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Evidence-based medicine is the integration of best research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values. Evidence-based medicine is an interdisciplinary approach which uses techniques from science, engineering, biostatistics and epidemiology, such as meta-analysis, decision analysis, risk-benefit analysis, and randomized controlled trials to deliver " the right care at the right time to the right patient." (Source : AHRQ)
Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) aims for the ideal that healthcare professionals should make "conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence" in their everyday practice. The practice of evidence-based medicine uses systematic reviews of the medical literature to evaluate the best evidence on specific clinical topics (evidence synthesis). The evidence is then translated into practice by medical practitioners who select treatment options for specific cases based on the best research, patient preferences and individual patient characteristics (knowledge translation). Evidence-based medicine practitioners engage in life-long learning and are committed to the continuing education of professionals and patient communities.
Information about the faculty working in this research area and their projects is provided below.
Eric Bass, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and Management
Director, Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Center
Co-Director, Johns Hopkins DeCIDE Center
Research Interests: Evidence-based medicine methods
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED
Zackary Berger, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Core Faculty, Berman Institute of Bioethics
Core Faculty, Evidence-Based Practice Center
Research Interests: Patient-provider communication in the hospital, agenda-setting during the outpatient visit, patient-provider diagnostic concordance
To see publication abstracts, see Dr. Berger's faculty page
Geetanjali Chander, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, GIM Fellowship Program
Research Interests: Hepatitis C
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED
Eliseo Guallar, MD, DrPH
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Core Faculty, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research
Research Interests: Meta-analysis, epidemiologic and statistical methods in EBM
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED
Rehan Qayyum, MD, MHS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Interests: Platelet biology, hemostasis and thrombosis, pharmacogenomics of anti-platelet agents, genetic epidemiology, systematic reviews, meta-analysis
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED
Karen A. Robinson, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management
Co-Director, Evidence-Based Practice Center, JHSPH
Research and professional interests: Evidence-based health care, health informatics
To see publication abstracts: PubMed
Jodi Segal, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Policy and Management
Director, Pharmacoepidemiology Program
Co-Director, Hopkins DEcIDE Network of AHRQ
Co-Director, Hopkins AHRQ-NRSA Training Grant for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Associate Director, Johns Hopkins Evidence Based Practice Center of AHRQ
Research Interests: Pharmacoepidemiology, comparative effectiveness research including evidence based review, advanced methods for using observational data, evaluation of diagnostic tests, diabetes, venous thrombosis and blood disorders
To see publication abstracts: PUBMED
Sonal Singh, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine and International Health
Faculty member, Center for Public Health and Human Rights
Research Interests: Pharmaceutical outcomes research, drug safety, and pharmacoepidemiology
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I took some quick measurements and went out and bought a piece of DOM tubing. Took it to a machine shop and had it turned down.
Here is what I got back
pretty nice and I went to press in the new seals. They fit nice and tight...
Went to install them and I hit a snag. There is a burr in the tubes. It looks like a weld bead.
I ground them out with a die grinder.
I went to install them again and once again, to no avail
Apparently in my haste not only did I fail to measure both sides (assming they would be the same size) I also failed to take more that one measurement from one side.
The tube is not round.
Not only that but the depth is diffirent. It is much deeper on the drivers side than the passenger side.
taking a break to think this one out. Wish I hadn't paid $50 just to throw these out and try again.
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In that the BFA is a professional degree, the primary focus is to offer technical training and performance experience that optimally prepares dancers for future professional careers in dance upon graduation. In meeting these demands, the unique triple-track design, affords students the opportunity to study ballet, modern and jazz with equal emphasis. Students also have the ability in their junior year, to taper their programs of study should they desire to specialize or concentrate more heavily on a particular discipline to meet specific future career goals, while still maintaining breadth in their technical foundation. Even though the BFA degree in dance places an emphasis on technique and performing, students are also assured of receiving a well-rounded education. To study dance at The University of Arizona is to have the best of both worlds----a nationally reputed dance program with a conservatory environment (in terms of the rigor and concentration), housed within an institution nationally lauded for scientific discoveries and research!
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Building on a well-balanced undergraduate education, graduate students are expected to develop a thorough understanding of a specific academic discipline. A fundamental purpose of the Graduate College is to encourage each graduate student to demonstrate outstanding standards of scholarship and to produce high-quality original research, creative or artistic work. Graduate education provides an opportunity to increase knowledge, broaden understanding and develop research and artistic capability. The student's academic achievements therefore should reflect a personal commitment to the discipline and to scholarly standards.
The graduate curriculum in dance allows the student to focus on teaching, research, choreography or performance for dance. It also provides opportunities for interdisciplinary studies with other arts, humanities and sciences in support of the student's development as a scholar, teacher and artist.
The M.F.A. degree has two emphasis areas that allow for intensive focus in performance or choreography. The program facilitates and nurtures dance artists in their area of emphasis while offering a comprehensive graduate education in dance. The M.F.A. degree is 60 units requiring 2-3 years of residency at the University of Arizona. The curriculum includes core courses and dance technique as well as courses in theory and pedagogy.
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The School of Dance offers a dance minor, which is a 21 unit program of study. Dance minors track specifically in one of three disciplines, ballet, modern or jazz. Although we do not permit dancers to audition for the minor, those who audition for the BFA program who may not meet the criteria for entrance there, but who do demonstrate a proficiency in either ballet, modern, or jazz, may be offered a spot as a dance minor. There are limited positions for dance minors.


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Breeder Recommendations in NY
I am new here and I'm looking to purchase my very GSD for me and my family.
I have looked into and contacted several breeders in NY but could someone recommend breeders that they have either bought from, had personal experience or know that they are reputable?
I am basically looking for a pet dog, German bloodli, that is great w/ young children and a home protector. Color is not a main issue but my wife would love an all black. Me and my wife have four children ages 7, 5, 3, and 2. We own our home on almost 2 acres and a portion is fenced in.
Any recommendations and success stories would be greatly appreciated. And of course, breeders to stay clear of.
If I missed anything, please let me know.
Thank you.
I see a lot of 'German Shepherd' clubs in and around NY State. I'm sure you would still like personal recommendations, but they do have some good links & info.
Here's one that has tons of info. We were recently in the same boat, looking mostly for a family pet. I linked and asked around then got lined up with the puppy in my avitar.
It wasn't much more going with a known breeder over prices often listed in paper classifieds. Some of these breeders have been around several decades, so a lot of history to sift through if desired.
German Shepherd Dog Club of America - Information and resources for owners of German Shepherd Dogs and German Shepherd Puppies
Empire Working club in Marion NY might have a litter this summer that would be appropriate for you. Wolfstraum has a litter just bred in NJ. A friend of mine that does SAR has a litter due in January.
Where in NY are you?
I would check with Carol at Watcher-Engel in Connecticut. She usually has black pups and they are quality dogs.
Watcher Engel is a very good one, she produces a lot of black and nice dogs. I know Carol and she is a very nice, honest decent person.
Abby kennels is in MA, but they have really nice dogs that would fit what you are looking for and do have blacks sometimes.
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China's tech companies are a force to be reckoned with. With the aim to inform, educate, and promote sharing between the East and West, the GMIC Roadshow USA will bring 8 C-Level executives and top GMIC speakers, who are China's top mobile leaders, to Silicon Valley on November 5th – 12th. Michael Song, who is the CEO of SKY-MOBI, will be one of the gentlemen that will be apart of this delegation.
About Sky-Mobi
Sky-Mobi Limited (Nasdaq:MOBI), operates one of the largest mobile application stores in China. Sky-Mobi works with handset companies to pre-install their Maopao mobile application store on handsets and with content developers to provide users with high quality applications and content titles. Users of their Maopao store can browse, download and purchase a wide range of applications and content such as single-player games, mobile music and books.
In addition, they have established a leading mobile social network community in China, the Maopao Community, where they offer popular localized mobile social games as well as applications and content with social network functions to our registered members. Our Maopao store enables mobile applications and content to be downloaded and run on a variety of mobile handsets with different hardware and operating system configurations. From January 1, 2007 to September 30, 2010, Maopao had approximately 479 million cumulative users.
Over the same period, they offered over 770 applications and over 61,000 content titles and the cumulative number of downloads reached 3.6 billion. While they are working to gain traction in the smart phone market, the majority of their current users are feature phone users.
Michael Tao Song
Michael Tao Song is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Sky-Mobi.
Prior to Sky-Mobi, Mr. Song worked as a product director at Eastcom Communications Co., Ltd., a telecommunication technology company listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, from 2000 to 2005. He holds over 10 years of mobile communication industry experience. Mr. Song received his bachelor's degree in applied mathematics from Tianjin University in 2000.
Michael has a history of entrepreneurship under his belt. While still in college, he has founded a successful advertising company where Haier and other large enterprises eventually become his clients. But this was not his first entrepreneurial endeavor. Prior to this, he started an entrance examination prep company. He realized there was quite a bit of money to be made in exam prep given the pressure to do well on the exams within Chinese culture, and so he began collecting reviews, old exams, and other information which he then sold to students on a large scale.
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This year's GMIC Roadshow USA is unmatched in the number and caliber of delegates traveling from China to the US. Interested in finding out more about China's mobile Internet industry? Don't miss out on the GMIC Roadshow USA, and stay tuned for future exposés on our trip's delegates.
About the GMIC Roadshow USA: The Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) in Beijing is now the largest and most influential mobile internet conference in Asia drawing more that 5000 participants from 30 countries. There is no other event that draws the same level of speakers or provides the same level of insights on mobile business in Asia. Today, we are excited to announce that Americans will be able to experience the GMIC on a small scale without leaving the US through the GMIC Roadshow USA. See a list of the other attending executives.
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The name's not important, but if you need to give me one, Inspector will do just fine.
My job? I solve mysteries. Not the easy ones. I leave those to the amateurs. Y'see, I work in the archives. And when your average historian, genealogist, lawyer, demographer, filmmaker, or clergy person throws in the research towel, that's when they call me.
Believe me, there are a million secrets hidden in those collections. Some people say they're secrets best left undisclosed, best kept quiet, best forgotten by time. Oh yeah? Not on my watch.
When I first arrived on the scene, the archivist was going on about her nails. Turned out she meant horseshoe nails made back in the 19th century. My mistake, lady. What's the big mystery?
She led me over to the photo archives. I should have known. There's always some kind of trouble in the photo archives. She laid out five rare pictures on the table.
"I take it that these are the machines that people used to make those horseshoe nails. So what do you want me to find out?"
She pointed to one particular image of a contraption standing outside the doorway of a stone structure. Snow frosted the nearby railings.
"Find out where this machine was located and who used it to make those nails."
"I'm gonna need to see some ID."
With her customary aplomb, the archivist reminded me that many photographs arrive in archival collections with little to no identification attached. Yeah. It's as I said: photographs always mean trouble.
I needed a little background information. I needed to do some networking. Oh, I knew what this machine was alright, and I suspected that it might have been used at the old Ausable Horse Nail Co. of Keeseville, N.Y. The joint operated from 1863 up into the 1920s.
"I'm going to need one of your fine copies of this one. I'm a little short of cash, but my credit's good for it."
"You can have it for our special affiliated rate.. And just for the record, your credit's never been good. Still, if anyone can solve this mystery, I know it's you."
Just for the record, she says. That's an archivist for you. Always keeping such perfect records of everything.
It was a long-shot, but I took my copy of the nail machine photograph to Steven Engelhart, Executive Director of Adirondack Architectural Heritage, a non-profit historic preservation organization in Keeseville. I wanted to see if Engelhart thought the stonework of the doorway in the photo could be identified from out of the many original buildings that are still standing. Maybe the one that had housed the nail factory would be one of them.
Engelhart found the very doorway. He was able to identify it clearly by the pattern of the surrounding masonry. It was an exterior door to the second floor of the nail factory, in the place where "pointing" of the horse nails was done. So that's how that machine was used! I had my answer. The archivist would be pleased.
Success was written in the smile on my face as I swept in through the Special Collections front door. I gave her the good news and turned to leave.
"Don't bother to thank me. Stitching back together the loose fragments of history is just what I do. Time for me to waltz away into the Adirondack sunset."
"Hold on there, Inspector. We just received another undocumented donation. It looks like your cup of mud."
She had me there. I've never been a Starbucks man. The archives are my stimulant of choice.
Several nail company structures are now home to Adirondack Architectural Heritage (AARCH), the regional, nonprofit historic preservation organization for the Adirondack Park.
Read about Architecture of the Champlain Valley - Keeseville, provided by AARCH.
With such discoveries, greater contextualization, meaning, and significance can be given to our rich historic record.
Oh, he's real alright. Would you like to meet him? Well, that just might happen when you visit Special Collections on a mystery adventure all your own.
It's just another great reason to come on in and explore!
Debra Kimok
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America's War on Food Not Bombs
America's War on Food Not Bombs - by Stephen Lendman
Food Not Bombs (FNB) is "one of the fastest growing revolutionary movements and is gaining momentum throughout the world." Access its story on:
Through hundreds of autonomous chapters globally, it shares free vegetarian food to relieve hunger besides protesting against war, poverty, and social injustice. FNB isn't a charity. Through grassroots activism, it advocates peace and liberation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. In addition, for 30 years, it's worked to end hunger and backs efforts against globalization, free movement restrictions, exploitation, and environmental destruction.
Co-founded in 1980 by Keith McHenry and other anti-nuclear activists in Cambridge MA, its autonomous, all volunteer groups advocate nonviolent social change. Among other activities, they recover edible, safe to eat food that would otherwise be discarded, using it to make "fresh hot vegan and vegetarian meals that are served in outside public spaces to anyone without restriction." They also serve it at protests, other events and in disaster areas, but not free from disruptive government harassment.
For example, San Francisco members have been arrested over 1,000 times for their activism against homelessness and other social injustices, intolerable in a major city in the world's richest country.
In the 1990s, Amnesty International took note. Its October 28, 1994 letter to San Francisco authorities requested information about arrested activists, voicing concern over the harassment and arrests of Keith McHenry, Robert Kahn, and 20 others for distributing free food and disseminating information on housing, homelessness, peace, social justice, military spending, and related issues.
AI cited a similar six-year pattern, including against McHenry. Arrested over 90 times on baseless charges, most often they were dropped, showing a clear intent to harass and disrupt legitimate social justice activities. He and many others been repeatedly targeted. His phone was tapped, and several times he was beaten and reportedly pushed down a City Hall flight of stairs while handcuffed behind his back in March 1991 - a clear case of police brutality.
Others arrested were also mistreated for engaging in lawful nonviolent activities, ones constitutionally protected. Yet, they've been charged with criminal acts for their legitimate activities and beliefs. AI stresses that "The right to peaceful expression, assembly and dissemination of information is recognized under the US Constitution. These are also fundamental freedoms enshrined in international human rights standards."
If lawless police actions are proved, "the City of San Francisco would be in breach of international law and Amnesty International would adopt those imprisoned as "Prisoners of Conscience" and would work for their unconditional release." McHenry and other FNB volunteers, in fact, hold that distinction, a significant honor reserved for the most worthy and unjustly oppressed.
Many AI chapters host FNB presentations at various schools. In addition, other organizations offer praise and support, including ACLU Legal Director Ann Beeson, saying:
"When the FBI and local law enforcement target groups like Food Not Bombs under the guise of fighting terrorism, many Americans who oppose government policies will be discouraged from speaking out and exercising their rights."
On June 4, 2010, New York Times writer Jake Halpern wrote a lengthy article titled, "The Freegan Establishment," saying:
On Buffalo's West Side, a young man named Kit says "our society wastes far too much." He's a "freegan," an ideology "drawing on elements of communism, radical environmentalism, a zealous do-it-yourself work ethic and an old-fashioned frugality of the sock-darning sort."
They're not revolutionaries. They instead challenge traditional lifestyles with their own, dedicated to "salvaging what others waste and - when possible - living without the use of currency." Even the house he moved into was abandoned, one of many in Buffalo, so with no "for sale" sign, he and others moved in as squatters.
McHenry is another freegan, a nonconformist descendant of one of the Constitution's signers and one of the Food for Bombs founders, the organization becoming "the most active force for spreading the ethos of freeganism" by distributing free food to the hungry and others needing it.
In his book, "Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal," Tristram Stuart said American households, retailers and vendors waste about 40 million tons of edible quality safe to eat food annually. FNB distributes it, activities deserving honor, not harassment, accusations of terrorism, arrest, and for some, imprisonment.
Nonetheless, it members are targeted like criminals. For years, they've been investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force, the Pentagon, other US intelligence agencies, and local authorities. As a result, their volunteers have been arrested and charged with terrorism for distributing free food and advocating peace and social justice, hardly subversive activities. Not, in today's America, however, nor as its been for decades, preaching democratic freedoms, while practicing repression to protect privilege over populism and equal justice.
Examples of FNB Activities
Besides distributing free vegetarian food in 1,000 cities, FNB also provides it for disaster survivors. For three days after the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, it was the only local organization doing it. Also, the only one providing hot meals to 9/11 first responders, and there's more. In 1999, it shared meals with Seattle globalization justice protesters, and through many chapters organizes Really Really Free Markets, planting Food Not Lawns community gardens, Homes Not Jails, and much more.
Its volunteers also provided meals to Republican and Democrat National Convention protesters, families of striking workers, and (2004) Asian tsunami and (2005) Hurricane Katrina survivors.
"Our volunteers organized a national collection program and delivered bus and truckloads of food and supplies to the Gulf region. We were one of the only organizations sharing daily meals in New Orleans after Katrina." It also fed protesters at Camp Casey outside George Bush's Texas ranch. Now it's helping economic crisis victims organize community gardens, as well as housing for the homeless, besides establishing new chapters in other areas, and organizing "actions encouraging alternatives to the failure of capitalism."
Moreover, FNB volunteers work cooperatively with groups like Earth First!, The Leonard Peltier Defense Committee, Anarchist Black Cross, the IWW, Homes Not Jails, Anti-Racist Action, In Defense of Animals, the Free Radio Movement, and other organizations "on the cutting edge of positive social change and resistance to the new global austerity program."
Economist Michael Hudson calls it "economic suicide," threatening to turn industrialized societies into dystopian backwaters, its citizens reduced to serfdom in "an era of totalitarian neoliberal rule." It's engulfing Europe and America under Obama's anti-populist agenda, targeting populism, labor and civil rights for destruction.
Three Decades of Dedication and Achievement
A 30th year commemoration is planned, including local initiatives and a collective called "A Food Not Bombs Menu" to help others find and establish local chapters globally. Various materials are available to help, including books, t-shirts, and other ways to promote FNB principles. Through nonviolent direct action, it hopes to create "a world free from domination, coercion and violence," in which "Food is a right, not a privilege," but dark US forces threaten them.
FBI and Local Police Gestapo Tactics Against Nonviolent Activism
For many decades, federal and local authorities targeted groups like FNB. For example, on May 18, 2005, the ACLU charged the FBI and local police with investigating and intimidating "law-abiding human rights and advocacy groups, according to documents obtained through a series of Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests."
Groups targeted, among many others, include Greenpeace, United for Peace and Justice, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and FNB.
"The FBI is taking tax dollars and resources established to fight terrorism and instead spying on (and harassing) innocent Americans who have done nothing more than speak out or practice their faith. By recruiting the local police (to help), they are also sowing dissent and suspicion in communities around the country" illegally.
Like others, FNB volunteers have been bogusly called terrorists. Some have been arrested, tried, convicted and imprisoned. Internal government documents suggest high-level concern that they're turning Americans away from militarism, instead advocating social justice, including quality education, universal health care, and good living wage/essential benefits jobs - the direct opposite of current US policy under either dominant party, each like the other, only pretending to be different.
As a result, FBI informants infiltrate local groups, in some cases getting volunteers unwittingly to travel with them on government-paid missions "to burn down research laboratories, lumber mills, model homes or auto dealerships," then charge them with domestic terrorism, the new Patriot Act established provision.
At times, in fact, "Federal prosecutors were able to get convictions because (FNB) activists were intimidated from expressing their" opposition to violence when infiltrators tried to incite them to commit it.
Yet as early as November 1988, federal authorities accused FNB of being "one of America's most hardcore terrorist groups." A San Francisco-based National Guard member said he'd just taken three days of classes on domestic terrorism, using FNB as a case study. In other ways, authorities tried to "paint (FNB) as a violent terrorist group."
Even Interpol got involved, organizing smear campaigns and "try(ing) to bankrupt (FNB) by charging hundreds of dollars in calls" to one or more of its European offices. In addition, the FBI's Operation Backfire against environmental and animal rights activists infiltrated FNB chapters, framing several volunteers for violent crimes, ones infiltrators "carried out on behalf of the government" to entrap nonviolent activists.
Numerous innocent victims were targeted. Fear and distrust spread through local communities, FNB members active in animal rights activities harassed, arrested and convicted under the Animal Industry Terrorism Act. Innocent people were imprisoned by being implicated in FBI-paid provocateur schemes to entrap them.
As a result, FNB urges volunteers to stay focused, wary that infiltrators spread fear and disrupt constitutionally protected activities. Especially post-9/11, advocating peace and social justice are now crimes, engaged activists potentially facing charges of domestic terrorism and long imprisonment for supporting right over wrong. The reality of today's America is much different than its pretence, making it unsafe for anti-war, social justice advocates like FNB volunteers.
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And the article is excellent.
It's great to see how thorough FNB is about important issues, instead of only focusing on one or two of many; several anyway. Their activism is greatly impressive; like no movement I've ever heard or read of, before. But given how broad-issue-based and excellent FNB evidently is, it's not at all surprising to learn that these activists are badly targeted by the elites and their forces in the U.S.; as well as elsewhere, like with the example from what Interpol did. This should wake up anyone who still thinks we have any good government in place; federally anyway.
Many AI chapters host FNB presentations at various schools. In addition, other organizations offer praise and support, including ACLU Legal Director Ann Beeson, saying:
"When the FBI and local law enforcement target groups like Food Not Bombs under the guise of fighting terrorism, many Americans who oppose government policies will be discouraged from speaking out and exercising their rights."
That's the very opposite of what should naturally happen, which is outrage and protest, activism anyway.
Michael Hudson's article:
I'm pretty sure the article that Stephen Lendman refered to is the following one.
"The Neoliberal Experiment and Europe's anti-Austerity Strikes:
Governments must Lower Wages or Suffer Financial Blackmail"
by Michael Hudson, Sept. 30th, 2010
It's very frightening, what he describes; and surely no one should skip reading that article. But some of the things he says are:
"If the anti-labor forces succeed," clearly major anti-labor forces, "they will break up Europe, destroy the internal market, and render that continent a backwater. ... And it is going to get much worse - quickly."
He says that the problem is across all of Europe, centered in the EU capital of Brussels, and that this anti-labor force is acting worse than the IMF and WB (World Bank) schemes in (and against) Third-World countries in the past were. A lot of people know those schemes were rotten as hell, but the economic predation has evidently worsened. The power of these "money masters" has evidently grown and they certainly seem to be planning for a lot more growth of their power. They're clearly working to really dominate and plan this for all of Europe; until they're defeated anyway.
In the Baltic countries, those with small economies anyway, he says that there are pro-labor parties and that they've clearly said that the answer is to "repeal the debts, withdraw from the Euro and break the banks". But can these parties win, I wonder.
"This requires dictatorship, and the European Central Bank (ECB) has assumed this power from elected government. It is "independent" of political control - .... ... an outright aristocracy."
"Europe is creating economic suicide - and demographic and fiscal suicide too." His article makes it clear that he's not joking about these suicidal realities.
"The aim is to double the relative share of wealth enjoyed by the richest 1%."
He compares that to the fact that real wages haven't increased in the U.S. since 1979, for most Americans anyway; and I know this is true. Prices for buying homes and cars, f.e., have skyrocketed since the years prior to 1979, rising multi-fold times more than incomes have; for most Americans and other residents of the U.S., anyway.
I read a couple of articles over the past year, maybe this year, by good authors about a lot of discontent in some Eastern European countries where the populations welcomed western capitalism to replace former dictatorships after the end of the Cold War, so 1991. I am not sure if these all had dictatorships, but they welcomed western capitalism, which has been [bad] for them. They got to find out the "hard way". Many people there had their reasons for wanting to get rid of dictatorship, but they now regret. They "traded" for much worse.
Western capitalism has brought corruption, predatory practices by political and surely business elites, skyrocketed prices for housing, food, and clothing, losses of jobs, and high increases in crime; social crimes and political crimes. And the governments apparently don't do anything, or do very little, about the high increase in criminality. Before, they apparently didn't worry about having housing, food and jobs, as well as security from criminality. Western capitalism changed that for these populations; drastically.
It's not surprising, since western capitalism or simply capitalism has never been a good way. It's not that all capitalists are wicked, predatory, et cetera; but as a system, it's always been bad, and it's rather unnatural for what we call [society(ies)] of many individuals, imo.
"No doubt many post-Soviet economies will find themselves obliged to withdraw from the euro area rather than see a flight of labor and capital. They remain the most extreme example of the Neoliberal Experiment to see how far a population can have its living standards slashed before it rebels."
He refers to the situation in Latvia, where the economic conditions evidently are extremely bad and workers have been fleeing to try to escape from this predatory, greedy madness. But while the situation there seems to be the most extreme example, the situation is extremely bad across apparently all of Europe, as well. And he makes it clear that all of Europe is in great danger with or because of this predatory elitist racket.
It's not a long article at all, but it provides information that comes with a solid blow.
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In fact, not many other tight ends that have played for the Patriots, or in the NFL for that matter, have been able to come close to the numbers of Coates. With 490 catches for 5,471 yards and 50 total touchdowns, Coates raised the level for all tight ends in the league.
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With a lack of production, several dropped crucial catches and decreasing use of the tight ends, Benjamin Watson opted out of New England and signed with the Cleveland Browns for a three-year contract worth $12 million.
With two tight ends left on the Patriot's roster, neither of which have ever played an actual game in the NFL, the Patriots were pressured to make a move.
This is where veteran tight end Alge Crumpler was given a chance to make a difference.
Alge Crumpler, the former Atlanta Falcon and Tennessee Titan is reported to have agreed to terms with New England. His signing would fill a massive void in the vanishing tight end position for the Patriots.
Unfortunately, Crumpler's ability to stay relevant is already in question. At 6'2 and 262 lbs, the North Carolina alum only managed 27 catches for 222 yards and one touchdown last season for the Titans. It was Crumpler's strong blocking contribution for standout running back Chris Johnson that helped in obtaining his first 2,000+ rushing yard season. Crumpler's lack of statistics for the last two seasons were easily overlooked.
Crumpler's experience in the league will be valuable when instilling the veteran leadership that Patriots' coach Bill Belichick values so much for every position.
Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher saw the importance of Crumpler on and off the field.
Fisher explained to the Boston Globe, "He's got a lot left...He's a terrific person, a great team guy and he's got a lot of plays left."
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Even with Crumpler, obtaining an explosive tight end with agility, stronger blocking capabilities and secure hands should be something that the Patriots place a higher priority on as well.
In the league today, tight ends are quickly evolving into the H-back. This hybrid player, also referred to as a power back, is required to provide blocks like a lineman but also run routes and catch short yardage passes like a slot receiver. The 2010 Draft has several prospects that would be capable of adding versatility to the New England offense.
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Gresham's senior year was hindered by cartilage damage in his right knee. The injury may drop the former Sooner to the middle of the first round, which would place him in acquisition range for New England.
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Graham lacks the explosive speed of a Vernon Davis or Greg Olsen, but makes up for it in his strength of route execution. Graham has experience in playing the H-back position well and would be a benefit for New England. His weight is an issue since bigger and stronger NFL defensive ends would be more difficult to cover and block. Expected to go in the late third and fourth rounds, Graham would be a smart option for the Patriots.
The New England Patriots have always been known for creating a cloud of mystery with their draft picks. With the loss of Benjamin Watson to Cleveland and the reported acquisition of Alge Crumpler from the Titans, it's no mystery that they are putting some emphasis in the tight end position. The Patriots desperately need to add variety to the offense and drafting a solid tight end who can also be utilized as an efficacious H-back could be the solution.
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Moving an outsider to the closest point on the boundary
Respected subscribers of comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica,
I have bumped into a problem which I cannot solve.
I have defined a distance function d(x,y) that says True in the inside
of the closed geometry of interest and False outside. Initially there
are some points inside the geometry. My iterating algorithm moves those
points. Some stay inside while others may drift away over the boundary
to the outside. I would like to select those outsiders and move them
back in, however, not in any way: I want to move them back to the
closest point on the boundary. (This corresponds to the physical
analogy of my work.)
Here is an example of a unit circle as defined geometry and two points:
d[x_, y_] := x^2 + y^2 = 1
p1 = {0, 0};
p2 = {.8, .5};
dp1 = {-.1, -.1};
dp2 = {.3, -.3};
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After each iteration I would like to correct the set of points by doing
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If[! d @@ #, bringBack[#, d2 @@ #], #] & /@ {p1 + dp1, p2 + dp2}
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Chappell was under consideration as a possible alternative to Intikhab Alam. Chappell is now working with Cricket Australia, a role which he is reluctant to leave and he confirmed that an approach had been made.
"Wasim Bari chief operating officer, PCB rang me yesterday," Chappell said. "I was honoured and flattered by the approach but I have declined the invitation.
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[AUSTRIA-USA] By just about every measure, this has been a very successful year for the U.S. national team. It won its third third Hexagonal and fifth Gold Cup title. It enters Tuesday's season finale against Austria at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion (TV: NBC Sports Network and UniMas, 2:45 pm ET) already assured of finishing with the best winning percentage in a single season and will look to add to its record for wins and best goal differential.
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It's time to strap on your helmet and buckle up for your high-speed adventure on a real NASCAR Speedway!
Your expert instructor will take you on the ride of your life as you hit real racing speeds in a 600 horse power Sprint Cup style stock car!
Dover International Speedway
Nicknamed the "Monster Mile", Dover International Speedway is a one-mile (1.6 km) banked oval concrete track. With its shorter length, it boasts intense 24-degree turns and 9-degree straightaways. Experience the Monster in a way you'll never forget!
Essential Information:
- Participants must be in good overall physical condition, no taller than 6'7" and weigh no more than 280 pounds
- There is no age limit to ride, however for safety reasons it is required that participants are a minimum height of 5'0" and a weigh at least 100 lbs
- Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who must give written consent
- Feel free to bring snacks and drinks to enjoy while you are at the track
- Some seating is provided, however, it is recommended to bring lawn chairs to guarantee a seat for any spectators
3 or 6 lap packages; time at the track is approximately 2 - 3 hours
Maximum Participants:
1 per car
We encourage friends and family to join you, and they may bring a camera to capture your experience! Limited seating is provided, so we recommend bringing lawn chairs to guarantee a seat for any spectators.
Weather Dependent:
This experience is weather dependent. Always contact your experience provider in advance, especially if inclement weather is predicted! If inclement weather causes cancellation of your experience, you will be given the option to reschedule for another available date or be issued a gift card that you can use at a later date; both of these options will be carried out directly with the racing school. A refund will not be issued due to rain-outs.
What to Wear:
Comfortable, casual clothing depending on the time of year. Closed toed shoes are required (tennis shoes are recommended). Sandals, flip-flops and heels are not permitted.
Booking Information:
For this experience we recommend booking at least 30 days in advance.
Cancellation Policy:
Prior to scheduling/booking a date for this experience, Cloud 9's standard return and exchange policy shall apply. Once you have scheduled a date and received a booking confirmation all bookings are final. No refunds or exchanges are allowed once you have scheduled a date. If you need to reschedule, you have up until 30 days prior to your reservation to make changes for a $50 administrative fee. Once you are within 30 days of the event, you are then locked in to that date and time and no changes can be made.
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What is the age requirement?
There is no age limit to ride, however for safety reasons a minimum height of 5'0" and a weight of 100 lbs is required. Participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who must give written consent.
Are there any physical requirements or restrictions?
Participants must be in good physical condition, be between 5' - 6'7" tall, weigh between 100 - 280 lbs and able to climb through a 15'' x 30'' window, that sits 36'' off the ground (with minimal assistance).
Do I need a driver's license?
No, a driver's license is not required for the ride along. However, please have a valid photo ID handy for registration purposes at the track on the day of your experience.
What kind of cars will I be riding in?
Real Sprint Cup style race cars driven by the likes of Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, Kevin Harvick, and Dale Jr. and other professional NASCAR drivers.
Can I pick the car I ride in?
No, due to maintaining the track operations schedule, the car for your ride along will be assigned to you based on availability at the time of your ride along. They also match up the best car for you based on your height and weight.
How long will this experience take?
The total experience typically takes no more than 2 hours. However, the exact length of your experience depends on how many other participants are scheduled for the stock car ride along on your particular booked date and time.
What is the policy on rain?
If your experience is canceled due to inclement weather, the racing school will contact you and either immediately reschedule you for another available date, or issue you a gift card that you can use to reschedule at a later date. A refund will not be issued due to rain-outs.
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"My experience with the NASCAR Ride Along started off with a little hitch, in that when we arrived at the main gate of Dover International Speedway, it was closed and we couldn't figure out how to get into the facility. After driving around the outside of the speedway, we found a sign to enter for this event. So it would have been helpful to have been given a little more specific information. Nevertheless, once we found the entrance everything went smoothly, with signs to guide us to the waiting area and a van to drive us to the other side of the track. The staff at the registration and staging areas was fantastic! Knowledgeable, super friendly and very helpful and courteous. They even brought the riders a cup of cold water, since it was a very hot day. My driver was silent when I entered the car and through the ride, and it would have been nice if he had waved hello or something, but I "get it." He did at least respond when I thanked him for the drive at the end. The actual ride, 3 laps around the Monster Mile with a professional driver, was absolutely awesome! We took off out of the pits like a bat out of hell, got up to speed on the apron and then took a high line right up on the wall as we passed the amateur drivers figuring out the track down low. You could feel the G's from both the acceleration and lateral pull up the banked track as we whizzed by the sponsorship signs and grandstands. Wish it was longer, but when you're moving that fast ... Overall, it was a great rush and a really great time. My son, only ten now, loved it all as well. I'd definitely recommend going for the ride along to anyone considering driving. These cars are really different from driving anything else (gauges, switches, roll cage), the track (at speed) is a totally new experience for the uninitiated, and you'll be in a fire suit with a heavy helmet strapped into a serious 5-point harness. Take the opportunity to get used it first, and the drive will be a lot more enjoyable."


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Hello every one !
Guess what ?
Canderous project is back !
I'm re-building all pieces of the armor thanks to someone who put this pic :
I'll use a techique using paper and a special mixture of wood glue and wallpaper glue. A friend of mine made helmets with it and it's very strong. Putting some Bondo on it make it perfect
So my plan is to begin making the paterns where I'll put the paper and glue when all the pieces will be ready in order to win a lot of time
My first piece is the chest plate :
I began the back plate too. Pics will come tomorrow or in a few days.
I think this time it will render great ^^"
That was me that posted that pic can't wait to see how it turns out.
I have the game and could make more if you want.
I just wonder if you could make this kind of pic : All views example
I don't find it for Canderous Ordo and I need this kind of resolution for making the details at the end of my building
No problem if you can't dude
Hi all !
Here the backplate :
Next step : the shoulder bells
Hi all !
Today's update : shoulder bells
I made them from a cornflakes box, armors change our eating way XD
Next step ?
The shin guards thanks to a pepakura file
I think it's awesome seeing an honest attempt at this costume.
Thank guy
Daily update : shin guards.
I've got to make the paper harder before finish them ^^"
Next step : tights ^^
See ya !
Daily update !!
Tights : same method as the shinguards
Next ?
Probably the boot caps
Steve the references pics show a very detailed undersuit, I think just airbrush will not be enough, I think your best way is sew some strips foam inside and then paint with airbrush, may be turn a little warm but looks like the only accurate way.
This is absolutley awesome!
No worries Vode'........can't wait to see the new pics.
Week end update :
Neck, handplates and Forearms !
Next step : bootcaps during the week
Hi every one !
I couldn't work on canderous this week : I had an event with my tk armor and now, I have to repair it a little ^^
Updates as soon as possible
I love the way this is turning out, Canderous is one of my favourite SWKOTOR characters, very inspirational
Any new update on this project?
Unfortunately not, I have some problems and don't have the skills yet.
So I'm on other projects and be back when I'll be able to make it as I want to do


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Replace hardwood stair treads
I have really old hardwood flooring strips on the threads, and painted risers. The hardwood is oak, according to contractor, I can't tell the difference between wood species personally.
I wanted them to be replaced since I am also replacing the hardwood flooring around the house, so they would match. But he says it cannot be done, and that he would just sand and refinish.
It doesn't make any sense to me why you would not be able to replace hardwood on stairs. Can anyone explain how it would be done?
There is not such thing as "can't be done", given enough time/money. But I would say, that from an economical standpoint, it is a lot easier to refinish the stairs. When finished, they will look like new.
If you can't tell the difference between species, what does it matter?:)
But treads are a little thicker than usual flooring, but any woodworking or cabinet shop can get you the wood, plane it to the correct thickness, glue it up if needed and put a bull nose on the front.
As stated, just depends on the time and investment you want to make.
If you have closed stringers, replacing the treads makes no economic sense as the staircase would probably need to be removed to get the treads out.
Try posting pictures if you don't know what you have.
I don't have a photo on hand, but here's one i found on google that's similar to what i have.
I believe your concept of flooring strips is a laminated tread and your flooring contractor realizes he will have to take the stairs appart to change the treads. In other words they are structural and probably in a housed stringer. It is not flooring attached to a tread underneath.
Sand them and they should torn out beautiful
I'm not 100% clear on the construction of stairs. I assumed the skirt on the side is just trim, so can be pulled off to replace hardwood. And that stringers are behind that, inside the wall.
Is that incorrect? Is the skirt part of the stringers?
You can remove the ceiling in the staircase under the one you're working on and disassemble the treads and risers that way.
Like I said, a lot of work.
I would say what it all boils down to is that it would be faster and cheaper to sand down the old treads. If done right there will be no difference between them and new ones...except the cost. However, if there are problems with the old ones, such as deep gouges, structural problems and cracks or if they are the wrong species, then you might want to replace them. Hard to tell without a actual pic. Of course replacing them can be done. Either your carpenter doesn't think he can do it or he just doest think it is worth it.
ok i'm convinced. i'll do the sanding.
But for education sake. Are the finished flooring planks nailed into the thread substrate (plywood?) before sliding into the dadoes? Such that the finished material is IN the stringers thus making it impossible to remove? That's what I gather from Ron's explanation.
this is sort of how I thought it would work:
your stair may not be built with housed stringers. Some stairs are built with 2x10 stringers cut out like what you would see on a deck. Then the trim skirts are put in place on the outside walls. Next the risers are put in place between the skirts and the treads are fit on top of the rough cut stringers. This is a very typical way to do it but not the best. Some stairs are prefabbed. In this case there is no rough stringers. The stringers are also your skirtboards. The treads are dadoed into the stringers and held in place with wedges. The risers are done the same way. Everything slides in from the back. when done this way the stair needs no addition support. If you look at the end of your treads where they meet the skirt and you see a space, then you do not have housed stringers.
Take a look at the underside of the stair, cut a small hole in the sheetrock if necessary. You will then know what you are dealing with.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn - One of the most successful classes in program history, seniors Jasmine Brown, Leslie Cikra, DeeDee Harrison and Kayla Jeter will be honored prior to Sunday's Senior Day match against LSU.
The quartet recently sat down with VFL Films and took a look back at the past four - or sometimes five - years on Rocky Top.
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