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NEW YORK Ask Shakira about the canine title of her new album, She Wolf, and a decidedly feline smile sweeps across her face.
"Every woman has a she-wolf inside her," the Colombian-born singer/songwriter says. "We all have our secret desires and forbidden dreams, and I'm going through a phase where I want to capture more of that sensuality in my work. For the first time, I'm talking about those things with a little more freedom."
Mind you, Shakira, 32, felt free enough back in 2005 to call her last album Oral Fixation Vol. 2. (The Spanish-language companion, Fijacion Oral Vol. 1, arrived the same year.) But she says She Wolf was "written more from a woman's perspective. That's because I feel more like a woman now, and more like the owner of my life."
That's partly because of age and experience. "I have wonderful friends who are still looking for the right man. I see the struggles women face, trying to be good professionals, to be girlfriends and mothers, to look good and do their jobs well. Dealing with all the pressures and demands from society, it's not easy."
Shakira didn't exclude male collaborators in pursuing her gynocentric vision. Pharrell Williams and John Hill helped write and produce several tracks, and Wyclef Jean– who teamed with Shakira for 2006's smash single Hips Don't Lie– turns up on Spy. Lil Wayne makes a guest appearance on the single Give It Up to Me, No. 29 and rising on USA TODAY's top 40 airplay chart.
"I wanted a very upbeat album, to use dance and electronic (textures) while still keeping a fusion of influences from all over the world." She's part Lebanese, and "being a mutt, I was drawn to those different cultures – it's in my DNA."
Shakira's fans are equally eclectic, says Billboard senior chart manager Keith Caulfield. That makes it tricky to predict her album sales.
"She appeals to younger people, (and) that audience can be satisfied with a track or two," he says. "But she's also a global superstar with a core base she can count on to buy the album the first week. When you're parodied by Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live, you have a pretty huge following."
Shakira has used that popularity as a platform for philanthropy. In 2006, she helped launch the foundation Latin America in Solidarity Action (better known by the Spanish acronym ALAS, which means "wings") to combat child poverty.
She has built five schools in her country and is raising money for another. "I've seen (education) transform the lives of not only children, but whole families," she says.
"Developing more as a woman" has enabled her to see things more from a mom's perspective. "A she-wolf isn't just a sexual individual; it's someone who strives to realize who she is and defends and nurtures her children. I feel closer to motherhood now, maybe on the threshold of it."
But while Shakira has a long-term boyfriend, Argentine lawyer Antonio de la Rua, she's not ready to settle down completely. "I'm too young to get married," she says, laughing. "I want children first. I'm getting ready to reproduce."
Not quite yet, though. "I feel like a mother who has just delivered a baby with this album" – and she plans to have another, a Spanish-language project, next year. "That's absorbing all my energy for now."
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* TSX rises 105.37 points, or 0.78 percent, to 13,687.66 * All of 10 main index sectors advance * First Quantum up after raising Cobre Panama output outlook * Air Canada slides on concerns about weaker loonie By John Tilak TORONTO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index recovered on Tuesday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as investors eyed a Federal Reserve meeting for signs of a further scaling-back of the U.S. central bank's monetary stimulus.
Fears about China's economic growth outlook and another possible move by the Fed to trim its bond-buying program have weighed on investor sentiment since last week. Further, recent sharp drops in emerging market currencies, such as the Argentine peso and Turkish lira, threw global markets into disarray.
Global markets remained jittery ahead of any signal from the Fed as well as a decision by Turkey's central bank as to whether to raise interest rates in an attempt to stabilize the currency.
After a solid rebound in the second half of 2013 and a promising start to the current year, the Toronto index recorded two of its biggest single-day drops in recent months in the previous two sessions.
Despite Tuesday's gains, some market analysts were cautious.
"We may get a bounce today, but overall the market is on a downward trend," said Marcus Xu, portfolio manager at MY Capital Management Corp in Vancouver. "The biggest risk is the emerging markets." "Everybody wants to be safe and nobody wants to stick their neck out," he added. Investors "want to be away from risky assets just for the time being." Xu, who says that this year will be a lot more volatile than 2013, expects the TSX to outperform the S&P 500 index.
The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index closed up 105.37 points, or 0.78 percent, at 13,687.66.
All of the 10 main sectors on the index were higher.
Financials, the index's most heavily weighted sector, gained 0.5 percent, with Manulife Financial Corp adding 1.5 percent to C$20.87.
Shares of energy companies rose 1.1 percent, helped by higher oil prices. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd advanced 2.6 percent to C$36.30 and was the most influential gainer on the index.
The materials sector, which includes mining stocks, added 1.9 percent. Barrick Gold Corp climbed 1.7 percent to C$20.96, and Teck Resources Ltd advanced 3.2 percent to C$27.73.
In corporate news, First Quantum Minerals Ltd said its Cobre Panama project in Central America should produce about 20 percent more copper than previously planned, but initial production will be delayed and development costs will be higher. The stock rose 2.6 percent to C$20.36.
Air Canada shares tumbled 12.3 percent, to C$7.63, as investors worried that Canada's weakening dollar would drive up costs at the country's largest airline.

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Ahdaf Soueif is an Egyptian short story writer, novelist and political and cultural commentator. Cairo: My City, Our Revolution is published by Bloomsbury
The founder of the Palestinian Festival of Literature reflects on 10 years of bringing art and culture to the troubled region
Over 600 Egyptian writers have signed a statement in support of the Egyptian author, who is serving a two-year sentence for 'injuring public modesty' with his graphic novel, The Use of Life
This meticulous, passionate study combines on-the-ground reporting of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 with effective analysis of its causes and achievements. Its heart is with the people
In January 2011, days after the first uprising in Tunisia and the protests in Tahrir Square, the Guardian invited leading writers from across the Arab world to reflect on the revolutionary fervour sweeping the region. Then, they expressed great optimism for the future. Here, they revisit their responses and ask, is there still room for hope?
Ahdaf Soueif: Egypt is commandeering every resource to establish control over the country – with more to come
Ahdaf Soueif: The old regime has morphed into a new form under Sisi, yet our young activists know the rot that lies at its heart
Ahdaf Soueif: Three years on, Egyptians who want freedom are smeared and arrested. But there will be no stability without social justice
Protesters suffocated in police vans, young men executed in the desert and constant fear are the realities of Egypt today, writes Ahdaf Soueif
Ahdaf Soueif: Instead of working towards a unified civil state, once in power the Muslim Brotherhood courted the police and army
Ahdaf Soueif in Cairo: Mohamed Morsi broke his promises to the Egyptian people. He must go, and the revolution must continue
Ahdaf Soueif: President Morsi's administration has gifted the army with a constitution that indemnifies it
Justice Malala on South Africa after Mandela, Jonathan Kaiman on changing attitudes to dogs in China and our audiobooks review looks at Ian Rankin and John Grisham
Ahdaf Soueif: Bread, freedom and social justice were the demands of the revolution. Instead Mohamed Morsi delivered bloodshed
Ahdaf Soueif: In the nations of the Arab spring, people are now rising up to demand Palestinian rights as well
'In Egypt, we novelists all seem to have given up – for the moment – on fiction'
Ahdaf Soueif: As I listened to the new Egyptian president's first address, I felt more hopeful. But there is still a struggle ahead
Ahdaf Soueif: Whoever is declared the next president of Egypt will not be the person most Egyptians want
Ahdaf Soueif: International Women's Day: Women are standing up against bullying and sexual abuse by the military and won't be silenced
Ahdaf Soueif: At first Egyptians simply wanted Mubarak out. But the more they learn, the more calls for execution grow
Ahdaf Soueif: The Egyptian uprising is like the Nile in flood. It cannot be kept back with barriers and uniforms
In January 2011 the Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to step down and millions of Egyptians took to the streets. Ahdaf Soueif records the momentous events in Cairo
Ahdaf Soueif: The arrest and brutal treatment of this young woman reminds us that the revolution is far from over
The novelist writes from Tahrir Square where the advice is to wear a gas mask and write your name on your arm
Ahdaf Soueif: This was the army murdering citizens – and it's clear the soldiers were set up to believe they were under attack
Our panel of experts picks the perfect books to read in the top 10 holiday destinations for Brits. Add your own suggestions here
Ahdaf Soueif: Egypt's military government has placed obstacles in the way of reform that can only be overcome by a collective effort of will
Celebrated novelist and political commentator Adhaf Soueif has the perfect way to support Egypt's revolution: come on holiday
Ahdaf Soueif: Barack Obama says he wants change in the Arab world yet insults us with the same old bad policies
The fall of Hosni Mubarak – and the instruments of state oppression – have allowed the Tahrir Square mindset to spread
Ahdaf Soueif on the spirit of protest, joy and optimism across Egypt – and how that can be harnessed as the rebuilding begins
'He's not going? What the hell does he want?' Ahdaf Soueif in a packed square in Cairo describes the reaction to Mubarak's speech


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In a recent Dear Prudence column, a woman wrote in, concerned about her fiancé's aversion to her scent. She wrote:
"Last night, a bit too much wine prompted my fiancé to tell me a secret he's been keeping for years: He thinks I smell bad. And that's why our sex life has been on the decline. I know I do sweat more than some people, but I shower daily and always use deodorant. I can't figure out if I am actually as bad as he says or if he just thinks I'm stinky because he is lucky enough to have totally odorless sweat. I am seriously considering calling off the wedding because of this."
Prudence advises her to seek medical evaluation for her odor, adding, "If you feel your fiancé told you in a cruel or malicious way, or you think he is establishing the groundwork for breaking up with you, then you need to engage in a frank discussion about where your romance is headed."
I realize that everyone might not feel as strongly as me, but if I were this woman, I would be out of there so fast. As a scentophile, this is just about the worst thing I can imagine a fiancé saying to me. I'm wondering how it took this man until the engagement phase to notice his woman's body odor. I have a nose like a wolf, and someone's odor is the pretty much the first thing I notice about them. As a friend of mine once said, "Chemistry basically comes down to whether or not you like the way a person'a armpit smells or saliva tastes." Sounds unsavory when put that way, but it's true. I find myself unable to be totally attracted to someone whose taste or smell is off to me. And that's not to say that he has to smell conventionally good — all slathered in cologne and deodorant and crap (there have been men with B.O. that I've absolutely adored), I just have to enjoy a man's natural smell. And he should enjoy mine as well.
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First, let me state that I have not yet played Brotherhood, so I have no clue what happens there storywise.
There are a lot of people out there that want ACIII to be entirely Desmond outside of the Animus, or possibly papa-Desmond. I think that any time period new than the 1860s would break the Assassin's Creed gameplay.
Why? Well, so far the AC games have been set in time periods where projectile weaponry wasn't much more advanced than bows/arrows and single shot guns. In modern times, guns can hold lots of bullets, and really the only way to fight back against guys with automatic weapons is to also use automatic weapons, which would essentially turn AC into a third person shooter, and I know that's not where I want the series to go.
But I have a feeling that the developers didn't think of that. Why? Remember when you fought against Abstergo guards in ACII? I do, and I specifically remember that instead of being armed with something normal (guns), they had plastic rods. Really? They really had to include Desmond combat so badly that they equipped guards that work for an evil corporation (and/or Templars) with plastic rods? That's just dumb.
Also, part of the reason why the traversal is fun is because of how olde-ass cities were back then. Lots of low lying buildings close to each other. Modern cities aren't like that.
I'd also like to point out that ever since the first game, I haven't liked the story stuff outside of the Animus. It just seems like a way to explain the switch of main character from one game to the next, and how to explain things like dying and coming back to life. And I don't really see it getting much better in future games.
So Ubisoft, please, don't make most of ACIII be outside Animus. I don't really care when the in-Animus takes place, just please set it in a time period where guns aren't the primary weapon.
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Don't worry, you don't have to sit down with a blank piece of paper and just start writing one. You can always start out with a plan you inherited from another project or start with a template. If your organization does not have an SCMP template, there are standards you can find online and you can even ask other CM'ers right here on CM Crossroads to share their templates with you. There have already been threads posted on this topic. One great example that I found in a thread was a reference to the whitepaper "Configuration Management (CM) Plans: The Beginning to Your CM Solution" written by Nadine M. Bounds and Susan A. Dart. This paper can be found on the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University site at www.sei.cmu.edu. It's not an actual template, but a great guide to what you should include and how it should be written.
If you were part of a large organization, it would be a good idea to have a work group draft up a template that meets everyone's needs. The act of creating a template also helps you to address many CM issues, and it's scope reaches across a higher level than just a single project.
Once you have a template, you just go through it and see how it's contents apply to your project's situation. It's a template, after all, and you can add and delete things as you see fit. One thing to avoid is getting into too much detail about how you do things. For example, you don't have to describe the exact process of how a user checks a file out of the source code library. You should have a separate procedure that describes how a user uses the source code library and the SCM tool, but this document should only be referenced in the SCMP, not spelled out step by step. The SCMP should cover how changes to the source code library are made, where the library is located, and what the file structure of the library looks like, but not every detail on how it is used. I personally create separate procedures on topics such as using the SCM tool, building the software, and exactly how change control is implemented. These documents are all referenced by the SCMP so that a user knows where to look to get the detail, but it keeps the SCMP much shorter and cleaner. This also allows the called out procedures to be tweaked without having to consult the Change Control Board for every little change, and it allows new users to tackle the detail one document at a time instead of trying to get through one whole document.
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Rank 20: Availability of Restrictions for License Customization Time-of-Day Restriction (Component BQ)
Restricting drivers who cannot meet the acuity standard to driving during daytime only, and restricting drivers who may not be able to pass a test administered in an unfamiliar area but demonstrate that they can drive safely to specific destinations in their home areas (e.g., church, doctor, shopping) or within a certain radius of home, are ways that licensing agencies can allow drivers with medical conditions and functional impairments to continue to drive safely longer.
Of the four components listed under options for supporting continuing safe mobility in the RVA, availability of restrictions for license customization received the highest RVA weighting (5.09), placing it 10th in importance of the 16 components listed in the middle column. The restriction to drive only during the daytime was ranked the highest of the four restriction types evaluated in the RVA, possibly because it is the most common. Although restricting drivers to a certain geographical area or road class were ranked in the bottom half of the RVA, they deserve consideration, based on comments offered by meeting attendees. Comments regarding license restriction/customization follow.
One attendee said they have taken away the night restriction in his jurisdiction. In the past, drivers with acuity between 20/40 and 20/70 were restricted to daytime-only driving. They found no difference in the crash rate in a population of 32,000 and several subpopulations following the removal of the restriction. The people in the low-vision program in this jurisdiction (who are trained and monitored) have a lower crash rate than the general population.
One meeting attendee said "the ability to restrict licenses to geographic areas is an important service to the citizens of our respective States; however, this isn't implemented uniformly across all States. If we are going to deal with our aging population, we need to have that kind of capability. It will keep more people independent longer and be a reduction in cost to society." One attendee said all their dementia cases (mild dementia onlymoderate dementia cases may not drive) have licenses restricted to geographic areas. These drivers also must be road tested in their specified geographic areas every 3 to 6 months.
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The initial survey said all 51 jurisdictions have an appeal process for drivers who are aggrieved by a DMV's licensing determination. Meeting attendees shared their policies regarding hearings. In some jurisdictions, MAB physicians hear appeals, and in others, administrative law judges hear appeals. The initial survey did not specifically ask respondents whether a road test is always provided as due process, and neither did the meeting attendees discuss road testing as due process per se. However, one meeting attendee remarked that if the treating physician indicates the driver is not medically or cognitively competent to drive, the DMV will not allow the driver to get into a car with one of its examiners to take a road test. If a treating physician will not make a fitness-to-drive recommendation, this DMV will require the driver to be evaluated by an OT or CDRS, and will only road test the driver if the driving evaluator believes the driver in question is medically and cognitively competent to drive.


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This has been a great winter so far for snowbirds.
I don't mean the people who move south for a few months to escape the cold. I'm talking about the original use for the word "snowbird," the birds that arrive here in the snowy season. English speakers have called them that for more than three centuries.
The most common of these is now called the dark-eyed junco, but most people know them as slate-colored juncos. Ornithologists determined that the slate-colored and five other populations of juncos were the same species, so they combined them under the "dark-eyed" name.
Juncos, sparrow-sized birds, are readily distinguished by their gray backs, white bottoms and light-colored bills. A Canadian species, the U.S. is Florida to them.
The bird perhaps most worthy of the snowbird name is the snow bunting, a mostly white sparrow-sized bird with rusty color on top and black wing tips.
The uncommon snow bunting increases its numbers in southern New Jersey when it's very cold, foraging in flocks near beach areas such as Brigantine and Stone Harbor Point.
In this month's cold snap, a flock of 90 snow buntings - quite large for our area - has called Cape May Point State Park its temporary home.
Perhaps the most famous of the snowbirds is the snow goose, which breeds in the Canadian arctic and winters in the Mid-Atlantic region. These geese sometimes stop by the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge in Galloway Township in the tens of thousands in the fall, on their way mainly to farmland inland.
Snow geese are white with black wing tips, a little smaller than Canada geese. Like other geese, they are voracious feeders on vegetation and will pull roots and all out of the ground to eat.
Snow geese are doing well in Canada, which means there are so many of them on U.S. farms in the winter that they are considered a destructive pest.
As such, the state Division of Fish and Wildlife took steps this week for the second year in a row to encourage hunters to shoot them. A special hunting season for them from Feb. 16 to April 10 will have no bag limits, and hunters may use electronic calls and shotguns loaded with as many as seven shells.
The extra hunting is authorized under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act when other management programs fail to prevent overabundance of a population.
The rarest snowbird this season, hands down, was the ivory gull that delighted birders and photographers in Cape May in December. If you said "snowbird" 150 years ago, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, you were referring to this nearly all white visitor from the high northern arctic.
We are still waiting for an appearance in southern New Jersey of another prized snowbird, the snowy owl. One has been spotted in Hudson County, but so far none has turned up in its favorite local places such as Forsythe and Stone Harbor Point.
As for those recent usurpers of the snowbird name, I hear their escape plan isn't working so well this year. The cold has followed them all the way to Florida.
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"We're neglecting our brightest low-income kids virtually as a matter of policy..."
The article is mostly about how Pondiscio still managed to get burned out after five years of teaching, and wound up transitioning back to communications and non-profit work. But I thought that his observations about working in an urban school in the era of No Child Left Behind were most prescient. I quote:
"I was especially frustrated for my highest-achieving students. I have nothing but admiration for high-minded education reformers, teachers, and administrators who want to make sure every child goes to a great school. But one of the unintended consequences of the accountability movement in schools is that virtually all of a teacher's time and attention goes to the lowest-performing students. We lie to ourselves that we're educating high-performing kids because they test at or above grade level on dumbed-down state tests. In reality we're neglecting our brightest low-income kids virtually as a matter of policy, all but guaranteeing their future struggles in college and the workplace."
Eventually, Pondiscio decided he should start a non-profit that would focus on high-achieving low-income children -- on challenging them, and finding opportunities for them. And actually, New York City is embarking on a new era of gifted education -- in which all children will be screened, and all children who score in the 95th percentile will be offered a spot in the city's gifted programs. Up until now, admission to the various gifted programs has been a complicated patchwork of systems which, not surprisingly, better-off and better-connected parents were better able to navigate (we'll do another longer post on this topic later).
But I think that Pondiscio is on to something. There is a lot to like about the accountability movement. For too many years, too many educators have assumed that as long as there was a teacher in a classroom, and textbooks, and adequate funding, schools were doing their job. This is how a lot of jobs have worked in the past -- show up, you get a paycheck. No one demands a connection to the business bottom line. Now, we as a society are asking about outcomes. Are kids actually learning to read? Are they gaining the math skills necessary to get anywhere in life?
Yet...Savvy parents can deal with schools that focus on lower-performing students to the exclusion of their brightest pupils. They can notice that their children aren't being challenged, demand accommodations, or enroll their children in extra-curricular activities, make sure the kids get to the library a lot, read a lot, or else even pull their children out and put them in private schools. Children whose parents are not so savvy are simply stuck with the schools and teachers they get. T
his is a shame and needs to be addressed -- not by dumping the accountability movement's new standards, which would be a disaster -- but by judging schools and teachers based on individual students' progress. Give a high-scoring third grader a fifth grade achievement test. If she scores at the 79th percentile in the fall, and the 79th percentile in the spring, there should be consequences. What gets measured and rewarded gets attention. It's just that sometimes, we're measuring the wrong things.
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A-M-E-N! If anyone really cared about our country's future instead of just about votes, gifted kids would be disaggregated from other categories also, they (as well as all other kids) would be measured on a growth model. The schools should be responsible if ANY child does not gain a year of knowledge... regardless of their starting point.
Of course, such a position doesn't get votes because, by definition, gifted children/families only constitute 5% of the vote at best. It will never happen.
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Ideally, gifted kids would be expected to gain even more than a year's worth of progress, since they are capable of learning more quickly! Now, as you point out, they are not expected to gain anything if they meet state standards coming in, which so many do.
I have blogged about this issue myself, recently. Frustrated by a lack of challenge, fully 20% of all dropouts test in the gifted range. We are failing these kids! I think it represents a huge problem for the future of this nation.
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Funny you should reference my BW article today. I was just lurking on your blog over the weekend after reading your USA Today piece. Small (virtual) world.
I don't consider myself qualified to determine who is or is not gifted. but I do know there are boxcar numbers of kids in schools like the one where I taught, where students who are merely competent could rise to much higher levels of achievement given a rigorous, challenging curriculum and a productive learning environment.
These are the students I call the "not your problem" kids. I once made the mistake of asking an AP in my school about the bright kids in my class who were quietly doing "grade level" work, but were capable of much more. I was lamenting never having time to work with and challenge these students and the AP scoffed that "those kids are not your problem" and that I should be giving all my attention to my lowest achieving kids. Perhaps this will change under the "growth model" attached to the City's report cards, but it was clear that those kids were considered finished goods.
Obviously, they're not. But alas, we seem to have made up our minds that No Child Left Behind means No Child Gets Ahead.
Robert Pondiscio
I just want to point out that 20% of dropouts are not gifted. The study that found such numbers was based on research done in the 1950s on students from Iowa. In actuality, a rather small number of students who dropout are "gifted." That being said, a larger number would be found if we looked at the number of gifted who drop out. Anyone interested might take a look at Michael Matthew's article (I believe it's in GCQ) about one state's dropout rate for gifted kids. Overall this is a very under-researched area.


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Tens of millions of Americans are afflicted with knee arthritis and live with daily pain. Knee replacement surgery has been shown as one of the top five quality-of-life procedures in the world. However, the procedure is not meant to last forever and should be looked at as a last resort, elective procedure.
Here are the ways to avoid total knee replacement procedure.
- Activity Avoidance
The first method of treatment is known as activity avoidance. If you are an avid downhill ski year and the activity causes knee pain for three days afterwards, it's probably best to avoid skiing. It would probably be a better idea to switch to an activity that is not so stressful. Also, if you are an avid runner, it would be best to switch to a lower impact activity such as swimming or cycling (cross-train).
- Medications
First-line treatment should consist of over-the-counter pain medicines such as Tylenol and anti-inflammatories (Naproxen, Ibuprofen). These should be taken according to the manufacturers recommended dosing, and may be exceptionally helpful to relieve mild to moderate pain from the arthritis.
There are also various over-the-counter skin creams that can provide significant analgesia, such as capsaicin.
For those times when the arthritis pain exacerbates, short term narcotics may be helpful. Taking them over the long-term is not a good idea as there can be significant risks with this approach.
- Physical Therapy, TENS, Acupuncture, Cane
Physical therapy can help avoid or prolong the need for a knee replacement. Strengthening up the muscles around the knee can help take pressure off of the arthritic areas. This may also include ultrasound and electrical stimulation treatment. Using a TENS unit may also help with pain relief, which involves placing small foam pads over the knee and providing a small electrical stimulus. This can alter the way that the brain perceives pain signals.
Several studies have been done looking at acupuncture for arthritis pain. They show that the effectiveness of acupuncture is significant, and may provide lasting relief for the problem.
A cane may offset knee stresses by up to 50% and relieve pain considerably.
- Bracing
Bracing for an arthritic knee can help as well. There is a type of knee brace called and off-loader that pushes on the less painful side to open up the arthritic area. These braces are slightly bulky and may be uncomfortable, but also may provide significant alleviation of the arthritis discomfort.
There are even studies showing that a knee sleeve may provide symptomatic relief for those suffering from knee arthritis (Segal, PM R. 2012 May;4(5 Suppl):S89-96).
- Injections
One gold standard treatment for the arthritis pain are steroid injections. These are done as an outpatient in a physicians office, and involve placing numbing medicine and steroid into the joint for relief. Over 75% of patients achieve substantial pain relief that lasts for weeks to months (Cheng et al, Pain Med. 2012 Jun;13(6):740-53). Steroid injections may be repeated a few times a year.
Decades ago, studies of steroid injection into small animals showed cartilage degradation from the steroid injected. Subsequent studies and larger animals showed no such ill effect, so steroid injections remain very popular for arthritis to this day.
Hyaluronic acid injections have become very popular and are known as Synvisc and
Hyalgan. Hyaluronic acid is a natural component of the knee, and these injections are made from rooster combs. CHA injected helps provide the natural lubricant along with theoretically increasing the knees desire to produce cartilage.
The FDA has approved the use of these injections, and multiple studies have shown beneficial effects that may last for 6 to 12 months. The working theory is that if an individual has some cartilage remaining, these injections are indicated. However, if an individual is down to bone on bone arthritis, then it does not make a lot of sense to perform them.
The newest type of injections for knee arthritis are platelet rich plasma and stem cell injections. Platelet rich plasma involves taking a simple blood draw from a patient and spinning it down in a centrifuge machine to obtain platelets and growth factors. There are some small studies showing that injecting the substance into an arthritic knee can help repair some of the damage (AAOS). Pain relief may be substantial, and the substance has been shown to call in stem cells from a persons body.
The newest stem cell injections involve obtaining material from either a persons iliac crest, fat, or an external source such as donated amniotic fluid. It is unclear to what extent arthritic pain can be reduced with the substances. Current studies are ongoing.
There are quite a few treatment options for avoiding or delaying knee replacement surgery at modern pain management clinics such as Arizona Pain Specialists. If you or a loved one is suffering from knee pain in the greater Phoenix or Scottsdale areas, call today at (602) 507-6550.


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When visiting an unfamiliar place in order to find you way around it helps if you work out where you are in relation to particular landmarks and in which direction you're facing. In order to use a map you need to know where north is so that you can hold the map the right way round. This process is known as getting ones bearings or orientating / orienting oneself. The verb orient(ate) means to to face or arrange things to face the east (orient) and comes, via French, from the Latin word orient (the eastern part of the world, the part of the sky in which the sun rises, the east, the rising sun, daybreak, dawn). These days we usually orientate ourselves by finding out where north is, so why do we use orient(ate)?
Recently I discovered, in On The Map: Why the world looks the way it does by Simon Garfield, that the use of orient(ate) comes from the the medieval practice of placing Jerusalem in the centre of maps, so lining them up involved making them face towards Jerusalem in the east.
The northern equivalent of orient is boreal (from the Greek βορέας – god of the north wind), so to 'orientate' oneself towards the north might be borealate – this word doesn't exist, but the word borealize (to adopt northern manners or pronunciation) does.
There is also a verb occident, which means "to turn or direct towards the west; to place (a church) with the chancel at the western end." The southern equivalent of orient is austral, and the verb to australize (to point southward) was once used in English, though no longer.
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Free Burundi
By G. Pascal Zachary
For the dozen journalists at Studio Ijambo, an independent producer of radio news and analysis, the morning meeting is a chance to swap sources - and tips on staying alive. Which roads are suddenly dangerous? Which military officers can be trusted and which can't? What are the rebels doing?
In recent weeks, the countryside has grown "hot" again, with travel riskier and attacks more frequent. A senior editor, chairing the meeting, tells the group that the United Nations is offering bulletproof vests, free of charge.
"What makes them think they'll shoot me in my chest? Why not my head?" cracks one of the female reporters. "Maybe the U.N. should give me a helmet."
"Or why not one of their armored cars?" asks another reporter.
The room erupts in laughter, but the editor isn't amused. His staff works in a country where civil war is a way of life. Dangers can be minimized, and maybe this is one way to do so, he wonders aloud.
These are among Burundi's most thoughtful journalists, so the question is taken seriously. Every day they courageously report on a civil war without clear battle lines - and the ethnic conflicts between politically dominant Tutsis and majority Hutus that fuel that war.
In Burundi, radio is the most powerful medium. Not only does it reach the biggest audiences - dwarfing newspapers and TV - but it has been used as a tool to promote ethnic hatred in neighboring Rwanda, where radio journalists actually helped direct the slaughter of Tutsis by Hutus six years ago.
For this reason, five-year-old Studio Ijambo promotes understanding between the two groups, often sending out both a Hutu and Tutsi reporter to ensure that many perspectives on an issue get aired. Staffed by a roughly equal number of Hutus and Tutsis, the studio is a collaboration between locals and Search for Common Ground, a Washington nonprofit that supports media initiatives around the world. Studio Ijambo's reports are respected enough that Burundi's national radio station airs them daily, and several Ijambo reporters cover the country for Reuters and other foreign print media.
Agnes Nindorera, who writes for Agence-France Press, has taken her share of risks in two decades of reporting. Two years ago, a provincial governor arrested her for seven hours. Her offense? She insisted on entering his province.
Last September, she caused a furor with an article criticizing the military's treatment of Hutus in "regroupment" camps. Herself a Tutsi, she was hauled into military headquarters and assailed for "betraying" her own group. In local vernacular, this was tantamount to a death threat. Rather than hide, which she had done on other occasions, she sued a senior military officer in court, exposing herself even further.
The following month, Burundi's then minister of defense gave a speech where he complained about Nindorera's articles and said that if any journalists visited a regroupment camp they should be treated as "the enemy." This time, she left the country for several weeks until the furor faded. Two years earlier, she had done the same after a senior military officer told her to go into hiding or risk being murdered.
So compelling are Nindorera's articles - and so complicated are the tensions within the Tutsi and Hutu elite - that "powerful people want to protect her and privately support her work," says Alexis Sinduhije, a prominent Burundi journalist.
Were it not for the help of closet reformers, says Nindorera, 38, "I would not still be alive."
Worse than her fears is the difficulty of coping with her grief. Many of her relatives were killed or fled their homes in attacks by Hutus. In her village, 64 relatives died, and the house where she was born and lived until the age of 15 was destroyed.
Viewing the ruins of this house, which she did four years ago, left her bereft. "Everything was looted," she recalls. "I didn't cry, but inside me was pain. Pain deeper than crying."
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Many of the visual art works made during the 1970s found themselves neglected as attention focused on the rise of conceptual and performance art. In a new exhibition, The Piper Gallery in Soho demonstrates that, even as modernist certainties were challenged, new possibilities in abstract art continued to emerge.
New Possibilities: Abstract Paintings from the Seventies presents works by 14 artists from that era. The Piper Gallery is dedicated to showcasing the work of contemporary artists whose careers have spanned 40 years or more, both to present them to a new generation and to demonstrate their life-long commitment to their practice and the continuing dynamism of their recent work.
Chipperfield artist Graham Boyd is one of those exhibiting.
"Mine is one of the bigger paintings in the show," says the 84-year-old. "It's called The Descender and it's totally abstract. It was made at a time when I was interested in the idea of taking a line for a walk in space – exploring the whole canvas with this line shuttling back and forwards, with colour representing the different stages of the journey."
In the 1970s Graham shifted from making abstracts with palette knives and brushes to using a spray gun, and The Descender is an example of this.
"With this one, I was trying to create energy," says Graham, who was principal lecturer and ran the BA Fine Art course at the Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, now the University of Hertfordshire, from the 1970s until the 1990s.
"A spray gun atomises the paint, it's the smallest dot you can have. It was like a raincloud of colour on the canvas, building up. Here you have very strange colours forming as they fall over each other – brilliant orange one moment, then red, then crimson, then purple, then a warm brown. The colour keeps on building and building like that, then you go round the colour clock again."
After the 1970s, Graham's work went in a more tactile direction.
"I really do like to handle thick, juicy paint now," he says. "I work very spontaneously now, whereas the spray paint works would take me several weeks. I began to feel there wasn't enough tactile feeling to them. This new way of working gives me a kind of dialogue with the painting – as Jackson Pollock said, there's a give and take with the painting, you have to listen to it, respond to it.
"As you get older, it's a journey you're going on with your work. You can't just keep doing the same thing, you have to get into unknown territory."
- New Possibilities: Abstract Paintings from the Seventies is at the Piper Gallery, Newman Street, Soho until Friday, December 21 during opening hours, Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 6pm. Details: 020 7148 0350, www.thepipergallery.com


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After a stretch of slumming in kid fare, Dwayne Johnson is squarely back in action mode in Faster, the George Tillman Jr.-directed action film about an ex-con out for revenge. This CBS Films release looks different than a lot of recent action offerings I've seen lately, including The Green Hornet, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World and Predators. Johnson looks capable of not only beating you up, but also pretty much anybody you have ever met. That certainly helps make the action believable. The film opens November 24 and CBS Films just released this trailer.
Hot Trailer: Dwayne Johnson in 'Faster'
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kick ass!
Too bad the script sucks.
where is the fun? seems pretty heavy especially with voice over…
this is the kind of cool shit he should doing, not the freakin' toothfairy! Let Robin Williams do that crap
I can just see and hear the pitch for this product.
Fast-n-the furious meets Thelma and Louise meets Get Carter.
Hopefully the movie will have more than what they are showing in the clip.
And if they don't bring the funny to this vehicle then it will be a one trick pony.
Because Dwayne is at his best when he can be all kick ass and then funny flash those pearly whites at the same time.
I think people overlook "the rundown" but it was great entertainment. And Dwayne does best in a buddy flick to bounce his personality off of.
This movie looks like fun! Can't wait till the holiday weekend to check it out.
I loved this the first time I saw it…when it was called WALKING TALL.
Love the Rock Love the concept can't wait to see him destroy evil!
Looks good. I think the voice over works for a first trailer since sets up the storyline. "The road to revenge is a dead end street…" Explains the premise of the movie without much dialog. Of course, how the rest plays out will determine how great the movie is, but at least we can expect some great action scenes.
Also, haven't seen all the kid fare, but seems like he can play both well.
This Movie looks Sooooo COOL!!!! Finally Dwayne Johnson in some grown up roles.
and how can you fail with the director George Tillman Jr. he directed the S**T out of NOTORIOUS!
He's the TRUTH! I can't wait to see this movie!!!!
I wouldn't lump "Scott Pilgrim" in with "a lot of recent action offerings." It's a game changer, while "Faster" looks like more of the same.
George Tillman Jr. is an awesome director…. He's been over looked for a long time but his movies ALWAYS speaks for itself!!! I'm surprised to see this action movie because he's such a deep director who deals with great stories. That's the only reason I'll see this movie… I'm not a fan of the Rock.
Wow looks great. maybe cbs finally got a good film after all.
CBS needs to fire whomever is in charge of Creative Advertising already!
CBS Films, huh? Don't they basically have a 100% streak of shitty movies?
CBS better hire a great marketing team to promote this film FASTER.. I hope they don't promote it like that Harrison Ford flop! It looked like a Cheap showtime movie. I hope they allow this movie to stay away from there TV Bull crap and promote it like a REAL MOVIE!
Let's face it, CBS Films is going to F*%K this one up too!
Will CBS let the real filmmakers like George Tillman do what they do! He make HITS don't dummy this down. We need more filmmakers like George Tillman, I love the direction he's going in with this movie style of filmmaking, his direction stands out more than the "stars". The movie looks awesome, CBS please stand BACK.
George Tillman Jr??? I'm not sure who he is but from the movies listed, he seems to be Hollywoods best kept secret. I love his body of work.
I the Script does suck but I heard after the editing it's an entirely different movie.. Can't wait to see what they put together
FASTER looks pretty good WOW.
CBS Films should stick to making TV shows all their movies have BOMBED.. I'm scared to see what the decision makers will do to this one… probably make it a "G" or a "PG" rating… they are such losers.
I think I'll check this CBS film out because I love Dwayne Johnson and I like all of George Tillman Jr. films. It can't be that bad. It looks pretty good. but then again so did that horrible Jennifer Lopez movie CBS did. That was honestly AWFUL! but I'll give you one more chance CBS before I pull the plug and tell all of my friends. ha.
I'll see any movie that George Tillman Jr. makes. He's never let me down yet.
For those who can't wait to see this movie based on this trailer…I have a copy of Clash of the Titans which you probably couldn't wait to see either.
Give me a break. This film looks dreadful!


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I think this Potter film is the best yet I don't think it is suitable for younger children but for people my age it is brilliant! It should have had more of the book in though.
Robbie, 11, Blyth
I think the new film is amazing. Especially the scene with Voldemort. Nonetheless, it could be better. Harry, Ron and Hermione performed very well but I was unimpressed with Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour and Cedric Diggory.
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I think that the movie was fantastic, though a bit rushed in the end. It was also sad but I loved the humour and the excitement in it! Wicked, I say! A 100 out of 100!
Julia, 13, Sweden
It was an excellent film! The cast was spot on and the special effects were astounding. The two other schools were so cool! An immense film, I had tears in my eyes at the end!
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It's by far the BEST film yet! It was really funny and scary. I've seen it twice already - I love it! The new characters are very good and good looking!
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was brilliant! Rupert was brilliant - isn't he always? And Emma Watson is very convincing. I just wish it was about 3 hours longer! Can't wait for the DVD!
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Where was Dobby? Dobby and Winky the elves were cut out which made the plot a bit confusing if you had not read the book..other than that it was wicked!
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I hated it and I hated particularly the girls in it.
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I think the new Harry Potter film is brilliant! I'd go to the ball with you Harry!
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It was great! I particularly thought that Emma Watson was really good in this one!
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I think the film was great. Me and my friend jumped a lot in the last half hour of it!
Zoe, 12, Romford
I think that it was better than good, it was excellent. I loved it. It is the best film so far!
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I'd rate it 10/10 but it's a bit rude. Hermione has some bad language coming from her mouth!
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It was amazing! All the movies have been good but this was by far my favourite.
Holly, 15, USA
It was amazing!!! Harry, Ron and Hermione are the best! It was scary, interesting, funny - unbelievable!!! I love that movie!
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I have watched the film. Was it great? You bet it was! This is probably the best film they have made yet!
Minty, 14, London
I think the new Harry Potter film is so good because there are new characters and 3 tasks that are really hard and dangerous!
Thomas, 8, Eaton Ford
Best ever film!!! I loved all of it. But I wish they'd done more about the Quidditch world cup. Apart from that I thought it was fantastic. I'm going to go and see it again and again!!!
Lizzie, 14, Dartford
I think that this Harry Potter movie was better then the other ones. The other films had no thriller element and were pretty much boring but once I saw this one, it brought a whole new side of Harry Potter!
Stephanie, 15, USA
It was good but a bit darker than the others and everything was a bit rushed!
Bridget, 12, Norwich
I think each potter film/book gets better and better!!! I love each and every one. The 4th film is much more darker but I still think it is really good and it's nice to see the characters grow up and act like normal teenagers in the ball scene.
Nicola, 14, Harrow
I thought it was ok but it wasn't as good as any of the rest it was a bit more boring than I expected.
Lizzie, 11, Cumbria
It was brilliant! I was always criticising the parts they cut out of the book, however it seems a lot more grown up, almost as surprising as the sixth book.
Emma, 12, Edgware
It was AMAZING! I loved it so much and Voldemort is perfect. So is Fleur and Cedric (he's definitely attractive enough). I recommend that Everyone goes and sees it. And of course Emma, Dan, and Rupert are as great as ever!
Emma, 15, Canada
I thought it was fantastic. Fleur was good and so was Mad eye Moody. It was very funny and quite sad. I had to take deep breaths when Harry was under water though. Brilliant movie.
Anna, 14, Bristol
WOW!! it was amazing.. all of it was brilliant! I'm going to be seeing it over and over again!
Jack, 14, Scarborough
It was amazing, definitely the best film so far. It was so scary but funny at the same time. My favourite scene was definitely the Yule Ball!
Shona, 15, Devon
I thought it was amazing, not quite as good as films like LOTR but certainly better than the other HP films. I was a bit disappointed with the absence of a Quidditch world cup match but I can understand why they cut it as the film is so long as it is. It does have some slow bits but these are few. I thought Voldemort was brilliant!
Ben, 15, Crawley
Wow! The film was amazing! It was really scary but it was very good! I was in hysterics at some part 'cos it was really funny! I would of enjoyed it more if they had included some other stuff from the books.
Poppy, 15, Kingston
I really enjoyed Harry Potter 4. It went by so fast, everything was sooo well put together. Of course there were some little changes from the book here and there, but that is to be expected. I mostly feel great about this film, with a few minor exceptions: 1) Dumbledore needs to take a chill pill. I am sorry, but Gambon just doesn't do it for me, I miss my old, calm Dumbledore. 2) The maze scene had like no obstacles! No skrewts, no sphinxes, just a big wind that "whooshes! However, the movie was unbelievably awesome! Visually appealing, as well as suspenseful. (And I must say, Harry's bathtub scene is REALLY nice!)
Shauna, 15, Fort McMurray
I thought the film was brilliant! The special effects were amazing! It was a lot scarier and darker than the previous films and is open to a much wider and older audience than the first 3 films.
Vicky, 14, York
I loved this film it was by far the best so far!!!! It was funnier, darker and scarier. My favourite scene was the maze bit. And I loved the way Hermione has a go at Ron after the ball!! A total must see!!!
Faith, 13, Dartford
Really brilliant film, loved every bit.. I thought it did move a little fast though.
Fiona, 14, Blackburn
From the previews it looked just like the book, when I saw it the beginning was a bit of a let down but then it started getting better and better, it was a really great movie and couldn't have been better.
Giulia, 13, Warwickshire
The book was better, in the film they left out Dobby and Winky.
Hayley, 14, Leicestershire
I didn't like it. I read the book and the movie left out a lot of the books characters and events. e
Aly, 13, Edinburgh
I think it was the best movie but it missed out lots of major details. Like the scene at the beginning with Winky.
Lauren, 11, Essex
In the words of Ron Weasley it was "bluddy brilliant"!!!!! The whole way through I was an awe at how fantastic it was!!!!! It was truly magical and it was sooooo funny! At times it was scary and then others....really sad! I had to fight back the tears when Harry wouldn't let go of Cedric's body and his dad came over and everyone was crying. I did actual cry a little bit, it was brilliant acting. This one was by far the best EVER!!!
Genna, 15, Derby
Wow. It was v. funny. I miss them actually having classes, they have left out those aspects for a while. The kids are getting so good. I didn't like the makeup for Voldemort. I liked the kind of hormone humour it had in it especially the bathtub scene. My favourite part was the end after Harry came out of the maze and everyone was cheering Danielle Radcliffe did a great job there. All in all it was my favourite.
Allison, 15, Overland Park
It was brill. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was funny, scary and thrilling. It looked sooo realistic and was amazing to watch. The scenes in the graveyard with Lord Voldemort were pure genius and kinda disgusting. The maze scene was amazing and I wish I could watch it again and again. Lord Voldemort was truly scary. The actors were amazing and really brought the book to life.
Ciara, 14, Baltinglass
Great! It fully deserved it's 12A rating. I thought the social dancing bit was hilarious! Just like school!
Katy, 15, Paisley
It was lacking major details ie. the fact Hagrid's a half giant, why Sirius suddenly appears, but was still good. But the worst missing thing was the Quidditch World Cup match.
Jordan, 13, Bracknell
The best Harry Potter film yet, but they cut out a lot from the books. And, I admit, I cried when Harry brought Cedric's body back.
Hazel, 14, Leighton Buzzard
It was amazing!!!! I'm going to see it again next week! It's really funny and quite scary. It was a shame they didn't include more of the Quidditch World Cup though.
Megan, 13, Prenton
I loved it, it was brilliant. It's my favourite one so far. However, a bit too much was missed out for my liking. I would have liked to have seen more of the Quidditch World Cup and the whole film was just centred around the main plot of the Triwizard Tournament, I would have liked it to include some of the subplots. It was still great though. Definitely worth seeing again.
Sophie, 14, Bridgnorth
The best part was when Harry saw Cho and spat his drink out.
Nadia, 12, Huddersfield
I think it was the best of the whole of them, Emma Watson did great as Hermione! I think in some parts of it, it was rushed.
Amanda, 12, Bradford
It was AWESOME!! Me and my friends dressed up to see it, it was very funny.
Ella, 13, Bucks
I thought the new Harry Potter film was the best yet! You can see how their acting skills have flourished to pure excellence, it has humour and horror spilled into one, absolutely terrific, and is it me, or does Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) Look hot :)!
Kathleen, 15, Birmingham
It's wicked!
Aparna, 14, London
What a wicked film, and such an emotional rollercoaster, I was laughing, crying shaking and smiling all at once. I was SO impressed with Dan at the end of the third task; he pulled it off really well!
Vicky, 15, Bournemouth
I thought the film was great when I went to see it with school except I was really ill during the film, I had a bad headache then felt sick, but I am going to see it tonight again so hopefully I will be able to enjoy it much more this time
Alice, 13, Norwich
Wow! I loved it, it was brilliant! The best movie I have ever seen, a lot better than the other three. Though Voldemort looked scary and I also thought that Madame Maxime didn't look real at all in those long legs, apart from that everything was just fine!
Rachel, 15, London
I LOVED it! I went with my friend and we laughed the whole way through! I loved the ball scene
Hannah, 14, Kent
I thought that the new Potter movie was good, scary and funny - I would rate it 10/10!
Luke, 14, Manchester
I thought the film was easily the best of the 4 so far! The best bit was when Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret! I couldn't stop laughing for ages!
Stacey, 15, Basildon
I thought the film was fantastic and the best one ever!! It was so good I wanted to see it again even before I walked out of the cinema!! Well Done Harry, Hermione and Ron, you were the best ever!
Tulsi, 12, Walsall
It was sooo scary. It was really realistic and thrilling. It was scary but I REALLY enjoyed it!
Harriet, 12, London
I thought this was definitely the best Potter film yet. Lord Voldemort was amazingly creepy. Once again though Dan and Emma's chemistry overshadowed anything developing between Ron and Hermione.
Ayesha, 15, Edinburgh
I thought the film was pure brilliance. It was so well put together. It was funny and yet scary at the same time. When Ron had to dance with Professor McGonagall it was hilarious as well as the scene where Harry is the bath trying to decode the golden egg. Some words can't even describe how good the film was!
Natalie, 12, London
I thought the film was the best one so far. The mermaids were very scary.
Georgia, 8, Wiltshire
I really loved it. I thought it was better that the other films. Voldy was fab.
Jenny, 14, Glasgow
Best 1 out of the 4, it was quite funny as well as scary.
James, 14, Hull
I think it was as good as all the others but I'm not a Harry Potter fan really.
Jacob, 12, Folkestone
Wow!!!! It was amazing, better than all the rest put together.
Vicky, 14, Peterborough
I thought the maze scene was really scary - I had to hide behind my fingers!
Laura, 13, London
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Aug 17, 2012 - StaffMarlys Andrews, 50, died Monday, Aug. 13, 2012, at her home because of a sudden illness.
Memorial services were at 1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Rocky Mountain Hall at Fort Washakie with traditional Indian funeral services with Harrison Shoyo Jr. and Arlen Shoyo officiating. Interment will be in the Wind Dancer Cemetery at Fort Washakie. Services are provided by Wind Dancer Funeral Home.
Marlys Renea Andrews was born Sept. 15, 1961, in Lander, the daughter of Duane Cady Sr. and Orbana Cady.
She attended school at Stevensville, Mont., and graduated from Dubois High School and attended Central Wyoming College.
She was a medical receptionist at Riverton Memorial Hospital.
Her family said she enjoyed crafting, hunting, fishing and four-wheeling with her husband, and she was an avid outdoorsman and loved NASCAR.
She was queen for the Rocky Mountain Indian Rodeo Association and represented the association at the Indian National Finals Rodeo in Albuquerque, and she was queen for Lander Pioneer Days Rodeo. She was a traditional Indian dancer, traveling with her mother and father to numerous powwows, and she was a member of the Riverton Does. She loved being with her grandchildren and family.
She is survived by her husband, Gene Andrews of Riverton; daughter Corrina and her husband Scott Hemsher of Laramie; brothers Duane and his wife Barb Cady of Lander and Moe Cady of Owyhee, Nev.; grandchildren Kayden and Sawyer Hemsher of Laramie; mother-in-law Jackie Hill of Shoshoni; father-in-law Barry Andrews of Salt Lake City; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and families of Cady, Aoah, Hill, LeClair, Glick and Trosper.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Duane Cady Sr. and Orbana Cady; brother Cody Dee Cady; and nephew Paxton Cady.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting all donations be made to Amedisys Hospice Care, attention Shelley Gonzales, 230 N. First St., Lander, WY 82520.
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- Use Microsoft's uptomp.exe from the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit. The UpToMP utility will insure that NT is updated with the correct kernel and SMP compatible HAL. Since the service packs include updated HALs, extract the latest applied service pack into a folder. When UpToMP askes for the location of your HAL, don't point it to the original NT installation disk but rather to where you extracted the latest SP.
- Upgrading to
Dual Processor NT 4.0/3.5x/TSE on i386.com has a manual upgrade process
documented which takes advantage of %SYSTEMROOT%\repair\setup.log. When a
service pack upgrade occurs, it uses the file listing here to determine which
system files are present needing upgrading (at least in part). If you change the
information in the setup.log to reflect the files found in the MP version of NT
and re-apply your service pack, it will upgrade from uni-processor to dual
processor mode for you. There are only 6 files different. The lines needing to
change are: Note: there are many files in the [Files.WinNt] section - only
the 6 critical files are listed]
[Files.WinNt] \WINNT\system32\hal.dll = "halapic.dll","1e1bd" \WINNT\system32\kernel32.dll = "kernel32.dll","5f6d7" \WINNT\system32\ntdll.dll = "ntdll.dll","63a98" \WINNT\system32\win32k.sys = "win32k.sys","13c422" \WINNT\system32\winsrv.dll = "winsrv.dll","37b4e" \WINNT\system32\ntoskrnl.exe = "ntoskrnl.exe","e197b"Those six lines need to be changed to:
[Files.WinNt] \WINNT\system32\hal.dll = "halmps.dll","1a01c" \WINNT\system32\kernel32.dll = "kernel32.dll","5f345" \WINNT\system32\ntdll.dll = "ntdll.dll","59c19" \WINNT\system32\win32k.sys = "win32k.sys","5f60a" \WINNT\system32\winsrv.dll = "winsrv.dll","301b3" \WINNT\system32\ntoskrnl.exe = "ntkrnlmp.exe","f52df"When you compare the list, you see that the CRC numbers for all the files changed. In fact, the CRC numbers above are for SP6a. If you are not upgrading to SP6a, you will have to check the setup.log on an MP box with the correct SP to get the proper CRC numbers. The CRCs change in each SP. Additionally you can see by comparing the before and after list, that the hal.dll used in uni-processor NT was halapic.dll and changed to halmps.dll and that the ntoskrnl.exe used changed from ntoskrnl.exe to ntkrnlmp.exe (that is single processor to mp versions).
Make these changes. Set the attributes back to SHR, apply the SP, and reboot. Voila! your box is running MP. Note: If you compare my instructions to those at mpseasy.htm, there is an extra file listed, the winsrv.dll. Not sure why. Mine work on both workstation and server. Again, let me emphasize, the CRC values listed are for SP6a. I now prefer this method. Its definitely NOT recommended by Microsoft. Its the fastest. This method has a BIG advantage if you need to upgrade a bunch of servers or workstations quickly. If you are not sure of everything in this tip, stick to the uptomp method.
- Perform an installation update - I have seen reports of this not working correctly. I suspect its related to using the original Windows NT installation disks with the rather old HALs found there.
- Manually replace the HAL and update the appropriate registry entries. The process is documented in this kb article.


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Mt. Pleasant boys soccer hopes fast start leads to playoff berth
Floyd Snyder talks about defense all the time.
From the looks of it, his team has been listening.
Mt. Pleasant's boys soccer team has started the season 3-1, with two of the wins coming in Section 1-AA against Indiana and East Allegheny.
"We stress defense and recovering behind the ball," Snyder said.
"We have six or seven guys who think they're forwards, but we've stressed defense to them, and it turned into nine goals in our first two games. We've been working on our counterattack a lot. If we can continue to do this, we're going to have a very successful year."
The Vikings' success started last season when the team finished by winning four of its last five games.
Mt. Pleasant opened this season with a 6-1 nonsection win over Greensburg Central Catholic before a hard-fought, 3-2 Section 1-AA win over Indiana.
"The guys showed a lot of heart and a lot of pride," Snyder said. "We were down 2-1 at halftime, and things weren't going our way, but we came together and played really hard the last 40 minutes. Beating Indiana definitely helps us. One of our goals was to make the playoffs and finish with a winning record. The last few seasons have been kind of down, but we have had young teams."
The Vikings lost to Valley, 2-1, in overtime.
Last season, Mt. Pleasant started five sophomores and a freshman, and the inexperience was evident as the Vikings started the season with just one win in 11 games. But in the final third of the season, the younger players started to come around, and wins started becoming more frequent. One of those younger players was keeper Robbie Bailey, now a sophomore.
"He's been working with a goaltending coach, and he's a lot more technically sound," Snyder said. "He was very raw last year but also very athletic. He made some nice saves but had some bad angles and gave up some goals. This season, Robbie's also stepped it up in the leadership department."
Also back are senior defenders Billy Grost and Tyler Kolar, who bring experience and leadership to the defense.
"The team has a lot of respect for these guys," Snyder said. "They play hard and physical."
Snyder said he is expecting junior midfielder Zachary D'Amico to have a big season, and, so far, D'Amico is right on track after scoring the game-winning goal against Indiana.
"Zach's a really good ballhandler," Snyder said.
"He just loves the game, and he really plays hard."
After last year's finish and this season's start, Snyder believes his team has a good shot at a WPIAL playoff berth.
"This is kind of what we hoped for," Snyder said. "We thought that even though we were young last year, we could learn with our mistakes. We did that and stayed together. Instead of tearing them apart it pulled them together. We saw that against Indiana. They fought hard for each other and for the school. I'm hoping that can carry them through the rest of the season."
Dave Stofcheck is a freelance writer.


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Over the past 25 years, two men have had a huge impact on the landscape of softball in Newfoundland and Labrador.
One of those men is Colin Abbott, the other is Bay Roberts native Ward Gosse.
Both men have been named co-winners of the most outstanding player award for the last 25 years (1986-2012).
Gosse is being given the award at the Softball Newfoundland and Labrador 50th Anniversary and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony being held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Kelligrews, Nov. 23.
"It's quite humbling," Gosse told The Compass last week.
Gosse said he found out about the being named the one of the most outstanding players a couple of weeks ago by Paul Smith, the vice-president of Softball Newfoundland and Labrador and the chairman of the SNL Hall of Fame committee.
The 44-year-old said at the time it was a "little overwhelming."
"It ranks up there, I'll tell you that. It would have to be one of the top things that I've done in sports," said Gosse.
There are a couple of different ways to look at the recognition.
"The fact that I'm still playing and still having fun, so I haven't really looked back over my career as such," he said. "I guess, getting an award while you're still playing, it may sink in down the road when I'm a little bit older and not playing."
It's all in the stats
Gosse has been playing softball, for what he figures, is some 30 years.
"I started when I was six or seven," he said.
In that time, Gosse has put together a storied career. It started in 1986 when he helped lead Bay Roberts to the provincial midget championship.
Gosse would go on to three successful years in the St. John's Junior Softball League where he won two most valuable player awards, a batting title and a home run title as a hitter to go along with a strikeouts title as a pitcher.
During those three years, Gosse would be named to two all-league teams and represent the province at the junior national championships as a member of the CBC Junior Travellers.
Gosse's dominance would continue as he moved into the senior ranks. In 25 years in the league, he has captured 11 league championships, a rookie-of-the-year award (1988), seven regular season MVP awards, 10 playoff MVP awards and triple crowns in both pitching and batting. In 449 careers games, he has a career .323 batting average, racking up 301 runs scored, 100 home runs, and 355 runs batted in (RBI). Gosse is the league record holder in home runs and RBIs.
In 176 career playoff games, Gosse has amassed a .331 batting average, with 29 home runs, 107 runs scored, 164 hits and 94 RBIs. He leads a number of offensive playoff categories.
On the mound, Gosse has 169 wins and 88 losses in 321 games pitched. He has garnered 2,358 strikeouts, 32 shutouts and a career earned run average of 2.126.
His record is just as strong in the playoffs, where he has 78 wins and 36 losses in 139 playoff games.
He has a provincial gold medal at the national level to go along with a gold medal at the International Softball Congress championship with the Parry Island Hawks in 2012. In that tournament, he was named the MVP and the most outstanding pitcher.
"He has been put on a pedestal with Colin Abbott," said Paul Smith. "(Gosse) has had a remarkable career."
Smith said if anyone had questions about Gosse's selection as one of the two top softball players this province has produced over the last quarter century, there is an easy answer.
"You just need to look at his stats," he said. "And, he's still playing and playing at a high level."


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On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 02:05, Manuel Kasper wrote:
> (I'm putting my comments on the individual replies all in one message)
> On 10.05.2004 08:35 +1000, Hilton Travis wrote:
> > Not good to hear you had a crap weekend, but its great to hear you
> > made full use of it. However, I thought you'd be out looking at
> > watches, making cheese, or starting a bank. :)
> Oh those stereotypes! ;)
Whaddya mean stereotypes? I thought all Swiss did this? :)
> > Here's the problem. As of 1.1b6, the DNS Forwarder will use the
> > LAN IP on the OPT1 interface, resulting in broken DNS resolution on
> > the OPT1 interface. I emailed the <users> list about this but got
> That has silently changed in 1.1b7 because I found it to be an
> annoyance as well. :)
You rock.
> > I've seen this in commercial products. A button called 'pass
> > thru' takes
> > you to a simple, multiple entry form to put in your 'pass thru'
> > MACs. It calls up the MACs already setup for pass-thru and allows
> > you to add more. In the two instances I've used it the client
> Yep, I'll add that soon.
Great. Will make this many more usables.
> > page hosted off of the device. This page looks to radius for
> > authentication and there are some tricky things going on behind the
> > scenes that are too long, detailed, and off-topic to be described
> > here. I did google it however and found some quick resources
> > (http://www.mavetju.org/download/php-radius-1.2.tar.gz). Since this
> Looks easy enough to implement. So the portal would have two modes
> ("open/AUP" mode and "closed/RADIUS" mode), and with the latter you
> would specify a RADIUS server and a shared secret for the
> authentication.
Sounds sensible.
> On 09.05.2004 21:56 -0700, Michael Mee wrote:
> > Like others, I'd like to see optional activity based time extension
> I guess that could be done by getting the last-match timestamp from
> the client's ipfw rule. I'll give it a go.
> > and an exception table for pre-declared MACs (handy for servers
> Good idea, too. Just a list of MAC addresses that are always
> permitted access.
> Another thing - I'll probably also implement a list of IP addresses
> that can be accessed without authenticating (agreeing) to the portal.
> This could be used for more elaborate portal pages (to host images
> etc.).
Sounds like you are enjoying this feature of m0n0wall. :)
> On 10.05.2004 12:59 +0800, Dinesh Nair wrote:
> > manuel, are the sources to the mini_httpd and other C proggies you
> > used archived anywhere ?
> http://m0n0.ch/wall/downloads/mini_httpd.c.patch
> (against mini_httpd 1.19)
> http://m0n0.ch/wall/downloads/minicron.c
> >> - If some day we can get a concurrency/connection limit in
> >> mini_httpd, that would be nice (for some basic DoS protection).
> >
> > once again, i could hack this up with the mini_httpd.c if it's
> > available.
> That would be cool! It would also make the webGUI more resistant to
> DoS. We'd need a way of limiting the number of concurrent
> connections, by client IP address if possible.
Yes, I agree. This *would* really be a handy feature.
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