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the decision over whether to replace a retiring partner with a salaried gp has been hotly debated over recent years. before the new contract, it was difficult to find gps who wanted to be partners. in many cases, salaried gps were earning more than partners. it is worth remembering that iani (intended average net remuneration) was set by the department of health as recently as 2002/03 at £61,618 for gp principals. the new contract has significantly increased the earnings of gp principals, whilst those of salaried gps has remained fairly constant. a consequence of this is that, at the time of a gp principal's retirement, a partnership may well think they will save a considerable amount of money by replacing the retiring partner with a salaried gp. can these costs and savings be quantified? the good news is now they can, but the results may not be what you expect!
in september 2009, the nhs information centre published "gp earnings and expenses 2007/08 provisional report.", a report produced by the technical steering committee (tsc). the report goes on for 99 pages and contains a lot of useful information.
the executive summary in the report mentions some interesting points. on average, they say, contractor gps (i.e. principals) work more hours than salaried gps. one of the difficulties in comparing the earnings of a principal with a salaried gp is that the declared earnings of a principal include 14% employer superannuation contributions, however, the tsc have been able to exclude these contributions and in the report, declare the principal's earnings net of employer contributions.
according to the national averages published in the report, the average income before tax for a gp principal, after deduction of employer superannuation contributions for 2007/08, was £106,072. the average earnings for a salaried gp on the same basis for 2007/08 were £55,790. included in the principal gp figures are "fixed share" partners who receive a profit share at a pre-determined level. there are no figures for these gps given in the report and they would be included in the principal gp findings.
so what factors need to be taken into account in comparing the costs of a salaried gp to the profits that would be attributed to a partner?
taking these costs into account, you can see from the table that the actual cost increases to £101,440 for a salaried gp working 7.6 sessions.
that having been said, the report also specifically mentions that principal gps have additional responsibilities over the salaried gp covering clinical, organisational, operational, financial and personal responsibility for the provision of gp services. the report gives no attempt to value theses responsibilities, but it is not unreasonable to suggest that one session per week would cover these issues. this means that we need to discount the earnings for the gp principal to compare earnings excluding these factors.
from the table, we can see that the difference falls to earnings of £93,738 for a gp principal and costing of £101,440 for a salaried gp, making the gp principal better value by £7,702.
there are other factors to be borne in mind. if you take on a partner, it is difficult to get them to leave if the partnership suffers a severe reduction in resources. you can always make employees redundant if you need to. partners are involved in decision making, not always a welcome intervention!
the model bma salaried gp contract requires the gp principal to provide 30 days leave, 10 days public holiday, as well as professional and study leave. this is probably more generous than many partnership agreements.
from the analysis of the above, it is surprising to see that a gp principal will earn less and accordingly, cost less than a equivalent salaried partner working the same sessions. the expectation is that gps' profits will fall in the next few years, which may not have an effect on the level of salaried gps pay.
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What if the 'White Album' Had Only Been a Single Record?
It was released November 22, 1968 – 45 years ago – and is considered one of the most legendary albums in rock history.
The album is simply called The Beatles – although it's referred to by music fans everywhere as the White Album.
It was a first for The Beatles – a double album consisting of material that was more of a showcase for the individuals members of the band rather than a collaborative effort of the group as a whole.
As you can see in this clip from 'The Beatles Anthology', there was even some disagreement in The Beatles' inner circle about whether there was enough 'good' material to justify a double album (start watching at 5:43).
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So what if The Beatles had decided to go with only a standard 12-track single album instead of the 30-track double album they put out?
I've taken the liberty of making my own 'edited' track list, keeping in mind that it was customary for The Beatles to only include one or two George Harrison songs and only one Ringo Starr song on an album:
1. Back in the U.S.S.R.
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. Blackbird
8. Don't Pass Me By
9. Birthday
10. Yer Blues
11. Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
12. Helter Skelter
So what would your list look like?
Go to the B102.7 Facebook page or the comments section below, leave your list of 12 tracks, and see how it compares with everyone else's list.

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Four days after the death of his wife, Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer earned a game ball after the team's 17-14 win in Baltimore on Sunday.
Head coach Marvin Lewis awarded Zimmer the ball in an emotional scene inside the team's locker room. Bengals players then huddled around Zimmer and jumped up and down.
"My wife loves all of you," Zimmer said to the team. "Win or lose, she's proud of you.
"And I just appreciate all of your effort."
Zimmer's wife, Vicki, died on Thursday at the age of 50. No cause of death has been announced. -- Sean Leahy
Nate Davis is a reporter, blogger and editor who's been at USA TODAY since 2000. He has covered the NFL since 2005. No, he did not play quarterback for Ball State. Davis' succession of our esteemed colleague Sean Leahy at The Huddle is considered a Brady-for-Bledsoe swap by most "insiders."More about Nate


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What guitar enthusiast doesn't want to own this 60th anniversary telecaster electric guitar from Fender?
Lucky you if you get to read this well… short notice because you may have the chance to take this awesome instrument home at such a downright lucky price!
As a guitar enthusiast – whether it's a career, a personal passion, or a mix of both – you must know the feeling of pride that you get from owning that one of a kind instrument that you so long to have for a long time. Your friends and the people watching you (if you play on stage) will sure admire you for it!


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By JOEL STOTTRUP
Princeton Union-Eagle
Dave Brown moved from city to city and job to job in his youth.
Brown, 51, the first-term Republican senator, challenged by Sally Knox, now lives in a split-level home in the city of Becker in Sherburne County with wife Deborah and adopted children – Grace, 13, and Amanda, 14.
Brown enjoys reading political biographies and collecting decks of cards (he estimates he has 200-300 decks) illustrated with historical scenes. The first deck he collected has an illustration of Woolaroc, once the personal ranch retreat of Phillips Petroleum co-founder Frank Phillips, near Bartlesville, Okla., which now is a tourist destination.
Brown called the Harry Truman biography one of his favorite reads. "I feel like I can relate to the guy," Brown said. "There were forces beyond his control in terms of his becoming vice president."
The Browns attend the Evangelical Free Church in Becker and Deborah operates Faith Walk Ministries.
Brown was born in Mt. Auburn, Iowa, pop. about 200, where his dad owned and operated a lumber business, and also did carpentry which young Dave sometimes helped with. His dad sold the lumber business when Brown was about 10 or 11 and moved the family to a seven-acre country place at LaPorte City, near Waterloo, so his dad could take a job in the John Deere factory there. The family kept a few livestock at their place.
Brown played seventh grade football and later tennis for a year in high school, recalling not being a good athlete. His dad, he said, had the "old mentality that if you are not in school, you should be working."
One of his jobs during high school was detasseling corn over a 10-day period each of five summers, Brown calls detasseling a "miserable" job. He also washed pots and pans at a bakery in La Porte for a time in high school and then began working at Sambo's Restaurant in Waterloo, first as a dishwasher and then as a cook. He finished his senior year a semester early and kept working at Sambo's into the beginning of the summer.
His next job was constructing steel grain bins all over Iowa. He had to take turns as a crew member, standing inside the metal grain bin, holding a nut in place for the bolt shoved through from the outside. It would get to be 100 degrees inside the steel shell and there was little air circulation, he said.
What those jobs taught him, he said, was that he had better get educated and find something better. He enrolled in Oklahoma Wesleyan University at Bartlesville, Okla., and did lawn care during three summers there.
After earning a BA degree in behavioral science, he set out to attend law school at Drake University in Des Moines. But he quit shortly after when he was given an assignment to read a book by the next day. He was staying at Grandmother Florence's place for that short time in the area.
For the full story and complete election coverage, see the Thursday, Oct. 25 print edition of the Times.


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Toronto - Olympic champion Andy Murray was forced to withdraw from the Toronto Masters on Thursday with a knee injury, sending Canadian Milos Raonic into the quarter-finals of his home event.Murray, who won a struggling second-round match on Wednesday after arriving in Canada on Tuesday from his gold-medal performance at the London Games, was treated for the knee during his victory over Italian Flavio Cipolla.The pullout came on a day of rain which prevented the start of third-round play with all seven remaining matches finally cancelled in the evening and more bad weather forecast for Friday.Murray, twice a champion in Canada, will hope to be fit for a title defence starting next week in Cincinnati, the last major tune-up before the August 27 start of the US Open."I decided this morning," said Murray. "It was a bit sore yesterday. I came in today, saw the physios, they did some work on it, and it's still a bit sore."I did a little warm-up on the bike to try it out and it was still sore. I had to make a decision as to what I was going to do."I spoke with the guys and decided the best thing was to rest and try and make sure I can actually let my body kind of adjust to the surface."Murray said that with his travelling physio on hand, he feels he has a chance to be fit before the Cincinnati start."I'll be able to get as much treatment as possible. I wasn't able to do anything to adjust to the surface (from Olympic grass) and get used to the movement at all."I'll be able to do that and give it a few days and see how it feels."The hard courts, for me anyway, are the hardest on my body. It always takes me a bit of time to get used to playing on them again. I hope it doesn't affect the next few weeks too much."Now I have to take a couple days off without playing, so this (injury) may have set me back slightly."The Murray made 16th seed Raonic the first Canadian into the last eight since Frank Dancevic faced Rafael Nadal five years ago.Ironically, Raonic had to withdraw injured against Murray in Miami in March."It helps me and it doesn't help me," said the Canadian. "But I'm playing pretty well, I'm pretty healthy, so it's a good opportunity."I'm just going to try to make the most of it come tomorrow."
Results on the fourth day of the Toronto Masters on Thursday (x denotes seeding).Third roundMilos Raonic (CAN x16) bt Andy Murray (GBR x2) walkover
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Finally, it's summer! Both by the calendar and by the temperature and behavior patterns. To a St. Louisan, it means that Memorial Day has come and gone, so the white pants and sandals can enter the wardrobe and it's the best time to plunge into gardening. With peas to pick, veggies to plant and weeds to pull, it could easily be a full-time occupation.
This spring has been the coolest, dampest one in my memory, averaging nearly two degrees below normal, and the wettest May in recorded history. On the plus side, it has graced us with fabulously long spring blooms on magnolias and azaleas, daffodils that lasted more than a month and iris displays that caused me to swoon. On the down side, it has also left us with muddy patches in our lawns that are breeding mosquitoes and wet, moldy basements.
If one cold, wet spring has you questioning global warming, my recommended reading is at www.arborday.org/media/mapchanges.cfm. Download and play the animation that shows the changes in winter cold hardiness from the 1990 USDA map that lists us at the edge of Zone 5 to the 2006 Arbor Day Foundation map, based on actual temperature data, which puts us squarely in the middle of Zone 6. That may not mean a whole lot yet to anyone who is not an avid gardener, but it tracks a change in our growing conditions that is measurable.
Gardeners always love a challenge and push the edges of their growing zones pretty hard. My NC State classmate Tony Avent says, "I don't believe it won't grow in my garden until I have personally killed it three times." So, with special sheltered microclimates in protected locations, we have often been able to cheat Mother Nature by a zone or two most years. Last year, we planted several new varieties of camellias in the Missouri Botanical Garden that have been selected for better cold hardiness. This year, we watched them all bloom. Outdoors. In St. Louis. Camellias! As far as I know, this is a first for our locality, the first of many delightful gems we will add to milder gardens.
Before you start doing your garden happy dance and race to the Internet to buy camellias, realize that two conditions apply—specially selected varieties and warmer winters. The down side of this change is that fire ants will be moving north, along with armadillos. If you think raccoons mess up your new beds, just wait for the armadillos. At Mercer Arboretum and Botanical Garden (in north Houston, where I spent many happy years fighting fire ants) the 'dillos would wait for the last gardener to go home after a hard day on their hands and knees digging in new bedding plants. They then would sneak in at dusk, uproot all the new annuals, toss them out on the lawn to die in the early morning sun and feast on the grub worms underneath. Gone by dawn, they would leave havoc and destruction behind. Armadillos already have arrived at our Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit.
Southern gardens have other pests, too, like mosquitoes the size of whooping cranes. Recognized by some as the Texas state bird, they carry dangerous human diseases like West Nile Virus, encephalitis and malaria, as well as spread canine heartworms.
Sharing a barbecue with these voracious blood sucker insects is not fun. After years of dealing with them in Texas, I've learned a few tricks. Here are several simple things you can do to make your evening garden bite free.
Lesson One:
Mosquito Prevention
It is easier to control breeding sites and eliminate larvae than it is to kill adult mosquitoes. To reduce standing water, police your terrace and garden for anything that can hold water, like pot saucers, puddles in canvas furniture covers, kiddy wading pools or fire pits with plugged drain holes, and empty them. It only takes a few tablespoons of water to host a block party for baby mosquitoes. If you have an ornamental pool or pond, have fish. They love to eat mosquito larvae. Next, check your rain drainage system (gutters, downspouts, French drains) to make sure they are not blocked. Look into knot holes in trees, and catch basins and storm sewer inlets to see if there is standing water present. If there is water in places that cannot be drained, use Mosquito Dunks, little doughnuts laced with BTI (Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. israelensis), a biological larvicide toxic only to insect larvae and safe for humans, pets, fish and birds. Lasting 30 days or more, these small tablets are ideal for larva control in storm drains, rain barrels, bird baths and fountains.
If you flunked Lesson One and have a major problem with biting adults, you will need to move on to the next session.
Lesson Two:
Adult Mosquito Control
You can buy a big, fancy CO2 and pheromone-baited mosquito destruction device. I have one, industrial-sized, and it gives reasonable control for half an acre or so. Just plug it in, add a CO2 canister and fresh pheromone pad, and spend your summer swat-free. These machines really do work. The amount of carbon dioxide they release is less than your car puts out in one trip to the mall.
Add a ceiling fan. Not hanging from your trees, silly! An outdoor-rated fan on the porch or arbor sets up enough wind velocity to make it hard for hungry mosquitoes to land. We're adding one in our garden and another for the adjacent seating area this season.
As a last resort, spraying or fogging with pesticides can help control adult mosquitoes. The safest material to use is a pyrethrum-based spray. This biological chemical is actually extracted from pyrethrum daisies. Just remember that 'natural' doesn't mean non-toxic. It will kill your desirable pollinators and friendly insects as well. If you want to have honey bees and butterflies in your garden, go back to Lesson One.


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- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 cups chopped onions
- 1 cup chopped bell pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- Salt and cayenne pepper
- 1 pound smoked sausage, sliced into 1/4-inch slices
- 4 bay leaves
- 2 cups chopped tomatoes, peeled and seeded
- 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
- 2 cups white rice
- 3 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 2 pounds crawfish tails
- 1 cup chopped green onions
In a large saucepan, heat the vegetable oil. When the oil is hot, add the onions, peppers, and celery. Season with salt and cayenne. Saute the vegetables for about 5 minutes, or until the vegetables are wilted. Add the sausage and saute for 2 minutes. Add the bay leaves, tomatoes, and garlic. Saute for 2 minutes. Stir in the rice and saute for 2 minutes. Add the stock. Season with salt and cayenne. Bring the liquid up to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook the jambalaya for 25 to 30 minutes, covered, or until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed. Stir in the crawfish tails and green onions and re-season, if necessary.
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- Dish Type: Entree
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Thanks to a caring community, Project HOPE stocks clothes, socks, underwear, shoes, coats, hats, mittens, school supplies, and food for nightly meals. Please stop by if you need something or if you'd like to share something! All items are paid for with a good deed. :)
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Russian TV school seeks contest entries from young journalists
Young Russian TV journalists (up to 28 years old) from different regions of Russia are iinvited to submit works to a competition being sponsored by the School TEFI.
Twelve winners (six TV journalists and six TV operators) will receive grants to study in the Center Praktika in Nizhniy Novgorod and in the school of the Russian TV celebrity host Vladimir Pozner in Moscow.
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Hey Everybody,
I kept getting an error message ("invalid user name or password") everytime
I tried to enter in my user name and password to get access to my email with
Windows Vista on my new computer. After an exhaustive effort to solve the
problem with my ISP and with HP (including deactivating Windows Vista
Firewall and shield and uninstalling my spy and virus software and then
reinstalling Vista) I contacted Microsoft and paid a well spent $60 and they
quickly resolved the problem. Here's what I had to do to make it work.
Open Mail, go to Tools, and then Accounts, click Add and created an E-mail
account. (Type "POP3" in the field "My incoming mail server is a _____
server." Under "Incoming mail (POP3):" type: pop.(your service provider),
mine is "suddenlink.net" so it reads "pop.suddenlink.net." Under "Outgoing
mail (SMTP):" type "smtp." and your service provider, mine is
"suddenlink.net" so it reads "smtp.suddenlink.net." Next, and this is where
I goofed, under "Incoming Mail Server" it asks for your "E-mail username:".
Put your FULL EMAIL ADDRESS not just the name before "@." Mine reads
dsjaggers@xxxxxx. Then enter in your password (that you gave your
internet service provider) in the "Password:" field.{And I checked the box
"Remember password" so I don't have to do that every time I go to get my
email.} Then MAKE SURE to check the box under "Outgoing Mail Server" that
says beside it "My server requires authentication.")
Then while you're in "Properties." Click on the "General" tab. Under "Mail
Account" make sure that "pop." and your internet service provider is in the
top field Under "Mail Account." Mine reads "pop.suddenlink.net" Under "User
Informantion" make sure your name is in the "Name:" field. Mine reads "David
Jaggers." Under "E'mail address:" it should have your full E-mail address.
Mine is dsjaggers@xxxxxx. And then, and this is important, make sure
to put a check in the box adjacent to the words "Include this account when
receiving mail or synchronizing." (I don't think I did that I had done that
before I called Microsoft.
Next they had me to to the "Advanced" tab and check the box under "Delivery"
that says "Leave a copy of messages on server." I got the impression that
this wasn't necessary but as it was recommended I did it anyway.
I think the problem was that I didn't have my full email address in my
"E-mail username:" and that I didn't have all the necessary boxes checked.
And, I think that was it. I hope it helps.


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Adventures in Paradise/Act of Piracy
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|Act of Piracy
|Season 2, Episode 18
|February 13, 1961
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Act of Piracy is the eighteenth episode of the second season of Adventures in Paradise, and the forty-eighth episode overall.
Guest Stars: Steven Hill (Langard), Joanne Linville (Chuchu), Peter Whitney (Paddock), Marcel Dalio (Maurice), Milton Selzer (Slaight), James Holden (Clay), Linda Watkins (Lula), Terence de Marney (Dicky), Lani Kai (Kelly), Stephen Vercoe (Sergeant)


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Having fished and cleaned his catch from the waters of the upper-Midwest for over forty years, R. Karl shares his knowledge, providing everything you need to know: proper equipment, step-by-step instructions – including exactly how to remove those pesky "y-bones" from northern pike – and includes a special chapter on how to remove the skin and wrap/prepare your catch prior to freezing.
Whether you favor the soft-water fishing season, the hard-water season, or both, Filleting Freshwater Game Fish: Northern, Walleye, Bass and Bluegill is the perfect "how to" for every angler who desires to prepare their catch – for an immediate trip to the sauté pan or for a stay in your freezer.
Complete with easy-to-follow instructions and Illustrated with actual full-color photographs of the process, this book is a must-have addition to any serious angler's collection.
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Freddie awakens from hibernation to discover he is not on his beloved Treble Clef Island. Freddie's search for home leads him through Frog Land, a strange place full of bizarre creatures all pointing him to
Includes: Freddie the Frog and the Flying Jazz Kitten Book/CD pack (10279191); Scat Words Flashcards (10299075); and Freddie the Frog Scat Singing for Kids Teachers Guide (10318886).
Scat singing is the easiest way for kids to get started developing their jazz chops. The Freddie the Frog and the Flying Jazz Kitten storybook introduces kids to scat singing. This teacher's guide
Freddie the Frog finds adventure again when some cool jazz cats fly their plane to Treble Clef Island to pick up a new horn. With the help of the Flying Jazz Kitten and a swingin' beat, Freddie becomes a
Freddie and his best friend, Eli, find themselves stranded on a nearby island. They follow the mysterious "Wahooooos" through the jungle and try to communicate with the purple elephant in charge. Will he
This fourth book in the Freddie the Frogseries teaches six note names and completes the treble staff introduced in Freddie the Frog and the Thump in the Night. Freddie and Eli discover a buggy
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2006 Compliance Assistance Workshops on Diesel Rule
MSHA conducted a series of outreach seminars around the nation during June and July 2006 to assist metal and nonmetal underground mine operators in complying with regulations addressing the use of diesel powered equipment. The seminars addressed enforcement issues and answered questions about provisions of the final rule regarding the phased-in final limit, new requirements for medical evaluation of miners required to wear respiratory protection, and transfer of miners who are medically unable to wear a respirator. The seminars also addressed the requirement for special extensions of time to meet the final limit. A less structured workshop on diesel particulate matter (DPM) controls was held in the afternoon. These are the presentations that were given.
Comments/questions on the DPM Rule Overview can be sent by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or mailed to:
Metal/Nonmetal Northeastern District Office
Thorn Hill Industrial Park
547 Keystone Dr.
Warrendale, PA 15086-7573
The telephone number is 724- 772-2333
Q&As, DRAFT June 2006
Comments/questions on the Compliance Guide presentation can be sent by e-mail to email@example.com or mailed to:
Metal/Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health, Health Division, Room 2451
1100 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209-2296
The telephone number is 202-693-9631
Comments/questions on the DPM controls presentation can be sent to Bill Pomroy or to George Saseen:
e-mail: email@example.com
Metal/Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health, Duluth District Office
Federal Building, U.S. Court House
515 W. 1st Street #333
Duluth, MN 55802-1302
The telephone number is 218-720-5448
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Toronto director Atom Egoyan has scored a casting coup, landing Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon in the leading role in his upcoming film Devil's Knot, based on the brutal Arkansas slayings of three eight-year-old boys.
Slated to begin filming in the southern States this summer, Egoyan ( Sweet Hereafter) says the 35-year-old actress, who won her Academy Award for Walk The Line, is "perfect" for the emotionally wrought role given her skill set and the fact that her New Orleans roots mean "she knows that culture very well."
"It's an emotionally loaded journey she goes through, but I met with Reese, and we talked at length about the project, and she's eager to take on the challenge," Egoyan said Friday.
Egoyan's feature film, based on Mara Leveritt's non-fiction book, Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three, is the dramatic re-telling of the 1993 murders of three Boy Scouts which led to the conviction of three men Jessie Misskelley Jr., Damien Echols, and Jason Baldwin – all of whom were found innocent and released from jail, after 18 years, last August.
Egoyan says he's also leaning heavily on Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky's two HBO documentaries, Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations "which have covered the (legal battle) so well."
In the $20-million film, Witherspoon will play Pam Hobbs, the mother of one of the murder victims. At first convinced of the trio's guilt, she eventually begins to doubt their culpability.
"The movie roots us emotionally to what happened in the town," says Egoyan. "I think what's interesting is the consequences of this event on an entire community. It's obviously the story of how justice was completely mishandled, which led to a lot happening in those homes and families that was as traumatizing."
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The agency also downgraded Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta.
Moody's also put France, Britain and Austria on "negative outlook", which implies there is a 30% chance of a downgrade in the next 18 months.
It said weak growth in Europe was hampering efforts to deliver economic reform and austerity measures.
'Odd' decision
Moody's delivered the sharpest downgrade to Spain which had its rating lowered two notches to 'A3'.
Italy was cut by one notch to 'A3' and Portugal was lowered by a smaller margin - a step to 'Ba3'.
In its report the agency attributed its moves to "the uncertainty over the euro area's prospects for institutional reform of its fiscal and economic framework".
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Dear ALL @ Veterans and Soldier Community & Families/Friends,
1. The current unsatisfactory political atmosphere in our country and the
low level to which governance has plunged , has set many of us thinking
of a better and healthy political environment. We have identified that the
Ex-Servicemen community and the serving defence fraternity across the
country voting intelligently and with specific purpose of improving the
governance can put together lakhs of votes which would undoubtedly swing and
inspire the trend of voting for the better.
2. Many like minded patriotic citizens have approached us, 'The Justice for
Jawans' – the NGO, to take control of the situation and put up individuals
with defence background as candidates for the forthcoming general
elections. We have already stressed the importance of ensuring that our
names are in the voters' list and that we exercise our franchise in favour
of the right candidate, through various circulars, media and stressing the
same on various formation HQs. We, while in service, were not adequately
provided with opportunity to exercise our voting rights! Now situation is
changing in our favour and please remember that our votes are important. (
please visit following web sites: www.eci.nic.in ;
3. This is the opportune time for us to realize and show 'political power
mongers' the power of vote of every soldier/veteran. We earnestly appeal to
all members of Armed Force fraternity to be prepared in time for the
occasion, so that our valuable votes are not wasted. We further appeal to
work towards the local issues and our out standing demands, not only for
pay and perks, but also for our 'Izzat' as soldiers. We have to vote during
the next general election for a candidate, who has nation at his heart, as
centre of all political activities.
4. We, as Ex-servicemen's NGO, wish to put up candidates on "Justice for
Jawans' platform in many constituencies –and particularly in Cantonments,
where defence personnel are concentrated and activities of Ex-servicemen are
5. In View of the above, kindly forward your views and also pass on this
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You may also arrive at a consensus in your respective constituencies and
suggest probable candidates for elections and other collaborative working
during the next general election.
Think over and act in time… Jai Hind!!
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Yours truly
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Dashboard Screenshots published on June 06, 2006. How big is your enterprise dashboard? Is it bigger or smaller than this one at AT&T's Global Network Operations Center. I really wonder what is the largest executive dashboard in the world.
I can't make out individual KPIs in the dashboard graphic, but I see that there are graphs, maps and data tables. If you look hard enough, you can make out some red/green/yellow dashboard indicators at the very left side.
tags: enterprise dashboards, operations center dashboard
Homework: Does size matter? Please keep an eye out for similar real-world, physical enterprise dashboards. I'd like to collect as many graphics of large scale dashboards as possible.
So what or who is The Dashboard Spy? As his about page states, The Dashboard Spy is just a guy interested in the design of enterprise dashboards. He could not find any executive dashboard design source books (or even screenshots of real business dashboards) and so set about creating his own. Finally convinced to post his extensive collection of dashboard screenshots online, he was amazed to find how popular it has become. If you have a nice screenshot of a digital dashboard, balanced scorecard, or any business intelligence graphic to share, please send an email to info _at_ dashboardspy.com. Also check out The Dashboard Spy's favorite books.
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Maybe because I sat and listened to Dr. St. James lecture and have had conversations with him during office hours or in the hall.
The want Dr. St. James to remain in the classroom, and commend Millikin for standing by him.
Side Show is at the St. James Theatre, 246 West 44th Street (212-239-6200, telecharge.com).
Bullets Over Broadway, which opens tonight at the St. James Theater, does, however, seem a natural candidate for musicalization.
But whatever you may believe of Dr. St. James and his past, in his present, he is a teacher first and foremost.
The houses clustered more thickly about the village, and over the rusting foliage peeped the white spire of St. James Church.
She had earned it as fairly as the rector of St. James the Less earned his.
Your studio in St. James's Street is the lounging-place for curled darlings!
St. James the Greater has the escallop shell and staff of the pilgrim.
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Journey's Steve Perry Performs On Stage After 25 Years [VIDEO-NSFW]
Concertgoers attending The Eels performance over the holiday weekend were surprised by a special performance by Steve Perry. The Journey frontman joined the indie-rock band to sing their 200 hit "It's a Motherf—er." Perry loves the profanity-loaded song likely because of the meaning behind it. he Eels Mark Everett draws inspiration for his music on personal tragedies, such as losing his mom to cancer. Perry lost his girlfriend to cancer just over a year ago.
Perry told the crowd at the Fitzgerald Theater, "I love that song… When I first met [Everett], I said someday I wanted to sing that song. And tonight is the first time I've ever sang it."
Following his performance of The Eels song, Perry joked "I don't know why the Eels don't do my music," when Everett replied, "We were just waiting for you!" Then the crowd was treated to Journey's "Open Arms" and "Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" which Perry hadn't performed on stage in over 25 years! Check out the performance in the video below, just remember there is profanity in some of the lyrics.


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2. Low Testosterone. So what is the leading cause of #1? It is something you might not guess: low testosterone. It turns out that testosterone is absolutely critical for the internal tissues of the penis. When the penis loses proper testosterone levels, nerves and connective tissue literally begin to "wither" and "atrophy". It is similar to a garden that loses its water supply. For details on what testosterone levels typically lead to venous leakage, see my book Low Testosterone by the Numbers.
3. Loss of Morning Erections. Anything that negatively affects morning erections can the chances for venous leak. As I outline in my link on The Basics of Morning Erections, this has to do with oxygenation. Morning erections give a proper oxygen and nutrient supply to the internals of the penis and, without them, the penis literally begins to die off internally.
4. Smooth Muscle Issues. Smooth muscle relaxation and tone is critical for for erectile maintenance and anything effecting this musculature can potentially lead to venous leakage. [6]
5. Low Nitric Oxide Levels. Now I don't have a study to prove this one, but anecdotally many men have noted that they lose erections quickly and, once they went on Viagra or Cialis (the classic PDE5 Inhibitors), the problem of losing their erections seemed to disappear. This definitely does not really fit in with definition of venous leakage or classic erection loss issues, but it does seem to work in some cases. In this case, efforts to improve endothelial function and restore more youthful nitric levels, something I dissuss at length on this site - see here - should help greatly.
1. Increasing Baseline Testosterone Levels. As mentioned above, the inside of your penis literally "rots" without enough testosterone. And so one strategy that may help many men that lose their erections too quickly is to simply raise baseline testosterone levels up to allow for self-healing. There are many lifestyle factors that I outline on my site, such as Sleep, Losing Weight Too Fast, Being Overweight, Depression, that, if corrected, can potentially lead to significant increases in baseline testosterone. Still other men will likely end up on Hormone Replacement Therapy or Clomid to raise their testosterone. (Talk to your doctor for advice on the latter of course.)
But the important thing to note is that a number of studies have shown that increasing testosterone (significantly) will lead to greatly improved venous leakage. Increasing testosterone will also boost nitric oxide levels and help with many other male health-related issues.
2. Increasing Morning Erections. There are many things that you can do to increase the number and hardness factor of your morning erections. Many great examples of things that can increase your morning erection counts are give on the Peak Testosterone Forum, including HRT of course.
3. Kegels. One thing that can really help some men are "doing Kegels." These exercises, often associated with female urinary incontinence, can actually really help men by restoring smooth muscle tone to the all-important pelvic floor muscles. [7]See my link on Kegel Exercise for Men for more details.
4. Urological Visit for Venous Leakage. Venous leakage is the realm of urologists and is usually diagnosed by the same. There can be somewhat uncommon causes of venous leakage, such as Peyronie's Disease, that a urologist can help identify. Peyronie's Disease is scar tissue, or a kind of plaque, along the spongy "storage containers" (corpus cavernosum) within the penis. This scarring can make it where the penis can no longer traps blood as efficiently. But the important point is that one should get checked out by a doctor if you are experiencing an unusually rapid loss of erections.
Again, I would highly recomment discussing your situation with your urologist, as this is their "bread and butter". Again, there can be a variety of reasons that one can lose an erection quickly and a urologist can do the real testing that needs to occur. Furthermore, he can directly test for venous leakage using certain standard procedures, which were outline rather humorously by one of the Peak Testosterone Forum posters here.
1) http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/ diseasemanagement/endocrinology/erectile-dysfunction/
2) http://peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=122.0
3) http://peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=57.0
4) http://peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=64.0
5) http://peaktestosterone.com/forum/index.php?topic=148.0
6) http://www.webmd.com/erectile-dysfunction/guide/vascular-disease-ed
7) http://www.gyneflex.com/kegel_article.html (A reproduction of the original article by Kegel).


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By Katie Murdoch Herald writer
EDMONDS — Grace Bowen has grown up watching her mother, Cindi Bowen, a pastor and chaplain, prepare for disaster-relief trips, from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to the tornadoes that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala., last spring.
This time, Grace Bowen, 13, gets to go, too.
The mother, daughter and members of their church, Westgate Chapel in Edmonds, are in West Liberty, Ky., helping with disaster-relief efforts following the tornadoes that tore across Midwest and Southern states in early March. Efforts include bringing school supplies to a makeshift classroom in the city.
"I've always seen my mom go and seen her pictures," Grace said. "I hope to take away from this the feeling of helping kids in their school who have had their home taken away."
Her mother looks forward to seeing Grace lend her talents.
"She's great with kids and a natural friend," Cindi Bowen said.
A dozen members of Westgate Chapel are in Kentucky. The Church of God Chaplains Commission requested their help. Eleven of the volunteers left April 9 and met up with another member already there. The team will stay for as long as their work and school schedules allow, with the last of the group scheduled to return April 21.
West Liberty has a population of 3,000 and is 80 percent destroyed, Bowen said.
The relief team is working with a church whose members converted a warehouse into an elementary school to house 300 students.
Grace led efforts to collect school supplies at her school, Edmonds Heights K-12. She and her mother emailed teachers who donated and encouraged students to help, too. Students wrote letters and notes to West Liberty families, which Grace will deliver.
Ellis Jones, 14, also an Edmonds Heights student who is going on the trip, looks forward to helping people. He has volunteered in Uruguay where he helped build a playground for an orphanage.
"I think it's great to get a community to help and go to places they've never seen," Ellis said.
A donation of $300 answered the group's prayers and means it will have gas money in West Liberty and can afford to ship the school supplies.
Volunteers also will go door-to-door offering to help locals clean up debris, including fallen tree branches.
"There's nothing more amazing than watching what can happen when you do something as simple as removing trees," Bowen said.
Volunteers will stay in donated travel trailers, an improvement from warehouse floors and church pews where Bowen and previous relief teams have slept. A laundry within walking distance means not having to wash clothes in sinks or showers.
"You come home and you appreciate your home, bed and roof," Bowen said.


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Topaz Receives Chemotherapy
Unfortunately, one of our Siberians tigers has recently been diagnosed with cancer in her toe. Thankfully, the teams at Southeast Veterinary Oncology and Internal Medicine and Kingsley Animal Hospital are helping us with chemotherapy for her. Although the cancer is terminal, we hope by providing this treatment, Topaz's quality of life will not only improve, but also extend for at least another year.
After just one treatment, she has already shown an increased appetite and energy. The tumor in her toe has shrunk as well. Click the video below to watch a wonderful video about Topaz from News4Jax!
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The Face of Apollo (Book of the Gods, Volume 1)
Fred Saberhagen, one of the legends and luminaries in science fiction and fantasy and the bestselling author of the Berzerker Series continues to put his twist on Ancient Greek mythology with book four of his Book of the Gods heroic fantasy series, The God of the Golden Fleece.A man has come out of the sea -- brain damaged in a fight with a terrible giant -- remembering very little about himself. He knows his name is Proteus, and that he was sent to join Jason and the Argonauts as they embarked on the greatest journey the world has ever known.When Princess Medea, who also has an interest in Jason's journey, is struck by Cupid's arrow, she falls so desperately in love with Jason that she is ready to betray her father and to lure her own brother to his death, so that Jason may win the Golden Fleece.Neither Medea nor Jason, knows that there is a god amongst the crew. This is one more item that Proteus has forgotten.
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Bundesanstalt, Germany (SPX) May 24, 2013
With their SQUIDs, low-temperature specialists of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have made it possible for the magnetic moments of atoms of the rare isotope 3He (helium-3) to be measured with extreme sensitivity. With the aid of these sensors, highly sensitive nuclear resonance spectrometers were developed which have now provided deep insights into the state of matter at extremely low temperatures.
In concrete terms, the international research group from London, Ithaca (USA), and PTB's Berlin Institute confined the helium-3 as extremely thin - quasi two-dimensional - liquid film. With their extremely precise measuring instruments, they were then able to measure the properties of the superfluid more exactly than ever before. In this way, they have made an important step towards understanding the unique quantum liquid helium-3 and its superfluid properties. The results have been published in the current edition of the magazine "Science".
PTB's SQUIDs are outstanding worldwide. The superconducting quantum interference devices are the most precise measuring instruments available to detect extremely weak magnetic signals. They are already used routinely, e.g. in biomedical measurements, to examine the magnetic fields of the human brain or heart.
What is even more topical is their use together with other superconducting detectors to measure radiation with extreme sensitivity or to detect even single photons (see also Nature 497, 227-230, 9 May 2013). And the third application is that of the current study: Since the mid-90s, PTB's SQUIDs have played a central role in the cooperation between scientists of the Royal Holloway University of London and PTB's cryogenic sensor group.
This has led to particularly sensitive nuclear resonance spectrometers for experiments at ultra-low temperatures in order to gain ever deeper insights into the state of matter at these extreme conditions. Among other things, the scientists aim at investigating helium-3 - a unique quantum liquid.
Helium-3 is the much rarer sister of helium-4 which you need, e.g., to bring the coils of a magnetic resonance tomograph to working temperature. For this purpose, they must become superconducting, which is only possible with the temperature of the liquid helium-4 being -269 C (4 K), i.e. approximately 4 C above absolute zero.
If you want to get even closer towards absolute zero, you will need helium-3. Its natural abundance is 10,000 times lower than helium-4 and, therefore, helium-3 is synthesized in nuclear reactors. Only by means of a mixture of the two helium isotopes and a sophisticated magnetic cooling technique can matter be cooled down to a few millionths of a kelvin above absolute zero and experiments can then be carried out with these materials.
It is evident that the scientists have a great interest in getting to know their unique cooling liquid as well as possible. Helium-4 and helium-3 are fascinating substances as they become superfluid at very low temperatures and can thus flow without frictional resistance. However, the superfluids of the two isotopes vary significantly from a quantum-mechanical point of view, as helium-4 atoms are bosons, whereas helium-3 atoms are fermions. In the latter, superfluidity develops through the formation of pairs of helium-3 atoms via magnetic interaction. These magnetic properties thus decisively determine the properties of the superfluid.
Physicists of the low-temperature laboratory of the Royal Holloway University of London in cooperation with Cornell University of Ithaca, USA are dealing with the detailed investigation of these superfluids under extreme conditions. It gets really exciting for the physicists if you confine the liquid under pressure at extremely low temperatures below one thousandth of a degree above absolute zero in thin cavities which are only several hundred nanometres thick (i.e. 50 to 100 times thinner than a human hair). Then the behaviour of the helium-3 atoms, or of the pairs which make up the superfluid, will be strongly influenced by this movement restriction in one dimension.
Especially the surface scattering of the particles in the cavity has a great influence on their properties, similar to a football which - shot at a smooth or rough wall - will bounce off more or less predictably. The conditions in this ultracold liquid lamella - the physicists hope - will enable the detection and investigation of excitations that behave like so-called Majorana fermions (particles being their own antiparticle).
The challenging problem for these kinds of experiments is the measurement of the properties of the extremely thin helium-3 liquid lamella. As the interactions of the magnetic moments of the helium-3 atomic nuclei play a decisive role, so-called nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - a measurement technique similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for medical diagnostics - is applied.
Magnetic resonance spectra are characteristic fingerprints of the state of the helium-3 atoms from which information about the properties of the liquid can be obtained. It is just that magnetic resonance spectroscopy of helium-3 deals with much weaker signals and extreme temperature ranges than medical MRI. Extremely sensitive magnetic field sensors which operate reliably at ultra-low temperatures are needed.
Here, the SQUIDs, which have been developed by PTB's physicists and engineers for more than two decades, came into play. PTB's SQUID sensor technology was implemented at the Royal Holloway University of London into the experimental set-up which was finally used to measure the properties of helium-3 liquid lamellas.
The results achieved are an important step to understanding this unique quantum liquid. The groups of scientists are already working on improved sensor arrangements which, in future, will be used to examine helium-3 liquid lamellas with spatial resolution. The work was one of a number of research activities funded by the EU within the framework of the "European Microkelvin Collaboration".
L. V. Levitin, R. G. Bennett, A. Casey, B. Cowan, J. Saunders, D. Drung, Th. Schurig, and J. M. Parpia: Phase Diagram of the Topological Superfluid 3He Confined in a Nanoscale Slab Geometry. Science 17 May 2013: 841-844. [DOI:10.1126/science.1233621]
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Second cruise on Crown Princess: Crown Princess Cruise Review by souxiequzy
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Second cruise on Crown Princess
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
Most impressive was there attention to detail in the dining room. Every aspect was above average, especially their willingness to accommodate my gluten free dietary needs. I had pre-registered my needs according to instructions at the Princess website. On day one, I checked with our waiter and the head waiter came to our table to introduce himself. Claudio was kind enough to come to our table every evening so that I could choose from the next day's menu what items I would like. This was also done for the days that the formal dining room (we were in the Da Vinci Dining Room) was open for lunch. I was even surprised with different More desserts each night.
We loved that attention to detail that our cabin steward provided. No, there are no towel animals now, but he was very attentive.
Entertainment for the most part was exceptional. There was only one evening that was less than desirable.
Be forewarned that Princess does not do a very good job describing their excursions when it comes to transportation. There is no warning about how long you will be traveling, whether you'll be in an old van or a nice newer bus, etc. Our travel companions were very disappointed in this aspect of the shore excursions.
LOVE the Movies Under The Stars and the fact that they played great movies everyday. Very recent, most of the Oscar nominated movies. They are also shown in the Theater and in the Cabins, which is a nice alternative. Appreciated the padded cushions, blankets and popcorn each night! Less
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Let me just start by saying that I had seen the trailer for this film multiple times and greeted it each time with an eye-rolling sneer. Then, I started to notice that there were some pretty respectable names attached. So, in spite of the fact that the premise seemed patently absurd, I started to foster hope—maybe this was going to be some sort of a weird Twilight-meets-The Conspirator breath of fresh air. And I have to say, for a number of reasons, I was pleasantly surprised.
The premise is fairly clear: Young Abe Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) watches a vampire murder his mother; and from that moment, he is both keenly aware of the threat to his young country and, at the same time, bent on vengeance. He soon meets Henry Sturgess (Dominic Cooper), an enigmatic roué who teaches Lincoln how to battle the monsters. You see, it turns out that the bustling slave trade has drawn the vampires to the South, where a steady stream of easily unaccounted-for people provides a fertile hunting ground. To keep their food supply available, the vampires side with the Confederacy to fight the Civil War.
Now, let me stop for a second. I'm not sure the Civil War is a hot-button issue anymore, but if people have ancestors who fought in grey, I can imagine feathers ruffling. That being said, please direct all emails and letters to the screenwriter. I just review them, I don't write them.
This film really takes special effects to a new level. On the down side, it takes itself a tad too seriously. On the up side, it's original, well-acted and thought-provoking. My only fear is that it will spawn a subset of lackluster presidential monster-killer movies: Millard Fillmore: Zombie Hunter, William Howard Taft: Werewolf Slayer—although I think we all know how that one's going to end.
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"Blue Winds Dancing" Analytical Essay by JPWrite
"Blue Winds Dancing"
A review of the Tom Whitecloud novel "Blue Winds Dancing".
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Published on May 15, 2006 in Literature (American) , English (Analysis) , Native-American Studies (General)
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This paper reviews the novel "Blue Winds Dancing" by Tom Whitecloud, about a young Native American man struggling to decide if he belongs in the white world or the Indian one. The paper describes the cultural conflicts the main character encounters when he leaves his reservation to attend university, and the impact of those conflicts on his journey to find his true voice. While about a particular person from a specific tribe, the novel's theme of identity struggle is universal -- a point which earns Whitecloud high praise from the author of this paper.
From the Paper:"There are important conflicts within "Blue Winds Dancing that come about as a consequence of culture. The narrator of the story is struggling to find where he belongs and who he really is, a basic pursuit in any persons life. He also goes in search of wisdom, an inner wisdom that all people must search for in their lives to give it meaning. He journeys from his home in Wisconsin to attend a college that is predominantly attended by white people. We, the readers, travel deeply into the inner mind, thoughts and emotions of this young man's strife."
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Sunday, 8 December, 2002, 23:18 GMT
India rebels ambush police convoy
Four policemen have been killed in an attack by separatist rebels in India's north-eastern state of Manipur.
The four policemen, they said, were killed in the gunbattle that followed.
This is the second major rebel attack on policemen in just several days in the frontier state, which is located on India's border with Burma.
Earlier this month, nine personnel of the central reserve police force had died in an attack near Manipur's only hydro-electric project on the Loktak Lake.
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It was not yet known whether the rebels had suffered any casualties.
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Subject: Re: Black Death was Re: [DNA] END of Thread for me re Viking ancestry
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:33:48 EST
In a message dated 21/11/03 12:12:33 GMT Standard Time,
> Travel to where though? It was widespread. Like any disease
Initially it was at the ports since that is how it entered the country. It
had also reached other parts of Northern Europe in the same way but earlier, so
there was knowledge of it before it struck here.
> isolation was more the way to fight it.
Isolation was used a lot, and those who had estates in unaffected areas
tended to go to them, ahead of the spread and then ensure that the place was
isolated. Isolation worked both ways.
However, the more > populated urban areas were exposed more and thus
> suffered
> more.
Which is why those who could moved out to their estates in the country, which
was, by definition the landed gentry.
> As you note the labourers who clustered in the villages
> were more at risk. However, so too would also have been the
> tradesmen who in many cases were drawn from younger sons
> of the ruling class.
Not in 1350 they weren't. Being "in trade" was about as nasty an insult as
you could use about somebody in "society" until about 200 years ago.
> Regardless, it seems clear that the Black Death, which
> affected 1/3 of the population was not evenly distributed.
> How can one, not knowing which groups of people may
> have been more affected, project any sort of analysis
> on more ancient peoples in Europe. Surely today's
> statistics are more a reflection of the survivors of the
> Black Death versus the times prior to it; a sort of global
> founder effect
There is evidence that those who survived the Black Death may have had a gene
which gave them some immunity. About 1/3 died, but more than that were
affected. It did not kill 100% of those who got it.The offspring of those who
avoided it were presumably more likely to succumb next time than those born of
people who had lived through it.
By the way, I am not trying to project anything. Only suggesting that the
idea that it hit the ruling classes harder that others is unlikely to be true. If
anything, it is likely to have hit them less hard.
John Clare
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By Todd Dybas The News Tribune
The Seattle Mariners' Raul Ibanez treats the sweat that appears to be perpetually trickling down his bald head like a family heirloom.
Before games, the perspiration is a result Ibanez's persistent activity. Into the video room. Into the batting cage. Into the weight room. Back to the batting cage. Batting practice on the field. Work in the outfield.
His clubhouse locker is a lonely place since Ibanez appears to stop by merely for a quick change of clothes.
That daily workload is what has led Ibanez to his surprising season at the age of 41.
While Ibanez is spending the All-Star break with his family, many others have taken the moment to look at his robust first-half numbers. He was supposed to be a part-time player this year, who has instead become Seattle's everyday left fielder. He has 24 home runs in 296 at-bats, tied for fourth-most in the American League, helping to produce a staggering .578 slugging percentage.
"Who knew?" Ibanez said of his playing time.
Totals at the plate are secondary to Ibanez. That sweat, the perseverance at 41 during his 18th season, being righteous, that's what Ibanez is trying to pass on.
"Guys like Jay (Buhner) and Edgar (Martinez) and Dan Wilson and Jamie Moyer, they taught me more about life," Ibanez said of his start with the Mariners. "I didn't have children, I wasn't married yet. But they taught me more about being a good husband and a good father, and I learned a lot of life lessons from them.
"Obviously, about hard work and all of that other stuff on the field, but I really looked up to them as men and as people."
The understanding from those lessons is what Ibanez is trying to instill when he laughs with Kyle Seager by the underground batting cage. Or stops to chat with rookies Nick Franklin and Brad Miller at their lockers.
He's also experienced enough to know that his home run totals at his age brings raised eyebrows. As major league baseball works to move past the steroid era, the doubt it provided lingers. Its stench even clasps to the performance of a man respected for who he is more than his baseball success.
When the topic of doubt is broached, Ibanez explains his stance in logical fashion. He knows any answer he gives leaves him in a no-win situation. He's disappointed the discussion is still part of baseball.
He also makes a promise if he ever fails a test.
"I'll give every penny I ever made back," Ibanez said.
His disdain for hypocrisy makes him wonder how he could tell his oldest son, Raul Jr., to not do drugs if he was. He goes on to explain outside perception to him isn't important. God, his family and his teammates know him. That's what matters, he says.
Baseball has watched Ibanez hammer various types of pitches from various types of pitchers the last two months. He tightened up his swing in early May. He's been cranking away since.
"We all have rhythm and timing and we want to have as little moving parts as possible," Mariners hitting coach Dave Hansen, a former teammate of Ibanez's, said. "When we are out of rhythm, the mechanics start to come apart. Really, he just worked to address that and simplify the swing — be more direct to the ball, put himself closer to a striking position that he wants to be in, and he's held onto it for a long time."
Ibanez will start the second half five homers short of Ted Williams' record 29 in 1960 for a player in his 40-plus age season. He'll be continuing the grind that began even before he was a 36th-round pick who was told he would never make it.
Once he did, he spent the start of his big league career sitting on Seattle's bench. He wonders if that is helping him now.
"I didn't have an extra 2,000 at-bats on me and on my body," Ibanez said. "So, I sometimes think it was maybe a blessing in disguise."


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NEW YORK (AP) Two men working separately tried to steal a total of $430,000 from the personal bank accounts of billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg, prosecutors said Tuesday. One of the men spent nearly $10,000 he stole from the mayor, authorities said.
Two banks notified authorities in June after Odalis Bostic, of Elizabeth, N.J., deposited two checks — $190,000 in one bank and $230,000 in the other — drawn on Bloomberg's account at Bank of America, prosecutors said.
The checks were deposited into accounts in PNC Bank and Sovereign Bank opened by Bostic for a company he created, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said. The mayor's account information appeared on both checks, he said.
Because of the amounts of the checks, Morgenthau said, the banks put holds on them and notified his office. He said the investigation began when both checks were found to be forged.
The district attorney said investigators learned that Charles Nelson, in an online transaction in May, transferred $10,000 from the mayor's Bank of America account to an E-Trade stock trading account. Nelson, of Newark, N.J., spent virtually all the stolen cash, prosecutor Jeremy Glickman said.
Investigators have no evidence that Nelson and Bostic were working together or knew each other, and have not yet learned how the men got Bloomberg's banking information, Glickman said.
Bloomberg, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at $11.5 billion, declined to comment through a spokesman. Morgenthau said Bloomberg was not told about the investigation until Tuesday.
Bostic, 23, was arrested in New Jersey in August and waived extradition to New York. At his arraignment Tuesday he pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted grand larceny, which is punishable by up to seven years in prison.
His attorney, Elias Martinez, said the prosecution's case was weak.
Acting Justice Laura A. Ward set Bostic's bail at $10,000 and scheduled his next court appearance for Oct. 18.
Nelson, 31, was jailed in New Jersey on local charges, including gun possession, Glickman said. Nelson was awaiting extradition to New York to face charges of third-degree grand larceny and first-degree identity theft, he said.
Each charge is punishable by up to seven years in prison.
Prosecutors said they didn't know if Nelson had hired an attorney.
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The LaFayette High School tennis teams got back on track in Trenton on Wednesday afternoon as they claimed a pair of 4-1 wins at Dade County in the regular season finale.
The Lady Ramblers picked up two points in singles. Madeline Ensley defeated Madison Lacey, 8-1, at No. 1 singles, and Jessica McDaniel earned an 8-2 decision over Natalie Wallin.
Th No. 1 doubles team of Tori Hunter and Abbey Hannah shut out Lori Clark and Brooklyn Poston, 8-0, while Brieanna Maggard and Saucey Dalton edged Majorie Bonner and Emily Clark, 8-6.
Dade County's lone point came at No. 3 singles where Hailey Gass defeated Reanna Huskey, 8-1.
The Lady Ramblers finished the regular season with a 9-3 overall record.
LaFayette's boys got a singles win by A.J. Lowrance as he beat Cole Birchfield, 8-3, at No. 2 singles. Clayton Underwood won at No. 3 singles with a 8-2 win over Payton Brannom.
The No. 1 team of Daniel Witt and Chaed Clements outlasted Adam Gann and Jordan O'Dell, 8-5, while Noah Holland and Zan Thompson beat Hunter Phillips and Austin Forrester, 8-6.
Austin Cravatt beat Jamey Huskey at No. 1 singles, 8-4, for the Wolverines' lone point.
Two exhibition doubles matches also went the way of the Ramblers. Cass and Will Benson won 8-2, while Wesley Gilbreath and Bryson Witt won 6-0.
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I was just recently diagnosed w/what appears to be RA, as hand xrays show bone erosions in my wrists. My chief complaint is eye soreness, where my eyes feel sore when I move them in all directions. I also feel fogginess in my head off and on, with frequent headaches, similar to migranes. Anyone feel the same eye pain?READ MORE
Does anyone with RA feel foggy in the head?
I'm sorry you've received this diagnosis - it's not always easy to live with, but I want to assure you that you do find a way to most of the time focus on what's really important: your life, the people you love and everything else.
RA can affect the eyes, particularly making your eyes very dry and it's important to get an annual eye check with an ophthalmologist, to make sure you haven't developed any RA-related illnesses of the eye and if you do, that they get treated as soon as possible. You don't mention what kind of medication you're on, but many of the disease modifiers and painkillers used for RA can make your eyes, skin and mouth very dry and when your eyes are dry, it hurts to move them, so this may be what's going on with you. I'd suggest that you make an appointment to see your family doctor as soon as possible, just to get them checked (and referral, if you need one) and in the meantime, buy some artificial tears at your local pharmacy or grocery store and put them in your eyes at least four times a day, more if you need it. While you're at the doctor, make sure s/he checks your blood pressure and mention the headaches. If you have just received the diagnosis, you are most likely pretty stressed out and your headaches may be an indication of that. It's also possible that if you're on medication, it may be a side effect related to the meds and that your body will adjust to over time. Still, you should discuss it with your doctor.
While you're at your doctor's, talk to them about the fogginess in your head, as well. It's a good idea to talk to your doctor about new, weird symptoms, but one of the things you'll eventually discover about having a chronic disease is that you often get new, weird symptoms and you will learn which need you to go to the doctor and which you can ignore. Having a fuzzy brain is quite normal when you have pain. Coping with pain takes a lot of physical and mental resources and the more pain you have, the less is left over for dealing with other things. On days when you have a lot of pain and things are foggy, try to give yourself as much rest as you can and know that it's usually temporary. As well, fatigue and a bit of mental fuzziness are quite common side effects of RA medication, such as methotrexate and Humira - they're worst around the time you take the meds and after a couple of days, you get you brain back. You get used to it and you learn to manage it, just as you manage the other aspects of your disease.
I've had RA for about five years, when I have a flare-up (like right now) I get what I call "fever brain" where I'm foggy, a bit stupid, and feel on the verge of a headache. I also have some eye poblems, mostly dryness and a feeling that I really need to take out my contact lenses, even though I haven't worn them for years.
I've maxed out methotrexate on its own and am anxiously awaiting insurance approval for Enbrel. I'm hoping to get my brain back soon.READ MORE
I've had RA for about 8 years, in the last couple of years I've had more problems with my eyes. It too four doctors to get the right eye drops to help. I can now even read a little.
Lately my biggest problem is the fogginess. I feel like I don't even have a brain anymore. I make so many mistakes at work, I don't know why they keep me. I don't know if I should start looking into disability or not.
Does anyone else have this problem, if so how do you handle it?
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