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The team's second consecutive berth in the national title game will give the Buckeye seniors a chance to solidify what is already an impressive résumé that boasts one glaring black mark: last season's championship game.
Almost immediately following OSU's 41-14 loss to Florida last season, preparations began to help the team avenge the disappointment. During the spring, Barton said he was prepared to take the team's leadership role to help the Buckeyes show the world that they were better than they had demonstrated against the Gators.
Now, thanks to an 11-1 record and one of the most unpredictable seasons in the history of college football, OSU has that chance.
But not only could the game against LSU help to turn around the public perception of the Buckeyes, but it will define what the team's leaders will be remembered for.
This is for their legacy, Barton said.
"I think it's paramount because being a senior and being a captain and coming back for one more chance at winning a national championship and then having that opportunity in front of you, it's definitely going to be a huge, huge marker of my career and all the seniors' careers," he said. "We're excited for it. Our sense of urgency is high obviously. We need to be ready to go.
"We'll be ready to go on January 7."
It is not like the Buckeyes are hurting for hardware in recent years. Since Barton enrolled in 2003, OSU has appeared in three BCS bowl games, winning two of them. He has helped block for a Heisman Trophy winner, been teammates with a Lombardi winner, a Nagurski Award winner and several other All-Americans and presided over a team that has won its last four games against archrival Michigan.
But it seems that all those achievements will be glossed over in the history books and the consciousness of the public should the Buckeyes falter again on the biggest stage of the season.
A win against LSU would give OSU two national championships in a five-year span and just their second since 1970.
The desire to make up for last season's loss with a season-defining win is not limited just the senior class, however. Junior cornerback Malcolm Jenkins, who has served as a rotating team captain throughout the season, said that the team needs to win if it wants to be remembered at all.
"Nobody will probably remember the 2006 team because we went and lost," he said. "Getting there is not good enough. This will be a great opportunity to try and leave a legacy at this university."
Head coach Jim Tressel has said that he hopes the legacy his players leave behind is a more intangible one, one of hard work and dedication.
It is those intangible things, however, that could lead to the tangible result of bringing home a national title.
"At the beginning of the season everybody was like, 'Who are the seniors? Everybody left,' " Johnson said. "Now we're sitting here and they're like, 'Oh, you guys have the opportunity to play for a national championship. It is definitely a blessing. Nobody thought we could get here aside from the people that are in that locker room."
From that standpoint then, it is a sense of mission accomplished. The Buckeyes have set out to get back into the national title game and have done so, but a loss now would undo all the work it has taken to get here.
"We have to focus on this game and win it," Jenkins said. "Just getting back wasn't enough for us. Now it's get here and win, regardless of who we play. That doesn't really matter. We just want to take advantage of the opportunity that we've got and try to come out with a win."


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Part 2: The Right Team is Your #1 Ingredient for Success
Posted on 07. Dec, 2010 by Mike Brewer in Business, Best Of
This is the second post in a two part series based on the book Good to Great, by Jim Collins. In this post we'll discuss three topics that relate to the subject of getting the people piece of your property management organization right. We'll talk about making the right hiring decisions, turning loose of bad behavior and making sure personal competencies fit roles and responsibilities.
Desperate Hires
It's Thursday afternoon around 5:30, you have just returned from the fourth promising apartment tour of the day. This one looks like a sure thing. The ideal resident sits down and immediately asks what it would take to get moved in tomorrow. You take a hard swallow knowing that you are freeing up your maintenance supervisor's future at 7:30 the following morning. To make matters worse your lead tech is on vacation. "Yes." "Yes, we can get you in tomorrow." "No worries."
"No worries," you think to yourself. "Right!" The prompt move in is but one of your concerns; you have work orders stacked up and the morale of the team is South of Obama's pre mid-term election approval ratings. It's bad. You know you need new energy, a new vibe, and a new rock-star maintenance supervisor that will help you get the apartment community back on track. Good thing you work for a company that has a dedicated property management recruiter. In this case she has the first of three leads headed over for an interview on Friday afternoon.
The first candidate shows up right on time, you ask your canned questions and he says all the right things. All the while you are thinking, you had me at – showing up right on time. You forego the other two interviews, make him and offer and move about your business. We have all done it.
Drawing from Good to Great, "No company can grow revenues consistently faster than its ability to get enough of the right people to implement that growth and still become a great company."
Lesson #1 – Take your time even if it means suffering a few adverse resident calls, bad online reviews and or undo stress on you and your team. In the long run all of you will appreciate the delay.
One Bad Apple Spoils the Bunch
It's Monday morning 9:15 and Ima Leasingmachine is once again running late. Like clockwork, she calls at 8:59 to let you know that traffic is worse than it has ever been. It's the seventeenth time this year. You are ambivalent to the situation given the fact she has leased twenty-two apartments in the last thirty days and is once again on the prowl to close a major multi-lease deal with a local relocation company.
We have all been there. Carly Consistent comes to work on time everyday and works to her full capacity making sure that every 'i' is dotted and 't' is crossed. She is a property auditors dream employee. As with Ima, you are ambivalent to her performance as it helps you in so many ways but one – leasing a maximum number of apartment homes. Not something you can really punish her for. She is normally a no worry employee but today is different. Today she is in your office for the third time voicing her concern about no consequences being rendered on Ima for being late more than she is on time.
Fast forward six months, Carly is gone and her replacement is in your office suggesting she is giving notice because she can't handle the fact that Ima is not being held accountable for her behaviors.
According to Good to Great one of the reasons we delay dealing with personnel is, "…we find the whole process of dealing with the issue to be stressful and distasteful. So, to save ourselves stress and discomfort, we wait. And wait. And wait."
Lesson #2 – Don't do this. It makes no difference – superstars should be rewarded in relation to their performance to include every aspect of their respective responsibilities. Never overlook their shortcomings as it relates to the bigger picture. Remember, everyone is watching to see what you do. Act accordingly.
Get the Right People in the Right Seats
How many times have you seen it? Lisa Leasingmaster gets promoted to assistant manager on the premise of her over the top sales numbers. For all intents and purposes, it's the right thing to do. She is adored for her good charm, great wit and of course her ability to close leases. But, transitioning from selling to being the doer of tasks is a risky proposition.
Leasing consultants love to sell because they love helping people with their needs, wants and desires as it relates to finding an apartment. The money is nice too but stick with me for a moment. For the most part the front side of the leasing process is laced with face-to-face interactions. It's what great leasing people thrive on. They charge their batteries via the social nature of their positions. That being said, it does carry its fair share of paperwork but it is not the primary purpose of the process. It is the necessary evil of it. An evil that becomes even more pronounced in the assistant manager role.
Lisa Leasingmaster is three months in when she enters your office begging for her old job back. She can't take the paperwork not to mention the constant negative attention from sending out delinquent rent notices. In short, she is outside of her strike zone.
Good to Great suggests, "Whether someone is the "right person" has more to do with character traits and innate capabilities than with specific knowledge, background or skills."
Lesson #3 – Be mindful of the fact that the best leasing consultants don't make the best assistant managers. And, the best assistant managers don't make the best property managers. It's okay to promote a leasing consultant to property manager and or a porter to assistant manager if they demonstrate the appropriate skill sets. Promote for competency rather than performance in the current role.

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I've just defrosted the freezer. It's not a job I like doing but I can't complain as I've had the freezer for eighteen months and this is the first time that I've had to do anything more than wipe the door handle. When I planned my new kitchen in the autumn of 2001 I wanted a large American fridge-freezer, but the initial plans showed that it would dominate the kitchen uncomfortably. I did, however, want refrigeration of a similar quality. The kitchen designer suggested that I looked at fridges and freezers by Liebherr, a German manufacturer, who produce high quality appliances which can be built in side-by-side to provide the same capacity and features as the fridge-freezer I wanted, but at a lower cost. The freezer arrived securely wrapped and some, but not all, of the packaging could be recycled. Transporting and fitting the freezer is a two-man job not least because it needs to be lifted to fit inside a pre-installed kitchen unit. Whilst there is a little bit of flexibility on the unit's internal height (87.4 to 88.5cm), width (56 to 57cm) and depth (at least 53cm, including a 38mm air vent), manoeuvring the freezer into place does require some muscle. The freezer door can be reversed so that it opens to either the left or the right. A cupboard door fits onto the freezer door using sliders and when fitted into a range of units it's impossible to tell that this is a freezer. One of the drawbacks to this is the fact that the control panel is only visible once the freezer is opened, but that's common even with freezers which are not built-in. The panel is at eye-level for me and it's relatively uncluttered considering that it contains a warning light (should the temperature climb), lights to indicate that the appliance is switched on or in superfrost mode, two control buttons, a temperature adjustment button, the audible warning system and a temperature display. There are four substantia
l drawers, each just over 15cm high, in white plastic. A ridge at the front is used to pull the drawers out. Because I have problems with my hands I normally find that this sort of handle causes difficulties, but not in this case. It does, however, leave a curve on the inside of the drawer which is difficult to clean. I resorted to using cotton buds. Clips are supplied which slide into a ridge at the top of the drawer and these can be used to indicate the contents and the date by which they must be used. I don't use these as food moves through my freezer quite quickly but if you are in the habit of buying quantities of meat, say, then they could be useful. The drawers are numbered 1 to 4 from the bottom upwards. I would have preferred to have the drawers numbered from the top downwards but it's a very minor point. Unfortunately the drawers can't be reversed as the bottom drawer is L-shaped to accommodate the motor. There's also a slide-out tray at the top of the freezer. It's meant to be the place to keep ice-cube trays, but I use it to store all the odds and ends that get lost when you put them into the larger drawers. At the moment it holds a few small bags of grated Parmesan cheese and some frozen herbs. I've used it to freeze blackcurrants and redcurrants from the garden by spreading them out over the tray and bagging them once they're frozen so that there's less damage to the fruit. Long-term storage of frozen food needs a temperature of -18°C or below. The freezer has a choice of settings from 1 (minimum cooling) to 5 (maximum cooling). It's impossible to equate these settings to actual temperatures as much depends on the location of the freezer, how often it's opened and the contents. As my freezer is near a fan heater, opened regularly and constantly being used to freeze food I've opted to use the maximum setting, which works well for me. The control for this is described as child
proof as it requires a coin to be used to alter the setting. I would prefer to say that it couldn't be altered accidentally. The internal thermometer shows that my freezer generally runs at about -19°C. It's independent of the power supply - and consequently it's a dial rather than a digital display. Once the freezer is operating normally the temperature shown is that of the frozen food. I find this reassuring. I've never before had a freezer where I could be confident that the temperature of the food was low enough. Up to 12kg of food can be frozen in a period of 24 hours. I've not attempted to freeze on this scale, but it coped well with 4kg of minced beef when it was on special offer. There was an immediate rise in temperature of a degree or so, but this quickly came back to normal with the help of the Superfrost function. The internal control panel shows a yellow light when this is in use. At first I thought that I would hate the audible warning signal. If the freezer door is open for more than 30 seconds, or the temperature falls a bleep sounds. It continues to sound until the door is shut or the temperature rises. It's such an annoying sound that it has trained us to think about what we want before we open the freezer and to get the door shut again as quickly as possible. It can be turned off, but I'm glad we decided not to! I'm sure that this has been the reason why we haven't needed to defrost the freezer in the past eighteen months. It's only in the past couple of weeks that I've noticed any ice crystals at all. Defrosting was simple. The drawers slid out easily, complete with the frozen food. I covered these with a blanket to keep the temperature as low as possible. A bowl of hot (not boiling!) water on the aluminium cooling plates speeded the melting of the thin layer of ice. Within half an hour the freezer had been washed out, dried and the drawers replace
d. I won't say that it was a pleasure, but it wasn't difficult. I'm delighted with the freezer. Apart from the bleep it's virtually silent in running even when I've been using the Superfrost function. It's Energy Efficiency class B, on a scale of A to G with A being the best. Even the instructions are clearly written despite there being eight languages covered in the booklet. As the freezer holds sufficient for our needs I'm rather glad that we decided against the American fridge-freezer. Direct-electricals.co.uk are currently offering the GI1412 for £392 including VAT and delivery, but you will need to add to this the cost of the cupboard door to match other units. I could have gone for a cheaper option: the Electrolux EU62331 is a similar size but has a lower capacity, less flexibility and there's no audible warning. The door doesn't shut with a satisfying clunk either, so I think the extra £108 that I spent was worthwhile. Now, if only it's another eighteen months before I have to defrost again! Additional Points Net capacity: 108l Energy consumption over 365 days: 295kWh
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Ruminations on a Sacred Cow: Sports & War
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Some years ago, in a very lengthy essay, I painstakingly traced a nearly ubiquitous red thread through postwar German literature: the concept of sports, games, and certain toys as a kind of psychological preconditioning for and symbolical prelude to war. (It turns out German writers after 1945 were virtually obsessed with trying to find out what kinds of subtle things had, in their horrible totality, added up to Hitler and the Holocaust. Sports and games were high on their list.)
Later I was asked to give a lecture on the idea to a group in the BYU Honors Program. With the idea of making things more "relevant," I took the liberty of appending a short aside about certain related phenomena at Brigham Young University. This was not terribly well received, even by many of my friends, most of whom are loyal Cougar fans, but there follows here a brief summary of some of the things I said that day.
In my article and lecture I referred to a well-established historical tradition of athletic games played before major battles to determine the will of the gods. Johann Huizinga, in his book Homo Ludens (something like the standard work on games and play) cites such typical examples as that in the book of Second Samuel (2: 14ff), where one commander-in-chief says to another: "Let the young men now arise and play before us. And there came twelve from each side [i.e., each army] and they caught everyone his fellow [i.e., opponent] by the head and thrust his sword into his side, so that they fell down together."
Like the related case of David and Goliath, this gory game was a form of divination, "a concise proof," in Huizinga's words, "that the cause of the victors is favoured by the gods, is therefore a just cause."
The game of chess, though more cerebral and not at all overtly bloody, is also a form of portentous divination of the outcome of pending battles. (Checkmate -- Shah-mat -- once meaning "the king is dead" has been softened to mean: the king is threatened and the game is over.)
Chess still has the power to move people on some unconscious level to burden a simple game with far reaching cosmic significance, just as it did anciently. When the very eccentric American Bobby Fisher defeated Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War, for example, millions of Americans saw this as a sign of American superiority, the triumph of eccentric Yankee individualism over the programmatic, lockstep Soviet style. At about the same time a (very rare) victory of the American hockey team over the Soviet team evoked similar euphoria.
But here an interesting psychological quirk manifests itself: We divine the will of the gods or of fate only when our champion or team does well. When the other champion succeeds, we must invent excuses. So when Fisher or the U.S. hockey team won, our system had proven itself. When the USSR (or even little East Germany, the GDR, with 16 million people) won gold medal after gold medal at the Olympics, it was because they cheated and used drugs and professional athletes, etc. (All of which was true, incidentally.)
Imagine, a bit closer to home, a hypothetical BYU fan. When BYU wins in a "miracle finish" over, say, Notre Dame or Baylor or some other Church-related school, our fan may feel that the superiority of Mormonism has been demonstrated and may even expect the missionary effort to be more successful. (Of course this is absurd: My brother-in-law, who was once the Mormon mission president in Albuquerque, assures me that his missionaries almost had to go into hiding whenever BYU played New Mexico.)


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- Website - Division of Worker's Compensation
- Email - Bureau of Claims Management
Indicator Description:
This indicator measures insurers compliance with DWD s. 80.02(2)(a) relating to submission of first reports of injury to the Department.
Compliance Requirement:
Insurers are required to submit the Employers First Report of Injury or Disease, form WKC-12, to the Department on or before the 14th day after an accident or the beginning of a disability from an occupational disease for all compensable injuries where disability exists beyond the 3rd day after the employee leaves work as a result of an accident or disease.
Standard or Benchmark:
DWD s. 80.02(3)(b), sets the standard for prompt reporting at 70% of First Reports to be received by the Department within 14 days of the date of injury or the last day worked after injury before the first day of compensable lost time.
Source of Indicator Data:
The source of the data is from the WKC-12, specifically the "date of injury" and the "last day worked". The data reflected in the tables represents only compensable claims for which supplemental reports, WKC-13s, were received during the quarter indicating that the first indemnity payment was made.
Only claims for compensable injuries are included in the measurement. Denials and "no-lost-time" claims are not included. Those claims "under investigation" are included at the time they become compensable. Claims put on the information system without the receipt of a First Report of Injury are considered late. These are known as "non-reported" claims. These include those set up as claims because of the receipt of applications for hearing, medical reports or other documents.
Computation Methodology:
Promptness for the first report of injury is measured by computing the number of days from the day following the date of injury or last day of work prior to the first day that caused the first day of lost time to be paid, whichever is later, to the day the report is received. There is no time lapse for "non-reported" claims, but they are included as late and shown as No WKC-12 on the claim detail. Permanent disability claims are excluded.
State of Wisconsin Average:
What this Indicator Measures:
This indicator reflects the combined performance of about 180 insurers with respect to their promptness of submitting First Reports of Injury to the Department. These insurers account for over 90% of the claims submitted. The legal standard for insurers is to submit 70% to the Department within 14 days of the date of injury. Data is reported quarterly and the year to date and 12 quarter history data are updated quarterly.
Explanatory Comments for Current Indicator:
The industry average for the past 12 quarters is at 75%. This is well above the 70% standard. 1st quarter 2017 performance has risen to 73%. Most delays in reporting the First Report of Injury are caused by employer failure to report, in a timely manner, lost time injuries to their insurance carriers. Performance improvement measured by this indicator can be directly attributed to intense monitoring by the WC Division as well as insurance carrier concern to engage in informational outreach to employers regarding when the former should be reporting injuries to the latter. In quarters to come the WC Division will continue to look closely at individual insurance carrier/self-insured employer performance measured by this Indicator with an eye towards improving performance even more
Indicator 1: Promptness of First Reports
Group A - Large Insurers (400 claims or more per year)
Group B - Medium Size Insurers (65-399 claims per year)
Group C - Small Size Insurers (equal to or greater than 65 claims every 3 years)
PLEASE NOTE: Quarterly summary reports are static, a snapshot of performance reflected by our database the day prior to the reports being run. As such, actual performance may be different due to changes to the claims for the given quarter after the reports are run than performance captured in the PDF.
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June 10, 2009
Tennessee pitchers Nick Hernandez and Ty'Relle Harris had their names called Wednesday afternoon in the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. With the two selection, the Volunteers now have had 108 players drafted a total of 119 times since the free-agent draft began in 1965.
Hernandez was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 12th round (377th overall pick). Harris was picked by the Atlanta Braves in the 19th round (586th overall pick).
In 18 seasons as a collegiate coach, UT coach Todd Raleigh has now produced 38 MLB draft picks.
Hernandez has been the ace of the Volunteer pitching staff the last two seasons, leading the team in innings pitched and games started. In 2008, Hernandez led the SEC and ranked fourth nationally with 0.97 walks allowed per nine innings (nine walks in 82 2/3 innings pitched).
"I was hoping to go a little higher but I am excited and now I am just celebrating with the family," Hernandez said. "I am excited about the Phillies, I can say that I was drafted by the defending world champions and hopefully one day I will get to play for them. It was unexpected but the Phillies gave me a chance so we will see what happens."
This season, the Hialeah, Fla., native compiled a 4-5 record with a 5.23 ERA with 70 strikeouts and 21 walks in a team high 84 1/3 innings.
Hernandez is the tenth Tennessee player ever to be drafted by the Phillies.
Harris recently completed his four-year college eligibility, with the final two seasons coming as a Vol. The right-handed pitcher from Fairfield, Calif., compiled a 6-6 record with a 5.34 ERA including 16 starts and two saves in his two seasons at Tennessee.
He split his first two collegiate seasons, one at the University of Pacific and one at Sacramento City College.
Harris is the tenth Vol ever to be drafted by the Atlanta Braves.
Three Tennessee signees were also drafted. Left-handed pitcher Chad Bell (Knoxville, Tenn., Walters State CC) was selected in the 14th round by the Texas Rangers with the 424 overall pick in the draft. Right-handed pitcher Jon Reed (Tulsa, Okla., Tulsa Memorial High School) was chosen by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round with the 629th overall pick in the draft. First baseman Cody Stubbs (Waynesville, N.C., Tuscola High School) was picked by the Boston Red Sox in the 29th round with the 888th overall pick.


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Course Description
AH 102 Growth and Development
3 cr.
Offered: Fall, Winter
Developing a concept of human life from birth to death. Emphasis is on the normal stages of growth and development of the human being at different ages. This course serves as a framework within which students explore their own feelings concerning the life process and develop a philosophy concerning the appreciation of that process.


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ITAL-469 Manzoni
Spring for 2017-2018
Professor Severino
Why is "I promessi sposi" considered by many the best historical novel in Italian and one of the best in any language? What contribution did Manzoni's novel make to the development of the Italian language? to the Italian unification movement? to the understanding of Italian Catholicism? to the Italian romantic movement? Seminar discussions will be based on a close reading of the novel, as well as short selections of Manzoni's other works. A variety of critical methods of interpretation will be explored both in class and in research projects leading to a critical analytical research paper. Conducted in Italian.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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Live in Florida. Do I need a brass drain or a PVC drain for new tub?
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Just bought a new tub. The old tub had a PVC drain and overflow drain. Now i'm not sure which to buy for the new tub. PVC or brass? Do I need PVC because of our extremely hard water here in Florida?
Tub and the two different drains are shown.
For a drain I would think you would be fine with a brass one.
If it was a supply line it would be differant.
A brass one is just going to cost far more.
I've never once seen a PVC tub drain fail and I've worked on many an old house.
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How do I connect the brass to the PVC in the ground? Do I need to cut off what is there and glue on a threaded pvc pipe and screw this baby in?
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There's something else to keep you glued to the screen, too: the visuals. Age of Conan might not be approaching Crysis in terms of graphics quality - maybe the delayed DirectX 10 version will deliver that - but it's certainly the most visually advanced MMORPG to date. The mountainous jungle scenery and sinister ruins around Tortage are beautifully rendered, with luxuriant vegetation, masses of textural detail and some lovely hazy light.
The characters, meanwhile, show a level of detail that goes beyond even Lord of the Rings Online. And like Turbine's Tolkien MMO, this has clearly been a labour of love for the art team, pulling in elements from Howard's stories, the Schwarzenegger movies, the Marvel comics and the classic Frank Frazetta book covers to create a world that will ring true to anyone who's come into contact with Conan before. This isn't one of the standard issue fantasy worlds we're used to. It's a place of brooding menace where you're positively encouraged to trust no-one and treat every conversational gambit with a certain degree of contempt.
Well, up to a point. The early parts of Age of Conan go quite big on conversation, but you rather get the feeling that, even if you play a hulking barbarian brute with scant regard for the niceties of good or evil, you're still getting pushed down the same adventure path. You're not restricted to following the storyline - you can wander around, make friends with other players and take on a range of traditional fetch-six-of-this, batter-nine-of-that side quests - but you will have to come back to it eventually.
The game actually has an ingenious system for switching you in and out. Go to the tavern and ask to wait until nightfall and you go into an individual single-player 'instance' of the game where you go through the story quests one by one. Return to the tavern and snooze until daylight, and you'll find yourself back with your fellow Hyborian adventurers, and everything is back to normal.
It's worth keeping this in mind, because playing through the story quests I've hit several brick walls where my character simply wasn't beefy enough to take on the enemies in the next section. In some areas you can fight a war of attrition, taking your foes down one by one, resurrecting every time you are killed, but this isn't always possible. At times I was worried that I'd made the wrong choice when I picked a Bear Shaman is my character, and that I should really have played as a Barbarian or Conquerer if I'd wanted to get anywhere in the game.


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Running in the dazzle of neon
New York Times
Nov 12, 2013
Flip through a shoe catalog, browse the shelves of a running store or check out the winding roads of Central Park's jogging paths, and you are likely to see eye-popping running gear brightening an otherwise staid sport. Are the bright shoes here to stay? It is hard to say, but shoe companies are selling as much neon as they can. Jennifer Escalas, associate professor of marketing, is quoted.


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BANGKOK – Thai anti-coup protesters squared off against soldiers in Bangkok on Sunday in a growing show of dissent despite warnings from the ruling junta to end rallies, after the army consolidated all lawmaking authority.
The military has detained former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and scores of other ousted government leaders and political figures following a coup that has provoked sharp international criticism.
Dozens of protesters with large banners that read "Junta Out" and "Stop Coup" staged a boisterous demonstration, jeering angrily and pushing at lines of armed soldiers outside a shopping mall in the heart of Bangkok's retail district.
At least two protesters were taken away by the troops, according to reporters on the scene.
One man was dragged away bleeding, while other demonstrators spat at soldiers as pockets of defiance against the army's takeover continued to multiply.
The protest came after the junta issued a fresh warning Sunday against the use of social media to "incite" unrest.
"I ask for people's understanding on the current situation and that they refrain from anti-coup rallies, because democracy cannot proceed normally at the moment," army spokesman Col. Winthai Suvaree said.
He said those detained by the military were being held without restraints and had not been "tortured or beaten" and reiterated that they would be released within seven days.
Those being held include politicians and leaders from both sides of the country's warring protest movements, while the army has summoned academics and journalists seen as critical to the coup.
Thailand has been rocked by persistent and sometimes violent political turmoil for nearly a decade, with bitter divisions intensifying in the years following the 2006 ouster of Yingluck's brother, Thaksin, by royalist generals.
Thaksin and his allies have won every election in Thailand this century, helped by the polling might of his support base among the working class and communities in the north and northeast.
But he is reviled by parts of the elite, the Bangkok middle class and southerners — an alliance with wide influence in the establishment and army but little electoral success.
Bangkok has seen several outbreaks of protests against the junta since army chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha launched a dramatic takeover Thursday.
Witnesses also reported protests overnight in parts of Thaksin's northern heartland, with rallies in the city of Khon Kaen and a heavy military presence in Thailand's second largest metropolitan hub, Chiang Mai.
The military junta on Saturday announced it had disbanded the Senate and placed all lawmaking authority in Prayuth's hands.
Civil liberties have been curbed, media restrictions imposed and most of the constitution abrogated.
Thai journalist Pravit Rojanaphruk was the first reporter summoned by the junta. He reported to a Bangkok army conference center Sunday with black tape across his mouth in protest, according to witnesses.
Analysts have said the developments were an ominous signal that the army is digging its heals in and may be unwilling to relinquish power to a civilian government in the near term.
Washington, long a key ally, has led international condemnation of the coup.
It has suspended $3.5 million in military assistance, canceled official visits and army exercises and said its remaining Thai aid budget was under question.
"We are increasingly concerned about actions the military has taken, just a few days after it staged a coup," U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a statement Saturday, pointing to the dissolution of the Senate, arrests and media restrictions.
"We again call on the military to release those detained for political reasons, end restrictions on the media and move to restore civilian rule and democracy through elections."
The military said Saturday that Prayuth had sent a letter regarding his takeover to the country's revered monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The king, 86, commands great respect among his subjects, and his blessing is traditionally sought to legitimize Thailand's recurring military takeovers.
The army said the king had "acknowledged" Prayuth's letter, but stopped short of describing the response as an endorsement.
Thailand's powerful military has repeatedly intervened in politics, with democratic rule assaulted by 19 actual or attempted coups since 1932.


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This morning Vegas woke us up around 5am running around the house. We figured he was just in a crazy mood and yelled at him to stop.
He didn't.
Then, we heard a little squeak and went to investigate his party in the closet. He caught a little bird!! Bad bad cat.
He/she wasn't bleeding and seemed somewhat okay, but his wing seemed weird. We put it in a shoebox and waited until the vet was open to get him some help.
Vegas is obviously grounded.
Then I got ready for my run. I tried my New Balance watch finally. I need to figure out how to use it because I messed it up at some point. I know I did 15 miles because I was running my fave route.
After my run I went to go see my favorite bird lover – Melissa!
She is moving to Peru for 3 months on Monday and we wanted to meet up before she left. It's weird that I only see her a few times a year, but I'm bummed she'll be so far. Have a blast Melissa <3
We met at Whole Foods and I got some eggs and a chocolate chip scone for my post-run meal.
I don't know why, but I've been craving a scone. Random, but delicious.
We took a little walk around the neighborhood and then returned to Whole Foods for some exploration.
I found The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies in the World!
But, I didn't get them since I already had the scone. Next time.
I also grabbed a salad for lunch. WF is my favorite restaurant.
We parted ways and I ran a few errands completely stinky before coming home for a shower. What? It was the most efficient way.
After my shower I hit the couch to watch the Olympic Trials and fell asleep. Nap was in order I guess!
Okay, not sure what else in on the agenda for today I just realized I'm super late to a BBQ. I better get it together.
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Recently, an alum sent us some encouragement regarding our efforts to always improve how we deal with student financial aid.
A few years ago, I was reminded about the wonderful blessing I received from the Student Aid fund in 1969. I put that experience in writing and I have attached it to this email. I hope it will be a blessing to you also.
The Letter
My Heavenly Father Cares
I attended Multnomah Bible College in Portland, Oregon from 1967 to 1970, after working for five years as a secretary and bookkeeper. I was able to pay my freshman expenses from savings and the sale of my car. Then, I was privileged to work in the campus bookstore and had a summer job to pay for my junior year. I assumed that I would also be able to find a job in Bremerton, WA (my home town) for the summer between my junior and senior years. I went everywhere in Bremerton, filling out applications, but no one would hire me. That was so frustrating! I volunteered to help with Child Evangelism activities and did some baby sitting,
During my freshman year, I received a very clear call from the Lord for missionary service, so I was excited about that. During the summer before my senior year, I decided to have a yard sale to recycle some of my possessions that I would not need on the mission field, so that gave me some funds for my school expenses, but I was a long way from having the amount that was needed to pay for the first semester of my senior year. The tuition, board and room was approximately $1,700 per semester in those days. J
The next day I received two letters in the mail. One letter was from Dr. Lytle who was the Dean of Students at Multnomah. He said that there had been an unusual amount of donations to the Student Aid fund that summer. Even though I had not applied for Student Aid, they could offer me $250 per semester, if I needed it. It had never occurred to me to ask for Student Aid because I was so sure that I would find a job for the summer. I was totally amazed by that letter.
The other letter was from Mrs. Alice Taylor who was the Personnel Manager of Christian Supply Centers. She said they had scheduled a big sale at the downtown Portland Christian Supply Center store for two weeks in August and they were going to be short handed. She wondered if I would be willing to come to Portland early and help out in the store. She said I could stay with Mrs. Schultz who was the manager of the campus bookstore. Then I could help Mrs. Schultz set up the campus bookstore for the new school year. She told me what my salary would be for those three weeks.
I sat down and figured out how close I would be to paying the first semester expenses, and came to the conclusion that I was exactly $50 short of paying it in full. That was totally AMAZING! I certainly was not going to worry about $50.
When it came time to register for first semester, there was a note in my mailbox from Dr. Lytle asking me to come to his office before going to the Business Office. I did that and he said that they had continued to receive more donations for Student Aid, so they could offer me another $50 if I needed it. He didn't know that I needed exactly $50 to pay the first semester in full! I was in total awe, but managed to tell him that I would accept it with great gratitude.
A year after graduation I left for South Africa to serve the Lord with TEAM. There have been many times when the Lord has reminded me again that He is my Father and He will take care of everything.
My favorite verses are:
- I Thessalonians 5:24 – "He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it."
- Jeremiah 29:11 – "I know the plans that I have for you;" declares the Lord. "They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope."
Sincerely In Him,
Esther Shafer
MSB Diploma, '70
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Update 3: Swindon shock Wigan in Cup
Swindon caused the biggest upset of the day as the npower League Two side came from behind to beat Wigan 2-1 in their FA Cup third round tie at the County Ground.
Barclays Premier League side Wigan were awarded a penalty after Aden Flint fouled Callum McManaman but Latics midfielder Ben Watson missed the resulting spot kick.
However, McManaman chased up the rebound to put Wigan ahead 10 minutes before the break, but the lead was short-lived as Alan Connell levelled the score with five minutes of the first half remaining with a header from the left of the six yard box.
Paul Benson's strike gave the Robins the lead in the 76th minute and Paolo Di Canio's side held on to seal progression to the fourth round for the first time in 16 years.
Stevenage maintained their reputation as giant killers as they beat Championship side Reading 1-0 at the Madejski Stadium.
The League One side, who knocked Newcastle out of the cup in the third round last season, held on to the slender lead earnt by Darius Charles' 21st minute strike.
Charles fired home from 20 yards to book his side a place in the fourth round.
Bolton escaped embarrassment as David Wheater's header saw them salvage a replay against League Two Macclesfield as they drew 2-2 at Moss Rose.
The Premier League side took the lead through Ivan Klasnic after he pounced on Nathaniel Brown's clearance in the seventh minute but the advantage was shot lived as Colin Daniel drew Macclesfield level in the 16th minute.
Arnaud Mendy's 25-yard volley then handed the Silkmen the lead in the 68th minute before Wheater headed the Trotters level.
Blue Square Premier leaders Wrexham earned a replay against Championship side Brighton as they drew 1-1 at the Falmer Stadium.
Jake Forster-Caskey's opener for Brighton was cancelled out by midfielder Adrian Cieslewicz's second half strike to book a rematch at the Racecourse Ground.
League Two leaders Crawley Town caused an upset as they beat 10-man Bristol City 1-0 at the Broadfield Stadium.
The Championship side were reduced to 10 men when midfielder Stephen Pearson was shown red for his second bookable offence after Matthew Tubbs' 73rd minute score proved to be decisive.
League One Notts County caused a minor upset as they dumped Championship strugglers Doncaster out of the cup with a 2-0 win at the Keepmoat Stadium.
Jeff Hughes scored a goal in each half for County to seal progression to the next round after they famously took Manchester City to a replay last season.
Swansea came from behind to beat Championship side Barnsley 4-2 at Oakwell.
Ricardo Vaz Te put Barnsley ahead in the 29th minute but the lead was short-lived as Angel Rangel hit back for Swansea 90 seconds later.
Danny Graham blasted the Swans ahead in the first minute of the second half with a 30-yard strike before Nathan Dyer scored.
Vaz Te netted his second of the game, and 12th of the season, but Graham's 89th minute score sealed progression for Brendan Rodgers' side.
Championship leaders Southampton came from behind to beat Coventry 2-1.
Gary McSheffrey gave Coventry the lead in the fifth minute before James Ward-Prowse levelled for Saints after the break with a close-range strike, with Aaron Martin's 82nd minute header sealing the win.
Everton ground out a 2-0 win over Blue Square Premier League side Tamworth at Goodison Park.
Johnny Heitinga headed the Toffees in front from a Landon Donovan corner in the fifth minute before Leighton Baines sealed the win from the penalty spot after Royston Drenthe was brought down by Samuel Habergham.
Stoke came from behind to run out 3-1 winners over League Two's Gillingham.
Danny Kedwell put the Gills in front before Jonathan Walters levelled for Stoke 10 minutes before the break.
Cameron Jerome put the Premier League side ahead when he pounced on the ball after Ryan Shawcross' header rebounded off the bar before Robert Huth headed Wilson Palacios' corner past Gills keeper Ross Flitney for the third.
Matty Phillips struck his second hat-trick in four games for Blackpool as the Seasiders ended Blue Square Premier Fleetwood's hopes of an FA Cup upset with a 5-1 win Highbury Stadium.
Lomana Tresor LuaLua put the Tangerines in front in the 24th minute before Phillips' 25-yard curling shot beat goalkeeper Scott Davies just after the break.
Thomas Ince's strike on the half-volley and two more for Phillips sealed the win, with Jamie Vardy's 70th minute strike for Fleetwood scant consolation.
Clint Dempsey scored a hat-trick as Fulham avoided a potential upset against Charlton as they ran out 4-0 winners at Craven Cottage.
Dempsey fired the opener in the eighth minute before netting again twice after the break, once from the penalty spot, before Damien Duff added the fourth to seal a convincing win over the League One side in the 87th minute.
Heidar Helguson's 89th minute equaliser salvaged a replay for QPR as they drew 1-1 against MK Dons.
League One's MK took the lead through Dean Bowditch and looked to be on the way to creating an upset against their Premier League opponents, but Helguson drilled the crucial goal from the edge of the area to book a rematch at Loftus Road.
Norwich were convincing winners as they beat npower Championship side Burnley 4-1 at Carrow Road.
Grant Holt and Simeon Jackson put Norwich 2-0 up in the opening 12 minutes before Jay Rodriguez hit back for Burnley almost immediately.
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Aaron Mclean's 27th-minute effort and Tom Cairney's 25-yard strike five minutes later gave the Tigers a comfortable lead.
Jason Scotland hit back for Ipswich but Cameron Stewart's last-minute goal sealed the win for Hull.
Jonas Gutierrez's stoppage-time goal saw Newcastle beat Blackburn 2-1.
David Goodwillie put Blackburn in front in the 35th minute but Hatem Ben Arfa equalised for Newcastle in the 70th minute before Gutierrez lobbed in the winner with the last kick of the game.
Sheffield United beat Salisbury 3-1 to book their place in the next round.
Chris Porter scored his eighth goal of the season to put the Blades in front before Ched Evans added a second and Daniel Webb's own goal secured the win, with Lloyd Macklin's late score for Salisbury small consolation.
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Craig Forsyth scored twice as Watford beat Bradford 4-2 at Vicarage Road.
Troy Deeney headed Watford ahead early on but James Hanson's close-range strike brought Bradford level five minutes later.
Marvin Sordell edged the Hornets back in front before Forsyth's double sealed the win ahead of Nahki Wells' late score.
Simon Cox scored a hat-trick as West Brom also claimed a 4-2 win, beating Cardiff.
Cardiff had fought back from 2-0 down with goals Robert Earnshaw and Joe Mason cancelling out efforts from Peter Odemwingie and Cox, but the Republic of Ireland international netted twice more in the last half-hour to seal the win and complete his treble.
Derby beat Crystal Palace 1-0 thanks to Theo Robinson's ninth-minute goal while Marvin Emnes scored his first goal in nine games to help Middlesbrough defeat League Two Shrewsbury 1-0.
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This is a weekly chart and likely not subject to Intervention Distortion.
This is the BREADTH OSCILLATOR of the AMEX GOLD MINERS INDEX or GIMBO as I shorten it.
It measures the cumulative increase or decrease over any given 2 year period in the GDM. It is powerful and long enuf to avoid being skewed by "Painting" by the ESF or TPTB. By the move up or down of the "KNOW, SURE THING" index, which moves like an MACD, to remain symmetrical we'd have to hit +375 on the Index on the UPSIDE, to match the -375 it has reached on the downside just before the JUL 2013 Rally.
ABOVE is GIMBO daily, looking quite HOT, up in the HOT ZONES. Underneath is the GDM version of KST, MACD-LIKE, and some Speed Resistance Lines drawn in, which often offer Resistance to Correction and Reaction, thus places it may bounce off.
ABOVE is GDX with RSI, MACD & BB, all In-Gear for a continuing advance, all below danger zones. RSI is under 70 and MACD continues up. This may eventually morph into a FLAT CORRECTION, but with normal stops you will likely have no fear here of being shaken out !!


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The 2010 Census reveals that America is a nation on the precipice of immense change, says William Frey. The data tell us that our aging population will give way to the most diverse generation of Americans to date and that our metropolitan areas must be prepared to meet the many challenges that will accompany future population trends.
View the accompanying slideshow, Five Things the Census Revealed About America in 2011 »
1 The United States is growing more slowly
The 2000s marked the slowest decade of population growth in the United States in 70 years, slightly under the rate from the 1980s. The country grew by 9.7 percent, adding 27.3 million people from 2000 to 2010. The pullback from rapid 13.2 percent growth in the 1990s reflects slower U.S. economic growth across the decade, reduced immigration, and the aging of baby boomers out of their prime child-bearing years.
As in previous decades, the Sun Belt accounted for most of the nations population growth in the 2000s. Southern and Western states added 23 million people, compared to just 4 million added in the Northeast and Midwest. Las Vegas and Raleigh were the fastest-growing large metro areas (42 percent), while greater Detroit and Youngstown lost residents. And suburbs continued to grow faster than cities. However, many of these patterns began to shift in the late 2000s amid a housing market crash that hit fast-growing Sun Belt and outer suburban locations especially hard.
What it means
Despite the recent decades slowdown, America remains one of the fastest-growing developed nations. We added the equivalent of more than three-quarters of Canadas population in just 10 years, helping to replenish our workforce and offset the costs of an aging society. Population growth will continue to vary greatly across the national and metropolitan maps, but ongoing restructuring in the U.S. economy and housing market may reduce somewhat the imbalances from the 2000s in the years to come.
2 Americans are increasingly stuck at home
America recorded another historic demographic lull in the 2000s, as the share of U.S. residents moving dropped to a postwar low of 11.9 percent in 2008, and then again to 11.6 percent in 2011. During the baby boom of the 1950s, by contrast, nearly one-fifth of Americans changed residences each year. The long-term trends toward higher homeownership and the aging of the baby boomers and the short-term dynamics of deep recession, depressed housing prices, and stringent credit policies produced a record level of rootedness among American households.
The migration slowdown reversed in part the tide that swept many Americans into Sun Belt areas like Las Vegas and Orlando during the first half of the decade. One upshot is that population losses from many former feeder areas, such as New York, Los Angeles, and Boston have slowed considerably, especially among migrants with college degrees. Meanwhile, Austin, Dallas, and Denver displaced Riverside, Phoenix, and Atlanta from the list of metro areas gaining the most young migrants at the end of the decade.
What it means
Americans move around more than their counterparts in other developed countries, but a lot less than they used to. Some fear that in the short run, homeowners are stuck in places with too few jobs, and not able or willing to move to places with healthier labor markets. Longer run, and perhaps more importantly, states and metro areas that relied too heavily on in-migration for growth must re-calibrate their economies to create better, more diverse job opportunities for current and future residents.
3 Minorities are driving growth, replenishing America's youth
Non-whites, especially Hispanics and Asians, accounted for the overwhelming majority (92 percent) of U.S. population growth in the 2000s. In the nations 100 largest metro areas, whites now account for 57 percent of population, down from 71 percent in 1990. Immigration drove some of this increasing racial and ethnic diversity, with the foreign-born numbering 40 million nationwide by 2010, nearly 13 percent of U.S. population. The youngest Americans herald our coming transition to a majority minority nation; 50 percent of infants under age one are now non-white.
As racial/ethnic minority and immigrant populations continue to grow, they are also dispersing into new locations across and within metropolitan America. In 2010, minorities made up more than half the population in 22 large metro areas, up from 14 in 2000 and just five in 1990. African American population in particular is returning to the South, with three-quarters of the groups U.S. gains occurring in that region in the 2000s. And for the first time, a majority of every major racial and ethnic group in large metro areas lives in the suburbs, as segregationwhile still highcontinues to decline.
What it means
Large metro areas, and increasingly their suburbs, stand at the forefront of Americas transformation into a multiethnic society. How they respond to and manage that shift, especially the social and economic opportunities they provide to a highly diverse population of families with children, will establish the course for our nations well-being over the coming decades. Rapid growth in the immigrant population in some parts of the country produced late-decade policy backlashes that could threaten these places longer-run economic well-being.
4 Boomers continue to age, transforming American households
The oldest members of the baby boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964, entered seniorhood at the end of the 2000s as the youngest members crossed fully into middle age. As a result, Americas 45-and-over population grew more than 18 times as fast as its under-45 population in the 2000s, and more than half the nations voting-age population is at least 45 years old. Boomer aging, and delays in marriage and childbearing among younger groups, account for the fact that only 20 percent of U.S. households today are married couples with children under 18, down from twice that share in 1970.
While all parts of the country are aging, places are increasingly divided by growth or decline in their youth. Under-45 populations in 36 of the largest 100 metro areas, particularly places like Buffalo and Cleveland, declined in the 2000s even as they rose by at least 10 percent in 29 metro areas like Raleigh and Las Vegas. Boomer aging in place is also transforming suburbia, where 40 percent of residents are age 45 and older, compared with 35 percent in cities. Significant racial and ethnic differences by age further define these patterns in some parts of the country; less than 40 percent of Arizonas children are white, compared with more than 80 percent of its seniors.
What it means
The older population is growing everywhere, and a host of public and private services will be adapted to an aging population in the decades to come. Areas that are also gaining younger populations may have a resource advantage in responding to those changes, compared to rapidly aging northern states and metro areas. Yet because the former areas have more racially and ethnically diverse young people, they too may face challenges in managing competition for scarce public resources between predominantly white seniors and minority families with children.
5 Americans lost ground in income and poverty in the 2000s
The 2000s marked the first census decade on record in which real median household income declined. The typical household earned $50,046 in 2010, down 8.9 percent from 2000. And the share of people living in poverty hit 15.3 percent, the highest level since 1993. The negative trends surely reflect the deep recession affecting the country in the late 2000s, but also the limited progress experienced by average households and the poor during the years in which the overall economy grew.
Economic pain was widespread across the nation. Nearly all (91) of the 100 largest metro areas ended the decade with lower median incomes than in 2000. Sun Belt areas on the front lines of the housing market collapse (Orlando, Las Vegas, Riverside), manufacturing metros (Indianapolis, Cleveland), and many parts of the Southeast (Birmingham, Nashville) ranked among the places experiencing large poverty increases during, and sometimes even before, the Great Recession. Suburbs shared much more in the rise of metropolitan poverty, with their poor residents growing 53 percent over the decade, a shift driven partly by the suburban growth of new immigrant populations.
What it means
Census 2000 captured American households at a high-water mark economically, a far different situation than they faced in 2010. Economic growth strategies for the coming decade must place greater emphasis on achieving shared prosperity that lifts incomes for a broad segment of households. With unemployment projected to remain high for some time, many parts of the country will confront higher fiscal and social burdens associated with poverty, including concentrated poverty, for the foreseeable future. All metro areas, meanwhile, must continue to adapt a traditionally city-focused social services infrastructure for helping the poor to the reality of region-wide needs.
Related Storyhttp://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/0831_census_race_frey.aspx
The New Metro Minority Map: Regional Shifts in Hispanics, Asians and Blacks From Census 2010
(To view the map click on the url just above. Vigilonline is reproducing only the text) - Editor Vigilonline
Between 1990 and 2010 the combined white share of the population in 100 largest metro areas declined from 71 to 57 percent. In 2010, minorities (non-whites and Hispanics) comprised more than half the population in 22 of the 100 largest metro areas, up from 14 in 2000 and just 5 in 1990.
This analysis of 1990, 2000, and 2010 decennial census data for the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas indicates that:
Non-whites and Hispanics accounted for 98 percent of population growth in large metro areas from 2000 to 2010. Forty-two of the 100 largest metro areas lost white population, and 22 now have majority minority populations. Smaller metro areas and areas outside of metropolitan regions, by contrast, remain overwhelmingly white.
Nearly half of Hispanics live in just 10 large metro areas, but those metro areas accounted for only 36 percent of Hispanic growth over the past decade. Meanwhile, 29 of the 100 largest metro areas more than doubled their Hispanic populations; in two-thirds of these, Mexican Americans contributed most to Hispanic growth.
Asians are even more concentrated than Hispanics, with one-third living in just three metro areas: Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. While Chinese Americans remain the largest origin group among Asians, Asian Indians are dispersing more rapidly and accounted for more growth than other Asian groups in 63 of the 100 largest metro areas.
Three-quarters of black population gains from 2000 to 2010 occurred in the South. Atlanta, Dallas, and Houston led all metropolitan areas in black population gains at the same time that black population dropped in metropolitan New York, Chicago, and Detroit for the first time.
Average neighborhood segregation levels held steady for Hispanics and Asians but declined for blacks from 2000 to 2010. Older and northern metropolitan areas continue to register the highest segregation levels for minority groups. Despite recent declines, blacks remain more residentially segregated than either Hispanics or Asians.
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Every person I've heard of has had hibiclens works for them, including me. If I was to get pregnant again I would do it ahead of the test just in case. http://www.drmomma.org/2009/09/chlorhexidine-hibiclens-protocol-for.html
I had it, wiped it out, retested negative, and continued using it once a day until birth. I was expected a very fast labor with broken water and knew I would never get antibiotics in time. I wanted the risk to be none or minimal. My homebirth midwife did issue me a scrip for an oral antibiotic if I chose to take it. I did choose to take it because my water broke 26h before the onset of labor, by breastpump. Baby was born two hours later.
Good luck.
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Thank you ladies! I did the Hibiclens and its worked:) GBS-. I will keep up the cleanse every few days and then again in early labor. Thanks for the great advice:)
Does anyone have information on large-scale studies on Hibiclens? I read conflicting information - some places site usage in the UK, but according to current info it looks like UK protocol is also IV anti-biotics, only on a different basis of risk than the US protocol. I do have concerns that there is no real research on effects during pregnancy and on infants, and depending on application is on the Class B or Class C schedule of drugs. Also, the drug information I have read indicate that it is not to be used on infants under 2 months. If I were to use it, I would not just wish to use it to pass the test, but would use it during labor in case of a Group B strep exposure.
With that said, I would like to find an effective alternative to IV antibiotics, and this seems the best method for ensuring a negative test result on GBS. Planning a hospital birth in the US, I know that while I have the option to decline any treatment, that it will be much easier to take the test, as protocol in our hospital is to assume GBS positive if no result is available.
Also, I am uncomfortable with research I have seen that indicates that 9 percent of women who tested GBS negative prior to labor were found to be positive in labor; while 16 percent of those found positive were negative at delivery. With those statistics, I would prefer to take matters of prevention in my own hands. Especially as I see studies indicating that other dangers such as E Coli and MRSA are developing as greater threats to infants as they become antibiotic-resistant due to overexposure exactly such as this (Hibiclens protects against these dangers), and that if an infant happens to become ill from GBS despite the mother's receiving antibiotics, it is generally a highly-resistant strain and much more dangerous.
Thoughts? Studies?
@JenVose - The downside is that there really haven't been any good studies on chlorhexidine. More of the supportive dialogue comes from practitioners' and women's personal experiences using it. This notes that it's "highly promising" in killing GBS: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16648420
Scroll way down this evidence-based article about the debate over chlorhexidine and what the research shows. Basically, the studies that have been done were not well-designed. http://evidencebasedbirth.com/groupbstrep
What about independent testing? I'm thinking if there is something I could get done "off-the-record" to get results just before the "official" test, then I could try all the natural remedies, know my actual status, then use the Hibiclens just to be certain I was clear for the test results the hospital would see. If my "off-the-record" test were clear, I wouldn't worry with keeping up a Hibiclens protocol, but I could take other measures if I knew that I had tested positive before.
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The new system tracks crime by region and incident, mapping property crimes, crimes against person, motor vehicle incidents, domestic violence, violent crimes, drug/alcohol problems, fraud, civil, and other incidents. "It is a great tool for identifying trends and patterns," said Chief Criminal Deputy Will Reichardt. "It helps us identify where to focus our resources."
The reliable, easy-to-understand data is an excellent planning tool that provides a clear, graphical presentation of complex layers of information.
The map is a transparent tool that allows citizens to keep an eye on crime occurring in their neighborhood, said the county in a release. "Awareness is the first step toward prevention," said Reichardt.
And the numbers show how popular it is. Traffic to the mapping section, said the county's Mike Almvig, was higher than any other single day's hits except for last year's November election. "We also are using XML data sent to our ESRI GIS systems," said Almvig. "This baby is state of the art."
"Utilizing GIS technology is an important tool in maximizing public safety through crime prevention, emergency management and confronting catastrophes," said Reichardt. "Having this information at our fingertips is an incredible tool that we will use every day."
Cooperating in the project were the cities of Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley, Anacortes, and the County Sheriff. "A lot of talented people spent a great deal of effort putting this project together," said Reichardt. "It is a great example of a collaborative effort between law enforcement and those in the computer technology field working to make our communities safer."


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Very nice!
This is a discussion on dressed up my ruger sp101 within the Defensive Carry Guns forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Put a set of badger grips on my sp 101. It points so natural and handles great....
Put a set of badger grips on my sp 101. It points so natural and handles great.
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Very nice!
Chicken Little? Who the heck is Chicken Little? And what does she know, anyway?!
" The will of the majority, the natural law of every society, is the only sure guardian of the rights of man." Thomas Jefferson.
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What non-shooter are YOU planning on taking to the range?
Looking good.
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Too nice. Congrats.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined." -Obligatory Founding Father Quote
Dang, That's pretty...!
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Nice looking grips. They look pretty big
Nice. I have the "boot" grips on one of mine. They do point nicely.
Nice, really nice. I love those grips. bought a pair for mine but they were too big for me so i had to sell them. I envy you guys with bigger hands!!!!
Sweet. Wood grips puts that classic over the top.
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WoW nice! Those would sure look good on my 3 inch.
They are well made and reasonably priced.
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Very nice. Great job!
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