes the wrong choices.
Kelley's dismissal sends a different sort of signal."
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This contribution gives an overview of our recent study of phonon‐driven exciton dissociation at semiconductor polymer heterojunctions, using a quantum dynamical analysis based on a linear vibronic coupling model parametrized for three electronic states and 20–30 phonon modes. The decay of the photogenerated exciton towards an interfacial charge transfer state is an ultrafast (femtosecond to picosecond scale) process which initiates the photocurrent generation. We consider several representative interface configurations, which are shown to exhibit an efficient exciton dissociation. The process depends critically on the presence of intermediate states, and on the dynamical interplay between high‐frequency (C=C stretch) and low‐frequency (ring‐torsional) modes. The dynamical mechanism is interpreted in terms of a hierarchical electron‐phonon model which allows one to identify generalized reaction coordinates for the nonadiabatic process. This analysis highlights that the electron‐phonon coupling is dominated by the high‐frequency modes, but the low‐frequency modes are crucial in mediating the transition to a charge‐separated state. The ultra‐fast, highly nonequilibrium dynamics is in accordance with spectroscopic observations.
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your question is a bit unlclear, but here we go:
1) yes, mario strikers is the ONLY online game at the moment, you need it to play online.
2) yes you can VS random people, you dont ever face a computer while online. you can ONLY play a computer when offline.
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Democracy Now! Interviews Richard Wolff
Popular radio show Democracy Now! recently interviewed Richard Wolff, Professor Emeritus of Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst and author of the book "Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It."
In his interview, Wolff discusses the current economic crisis and the showdown between Republicans and Democrats regarding the issue of the debt ceiling. Topics covered include possible alternatives to the "solutions" suggested by political leaders, the possible cultural repercussions of an economic meltdown, and lessons that can be taken from the economic situation in Europe.
For the full transcript, click here.
The full audio version of the interview is also available for download.
A Note from Rep. Les Gara…
"Nobody likes being called a liar by well-funded special interests," writes Les Gara on a recent post at akdemocrats.org.
Gara argues the point that the Governor's $8 billion reduction in the state's oil revenue share will not actually inspire new exploration from BP, ConocoPhillips, or Exxon. Others, Gara included, have made proposals that are more beneficial to everyone involved.
In addition, the oil companies concerned with the oil rig debacle pointed out by Hollis French a few weeks ago have claimed that they were ordered before 2007, when the ACES tax law was passed (a supposedly "onerous" law, according to oil companies). Gara cites a number of press sources proving this claim to be false- the rigs were indeed ordered in 2008, well after ACES was made applicable.
The lobbying group in question have also made the claim that other oil states have up to 50 or 100 times more rigs than in AK. This claim doesn't take into account, however, that in many "Outside" states such as Texas or Wyoming, people can simply drill a 10 or 20 barrel well with a small rig. These tiny operations are numerous and therefore account for the rig disparity. In Alaska, we need world-class drills that are capable of huge field operations- we don't have the luxury of hopping from oil field to oil field.
Lastly, these oil corporations also announced the building of new offices and developments in Alaska, also well after the implementation of the 2007 tax law. They made no original mention that their new development would be contingent on the passing of the Governor's $8 billion dollar bill- until now, that is.
The full original report can be found here.
A Second Chance for Convicts
From a NELP op-ed piece in the San Francisco Chronicle by Michelle Natividad Rodriguez and Meredith Desautels:
San Francisco prides itself as being a national leader on civil and human rights. Yet we have continually failed a growing segment of our population – people with arrest or conviction records, who, even after putting those mistakes behind them and moving forward with their lives, face enormous barriers whenever they search for jobs or housing.
An estimated 7 million Californians have arrest or conviction records – that's 25 percent of the state's adult population. Many are denied a second chance to realize their potential and contribute to society because of the long shadow cast by past arrests or convictions.
One 60-year-old San Franciscan, for example, was denied a job for which he was perfectly matched after he disclosed a theft conviction from 40 years ago. Although he had become a well-respected family man and had no further problems with the law, he was denied the job because of a mistake from a lifetime ago.
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Free Trade Agreements Must Include Assistance to Displaced U.S. Workers
From a NELP op-ed piece in the Detroit Free Press online, by Mike Evangelist:
Public opinion polls consistently reveal that most Americans believe trade agreements between the United States and other countries lead to job losses. Nonetheless, policymakers on both sides of the aisle have long supported free trade policies that open U.S. markets to goods made in low-wage countries and make it beneficial for U.S. companies to export American jobs.
Following NAFTA's failure to deliver on promised job gains and the more recent susceptibility of once-secure white-collar jobs to off-shoring, cracks are forming in the free-trade facade as policymakers begin to acknowledge that trade does not unequivocally benefit workers here at home or abroad.
Most recently, President Barack Obama postponed action on pending free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama until Congress agrees to reauthorize key improvements to the Trade Adjustment Assistance program, which expired three months ago. The TAA program equips workers who suffer trade-related layoffs with vital skills retraining and reemployment services to help them restart their careers and find good jobs.
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Common Cause's ALEC Report
What do the corporations Altria, Coca-Cola, ExxonMobil, Pfizer, and Wal-Mart all have in common?
Besides being multi-million dollar corporations, these five companies are also part of ALEC, aka the American Legislative Exchange Council.
According to the most recent report by Common Cause, ALEC has nearly 2,000 members who are either state legislators or corporate executives. Together, these two parties work together under the guise of ALEC, drafting "model" bills and eventually enacting them across the country.
The problem is that these bills reach into some sectors that are of greatest importance to the American public, such as environmental protections, fiscal transparency, and voting rights.
Included in the report is a full listing of ALEC money spent per state and an analysis of spending across party lines. Although ALEC certainly leans towards the Republicans, giving 87.7 million to candidates since 2001, the organization hasn't ignored Democrats, giving 53.2 million since 2001. Although ALEC identifies as non-partisan, only 1 of 104 legislators in ALEC is a Democrat.
In any case, ALEC is a powerful force that seems to be getting stronger.
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You're not even using the word wrong with any real conviction. Do you mean it's immoral or just "not normal"? Because if all you're saying is something isn't normal, who gives a sh1t? Not normal doesn't mean immoral. You're purposely using the word wrong ambiguously.
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And who said anything about you putting your hands on anyone? But, are you really trying to say that you are only a hateful bigot if you physically put your hands on someone and offensive hateful words really mean nothing?
Just so we are clear I am in no way comparing you to him. He is just the best example I could think of to make a point. Hitler was one if not the worst bigot in the history of humankind. I believe that everyone would agree with that, right?
With that said I am sure, no really I am positive, that Hitler didn't physically touch anyone as they marched into the gas chambers at Auschwitz. But his hateful words sure were responsible with getting those poor souls stuffed into those cattle cars and on their way. So, I would say that words especially hate filled ones can be pretty powerful and sometimes even outright dangerous and deadly.
As far as my essay's are concerned you really don't have to read any of them. But, I will say this you have responded to this thread over thirty times, that is thirty freakin times. And so far I have only read one that actually had anything to do with boxing. I bet that is at least twice as much or even three times as many responses as the next person. Don't you think that is a bit obsessive and maybe even a bit of grandstanding on your part? After all this is only an online discussion we are having.
In closing I will say that just like you and I homosexuals can't change who they are because they were born that way. You even admit that. However, you have the ability to change how you think and feel. Simply because you were not born that way and it is a learned behavior. I know because I changed but only when I had the willingness to do so. Simply because as I stated earlier it takes way to much energy to hate. And as much as you try to spin it or split hairs you are in fact a hateful bigot. And its strange how you were actually the first to use that word within are discussion. Good luck to you!
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I always laugh at guys who say that homosexuality is wrong but then go and ogle lesbian scenes in adult movies. LOLOLOLOLOL.
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Sexual feelings are innate. They come automatically.
Behavior-wise, everyone has the ability to choose how they behave sexually. One can be chaste, one can be promiscuous, one can be monogamous...it's all within a person's control. However, I wouldn't expect a homosexually oriented person to refrain from sex any more than I would expect a heterosexually oriented person to refrain from sex.
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Cotto pretty much painted "I'm gay" on his own forehead by saying this. He'll never get another big fight now.
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1. Is it immoral to be gay?
2. Or is it immoral to act gay?
If yes to #1, explain that, because it makes zero sense to me. Neither nature nor nurture really matters because it doesn't change the fact that they're gay.
If yes to #2, explain what the immoral part of a homosexual act is, and why. Your earlier explanation was simply "because if everyone did it, we'd go extinct". Am I misrepresenting you by saying that? I don't think so, but here's your chance to set the record straight.
If you're going to keep replying, answer these questions simply and clearly so there aren't any more communication problems. My view up to now is that you're being purposely ambiguous because you have no argument. "Because it's just wrong" is an insufficient reason for something, for the record. If your answer is "because the Bible tells me so", just say it. We can end the conversation right there.
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Nancy Schnog is an assistant professor of American Literature and Civilization at Middlebury College. She is currently revising a book manuscript entitled, Inside the Sentimental: The Psychological Work of American Women's Writing and conducting research on the social construction of emotional life in nineteenth-century America.
1. For reviews of the novel's status as a best seller, see Helen Sootin Smith, Introduction to The Gates Ajar (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964) vi, and James D. Hart, The Popular Book: A History of America's Literary Taste (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1950) 121.
2. Mark Twain, Extracts from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven (New York: Harper and Bros., 1909) 10.
3. On theories of psychological evasion see Ann Douglas, The Feminization of American Culture (New York: Avon Books, 1977) 269-72, and Sootin Smith xxv. More than her predecessor, Douglas writes in a tone of hostility toward Phelps for her promise of illusory immediate gratifications at the expense of a realistic program for political change. For another elaboration of this argument see Douglas' "Heaven Our Home: Consolation Literature in the Northern United States, 1830-1880," American Quarterly 26 (December, 1974) 513-15.
4. See Christine Stansell, "Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A Study in Female Rebellion," The Massachusetts Review 13 (1972) 239, 244.
5. See Carol Farely Kessler, "The Heavenly Utopia of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps," in Women and Utopia: Critical Interpretations, ed. Marleen Barr and Nicholas D. Smith (New York: University Presses of America, 1983) 94.
6. This concept of "psychological work" is derived from Jane Tompkins' formulation of the more broadly defined "cultural work" of nineteenth-century American fiction. I have developed this term as a means of specifying and highlighting one set of cultural engagements especially present in nineteenth-century middle-class women's fiction. As this essay suggests, the "cultural" work of much significant middle-class women's writing was "psychological" in kind, or geared toward a greater understanding of inner life as it was constructed under middle-class domesticity. The "psychological work" of Phelps' novel should thus be understood as encompassing both the author's analysis of the emotional binds generated by domesticity and its associated consolatory practices as well as their potential meaning for nineteenth-century readers.
8. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, The Gates Ajar, ed. Helen Sootin Smith (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1964) 7. All subsequent references to this edition appear in the text.
9. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps' personal life appears to have been shaped by devastating emotional losses in combination with a particularly lugubrious family atmosphere. Phelps' mother and role model, the elder Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, author of the enormously popular novel The Sunny Side, died when Elizabeth was eight years old, leaving her under the authority of a father noted for his obsessive interests in career, illness, and death. In her autobiography, Phelps testifies to a life freighted with domestic burdens and unsupported literary ambitions. It seems that Phelps' later loss of a suitor at the battle of Antietam revived and intensified her early sense of familial isolation, abandonment, and loss. On Phelps' psychobiography see Carol Farley Kessler, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (Boston: Twayne, 1982); Ann Douglas, The Feminization of American Culture 265-72; Christine Stansell, "Elizabeth Stuart Phelps: A Study in Female Rebellion," Massachusetts Review 13 (1972); and Mary Angela Bennett, Elisabeth Stuart Phelps, Ph.D. dissertation (University of Pennsylvania, 1939).
10. See Karen Halttunen, Confidence Men and Painted Women: A Study of Middle-Class Culture in America, 1830-1870 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982) 152.
11. While Karen Halttunen offers one of the most compelling analyses of the cult of mourning to date, her reading, I believe, tends to overemphasize motives of class aspiration in the nineteenth-century cult of mourning. Her interpretation, in other words, cedes little value to the authenticity of the needs, personal and communal, voiced through the literature of mourning and consolation. While "deep grief" and its alleviation appeal to have played a significant role in defining middle-class status, they...


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VeriSign, Inc. (VeriSign) is a leading provider of Internet infrastructure services. The company provides domain name registry services and infrastructure assurance services. Its services portfolio includes registry services and network intelligence and availability (NIA) services. Registry services operates the authoritative directory of all .com, .net, .cc, .tv, and .name domain names and the back-end systems for all .jobs and .edu domain names. NIA Services provides infrastructure assurance to organizations and is consisted of Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Services, Managed Domain Name System Services and Distributed Denial of Service mitigation. VeriSign is headquartered in Virginia, the US. SHOW LESS READ MORE >
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5 VeriSign, Inc. - Company Statement
6 history
7 VeriSign, Inc. - Key employees
8 Key employee Biographies
9 locations and Subsidiaries
9.1 Head Office
9.2 Other locations and Subsidiaries
10 Appendix
10.1 Methodology
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10.3 Disclaimer


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An elevated blood sugar in the postoperative period, or in relation to the so-called alarm reaction, has been referred to by many authors.*
Our observations have led us to believe, in addition, that a finding of an elevated blood sugar often has a significant relationship to an electrolyte imbalance. These findings have been recorded,† though their corollary significance has not been adequately emphasized. In order to demonstrate the relationship of an elevated blood sugar to an electrolyte imbalance, we present the following study.
Among 92 nondiabetic patients undergoing extensive major surgery (mostly gastric and colon resections for cancer or ulcer), serial electrolyte and blood-sugar studies were done every second or third day until the patient was again able to eat food. Three hundred thirty-two complete studies were done. This is a selected group of patients in that most of them posed a nutritional problem incident to their
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INWOOD - The Musselman softball program is on an historic run right now.
In the past two seasons, the Applemen have won 27 and 28 games, both records at the respective times. This year, Musselman finished as the Class AAA state runner-up, placing higher than any team in the softball program's history.
There's a number of reasons behind the Applemen's success of late, and two of the reasons are Taylor Stocks and Sabrina Shroades.
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Sabrina Shroades, left, and Taylor Stocks are The Journal's Softball Players of the Year. The pair helped lead Musselman to a 28-5 record and second place in the Class AAA state tournament. (Journal photo by Ron Agnir)
It's no coincidence that two of the best seasons in Musselman softball history have been the freshman and sophomore years of the rising juniors. They've helped lift the Applemen to prominence on the state level, especially this past year when they were two of the best players in the state.
"We had 12 pieces to the puzzle that got us this far, and they were two big pieces to the puzzle," Musselman coach Shannon DeMasi said.
DeMasi also described the players' potential as unlimited, saying, "I think, by the time they're seniors, they're going to be great softball players."
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Tori Butler
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Brenna Haught
Jordyn Munson
Allura Rohm
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Taylor Stocks
Megan Watson
Spring Mills
Jenna Witt
Coach of the Year
Shannon DeMasi
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Emily Bayless
Ashley Burger
Spring Mills
Denei Curry
Abby Gillingham
Berkeley Springs
Courtney Gordon
Spring Mills
Carly Jansure
Kelcie Jenkins
Shelby McTighe
Chelsea Shepherd
Both had great seasons on the softball diamond, earning all-state and all-Eastern Panhandle Athletic Conference honors for their work both in the circle and at the plate. Now, they've been honored as The Journal's Co-Softball Players of the Year.
Stocks and Shroades had impressive freshman campaigns but reached another level during their sophomore seasons.
"I feel like we did really good, too, especially compared to last year. I thought we did good last year, but we did even better this year," Shroades said.
Solid individually, together they made up one of the top pitching duos in the state. They combined for 22 of Musselman's 28 wins, with Stocks compiling a 14-3 record and Shroades an 8-1 mark. Stocks had a 1.06 ERA, with a school-record 159 strikeouts, while Shroades had an 0.56 ERA and 98 strikeouts.
Though they have different pitching styles, they were both equally effective in getting the wins.
"They push each other," DeMasi said. "Sabrina, she wants to be that No. 1 pitcher, as well. The coaching staff was extremely suprised at how her speed had improved. She really worked on the fundamentals of the game in the pitching aspect.
"Taylor's got the mindset of what she wants, and she's going to get it," she said. "Sabrina's coming that way."
It wasn't just in the circle where the two made their impact. They were also two of the Applemen's top hitters. Shroades had a .346 average, with 28 hits, a team-high 35 runs batted in and a school-record eight home runs. Stocks hit .340, with 33 hits, 32 RBI and six home runs.
DeMasi was impressed by Stocks' strikeout record and Shroades' home run record.
" I try not to focus on individual accolades because it's a team sport, but those are accolades that are impressive and important," she said.
Stocks and Shroades made a big impression during the Applemen's second-place finish at the state tournament. Both were pretty pleased with their individual performances down in Vienna, especially since they did it against tough competition.
"I feel like we did fantastic, especially down at the state tournament," said Stocks, who picked up two wins at states. "We've been on pretty big stages before, but those were good teams. I thought, compared to what we've been facing this season, we did a pretty good job.
"Even just going from the regular season down to the state tournament, I felt like I did so much better for some reason."
Much like the games leading up to the state tournament, Stocks and Shroades had to balance the pitching and hitting aspects, which both felt they did a pretty good job of overall. Still, like any competitor, there was some critiquing going on.
"I know the first game against Lincoln County, I didn't think I pitched very well, but I went 1 for 2 hitting," Shroades said. "The second game we played Lincoln County, I thought I pitched pretty well but wasn't very good hitting."
Shroades did have one of the biggest hits of the tournament for Musselman when she gave the Applemen new life against Ripley with a game-tying solo home run in the sixth inning. Musselman went on to win the game in 10 innings and eventually made it to the state championship game, where it fell to Lincoln County.
More than the win, both players, who were all-tournament selections, say the team learned a lot about itself.
"I don't think we have anything to be ashamed of, because we could have easily been the first team knocked out," Stock said. "We were down 2-0, came back and won 3-2 in 10 innings, which is really hard to do. Ripley was a good team, so I'm happy with the way it turned out."
"I was proud of the team and everything we accomplished this season," Shroades said.
With two more years left, Stocks and Shroades are on their to becoming two of the best to ever play for Musselman.
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This film reminded me of an elementary school assignment. Remember? The teacher asked you to imagine what the world would be like if things were reversed and write an essay about it. So you imagined a world where the sun rose in the west and not in the east, or you imagined a world where instead of "101 Dalmatians" we had "101 Tabby Cats." Director Desmond Nakano is well out of elementary school, so he's imagined an America where the roles of blacks and whites are reversed. The dominant class is portrayed through the person of Thaddeus Thomas (Harry Belafonte), while Pinnock (John Travolta) is the undereducated worker who feels betrayed by society.
On the surface, this film appears to lack subtlety and complexity. There's no integration at all. All the blacks have all the advantages and all the whites have all the disadvantages. Try and talk about the political implications of this film with someone of another race and you'll probably end up in a screaming match -- everybody's idea of a good time.
However, look deeply into this film's psyche and you discover the depths of its madness. Travolta plays an uneducated, lower class, white guy who sports a thick Eastern accent and whose vocabulary consists primarily of cuss words. Good God! It's "Vinny Barbarino at 40!" Suddenly, everything makes complete sense. Vinny was always resentful that Freddy "Boom Boom" Washington was smarter than he was. Naturally, when he grows up to find that Freddy is a successful businessman, Vinny is going to exact some kind of revenge since Mr. Kotter is no longer around to keep order.
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text: Tastefully designed in rich fabrics and tones, totaling 750 square feet, this sophisticated suite overlooks downtown Portland. Amenities include a double-sided glass fireplace separating the living room and master bedroom, a dining table with seating for four, a wet bar, two 42-inch flat-screen HD TVs, and a clock radio with an MP3 dock. The luxurious bathroom offers an oversized jetted tub and a separate shower, plus cozy terrycloth bathrobes.


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he's so adorable!! OwO
Tattoos, body, eyes, it's such a perfect drawing.
I like all the tattoos, they all look really interesting :3
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and sorry if you got spammed with favorites kinda umm ... got out of hand a bit with you art xD
bardzo mi się podoba ale wydaje mi się, że ma za duże oczy, choć mniemam, że takie było zlecenie, ale to takie moje subiektywne odczucie
First things first: The guy is HOT (as usual). His expresion is so lovely, he seems so cute and inocent; it is quite the opposite from what you normaly do but you still did an amazing job. Gotta love the dedication you put on those tattos.
Detale są świetne, a kolorowanie to już w ogóle. Też tak chcę umieć rysować jak Ty.
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The first sentence of Ms. Carswell's "Letter to the Editor" reveals some residents' true feelings regarding Tahoe bears, but I'm not talking about her statement that she "likes bears." Humans have moved into bear territory, not the reverse. Humans choose to do this, the bears do not. Humans make the Tahoe Basin smell like a giant barbecue pit in the summer. Humans have the bigger brain, right?
So do some residents just expect the wildlife to behave like they think they should? Many residents are arrogant human animals. And those are by far the most dangerous animals on the planet.
It's clear that some humans don't really understand bears, and some apparently have no intention of going out of their way to do anything to protect the bears. Some residents certainly don't seem to respect other life forms besides themselves in the Basin. It's really these types of people with an entitled mindset who act like co-existing and cooperating with other animals is beneath them who need to go — not a beautiful creature like Sunny.
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Twelve minutes into her audition at prestigious Roosevelt University in Chicago, pianist Karina Kontorovitch's worst nightmare came to pass. She couldn't remember what to play next in Dmitri Shostakovich's Prelude and Fugue No. 15.
So she went back a few measures to redeem herself, only to get stuck in the same spot. Very upset, she thanked the panel and walked out.
A year later, after getting into Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music as a graduate student, she was introduced to a "little orange pill" that she says helped launch her professional career.
While beta-blockers have long been known as effective treatments for heart failure, many conservatory students and professional classical musicians use these drugs to relieve performance anxiety induced by their highly competitive and "no-room-for-error" line of work.


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Even native New Englanders have gaps in their areas of supposed expertise.
In winter, we grapple collectively with light deficiency, black ice, stalled cars, and super cold, with varying degrees of good and bad grace, but overall we're fairly secure in our grasp of winter, despite the tendency of weather forecasters to spin each winter storm as a snowy Armageddon.
Lucky for us, to balance things out, we have also perfected the art of winter play, day or night.
From ice fishing, skating, and cross-country skiing, to sledding, ice gliding, snowboarding, and downhill racing, there's a sport for just about every skill level.
We know winter. And most of us are generally familiar with at least one or two types of winter sports. But every now and then…
…we try something new. And that's what keeps winter fresh.
Ski resorts are getting awfully creative with their offerings these days, so even those of us who aren't the most graceful skiers or snowboarders have options. And that's what we tried out last week.
An option.
Skiing is serious business. Snow tubing is not.
The fact that the two can coexist, side by side, at a ski resort is fantastic. The skilled and the unskilled are sharing the slopes, and who's to say who's having more fun?
Less than an hour's travel from home, we were pulling into the parking lot at Pat's Peak in Henniker, NH. This adorable, family-built, -owned, and -run ski resort looks like a place where hobbits would go to ski—the old-time Tyrolean vibe mixes with jazzy skis lined up like swizzle sticks at the foot of the mountain. Four Patenaude brothers put the place together 50 years ago, with retro-cool ski lodges constructed from trees cleared from the mountain. It's no stick-in-the-mud ski resort, either—26 trails, assorted glades, night skiing, and terrain parks, but that's not why we're here.
We're here to tube. And most of us have never gone before.
We're a mixed group, ranging from a couple of fearless top-notch downhill racers, to a few of us who vote green every time, and one lovely resident of Hawaii who had never seen snow before this trip East. In other words, we are the full spectrum.
Snow tubing, let me make it clear, requires practically no skills whatsoever.
After the first run, the fear of the unknown has been removed, and you're free to concentrate on the essentials. Holding on to your tube. Throwing yourself down the slide when the monitor kid tells you to. Avoiding the snow banks to the right and left of the run, unless you want to bounce. Riding up the lift and climbing out of your tube with some speck of grace (those who made it look easy put us all to shame).
Apart from that, grin and enjoy the wind blowing through your teeth and the scratchy sound of compressing snow under your donut. It's fast, it's fun, and it's certainly something that at one time in my life I would have mocked.
By the way, we're way too quick to jump on that bandwagon these days. Mocking can flatten out all the fun like a pancake. So here's the takeaway from this little winter experience. Get out in the cold. Find something fun and unexpected to do in your own back yard. Something you'd never dream of doing. Don't just shovel it. Play in it.
It can change the way you feel about winter.


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Central noradrenergic (NA) dysregulation has provided a major theoretical framework for understanding the pathogenesis of panic disorder (PD). Using clonidine, an α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, as a probe of NA function, we investigated the hypothesis that the antipanic efficacy of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with normalization of a putatively dysregulated NA system.
We report further analyses on data from 17 subjects with PD and 16 healthy volunteers who underwent measurement of the plasma NA metabolite 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) immediately before and after oral clonidine administration. Thirteen patients with PD were rechallenged after 12 weeks during open fluoxetine hydrochloride treatment using the same clonidine paradigm; 13 healthy volunteers were rechallenged at 12 weeks, not having received treatment between challenges.
Patients with PD, compared with healthy volunteers, have markedly elevated plasma MHPG volatility during the first clonidine challenge. Volatility describes the magnitude of within-subject plasma MHPG oscillatory activity as assessed by the root of the mean square successive difference. A greater degree of clinical global improvement was predicted by a greater magnitude of basal MHPG reduction with fluoxetine treatment. Antipanic response to fluoxetine was accompanied by a significant decrease of MHPG volatility to volunteer levels. Volunteer MHPG volatility remained unchanged from the first to second clonidine challenge.
Further evidence is provided for the hypothesis of NA dysregulation in PD as reflected by elevations of within-subject plasma MHPG volatility during clonidine challenge. Effective selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor—antipanic treatment in this clinical sample was paralleled by normalization of dysregulated NA function.
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According to Bob McKenzie at TSN, Derek Stepan is looking for the same six year, $28.2 million deal that Ryan McDonagh received earlier this offseason, while the Rangers are holding firm on a two-year bridge deal.
Glen Sather recently exclaimed that the Rangers were not going to give Stepan a long term deal.
…please no offer sheet, please no offer sheet, please no offer sheet.
….oh brother this is getting ugly. There's no worse way to get the fans against you than by holding out for a better contract. Just ask Dubi.
…the Rangers wanting to give their young RFA center a two-year deal instead of a long term contract is standard operating procedure for Sather and Stepan should fall in line like the rest of the Rangers did. He's still young and a big contract will be waiting for him next season when the Rangers will likely extend him.
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - World-renowned and Grammy-winning musicians are slated to perform for the Huntsville Chamber Music Guild's 2011-2012 Celebrity Series, marking the 59th season for North Alabama's oldest performing arts presenter.
Wilson Luquire - the guild's president for 15 years who will soon relinquish his title to president-elect Dr. Judy Franz - said several well-known musical groups are included in this season's lineup, including Empire Brass, Chanticleer, Vienna Boys Choir and the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
Most every event will also feature an informal educational encounter, typically the day preceding the concert, with one of the musical artists.
The series begins Sept. 30 with the Ariel String Quartet, a group composed of 20-somethings that formed in Israel, followed by the Grammy-winning, all-male chorus Chanticleer. Regarded as "an orchestra of voices," this 12-man ensemble will perform in Huntsville on Oct. 28.
Legendary pianist Menahem Pressler, whose career spans more than five decades and who still performs at age 87, will take to the stage Oct. 29. The award-winning and highly praised quintet Empire Brass will perform Nov. 11 followed by the Stradivari Quartet in the first performance of 2012 on Feb. 3.
Rising concert organist Nathan Laube will perform March 2, with the Vienna Boys Choir immediately following March 3. To top off the 59th season, Grammy Award-winner Los Angeles Guitar Quartet will take to the stage April 20.
Individual tickets start at $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors and $15 for students. A $99 new subscriber pricing is offered through Sept. 20. Call 256-489-7415 or visit hcmg.us for more information and ticket sales.
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What: Huntsville Chamber Music Guild Celebrity Series 59th season
When: First performance Sept. 30
Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 607 Airport Road
How much: $99 for new subscribers; $25 general, $20 senior, $15 student for individual tickets
Information: Hcmg.us, 256-489-7415