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Detroit teachers could go out on strike this fall as the result of a new contract imposed on the union Sunday by Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager Roy Roberts.
Although contracts are usually negotiated between DPS and the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), the emergency manager law, Public Act 4, allows Roberts to bypass the collective bargaining process, unliaterally determining the terms of employment for DPS teachers.
The union's previous contract expired at the end of June. Roberts is waiting for DFT to inform its membership before he makes details of the new contract public.
WWJ Newsradio reports that union officials will be meeting later this week to determine how to respond to the new contract — and they haven't yet ruled out the possibility of a strike.
"Three years ago, I made a commitment that school would start on time and without interruption, and I honored that commitment," DFT President Keith Johnson told WWJ. "This time, the only commitment I am making is that we will take the steps that are necessary to effectively address this act of tyranny."
In a statement that appeared Monday on the DFT's website, Johnson said that his organization had not reached an agreement with the district. He added that the union would release an official statement on the matter after consulting with their legal counsel.
According to a statement from Roberts, the new contract follows a series "of meet and confer sessions" with the union that took place in June.
"This new collective bargaining agreement with our teachers provides the flexibility needed for our schools to be successful and to meet the educational needs of the children and families who come to us," Roberts said in his communication. "It also produces the savings necessary for the district to ultimately return to financial solvency and remove the debt that erodes financial resources reaching the classroom."
The relationship between the union and DPS has grown increasingly strained since last year when the district terminated all its union employees and required them to reapply for their jobs. — a move it has repeated this year.
The DFT has also threatened to file lawsuit against DPS for allegedly violating the rights of its 4,100 teachers as established by Michigan's teacher tenure law and the union's previous collective bargaining agreement.
DPS' budget for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year is projected to be 25 percent lower than last year's — partly due to the loss of 15 schools to the states new Educational Achievement Authority district for low-performing schools.


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For all the doom and gloom over the fiscal cliff plastered all over the financial media, the market has continued to show signs of strength-except for one sector-which MoneyShow's Tom Aspray examines below.
It was another positive session for the stock market Thursday and not just because the major averages ended the day higher. What was more important was the market's resiliency. As stocks gave up all of the early gains in reaction to Speaker Boehner's comments, buyers soon stepped in.
Even the Dow Industrial Average has retraced 50% of its recent decline as the fiscal cliff selling in the dividend-heavy Dow stocks has been especially heavy. The Dow is up 4.4% from the mid-month lows while the Spyder Trust (SPY) has rallied 5.5%. Even more impressive are the 7.7% gain in the PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the 8% gain in the iShares Russell 2000 Index (IWM).
The continued strength of the market rally now makes a test of the November lows less likely. Those who got caught up in the panic selling early in the month and dumped stocks may now be having regrets. I had cautioned investors at the time Don't Jump Off the Fiscal Cliff as I commented that "Reacting to the fear of an economic development like the fiscal cliff can never be part of a disciplined investment plan."
Of course it is just as bad an idea to get caught up in the optimism and to buy indiscriminately especially with the major averages now at more important resistance. Many more stocks now have good looking charts but a patient, disciplined, and risk-adverse approach is still the best plan. There will be a pullback, likely in the next week or so, which should provide more attractive entry levels.
There is still one key market sector that has been lagging since early September and while it has been acting better recently, further strength is needed to power the market to new highs. Let's take a look.
Chart Analysis: Comparing the charts of the Dow Jones Industrials and the Dow Jones Transportation Average has been a popular way to analyze the stock market for over 80 years. I like to use weekly close charts to spot divergences between the Industrials and Transports.
- The chart of the Dow Industrials shows a pattern of higher highs in 2012, line a.
- The highs in 2012 are also above those from 2011 when the Dow peaked at 12,886.
- In contrast the pattern of higher highs for the Dow Transports was broken in early 2012 as it peaked at 5,384, which was well below the 2011 high of 5,627.
- The divergence became more pronounced as the year progressed as the Transports formed slightly lower highs as indicated by line c.
- In early September, line 1, the three lower highs in the Transports, sent a strong warning.
- The Dow Jones Transportation Average has gained 3% more than the Industrials since the November 16 low.
- A weekly close below the support at 4,873, line d, would, of course, be more negative.
The iShares Dow Jones Transportation (IYT) had a low almost three weeks ago at $85.83, which was just below the early June low of $86.09, line f.
- The weekly chart (update through 11/29) has trend line resistance going back to March in the $92.28 area.
- A weekly close above $93.50 would be a strong signal that a new uptrend has begun.
- The weekly relative performance or RS line moved above its WMA in early November.
- The RS line needs to overcome the resistance at line h, to confirm it is outperforming the S&P 500. It is still well below the major downtrend, line g.
- The weekly on-balance volume (OBV) violated support, line j, in July (line 2) and has stayed negative.
- The OBV is well below both its declining WMA and the downtrend, line i.
What it Means: When both the Dow Jones Industrials and Transportation Averages are making new highs together, it strengthens the intermediate-term trend. The divergence since early in the year has made the market more vulnerable, and these two averages should be monitored regularly.
The Dow Industrials topped out in 2007 and failed to confirm the new highs by the Dow Transportation Average in May 2008, and we all know what happened next.
How to Profit: The first pullback in the Dow Jones Transports or IYT should allow us better to assess the recent rally's strength.
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If there's one thing Los Angeles fans are notorious for, it's being the West Coast version of Philadelphia fans. We love our teams with a passion, just like you do, except we are incredibly radical and impatient. We want to win now, and at all costs. Build through the draft or develop young talent? No thanks, we'll trade our ever-promising youngster for your megastar athlete.
Such is the case with the Los Angeles Lakers.
There's no doubt that, over the past ten years, Lakers squads have been built via free agency (i.e. Shaquille O'neal, Matt Barnes, Ron Artest/Metta World Peace) or through trades (i.e. Pau Gasol). And though the big dawg/Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak has been more than willing to move whatever pieces are necessary to bring in the next big superstar to Hollywood, there's one important player that has yet to be officially but-no-wait-David-Stern-vetoed-it traded out of Los Angeles: Andrew Bynum.
Sure, there are rumors. There are — and always will be — rumors. And though some have substance, they just don't make sense.
Lakers fans have been too quick to give up on Drew, not because he hasn't looked all that great, but because every time the 7-footer soars for a rebound, the entire Laker nation gasps in suspense. Those knees — incredible medical staff be damned — have been known to give out in the worst of situations.
Of course, the chatter and consensus here in L.A. is this: If Orlando Magic GM Otis Smith calls and wants Bynum and insignificant pieces (i.e. draft picks) for Howard, do it. Don't ask questions. Don't negotiate. Just do it.
Because people here, in Los Angeles, couldn't give a rat's ass what Andrew Bynum could be. Rather, they only see Bynum for what he is now (or, at least, what he was before he exploded onto the scene Saturday against the Denver Nuggets when he racked up 29 points and 13 rebounds). And that is a youngster who has potential, but isn't Dwight Howard.
Now, I just spent 330 words explaining to you what the general sentiment about Andrew Bynum is. All of them are necessary because it's vital to understand the mindset of an average L.A. fan is. (That doesn't make them less of a fan, mind you, but as an L.A. fan myself, I can tell you that we just sound plain dumb sometimes.)
But what do I (and have I, for the past two years) think? Andrew Bynum for Dwight Howard is a mistake.
Numbers-wise, OK, Dwight Howard had Bynum's, um, number(s). DH12 has been a 20/12 machine for the majority of his career and he's been the sole reason that the Magic have made it to the NBA Finals once and to the playoffs for the past five years. He's athletic as hell and has never had an attitude problem.
But that's where Dwight Howard's advantages end.
Because while Dwight has been the number one scoring option for the Magic during their five-year-long postseason stretch, Andrew Bynum has been buried as the third — sometimes fourth — scoring option during the second Phil Jackson era. With Pau Gasol's acquisition, Bynum was relegated to playing defense and banging the boards (both of which he did well, averaging a 16.7 percent rebound percentage — while playing alongside 14.7-percent'er Pau Gasol the majority of his career, mind you — comparable to Dwight's 20 percent rebound percentage). In his career, Bynum's usage rate (the amount of plays used by a player by percentage) has been a shade under 18 percent, while Dwight's has been 23 percent. Over the past few years, the biggest difference between Dwight Howard and Andrew Bynum is minutes and games played, as well as usage rate.
From a non-stat-geek perspective, there isn't a doubt that Howard is dominant. Most nights, it looks as if Howard is just stronger, quicker and faster than any man that wants to take him on, one-on-one. The amount of and-ones the dude puts up in one game is ridiculous, because he's strong enough to finish at the rim while taking a hard foul. But outside of his brute strength? He still needs a lot of work with his post moves (they've gotten astronomically better through the years, but they still aren't amazing). His footwork needs improving, and he needs to be able to take an entry pass further out from the paint and be able to use savvy — not just strength — to get to the bucket. Even further, Dwight's height is a killer for him. Though his game is perfectly tailored to an All-Star center, his height at 6-foot-10 is damning. His arms aren't extremely long to help make up for it and though that doesn't hurt his defensive game, it's a pain to watch him get shut down by the likes of Jarron Collins and Kendrick Perkins (which happens quite often). Against longer front-courts, Howard is doomed (think back to the 2009 NBA Finals, where Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum nearly negated DH12 for the majority of the series).
Andrew Bynum? He may not be as polished as Howard is in some respects (using his strength to force his way inside, for example, as well as using his athleticism to help out on defense). But his post moves are incredible, because his footwork is gorgeous, despite the fact that he's a long 7-footer. With Bynum's back to the basket, it's a wonder how he doesn't score because if he isn't backing you down with conviction, he's using some sexy spin move off the block and straight into the paint. He uses his long-ass arms well to get up and over defenders to prevent fouling or to draw fouls for seemingly-easy and-ones. His offensive IQ has reached the level of your average veteran center, as he often gets in perfect position to clear lanes for penetrators or for an entry pass into the post where he works his magic.
And this is Andrew Bynum, two years younger and a few inches taller than All-World Center Dwight Howard.
Of course, that's not to say Bynum is better than Dwight Howard. Howard's on another level, but just one level above Bynum, as opposed to the several levels everyone thought for the past two years.
Of course, we won't know who's better until the two finally get to play one another, one-on-one, on January 20.
And something tells me that this won't be like other meetings, where Bynum merely defended Howard rather than posted him up.
In just 17 days, we'll find out if the two centers will put on a show that might change everything come trade deadline.


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Apple screws users over, forces them to use Apple Maps
Apple is getting rid of the most advanced mapping system known to man kind and forcing iphone users to use Apple's limited, feature lacking maps.
Google Maps vs. Apple Maps: A Side-By-Side Comparison
The biggest changeamong manyin iOS 6 will undoubtedly be Apple's new Maps app. And though its turn-by-turn directions, Flyover and oh so sweet Siri look promising, the real question is how Apple's maps will compare to Google's.
Here's a side by side comparison of the two, so you can see for yourself. It may have you wishing Apple hadn't gone it alone quite yet.
It's admittedly a little unfair to judge Apple Maps since it hasn't even passed beta yet, but it doesn't change the fact that Apple's offering has to be great to not be a failure. And it's also worth noting that Siri proved Apple's not afraid to put an incomplete feature on an iPhone.
No iPhone user wanted to kill Google Maps. It makes me uneasy to even think about a phone without it. If you're replacing something as ubiquitous and functional as Google Maps, you had better be just as good. Or as a wise man from the streets once said, "If you come at the king, you best not miss."
Note: In the examples below, Google Maps is on the left and Apple Maps is on the right.
Map View of San Francisco
Apple's maps look wonderful. Crisp, clean, paper-like, even, but... right now they're completely devoid of useful information. Compare the side-by-side images of lower Manhattan (at the top of this post) and San Francisco (directly above) and it's pretty clear that Google Maps gives you more information in terms of street names, street directions, subway stops, emphasis on major streets and so on.
The solution is to add more map information even when zoomed out. Pretty is great to look at; informative is better to use.
Directions on both Apple and Google Maps are great; they'll get you to where you need to get to. The advantage of Apple Maps over Google Maps on iOS is that Apple will give you turn-by-turn directions, which Google never did on the iPhone (though it's been available on Android for some time). However, Apple desperately needs to add public transit directions before iOS 6 launches.
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Satellite view, even if you rarely use it, tells the same story. Google Maps just currently has more information at every level.
There is, though, a good chance you use Street View. Apple Maps doesn't have an equivalent feature yet. And though Flyover seems really nice, it's nice in a "show off to your friends" sort of way rather than something you'd use on a regular basis.
We'll see how Apple Maps really works once iOS 6 officially launches. But as of right now, it's lacking a lot of the granularity and features that make Google Maps great. So far upgrading doesn't seem like an upgrade at all.
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The only ones being screwed over are google; they just lost another revenue stream. Right now you are looking at a beta product which will have user feedback and an artificial intelligence that can take orders and learn from millions of users.
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IOS6 isn't even supposed to be out until the fall (which really means beginning of next year in apple terms LOL) so there is plenty of time to make it better. I wouldn't say anyone's gotten screwed over just yet.
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IFPRI to Hold Panel Discussion on Agriculture at International Climate Discussions
March 2009: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is organizing a panel discussion titled "Securing a Place for Agriculture at International Climate Discussions." The event will be held on 27 March 2009 in Washington DC, US, and will address how the role of agriculture, land-use change and forestry for climate change mitigation and adaptation can be adequately reflected in a future climate regime.
Panelists Gerald Nelson, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI, Siphiwe Mkhize, Minister of Agriculture at the Embassy of South Africa in the US, and Ian Noble, Lead Climate Specialist, World Bank, will discuss the importance of including agriculture in the UNFCCC agenda at the climate change conference in December as well as identify how to communicate the key issues to negotiators in the months leading up to the conference. [Panel Discussion Website]


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Here are my Top 10 picks, in order, of the concerts that I'm looking forward to seeing this summer.
1. The Flaming Lips July 17, Artpark, Lewiston; $5 advance.
The Lips performed at Artpark in 2011, and the show was stunning, a joyful, psychedelic bacchanal presided over by ringmaster Wayne Coyne. Now, the band returns with material from its disquietingly brilliant new album, "The Terror." The pre-eminent psychedelic/alternative band of its generation is likely to give us one of the summer's most memorable shows.
2. An Evening with Todd Rundgren Aug. 15, Thursdays at Canalside; free.
Rundgren is one of the few American artists in the post-Beatles world who might reasonably be described as a visionary. He's been a singer/songwriter, prog-rock wizard, guitar hero, electronic music pioneer, pop singer, industrial rocker, balladeer and punk. The only constant in Rundgren's career has been constant change tempered by impeccable musicianship. Rundgren rarely skips Buffalo on his tours, but we've never had the chance to catch him on a major outdoor stage. This one will be tough to beat this summer.
3. Primus June 9, Niagara River Rocks Concert Series at Gratwick Riverside Park, North Tonawanda; free.
Primus. For free. Outdoors, on the banks of the Niagara River. If this strikes you as a gift, well, that's because it most definitely is one. Expect some slippery funk, some oddball instrumental workouts, some eerily beautiful music and some top-flight musicianship.
4. Bob Dylan with Wilco and My Morning Jacket July 18, Darien Lake Performing Arts Center, Darien Center; $40-$79.50.
Dylan's University at Buffalo show in early April was a winner. Dylan performed like he cared, and when he cares, his shows are mighty. Add to this the presence of Wilco and My Morning Jacket – two of the most consistently interesting bands of the past 15-plus years – and you've got a party worth attending. Note, too, that Dylan seems to respond well to a challenge – when he plays with other bands he respects, he raises his game.
5. The Tragically Hip with Grace Potter and the Nocturnals July 19, Outer Harbor Concert Series; $48.
The twin nights at the Town Ballroom, the four-night residency at Artpark, the record-setting appearance at the Erie Canal Harbor Central Wharf: The Tragically Hip has played some epic shows in our area. This mid-summer gig, the band's first appearance in town since the release of its latest collection, "Now for Plan A," promises to be the same.
6. Chick Corea and the Vigil Aug. 2, Artpark; $30-$45.
This is a no-brainer. Corea is one of the greatest living jazz musicians, but he's never been interested in surviving on the strength of past glories. His new band, the Vigil, is made up of some of the finest younger players extant in bassist Christian McBride, sax/flute/bass clarinet maestro Tim Garland, drummer Marcus Gilmore and guitarist Charles Altura. The evening's program will offer a blend of old and new.
7. Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar festival with Alice in Chains, Jane's Addiction and Coheed & Cambria Aug. 11, Darien Lake P.A.C.; $20-$85.
If you caught Jane's Addiction at Artpark last summer, then you probably already purchased your tickets for this one. The band really brought it to the Lewiston stage that night, transforming the amphitheater into a seedy Los Angeles underground nightclub, circa 1989. Add Alice in Chains to the bill, and anyone who loves the alternative heavy rock of this era should be sold. Coheed and Cambria is a nice addition – that band's take on contemporary prog-metal is always intriguing, and adds some dynamic heft to the program.
8. The Black Keys July 8, Outer Harbor Concert Series; $48.
Whoa. Count your blessings, Buffalo. This is a major score for the Outer Harbor Concert Series, and it really makes plain the level that event organizers are operating on. If we're getting shows of this caliber on that site, then the construction of a permanent waterfront amphitheater can't be too far off. And, of course, the Black Keys in concert are a force to be reckoned with.
9. The Tea Party July 14, Niagara River Rocks Concert Series at Gratwick Riverside Park; free.
For the past two years, you've had to essentially stand shoulder to shoulder in the middle of a parking lot to catch the mighty Tea Party (the band, most decidedly not the political group) during its annual sojourn to our area. This year, you can enjoy the band in the comparably bucolic setting of Gratwick Park, with the Niagara River right next to you. The group's blend of "raga-rock," alternative and psychedelia has stood the test of time remarkably well. Maybe Jeff Martin and the guys will play "The River" in honor of their surroundings.
10. The Allman Brothers Band with Steve Winwood Aug. 23, Darien Lake P.A.C; $29.50-$65.
The Allman Brothers rarely give a less-than-stellar show. The guitar firepower in this band – Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes – dwarfs just about anyone else's. Winwood in the opening slot makes perfect sense and gives added value to the gig – particularly if Winwood favors Traffic-era material and takes the opportunity to get good and jammy.
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|Treat Dad to jazz on June 15
In an era when free entertainment has become a vanishing breed, the 34th annual Cotati Jazz Festival offers a full day of free entertainment in a handful of venues around the Cotati Hub on Fathers Day, June 15, from noon-5 p.m.
The event is produced by the Cotati Chamber of Commerce and features a variety of local jazz acts as well as food, wine and beer for purchase. Sponsors include KJZY Smooth 93.7 and Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma.
"The event takes place all over downtown Cotati, but is centered in La Plaza Park," said festival coordinator André Morrow. "Bring a blanket or lawn chair, and kick back in the park listening to some of the best musicians in Sonoma County."
The schedule and venues are as follows:
• The bandstand in La Plaza Park featuring: The Matt Silva (funky jazz quartet with a blues and soul base) at noon; Planet B (septet performing original compositions with influences of rock, swing, reggae, calypso and bossa nova) at 1:40 p.m.; and Phoney Abalone (New Orleans-style funk quintet with other influences) at 3:20 p.m.
• The 8 Ball Tavern presents the Hellhounds, a popular classic and original blues band, from 1-4 p.m.
• The Redwood Café showcases Gold Coast Jazz, a Dixieland and swing sextet, from 4-9 p.m.
• The Cotati Yacht Club and Friar Tucks will also have live jazz.
Food Vendors to date include The BBQ Spot, Thai Essence, Mammy's Yammys, Frozen Art Ice Cream and Russotti's Concessions. Adults, 21 years of age and older, may purchase beer from Lagunitas Brewing Company or wine from the Cotati Chamber.


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Art museum puts on 90th Spring Show
Look for sure signs of spring at the Erie Art Museum this weekend.
The galleries will be blooming with paintings, drawings, sculptures and other new pieces for the 90th Annual Spring Show, opening to the public on Sunday.
The spring show, one of the museum's biggest events of the year, includes original submissions from artists within a 250-mile radius of Erie. This year's show will feature 83 works from 77 regional artists.
New York artist Alexis Rockman selected the works by new and returning artists from a total of 685 submissions by 348 artists.
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Transplants of human embryonic stem-cell (hESC)-derived otic progenitor cells have been shown to at least partially restore hearing in gerbils with chemically induced deafness. The achievement, by a team at the University of Sheffield in the U.K., involved the use of defined medium and specific fibroblast growth factors to prompt hESCs to develop into progenitor cells that were capable of differentiating in vitro into both hair-cell-like cells and auditory neurons that displayed electrophysiological properties. When these otic neuroprogenitors were transplanted into a gerbil model of auditory neuropathy, the cells engrafted, differentiated, and improved auditory responses in the treated animals. The gerbils' initial deafness was caused by treating their ears with ouabain, which kills off spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) but preserves the hair cells.
Reporting in Nature, Marcelo N. Rivolta, Ph.D., and colleagues say the ability to reinstate auditory neuron functionality could pave the way for a future cell-based treatment for auditory neuropathies in humans. "It may also, in combination with a cochlear implant, offer a therapeutic solution to a wider range of patients that currently remain without viable treatment," they conclude.
Deafness results primarily from the loss of the sensory hair cells and their associated SGNs, the investigators explain. Of all the forms of deafness, auditory neuropathy is responsible for a substantial proportion of patients with hearing impairment, and is defined primarily by damage to the SGNs, rather than the hair cells. Unfortunately, while loss of hair cells can be addressed partially by a cochlear implant, there isn't any routine treatment available for sensory neuron loss, as poor innervation limits the prospective performance of an implant.
Attempts to derive hair-cell-like cells and sensory neurons from mouse stem populations have had limited success to date. The resulting cell types may engraft, but they don't appear to function. Conversely, neuroprogenitors isolated from mature human cochleae display only limited proliferative and differentiation potential. The Sheffield researchers recently succeeded in isolating bipotent stem cells (human fetal auditory stem cells, hFASCs) from human fetal cochlea tissue that could differentiate into hair-cell-like cells and neurons, but the team found that the hFASCs don't cope with prolonged expansion in vitro, and rapidly undergo replicative senescence.
The successful generation of otic progenitors from hESCs could thus present a real starting point for the development of cell therapies for neuropathies characterized by loss of SGNs, the team reports. "Our developmentally informed protocol produced hESC-derived auditory hair cells and neurons that closely resembled phenotypes obtained from hFASCs, providing validation of their cochlear characteristics." The investigators report their protocol and in vivo studies in a paper titled "Restoration of auditory evoked responses by human ES-cell-derived otic progenitors."
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As in her broadcasts, Joni's style is inviting, personal, and passionate as she draws upon her own experiences as wife, mother, and committed follower of Jesus. She also weaves in compelling stories from the Bible and fascination people she has interviewed whose lives have taken unexpected, remarkable turns as they let God take the lead. Surrender is filled with riveting personal stories that show the power, peace, purpose and rippling effect of surrendering to God one's marriage, family, friends, finances, health, career, and daily life. Joni also gives readers practical help and handles on how to surrender to God every day with simple steps and even some memorable ABC's.
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"Good, but not all"
In my opinion, the part on surrendering to God is very useful. This is great advice, and works for me too. But if you want to better understand this concept, and why it really works, you might be better off reading "Esther Hicks " or "Byron Katie". They have a similar approach, but without the religious concepts.
The rest of the book, talks about a religious God, who favours those who do a certain thing, but burns those who dont. This is not the God I like to think about. It also talks about sin, which I dont believe in. And the story of Jesus Christ in my opinion is misunderstood in this book.
No doubt this is the story of a woman who had a spiritual experience, and who no doubt had an experience of God. But her interpretation trough her religious back ground, is not for me
She talks about forgiveness, and how forgiveness saved her and all the people in her stories. I believe forgiveness is trully a saviour, but if You want to understand why forgiveness works in a more spiritual universal approach without the religious ideas, you might better read a book by Gary Renard, or study A Course in Miracles
I am a miracle worker. Doing what I can to choose love over fear.
"This is comfort food for my ears"
I first heard this title when buying it on ITunes. When I had to buy a new computer this title was gone. I knew I had to buy it again: When I am sad or alone I put it on. This is a book you never get tired of. Why? It is based on The Bible, The everlasting truth. I am not a Pentecostalist like the author so we do not agree on the Trinity doctrine;,However, I think this book might be a uniting bridge between different Churches. Unlike other self-help books this book guarantee trials for all which is so true and refreshing. Put this on when things are too much.,It is better than any therapy session when it comes to daily struggles. It can not replace therapy for diagnoss.
All the people we are introduced to like Frida and Douglas.
I always cry my eyes out the last 30 minutes.
I am under 30 and I love this book. It has no age limit:
"Surrender All is a Winner!"
Inspiring. Encouraging. Anointed.
When she meets Marcus.
When she realized she must surrender her life to truly know Christ.
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Pasta Recipes that Mix and Match: Easy, Kid-Friendly!
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Our NHL Table Decorating Kit features a 3D replica of the Stanley, two hockey players and fun hockey puck accents. The trophy piece of the NHL Table Decorating Kit measures 12 1/2 inches high, the players are 6 1/2 inches high and the pucks 2 inches. Each item is made of cardstock and will look fantastic on your table.
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Alchemy is supposed to be a myth. But Paramount seems to have found a way to change iron into gold.
Its "Iron Man" was No. 1 at the box-office two weeks in a row -- an achievement for any film, but a particularly astounding one during the summer, when every week brings a new blockbuster. Expect to start hearing buzz about sequels soon.
And expect to hear some rueful stories about the Wachowski brothers, whose "Speed Racer" crashed and burned.


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I am looking at two XTI4002 amplifiers. The AC power pilot light flashes on peaks. Is this indicating anything important? What's up?
XTI4002 power light flash on peaks
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Posted 13 October 2011 - 07:14 AM
This isn't a designed-on feature. Do you mean it dims when there are peaks in the output? Could be a low-voltage supply sag -- not detrimental to amp health or performance.


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ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions were a bit healthier on Sunday, getting four players back on the practice field, including safety Louis Delmas. He had missed the previous three sessions with inflammation and soreness in his knee.
Also returning to action were safety Amari Spievey (hamstring), defensive end Willie Young (ankle) and wide receiver Devin Thomas.
It was the first training camp practice for Thomas. He was placed on the physically unable to perform list after the team's mandatory conditioning test more than a week ago. On Sunday, he only participated in individual drills.
Lingering injuries kept cornerbacks Jonte Green and Chris Greenwood and defensive ends Israel Idonije and Jason Jones out. Joining those four on the sidelines were linebacker Travis Lewis and wide receiver Calvin Johnson.
It was a routine day off for Johnson. Running back Reggie Bush received similar treatment, only participating in individual drills.
During practice, rookie running back Theo Riddick came up limping badly after a run. Team trainers looked at the toes on his right foot and eventually took him inside to get x-rays.


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In this installment of Investor Beat, Motley Fool analysts Ron Gross and James Early explain why they're keeping a close eye on shares of FedEx (NYSE: FDX ) and Cracker Barrel (NASDAQ: CBRL ) .
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The puzzles are alright but sometimes are bit unclear. Took me a moment, and my bro pointing it out that a valve I turned made gas come out of a line. and where it was coming from. It is well designed but at the same time kind of grating to play straight through.
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Gabrielle Heiser and Jeremy Fox, together with their families, announce their engagement.
Gabrielle is the daughter of David and Rebecca Heiser of Fostoria and the late Alnita (Shelly) Brubaker. She is a 1996 graduate of Fostoria High School and earned a bachelor's degree at Bowling Green State University in 2009. She is attending graduate school at The University of Toledo and will receive a doctorate in physical therapy in May 2012. She also works at Kroger Co., Fostoria.
Jeremy is the son of Bobby Fox and Pattie Adams of Tiffin. He is a 1999 graduate of Columbian High School. He is a welder at Werk Brau, Findlay.
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Quality of Life
Pierce County Library- Fife Branch
A brand new library will open in Fife near 20th + 67th Street in fall of 2011. Until the branch opens, residents can enjoy many other programs and options. For more information, visit www.cityoffife.org
Mailing Resources
Drop of packages, purchase postage, rent u-hauls, rent mailboxes, and more at Fife Second Hand Treasures off Pacific Highway.
Outlet Shopping
Fife is home to many outlet stores, conveniently located together, including: Sportco Sporting Goods, Brown & Haley Confections, Emily's Gourmet Chocolate & Nuts, Parr Cabinets, Costco Business Center.
Performing Arts Center
As a world-class facility, the Fife PAC hosts musical, dramatic, & magical performances year round. Each December the family classic "Nutcracker" comes to town.
Fife History Museum
Our interactive museum includes rotating exhibits, videos, and knowledgeable staff. The Museum Campus also includes a very rare train engine and the Dacca Barn.
Dacca Barn
The completely renovated barn offers meeting space, kitchen, and AV equipment in a historical setting.
Playgrounds + Parks
Fife boasts over 150 acres of public parks, natural areas, and open space. You can go for a spike on sand volleyball courts, rent ball fields for tournaments, shoot hoops, stop for a bite under the shaded picnic shelters, and entertain the kids at one of the many playgrounds.
Fife Swim Center
Immerse yourself in our unique pool with a salt sanitizing system. The Swim Center includes a 25-yards main pool, children's wading area, hot tub, & can be rented for parties.
Over five miles of designated trails await you! Hike, bike, walk, or run on our well maintained and beautiful trails.
Off-Leash Dog Park & Pond
A place for the pup! Located in Dacca Park, the area includes flat walking trails, picnic areas, & two ponds. Your four-legged friend will love it!
Hylebos Nature Area
This 15-acre habitat restoration project has hiking trails, animal watching, & volunteer projects.
Fife Community Center
Engage your body and/or mind while enjoying youth, adult, and senior classes and workshops. You can also rent the facility for events.


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Select the best answer for each of the following questions. Explain the reasons for your selection.
a. Which of the following is an element of sampling risk?
(1) Choosing an audit procedure that is inconsistent with the audit objective.
(2) Concluding that no material misstatement exists in a materially misstated population based on taking a sample that includes no misstatement.
(3) Failing to detect an error on a document that has been inspected by an auditor.
(4) Failing to perform audit procedures that are required by the sampling plan.
b. In assessing sampling risk, the risk of incorrect rejection and the risk of assessing control
risk too high relate to the:
(1) Efficiency of the audit.
(2) Effectiveness of the audit.
(3) Selection of the sample.
(4) Audit quality controls.
c. Which of the following statistical sampling techniques is least desirable for use by the
(1) Random number table selection.
(2) Block selection.
(3) Systematic selection.
(4) Random number generator selection.
d. The auditors' primary objective in selecting a sample of items from an audit population is
to obtain:
(1) A random sample.
(2) A stratified sample.
(3) A representative sample.
(4) A large sample.
e. Discovery sampling is particularly effective when:
(1) There are a large number of errors in the population.
(2) The auditors are looking for critical deviations that are not expected to be frequent in number.
(3) The auditors know where deviations are likely to occur.
(4) The population is large in size.
f. The auditors are using unstratified mean-per-unit sampling to audit accounts receivable as they did in the prior year. Which of the following changes in characteristics or specifications would result in a larger required sample size this year than that required in the prior year?
(1) Larger variance in the dollar value of accounts.
(2) Smaller population size.
(3) Larger tolerable misstatement.
(4) Higher risk of incorrect acceptance.
g. Which of the following sampling techniques is typically used for tests of controls?
(1) Mean-per-unit sampling.
(2) Difference sampling.
(3) Attribute sampling.
(4) Probability-proportional-to-size sampling.
h. Which of the following is accurate regarding tolerable misstatement?
(1) Tolerable misstatement is directly related to materiality.
(2) Tolerable misstatement cannot be determined until the sample results are evaluated.
(3) Tolerable misstatement does not affect sample size.
(4) Tolerable misstatement is a measure of reliability of the sample.
i. In which of the following circumstances is it least likely that tests of controls will be performed?
(1) The expected deviation rate exceeds the tolerable deviation rate.
(2) The planned assessed level of control risk is at a level slightly below the maximum.
(3) The risk of assessing control risk too low is less than the expected deviation rate.
(4) The tolerable deviation rate exceeds the risk of assessing control risk too low.
j An auditor needs to estimate the average highway weight of tractor-trailer trucks using a state's highway system. Which estimation method is most appropriate?
(1) Mean per unit.
(2) Difference.
(3) Ratio.
(4) Probability proportional to size.
k. The auditors have sampled 50 accounts from a population of 1,000 accounts receivable. The sample items have a mean book value of $200 and a mean audited value of $203. The book value in the population is $198,000. What is the estimated audited value of the population using the mean-per-unit method?
(1) $198,000.
(2) $200,000.
(3) $201,000.
(4) $203,000.
l. Using the same facts as in (k) above, what is the estimated total audited value of the population using the difference method?
(1) $198,000.
(2) $200,000.
(3) $201,000.
(4) $203,000.


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Guilford Lake Civic Association to meet
GUILFORD LAKE - The Guilford Lake Civic Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. May 30 at the Guilford Lake Ruritan Hall on state Route 172.
Columbiana FD breakfast buffet planned
COLUMBIANA - The city fire department will hold a Memorial Day breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to noon at Paul's Cafe, 36 S. Main St.
Minister to speak at Living Faith Church
SALEM - Dr. Mark Duplantis will speak at 6 p.m. June 1 at the Living Faith Church, 166 Vine St. He also plans to speak at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. June 2 and at 7 p.m. June 3-5 at Alliance Believers Church, 735 Milner Ave., Alliance.
Dr. Duplantis is a dynamic minister who travels extensively across America preaching the gospel. He pastored churches for 15 years from Louisiana to Boston, Mass., before God called him to field ministry. He is a graduate of Southern Bible Institute and Seminary and earned a doctorate degree in ministry.
Winona Friends food pantry open today
WINONA - The Winona Friends Church food pantry will be open from 10 a.m. until noon today.


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Generic Lipitor Supply Adequate as Ranbaxy Recalls Pills
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.'s recall and production halt of its version of the cholesterol pill Lipitor won't create a supply shortage, U.S. regulators said.
Ranbaxy has stopped making the generic pills while it investigates how glass particles got into the product, the Food and Drug Administration said today in a statement. The company, based near New Delhi, announced Nov. 23 it had recalled the medicine. The FDA said it hasn't received any reports of patients being harmed.
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"We literally spend 23 hours a day together," Nichols tells PEOPLE. "When one of us has to go out of town you would probably be disgusted with how much time we spend on the phone with each other. She really is my other half."
Nichols and Murillo began dating at the beginning of the year, moved in together in Chicago this past March and now work together for Biggest Loser RunWalk, a race series designed to challenge Americans into getting fit.
"There is no other couple who could spend this much time together and not kill each other," says Morillo. "Over this past year we have realized we are best friends and truly blessed to have each other."
Holding each other accountable has been the key to keeping off the weight the couple lost while competing on the NBC reality competition, according to Morillo, who is now facing the next chapter in her body transformation – surgery to remove the extra skin that remains since dropping more than 160 lbs.
"You lose the weight and you look fantastic, but the reality of weight loss is that sometimes you have extra skin," says Morillo, who now enjoys running but is hindered and sometimes injured by her excess skin. "I did my first half marathon in Chicago in the summer and I had to wear all black long sleeves and pants so my skin wouldn't rub together, and I was still all cut up from it."
$14,000 in Costs RemainAfter the half-marathon, Morillo contacted Dr. Jennifer M. Capla, who specializes in plastic surgery for patients who have experienced massive weight loss. But while Dr. Capla has donated her time and services, Murillo's next goal will be saving up the roughly $14,000 needed to cover the remaining costs.
"I'm not rich, but I'm saving as much as I can and being very careful where I spend money and asking for help," says Morillo, who is also fundraising to cover the expense. "I need to move forward with this surgery to feel like my journey is complete."
And although Nichols says he too needs the surgery, he is opting to put his girlfriend's needs before his.
"Since I made it to the finale of our season I feel like I had my [moment already], says Nichols. "I'm not really worried about myself. Once she is all better we can think about her taking care of me when I go under the knife."
As for plans for marriage and a family?
"In the future that is definitely likely and we are thrilled, but we are young and have really only been dating around 10 months," Nichols says. "And I've got to wait for the big money to get her the ring she deserves."


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A fire damaged former Milwaukee Mayor Marvin Pratt's home near 16th Street and Capitol Drive on Saturday.
Fire officials said no one was hurt in the blaze and the fire is not considered suspicious. They were investigating the cause.
Pratt was acting mayor of Milwaukee in 2004 and also served as interim Milwaukee County executive.


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Big Cozy Room near Park Le Cascine
Size18 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Breakfast
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Lockable room
|Via Claudio Monteverdi, 50144 Florence, Italy
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A month ago
-one big double room (for 2 or 3)
-you can use the kitchen
- XL supermarket around the corner
- bathroom with bathtub and bidet
-washing machine available
-first floor (lift available)
-close swimming pool and big park (4 bus stops)
-close to big supermarket and H&M (3 min. walking)
-about 6 buses to the city centre
-breakfast every day
-host speaks english, italian, dutch and german
Florence contains an exceptional artistic patrimony, glorious testimony to its secular civilization. Cimabue and Giotto, the fathers of Italian painting, lived here, along with Arnolfo and Andrea Pisano, reformists of architecture and sculpture, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Masaccio, founders of the Renaissance, Della Robbia and Ghiberti, Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi; Botticelli and Uccello, the universal genius Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Their work, as well as those of many generations of artists up to the masters of this century, are in museums.
In Florence, thanks to Dante, was born on the Italian language is affirmed literary studies with Petrarca and Boccaccio; revived the ideals of humanism and the philosophy and values of classical civilization, with Machiavelli modern political science was born, with Guicciardini, historical prose, and with Galileo, modern experimental science.
Since the days of Charlemagne, Florence was a university town. Today it includes many specialized institutes and is an international cultural center. Academies, art schools, scientific institutes and cultural centers all contribute to the busy city.
|Price for > 2 guests
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Me and my girlfriend had a great time even if only for one night. Esther was extremely available immediately and above all was in hand. I would go again.
Io e la mia ragazza ci siamo trovati benissimo anche se solo per una notte. Esther è stata disponibilissima fin da subito e soprattutto è stata alla mano. Ci tornerei volentieri.
Esther is an excellent host! She was very informative and received us with a warm welcome. The apartment is clean and the room was great. The location was good since you have the market and shopping center just 5 minutes away and the connection to the city center is just around the corner. She also recommended a couple of restaurants that were great! Definitely would come back and stay here again.
Our trip to Florence was great. Esther (who is a great person by the way) hosted us very well and the room was great for us. Our host can talk Dutch, French , English an German so don't be afraid about communication. The room, kitchen and bathroom was clean. There was enough space for us two and the bed was comfortable.
Besides, Florece is such a beautiful place that you won't spend much time in the apartment.
Esther is a nice person, had a relaxed time spending in Florence and in her flat. Without her good valued offer my time in florence would have been much shorter. You can reach the city center within 25 minutes on foot or just get a cheap bus-ticket in the shop right next to you leaving the doorstep. The bus stop back to her flat is right in the city center near the dome. I always started my days with a coffee and a decent breakfast which Esther has provided and a tomcat saying "buongiorno". Esther answers your questions patiently and I was able to use her oven for my last days dinner. Gracie molto!
Esther is a nice girl, the room she has for guests is fine and she gives all the explanations that you can need.
She lets you use the kitchen and the washing machine.
But the apartment is old and far from the city center.
First day the breakfast was very poor. Second day, there was no breakfast.
Esther is an anticipated hostess. You will be warm welcomed and introduced in all possibilities before and during your stay in her rooms and in Florence. She speaks English and German and of course Dutch and Italian fluenty.
The Room is some minutes away from train station S.M.N. You can go by bus or walk this distance in 15-25min- depends on your speed. Going by bus isn´t that expensive and you can buy tickets everywhere.
Her flat is clean and tidied up- great!
She has a lovely and funny tomcat.
All in one Esther and her studio is more than recommendable!!
Esther is very friendly and funny, and we enjoy having conversations with her. Her English is excellent and she will spent no time correcting your Italian pronunciation (and maybe make fun of you while she is at it)
In general, the flat is reasonably clean and it has all you need in it.
A downside would be it is a bit far from florence town centre, it took us about 20 minutes to walk to town centre, but buses are available to get to the train station. And from there you can get another bus to get to other tourist attractions (and remember to get a free bus map by the train station)
This is a lovely place to stay to experience all florence has to offer!!
Great host and discreet apartment very well located for visiting the city.
Cut the cat is really nice. We only came back to the apartment to sleep because no desire to stay in as antiquated. good ca Esther are little but not much against the household for our room which was clean the rest of the apartment was very dirty and no more hot water. We stayed three days pity she never face clean!
Hôte très sympa et discrète appartement très bien situé pour visiter la ville.
Cut son chat est vraiment gentil. Nous ne rentrions à l'appartement que pour dormir car aucune envie de rester dedans car vétuste. bon ca Esther n'y peu pas grand chose mais par contre pour le ménage a par notre chambre qui était propre le reste de l'appartement était très sale et en plus sans eau chaude. Nous sommes resté trois jours dommage qu'elle ne face jamais le ménage!!
We were greeted by chic Esther & Taki; her dutch marmalade cat upon our arrival. Very friendly hostess & nice large room with comfy king size bed. Very good wifi connection too. The apartment is just a 15- min bus ride to town, which is nice as you mingle with locals. There's a nearby halal kebab restaurant & tabacchi. Esther kindly provided us with simple breakfast, coffee/ tea facility & you immediately absorb how it feels like to live in Florence as a local. Unbeatable price for a nice stay. Highly recommend.
We had a great time as the hotel is very kind and Esther.
siamo stati benissimo come in hotel ed Esther è molto gentile .
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Be who you are. Be all that you are.
You are like a multi-faceted diamond,
and every shade of you is magnificent.
Embrace every part of who you are, and love yourself.
You are worth all your love.
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The New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton held a touching service on Monday.
Veterans, their families and their friends came together to show they will never forget.
The room was filled with people of all ages. Some had connections to the veterans who were there, while others just came out to remember and honor their sacrifice.
The event in Tilton included moving speeches from members of the state's congressional delegation as well as well as an Iraq War veteran who was given a standing ovation for his kind words.
He spoke of one of his friends who died in combat just one month after his twins were born. He said while difficult, the memories are what make Memorial Day so special and its so important to be thankful for what you have.
"One of the most important things is I have you, my brothers and sisters, my family. And as a family, together we remember and mourn, and we are grateful for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice," said Nicholas Tolentino.


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The Class of 2007 captured top honors at the annual Port Washington High School alumni basketball tournament Dec. 21, scoring a 70-62 win over the Class of 2010 in the title game. Members of the championship team included (front row, from left) Cam Heilmann, Tim Gonzalez, Mike Burmesch, (back row) Jon DeBoer, Cody Binns, Brian Kinscher and Jason Race. There were 12 teams in this year's tournament, the oldest having 1990 and 1991 graduates
Area youths are invited to participate in the Junior Pirate Wrestling Program that starts this month at Port Washington High School.The program introduces students in kindergarten through fourth grade to wrestling in a fun setting and gives them a chance to participate in competition.Registrations will be accepted from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, in the multipurpose room next to the school gymnasium, 427 W. Jackson St. The $15 fee includes a T-shirt.Practices will be held Jan. 9, 16, 21, 23, 28 and 30 in the school's wrestling room. Students in kindergarten and first grade will meet from 6 to 6:45 p.m., followed by grades two through four from 7 to 7:45 p.m.Instruction will be provided by Eric Burke, Chad Brakke, Angelo LaRosa and members of the Port High wrestling team.For more information, call Burke at 268-5500.
Nonconference foes left the Grafton girls' basketball team with a mixed bag of results last weekend.Slowed by a rocky third quarter, the Black Hawks were handed a 52-41 road loss by Marshall on Saturday afternoon.The previous night, they had little trouble scoring a home win over Cudahy."We've been playing pretty well, but we seem to have one bad quarter that hurts us," Grafton coach Steve Reinhardt said."In the Marshall game, the third quarter was the one that hurt."Despite having its two top players — junior forward Amanda Hunt and senior guard Haley Orlowski — on the bench with foul trouble, Grafton stayed in contention throughout the first half. The Hawks trailed, 25-23, at intermission.
David didn't slay Goliath in the Port Washington High School gym last Friday, but at least he gave the giant a few good blows.For the host Pirates, not flinching and playing hard against Germantown, the state's top-ranked Division 1 boys' basketball team, provided a measure of satisfaction."I am extremely pleased with the effort we gave," Port coach Brian Hebein said after his squad fell to the Warhawks, 71-45, in a North Shore Conference game."The energy level for our guys was really high. We told them before the game that it isn't too often they get to face the No. 1 team in the state, and they should make the most of it. They did."Although Germantown never trailed while improving its season record to 8-0 and NSC mark to 6-0, the Pirates made things interesting, especially in the first half.Slowing the pace against a foe that has averaged 83 points per game and topped the century mark twice this season, Port trailed by only 16-11 after one quarter and by 20-13 midway through the second period.Guards Joey Burbach and Tay Jackson helped keep the Pirates within striking distance by scoring seven and six points, respectively, in the first half.However, the Warhawks used their big front line — anchored by 7-foot center Luke Fischer — to take control. Applying steady full-court pressure, they outscored Port, 17-7, in the final four minutes of the half to take a 37-20 lead into intermission.Much of Germantown's first-half offense came from guard LaMonte Bearden (12 points) and forward Jonathan Averkamp (11)."Germantown has such a big front line, and we knew they would press us," Hebein said. "But we handled it pretty well and were able to slow the tempo. That was our plan, to keep things as close as possible."For most of the game, the tempo was exactly where we wanted it to be."The Pirates' comeback hopes faded in the third quarter. Germantown used a 16-6 run to build a 46-26 lead by the end of the period, and Port never got any closer.The Warhawks showed much of the same depth that helped them go undefeated and win a state title last season. Averkamp and Bearden each finished with 18 points, and Fischer added 13.Burbach led Port with 18 points, including eight in the fourth quarter. Jackson had 13 points.The loss was the Pirates' eighth straight, dropping them to 0-6 in the conference and 2-9 overall. However, Hebein was impressed enough with his players to believe they may have turned the corner."If we get that kind of effort every game, the wins are going to come," he said. "I think our players are starting to believe in themselves."Sheboygan North 79, Port Washington 53A barrage of long-range scoring buried the Pirates in a nonconference road loss Dec. 18.North, which made 12 three-point baskets, raced to a 25-15 lead by the end of the first quarter. The margin ballooned to 48-25 by halftime.Ethan Guske led the Golden Raiders with 26 points, including five threes. Davis Larson added 21 points.None of the Pirates scored in double figures. Sam Weiland led them with nine points, and Burbach had eight."Sheboygan North made everything they took," Hebein said. "They were hitting threes from everywhere."Port's next outing will be Friday, Dec. 28, when it faces Hortonville in a 1:20 p.m. game at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay's Kress Center.The contest will be part of the Sundrop Classic holiday tournament.
THERE WAS LITTLE ROOM for Port Washington's Tay Jackson to move when he found himself surrounded by Germantown's Luke Fischer (left) and Dearionte Hudson during a North Shore Conference game last Friday. Jackson scored 13 points in Port's loss. Photo by Sam Arendt


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Dr. Cheryl Dorsey
Dr. Cheryl Dorsey is an accomplished social entrepreneur with expertise in health care, labor issues, and public policy. She has been president of Echoing Green since May 2002.
Dorsey says she entered the nonprofit sector because she "has a long-standing interest and concern about equity issues in society. Having grown up as an African American in our society, you become very sensitive to political, social, and economic inequities."
Although trained as a pediatrician, Dorsey sees social entrepreneurship as an "opportunity to work at a broader, more holistic, community level" rather than helping one person at a time. Dorsey is the first Echoing Green Fellow to head the social venture fund, which has awarded more than $20 million dollars in startup capital since 1987.
She received her Echoing Green Fellowship studying medicine at Harvard University. With it, she launched the Family Van, a community-based mobile health unit that provided basic medical and outreach services to at-risk residents of inner city Boston neighborhoods.
Dorsey considers the Family Van one of her most significant accomplishments and says, "I am proud of that time in my life because I was able to work at a community level with some extraordinary community members and organizations who were working to improve the health of people in inner city Boston." As a public-policy innovator, Dorsey was selected as a White House fellow in 1997 serving for a year as a special assistant to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, advising the Clinton administration on health care and other issues.
She was later named special assistant to the director of the Women's Bureau of the U.S Labor Department, where she helped develop family-friendly workplace policies and a pay-equity initiative. Dorsey remembers her year at the White House as "a once in a life time experience and an opportunity to serve my country." She believes the time she spent working inside of the government gives her a broader perspective on her responsibilities at Echoing Green. Dorsey also served as the first director of public-health initiatives at Danya International Inc., a health communications firm, where she developed products and services aimed at substance-abuse treatment and prevention, child and family services, minority health and community outreach.
Dorsey has received numerous awards for commitment to public service, including the Pfizer Roerig History of Medicine Award, the Robert Kennedy Distinguished Public Service Award, and the Manual C. Carballo Memorial Prize. She speaks widely on minority affairs, maternal and child health issues, social justice, and social entrepreneurship.
Dorsey says financial stability is one of the biggest challenges facing nonprofits today and that they "have to be more efficient and think more creatively about how to fund the work they do." She also emphasizes the need for social entrepreneurs to work together. "In a globalized world, collaboration and partnership become more important," she says. "We no longer work in isolation."
One of the hardest lessons she's had to learn is patience. She says "anyone involved in social change work knows you measure change in terms of years and generations."
Public education is one area that Dorsey believes has been changed for the better by social entrepreneurs. "We've seen a tremendous amount of passion, creativity, and commitment to bettering the public education system" in the past 10 to 15 years.
Dorsey's interest in education and social change is inspired by such leaders as Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela, along with her parents who both taught in inner-city schools in Baltimore. She describes them as "compassionate, kind and committed educators who helped generations of kids grow and learn and become questioning, thoughtful adults."
She is currently a board member of LISTEN Inc., an urban youth development and leadership organization, and a member of the Association of Black Foundation Executives.
With this many commitments, Dorsey says "work-life balance is always a struggle and an issue for all entrepreneurs, especially social entreprenuers. It's often hard to put up barriers and protect your personal space."
That said, she is an avid movie fan whose interests range from Quentin Tarantino to The Sound of Music. She holds a BA in history and science from Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges, an MD from the Harvard Medical School, and an MPP from the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Dorsey is also the proud owner of Josie, a beagle-basset hound mix that she adopted two and half years ago, and who is "the sweetest dog with the biggest heart."
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John G. Pattaras, MD, FACS
John G. Pattaras, MD, FACS, who started practicing at Emory in 2000, is an Associate Professor of Urology and Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery. He specializes in laparoscopic, robotic and endoscopic treatment of urologic cancers, stones and diseases.
Urology (Board certified since 2000)
Areas of Expertise
- Robotic Surgery – Prostate, Kidney, Ureteral and Bladder
- Laparoscopic Surgery – Kidney, Adrenal, Ureteral, Testis
- Renal Tumor Cryoablation
- Kidney Stones – Ureteroscopy, Percutaneous Surgery, Laser Lithotripsy
- Kidney/Ureteral Reconstruction
- No Scalpel Vasectomy
- Minimally-Invasive Office Based Enlarged Prostate Therapy
Groundbreaking Research and Clinical Trials
Dr. Pattaras started the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery within the Department of Urology in 2000. Since then, the standard treatment of urologic cancers and diseases is almost now done exclusively with robotics or laparoscopic surgery, allowing quicker patient recovery.
Dr. Pattaras has done extensive research in the treatment of kidney cancer and has one of the nation's largest experiences of renal cryotherapy, which allows treatment of kidney cancer and preservation of the remaining kidney. This cancer treatment now allows the patients to retain viable healthy kidney not affected by cancer. The treatment usually involves an overnight stay in the hospital.
With the integration of robotics to Emory, Dr. Pattaras was the first to perform a robotic prostatectomy, robotic partial nephrectomy (removal of kidney tumor and kidney reconstruction) and robotic cystoprostatectomy for aggressive bladder cancer. Robotics was a natural transition from laparoscopic surgery.
Dr. Pattaras is also the co-director of the Emory Kidney Stone Center, which offers the latest endoscopic treatments for even difficult to treat kidney stones. Non-invasive shock wave lithotripsy is available on an urgent basis. Emory Kidney Stone Center also offers diagnostic testing of patients and an analysis of a stone prevention plan customized to the patient. Dr. Pattaras has performed clinical trials focused on improving the treatment and prevention of kidney stones.
The Road to Emory: Education
- Medical School: George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1992
- Internship: North Shore University Hospital/Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY, 1993
- Residency: George Washington University, Washington, DC, 1999
- Fellowship: National Cancer Institute/National Institute of Health, Radiation Biology Branch, Bethesda, MD, 1996
- Fellowship: (Endourology): St. Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, 2000
- American Urological Association
- Atlanta Urological Society, President
- Endourology Society
- Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
- Washington Urologic Society Scholar's Day Research Presentation, 1999
- Washington Urologic Society Scholar's Day Radiology Case Presentation, 1998
- Hellenic Medical Society Student Award, 1990 & 1991
- Kastorian Society Award for Scholastic Achievement 1987
Major or Recent Publications
- Pattaras JG and Rushton HG. Penile Torque after the Use of Tunica Vaginalis Blanket Wrap as an Aid in Hypospadias Repair; J Urol 161(3): 934-935, 1999.
- Pattaras JG, Majd M, and Rushton HG. The Role of 99mTc-DMSA Renal Scans in the Evaluation of Occult Ectopic Ureters in Girls with Paradoxical Urinary Incontinence; J Urol 162 (3): 821-825, 1999.
- Pattaras JG and Moore RG. Citrates in the Management of Urolithiasis; J Endourol 13(9): 687-692, 1999.
- Pattaras JG and Moore RG. Laparoscopic Pyeloplasty; J Endourol 14(10): 895-904, 2000.
- Choe JM, Delisio JP, Pattaras JG, and Mardovin W. Iatrogenic Ureteral Injuries: A Clinical Review, with a Case of Sewn-In Ureteral Stent; Cont Surg 56(3): 173-179, 2000.
- Pattaras JG, Smith GS, Landman J and Moore RG. Comparison and Analysis of Laparoscopic Intracorporeal Suturing Devices: Preliminary Results; J Endourol 15(2): 187-192, 2000.
- Ogan K, Pattaras J, Soffer S, Phillips M. Going to "Plan B": Intraoperative decision making; Contemp Surgery 57(5): 241-243, 2001.
- Patierno S.R.; Manyak M.J.; Fernandez P.M.; Baker A.; Weeraratna A.T.; Chou D.S.; Szlyk G.R.; Geib K.S.; Walsh C.J. and Pattaras J.G. Uteroglobin: a potential novel tumor suppresor and molecular therapeutic for prostate cancer. Clinical Prostate CA, 118-124, 2001.
- Pattaras JG, Moore RG, Landman J, Clayman RV, Kavoussi LR, Janetschek G, McDougall EM, Parra RO, Docimo S. Incidence of post-operative adhesion formation after transperitoneal genitourinary laparoscopic surgery; Urology 59(1): 37 – 41, 2002.
- Landman J, Figenshau RS, Bhayani S, Kibel A, Pattaras JG, Fleshman J, Rehman J, Clayman RV, Sundaram C. Dual-organ ablative surgery using a hand-assisted laparoscopic technique. A report of four cases; Surgical Endoscopy. 16(1):215-6, 2002.
- Perez-Brayfield M, Clarke H, and Pattaras JG: Complete Bladder, Urethral and Vaginal Duplication in a 50-year-old Female. Urology 60(3): 514, 2002.
- Landman J, Lev RY, Bhayani S, Alberts G, Rehman J, Pattaras JG, Figenshau RS, Kibel AS, Clayman RV, McDougall EM. Comparison of Hand Assisted and Standard Laparoscopic Radical Nephroureterectomy for the Management of Localized Transitional Cell Carcinoma; J Urol 167(6): 2387-91, 2002.
- Landman J, Rehman J, Sundaram CP, Bhayani S, Monga M, Pattaras JG, Gokden N, Humphrey PA, Clayman RV. Renal Hypothermia Achieved by Retrograde Intracavitary Saline Perfusion; J Endourol 16(7): 445-449, 2002.
- Portis AJ, Yan Y, Pattaras JG, Andreoni C, Moore RG, Clayman RV: HM3 versus Lithotron: Matched Pair Analysis of Shock Wave Lithotripsy Effectiveness for Comparison of Lithotriptors; J Urol 169(1): 58-62, 2002.
- Hsiao KC, Voeltz ZL, Pattaras JG : Hair as the Nidus for Ureteral Calculus Formation, A Case Report. J Endourol 18(1): 37-38, 2004.
- Hsiao KC, Machaidze Z, Pattaras JG: Time Management: An analysis of dedicated minimally invasive surgery suite. JSLS 8(4): 300-303, 2004.
- Schuetz A, Yin-Goen Q, Amin MB, Moreno CS, Cohen C, Hornsby CD, Petros JA, Issa MM, Pattaras JG, Ogan K, Marshall FF and Young AN: Molecular Classification of Renal Tumors by Gene Expression Profiling. JMD 7(2): 206-18, 2005.
- Pearle MS, Lingeman JE, Leveillee R, Kuo R, Preminger GM, Nadler RB, Macaluso J, Monga M, Kumar U, Dushinski J, Albala DM, Wolf JS, Assimos D, Fabrizio M, Munch LC, Nakada SY, Auge B, Honey J, Ogan K, Pattaras, J et al.: Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Ureteroscopy for Lower Pole Caliceal Calculi 1 cm or Less. JUrol 173(6): 2005-9, 2005.
- Pattaras JG and Marshall FF: Percutaneous Cryoablation of Renal Tumors: Limitations and Uncertainties. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2(11):518-9, 2005.
- Pattaras JG, Ogan K, Martinez E, Nieh P: Endourologic Management of Urolithiasis in Hepatically Compromised Patients. J Urol 179(3): 976-980, 2008.
- Ogan K, Abbott J, Wilmot C, and Pattaras JG: Laparoscopic Ureteral Reimplant for Distal Ureteral Injury. JSLS 12: 13-17, 2008.
- Hsiao W and Pattaras JG: Not So "Simple" Laparoscopic Nephrectomy: Outcomes and Complications of a 7-Year Experience. J Endourol 22(10): 2285-2290, 2008.
- Pattaras JG and Milner R: Staged Minimally Invasive Treatment of Inflammatory Abdominal Aneurysm and Renal Cell Carcinoma. CJU 16(2): 4596-4598.
- Johnson TV, Abbasi A, Owen-Smith A, Young A, Ogan K, Pattaras JG, Nieh P, Marshall FF, and Master VA: Absolute Preoperative C-reactive Protein Predicts Metastasis and Mortality in the First year Following Potentially Curative Nephrectomy for Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma. JUrol Feb 2010 (in press).
Dr. Pattaras spoke Greek as his first language but was born in New York City to parents of immigrants. He still has family in Greece and travels back to see them every few years. Dr. Pattaras has resided in Atlanta since 2000, where he met his wife Kristy. They had their daughter in 2010.
Dr. Pattaras became interested in minimally invasive surgery when laparoscopy was in its infancy. He completed his residency and fellowships and was hired as the first member of the newly formed Department of Urology to head Minimally Invasive Surgery. His continued interest in oncologic surgery and reconstruction are his main research interests.


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Structure and Randomness: pages from year one of a mathematical blog
American Mathematical Society, 2008
298 pages
This is a book version of my blog, covering many (though not all) of my articles in 2007, reworked into a publishable format (and in particular, with formal and updated references).
A draft copy of the book is available here. Note that the formatting for this internet version is significantly different from that in the final print version, in particular the page numbering does not correspond at all.
Here is a (2MB) PDF file containing the front cover of the book.
The official AMS web page for this book is here.
A review of the book for the American Scientist is here.
Here is a review for the MAA.
— Errata —
- Page 51: In Lemma 1.34(2), should be .
- Page 54: The phrase "nonstandard ultrafilter on " requires some clarification. It should be "ultrafilter on that extends an ultraproduct of nonprincipal ultrafilters on ".
- Page 95, Figure 1: The graph of is missing two edges (namely, the long diagonal edges between opposite corners of the graph).
- Page 101: Footnote 67 is incorrect and should be deleted.
- Page 102: should be .
- Page 128: In the second and third displays, should be .
- Page 129: "decaying faster" should be "decaying faster or having smaller amplitude".
- Page 143: The proof that is not correct as stated (the perturbations indicated do not preserve the property of being an -flow). A correct argument is as follows. Call an edge of an -flow unsaturated if it has weight strictly between 0 and , and similarly call a vertex unsaturated if its net inflow or outflow is strictly less than . Observe that if e is an unsaturated edge, then the final vertex u of e will either have an unsaturated edge leading out of it (if u is unsaturated) or another unsaturated edge leading into it (if u is saturated). Similarly, the initial vertex u' of e will either have an unsaturated edge leading into it (if u is unsaturated) or another unsaturated edge leading out of it (if u is saturated). Thus, if there is at least one unsaturated edge, then by iterating the above observations, one can find an oriented cycle along unsaturated edges with the property that at any saturated vertex u, the number of edges flowing along the cycle into u equals the number of edges flowing against the cycle into u, and the number of edges flowing along the cycle out of u equals the number of edges flowing against the cycle out of u. For this cycle, one can modify the flow as indicated in the text to reduce the number of edges in the -flow.
- Page 137: In the last line of Case 1, "multiply (1.47) by…" should be "raise (1.47) to the power and then multiply by…", and should be .
- Page 148: In the first line, should read .
- Page 180: In the second display, should be .
- Section 1.11?: The inequality is only valid for connected graphs with at least one cycle. In general, one only has . One must then delete all terms involving the number 6 in the rest of the section. One can then replace "To solve the optimisation problem exactly, one needs to solve a cubic; but we can perform a much cheaper computation" by "One can solve the optimisation problem exactly, but we can perform a cheaper computation".
- Section 2.10? In (2.8), should be .
Thanks to Ravindra Bapat, Dion, Tobias and Tony, Norman Hardy, Matthew Kahle, JamesL, Avi Levy, Arturo Magadin, Kirane Mokhtar, David P. Moulton, Nikodem Szpak, Sheng-Peng Wu, and Yuncheng for corrections.


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The winner of the 2011 Los Angeles marathon finished the race in 2:06:35. Kelly Gneiting, a ex sumo wrestler who weighs more than 400 pounds, was also a winner – but for a different reason.
Gneiting has broken the Guinness World Record for being the heaviest person to complete a marathon. The previous world record holder in this category was 275 pounds.
Gneiting, who had previously finished the Los Angeles marathon in 11:52:11, shaved almost 3 hours from his time this year, finishing in 9:48:52. "I'd like to see the Kenyan improve his marathon time by two hours," he joked after the race.
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The Seeker Arrow of Bard (8d4) (+20,+15)
A precision-made arrow, which allows you to hit precisely the most
vulnerable place of an opponent. You can use it for 'f'iring a bow.
Deadliest of arrows, imbued with elemental strength, this shaft is feared
especially by the wyrmkin.
It is from a group of items rumoured to be the bane of dragons.
It does extra damage from acid, electricity, fire and frost. It
poisons your foes. It is a great bane of dragons. It is especially
deadly against orcs. It is especially deadly against trolls. It is
especially deadly against giants. It strikes at demons with holy
wrath. It strikes at undead with holy wrath. It fights against evil
with holy fury. It is especially deadly against natural creatures.
It cannot be harmed by acid, cold, lightning or fire.
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For 28 years families have built holiday traditions and fond memories at Dale Tree Farm, where you and your family can find and cut your perfect christmas tree.
Take a wagon ride (weather permitting) out into 12 acres of christmas trees. Find your perfect tree and bring it back to our heated barn where you can have free hot cocoa, while we shake the tree and net it for easy transport. We supply saws, sleds, carts, and ropes.
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Hours: 9am to 5pm
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Palmetto Trailblazer experienced a processing issue for all Medicare Part B claims submitted to Infinedi 01/03/12 and 01/04/12. Under your Q-Reports tab you received a report with the following reject:
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Transaction Status: A8 - Acknowledgement / Rejected for relational field in error.
Transaction Detail: 496 - Submitter not approved for electronic claim submissions on behalf of this entity. Note: This code requires use of an Entity Code.
Entity Identifier: 85 - Billing Provider
This affected the states listed below:
Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, Northern California, Hawaii, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Virginia. This also affected Railroad Medicare.
Infinedi will be resubmitting all the rejected claims on 01/10/12
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So, I'm pretty torn here on something... There are 3 niche games I'm wanting to get, 2 of which I am partially worried about copies running out since they probably didn't get a ton of prints... Here's the three games:
1. Hyperdimension Neptunia
2. Trinity Universe
3. Record of Agarest War (PSN download)
So, I can be feeling safe that Agarest will always be around for me to get whenever... Since it's a digital download and can always be gotten. But I already have been hearing about the scarcity of Neptunia, so I'm wanting to get it before it "dissappears" forever... But that's my same worry with Trinity Universe... I've already seen it going for high prices on Amazon and Ebay, and it's pretty much impossible to find the edition with the bonuses now... Both of my local Gamestops have it for $40 new though, although, that is just the game and case (most likely "gutted" for display =\).
So, here's my dilemma... I was going to have surgery this Monday, and then in about a week, go on a major job hunt and get a job wherever I could, be it Gamestop, Wal-Mart, or heck, even the local grocery store... But my surgery had to get pushed all the way back to April 4th for family and scheduling reasons, so now I have to wait until then to get a job... To partially make up for that, my dad has come to an agreement with me that my allowance (which normally would have stopped by now, like it did for my brothers, but since I haven't been able to get a job due to medical complications) will be $30 a month for the work I do around the house. So, he is owing me $60 for the months of January and February, since we had been waiting to see what would happen with medical issues...
So, as of this moment, I have about $60 coming to me withing the next couple days. I have about $13-15 left over from my gift of Ys 1&2 as a "valentines day" gift from my parents (can't really eat much candy cause of peanut/nut allergies, hence getting a game, haha), and tomorrow, will be getting approximately $13-17 for taking a bunch of crushed soda cans to the local aluminum recycling place...
So, $60+$13+$13=$86... But, the total price (before tax) for the three games are $130... HN is $60, TU is $40, and Agarest is $30... So, my big question is (especially aimed at Carly and Kay, if either of you ever read this, haha!), which should I get first, then second, then last? If absolutely necessary, I could possibly try to find some extra work to do around the house/neighborhood to get me up to at least the possibly last $8-14 I would need to get both HN and TU... Which games should I get first, and what order do you recommend overall? I would greatly appreciate views from fellow games and all on this situation! I mean heck... I'm already needing to put off Pokemon Black for a while, but at least it's not a niche game that will dissappear.
Bonus Topic:
I've been very split on selling my 360 for awhile... I really almost never play it, heck, I haven't played it since like, at least October if not longer. I mostly just got it for a few exclusives such as Gears (which I just never got much into), Crackdown (which did not play as I remember a demo at the Virgin Megastore in Disneyworld...), Halo (which isn't much, since I have multiple CoDs for the PS3), and then Splinter Cell Conviction... That was really the only game I ever got IN to, and beat... Do you think I should just sell my 360? If so, should I just trade it in to Gamestop (and get pretty ripped off, but get quite a lot of points for my PowerUp account), or try selling it all as a bundle in the local newspaper? If so, I was thinking maybe selling it for $300, since it's a 120GB elite model, and would have the games... It'd just be the price of the system and another $50, which I would think would be a good deal... Others thoughts? How should I go about selling the 360, and what do you think would be a good price to get for about 8 games and the system, along with an extra controller?
So, thanks for reading everyone, and I'm looking forward to your responses about which games I should get in what order, and then about what I should do with my 360... Please help me fellow gaming friends!


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I offer that food may be a MAJOR component of mental health.
I have a mantra that I have spouted for years..."If I eat right, I feel right. If I feel right, I exercise right. If I exercise right, I think right. If I think right, I eat right....". (Please excuse the poor grammar...but this works for my purposes.)
What I am trying to say is that for me, food is the foundation...and the cycle is self-reenforcing. I have found that if I eat crap...I feel like crap...and then think like crap. This leads to depression, frustration and irritation at both myself and others. I also stop being mindful and thinking as as clearly.
Admittedly, I am no doctor...but I know what works for me.